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WHOLESALE & RETAIL. 7- Manufactory IS Margaretla Street, hila., August 20. 1853 ty AWHENCE HOUSE, SUNBURY, PA. HIE subscriber respectfully informs the public that she still continue to keep the above ned public house, and that sh has engaged U' niter Zieutler to superintend the same. ?h has also received new supply of good or nd wines, and trusts that she will be to give satisfaction to all who niay visit her MARIA THOMP80X. lunbury March 4. 1854 tf. IARDWARE, Itaifs, ice-. Boot, Shoes, Hat, Cap, Cedar ware, Broom, Brushes, bool Books and paper just ireived and for sale ,1, W.ililEII VU Sunbory) April 8J, 18M IARASOL8, in plain and1 fanrr frgofed Silk and Gingham Cotton and Gingham Urn diss Trunk and Carpet Bag, just received J for sale by I. W. TENER & CO sSuubury, April 22, 1854. NDIAN CHOLAGOGUE An excellent . article for the core of Fever and Ague, Bil u Fever, Intermittenioi Ketnittant Fever, juet leived and foe sale ky AprilM, 1834. !. W.TENER ck CO. I A MS, Ti Beef,' Mackerel, Codfish, Cheese, Rsisins, Fif. Lemon ok Orange, 4 recaivsd ami for sal by April i. I8R4. IW, TENER CO. "COOPER'S GELATINE, t o Jellies, Ac J rr al by WEISER HRl'MER. 6btry, Jan 84, IML THE LITTIfi BOY THAT DIED. 1 BY JOSHWA U. ROBiXBOS' tSJ. Four verges of this beautiful poem wni publ;hed few weeks since, the proline lion of Dr. Chalmers. Tho Boston Coiuiei corrects the error, and says Ihey were written bv Joshua D. Robinson, Esu , of Newbury port, Massachusetts on the occasion of the death of his brother a loved and interesting boy of four yeafs of age. I am all alone in my chamber now, And the midnight hour is near, And the fagot's crack, an-l the clock's dull tin, ' Ate the only sounds t hear ; And over my soul in its solitude,' Sweet feelings of sadness iite ; Eor my heart and my eyes are full when I think Of the little boy thai died I went one nighl In my father's house Went home to the dear ones all, Arid softly I opened the carden Bate, And softly the dnor ol the hall. Mv mother catna out to meet her son, She kissed me, and then she siahed, And her hand fell on my neck, and she wept, For her little boy thnt died. And when I pazed on his innocent fiicc, As still and cold he lay, And thoncht what a lovely child ho had ; been, . And how soon he must decay ; "Oh death, thou lovesl tho beautiful," In the woe of my spirit I cried, For sparkled the eyes, and the foruhrad was fair, Of the little boy that died. And I will go to my father's houfo Go home to the dear ones an, And sadly I'll open the carden cate, Ami sadly the door of the hall. I shall meet my mother, but never more Wiih her darling by her side ; And she'll kiss me, and siah and weep again For the little boy Ihnt died. I shBll miss him when the flowers come In the garden where he played ; I shall miss him more by the fire-sidp, When Ihn flowers have all decayed. I shall see his mys and his empty chnir, And the horse he used to ride ; Ami thev will speak with silent speech, Of the little boy that died. I shall see his little sister again, Wiih her playmates about tbe door, And IMI watch the children in their sports, As I never did before ; And if in the group I see a child That,s dimpled and laughing-eyed, I'll look to see if it may not be The little boy that died. We shall all go home In our Father's house To our Father's house in the skies, Where the hope of our souls shall have no blight, And nur love no broken ties ; We shad roam on the banks of the River of Peace, And bathe in its blissful tide; And one of the joys of our heaven shall be The little boy that died. And therefore, when I'm sittiiit; alone, And the midnmhl hour is near, When the fagot's crack aud the clock's dull tick Are the only sounds I hear, Oh sweet o'er my soul, in its solitude, Are the feelings of sadness that glide ; Though my heart and my eyes are full when I think Of the little boy that died. Select (Talc. MY FIRST EVENING IN WA1ACHIA. BY A HONVED. My readers will recollect (lie melancholy occasion on which the picked men of (he Hungarian army, alter the two extraordi nary days of the 9th and 13th of August, 1819, were compelled to abandon all hope of liberty, and to escape the monstrous cruelty of Russia and Austria by emigrating into Turkey. That day was a bright day for the Sultan it was a bad day for Russia. The men who were driven by the force of Russia to seek refuge on the territories of the Turk are those who since have drilled and organized the Turkish forces, while many of them are at this moment burning fur the time when they shall come into the Geld against Russia. It matters not now, nor why but I, in those days, was in the service of the Hungarian revolution. I was at Halzeg, just recovered from wound, when 1 n-ceived (he fatal intelli gence of the surrender of Lnzar and Torok; and of the inei plicable day at Villagos. 1, like all my companions, cried out with fury against the treachery of Georgey. But rage and lamentations were too late! The only thing we could do was to join Gener al Bern. All was confusion and doubt. Some said that all was over ; some thought that there was falsehood in much of what was said. None would decide. decided for myself, I had a good horse, a warm cloak, arms, and a portmanteau I accord ingly, knowing the country tolerably welt, determined, alone and unassisted, to join the general and ascertain from bis lips what was to be done. Had I waited few hours longer I fhould have found that Bern waa at all events try rng lo resist, trying to save the nation from the fearful blow it nad received. 1 took my way toward the Iron gate. I traveled at night for fear of meeting with Austrian! or Russi ins, though I chiefly dreaded the former. I succeeded in reaching tbe Iron gat about twelve at night. I passed it and made for Weislowa. Tb it city was calm and still, as if tbe savage dogs of war had Dtver been loosed, and as if nation's liberty were not crushed under tbe iron heel of the ruthless Czar, against whom few hi high places then cried u the do now, though A was the ssne ambitions despot nt ia now. J mistrusted the till nets, and tent my horse dashing through in sticcii wuBout nailing. SUxWRY, NOKTIlUilBBJBLASfD COUNTY, IA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2G,1$54. I soon,' hbvyever,' pulled up, as I fudhd myself in the, very, act of falling into an Austrian corps of observation. Luckily I drew tip just os the first sentry came' in view, and walking my horse slowly back, I retreated into a little wood, where I chose a close thicket, fastened my horse to a tree and look some relreshment. . I found that by standing on my horse's back and holding on to a branch, I could just see the Austrian tents. ( determined, therefore, to keep very close until these leiiows removed from the neighborhood. Being an officer, my name known, and le gally in the service of the empire, death awaited me if taken. I accordingly wrap ped myself m my cloak, alter cutting a good handful of grass for the horse, placed my pistols under my head, laid a carbine I had provided myself with by my side, and sought repose. I slept until near midday, when I awoke much parched, having had no drink but raw brandy since I 6larted. J knew not what to do, and was about to rise to seek for water, even in tome pool, for myself and horse, when I heard the steps ot a man and horse, the clanking of heavy boots, the rattling of cavalry sword, and oilier alarming signs, close at hand. 1 cocked my gun. "What it that?" said a voice as of one exhausted and worn out a gentle voice too. "A friend," 1 replied, recognising a Hun garian uniform, and hastening forward. "Heaven be praised !" continued the stranger, who was sinking with exhaustion. "I have been chased ten mils by five Ans Irians, but a trumpet calling them, they joined some comrades.'? Some comrades," said I "an army. Tne knaves will bring a cloud upon us. vv e must to horse." "I can go no further now," replied the stranger, who was not more that eighteen, and yet an officer; but this was nothing in Hungary, where boys did deeds of manly valor. "But death will be our portion if taken," I said. "I can but die once," he continued, sinking on the ground. "H hat is in that gourd !' I said almost fiercely. "Water." I snatched it, drank a draught oh, how delicious lo my parched lips! and then held it to those of my companion, this lime mixed with the coarse brandy of the country. The stranger would have resist ed, but his strength was gone, and I forced the liquid down his thront. 1 then moved away and watched, for I heard the Aus trians moving. But it was the whole divi sion and in the direction of the Iron gate. I returned to my companion ; he lay still upon the ground, and I understood he asked for food. I gave him bread, meat, and a knife. He began slowly to eat, and as his strength revived, I thought I had never seen so handsome a youth. The small Kossuth hat, the hussar uniform, set off to advanlagn a regular and rather efTeminate visage, on which there was not even a sign of dovn. He explained that, having fled from Lagos, ne too was proceeding to join Bern, when a patrol of Austrian: with a sham flag of truce chased him, and drove him to this extremity. Having said this mueh, he wrapped himself in his cloak and went to sleep. I woke him immediately it was dusk, and saddling both horses, assij'ed him to mount, and away we sped toward (he point where we believed Bern to be. We avoid ed towns and villages; we halted before turning a corner. . We were making for Kavanseber. in the middle of the night we found a roadside inn, and here wc heard for the first time that all was over, and that all those who had to dread Siberia or the gal lows Irom the tender mercies of Russia and Austria had determined on emigrating to Turkey, convinced that the Turks would treat us far better than either ot the two Emperors. This was horrible this was fatal newt. "What is to be done?" I said'wildly. "Go to Turkey," replied my companion gently. "But how !" ."By what merns we can. On !" And the young man struck his spurs in his horse's flanks, and lead the way. It was a stupendous journey for two men to perfoim, across (lie mountains of Moraul, he volcanic ridges of the Carpathians, up hill and down dale. But death by the Austrian hangman was worse, and we nei ther of ui then or now utterly despaired of "Jngary, ' We look still more care than ever to avoid any communication with the people about this part, they being that slavish pea santry called the Mautzea, who are to at tached to Austria; but that morning we found a hut, where a man recognising us as Hungarians, cheerfully odered to give us shelter. My companion hesitated, and shook his head. 1 laughed at his fears, and he agreed to chance it. We accordingly locked our horses in a small out-house, al ter giving them food, which we paid for, and went up into a kind of a loft to rest. We wrapped ourselves in our cloaks, saw that our primings were all right, and lay- ing our neadt on a bundle of straw, slept. I was awoke at last by the tound of sev eral voices conversing in a mysterious whisper. I moved not, but I listeoed. We wef in room which could only be ap proached by ladder ; it was sleep ; at Its foot were about a dozen of tha rascally Mautzen discussing who should go op first. I had my pair ot American pistols which I brought over in 187 from America. I cocked on and peered through. crack. They wer eleven men, armed with knives, old pistols, piktt, Wbil two beld cords to tie us vrilh. I rot to my fef with bound, rushed to th bead of th it airs, and fired my five char?! as rtpidly as totaibl. YalU and foait eixeeeded, and lava tb ooh was cleared.' My companion Ws by -my aide" we rusnea down stairs, arxi I avain let fly at the retreating crowd, Four were se verely wounded, arriong whom was our treacherous host : 1 could not but feel glad that his case was hopeless. We (hen walked out into the open air, and while I levelled my trusty carbine at th& tcoun drels, my Companion brought out our hor ses. We mounted, and giving the fellow another volley, rode off. We sought no more hospitality after that. When in force, we look food and paid tor it. One day we were in the mountains, climbing a rocky palh, when, suddenly reaching the crest of a hill, we saw beneath our feet a small army, hussars in front, a carriage next, staff, several carriages, some infantry, and then two squadrons of hussars. We knew what it was : it was the tad remnant of Hungary's heroes. The reader may imagine our hurry to descend the hill, which we did by a mountain path that brought us out on the road ahead of the army. We were in an instant made pris oners, and taken back to the front carriage, in wnicn sat a man in a gray bine coat. with gold embroiderr, torn bv bullets and sabres, with a Kossuth hat on his head. It was Bern. . "Good day. lieutenant." said he to me. and then his eves dilated wi(h surnrise : "Miss Kalerina B -, have vouesooed ?" "Miss !' I exclaimed, wild with surnrise. while my companion smiled and blushed. nnd the old general and hit staff laughed heaitily nt my unfeigned astonishment. I was overwhelmed with confusion, but it would have been pleasant to remark the change in my manner to my companion in misfortune. I treated her at once as a wo man, and was rejoiced when she joined a party of refugee ladies. I then heard that. after joining the army with her brother and tather, she was, by the death of (hem, left alone in the world ; she would not leave the army, and her sex and courage had been universally respected. Our journey over those hills, through the Carpathian mountains, those glorious scenes, our dangers, and our difficulties, are historical. At last we crossed the Turkish frontier, wereN welcomed gladly by the peasantry and authorities; and will the reader be surprised to learn, considering her forlorn position in that country, that I found a priest, and was married to my present good and gentle wife on the very first evening I spent in Wallachia? THE AMERICA BO 71 A PARTES. It has been slated that Mr. Jerome Napo. loon lionupart, of Baltimore, and his son have arrived in France. The Steele publishes the following details respecting Ihem : "It is on the invitation of the Emperor and Empress that these two members of the family have come into Europe. Their stay will not exceed two mouths. I'eihaps. how evfr,'the son, uliujs a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States, will remain in Europe, and go to the theatre of war in Tur key. It has been rumored tnat he had man ifested the desiie to serve in the French urmy; but, at tbe young man himself a) si this is not true. As to bis father,' it is not from personal ambition that he has come to Paris. Mr. Jerome Napoleon Bonapaite is proud of his title of Ameiican cili.en ; he is wealthy, is the head of a numerous family) and dues not meddle wiih the political affairs of Europe. "Our readers no doubt remember that he is a son of Prince Jerome and of Mrs. Eliza beth Patterson, of Baltimore, whom the Prince married in 1803, w hen he visited the United Slates. The Emperor Napoleon re fused to recognize this mailings, and he an. nulled it by decree; but Pope Pius VII, re fused to sanction or ratify that decree. The wife of the Emperor's brother was not allow, ed to enter France. She retired to England, where her son Jerome Napoleon was born at Cumberwell, in 1805. Tbe Baltimore citizen is (hen at present in his 4 0 1 h year. His sun, w ho has passed his examinations at the Mil itary School of West Poini, is 22 years of age. One of the passungers of the Franklin, the steamer in which the two Bonaparte arrive.!, has told us that Ihey. caused them selves lo be generally remarked during lb voyage by their modesty, tho simplicity of their costume, and their desire to remain un perceived in the crowd. The father ia a living poilra.it of the Em peror Napoleon 1 , as represented by painters and sculptors. He is very tall,' ha a dark complexion, black hair and expressive eyes. Tho son is still taller than tha father, but h hat not the family air.' His 'mother was Mist Williams, of , Baltimore. Mr. J. N Bonaparte wat carried by Mis.' Patterson to the United States, aud (here received au ex cellent education. On leaving the diversi ty he studied law, and was admitted an advocate in the Stale of Maryland. His private fortune has been increased by Ibat which bit wife brought him, and by a lega cy of Cardinal Fetch, uncle to Ibe Emperor. The preseut it not the tint time luat wt. Bonaparte bat visited burope. in is7, tne ex King Jerom reeeived him In hit palace al Ftoreuca wiih th greatest mark of afleo- tiot I ' 'Mrt. TaKerton, who divorce wa rati fied nd regulaiized by a law of the Legit, latur of Maryland, visited Paiit after lb retum of lb Bourbon ia 1816. Her pecu liar position, and th affection which the eolsftained for her husband, though separat ed from him, attracted to bar tb tympa thietoftb first female of Paris'. Mm, d Ganlit, who bat devoted tome ptget to Mrt. Patter o a In btr memoir, eoncelvtd gital friendship for hmi. Mi. Pat t lean ttill live In lb Sttt f Maryland, happy lo 'vbxcttrlty, anil without regret' for Ihd rank j she has lost. Her brother, Mr (tVorgo Pal J lerson, is one of the richest farmers in; Ma ryland. Mr. Bonaparte hat occupied him self a good deal with literature, kcience and agriculture. In agriculture he it practically experienced nnd hat obtained unprecedented results. Th two American Bonnpaites hav been received at the Tuilleries and St. Clnu.i in the same way a Princes of the family." Jt'DGK 1. BLACK'S LETT PR TO THK TEMPERANCE STATIC COMMITTEE. To the President of the "Prohibitory State Convention :". . . .. Sir. It appears that the friends of a pro hibitory liquor law, who met here Teome months ago, appointed a committee to inter rogate the several candidates and lay thoir replies before the body over which you pre side. 1 he Chairman of that Committee has addicssed me, inquiring whether 1 believe that a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinks, except 'for ceilain specified purposes, is constitutional. I suppose I cannot mistake the meaning of this interrogation. It is, of course, not prompted by motives of mere cuuriosily. My private sentiments are not wotth to you ihfl trouble o! ascertaining them. But you desire to be informed how far my judicial derisions may be counted on, at favorable to your viewt of the subject. If t reply in the affirmative, you will regard it as a promise to be with you when the question comes be fore me ; and if I break the promise, after being elected by your votes, I will be justly exposed to charge of obtaining the office by means of raise pretences. If my answer be the other way, you will know bow lo disarm an avowed opponent of Ihe power which he might use to yonr disadvantage. These I think are the only reasons that could induce you to question me on such a subject. I know the value of your votes. I do not underate the power you will probably exert in the next election. And even if I were not a candidate at all, I would feel a natuial anxiety lo win your respect and escape your censure ; for no man is belter assured than I am, that some of the best hearts and Ihe soundest heads in Ihe country are engaged in the present movement for a prohibitory liquor law. Nevertheless, I cannot answer your question consistently with my sense of propiiety ; and I am not without the . hope, that my reasons fur declining will be entire ly satisfactory. . When you speajc of a law to prohibit ihe manufacture and sale of liquors, I take it for granted you do not mean so senseless a thing as a mere naked prohibition, without affixing a penally, or providing Ihe means for its ex ecution. The law passed in Maine is the model on which Ihe other States have gener ally framed theirs. I believe the one propos ed oi the last session of out Legislature was almost, a literal copy of the Maine law. Its constitutionality did not seem to be doubted by any one of its numerous and able advocates. But it was violently opposed, on constitutional grounds, by others, who are as intelligent and conscientious men at any I know in the Commonwealth. v In somooftha Slates, ihe power lo pas it . was not chal. enged. . In New York, on tfce other hand, the Governor declared it lo be wholly inconsist ent with the principles of a free government, and for that reason refused it his signature. Such, also, was. ihe unanimous opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; and the highest tribunal in Miehlgan, com posed o! eight judges, stands at this moment equally divided. Von probably think it quite clear. But you must not forget that there are olheit who think it equally cloar against you. It is", at least, doubtful enough lo have procured conflicts ami division among times men, judges and lawyers, as well as among the masses of the people. It is, moreover, a question of great magnitude.- Everything is important which touches the woi.tiiiuiiou. A judge never acta under responsibilities so hi 'li as when he deal with the great charier by which a free State hold itt libertiet; and if any pari of the Con.titution it mor tacred than another, it it that which marka the bo-indariet between legislative authority and the reserved right of Ihe peop.e. . he law on which you ask my opinion, ituim s hich will directly jiffect ibe character, mor tis, property and business of Ihe whole pop- illation of the Commonwealth. Hre. then, ia a much debated and vexed question of constitutional law Important In ' ..neoi which must come before the Supreme Court for final adjudication ; and 1 a candidate for seal in that eouit, m ask- ed I determipo it in advance, wiihoulnotice to the partie inierettadj without beanng the argument on iiber tid j without even teeing the law ; withou having any one of the materials from which a 'judgment ought to be made up. If I would do ibis ihing I would render myself utterly unwonny oi your confidence. It Ihe precedent set by yea were submitted to and generally followed, it it easy1 to iee, that many disastrous evilt would rush into the Slate by that example. The tuocest oi all political pariiet may depend wrnelima on judioial decision, lieiigtout teoi, corpo. rationt, and olber largo bodi of moo ' ofln auilor in oourl. All . the hav an equal loaton lo xpct pledge Interested indiviiitti alto ttand on lb him platform. Shall oaodidaiea for judioial officea commit themselves all lbt If not, whei hli ih. slonntn plao b found ftr tb ooslom i.eoc. bgun,or ih fight to inLrrogal th.m cknowl.dged I Tb lW 'T : j i.i J.U.SSS ik accordant al hi in.., wiih ih wl.k..l a aaosi e.m.r 'oil Or powerful classes, Courts would cease le be "plneea vvere justico is judicially ad ministered," and become a mere ministeral erganiem f6r registering the foregoing de ere of convention! and other public assem blies. What, then, would become of , th weak and unpopular for whose proteeflOri the law was made? ; - i tVheri the constitution was amended, to as to give ihe election of judges lo Ihe people, il was fer.red by many that candidate would sei! their integrity for votes, and conciliate one portion of the people by promises incon' sistent wiih the just rights of others. 1 am glad to say that ihe letter of your committee was the first demand ever made upon me for a pledge of any kind the first question that was ever asked me concerning any matter which I might be called on lo decide. Up to the time when I received that letter no member of either convention by which I was nominated, nor no private citizen of my own political party, or any other, ever hinted at to bind me by a promise in Advance of his vole. I feel warranted in saying "hat this is the experience of all my brethren ; and I do nut doubt that the candidates who opposed os, including the honorable and talented gentle man who is my present competitor, has been treated with equal forbearance. I acknowledge the obligation of a candidate for political or representative office to make his opinions known. Bui it is Ihe duty of a judge to keep himself uncommitted until he hears all that can be said on both sides. I will promise nothing at present, except to de cide it honestly and according lo my best judgment, when il arises. If I should be elected, ( will lake a solemn affirmation (equivalent by the laws of Pennsylvania to an oath) that 1 will support the Constitution. This vow I mean to keep ; and that 1 may- keep it ihe better I will make no other, which can by any possibility interfere with It has struck me as possible that Ihe com' miltee misunderstood its instructions when the candidates for judge were addressed. If such instructions were given, it was probably done without thinking how improper it would be for us to reply in the manner expected. At all events, I have faith enough in this republican system of ours to believe, that no State Convention ever did, or ever will as semble, in which a majority of me-nbers can be found, who will deliberately insist upon their right lo demand pledges of judicial can didates on questions of law. I am, with great respect, yours, kd. . S. Black. A SSAKE-KILLIKO CAT. The Warrentown, N. C- Flag. says that a gentleman living at Elk Run, in the lower end of that county, has Ihe good fortune to possess ihe most grimalkin yel known of the eat kind. Itt body it of unusual length, its legs like those of a bench legged fice. The fur it of a reddish color, the whole deutified with black spots and streaks of different fig ures ; Ihey are long in the back and round on the belly and jaws. Black stiipes ion across the ears, which are very long and lipped at Ihe ends with a blue tuft of hair. Its physi ognomy is fierce, and its nature savage. His master's house being infested with snakes, which had been bred in a neighbor ing stone fence, he took it into his head lo eschew such game at lata and mice, and make war upon Ihe makes, all of which he destroyed. Having acquired a taste for this kind of sport, he extended the field of his operations, frequently making excursions more than a mile distant from the house, and returning each and every day with a snake ranging from two lo seven in feet in length. He has continued this pracliro for eight weeks. On one occasion he returned much fatigued, and perfectly wel and covered with saliva. It wat supposed he had encountered one of those large but rare serpents known a, the Goobat. This turned out lo be true, for Ihe day Iheieafter Mr. Harvey B. Ralls found ihe snake dead, and signt of a dieadful con flict on the sand. Most or neatly all the wounds had been inflicted on Ihe back of the neck. The weight of Ihe honid serpent wat fourteen pounds eleven ounces 1 'bis class of serpents is a native of Eastern Virginia, with very large heads and great jaw s ihe mouth is armed with cutting crook ed lecth, among which are twa lunger than Ihe rest, placed in Ihe forepart of ihe upper jaw. All around ine mouin mere is a Droau scaly bolder, and ihe eye srr large thul ihey give it a terrible aspect. The forehead it covered with large scales. Each tide of Ihe belly is maibled with large spots of chetnut color, in ihe middle of which it spot per fectly round, and like burnished gold. They have been known to swallow small pigs, muskrats, oppoesums, be. They avoid the sight of man, and are but rarely seen. The cat still continues bis war upon the snake. These fact! may not gain credence al a distance but they are so'Vell known and attested, that no one in the neighborhood doubts them for moment. A Cuaioct Ihvintiok. An inventor in Logauspott, I nd., baa patented a conlrivano for catohuig tap worm In the unman tiortv ach. H had mad a email trap, on wbioh a ball hi leeorod, and after fatting for some lime, tb patient twallowt lb trap and bait, tbe Ulter bing snapped at by th worft, wbieb geil Mi head into th trap, and i at one drawn I lb turfao. Tbi It ipoci of sport wbiob probably nn of or radif will wise aa porioo)ir I indulge ia. A rash and otnwhal deluded young man. hat lbrtd apply tb M'ui Uf hi wihrl, tk iotoaicate bim to. OLD SERIES, , VOL. 14, NO. 48 , A SKRTC II or THt FAPAL STATKS A letter from Italy , dated Jun 12, quoted in Iff New 7ork tribune, tays; . 'I The misery in Ihe State 6? the Pop is extreme. Last year Ihe harvest and Ih vin fag failed, and how ihey woold sell them selves for a piece of bread- Mother artd even fathers sell Iheir daughters at the fen' derest age, even of ten' 6f twelve years; and there is among Ihe poor suffering creature' universal corruption. The piico of a piece of bread has risen fiom ffonf tnree lo six fold1 and that of the comm6uest wine (here a no' cessary of life and used by all)' Ibree lime or more. When I go fo lake rny brealfajt al the code house, (where even at three high prices,) I slill bavo an excellent mtig of cbN fe, milk, sugar, two rolls, and (0 bolted" eggs, napkin, &o., in the best cofJe-hoBse1) for 9 cents 4td, I have sedn littte chil dren, miserable women1, ttnd even old ' ft? once evidently In bettei1 Circumstances', and educated, too, come and learn by the dooi1 lock wistfully in, and humbfy waft tot you to see their miser)-) Or beg you, for Ihe sake of tbe Blessed Mary, to relieve their hunger ! Tne people generally da not gef one-third Of what they wjinl lo eat. Meantime they so" tain 72 cardinals, idle and Useless prinies,' besides a host of priesis that eat Op the hhc, and a good round number of their own good-for-nothing soldiery. Then ft require moTe than 10,000 French soldier to keep th cap-' ital, eternal Rome, in order, and Ihe Pope' from running away, or being massacred, anff at least 10,000 Austrians for tbtf north art Bologna, Ancona,' Forli, Faenza, o.,- Wha a picture I Aud yet it is not exaggerated, but underdrawn. Meantime the nobility aro" also sinking; for iho law of primogeniture' has been abolished, and ihe estates are divi' ded, and I can see nothing before the Papal States bat Universal decay, misery arid down" fall. THE SfSEWSOF THE WAR: "The governments' of Continental Europe find it difficult lo obtain money 10' carry on war, and this difficulty it is more than any thing else,- which doubtless causes' therrr to hesitate in involving themselves tn what ar likely lo prove long and cosily wars. France aud Prussia, though the (after - haj a smaller debt, in proporlion to her meant than most of the other rrftlion,- found It dif' ficully te effect Iheir loans, and ft wat neces tary lo appeal lo the patriotism of tbe wealthy' merchants in Prnssta, and all classes irt France', before the amount necessary lo placet their armies on a war footing could obtained, In Austria a still more earnest appeal was made to alt ranks of Ihe people In every tow n and city in the country. A subscription has been opened in Austria for a loan of $140,000,000. The Emperof headed the subscription with $600,000, and the nobility and rich, bankers followed. Prince Louis Lichenstein,' rtQbscribcd 81 200,000; Prince Paul Esieihazy, $1,150,000; ihe Archbishop' of Vienna $100,000; rarof Bach $35,000, and so on. The largest sob' scription, $2,500,000, was made by lb banker, Baron Sine, and Arnistein and Eis' kellet came next with 91,500,000. The National Bank, at Vienna, received" iff small subscriptions' on the first day of th opening of the books $6,000,000. The citie of Hungary had responded to the call for subscription with unexpected alacrity. De breeczin, the former residence of Kossuth, had subscribed for SS'00,000, and Pesth for at similar sum. Tbe Vienna correspondent of the London Times, however, slates One fact in regard lo this loan, which throws' dome doubt over ft only five per cent it deposited at Ihe time of subscription, and Ihe writer thinks it likely (hat in many cases this will be forfeited. THE BLESSINGS Ot OLO AGE. The venerable Josiah Quincy, Sen., et' president of Harvard University, having been toasted at the Alumni dinner, rnad bit ej celloui speech, fiom which this it an extract i "Oil every occasion, whether in publics 01 private, an old man wat tutelo be reminded of hit yean. Why wat Ihrsl Old age did not simply eorrsist frt length of days, for at the Piesidenl had quoted- 'Wisit'ini is arcy hairs rif man, Aud nil unxittal life is bis old (. If it aiose from eympttthy, ihefe' was nc5 ground for h, the" sympathy wat absolutely thrown away. So fair at hit experience reached, old age v?ai th happiest period Of life; And w hy not 1 Had we not then got fid of ihe nonsense of love, (laughter,) the; folly of ambition, the grumbling of eny, ibe delufkms of hope 1 H repeated lhat old age was the happiest portion of life, provided that in youih and manhood the individual i obedient lo tbe laws of nature regulating health and '.length, and leads a life of re speclabffiiy and tisefulnett. In order lo b happy and long lived, it wai important lh there thonld b a harmony between tbe be' ginning, Ihe middle, and ihe end of life, and especially between tbe begiunirg and lb end. Thtf joong man should cultivate and foster ihe qualilie which he sees to b ie speclable and esteemed iu the old, and th oldmae, oa tb oihi band, should retain, and seek to perpeloale tb feeling and vi vacity of youth. Tb x preident loted wiib ihlt tend' WTb hoary hair with which wUdom crown tb. J oong .nd Ih. unspoiled lif wbtcb i lb on of man at eiy point of hi. ..u oo. (Much cbMring-J, Why it a yonng lady Ju worn a boarding school, likt a buil ng eommitte ! Pectus tbe 1 l7 la reiv preposaf.
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