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J, H. LARRIMER, Editor.
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us&svtsr&ssz A!aasr
DENTAL CARD.
I M. SMITH offer hi professional cervices
t . to the Ladies and l.eiitlcincii of Clear
Seld and vicinity. All oporntiuni performed
with neatness nnil despatch. Doing fiuniliiir
with alt the Into iinprovinent, he ia prepared to
mke Artltii'lal IcctH in the best mntiner,
Ofllce In Phaw' new row.
Sept. 1 1th, 1358. lyj.
DR. U. V. WILSON,
TTAVIXG removed his oflico to tho new dwcl
t linj on Second etreet, will promptly answer
profs sional culls as herototore.
;. n. i.AKRtMF.n. 1. tr.sr
T ARHIMI.K.& TF..ST, Attorney at Law
Jj Clearfield, l'a., wilt attend promptly 10 uoi
IaiuIis, Lahd Agoncios, Ac, Ac, in Cloarfiold
Centre and fclk counties. July ju. y
JOHN TROUTMAN
HTItl. continue the business of Chnir Jinking,
ii and House, Sien and Orniuncnt.il rnintin;
ilieshoo formerly occupied by I'routmnn & llowo
t the enst end of Market itroet, a short distance
west of Lit Foundry. Juno 1.1, isos.
THOMPSON, HAR'INUCK N CO.
I
roll l-'oundcss, Curwcnsville. An extensive
assortment of Castings made to ordcre
Dec. 29, lf51.
L. JACKSON CRANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, office adjoining 1 i:
residence on Seeoud Street, Cleai l kid, l a.
June 1. 1S54.
II. P.TIlOMrSON,
Physician, may be found cither at bis ofllce
at Scofiold' hotel, Curwcnsville, when no
irofmiorially absent. uec. zv, isji
FREDERICK ARNOLD,
" rcrcliant and Produce Dealer, Luther.
jM. orR Clearfiold county, l'n,
April 17,1852.
ELLIS IRWIN it SONS,
T the mouth of I.iek Run, five mile from
Clearfield. MERCHANTS. Olid extensive
Miiiufacturera of Lumber,
July 23, 1852.
J. I). THOMPSON,
BlackmltU, Wagons, Bii'giee, Ac, Ac, Ironed
on short notice, and the very best style, nt his
Id stand in the borough of turwvnsvule.
See. 29, 1S5.1.
DU. M. WOODS, having clumped bis locn
tion from Curwcnsville to Clearfield, res
pectfully offers hi professional (crvices to the
eittteni of the latter place and vicinity.
Residence on Second street, opposite ti tt of
J.Crans, Esq. my : ?I58.
P. W. BARRETT,
rt f KRCHANT, PRODUCB AND LUMDKR
LtJ. IiEALKR, 'AND JUSTICE OF THE
rt.VCE, Luthersburg, Clcnrficld Co., Ta.
J. L. CUTTLE,
I tlorncy at I. aw and I.nnd A&;ciit, offi
iV. adjoining hi residence, on Murket etroc
ClrOeld. March3, 1853,
A. B SHAW,
RETAILER of Foreign and Doinoatic Moreh.
andise, Shawsvillo, Clearfiold county, l'a.
Shaweville, August 15, 1855.
D. O. CROUCH,
PnTSICIAN Office in Curwcnsville.
May
WM. P. CHAMBERS.
OaIUUES on Chairmaking, Wheelwright, and
J house and Sign painting at Curwcnsville,
'.letrOoId co. All order promptly attended to
Jan. 5, ISiS.
ROBERT J. WALLACE, Attoxet at Law,
Clearfield, IV, Office in Shaw'i Row, op
Jo'iie the Journal office.
deo. 1, 1813. tf.
JOSEni TETERS,
Jvtict of tie Peace, CurwcnsiWc, Pcnna.
(VK door east of Monteliu i, Ten Eyck '
Wtroe??-" bu' entrusted to h!iV wj) I
p T attended to, and all &Umi.enU 0 f
-tt done on short notita.
. jMl, 18S8.-y.' '
PUSTr.RIX(;,The ,uberiber,- having
located himself in the borough of Clearfiold
inform the publio that he 1 proparod to
tsl ,ne',ov lino, ffom plain roornamon
'.. 'rn7 oosorlption In a workmanlike mannor.
' hitowahing and repairing done in a neal
wner and on reaaonable term.
' EDWJJf COOPER,
-v-iucia, April 17, I5S7. Jy.
YOVR TEETH-
TAKE CAJIE OF THEM 1 1
HIM.S, do.ire to announce to
" bis tokA. j ... .1... 1.. 1 j..
f hi lime to operation in -UentUtry.
1(8 7"iril,S h rvioo will find him t h
tii rr niD b" reitJunce at nearly all time,
yi 00 Friday and Saturdays, nnle
,, , 'h contrary be given In the town pa
""th.weekprevioaV, '
' n A" ork "wrantod to ba atlafaetory.
ll'Mtleld, Pa. Eept. 23nd, Jt58.
1:
POETRY
The R
William MeClliro. Pastor
ii ... , .. inn-, imsior 01
o I'..-k Presbyterian church, of London
(,'ii,('t'im'1, w,h0 lut,,y viKitot' the
I. nitod Slates on (ho evening previous to
hi dopiituro fi-fim A ..,..:... f 1
cormwsod tho following p0Pnli cxprW)il
of his view nn, feelii..? , ! 1 .
. .. "... """"-' iu 1
lis liotno,
mg with regard to
tins country. I
From Erin's bonutoons Islo I cuinc.
t( lo visit Wc-torn HiniM;
lo mark tho (uiitoms of the iign,
Dio jiooj.Io nnd tlio timos.
And do you n.k what I Imvo seen,
hen foiiiniiijjr far nlrod ,
lint worthy to lie told tit liotno,
Of nil theiiaths 1 trod?
I answer Illicit unci fair tho land,
r rom despotism freo ;
And lilnssings riclier yet itwnit
This hnul of liberty.
Tho hearts of parents fill with joy
.mm hHt'ii wiin conscious piKte,
To sec their children walk in truth
AVith 11 Lsdon for their guide.
So may tho jmrent hinds rejoieo
urn j;iivci uiese ciinciien Im tli ;
Wliospreud throughout the Western world,
And cover all the eartli.
Their kuV.z arc generous find brave
Their daughters full of grace;
Fit ol jec-ts oTebteein mid love
A truly noble raeo.
The forest bent before tho axe,
And yield their ancient reign ;
New fields nto opening to the plough,
New cities deck the plain.
Tho hum of commerce meets the ear,
From morn till setting sun j
This busy tribes botli far and near,
The nice for riches run.
Fair science lifts her torch on high,
Its brightness to increase;
And wii-dom points toyouth the way
Of hiisantiiess nnd pence.
Crowds hasten to tho houso of prayer,
And pi ni.-e their lips employ ;
While heralds of tho Cross proclaim
Glad tidings of great joy.
Where'er the strangers turn his steps,
The doors nro open wide;
And still tho hospitable board
Eor all his wants provide.
And warm affection's sacred glow
Burns bright within the heart,
And overflowing kindness seeks
That pleasure to impart.
May pence and plenly ever bless
Columbia's favored land ;
Exalted high by righteousness,
May it conspicuous stand.
Led by the social light that beams
From insjiiration' page ;
Finn let the Word of God be held,
Though impious zealots rage.
Thus may this mighty peoplo bo
An instrument for good;
Thus may the Gospel bn preserved
From superstition's flood.
To new and ever widening fields,
The teeming millions fly ;
And guide most sure for weal or woe,
This world's great destiny.
Oh ! hasten thon tho glorious time,
When Christ shall reijin alone,
And nil the nations of thcearth,
He blended into one.
And now the gallant vessel wails
I ho crested billows swell
Soft gales will waft me to my home,
Columbia, lare-tliee-well.
Oft will my journeyings here recur,
W ith pleasing memories lraueht ;
This green spot on the map of life,
ill never bo lorgot.
Soon w ill your fading shores, sweet land,
lie hidden trom my view,
But never from my heart can fade,
ihc kindness found in you.
Oh, may tho friends so dear and loved,
ho cheered the stanger s breast ;
All meet in a far better land
The kingdom of the blest.
JUisctllantous.
War.
Sickly sentimentalists ninv preach to
nurses, I'eace Congresses may pass resolves,
and the noble sect of tjuakers may declare
and practice tho doctrine that nations, as
individual , should sutler injury without
attempting retaliation; but while human
ity remains unregenorated and of the same
composition as at present, governments
and nationalities will war. Instinctively
wo regard belligerent countries with dif
ferent judgment from thftt whic!i wo in
flict on individuals ; for an involuntary
Jionmgo is paid to tho calm superiority
with which a noble man treats base in
suiters, and tho conscious dignity of recti
tude which the godly individual presents
as an impenetrable shield to tho wanton
assaults of an unjust world; but with na
tions nnd their rulers it is far otherwise.
The rulers of a great peoplo cannot act
upon the same maxims which they might
practice in private life, nor would the peo
plo permit them. Every man among ten
millions is desirous of quickly avenging a
nntional insult, which, if personal, he
would pcrhnpe feel able to sneer down.
put what every body is responsible for,
nobody js responsible for ; 10 that the col
lective people et loose their passions when
an individual might control his. They are
quick to take offence nnd eager to obtain
vengeance ; they ignore interests, national
or private, and see little else than the ret
ribution due to national insult.
This sentiment is felt by all statesmen
and rulers ; in truth they not only bow to
it, but, as a portion of the people, inti-
"EXCELSIOR."
fi.i
5AKFIELI), PA. WEDNESDAY MARCH lfi,l859.
w
mutely shnro it. It rules, nnd so will con
tinue to do, all tho cabinets, kingdoms
1 T worm; it is nn estab
lished fact, a starting point of nmument.
nml an accepted condition of the remarks
which vyo propose, in tho fuco of myopes,
valetudinarians and optimists.
Takinii nations as thev nro. mid Mm
world ns it is, regarding tho present and
future of tho United States and look in a
to tho best interests of this Republic nnd
the world we nro constraint! to believe
a great war necessary, imminent and bene-
iiciai.
Of the immense amount of sufferim.' In
jury and deprivation indicted when em
battled hosts meet, the meanest intellect
can judge ; but that these losses nro not nt
all times sullieient to counterbalance im
mediate nnd luturo benefits, let the
American Revolution testify. Ko man
with nn intellect to appreciate, and a soul
to leel the bcnclits conferred utiou tho
wholo civilized world by thesullerings and
hero-deaths of our forefathers, can fail to
acknowledge the necessity nnd benefits of
occasional and riditeous war. The man
who seeks to gain u distinguished good,
which is planted upon tho summit of a
lofty mountain, must not stop in his ca
reer to mourn over the daUies crushed
under his foot-tread, and the carofhu
man jirogress must puss on through fre
quent distress. Tho benefits may bu eter
nal nnd world-wide, but the eiitl'ei ing tem
porary and limited.
Such was the cood prize won for the.
earth by the American Revolution of lib
erty ngninst the old traditions and tyran
nical restrictions, iipiid iant, horrors und
war. Such a crisis must i!: United .States
ngain pass through, before they i!"illlmve
accomplished their destiny," nnd fah'Jy
launched mankind upon the broad sen on
which the bark, freighted with the hopes
of the friends of selfi-govcrninent and hu
manity, shall fairly test its qualities and
strength. That which this Republic may
do for the development mid advancement
of our race, has been so befogged by F0111 th
of July orations and pBtrii.tic effusions on
the i!lM of Februaiy, that few have tho
faintest glimmering of what career we
might run, nnd what destiny, only circum
scribed by t he limits of the earth, we might
accomplish. In our path stands i-n
stands inglailu ;.
obstructing this glorious nnd humanity-' jautious, white washed creature walkinc
beiitung progress, stands the selfish gov-' tne ,V01.d with velvet shoe, who smirks
ernmentot the British Isles. W hat Great'nnd glides his unchallenged way to the
i.ritnin Iins lioon is nnil will l.n Hi a hi row i . . J . . .
ful reuder of our columns ha, or soon
will find. It is too fruitful subject now to
sneak, explaining how she is tyrannical
abroad, while partially freo nt home; how,
when making pretences of impartiality in
her diplomacy, she is grasping ; when pla
carding fair-dealing, she is resorting to
tho basest treachery; when professing a
singlo desire to remove shackles from
trade, she seeks to gain peculiar advan
tages. To-day, as at nil past crises, Great Brit-?
nin looks to nobody but self, and seeks
special immunities for British commerce,
although proclaiming an almost disinter
ested regard for tho extension of civiliza
tion. Her plans nro well laid and well
accomplished. England is a great power.
She is tho mistress of tho seas, and di
vides with the United Slates the mission
of progress. Thero are other powerful
nations and governments, but these two
hold moro especially in their hands the
destiny ot humanity. The; are rivals.
iNot rivals in doing good, for their systems
of action nro different. England desires to
restrict and shackle, but tho United States
bend thoir whole enorgies to romovo ob- j teron whom he doted. About tin time
structions and tear the bonds from hu-, of her attaining womanhood, there nppoa
manity. England Is tied to the traditions j red a diwhing young 'middy' of the Uni
of the pnst ; Ame.-ica betuls her gazo upon ; ted States navy, w ho may afterwards
the future. One desires a partial freedom ' have worn tho buttou of a Lieutenant,
at home, but a British tyranny abroad ;! He boldly made love to Miss Jaimcy.wbi h
tho other has IreeUom at home, and tie-;
sires it for all others.
In pursuance of her settled policy, tho
English Cabinet seeks to thwart our just .
policy at everv step. On everv sea and
every land sho attempts to carry out the nil his property, at tho time of his death, I tinued thus. He became sick, weary nnd
interests of her contracted isles, to the in-1 uy will or othcrwiso, on his daughter and ! disheartened, but bis pride would not al
jury of nil others, liberty, humanity, ' 'ier issue, leaving the husband without a I low him to writo homo fur assistance. He
progress, are ns nothing, whon woighed in , dime. j was at lust reduced to sell newspapers in
the scale of her temporary interests.
England is m the path of freedom nnd
the world's development. Sho is now
weighing like an incubus upon tho future
of civilization nnd tho United States. Her
colossal power, built up through treachery
and usurpation, stand boldly in antagon- a rrench nobleman, Baron do Pierres. At
ism, Is the only obstacle to tho boundless tho timo of tho marriage, tho family of
future of good which this Republic dreams Uol. Thorne contracted to give the daugh
t0 wjr,. ter a dowry of tho value of $74,141, to be
Fortiinatly tho British empire is a crca-l secured by a mortgage on "Elmwood" of
tion of man's intellect ; it is a tu.vu naturae ; forty acres ; tho dowry to take effect on
it may bo overthrown by a sudden storm.
France may grapplo with hor and she1
might full, to give tJaee to the universal
suiiremacy for good of the freo Republic
cood ot the ireo nepubtic
. . .
of tho west
The United Stutes mav bo
forced to resent her arrogant interference
and insults in every portion of the c!olejfhis nature, made in rranco, cannot bind
A ,vn,,l.t l.n a cnnnn.T
1-11.1 bull. (11 1 1 1 1 1 . cum t niuu 1
war of the American revolution. It would
bo for the emancipation of the world, for j
the emancipation of cotnmerco, for the
Amrmoiimtinn ot nroi-ress. It would be an 1
effort to supplant the old with tho now, to ' tried before Judge Bosworth in 1 '57, who
enable tho United States to continue, un- rendered a verdict for tho specific per
interruptcd, its noble career of regonera-1 formance of the contract. The defend
nf b.,mr,iiv Whom now tho Ameri. nnts appealed from this decision, hence
can voice is weak, it would then be mighty ;
for eood. and we might look forward to the
inauguration of an era as much moro glo ,
rious than the past, as we are now thirty .
millions strong, when in tho Revolution
our strength was only throo millions. I
Such a war would unite, fraternally, all ,
the Statos of this confederacy ; such a war I
would enable the Democracy of the old
worldtobreak thoir shackles iof suoh a'
war we are an advocate. Patriot & Union. :
- I
, " , J
An exchange tells of an editor who went !
sodiering and was chosen Captain. One
day at parade, instead of giving the "Front"
faco, threo paces forward, he exclaimed,
"Cash two dollars a year in advance." I
A Ne Race of Hlma.v Beinus. Some
time since a paragraph appeared in a new
Sou th Wales journal relative to tho dis
covery, in tho far intorior, of a new race
of blacks, " w ho had no hair on the top of
their heads, in tho placo whero the wool
ought to grow." Tho account of this most
extraordinary discovery has been corrobo
rated by nn eye witness, a Mr. Thompson,
who lias arrived from whero thn nlmi ii.
mils ruralize. They are, ho says, of a cop
per color, nnd nro very tall and athletic,
much superior in everv restart, to t.lmir
(lark-skinned brethren. The
also Miid to havo more claims in limmtv.
lliey, however, are also deficient of what
is generally acknowledged to bo tho "glo
ry of woman." Mr. Thompson, it appears
was ar, camn on t ho I inner it., .,.;.i.
others, on ground hitherto untro.l.lon J,
a white man, when ho was surprised by a
wsii. nuiii 1 nesc naiu-paicu, copper-colored
being.', lliey appeared to have ft
intentions, and as nothing in their con
(iuci ot nn aggressive nature, a conversa
tion 01 nods and signs ensued. After a
wliilo a sovereign was shown to them,
when one of them, picked up a Mono,
pointed wiui ins linger to the far west, and
intimated that stones of a similar descrip
tion to the sovereign were to bo nicked uu
on tho ground in masses as lari-o as the
oiuuu iic ufiu. mo mace was understood
to bo some hundred miles further in the
interior,. but they signified their intention
of bringing some of these stones nt their
next visit. Mr. Thompson intends to re
turn ngain to the Balonne, and to nwait
their nrrivnl. If this story bo true, the
age of wonders truly has not ceased.
TUE MAN WlTHOL-f A.V E.NE1IV. We
believe, says the New York Lahicr, in the
man Or woman wlio has "enemies." This
does not souid, but it U sound. Your milk
ond-water people, who sontent themselves
with simply doing 110 harm, nt the same
time never doing any good; they are mere
negatives. Your man of force who does
not wait for a stone to get out of his heaven-appointed
way, but manfully rolls it
over, may unintentionally hurt some
body's toes in tho net ; but thousands who
will have to travel that future path will
'thank him for clearing it. The man who
l.nq m nnomv ia (fonirnlltr a .....!..
tho common stock, as shoveled into bis
six foot of earth at lusl without a tear on
his coffin-lid. He may not have :tn enemy
but has ho nnyfricnth? A place is vacant,
but not in nny tv irm, living, loving heart.
The statno has simply crumbled out of its
niche and disappeared.
Colonel Thorn and his Farm.
The Jauncy Estate InlcrciUnr Trial.
Correspondence of tho Richmond Enquirer.
New York, March 1, 1K59.
In olden time there was a stiff and aris
tocratic English merchant, whoso dwell
ing and place of business was in Wall st.,
between Nassau nnd William. The ground
still belongs to his heirs, but over which
lease-hold property has been built, with a
court leading to them called Jauncy Court
lie was tho Astor of his day. He had a
country seat called "Elmwood," near
Bloomingdnlo now tho upper, but not
densely built part ot town. Ho lived in
true aristocratic style ; and kept his car
riage driver and footman in butt', breeches
! nnd cocked lints. Uo had tin only daugh-
was repiusen uy me lamer but not tho
?"'' Mr. 1 horn, for that was his name,
was forbidden the house. A runaway
match was tho consequence. l'ho result
was the displeasure of 'pntm :' who settled
Lionel inornc, a? ne niterwnrds was '
caneu, ana sunsequcnt, to Jnuncy's death,
went with his iamily to Paris, where tho
largo revenues of his wife enabled him to
hvo in aristocratic stylo, and to educate
children. A daughter, Jane, married
Mho demise Of the Colonel and bis ladv
J his marrtiigo contract was executed 111
1'r.ris, under tho laws of France. The
mortgage on "Elmwood
... AU. till 1 1 . 1
muiigiiguun ivimwoou nos noi ueen ex
ecuted 111 this country, and compliance
reiusea on me ground that contracts of
tirOlieri V In tllO I In it Oil Stnt Aa fttrnn if. 111.
. 1 . - - -. , . j 1 -1 t
ly executed in a legal form in that coun-
try., which is also contested. Tho plen of
"muatioii is niso churned in bar. lhosuit
hrouglit by the P.t.ron and hiswife.and
jtj argument before tho Supremo Court,
I he lorty acres of Elmwood, tho former
couny7Vnof .Jauncy u noV rvOfth
over gl.UW.UtX).
... .
Uvn wakes men, once a lifetime each j
nev if t their heavy Jids, and look,
And, lol what one sweot page enn teach
Thoy read with joy, then shut the bo.ik.
And some givethonksandsomeblu.spliomo,
And most forget ; but either way,
That and the child's unheeded drenm,
g aU the 1 jgut o( nll their ,la -
.
"Lotb in a cottngo" is very well, when
you mm the cottage, aud have money out
at interest.
NEWSI'AI-ER.
says, tvo had
J lie l hihidclphiu jlu'M tin
handed to us, a dingy copy c-f ii newspaper
published in Philadelphia, at n very inter
esting period of its history. The paper is
Ihihlitp'i I'mnsulriinia Purket, nnd it bears
date Monday, July 9'1, 1770. As mav bo
expected, it is filled with war news, 'tho
details of the doings of the Committees of
Safety., nnd of Provincial Assemblies, and
tho resolves of Congress, givin" us 1111 in-
iglit into tho earnest stirring times in
which the sheet was printed. The report
of tho jireeof dings of the New Jersey
Provincial Congress on July loth, contains
a decreo that in consequenco of the pres
sing want of lead for thoarmv. that the
township Committees shall "forthwith col
lect all tho leaden weights from windows
nnd clocks, and all tho leaden weights of
sliojm, stores nnd mills, of one pound and
upwmds ; also till other lead in and about
houses and other places."
On July 17th, 1770, the New Jersey A
11. - 1 i-l.irn .
scniuiy auopieu 1110 ioiiow ing, as wo learn
from tho paper before us :
"WHEREAS tho Hon. tho Continental
Congress have declared the United Colo.
nies Free niiij Independent Stales ; WE,
the Deputies of New Jersey in Provincial
Congress Assembled, Jo liemlrc and DcrLtrc,
That we will support the Freedom nnd In-
detiendence ol the sun! States with our
lives und fortunes, and with tho wholo
loreo ot Jew Jersey.
Good for Jersey.
Among the proceedings of Congress was
tho following, under date of July 17th,
which refers to an nlfuir which has been
much talked of:
lleinlvrd. That General WASHINGTON.
in refusing to receive a letter said to be
sent from Lord Howe, addressed to GEO.
a.-!iii.uiw, r.sgtiiiE, nctpa with a
dignity becoming his station : and there.
fore '.his Congress do highly approve the
same, nnd do direct, that no letter or mes
sage be received, on any occasion whatever,
lroni mo enemy ny 1110 Lomtnander-iu.
Chief or other of the commanders of the
American army, but such as shall bo di
rected to them in the characters they res
pectively sustain."
Jlie old paper contains the proclama
tion of Lord Howe, offering pardon to all
repentant "rebels," published by order of
Congress, to show that "valor alone was
to bo depended on to secure the liberties
of the country,"
Among the items cf Philadelphia news
is a call upon tho citizens to give to the
army all tho linen rags, old shirts, Ac.,
they can spare, for the use of the wounded.
e also hnil tho appointment of Rev.
Jacob Ducho, ns chaplain to Congress.
Dr. D. afterwards turnod tory.
Tho Packet contains a great deal of simi
lar curious and interesting matter and we
can easily conccivo the eagerness with
which the paper was read at the period of
its publication.
Down and Up.
In tho year 1840, a young 'man who was
rich, and engaged in a lucrative business
in Cincinnati, beenmo enamored of a beau
tiful and amiable girl the daughter, by
the wav, of weidthy parents and after a
brief courtship, married hor. Ho loved
her dearly. She loved him dearly. A for
tune of happness seemed in store for them;
but evil days came, and after a brief but
violent struggle with fortune, tho young
man became bankrupt, lie was left with
out a dollar, but not without a hopo. The
gold mines of California -were opn to the
adventurous and to the industrious. He
would leave his beautiful wil'o and seek
its glittering shores, whei ho would ro
maii! until his fallen fortunes were revi
ved. The resolution once taken was soon
executed, lie came to Culiforuia, but the
cloud still hung over him. Ucwas active,
I enterprising and persevering ; vet, while
i others around him weie gathering the
golden harvest in abundance, his every
project failed. For eight years ho con-
1110 street, tor a Jivm
A few weeks ago ho was at Folsom street
wharf upon the arrival of a mail steamer,
and among tho passengers who came
ashore, he caught 11 glimpse of a richly
dressod lady whom he thought ho knew.
He followed hor to a hotel, got a fair view,
and recognized her as his wife whom he
had not s?on for eight years. He was
poorly dressed, but his affection conquered
his pride, and he immediately made him
self known to her. Tho recognition was
followed by a beautiful exhibition of una
bated and unfaltering love. Tl:e lady's
parents had died, leaving her an heiress of
great wealth. She had not heard of her
husband for eight years, and, fearing for
his safety, sho resolved to visit this State
and make inquiries for herself. The lady
closed her coi;vets.ition with her husband
by putting her arms about his neck, and
saying, 'Now dear George, we can go home
and bo happy as we used to be.' They did
go honu on tho steamer which left last
Monday. This story is strictly true. Cali
Jornia iSjiirit nf the Time;
President Blciiaxas uses no tobneco,
General Cass drinks no "Bourbon," Sena
tor Douglas uses no pepper. N. P. Willis
cutshisownliair, Caleb Cushingshnves him
self and wears no beard, Rufus Choate and
Henry Ward Beecher are dear lovers of
cofle: E. It. Whipple rarely breukfasts be
fore ten, though ho begins business at
eight; Edward Everett writes his crtcm
poranemti addresses; Ralph Waldo Emer
son often dines at Parker's, but never
takes wine; Longfellow smokes a meer
chaum. The smallest poet in America is
Homes, the best looking one Fields, and
the biggest Pike, of Arkansas. Gleeuon.
VFSulf virtue is
will bo persons
enough.
Its own reward, there
who will havo little
A.V Ol.Il Pltll.ADEI.lMIIA
TERMS-11.23 per Annum
Ni:VSF.mKS-VOI,IV.-N0 9.
Sybilline Oracles.
a,o ?hr0i,.lw - ri,"Vi" R0 vcars
ion ot "Merlin's Propl.ei,.s," supposed
0 have been written about A. D. hr'o 1
twas reprinted in 10M. Many of our
renders tuny, l,k0 ourselves, have seen it
m times gone by, but it has doublless es
caped their notice ns it did ours for a long
period. Jt may amuse tl ,, ..,.,..1
again and those who have never seen P
will doubtless find i t,n ilt., ..,. '
matters of interest.
1.
When the savage is meek nml mild,
x ue uiic mother shall stllb her child
II.
When Iho cock shall woo the dove
lhe mother tho child shall cease to love
III.
Who,, men, like moleswork uncVr ground
I ho lion a virgin true shall wound
IV.
When the doveand cock thelion shall fight
lha lion shall crouch beneath their might.
Win,,, tho cock shall guard the eagle's nest,.
I ho stars sliall rise all in the west
VI.
When ships above the clouds shall sail,
1 he hon s strength shall surely fail .
VII.
When Neptune's back with strips h red
j ,,., M,uu g JlcaLl
vi 1 r.
When the seven and six shall make but oho
. nun a iiiigiu snail be undone.
SOLUTION.
Verso I. The settlement of America by
sivilization is verv clemlu nil
the first f no. The frantic mother is Bri
tainAmerica tho child
Verso 2. The cocJi is Frnnnn n,n
America-Columbia, their union is tho
epoch when America shall ccise to lovo
Britain ; for so 1 understand the pioiJiecy
111 which there is manifestly 11 11 Cfi 1 1 i un,w .
vhieh is one of the most striking charac
teristics ot the nncient oracles.
erse o. 1 he siege of Yorktown wi,nr.
npproahes were carried on working in tho
earth. In the second line there is another
equivoquo. We tire told by Mr. Addison,
in his Spectator, that a lion will hurt n,
maid this fit first seems contradicted by
(ho prophecy, but it will bo found, that at
the epoch referred to, the virgin, or vir
gins, (ns .North America was then called,!
in Europe.) shall wound tlm linn v, .
Rrilain, which shows tho precise timo
when the oracles should bo accomplished.
Ver.;o A. Alludes to tho All innpA )o.
tween France nnd America; before whose1
might Great Britain crouched.
crso 5. This certninlv rr.f.ra in s
riod when Fiance (Hie cock) itnnnln,!
homo of tho Americans (the eagle's nes()i
and assisted the States (tho stars) to at--
luiu uiiir independence that is, toriso
in the western hemisphere.
Verso 0. It is very remarkable that tlm-
properties of the inflammable air by which -baloons
first traversed tho upper regions,',
wore then first discovered, anil fl
evidently called ships.
verso 1. When Americas navy covers
the tea with her rod stripes, Britain's will,
be humbled.
Verse S. Tho thirteen Rfnlos flrct
federated.
GILFILLAN.
A correspondent of the New Vn l.- f !,..,..
hide, writes from Dundee, Scotland, ns.
follows :
"In the afternoon wo heard fi
fill. hi. a man not unknown 111 Alllnvinn
and who has done much to show tho enna-'-city
of the English language for the iHus-
irauon 01 tne beautitul in art and morals.
And yet I saw nothing beautiful in Georgo
Gillillun. Very unlovoly is his look. I
know nothing of his eyes, if ho has nny
such common things in that rusty looking
he.nl of his. Hands ho had, -nd voice,,
and gown, nnd a gootl sized head covered"
with terrier-like hair. But how stately
and sour, and almost contemptuous in-,
that otherwise cany any flowing rhetoric-'
of his was the Gilfillan who in books
had made mo stare With tho rich afflu
ence of hjs pen. Yet all was in keeriing..
1 he church was largo, double galleried, .
narrow-pewed, unwanted, dimv nml
ly. The pulpit was nn orthodox egg-cup,
withlongsolenm stem, narrow backboard!
and dusty superincumbent canopy. The
egg of tho sublimely exclusive cup was no
doubt good, but very hard boiled. I pas
sed nn hour of con-cious refrigeration. I
have a heart, I think; for its beating of
ten troubles 1110, and there is therein sonio'
charity in 'its own liltlo way,' but I am,...
not able to reconcile tho George Gilfillan.
of my books with the man who flung out-
111s prouiiiy spoKen languago to mo fronn
those disdainful lips, as ho stood in his
black silk acerbity, in that egg-cup pulpit,,
in tho big, grim, joyless church in tho
town of Dundee.
"Neither do I find that I nm alone in
my new-d'ormed opinion of the man who
writes the lives of other men in such seas
of wondrous language. Ho is the firm,
fii'ce(champion of Scotch whiskey-punch
nnd the social habits that have done BO'
much to injure by their excess a nation,
gloriously strong in intellectual vigor in.
spite of its abuses of convivial dew. Gotigli
he spits upon in words of bitterest hate.
There is little lovelinessin his character
a hedge hog intellectuality, anil a grand. -knowledge
of the dictionary, with a dash
of beautiful imagining which passes thro''
him as a gleam of sunshine through Mel'-
rose Abbey, or over a Druid's altar, not.
his, but passing e'er him, is what I noiv ;
think to be the component parts of Geo..
dilfillan." .
&9uTho defects of I ho mind liko 11103"
of the faco, grow worse as we grow old.. '