y .. r, t, . _., . ,*( -'' • - -47- ' A I 2 • . 1 ::'; . . . . ..." •..... 1 . . _. r Nir 'V ••"• BY HENRY J. STAIILE. 38T" YEAR. TERMS OF THE COMPILER. r' R;gablican Cumpile'r is published every ninday morning, by HENRY J. STAIILE. at $1,75 per annum if paid in advance—&2.o er annum if not aid in advance. No snb- scription discontinued, unless at the option of th e publisher, until all arrearages are paid. ADI - EILTISE:MnNTS inserted at the usnal rates. , Jos •Wottm done, neatly,. cheaply, and with * dispatch. fj....t.)trice on South Baltimore street, direct lyopposi Wampler's Tinning EstniAishinent, 'one and alialf squares from the Court House. New Se gar & Tobacco MANUFACTORY. Q" AMU B ER, Jr., would respectfully /0 inform- the citizens of the town and coun ty, that he 113 S opened a' Sear and Tobacco nOtrmfite.tory, in Baltimore street, next door to Forney's Drug Store, tiettysbur , r, where he wilt constantly keep on hand a large variety of SEG A RS, of the fittest flavor, and a t th e lottrest living rrices. — Of CHEWING TO BACCO he has the choicest kinds—also a capital article of SNIIFI ail of which he offers as low as the lowest. 1-le only asks a convinced that he can gratify every taste. He hopes, by strict attention to business and a desire to please, to merit and receive a share of public patronage: May 7, 1155. Stacks of New Goods! The Cheapest the Prettiest:— (lie Best! 01 L. St7l/ICK has returned from the city • With the laroest and best selected stock of FA LL & WINTER GOODS he has ever had the pka sure olofft-ring to this community. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES! lie will not pretend to enmuerate Iris large and attractive stock—the limits of an adver tisement will not admit of it. But if yon wish to' select from the choices.' lot of Ladles' and Gentlemen's Dress Goods, your eyes ever beheld, go to Schick's. October 15, 1855. Dis*olintion of Partnership. mill.: Co-Partnership existing bete een the I -81+4.4c:tillers has been dissolved this clay by mutual consent. We are much obliged to Our friends and the public for the liberal sn:Tort extended to Its. Our Books are placed in the handy of Alex. Cnbean for collection, and we earnestly re quest those indebted to tis lo call and make immediate payment. as we desire to settle the business ut the firm without d o b a v, v. PA x.rov, Sept. f 4. tf ALEX I? COBEAN. W. 17. PaX4dill N FOR S his friend.: the public fierier ally— drat ‘vill continue the 4- 7 ,--a-t-&--- 7 1 / 4 41-ne- Business, at his old Stand. and 111 always keep on hand a lar.re and splendid assortment o f [JO O'l's & S H ES, BATS & CA l'S every va riviy of style and rie.7s, which he. determined to sell low f ,, r Cash or Country Produce_ Call and see the Goods. . Sept. 24, 1853. tf Tin Ware, AMU EL G. COOK informs lii friends k. 7 and the pOlie generally, that he has (1 - 1 kind, at. his Shop nearly opposite tie Post- Office, a very large and well-wade assortment of TIN-WA RE. which he will sell. at prices which cannot fail to please. Ile will also execute to order, with promptness, in a work man-like manner, and with the best materials, all kiwis of 1 -1017 SE SPOUTING, M ETA L LIC HOOFING, lIVDUANT WORK, &e. Gettysburg; Nov. 12, 1855. tf New Goods, Cheap Goods. MIN P,STOC K received their liquid Larne and Hand• some assort:nent Fall and NVltiti;r to which they invite the attention of the Pith• lie, consisting of every description of Dry Cools,--Hardware. Saddlery, Queensware, Groceries, Cedar ware,iron.Oils Paisits.&c. Uive us art c.irly call, and we will show you the larxest, Pretrie,t, and Cheapest Stock of Gamic in t tic C,09 ntv, FA HIN ESTOCK BROTHERS; Oct. 15. Sign (1 . the Red Front "Lost and round! - AT ,THE CIIEAP CORNER. Fall Si. Winter Goods, n r every description, will be sold very low kJ for cash. Also a Vdrii , ty of A. \A• and REIMY- 31.1 DE CLOTILL.VG, very cheap. Call and see. Gettyshnm, Oct. 29,1855 Bounty Land ,Ciaints. Milli undersigned will attend prorroi!v to the collection of claims for B,OIIINTY LANDS under the late act of Congre..q. Those, who have already received 40 or 80 Acres, can now receive the lealatwe, by calling on the sub'scriber awl making; the rieee•;sary U. DANNER. Gettysburg . , March 12, 1855. if OLI) Bounty Land Act of 1355. TEI E undersizned is now fnity prepared to it and is ropidly friu r ci,Atus VOUN- Tir' LAND for sAdieis of the %I ar of Er3.1:2. and of ALL she IA ars of the U. States—their tt idoet and minor rhildiell. In addition to his ling experi , o ee and success, he %%cosh! add, that, in all tile many chins: lot has hitherto filed, (between 100 and t 200) he has carefully ()re served, and has now every thi n g: necv „ sat y to establish the rialits of claimants—a.aln !tolls and .Lists of - Companies. and facilities for fur roshirur proofs in ail eases that 'nay be en trusted to lie ha , : rondo ernniii.me nrratirremPnts fir locating warr 71,1 A in the Western ,S;.;,i,s, jr ur . tayits buw , hi—W arraniNsitirl. per.ottal ly or by letter to I). :11'(7ON %UGH V. Gettvslitirr, "Alarch 1:2. 155.1. It Floor rfriF; under-1 ,- 11yd continues the Flour bus iness' as herotof . .tre. by the s:a,t;:er ghan.ity. By Likin;4. SMALL P - 101.'1'1'4110, Can buy at; Iti , rti and sell as low as anybody else, and by always endeac. opesr-to merit and receive s cemtinnance of !theta; pa. trottiv.. VI: GI I, T, SP IF,'. ! At the Post 511111t4 .grunparr----Prnuti to 3griratim, littratar i 3115 rin Ithurfs, Varkrts, (Mud Vaturstir nub ,furrign Sutel :41uttalurnt, MUM JOHN HOKE. i?octo. from the [look Journal A Winter Carol. MMWMV The snow. came over the mountain, On then lugs of the - witi:ec gale It covered up field awl fountain Sn the fulls of its mantle pate. It fell where late were .itiglitz 'mid their hnine , of hYlvel, Cu honghq in the ru,fe bizt , t swio4ing ; Anl tt fati,;ed the Laittage e.oes. Scorning the plant of pity, rt rode from the ra% less elottd, And itrwrapped the shivo.-imi,-eitr, In the lioM of its Gooey shroud; Abair.; the wooMnan'. , s cteario , ,r, It mi.. do itted for many a mile, Above the porch arpeariivz. And over the topmost stile. The squirrel lay hid - in the furrow, Slew by his hoar , tet store. And the radilut keFt dose in the burros►, Ceder the-barn yntA , loor ; ut the sun. when diy tiathert•l hia garment., hi fight, And he 1 . 0 , e from the of morning, Like waiting• in shirts of white. Brawl thro' the t ree tora-st reaming, Rays as (row) di a.lemrs run, An I the icicle chAngocaUy gleattlitg", . lionnolt - Eo }Nett auk: of THE SUN. Awl the partri -, 1%:e eflaltoenleA his dro.rominn Aril the .leigh bet is to I to magic ;tt ho.ne, n It)) o chi!arem went siNiog au 1 lu:lovaiitig For joy at the "geol ti we" come. Oh! thug for the heart of sadness, Tho' eliiird by I.,te.ilt. tlegp.o r. Gal tierfti are gnithq- of gladne , i. :Mid sorrow g wintry air. Tho' the NIIIIIIIWr seein all departed, b.ighled hope There art. ray, for the lonely hearted, at length will eltee: the gl own !-:iclect Iltiscettaim. I'; o Arthur's Homo l'tlagazinu The Two Homes. Two men, on' their way home. met at a street crossing. and then walked on together. They were neigh hot s a»d friends. 'This has been a very hard day," said Mr. Fcceman, in a glont»y oicc. very hard dly," celMed almost sepul chrally, Mr. Walcott. "Little or no cash coming in—pa.yments heavy—money scarce. and at ruinous rates. ‘Vh.it is to become of ?" "Heaven only broils." answered Mr. Free man ; '•for my part, 1. sec no light ahead. Every day brings new repoks of failures ; every - day confidence diminishes ; every day some prop that we lean upon, is taken away.'' "Many think-we are at, the_worst," said Mr. Walcott. "And others, that webye-, senrcely seen the Legs owing . of the end " —retu ;lea the 'wit.; h hor. .A rol so. as they walked homeward, they dis couraged each other, an magie darker ,the --clootk-that oi-cured the: whole horizon. "Good evening." vi as at last said hurriedly, and the two gentlemen passed into their homes. Mr. Walcott entered the room where his wife mind ellildren were gathered. and without speaking to any one, :•ealed himselftn a chair, and leaning .Lis head hack closed his eyes. llis countenance wore a sad. weary, exhausted look. He been seated thus only a few minutes, when his wife said, in a fretful voice : "More trouble again." "What's the matter now 7" asked Mr. \Val eott. almost starting. . "John bas been sent borne from school." 'What I" i\l%. Vialeott paltly rose trou► his chair. 4 'lle's been suspended for bad conduct." °•Uli dear gyouneti Mr. Walcott, —where is lie (" , "[p in his room; sent him there As .S. 001) as he came home. You'll have to do some thing with hint ; be ruined if he goes on this wa t t'- , out of all heat t with W i n." lrA-V-aleott7-e:tci-ted---a-s-nrateh-hy-t-he--mai ner in which his aeik conveyed the tniplea;ant information, as by the infOrmation itself, start ed up under the blind impulse of the moment, and going to the wont m here John had been sent=on coming home fiotn sellout, punished the-boy severely, and without listening to the explaLations which the poor chdd tiied to make him hear. "Father," said the boy,with forced calmness. after the cruel stripes had ceased--1. wasn't to blame ; and if you will go with me to the teacher, I can prove mvselt tnnocent." "Very well—we %vitt ste about that," he answered sternly, and leaving the room he went down stairs, fueling much worse than w hen he went up. Again lie seated himself in the large arm chair, and again closed his %real . )• e.Y(:!ids- Svider w'as his flee than be fore. As he sat thus, his oldest daughter, in her sixteenth year, came and stood by him. She held a paper in her hand. "Father"— Ile opened his eyc.s. (piarter'g, Lill. It is twenty I dolhus. Can't I have the looney to talc to 1-school me in the moriiiii r ,7." ah-aid 3.1 r. Walcott, sad: v. “.Nearly all the girls will bring thvir money ta-morrow, and wvirtaivs me. w ie i..;:timi Lhe The daughter spoi;le fretrull7. Mr. IValcott waved x‘it.h uis hand, She (Al pouting. -I.t. is tuortifying," sp-A0 up Mrs. Vinicott. a little sharply ; 1 don't w.unler that Helen feels utipleiis.ititly about, it. The he paid, and I do not see why it may nut be dune a., well at ttr.t as at List." 'lO this. \l r, Walcott made 710 nnswer. The winds but adt?,(,l anotner pre,,,iire to the bur t.:en under whit•ti he was al 1 Calk' stag4eriug• Af:er a silence ut suuic wourt:ins,Mrs. Waleua said— '•The coal i, aii. gone." “ltirpossildu!" lie e za:Ncrl lris Ircari and lookcd Incre , sixleen tons." "Lean't kelp it, if there %vete boity tons, in stead of sixllun—it.. al: The gills had a Lime of it l(1- , 1iy.scral,.:7; op to LA:Li) the tire "11u.le's been a silitnieful waste son-te lt-hely," ;,aid itil Ntrong tiog lip and 111( 0 ,11G 111.rtqa the l'oolll iii a very tiist.tithca ••,';‘,o \Vay av, ‘v hen out." answeied rw.lar Lai y. Larttl • c ;o11..: ; hut i e dole your part, wit.ll the lest, it, iiJi4o IL it Mr. 'Walcott re'.urritri to his chitir, and again -s.e.ated-hi ct,Ti-CFSC-Cill4.S—Cyeg—a,S How sad, and weary. and hopcluss he Ii Ic. 1 he inliaen.: of the dny had se..l.n,d almost tno laiivy for s ; wt;. al, e: MUM GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, FEB. 25, 1856. To gather strength f;w a renewed struggle with adverse circumstances, he had come houw• Alas ! that the proee.s of exhaustion should still go on—that only where strength could be looked' for, no strength was given ! "Come to supper.!' said Mrs. Walcott, coldly. not stir. “Ain't you coining to sapper?". she_aslied, as she was leaving the room. —No. I don't wish any ; tuy head aches bad• ly," he replied. -In the damps again.” muttered she to her self. as much as one's lite is worth to a:51: for money, .or to say that, anything is wanted." W:len she returned from the dining room. she found her husband hitting where she left him. ~•Shali I bring yoU a cop of tea ?" she asked, cool h'. : I don't wish anything." "What's the matter, Mr. Walcott ? , ..What do you look so -troubled about. as if you had not a friend in-the world ? What have I dune to t ou ?" There was no answer, fur there vas not a shade of real sYmpatliv in the voice that made the queries—hut rather a querulous dtssutis fwetion. Mrs. Waleott silently resumed her eniploy. The irhole evening passed tvithout the oc currence of a single incident that gave a health ful pulsation to the heart of Mr. 11 7 a!coil: o thotiOa of kimlness was maldivsted by any .Inmher of the family ; hut on the contrary, a narrow regard for each self. and a looking to him only to supply the means of self-gratifica tion. No wonder, from the pressure which wns on hint, that Mr. Walcott-Mt discouraged. Ile retired ealle, and sought to clod" that relief from - mental disquietude in sleep, which he vainly looked for in* the bosom of his filnily. But the whole night passed iu broken slumber, and disturbing dreams. hom.the cheerless morning meat. at which he was remiuded of the quarter trill that must, be paid, of the coal and flour that were out and the necessity'of supplying his %vile's empty purse. he went troll' to meet the diflictdoes of another day. taint at heart, and almost hope less of success. A confident spirit, sustained by home alceetious, would have canna hits tl.rough ; hot, unsupported as hr. was., the hue den was too heavy for him, and he sunk under it. 'file day that opened so unplopitiously, closed upon him a rained man I.oc its look for a tees moments, upon Mr. Freeman, the friend and IttYighbo-r of Walcott. IL., also,.had come home weary, and Ihspir itcd, turd aluro,t sick. The trials of the day had tken unusually iierere : and when he loolted anxiously forward to scan the future, not even a gleam of I,ibllt Wa s seeti along fife black hor izon. . As he stepped across the threshold of Ins thVelling, it pang shot tinowyli his heart, fur the thought (Imile—how slight the hold upon all these coinforts-! Nut for himself, but for his wife and children came the pain. "Father's comet" etied a glati little voice on the stairs. the inonftnt his thifif,,ll sounded the pa:,:t.t.ge; then gniA, paneling f , el ‘‘ ere heard—and then a tiny fl)rin was -springing into his anus. Before teaching the -stitu,g, rpotn, Alice, the (shiest iltugiiter, was hy his side lie► 'am tlra n fon'lly within his, and her loving eyes lif‘ed to lit, ftee. "Are on not late, dPar ?" =I l : tectuan COUla not tru,t lkitte , vll to an s-wcr. As he tray. too ti:•cply troubled to as sume, at the inteAlcui. a cheer fut loite, and h ttl Ito wish to sadden the heart auxt, loved him, by letting the depre : .zr,iott Ctnu3 which he. was suffering, become too clearly appArent. the eye 6 of (1 1 Liddy below the surface. .\le you not well. 11 ,, hort?" blie inquired, MEMILISIEEMIE I tire. little headache," he answered Ilia' a was Mr. Freeman seated, ore a of little hands were Uti lout, It:- moving gaiter and shoe, and :4,tipi e 4.ying; their I lace I.%iih a soft slipper. 'file; e A:4 not one in the how,eliuid who did not teci happier for Lis rain n. it was impossilile, under such a burst of heart-sunshine, lOr- Mr. Freent.in s spit long 1 4 .0 re Mai i. iiuuded. IAY t 61outtly 019f - iglus gave way to noire cheer Col ones, and by the time sniper was ready, he had hall-fingotten tits lears winch had haunted him tharnig the day. But. they could not be entirely held bac4., and their ex istence was ''tailed dining- the evening by an unusual silence and abstiactiun mind. This was ohset ved by Mrs. Freeman, who 11101 e than half suspecting the cau , e, kept back fi ow her, hushand certain matters about miner' she hail intended spo;,;‘,:w hits—fOr feared they wouhl add hr, di quietude. Da ring the evening, she gleaned hum something he said, the teal Cause of ins changed aspect. tier thougius, co•nunnic.zd tuinung tit a new channel. By ale w leaning mina' she r hoshand Into conve-:sauon Oil the snhject Id' home expen , es, and the prop' iety cur• tams .g 'lulu rtt v'iriut/S NitAT left :. , ( P-Ai,:0:1;y On the CyClith of Mr. Fleetuaii. an 'entire oange in On ir etl living, had been agi ektd upon —a that would reduce their exeenaes at leas, one ••t see light ahead," were rite hopeful words of .I.lr. i'tcctu.iu, as lie resGned twoseli tv J11.11110(3%, NN Ith lenewed strength of nii,l and body and a co4fklent. slzirrt, tic Went hatti the nest day—a day that tiv looi:ed lot ward to witil fear and Liensbling. And it was unly tin ough his lenew sti and conii spirit, th:u he. was able to ut.creotne the fntii.:ulties that loon i ctl 1114)inc.ai:k high belure i,uu. Weak despunclowy would have runtcd hi Hume had pi oved tower of stictiBtn—his I,valled cay. zi:ren c ;'..fiett,d fur c ue h e 1 ,,,/ fu; into [lie aiDLI CullIpt:1 Di t h e StS "I see ahead"—gave place to "Ilse tuorning7Jtea.,eth. ' tyro liiica ul the gient h',• ‘lL:5lt-ra I' , " U. ••11:1 , _it yo 3 sce then 1:1-3 lire, 'Were tuc laA dying word:, of A. -Jacli.on, PitOVOZING.—To clrenut 3-ou are hugging you, '•;;;:lit't" aad wa.6.4," up wit:, the. paluv: is &rat& "21t1.711l Is 31.1G1ITY, AND WII.I. Plu filth The Rag Girl. It was one cold and wet morning in thf: year 1834, that ":Nlr;. I.—, wife of Mr. Isaac wheidived nn _Columbia street, nati, discovered n little girl in the alley, in the rear of—their house, picking up rags. The, girl was ‘ , cry, dirty. and eortred witiomthing but rap stitched together, and nothing on her head, fret or arms. %V hen Mrs. L. discovered her*she started :Ls if afraid of chastisement. Mrs. L's feelinAs were wrought up to a high degree of sympai hy in seeing the child, only about eight years of 1114 T, shivering and blxiel: with dirt, aid standing in a 11)4SS of mad half way to her knees. she,addressed lier,,“ain't you cold and hungry ?" "Yes, m au." was the reply,' "eoine. myrchild." said Mrs. L. She took her in. and gave her a b4ak fast. After eating, she began to question her, anal found - that she had a mother and drunken father. who com pelled her to go out and pick rags to get money 14 him with which to buy liquor: She told Mrs. L. W , 111.1A: the lived, who to test tier ye- Weri 1.0 where she was directed and finind the place the poor dronlsenjtather, with three little children, tagged mother, with ha 4.. card and sic:, ly look, awl uo e:willor is of a ft Ili ithih their miserable hovel. on Plum street. L. beeaMe satislied ihat the child corod he nothing but miserablewitit them, and slie resolved to keep her at all hazards. She left a &lilr with the woinali and departed. On am yin , home she found the little Au- Ilette at. the n, v. As soon as Mrs. L. entered the room, the little rug picker and said, • 11.4Ve liven waiting for MI SATTIC tiulC ; must go, and t 1,0 iltank you fur your This lady Iniating snob tt reran.]: from so awl as!ort hilledelNlrs. L . anii .still farther calling, otz Iter its the g irl was stepping io the - door, the wolnan told her to mop, and she would ;lye her su.ne new clothes : nut, no, the nit late go, site said she was CO II I :JCI el/ to Ile at NV 011 i... Notlmrg could persuade her to stay ; but promise to go and see the mother get `her onsem. The lady left, and in a short time reunited, and told the child that her father tout tuother had gi'vvn her to them.. The ehlid in about It week was in one of the private senools of the _city, and at' the. age - of fourteen, leceived a medal wttrtlt thirty dol. , lags, ter her excellence in coin posi . • the age or sixteeii she-was the idol Of the fam ily of L., the belle a cinein.lau, admived of all who knew hit, Mr. L. was a wan or po eat health and prom iaence ia the city, an did all he could, for the cilia:B6)a a Anisette, ht colinecatou with hts two. sons and only danghier.• la 1.641-,:sbe tea, urtttiul to a very Wealthy , young man of high aceolimil , clinueDii, soon remoi,•ed to the city of Boston, where they prospered in lonsineAs, and—here the story' must end, for. a furthir stateMent. tt mild re veal to the reader pveiNel) the p4:l'sult who tea; once; the !trig / 4 ,/ Cmcniuriti. Sallie it to say that she is one of the first literary women "of this country. and the wile of Mr. L , c ltlest son of ha beoefActor is 134, when ru.anding ankle deep in the mail .iii the alley in th 4 rear of the Goose of tier Reader. this is only one of the many lloca• tifol return, fq the labor.; of the goieroos. now many oppiirtamities the t v w dthy ! r i v e f or d u i ng that wnich t‘ 111 conti Oita:• to the Lion of the objvw.of tie eilarity, awl be a Lt•lt• log (A w A tocrlt to OW iOoi;raphy. - Tt.t. L{eic.—Alittle - lia,l luck i, beneficial now and ilien. li Patrick llcnry had not !aka in the grocery loisinesm. it is not at all proba ble that he would ever have been heard as au orator. Ile have Laconic celehrated. but it would wq, nave becii from fiN.loquence, lation in hoAp and axe Itoger :Sherman heeame a sivr.Jr of the Deekingtimi of lodepelidence 101 ho ulher lea". 011 than that he could nut at shot : milking. Ike eta hisl loistles and sta:.ed his "all" 011 the — r i g hts of malt." The consequence that the Sallie ivaicidual who 10 1 14 1 / IL boO:letiS Lo Wake SIIOV.S. In 3 teW beCa Lte a ming power in our revolution. rustsrri.t;AUu:s:MMMi.--•\testatnr teSt. left to his eldest son cue-half of to ,, z . Itotsys, to his second one-third of his len,res, and to his third one.nnith or his hor,es —I he te'-ta • tor had seventeen horses. Toe executor did not know what to do. as seventt ca a cil not divide by two, by three, nor hy lune. A Dervish enure rip on horseback and the executor coiciulted him. The 'Lowish said, '• take Inv hot se and add it to time o! tit'‘ then eighteen horscs. Tice execntor then gave to t h c sat onedtall, 9 t to the_seeond son one-third, J ; and to the third son one•nin:lt, :2 ; total, 17. The DvrVl-11 then said ; "Yon rlun want Any horse now. will take it hard, n'c;itin," nr.rot.t.;TtosAitY tvws once in iity power to have shot ticonvral jua :" 3 British soldier to an American, as they %N'ure AiNC.4 , -;114 the event of the great stroggic at conchidilq,. "Why did yon hint then f" the : —you ought to have done sl fur the benefit of pm!' COUNt:tn." "The (Lilt!) of Washington wirabi itot itavt been for thi:ir benefit," replied Lite EniAltslimau, -for we t. l epen , leii upon him to treat our prKoniirs kindly : anii, by leaven ! we'd snoner have shot, nil onirt r of our own !" Er 7 Fur low Fpit its, we ryo.olinnend a clear conscience, lies!' nit., lots of exercise, and a taste for time. ..And it cattle to pass when the evil spirit wag rejlvu Sao!, that l),:v id took ha; - l) and played with his hand ;au Saul Was refreshed, and was well awl the, evil departed front him." Ili treating diseases of the mind, is. no:. suffirimily__ vahled. la raising the isert, above dc.- air. an old viuliu is worto four tl6.ctots awl two apothecary shops. 10 connnitted suicide a few thy , : Eact, I.'“ ) .;tott, by putting his neck acrosi a rail on which a train of cats were app:(l.l•.q.iag. no hid Siu:ea sorun ;mit Lal“.:11 it) accimht for it. 1i0n..; arc g. , t:ng noire sensitive than wen. 1.; onc,of the moral re.Olts of the "dog held in that city. IValsh is at 5 , 2445t0i,1, with more than thirty other A-ttierieans. Tney r:eeive. tuucil Laud. aittnithili 1 . :13:1, the Brizi:,4 law among the drab; perwit.; a man to divurce any of his ,vives wiau do Lot wake gyld bread., - A Noble Act. We are called upon almost daily , to chroni cle almost every other Conce,ivab a le act or hri dent save that of a noble and generous one, not that we doubt such do occur. but they rare ly find a place in the 'local," as thohe win.) are the actors, goverened_by4ure—ulatives, never seek piabfiellY, while those who arc the "recipients rarely tnal;e known publicly' the timely aid of the stranger or relief of the bene factor. Last evening a little bo x , miserably chid —if thin and long worn arid torn clothes constitutes misery in clothing •—cutered, a cloth ing store on Super for street. nibl in 'accents irresistib:e to a heart alive with one spark of feeling, .supplicaleti for a few pennies. Ills application being grunted. he retired, but had not b e en gone Hemet: rive minutes when 4e re turned, accompanied by one whom from his attire and speech none could mistake fOr a true gentleman, who purchased for him a snit of clothes, and after paying for them and giving the balance of the change with a kind word to the boy departed. itauficitv e t as to who the gentleman was. the boy could-not tell, only that "he had asked him for some pennies, that he stopped and remised at. him and inquired concerning -his circumstances, and then had bningilt hint its the sLore• and bought the clothes."' The hay departed happy as a bird, but it would be difficult indeed Cu say which was the happwst, the ttl.nown stranger or the little beggar child, For true it is. us sill who have experienced it can tt'ntlfy•—•-'lll,ti it IS more blessed to give than .receive."—Licec iund healer. A Ghost Story. One of the most remarkable eases of sudden curt: ifi'seasv of long standing was that of a rheumatic individual. with winch is connected an amusing ghost story. There were a couple of men, in suite old.settled part of the country, who were in -the habit of stealing sheep and robbing church-yards of the bland clothes.of the dead, There -teas a public read, leading by a meeting-house whet() there was a grave yard, and not. fir or Un the road was a 1' 4 '34 uric 1110011figIll. night. while (Me of use thieves was engaged- robbing a grave, the other went off tosteal a sheep. 'The first one, having accomplished his bushes::, wrapped t he s hroud around Mtn, and took his seat in the meeting-house door, awaiting* the coming of his companion. 11 than un tout, pl.:0411g along the road toward the tavern, took hint to tie a ghost, and alarmed attOuSt, - tO death, ran as I . :oit as his feeteould carry him to the tavern, which he reached, nut of breath. - As neon as he Wald speak, he deetared that, he had seen a ghost, rotted in whi t e, Witting in the church door. thrt nobody would believe hint. lie then declared ,th,ll, if any of theta wou ld. g o back, they might be convinced.— gut incredulous as ad were, not one could be found who itad coura.,',e to go. At length a man who -was so aillieted with rheumatism that Ito could not Walk, declared he would go. with hint if he could walk or get there.. Thu wan then uliered to carry bite on his back. took hint they, went. When they got in sight, sure enough there it was, as, he_ bad said. Vt 'siting to satisfy thentselvo well. and to get its near a view of his ghustship as possible in the .th a t light, they kept t emoting up neuter and tearer. The man with the shroud round hint took them to he hay eompardott with the sheep on his back, and asked mut in a low tone of r e i ta; — "ls hit * sleeting with no reply, he repeated-Ifis question, raising, WS voice higher : "Is he fat'?" • No :114 again. when he eze,litimed, in at vehement tone -is he l'at. i", This tens enough. The man with the other on his hack, replied— " Vat or team' you -ma'y have him :". and, dropping} the invalid, traveled -' bites to the tavern -as fastas ttia f,er he had sinacely got t.''ll Lll(2l'e , tvhett along came the invalid on tot, tou The sudden_ fright bad curt , : ut gin ihennsatiran : au4 hunt that thin: lanyard hu et a, u r. 01 wan Purrry (;c►on —An Pxtensive and wealthy l'unhcr•nbau, to a neighboring county. i:, the father or a hard nut of it boy. Being desirous of ROrniiiig.biso, lie otkred. a >tn n►iiueerllent, to give hint the avails of the 'lumber from two thuus:►nml hr•u►luelc logs, provided he woubi go to school and - behave hiingell for one year.-- I"u!u►g. hopelid remained silent fur some time :IRO' i:ntcnn►g to Ole prol►oSitrun. in 11:14 to hits IAttIVCr; intcrruyition--'•Wi►nt (10 you say, toy su:► ?" : .-(17:111 it pint , lo4s, V tiler•, and I'll go it."—.Suntly LIU) Herald. .• fri Sic:pi/en Hall, a queer genius, had trtad , , ftcrincnt gradOlci pr01131:..e3 to hp , f lends flint, he would put hinu4elf out of the way. O ne stinging cold inclining he vowed he we'll ( ' go out and freeze to death. A tmat o'etoek he returned, st►ivering 5.i,a1) , ,,i0g Ills p.)geri. ..IVlty don't you freezc a,ked a loving rehlive. :" slid the peseuclo suicide '•c-heit freeze, T wean to take a tv irintr niohG than tilk fur iL !" waNh't hu ? A PILACTPIAI. SliltifON.—A few SlimFlys a certain itigilly pr)pillar uiu taloilvfl clg.rgyintin 1.4:11 rwt d congri., : o:ition tilt., Cliriptc.r'of Patil`s_Epktle to the Ephesitio,t, t h e 19th t*Cl*e 01 MAI/Cl/ is as follows' : “.Now, therefore. ye :Ire no more stranger: and fureignel.4, but Idlow ritizr-Ns With Cue saints awl of the hotp.etio!,l of After leading this verse, he dciiherat('ly raised his eyes to the eon;ri-gation, auul re marked ,"dea r hearers, St. Paul was not a liauu• Nothing !" and without rtm»lier Ay 01 (1 or corn- Mein went on with his reailing.—Ball• lip. .Cr7".lr. Jones. volt said the waN a gentleman ; what du you wean 11.:a "1 mean. a man that pays hi:, tite lint time they-are presented to him. - * ---,-- "There are four .11'n %V)l) are Gov croori i% jO , CpI) of selodl Y. of Gunn ;in, Andrew of 1 vunice, and J. Neel v, of Ca I 11) rn we , ,rern editor to r.:now • Cr the ;All- recently (-11:1eR(1 ng,:kinct the carry. in , * of deadly ,vcapoti;, - ap ilie to doctors tvi:u carry pir,Ls ►u F.x.kets; 1 l.ne price of a good dray liorAe in Cali furni, ranges from bier :;,c - . 80i), and a " Werry GISt. Cra, :)." C• 141%., gn a wile in thruo minutes, li1,04.01). • TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR. Cold Winters. The Erening• Bulletin has the following regal d to the cold winters for the last GO years 1707. From the year 1700 until 1707 the thermometer haj not reached zero. during the month of January, in Philadelphia. In-,Jan uary 1797, t tre_nomou ry _orriwg "mornings was 5 degrees below zero at the permanent Bridge. On the 9th it go; down to 1.3 degrees below . . and upon the two subsequent moruings, it-tvas 10 below zero.-11orses with sleighs attached, were driven upon the ize on the Delaware from Trenton to Philadelphia.. 1799. This year - the Delaware was closed by. ice from the 22t1 of January until past the middle of March. 1500. This-winter, which lost but little of its severity before the 20th Mareh,w a s reruark. „t,l c for the extent of its snows, which ay, far South as New Orleans. 1805. In Philadelphia the mercury did not sink lower than 5 deg..abovoltero, but at Al bany. Syracuse - and 13Uffalo, the mercury was front 15 to 20 deg. below zero. . 1810; Though not a severe January in, America, Ohl cold was dining this month in tv,nse in Europe. At Moseow the mercury hunl 40 deg. below zero and froze. 1815. On one morning the. mercury -was T below zero ; on another 5, and on two otherS, 3. This winter was remarkable for the horri ble condition, of the roads and for great - sutler= itig .among the poor. 1821- 'fins was the Oldest: January since 1780, in the U. S. On nine mornings at snn rise the mercury was below zero in„Philadel phia. On-two mornings it was 10 zero. At Brunswick, Me., the mercury becalm stir in.the bulk. M.S. The January of this year,was nAriMbly mild, the . l)da . sv are being': through-' out entirely free from ice and not - a take of snot - being seen through the month:- Uri several ;days the mercury ran up to 70 in the shade. while every atrubbery and trees put forth their buds. - 1832. Oi three mornings the mercury was, from 4 to t below.zeao. . . . . . 18'..15. On .everal niornings the mercury in Philadelphia wa4 froin 2 to 4 deg. below"zt.ro. At. Albany on the - Eith January it stood At 4 23 below. .. . . [835. Daring a snow storm on the - 9th and 10:h orb:itim.y, nearly 3 feet or snizi , fell.— At one - time there was good sleighing, from the (Akio river to. the. Bay .of k'undy. .1813. A remarkably mild and pleasan t month in Philadelphia. though ' intensely siormy nod cold evenitt its'vicinity, and" par ticularly towards the north. At Montreal'and: Quebec the mercury sunk 36 beloW -zero. , 1b45. 7'illat very few instances occurred" which the mercury'sunk, belim the free*. ing point." - 1852. On the 20th of Jan. 1842, the mer cury bunk to 2111, degrees helosi zero'. It has. not gone down to _zero since, in January; until the lust month.: Animal Food. to n lecture given, by Dr. Kane to the eiti.; zcns of New York he n.entioned the fact: that the increase of cold en the human body recpiir ed a corresponding increase of animal food. if be the case; we have reason 'to believe- that the constimption of animal food' fur the %re few weeks Mita have•been much - increased in theses parts. • ' • oa the subject of-Dr. KATO •lecture, the Nae. Yuri; Evening' Pus , remarks: , •.ka opportunity has thus been given or testing the ability of the inuttan body to'resist a temperature of seventy degree:; below .ern, for .several wombs. together. The Doctor anti his party were enabled to do thiS by 'an im mense consumption ofaniinal food. the ordinary daily nllowance'to each man being-six or eight docks, or an tquivalent, in several pawls of the fat seal. ‘..Shortly after the 4fiseovery of the cotapettna vatnite of thoLatlno9betv----b-'. •:- • ford hroselnal the.theory that the animal heat (,f the 'Jody is Maintained at a uniform 'tempe rature of 98 degrees, by Means or ti liberal consumption of rood containing_ carbon in ex cess, as niiitii;bl toOd, whore the cold is severe. The most beautiful and' brilliant series of -ex peri mei)ts pro , ,ecuted by :Debi g, w ere -.those intended to establish this . theory, which they de most s:iccessfully. '•in this connection, the experiment of - Dr. Kart: and his party, in shoving the kind MIA apandist of food required to enable the human, bony to resist the depressing inflitenee of it continued low temporal...ire, for a period of time hniger than any other recorded, is ache 1ti,411- est practical value." To MAKI: Gr.,osr Swim . Bosoms.--;Thnset ladies who wish to see their 4•lfflds" wearing nice, gloAsy shirt bosoms. will do well to oh serve the following recipe : -Take two ounces white gum arabic, pAwder it in a pitglier, and Point nn a pint or more of water. according to the degree of strength you desire, and then. hating covt•red tt. Ict it yet all night. In the looming. filler it carefully from its dregs, into a clean bottle. coil: it and keep it for use. A tal,(e.c.pornifni ofglou water stirred into a pint o r starch made in the meat way, will give to ‘vllite or printed shirts a look or newness that nothing e:so can restore to them after istat•lintg." I',IONG Amimica.. , --Satnipy went to see his glarvih.thc.r, ait oid geode:Han, who was ‘% oilt to hi,course tnnelt to yonng Samuel upon The lad while taking a ride day in ht, gtaridfao - 'er's e2rriage. alter sit- Ling tior a moult tit in silence, inqulted: ••1., +int; everywhere I" my child." .• he in tills carriage?" ..Lertainly he is." all I've got to say, he's having a. splendid t hie." • Ten• grandfather lifccd his spectacles, looked. at Sawn,y,touched up horses, and said tkOL a c.vutd. O 91.1: IssrANcz or DErorioN%—tlr. Reecl, when ter cattle from )7itirarinah_ltLNorfollt_to. nurse dilriug the iceeat fearful epidemic there, ,:u•pri,etl to meet in- the street a servant woina» wirlin he had left at home- Wh?o, be log questioned /IS. to what Urougltt her there, rki,l;ed that she -had collie to nurse him if iie s!li.)uld be attache•!." 77 - A lump of gull was takert from ths Columhia luiles• tieorgia., a fins- days siueet, IMEMII Quigg„ is your hosta.tid a ICltobt A ling . goleSS SC). for Ito .told rho this tof,raing witabody Lau Lice u inaiiing a foul a iLita..! NO. 22.
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