I I troati mW, VOL. 9, NO. 3. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, ArRIL 12, 1850. OLD SERIES, VOL- 10. NO 29 .1 ULyie EWiiif ; - -n, J - . (. t ft, per nnntt f. rti.ln l.y tj.a i -of iiiserltnf '' Vverttfw.- " ' ii'lLi' Assortment ....... TT-tTTY 'IMIE pflbseriher tnket pleasure in wrormm. A Inn customer nnd the Iiubltc Generally that be is now in receipt of nil unusually Urge and lilts lliis"MeUio'il"bt prviictiliujl to tbe imMic his tliankfir the liberal patronage exten ded to him, and by atiiet attentiun to husii.c, b respectfully olicitsconlinuinrf rz.z. Zi triii he aU'tsable lor purriiasrr to full end tamine bis .ortrnent lefor peicbiiit ! vrUi.i. Al! Bind of produce tulsen ti eirhange. EDWARD V. BRIGHT. Sunhury, Pecember I, I8ft5. XJ. S. OiP "God anil our Native Land." SUSQUEHANNA CAMP. No. . of t'je O. oftlie t. 8. A. hold Hi taed sessions eT MoT vuing in thri; Nw iUll. opptwiw E. Y. lliighu atore, Sutibury, IniUtatioii and hresaiia, !,00. . r. . ' . S'or- ! P LI .. e.)ni J-. - II j ST l.M j m w - . -K ''A LC as Mcellenf mcoo4 k4 Caok inf. titov, alo CvHoJot CmI )..- fcnprw 1 ttfc o!5tv Select $)odrg CLE OS the shitto.. '-to t where rWy-bosnm"d f or, ( . .... ,.-,, ....... ,.,.vm., (lie long expecting not ers, -And wmVc th purple yenr ! LA Attic wnrbl.ir pnnrs'hcr tin ist, Viwinsivo to the Cuckoo's r.t M untnngltt lintmony of St ng 5v whisriptinir rdessnrp ni fl v fle. frephyrs through the clon r 'no sky 'iii'ir garnering irnrBiicc uiug Vhere'rv the onk'a thick hrnncho i stretch A brnndcr. browner simile. Where'er tlio mile and moss gr jw i beach O'er occupied the glnde. R'side some w.itcr's rushy brilil: I With me lie .M tine rIuiII Vit ami tl nk. ( At ease reclined in rustic stife,' vniii tlip nrdnr of thp crnw.1, l!o low, how little, nro the proad, 'JIow indigeut the great ! s tlu- toiling hand c f Care l panting lirril!" repose : hark, how through tlio peopled air"'".' i 'lie bn?v murmur plows 1 Tbe insect yontb nre on the wing, KneiT to taste the liouieil Ppringf, And final omid the liquid noon s Some lichilv o'er the current skin, Some show their pailr-cilded trini. Quick glancing to the sun. To epntem. lotion' ober f je, Sntb is the rice of man j And they that rreep and they that Gy, Khsll end where they bepnti ; A like the busy nnd the pny P.ut flutter through life's little daj. In fortnne'H varying colors dieted ; r?rri:hed ov the hand of rough misrhittn e," Or rhill'd ly np. their eiry duuee The leave, in dust to rest. Methinks T hear, in arrente low, The sportive kind reply, moralist I liat art thoaT (lv! rinir female meets. Jioiiriled gweets, ft display "lis tluwn : (J W I4IIU It'l Ml U J . MIU ' 1), ursTncvEU akd the blib o c irl. Rome months apo I was at Bonn, be birth. plu? of Deethoven, I met there an rdd niutii cinn, who had known this illustrious wposer intimately ; and from him I receive I tue ful lowing nnecdote : You know," suid he, "that T?eetl -vvi wis born in n honae in the Rhein (jassi . ('hine street.) tut nt the time I beenme nf ;n;.ii;trd with him be lodprd orer a humblu I! til shop ivtbe Uocmer-t.Iatz. lie wa9 then t or1 poor v1', that he onlv went out tu widk nt ! TJ ause of ibe dilnpiriated sta' e of bis Kevertheless. be bad I !iaio. 7 ink. and borks : nnd ioi with. . 1 - I .. 1 . c . : bnrivatior ,1'rivmuiii?, mr jihti.i null l iipjiy lie wna not vet il -nl. nml tilt Imrmmiv iT Ann .r years, even t iii' t on jfiini. .I'inp I called rj on him. i'file him to tube a i Ik. nnd ctne to supper. I found lit. eil v!ie winiV w, by the nioonlinb , Aith. A .ra nf i.pi1Ii liid T'tco rnnnii.iti.,1 t-j It!. bole frump, shiverii p with frfi'z'nir hnrd. 1'v I o v dp. in his lelhnrpy, hisbii iv me, and exhnr pit him s sadness. 1 Ie came e it with mk and despairing oil tl at eve- il n.l consolntion. orld,' said he, with t iion. No one understand n e tr I hare penius, nut I nm I have n hrnrt. t n I no nipletely tuisenil .p. It was Useless t(- dis . nnd I let him e 'it inue lie did not cease i I wp .n, it 1 1 I i in il iir Miii." I iiii'i f We crossil a dark, I .irrow , ' 1 e L'atH ot Li'Uleutz. .i l at i 1 be, 'what is that nnj d beard tee faint tnnot nf an from some house at a little as a plaintive melody in 'i-iple 1 nilhstandiiitr tlin poverty the jr. the performer pave to this ,ice jiiiesR i. f expression. cI o looked at iho with nn-.ia tilintr is taken from niy svmphonv i 'Iiere is the bouse, l.lntin, low (tlayed V house was small ami hnmhie, i Til n liininered thro--h the chinks? the Ho iitopjicd to listen. In tin iidd- if-iKi Jualo tlu-re was a sudden int , np. , . rJ.l.-nce fur a inomeut, then u stiQed nice M.; vs heard. 'V-1 cantot pn on,' Caid n female yoies "I S-iti po no further this evening, Frederic! .' - 'Why. sister?" ' "I aeareely know, unless it i bepnnsi he '"'position is so beautiful that I feel inr n. 'li'f doinir justiee to it. I am so fur. 3 of Hie: Oh 1 whut would I not pive to -.ar i pi;rce played by some ouo who co4 do r;stieo r Ah. dear siFter, said Frederick, sip4 up. (Inust be rich to procure that enjoy-u nt. ! is the use reprettinp when llu-rei rin 'iilT W'a can scarcely pay our m (t j tof things beyond our reaeh ?' fi'e ripbt, Frederick ; and yet, (re J 'n 1 am playing. I long our in bear pood iiiumc well exveutui yr-f i useless ! it is useless I' y' fliere was soinethttii' HiiL'iilurW tones iiu -'n the lono and repotition of the last wnj Is. Port ho veil louked t iae. 'Let ua cii r,' until he. abruptly. J ; 'Killer !' aaid I j 'why shnnhl wo entrt J ""V''vl will j.luy to Iter;' replied he, with ( a lf 'She hu lei'liitf. ger.ins, ititelligencl play to her, n: she will nnpreciato I 'And before I could pra.rni him, bin U 'J Avb, on the door. It ta not locked, d c-ofieBed immediately. I followed him ucn4 a I'arlt cornilor, tnwurus balf ojien door tin riglit. lie p iiiJ it, tnd found nnraek in pwr, duliiul roxim, ith a little tt at one end. atd soma t ."ire furniture. , A pal )oung man was scats ! at a table, wet ' log at a shoe. Nrui tut. , neniling in it n) I aneholy mauuer over ao old piuuo, w a yoonj girl. KetS wait cleanly, but vt j poorly, Ureood. TbeT M M aoa turned wards a aa we aoUraJ. TwJoa iiJ Urtbvii, orntwi 'ins, .and his '-Vlif.wns X 1 W. cmtinrrassed. 'pardon me j but 1 heard music, and was tpmptpd to enter. I nm a musician.' "Tbe girl blushed, and the young mnn as snnV'd ii grave, almost severe manner. "'I henrd also some of your words,' con tinned my friend. 'Yon wish to bear that is, ton would like in short, wjuld you like me to ply to yon ?' "There was something so strange, so nb rapt. so comical in the w hole affair, and some thing so agreeable end eccentric in the man ners of him who bad spoken, that the ice was broken in on instant, and nil involuntarily smiled. "'Thank yon,' snid the young shoemaker j 'but our piano is bad, and' then we bavo no music.' Trt m m ii ' , i t Mnnnlml m IV ! , i ti I tanfi. then did Mademoiselle ' lie stopped and colored; for the young girl hud just turned towards him, nnd by her sad, vc.-ik-d eyes, ho saw that she was blind. "'I I cut rent yon to pardon me,' statu mered he: 'but I did not remark at first. Yon plnv then from memory f "Entirely.' "'And w hero have you beard this music before V "'I heard a lady, who w'as our tiniphbor al nruhl, two years npo. Poring the summer evenines, her window was always open, and I wulked before her bouse to hear her.' '"And you have never beard any other nmsie T' 'Never excepting the musie in the str-ets.' 'She seemed friplitetied ; so Heethoven did not add another word, bet ouietly seated bin self ut the instrument, and ciiininenccil To play. He hud not touched many notes when 1 guessed what would follow, nnd how sublime he would be that eveninp, and I was not do. eived. Never, never during the maio; vein s I knew him. did I hoar him pl;. us on this day for the young blind girl and her brother. Never did 1 hear such energy, such passion ate tenderness, such gradations of melody and modulation. From the moment his fingers commenced to move over the piano, the tones of the instrument seemed to soften nr.d be come more equal. "We remained sitting, listening to him breathlessly. The brother and sister were dumb with astonishment, ns if paralyzed. The former had laid aside his work ; the hit ter, her head slightly inclined, had approached the instrument, and her two hands were clasped on her breast, ns if she feared the beating of her heart might interrupt those acce'its ofnwiyic sweetness. It seemed as iT we were the subjects of a strange dream, and our only fear was to wake too soon. 'Suddenly, the flame of the candle flicker cd j the wick, consumed to the end. fell and was extinguifhed. Iteethoven rtopped, I opened the shutters to let in the rays of the moon. It became almost ns light us before in the room, and the radiance fell more strongly on the musician and the instrument. 'Hut this incident seemed to have broken the chain of lteethnveu's ideas. His heud dropped on his breast, his bunds rested en b's knees ; he iippcarid plunged into a pro found nu iiit ut ion. "He remained so for some tin:. At l ist the young shoemaker rose, nppi onched him, und said, in a low. respectful voice, "Wonder- i fid num. who nit thou, then V i "Deethoven raised his bead n i nl li .(.;.-ni nt ! him ubstractedly, ns if he had net coinprchcn- ' ded the menniiii' of his words. j "The young inati repeated the question. I "The composer smiled ns only he could j smile, with sweetness mid kingly benevolence. " Listen.' said he. And he plaved the t'it I movement in t'e 1". symphony. A cry of joy ' I escaped from the lips of the brother and sis- i ! ter. Tin v recognized him. und cried with i emotion. 'You are, then, ll.-ethoven !' "He nrofc logo, but our entreaties sue-i ceeded in detaining him. 'riuy to us once more just once more.' "He li'.luwed bim.-eir to be led to the in- strnnietit. The hn'.liunt rays of the moon 1 entered the ciirtuiii!ei.s window, und lighted ; up his expansive, earnest forehead. "I am going to improvise u sonata to the i mcoulight,' said he. ph'Tni'v. He contetn- i plated fur some lUKiutes the sl.v sprinkled , with stats; then his fingers r. sled en the ; piano, and he oiiniieueed to pliy in i !'. sad, but wonilroiislv sweet train. '1 he har mony issued from the insi i uineiit. sweet und even as the rays of the mooii spread over the I shadows on the gtound. This delicious over- ' t nre was U Unwed by a piece in triple time, I lively, light, capricious a soi l of iiilenuedi. j lite burlesque, lil.P tl ihinee of 1. ivies at luiil nieht on the grass. Then came u rapid "fii- I'lln fini!f-: IhciiIIiIcss movement. Iieinbling, lesciil'ing flight and uncertainty. inspiring vague tun! ni-t iin l He terror, wl.u n bole us onward on its sliml.ii mil' wings, und left us. lit hi.-l. quite agitated with surprise und moved to fours. "Adieu !' said lb eihnven. !ihrtt lly push, ing bin k hit chair nnd adv.int ing to tiie dour Adieu !' 'Yon will come again V ashed both at the same lime. "He slopped nnd regarded the young blind girl with mi uir of compassion. "Yes. yes,' sail he. lonriedly; 'I will come again, tied give some lessons to liiade moiselle. I'.ireWell, I will soon come ng iiu.' "They f.iIloH i d ns In the dorr in silence more expn ssive than v.i rils. uud remained standing on the threshold till we wire out of sight "Let ii hasten home.' said He-thoven to me in the street ; "let us hasten, that I may note down this sonata while it is ill Inv luc'iii- "lie entered Ills room, una lie v. lulu luali) nearly da) break. I (till at in n listening attitude after the old musician hud finished speaking. "And did Becthovi n give lessons afterward to the blind gill ?" asked 1. ut lent ill. He smiled uud shook hi heud. ' lieethn yen never entered that humble house again. Wit h ih.t excitement of the moment, hii iu t.iest in thu blind girl ul.-n paused uuay, and ihough the brol her und lister long and pa tiently n waited liia coming, he thought uo more of th.'lti." And is it not often so in life ? Scikni K A A DKTM'Tlvg. A keg nf specie is recently eiiiptud on the line of a Prus sian railroad, uud refilled with sand. A microscopic examination of the sand showed he p.iriiciil..r stutiou it rume from. The Held of delcclive inquiry, Ihua nun owed, w as iintnediiitcly occupied by the agents of the pol ce, und thu kloleti treuMne, in u short lime, traced ta one of the employed of lie road. Hope writea the prwtry of a boy, memory that of a n an. Man fookt forward with snulet, but backward with iiyhtucb i the wiM I'rovidcnca of (iod. l b cup of bf is iwttt at th brim the flavor i impaired aa drink draper, aa I th df ga ar sd4 bitter, ibal may at ttrojgl b U is Ukaa for oar lips. Science of Medicfne. .Opinion of Ma gendio. On assnming the Prnfcvor's chair In the Collegp of France, Ihecbbnted Mngendie thus add res-ed the assemble! students "Cenl'rmen .-. Medicine tV Sgretct hnmVmr T know it is called nscietic S'ienee, indec'l Its nothing like seienre. Doctors are mor empirics, when they are "lit charlatans. We are ignnrnnt, ns ipnnnint as men enn be. Who knows nnvthng in the wotld nbetit medicine? Gent'emen yon have done me the honor to come here nnd attend my lectures, and I must tell yon frinkly now, in the begin ning, that I know m thit g in the world about medicine nnd 1 don't know any body who does know anything nbnil it. Pon't. think for n moment t' at T luivn't read the I i'ls nd tisinp the e-nrse of lectnrea nt the Medical S' hool ; I know that tin's mnn tciu lis nnnto mv.lbat man tenches lathology. another mnn physiology, such a one tenches therapeutics, such another mnterin mrdicn Ell, tin! ft o. yrrrf What's known nbont that? Why. peiitlenipn nt the sc iool of Montpelier (Ood knows it was fiinton enough in ilsday !) they discarded the study of rtrn'omy. nnd tnnght milling but the dispensary: and tlio doctors educated there knew just ns much and were quite ns successful rs any others. I repeat it. nobody knows anything nbont medicine. True enough, we nre pnlheiirg facts every day. We can produce typhus fever, for ex ample, by injecting a cerlcin stibstnnce into lh vein, ofa dog thr.t's something; we can alleviate diabetes ; and, I see distinctly we nre fast approaching the day when phthi s s can bo cured ns easily ns tiny disease. We ur" collecting fads m the right spirit, and I dare s'uy in a century or so the neeumu hition of facts may enable our seccessors to form n inedienl science ; but I repeat it to you, Ibeie is no sin !i thing 'ta w as medical science. Who can tell me how to cure the headache? or"lliegout? or disease of the heart ? Nobody. Oh ! yon tvll me tho doc tors cure people. I prant yen. people are enn (I. lint how nre Ihev cureil ? (jcntlemen. Nature does a good deal, ibn tors do dev. elish little when they don't do harm. Let me tell yon. gentlemen, what I did when I was ti e head phvsiciuti at Kotel Dicn. Some 3 or -bono patients passed through my hands every year. I divided the pniients into two classes; with one I followed the dispensary, and pave them the usual medicines without having the least idea why or wherefore; to the other I pave bread pills end nnd colored water without, of course, letting them know anything about it uud occasionally, gentle men, I would create a third division, to whom I gave nothing whatever. Thcso last would fiet n good deal ; they would feel Ihet were neglected. (s:ck people always feel they nre negh eted. unless they are well drugged : lis iniheriletY) end thry w.W trrtinte them selves lint i! they pot renllv skk ; but natnre invariably enme to the rescue, nnd all the persors in this third clnss pot well. There was n little mortality among thosp who re ceived but bread piil nnd colored wnter, and tl e tcortality was greatest nnmiip those who were carefully drugged according1 to the dis pensary. Yon esk. then. w'..-t ihe i.;e of my lecturing. I'll tell yon. We have come here to study nature, not to spin fine theories about this and that, and anticipate brilliant conclusions h ave that to the tjerninus. gen tlemen 1 don't say these ihrtrint aires fail to hit occasionally upon some brilliant truth, by the uid of their theories for 1 huve some times been astonished by iheir discoveries li'il for once they nrd right, they nro wrong n hundred times, nnd by their theories they nre never sine of knowing assured what they do know. Now what 1 know, 1 know. There can be in) mistake nbont it. 1 see it with my ejes. 1 touch it with inv fingers. I would not give that fcr till ihe theories in (he world give me stubborn facts. That's the way, gentleman, we ere going to study here. ETIIEN ALLEN. A pood story is told of that rare old repro-1 bate, Colonel F.than Allen, whose services to j his C'lnutty, in the "limes that tried men's I sou's." were only equalled by his dating its- serliotis of the right of private opinion on theological matters. A well known Divne, pastor of the village church, called one even ing on Ihe Colonel, and while enjoying bis line New Fngland hospitality at the supper table, the conversation turned upon church mutter : Quoth the minister, "Colonel, how does it happen, that a man of vour extensivo influ ence and information. 1ms never seen it his duty to join our society. You know wewnnt laborers in Iho vineyard; especially fnch la borers ns you Your example would tend greatly lo strengthen our hands, und fortify our hearts against the dire assaults of the evil one, "Will, brother." replied Allen. "I have often thought us yon do nbont the business, ami one day 1 had almost made up my mind to fall into the ranks, but that night 1 had it dream which caused me to give it up." I "Ah 1" exclaimed tno minister ; "what did ! d ivn in ':" ! "Well I thought I was standing nl the en trance of paradise, und taw u man go lip und I knock. Who's ihnt." asked n voice from within. ' "A ftieiid wishing admittance." wus the re- i ply. I The door wus opened and tlie kceperstepped out. I "Well, sir, what denomination did you lo- long to iJiiivii yotiiter. I am nn K;i'scopa!:an," replied the candi date for admission. "Co in then, nnd take a scat near the door fill Ihe east side." Ju.-t then another stepped up, he was a Presbyterian, nml the guardian directed him In lake a seat. A large number were admit ted und received directions where to seat themselves. 1 then Stepped up to the en trance. ' Well, sir, who are you?" uod the guar dian. "1 am neither High Churchman, Presbyte rian. Lutheran. Culvinist. Catholic or Jew, but ! am that aatue old F.lhnn Allen that you prtd'alilv have heard of from below," "Whit 1 the mu'i I hut took Ticonderoga ?" 'The rume." 1 replied. "All right, Lilian." said he, "just step in nnd ait down nWtrfr yon prnsn," I.Mi'ttKiAi. Styic of Thavki.i.ino. An im perial traiu.ua it i termed, consisting o. live or six railroad cura or carriages, lins recently been constructed in France. These curriuges, which are to be fitted up wilb a luxurious vlepnnc never before seen in such vehicles, nru to iiiumutiicute on with the other by menus of au external gallery, und are to con tain n sitting room for thu Empress, another for tlm tinpei'or, a mom for the Indies of honor, a aiudy, Ac. Tina collection of car rmgea ia to serve fur the Journeys of th Kuipurnr and Empress, tm tbe variooa railway line In franc, atd it may wo II ts (ah) that they am to traral ia ttyla SL'l 17 P T 1 It Cf v Frrnn Life Illiistrate'1. FASHIONABLE STREET SWEEPERS, r. Splashing through the gutters, Trailing through the mite, Mud np to the nnkles. And a Itelle higher; Little boys uproarious 'Cause yon show your feels, Bless me this is glorious Sweeping down tlio streets. ir. Bonnet on the shoulder, Nose tip to the Fky ; Both hands full nf flounces, Raised a In Shnng-it,7A ; Underskirts bespattered, Look amazing neat ; All your silks get "watered" Sweeping down the streets ! in. Street sweep nt the crossing, Says yon spoil her trade; Guesses you're the pntent Street-sweep, ready made; Gives yon a slight jostle While she joins your suite ; Gracious ! what a hustle Sweeping down tho street ! iv. ITcnps of dirt nnd drtiri Close behind you trailing; Joker snys. "wot dry-goods Make fiist-rate rf'if'ing;" Straws, cigar-stumps "catch it," And nugment the fleet ; Goodness! what r. freshet. Sailing down the street 1 v. ir men admire such fashion I wish to Heuven they'd try 'oral If they'll agree to wear 'em 1 We'll agree to buy 'em. They flout our understanding, They Tetter fast our feet Till we're not left a band, en rassaat through the streot. VI. What mnn could mount Fame's mountain Fettered in that fashion? Or climb old Bunker's stareean And not get in a passion ? What niun sit down extingnish'd 'Nealh whale bones, hoops complete Content lo grgMijliiiguish'd" Sweeping dow ae'street 1 VII. "'' Oh! what's the mntter "Godpt ?" Oh ! whitt's the mnttvr "Graiiam !'' Are blooming gsrlg fn plenty That you must try to slay 'em ? When will you give the Tllnomer With n new French name to fit? If ye luve the fair, don't doom her Su I.onu to sweep the street ! Nov. 18.-.5. "Unci.e Jor." Removal of the Supreme Court. Sfxati: Mr. Wilkins culled np Sennte biil No. 101. to abolish the Northern District of the Supreme Court. Mr. Wilkins briefly supported the bill, nnd urged its passage ns n measure desired by the jndi'es. and altogether right und proper. Mi. Tng.irl i P'ered nil iiiiieiniineiit. pro vMing that it shall net take effect until ufter the next session of the Court, iu October 111.' St. Mr. Wilkin hoped the amendment would not prevail. The Pleasure was one of great propr.ctv, and he hoped it would pass with out the iinieiiduient. Mr. Tuggutt said if the bill was to pass nt all it ought Li have the amendment nttucbeil. They hud three intervening courts in the dis- tr.ct, tlie causes of vim h. if the iipioudnicnt was not adopted, would necessarily be post poned for a year nnd n half at least. A Senator inqnired whether, if the amend, ment was adopted, he (Mr. Tuggurt,) would vote Tor '.he hill. Mr. Tuggurt, certainly not under no cir cumstances. The amendment was then adopted. The biil us amended, being now before the Senate, Mr. Price said he was at first disposed to vote for the bill, but was now inclined to go ngain.-t it. for the reason that he thought I hey could belter accommodate the Judges by taking enre of their salaries. If this bill was passed it might operate against on iu- crensu of their salaries. Mr. Tuggurt said, he had certainly spoken enough on former occasions to convince Sen ators, who nre disposed to net generously, that there is no public good in this bill Hint it involved no principle but (hat of couf oliila lion, which will meet bnt little favor here. He bad expressed repeatedly, earnestly, nnd with some feeling, both in public and pi i vale, his views upon it. 1 f Ids course here on qnes tions thai moro pniticiilarly concerned other Senators, hud been such that ho had no claims upon them for co-operation, or even forbear, mice, in a mutter ;'.nt roncmej them but little nnd himself duply if hi) bud been meddlesome in things I hat did not interest him captions and unaccommodating, be must now reap his reward, nml lind friend wanting when most he needed ihem. He had an excuse for evincing some little earnestness iu this matter. This town of Sunbury is in close proximity with the place where be was bore. From his earliest child hood upwards, be hud bathed in its waters, and its mountains had thrown their majestic shadows around him. He would be untrue to the strongest instinct of Nature, if he til. lowed this wrong to be perpetrated without a struggle. Kiln public good demanded it, he would yield. Nay, if the public good de inamled it. ho had patriotism enough to sirs) c tho blow hiuiH'lf. But for the Hike of the imaginary case of these exncling judges, be would not yield. The blow must be struck by other hinds, over him or through bint. He replied to the points made by the Sena tor from Alleghany, (Mr. Wilkins) That Senator hud asserted there were but few hooka iu Sunbury. He (Mr. W.) was not btmletl up on thut point. Years ugo, there were books enough in that town to en . ble the predecessors of these judges to muke some or the ablest decisions, und ih liver some of the grandest opinions, that were ever made or delivered in any Court or in any country. H these men desire more, they must nttd more. If they cannot carry law enough in their heads, to dispose of the "three wtita of error," (to which th Senator limit us.) he would have to exclaim ia language T.iry fnmi. li.r to all : ' God tav th Commonwealth aod th HocoMblo Court I" I'cgislaiibc. The Senntor sirs that soma lnwrers in Iho District favor tho'chnntrp. Rn thev dn Hint they may chnrge the grentpr fres! He had no idea that his brethren at the bar should make still Inrger profits at the expense of their nnfortnnatp clients. All clients nrenn llewon'n hbierVl,n..1niwJf.)Juit should not. the trifling additional ppr diem of five judges, than that his constituents should pay the ex orbitant charges nnd travelling expenses of fifty lawyers. The State pays thtm for going to the Senator's door, moro than three bun died mi'es. Sorely it can afford to pny for fifty miles in coming to his. The Senator i- short sighted in this matter. When he finds that the abolition or tl is dis t'ict is to be followed by the destrncti not his. own, be will regret that the Senntur from Northumberland bad not friends enough to kill litis bill. If they sucreed in knocking out the first stone, the rest of tho wall will soon crumble to pieces. The predecessors of these judges traveled more titan one hundred miles in stage conches to hold this court some of them old nnd fee ble men. They never complained, but looked forward to it with pleasure. They were plnd to mingle with their fellow-citirens in nil sec tions of the Cominonwenlth. They were clad to breathe tho untainted and free nir or the innuntnins. nnd to gazn upon Nature where she is grandest .nnd most, beautiful. If these things are more conducive to feebleness of thought and incapacity of intellect than the corruption of Capitals or the bloated luxury or crowded cities, he bad yet to learn it. It is alleged that these "learned Fundits" labor day and night they have not time to go to Sunlmry. Next Court they can go and come in four, hours, nnd yet they hnve not time to pn to Snnbnry, but they hnve time'o spend weeks at Bedford and other pleasant places in discussing nnd controlling the politics of flip State they have time to bore the Legislature, with all sorts of npt'li cations for their ease nnd emolument. He had heard of some of them spending more time in catching n single trout, than it would take them next court to go to Sunbury. It is said that this is n very little district. If it be. it is nil they lind nnd the more reason for let'ing them keep it. He alluded to the story of David und Uriah, and supposed the Spea ker. (.Mr. Cresswell pro tempore) did not know much about it. inasmuch rs it wai con tnined in a hook he seldom henrd. He asser ted that the otrocity of the old b-echor's offence consisted in the fact, that while h had n whole (lock of sheep Uriah had only one little ewe. and that was taken from him. He appealed to the generosity or Senators to save for him and his constituents this little sheep of a Court. I lie benntor from .Alleghany has spouen it-riiively nl the preen streets of SnuburV. Surely one who enjoys tlm preen old ag vouchsafed to that Senator, should not con- ; tenin t!:e color. It is Ihe hue of nature, and , the onlv color the ove enn rest on w ill. out fa- J tigne. It is beautiful in the field il is he.un. tiful in the forest and not less beautiful intlie merry heart, nnd sprightly intellect of nn old Inun ; nnd Ids on'y regi s " thct " Sct t. lor should be so very green ns to nllo"- the judges of the supreme court to mislead him on this Kill. In the course of the debate, Mr. M'Clin- tock rose to ep!uin. Ho s iid, from a side remark of a Senator, respecting t he charge that the supreme court lui'ges pad lie-n pant : this per diem for sabbaths, he thought it his duty to repel the charge, and assure the Senate that a gross mistake had In en made by the person who supplied the figures. Mr. riatt, (Speaker) remarked thnt the change proposed in th" bill could make but little difference to I tie Senator from North umberiand, (Mr. Taggart.) ns the citieps of Harrisburg were equally his cuti.-t il nonf s with tlio.ie of Sunbury. It was not a matter or much iniportntp e. then for. how the Sen ator voted. The district be represented now went to Philadelphia, but sine the comp'p. ti.in or the railroads Icnd'n-' to this place. making nccess convenient, they would prefrr to come here, Mr. Taggart snid he wished to deal fairly with bis constituents. Ilanisburg had enough already, nnd Sunlmry might to be per mitted to retain the little she has. Mr. Ibickalew remarked that the Senator was mistaken in reference to the matter rf mileage. The judgs received no mileage. They received only their .salaries and u per diem pay for the time actually cmp'nyed in the service of the StatP. lie would vote for the bill. After n few more remarks by Messrs. Wnl ton, Buckalew and Tuggurt. Ihe vote was or dered, and the bill wus negatived yeas 10, nays 12, as follows : Yr.A Messrs. Browne. Buckalew. Cress well. Hvnns, Knox. M'Clintock, Sellers, Welsh, Wilkins und rial!. fyrnlerW. NaVS Messrs. Crabb. Flenniken. Frn?er, Hoge, Jamison, Liuibiich. Lewis, MelbngU'. Pratt, Shaman, Strnub und Taggart 12. Ann Olpfield Rf.divivis. Mrs. was a pretty widow of twenty-eight, left rich by her husband, a respectable and wealthy farmer of S , in the county or Oakland. who Jildiciousiv s I it-f I rflionl Ihe nge 01 i,ry. R . a sighing swain f 20. full in hue with this ehurtninpr widow dnrit g n school vacation! and was thereby detracted fr m study and nearly frantic. His father who "desipned him for the minisliy," I ad n pecit liar horror of the sweet widow whom he re. curded as little better limn one oflhe wicked. Her black eyes, her heaving bosom, nml l.er elastic tread" were to him only the symbols of old Nick. He was in despair, nnd in despair he visi'ed the widow, nnd besoituht of I er. if she had a particle of mercy, not to in n his son. In vain the widow prote'ti d that she had used 110 arts had onlv scon the youth a few limes and was entirely imhnVr, nt to li i 111 the father still insisted, and tiie preltv widow promised that if the boy came nirain to see her it should be his last visit Not many days passed, when the enamored youth made his arrangements for a visit, of which ihe widow had notice. Tiie few pre. vious intervbws between them had tnl.cn place under circumstances peculiarly favera ble to rotnnnce uud sentiment, upon moon! t wulks or in j nrloi te!c-a-tetcs. This l"ep Ihe timid youth was told upon h s arrival that Mrs. was nt the bain; whither he went and f.und bis bea'i-i.hal, with skirts knee high, dressed in n mini's boots, and covered with n man's hat. a fire in lr nmnt.i, tl mug of eider in her band, nipei intending her men Kii.T.tNO H-os h never enme again it was too lillixi. Dttrnit Aiu, An incorrigible wag, who lent u minister a horse which ran a way and threw hi cleiicul rider, thought he woald huve some credit lor his aid in spreading the gospel. The easiest way to gel a living is to sit on a gate and wait fur good luck. In race good luck den't com aloug you tua no wants off iL&a you war to for 0- Kcuut Vernca. There is now reason not for hope, bnt f.r joyful belief that Monnt Vernon, with the mansion and tomb of tho "Father of his Covntry," and the pronndg bnllowed by bis ynnthfnl eports and Inbottt, od his retirement l tlloir.rttiint ct"1na in. .tfJ - ftill, is to become the property of the Ne.tinr: to be hedged around npainst tho nsr.r.rlts of time nnd the elements, and inr-d" a place of pilgrimnpn to the patriotism of the Union. It is a matter of rlinino tint more than half n century bus elapsnd since tl.9 death of M'ftdiinpinn. and, thoti'-'h the subject has Ikcii repeatedly discussed, in Congress nnd in Slnto Legislatures, find the people would at any moment have, responded to its pur chase by Congress, even at the cost of a mil 1 on dol'nrs. nothing, until now, has heen dona "'ving the slightest, promise of securing es National property the hallowed home end tomb nf Washington. Nay. worse 1 that venerated tomb has been suffered to po to decay the rude elements finding co-workerc in the vandal hands f,f visitors, who, lilce the Iconoclast practice mutilation for reverence. Bat now n work or promise is begun ; and it is such, because it is n womnn's work. Women nre not only mire pntriot'c than men. but thev combine with their patriotism n pure nnd lofty enthusiasm, nnd nn nneon. t.nerable endurance, of labor nnd suffering, to achieve whatever they attempt. Seeing t lint nothing was to be hoped from til? action nf Congress or Sinte Ltui.slnture.t, or indeed from the main folk of the Union except ns Ihe eloquence cf women may attract or shame them to subscribe to the I.ndie's Fund the women of the Union have taken the matter of the puvchnfo c.r V.t. Vernon in hand, which is to say. the women have deci ded to pntchnse the honi end tomb of Wash ington req'-irinn- onlv n iillle time to make payment theiefure. This patriotic women's movement originated, wo bc!l"ve. (mil very rroperlv) in Virginia, the birth nnd bntinl Ste'e of Washington. But it oiiginatedin no narrow exclusive spirit. From the first it appealed to the women of the whole conn, try and they wilf respond. Indeed. Unit its national character should be clearly do- fined, ir lies taken under nn incorporating net of the Virginia Legislature the title of the "Mount Vernon Ladies Association of tho Uivon." The sum asked for two hundred acres (tho extent it is proposed to purchase) of Mt. Vernon piece, including the mansion nnd tomb of Washington, by the present pro prietor, John A. Washington, is S'2f0,'!00. This is, or course, immcmrly beyond i:3 in trinsic y;i!n but Mr. Wnshingti n thit ls, perhaps, that as he inherits nine nl' tl o vir lues of h's great numesake he ought to bo nllcwrd to make some rnuivalent out ot tlie national value given to his property by the r,.p, so tt creon of that immortal nnme.uke. R,lt pri(.a jR rf)t i in Ftard higgling, ,0i,t in pnch a matter ns this. Let John A Wa.-l.ii: H o nave. s.- 'on mm. rn that the '.ho home and sepuh l::t ot ' WWrgtn be nation's The Treasurer of Virginia i3 HOililflt to receive lor sine hecjaej; i moneys of the l.niiipfc .Assoniilion, n iiirgn : sum having already been paid in. The net ; .-.f incorporation assumes lhat the purchase will be pai I for within five yenrs. Wo doubt i net. it will be paid in half that time, for wbnt ,. merican woman will refure her mite to this glorious fund. Tho net of Incorporation empowers tho association to ciie.rgo a fe, not exceeding twenty-five cents, for each person (over ten years old) who may land nt Mt. Vernon. We liail wi-h rriilo this patri otic women's work, and wish them god speed uiiti' it shall be accomplished. -V. Y. Evening Mirror. PtNCTUAi.iTY. Punctuality i3 a l'.ihit worthy to bo ranked with virtues, by its effects upon the mini!, tho power it demands and gives to self-control, raising in ns a daily, hourly sense 0f duty, of something that ought, that must bo done; one cf ti e best halots human creature can haw, either for their own fakes, or for the take rf those with whom they live. To kings nnd courtiers more particularly, becan.-e it gives too idea of stability, rf duration ; and to the uged, because it gives a sort of belief that Ufi wi'.l lust for ever. Etl;etrorth. Monn Ti.otTt.r. ror. Co:.. W.ikfe Wo learn f. cm private letters received by tho Illinois, Hint the British f.igste President, which hud come down the coi't with silver to Panama, immediately upon her arrival ut that port, hastened back ! Puntii Arenas, 1 the seaport or Costa Rica 0:5 the P.icific, in ' onier to defend the onnnt.-y ugainyt nn in. rnrsion of Walker, which v as" expected by the authorities. A French frigate was nt 'the saire pnit. with tho purpose of acting 'with the British force against Walker. j Boston I.'erct'l, March "I. PKAfTirn. Ti'orripr. lb re is one of the verv P'ney beautiful thoughts to which run ny Forrester I ns given ex; nssion : ' O let me die in the conchy, where I shall net fall like the single 'enf i;iihe dcd; where lh..si thnt love me need not mask thp hcr.it. to in Pet the careless mnlt;tndp. nnd strive r,z n duty to foret mp? liiiry me in the country ami i lie prayers of the good and the tears of ti e loving; not ill the damp dark vault, awev from the sweetened idr, and the cheer ful "sunshine, but ;n the open fields, nnvPij the flowers, that I loTod und cherished v.-!,:'. living." Tiie rdher day, in .Terse rity, n tn! h rg--g.'ed. n'g. flat-footed. sixf'Ot Yi rmortci- I e.ivie tj i.s, w;t'i a rush. Ii.-' lin; in irs n.i'i a p'liow cis.i woil-uiv. tui!iouinei:,y v.. .a l.o.re affairs und fixings.' and also g!,.iv.!;, nwnv on a large cuke of gingerbread. "Can you tell me, sir, what time ti.o car: come in ?" "The cars, air T' ' Yes, sir." " The cars, sir, come in tight afler tho lo?c U. olive." Down went th pillow-case ofT went V.t cc.it and was fall of f;,kt. Pelipion. Is a genera! sense, is properly the comprehension and acknowledgement of an unseen spiritual rower and thu soul's al legiance to it ; und Christianity, in its pi -ticiilur sense, in Iho comprehension nnd ap preciation of ihe pcrsonnl character oT Christ, and tho heart' ulhyinnee to that. An editor out West has become eo hollow fiom depending open the priming bus ness ilone for tread, that be reposes to sell Lim sulf lor a gas pipe. Snooks wonJets whore all th pillow ci a g to. He say, ha never asked giil wnat she was making, while eegiged in whi'.a iug, without beiug told it was a ri!io van. I
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