UN BURT mm H. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. Sl jFamtly iictos))ipcv-Dc)otc5 to iiolWcs, siteraturr, moraifm, jfoitJflix ano Domestic ileitis, Science ani the arts, acrfculturr, .fttnrltcts, amusements,' Ac NEW SERIES VOL. ff, NO. 40. SUNI1URY. NOKTIIUMnKIlhANU COUNTY. PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1833. OT.D SERIES VOL. 13. M).G? 1 0 M TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. ?'!1E, AMERICAN ll rml.liahnt every Saturday at TWO IXH.t.AUS per annum lo be id hnlf yearly in uvnnce. No paper uiacontinued until all arrearage! are 4id. . All eommnnicntinnf or lettert on bu.ine.fl relnling to the office, to insure attention, muit be POST PAID. TO CLUB3. '""aree copies to one addreu, St.1 00 Seven D no lUbO I ii teen Do Do So 00 Five dollars in advance will pay for three yeat'a aul criptiuu to the American. One Sounie of 10 linei, 3 timea, tvetv auliHoiiiienl iitnerliun, One Square, 3 moiitha, tix iniuilii, One year, Rneiitesa Carda of Five linee, per annnm, MerciiuntM mid others, advertising; by Die year, with lite privilege of iiiRe'rtiiif different ndveitiaeineut. weekly. 17 larget Advertiscmenta, n. per agreement. tino 85 300 6IHI euo Sua iooo H. B. MASSEP, ATTORNEY AT LA V , 6UNBURY, PA. Business attended to in the Counties of Nor thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia, liefer to I P. &. A. Kovoudt, Lower & Barron, Homer & Snodsrass, Reynolds, McParland & Co., Spcring, Good 5c Co., V Philad. H. J. W0LVERT0N, ATTOPwlTET AT LAW. OFFICE in Market street, Sunbury. adjoining the Office of the "American" and opposite the Post Ollice. Business promptly attended to in Northumbcr land and the adjoining Counties. Kv.rtn to : Hon. C. W. Hcgins and B. Ban nan, Potlsville; Hon. A. Jordan and H B. Mas scr, Sunburv. April 10,' 1852. ly. HENRY D0NNEL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office opposite the Court House, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Prompt attention to business in adjoining Cotmties. TO M. ROCKEFELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW KIWRI KY, PA. Dec. 13. IR.-jI. tf. II. L. SHINDEL, ATTCF.1TET AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA. December 4, 1S52. tf. HARRISBTJRG STEAM WOOD TURNING AND SCROLL SAWING SHOP. Wood Turning in ull its branches, in city style and at city prices. Every variety of Cabinet and Carpenter work cither on hand or turned to order. Bed Posts, Balusters, Rosetts, Slut and Quar ter Mouldings, Table Le;, Newell Posts. Pat terns, Awning Posts, Wagon Hubs, Columns, Kound or Octagon Chisel Handles, &. W This shop is in STRAWBERRY AL LEY, near Third Street, and as we intend to please all our customers who want good work lono, it is hoped that all the trade wit' give ui a call. IS" Ten-Pins and Tcn-rin Balls made lo or der or returned. The attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpen ters is called to our new style of TWIST MOULDINGS. Printer's Riglcts at $1 per 100 ffct. W. O. HICKOK. February 7, 18.12. ly. WM. M'CAIITY, BOOKSELLER, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA. JUST received and for sale, a fresh supply of FVAXGF.LIC.4t. Mt'KIC or Singing Schools. He is also opening at this time, a large assortment of Books, in every branch of Literature, consisting of Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's Books, Bibles; School, Pocket and Family, both with and without Engravings, and every of vari ety of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds. Also just received and for sale, Purdons Di gest of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851, price only SG.00. Judge" Reads edition of Blackslonc, Commen taries, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at $10,00, and now ottered (in fresh binding) at the low price of SG.U0. A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re specting the estates of Incidents, by Thomas F. Cordon, price only $4,00. Travels, Voyages and Adventures, all ot which will be sold low, cither for cash, or coun try produce. 'February, 21, 1852. tt. Dilworth, Uranson 5 Co. Importkhs or & Dealers in Foreign and DoBiiestic HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C. AV 59 Afarier St., I door belote 2d St, PHILADELPHIA. WIier they always Zeei on hand a large sloe of every variety of Hardware, cutlery, etc. Wm. Dilworth, Henry D. Landis, Samuel Branscn, James M. Vance. October 10, 1855. ly. " WAIT TED. WANTED Pennsylvania lands from 100 to 10,000 acres for cash or trade in ex change for City property. Apply to b ' J. A. UURDWICK, Real Estate Broker, 107 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, January I, 1853 2m. R CORNELIUS. I. F. HAKER. W. C. BAKER. Cornelius, linker 5 Co., MAXUFATURERS OF Lamps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, &c. STORE NO. 178 CHESTNUT ST.. Manufactory No. 181 Cherry St., PHILADELPHIA. April 10, 1852. tt . Lycoming; Mutual Insurance Company. TAR. J. B. MASSER is the local agent for the U .hove Insurance Company, in Northumber land county, and is at all times ready to effect Insurances against fire on real or personal pro perty, or renewing policies lor ins same. 8unburv, AprU 26, 1851 if. -ii.tTV P17MP9 A small number of these J excellent pumps bar beta received and are .tT.re4for.al. H. B. MASSER. ?unVur, Nv. , UM. SELECT POETRY. From Hie London Leader. THE NEW ARISTOCRACY. A title once could only show The signs of noble birth, Ami men of rank were year ngo The great ones of the earlh, Thoy deemed it just the crowd should shrink, Before I he cap and gown ; They Ihoughl it wrong the poor should think ; And right to keep them down. Those were Ihe days when books wete things . "The people" could not (ouch ; Made for the use of lords of king.., . And only made for pitch. To work ihe loom, lo till Ihe soil, To cut ihe cosily gem To tread Ihe round ot daily toil Was quite enough for them. Timo was when just to read mid write Were thought a wondrous deal, For I huso who wake with morning light To earn their daily meal. The man a more submissive slave The less his head piece knew ; Anil so ihe mass from habit gave Their birthright to the few. Now look abroad, the light of Truth I spreading lar and wide, And that which fills the Enilih youth, Must shame our ancient pride. 'Tis mind alone can wield the sword, In spile of wealth and rank The artisan may face a lord Willi thousands in the bank. Wf scorn not those of high degree, Fur se 'l were wrong to do ; But poorer men as rich can be, And quite as noble too. The prince may act a gayer part, But he who ivoiks for bread May have perchance, a warmer heart, And p'raps a clearer head. Then grieve not for "good old times," Behold a brighter day ! The causes of our father's ciimes Are wearing fast nway. Before the Pen, Ihe Piess, the Rail, Must "Id opinions fall ; The mighty project cannot fail Then aid it one and all. 3. Select Sale. THE LITTLE OUTCAST. DY SIRS. DHNNISON. 'M.ivn't I stav. Ma'am ? I'll do anything vou rive me-cut wood, go after water, and do all vour errands.' The troubled eyes ol tlie speaKer were tilled witn tears, u was a mu inai biuuu at the outer door, pleading with a kindly- ..a . 1 I 1 I. . 1 .., I looking woman who still seemea to uouui the reality of his good intentions. The cottage sat by itsell on a bieaic moor, or what in Scotland would have been called such. The lime was near Ihe latter end of Sentember. and a fierce wind rallied the boughs ol me only two naKeu trees near me house, and fled with a shivering sound into lis il I ttie narrow doorway, as u seeking imi warmth at the blazing lire wunin. Now and then a snow Hake, touched with its soft chill the neck of Ihe listener, or whitened the angry redness of the poor bov's benumbed hands. The woman was loth lo grant the poor boy's request, and tin? peculiar iook stamp- ed upon his features would have suggested to any mind an idea of ueprav.ty far beyond ins years. R ,i k, .m,r,o l.onrt rnn d not resist Ihe sorrow in those large, but by no means handsome grey eyes. 'Come in, at any rate, till the good man comes home. There, sit down by the fire ; Lu u i " uinuu t - you look perishing with cold; and she drew a rude chair to the warmest corner ; then Kiisnicioiiilv rlancin2 at the child from the corners of her eyes, she continued selling the table for supper.. Presently came the tramp ol heavy shoes ; the door was swung open, with a quick jerk, and the 'good man' presented himself, wearied with labor. A look of intelligence passed between his wile and himself; he too, scanned the boy's face with an expression not evincing satis- faction ; but nevertheless, made him come to the table, and then enjoyed the zest with which he despatched Ins supper. way auer oay passeo, anu yet tne ooy begged to be kept 'only till to-morrow ;' so the good couple afler due consideration, concluded lhatas long as he wasdoc.le and worked so heartily, they would retain him. One day in the middle ol the winter, a pedlar, long accustomed to trade at the cot- lage, made his appearance and disposed of aguuu. Kr.uMjr, 11 iic uau ul-c, wauru for. You have a boy oul there, splitting wood, I see,' he said pointing to the yard. 'Yes, do you know him V I have seen him,' replied the pedlar evasively. And where! Who is heJ What is he! . -it- Ik J i . Jl .. A tail Diro,' ana ine peaiar swung nis pack over his shoulders; 'the boy young as he looks, I saw in court my.e 1, and heard his sentence ten months. Ile'n hard one. You'd do well to look carefully after h.m.' Oh' there was something so horrible in ih. umrd tail Ihe noor woman trembled as she laid away her purchases; nor could she be easy until she called the boy in, and as- sured him that she knew the dark part of his history. ysnamea,uisu w-u, u v.mu "o his head ; his cheeks seemed bursting wiih the hot blood ; his lips quivered, and an- guish was painted as vividly upon his fore- head as if the word were oranaea 1010 tne fleth. 1 W.ll. he muttered, his whole frame re laiing as if a burden of guilt or joy had ud denly rolled off, ! miy as wen go to ruia at ones there's no uit in me trying to better everybody hates and despises me nobody cares about me I may as well go to ruin at once.' 'Tell me,' said the woman, who stood off far enough for a flight, if that should be ne cessary, 'how came you to go so young to that dreadful place? Where was your mo ther where V 'Oh !' exclaimed the boy with a burst of grief that was terrible to behold, Oh ! I haint got no mother ! Oh J I haint got no mother ever since I was a baby. If I'd only had a mother,' he continued, his anguish growing vehement, and the tears gushing out from his strange looking grey ryes, 'I would'nt ha' been bound out, and kicked and cuffed, and laid on to with whip. I would'nt ha' been saucy, and got knocked clown, and run away, and then stolen because I was hungry. Oh 1 I ain't got no mother I haven't got no mother ever since I was a baby.' The strength was all gone from the poor boy, and he sank on his knees , sobbing great choking sobs, and rubbing the hot tears away with his knuckles. And did that old woman stand unmoved ? Did she coldly bid him pack up and be off the jail bird 1 No, no; she had been a mother, and tho' all her children slept under the cold sod ill the church yard, she was a mother still. She went up to that poor boy, not to has ten him away, but to lay hpr fingers kindly, softly on his head, to tell to him to look up and from henceforth find in her a mother. Yes, she even put her arm about the neck of that forsaken, deserted child; she pour ed from her mother's heart sweet woman I words, words of counsel and tenderness. Oh ! how sweet was her sleep that night : how soft her pillow! She had linked a poor suffering heart to hers, by the most silken, the strongest bands of love : she had plucked some thoins from the path of a lit tle, sinning, but striving mortal. None but the angels could witness her holy joy, and not envy. Did Ihe boy leave her ? Never ! He is with her still ; a vigorous, maul', promising youth. The low charac ter ol his countenance has given place to an open, pleasing expression, with depth enough to make it an interesting study.- His foster-father is dead, his good foster mother aged and sickly, but she knows no want. The once poor outcast is her only dependence, and nobly does he repay the I rust. liOM.t.Vfi: IN REAL LIFE. The sale of the greatest flax mill on the Continent, savs the Paris rnrresnondent of London nanr. Kihir.tprl on lh frontier c0. to Courtraf. has been the rreatest commercial event of the week, but would 0L. 0f little import to us did it not exempli- y ir,e prognostic or the advent of women h0 the rule , of the commercial world in i. - . - . r ranee, as well as thatol the world of pol iticsand that of gallantry, which they have s0 jong SWayed. The purchaser of that vfJ,t concern is Madame L , to whom ;t was knocked r!own after the warmest competition on the nart n( some ol the 1 I greatest mul owners of Europe. 1 he histo- ry 0f this lady is perhaps one of greater in- t. rest than that ot many of Ihe wisest men and bravest conquerors of the earlh ; exhib jtm, moreover, the French element of character in its most striking and advanta gPOi;s light Madaine L is Ihe dati?hlerof a rner- chant at Marseilles, and when sllil verv young was married to a Catalan olhcer in tu(? service of Don Carlos. During the hole of the disastrous war which preceded ine enure aeicai oi tne rretenner, ana nis r,m c: m,.i o r i iiiiui riiiuuitni iiuiii w'Lani. iuatmuir m-4 fiU-u I .ho fr,,n.r hur hnst.arwl nH It ivaarlf,..hle.,l1.rin.Tlhie;mpnf hnrdshin and danger that both minn and body be- came fortified to the task which was stihse- I qunntly imposed npin her, During one of the skirmishes in the mountains her husband was shot. .Madame L with her own L J..I..-L: . t n i .1 J I nanus un; ms grave, nun lieu into uie uerij- est solitudes. She well knew that neither her sex nor her foreign birth would have saved her from the fate of all connected with the for'unes of Don Carlos. The pea sants of the district, although destitute as hersell. tv.rs le fprnrinn. than the soldiers 0f her majesty, and she took shelter in the ruins of an oid convenl, situated on a deep acclivity, frequented only by Ihe shepherds Who came from Ihe valley below to tend their flocks. Wood was the only comfort which could be had during tlif long and dreary winter; of this Madama L , un- aided, laid in a good supply. By attending ,0 the sheep and stabling them during the ni Bhe obtained a scanty crust for her- Uef and milk for her children without cost ,qa a itte w,je th inconvenience and osg 0f ,ime occassioned by the obligation t0 asceiid the mountain on the pan 01 me women, when employed in bringing food or messages to their husbands, led her to oiler to share her refuge with the poor le- male peasants during the day. I he great reiectory or the convent was soon clearea out by her industrious hands, and present ly each morning beheld the arrival of the I J whnl villa ,7 .1 ,u ,her. it wa, found b; ' wom(,n far ' cheer- fu arid peasanl,0 iit and lnin ihe livelons U9V ; , n warma hnl ' , . , , ' with their nlavmat ih i n tho hours in drearw utrhin,, r. ih. t,.,cKnd'. return, each one alone in"her solitary hovel, worried with the cries of hun-rv children, and prevented from working by the daily journey up to the mountains. The only u.tu mauama Ij recti- ved for many montha from each of her guests wis a weekly handful of spun wool, which she would no and then fell at tha lur.inv iown By degrees, and bv dint of management - and industry, she was enabled to purchase - I for herself the raw wool of the shepherds, sou 10 ior wen instead 01 materials 00 trrom iqeir wvts, eeiors ine s jrumer was over she had already contracted for the labor of most of her protegees, and at the very next sheep-shearing became the pur chaser ot more than half the wool. The winter following was one of immense pros perity in the village. No longer lorced to wend their weary journey to the town in search of a precarious sale ol the produce ol their labor, nor up the cold mountains lo bear provisions for their husbands, the woman found a buyer for the whole of their work in the person of Madama L who, during the second spring alter her establishment in the convent, was enabled to take a journey to the frontier, and there to contract with one of Ihe greatest Wool buyers of France for Ihe produce of her next winter's spinning. In three years the old convent of F was found converted into a spinning factory; in fine, it was re nowned throughout the commerce of Ihe north for Ihe beauty and fineness of its pro duce; and at this day it is the most impor tant and thriving establishment of the kind in all Spain. "Madama L has four of these great factories constantly employed in the coun try, seven ol divers dimensions in France, besides several flax and cotton mills in Bel gium, to w hich, by her, late purchase, she has added the most important in that king dom. She is now one ol Ihe most wealthy industrial capitalists of Europe. She is courted and applauded ; associates with the highest individuals in every country she visits; is the guest of sovereigns when treat ing commercial questions of importance. She possesses, to the full extent, the influ ence she desires and deserves, and yet she has retained the simplicity of taste she had acquired while sharing the adverse fortune of her husband, and the only selfish luxury in which she has indulged since her acqui sition of wealth is the magnificent monu ment of while marble which greets the as tonished eyes of the traveller in one of the wildest and most solitary passes near Pro- beda, and records, in letters of gold, that in lhat spot is buried 'Ia"0 L aed 27, ; who fell in the service of his country.'" I From Ilrnry Alford's Poems. THE DEAD. Tho dead alone ato si eat ! While heavenly plants abide on eaith. The soil is one of dewless dearth ; rt . . . . ' But wnen tney die, a morning shower Comes down and makes their memories flower With odors sw eet though late. The dead alone are fai, ! While they are with us, strange lines play Before our eyes, and chase away V01 8 ll?.h,i. but lct lh.em Pale Rnd d,e' And swell ihe stores of memory mere is no envy there. Tho dead alone are dear ! While they are here long shadows fall from onr own Inrms, and darken all; But when they leave us, all the shade Is round our own sad footsteps made, And they are b:ight and clear. The dead alone arc blest ! While they are here, clouds mar the day, jsaiiia I'mci tiiutT'inui ii 1 1 nun And bitter snow-falls nip their May ; But when lha tempest-time is t! The light and heat of Heaven's done, own sun Broods on their land of rcsl. HOW TO SPEAK TO CHILDREN. It is usual to commence the management of children either by corporeal punishment, nr by rewards addressed to the senses, and by words ulone. There is one ether means of government, the power and importance . i .. i. : .u I . l PBr.. i (he Wan voi(!fl A blow be innicled ... , .. , . , .. ....,i. . u" ",0 """ -"""I"""" "'" I . i . ,ll,erel, a" IO coiiiiiernci eniire.y us inientieti 'he parent may use language, in the correclion or the child, not objectionable ' i's"-. e spoken in a lone which more than defeats Us influence. Lei any one en- deavor lo recall ihe image of a fond mother long since al rest in Heaven. Her sweet smile, un.l ever clear countenance, are brought vividly to recollection ; so also is her voice ; and blessed is that parent who is endowed with a pleasing utterance. What 1 is it w hich hills Ihe infant to repose t II is Bn " M mero worus- J nee " " charm 10 11,0 unlnughi one, in letters, sylla. hies, and sentences. It is ihe sound which strikes its little ear lhat soothes and eompo- ses it lo sleep. A few notes, however un- skillfully arranged, if uttered in a soft lone, are foum t0 possess a magic influence. Tlink we ,Dai this influence is confined to ,he crad,e . N0( it j. difTuwd over every affe. .a ceaW. no. while the child remains age, and ceases not while tne cnild remains under the parental roof. Is the boy growing rude in manner and boisterous in speech T I know of no instrument so sure to control these tendencies as Ihe gentle tones of a mother. She who speaks to her son harshly does but give to his conduct the sensation of her own example She pours oil on Ihe In Ihe pressure of already raging llama duly we are liable to utter ourselves hastily lo children. Perhaps a threat is expressed aloud and irritable lone, instead of allay- ihe passions of the child, it serves di rectly lo increase them. Every fretful ex pression awakes in Inm ina same spirit which produced it. So doe. a pleasant voice call up agreeable feelings. Whatever dis nosiiion. therefore, we would encotnage in a child, Ihe same we should manifest in Ihe lone which we address it. Cfcr-iarin Regi)' ' iT if pr0,ed by statistics, although it seems peihaps hardly probable, that more deaths and serious accidents annnany occur from the use of "burning fluid" in Ihe U. S. Iban from steamboat explosions and railroad 1 accidents combined. Prof. Silliman says I that, if his word were law, there should I never be another drop of it used in the or. 1 rimary lamps now xept in snors ana iami nee. FEATS OF A GIPSV ASTONISHING DELI' SIO.1. The Washington Republic states that dp tain Robt. Perry, a gentleman of respectable landing, and of considerable means, recent ly visited with others a band of gipsies, near Bristol post office, Ann AiunJel co., Md , In order to see if they could put them on the trail of the robbers of a stoie in the neighbothood. One of Ihe gipsies, it ap pears, selected Captain Perry as a victim, and told him that if he would grant her a private interview with bim, at his house, she could disclose to him a treasure of great value on his farm. The interview was granted, when the gipsy told him she could do nothing until he e.hibi'ed to her $1,000 in current money. Capt. P. had only S835 in Iho house, but subsequently borrowed $200 more, when another interview took place, the result of which is thus detailed by ihe Republic : The money was counted, placed in a shot bag, enveloped in brown paper, and again wrapped in cotton cloth, and was placed in a trunk, which was locked, and ihe key ta ken by Perry. It was ihere lo remain for some days la three days the gipsy relum ed, and she and Perry had an interview alone. The trunk was opened, and the bun dle was found exactly as it had been pla ced. He was required then lo go upon his knees, in order that her incantations per lormed over the trunk and money might have their full effect. While thus engaged her cloak fell upon the trunk, but she quick ly replaced it on her shouldeis. The myste rious proceeding being ove, Perry was cai led to examine the trunk, and found it all right, he relocked it and pocketed the key. He was now lolJ that Ihe woik was done, and that on the 9th day she would return, and if the money, &c, in the liunk were all right, she would be at liberty to point out to nim ,he exacl 'ot'a'i"n of the treasure on his farm. She further told him that if she were detained by sickness or other cause, he was to open the trunk himself, and would find ihe necessary instructions. It can scarcely be credited that a man possessing his ordinary sense should have been so led away by Ihe hopes of gain, yet it is true that the trunk was saciedly kept closed for the 9th day, (a Saturday) and ihe gipsy did not return. Preforiug to receive ocular realization of his hopes by the person al aid of the gipsy to trusting lo written in structors from (he invisible world, he de layed opening the trunk, in hopes of her re appearing, till last Monday. He then tin locked it, took out the bundle, removed the various wrappings, and found a shot bag which he hastily opened, and found some 200 coppers and a few leaves of tobacco ! The gipsy had substiitited this bundle for the one containing his money. Without informing his family or friends of his mishap, he obtained the services of two or three persons, and, mounted, they hastened to this city in pursuit of the gipsies it being stated they had come this way. Ascertaining that some of ihem were resid ing in Ihe First Ward, he stated the above fact to Justice Drury, who issued a warrant to search the premises of the gipsies. The officers visited the place, and the op. pcarance of ihe parlies presented the most squalid and wretched poverty ; no furniture, save some beds thrown on the floor, was found in the house. Two of the betls were om,pje( by women in confinement, inood . 8lacB wa, pieenled lo Ihe search, and, lied i up jn handkerchiefs, rags, in tin kettles, ' . & ,he officprs fum nfe nimnti. . . . , , :. : amounting il is said, to al least 820,000. Cant. Perry could , . , of money lha greater ' r.r KaL-ti-fr hfl.n in hills of B;illi- KLn r could he identify either of 1 W I 11'" V I . .-..-, - ' - " the women here as the woman who had promised him the Ireasure. Since them wiih Ihe aid of several officers, he has been scourino the neighboring counties 01 virgin- , n ni, Marylarnl, but, np 10 Sunday night, obtained no knowledge of his fortune- luer, . 0 regret to have it to say lhal any one I ,,ouM have been so unfortunate a lo fall a vi4.,im ,0 iuch superstitious fully, and still ! furlher hav. to tegret lo add lhat Capt. Per- j ... Sal,irJay. I10, content wiih the serious .'I. k- h,,i Td. ac.uallv visited a L..nn ha had received, actually visited a professional fortune-teller in this city, to be informed where il was likely he could fiud his lost money. Akothxr Lottsrt Grant. Another ap plication has been made to the Delaware Legislature for a lottery grant for nine years. The sum offered for this privilege is 81)0,000. Delaware still legalizes this shameful busi ness, to the injury ol thousands both in that and surrounding States. The large sum of fered for the privilege, shows Ihe profitable character of this species of gambling, and how wide-spread must be its mischiefs. A Faithful, Servant. We heard yester day of a liille incident which will go as far to counteract the baneful calumnies of "Un cle Tom's Cabin" as pages of declamation and argument. A gentleman travelling down the Missis sippi not long since became acquainted on the boat with a lady, who, with her six children, was on her way lo Colifornia. She had only one servant, a negro man, who had gone to California alone, worked hard, and eul one thousand dollars to hi. mistress to enable her and bar little ones lo come oul to ihe far distant gold region.'. The fsot psaks ve!umee N. O. Tuyv ANECDOTE OF DR. LVMAM BEECIIER. When in the early years of his life, Dr. Beecher was living in Litchfield, he passed a Sunday In New Haven. He dressed in homely simplicity and was diffident in con versation, so thai it was no ea) matter lo judge of his quality. Dr. Strong was thpti settled over a Congregational Church in lhat city; and professional usage required that he should entertain Beecher at his house and invite him into his pulpit. He looked dis irus'ingly tipnn Ihe plain country pastor, and lamented the terrible necessity. But there was no alternative, except through a viola tion of courtesy. Beecher sal meekly in I he pulpit, through the morning and afternoon, bul was not asked to take any part in the service. In ihe evening Strong intimated to him, very coldly, thai if he choose to do so, he could preach for him, and was shocked by his acquiescence. "A man who will accept an invitation, tendered in such a way as this," thought Strong, "connot preach a sermon fit for any congregation lo listen to I He was mistaken, however, for Beecher had barely less piide than genius, and he felt keenly the coldness of Ihe great man, as Strong was then considered. Tho evening came on ; the church was brilliantly lighted, and thronged with the beauty, fashion, and iuteligence of '.hat home of gentleness and learning. Strong had of fered the evening prayer, and was sitting In stern ill humor, while the choir was singing the hymn to proceed sermon. Beecher became restless, and his face was (lushed wiih a sudden excitement. He turn ed to Strong, and inquired in a low hurried voice, if the sermon could be a few moments deferred he had left his manuscript in hi8 chamber. 'No,' said the Doctor, wiih exultant but ill- natured sharpness and grasped a bible lo select a text for himself, glad thai an acci dent was lo relieve him and his congregation from ihu mortifying infliction he had dread ed. He was to fast. Beecher had been stung to the heart by his manner, and recognizing the words of the last lines of tho hymn, he sprang to the desk, and before Strong recov ered from his astonishment, had announced his text for an extemporaneous discourse. It is the will of God ihoughl the vexed and humbled pastor, and prepared himself to listen, with christian resignation. For a few moments ihe young preacher spoke with a slight hesitation, as if, while giving his introduction, he was revolving in his mind an extended argument. Soon his voice rung clear and loud, his sentences be came compact and earnest, and his manner caught the glowing fervor of his thought. All was hushed but his impassioned tones; the great assembly was still as death ; and leaned forward, with blended wonder and admiration, the pastor felt stealing over him from the hushed air, the rebuke of his Mas tcr, fur his harsh judgment and cold treat ment of his young brother. In afier life, he used to relate Ihe story, and ;onfess that he had never heard such eloquence as that of the homespun young Beecher. Philadelphia North American. KANE EXPLOnlXO EXPEDITION. The second expedition projected by Henry Crinnki.I. lo the Arclic Sea in search of Sir John Franklin, will be despatched in the couise of April next. It i composed of ihe Advance, ol ihe former squadron, still in ex cellent order, wiih the exception of her keel, which was destroyed by the ice. A picked crew is lo man her under ihe command of Lieut. Kane of the Navy, and her destination is the region of Smith's Sound. Sledges, India rubber boots, the dried flesh of deer called penuriican, and Greenland dogs are fell to be provided, wiih whatever else can give success lo the umleriakiiig- Scientific men will accompany Ihe Expedition, and we are pleased to learn from the TVi&tine lhat the British Admiralty, through Cp! Sir Francis Beaufort, the head of lha Hydrographic Department, have sent lo D-. Kane a supply of recent chails of ihe Arctic region, accom panied by a very kind proffer of co-operation and advice in his approaching expediiion tn the North by way of Balliin's Bay. Dr Kane lias accepted the liiendly offer, and has written requesting suggestions upoi sev eral features in (he organization of bis party. This is by no means so simple as might at first sight be supposed. In a sledge evpedi lion, where every man carries his life on bis shouldeis, lite system of provisioning is re duced lo a most minutely estimated mini mum, and il becomes impnrtsnt to calculate ounces. The tenting, the sledges, Ihe changes of clothing, everything, eveti the extra box uf percussion caps, must be exactly arranged beforehand. On all these points the exten. sive experience in Ihe possession of the Ad miralty will no doubt be of greal advantage to Df. Kane and his companions. Wo leain lhat the expedition is otherwise in active pre paralion, and will ba ready lo start al the earliest datu to ascend Baffin's Biy with the opening of the ice in the spring. A Devilish Goon Toat. Al a lypngrsph. ioal festival held at Columbus, Ohio, on Ihe 17tb inst., Mr. Hartis, of lha Ohio Cultivator, gave the following toast: . "The Printer' Dcvit-Harmless, if kept in his place." And suiting the action lo lha word, he poured the contents of his goblet Into an oU that'. An olJahoe is called a printer's hell, and a receptees! for old type - to Ants. DUN J rRANKI.ISJ LRTTER TO A YOt'Mi I WOMA. i The Boston Post gives five copies of un published letters from Dr. Franklin, which have recently been found in that city. Tim following one seems to have been addressed lo a lady with whom ha was on irtimn''! terms previous lo his marriage, and win was single at that time. "Philadelphia, October 16, 1755 De.irKa- ley: Vour favor of the 18th June came to hand, but on the 23.1 September, just Ihieo months after it was written. 1 had l.vo weeks before written to your brother Ward. I hear 5-ou nie notv in Boston, gay and lovely as usual. Let mo give you somf faiherly advice. Kill no more pigeons than you ca.i eat; baa good girl, and don't fpr.-t your catechism; go constantly to meeting or to church until you get a good husband; and then stay at home and nurse ihe child'cn, and live like a Christian. Spend your span: hours in sober hist, piayois, or learning to cypher. You must practice 'addition lo yo:;r band's estate by industry ant! fruaaliiy-'sub- straction' of all unnecessary expanses. '.Mul tiplication' he will soon make you master of. As to 'division,' Isav with brother Panli let Ihere be no division among ye,' but as your good sister Hubbard is well acquainted with 'the tule of two,' I hope you wi!l be come as expert in 'the rule of three' that when I have again ihe pleasure of seeing you, like my grape vine, surrounded wiih clusters, plump, juicy, blushing little rogues, just like their mamma. Adieu, the bell rins, and I must go among the grave ones to t.dk politics. B. F." LOUS NAPOLEON'S SWEETHEART. The Paris correspondent of the New York Albion gives the following account of a flirta tion, going on between a very beautiful pirl and tho French Emperor. He first saw hrr at the theatre, and becoming enamored with her invited her and her mother lo the palace the next day, where they have been ever since. A certain fair Spaniard (we use the v.ord in its precise and literal, as well us in its general sense) has by the force of herchanrs , mental and physical, so enthralled the heati of the chef de V etal, that it is difficult to say where this influence may slop; and some gi so far as to hint at the possibility 01" it intei- fering with the matrimonial designs, whim:, lately more than ever, have become Ihe sub ject of general interest and conversation The best informed assert thai the views o.' the lady who is younf, rich, noble born, ac complished, and we need hardly add ambi tious stop at nothing short of a share cl lhr imperial throne; bul sa majeste elect hopes to be able to arrange matters by a morgana) io marriage a compromise which those best acquainted with ihe haughty damage of the sangre azua declare that she will indignantly reject, should he venture to proposu it. Whatever be the result of the affair, it is pos itive that al present (his influence is most powerful. The lady, with her mother, has been guest of Louis Napoleon at St. Cloud The best horses in his stables are placed at her disposal lo join the hunting parlies ; ebe is invited wherever the Emperor goes; elie gives the list of such ladies as are to be asked In the reunions at Si. Cloud ; and is, in short, in all such matters, tho sovreign for the time being. It is, however, bul justice lo odJt liiat notwithstanding ihe perilous game she id playing, not Ihe slightest suspicion of what, in such cases, is commonly called hiahoiu;, attaches to it : her ambition, and not her heart, being almost undisguised!)' the motive power, in the whole affair ; nnd she even takes an insolent pleasure in disphyin' the chains of her captive, and her freedom from any such fetters. A BcfiCAr.'s Fortune. The fullowing amusing extract we lake from a new work ll is not every one that has such a wedjing portion as had Ihe beggar's daughter: "Good morrow to yon, Mrs. Fogarty," reaching a snuff-box lo offer a pinch. "Then good morrow kindly, Judy I hopo I see you well this mornin"." "So, Mrs. Fogarty, ynu married your daughter 1" "I did, indeed, praise be lo goodness " "Did she get a good match 1" "Faix, thin, 'tis herself that did. f. !Vt she get blind Darby Diiscnl, en the Dyke, that makes more money than any three bi y gers in Coik V "I'm delighted to hear it, Mrs. Fogarty, 1 assure you. That tho uoild may woollier tit Ihe luck they'll have! Did you give her any fortune 1" "Any fortune, is it 1 Ah, thin now, Judy, is it after iiisiiltin me you'd bet Sure you know in yet heart, that a child o' min'J wa, never married without it. Didn't I give her ihe best side of Pairi?k street, which if well begged, is worth seven and sixpence a week !" - . ' r 1 - ' Barney, where have you been !" "Tu widow Mullory'. ball, and un iliYgant time e hail of it four fights in fifly snin. utes, and a knock down with the walchmar, that left bul one whole nose in ihe house, ami that belonged to the tea kettle. Be dad lha likes ere never seen since we 'waked up Donnelly.' " From these remarks it will appear that some people's ideas of ihe "illcgani" differ somewhat from others. lr ynu are disquieted at anyihiny, yen should consider with yah reel f, is ihe tljii' of that woith that for'il.'' 1 should so disiuib i m j self, and lose tny peace and tranquility V !
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