2 lie lie litre SHE Deniernii, % Jfttmilj flftospaper— to politics, itmpcrantt, literature, Science, ®j)t- |jts, Uletjranits, Agriculture, ®|t StorMs, ©racafiim, Enteral Intelligence, St., J. S. & J. J. BRISBIN, YOLUME 27, ffiijt Centra Jemperat. S. PUBLISHED EVJIRY THURSDAY. BY J.S.&JJ.BRISBIN. OJfict in Reynolds' Iron Front, Second Floor. TERMS. $1,50 if paid in advance or within six months after subscribing,otherwise $2 will invari ably be charged. No subscriptions received for a shorter period than six months and none dis continued, unless at the option of the editor, until all arrearages are paid. BUSINESS CARPS. Q J. MURRY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, PENN A. Office on High St., in the building formerly occupied by tne Hon. James Burnside, dee'd. [mar. 14, 1861. —tf. M'ALEIS TER & BE A VER -dXTOKNaYS-AT-IiAVV, BELLBPU-NTB, FA I on Allegheny Street. Bet. 10'59 E~ M. BLANCH ARB-^ttornex # -AT-LAW, BKLLEONTK, PENN A. Office ierinriy occupied by the Hon. James Burnside. 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Office on main st., next door to the jiore of Johnston A Kelkr, where he purposes practising [lis profession in the most scientific manner and at moderate charges. A' O. FTJRST, ATTORNSY-AT-LAW • BELLXFtfNMi, PA , will attend' promptly to U business entrusted to his care. Office on Horthwest corner of the Diamond. Will practice in the several Courts of pentrg ,*d CI inton counties. Jan. 24, 'ol -t'f. IIIA U. MITCHELL. CYRUS T. ALEXANDER MITCHELL & ALEXANDER. 4 TTORNRYS-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE PFNNA. ■A B aviDg associated themselves in the practice of law, will a'ten [ promptly to all business en basted to their carp Office in the Arcade. [No7f 1, 'JO. —tf. CONVEYANCING. DEEDS BONDS, MORTGAGES, AND AR TICLES OF AGREEMENT neatly and cor rectly executed.' Also, attentipp will be given to Sne adjustment of Book Accouuts, ar,d accounts f.-xdmihstratior s and Executors prepared for filing. • Bice next door to the Post Office, get., 19th, 'SB, WM. J. EEALSH. JOHN H. 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Hale. A CARD. Messrs. Hale A Hoy will attend to my business during my absence in Congress, and will be as sisted by me in the trial of all causes' sntrustedto thcai. J. T. HALE. jan s'lߧo CURTIN & BEAN CHARD.. TTORNEY'S-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE,PENNA r-\ The undersigned having associated them selves in the practise of Raw, will faithfully at tend to all professional business entrusted to them in Centre, Clintion and Clearfield counties. All collections placed in their hands, will receive their promt attentipn. Office in Blanchard's new building on Allegheny street. Nov. 30 'SB CURTIN A BLANCHARD. MtJHYKMJYG HOUSE Of WM. F.. REYNOLDS & CO. BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PENN'A. Bills cf Exchange and Notes discounted ; Collec tions made and Funds promptly remitted. Inter-, est paid on Special Deposits, Exchange on flip Eastern cities constantly on hand and for sale. Deposits received. April 7 'SB "V\7"M. HARDING, FASHIONABLE BARBER AND vY HAIR DRESSER, BELLEPONTE, FA., Has opened a Barber Shop one door above the Frank lin House, where he can be found at all times.— Good Razors, keen and sharp, kept constantly on band. Hair Dressing, A'hampooning, Ac., atten ded to in the most workman like manner. He hopes by strict attention to business to receive a liberal share of public patronage. Great Work on the Horse;. THE HORSE XHISDISEASES: BY ROBERT JENNINGS, V. S., PATHOLOSY AND OPERATIVE SUR GLRY IN THE COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, ETC. WILL TELL X ou of Ike Origin, History and dis tinctive traits of the various breed? of European, Asiatic, African and Amer ican Horses, with the physical forma tion and peculiarities of the an mal, and how to ascertain his age by the number and condition of his teeth ; illustrated with numerous explanato ry engravings. THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES. WILL TELL You of Breeding, Breaking, Stabling, Feedirg, Grooming, Shoeing, and the general management of the horse, witl the best modes of administering medicine, also, how to treat Biting Kicking, Rearing, Shying, Stumbling, Crih Biting, Restlessness, and other vices to iJhich he is subject; with nu,- merous explanatory engravings. THIJ. HORSE AND IMS DISEASES WILL TELL You of the causes, symptom's, and Treatment of Strangles, Sore Tbroat, Distemper, Catarrh, Influenza, Bron . chitis, Pneumonia, Pleurisy, Broken Wind, Chronic Cough, Roaring and -Whistling, Lampas, Sore Mouth and Ijlcers, and Decayed with oth er diseases of tbe M,buth and Respio ratory Organs. THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES; \STILL TELL YOU of the causes, symptoms, and Treatment of Worms, Bots, Colic, Straiigblatiod, Stony Concretiohs, Ruptures, Palsy, Diarrhoea. Jaundice, Hepatirrhoea, Bloody Urine, Stoaes in the Kidneys and Bladder, Inflama tion, and other diseases of the Stom ach, Bowels, Liver and Urinary Or gans. THE HORSE AND HIS. DISEASES WILL TELL YOU of the causes, symptoms, and Treatment of Bone, Blood and Bog, Spavin, Ring-bone, Sweenie, Strains, Broken Knees, Wind Galls, Founder, Sole Bruise and Gravel, Cracked Hoofs, Scratches, Canker, Thrush and Corns; also, of Megrims, Y ert ig°. Epilepsy, Staggers, and other diseas es of the Feet, Legs, and Head. THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES WaLL TELL YOU of the causes, symptoms, and Treatment of Fistula, Poll Evil, Gla nders, Farcy, Se a O et Fever, Mange, Surfeit, Locked Jaw, Rheumatism, Cramp, Galls, Diseases of the Eye A Heart, Ac., Ac., and haw to manage CastratioD, 1 leeding, Trephinning, Roweling, Firing, Hernia, Amputa tion, Tapping, and other surgical op erations. THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES WILL'TELL Yoii of Rarey s Method of tajoing Horses; how to Approach, Halter, or Stable a Colt; Low to accustom a horse to strange sounds and sights, and how to Bit, Saddle, Ride, and Break him to Harness ; also, the form and law of WARRANTY. The whole being the result of more than fifteen years' careful study of tbe habits, pe culiarities, wants and weakness 6i this noble and useful animal. The book contains 384 pages, appropriately il lustrated nearly One Hundred Engravings. It is printed in a clear and open type, and will be forwarded to any address, postage paid, on recoipt ofprice, half boqnd, %1 or iq cloth,, $ 1000 A YEARr/. I *:.".*? prising men everywhere, iu sel.ing the above, and other popular works of ours. Our inducements to all sujb ape exceeding'y liberal. For single copies of the Book, or for terms to agents, with other information, apply to or address JOHN E. ROTTER, Publisher, No. 617 Snsom St., Philadelphia, Pa. Noy. 8, 1860, —6m. The People's, Cook Book. MODERNIOOKERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, - BY MISS ELIZA ACTON. CAREFULLY REVISED BY Mrs. S.J. HALE. It Tplls You how to clhoese all kinds of Meats, Poultry, and Game, with all the various and pifi ß ' approved modes of dressing and cooking Beef and Pork: also the best and simplest way of salting, pick r ling and curing the same. It Tells You All the various and most approved modes of dressing, cooking, and boning Mutton, Lamb, Veal, Poultry, and Game of all kinds, with the different Dressings, Gravies, and Stuffiings ap propriate to each. It Tells You how to choose, clean, and preserve Fish ;f all kinds, and how to sweeten it when tainted; also the various and most adproved modes of cooking, with the different Dressings, Sauces, and Fla vorings appropriate "to each. It Tells You all the various and most approved modes of preparing over fifty different kinds of Meat, Fish, Fowl, Game, and Vegetable soiip3, Broths, and Stews, with the Relishes and beasonings ap propriate to each. ' • • It Tells 1-bu all the various and most approved modes of cooking Vegetables of every description, also how to prepare Pickles, Catsups and Curries of all kinds, Potted Meats, Fish, Game, Mushroons, Ac. Tells You all the 1 yarrioug and most approved modes of preparing and cooking atl kinds af Plain and Fancy Pastry, Pud dings, Omeletts, Fritters. Uabcs, Con fectionery, Preserves, Jellies, and.sweet Dishes of every description. It Teßs You all the various and most approved modes of making Rread, Rusks, Muf fins, and Biscuit, the best method of preparing Coffee, Chocolate, and Tea, and how to make Syrups,' Cordials and Wines of various kinds. It Tell You how to set out and ornament a Table, htw to Carve 'all kinds of Fish, Flesh or Fowl, and in short, how to simplify the whole Art of Cooking as' to bring thb choisest luxuries of tbe table within ev ery bedy's reach. The book contains 418 pages, and upwards of twelre hundred' Receips, all of which are the re sults of actual experienco, having been fully and carefully tested'under the personal superinten dence of the writers. It is printed in a clear ai.d open type, is illustrated with appropriate engra ving, and will be forwarded to any address, neat ly bound, and postage paid, on receipt' of fhe price SI.OO, or in cloth, extra, $1.25. ®-i nnrv A VT? AT? can made by enter gpiUVJU A X Hixi.TV pri ß i D g men everywhere, in selling the above work, our ihifucemese neuts to all such being very liberal. For single copies of the Book, or for terms to agints, with other information, apply to or" ad dress JOHN E. POTTER, Publisher. No. 617 Sansom St., Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 81 §6o.—6m. DLEYDEN A CO., have just received a fin v assortment of Fall and Winter Geods which ihey offer very low foroash or oountry produce. Nov. 8, IB6o.—tf. ["WE STAND UPON THE 1M IWUTA BLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE—NO J-AfJTMLY POWER SH ALLDRIVE US FRO-M OUR'POSITION- BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING;, APR,, 18. 1861. The Future of America, [We copy the following excellent ar tide from the Baltimore American of the 2d instant:] i . . The Abbe Lacordaire, upon his inaugura tion into the French as the succes sor of the profound and philosophical De Tocqueville, who alone of. all foreign writers on the United States has comprehended the true genius and character of our institutions and people, passed a most glowing and e o quent eulogium upon America. We are aware that the secession of some of our States may appear to detract from the force of this grand tribute to free principles, but it is in appearanoe only. The recent movements in the Sputh have exhibited.no tendency what ever to tbe transformation, o£a Republic ino to a monarchy, nor in any way invalidate the great principle of the capacity of man for, self government. Whatever probability there may be of the ultimate detachment and sep aration of the federal, groups, when the fr ac tions of which the whole is composed prove too numerous and powerful for their pre scribed limits, there is no throne in the world as and stable as the free representative government.of which this Union is composed, because they are identified with national manners, and havo their roots and sap in the habits and souls of the people. We may, therefore, hail with unalloyed pleasure this tribute to America of the learned and elo quent Lacordaire, one of the literary mag nates of a nation which was tbe early ally of our country and is still our most faitftful friend. " What is America to become ?" exclaims another distinguished writer of the same gal lant France which always contemplates our growth and prosperity with pride and satis faction : "An aggrandized EuropeL And what is Europe ? Tbe space comprised be tween the Alleghenies parallel to the Atlan tic, and the Mountains parallel to the Pacific, is, as is well known, six times larger than France. If to this is added the three hundred and ninety leagues of the old Statee, and the more recent acquisitions from the Rocky Mountains to. the sea, imagination it self is astonished a( these proportions, is the tenth part of the, whole, globe !" What a contrast is all this to. the petty vindictiveness maaiferted in a late number cf the London Times, where it taunts Ameri ca with their boast that " the State of Vir ginia is larger than England," and exulting ly points them to their present disruption ! Why, tflat disruption, even if it becomes permanent, will prove only a transient check to American progress. It will not even in terrupt permanently the friendly relations of the two people. They will, in all probabili ty, he united by an offensive and defensive alliance, and therefore, in all important as pects of their foreign relations, will remaiD ONE us at present. Thpre will be no change yvhittever in Republican institutions. Wheth er States secede and stay seceded, or wbeth - er they return, the race and society to which they all beloDg can not secede from itself.— The New Yorker will continue to become easily acclimated iu Louisiana, and so the Virginian in York. Still enjoying thq full development of his American strength, each will feel that he is fart of substantially (he same otganic and harmonious body. We say thus much on the supposition (hat a reconstruction of the Union will not soon occur—an event which we believe to he as certain as the regular return of the seasons year by year. But, whether that event hap pen or not, the secession of the Gulf States can not retard the inevitable developments of tbe New World. The grand characteristic of the American mind is embodied in ths phrase of David Croekett, " Go ahead ;" it can die, hut can not surrender that mortal vigor which is the seciet of its strength and progress, and which was never surpassed by (he energy of Rome under the Scipios, of France under Louis XIV, or of Spain under Isabella. A ladd i® which everything moves —in which the rivers change their beds— the climate becomes more temperate—the means ot subsistence multiply—and the pop ulation doubles every twenty years—can not soon be expected to come to a stand still.— At the end of this century the eighteen mil lions of the North will be seventy millions— as large a population as that of Russia; and the twelve millions of the South will be forty millions —a larger population than that of England or France; the whole whether uni ted or divided, possessing the same free in stitutions to which tbe Abbe F&cordaire has paid his glowiDg tribute, and over whose downfall the organs of absolutism and aris tocracy are now indulging in premature ex ultation. Napoleon'g Tomb at St. Helena. An English steamer recently brought from St. Helena Gapt, Masselin and two soldiers of the Third Regiment of Engineers. They have been employed in repairing the tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena, by direction of the French authoritiee, and with the permission of the English Government. The tomb haß been completely restored to the condition in which it was at the time of the deposed Em peror's interment; and Longwood, the house in which he died, has been put in a state of substantial repair. Capt. Masselin and his engineers were dispatched to St Helena, via Southampton, two years ago, and they have been occupied with the work of restoration ever since. Eall of the Crystal Palace. During all Thursday the wind blew over the bills at Norwood with extraordinary fierceness full against the front of the Palace facing toward London* That it was more violent here than in other suburban districts is evinced by the broken branches of trees, the palings, and even garden walls, blown down in ths neighborhood. But, although the pressure of the gale upon tbe who'e sur face of the Palace must have amounted in tbe aggregate to several thousand tuDs, not the smallest perceptible effect was produced, upon it, and, as we have stated, not a single pane of glass was broken. All stood well till about o'clock on Thursday evening, when one of the fearful gusts which then swept over the hill, some men in the carpen ter's room heard a little crashing of glass and iron, and immediately ran out on to the ter race garden. In another minute.with an appalling crash, the huge tower fell among some trees, and lay smashed into millions of fragments on the ground. Ip the ccurse of two or three minutes more the rest of the wing went, by 30 or 40 yards at a time, of about 110 yards strewed tbe earth, a mere mass of splinters of glass;, wood, and iroh. Any thing more complete than the destruc tion it would be difficult to imagine. Tbe ap pearance of the ruin rather suggests that every part of the building has been careful ly broken into suuail, pieces than that it has been msreiy blown down. A tremendous explosion could not probably have shattered tbe place more effectually. The woodwork is all in small pieces, tbe cast iron columns are broken up Rke glass, and the rods twis ted and torn into every shape. Fortunately, there was nothing in (his s?iDg but the empty pens used at the late poultry show, and a number of garden seats ; all these, oi course, are iqore. or less destroyed. As far as can be judged £rom the way in which the ruins fallen, it vyould seem that the corner column nearest the railway must have had to sustain the thrust exercised upon it bj the outer columns yielding to the force of the gale. As tho wind came in gusts, it is supposed tbe tower must have occillated to such a degree as to force the corner col umn on which the main qtrain came, out of its perpendicular, when, of course, it snap ped at once. It was no doubt the breaking of this which the carpeuters first heard, when the tower, thus deprived of its main support, fell instantly before the next blast. It is a great proof, however, of the strength of the structure that, when the rest of the wing was thus weakened and broken by the fall of the tower, it was not inqtanly overthrown also. It stood for several minuteq, and only fell, piece by piece, as the wind swept down upon it with almost the force of a hurricane. The strength of either of these wings, however, is not to be compared with the enormous strength and compactness with which the main building is put together. The cost of rebuilding the north wing, it is stated, wo'd cot amount to more than about £G,OCO, but as lately it was never used for anything but the poultry shevys, which can just as well be be held in the south wing, it is not prcbable that it will be rebuilt at all .—London limes, Feb. 23. A Scene Worth Considering. Years ago, the office of the old Gazette was in Hanover Squarq, near the corner of Pearl street, New York. It was a place of resort for news and conversation, especially ia the evening. The evening of February 15, 1815 was qold, and at a late hour only Alderman Sehra and another gentleman were left with father Lang, the genius cf the place. The office was about being closed, when a pilot rushed in, and stood for a moment so entire ly exhausted as to he unable to speak for some time. "He has great news 1" exclaimed Mr. Lang. Presently the pilot, grspiDg for breath, whispered intelligibly —" Peace ! peace I" The gentlemen lost their breath as fast as the pilot gained his. Directly the pilot was able to say— " An English sloop is below, with news of a treaty of peace !" They say that Mr. Lang exclaimed in greater words than he eyer used before—and all hands rushed into Hanover pqilare ex claiming—" Peace ! PEACE !" The windows flew up—for families lived there then. No sooner were the inmates sure of the sweet sound of peace, than the windows began to glow with brilliant illu minations. ~ The cry of " Peace ! PEACE ! " spread through the city at tbe top of all voi ces. No one stopped to inquire about " free trade and Bailors' rights. " ' No one inquired whether even the national honor had' been preserved. The matters by which politicians had irritated the nation into war, had lost all their importance. It was enough that tbe ruinous war was over. An old man on Broadway, attracted by the noise to bis door, was seen to pull down a placard, " To Jjet," which had been long posted up. Never was there such joy in the city. A few evenings after, there was a general illumination, and although the snow was a foot deep and soak ed with rain, yet the streets were crowded with men and women, eager to see and par take of everything which had in it the sight or taste of peace. A Gaming Story. T.he following story is told by a German paper of a youDg man who had squandered at the gamiDg table of one of tbe GeTman Baths his entire fortune, amounting to about eight hundred, thousand francs I Re bad lost, successively, his park, ckpteau, city mansion, and country bouse, and. there re mained to the unfortunate gamester, out of all bis estates, only a single spot of ground —a small orange plantation—which he had carefully excepted from bis other stakes.— The winner, ( for his antagonist throughout bad been the same person,) was an English man, phlegmatic and unsocial in appearance, but whose curiosity was aroused at the so licitude of the rash youth for the preserva tion of a dilapidated, and seemingly useless house, containing a few boxes of orange trees. " What are you going to do with this?" he asked ; " let us play for.it. " "Never!" replied the young man. "This orangery is a souvenir, a relic of my child hood. My mother has passed many hours there with me. I may die there ; I may try to live there—but I would blow out my brains rather than stake on cards a single flower of those trees ! " " It was just one blossom that I was about to propose as a stake. Since you have noth ing else, I will play \vitb you for that—a simple orange blocsom. Will you consent to it I" " But what could you wager en jour side against a flower, if I should consent to play ? " "O, a mere trifle, of course. I, too, would sacrifice a little sentiment. Here is an au tograph, for instance, which I will deposit as a wager in the hands of a third, person. " Tho young man laughed and yielded.— Notwithstanding his filial sentiment, he saw no profanation in the offering of a flower to Chance, the god who servel him so ill. As ths game was about to commence, the Eng lishman said to tbe young Frenchman— " Xou swear, on your honor, if you win, to accept the stake, however ridiculous it may appear to you? " " I swear—because I have confidence in you, my Lord. " Cards wete brought the game commenced and iu a lev? minutes the young man had gained the mysterious autograph. Re re ceived it with some emotion ; but how great ly was it increased, when he read a dona tion, in regular (orm, of the eight hundred thousand francs he had lost 1 The blnsh of shame mounted to his face- Ue protosted— be refused—he declared that the bargain was null I " I have your word of honor, " replied the Englishman, smiling, " Tbe agreement was in earnest. If I had won, I should have claimed the oracle blossom [ You thought more of your orange Hees, for you would not stake them, than of the BQQ,QOO. francs. Tbe match was equal. " After two hours of debate, a court of hon or having examined into and weighed the af fair coclly, decided that the Frenchman could accept—and he finally did so, on con dition that Lord Z would remain his dearest friend. No Sabbath. In a " Prize Essay on the Sabbath," writ ten by a journeyman printer in Scotland, there occurs the following striking passage : " Yoke-fellows ! think how the abstraction of the Sabbach would hopelessly enslave the working classes, with whom we are identi fied ! Think of the labor thus going on in one monotonous, and continuous, and eternal cycle —limbs forever on the rack, the fingers iorever playing, the eyeballs forever strain ing, the brow forever sweating, the feet for ever plodding, the brain forever thrtbbing, the shoulders forever drooping, the loins for ever aching, and the restless mind forever scheming! Think of the beauty it would efface, ot the merry-hearteduess it would ex tinguish, of the giant strength it would tame ot the resources Sf nature it would exhaust, of the aspirations it would crush, of the sick ness it would breed, of the projects it would wreck, of the groans it would 1 extort, of the lives it woulcf immolate, of the cheerless graves it would prematurely dig ! See them foiling and moiling, sweating and fretting, grinding and hewing, weaving and spinning, sowing and gathering, mowing and reaping, raising and building, digging and planting, unloading and storing, striding and strug gling—in the garden and in the field, in the granary and in the barn, in the factory and m the mill, in the warehouse and in the shop, on the mountain and in tbe ditch, on the roadside and in the wood, in the city and in the oountry, on the sea and on tbe shore, on the earth in days of brightness and of gloom. What a sad picture would the world present if we had no Sabbath 1" A man who cheats in small measure, is a "measureless rogue. If he gives short measure in wheat, then he is a rogue in grain. If in whisky, then he is a rogue in spirit. If he giyes a had title to land, then he is a rogue in deed. And if he cheats wherever he can, then he is in deed, in spirit, in grain, a measureless Bcoundrel. From the Biiller Union. A New President. BY RALPH CLUBB3. We are living under a new Administra tion ! Well, we don't see any difference in Nature; —tbe water still r jna down ; the trees stand upright; the smoke ascends ; the birds, (what fow there are of them,) sing as usual; the fires burn brightly : indeed, we can see no change in anything. " But, " says one, " is there not a change in political policy I " " True, my friend, we did not think of that. But what of it ?." " Why, " returns he, " we may have a high old.war." "Perhaps not," we add. As we cannot concur with our friend, wo are immediately struck with this very amihble truth—that 3onre people are exceedingly fond of war!— xYnd a civp war 1. Bjqt that is foreign to our purpose. y?e know, or at least the papers tell us, that we have a new Administration. This brings up to our mind a great many things. And we are led to believe that being Presi dent is not so pleasant after all. Why, you may ask any man who has enough to eat, and perhaps enough to drink, who has a com fortable home, and a happy fireside, if he would exchange conditions. lie would, most undoubtedly, answer in the negative ; that is, after giving the subject careful consider ation. A grefft many'people, perhaps the majority, upon first thought, think it a very nice thing to be called great men ; to have themselves recognized as the prime movers of nations ; to have themselves looked up to as something very little below the Gcd ; to knqyv that as they think, whole nations think; to win sunny smiles from gay ladies; to mingle in the gorgeous dance, and be the observed of all observers ; to sit enthroned in state, and when the command goes forth, a multitude of people bow in a grand concert of motion ; in fine, they think that to be great should be the brightest and most ea gerly to be desired summit of man's ambi tion. Well, all this will do to talk about; but, on Solomon's authority, "all is vani ty. Our new President is about to start from his far western home. He finds a difficult passage to the train. I'he ways are all thronged ; the depot crowded. Men, woman children bellowing, and roaring, and yelling, for a farewell speech. President stands on the platform ; speaks. Then comes the cer emony of shaking hands—all kinds of hands* too. There are rough hands and smooth hands; hard hands and soft hands; big hands and little hands. All kinds of sha king! Some shake awfully and some shake modestly. There are hard shakes, (that is pulling the shoulder out of place) and push ing shakes, (that is, putting it back to its place again—sometimes only half way;) up. and down shakes ; down-and-up shakes, and shakes ! Then thcie are all kinds of grasps —vise grasps ; kid-glove grasps ; and grasps ala big turtle. Gets to bis place in the cars at last 1 Draws off his oyersoat; seats him. self; begins to look pleasant. Locomotive whistles ; come to another town ; great crowd of people j loud noise ; " speech," " speech ;" speaks ; loud notse all the timo 1 Train moves; locomotive whistles ; big crowd ; speech ; noise; off crowd ; speech ; noise ; gets hoarse. On, 6n hundreds of towns; as many speeches; a 8 many crowds ; and more noises ! Comes to big city ; bells ringing ; gas lights gleaming; people yelling; chiltfrfen screaming'; white horses; rich carages ; military men ; fire men ; all kinds of msn, crowding, pushing, jarniug ; streets blockaded ; worry through ; reaches hotel; speaks from balcony ; every body noisy; gets into the house; office seekers surround him ; hold him by the hands, by the coat tails," by the hack' tje— asking this, begging that, promising 'tother { Gets weary; retires ; can't sleep. Gets up ; goes through same programme ; starts again on bis journey ; speeches, more speeches, interminable speeches; crowd's, more crowds, interminable crowds ; immense jamming; excitable cramming ; tremendous noise. Life threatened ; Dight time : incoy! and cheats death ! Reaches seat oi governs ment; goes to cabinet-making. Some peo ple are mad; some in good humor; whole States going to "smash the machine," or smash something—and this is but a small hint of what it is to be President! We be lieve we shan't run. ' How TO BE A MAN. —It is not by books alone, or chiefly, that one becomes in all points a man. Study to do faithfully every duty that comes in your way. Stand to your post; silently devour' the chagrins of life ; love justice ; control self; swerve not from truth' or right;' be a man of rectitude, deci sion, conscientiousness ; cue that fears and obeys God, and exercise benevolence to all; and in all thia you shall possess the ouly true manliness. JEsF* A queer suit has been decided in fa vor of tbe plaintiff at Chicago. A well-to-do man went to an intelligence office, saying that he wanted a wife ana would like to try her first as a servant. He paid §3 down, and agreed to pay $7 more if he married tbe girl. He soon married, and then refused the $7 owing; hence the suit, which was most just ly cast. EDITORS & PROPRIETORS. NUMBER 15, Extraordinary Phenomena. A number of residents of Michigan went over to Sombra, C. W., some time since, and* commenced boring, some fifteen or twenty' feet from a creek, under ihV belelf' that oil would be found. When they hadgODe down fifty-seven feet they struck a vain of gas.—- Ou removing their augur the gas rushed with great force from the aporturCj and continu*' ed to throw up dry sand for'an hour. It then ceased, and boring was resumed ; but as soon as this was done the gas rushed up with such violence as to throw the drill— a' piece of iron one and a half inches in diam. v eter, eight feet long', and weighing fifty pouDds—elean out of the hole, and it &>ntin ued discharging up watßr and stones, some of the latter weighing twenty-fire pounds, into the air a distaoce of one hundred feet. The stream widened out to the diameter of a barrel, after leaving the hole, and the' quantity was Buch as to raise the creek con siderable above its ordinary level, though it is here about twenty-five feet wide. After the flow of water subsided the gas was fjied, and au explosion took place which shbok the ground fob half a mile, and then contihued to throw a sheet of flame as high as the wa tef had previously gone. The flames could be 86sn for miles, and were filiimdtely ex tinguisad with great difficulty, " ft is thought that the oil spring, for such' ft proved to be, will be one of the best in the country.' A New Implement of War. Mr Vfm. McCord, of Sing Sing, has devo ted the last two or thee years to the invention aud perfecting of a gun to dischaige succes sive volleys without the necessity of inter mission for reloading or adjusting the parts g or for allowing the implement to cool. Thia< result be claims to have most sttccessfully ac complished ; and a number of military and scientific men who have witnessed its perforn maace, bear testimony to the amazingly de structive poworß of the new weapon. The piece is discharged by the turning of a crank; the loaded, with percussion caps attached,' passing into the barrels from a hopper, so'that the only labor ot loading, is to shovel'the kalis, like grain, into the hop per, It can be kept in aetien from hour to hour, or from day to day, like any other piece of machinery, and for ought we see, might be propelled by steam. The sample which has been constructed is certified to fire two hundred and forty balls (weighing forty to' the pound) per minute ; but the inventor is constructing larger peices, and expects to be able to discharge cannon balls of ample size, through with less rapidity. ' There is a con trivance which, it is said, effectually prevents the barrels from heatiDg. A Com(H)ical Panic. In the year 1712, Whiston predicted that a comet would appear on Wednesday, Octo ber 14, at fire minutes after 5 o'cloek, A. M.,' and that the world would be destroyed by fire on the Friday following. Hio reputation was high, and the comet appeared. A num ber of persons got into boats aud barges oh the Thames, thinking the water the safest place ! South sea and Indian stocks fell.— The captain of a Dutch ship threw all bis powder into the river, that the ship migh£ not'be endangered ! At noon, after the com et bad appeared, it is said thai more than one hundred clergymen were ferried over to Lambeth, to request that proper prayers might be prepared, there being none in the Church service 1 People believed that the day of judgement was at hand, and some ac ted on this belief, more as if somd temporary evil was to be' expected. There was a pro digious run on the Bank! and Sir Gilbert Ileathcote, at that time the bead director, is„ sued orders to all the fire ofiicete in London, requireing them to keep a good look-out, and baVe a particular eye upon the Bank of Eng land ! h • "• An Irishman got out of the cars at & railway station for refreshments, and unfor* tunately the train left before he had finish" ed his repast. *'ll6uld on !" cried Pat, as he ran like a madman after the cars— •' hould on, ye murtherin' ould stams ingino —ye'vef got a passinger'abootd that's lilf ba hind I" A SON or SENSIBIUTT. —A fellow entered a hardware store in Cleveland last week, and seeing a buzz-saw suspended against the wall, remarked: " I had an old dad ripped to pieces one day last week with one of tbend fellers." CAN'T FORGET IT.— " I forget many things which happened," 1 said a little girl, the tears running down her cheeks ; "but I can't for" get the aDgry words I spoke to my D EA ' mother, who is now dead." " S&" The persons most anxious to add to their wealth are generally those who don't know how to make any good ues of what they have already. *> ' f S&" If you respect yourself as much ae you do others, you will be as careful to do nothing mean when alone as when in pany. " fifc£f"Tbe use we make of our fortune da. teriaines its sufficiency. A little is enougl ji used wisely -too much if qsea fa^fcj^L
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