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ADVERTISEMENTS.
By tlie President of the United
States.
IN pursuance of law. T. .TAMES K. POLK, Prf.s-
IDEXTIOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.do
hereby declare and make known, that public sales
will be held at the undermentioned Land Offices, in
Wisconsin, at the periods hereinafter designated, to
"’4:— •
At the Land Office at the “ FALLS /)F ST.
CROIX RIVER,” commencing on MONDAY, tha
fourteenth day of August next, for the disposal of
the public lands within the undermentioned town
ships, to wit: .•
North of the base line, and west of the fourth ■prin
cipal meridian. &
Townships twenty-five and twenty-six ofrangeoNE.
Townships twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty
, seven, of range two. •
Townships twenty-eight and twenty-nine of range
SEVENTEEN.
Townships twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty-two, of
range eigiitef.n.
Townships thirty, and fractional townships thirty
one and thirty-two, of range nineteen.
Fractional townships twenty-nine and thirty, and
townships thirty-one and thirty-two of range
. TWENTY.
At the SAME PLACE, commencing on MON
DAY, the twenty-eighth day of August next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the under
mentioned townships and fractional townships, to
wit:
North of the base line, and west of the fourth prin-
cipal meridian.
Fractional townships twenty-six and twenty-seven,
and townships twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty
one, and thirty two, of range twenty-one.
Fractional townships twenty-eight and twenty-nine,
and townships thirty and thirty-one, of range
TWENTY-THREE.
Fractional townships twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty
one, of range twenty-four.
At the Land Office at GREEN BAY, commenc
ing on MONDAY, toe tlav of August
next, for the disposal of the public lands situated
within tlie undermentioned townships and fractional
townships, viz:
N orth of the base line, and east of the fourth princi-
pal meridian.
Townships thirty-live, thirty-six, and thirty-seven,
anti fractional township thirty-eight, of range
TWENTY.
Fractional townships thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty
seven and thirty-eight, of range twenty-one.
Fractional townships thirty-live, thirty-six, thirty
seven and thirty-eight of range twenty-two.
Lands appropriated by law for tbe use of schools,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
the sales. - -
The offering of the above mentioned lands will
be, commenced on the davs appointed, and proceed
in the order in which they are advertised, with all
convenient dispatch, until the whole shall have
been offered and the sales thus closed. But no
sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks, and
no private entry of any of the lands will be admit
ted until the, expiration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the City of Washington,
this eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand
eighty hundred and forty-eight.
By the President: .TAMES K. POLK.
Richard M. Young,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption"
to any of the lands within the townships and frac
tional townships above enumerated, is required to
establish the same to the satisfaction of the Regis
ter and Receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soon as practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
fbr the commencement of the public sale of the
lands embracing the tract claimed, ortherwise such
claim will be forfeited. >
. 3 RICHARD M. YOUNG,
'Commissioner of the General Land Office, j
May 23 17-13 t
ITT BOOK BINDERYIxn
W. O. HicUok,
(Successor to Hickok frCantine,J BOOK BINDER,
and Blank Book Manufacturer , Harrisburg , Pa.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the public, that he is now carrying on the
aobve business in the old stand, formerly occupied
by Hickok & Cantine. As the building has for the
last eight years been conducted by him, he flatters
himself that, bv careful attention to business, he
will merit and still receive a continuance of the
patronage so liberally enjoyed by the old firm.
•Particular attention will be paid to the ruling and
•.binding of every description of BLANK BOOKS,
for banks, county offices, merchants, and private in
dividuals, such as
Discount Ledgers, Judgment Dockets,
General do. Appearance do.
Discount Notebooks, i Quarter Sessions, do.
Execution do.
Election do.
Orphans’ Court do.
Check Books,
Tellers’ Statements,
Ticklers,
Naturalization do.
Sheriff’s do.
Justices’ do.
Ad Sectum Index do,
Deed Books,
Invoice Books,
Commission Books,
Miscellaneous do.,
Scratches,
Weekly Statements,
Letter Books,
Cash Books,
Copy Books,
Pass Books,
Day Books,
Journals,
WITH EVERY VARIETY OF
Full and Half Bound Blank Books,
He has made particular arrangements to supply
■Prothonotaries with the new and approved Judg
ment Docket and Register, with the new Statement
of Administration Acct., Old Books, Periodicals,
Law Books, Music, Newspapers, &c., bound to any
oattern, and in any style required. He has made
full and ample arrangements to bind Harper’s Il
lustrated Edition of the Bible, and Harper’s Illu
minated Shakspeare, in a style of magnificence not
to be excelled in the cities, in either Velvet, Tur
key, Morocco, Calf or Sheep, and at very reasona
ble prices. Copying Presses supplied to order. —
Paper Ruled to Pattern. All work warranted.
References in the City of Lancaster—J. Gish &
Co., Booksellers, E. W. Huttrr, Editor of the
Lancaster Intelligencer.
Harrisburg, May 23, 1848
Fall Fashions.
D SHULTZ, Hatter, No. 19$ North Queen Bt.,
« would respectfully inform his friends and the
public that he has just received from New York and
Philadelphia the latest Fall and Winter Fashions,
and wili be pleased to furnish his customers and all
others with them at the shortest notice. As all his
Hats are manufactured under his immediate super
intendence, he feels warranted in saying, that for
durability and finish they cannot be surpassed by
any establishment in this or any other city in the
Union. His stock consists of Beaver', Nutria,
* Brush, Russia, Cassimere, Moleskin, Silk, &c. &c.
which he will dispose of at the lowest.prices. Call
and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
CAPS, CAPS!
of Caps is one of the most extensive
and he is adding to it daily. Customers
assured that they will be suited, as he has
selected his. stock from the largest assort
ments-in New York and Philadelphia. Don’t for
get thfi stand, directly opposite Michael’s Hotel,
NorthfQueen street.
Country Merchants visiting Lancaster, dealing in
Hats or Caps, can be supplied at wholesale prices,
from one to a dozen; sucn as they may want.
He also informs his numerous friends and custo
mers that he still continues to conduct the Hatting
business in all branches as heretofore, at his «
OLD STAND IN NEW HOLLAND,
to which place all orders for the delivery of Hats
are requested to be forwarded.
sep 4- T4-ly DAVID SHULTZ,
Notice to-Distillers,
AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
VVTHEREAS, I, Jacob Weitzel, of the city of
T Y Lancaster, coppersmith, have received by let
ters Patent, recorded in the Patent office in the city !
of Washington, certain useful improvements in the !
construction of Stills, which improvements consist!
ot an additional tub, called a dc>:: ; .ng tub, which]
is placed partly above the still, t* which tub the j
doubler is inclosed, the beer which is pumped into J
the upper tub passes down by a plug pipe into the ;
doubling tub, where it is brought to a boiling state !
belore it is let iuto the still, which pipe is opened j
or stopped when requisite by means of a plug made i
of wood, copper, or any other, material. :
What I claim-as my improvements are the above
described doubling tub and the plug by which the |
beer passes from one tub to the other, or from the
tub into the still. j
Having received information,amounting to proof,
that my patent for the above described improve
ments has been violated by several distillers in this
county and in various other places, I hereby give
notice, that unless those persons who have made
use of my invention, or have it now in use, without
being authorized by me. come forward and make
full reparation for having infringed my patent right,
on or before the first day of March next, suit will
tfr instituted against all and every such person or
persons. JACOB WEITZEL.-
Feb. 22, 184 S. tf-4
Dr. Wister’s Balsam of Wild
Clierry.
r PHIS is a chemical extract of Wild Cherry and
J. Tar. Every body knows that Wild Cherry pos
sesses important medicinal properties; and Tar
Water has always been administered in Consump
tion, and Lung affections generally, by our oldest
and safest physicians.* Various remedies, it is true,
have been offered and puffed into notice for the cure
of diseases of the lungs, and some have been found
no doubt very useful, but of all that have yet been
discovered, it is admitted by physicians, and all
who have witnessed its effects, that none has proved
as successful as this. For Asthma,’Shortness of
Breath, and similar affections it may bcpronounced
a positive cure. It lias cured Asthma! in many cases
of ten and twenty years standing, after physicians
had declared the case beyond the reach of medi
cine.
This Balsam is made from materials which- Na
ture has placed in all northern latitudes, as an an
tidote for diseases caused by. cold climates.
Ci Nature is but the name for an effect
Whose cause is God.” 4
Let us not neglect her plainest dictates.
None genuine, unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper. For sale by - J. GISH k CO.,
Junc2o, IS4S —21-2tj Lancaster.
]V/riCHAEL MeGRANN takes occasion to iri-
Xt_L form his patrons and the public generally,
that he has removed from his old Tavern Stand, to
a two story brick house nearly opposite, one door
north o \'J\Ventz Brother's Bee Hive. Store, in
North Queen street, where he will be most happv
to accommodate his numerous customers. 'His
table and bar will be constantly supplied by the
beat the market and season can afford, and on the
premises there is suffieientstubling to accommodate
a large number of horses. The place having un
dergone a thorough repair, Mr. McGrann feels able
to render entire satisfaction to hife customers, and
he trusts to receive a continuance ofthe very liberal
degree of patronage heretofore extended to him.
He would also inform his old customers, that he
still follows the bottling business* antf is readv to
supply them with bottled PORTER, ALE, CIDER",
and BROWN STOUT, at the old prices and the
usual distances from the city
April 11
Museum,
AND GALLERY 0F FINE ARTS.
MR. NOAH SMITH, 'who has been for some
time past in the employ of Mr. Landis, the
founder of tins popular establishment, takes plea
sure in informing the citizens of the city and coun
ty of Lancaster, that he has-’ purchased the same
from Mr. Landis, and that from this date it will be
under his control and direction,
The Museum has been thoroughly refitted of late,
with new decorations, scenery,' &c., and: a great
many specimens of natural and artificial curiosities
have been added to the heretofore large catalogue.
Mr. Smith assures the friends and patrons of this
delightful Repository of Art and Science, that no
pains on his part will be spared to render it worthy
of a visit from the philosopher or antiquarian, as
well as from those of an humbler sphere. Admis
sion 25cents. [Lancaster, April 11,1848-9 m-l 1
THF. subscriber repectfully informs his friends
and the public that he has removed to the old
established and well known shop lately occupied by
William Cox, in North Duke street, on the Railroad,
where he is prepared to do all kinds of work, such
as making and repairing
CARRIAGES, BAROUCHES, BUGGIES,
SQUARE CARRIAGES,
and vehicles of every kind belonging to the coach
making business.
New work will be sold, andrepairingofall kinds
done cheaper, than at any other establishment in
this city, and all work will be done in the best and
most fashionable style, and manufactured from the
best materials. All new work warrantedJ
He returns his thanks to the public for the liberal
encourgement heretofore extended to him, and
hopes by strict personal attention to business, and
moderate charges to merit and receive a continuance
of public patronage. GEO. B. MOWERY.’
April IS, 1848. 12-6 m
THE undivded one half (conveyed to the under
signed by a deed of trust, by Christopher Har
shey, and confirmed by decree of the Marion Circuit
Court) of that valuable real estate lying on Fall
creek, seven miles*- north of Indianapolis, the seat
of government of Indiana, known as Brubaker’s
Mills, containing about 235 acres, and including a
large portion of improved land, and one of the best
mill scats on Fall creek, will be offered for sale on
the 31st day of July next, at the hour of 2 o’clock,
P, M., at'the house of Henry Lichty,in West King
Street, Lancaster. Sale without reserve. A deed
to be made on the payment of the purchase money.
Title indisputable. Terms made known at time of
sale. JOHN SCHERFF, ) . .
JACOB BRENNER, ] -Assignees.
June 20,1545. 21-ts.
QCr Examiner Sc Volksfrcund copy.
Look Here! Clocks ana Watclics.
THE undersigned has just returned from
Philadelphia with a new and splendid
assortment of Clocks, Watches,
Musical Boxes, Gold Pens, &c., which ho jsC****flg
prepared to dispose of on the most reasonable
terms. Among his assortment may be found Gold
and Silver Levers, Imitation Levers, Quartiers and
English Watches, and a new artiple of Clocks, and
all articles usually kept in his line. He respect
fully jnvites the inspection of his friends both in
town and country to bis stock of goods with the as
surance that from his assortment they cannot fail to
make a selection of any article they maj^iwant.
Repairing attended to as usual, and all work
warranted. JOHN BROWN, A<*t.
Feb. 15, 1848. 3
W. 0. HICKOK.
6m-17
IVew and Secondhand Furniture
Warerooms.
mHE undersigned beg leave .to invite the public
I in general to examine their large and well se
lected assortment of Cabinet Furniture of all des
criptions, including Sofas, Dressing and plain Bu
reaus, Wardrobes, Pier, Card and Dining Tables,
Bookcases and Sccretarys, Chairs of all sorts,
French and German Looking Glasses, Silver and
Plated Ware, and Office Furniture in general use.—
Persons who are about purchasing furniture, will
find it to their advantage to give us a call, as we
are determined to sell good ware 'for reasonable
prices. COHEN & LOBE,
115, South Second street, 3 doors below Dock st.,
and opposite the old Custom House, Philadelphia,
Penn. [Feb. 1,1848-3 m '
Chair Maher, Paper Hanger
and Painter.
Corner of South Queen and Vine streets.
THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends
and the public that he has now on hand, and
is constantly manufacturing to order CHAIRSfft
of allikinds and descriptions,from the highest
to th<j lowestpnce. Theyfavebeen generally /Tl
admired-—are elegantly finished, and are of the most
durable character.
House painting in all its varieties executed by
theulidersigned. His prices will be foundjextremely
moderate. |
AH orders for Paper Hanging will be promptly
executed. GEORGE F.j ROTE,
dec 22 1847 ;44-ly
ADVERTISEMENTS.
REMOVAL.
Removal.
Sale of Real Estate.
“THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”— Buchanan.
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1848.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lancaster city & county Millinery,
In Kramph's Building, first door on floor.
THE undersigned, Mary A. Rajtninger, here
with respectfully informs the public, that she
intends, on Tuesday, the 18th of April, instant, to
open a splendid assortment of
Millinery Ware,
in the Jqrge room, lately occupied by Mr. Johnson,
(Daguerreotype' Painter,) in Mr. F. J. Kramph’s
building, North East corner of North Queen and
Orange streets, Lancaster, Pa., in the immediate
neighborhood of'Vau Kanan’s, Scholfield’s, Good
Sc Johns’, Kauffman’s, and Michael’s Hotels, and
opposite the post office; and invites all her respec
tive customers, as well as the public in general,
both in the city and county, to give Tier a call and
to examine her stock.
All her articles are of the best quality, of the
most fashionable style, and maybe had at-the most
reasonable prices. Her stock Consists principally
in Straw, Fancy and Casing Bonnets, Ribbons,
Flowers, Bonnet and Dress Caps, Collars, Mourn
ing Caps and Collars, &c. &c., as well as in a se
lected assortment of the handsomest Dress Goods
ever offered to the public before.
Old Bonnets will altered and made up
anew, in the most fashionable style, with the greatest
care, and on the most reasonable terms. Ladies’
Bonnets and Gentlemen’s Hats whitened and
pressed.
Notwithstanding that the Ladies, far and near,
are fully convinced of her superior work, she nev
ertheless does not consider it superfluous, here to
state, that she has, at the same time, employed the
best and most experienced assistantsin her business,
and no apprentices, who are merely learning the
trade: Hence she is fully enabled, in every point
of view, to render full and complete satisfaction to
those who may favor her with a call.
MARY A. RANNINGER.
Lancaster, April 11, 1848. 3in-ll
Carriage Manufactory.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the public
that he has removed his extensive
COACHMAKING ESTABLISHMENT\
to the town of Schoeneck, in Lancaster county, 10
miles from Womelisdorf, in Berks county, where he
formerly conducted the same business, and 15 miles
from Reading. He is now prepared, at his new
stand, to manufacture every article in his line, and
also to execute repairs of coaches and other vehi
cles at the shortest notice, and at the most reason
able prices. Fie has constantly on hand a complete
assortment of
Coaches, Barouches, Rockaways,
with single or double seats, Buggys,
with or without covers, made according to the
newest style and of the best materials, which for
durability and neatness cannot be excelled. Per
sons desiring neat, cheap and substantial vehicles,
will therefore find it to their advantage to patron
ise this establishment, as his work is not to be sur
passed. Orders, addressed to the Schoeneck P.
0., Lancaster county, will be promptly executed,
and the work will be delivered wherever customers
may require it.
Carriages and buggys somewhat worn, will be
taken in exchange for new work—as also country
produce.
Old coaches and buggys on hand, selling from
§25 to $5O. Old vehicles repaired and repainted
equal to any new.
He will spare no pains to merit a continuance
of public patronage, especially from his old custo
mers in Lancaster and Berks counties,
Schoeneck, May 2, IS4B.
Sprecher & Rolirer’s Cheap Hard-
Ware Store.
HARDWARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes
at that long established stand, East King st.,
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Krieder,
a few doors east of the Court House, next door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop’s Hotel, which they have recently taken
and where they win carry on tne Dusiness.
They most respectfully beg leave to invite the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their
stock of Hardware, which they have just opened
and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ
ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks,
Bolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building
materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith’s
Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools,
Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment
of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter
churns, together with every article in thoir line.
They will keep constantly on hand every \ ariety of
Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved
COOKING STOVE.
The attention of young beginners is particularly
called to thoir full and complete assortment of
household utensils.
Determined to spare no pains to accommodate
purchasers, and by steady adherence to business,
they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal
patronage thus far bestowed upon them.
GEORGE D.SPRECHER,
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan 13-50
REMOVAL—T. C. WILEY,
Fashionable Boot and Ladies Shoe
Establishment.
THE undersigned begs leave to return his«ffj(i
thanks to the public for the encourage-piujj
merit heretofore extended to him, and to ac
quaint his former patrons and friends and the pub
lic generally, that he, has removed his fashionable
boot and shoe store from North Quebn to East King
street, dirictly opposite Mrs. Messenkop’s Hotel,
an’d one door east of James Smith’s Apothecary,
where he is prepared to do all work in his line of
business with neatness and despatch. He has on
hand a general assortment of *
French & Morocco Skins for Boots,
to which branch of his business he devotes particu
lar attention, and guarantees his Boots to be made
in the neatest and most fashionable manner. He
has also just received from the city an assortment
of lasts of the most fashionable styles for Ladies
Shoes. He also keeps' constantly on hand an as
sortment of Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes of his own
manufacture, which he is confident will give gen
eral satisfaction, as they are made in the neatest
and most fashionable manner.
April 25, 1848.
Salisbury Handle Manufactory
and. Turning Mill.
THE subscribers tender their thanks to their
friends for the patronage extended to them in
the business in which they arc engaged, and res
pectfully,solicit a continuance of their favors;
They how inform their friends and thh public
generally, that they still continue to manufacture,
at their establishment at Salisbury, (on the Phila
delphia and Lancaster turnpike, one mile east of
Kinzer’s and one mile north of the Gap,) Broom,
Brush, Hoe, Shovel and Fork Handles, Plastering
Lath turned and sawed, Palling, Bench Screws, &c.
They have also, an excellent Turning Mill con
nected with their establishment, and arc prepared
to do all kinds of Turning in wood, such as Porch
Columns, Cabinet, Coach and Wagon Turning of
all promptness and despatch.
They have nowon hand a lot of seasoned lumber,
suitable for Cabinet Makers use, which will be
turned to order or disposed of on reasonable terms.
Also, a large lot of prime Ash Plank which will
be sold low and sawed if wished to any size.
Any communications directed to Gap Post Office,
Lancaster county, will meet with prompt attention,
sept 7 ’47-32-ly A. F. & S. C. SLAYMAKER-
Castings! Castings!
THE Subscribers having rented the shop, to
gether with all the Lathes, Tools, Patterns,
&c., belonging to Pennel ScLenher, late in the oc
cupancy of James H. Pennel, they are prepared to
do all kinds of
CASTING AND FINISHING ,
such as Railroad work, Furnace and Forge Cast
ings, Mill Gearing, Factory work, Horse Power
and Agricultural Castings, &c.
Having patterns of every description on hand,
they are prepared to execute all orders at the
shortest notice. Also, Patterns made to order.
- From the known experience of the subscribers
in the above business, the assurance is given that
all orders will be faithfully executed.
May 2, 1848.
New Supply of Boots & Shoes ! v i«
Gum Shoesj&c. VII
THE subscriber has just received a new'
supply of Boots, Shoes, Gum Shoes, &c., at
his stand, in North Queen Street, two doors above
the Post which he invites the attention of
his patrons and the public in general.-
He has a supply of Gum Shoes of every descrip
tion, consisting of Buskins, Sandals; and plain,
with double soles, and also & common article.
Nov 9 ’47-41] ADAM S. KELLER.
Much has been said and written respecting this
remarkable pair, Chang and Eng. Of late the
public have lost sight of their movements. The
following extracts from an article in the Southerner,
a Richmond, (Va.) paper is full of curious matter.
JESSE REINHOLD.
6m-14
But I must hasten my description of the Siamese
Twins. I rode from Wilkes county to their new
residence in Surrey, some forty miles, and arrived
at their house the evening of the second day, after
leavlug - Trap- mil." On ilUlng up iu ilie yaiU I
observed the Twins busily engaged in shingling a
house; and on seeing me, they promptly approached
.and requested me to walk in, adding that they
would attend to my horse, and in the meantime I
walked into the house and introduced myself to
Mrs. Chang, pronounced “ Chung,” and found her
to be quite a handsome young woman, just 22.
Her maiden name was-*’Adelaide Lates, sister of
Sarah; and her dress and general appearance all
indicating a degree of tidiness which Mrs. Eng
lacks; indeed, the people about here ail say she is
»‘mighty townified.” Mrs. Chang was married on
the same night of her sister, and now has three
children, viz; “ Josephine Virginia,” six days youn
ger than Mrs. Eng s first; “ Christopher Wren,”
eight *days younger than Mrs. E s second, and
“ Nancy," aged six months. They are all
very healthy anif forward children, but have their
fathers' features clearly stamped upon them. You
could readily single them out of a crowd of ten
thousand children.
After having passed some time with Mrs. Chang,
the Twins came in, and gathering up their pipes,
commenced puffing away at a great rate. I found
them exceedingly social, and soon had them fairly
engaged in .conversation.
My first question was “ how do you like farm
ing?" They both repliedWe like him much :
good business for us." “Do you raise much com
and potatoes, hay, ect?" “ We make enough to
eat and feed two horses, cattle and sheep and hogs?’’
“ This is a new place, what did you pay for it ?”
“We pay three thousand and seven hundred and
fifty dollars, and have no good house to live in.”
“How many acres of land do you plant?” We
plant last year 200 acres.” “Have you many
sheep, hogs, cows, turkeys, geese?” “We got 200
sheep, great many cows and hogs, have 55 turkies,
50 geese, some ducks." “ How many plows do
you run i” “ Four plow." “Does your land pro
duce well?” “Some place make thirty bushels
com on one, acre." “ How many negrods have
you ?” “We got tirteen (thirteen) big and; little.”
“How long have you lived in N. C.?" “We lib
here nine years.” “What made you settle at Trap
Hill ?” “ Mighty purty place, high mountain, big
rock, 'nough deer, squirrels, foxes, and all kinds Of
game.” “You love to hunt?” “Mighty well;
love shoot mark, too.” “Do you vote at elections
“Oh, yes, never miss any time.” “Who did you
vote for President in 1840 ?” “We vote for Gen.
Harrison, and in 184-4 we vote Mr. Clay, and now
we ready to vote lor Mr. Clay again, if he is wil
ling.” “Then you are both Whigs?” .“Well,
we an't nothin' else.” “ How do you like our Re.
publican form of government?” “We .like him
much, very much; much better than where we
come from.” “Do you ever expect to return to
your own country?”' “We never going back }
have wife and children here, all ’Merican, and we
’Mericans now, too.” “ Have you any relatives
living in Siam ?” “We have mudder, her very old.
We can’t write Siam, and mudder can’t write ’Mer
ican. We only hear from home two times since
we been in this country. Can’t get nobody to
write Siam to we mudder, and she can't write
Merican." “ Would you not like to see youi
mother ?” M We like to much.” Have you much
money?” “We have some in New York.”: “Who
has charge of it ?” “We leave him Bun
ker.” It may be proper here to state thdt their
money, $40,000, is invested in a wine importing
company at G per ct., secured by mortgage bn real
estate, in the city of New York, and that Mr. Bun
ker, whose name they bear, is their agent.; They
drawlon him for the interest, but never touch the
principal. ' Their investments in North Cjarolina
have been made with the interest of the money.
T. C. WILEY.
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JAMES BOON,
MICHAEL HANVEY.
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“Do you ever expect to travel again?” “We
wish to try it again. next fall, about October.”—
“What direction are you going?” “We going
west, we no go north.” What w are your notions
Select ftoetry.
" A Psalm of the Night.
Fades from the West the farewell light,
Flung backward by the setting sun,
And silence deepens as the night
Steals with its solemn shadows on! *
Gathers the soft, refreshing dew,
On springing grass and flowret stems—-
Andlo! the-ey,erlasting blue
Is radiant with a thousand gems !
Ye visible spirits ! bright as erst
Young Eden’s birthnight saw ye shine
On all her flowers and fountains first, :
Yet sparkling from the hand divine ;
Yes; bright as then ye smiled, to catch
The music of a sphere fair,
Ye hold your high, immortal watch,
And gird your God’s pavilion there.
Source of all life, and joy, and light! :
Creator of each starry sphere,
That o’er me on the arch of night
Gleams like a diamond bright and clear ;
Oh! as I gaze, transported now,
Upon this blue resplendent dome,
Deign but to hear my prayer, that thou
Wilt call my erring spirit home.
Home, from the world’s fast fading bowers,
Frail visions and deluding dreams,
To that fair clime of Eden flowers, ;
Sweet airs and streams;;
Oh, make me feel that while I stay,
A sojourner and a stranger here,
My soul must seek its homeward way, ■
Far, far beyond each starry sphere!
1 kneel before thy gorgeous throne,
Upon thy footstool, King of kings!
And gazing on the glories shown
Beneath the Holy Spirit’s wings—
Abject and weak, my =awe struck heart
Would from thy dazzling presence flee,
If, Saviour, thou didst not impart
Rays of undying hope to me.
As yonder faint and glimmering star
Receives its lustre from the sun,
Though from its.fiery splendors far,
So from thy love, Almighty One,
My spirit drinks immortal light —
Oh ; never may that light decay;
But, like yon diamond of.the night,
In heaven’s own beauty melt away.
JtUscellaneous.
Tiie Siamese Twins.
about tbe Christian religion ? Do you believe in
otir religion?” "We not like your religion, you
quarrel ! bout him too much; too much different
church, all say him 'right and t’other wrong, we
: never quarrel about our religion.” do you
think will become of you when you die?” "We
go in hog first, and stay till we repent for de bad
in this world, then we go in horse or deer, or some
good animal, and stay always.” “ IJp you believe
that it you are in ? horse that you will be used in
drawing a buggy, ploughing corn, hauling wagons,
etc ?” “ Yes, we know this is true, our religion tells
us so, and all our people, when we in our country,
tell we same thing.”* “Do you ever go to church?”
“We go some time wid we wife,” (wives.) “Do
you believe what the preacher says ?” “ Preacher
an speak true all time.”
I have only a few of the many questions
which I asked the “ Twins,” during the night; and
during the time I was making my questions, the
wife of Chang paid the most strict attention, and
appeared perfectly absorbed in deep and solemn
thought. It had no doubt occurred to her for the
first time, that she had united her destinies to men
given to superstition and idolatry, and whose feelings
on this important subject were perfectly at variance*
with her own, and from whom receive no
kind and tender instruction upon this subject, with
which her soul’s eternal interest was so closely con
nected. This to her, was no doubt a solemn mo
ment; and so it would be to all who have been
taught to look forward by faith, to “ that city that
hath foundations, and whose maker and builder is
God.”
The Twins appeared well pleased to have me
stop at their house, and begged me to stay a week
with them. After supper some two or three hours>
we went to bed, they in the “big room,” but not in
the “ big bedstead,” and I in a little room adjoining.
The Twins dress very poorly; when I saw them
they had on pants made of country homespun, and
cotton osnaburg shirts. They always complain of
being very poor, say they must be saving, big fam
ily coming, etc.. The one being sick, the other is
similarly affected. The one desiring anything, say
j a pipe or any other luxury, the other also desires
! the same thing. When Eng first proposed courting
| the Misses Lates, Chang readily consented; but
they differed a little as to which should have "Sa
rah,” and 'w.hich. should have “ Adelaide.*’
I wish the ladies distinctly to understand, that in
their courtship there were among them ;
i but such as were'“common to the whole. The
.Twins always selected a place wide enough to en
.able their lady-loves to get on each side.
The ladies will also understand they were mar
ried on the,same evening, by the same preacher,
and retired to rest about the same hour. A dispo
sition manifested by one for sleep is always readily
acceded to by the other.
I The Twins can chop wood remarkably fast, four
lhands being on the axe at the same time. They also
jshoot mark or game with their four hands resting
lon the same gun. They drive their wagon 40 miles
ito Wilkes themselves, and do any kind of work
about the farm. Mr 3. Eng says that her husband
•is very Kina to tne negroes, and that unang is very
isevere with them. Mrs. Eng is also much better
•disposed than Mrs. Chang, although Mrs. C. is much
(the prettiest. Mrs. Eng is very close and saving:
Mrs. Chang is disposed to indulge in dress and va
;rious other expenses.
The Twins rarely differ about dress, but often
.differ in their ideas of purchasing negroes or land.
| The opinion of Eng is always the law ; and Chang
Ireadily acquiesces.*r.Eng does the writing, includ
jing the signing of notes and papers. Eng is one
I inch taller than Chang, and Chang’s wife taller
|than Eng'e.
Some old lady in the neighborhood a few days
iago, asked Eng which was the oldest? and he re
'pliedthathe was just six months older than his
brother. “ Well," says the old lady, “ I thought
: there was about as much difference, for you’r purty
• considerable bigger than your brother.” They are
'both good on a joke, and the old lady was in real
: good earnest.
They have a blacksmith's shop on their farm,
and a shoemaker's shop also. I saw quite a good
sized frame house that they made without any as
sistance, from foundation to roof.
At the table they always use a bench, and each
has his own knife and, fork.
I asked them a if they both expected to die at
the same, time ?” and they replied “ that it could
not be otherwise ; for if the same disease did not J
take them both off at one time, that the living one
would have to be separated from the dead body,
and the act of separation would be his death;” but
their general impression is that they will both die
of the same disease and and at the same time.
Their, affection for each other is very strong. Any
person offering an insult to one, the other immedi
ately resents it; and it would take a champion in
strength to cope with them in a rough and tumble
fight. To use an expression of their neighbors,
“ they fight like two cats.’*
I might give you a great many other particulars
connected with them, but I have given already
matter enough for two letters ; and will now con
clude by giving a little incident that occurred just
previous to their engagement with the Misses Lates.
Miss Smoots, of Wilkes county, who has since
changed her name, fell in love with them and de
sired to marry them both ; but they replied that it
would not be a “ fair shake” for her to marry both,
when there were so many gals about, but if she
would get a partner and furnish another it might
answer. She then ' rode 15 or 20 miles to see a
young lady of her acquaintance and proposed the
matter to her. The young lady replied that she
would not have such an unwieldy bulk of mor
tality if they had a house full of gold.
of Religion.
The following is one of the most beautiful and
truthful sentences we have ever read. It is from
the pen of Sir Humphrey Davy, of whom it is well
observed that if he had not been the first of modern
philosophers he wfibldhave been the first of modern
poets:
15 1 envy n<?k quality of the mind or intellect of
others; not genius, will or fancy; but if I could
choose what would be the most delightful, and I
believe most useful to me, I would prefer a firm re
ligious belief to any other blessing: for it makes
discipline of good—creates new hopes, when earthly
hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, the des
struction 'of existence, the most gorgeous of all
lights, awakens life in death, and from corruption
and decay, calls up beauty and divinity; makes an
instrument of fortune, and of shame, the ladder of
ascent to paradise; and, far above all combinations
of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions
of palms;and amaranths—the gardens of the blest,
the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist
and skeptic only view gloom and decay, annihila
tion and despair P 1
First Prayer in Congress.
The subjoined extract of a characteristic letter
from John Adams, describing a scene in die first
Congress in Philadelphia, in September, 1775, shows
clearly on what power the. mighty men of old
rested their cause. IVIr. A. thus writes to a friend
at the time: ,
"When the Congress met, Mr. Cushing made a
motioq that it should be opened with prayer. It
was opposed by Mr. Jay, of New York, and Mr.
i Rutledge, of South Carolina, because we were so
divided in religious sentiments, some Episcopalians,
some Quakers, some Anabaptists,'some Presbyteri
ans, and some Congregationalists, that we could not
join in the same act of worship. Mr. Samuel Ad
ams rose and said “ that he was no bigot, and could
hear a prayer from any gentleman of piety and
virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his
country. He was a stranger in Philadelphia, but
had heard that Mr. Duche,(Dushay they pronounced
it,) deserved that character, and therefore he moved
that Mr. Duche, an Episcopal clergyman, might be
desired to read prayers to the Congress to-morrow
morning.” The motion was seconded and passed
iu the affirmative. Mr. Randolph, our President,
waited on Mr. Duche, and received for answer, that
if his health would permit he certainly would. Ac*
: cordingly, next morning heappeared with his cloak
and in his pontificials, and read several prayers in
the established form, and then read the collect for
the seventh day of September, which was the 35th
Psalm. You must remember that this was the
next morning after we had heard the rumor of the
horribje cannonade at Boston. It seems as if heaven
had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning.
" After this. Mr. Duche, unexpectedly to every
body, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which
filled the bosom of every man present*. I must
confess I never heard a better prayer, or one so well
pronounced. Episcopalian as he is, Dr. Cooper
himself never prayed with such fervor, such ardor,
such correctness and pathos, and in language so
elegant and sublime, for America, for Congress, for
the province of the Massachusetts Bay, especially
the town of Boston. It has had an excellent effect
upon every body here. I must beg you to read
that Psalm. If there is any faith in the sortes
Virgilianje, or sortes Homerica?, or especially the
sortes Biblicap, it would be thought providential.”
The 35th Psalm was indeed appropriate to the
news received and the exigencies of the times. It
commences
" Plead my cause, 0 Lord, with them that strive
with me: flight against them that fight against me.
" Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up
for my help.
“ Draw out also the spear, and stop the way
against them that persecute me: say unto my soul,
I am thy salvation.”
What a subject for contemplation does the above
picture present. The 44 members of the First
Congress, in their Hall, all bent before the mercy
seat and.asking him that their enemies “ might be
as chaff before the wind. - ' Washington was kneel
ing there, says the Newark Advertiser, and Henry
and Randolph, and Rutledge and Jay, and by their
side there stood, bowed in reverence, the Puritan
patriots of New England, who at that moment
had reason to believe that an armed soldiery was
wasting their humble households. . It was believed
that Boston had been bombarded and destroyed.
They prayed fervently “ for America, for the Con
gress, for the province of Massachusetts Bay, and
especially for the town of Bostonand who can
realize the emotions with which they turned im
ploringly to Heaven for divine interposition and
aid ? ;; It was enough,” says Mr. Adams. “to melt
a heart ot stone. I saw the tears gush into' the
eyes of the old, grave pacific Quakers of Philadel
phia.' 1
From the Young Ladies', Chronicle.
The following stanzas from the pen of the vene
rable J. Q. Adams, will be read with interest and
pleasure, and as we cannot give any explanation
of their origin better than the one contained in
Judge Leib s letter, we venture, without consulting
him, to prefix it to the Poetry, and we do this the
more readily, because it expresses the interest a
father feels for hirf daughter at school.
„ Washington City,. )
March 25th, 1848. $
My dear daughter: —The death of the late vene
rable Mr. John Quincy Adams, and the many
eloquent things said, written and published in re
gard to that great and good man, and his works,
remind me to call your’recollection to the circum
stance that he, a year ago this day, did you the
favor to write a few original stanzas in your Album.
And as I have the Album with me, I take pleasure
in copying from it the stanzas in question for you
to treasure up in your heart, and to show to your
youthful associates at Mr. Prettyman's Institute.
If deemed advisable it could appear in The Young
Ladies' Chronicle and Female Student,” as its
author was the never ceasing advocate of early
and systematic education. The virtues of that
eminent and good patriarch shone out so conspicuos
ly, and have been so universally acknowledged,
that I deem it a good act in any one at any time
to call the attention to the illustrious departed, and
to hi£ works that cannot depart. You remember
the palsied hand-writingasit appears in your Album.
It is before ma now as I am about to transcribe
the lines he wrote, and with a feeling of veneration
and love, it seems to bring him up in bodily pres
ence before me. The stanzas were hastily written,
but there is great merit in their sentiment.
Very affectionately,
Your devoted father,
Cahohne M. Lkib, S. D. LEIB.
Female Collegiate Institute, Wilmington, Dela.
TO MIRTH
A SONNET.
Come to my bosom ! cheerful smiling Mirth!
And while the hours of changeful Fortune roll
Come J tune thy timbrel to my weary soul,
And purge iny Passions from the dross of Earth.
Thy hand, in Eden, at creation’s birth
Held to the lip of Man the flowing bowl.
While on his ear the serpents concert stole,
And whisper’d bliss of more than mortal worth.
That cup was blameless and when fallen Man
Expell’d from Eden by his Maker’s ban
Was doom’d to lead a life of woe—and die.
.Of all the joys of Paradise bereft
Twin child with Innocence—tby voice was left
The pledge of future blessedness on high.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington , March 25th, 1847.
The Two Brothers.
The following beautiful Arabian legend we copy
from the w Voice of Jacob.”
The site occupied by'the temple of Solomon:
was formerly a cultivated field, possessed in common,
by two brothers. of them was married and
had several children; the other was unmarried.
They lived together, however, in the greatest har
mony possible, cultivating ■ the property they had
inherited from their father.
The harvest season had arrived. The two
brothers bound up their sheaves, made two.equal
stacks of them and left them out the field. During.
, the night the unmarried brother was struck, with,
1 an excellent thought My brother, said he to him
self, has a wife and children to support; it is not
just that my portion of the harvest should be as
..large as his. Upon this he arose, and Took from
his stack several sheaves which he added to those
of his brother; and this he did with as much se
crecy as if he had been committing an evil action,
in order that his offering might not be rejected.
On the same night the other brother awoke and
said to his wife, “ lily brother lives alone without
a companion: he has none to assist him in his labor
nor to reward him for his toils while God has
bestowed on me a wife and children; it is not right
that we should take from our common field as
many sheaves as he, since we have already more
than he has-r-domestic happiness. If you consent,
vve shall, by adding secretly a number of our
sheaves to his stack, by way of compensation, and
without his knowledge, see his portion of the harvest
This project was approved and imme
diately put into execution.
In the morning each of the brothers went,into
the field, and was much suiyrised at seeing the
stacks still equal. 1 During several successive nights
the same contrivance was repeated on each side,
for as each kept adding to his brother’s store, the
stacks always remained the same. Buf one night,
both having stood sentinel to divine into the cause
of this miracle, they met, each bearing the sheaves
mutually destined for the other. It was thus all
elucidated, and they rushed into each others arms,
each grateful to Heaven for having 'so good a
brother.
Now, says the legend, the place where" so good
an idea had simultaneously occurred to the two
brothers and with so much pertinacity, must have
been acceptable to God. Men blessed it, and Israel
chose it, there to erect the house of the Lord!—
Lamartine. I
The British out against Gen. Cass.
The first gun from the subjects of Queen Victo
ria has been fired on the nomination of General
Lewis Cass! The tidings of his nomination have
struck terror into their bosoms, and they are rail
ing out against him with as much violence as the
Baltimore American and the New York Courier and
Enquirer. The language used by the envious Britons,
is almost identical with that of the Whig prints,
showing what a cordiality of feeling exists between
the British and the Whig leaders, and their mutual
anxiety for the defeat of that fearless defender of
American rights and interests. As an evidence of
British feeling, we quote the following friJm the
“ Albion the organ of the British interests and
prejudices published in New York: 7
“ Had any other candidate been nominansL we
should have contented ourselves with announcings
the fact, but Gen. Cass has on repeated occasions
manifested SO HOSTILE A FEELING TO GREAT
BRITAIN thai we must add OT7R EXPRESSION
OF REGRET at seeing him in this prominent
position before the country. WE CANNOT FOR
GET HIS UNDISGUISED AND REPEATED
EFFORTS, when Minister at the Court of France,
to plunge Great Britain and France into a .vexed
question of the right of search. The steps he then
took might have been correct, sub rosa , according
to the lax code of diplomatic morality; but urged
as his arguments were through the medium of pub
lic letters, they were dangerous to the peace. ot
Europe, and OFFENSIVE TO GREAT BRITAIN,
with whom the country he represented was at
peace.
‘ The debates on the Oregon question again furn
ished Gen. Cass with opportunities for venting his
ill-will TOWARDS US, and his disposition to bring
on a war. And still the ANIMOSITY RANKLES
IN HIS MIND, if we may judge from the lute de
bates in the U. S. Senate on the f proposed relief to
Yucatan."
The time has not yet come for us to hear from
the British press across’ the Atlantic, but when we
do, there will be a terrible howling! Tiny hate
Gen. Cass to the same extent that they did Gen.
Jackson , and will, therefore, pour out their venom
most unsparingly! But what will true Americana
say to all this l Will they not cherish, love, and
sustain Gen. Cass, to the extent that he is hated
and denounced by the British Tory press, and their
faithful allies here in the persons of the Whig lead
ers? Great Britain found these Whig leaders her
most faithful allies in the settlement of the North
Eastern boundary and the,-Oregon question, and she
respects and esteems them accordingly. Her voice
will necessarily be raised in favor of the Whig
nominees, but the freemen of the Union will take
care of CASS AND BUTLER in spite of .both
home and foreign opposition.
As we have said before, the British owe General
Cass a serious “grudge” about his defeating the
European Quintuple treaty, and we may now look
out for them to spit out all their spite. He deprived
them of their long-sought license to play the ‘tyrant
on every ocean/' and they will stimulate' their
Whig allies To be merciless and. unsparing in their
assaults upon him! Let THE PEOPLE, then,
rally to the rescue of this American champion
from the hands of all his enemies, and place him
at the head of our government by glorious voters!
Resignation.
u Amid the various scenes of* ills ;
Each stroke some kind design fulfills:
And shall I murmur at my God,
When sovereign love directs the rod 7”
Resignation is an exalted Christian virtue. ] It
is a plant that grows not up from nature’s soil, j It
is a grace that must be cultivated like the rose-tree,
that it may flourish and shed forth its sweet fra
grance amid the passing scenes of life. To possess
resignation, calm and settled, under all circumstan
ces, is a high attainment. Yet it is attainable; and
blessed are they who live under its benign influences.
Ii will shed a holy balm over the moral waste of
life, and cheer us amid the darkest - hours of lour
pilgrimage. j
. Life has its cares and its afflictions, its crosses
and its conflicts, its disappointments and its'sacrifi
ces. But in every scene of earth, resignation, ike
the strong and faithful anchor that holds the ship
in safety till the storm is past, secures its possessor
.peace and quietness, till the darkness and dar ger
of the tempest are over, and the sunshine of t an
quility and joy again beams upon us. Nothing is
ever lost to the just by the' exercise of this virtue ;
but it will secure to the anxious, the important, and
heavy-laden, much joy; blessedness, and consolation.
It will render our afflictions blessings j our crosses
pleasures; our disappointments unexpected good ;
and our sacrifices either for our own dr the well
being of others, acceptable oblations to God. Then
“ Though Hehven afflict, I’ll not repine j
Each heart-felt-comfort still is mine—
Comforts that shall o’er death prevail,
And journey with me through the vale.” -
New use pob Ardent Spirits.—-A correspoi
ent of the Ohio Cultivator says that a
or almost any kind of ardent spirits, placed on j
bottom boards around and under a hive of bellig
ent bees, will allay their fury and = cause them
cease, fighting: If an article which sets the hun
race by the ears will produce peace/and.hann<
in a hive of bees, the fact is certainly anomah
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