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VOL. M
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. SEPTEMBER M, 1854.
NO'. 44.
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Bo they miss mc at Home? I
3)o they miss me at home-do they miss me!
'Twould be an assurance most dear
To know this moment, tome loved one,
Were saying I wish he were here ;
To feel that the group at the fireside
Were thinking of mc as I roam;
'Oh. yes, 'twould be joy beyond measure
To know that the' miss me at home.
When twilight approaches tiie season
That ever is sacred to song
Does some one repeat my name over,
And sigh that I tarry so long
And is there no chord in the music
That's missed when my voice is away,
And a chord in each heart that awaketh
Regret at my wearisome slay 1
Do they set me a chair at the table,
When evenings home pleasures arc nigh;
When candles are ht in the parlor,
And the stars in the calm azure sky I
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-Ahu then when "good nights are repealed,
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ivnd all lav down to their sleep,
D they think of the absent," and waft me
A whispering " good night"' while they
ween ?
o Ihey miss me at home do they miss
At morning, at noon and at night,
Ami lingers one gloomy shade round them.
That only my presence can light?
Are joys less invitingly welcome,
And pleasures less hale than before,
Because one is missed from the circle;
Because lam with them no morel
:
THE WISE THOUGHT.
A FIRST HATE STORY.
BY MRS. S. C. HALL.
Siie was sitting under the shadow of a
fragrant lime tree that overhung a very
ancicnt wall; and as the water fell into
her pitcher, she was mingling with its
music the tones of the 'Jew's harp,' the
only instrument on which Norah Clary
had learned to play. She was a merry
maiden of sweet seventeen, a rustic belle,
as well as a rustic beauty, and a terrible
o x1
coquette; and she bad what in Scotland
they call a 'tocher' in England, a 'dowry',
and in Ireland a 'pretty penny o' mo-
ney;' it is scarcely nessary to state, in ad-
Matnn iw wi Wl,lnr Wiir.fl,.
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cr the tune which was certainly given
in alto was or was not designed as a
summons to lusr lover, I cannot take upon
Mc may as well give jt up, Morris
Donovan,' she said somcwhet abrubtly;
look 'twould be as easy to twU the top
of that great hill of Howth, as make
,
cr and mother agree about any one thing.
They have been playing the rule of the
.contrary these twenty years, and it's not
Jikelv they'll take a turn now.7
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'It's mighty hard, so it is-, replied
i t -rr r il i .1 1
lianusome luorns, tuai marneu pcopicj
can't draw together. Norah, darliut!
.that would'ut be thc way with us. It's
ouo we'd be in heart and sowl, and an'
example of love and '
Jjoily interrupted tue maiden, laugn-,
Ing 'Morris, Morris, we've quarrelled a
.score of times: aud a bit of a breeze makes '
5wir.c.s Legal ami other mmks. Pamphlets, .v.Jgain interrupted the impatient girl,
jtrintod uith neatness and despatch, on rc.itoiial.lc , . , i
myself to say; but her lips and fingers'; Til "o with father myself and see,' this house, and that s what toz never had
had not long been occupied, before her 1 said Norah. j io heart to be yet, ye poor ould snail !'
, . . I So saying, Mrs. Clary endeavored to ,
loycr was at her side. 'Ihats like my own child, always reFCue from the fire tho hissiiwr remains !
life all the pleasauter. Shall I talk of j 'Father, dear father,' said Norah, 'sup
tbc merry jig 1 danced with Phil. Ken- pose ye were to say nothing about it, good
jjedy, or repeat what Mark Coolan said 0r bad, and just pretend to tako a sudden
of me to Mary Grey, eh, Morris?' j dislike to Morris and let the priest speak
'Leave joking now, Norry; God only to her himself, she'd come round.'
knows how I love you,' hc said, in a voice 'Out of opposition to me, eh V
broken by emotion. 'I'm ycr equal as j 'Yes.J
JTar as money goes and no young farmer j 'And let her gain the day then? that
an the country can tell a better stock to yrould bo cowardly,' replied thc father,
3ns share than mine, yet, I dou't intend to drawing himself up.
Reserve you for all that, only I can't help J .'No, I won't.'
8anng, that when we loved each other,! 'Father, dear, you don't understand,'
(now don't go to contradict mc, Norry, be- saij the cunning lass; 'sure ye 're for Mor
causc you have as good as owned it over rjs. an(j when we are that is, if I mean
and over again,) and your father agrcea-' suppose father you know what I
tic, and all to think that your mother, ' mCau,' she continued, and luckly thc
just for divilmcnt, should be putting be- twilight concealed her blushes 'if that
twist us for no reason upon earth, only took place, it's you that would have yer
-to spite Jier lawful husband, is what sets ' own way.'
me mad entirely, and shows her to be a, yruc for yCj Torry, my girl, true for
good for !
'Stop, Mister Morri,'exclaimcdjSTorah, '
laying her hand upon his mouth, so asithe old man fairly capered with iov.
offcGtually to prevent a sound escaping;
'it's my mother you're talking of, and it rc-commcnced, 'how am I to manage?
would be ill blood, as well as illbved, to Sure the priest himself will be here to
hcar a word against an own parent. Is 1 morrow morning early; and he's out upon
! .
; (hat the pattern of "V
our manners, sir; or
' gainst one belonging to you ? '
longing to y
'I ask your pardon, my own Norali,'
he replied, meekly, as in duty bound; 'for
the sake of the lamb we spare the sheep. J
"Why not? and I'm not going to gainsay,
but vour mother-
'
'Thc least said the soonest mended!' a-
I uoou nignr, iuorns, anu toa Diess you;
j they will bo after missing you within,and '
its little mother thinks where I am.' !
LXOi:ui "t)o e an tue gins at waso or ,
i1,ulwslu x uuu" LlUL lu " u I,au
grown together, and since we were the ;
height of a rose bush, ye have bceu dear- j small round table a cloth was spread,and
; or to mc than anything on earth. Do, , some delf plates awaiting the moro deli
jNorah, for the sake of your 'oung heart's cate repast which the farmer's wife was
j love, do think if there's no way to win , herself preparing.
,' your mother over. If ye'd take me with
j out her leave, sure it's nothing I'd care
! for the loss of thousands, let alone what ( her, and employed her fairy foot in whirl
iyo'vegat. Dearest Norah, think; since ing it round.
you will do nothing without her consent, ;
do think-
for once be serious and don't .
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laugh.'
I'm not going to laugh, Morris,' re- ,
plud the little maid at last, after a very
llong pause. 'I've got a wise thought in- 1
;to my head for once. His revcrence,your '
unce you say spoi-e to father to speak
; tQ mQthcv about ;t? j WQndcr (;ind hc jg
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a priest) that ne haan t more sense.
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.bure, mother was the man; but I've got
' '
a wise uiougnr.. uoou nigni, aear iuor-
ris good night.
The lass sprang lightly over the fence
into her own garden, leaving her lover
pcrdu at the other side, without pos
sessing an idea of what her wise tho't
niicbt be. When she entered the kitch-
I
Sen, matters were going on as usual her j
mother bustling in stile, and as cross as
'a bag of weasels.' t
'Jack Clary,' said she, addressing her j
husband who sat quietly in the corner, ;
smoking his doortccn, it's well -e'vc got a !
wife who knows what's what. God help
jme! I've little good of a husband barring '.
the name ! Arc ye sure Black Nell's in
j the stable ?' The spouse noded. 'The ;
cow and the calf had they fresh straw?' 1
( 'Bad cess to ye, can't ye use your tongue, j
1 and answer a civil question?' continued t
'the lady. j
'My dear, he replied, 'sure one like
! you has enough for ten.' - ;
j This very just observation was, like '
, ,.
( most truths, so disagreeable, that a se-
vere storm would have followed, had not
Norah stepped up to her father and whis-
'percd in his ear, 'I don't think the stable ,
An sB rnnnn.i K.x pi
j a ,
sound, and in no gentle terms ordered
her husband to attend to the comforts of
Black Nell. :
cheerful,' observed the mother, as the
father and daughter closed the door.
! 'Dear father,' beganNorah,'it isn'talto- 1
falh-'gcthcr about thc stable I wanted ye; but !
'
but but the priest said something to
you to-daj' about Morris Donovau.' '
j 'Yes, darling, and about yourself, my
sweet Aorry.'
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'Did you speak to mother aoout it?
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-o, aarung, sues oeen so cross an
day. Sure I go through a dale for peace
and quietness. If I was like other men,
and got drunk, and wasted, it might be
;in feason; but. As to Morris, she was !
very loud ol the boy till she turned like ,
sour milk all in a minute. I'm afraid e-
Ven the priest '11 cet no good of her.'
A. WW
ye; I never thought of .that before?' and
picased with thc idea of tricking his wife,
'But stay awhile Ftay; aisy, aisy?' he
; a station now, so there's no speaking with
bothered entirely if he comes in a sudden!1
'Leave it to me, dear father leave it
all to me!' exclaimed the animated girl
'only pluck up a spirit, and whenever
Morris's name is mentioned, abuse him
but not with all yor heart, father on-
1 yfrom the teeth out.'
When they re-entered, the fresh boiled
potatoes sent a warm curling steam to tl.c
very rafters of the lofty kitchen, they
were poured out into a large wicker dish,
ana on the top ot tnc pile rested a plate
01 coarso wuue sau' noSSms or outcer-
milk were filled on the dresser: and on a
'What's for supper, mother?' inquired
Norah, as she drew her wheel towards
'Plaguy sfiijxcns,1 she replied 'bits o'
bog chickens, that ye've always such a
fancy for; Darncy Leary kilt them him-
self.'
- 'So I did,' said Darney, grinning, 'and
that stick with a hook of Morris Dono- 1
van's, is the finest thing in the world for j
knocking 'cm down.'
'If Morris Donovan's stick touched '
them, they shant come here,' said the
farmer, striking his little table such a
blow with his clenched hand as to make
not only it, but Mrs. Clary jump.
'And why so, pray?' asked the dame.
'Because nothing of Morris's, let alono
Morris himself. shall come into this house,'
replied Clary; 'he's not to my liking any
how, and is good in his bothering here
after what he won't get.' ('
'Excellent!' thought Norah.
'Lord save us!' ejaculated Mrs. Clary,
as she placed the grilled snipes on the
table, 'what's come to the man V
Without heeding his resolution, she
was proceeding to distribute the savory
birdeens, when to her astonishment her ;
usually tame husband threw the dish and
its contents into the flames; tnc good wo-
man actually stood aghast. The calm,
however, was not of long duration. She
soon rallied, and commenced hostilities.
'How dare you, ye spalpeen, throw away
any of God's mate after that fashion, and
1 to thc fore? What do you mane I say?'
. T,raane' tba th'lUZ toubcd.by MoJ-
ris Donovan shall come under this root;
aud if j catch that girl of Inine looking
at the sanio side of the road he waiks on,
I'll tear the eyes out of her head and send
ll0r to a nuuDG17-'
'You will ! Anjl dare you say that
before a child ot mine I lou will, will !
,.e? vve'll see, my boy. I'll tell ye what, '
if I like Morris Donovan shall come into j
this house, and what's more be master of
of the burning snines. Norah attempted
to assist her mother, but Clary, lifting her
UP somewhat after the fashion of an eagle
;iising a golden wren with his claw, fair-
ly put her out of the kitchen. J his was
a s,na for fresh hostilities. Mrs. Clary
stormed and stamped and Mr. Clary per-
sisted in abusing not only Morris but Mor-
i100 "ui x-utiiui uuvan, uuui m mno
' c farmer's hclmate sicore, ay, and round-
j j b crQSS and 8ain, before the
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noxt sunset, Norah Clary should be No- .
' rah Donovan. I wish you could have j
' seen Norah's eye, dancing with joy and
imitation, as it peeped through the latch ;
richcst diamond in a monarch's crown,
for it was filled with hope and love.
The next morning, before the sun was
fully UP l,G was throwing his early beams j
over the glowing cheeks of Norah Clary;
for her wise thought prospered, and she
was hastening to the trysting tree, where,
by chance, either morning or evening,
she generally met Morris Donovan. I
don't know how it is, but the moment the
course of love runs smooth, it becomes
very uninteresting, except to the parties
concerned. So it is now left for me only
to say, that the maiden, after a due and
proper time consumed in teasing and
tantalizing her intended, told him her
saucy plan and its result. And the lover
hastened upon thc wings of love (whiiiii, I
beg my readers to clearly understand, are
swifter and stronger in Ireland than in
any other country,) to tell the priest the
arrangement, well knowing that his rev
erence loved his nephew and niccs that
was to be (to say nothing of thc wedding
supper and profits arising therefrom) too
well not to aid their merry jest.
What bustle, what preparation, what
feasting, what dancing, gave thc country
folks enough to talk about during the
happy Christmas holidays, I cannot de
scribe. The bride of course looked
sheepish; and the bridegroom but bride
grooms are always unintcrc?ting. Ouo
fact, however, is worth recording. When
Father Donovan concluded the ceremony,
before the bridal kiss had passed, farmer
Clary, without any reason that his wife
could discover, most indecorously sprung
up, seized a shiliclah of stout oak, and
whirling it rapidly over his head, and
shouted 'Carry me out! by the power
she's beat ! we've won the day ould Ire
land forever !' Success boys ! she's
beat ! she's beat !' The priest too seemed
vastly to enjoy this extemporaneous ef
fusion, and even the bride laughed out
right. Whether the good wife discover
cd the plot or not, I never heard; but of
this I am certain, that the joyous Norah
never had reason to repent the wise
thought.
Let that Trunk Alone.
An old lady who resides in Sandwick,
was taken ill a few days since, and to all
appearances died. She had been living
alone for sometime, and it was thought
she had a good deal of money stowed
away in sonic secret corner, as she had
always been well to do in the world. The
neighbors attended her during her illness,
and when she had ceased to breathe, made
preparations to perform the last office to
the dead. Thc body was measured for
the cofiin by the undertaker, who went
about his work. The corpse was washed,
and made ready for the burial; yet, the la
dies, in performing these duties, noticed
that the body was unusually limber, and
did not exhibit the rigidity of corpses in
general after being dead for only half an
hour. For the purpose of obtaining some
clean linen, which was known to be lock
ed up in a large trunk in a corner of the
room, one of the women got the key and
went to open it. The instant thc lid of
the trunk was heard to grate on its hin
ges, up popped the old woman in bed, like
the "rale ould Irich gintleruan" of the
song, and screeched out, "Let that trunk
alone.1' The lid of the trunk was dropped
like a hot potato, and with a universal
crT of surprise, the neighbors gazed upon
the "live corpse" before them. The ner
vous twitching of thc lips, and the angry
flashes from the little grey eyes, was suf
ficient evidence that their services were
not needed longer, and with merriment
depicted upon their countenances they
left. The undertaker was reluctautly
compelled to give up his job, and and the
funeral was postponed siic die. The old
woman is alive and well, and declares
that she was in a trance ; but it is the
general opinion of the neighbors that she
was only playing "possum."
Strong Hinting.
Mrs. Hogan and her husband were
neither of them over fond of work. They
were perfectly willing to live upon the
generosity of their neighbors, which they
were by no means backward in soliciting.
One day Mrs. Hogan dropped into Mrs.
Farnham's, her next door neighbor, just
as thc family were sitting down to supper.
Of course she was invited to sit down.
Your tea's very good- said she; 'I wish
Mr. Hogan was here, lie's very fond of
tea, but we're very poor and can't afford
to get it it's so expensive.'
This hint was considered rather a strong
one, so Mrs. Farnham handed Mr?. Ho
gan, just as she was going, a pound par
cel. 'Thank you,' said Mrs. Hogan, 'I'm
glad to get the tea, but 'taint of much use
without the milk.'
A quart of milk was consigned to her
charge.
'Well,' says she, 'now if we had some
sugar, we should be provided.'
Mrs. Farnham procured a pound and
gave it to her.
'Now,' said Mrs. Hogan, 'we shall stand
a chance to have a good cup of tea.
There's nothing relished with tea like ap
ple pie, as Mr. Hogan often says.'
This hint was strong enough to draw
out thc article desired.
'After all,' said Mrs. Hogan, as she look
the pie into her hands, 'pie ain't pic unless
a body has cheese to eat with it. f there's
anything I love, it's cheese.'
It was impossible to resist such an ap
peal as this. An ample slice having been
placed in her possession, bhe paused for
a moment as if considering whether there
was not something else she might call for.
Failing to think of anything, she was a
bout to move off, when a thought struck
her.
'These things are rather heavy, and I
ain't so strong as I used to be. I don't
know as I shall be able to get home.'
Mrs. Farnham volunteered to send her
son John to carry a part of the articles
an offer which Mrs. Hogan accepted with
out the least hesitation. AVhcn John had
landed his load, Mrs. Hogan hinted that
she had got some wood she should like
to have cut, but John didn't believe in
hints, and left without taking it.
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What is the longest, yet the shortest
thing in thc world; the swiftest and the
most slow; thc most divisible, & the most
extended; the" least valued, and the most
regretted; without which nothing can bo
done; which devours everything, however
small, and yet gives life and spirit to eve
ry object, however groat? Answer Time.
J5 A question for the Spike Society.
" Would the devil beat his wife, if he had
one ?"
Guess not for the -women generally
beat the devil.
Work of Fire for One Month.
The month of Au-rust, just closed, will
long be remembered for the number and
destructiveness of its tires, and for the
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persons and property. I he severe drouth,!
r nnrt , r.n n t nrl r c IPfliUM!! r L ,rvt, r?li !
.njtuiiiji.iniuu mv-.j
some of the most valuable timber lands
in the country, the powder explosion at
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cd in thc fearful category. The following
is a list of thc principal fires during the
month :
Losses.
Aug. 4th, Burrillvillc, R. I., cotton
mill, $125,000
'' " Buffalo, organ factory, 25,000
5th, N. Y. city, wool stores,
Fine street. 10,000
" Philadelphia, flour mill, 15,000
etc.
Gth, Brewer Tillage, Me.,
saw mill,
7th, St. Louis, warehouses,
cl'C.
9th, Roxbury, Mass., alms
house, " N. Y. city. Presb. church,
" N. Y. citv. 25 dwles.fsay)
100,000
20,000
175,000
it
10,000
20,000
25.000
1 lthU. S. foundry, Wash., not stated
12th, Rockville, Conn.,
satinet factory 100,000
inth,Cambridgcport,Mnss., 100,000
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lGth, Guildcrland, N. Y.f
wood,
18th, Roxbury, Mass.
10th, Londonderry, N. IT
21st, St. Louis, store,
22d, Rockville, Conn.
" N. Y. citv. brewery.
12,000
r. nnn
20 000
23d, Brooklyn, oil factory, &c. 20,000
' Brooklyn, warehouse
' lumber yard,
" Newark, N. J., factories,
24th, Brooklyn, dwellings,
" Richmond, Ind.,
2oth, Troy, stores, houses,
40,000
50.000
9,000
10,000
&c, 1,000,000
" Waldoboro, Me., 500,000
2Gth, Itlexico, Oswego Co.,
N. Y., stores,
10,000
15000
10,000
2Sth, Bucksport, Me.,
" N. Y. city, piano forte
factory,
20th, BHimorc warehouse
and lumber,
30,000
Total, 2,477,000
Add to this thc following:
Aug. 25th, Milwaukie, Loss 8500,000
w 30th, Jersey City, 1100,000
hires in the woods
at least.
1,000,000
Total,
4,27700
Appeal to Christian Women,
Fuedeuika Bremeu publishes, in tire
National Intelligencer a long appeal to
! the Christian women of thi3 and other
countries, which she says will appear sim
ultaneously in Europe, to form associa
tions mutually connected by international
ties, having for its object the following:
Caring for children, by means of a
Christian education ; for families, by ex
ercising christian influence by thc distri
bution of work and its just reward, for
tho sick and thc aged, by affording them
protection and help ; for prisoners and
other fallen fellow creatures, by compas
sionate exertions to raise them from their
sunken condition : and finally, by encour-
j aging all institutions and means aiming
'. to promote such purposes.
The plan she stated thus ;
! First. That there should be a com-
i mittce in the capital of "each country,
i which should enter into communication
i wif.li nil flip, different female societies of
! that land, gather all particulars relating
j to them and their work, and thus be able
1 to take a survey of thc whole.
I Second-. That each central committee,
being the organ of circulation lor all oth
er societies in that land, should, through
its secretary, or come other corrcspond
inf member, communicate to the central
committee of other countries, the princi
pal details of thc work of female societies
in its own together with accouuts of such
imliiRtrinl efforts or good instructions
standing in connection with thc aim of
the society that havo arisen in their coun
try. Third. That a printed circular, con
taining these details may be sent, free of
nmt.ncrp. at the end ot every year, lrom
overvcentral committeo to all those of
other countries with whom they stand in
commuuicatiou. .
An Unselfish Prayer.
A correspondent writing from Florida,
fives an incident in relation to a prayer
ofi'erdd bv reouost durincr the severe
drouth, bv a venerable Methodist preach-
er who bore no good will to the Baptists.
His prayer was somewhat remarkable for
its unselfish tone, and ran in this wise :
Let it ram, beginning at my plantation
varied disasters that have befallen bothlc had a arcat fear of the cholera, and it
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in Hamilton county, coming down to the 'pursues. Is it this pouncing upon nut
religious neighborhoods of Columbia and ances that caused him thus to stigmatme
Nassau, where immersion is not practiced, tho Mayor ! If so, his morality is not
and reaching Black Creek, even Black worth much. We presume, however, th.
Creek, and bringing forth in abundance, I the Mayor is a tyrant only in the eatima
! none of your little 'nubbinr.,' howevcr.but' tion of our friend, because he does seiua
lon? oars, as lone as this good r.igtit arm.
Nat. Intel.
Excuses arc tho pickpockets of time,
Thc sun does not wait for his hot water,
or his boots to he. blackened, ,but get-up
ill Ulii'V.
Death from Tear of Cholera.
Mr. Wilson, one of tho editors of the
Reform Banner, at Hamilton. Canada
West, died a few days ago. It appears
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said that since the srppearancc
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ui.scasc mere ne wuuiu uuvw uuu ui
j hj3 house except with a bottle of cholera
mixture in his hand and a parcel of chlo-
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by thc Board of Health ; but unfortunate
ly his children, three beautifnl boys,
could not be restricted when they got
out of sight, and they were seized with
cholera from eating green fruit. Soon
after his wife was taken and died. Seeing
the approaching dissolution of his wife
poor Wilson became quite frantic. Ho
rushed out of thc house, leaving all his
sick children behind him, and went to a
lodging-house up town, where hc also
died next day from nothing else but
downright fear. The poor man waspan-ic-stickcn,and
if it had not been for the.
attention of a friend the family might,
have been left altogether to themselves.
One of tho children has since died.
Cambria, Vrus. Abram Longncck
cr, Esq., of Blacklick Township, a few
evenings
since, started to watcli a tlcor
lick. He reached the ground about suu-
jsct and mounted a tree for the purpose
nf ivfifr-lnnrr Tr si hnrf, limp he heard a
of watching. In a short time he heard a
noise, and looking around for thc expect-
led nrize his eyes fell on not a deer but
5000 ! 11 panther. Another and another appear
10!000!c6" until four gathered near the trunk of
i n'nrm i the tree he had ascended. He took delib-
crate rm at onet them, but the ball oil
nOL laKC eilCUl, UllU HID SUUgc muuirti
commenced looking around, ami at length
discovered our adventurer among tho
branches over head. He loaded again
and fired, only slightly ruffling the fur of
one of them. In his trepidation the stopper,
of his powder flask was lost, and he had
no further means of defending himself.
They then gathered around the tree and
attempted its ascent. But the small size
of the tree and thc smoothness of the bark
prevented this. At this time Mr. L. com
menced 3'elling most lustily, and some
neighbors, attracted by his yells, with
torchlights sought the scene of his adven
ture. At the sight of thc fire the feroci
ous animals vamosed, and the Esquire
was relieved from his perilous situation.,
Stolen Child Recovered.
Some two years since a little girl aboufc
eight years of age was stolen from her
parents in New York, and so effectually
concealed were the arrangements of the
abductors that ail efforts to reclaim tho
missing child proved abortive. Recently,
however, suspicion was excited that the
girl had been stolen by parties in this cit-,
who were bringing her up as their own;
and accordingly, in company with a friend,
thc mother yesterday came hither, and
commenced a search for the lost one, hav
ing first obtained thc aid of a male friend,
well acquainted with thc circumstances.
The first thing to be discovered was
tho residence of the kidnappers, and this
after patient and protracted search and in
quiry, bciug found out, thc mother as
nncfi nroceded to the premise?, and knock-
in" at thc door it was opened by her own
daughter, between whom and tue inotRer
o . ... rm -
there wa- amutual recognition. ine
woman of the house, however, persisted
in claiming the child as hers, aud threat
ened summary vengeance upon auy one
who should attempt remove her. Bnfc
the mother strong in right, was not to be
intimidated by threats, and accordingly,
taking her daughter to the Market street
depot" jumped in the cars, and a moment,
after was beyond pursuit.
The man and woman with whom the
girl had been living re-ide in Prospect
street, and the former has hitherto born
a fair reputation, being foreman in ono
of tho largest manufacturing establish
ments in the city. Both are said to have
been furious at the discovery of their
villainy ; the girl however, was overjoyed
at their discomfiture, and accompanied
her mother with eager pleasure.
Newark Murcunj 22rf ult.
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Dance House.
Mayor Conrad, of Philadelphia; is
down on everything that is bad. Recent
ly, some of his officers made a decent
upon a dance house at thc S. W. cor. of
Fifth and Callowhill streets, and all in
tho room were arrested male and fe
male. The keeper or keepers were held
to bail for keeping a disorderly house;
one held to bail for selling liquor by a less
measure than one quart; and some twen-
tv or thirty male and female beauties
rwt
were held in 300 bail each to keep tho
peace and be of good behaviour. We
think it was oue of the Easton editors
a silly creature, of course who called
Mavor Conrad a turanl for thc course ho.
i things that interreru vim wuiuvmm
ges.w It may be we aro wrong in s,ayin
it was an Easton editor perhaps it w3
the Allcntown Demecrat; at any rtetifc
I was some paper in that region, wh$.t)
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