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I WEPT BESIDE THY GRAVE, MOTHER,
BY FRANK MYRTLE.
I wept beside thy grave, mother,
My heart is weeping still,
And fondly lingers near the tomb
On yonder lonely hill.
I did not hear thy parting words,
I did bot see thee die;
But thy last message came to me,
When: death was hovering nigh.
I have been a truant boy, mother,
And caused thee many a pain,
But I would heal the wound I made,
Could'et thou return again ;
My boyish heart would not obey
Thy mild commands, I know,
And o'er my waywardness to thee,
My tears will ever flow.
I was thy cherished pot, mother,
Thy love was fond and true,
Thy kisses oft bedew'd my cheek,
Ere manhood's care I knew;
Affliction's'child from infancy.
Ye loved me but the more,
And o'er me wept as oft ye tho't
Life's pilgrimage was o'er.
I've wandered many a league, mother,
From where we used to dwell ;
No cherished one is near me now. _
Of those I loved so well ;
But oft my weeping heart returns
Across the foaming sea,
To where my precious relics lie,
And there it weeps for thee.
For the Intelligencer
THE TEACHER
11E!MEI
As blooming flowers, that spring, in joy
Unfold their beauties to the sun,
That mighty orb of heat and light
Which kindly brought their dawning on—
So gently open th' immortal mind,
Whilst blooming hero upon the earth.
Unto that teacher, noble, kind,
Who brought to view, its hidden worth.
The Teacher, what a glorious task
Is his,—to help the tender mind
In learning's sweetest smiles to bask,
And souse the heart to be refined ^
With feelings lasting, pure and high,
As the bright realms of bliss above,
And wake with power that will not die
Its youthful springs of truth and love!
The Teacher, his the hand that sways
The magic wand of truth and light,
To image forth, in,wisdom's rays,
The mind, in colors rich and bright.
Or, with a dark and withering shade
Spread o'er its chambers, endless night,
And cause its choicest flowers to fade
And languish in unending blight.
THE OUTPOST.
A TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE
Towards the latter part of the year 1751,
the Frendh, aided by vast bodies of the
Huron and Iroquois Indians had begun to
make themselves very disagreeable neigh
bors to the British and American colonists
in northern Virginia and Ohio, and the
northwest portion of New York State--
the French by their encroachments on the
frontier, and the Indians by their numerous
forays and savage barbarity to all who
were unfortunate enough to fall into their
hands.
To put a stop to these aggressive pro
ceedings, numerous bodies, both of the
"regulars" and the colonial militia, were
despatched to the several points assailed ;
and among the rest, Col. Henry Innes,
with a company of thirty men, among
whom were a party of some dozen Virginia
riflemen, was ordered to occupy a small
outpost, lor log fort, which at this period
stood within a few miles from the north
fork of the Allegheny river.
Having arrived safely at their quarters,
the little company set about righting up
the old outpost to make it as comfortable
as circumstances would permit ; and this
being done, and order once more restored,
sentries were placed at all the advanced
points of the station, while the strictest
vigilance was both enjoined and exercised
by day and night.
Among the Virginia riflemen who had
volunteered into the company, was a tall,
manly, fine looking fellow, who from his
fatal and 'unerring skill as a marksman, had
received the non de plume of Death. But
with whatever justice the name had been
applied to him foi• skill, his disposition
certainly,entitled him to no such terror
spreading epithet. On the contrary, he
was the very life of the company.
His rich fun of mother wit, large social
propensities, and constant good nature
rendering him a general favorite with the,
men; while the never-failing stock of
game which his skill enabled him to sup
ply the mess table of the officers with, not
only recommended him to their good
graces, but caused many a little short
coming" of his to be winked at and passed
over in silence, which otherwise perhaps
he might, not have gotten over so easily.
The company had not been stationed at
the Fort much more than a week, ere
Death, in one of his excursions for game,
discovered that at a small farm-house,
some three miles or so distant from the
Fort, there lived a terrain Miss Hester
Stanhope, whose equal in beauty and
amiable qualities he had never seen before.
And to render himself still more certain of
the fact, he called the day following under
cover of
.a pretence of having forgotten
his powder flask.
Death was invited to come again, by
Farmer Stanhope, who happened to be
from the , same parish as the father of our
hero; and we need scarcely say that the
invitation was both eagerly and joyfully
accepted, and as often as circumstances
would pormit, complied with.
The second week after this occurrence
took place, was ,marked .by two events,
which—though both affecting the welfare
of the little community at the Fort, were
widely different in degrees of importance.
The first was, that Death had either sud
denly lost all his skill as a marksman, or
that the ,game had removed to a safer and
more distant neighborhood, for the officers'
larder had been sadly wanting in the items
of woodcocks, blackcocks, &c., for the
week past ; and the second and most im
portant of the two events was, that in
xegular succession, four sentinels had dis
-appeared from the extreme left line, with
out leaving the slightest trace to elucidate Eight of the Indians fell by the volley
the mystery of their disappearance. which the riflemen now poured upon the
The last circumstance struck dread into remainder of them ; but strange to say,
the breasts of the rest of the company, one of the five who did not fall, was the
that no one could be found willing to vol- Chief whom Death aimed at. This unn
unteer to take the post—well knowing anal occurrence was owing to the following
that it would be only like signing their cause : the branch on which he bad stead
own death-warrant to do so ; and Col. ied his aim in firing, had suddenly yielded
limes, net wishing to wilfully sacrifice the at the moment he discharged his piece,
lives of his men by compelling them, to go, thus rendering harmless his otherwise un
enjoined double caution to the remainder erring aim.
of the sentinels, and left the fatal spot un- Uttering an imprecation at his ill luck,
occupied for a night or two. , Death sprung down the bank with the rest
It was on the third night of the deser- of his companions, and with one bound
tion of the post, that our hero, Death, he reached the side of the Iro
was returning to the Fort, after paying a quois chief. They grappled and fell to
visit'to Stanhope farm. The moon was up, the ground heavily, and darting glances
but her light was almost obscured by the of savage hatred at each other beneath
dense mass of clouds which at every few their knitted and scowling brows.
minutes were driven by a pretty stiff
breeze over her face, while the huge trees,
now in full leaf, cracked and groaned, and
bent their tall forms to and fro, as the
heavy gusts rushed whistling in among
their brunches.
Our hero had approached within a hun
dred yards of the termination of the forest
that skirted the small open space in which
the Fort stood, when suddenly he' paused,
and crouching down on his hands and
knees, crept cautiously forward a few
paces. Having remained in this position
several minutes, he again quickly retreated
in the 'tanner he had advanced at a point
considerable lower than where he had in
tended to leave it before.
Col. Innes sat reading alone, in his pri
vate apartment, when an orderly entered
and informed him that one of the men
wished to speak to him.
Send him in,' replied the Colonel ; and
at the next minute our friend Death had
entered and made his best bow to his com
manding officer.
Well, what scrape have you been get
ting into now ?' said the Colonel, when he
saw who his visitor was.
'None, Colonel,' replied Death ; but
I have come to ask a favor.'
Let us hear it,' said the Colonel, and
we will then see what we can do.'
Well, Colonel, it is simply this—if you
will put the 'rifles' under my orders to
night, and let me occupy the deserted
post, I will not only clear up the mystery
of the disappearance of the four sentries,
but make the post tenable in future.'
But how said the Colonel, in intesnse
surprise.
I guess, Colonel,' answered Death,
c you had better let me have the men, and
order us off and I'll tell you the whole
affair after. I promise that no one shall
receive a scratch if they follow my direc
tion implicitly.'
c Yes, you are a strange man,' said the
Colonel, but I think I will let you have
your own way this ' time. When do you
intend to start ?'
In about an hour's time,' answered
Death.'
sf r ery well, I will give you the neces
sary orders so that you can start when you
think proper. And what is more, if you
perform all you have promised, and don't
cause me to repent having humored you,
yod shall have poor Campbell's place.'
Hector Campbell was a brave but very
headstrong young Scotchman, who had oc
cupied the post of Lieutenant at the Fort.
In a sudden freak of daring he had volun
teered to staiid sentry at the fatal spot
from which three sentries had already so
mysteriously dissappeared, and he paid for
his rashness with his life.
, c Now my lads," said Death, as in
about an hour after his conversation with -
Col. Innes, he approached the deserted
post, at the head of a dozen riflemen who
had been temporarly placed under his or
ders.
"I will tell you what we are going to
do. The long and the short of the affair
is simply this, it's a gang of them cussed,
thieven' Iroquois that have circumvented
and carried away four of our men—shoot
ing them with their arrows and then de
camping with their bodies.
To-night a§ I was returning to the Fort,
I suddenly thought I heard the sound of
several voices. Creeping on my hands to
wards the spot, I got high enough to see
and hear that about a dozen Iroquois were
then and there arranging their plans to
surprise the fort to night—intending to
steal in upon it by the point which their
cussed deviltry had rendered so easy an
access. I only stopped to learn this, when
I hurried to the Colonel, and asked him to
place you at my disposal, and here we are.
I did not say a word to him about what I
had learned, being determined that if pos
sible the 'rifles' should have the honor of
exterminating the varlets. And now I ask
you, are you willing and ready to follow
my orders ?"
Every man cheerfully answered in the
affirmative, and with quickning pulse and
sanguine hopes, the little company again
moved forward.
The post consisted of a long narrow
space, bounded . .on each side by a rocky
bank, while its extreme end was closed in
by a dark and impenetrable forest. The
bank on each side of the pass was thickly
covered with brush and underwood, and
among these, Death now concealed his
men, taking care to arrange them so that
their fire would not cross each other, and
bidding them not to fire until he gave the
signal; and after they had fired not to stop
to reload, but clubbing their rifles to jump
down and finish the struggle_in that man
ner.
With steady alacrity each man took up
the post assigned him,and in another minute
the spot presented the same lone, still and
solemn appearance it had worn pre ious tp
their arrival.
The little company had begun to grow )
impatient, and Death himself, to fear that
the Indians had either rued their attempt,
or else had changed their plan of battle,
when suddenly his quick eye detected the
form of his crafty foes issuing in a crouch
ing positiou from the deep shadow which
the lofty trees threw far up the pass.
" Three, six, nine, twelve, thirteen,"
counted Death, as oue after another they
emerged in single file from the wood, and
with quick, cat-like stealthiness of move
ment advanced up the pass, their files in
trail, and their faces rendered still more
ferocious looking by the grotesque marking
of their war paint.. On they came, swiftly
and silently, and all unconscious of the
fate that was in store for them:
The foremost of the band, whose com
manding stature, wolf teeth, collar and
eagle tuft, at once proclaimed him as chief,
and advanced until he was opposite the
bush in which Death was hid, when the
latter with startling distinctness imitated
the cry of an owl and discharged' his rifle.
" THAT GOONTRY IS THE MOST 'PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD."
LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1858.
" Keep off," shouted Death, as he saw
one or two of his companions in the act of
stooping down to assist him, " keep off !
and if he masters me let him go."
° Over they rolled, and writhing and
straining, but seemingly neither obtained
any advantage of the other. At last the
head of, the Iroquois suddenly came in
contact with the point of a big rock that
projected from the bank, stunning him so
that he relaxed his vice-grip of Death's
throat; and the latter thus released spring
ing to his feet finished his career by bring
ing the heavy breach of his rifle, with
sledge-hammer force down upon his head.
The remaining four Indians had been
likewise dispatched ; and the vier orious
riflemen (none of whom had received
any wound worth mentioning,) now sent
up such a shout of triumph for the victory
that the old woods rang with it for minutes
after.
As Colonel Lanes had promised, Death
was promoted to the vacant post of Lieu
tenant ; and now, dear reader, we beg to
inform you that our hero and the uncom
promising veteran, General Morgan, of
revolutionary celebrity, was the one and
the same individual.
About a fortnight after this eventful
night, Stanhope Farm was the scene of
such mirth, good eating and dancing as
could be disposed of during the twenty
four hours, and though we think it super
fluous to do so, we will add that the cause
of this " merry making " was the marriage
of the beauteous Hester Stanhope with
Lieutenant Henry Morgan.
How He Came to be Married.
It may be funny, but I've done it. I ve
got a rib and a baby. Shadows departed
—oyster stews, brandy cock-tails, segar
boxes, boot-jacks, absconding shirt but
tons, whist and dominoes. Shadows pres
ent—hoop skirts, band-boxes, ribbons,
gaiters, long stockings, juvenile dresses,
tin trumpets, little willow chairs, cradles,
bibs, pap, sugar teats, paregoric, hive
syrup, castor oil, Godfrey's cordial, sooth
ing syrup, rhubarb, senna, salts, squills,
and doctor's bill. Shadows future—more
nine pound babies, more hive syrup, ect.,
ect. I'll just tell you how I got caught.-
I was the durndest, most tea custard,
bashful fellow you ever did see ; it was
kinder in my line to be taken with the
shakes every time' I saw a pretty girl ap
proaching me, and I'd cross the street any
time rather than face one ; it wasn't be
cause I didn't like the critters, for if I was
behind a fence, looking through a knot
hole, I couldn't look at one long enough.
Well, my sister Lib gave a party one
night, and 1 stayed away from home be
cause I was too bashful to face the music.
I hung around the house whistling " Old
Dan Tucker," dancing to keep my feet
warm, watching the heads bobbing up and
down behind the window curtains, and
wishing the thundering party would break
up so I could get to my room. I smoked
a bunch of segars, and as it was getting
late and mighty uncomfortable, I conluded
to shin up the door post. No sooner said
than done, and I soon found myself snug
in bed. "Now," says I, " let her rip.—
Dance till your wind gives out !" And
cuddling under quilts, Morpheus grabbled
me. I was dreaming of soft-shell crabs
and stewed tripe, and was having a good
time of it, when somebody knocked at the
door. "Rap " again. I laid low. "Rap,
rap, rap !" Then I heard a whispering,
and I knew there was a whole raft of girls
outside. " Rap, rap, rap ! then Lib sings
out "Jack are you there ?" " Yes," says
I. Then came a roar of laughter. " Let
us in, " says she. "I wont," says I,
" cant you let a feller alone ?" Are you
abed ?" says sne. " I am," says I. "Get
up," says she. " I wont," says
I.—
Then another laugh. By thunder ! I be
gan to get riled. " Get out, you petti
coated scarecrow !" I cried, " can't you
get a beau without hauling a fellow out of
bed ? I won't go home with you—•l won't
—so you may clear out !" And throwing
a boot at the door, I felt better. But pres
ently, oh ! mortal buttons ! I heard a still,
small voice, very much like sister Lib's,
and it said : " Jack, you'll have to get
up, for all the girls' things are in there !"
Oa'. Lord what a pickle ! Think of me
in bed, all covered with shawls muffs, bon
nets and cloaks, and twenty girls outside
the door waiting to get in ! If I had
to think, I should have pancaked on the
spot. As it was, I rolled out among the
bonnet ware and ribbons in a hurry
" Smash !" went the millinery in every
direction. I had to dress in the dark—
' for there was a crack in the door, and the
girls will peep, and the way I fumbled
about was death to straw hats. The mo
ment came. I opened the door and found
myself right among the women. " Oh,
' my Leghorn," cried one. " My dear dar
ling winter velvet,'' cried another ; and
they pitched. They pulled me this way
and that, boxed my ears, and one bright
eyed little piece—Sal, her name was—put
her arms around my neck, and kissed me
right on my lips. Human nature couldn't
stand that, and I gave her as good as she
sent. It was the first time I go, a taste,
and it was powerful good. I believe I
could have kissed that gal from Julius
Omnr to the 4th of July. " Jack," said
she, " we are sorry to disturb you, but
won't you see me home ?" " Yes," said
I, " I will." I did do it, and bad another
smack at the gate, too. After that we
took a kinder turtle-doving after each
other, both of us sighing like a barrel of
cider, when we were away from each other.
It was at the close of a glorious summer
day—the sun was sitting behind a distant
hog pen—the chickens were going to roos,
—the bull-frogs were commencing their
evening songs—the Polly-wogs, in their
native mud-puddles, were preparing them
selves for the shades of night—and Sal and
myself, eat upon an antiquated back-log
listening to the music of nature, such as
tree-toads, roosters and grunting pigs,
and now and then the mellow music of a
distant jackass was wafted to our ears by
the gentle zephyrs that sighed among the
mallen stalks and came heavy laden with
the delicious odor of hen roosts and pig
styes. The last lingering rays of the setting
sun, glancing from the brass buttons of a
solitary horseman, shone through a knot
hole in the hog pen full in Sall's face,
dyeing her hair with an orange-peel hue,
and showing off my thread-bare coat to bad
advantage. One of my arms was around
Sal's waist, my :.and resting on the small
of her back—she was toying with my au
burn locks of jet black hue—she was
almost gone and I was ditto. She looked
like a grashopper dying with the hiccups,
and I felt like la mud turtle ohoaked with
a codfish ball. " Sal," says I, in a voice
musical as the notes of a dying swan, "will
you have me !" She turned her eyes
heavenward, clasped me by the hand, had
an attack of the heaves and blind stagg 3rs,
and with a sigh that drew h r shoe strings
to her palate, said : " Yes !" She gave
clear out, and then squatted in my lap—
she corkscrewed and I eircumfluxed and
rolled in it. I hugge,cl until I broke my
suspenders, and her breath smelt of onions
which she ate the day before. Well, to
make a long story short, she set the day,
and we practised for four weeks every
night, how we would walk into the room
to be married, till we got so we could walk
as graceful as a couple of Muscovy ducks
The night, the company, and the minister
came, the signal was given, and arm in arm
we marched through the crow, ed hall.—
We were just entering the parlor door,
when, down I went, ker_slap ou the oil
cloth, pulling Sal after me. Some cussed
fellow dropped a banana skin on the floor,
and floored me. It split an awful hole in
my cassimeres right under my dress coat
tail. It was too late to back out, so clap
ping my hands over it, we marched iu and
were spliced, and taking a seat I watched
the kissing bride operation. My grooms
man was tight, and he kissed her till I
jumped up to take a slice, when, oh, hor
ror: a little six year old imp had crawled
up behind we, and pulling my shirt through
the hole in my pants, had pinned it to the
chair, and in jumping up, I displayed to
the admiring gaze of the astonished multi
tude a trifle more white muslin than was
allowable, and was finally put to bed, and
there all my troubles ended ! Good night.
From the Voylestown (Pa.) Democrat, April 13
Singular Case of Seclusion.
THE \Vold , ROCK INHABITED—A MAN
FOUND IN A CIVE ON 131iCKIN(iltA31 MOUS
TAIN—A RESIDENCE OF FORTY YEARS
ARRESTED !--On Friday last a most
singular case of discovery occurred, by
which it appears that the celebrated and
romantic "W olf Rocks," on BuckinghaM
Mountain, in Bucks county, are inhabited
by a hermit who isserts that it has been
his residence for more than forty years.—
On the morning of that, day, a colored
man, named William Kennard, was passing
along in the vicinity of the part of the
mountain in which the rocks are located,
and hearing a strange noise like :he
rattling of tin-ware, or, to use his own
words, "like the dragging of a kettle by a
chain," he became alarmed_ and ran to
another part of the mountain to obtain the
company of another colored man to go back
with him and make some explorations.—
Having screwed up their courage to the
sticking point, the two men armed with a
crow-bar went back to the part of the
rocks from which the strange sound ema
nated and after making considerable ex
plorations were about to abandon the en
terprize when it occurred to them that
making a noise might bring the stranger
to sight. They placed themselves in a
position supposed to be near the location
from which the sounds had emanated and
commenced beating the rocks with the
crow-bar. This soon had the effect of
bringing a voice from some hiding place
which asked "who is it and what do you
want ?" They proceeded to the cleft in
the rock and after a diligent search suc
ceeded in finding an entrance to a large
room or cavern in which was a human
being. Upon being asked to come out he
refused to do so, and denied the obtrnders
admittance, threatening to put balls
through them both if they attempted to
enter. They left, and, having obtained
reinforcements, returned again to the rocks
with the intention of bringing the hermit
from his hiding place. Finding himself
overpowered he yielded and came from his
retreat. It proved to be a person named
Albert Large, who was born and raised in
the adjacent valley, but has been seen
only occasionally for many years. He
stated that he had been an inhabitant of
this cave for more than forty years and
had purchased his clothes and food at vil
lages several miles distant. His beard
was long and the furniture of his cell con
sisted of a few boards, some leaves or
straw, and some rude vessels for holding
water and cooking his meals. It is said
that old residents of the valley have, for
many years, frequently discovered smoke
issuing from the Wolf Rocks, but as no
one was known to inhabit them, it was
supposed to be a fog, or occasioned by
some optical illusion, for which the most
scientific men were never able to make any
satisfactory explanation. The man Large,
it is said, labors under a strange halluci
nation of mind, and has not occupied the
cell more than half as long as he thinks
he has. Even within the last twenty years
he has frequently been seen in the neigh
borhood weeks at a time, and then would
disappear for a ion time, no one in the
valley knowing his whereabouts. It is
now supposed that the Wolf Rocks have
been his retreat at those times when he
wished to be secluded from the world.
His chosen spot was one of the most
picturesque and romantic on the mountain,
and commanded a full view of the valley
until it is lost in the distant hills' of New
Jersey. The entrance to it was of a diffi
cult access and when once safely pene
trated, gave "landlord" a full view of all
that was going on among the young and
ardent visitors of the place. He has seen
a vast deal of "billing" and "cooing"
among the young folks who congregated
there on Sunday afternoons to advance
matrimonial matters, and he also can tell
a charming story about some respectable
young men who have been on Sabbath
days, regaling their moral and physical
constitution by card playing and other
species of gambling.
Our hermit is related to a number of
the oldest and most respectable families in
Buckingham Valley, was born and raised
on the farm now occupied by Samuel E.
-BUCRAiIAN
Broadhurst, and has a brother Joseph S.
Large, now living, who is one of the most
distinguished Episcopalian Ministers in the
west.
P. S.—Since the above was in type, we
learn that a large number of persons from
the surrounding country visited the cave
of the hermit on Sunday last. 'The news
flew and the public curiosity was aroused
by a circumstance so novel and mysterious.
That a man had been living summer and
winter for many years in a cavern of a rock
in sight of the heart of the valley was too
much for the credulity of the neighborhood.
A gentleman who visited the place in com
pany with many others, described it as one
of considerable comfort and convenience.
It was provided with a bed and over it
and around the apartment it was tightly
boarded in a manner that would have done
credit to a skillful carpenter. Over the
entrance leading to it was a large flat stone
which he rolled away at pleasure when he
wanted to go out and which was .carefully
replaced when he returned and wished to
enter his sanctum. His kitchen untensils
consisted of a tin kettle, a basin, a bucket
os two, some earthen pots and an ii on ves
sel in which he cooked his food. The place
although a very secluded one commands a
view of about a hundred houses, the near
est of which is less than half a 'mile dis
tant. It is certainly one of the singular
cases on record and has thrown a mystei y
around this mountain that may well fill the
minds of its sable inhabitants with fear
and trembling, as they silently tread its
secluded paths in their nightly missions
and descents upon the neighboring hen
roosts.
Corresp ludet•ci• of the iit,,ton Post
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
NV.t., , iiiNGT,,s, April 10, 1858
I halt pronlisel cnu in my r last letter
de cripti:rtt of tile Lill at Senator
I negle, , ,ted my , and failed to ! , .o.
Aee ,rtimzly +AI, it 1 write ~, ,,tcerning this
most sp'ewlid 01 the ,easun,--110, nne
nigt,t 'Pf carnival it , IV:i:4llitigt,,n,—must he
heor,,ty tub brief. It Wa , . at , my
1)441 , 1 the hill of the .‘l7i.jb!.,
I==
wi;li ell Thm or linea4-
and ac,..rding ho all aL..• NN.L, :I most gay
and. enjoyahle alf.ir Mrs. is always ono
of the m dr,•-sed ladies in 'Wash
ington so-iet%..inii -hone
forth with p-cal ar Itpqr- a lady of the
curt ic,l: , SLa, h; win appeared
as a Greek ; Gwin as a page;
Senator G. in hitn,elf was in citizen's dress,
a, \VW' , the and a ,fsenatorS,
who Were priidi.-ged Cr”17,1•,1,. I will add a
few of the most notice Able the gay crowd.
And to hogtn with the l a dies, as a 'natter of
1,,,n•
ay , (:e , like
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%kr t•..llSraW.:y .1! 11 , 1'
; )11,S CaS. tuarehi, :
:;-,i , :ant secretary
•.I,ury, n . 1 .% I s the •
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• of Tex ~ .f ; , iokir; ; 11
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ly
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peas-"a JI r Pugh a ,
" Npzht:" :-en :or Thoulps., , i as the Can
torinitsr, L'Et (3,e.rge
JA y rk . - :
111:,;f1.••• i-I , lv • I
c-urt Hew.. : • • It. E. Sl*-k
los, Lirt . , 11..,e1:
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M. .1 , Stoeel“ , l, \v.Lre •i iln:ei
R ~• Mexic.,;
II
York a , t :
of Bali, The Turks rr.an.
their star nerui,
llarnrr
01 the gentlemen, lidn. Th.iman L. Clingdnan.
of 1 , ir:11 Carelirm, attracted a great deal of ar.-
tontion iii the n-nel ,driraeter ef a
,if the i wentiet , , century." A- it nun
be worth while I leain what ,nsrume our
po,,terity are t., wear t Mr. Clim.fmay, in
bachekr and i- me - ineluded in ties remark.)
we ,ire the imn.dablee.ntleman'n idea ir.
Blue c , int, lined and faeed with ki bite natin,
metal butt,e.,. Inver c , ll;L.r. Twe ests.—
outer one white. wider nrie red. White cravat
with lace. a.rl Lice ;It .wristband..
satin hrepe,e.., with red hand , at' the knee.
white ..tockingi..iini pomp , . I 1 .n. Anson
Berlin .ioneared luiian Pierre:
J. Buchanan court
ti,mury : . L. M. Feist, a, the dui,
of Buc;:ingham; or the navy. ,n
Falstaff; Mr .I. P. 11,,,,er. late inar-hal. ;In a
lord ehainlierlain. &e. 1, rd Na t iier were In
ordinate G.lre Ousley hi
ernme 1.-• a kni.:_dir ef the le.rh. Of
the renre.enratives of the Fens. Mai-r Bet'.
PerleN P.,te :ii,neared firs.d :in the merry mint
arch, Charles the Seeend, and afterward , as
Major •laek I , r the Ctah
army : A If. Evan.. Texas, late of the 1.
Y. lierll.l. as Antiplionn.. Syractn-ie: J,,h n
Sava , e. el the Staten, a. Sir Lueiu , O - Vrie . ger.
Mr. KM , ;nan, the •'l,m" of the Baltimore Sun,
wore a dre ,, wundi bedrn , ed ti and wan
originally w , .rn, by president M.iiroe. Of
entree 1 !lave nor :I;inded to one half the
geneses, ion. I nav't rdem r inere. 1' h, affair
terminated a late hair, lint like a scene
fairy ed.ehatittnent, it vadinhed ere the day
and ha; been a eene;al t ,if c ,over
sat - ion in ..ver ce.
THE NECESSITY OF VENTILATION.—The
subject of ventilation has, of late years,
been impressed very frequently on the
public, and is beginning to attract the at
tention it deserves. Every person knows
how disagreeable is the atmosphere of
crowded rooms, and yet few can tell pre
cisely why it is so. A lecture of Dr. Smith,
at the New York Hospital, supplies certain
facts and figures bearing upon this matter,
which explains very significantly the
reasons in detail for the unpleasantness of
crowded, confined rooms. We give the
following extract, as fully explaining the
subject :
"By an elaborate and careful investiga
tion, it has been determined that the daily
discharge of matter from the lungs and
skin is greater than that from the bowels
and bladder. The average amount exuded
from the lungs and skin of a healthy adult.
of ordinary size, in 24 hours, is about 40
oz., and of this quantity about 10 dwt. con
sists of animal matter. If the number of
patients in this building be 200, then the
total amount of pulmonary and cutaneous
exhalations will be in one day 666 lbs. 8
oz.; in one month, 30 days, 20,000 lbs.;
and in one year, or 365 days, 243,334 lbs.
4 oz.; and the amount Of animal or organic
matter in these exhalations, will be, in one
day, 8 lbs. 4 oz. ; in one month, 250 lbs.,
and in one year, 3040 lbs. 8 oz. The
amount of effete emitted from the lungs
and skin of the 200 patients in this Hospi
tal, would be, in one year; 608,333 lbs. 4
oz., and of animal matter 7604 lbs. 2 oz.
Such estimates enable us to judge of the
degree of liability to disease, originating
in ill-ventilated or over-crowded habita
tions."
A very interesting experiment was tried
at Chicago, some time ago, to ascertain
the amount of oxygen necessary to support
life. Siebundred persons were placed in
a hall in one of the hotels, all the doors
and windows were closed and the experi
ment began. During the first half hour
nothing was observed except a universal
drowsiness, which was warded off as long
as possible by an ingenious device of the
experimenter in the shape of an eloquent
lecture. During the second half hour sev
eral sank into a deep sleep, from which it
was impossible to rouse them, and a few
fainted. At the end of the third half hour
it was deemed unsafe to continue the ex
periment longer, and the fact was consid
ered established that under these circum
stances life would become extinct within
the space of ninety-five minutes.
Congress Thirty Years 41.g0.
General Sam Houston is said to be the only
member of the present Congress who was also a
member thirty-five years ago, when Edward Everett
formed one of tbe thr o hundred constituting that
body."
There are some slight inaccuracies in
this statement, says the N. 0. Picayune,
although not material. The Congress, in
which General Houston and Mr. Everett
were members together, was that of 1825-
'27, more than thirty years ago, but not
thirty-five : and the whole number of mem
bers was 261, and not 300. It is of that
Congress that Gen. Houston was the only
member who is a member of this Congress.
But he is far from being the only survtv
ing member, and there is at least one mem-I
ber of this Congress who was in Congress
long previous TO 1825. Mr. Crittenden,
the venerable Senator from Kentucky, was
in the Senate in 1817, more than forty
years ago. Houston left Congress in 1827,
and did not come back till 1846, having
been not only out of Congress, but for the
most part out of the Union, brought back,
if all accounts of his ante-annexation co
quetry with England be true, rather against
his own will.
That Congress contained a great many
men who have since acquired great repu
tations, and occupi:d the highest positions
in the country. Four of its members—
Van Buren, Harrison; Polk, and Buchanan
—have since been elected President. Two
—Richard M. Johnson and Wm. R. King
—have been Vice-Presidents. The pre
siding officer of tho Senate was John C.
Calhoun, then in the zenith of his populari
ty and the highest vigor of his intellect.
The eccentric Randolph occupied the sear
which, at the close of he tern], wis filled
by John Tyler, afterwards President.—
Daniel Webster was in the House, and
Hugh L. White in the Senate—men whom
large masses of devoted friends unavail
ingly strove to elect to the Presidency.—
Benton, then a giant among orators and
statesmen, was iu the Senate ; so was
Mayne, of South Carolina, who died so
young, and so deeply lamented t Forsyth,
who never had a superior as a debater in
the Sena . e, afterwards Secretary of State
and minister to Spain ; Louis McLane, who
became, successively, Secretary of State
and of the Treasury, and minister to Eng
land ; Levi Woodbury, afterwards Secre
tary of the Navy, of the Treasury, and
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States.
lii , • I•' .an;
In the House, besides McDuffle, and
Hamilton, and Philip P. Barbour—men
who have left great reputations unconected
with public station—there were Edward
Livingston, of Louisiana, Secretary of State
and minister to France ; Rives,
of Virginia, also minister to France ; An
drew Stevenson, of Virginia, minister to
England ; and, though we name him last,
not the least conspicuous there, Mr. Eve
rett himself, whose name had already
become widely known for ripe scholarship,
and who became, successively, minister to
England and Secretary of State.
It was a remarkable body which inclu
ded these men. Very few of the members .
survive, and of the whole President
Buchanan is the only one now in public
life, excepting General Houston. Mr. Bu
chanan was, however, a man of mark then.
Gen. Houston was only known for some
eccentricities, which soon after wade him
notorious, if not famous ; and his titles to
distinction, whatever they are, were earned
on another field than in the councils or
service of the 'United States.
In looking over the list of members of
this Congress, as p•iblished in Niles' Reg
ister of December, 1825, we notice a curi
ous circumstance. The li.t contains the
full names of every member of the House,
of Representatives but one. There was a
new member from Tennessee, whose Chris
tian name could not be found out by the
compiler ; and so he put him down thus :
Polk. Twenty years afterwards this ob
scure gentleman, of whose identity there
was so much question in 1825, was elected
President of the United States.
ADVICE TO CONST:3IPTIVE PERSONS.—
Eat all you can digest, and exercise a
great deal in the open air, to convert what
you eat into pure, healthy blood. Do not
be afraid of our-door air, day or night.—
Do not be afraid of sudden changes of
weather ; let no change, hot or cold, keep
you in doors. If it is rainy weather, the
more neeu of your going out, because you
eat as much upon a rainy day as upon a
clear day ; and if you exercise less, that
much more remains in the system of what
ought to be thrown off by exercise, and
some ill result, some consequent symptom,
or ill feeling, is the certain issue. If it is
cold out of doors do not muffle your eyes,
nose and mouth in furs, veil, woollen com
forters and the like ; nature has supplied
you with the best muffler, with the best
inhaling regulator : that is two lips ; shut
them before you step out of a warm room
into the cold air, and keep them shut until
you have walked a few rods briskly, and
quickened the circulation a little ; walk
fast enough to keep off a feeling of chilli
ness, and taking cold will be impossible.
What are the facts of the case? Look at
a railway conductor going out of the hot
air into the piercing cold air of winter, and
in again, every five or ten minutes, and
yet they do not take cold oftener than
others; you will scarcely find a consump
tive person in a thousand of them.
It,is wonderful how afraid consumptive
people are of cold air, the very thing that
would cure them ; the only obstacle to a
cure being that they do not get enough of
it, especially if it is cold, when it is known
that the colder the purer it is , yet if
people cannot go to a hotter climate, they
-will make an artificial one, and imprison
themselves a whole winter in a room, with
I a temperature not varying ten degrees in
six months ; all suoh people die; and yet
we follow in their footsteps. If I were
seriously ill of consumption, I would live
out of doors day and night, except it were
raining or mid-winter; then I would sleep
in an unplastered log-house. My con
sumptive friends, you want air, not physic;
you want pure air, not medicated air ; you
want nutrition, suoh as plenty of meat and
bread can give, and they alone; physic has
no nutriment ; gaspings for air cannot cure
you, and stimulants cannot cure you. If
you want to get well, go in for beef'and
out-of-door air, and do not be deluded
into the grave by advertisements and un
reliable oertifioates.—Dr. Hall.
A CURIOUS Doct - mENT.—Washington,
as everybody knows, was very methodical;
and he was particular to have matters
about which a dispute might arise, " put
in writing." The article below is copied
from one of his, "and is both characteristic
and auiu , itig. It is au agreement with his
gardener, who, it appears, was in the habit
of get I ing " tight ;"
Articles of agreement made this twelfth
day of April, 3uno Domini, one thousand,
seven hundred and eighty-seven, by and
between George Washington, Esq., of the
Parish of Truro, in the county of Fairfax,
State of Virginia. on one part, and Philip
Bater, Gardener, on the otner. Witness,
that the said Philip Bater, for and in con
sideration of the covenants herein hereafter
mentioned, doth promise and agree to serve
the said George Washington for the term
of one year as a Gardener, and that he will
during the said time, conduct himself
soberly, dilligently and honestly—that he
will faithfully and industriously perform
all and every part of his duty as a Garden
er, to the best of his knowledge and abili
ties, and that he will not at any time suffer
himself to be disguised with liquor, except
on times herafter mentioned.
" In consideration of these things being
well and truly performed ou the part of
said Philip Bater, the said Geo. Washing
ton both agree to allow him (the said Philip)
the same kind and quality of provisions as
he has heretofore had, and likewise annu
ally a decent suit of clothes, befitiug a man
in his station ; to consist of coat, vest aud
breeches ; a working jacket and breeches
of homespun, besides two white shirts,
three check do., two linen pocket hand
kerchiefs, two pair of linen overhalls ; as
many pair of shoes as are necessary for him;
four dollars at Christmas, with which he
may be drunk four days and four nights ;
two dollars at E eiter to effeet the same
purpose ; two dollars at Whitsuntide, to he
drunk two days'; - a dram in the morning
and a drink of grog at dinner at noun.
" For the true and faithful performance
of all and each part of these things, the
parties have hereunto set their hands this
twenty-third day of April, Auuo Domini,
1767.
PHILIP BALER, his X mark
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Wit less
GEortill] A. WASHINGTON
TOMAS LEAR.
CAF.DS.
DV )i ()V A L.--AVILLEA3I. S. AAIAVEI.i,
1.• an.%•• ..111 e from his
.11(11 Doh, •ar-4. nearly ”ppwille the
init, lae•als hur,h. al '4 t(l_
AIIUEL 11. REYNOLDS, Attorney at
14 North 1 , 111., .tr,',.t. the,
tinLy 5 I,f 111
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r E I. CHENS & PItIGG, SURGEON
rr o . 11,111.1i11,,
II 'h I N, rtli mot Orangn
I ho•I ;lit: tI I
IA" T.
1V • A 1"1 , /11.1\111, 1 AT LAW.
,r:.! I y 11 lAtil,qt, CO., Pa
lt..lollAi IVIT , ALLA,DENTIST--Office
11 ~ 4 M:44,4,01, lAinc Ist,. Pu. apr IS if 13
EAV TON L IGLITNER., ATTORNE Y
LAIV. ha hi. )11i re m N..rtik Duke street. 'IND ly
opie,th• the (:surf
!..ththste. .11. r till
LDUS J. NEFF, Attorney - at
, O!i,• • %.;(11 IS. A. : , lorf..r. ~. 11111-veil toortier of
• of, I..llleoe,tee rimy '55 ly 17
itEIIOVAL.--WILL IA:111 B. FORDNE V,
Attorney at I.sw. relnoved its ellive from North
queen :street 0 the letildin, In Ihr ~ e utteetast,,corthir bf
,rtnet ly known as II uhley'n
els'er. ale l; Ito
I \ ,
A RD III'UOVEItN,
A T NEY AT LAW.
K.: +TV,. I—NI kit Colan liorsE
ESSR: LANDIS, Attorney at Law.--Of—
t/ .10,r ralt of Le•.•lLlor'Y llou,l , Haut KAng , +treet,
l'a.
111 4 1 , iVe , lllll4—such as writing Willa,
I I, attend,' to with
may 15, '55 tf-17.
viLLIAIEWHIT) s IDE. SURGEON
IrF:'.'i .l' to iu Noah Quern gtrret. 3d diKor
Pring••• And 11,1•••Tly uv.r ,p1P11,, , f. Wegthaeffer'n
Sdnri..
I.anri, a. may 27, 135 ii. ly iii
I AXES BLACK, Attorney at
r,:ir All bm.iness -onnected with his profession, and
all hinds of writing. such as pr.paritn4 Deeds, Mortgages,
Wills. Stating Accounts, dcr., promptly attended to.
may 15. t(.17
JOHN F. 6RINTON,
ATT()I: 0 I.: V AT I, A W
ELPIII A. PA.,
Has removed his otlive to his ro.dasoe, No. 24U „South 6th
`treat, a to.vs :Koos.
ItvfrrK hy
. . .
•' A.
L. Ilat,s,
•• ftittant: limvrns,
uov '..t4 it - 'l'lL•tprtmls STEVENS.
DE3II)VAL.-.-DR. . BAKER, HOA
IIgP TIIIO. 114, rJ•11,,,1 hi+ office to
.iranga an•l Ea.; streetn. wec
10.1;•r n,•—Pr ,, fi••+•.r W. 1 tia•dr,, Philadelphia
fig,a till! ry pr,..ptly atietvled to
tf
iIUMMING'S UNRIVALLED HAY
l, / STRAW AND FODDER CUTTER. i , titr
Ci.i ri : 4 1,1Iers. Hm,. Piiwur, Throsh,s. Grain
..
Fitiis. ihiii: Ciiii,,, be, in litriv. tariiity.
Pot .1.. SPA:sGLER h CO..
~..
Nqii.l and liniii,neut Witr.lhAr.,
or Marko it.. lielow 7th.
~, P ICES, c..--Cinnamon, Cloven, Sala
yl BATC , . BARING ‘I TA it. NUT.
31E1.. S. s (... .r r, o at 1 K ER'S
Itruz & ellidnienl ito.r. 1,1.!
feb 4 tf 4
V ' ,l• l 'v t its WrIJ A PA P Itr E •••• l i t itt. S
h l ; O h
e it te ll i nt . ,..11 to N.
•tif i North 11th erne, van hit Panel larte asstirt
ieut of plain and de. orarivfl 1I...N(:1).03. at the
i• rret cash priers. told i'Ver at 75.1.111. per piece and up•
..zia: Paper at Ise.;,'ets. par piece, and unglazed
lneta and upwr-ds
PAPER IN THE CtiIINTILY by eXperierwed
workmen, and st the lowest (....11 prices. ,
EVANS,
No. 1::5 North 911, shove Cherr. Es+t lotk, l'llll,Wet
y ANC ASTER MERCANTILE COL—
I LHi E. Thcorporibut 1,/ th, Loyirlalurr_nf Pertnsylranili.
L~b'ArED IS CENTRE StitlAltE, LANCASTER.
T. Prot- - so: of Ikulc Keeping.
U. 151,..nen.8.km. Jr., Professor of Peornsuship.
A TIARRIIi. is 1.. I. , ,tur, on MerctlaiL• Law
.1. TUOSIPSON, Esq.. Lrettirer oti Busk Note Eugrn•ing.
rirculur, rontaiuing full le,tu.ulur,.. p•p«..imens of
Y. nnl.lkblp. Ac.. address T. IL POLLOCK. Prelet.
uep 272 II lib Lutuusluu , City, Is.
COACH MAK.ING..-The submarlber
restfully informs his friends and the public generany,
hat lie still curries on the
COACH MAKING,
in all its various branches. at his shop, in the. alley.ruh•
ping ea,t front the Court house. rear of : 4 precher's and
Lechlier notels.Lariestrer. where lie crintitt nes to matti , - to
order, and at the lowest possible prices. CA.ltillfkVkS of
every description, of the best materials and hi the most
substantial manner.
All new work warranted. . • • .;.
. .
Repairing also attended to with dispatch. He cespegt
ully solicits a share of public pauronage. J•
mys •
..MILLIAN COX:.
.R E, residing in North Queen et., thynedoorA Shici
thh of .
Frederick st.. • ' • idegi 8.4719,
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