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ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
' SUITBURV, PA." '
B usiness attended to in the Counties of Nor
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'" Refer, tot J' '- '
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Prompt attention to business in adjoining
Counties.
JST. JM. Ncvvnam's
Realty's Row, Norwegian street, Pottsville,
Penna.
Pliiiiiliiiig Shop,
HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A RUP
iy ofnllaizes of Lead Pipe. Sheet Lead,
Block Tin, Bath Tulia, Shower Ballia, Hydrants,
Hose, Double and Single Acting Pumpa and Wa
ter Closets; also, all kinds of Brass Cocks for
wnti-r and steam, Brass Oil Cups, and Globes
for Engines. All kinds of Copper Work and
Plumbing done in the neatest manner at the
shortest notice.
N. B. Cosh paid for old Brass and Lead.
Pottsville, Aug. 27, 1853. ly ,
I. . WOKTII & CO.,
Door, 15 1 i n d , S h u 1 1 e r,
SASH DEPOT,
East Side of Broad Street, below Wood,
Philadelphia. .
WHERE may be found, constantly on hand,
on extensive assortment of Doors, Knsh,
Blinds, Shutters and Mouldings, warranted equal
to any that can be made.
Also, Sash ready glazed, always on hand
Orders bv mail or despatch will receive prompt
attention.
Phila., March 23, 1834 3m. '-
WM. M'CAHTY,"
B O O K 8 U L 1. K It ,
Market Sired, - ,, ,t
SUNBURY, PA.
"IL'ST received and for sale, a fresh supply of
for Singing Schools. He is also. "opening at
this time, a largo assortment of Books, in every
branch of Literature, consisting of
Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific
Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's
Books, Bibles; School, Pocket and Family, both
with and without Engravings, and every of vari
ety of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds.
Also just received and for sale,' Purdons Di
gest of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1831,
price only $6,00.
Judge Reads edition of Blackstonei Commen
taries, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at $10,00,
and now offered (in fresh binding) at the low
price of $6,00.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re
specting the estates of Decedents, by Thomas F.
Gordon. Drice only $4,00.
TmvrU. Vovaircs and Adventures, all ol
which will be sold low, either for cash, or coun
try produce. 1
February, 21, 1858. tl.
Shnmokiu Town Lota.
milF subscriber is now prepared to exhibit and
I- disoose of Lota in the new Town-Plat of
Shamokin. Persons desirous of purchasing can
ascertain the terms and condition ot sale by
calling on the subscrilwr, at Shamokin.
WM. ATWATEll, Agent.
Shamokin, Oct 15, 1853. tf.
LEATHER.
FRITZ k HENDRY,
Store, 29 N. 3d street.
rHir.ADBX.PnxA
Morocco Manufacturers, Curriers, Importers,
Commision and ueneral Leather llumnesa.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL,
rjy" Manufactory 15 Margaretta Street.
Ph-la., Augu.t 20.1853. ly.
JYAVRISNCE HOUSE,
SUNBURY, PA.
ri VI E auWrilier reapretfully informs the public
L that she still continues to keen the above
named nubile house, and that she has engaged
XI r. Waiter Zienlur to suiMsriu'eud the same.
Mi. has also received a new supply of good
liuuors and wines, and trusts that she will be
able to giva satisfaction to all who may vi.il her
hoUW' MARIA THOMPSON.
Sunbury March 4. 1854. if.
m ARDWAnE, Nail, tit., lloou, hiiom,
I I llata, Cap. Cedar ware, llroom, Hru.hr,
t cboul liooks and p.prr ju.t icrived and for ..I.
,j . w. ic.-Nr-u tu.
Munbury, April M, 1M
PAHAHOLH, In pluirt and f.ncv Dgurei hil
and (iinirhain Cotton ami (iingliain I'm.
i.lla Trunks artJ Crl Hag, )urt reri
and M sal b l. W. TK.NEK CO
Hunbury, April II. I4.
-aivtilA.M CHOLAOOtll E An r.ll.i.t
I .nul. for lh cur. f r".f and Agua, till.
Ituua ", liiUimiltanl w K.iuiiImiI juM
,.-,id awl fm saiaw .
April I. 14.
i. n, i a i ii.
W AltlKal' Dree. (i.kMla. Murine au4 uaiusi
I i MiaoU, lilaia, l atUu. 1W Lame,
nIm4 iwl M Hht l n,,v..iiiu
.. AuguUa, M .
VKY (JIMIIiM. I'Mlu. t'Mim.r kMlliiwO,
I I tMiisi, T4.. "uwim.i viola, ,!.
ilii. Titi., !'. Ma.ls, in
UhI WM. A, kUll,
(.won Aa,uO, M.J ,
grjFamtltt SinDspaper-PeDotett to floUtics, attcraturc, jfttorautg, jFottiflit nnft Domtstfc jlttoS,
SELECT POETRY.
k LEXINGTON. '
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Slowly iho mist o'er ihe mentlow vas creep-.
. .igi -' '. . . ' ..J ',' -
Bright on the uVwybuds plisleneil (be son,
When from bis couch while his ehildien were
sleeping, ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' "
Rose the bwki rebel and shouldered his gun.
Waving her golden veil
Over Ihe silent .dale, "
Blithe looked the morning' on collage and
spire, ,
, Hushed wad his parting sigh,1 ... .
While from his noble eye
Flashed fhe last sparkle of liberty's fire." -,
- . . .' . , r t . ; ,
On Ihe smooth grrcu, where the fresh leaf
is springing, . . i ...
Calmly the first-born of glory have met ;
Hark ! the death volley around them is ring
ing, Look ! with their life-blood the young grass
is wet I
Faint is the feeble breath, . ,
Murmuring low in death,
Tell to our sons how their fathers have died
Nerveless I be iron hand,
RaUed for its Native land,
Lies by the weapon that gleams by his side.
Over the hill sides the wide knell is lolling,
From their far hamlets the yeomanry
, come
As through the storm-clouds the thunder-
burst rolling,
Circles the beat of the musterlr g drum.
Fast on the soldier's palh
Darken the waves ol wrath,
Long have they gathered and loud shall they
lull ;
Red glares the musket's flash,
Sharp rings the rifle's crash,
Blazing and clanging from thicket to wall.
Gaily the plume of the horseman was dan-
Never to ch&dow his cold brow again ;
Proudly at morning the war steed was pran
cing, ' !, :
Reeking and panting he droops on the
ruin ; .
Pale is he (ip of scorn,
Voiceless the trumpet-horn,
Torn is the silken-fringed redcross on high ;
Many a bulled breast
' Low on the turf shall rest ...
F.re the dark hunters the held have passed
"by ; : ' v" "" -v
Snow-girdled crags where the hoarso wind is
raving, . '
Rocks uhcre the weary floods murmur
i and wail, i i
Wihls where tiie forn by the furrow is wa
ving, . .-
Reeled with the echoes that rode on Ihe
gale,' '
Far as the tompesUhrills
Ovt-r Ihe darkened hills, . .
Far as the sunshine streams over the plain,
Housed by the tyrant band,
' ' Woke all the mighty land,
Girtlcd for battles from mountain to main.
Green be the craves where her martyrs are
Ivins !
Shroudless and tun) blcS3 they tank to their
rest
While o'er their ashes the starry fold flying,
Wraps the proutl eagle they roused irom
Ins nest.
Borne on her northern pine,
Long o'er the foaming brine
Sp:ead her broad banner in storm and to sun ;
Heaven Knee ner ever nee,
Wide as o'er land and sea,
Floats the fair emblem her heroes have won.
it.5ccUautou!8 2-ccattrr
A TURKISH THEATRE.
If some Sunday you lake at the Tophane
stairs, near the Mosque ol the sultan
Mahmound, a caique with two pair ot oars,
and say Kadi keui, the boatman will land
you in some iwenly-hve or thirty min
utes opposite the Golden Horn, on a pretty
shore on the Asiatic side, filled with cafes
and houses painted in gay colors. Follow
narrow street, whose houses overhan?
and make angles and strange retreats upon
this public highway. As (he village is
almost altogether Armenian, the open
doois and raised wmuows exhibit a great
many charming female faces, wilh large
black eyes and regular features an agree
able sight to the stranger tired ol Ihe perpet
ual masked ball of Constantinople. Then
you pass along a wall which secures,
without concealing, vines ami vigorous tig
tret's, and you reach a beaulilul little gull,
which fronts Princess island. Perhaps you
will hear, under Ihe fine trees which shade
the sharp of the bank, Ihe roaring ol the
I arbouka, Ihe grating ol the rebel), and the
whining of the fluleaccompanied by nasal
voices; but don't stop .(her ar merely
cale sineert. Descend and remount this
narrow path cut out in Ihe cliff, whose foot
is bathed in the transparent sea, and you
win reacn trie aioda lSornou table land.
Arabs and Talikas. saddle borset held ov
negroes and sais, water and sorbet sellers-
temporary shops filled with mu.k and
watermelons and cranes, from a lovous
throng outuide an encloiura furmed of
grteu clothi, so disposed as lo inlerernl the
viww, wun.ii reiiiiuus US Ol in booths vrecN
ed by fair mountebanks in th Champs
KijwvTWf vn i'uuiiv iretivaiv.
ft i. i .i
I ui. uaniiia, yejjius irom tilt (omrr Of
wooden hour, and t la.l.ued lot Urgt
Ire inolined toward tha ; the allies
sides, being on Ihe ridg ol Ihe perpvndio
ular clin, do not need partition to hinder
inriiiiiliv gUncei from lh who would
iioy in penurmaiica (rang.
Tha ticket office is kpt by a seiten.
rian dwarf, uf a vry hideous and Untaig
annrarauce. whj alw neit.rms the olfica
i t...
I ul ixcrr, lie iiiau u. atriin nvs.iy
autre (ti the ttuiiJ atury of the buuax,
who window aarvvd aa Ihe drees circle,
iitetalled ua upon cu'hiuua, end lb. a r
lufii.J i.lU tu hn imwI. lira! UltHijl Car la
i.!4Ctcr w a "p audi cup ol coifee,
Illume iiJiM'Uhl afc'-xi uf all I ui
i.U UM4iva. iti iw I'oih I be win
dow b-itrt we teally wtijiiul an J pio
Iwi.i'ie. the I'laie wbvte lb laiii.h
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, TA.,' SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1854.
buflonhs were to appenr, was a sort of lar
perium, bordered on two sides by the male
portion of Ihe audience, and oil Ihe other'
by the seraglio, a shed covered with plnhks
and protected by; an open-work screen,
which extended . half-way up the front
The seraglio is Ihe portion reserved to
women,, for in Turkey Ihe two sexes are
always separated, and a husband would. re
gard it os a piece of gross indecency to teat
himself near his wives.
All the audiences some with the red tct
and btilfoned Nizam (rock coat, Others in
the old national costume, ' were squatting
on Srrtyrna carpets or thin mattresses spread
on the ground, crunching sugar-candy, or
nibbling Ihe rose-colored pulp of water
melons, or inhaling the smoke of the chi
bouk, or making the water bubble in the
crystal reservoir of the Piarguilhes. The
women chirped and chatted behind the
lattice-work like birds in a cage, and from
our window we could see their white
yamacks' and the sky-blue, mallow-rose;
pea-green, and other gay-colored feredgesJ
A dazzling sun gilded the'empty place the
actors were about lo occupy, and the sea
sparkled through the olives and tamarinds;
whilst the musicians, placed in the shade at
the loot of the house, made their instru
ments hum and shiver, as if to prelude the
commencement of the performances. It
wes charming.
" A strange tumuli, composed of discord
ant and savage sound?, suggestive of sym
phony of servant composers, greeted the
appearance of Ihe performers. This or
chestra was composed of two guitars scraped
with a quil, a rebeck played as double-bass,
two pairs of kettle-drum, and a flute-clarionet,
which a Wind old man, bent double
and mummified with age, blew with might
and main. The play commenced.
Two hnmmds, or Asiatic porters, came
forward, bearing a microscopic barrel sus
pended to the car, which is used io Con
stantinople to sustain the heavy weights
which a single man, unaided, could not
move. These hammels were dressed in a
loose grey great-coat, with borders of red.
yellow and blue cloth lace-work : puffed
pantaloons, narrow from Ihe knees, and
bordered with black ornaments; a tall hat
of undressed fur, which I can compare lo
nothing but a straining-bag; one of them
was thin, dried up, nervous, with a keen
physiognomy; the other robust, wilh the
form of an.elephant or of a mastodon.
bach seemed to make enormous efforts lo
support his barrel, as large as one's fist ;
they tottered, opened their legs, supported
themselves as it crushed beneath Ihe bur
den. What did that mysterious barrel
contain ? Raki, a sort of" white brandy.
which the hammels were carrying for a
Frank merchant of Para, who was about
establishing a drinking-room. The Frank;
dressed in a Robert Macaire style, in an old
frock coat of blark luteftring, threadbare
and sleek at (he elbows, his legs buried in
dirty, large pantaloons, without waistcoat
or cravat, and having no linen, unless a
Turkish silk shirt might for Ihe nonce usurp
the name, refused to pay the agreed price
lor Ihe transportation ol the barrel of raki.
This refusal forms the leading incident on
which the plot turns, and becomes the
source of an interminable series of kicks
and blows.
The thin hammel persists wilh mulish
obstinancy to demand his due ; he becomes
the evil genuis of. the drinking-room : he
complains (o the chief of the hammels, a
grotesque leilow with a retl beard, in a
turban with muskmelon-like ridges, and of
as varied colors as a Plombierire. with a
red doliman a la liajucet, wielding a pad
ded cane ; he goes and wakes un (he po
lice and (he caui, who appear followed by
half a dozen bun kins, dressed in extravagant
costumes, their turbans like cake-moulds,
with prodigious folds, as in the time of the
jannissaries, and ornamented with feathers,
swans wings, broom aigrette nothing
was wanting but the lighted candles of the
bourgeois geiilUiomme. Process was ser
ved on the merchant, and the explanation
was resolved on in a general tow. where
all Ihe turbans fall from the owner's heads.
The fall of turbans is a sure comical ''hit"
in Turkish pieces. In reality, nothing is
more laughable than to see uncovered those
shaved, bluish pates, upon which a lock of
hair sticks out like the end of an old vine
or a pumpkin. The Frank promises to pay
Ihe hammel out of his future profits, where
upon peace is momentarily re-established.
The sale of raki is not prosperous ; the
Frank and his servant are Ihe best custo
mers of the drinking rooms. Th rooms
want additional attractions-; therefore mu
sicians and dancers are engaged.
The danseuses are boys disguised as wo
men, lur lurKisn avceney uoeg not auow
women to appear in public. The persecu
ting hammel embraces the danseuses, and
disarranges everything; a shower ol blows
from a stout stick runs bun otr, and be lakes
refuge on a tree, so that the dances can be
continued notwithstanding bia presence.
1 hese danseuses, or rather these dancers,
deserve a particular description. One of
them, by the delicacies of his features, the
wbilrneM of Ins neca, his blonde hair ar
ranged in curls, hi blue bandkrrcbirf pla
ced in Ihe (ireek style on the lop ol his
heed, his modest air, and bis slender waist,
made a complete illusion, and he really
teemed to be a pretty vouna woman. Ilia
coatume m wis exceedingly aLu-aril.
It wa romped of a are tUh ,,,
adorued wit KiuUcbcs of a ,bir of gau.e
wlk.ot two tunica uf r.d.luli violet .ilk,
.... will) yelluw, placed utrr ,ih
other, aad facetted around the waul wuh
a oeit Ol 11 Mlk, I ha -ik-.. d.....!
from their jurlner out; 1, th. bead drew,
. mm lou.t.im oi rii ?, around whith
iefe punt ol UIm lu,f wi, i.dUd. Tbii
Km eieculed, wuh UiuJiik. aikd I. ilj
u.)tS whkh would eaUe Ihe chtM auM.p-
uuiiiiy m iMir punt-., tut of aio tf
.luiei an oiiXi(ial ihicl r, win. h em..l
io ,ie I'leaMtie 1 1 Ihe tuJuuve.
To the dancers succeedi d some Alban
ians in black vest coats and black gaiters,
both decorated with red binding, In puck
ered futtanplles, who dBnced, making ot
Ihe 'same time terrible contortions, a war
dance of lheir, country.' Their shoved
temples, their white biggins crowned with
a small round piece looking like a pie-crust,
Iheir-enormous mustaches, their haggard
yes, gdve therri a wild and truculent t-x-pression,
Ires orrifique, as Rabelias would
say. 1 would nol lor the world sully their
reputation, but I must say they looked like
consumate scoundrels. '
1 The Frank's drinking rooms thus became
a favorite. housr, whose fame reached even
so far as Ihe ears of the Shah of Persia,
who had just reached the city with all his
suite. , The Persian play, in Turkish dra
matic act, the same part Englishmen do in
French vaudevilles Their-emphatic ac
cent, their birare costume ore parodied with
an inexhaustible verse. The Shah bends
under the, weight of, a lofty turban in the,
mitre form, and surrounded with a shawl
of innumerable folds- He wears a yellow
robe, with cashmere palm leaves, belted
wilh a second shawl, which goes twenty
times around his exhausted body, and holds
in his hand an iroa fork, which serves him
as a support for his elbow when he seals
himself upon the carpel.' The Shah has
his face destroyed by debauchery and
opium, and is excessively , like Elix in the
scenes of the slave-market in the bailet of
the Dialle Jlmortux. Behind the Shah
are six good-for-nothing wretches, with. a
head-dress of black sheepskin caps, and a
mace hanging by Iheir sides in Ihe Persian
manner. The Shah takes his place and the
dances commence. He is so well pleased
that tie gives the Frank five hundred purses,
who is at last able to pay Ihe hammel.
' This farce, whose pantomime alone I
could follow, being ignorant of Turkish
manners, must have been comical, if one
might judge from the roars of laughter of
the audience. The actors nlaved their
parts wilh a great deal of fire and variety
of intonation. : The European accent of
the Frank, and the Persian accent of the
Shah even, I could distinguish.
The performance over, the women
mounted again into their talikas, protected
by eunuchs, who thrust aside Ihe throng ;
Ihe men put (heir beaulilul barb horses in
gallop, and I returned quietly to my
caique, still laughing to mysell , at., those
grotesque figure?, which, lor extravagant
fantasy, recalled the droll dreams ol Alco
ribos Nasiez. ' ' '
trill! l'Oll SMALL VOX.
A merchant and ship owner of Boston hii9
had tho folio win; roceipe sent him from
England,' where it w as furnished him by Mr.
Laikin, member of the Royal College of Sur.
geons. and who vouches for it as a 'Medi
cine that will effect ar revolution in healing
art, as regards the prevention and euro not
only ol smallpox, bill also of measles and
scarlatina,' however malignant ihe type, in a
manner more 'efficient ami extraordinary
than could ever have been anticipated, even
by the most ardent philanthropist. '
,:On the first appearance of fever or irrita
tion ushering in nlfacks, whether occurring
in families or large communities, the sub
joined mode of treatment should ut once be
entered on." Take one grain each of pow
dered foxglove or digitalis (valuable in Ihe
ralio of its greenness, the dark should be re
jected) and one of sulphale of zinc (this arti
cle is commonly known as white viterol.)
These should be rubbed thoroughly in a mor
tar or other convenient vessel, w ith 4 or 5
drops of water ; this done a noggin (or about
4 ounce) more, wilh some syrup or sugar
should be added' Of this mixture a table
spoonful should be given to an adult, and two
tesspoonful to a child every second hour,
until symtoms of disease vanish.
"Thus conducted, ronvalesence, as if by
magic, will result. The rapilily of an event
so auspicious will equully delight and aslon.
ich. It may however, be necessary further
to note, that should tho bowels become ob.
alructed in tha progress of this disease, an
evil by no means common, then a drachm of
the compound powder of jalap, formed of
two parts of cream of tartar wilh one of ja
tup. and one gram or the herd treated as
above formed into a pastil w ilh syrup of su
gar should be given to mi adull, and half Ihe
quantity lu a child. This simple medicine
shut out every foim or arlicio whatever, as
totally unnecessary, if not pernicious.
"The methodus inedicaudi of these medi
cine capable of effecting results o fjigaiilio,
remuins now only lo be given and appears lo
be aa follow: The herb by it ami-febrile
properties, lay hold at once of Ihe fever, the
prolific. ouica of woe, which immediately
strangles, wujie me ime aeie me panel a
tonic, instantly restoring the rquilibiiuin."
Mr. Laikin add: ''No emigrant or go'
verumenl vessel should hereafter be allowed
to pui lo tea without a few pence of lhv
protector: audit i further ardently hoped
thai, a the dearest liileresis of our common
Immunity aie so vitally involved in luia di
covery, Ihe pre ef ell countries, will give
publicity le hi amiounceinenl,''
Tx Aimiii41i or nix Ar. Tell
Ihe cuwiiuaiidei iii chief le lull the acvieiaiy
al war lu tell Ihe eocieiery of sia'e f Ihe
bume department tu 1 .11 Ihe eeuielary uf the
Cum in l i ul di'pailiiienl, thai ihe lioupe aie
ijund la uieu'b Mwm-dnicl), cud are
wailing foi .Wot'. .
H-inle tW, bow nuuy ainJt ui the aie
ib.iel" ., ma,m.
"VVh.U aie It,) t.lU'd I
VVyu I tti a tt (tie, t.uip liie, and lie
at Uia (.,. '
'Ib.l aid Uj. , u liui bl "
science ana the guts, aartculturr, iwartiets, amusements, set
I. A B O 11 .
If half Ihe pains were taken by some peo
pie to jerfcrm the lubor allotted to them.
thai are taken by hem lo avoid, we should
hear much less (aid about the troubles of
life, and one much more actually completed.
Shirking, has at last Income a fashion; re-
gnlar science ; and he is the lucky one who
known how to' put off his burden upon tho
shoulders of another. It is Inwoven in their
menial constitutions. They even have the
hardihood to confess to their acquaintance,
lhat I hey were '.not made lo wo'k. As if,
forsooth, they could be anything above labor 1
As if he who refused to work his brains or
soil his hand could, by any ingenuity of rea
soning, be made out superior in any respect
to him w ho' vigorously employs boih.' ""
We thank Heaven that the old prejudices
respecting ihe debasing, influences of labor,
are fast falling awny. The abolition of many
of the old laws and customs of the mother
couutiy, of which the law of primogeniture
is not the.lensl important, has done .very
much to erndicade ; these prejudices. A
healthier opinion; has been generated in this
heallbv atmosphere of Ametica., Here a
man must needs' labor, in order to insure re
spectability. ' An idler is a character whose
boasts the community1 will noi tolerate.' A
professed drone Is a being in absolute and
unqualified contempt A man must have
done something, at some time in his life, lo
warrant Ihe enjoyment of unbroken leisure,
or hi leisure becomes to him the most un
endurable possession he holds.
And so, we seriously think, it should be.
He is an emply braggart, who demands pub
lie respect without'offering at least Us equi
valent And public opinion requires lhal
that equivalent shall be Ihe peiformance of
useful deeds; shall be something that will
uo towards the interests and advancement of
the race. . .
A side from such influences, that go to
wards elevating and dignifying the name of
labor, there is always to be found in indus
try itself an all-sufficient remuneration. It
keeps the mind , in a slate of continued
heullh. It excites the best 'qualities of our
common nature, it widens, anu extenus
.. .. . . .
and 'strengthens common sympathies; and
brine, happiness and peace, together With a
livelihood. ' We uhoiild be but miserable af.
fairs, at the best, if we were condemned to
havo nothing to do. Life would lose its zest
We should nol have Ihe appetila to enjoy,
and wo shoul 1 as certainly lack all. know
edge of what, after all, was capable of giving
us enjoyment.
Let no one, then, complain lhat he hates
or despises work. Labor is the very condi
lion of a true life, and hearty happiness.
Wd cannot but commisseratq the condition
of ihoso who can find nothing at nil lo ilo
bul we heartily despise those who affect to
be above labor.
THE PRINTER'S TOIL.
Blow ye stomy winds of winter,
Diive the chilly, drifting snow ;
Closely boused, Ilia busy printer
Heeds not how the winds may blow.
Click, click, bis types go dropping,
Hern and there" upon the ease,
As he stands so briskly popping
Every letter in its place.
Heaven send the useful printer
Every comfort inoitals need!
For our nights were dull in winter,
Had we not Ihe news to read.
Sad w ould be the world's condition,
If no printer boys were found;
Ignorance and superstition.
Sin and suffering would abound.
Yes, it is the busy printer
Rolls the car of knowledge on;
And a gloomy montal winter
Soon would reign if he were gone.
Money's useful, yet the minters
, Kill not ball nu high a place
A ihe. busy, toiling primers,
Fingering type before Ihe case.
Yel while lype they're busy setting,
Oil some llionghiless popinjay
Leaves ihe eouuiry, kindly leiiing
Plinleia "vhitl for Iheir pay."
O, iugialitude ungracious!
Are there on enlightened toil,
Men with mindeae inuapacioua
As lo slight Ihe priiitei'aloil.
Sea bini, how extremely busy,
FingeiinK lypo twloie the ease,
Toiling till he' almost tlizsty,
To exall Ihe human race.
Then lonj; live Ihe arl of priming,
lldia uu happy freedom' evil,
And with jy lhal know no aiinting
Heaven tewaid Ihe puulei'a lull !
ROWltKO HIM.
The late Rev. Rowland Hill waa remaik
able for hi eeeenlrie icbuke fiom Ihe pul.
pit. He unce taid, on obewiving "'n P"0'"
ruler hit rhapol lo avoid Ihe tain lbt wa
falling
Many partiin aie le be binned lur nu
king tbeil lellgion a elak ; but I dtl liol
ihiuk lhoa aie much belter, who make il an
umbrella !"
Again, after icii'g '" anon) metis
lei'via fiom mint uf bit eongreiiaiifo
If )uu wi.lt me lu id )ur aau.nuw
leiiMi, )ue iiiuU ei'tdo a ii i"te In !
(oi me good ebauiy "
On auo.hui refa.ion -m
I ,1 1 nol wtul Ilia wal 'f'.!i" be.
liaera o.llvi.ul !-)' el ( huanaiie la Im
.Irnu J, bot wiy IxauieJ, ibai e i.wj
tauke ktada lull ta.avl Viet llwm "
Jl PA It,
Fnrthee Aeeonnt of the Attterltatl N.go-
The following Journal gives some inter
esting particulars of the last visit of Cum:
Perry to Jeddo f
March 16 Tha presents for ifie Emperor
and Empress individually, as well as those
for the Imperial Commissioners and the Gov
ernment of Japan, were landed on the morn
ing of the 13th, in as quiet, seaiching, and
insinuating a little rain as we have seen here
at ell. Nothing was damaged, however.
They were well sheliered underneath a sort
of shod erected for them.
But this was built evidently wilh Ihe sup
position that the presents were far greater in
number than they are. They looked meagre
enough, cerlainly ; and if our list be compar
ed wilh the list of articles presented by the
Ihe Russians nnon ResanofPa Emliav. it
, j , .
will appear mean, and unworthy our Govern
ment. The miniature railroad," with its lncomo"
tive, tender and car, and the magnetic tele
graph, now in course of erection, have exci
ted great curiosity among the more inlelli
gem Japanese, i ne cars will tia in motion
upon a circular railway, and the telegraph in
communication for a distance of about five
miles, in a few days, when, at first, I pre
some, their wonder will know no bounds.
The little locomotive and cars are quite com
plete, bul loo small for ony purpose beyond
showing the piinciple. Ever since the first
orrival of the ships in the bay, many Japa.
nese employed by their government have
busied themselves to the advancement of
their country in various ways. Among other
things done, the dimensions of the Matcdo
mart have been taken ; and ihey say they in
tend buildinng a ship like her. The reply of
the Commissioners lo Commodore Perry's
demands went on board ihe flag ship last
evening, and it is thought that we will soon
have the treaty signed. Il has not yel
transpired whether these answers are satis
factory, but tho Commodore is to land and
have another conference in a day or two
March 19 Day before yesterday the
Commodore held his second interview wilh
Ihe Imperial Commissioners. The Japanese
are willing lo grant us three ports for com
meroiai purposes. One is obout seventy
miles from here to the . southward. This is
to be examined immediately, and its capaci
ties reported upon. Another of the haibor.
is Malsmai, on an island of the same name
to ine nortnwaru. it this be accented, it
will be chiefly on account of our whalers en
gaged in the Arctic fishery. I have not
learned either the name or situation of ihe
third port. ,
Below will be found-lho fac-simile, not of
the signatures, but marks or seals, or, per
haps more properly what the Spaniards
would call ihe firmas, of the four Commis
sioners of Japan engaged with Commodore
Perry in forming the treaty. The name of
the first Commissioner, (and, by the way,
you must commence from the right to read
their marks) is Hayasi; and his title is Dai.
ya Ku-no Ka mi, Prince Councillor. He is
third in the chief Cooncil of State. The
second Commissioner is -do, Prince of This
simi. His principality consists of islands
lying between Gorea and Japan, The third
is Iz dtea, Prince of Mi-ma sa-li, a princi
pality lying west of Mi-a to, Ihe spiritual
capitul of the Empire. The fourth is (-done.
His title is Mim-bu Shi-yo-ya, meaning
an assistant in the Board of Revenue. The
pome of the Imperial interpreter is Mais ma-
ki Mech-i ta ro, and he has no title.
March 20. By the storeship Supply, one
of our squadron, which arrived yesterday
fiom Shanghai, ve hear that the Russians were
quite successful in their negotiations at Naga
saki, and not sent olf with a flea in the ear,
as the Japanese have nil along been telling
us. This may make some difference in our
treaty ; lor Ihe Commodore will probably ue
mand lo know how much has been granted
them, and it is quite certain, if this be as
ceitained, that he will insist upon more (ban
they obtained. It would be too absuid to do
no more wilh ten ship, than the Russians
h.va eeninnli.hpil wilh one frisate. a sma'.l
, - - ,
ailing ehipi belonging to the Russian-Ame
rican Company, and a small steamer in all
three vessels, and considerably lesslhun one.
third out force, either in lonnnie or gun.
The Vandulia and Southampton sailed I (us
morning upon Ihe mision lo examine Sma
dime, one of ihe haiboit offeied at for Ihe
puipoaes of tiade and commerce.
MartK Jl. In irgard lo the Russians, the
Japanete adhere to iheir original anaerhon,
lhat Ihey obtained nothing. Thry persist in
tlealaring thia lo be tha tree slate of ihe
ease. They aay lhal tktyeitttrd into no treaty
tfi'a tktm, and gave I he in no reason t0 sup
pus lhal Ihey would giant Ihem any llui.g
whatever. But the RuMiaut aid thai lliey
would be back again In Nagasaki in a tear.
We heai thai in China the prevailing opinion
appear lo be lhal ihe reiioit'uf Ihe Russian
it all gammon. or oar league wilh Japan
in reference le eoimnvirial luiereouiae, Com.
I'.riy bat taken fof kit Ihe liealy with
China.
The Japanese bate made xjiii tivepiinita
10 every gee ol lue ai lie let contained in I hat,
bul aie willing la lake the Idler of the
tiJeol lot Ike foundation ef a emipael, This
however, U not tiwciiio, bai ganeial, and, of
eour, can, In iieaiv, foim nu bing inoie
Ihtil Ihe h.aJt tut arlu le Allbuugh Itrgo.
neiiuMe Hity i uia)l M a lime. ,UL
eN.p4M will, imduubi, iiliiiua'ujy be ee
lwi.4 io, mIikU will beotuly aau.Uwibi)
I i pMt 1 be ( wum -Ivie a - n l"
be Ul.ai. $ iu vU bw.Ul J u-.. --
OLD SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 41
r'Ananding alouffwice as moch as he trill
be willing fo lake.
March 22.-FlyIng rumors how report thai
it Is two, and not three ports, (hat fhe Jars'
nese offer ot for commerce. The Commo
dore, if is said, has asked fof five( Duy afier
to-morrow, what if is supposed will . be the
final Interview is to take place. And if
Comodore Perry then meets the Commis
sioners for the last lime, Ihe results of our
negotiations will soon be known( and, per'
haps, csfom'sh the world, even at ihis pro'
gressive oge..
March 24 The Japanese have been de'
lighted and astonished with the movements'
of ihe locomotive and rail-ears, and some of
th em have held conversations wilh one
another by means of the magnetic telegraph; .
This morning Ihe Commodore lands .agaiiu
and Ihe treat will receive the necessary
signatures. But the Susquehanna (by which"
vessel 1 send thisjill be dispatched as1
early as ? o'clock.
This is done in outer lhat the fust iipws of
the formation of n treaiv ttinr I e carried h'
the bearer of dispatches who goes by way of
the Pacific, and ihus reach hope wiihntif
passing through Europe. 1 hnVe already
stated all I know in regard to (he stipulations'
of Ihis treaty, which are, nflef all, a fnaltef
of but little con.eqnence ; for it is enouctt
for us fo know that the Americans hate oven'
cd a trade tvilh Japart.
IIEGOTIIIM Ot TIIE "WOOL,
"look a hea nigger, where you swellirt
to 1" was the unceferhohioos salutation of A
saddle colored gentlemen to an excruciating
ly dressed darkey, whosecomplexion was not
many shades removed from that of a rerei.t'
ly polished sfoe pipe as the luiter "piission''
made a graceful swing from the promenade
on Fourth street where he had been exhib
iting himself for a couple of hours, to the en
vy of tho ''Bucks," and Ihe fascination of a
score of ,:nuss gals" into McAlister street.
"Who-o-o-o you call a nigger, sah V was
fhe indignant response, with a majestic roll
of a pair of eyes with a great deal of white
and very little of any other color in them.
"Why, 1 call yoii nijrget," was Ihe flalfooU
ed reiteration of "saddle color," as he recog
nized in "stove pipe" a "gemman" who, two
years ago exercized his gen ions about town
in the white washing and boot blacking line,
bul who since time had been "abroad," and
had cultivated a mustache and foreign airsi
"Low mo to inform you sah, dat yon islabrin
nnder slight delucinatlon, I anin't no nigger."
'Yes yon r'j a nigger, nuflim fctif a nigger j
if you ain't a nigger, what is yon T"
"Ise a Qnarterroon, sah."
"A what ?"
"Ise QuarterrOon, sah."
"How io git to be a QnaJJerflo'ii ?"
Why my mmldef was a white woman,
an my fader was a Spanyid, sah ; dat how I
git to be a Quarterroon." .
"Whar you gif dat 'plexioo f"
" grt om In de Souf, eah. 'feet ob tie"
climate, every pusson in de Sonf got 'em
sah,"
Whar yon get claf wool 1 say, whar yoa
git dat wool V
"I git dat by a by a-a accidum on my
madder eide sah." (Stovepipe slightly con
fused.) ' '
"Now, how yo git dat wool on your mud'
der's side, if your mother was a white wo'
many say how you git dat wool !"
"Bekase sbe got frighten afore I was
born "
"How sbe git frighfen, ehf?'
"Why she git chased by a black man sah.''
"Look a hea nigger I dussent want to be
pussonal, but, from de 'pearance ub your
mudder's son, dere ain't no doubt dat de
time yonr mudder was chased by a black
nan, she was overlooked."
A moment after yon might have played
dominoes on the coal tails of Ihe "South'n
gemman," a he siieakcd it up McAlister
.(reel, and dived into ihe doorway of thai
aristocratic caratantary of Ihe accummoda-'
lion uf di-.liiiguit.hed tunburiit pusson, known
ut Ihe Hotel Duri. as. Ciiiciiinai Cummcrciid.
What it Youm Name! Three wild mud-
laik. were recently ci.puired by a )oung di
vine and biought into Sunday SUiuul m New
Yoik.
'What it your name, my boy "
' Dan," leplied the outaughl one, whu was
Hi al iiilenoguit-d.
'Oh, no, yoor name it Daniel, tay it
now."
1 Daniel.'
"Yee; well Daniel, take lhal teat."
"And whal ie your namel" was interroga
ted of number two.
'-Sam," ejaculated the eithin.
'Oh, dear, uo, II it Samuel) il down, Sam
uel."
''Now lei os bear whal yoer name it my
bright liUle fellow Y raid Ire laming lu ilij
third.
Wilh a g'in oi telf-ealiefaclion, tod th.ke
of Ihe hea l lhal would hate dune h'nni In
I. "id lluitetgh, the young taieehumeu boldly
replied
I'JiiiiuuI be jabeit !"
ft eiot't Clai t'Mertat At Wi.l.lm, ihe
tval of wai in Tuikey, piovi.ioi.t are told al
ltd lulluwmg puwt-a fiiuue uni i'
eui ltitik.lt hers). Wine, t wsnl yi -u4'l )
biead, I cult pel laf .! ft p.ui..l ; b
be. I, I limit pel pound; egija, ball a e.
eM (.1 l'-k, I f.mei a c'.n.'.
ut, a g, Uuei-it! p-mi-Ili"
,y, I t ..nu, ia.ii.g f' '' ' ' I