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CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESC.W, MARCH 27, IGGI.
NEW SERIES VOL. I. NO 36.
"The Salt if you Please."
' Everybody has a partiality for dinner,
nd one of the mobt frequent expression
it dinner table in tbo ono which forms our
title, and in order that our readers may
know something of the substance they
letters of Marque Their Origin and
What They Mean.
Washington and the Czar.
The Governor of Smith Carolina on the
T.n r r ,. . I
enerso. marque iho,a mo juciiniona . 22d ultimo, in reply to an address from
11) are extraordinary commissions, .J tha Commander of the 'Ticken Cadets,"
granted by public authority to. owners of j re.lteJ lhe flowing interesting fads:
a vessel, authorizing such vessel to make t rfmlPmi,nP wilila . ,:,. nf
ire using, wo will toll them a few facts : capture and prize of the persons, ships , Enrono. and at the, ml oVsnotie. of .11
iboutsalt. This is a chemical compound, "'! property of another nation which has Government., that on a memorable occi-
eftwenly throe parts, by weight, of a ; committed injuries, but neglects or fu- gion I visilcJ 1je magnificent gardens that
beautifully silver-white but soft nistal ,8rsto 8've proper redress thoiefor. The 6U,.r0IIlld relerhoff, near St-Petersburg,
called sodium, discovered by Sir II. Davy j vesel i,S,lf wh' bean such commission The garJt.rg and 8rounj, wele dedicated
ii, 1807, and lhirty-S- pnrtsof.a pungent. . J.f".'n?me called a letter of Marque. . ,0 the enjoyment and peaceful pursuit, of
yellowish green grass, called chlorine, " he term marque is derived from the tho greatest 'and most brilliant of courts
eweovcreu oy scnooie, ml, a-, these two mcurca nouna or uounuary. ,() a remote island of these magnificent
combined firm I hi.-,, the most widely dlf-' -liters ot marque and reprisal, ns they
fused nnd tm-ful of any one compound in nre niore fully termed, signify literally,
the world. U is fo'ind in the sea, and in therefore, commissions authorizing the
the rocks, from which our principal sup- ra9-ig of the frontiers, or boundary, for
ply comes. Tho most wonderful deposits tno purpose of taking in return,
ire in Piilan J and Hungary, where it is! In their origin they bad rcfrfnoo to
quarried like a rock, one of tho Polish Trifle injuries in capturing, detaining or
mines having been worked (since 1251.
These Polish salt mines have heard tho
groan of many a poor captive, and have
wen the last clonics of many u brave
man ; for, until lately, the;' wore worked
inllroly by tho state prisoners of Austria.
Russia, or Poland, whichever happened
to be in power at Lhe time ; and onco tho
offender, or funeiel hiitdranco to BOine
other person's advaneemf-nt, was let down
Into t!ii stiliterranean prison, he tiover
law the light of day again. So salt habits
history na well as science. Other largo
deposits are found in Cheshire, England,
herc tho water is forced down by pipes
irlo the salt, and is again pumped up as
brine, which in evaporated arid tho salt
obtained. To such nn extent has this
been carried, that ono town in tho ".-alt
country," as it. i culled, l.ast scarcely nn
upright house in it, all tho foundations
having sunk with tho eround, to fill up
(lie cavity It? ft by the extracted salt.
! withholding t10 property of individual
in time of pence, and issued only to the
party injured, cr his agents.
n . i , . . . ..
imi regnnieti ns n ceclantion ot war.
though formal hostilities rniirlit bo the
ultimate result. Some consider them 'a
species of hostilities, an imperfect war.'
but strictly, they nro not n 'breach of tho
peace' between nations, though a forc'l.le
redress of injury is contemplated.' The
force may not inaptly be likened to a
redress for rent, which, in n measure, is a
re'redy placed in thehmds of the injured
party the landlord himself.
! It is unnecessary to trace tho modifica
tion and regulation to which letters of
marque have been subjected from their
erigin to the present day, Reprisals
between nation and nation, as one means
of obtaining justice, nre of very ancient
Origui, and have their foundation in the
nature of the relations of different powers.
Though not of fi pquent occurrence now,
VCt as hllo as 18,'M. President .larl.-son in
In Virginia there me beds of tall, and his Annual Message, suggested tho pro-
tLo Salmon Mountains, in Oregon, an ca- prie,v of mor!in(? (o mclUod of
p-iW-cfanordinu large quantities of tho oMnininff Mtisfaction asiinst France
Mime material. The brine springs 0r Sa- Letters of mnroue and reprisal, bpwev.-
l:ua and (yMicw't f well and er, wi'.h referetve to operations at sea,
tio.D aloul forty gullcns of their trine one Wcre not known till a much later period
bushel of itnlt is obtained. There are n'so when tlo? increase in tho number of'
e.aonsive salt springs in Ohio. The brine niaritiuia powers, and the advance of
it pumped I p from wells made in the rock commerce, gave rise to their necessity. In
.in.! into which it flows and tuns into lnodoin practice they are teldom, if ever,
lir These boilers nre large iron ket i8.s),ed till war bus been declared, or is in
ties ft in brickwork, an I when fires are immediate prospect. Merchants, in time
li'.hli d under tlrai, the. brine is quickly of war, often deem it advisable to carry
r.ul"ntcd. Tho moment the brine bo larger crews than usual, nnd more or less
C'ns to boil, it becomes turbid, from the of an armainetit, for purposes of defense,
compounds of lime that it contains, end and not unfreopently tnko out letters of
xliicii are S.dulile in cold, but not in hot marque, with the view, if opportunity
Kv.tcr ; thcf-e first sediments nre taken out offers, to indemnify themselves for the
ith lailes called 'bit tern ladles.' nnd the increased risk and expense of a voyage
nit being next deposited from the brine l,y tiking prizes. Privateers, cr vessels
Is carried away to drain nnd dry. Tho f,tted out at private expense, for the per-
reniaining liquid contains a great quantity p0se of cruising against an enemy's com-
of mugns-ia in various forms, nnd gives it merce, nre commissioned by letters of
the nuine of 'bittern,' from tho taste nun-quo. Tho terrr is now applied, in a
peculiar to magnesia in c c ry form. general sens?, to tho authority under
'But how did this salt come into the which all lawful private armed ships
lock ?' is the natural auerv. nnd the won' net.
derwom creator, when wo recollect that In the United States, the power of
ealtbedaare found in nearly every one of geantinj letters of marque nnd reprisal is
tbebtrata comnosiou the earth's cruet. vc-b'.cd, by the Constitution, in Congress.
This fact moves nnother. that as the nin. In the war of 1812, th;s po ver was exct
jctity oftheto talt beds lmve come 'from ciseJ in the net of June, 1812, decluring
the lakes left in the hollows of tho rocks war, nr.it provision mane lor ine gumnuco
tv iboree.leneeof the sen. the sea has, and regulation of parties applying for
.n ii.. .j;.. hon mlt such a commission, nnd of vessels
SH it is to day. Let us take the Great Suit sailing under them, by the nets of Juno
Lake as an illustration; it boing the law 2t, 1XU. lhese acts were temporary ir.
goat mlt lake in the world, but by l.o their design, and nre now ohsolete.
bimub the onlv one, as such inland mas. Special legislation would be required upon
w of saline water are found over tho any future occasion which called for a
bole earth ; but as this is tho greatest in ! renewed exercise of this pnwt-r.
extent it wll foim tho best ex-1 It would be n violation of the Neutrality
mple.' Itissituatod at an elevation of Act of April 0, 1818. for an Ame.ican
4.IC0feet above the iea. on the Kocky , vessel to be commissioned by a letter or
Mountains, and liai an rcaof2,000 square marque in the service of any foreign
miles-yet, high as it is, 'once upon a 'power against a nation with whom we are
time,' as the story-books of our juvernb- t pence, or for any vessel to bo fitted out
itr n.rwl it was nnrt of the sen. and nrme-l m any oi our pons
grounds that had been set aside fpr the
private enjoyment nnd private walks of
the E npcror nnd Empress, a tree was
pointed out to me in that garden, culti
vated by particular and devoted hands,
surrounded by wire wicket work, nnd
flowers flourishing all around it, There
tojd on one branch of the tree a large
I brims plate, and on one side of that tdate,
Their issue' in Gcrnirn. and on the oilier in Sil.irnnic
'
The way Bank evade the Usury laws.
The banks liivb a plan so simple nnd
effectual for evlding the usury laws that
it is not probable that they would give
ono cent to have these laws ropenled.
When the market rate of interest ij 14
per emit a year, tho plan is for a mer
chant to get notes discounted at 7 per
cent fordoubWtho amount of money that!
" Charity Begins at Home. "
A bill has passed the House of Repre
sentatives at Harrisbqrg, appropriating
thirty thousand dollars for the relief of
the people of Kan fas. They people afore
said may need a helping hand nnd they
may not. In cither case, however, it
strikes us that the House lias gone a
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. '.
tQA3 a steamboat was about to start
; from Cincinnati, one day, a young man
oanie on board, leading a bl!liiiti dam
sel ty the hand, and approaching the po.
lilo clerk, suid in a suppressed voice:
" I tay, me and my wife hey jiiBt got
married, and I'm looking for accjmjio
great ways to discover ohiecta o' benevo- i daiion."
ho wants, the nholclobo carried to bis dance when starvaii.m isstandinnat their I ' Lo ikinc f.r a berth V hnslilv Innuir.
credit, on condition that he is to draw own door. led tho c'c-ik. n.issin.. ti,'.Ieu r.,it inntN-
out but I nlf ol$t ; thus if ho gets $5,0)0
from the bank ho rays ifiturost 'on ?10,-000.
The way the bank man 'get. to have its
(For inttincej In February, 18C0, cr puss nger,
theieTern nine tliousnnd -persons -em " A Bl;th thunder end lightning, r,o,"
ployed in tho nho'esale clothing manu- g sped the astonUhu'l man, "we hain't
factories of this citv. Now there lire but but just married : wc want a nltrcc lo stair
customers leave a portion of the money 'eighteen hundred. In February, 1 SCO. ' H night, you know."
carried to their credit, u this. Several j there were e.ghty.five hundred boot and I fcVimily Fair, relates a., oxtr.iordi.
...eivhants offer notes at the bank f r j shoemakers engaged by wholesale bonnes nary irstanco of New Yerk dctoctivo
discount, and when they call to know I in that line. Now theie arb less than ai..;i,,n, ti. ,i: i - u.
thousand. The same startling contrasts j 0l, ,i10 wharf, from the dimmed super
are to bo found in the baiting, lace nnd script ion of which they made out the
word " cartridges " und ' " Pickeu9."
wa? itrit'.en, 'This tlee was plante.l in
1330, by Nicholas, from un ncrn that
grew near the lo'iibof the great Washing
ton.' This was the inscription upon that)
tree, placed there by one of the most lib.
solute rulcis that ever bwuyed the sceptre
of empire. And yet in his private, se.
eluded gardens, he paid this deep and
heartfelt tribute to tho memory of the
greatest nnd purest man the world ever
saw. lie did not take an ac rn from tuur
lhe tomb of the great Elizabeth ; nor did
he take it from tlio garden of lhe "Tuiller
ics. grow n in Ihn tints of Louis XI V.; nor
did he take it from tho tomb of tho great
Napoleon ; nor did he tak it from the
garden of lhe CVsars, near Tfomo; but be
look an noorn from the tmnb of a pure
and mighty man, in the wilds of America,
who had planted tho seeds of a govern
ment consecrated to the freedom nnd in
dependence of rations, whoso every pi in
ciplc i ns directly at war with the princi-
whsther tho director! have decided to
lake the no'.es and piy tho money for
them (afier taking out the interest, ) ono tassel, cotton and oiher leading factories
merchant hud that bis paper has tu rn ! A large proportion of the most thrifty
discounted, while the offerings of anoth-; nnd careful of I his t.ortbr. of our indus
er have been declined. Tho unsncces-ful j trial classes, have been robbed of ihn luon
applicant call on tho ca-diiernnd asks ;ey laid by, by -the failure of other saving
I.; r i . , , i , , ....
lunus; nmi.it may ue saioiy said, at lenst 8andincr that ' e.ir ri,! nr,.t p;,.l,nl
"Mr. Chandler, why was not my paper one-half of the unemployed men and ' l,oubl read "partridge's nnd chickens,"
uonu iu-uiij ; Here n'n mo names snti jiac-. women o tins city alone are now vibia-loi-ji?"
ting betwe-n moderate poverty nnd c..
'llio cashier replies, "The dir eclora treme Mnrvation.
found lid fnnlt. ivilh lliA nftmnc .Ti I A!I ttiij mav ti.i mat'jilv 'aI'i.m,! ' Vrt-;
' " I-.. !
F.red with zeul, they seized tho incendi
ry, and reported u shipment of arms pre
wilted. Tlio'owiiui' appeared, bowevt-r,
and explained to their lu uinous under-
Smith, but wo hud implications for nil of body may be 'hurt.' The gnawins .of
our fuin's from liiins uhosa accounis j hunger and the humiliation nttendant
weie better than yours, und we felt bound upon leal want may not Ve deemed by
to give tliein tlie preference." jour Legislature of the least moment, when
I'y the ' a'X":unts being bct'or " is ap;liel to our oiwi people, end, therefore,
ncant that these firms have larger sums! they may consider themselves justified in
to :hc credit of their accounts, on which voting thousand) nf the public money to
they are paying intereil, but which lley doubtful objects of charity abroad ; but it
have left with the bank to be loaned j a popular nnd n Christian belief that
U aincboily else, thus enabling tho bank I 'oharity hegius at home.' If it lie
to get dc;il!e interest on its fundi.
Most merchants living in cities, expect,
when they hire money, to pay the market
rale of interest, but the obstruction of
tho usury hi rrs work a serious inconve-
truo
that 'ho w ho neglects his own household
is worse than nn infidel,' thon, indeed, is
the present Republican Legislature bo
youd 'saving grace.' rltfa, Transcript.
tu-'-A beautiful girl stepped into a shoo
to buy a pair of mitts. " llcuv much are
they ? " ' Why," laid tae g dlant bat im-
in g lainj upon
sparkling eyes and ruby lips, " you shall
have them for a kiss." "Ve:y well,"
raid th lady pocketing tho mttfs, v.'hilo
bor eyes spoke d urs, ' and ns I soa
you give credit hero, charge it on your
books, and let me know when you collect
it ; " and sha hastily tripped out,
CiiTUrange cr lemon juice left upon a
knife or other piece of iron, will, in a few
days, produce a slain so nearly recera
tiling that caused by blood as to deceive
the most careful observer ; and not many
years ago, in Paris, n ruin was nearly con-,
victed of murder, owim? to a knifa bom?
Tumsr woKbE IHAV IIlsci:r. Tlio dis- r i t. t.: .....i.
lif its .-nn eoveimoent nnd vet ,o . i , . .. I mm .. was
Wasiiinc-n! ttiol'V;;enlius'niVg,.riy,,lNu lit.
Bi.jSrConleulnieiil produces, in some
. measure, all those effects which the niche-
! ..li.. :!.,. i ...i,.t 1. ix j (1,.
18 pionounced by several witnesses to Lc
l..-"-l r.. ,v...vw.. .'a... ... 1.. t..
... . .... . . i ' r ., . . I. .. l. .i :
irch in private and secret, pant to in in ; li..nvo a portion witlt tho tianlis merely lor ior i:ns reason : c iihi- un; icj.hiihiuco
, , irj, -,i .i i,.;i.,nn Th ivee' il.n ,,,,, ,,to nf ev.nilinf? the usury laws. I from food, the oicairsm can still live'
ins neai m il ... . r 0 ......
n watered and cultivated with more v,e never knew a u.ury law in any . upon its own substance ; but uurmg aitt-
. . i. i i
earo than -any of the trres in that pardon, community which was not system ideally nence irom nqui.i, uie organism nas no , t,l,i0so oher'ii stone : and if it does net
It was nourishing and green, and I trut ar, generally evaded ; tied tho income, such source ot supply within itelt. JIn bring riches, it duel the same thing by
in Cod it wilt continue tollouilsh liesh , , iPnf.0 u,i expense of the evasions always nave r.een Known to enutire ansoiiiie pn. bani.hing tho desire of them. If it can-
and creen until its branches shall over- fa ,,ll0 t)ie borrower.- iUaitic Amcr. ration of too, for tome weeks, but three ,10t remove tho disquietudes arising from
spread the civilied woil.l. 1 Have also, nv orTUE Fi ri-n nt - A female uavw ol ' i nvanon irom irmK ,nan-g ,uin,i, body, or Ibrtuce, it makes
seen the rs(,ck of the Don nnd the' ' " " ' " ',, a. (unlo s in a moist atmosphere) is. per.. ' Liul ea,y unaer them.
Volga: I hive sen the Lancers of ItosKia, ,,.''. r,onl , ..l.ops, the lnrnt of endurance. Ih.rst , . heightened by exultant
II have seen the Tart.tr and the Arab . rhillu,mn,. cll tll, roul, the most atrocious torture ev r invented ' . o" lut iof is cascJ onJy
oriental tyrants. It is that which
in the wildsof the interior ; and yet, not- ,,.,.,.,,,',,,,,, ,,,i
' 1 1 nin-r p l,v n-t v .'imrq flninm k r.i r
withstanding their semi baibarian life,
even they c onveite of the mighty Wash
ington in tlit i. tents r.t night. JTore is
no portion of the world that lias not heard
his name, nnd love and admire his great
and manly truthfulness nnd virtue.
CCice llun'-inj in Washington.
A late telegraphic despatch from 'Wash
. 1 . , - it.. ... n . I i . . ' n ,i Inct
mri'iniinep way 10 imc nwts, , , , , ,
un. i iii, nt r , ley, w hen he had a refractory
I lie Keeper mane en-iy -ai .
oale himself, which tbo master of lh" an
imnl would not lister, to, but branded tho
man with carelessness, or something
wore: for it, was instantly supposed that
ho sold tho elephant. Ho was tried for
it, and condemned to work on tho roads
, t - I Inn i n nllll 1IH W 1C ami CII1HIIVI1 llflo , , , . . ... . . .... rT-l.
ineton says 1 lie past wcck nas nroui.i urcu ima lorry-six men in me diiic k iiuio
to us some of the simplest looking beings sold for slaves. About twelve years nf-1 CluMwmL
i-i.aif Mim.iniiM i lerwnrus, in is man. uw nvii - -
ll'eirnppoinnce ' P.vivo Post OrrrcB?. -The fo ew no
well acfiuainieu wmi ureiiuiig ciqiuiuin, - - - -
wns sent into tho country with a parly to '"H that
Est-
horse, nl'
ways used thirst as the moil, effective pow
er of coercion, giving a little water as the
reward for ev ry net of obedience. Tho
histories of shipwrecks paint fearful pic
tures of tho tufferins from lliir&t ; nnd
ono of tho most appalling e nfes known is
the. celebrated imprisonment of one hun
I by iow ones. " A sweet,
sad measure "
: is the balm oi a wounded spirit. Musiq
lightens toil. Tho sailor pulls cheerily
, for his song.
I jy Lady Blossington said : ' The
separation of friends by death 's loss ters
l ible than two hearts that have loved,
for the
over seen in this city.
indicates an) thing but civilized life.whilo
their arts in paying in and about the dif
ferent departments nnd private rooms,
clearly idow ti em to bo unfit for civil
ized society. Where they cnnio from, or
who they belon to, nobody seems to
know. They ni e peen in the hulls una
ante rooms awaiting their turn for an in
terview with the Secretaries. They are
also seen at the Capitol, on tho street,
and in tbo White Ilrue ; f nd at all times
and -u ull occasions, they carry with tht m
their little half-worn out carpet bug, from
which they take, during tho time they are
compelled to wait for the Secret aries, their
little bundle of refreshments, which they
quietly munch. So far as ascett lined,
these centU men are applicants for clerk.
ships in the Departments here, having
l,lk .,!r t, tho nrdienvnl of the purpose of cruising under letters of i letters and petitions to the Secretaries,
twks. and that irreat basin took iis salt: nvirque ngair.st a friendly pofcer. Iigned by the local clergy", their friends
fater up with it. Thero ore also however,
nlt rocks taking their place in regular j
Taken Aback One of the ridiculous
mishaps which will sometimes befall sol-
g'oiogio series with other rocKs, ,nier-, befell a whole file of the snugly at.
Versed between red sandstone, magnesia n,iliUry of New Orleans on the day
una carbonilorous strain -, mese wo cmi . ., Twi,,. renenlion. They were
only account for, ns we do for other stra
tinfled rocks, viz: that they were de
posited from their solution in water, or
carried mechanically to the spot where
how found by that ever mobile liquid.
A Net to Crack. A certain nged and
fespectnble femole in theapplo (rode
furchtsed stock at several times as fol
lows ;
59 spploi it i for le. amounting to lie.
sppleist t fur lc amounting t 10o'
ToUl ' 25o.
ID sppln it 5 for 2j. smoanting to 24a.
Believing the rate in each case to be
toe same, 5 for 2o, she is at a loss to know
ty the fint 60 cost lo more than the last.
noean tell her!
and townsmen, and the schoolmasters oi
I their district who in nearly every case
is the author of their petition.'. One man
cnllvd upon Mr. Chase yesterday, having
with him his wife and children, nnd ex-
. -. .1 t. a nu ,..A..I it. In 1,a set l ielit
- , . ' leciwi, m ur v lie-, "i
drawn up along the street in front of a . om .. ,.,ie
building in course oi eo...rua.u, ... , .. l))e nnd ir v, were
closoinineirrear.o ,8 , n o j,ccl.e((11.y. 0nice. The
two feet deep, with that plastic compos:- y
lion, ready for the workmen. The M'who een t0 ll(lV0 he impression that
between tho files for the passage of the ( & c( o pry ,n)0 cvery
carriages being rather narrow, the officer , o f f nmiag wil)in ieir grfls,
ordered his men to lKe a step Tlje npplications for office per letters con
Theydidso, nnd about twenty feet of, tQ jn ,,y the bushel. At the
'sogers' instantaneously uiw.tih ..v...
sight backwards, the Iront file, in close
order, pieventing the rear rank from
recovering themselves when their heels
stumbled against the mortar bed. They
were lubmerged, nnd every soldier or
tbem bod his pretty uniform spoiled.
assist in catching wild or.es. They camo
An n Lord, nnd this man fancied he saw i Pnse
among the group his long lost elephnnt.
for which he had been condemned- He
resolved lo approach it ncr could the
strongest remonstrances of the party dis.
suade 'him f om thr. attempt Having
reached the nnimal, he spoke to her, when
ibe immedialolv recognized his voice ; she
waved her trunk in tho air, ns a token of
salutation, and spontaneously laid down
and allowed him to mount her neck.
She aftcrwnr' a-sisted in taking? other el
ephants, nnd decoyed three young one,
to which she bad given birth in her ab.
, . .. i i ii,.
sence. l lie Keeper reiunn-u, mm .no
singular circumstances attending the ve- .
covery being told be regained his cbarac-
te'jfliM.Rsa reemompense cr on-
merited Hirel ings, bad a pension settled i
on him for life. This elephant was after-
yield n revenua over and abjve their cx-
but liave ceased to sympathise, whilo
memory is still recalling what they once
! were to each other."
I Said an astronomer to a bright
eyed girl, when talking of rainbows:
" Did ycu ever sco u lunar bow, Miss?"
" I have seen a bow by moonlight, if thst'd
j what you mean," was tho sly rejoinder.
' M Tim , T.:.l.mnn Unit, i.ulf J.,1 wlllt
St. Louis. Missouri. ' 'Z708 0.1 wne to America for, said: " By the pow
Ttosior. ifiiqelniselts. 10.S04 f.l ers'vou may be suro that it wasn t
riiibtde'phia, Prnnylvnnia.
t'i ...a home,
6.1 0-t 51 1 Query. Mr. A., and Mr. B., are widow
O.OiiR ?,0 Crn( each having ono daughter. Mr. A
marries Mr. B's daughter, and Mr. R
Treasury Department five extra clerkf
have been engaged to open and stow them
them away alphobeticully, so that thev
may be found sgnin. o better evido ict
is wanted of the depressed condition ol
i the country than these same letters."
ti ,ai. .nri uhsousiuiaLeu lUBiau- I
4UCY w v. ,1,. -iVaft
8sjyThe virtue of others is always'a ter-
ter.
S.m Erncsisco, California.
Cin.-innnti, Oli'o.
Memphis. Termessee.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wilmington, Delaware.
Albany. New York.
Louisville. Kentucky.
Detroit. Michigan.
Washington. D. C.
Puffalo. New York.
Chionao. Illinois.
Toledo. Ohio.
Nashville. Tennessee.
Richmond, Virginia,
Montcomerv. Alabama.
P.alli noi o, Marvland.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
15.37.152 for want, for I had plenty of thai at
H-120 57 ,.
4.0)7 .10
A -no or
4V1S" 04 marries Mr. A's daughter. Whatrelatiob
4! 141 57 will their children be to each other.
3 JSiiTlt is tho vice of the nnlearnod (9
Vm'o p-' suppose that the knowledge of books isof
2.070 ?fl no nccount, and tho vice of scholars to
2.007 70 think tliore is no other knowledge wortb
IS 3 ;-" , , , t . .
2.1 11 00! fciyA notice of a steamboat explosiou
Eastern friend, "on of our smart young
ward in possession of Warren Hastings, lawyers was well come up with tho other
when Governor-General of Himlostan. day, A vitnessin a c ise o( assault and
Popular Natural ' History. battery, wa asked by lhe junior counsel,
r " ' '.. ..' How lar was vou, sir, from tho parlies
Ciir.ATiNU Goino Os Some yean agon , , ' ' . .
..1 .u:. when t ho 11 lened ,'sau t tool; p ace 7
gnme of poker was being played in this WI1P" ",H -
L ,.!,, i. nn.iflurimrl " Four feet live nicies and a half, Was
2,217 83 ends as follows:
I ...in! tai.ii aoVaho fii Mill
Es5" In our County Court," wntei nn , c -s
CIlllIUOl I llliliu. UUQ una .u.ui .v. v.v,
COO, and loaded with iron."
the game contrived to steal the four a-.:e
and lay them on his knee, to ba played
at tho proper time. The player who sat
the answer promptly iven.
" Ah I " fiercely demanded the lawyer,
" how came you to be so very exact ts ull
next to him sw the move, nnd slipped 'I"8' .,,, -. ,
lhe aces from their hiding place, r"i"g , " Hecause," said the witness, very cool
four other cards in their stead. When ly. " I expected that some confounded
!.,. ...in camo to deal, ho called on all tA ould likely as net ask tuo, and so I
' " - .. 1 1 -.1 :. o
weni unci mrtisuieu ii. .
hands to go it blind. ' I'll go over ad of
you." W ben all were in deep enough to
,uit liiin.be reached for Li t aces, and
brought Ujj something else. Throwing
his cuds on tho table, in a tone of indig
nation ho exclaimed :
"Gentlemen, I can't play in this
game ; there's cheating going on ! "
ftiTDcuth 'a tlie only subject npori
which everybody speaks and writes
witlwut a possibility of having exporienc
od whut he uudertakes to discuss.
iirlf Msebood pa'nlyzed the tingu-.
what a death-like sib.nce would peivado
society.
"s7It is very pos.iible to be too wit!;
to ba earnest, and oo earnest to 1 4
witty.
CiThe Maine Sonnlo has passed tb
bill to repeat Hie Personal Liberty Act.b
a vote of yeas seventeen, nays ten, ,
&yIIow to learn all your defeots--,
quarrel with your best friend.
t&Mt requires great virtue to puppoit
C3rValue the friendship of him who
stands by you in storm; swarms of in
sects will surround you in sunshine.
" 1 ' " " " , , r -. V ..nn.n i ...hnnrl. irfUu!
S-3TA scimon iu four words, on the ioui,b-.. .
vanity of earthly pocsion: "Shrouds .fcarNever waste s long eipkuatlo'i
have uo pockets." ; upon one who cannot take a hint.
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