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A CALL TO EOUSEEErrEHS
Al llic Caliluot Wave Hixnu of
SEB'N 1TOUPT & CO.
Market Square,
Also nt the comer of Fuini sired the Ttuilroad,
SUNBURY, PA.
Thankful for tin pntronajw of liis fricnila and
f uatoincra during the 17 years Up has ln-en in husi
he in this place, lie solicits from the public a con
tinuance of their favors. Dunns; this period lie
lias j-ndeaVored to keep ip with the improvement
of the day, and has ai'i'onlinjrly extended his liusi
ii ass in every branch and variety. The public are
therefore invited to the attention of the present
tock of
CAR.NET WAKE AND CHAIRS,
Manufactiiikd bv
SEBASTIAN HOTJPT & GO.
At the Old StKinl,
Vlierc in addition to their former stoek of the
t'aUblialiiiicitt they now manufacture
Mahogany, Walnnt & Cane-Seat Chairs,
Ltirfit Spring Seat Rocking Cutirs,
Dressing Bureaus, Centre Tables,
JWirble Top Wusk Stands,
tind a variety of ot tier
new style und
Fntliiomihlc I'uraHurc.
Having; secured a Hearse and made the ncces
nary ariantrrments for the purpose, they uie now
prepared for Undertaking; in all its braiuhes, in
this vicinity or at any convenient distance.
Ye maid, and mistreuses, and hnslmwlr, too,
Here', furniture of every style and hue,
From side rxmrds down to kitchen tables,
Frnn rockiirg ehaira lo locking crailtes
Should you not have tlie ready Jonx to pay.
We'll wait awhile for a brighter better day,
ftr take potatoes, outs, corn, wheat and rye ;
13ark, hoop polca, staves; or tntuber wet und dry,
Or any thing but yokes and threshing Hails,
Kiom pigs and turkies down to little quuils.
Coma on then frieuds, come one anil all,
Keep trade a moving, so "g'cs on the bn'l."
tH" Ordera from a dUtancc promptly attended
to and work of all kinds delivered with dispatch.
Sunbury, March 9, 150 tf
HEFOEM YOUE. HABITS
Come ya, with garneuts tare and seedy,
Ye bach'kira, wido'er. and hunbund. too,
If, in the outward man you'r needy,
We aoou cau make you as giod as new.
THE lubscriber respectfully informs hU friend"
and the public, that he will commence in thi
place, on the 6th of April next, the
tailouixg nrsii:ss
in all its branches. He will be careful to ace that
his work is made up in the best manner, and he
flatters himself, that he will be able to give entire
satisfaction in point of cut, tit ajjd style, as well
as in price. He therefore respectfully tolicitshia
friends and the public generally to call and give
him a trial.
His shop is a new building in Fawn street be
low Weaver's Hotel.
JACOD 0. DECK.
Sunbury, March 30, 1S50. 6m
EDWIN 1ILL,
(Lati or tbi Flan or WiTxinsoa & Iltii.,)
JV o. 24 South Second Street,
Philadelphia,
OE8PECTFULLY informs his old friends and
customers, as well as the public generally,
lhat he hf opened an entire new stock of elegant
t y lea of
Ppring & Summer Dress Goods.
His assortment eonaista of the latest and inot desi
rable styles of English, German, French & Ame
rican Clouds, fiuch aa Delaines', Tisnuea, llcra
gea, Bilks, Lawns, M ubUiis, Sha In, IMMIs, ( i loves,
iid every variety of Dress will Faney U.iod.
rbilad. March 10, 1 ..(.- ly
SELECT POETRY.
THE MINER'S DREAM.
Tho following very clever Teraesaro taken
from the Boston Post :
Tho day was done he swallowed a crust
The last he had in his locker
He placed his head on a basr of dust,
And his hands on the pick and rocker.
And there by tho Yuba's lonely stream,
His tent Iho murky sky,
He dreamed the most auriferous dream,
Alas ! that 'twas all in his eye.
lie saw the noble palace of gold
Which the ancient Spaniards soiirrht,
The domo of cold was lofty and bold.
And the pillars with gold inwrought.
On a glitterine throtif! the Inea saf, ,
(01 solid gold 'twas bnilded)
"His mutton was seived on a golden plate,
. And his gingerbread was gilded."
And tho guards wore gulden plumes so tall
And their hemletn phone liko smis,
They fired at a mark with golden balls,
Which were cast for their golden guns.
Tho trnltlen rod wavad in every breeze,
And 1 lie gold-thread grew in the biakes
Goldfinches twittered in all Ihe trees,
And gold-fish swam in the lakes.
'1 give thee nil V the Inca cried,
'Mv Dalaep. mv irunrd. mv thione.
And the rivet's bed, and the mountain's side
Their treasures ntc thine alone."
Now over his dream a chance halh come;
The lie kls are rnekv and bare,
lie dreams of his old N'ow Enuland home,
And the memories clustered there.
He walks bv the run at Seymour's pond.
Where he hauled the pickerel in.
Ah ! the L'rapes of which he was so fund,
In the (armor ngu ol tin.
Hurrah! Point Rocks! the ocean shore,
And the niarchiti" tides deploy,
Willi the same wild rush and ihe same wild
roar
That thrilled him when a boy.
Now the school-house, ted, with its hopper
roc i,
And its dust, and noise, and fun.
And tho ferule's whisk, and the sharp repioof
Aim ttie snout when school is done.
Anon he dreams of the Sabbath day,
The Sabbath bell doth toll,
And serious faces throng the way,
And serious thoughts the soul.
And when in dreams he had censed lo roam,
And waked by thu Yuba river,
He thought oflti wife, and his child, and
his home,
And of God, the perfect giver.
Why change Ihe treasures of the heart
For glistering lumps like these; ?
So across the isthmus he tool; a start,
And came home by way of Chagres.
Tbisvegist.
P. S. He brought the lumps with him.
atIUxl light was on the hill t-ps
And darknes. in Ihe vale,
When we fixed onr line, for pickerel
For pickerel to trail. "
Clcucr Skctcl).
WHAT I SAW OJTE MORNING
INDIA.
IN
In the year IS 16, I commanded a small
detachment of navy infantry at Conda
pilly, in the Northern Circars; the object
of this military occupation of a lonely and
decayed town being the protection of the
adjacent country from bands of petty ma
rauders, who in the absence of richer booty,
made spoil ol the cattle and crops of the
ryots, or agricultural population. There
are no dense forests or thick woods in the
immediate vicinity of Condapilly ; but be
yond the lull-fort, which, at the distance
of perhaps half a mile, commands the town,
and the ascent to which is steep and diffi
cult, extends for some miles a stretch of
jungle, where the loolies, or thieves for
they deserve not the high-sounding title of
banditti found frequent shelter, in com
pany with a few chetas, and a great many
snakes. Here, too, game was abundant,
providing them with the flesh of the spotted
deer, the hare, the shy porcupine, and the
peafowl, which is said to haunt such places
aa are tenanted by tigers, from which it
may be iafely inferred that water is not
wanting, since neither panther nor tiger
make their lair fur from that necessary ele
ment. Here also grew profusely the trees
of the Vratava marmilus, whose apples
covered with a hard rind, through which,
when ripe, oozes a slimy liquid are used
for food : the Diospyros ebemim, whose
medlar-like fruit, after having been buried
for months in the earth, forms a mellow
and wholesome sustenance ; and ihe Ximc
niu Americana, whose acid drops cover a
nutly kernel, very grateful to the wande
rer of the woods who cannot gather for his
dessert the rich-flavored mango, or pink
and succulent guava.
From having once been a town of con
siderable importance, Condapilly lias dwin
dled to a very inferior rank among the cities
of the Circars; and the hill-fort, at one
period of considerable strength, now pre
sents nothing but a meagre skeleton ot iU
past celebrity. Towering high above the
little esplanade on which the humble range
of barracks which sheltered the detach
ment was raised, the mountain was accessi
ble at only one point, where a winding
track the remains of a flight of stone steps,
now in complete dilapidation formed a
steep ladder, up which I have often toiled
wearily at early dawn, eager to watch the
rising sun from the topmost pinnacle a
sight that amply repaid me for the extra
fatigue of half an hour's climbing. There,
crumbling piecemeal beneath the foot of
Time, mouldered an ancient building of
Moorish architecture, still suggesting by its
extensive ruins and palatial structure, re
collections of Ihe .Mohammedan prowess
which, so fir back as 1171, had wrested
the province of Condapilly from the hands
of the Hindoos!
A long but sleepless night in March had
fevered my blood, as one morning, ere yet
a single individual was stirring about our
quarters, 1 strolled towards the mountain
gorge, and had stumbled almost to the top
of the steep acclivity before the faint flush
of dawn had roused the sentinel, whose
call awoke the solitary pair of musicians of
our party, drummer and titer, to sound tne
reveille. In ton minutes more I stood pant
ing on the summit of the rock, gazing thirs
tily on the scene beneath me, where Asiatic
beauty winded slowly before me," like a
glorious river, whose changeable waters
the eye tired not of drinking. 1 had no
fear of thief or thug, for a late excursion in
the district behind me had assured me safe
ty ; but, nevertheless, I started violently
when, from the branches of a stalely pee
pul tree that grew close by, a dark figure,
that seemed of human proportions, leaped
with a gibbering cry upon the ground.
I had no great reason to be alarmed, for
I saw not a man but a monkey one of
these long-legged, brown monkeys with
while streaked faces that abound in these
heights ; and which, probably little less
startled than myself, receded as I advanced,
jabbering its dissatisfaction at my intrusion.
At the foot of the peepul tree, throwing up
its rich while petals, that shed around a
sweet but sickeninir odor, crew a magnifi
cent plant of the datura; and as I stooped
to pluck it, a rustle in the underwood be
yond, followed by on acute, sharp scream,
which I ascribed to my friend the monkey,
arrested my hand. 1 had iudjred correctly;
but I had underrated the number of my I
early companions. With a spring that j
brought it almost to my feet, making me in
my turn retreat, the monkey lay moaning
and as I thought violently convulsed among
the grass; nor did I at the moment per
ceive, what indeed I discovered with a de
gree of horror, that round its body was
twi-ted a gorgeously spotted snake the !
cobra di capelio ! I wish I could describe I
the maddened contortions of the monkey, '
as, writhing beneath the straining coils of
the reptile, it rolled on the grass in vain J
efforts to rid itself of its deadly assailant. i
1 he piteous gaze of its eyes, as they wist
fully looked up into my face, was eloquent
with a summons for help which I was by
no means inclined to resist. Whether the
snake had bitten it or not, I could not gurss,
for it seemed to me as if it were merely
playing with the animal -that fatal came
which the cat plays with the mouse ? Hut
I shouted, and threw a stone, and then siz-'
ing a withered branch lhat lay on the
ground, I advanced to the charge. The 1
monkey, which nt another time would have 1
fled ot my approach, now remained per-:
fectly motionless, as if it waited certain 1
succor. Hut the serpent, aroused to the ;
cognizance oi an assailant ly a smart blow
on the head, instantly inflating its horrid
crest into that hood-like form which ren
ders it so appallingly hideous, gave vent to
a loud hiss that seemed brimful of poison.
Again and again I struck al it ; nor was
it without a cold thrill through my veins
that 1 beheld it disengage itself from the '
monkey ; but far from attempting to make 1
its escape, as 1 conjectured it would do, it !
turned itself half errct, towards me, and '
with a fluttering hobble like the hop ot a
bird whose wings have been broken it
leaped, with forked tongue protruded, right
inlo my very path! There was no time
for thought. My stick was neither strong
nor lone;. I could see the venemous eves
burn like fire, and the colors of its swelling
neck glow more deeply, as it prepared to i
spring again ; and I was fairly on the point j
of making my retreat by plunging at all i
hazards down the rock behind me, when a
shrill, chirrupping cry; Somewhat Jike that !
of a guinea-pig, was heard, and suddenly i
an elegant little creature, which at the mo- !
ment I was well-nigh ready to spiritualize i
into a good genius, sprung upon the serpent j
with a bound of lightsome ferocity, which ,
reminded me of the swoop of a kite upon a !
water-rat. ' j
It was a mungoos! And now, indeed, a ;
combat took place which fixed me to the !
spot in mute admiration ; but not for long. '
Once or twice it seemed to me that the
mungoos was bitten, but it might not have !
been so; for Ihe velocity of their move-!
ments, as, clinging together, the snake and '
its foe rolled over and over amongst the 1
long grass prevented minute observation.
It is asserted that, when bitten by a snake, I
the ichneumon retires for a moment to eat I
some unknown plant, capable of rendering
null the viperine venom ; but on this occa
sion nothing of the sort occurred. The
mungoes loll not the conflict for a breathing
space ; and at the end of about ten minutes
the cobra di capelio lay dead, torn and
mangled piece-meal by the little animal,
which frisked and danced about with a
purring sound, in a perfect frenzy of en
joyment As I held out my hand, actually believ
ing in the enthusiasm of the moment, that It
would approach to receive my caresses,
the mungoos, giving a bright, quick look at
me, stamped its tiny hind feet briskly on
the relics of the serpent, as if in scorn of
its victim, and disappeared among the brush
wood. I had forgotten the poor monkey, I found
it stretched out, ttWrand stark, among the
datura flowers. The mungoos had come
too late !
A man dropped a dollar bill upon the track,
in Norwalk, the other day, as a train was ap
proaching, and, stooping to pick it up, be
was bit on the bead by ihe cow-catcher, and
lost part of his scalp !
Thi Free School Question is again to be
submitted to the decision of the voles of the
State of New York. This is consequent upon
the loss of the 5800,000 tax-bill, which failed
In pass Iho Sciialc.
iiifiii-iirrrKi shoes.
from thk London "lady'u NF.wsrxrEn."
A celebrated French writer has, with a
gallant and commendable enthusiasm, re
marked that "he who is struck with the dia
monds which bedizen a beautiful woman,
does not deserve to have the privilege of
looking at her." We do not altogether
agree with this remark, and cannot but con
sider lhat the otlornm-nt of the person,
when aided by an elegant taste, has always
been one of the greatest auxiliaries of beau
ty, and one which those who really possess
it, contrive to render a most captivating
accomplishment. Such fair votaries of fash
ion are never found to adopt, but with great
caution, the novelties which its freaks so
continually offer, and the ornamental por
tion of the attire is never allowed to inter
fere with personal gracefulness. This is
one reason why ill-dressed persons do not
succeed in looking ns well as they expect.
They have interested themselves more
about their clothes than the effect which
they will produce when placed on tho fig
ure, forgetting that it is the person, and not
the altire, which is to have a cood effect,
and wearing fashions, whether becoming or
unbecoming, simply because other people
tlo. The first experiments in the founda
tion of some fashion of the monstrous kind
we have no doubt had their oriirin rather
in the defects than the beauties of the lair
introducers, and thus proved far more be
coming to them than to their imitators.
The first patch no inoie conceded a dimple
than the first hoop disguised a fine figure;
and yet how many lovely faces and forms
have not thus been disfigured ! High shoul
ders introduced puffed "sleeves; a painful
deformity, the mulllers, of whimple and
ni(T; and short stature, the invention of
high heeled shoes. The latter were intro
duced at the French court by a celebrated
beauty, whoj from the admiration bestowed
by her lover upon a lady of greater height,
wished to stand equally high in his good
graces. She also introduced, at the same
time, longer garments, in order to disguise
the high pattens, or clogs of cork, from the
observer. These were gradually raised to
such a height in the fashionable world of
France, that in the time of Henry III, 1G8G,
the taller ladies are described "as wearing
neat shoes of velvet and silk stuffs, with
very low heels; but females of short sta
ture exalted themselves on cork ones of a
foot, or a foot nod a half, in height."
This odd fashion of hih-heeled shoes
was introduced into the English court at
the period of the Restoration. Tlie shoe
was of white kid leather, slashed with black
velvet. Its clox was simply a straight
piece of stout leather, inserted in the under
f -ather at the toe, and attached to the heel.
This mode of beautifying the feet, by plac
ing them in a kind of stocks, was lonj pop
ular, and is said to have imparted a peculiar
grace and dignity to the figure. That such
shoes were walked in is certain ; but that
the fair wearers could have used them in
running, it is impossible to imagine. The
evolutions of the "Minuet de la Cour"
were, we know, performed with stately
grace ; but we cannot believe that any
more lively movements were at all com
patible with safety. An effort is, we find,
now making to introduce similar aids to the
height of the figure ; and, should they really
be successful, a great change must take
place in the world of Dance. Farewell to
waltzes, galopades, and polkas ! The quad
rille will become the only practicable
dance ; and the peculiarly languid way in
which it is now performed, seems to be a
precursor of such clogs to the feet they ap
pear to have been anticipated and prepared
ir
Few articles of the toilette have, per
haps, undergone more singular changes, in
both sexes, than that important pait of
me dress, ttie covering of the feet. 1 rom
the times of the Anglo Saxons, who first
began to import the fashions of England
from other countries, the form of boots and
shoes was constantly varying. They were
long, short, peaked, round, square, with
chains, roses, buckles, laces, and ties; and
made of cloth stuff, velvet, with jewels;
or of wood, cork, leather the sumptuary
laws confining peculiar shoes to each pro
fessionand otherwise regulating their ap
pearance. But, even so long ago as the time of
Henry IV., the ladies were accused of the
"unwholesome practice," so prevalent still,
of wearing shoes so small thut they could
scarcely move in them, "whereby they
have frequently their feet full of corns!"
This custom, we must in justice add, is not
confined in the present day to the ladies,
for how often do we sec the fashionable
votary of the opposite sex "walking us if he
would tread on eggshells without crushing
them his soul In his foot, and all his sen
sibilities seeming to be bundled up and
crushed in calfskin." The gentlemen of
olden time, in fact, have also shown more
vagaries in the adornment of their feet than
appears in these days to be credible, and
submitted in consequence to become strange
objects."
In the reign of Henry IV., Camden says,
"Pride was got so much into the foot that
it was proclaimed that no man should wear
shoes above six inches broad at the toes."
The dandies of ancient days wore the beaks
or points of their shoes so long that they
encumbered themselves in their walking,
and were forced to tie them up to their
knees; the fine gentlemen fastened theirs
with chains of silver, or silver guilt, and
others with laces; This rediculous custom
was in vogue from the year 1382 ; but was
prohibited, on the forfeiture of 20s. and the
pain ol cursing by the clergy, 1107.
Paradieu, an old French writer, describ
ing the manners of the timet of Henry VII,
says that "At first the men wore shoes with
a point before half a foot long; the richer
and more eminent personages wore them a
foot long, and princes two feet long. And
when they became tired of these pointed
shoes, called poulaines, they adopted others
in their place, which were named duck
bills,' having a bill or beak before of 4 to 5
fingers in length ; afterwards assuming a
contrary fashion, they wore shoes so broad
in front as to exceed the measure of a good
foot."
When the fashion of peaked shoes died
away, "the rose" (says an old writer) "be
gan to bud upon the foot, which, under the
house of Tudor, opened in great perfec
tion." No shoe was fashionable without
being fastened with a full blown rose made
of ribbons of every color except white, the
emblem of the depressed house of York;
they were held in great esteem, but the
red, like the house of Lancaster, held pre
eminence. Under the house of Stuart the rose with
ered, which gave rise to shoe-strings. The
beaux of the age used double laces of silk,
tagged with silver. "The Revolution was
remarkable for the introduction of William
and the minute buckle," not differing much
in size and shape from the horsebean. This
fanciful decoration underwent many chan
ges, and in 17S1 the large square buckle,
plaited with silver, was the ton. The la
dies also adopted the reigning taste. "It
was difficult,' says Ilutton, "to discover
their beautiful little feet, covered with an
enormous shield of buckle, and we wonder
ed to see the active motion tinder the mas
sive load." When buckles became no lon
ger fashionable, the change that ensued
was so disastrous that a deputation of mas
ter buckle makers waited upon the Prince
Regent to entreat him to alter the fashion
of shoe-strings, just then introduced. His
Royal Highness look compassion, as far as
he could, on the distressed petitioners, by
declaring that he and his household would
wear buckles in future. Rut the dominion
of fashion prevailed even over royalty ;
and in IS 12 not a buckle was to be seen
excepting on the foot of old age.
Rosen, however, in the cycle of fashion,
are again returning to blossom upon shoes,
happily unattended by civil wars of the
name to render any peculiar color unfash
ionable; and buckle-making, on which the
prosperity of large manufacturing towns
once depended, may again give employ
ment and prosperity to the artisan. The
rich damasks of the present day, so similar
to those worn centuries ago, may again fall
over the high-heeled shoe with its becom
ing rose or sparkling buckle
"And from the hoop's bewitching PT.nd,
The very .line have p 'wcr lo wound ?''
Tho following romantic marriage no
tice in real life, which we copy from the
Lewisbtirg Chronicle of the 17th inst., isciptal
to any of the matches of onr novel wiiters:
"There is quite a spice of romance con
nected with the Cliilintjuaquo imiriiage pub
lished in our Hymeneal recotd this week, Mr.
John Johnson ami Mrs. Mint.ui Miller.
The groom, who now works at the boat-yard
here, was formeily a sea-faring man. Tho
bride is from South Carolina; and her father,
and her former husband, boih of whom have
been dead may years, were wealthy planters.
Some five years ago, tho joung widow made
a visit to Kiiglaml, in company with her
brother, a southern gentleman of fortune, and
on the return voyage they embarked in a ves
sel in which the groom was serving as a com
mon sailor. liy some accident she was
knocked overboard in the harbor of Liver
pool, sank to the bottom and was given up
for lost. Our hero, however, did not aban
don tho search. A slight change in the posi
tion of Ihe vessel, discovered her, ilia water
being remarkably clear, lying on the ground
twenty feet below the surface, and apparent
ly dead. Ho instantly plunged to the bottom
seized her by the hair and brought her lo
iho top; a large lock of hair being pulled out
in the attempt and" which is still preserved.
After some hours of perseveringexertion, sh
was finally brought to, and perfectly restored.
She was deeply grateful to the preserver of
her life, and on Iho homeward voyage she
formed a strong attachment for him, and a
union for life was resolved upon. Their plan
were however, frustrated, and for several
yeais they never met. In the meantime her
fortune became impaired. Some three or
four month ago, the heard of his location
here, and immediately came on from Charles
ton to see him. Her uncle, however, over
took her, and carried her back. Sho came
on again, some three weeks ago, but was con
fined to bed fur some time by sickness. Re
covering, on last Sabbath evenf.vg the long
deferred nuptial knot was tied, and the rea.
cuer and rescued are now united in a life-
partnership, for better or for worse."
SoMt feeling, are to moruil. eaven,
With leu of earih in lliem than Heaven ;
Ami if there lie a human tenr,
From m.iou' drora refined and clear
A tear so limpid and soiueek
It would n 'I stain uu angel's cheek,
'Tis that veliith pi ail father, shed
I'p ii a duiious daughter', atari. rVurr.
Rev. Walter Coltox, in bis "Deck and
Port," speaking of the aquatic habits of the
Kansackus eays : "Water is as much their
element as that of the fish for which they
angle, itieycan !ivo from ten to fifteen
lathoms to bung up sheila, or swirri munv
miles without fatigue. There is a native
woman living in Honolula, w ho, bein" wreck.
ed at sea, swam twenty miles lo the shore
of a neighboring island. Her husband, of
leebla constitution, gave out, sho buoyed
him up, swimming with him till thev had
coma iu sight of the shore, when ho sank
overpowered J still she clung to him, and
brought Ibe lifeless form lo the beach. Give
me a Kaiiacka w ife in a gale !"
Thkrc is a bill beforo the Education coin
miltee of the Massachusetts Legislature to
mvip'l cluldten to attend school
AMUVALOF Tltlt AMERtCA.
iwo wceks Lai rn from EtnopE.
IlAt.trA TEi-EonAPti Office, )
Friday, April 19lh 1850.
The Steamship America reached hereat 12
o'clock last night, and sailed at half past 2
this morning.
FRANCE.
At Paris, although thcro is increased ex
citement nnd greater bitterness between con
flicting parties, the only marked events of
tho fortnight have been
First Tho revolt of one of the regiments,
which tho government has not succeeded in
quelling.
Second A popular demonstration, in a
small war, against Louis Napoleon, as ho
passed through the streets.
Perhaps tho most significant event in the
Legislative Assembly was tho proposition,
by M. de La Uochezaqnelin, a friend of iho
President's, to tho effect, that on tho first
Sunday in June, the nation should be called
upon to pronounce definitely on the form of
government which it should choose to select
that every elector should be called upon to
inscribe on his ballot monarchy or republic
that if a republic should acquire tho ma
jority, it should bo proclaimed in iho Cham
ber by Iho President of the Republic and if
the monarchy obtained the majority, it should
be proclaimed by the President of tho As
sembly. f
This remarkable proposal was received in
solemn silence by the majority, and by deci
sive snecis from the Mountain but at length
the propositi was negatived it having fallen
to the grouui'. in consequenco of not being
seconded, and the previovs question was im
mediately vr ted unanimously.
The merrbcrs of the Mountain received the
nnnouncenicnt with a cry of :Vivo la Repub-
lique." It is said that the President of the
Republic is so deeply in debt, that nothing
but the possession of the i.nperial crown can
extricate him, and that ho is at present en
gaged in negotiations with Russia, for tho
purpose of possessing of that to him now ne
cessary protection. The Government are per
severingly employed in introducing their
measures of coercion, in which the majority
of the Assembly suppoit them.
The Paris correspondent of tho London
Standard, of a lato date, says that the Gov
ernment is said to have received despatches
from Germany which lead to a belief that a
collision between Austria and Prussia is al
most unavoidable. The language used bv
both powers is partaking more and more of a
hostile character.
ROME.
A recent number of the Rome Observer
says that Ihe return of the Pope to Homo has
been definitely fixed for tho Cth inst Tho
speedy return of His Huliuessappears to give
general satisfaction.
Advices from Lisbon slate that Gen. Mar
tin was concentrating bis squadron at the Ti
gris, iu anticipation of a hostile visit from the
American naval forces, to enforce a settle
menl of the long standing claims of the Ame
rican government.
RUSSIA.
An imperious note has been addressed by
the Russia government to that of Prussia, on
the subject of the Schlesvvig-Holstcin dispute.
After enumerating all the points at issue, the
note says there are so many facts which the
Emperor cannot regard with indjlTerence,
and from which he cannot, in conscience, re
lease the Prussian Cabinet from. The note
concludes by distinctly intimating the deter
mination of the Emperor to employ decisive
sive measures, if necessary, in support of tho
Danish side of tho controversy.
PRUSSIA.
A serious rupture has occurred between
tho governments of Prussia and Wurteiiburg,
in consequence of the tone assumed by the
King of the latter country in opening Ihe
Chambers. The government of Prussia, has
addresred a nole lo lhat of Wurtembeig, con
ceived in very strong terms, expressing tho
astonishment of the King's Government, at
the speech, regrets with most profound in
dignation the suspicions and accusations it
contains, nnd declares its dignity to reply
thereto or to discontinue diplomatic relations
with Wurtemberg.
The Prussian Ambassador has been recal
led. GERMANY.
Berlin it is said is lo be surrounded w ith
fortified barracks, whic h have already been
commenced near one of the gates of the city.
Gold and Graves. Tho New Orleans
descent says: A gentleman who has just
returned from California, having been absent
from the States about fourteen months, states
lhat when he reached California, curiosity
led him lo visit a graveyard, where he found
only eleven graves; nine months from that
time he followed the last remains of a friend
to iho same graveyard, and during the time
intervening between the two visits there had
been no less than fourteen hundred peisons.
interred in the samo yard.
A Postmaster informed us the other dav
(says an exchanrrp.) that ho mode it a rule
never to request the discontinuance of a pa
per it the subscriber is in arrears, and did
iiot at the same lime forward tho amount
due, ,
Fatal Accident. On Thursday after
noon, at Gideon Bast's colliery, Schuylkill
county, a leaded wagon was precipitated to
the bottom of the slope, hilling upon two in
side laborets, John Williams and Thomas
Btenrian. John Williams was killed, and
Tlumtas Piennen was shock irvlv mriugVd
RETELATIOX Or IldltRORS.
Tho following is taken from a work of Eu
gene Regnault, entitled, "The Criminal His
tory of the English Government." It will be
seen, lhat when the English Aristocrats found
it impossible to carry on the war and to c'dn
quer the Americans by w hat is generally
called llio nrts ol honorable warfare, they prii
valely bribed the Indian savagci to rfltirller
by every means in their power, as many
Americans as possible, and actually engaged
to give them so much for every American
scalp. Tho following is a letter sent by Capit.
Crawford to Col. Halidman, the British Go
vernor of Canada, accompanying eight packs
of scalps :
"May il please your excellency, at the re
quest of the Seneca Chiefs, 1 send, herewith)
to your excellency, under care of Jamea
Boyd, eight packs of scalps, cured and dried;
hooped and painted with all the Indian tri
umphant marks, of which the following is
invoice and explanation :
Pack 1. Containing forty-three scalps of
Congress soldiers, killed in different skir
mishes ; theie are stretched on black hoopi,
four inches in diameter; Ihe inside of Uie
skin is painted red, with a small black spot
to denote their being killed with bullets:
Also, sixty-two of farmers, killed in lheir.
houses, tho skin painted brown, marked with
a hoe; a black circle all round, to denote
their being surprised in the night, and a black
hatchet in tho middle, signifying their beihg
killed by that weapon.
2. Containing ninety-eight farmers killed
in their houses; hoops red j figure of a hoe
to mark their profession ; great white circls)
and sun, to show they were surprised irl the
day lime ; a little red foot, to show they stood
upon their defenee, and died fighting for their
lives.
3. Containing ninety-seven farmers, hoope
green, to show that they were killed in their
fields; a largo white circle, with round marks
in it for the sun, to show that it was in the
day time; black bullet mark on some hat
chet on others.
4. Containing one hundred and tw hf
farmers, mixedofthesever.il marks above;
only eighteen marked wilh a little yellow
il.ime, to denote their being scalped, their
nails pulled out by the roots, and other tor
ments: one of these latter is supposed to be
a rebel clergyman, his hand being fixed td
the hoop of his scalp. Most of the farmers!
appear by the hair lo have been young of
middle aged men; there being but sixty
seven very grey heads among them all, which
makes the service the more essential.
3. Containing eighty-eight scalp bt ttd
mcn j hair long, and braided in the Indian!
fashion, to show they were motheis; hoopa
blue, skin yellow ground with little red tad
poles, to represent by way of triumph, thai
tears of grief occasioned to their relations ; si
black scalping knife or hatchet at the bottotri
to mark their being killed with those instruV
ments; sixteen others, hair Very gray, blattf
hoops, plain brown color, to mark bat the
short club, or ca-se-te-te, to show they trerJ
knocked down dead, or had lheir brains oea
out.
6. Containing one hundred and ninety-three1
boys' scalps, of various ages; small green
hoops, whitish ground on tho skin, with red
tears in the middle, and black bullet marls)
knife, hatchet or club, as their deaths hap-'
pened.
7. Two hundred and eleven girls scalped
big and little ; small yellow hoops, whilaf
ground ; tears, hatchet, club, scalp knife, &C
8. This package is a mixture of all the
varieties above mentioned, in tho number of
one hundred and twenly-two, with a bo Of
bitch bark, containing twenly-nine liie In
fanta of various sizes; small white hoops;
with white ground.
Wilh these packs the chiefs send to your'
excellency the following speech, delivered"
by Conciogatchio in council, and interpreted!
by Ihe elder Moore, the trade, and taken
down by me in writing:
'Father, we send you herewith ihany
scalps, that you may see that we aril hot idle
friends.
'Father, we wish you to send these scalps
over the water to tho great king, lhat he
may regard them and be refreshed, and that
he may see our faithfulness in destroying his
enemies, and be convinced that his presents
have not been made to an ungrateful people.' "
Thcco odious practices of ihe English Gov
verutneitt were condemned with indignation
by Lord Chatham ; "Behold," said he, "thai'
allies of England; Ihe butchers of Lower1
Saxony. The Mohawks, the most cruel of
men; brigands, who respeol neither age nor
sex, and who delight in Ihe blood of disarm.'
ed weakness. Alas! by mingling the toma .
hawk with the sword, iho knife with the gun
w e havo stained our arms wilh a blot which,
all the w aters of ihe ocean cannot efface V''
Tho packs of scalps and the letters aceomJ
panyiug them w ere found among the baggagt)
of ihe English army, after the defeat of Gear
Burgoyne,
Is Brazil, the common form of introduc
tion is said to be as follows: "Sir, allow ins
to introduce lo your acquaintance ray friend!
Mr. Jones. If lie steals any thing, I am aov
countable."
To Remove Warts. Wash them with at
strong solution of pearla.h and lot it dryort
tho warts If this is done two or three timesr
the warts w ill disappear.
An excellent claret is now manufactured'
in Texas, from the Mustang grape. As many
as five barrels have been made on one pl
Utjnn,