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Whole No. 2602.
ILLL !LQ323 4
'£> -C_P LA
OFFICE on Est*t Market street, Lewistown,
adjoining F. G. Franciseus' Hardware
..pre. 1'- S. Dr. Locke will be at his office
the first Monday of each month to speud the
week. my 31
x>H. A. J. atkiwbost,
HAVING permanently located in Lewis
town, offers liia professional services
t tho citizens of town and country. Office
West Market St., opposite Eisenbise's Hotel.
Uesidence one door east of George Blymye?.
Lewistown, July 12, 18t>U-tf
Dr. Samuel L. Alexander,
o Has permanently located at Milroy,
WGml is prepared to practice ali the branch
£% c o! his Profession. Office at Swine
tarda Hotel. my3-ly
EDWARD FRYSINGER,
rfHOLKSiLE DEALER & HAXt FUTCRF.ft
or
(IK tltS, TOBACtO, SMFF,
&c., &c.,
i^iwnfi®<B)Wsr§
Orders promptly attended to. IC
W J W • /' • JmJ hmi! uw* j
Attorney at Law,
office Maiket Square, Lewistown, will al
ien! to business in MilHiu. Centre and flunting
l:ei counties. rov2d
Seigrist's Cld Stand,
.Year Ihe Canal Bridge, Leicistoum, Pa.
Strong 11, 'er, Lager Beer, Lindenbergcr
snl Switzer Cheese—all of the best quality
constantly on hand, for sale wholesale or re
tail.
Yeast to be bad daily during summer.
my'24-yr
McALISTERVILLE ACADEMY
Juniata County, Pa.
iiF.O F ,Vf FJP/.J.Yh, Principal tf Proprietor.
JACOB MILLER. Prof, of .Mathematics, &fc.
Miss.l.SWIE S. CRIST, Teacher of .Music, SfC-
The rest session of this Institution com- •
meiices on the 26th of July, to continue 22 !
w -rLs. Students admitted at any time.
A Normal Department
:ii be formed which will afford Teachers the j
r-q opportunity of preparing for fall exauiina
lions.
A NEW APPARATUS has been purchased,
Lecturers engaged, A-c..
lep.ms—Hoarding, Room mid Tuition, per j
itMion. jo. r )to {,60. Tuition alone at usual rates, j
sent free on application
WILLIAM LIND,
has now .ipen
A NEW STOCK
OF
Cloths, Cassimeres
AND
VESTS ft G S,
,ich will bo rnadc up to order in the nrat
t and most fashionable styles. apl9
Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying,
Plumbing and White Smithing
THE above branches of business will be
X promptly attended to on application at t
* residence of the undersigned in Main
Lewistown.
janlO ' GEORGE MILLER.
New Fall and Winter Goods.
j) F. ELLIS, of tho late firm of McCoy
11 • i Ellis, has just returned from the city
'■ th a choice assortment of
Dry Goods and Groceries,
fleeted with care and purchased for cash,
s iicii are offered to the public at a small ad
r Mco on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em- i
Daces ali descriptions of
Fall and Winter Goods
Citable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, ;
*'tn many new patterns. Ilis
C&voccrCct*
Uprise Choice Sugars, Molasses, Java, Rio j
tad Lagayra Coffee, superior Teas, &e. Also,
®wts and Shoes, Queensware, and all other :
nicies usually found in stores—all which
customers of the late firm and the public
2 general are invited to examine.
P.. F. ELLIS.
. --untry Prodace received as usual and the j
■-'market price allowed therefor.
Wistown, October 25, 1800.
pLOUR by the barrel or hundred—Fancy, j
A Extra Family and Superfine Flour for
We by JOHN KENNEDY & Co. J
fIOAL OIL LAMPS, Shades, Chimneys, \
V Brushes, Burners. &c„ for sale by
JOHN KENNEDY & 00.
Cheaper than the Cheapest!
(|CASS\YARE. —Tumblers at G2£,75,87,
.-a Jl, 1 50, and 200 per dozen. Goblets,
-tchc-rs. Fruit Stands, and Covered Dishes,
* c > at JOHN KENNEDY k Go's.
JI'ST RECEIVED.
10 bbls. Pic Nic Crackers,
10 " Boston Biscuit.
" Sugar Crackers, 1 ,
D " Family *'
r . 5 boxes Soda Biscuifc.
Bakerv. Low to vh trade.
f alcly JOHN KENNEDY & Co. : 1
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Edited by A. Smith, County Snpeiintecdent
' " -jtmPf tti
For the Educational Column.
• School Teachers and School Teaching
! Mr. Editor:
Before commencing ' sec
ondly I must enter my protest a '.oinst the
' printer s devil, or some other equally law
, less personage, taking quite so much liber
ty with my vocabulary as he did in mv
I iast. For instance, when I would speak of
; 'mercenary motives/ I am made to say
; ' r<.cce&:\ury motives;' and again, instead ot
permitting me to say whining, he coins the
i word fctiiiiu/ tor my use, and instead oi
allowing me to say 'moiety received/ he in
: sists on having it 'merit received.'
<)! the 'pauses' I don't know that I
ought to say anything, lbr it is very cvi
; dent that the supply at the case was ratlj
-1 cr short, athcrvviso it would not have been
| amiss to place a period alter the sentence
i 'Let the associations and conventions an
, rwer; and certainly had he followed the
•gulden rule' he would have granted us sev
-1 era! more 'breathing, stati; ns' towards the
el se of the article, to say nothing of a
i 'quotation mark or two or three parcnthet
: to marks that might nave been used to very
gocu advantage,
i -vow, A!r. iy-iilor, „ submit ;i ail this is
, uut tii.-cour.miug it- nou -appreciated yet as
■ pirtng leaching talent, i 1 so. is if not
your I f -ly to bring that 'devil' to
; task. 4 A,dto 3 ju, Mr Devil, i submit
the propriety, nl f-m,fining- your (.porations
fo some le-- -cii-itive ,;rul iess persecuted
•eli- .-! IIi:f -si condh
in speak in of school teaching i do not
propose a dr-sertation upon schoo! room dis
j ciplitie. hut simply to consider iho subject
: as an occupation, if here are in (!•.is-State
I alone, aecurdnie! to lute official leoirtis uo
less than 13,0' 'G teachers who have receiv
: ed during the past year From the F'otnmon
j wealth the sum of $311,072 00.
| This state of things proves and in fact :
the free school law presupposes certain ;
; present worldly relations which this army |
of teachers hold to society, inasmuch as j
that law is based upon the principle that !
; the progress and happiness of human soci- i
' ety, and tlie justice and perpetuity of the
I government even, are dependent upon the
; intelligence of the masses in temporal mat
ters.
. iho subject has already been sufficiently j
! eulogized as a 'pr.dcssion,' as a 'calling,'as i
; a 'missionary work;' and now we propose
: to speak of it a • a business, ns an occupa
■ tion, ciigag d in by men and women pos
| scssed of the same aspiration, the same
! frailties that, belong to other men and oth
, or women who engage in the thousand and |
i one act: -ities p< riaining to society. We
j would dive.-t the subject of ali its philau- I
; thropic charm--, and bring it right down to i
j a plain matter-of-fact, every day position;
| and inasmuch as the duties of to-day do j
' not include those of tomorrow or of the i
! next day, or of' any day or space of time
: to come, and inasmuch as the present is all j
: we have or can have t > deal with, we must j
| insist that this occupation pertains prima- j
■ rily to this world and not !<) the next ;that ,
j it has its necessity and immediate devel- j
| opment here with us 'poor worms of the !
! dust, and not with saintly natures in dis- i
; tarn realms of bliss. Don't let us le tin- j
, der.-tood as denying a future, or as under
i rating the influence of the present upon j
| that luture, but simply asserting the long j
admitted and axiomatic principle that to- !
| day properly improved prepares ua for to- j
| morrow; that this life, rightly lived, is our
[ best preparation for tho life to come, and, i
consequently, that our main business in !
this world is with the present, postponing j
the duties of heaven until we get there. !
H'c have to deal with things as they are, '
not as they v:ill be Our business is with
men and things here, and with children that
i are to be subject first of all to the trials and '
perplexities of the present life. Moreover I
I it is not our province to act as universal '
| expounders of everything pertaining to ex- •
j istence, or to attempt to supply specifics
for every emergency of the luture. There i
i are agencies in tire various stages of man's j
development that are not legitimately with- j
| in the public school teacher's sphere, and j
| for us to attempt to use them all, for us to '
1 attempt tim whole work of all mankind, is j
' simply to throw away what little -strength
we do possess.
It is for us to act as other men act. If
we would succeed in the world, conformity
to the laws of society must be observed.
As the merchant, who would raeceed, must
study the law of supply and demand and
practice in accordance with them: or as the
lawyer, who would convince the jury, must
understand the principles of his profession;
or as the clergyman, who would be heard,
must know and be able to work upon that
nice vein of human nature, the judicious
management of which is so essential to
his success, so must the teacher understand
his true relations to society and act accor- !
dingly. Success in teaching, as in other
matters, depends upon principles which are
to be known and practiced, and not solely
upon Providence. Suppose a bookseller
brings to an over-stocked market a supply j ,
of Bibles, would the sacredness of his ,
merchandise, or his trust in Providence, j
insure him from loss ? Suppose a minis
ter harangues a critical and already dissat- j
i.-ficd audience, will his denunciations e:
their indifference, or certainty of his own
future reward, a id to the success of his la
bors? Suppose an unsuccessful teacher it
, equally certain of future reward, does thai
help his school, or add to the cause of ed
ucation I Isn't it too self-satisfy in?, rath
er, to afford a healthy stimulus to action.
: ' Root, hog, or die!' That's the doctrine.
Cultivate a manly self-reliance and a hearty
interest In the various workings of societj",
and know that we get about what wc des
erve as wc go along. Then we shall no
longer look upon ourselves as laborers in
an ungrate tut cause, whose tardy rewards
i are reserved for a misty future, but as work
i ers in the common hive of humanity,
where, under the wise division of labor,
each builds in his own sphere, nor deems
j himself slighted if perchance his brother
laborer in another field, sedulously minds
; his own business.
At present teachers are out slders, or rath
| er visitors in their relations to their fellows,
■ and although they are favored with the
! me,ininghss ski ,7c , they havn't the hearty rc
cognition : nor will they have so long as
I they insist upon ' parlor hospitality' at ov
it\ turn, as manifested by tho unnatural
sc-n.-.itivcnessdisplayed when in contact with
| the hardy but bracing atmosphere of the
world. Oh thnt this ( higher law' idea of
, teaching mici-.i; be reserved for higher
: spheres than this! It don't work here
From this idea proceeds much that wc
hoar of the indifference of parents. ' Par
ents don't visit the school/says Mr. Teach
er, and thereupon follows a homily upon
i (he thankless task of teachers, and the
oandness of parents to their own interests;
; or perhaps a comparison is instituted, from
which is deduced the relative interest with
which a father views his children and his
j cattle.
Now if school teaching were a pdain mat
ter of fact, worldly occupation, the matter
coUiii iie disposed ol very easily, and that
j too without making a barbarian of the par
i cut.
i he answer would be, a teacher has no
■ right to oxpec-t a parent to interest himself
especially in the school room routine —it
isn t a part of his business. The various
I expedients resorted to in the school discip
line, are no especial interest of his. It is
the results he look- at. Rest assured, he
; has some idea of the totals. 'The test of
the pudding is in ike eating' says Mr. Ben
j sible, nor docs it follow that we have no
interest in, or repudiate puddings because
we may boose to spend our time eisewhere
than in the kitchen. The true test of
teaching is tho work accomplished, and
that work, it properly done, will show it
self out of, as well as in the school room.
Besides school drills arc not generally
very entertaining at best, much less to
j those whose thoughts have other channels, i
, and it is simply unjust to thus stigmatize '
i parents. Indeed ! we young striplings of
: not half their v-ear-x presume a higher and
j more abiding interest in the children than
; the fathers and mothers themselves! and
all because ue teach school. If school ;
| teaching were the ultimatum of all earthly i
ends, then there might be some excuse for j
the presumption ; but since it is only one
! of the many agencies for human progress,
; it must and will gravitate to its own pro
; per level, there to pass fcr all it is worth.
A Teacher.
MOMMEEMIOiiS,
THE TWO GIFT 3.
A boy with earnest eyes knelt at his
mother's knee. She stroked the gold of
his yeliow hair and Lade God bless her boy.
He grew in years and strength; and one
day in his bo3 r ish dreamings, there appear
ed to him spirits, eneh offering him a gift.
The gifts were attractive but he could choose
but one. One was a pearl, which at first
sight might seem of little value, but the
more he looked at it, the brighter it grew,
until he saw it was the pearl of great price
—the love of God. The other was a yel
low gem of most goodly seeming, burning
with fervent radiance, and the love of
gold.
Y ears passed away; springs were succeed
ed by summers, and summers passed away 1
into coid autumns and cold winters. And !
as the years came and went, all the time j
the boy's heart was busy within him. He
was a hold-browed youth with flashing eyes,
but their tire was dimmed for a time, for ;
his mother faded, and then withered awa}-. ,
Birds sang, and danced, and the silvery
water bells tinkled in the streams, and dan- i
delions spangled the green turf upon his j
mothers grave, and the 3-outh's heart was ■
softened. The mildly beaming pearl seem- '
ed lovelier in his eyes, for his mother had ]
blessed it. He would have taken it to i
heart, but the spirit of the other love was i
close beside his ear. ' Wilt thou choose j
that, and with it property and content j
among men ? Look ! this shall bring thee j
happiness, for it rules mankind. It shall
fill thy coffers and the men shall call thee I
honorable. It shall make for thee ready
sarvitors, for thou shalt say unto this one
'go' and to another 'corne/ and all shall do !
thy bidding. It shall bring thee that what '
satisfies, for it shall bring thee homage from 1
fellow men.'
Then the boy s ears sounded hi 3 moth
ers wordt. ' Fear God rather than man.' j
..Seek first the Kingdom of God.'
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1861,
>f! The boy became a man, yet be?un to
n i pass unheeded among men, for he had not
- gold. His proud spirit could not brook
s the world's neglect. I lie peari was offier
t' ed to him again. Would he choose that
I- ' and walk obscurely, or the other, and he
vieh and honored for this crown of gold ?
j He forgot his mother's words, he forgot
!. j the all seeing eye, he forgot the yearning
y tenderness of Ilini that became poor that
, ! we, through his poverty, might be made
- j rich. He forgot it ali, and took tohisoth
-0 i er love ; and so subtle was his nature, that,
1 | unconsciously to him, itsuppiantf d all other
5 ! affections. The desire of gold, that he
- j might command the homage ot men, burn
,j ed deep in his heart. It corroded and con- ■
, j sumcd the memories of his early life ; and
; f the lon r grass sodden with rain, over his
r mother's grave, wept the only tears which .
$ were now shed there.
The earnest tender light had faded from I
: his eyes—they were now cold and hard; '
, j and instead of his open grace which had
' | been their want, they had now a repellent, ]
■ suspicious glare, liis form was beat, too, j
; j and the brow, furrowed and knit with care.
j In the worn, repulsive man, you scarcely
recognized that frank and noble youth; for :
1 i those powers which might have given him ;
• j a high place iu the intellectual world were j
j prostitu.ed to the base, sordid use of mon- '
•■ ey making. His heart was canker eaten.
But he gained his ends. Gold freely, j
lav.sJilj- flowed into his money chests, and 1
■ 1 men—low minded men—bowed, but they '
1 reverenced him r.ot! With those who had '
| early loved him lie lived unloving and un- :
| loved. For he had lost all generous irapul- :
j sc.-, and was now only nsa miser. Other j
I men had treasures in the households; he '
i "one but in chests, drawers and hags.— i
) Other men had treasures in heaven; he had j
I none there, but hoarded them all on earth. !
He was offered tho pearl or great price, but i
' reiused it. lie was offered the love of
gold and accepted it. He cliose for what |
he should live, and lived for it. And then |
he miserably died ! The first spirit csrao I
to his bedside, and the other came also and j
mocked. \Y hat shall it profit a man if he
gain the whole world, and lose his own i
soul. ?
H'omctn's Hopes. —ln early youth per- i
haps they say to themselves, 'I shali be j
j happy when I have a husband to love me !
| best of all;' then when the husband is too '
i careless. 'My child will comfort me;' then
i through the" mother'., watching and toil, I
; 'My child will repay rae when it grows !
up.' And at last, alter a long journey of j
years has been wearily traveled through, I
the mother's heart is weighed down by a '
: heavier burden, and no hope remains but
1 the grave.
IBB
From the Belief.-,nto Press, March 14.
Judge Ilale at Home—Magniffcent Re
ceptioa—The Court House Crowded—
Speeches cf McAllister and Hale,
i Yesterday evening may well be considered :
' the proudest evening of Judj-e Hale's life, i
j Last Thursday evening a meeting of the citi
| zer?, irrespective of party, was called, to 1
u)..xe arrangements Lr the reception of Judge •
Hale on his return home. Yesterday after
neon -Judge Hale arrived, and accordingly j
after dusk over eight hundred of his constit- !
ucnts assembled in the court room, anxious •
to tender their thanks for his patriotic course, j
Quite a number of ladies testified by their j
• presence that they ti.o wore not disinterested '
spectators in a struggle which involved the
overthrow of our country. Democrats as
well as Republicans composed the meeting.
The meeting was called to order bv appoint
ir.g Hen. George Boa!, Rep., President; Jan.
Giinland, Pou. Dem., and Hugh Larimer,
Breck. Dem., A ice Presidents; Dr. Dobbins, '
Pou. Dem., and Hugh MeGonagle, Rep., Sec
retaries.
the committee of arrangements, Messrs. !
Beaver, Durham, W. p. MoManus, A. Hoy ;
and Stover, then with the baud escorted the
Judge to tho court room. lie had hardly set
foot inside the room when three tremendous '
cheers went up from the vast audience. Mr ;
McAllister then 011 behalf of the citizens, in 1
a neat and eloquent speech, tendered to the |
Judge the approbation of his constituents.— '■ ;
Ihe speaker said that Democrats as well as j
Republicans were present to thank the Judge ! ,
I fcr whaf he had done. That although they !
: stir! adhered to party organization, yet, now, '
| toey naa sunk the partisan in the patriot.— <
Toe speaker briefly alluded to the acquisition 1
of territories, and p/oveu that from these ter- (
riiories spring all the troubles which over- £
, whelm us. From a difference of opinion in
: regard to the government of these, a portion ,
j ol our brethren seceded'from the Union, and j
then it was that our eyes were realty opened
to the danger which was before us. And as J 1
our representatives were sitting in council de- | 3
: vising some means to again restore peace and j
iraternity of feeling, Satan was going to and ; ,
ifo, walking up and down the earth, on one ,
swte asking " what i will you compromise with j
• the black abolitionists?" and on the other,
" what, will you compromise with traitors 1 '
and rebels vvith arms in their hands?" It j
I * as then,sir, when clouds, dark as the black- i 3
j ness of night were overhanging our political J
horizon, that you, vvith the Border State prop ,
osition in your band, pointed out an honora
ble and practicable mode of settlement. The ;
speaker remarked that objections were made i
by some against altering the Constitution.—
lie would alter it only when necessary. Nor
I was it a new thing. In 1793 a change was c
made in the oonstitution as also in 1803, and
were not changes made in regard to the judi
-1 ciary and the method of selecting the Presi
! dent of the United States?
Judge Hale replied in one of the most elo- j '
1 queQt addresses to which we have ever listen-
i ! ed. end triumphantly vindicated liia course,
shrining conclusively that there is no plank
in tlio platform of the Republican p*rty
whi *li \von!J require the racrific:- of our coun
try. It were impossible, in the cr wiled
state of our columns, to give more than a
m*re sketch of hK speech. The speaker was
thankful fir this kin 1 express? n of their ap
probation. V, hile a Representative, he en
deavored to discharge his duty regardless of
COB sequences,
lie understood it was charged that his
i course was not in accordance with the Chica
t p'ptform. He would say here, that such
is not the case, lie understood that platform
as it read and as it was interpreted by the
meu who helped to frame it The true Re
publican doctrine, as laid fftwn in the Chica
; go platform, is that the normal condition of
ad the territory of the United States is that
of freedom, and that is our duty, hv legisla
tion, whenever such legislation is necessary,
to maintain tiiis provision of the constitution! j
Now who is bi judge when such legislation is ;
i necessary ? The sworn representative of the ;
peopic, or some excited politician who seeks i
to ride on the wave of popular opinion, by :
excitement of his own manufacture. During '
i the l ist session cf Congress, three new terri- I
j tones vn. rorganized, and yet not a word of i
. savory was said even Oy the most extreme '
men , f the North; and why? Because they i
did not cos?dor such legislation necessary, j
Ino speaker considered the slavery question :
jan abet met. Slavery has had its day. The '
j last great battle between freedom and slavery '
was fought in Kansas. Look at the vast odds j
; with which freedom had to contend. Array
; ed against it were ail the powers of a hostile
, government: government officials without
number; the army of the United States;
traud and violence at the polls, while thou
j sands of border ruffians crossed the Missouri
; line, an i were determined to establish slaverv
there at the point of the bayonet. Kansas
b'-ptiaed ;n blood for freedom, is the grieve of
' slavery.
the border States resolutions, the re es
tablishment ot the Missouri Compromise line
would settlo this question foreyer in three-
I-urlhs ol our territory, while the remaining
| territories of New Mexico and Arazona, un
fitted for agriculture, in time, wiii also be
come free, lie had said before, and bo re
j peated it now, that he never would vote for i
; the extension of slavery whore it had not al !
ready a legal existence. Was this a depart- i
tire from the Chicago platform ? He would j
say, however, if, at any time, the interests of
: his party and country would come in conflict, 1
; he would he found arrayed on the side of his j
country. He was a strict party man, but he 1
held the preservation of his country above j
i everything else, and would sacrifice every- j
thing but his honor, for that country. But j
ho was glad to find that his country was ai- j
ways on the side of his party, and he believed !
it would continue so, as long as the party and j
the country existed. lie feelingly remarked i
that he sat, perhaps, in the last Congress of '
t'u t nited States. God alone knew what j
would hi the result, but he hoped that, as we
are now passing through the political cruci
hle, we may comc out a wiser and better peo
ple. It rested, in u great degree, with the
masses.
I hoy must not allow the politician to con
trol them against their country's welfare.— !
ine speaker paid a high compliment to the i
Douglas democrats for the sacrifice of their I
prejudices, and noble lauded such patriots as I
Johnson, Nelson, Eetfeeridge and Gilmer.— 1
V. e are sorry tnai want of space prevents us ;
f'om going more into details. With the best !
of fec-iings prevailing, the meeting adjourned
after the bans had played Jlail Columbia.
A LEARNED JUDGE.
One of the first mummies brought into j
Europe from the East gave rise to a most j
dramatic adventure. About a hundred j
years ago, during Hie reign of bis imraac !
ulate majesty Louis \. of France, an au- j
tiquary returned from Cairo, bringing with ;
hiui a mummy presumed to be" at least I
three thousand six hundred years old.— j
Our savant, tired of the dilligences in 1
which he had been traveling from Mar- 1
seilies, took a Large at Fontainehicau, |
which landed him safe and sound at Port
St. Bernard. Eager to see his family, lie !
had his effects loaded on a litter, hut left
his precious mummy in the bottom ot the !
boat. The custom house officer, cn board- ;
ing it, discovered a box of strange shape
and aspect. Suspecting it to contain con
traband goods, he had it opened. What;
a spectacle ! A woman swathed in linen
bandages from head to foot! No doubt
this was a wretched victim strangled by a
jealous lover or a grasping heir. The
commissary of police was instantly sent
for, aud made his appearance, flanked by j
two surgeons as skilful as himself in ar
chaeology. The crime was recognized, a i
report made of it, and the body transport- j
ed to the Morgue, that the friends might
come and identify it. It is presumed that i
none of them made their appearance. Our
learned traveler, however, in taking an in- j
ventory of his effects the next day, be- I
thought himself of his great curiosity.
He flew to the beat, when the learned com- !
missary and three minions of the law seiz- '
cd him and dragged him before the inagis- i
trate.
' Aha! my fine fellow/ cried the judge,
'we've got you.'
'Will your honor favor me with the rea
son of this extraordinary proceeding?'
'ft remains for you, sir, to explain the
circumstances of the murder you have com
mitted.' ]
'Murder?'
'That is the word, sir.'
'The murder that I have committed!' ex - ,
claimed the savant, aghast.
'Or at least the crime in which you are
an accomplice.'
'Good Heavens! Your worship is dream
ing.'
'Ah! dreaming am I? No sir; you will 1
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, j find mo av.ako to jour cost. The eve of
justice never closes. Did not my vigilant
• officer discover the body of your victim,
| strangled and shut up in a box? Here's
: the report of the discovery, duly sealed,
' signed and attested.'
'ls that all?' said the antiquary a
hearty iaugh.
'Hardened ruffian!'cried the judge. 'Do
you indulge levity with the shadow of a
crime s > Idack hanging over your head?
Now, sir. look me in the face, and answer
the questions 1 shall nnt. Tty whom was
the young girl placed in the box in which
she was discovered?'
'By myself sir.'.
! '.Mr. Clerk, please take down his confes
sion,' said the magistrate. 'Who swathed
her wiih linen bandages from head to foot?'
'I did, your honor.'
'Write down, Mr. Clerk, that he admit§
his crime.'
'The exprcss'on is rather strong, sir.
'The deed is heinous. How old was the
girl?'
'About nineteen years.'.
'Of what country?'
'Memphis, T think.'
i Watioy importing a girl such a distance
;to murder her! When did her death take
I place?'
'About three thousand six hundred years
ago.'
'Prisoner! how dare you indulge in this
misplaced levity.'
'I am not joking sir. I assure you thq
deceased lived in the reign of one of the
Pharaohs'.
'l'll put the handcuffs on you, rascal.'
'1 our honor,' said the prisoner, sternly,
' this pleasantry has been carried too far.
I And let me say, sir, that you are the most
marvcloudy ignorant man that ever3at up
on the judicial bench. Where were you
brought up that you havn't even suspected
that for two days you have been holding
an inquest on the pretended murder of an
I Egyptian mummy?'
' 'A mummy!'
'Of course sir; and if you had conducted
■ your examination properly,you would know
i that you are addressing Count de D ,
■ a member of the Academy of Inscriptions
| and Belles Lettrea.'
! 'My lord,' said the judge, 'I begatlioua
• and pardons. I hope your lordship will
! forget'—•
1 '1 will forget everything. Give me my
mummy, and try in future to obtain ex
j perts who will come a little nearer than
three or four thousand years in guessing at
i a person's death.'
The police magistrate, very much morti
fied at his blunder, gave up the mummy,
| but ho never heard the last part of the sto
j r 7-
A Prophecy by Col. Benton. —Rev. Geo
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j fore the decease of the late Col. Benton,
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Lnited States! 'No, sir, no! They are
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years, and which, I greatly fear, the nation
will not wake up to discover until it is too
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