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TERMS OP THE AMERICA.
THK AMF.R1CAX 1 publihe every Sotnrdiijr at TWO
bOLLARB aaraimnm to be paid half yearly In advance,
N. nener dimudiiual until all arrearairea arc paid
All eoinmuniralione ot letter, on tuixiiH-aa relating to the
Mies, W iiiaure attention, mint lie l'UST I' All).
m ,.; to CLUBS. ", " ;
Tare eotriea to tmm address, 1500
Inn .ti It . Po .;.. WOO
Fifteen 1 . . Do 80UU
Five ioliare hi advance will pay fur thraa year'aauliecrip
lioa to the American. . .
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art aulnietiuciit iiiserliuii,. , t.
Square, muiitha,
ut aaoMtha, I
Di year, ,
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Marrlmnta and othBi, arivtrtislnt by the
jair, with the pritilfge of inserting dif
ferent adyeftiaeinenii weekly.
Of Iiarger Advortiaemcnta, at per agreement.
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E. B; MASSE?.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
..,V:.r. WHBTOT,PA.
Butlne.1 .ItendeJ W n lh :ontie of Nor
humk errand. Union, 1-ycominR ami Columbia.
P. it A. Uotooiit,
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Low am & Bap-how,
Roam & 8oDOi,
Kit soldi, McFmtsn & Co.
SfiiK.'Jo & Co.,
jamw eDOPF.n. . ' nwrx camf.rox
COOPEIi&'CA3kIEllON,
K ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
poTTsruxv:,
SchuTlhlll County, Pa.,
W1
riLI. iollcct monies, nttonil to litigntrd raws,
nd act n afTPnts in the management oi
Katatea, &c. PiTaonH drsinng their aervieea, mny
refer to tho foflowing gentlemen:
. ', PHILAUELPHIA. .
Dii. Brown le R. Trivia. idw; (1 Weateoll,
HrT White, ' Frauei. N. B". k. Wjn H. Hrl. Kan ,
Chj.'Oihb,OT.E.q. J.wl CODk, K.q., B. H. Brewaler, La i
C. Thompaon Jonea. K). ,
''ntw VonK." '
Hen.MeeoaH. Crinnall, v ni.a" Hnffman,
H.a. Jaroea M.mroe. . II"" I'V1?"' '
He. Abbott Ijiwrein-e, Bojiox. John A ikm, l-.?i, Ittt
Jim t, 1S49.-T " '
CH AH L.ES W. HF.GtN!,..
JLTOP-ITET AT LAV",
i I'olHvHIe, la.
Will promptly ata-nd to rolleetiona and all busi-
' neaa entrusted to hia care.
' -Jono 16, 1849,
SPElUlY&COOrEll,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Fer the snlr of Fish and Provisions.
:. M.Q JtVRTHiriURVES,
PHIX.ASSX.PHIA.
lckrel, Pliad Cod and Dun FUli,
Balmod, llcrrintr, Cheese.
Philadelphia, May 6th, 1849. ly.
WORGE J. WEAVER. EDWIN H. FlTlAsR.
George J. Weavir & C
SOPS MAH-TTPACTXTHT1BS & SHIP
- CHANDLERS.
"Jfo. 19 tf. Water St., mid 11 N. Wharves,
. " , Phu.adei.phii.
rAVB jonatantly on bund, a geiiera '-
WWnTOHui Tnj, Pitch, Ro.it, tnd
Vakom. Bed Core PUh Line.. Haltera. Trneea, Ac, all
ml wluck tuey wUI iliaix.e .if .m retn i:.Me """
RooV t.y SiM or Dewripti .it, Made to Order, at
ALEXANDER G. CATTELL,
iOCCESSOIl T0 jAMKS M. BOLTON, BECD.
CHAXT,
Fir ft? .ale of Grain, Flour, Si tiIj, Iron, Inin
brrir. V'o- ' 3 ort I ( A arvef,
, Philadelphia.
Geoda forwarded with cure, to all poinla on tlio
chyrkill, Union, Sunqnelianna and Juniata
URrBalt, piastct, Giimlxtonea. &c, fur aulo at
ia lowest price. ' . .
Philadelphia, June 2, 1S43 ly
S A MUBiTh ART & CO.
160 Mahhet Street, Philadei.piiia.
Importers of French, English and Gcrimn
fancy Wl SlMe Slutioncry,
TtER8, 8 alins Wax. Ink. Draft and Hack-
V',.. ltriaUil Boarda:
pen, Envelopes, Bond's and Arnold'a ccleliruted
Inks fee making Linen, Portfolio, DUsoctcd Maps
ad Gamea,heaman, Cards, Cold Penis Ac.
Philadelphia, June 8, 1840. 3m
JJVBS7 JUAN HZS OWN PATX3NX
, . AGENT.
TVfUNN &Co, jfublitJiera of the "8CIENTI
1V1 FIC AMERICAN," have favoured ua with
Phamphlet containing the Patent Laws of the
iTi,j fumtrm. toaether with all the forma neceatM-
ry for applying for a Patent, information iu regard
to Cling caveats, with remarka on ha uaea, etc., a
mount of foe required at the Patent Office, and
very etber iuformation that ia necesaary to instruct
a. peraon in making hia own applications.
Price 1 J cenU single, or l'i copica for one dol
lar! sent by mail to any part of tho United Slates.
Address MUNJN & VQ., New-York.
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- STS E 01T1TET .
JIAT MANUFACTORY,
Mt. 19 Worth " Sicctd street, , opposite the
'. ... lffltaoi f0Me
rnM ! aoi-CTihrra would cull tlio-ottention of
XtaUauntrr JBorcnanu onn miunivi-
anawa aaortment of fushionahle 8i'Rilio isu
BuaaBox.iTS Hats of tho ntwcsl : atylea.
AuiQt raj and general aatorttnnnt of I rencU
and Aroeriean ArtUlcial Flowers, Kihbona, Crown
Linings, Oil Bilk, Wire, tjuillinga, Buckram, Ac,
which they offer at prices that defy eoruiwtitteu.
Jt B i'aiia Leaf Hauhv th ra or doaen.
v , W. M. &J. E. MAL'LL,
A' BoniMiWid Hut Manufacturers,
30 North 2d street.
Philadelphia Jura 2, 1849 ' '
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IVm. O. Cocliran fc Co.,
Xl Mai-Ua Rope, Tnrred Itan.il. n"P--.
TwnrTVlJiiea. for :tv.l B tf . .w eial Mora
IX ir Hemnand Cotton !. Twme. l.men and
Vrit CjmH V ICK. C.
f , pamnton lioanla, I npe, itiKaianus, noun
ea, (iilloU'o and other rSteel l'cua. Ivory and
bone Foldera, Popcterica, Oold and Silver Pencil
Whatinaue Urawtti' l'a-
,;'"t'VTlWleal and Retail, ),;
''"Wl3IK'ANr jjQruR MERCUANT9, s
V 71 W'lt trtet, Pkilatklphi:.,
f - . n( sa band a wwy lane alack of
mjm AVE Jw', .4 Scgt, of tkeir own
liberal tf-rms. : t . .- I
fhtUdaiikia, Nov. 17, 181 -
Ucport.1
Frnin lite Spirit of l!ie Tiuica.
POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT.
THE
The Report of tlio Poslmnstor General is a
document nf such lungth that few people will
undertake to peruse il. We give, therefore,
for the benefit our reader., its point and sub
stance. . . . . - .i .....
The tvliole number of Post Offices In the
United Slates June 30, 1849, was 16,747, 921
new ones having been established and 333
old ones discontinued, wilhiu the present
year.
There were 6,333 Postmaslers appointed
within (he some year.
The effect of tho Poet Office laws of 1845
have been such as to reduce the expenses of
the service, though greatly increased, within
the Income derived from postages.
The cost of the Mail servico previons to
1845 was 8 cents 1 mill per mile ; now it is
5 cents and C mills per mile. .
There were 4,943 mail routes, comprising
in nil 167,703 miles, np to 1 Julyt 1849, end
4,190 Mail Contractors. The whole cost of
transportation on these routes was $2,423,515.
Tho mails by sea cost $255,692 additional.
The gross receipts for tho year lo 30th
June, 1849, were $4,705 176. To this add
appropriation hy Congress of $200,000, and
we have the whole revenue 51,905,176. The
gross expenditures were $4.476,049, , leaving
on excess of revenue of 8425,127, to which
add the amount of appropriation by Congress
not used $265,555, shewing the sum of $691,
682 balanco unexpended of the revenue of
the pust year.
The estimates for the coming year nro
thus set down.
The probable revenue from postages, &e.,
will be, for the year ending Juno 30, 1850,
34,892,166. Add to this the previous batnnce
on hand, $691,682, and the appropriation for
free mail mailer, and we havea gross receipt
of $5,783,848. The probable expenditures
is put down at $4,750,138. This will leave
a balance to tha crrril of tho Department,
June 30, 1850, or $1,033,710. So that, even
at the present low rates of postage rates
that, it was thought, at fiist, would bring the
Department in debt every year, there is a
nctt profit to bo expected of a rnillion per
annum.
Why then, should not the postage bo s'ill
furl her reduced 1 Why should not a letter
bo delivered nf our doors, tho Department
paying the carriers? Why compel all who
receive loiters to pay nearly half as much for
bringing them from the Post Office to their
door, os is demanded for carrying them 100
miles by the mail? And why should 22 cents
be asked to carry a letter to F.urope, when 10
cents would be sufficient, und the profits of
tho Post Office will easily remove this bur
den from the shoulders of the people 1
The carriage of ihe mails on railioads and
in steamboats, averages a cost of nine cents
per mile. Where it is carried, (of course
more slowly,) on horseback and in coaches,
tho cost averages three cents per mile-.
Tho increase of letter postage last year
waa 15 2-10 per cent, aud tho whole increase
was 14 1-5 percent. It is not thought that
such an increase will occur every year. Only
9 per cent is considered tho natural increase.
The nnmber of letters paying postage, last
vear. was sixlv-two millions! This is an
j i j
average of over three letters to every man,
woman and child in the country !
Tho postage collected on theso loiters was
$3,882,762: On newspapers and pamphlets,
$819,016. The letter postage has to pay not
onlv its own expenses, but most of the cs-
peuso of carrying the newspapers, Sec.
Tho franked or free matter that goes through
ihe mail is enoimous. For the year ending
30th June, 1847, thu free matter wcitieJ by
tho Public Departments, would have paid
$250,333. Tha amount tent was, at least,
equal, making a sum of $500,767. This does
not include tho franked letters and documeuts
and speeches of the Houses of Congress.
Thu extra number of pub. docs, of ihe two
last sessions of Congress, was 370,350, weigh
j iug 467,762 lbs.; printed speeches, 6,582.500
i weighing 411,531 lbs! And this does not in
chide Ihe letters neut or received by the mem
bers of Congress.
Tue whole amount of free written and
printed mail matter sent and received by
Congress, during the year ending June 30,
1849, is put down at 5,320,098, which should
have paid a postage of $792,700
Besides this, $95,161 has to be paid to
postmaslers to deliver this free mattor. And
this year all the blanks, returns, and corres
pondeuce used in taking tho census of 1850,
will travel free, also. Three thousand reams
of blanks are already engaged.
Congress appropriates $200,000 per annum
to pay for the whole of this extra expense,
leaving tha past oll'ice to pay Ihe other talf-
million and more out of its profits! This
unjnrl.
Tba Report does not suggest that this
Franking System should be abolished.'
The Report, iuiiiontes that it is good policy
to keep tho newspaper and pamphlet postage
at thoir prcseut low rates, aud ad viae a to.
ductioQ of letter postage, graduated nicely to
the reeeipta anJ expenditures of tho pepart
meni. ' This U very" well." ', '( j ij
Five cents for all vingle letters, whether
within or over three' hundred miles, is tug
gested as a fitting pricev This will do very
well. But, we insist, also, on having the
letters brought to our door, without extra ex.
pens. This is the great evil to be temedjed.
Of the fifty-two minions oi loners trans.
j ported last year, GTteon millions are supposed
t i ' i hi ;..:.'' t
to have paid the double price of ten cents.
Had they been carried at five cents, tho post
olfico revenue would have been diminbhed
$775,000. Ihe profit of a million last year,
will more then justify such a reduction.'
The rauroad mail routes, this ..year, are
6,133 miles, an increase, within two years,
of 1,149. On these routes the mail is now
rnnpported 6,740,040 miles annually. The
railroad managers refuse to subject the time
and departures of Ihe trains to the order of
the Department. . This occasions trouble.
The foreign mail service does not look : so
well. The receipts for postage to and from
Europo was, from June,, 1847, toOctobor, '48
$29,082; from October, '48, to October, '49,
861,114. The cost is $200,000 per annum.
This servico stops in February, lor a while,
for repairs.
The mail from Charleston,, via Savannah,
to Havana, has cost, since October, 1S48,
$36,036. ; . .
Tho mails between Now York and New
Orleans, via Charleston, Savannah, and 11a-
anua; that between Havana and Chagrcs;
that between Panama and California, and
across the Isthmus of Grenada, are alluded
to. The latter are said to be not under the
control of the Department ami badly managed
Tho Post Master General objects to this ser
vice being called mail service, and states that
if the immense expense be put upon the Post
office, it will seriously embarrass the Depart
ment. . -t
At present the , sea-postage between hero
and Europe is due almost entirely to England;
mid though it swells our receipts here, has
to bo paid over annually, when demanded.
Tho American mail steamers being built will
soon alter this stale of tho accounts.
A Postmaster was appointed at Fan Fian.
isco. J he income being lusullicient no re-
signeil. Ulner agents nave ueen nppninuu
and promise to regulate mail matters There in
a short lime.' Provision must be made, it is
thought for" mail accommodations in Califor
nia, Orejion and New Mexico."' Present' nr-
tngements are wholly out of tho question.
The expense is vast the receipts trifling.
The Report insists on tho neceesity of hav-
ng additional Clerks allowed ihe Deparlmcnt,
by law. Delay and embarrassment aro oc
casioned it asserts, by the increased business
und iho insufficient number of assistants.
In tho Dead Letter Office 2,109,000 dead
etters were opened and examined last year,
of theso 49G4 contain $32,069, and 993 in
close olher articles of value.
Tho number of supposed depredations for
the year is put down at 1226, supposed to in
cluda $169,107. Twenty-nine depredators
wore arrested, and $78,779 were reclaimed
or accounted for.
To show the groat increase of service of
the force in the Department, ihe following
comparative statement is mado.
In 1837, the number of post-offices was
11.767 now 17,164 417 haying been estab
lished since June last. Number of dead let
ters in 1837, 900,000 now 2,100,000. Num
ber of quarterly returns in 1837, 58,000
now 73,000. Number of mail contractors in
1837, 1682 now 4190. Length of routes in
1837, 141,142 now 167,703. Annual mail
transportation in 1830, 32,597,000 now
52,544.069.
GAMBLING.
A correspondent of. Ihe Albany Journal,
writing from Brussels, speaks of the inveter
ate taste and prevalence of gambling at the
ft'atering-places. Ladies and gentlemen both
sit down to tho roulette table, and it is not
unusual to see n hiisbandlnnd wife, and even
daughters and mothers, silliiiyr at tho same
gambling lable. Ha adds the following inui
dent which may or may not bo fancy work
A gentleman, last year, when at a German
watering-place, went on Sabbath morning lo
the EuglibU Episcopal Church; whan return
ing from church) the clergyman "who had of
ficiated hurried past, und seems mm enter
the public gaming-house he fbj'owed, when
to his utter astonishment, thia reverend gen
tleman took hia at the tab, and instantly
engaged deeply in play! The only redeem
ing feature connected with the gambling
house et Spa, is, that from the winnings tho
poor must be supported, also tho expenses at
tending public Improvements and cleaning of
the town. An agent of the Government is
always present at ihe close of the game, ' to
ascertain the amount gained, out of which a
per cctitage goes to tho king. Last year the
winnings amounted to noarly 600,000 francs,
A Xumeroi's Awcestby. Fowler, tho
Phrenologist, iu his work entitled hereditary
descent, gives to every man a numerous art
cestry. j He saj s ' ; ,
. :Every humau beirg on the face of the
globe it compelled, from a demand in nature
to have two parent, four grand parents, eight
great grand patents, sixteen nucetqis of the
fourlh generation back, thirty-two of the.
fifth, two hundred and fifty-six of the eighth
thirty two thousand seven hundred and sixty
eight of the fifteenth, almost oue million and
fifty thousand of the; twentieth, and nearly
one thousand cveuty-ihree million of the
thirtiolli generation. , The whole number of
every one's ancestors fur fifty generation
amounts jo two thousand three hundred and,
six!y-twq billion, aeveo hundred and forty
nine thousand pine bnndred and .fourteen
million, two hundred and fourteen thousand
and forty-six (2,362,740,9M,2H,046)-a.imu!
Utuda verily, which np map can ji umber, no
mind conceive t The blood of thia vast host
is running In the veins of eveiy living mof
tal, and that reckoiiiuj back Qiy fifly jfcnere
I jion 1
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SELECT 'POETHY.
THE ULID
liOV'S IIELK
AT 1'i.AV, MO-
TIIER.
By Eliza Cook.
Tho blind boy's been nt play, Mother,
; fAnd merry jjames we hail ;
e led him on our way, Mother,
Aiid every step was glad.
But when we found a starry flower,
A A"1' praised its varied hue,
A tear caino trembling down his eye,
Just like a drop of dew.
We look him lo the mill, Mother,
Where tailing waters made '
A rainbow o'er the rill, Mother,
As coition sun-rays played ;
But when we shouted at the scene,
And hailed the. clear bluo sky,
Ho stood quite 6lill upon ihe bank,
And breathed a long, long sigh.
We asked him why ho ucpt, Mother,
When e'er we found the spots 1
Where periwinkle crept, Mother,
O'er wild foraet-me-nots.
"Ah me!" ho said, while tears ran down
As fast as summer showers,
,:It is because I cannot eeo
The sunshine and the flowers."
Oh, that poor, sightless boy, Mother,
Has taught mo I am blest,
For I can look with joy, Mother,
On all I love tho best ;
And when I see the dancing stream,
And daisies red and while,
I'll kneel upon the meadow sod,
And thank my God for sight.
Frjm Noch'a Sunday Atlaa.
MATRIMONY AND GRAPES.
About a year ago, the press in all parts
of the Union, and of all classes, was occu
pied 1:1 copying an elaborate account ol
the marriajre of Mr. Timothy I'igelovv Liw-
nce, of JJoston, s in of the Honorable Ab
bott Lawrence, to a young lady of Ken
tucky. It so happened that we did not
think it worth whilu to magnify the affair,
and therefore it did not appear in the col-
mns of the Atlas, some of our lady rca-
ers pouted a little, because we did not
lorily the western wedding ; and, cspe-
iallv were they ofl'ended, when they were
told that the bride's wedding dress alone
cost six thousand dollars.
After the happy pair were married, they
proceeded to Iloston, where they have ever
nee resided, and where at last they have
separated.
The storv of the separation, we find in
the Huflulo Courier, embodied in a letter
from Dcston. The author of it s.ivs that, at
the time the original flare up took place,
the parties," that is to sav the huVuand
and wife, were rust icatinp; at jNahant, hoard-
n-r nt a hotel. Ihe gentleman, who is
naturally rather suspicious, disliked to have
his wife exchange common civilities with
any one. Une day He procured an open
carriage, and asked her to ride with him.
She declined, because she was dressed thin,
and did not fancy an open carriage, lle
persisted with his request, and she with
her refusal. Finally he drove awav, and
asked a gentleman to go with him. Shortly
afterwards, a gentleman and two ladies
called, and invited Mrs. Lawrence to go to
the beach with them in their coach. She
declined, stating what had passed between
herself and her husband; but they urged
er till she yielded. 1 his might have pass
ed ofT, well enough, had not the watchful
husband from his carriage spied his lady in
the coach, as the two vehicles passed each
other on the beach. Out he tumped, stop
ped the coach, hurst open tho coach door,
and insisted that his wife should return
with him. She refused, and he used most
abusive language. The gentleman in the
coach slipped out, and, unobserved by the
disputants, took the open carriage and
drove home. 1 his was neatly done, and
reversed the case, and compelled Mr. Law
rence to go home with his wife, instead of
she wilh him. The affair ended by a to;e
graphic dispatch being sent from Doston
out west, to the lady's father, asking him
to come on directly. He came and took
his daughter back with him, declaring she
should never come to Boston again, and that
Mr.. Lawrence should never visit at his
house.
Mr. Timothy Bigelow Lawrence, if the
story thus told ot nun he true, is a queer
young man, and possesses some of that vine
gar cruet disposition wiueli distinguished
his grandsire, the celebrated Timothy Bige
low.
The lady, Mrs. Lawrence, has displayed
a good deal of the spirit and spunk of the
girls of old Kentucky. A case somewhat
similar occurred many years ago, in the
county of llourbon, m that State, at the
time we resided there, -
A young man of family and iortune,
named . spiers, married a beautiful Pirl
named Steith, and undoubtedly loved her
to madness. After the lapse ot a year the
wife became a mother; and like all young
mothers, was proud of the infant's unfold-
ino-beauties. One clav as she gazed upon
the cherub babe and who dots not love
and worship babes 1 wo wish we had a
regiment ol 'em! she said to tier uustianu
., "Roland, dear, I think I shall take the
roan mare this evening, bundle up little
Ilarrv. the darling," and here she half-
suflocated the babe with a mother's land
kisses "and pay a short visit to mother !"
'You'd better not," said Roland.
Aud, why?" inquired the wife. .
"Because J can't acompany you."
Never mind, old Toby can accompany
me ..p . . : .
"You'd better not go !" , , . -"I
think I had better go, sir! and go
shall J and, if you do not like It, you may
help yourself!" :
i' "Very well, madam ; go, and we shall
see the end of it." , -. - 1 -
Immodiately after dinner, the old roan
I vi., wiq cnl. !.!. It-it mi tn IIih aiila mnH
t 011 ' lfwt.Mv., - -
old Toby, tho slave, mounted on a sorrel
filley, was waiting to attend his mistress.
"The wife, nltired for the ride, soon
made her appearance at the stile, ready to
depart for her mother's residence.
"Roland," said she, ns she cast a half sup
plicating glance at her husband, ;you will
not, I am very sure, let me mount my horse
without your assistance!"
The husband, with a frown upon his
countenance, handed his lady love to the
saddle, but was silent.
"Roland, dear," said the wile, "I've left
the whip behind ; go get it, that's a dar
ling!" The husband complied with the request,
and handing it to his wife rudely ami im
petuously, exclaimed :
"Take it! and go, ungrateful woman!"
The hasty manner in which the whip
was handed, frightened the horse, and he
started, nearly dislodging the lady.
With an air of indeserihable scorn and
indignation, she curbed up the animal, and
giving her husband a glance, that was capa
ble ol piercing a fortress of adamant, said to
him,
"Sir, you have dared to lift your hand
against a woman! Unabashed coward! I
hate, I despise, I detest you ! This day, this
hour, we part to meet no more !"
And then giving speed to her charger,
the dashed down the road, and was soon in
she embrace of her mother.
It was in vain that the husband denied
that he had raised his hand against his
wife. No apology, no explanation, would
be listened to or accepted ; and, though the
lady was very sure he loved her, she never
Iterwards received his embraces, or admit
ted him to her society.
"Atos! how uligltt n eatnc c tn move
Ditwettti 't:a 'twixt Jicurts tli-.it love.M
OIXO INTO SIORNI0 I OH, A Ut SUAND S
KitH.IIT.
A few weeks ago,' our friend Claik was
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Vlllg SICK Willi IIIO DIIIOIlS lOYlT. 1UU l-
tack was severe, and he believed death was
ear. One morning he awoke from a short
eep to hear a hurried and smothered conver
sation in the adjoining room, in which Ins
wife took part. Tha first words that Clark
caught were tillered by his better half :
"On that ground' said she, ';1 object to
mourning .
'"Yes," replied another, "but tho world
looks for it it is, fashionable, and oncmiglit
as well be out of tho world os to be out of
Ihe fashion."
"Very true."
"Here," thought Clark, "is a nice wife-
She thinks I am about to dio to be planted,
f I may use iho expression, iu tho cold earth
and yet she refuses to go into mourning for
mo. Ah, me!"
"Now that 1 nm here, perhaps I. had better
ake your measure."
"Tha unfeeling wretch!" exclaimed Lfaik
"to think of sending for a dressmaker before
I am dead! I'll livo for spite !"
"Well," mused tho wile, "1 believe you
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may measure mo. 1 win let you uuj um
trimming, and lot it be as gay as possiuio.
"What hearllessness!" groaned Clark:
"Woman-like, though. Ono husband is no
sooner dead, than they sot about entrapping
another. I can scarcely credit it."
"Of course you will have a flounce !"
"Two of them, and as tho body is to be
plain, I wish you to get tho wide gimp to
trim it."
"How will yon have the sleeves trimmed 1"
"Wilh button and fringe."
t:Voll well this beats all," sighed poor
Clark. '
'When do you want the dress!" inquired
Iho mantua-maker.
'I must have it in three days. My hus
band will then be off my hands, and I shall
ba able to ao out !"
"Oh! horrible horrible," ejaculated tho
sick man, "I nm only half dead, but this blow
will kill me."
His wife heard him speak, and flew quick
lv lo his bedside.
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"Did you speak, my dear," saU mo wiui
tho voice of an anjrel.
'1 have h.-ard it all, madam." replied
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V-itllSa ew -j ti .
everything. O! M.uia Maiia!'
"You rave !"
"Do you lake mo for a fooll"
"Certainly not, my dear."
"You expect me to bo out of tho way
Ihrpn iluval"
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"Yes, love, tho doctor said you would be
woll in that time."
"What means the dress!''
"It" Is the ono you bought for me before
you were taken sick.'
"But you were speaking of mourning
"We were talking of Mrs. Tuporly."
tat"
"Oh. that is it!"
"Yes love. You know she ispoor, and the
familv is Inrno. mid it must inconvenience
l.ni in final innnriiiniT for them all. On this
Wv 1 IV 4au . - -
eround itlone. I oppose it."
"So so, that's it, is ill I thought you
were soenkins of me, mid it distressed mo.
I nt lir von to bo mora careful for the
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future.'
Clark wits out in three days, and now
laughs at the matter, which then appeared so
horrible.
Sewers are said to contain large quanti
ties of nrussic acid. This is on the author
ity of Dr. Ure.
Berlhes are not to be o generally worn
ax formerly, and flowers will be the favor
ite ornament tor ball-dresses this winter.
The new Five Frauo Piece of the French
Republic is censured a deficient fn prlistio
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HOW TO TRtSERVE CRAPES.
For several years past I have succeeded in
preserving Isabella grapes till March. c
have hail tho luxury of having had fresh
gropes all through iho winter, and have found
them very useful and refreshing to tho sick,
especially to consumptive people. Wo pack
our grapes to preserve for the winter as Into
as wo can, and savo them from frost, gather
ing them when they are perfectly dry, say in
the middlo of a sunny day. Wo tako a dry
box a common candle box is very conveni
ent for tho purpose first cover tho bottom
with common batting. Wo then put down a
ayer of grapes, ono cluster after another, ns
thick ns they can well lay. Care should be
taken that there aro no broken or green ones
in tho clusters. If there arc, they will cause
tho others to mould and decay. Wo then
put down a layer of cotton balling, and then
another layer of grapes, till llio box is full.
Some have boon ot the trouble to seal tho
end of each stem with wax. We do not bo-
lievo it is of any servico. As tho stems are
brittle, it is necessary to handle thorn wbh a
great deal of care. When they nio thus laid
down, much d-pends upon the placo where
on deposite the box. It should bo placed
in tho driest and coolest placo you have in
he honso. Some prefer tho garret. Thero
they are apt to wilt and lose all thoir flavor.
Sometimes they will mould iu tho cellar.
The principal difficulty in preserving ginpes,
ies in keeping them secure horn tho timo
ou lay thcin down, to the setting m of cold
weather. After that there is no difficulty.
have generally had them come out as green
and ns fresh in tho middle of winter as they
were when first laid down, and with all their
original flavor.
So far as my experience goes, I have suc
ceeded best iu preserving them in tho upper
part of ihe cellar. I liavo never failed in pre
serving them iu this way. As they may bo
kept, ihey becomo a most desirable fruit,
and the cultivation of tho vine should bo
reatly increased, not for the purpose of ma
ins intoxicating drink, but ns an article of
wholesome food. Thero can bo no doubt but
that fruit should constitute a much larger
hare of our diet. The free use of it would
relieve us, in a great measure, of some of our
most common diseases.
Written fur tlte American.
HOME.
To tho red man wild, and lo tho white man
t ree,
From tho lieighth of tho cliff to tho brink of
the sea,
From Erin's fair banks, and from Scotia's
fair shore,
From destitute collage, to palace's lore
there is uo place like Home.
Whilo treading tho desert our heart often
sit; Its,
Whilo tho deep chaos chasm beneath our
leel lies,
And tho snow-capped hills appear in our
view,
And wo think oh, how sadly, and yet oh,
how true
There is no place like Home.
Tho world may bo happy a bright lovely
day,
And America's strand beneath us may lay,
Vol wo sisli when wo find alar wo did roam,
Fiom our own native placo and own sacred
home.
There is no place like Home.
Then protect us oh ! Heaven, and keeps us
ul Home,
Afar may we never afar never roam ;
Ifular wo may be, oh, home do us bung,
For our hearts now feel, what our lips jet do
sing
There is no place like Home.
Glens Horc.
WiUiamsporl, Doc, IS 49.
A REVOLUTIONARY AN El DOTE.
Tho day after the Paoli massacre, Gen.
Wayno'a housa was surrounded by the blood
stained perpetratros of that wholesale mur
der. Nona of Iho family were at home but
Mrs. Wayne, who upon being summoned to
admit them, resolutely refused, replying that
the General was not in tho house. They
were finally obliged to force thu doors. The
premises were searched from cellar lo garret,
but their prey was not to be found. Tho val
iant officer in command, entering a room
where a large feather bed was lying on the
floor, aroused the indignation of Mrs. Wayne,
by slashing it wilh his sword, supposing that
it mignt contain the desired prize. "Do you
think." said she, "that General Anthony
Waveo is such a coward as to hide himself
in a feather bed !" The spirit of Mrs Wayne
seems to have excited tho respectful forbear,
ance of tho English Captain, for every aiticlo
of property in tha house was religiously res
pected. Wayne avenged tho Puoli massacre
on the succediug year in tho capture of Stony
Point, when that fortification was taken by a
midnight assault, uuder his command. Ha
was one of the first to scale the rampartst
and ho inspired his soldiers to the charge by
the watchword, "Remember Fauli," thunder
ed out above the din of the rushing muss by
his stentorian voice.
StRctCAL Operation. On Wednesday,
a surgical operation was performed by Drs.
Henry T. Child and Mutter, of this city,
and Dr. Von Volza, ol Lewislowu, Pa., in
which a ball, weighing a half ounce, was,
extracted from the hand ol Adjutant General
Irvine, ol this State. The Gener was in
the campaign against Mexico, and received
the wound during his service there, which
has boon ever since a cause of severe afllic
tion to him. The ball was so (irmly im
bedded between the bones of the hand, that
the operators Were, obliged to take it away
by peacemcal. The General was doing
well yesterday.
SUl Sorts of Stems.
A Ni MAN IWy anti the Hour bp DaV.
Seat yourself at a table. Attach a piece
of metal (say a shilling) to a thread. . Hav
ing placed your elbow on the table, hold
the thread between the points of the thumb
and forefinger; and allow the shilling to
hang in the centre of a glass tumbler; the
pulse will immediately cause the shilling to
vibrato like a pendulum, and the vibra
tions will increase until the shilling strikes
the side of the glass ; and suppose the timo
of the experiment be tho hour of seven, or
half past seven, the pendulum will strike
the glass seven limes, and then loose its mo
mentum nnd return to the centre: if you
hold the thread a sufficient length of time
the effect will be repealed ; but not until
a sufficient space of time has elapsed to
convince you that the experiment is most
complete. I need not add that the thread
must be held with a study hand ; otherwise
the vibrating motion will be counteracted.
At whatever hour of the day or night, the
experiment is made, the coincidence will
be the same.
A chap in England, when sentenced to
be hanged made his best bow to the judge,
and said ; "Thank your worship kindly.
I had intended to hang myself, but your
worship has saved me the expense of buy
ing a rope."
Sot-Tii Croi.ixa FoLLf. It is reported
that the South Carolina members Congress
have said that they would just as leave see
a Whig as a Democratic organization of the
House, but would prefer a disorganization.
An exchange says of a gentleman recent
ly deceased, that "he died leaving his heirs
nn unsullied reputation and a million-"
Which said heirs will die by-and-hy, leav
ing, perhaps, to fa ir heirs a iullied repu
tation and nothing. So goes the world.
Five million bushels of salt have been
manufactured in Onandaga county, N. Y.,
during the present year.
Fr.oi.inc. A woman in Rochester gave
birth to three boys recently. About a year
previous she also bore three boys, and the
whole six are alive and doing well.
Fir.;: in Pottsvilh:, Pa. On Wednes
day the stable of (Jeorge M. Cumrr.ing, to
gether w itb a valuable horse carriage and
harness, were destroyed by fire in Pottsville,
"Overshoes and an umbrella should form
a part of the outfit of every young lady,"
says th concluding paragraph of a cata
logue of the students at a country acade
my. The ribs are taken from the hogs packed
in Cii-ciiinali, for foreign markets. They
are h ff in those intended for the home
market.
Mrs Fos-rcn, in England, has just pub
lished a pamphlet, on the chargt s, made by
Macauly, against the character of William
Fenn.
Nearly half a foot of snow fell at Portland,
Me., on Monday.
Some of the stone masons on the Brook-
lyn dry dock get $5 per day.
Tur. Government sent out $100,000 in spe
cie to California i.i charge of Col. Wakcman,
on Saturday.
Is 1S00 tho population of New York city
was fiO.OdO; in 1815 it was 371,000.
Milton alone, is said lo have introduced
motu than 600 words into iho English lan
guage. A mnni-ter rattlesnake wns recently killed
in Arkansas. It had 37 rattles with a but
ton. Look OfT. Counterfeit S18's on the State
Bank of Ohio are in Circular.
Mil. Stevens, tho English manufacturer of
tho "T" mil now esed on mist of our rail
reads, is in Cincinnati..
The r.et proceeds of tho reading of Mrs.
Fanny Kemblo for six nights, in Cincinnati,
wero upwards ef $1700.
Tun editor of the Georgia Messenger re
ceived a mess of green cucumbers and
plumbs tho other day.
A Southern editor odvertises for a strayed
away horse, which was connected with his
office.
The Cnnard steairer Canada, at Jersey
City, brought 25,000 letters.
There aro soma thirty or forty Germans
in Cincinnati, who make their living by cut
ting cabbage for sour krout.
Upwards of 60,000 houses in London nr
unsupplicd with water.
Iron Ships for tha British navy, are going
out of repute.
An Fs'.ublishment of the Manufacture of
Flax Good, has been started in Dayton, Ohio.
A wealthy Israel-to in this city recently r
ccivc.l Christian baptism,
Tho net consignments from Cdtifomfa fo
New York, will in part consist of precious
Stones,
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The recent rxcitement in Boston gave
the papers of that city an unprecedented
circulation. mc of them issued thirty
and forty thousand copies daily.
A newspaper in England, circulating
10,000 copies daily, pays jC3,450 a year to
the government for paper duty alone.
Pork sdUut $2,50 not at most points in
tha went ; large supply aud packing joiiijj oa
briaklv.