ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA : Batnrban fllorninp, September 15, 1855. Jhlcfteb Ijottrn. WATCH, MOTHER. Mother, watch the little feet Climbing o'er the garden wall, Bounding through the busy street, Banging cellar, shed and hall. Never count the moments lost. Never mind the time it cost; Little feet will go astray, Guide them Mother, while you may. Mother! watch the little hand Picking hemes by the way, Making houses in the sand. Tossing up the fragraut hay. Never dare the question ask, •• Why to me this weary task ?" These same little hands may prove. Messengers of light aud love. Mother! watch the little tongue Prattling frequently and wild, What is said aud what is sung, By the happy, joyous child. Catch the word while yet unspoken, Stop the vow before 'tis broken ; '1 his same tongue may yet proclaim Blessings in a Savior's name. Mother! watch the little heart Beating soft and warm for you ; Wholesome lessons now impart; Keep, O keep, the young heart true. Extricating every weed, Sowing good and precious seed ; Harvest rich you then may see Ripening for eternity. Con it In Sit per in hub cut. fc-J- Wo make room below for two articles in regard to the County Superintendent. We respectfully submit if the sobjeet has not now hecn discussed in all its pi rases, private and public. Entertaiuingthisopinion, we announce that no more communications need be sent in, a> we Jo not see that new light is to be thrown upon the matter. [For the Bradford Reporter.] "A PERVERSE LITTLE SCREW." MR. EDITOR; This screw to which the coun ty superintendent refers, we presume to be pub lic opinion ; if so it will not be in order as soon n> he may desire. We are not strongly oppos ed to the office of county Superintendent; however., we do believe that the common school system would have been materially advanced, more efficient and given better satisfaction at a much less pecuniary expense with tliTee di rectors instead of six ; a Town Superintendent appointed by them or elected by the people, all under pay of one dollar per day while en gaged in school duties. But we are as direc tors, as citizens of tire Common.wealth of I'enu -ylvania, and as tax-payers, strongly aud bit terly opposed to the salary affixed to that office a few weeks since at Towunda, by a few am bitious and hoodwinked directors. Mr. GUYER says that his salary w ill not af i feet onr taxes, nor the amount which would be appropriated to the school fund, did that office I not exist. Let ns see. There was appropria- I md about two hundred and thirty thousand I tbllars for school purposes the past year, and I "tU of that amount thirty thousand dollars I •• re reserved by the State Superintendent, 'bat being in his judgment about the sum that I would Ire needed to defray the expenses of I Niid office ;) the remaining two hundred thou sand was distributed as usual among the dis tricts—being about ten per cent, more than the former distribution ; And the presuiuptiou is, I 'bat the whole amount would have been ?.}>- I lariated and distributed had not the office of | ■ "nnty Miperiiiteiideut been created, as the aj>- I nations have been raised from tiiue to time fdiug to the ability of the state. As re 's the taxes, our state levies the tax of e mills uu a dollar, which, together with income of the state, pays the interest of date debt and defrays all other expenses be ; and if there is a surplus it goes a sinking fund for the payment of the 'Mi. Now it must be plain to every tax 'r. that whaever tends to increase the state ernes will ultimately increase our taxes ; whatever tends to diminish the state ex " N ultimately will diminish our taxes. Arid liv thirty thousand dollars had not been ap- I*iated, it would have been a surplus in the IR - bI YER says again, that if you do not ®y salary to a proportion with the rest, "w it, and you will gain nothing by : At the same time, (so says the re -s"ggesting two thousand us the amount,) "ff, and if I don't get it the hawks will— r if he ever was a lobby member himself? m let us se how much he was in danger '1- ' lar ' "of he and other superintendents iTar icious as himself, caused their salaries r " was $30,000 appropriated ; out of • '•Lioiint j $26,794 was taken up by the su ■■'-uits, leaving only $3,206 of the fund - e state superintendent presumed would ' to pay said superintendents. Now, "trve was perpetual, we would not •" i 'jut in anticipation of the next ap THE BRADFORD REPORTER. propriatiou or reserve by the State Superin tendent, we cannot keep silent. There are at the present time one thousand five hundred and forty districts in the State.— These have been visited by the different super intendents at a cost of $25,794 ; being an ex pense to each district of $317,40, on an average throughout the State ; and at this average, Mr. GUYER should have received $O6l ; only $l6l more than his salary as fixed by the di rectors at first. And at his present salary of $l5OO, he receives $39,48 for each district he presides over, which, if averaged through the State, would amount to the small sum of $60,- 799,20 ! Consequently, the $30,000 appro priated will not suffice the coining appropria tion, and probably near $60,000 will be requir ed taking Bradford for a precedent. Now you directors who were instrumental in bringing this enormous expense upon Com monweal, stop and consider whether this mo ney is to come from "somewhere or nowhere;" and if you cannot show that it is not out of the pockets of the people, rep at ye in sack-cloth and ashes, humbling yourselves before the peo ple in the dust. As to the great amount of labor performed by Mr. GI VER and its effects, of which lie so modestly speaks, its results are yet to be seen j in this vicinity. His losing time while under . a salary by the year, I do not understand —-but : perhaps he was endeavoring to recover that lost week when he appointed a meeting for the j inspection of teachers on the Sabbath, in our town, and attended said meeting in person. j If those seven drenchings have washed the j sin and iniquity out of the man, we shall be j most happy to see him in this part of theeoun- 1 ty engaged in the responsible duties of his of fice. O. \V. S. LKRAYSVILLE, PA. [For tin- Bradford Reporter.] THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY. MR. EDITOR : I have read with considerable interest the communications which have of late appeared in your paper, concerning the county superintendeney, and the action of the late di rector's convention. Your correspondents seem to write nuder the impression that the people will soon, without investigation, make an ex ample of the sujierintendeut and those directors who dared to vote an increase of his salarv ; ami thus intimidate the Legislature, causing it to speedily repeal the law which to them ap pears so odious. lam inclined to believe the people will not act thus rashly. I trust they will give this subject that candid, thorough examination its importance demands. It is to be regretted that so much bad feeling on this subject exists, as it will tend materially to crip pie the superintendent in his efforts to benefit the common schools of the county. I wish briefly to notice some of the argu ments, insinuations, Ac., thrown out by your correspondents. One seems to think a plot had been formed ! by Mr. GI VER to "grab" the school funds of the countv ; and advances the idea that the callingof a convention was not generally known; if it had been, the result would have been far different. I confess I must differ with him. Admitting that the calling of the convention was not generally known till notice was receiv ed from the Department and through the pa pers, would it not have been natural if the di rectors were generally opposed to the increase, seeing that such a plot was on foot, to have turned out ea masse and defeated it 1 On the contrary, have we not good reason to believe from the efforts of those opposed to an increase, that that party was well represented ? where as many, who believed the salary ought to be increased, remained at home and took no ac tion in the matter, knowing it was little under stood ami some fault would be found. Injustice to Mr. GUYER, SO far as iuflueuc-1 ing the directors is concerned, I would say, | that he was not present when the resolution was passed by the Board, of which I am a member, requesting the State Superintendent to call the convention, nor do I know of his using any means to induce directors to vote for an increase of his salary, other than answering their inquiries respecting his expenses, du ties, Ac. Auother of your correspondents in a letter published one week before the meeting of the convention, urged that because Mr. GI VER ac cepted the office at $5OO per annum, he should be obliged to perform its duties for that sum, or resign. Now all the speakers who address ed the convention which elected Mr. GUYER, who expressed an opinion respecting the sala ry, were of the opinion the duties of the office could not be properly performed for that sura. I think Mr. GCYEK gave the same opinion.— That he said he would do all in his power to satisfy the wants of the common schools, is not denied. Has he not done so.' Could it be expected a man would accomplish as much without means as with ? In an extract from his second annual report to the Department, he states he has expended $463,22, leaving him $36,78, as a compensation for Ins services. What a lucrative office ! Would your corre | spoudcut last referred to, if elected, have la PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'IIEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION EROJI ANY QUARTER." bored upwards of 300 days in the school ser vice, with no certainty of receiving more than the lust named sum as his compensation ? Mr. " K.," in a letter published soon after the meeting of the convention, in speaking of the sums named before convention ($lOOO and $1500) says—"either sum would be an outrage." He must possess strange ideas con cerning the duties of the office. In fixing the salary of an office, I think the qualifications required—the responsibilities of the officer— the amount of labor, exposure and expense, should be taken into account. The State Su perintendent in his official instructions and de cisions, found in the August No. of the School Journal, says : " In such a county for instance as Berks, the office is not second in labor and real importance to that of Presi dent Jnd.se. though the latter receives a much larger sala ry, with no more, if as much labor, and far less exposure and official expense. '• It is time that these fact* should he faken into account, for the labor, care and anxiety of superintendents are greatly increased, and the efforts of the Department mea surably frustrated by the indifference and neglect of Di rectors, to say nothing of their hostility. It is to he hoped, therefore, that every class of officers will be induced to attend more punctually and thoroughly their respective j duties hereafter. They will thus render that mutual aid which the whole scope of the law contemplates, and each will doubtless soon have less occasion to lind fault with others." Berks contains no more schools than Brad ford. Let us compare the salary of the super intendent of Bradford to that of others in the State, in connexion with the labors of each, which will be found to be very nearly in pro portion to the number of schools under their care. Carbon eounry contains 61 schools ; salary of its superintendent $4OO. This salary j gives the superintendent of Carbon about $6,55 J per school. Bradford contains 344 schools ; at this rate, Bradford would be entitled to re ceive $2,253. Delaware county lias 73 schools—salary s<>oo ; at that rate Bradford would recceive ■ upwards of $2,350. The salary in Schuylkill county is $lOOO ; schools 132. Increase the | salary in Bradford to the same amount per school, and it would reach the sum of $2,600. The salary of the superintendent of Lancaster is $l5OO, with 228 schools less than Bradford. 1 am thus particular in this calculation, be cause I find many of the opinion that the sala ry of our Superintendent is very high. They do not consider that other officers even in their own county receive double for the same amount of labor. The superintendent is required to pay all his official expenses from his own pock et, except ppstage to and from the Department. Now, I ask those who are so ready to find fault with, and heap so much abuse upon su perintendent and directors, to consider well this matter. We do not contend that one mail : can perform all the duties of the office at the J proper time. We believe that Bradford, though ! a large County, should receive her proportionate j benefit. The Legislature, knowing that the j common school system was not accomplishing I all that it should accomplish, has signified its j iuteutiou to try the plan of the Superiutendcu- j cy for three years, in order if possible, to in- j fuse new life and vigor in all its parts ; and ' has appropriated money to defray the expen ses o< this plan ; so that the usual appropria tion to our schools is not lessened. This mo ney is so divided that should auy county refuse to receive its share in the shape of the labors ' of a superintendent, such county would fail to receive any particular benefit of the appropria tion to pay superintendents. As good citizens 1 deem it to be the duty of every person to co-operate with school officers in carrying out the spirit and meaning of the law ; and if on fair trial, it is found not to answer the purpose, it will be repealed. The breeze which has been raised in Bradford I trust will blow awav the chilling mists which have bung over onr schools for sometime past, and people will see them in their true light. Yours, Ac., A DIRECTOR. ORWELL, Sept. 3, 1855. THE SHRIT OF THE LORD'S PRAYER.— The Spirit of the Lord's Prayer is beautiful. That form of petition breathes a filial spirit—" Fa ther." A catholic spirit—"Our Father." A reverential spirit—" Hallowed be thy name. A missionary spirit—"Thy kingdom come." An obedient spirit—"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." A dependent spirit —"Give us this day our daily bread." A forgiving spirit—"And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." A cautious spirit —" Lead us not into temp tation but deliver us from evil." A confidential and adoring spirit—" For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen." How TO CHOOSE A HUSBAND. —Never marry a man until you have seen him eat. Let the candidate for your hand pass through the ordeal of eating soft-boiled eggs. If he can do it aud leave the table spread, the napkin and his shirt unspoted—take him. Try him next with a spare-rib. If he accomplishes this feat without putting out one of his own eyes, or pitching the bones into your lap, then name the wedding-day at once ; he will do to tie to. O SERVED HIM RK.HT —The gentleman who kissed a lady's " snow brow" caught a severe i cold, and been laid up ever since. HJi sre 11 it aeons. The Execution of Maj. Andre. The following account of Andre's execution is one of the most minute and interesting thut we have ever read. It was furnished to Mr. William G. Haeselbarth, of Rockland County, the history of which he is engaged in writing. It was taken down from the li|>sof a soldier in Col. Jeduthau Baldwin's regiment, a part of which was stationed a short distance from where poor Andre suffered : " One of our men, whose name was Arm strong, being one of the oldest and best work men at his trade in the regiment, was selected to make his coffin, which lie did, aud painted it black, as was the custom at that period. "At this time Andre was confined in what was called the Old Dutch Church—a small stone building with only one door, and closely guarded by six sentinels. " When the hour appointed fur his execu tion arrived, which was at 2 o'clock in the af ternoon, a guard of three hundred men were paraded at the place of his confinement. A kind of procession was formed by placing the guard in single file on each side of the road.— In front were a large number of American of ficers of high rank on horseback. These were followed by the wagon containing Andre's cof fin, then a large number of officers on foot, with Andre in their midst. "The procession wound slowly up a moder ately rising ground about u quarter of a mile to the west. On the top was a field without any enclosure ; and on this was a very high gallows, made by setting up two poles or crotchets, and laying a pole on the top. " The wagon that contained the coffin was drawn directly under the gallows. In a short time Andre stepped into the hind end of the wagon, then ou his coffin, took off'his hat, and laid it down ; then placed his hands upon his hips, and walked very uprightly back and forth as far as the length of the wagdh would permit, at the same time casting his eyes up to the pole over his head and the whole scenery by which he was surrounded. " He was dressed in a complete British uni form. His coat was of the brightest scarlet, faced and trimmed with the most beautiful green. His under cloths, vest, and breeches were bright buff'; he had a long and beauti ful head of liair, which, agreeably to the fash ion, was wound with a black ribbon and hung down his back. " Not many minutes after he took his stand upon the coffin, (he executioner stepped into the wagon with a halter in his hand, on ouc end of which was what the soldiers in those days called " a hangman's knot," which he attempted to put over the head and around the neck of Andre ; but by a sudden move ment of his hand, this was prevented. " Andre now took off the handkerchief from his neck, unpinned his shirt collar, and deliber ately took the cord of the halter, put it over his head, and placed the knot directly under his right ear, and drew it very snugly to his ueck. He then took from his coat-pocket a handkerchief, and tied it before his eyes. This done, the officer, who commanded spoke in rather a loml voice, aud said : " I/is arms must be tied." " Andre at otice pulled down the handker chief, which lie had just tied over his eyes, and drew from his pocket a second one, which he gave to the executioner, and then replaced his handkerchief. " His arms at this time wercjust tied above tlie elbow, and behind the hack. " The rope was then made fast to the pole overhead. The wagon was very suddenly drawn from under the gallows, which together j with the length of rope, gave hint a most tre mendous swing back and forth ; but in a few moments he hung entirely still. " During the whole transaction he seemed as little daunted as John Rogers when he was about to be burnt at the stake, although his countenance was rather pale. "He remained hanging from twenty to thirty minutes, and during that time the chambers of death were never stiller than the multitude by whom he was surrounded. Orders were given to cut the rope and take him down without letting him fall. This was done, and his body carefully laid oil the ground. ".Shortly after the guard was withdrawn and the spectators were permitted to come for ward to view the corpse ; but the crowd was so great that it was some time before I could get an opportunity. When I was able to do this, his coat, vest, and breeches had been taken off, and his body laid in the coffin, cover ed by some under clothes. The top of the coffin was not put ou. " I viewed the corpse more carefully than I had ever done that of any human being before. His head was very much on one side, in eon quencc of t lie manner in which the halter had drawn upon his neck. His face appeared to be | greatly swollen and very black resembling a j high degree of mortification. It was indeed a ! most shot king sight to behold. "There were, at this time, standing at the loot of the coffin two young men of uncommon short stature. They were not more than four | feet high. Their dress was extremely gaudy. I One of them had the clothes just taken from j Andre hanging on his anil. I took particular I pains to learn who they w ere, and were inform ' ed they were his servants, sent up from New York to take care of his clothes—but what other business I did not learn. " 1 now turned to take a view of the exe cutioner, who was still standing by one of the | posts of the posts of the gallows. I walked i near enough to him to have laid my hand upon his shoulder, and look"d him directly in the face. He. appeared to he about twenty-five years of age ; his beard of some two weeks' grow th ; and his whole face covered with what appeared to me to have been taken from the outside of a greasy pot. A more frightful i creature I never beheld. His whole counten ' unee bespoke him to be a fit instrument for the business he had been doing. " I remained upon the spot until scarcely ♦ twenty persons were left ; but the coffin was still besides the grave, which had previously been dug. " I returned to my tent withmv miud deeply imbued with the shocking scene which 1 hail been called to witness." ANECDOTE OF JOHN ADAMS. —John Adams, when he was President of the United States, was most grossly insulted by one Matthew Lyon, a Representative in Congress from Vermont, Lyon was we know, u most consummate black guard, and the first of the race that bad then found their way to Congress, though the breed has most signally increased within the last half century. Lyon affirmed with an oath that he hated President Adams ; and was often heard to say that if he could only give him one good tweak of the nose, lie would "die and go to • satisfied." Mr. Adams was very fond of walk ing ; and it was well known that lie almost every morning walked for exercise, from the Presidential mansion to Georgetown bridge— a distance of two and a half miles. One morn ing in the month of June, 1799, as Mr. Adams was taking his usual stroll, he was met by Lyon, who thus accosted liiiu : " You are the President of the United States, I understand !" "My name, sir," replied the President, is John Adams. I am a native of Braiutree, Massachusetts, and the people of the United States have elected me to the office of Chief Executive of the Union. I am, sir, very much at your service." Lyon, who was a stalwart man, of unusual irascible temperament, was rather taken aback by. the cool aud determined manner of the Pre sident, aud at first hesitated to proceed ; but at length, summoning up all his native reckless uess to his aid, he drew himself into a hostile attitude and rudely vociferated— " Well, sir, I am Matthew Lyon, a Repres entative from the State of Vermont; and it becomes me to tell you, sir, that you are no gentleman !" " 'Phe question of my gentility, sir," returned Mr. Adams, " is one that others than yourself must discuss : but let me tell you, sir, that I allow no man to insult me with impunity, whether I be John Adams of Braiutree, or John Adam*, President of the United States." , " Sir, you are a puppy !" screamed Lyon, " and it is I that tells you so !" At the instant, Mr. Adams who in following the fashion of the times, carried or wore a long and a very heavy gold-headed caue, raised it above his head, and letting it fall, with the weight of a Sampson, laid Lvou low at his feet. This incident, which was related to ns a few days ago, by an aged gentleman who witness ed it, is recorded most faithfully and elaborate in " Hutuies" Personal Journal of the last Century and a half."— AT. Y. Atlas. PARTI so INTERVIEW WITH EMMET. —The even ing before his death, while the workmen were busy with the scaffold, a young lady was ush ered into his dungeon. It was the girl whom lie so fondl v loved, and who had now come to bid him an eternal farewell. He was leaning in a melancholy mood against the window frame of the prison, and the heavy clanking of his irons smote dismally upon her heart.- The interview was bitterly affecting, aud melt ed even the callous soul of the jailor. As for Emmet, he spoke little ; but as he pressed his beloved in silence to his bosom, his counten ance betrayed his emotions. In a low voice, half-choked by anguish, he besought her not to forget him ; he reminded her of their form er happiness, of the long past days of their childhood, and concluded by requesting her to visit the scenes where their infancy was spent, and though the world might repeat their names with scorn, to cling to his memory with affec tion. At this very instant, the evening bell pealed from the neighboring church. Emmet started at the sound, and as he felt that this was the last time he should ever hear its dismal sound, lie folded his beloved still closer to his heart, ami bent over her sinking form with his eyes streaming with affection. The turnkey enter ed at this moment; ashamed of his weakness, he dashed the rising tear from his eye, and a frown again lowered on his countenance. The man, meanwhile, approached to tear the young lady from his embraces. Overpowered by his feelings, he could make no resistance ; but as lie gloomily released her from his hold, lie gave her a little minature of himself, and with a parting token of attachment, he imprinted the last kisses of a dying man upon her lips. Ou gaining the door she turned around as if to gaze once more upon the object of her widowed love. He caught her eye as she re tired —it was but for a moment ; the dungeon door swung back upon its hinges, and as it closed after her, informed him too surely that they had met for the last time ou earth. ADVICE OF AN OLD LADY. —Now, John listen to me, for I am older than you, or I could not be your mother. Never do you marry a young woman, John, before you have contrived to happen at the house where she lives at least four or five times before breakfast. You should know how late she lies in bed in the morning. You should notice whether her complex ion is the same in the moring as it is in tlie evening, or whether the morning wash and the towel have robbed her of her evening bloom. You should take care to surprise her, so that vov uiay see her morning dress, and observe how her hair looks when she is not expecting you. If possible you should be where you can hear the morning conversation between her and her mother. If she is ill naturcd and suappish to her mother, so she will be to you, depcud on it. But if you find her up and dressed neatly in the morning with the same couutenance, the same neatly combed hair, the same ready and pleasant answers to her mother, which characterized her appear ance and deportment in the evening, and par t ticularly if she is lending a hand to get the | breakfast ready in good sermon. she is a prize, i John, and the :oouor you secure- her to your ' self the better. VOL. XVI. NO. 14. *, ANCIENT COSTUME. —Trousers cauie into fashion with the Hetmau Platoff and the Cos sacks, at the greut rejociug after the peace.—- fhey were made full at the hips in the foreign effeminate style, and of staring striped pat ters. It took more than thirty years to teach tailors to make comfortable trousers. Hessian boots for a short time maintained a struggle with the more economical trouser • but, as our streets ceased to be dirty, and good legs are always in the minority, they died out rapid ly, and are now only to be seen 011 a few an cient tax-gatherer's and country physicians. After puffed-out waists, ringlets, and other foreign fashions had had their day, the Torn and Jerry fever raged for a short time, duriug which our dandies got themselves up in a cos tume of the prize-lighting and burglar fashion. A green, Newmarket-cut coat, with gilt but tous, a staring waistcoat, a blue, red, or green cravat, and breeches and top boots, were to bo secu on young men of family and fortune at the most fashionable morning resorts—their hair cut short, faces smoothly shaved, and conversation borrowed from the prize ring and the taverus of thieves. Then a pea-green coat conferred distinction, and a drunken ruffian squire was the hero of a "class. The reign of Hash slang was succeeded by the reign of fad die. Affectation was the order of the day ; waist-coats of many colors, worn iu tiers ; fur, lace, embroidery, braid ; bright blue and brown coats, covered with velvet ; ringlets and even rouge. Yellow pantaloous, under Hessian boots decked with brass spurs, were revived. Hats were worn on one side, set back on the head. It was, in a word, the ugo of swells, although the term had not been in vented. AN ITEM FOR THE LADIES.— Lady readers, will the following hints be useful ' Britannia should be first rubbed gently with a woolen cloth and sweet oil. then washed in warm suds, and rubbed with soft leather and whiting.— Thus treated, it will retain its beauty to the last. New iron should be gradually heated at first ; after it has become inured with the heat it. is nut likely to crack it is a good plan to put new earthen-ware into the water, and let it heat gradually until it boils—then cool again. Brown earthenware, particularly, may be toughened iu this way. A handful of wheat or rye grain, thrown in while boiling, wiil preserve the glazing so that it will not be destroyed by acid or salt—Clean a brass ket tle, before u-ing it for cooking, with salt and vinegar.—The oftener carpets are shaken, the longer they will wear. The dirt that collects under them grinds out the threads.—lf you wish to preserve fine teeth, always clean them thoroughly after you have eaten your last meal at night. Woolen should be washed in very hot suds, and not rinsed. Lukewarm water shrinks woolen goods.—Never allow ashes to be taken up in wood, or put into wood. Al ways have your matches and lamp ready for use in case of sudden alarm.—Have important papers all together, where you can lay your hands 011 them at once in case of fire. Do not wrap knives and forks iu woolens. Wrap them in good strong paper, Steel is injured by laying in woolens. Old bread may be almost as good as new by dipping the loaf in cold water, then putting it in the oven after the bread is drawn, or iu a stove, and let it heat through. Isinglass is a most delicate starch for fine muslins. When boiling common starch sprinkle in it a little fine salt ; it will prevent its sticking. Some use sugar. EX-PRESIDENT VAN BI REX AT AN EARTHQUAKE —An American gentleman writes from Nice, Italy, that during the last season, while Mr. Van Buren was in that city.hearing that earth quakes were formerly prevalent in that part of the country, but that no shock had been felt for a number of years, told his Italian host that, for the rarity and novelty of it, he would like to have a "small shake" happen while he was there. Sure enough, in a few weeks there after, in the dead of night, the whole city and mountains commenced rocking, and the inhabi tants iu the greatest consternation fled to the j streets. Among others in the park, which is near the hotel, was Mr. Van Buren, in his shirt tail, in a high state of excitement. The cx- I'resident and the citizens passed the balance of the night in the streets, and he was perfect ly satisfied with the "small shake." CHANCE.— Never let us say of anything whatever that it happened by chance ; there is nothing that hath not been concerted—noth ing that hath not its own particular design ami end, by which it forms a link in the chain of appointed order. There is 110 such a thing as chance. If is only blindness of ignorance that taiketh of things being strange and unaccount able and unlucky. ANECDOTE OK BRANT.— Brant, the famous Indian chief, as notable for his wit as his bravery, and often made as good a retort as any attributed to the keenest of his white brethren. On one occasion a braggart captain / was boasting what he would have done if he had mot the warrior in a certain emergency.— " I'll tell you" said Brant, "what you would have done—you would have followed the example of another boaster ; who, 011 meeting tne face to face, took to his heels, and never stopped till he arrived in Albany, which ho chanced to enter during a great conflagration. Hearing 1 lie Dutchmen cry " brauut, bra ant!'' (fire, lire,t he only ran the faster, exclaiming, '• There, that cussed old Indian has got here bo fore me !" MSr it it gii'l thinks more of her heels than her head, depend upou it she will never amount to much. Braius which settle in the shoes never get above them. Young gentlemen will please put this down. An editor in Ohio thus writes to his subscribers : "We hope our friends will over look our irregularities for the past few weeks We now permanently located in the county jail, with sufficient force to insure the- regular issue for the future.'
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