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S.B.MASSEPa, ATTORNEY, AT LA W , ' . ; SUirBVKT, PA. , RueineM a'troded in m ihf IJniintifm of Not iburrlerland, Union. Lycoming and Columbia, liefer lot f0Jt A nnea, KutNotti, Mc I Hin & V Sriti.io,Joou 4, Co., W'.Wn.. . ... THE ( HEAP UOUK STORK. r. DAITIELS & SMITE'S ChkaF NkW tc Skcond hand Book Stork. Itnrtk Weel corner of t'tmrlh and Arch Streets PtttlaHrlpMn. Law Book.. Theological am) Claical Book., MSDICAX. BOOKS, BIOGRAPHICAL HISTOKICAL BOOKS SCHOOL. KOOKS. SclKNTiriC AND M ATH KM A1 ICA I. I'o KI. Juvenile Books, in great variety. Hymn Book. nd Prayer Book., Bible., H find price. K(an Booh, Writing Paper,andStationary, U. ennrt Hrtalt. IV Oe price, are much lower than the Moctil price.. VT I.ibiarie. and .mall parcel, of book, purchiued. iy B' imrted to' order from London. Philadelphia, April 1, IMP y "PORTBE, & ENGLISH, , GIIOCERB COMMISSIOTI MEHCHAJITB aad Dealer, la Seed., So 3. Arch St PHILADELPHIA. Con.t.ntly on hand a feneral a..ortinent of GROCERIES. TEAS, WINES, SEEDS, LIQUORS, &c. To which lhey re.ieotlnlly invite the attention nl the public. All kind of country produce taken in exchange for liroveriH or .old nn lTomini..ion. I'hiU.I April 1 1-I8 " -"bTvsket. MANUFACTORY, A 15 tiiulh Siconil n.tt'l ' tlite. limua . Villi AIWLI'HIA. HEMiY CCULTLK, RKS K I rL'l l.Y iiilmiiik in fri.-nil. and I tie pub n-, Ihui he militant y keep, on hacii a lie a'iitmiit nl rtn ilri-n. wilow t uaclii-., l.'liairk, CruJ e. niuik-t and tiave'. luiK banki-lt. ami every varii-ly ol basket xvoik mauiiluctiired Cmuiliv ietrhanU and nlher. who wikh to purrha.e turb attic e. tood and cheap, would do wpi. to ca'l on him. a. tliey are .1 manulac- tared by him in the be.t inanner. I'hiladeiphia. June 3. 1818 ly , CAItl & SEAL, KGlt.41'lU. XV M O MASON. 4 Chanultl. 5M abmtind l . PliilnJrlhia Cacrarer ( Bl fc VISITINO rARDS, XVtrh papera. Label, Door plat-. Seal and tamp lor Odd Fellow. S.in of Temprnce. ate.. f.f.-AInyi on hand a general aortment of Fine Fancy (iood. Gold pens of every quality Dog Collar, in great variety. Engraver tool, nd material. '..'! " Ancy for the Manufacturer of Glajier Iia ninnd.. i ! ' , Oirier per mail (po.t pid) will be punctually p tended lo ..Philadelphia, April J, 1"48 y . fOUXTKY HI K ItCII ANTS fnn .ore from 1 8J per Cent, yir tcU..... Ib-ir OIL CLOTHS direct 13 U-na (he ManuUi'tureT POTTF.tt JtCARVlCHAEL ve .pened a Wacefco.. No 133 North Third Street above lUce, .erond dour Siiulh of the L (I Hulel. PHILAOIXPHIX, Wr they will !' keey on baud a complete ...oitn.ent of Ple,t Ein.lir. C.rt.ogt t.l Cl.lht W. 38. 40. 8nd 81 inrhe wide. . uied Painted, and I'lain on the in.ide. on Mils lin Diillin Lmen Table OH Chh of the annat demable pattern, flfl, 40 4S nd 54 niche wide '' r-'lor Oil VUiiht. trom 38 niche to '21 (ert wide, well eaoed. and the neweit style uf patvrii. all of their o inanu acture Tram parent Window Sbde. t'oipet, kc All ood warranted. , I'hil. May 87, 1818 3m " ,. . RIYB5ini9 TtMUV MtMlUM PLAJfO rOAVBS. . , HKfcUrJSCRlBKK hateenapioiiitel agent I for the .a'eut CONRAD MKVKR S ;KLK BRATEU PRE IU ROSE WOOU PIANOS, at tbi piaco. The piano hav i pUtn, ma aive and beautilul exterior nin.h. and, lor depth ot tone, nd elegance of wnrkmar.hip, are not aurpsMed by any to Ihe Cmta4 butei . ? The inalrument are highly approved of by the moil tnibeut Profenr mil omponer of aWveic U tbi and other cttie , 'Fdt iqt4i of tone, touch and keeping to Hoae wpon Concert ). they ranuot be auipa ed by oilbrr American or Euiopean Piano. Sumco it to ey that Madame Cadellan. XV. V ur.ii... Vieui Temna. and lii. .i.ler, the cele brated Pianist, and many other of th mo.t die- tinoui.hed pertoroier. o" , ?.. r.rwtrm over all other. They bav lo r.ceived the lir.t notice of the i. ... ... r.hihitiona.aud th lat Silver Medal hv tho Franklin In.titute in 1843. wa. awarded T. them, which, with other premium, from the m. wire., may b. aeen at th w.r.-room wo :b'.';.. Medal wa. awarded t. C Mew. by tbo Frahltlin In.titute. Oct 1845 for r'b MI r"wr -WM;ta. rf th. Franklin In.ti tut. Oct I84, th. fir.t premiumand medal wa bafnr. on lb. ( tt impiovemen Aoi'b- U-b'bi.i.n of lb- Franklin inei?tuie7)i47, another Premium wa waro.l VC Monri fV tbeWal rmm w lb. exhibiiio. At Boeioo.a in; " """" --, ,J veo me n'ener - a Mever red 1 aUoa for tb beat square Piano n ib f gniomon ''T:.. Vi.rrili heioWat b- rr.an.yo Wa lowest Philadelphia price, if not omeining 1 Cer Pe,U! .,.P,eqe..ed .H nobnAprr! , ' iieMpapfr-pott 37. (From ih .btook Canaila) Gazntte j sireara ahe found herself in the clearing near M- e v n I uL r0.DVU Moor-'amilL ,. Thence directing her step, Miss Sarah Campbell, of Windsor, who towards home, she reached Mr. McDalc's, ran ls-vt in Ihu MrAnrla ah iU I IlL -1 A el. i. . ' ' ""'"V "Ul,,c u'uusi ast, returned to her home on the 3lst, hav- ing ueeu auseni xi aays. A Iriend in Brompton has sent us a circumstantial ac count of her wanderings, of t he efforts made in her behalf, and her return home, from which xve condense the following state, ments : It appears that on the 11th of August, in company with two friends, she went fishing on the North branch ot Windsor brook : and that on attempting to return she became separated from her companions, who returned to her mother's, the widow Campbell, expecting to find her at home. Several of her neighbors searched for her ' I I Al .1 A f during the ni?ht without success. The search wascontinued dunngSunday, Mon day and Tuesday, by some 50 or 60 indi viduals, and although her tracks, and those ot a dog Which accompanied her discover, ed, no tidings of the girl xvere obtained. A general sympathy for the afllicted wi dow and her lost daughter was excited, and notwithstanding the btisv season of the voar, great numbers from Windsor and the neigh boring townships of Brampton, Shipton, Melbourne, Durham, Oxford, Sherbrooke. Lennoxville, Stoke and Dudswell, turned out with provisions and implements for camping: in the woods, in search of the fe male, which was kept up without intermis sion for about 14 days, when it was gener ally given up, under the impression that she must have died, either from starvation or the inclemency of the weather, it hav ing rained almost incessantly for nearly a week of the time.;- ; j - On the 31st her brother returned home from Massachusetts, and, with two or three others, renewed the search, but returned the second day, and found to their great joy that the lost one had found her way home the evening previous. On hearing of her return, our correspon. dent made a visit to widow, Campbell, to hear from her daughter the story of her wanderings. She was found, as might be supposed, in a very weak and exhausted condition, but quite rational, as it seems she had been during the whole period of her absence. From her story the following particulars were gathered : When first lost she went directly from home down "Open Brooke," to a meadow, a';out a mile distant from where she left her companions, which she mistook for what is i ailed th? "Ozias opening," a mile distant in the opposite direction. On Saturday morning, knowing that she was lost, and and having heard that lost persons miht be guided by the sun, she undertook to fol low the sun during the day. In the morn ing she directed her steps toward the East, crossed the North branch, mistaking it for "Open Brooke," and travelled, frequently running, in a southeast direction, (her. way home was due North) seven or eight miles, till she came to the great hay-meadow, in Windsor. There she spent the Sabbath night and on Monday morning directed her course to, and thence down, the South branch in the great meadow, After this, she appears to have spent her lime, except while she, was searching food for herself and dog, in walking and running over the meadow, and up and down the South branch in search of her home, occa sionally wandering upon the highlands and far down toward the jurtction of theiwo main streams, never being more than seven or eight miles from home. For several days, by attempting to fol low the sun, she travelled in a circle, find ing herself at night near the place which she left in the morning. Although she of ten came across the tracks of large parties of men and their recently erected camps, and knew that multitudes of people . xvere in search for her, she saw no living person and heard no sound of trumpet, or other noise, except the report of a gun as she lay by a brook, early on Thursday morning, the I sixth day of her being lost. Thinking the gun to have been fired not more than a half a mile distant,shesaid she "screamed & ran" to the above place, whence she sup posed the noise came, but lourul nothing. harly in the dav, however, she came to the camp where this gun was fired, but not un til its occupants had left to renew their search for her. ThU camp was about four miles from the great meadow where she pent the Sabbath previous, there she found a fire, dried her clothes, and found a pat ridge's gizzard, which she cocked and ate, and then lay down and slept, remain- in? about S4 hours. " r w j i In her travels she came across several other camps, some of which she visited se. veral times, particularly one wnere sne . . ... . i found names cut upon trees, ana anoiner in which was a piece of white paper. Ex cept three or four nights spent in these camps, she slept upon the ground, some times making a bed of moss, and endeavor ing to shelter herself from the drenching rains with spruce boughs. For the first two she suffered much from the cold, shivering all night, and sleeping but little. The last xveek she said she had got tougnened," and did not shiver. , Whan first lost she had a large trout, which was the only food she ate, except cnone-cnerries, me urn ween, and a pari or this she gave to Der dog, wnicn remained with her lor a week, day and night. The cherries, which she ate greed ily, swallowing the stones,' she found inju red ner neaith, and tor the last two. weens she lived upon cranberries, checkberriei and wood sorrel. While the dog remained with her she constantly shared her food vith him. but said the was glad when he left h ft as it was so much .trouble to find him, food. -' : ' u , . i . . , ' On Thursday of last week ah followed the South, towardt the junction -with the North branch, where if appeared she had been before, but could not ford th stream i and in the afternoon, of Friday crossed the North, t little above ita junction with th the South branch, and following down the to aoifueg, r apouta mile from her mother's ntM.T o'clock having walked five miles in two hours, and probably ten miles during the day.. Here she remained till the next day, when she was carried home and received1 by her friends almost as one raised from the dead. Her feet and ankles were very much swol len and lacerated, but, strange to say, her calico gown was kept xvhole, with the ex ception of two small rents. ; Respecting her feelings during her fast in the wilderness, says she xvas never frigh tened, though sometimes when the sun dis appeared she felt disheartened, expecting to perish ; and when she found, by not di. covering any new tracks, that the people had given over searching for her, she was greatly discouraged. .7 ... On the morning of Friday she xvas strong, ly inclined to give up, and lie down and die, but the hope of seeing her mother stim ulated her to make one eflbrt to reach home which proved successful. When visited she was suffering from fex-erish excitement and general derangement ofthe system, and greatly emaciated, with a feeble" voice, but perfectly sane and collected. It is somexvbat remarkable that a young girl, (aged 17.) thinly clad, survived for 21 clays, exposed as she was to such severe storms, with no food but wild berries. It is also very strange that she was so frequent ly on the tracks of those in search of her, sleeping in their camps, and endeavoring to follow their tracks home, yet did not hear any of their numerous trumpets and xvas not seen by any ofthe hundredsof persons xvho xvere in search of her. THE GOLD HEGION. Mr. E I ward Fitzgerald Beale, who bus just arrived from C'ulifornin, has furnished the Washington Union with the following partic ulars nbout the gold discoveries in that coun try. Tho Union raya:' His account of the extraordinary richness J of the gold Mirfnce, und the exc itement it hns produced among all classes ol" 'people, inhab itants ef the country und of the towns, among seamen and soldiers, are confirmed by let ters from Commodore Jones and from Mr Lurk in, the United Slates npval ogent at Monterey, California. Mr. Beale states that the whalers had suspended their operations the captains permitting their seamen to go to the gold region, upon condition that every ounce of "old the seamen obtained slinnlil fon given to the captain for 810, he making six or seven dollars by the bargain. The towns were being evacuated mechanic, &e. going to the attractive spot. The two newspapers had been suspended. It is fortunate that no such El Dorndo is within striking distance of our office although we hope that our wor. thy partner will be amply compensated for fi leaving lis alone in our glory" for the rich El Dorado gold mines of Virginia. We lay before our readers the last letter of Mr. Larkin to the Secretary of tho Navy, which he received from Mr. Beale, and for which we are indebted to tho courtesy of the Secretary. U.S. Agekcy, ' ' ) ' 1 Monterey, California, July I, 1848. J .... Sir: Sinco my last letter to you, written San Francisco, I havo visited the 'Placer' or gold region oi lainorma, ana loumi u im as it had been represented to me. My unti- pations were fully realized. The part 1 isited was the south fork of the river Amer- nn, which joins the Sacramento at Sutor'u fort, or two miles from it. This river has its norlh and south forkv, branching more than wetitv miles from Fort Sutor. On theso two foiks there are over 1.000 people digging and ashing for gold. On B -ar creek und Ilulo reek, branches of Feather river, mnny are now beginning to work. It is supposed that the banks and bottoms or all these small streams contain vast quantities of gold, and that tho valleys between them are rich wi h the same metal. The people ore now work- ng at many places : some are eighty inilen from others. The place I visited was about league in ' extent ; on this were about fifty tenls: many have not even this covering. At one tent, belonging lo eight single men, I remained two or three days. These men had two machines made in a day, from 80 to 100 feet, inch board, and very roughly put ogether. Their form was something like a hild's cradle, without the ends: at one end there was a moveable sieve or rack lo wash town the dirt, and shake off the stones. Holes were made in the bottom of the ma chine to catch the gold this wash stopped, and this was scraped out hourly. . These two machines gathered each day I was present three fourths lo one pound' each being three to four ounces of gold per man: These men had worked one week wilh.tin pans; the last week with the machine. I saw the result of the first day's work of tio brothers, (Ameri cans;) one had seven dollars, the other eighty two; they worked on the same five yards ol land r one, however; worked less than the whole day. Their plan, like hundreds of others, was first with 4 pick and shovel, clear off two feet of the top earth, then pot in a till pan or wooden bowl a shovel of dirt, go into running water, v ;IK the, hand stir up the dirt and heave Out the stones, until they have re maiuing a spoonful of ' emery or black sand, containing one lo five dollar. - This can he done ouce or twice a day Each day U causing some saving of , labor by the improvement to the rough machiue now in uie, .The day I left, some small com panies of five to eight men had machines from which they anticipate five' or six hundred dollars a ,day. ' There certainly" must be at work on the different Placers several hundred Americans and ethers, who arej elMiunf one Potnfgtfc nctos, omico ol gold a d.iv I hiive.ilii.-t week eeeu in Monterey a Califomian, who shows four hundred dollars of gold from tho labor of one week ; much of it was the u? of wheal, myself weighed ono piece from his ba,', and found the weight an even ounce. He, like many others, only went up to the. gold re gions to see the place, borrowed tool?, work ed a few days, and came homo to show his labor, and hike up brothers- and cousins and provision'. "Flour nt the Placer" is scarce at $16 per 'JOO pounds. At almost any price it must continue, as people are forsaking their fields. 1 do not think I nm exaggerat ing in estimating the amonut of gold obtained on tho rivers I have mentioned nt ten thou sand dollars a day for tho last few days. There Is every reason to believe the amount will not this season (unless the washers are driven from their work by sickness) bo any less. In this case the addition of workmen' now joining the first oius, and the emiu'ratits from the Atlantic States we shall have in Oc tober and D.-ceiTibpr, will soon swell th.-i value of California gold that will be washed out lo nn unheard-of value. Many who have seen the "Placer' Ihink it will last thirty or forty years. I should think it would afford work two or three years to many thousands of people, and may for very many years, ns 1 cannot calculate the extent of country having gold. The working of quicksilver mines, like every thing else, is stopped ; three-fourths of the houses in the town of San Francisco are shut up. Houses in Monterey ale being closed this week ; the volunteer companies of Sonoma nnd San Francisco have lost seve ral men by desetion. Under the present ex citement, u ship-of-war or any vessel lying at anchor in San Francisco would lose many men. In that town there is hardly a me chanic remaining. I expect the same in Monterey in two weeks. Doth newspapers have stopped. All or nearly all tho hotels are shut up. One of my clerks who received $500 and, now receives in his siore near New Halvetia (Sutor'sFori,)S100 per month ; my others are fast closing their books to leave me. In fact, I find myself, or shall this mouth, without a clerk, carpenter, or sprvan', nnd all my houses, formerly rented, given up lo me. In two weeks Monterey will bo nearly without inhabitants. I nni. wi'h much respect, THOMAS O. LARKl.V Com. Thob. Ap C. Jones We have seen rpecimone of tho California gold. As far as we have seen, il does not appear in largo lumps, such as wus found the other day in a gold mine in Virginia, worth 1530. Indeed, the largest piece said to have been found does not exceed an ounce. The specimen we have seen is in minute pieeesi verv much resembling Iho scales of a smal' lish. ' , From the Weekly Union. Since reading Mr. Wiley' speech we have beeii fortunate enough to obtain a copy oi Col. reemonfs "Geographical Memoir upon Up per California, in illustration of the Map of Oregon and California." Twenty thousand of each have been ordered by the Senate to be printed. It bespeaks the wonted industry and sagacity of this enterprising man. It comprises 67 pages, anil is only the auanf coiin'fr of the larger work which is in his contemplation. This memoir is itself very interesting, and shows us the peculiarities) beauties, and value of Upper California. The maritimo porlion ofthe country is said to be ven superior in soil and climate to those of iho boasted Ilaly. We must content ourselves wiih making a few extracts: SIERRA NEVADA. I This Sierra is part of tho great mountain range, which under different names and with H'erent elevations, but with much uniformi ty of direction and general proximity lo the coast, extends from the peninsula of Califor nia to Russian America, and without a gap in the distance through which the water of the Rocky mountains could reach the Pacific ocean, except at the two places where the Columbia tuid Frazer's rivet respectively find their pussage. This great range is reuiarku- ble for its length, Us proximity, and parallel win to the aea coast, its great elevation, often more lofty than the Rocky mountains, and its many grand volcunio peaks, reaching high into the region of perpetual snow. Rising singly, like pyramids, from heavily timbered plateaux, lo the height of fourteen and se venteen ihouannd feet above the sea, these snowy peaks constitute the characterizing feature of the range, aim clisimguisn it Iroin the Rocky mountains, and all others on our prt of the continent, That part of this rango winch traverses tne Alta California, is called the Nevada, (snowy mountain,) a name in Use f implying a great elevation, as it is only applied, in Spanish geography, to the mountains whose summits penetrate to regions of perpetual snow, it is a grand feature of California, and a domina- ling one, and must be well understood belore the structure of the country and the character of lis different divisions can be comprehend- ed.' It divides California into two parts, and exercises a decided influence on the climate. soil, and productions of each. Stretching a long the coast, and at the general distance of 150 miles from it, this great mountain wall receives the warm winds, charged with va? nor, which sweeps across the pacific ocean, precipitates their accumulated moisture iu fertilizing rains and snowa upon its western flank, and leaves cold ana dry winds to pass on the east Hence the characteristic-differ ence, of the two regions mildness, fertility, and a superb vegetable kingdom on one tide: comparative barrenness ' and. cold on the other. sccencr and .fit arts,flr(tuUurr i Th? two si. I s of the Sierra exh.bit two distinct climates. The state of vegetation, in connexion with somo thnrmometricat ob servations made during the recent exploring expedition to California, will establish and illustrate this difference. , In the beginning of December, 1845, wo crossed this Sierra, at latitude 39 deg, 17 min. 12 see , at the present usual emigrant pass, at the head of the Salmon Troul river, 40 miles north of New Helvetic, and made observations nt each base and in the same latitude, to determine the respective temperatures; tho two bases being respectively, tho teerffj-n about 500, and the eastern about 4,000 fuel above the level of ihe sea; and the Pens 7,200 feet. The mean results of the observations were, on the casfern side, at sunrise, 9 deg; at noon, 4t deg; at sunset 30 d-g.; th-! state of vegetation nnd the appearance of the country being at the same time (second week of December) that of confirmed winter; the rivers frozen over, snow on the ridges, annual plants' dead, grass dry, and deciduous trees stripped of their fo liage. At the tffsf'rn base, the mean tempe rature during a corresponding week was, at sunrise 29 deg., and nt sunset 02 deg.; the state of th atmosphere and of vrgetiitiou that of nd vancing spring; gruss fresh and green, four to eight inches high ; . vernal plants in bloom ; the air soft : and all the streams freo from ice. Thus December, on one side of the mountain, was winter; on tho other it was spring. THE CHEAT BASIN. Eastol" Ihe Sierra Nevada, and between it and the Rocky mountains, is that anomalous feature in onr continent, the Great Basis, the existence of which was advanced as a theory after ihe second expedition, and is now established a a geographical fact. It is a singular feature; a basin of some five hun dred miles diameter every wav. between' four and five thousand feet above the level ofthe sen, shut in all around by mountains, with ils own system of lakes and rivers, aud having no connexion whatever with the sea. Partly arid and sparsely inhabited, the gene ral character ofthe Grf.at Basin is that of a desert, but with great exceptions, there being many part of it very fit for a civilized peo ple ; and of these parts tho- Mormons have lately established themselves in one of the largest and best. Mountain is the predomi nating structure of tho interior of tho basin, with plains betwopn tho mountains wooded nnd watered, the plains arid and sterile. Tho interior mountains conform to the law which governs the course of the Rocky moutnins and of tho Sierra Nevada, ranging nearly north and south, and presents a very uniform character of abruptness, rising suddenly from a narrow base of ten to twenty miles, and at taining an elevation of two to five thousand foet above the level of tho country. They are grassy and wooded, showing snow on their summit peaks during the greater part of the year, and affording small streams of water from live to fifty feet wide, which lose themselves, some in lakes, some in the dry plains, and some in the belt of alluvial soil at iho base; for these mountains have very uniformly this belt of alluvion, the wash and abrasion of their sides, rich in excellent grass, fertile, nnd light nnd loose enough to absorb small si reams. Between these mountains are the arid plains which icceive and deserve the name of desert. Such is the general struc lure of the interior of the Great Basin, more Asiatic than American in ils character, and much resembling the elevated region between the Caspian sea and northern Persia. The rim of this basin is massive ranges of moun tains, of which the Sierra Nevada on the west and the Wae-satch and Timpanogos chains on the east, are the most conspicuous. On the north, il is separated from the waters of the Columbia by a branch ofthe Rocky moun tainous ranges, of which the existence has been only recently determined. Snow a bounds on them all ; on some, in their loftier parts, tho whole year, with wood aid grass; with copious streams of water, sometimes a mounting to considerable rivers, flowing in wards, and forming lakes or sinking in the sands. Bells or benches of good alluvion are usually found at their base. (! 1 J Here is a delicious little song, from an old poet. Read it, girls, and act occordingiy. Tia leap year, recollect! ' aoxo. . Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a flying; And this same flower that smiles lo-day, To morrow may be dying. : The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,' The higher he's a-getling, The sooner will his race be run And nearer he's to setting. - - That age is best which is Ihe first, ' ' 1 When youth aud blood are warmer: But being spent, Ihe worst ' ' Times will succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, . ! And while ye may, go marry; , ; For having lost but onoe your prime, You niny forever tarry. . A Chest's Gbtitt. O'Connell. had. obtained an acquittal foe one of his cli;-nti ( the fellow's Joy knew no bour,, -Och, counsellor," said he, "I've wy nera t0 ahnur von m. irraiitiutii ! . . . . .. t yog knocked down m own pfrb.v wld maybe I would' o, brfo, m fMtion to th ret- "T'ttkf Bra. is the Soirit of the Pre," aaid Mrs: Blgelbw, u she han.ed a mug of eider JWamis amusemritts, rr, ' MORRIS tiONOATKETH'S ADDRESS OH A . GRIttXTinE. In the month of January, 1847, Judge Lonoitrkth, the present Democratic candi date for Governor, by invitation, delivered an Address to the Jtjfcrsonvittt Agricultural As sociation, of Montgomery . county. It was published at the time, and elicited the highest praise from all who had the pleasure of its perusal. As the judge is himself a practical Farmer, he is well versed in (lie subject of which he treats, and his Address contains a collection of the most valuable information to the hardy tiller of tho soil. The pleasant and desirable occupation of ihe Farmer, is thus happily alluded to : "Pre-eminently honorable, therefore, be cause pre-eminently useful, is the life of the honest Farmer; and if he ever should be tempted to repine at his lot, and covet Iho luxuries of city life, let him beware of the Ihorn . that lies concrtalcd under the gaudy extetidr' of fashion, md of the 'vices that lurk in the precints und purlieus of our cities. Of tho vicissitudes of mercantile affairs, I can speak with the advantage of much personal experience in earlier life ; and may safely say of my own knowledge that of every ten individuals, who devolo themselves to com merce, tinder the credit system, not more than one is eventually successful. Let him remember on the other hand, that in the re fined, but highly artificial state of society in our cities, our most eminent citizens proposo to themselves, as the appropriate reward for editorial, legal and medical ability, arlistic merit, and mercantilo success, an evening of existence, devoted to lhs innocent, natural aud pure enjoyment of life iu the country." The following allusion to our GERMAN farming population, will be read with interest by that large class in this community : "Il must be a source of high gratification to Ihe German population of Pennsylvania that in the career of experimental and scientific agriculture, their father-land is in advance of the other nations of the world. Ignorance and egotism have too long withheld ' from Germany tho homage due to the highest or der of intellect ; and a persevering industry, unnaralleled bv any other people ; and in ad dressing an audience many of whom claim that country for their Fatherland, it may be pardonable to advert to her titles lo respect, In agriculture: Liobeg, Timer aud Burger. In poetry; Goethe, Schiller and Clopstnck. In History and Antiquities: Niebuhr. Hoc rcn. Hurler, and the brothers Sehlege, and that model of travellers. Baron Humboldt with a host of authors, who:! annual literary labois equal those of Franco and England combined, all vindicate her titles to the res pect and gratitudo of mankind. She also, from remote periods of antiquity, by her conquests and emigration, scattered far and wide the seeds of liberty, and it is equally -to Germany, that Franks, Goths, Lombards, and tho Saxons of England, owe the spirit and substance of free institutions. And though Germauy dwells nt present in apparent apathy, yet we have reason to be lieve that ihe intelligence of that land is si- lently preparing for a bloodless revolution. I The emigrants from no other country slide with more alacrity and ease into their duties as citizens of this republic. '' In military exploits we need look no fur ther for glory, than to the p.-ople, who iu a remote age, extorted the praises of C'ttsar, as they have iu our own times, those of Napo leon. . But it is as Farmers, that we desiro to speak of the German population of Pennsyl vania, and surely no man who has travelled and observed, can doubt that in tho particu lar line of farming which seems most conge nial to their habits, viz: the ' production of wheat, thev are surpassed by none. It may be remarked that they follow this up by their their skill as millers, aud persevering to the end, we find them established in our towns and cities, as bakers, lo tho exclusion of all competition. Among the many dispaiagiugstoriescurrent with a class who measure all by their own puny standard, xvas one some years ago, which attributed to Pennsylvania a tendency to Agratianism. An eminent jurist of a neigh boring State, who yet survives to do honor to his country, listened lo theso charges, and at ' length decided to become personally acquainted with a people from whom such evils wore expected. I met him on his re turn fioui a lour through one of the richest agricultural districts of the State ; perfectly relieved from his apprehensions nnd amused at his own credulity. 'Sir,' said lie, 1 fear no political danger from a population with such wives and children; with, sucli barns, houses, and lands, und w ith the hubitsof per servering industry, peculiar to your German population.1 " .'. 1 A Qi'Aasa Woman's Sermon -My dear friends: There are three things that I very much wonder at. The first is that children should be so foolish as to throw up stones, brickbats aud clubs into fruit trees, to knock down fruit ; if they would only let it alone it would fall itself- The seoond is, that men should go 1 " om' ' .W(e ll0tnef ' if they would only ie cue anottter alone they . , - ilia tunlu.. ' 1 WOU10 Olv ittPHiBvin.j biiu mo iuiiu tt.uu last , thing which t Wonder at, is that young men should be so unwise as logo after young women, for if they would' stay at home the young women would come after ihem. 1 'mm m rmwm i W - T -V . A DErreiTiON, Lorenzo Dow defined a death-bed repentacce to be burning out the . . .. m i candle of Uti In tb asrvloe ot tne oevii, aim Wowinf 1hi aoWr In the lerd'e feoe. OLD SERIES VOL. , NO. i, From the New York Atlas. "Fortune favors the brave." A military officer with whom we have long been intimate, relates twoinciden'seon necled with Croghan'a gallant defence of Fort Stevenson ono which affords a strong positive, the other a stronger negative proof, ' of the above quoted adage. As the British and the Indian?, in their previous military operations, had violated their pledge and the usage of civilized war fare, by wahtonly murdering their prisoners, the number of Croghan's little band, (only 100 strong wilh a single 6 pounder, and surround ed by about 600 British troops, and twice that number of I idians,) had mutually agreed to ' stand their ground lo the last, and sell their lives as dearly as possible. ,: , When all was ready the Britith Comman der sent a messenger, under a flag of truce, ' to treat for the surrender of the Fort. Cro ghan pointing to him as he approached, ex claimed : 'It will not do to let them enter here and sen our weakness, who will volunteer to meet -him V And it xvas pretty certain that whoever should leave the Fort on such a mission would be murdered by the dastard foe; there was a brief pause when Ensign Shipp replied: "I will upon one condition." "What is it V asked the Captain. "Pledge mo your word, as an officer and a man of honor, that you will keep that gun bearing directly upon me, and that you will fire it off the moment you see me raise my hand." The pledge was given aud Shipp went forth. To all the arguments and persuasions of the enemy, his unvarying reply was : "1 am instructed to say that we defend the Fort." Soon the Indians began to surround hitm ' One clutched his epaulette, another his sword. Shipp, who was a man of Herculehrf frame, released himself by -a powerful effort, and 1 turning to the envoy, cooly said : "Sir, 1 have not put myself under the pro '' lection of your flag of truce without knowing 1 your mode of warfare. You see that gun," '' said he. pointing to their s'olita'ry six pounder "it is well charged with grape, and I have tho solemn pledge of my commander, that it ' shall be fired at me the instant I give him 1 the signal.-Thercfore. restrain these men and respect the laws of war, or yen shall instant ly accompany me to tho other world." This w as enough. Shipp wapno' more mo ' lested, he returned to his comrades in safety, fought out the desperate action that ensued, aud obtained promotion for his bravery. This counter instance referred to at the head of our paragraph, was told as follows i After the British and Indians had with- ' drawn, Croghan missed one man, (only one) who had belonged to his little band, and all e forts for his discovery, were for some time unsuccessful. At length his remains were) discovered in the garret of one of the block houses where he hrul crept for safety,1" and was cut in two by a ennnon ball. All tin rest, considering their chances of life not worth a thought, had only sought to do their duty, and escaped alive, frdrff, per haps the most desperate fight on record.' The only man w ha was killed happened to be the only man who proved himself a coward. Fattenino Pigs oh Parsnips. A corres pondent has written to inquire "whether we know by our own experience the quality ol the parsnip fur feeding and fattening pigs 1" hi answer, we beg leave to state, that at our faun at Catlauds Riugmer, we have been in the habit of employing parsnips for that pur pose for some time. Upon reference to our books we find that on the 11th of October, 18-17, xve put up two shouts of eleven weeks old, and fed them on skim milk and parsnips for threo months, when they were killed, weighing two hundred and thirty-one and two hundred and thirty-eight pounds. They wcro well fattened, firm in llesh, and the. meat of excellent flavor. The quantity of parsnips consumed by them was uine bushels each (Sussex (Eng.) jryrsj. Remarks We have often wondered that no account is made of this valuable root. , All the world is alive to tho value of the carrot ; while this rich esculent is eutirely overlook od. That the parsnip contains, more sac-' charine matter than the carrot, or, even auy of the beets, we are satistied. A very excel lent witio is made of it, which we venture to assert cannot be made from any other of tho whole root crop. Its estimation as au ediblo for the table also tells in its favor. And a herd of hogs turned into a field containing bogus, beets, carrots, and parsnip, would not bo long in settling the question wldch they liked best ; and as they cannot read the Ge- nese Farmer, ancfaro hot lnflueiied oy any of our blundering theories, and trust alone to experience and that unerring guide that nature has provided them in the place of rea son, we are disposed to give them the creuii of being very capable jodges very. - riese Farmer. ."Fbemvhick JKaoME.' The Commou CoUn. cil of the city of New York has voted to con- fer tho freedom oi we vnj, " , upon Frederick Jerome, the heroic seaman, through whoto instrumentality Humbert of Uvea were saved from the burning Ooear Monarch. Jerorno has made New Yot Wa home for eight or niuA years, aud has in that city a wife w-d children. It U a fact worthy of remembrance, that thia Intrepid man thu liv of about on hundred mdiviauais at . . - . l l... lill.nv Plav" WIS i ma uvno tn rv '- " jj tiM 1 strjiidtd ri Us.is kJ .1
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