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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, ArRIL 12, 1850.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 10. NO 29
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'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
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Select $)odrg
CLE OS the shitto..
'-to t where rWy-bosnm"d f or,
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(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 :
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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.
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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 , '
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e L'atH ot Li'Uleutz. .i l at
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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
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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
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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.
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