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NKW S12RIKS VOL. 1, NO. til.
SUXJ1UIIY, XOimaJMUKULANl) COUNTY, VA.9 SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1831.
OLD SttKIKS VOL. II, NO. 42.
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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
TMK AMKIMOAX In pnli-Mid! vry Sutnnlnv nt
TWO DOMjAKH ji. r iimnim lo . pnul liMt yitrly in
!ance, Nu paper ilisruiiliiiiiLHl until ai.l iim-urug'f tire
Ml oinmuniititinn or lutfor n liiiftiiioi r1ntiit to
office, to iiisurt-atK'iiiiun, iimifi In; l'OtT 1AU.
TO Cl.LJiS.
Three C-'pic to one Hddrve, (."tm
even 1- Do iimhi
Fifteen l)n D 'hmi
Five d'tllar in ml vamp will iV-i three jeut'rj ul
crip Won to Die Atiiuru'iiu.
Out Satiate of Ift linen, 3 rimr, mi
Kveiy Niihst-qiiPiit iiiKfr(iin, 25
Une Square, J inoiiUi, ftiio
Six month,
One yeiir, lino
Puiineifl CunJp of F"ivr linn, pt-r nnnmn, yn(t
Merchant und otherp, mlvrrtisin;! by th
year, with the privilege of inHciiiiig
diflereitt uilvei tim-inriifjj wekly. 11100
UT" larger Advertisements, it per nirreermMit.
ATTORNEY AT UW,
SUNBURV, TA.
Ilexine uttcinlrd to in the Counties nf Nor-
tuuuihcrlunil, l.'nion, I.M'oniiii Colnnibiu.
If Her u
.., r. &. a. i.'oviiii.it, 1
' Lower A ltiirrmi, I
Seiners is; Hiinduriis. ) I'hitwl,
' Reynolds, Mi'Kurliitiil (V Co.,
Wjierinj:, Good A Co.,
NEW STORE AT HOLLOWING RUN.
.it the Crust Hthils. near .. 1). Comoih.
I.ntrcr Ansi'sta.
.1. li. KA 1 KKMAX
RKSJ'KC I'i'l LLV informs his friends mid
tile politic I'liiTnllv, Hint In? Ii.is just receiv
ed and opeutid 11 new stock of kooiIw, which he
Hw offers tor ;ile on the must rciisnmitilc terms.
His stock consist in jiiirt t(
mi v ;ooi.
M'l'll AS
Cloths, Cnssimeres, Snlliiuttf. Mtiiimf. ft.
Huiiiiiut t';ir of nil luinls .Muslins, I'.ilirocs
( lillLlll.lllls. Clll'i'ltS, iVr.
ALSO;
An assutlmt'Ut "I HiiriKvinT ul' nil Minis, must
pi.-nrViillv in usi'.
Al.'fiO:
(Jnict'i'ics ol' iill Kinds.
Ai Sit'ur. Cuffip. 'Jnj Mtiliistm. Sjtiiiis. At.
AI.SO: (jiiri'iiMwuri mul ('rnrki'i'v wiiro. a
full nssorllni'lit.
Also Silk Hutu, I 'hip H its, mul .straw Hats.
ALSO: An n.ssnrliiii'iit of l.'uiior.s,
ltiiAXDV. Wink, Wiiiskkv, Jcc.
IVfldrs a varii ty of ntlirr iirtirlrn. most uniiT
fty ijkh4 mul in want liy tanniTs ami otliur per
coils, 'A l" uliiill hi' will si' 1 1 to iiiirliasir at u
n-vim; ot'ti'ii r ivut. I'v i-tillin mi liim.
AH ViihIk of innliirc taki'n in I'M-liani' fur
giKnls at tfcc hij-'lust inai ki't piii'i'.
.HoHowiiii; Kun. April ill, lt.r)l. If.
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING.
EYEUYIIOUV sliniilil I'lnlnaoi' this ijiiortu
nity tn Hiy V 1.UTII IA(i for .Mm, Vouth
ftMl Ufys, nt Kiit'h priri'ri 11s liavn nmrr yet lii-cn
kniwn'iii this 'iiv. a ( ij'.t MiC 10 'i;U.VS
ci.o'nn.; Msr.'vm.isuM kxt, soi,ti,.i:a.st
Corner tif Muri?t ninl Sri oiul Sln cls, 1'liilaiU'l-fMiihrai-iii!;
u i'lioico of the lii'st, most ili'sira
Llf , and lushiiin.il'h'
DRESS AND FROCK COATS,
Habit Cloth ilo., Lim n trilling do.. 'J'ucciIh,
Ac, &c, Ioi'IIht with a (n-at vanity of
Boys' Clothing,
C'onsiMina of Sark t'oats, J'olka .tao.ls. Mon
key Jackets, W'SU mul Kouml Jai-krts lu.nlc of
1'weoil, I.inrn Urilliii'j. t'lulll, A Iji.itt- i, Krrsa
tnirr, l)iH'skin, &'.. r.
Partii'tilar can' has liri-n takru to iroi'ui) the
new Ktylrs for Men mul Hhvh' Summer I'oats.
rantuloons, e-is, Ovi-., tu which he wouhl imile
fijieeiul uttentioti.
Furnishing tioods.
I'oiisistin lf Shirts. Storks, llamlkerrhiefs. Ve.;
P nf which are nlli'nd at the mni I'muMi:
cask Prirrs, mul as cheap as any other Clothing
Wtorc in the 1'niim.
ParenlK who desire TJovs Ci.otiiim; are car
rieiitly initcil t eamine the Stock.
Country Storekeepers can he uccoiiiuiojated at
Tery low rales.
CKOIMiK (TI.IX.
S. p. Comer of Sre.nl A- Market Sts Vhila.
April l'.t, If.
Teas! Cheaper than Ever!!!
100 Half Chests Rose Flavor Black Tea,
15 " " Olong
W " " Ning Yong "
flHESU Teas me, heller lor the price than
JL were ever olli rej hefore in I'hihulclphia, es
pecially the Uostf I'laxor, which in of the. very
tx'St quality and finest 11. nor, and familic that
Want a Half Chest or less hy sciuliu kooii will
get a firKt rate artrcle ut a very low price. They
will be well packed up unci sent to Depot or car
tree of charge. DAV1I I'KAsK,
Tea llealer mul Croeer,
S, '. Cor. tith & Arch Sis.
I'hilailelphia.
May 10, lis.")!. llnio.
"NATION AIi HOTEL,
SHAMOKIN,
Northumberland County, Pa.
PflIE mihwrilier respectfully iiiloriiu hislViends
and the public generally, that he has oiie.il
ej a new Hotel in the town of Shainokin, Nor
thumberland county, on the corner of Miaiiiokiu
ami Commerce si reels, neuilv opposite to the
liotliK) lie formerly kept. He in well prepared to
accommodate hi irucsts. mul i also provideil
with goHl "Lalilllitr. He trusts hi experienee,
and iMrirt utlention to husiues, will induce er
ma viiliiir the roal region lo continue the liti
tta lutruiiiiKt lie ha heretofore received.
WILLIAM WliAVKK.
Hhamok'm, April l'J, tf.
HAK rcinoved from his old Stand, .No. IN
Viiw Ktreet, to
.Vo. 52 Dilliry,, St., (Infu Cai'kill $ Willi);)
whole lie ha constantly mi hand,
BE0WN STOUT, POETER,
Ale and Cider,
, FOR HOME CONSl'Mt'TION OR SllirriXO.
T'. B. Coloring, llottUiiK, Wire and Hollies,
Vinegar, Ac for ttule oa aliove,
J'hlladclphla, April 12, 1851 ly.
lyooniiiifj Mutual Insurance Company.
DR. i. ii. MAHSEU i the local aiienl tor tle
above lni:raiue Company, in N ortliuiulier
land county, and i at all time ready to effect
Iinturaiicu auiust lire on real or personal pro
perty, or reiiewiii j polieie for Ihe nam.
Kuubury, April SO, l5 1. if.
'UST1CKS FEU DILLS. Kor mile by
H. II. MASSr.K
untgry, April
A 1."'L-
si:lect poetry.
Sabbath Evening.
11 V (1KOHUK 1). l'RKNTK'R,
!Tis holy time. Tlio evening shade
Stents with n pull contiul
O'er n.'ilme, as a Ihuuht of Heaven
Sloals over lliu human soul ;
Ami uvt'iy ray from yinuler blut.
."Seems lo bring down to human woua
And every drop of falling dew,
From Heaven a mussagu of rejinsn.
O'er yon tall rock the solemn trees
In shadowy "roups incline,
Like iiciitle nuns in sorrow bowed
Around their holy shriiiD ;
And o'er them now (lie nighl winds blow
No still and calm, the music low
Seems the mysterious voice of prayer
loli echoed in tin: inidiiiohi air.
The mists, like incense from iho earth,
llise to a tied beloved,
And o'er the waters move as erst
Tlio Holy Spirit moved :
The torrent's voice, the wave's low hymn,
Seem ihe far notes seraphim,
Vnd all earth's thousand voices raise
Their songs of worship, love, and praise.
The gentlo sisterhood nf ilowcrs
lleud low their lovely eyes,
Or ae Itiionli trembling tears of dew
Up to the lofty skies ;
Ami ihe pure stars come nut above
Like sweet and blessed things nf love,
Hrioht signals in the eternal ilomu
To yiihlu tho parted spirit home.
There is a spell of blessedness
lu earlli and air and Heaven,
And nature wears the blessed look
Of a young saint forgiven :
Oh ! who, at such an hour of love,
Can ga.e on all around, above,
And mil kneel down upon the sod.
With naltiro'b self to wor.-hip Cod .'
3 Select alc.
THE VILLAGE PRIZE.
In one of the 1'iveliest villages of old
Virginia, there lived, in the year 17 , an
odd old man, whose daughter was declared,
by universal consent, to he the loveliest
maid in all the country round. The vet
eran, in 1 1 is youth, had been athletic and
muscular above all bis fellows; and his
breast where he always wore them, could
show the adornment of three medals, re
ceived for his victories in jrymnastic feats
when a young man. His daughter was
now eighteen and had been sought in mar
riage by many suitors. One brought
wealth another military talents another
this and another that. But they were all
relused by the old man, who became at
last a bye-word for his obstinacy among
the young men of (he village and neighbor
hood. At length the nineteenth birth-day
of the fair Annette, his charming daugh
ter, who was as amiable and modest as she
was beautiful, arrived. The morning of
that day, the father invited all the young
men of the country to a hay-making Irolic.
Seventeen handsome and industrious young
men assembled. They came not only to
make hay, but also lo make love to the
fair Annette. In three hours they had
filled the lather's barns with the newly
dried grass. Annette, by her father's com
mand, had brought the malt liquor of her
own brewing which she presented to each
enamored swain with her own fair hands.
"Now, my boys," said the old keeper of
the jewel thev all covered, as leaning on
their pitchforks they all assembled round
his door, in the cool of the evening
"Xow, my lads, you have nearly all of
you made proposals for my Annette.
Now, you see, I don't care anything about
money, talents, nor book-learning ; I can
do as well by my gal as any man in the
country. But I want her to marry a man
of my own ift.
Now, you know, or ought to know,
when I was a youngster, I could beat any
thing in old Virginia in the way of leaping.
got my old woman by beating the smart
est man on the eastern shore, and I have
vowed that no man shall marry my daugh
ter without jumping for it. You under
stand me, boys. There's the green, and
here's Annette," he added, taking his
daughter who stood timidly behind him,
by the hand; "now, the one that jumps
the furthest on a dead level, shall marry
Annette this very night."
The unique address was received by the
young men with applause. A nd many a
youth, as he bounded forward to the arena
of trial, cast a glance of anticipated victory
back uputl the lovely object of village
chivalry. The maidens left their looms
and quilting frames, the children their noi
sy sports, the slaves their labors, and the
old men their arm chairs and long pipes,
to witness the triumph and success of the
victor. All prophesied and many wished
that it would be voting Carroll. He was
the handsomest and best humored youth in
the country, and all knew that a strong
and mutual attachment existed between
him and the fair Annette.
Carroll had won the reputation of being
the beit lea per, and in a country where
such athletic achievements were the "sine
qua non" of man's cleverness, Ibis was no
ordinary honor. In a contest like the pre
sent he had, therefore, every advantage
over his fellow comrades.
The arena allotted for this hymeiiial con
test, was a level space iti front ot the vil
lage inn, and near the centre of a grass
platt, reserved in the village, denominated
"the green." The verdure was quite worn
oli'at this place by previous exercises of a
similar kind, and a surlace ol sand more
befitting for tho purpose for which it was
to be used, supplied its place.
The father of the lovely, blushing, and
withal happy prize, (lor she knew who
would win,) with three other patriarchal
villagers, were the judges appointed to de
cide upon the claims of the several com.
petitors. The last time Carroll tried hit
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skill in this exercise, he "cleared," to use
the leaper's phrase, twenty-one feet and
one inch.
The signal was given, and by lot the
young men stepped into the arena.
"Edward Grayson, seventeen feet, cried
one of the judges. The youth had done
his utmost, lie was a pale, intellectual
student. J'ut what had intellect lo do in
such an arena ? Without a look at the
maiden, he left the ground.
"Dick Uoulden, nineteen feet." Dick
with a laugh turned away, and replaced
his coat.
"Harry Preston, nineteen feet three in
ches." ""Well done, Harry Preston,"
shouted the spectators, "you have tried
pretty hard for the acres and homestead."
Harry also laughed, ' and said he only
jumped for the fun of the thing.
"Charles Simms, fifteen feet and a half."
"IIui 'ray for Charley! Charlev'U win!"
cried the crowd, gooi humoredly.
Charley Simms was the cleverest fellow
in the world. His mother had advised
him to stay at home, and told him that if
he ever won a wife, she would fall in love
with his good temper, rather than his legs.
Charley, however, made the trial of the
latter capabilities. .Many refused to enter
the list altogether. Others made the trial,
and only one had as yet cleared twenty
feet.
"Xow," said the villagers, "let us see
Henry Carroll. He ought to beat this;
and every one appeared, as they called to
mind the mutual love of the last competi
tor and the sweet Annette, as if they hear
tily wished his success.
Henry stepped to his post with a firm
tread. His eye glanced with confidence
around the villagers and rested, before In
bounded forward, upon the face of An
nette, as if lo catch therefrom that spirit
and assurance which the occasion called
for. Returning the encouraging glance
with which she met his own, with a proud
smile upon his lip, he hounded.
"Twenty-one feet and a half!" shouted
the multitude, repenting the announcement
of the judges, "twenty-one feet and a half.
Harry Carroll forever. Annette and Hur
ry. Hands, caps and handkerchiefs wa
ved over the heads of the spectators, and
the eyes of the delighted Annette sparkled
with joy.
When Harry Carroll had moved to his j
station to strive for the prize, a tall, gen
tlemanly young man in a military undress
frock cont, who had ridden up to the inn,
dismounted and joined the spectators un
perceived, while the contest was going on,
stepping suddenly forward, with a know
ing eye, measured the space accomplished
by the last leaper. He was a stranger in
the village.
His handsome face and easy address at
tracted the eyes of the village maidens,
mid his manly and sinewy frame, in which
symmetry and strength were happily uni
ted, called forth the admiration of' the
young men.
"Mayhap, sir stranger, you think you
can beat that," said one of the bystanders,
remarking, the manner in which the eye
of the stranger scanned the arena. "If
you can leap beyond Harry Carroll, you'll
beat the best man in the colonies."
Tho truth of the observation was assent
ed to by a general murmur.
"Is it for mere amusement you are pur
suing this pastime," inquired the youthful
stranger, "or is there a prize to the win
ner ?"
"Annette, tho loveliest and wealthiest
of our village maidens, is to be the reward
of the victor," cried one of the judges.
"Are the lists open to all f"
"All, young sir!" replied the father of
Annette, with interest, bis youthful ardor
rising as lie surveyed the proportions ol l
the straight limbed young stranger. "She
is the bride of him who outleups Harry
Carroll. If you will try, you are free to
do so. I!ut let me tell you Harry Carroll
has no rival in Virginia. Here is my
daughter, sir, look at her and make your
trial."
The young oflicer glanced upon the
trembling maiden about to be offered on
the altar of her father's unconquerable mo
nomania, with an admiring eye. The
poor girl looked, at Harry, who stood near
with a troubled brow and an angry eye,
and then cast upon the new competitor an
imploring look.
Placing his coat in the hands of one of
the judges, he drew a sash he wore beneath
it tighter around his waist, and taking the
appointed stand, made, apparently without
ellbrt, the bound that was to decide the
happiness or misery of Henry and Annette.
"Twenty-two feet and one inch!" shout
ed the judge. The announcement was re
peated with surprise by the spectators,
who crowded around the victor, filling the
air with congratulations not uuiningled,
however, with loud innrmers from those
who were more nearly interested in the
happiness of the lovers.
The old man approached, and grasped
his hand exultingly, called him his son,
and said he felt prouder of him than if he
were a prince. Physical activity and
strength were the old leader's true patents
of nobility.
Resuming his coat, the victor sought
with his eye the fair prize he, although
nameless and unknown, so tairly won. -She
leaned on her father, pale and dis
tressed. Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and mor
tified, admitting the superiority of the
stranger in an exercise in which he prided
himself as unrivalled w hile he hated him
for his success.
"Annette, my pretty prize," said the
victor, taking her passive hand "I have
won you fairly." Annett's cheek became
paler than marble ; she trembled like an
aspen leaf, clung closer to her father, while
the drooning eye sought the form of her
lover. His brow grew dark at the stran
ger's, language.
"I have won you, my pretty flower, to
make you a bride ! tremble not too vio
lently I mean not for myself, however
proud t might be," added lie with a gal
lantry, "to wear so fair a gem next to my
heart. Perhaps," and he cast his eyca
around inquiringly, while the current of
life, leaped joyfuliy to her brow, and n
murmur of surprise ran through the crowd
"perhaps there is some favored youth
among tho competitors, who has a higher
claim to the jewel. Young sir," he con
tinued, turning to the surprised Henry,
"methinks you were the victor in the list
before me. I strove not for the maiden
though one could not well strive for a fair
er but from love for the manly sport in
which I saw you engaged. You are the
victor, and, as such, with the permission
ot this worthy assembly, receive from my
hand the prize you have so well and hon
orably won."
The youth sprung forward and grasped
his hand with gratitude, and the next morn
ing Annette was weeping from pure joy
upon his shoulders. The welkin rung
with the acclamations of the delighted vil
lagers, and amid the temporary excitement
produced bv this act, the stranger with
drew from the crowd, mounted his horse,
and spurred at a brisk trot through the vil
lage. That night Henry and Annette were
married, and the health of the mysterious
and noble hearted stranger, was drank in
overflowing bumhers of rustic beverage.
One evening, having just returned home,
after a hard campaign, ho was sitting with
his family on the gallery of his handsome
country house, when an advance courier
rode up, and announced the approach ol
General Washington ami suite, informing
him that he should crave his hospitality for
the night. The necessary directions were
given in reference to the household prep
arations, and Colonel Carroll, ordering his
horse, rode forward to meet and escort lo
his house the distinguished guest, whom he
had never yet seen, although he was serv
ing in the same widely extended army.
That evening at the table, Annette, now
become the dignified, matronly and still
handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not keep her
eyes from the face of her illustrious visitor.
Every moment or two she would steal a
glance nt his commanding features, and
half doubtingly, half assuredly, shake her
bead and look again to be still more puz
zled. Her absence of mind and embarrass
ment at length became evident to her hus
band, who inquired of her affectionately if
she were ill.
"I suspect, Colonel," said the General,
who hail been some time with a quiet, mean
ing smile, observing the lady's curious and
puzzling survey of bis features, "that Mrs.
Carroll thinks she recognizes in me an old
acquaintance.' And he smiled with a
mysterious air, n he gazed upon them.
The Colonel started, and a faint memory
of the past seemed to be revived, as he gaz
ed, while the lady rose impulsively from
her chair, and bending eagerly forward
over the tea-urn, with clasped hands, and
an eye of intense, eager inquiry, fixed full
upon him, stood for a moment with her
lips parted as if she would speak.
"Pardon me, my dear madam pardon
me, Colonel, I must put an end to this
scene. I have become, by dint of camp
fare and hard usuage, too unwieldy to leap
again twenty-two feet and one inch, even
for so fair a bride as one I wot of."
The recognition, with the surprise, de
light and happiness that followed, are left
lo the imagination of the reader.
General Washington was indeed the
handsome young leaper, whose mysterious
nppeatance and disappearance in the na
tive village of the lovers is still tradi'ion
ary and whose claim to a substantial body
of Iiiihii Jiilu flesh and blood, was stoutly
contested by the village story tellers, until
the happy denouement which took place at
the hospitable mansion of Col. Carroll.
HAVAItl IN (iLt'TTOKV.
After the first Bavarian soldiers bad enter
ed Fuldii, a private, late in the evening, pre
sented himself before his captain with a
very red face, and staring blood-shot eyes,
and complained of having been poisoned by
the land-ludy of the inn in which he was
iuaiteieil. The poison, he declared, had
been administered in dumplings, an article
ot food of a harder consistency than Knylish
yeast dumpling, which have not risen in llie
pot, and, al the same time, somewhat linger.
The captain proceeded instantly with a guard
lo tho house, und arriving there, found u soli
tary duinpliuo, in the middle of a large dish.
The landlady was Kuiniuoued, und without
ceremony compelled to swallow the last ol
the dumplings, which, having done quite
willingly, olio then usUed the cause of so un
usual a proceeding, ami, on being told, ex
claimed, with smiling face, 'Poisoned, in
deed ; she wondered the fellow bad not
buist; lie had ealeu no less than fourteen of
the same size, mid had quarrelled with her
because he could not eat the fifteenth ! The
accusation was of course instantly dropped.
Another soldier of the same capacities was
quartered uoii a puper-huiiger, who, upou
rising on the following morning, missed a
largo pailful of paste, which he intended tu
use in the course of the day. , Inquiring and
scolding ull over the house, the uoiso raised
the KavKiian, who, upon beiiigaskeJ, 'What,
the pail of soup on the hearth last night ! oh,
ha had ealeu that fur his supper !' Such
voracity ii incredible, but the story is due.
. English Paper.
A sTHAxi,K.R passing through one of the
mountainous towns of New' Kngland, inqui
ed, "What can you, raise here 1"
The answer was :
"Our land is rou, .' ws ,'uU
but little produce, so w build scluuol houses
m churchi", and laise men
the wit !: Mi;nr cap.
Mr.
who does not live more
than a mile from the Post-Office in this
city, met some "Northern friends with
Southern" principles the other evening,
and in extending to them the hospitalities
of the "Crescent City," visited so many of
our princely saloons and "marble halls,"
imbibing spiritual consolation ns they jour
neyed, that when he left them at their ho
tel at the midnight hour, he felt, decidedly
felt, that he had a "brick in his hat."
Now, he has a wife, tin aminble, accom
plished and beautiful lady, who loves him
devotedly, and finds but one fault with him.
That is, his too frequent visit lo the pala
ces where these "bricks" are obtained.
After leaving his friends, Mr.
paused a moment, took his bearings, and
having shaped a course, on the principle
that continual angles meet, made sail for
home. In due course of time he arrived
there, and was not very much astonished,
but rather frightened, to find his worthy
lady sitting up for him. She always does.
She smiled when he came in. That also
she always does.
"How are you, dear E.?" said she, "you
staid out so late, that I feared you had
been taken sick."
"Hie ain't sick, wife ; b-but don't you
th-think I'm I'm a little t-tight?"
"A very little, perhaps, my dear but
that is nothing you have so many friends,
as you say, you must join them in a glass
once in a while !"
"Wife, you're too good th -the truth is,
I'm d d drunk."
"Oh, i:o, indeed, my dear I'm sure
that even another glass wouldn't hurt you.
Nuw, suppose you take .a glass of Scotch
ale with tne, just as a night-cap, dear?"
"You are too kind, my d-dear, by half
I know I'm d-drunk!"
"Oh, no only a julep too much, love
that's all !
"Yes juleps McMastera make such
still 'tins!"
"Well, take a glass of ale at any rate
it can't hurt you, dear ; 1 want one before
I retire."
The lady hastened lo open a bottle, and
as she placed two tumblers before her on
the sideboard, she put in one a very power
ful emetic. Filling the glasses with the
foaming ale, she handed one to her hus
band. Suspicion came cloudily upon his mind.
She never before had been so kind when
he was drunk. He looked at the glass
raised it to his lips then hesitated.
"Dear, w-won't you just taste mine, to
make it sweet sweeter '.'" said he.
"Certainly, love !" replied the lady, ta
king a mouthful, which she was careful not
to swallow.
Suspicion vanished, and so did the ale,
emetic and all, down the throat of the sat
isfied husband. After spitting out the
taste, the lady finished her glass, hut seem
ed in no hurry to retire. She fixed a foot
tub of water before an easy chair, as if she
intended to bath her beautiful little feet.
J 3 nt small as were those feet, there was not
water enough in the tub to cover them.
The husband began to feel, and he wanted
to retire."
"Wait only a few minutes, dear," said
his loving spouse. "I want to read the
news in this afternoon's Delta. 1 found it
in my pocket."
A few minutes more elapsed, and then
and then, oh ye gods and Dan o' the
lake, what a time. The husband was pla
ced in the easy chair. lie began to under
stand why the tub was there; he soon
learned what ailed him. Suffice it to say,
that when he arose from that chair tile
brick had left his hat. It hasn't been there
since. He says he'll never drink another
julep; he can't bear Scotch ale, but he is
death on lemonade! He loves his wife
better than ever.
Readers, this is a truthful story. Profit
by its moral. .V. O. JJeJlo.
TlIK OLK I.ADV AND A LoXllOM I'm;.
Tho Western Times shows how an old lady
ut Teignimiuth became enveloped in u
Loudon fog. Not having much faith in
inilwuy promises, sho applied last week to
know if the company really meant to guar
antee six clear days in London for 16s. 4d.,
ns they had promised. On being answer
ed in the ullirmative she instantly becamo a
member of the Exhibition Club, declaring
that on her last visit lo Loudon il was cuvi
loned in a fog, and rdie could see nothing
and that it would be worth twice the money
to have one clear day there, much less six.
On being told it referred to time, and not to
weather, the old luily withdrew her name
in a great raue, saying, '-.u one could un
derstand the company .'
Nfcw Hun on ak Old IIkap. A eortes
poudenl of the Salem (Jaxette, stales that
there is an old lady in that city tl years (if
age, who two year ugo in a fit of sickness
lost till her hair. About a year since, a new
growth of hair commenced, ami her head is
now, ",i't years of age, entirely covered with
hair, about seven inches long, entirely fiue
lioui any grey, of a dark chesmit color, and
of as healthy and glossy appearance as
that of most young ladies of 16 years of
go.
Fuks ik Ciikkce. The annoyance thaj
we endured from innumerable myriads ol
Hies, says Mr. Hughes, when Uesctiblng the
Isthmus of Corinth, was some drawback,
from the pleasu.ro of ' contemplating these
beauties. The bellies of our horses were
actually covered with a dense black mast of
those insects, so that I no longer wondered
at the ancient pagans for invoking their su
prame Jupiter under the litlo ot "lly-killer ;"
a yiunt Vider woujM not have Leen half fo
useful.
ELOPEMENT IN CALIFORNIA.
The Panama Herald relates the following
case of elopement : A lady at San Francis
co, on the morning of the sailing of the Ten
nessee, was quietly seated, reading over the
list of cabin passengers who had engaged
passage for Panama, when to her astonished
sight there appeared the name of her hus
band in tho list ! Could she believe her
own eyes ? She knew that her husband's
trunks were packed and that he had inform
ed her "he was obliged to go to Sacramento
on business which would detain him a few
days." Startled and convinced by the truth
thus manifested to her, she concluded to
open his trunks, where she found S8,000 in
hard cash. This she divided taking $3,000
and leaving S5.000, the "lion's shale,"'
which was exceedingly generous on her
part. In due time tho nfTeclionato husband
bade her good-bye, telling her he would be
back in three or four days, and little suspec
ting that film was not only cognizant of his
villainy, but that out of his means, she had
provided amply for herself. Ho left went
on board the Tennessee, came to this city,
and is now on his way to New York, while
his deserted wife is rejoicing to think that
she has so easily got rid of such a contempt
ible wretch as his conduct proves him to be,
who would leave her in a strange land with
out friends or means.
i vr o 1. 1: u a n l i : o i" n i : s s i o .
A number of girls working in the factories
at Lowell were induced, under promises of
high wages and excellent treatment, to go
to Columbus, Georgia, to work in a cotton
mill. They have written home complain
ing with more than feminine volubility of
Ihe numberless disappointments and oppres
sions to which they have been subjected.
Their wages are not so high, their fare is not so
good as they have been led to expect, and
the price of board is much higher. The
boarding house is like a barn, the mill is
dirty, the Southern girls chew snulf, and
last and worst, there is not a looking glass in
tho whole factory ! What Yankee giil
would stand all, these wrongs, and not have
even the consolation of looking at her own
pretty face in the mirror ! A rebellion was
the consequence, and it soon led to an
improvement in the condition of things, and
the girls agreed to stay till October. If the
gallant Georgians have half as much sense
as we give them credit for, they will otrer
the fair Yankees better inducements than
factory wages to remain in the the Southern
houses.--yVociifrnre Journal.
From the Pelllocmlic Itrview.
jionon to Tilt: toii.im; hand.
All honor to the toiling hand,
Or in the field or mine ;
Or by the harnessed liie or steam,
Or on the heaving brine ;
Whatever loom, or bark, nr plough,
II, nil wrought to bless our land,
Or criven around, above, below,
We owe the toiling hand,
Then honor honor lo the toiling hand.
It battles with the elements,
Il breaks the Htubborn sward ;
It rings the forge the shuttle throws
And shipes the social board :
It conquers clime it stems the wave
And bears from every strand
The sweetest, best of all we have,
Gifts of the toiling hand,
Then honor honor to the toiling hand !
t iiiNEsE nt it I ai. ri.Ai i;s.
The memory of the dead is highly vene
rated in China ; and the worship of their
tombs is one of the most solemn interesting
ceremonials of the Chinese religion. To
perform this ceremony, men, (women take
no part in il) often return from distant lands
at much trouble and expense, to the places
of their birth. In fact, their love for the
dead appears, as it has been said to be, the
strong ami only bond which attaches the
Chinese to their country. Yet they have no
consecrated place of interment no grounds
set apart for burial purposes. Every one
chuses some cherished spot for the final
resting place of llioso whom ho loved. The
farmers bury their deads on their own lauds
frequently near their own dwellings. Tombs
and graves are seen on the hill sides, especi
ally in stony ami barren places, and form
a not unpleasant feature in the landscape.
These lombs are often of porphyry, finished
with, much minute chiselling. Placed on
ruck) eminences, often in picturesque situa
tions, under the shadow of cedars and cy
pulses, they present here and there ob
jects of pleasing and profitable contempla
tion. F.xi'oseiiK to tub Sin. There are few
points which seem less generally understood
or more clearly proved than the fact, that
exposure lo the sun, without exorcise sufli
cient lo create free perspiration, will pro
duce illness. Let any man sleep in the sun
he will awake perspiring, and very ill ; per
haps he will die. Let the same man dig in the
sun for an equal length of time, and he w ill
perspire ten times as much, ami be quite
well The fact is, that not only the direct
rays of Iho sun, but the heat of Ihe atmos
phere, produces abundance of bile ; and
powerful exercise, much more efficiently
thuu medicine, will carry oil that super
fluity. Poktuv. Poetry is like pair of skates
which run flatly over the smooth crystal of
the ideal, but are worse than a pair of
Dutchman's shoes on the rough highway of
life. Kichter.
Tun Wiikat grown in Indiana, last year,
was worth four millions ol dollar, and the
corn, ten millions.
TO PROMOTE HEALTH OF CATTLE.
Mix, occasionally, one part of salt with
four or five, or six parts of wood ashes, and
Cive the mixture to different kinds of stock,
summer and winter. It promtcg their appe.
tite, and tends to keep them in a healthy
condition. It is said to be gU0,t ains't
hots in horses, and murrian in cattle. It
creates an appetite, and is good for various
diseases. Some give it to an animal that is
unwell. It is good for oxen troubled with
the heat. If the animals will not eat it vol.
untarily, mix it with potatoes or meal.
Feed all animals regularly. They not
only look for their food at the usual time,
but the stomach indicates the want at the
stated period. Therefore feed morning,
noon and evening, as near Iho same time as
possible.
Guard against the wide nipl injurious ex
tremes of satisfying with excess and star
vintf with want.
Food should be eif a suitable quality, and
proportioned to the growth and fattening of
animals, to their production in young and
milk, and to their labor or exercise, Ani
mals that labor need far more food, and
that which is more nutrieious, than those
that are idle. Guard all- descriptions of
stock against cold storms of rain, sleet and
snow, and against lying out on cold ground
in cold nights, in the spring and fall.
In a dry time see that animals have a
good supply of pure water, when Iho
fountains are unwholesome.
If barns nnd stables are very liphl and
warm, ventilate in mild weather, even in
winter.
In feeding animals on apples or roots, be
gin with a small quantity and gradually in
crease it. It would be better to have all
changes in food made gradually, when there
is a material difference in the nature of iho
food ; as from hay to grass, and reverse j
from much fodder to much grain, and ro
veinu. American Veterinarian.
KNIiLISH HOSPITALITY
Is now exerting its facinations over tho
foreigners who visit the London Exhibition.
Great efforts, it is said, are made to enter
tain, agreeably, tho distinguished persons
among them. This embraces, of course, all
the Americans there, for it is next to impos
sible to find one of our dear countrymen
abroad who is not a distinguishud man at
home. If he has uot been in Congress, or
Governor of his own Slate, ho has narrowly
escaped one of these high positions ; and if
his family is uot distinguished, he himself
has risen from obscurity by the force of na.
live talents. One or two invitations to din
ner at the house of wealthy merchants may
convince them that England is not so bad
after all ; intioductious, to a few nobleman
and a few visits to their beautiful manors
will remove many of their objections to a
landed aristocracy, and should any of them
be rigged up in court suit and presented to
the amiable little lady, supposed to govern
tho two islands, the honor will confuse sadly
their old notions of monarchy and republi
canism.
K.vco.M.Mi xicATtn. The Church of St.
Louis, in Buffalo, says.the Jtuffalo Cummer
rial, of a late date, has, by a pastoral letter
of liishop Timoti, which was read in all the
Churches of the Diocese lust Sunday, been
formerly excommunicated, together with tho
congregation. It has been deprived of its
priests for two or three months past, and this
extreme remedy was resorted to as a inoro
severe punishment of the trustees, who re
fuse lo surrender its temporalities into the
hands of ihe iiiihop, upon the ground that
the Church property ought to remain where
its donor, the lute Louis Lecoutenix, pla
ced it.
I.HIMllSO.NMKNr OK AN A.MKIItCAV BT
Ai'sthiav Govkrnmknt. Mr. Charles I..
Hraee, son of J. P. Brace, Esq , of this city,
who has been engaged the last year in a
pedestrian tour through Europe, was im
prisoned May 28, in Gros Werdein in Hun
gary, under the false accusations of beiujf
one of the Democratic Kevoliiiiouai v Com
mitlee and an agent of Cjhnzy. Mr. Mo
Curdy, our Minister at Austria, is making
efforts for his release. He has written to
our Government for their interference-
Hartford Cottrant.
Bv a section of an Act passed by the last
Legislature, and approved April 12, IS.il, it
is made I he duly of any person or person!?,
before opening a beer house, eating house,
reslerani, or oyster celler, to apply for a li
cense for that purpose ; and must have paid
Ihe tax or license fee as is required in cases
of tavern licenses. Any person keeping
such house without having ttisl paid such li
cense, shall on conviction thereof, be deem
ed guilty of keeping a tippling house and
punished accordingly.
Nkw DiseovKttV. An exchange paper
says that ail Englishman has discovered a
method of purifying or bleaching the ordina
ry sugars id commerce, which is easy ami
effective at an expense not exocediug five
oeuts per hogshead, and says that llieo su-
gars will ship without duliiioretson U
over the woild. Wa should be gratilieol to,
tee soma evidence in cnrrobqrultott of this
assertion, ut least sulfiojeut to establish tho
fact.
PvBiHiMV.il. President Fillmore has par
doned George Baldwin, who was convicted,
last year, in the Foiled Stales ('pen it Court,
in Williainsport, of rubbing Ihe mail at
Great Bond post otfiue, in Susquehanna!) eo ,
and sentenced to ten years conliucu.eiil n
i the Western penitentiary