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Shamokiu Town Lots.
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" LEATHER. "
FRITZ k HENDRY,
Store, 29 N. 3d street
PHILADELPHIA
Morocco Manufacturers, Curriera, Importers,
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Manufactory 15 Margaretta Street.
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I tlmt she still continues to keep the above
uied public house, and that she has engaged
WViarr Zifulcr to siiiieriu'end the same.
Mhe has also received a new supply of good
....r. .ml wines, and trusts that she will
la tu give satisfaction to all who may visit her
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Punbury March 4. 1854. tf.
liiUIUK. N.iU. Ae.. Hoots, rihors.
Hats. Caua. I'edur ware, Brooms, Urustiea.
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SELECT POETRY
GOD BLESS THE HONEST L.B0RER.
God bless the honest laborer, ' ;
The hardy son of toil,
The worker in the clattering mills,
Thedelver in the soil; .
The ones whose brawny hands have torn
From earth her horded wealth,
Whose sole return for ceaseless toil
Is nature's boon sweet health.
bless him who wields the ponderous sloilfie,
Clad in his leathern mail,
That, safe as warrior's panoply,
Guards from the seething hail,
That gushes from beneath each stroke,
Each mighty crushing blow,
Who seeks to lighten labor's toil,
Where ruddy fires glow.
Bless him who turns the malted soil,
Who w ith the early dawn,
Hastens to gather nature's store
Hasten to the yellow com !
Who plants in nature's bosom wido
The fruitful golden grain,
And gives il to her guaidian care,
Die sunshine and the rain.
Bless him w ho lays the massive keel,
Who bends the'tiusty sail,
That bids the ocean wanderer
Safe battle with the gale ;
Who rears ihe tail and slender mast,
Whence floats to every breeze,
The stars and stripes of liberty,
A rainbow o'er the seas.
Bless him whoso ribbed palace rests
Unon the heavinusea.
Who scorns the dangers of the flood,
The breaker-guarded lea;
Who in Ihe ocean cradle sleeps
Calmlv in storm-fraught hour,
Uufearing that his bark will quail
Before the tempest's power.
Bless him who gives each beauteous thought
A resting place a name
And twines its ancient glories
With Ihe fadeless wreath ot tamo;
Who sends it forth on every breeze,
And bids il live to bless ;
While ceaseless clicks the slender type,
And groans ihe printing press.
Bless nil who toil. God's blessing rest
On them with double power,
Whose honest brow Ihe sweat drops dock.
In every daylight hour,
Bless them, though poor, and may they win,
What wealth can never gain,
Contentment with their lot on enilh,
A balm for every pain.
B!es them.' and may Ihe workman's hand
That framed the giant ear.h,
That bade each slar in glory shine,
Tr.at gave the seas their birth ;
Reserve on high a resline place,
Within the realms of light,
For every honest son of toil,
When passed death's darksome night.
C2V Select Sale.
From the Flag or our Union.
TIIE FATHER'S CHOICE.
BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR.
Mr. Abel Veazie was president of a hea
vy, manufacturing company, a situation
which he bad held for many years, and his
interest was considerable, be was quite
wealthy. Uy nature he was bluff and off-
liaud in Ins manners, and the peculiar du
ties of his oflice coming in constant con
tact as he did, with people of all classes and
dispositions had not detracted from his
characteristic bluntness. His family con
sisted of some half dozen sons and one
daughter,
The boys had all grown to be men and
were engaged in lucrative business, while
Lelia, the youngest child, just opening into
young womanhood, was the light and joy
ol the old man's household.
Among Veazie's favorite clerks, there
was a young man named Robert Winslow,
who had been in the company's ouice sev
era! years, and who, by his untiring appli
cation and exemplary conduct, had insured
for himself, not only a permanent situation,
but also the respect and confidence of his
employer. Young Winslow had a mother
and sister whom he supported, and with
whom he lived, and consequently he was
obliged to economize with great nicety in
order to keep matters straight
The fiscal year of the company was
drawing to a close, and for nearly three
weeks previous to the opening of our story,
Robert Winslow had been in attendance at
Mr. Veazie's house every week day even
ing, engaged in comparing the various ac
counts and properly arranging them, in
view of a contemplated change in the di
rection of the corporation. Duplicates
had to be taken of all the principal papers,
and in the revising ol them the services ol
Lena were irenuentiy called upon, lor the
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old man could never be made to understand
why even a heiress might not make herself
Uselul.
Unce Of twice only, had V eazte actual!
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"-""7' "i""' services, ana
on nose occasions sn. would read otf the
original accoun s, wnue tne young cleik
revueu tne duplicates. Lena read to Rob-
ert.and anon, when for a time the labor
There was Done of that forma! constraint
which faihion imnosea unon common vi.'ita
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1 1. TB1 til
business, and without a thought of aught
hut tl. it Wmu. the V waded through soma
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(.. f the COinnanv'i ournal. Then.
when at length they converted, they
thought only of social politeness, and their
lliouzmi aim lecillii:. uuwia utij sua
I I 1 - I r . I ! .1 . ...1 l,dA a
unrestrained.
Tbe third or fourth lima that Robert
came to the house, Lelia otIV-red tier serve
a s.a a a-. A I. -
ees, and while per lamer touiteu over tier
shoulder, she read Iroio the original dulls
the entries, and always when Ihe youni
man would tp to nuke a note or marginal
rrlrrence upon tin duplicate, toe would
r over the top of the Urge journal, and
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SUNBURY, jNOKTlIUMIiEHLAND (JOUNTi, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1854.
watch his handsome feature as they work
ed and varied with his laboring thoughts.
Thus passed away three weeks. Every
evening Lnlia was sure to come into her
father's study, ond she was equally as sure
to slay there till Robert went away. The
old man seemed indeed to be very blind to
the fact that these meetings were beginning
to result in something else beside the mere
transaction of business.
'Well, Robert," said Air. Veazie, one
evening as the office was about being clo
sed, "you can now have a short respite
from the confinement of the counting
house. The affairs of the concern are all
settled, and we shall not start again under
two weeks, so you can have that time to
yourself, to enjoy and improve as you see
fit."
"I thank you kindly, sir," returned
Robert, "though I must say that I would
rather make myself busy than lay idle so
long."
"Hut you liavn't had a resting spell be
fore for four years.
"Irue, sir, but my mother and siMer
need all my time, so I can hardly afford to
rest now."
"Well, never fear Robert, you shan't
suffer loss."
Veazie never held long arguments, and
from his manner on the present occasion,
Kobert knew that there was nothing more
to be said, so he put on his hat and started
homeward.
fhe next day or the day after (hat, Rob
ert Winslow took a walk over the city, and
as he was returning home towards niht, he
was accosted in the street by a gentleman
whom he had frequently seen at the count
ing house transacting business with Mr.
Veazie.
"Mr. Winslow, I believe," said the gen
tleman.
"That is mv name, sir."
"Yes, yes. remember."
"Mr. Veazie tells me you would proba
bly like to employ your time to some pecu
niary advantage during your business va
cation." "Indeed, 1 should, fir," retorted Robert,
while a bright ray of pleasure flashed over
his features.
"Then I can offer you a rare chance 1
want you to accompany me to Troy, there
lo assist me in closing iirrthe books of a
heavy firm who have failed and left mat
ters at rather loose ends."
"And when do you want me to go 1"
''Oh, this very night. Now, in hall an
hour."
Robert's countenance fell as he said this,
and after a moment's thought, he said :
"I cannot go so soon. If you could wait
two hours, or postpone the matter till to
morrow, I would go."
"That is impossible, Mr. Winslow, for
the boat starts in half an hour, and the bu
siness admits ol no postponement. Veazie
tells me that you would be just the man to
unravel and straighten out these accounts,
some of which have been hanging for
years and are now put into the hands of
the creditors in that dubious shape. 1 will
pay your expenses, and give you ten dol
lars a day it you will go with me,"
"1 cannot go," said Robert, in a some
what disappointed tone, but yet with deci-
CIUIJ, llt n tun i builic unuj iiuoillullllit,
I promised my mother that I woula return
belore dark. My sister is away, and as my
mother is quite weak, she would suffer ex
ceedingly at my absence
"You will have lime to drop her a line
by the penny-post, informing her ol the
cause ol your absence," remarked Dunham
"Ihe penny-post man does not go near
my nwellin alter this hour," returned
Robert, "No sir," he continued in a de
cided tone, "I cannot go. I would not
leave my mother to sutler in ignorance of
my fate this whole night for a hundred
times the amount I might earn by the la
bor. I thank you kindly for your consid
eration, and I trust you will not blame me
lor the result."
"Of course I cannot blame you," an
swered Dunham, "though I am sorry you
cannot go. X thought you needed the
money."
"So I do need money, sir," responded
the young man, with a slightly flushed
face, "but 1 cannot take it at the sacrifice
of what I consider my filial duty."
"Very well, I can find some one at
Troy who can do the work. Good even
ing, sir."
Kobert responded a "good evening," and
then wended his way homeward. The
circumstances caused him some uneasiness
for a short time, but he soon forgot it, and
on the next day he obtained a first-rate
job through the aid of Mr. Veazie, in an
insurance otnee copying policies
. . .
Again Robert Winslow was at his desk
in Mr. Veazie's counting- house. Rusiness
I had rnmmenrprl in vnnA earnest, and there
was fair nm.nort nf a Inn continuance
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I ol it. Nearly a week had passed away.
when one afternoon a Touns gentleman
tailed in to see Mr. Veazie, and remained
,n an earnest, close conversation with the
old man for full fiv. mim.t,.. .nd when
ha lllf(t.l tf jb. f . 1 m At . i. A 1.
h"rt LL .h' TZZZ
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Whv RaheH. th. I.ll ' . J fT . '
presumption to ask me for th. t.J ! Z
little Lelia , and all he's worth In IkI
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whim is Ulieen thousand dollar. K'
another bit ol real wealth k. .
A pretty match lor my dauuhler. trul
lis, hi, ha.n
I III a a r a . .
stone n motto w's band trembled, and
his lace crimsoned, as Ilia old nan suok.
land ke turned away lo hide the emotions
be could not auppreas. riii took bq
1 notice 01 the youth's manner, but havfrij
1 deli wJ biiiulf of kit bluut opinion, he
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urew back the documents he had a mo
ment before pushed away from him, and
began to examine their contents, while
Robert tried to calm his nerves so as to go
on with his business.
Towards nightfall, Mr. Veazie put away
the papers he had been inspecting, and
having locked them up in his private desk,
he began to pull on his gloves,
"Robert," said lie, "are your evenings
engaged during the present week t"
"Not particularly," returned Robert, as
he wiped his pen and placed it behind his
ear.
"1 want my own private accounts posted
up, and if you will do it, I will amply
compensate you for your extra labor."
"I ask no compensation, sir. If you
will bring your books to-morrow, I will
take them home and post them with plea
sure." "No, no, you will have to do it at my
own house. I don't wish to let my pri
vate books go from my sight. It will take
you but a lew evenings to do the whole,
and besides you will need some assistance
in deciphering the various accounts, for
some of the entries I have made, and some
of them have been made by Lelia."
"I could wish that the labor might be
done here, sir," said Robert, in a hesitating
nervous manner, while a strange emotion,
swept over his countenance.
"Done here, sir?" iterated the old gen
tleman, in surprise5. "I do not understand
yon. You found no fault when you la
bored at my house before. What have
you found now in the shape ol an objec
tion V
"Do not question mp, sir; but pray,
grant Ihe favor I ask. Let me do the wri
ting here ?"
"This js a strange whim, Robert. No,
sir, if you cannot do the work at my house,
I must strain my old eyes to do it myself."
".Mr. Veazie, you misunderstand me,
indeed you do," uttered Robert in a painful
tone.
"That can hardly be," returned the old
gentleman, with a quiet smile, "since I
have no clue to any understanding at all.
Cut, really, I should be under obligations
to you if you would inform me with regard
to the cause of this curious affair."
For full two minutes the young man sat
with his eyes bent to the floor, but at
length he gazed.up into the face of his em
ployer, and getting down from bis stool, he
said, while his eyes glistened with gather
ing moisture, and Ins lip trembled :
"Mr. Veazie, you have ever been kind
and considerate towards me, and 1 will not
break the strict frankness and integrity
which have thus far marked all my feel
ings with you. I trust you will not blame
me, sir, nor think me presumptuous. I
did work for you at your own dwelling,
and you called your daughter to assist me.
Together Lelia and myself examined and
compared notes and then we conversed.
Ere long, 1 began to to be anxious for the
evening to come, that I might be again at
her side, and when she came with her joy
ous smile, her harpy look, and her sweet
welcomp, I began to count the flying mo
ments as sands of gold. 1 aimost praved
that my work might have no end, so that
she might ever be my companion in its
progress, and when the labor did draw to
a close, I felt sad and lonely. Then was
it that my heart awoke to a knowledge of
its situation. I had begun to love the gen
tle being who had thus been my unsought
companion I hudoed her, and her image
was on my heart. I cannot deceive my
self, sir, nor will I prove unkind or ungen
erous to you. No man can govern the
strong emotions of his heart, though he
may, if he be wise, guard against the cause
of these emotions. Mr. Veazie, I dare not
subject myself to a love that must be hope-
lor poor as I am, my heart is as sus
ceptible of deep and abiding love as those
of others. Now you know all."
"You are honest, at all events," said the
old gentleman, without any apparent emo
tion. "S I trust I may always be," returned
Robert.
"But do you think you are very wisel"
"I could not help my emotions, sir."
"And il they were so pleasant as you
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a,c ur. ., , x .rc inn wny vou s.iou.u
have wished such a thing as
lllom
Robert looked up into the face of the
....
old gentleman, but he made no answer.
He could not comprehend his employer s 1
meaning.
"Robert," continued the old gentleman,
"it is Lelia who wishes you to come and
help her arrange my household accounts.
Would you refuse her as you have me!"
Robprt Winslow trembled from head lo
foot. He gazed into the face of his em
ployer, and thought he could detect a kind,
meaning smile there. .He attempted to
speak, but his words came not forth.
"Come, come," uttered Veazie, "let us
not beat around the bush any longer. I
am not blind, and consequently I failed not
to see some things that spoke louder than
words. I look note of Ihe gentle love god
that danced in your eyes, and I heard Ihe
language that came up Irom your Heart,
and stood in living characters upon your
varying countenance. Do you suppose I
should have been sj utterly regardless ol
my child' welfare as to hive allowed you
lo cherish the flowers of affection only lhal
1 might blight them at their birth 1 Lelia
is a faithful, a gentle, and loving rirl, and
if you love her truly, you any conies lo
her your enormous sin of hive."
"Mr. eazie," exclaimed Robert, !
caunul comprehend I da not. No, no,
you would not raise such a swerl, such a
heavenly hope n niy bosom lo crush ll
aln." '
HUlk yt, Roberl," said Ihe old (eMle
"n ?' ,0"k tW,k 1 hJ
HI at! I dirrd lo have aresi m child mar
ried la a bartlej bag o galJ, UA Ihe
cbaora this very aftrruoou. Tbt in.r.
g""" OFFICE, MARKET
Science an& the att n.t...,...r-zz7r-
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who came here to ask me for the hand of
rny child, though he has filleen thousand
dollars worth of gold, i, yet steeped to Ihe
very dreg, ,n poverty. He has no heart !
I have watched your course for the lost
five years with interest, and a Week aa0
when you refused a considerable amount
ol money, which you much needed, rather
than your mother should suffer a singje
night's uneasiness on your account, you
proved yourself to be possessed of a mine
of wealth which no legacy could have
brought you ; and which could never have
been poured into your life-coflers by specu
lation. Mr. Dunham brought me vour an
swer, and when I heard it, I resolved with
in myself that the son and brother who
could so love and honor his mother and
sister, could not fail of making a most ex
cellent husband. Now 20 and tell all to
Lelia, and if she accepts your hand, yotr
shall most freely have hers in return :
There don't cry about it, for you ain't sure
that she'll have you, yet."
Kobert Winslow did offer Lena Veazie
his hand and heart, and she smiled a most
happy smile as she gave him hers in return.
People wondered much at Ihe affair, and
many attributed it to a freak of the old
man's oddity. They knew not, and many
could not have appreciated if they had
known the deep piincipal of paternal
care and kindness which governed him ;
nor was Veazie disappointed in his calcu
lations. The same heart that had cherish
ed such pure and holy filial love proved a
sacred alter for the auctions of the hus
band, and Lelia never had occasion to re
gret but always blest her
Father's Choice.
Poet r y .
IN ITALY.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
"D.-ar Lilian, nil I wished is won !
I sit beneath Ilalia's sun,
Where olive orchards gleam and quiver
Along the banks of Arno's liver.
Through laurel -leaves the dim green light
Falls on my forehead as t write;
Atid the sweet chimes of vespers ringing,
Blend with the contadina's singing.
Rich is the soil with fancy's gold;
The stirring memories of old
llise thronging in my haunted vision,
And wake my spirit's young ambition.
But as the radiant sunsets close
Above Val U' Arno:s bowers of rose,
My soul forgets ihe olden glory,
And deems 3'ir love a dearer story .
Thy words in memory's ear outchime
The music of the Tuscan rhyme :
J lion sland'sl here the gentle-hearted
Aiiinl Ihe shades of bards departed !
Their garlands of immortal bay
1 see before-thee fade away,
Ami turn from Petrarch's passion glances
To my own dearer heart-romances.
Sad is the opol plow that fires
The midnight of Ihe cypress spires;
And the cold scented wind that closes
The hearts of blight Etruscan roses.
The fair Italian dream I chased,
A tiinsle thought of thee effaced ;
For ihe true clime of song and sun
Lies in Ihe henit which iiiiiih hath won !"
It ws on tbe mnrniiig of Iho ''Twenty
Second," at Buena Vista," writes a Kentucky
friend, "that our regiment was lying upon a
lil lie hill that the men subsequently chi ilencd
".Uoiiiif VoJgc" waiting for the ball to open
Santa Anna' morning compliments soon came
jn the form of a thirteenth inch shell, which
passed a few yards over our heads and buried
Itself in the earth behind 11s. '-Ilnwly
Molher!" exolaimed old Mike S , "if ihe
born devii isn't shootM his dinner-pott at us!"
Oa the Iwenty-fiflh, after the ballltt was over,
ami wtuie aanta Anna was still lingering at
Agua Nueva, twelve miles distant, with
his shattered fotces, divers were the rumors
of another battle, and many were the discus
sions of its probability among ihe men. I
happened to overhear one of these debates in
which this same Mike S had, as lawyers
sav. "the conclusion." Soma half dozen
, , men mJ ptewj ,nf.jr riew,. nml
j wishes; some were very anxious for another
fight ; others, and they, loo, Ihe men who hud
behaved best under fire, epressed ihenv
selves perfectly satisfied with such glimpses
of the ''elephant-' as Ihey had been able to
j obtain on ilia twenly-second und twenty
1 tin At last iwiKu spoke: "Well sure.
boys," said he, "I'll (ell you my sitiliminls
about t lie au!d wooden legged divil : If I had
bul a quart of hiskey in lite wurrald, and
no money lo buy any more, ond no moie in
Ihe counthty to sell, sine I'd give him half of
it, if he'd stiy.
Death or onk or tiik ItABlEs. We are
sorry tu learn, says the Shippentburg iVfim
I hat one of the interesting group of four-boys,
whoso birth we announced a few weeks ago,
is dead. Il would Jiave been singular indeed
had these children survived very lung, for
Ihey could not as a matter of course, receive
the attention and nourishment which nature
demanded. The name of Ihe deceased 0110
was William Rankin, the name of the alien
ding physician. The line remaining are
doing as well as could be expected
New Uoid Disrov rates. Uich gold mine
exist on Ihe Yekiina river, Oregon, about one
hundied miles fiom the lilies of Ihe Colutn
bia, in a legion iiihabiid by Indiana, whs
hiiheilrt, have Used iheir ulmoal ellorte lo
pievunl Ihe while people fiom examining it
A New PaoJU TUi. The Unlit Govern,
tnenl ate having a oovei kind of a eauuoo
ball tneuufaCtaiaJ, ttbich are Urg, ihiee.
l UJ, and Utiuiualt) iu 4 ihiee-eoiueie J
puifll.
STREET, OPPOSITE
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TUB AKFAlrt at Till? V A tre 1 a. a.
LYNCH AND
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URITI9II GOVERNMENT.
In the foreign news bv ih ln.t et.nmor
Ihere was a garbled and unfair account from
the English papers or a difficulty which hnd
occurred at the Falkland Islands, between
the commander of the United Stales sloon of
war Lermantown and Ihe Biittish Governor,
in wnich ihe Ameiican Commander was rep
resented as assuming a position which he did
not sustain, the inference being lhat he was
... .no wrong. The chief officer of iho Ger
mantown is Commander William F. Lynch,
o,B nu experienced officer, tho same
"..uuntiertook some twelve or Tonneon years
back Ihe expedition to the Jordan, and after
wards published a very interesting account of
his journey. The character of this r,Ptlmnn
or pruuence and intelligence, is a sufficient
guarantee against his acting with any kind of
t . o "
oravado, or indiscreetly involving himself in
disputes with foreign officials. Fully impres
sed with his responsibilities as a defender of
his country's flag and Ihe rights of her citi
zens abroad, he may bo expected to act al
ways with decision when the emergency re
quires it, but nt the same time within the
strict letter of his instructions and Ihe p'oper
bounds nf his authority, as an officer of expe
rience and good sense would do.
Thn original cause of the difficulty at Ihe
Falkland Islands, a group of over a hundred
small island lyinrr in Ihe South Atlantic,
about 240 miles N. E. of Te rra del Fnerrn
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was the arrest of several American merchant
vessels for some alleged misdemeanor, one
account stating that it was for a violation of
the fishery rights of Great Britain, and
onother, thai it was in consequence of some
Americans shooting pigs on one of the is
lands. It appears, according to this latter
statement lhat for the accommodation of
seamen in that quarter the island had origi
nally been stocked with pigs by a Yankee
whaler, and lhat ever since the whalers of
nations have had a kind of prescriptive
right lo supply Ihemselves with fresh meat
from this source. Whatever be the true
statement of facts in regard lo the cause of
quarrel, we are left in no doubt as to Ihe
facts in regard to Commander Lynch's course
towards the British Governor. We have an
account of the matter from one who was on
eye-witness of Ihe occurrences.
Shortly after the Germantown reported to
the Commodore on the Brazilian station, a
letter was received from the United Slates
Consul at the Falkland Islands, stating thn,
a Biitish war vessel had been sent for by the
Governor for the purpose of arresting Iho
captains of Iwo American vessels, on account
or alleged misdemeanors. The American
Commodore ordered the Gcrmanlown to ihe
Islands lo make the necessary inquiries and
lo repoit lo the Commodore. The very day
of the arrival of the Germantown at the Falk
land Islands, an American schooner passed
in, and was going rapidly by ihe German
town without suspicion, w hen the officers of
the Germantown recognized an English Lieu
tenant of the Navy on her deck. They im
mediately undcrslnod lhal Ihe schooner had
been seized by the British authorities.
Captain Lynch fell justified in taking posses
sion of the schooner till the matter should be
investigated, and did so. At the same lime
it was reported that a ship and biig, one of
them a man-of-war, were at the mouth of
tho harbor. Captain Lynch immediately
prepared his vessel for maintaining the posi
tion he had assumed, in case the brig of-war
should attempt lo interfere. He therefore
beat lo quarters and shotted his guns. When
Iho vessel came up, ihey proved to be an
American whaling ship in charge of a Bri
tish man-of-war, the ship aud schooner hav
ing been seized for an alleged violation of
the colonial laws, and a civil officer being on
board the ship. Captain Lynch look posses
sion of Ihe ship also until the investigation
should be made. Hu then called upon tho
Governor, who talked impeiioiisly about the
heavy responsibility of intcrfeiing wilh a
legal process. Qui a few words from the
captain brought the Governor from his high
horse, and he then consented to Ihe con Ji
thins offered him by Commander Lynch, to
disavow Uk) seizure and give reparation to
the owners of tho vessels.
Commander Lynch I hen returned to his
vessel, intending lo meet the Governor next
day, but in the meantime, he hail learned
some aggravated circumstances attempt ing
the seizure of tho Ameiican vessels, w hich
evinced a malicious design of breaking tip
Ihe American lisheues in those walerssiinit.il
tu the attempts of the Iti itth.h authorities on
the Banks of Newfoundland, which have
been productive of so much bad fettling
The Commander in consequence determined
not lo meet try Governor, and sent an ofii.
cer on shoie to apprise Ihe Governor of bis
determination and its came. The (iovernnr
notwithstanding sent word lhal lie would go
on board the Germaniown, and Capi. Lynch
in lha piesence of his officers, gave him a
formal reception, but made 110 allusion 10 Ihe
pending dispute. Wliila 011 board the (.over'
nor Iwiee madeoverluiot In the eomniauder
and conciliate him ellered lo .how him the
vaiious curiosities of ihe island, but iIicmi
offers wete declined. Captain .)iichneit
day addressed the commanding officer ol lb
Huliab ship of war a communication apou the
subject of the aeisuie. The Ihitish ollicvr
iu.lified his course on lite rtound lhal tie
only acting under oiduis of ihe (Juveiitur.
Captain Lynch again ad.fie.Mtd ihe Governor
10 know ihsuih"iiiy ty witun ne ua.iaciu.
iu ihe agijiavaled manner lepreaeuled, tul
lha Governor l iove t evsi, and IJte.l "
.KuiHuiii'v lhal Command'! limb wvuM
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THE POST OFFICE.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 14, KO. 38.
have? captured the Biilii.fi brig of war nn, ;
sent iho Governor to the United Stales to bo
Iried for piracy, but Hint Secretary Matey, in '
May last, had Issued a notice recognizing
the British claim lo sovereignty otef those?
Island. A sharp correspondence has been
Ihe resolt. The commander of the brig of
tvar accuses the Governor of hnvlng led him
into an unjustifiable exercise of authority in
the seizure of Ihe American vessel, and tho
Governor attempts lo implicate Captain
Lynch in an nnwatratilnhle assumption of
nuinority. Commander Lynoh keep iho
urn of wst and tho guns on shore in rnnge)
of his battery, and says he will follow tho
brig when she leavess and learn her destina
tion.
It appears from this statement lhat thn
British authorities, who claim the snvereii-nt
of Iho Falkland Islands, are disposed lo im
pose me same vexatious restrictions upon
our fishermen and the enptnre of iheir tes
sels in the South Atlantic which they have)
ir. the North, and which have been so long
the subject of diplomatic correspondence be
tween the representatives of the Iwo govern
ments. It is fortunate lhat an officer so de
cided and intelligent as Captain Lynch was
deputed to the duty of guarding ihe interests
of our countrymen. His prompt notions will
bring the matter at once to the notice of our
Government, and induce the action necessary
to the mniptainance of American rights in
that quarter.
From the Trov i Jence Joani.il, June 6.J
FI RIOIS ELEPU VST AT LAIIOE.
Three Horses Killed Numerous Ifiigons DC
nolishcdA number of Persons Injured.
A largo elephant, Hannibal, attached in
ihe Broadway menagerie, which was on ex
hibition at Pawluckel, on Iho 3d inst., got
loose from his keeper on the way from l'aw
tucket, 10 Fall River, early yesterday morn
ing. Before starting, his keeper made him
lift tho hinder part of a wagon loaded with
3,500 pounds, for Ihe purpose of celling it jn
to line. It is supposed that this, alihongh
not unusual, might have suggested to him
Iho mode of attack which he adopted after,
wards. When about seven miles from Paw
luckel he became furious, turned upon his
keeper, who had !o fly for his life and lake
refuge in a house, gol free, and rushed along
the road, destroying everything in his way.
Meeting a horse and wagon belonging In Mr,
Stafford Short, ho ihrnst his Insk into Iho
horse and lifted hnrse wagon and rider into
the air. He mangled ihe hotse terribly, and
carried him aboul fifty feet and threw Ihe
lead body into a pond. The wagon was
broken lo pieces, and Mr. Short considerably.
hurt. The elephant broke one of his enor
mous tnsks iu his encounter. A mile further
ihe elephant, now grown more furious, at
tacked in the same manner a horse and hi.
gon, with Mr. Thomas W. Peck and his son.
He broke the wagon and wounded the horse,
which ran away. Mr. Peck was pietty bad
ly hnrt in the hip,
While the keepers Were engaged in secuN
iug the smnllor elephant, who had not, how.
ever, manifested any signs of insubordination,
the larger one gol tiff from them, and went
through Bayneyville, when Air. Mason Bat"
ney and another r:. mounted Iheir horses
and kept on his track as near to him as was
prudent, giving warning of the danger to tho
passengers whom they met on the way. The
elephant .would occasionally lam to look at
them, bnl did not attempt to molest them.
The next man in Ihe path was Mr. Pearce.
who was riding with his little sou in a 0110
horse wagon. He was coming towards tho
elephant, and being warned by Mr. Barney,
turned around and put the horse to his speed,
but the elephant overlook him, and seizinpr
the wagon, threw il into tbe air, dashing it lo
pieces, and breaking the collar bone and arm
of Mr. Pearce. The horse, disennascd from
ihe wagon, escaped with the foro wheels,
and the elephant gave chase for eight miles,
but did not catch him. The elephant cama
back fiom his unsuccessful pursuit, and took
tip his inarch again on the main road, where
ho next enconntered Mr. J. Kddy, w ith a
lioiso and wagon, lie threw np ihe whole)
establishment in the same way as before,
mashed the wagon, killej tho horse, and
wonndod Mr. Eddy. He threw :ho horso
twenty feet over a fence into Iho adjoining
lot, then broke down ihe fence, went over
and picked np Ihe dead horse and deposited
him iu Ihe road, vher he had Ilisl met him.
Il.t killed one otler horse, and pursued an
other, who fled to a barn ; the elephant fol
lowed, bill al the door was met by a fierce
bull do;', whirh bit hi. leg an. I diove him oil".
Once 011 I he route, the keeper beius aliea I
of him, taw him plunge orer n wall ami
make for a house. Tho keeper got into lha
house first, homed ihe Lightened people
within to the upper story, and providing him
self with an ue, succeeded indiiving oil tho
lurioiit beast. The elephant finally exhaus
ted hit strength, and .'ai l aim.ell down in
ihi bushes, about Iwo ntils from Made'
Ferry, lb-re ha wat secured with chain
mid tanii'd oer Ihe leiry lo Fall Itivcr. A
pail ol lice lime he tan al tho r.iU id a mile
111 ihite iiiitiiitis.
Tuts A MttMii'Asi Natidx. Tltrt Westmin
ster Ki'View, alter comparing tin' pen its of
great (l eal Britain aud iho I'tnled Plates,
salt the w hulu vlvilie.l win Id uwo respect
and gralllude In Ihe I'ui'ed Siatrt for uhal
Ihey are doing in education. "At lot t be,
Ihe Aniencan nation it te hrt otiie al its pie.
soul rale ul pinieaa, il Is It'al'f an over
hrlinioii i lea. Tbeie w.y I" a H-nto-i)t
' to IL-publie nf a hon.l I mil'ims if Clli
1 1. 11. al ihe cud ! lii.. ir.iiui)."