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NEW SEH1KS VOL. 4, NO. 41.
8UM1UKY, NOUT1IUMI1KIU.AM) COUNTY, PA., SATUHDAY, JANUARY 9 I. 1859
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.Merchant, mid other., advrrli.nn by the
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Buaincsa uttonJcd to in the Counties of Xor
rtliunibeilanJ, Union, Lyvomins and Columbia.
Merer tai
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. 8omeH fi SnmlirriiM, i rhvlml.
IKc.viuiIiIm, Mi Karland Si Co.,
fNiicriiif;, (iooj c. Co.,
JAMES j. naille;
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
PA
WILL ttc!ii1 fHitlifully and promptly to all
profeanimnl liusinenH, in Nortlniiiiliorlniul
nd t'nion colititiia. Ho i iiunilijr witli the
German lannuase.
IIKKICE !- )ppoitp llie 'I-awrenee House,"
few doors from the Court ll.iuae.
Sunliury, Aui. IB, 1851. ly.
sTrino and summer clothing.
IjVEKVBOUV should pinhrarc this opportu
nity to 'l'uy CI.OTHIXli for Men, '..uth
nd Bov, itt mii It priit. na linve never vl ln fu
known 'in Una t'itv. nt CWtiJIiF. CUMN'tf
CI.OTHINX5 ESTAHT.I.SHMEN'!', Simtlt-Enat
('ornerof Market and Nernnd Streets, l'hilndel
phin, emhrsein; a choice of the heit, nioat deaira
blc, and fa.hioualilc
DRESS AND FROCK COATS,
Habit Cloth do., Linen Ltiiliin do,, Tweeds,
A c., &c, tojjetlirr witlt a great ;tiiely of
15cyf" CJithirg,
Consistinfr of Snek Coatu, lV.ka Jac.ls, Mon
key lack'". Vests and Kound Jacket made of
Tweed, l."ufc'ii UrilKrio;, I'loth, Arjiavcn, Kcrea
mier, ljocskiu, Ac, r.
Parlieidar care lias been taken to procure the
new styles for Men and Hoys' fumincr Coats,
Pantaloons, Vols, &c., to whU h lie would invite
pei'iai attention.
ronsi.ti.-. of Shirts, Slocks, tlahdhercliii fs. &c.
mII t" wtitcli are offuic't nt the oicc. I'oistbie
euth jfneet. and os cheap il any oilier Clolliina
tstotc in the 1'riion.
Parents who desire Hot C'totniMi are ear
ti'estly in' iip'.l to pxntniiic the Stock.
( "oinil'-'' S'i.-:cUi'cpp:b cju be uccoininodated at
Vciv l.v.v
croprsE cri.i.v.
'V-c -,- '" v -d ty MarLct Sis I'ivla.
.pri; ! , 1 S." i . H-
tiOHITHINO RODS.
THE snllifciibcr has constructed a LIGHT
NIN'tJ KOU Cn true Philosophical princi
iles, by which buildings supplied with them are
endered lierfectly necurp aL'auist destruction by
i(;htiiirir. 'IMip roiineclinn wild hrtulnion of thf j
vid, as well e lt jirppsraioti of the irMund rod,
s on an enticely new piuu, i:;.iinii; u i.h.io per
pct conductor "than any Itpretmore in use.
Measures linve bi'en taken to sveure Letters
'stent for the improvement.
Persons desirous of seciirius their lives and
rojiprty from destruction by lii;hlniii'r. can line
unductore put up to tln ir liiiihlin. ill 'lie most
erfect and wibstantUI Planner, by upulyini ei
rer pertonally or by letter, to the uu lei signed,
t the follow hie; prices;
'or 40 It. with a (rood .w'rer plated point !10,00
or 40 ft. with &vltt plated point, jiluli-
na tip, l'.'.SO
nd tufcnty cents for tm'' additional f""t over
rtv. T. W. MAC KEY.
Milton, Sept. 6, 151 ly.
Alden's Condensed Reports of Pcnna.
H I'ST Publi-'ud, sud for Bale by the subsi ri. ;
P her the t-roifi IVric of Abbot's Con
nsed Peiiusvlvaiii.i Kepoits, containing the
.t three volumes of Yeates' lieports, uuil two
st volumes of Hiniicy's Kcpiiits. The first vol
ne of Aldcn, emit lining llall.is' Ucports, 4 m1
ips ; ittid Ye iti's' lii puit.i, volume 1, s also on
nd, and for sale. The above two volume arc
inpicte within themselves, ami contain, all til
lias' Ucports, 4 Mil nines, and all of e.iti's'
ports, 4 volumes, besides the two first volumes
Uinney's Keports. The third volume is ready
i will be put to press immediately.
H. It. MAMVUR, Agent
Suhbury, Aug. 16, IdSI.
WATIONAI HOTEL,
SHAM0KIN.
Northumberland County, Fa.
UIE subscrilicr respectfully Informs his friends
and the public tyncrally, that he has open
t new Hotel in the town of b'haiuokin, jVor
rtilicrland county, on the corner of Slianlokin
I Commerce sticcU, nearly Opposite to the
use lie formerly kept. He is well prepared to
oiuniodato his guests, and is also provided
'l good stabling. He trusts his cxgierience,
. strict attention to business, will induce per
s visiting the coal region to continue the li'j
patrouage he has heretofore received.
willTam WE A YE II.
tamokin, April 19, 1M50. tf.
JAIES II. MAGEK
I AH removed froin his old bland, No. 118
ino street, to
6 Dittwijn St., (fcf'n Cul hill if IVillovt.)
re he ha constantly on han 1,
ROWN 8T0UT, PORTEIl,
' Ale it nd Cider,
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION Oft SHirri!G.
, D Coloring, Bottling, Wire and Dottles,
far, tit. For sale as aliove.
siladelphia. April 1 S, 1 85 1 . ly .
ominj Mutual Insurance Company.
L J. U. MASSER is the local agent for the
ahovtt Insurance Company, in Northuinher
eounty, and is at all times ready to (fleet
ranees (gainst fire on real or personal pro.
', or rctiewing policies for th ssme, .
Hihury, April 0, 1851, if, " ,
i-BouWu's elcbratril ink, (nd also Con
m ink for sals, avholessj and reUil by
iccmUr as, 16S0. H D MASTER.
SELECT POETRY.
THE GRAVE OF MY MOTHER.
Who sk-pps beneath
That pleasant spot,
Wheie riwe-bmls wreathe,
Ami hangs ihe wild lort;et-mo not !
'Ti my mother's prave,
That sacred spot !
Where rose ft ml lilies waves,
Ami the blue forut'l-me not.
The myrtle's polished leaf shall lie,
Ami spread us plussy covering o'er
Tim vitilut raise i l s timid eye,
And un llie gale ils fiagiance pour.
Oh. i would the frnsy mound
A a uardon letrace fair,
Wilh Flora's runt lest beauties crowned
And hull perfume should linger there.
Uiiuht birds shall wander Ihete,
And fold lln-ir iniiibuw wings.
While on tin! emiled summer air
Their wild, sweet music tings.
There sunset's puhlen lifrht shall lie,
And biiuhler uild ihe llowevy sod :
But biiuhler shines, in wot ids on high,
Tin) spiiil with lis Saviour, Goil.
Wepp, dewy leuis, pensive Niyht,
And nurse the fleepititi flowers ;
Huv Mom, Amoia brinlil,
HtiJeck wilh yems thess stilly bowers.
Hero softest airs shall ijently play,
And Ian Ihe opotiiii! llnwers,
While through the Ioiil', bright summer
ilnv.
Apart, I'll weep the lonely hours.
Hope smiles, like n cherub from lha skies,
Pointing to those regions fair,
Soothing wipes my weeping eyes.
Softly whispering, Thy Mother' there.
P.HUU 010 It B StiCtCttCS.
TIIE WAY SHE TURNED HIM.
A writer in the St. Louis Spirit of the
H't&l, lei Is a good story about a Western
politician, which is as lulluws :
The most bioletl ami unreasonable patty
man 1 ever met with, was Jack I.)., now a
prosperous and influential Attorney, in
S t'Ctnd v, in this Stale.
At (lie hour o( which I am writinr;, lie
was a ml hut Democrat, ami his chief jib-a-si;re
seemed lo consist in tnakin;' the fact
as notorious as possible to the world. Hi.s
liiends and acquaintances, who knew him
Well, a. id whoin he I.ad repealed ly "vic
timized," vi:h one consent pronounced
Jack a bore, and his politics a nui,ance ;
but, with a stranger the thin;; was essen
tially cliliereiil. Seized by the button, at
the moment ol introduction, Jack would
astonish him by a rapid rehearse! of the ar
ticles of his political cr-ed brant h out
into no intero ttiaVe rhr.jHoily on the maiii
'st ilkliny of the t'r. at iroresit e parly,
anil if the tictini was iiiuimallv passive,
wind up wi'li an eloquent eulogy on the
great ''I did,' as the living embodiment of
his peculiar opinions, and, in consequence,
the greatest man of the age. Such was
Jack D., at the time of our story, acknow
ledged, on every sidej as a firm anil incor
ruptible Democrat. lnit,alas! let us, how
ever, not anticipate but to our story :
One unlucky day, Jack met, at the house
o( a friend, a young lady of great personal
beauty ami accomplishments; attracted by
her loveliness, anil captivated by her intel
ligence, he became iduotis in his atten
tions, forgot for a while his "principle,"
and without inquiring what niiht be the
political preferences of his '-lady love,"
imprudently proposed, was accepted, and
they were married.
The Wedding vVas over, the guests had
departed, and the happy pair had retired
to their chamber, and were snugly enscon
ced in bed, whett Jack, in the course of a
quiet coovers-itioti with his wife, unwit
tingly alluded to his favorite subject, by
casually (-peaking of himself us being a
Democrat.
'What !" exclaimed she, turning sharply
and suddenly towards him, "are you a Dem
ocrat 1"
'Yes, tnadrm," replied Jack, delighted
with the idea of luting a patient listner lo
his long-rest rained oratory. "Yes, madam,
1 am a Democrat a real Jehvrsouian Dem
ocrat, ailfiched to the principles ol Ihe
great progressive party ; a regular out and
outer, double-dyed and twisted ill the
wool."
'Ju?t double and twist voursplf out of
this bed, then," interrupted his wile. "I
am a Whig. I am, and I will never sleep
vi'itli any man professing the abominable
doctrines you do."
Jack was Speechless from absolute amaze
ment. That the very wife of his bosom
should prove a traitor, was horrible she
must be jesting. He remonstrated in
vain tried, persuasion 'twas uselesss
entreaty 'twas no' ro. She was in sober
earnest, and the only alternative left him
was a prompt renunciation of his heresy,
or a separate bed In another room. Jack
did not hesitate. To objure the great and
established doctrines' of his party lo re
nounce his allegiance to that faith thai had
become Identified with his very being (o
surtetuhr these gloilius principles which
had grown with hit growth and strength
ened with his strength, lo the mere whim
and caprice of voman, va utterly ridicu
lous and absurd, and he threw himself from
the bed, and prepared to quit the room.
As he Was leaving the door, his wife
screamed out to him, "I sav, my dear,
when you recant your herev, and repent
your past error, just knock at my door,
and perhaps I will let you in."
The door wa evidently slammed, and
Jack proceeded wrath fully in quest of an
other apartment.
A tense of insulted dignity, and Ihe firm
conviction that he was a martyr iu the
"right cause," strengthened hit pride, and
be resolved to hold out until he forced hi
wife into criUi!?Mati.
Iu the morning the met him as if noth
ing had happened, but whenever Jack ven
tured lo allude to the rupture of Ihe night
previous, there was a "laughing devil" in
her eye, which bespoke her power, and
extinguished hope. A second time he re
paired to his lonely couch, and a second
time he called upon his pride to support
him in the struggle which he now found
was getting desperate. He vented curses,
"not loud and deep," on Ihe waywardness
and caprice of the sex in general, and of
his own t lie in particular wondered how
much longer she would hold out whether
she suffered as acutely as he did, and tried
Unit! lo delude himself into the belief that
she loved him loo much lo prolong the es
trangement, and would come to him w ith
morning perhaps that very night, and sue
for reconciliation. IJut then came the re
collection of that inflexible countenance, of
thaUunhending will, and of that laughing
arid tinpityiug eve and he felt convinced
that lit; was hoping against hopp, and des
pairingly he turned to the wall for obliv
ion Iroin lhe wretchedness of his own
thoughts.
The second day was a repel il ion of the
first no allusion was made to the forbidden
subj-ct, on either side. There was a look
of quiet happiness and cheerfulness about
his wife, that puzzled Jack sorely, and he
felt that all idea of forcing hereto a sur
render, must be abandoned.
A third night he was alone with his
thoughts. His reflections were more seri
ous and composed than on the night previ
ous. What thev were of. of course were
known only to himself, but they seemed
to result in something decided, for about
midnight, three distinct laps were made at
Ins wife's door. No answer and 'he sig
nal was repeated in a louder lone; still all
was silent, and a third lime the door shook
with violent attacks from Ihe outside.
"Who's there?" cried the voice of his
wife, as if just aroused from deep sleep.
It's nie, my dear, and perhaps a liUle
the best Whig you ever did see."
The revolution in such opinions was
radical and permanent. He removed to
another county, became popular, offered
himself as a candidate on (he Whig ticket
lor Ihe Legislature, and was elected, and
for several sessions represented his adopted
county, as a fum and decided Whig.
SINGULAR MODE OF COURTSHIP.
The Rev. Dr. 1 n, an eminent
Scotch divine, and professor of theology;
was remarkable for absence of mind, and
indifference to wordly affairs. His mind,
wrapt up in loft y contemplations, could
seldom stoop to the ordinary business of
lite, and when at any time he did attend to
s-cular affairs, he generally went about
them in a way unlike any body else, as the
nistory ot his courtship will show. He
was gri aOy beloved by his Iders and con- I
K" gallon, was lull ol simplicity antl st--Ci
ruy, and entirely tinat quainti-d wilh the
etiquette of the world. Living the solitary,
comfortless life of a bachelor, his elders
gave him frequent hints that bis domestic
happiness would be much increased by his
taking to himself u wife, and pointed out
several voting ladies in bis roncreoalinii.
any of whom might be a fit mulch or com
panion l r him.
The elders, finding all the hints, had no
effect in rousing Ihe doctor to the using ot
the means, preliminary to entering into a
iniitnirioni.il alliance, at last concluded to
wait upon him, and stir him up lo Ihe per
formance of his duty. They urged on him
the advantage; of marriage its hajipiness
spoke ol it as a divine institution, and as
affording all the eijoymerls of sense and,
in short, all the sweets ol domestifc I if
The doctor approved of nil they said, and
apologised for his past neglect of duty on
account of many difficult passages of Scrip
ture he had of late been attending fo, anil
promised lo look after it, "the first conve
nient season." The elders, however, were
not lo be put oil any longer ; they insisted
on the doctor ut once making use of the
means, and requested from him a promise
that, on Monday afternoon, be would
straightway visit the house of a widow
lady, a few doors from him, who had Ihree
pretty daughters, and who were the mo';!t
respectable in the doctor's congregation.
To solve any difficult passage in the book
of Genesis reconcile apparent discrepan
cies, or clear up a knotty text, would have
been an easy task to Ihe doctor, compared
with storming the widow's premises. But
lo the raising of the siege the doctor must
go, and, with great gravity and simplicity,
gentle reader, you can imagine you see
him commencing the work.
After llie usual salutations were over, he
said to Mrs. W n, "riiy sessions have
of late bei'p. advising me to lake a wife,
and recommended me to call upon you ;
and as you have three fine daughters, I
would like lo say & word 10 Ihe eldest, if
you have no oiij-clions." Miss W- -n
enters, and the doctor, With his, character
istic simplicity sam to ner, "my sessions
have been advising me (o take a wife, antl
recommended me to call upon you,"1 The
young Iddy who had teen tnme thirty Hum
mers, was not to be caught so ea"Hy ; she
l iughed heartily at the doctor's abruptness ;
hinted fo him that in mating a sermon,
was H not necessary to tay something first
lo' introduce the subject properly before he
entered fully upon it ; and at for her part,
the was determined not to surrender her
liberty at a moment' warning -"the honor
of her tvx was concerned in her standing
out." This was all a waste, of lime lo Ihe
doctor, and he requested to tee her sister.
Mist E. W -n then entered, and lo
save time the doctor says, "my sessions
have been advising me to take a wife, and
I had been speaking to your sister, w ho
bat just gone out at the door, and as she is
not inclined that way, what would yoU
thil il.' -'nVt nil' line.
...... V. fo L I t " I
Uor, I dont know; il is tw"- a lerlomlCave into a hog-pen.
Ol UCIUK It. I M .. "
question. Marriage, you know, bindt one
or life, ami it should not be rashly entered
into. I would not consent without taking
time lo deliberate upon it." "My lime,"
says the Doctor, "is so much occupied, and
as my session has said so much to me on the
business lhat I must finish it to-day, if 1
can ; so you had best tell your mother lo
send in your youngest sister to speak to
me." In a moment comes the honeM,
lively Miss Mary W n. "Come away,
my child, it is getting on in Ihe afternoon,
ami I must get home to my studies. I have
been speaking to both of your sisters on a
little business, and I hey have declined. I
am a man of few words ; and without mis
spending precious lime, what would you
think of being made Mrs. L n !" "In
deed, I alwaj s thought a good deal of you,
Doctor; and if my mother does not say
against it, I have no objections." The
Doctor left Miss Mary in a few minutes,
enjoining her to fix the day, for any would
slut him; but to send him up Word the day
before.
The doctor was scarcely home before a
keen dispute arose in llie family among the
three young ladles, nil claiming the doctor.
The oldest one said the offer was first made
to her and she did not positively refuse.
The second declared that she wished only
a little time to think upon it; and the
younger insisted lhat it was completely
with her. The mother of the young la
dies wds in such difficulty with her daugh
ters, that she was obliged lo call upon Ihe
doctor himself to settle the dispute. She
called, and the reverend doctor, in his
characteristic way said, "my dear Mrs.
W n, I am very fond of peace in fami
lies; it is all the same thing tome, which
tif them, and just settle it among yourselves,
send me up word." The doctor was mar
ried to the youngest, and one of his sons is
at this day a respectable; clergyman, "in
the laud of the mountain and the flood."
St. Louis Ihilldin.
Modesty. It is said that a lady once
asked Lord Brougham, the great English au
Ihor and orator, who was the btst debator
in the House ol Lords. His lordship mo
destly replied, "Lord Stanley is Ihe second
madam. .
This is more than equalled by a distin
guished lecturer on phrenology. He lold
h:s audience lhat there were Ihree remark
able heads in the United Stales; one was
that of Daniel Webster, rihother John C.
Calhoun ; the third, ladies and gentlemen,"
Aid the lecturer, "modesty forbids me lo
riiention.
Ol course he did not wish lo have I hem
understand that lie was the remarkable
man of course not. Tlieie are many that
fan claim relationship to the phrenologist,
if not by blood, at least by sympathy and
action.
MECHANIC'S TIIK.
Speiikius uf the middle tanks of life, the
solid and best pmtion of society, it modern
writer iniil'.cs the following excellent te
nia i k :
'There we hcheU women iu all her
glory ; not a dull to osrry silks and jewels,
not a peppet to be (faltered by profane ador
aiionj reverenced, to-day, disenided to mor
row, iil.vnj s jostled Out of the place which
nature would assign her, ty sensuality or by
contempt j admired but not lespee'ed, tie
sited, but not esteemed j rulinc by passion,
not effected imparling her weakness, not
her constancy to the sex she would exalt ;
ihe source and mirror of vanity ; we see her
as a wife, panakiug the cures and cheering
thu ntixieiy of u husband, dividing his toil
by her itotheiitio diligence, spieading cheer
fulness mound an I for his Kike, shaiing the
deuuut lefinemeiits of the world without be
ing vain fo them, placing nil her joys and
happiness in the man shit loves. As a moth
er we find fier th iiireetionatp, the ardent
instructress of tiie children w hom she has
tended from their Infancy, training I lieu) up
lo thought and virtue, to piety and benevo
lence ; addressing them as rational beings,
and picpariug them to becomti men and wo
men in their turn. Mechanics' daugbleis
make Ibo best wives hi the world."
1'rorn llie I'liila. Lotg'-r.
SONG- by t . il. tacv.
Air. Jtamwtt, tft"
I am co'ing far away,
but 1 don't know
where to go,
If 1 should travel hoirio again, they'd lat'gli
nt nie, 1 know,
For I told lliem when I started, I wa bound
lo make u pile,
But could they only see it now, 1 rather
. think they'd smile,
I've prospected lha river and I've helped lo
turn the at ream,
And was dusted on the strength' of that de
lusive golden dream ;
For when we went lo digging; we ulf found
it was a shauik
AnJ we who dammed the lier o'er, found
nothing wOrih B (tain.
i aui going fur away, Lo.
Austrian Butcmkks Field-Marshal Ra
detzky was said to be tailing fast; and (.'en.
Haynau is wandering about like a res'. less
spirit, Iroin one watering-place lo the other,
in a state ot the most confirmed ill health.
He it noW at Lajhach;
Russia Siiecr-Iron j manufactured by
Mr. W. Duvae Wood, at thai McKeesporl
Iron Works, it few miles above Pittsburg, on
the Moiiong ibela river. Il is described a a,
beautiful article, with a smoothef surface, a
finer gloss, and s richer color, than
sheet-iron made in Russia. " .
any
Tuc Mammot.; Cvc -White & Connie
ham, ihe celcbra'.eo pJtk dealers. Ken-
I.... lost smnvArlHil- tha Mninmolh
LOLA MONTf.Z AUaI.N. . .
The New York Herald of yesterday pub
lished another long communication from
Lola Montez, fiom wliich we make a few
extracts. She begins by saying :
f am sure you will not refuse a. stranger,
and that stiangdt n wdtttitti, a little space In
your paper, for an appeal lo an intelligent
and generous community, against unjust and
illibetnl attacks upon her, intended lo pre
judge the people against hpr.
I am sure, too, lhat the good hearted
American people, and of thi noble city,
will listen to an inoffensive stranger, and pro
tect her apainst rude and harsh treatment.
I knttw that American gentlemen and Indies
will frown on nny who nre guilty of rude,
insulting, and vulgar tieatment of a visitor
to their free, hospitable, and happy land. I
know thpy will sympathize with a frmnle
who seeks to deport herself unobtrusively
and becomingly, when she is forced to co
into the newspapers to defend herself ; and
if she shows she is right, I am confident
they will sustain her.
Since childhood, when I first came lo
know nf America, my heart yearned to
visit it. I read of the tales of snflerinu
eiitonnleipd by the Pilgrims who first came
hither I read of the progress of their noble
descendants of their resistance to British
oppression, and of the gloiious deed of
Washington, "peerless amour, ppers," of
Jefferson, and Franklin, and Fulton, and
Jackson. I stedied your institutions and all
my dreams of romance were connected
with yonr happy country.
My career has been one of such vicissi
tudes and adventure, that it almost equals
those given in popular works of fiction, t
sometimes look back on my life and wonder
"is it true 1" "have I existed V' "do 1
live V or "is it all a dream V 1 have
been wild and wayward, but, if i know
myself, never wicked. I can appeal to
every companion or servant in my whole
life, of my own sex, to say if I ever treated
them unjustly, unkindly, ami, I will add
ungenerously. I have been traduced, and
slandered, am! villified more, 1 think, than
any human beini, man or woman, lhat has
lived for a century. If nil lhat is said of
me were true nay, if half of it were true
I ought lo be tin i id) alive, The very alio
cities lo me, themselves show their falsp.
(mods. At the uye of thirteen, injudicious,
bill well meaning friends, constrained nie
to an alliance wiih one much my senior in
years, but who had not my affections, who
di I seek to win I hern, and from nhrirh I was
obliged lo part myself. No one ever accu
sed nie of falsehood lo my vows of fidelity
to him.
In my personal career as a danseust, bav
ins' been in Russia, and being on my way to
Yieiina, I slopped nt Munich. Soon after, I
received from an aid of llie good old King
Louis, an invitation to a royal audience on
the next day. After hesiiating some time, (
yielded to Ihe solicitation of my friends, ac
cepted the invitation, and had an iutviview
wi'h tin; King at nounii.iy. The Kinu treat
ed m with kindness. In a familiar con
versation wiih him about French polities. 1
gave my opinions pieity freely, mid especi
ally iu relation lo siiuie Fieuch editois
whom I was acquainted with. Having al
ways been, as I nm yet, in the habit of ma
king full notes of pi. bite, events; men, and
movements, I was enabled lo be accuiate.
The King manifested great surprise at some
of the Information 1 gave him, and seemed
so deeply interested ns lo ask me to stay iu
Munich, as his guest, for a few days. I at
fist declined, ni!d finally observed, '-Will it
not give cause for scai.'dal against your Ma
jesty 1" The King replied, "No, I have no
fear of thai." I consented to slay a few
days, and renewed my conversations wiih
the King several limes, on visils to him at
his instance. These visit were unceremo
nious. I talked to the King, as I always do
to eveiy one, trulhl ully, Iraully, and wiih
out concealment. I lold him of error and
abuses in his goverment I told him of the
peifidy of hi ministers. Honest and uu
suspecting, he did nut believe it : but I pro
ved il to him. He expressed his gratitude
to me. His Queen was my friend. I expo
sed to him esp-cially the art, duplicity and
villany of his Prime Minister, Barnu D'Abel
a Jesuit, who bad wormed himself into hi
confidence.
The Prime Minister, D'Abel, detei min
ed lo drive me away, and fie plotted
against nie, iitised all kind of (caudal about
nie, gent to France, England, the East In
dies, and Spain, to get false lest iniony
against me. He tepreseiited lo the people
thai I influenced the King lo do all kinds' of
wickedness, and he attributed hit own op.
pressive acts to the King and myself, fu all
these filiation! schemes he failed, till be
culled In the aid of the Austrian Prime Min
ister, Piince Melierniih. Then ihey tried
to conciliate and soothe me, and bribe me
to llieir purpose. 1 wa offered four million
of francs and the title of Princess,' if ! would
consent to aid them lo control the King Id
advance Iheif plan. ' This t indignantly
refused, and immediately exposed Ibeir
offer lo the King. He w aslouished, and
exclaimed, 'it cannot be to. I determined
to ptove it. I agreed upon an interview
with Metlernich't and D'Abel' agent
Baron Milium, lo a room, ine Kin"'ot,j41g
concealed to that be could ber all thai pas
sed. He heard the whole." Ha was conviu
oed of Ihe treachery of those around him,
an J he dismissed hi ministry forthwith.
The successor of D'Abel was a liberal and a
Protestant. My courser strengthened, the
King's confidence in me and augmented the
hostility of the jesuiis to both. They
sought my life by poison ; they sought to
assail my reputation by misrepresenting my
position wilh the Kinp, and Ihey traduced
me lo the people, as influencing the King to
their injury.
I am a humane, unobtrusive, defenceless
dansevse, in a foreign land, with no relation,
and no long tried, unselfish friend to appeal
!o, and can only nsk a libetal aud generous
public lo credit my simple lale. Can I
expect Ibis in vain from the High tnuled free
liberal, and honorable Americans 1 1 do
hope, I do trust, Ihey will not child the
heart of a sti anger, who wishes kindness to
all, by harsh and cruel censure, upon idle
reports and rbmors. Can I ask of my own
sex to speak a gentle word for me, and bo
lefused 1 know 1 have erred in life, often
and again who has not t I have been vain
frivitons, and ambitious proud ; but never
vicious, never cruel, never unkind. I can
riot help it if bad men approach me if bad
men scheme to become acquainted with me
if bad men talk of me and if bad men
seek to make me despise myself. 1 know
but few gentlemen or ladies in America mid
obtrude myself on no one. Some 1 have
been forced to know that I wish I had not
known ; but I have met some warm hearted
and kind jieople, whotii I shall remember
wilh gratitude while I live, t have repulsed
from my doors nil who I have not been as
sured weie worthy correct, honorable, and
respectable gentlemen, and shall persevere
In so doing , nor will 1 associate WilK fools
of my own or the other sex, and I beseech a
generous public to sustain me in my efforts
lo belter my fortune in an honorable profes
sion. I appeal to a liberal press, and to the
intelligent gentlemen who cotitrol it, to aid
mo In exertions to regain the means of an
honorable livelihood. Adieu, kind sir, with
thank for your courtesy, and my best
wishes for jour happiness and prosperity.
KOSSUTH IN HARRISBURG.
DISGRACEtTL rflOl EKDICS.
The Wild Ehlha.iutm l Ilia Fnplt.
Harrisbcrg, Jan. II.
The special train piovided to convey Gov,
Kossuth and suite and the Committee of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, to H.irrisburg, left
llie depot on Culver Street; I'allimbre, ibis
morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, but owning
lo unavoidable detention, in consequence of
the breiiliing or a wheel of one of liiu cars,
the train did not arrive here until about 3
o'clock. The committee and the di.-tin.
guished guest were received at the depot by
the members ol both Houses of the Legis
lature, and a very large concourse of citi
zens. The parly was conducted to sleighs; each
drawn by four horses, aud the procession,
formed entirely of individual in sleighs,
after moving through the principal streets in
the borough, amid much enthusiasm and
many demonstrations of welcome oh the
part of the citizens, finally drew up at Herr's
Hotel, where apartments had been provided
fur Guv. Kossuth and bis suite. The utmost
enthusiasm was manifested throughout.
The party retired for a few minutes after a
few introductions, and immediately after
dinner proceeded lo the Slate House, where
Gov Kossuth was presented lo the two Hou
ses of the Legislature.
The House met at 4 o'clock. About noon
large numbers of ladies began to fill the
Hall of the House of Representatives, and
long before the lime for the meeting of llie
House, all the seats of members of the floor
were occupied, notwithstanding the rule
which had been adopted by ihe Committee.
The rotunda of the Capitol, and especially
the entrance of the Hull of House, presented
a scene of I lie utmost confusion and excite
ment, the dense crowd struggling fur ad
mission, and lavishing imprecations ujhju
the officeis on duty.
The Speaker repeatedly and loudly culled
upon the House lo ome to order, but with
out avail. The Speaker ol the Senate also
appealed to the crowd, entreating them to
clear the rotunda, and allow the Senators lo
pas Into the Hull of the House ; but his
appeal was disregarded by the mob, which
shouted and hooted all the more, aud indul
ged in the most disgraceful, exhibitions of
lowdyism; Mr. Speaker Rhey, of the House
plied hi gavel in vain, and finally give up
the task.
In tho midst of Ihe confusion, Judge
Gillis attempted to address the Chair. 1 lo
hud understood that the Legislature of Tenii
sylvan was lo receive ihe illustrious kos
sulh, but ihe seats of the members w ere oc
cupied by stranger. He hoped that Kos
suth would not be received iu a way thai
vroiild disgrace the Slate,- and moved that
the Conveution adjourn until 10 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Mr. Fiailey, of Schuylkill, rose lo reply,
but bis voice was drowned amid the t'tiouts
of the mob. Everybody rose ft thctir Cvl.
The Speaker called lo Order. ,nlj tt,kiJ
member lo be seate-i, if ythjue
Judge .Gilli said , hat if the Sp.iket
would oriier 'ne oflioer of Ihe House lo
clear lb" HttH of ihe peion who occupied
i pUoes of membeit, ha would take his
seat.
Mr. Fiai'ey hoped the Cotiveutiou would
nol adjourn,
Mr. James niJ it wai burning dis
grace lhat ihe proceeding of & Legis
lature of l'tJmtayliani.i, on an occasion
like this, should be interrupted by a noisy
labile-
Judge Uilijs insisted upon hi motion Id
adjourn. ' 1 ' ' ' ' '
The Speaker finally put bi question, and
the motion IB adjourn was troted down U
most unanimously, but whether by member :
or strangets It was impossible to tell."
The military having been sent 'for' eoorV
after Ihe opening of the House, with a -view
lo dispcrso the mob, and Ihe National"
Guards, of H.irrisburg, Captain John R. Oarj
land, arrived at 10 minutes lo 5 o'clock; and 1
marching into the Rotunda, took possession
of the doors. Several attempted ti fesist)
antl si number bf arreatt were made.' V'K
At 5 o'clock the Governor and Heads of
Departments were announced and entered
the Hall. The confusion was then again
renewed In the rotunda, in the midst of
which the Sergeant-at-Arms announced lha
joint Committee of the Semite and House o
Represenlalives, who entered, Messrs. Kun
kel, of the Senate; and Bonham,' of th
House, escorting the distinguished gurji
Louis Kossulh. .-!
The Chairman of the ComrtilltPe; Mr. .
Kuukel, then introduced Gov. Kossuth lo the
House, and he took his seat beside Gov.
Johnston, on the Speuket's stand.
The noise, confusion and cheering here
became so great that the ceremonies of re;
ceptiun were, for a tiiiip; suspended, and 4
the Speaker ordered the doors to be Closed j
but this was found impossible, the mob
having again acquired the ascendancy iu
their vicinity.
Gov. Kossuth sat rnhnly looking on, not aV
feature of hid face disturbed. The military1
finally marched through the hall, and pass
ing out at the back windows, filed round lo
the front of the Capitol, with a view of
again entering the Rotunda, and clearing it
of the mob. The attempt, however, was
futile.
In llie midst of the confusion Gov. John
ston arose and commenced his address of
welcome to Gov. Kossuth, not a word of.
which was heard beyond the Clerk's desk)
if even ihwre;
- When Gov. Johnston had concluded; Gov.
Kossuth remained standing silent for sorrf
lime, until the doom being closed, he com
menced tiis reply, amid the now deadened
shouts of the crowd outside. His speecti
was listened to with breathless attention by
those inside tho Hall, rind fiequently inter
rupted by shouts of applause.
Gov Kosonih spoke for about fifteen fnlri
li'es, and when he had finished aha Conven
tion was adjourned, aud llienj and not
until then, was the scene of rowdyijat
ended.
During the evening at his apartments, he
was introduced to many members of the Le
gislature; and a large niimbet of citizens,
who called upon him.
Wiiat 1 would bo. If were posessed of
the most valuable things In (tie world, and
was about to will them away, the following'
would be my plan of distribution :
I would will the world (and the rest of
mankind) truth and friendship, which are)
very scarce.
I would give an additional portion of
truth to lawyers, traders, and merchanis:
I would give id physicians skill and lean
ing. I would give io prlnteri tfiefr pay:
To gossipplng women) sliort tdttgu'et.
A Yocnu Mkmser or CotJuRtss. Hon.
Gulusba A. Grow, member of the House of
Representatives; from Pennsylvania, ia tint'
youngest member of lhat body, being only
twenty-six year of age. h is said he earner
from the baekwoodsof Pennsylvania, to com
mence hi education previous to which event
he had been engaged in rafting down the
Susquehanna, and in deer hunting in the Alt
leghauies. He soon look a high rank in hit
class, became a good speaker, subsequently
studied law; and last year wa elected to Con
gresi without serious opposition.
Kew Ki.nd or "Potato its. The editor of
tho Oregon Spectator lately received soma
potato vines, grown on the farm of Samuel
Miller, Esq , adjacent to Linn City, which
boro potatoes both al the roots and upon the
tops. regular giown potatoel above at well
a under Ihe ground.'
A TAVERtf keeper, up iu the Country,
being iu church, fell asleep during ' the
sermon; and let fall a large bible which,
he held in hi lap. The dropping of the
book made such noise thai il started Old
Bonifuce 16 hi feetj who exclaimed aloud,
"There d n il there goes another bottle '.'
rAsiuoN."Why ih such a hurry ?"
said a man to ari acquaintance. "Sir," said
the man; "I have bought a new bonnet for
my wife, and tear the fashion may chansp
befot 1 1 get hamt,
A Lady's Eym.-.& k,Uer writer wyt thai
the slict of ialy are bluer than anything
bo evo, aW, wjia t exoofHiort of Mi
smith' eye. Mi SmuU ' JouS
man he sit up with.
Thc Reading Cotton Mill gitca employ,
men! lo about 350 operative, of whom two
thiids are females, and will produce 9O0Q
yards of muslin shining pel day, . 1
Lola MusNTE, we understand, ha dr
posited her money in Hank to her oifn credit
and it determined hencelurtb to be her ew
mistress. ,-.. f, .... .
Two thousand citizens ol Dayton will be
ia Cincinuati, upon the arrival of Kossutb,
' Emile Gibarpin, late editor of the Pari
Pr esse, i reported to hive become io.sa.iie