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Thre coniet to one aildroM, - 5 (K) Povoii D Do It"' Fifteen Wo Do an (HI Five dollars in ilvme will pny for thrre ynt'a anb tfcripttouto tlie Alilviidiil. ; One Pawn or 1A tinea, tt tiinva Dvcty nuliwqnrnt inaerlion, Hk PqiiarO 9 tnontha, 3ix niontliS ne your, Knaineaa CmM of Fitre line", per nnmim, iMerchanta nnd otliern, ndverli.iiiir by the year, with the privilege of iuKiting difftrent ntlveftitenieiit. weL-klv. 1 1 on 8.1 3i in sim Kl Ullll 10 no if Mrgei AiivertiiuiuonU, a. per agreement. A TTOUN R Y A "l LAW, UufiviO!' Bll'.'ndcd to in l!ie (Vuiiilii-K of iCor. fhuinlH'rluiiil, Union, I.vconiiiig nnd Colunihia. Ilrlcr to I r. & A. UovouJt, J.owrr tc Iinrron, n.it ad. ItcyiioMri, McFnrlnnd tc Co., rj.cfin, Good &, Co., J AmCS J. NAXXiXiB, ' " Attonicv pnrT Coimscllor at law, ... . STWLUIIY, I'A. "ffTTIU. nttcnu faithfully nnd promptly lo nil ' profession t I'lisincss. in o-liuinl imIiiiiiI ;nd Union romitii-s. Ho is familiar villi "tlic iormiiti lauirunBO. Ol't'ICE :- Oppocilo tlio "iiawromc Hjubo," 4 few doora from tiie Court Houki. Kunhury, Autr. Hi, 1831. ly. .SPRING AMD STUCMES CLOTEII'TG-. EVEllVBOUV flionld rmlir-.pn tlii o porln liity to buy CliOTHINO for Men. Youth :and l!on, nt auch piii-os n lii'vp nrvrr yet lw.-n Jsiiown "in 'Vii Ci'V, "t fJMOIJ(3B CI J.I.VS i.orniNJ r,sT.iu.f iiM v.st, soutii-Uimi ''oriier of Murkrt nhd Pccond Ht -ecls. rhil.uU ! iliia, finlirnrin; a clioico of tlie Iirst, most dccirii Jhif, olid fiichioniililo .... DRESS AND 1T.0CK COATS, 3Ialiit Cloth do., I.inrn )Jril!iiiB do,, Twcnla, Ac, &c, logclluT with u great variety of '. Ecy3' Clottuij, . 'oniiislitis of Snrk Coats, Polki ,T:ie .ts, Slon '.ey JiirkotH, Vests nnd l.'omiJ Jackets inndo of 'Tweed, I.inrn Drilling, Cloth, Alpacca, Keren 'inier, Doeskin, &e., &c. - I'artiriilnr eare lias lieen t.iken to procure the new atylea for Men mid Hoys Summer Honls, J'Hiitnlootis, Vests, &.C., to wliieh lie woulJ iuxile jiee.iiil nlteiilion. Furnishing .Goods, Consisting of Shirts. StocUa. Handkerchiefs, At.; till of which are ollcred nt the lutnst rosnblr tHish I' rirm, nnd as cheap a any oliier Clothing Store, in the. Union. I'arenta v;ho deire T?ots Ciothiko are far tiestly imited to examine the Stock. Country Storekeejieia ean le. areonimoJulal at ery low ralca. " - f:noKf:s cn.ix. S. E.'Corner 'of Srcnnd $ Marlft Sis Philn. April 13, 1851. tf. LIGHTNING RODS. THE nli.ritwr h eonstrneted LIOIIT NINU KOD on true Philosophical prinei jdes, by whirh buildings supplied with them ro rendi-nwl perfectly ae.curo nirainst destrnrtion by JiKhtniii't. The eonneetion and insiitalion of thn Tod, wcll HsTTprcparatioii of tlu ground roil, is on nn entirely new plan, making a more per firt eondni'tor than any heretofore in use. Measures hne tetn taken to secure Letters I'atont for the improvement. I Teraons deairous of scciirins their lives and irowrty from destruction by liuhtnimr, can have couduelors put up to their building in t!o most p"erfei't and Hijlulniitial manner, by spiilyimr ei ther personally or by letter, to the undersigned, lit the following prices: " ' Yox 40 ft. with a good irrr plated point $10,00 For 40 ft. with gold plated point, filuli- ' 11 a dp, ' 12,M And twenty cents for every additional foot over frlv T. S. MACKEY. . a'l'on, Pept. G, 1SS1 ly. Condensed Reports of Tenna. .Published, and for sale by the subsrri- lenatliv Secaiid Volume of Allien' Cou last lusylvaiiia Keports, rontaiiiing tho lirat Wtiiues of Yeiites' Reports, and two unie of ,f lltiiney t beporta. 1 he lirstvot iiiiim i'VcontHiniiig Dallas' Reporla, 4 vol liand, am.lea' Keports, volume I, U also on roinplete v. The almve two voliiiiics are t Dallas' Kiiji hmiselves, and contain all of Keporta, wvoluuies, and all ot lvates nf Binnry s h besides the two first volumes nd will be pu. The third volume ia reudy is immediaudv. i Bunbury, Aujf. U. MASalKB, AiienU 0I. ATIOi Northuiube I wounty, Ta. I E subscriber reaps . nd the public geneunfonns Ins friends ear llotul in the toliat he has oaui lurlnnd county, on tlr-diamokiu, Nor- . lomiuerce aireeia, nr oi oiiaiiioaiii "ihe formerly kept Unposito to the aet-oimnoilate his guests, aq.!l prepared to with good stabling. He triulso provided and strict attention to business, experience, sons visiting the coal region to induce per eral patronage he has heretofore re tho lib WILLIA.M!. Bharaokin, Apra 19, 1850 tf. yER. HAM removed from hi old tstaiid,'i Vine street, to J18 Ap. 53 Xiiiuit St., (btt'n CaVkill $ ft wkara-ha baa constantly on hau l, . ) - BROWN STOUT, PORT Ei Ale nnd Cider, 1 l v for home consumption or ainpriNo.S "Gad, Colonel, I'll do it ! Here's yotir H. DColoring, Bottling, Wire and Uottlai' , . ' . ' - Vinegar, Ac. For sale as aWe. PUiladelphia, April S, I8ai.-iy. Lyooioing Mutual Insurance Company. , 1 H. J. U. MAKtiUK ia the local agent for the ' liisurunca Coinuoiiv. lu JNorthuniher. y, and is at all time ready to against bra on real ar peraoual L..: ..i;..:.. r... l. - prii , itai-tf. cau's ectebrated ink,- awl also lr alv, whulcale and retail by 1S00. II IJ MAbiXlt. SELECT POETRY. THE 1EACE CP ETJROFE. ! BY J. O. WIIITTIEB. ' ' frrenl pi'are in Kuropn ! Older reiens From Tibet's hills lo Dannlie plains !" Si ay hur kinas niul piieais ; su uy Thrt lying piophuu ol utir day.' ' ' ' Go lav lo rnrth a lislening ear ; Th IraMip of mnii.nileil marehes hoar, ThH rollin" of 1li cation's whorl, The ehotled iiiuskel's murderous pnel, Tlia niiihl iilar.n, lha nunlry' call, Tho qniek-puri'd spy in hut unci hall, Fiom Polar si'ii to tropin fen, . The ilyiris proans of rxih.-d mm, The Imllml cell. I ho palley' elKiins, TIim seallnlil Bitiokina with ils sluins, Order the hush of bioodimj shivea ! lVanc in ihe diingeoii vaull.i and graven! Oh Fisher ! wiili thy world wide r.et , And snares in every water set, Wlinse laliled ki's of lienven nnd lit'll Bull ha d ihe p.ilriul's prison cell, And open "vide Ihe tiantinet hall VVheiB kinsrs ami prions liold carnival ! Wi'tik vassal nicked iii royal guise, Buy Kaiser with ihv lip nl lies ; B iso yaiiililer lor Napoleon's ciowti, B irniieli on his dead renown ! There, Il.iiiitini Nt-apol it ian, (.'iinveed senudal, loiilhed of God nnd mail J Ami Ihnti, fell spider ot tho North ! S'reiehiiip thy ginnt feelers fn'ih. Within whose wed Ihu fieedom dies f)f nalions, eaten up liko ilies ; Spei'.l;. I'riiicH and Kaiei-, Pii'-si and Czar, If this be Penoe, pray w li it is War ? White Aimel of the Lord ! unmeet Th at soil aeeuis'd loi thy pure feet, Never in Slaver) 's deseit (lows The fountain of thy charmed reposo, No Ivran'.'s haml thy chaplet weaves Ol lilies and of olive-leaves, Not with the wicked shah, thou dwell, Thus saith the F.lernnl Oiac.le ; Thy home is wilh the pore nnd free, Stern herald of thy better day, Before thee, to piepare. thy way, The Baptist Shade of Liberty, Gray, searr'd, and hniry-robed, must press With blrrdhir; feet the wilderness! Oh ! that its voire mifiht pierce the ear Of piinces, trernhliii"; w hile l hey hear A cry as of the Hebrew seer I Kepknt ! God's kikcdum ijraweth near ! nr 7 :, Numerous SiittcU. CCL. CRICKLEY'S HORSE. I have never been able (.nys Paul Crey ten) lo ocertain the origin of the quarrel between thn Crickley'siind the Drakes. They had lived within a mile of each other in Illinois, Ibr five years, and from the first ol their acquaintance, there had been a mu tual feeling of dislike between the two fam ilies. Then some misunderstanding about their boundary of their respective farms re veuled the latent flame and Col. Crickley having followed a fit buck all one after noon, and wounded liiirt, came up to him at dark nnd found old Drake and his sons cutting him up! Thi.i incident added-luel to the fire, and from that time there was nothing the two families did not to annoy each other. They hot each others ducks in the river purposely mistaking for wild ones, and then, by way of retaliation, com menced killing of each others pigs and calves. One evening, Mr. Drake, the older was returning home, "with his pocket full of rocks," irom Chicago, whither he had been lo dispose of a load of grain. Sam 13arstow was with him on the wagon, and so they approached the grove that intervened be tween them and Mr. Crickley' house, when Iip observed to his companion. "What a beautiful mark Col. Crickley's old Hoan is, over yonder !" "Hang it!" muttered old Dodge, "so it is." , . The horse as standing under some trees, about twelve rods from the road. Involuntarily around then with a queer smile the old hunter took up his rifle Irotn the bottom ol the wagon, and raising it lo his shoulder, drew a sight at the Colonel's horse. ' "Beautiful!'' multered Drake, lowering his riflt with the air of a man resisting pow erful temptation. "I could drop old Koati so eay !" . "Shoot !" suggested Sam Earstow, who loved fun in any shape, "No, no, 'twouldn't do," said the old hunter glancing cautiously around hitn. "1 won't tell."' said Sam. "I won't thoot this time, any way, fell or no tell. The horse is too high. If he was fifty rods of instead ot twelve, so there'd be a bare possibility for mistaking him for a deer, I'd let fly. As it is I'd give the Colonel five dollars lor a shot." At (hut moment the Colonel himself stepped from behind a big oak, not half a dozen pace distant, and stood before Mr. Drake! "Well why don't you shoot ?" The old man stimmered in lomo confu sion "That you, Colonel ? J-I was tempt ed lo I declare! And as I said, I'll give you a V for one pull." Say an 'X and it's a bargin !" Drake felt ot his ritle, and looked at old Roan. "Wol's Ihe boss worth V he inut- J tered in Sam's ear. " " 'DOUi iiuy. v i he Col, pocketed thetnoney, mutter- ' Hang'j if I thought you'd lake me op. fjtb high glee, the old hunter put a anapon his rifle, stood up in hii wagon jjw a close sight on old Roan. Sam befo.chuckled. 'i he Col. put his hand Gjj face and chuckled too. , out atwent lb" ' Thn hunter tore Sam W, outh which I will not repeat. Old liatonished! 'The Col. laughed. ' Drake : stirred ! ' 3 Otht JUrl a' hi with a face Hack vll'ect pr- r Con - "What's the matter with you, hey I Fus' time Von ever strved me quite such a trick, I swan !" and Drake loaded the piece with great wrath and indignntion. "People said you'd lost yotir nack o'shoot in" observed the Colonel in a cutting lone ol satire. ' ' ' . "Who said so? It's n lie!" thundered Crake. "I C8n shoot" "A horse at ten rods ! ha, ha !" . Drake was livid. Look here, Colonel, I can't stand that !" he began. "Never mind the. horse can," sneezed the Col. "I'll ri.sk yon." Orinding. his teeth Drake produced an other ten dollar bill. "Here, I'll have an other shot, any way," he growled. "Crack away," replied the Colonel, pock eting the note. "Drake hid crack away wilh a deadly aim, too but the horse did'nt mind the bullet in the least. To Ihe rage and unut terable astonishment of the hunter, old Koan looked hitn right in the face as if he liked the fun. "Drake," cried Sam, "you're drunk ! A horse at a dozen rods ho, my eye !" "Just yoti shut your mouth, or I'll shoot you !" thundered the excited Drake. "The bullet was hollow, I'll swear. TIip man lies who says I can't shoot. Lust week I cut oir a goose's head at filtpen rods, and kin dew it agin. By the Lord Harry, Col onel, you laugh, but I'll bet now, thirty dollars, I can bring old Roan at one shot. The wager was readily accepted, and the stakes placed in Sam's hand. Elate with the idea of winning back his two tens, and making an X in the bargain. Drake carefully selected a perfect ball, nnd even buckskin patch, and beaded his rifle. It was now nearly dark, but the old hun ter boasted of being able to shoot a bat on the wing by starlight, nnd without any hesitation he drew a clear sight on old Roan's head. A minute later, Drake was driving through the grove, the most enraged, Ihe most desperate of men. His rifle, innocent victim of his ire, lay with broken stock on the bottom of his wagon. Sam was too much frightened to laugh. Meanwhile the gratified Colonel was rollin? on the ground convulsed with mirth, and old Roan was standing undisturbed under the tree. When Drake reached home, his two sons discovering his ill humor and mutila ted condition of his rifle stock, hastened to arouse his spirits with a piece of news, which they were sure would make him dance for joy. - "Clear out," growled the angry old man. "I don't want to hear any news: get away, or I shall knock one of you down !" "Hut father, it's such a trick " "Blast you and your tricks." " Played on the Colonel " "On the Colonel V cried Ihe old man, beginning to he interested. "Clad, et you've played the Colonel a trick, let's hear it." "Well, daddy, Jed and I this afternoon went out for deer " "Hang the deer, come to the trick." "Couldn't find any deer, hut thought we must shoot something; so Jed banged a way nt the Colonel's old Kuan shot him dead!" "Shot old Roan 1" thundered Ihe hunter, "by the Lord Harry, Jed did you shoot the Colonel's horie V "I didn't do anything else." 'The devil groaned the hunter. "And then," pursued Jed, confident the joke part of the story must please Ihe fath er, "Jim nnd I propped and hossed him up, and tied his head back with a cord, and left him standing under the trees exactly as if he was alive. Ha, ha! Fancy thp Colonel going to catch him ! ho ! wasn't it a joke ? Old Drake's head fell upon his breast. He felt of h'13 empty pocket-book, and look ed ot his broken rifle. Then in a rueful tone he whispered to the boyi . "It is a ioke; but if you ever tell of it or if yon do, Sam Barstow I'll skin you nlive! By Ihe Lord Harry, boys, I've been shootin' at that dead horse half an hour at ten dollars a shot !" At that moment Sam Barstow fell into the gutter. Jed dragged him out insensi ble. Sam had lau-jhed himself almost (o death. .V. Y. Dutchman. Mai.aiu Raisins As soon as the grapes begin to ripen, ihe vine dressers passed through the vineyard and cut the clusters off from thn vines, and leave them on the) na ked ground, turning Ihein over daily, until the heat of ihe sun above and lha" warmth of lh earth upon which they lie, have baked an I di-;d ihem, when they are galh ered up, pot into boxes, and are ready fur use. Cate lias lo be taken, however, that Ihu fruit does not gel wet while undergoing this process. . A voung bi'ck, who belongs to the inde pendent driiik-oi-let-it-aloiie-jii8t-a-l-please. without signii:g-thu-plede.fralHrnily, jnjpcd the question to a pretty girl of out acquaint ance a tdiort time since, who brought a still deeper blush to his always blushing counte nance, by replying that as she had signed a pledge to neither drink or tiaffio in ardent spiiits, she- did not feel at liberty lo traffic herself off for a hogsheal of brandy. : Mr. Press married her second husband, not because she admired the sex, but just be cause he ias the size of her first proleclor, and would "come so good lo wear his old clothes out." Considerate woman that, Mrs. Press "can't beat to see anything go to waste," as Mrs. Mullenay observed when she fried her potatoes with an end of a candle. .' - , -. When a dog gets his head fastened in a fence., it i i uiibafo lo extricate him, unless you enjoy the jikaaure of his acquaintance THE POWER OF THE PENCE. , j The Rev. J. B. Owen, M. A j of Bilston, in the course of a valuable leclnre, recenlly de livered in the Liverpool Conreii-hnll, in con nexion with the Church of England Institu. tion (and which wc are happy to see publish ed in n seperate form) upon "Popular Insu lance," related nn anecdote strikingly illus trative of the power w hich lay in the hands of the workitiginen to promote their own so cial comfort and independence, if they would only exert it. A Manchester calic.oprintor was, on his weddinr day, persuaded bv his wife lo allow her two half-pints of ale a day ns her abate. He rrfther winced under the bargain ; for, though a drinker himself, he would have preferred n perfectly sober wife. They both worked hard ; and he, poor man, was seldom otil of Ihe public nonse as soon ns the factory closed. The wife and husband saw littlo cf eacli other except at breakfast ; '.nil, as she kept Ihings tidy about her, and made her stinted, -and even selfish, nllowance for housekeeping meet ihe demands npon her, he never com. plained. She had her daily pint, and he, perhaps, had his two or three quarts, and neither interferred with thn other, except nt o ld limes, she succeeded, by one little gen tle artifice or nnnther, to win him home an hour or two earlier at niuht, mid now nnd then to sppnd nn entire eveninff in his own house. But these were tare occasions. They had been married a year ; nnd, on Ihe mnrniim of their wedding anniversary, the husband looked askance nt her neat and comely person with some shade of remorse, n ho observed, "Mary, we'n had no holy day sin' ve were wed ;' and, only that 1 have'nt n penny i' th' world, we'd take a janut lo th village lo see thee mo'hcr ! "WouldVt like to go,' John ?" asked she, softly, botween n smile nnd a lenr, In hear him spenk kindly as in old times. "If thee'd like to po, John, I'll stand treat." "Thon stand treat !" said he, with half a sneer, "hast cot a forlun, wench 1" "Nay," said she, "but I'n potton thn pint o' file !" "Gotten whatl" said he. "The pint o' ale !" was the reply. John didn't under stand till the faithful creature reached down an old stocking, from under a loose brick in tho chimney, and counted out her daily pint of ale in the shape of 365 three-pences (i. e. C4. lis. 3d.,) nnd put it into his hand, exclaiming, "Thee shall have thy holyday, John." John was ashamed, astonished, conscience-smitten, charmed. He would not touch it. "Hasn't thee had thy share? then I'll ha' no more," he said. They kept their weddin;-day wilh old dame ; ami the wife's little capital w as the nucleus of a sc ries of investments that ultimately swelled into n shiip, factory, warehouse, country seat, a caniage, and, fir Blight Mr. Owen knew, John was mny ir of his native bo roiT"h at last. Goi.n Silver, and Tis, in New Mexico. A citizen of New Mexico has exhibited to the editors of Ihe Washington Hepnblic spec imens of gold, silver, nod tin, found in that territory. The gold is in small panicles, and was found mixed with copper. The sil ver ore is of a very fair quality and appear ance; and the recent discoveries of it in New Mexico, the gentleman asserts, give reason to form expectations that a very large quantity of il may be obtained w hen suitable exploration and examinations are made. The tin, too, ulthongh seemingly of little valuo w hen compared w ith the more precious metals, is believed In exist in latge quantities and, from its general utility, it is thought will add greatly lu the wealth 'and resources of this legion. . - . riKi.icioV is Onv.iios. A writer from, Or egon, hi giving a sketch of religious mallei s there, bus the follow ing facts and figures ; Populatiou of ihe Territory, '29,000 Methodist F.piscopal Church Ministers, 15 Methodist Protes'ant Ministers, 4 Congregationalist Ministers, 6 Baptist (Missionary) Minuter, 5 Baptist (Anti-Missionary) Ministers, 6 Presbyterian (Old and New 1 Mmibler. 4 Associate nnd Associate Refoimed Mini- lers, ' " 3 Cumberland Presbyterian Ministers, 4 Protestant Episcopal, . . " J The Directors of the Bank of France have jnt had constructed in the middle of the garden of that building extensive cellara the niasomy ot which is nine feet In thick ness. These cellars, which, al Ihe slighest alarm, may be immediately filled wilh water, and Ihe entrance to which is, besides secured by thick iron doois, nnd intended to receive ihe immense mass of gold and silver both in coins and bars, w hich forms the re serve of the Bank.' ' . .New MrmoD or Ampctativa Limbs. Some operation hare been performed lately at Vienna, by mean of platina wira heated red hot, which hat been found to sever the flesh with as much ease and celerity at a knife.. . Oue great advantage offered by tbit method, it tba very slight effusion of blood caused by the wire -as a dividing instrument. , . ,-, ; t . ' . No Room "oa Both. Soma ona says The ghost of Charlotte Corday flits through the chamber of the Tuilerie.;' If tbit ba tiue, Louii the Little had belter step out at ' People should not think cf courting repose till thev have ' done conrtino the girls. Love it a much a'sitanser lo contentment a ruuiJer, POETRY. NEW ENGLAND. by wHiTTira. Land of the forest and Ihe rock Ol dark blue Inke nd mighty river Of mountains reared aloft to mock The storm's enreer, the lightning's shock My own green land forever I , , Land of the beautiful mid brave The freeman's home Ihe mnrlyr's gtave The nursery of giant men. Whose deeds have linked wilh every glen, Ami every hill and every stream, The romance, of some warrior-dream ! Oh ! never may a son of t hint, Where're his wiiinleiina steps incline, Foraet the sky which bent above His childhood like a Jream of love The stream beueuih the green hill flowing The broad-armed trees nbove it growina The clear breeze through . Ihe fuliuge blow inir : Or hear, unmoved, tho taunt of scorn Breathed o'er the brave New Kuglatid born; Or mark Ihe stranger's jaguer hand . Disturb Ihe ashes of thy dead Tho buried ulory of a land Whose soil w ith noble blood is red, And sanc.tilied in every part, Nor feel resentment, like a brand, Unsheathing from his fiery heart ! Oh ! greener hills may catch the sun Beneath ihe glorious heaven of France ; And streams, rejoicing as they "mil Like life beneath Ihe day-beam's glance, May wander where Ihe orange bough Willi golden trnit is bending low ; Anil there may bend a brighter sky O'er green and classic Italy And pillaied fane and ancient grave Bear record of another time, And over shaft and architrave The gieen luxuriant ivy climb J And far townrds the rising sun Tho palm may shake its leaves on high, Where (lowers me open one by one, Like stara upon the twillight sky, And breezes soft as sighs of love " Above tho broad banana stray. And Ihroiiith the Brahmin's sacred grove A thousand briiiht-hued pinions play ! Yet unto thee, New England, still Thy wandering boiis nhnll stretch their , arms, And thy rude chart of rock nnd hill Seem dearer than the land of pulms ; Thy mussv oak and mountain pine More welcome ihan the banyan a shade J And every free, blue stream of thine Seem richer than the culden bed Of oriental waves which (jlow And sparkle with tho wealth below. Qistoriral. OEK. AKTIIUK GO It GEY. . In a "History of Hungarian War," now in course of publication in Frazer's Magazine, we find the following reference to nn officer who occupied a most prominent position in the Hungaiian nrmy, nnd whose conduct ex ercised a most powerful influence upon his country's destiny. He hud particularly dis tinguished himself at the unfortunate battle of Schwcchat, fought almost under the walls Vienna, at w hich time he simply held the rank of major. The tinsiiccesful leader in the battle, Gen. Mora, was compelled to re sign, and Kossuth immediately placed the chief command of the national forces in the hands of Gorgey. The writer then goet on to sav t Arthur Oorgey, formerly a subaltern in the Austrian nrmy, resigned his commission at a time w hen no patriotic motives could have ptompled that step. Poor nnd unprotected as ho was, il is to be ' presumed that the slowness of a military career jatred upon his impatienl'nmbition. 'Though no other pro fession was open to him, he resigned the scanty pay of a subaltern with Ihe same syn- ie.nl' indifference , which he displayed, on other moinentona occasions, and he devoted himself lo a life of misery and piivalions. Ill-dressed, fed, nnd lodged, he passed sev- pral yeais in ihu chemical laboratories at Vienna and Prague. Even at that lime, his military bearing, tall and active figure, sa turnine aspect, the roughness and studied bintality of his address, his neglected hair and beard, and the torn and filthy raiment which uppeared a , matter of choice rather than of necessity, awakened the curiosity of strangers, and nmused and perplexed his friends. He preferred, or pretended lo pre fer, the coarsest food, and even of this ha ate sparingly. He would leave his wretched attio to sleep en a stone floor, or on the hard and fiozen earih.' 1 it all this was much dis. cipliue,. but aUo much temper and affecta tion. He. delighted in appearing mysteriout unaccountable, impf nelrablo. The obtrusive contempt wilh -which he affected to regard octal' custom and the opinion of men be frayed his desire for notoriety. When Jellachioh invasion threatened Unnsary, Mr. Gorgey offered bit ervice to the B uihyaiiji cabinet. They were readily accepted, and he was charged witn tne or irauiaaiinii and the commaud of a free corps, and instructed lo cleienn ine vauaavi uo Danube, near the island of Carpel ; While on this station, hit troop captnred Count Zichy-, a wealthy nobleman and descendant . . t . i i p.i... of an old Hungarian family. .Tbit man waa taken under cireamstance which warranted the Bravest suspicion. On being searched, docament wore found upon him which left no doubt that be carried on a treasonable eotrespondence with the enemy, and thai he was in the habit of informing Jellachich of the plana and movement of the Hungarian The practice . of. espooung the palionai cause openly, and of continuing ecrol com munication. , with the cabinet of Vienna, 'or tbu Croaliau invaders- had become general So great was the iadifferenee or daplicily of the Austrian ofncei, who then commanded almost all Ihe native corps, that an extensive system of espionage wa carried en by Hum- ber of officers, noblemen, nnd gentlemen, who, doubling Ihe end, wished togriithe good opinion and to merit tho thank of either party. The rules of war of all nations know but of on? punishment for a tiailor and a spy. "' In the present instance,' the culprit was a nobleman, a member of the emperor' household nnd the scion of an il lustrious and powerful family. The Count Zichy was tried by c.ourt-marlial condemed, and executed. The government nt Ptsih confiscated Ihe condemed traitor's posses sions, and the result proved that Major Gor gey' act was as judicion a it was jnst. It terrified the double leaders, and drove them to Ihe imperial standards where they did no harm whatever to thecaus'e of Hun gary. Hence Majnr Gorgey had a twofold claim on M. Kossuth's confidence. Hi en ergetic operations against Ihe Croatian re serves, which he captured, and his gallantry at Schwechat, showed that he, at least, was not inclined to dally with the enemy. The "murderer of Count Zichy," ns the Austrian journals called him, was a doomed man, un less Ihe Hungarian struggle proved success ful. No other native officer, had given equal proofs of zeal, energy, nnd devotion. M. Kossuth's selection of a commander-in-chief was, moreover, highly fluttering to the national Magyar party, and lo those Hungarians who had served in Ihe Austrian army. This class of persons received an important additions to their numbers by the w holesale desertion of Ihe emperoi's Hunea rinu noble guard, who at an early period of the struggle left their splendid barracks nt Vienna wilh the hope of greater licence nnd splendid fortunes in the ranks of iho nation al army. The services of these young men were highly prized by M. Kossuth nnd the parliament. Favors and promotions were lavished upon them ; nor were Ihe motives ever suspected which induced those military adventurers to discard the Hapsburg colors for the Hungarian tricolors. Mr. Brace, in his work on Hungary, gives the following sketch of this extraordinary man, and in many respects takes a simi lar view of his character to that given above : There i much truth in the remark Gor gey never had the least smypathy with ei ther the virlues or the weaknesses of his countrymen. A man of cpld, etern nature, of few words and tremendous deed, he al ways laughed over the Magyar fire, and eloquence, and patriotism. Despite the falseness he displayed nt last, there is something striking about his character. If he was a traitor, he was no common one. His career commenced in a characteristic way -by his hangingup, where he was only a major, one of the first noblemen of Hungary, for treachery, ns sternly and in differently as if the man had been a tun away drummer. The affiir made a great noise, and brought his name very promi nently before the public. His after course was consistent with this : as cool in a dis charge of grape, his officers say, as he was at the council board. They have told mo they have often seen him, in the midst of a fearful charge around him, silting quietly on his horse with pistol in hand : but not for the enemy. The moment he saw a man flinch, he shot him as unrelentingly a if he had been a dog. He seemed to others utter ly cold and indifferent to what men usually Ion" after. He always professed, amid his most splendid achievements, he would ra ther bo teaching chemistry than leading an army. When Kossuth sent him, on one oc casion, 200,000 gilders (.100,000 dollars to make a provision for hit future, and, in or der not to offend him, enclosed it to his w ife, he sent it back with ihe remark "If I fall, 1 6hall not need il, and my wife can be governest again, as she was before ; if we are conquered, and 1 escape, I can be pro fessor abroad ; if we conquer, and I survive the victory, I need no money now !" After oue of his great victories, the min istry tent him certain decorations and orders of honor ; be put them aside with a sneer, that "such gewgaw were not the thing for a republic !" People have told me that, af ter the storming of Ofen, Iho only words on the lips of the people and of ihe army was 'Gorgey ! Gorgey .'".but wilh all Ihe de monstration before ihe quarters, he never even showed himself, and remained coldly wilbin, indeed expressing himself that "this very bombardment was the ruin of Hun gary !' He always sneered at everybody even the friend that idolized him ; and win almost , iho only man in Hungary who wa perfectly indifferent uudur Kossuth' eloquence. Amid the splendidly dressed Hungarian officers, he always appeared in bit old major't coal, and in boot which he had not taken off peibaps for a week. ' A lady told me she met bim, aftei the taking of Ofen,' in a vile looking coat, wilh a great hole in one of the elbow.' She remonstra ted with him for wearing tuoh a thing. : "Pooh !" he said, "1 ahall be known through all my rag '." i T v '. . 'Ah l"1 said she, ' pointing to ihe rent, "see the Diogeuea ' peeping through the hole !" at which be eeroed very unusually, disconcerted. . t .. ; , - ,. ; -; And I have no doubt the lady had hit the matter eiaotly. Il was not that he was in different to people' opiniouv He look ;tb very couse to show hi owu pride ; bis ru ling trait teem to have been a mean, nelfi.h pride. 11a wa unspeakably jealous of Koisuth,' and would lather ee Hungary a hundred time tinned,' thaii that it shoulJ conquer under him. THE ORLEANS FAMILY. The decree of Louis Napoleon, ronf seating the Orleans estates, it i known o our read ers, has created no little dissatisfaction in France, especially among; those whom the tWpei had railed lo hi confidential coun sels. The Washington Globe supplies the following statement of facts in reference to this matter, which w ill be read with inter est : . The Orleaks Family. Loni Philippe, who was an ambitions man and fond or pow er, was still fonder of money, and always kept an eye lo the main chance. On the day before ha mounted ihe Ihronp, in August, 1S30, he executed a deed of gift a dotation the French call it in faror of hi children! of all his vast property, amounting lo about two hundred million of france, reserving to himself the usufruct of it, by which ihe con veyance remained inoperative unlit after hi death. The rponson for the deed of gift was this: By the laws and usages of France, for a long lime back, a person coming to the Ihrono ceased to own private property, and nil thai he was in possession of previously became, ifsojacto, vested in the Crown ; that is it was annexed to the sovereignty, let that sovereicnty be where it might. This law Louis Phillippe disiegarded, and thought that by his dotation he would secure to his family all his enormous wealth. , There was some discussion about his proceeding at Ihe time, but no resistance to il, as the "Citizen King" was then loo powerful and too popular lo be resisted. And so things went on during his reign of seventeen years and a half. When he went into exile in 1848, his dispositions wilh regard to his propetty were respected, nnd continued so to be until Ihe 23d of Jan nary last, on which day Louis Napoleon, by a decree of about a dozen lines, confiscated to the use of the State Ihe whole of Ihe es tate of Louis Philippe included in hi dota tion, on the around that that act was illegal, and lhat on his accession, his estates vested by operation of law in ihe sovereign, with out respect lo the person. The lawyers dif fer about this; but the usage and ihe prece dents are against tho dotation. Henry the Fourth attempted to do the same thing lhat Louis Philippe did, but his designs were frus trated by the Parliaments then judicial tri bunals and he finally acquiesced in their decision. S3000 Reward. A Mr. J. W. Ray, of New York city, offers to mechanics, invent ors, nnd others, in view of the many acci dents occuring on railroads, and with a de sire to promote the safety and comfort of rail-way passengers, tho following premi um : . , 81,500 for the best invention for prevent ing loss of life from collisions, and from the breaking of axles and wheels. $800 for ihe best method of excluding dust w hen in motion. J?400 for the best railway bieak. f 300 for thn bent sleeping or night seat for the railroad cars. Quail. A Detroit paper states lhat with in a few weeks Rowe & Co., of lhat place have shipped to Philadelphia, and other eastern i-iiies, the enormous number of eighteen thousand five hundred and seventy six quails, near five thousand eight hundred g roust) of prairie chickens beside several thousand partridges and other tare tit-bits of the feathered tiibe. To secuie this for Messrs. Rowe & Co., some four hundred person are employed in this Slate, Indiana, .Illinois, Wisconsin, &c. , WEATHER WISDOM. ' - .The following are a few of the 'old taws' relating lo ihe weather, which abound in Great Britain, viz: . , . . . , 'A rainbow in the morningr, Gives the shepherd warning J ' 'A rainbow al nighl Is the shepherd's delight." "Evening red, and next morning gray, t , Are certain signs of a beautiful day,'', . "When the glow worm light her lamp, Sure Ihe air is always damp." - , "If the cock goes crowing lo bed, ' He'll certainly rise wilh a watery head." "When you see a gossamer flying, Be sure Ihe air it drying." 'When black snails cross your path, Black clouds much moisture hath." "When the peacock loudly bawls, Soon we'll have both rain and squall " ' '' "If the moon show like a ilver sfiielJ, tio not alraid lo reap your ueld." . ''When rook fly (porting in the air, It show that windy storm are near." Br far Ihe greatest plank road project in this country, says the Detroit Tribune, ia that from Milwaukie to Mackinaw, through the counties of Saginaw, Midland, Gladwin,, Clare, Missaukee, Omuna, Calkusea, Antrim. Charlevox, and Sheboygan.' The line CJl said road is tome two hundred mile long, extending through an unbroken wilderae. 'Archbishop Huohu intend to deliver' lecture on the subject of religious liberty, a' connected with the Cathnlie religion in that' United State. We hope lhat he will' not" forget Ihe condition of religious liberty In' Europe, and routiaat lhat condition wilt re liyiou liberty in t fc.it country, m- f . , , ' ,f MoicbooESA, er Yellow Seat, ' tW Oinaha Indian, asked if he ' had" not' a nan lo speak to bia Great Father (Preeidertt Fill- more,) "for, when had he ever stolen )' or a home or a blanket from hiro V
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