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H. B. MASSE?.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
fSUNBTJRY, PA.
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April 10,1852. ly.
HENRY D0NNEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ujjice opposite the Court House,
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa.
Prompt attention to business in ailjoining
Counties.
WM. M. ROCKEFELLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Kl.Rl!KY, PA.
Dec. 13. 18!)1 tf.
LI. L. SIIINDEL,
dfc.TTCS.lTET AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PA.
December 4. 1832. if.
HARRISBURG STEAM WOOD
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A SHOP. Wood Turning; in all its branches,
in city style and at city prices. Kvcry variety of
Cahiiiet and Carpenter work cither on hand or
turned to order.
Bed Posts, Baluster., RosetU, Sl.it and Quar
ter Moulding, Tahle Leas, Newell Posts, Put
terns, Awning Posts, Wagon Hubs, Columns,
Round or Octagon Chisel Handles. Ac.
f This shop ' STRAWBERRY AL
LEY, near Third Street, and as we intend to
f lease all our customers who want Rood work
done, it is hojied that all the trade wil' give us a
call.
CJT Ten-Pins and Ten-rin Balls made to or
der or returned.
The attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpen
ters is called to our new style of TWIST
MOULDINGS. Printer's Riglcts ot l per 100
fL W. O. IIICKOK.
February 7, 1852. ly.
SELECT POETRY.
lliou-
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THE PEN AND THE ALBUM.
BY VT. M. THACKERAY.
' I am
Miss Catherine' book," (the Album
.peaks ;)
"I've lain among your tomes these man)
I'm tired of their olJ coat and yellow
cheeks.
Quick. Pen ! and write a line with a good
trace j
Come ! draw me off a funny little race ;
And, piiiht-f,' send me back to Chesham
Place."
PES.
I am master' faithful old Gold Pen,
Ivo nerved him three long years, and drawn
since then
Thousand ol funny women and droll men.
n Allium nnnl,l I tell vou all hi ways
And thoughts, since I am his, these
sand (lavs.
Lord, how your pretty pages I'd amaze
ALBUM.
Ill way ? his thoughts 1 Just whisper me
a few ;
Tell me a curious anecdote or two,
And write 'em quickly, good Moidan, do .
PEN.
Since he my faithful service did engage
To follow him throiiL-li his queer pilgrimage,
I've drawn and written many a line and
pnge.
Cr.n.'aturc l scriuuien nave, mm i..;...-,
And dinner cauls, and picture pantomimes,
And merry little children's book at limes.
I've writ the foulish fancy of his brain ;
The aimless jest that, stiiking, hath caused
pain ;
The idle word that he'd wish back again.
,
I've helped him lo pen many a line for
bread . L- i i
To juke with sorrow aching in his head J
And make your laughter when hi own
hea it bled.
I've spoke wiih men of all degree and
sort
Peers of the land, and ladies of the Court ;
Oh, but I've chronicled a deal of sport !
Feasts that were ate a thousand days ago,
Giddiness to wine that long hath cea.ed to
fl""'i .
Gay meetings with good fellows long laid
low,
Summons to bridal, banquet, burial, ball,
Tradesman's polite reminder of his small
Account due Christmas last I've answered
all.
Poor Diddler's tenth petition for a half
Guinea ; Miss Bunyaii' for an autograph ;
So I refuse, accept, lament, or laugh.
Condol", congratulate, invite, praise, scoff,
Day after day still dipping my lf"g"i
And scribbling page after page off.
Day after day the labor' to be done,
And ure as come the postman and the
sun,
The indefatigable ink must run.
Go back my pretty little gilded tome,
To a fair miss ami a pleasant nome,
Where soft hearts greet lis wnenoe er we
come .
Dear, fiiendly eyes, with constant kindness
lit,
However rude mv verse, or poor my wit,
Or sad or gay my mood, you welcome it.
Kind lady ! till my last of line is penned,
My master's love, grief, laujJhler, at an enu,
Wheie'er I write
friend !
you name, may I wiile
WM. M'CAir&Y,
BOOK8KI. LKR,
Mtrket Street,
STJNBTJRY, PA.
JUST received and for sale, a fresh supply of
F.VANGEMC41, HII'SIC
or Singing Schools. He is also opening at
this time, a large assortment of Books, in every
.ranch of Literature, consisting of
Poetry, History, Notcls, Romances, Scientific
Works, "Law, Medicine, School and Children's
Books, Bibles j 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 Sfi,00.
Jnilse Heads edition of Blackstonet Commen
taries, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly old at S 10,00, ,,e,t j , your ,nist,ess presently
nil now oucrcu tiu ireu uiuum;
nrice of S6.00.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re
specting the estates of Decedents, by Thoma F.
Gordon, price only $1,00.
T.lr Vovnire and Adventures, all ol
which will be old low, either for cush, or coun
try produce.
February, 81, 1652. tt.
Xot nil are so that were so in past years,
Voices, familiar once, no more he hears !
Names, often written, are blotted out in
tears.
So b it : joys will end and tears will dry
Album! my master bids me wish good uye,
J)ilworlli, Uranson 5 Co.
Importer of k Dealers is
Fore is" Domestic
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C
Aro. 59 AforA-cf St., door belote 2d St,
PHILADELPHIA.
Whera they always leei on hand a large stocZ- of
every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, etc
Wm. Dilworth, Henry D. Landis,
Samuel Branson, James N. ance.
October 10, 1852. ly.
"77A1TTED.
11TANTED Pennsylvania land from 100
to 20,000 acre. tor cash or trade in ex
change for City property. Apply to
J. A. BLUDWICK,
Real Estate Broker,
107 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, January 1, 1853. 2m.
And thus with thankful heart lie closes you ;
Blessing the happy hour when a friend he
knew
So gentle, and so generous, and so Iruo.
Nor nass the word a idle phrase by ',
Slrantier, I never w rit a flattery,
Nor signed the page mat regiiereti a ue.
London Keepsake lor isoj.
Diograpl)ical.
CORNFXIVS. I. F. MAKER. tV. C. BAKER.
Cornelius, linker Co.,
MAXl'PATt REKS OF
tamps, Chandeliers, Oas Fixtures, &c.
STORE NO. 176 CHESTNUT 8T
Manufactory No. 181 Cherry St.,
rHILADELSHIA.
April 10, 1852. tf.
From Rentley's Mi.llany.)
THE COUNTESS OF LOVELACE.
(ADA BYKOV)
Ada Byron !
"The child of love, though born in bitterness
A nd nurtured in convulsion. Oft thy sirs
These were the elements."
The ill-starred lather, whose wail of re
morseful sorrow was thus uttered in burn
ing verse that lotind an echo, then and
since, in many a heart, was, as such a poet
should be, a prophet when he added,
'But thy fire
Shall ba more tempered nd thy hope higher.'
Ada resembled him only in genius, and
in that generosity and nobleness of feeling,
which shone out from the midst of "all the
madness," ol her father's mind, and all his
"faults," which the world was never slow
to acknowledge. She inherited whatever
was grand and pood in his character, and
even envy itself cannot but con (en that,
like the "archangel ruined," he could nev
er divest himself of the divine nart of his
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flunhurv, Nov. C, 1862.-
in the direction it look, more prone towards
those remarkable acquirements which dis
tinguished the mind ol ber mother. The
power of melody which dwelt within her
(ound for itself a voice in music, rather than
in verse, and, like lier father, whatever she
did was prand and perlect in ils kind. Her
mathematical allainments were of the high
est order, an accomplishment which the
wilful poet, in his angry moods, condemns
in a woman, but which he would hardly
have wished to see repressed, had he lived
to be justly proud of the
l;Sote daughter of tny house and heart,"
of whom he made an ideal in his desolate
heart, cherishing the portrait sent to him
from time to time, the lock of soft glossy
hair, and whatever tokens his unhappy fate
rould yet allow him.
"All this was his nature
but, alas! there wanted some tender, judi
cious friend to step between him and his
anger fed by solitude and by self-accusation,
as well as by imagined wrongs. If he had
lived (ill Ada had been-old enough to un
derstand the exact position of her unfortu
nate parents, she would doubtless, have been
the angi-l of peace that might have preser
ved them from those "years all winter"
which both had lo endure.
No one who was acquainted will) t lie
daughter and the wile of the ereat poet,
whose sorrows and whose faulls a world
deplores, but must feel certain that this is
no baseless vision ; for theri existed in the
heart ol Ada so deep a fountain o) good
ness, that such a mission, had it been prac
ticable, would not have been unfulfilled by
her. It would be out of place at such a
moment to express fiitther conviction ol
the manner in which such ministry would
have been welcomed by hor who was the
victim ol
"Tlie fund rape
Which blighted their life's bloom."
It is too late ! the gr.ive has closed
over the erring father and the warm-hearted
daughter; and the cloud destined to
overshadow the life of one of the most in
jured, amiable, paliently suffering of her
sex, cannot now disperse the gloom can
not be chawd awav ; for though the storm
has spent ils fury, the sky so long disturbed
can offer but transient gleams of consolation.
For long weary months the mother of
Ada has kept incessant watch by the side
of that couch on which her child lay in
acute suffering self-denying, devoting her
whole attention, bent on the possibility of
youth ond natural strength prevailing, ho
ping to the last, and never quit ing her mel
ancholy post. It was otherwise decreed,
and the
,l3.i!e rcwaut of st much love"
must be in the happy reflection ola sacred
duty so resolutely and tenderly fulfilled.
Ada, in early life, had some of her fa
ther's tastes; she loved the sea, and delight
ed in the wild agitation of the waters; ond
she was also a fearless and persevering
equestrian, his long and rapid rides by the
the desolate margin of the Adriatic, was
more than equalled by her untiring cour
ses : and she lelt the same exhilaration of
spirits as he did when he laid his hand up
on Ih' mane of ocean, or gave the rein to
his steed on the sandv Lido ; but, alas ! he
fled from his own thoughts, while Ada
bounded along lull of joy and gaily of heart,
enjoying the pastime for its own sake.
There was something in hercounlenance,
although she more resembled her mother,
which recalled her falhei's expression at
limes. The brilliancy of eye and flashing
glance ; wtitcti gave animation to Iter
words, were his; and a momentary simi
larity might be occasionally detected in the
play ol her features. Her gentle, refined
manners were her mother's, as well as
much in her personal appearance.
She could not he seen without exciting
interesl, and her conversations are treasur
ed in the minds of many whocausurllv met
her. Perhaps it, was nearly the last time
she appeared at an evening party, that the I
writer of this brief recollection saw her, at I
a nobleman's house in the country, where
her appearance was somewhat un-looked
for. She had come Irom her own country
house by railroad to pay her mother a
morning visit, when the host alluded to
laid an embargo on her departure, and in
sisted that she should make one of his guests
for the evening. There immediately arose
a comic distress as to her costume, as she
was in her (ravelling attire; all objections
Were, however, over-ruled, and by c'int of
a lew bows of bright riband, ond a black
lace veil, her appearance was made as suit
able as the rase admitted.
Amongst the crowd of splendidly-dressed
ladies that crowded L rd 's rooms,
Ada's black robe was the most striking;
and the writer was immediately led to ob
serve her as one ol the most picturesque
and remarkable personages there. She sat
near a heavy curtain ol rich drapery : above
her hung a classically shaded lamp, whose
soft light fell npon her face : ,he was smi
ling and talking with animation; and the
first impression was that she was handsome
and brilliant-looking.
At the moment when she was thus ob
served she was conversing with Morier,
the lamented author ol "Hadji Baba," and
said, apropos of some remark that had gone
beiore, laugning gaily, as she spoke, in a
tone that might well have been her fjlher's.
"Oh, lile, alter vouth is past, is like soda-
water when the effervescence has escaped."
" Jes," ooserveu one ol Hie group near
her, taking up tne idea, "not like cham
pagne, for what is left of that has still some
spirit."
A laugh loi lowed this sally, and Ada
went on to speak of youth and its enjoy
tnents.
"In youth," she continued, "one has
such enthusiasm for things which appear so
worthless and vapid in later life, and every
trifling event is then an epoch with us.
We look back with wonder on our former
leelingi !"
It struck me that this sentence was like
reading a paragraph of one of her father'i
familiar letters. All ibe said wit simple
and natural, but there was thought in eve- '
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jrworu. one nan requesled that the at.- The icth of January, says the N. H,
thor of a recent novel should be presented ,.o .... .. . . .
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In npr n ml fin. aiii.nn.n.nM . . I '
, iivuiiiuiiiiii' muuiirr in
COLD FRIDAY.
which she expressed her pleasure in his
book evidently went home to his leelinu :
and he must have been infinately gratified
to hear her, with ready memory, run
through the scenes.anrt reral the situations,
dwelling on certain characters, and point
ing ont the parts which she thought most
amusing.
The unaffected good nature which had in
duced her to appear af this very party
"without a bridal garment," wasafterwards
commented on in another sense; and her
somewhat bizarre costume attributed to at
tract attention! so popular is misrepresen
tation, ond so lardy are people to give cre
dit in the right place. Total strangers
alone, however, could Attribute to the rTmi
able and single-hearted daughter of Byron
any motives but Ihosj which arose Irom a
desire to satisfy others, and afibrd gratifica
tion to all around hrr.
She lived much in retirement, occupied
by her favorite studies ; and her friends and
acquaintances were all chosen from the
most accomplished and the most liberal
minded. To all of these she was dear and
valuable ; and a melancholy void is now
left for them in the society which her
(riendship and cheerfulness vivified and
adorned.
rtKSirjN ATION OF BISHOP IVFS.
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Diocese nf North Ccrolina.
Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1822.
Dkar Brethren: Some of you, tit least,
are aware l hat for years, doubts of the valid
ity nf my oflice as Bishop, have at times har
assed my mind, and greatly enfeebled my
action. At other limes, it is true, circum
stances have arisen to oveirule these doubts,
and to brinn to my mind tempntnry relief.
But it h is been only temporary, fur, in spite of
resolutions to abandon the reading and the use
of Catholic books ; in spite of earnest pra) ers
and untientie that God would protect my
mind nuaiust the distressing influence ol
Catholic Truth ; and in spite of public and
private professions and declarations, which
in times of suspended doubt I sincerely made
to shield myself from suspicion and win back
the confidence of my diocese, which had
been well-nigh lost in spite of all this, and
of many other considerations which would
rise up before me, a the necessary conse
quence of si.fleiing my mind lo be carried
lorward in the direction in w hich my doubts
pointed these doubts would again leturn with
increased and almost overwhelming vigor,
itoadiu me at times to the very boideis of
derangement.
.Under llMse doubts, 1 desired temporary
relief from duties w hich had become m ti i
quieting lo me, and determined lo accompa,
ny Mrs. Ives, whose health demanded r
charge ot climate, in ashoit absence abroad
But ubsence has brought no reli?f to my mind
Indeed, the doubts that ilistmbed it have
grown into clear and settled i-oiiviciions ; so
clear and settled that without a violation of
conscience and honor, andeveiy obligation to
God and His Chinch, 1 can no longer remain
in my position.
I am called upon, therefore lo do an act of
self-sacrifice, in view of which all olher
self-sacriicina act of my life are less than
nothing, called upon to sever the lies which
have been slienglhrd by long years of love
and forbearance, which have bound my heart
to many of you, as was David's to that of
Joeathan, and make my heart bleed as my
hand trace the sentence which seperates all
pastoral relation tetween ns, and conveys to
yon the knowledge that I hereby tesign into
your hands my olice as Difhop of North Car
olina; and fuilher, that I am determined to
make my submission lo Ihe Catholic Church-
In addition (my feelings will allow me on
ly to say,) as this act is earlier than any per
ception of my own, and antedates, by some
months, the expiration of the timo for which
I asked leave of absence, and for w hich I so
promptly received fiom members of your bo
dy an advance of salary, I hereby icnonnco
all claim upon the same, and acknowledge
myself bound on an intimation of your wish.
lo i et ii it whatever you may have advanced
lo me beyond 1114,2211 of December.
With continued affection and esteem, I
pray you lo allow me still to subscribe my
self,
1 our laitniul liicnii, etc.,
L. ILLIMAK IVES.
A Wealthy Ambassador. Ve!-Pacha,ihe
new Turkish Ambassador in Paris 30 years
of age and is so immensely rich as to be
culled the Mussulman nothchild. It is said
he spent fifty million francs on his journey
from Ihe Sublime Porte to the Bariier de
I'Eloile. All his attendant wore, during
the whole liip, the Turkish costume. He
gave away twenty thousand dollars in grand
tiesto servants, postillions and chambermaids,
from Marseilles to Paris.
"A Director" of the private company by
which the House Tunneling Machine wa
built, and ha thus larbeen operated, contra
diet, through the Boston Transcript, the
lalement circulated in the newspaper, that
ii ta a taiiure. He lays it is now in good or
der, and will soon be tested in the presence
of a Board os Engineers, a committee of the
Legislature, and other gentlemen.
Thb Rev. Albert Barnes, in reply to a
letter of inquiry if it were Irne that hi
health requires him to turn aside, for the
present from the ministry, ay : It i even
so, I am sentenced to absolute test for two
yean. I send ir. my resignation of my pas
toral charge o dsy.
ness of uhich will bo loitsr remembered by
those w ho experienced its rigor. Those who
were not out of doors, but hud reached an
ago rendering them capable of retaining im
pressions then received, have, doubtless, a
recollection of occurrences taken place around
them. The evening previous was as mild
as those we have been favored w ith in such
numbers thij winter; but ia the night the
wind changed, the air suddenly became co!d,
and the mercury in less than 16 hours de
fended to 13 degrees below zeio A bois
terous wind prevailed, by which trees and In
some cases, houses were blown down, nnd
Ihe ilny beeame memorable in New Kngland
as '-The Cold Friday." Here in Concord,
so near ns our recollection serves, there was
very little going fiom place lo place. Far
mers piled on thu tvood, and nltended to their
cattle, and that was all for Ihe day. In this
village, such as went to the noiuhbors ot to
a store, upon errands which could be defer
od, sped over Ihe ground like squirrels, and
were furtunate if they returned with no flesh
frozen by Ihe intensity of Ihe frost.
Fiom Vol. V. of Ihe New Hampshire His
torical Society' Collections, the follo ving ac
count is taken of an occurrence on that day
in the town of Sanbnrnton :
"On Friday morning, the 19ih of January,
Mr. Jeremiah Ellsworth, of Saubornton, find
ing the cold very severe, rose about an hour
before sunrise. It was but a short time be
fore some part of his house was burst in by
the wind. Heine apprehensive that the w hole
house would be demolished, and lhat the
ives of Ihe family were in great jeopnidy,
Mrs. Ellsworth, wiih her ynunuest child,
whom she had dresssed, went into the crl.
ler, leaving Ihe other two children in bed.
Her husband undertook lo po lo the nearest
neighbor, which was in a north direction, for
assistance, but the w ind was so strong against
him that ho found it impracticable. He then
set out for Mr. David Brown's, the nearest
hunse in another direction, at the distance ol
a qunrter of n mile. He reached there about
sunrise, bis feet being considerably frozen
and so overcome by Ihe cold, lhat both he
and Mr. Brown thought it loo hazardous for
him to return. But Mr. Brown went with
his horse and sleigh with all possible speed
to save the woman and her children from
impending destruction,
When he nrrived at the house, he found
Mis. Ellsworth nnd one c'lild in tho cellar,
and ihe other children in bed, their cloihes
having been blown away by the wind, so that
they could not be diessed. Mr. Brown pul
a bed into the sleigh, nnd placed the three
children upon it, nnd covered them with the
bed clothes Mi. E. also got into Ihe sleigh.
They had proceeded only six or eight rods
before Ihe sleigh was blown over, am! the
cl'ililren. ueu anu covering were scattered
by the wind. Mrs. Ellsworth held the ihe
horse, while Mr. Brown collected the children
and bed and placed them in Ihe sleigh again.
She then concluded to walk, but before she
reached Mr. Brown's house, she was so be
numbed by the cold, lhat she sunk down lo
the ground, finding it impossible lo walk any
fuilher. fit first she concluded she must
perish, but stimulated by a hope of escape,
she made another effort by crawling rm her
hands and knees, in which manner she
reached her hnsb and, btit so altered in her
looks that he did not al first know her. His
anxiety for his children led him twice lo con-
ludo lo go to their assistance; but the earn
est importunities of his wife, who supposed
he would peiii-h, and that she should sur
vive but a short time, pievenled him.
Mr. Brown havine placed the thildien in
thu sleigh a second lime, had proceeded but
a few rods when the sleigh was blown over
nnd torn to pieces and the children driven
to some distance. He then collected them
once more, laid them on the bed and covered
them; ami then called for help, but lo no
put pose. Knowing that the children must
soon perish in that situation, and being
pierced to the hcait by their distressing
shrieks, he wrapped then all in a coverlet,
and attempted to carry them on his shoulder,
but wes soon blown down, and the children
separated from him by the violence of the
wind. Finding it impossible to carry them
all, he left the youngest, the one who hap
pencd lo be dressed, placing it by the side o
a large log. He then attempted to carry the
other two, but was soon stopped as before
llu then look them one under each nrm, wiih
no other clothing than their shirts, and in
this wayj though blown down every few rod
he arrived at his house, after being absent
about two hour. The children, I hone h
frozen stiff, were alive, but died w ithin a few
minutes. Mr. Brown's hands and feet were
badly frozen, and he was so much chilled
and exhausted a lo be unable to return for
the child left behind.
The wind continued it eeriiy, and no
neighbor called until the afternoon, when
there wa every reason to believe Ihe child
;efl was dead. Toward sunset, a pnysicinn
and some other neighbor having anived,
several of whom went in search of ihe olher
child, which wa found and brought ill dead.
The live of the parents were aved, but tbey
were left childle.
Mr. Biowri we are informed by a gentle,
mand of Sanbornton, lived until a few year
ago, but never recovered from the effect of
lhat dy. He became nearly or quite blind,
and continued thus as long as he lived.
Tllli GREAT RFJKLTED.
It appears not t-o surprising, after nil, ns it
was at first supposed to be, that Louis Napn.
leon should have chosen him an Empress
from the humbler walks of life, instead of
making this important step auxiliary to his
ambiiion, and wedding where Ihe connexion
might have strengthened arid confirmed his
power. According to the accounts now cur
rent, necessity had some influence in the
matter. It is said that it was more the mis
fortune than Ihe fault of the Emperor that he
did not link himself with the descendant ol a
crowned head.
The P.nis correspondent of the London
Morning Chronicle, after alluding to the
almost official announcement lately made
lhat the Piiucess Vnsa wu to be the part
ner of Napoleon on the Imperinl throne, and
the interference of Russia and Austria lo pre
vent fhe maringe, says: "This, though ihe
must notorious, is neither the first nor the
last instance in w hich Louis Napoleon played
Ihe part of n rejected suitor. It is well
known that unsuccessful overtures were
mnde to the daughter of the Duchess of Bra
ganz.i, who was considered an eligible choice,
as the decendunt of Prince Eugene, nnd con
sequently a connexion of the Boneparte fam
ily. Similar overtures were made for the
daughter of the King of Sweden, who has the
recommendation of being of Fiench extarc-
t ion, and boini: a dii-lant relation of his own,
through the Clarys. Since then a sister of
the King of Spain has been spoken of ; and
very lately Piiuce Lucien Mnrat made a
winter journey to Dusseldorf, for no other
purpose than that of demanding the hand of
a very younn pilncess, the riant-tiler ol tlie
mediatized Piiuce of Ilohenzullern Sigmaien"
gen. But wherever he addressed himself
some difficulty was started. The Brazilian
princess was more nearly connected with the
Oileans family than the Bonaparte family;
the Swedish princess was refused to him be
cause the king her father was in diead of the
auger of his powejful neighbor, the Czari
and her highness of Hoherizollein-Sigmaren-gen
was pronounced by her relations, if not
by herself, as "o'er young lo marry yet."
In short, wherever he turned, Louis N.ipo
leon found lhat there were obstacles in his
way, ami it became At length clear to him
self, as well as to others, that the great pow-
ers of Europe were determined, if possible)
to prevent him finding a wife at all.
Am Extmiv FitsnLt. A "fat woman,"
one ol the fattest kind, is now exhibiting in
Cincinnati. Her weight ii set hundred
nni tixty four reinfi f
Extraordinary Case Remarkable De
votion or a Mistress to her c-la v k a
lew yeais since, a bright eyed niula'ln wo
man, the slave of a gentleman residing in
Anson county, N. C , fled to the free Scales.
She left behind n husband, who was also n
slave, bi longing lo Mrs. K , of Ihe same ro.
To this husband Nancy was strongly attach
ed, and llintiL'h she was well situated in this
Slate, conld give herself no peace, until she
had resolved lo return and attempt his res
cue. This lona journey to her old home
was mnde on fool, and by ii ii lit. A-riived
near the resilience oi ncr nusuanu s mis
tress, she lay concealed for more than n
week in the mountains, before .he could
procure an interview, when she persuaded
him to fly, and he had neaily reached the
Cumberland Gap, when he was oveitaketi
and captured.
His mistress, by tho way, wa willing he
should esei.pe, but she wa in feat of her
heirs, who, indeed, weie Ihe parties that
hased und captured the slave. Nancy es
caped and returned here. The aged mis-
tress of the fugitive was sot-Heel el by the
devotion of Nancy, and the desire of Ibe
husband to be re-united, that she conceived
the idea of herself running off with her own
slave, for the purpose of bringing him to ft
free Slate. The preparations were made
with the giealest secresy, and carried ont
with so miich skill and prudence, lhat she
succeeded, and lately passed through this
city, on her way to the residence of Nancy,
who is now living with her husband. The
old lady left what properly she had, beside
this slave, in North Carolina, and has made
no attempt lo regain it. Shu is now perma
nently settled in this Slate, and is supporied
by the charity of her neighbors. Ci'. Gaz.
ErtGRAM.
ths rota aces or womax.
(f';om the French)
In infancy a tender flower,
Cultivate her.
A (1 uling hark in giilhXHl's Ik or,
8 .fily freight her,
A fruitful vine when grown a lass,
Prune nnd pte:i.e her.
Old, she, a heavy rriarge, alas !
Support and enic her
CreasUo for Scarlet Fever. The Bal
timore Sun, some lime ng", eontained the
following statement relative lo a new- and
effective cure for Ihi dreaded ar.d ofien fa
tal disease :
Wo published in the Sun, about a ysar
since, a statement lhat lire rubbins ol al
part of the body, three lime a day w iih
fat bacon, a soon the scat let fever diselo.
ed itself, wa a sure remedy fur that dis
ease. We huve recently been called on by
a number of responsible gentlemen fiom ihe
country, who assure us lhat it ha been
tried in numerous instances with uniform
success, while those who depended on medi
cine alone had, in moot cases, fallen victim
to it ravages. A gentleman yesterday as
sured us that in two cases in his vicinity pa
tients bad recovered, under it applicairon,
after being piveo tip as hopeless by the
physician. The remedy is simple, and can
do no harm ; we theiefora recommend it
.:.i i,
THE VANITT OF II I'M AX UllKATXI.SS.
It is said tint Emperor Nicholas break
fasts on a cup of lea and lusl; ; dines on s
little fish, it cutlet of chop, wi.h a biscuit and
a glass of sherry and water. In the evening
he take a cc.p of lea He suffer from an
internal disease, nnd is obliged tube abste
mious. ITpon this the Providence Journal
moralizes: ' Then what is the use of being
an Emperor, after all ? With a table loaded
with every luxury, with cellars slocked with
Ihe choicest wines, he is obliged to live a
moderately i:s a man with an income of a
thousand doilais a year, and, save a glass of
sherry und water, he might as well be under
ihe Maine law, os lo be the Emperor of nil
ihe Rusjias. llu can make laws for his)
subjects as he pleases; but nature has mad
a law that is ns binding upon him ns up;
ihe meanest seif in his dominions, lie may
put to death those who disobey bis law, but
he disobeys. with equal peril, those under
which he lives. A good appetite and hetlth
ta make its gratification sale would poorly
exchange for imperial honois. The best
gifts of God ore free lo nil bis creatures
The free air of heaven, Ihe pnro water that
springs from the earth, taste as freshly ain!
its sweetly to the poor man as to '.lie rich.
Exercise invigorate him, sleep refreshes
him, the beauties of natuio delight him tis
wellj and in thi happy country, al least, tho
power of intellectual and moral impiovenient
is ns great. As humanity progresses, tho
difference between nil Emperor and a com"
mou man grows less and less."
The Mcrder or Rink Habeas Corpcs..
Jerome Feckert, committed by thu Mayor for
the murder of Joseph Rink, was brought bu"
fore the C.iiminal Court on Saturday, upon a
writ of halcas corpus. A hearing was had
and the testimony adduced bore quite strong
ly ugaiust lite accused. Witnesses testified
thai the weapon with which Feckeit assuall
ed Wilson, the chaise drivei, at ti.e. Ex
change Hotel, two evenings before tho mur
der, looked very much like the bloody knife
dropped by the assassin at the door of the
store where the shocking deed was perpetra
ted. A witness who saw the supposed mur
derer miming down Eth h street thought lhat
the piisoner resembled him in size and gen
eial appearance, an I also in the color of his
hair and clothing. A strange cane, just dis
coveied in Rink's place, was prodi.ced, w Inch
was proven to be of Ihe exact description of
it stick seen in the possession of ihe prisoner
previous lo the murder. Feckert has spoken,
in his diunkeii ravings, s uce the murder, of
Mr. Rink taking a cane from him. The p is
oner was lemauded fur trial.
A Man Thirty-Eight Years or Aoe
that never Ids.-id a Woman. The Syra
cuse Journal give the following account of
a marriage between two Slmkeis. The man
hud lived thirty-eight yeais without ever
having kissed a woman. The girl had stood
it seventeen years, and, it is but gallant to
suppose, wiih equal abstinence. Upon this
latter point, however, we are without any
direct testimony.
Marriage of Shakers. Quite an iulerefct
ing marriage look place on the evening of
the i2ih, in llowly street, in this city. It
appears that two Snakers, a male and fe
male, belonging lo a section between here
nnd Tiny, became enamored of each olher,
and determined to escape from a place
where they were denu'dtte privilege of en
tering into wedlock. They accordingly
came here vi;h flying speed, and soon had
nil lite riPcesffiry preliminaries arranged for
n. marriage. The great broad brimmed hat
and Shaker dress was taken from the man,
and a fashionable sort of black given in ex
change, and t'm female arrayed in a neat
lilting dress t.f the latent and most opprcved
Parisian st)le. Thus rig-jed, they ptesenled
themselves befoie the llymeni.il al'.ar and
weie made one flesh. A happier couple,
those in attendance state, they never saw.
The gentleman's name uas L. J. Wicks,
ami Ihe lady's Roselta llavs, and their ages
lespectivel) 53 and 17. IWelia is pronoun
ced as it lady of uncommon beauty of person
as well us of great cultivation of mind. Ar
ter the marriage the bii.legrootn iclate.l ful
ly hi experience as a Shaker, and the pe
culiar rights he was bneinl to obey. Asa
part of his experience, he stated lhat he
had never kis.-e.l a giil in his life until he
kissed Rosr-tta, about 43 hums before their
marilnse. They started yrsterjay for f.r.uis
ville, Ky., w here they expect to spend the
Honey Moon.
A Caloric En kike oniiie Ohio. We are?
informed th.it a rcspnncihle busine. house in
this citv ha contracted for the building of a
(irst flaps packet boat, lo run hence lo St.
Louis or New Oileans, w Inch i lo be propel
led by a caloiic engine. All honor to Ihe
men who first introduced Ericsiou' engine
on the Ooio.
The Wards of Detroit pre preparing to put
one of the motor in one of their spleinl j
Buflalo packets. Cincinnati Gazette.
Basket Willow. Five millions of dulhi'
wonh of basket willew are annually import.
ed at a cost of from 1 100 lo S200 per ton.
It can be produced here, it is said, for J50 a
ton. Seveial species are used for bakets,
but the Felix vimiuali (basket osier, f it con
sidered Ihe best.
Dr. Franci ay that nothing increases
marriage like waltzing. In hit ppimon
hugging a girl to mu.ie," lead us iiuturall
to while vest and orange blossom , at Ne
I Year's st does to brnkeir he Is.
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