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Office opposite the Court lhuse, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Prompt attention lo business in adjoining Counties, Painplilet Laws of 1832. NOTICE is hereby given that the Pamphlet Laws of 1S52 ore received, und ready for distribution to those who are entitled to receive them. JAMES BEARD PiolVy. Sunbury, Sept. 25, 18.VJ. - j7h7& wTb! ha rt, W JI O L K S A. h E (i ROC E R S No. i North 3d St., tthQ.e Cctlloieh:!l, rillLADSLPillA. A large assortment of Groceries always on hand, which will be sold at the lowest pikes for Cash or approved Credit. April ,0, 1832. ly. HARRISBTJRG STEAM W0QD mURNIXO AND SCROLL SAWING A SHOP. Wood Turning in all it branches, in city stvle ond ot cily prices. Every variety of Cabinet and Carpenter work either on hand or tamed to order. Bed Posts, Balusters, Rosctts, Sl it and Quar ter Mouldings, Table Leg, Newell Posts, Pat terns, Awning Posts, Wagon Hubs, Columns, l!our;d or Octagon. Cltjwl llandh'S, &R. i This shoo is in STKAWBF.lUtV AL- l.EV, near Third Street, and as we intend to please all our customers who want good work done, it is hoped that all the trade wiF give us a call. " TT Ten-Pins and Ten-Pin Balls mado to or der or returned. The attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpen ters is called to our new style of TWIST MOULDINGS. Printer's Kigh-U at 1 per !00 feot. W. O. 1I1CKOK. February 7, 1852. ly. 11 O C) K r K L L K R , ' Market Street, gUNEURY. PA. J UST received and for sale, a fresh supply of or Singing Schools. He is also opening at this time, a large assortment of Books, in every branch of Literature, consisting of J'qclrv, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's Books, Bibles ; School, Pocket and Family, both with ami without Engravings, and every of vuri ly of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds. Also just reeeived and fur sale, Purdons Di gest uf the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851, price only $0,00. Judgo Reads edition of Blackstonei Commen taries, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at S 10,00, and now offered (in fresh binding) at the low price of 88,00. A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re specting the estates of Decedents, by Thomas F. Gordon, price only $1,00. Travels, Voyages and Adventures, all ol which will he sold low," either for cash, cr coun try produce. February, 21, 1S52. tl. OUSTERS! THE undersigned is thankful for past fa vors and hopes to continue in the confi dence of his old costomers ami friends and the puU.e generally. He is now in daily re ceipt of the best of Baltimore Oysters, put up bv A. Field, Esq., who is celebrated fur put ting up a good arlicU. His oysters are open ed l.ba same morning, Ihey leave for this place and arc consequently only about 16 hours on the way. 11a can send oysters all directions by stages, boat and other convey ances. Price cans 51,25, half cans 624 cents. N. B. .-Apply at the residence of the sub scriber or at Leo's, or Haas's Hotel. PHILIP SHAY. Northumberland, Oct 16, 1852. If. R CORNKLIL-B. I F. I1AKF.K. W. C. BAKF.lt. Cornelius, linker Co., MAM FATUBKRS OF Lamps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, &c. .fcTORE NO. 176 CHESTNUT 6T Manufactory No. 181 Chtrry St., PHILADELPHIA. f;i J0, J852, tf. Lycoming' Mutual Insurance) Company. DR. J. U. MASSER is the local agent for the above Insurance Company, in Nprthumber. land county, and is at all times ready to fleet Insurances against fire on real or personal pro- MKy, OT jetiWWg policies ioi uim aama. Sunbury, AprU 80, 1851. -tf. l ltNI) BILLS neatly printed on new type -II mamntlr executed at thia office. Also blanks, of all kinds an superior paper. Kmburyi, Feb. M, 186. SELECT POETRY. Frera the Boston PufI 1 THE LOVERS. There was a candle maker man, And hi was very old, Fur it was thirty years or more Since lie began to mould. His business on his face wns wrote, As plain as thought on paper ; His lung nose, running to a point, You ture would call a taper. And flame-like glowed his jolly lip, For drinking hard and siuilling Had made it red, and caublc-like, It brighter grew by sntiiijj. A daughter fair ho had, but ho Was wont to beat nml starve her: Said she, ' I'm sorry lie'ti my fa, Hut wish lhat he was farther.'' And Cupid in her tender heart An airuw dated to thiow ; A that alone would be no use. Ho g.ivc her, loo, n iicuu. B it when her lover rluini'd her hand, The f.iiiher did dispute ; SSaid he, ' Yuut i:s I would lake, But 1 reject jotr su.t " So when the shades of night were spread He lound the house wuuld hover, And Ihutigh lie was no waniur, )et He was a nightly lover. 'My father's coming," ciiod the maid, "Oh ! lover, wuu betide you ' Fur ho will cane, you, I'm afiaid ; lint come with me, I'll hide you." So in the boiler he was crammed, His legs all cramped and benl ; Cried h, ' I have llic topper got, Though he has not the scent " Am! iltcie he pas! the sleepless hours, Of lhat eventful night : Th! time it pissed so heavily, lKf uished lhat it was light. A! early dawn, tn light his fire The cross old fellow cume; Alas ! for luvei'd constancy He felt another .lame. Oh ! maiden, maiden, could you now Your lovei's plight lo see, Your pa, fur luvei's sake, would hale, Fur pa boiled he will be. Oh! now within lhat boiler hot His every limb seem'd fiying; His situation y on will say Indeed must have been trying. Now from his seat he starts, and scared The old man not a little ; Recover liist yoniself, oU man, He cover then your kelllo. And speeding through, the garden walks, The outer gate he won ; Sum after such a inciting down, 1 wonder he could run. HtortUaurou0 awnttir. J.ruia the iointo; It.-public-uno, of Mexico, October 0. COMBAT OF IMLF AS IIOFR'S IK KtTION Hl.l VriCLtV OMCM ASi ON FOOT A0 LLi; t KOUBt.llts O.V llOltSLUAlk. At a lime like this of ours, when there are so few who knowthat valor is a senti ment sprung from love ol lory and the de sire to acouire renown, and that it prompts its possessor to brave and even lo seek the greatest dangers, we shall perhaps be ex cused if ye give our readers the details of a combat which only came to our cars yes leulay. In our naralive we shall studious ly avoid all exaggeration; it deserves im plicit confidence, although it presents facts certainly very improbable and if we pro- ' duce it, it is to prove the unquestionable truth of the Latin adage, auduces fortunu ljuvat, and to tncile travellers to defend themselves whenever they are provided with arms, Some four or five days since, at half past one in the afternoon, the muil coach or di ligence from Arroyazaico was attacked near Tepeji del Hio. It had been raining slightly just before, and the coach was clo sed on one side. In the interiqr ol the di ligence were an Englishman, three Span iard, cne French lady, and our hero, Mr. Albert Speyers, a wealthy merchant, a Ger man by birth ; on the top were seated three Mexicans. " All the passengers at the time of the at tack were dreaming of tiny thing but dan ger, and the first nev s of the arrival of the robbers was the insertion, through one of the windows of the coach, of a pistol, and the pry, "Give up your arms, or you are all dead." "Yes," answered Speyers, lean ing forward, "but bullets and all," and he showed the robber a small two-barrelled pistol. On seeing this the robber crouched down to shield himself behind his horse. Speyers, who had taken his aim, discharged his weapon, while the robber with five others stationed on the other side of the vehicle, did the same. The discharge was without fatal result on either side. Speyers, upon this, heedless of the entrea ties ol the passengers, who sought to re strain him, opens the door of the coach, leaps to the ground, and, pistol in hand, pursues tne roooer mat Had tired at him j and who, in company with the five already mentioned, nan gone to join si j more, who were stationed at sqme little distance on the road. Regardlessof numbers, Speyers, with his other pistol, fires into the group. and then returns to the coach in quest ut more weapons,. When be rfached it, he found all the other passengers accumulated at the bottom of the coach. He specks to them encourages them ; but in vain. He then takes out bit watcb, and all the money in his pockets, and lays the whole under Ihe cushions, when he draws his other two barrelled and one six-barrelled pistol, with which he purposed to pursue the campaign. The former weapon be presents to one of the passengers, exhorting him to leave the coacb and defend himself. Speyers him self prepares the pistol, and offers to place it in the bands of the passenger, but he I trertbles so with fear that he cannot grasp t .' it. On seeing this, Speyers becomes still j more excited, and exclaims; "bince you are all cowards, I shall defend myself alone remain where you are." Meantime the highwaymen were crying, "he is loading again ; fire, fire !" and they poured in the coach a deluge of bullets, which respected the valiant Speyers. The latter, however, loses no time; seizing a firm hold of his revolver he darts forward in pursuit of the eleven robbers, who, on seeing him, leap over the wide trench on one side of the road, there to reload their weapons. Shorlley after they return to wards Speyers, surround him at some dis tance, and cry to him, "We see lhat you are a brave, man, so are we surrender. We do not wish to kill so valiant a man." "Very brave you are, indeed," answers Speyers, "eleven against one." This said, he sets forth in pursuit of the robbers, who fly at his approach. "Why do you fly?" he cries ; "did you not say you were brave ? Come, cowards come, every one of you one by one ; I await you here." Hut their only answer is a s'hower of bullets and slugs, which whistle around the undaunted Speyers. lie replies by u dis charge ol lour barrel--, that prove ineffec tual, in consequence of the incessant move ment of the horses preventing his aiming with any approach to certainty. This general discharge having been made, all the passengers advance towards Speyers; they seize hold of him ; they en treat him to yield up his arms, for they are all going to be victims; he should recollect that there is a lady among Ihem. Speyers resists ; the robbers surround him once more ; then he, pistol in hand, cries: so, I shall surrender my arms cn two condition?.'' "What are they ?" cry Ihe robbers; we swear faithfully to respect them," "Well, then," said Speyers, "the first is, that you will make no attempts against my person; Ihe second is, that you will touch nothing belonging to me." "Yes, we swear it," exclaim all the robbers in a breath. "Here, then, is my weapon." answers Sppyt'rs; "there are yet two barrels loaded." The captain of the band then received the pistol, and all proceeded together to wards the diligence. In one instant all the trunks were torn open, the carpet-bags turned inside out, &.c. the banditti respec ting nothing but what Speyers pointed out as his properly. Meanwhile our hero, sea ted on a case containing the samples of the goods which he carried, was drawing fig ures in the sand with a coolness and sung j'ruid something more than admirable. I he robbery being completed, the high waymen having resumed their seats on horsebark, saluted Speyers, taking leave ol him in these words: "Farewell, brave man ; remember that even we robbers know how lo keep our word." "Farewell," an swered Speyers, ''God grant lhat it may not be forever." In this fij;ht more than thirty shots were discharged at Speyers, Two half-spent balls were the only ones that reached him, when he was searching for his revolver in the diligence one s'ruck him on the arm and the other in the back : a third he found in hjs boot on g'iing to bed, without know ing whence it came. The Englishman had his hand badly injured by a bullet, which even now cannot be extracted ; the driver was also wounded, and the French lady re ceived in her dress lour bullets, which did not, however, injure her. ' Mr. Albert Speyers lost in this affair nothing but his watch and some money, deposited in the diligence and which lie did not claim, having no arms to back his demand. Ye have been informed that Mr. Spey ers isa merchant, established at New-York, and accustomed to travel in caravans a mong the Indians of the North, and on one occasion, behind his wagons, with ten companions, sustained against seventy-five savages a f onibat which lasted from unrise till sunset, leaving more than twenty-five of them stretched on lh ground. We sincerely wish that there were in Mexico a few hundred men ol the Speyers stamp, in order that the highway b;ndjltj might receive the only treatment and the only indulgence tl.ey descrye daily, not withstanding the philantropic tenderness of the honorable representatives who, at most, prescribe a change of climate for the cure ol what they deem a local infirmity. A St I) fitri ItL OF IIILLAND, Ireland is rapidly undergoing a revolur lion, in many parts, such as does net at tract much attention, but such, neverthe less, is a preat revolution. In an English paper before tis, ye see it stated that the county of Mayo is in a transition from the cottier state of society, in which the land was thickly peopled, and held by tenants in very small holdings, ut very high rents, to the grazing system, in which it is occu pied merely by a very few herd? and carer takers, and held either by the landlord him self or by cne or two great capitalist ten ants. The change is Irom being stocked with men, women and children, to being stocked with) sheep and cattle. A wiiter in the London Times, drawing the picture of the change, says : "Ihe whole population of a district ma ny miles in extent are simply turned out into the roads to go where they please, and t;ve or die as they can. Ul course, mere are among them many old people hardly able to get along, many sick persons, many injie cmidren, many women in an advan ced state of pregnancy out they all go to gether. There seems lo be in ll) ejecting landlords a very happy state of indifference to (be question, what becomes of tbs peo ple! But I confess my weakness. I have not yet attained this indifference. 1 in quired anxiously where the people were gone, who, a few months aso. inhabited one of these districts, lately thickly peo pled, and now a sheen walk. I was told by a gentleman, an agent, who stoutly de- lenaed, upon the plea of necessity, the pro- ceedings in question, that Dme of them, who had some little properly, were gone to America ; that many were in the Union workhouse; that some were in the lower parts of Ihe great towns of England, Scot land and Ireland, but thai, in his opinion, the greater part of them were dead." A few years ago, men, women and chil dren were the must profitable stock which a landlord in this county could encourage upon his property ;" Ihey lived upon the worst and least quantity of food, and naid rents which (considering the quality of the land and the total absence of any expendi- lure on the part of the landlord, either in fencing, draining, or ihe erection of tene- ments) would in any country be considered exorbitant. When, however, the potato iauv.1, me i.urndii annual ceasea lo ue a profitable rent paying stock ; and as the Poor Laws had been imposed nearly at the same lime it became an expensive one. Here we have in one word the rationale of the change. The most noble Lord Marquis ot Sligo seems to tie Hie great operator in this chang ing the habitations of men to the haunts of cattle. This writer in the Times, whence we quote, says : "Near Westport for several miles, Ihe most noble the Lord Marquis of Sligo is at this moment clearing away the whole po pulation. A few are already removed ; in other cases their furniture is standing out side the cottage door, and the whole family 'I .1.. .1. . r I are evidently on the point of plunging homeless into the wo;ld. Aeanwhile, a new and well built wall is rising between the road and the had. which is still the ho.me of many lately happy families, it is sad lo see that this very wall, not yet completed, (lor there are breaches in many places, through which the tenants have lo ,emoye their all,) is built of the materials ot demolished homes. 1 he observant eye will see stones still stained with soot, which once formed the chimney of many a cot tage. "fleyond Westport the wall is complete, qnd the people are gone. Ihe most noble Marquis, 1 conceive, will see and hear no more ot them, in this world, at least. The remains of the cottages are here quite en closed wilhiu the encircling wall. The district was cleared a few months ago. "As the traveller goes on he niters the territory of Sir Roger Palmer, and then that of the Might Hon. the Earl of Lucan. Here things are more advanced. A great part ol the land is, already in large grass fields, fed by sheep; fine crops of turnips are mothers, and in some you may see the young grass among the Iresh stubble, All will very soon bear the appearance of a district which man has nevtr peopled. "I cannot exactly state Ihe extent of the district operated upon. It begins three or four miles from Westport, and extends (though not without some considerable in tervals of land belonging to other proprie tors,) almost to the town ot liallinrobe, a distance of perhaps 2") miles. On both sides of the road it stretches as far as the eye can reach. I was informed and believe, (although 1 cannot state ;t ot my own knowledge,) that the Earl of Lucgn sjone has lately laid down on grass about 20,000 acres of densely inhabited lands." What a mournful picture ! What a fright ful spectacle it must be! But il is from the country, where this misery, if not this oppression exists, that we hear the loudest reproaches of our African slavery, and where such books as Ur,cle loins Ca bin find the largest encouragement. . Vctr Vorrt Express. THE Uli-L AD TlUC r.LKFII AST. A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot writing from A'hens co , Ohio, lulls a story, ami ihaws a moiul in this wise ' I huyo just been wandering about Ihe country in search of land belonging to some client of mine, and in doing so have met with mnnv amusinc incidents. Only the other day, as a caravan of rare animals, in eluding one lhat travelled with a trunk, was passing up, not K-dcial Hill, but Federal Creek, in Athens cn., Ohio, it encountered a sturdy Buckeye diiving a large bull. Now this bull, unlike some people, had never 'seen the elephant" before, and when the oilier came in sight, commenced making his fore feet familiar with "tree toil," and his lungs familiar with their accustomed exercise. His driver uud owner warned Barnum's agent to get his elephant out of ihe way. Rut Mr. Uarnum's agent said he would risk his elephant if Buckeye would risk his bull." Whereupon the Western Tauius renewed his bellowina and made a desperate plunge at the liuga monster of n lia. The contest was somewhat similar to certain political ones, lor the elephant, with one blow from his trunk, stretched the bull upon the ground, breaking three of his ribs, and drivin" the breath so far from his body, that it has utteily refused to return. My Buckeye friend was oLIiged to be content with Mr. Bull' beof, hide and tallow, while the elenbant went on his way, driven by . . .. .i his whistlina and whiltlmz attendant. True, the beof owner consoled himself by saying be had beep saved a great deal of trouble, and the fight bad turned out just as he had expected. This should be a warning to all Durham never to attack elephants Qiery. Will John Bull lei the elephant wade over to Cuba without showing tight or not t This was my cogitation as I left the poor victim of ambition weltering in his blood Has a man," asked a prisoner of a ma gistrate "a right to commit a nuisance ?" "No sir, not even the Mayor." "Then, sir, I claim my liberty. I was ar rested as a nuisance, and as no one has a right to eommit m, 1 movs for a non-auit." SHORT ARTICLES ABOUT NFAVKPAPERS. Tub Pres of EyRore and America. There is no such tlnnu; os independence in newspapers in France, Spain, and other countries of Europe Eveiy editor in France has lo deposit 340,000, security money ; and if he should publish any thing lhat could be construed into "an attack on the President and on Ihe principle of the Government an attempt to excite hatred among the citi zon"i 01 nny a,,ack 0I1 religion, family or property," he forfeits the sum, and may be punished by imprisonment for five years, by transpoitalion for twenty yenrs, and a fine from 5,000 to 100,000 francs Neither is he allowed iho right of tru.l by jury. But all offences of lha kind are submitted to a spe- eial liibunal which It probably only an instrument in I ho hands of the President. The press of Spain is in no better condition than that of France, and pretences can be easily obtained for abolishing such papers as are obnoxious lo the governing power. The Spanish editor must be twenty five years old, pay taxes of 2,000 reals in the provinces of Madrid, or, in any other por. lion of its kingdom, from 500 to 1,000 reals. Olfencea of I lie preds are of eight kinds : against iho King and the Royal lamily, the Slate, public peace, society, religion and morals, authority, foreign powers nnd per sons. Ihe Government may turbid the in- production of foreign publication. As n general thing no capital is less profit able than that invested in a newspaper ow ing probaly lo the neglect of subscribers lo pay. The National Intelligencer alone has over S250(00Q owing to it by bad subscri bers. Many of iho city papers, however, after they ate well established and have ob tained a large circulation, make money very rapidly. Tho total circulation of the New Yoik Tribune is 95.000 copies; Ihe annual expenses are about 32n,000, and the annual profits, clear of all expenses of every kind, are upwards of 880,000. The annual profits of savenil other papers are as follows : Tho New York iun, S60.000 ; Journal of Commerce, 45,000 ; Courier and Enquirer, 40.000 ; Philadelphia Ledger, 60,000, Bai- timore Sun, 30,000 The New Yoik Herald j supposed to be worth 150.000 ; the aggre gate number of copies issued in a year is near 15,000,000, 8130,000 are paid out an nually for paper ; tliu income of the office is 40,000 ; the advertisements are worth 150,000. It has fifteen editors and repoiters and eighteen or twenty foreign coi respon dents making in all, including printers, pressmen, clerks, &o., 500 persons employ ed in I tie establishment. Tho United States Gazette, says an ex change, sold a few day since for forty-fiye thousand dollars, nml the Missouii Republi can was purchased in 1838 for twenty-eight thousand, and it is valued now at quo hun dred thousand, and would probably be a good investment at that. ' The New York Sun has n daily circulation of fifty-three thousand, and pays out for paper alone per annum, one hundred and, fifty thousand, and for editors, reporters, exclu sive of compositors, eighty thousand. It is printed on a press which strikes off twen ty Ihousand por hour, and its daily issue is larger probably than lhat of any other paper in the world. It is a penny paper, and con ducted upon the cash system. The Philadelphia Ledger has a daily cir culation of fifty five thousand, and has made its proprietors weallfcy. The Baltimore Sun not long since erected an iron building for ils publication house, at a cost of seventy. fivo thousand dollars. The London Times, the brag Journal of Europe, is said to haye a circnlatjon of thirty-eight thousand, and ils income of S2,000, 000 per annum, its profits are about $500.. 000. This press the Times is said tp wield astonishing influence in Europe. "Slocks fall with rapidity on the stroke of ils edito rial pen, and a leading aiticle front ils gifted conductors, will shake a throne, and may drag down principalities and powers " It is a joint stock concern, and its principal ed itor received a salary sorno years since of six ihousand pounds, or about thirty Ihousand dollars per annum- I's advertising is eiiorm ous, and paid for before it goes into the pa per. Tne new advertisements in a single day have been known lo reach as high a; one thousand and tluriy-eiglit dollars. I'ro- bably ihe income from this source for a sin gle day would be two thousand, or six hun dred thousand dollars per annum. Owing to Ihe tyrannical laws of Fiance, the ciroulaliqn of the press is limited. The ful lowing is the cireulalion pj Ihe pnnjipal pa pers in Paris.; Constitutional, 28,000 ; Sieile, 53,000 ; Presse, 16,000: Dibats, 13.000; Es tufette, 12,000 ; Pays, 12.000; Assemble Naiionnle, 9,000 ; Union, 6.000. Tho circu. lalion of the rest is significant. . The follow ing is supposed to be the num ber of newspapers in the world. l;i Austria 1Q, Afrfca 14, Spain 24, Porlugal 20, Asia 30, Belgium 65, Denmark 85, Rsssia and Poland 90, Piussia 300 -other Germanio Slates 320, Great Britain and Ireland 1000, Uujted States 2800, Di'MNG the joint stock mania of 1842, in England, a wag advertised a oompany for draining the Red Sea, and recovering the valuables dropt therein by the children of Israel in their passage, and by the jigytjaos in their pursuit. A QcKDAar. A baker with both arms in ihe douith. up to bis elbows, and a flea in the leg cf bis trousers. THE I.ADY FREE MISOS. Hon. Elizabeth Si L -ger, was the only fe male who was ever initiated Inlo the ancietil and honorable mystery of Freemasonry. How she obtained this honor, we shall lay beforo our readers, promising that our in for mal ion is derived from the best sources. Lord Doneraile, Miss St. Legei's father, a very zealous Mason, held a warrant and oc casionally opened lodge at Donetaile House, his sous and some intimate friends assisting ; and it is said, lhat never was masenic duties more rigidly performed than by the brethren of No. 150, the number of their warrant. Il appears that previously to the initiation of a gentleman tp the first steps of masonry, Miss St. Lege r, who was a young gill, happened to ba in nn apartment adjoining the loom generally used as a iodge rocm ; but whether ihe young lady was there by deuign or acci dent, we cannot confidently sale. The room at the time was undergoing some alleralion ; among other things, the wall was considera bly reduced in one part, for the purpose of making a saloon. The young lady having heard the voices of Ihe freemasons, and be ing prompted by Ihe curiosity natural to all, to see this rr.yslery so long and so serrelly locked tip from public view, had the courage to pick a btick from the wall wilh her scis sors, and thus witnessed the two first steps of the ceremony. Curiosity gratified, tear at once took pos. session of her mind, and those who under stand this passage well know what the feel ings of any person must be who could un lawfully behold that ceremony ; let them then judgo w hat were the the feelings of a young gill undor such extraordinary circum stances There was no mode of escape, ex cept through the very room where the con cluding part ni" l'e second step was still being solemnized, at the far end, and the loom a very large one. Miss St. Logar had resolu liin sufliccnl to attempt her escape that way, and with light but trembling ctcps glided along unobserved, laid her hand on (he han dle of the door, and opening it, before her stood, to her dismay, a grim and stuly Tiler, with his Ions sword unsheathed. A shriek that pierced through tho apait ment alarmed the memtois of the Lodge, w ho, all rushing to the door, and finding lhat Miss Si. Leger had been in the room during the ceremony, resolved, it is said, in Ihe par oxysm of Iheir rage, to put the fair specta tress lo death; but at the moving and earn est supplicalion pf her youngest brother, her life was spared on condition of her going through the two remaining steps of the sol emn ceremcr.y sl;e had unlawfully witnessed. This she consented to, and they conducted the beautiful and terrified young lady ihiough lliose Iriais which are sometimes more than enough for masculine resolution', little think ing they were laken inlo the bosom of their craft a member that would aftetward reflect a lustre on the annals of Masonry. Miss St. Leger was directly descended from Sir Richard de St. Leger, who accom panied William tho Conquerer to EnRland, and whs of thul high repute that he wilh his own hand supported the prince when he first went out ol his ship to land in Sussex. Miss St. Leger was cousin to General An; thony St. Leger, Governor of St. Louis, who Instituted the interesting lace ond Ihe cele brated Duncaster St. Leger stakes. Eventu ally she married Richard IJworth, Esq , of Newmarket, a member of a highly ponoja tie and ancient family. Whenever a bene fit was given at ony of ihe Iheulres in Dublin or Coik for the Masonic Female orphan Asy lum, Mrs Aljworlli walked at the head of the Freemasons, with her apron and other insignia of Freemasonry, and sa in tho front row of the stage box. The house was al ways crowded on these occasions. The por trait of this esiimable woman is in tho lodge room of almost every lodge in Ireland. MR. IllVrSP THEHFATII OF S l BSTER At a meeting of American citizens, held 16th November, at the American Club, Hue Montniar're, Palis, Mr. Riyes, U.S. Minister, delivered an eloquent address, in which he passed a high eulogium upon Mr. U ebater, and made a comparison between him and Mr, Clay; He aaid It was my privilege, and a gre?.f ope un doubtedly esteem it, lo have served in both Houses of Congress with lliese extraordinary men; and, dilleriug from them, as I some limes did, oil questions of public policy, il now affords me ihe most sincere satisfaolion to bear my humble testimony to the wonder ful endowments which gavo ihem the lead they possessed in the public council of their country, hmiuent as Ihey both were, and standing on lue same line of eminence, there were yet remarkable and characteristic dif ference between them. If I were to venture an opinion n rpgaul to their respective ex cellencies, I should say lhat the one, ihough adorned wiib the highest gifis of the oialor, was yet more pre-eminent as the greol prao tical statesmen and loader j the oiher, though possessing all the acconiplishmenls of the statesman, was yet more distinguished as tho unrivalled orator and jurist. The one, by the force of his character a:;.J will, and his high personal attribute, as'aerled a control oyer the hearts and actions of men; the other, by the majesiio displays of his intellect, wrought upon their minds, and moulded their semi monls and cpnyjotjony. Tfce one will be re memj;ered more by ihe length and variety of bis public service, and the great and ben eficenl measure of national policy yhicb he originated and carried; the other, by the grand and lofty inspirations of bis genius em bodied in bis speeches aua ujacoiiiaae. The o.i resembled hi own Misjinipjai, which traversing immense regions, anr (e3y by mighty and abundant tributaries from ihe right Hnd from Ihe left, bears Ibe galberetjj riches of an empire npori i; bosom, w bilo pouring ils rapid and restless current pir.vaid. to :he sea ; ihe other, ihe aw ful and a'ubiime Niagaro, spanned by the celestial bow, and amiil the thunder cf its caterac', cn.ptyiii seas at a piungo and then, sinking into the' quietude of repose. TliPse great men were equally distinguished by the largeness andj elevation of their viaws. They had foimeil, Ihe noblest conception of the mission ami destinies of their country in the race of mod-j em civilization, and their thoughts, their sen timents, nnd their language were habitually adjusted to that standard. Their feelings were national and catholic, looking always to the preservation of the Union, ns the atk, of our political safe'y, the sole security for our liberties, as well as our peace and pros perity. To lhat great cause the last labors of Iheir lives were consecrated w ith a zeal, and devotion, according to iheir respective positions in the public councils, which will, ever command the honor end qral;tude o. their countrymen. The C. S.SIoup-of-War at. Loals la a Slorra. The United States sloop-of-war St. Louix, D. U, Inialiam, Commander, bound froni Tunis to Tripoli, encountered tho gale when off Iho coast of "Tripoli, and is believed to be one of the few vessels that survived it, It is believed that if the gale had lasted ten hours longer, sbo too would bave been driven ashore. A letter from one of her officers) published in the Delaware Republican, fur nishes the following thrilling account of tha storm : When about 70 miles from Tripoli, tha, wind freshened, and sharp lightning wasdis cernable enrne distance astern of us, although it was ma.viigUt, and but few clouds to bo seen. We had a lair wj.iu, and all sails set. About 10 o'clock on the nigh', of the 20th, we had to lake in all sail double reef Iho topsails and at 12 o'clock had to cluso reef, the main topsails, and foil the fore and mi en, set the storm stay-sail, and heave tho ship o ; the w ind blowing on shore, made us on a loe shoie : by this time there was a heavy sea running and di ifting us on shore) at the rate of 3 or 4 knots per hour . the galo still raging with increased fury all day of the 21st. At midnight il commenced thnudering and lightning, w hich increased so that wo had to furl the main topsail, and could carry nothing but the fure storm-stay sail, and, main storm-stay-sail, both very small sails; the captain called ajl tj.e officers on deckj and battered down the hatches fore and afl ; all anchors ready for letting go, and with! axes in hand we stood ready to cut away the masts, it was a terrifying scgna. The birth deck was scuttled, the wind, blowing and, roaiing so fuiiously lhat we could not hear each otherspeak. While baterngdown the after hatch, myself and men were almost drowned by the for;:e of the water from tha lee waist, which was under water up to our. hatches. It was gloomy and dark, although, the moon was up ; all officers and men drench ed with salt writer, we tun life lines along Its hold on by, all shivering with ihe cojd and, anxious t? see daylight.' The gale still ra-J ging on Ihe morning of the 22d, all down heailed, being so near the shore in such a, heavy gale, (about 18 miles from ihe rocksj what a sulorriu thought that there we should soon be diiveu by the fury of the storm, as she would certainly strike in 9 fathoms o( water. As a last resort, Ihe Captain sailed his of ficers together, and consulted what was best to be done under existing circumstances, and ihey concluded, that in order to prevent such a sad catastrophe, il was necessary to crowd on all sail, which they did close reefing the foresail and main topsail, but it was more than she could bear it put ier almost on her beam end:', thus throwing her lee, and lee guns all under water, which forced itself tin to the hatches, her main yard al most in the water, when, thanks to an ever; ruling Providence, Ihe wind shifted all at once, and such, a happy eel you never saw', some of the officers clapping their hand and rejoicing in the prospect of their fteliv; erance. I should mention, however, lhat just be fore the wind shii'ted, (wo doves lit on the ship, aft, remaining but a few minutus, and then disappparinj, and in a short lime the wind in a measure ceased, when tho biids returned to the ship, as if lo encouragrt the hands still lo hope for deliverance from iheir perilous situation. If it had not calmed when it did, the hip St. Louis would have daahed to pieces, and her officers and crew would be sleeping their last sleep on the rocky shores of Tripoji. During the wholg scene the Captain acted well. The ship finally reached H.alia, on the 30ih of October, encountering bad winds and undei double reefed topsails all the way having been injured considerably, ancj where they would have to go to wink, atv repair her as socn as possible. Ai-stsia (says an English Journal) i run- uiug the career of a bankrupt and a spend. thrift, and only keeps together by eoeicion. Prussia and the other States of Germany are in a strong grasp of a military despot- i i The Legislature of Indianna, at it lato session, ordered a fence to be erocte around the Tippjcanoo battle groaoiL, Frashlim and Washington never spoke longer than tea minutes at a time a goo) eismple for modern orators
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