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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
" SUKBUaV, PA.
Business attended to in the Counties of Nor
IhumberlanJ, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
: Kefsr to.
'Vll P. & A. Rovoudt, ".
Lower & Darron.
" 1 Homers & Siiodgras, Philad,
Reynolds, McFnrland & Co.,
Spcring, Good & Co.,
HENRY D0NNEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
. Office opposite the Court House, i
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa.
IVompt attention to business in adjoining
Comities.
WM. M. ROCKEFELLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
i)e r.3, 1851. tr.
. ' ( M. L. SHLNDEL, ' '
i3TOHlTET AT LAW,
; i '-. . SUNBURy, PA.
tlWrnber 4, 1852. tf. '
i..' CLINTON WELCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
7 LEWISBCRC, FERRl. - '
WIIilpfarHice in the" cverel Courts of Union
-and Northumberland counties.
j .. ' Kircn to ' ' ' '
lion.' J.iracs Burnaide,
' James T. Hale,
17. C. Humes & Co.,
Hon. A. 8. Wilson,
' " "A. Jordan,
Saml. Ualvin,
Iwisburg, pril 30, 1853. tf. .
Bellcfoiite.
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Lcwistown.
. Sunbury.
Hollidaysburg
SELECT POETRY.
DOCTOR I. AV. HUOliES,
OFFICE on Broadway, near the Episcopal
hurcb, Sunbury. '
Sunbury, April U, 1853. tf.
LAWRENCE HOUSE,
.? SUIIBTJRY, PA.
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and the public generally, that he has opened
the "Lawrence House" and will do his beat en
deavors to please the public.
8AMUEL TH0MP80X. .
Sunbury Feb. S6, 1853. tf.
Dilvrdrtl Branson fy.Co.
Importer or & Dealers in
" Foreign and Domestic
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C
, Aro. 59 Market St., I door below 2d St,
' PHILADELPHIA.
Wher they always een on hand a large stocif of
' every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, &c.
Wm. Dilworth, Henry D. Landis,
Samuel Drnnsrn, . James M. Vance.
October 10, 1852. ly.
n ?opjsT.i.ivs. : i. f. BAKi'n. w. c. bakf.r.
Cornelius, Uuker Co.,
. MAXLFATtREBS OF
Lamps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtrj-es, &c.
, ( STORE KO. 17G CHESTKUT 8T
Manufactory No. 181 Cherry St
PHILADHJfHIA.
Apri 10. 185J, tf.
, r .Vrte WMlt roper II itrehaute.
TO.rr6iT & LA1TI1TG,
in-,,' Manufacturers and iMPontEns,
So. 121 Arch Street, second door above Sixth
. PHILASTjLFHIA.
7HERE may l found the largest and best
. selected clock ill the Uity.
COUNTRY PURCHASERS may here be
nccommodatei without the inconvenience of loot
ing further, and may be assured that they will re
ceive the advantage of their money.
BURTON & LANING,
154 ARCH 8treet. above 8Uth, Phtlau'eVnlua.
March, IS, 1853. 3in. ' ;
TO A, B, 0, &Co.
Ya wee bit, crooked things I I mind
The lime when first 1 spied your face,
And found no trifling job to find '
That t must learn your Hume and places
My grandsire, with well-meaning cntf, '
Bore me to where the mistress she was
Hard at ye but, naught fancying then',
1 was at borne as soon as he was.
Oh ! 'twas a most unsavoury men sure,
To take the weentie, small as me,
From all his young heart knew of pleasure1,
And bind him down to A, B, C.
I liked ye not I'll ne'er deny it
And did my best the dose lo shun
Rut scolded, flattered, shamed, to try it,
Ye all were swallowed, one by ono.
For ye are pills, that every wee thing
Is, will he, nill he, doomed to lake,
Like measles, itch, small-pox, or teething,
Whale'er wry faces he may make.
And now, I love ye well ; I'm thinking
Acquaintance wears disgust away ;
Even smoking, hanging, mulling, drinking,
But few admire at first, they say.
Aye! and at times my bosom feels
Some pity for the life ye'ru leading,
By blockheads gripit, neck nnd heel?,
And twisted into wretched reading.
In dead-born volumes never rend ,
From age lo age ye lumbering lie,
Where old-housekeeping spiders spread
1 heir oils ol weaving out to dry.
And oft in flimsy novels worn,
Till folk may see ye through and through,
And of), by reckless urchins lorn';
For they must have their novels too.
0 books! books! books! it makes me sick
To think me how you are multiplied;
Like Egypt's frogs, ye poke up thick
Your ugly heads on every side.
If a young thought but shake its ear,
Or wag its tail, though starved it look,
The world the precious news must hear ;
The presses groan, and lo ! a Book.
Some busy Irifler travels dies
Commits a murder, play or sings,
Makes silly speeches, gathers flies,
Or rhymes and forth a volume springs.
A host of worthies, stimulated
By hope of pudding or of praise, .. .
Serve up, for stomachs sick and sated,
Their vapid flummery fifty ways.
0! if one-half and may be t'other,
Were fairly in the Ked Sea tost,
And left with Pharoh's host to smother,
Liltle worth keeping would be lust.
However we may find no doubt,
Some crumbs of comfott-nnd we need 'em ;
Knowing we are, though books come out,
isot absolutely lurccu to read em.
A wee!, poor things! ye mind me, too,
Of blessed hours fuiever past,
When o'er life's morning fresh and new,
i ne star in joy us romance cast.
When dear delusive hope exposed
Her rainbow-tinted scenes before me,
And those loved eyes that death has closed,
Watched with parental fondness o'er me,
But hold, we've doubtless shown a sample
iNimcient, ul our tetliousness,
And now must set a good example,
By thinking more and ecnbbJing less.
delved night and day. Ralph pursues his
(tidies,, occasionally argues at a debating
society, and at length becomes quite a ge
nius, and a fa .'orite in the ryes of the mar
ried ladies of the village. ...
I called to take tea one evening with
one o( these ladies, when to my surprise,
and somewhat to my confusion, I found
with her the identical blue-eyed beauty
whom I had so audaciously kissed. I was
formally introduced to her, but neither of
us betrayed any sign of previous acquain
tance, except by blushing to the eyes
While tea was getting ready, the lady of
the house went out of the room to give
some directions and left us alone. Heavens
and earth, what a situation ! I would have
given all the pittance I was worth to have
been in the deepest dell in the forest. I
felt the necessity of saying something in
excuse of my former rudeness ; I could not
conjure up an idea, nor utter a single word.
Every moment matters became worse I
felt at one lime templed to do as I had done
when 1 robbed her of the kiss bolt from
the room and take to flight; but I was
chained to the spot, for I really longed to
gain her good will.
At length I plucked up courage, seeing
her equaily embarrassed w-ith myself, and
walking desperately uplo her, I exclaimed :
"1 liave been trying to muster up some
thing to say, hut I cannot. I feel that 1
am in a horrible scrape Do have pity on
me nnd help me out of it !"
A smile dimpled about her mouth and
played among (he blushes of her cheek.
She locked up with a shy but arch glance
ol the eye that expressed volumes of comic
recollections ; .we both broke inlo a laugh,
and from that moment all went well.
Passing the delightful description which
succeeded, we proceed to the denoument
of Ring wood's love affair the marriage and
the settlement. '
That very autumn I was admitted to the
bar, and a month afterwards was married.
We were a young couple she not much
more than sixteen, and I not quite twenty
and both almost without a dollar in the
world. The establishment wa$ well suited
to our circumstances; a low house with
two small rooms, a bed, a table, a half do
zen chairs, a half dozen knives and forks,
a half doxen spoons every thing by the
half dozen a little delph ware, everything
I ot up feverish and nervous. 1 walked
out before breakfast, striving to collect my
thoughts, and tranquilize my feelings. It
was a bright morning I bathed my (ore
head and my hands in a beautiful running
stream, but I could not allay the fever heat
that raged within. I returned to breakfast
but could not rat. A single cup of coflee
formed my repast. It was time to go to
court. I went there with a throbbing
heart. I believe if it had not been for the 1
thoughts of my little wife in her lonely
EFFECTS OF II.OTIIIMG
The London Lancet presents some excel
lent ideas on the subject ol clothing. Let a
person In bed be covered with sufficient
blankets to promote penpiintiun, and let
those blankets be covered with nn oil or In
(lift rubber cloth, or impervious fabric ', in Ihe
morning the blankets will be dry, but trie
under surface of the India-rubber cloth will
be quite wet. The blankets by their dry.
ncss, show that the exhalations of the body
house, I should have given back to the man pass through them, and would pass through
his hundred dollars, and relinquished the them lo the surrounding air, had ihvy not
cause. I took my teat, looking, 1 am con- been intercepted by ihe impcivioua outer
vinced, more like a culprit than the rogue covering. Thus it is inevitable that the ha-'
I was to defend. I bitunl nie of an imnemons covering is inju
When the time came lor me to speak, ...... efr-cl ,, ba l0 ... ,he i,oJv
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mv neari oiea wiimn me. i rose rmuar-
rassed and dismayed, and stammered in
opening my cause. I went on from bad
to worse, and felt as if 1 was going down
hill. Just then the public prosecutor, a
man of talents, but somewhat rough in his
practice, made a sarcastic remark on some
thing 1 bad said. It was like an electric
j in a constant vapour-bath, in which the in
sensible or healthy perspiration is constantly
becoming condensed into the form of humid"
ity, and, being prevented from passing off in
its elasiioand invisible form, ihe perspiration
is thus constantly checked, and skin erup
tions must be the result. Nevertheless, it
spark, and ran tingling through every vein must be loss injurious to check perspiration,
in my body. In an instant my diffidence in some degree, by n water-proof overcoat,
was gone. My whole spirit was in arms.
I answered with promptness and bitterness,
for I felt the cruelty of such an attack up
on a novic in my situation. The public
prosecutor made a kind of apology. This,
for a man of his redoubtable powers, was a
vast concession. I renewed my argument
than to get soaked with rain. There can be
no doubt but water-proof fabrics may be
made very light, and so formed as to be
worn in wet weather, and yet allow some
room for perspiration. But dill they are
not healthy, and tdiould never be put nn ex-
with a fearful glow, carried the case tri- cePl In cascs 01 extreme necessny. Any
umphantly, and the man was acquitted. Pcr"" -ho has worn a water-proof outer
J his was the making of me. Everybody garment lor some time Knows, Dy expen-
was curious to know who this new lawyer ence, that it causes weakness and chills
was that had suddenly risen among them, No person should wear a carment but such
and bearded the Attorney General at the at allows ihe vapor or perspiration, which is
very onset. The story of my debut at the conljmlaT exuding from Ihe skin, to pass off
inn on the proceeding evening, when 1 had free For lbjf f f , ch of
knocked down a bully and kicked him out . ... conflllCM 1o h ' ,lh. clolhillff
of doors, for striking and old man, was cir
culated with favorable ' exaggaration.
Even my beardless chin and juvenile coun
tenance was in my favor, for the people
gave me far more credit than I deserved.
The chance business which occurs in our
courts came thronging upon me. I was re-
should be light and warm, and not too light
A happy change in Ihe fashions has taken
place within a few years; it is the substitu
tion of loose outer garments for the old-fash
ioned tight, close, and pinching overcoats
Too few flannels are worn in America, espe-
peatedly employed in other cases, and by cially along Ihe eastern coasts, where sud
Saturday night, when the court closed and den changes are frequent, and where many
I had paid my bill at the inn, I lound my- coa rains fall during ihe winter season.
ir t. i-.i icf,. .i.ii... :.. I ... .
ecu wuu mi iiuuuieu anu iniy uouoia uuldren should always have their outer
ver, three hundred dollars in notes, and a ,.mnt. fr .,, , , ,
i ' t ..i li i f r. i t I fi l"i-M itw wi i wuilill II1SAIO-
Tt a cmf.il llmil antn ,' rtnns Kit! than I hnRdA a,l . fx I a II ah sa t n A n enlrl fi-it I tl'- Itlin. I '
lit u Sit IU It VYU V . W t YV 7I 17 aJ IJUUI j UUl VI I V 41 I II U 1 3v I11WII HJlvl n yU9 3U1U lul liuil I . . I, L l s II t
so happy. dred dollars more. ' ' s '""' "
We had not been married many days Never did a miser gloat more on his pell '. -s "
when a court was held in a country town, and with more delight. I locked the door weather, or when there is a thaw, with snow
about twenty-five miles distant. It was of my room, piled the money in a heap up- uPon 'ho ground, they should be taken off as
necessary for me to go there, and put my- on the table, and walked around it ; sat soon as the wearer enters a house. They
self in the way ol business but how was with my elbows on the table, and my chin pievent perspiration in a great measure, and
1 lo go ! I had expended all my means on upon my hands, and gazed upon it. Was are only useful as a lesser evil than celling
our establishment, and then it was hard I thinking ol Ihe money 7 INo; i was completely wet from outside water.
i: Til. i" I . a e ...a II - ' ,
paruug wiui my wue so soon aner mar- nunking ol my utile wile ana nome.
: it t . i I .7 . t i a j . i... i
i-5r. nowcver, go i must, luoney must Anottier sleepless nigni ensueu , uu Badgkr Hoc ron the World's Fair.
ue maue or we would soon have the wo.l what a tnghl ol golden lances and sp.eno.o Jhe MiIwaukec Dai SenjnB
hor nrwl horru.nn" Hill! Leh on,! rn,l r, m.,r,t.l ll.. hrru,.d hnrse with ' A Og, We.ghing 1109 pOtintU
off Irom my door, leaving my wife stand- which 'l had come to Court, and led the was lately shipped on board the steamer
mg at it, and waving her hand alter me. other which I had received as a lee. Ail "
Her last look, so sweet and becoming, went the way I was delighting myself with the iNew .ioia. lie w as purcuaseu oy aiessrs.
to my heart. I felt at if I could go through thoughts of the surprise I had in store for It. Bugg, and It. Stewart, of Niagara county,
fire and water for her. I arrived at the my little wile; for both of us expected N. Y., for S200, of Mr. Hollistcr B. Thayer,
country town on a cool October evening, nothing but that I should spend all the 0r Troy, Walworth county, Wisconsin. His
The inn was crowded, for the court was to money I had borrowed, and should return L0Ua measurement was as follows ; extreme
commence on the following day. in debt
1 knew no one. and wondered how 1 a Uur meeting was loyous, as you may
stranger, a mere youngster, was to make suppose ; but I played the Indian hunter,
who, when he returns from the cnase, ne.
ver for a time speaks ol his success, sue
had nrenared a snug little rustic meal lor
me, and while it was getting ready, I seat
A PERFECT WIFE,
Edmund Burke, (fr d'slingnrsheu ofator,
presented to his wife on (he anniversary of
their marriage, his idea of a "perfect wife,"
which is supposed to be the tfne poitrnit of
Mrs. Burke, It is certainly a lovely piciore,
worthy of the author of "The Essay on the
Sublime and Beautiful." The following pas
sages are extracts : -' -' -
"The character of 1 '
"She is handsome, but it isbeault n61 aris'
ing from features, from complexion, of from
shape. She hat all three in a high degree,
but it is not by these she touches a heart'; it
is all that sweelness of temper, benetolence,
innocence and sensibility which a face can
express, that forms her beauty. She has a
face thai just rises your attention at first
sight; it grows on you every moment, and
you wonder it did no more than raise your
attention at first. -
"Her eyes have a mild light, but they awe
when she pleases; they command lifce a
good man out of office, not by ittithority, but
by virtue.
"Her stature is not tall ; she is not made
lo be the admiration of everybody, but the
happiness of one. '
"She has all the firmness that does not ex.
elude delicacy : she has all the softness (hat
oes not imply weakness.
"Her voice is a soft lo w music, not formed
to r-jle in publio assemblies, but to charm
those who can distinguish a company from
crowd ; it has Ibis advantage yOU must
come close to her to hear it.
'To describe her body, describes her
mind ; one is the transcript of the other ; her
understanding is not shown ir. Ihe variety of
matters it exerts itself on, but in ihe good
ness of Ihe cboise she makes.
"She does not display it so much in saying
or doing striking things, as In avoiding such
as she ought not to say or do. v
"No person of so few years can know the
world better ; no person was ever less corrup'
ted by the knowledge.
"Her politeness flows rather from a natur-
1 disposition lo oblige; than from any rules
on that subject, and therefore never fails to
strike those who understood good breeding;
and those who do not.
"She has a steady and firm mind, ulikk
takes no more from the solidity of the female
character, than the solidity of marble docs
from its polish and lustre. She has such
virtues as make us value the truly great of
our own sex v She has all Ihe winning graces
that make us love even the faults we see in
the weak and beautiful in burs."
way in such a crowd, and to get business.
The public room was thronged with all
the idlers in the country w.ho gather on
such occasions. There was some drinking
length 9 feet 11 inches ; height to the top of
the back, 3 feet 10 inches. He is perfectly
while, and only 20 months old. The hind
wheels of Ihe wagon were taken off, and he
walked off of his own accord on board the
boat, and lay down on deck, perfectly con
3. J5clc(t (Talc.
THE POOR LAWYER.
snrli nrrnsmns. I hern wan snmp drinkinar me. nnd while it was rrettin? readV. 1 seat- I
Tl. k'nlrlrrlmrbe Miicrflr.inP. nme Q-oinr forward with a crreat noise and a lllle ed mvself at an old fashioned desk in one tented. The owners are confident of making
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Vears "0 containec tvasnincton trving's altercation, just as i enierea me room, i aw corner, aim uegun io couni u.n my mwurj
"Karlv experience ol Kalnh Kingwood." a rougn duiiv oi a leiiow, wno was partly ana put u way. one came io hip oeiuic i
This excitin" story was well termed by intoxicated, strike an old man. He came had finished, and asked me who I had col
the editor sDecies of IMounliov of the swaggering bv me. and elbowed me as he lected money for.
WesI," for the lovet of Ralph Ringwood passed. 1 immediately knocked him down, For myself, to be sure, replied I, with
ore scarcely less poetical than those of and kicked him into the street. I needed effected coolness; made it at Lourt
him weigh 1800 pounds, when fattened, live
weight. This monster is one of Ihe specie
mens lhat Ihe State of Wisconsin send
the Woild's Fair. It will bo hard to beat
Mountioy himself. Here is the first iritro
duttion to the lovely maiden who was lo
have so great an influence on his alter life :
I had taken my breakfast and was wait
ing for my horse, when, in passing up and
down the piazza, I saw a young girl seated
near the window, evidently a visitor. She
was very pretty, with auburn hair and blue
eves, and was dressed in white. 1 naa
seen nothing of the kind since 1 had lelt
no betler introduction. Jn a moment J .she looked me lor a moment in tne
had half a dozen rough shakes oi the hand I (ace incredulously. 1 tried to keep my
and invitations to drink, and found myself countenance and play the Indian, but it
quite a personage in this tough assemblage, would not do. -My muscles began to twich
Touching Dclicasv. I here were man
little occurrences which snpgested to me
with ureal consolation, how natural it is lo
gentle hearts to be considerate and delicate
towards any inferiority. One of these partio
. ,. i, . i lowards anv inieriuriiT. unc unurpr miuu
The next morning the Conrl opened-I my feelings all at once gave way, 7,'" ' i h.nnennd to stroll lot
took my seat among the lawyers but felt caught her in my arms, laughed, cried and ula. y touched me 1 happened to stroll lot
asa mere spectator, not having any idea danced about the room like a crazy man. the latle church vhen a n.ar.iage was jus
where business was lo come Irom. In the From that time forward we never wanted concluded, and the young couple had to tig
Richmond r at that time I was too much of money, and was asked if he was ready for
bov to be struck by female beauty. She trial. Me answered in the negative. He
was so delicate and dainty looking, so dif- had been confined in a place where there
ferent from the hale, buxom, brown girls were no lawyers, and had not had an op-
nf ih wnndsand then her white dress ponuniiy oi consulting any. ne was loia
WM. M'CARTY
. ,, BOOKSELLUB,
. :, Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA. ..
lt'&t received and for sale, fresh supply of
? ...JRVAKGEUCAI, MUSIC
c: ft-fc.r. He is also opening at
itl.is time, a large assortment of Books, iu every
ranch ol liiterature, "": . -.,.
Hirfir. Novels. Boihancea, Scientm
WdrVs. l.kw, Medicine, School and Children a
BooksVBil.. 81. Tocket and Family, both
with and without Engravings, and evety of van.
..' r Praver Uooks. oi ail sinua.
tt oi - -. . T,;.
itionef i85i,
ATw io ttceia and for sale,
'est of Uia laws of Peiinsj f vanit, edi
rest
"f!.f"J..liVt5fln.of BlackSWnes bomrlien,
nd now elfctwl t" uusj
F 4 Ttiet5 o rri.i.)lvl. re-
rting th uws " awwwuw, ,
"Vi tad AdvenWrl Ol
..fcU will' ba sold low, .ithw foe cash, of coun
try produce. '.
VVbruaty.lUtW.--
wi (an'. a: nn
rmlWVMutttal IrisTirantft Company.
AI vwiipssi V ' , .
T J. B. KiWEn is th. Ioe.1 sgsnl f ths
(and roUot,,..a4 Ut .11 ""L!".
nertv. s ssnewtnf poiicw.
I II I I II I "
ursnKa iwinr.Mauu .-.
,d .ad for .!. k-r t r j V(t t Aii,A.TX
course of the morning a man was put to 'or money
tho bar, charged with passing counterfeit
STRINGENT RAILROAD LAW.
IIartvobd, Juno 9. -The Committee on Hail,
roads have reported to I ha Legielature a bill,
which provides that all trains shall come lo
full stop al all drawbridges, and wherever the
' ftfEEARfHlftEl. ,.J
Two children of this aboriginal tribe' of
Sorrthern Afrtea Auve fceen bronghl to tug -land
from the bmks of Ihe Orangs River.-'
The Earthrrren are brawehes of the Bushmen .
tfibe, and iferive fheir name from the laef
lhat they burrow hi lAe ground. They arr
r" '' temM y fhe Hu,len,rt and'lha
Kaflrr. Their chief sustenance is game ; but ,
at those seasons of the yer when it'is no
bngef fo he found, they, f. upon locusts-,
eat fhe euarkc of ants, and derive a seamy
mitrhmenl from the sneiioTi of the skins of
the ftfirmafs they hare slain. The apeeimena
of these peculiar creatures, who hv their
origfnar nature are scarcely a remote from
Ihe bifrfe creation, are ftmfer 40 iuehes in
heighf. They are not fikefy o grow at any
period of their life fo a higher sfatore than
four feet, for ihiKsmaHmeasoremenl it about
the average of their raee4
These eurioOschilJren, who are respective-
ly U end 19 years of age, are described ae i
being exceedingly intelligent, the intercourses t
which fhey have had with the family wills .
whom for the last fe months they have been i
associafed hating so far had its influence ae
lo bring forth those attributes which Ihey ob
vioosly enjoy in common with ihe rest of (he
human cpeclet. Their appearance is anything ,
bnt disagreeable. The flat nose, Ihe breadth
across ihe eyes, and the thick Zips, betray
their African origin ; but the expression of the ;.;
face in either ease is mild, and by no means
displeasing, whilst iheir deeply-bronzed tkin
it tmooth and delicate lo the touch. The hair ;
of Ihe head has the peculiarity of growing in
small lofu or balls, the scalp In other parte
being perfectly bare. , These little Earihmen
are naked lo (he waist, which is girded with ,
a mat Of feathers, The forehead is encircled ;
vritb chaplets or grass, add the neck, wrists, -and
ankles are garnished with glass beads.
They speak a little English, and have already,
been taught a few accomplishments, such as
thrumming a tune or two on the pianoforte,
and singing divers nigger melodies. There)
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it was so dazzling! Never was a poor youth to choose one from the lawyers present and I track crosses that of other roads. Ii attaches
so taken by surprise, and suddenly bewitch- w reaay lor uiai on me louowing oay.
rh Mv heart vearned lo know her. but He looked around the Court, and selected
ho-V wis 1 to accost her 1 I had grown me. I could not tell why he should make
wild in the woods, and had none of the such a choice. I, a beardless youngster,
habitudes of polite life. Had she been like unpracticed at Ihe bar, perleclly unknown
Peggy Pigh, or Sally Pigman, or any olh- I felt diffident, yet delighted, and could
er of mv leathern dressed belles of the ni- have hugged the rascal.
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o-enn-rnrist. I should hive Rnrroached her Ceiore leaving tne t-oun tie frave- me
J.u,.i '. k.j i r .:. nn. hitnHrerl Hnllaraln a hncr. as a retiiriin
wiiuuuv ui cnu j iWTi iiau ana ucen us tail i - D, 0 i . ...
Shnrt'sdsnlerswiih theie A!-... fee. I could scarcely believe my senses, car, under a penally oft 1000 Eng.neet3i.fcg.
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lockets. 1 should not have hesitated: hut II teemea line a uream. j lie iie&vini-Ks u. ivmi . -nn.ii. nm
that white dretJ, and those AubUrn ringlets, the !ee sfioke tlot lightly In favor of hit Upon the track; are to bo deemed guilty of
and blue eyes, and delicate looks, quite innocence but that was no allair ol mine; i manslaughter, if such person! are killed
daunted while they fascinated me; I don't was to oe aavocatr, not juuge ur ury. a Tne rresidenl of all roads within the Slate
know what put it into my head, but I followed him to Jail, and learned from him
Ihoughl, all at once, I would kit hen It all the particulars of the case ; from Ihence
would lake a lone acquaintance td arrive t weui to tne ciem-t omce ana toon mi ri
al suck a boon, hut I miodit aeixa nhnn it Utet of Ihe ifldiclmellti 1 then examined
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heavy penalties for every instance of these
regulations being disregarded. The engineers
are to be fined and imp.isoi.ed, and Ihe Pres
ident or Directors being parlies thereto, shall
be fined 81000.. It also lequites men lo be
Stationed at all Ihe Switches, tinder similar
penalties, and where speed itovei I hi My miles
per hour, a brakesman is requited for every
h sheer robber v. Nobodw knew mhre, the law on the subiect, and prepared my
1 would just step in and snatch a kits, mount brief in my room. All this occupied fhe!
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must reaide U iihin ils boundaries, ami Ihe of
ficers of roads out of the Stale ate ntH tu be
oiiow ed to hold any offices upon roads in the
Slate, Onder a penally of 1000 per day
Mi's. SwiasHKLM,'in a beautiful Itibute lb
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my horse and nd on- She would not be until mianigni, wnen i went to ueu aim me memory oi jesso imicninson, oi me unt
itle worst of it ; aiid that kiss oh, I should tried to sleep, It was all in vaio. Never cbitoii family, in the Piitu.g Visiter, says
die if I did hot get it. in my life was I more wide awake. A the niel ,he (amly Akron, a year ago, and
1 gave tld tithe lor thought to tool, but host of thought! and ' fancies kepi rushing ,. . . wilB ..i hi. f-mlu.; ... . 1...
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enierea ine nome na stepped lightly Into mrougn my m.na ; u.o B""w,rr. ,v I tever in -IriiuaI mariifealalioD. . "He pledg
ing room. , p,,, wM svaieo wun ner oaca "i r'-'1J ed himself,, says the Visitor, "to convince Ul
a tka -Annr. 1vV:m At At tka I lam lhf Irian 'of mr noor Utile Vile all "... . ,y '"".
h.r rha r anH .hi l,rn,l on lnnbJ . ,1 annii Inrlnna Mut IDS SU'IJl reiOOIUlOIIUV I r- -"--I
an.irh.rt .. .wt . a. .i Aiia I had undertaken, to sneak.' for the first afUr death, he would come and rap ' around
.a w-a-aj aV a. vV as t VH IUIl I - W I ' I . tasa .a -
and yanisked in a twinkling, The rext time, In a strange court, the expectations us, so ihai we laouia oave no peace nnt.l w
mnaM i naa nn imkb ni ..nn . n. iha ruinrit' nan Tcrrmea or mv laienis. su i cuhvvpu. ,-. . . s v. ;-, vrv , t. -
homeward, m, very he.it tingling a whet he .nd, a crowd of aimilai nolion. kept ; .' R.itaoifJ -U'e Utn from
just
sign
the register.
The bridegroom, lo whom the pert wn
handed first, made a rtnle cross for his mark
the bride, who rame next, did Ihs lame.
Now, I had known the bride when I was
last there, not Only as the pretliesl girl in Ih
place, but as having quite distinguished her
self in the school ; and I could riot help look'
in" at her with some surprise. She came
aside and whispered lo me, while tears of
honest loVe and admiration Stood in her
bright eyes :
He's a dear gdoj fellow, Miss ; but can't
wtlgiit yet ; he'l going to learn of me and 1
wouldn't shamo him for the wo. Id!', , n .
Why, what had I to fear, I thought, when
tlie're wal this nobility in the soul of a labor
ing man'l daughter! fltrak oi(."
Coi n Vatjcr S-rtAM Eciie .Tbe Cincin
nati Times states lhat .Mr. fcdward I). I ippet,
formerly of Washington cityj has for a long
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tune oeen impresses vnu ins mt-a iiiui no
C'iuld produce a strain engine without boil
ers T Making steam by injecting cold water
jnto uoated geMiriitors. Ha has been expert
meniing in Cincinnati for sdme mouths past,
and has brought his engine In a state of per-
faction truly astonishing. A publio trial of it
was to pave taken place Oil Tuesday.
Overdoing it A well known Methodist
minister who was traveling on horseback
through the Slate of Massachusetts, stopped
one noon on a sultry summers day at a cot-
tags by the road-side, and requested some
refreshment for himself and beast. This was
readily granted by the worthy New England
dame, so the parson dismounted, and, having
seen his horse well Cared for, enteted the
cottage and partook of the refreshment which
was cheerfully placed tetore him. For sdme
time past there had been no rain, and the
country around seemed literally parched tip
The minister entered into conversation with
the old lady, and remarked about the dryness
ol the season, 'les,' sire replied, 'unless we
have rain soon, all my beets, cucumbers and
cabbages will be fcrtod for nothing, nnd t
think that all the ministers ought to pray for
rain.' The worthy divine informed her thai
he was a minister, and that he should be
happy lo comply wllh her vih. He accot"
dlngty knell down and prayed fervently lhat
the gales of Heaven might be opened, that
showers might descend and refresh the earth
tie then arti!e from his knees, and having
kindly thanked his hostess, bade her good
day, mounted his horse and departed.' tlul
he bod not been gone more than an hour
when the clouds began I'd gather. and A tre
mendous shower of hail and rain .descended,
and with such force as lo wash ihe contents
of the old ladie's garden clear out of the
grpund... 'There!' .said she, 'that is always
the way with those larnal Methodist, Ibey
undertake to do anything, but they ahvays
over do il.J . .
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Queer Arrangement. The New York
and Erie itailrdad Company, accord ins lo IhB
terms of their recant arrangement with the
Central Railroad Company, virtually abandon
one hundred UnJ thirty miles of their road !
They tun lo iWlulo Instead of Dunkiik, and
lake their boats from the latter fort.
ttiE Vratm tit America Ladies.
The unnatural length and ridiculous small- ;'
nets of their waists baffle description. A
waist that Could be sbanned is an Enclish
rftetaphoridal expression bsed in a novel, but
it is an American fact; and so alarming docs
it appear lo an Englishman, that my first sen
tirtlenl, On Viewing ihe phendttlehon, Was .,'
ono of pity for UnTorluue beings who might'
possibly break off in Ihe middle, like flowers
from Ihe stalk; before the evening is conclu
ded. No less extraordinary is the fir.e of the '
ladies arms 1 saw many which were scarce '
thicker than a moderate-sixed walking-all ;k. '
Yet. strange lo say, when these ladles pass -lha
age of forty, they frequently attain art
enormous size. The whole economy of their '
structure is then reversed, Iheir wtisls and
aims becoming the thickest parts of Ihe bo-
dy. Here is a subject worthy the eontem.
plation of the elhonologist. -: How come 1
it to pass that ihe ehglUh type which t pre 4
sums has noi, in every case, been so affected
by Ihe admixture at Others as to lose its awn
Identity how comes ii la pass, t say, that i
the English lype is so strangely altered in a -
few. generation! 1 I have heaid various.
hypotheses). amongst others, the labile of
the people the diy climates. The effect of
the lallei on a European constitution would
haVo appeared to ma sufficient to account
for ihe singular conformation, U I had not
been persuaded by natives or the cou itry
that the small waist is mainly owing lo lbelr
light lacing. This practice, it is said, ts per
severed in to en alarming extent, and if re
port be truej it is lo te feared - that the ef
fects will be felt by future generations ro a
greater degree than they are el present.-
LhMtit University" iVdgarinc.
After vlflety of mutine dvenfurts. U eight,: fearint: morning would find me
Hint wood ettemnts the sludt of la, in In exhausted and1 inerjmpeteut lire ! word,
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!;olcur Kitltmrni, in ntul'irit, T-hrfe he 'ine-cty oawiien on yn a irtiseraoie teinw
the Pillsburg Gazette thai the borough of West
Newton has sebseribed $30,00d te tne stock
of.tha rod. nd 1ns - bofeugb tl MtKecspoit
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Cuolcra i WiLLtisUoRT, Mtt The
Chambet-sburg Whig hat a tetter from a reli
able gentleman of Williamsport, on the nature
of the disease, which appeared In 'lhat place
sdme ten days ego, and 1 which has already
been noticed In Oureoluanni. ' From hi ac
count, it is very simitar to the Chambersburg
epidemic of last season. The writer adds to
a postscript, that three death bate occurred
since least trp.nl, and lhat It is beginQlng
i "in assume a nuire al.itminr rhase. '
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Tmb SoUStStts or IS12 A large end eu-
thutiaslie meeting of the toldiers of the last
war with EnglAud, was. held on Saturday
evening, al the County Cotiit House, In torn-
memmoralion of Ihe anuiversaiy of ihe Dc-
tlaratlon of War, by Prerldenl Madison. An
eloquent eddtel was made by Dr flut her laud,
who also submitted a series of resolutions
Which were unanimously adopted. They
recoulmeild lllu annual observance of (be 18th
ef June, as ihe anniversary of lha Declaration
of War : also, lhat an equestrian etattti bf
J4ine Madison be provided for by Cong res,
nd elected beside that of Oen. Jackson, in
the Cspitol grounds, and that a national con
vention of thoti who fought in the War of
1812, be held in this city ou the 8th of Janu.
ry nexl. Patia. Ledger.
i f Ahb these pule caaaries V asked a lady
of a bird dealet,, Ye. roam," said ihe
dealer confldeudy, "t raised them ete birds
from canary seed." ,. , , ,
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Oh may observe thai aoraaa in all ages
hive taken more pains'than 'men lo - aJoia
the 9'itsidt of tlr h'lds Ain$f"
fB 'tT CHEjft tsjc-cTto. Last
Monday was named at the return day of the
stibpdMil in the application for an injunction -
upon the authorities of lhat borough, in the
matter ef the subscription td lha West Chester '
and Philadelphia Railroad. The llthof July
has been fixed for tho argument before Ihe '
Supreme Court In the Philadelphia ease, but
no day has yet been designated in the forme,.
Esoroioui Blocs: or Cofrr. The Lake
Superior Jourfidl says that one of the largest
and finest masses of native Copper ever seen
has recently been shipped for New York.
t is a square block) weighing Ave thousand
and ttfVenty-two pounds-, and presents ' plain
surfaces of the metal from three te four feel
In length, and about three feet in width. " It '
was eut from a mass weighing eighty tens. '
A verdict of Jl()(ld damages was rendered
in the New York Court "of Common Pless ,
en Wednesday, against Dr, Talbot Watts, as
compensation for ti.jiiiies cone lo the health
of a patient by lha administration of a patent'
medicine called "Wall's Nertous Anodyne.""
The medicine was given for' epileptic fits! '
and its effect was to produce permanent men
tal deiangement and Idiocy.
Oen. Torres, who was killed al the battle '
of Buena Vista, has been promoted to tha
tank of general of brigada, by Suit . Aunt,
and his family ere to draw a pensica accor.
din,,y- - ' ' 'v.'.' , ;
t)b!NQ I discussion between IVt.'lVsptr
and Watson, Botoii, Dr. W itateJ liat in tha 1
Course of four years and a half b had laksrt "
from lha cttisvwa of Host mi and vicinity, on
hupdel fcaarell of Wm d ? aud kaj adinii.iu"
!ie4 fut1 "wo JouicU mftnity '