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THE Subscriber, intending to quit farming,
will sell at Public Sale, at his residence,
in Union township, Adams county, Pa., on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 21st and 22d
of PeGhtany next, the - following Personal
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Fib 92• cioaan
Seven Vows, Nine Head of Young Cattle,
Hogs, two Narrow-tread Wagons, (one nearly
new.) one Grain Drill, Pennock's Improved,
nearly new; Lancaster Winnowing Mill,
nearly new ; Grain Rake, Roller, Corn Shel-.
ler, Rolling Screen, good as new; first - rate
Cutting Box ; Wood and Hay - Ladders, Stone
Bed, Plows, ' Harrows, Cultivators; Corn
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Gears, Log , Chains, Sixth Chains, Cow
Chains and 'Halters, Breast . Chains, Butt
Traces,. (a good article,) 3 Spreaders, a-first-.
rate Feed Trough, Rakes and Forks of all
kinds, with many other Farming Utensils.—
Also, a large variety Of
Household Kitchen Furniture,
viz ; a large Cook Stove, Pipe, &c., a tenlplate
StOrie and Pipe. Tables Beds and Bedsteads,
one Kitchen Cupbtard,iron Pots and Kettles,
— Meat Stands. 'fight Barrels, awd—o - theratticles
of Household and Kitchen Furniture too num
erous to mention. Also, a quantity of Apple-
butter—and a lot of seasoned Mill Cogs, (a
good article.)
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M., on
each of said days, when attendance will be
. given and terms made known by
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J. F. KEHLER, Auctioneer.
•
January 1, 1855. is
Rail Road .Election.
THE Stockholders of the "Gettysbuig Rail
Road-Co In p a ny,'" will meet at the Court
house in the Borough of Gettysburg, on Mon
_ day, the Bth day of January, A. D. 1855, at 2
o'clock, P. M., of said day, to 'choose, by a
majority of the Votes present, a President and
Twelve Directors for the ensuing year.
JAMES G. REED, Seey.
Dea. 11, 1854. to
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.IVOTICE.
AS I have rented out my Foundry, to take
effect from and after the Ist day of April
next, arid being anxious to close up the busi
ness of the same, I .hereby give notice to all
persons having claims against me, or the late
firm of WARREN & SON," to present
them for settlement, and those knowing them
selves.to be indebted to me, or said firm, in
money or trade, are requested to call and make
settlement by that time, as after said date I
shall be away from the foundry. I intend
this to be the only notice I shall give, and alb
persons, interested in the same, will do well
to give it their immediate attention, as after
tile above date i intend to place all my claims
in the hands of an officer for collection.
Jan. 1, 1855. T. WARREN.
T• WAY,
IF YOU WANT A . frE H ICLE THAT
SAVT BE BEAT:
THE undersigned, having purchased the
Carriage-making establishment of Wm.
Graham, respectfully informs the public
generally that he will continue the said
business at the old stand, in Washington street,
half a square from Chambershurg street, w here
he is prepared to manufacture to order, at
short notice,
Carriages, Rookaways, Buggies,
SULKIES, JERSEYS, &e.
He flatters himself that his work is a little
ahead of any turned out by any other estab
.: lishment in the place—having none hut the
beet of workmen employed, and using none
but the best materials. His prices are moder
ate. e6y-R EP Ai RING done at short notice.
Country produce taken for anything in his
line. J. BARRETT.
Gettysburg, March 13, 1854. tf
SPOUTING! SPOIFITNG!
GEORGE and Henry Wampler will make
House Spouting and put up the same low,
for cash or countryproduce. Farmers and all
others wishing their Houses, Barns, &c.
spouted, would do well to give them a call.
G. &. H. W AMPLER.
'April 18, 1853.
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June 12, 1854. ly
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LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST!,
THE undersigned has just returned from
Philadelphia with a large and fashionable
Val (91 tWCON,
which he wilt dispose of et VERY REDUC
ED PRICES to all who may . favorrhim with
a call. His assorttuent consists of the fol
lowing: •
SHAWLS, . FLANNELS,
PLAID SILKS, MUSLINS,
F. MERINOES,' LINEN,
M. DELAIN ES, BLANKETS,
•WOOL PLAIDS, QUILTS,
D EBEG ES, - CLOTHS,
CASHMERES, CASSINETS,
PERSIAN CLOTHS, SATINETS,
CALICOES, COLLARS,
GINGHAMS, HANDKERC'FS
RIBBONS, V EILS, &c.
Also. a lot of Groceries and Queensware,
which were bought low and will be sold low
for Cash or country produce. To punctual
customers a credit of six months.
1. S. GRAMMER.
October 16, 1854. tf,
. HARDWARE.
ALARGE addition to our stock of Hard
ware, Carriage Trimmings, &c., has
been made, and those in want of any article in
that line, should not fail to examine our stock.
We pledge ourselves to sell cheaper than the
cheapest. Come to FA EINESTOCKS'.
October 16,1854. - -
0 f
r it om o C a ' C ia O r
( 3 (1 . a s l s . h o
t s n e i e w t
8 0 h i a Tra selectu A:l
Boot Morocco, Pink and Lai: Linings of a su
perior quality and at low prices, should call
early at the cheap store of FAHN Es.roc KS.
A SHES for sale at the Gettysburg Steam
1100NNET Velvets, Satins and Silks, very
jj
low, at GRAMMER'S.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1855.
neeF ative)
A full conference with one another, and a
careful review of the facts connected with the
late election, have satisfied us that we have
nothing to fear in the future. The Constitu
tion of the country is not yet under the feet of
those who would trample upon it. The civil
rights of our citizens are not yet overthrown.
The Democracy has weathered a storm, and
rode it out in triumph. We have encountered
many an enemy, but never one that did not
in due time fall before us. We are armed from
head to foot in all the strength °la just cause,
and truth has thrown her broad shield over us.
We stand up as we have ever stood for equal
laws and equal rights ; for that liberty of con
science which the Constitution guarantees to
all Men ; and fighting for such principles as
these, we are and must continue to be invinci
ble. The idea that the AmeriCan people will
ever deliberately consent to see the 'great doc
trines for which their fathers fought and died
in the revolution, overthrown for the sake of
giving office-to a feW - Riticians, is simply' pre
posterous. If any true Democrat sees anything
to fear, in the signs of the ,times, let him add
to his faith courage. The good sense, the
honesty and love of justice, which chiiracterize
the public mind, will scatter the present com
bination Of adverse elements to the wind. In
a very short time the Democracy will be strong
er than ever. We can afford to go into a mi
nority for a season, and then emerge, as we
shall do, with brighter hopes and prospects
for the future. We will soon teach anew, a n d
in ' a manner more impressive than ever, the
lesson so often read and so fully known and
understood, that the policy and principles of
the Democratic party can alone make the in
stitutions of a free country-safe_._
Remember that the Democracy has complete
ly quelled its most dangerous enemies. The
political superstitions and greedy infatuation
which threatened to put the industry of the
people under the dominion of banking and
manufacturing capital, are almost enti; ely ex
tirpated. The party that advocated those
dangerous doctnnes, with so much energy,
talent and boldness, and with which we strug
gled for seventy-fiveyears, has been crushed
to death in the folds of a new organization, that
has not a single element in it to give strength
or endurance. Its secrecy is calculated to give
it temporary success, but that very feature
will insure its speedy and final repadiation.
The party that has beaten Federalisiii in so
many shapes will not be conquered by an ene
ttiy avows no political pi inciples at all.
or Which is ashamed to make that avowal
publicly and in the . face of the people. -The
Eagle will not be hawked at and brought
down by the
We regard the defeat of Governor Bigler as
a great misfortune to the State, and we feel
sure that history will so record it. Neverthe
less, let us give the measures of his successor
a fair and impartial consideration. The tree will
be known by its fruits. If he boldly uses the
veto against the corrupting influence of incor
porated wealth ; if he does not prostitute the
prerogative of - the pardoning powerto the use:
of his political friends ; if he economises the
public treasure ; if he keeps the oath which he
Zig titpublicau doinpitcre
Meeting of the State Committee.
•There was quite a full attendande of the
members of the Democratic State Committee
in Philadelphia, on the 26th ult., and the pro
needit%'s-ss''em--cmducted-witlespirit and -una
nimity. Mr..Bonhatu presided, and E. RI,
Chase, of-- Sesquehanna, acted as - Secretary
pro tem. After a full and free .interchange of
opinion in relation to the present position and
duties of the Democratic party, the following
resolutions and address were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the immutable truths em
bodied in our principles,-which have been faith
fully and successfully carried Cut by the Dem
ocratic party; •and by which - the glory, honor,
and prosperity of the country have been upheld
and secured, forbid and preclude the possibili
t, of our making - any treaty with error, or
fora 'rig alliances for the sake of expediency,
or temporary party triumphs.
Resolved, 'That the allegations' against, the
Democratic party of using influences to obtain
the votes of naturalized citizens, and of favorit
isni towards them in the distribution of offices,
are unfounded and unjust ;--that white there
has been no proscription on account of religion
or birth-place , ---no negation of constitutionally
guaranteed privileges has not been any
I eviatiou from that principle of justice, that
regards equally the rights of every citizen.
Resolved, .That our faith in the great funda
mental- Democratic doctrine has not been di—
minished by` the fortuitous combination of cir
cumstances that Occasioned the temporary de
feat of the Democratic party in this State; con=
fidently believing that the people will perceive
in the first attempt to incorporate into our sys
tem of government principles and measures
inimical - to the rights of any, the beginning of
,a policy dangerous to the rights of all.
- Resolved, That the idea, that the old issues
on which the Democratic party triumphed.
have been abandoned by our opponents and
are o 'so .a . s • • rexperi- - - 4
ence proving that on the acquisition of power
by our adversaries, they. seek to overthrow the
Democratic and substitute the an ygonistic
policy.
-Resaved. That as the battle of the Demo
cracy is a battle for measures, not men —prin
ciples, not place—the defeat of their candidates
produees no evils or discouragements, except
so far as it enables their oponents fin. a time.
to carry out obnoxious measures ; and being
fully aware of this truth, a sense of duty and
patrioti - sni will constrain them with unrelaxed
zeal to advocate, and unabated -vigilance to
guard. those principles-of government to which
the country is indebted for its unexampled
growth and prosperity.
.Resolved, That a State Convention of the
Democratic citizens of this Commonwealth,
composed of a number equal to the Senators
and Representatives of the General Assembly,
to be selected in the respective Representative
and Senatorial Districts of the State, be held at
Harrisburg, on the Fourth day of July, A. D.,
1855, to nominate a suitable person 'for the
office of Canal Commissioner, transact such
business and adopt such measures as the,:exi
gencies of the times may seem to demand.
TO TEE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Fellinu-tilitem:—The State Committee of
I he Democratic party have thought to address
•on briefly on the present aspect of public af
airs.
"TRUTH IS /aIIGIPIT, AND WILL PREVAIL."
takes at his inauguration. and disregards that
which he took in the-Know-Nothing Lodge. on
the 15th of June last. at thacornerof Ninth
and Arch streets. in this city, we will be bound
to confess that his administrationis a better
thing than we hoped.
But if, on the other band, the influence of
his office shall be' lent to the evil purposes of
bad 'men—if he stirs up religious bigotry and
strife -among the people—if he squanders the
money of the tax-payers or despoils the Com
monWeattli of her public works, without ado
quato consideration—if he acknowledges the
sworn obligations-ife owes to his ,electiori, as ,
being more binding than the fealty he-owes to
the Constitution—then he is entitled to no for
bearance—his name will become a hissing and'
a by-word, and the short period of his power
will be remembered hereafter as we remember
the blights and mill-dews, the times of famine
and drought and potatoe-rot, when all the years
of plenty and prosperity . "are forgotten.
We ask you, fellew-citizens, to consider and
reflect carefully upon the political topics which
the present condition of things suggests. Our
opponents work in secret. They prefer dark
ness, rather than light. They, have no princi
ples which they are not ashamed to discuss.
But the Democracy' rely on a fearless, frank
and full avowal of their sentiments.' The con
trast between such a course and that of
,a par
ty which shrinks from all public investigation.
is alone sufficient to give the Democracy an en
viable moral superiority which must in very
short time secure them the political asce ancy
among a people so marked by the manly vir
tues of truth and boldness, as are the freemen
of Pennsylvania.
J. ELLIS BONHAM, Chairman.
E. B. OUSE, Sec'y. . Phila., Dec. 26, . '54.
NEW Yonii, Dec. 31.—The steamer .Allan tic
arrived here this afternoon about 5 o'clock,
with Liverpool dates to Monday,. the 18tb.inst.,
having been compelled to return a few hours
after sailing on Saturday, owing town accident
to her rudder head.
The dates'from Sebastopol are to the 4th
instant. Up to that time nothing further could
be dote, as owing to the heavy rains the
trenches wire all full of water, .and the roads
had become impassable.
Omar Pasha was at Varna, engaged in em.
barking nineteen battalions for the Crimea.
Private letters , say that the ratification of the
treaty with Austria was exchanged at Vienna
on the 14th.
If the negotiations now pending do not pro
duce peace, Russia will call out ' 16 men per
thousand, equal to one million of men, to take
the field as early as possible. •- -
The siege of Sebastopol was at last accounts
still progressing, though the weather was very
cold, and the elements adverse to suOcessf all
or speedy operations. Bombardment was con
" n ued_s Liniery als _without_any_speciaLeffect,_
The damage done was speedily repaired.ve
A rumor prevailed that five thousand Rus
sians had retired from the second line of the
defence of Sebastopol. It is also stated that
the trenches rut- by the allies in these sieges,
owing to the incessant - heavy. rains, had been
tilled with water and rendered almost useless.
This appears to be the most important item
of intelligence by the present arrival. The
"Ost Deutsche Post" publishes the following
as the ultiniatuni addressed by Austria to the
Emperor of Russia.
• Ist. No modification of Russia's territorial
possessions is demanded.
2d. Besides the four points, indemnification
for the war expenses is to be the basis of peace
propositions.
3d. The future Russian protectorate, over
the Greek Catholic subjects of the Porte, is
declared inadmissible, as interfering with the
Sultan's sovereign right&
4th. The five powers are to guarantee the
privilege of equal rights to Christians.
sth. The Russian protectorate in the Danu
bian Principalities, and in Servia, are to be
declared extinct.
6th. The navigation of the Black Sea is to
be guaranteed by raising the siege of Sebasto•
pal, and converting other arsenals on its coast
into common harbors.
ith. The Russian fleet (in the Black Sea)
is to be reduced to four frigates and two line of
battle ships. - -
Bth. The remainder of the Black Sea fleet is
to be a)lowed to withdraw to the Baltic.
oth. The tree navigation to be insured ,by
formal declaration:
10th. The Salina mouths with its environs
are to be declared neutral territories.
Tl4tibove alteration , it is generally believed,
will e indignantly rejected by the Czar.
Some, indeed. look upon it as a ruse of Aus
tria, to free herself from the peculiar relations
she stood in towards the allies.
Affairs in Ilungary are much agitated. Aus
tria's movements are badly relished.
It is stated with much confidence that Prus
sia has signified her determination to join the
allies against Russia, for pacific purposes.
Affainkin England were still much excited
The walAuestion seems to absorb all else.
Throughout France the war question was
the absorbing topic of interest. Troops were
being shipped daily for the Crimea. Aside
from this, there was nothing else of special mo
ment.
Account 4 from Sebastopol to the 7th state
that great movements were observed before and
around that city on that evening. Important
steps were supposed to be taking . It looked
like preparations for another great battle. The
investment of the place had been nearly com.:
pleted. Numerous reinforcements bad arrived
to the allies. The Russians were also pouring
in in immense numbers.
RAILROAD LAW.-4 Mr. Crocker brought_a
suit against the NorWich and New London
Company, for putting him outof a car, where
by his knee-pan was broken. The fare for a
ticket between the two places is fifty cents,
without a ticket live cents additional. Crocker
endeavored to procure a ticket before the train
started, but the office was closed. He had but
fifty cents in his pocket, and so could nottpay
the additional five cents. The conductor, ac
cordingicrthe-r u I es - of - the - caul pany-in-such
cases, put him out. The jury awarded him
$6,500 damages.
_ Arrival of the 'Atlantic.
OE 'WEEK LATER FROM ,EtTROPE.
The war news is wholl • uniin I *dant.
TUE - WAIL
TIM AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM.
PRUSSIA.
ENGLAND
YRA N'(;I:
Latest from the War.
]?cietro.,
THE FUTURE LIFE.
417 f WILLIAM - O. BRYAN?.
How Asti, know thee in On 'There which keeps
The digembodied apirits of the dead,
t • = : 11-o—thee--that—timer-eou
And perishes' among this dist we tread?
- r-For---1-shalr-feel-the—stlng-431-ceaselass_
If there I meet thy gentle preaonee not;
Nor hear the voice'[ love, nor read agala
In thy' sereneet eyes the .tender thought.
Will not thy own. meek heart demand me there?.
That heart whose fondest , throb.. to me were given.
My name on earth wan ever in thy prayer,
'And must thou never utter it in heaven?
In rueadowi finned by heaven's life-breathing wind
In the realileadeuee of that glorious sphere;,
And lamer nioverueata of the unfettered to
Wilt thou forget the hive that joined as here?
-1 1iTe Th ieve tlitit lived through all the atormy past
..—And meekly -with .rny hanther nature bore, -
And der grew, and tender to the hut,
Shall it expire with We and be 20 mere •
A happier lot than , mine ant lnrge' light
Await thee there; fur •thutt • hruit bewect thy will
In cheerful honiap. to the rule of right,
Anil Wrest all ) and rendered good- tur•1(1.
For mo, the Porditi cares in which I dwell,
Shrink and oulisumo my .hoort. as hoot the scroll—
And wrath has loft: its star.—thtt firs of hell-. 7
Kan ten' its irtghtrul scar upon' my soul.
Yet 'though 014 wearest the glory of the sky,
Wilt thou not keep the stuns : beloved parro t
The same fair th;iughtfut brow and geutle eye,
Lovelier lu heaven's sweet climate, yet the: same?
Shalt . thou nut teach me in that calmer - him.
The wisdom that T . 18411114 wo 111 in this— -
The wirdurn which- is Icrite—tilfT . became '
• Thy lit companion In that laud of Wise? •
Sclat Illimllann.
Ilid - ff3lfrbefore -- Buying:7
Americans are an independent, self-reliant
people, fend of judging for themselves. There
is no doubt of this. We had an instance Of, it
gentleman,yesterday. A gentlean, evidently from the
rural districts. uncontatiiiivate'd by the vicious
refinements of any large city, called at the es
tablishment of Mason Brothers, enquire for
"The New Singin' Book the Hallelujah."
the] in the lieu SylUble ifs full sound. "I
hearn tell it was tonsulerable 'good, but I'tn in
the habit of judgin' for myself, I am." The
book was presented, - Our friend in the felt
hat and !mine:Tun looked at it carefully on
one side and then on the other ; then on each
end and side. At last, with duo deliberation,
he opened'it and read the title page. Next he
turned to the record of copyright entry, and
read that. So he went on, page by pare.
through-the-eletnents..L_He_w_as evidently about
to examine the work for himself. Thhough the
elements he went paragraph by para graph.
.
An hour passed. The clerk had long since
turned to other employment, but still the same
delibet ate turning of the leaves. - alt last our
friend -reached the music. Here he laid the
book carefully down upon a pile Of paper, keep
ing it open by the aid of other books placed
upon each end. Diving an arm into one of
his capacious pockets, - he drew . therefrom an
instrument of music, even a veritable ffe. Af
teen careful adjustment of its parts, he applied
it to his lips, and commenced playing the air
of the fiest tune. This finished, he went to the
second ; then to the third, then to the fourth,
then to the fifth, and so on in regular succes
sion. h is true that our friend had not yet
arrived 3 t great skill on hi sfavorite instrument.
He did not always (we might say often) pro
duce the right tones, and quite frequently he
was old , vions of time. Nevertheless the intent
was there and certainly. according to abil
ity, he was faithful. No tune nor pert of a
tune was omitted. Hours rolled on. Custom
ers Ciinee and , went. Boxes of hooks 'were
packed and went off. Yet. amid the clatter of
hammers, the calls of clerks and porters. and
the'rolling of carriageoin the street, still the
fife held on its way "toot, toot, toot-ti toot,
too-o-o." The clerks went to dinner and re
turned. The fifer was still there ; evening ap
proached and yet he went not. At last the
hour for closing arrived. The clerks were too
well-bred to show any silos of mirth, but
broad grins in sly corners, and behind piles of
books, gave some vent to their- feelings. At
last one addressed him. "We wish to close
fur tholght. now, sir." "Oh !ye do, do ye !"
was t response. "Wal; I'm in the habit of
judgin' things for myself and I don't like to
make up my mind too sudden. Ye see lean%
tell about a stingin' book without tryin' all the
parts. I aint quite got through the trebles
yet, but I'll cell aglin in the morning and go
through the other parts."
We like perseverance, we like an indepen
dent judgment, but that fife was not to be
borne another day. An expedient occurred.
A book was presented, and our friend left with
many thanks. and the promise that when he
had thoroughly examined it. we should have
his written opinion.—Musical Gazette. "
Statistics of Muscular Power.
Man has the power of imitating almost every
motion but that of flight. To effect this, he has
in maturity and health. sixty bones in his head,
sixty in his thighs and legs, sixty-two in his
arms and hands, and sixty-seven in his trunk.
He has 434 muscles. His heart makes sixty
four pulsations in a minute, and therefore 1,640
in an hour, 02,160 in a day. There are also
three complete circulations of his blood in the
short space of an hour: In respect to the coin
pgrative speed of animated beings, and of im
pelled bodies, it may be remarked that size and
construction seem to have little influence, nor
has comparative strength, though one body giv
ing any quantity of motion to another is said
ta, lose so much of its own. The sloth is by
no means a small animal,: and it. can-travel -on
ly fifty paces in a day, a worm crawls only five
Thebes in fiftyseconds: but a lady bird can fl
to mill ionAitnes its own length in less than
an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in
seven minutes; an antelope a milein a minute;
the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even
greater tharklat; an eagle can fly eighteen
leagues in an our; and a Canary falcon can
even reach 250 leagues in the short space of
sixteen • hours. A violent wind travels sixty
miles an hour: sound, 1,142 English feet in a
second.--Ruck. _
0:7-Time is money"—be saving with it.
TWO DOLLARS- A-YEAR.
Western Weddiiig Pee.
loges, - in - Which the prirnitiviiinarineni - pioneer's life - had been smoothed and polish
ed by refinement and cultivation, was heated
in his study one day, endeirroring` to arrange
the heads of bis to.morrow's discourse, whet
his attention was called by a knock at the door. -*
The visitors. .roved to be a tall wk •
shambling countryman, evidently arrayed la ,
his Sunday. suit; and a stout girl, attired in a
dress - of - red -- ealicurwhieti - from-the-frequent=-
and the 'complacent glance's. towaSit it by the
fair owner, was considered quite a magnidftnt
affair.
yOU walk irn V' asked the Minister,
politely.
"Much obleeged, squire ;- I don't know but
we will. I say, you're a minister shit yOu I"
"I reckoned so. Betsy and me—ithat's
Betsy a fast rate sort of a girl, atiyhille:•—"
..oh, Jonathan," 'simpered the- hashfal Betsy.'
“You are" now; and you needn't go= fin% to
dqny, it.. Well, Betsy and me have concluded
to }such tennis; and we Want yottto dolt."
"You wish „be married ?"
"Yes, 1 believe that's what -they call it.-
sny, thon*h, ; before you begin.. let's ,k,uow'.
what is going to be the dainage ; reekee'tisn, ,
best to go it blind."'
"Oh, 1' never set 'any' pine:. '1 take what;
ever thiy give me.r r .
"Well, that o is all right: go ahead ! minister,:
if.you these, we are in a_htirry,qific,*„igot,
to tinigh plantin' the potato. Web; ifore'night,'
and Betsy 'she's-got - to finch the' butter." A
Thiis adjured, the ,Ininister: cortrueneed. the
ceremony, which occupied but a,few tncunents. -
~ .Kiss rue, Betsy," said the delightettbride.
groom. ..You are nay old iturian, BOW:
it nice?"
"First 'rate;" was the-satisfactorr reply.
"Hold. on a jerk," said Jonathan. as he.left
his hride - abrupily, and darted out to the gso
where the wagon had beeri - left: • - • -
"W ha VS your hniband gone outfor f"stsked
the minister somewhat surprised.. "
v
"I expect it's the saasages W i lr9l the in .
Juit`then 'Jonathan m ade hui appearance,
dangling in-his hand a pail Ml of “sasintk,6l,"'
iVhieti - heliat - Aed 'to the minister, witl
of one conferring' afaver.
4. We p '
ain't got irrtich - money," gild he, "and
so we thotigh t we'd - _pay you _in, sassages.
Mother mode 'em, and reckon tileylro g9od,
If they ain't, just yoU send theta hack, and
we'll send you some nsore." •
Nihon, Cork Cowes From.
Cork is nothing' more or less than ;90 , bark
of evergreen oak, growing princiimny in in,
and otberdeUntries berdering on the 110 i er.'r
ranean ; in English gardens it is onlyiletititis•
ity.. When the ,cork-tree is about fillm.reyears
old, the bark has atiained a thicknessr, : anti
quality suitable forrlihnufactu,rieg Forme*
and alter stripping, a further growth Or Wet
years produces a second crop; and'so op atin
tervals, for even ten or twelve crops; The bark
'4ustr_ippeoLfrom theirceirLpicces_twaittch,
in thickness, of cal3iderable length, and
such width as 'to retain the curved' form (lithe
trunk when it has been stripped.' The bark'
peeler or cutter makes a slit in the Lark with.
a knife, perpendicularly. from the ..top of the
trunk to the bottom ; be makes another,mciiion
parallel to it, and at some distanaet 'the
former ; and two sborter.borizontainuts a
top and bottom. For stripping, off the pi
thus isolated, be uses a kind of knife with, 4:‘
handles and a curved blade. Sometimes ,iftir
the cuts have been made, be leaves the 'tree ter
throw off the bark by the spontaneous *inlet) Of
the vegetation within the trunk. The &red
pieces are soaked in water, and are phiee over
a fire; when nearly dry, they are, iti , tadt,
seorehed`i little, .on both sides, arid empire a
somewhat more compact texture by this **Web.
ing. In order to get rid of the curvature, and
bring them flat, they are pressed dowd with
weights while yet hot. •
.
SAD EFFECTS OF POVEETY.---Sdieide and Star
valion.—John Murphy, an Englisblinni:'
rived at New York, in 'August last, with his ,
wife and five children, and obtained employ
ment until recently, when he - was discharged.
His family have lately been' in a state of great
destitution, and it had such effect-upon 'him'is
to bereave him occasionallynf hia mind. : , „110
refused to apply to the relief committee, but
on Friday his wife started out to see the com
mittee. The Post says:
She soon returned to hdiglhidence, No. 396
Water street, where, on entering the room;
she heard a noise in the bedroom, and inquir
ing of the children whore their father was, they
said he was lying down in the bedroom. , She.
went to-go in, and found the bed just in front
of the door, and on looking in one corner she
discovered him upon his knees, with his hands
together as if praying, and his throat cut in - a
horrible manner. He could just manage to
speak, and on seeing his wife he cried out. "0,
Sarah ! 0 Sarah l" She immediately called
for help, and removed hip into the , front room,.
and kept a cloth to his wound; in hopes of
saving his life until a doctor was sent for. On
the doctor's arrival he had the deceased re
moved to the New York Hospital., He died
on the way. At the time he cut his throat bis
youngest child Iss starving upon the bed,
having had nothillg to eat fur two days, awl
_during the inquest upon the father the mother
received news of the death of her child. We
will not attempt to express the feelings of that
poor woman- as she sat by the corpse of her
husband and received the penetrating news of
her poor child's horrible death. The poor
husband was a fine looking man. a tailor by
trade, and appeared to have seen better days.
WARNING'S TO -AMERICAN AunA.crrv.—The
following warnings, says the Albany ..elrgus.
uttered by the British prints immediately after
the presumed fall of Sebastopol, are worthy of
being kept in mind by the American people.
They are only specimens of the venymgeneritl
tone adopted about that time :
Our foes have had a forewarning with w
Vat
sort of a . • o le the • will have to deal ; and our
transat.antic cousins will become a trifle less
insolent and overbearing, when they find that
the--liect-which_susgn r is tbe_Baltie can
without cost or effort winter in the G ait of
liferico.-2.Vorth British iieriefo.
England and
,France together are strong
enough to bind nearly all the world over to
keep the peace. When Russia is settled, •
France may abate her army, and England her
navy; but, we must not disarm. WO- must
still be able to say "No" to our lively young
brother-across_the-Atlantic_if be wants Cuba,
or takes any other little vagary into his head.
—Blackuo a' afizzazine.
NO. 15.
MIE
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