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TERMS OF THE COMEER. , The Loit Saved. ... - Not a Drop More.
Several years ago, says the editor of the N. Twenty years ago it was the cm seem in north
. ee7The Republican Compiler jpnblished le Evangelist, we were crossing the Atlantic we,teen Georgia, as indeed throughout the
every Monday morning, by Heeal. STALILE, Oce:in. ° One afternoon the
__passengers were senthwest, for dry (roods dealetee to keep a her
, ' at $1,75 per annum if paid in adisce.-L-b'2,00 sittine in the cabin, when we heard a cry, the rel Of "epiriie" heilie - Wed: rem, etel - -
per annum if not paid in advent No sub- most fearfulthat ever tines through the ship, liberal cnstotners to a glass whenever desired.
4 Scription discontinued;-unless at 3 option of "A - man ovdebharde" eV r e fiewetfo the deck - Fillens-end-Dewiterry-w-ere-such dealers--i-n---..
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_the pu_blieber, until alte
__ orreerm ed , ...... . ,- ee.• ce 'tee in the water-,-a caleen-eone_o_f_ elue_amel I towns indicated ; and they four d
ADVEItTISFAINNTS inserted at thesuel rates.
boy who a few minutes before had gone out on I had for a cnetomer a clever trolicktne, Ole fie- '
Joa WORK - done, neatly, cheap', and with the bowsprit to brine.a seaman's clothes, and low. named Joe Denny, who drink whiskey in
dispatch. • had been swept off by a powerful wave. Ile preference 'to water always, and .whose wife
Cfleflice on South Baltimore K'et, direct- saw it corning and - tried to hold, on. but his was ' fle.h of his fleelt" in that particular.
lyopposite Wainpler's Tinning Esblishinent, little arms were too weak for a mighty billow. The old couple would come to town, trade
one and a half squares from the tort House. The wind was blowing almost a gale,- the sea quite freely,and quite freely imbibe the spirits
. . ran high, and the waves Were roaring. As the in the bock room of the dealers we have named.
, Ijaire POCtli - ship flew before the blast, the boy was every On one occasion both the old man and old
_ instant drifting farther from us. The scene at woman continued their potations inordinately ;
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My Old Companion ship's company. four hundred persons, were Wetter the drenker the old woman became, he
• gathered on deck-women crying and nil in pressed her to drinli. . .
Br =AZ& COOK. consternation, that they could not instantly At last she refused unless he"would Sweet
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; My heart has yearned, like other he; snatch him from a . watery grave. The voice en tt with a little store sager." Fillens ine
With all the fervor youth imparts,, „
' of the captain rang through the ship, ordering duleed her,and when the. old people started
• And all the earnith that feeling lend ,
the. boats to be let down, and the ship to be herne in the evening late, the old_ man could
- Ilas freely cherished .•troops of fries ee •
A change has passed O'er them and tut put about. The mate and a couple of stout se cely mount his horse, and the good wife
We are not as we used tube; . sailors sprang into the boat, and it was low- hal actually to be lifted and placed on the pit
,
.Ikfy heart, like many another heart,
Sees old companions all depart. , ered away. In an instant she touched the sea, lion bellied him. Happily she leaned one way,
I mark the names of more than one,
and with swift strokes of the oars, the seamen and her husband the other, so that the gravita
. But read them on the cold white stein drove her through the water. It was a pull thee point waehetween them ; and as she clung
• And step: teat followed where mine 4 for life. The boy by this time had drifted per- to him instinctively, they passed out of the
Now on the far-oil desert tread ;„.,,, hops half a mile astern. We saw hen' afar village safely.'
_Tie u orld leas warped some sons awe;
That once were honest as the day; off, a mere speck upon the water, now alto- Before reaching their home, however, they
Some dead—some wandering—some erae- gether lost from sight,, and now tossed into had to cross a small creek, and when their
0, oid companions are but fe4! _ view by a wave. The boat grew smaller in horse stopped in it to drink, the old lady hay
, But there are green trees on the hilt, the distance. ins reached unconsciousness, releasing her
Amid blue Bags sweeping o'er the rill;
' And there are daisy's peeping nut, ' . -Rising and falling with the waves, it some- I hold, slid quietly into the stream below. Oe.-
And dog rose blossoms roundabout. times almost sank out. of view'. Never shall I copied • with his thoughts, the old man did not
• Ye were my friends "long, long ago,,- we forget the anxiety with which we followed perceive his loss, put jogg,eti slowly home-
The first bright friends I 'sought to low;
And yet ye come, rove where I will, the boat. At length it seemed to approach ward. Arrived there, the clildren inquired
Xly old companions, faithful still.. the distant speck, a motion was made as if anxiously for "mammy," hut the old man
' And there are sunbeams, rich and fa, the men were catching at something in the could only say that she had been on the "crit-
As cheering as they ever were; water, as if " they were . pulling things on ter," and the "critter, hadn't, kicked time;
And there are fresh winds playing tihy - • . nary
' As freely a 9 in days gone by ; - board. And then the boat turned its head so he couldn't say, where she ntout be !" and
Time bi Ms' come singingas of yore,toward the ship.' 'As yet we could not see dis- threw hitnself stupid on the bed.
.
The waves yet ripple to the shore : .
tinctly whether the boy had been picked up or Girls and boys flew alone the road the old
- nowe'erl feet, rove whereer I ran ; ,
I nothing see that to me AI strange. had sunk. . man had come, yelling "mamme ! mammy !
I'm glad ! learnt to love the things
• The boat camealong 'side, and was hoisted mammy e" but, of course, no mammy respond-
That fortune neither takes nor bring- • ' up by the side of the ship with the hearty pulls ed.
. 1-113 glad my spirit learned to prize of almost all on board. We are not quite sure When they arrived at the creek, the oldest
The smiling face of sunny skies ;
'Tway well I grasped wiiii - doting hat of the result till we saw the mate step on deck, girl shouted, "there she is settin g down in the
The balmy wild flowers of the land ; wrapped' n his strong arms. a wet, shivering, creek !" , • .
For still ye live in friend hip sure, - almost dead boy. Never did we experience And there she wes seated comfortably in the
. 'My old. companionS r bright and pure. .
such feelings of relief as at that. moment. A weter, whicle came nearly up to her mouth.
Though strong may be the ties we rme,
The strangest earthly tie may break =finer of joy and apptebation, though almost 'As she swayed back and forth, now yielding
re/mei warm the lips that love us no, choked with tears, ran through the ship, a to the impetuosity of the stream, and now re-
They may, perchance, forswear the vv..
thrill like that which runs through heaven sistine it with some success, the muddy fluid
we see pale death and envious. hate '
Fling sha lows on life's dial-ph e, when a soul shipwrecked, and about to perish, veould nec isionally wet her lips, and each
, - - Notnu, the hours v,hen dark nds p, , lic, • - - • is rescued and brought hack to God ! time it did so, site would faintly exclaim with
And old companions leave ur side. ' Eyery Matt is somewhat in the situation re grim effort to smile : .
But be we Sad, or be we gay. that boy, struggling liwt strong swimmer, tm - "Not a dray more, Mr. Felons, About it's
et ite thick curls bright. or thin leeway, the sea of life : And Aileen one is saved from sweetened. " And it is to this romantic little
We never find the sprin g bloom meet
Our me.ence with asmile less sweet, " the billows which threaten to engulph him. incident in the life of the venerable Mrs: Joe
o: I an, glad I learnt to love • there goes - up front those on high, who are Denny, that we are indebted for one of our
The tangled wood and - cooing dove; •
For these will be, in good or ill, . spectators of ,the scene, a shout like the sound popular colloquial phrases.
My old companions, changeless still! of many waters. :______
. ..•.................. • ~,..... •, • .... •,... . • ---- .• - --- Mr. Grip Attends Divine Worship.
A Runaway Steamboat. ..
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,GCleft illiEireliain. Arreccentric but most arousing cruise was The Pence Tribune elecidatee excessive
• , meanness in the following story :
recently made by a steam tow boat in the wa
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ters of Southampton. harbor in 'England, the
A Model Widower , Mr. Grip, is a worshipper of ruoney,and never
particulars of which . are related by a corres-
He begins to think-of-No, 2- befceahe-weed- pendent who v. as-a n-ey-e-widness-ofethe-whole- ,Mows a half eoll , ar to pass out of his hand
without gy mg the eagle as go erze - thafrks --
.. on his hat loses its 'first gloss. Nay be seen affair. leseems that the Belmont, a reenter
him hiss ;Ikea gander." Mr. Grip is a church
' assisting young girls to a seat in ,eturch; ort steam tug, had taken in tow the ship Walter
order carts off dry crossings; forpretty fee Hood, bound from Southampton to Australia. member, Who attends divine worship with be-
Although
that are waiting' to cross over.-Iseonvinced On reaching the lower bay the sails were set
coming punctuality.
keg
it Mr. Grip is a
a
he was• never made to live alone.-His chit- on board the slep, and at the saute time the tow man of wealth, he makespoint never to
dren must be looked after, or if he asn't any; boat cast her off with the intention of returniee put over five cents on the plate, even for the ben
ireefit of "Central Africa."ehis piece of coin
would like to be looked afer-himsedf. to Seuthem Southampton for awning'. 'vessel ; but, hy
he places in the right hand pocket of his vest,
.Draws a deep sigh every time aeless rattles some accident the eliip ran into the steamer, a
on
past him with a female in it. Ie vey particn- violent crash followed, and in the confusion all
t Saturday everting, so as to "prevent mix
-a
ler about the polish of his hoots or tie fit of his heeds, including the captain and cook of th'ekes."
glove; thinks he looks very inti;estinir le latter, jumped c 'en board the sailing vessel, A •s Mr. Grip in dressing
few Sunday. sine', ~
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Tot on time wrong vest. Ile did not di scover
black. Don't walk out in ;wide! (loch with leaving their boat in charm) of a door and t•vo •
his error till the "man wide the plaint"coin
. his children; when he does, takes ire yeueze- cats-a strange crew for a steam-goine craft,
meneed debtor, up the collection. The mo
est ! Revives his old taste for inoorlialit and But her steam was up, and after a sojeession
ment Mr. Grip saw him. he commenced chas
poetry.; pines single men -with all his of pluneings and crashimes she succeeded in
heart; wonders how they contrive .o exist. shaking herself clear of the ship, and the next ins up. that five cent piece. It was rlO go, i _
Reproves little John for sayi we "Pe !"so loud, moment was seen "going; it alone," startinir however, for the smallest piece of money Inc I the Ale_
had, V l ' iii - a hall dollar:-Nef f of course. could - 17
(when he meets him in the street.) Sets his offal 'a
terrific speed, and in anything but the
not think of "thrdwing away funds" in that
face against the praciice of women going borne right direction.
''alone and unprotected" from evening meet- For a few moments her captain and crew, ltia "" er ' He a pp lied to 'his wife
e Mery, have you gut any small change .1"
irlts. -'Tells the widows hie heart aches for engineer and all, Were struck 'with dismay; the -?
~. Not a cent,'
'en] ! Woralers-which of all the clause's he _
]oneeiliererferedrud d ti---wa s-seen-da slam e wild-
— I Illee n turned - to his son : all
sees, he shall make up his mind to mow!' ! Is ly tO and fro,•while the fierce haeking of the
"Got any small change, George."
' scurry that he shall he obliged to disappoint dog, who evidently knew little of navigation
"Nothing but a sheltie',"
thern all but one! Has long since preferred or steering, rendered the scene at once absurd
"Well. halide here, and give me your knife.
orange blossoms to the cypress wreath. Starts and terrific-ludicrous and friehtful. Mean-
I'll stick hen on lour cents any way,"
some fair day and re-furnishes lOs hruse front while the captain of the steamer, having re-
Sayine this, Mr. Grip took the knife and
garret to cellar ; hangs his wife's portrait in covered his presence of -mind and compte;,tere,
the attic, (shromended in old hlankets,) and mar-. obtained a small boat, and with his men, start- drew it across his son Georee's shilling. 'By
--,ties a playmate of-his-eldest daughter. . e - . ..
„ eeffr ",_ e _ r _ a _ f _ t _ o . , this means, Mr. Grip reduced its value to eight
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cents ant te t totter or 1 ,e next. two I ays.
he was well under way she had altered her • - • cal ?leer
The Model Widow. Mr. Grip tea character. Io do another out cf
course, and from some cause or other came "'eh
- She wouldn't wear a veil up on any account. round and set out for the point whence she had four cents, efeords him as much pleasere as to
weevi'
Thinks her complexion fairer than ever, in started, thus makingl -• le • I t
or t encl.' mg a comp e e make two shillings in any legitimate manner.
testib
contrast with her sables. Sends back her c i rc l e . The men bent lustily to their oars,
A Cold Greeting.
dress because the fold of crape on the new but the chased steamer dodeed, shied, and cir- ed •
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skirt isn't drop mourning. enough.-Steadily cled about in the most erratic manner, the "Good mawnin, nieea," said a ended up, per
refuses to look in the direction of a dress coat dee keeping. up an incessant harking and howl- shivering derkey as he encounted a half-frozen el
ler-one week. Wonders if that handsome hie, as thought endeavoring - in this way to "Jllied" aequaintance ice Cie Street. it
Tompkins. who passes her window every day, heed her off or brine her to reason. "Don't, don't, call dis.a good inacwnin." re. c
is sane enough to think that she will ever - mar- Soon she shot off in a new direction, and totted the latter ; "elk is de was maw nin 1 eher
, •ry ageren e is very fond of drawing off her now made directly for a liebt-ship in the outer eecountered in all my trabels. Wot you link
glove and resting her little white hand on her harbor. Here the men on the look out descried is do cause of dis extraordinery spell oh wed
black bonnet, Thinking ite would he-suggestive Led e position, and !ravine manned their own der ?"
of an early application fet the same. Con- boat also started in pursuit. The race now be- "I can't splain it on any feelosophieal prin.
cludee to give tip hotesekeepiree and try beard. came truly exciting, the course of the steam- sillies I hal) about nee juet new, but I heard a
log at a hotel, Accepts Tompkins' invitation tug beeornine• more and more uncertain, nel i
w_i_te M,lll say (fat de wor:d, which in ornary
in "attend the children's concert," just to please she shifted to and fro at the sport of the treaters times rebelhe on its axe, has dis year turn'il
little Tommy ! Tummy is delighted and o
f the chary-el. BY this time, however, she i only half round, and dad de cold side has stuck
thinks 'Tompkins is a very fine gentleman to had nearly rein her rare, her steam was get- Fast out Olir way."
give hen so entice candy and so merry little e n low, and, at leriothi• her sped- gradually "teat rouser be de way oh it-dam's a ea:is fie
lion bons. His mamma begins to admit cer- diminishiA, her paddles Alnlped, and she ulti- tory explanation. The big wheel ore which de
tame little alleviations of her sorrow, in the innately gave in from sheer l exhaustion. The world rebolbs has , perohaltly flax up, but 11 • ---
Sill pe•n I p rotracted conversations, i.va 1k s, rides, crew from the lieht-ship were the free to hopes dry el thaw it g oo n."
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cane, &e. . I -the Iv, .-..• ,_ ~
- board leer, her own crew coming up a • - 4- nar - valist, air
She cries a little when Tommy asks her if twenty initiates after. else was at length (rout veling.
she has not forgotten to plant the (lowers in a hit, working order and hrooeht safely into - ---
certain cemetery. Tornphins comes in. and Southampton dock, where she was sentenced PRETTY RAPI D.-A n old man and Lis son,
thiliks her lovelier than ever, 'smiling through to undergo complete repairs after her frolic.-,- neither of them very well informed as to rail
her tears. Tommy is sent out into the earden It is said that the crew were fully justified in roads and their use, chanced one day to be at
to mike "pretty dirt piles," (lathe utter"deeno- leaving her as they did, site heir. ii; imminent work in a field near a railroad tray R
ke ail•
lition of a new frock and trousers.) aiul rrturrts peril of noire/. down.-New Orhans Picayune. roads were, a novel einetitutien," to them, and
very uneepectedly to find mamma's cheeks -- when a train of cars shot by, a thought was
very rosy, and to he tn:lzed up in the air by ( A woman will cling to thin• chosen oh- suggested to the lad, who said to his .parent :
Tompkins, who declares himself his "new, je aof Ler hear: like a preeeten to a ‘'um tree, "Dee, why don't you take a ride in the
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new papa!"
___ and you can't separate her without Snappo !n cars„sorne day 1"
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no art em mend and havin , 7 a peeler] "Take a ride in the ears ? Ne 'my, I haint
Btusims.-What a mysterious thing Is a of e ' ,
her sour on the upper leather of your effete eet time. my some"
blush ! That a single word, a look, or a trolls. She wi l l sometime.; sea soinetlilint toI •""G it time I Thunder! You can 'To any
thought, should send that inimitable carnation n 5 ,, ? n ,,n, i ,,,, T ,, cal nisi, w ti.re in tile ljuic er I. tan you can sta . ) at
love where otl;ers Can ' - - ' 1 ' - cars k I • '
. over the cheek. like the soft tints cf a summer and when her fi,,ldr; , -:., is owe , teetemeed on a ho/lie !"
Sun Set! Strange, too. that it is only the face
fellow. it stick ' s like tilde and mulaesee in a -
•-that is capable ofblushing? The hand or the r":-..Y .- 1 am afraid you will t,t•hri.i to want," S r i'
bustle head of hair. "
foot does not turn red with modesty or shame, Y • _ ' sae; an old-lady to tier datiglitei.. in
any more than the glove or the sock which . ..1, leap yea r party, cnneistine of nine "I have, conic to want a l I'm-ally." was the re- w•ttet•
. tovers it. It is the face that is the heaven of 'couples. were crossing. the river fro,n R e el,. ply, e 1 want a nice yowl!, wen ," 'lie bee
—Abe soul -There way !re erected the intellee- I vine to lipa,rdstown,lll.,in a sleigh. The sleigh- -•-•- -- -- - - ---------
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lira! phenomena, with a confidence ainountin,r
to moral certainty. A single blush should put
the infidel to shame. and prove to him the ab
sur:lity of his blind doctrine of chance.
desolve before a cheerfu'_
lil,e snow-drifts before the sun.
sunk near tl,e cenTre of the•river, and all were
lust-
itz!&•.old bread may be made as good as
new, by dipping the loaf in cold water, then
pettina it in the oven after the bread is drawn,
or a stove, and let it be well heated through.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MOIV:--
has been deposited in the Park, B.Ank, N. Y
It weighs over ten tons.
Frank Allen, a race horse well-known
in Virginia, has been bought by a cornnany of
gentlemen at Columbus, (x'a., for es,ooo.
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AY, APRIL 14, 1856.
' A Wolf Story.
A•fiiend from Wetzel county, Virgittia,,haa
_communicated to the Editor of the Rico:Ham/-
Daily Dis'palch an interesting account of a
1-ratlier-v.tit-b-l-e—wolf, who lius rrouie_4l - ,
region ci country the theatre of his exploits.
appelrAuccs in ),Veiv.el sortie
four years ago, and has ever since that time
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.seen constantly Increasing and. Mal - Urging .
circle of his acquaintance. He seemed to
possess some fascinations of manner winsuat
in a wolf, for he managed to ingratiate himself
so thoroughly with the dogs of the neighbor
hood, that they- lrcaine; his associates and
friends, and all jogged on together on the most
intimate and confidential terms. ills influence
over his natural enemies was very great, and,
they soon began to look up to hint as their
leader and master. So long as they manifest-,
ed a kindly and loyal spirit; he condescended
to be good hutnored and friendly with them ;
but so soon as they became peevish or discon
tented; a simple clinch of his jaws. crushing
them through the body, and' prod acing, instant
death, imbued their companions with a thorough
conviction of the ,value of O i ce r f u lness a n d
contentment. This 'formidable animal seemed
to regard it as a perfect pastime to he pursue d
lty the largest• pack •of hounds, and by -bull
dogs, cur dogs. and all the rest of dog kind.
The-hunters of Wetzel. howeve . r, inspired by
an offered -reward of 8200, organized thein•
selves under the command of art expenenced
leader; and coin tneneed a rermlar campaign
against his Wolfship, in the month of Derem-.
ber last. The 'campaign 'hoed thirty days.
and 'was kept up amidst the intense- cold of
that region, the assailants suffering, much from
frost and the want of food. The wolf, how
ever .successfully defied their attack, and, in
fact, appeared to hold them in so little fear,
that he contrived, daring the chase, to pay a
visit to the house of a farmer, with whose dog
he had. on a former occasion.; formed an agree
able acquaintance. His social impulses,,,
liuw
ever, proved his ruin,' for the . master
dog received him most inhospitably with a
shot from a rifle ; and on his• retiring indig
nantly"to a neighboring forest, he unluckily
enconqered—rt Nimrod, who gave hint his
death wound. The destruction of this. waif
has caused 'great rejoicing in Wetzel cou nty,
whose • people, had - lost not less than two
thousand dollars worth of property from the
ravages of this monster.
Death of a Son of Molly Pitcher.
The Carlisle Democrat notices the death in
that place, on Thursday of last Week, of Ser
ureant John L. Hays. an - old resident of Car
lisle, and a soldier of the war of 1812, Ser
geant-Hays was born on the day of the battle
of Lexington, and was consequently 85 years
of age. lie - was the son of the celebrated
Molly Pitcher, who distineuished herseff at
the battle of Monmouth, and of whom Ileadly
in fits "Life of Washington," gives the fol
lowing account :
"It was during this part of the battle,"
(when Gen. Lee was strugirli 11 , 2 nr) biy agai v st
the overwhelmityr numheN that pressed on
him,) "That - an TrbilimanTw - fole servityr
gun, was shot down. His wife', named
ly, only twenty-two years of inie, employed
herself, while he loaded and fired r his piece, io
bringing water from a spring near by. While
returning with a supply she saw him fall, ;11)1!
heard the officer in command order the giro
he taken to the rear. -She immediately tan
forward, seized the rammer, declaring that she
would avenge his death. fought her piece
like a ht-ro to the last. The next monthly,
Greene, who had been struck with her bravery,
presented bet to Washington. wine immediate
ly prcrnoted her to a sergeant, and afterward
had her name put op the half-pay list far life.
Previous to this, she fired the last !Pal when
the Americans were (Nivea' from Furt Mont
gomery."
At the close of - the Revolution, Mnlly Pitch
er took up her residence in Carlisle, where
she was known as Molly Mtauley. She
lived to an advanced age, touch respected by
rfed — with nrilitary—ltutrura,
Preservation of Wheat from Weevil.
Numerous remedies have been proposed to
protect wheat from the riivves of weevil, hut
the most of them have.• beer, impr.imitable or
too expensive. M. Cailat, in France, reeom
xnei.d.- 1 •.n RP of tar as t certain and econouti-
cal agent for their destruction. lie says :
"The efficacy of tar in driving away the
weevil and preserving the grain, is an incnn
testible fact. My father had, a long time ago.
his g„ranaries, barns and the whole house intest
ed with these inserts: so much so that - they
penetrated, Into all the chests among, the linen.
lie placed a - Piperf cask, impregnated with tar
in the hare, and then in the granaries": at the
end of some hours the weevils were -seen
climbing, along the wall by myriads, and fly
in,* in all-directions from the cask. On mov
ing the tarred yes;el fr o m place to place. the
premises were in a few days cleared of the
troublesome and pernicious guests. The Ag
riculturist who wants to get rid of weevils
may as snort as he perceive-3 their presenee, lilt •
pregnme the surf use of gomc old [flanks with
tar, and then place them as is required in his
granaries.—Care must be taken to renew the
tar irorn . time to time in the course of the year,
:o prevent the return of the,insects."
An anPedotP is told of Finney, the
lie was ‘.holdi ntr' forth" in Rochester, and in
.calking along the canal one day, came across
a boatman who was swearing furiously. Go
ing up he confronted hilt., and abruptly asked,
"Sir, do you know where yon are going ?"
The unsuspecting boatman innocently re
plied that he was going up the .anal on the
hoat t“lotinny Sand,"
- —No, sir, you at" not," continued FinnPy,
, you are going to hell falter than a canal hunt
Can CnnVey you,"
The boatman !oohed nt him in astonkliment
for a - ' fro) te. -- anci - thin - mturnt-ti -I ht. liresti
"Sir, do you know wlnt ro you ate going r
exret to 1, , 0 to hedritn."
`•N o, sir. you re zidax io the canal.' And
suitinv: the action to toe ‘c cr(l. he took Finney
in his arms and tossed titan in the intir . .‘y
w , t te r s, ArcliPre he wOidd I , ave dr,Avni-d ii d not
t h e b oa t man relented and li , ll. d hill! 01)1.
Jamey r S. Shute, of Woburn . , Mass., whom
the lio•=ton Traveler calls an "armour zooloz•
Ist," has kept a tortoise two an I tile
months without fond. It intore:tirpr
experiment—to Om "irriweqr." hot w ou ld
he like to have it trio 4 u,)on
Doluatir
Ornrral
nn Arrigt intrlligrntr,
President Polk's Monument at Nadhville,
Tennessee. ,
On a beautiful lot in the vicinity of thein h
e -
cap
itol stands the residence of the late President
ig
t - -
o t. - 3 ' I ' - - . it''
front of the house, looking towards the city,
you may-see a Modest monument, built of the
unestone,
native
scrlptions :
On the entablature—
JAMES KNOX POLK, Tenth President
of the United States, born Nov. 51, 1795, died
June 15, 1849. •
On the Ist side of the monument--
The moral remains
of
JASIFS - KNOX
- -
are resting in thaymault beneath.
He was horn in Mecklenburg county,
North Carolina,
and emigrated, with his father,
Samuel Polk. to Tennessee,
in 1806.
The beauty Of virtue
was illustrated in his life.
The excellence of Christianity
was exemplified in his death.
On the 2d side
life was devoted to
the public service. He was
elevated sisecestlively to the first
place in the State and Federal
Governments ; a'member of the -
General Assembly ;
A member of Congress and
Chairman of the most important
Congressional Committees;
Speaker of the liquse of
• Representatives;
Governor of Tennessee. and
PRESIDENT. OF VIC
UNITED STATES.
On the 3tl side there is no inscription.
_On
:he 4th side is the following :
13y his public policy — he defined, _
established. and extended the
Boundaries of his country. :
Ho-planted the laws of the,
American 'Union
on the. shores of,the Pacific.
this inflitence and his counsels
tended - to organize the
- National Treasury
on the principle of the
(,3onstittition,
and to apply the rule of
Freedom to Navigation, •
l'ratle and
Industry.
There are a gieat many April Fools in the
world, says the Philadelphia Sun. The indi
vidual whoSe ingenuity is taxed in adorning
npthing good, nor weeded his . mind of evil;
6 who has been heaping up gold, and thereby
ned- ns-wany ea res-antl-inuietudes-att-th •
are coins in his strong box; he who Wile
(laced himself from affluence to poverty—are
all fools—April Fools. He who has suffered
himself to be lifted to a station for which he
is unfit, does but stand upon a pedestal to
show the world an April Foil:, The gray
haired man, who has sought the joys of wed,-
lock with a girl in, her teens; and the young
girl who has 'vedded an old man for his
wealth—are a pair of April Fools.• The,mar
ried couple, who have linked themselves for
life upon a week's liking; the ill-matched
pair, who turn their backs towards each
etheaiinstead of making the best of a bad bar
gain ; the lover, who is downcast for a dam
sel's fiek teness—a II are April Fools. ,Thefir
mer who has left a happy homestead to mi•
grate to the "far west ;" the frosh•cheeke
youth who has ruined his health with dissipa
tion ; ,the young lady who indulges in novel,
reading when there is a shocking hole in her
stocking, or white,her weary mother is scrubb
ing the duor step; the young man who drink,
smokes, chews ant swears, yet won ers W ly
he is repudiated in good society ; the man
who don't advertise his businsss, yet won
derswhy hi-s neighbor over ti te w y prospers
so well, who does advertise ;"Tfie man Who
won't spend a few cents a week fora news
paper for his children, yet spends twelve
timee that amount a week in tobacco—alto
gether form quite a motley of'teols. But the
oroatest I.ml or all is the man who inflicts a
wound on his own conscience.
First of April Hoax.
The'New York Times serves up a fine fresh
poisson d'. l lnril. A young and pretty woman,
rather thinly dressed, for these raw spring
mornings, was seen turning the corner of Sec
ond avenue and Thirteenth street, on Tuesday.
at an catty hour, bearing under her shawl a
large bundle. She moved along the flagging
at a rapid pace. until she stood before the door
of a physician, who lived in the neighborhood.
. s s * -- glattec—a-riutrai—altd—a # •
careful one at the closed shutters of the vicini
ty, she dropped her burden into an ash-barrel,
and hurried on. JoN'AniAN E. KEouGns, Esq..
who was taking his ante-breakfast walk, ob
served the movements of the woman, and sus
pecting
all was not right, gave chase to her,
shouted "Police," contrary to the rule, secured
the services of a star, and, by this time pretty
well escorted by rag-pickers, school boys and
passing men. led the poor shivering female back
to the ash-barrel. She sobbed Terribly: and
protested it was nothing ; but the policeman
agreed with Mr. lieoughs that infanticide was
too grave a crime to go unpunished. The
crowd gathered Iround the barrel to investi
gate the contents nr the bundle. It was found
to consi,t of an old silk apron wrapped around
a b o dy some twenty inches in length. and
w h i ch i nu.;l have died some days before. Feel
ings of inflignation and shame for our per fal
-14•11 hutulinty gave place to an earnest de.:iie
out of the crowd as a. H forward urchin
RBI
snalclied on and strung tto ea cat arflUin.
hi,4 head. and the distressed female sot..,bed
Mr. KE:),:(;ns' ear---April fool.
'Gov. Polloc!‘ has vetoed the bill for the
ciccuull of a Public printer.
(2),urrtising,
Baring the (oil o tti
April Fools.
3mormtut,
Philadelphia, Whif,lll.
lion. enssues GILPIN, for Many 'Ors '
Mayor of the city of Philadelphia, and always
a Wbig . till the bulk of his party ran oirte . th),
[ow--N-01-1 ,t+tv;4loles- v .
racy.. Ho Ho has made speeches at several Dem-
ocratic meet Ings.recent
`At Ore last muting-he
, )
mg resolution was passed unanimously :
Reiolved, That , standing, as we do,mpon
the eve of one of the most momentous Prepi.
dential canvasses :n the histavy of the nation,,
it is'with no 'ordinary feelings of solicitudirtin4,. ]
welcok around for a fitting,person to occupy
the position of Chief Magistrate.
,That ua
Pennsylvanians we feel proud 'in the fact 'dial
the ;nen who seenatibest qualified for that '2vellir
office - ,7is - to befoun - d - within -- ,tha*rders-of - our
own State, and that we cordially - cnilorpe the _
sentiment expressed by the late State Coireen.;
*ion, that the Hon. James Buchanan is the,'
man whom ,the wishes of the people and Alt P
good of the nation, demand for -.the office Or
President.
'Die Philadelphia News, which :gives a
strong support to FILLOIORIC• - acquses, Hon.
V 1 ra. B. peen, -the distinguished District
torney of that city, with, having deciared,nin?- •
se:f in favor of Mr. BUctiANAN.
doubt the charge is true; and wit iroagidithat
if the News pursues its Investigations, it1 , 14411'
find plenty tnore..prominent and' even - rdistia.;'
guished Whigs who have cast theii hist vote -
agOtist the Democratic party. safoto sify
thai in the event of Mr.. Buoniivet's•noiviint-i
don for the Presidency, twenty thon9aillPenn•6
syliania Whigs,-the best rain of they Old Whi'g. •
puny, Will vote for him against 'anyKnOir
Nothing; or - : Black Republican, or -4 hrtiiteta
breed," on the Moo of" the earth .-- brit. Sprit.
../I,enry Clay on Catholicism.
The 'foltowing, letter from Kentucky's—.
America's - , eloOent son was addressed to
Gardner Jones', President' of'th e Universitrur
Notre Dame. do Lao, near South 4end, In& •
ana:
WAstinurropr, March 23e1850.,
DEAR SIR':--I have received and attentively
perused the letter which, at the instance of tho
president and faculty ti` the University of the
Notre Dame do Lao,, you addressed . to the the ,
4th inst., In that letter they have done inethe '-
bettor to express' their i'pprobatiOn of 'a stitherh .
of mine in the Senateefithe United States, the:
object of. which wad 'to .heal,all ,differences,
and, amicably t.o,adjuot All controversies, aris.
ing out of the existence ofslovery in The Unite&
States. ' Stich testimony 'proceeding• frOm . -a
highly respectable body: of. gentlemen, .retired
from the -world, and. regarding,, justly. the ink. ,
tereste which belong too another and futirre,otatti.
of existence as pm motiettO all' others; affords' :
rue an inexpressible Ogre° of satisfeetien..:: •
Nor is thiel , :atAll..dimioished. by-, the fact,
that we happen to profess different religious:.
creeds.; for I have never believed that that of .
..ihe Catholics was anti.American'endhostile
to civil linerty.".'• On -the contrary, I hays, ;,
with great pleasure, and, with I since ,
teeertvic,;,,
Lion, pn,several, puhlie,occasions, b o rne
many to my perfect persuasion' that Catholics .c
were as much devoted to - eivildlibertyouul as
much- animated , by. "pettiOtiant, -as those 1010. :
beiong.to the, Protestant creed. ? " • .'
1 ant not surprised that, in.the seclusion or;,,
those whom you represent, great - sollatudo , J
should be felt for the safety and preservation
of that Union which is our surest guarantee
of peace; ,order, liberty, and publics happiness.
I hope and believe that:dangers which.anpean. :
ed to threaten it have diminished ; hut„there is
still. great occasion for the exercise of a spirit
of cuncord, mutual concessieri.Tand - harmony, •
•requestiou to present to the president and •
faculty assurances of-my respectful acknowl
gments. and accept those of your respectful
and obedient servant', H. MAY.
Doutiv i ess. 7 Major Donelson bays, that if
General Jackson were alive -he would be with :,
him (Major D.) Doubtless. But then if Gen- 9
eral Jackson were alive Major Donelson Would'
. - • e would' be a Dina-
Demi. Arid so' he arid General Jackson would
be together. Or, ifnot, General. Jackson was
death Irailots, and Major Donelsou would
be nowhere.
ONE Olt THE OTHER.- Joseph A. Gilmore
has stied John B. Clark, editor of the Man.'
Chester, N. FL, Mirror fora Jibe!, demanding '
$20,000 damages. E. J. M. Hale has also
commenced another libel , suit against said
Clark, demanding $30,000 damages. Either
Editors are very rich down in New Hampshire,
or Messrs Gilmore and Hale will have their
tabors for their pains, even should they recovm.
m.—Erie Observer.
DEATH FROM THE PMLADELPHIA NOMLNIA 4 O.,
TIONS.—The Portsmouth Daily Herald,- one of;
the half dozen papers in Ohio, which hoisted
the Fillmore flag, has died out fur want Cot,
GEORGIA AND HER RemaoADs.--Georgia is
nearly check tiered by railroads, and yet aba
stands before the world with a debt of only
two millions six hundred and twenty-four:
thousand two hundred and twenty-one dollars,
nvinst her on the balance sheet. No other
State in the Union can point to the same
amount of works of internal improvement, and*
show so small an indebtedness.
man and his wife have been arrested,
in Boston, for ••sweating" Spanish quarteri:
This operation netted them about five cents
on each piece, as they put the coin into a ma•.
chine, and clipped the entire edge of a thirst
strip.
strip.
^'L'lle Wyandotte corn, whose prolific
a • I • I ; 1.11 , I 0•
nounced at the Patent Office to bo compara
tively worthless, either for distillation or fat.:
teningt.purposea. For fodder'it might be val
uable.,
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