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ATTOUNEY'AT LAW,
SUNBTJHY, PA.
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J a sitting for Portraits of Miniatures, and
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velvet, Papier Macho, or otlicr fancy styles, or nets
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Our Gallery with its Six Prize Medals and
Works of Art, is open nt nil hours, and Free.
Whether visitors w ish pictures taken or not, wo
shall at nil times be happy to hoc them.
lutie S3, 1850. '
NEW YORK & rillXADtXrillA
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May 25, 1H.MK ly
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ASD FARCY .Ot)IS,
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PHILADEljPWtA,
ALWAYS keep on hand nn excellent assort
ment of the above articles, which they will
vett on terms as low As any in the city.
June 15, 1850 Om
DAVID PEASE,
5fAMlLV GROCEH &.TEA DEALER,
S. IK Comer tilk If Anh Street Philadelphia,
WIO was formerly in th firm has now suc
ceeded Colton & Co., in llle business and
effort for sale at Ihe very lowest prices, nil kinds
of Famiiit Utliit-Kiiuis of the choicest kinds con
sisting in part of
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Rnrs, Sperm Oil and Candles, Olive Oil, Kot
rhups, Currie Powder, Isinglass for Jellies, Farina,
Bakers Chocolate, Cocoa and Broma, anil every
thing in the line, Which ho will pack up careful
)y and forward to older as plumptly as has been
the habit of the oid firm.
(C7'Will the housekeepers of Sunbury and vi
rtnity who Wish to have Groccriea of the choicest
kinds please to try us once 1
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riltALADELrillA WIE ft LIULOtl STORE.
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Champagne, Sherries, Port, Sleek, Claret, Bur
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Teiiorilfe and Sicily Wines.
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July 13, 1850
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
CHAS. DUMMIG,
So. 207 Chesnut Street, front Arcade,
Philadelphia.
T IMPORTER and Manufacturer of all kinds of
A Musical Instruments, Fancy Articles and Toys.
J J is prices are lower than those of any other store
1 in Philadelphia. All kinds of Musical Instru
ment repaired in the beat workmanship, and aUo
Uken in trade.
Pluladtlj'hia, May IBOU ly
a iramlla Ilctospaprr-Dcijotrt to 3jolWcs,' aftcrnturc, tton,m; jFovcfrjit nnK Domestic iltius,
SELECT POETRY.
SUMMER.
GlorMus summer! blight and fair
Aro thy golden treasures;
Gifts thou bringest, rich ami ram,
In n'erllowing mensuies.
Sparkling mnliht o'er tho sea,
Harvest waving on the lea,
Mellow fruit on bush and tree
These aro but thy treasures.
Now the wild bee's voico is heard,
From the forest ringing ;
Now the happy evening bird
Merrily is singing.
Gardens with their gorgeous flowers,
Blushing moons and moon-lit bowers,
Evening's soft and witching hours
Fondly thou art bringing.
Sweet thou glided as a stream
When it sparkles brightest,
Or a youthful poet's dream
When his lu-urt is lightest,
All tlio hours for bliss were madej
Hut when twilight's gentle slmdo
Softly steals o'er hill nnd filadn,
Then thy joys aro brightest.
They aro heard in tones of glue,
Youthful voices greeting ;
Then beuealh Ihu '-tiyslitig trco"
Hands and lips are meeting
Then the timo fur youth and lovo
Through the fragrant glen to rove,
Smiling still the moon above
On their bliss so Heeling.
Youth and lovo delight to go
Hand in hand with summer,
Where the limpid waters Mow
With the softest-murmur.
None on earth so well ngreo,
When the heart is young and frcfi)
As those happy spirits three,
Youth and love and summer.
a Select Sale.
t ii i: is c ii o o l m i s t it i: s s.
BY MRS. E. M. RKYMOUn.
"The school ma'am's coming, the school
ma'am's cominir," shouted a dozen voices.
lit the close ut a hall hour's faithful watch
to catch a glimpse ol our teacher. Every
eye was turned toward her with the most
scrutiiiiziun; glance for Hie children as
well as others always form nn opinion ol a
person, particularly of their teacher, at first
sight.
"How tall she is!" exclaimed one.
"Oh, don't she took sweet?" cried another.
"Ho, I ain't alraid of her, nor a dozen like
her," cried the "big boy" of the school.
".Nor I either," cried the big boy's ally,"
"I could lick her easy enough, could'nt you,
Tom'!" "Yes, and I will, too, if she goes
to touch me." "1 lush ," cried one of the gi rls,
"she will hear you." lly this time she had
nearly reached the door, round which we
were clustered, and every, and every eye
was fixed upon her face with an eager, yet
half bashful gaze, uncertain, as yet, what
verdict to pass upon her.
"Good morning, children," she said, in
the kindest voice in the world, while her
face was lighted with the sweetest smile
imaginable. "This is a beautiful morning
to commence school, it is not V
"I know I shall love her," whispered a
little pet in my ear.
We all followed her into the school
room, hut Tom Jones and his ally, who
waited until the rest were seated, and then
came in with a swaggering, noisy gait, and
a sort of dare-devil fancy look, as much as
to say, "who cares for you V
Miss Westcott looked at them kindly, but
appeared not to entice them further ; after
a short prayer and reading a chapter in the
I3ible, she passed round the room, and made
some inquiry of each one in regard to
themselves and their studies.
"And what is your name ?" she asked,
laying her hand upon Tom's head, while
he set with his hands in his pockets, swing
ing his feet backwards and forwards.
"Tom Jones," shouted he at the top of
his voice.
"How old are you, Thomas?" she asked.
"Just as old agin as hall," answered Tom,
with a saucy laugh.
"What do you study, Thomas?"
"Nothing."
"What books have you?"
"None."
Without appearing to be at all disturbed
by his replies, Miss Westcott said, "I am
glad I have one or two largo boys in my
school : you can be of great assistance to
me, Thomas, and if you will stop a few
minutes after school this afternoon, we will
talk over a little plan I have formed.
1 his was a mystery to all, and particu
larly to lorn, who could not comprehend
how he coujd be useful to any one, and for
the first time in his life he felt that he was
of some importance in the world. He had
no home traiiuna; no one ever, tola mm
that he could he of any use or do any good
in the world. . No one loved him and of
course he loved no one, but was one of
those who believed that he had got to bully
his way through the world. Ha had al
ways been called the "bad boy" at school,
and he took a sort of pride and pleasure in
being feared by the children and dreaded
by the teacher.
Miss Westcott at once comprehended
his whole character, and began to shape
her plans accordingly. She maintained
that a boy, who at 12 years old made him
self feared among his school-fellows, was
capable of being made something of.
Heretofore all iniluence had conspired to
make him bad, and perhaps a desperate
character ; she was determined to transform
his character by bringing opposite influen
ces to work upon him, and to effect this,
she must first gain his confidence, which
could not be done in a better way than
making him feel that she placed confidence
in him.
When school was out more than half the
scholars lingered about the door, wonder
ing what Mu WctWutt could be . going to
PUNBUIIY, NOllTJIUAlBEllLAlS 1) COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, AUGUST lO, 1850.'
say to Tom Jones, lie had ottcn'been bid
to remain after school, but it was always to
receive a punishment or severe lecture,
and nine times out of ten he would jump
out of the window before half the scholars
were out of the room ; hut it was evidently
for a different purpose that he was to re
main now, nnd no one wondered what it
could be more Ihnn Tom Jones.
"Don't you think, Thomas, that our
school room would be a great deal pleas
anter if we had some evergreens to hang
around it ; something to make it cheerful V
inquired Miss Westcott.
"Yes'm, and I know where I can get
plenty of them."
"Well, Thomas, if you will have some
here by eight o'clock to-morrow morning,
I will be here to help you, to put them up,
and we will give the children a pleasant
surprise; and here are some books I will
give you, Thomas; you may put them in
your own drawer, they are what I want
you to study.
"I3ut I can't study p-eosrraphy and his
tory," exclaimed Tom, confused, "I never
!id."
"That is the reason why you think you
cannot," replied Miss Westcott. "1 am
quite sure you can, and you will love them
I know.
"Nobody ever cared whether I learned
anything or not before," said Tom, with
some emotion.
"Well, I care," said Miss Westcott, with
earnestness, "you are capablf of becoming
a grand and good man ; you are now form
ing your character for life, and it depends
upon yourself what you become. The
poorest boy In this country has an equal
chance with the Wealthiest, and his cir
cumstances are more favorable for becom
ing eminent, for he learns to depend upon
himself. I will assist you all I can in
your studies, Thomas, and I know you will
succeei! ; remember that 1 am your lnenil,
and come to me in every difficulty."
I om Jones had not been brought up, he
had come up because he had been born in
to the world, and could'nt help it; but as
for any mental or moral training, he was
as fruitless of it as a wild bramble brush of
a pruning knife. His father was an intem
perate, bad man, and his mother was a
totally inefficient woman. At home he re
ceived nothing but blows, and abroad noth
ing but abuse. His bad passions were
therefore all excited and fostered ; and his
good ones were never called out. He al
ways expected that Ids teachers would hate
him, so he whetted anew his combative
powers to oppose them, and he had made
up his mind to turn the "new school ma'
am" out of doors. When, therefore, Miss
Westcott declared that she was glad to
have him in her school, he was amazed ;
and that she should manifest such nn inter
est in him, and give him a set of new books,
was perfectly incomprehensible to him.
Miss Westcott understood his 'position and
character, and determined to modify them.
She felt that he was equally capable of
good and bad actions, though the bad now
predominated. She knew that his active
mind must be busy ; one might as well
think of chaining the lightning as bending
down by force that wild spirit to his books.
She would give him employment, but such
as would call out a new set of ideas and
thoughts. He must feel that he was doing
good to others and for other's sake, and
that he was not guided alone by his own
wayward will, and yet there must be no
appearance of restraint upon him, he mud
cioone to do cood.
lorn Jones went home that night with a
new feeling in his breast ; for the first time
in his life he felt that he was capable of
rising above his present condition, and be
coming something greater and better than
he then was. His mind became inunda
ted with new and strange emotions, and
like a mighty river turned from its course,
his thoughts and energies from that hour
sought a new direction.
The next morning he was up with the
dawn, and when Miss Westcott arrived at
the school house she found Tom Jones there
with his evergreens.
"Good morning, Thomas," she said
kindly, "and so you are here before me ;
you must have risen early, and have found
some beautiful evergreens ; and now if you
will help me hang them, we will have all
the room arranged by nine o'clock."
"I have brought a hammer and some
nails," said Tom. "I thought we should
need some."
"Yes, so we shall ; I am glad you thought
of it," replied Miss Westcott.
That day every scholar looked amazed
to see Tom Jones actually studying his
book, and to hear him answer several ques
tions correctly, and they were still more
confounded, when at recess Miss Westcott
said :
"Thomas, you will take care of these
little children, will you not, and see that
they do not fret hurt ? You must be their
protector." One would have as soon
thought of setting a wolf to guard a flock
of lambs, as Thomas Jones f o take care of
the little children.
"Well," exclaimed Sam Evans, "I never
saw such a school ma'am In all the days of
my me; ma you lorn?"
"No," replied Tom, "but I wish I hat),
and I would have been a different boy
from what I am now, but I am going- to
study now, and learn something. Miss
Westcott says 1 can, and 1 am determined
to try."
I was astonished to observe the effect
that Miss Westcott's treatment of Tom had
upon the scholars; they began to consider
him of some importance, and to feel a sort
of respect for him which they manifested,
first by dropping the nickname of Tom, and
substituting lommy, which revealed cer
tainly a more kindly feeling towards bim.
In less than a week, Miss Westcott had
the school completely unjer control, yet it
was by love and respect that she governed,
and not by any nun rule ; he moved
among her scholars a very queen, and yet
sue so gained their conlidence and esteem,
that it did not seem to them submission to
anoftcr's will, hut the promptings of their
own desire to please. . One glance of her
dark eye would have quelled an insurrec
tion, and one smile made them happy for a
day.
Julia Westcott taught school with a re
alization of the responsibilities resting upon
her, and she bent her energies to fulfil them.
Carefully and skillfully she unlocked the
soul's door and gave a searching glance
within, in order to understand its abilities,
and then shaped her course accordingly.
The desponding and inactive she encoura
ged : the obstinate she subdued ; to the
yielding and fickle she taught a strong self
reliance. She encouraged the one rain
drop to do all the food it-could, and the
rushing torrent she fumed where it Would
fertilize, rather than devastate.
There are in every school some dormant
energies, which if aroused, might shake the
world. There are emotions and passions,
which if let loose, will, like the lightnings
ot the heaven, scatter ruin and blight, but
if controlled, may like the element become
the messenger of thoughts to the world. In
that head you call dull, may ho slumbering
passions like sonic pent up volcano ; open
that closed crater, and see if there do not
belch forth flames which your own hand
cannot stop.
Julia Westcott understood human nature.
She made it a stud', as every teacher ought
to do. She rooted out error and prejutlice
from the minds of her pupils, showed them
the evil of sin anil beauty of virtue, the ad
vantages of education, and the consequences
of
ignorance ; taught them their own ca
pabilities and responsibilities, and she
adapted her instructions to capacities and
necessities. And thus she went on, year
after year, scattering good seed into good
ground, and she reaped an abundant har
vest. From many a haunv homo and hicrh
place come a blessing upon her, and there
is no one who breathes her name with
greater reverence, or remembers her with
more grateful aflection, than "Tom Jones,"
who has filled with ability one of the high-
st ludicial offices in the Union, and who
freely acknowledges that he owes his pre
sent character and position entirely to her
treatment and instructions.
Truly, "ho that goeth forth weeping,
bearing precious seed, shall come again re
joicing, bringing his sheaves with him."
THE Wtr.L OF SIR KORERT I'EEL.
The following are given as tho terms of
the fust Sir U. Peel's will : After ontailinir
Drayton Park, and the other largo estates in
Slutfoidshiru and Warwickshire, it proceeds
to recite sums, to tho amount of nearly a
quarter of a million, previously advanced to,
or settled upon, his several children, (not in
cluding XD000 por annum settled on his eldest
sun,) and then bequeaths about i'(i00,000
more, making the portions of his four younger
sous .i'lOfi, QUO each, and those of hi dangh
tors X"53,000 each. He leaves to a chanel
erected by him nt Fazely, in Staffordshire,
1000, (afterwards evoked because ho had
endowed it with lands.) and 0000 lo a school
established by him in tho said village; to tho
Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum in Manches
ter, and thoLying-in-HospilalinSalford i'100
each. This will is dated July 27, 1820. By
a codicil of February 1 1, 1825, the proportions
of his younger sons areincreased to 135.000
and of the residue, which is said to have ex
ceeded half a million, four ninths wero be
queathed lo tho late baronet, and one ninth
to each of his four younger sons. , Tho per
sonal property was sworn at what is techni
cally called "upper value," which means that
it exceeded 900,000, and was tho first in
stance of the scale of duties extending to such
a sum. I ho probate sturnn was fifteen thou
sand pounds, and the legacy duties amounted
lo about ten thousand pounds more.
TKESEUVES AU JELLIES.
Gknkral DniECTioN. Gather fruit when
it is dry.
Long boiling hardens tho fruit.
Pouiing boiling water over the seives used,
and wring out jelly bags in hot water tho mo
ment you aro to tiso thorn.
Ho not squeeze while straining through jelly
bags.
Let tho pots ami jars containing sweat
meats just made, remain uncovered throe
days.
Lay brandy papers over tho lop, cover
them tight and seal them, or what is best of
all, soak a split bladder and tie it tight over
Ihcm. In drying, it will shrink ao as to bo
perfectly air-tight.
Keep them in a dry, but not warm place.
A thick leathery mould helps to preserve
fruit, but when mould appears in specks, tho
preserves must be scalded in a warm oven,
or bet sot into warm water, which then must
boil till tho preserves ure scalded-
Always keep watch of preserves which
are sealed, especially in warm or damp wea
ther. Tho only sure way to keep them with
out risk or caie, is to mako them with utiongh
sugar anil seal them, or lie bladder cover
over.
Clinton Jackson, a young man, swam
across thu Niagara Uiver, under tho falls and
back again, without landing to take breath.
Tho distance is halt a mile, and tho current,
as is well known, exceedingly Btroug and
turbulent.
A Stokv is told of a hypochondriac gentle,
man of rank and fortune in Ireland, who fan
cios ono of his legs of one religion and tho
othei of another. Ho not unfruqueully puts
ouu of his unfortunate legs outside tho bej-
clolhuo to puuiuh it for it rohioui oitois
Scftnce an the cms, CTflffculturr, .fwarltcts, amusements, c.
LITERARY 1'IIIM ERS.
"Voices from tho Press," is the titlo of an
octavo volume containing sketches nnd poems
by gentlemen who aro or havo been practi
cal printers. Among theso peisons quoted
are tho editors of this paper, Samuel Wood
worth, J. ' O. Rockwell, Rev. Dr. Croswell,
Hon. Hoince Greeley, Bayard Taylor (asso
ciate editorof tho Tribune,) B. Perley Poore,
nnd William H. Burloigh. Of thoso who aro
omitted, wo can easily cull abetter cataloguo
To begin with dead, there nro Franklin, tho
Bradfords, James Ralph, Isaiah Thomas, Jesse
Huel, T. G. Fessendcn, William Ray, William
L.Stone, Prof.Goddard, William Cox, (author
of "Crayon Sketches,") WillisGaylord Clark,
William Leggettnud tho late Georgo F. Hop
kins, whoso fine intellect and honorable char
acter secured for him tho warm friendship
of Hamilton, Jay, Morris, John Colton Smith,
and other great men of tho Revolutionary
age; and whoso "Essays on Looming," and
"Kssays on Astronomy," were papers of the
first order of literary nnd philosophical merit.
His essay on Texas, written before tho public
dreamed of tho separation of that province
from Mexico, suggested to Gen. Jackson an
important part of his public policy. Ho was
tho first publisher of the Federalist and was
Noah Webster's partner in establishing tho
Commercial Advertiser. Ho was all his life,
a frequent and able contributor to Lang's Ga
zette and other New York journals, and was
well known and highly esteemed by tho
whole fraternity of literature in tho country.
Of tho living wo may allude to tho venera
ble "Old man in Speces," Matthew L. Davis
whoso political and historical writings hare
so largely influenced opinions and affairs;
Joseph Gales, the ablo editor of tho National
Intelligencer, w hoso dignity and statesman
like wisdom and virtue havo given its best
character to tho American press. Dr. John
W. Francis, ono of tho most accomplished
men of tho ace, and a writer of vast resources
variety anil eloquence; Hon. Joseph T. Buck
ingham, one of the most classical writers of
the F.nglish language, who for nearly half a
century has been eminently distinguished in
the history of Massachusetts; Isaac Q, Leake,
we believe, with our esteemed towns
man, Gorham A. Worth, established tho Al
bany Argus; Francis Hall, tho nblo senior
conductor of tho Commercial; Hon. Kllis
Lewis, one of tho best legal writers of tho
times, anil a very graceful poet anil essayist;
Hon. John W, Kdmonds, also an ablo jurist,
and in all respects a distinguished citizen ;
Hun. Isaac Hill, whoso contributions to the
literatuie of politics are known to all tho
country; Hon. John M. Niles, who is deser
ving of applause as a historical and economi
cal writer, as well as for his eloquence in tho
Senate; Hon. Joseph 11. Chandler, who writes
with a tenderness and humor that would add
to the famo of Charles Lamb; Hun. Jacob B.
Moure, ouo of our most careful and sagacious
historians; G. G. Foster, tho facetious and
poetical essayist, whose edition of Shelly,
Sketches of New York nnd its society, 4tc,
have secured for him a brilliant and etiable
reputation; Nathaniel Green, whose elegant
translations nnd ingenious original tales and
essays have been familiar to readers of tasto
for many years; William Lloyd Garrison,
Oliver Johnson, William D. Gallagher, Rev.
Dr. M'Cliutock, Rev. C. Everest, C. F.dwards
Lester, Thomas Mackeller, and enough more
lo fill the roll of a regiment.
Tho printing offices of Kuropo havo also
furnished many illuntrions literary men, of
whom in England wo may mention Richard
son, tho author of "Sir Charles Orandison,"
"Pamela," eet., and in France, Beranger,
Iho greatest living lyric poet. If the printing
officii bo jutlged by the character of its grad
uates, wn know of hardly a profession that
can dispute with its titles to eminence. It
is among tho best schools of knowledge and
literature, and printing may bo justly consi
dered, In itself nnd its influence upon its pro
fessors, ono of the liberal professions. Hone
Journal.
Summary Mope o DisrosiNn tr a Din
ner. On Commencement day, at Cam
bridge, Mass., tho faculty, students and
guests, on entering tho hall in which tho
usual annual dinner was provided, wero sud
denly attacked with violent nauses and retch
ing of tho stomach. The aroma of the room
was sufficiently powerful to hang your hat
on ! So, instead of devouring voraciously
the abundant edibles elaborately provided
for them, they deliberately rose and pitched
tho entire bill of fare, dishes, contents and
all, out of tho window into tho yard, and in
continently left 1
HOW TO GET RID OF A Nu&tlDOll'S IIeNS.
If you aro much troubled with your "neigh
bor's hens'," the boat way is Tioi to shoot
them and send tn the dead bodies, but quietly
feed them round your Stable with your own,
and then shako out extra straw in some bar
rel or by-place. An acquaintance of mir.e in
this way collected some dozens of eggs at a
slight expense, thereby getting all tho profit
of iho poultry without tho trouble of housing
or keeping them through tho wintor. Try it.
It is too good a business to lust long. By this
plan you will effectually get lid of thu hens,
and besides this, and tho saving of tho eggs,
you will save your friend and save having
one more enemy. A little planning is as
good us hard work.-
A Man must walk in crookod patlft if he
wishes to rise; just as tho very road which
is straight, on a level ground, wiudsaud turns
iucesiiantly, as soon as thort la a height to be
upended
WIH KFIOEMlCfl It.VtiE AT NIGHT.
it was in ono night that 4,000 perished by
tho plagno of London of 10d3. It was at night
that tho army of Sennacherib was destroyed.
Both in England and on tho continent a large
proportion of tho cholera .cases, in its several
forms, have been observed to have occurred
between one and two o'clock in Iho morning.
Tho "danger of exposure to night air," has
been a theme of physicians from limO im
memorial; but it is remarkable they have
never yet called in tho aid of chemistry to
account for the fact.
It is at night that the stratum of air nearest
iho ground must always bo tho most charged
with tho particles of animalized matter given
Oiit from the skin, and deleterious gases, such
as carbonic acid gas, the product of respira
tion, nnd sulphuretted hydrogen, the product
of tho sowers. In the day, gases and vapo
rous substances of nil kinds riso in tho air by
tho rarefaction of tho heat ; nt night, when
this rarefaction leaves thom,.lhoy fall by an
increase of gravity, if imperfectly mixed with
the atmosphere, while iho gases evolved du
ring tho night, instead of ascending, remain
at nearly tho samo luVel. It is known that
carbonic acid gas at a low tempnraturo par
takes so nearly of tho nature of a fluid, lhat
it may bo poured out of one vessol into ano
ther; it rises nt Iho temperature at which it
exhaled from tho lungs, but its tendency is
toward tho floor, or the bed of ihe sleeper, in
cold and unventilated rooms.
At Hamburg, tho alarm of cholera at night
in some parts of the city was so great, that
on some occasions they refused to go to bed,
lest they should bo attacked unawares in
their sleep. Sitting up, they probably kept
their stoves or open fires burning for the ilako
of warmth giving tho expansion to any dele
terious gases present, which would best pro
mote their dilution in tho atmosphure, tho
means of safety wero thus unconsciously as
sured. At Sierra Leone, tho natives havo a
practice in the sickly season of keeping fires
constantly burning in their huts at night, as
signing that tho fires kept away the evil
attribute fever and ague. Latterly, Euro
peans have begun to adopt tho same practice;
and thoso who have tried it, assert that they
Have now entire immunity from the tropical
fever's to which they wero formerly subject.
In tho epidemics of Iho middlo ages, fires
used to bo lighted in tho streets for tho puri
fication of the air( and in tho plague of Lon
don, of 1C()5, fires in tho streets wero at ono
timo kept burning incessantly, till extinguish
ed by a violent storm of rain. Latterly, trains
of gunpowder havo been fired, and cannon
discharged for tho same object, but it is ob
vious that theso measures, although sound in
principle, must necessarily, out of doors, be
on loo small a scale, as measurud against an
ocean of atmospheric air to produce any
sensible effect. Within doors, however, tho
case is different. It is quite possiblo to heat
a room sufficiently to pioduco a rarefaction
and consequent dilution of any maglinant
gases it may contain, antl it is of couisa tho
air of tho room, and that alono at night,
which comes in immediato contact with tao
lungs of a por3oh sleeping.
LITTLE C HILD'S MORHlXO IIYMX.'
Tho morning bright,
' With rosy light,
Has waked mo from my sleep.
Father ! 1 own
Thy lovo alono
Thy little one doth keep.
All through iho day,
I humbly pray,
Bo thou my guard and guide !
My sins forgive,
Antl let me live,
Dlest Jesus! near thy side.
Oh, mako Ihy rest
Within my breast,
Gfeat Spirit of all grace !
Mako mo liketheo!
, Then 1 shall bo
Prepared to see tiiyfaco '.Chr. Inquirer
Early Risino "Ho w ho will thrivo must
riso at five." to says tho proverb, though
there is moro rhyme than reason in it J for if
Ho who will thrivo must riso at five,
it must follow, fortiori,
Ho who'd thrive moro must riso at four,
and it would en.-uo, a fortissimo,
Ho who'd more thriving be, must always rise
at three;
Ho who'd the former outdo, must always riso
as early a two ;
and, by way of climax, it shoald hold good
that
Ho who'd never bo outdone, must always
.riso at one ;
while, as a clincher to tho who!e, it should
be added as a sort of grand climacteric, that
Ho who'd bo thriving quite, must sit tip a?l
mrjht.
A newly married cotFLK, riding inacfff-
rhigo, wero overturned, whereupon a stander
by said it was a "shocking sight." "tes","
said the gentloman, "to see thoso just wed
ded 'fall out so soon.' "
LiTTlEFiKLi), the jaiiiteV, has purchased1 a
farm in Sharon, Vt., with Ihe reward paid
him for discovering the murderer of Dr.
Puikman.
Tub New York Express states that thu
lato Postmaster Goneral comploted a con
tract for leasing tho present posl-offico build
ing in that city for fourteen yeais, ut $10,000
per annum.'
New I .lciiT. The Boston Post says that
the attempt In light Scheivect.idy with fd
headed giilo hjs bi5tri atWinkuicJ, but the
giiU havo uot-
OLD SERIES VOL. 10, NO. 40.
THE TIMES OF GOOD QIJEE HEM.
All tho opponents of tho Queen wero trca
ted with horrible and vindictive severity;
many Romish priests wore executed with a
revolting ba.barism; greater numbers were
exiled and imprisoned. English law, if wo
do not prostitute tho name i applying it id
such transactions, knew little but revengo
and cruelty. The political trial of ibis reigif
it has been well observed by a preat living
writer, the historian of tho English constilut
linn, are, with scarcely an exception, dis
graceful to humanity. And all religious of
fences wero then political. Justice, like a
bird of prey, was ever on tho wing; and if
it stooped or swerved a little from its course
it was to slake its appetito for blood upon
some harmless victim as it passed along in
quest of greater prot. Whatever mav havo
been Calvin's share of infamy in the burning
of Servetus tho Socinian, ho docs not stand
alono. In 1584, one John Lewes was burned
nt Norwich for denvinz tho Gsdhead of
Christ, and other heresies. In the next year
John Hilton, a priest, was required to mako
a solemn abjuration of the samo opinion.
This ho did in tho presenco of tho convo
cation; and it is probable tliat his office
alone saved him from tho death of Lewes.
Ho did penacc by standing at St. Paul's Cross
during the sermon, bearinj;the siirnicant fan-
got on his shoulder. Coppin and Thackcr,'
two clergymen of Suffolk, were imprisoned
five years, and afterwards hanged nt Bury
Saint Edmonds, as lTro'wnists; Brown's wri
tings being first burned in their presence.
Tho persecution rar?ed for ten vears. In
1502 a congregation of Brownists beinc dis
covered in London, fifty-six were imprisoned ;
whero they died, says their historian Neal,
like rotten sheep. Their chief leader and
martyr, Barrow, a srcntlehian of cood familv.
addressed a supplictilion to Parliament, in
winch ho says, "These bloody men" (tho
High Court of Commission) "will allow us
neither meat, drink, fire, longing; nor suffer
any whoso heart thu Lord would stir up for
our relief to havo any access to us. Seven
teen or eighteen have perished within thoso
noisome gaols within theso six years; some
of us had not one penny about us when wa
wero sent to prison, nor anythinfj to procure a
maiutenarfco for oursolves and families but
our labor; not only wo ourselves, but our
wives and children, aro undone and starved."
After reciting some of their worst oppressions
ho concludes with an appeal worthy alike of
patriot and an Englishman, and in the fear
less spirit of St. Paul himself 'That which
wo crave of us all is tho liberty to dio openly
or live openly in tho laud of ouf nativity;
it wo deserve death, luT us not bo losely
murdered ; yea, starved to death with hun
ger and cold, and stifled in loathsomo dun
geons.'
Tho latter petition alone was hoard. Bar
row and Greenwood, with sevoral others,
wero brought before the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, and other members of the court of
high commission1, but they refused to take tho
oath, that is, to convict themselves upon their
own extorted testimony. They were then
indicted for publishing seditious books and
pamphlets, tending to tha Blander of iho
queen anil government. They denied the
charge of disloyalty, showed no regret, and
sought no mercy ; their quarrel, they said,
was not with the nueon and her Government
but with tho hierarchy and thechurch. They
wero, ot course, convicted. Ballot, ono
of tho number, confessed his fault, and,
with two others who wero only accessories,'
was reprieved and sent back to prison, whero
two of them died; tho third was banished.
Barrow and Greenwood wero condemned to
dio. They wero brought in a cart to Tyburn
in Chler that tho sight of the gallows might
terrify them into submission, and alarm their
followers; but they remained unmoved, and
wero takes back to Newgato. A fort
night afterwards iftcy were carried a second
timo to Tyburn, and (here hanged. Mars
den's History of the Early Puritans.
Mn. Maffit. The statement that has
lately been going Iho rounds of this papers
that the death of the Rev. John N. Mallit,
which recently occurred at Mobile, was oc
casioned by suicide undor most disgraceful
circumstances, in novy contradicted. Mr.
Maffit was respectfully treated while at Mo
bile. He preached when he pleased, and in
stead of being mobbed, was listened to by
large and respectable audiences. lie proba
bly never felt more secure from violence than
at the hour of his death. lie was a short
distnnco from tha city, at tho house of a friend,
assisting a young lady in performing a new
piece of music on tho piano. His heart was
examined by a skillful physician, and his'
death found lo have boen caused by a disease
of long standing.
The Koii-i-Nuor Diamond, ai jewellers'
valuation, is computed to be worth 2,000,-'
000' sterling. If, when discovered in 1550,'
its value was calculated at one million,' that
One million at compound interest of only 3
per cent., would hare doubled fifteen Ifmc.
in 1R50, and the amount of tho accil.'nulati'oR
would now bo 23,768,000,000.
Western orators have said a gres.t many
smart things, but it was a' homo-tick Irish
man whu said, "Sir, I was bftrn at a very
early period of Jife, and if 1 ever live till
day of my death and the Lord only knows,
whuthor I will or not my sowl shall, sea
swaty Ireland befom it leaves Amwriky.?'
Dr. GejzLA. v is in higfi glee at the idea,
tha the r.m,,e,r j w,u