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DEKTAL CARD.
AM. SMITH offeri hii professional icrvicei
. to the l-adies ind ieiitlemen of Clear
aid and vicinity. All operation! performed
with neatneii na despatch. Being familiar
witb all the late (inprovmenta, he ii prepared to
mitt Artificial Teeth in the belt uiaoucr.
OfUce in Shaw'i new row,
Sept. Nth, 185S. lyj.
" DR. R. V. WILSON.
HAVING removed his office to the new dwel
ling on Second itreet, will promptly anawei
profs lional oalli ai heretofore.
jAt, a. lAnnmra. ' "
IAKl(lMi:it b TEST, Attorney! at Law
j Clearfield, Pa., will attelid promptly to Col.
Uioni, Lund Agencies, Ao., Ac, in Clearfield,
Centre and Elk counties. July 30. y
JOHN TROUTMAN
STILL continuoi the business of Chiiir Making,
and House, Sign and Ornuiuout.il Painting, ut
the shop formerly occupied by Troutinsn A Rowe,
it tli en"t end of Market itreet, a abort distance
west of Liu' Foundry. Juno 13, 1855.
THOMPSON, 1IAKTSOCK N CO.
Iron founder. Curwensville. An extensive
assortment of Caatinga niado to order
lice. VI, lfcil.
L. JACKSON CRANS ,
ATTOIIXKY AT LAW. office adjoining I if
rtaiilencu nil Second Ptreut, -'leu-l i.i, la.
Juno 1. IS54.
II. P. THOMPSON,
T s.it-lull . mav be found either at his office
I ut bcofield's hotel, Curwoiisville, !nn I
i,rirpM.iunallv nWcM. I'ec. 2'J, IS 5 1
FREDERICK ARNOLD,
Merchant and Produce Dealer, Lulhers
burg Cloarliold couuty, Pa.
April 17.1852.
ELLIS IRWIN & SONS,
4 T the mouth of Lick Iiun, live milei Iron,
V Clearllold. MERCHANTS, and extensive
Manufacturer of Lumber,
July 211, 1852.
J. D. THOMPSON,
Blacksmith, Wagon, Buggies, Ac., Ac, Ironed
on short notice, and the very best style, nthii
ml stand in the borough of Curwensville.
Dee. 29, 1863.
DH. M. WOOD, having changed his loci
tion from Curwomville to Clearfield, res
pectfully offers his professional services to the
tituens of the latter place and vicinity.
Residence on second street, opposite ti it or
J. Crans, Esq. my " U.
P. W. BARRETT,
TERC1TAXT, PRODUCE AND LUMBER
Ll DEALER. AND JUSTICE OF THE
PKACE, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., Pa.
J. L. CUTTLE,
4 ttor
ruey at Law and Land Agent, offi
i adjoining hii
residence, on iiinrnei itree
March.1, 1853.
tiearlleld.
A. R SHAW,
RETAILER of Foreign and Domestie Merch
andiie. Shawsville. Clearfield county, Pa.
Suswsville, August 15, 1855.
D. O. CROUCH,
IIIYSICUN Office in Curwensville.
May
WM. P. CHAMBERS.
sARRIES on Chairmaking, Wheelwright, and
house and Sign painting at Curwensville,
ClearVvId en. AH orden promptly attended to
Jan. i, 1868.
ROIlEttT J. WALLACE, Arroitsar at Law,
Clearfield, Pa., Office in 6baw' Row, op-
posit the Journal office.
dee, 1, 1818. tf.
JOSEril PETERS,
Jvttict of V Peace, Curweruville, Penna.
ON'B door east of Monteliui A Ten Eyok '
Store. AH business entrusted to him will
be promptly attended to, and all instrumonti 0 f
"riling jone on short notioe.
arch, SI, 1858.-y.
PLASTI'.RIXG. The subscriber, having
located himself in the borough of Clearfield
ould Inform the publio that he is prepared to
to Work in th ihnvi line, from nlain to urnimnB.
l of any description in a workmanlike manner. I
io whitewashing and repairing done in a neat
BBr and on reasonable terms.
EDWIN COOPER.
Cleardeld, April 17, ISST. 'j.
r wrt TPPTrr I'0
egt ifpuoifau:
(V If
1 lCli M M-j Lj m ii, Duke Constantino was last here this alii
TAKE CARE OF THEM! I ', ance was talked over. His Highness' in-
"y. A. M. IIILLft, deslrei to announce to; "ue,n0J WM ,won ,n ,fav?r Jne rrince
J hii friend and patron, that he ii now de- nd in compliance with the wishes expres
all of hii time to operations In Dontlstry. sed at Turin its action was brought to bear
ose deilrin k; ...!.. ;n AA kin. - Ik. Vinn
-t uiuiuin v nil mm .innM a, . iiihm.
"?! on Fridays and Saturdays, no leu
to th contrary be given in th town pa
5 to week previous.
J - . - . - - -j -
B. All work warranted to be satisfactory,
;: ertiH, p,. Bwf. 7&d, 99.
-
LIKES.
Tin memory of Margaret B. Carlisle, of Cham,
beriburg, Pa, who died Auguit 12th, 1848.
r ainRiiT t. ait(.
I do not, eannot think thee dead,
My rouiin, young and fair;
llow oould the duws of earth be ibed
Upon thy sunny hair?
By memory' .light I see the till.
And Life with all iti Joys,
Ii sparkling in thin eye the while
I mark the sweetness of thy nolle,
The kindness of thy voice
lhey my that voice and imile are fled,
And yet I cannot fool thee doad,
W parted when the April'i ihoweri
llad roused her infant train,
Witb many a leneme to past the hour
When wo would meet again ;
llow we would hear the echoes ring,
And cull the forest's woalth,
And for our wreaths the bloiaomi bring,
While the glad wind would o'er ui iug,
And fan thy brow to health
In skies io bright, what eye eould 10
The shadow! o'er our destiny t
I little droam'd, ere summer wreathi
Had bent the forest bough,
A hand, "far mightier than the breeie,"
Would rest upon (Ay brow
And flowers that withered not, nor smiled
In thy pale grasp or mine,
Would shod their leaves and fragrance wild
Above a heart is young and mild,
Ai young and true ai ihi no
Would bloom above thy quiet clay,
Pani'd with the beautiful away.
I feel, beneath the starlight pale
Of yon unclouded Hue,
As though a breath uiijht part the veil
That hides hir from my view
Tie gloriel of that City bright
I fuin would hear her tell
Ah, would she lo k on earth to-uight,
Whoso ejej hnvo caught their flmniug light
From the luvuible .'
Or proffer nn undlng hand
To guide us to the spirit lund.
Sweet is the th'Cgbt of human lorn,
WI oko precious ciiairi ij riven,
Thou evji y link uoites above ,
To draw our heurts to heaven
Our voyage soon il, end -our uight,
A tew short years 11 1 most,
When day bus put the .shades t) Qiht,
He loo shall huil the luiid iu sight,
And Dour upou tho coaat,
W itch her frail bark and lighter oar
Had gained a little tiuio bui'ure.
The Princess Clotilde of Savoy.
The names of the brido of his Imperial
Highness 1'rineo Napoleon aro a follows:
Clutildo Mario Thercie Louise. She is the
dau liter of the King of Sardinia, Victor
Emanuel II, and tho Archduchess Adele
of Austria.
The Princess is only sixteen years old,
having been born on the 2d of March.
1843, not remarkably beautiful, but grace-
tilul I'rince.-s in Europe.
How TUB rilINCE9S WAS WoOED AND WoN
fill Mrwl o 11 iitlitlorl 1 1 ,.1 1lnrul llii.hnaaa
. n c i 11 ? .1 owners, r-.-r tho purpose of bring-
is tall She bears a resemblance o the her hnck ',0 the vom
mostfla tered portraits of Maria I heresa tarti howevpr tw0 ,J j geialt!men
-ho,e descendant she is. The mother ol u tll0 M the A h-
the Princess was considered the most beau- , . .1 , r,, ' ,i,;i . ,:
The first proposalsof marriage of Prince Mayor, however, doclined to "put hi foot
Napoleon with the Princess Clotilde came in it."' hut stated the probability of his in
last year from tho Tuileries, but were not terference in case the peace wai broken by
received altogether with fuvor j but this either party. The conference with the
vear the gravity of circumstances a seri- Mayor was not satisfactory, and the legal
ousneaa that is at present extreme clear-
ed away every intervening obstacle. The
solo condition imposed by King Victor
Emanuel bus been, tnatthe future bride-
groom una bruie should nrst see ana bo-
come acquainted with each other. Hence
the coming oi the 1'rince to lurin.
A Paris letter savs: "iNotwiihstanding
the hopes of some future aggrandizement
in Italy, the influence of the E nperor of
the French, and tho attractioi.s of his
intended son-in-law, it is atlinned that
the Kinc of Sardinia did not give his con-
sent to the marriage of his daughter with-
out much hesitation and some difliulty.
When the matter was lust broken to him,
Victor Emanuel was as much taken bv
surprise as the public has been on learning
that it was concluded, i he ancient lino-,
age of the one and the recent rise of the
other may have had some weight with the
descendant of the old and glorious house ;
1 1 1:1 1 U - :u . t:.: 1 ,
free and easy as he may be in familiar in-
termors?, for tho nreiudices of race never!
are really eradicated. Tho objections, how-
ever, aro said not to have been confined
exclusively to that. Tho uncertainty of af
fairs in ranee, the possibility ot tuture
changes for nothing is impossible and
the convenience that might arise to Sar
dinia, owing to a variety of causes too nu
merous to bedotailod, wore urged. 1 sup-
pose the parties to whom they wero ofl'er-
ea did their best to remove them not
successfully, however, as it would seem,
for it required the direct intervention of
a third party to induce Victor Emmanuel
fl've his consent. When the grand
I$r It is the opinion of a western editor ,
that wood goes hither when left out of j
doors than when well housed. lie sayi
fome er bis went unit mire.
"EXCELSIOR."
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1859.
The Coolie Trade.
Mr. William Breck, reaiilont of Bang
kok, 8mm, linn published a document il
lustrating the Coolie traJo, from facta guin
ea from the ollicers and crew of a Dutch
bark, which Lad been taken from that
vessel and carried to Singapore. This bark
waa employed in the Coolie trade, anil
among the papers found on board was the
original contract between tho Coolies and
the Spanish agents at Macao. This paper
shows the Coolio contract scheme to be
fully cm a par with tlm African slave trade
in all particulars, for not one out of a
t l.lun..l .vf .1.. P II .
""""I"" "i inn noor UMIOWH who nr
windlfd into this contract will ever live
10 sen tue end of it, w Inlo thoir servitude
in uie meantime will be or the most ab
ject and degrading character. Tho Coolies
agree to work on the islund of Cuba, for
1110 term 01 eigtu years, at every descrip
tion of labor, the working hours to be
fixed by their musters, no restriction as to
tho length of the luboring hours, they
agree to submit to such corrections aj their
musters or their agents may seo proper to
inflict, and in no ease nor uider any cir
cumstances to attempt to escape from con
trol, no matter how tyrannical and op
pressive that control may be. The con
sideration is to be $4 per month, and daily
rations of eight ounces of suit meat and
two and a hull pounds of Loniitlos, or any
other kind of flesh. The apparel stipula
ted for in the agreement consists of one
suit of clothing, a woollen shirt and a
blunket each year. These are tho main
feature of the Coolie contract system,
which tho hypocritical pretenders of Eu
rope are engaged in, while, at tho same
time, protesting most vehemently against
the system of domestic mrvittule in the
United .Stales, which at least 1ms the mer
it or being under the control of law, and
subject to the discipline of wi-r, just and
impartial judges. But what protection
has the Coolies w hen they are landed upon
the soil of Cuba or any other Ulund ? They
I are entitled to the mercy of their masters,
I who may, with impunity, decline or re-
fuse to keep their part 'of the contract,
; while exacting from their r.ervnnfs tho Iet-
ler of the bond, the pound of flesh. The
I whole trallic in Coolies is a mere trick to
; ojitain the lubor of these men at the same,
I if not lower rates than sluve labor can be
, procured, yet leave room fur Exeter Hall
! orations and kindred exhibitions of maud
' Ii" sontiiiienlnlisin. But such facts as those
set forth by Mr. ISrerk, will show tho true
! "true of f-t !ingin Europe upon theques.
: ti'-.n nl obtaining cheap labor, and exhibit
I fid s.'if-constiiuted reformers in tiieir Hue
. light. Daily 1'eniityh'ahian,
A Runaway Stkamboat Goino it on
VVonpES Cri.lXDDR Headi. The steamboat
Wenona being in trouble at Pittsburgh,
some of the owners soized her nnd she
was laid up. But the captain and crew,
not liking to be idle, got a pair of wooden
cylindiv heads, (to rephico the iron onos,
which had been taken awav to nrevent
her slipping off to another State,) and
iook advantage ot a dark, night to glide
silently down the Ohio. The Pittsburgh
Diipatch thus recounts the rest of her ad
ventures! On Friday last, as wo have stated, tho
Wenona whs hard aground at White's rip
ple, Capt. Florer on board, apparently tak
ing things easy. We have also staled the
fact of tho chartering of the steam tua
If 1 . t 1 it-ii 1 ., .. 0
uuwKcye, apt, jane u.111, Dy tne tnree-
to prevert bloodshed in the anticipated
grand onslaught upon the Wenona. The
gentlemen left, fhey were joined by two
gentlemen connected with the Central
road, noted for the "pluck," and "some
on H'O muscle," backed by at least thirty
en, consisting 01 firoymen, truckmen,
Portc, c-i bearing handspikes, dray pins,
-c. ah neingin reaumoss, me iiawkeye
proceeded on ner journey.
Old Capt. Florer, happening out on the
guarasoi the Wenona, observed the Hawk,
approaching, and anticipating her ar
rival, had not neen idle. He drummed up
mo twenty-five men, aiming the greater
portion of them with old flint muskets,
ome of them with no locks; others were
armeu wim old rusty saores. uipt f. gave
orders lor every man to take a state-room
,nd not to show himself until the signal
" given.
J"o Hawkeye came up close, and the
leader of the formidable party on board
8ung out, "We have come to pull this
hnnt. ntTnnrl latrA hnr l.ArL- In Pit lulxif r.1. "
'Capt. F. "All right; what assistance I
can give will be at your disposal." The
Wenona was soon afloat, lines were aU
tached, and all was in readiness for a trip
back to the city. Capt. F. stepped down
to the boiler deck, and with two strokes
of the hatchet severed the line. Simulta
neous with this, the men rushed from the
state-rooms of the Wenona, and with
pointed guns and drawn sabres overawed
the Hawkeye party, who took refuge in
the hold, cook-houso and water-closets,
each seeming extremely anxious to put
lumsuit outot siL'ht,
The Wenona dropped quietly down the
Uhio, and mot with no further molesta
tion. The last heard from hor, she was
at Wellsville, and having been provided
with cylinder heads of boiler iron, was
making her way to Cincinnati, which port
she has probably reached ere this
fj3yA friend at our elbow say there
Is a piece of road not two miles from here
so narrow, that when two toamt meet
they have both to set over tho feooe be-
tore enner can pas
vr vaitav . u,i,,hj,iiii , III UUM.il U IS WUllUC
Hints to Episcopalians.
Bishop Do Lancy, now on a visit to Eu
rope, says in one of his letters:
"I have attended five or six services in
England, and am struck with tho follow
ing particulars s
1st. The general and audible responses.
d. The congregational singing.
VTlie ,eudin8 of" tho lessons by the
members of tho congregation in their Li
mes in me pews.
4th. The pause after the benediction.
5th. Tho very little looking m,,,i ,i
staring at each other by the congregation,
anu tne apparent devout attention exhibi-
ted. -
In another letter (Deo. 20th) Bishop
VoU, speuks thus of the weekly service
held the night before in St. Paul's Cut he
dral, London: "It was a most impressive
service; more than threo thousand pres.
ent, notwithstanding the rain. A choir
of more than fivo bundled volunhxr sing,
ers chanted and sung. The sermon was
by the Rev. Dr. Hook extemporaneous,
animated and impressive, end fixed the
attent.on of the great multitude for forty
minutes. The voices of tho people almobt
overpowered the immense orgun. It was
a majestic sound Such an amen I never
heard. It was the Fall of Niagara rever
berating th praises of God. It carried
me forw-wd to what St. John says: 'A voice
came out of tho Throne, saying, Praise our
God, all yo His servants, und j o that fear
Him, both small and great; and I heard
as it were, tho voico oi a great multitude,
as tho voice of many waters, and as the
voice of mighty thundcrings, saying. Alle
lulaj for the Lord God Omnipotent reign-
" All about us, so far as wo could see or
hear, responded and sung, but no indi
vidual voice, male or female, could be dis
tinguished in tho overpowering and har
monious mass of sound. There wero no
long preludes or interlude! by the organ.
"When the hymn alter the sermon was
finished, all bent down and the pieacher
pronounced the benediction, to which the
organ, choir and congregation responded
a most solemn and impressive amen ; und
all was silent as the grave, for private pray
er to God for his blessing on the service
a silence overpowering silence that could
bo felt. The immense flock thuu quiu'.lv
dispersed."
Harder of a "Missionary in Orcjon.
Among the documents sent to tho Sen
ate by the War Depart men t, on Tuesday,
wits one pnrpoi ting to be an authentic ac
count of the murder of tiie Mjtlm.li.u
Missionary, Dr. Klitnmn, who crossed the
plains in tho year ltUS. and settled in the
valley of the Walla -Walla, where he soon
had around him all the ooml'orts of rural
life, and where, with his interesting fami
ly, ho commenced hi etlorts to instruct
and enlighten tho savages of that region.
ihe small pox having broken out aniona
the Indians, spread with great rapidity,
hundreds of their number fulling victims
to the disease. The family of the mis
sionary did all in their power to mitigate
and assuage the suUcrings of these suvuges
by nursing and distributing nied o nes.
The fumily of the missionary not being
afflicted with the pestilence created a sus
picion in the minds of the Indiuns Unit
the pestilence had been brought for the
purpose of destroying tin: red race and
obtaining their lands. With a view to
test practically tho truth two Indians were j
sent over to tho mission furm that had !
not been afflicted with tho malady, in or
der that tho missionary might prescribe
for them, which wits kindly done, and the
red patients returned to their fiiendsto
await tho issue. I3y some strange latality ; were a very important portion of her
both of those Indians died, which confirm- i trade, and gave to this colony of Massa
ed in the minds of those savages tho truth chusetts its early leading position in com
of the suspicion, and the next step was incrce. But i. our fisheries relied now up
revenge. A stalwart savage was selected 1 on the foreign demand, its products
lor me moody deed, who stole into tho would be hard or sale. The town of Glou
chamber of the sleeping family, ud bu- cester alone, could nearly supply every
nod his tomahawk in the brain of the
missionary and that of his wife, and then
other Indians rushed in, and helpless
children, male and female employees, wero
butchered, the house razed to the ground,
iences destroyed, and every vestige of a nsh were shipped rrom the United States
once happy homo disappeared. j to foreign ports, and 30,000 barrels mack-
i crel, and other pickled fish, such as salm
Yankee Locomotives in Born. On tho on, herring, alewives, shad, &o. The great
railroad between Alexandria (Egypt) and niaikets at e(.'uba, Hay ti, Guiana and Por
Suez, recontly finished, there are four lo- Kino Cuba nnd Hay ti being the largest,
comotives two of them of Eng.ish manti- Those places take five-sixths of the total
facture, and the other two were built at expoits. Boston is the greit exporting
the Taunton Works, in Massachusetts. It Pr- shipping more than two-thirds of the
seems that the Pasha's ears aro open to ! emout.t. New York ranks next,
flattery, and the English engineers, Wlt'1 over one-third Iheshipments of Bos
through their consul, use every means to j ton then comes Gloucester, with genor
getrltlofthe American engineers. They ia"y one-third of the exports of Boston.
were tola by the railroad company that i
-i - ,. ., -1..
tne engines would not be used, and their
services would not bo needed. The ex
cuso for hauling them up was that they
were not strong enough to haul tho heavy
trains.
Ono of the American engineers, getting
an opportunity to speak with the Pasha,
told him he would haul as many loaded
cars as would reach from one end of the
read to the other. Accordingly, seventy-'
nve neavny loaded cars (which was all
they could muster,) were put in a train,
the Pasha's own car attached, and Mio
whole were taken through to Suez, a dis
, , . . , - i
tan ee of 200 miles, in twelve hours, ma
king stopages for fuel and water. The
Pasha exclaimed, in Egyptian, "God is
great, but a Yankee is very near perfec-
tion i ira nil return, ne uiscnargea the
hnglisli engine drivers, and now uses the
launton engines altogether.
Thi "William ad Maky Collecb" De-
STROTED BT F:re -Petersburg, Vu., Feb. 8.
The William and Mary College building,
at Williamsburg, including thelibrarv and
labratory, was distroyed by fire at three
o.clock this morning. This is one of the
oldest institution in this country.
Ihe students all escaped. There ts an
J insurance at it.y w on toe jwfiporty.
A Gang of Torfen.
The Ilunuville (Texas) Item, of the 5th
int., relate thn a-windling deeds there of
four lelio.ii . a ling themselves Alfretl, AI
bert and Augustus WUson, and Samuel
lM ton, who settled down there, commen
ced business, passed of drafts on New
York to some amount, and then suddenly
left. The drafts came back from New
York protested, nnd it was discoverod that
tne tour were forgers. They had be
fore swindled the people of Imiianola out
of J 10(10, nnd various other property; at
Hempstead, out of a horse and buggy ; at
Waco, out of saddles and horses, besides
passing more forged notes.
Alfred was accidentally recognized in
his true character, by a person who hap
pened to be present, just as articles of
agreement wero about to be sigued be
tween Alfied and Mr. Edmonds, hotel
keeper at Puiis, Lamar county, and Ed
munds was on the point of paving over
52,000 to his new partner in the" soap bu
siness. Alfred confessed to all his rasculittes,
and was put in jail. Albert and Augus
tus wero overhauled ut Montgomery. Ala .
where they await the requisition of the
viovernor 01 1 exas.
Samuel Morton i at il I t tn.
$2,000 ottered for his arrest by New York
er, on whom he had forged to the amount
of 80,000. Ho is suspected to be the same
leiiow who recently passed off on Mr. W.
E. Hnnddy, of Louisville, a forged check
for $10,000 on the Citizens' Bank of New
Orleuns,
A Mouel Biudui. The Davenport (Io
wa) Uuzctle contains a translation from
the Temesvar (Hungary) Gazette, which
gives a description of one of the finest
luidtfes in the world. The translation is
by Mr. Clemens Mirschl, of Davenport,
and a student of the Lawrence Scientific
School, Cambridge. We take from the
description the following paragraphs:
'Eight iron arches, each 130 feet span,
restiu: upon seven cast iron pet and two
stone abutments, constitute this in its
present completion, majestic appearing
structure. The abutment on the Szegi d
in, viz: the right vide of the Theisz is cnn
timied by a stono viaduct of seven arches:
six of these have ach sixteen feet, and
;he seventh thirty feet span, because the
road to the old depot goe' through it.
The lowest and middle portion of the via
duct is composed of white freestone,
whilst the arciie are built of c.ddned and
variegated stone-. The eight iron arches
as well as the cast iron piers, are painted
with a silver grey oil color, which gives
the whole a very solid appearance, and at
the same time protect the iron from
the etlects of weather. The rail is thirty
live feet above the highest water mark,
which leaves twenty one feet below the
middle of tiie arches for steamboats to go
under; the present water mark is about
45 feet below them.
Each pier consists of two iron cylinders.
each ten feet in diameter, which were dri
ven forty two feet below low water mark
nto the bed of the river by means of com-
pressed air. Pilos were driven down in
the inside of these cylinders, whose points
reuch sixty feet beiow low water mark,
and whoso tops cut off several fathoms be
low the river bed. surmort the concrete
and innsotiry with which the inside of tho
cylinders are filled."
Exports of Fifth to Foreign Ports.
In early days of New England the ex
ports o'' the products of her fisheries to
S.iitin, France, Portugal, and West Indies.
quintal of fish that is shipped abroad from
tho United States each year, and everv
barrel of maokerel and piokeled fish, and
' then have 30.000 barrels for homo market,
; Last year 1G1.000 qulntails of domestic
WI P10"'" nsn, uosion snips irom ono-
.l.:...l. l.lr -f iL- l. -1
thud to one-half or the whole amount,
liuyti taking tho largest number of bar
rels, about 10,000 annually. By the these
statements it will be seen" that our home
market is thegreatest for the fisheries, and
this demand is constantly increasing.
The sources of supply for this immense
demand are almost declining in extent
with each succeeding vear, and concen-
trating moieat severul leading places, such
" 'uceier, im;n me ihsi year iurmsu
aione one-imn ot ino mackerel lor home
"ml foreign consumption. We see noth-
i - i it. i
ing to hindor the constant riso of fish in
the markets of the United States,
Amu Mr. Prescott had finished his first
groat work, o little was ho inspired with a
fervid ambition, or anything likean inordi
nate distinction, that he said to his futher
that he had had the gratification of writing
the work, and thatheshould place iton his
shell' ana leave it for those who snould
oome after him. He was dissuaded from
so doing, and was enoouraged to give it to
the world by his father.
tSTlf you wish to offer your hand to a
lady, chooce your oppor'.nity. The best
timo to do it is whon tho is getting out of
an omnibus.
TERMS-ll M per Annum
NKWSKIUES-VOL. IV.-NO 7.
A Conning Device.
Tho Chart
,l. t ii 1 ' ""veriuer reia'es
the following :A nice, respected lady,
not a thousand miles away, had long no
ticed, to her dismay, that her "worser half
was growinir foolishlir .nnin...
jealous of her. She resolved to tearh Kin.
a lesson. Some evenings since, as ho was
leaving she told him he need not tarry
back, she would not be lonely ; she want
ed her ducky to enjoy himself, 4c. Ben.
edict felt a veritable "mice" under that
hypocrisy, and resolved to bo avenged.
About eight o'clock, an "indiwidual"
about his size might hav been seen cau
tiously creeping along to the door, and
noiselessly. Benedict peepod in. Just
a he expeclod, there they were a pair of
boots, a coat on the black chair, and a hat
on the table. Benedict shivered like aa
aspen leaf, as he stooped, pulled off big
boots, and drew a pistol from his coat
pocket. With "resolution flashing from
his eye," he made tracks for tl. 1,,Im
There he wag kneeling at the bedside, coat
and vest off, and head on the pillow,
4Uisriu10 vuuan ma time has come.
"Say your prayerg villian, your time is
short -and a flash and a report told that
the bullet had sped on its fatal mission.
'Help nmrderl watch J oh, is that
you!" Jand madame popped her little
head up from the foot of the bed. Bene
diet seized the body as it was a miscella
neous collection of old coats, rests, pil
lows, hankerchiefg and the like, made up
for the occasion. "1 say, dear, what does
all this mean T" exclaimed the husband,
with a Hank, sheepish look. "Well
dar," replied the wife, "I did get lonely!
after all, and just amused myself by dress
ing up that puppet, nnd making be
hove you were at homo. I'm sure I didn't
think you'd suspect" "There, there,"
said the chagrined husband, "say no more
about it ; I thought it was a robber ; dear
creatui e, I'm so glad it didnt hit you."
Benodiot repeated "Now I lay me," etc..
and went to bed resolved not to watch any
more at present.
A "Romance in Politics.
One of Texas' distinguished citizen,
name not given, who has fiVurrl L.n.i.
in public Lfe. first as a lawyer, then as a
so.dier in the Mexican and Indian warg,
and then as a leading politician, has the
luiiowing reiatea ot him in a sketch
ot hw life by the New Orleans Christian
Advocate. II9 had been put up by his
party in 1857 to succeed Gen. Houston ia
the (Jnithd States Senate; but foolitt
called to the ministry, and distrusting his
own ability to resist the temptations of
Washington life, was unwilling to accept
the nomination. He laid the case before
his wife, leaving to her the choice between
the Unitod States Senate and deatruo
tion to his morals, and the pulpit and saU
vation :
"Taking the letters and papers from all
part of the State, giving him assurance of
election, he went to his wife and said: "I
can go to the United States Senate. Here
are the evidences. If you wish it, I will
go. But if I go, hell is my doom. I shall
dio a drunkard as certain as I go to Wash
iagton. I can yet escape. If I pas this
point, I never can. I can enter the min
istry, which I ought to have done long ago
and save myself from a drunkard's grave,
and my soul from bell. But you shall de
cide.' His poor wife, unwilling to relin
quish the glittering prize in viow, re
plied, weeping, that she could notaeewhy
he could not bo a great man and a Chris
tiantoo. uut after prayerful reflection,
sho would not iucur tho fearful responsi
bility of docidiug against hie conscience,
and told hiin to go into the itinoracy and
she would go with him. To the astonish
ment of the whole State, a letter from
him appeared in the paperg, just before
the meeting of the Legislature, declining
the oflioo, and announcing his retire
ment from political life. The next thing
that wag heard of him was that he was
preaching."
Mrs. Partinotoxs Visit to thi Tt
ed Field. "Did the guard present arms
to you, Mrs. Partington," asked a com
missary, as ho mot hor at the entrance of
the marquee.
"You moan the century? (said she smi
ling.) I have heard so much about the
tainted fiold. that I believe I ooal.l U.
ploro an attachment into line mvaelf. .nt
secure them as well as an officer. You
asked me if the guard presented arms. 11
fl..Hi l... . - , . ...
u,u" mile man witn an ep
ilepsy on his shoulder and a smile on but
face, did, and asked me if I wouldn't n
into his tent and smile. I told him that
W3 could both smile outside, when h nn.
litely touched his chateau and left me."
The commissary presented a hard r.wt.
en stool upon which she reposed herself.
" 1 his is one or the seats of war, I sup
pose? (said she.) Oh what a hard lot a
soldier is objected to I I don't wonder a
mite at the hardening influence of a anlrli.
er's life. What is that for. fasked shit mm
the noise of a cannon saluted her ear. I I
hope they aint firing on sir account."
There was a aolicituda in her tone aa she
spoke, and she was informed it waa only
the Goveitior, who had just arrived upon
the field. "Door me, (said she,) how cru
el it is to make tho old gentleman cooi)
away down here, when he i so feeble he
hag to take hi stafJ with him wherever be
goes." She was so affected at tho idea
that ghe had to take a few drops of whit
wino to restore her equilibrium, and to
counteraot tne dust from the I
tainted
field. DottoA PotU
B Gentleman and ladies." aairl thm
showman, "here you have a magnifieonl
pain ting of Daniel in the lion's den. Dan
iel can easily be distinguished from th
lions by the green cotton ambrlla undo
his arm.
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