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ATTORNEY AT LA V ,
6UNBURY, PA.
Business attended to in the Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia,
liefer to I
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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
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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.
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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
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,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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