. . :.;. ; dLjymjmm0iijiM . , ' : ' " - ' ' ' t POPq-' J V OFFrCE.- MARKET STBEETWrE THE POST OFFICE, . .NEW 8EUIF.S VOL. ,,NO. i. TERMS OF Tilt: 4.311 lilt 4. i THE AMERICAN is published every Pstimkiy at TWO (OlXAHd peratmum to b ph1 hnlf yearly hi mlvaiice. Ne paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. . , AP communications or letters on tmiiiiiess rrL-iting to tile .Huta, to insure Munition, mast be POST PAID. " ...... TO CLUBS. .Tare atopies tn on aiKlrcss, Bsven Do . l)o 8100 . to tin Fifti Do Do do tin , Five dollars in siivnnee trill pay for three year ssulwcrip - tooa to lit American. Pui Squire ot 10 lines, 3 times, Jl 00 " Every subsequent insertion, .J 25 ' One Square-, 3 months. fi."ii Bis mouth, i . 87 One year, ,. sou RiisVncss Cants of Five lines, jicr annum, '3(H) Merchant! and others, ailverlitina liy tlm year, with the privilege ol inserting Oil- ,. I'erent advertisrrnents weekly. 10 W) W Larger Advertisements, us per agreement. ATTORNEY AT L A W , SUWBWHV.PA. Biiilnpsi atlemlcJ lo in Ihe Cotintiai of Noi burrl erlaml, I'nin::. l.jroniinR nnJ t'olumliia. liefer to I . I. & A. I'OV.II'KT, LoWfcH UllMtOI, 80MIf & SlSIIIISHASS, .'AiVarf. Kit holm, McTaiiLasin I'u Srintxo, 'ioud &. I'u., J THE CHEAP BOOR &T0R2. DA1TIELS &, SMITH'S Cttr Nkw ci Scop hand Book Store, JVrA Wc.1 coriif n" -nurA mil Arch Utrefti M'hiladrli'Ma. ; Liw Boolti. TliPo!oiral nml Classiral Books, MEDICAL EOOK9, DIOGRATHICA I. f- fllSTOIUCAL BOOKS, SCHOOL HOOKS. Scientific and Mathrmaticai. Boh:s. Juvenile Books, in great vnrirty. Hymn Books and Prayer Books, Bibles, ll si7.s ami prices. Uotii Booh, Writing Papcr,anlStatioiartj, ll'holm.ile aA Itclatl. re" Ott prices ore mueh lower than the hboulaH prices. tW I.ihinries anil rimll jmrcels of bonks pnrclmseJ. iy H.ioks iniporlecl t or.lr from I, niilon. Philadelphia April 1, Vlf y ' POE.TEP. &" E1TGLISH, CHOC EllfOM MISMOX ,li:llIIAM-S and Ueulera In Seed. .V.. 3, jWA l'llJI.ADEI.rHlA. Conftantly on hani1 g,,i",'1 aortmpnt of GK0CE1UES. TEAS, WINES, SEEDS: Liurons, &o. vs To which they respcctf-il'iy invile tL altenlion of the public. All kimls ofconntry produce takon in exchange ior Groceries or cold on Commission. , Philad. April 1, 1813 . "asket MANUrACTORlf, Ku. 15 South Second tlrett East tide, dawn ilairt, .PHILADELPHIA. HENRY COULTER, I KSPE'TFIJLLY informs hi, friends sad , (tit pub ic, tuar he constantly keeps on hand a larira assortment of cht (lre Wll ow Coaches, Cliairs, Crad eu, maiket and tiavel KH baskets, and every variety of basket work manufactured. Ceuinlry Merchants and others who wish to purchase such aitic'es, good and cheap, would da well to call on him, as they are al manufac Cared by him inthe best manner. I'Uilade'phia, June 3, 1818. ly CAUU iTsKil. UXUAYIX. WM a MASON. 46 Chesnutuf. S oWr abmelndrt., Philadelphia Engraver ol 111 SIMiSS A- VISITING CAftWS, Watch papers. Labels, Door plates, Soals and fftamps lorllild Fellows, Sons of Temperance, be., be. Always on hand a general assortment of Fine Fancy Goods. Gold pens of every quality Dog Collars in tteil variety. F.ngravers tools and materials. Aeency for the Manufacturer of Glaziers Dia monds. , Orders per mail (post paid) will be punctually attended to. Philadelphia, April 1, IM8 y 3CKii3E."!Bk;r."sBE::n. FIB.3T PBEMIUM PIANO rORIE3. fHE SUBSCRIBF.K has been appointert agent I for the sale of CONRAD MEYER'S CELE BRATED PREMIUM ROSE WOOD PIANOS, at this plaea. These Pianos have a plain, mas aive and beautiful exterior finish, and, for depth of tone, and elegance of workmanship, are not urpased by any in the United SUtea These inslrument are highly approved of by the most emihent Professors and Composers of Music in this and other cities. For qualities of tone, touch and keepmg m tana upon Concert pilch, they cannot be iuc.as ed by either American or Kuropean Pianos. Suffice it to say that Madame Castellan, W. V Wallace. Vieux Ti mps, and his sisu r, the cele brated Pianist, and many other ol" the most dis ttnquished performers, have given these inslru ments preference over all other They have also received the first notice of the three last Exhibitions, and the Ust Silver Medal by the Fiankliu Institute in 18-13. was awarded to them, which, with other premiums from the ame source, may bo seen at the Ware-room No. M smith Fourth at. (QrAnother Silver Medal was awarded 0 C. i Meyer, by the Franklin Instate, Oct '.tis for the b?;l Piano In ,L - . .u exhibition. . i of tue r rana.nu WGIl'l. 1 " , r improvement n ni past 13 mon:ni mon.ii. . . , ,. tn.titute. 1847. another Premium was awarded Again al tne iaai exinu...u.. . .... . tC Meyer, for the best Piano in tha exhibition At Bo.ton.at their last exhibition. Sept. 18t7j t" Meyef raeeiveo me ni ! i-. for the bt quar Piano in tha exhibition P The.. Pino. will be .old at th. ir.an..fctu. v.r'a lowest Phil.d.lphia P"cea, if not aomething rl r1 tn call ttnft Tam. luwer. Persons am -- nrfo themwlv... .t tb. wm. of lb. .ub- H.B. Masser. 8unbury, April 8. 1848 ;v.. the; CHEAP n,.ii. Comb nnd Variety , STORE. n ' ' . ' , 0 BOCKIUS AND BROTHER, stui:aiu MA!fFACTl'REB AND DEALERS IN COMBS & VARIETIES K. o Nn.il. 1-A.VWL U,L,u, Rat St. and ffurth EatLconntr o TAiraf and Murket itrett, XTTT.AnBT.PIIZA. TTrnvav n... .r.. l. ..I. . s.naial assort nnt nl .11 klnAaaf Riuahaa. COinb and vaeUtiaa which thev r. delaimined to ell T..wr than can fea nurWaaad a'aaavh.r.' J Caaatr Mershants and other Purchasieg ia) tbabv line will 84 It to their advnla&. t eU kIr. purrhatlng a'sswharew th quaJitJ nd price will b fuVy gaarauUed against all - ,m avKihltlOr .nt 1916 the first premium and meuai was tUt, U C Meyer Iter hi P'"o. 1,houb ,l fL V.ded at th exhibition of the year had Veen awarded at in t nn tin trounu iu - ,., t Instrument wiioio i jTamflg iittospfrprr-Drtootrtr to 3JoUtfrS artnnturr, Wrin, jwiim ana Bomrstfc jietos, SKLECT PQETllY. FLIRTATION. liy Major (r. II'. Patten, TT. S. Arury, We meet tio more totrrtlier ! Vet do not think it strtitige Since Forluiio'n fickle weather Is always fmiiclit with clinnge; The uiia'a wfiich move nt morning Are govcrn'd by no law j Atnl so botli you oiul I, mv girl, May lircnli williont a cause. If onco I had the tiul ion Love's woninl could never lical, Pitch foolish f,m J devotion No longer now I feel ; f-'ince you prorclaint'tl tlml passion I f qtiitn a tiling of art," , ... I find tlmt I've liccome, my girl, A skeptic in the heart. Your ryes cannot annoy tnc, However bright they glow; Vour wordi cannot decoy mc, However smooth they flow; In sooth, by your example, 0 cnllotlR have I grown, I core tint for your smile, my girl, , Nor do I herd your frown. The play in full is over, Ucforc it well began ; I've acted nil the lover, And now assume, the man ; But not in tragic story, To sigh upon the stage, Nor do I make for you, my girl, "An exit in a rage." Washington, 1. C, March 24, 1819. MIEGRO Ma NON TROPPO. Young Ro-ry O'Mooro i bold as a hawk, and ft u v ' ' m pi mft&, -ill 8 I wisli'd in his heart pret - ty Kath leen to pleaso, And ho ( thought the best way to do that was to tease. "Now, y- I ,j Ro ry, be at . sy," sweet Kath leen would cry, Re . kS U-; JH ie1-' proof d . hetMlp,-kut a,, sipile ' in her . eye, "With yonr StXnmtY, XOUTHUMnERLAM) COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY; APMI.9I. 149. PRESS O I'itss on ! there's no such word as fail ! Press nobly on ! the goal is near Ascend the mountain 1 breast the gale I Look upward, onward, never fear! Why should thou faint 1 Heaven smiles above, Though storms and vapor intervene ; That sun shines on, whose nnnic is Love, Serenely o'er Life's shadowed scene. INTEHNATj EVIDENCE. A man of subtile reasoning asked A peasant, if be knew Where was the internal evidence That proved the Ilible true TJjc terms of dispulntivc nM Had never reached his ear He laid his hand upon his heart, And only answered Hum! THE ORPHAN. Friendless orphan sad and lone, There is one who bears thy moon, ' Kind to succor, strong to save, Though thine all is in the grave Fain not thou beneath his rod, Jesus is the Orphan's God. OVEULOOXINO FA1 I.TS. The kindest and the happiest pair Will have occasion to forbear, And something every day they live, To pity and perhaps, forgive. TIME AND ETERNITY. Time's short, lot there thy stake be sum 11. In vast eternity embark thy all. court -ed Kath- a - leen Bawn, He wa P she ' soft &3 tlio dawn ( He 3" .i tricks I don't , know, in troth, 3 teas'd till I've 3? put IS 3 tlira tod my heart for this U I -fr AC plaz'd that I am, and why 3 all for good luck," says Jew el," says Ro - ry, "that snmo is the way You've -'- -sT- "Indeed, then," says Kathloen, "don't think of the like, For I half gave a promise lo soothering Mike ; The ground that I walk on he loves, I'll be bound " "Faith," says Rory, " I'd rather love you than the ground.1 " Now, Rory, I'll cry if you dont't let mc go Sure I dream every night that I'm hating you so." " Oh ! " says Rory, " that same I'm delighted to hear, For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear Oh! jewel, keep dreaming that same till you die, And bright morning will give dirty night the black lie. And 'tis plaz'd that I am, and why not, to be sure, Since 'tis all fcr good lucl "Arrah, Kaihloen, iny3arlint, you've leas'd rae enough, And I've thrash'd for your sake Dinny Grimes and Jim DufJj And I've made myself, drinking your health, quite a baste So I think, after that, I may talk lo the priest." Then Rory, the rngue, stele his arm round her neck, So 6oft and so white, without freckle or speck ! And he look'd in her eyes that wero beaming with light And he kiss'J her sweet lips don't you think he was right ! "Now, Rory, Wvc ufT, sir you'll hug me no more There's eight times to-day that you've kiss'd me before." "Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure For there's luck in edd numbers," says Rory O'Moore. Paddy's mode of asking a giil to name the duy. The foregoing' song was written and adopted to an Irish melody by Samuxi. Lotxb, the painter, poet, composer, novelist, actor and singor. ' Lover's career was commenced in Dublin, as a minia ture painter. He then became knowu as Iho writer and composer of some national songs, which have enjoyed groat popularity. At the dcalh of Tyrone Power, the stage was left without a repre sentative of Irish character. Lover wus immediately looked upon aS the only person who could supply the vacuum. Ho played a short engagement, but was not successful th talent for an actor being essentially different from those required for an author. His tale, and novel have bad a great run, and have been republished in t'.iu country. Following the example of Dibdin and Matthews, he gavo entertaiiimcnU iu London, illustrating Irish character by story and song, depend ing upon hi individual efforts alone. In this be was successful. About one or two years ago, he caine out to thi country, nd ha continued hi Irish exhibition with considerable succeaa. He ha written several songs, etc., since hi arrival in thi country, where he still remain, slL ZA'a. 5 Science an the arts, airfeulturr, -N h what l'i n bout Faith you're 3E my , . cloak in - side out." "0! 0 t ma ny day, EE And 'tis 7 not, to be sure For 'tis m bold Ro-ry O' - Moore. 3 says bold Rory O'Moore. 3. A A- fc- mumts, amstmtnit THE .Kr'iSSB. ' FOR READY PAV. Mr. Editor There has been a e-reat deal said and Written of late yean about cheap justice, and at length our sapient le gislators, or the maioritv f them, imagined that they had obtained the desired object when they modeled the present "County Court." Now I have nothins to saV tro or con of the merits of the system, but I have a story to tell of the working of it. A few weeks azo I was on a tour west, and during my absence I sDent a fpw rlnva in Jackson, and was very much amused while mere oy neartng some of the stories which friend Joe, the proprietor of the American hotel, is such an adept at telling; I do not vouch for its truth, but "tell it as 'twas told 1 to me," and after hearing it, I assure you that I left with the impression that "return ing justice lifts aloft its scale" in this part of the country, if no whereelse. The story ran thus : The County Court was in session, and Judge M y presided with bis accustom ed gravity and dignity. The case before tne court was one in which the jury had been demanded, and friend Lew, the Sheriff, proceeded to summon twelve good and law ful men (heaven save the mark,) at the head of whom was old Major G n, one of the veterans. The proceedings of the trial having been gone thro' with, and the charge of the Judge delivered, the jury de parted to the jury room. What transpired there has not come to light, but after ashort absence they returned to the court room, when the following dialogue ensued be tween the court and the foreman, (the Ma jor): Judge Have you agreed upon a ver dict? Major Young man we nave; Judge Well, sir, for whom do you find? Major For ourselves. Judge What do you mean, sir? Major We mean to say, sir, that we have found a verdict for one of the parties, which you can have by paying our fees. Judge but, sir, you have been regularly empannelled, and you must now deliver your verdict and look to the county for your pay. Major Judge, I'll be if you can have the verdict Until you pay us our feesi We Understand how to get our pay in the circuit court, but this one-hourse court we don't understand. Here the court interposed and threatened to commit the valiant Major and his com peers to jail for contempt of ctfuft, and end-1 ed his tirade by peremptorily commanding the foreman to say what the verdict was. "Well," said the Maior, "it you insist upon it, I'll put it to vote;" and turning to his fellow jurors with an air of venerable gravity, which just then was extremely lu dicrous, he addressed them thus : "Comrades, you have heard what the Judge says: now all ot you that will stand by me and not give a verdict till the pay is torthconung, raise the right hand:" and simultaneously eleven right hands were ele vated above the (leads ot their respective owners. "Judge," continued the ftlaior, "you see how it is, and by , I'd like to see you send us to jail :" Here the counsel for the defendent rose and read some law to prove that the jury must give their verdict at this stage of the proceedings, whether they were paid or not ; but in the midst of his harangue he was interrupted by the old Maior, some thing after this sort: "Voung man, stop, and let .me speak you needn't read any such law to me: it is a rule and a maxim, both of scripture and of common law, from time immemorial, that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and so is the juror, and you can't have the ver dict until you pay us." I hus a triangular discussion was continu ed for some time, the judge insisting on the dignity of the court, the counsel for the plaintiff that the jury must give their ver dict, and the Major resting upon the firm foundation of his immemorial maxim that the laborer is worthy of his hire. Iu the mean time the plaintiff, having some how got an inkling that the verdict was in his favor, proceeded to borrow money from his friends present, in order to come to the Major's terms, to wit ; "fork the needful." He succeeded in raising t' dollars, which he offered to etve for the verdict. The Major, with, a greater regard for his constituents than Cost of the repre sentatives of the sove-eign people are wont to have, proceeded to take another vote of the jury, in order to ascertain whether they woul'i excede to the proposition ; having s'.a'.ed it distinctly, he called for a showing of hands on the part ot those who were in favor of accepting the proposition, and all raised their hands with but one exception, and the Major concluding that the majority dught to rule, said that whenever the plain tiff paid the six dollars the- verdict was ready, i bis having been done, tne Major announced the verdict. Now all seemed to be getting on smoothly, when PA, Ine counsel for the defendent, interfered, l?ke the spirit tif discord, and demanded that the jury should be polled. The clef be- . . ... ' rr 1..J ..ftfrn ing aDsent, tne snerm proceeucu w iiii" that duty, and to the question whether that was ma verdict, eacn juror nwcrru m u affirmative until the last, who replied rath er tartly that "that was not bis verdict ny a d d sight." Oh, then It was terrible to see the awful frown which the Judge put on. The nod with which Jupiter shook th aismal foundations of the universe was no comparison to it; he thundered out, "Sheriff, take that jury back, and don't give, them any sustenance, not even bread and water, until they agree ; I'm going home f and seizing hit chapeau he - left as if the fiends were id not pursuit. .The troubles of the sheriff were not over yet. The jury said they would not , leav the court room, and tha sheriff, in krdef to relieve himself from the dilemma, began to . 1 1 OLD SERIES VOL; , NO. 0; f.1 J7 0 H? the others, and after a little hesitation he conciuaea to do so. The sheriffthrn txgan to poll them again, and had got nearly 1hro wiih that operation, when the counsel for defendant suggested that he might as well wait till the court returned. So out ran the sheriff in search of the judge, whom he found winding his way home; nursing his wrath to keep it warm. He returned W lH court room, and this time the jury wer. fairly agreed, the juryman who had raised the rumpus, however, aaying that that was not bis verdict, but he would agree with the others for the sake of harmony, though it Was riot his arrarigement flbotit the pay: Our informant says the last thing he ob served as he was leaving the court room, Was the judge reading the sheriff a lecture n the corner, something after this sort : " "Sheriff, keert this matter still, and Whrt the Legislature meets we will have this law tixed so we can understand it, but I'll tell you, sir, don't summon such another set of jurors for my court." Kissing to some Purpose. A storv has reached our cars of a singular scheme for raising funds; which was hit upon and put in practise at a donation party held not more than a thousand miles off. It ap pears that some of the kissible ladie nrpaent actually allowed their sweet lips to be taaU i at tne rate oi nity cents a kiss this be ing considered a suitable price for the prtvN lege ! If we are not misinformed, one gen tleman of the party took five dollars' worth. Sandwich Observer IMPARTIALITY. The following is from a chapter on "im partiality," in the last Knickerboker. 1 must tell you a "good one" which hap pened this summer on the same day that I went up the North River on board the Hen drick Hudson. After the rasaenrrer had re. tired to their berths, the following dialogue' ensued in the ladies' cabin, of which, the door was left partly open to promote the cii- culation of air. A rheumatic lady and an asthmatic old lady could not each be satisfied with reference to the door. They kt-pt sing ing out in alternate strains from their night caps. The rheumatio lady first: "Chambermaid, ihut the door! I shall die." Then the asthmatic old lady would ihout, "Chambermaid, oncn that door I shall die." So the contention went on for some time; and the yellow maid,- with a bandanna hand kerchief of her head, was fairly flustered. At last an old gentleman, disturbed by the altercation, and not willing to show any par tiality, sang out from his berth : "Chambermaid, for Heaven's sake optrt that door, and kill one of those ladies and then shut it and kill t'other!" A Pure Slandir no Dourr. ft ii stated as a reason why the farthers of Berks county are opposed to the erection of the new county of Madison, that they had already far enough to go to the Philadelphia market without go-' ing (A rough another county? Mexicans and thc Pope. The Legisla ture of Jalisco has appropriated 84.000 for the relief of Pius IX, which is rather surprising in a countiy always straightened in its finan ces. Cockney CoLoqcy. "I say, Jim are you going to see that man hung to-morrow 1" ''I don't know, Dick; vol's he got lobe hung for V' "Vy, bles you for 'orso stealing." "For stealing a 'orse' Yot a fool! Vy did'nt he buy von on trust, and never pay for him?" '-'Have you got a letter for my bos!" "Who ii your boss ?" ,;The one that I work for." "What's his name you idiot?" "Robert Brown, sure." "There's none here for bim." "It aiut for him I wants it; ft a letter for" myself, ,ut 1 ask for him belase his name is better known than mine." If twelve dozen make' 6he grOss, how many will make one grocert If fourteen pounds make a stone, how ma.' ny will make a pebble 1 , If twenty four sheet of paperi make a quire, how niaoy will it take W make an or-' cbestra! If one roust have three ecruples to every dront, how many must be have to' a! regular sprtel tfesT pBtsaavATioK.--Whenefefra youns; man has acquired a love of reading, and of .... -.--'S J.tf - ' .1 course a healthtul reusn tor mceueciuai plea sures, be has become poaaessed! of one of th best preventatives against dissipation.' Thc Rumno Fsssion. A general on the point of death, opening his eyes, and sefnjj a consultation of three physrerans who wersj standing close by hit bedidtj faintly ei- clafmedj "geniUnuik, i yon fife by fUtotms, it's all over with me !" and instantly expired. There are some amusing words uaed in the conversation oi the native Mexican. A kiss is called (tteiwmi queliutli I Tha Hart ford Cotrrant says h feels' just as it is spejl.' ' A razor paper ha been invented1, tVn which, if tha raxor is wiped after having, iu edge restored. VsaMiLUOH KoicT.It U decreed. V lr London and Pai courts of Jah , tha Mousselines d Lain drataea ahal be, maJay without flunnrst- aom petition. TbiUdelphia, Iun 3, 19(S-ly
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