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Philadelphia.
" Ltw Books. Thwlogiral and Classical Bookt,
MBDICAX. BOOKS.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTOK1CAL BOOKS,
SCHOOL HOOKS.
SciiHTiric and MathkmaticaI. Book.
Juvenile Books, in great variety.
Hymn Bookl tnd Prayer Booki, Bibles, all izM
anil prices.
Blank Books, Writing Paper, andStationanj,
' an Ht laV.
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rf Ijluarirs and small parcels nf Irv.U pnrchatcd.
gy Bonks impnrted to nrrler l"nn London.
fkilaaWpbia, April 1, IMS y
CROC Ett COMMISSION MKIlt'HAMS
ud Drulera in Seeds,
iV, 3. Arch PHILADELPHIA.
Cnnauntljr on hanH gneial aoriinen of
CROCERIES, TEAS, WINES, SEEDS,
LIQUORS, kc.
To which thejr retpect lolly invite lh att-ntion
of the public.
All kinrlf of country proline taken in exchange
for Groceries or told on Cominittion.
Philad. April 1. 1H48
BASKET
MANUPACTORY,
Jf. IS South Seenndgire't Eii'l "'rle. down naire.
PHILAHRLPHI A.
HENRY COULTER,
TmKSPEUTFULLY informa hia fri-n.ls and
lm,tiia pub ic, that h constant y ke on
haaTa iargo atiortmmit of chi drent wil nw
Toachet, Chairs. Crad et, market and liave
ling baskels. and every variety of batki-l woik
ananiilactured. .
Cannlry Merchants and olhert who with to
purchase such attie'rs. good and cheap, would
do well to call on him. as they are at. manulac
tured by him inthe best manner.
I'uilade'pbia, June 3. 1848. ly
CARD gEAKEXGRATIXG.
WM G MASON.
4 CrWtnuf it. 3 W oonre nd it.. Philadelphia
lairavti ( BC8ISE at VI8ITINO CARDS,
Watch papers. Labels, Door plates. Seals and
f tamps tot Odd Fellows. Sons of Temperance.
Ac, fcc Always on hand a general assortment
f Fine Fancy Goods. Gold pens of every quality.
Dog Collars in great variety. Engravers tools
and materials. .
Agency for the Manufacturer of Claners D.a-
"orders per mail (post paid) will be punctually
.attended to. . , io
'Philadelphia. April 1, 1H48 y .
'""r the" chbap
Xlruth, Comb and Variety
STOKE. pn
BOCKIUS AND BROTHER,
'BRIISII MAKIFACTIREBS,
AND DEALERS IN COMBS & VARIETIES
titWKarlh Third, beluw Rate St. and N.urth
EdU tanner of Third and Market utreet,
rBxZ.ASEZ.PHX A.
WHERE they offer for sa'e a general assort
ment of all kinds of Blushes. Combs and
arietiea which tbey ara determ-.nad lo tell
Lower than ean be purchased t sewhere.
Country Werchants and others Purchasing in
thembova line will find it to their advantage to
call before purchating elsewhere as the quality
ad prices will be fully suaranteed against an
aaaapetition.
Philadelphia. 'Tune 3, 1848 ly-
BOROE J. WEAVER EPWIN H. FITLER.
norrc J. Weaver tfc Co.,
mm MArBTAOTVlVBi AV SHIP
. OBANZ.LEBS.
tfo. 1 If. Water St., and 11 N. Wharves
Put. inrt PUIk.
,w.ya jonttantly on hand, a general atanrtment of
14 ?r i ludian Rw. Bale K.pe
idTwb "lOT-a" T cSii B-ts, Bow ..Kl tit.".
llV'lT.rnpd Cot,a.Se,.Tw.n, l.men jnd
srATiiraft"w -r "S
ef which Ihey will dispnse cf r aiable ternii .
Rone. .. y Biz. Of Deaeription, Mad. to Order, at
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ahnrt a aioe. . ,
rhitadelpoia, Feb. 10, WW. ly.
HE1MOVAL.
tR. J. B. MA88ER has removed his
I to the office formerly oc-
i l. ii n Masaer.as the punting
f eupi
I I offic
offio. of the' Sunbury American, back
of H. Masters store.
SuTbury. Feb. 84. 1849 .!
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Tn ATTTJTTIO
.i .srill eoniinua to raceiv and no
rs
F odTh. a few Uai P"JV
non " . rina new of the Susquehan-
m Nofthumoartand and the r, adnU-
Lw Btl- W (he country during VM sunwiw fw
' ANN CrMORRIS.-
SELECT POETltY.
' From Godcy's Lady's Dollar Newspaper.
f LOVE THE OIRLS. '
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ar xitaict o'dCiiT.
I love the girls I love them all :
The gay, the fair, sad and meek;
Their eyes of blue, that skies recall,
Or those so dark that love bespeak.
I love them all in silks arrayed,
. Or neatly decked in homely trim t
, For every one hath displayed,
.. , Silks ne'er enhance, or shred bedim.
I love them all for all can smile,
And speed the gloom from blows that tiro i
And all have hands for tender toil,
' To pet the babe, or cose the sire.
Each hath heart to feci and throb,
To share our woes, or pleasant hours ;
To laugh our glco, or with us sob.
And call its own our lights and abowcrs. .
I love tlicm all I love their joy. .
Their romping bouts, and careless song (
And could not look with frowning eye '
Upon their freaks in gleesonie throng.
I love their laugh, its silvery peel,
For it proclaims life can be bright ;
That sunny gleams can sweetly steal
Amid the gloom of this world's night.
I love them all and who docs not T
For all "creation's Lords" have known,
In suflerings whiles, or dismal lot,
The soothing cures which arc their own.
Then love them all with all your might.
And evil thoughts which souls degrade,
Of sorrow's pang with venomed bite,
Your hallowed hearts will ne'er invade !
TIIE ONLY SOX.
BY MRS. JAXE WE AVE It.
Rln. Harcouri sat alone in his sttulv.
The walls were crowdnd with book-casi-s
filled with the massv tomes of'tbe law ; his
table was covered with papers of impor
tance; and a pile of notes, which had just
been paid him by a client, lay close at his
elbow. The costly lamp that hung above
his head threw its light full on thn upper
part ot his face, bringing the massv brow
out into bold relief, and giving additional
sternness to his cold and inflexible features.
All at once he rang the bell.
"Is master James arrived V said he
sharply, when the servant entered.
"Yes. sir,"
"Show him in, then."
In a few minutes the door of the study
opi ned again, and the lawyers only son
stood in the presence of his father. He
was a youth ot about seventeen, lair and
manly to gaze upon, but M'ith that look of
dissipation in his countenance which mars
even the nobl-st beauty. An expression
of feminine soilness and irresolution in his
face, contradicted the proud and self-willed
glance of his dark, glowing eye. He
seemed, indeed, to judge from his looks, to
be wholly a creature of impulses.
"So you have been in another scrape,
sir," said the old man harshly.
I he youth bowed his head and bit his
lip.
It cost me lour hundred dollars to pay
for the carriage that was broken, and the
horses foundered in your drunken Irolic
What have you to say to that, sir V
I he young man's eye wandered irreso
lutely around the room, without daring to
meet his father's face. Nor did he make
any reply.
"How long is this to last i" said his pa
rent, in a more angry tone. "Have I not
told you, again and again, that I would dis
own you ii these things went on J xou
are a disgrace, sir, to me a blot on my
name. 1 hank God your mother did not
live to see you grow up !" .
1 he youth had been evidently nerving
himself to bear his father's rebukes, with
as much indifference and coolness as possi
ble; but at the mention of his mother's
name his lip quivered and he turned away
his head to hide the tears that gathered in
his eyes. Had that stern, irritating old
man known how to follow up the chord he
had struck, his son might yet have been
saved ; but he was a hard, correct man, un
accustomed to making allowances tor diffe
rence of character, and he resolved to drive
bis son into obedience by the strong arm of
parental authority.
"You turn away to laugh, you rascal, do
you," said he enraged. "You believe, be
cause you are my only child, I will not
disinherit you. But I would cast you off if
you were ten times my son ; and I made
up my mind to-day to tell you, at once, to
go. There is a pile of notes five hundred
dollars 1 believe : take it; and to-morrow
I will make it a thousand, before you d
part.' But, remember, this is the last night
you shall spend under my roof the last
cent of my money you shall ever touch."
When his ' mother was alluded to the
youth had almost made up his mind to step
forward, ask pardon lor all his evil courses
and promise solemnly hereafter to live a
life of strict propriety : but the sharp and
angry tone in which Mr. Harcourt pursued
the conversation, and the words of banish
ment with which it closed teemed lo make
him irresolute. He colored, turned pale,
and parted hit lips as if about to speak ;
then he elapsed hit handt half in supplica
tion ; but the cold, contemptuous look of
hit father checked him and tie remained si
lent. The angry flush however, rot again
to hi cheek, and became fixed there.
"Not a word, sir," said the father. "It
is too late for pleading now, . Pont be
both a blackguard and A coward. . I told
Jou if you tr got into such a ditr reHita
U difficulty I would disown you. 1 But the
warning; did bo good. Yoo must reap a
you bavt sown. Will you go 1
The youth seemed again about to speak 1
but his words choked him. The spirit of
his son, as well as that of the father, was
roused. He felt that the punishment was
disproportloned to the offence, even as great
as it had been. lie took the notes which
his parent held out to him, crumpled them
hastily together, and flinging them scorn
fully back, turned and left the room. The
next instant the street door closed with a
heavy clang.
"He has not gone, surely " said the fath
er, startled tor a moment. But his brow
darkened as his eye fell on the notes.
"Yet let him go the graceless villian he
is hereafter no son of mine. Better die
childless than have an heir who is a curse
and a disgrace to your name, Did I not
do my duty to him ?"
Ay! old man, that is the question. . Did
you do your duty him? Were you not
harsh when you should have Been lenient
did you not neglect your son for years
after his mother's death, careless of what
kind of associates he consorted with and
when he had been led astray, did you not,
in total disregard of his wilful character,
the result of your own indulgence, did you
not, we say, attempt to coerce linn ry
threats when yoti should have drawn him
by the gentle chords ol love? ' Look into
your own heart and see if yon are not just
as unreasonble as your son. Can a charac
ter be reformed in a dav ? Your proles-
sion should have taught you belli-r, old 1
nian. But the bov lias gone from your
roof forever, for w.-ll he knows how inikx
ible is your stem, sell-righteous heart : and,
indeed with a portion of 3-our own pride,
he would sooner cut off his rinht arm than
solicit or accept your aid. Yes! lake up
that mass of complicated papers and endea
vor to forget the past scene in their absorb
ing details: but vours must he a heart of'ad-
ainant if, in despise of your oil-repeated
reasonings, you can justify your harshness
to it. Remember the words you have ut
tered. They may apply to more than one.
".7s jo' have sown so s'tall you rap .'"
James Harcourt went fjrth from It is
father's house in utter despair. Pride ha.l
supported him durin2 the last few moments
of the interview, and he had met his stern
parent's malediction with bitter defiance;
but when the donr had closed upon him,
and he turned to lake a last look up at the
window which was once his mother's, the
tears dished axain into his eyes, and cover-
in; his face in his hands he sat down on a
neighboring step and sobbed convulsively.
"Oh I if she had been lhi:ir," he said, "it
wteild never have come to this. She would
not have left ine to Ibrm associations with
those who wished to make a prey of me
she would not have galled me by s'ern, and
often undeserved .reproaches she would
not have turned me from my home, with
no place whither to go, and temptations
around me on every side. Oh! my moth
er," he said, casting his eyes to heaven,
"look down on and pity your poor boy."
At that instant the door ot Ins lather's
house opened, as if some one was about to
come forth. A momentary hope shot
Ihrouzh him that bis parent had relented.
But no! it was only a servant who had
been called to close the shutter". Ashamed
to be recognized, the youth hastily arose,
turned a corner and disappeared.
Years rolled on. The lawyer rose in
wealth and consideration; honors were
heaped profusely on him; he became a
member of Congress, a Senator, a Judge.
His sumptuous carriage rolled through the
streets daily to bear him to and fro from
court. An invitation to his dinners was re
ceived in triumph, they were so select.
In every respect Judge Harcourt was a
man to be envied.
But was he happy ? He misrht have
been, reader, but for one thing. He had no
one to love. He felt that people courted
him only from interested motives. Ch!
how he sometimes longed to know what
had become of his discarded boy, confessing
to himself, now that years had removed
the veil from his eyes, how harshly he had
used the culprit.
"Perhaps, if I had borne with him a lit.
tie longer he might have reformed," he
said, with a sigh. "He always had a good
heart, and his poor mother used to say he
was so obedient. But he got led away!"
At this instant a servant cautiously open
ed his library door.
"It is almost ten o'clock, your honor,"
he said, "and the carriage is at the door."
"Ay, ay," said the judge rising, as the
servant disappeared, "I had forjot myself.
And that desperate fellow, Roberts is to be
tried, to-day, for the mail robbery."
Many an obsequious bow greeted the
judge as the officers of his court made way
for him through the crowd, for the trial
was one nf unusual interest, and had collect
ed together large numbers. lie smiled affa
bly to all, and taking his seat, o'i'.rred the
business to proceed. I he prisoner was
brought in, a large, bold, fine-looking man,
hut the judge, occupied with a case he had
heard the day before, and in which he was
writing out an opinion, gave little notice to
the criminal or indeed to any of the pio
ceedings, until the usual formalities had
been gone through, and the serious part of
the evidence began to be heard. Then the
judge, for the first time, directed a Veen
glance lo the prisoner. "Surely I have
seen that face before," he said. But he
could not remember where ; and he turned
to scrutinize the jury-Kbx. '
The case was a clear one. The testimo
ny, when completed, formed a mast of evi
denct that was irresistible. Two men
swore positively to the person of the accu
sed as that of one of the robbers; and the
jury immediately gave a verdict of guilty,
alter a bitterly severe charge against the
prisoner from the bench. Jbe punishment
wm death.
.On hearing the verdict, the prisoner, tet
hit mouth (irmly, and drew himself up to
nil full height. Btrt, beforo sentence was
pronounced, he asked leave to say few
words. He did it in so earnest a tone that
the judge immediately granted it, wonder
ing that a man who looked so courageous
should stoop to beg for his life. : r. :;
: ."I acknowledge . my crime," soid.thf)
prisoner, "nor do I seek to palliate it. But
neither do I ask for mercy. I can face
deaih as I have faced it a dozen times.
But I wish to say a word on the causes that
brought me to this place." -
Every neck was strained forward lo catch
the words of the speaker: even the judge
leaned over the bench, controlled by an in
terest for which he could not account.
"I was born of reputable, nay ! distin
guished parents," said the man, "and one
at least was an angel. But she died early,
and my father, immersed in ambitious
schemes, quite forgot me, so that I w as left
to form my own associations, which, there
fore, Were naturally not all of the most un
exceptionable kind. -By and bVe, my ir
regularities bewail to attract the notice of
my father. He reproved me too harshly.
Recollect I was spoilt by indulgence. I
soon committed another youthful fully.
My punishment, this time was more se
vere and quite as ill adtised as before. I
was a creature ol imptiV pliable eitln r for
good or bad and my only suri ing parent
fell into the error of attempting to drive
me,- when he should have persuaded tr.e
with kindness. The fact is-, neither of us
understood each other. Well, natters
went on thus for two years and more: I
was rx'ravarant, rebellious, dissipated, my
parent was hard and unforgiving. - ,
".At length," continued the speaker, turn
ing full on the judge until their ryes met,
"at length, one evening, my parent sent
for me into his study. I hud been guilty
of some youthful folly, and hating threat
ened me about a fortnight before with dis
inheritance if I agaii) vexed him, he now
told me that henceforth I was to be no
child "of his, but an outcast and a beegar.
He said, too, that he thanked God my
mother had not lived to see that day That
touched me. Had he then spoken kindly
had he given me a chance, I might have
reformed ; but he irritated me with harsh
words, checked my rising promptings of
good by condemning mo unheard, and sent
me forth alone in the world. From that
hour," continued the prisoner, speaking
rapidly and wilh great emotion, '-I was
desperate. I went out from his doors a
homeless, penniless, friendless hoy. My
former associates would have shrunk from
me, even if 1 had not been too proud to
seek them. All decent society was shut
against me. I soon became almojt starved
for want of money. But what needs it to
tell the shil'ts 1 was driven to ? I slept in
miserable hovels I consorted with the
lowest and ilest I gambled, I cheated,
and yet I could scarcely get my bread.
You, who sit in Insurious homes, know
not the means lo which the miserable out.
cast must resort for a livelihood! But
enoush. From one step I parsed to anoth
er, till I am here. From the moment I
was cast out from my. father's house rr.y
fate was inevitable, leading me by con
stantly descending steps until I became the
felon I now am. And I stand here to day
ready to endure the utmost penalty of your
laws, careless of the future as I have been
reckless of the past."
He ceased ; and now released from I he
torrent of his passionate eloquence, which
had chained their eyes to him, the specta
tors turned toward the judge to see what
effect the prisoner's words had produced.
Well was it, that no one had looked there
before, else that proud man had sunk cow
ering from his seat. They would have
seen how his eye gradually quailed before
that of the speaker how he turned ashy
pale how his whole face, at length, be
came convulsed with agony. Ay ! old
man, remorse was now fully awake. In
the criminal he had recognized his only
son ! He thought then ot the words he
had once used, "as you sow, so shall you
reap." But by a mighty effort he was ena
bled to hear the. prisoner to the end, and
then, feeling as if every eye was upon him
penetrating this terrible secret in 1 1 i 3 looks,
he sank, with a groan, senseless .to the
earth.
The confusion that occurred in the court
house when it was found that the judge hail
been taken suddenly ill, as the physicians
said by a stroke of apoplexy, led to the post
ponement of the prisoner's sentence : -and
before the iipxI session of the court, the cul
prit had received a conditional pardon, the
result, it was said, of the mitigating circum
stances which he had urged so eloquently
on his trial. The terms on which a large
proportion of citizens petitioned for his par
don required that he should forever athr
reside abroad. It w as said that the judge,
although scarcely recovered, had taken
such an interest in the prisoner, as to visit
him 111 a long and secret interview flu
night before he sailed for Europe.
About a year alter these events Judge
Harcourt resigned his office on the plea of
ill-health, and having settled his affairs em
barked for the old world where he intend
ed to reside for many years. He never re
turned to America, But travellers said
that he was residing in a secluded valley of
Italy, with a man in the prime of lile, who
passed for his adopted son. It was the re
claimed outcast. A smiling family of
grand-children surrounded him. The hap
py father could say iu the language.' of
scripture, "tnis my son wat aeaci ann is
alive again, he was lost and is found."
"It that Ihs tune the oldcowdred of! ask
ed an 'Englishman cf a" Yankee, who wat
whistling; Yankee p.ioille.. . ..
'No ," replied Jonathan, "that ai't
ths tune old Bull died of."
' Bishop Taylor says, that it is impossible to
make peoplt undeittaud t heir ignorance, for
it requires knowledge to peiceive it, and
therefors ha that can perocivt it, bath it not.
SIXGtLAIl STATE OF AFFAIRS IX CALL
' , , FORMA.
The New Orleans Delta,'1 of the lOih inst.,
has the following letter from San Francisco,
the editor vouching for the character oi the
writer: " . ; ., ..
, San Francisco, March 3, 1810.
De -: A most singular state of thing
pievails here.. It is, I believe, without pre
cedent in the history. o the world. Tb'J
cold weatiinr and snow h.U'e havo driven all
I ho miners from thn mines into this, place
and Monterey.- They aru devising ail sorts
of modes of spending their guld and killing
time, of w hich gambling uppeurs lo Lo . ilia
most in vogue. Iu fact, ihere is nothing fee
ing on here, but , gambling end drinking.
Everything is f-liiiig y ;ry high, -fit .letajl ;
whole s:ile prices are muie modm-it'.c. .Flour
$18 per .bariel, puik S10, beef Slfii All
kinds of thick clothing very dear; cloaks at
retail f-100. coarse p;m; 15 to 18 per pair,
flannel rhirts S3 to 8? e- cli, shoes 3 to 512
per pair, boots to ,S,?5 ; blankets .,$3,0. jo
S-JQ; better SI per ib.; Ujundy S7 rlo 610 per
aaJlun; milk S5 per gitllon ; cut, naiU CO
eeiits pei ,!b., wrought do 50 cents,-, lumber
per ICfp feet. There are ui ' this har
bor iibont fusty merchant vefels, ships, bfigf!,
yi'lKHJuer, .m:u:y .wilh curyuui aboard, .there
being lew places 011 short: for s:oiage. , jTh'.;
greater portion of these vea-tels aro from thn
SoulU Atiieiieaii Pacific coast, uid .ire Weigh
ted i:li llour mill uesi'.ctl dry KnotUhitd g'"
eeiiis: some aie from the Sandwich. .aiandi)
witll Migr.r. Jriii!, ice. 1 lie yu.-jt.tjj. Jyi u g j
aino.ig ;iit; shipping stril;t. ouo wi;U surpii.a
iheie arc Auierican, English.. .Hungarian,
SpMiisj. Fierxh.Germ;;!!, Ecuador, Peruvian,
Cliiiiait, Kucsiiiii til Mi .'lean vessel?, l.ll
huddled to'lher. Labor, especi; lly me
chanical, iiliii:h; carpenters romniuiid fiom
57 to D per day ; 11 man wiilt a bursa and
cnit can linn from S40 lo S00 pur. day.
Board is tiii".e icaeonabl'J under the circum
stances S3 r.nd SI per day being thu usual
price; washing is !jG per dozen 8 is fre
quesitly paid'. A seamstress can easily mako
SCO or $20 p?r day, making pants Wood is
S30 per cord. Nearly nil tile vessels in port
are wilhei:t men; their sails aro unbent and
stowed away hi the hold, with peihaps the
captain rind mate nboaid, ns thip keeper.
S.iilors have ofi'eieJ to ship for O.etor., fir
on siioit trips to sonihern ports for SlOO per
month. J.iel: r.pp -ais to delight in theatsno-sp-heiM
of Cali.Viiiii, and generally refc.scs to
tin Ivynhd i!s ii !!nei;ce. All v.e bear in the
Slates i.batst lb'.: gold mines is fully confirmed
her". There is gold in abundance. All who
to the mines do well some ictnra vi:h
lii'tunrs; new discoveries nie made every
lay. Tlie inilieuiiim, so far as a plenty of
:ii!d i concerned, cannot be far 01T. Thai
Ibis mining region, so extensive and so tich,
and travelled over by Indians for hundreds of
yeaiv, should so long have remained a secret,
is certainly astonishing. I have seen a sin
gle lump of gold, found near the '-Middle
Foik." valued al $2400.
Flour has been sold at the mines at Si per
lb., 80 per bbl.: shoes $50 par pair; pants
$40; whiskey or brandy -2 a drink, and
not allowed lo help yourself. Pi iocs are now
a little reduced, though yet very high, but
will fall considerably on arrival of the stocks
from the States: jet, I believe all will do a
fair business Transportation hence to set
tlers on the Sacrnmouto is terribly high S12
per bbl. for flour, 13 for pork, and other
things in proportion. A paltry launch of a
few tons earns $1200 or $1500 in a few days.
0! for a steamboat, a flatboat, or r.nythir.g
with a steam engine in it! I saw $8000 re
fused for an old leaky launch of about six
tons, which might sell in the States for 100
or $ 150. There ura plenty of foreign schocn
era here, but Commodore Jones will not al
low thimi to run up the Sacramento, hence
tbo high lateg of transportation.
A small iron steamer, to ma coastwise be
tween here und Oregon, 011 the north, nnd
Sail Diego, San Anelos, Monterey, &.C., on
1 lie south, would do a splendid business. A
the existence of conl in this region is doubt
ful, a steamer should be so built that wood
might bo used lo make steam.
1 hear lhat on cfTicinl survey of the gold re
irinn Is to be made during the summer.
Thrng cannot remain long as they now are.
The mines must be suld, leased, or worked
by the Government ; which latter 1 do not
'hii.k would be done. lmn.ei.fA foitunes
will 1:0 doubt bd realized from the mines.
Gold is worth, bote bom fifteen to sixteen
dollan the ounce ihoie is plenty "of 'silver
and ne demand for it. You will hear from
me again shortly. 11. E. R.
Fast Day is the Sandwich Islands.
The Honolulu Fritnd announces that the
King had Appointed Dec. 6:h 0 a day of
fasting in consequence of the prevailing sick
neis ami mortality. Bmh the foreign and
native population are suffering under wide,
spread epidemics mease I, whooping-roughi
and influenza. Among natives, tlu mortality
is very great, not only at Oi:hu: but alto on
ihe other islands. . i V- 5i - ,' t
Ciwteful mention is made of l he hospitable
reception given to Rev. T. Owight Hunt at
Sail Fiaucisco- . Charles Drockway, of Eit
Lyme, Coitu., was drowned on the 23:h Nor.
. Di owned, by fulling ovei board, George Jack
aoti of Trenton, N.J, teamen on bdtnl wtnle
hip Levant. , , ,.v .
The ciiMAEt of Florida Is said tobt pecu
liarly suited to the pro.luvtiou of pine applet
S0O o f 300 worth can be raised to the acre'
They aro worth in tbi Sauthara !uaY't" at
wholesale., five f.en'l apitst.
" ' - OOIXO A LANDLORD. 1
There was once a landlord, la the West,
at whose house the stage passengers were ac
customed to take breakfast; and who had nn
agreement with the driver to blow his horn,
almost as soon as the passengers sat dow'n to
eat. By this means ho generally received
his fifty cents per meal without losing his
viands. The Spirit of the Times tells of a
fellow named "Hez," who did the landlord
completely notwithstanding.
As the stage drove up to the door, the
landlord came out and said. ,
''Breakfast just ready, g?n:s! ' Take a
Wash gents? Here's water, basins, towels,
a;:d soap.''
After performing their ablutions, they all
ptosseded to the dining-room, and commen
ced a flerc-J onslaught Updli th-3 edibles, tho'
,:!le" took' his time. Scarcely had they
tasted their coffee! w lion they h-T.rd the w
welcome sound of the hofn, r.nd the driver
exclaim ,:S,'a?! rrathjV Up rise eight grum
bling passengers, pay their CO cts., and take
their seats. '' '
"All aboard, gents?" inquires the host.
''One missing," said they."
Proceeding to the dining-room, the host
finds He 2 very coolly helping himself to an
immense piece of steak, tins '-sue of a horse's
lip."
.7 .., , i r. t c-. . . ii
rou.i hi left, sir ! Stare is loins to start !'
, , . , ,i.il,irt quarter was parlormeu in 44 seconds.
' .-.!, I baint got nothu. to sav agia it!' ... ' " . ' , "
drawls out Hez. ' j halt thf coursa in 1 minute and 25 seconds,
. . .i ... the h?r.ts in 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
"Can- wi:i-. sir. belter tasn votir sea!" t
,.n ;
'Diiv wot ?
;Gel ii:, sir." ,
tif'l 1,., ...,.,! I ..t t .1... .'ill
ii .u ....ur .i i i i-i i . i,u. ii'-: , till
rvegot mv Dreaklnss; . I paid lur it
.j j
I'm roin' to git tiie talk on't ! and ef you cal
late I aiii', yew air mistaken."
So the stage did start, and left Ilez, who
continued his attack on the edibles. Biscuits,
coffee, steaks, Sit: , !kc , disappeared before
the eves of Ihs astonished landlord.
' Pay Squire, them there cakes is;oo;if Easf; ;
fetch us nuiher grist on 'em.", "You!' (to : tance. Hit antagonist made a desperate
the waiter:) "nuiher nip ov that air coffee . str.rrgle, and collared him coming- home, but
Pass them eggs." "Raise yew're own pork, J as beaten by nearly a leg,h, Trustee be
Sire? This is roniV nice km. Land ; evi ,.,ni, hcM ; . , . . ... , . .Q
boutjere tolerable cheap, fcqnire ? . Hah.t !
got much maple timber ia ihese parts, h i
ve ! uewia ii"tlt smart, tcnie, 1 cal&te. 1
Don't lay yew're own cgjs, d.-nv ye" and I
thus Hez kept quizzing the landlord, until he j
hui! made n heaitymt'iil.
"Say, Squire, now I'm 'bout lew conclude j
pay in' my duvawers tew this ero tulle, but i
efyew'd jus' giv' i:s a botil o' bead end:
milk tew sorter top eff with, I'd bs obleeged I
tew ve."
So out goes the landlord and waiter for tin !
bowl, ir.iik, and bicat', r.;:d set them before
Hez.
"Spewn, tew, ef ycu picas-.-'."
But no spoon could be found. Landlord
was rare he had plenty silver ones laying on
the table when the stage stopped.
"Say yew ! dew yew think them passen
gers is goin' tew pay yew for a breokfus and
not get no eompcnfttfhun V
"Ah! what! ' Dj yon think any of tho
passengers took them?"
"Dow I think, but I am sartin.' Ef they
air all ns green as yew 'bout here, I'm " goiu'
tew locate immediately and tew wonst."
The landlord rushes out to tho stable, and
starts a man after the slogo w hich had gone
about three miles. The man overtakes the 1
stage, and says something to the driver iu a
low tone. He immediately turns back, and ,
on airivi,.gat the Hotel, Hez comes out to i
take his seat and says j
'Heow air yew, gents? I'm rotten glad
tew see yew !" j
Landlord says to Hez, "Can you pJut out j
the man you think has the t-poons?" !
"Pint him eout? Sartirdy, I ken. Say, j
Squire, I paid yew four nine-pence for a j
break fus, und I collate I cot the valleeos't! j
Yew'll find them spoons is the corrrc.
'Go ahead, all aboard, diivcr."
The rppointinent of Postmaster has pro
duced quite a sensation in ihe suburbs. The
inflowing is a correct report:
'I say, Ginger, why' am Judge Collamer
like a bachelor? Dispel do gloom let your
mind radiate.' ...-!
'K tse he am, 1 Fpeel Dat it ?
" ' Xo, snh!' ' ' '
'Den I gibs dat up,' inr-ondi'tenally. 1 is
untrannelled by party questions.'
'B-'kasa he is opposed lo bavin; Ayres,
(heirs ) Yuh, yah, jnh, hoo !l
See heah, nigger, jis allow dis child, to
perpound a qurstiom for your indi iJdooal
compreheirshum to sagaciale Why am Mr.
Ayres like 10 o'clock, atnight?' Now !min
yuresef." " . ' '
'Dat's 'lively past the orbit of my reeoilek-
sham! Perpelj Gingah.' '
'Jitbeknse he's an e-P. M., (X, P. M.)
Yah he yah, yah, ho-o-o!' '" ; " lt
Fats Charitv. A negro preaohsr speak
er, from "What is a man profiled if h
gain lha w hole world and lose his owi.eoiil ?"
mentioned among other things, iha.they lost
their souls by being too charitable ! Seeing
the congregation-astonished beyond measure
hat bis saying, ho very emphatically sepeated
it, and I hen proceeded. to suplato bit mean
ing. I'Maoy people' taidhe,';ttUsiidineol
inp, hear la sermon, and wjiajn ,it U.ovw,
they proceed to divide it among tht, .rongre
gat.oa -r this part for that man, and that part
far that woman ; such denunciations. Cor you
siiiiieis and in,", coniyi tedo .a&pAj
i lean, "they give away lha wbala sermoa,
and keep nona for themselves "
. From tht Pluto. Tiawt.J
l llli GKt Af IlACli.
On Thursday evening the 17;h ink., the
great race came off over the Union Course,
L. I., between the King of Terrors and ' the
celebrated trotting horso Trustee tqe only
horsa ever known to trot 20 miles in an hour.
Trustee harnessed to a wagon of 559 pounds
and his competitor to ihe lightest buggy he
could find. The match for S400, mile heat,
best of five,
Tho hour fixed was 3 o'clock, bat with
false starts and other delays, the first heat
was not actually run till a quarter to 5 o'clock.
The odd?, at first, were in favor of the King
of Terror?, inconsequence pfthe great .differ
ence between the lightest sulky and a wagon
2.10 pounds weight ; but among the knowing
ones tiicio was strong reliance on Trustee. '
There wore four false 'starts', in one of
which li.ey rati round the entire course, as if
for the stakes the drivers believing all was
right whii it became pretty evident that
Trustee had the game, nee.ordlngly the bet
ting was changed. The King lost a shoe in
one of thesd false starts, and had it put on.
FIHST 11 FAT.
The f,f:h lima was a "go'. Trustee getting
the lend, and King's nose right over the wa
gon for nearly half the way, but not able to
pass his antagonist, or even to come up lo
I.-
"'"I " a-' " oil uv u jui in in. i nn
- ' , j '."
him till It... t.or.t .. t... - 1 .t. rrt
SECOND HEAT.
, ., . , . , ...
in nua:, mere was auotner false start.
..hen tiiey got faiily away. Trustee a-
I . I I i i . .
c . J I' .. IVUIIU,
lu u in I. .lit: iac. ami Kent ii ri .. t ........i
sain tool;
i .. .vi, ..... i ..... iciiL-u, mm s;ruggieosueu
in which Trustee came olT victorious by half
a Ii'uu'Ii.
The first quarter wnsperformed in
43 seconds, the heat in 2 minutes 53 seconds.
King frequently broke into a gallop this beat.
TIIIRD HEAT.
Trustee ncain irot the lead, and l-nt It all
round, part of the way by a considerable rlia.
Cjone B.irtinc. Tn.ste,, .. 'ji.j ,k-
wianer, rtmidst loud cheers.
o:
UK K1XDLV.
ux jcu.v aMiLntux. . ,
Oh, be kindly ? oh, he kindly !
When you labour 'monr the vils,
Xe'cr fjrjct thit vice has blindly
Esrlccn'd al! t'aoir minds with (juilo.
If yovr counsel should not Hjht them
To the haven, as you seek . ' '
Oh, in mercy do not blight ihera '
Farther with tho worjs you speak !
Oh, be kindly to the erring! - '
Let your words be soft and true,
And, cour.tenanrn cheering;,
Try what kindness you can do, "
If their jloom you wish to brightenj
Search for hope nnd nurse it strong; "
Hate lins been for ages fighting - '
On the sitie of fraud and wrong !
Oh, be kindly to the victim ;
Do not ma jnify his crime;
Rather study to convince him
He raay yet redeem the time! ' '
Ansrcrisa had consoler ' '
I'risbn records teaching this ;
Khu'rcrs is a sweet condolcr ' y
AU iU sc.-ds hud into hlisj ! '
O!:, tc kindly, when you reason
With the sinner on his sin !
If your precepts are in season.
Active love will lead him in
Look ot spring, how she envelopes
Stunted woeila in garments rara ;
So with gentleness tlcvclope
Mural flowers as bright and fait f
Oh, lc kindly, ever sruiluis ....
When you show the slave his thrall (
rcw men liku to bear reviling
When their hearts arc full of gaUI
Harshness is a despot's treasure
Let those copy who CJtccni ;
Christ has left a golden measure
Wise men love to follow him ! T
Zephyr winds are soft and lovinj, .
Oh, their balmy Irealh is kind ;
See the streamlets in their roving
Tetter every flower they find!
True i: is that nature rages , .
Speaks in accents ficreo and strong ,
Cut the wreck, like pictured pages,
Seem to say her rage is wrong !
SETTLING A BILL. '
Four sharpers having treated themselves
to a aumptoou dinner at the Hotel Montrtuil,
and being destitute of money, were at a tost
bow to tetilo for it, and finally hit on tbo fol
lowing plan : ... -r.i i
They culled tht waiter, nnd asked for tho
bill. One thrust his band into his pocket, at
if to draw his purse; the second prevented
him, declaiing he would pay; the third did
the-same. The fourth forbade the waitar
taking any money fiom either of ihem,' bu
all three persisted. As neither of them would
yield, one said ; '' ' - ' ' ' ' 1 ' '
' ' The best way to decide it,' la fo blindfold
the waiter, and whoever ha first catcbet shall
settle- the bill." - v r v" ' ' 4
Th it proposition was accepted, and wtiilo
tha waiter was groping bit wy around tha
room, they Wippod out of the house on after
another.'" Thd master hearlrlf ah 'uhaaoal
noise, ttefP1' 'mo ,lw pPr!tneBt af.4 '"ti
violently teW. ' '
By my fairh,' t ba ciught yoa! ' Yo4
roost pv ihe reckoning; or forfeit your Bon of
iua ycur carci.'-i W.4 n't let p tUT, M
the franet."