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J. II. LAfiRlMER.
DENTAL CARD.
1 M. SMITH oflVrs his professional services
j. to the Ladies and t.entleiiicn of I'lear
lielii and vicinity. All operation performed
with neatness anft de.-panfi. liuing liimiliar
with all the late iuiprovuients, lie is prepared to
make Artificial Teeth in llie best uiauner.
Oflke in Shaw's new row.
Sept. Utli, 1H5S. lyj.
VR. R. V. WILSON,
H AVISO removed hia office to the new dwel
ling on Second street, will promptly answer
(mill aional calls as hereiofore.
Hi. tl. LAIIIIIMKR. 1. TEST
I ARltlMI.lt .V TI'.ST, Attorheys lit Law
X Clearfield, I'u., will nttehd promptly to Col
Uin, Land Ageticics, Ac, Ac, in Clearfield,
Centre and Klk coureies. July .'10. y
JOHN TROUT. MAN
STII.Ii continui's 1I10 business of Chnir Making,
and House, Sign and Ornamental I'ainting, at
tbe ahop formerly occupied by Troutinun A Kone,
it the east end of . Market street, a short distance
fjt of Litr's Foundrv. June 13,1855.
THMMrsoX, IIAKTM.'K X CO.
rotl l-'ouiidi-ro. Curwensville. An extensive
BMortment of Castings made to ordere
Dec. 20, lf51.
L. JACKSON CRANS,
ATTOUXEV AT LAW, office ndjoining lis
midence on Second Street, C'lea1 .id, la.
June 1. 1854.
II. P.TIIOMrSON,
Plljslrian. may bo found cither at his office
at Scolield's hotel, Curwensville, when 110
professionally absent. Dec. 20, 1851
FREDERICK ARNOLD,
Merchant and Produce Dealer, Luthers.
hurg Clearfield county, I'a.
April 17, 152.
ELLIS IRWIN & SONS,
VT the mouth of I.ick Hun, five miles from
Clearfield, MKRC1IAXTS, nnd extensive
Msaafanturers of Lumber,
July 23, 1S52.
J. I). THOMPSON,
Blacksmith, Wagons, Huggics, Ac, Ac, ironed
on short notice, and the very best style, lit his
ld stand in the borough of Curtvensville.
Dec. 2'J, 1853.
DR. M. WOODS, having chnngod hi: locn
tion from Curwcnsvillo to Clearfield, res
rtfully offers his professional servieos to tho
eitiiens of the latter place and vicinity.
Residence on Second street, opposite (, t of
J. Crans, Esq. my ' ' JiO.
P. W. IURRETT,
MKItrilANT, I'RODICE AND H'MBKH
HEALER, AND JUSTICE OF THE
PtACE, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., Pa.
J. L. CUTTLl" '
4 ttorncy at Law and Land Asrciit.offi
1. adjoining his residence, on
Market stree
Clearfield.
Mareh3, 1S53.
A. B SHAW,
UETAILEKof Foreign and Domestic Merch
aqdiie, Shawsville, Clearfield county, Pa.
ShawsviMe, August 15, I S5a.
"lT6. CROUCH,
PHYSICIAN Oflico in Curwensville.
May
WJI. r. CIIAMPERS.
(lARRIES on Chairmaking, Wheelwright, and
J home and Sign painting at Curwensville,
Clearteld co. All orders promptly attonded to
Jan. 5, 185S.
R0IIEUTJ. WALLACK, Attohnev at Law,
Clearfield, Pa., Office in Shaw'a How, op
hite the Journal oflico.
dec 1, 1848. tf.
JOSEPH PETERS,
Jmlifenf the Prarr, Sirwcusi'ille, Pnxua.
OV'E door east of Montelius A Ten Kyck
Store. All busiuoss entrustod to bim wil I
promptly attended to, ond all instrument! o f
friting done on short notico.
March, 31, 18iS.-y.
PLASTI'.HIX(i,Tho subscriber, linving
located himself in the borough of Clearfield
ld inform the public that he is prepared to
ork in the above lino, from plain 10 ornamen
"'of any description in a workmanlike manner.
whitewashing and repairing dono in a noal
Banner and on reasonable terms.
EDWIN COOPER.
Clearfield, April 17, IS8T. 'y.
YOUR TEETIL
TAKE CA11K OF TIIEM! I
I)
R. A. M. IIII.I.H, desires to announce to
ail friends nml nntrnns. that he is now de-
JMmg all of his time to operations in Dentistry.
'e desiring hia scrvioes will find him a his
"e, adjoining hia resid'-nce at nearly all times,
always on Fridays and Haturday. unless
ouce to the contrary be given in tho town pa
9rt the week previous.
All work warrantod to be eatlafaclory.
Clearfield, Pa. Sept- 22nd, 1S!8.
DlisccIIanrous.
A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.
! females ottcn possess prosoneo of
mind, mi,! tho power of m-II control un
der circumstances of imminent peril,
I whii-li seem almost foreign to their na-
, lnr. i, .i.l 1....-.... . 1 1 i - i i
...... ...... ... ...11,1 nu, I'MiiuiiiiK'u oi a ueii-
;'lltc physical organization. A striking
instance) of self command, by n lady whose
fears must have been powerfully excited,
unci whose life nf ntll I..,.f .1...1.1.,
j'lUUtlltl
never before given her nerves any severer
test than is incident to the vexations of
domestic earcs, given in Chamber's Journal
of last month. We copy the adventure,
premising l,y way of explanation, that the
lady was the daughter of a rector ivsidiii"
, u q 1(.t Kll-li.-li country village, and
was upon the eve of mar. iage-
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. U' "i'l"'ff ;1;'V was to . on tho mo.-
" 11 our inn ciuuie ua
li i-neil. (iiainl ,n inirations were mad
for iheweddin;;; and the rector's line old
I jdate, and the costly -ifts of tin; bride
, wore discussed with pride and pleasure at
I the Half nnd Hounds, in the pre.-enco of
1 soiiiu sti aiificls. who had f,uiie to a prize
- fi;lit, which had taken place in the neigh
j Lorhood.
I That night Adelaide, who oecupi
' ed a separate room from lie.' sister, sat u
late long lifter the household had retired
to rest. She had a long interview with
her father, and hud been reading a chap
ter to w Inch he had directed her atten
tion and since had packed up her jewels,
iVe. She was consciuently still dressed
when the church clock tolled midnight.
As it ceased she heard a low noise like
that of a file ; she listened but could diss
cover nothing dearly. It might have been
made by Mime of the servants still about,
or perhaps it was only the croaking of the
old trees. She heard nothing but the
lung ol the w inter wind- lor many niiii-
lllfs
mer
ulterwanls. J louse breakers wen?
ni v t lis in primitive Th don, anil the
bride elect, without a thought ol lV-ur, re
sumed her occupation. She was gazing nil
a glittering "el of diamond", destined to
be worn at th .) wedding, when her bed
room door softly opened. -?he turned,
looked up, a: d beheld a man wi'.h a black
mask, holding a pistol in his hand, stand
ing before her.
She did not scream, for her first thought
was for her taiher who slept in the next
room, and to whom any sudden alarm
might be death, for he was old ami feeble
and sullering from heart complaint. She
confronted the robber boldly, and addres
sed him in a whisper: "You are come,
(she said ) to rob us. Spare your soul the
aw ful guilt of murder. My lather sleeps
next to inv roo.n, and to be startled from
his sleep would kill him. Make no noio
I beg of you."
The fellow was astonished and cowed,
"We wont make no noise, (he replied sud
denly,) if you give us every thing ijuictlv.''
Adelaide drew back and let him take
her jewels not w ithoiit a pang, for they
were precious love gilts, remarking at the
same time, that two more masked rutlia'is
stood at the half open door. As he to ik
the jewel case and watch from the table,
and demanded her purse, she asked him
if he intended to (io into her fa'her's room.
She received a surly uflirmuUvo. "Ho
wasn't going to run a risk and leave half
the tin behind !" She proposed instantly
that she would go herself ; saying : "1 will
bring you whatever you wish, and you
may guard me thither, and kill me if 1
play false to you. The tellow consulted
his comrades, nnd alter a short parley,
they agreed to the proposal, and with a
pistol pointed at her head, the dauntless
girl crossed the passage and' entered the
rector's room. Very gently she stole across
the chamber, and removing his purse,
watch, keys nnd desk, gave tiiem up to
tho robbers w ho stood at the door. The
old man slept peacefully and calmly,
thus guarded by his child, who softly shut
the loor, and demanded if the robbers
were yet satisfied.
The leader n plied that they should be
when they got the show of plate spread
out below, but that they couldn't let her
out of sight, and that she must go with
them. In compliance) with this mandate,
she followed them downstairs to tho di
ning room, where splendid wedding
breakfast had been laid, to save trouble
and hurry on the morrow. To her sur
prise, the fellows eight in number when
assembled seated themselves and prepa
red to make a good meal. They ordered
her to get them out wine, and to cut her
own wedding cake for them; nnd then,
seated nt the head of the table, she was
compelled to preside at this extraordinary
unpt
.:v el.
rev
They ate and drnnk.latighed and joked;
nnd Adelaide, quick of enr nnd ce, had
thus time to study, in her quiet way, tho
figures nnd voices of the w hole set.
When the repast nas ended, nnd tho
plate was trim ferred to a sack, they pre
pared to depart, whispering together, and
glancing nt tho young lady. For the first
timeAdelaide's cournge gave way, and she
trembled ; but it was not n consultation
ngainst her ; they lold her thnt they did
not wish to han.i her Hint she was n jol
ly wench, reg''.rg .i.'.e, and they wouldn't
l urther, but Hint 1 ho must swear not to
irivenn alarm till nine or ten next day
when thov should be oil' all ste To this
she wns of course, obliged to assent, nnd
then they all insisted on slinking hands
with her. She noticed during this part
ing ceremony, Unit 0110 of the ruflians had
oniy threo lingers on his loft hand.
Alone in the despoiled room, Adelaide,
faint nnd exhausted, awaited the first
gleam of day ; when, ns tho robber (lid
not return, she stole up to her room, un
dressed, ond fell into a disturbod slumber.
The consternation of the family tho next
morning might be imagined : nml Ade
laide's was still more astounding than the
fnct of the robbery itself. Police weresent
for from London, nnd they, guided by Ad-
"KXCKI.SK
CLKAUKIKM), PA. WKDNESD.W, .MNUAKY 10,
elaide's lucid description of her midnight
guosts.aotiiiilly succeeded in capturing ev
ery one of (he gang, whom the young la
dy had no dilliculty in identifying mid
swearing to, the "three lingered .lack" bo
in? the guiding duo to tho discovery. The
stolen property was nearly all recovered,
and the old rector always declared, am
with truth, that he owed his life to the
r-clf iosssession and judgment oi his eldest
daughter."
(il'.STAVl'S VASA.
The father of (itistavus Vasa and 1 niny
of his friends and kinsman had lallen in a
iiia-saere. His mother and several of the
most, illustrious ladies, were carried prison
ers to Copenhegen, and treated with every
indignity. (Mi his own head a price was
set, and ho was sale nowhere. He lied in
to iMheiirlia, a wild region of mines and
mountains, inhabited by the nrist daring
and independent race of Sweden. He
hoped to rouse them to the rescue of their
coiiiury ; but that great bloody deed, and
'Jhrisl lan's spies every wh-re, had thorough
ly unmanned even these hardj men. 1 'm
ins journey, his servant made oli'with his
clonics and ellects, u:id (itistavus pursued
him till his horse fell under him but in
vaiu. (.'nee more disguised ai a tpc asint,
he went on through sterile mountains, tin-;
peopled heaths and forests, till he reached
r'ahluu, with its blazing (ires, rolling
s noltc, and sooty copper works. Here he
labored lor some time in the mines j but
hi-, uneasy mind drove him on again, lie
engaged as 11 thresher at a farm ; but there
I ne lii iimess of his iinen nnd his manners
did not escape, a sharp-eyed maid. The I
master informed of this, eoon recognized
(iustavusa fellow-student nt 1'psala, and
filicd with terror, entreated him tophir.ge
deeper into the mountains, and leave him
and his family in safety. He next betook
himself to the castle of n nobleman, who
received him most iillectionalely, making
himsel! niiist sure of the ottered reward.
He mounted and rode of! to the next mil
itary station, and was soon back again with
twenty troopers. But Hi bird had flown,
through a hint from the more noble wife
who furnished him with a horseand sledge
for his escape, lie sought refuge nt the
door of a monastery founded by his neees
tors, but the monks shut the door in his
face, His next nsylum was with a Worthy
clergyman : but here the Philistines were
upon him again, for the lani-h sold'ery
were hunted everv where, lie wits again
rescued by the presence of mind of the
lady, who or the entrance of the troopers
into the house, where (lustavus was sit-
j ting with the other farm men, she gave
1 him a cuff on tho ear, and sent him off on
pretense ot some neglected errand. His
host then concealed him under n load of
straw, and drove him towards a place, of
security; but the soldiers met them on
the way, examined the load of straw, ran
their swords through it in ditlerent direc
tions, and nt one pass pierced tho leg of
(Juslavus, lie bore tho wound without
stirring, and was saved ; but the blood
soon running through the cart, and leav
ing a track on the snow, his ingenious
host cut n wound in his horse's foot, and
when tho bloody track was remarked,
showed that as the cause. Through such
dangers and discouragements tiustaviis
escaped, finally roused the men of Dali
curlia, expelled the Danes, and was unan
imously elected King. Ilebccamooneoftlie
noblest Kings that ever reigned; comple
ted the Reformation in Sweden, nnd re
mains one of the world's great names.
M'r.stmin.-.lrr Uri-icir.
OLD PUUTUN OX CHESS.
What 11 store house is old burton's
Anatomy nf Mclanrli'ihj ! Somebody under
the iniluenco of Morphy-no, has picked
out the following from its delightful pa-
ges :
Chess play is a good nnd witty exorcise
of the mind for soino kind of men, nnd fit
for such melancholy, lihasis hold, ns nre
idle, nnd have extravagant impertinent
thoughts, or troubled with cares, nothing
better to distract their mind, nnd alter
their meditations ; Invented, some sny by
the general of an army in afaniine, to keep
the soldiers from mutiny; but if it pro
ceed from overmuch study, in such a case
it may do more harm than good; it is a
game too troubloiomo for some men'
brains, too full of anxiety, nil out ns had
as study ; besides it is n testy choleiicgame,
and very offensive to him that loseth the
mate. William the conqueror, in his
younger years, playing nt chess with the
Prince of France (Dauphine was not an
nexed' to that crown in those days,) losing
a mate, knocked tho chess board about his
pate, which was n cause afterward of much
enmity between them. For some such
reason' it is belike, that Patritius. in his
,1d AW-, til. 12. ili- . iinli. forbids his
prince to piny nt choss; hawking anil
bunting, riding, if e., he will allow ; nnd
this to other men, but by no mentis to him.
In Muscovy, where they live in stoves nnd
hot houses all winter long, come seldom or
little abroad, it is again very necessarv,
and therefore in those parts, saith Ik-rhns-tain,
much used. At Fez, in Africa, where
the like inconvenience of keeping within
doors is through heat, is very lnudablo ;
and, as her, Afer relates, ns much fro
quonted. A sport lit for idle gentlewo
men., soldiers in garrison, nnd courtiers
Hint linvo nought but love, mutters to busy
themselves about, but not altogether so
convenient for such as are students.
l(tl),0ne of tho best rensons yet heard
for disunion, w-as given the other day by a
fellow who went to call on tho President.
Hu said ho waited four hours, nnd then
could not get to see him, "nnd I conclud
ed" snid ho, "that if he was ao busy ns all
that, ono President was not enongh to at
tend to the affairs of this republic, and we
had better have another."
lit."
THE INDIAN STATES.
ThcN'ovy ( irlenns Pintiunr has an article
upon the Indian Territories We;d of the
States, which opens n new question for
the consideration of the people of this
country. While public attention has
been directed to the growth, devclope
menl and increiieo of such of our Territo
ries as are populated with settlers from
the States or emigrants from tho Old
World, these Indian reservations have
been filling up with their peculiar inhabi
tants, to. ining ami adopting constitutions,
organizing territorial government, estab
lishing Courts of Law, and then assuming
all the attribute! of legally and lawfully
constituted Territories, lint their Indian
j inhabitants m e int cit'r.rn v tl,r I'nilr l
SU1t1K uinler the Constitution. These ter
ritories lie south of Kansas, west nf Mis
souri and Arkansas, and north of Texas
mud tin vefo.e in the direct tract of our em
ligrants, and in .1 position to work incalcii
! bible injury upon the population of the
I States specified, if these seini-savnges be
j once ari'iitiscd to armed action, by what
i they mnv consider an attack upon theii
I rights, by the authority of the Cniteil
: Slates. Hut read the article from the
Pi'-tiiit'i'".
Tin? progress of civilation in several of
tho Indian tribes occupying Territories
west of the States will soon bring up a new
question for the decision of Congress.
What sliali be done with the Indian Hov
crntiieiit or States that nre now fully or
ganized? Are they to be finally admitted
into the. 1'iiion .' Is a new removal at
some future time, to be made of tho tribes
civilized nnd Christianized to make room
for the Caucassian wave rolling West ?
( r are foreign governments to grow up in
the vei v heart of the territory of the Uni
ted States ?
The Chcrokees organized n regular Gov
ernment as early as ls.'i'.l, copying the pe
culiar features of the Constitution of the
1'nitod States. The. forms of legislation
nnd the arrangement of the courts of jus
tice so nearly resemble tho-e of tho States
that, but for tawny skins around him. tho
traveler into the Chcrokees' territory
would scarcely find an indication of hav
ing pas-cd its b'Mindai ies. This tribchns im
proved in all the arts of civilization to such
11 degree that many of its principle men
would grace the refined society of our na
tion. In respect for law, regard for pop
ular education and public morality, and
the adoption of all the elegancies and ad
vantages of civilation, the Chcrokees
have taken a position which forbids any
forcible interference with their rights to
territory they occupy, to suit tho conve
niences or obviate the anomaly which the
existence of their State tio'.v presents'
The Choct.uvs formed their government
taking the institutions of tho United
States for their model in lS.'H. Imitating
their more progressive white, neighbors,
last year they revised their Constitution
and adopted even the most minute forms
of government nnd the names of officers
which prevail in each oftho Stabs of our
Confederacy.
Tim Chiekasaws, lately separated from
the Chootaws, have also followed the ex
ample of tho two tribes mentioned, and
thus the third government, with institu
tions identical with our own, exist on the
boi dots of the Southwestern States occu
pying territory ceded to them by the Gen
eral ( lovernment.
Tho Creeks nre taking steps to create
the fourth independent organization of a
State form of government, nnd will soon
present an example of the influence of
civilization in subverting thecu-tonn and
traditions of the race indigenous to the
continent.
Those Indian States are a strange anom
aly. They are not a part of the Union,
nor are they known in law to exist. The
white man eaun t pass through their ter
ritory without a permit, nor can he take
with him when hois allowed to enter the
Indian domain, certain articles of mer
chandise, even though the packages are
unbroken and nre simply designed for the
New Mexican market. This singular
state of things cannot exist many years
without forcing itself upon the attention
of ( 'engross.
The tide oT population is steadily roll
ing West. In le-s than ten years it will
beat against the barriers new thrown up
against its invasion of the retreat of those,
civilized 11I101 igiiit s. Even now the emi
gration must cross' hese territories, These
Indian States cannot exist when the Cau-
cassian race presses upon them as inde
I pendent government. The people ch ili
j zed, and attached to the soil they have
' improved, cannot be removed to rcmot'-r
; wilds, nor w ithout serious discontents, is it
i likely the United States can subject them
to the conditions of other territorial or
ganizations by an abrogation of the con
stitutions they have established for them
selves f What then is to be done with
theso Indian States? It ennnot fail to
give greater interest to this question that
each of those Indian Stales have adopted
the social institutions of the South. The
Indians are slaveholders.
Sinoino Shells. Mr. Taylor, a tourist,
when nt P.a'hculon, in in Ceylon, in going
Ht night on n lake near the fort, was struck
by n loud musical noiso proceeding from
the bottom of tho water. It wns caused
by multitudes of some animal inhabiting
-sheds nt least tho natives called them
"singing shells." The sounds nre like
those of an necordeon, or reolinn hnrp,tc.,
vibrating notes, nnd pitched in ditlerent
keys. A snail, abundant in Corfu, if irri
tated by a touch with a piece of straw,
will emit a distinctly audible sound in a
querulous tone, nnd which it frequently
repeats if touched. Sharp Muiatine'
"4 A negro conchmnn in Texns, stop
ping to get somo water for tho young In
dies in the carriage, being naked w hat ho
stopped for, rejilyed : "I ihh watering my
Powers."
Cashmere Shawls and their Value.
The Cashnioro goat has been introduced
into France, England, South Carolina mid
Tennessee. The value of a flock may bo
estimated from the fact that no real Thib
et goat has ever bocm sold for less than 11
thousand dollars. This enormous juice,
moreover, is not n speculative one, ibr no
lleeced animal has wool of such fineness,
softness, nnd durability. The wool of all
the Thibet goals in Tennessee for exam
ple, has been engaged at New York this
year, at eight dollars and a half per pound,
the purchaser" designing to send it to
Paisley, (in Scotland.) in order to be man
ufactured into shaw ls.
The prices paid for real Cashmere
shawls, or tho-o woven in India, have j
sometimes been almost fabulous. A full
sized .shawl, such a- is called in America a
long shawl, oidinaiily commands in Paris
or London, from live hundred to five
thousand dollars, according to quality.
Scarfs and square shaws. being smaller,
sell for less. It is a mistake, however, to
suppose that all these shawls are manu
factured in India, in the shapo in which
they are mild here. Generally, indeed, the
centres and borders come out separately,
and 11. put together afterwards in sizes,
and often pntcrus, to suit customers.
Moreover, a large portion of the shawls
sold us real India ones, nre actually madu
in France; for the Thibet goat was intro
duced into that country more than thirty
years ngo, and the Cashmere shawls imita
ted with considerable skill. Judges of the
article pretend to say, however, that the
real India shawl can be detected by itl ha
ving u less evenly woven wcb.as alio from
its brighter colors. Jt is likewise said the
border of tin? genuine Cashmere shawl is
invariably woven in small pieces, which
are afterwards sewed together, ns the
whole border is substantially sewed on to
the centre. I'ut other authorities deny
thnt tho skill of India is sufficient to
brorhe a shawl : in other words, to w eave
the border nnd centre in one piece, or run
the pattern of the former over the latter.
The poisons who, in our own country
at the present day, purchase worsted or
woolen goods under tho denomination of
Cashmere-', are, or ought to be aware, that
such goods are Ca-hmerian only in name.
A real Cashmere shawd, m.ide by the in
habitants of that Indian valley from the
wool of a peculiar variety of goat roared
on the plains of Thibet, i? a most costly
article, eagerly sought a'ter by the rajahs
and sultans of the East, but finding its way
to Europe very rarely indeed. To make a
pair of large jind handsome Cashmere
shawls requires the labor of twelve or four
teen men for half a year. The lato liun
jet Singii, the chief of Lahore, give live
thousand rupees for a pair of those woolen
shawls, the pattern of which represented
his victories. The animals from which
the material is obtained are covered by
nnt lint with two kinds of coat for clothing,
tho 0110 fine, curly, goiienilly grey, nnd
imparting to the skin adown more or less
thick, as if to guard it ngainst cold and
damp, the other course, lank, and giving n
gem nil color to the animal : nnd finer
coating which is used for the fine shawls,
the quantity produced is limited, and
therefore high priced.
Lieut- Strain. A correspondent, who
was at ono time a shipmate, and an inti
mate acuuainlauco of the late Lieut. Strain
refers to the exposure of his clients to sale
nt the New York Custom house, nnd gives
statement of his birth place, lesidenee
in childhood, etc., which wc know to be
true: but we were not aware of his rela
tionship to the Crier family. He wns a
gallant officer and a noble man. whose re
lies should be worthily cherished by his
country as well as his friends. The w ri
ter of this paragraph well remembers his
arrival at AspinwaE. on his return from
the ill-fated exploration of the Isthmus of
D.iiicn. his ( ntire sell-forgetfiiless, and his
foititude and devotion to his sullering
companions; and his arrival again, throe
years alter, on tho Isthmus, whereafter
an illness of hut a few hours, he was borne
to his last resting place by the crew of one
ot his country's vessels. Our correspond
ent says: Lieut. Strain wn born in West
moreland county, in this State, nnd was a
nephew of .lud'.'e (Irier, of the United
States Supreme Court. I judge ho was an
orphan at m, early age, as he spoke of be
ing brought up by an aunt, nnd I never
heard him speak of any nearer relative?,
lie wns appointed from Ohio, his friends
having removed with him to Spinglield.
In answer to inquiries ns to where his
homo was, he always said ho claimed that
lace 'is home, though ho had not been
there for many years,' from tho fact that
that was his last settled place of residence.
His affections hmvever, evidently centered
in his native Stat nnd Westmoreland
county should be j.roud to claim him as hor
son. Why his relatives nre not prompt to
claim him as their kin, is more than 1 can
understand." PilUurjh Tn- Press.
Af.ii llnrre. The Siberian
mail is convoyed fiom St. Petersburg to
.. ,p ..-.1 . ' 1 -
Moscow liy rail, nnd irom inence io Ir
kutsk, the canital of Eastern Siberia, in
carriages drawn by liorsi s. Tho distance
from Moscow tolrkutsk is 3,42b ms, there
nre 210 mail stations on the road for chan
ging horses. The mail communication is
semi-weekly, and the exponso of jt to the
Kussian Government is about .57,000 a
yenr. The mail from Moscow to Irkutsk
is generally conveyed in about 25 or ?0
days. The mnil communication between
Russia nnd China is carried on by horse
post between Pckin nnd Kyachtn, a fron
tier town in Trans llaikal, close to Mongo
lian China, ono every three months. The
distnnco between Kyachta nnd Pckin is
reckoned about 1,000 miles, nnd is traver
sed in about 30 days. The China mail is
oonveyed on horseback.
BsuSelf-dcfenco is the clearest of all
laws, and for the reason that lawyers
did n't make it"
TERMS-$123 per Annum.
NKWSKHIKS VOL. IV. NO 1.
An Equine Battle Southey. in hi
History of the Peninsular Wnr, relates tho
following: "Two of the Spanish regiments
which hail been quarcred in Kuan wero
cavalry, mounted on lino black long-tailed
Aridnlusinn horses. It wns impossible to
bring oil' these horses about eleven hun
dred in number and Romano was not the
man w ho could order them to bo destroy
ed ; ho was fond of horses himself, and
knew that every mm was attached to tho
beast, w hich had carried him so far and so.
faithfully. Their bridles woro taken off,
and they were turned looso upon the
beech. A scene ensued such as was never--before
witnessed. As soon as they becitmo
sensible (hat they were no longer restrain-;
ed by any human power, a general conflit
ensiied. Retaining the discipline they
had learned, they charged each other in
squadrons often or twelve together, then
cloudy engaged, striking" with their fore-;
fe.it, and biting and tearing each other
with tho most ferocious rage, and trnmp
ling over those who were beaten down, till
the shore, in the course of an hour, wns
strew n with the dead nnd disabled. Pait,,
of them had boon set free on rising ground
at a distance, but they no sooner heard
the roar oftho battle, thnn they umo.
thundering down over Iho intermediate
hedges, and eati liing tho contagious mad
ness, plunged into the fight with equal fu-:
ry. Sublime as tho scone was, it wns too
horrible! to be long contemplated, and Ro
mano in mercy, gave orders to destroy
them. I'ut it was found too dangerous to
attempt this, and after the Luit boat hud
quit the beech, the few horses that re
mained, were still engaged in the work of '
mutual (iestruction.
Fro.mvE Slave Evcitemext in Elmira,.
New York. The Elmira Advertiser, Dee.'.
20th; says: Saturday noon there came to
tho Krainard House, from the Canandai
gua train, two Southern gentlemen who
had in their keeping 11 black man of about
fifty years of age. It soon became noised
about that tho man was a fugitive on his
way back to slaver) , and in a very short
timenn excited crowd gathered attiie Rrai
nard House, taking full possession of its
large halls and of the streets and passage
ways outside. The colored people were
oti hand in great force to rescue their fol
low from impending doom, apparently do..
termined that no power should take'him.
back to slavery, Meanw hile the slave was
placed in a room under lock and key,
safe from tho hands of tho populace.
lli.i master slated that he ran away
from homo in Maryland some four months
ago and went to Canada, thnt he became
sick, discontented nnd helpless, nndwroto.
to be takm back; thnt he went for him
and was now taking him back voluntarily
and at his own desire. Theslsve, Sam, on,
being questioned apart from his master, ,
mado tho samo statement that he wunr"
ted to go back, that he was sick nnd could
not work, that his master would take care,
of him, and that ho wanted to see his wife
and children. Sheriff Gregg and Francis
Hall, Esq., addressed the crowd, stating
these facts saying also that the mnn was
free, subject to no process of law, nnd if he.
did not wish to return thoro was n.q power.
which could take him out of Elmira.
After pti immense hubbub the mob grad
ually subsided, nnd the negro was put in
the Williamsport train for Ualtimoro.
It is our opi -ion that Sam really desired'
to go back, nnd we are therefore glad thnt
the malior has boon got along with with
out serious trouble. We hope he has gone
whore tho good darkies go, and that he.
will find his wife and children ready to re
ceive .'dm with open nrms on his volunta
ry return to chains and shivery.
SusoN.Mii.F. Advice. In tho last number -of
H'tir.t Journal 0'' Ilrahh. there is somo
sound advice that precisely accords with
something we were about to pen. Dr. II.
says :
"Like Ihc gnarled oak that has with
stood tho storms nnd thunderbolts of cen
turies, man himself begins to die at tho
extremities. Keep the feet warm nnd dry.
and we can snap our finger nt disease and
doctors. Put on two pairs of thick wool
len stockings, but keep this to yourself;
go to some honest son of St. Crispin, and
have your measure taken for a stout pair
of winter boots or shoos; shoes aro better
lor or linaty every day use, ns they allow
the ready escape of the odors, while they
strengthen the nnklos by accustoming
thorn to depend on themselves. A very
slight necider.t is sutlieient to cause a
sprained P.nkle to a habitual boot wearer.
Resides, n shoe compresses less, and bono
.admits ol n more vigorous circulation of
tho blood. I'ut wear boots when you ride
or travel. Give directions, also, 10 have
no cork or India rubber about the soles,
but to plaeo between tho layers of tho
soles from out to out, pieeo of stout
hemp or tow-linon which has boon dipped
in melted pitch. This is absolutely imper
vious to water does not absorb a particle
w bile we know that cork does, nnd af
ter nwhilo becomes 'soggy' nnd damp for
weeks. When yon put them on for tho
first timo they will bo as easy as an 'old
shoe,' and you may stand on damp places
for hours with impunity."
BGyRad luck is simply a man with hrs
bnnds in his breeches pockets and a pipo
in his mouth, looking on to see how it will
come out. Good luck is a man of pluck
and energy, with his alcove rolled up,,
working to make it come out right.
KxTirrstASTic -An Ohio editor says;
"What can be more captivating than to.
see a beautiful womun, say four foot elev
en incites high, and eleven feet four inch
es in circumference, passing along the
aisle just as divine worship commences."
"1GaTTie water that has no taste is pu-.-rest;
the uir thut has no odor is freshest;
and of all the modifications of manner, .
the mot t generally pleasing is simplicity-
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