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susiBuav, rA.
Business otl.ti.led to in tlic Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, I.yconiiiiff and Columbia.
Meier lui
H. & A. Huviiuiit,
I, nw,:a & ISaiihiisj,
SoMMIS &. S-KOIIUHASS, W'.WlW.'
KnfHiii.ii, McKaiilajiii &.:.
.ir-oii", 'ii"ii lit
"rillJ VKB1 t. AT EST ARRIVAL
NEAV GOODS,
AT THE STORE OF
IRA T. CLSME1TT,
VSniO tnkes thin met had of informing his
' friends nnd customer, tlmt lie has just re
ceived and opened a splendid itBsorlmeiit of
N E M (i O (IDS,
which lie offers to llic public nt the lowest prices
His stock consists of every variety and quality,
necessary for the farmer, mechanic, und laborer.
,, well as (he professional man, vi.: all kilidsof
M ens' A ) j) a r c 1 ,
SWCH AS l l.OTUS, CAfSIMKUKS, SATTINKTTS,
VI '.STINGS, 4c.
ALSO :
a lurjie assortment of
Calicoes, Mnusselinc De Laines, Alpaccas,
Merinos, Slunrls. Handkerchiefs,
(Hoes, Hoiscry. Checks,
Cambrics, (Unc
hains, i''C.
Also n Inre ossorlnient of
floor's and Shorn, flats and Caps,
Gum over Shoes,
Also an Assortment of
HEADY MADE CLOTHING.
A general assort mi'iit of Groceries, Sugar,
Coffee, Tea, Cheese, Mo
lasses, Sjiices.
An assortment of
Hardware, Aeuk, Steel end Iron.
Liquors,
Such as Brandy, Gin, Ram, Whiskey, cVo
jy Produce of nil kinds will le taken in ex-
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CtiailgC, atKl liie Ulg4Cl IlllUhVl Hue Jiaiu -
ame.
JSunhurj-, "ov. SO, ISftO-ly.
GREAT AREIVAL
OF
NEW GOODS!
Market Street, Sunbury, Pa.,
-OlIN V. rewpert fully informs Uta
friends and customers that he has just re
ceived a lar;;e. and lmndstmvc assortment of
l)rv (lootls,
Coiuistiii)! of Cloths, 'as.simerc, Sattiiu-Ua,
l)c I.aines, Culii-oe. Fancy
und Staple Good.
ALSO:
GROCERIES of every description,
lil!l'i;r AM) MKDICIXKH.
Q.UEENSWARE AND HARDWARE.
Fish, Halt, Plaster und a RemTal assortment of
.11 .,,.1, .n,ls ,s will suit nil classes; tliorar
.. . r,.s a win s'"'''.:."f I
mer
professions.
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The Latlict
Will find a (rroal variety of all such article as
tliv will need for the nicsciit season.
TfT Country pro.luce of all kinds taken in ex
change at the Inkiest market price
Sunburv.Xov. B, 1850.
MORE NEW GOODS.
At the Xew store of
JOHN HUYEKS & CO.,
Market Street, Sunbury.
nr i.. tit .ni'eived nnd onened a larsc -
nrtincnt of new and fashionable goods, of.
verv variety, suitable for the fall and winter sea-
ion, for all per"" ' "u lo wlucl u
- . i l ..,..,... Ilia al.M'lr mn.
tention of frlenda and customers.
Uu in port of
DRV (.OODS.
BUCH AS
Cloth, Casiimerei, Sattinetts, Merinos,
lit Luines, Calicoes, Shawls, Hand
kerchiefs, and all kinds of wear
ing apparel.
ALSO:
Hardware, queensware,
Groceries, Fish, Salt and Plaster,
And all articles that may be wanted by the com-
The Ladies
Will find, by calling at his store, that he has riot
fc,.., unmindful of their wants, and respectluliy
invues them to examine his selection.
ty Country produce et all ainus umeii m
change for good at Hie nignesi uiati
Sunbury, Nov. . 185"- 'X-
NEW STAGE LINE
FROM POTTS VILLE TO SHAMUklN.
A new line of stages is now running uauy ue-
tli alinvn nlures. A coinlorlatiie two norse
autre will leave Mu Carmcl for Shamokin, imnie-
.. . . . , e .1.- l.t-u;iltt aliiiFM at
, "w."r . to
fihainokin! so as to meet the PolUville stage
it. return to PotuvUle.
From Rhamokui to Trevorton
m i-i established a DAILY LINE by next
n,inff so a to connect with this line at Shamokin.
la wm moan uni""-"'V""" "
readiness t rSb.mokin on the arrival of paasen
. ' . . .. nJ.dt. Mwnn.tijH tu.ll t
gar.
CONRAD KEKSHNER.
Shamelln, Dec. H, 1850,-tf.
I
N K-rrBoureau'l celebrated ik, and also Con-
(fS ink foe attlt, W&olwaw niu "
11. IS. MAoo.
December SB, 1850. .
51 jFamHa iirtuspapcr-DrtJOtrt
T'""
SELECT POETRY.
Corsets.
When 1 was over in your town,
A week no oi more,
1 tnw n very sino'lar thin";,
I never saw before.
'Twns hanging in a window case,
Upon a stiinff a straddle
Looked vometliino; like an hour glass,
And something like a saddle.
I risked of several city "(rents,"
Who chanced to be at hand,
"Wflat was it?" but their gibberish
I could nut understand.
One fellow called it "a restraint,
On certain parties placed,
Like a decree, in chancery,
To stay the tenant's waste!"
Another, just the qucrest chap
Of any in the swarm,
Said, "Iwarn't the sjliiss of fashion, but
It was the mould of form."
Another said "twas a machine
A lady used to rig her,
To brine; her life and form into
The very smallest figure."
At last a little girl came out,
And think of my amaze!
She ask i'tl me "if I wouldn't please
To buy a pair of stays?"
Of course. I'd heard of "stays" before,
But strike me deaf and dumb,
If e'er I, until that hour,
Suspected "them was urn."
Well isn't it exoeedinu strange,
That any maid or wife,
Just fur a "little taper," should
Put out tho "lamp of life !''
I know that lunatics must have
Straight jaekels put about !em,
But women in their wits should inak3
A shift to do without 'em !
3 B lute!).
rrum Kl;cWi0(r Magazine.
THE RESCUED-CRIMINAL.
A great number of persons who know
the celebrated Dr. B , a professor o(
tho College of Surgeons, have often heard
him relate the following anecdote : '
One day that he had procured the bod
ies of two criminals, who had been hun:,
for the purpose of anatomy, not being able
to find the key of the dissecting-room at
the moment the two subjects were brought,
he ordered them to be deposited in an
apartment contiguous to his bed room.
During the evening, Dr. 15 wrote
and read as usual previous to retiring to
rest, the clock had just struck one, and
all the family slept soundly, when all at
once a dull sound proceeded from the room
containini; (he bodies.
Thinking that perhaps the cat had been
shut up there by mistake, he went to see
what could be the cause of the unexpected
noise. What was his astonishment, or
rather his horror, on discovering the sack
which contained the bodies was torn asun
der, and, on going nearer, he found that
one of the bodies was missing!
The doors and windows had been fast
ened with the greatest care, and it appear
ed impossible that the body could have
been stolen. I he good doctor felt rather
nervous on remarking (his, and it was not
without an uneasy sensation that he began
to look about him, when, to his horror and
amazement, he perceived the missing body
sitting upright in a corner.
roor Dr. II , at this unexpected ap
parition, became transfixed with terror
which was increased by observing
the
dead and sunken eyes of the corpse fixed
nnnn him U'hirhtvnr wav hf mnven.
-I ' " J "
those dreadful eves still followed him.
The worthy doctor, more dead than
alive, now began to beat a quick retreat,
without, however, losing sight of the ob
ject of his terror ; he retreated step by
step one hand holding the candle, and the
other extended in search of the door,
which he at length gained ; but there is no
escape, the spectre has risen and followed
him, whose livid features, added to the
lateness of the hour and the stillness of the
night, seem to conspire to deprive the poor
I doctor of the little courage he has left : his
strength fails, the candle falls from his
hand, and the terrible
1 ' .
! scene is now in com'
The good doctor has, however, gained
his apartment, and thrown himself on his
bed ; but the fearful spectre has still fol
lowed him it has caught him, and seizes
hold of his feet with both hands. At this
clitnas of terror, the doctor loudly ex
claimed, "Whoever you are, leave me!"
At tins the spectre let go its hold, and
moaned feebly these words: "Pity, good
hangman ! have pity on ine!"
1 lie good doctor now discovered ine
o . . ....
mystery, and regaiued, by little and little
, ' I j d th
his composure
ltd uvrdniniad in tho rrimi.
' -
who he was, and prepared to call up some
of his family.
"Do you, then, wish to destroy me !"
exclaimed the criminal. "If I am discov
ered my adventure will become public, and
I shall be brought to the scaffold a second
time. In the name of humanity, save me
from death !"
The good doctor then rose and procured
a light ; he mullted his unexpected visitor
a an old dressing-gown s and having made
on him take some restoring cordial, testified a
I desire to know what crime had brought
him to trie scanoiu
He was a deserter.
I The good doctor did not Well know
in I I . 1 .. 1 - . I
i wnai means to employ 10 save tuo poor
- creature ije could not keep him in his
house, and to turn him out would be to ex
pose hi in to certain death, i ha only way,
then, was to get him into the country ; so,
having made him dress himself in some old
clothes, which the kind doctor selected
l from bis wardroue, ho Uft tn
rfn ear! ac-
to ftolUfcs, auu-aturc, .fuornlfti?, jForcfflit ant Domcstfc iUlus, Science an the arts, Slortculture,
SUXBURY, NOUTIIUiMREULAND COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, ArRIL 19, 1831.
companied by his protege, whom he repre
sented as an assistant in a difficult case
I upon which he had been called in.
When they got into the open country,
the wretched creature threw himself at the
feel of his benefactor and liberator, to
whom he swore an eternal gratitude ; nnd
the generous doctor, having relieved his
wants by a small sum of money, the grate
ful creature left him, with many blessings
and prayers for his happiness.
About twelve years alter this occurrence
Dr. 13 had occasion to visit Amster
dam. Having gone to the bank, he was
accosted by a well-dressed man one who
had been pointed out lo him as one of the
most opulent merchants in the city.
The merchant asked him politely if he
were Dr. B , of London, and on his
answering him in the affirmative, pressed
him to dine at his house; which invitation
the worthy doctor accepted. On arriving
at the merchant's house, he was shown
into an elegant apartment, where a most
charming woman and two lovely children
welcomed him in the most friendly man
ner; which reception surprised him the
more, coming from persons he had never
before met.
After dinner, the merchant, having ta
ken him into his counting house, seized his
hand, and, having pressed it with friendly
warmth, said to him :
"Do you not recollect me?"
"No," said the doctor.
"Well then I remember you. well, and
your leatures will never be oDiiteratea
from my memory for to you I owe my
life. Do you not remember the poor de
serter? On leaving you I went to Hol
land. Writing a good hand and being a
good accountant, I soon obtained a situa
tion as clerk in a merchant's office. My
good conduct and zeal soon gained for me
(he confidence of my employer and the
affections of his daughter. When he re
tired from business, I succeeded him, and
became his son-in-law; but without you,
without your care, without your generous
assistance, I should not have lived to enjoy
so much happiness. Generous man ! con
sider henceforth my house, my lorlune,
and myself as wholly yours."
I he kind doctor was allected even to
tears; and both these happy beings parti
cipated in the most delightful expression of
their feelings, which were soon shared by
the merchant's interesting family, who
came to join them.
TRUTH STRAJiC;l:ll T11AX l'ICTIOX.
The late Lord Mount Enuiwtm: of Eng
land, was born after the apparent death,
and actual burial of his mother. The cir
cumstances were as follows: Tho Countess
when near her confinement was taken sud
denly ill, and alter lingering some days,
apparently died : she had a presentiment
that she would die, and had given direc
tions that in such an event, she should be
buried in her bridal suit, and with all her
jewelery as she generally wore it. This
became known to some persons auoui me
neighborhood, and amongst others to the
Sexton of the Church, which stood in the
beautiful Park surrounding the family man
sion, about half a mile distant. The day of
the funeral was very dark, wet, and stormy
and the services at the Church previous
to depositing tho body in the vault under
the Church, were not over till dark. The
funeral procession returned to the Hall, and
some of the party spent the evening there;
amongst others the Curate who remained
till about 10 o'clock, when lie set oil' across
the Park to his own house, passing near
the Church, but belore he reached it, blun
dering along in the dark, he ran against a
man, who proved to be the Sexton : and on
his asking him some questions, as to where
he had been, and how he come to be out
so late on such a night, and finding him in
such a tremor and fright that he was unable
to answer him; he dvtermined to take him
back to the hall, where he was closely
questioned as to his motive for being out in
such a situation, and he at last confessed
that he had been in tho Church and in the
vault for the purpose of robbing the body
of the Countess, and that she was alive he
had seen her open her eyes, and had heard
her heave a long sigh. Immediately on
hearing this, alter lucking up the prisoner
there was a hurried rush to tne Lhurcti
the family Physician, the Curates, nurse
and servants, with a closed carriage flew to
the Church, they entered the vault, lound
the collins open and the Countess alive
though miserable and bleeding freely from
the excision of a part of the little finger of
the left hand. I he Countess was immedt
ately wrapped up in blankets, placed in
the carriage, and driven to the hall, when
on being placed in bed, it was found neces
sary that she should undergo an operation
to save the life of the child with which she
was pregnant. That child was the late
Earl Mount Educomiic. The mother
died under the operation. On an examin
ation ol the prisoner, he confessed that the
knowledge of the fact that the Countess
was buried with all her jewelry tempted
him to commit the horrible crime of rob.
bing the dead. He opened the vault of
which he had the key unscrewed the
outer cotfin, and the cedar shell, and then
ripped open the leaden couin. He took
first the Pearl Necklace, the Diamond Ear
rings, and the rings off the fingers, except
one. On holding his lantern up to the
face, as he said, to take a last look at it, he
saw that he had left a very brilliant dia
mond ring on the little finger oi the left
hand, and on attempting to draw it off,
found that the finger had swelled, and be
could not succeed without cutting it oS :
this he did, and immediately the Countess
opened her eyes and heaved a long sigh,
when the monster tied ana was met as oe
fore mentioned by the Curate. All these
circumstances are recorded on tablets in
the Church at Mount Edgcombe. The
Sexton was sent out of the country, with
out any punlaurnem. AinerJ lourruL.
STORY OF A FIRST KISS.
In the University nf Upsala, in Sweden,
lived a young student a lonely youth,
with a great love for studies, but without
means for pursuing them. He was poor
and without connectious. Still he studied,
living in great poverty, but keeping a
cheerful heart, and trying not to look at
the future, which looked so grimly at him.
His good humor and good qualities made
him beloved by his youug comrades. Once
he was standing with some of them in the
great square of Upsala, passing away an
hour of leisure, when the attention of the
young men became arrested by a very
young and elegant lady, who, at the side
of an elderly one, walked slowly over the
place. It was the daughter of the Gover
nor of Upland, living in the city, and the
lady with her was her governess. She
was generally known for her beauty and
for her goodness of character, and was
looked upon with great admiration by the
students. As the voung men now stood
silently gazing at her, as she passed on like
a graceful vision, one of them exclaimed:
"Well, it would be worth something to
have a kiss from such a mouth !" The
poor student, the hero of our story, who
was looking intently on that pure and an
gelic face, exclaimed, as if by inspiration,
"Well, I think I could have it." "What!"
cried his Iriends in a chorus, "are you cra
zy? Do you know her?" etc. "Not at
all," he answered : "but I think she would
kiss me, just now, if I asked her." "What!
in this place, before oil our eyes?" "In
this place, belore your eyes?" "Freely?"
"Freely." "Well, if she will give you a
kiss in that manner, I will give vou a thou
sand dollars!" exclaimed one of the party.
"And 1!" "And I!" cried three or four
others, for it so happened that several rich
young men were in the group, and bets
ran high on so improbable an event, and
the challenge was made, and received in
less time than we taKe to relate it.
Our hero my authority tells not whe
ther he was handsome or plain, I have
mv peculiar reasons for believing that he
was rather plain, but singularly good-look
ing at the same time our hero immediately
walked o(l to meet the young lady. He
bowed to her, and said, 'My lady (mein frau-
lein.) my fortune is in your hand, she
looked at him in astonishment, but arrested
her steps. He proceeded to state his name
and condition, his aspirations, and related
simply and truly what had just passed be
tween I, im and his companions. The
young lad' listened attentively, and when
he had ceased to speak, she said, blushing,
but with great sweetness, "If by so little a
thing so much good can be effected, it
would be foolish in me to refuse your re
quest" and she kissed the young man pub
licly in the open square.
ISext day the young student was sent lor
by the Governor, lie wanted to see the
man who had dared to ask a kiss ol his
daughter in that way, and whom she had
consented to kiss so. He received him
with a severe and scrutinizing brow, but,
after an hour's conversation, was so pleased
with him that lie oliered him to dine at his
table during his studies in Upsala.
Our young friend now pursued his stu
dies in a manner which soon made him re
garded as the most tuomising scholar at the
University. 1 hree years were not passed
after the "day of the first kiss, when the
voung rnan was allowed to give a second I
one to the lovely daughter of the Gover
nor, as to his intended bride.
He becanie later, one of the greatest
scholars in Sweden, as much respected for
his learning as for hi
works will endure for
character. His
ever among the j
works of science, and from his happy union
sprung a family well known in Sweden in
the present day, and whose wealth ol for
tune and high position in society are re
garded as final! things, compared with its
wealth of goodness and love.
Kkmakkabi.k Rcuard or a Duo voa a
IluitsK. A correspondent recently informed
us of tho following curious and affecting
circumstance :-llappening lo pass the house
of a neighbor a short lime since, who occu
pies a largo estate near me, I saw one of the
servants taking a dead dog away in a wheel
barrow to bury, and upon my remarking to 1
him, "What ! is the poor old dog dead V
fur I had known tho dug for years, ho narra
ted to mo the following little incident : It
appears that the dug had contract.; I an ex
traordinary affection for one of tha wagon
horses, but the horse being an old one, and
very ailing, the worthy occupier of the farm
had him desiioyed, and ono morning mis
sing the dug, they found him lying on the
grave of his latd favorite ; nor could Ihey
get him away, except by force. They con
veyed him home, but he refused his food,
nor could they induce him lo take nourish
ment of any kind; ho pined fur a short time
and then died, and is now buried in the
same grave with the horse, having died, 1
presume from excessive grief. Tho servants
were in the habit of placing him upon the
horse' back, with the halter in his mouth,
and sending him to the pond with tho horse
when he went to drink, and he used fre
quently to ride the horse to and fiom the
different fields, in fact, he navor was away
from h'nn. Worcester Journal.
A lbmonless Irishman was observed one
evening slicing a potato into his hot whiskey
toddy.
"Why, what are you about 1" inquired
Charley.
"It's punoh I'm makiu' dear !" quietly re
plied Pat.
"But what are you slicing that in for 1"
"To give it a flavor !"
"What a potato favor V
"Sure, and isn't a flavor a flavor, whether'
t it,, lemon or pitaty
POPE AS A Ul'OTEC.
Lord Carlisle, the Lord Morpeth of Amer
ican acquaintance, in a recent lecture on the
poetry of Pope, before one of his constituen
cies, present's one view of Pope's poetry,
which is probably the highest evidence of
his gunius. Here it is. There is art in the
setting of theso gemmed lines : the house
hold familiarity of which was cited by the
lecturer as a "general testimony to tho repu
tation if not to the merit of Pope."
"When there has been a pleasant party of
people, either in a convivial or intellectual
view I wish we might think it of our meet
ing this evening cheers we say it has been
"The feint of reason, and Hie flow of soul."
How often are wo warned I have sometimes
even heard tho warning addressed to Me
chanics' Institutes that
"A little learning is a dangerous thing."
Now often reminded,
"An turnout mini's the nutttt work of God."
(clivers,)
Or, with nearly the same meaning
"Who tnught the youthful science to be gno.1."
There is a couplet which 1 ought to carry in
my own recollection
"Whut can enuhle sols, or staves, or cowards ?"
Alus ! not till the Mood of all the Howards '.'
(laughter.)
It is an apt illustration of the offices of hos
pitality, "Welcome tlic coming, speed the g ting guest.'
Huw familiar is the instruction,
"To look through Nature up to Nature's God."
As rules with reference to composition,
"The luHt and grcntent art the nit to blot,
Tosnatch a grace beyond the reach of art ;"
And then, as to lliu best mode of conveying
the instruction,
"Men must he taught a. if ynti taught them not."
There is the celebrated definition of wit,
"True wit is nature losHvantage drcftsed,
AVIuit oft was thought, but ueTr so well expressed."
Do you want to illustrate tho importance of
early education? Vou observe,
"Just us the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."
Do you wish to characterise ambition some
what favorably 1 You call it,
"The glorious fault of angels and of gods."
On describing a great conqueror,
, l' tvighty hunter, and his prey was man."
Do you seek the safest rule for architecture
and gardening ?
"Consult ttie genius of ttie place in alt."
Aro you tempted to say anything rather se
vere to your wife or daughter, when she in
sists on a party of pleasure, or an expensive
dress ? You tell her.
"That every woman is at heart a rake."
(A laugh.)
And then if you wish to excuse your own
submission you plead,
"If to her share some female errorsfull,
Look on her Itlcesud you'll forget them all."
(Cheers and laughter )
How often aro we inclined to echo tho truth,
"That fools rush in where unguis feur to tread."
And this too,
"Thut gentle dullness often loves a joke."
Who has not felt this to be true?
"Hope springs eternal in the hiliunn breust ;
Man never is, but ulways to be blest."
When uu orator, or a parliamentary candi
date in which last capacity I have often ap
peared before some of you, (much cheering)
wishes to rail at absoluto governments, he
talks of
"The monstrous fuith of lutmy made for one."
Then there are two maxims, ono in politics
and one in religion, which have both been
extremely found fault wilh, but the very
amount of censure proves what ulone lam
now attempting lo establish, not the truth or
justice of Pope's words, but their great vogue
and currency
"For f Titis of government let fools contest j
Wlml'er is best uduiinistcreil is best ;
For uasles of faith let giaceles. zculols tight ;
lie can't be wrmg whose life is in the right."
, From l'uneh.
THE SOG OF THE TEAPOT,
Their goblets of silver, their vaces of gold,
Lot pleasure and luxury boast,
To the teapot alone will philosophy hold,
And bread will be ever its toast.
Yes ! 'tis in the teapot life's type may be
seen,
Reflection should on it be fixed ;
Existence is neither all black nor all green,
Our juys and our sorrows are mix d.
From the depths of the teapot there's plenty
to leal ii,
How adversity profit may bring ;
tor at lea time, tho kettle will bid us
discern
lluw in spile of hot water to sing.
John Garret, arrested for stealing in St
Louis, was let off at the instance of his mo
ther, who begged hard that he might be
given up to her, and she would try to re
form him. What will not a mother do for
her sun I
Rowland Hill made a good remark upon
hearins the power of the letler 11 discussed
whether it were a letler or not. If it were
not, he said, it would be a very serious af
fair fur him, for it would make him ill all
the days of his life.
The Legislature of Minesota has abolish
ed the use of Latin terms in the laws of that
territory, and substituted therefore the syn
onotnous English words.
It is reported in Savannah, that a large
number of soldiers, in Cuba, had deserted
from the army, and resorted to tbtj moun
tains, and that twenty Cuban, had joiued
them.
It is rumo'ea thal wt
t0 tel,.'.o from t., Cabinet, to order ta ba a
candidaAa for the Presidency, st it
I not look well far him la remain t&tua
Iim jw ,j,M oJJtoa ainst Mr, TUU
more,
HTrtuts, amusements, $ct.
the invisible foe.
We verily believe that the best jokes in
the world have occurred in the colleges, and
the one we are about to narrate is 09 true as
it is amusing. It transpired in the "Old
North State."
One of the professors of College,
was in the habit of exercising a surveilliance
over the students after nightfall, which was
by no means agreeable to them. He was
accustomed to steal cautiously along the
corridors of the college, and, whenever there
ppeared to be anything going on not pre
scribed in the "Rules," he did not hesitate
to peep through the key hole, and "take an
observation :" Somo of the students resol
ved to cure him of this propensity, and they
hit upon the following expediment :
In the course of their walk they had fre
quently seen, at a neighboring farm, a large
black ram, which was perfectly tame, and
which had been taught to butt any one, who
ppeared to challenge him by stopping or
bowing his head. They managed ono night
to entice the ram to the college, where they
secured him in an empty darkened room,
and fed him the next day. At night, just
before the usual time for the Professor's es
pionage, they turned tne ram out into the
hall, having first shod him with pieces of
blanket. He was perfectly black, and of
course, invisible 111 a dark corridor. His
step, also, was noiseless, as he perambula
ted, at pleasure, the wide hall.
Presently the learned Professor came
stealing up staiis, and, on tiptoe, proceeded
towards a room, whence issued rather unu
sual sounds. As ho stooped to apply his op
tic to tho key hole of the door, the ram ta
king it as a challenge, gave him a playful
butt, and tumbled him heels over head.
Picking himself up as well as he could in
his astonishment, ho was assailed in the
rear, and once moro prostrated. This amu-
lug illustrntion of the ups and downs of life
continued some minutes, until both parties
made an unpremeditated descent of the
airs. The alarmed Professor was not suf
ficiently hurt by his fall lo disable him from
flight, nnd ho made tracks for his dwellins
ith Gilpin speed. The liberated animal
flesh also mado towards his home.
The next morning the worthy Professor
was seen nt an early hour, examining the
door of tho hall very closely for some
tracks, which might unfold to him the
character of the noctural foe. Ho sousht
vain, however and for many days,
the mystery rather preyed upon his spirits.
After the graduation ol the next class, he
inquired of one of the baccalaureates if he
had not a hand in the adventure of that
night, and begged him, if it were so, to ex
plain to him the mystery. When the expla
nation was given, the Professor was convul
sed with laughter, and said that, had he dis
covered tho juke at the time, he should have
pardoned the authors, for the matchless
fun of tho thing. Southern Literary Ga
zette.
Thk Ti'nnei.l U.Nuttt the IIoosac. Esti
mates from seven eminent engineers for a
tunnoll under tho IIoosac Mountain, for the
Troy and Greenfield Railroad, are given in
the Boston Journal. Tho times varies from
to 15 years, and the estimated expeusa
from S 1.800,000 to $3,000,000.
To Make Liquid Gli'e. Ono quarter of a
pound avoirdupois of shellac, dissolved in
lhree ounces apothecaries' measure of nap
tha ; put the shcl-lao into a wido mouthed
bottle, and pour the naptha upon it, cork it
up, and stir it with a piece of wire two or
three times during the first thirty-six hours.
can be mada without any measure.
meut, by adding shellac to naplha until it be
comes of tho consistency of cream. When
the shellac is thoroughly dissolved in nap
lha, it forms a liquid glue ulways ready for
use.
Gold Coikaoe. The gold coined at the
United States Mint, iu Philadelphia, during
the mouth March, amounted to the unprece.
dented sum of 6,2S5,735, as oppears by the
following statement of the Treasurer:
284,197 Double Eagles, value, 85,683,940 00
48.G63 Half Eagles, value, 243.315 00
38.104 Quarter Eagles, value, 95,260 00
263,220 Gold Dollars, value,
263,220 00
634,184 pieces.
6,285,735 00
A Sioi'x Indian girl lately killed one of
her companions, and then escaped in male
attire.
It is said that 180 Sioux and Winnebago
Indians perished, this winter, of deslitu
lion.
A lady of Chicago received a Valentine
from her husband in California, couiainin
S300.
Last Thursday, Porter D. Sibley, of
Westliuld, killed six black snakes, the
largest, of which was nearly six feet
long.
A nor sold a gentleman a ticket of aij.
mission to Boston Common the olber day. to
see the moon rise.
Tii". Court House of Wellborn, Coffee Co.,
Ala., wd, burned last week, with all the
".jiinly reuordi,
A wif was reoeutly sold at New Ion, in
the county of Perry, pounds one
shilling The wif was young aud fair, and
cried bitterly wheu sold.
; sji4LV dia Ulk heiV M ,be eoa1'
wheu itj w being oonsurjaed, "fo I shall
mix with Ua V
OLD SEMES VOL. II, NO. 30.
TiifOlb and Nrw Woiu.d.-No wonder
the eyes of the Old World are now beaming
to turn towards this country with a greedy
interest, as well as intense curiosi'.v. Russia
sees that we have gold mountains, and quick
silver mines, as well as herself. Tho English
see that we can manufacture iron almost
equnl to their best Scotch, and that for "cot
ton," we can't be beat the wide world over.
The French can see that we can manufac
ture with taste, and that Philidelphia can
turn out mirrors, furniture and hangings,
equal to any in Pari,, anil which are often
ordered from London. Hnc's fast Presses
have been imported into Franca from Now
York ; and tho works of American authors
aro now for sale throughout Europe, transla
ted into many languages. American famo
has penetrated with its light the darkest cor
ners of the old world, sometimes to e.vcito
wonder, sometimes to provoke envy, and
perhaps, occasionaly to engender fear ; but
there is no danger to fear the progress
of true civilization in any quarter of the
earth.
iMPonTANcc of Rich Faduics. The ag
gregate of rich fabrics imported inlo tho Uni
ted States is enormous. The following is
the ontsido cost of some of ihe garments of
our wives, sisters, and mothers. Happily
they ore paid for, in part at least, by the
smiles and charms which are made to set off
such costly apparel. Wo will not now add
the costly wines imported by tho "lords and
masters" of creation, and which aro so
much moro profitable, than even silks and
laces.
Luxuries Imported, for the last Fiscal Tear.
Merino Shawls,
Silks piece good,
Do. Hose,
Do. Tamboured,
Do. Hats and Bonnets,
Laces, (Thread,)
Jewelry,
$!35,34S
14,459,56a
61G.217
1,131.51)2
53,187
85S.552
3.V2,2S7
Gems, (diamonds, &o.) et and unset, 70,155
S1S,47C,7G3
Xcw York Express.
A Woman's Vksgkaxck. A woman in
Boston, went lo tho lamp manufactory of Mr.
Wm. Carlton, and inquired what time a
young female employed in tho shop of Mr.
Carlton in polishing brass work would return
from dinner. Soon after iho girl inquired
far, made her appearance. Tho strange wo
man immediately confronted her, and throw
the contents of a bottle of sulphuric acid (oil
of vitriol) in her face, destroying her eye
sight, and pealing the skin and flesh com
pletely off her face.
A Dutchman's Reason. Somo ton vears
since an old Dutchman purchased in tho vi
cinity of Brooklin, a snug little farm for nino
thousand dollars. Last week, a lot of land
spectators called on him to buy him out. On
asking his price, ho said he would take "six
ty thousand dollars, no loss." "And how
much may remain on bund and mortgage."
"Nine thousand dollars !" And why not
moro ?" replied the would bo purcha
ser. "Because dore placo aint worth any
more."
At Toronto, on the 31st ult., Goorgo
Thompson lectured on slavery, and was en
thusiastically received by a largo audience.
He described the press of the United State
that supports slavery as tho most degraded
literature iu the world, and said he could not
understand tho religion of America, whoro
tho Bible is withheld from throe millions of
slaves, und where 30,000 iniuisteis nearly al(
set the laws of the United States abuvis tho
laws of God.
Solar Eclipse. Thera will be a total
eclipse or the sun on the 2!th of July, and
one of tho most impottant will happen for
many years. . A writer' iu the Boston Daily
Advertiser thinks it will be one of the great
est inducements for travellers to visit Europe
this summer as the eclipse will bo total jn
no part of tho United States. The greatest
obscuration will bo in Oregon and Califor
nia, where about five sixths of the sun on
the South side will be obscured.
Heavy Damages. Rev. Mr. Wheeler,,
Unitarian Minister of Topshain, whoso face
was so severely injured by tho collisnin of
the cars near tho Bath junction, in West-,
brook, on the 23d of December last, and'
who claimed damages of tho railroad com
pany for the injuries sustained, had his ease
decided by referees 011 Thursday last, who,
awarded him the sum ot 82,400 damages 1
so says tho Democrat.
News from Paris. The Journal Jrs De
bats of Paris, in a paragraph upon tho Shaks
sperian readings of Fanny Kemblu in lhat
city, saya : Sha conceived the idea of her
readings, from the fact Ar her tvitntrymen
'Ae Americans, very seldom have the opportuni
ty of hearing Shakspeare's plays on the juge."
The editor of the rrint which publishes!
this, once wrote a- woik upon the United
Slates.
roues: Matters. Alderman Ogle yesier-.
day held C. W. Roback in 81000 bail, to an
swer a charge of swindling in obtaining
maney from James Washington a colored
resident of Camden, for the cure of his wifo
by conjuration. Ho was arrested when in
full regalia, and was conducted through the
treets, having on bis head a fanciful looking
cap, decorated with a crescent stars..
The colored man paid 810, and was to give
like raounl when bis wjl'ti was cured t
her disease, frW, Lier,