' • T erms - of Publication, Two DoLtAits per annum, payablesemt-annually drance: - .lrnot 'paid-within the , Year, $2. 5 0 will be 15r4poss :491lIvered bythe Poet ffideililibeiintrg. ed* cents extra ' •'• - = ' —..•, • . , ~ , , • I.•.''.‘ADVERTISEMENTS 'l3lf THE -.YEAR. , -- ~• 1... One Coriimn;' - 0200 Two Squares. . . .; • „iro ,otr,oo 0 Threamirtbsilti. 1500 One Square. ' - , i Half, , ,-- do.. -12.P0 'Businesseards,slinea 3,00 Advartlsemeute - net exceeAng a square of twelve lines will be chatged -$1 for three insertions—and 50 cents for one tosertion., , Five lines or tinder; 25 cents for each insertion . • 4 '; :: . ..` t ' All tiiertisa mats willbsinierteduntilorderedout. unless the time for which ;hey aref,to be contained is specilied,and will be charged accordingly.. The charge to hiereltantivirill ba $lO, per annum.— They, will have the privilege of keeping 1 advertisement, not exceeding one square. standing d uring the year, and / a the insertion of a smaller one in el; paper. - Those who occupy a larger space will be barged extra. An notes for rueetirtes.andproCeediegs of meetings tiit considered of general interest,arid many other no ices which' beim been' inserted heretofore gratuitously, with the, exception! of :Marriages and Deaths. will be Charged: is advertisements. Notices of Deaths, in which it., tations are extended to the friends and rela tives of thajdeceased to attend the funeral. will bechar. ged as advdrtisements. ' -•- [ . .. All letters addressed to the editor n ust be pret paid,- otherwise no attention will be paid to them. • fizr Paesphtets,Cheehs; loardie *144 Lading and fhatibills of every degeriptioh, neatly printed at this • UJicent ehelowesecash once, Vrif XI GEL , E, • Indian Vegetabe Pills. - _ Of the Worth American College o Health. As op pears by the following circumstpneer, are fast att• perseding the use of all other , f';ilts Otto UNIVERSAL. natazov i for the.purification itthe blood. and as a consequence, Me eradication a DISEASE from the • HUMAN SYSTEM: 1 1110,11A8 it JAMES BATTY,. 13114.V1NG ,been duly appoioed County Agent a- I F' for the sale,;ll Itirge or small quantities, of the ranted article, suggeit the folloWing as strong pre ,sualptive proof, that Ithe claim elf this medtcire to "public confidence, is founded On unquestionable and we believe, unquestionable authorityi ' ' Letter' from Mr. Canifield. Travelling Agent for the United States. 1 • - TTY. T.& 3. BE, , • Messrs. "1 L. 4.. , Ai 4, ~... I .bereatith enclose for your service in the way of adiertiaing. the notice of Stichter & McKnight, successors to Keim & Stichter. Reading, who are agents fereßrandreth Pills, and perhaps for others. You will_perceive the force of their • language, un der these circumstances, and mY business is to ap. prise you of the testimony w..le the gentleman to whom they refer have alrerdy gi en,—four of them prior to the-reference, and one, Mr. G.; 'H. Miller, since the reference. but Without_ eing informed of it byime, or in any manner allot! rig to it. h 1 ) STiCirra, & AI'KIIGII7.‘ ( US . successors to Keim & Stichter, Reading) having been duly. appointed -county agents for the excellent and superior medi chic abeVe named, are now prepared to supply the demands of-former agencies, and will be• gratified by the appointment and supply or new ones, on the . usual liberal terms.'„ ‘t - . r " Fertile character of these pills, we refer with •confiderice, but without asked consent,. to the fol. lowing named gentlemen , whnlieve sold them long enough •to know their true value 'in comparison_ with any othre now, an marker,.i Their relative lo cation gives every . facility tod t x4 inquirer who de serves to obtain, either for sale, or use, a first rate article." ' ; • ' ' 'k; ! , t To take- them Wesatnsecutive Order, then Mr. C. W. Porter. P. liC,:. Maiden Creek, 'Jan, 2.6. took of me on entomisaton, 6 doz. Since that time, be pur chased Of K. &'S. Reading.6.doien, and on the 4th Mat: took ,6 dozen of me, stating:. that he never had a medicine which brought back' so good a rep7rt. nor one which had so-ready a'sale. As he is Post Mister, any person can easily 'and 'cheaply ascer tain whether my veracity .can be impeached end at the same time, learn what other p ills, he sells or has sold. ' : - Mr. G.-,H. Miller, of Briekensville, had re quested. me to appoint him an .agent for Womels. dorf, because he well know the Value of the article. 'April 20th he took of me 4 dozed., and ori the 24th inst. he had sold 26 hoxes, it being in• Womelsdorf, -a new article, and bought 2 dozen more. : - This , statement is similar to,the foregoing. _ To Mr. 51'Kinty, one dozen were sent at a ven ture, perhaps in December. Jan. 25, I left him 2, dozen on commission, aad on thd 11th inst. he paid• me for. 7 dozen stating, as do the others, that.; - nu medicine with which ,he is acquainted has as good _. - a name and so ready a sale. I i - ' - • Peter Kline, Post Master, haslsold to a man who has the white swelling. probablyi near 60, whom I seen, and who states, that no other remedy has ten._ dared hies any seriace. but that; this hat, and now that he persuaded to persevere; lam fully persua ded he Will entirely recnver. , 1 Sam el Weider, Post Master;sells the other pills, _but stank, that'he finds 4 of e these equal to S or 9 of them-t-that7thrit he had thee' less than 4 months, and the others several years; of these he now sells abuut 10 boxes where,he has, a call for one of the other sort. He mentioned 0 wanton who has du. ring several years suffered by the rheumatism. and though other ,remedies had been invoked, she has not found any benefit, save in the use oPthese pills. ; t I would "add much general and particular intor mition; but.shall defqr to a mote convenient oppor tunity an exposition which mustbe interesting to all who are liable to diseases. To the business in hand, the reference, I have paid he! attention at seems to merit, and I thus lentos it with the earnest de sire-that it may be read with candor, and produce the effect to which truth is always entitled. `Respectfully. R.'€ CAMFIELD, •: Travelling Mgt. United States: Pottsville, May 29 . 1 ,• . ‘,22—tt ~ • The .following, named gentlemen compose the list otagents for this county an vicinity, ea far as they are at present received'. Other names will be added es agents Shall be appointed. •- ' - .• T. &J. Bea', Pottsville, [ . , Daniel Say lor,Schuylkill Ile en, ' • • , Caleb Wheeler, Pinegrove, • , . • John. Snyder, P. M. Friedensburg, • J. 4 G, Matz, Port Clinttin, : . B. K. Miller, McKeansbnrg, • ; Wm. Taggart, Taniaqua,, t../ ' F. Drey & CO. Tuscarore, 1 • Samuel Buyer, Middle Port, 1 Seidel & Co. Hamburg, I [ - - • J, Wiest, Klingerstown i. I l' . • Aaron Matthews. 51. P. , _LoWer Mabantango Jacob Kauffman. Upper . 'do - .1 -- Kauffman. '._ ;I do - du" F.: 1 F.Harner, P. M. Millersburg, (Bethel P. 0.) T. S. Shindel, Gratztown.'' • . Principal Cilfice, 169 Rate • st. Philadelphia, . ' WIL LIAM WRIGHT,- . i Vice Pressi [lsl. A. Col. Health. ' Salmon, Shad Henley Alba. No.l 1! No. 1 Salmon, - Mess Shari, Coil Fish; Burlington Herring,' Rigby do ~ Bologna Sausages, Smoked Beef, ' S:noked Tongues, Jersey & Western Shouldere & Flitch. Cheese. , - • ,Pine - Apple Cheese, :1 Sap Sago do ' • 1 _ Fruit, I • Fresh Pickles. - Just received and for site y , . , • Q. HENDERSON. • May 29' 11 -' Snlkey 4r, Gig lips. JUST received a fresh supply of beatiten and en, air eerier manufactured Riding ,Sulke*, and' Gig Whips which will be soldich•ap theisoiscriber. Also 'a lot of 'abet walkink •ed riding whalebone, switeliec ' • • - • • . , OACHARD OrtEWERYb - :'.GLORGE:#I4=2I.I ILWAS' rr eonstantly - on hand aasiortment of Fresh WaREER, ALE, POR2ER,'AND. BROWN ETQUT, whieh he is always toady to sell whole sale and retaillat the lowest !atm - May q 2 . • -+ . ". 1 . •;,•' ~-.:': ,:•• j : -1 ... r ... 4 , , ....X ... ".' - ..„ ... : ..,:. . -J - • .1) ... ' ' 4 '-•,- . - I. - . , .--,-- ~ .. . ~ . . ... _ .. . . , . .• voL. TIIE WIFEPS APPEAL'. • _ You took tee. %MO% wheri a girl, •Unto your home'and heart, - To bear in4lll. your .after life A fond attd• faithfal part; - And, tell mc,;, have ti ever tried That duty to forego, - • Or' irie:v'd hectiose F i tted not joy When you were Runk ,in type Na:— I wciuld rathdy shire your tear Than any other's glee. • For though, you're teething to the world, You're ail the timi,ld to me : -; - You make tr palace of my shed., This rough hewn bench a throne: There's suntightwforime in youremiler, And music in goal. tune; , • , look upon you Whqn yen sleep, My'eyes with teats - giztv dim, • - 1 1 cry," 0 Parent of the poor, • ' Look dciwn Born beset' on hid': Behold him toil froth diylciday, Exhaustinistren4th and soul, Oh, look with.therey on him, Lord, FotThou coast mike him whole." And when at laze relieving sleep • llasorpo my eyelids siniled, • How otf are they, foibid - to close . 'ln slumber, by out child? • I I take the little main:isms That spoils my span of rest„ And feel it is a part4ifehee . I I. lull upon' my breast. , There'a only one retirrn I crave, . , I -may not:need itllong: .. ; And it may soothe thee when-I'm whe The wretched feel no wiong: 1 ask not\ for a kinder tone, 1 For thou wert ever kind : I ask not for less frukal fare; My fuel do not s tuind ; I ask aot for attire more gay, - If such as I have; got Suffice to inake'ine fair to thee, For more I merit:in" not: But I'wouldask'soute share of hours That you on "Oohs" bestow— Of knowledge whictt you prize so owe Alight I not something knoW Substract from meetings amongst men Each eve in hou4 for\ me.; Make me companiou of your soul,. As IL may safely be: • , If you will read, ; sit and work, Then think whet you're away, • Less tedious I shall find the time, Dear William ? of your slay. A meet companion on I'll be For ;your most stitaiouehours, And teachei of thostilittle-Ones You call your cottage flowers: And if'we be not riai and great, • . We may be wise and kind, 1 And ae my heart can warm your hear So may youritiind my mind." F ORE /64 EX TR ACT Si When the reforM candid Otes were at,Hil ari.old Man, with a purple and °ran in hts coat, joined the crowd, mounted on al profusely decorlated with blue ribons. I tHollol master, why you pre for both sit .Oh, no, Why, you wear the colors of both mill 'W by, you see, I dunner like coercion ad my party, and let my ass go wi' hie'n. At, a recent trial, rematking, upon evidence. Mr. „Justice Coleridge; in summing up, observed that al though the evidence of woman who' letra'dresolute course of life was not on that account wholly/alien,. titled to belief, still jus . tjeti required that fheir tjesti mony,should not be received with the -same implicit credit as that ofs modest,woman ; becauSe vihen . a female threw off her modesty die gener a lly-threw off a great deal more. - A splendid now frigate, the Cambria, was launch 'ed from Pembroke dockyird on the 14th nit.. Tho' rated at only 36 guns, her toanagela alaio'st equal to the old 74 win ships, beingi 1622, and her guns will be of proportionate calibre.' The Collingwood, an 84 gun ship, is to be launched in August. Queen Victoria sometimes gets hard Yuba from her loving subject& Here is one. In an e4planation with Melbourne, on the subject of the Corn laws, she was told that it was in contempjation to propose a fixed duty of eight shillings per quarter 'on foreign grain. • After musing in silence for a minute ortwo, she replied , .Why, that will amount. to just thirty two Milling, per sear. The Lime-ick Chronicle says :-14 distinguished field-officer, totally blind; was , led to the L hymeneal altar, lest week, by a blooming bride, fair, fat and forty. This ii a matter of fact illustration of the .well known poetical saying that 'Love is 61ind. A steam packet communication has bee* ,estab. tithed between;Cardigan and Liverpool.' i• • The coal and iron trifle is said to very brisk- in Wales. : r - .So the Queen is to be confined agai* before the end of the year,' remarked a Mend to Ro l gers. ' 'Confined.' exclaimed Sam, is 'hardly a proper term to_use for that to Which it teems there is to be no limit.' I , • woman was walking along Piccadilli, when the tray of a butChei came. in Contact. with her shoulder, and dirtied her dress. •The deice .;takeithe . tray I', exclaimed she in a pet: rAh; but the deuce can't take the : tray, replied the little romp•areak, With the greatest gravity. , " - - . . An English Vapor, speaking of the Whig ministry, says that it possessee groat patience, bit nu resig nation. • • • Mackeral. keral, A polite widow, whose hus!‘and had ately died, was visited by the parish parson, who 'nt aware of her loss, inquired after his health: 'Thank you, sir, said she, 'belt dead' I The capital employed . in. the irinting establish ment of the ~Messrs. Olowes, London, is nearly a million and a half , of dollar's. They' eMploy. Airco hundred `and 6fty - workinen, and nee' oP 'five bun-, dyed thousand Voltam worth of paper a year. •-• `Louis Phillippe's travelling equipage in going simply from,,Paris to Versailles, usually j rconsisto of two large elegant coaches, eight berpeitin each, and , two baggage coaches, with six horsei each, the whole splendidly caparisoned, eight or ten mounted livery servants,• and.s'detachriient of lance* B. BANNA N. ' There is is . young tad demo east who, learns that his filet:ids have. te 'keep Oaring water on his he - ad, to prevent him catching • .liiiiRLITE,A . IO sad • thirteo Yoling,ones comfortably gin*. al. The Boston Post'suggesis tha fhe:•Tsmpot ante cause ehogl4 bo curia{ ca Ws* oident RO-3010 El ' - '• - i ;2.i,- MSS ME MI get whitest h yOU to Oereetbe bowels Or tbekastb;au'il brio; opt froutAte6:voras Motiatains,hletale which c!ii glirestringth toper ljautlitiod subjec tall Niturcto ouruss and Osseo reff—Di. scinsson. _ i ~ _~_ i . Ell ME EERIE ANDIEr Weekly by Beira - Ain* Itinnian Pottsvillt Sch4ylkill COirtnijr; reims*lvainia . . sr Tas_Atrireosi or Is JEST END BERlffire ' s Shall quipti. anti"seatence.s, and these paper -bullets of the it rota, awe aMan from the career of his humorr ~.--. !<- f.. , ' -- . • , SASESPEARIC. TILL ELDElbtii3ll - 11 : :*11 . LOST.. • Mr. Edmonds, Mrs. Edmonds and Misi Edmonds sat at hreakfast in their villa it Camberwell. - • Thornas-Edriionds, drysalter. - of. Crotched Fnars, in the city (if London, was a well knowp arrdiespec ted name.] Ha, had . entered at an early - age into the drYsalting line: oflifii 3 Odheied devotedlyhOsinees and Crotched Friars, until at last, having' ucceeded is soaping iogether a . tolerahle supply of I precious giletal; ho indulged himself in- the - dnublellnxury of mite and a house out Of town. He mit4ied Miss Sarah Simpson, and took a _ :Gothic villa inl Camber w‘ell GroVe. - I I - Since that memorable epoch, affainvitad gone smoothly enough. Trade sometimes wari fiull—but it revivedugatn; matrimonial disagreements Occurred,- butihey . were made up. So, between the pounting• house "in the meriting, and - whist aud.4ighborly meetings iii the evening, Mr. Edmonds' inansged to pass'his time very-niuch to his profit an 4 satisfac tion. I One daughter, Laura,- had blessed their union. She Wes , now - eighteen years :of tige—a harining crearire, of petite figure, with a faci - full of sensibili ty, and gentle, heart stealing 'blue eyes. I She was not only, pretty, but - accomplished: 'She spoke French GO as to be. understood—drew fliTerir that were very , like 'owers-2nd could play the most ilif ficult pianofo rte,pieo„of Herz right at, oithout missing many notes. She was romantic t i p; a degree, .and Voted on Byren. . . -. I 1 - a Mrs. lilmonds,''said Mr.„.Edmonds, I'll -trou ble you for the loaf. And now, Lauryi r l said he, helping himself to a slice, what shall I 'bring you - .from town to-day , ? Well, it shall be 11 1 1:i ew song. There's one I've seen 'at a • music seller's liki Cheap side, with a lithograph of a - brigand looking over a rock, aiming with hie carbine atdome trii‘iellers be low. That's very pretty, I dare say.? . , . a Yes, papa,' said 'Laura; a but I think, I like the Bongs about gondolas best. Bring one ;1 - ith a lith ograph of a gondola, a flight of marble stelps, and a balcony; a maiden looking down,. a lover looking tap, and the:moon shining brightly. I'm sure I could sing that well.' . 1 '- I 'What, all - toe and elopement, eb, Lainy l' said lEihnolds; `a no, 1;4 we nandn't . trust youlovith suet' things; The br iga nd-for my money ; that "p quite as pretty and much properer.' I 1 • , Yee, Laura,' said Mrs. Edmonds, assailing an or acular air, a your. papa knows, what is gdod fur you. \ ' It is not right for young ladies to sing such produc tions.‘ In the present day, when educatiOrt—' Coach waiting, sir,' said Mary, opening the door. . s Come directly; said Edmonds. Nye'', then, Leery, I'll bnni the song ; and Mrs. E. I I! think I'll bring home yoang Todd to dinner ; we're, engaged this evening, yOu know. Bye, bye! I've no time to lose.' MI on, Der v favor dock y, 3151 , So saying, aild kissing his band to the ladies, the many-hearted Ohl drysalter ran nimbly down the gravel-vvalk, and, took his place in the stage. Up wont the stepv—bang went the door—and away roll ed the vehicle cowards the smoky metroPcdis. The only •passenger, besides Mr.. Edinends, were en old lady arid , a young gentleman. 'A'he young gentleman sat in a corner, seemed buried in medita tion, and spoke not a word. Between the old lady and Mr. Edmonds an animated conversation wan carried on, beginning with the state of the weather, and ending with a detailed account of thOlate illness of the old lady ' s youngest eon, John. Itssue the disorder reached a most dangerous pointy however, the affectionate mother reached her destination, and was' relining compelled to take leave and break off r 1 es: Ili go so I go the history. Her departure appeared to act as a cordial.to tho hdrits of the silent gentleman in the corner. Be gathered himself up, and uttered a pre- liminary - cough. . Anythiug.done in the House last nig t, girl' ex t claimed he. I • I 4 , 4:Really, sir', I can't say,' replied 'gr. Edmonds ; 4I lids not seen the papers this moraine '':The gloriolle cause of reform advances well, sir,' exclaimed the ;stranger enthusiastically. A Indeed, ski' said Mr. Edmonds,' looking fi erce, ' then I say the disgraceful cattle'of destruction ad- , van= well—too well: too well, I say, ail r and, re ?eating theso - Iwords with great emphisis, Mr. Ed monde lsokedi fiercer 'still. ' ' 1 Now this 67811 a MOM, unfortun ate !ccurrence. Here was a respectable elderly gentlemmi, well todo in the world, 'mid afthis particular time n in the beet of all good himors, provoked-into a loss of tempei I . by the intemperate zeal of a young Radical, who I had, very likely; not sixpence in his pocket. It was foolish of Mr .I Edinonds, certainly, I to be io violent; hie but it was misfortune that - he could' never talk . politics,if opienied, without foiiing - at..the mouth. There are several estimable individual Y,. on both sides of the queston, Who invariable exhibit the same phenomenonon a like occasion; an though this energetic mo de Of arguing may take . offtr i om the dry ness of abstract reasoning, still it does nit altogeth er conduce to the discovery of truth.' , I • ' • The young gentlemun in the corner (evinced no sign of disturbance at the. warmth of hill_ opponent: He 'crossed his .hands meekly, smiled :wth an of mild condescension, and saiii, a Come,'sir, lit usdis cuss-the-matter quietly. - 4You are a Conservative; ; .1 am 'a Liberal; good•! One of us must be Wrong, and we'll see which can convince the' ether ; • we'll_ Speak by , tartieL-eich his 'fiiremintites--snd you . shaltbegin: ' 1-. . • ' I, - , 1 - - • All the blood in the drysalier's body ei . lush into his fees ou.heerifig•this agree able , tion-4, yvha are yeti, tor, who are you!' eit he nearly - inarticulate with- rage. , ', , !Tell name directly r..... . . 06, certainly,' replied the strang e,, ,in a politeness.:.: • ' . ' ,- :1 I ' I .vrill tell.you who I am, and.whst my name is With great pleasure. , My father was !lemon 6 Radi cal, of the old school; - who cerefolly breugli me up' in good principles. • :He was a shoern er y trade, and died in prison, where he had becirt ntlfore p ille o-' 161W/offing& , lam.. , •at present employed in giving teitures • oii - Goverriment to the people; end my name is. Cromwell, Washington O'Sweeny.'l 1 • : 4 -lest ale get I: doiin r roared Mr. Edmonds, with his head out of the window. --s Let i$ get down, I 01 1.13 i 1 not go a stip further with s uch a fellow:- 'Ho yois refuse._ die discussion, the* l' said -Mr.- 011weeney, contemptuously. ' I '•C 1 I . • - - 1,. Mr. Edmotide answered notibut,dridieg from, the coach with the utmostpieciiiitatleh p walked swa y f u ll of Indignation sad political horror,l Ail the good BM SATURDAY' 1V USING. 'AUGUST 21. . -1841 . BIZ*RRE FABLES. , RIM humor With WhiCh his moruing.had conimenced was gone,and 'ft mood of unwonted ferocity had. succee ded. ) He kicked two dogs aside, and jostled three porters into the kennel. He was a tyrant; !bilging (or victims. 'His organ of destructiveness glowed. In this benevolent state of - mind he reached his counting tiOnse in ['retched Friars. --, • , - • . The place of business battening to Mir drysalter was small, dark, and ill-velatilated. • All along--the side next the street was a windoi, thickly smeared with paste, to keep out the prying gaze of Petlestn ans. • Beneath .this singularly inefficient window wife, a desk, at which a clerk was writing in a ledges of huge 'idimen'sions. On the opposite side of the room was e smaller desk, furnished with a.lamp, by the light of whichta youth was busily engaged in sort lug-letters. At the upper end stood another desk, 'somewhat elevated, and appropriated to the head of the establishment. The whole of this part of tha counting-house was divided from the public portion near the entrance door by a high railinvin:Which was a swinging gate leading to the sanctum within ■ and a brass plate with a chink, and the wordi • Bills fat AcCeptance' painted above. Such were - the ac.- costumed appearances which 'met the eye of Mr. Ed monds as be entered with a hasty step. The industry displayed by his dependents seemed •to have no effect in dispelling the gloom from the countenance of the principal. He walked sullenly up to his desk, unlocked it, took t tit hie books and papers, and having assumed an attitude of fitting dig tiny, called loudly . Mr. Todd. The clerk under the dint window ceased writing in his ledger, leaped from his high stool, and stand before his employer all attention to what-might fol low. , • Mr. TudiV acid Mr. Edmonds, pis that invoice drawn out yet?' Yes, sir, replied Todd., # D i p you advise Dobson and Co. as I directed ?' said Mr. Edmonds. _ - • Yes, sir,' replied Todd. • Have you been down to Wilson and Co.?' said Mr. Edmonds, No, sir,' replied Todd, And why haven't you been devra to Wilson and Co„ exclaimed Mr. Edmonds, raising his voice. . • Why, sir,' said Toth!, Pooh, sir! that excuse won't answer,' exclaimed Mr. Edmonds: no, sir, it won't aufwer ! You ought to have gone the first thing this morning, and you know that as well as I do. . • The fact is, sir,' said Todd, I—' No, sir,' said Mr. Etlmonili; waking himself in , to a great rage, • it's not the fad. It's quite opp. site to the fact, and, let me tell yon, Mr Todd, if 'this is to bo the way, the sooner you leave me the better; I'll not put up with this neglect, I assure you.' Why, sir,' said Todd, smiling,' you have not vet allowed me to explain what it was that prevented me from goingi but if you be really serious in wishing me to quit your employment, I Will gratify, you will ingly' What ! you want to leave me—do you !' ex claimed Mr. Edmonds, bursting with rage at the oth er's uneipected self-possession. • Very well, sir— very well ! thee we part at once—this minute if you please." - By all means,' said Todd; f will just add up the column of figures I was 'about, and be off direct ly.• So sayinre proceeded to his desk, jumped 'on to the tall stool, and was immediately absorbed in busi ness, Mr. Edmonds had, metaphorically speaking, lash ed his sides until he bad brought himself into such a temper as thus to dismiss his faithful clerk, who had actually committed no fault at all. It was the an. cursed co:docile of the Radical, and now of the clerk, that irritated him so. All the young fellows seemed alike. Whilst he was burning as a red.hot shot, they were chilly as snow-balls. He was angry and abusive, and they were all smiles and politeness. It was enough to make a bishop blaspheme'! Mr. Todd continued his calculations. His eye travelled scientifically up and down the'coluren ; he wrote searC figures at the 'foot, dried them with a piece of blotting paper, closed the book, and placed it on a shelf hard by , then he buttoned his coat, took his hat from the peg, and smoothed it with a silk handkerchief, put on his gloves, and walked slowly to the principal's desk. . Mr. Edmonds,' esid he, 'before going, I have a few words to say, You 'are acting in a very silly manner; but that is your affair—not mine. • We must not expect philosophic conduct from all.' Mr. Todd,' gasped Edmonds, 4 iffier tbat.r=—' And, therefore;' :continued Todd; I feel no' re sentment at your very ungentlemanly conduete You are the 'victim' of ungovernable passion ; and' the cause not the effect must be blamed! Sir !' exclaimed Edmonds, do you mean to I • a Still, said Todd , in continuation, *it is well to mention this ;I for you Mil be induced to cultivate the moral and intellectual facultiee, and so keep the propenaitiesl more in _obeyance - ; - b - ut to. the poinf': yeti have a Snug busi ness-very snug! with a clever, active partner, it would , Ile shogger. Nun that partner. Yes, , J sir,' exclaimed Todd, solemnly, * these are my hu3t Words, find mark them well. Be fore threermontlis - haveglided away I shall be.your _,partner';, and the 'hank kitOrn as tat of • Thomas Ednionda' will be still hitter kruiwit asthat of Ed mends- and - Todd'- • . . a Sir" 0101414 d the astonished' &palter; thli . • insolence— 1 , ' k _ • 0113'.1rirth, said Todd, end' you feel it. Yes, in your inmost hesitieu,feel that my prediction will he accomplished: 7 Atiiect! and ponder on 'the deciee of fate!' ' • . :med to propos*. Iclairrud m your , , ~ With these ,words Mr. Todd fixed his hat on his head with a smart blow;—hestsorred a mysterious look on his ate, employer.;—and- stalked out of .the counting holm, leaving the - outerdoor 'vibrating for a full Minute after his departure. Mr. Hdmonds sat as if petrified.: He could hard.. ly belieTe that Leditid not been dreaming , and that the Words still ringing in ha ear had really bien uttered. All his ill•humor had evaporated. and bia mind Mint was filled with a strange mixture of regret and t'ap prehension. . hat is this behavior of Todd mean I Waii it me re„re ckless bravado, or could . he- intend more! :He h ad been Maid badly,. nollimig t and had perhips taken this suangemethod of revenging him. self. Edmonds would haie given aomithing notlo have lost hie temper that; day.' He entered the Cam; berwell stage at: Our o'clock, a miserable and "ripen- tent i ..! it' . ~- :.. ~:::_-.- -. He did not exc h ange ' word with :thoil ot her poi; - stows, bat at silent and reliectiogo Ile had come tone o r .... . ..' .." . ..N ` ^ -,... r • -- - . F.) • YERTISER4 - out gay', having promistd a to buy US daughter among and bring hobo young Todd-to dinner. The change was complete, and his - seneeless ill temper was the I will mention .nothing, of the matter at home,for this evening at legit, thought he. 'Todd was a' great favorite, and Mrs. E. and Laura will lead me a dreadful life when they knovv all. I must let ti Out by degrees; and say thet , he could not come to-day, being obliged to attend a sick grandmother who is very rich--yes. that will do capitally. Ab !he was a pleasant young fellow—sang welt and told a good story, and Was a man of business, too, in spite of his being a little careless; only I must be so m "devilish hasty.as to forgot all this; _ Alt, well, I'm a passion ate old fool—there's'no denying that.' • Such was the, soliloquy of Mr. Hdmonds; from which he. was awake by, the coach stopping at the door. He descended and entered the bale, feeling _certainly a few inches - shorter than when he lefrit in the .morning. His excuses were received very graciously.'Any other day would do for the song just as well, and Mr. Todd was Tin exemplary young man to be so at tentive to his grandmother.. Perhipa they forbore ,purposely: to question him ; fur, in spite of all bill en deavors. they might have seen that something un pleasant had occurred. - The dinner was dull, the evening was worse. Ed monds betook himself to the Standard newspaper,- -Mrs. Edmonds resumed her perusal of a new novel called •The Follies of Fashion;* and Laura retired early to rest in consequence of a. severe headache. Eight o'clock struck thenext next-morning as the dry salter and his partner sat at their breakfast table, waiting the appearance - of Laura. rtihe is very late this morning.' said Mr.Edmonds • I hope the dear child is not. ill,' said Mrs. Ed monds. They waited sometime longer. Had not Idiot better go and see if any thing is he matter V ,said Mt' Edmonds. I will go, myself,' said Mrs. Edmonds, and accor- dingly she left the some. Two minutes had not elapsed, when Edmonds heard- a anent scream.. He started up, and was rushing out, when his wife rushed in, Bank on the sofa, and bulled her face in the horse-hair cushioh. She was followed by Mary,who applied herself bus ily to her restoration by the aid of a bottle of salvo!. stil e. . For heaven's sake, what bas happened r med Edmonds, fearing he knew not what. Ob, she is gone—our dear Laura is gone!' was all that Mrs Edmonds could utter,- • Don't take on so ma'am,' said- Mary,.in a sooth ing tone,,' and I will tell you all about it.' G Speak this instant, husay, if you know anything,' said Edmonds. La, sir, don't be in a passion,' said Mary, or I shall forget what I was going to say. I Well, yester day, sir, about three o'clock, young Mr. Todd cans in - a mighty hurry to our garden-gate, and . manage d to make me hear. Then he wonted me to firing Miss Laura to him, and leave them all alone—but I would not do such a thing, of course. At last he persuaded me to let him - speak to her, whilst I was standing by to'see there was nothing improper.' 'A pretty . judge of propriety !' exclaimed Ed monds, 'go on—go on, girl r 'Well, sir,' continuer! Mary, 'he told. her - you'd turned him off ins huff; and if she wouldn't run away that night they must 'part,- and never meet again. So then she cried, and I cried too for the matter of that, end at hist we agreed that they should run away, and I was to break the matter to you as .gently as I could. ' So they wenfoff that very eve ning, and, by this time, they're as much man and wife as ever! they can be.' 49h, you,egreed that they should run away, did peal' exclaimed Edmonds, looking savage. 'Vim, sir, we did,' replied Mary ; 'for you know it's a dreadful thing for lovirs to part, sir. We ought,,alivays to do all we, can to make lovers, hap. pv ; and so I did, and so I will as long es I live—if I never get married myself!' . 'Out of my sight, you jade!' exclaimed Edthonds in a fury. 'l've been a precious fool here! They've been making love in my very house, and I suspect• ed nothing. This comes of bringing young men home.to dinner—but they shall. repent it!' • 'My dear,' said Mrs. Edmunds mildly, 'perhaps it is very well as it is. If the,young people love each other—' •I say it's not 'very well, Onetime exclaimed Mr EdmOnds; •it's -very ill—as ill as. it . can be—and they stroll find it ed. They shall straits. VU never en them again—they shall 'never enter my doors,' et cetera, et cetera, et celery. week Afterwards' the, drysalter's 'neighbors in Crotched Friars observed anew brass plate _ on the door of the counting-house. Ike familiar inscrip tion, Thomas Edmonds,' was exchanged. for the 'novel one of • Edmonds 'and Todd" • - MORAL. :Elderly gentlemen should never lose their temper, because they msy render thernielves more ridiculous than elderly gentlemen should ever do.:--besides go ing in danger of their fives. Rage drives the blood to the biain, and good sense from the tongue ; and, if it fella to bring on a fit of apoplexy, ; seldom fails to bring on s fit of compunction. ALL Finns •ep Sunday. Mercury thus enumerates the carious kinds of tactk.: .Bard Work.,--Bolling eggs for - half an hour to make them soft. - '-Werk.:-:Bloiring 4 soap bubbles. Easy Work.—filuektug sweet , cider through a ist - raw, and have, a person to hold your bfiad. Hairy Work.- r Laggipg a load,of misery up the hill of life, While numerous end weighty resporudhil hies, are pressing upon your shoulders.• , imi#l Work.-Shooting musquitoes with mustard Low Worke-rßobbing a poor titan's cellar of his last onion. Tall Wark.--ksizfooter feeding a gira ff e. Short Work.-Hangin g outsell with whalf hand kerchief. - Slow Work.:—Hobbling through. eternity . on the Providence Journal says that the planet under which Wise" was oorn - w# Oppeaition, which accounts for his voting against 'evety measure brought forward hy,hisown party ninny:Other. - cc Alexander William Holmes, one of the crew of the ill-fated William Brown, on complaint of two of the' militias intaiettgent; hitt :tieen tricited in Philadelpiitton tiu4Mio charge. - of der on the • *UST APPALLING caIi.AIIITY t The Itaffaki Commercial, of the :10th inst., coo+ Win. the folloning:thrtllini account'Of the &arta> tion cf the steamboat raja :by Om; end- the loss ror ONE 410iDitEC- BEy.t4.,n(-41:VES! t-. It is ODO Of the tOol6klO4Diltisppslu g giilmboalt trugastere that hes eier oectutc:4 oati thfisaieroof lady or any . other country . "• ,':. Little didwe think,yesterday, hi pen bing a brief; paragraph in commendation: of the Erie, that, to. dai, we sheuldlestelled Upon to record the liCllitapw don thA buit..togetber with , a. kiss..ol lifdune quailed en 'our own, or alniMit any other waterer— The Erie IA the 'docket tea minutes past 4 P. M•fr: loaded with merchandrze destined fin-Chicago:and,- as nearly asnow can be aseertiiinediaborit two hum- dred souls, including passengers and crew, on board.. Tho boat had been thoroughlf overbeeled, and ethic' the wind was bliiiint fresh, every thing 'promised:: a pleasant and proliperous voyage. l• -Nothing occurred to - user this prospect till about ' 8, when the boat was ell' silver Creek..about eight;' . mileaTrom shore, and thirty three miles from city, when a, slight explosion was headland lame diately, instantaneously remold, the whole vessel. was , enveloped in Bente.' Capt. Titus, who wee oo the . upper deck at the time, rushed to the ladicaveabin• for the life preservers, of winch there Were from 90 to , 100 on board;' but so timid had been tbe"progreis of the flames, lie found it Impossible to enter the ca.- . bin. He returned to the upper deck;on his way • giving orders to the engineer to stop the engine,the wind and the headway of the boat increasing the fierceness of the &roes and driving them aft. The' engineer replied that in. consequence of the flames he could not reach tile engine. _ . • The steersman was, instantly directed to pot thts helm hard a starboard., Ihe yetis! ewang slowlg . round, heading to the 'shore, and the boats—there' were three-on board—were then ordered to be low. eyed. Two of the boats were foriered. but in conse quence of the heavy sea on, and the,headway of the . vessel, they both swamped as soon es they touched , water. We will nut attempt to describe Abe *refer and appalling.condition of the painertgers. Some - were frantic with fear and horror, 'othersi.,phingedi madly headlong into the tester, others again seized upon anything buoyant upon which they could lay blinds. The small boat forward hid been lowered.. It Writ alongside the wheel, with three or four per. • sot in it. when the captain jumped in end the boat im ediately dropped astern. and filled with water. A lady Boated by -with a life preserver on. She cried for help. There was no safety in the boat.— The captain throve' her the only min the boat. She caught tho oar andwas saved. It was Mrs. Lynda of Milwaukie, and she was the only, lady guyed. , In this condition, the boat a mass of fiercte,fire„, and the passengers and crew endeavoring to save theniselves.by swimming. ur supporting themselves. by whatever they enufl reach,they were found by' the steamboat Clinton at about 10 P. M. The Cite. ton left here in the morning, but inconsequence of the wind had put into Dunkirk. She lay there till nearly sunset, at which time she ran out, and had. proceeded as far as Barcelona. when just at twilight the fire of the Erio was discovered some ,20 miles cistern. The Clinton immediately put about and reached the burning wreck shoat ten. Itwas a tearful sight. All theimperwenks of the Erie had• been burned away. The engine was standing, but the hull was a mass of dull, red flame. The Rase. - ,sengers and crew were floating around, screaming in their agony and shrieking for help. The boats• of the Clinton were instantly lowered and manned,. and every person that could be seen or heard was picked , up, and every possible relief afforded. The Lady, it little steamboat lying' at Dunkirk, went out of that harbor as soon as possible after the dis covery of the fire, and arrived soon after the Clin— ton. It was not thought by the survivors that oho saved any. , By 1 A. M. all was still,"except the dead crack-- ling of the ire. Not a - solitary individual could be seen or heard on the wild waste of waters. A line was then made fast to the remains of the Erie's red.• der, ajid an effort made to tow the hapless hull ashore. , About this time the Chatdriuque came ap• and lent her assistance. The hull of the Erie was- towed within about four miles of the shore, when it sunk in eleven fathoms water. By this time it weer day light. The lines were cast off , The Clinton. headed for thiltpurt, which she reached about size ' clock. Of those who are leaved. several are badly: - burned, but none are dangerously injured so far as we have beard. NO. 34 Oaronv os rtra Firm—Among the passengers on• board, were six painters, in the employ of Mr. W. G. Miller, of this city, who were going to Erie to.: paint the steamboat *Whal. They had with them demijohns filled with the spirits of • turpentine and' varnish, which, unknown to Captain Titus; wets , placed on the boiler deck directly over the. boilers.. One of the , firemen, who was saved, says he had oc. elusion to go on the deck, and teeing the demijohns,. removed them. They were replaced, bet by whom is not knorin. Immediately previous to the burst ing forth of the flame% as several on board have as. sured us, a slight explosion was heard. The demi— johns had prohably burst with the heat, and theis . inflammable contents, taking fire instantly, comma. nicated to every • part or the boat, which having been freshly varnished, caught-as if it had bears gunpowder. Not a paper nor an article of any kind was waved.. Of course it is inimpossible to give,' complete list of. those on board. Of cabin passeeigers, Capt. Thew thinks there were between 30 and 40, of whom 10. or 12 were ladies. In the steerage were about 140. passengers, nearly. all of whom were Switil and Ger man imigrants. They. were mostly in families, with.• the usual proportion of men, women and children.. The heart bleeds ai the thought. ,it is a singular coincidence that the Erie was• burned at almost identically the sameepok where thw Washington was burned in June, 1838. Capt.. . Brown who commanded the Washington at that time happened to be or, board the Clinton, and was very active in saving the survierre of the Erie. • The loss of property by the Erie was heavy. She bad on board the first largo invoice of merchandise' shipped for the upper lakes this season. Some 30 tone, north at lent 00,000. The immigrants had also a large amount of specie, not far from $lBO,OOO, • and the boat herself must have east all of $75,000. making M all a little short of s9oo,ooolinia A CONVENIENT PLIEBIORTv....A popular jockey war called on one morning by a negro man, who was mountedadaLfine looking horse, and -with whom • a cuareradMllllllmething like the following ensued. "Good morning, Massa Sharp:. my? masse sent me to will die horse, cause he so brid muse don't, want to keep him." " What are the faults of the horse?"' ts Oh he got good many very bad faults :.—drestlitt bad faults."' "t-What is one of them : the principal one?" . • " Well then, Massa Sharp, you see dis horse aIL. ober white: and when massy riehim, 'the ..whitis hairs stick to inassit'S new - black oat; spoil mesa's new coat ." I ts. Well that is rather a bad' fault to be sure t. butt has the horse no — other faults 1 : ' " 0 yes. mass horse e Very had faults, two , others besides dal one." st What is another of the faults:you speak oft" " Why den,. masse, tell' you all Omit 14.1 W hen 1 rides die horse to water, he e souse he nose down in the water and'-wet:mantes new bridle," Well what . elm'?" • • "Tedder fault, tonere, the todder one faulfp—ab„ me can't link on em." - " And what price do you ask for the hermit" - • ~ tt 0 not much, he eo very bad ; on,ly ask one ban. dyed dollars. and masse say if 'can't get dat, , may - take, seventy five." - , • - With that the fellow turned his horse as if to ride off, but the jockey called out to . him, '" here, stop, stop. I'll take him at seventy five." , • • "Well. hand out demouey, qeiek deli; museums% Seventy five dollars in new bank notes were soon. tendered, and which the'n'egro with apparent reluc tance received, before he would give up his seat ow , the horse. The, bridle fialehinged;lnd the jockey. much elated; Mounted ble new„ acquisition• to ride into - Meltable dour : but before be bad fully ermild.- ered the propriety of fetching eV' by mentor of the .reine,lhe horse struck his head with somelriolenee ' against the stable walls, The jockey. looking over his shoulder, and seeing Samba industrious ly welt jig away, called out, ", Ilere you black SOD of 11, pos. sum, this hone is stark !kind - • u 0 law, 'mama," bawled Saditir: "dot Ire Odder one fault me esieldn't tick of !" . • The Itleduto* . itatea Uenend . o.9.l. has ( bean nominated tell Briettdielf Cletterd m ME.• 1 Army. In Gin Owe of :#Ol4, •
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