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; II. B. MASSER, ED1T011 AKD PllOPlUETOR.
OFFICE,-MARKET STREET, OProSITE THE POST OFFICE.
jramfljt iittuspnpcr Dctootcn to JjolWcs, mtttatuvt, jtioralffs, jForcfflit anil Domestic lictos, Serene mrt the arts, Sfflrlculturc, XWnrUtts, amusements, re.
NEW SE1UKS VOI. J, NO. 525.
SUXUUIIY, NOimiUiMHEULAND COUNTY, PAM KATL1U)AY, SliPTEMBEIl 13 1851.
OLD SERIES VOL. 1 1, NO. 31
TEEMS OF THE AMERICAN. '
Tilt? AMERICAN is nWhhwl evrry Pnturrtny at
TWO IX!,I,AUS mt niiititiii tn lw nI Imlf ynrly Ml
advance Nu pujnjr iIibcimiImkhhI until all arruuntgui am
AH pimnn)irntiftiiii or intern on ImFiMPta rolnting tt
.tk wtfice, to iiiiurc attention, tnut lo TOST TAIL).
t 1 .TCI ClAiirf.' .". i
Thrt oopica lo one address, WOO
ve 1) O'l to uo
rnWn Di In ?oou
Five dollars in atlvmtra will pny (tn three yrur'a ul
4eripliou to the Aiiiuricun, ,
On Bouato of 16 lines, H times,
Every subsequent iimertinii.
One Sqiinro, 3 nun it lis,
months.
One yenr,
Uiisiiit-M Card of Five linn, prr nnnnm,
Me rcliants nnU other, titleiiiKitix hy the
yrr, with tlir privilege nf inserting
different (ulvnitiseineiits wwkly.
IW lsurget AdverLiseinenli, tis per agreement.
p on
450
(I'M I
3UU
1000
K. B. ICASSEPw,
ATTO 11 N 13 Y A T LAW,
BCNEUKT, PA.
Biisinrim nltcndrd lo in I'm Cmnilirs of Nor
Ihuinlierliiiiil, Union, l.ycoininj and Culumlim.
llrltr lot
P. & A. Kovomlt,
I.owor A', linrron,
Koiucru & Siioilirniw, Vhilad,
Ki-yiiolJ, Mi-Fiirluml it Co., I
SSju-ri upr, Goixl & Co., J
JJEW STORE AT HOLLOWING RUN.
At the Cross Howls,- near J. 1). Cunrails,
Lower Jimi'sta.
J. I?. KAUFFMAN
RE.rBCrKUI.l.Y informs h fr'wmU nml
the pul'lio Ri'lioriilly, thill lie linn jnsl rrrriv
til ami oH'iird n new slock of cooilrj, wlilcli lie
mw oII'.'im for K ilo on llio moKt reasonable ti inis.
llin sloc k i-oiHisU in i rt of
SI'Cll AS
Cloths, Cassi meres, Siitlmctls, Merinos, iVc.
KllliilMcr wrnr of nil kiwi Muslin, C.iliiocs,
(iin.liuiiiH. Clircks, &c.
ALSO:
An .KKOTtnu'iit of llanlwnrc of all l.inils, most
gonoMllv in use.
Ai.'xO:
(Irocrrifs ol'sill Kinds,
As Suear, Coffee. Tea, Molasses, Spirits, !fe.
AI.SO: tjnoriiswiirc and Crockery ware, a
full Rsxortinetit.
A I no -"Silk Hals, Chip Hats, nml Straw Hals.
' ALSO: An assortment of Liquor, viz. :
Brandy. Wink, Wiiiskkv, &c.
licxiilin a variety of oilier nrlii leii, moHt gener
lly used inn) in want lv fanners and oilier per
oii, nil of v. hii li lie will sell to inri liiuier8 at a
vim; of ten er cent. I'V l ulling on liim.
All kindu of jirodnee taken in exchange for
points at the hiRlu'st market nice.
Hollowing l'.uii, Ajr..il -t, 1S51
-If.
AND SUMItlER CLOTHING.
EVEKVHODV shonKI emhraee thii opportu.
nay to liny CLOTlU.N'ti for Men, Voulli
and Hoys, at surli priixs us Imvc ncxer yet lwen
known in !iis City, at (ir.OlUJiO CIJLI.N'S
CLOTHINC K.STABLHii.MJLNT.fmitli-Kiial
Corner of Muiket and )-'ccoihl Streetn, l'liiladel
)lua, embracing a choice of the hent, most Jciiira
ble, aud fushioiuihln
DRESS AND IROCK COATS,
Habit Cloth do., Linen DiiKiwr. do,, Tweed,
&.C., &c, togeilier with a piv.it variety of
Ecys' Clothing',
Consisting of Sack Co its. 1'o'kt Jar. .is, Mon
JiPV Jackets. "ia ntid riMtid Jackets made of
Tweed, Linen I'lrU:!;.', Chilli, Altiacea, Kerna-
mier, lJockkin, &:., iVr.
Purticnlnr care lias been taken lo procure the
new styles for Met and Boys' Summer Coats,
Putituloons, Vests.. &e., to which bo would invite
opecial attention.
Fuiniiihinjjj Goods,
Coiisislinz of Shirts. Stocks. Handkerchiefs. &e.;
all of which are oll'ered nt the fnu-rl 1'iixsiile
rash Prices, and as cheap as any other Clothing
Stole ill the I niori.
Parents who desire Both' Ci.otiiino are ear
nestly invited to examine tlm Stock.
Country Storekeepers can be accommodated at
very low rates.
CEOUCK ci:li..
. E. Corner of Sccji I !) Market Sis Vhila.
April 19, IKol. tf.
l'ixs! Ciiciijicr tlian Kver!!!
100 Half Chests Rose Flavor Black Tea,
15 . " " Olon? " "
15 " " Nir.gr Yonj " "
fllHKSG Teaa are U tter lor the price limit
X were ever ollin'd before in Philadelphia, es
pecially the Ko.c Flavor, which is of tho very
(est quality and finest 11. nor, uud families that
veant a Half Chest or lesn hy noiidiu; soon will
grl a first rate artrcle at a very low price. They
will lie well packed up and Kent to Depot or car
fro. of charge. DAVID PEASE,
Tea Dealer and (irocor,
8. W. Cor. OtU & Arch Sis.
Philadelphia.
, May 10, 1851. Hino.
SII AM0KIN,
Noilliumberland County, Pa.
THE aiibaerilieT resiectfuUy informs his friends
and the public generally, that he has open
ed new Hotel in the town of Shainokiii, Nor.
tliumherbnd county, on tho corner of Shuinokin
and Commerce streets, nearly opiosi(e to tho
House he formerly kept. He is well prepared to
accommodate his guests, and is also provided
with Rood stubliug. lie trusts his exierience,
and stiict sttcntiou to business, will induce per
sons visiting tlie coal region to coutinuo the lib
eral patronage hu has heretofore received.
WILLIAM WBAVEIt.
Shnmokin, April It), tf. .
JAMES II. MAUKE
A4 removed from his old Stand, Mo. 113
V ine street, to
Ao, 52 biltwyii Si., (Ma Cul'hiU If Willow,)
where, ho has constantly on hand,
JR0WN STOUT, PORTER,
, ' . Ale and Cider,
FOE HOME CONSUMPTION OR BiiirriNa.
N. B Coloring, DoUling, Wire and Bottles,
. y Vinegar, &c rot a ahovet
PLUaiklpliiu, April 12, 18Bl. ly. ,
Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company.
DH. J. B. MASSER i the local aRent for the
above Itisurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and is 1 all ready to efTect
Insurances against fire on reaj or personal pro
perty, or renewing policies lor me soaue.
Su.ibury, April 88, 1851. tf. ' : ' 1
JL'MTICKM' KEK BILLS. Kor sale by
II. B. MASSiJU
SuiiUury, April '?6 1851 . : . l.
; SELECT POETRY.
From tlio Knickerbocker.
' Tho Bloomer.
i The nancy maid may Iom lior licad,
Whi'ii bhu her tiusllo hileheB on ;
Bo mum lo prnis in nrtleivs lay,
Th graceful girl with brooches on.
Tin' petticoat no more sdiall float,
On limbs wIium? sliupe bowitelie ono j
" But in its place, with modest gracn,
TIiojo limbs t-hall hoKI Iho breeches on.
The bucks ntid brans turn up thoir noso
Al costly robes with patches on ..
But Holiness ine ! what if Ihey sen
Such licanty spots tho breeolies on.
Ve muslin dresses white nml lliin,
U'ilh fuiiy fuiirer'tl stitches on,
I fear your day lias passed away
Sinco woman put tho lireeohes on.
Ah ! well n ilny, the Hard may say,
Miall ono liL-slovv his kisses on
A li.unoh'fs ii-ii ill whose not afraid
To put a pair of breeches on,
i She'll make him foe) from head lo heel,
Whatever else ho hitches on,
He has no riylit, by day or iiis'i',
lo put n pair ol breeches on '.
We alvvnys sec the praces three
Wit heel u tug, tlie witches on,
But (1! (lad Zonks, hmv would it look
Should each one put the breeches on !
When woman's wit is stirred a bit,
The first reform she pile'ies on,
Is how she may, with least delay,
Just draw a pail of bieecheB on ! .
3. Skctclj.
THE DEVIL AT PISA.
One of those silly jiriiclinal jokes wliirh
occur so often and fatally to the actor, lias
just occurred at i'isa ; ami as it occasions a
great sensation here, in consequence of tlie
statu it attaches to the friars in one of the
convents of that city, I take leave to give
you tlie particulars, partly as 1 have heard
them recounted by others, and partly as I
find them in tlie local journals. At I'isa
there lived in latter years a "fast" young
man, whose morals were somethinp; like
the celebrated leaning tower, a little in
clined the wrong way, and who, among
other escapades, had caused a great scan
dal in a respectable family, and refused to
repair it by marriage, according to the
prayers of the victim and the commands of
the church. The gentleman was in fact a
regular minvis ts'ijrt a fit subject for a
French novel, and he went on from day
to day, strultiiiu along the banks of the Ar
no, and perverting ell the foolish waids of
that not over religious ticinily, neither at
tending to the advice of his friends nor the
remonstrances of the clergy, till sickness
overtook him in the midst of his sins, and
death struck him with its most mortal ar
row. Scapegrace as he was, he declined
the consolations of religion in his last days,
and refused to confess or repent, like an
other Don Giovanni. In vain an excel
lent and pious priest spoke of his immortal
soul, and the penalties prepared in the oth
er world tor those who take leave ol tins
in final impenitence in vain did the fri
ars declare that the Devil would claim him
as his own the moment the last sigh was
drawn and in vain did one of the rever
end gentb men recount how in a vision he
saw bis infernal majesty maltreat a harden
ed sinner on a similar occasion. Don di
ovanni died game, as the greatest crimi
nals olten do, but before he gave tip the
srjiost he made one ol his friends, a ('orsi-
can resident at I'isa, promise that he would
watch over the body id Chapelle Alortua
rie, and never leave it until it was consign
ed to its last home. The Corsican kept
Ins word, aim alone, and in the ileadol lln
night, he sat hy the side of his departed
friend in the convent chapel, where corpses
are exposed for twenty-four hours before
burial, either in consecrated or unconsec ra
ted ground, lint just as the clock struck
twelve, a deep groan accompanied by the
rattling of chains, was heard, and the watch
er, to his horror, saw a figure enter, dres
sed according to the most approved receipt
lor rating up the devil, with tremendous
horn, a lung tail, a chain girt round his
body, and draped in red and black, ns Mis
Satanic Majesty should be. The Corsican
had a bold heart, and he asked the Devil
what he wanted. The Devil replied by
an awful groan, the rattling of chains, and
the outspreading of his claws to seize his
prev. J he Corsican, still undaunted, de
clared that he would not allow the body to
be touched, end he warned the Devil that
if he did not leave the place he would send
him back to his infernal regions faster than
he came from them. To this speech the
Devil replied by a scornful laugh, such as
Zamiel in Der Freuchutz used, aud with
another rattle of the chains advanced to
the coliin-siiie on which the friend produ
ced a loaded pistol, and taking sure aim,
shot the Devil through the heart, and droji
ped him at his feet dead, as they say at
Amsterdam, as a herring, or at Biiming
ham, as a doornail. The report of the pis
tol alarmed the police, and a ' number ol
those guardians of the night having appear
ed, they saw to their astonishment (he
corpse lying in its proiier place, the Corsi
can silting tranquilly by its side,, and a
bleeding mass covered with red and black,
with a tremendous pair of horns, aud the
well known tail. An explanation , was
soon given, and when the Devil was strip
ped of his finery, he turned out to be bell
man bl the convent, employed, no doubt,1
by the friars, whose religious assistance was
refused, for the purpose of giving a striking
proof ol the danger of dying without the
consolations of Ine puurchj and of the fate
to which all impenitent sinners are expo.
ed." The Cordican wat tried aud acquitted.
i... . i ,.i !... .1... I
a itv .uuwt-u mm tu uitr luseaii wjiiu uiero
was lio inlly attached to shoot in? the
Pevil, and as lie prrsUled in wying lfut,
when he fired lie believed he had lo deal
with Ilis Satanic Majesty, and no mortal
representative. The best joke of all rt"
mains to be told, and that is, the Iriars of
the convent declare that the whole story is
a fabrication, ond the Minister of instruc
tion announces that he will prosecute the
Gazzetta del Tribunal! for having inserted
it. ' ormce Cor. of Hit Times.
ORIttIN OP TUG rENY I'OSTAGK.
A traveller, sauntering through the Lake
Districts of England, some years ago, arrived
at a small public house just ns the postman
stopped to deliver a letter. A young girl
came out to receive it. She look it in her
hand, turned it over and over, and risked the
charge. It was a large sum no less than a
shilling. Sighing heavily, she observed that
it came from her brother, but that she wrs
too poor to lake it in, nud she returned it to
tho postman accordingly. The traveller
was a mutt of kindness as well as of observa
tion ; be oilercd lo pay Ihe postage himself,
and in spite of more reluctance on the girl's
part than lie cuuld well understand, he did
pay it, nud gave her the letter. . . .
No sooner, however, was thu postman's
back turned than she confessed that tho
proceeding had been conceited between her
brother and herself ; that the letter was
empty, that certain signs on the direction
conveyed nil that she wanted lo know, nud
that, as Ihey could, neither of thorn afford to
pay postage, Ihey had devised this method
of franking Ihe intelligence desired. The
traveller pursued his journey, nml ns he
plodded over the Cumberland fells he mused
upon the badness of a system which drove
people to such stiails for means of corres
pondence, and defeated its own objects all
Ihe lime. Willi most men such musings
would have ended before ihe close nf the
hour, but this man's nama was Rowland
Hill, nud it was from this incident and these
reflections, that the whole scheme of penny
postage was derived.
Loss of Si'ekcii bv Lightning ; its Res
toration by Galvanism. Tho following
singular case wo find recorded in u Scottish,
paper, the Glasgow Saturday Post :
On Ihe 1st of July, during the lluinder-
stoini, a man, named Kaeburu, residing in
the Croft, Paisley, was struck duryb Hue
bum, it appenis. was standing near a w in
dow, when one of Ihe flashes of lightning,
more vivid ihaii usual, bad such an efTect on
his organs of speech that he could nol artic
ulate a syllable. The advico of several
medical gentlemen wits obtained, but all lo
no purpose, and, w hat was strangest of nil,
no hurt or defect w hatever could be obser
ved. Ne.t day, Baeburii was advised lo
try what calvunism could effect in bis case,
ami he at onco proceeded lo Air. Ferguson's
galvanic operating rooms, in Sneddon street.
Ileie, after the application for a lew minutes
of the Lnltcry lo his neck, he was able In
articulate ono or two syllubles. His jov at
this, it may be imagined, was very great,
and we are happy lo ay that, after six ap
plications from the galvanic nppainttis, bis
speech has all but recovered its former
fluency. Kaeburu is about 23 years of age,
md all that be felt at tho time he was
struck dumb, was a kind of giddy feeling for
about a minute.
Gettino a Wediiino Coat. Among the
anecdotes detailed by Dr. liushuell in his
sermon nt Litchfield, illustrative of Ihe Agej
of Homespun, was this :-s-One of Unitized
divines of that county, si ill living, w as mar
ried during the Revolution, but under singu
lar difficulties. There was nil obstacle, to
the wedding w Inch seemed insurmountable.
lie had no wedding coal, nor was wool to be
had to make one, and it was in the dead of
winter. Yet all parlies were ready, nud he
was anxious lo be married without delay.
At last ihe mother of the Intended bride dis
covered the dilliculty, and promptly had
some of her cheep shorn and setreil vp in
lilankctt lo keep llierri warm, while of tho
wool she spun and wove a cont for her in
tended son-in-law.
Tiik Tbmflf. ok Serapis. The French
Government has voted a credit of 33,000
francs for the purpose of exploring the Tem
ple of Perapis, in thu ruins of Memphis
The Tcrpplc, w hich ha. been covered with
sand ever since the time of Sirubo, aud has
since remained almost intact, ofleia great
temptation to research. Thu building is a
mixture of the Greek and Ejypimirstylca of
aic hilectnre, uud the worship to which it
was consecrated, was a fusion of the Greek
ami the Egyptian faiih. The very slight
soundings in the sand, w hich have been hilh
ertb made, have brought io light curious sta
tues aud bas-reliefs, ami among other Ihiugs,
valuable poi traits of Greek philosophers.
A Sizeable Hail Stone The Boston
Times learns from a icliabloourco. '-that a
lump of hail, weighing two kundrttl e,ul
seventeen pounds, fell near Dover, N. II., on
the 20i h iust. The mass was obsojved al
considerable elevation before it descended,
and created no little alarm among a n.nibur
of people. It fuilunately fell in a bog, and
diil no other damage than to throw up mud
and dirt upon alt who were in Ihe vicinity."
We thought that Chester county bore off
tho palm for big hail .tones, but this of the
Times boat, all creation. " Will the' Times
loll us whete it full from, c .
CttCAF.-r-Ono of the Court, out West ha.
decided that man may whip his wife for
oue dollar -rkis. any giil for five dollars, aud
bile off -hi 'neighbor', nose oi eats fur tetj
THE BLOOM KRDRE. .
A WOMAN'S llF-l'LV TO MRS. SWISSHRLM.
The following sharp, Anglo-Saxon letter, 1
(from Iho pen of a married lady,) appears in
a Now York paper in reply lo Mrs. Swiss
helm's objections lo the Bloomer dress J " "
Mrs. Swisshelm occupies two columns of
her last paper on Ihe short dress. She . con
demn, it in toto. She say. she hag tried it
and it is besot with dillicnliies all over, amN
if adopted, will doom her to perpetual blush
es. She blushes now lo see a woman in it,
uud she blushes lo hear a woman of sense
advocate it ; and yet she is besieged on all
sides with entreaties to adopt the new cos
tume. Now will you permit me, through
your columns, lo beg Ihe friends of Ihe shod
skirts, lo let Mrs. Swisshelm alone in her
drapeiy. It she finds the lung dress conve
nient, thinks it beiiutirul, and "u necessary
appendage lo womanhood," pray let her
wear it ; it is downright tyranny to attempt
to force her out' of it. But Mrs. S. can
speak' for herself only They nre many
other women who find Ihe long dress very
inconvenient, cud think it ungraceful, bur
ihensotiiu and indecent. In regard to the
short dress, t he experience of Mrs. S. is
world just as much ns mid no morn llinn thai
of any other individual. After wealing it a
few limes, she threw it aside, convinced
that it was a mistake, (she made the mis
take in cutting it, no doubt.) We have wo
men in this State, who have worn the dress
throe or four years, and some ns many
months, and nil who have given it a fair
trial and altered their garments until they
felt perfectly casv, pronounce it a most com
fortable dress, uud a great improvement on
the old slylo. All the objections made by
Mrs. S. can be easily obviated, except that
of her personal modes!)', which would make
her wish herself away when a woman in
skirts should chance lo pick up a thimble or
pluck a flower, and thus expose her under
skirts, and tho shadow of a pair of legs enca
sed in ttoiisers. On such occasion, wo might
recommend her to try her own panacea for
all excessive modesty, that which slut often
prescribes for those w ho nre easily put lo
tho blush, shocked or horrified viz : the
smelling buttle. A .nan in a round about
would no doubt throw her into a spasm.
But what would she do on beholding a lady
dressed according lo her fashion, with two
thin skirts and no bifurcated garments, going
tip nud down n steep hill or pair of stairs or.
a very windy day ? There can be no ques
tion of the superiority of the new costume,
in all respects, for nil limes and places, ov-ir
the one recommended by the editor of "Th
Visitor : but we all know that the comfort of
any garment depends much on the fit We
have no war to wage against long petticoats.
We say-j let all the men and women who
liko them wear them, and let us who like
the shoit dress wpar il. ' Inasmuch ns the
great Father made Iho form very nicely," I
see no reason for being so shocked al the
sight of it. It seems to me that oue might
contemplate a pair of legs in trousers with
as much calmness as a pair of bare arms or
shoulders. Our most fashionable men and
women w ill coolly look nt tho female form
on canvass, or in marble, without any dra
pery, nml it is tho sheerest iiffee latiou thai
ihey are so shocked nt the bare idea that n
woman has less. Now, in my opinion, a
leg is n leg, whether on a man or on a wo
man, and if Mrs Swisshelm cannot endure
the sitiht of a woman's leg in pants, t advise
all men w ho seek her presence hereafter tn
wear nprons, and npvor turn their backs lo
her, unless their coat tails reach the floor,
but back out, ns from the presenre of rnynl
ly. Bless mo ! how tho modesty of Mrs. S.
would be tortured in a lour round the world.
She would have In dod:re Ihrnush Ihe Celes
tial Empire and the domains of the Grand
Mogul, for funr of meptinjr a woman in
pants ; and cut through Holland, Germany,
Frnnee, Switzerland, Italy, he., for fpar of
meeting some pretty peasant cirl with lejs.
Even in Grenl Britain she would find no re
pose, for in Scotland Ihe bare lejrs of Ihe
Highland roidier. would meet her eye nt
every lurn. Coming back to this continent,
lo, behold ! in South America Iho women
ride on horseback as men do, Iocs separately
enensed ; and even heie, olas ! in this mo
del Republic, we have revpaled - the facl
that woman is a forked animal, nud is not,
ns shu seems to be, a "churn npon castors."
Mrs. S. blames us for all newspaper twad
dle on the new costume, nud regrets Ihat
women oT intelligence should lurn aside
fiom the great queslions of reform lo gel up
a doughty campaign on petticoat. '. Now
she is mistaken in saying that we who have
donned Ihe ahnit dress have set nfl "Chris,
leudom in a fizz." 1 Is it nol those rather
who have commented upon our act those
who have questioned our liuhl tn dress as
we please 1 We crew lired of the pattern
of French milliner ami American pes .
there was (on much misery entailed by the
one nud too inoch lail lo be dragged by the.
other ; to we hailed in the grand fiyht by
Ihe way, but for a moment, merely lo un
hook our dresses, lop off superfluities,' anj
lake a long breath, Ihat '. e might work on
with more freedom and ease. ' Mr. S! in
stead of moving on vriih the main army to
balile iho enemy, turned round to look at,
womlcr al and .cold "I ui and our legs. , She
says thai neither Calvin,; Luther, Melano-,
lhon; Father Matthew John, B. Gough, nor
William Burleigh, would ever have allowed
their great minds to , entertain . so trivial a,
question. Well, Mm. S. baa her moral yard
nick for tneasuiiug the 'attitude f;u'cmj'
J that come before her, ami we have Cutsr" It-
she thinks the paramours of politicians, the
detailed " account of how country girl, can
bathe themselves in a pint of water with
their clothe, on, or the mysterious knock
ings, queslions of more imporlnnco than the
freedom of woman's powers of respiration)
or locomotion, or the right of every individ
ual to consult hi. or her own comfort in
their clothe, thatching, why, all women
do not agree with her, that is all there is of
Ihat. If time and space would admil, in
regard lo Ihe long line of worthies above
mentioned, I could cite many little questions
on w hich each and all of them have been
greatly agitated, some so small that Mrs.
S. would scorn even to measure ihem. . As
lo William II Burleigh, I heard him on a
recent occasion, make quite a speech on the
short dress, and he has for himself forsworn
Ihe Parisian stove-pipe hat, and got lip one
after his own fancy.. Only think of Ihe
gipat mind of William II. Buileigh centred
in a hat ! !
Yours, in behalf o! - Th Skirts.
A WEEK'S WOIIK.
Sunday church door, enter in, -
Rest from toil, repent of sin ;
Slrivo u heavenly rest lo win. . v t
Monday to your calling go ;
Serve ihe Lord ; love friend and foe;
To Ihe tempter answer No.
Tuesday do what good yon can ;
Live in peace with God nud man;
Kemeinbor life is but a span ! .1
Wednesday give away nml earn ;
Teach some tr :lh, some good thing learn ;
Joyfully good for ill return. -
Thursday build your house upon ,
Christ, the mighty corner stone ;
Whom God helps, his woik is done.
Friday for the truth be strong ;
Own your fault, if in the wiong ;
Ptila biiitleou your tongue. .'
Saturday thank God and sing;
Tribute lo his irrnsiiry bring;
Bo prepared for Terror's king!
Thus your hopes on Jesus cast
Thus h-'l all your weeks be past,
And you shall be saved al lust.
CONDENSED HISTORY OF STEAM.
' About 2S0 years B. C, Hero of Alexandria
formed a toy which exhibited some of the
powers of steam, and was moved by its pow
er. A. D 510, AuthciTiiiis, an architect, ar
ranged scveial cauldrons of water, each cov
ered with Ihe wide bottom of a leathern
lube, which rose lo a narrow lop with pipes
extended lo tho rafters of ihe adjoining
building. A fire wns kindled beneath tho
cauldrons, and the house wns shaken by the
elforls of tho steam ascending the tubes.
This is Ihe first notice of the power of steam
recorded.
lit 1513, June 17, Blasco Do Caroy Iried a
steamboat of 20!) tons w ilh lolerablo success
at Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a caul
dron of boiling water and a moveable wheel
on each side of Ihe ship, ll was laid aside
as impracticable. A present, however, was
made to Caroy.
In lfioO the first railroad was constructed
nt Newcastle-ot.-Tyne.
The first idea of a steam engine in Eng
land was in the Marquis of Worcester'. "His
lory of Inventions," A. I) 16T3. . ,. ,
In 1710 Newcomer made the first steam
engine in England. !
17 IS patents were granted lo Savary for
the first application of the steam engine.
In 17C4 Jaines Watt made ihe first perfect
steam eiiirine in England.
in 173fi Jonnthar. Hulls first sot forth tho
idea of steam navigation. . , .
lu 1778 Thomas Paine first proposed this
application in Ameiica.
In 1781 Marquis Jouffrey constructed one
on the Saone.'
In 1785 two' Americans published a work
on it. ; : " :
In 1780 William Tyminglon made a voy
age in one on the Forth and Clyde Canal. .
In 1802 (his experiment was repented.
In 1782 Ramsey propelled a boat by steam
al Now York. .
In 1787 John Fitch, of Philadelphia, navi
eated ft bout by a. steam engine tu the Dela
ware. . :
lit 1793 Robert Fulion first begun to apply
his attention to steam. , . ,. ,.
In 1733 Oliver Evans, a native nf Philadel
phia, constructed a locomotive steam engine
to travel on a furnpiko road.
The first steam vessel that ever crossed
the Atlaulki was tho Savannah in the inoh'h
of June, 18 III, from Charleston lo Liverpool.
Hunt's Merchants' Magazint.
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Appi.ts. -Tim Now England Farmer
thinks the crop ol apples throughout New
Engfand, will lie light thisjenj. Tho rea
son 'assigned is thai il is an odd year. The
editor adds : "Wo never have large crops
in o ld years,' and seldom a middling crop,
hn generally a light one. We hate oar
large ciops of apple, in even year.. ' Thi. is
lire result of more than thirty year', obsor.
valiofi, Our ualural Irces, as well a. moal
kind, of grafted , variolic! boar mostly, iu
even yea;.', ,,. . ,. j f
Lano Warrant.. W learn from tho
Washington Republic lhal the w hole number
of laud warrant, already issued under the
act of tta 28lh of September, J850, i. thirty,
eight, thousand live hundred aud fori) five
ud that tho Cleiks in ike. Pension Ollice ate
now engaged upon the case, preserved, from
the 2pth lo (be 30th of December, 1S50.
This is .low woik( ten niombi o''i iuj
I iho woilt ol tuny iwo months o tlia peimd
I through with. "i -'''-
AMERICAN TRIt'MPHS OH THE OCEAN.
'' The American yacht America, which went
over from New ork to England, ha. proved
fleeter than the fleetest vessel, on ihat side.
The following letter on 1ho subject, under
date of London,' 19ih of August, which we
copy from Ihe Philadelphia American, wilj
be read with interest !" ' ! . ' 1 '
England has enjoyed a world-wide fame
for her fine squadron' of yachls, which the
noblemen and gentlemen belonging lo differ
ent Yocht Clubs have taken a pride in ex
hibiting at home and abroad. These gentle,
men are now enjoying themselves al their
clubs at the Isle of Wight, whore their annual
regattas come off. The last great race of Ihe
yachting world will lake place on Friday,
Ihe 22tl, and it is open to the clubs of all na
tions. No less than ecveRteen of the finest
yacht, .float will contend for the prize, a cup
of the value of one hnndred pounds.
The American yacht A nericn, Commo
dore J. C. Stevens, has entered as a competi
tor. The appearance of this beautiful craft
otTCowe. ha. caused nn extraordinary sen
sation in the Yacht Clubs, for she has made
Iwo oMhreo short trial trips with n few of
the English yachts, and has in every instance
ran 'away from them all ! Lnsl week a few
gentlemen Were ready lo stako hundreds or
thousands against her, but since Ihey have
witnessed her speed, they have not accepted
Mr. Steven's challenge lo tho Yacht Squad
ron of tho Kingdom, oiv the plea Ihat Mr.
Stevens proposes lo start with "at least a six
knot breeze," and requests permission lo
"boom out," which is against the rules of the
Royal Yacht Club. Mr. Steven, offered lo
run his yacht against any yacht, and for any
stake up to ten thousand pounds. I believe
that tip to this date the challenge has not
been accepted. Meantime Ihe deepest in
terest is manifested in Ihe grand Regatta of
Friday. Several Ameticans who had intend,
ed lo depart for home to-morrow, will remain
expressly lo witness this race, for it is felt
ihat it is not yacht against yacht, but Ameri
ca against the world. In the absence of po
litical news, the London press takes up this
subject in nn earnest manner, and have their
special correspondents al tho Islo of Wight
to report everything connected with yacht,
and yachting.
The Derby or Oak. never attracted more
attention or caused greater excitement than
Ihe forthcoming regatta. Oue writer, refer"
ring to thu race of last Friday at Ryde, says
that the squadron of vessels following the
yacht, were joined by tho "America," and
from the manner in which, one by one, she
soon distanced them, she satisfactorily pro
ved that the pietensious of Brother Jonathan
lo superiority was no idle boast ; "and the
numerous spectator, had a most convincing
demonstration that her clipper build and fast
sailing had not been overrated : in fact, the
'Great American' was the lliemo of general
conversation." Another writer states ihat
the America beat a schooner of 130 tons,
with all sail, set, "most shamefully," and
she could probably beat all the schooners
and cutter, of England. The correspondent
of tho Times, describing iho proceedings at
Ryde on Friday last, say. that the event of
Iho tlay was tho nppearanco of "the Yan
kee." She did not show any superiority till
she wns off Ryde pier, "wheu she seemed as
if she had put a screw into her stern, hoisted
her fore and aft foresail, and began 'to fly'
through tho water. .Site passed schooner,
and cutters just as a Derby winner passe.
Iho 'nick,' and as Ihe breeze freshened, .lid
with the speed of an arrow out loward. the
Nab, standing upright as a ramrod under her
canvass, while the schooner, were stagger
ing under every stitch ihey could sot, and
the cutter, were heeling over under gaff
topsails and balloon jibs." .
The America went about "in splendid
style, spinning round like a lop, and came
bowling away lo wardy Cowe. a. fust, if nol
faster, thau ever. A. if lo let our best crafi
see she did not care about them, she went
up to each in succession, ran to leeward of
every one of them as close as she could, and
shut before them in succession, coming to
anchor off Ryde at least two miles ahead of
any of Iho craft she had been running
against." Having landed Mr. Stevens, she
afterwards sailed for Cowes, "and bowled
away like a sea gu'l, leaving all ihe boat
men and yalchmen with a deep sense that
she was 'a tartar.' " Tho Times entreat,
the English shipwright, to lay aside the de
lusion that they are (he best builder, in Ihe
world, and lo lako a hint "even from an
enemy, and follow the models of the Yan.
kecs, instead of persisting in their present
thape and mould of bow, beam, quarter, and
run." Tlie Times .late, that tho anxiety
respecting the result of tho great race of
the S2d, is deep and earnest, aud that the
course round the Isle of Wight is noloiiously
most unfair to stranger. ; and, indeed is nol
a good race gro.nj lo any one, inasinuclms
lite current and tide, render local knowledge
of more value than swift sailing and nauti
cal skill,
I Tlie advice, by iho America lo 24th Au
gust stato that the challenge of the Ameri
can yacht ta Mil ngainl all the English, wa.
not excepted ; and lha! Ihe regatta which
cam. off on the 22nd the "America" wa.
triumphant over all competitors. '
Enormou. Yield. Mr John Q Hewlett,
residing about three mile, from Baltimore,
an Ihe Frederick Turnpike road, taisod this
season T80 bushel, of prime wh.t- w(ea,
one fieWcont.:- , , 6
peichea being a veiy .mail fiaction under
4i bushels per acre.' V)o giaiu wa sold for
' ninety-five cents pt'i bushel.
A tl'RIOljS REQUEST.
M. X , a rich farmer in the neighbor
hood of.Pithiviers, (France,) died a .hort
lime ego. A tew day. before hi. end,
which he loll wa. fast approaching, he sent
for hi. lawyer and having made hi. will ha
enjoined upon him to have it read to his
heir, before the fnneial. The lawyer prom
ised, and X- , having died, he proceeded1
next day to the house -of mourning, and
found all ihe heir, duly assembled. But
what must have been their astonishment
when they heard the last enrious beqest 1
"1 wish my body lo be embalmed .n si pla
ced in Ihe vault where my father and mo
ther rest. I wish lo be scaled in a huge
red arm chair, beside a mnible table, in tho
position of a man taking his meal. I desire
Ihat a person (a female,) should keep me)
company for one year and one day, and al
this person shall ask should be given her, .
if 1 called for it myself. To that person, 1
bequeath forty thousand francs, and give
her leave to go out Iwo hours each day to
lake Ihe fresh sir." Such is Ihe queer story
related in Ihe French paper.. Thousands of
applications are daily received by the exe
cutor of Ihe tich deceased, from nurse, and
old gossips anxious of iho lienor of keeping
Ihe company of the queer individual, ami
fingering the reward. ' :
Sublime and Ridiculous. The following
toast was recently given :
AVealtli hy our labor, '
IiiilcpciKlcncv tiy our iwortl
Here the speaker came lo a pause, having
forgotten Iho rest, and added :
H onry in Hie bee (rum,
Sugar in tlie gourd.
'.A ' Melancholy Sight. Dr. Ried, a
traveller through iho highlands of Peru, is
said lo have found lately in the desert of
Atncamn, Ihe dried remains of an assem
blage of human beings five or six hun-'
dred in number, men, women and children,,
seated in a semi-circle as when alive, Blar
ing into iho burning waste before them.
They had not been buried, life had not de
parted befota they thus sat aronnd, but hopet
was gone, the Spanish invader wa. al hand,
and no escape being left, they had come '
hither lo die. They still sal immoveable in '
that dreary desert, dried like mummies by
the effect of Ihe hot air, Ihey still kept their
position, setting tip u. in solemn council,
while over that dread Areopagus silence '
broods everlastingly.
Making a Cowest. "Tom," said an i
independent wag lo a conceited fop, "I
know a beautiful creature who wishes to
make your acquaintance."
"Glad lo hear il fine giil .truck with
my appearance, I suppose, eh 1"
"Yes, very much. She think, you would .
make a capital playmato for her poodle ,
dog " ' .
Determined attempt at Suicide. A
man of genteel appearance, whose name we
did not learn, while taking a lunch at Mil
lor'. on Friday last, w ilh a most vigorous
lunge, stuck a larpe, three pronged dining
fork into his oien mouth! Wa was not ma
terially injured, there being a piece of cold
roast lamb on the fork !
A Point or Order. A debating society -in
a town "down east," one evening under '
took to discus, lha question "Whether in
temperance or slavery is produce of the t
most evil in the United Stales." A worthy
deacon contending againl the former, propo .
sod to show the effect, of intemperance
npon it. victim. . in "eternity." "Slop,
.top," cried Ihe chairman, "that's out of tki
United Stales. .
The most interesting sight is that of
young lady, with eyes like a "gazelle,"
a voice like a "silver trumpet," with "lips
like rubies," and wilh "chock, that have
stolen ihe carnation from the deathless
rose," with her mouth fall of gmges
bread.
Svnodical Action oft Danciho. Th
new school Presbyterian Synod of Ihe Wes
tern Reserve, at its late meelhi(r, passed a
minute condemning the practice of dancing,
and enjoining on Church sessions to institute
discipline whenever il ovenrs among their
members.
Names roa a Flag. Among the candi
date, for the National Council iu lha Chero
kee Nation, we see the name, of Spring
Frog, Spirit Pot, Laugh at Much, ami
Lightning Bug. For . Sheriff, lite name
of Fish Tail and Pelican Tiger are men
tioned. Bloomers. At a bafl, in llagerstown, ore
tho 4h iust., all ihe ladies present were dres
sed in full Bloomer costume. Also, on the
day following, several of Ihe dear soul, pro
menaded through the sheets fa J'ur, and
alttactud much attention. So say. the Peo
plos' Own.
!tNGt'iA Ball Costume. The Boston
Bee slates lba at lira recent dies, ball t
Newport, oue of Ihe most allraclive ladies
present was attired in a while muslin deeS
utird vp to the waist !
An Indiana paper refuse, to publish tkiri.'
gie. pmiis, but add. : "We will publish
the hiuipl announcement pf the death of
any of our ftietid. wilh pleasure." . .
"AsAiatf diseases Iwrs, ths noue
Is llu deftusive yMtuc, Abumeut "
Cii.isTiAk'iTY commands u. In pas. by in,
jmies; policy, to let them P by u.
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