Terms of Publication. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub. liaheil ever; Thursday Morning, and mailed to sub scribers at the very feasopable price, of Oss.Pot las 'per annum, iiitairiably in adpq nec- It is Hiicrifl. ed to notify every enbattHßef when the terfn for which be has paid shall have ezpirtdt by the, stamp —“ Time Out,” on the margin of ;lbe last, paper- The paper wUl.then.be former ye: miltance be. received. By Inis arrangement no man can be brought in debt 1 io the printer: 1 Tint AOtViToa is the Offlcisl PBpcr'of the Cons ty, with a large and steadily. i n creating circulation reaching.,into ,nearly every. neighborhood in the Coopty. Ills fpnl fin of pottage toany Post-office within tWe county lllrrits, and to those living wilhih the limits,•bnl'whoee moalconveniidt poetoffice may be is an adjoining County.■ -’’i ■ . BnaineSs Cards, not exceeding 5 linefvpaptr in eluded, ft per year. IU B W. AIO U * * OJI T J). X IDVit, or chaslss ■sc eat. Wiiif dost than see. Wo Witcher ontho tpWer T - Is the day breaking? comes the wished for hoar 1 Tell us the digna, and stretch abroad thy baud, li Uio brigbt morning dawns upon the land. . ~ The sura are clear above me—scarcely one - Has dimmed Us rays in reverence to tbpsimi But yet I on the. horizon’s verge, Some fair, faint streaks,aa if the light would surge. Look,forth, again, Oh I watcher on the lower— The people wake, and languish for the boor; Long have (bey dwelt in darkness, and they pine For the full daylight that they know must shine, 1 see not well—the morn is dandy still; There is a radiance on the distant bill— Even as I watch, the glory'seems to glow; But the start blink, and the night breeies blow. And is that all, Oh! watcher on the tower ? Look forth again* it must be near the honr. Dost thoti not see the snowy mountain copes. And the green woods beneath them on the slopes ? A mist envelopes them: i cannot trace Their outline; but Iho day comes on apace. The clouds roll up in gold and amber flakes. And all the stars grow dim. The morning breaks! Wc thank the?, lonely watcher on the tower *, But look again, and tell us, hour by hour, All thou beholdtst; many of os die Ere thy~day comesOh, give them a reply J I see the hill.lops no\y; and chanticleer Throws his prophetic carol on my ear j ' • I see the distant woods and fields of com. And ocean, gleaming in the light ol morn. Again, again. Oh ! watcher on the tower— Wc thirst for daylight, and we bide the honr, Patient, but longing. Tell ns, shall it be A bright, calm, glorious day-light for the free? I hope, bat cannot tell. 1 hear a song, Vivid as day itself, and clear, and strong Ab of a lark—young prophet of the noon, Pouring in sunlight his seraphic tune. Wh&l doth he say, Oh watcher on the lower ? Is ho a prophet" Doth the dawning hour Inspire his music 0 is his chant sublime. With the full glories of the coming lime? lie prophesies—his heart Is full—his lay Tells ol the brightness of a peaceful day J A dav not cloudless, nor yet void of storm, Bui sunny for the most, and clear and warm. RESIG NA TIO N BV LONGFELLOW, There is no Rock, however watched and tended, Bui one dead lamb is there. There is no-fireside, howsoe'er defended But has one vacant chat’ The air is full of farewells to the dying And mournings for the dead- The heart of "Rachel, for her children crying, Will not bo comforleu. Let us be patient: these severe afflictions Mol from Uioground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise We sec but dimly through the mists and vapors, Amid these cirlhlv dampt - Whot seem to os but dim. tunercal topers. May bo Heaven’s distant lamps. -.There is no death ; what seems so U transition; This Hie of mortal breath, is but a suburb of the field Elysiat. Whose portal we call deal,. Sno iai»ot dcao—Uie child o( our affection — but gone unto that schot' Where she no longer needs oar poor protection Bal Christ himself doth rule In that great cloister’s stillness and seclusion. By puardian anpels lee Sate from temptation, safe from sin’s pollution, She lives* wJiom we call fleau Day after day we think what sue is doing ]q those bright realms of air } car after year her lender steps pursuing Behold her grown more fair Thus we do walk with her, and keep unbroken The bond which nature gives * Thinking that our remembrance,tho’ unspoken, May reach her where she live*.. Not as a child shall we again behold net, tor when with rapture wiis. Xn our embrace we once again enfold he:, She will not be a chil. But a fair maiden in her father’s mansion, Clothed with celestial grace - And beautiful, with all the soul's expansion. Shall we behold her face And though, nt times, impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed. The swelling heart heaves, moaning, like the ocean That cannot be ot res. We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We cannot wholly su: Bv silence sanctifying, not concealing The grief that must have war A Good lut, — A Methodist divine of this city on last Sunday administered a most severe rebuke to a common custom in those days, oi reading advertisements from the pulpit.' A paper was ponded to him giving nonce that me “imrnduciorj lecture of the annual course would be delivered on Monday night,” Ate., at a certain Medical Institution in this city. The preacher said he had con scientious scruples against cheatin'; the prin ter by making such announcements in the pulpn; that no never heara such advertise ments read in church wunout reminding.him oi me old deacon in Alexandria, who on a certain occasion exhorted in a most earnest anu vehement language, the sinners in his congregation 10 repent or they wonld.all go to hell as sure as mere was flour for sale in Alexandria, ano ne was sure there was flour there, lor be hao received me day before an assortment, which ne would sell as cheap as any man in the city,—Ooiumb|« (0.) States, wo.. Anxious Father — “What am 1 i 0 do with vou, sir-r*wha( am 1 to do with you. Do you know if you continue in your present course of cruelty and cowardice you will be fit for nothing but a member ol Congress I” Distracted Mother. —“Oh don't sny that, father, don’t fattier 1 vou will humiliate the bn' 1 iouno America, —a fattier holding his little son across his Knee amJ spanking him, ttie-liitie urchin bit him severely on the leg ; on which the parent saio ; “You young dog, now dare you bite me ” The boy turned ms ne;uj, and loosing nnn in the face rejilted, "i'alnct, wno began lust ’’ m TT . -.wß, v.B. x , Mr* ’ r * : /, I .* w i • flTJj.'?' -Jp • *i ■ r!..yii :<d: L':in -i;tl 9ii.7iv] • ‘ ..ill ni .. *i ~ ~r . m 3 ,i nt* *s»*** to of t&r aten vl iTmOotw&nO (Or Sprra& Of mefoom COBB,.STURROCK & CO., ; « VOt. 3. I HICHAEL AWD POWLESKAT -1 qBMARKABLI SPIRIT %EVE^ATION. ' A circumstance'folly: asremarkableas any recorded occurred at Odessa io-the year 1842. Alt old blind mad named' Michael had for tpany years been accustomed to get hisdiving by seating himself every morning on a beam in one of the timber yards, with- a wooden bowl at his feer, into which passengers cast their alms. This long continued practice had made him well known to the inhabitants and' as he Was believed to have been formerly a soldier, his blindness was attributed to the numerous wounds he had received in battle. For his own part, he spoke little, and never contradicted this opinion. One night Michael, by some accident fell in with a little girl ten years old, named Powleska, who was friendless and on the point of perishing with coltkand hunger. The old man took her home and adopted her; and fiom that time he went about the streets io her company, ard asking alms at the doors of houses. The child called him “father,” and they pursued this mode of life for about live years when a misfortune befell them. A theft having been committed in a house whidh they had visited in the morning, Powleska was suspected and arrested, and the blind man' was once more left alone. Out instead of resuming his former habits he now disap peared altogether; and this circumstance causing the suspicion to extend to him, the girl was brought before the magistrate tot be interrogated with regard to the place of con cealment. "Do you know where Michael is ?” said (he magistrate. . - “He is dead,” .replied she, shedding a tor rent of tears. As the girl had been shat up for three days without any moans of obtaining information from without, this answer, together with her unfeigned distress, naturally excited consider able surprise. “Who told you he was dead]" they in quired. “Nobody I” ■ “Then -Upw can you know it!” “I saw him killed I” “But you have not been out of prison I” “I saw it, nevertheless I” “But how was that possible ] Explain what you mean I" “1 cannot. All 1 can say is, that I saw him killed." “When was he killed and how?" “It the night I was arrested.” . “That cannot be ; he was alive when you were Belted.” “Yes, he was; he was killed an hour after that. They slabbed him with a kuifo I’’ “Where were you then t” “I can’t tell; but I saw it.’’ ‘ The confidence with which the girl asserted what seemed to her lleo/ers impossible and absurd, disposed (hem no imagine that she was either really insane or. pretending to be so. So leaving Michael aside, they proceed to interrogate her about the robbery, asking her if she was guilty.- “Oh, no ]”■ she answered. “Then how came the properly to be found about you ?” ' ■ “1 don’t know ; I saw nothing but the mur der.” “But there are no grounds grounds for sup posing Michael is dead ; his body has not been found." “It is in the acqueduct." “And do you know who slew him 1" “Yes; it was a woman. Michael’was walking very slowly, after I was taken away from him. A woman came behind him wuh a large kitchen knife; but he heard her nnd turned around, and then the woman flung a piece of gray stuff over his head, and struck him repeatedly with the knife ; the gray stuff was much stained with blood. Michael fell at the eighth blow, and the woman dragged the body to the acquetluct andjet it full without ever lifting {ho stuff which stuck to his face.” As it was easy to verify thpse latter asser tions, they dispatched people to Ihe spot; and there they found the body, with -a piece of stuff over his head, exactly as she' had de scribed. But ttfben they asked her how she knew all this; she could only answer; “I don’t know." “But you know who killed him ?” “Not exactly ; it is the same woman that put out his eyes j but perhaps he will 101 l me her name to-night | and if he does! mil tell it to you.’’ “Whom do you mean by he ?” “Why Michael to be sure.” * .■ During the whole of the following night, without allowing her to suspect their inten tion, they watched her) and it was of ob served that she never lay down, but sal upon the bed in a sort of lethargic slumber. Her tpdy was quite motionless, except at intervals when this repose was interrupted by violent nervous shocks which pervaded her whole frame. On the ensuing day, the moment she was brought before the judge, she declared that she was noW able to tell them the name of the assassin. “But slay,” said tho magistrate; ’did Mi chael never tell you wjicn ho was alive, how he lon his sight ?” ‘,‘No—hut the morning before I wap ar rested, he promised mo to do so j and that was the cause of his death.” “How could (hat bo?” night Michael came to me, and he poipled to the man hidden behind the scaflbld. ding on which jio and I had been silling. He showed me the man listening to us, when he said, ‘l’ll tell you all about that to-night and then the man •” “Do you know lljc panto of lips tpanl-” i ~i. in I. ii mt uminnn 0m p ■ <■«»»■»»■ «i m«i■■■i■■ ■ i ■ i ■ i iiiinii i i i n _ i ■■«»<>■ — i —— ; ii i ■ imi ji«jj TIO6A GOllSfey MAIICH §6/1857. “U ia £uck'..tfe Venf.alWwarJtp a broad street fhat; tetidb lo the Mfßor. anß bb i&teired the'Vhird noiise pfi 1 the figh't- —— ! ' ■ '‘WHat'is the name offhe street 1” 1 ’ "I Odri’t know.;''bu( (he hodse’ is one story Mwbr rtiifir "ihii " adjhlriing onddi' ; LiM : (bid Catharine what he, had’ heard; ajdd she pro; posed to assaslnate 'Michdel; but he Refused saying, *lllB bad enough to .have burnt otil his eyes’fifteen 1 years before, white he’was asleep at yoUr door, and to have kidnapped him into the c'duhtry.’ Then I went to ask and Catharine put a piece of plate into my pocket; that I might be arrested, then she hid herself behind the acqueduct to wail for Michael, and she killed him.” “But siloed you saw all this, why did you keep the plate—why did you not give in formation.” “Bui I did not see it then. Michael showed it lo me last night.” "But what should induce Catharine to do this 1” "Michael was her husband, and she had forsaken him to come (o Odessa and marry again. One night fifteen years ago, she saw Michael, who had come to- seek her. She slipped hastily into her house, and Michael, who thought she had not seen him, lay down at her door to watch ; but he fell asleep, and then Luck burnt out bis eyes, and he carried him to a distance.” “And it is Michael who had told you this I” “Yes; he came very pale and covered wilh blood, and he look me by the hand and showed me all this with his fingers.” Upon this, Luck and Catharine were ar rested ; and it was ascertained that she had actually been'married to Michael in the year IBl‘9, at Kherson. They at first denied the accusation, but Powleska insisted, and they subsequently confessed the crime. . When they communicated the circumstances of the confession to Powleska, she said, “I was told of it last night.” The affiiir naturally excited great interest, and pedple 1 all around the hieghborhood hastened into the'eity to learn the sentence. — Night Side of Nature, The following account of Dr. Kane, of the departure of himself and party from the Brig Advance, in which they had sheltered them selves from the severity of the two Arctic winters is illustrative of the beautiful Christ ian spirit that adorned his character, ,aqd his entirely unselfish appreciation of duty, ' “Our last farewell to the brig wps made wilh more solemnity. The entire ship’s com pany vu nollected In pur dismantled winter chamber to take part in the ceremonial, n was Sunday, our moss walls had been torn down and the wood that supported them burned. Our beds, were off on the boatp.— The galley was unfurnished and cold, every thing about the little den of refuge was deso late. We read prayers and a chapter in the Bi 'jslo; and then all standing silently roun[i I look Sir John Franklin’s portrait from' its frame and cased it in an India-rubber scroll. [ next read the reports of inspection and sur vey which had been made by the several com missions organized for the purpose, all of them’ testifying to the necessities under which I was about to act. I did not affect to dis guise the difficulties that were beforp us ; but I assured them that they could all be over come, by energy and subordination to com mand ; and that the thirteen hundred miles of ice and water that lay between us and North Greenland could be traversed with safety for most of us, and hoped for nil, 1 added, that as men and messmates, it was the duty of us all, enjoined by' gallantry as well as religion, to postpone every considera tion of self to the’protection of the wounded and sick ;"and thdVlhis must-be regarded by every-man and under all qircumstances as a paramount order. In conclusion I told them to think over the trials we had all of us gone through, and to remember each man for him self, how often an unseen Power had rescued him in peril, and I admonished them still to place reliance on Him who could not change, I was met with a right spirit, after a short conference, an engagement was-drawn op by one of the officers, and brought to me with the signatures of all the company without an exception. We then went upon deck, the flags were hoisted and hauled down again, and our parly walked once ortwjce around the brig, looking at her limbers and exchanging comments upon the scow which reminded ihem of every stage of her dismantling. Our figure head, the fair Augusta, the little blue girl with pink cheeks, who had Inst her breasts by an ice berg, and her nose hy a nip of Bedevilled Beach, was taken from our bows and'placed aboard the “Hope.” , “She is at any rale wood” said the men when I hesitated to give them the additional burden,.“and if we can not carry her far.we can burn her,” one thought of the mockery of oheers, we had no festival liquor to molest our per ception ofjtho real state of things, when all hands were quite ready, wo, scrambled off over the ice together, much like a gang of stevedores going to work over a quay full of broken cargo.— Kane's Arctic Explorations A Gift and “a sell.”— Dewy, the Bur lington, Vl., grocer, (who judging by bisad vcrtismenls, must have got his “license” from Apollo, sent to the editor of the Free Press, which was found to consist of a ham and an empty cigar box, accompanied by the follow, fng note.—“l send you a box of cigars and a ham both well smoked .” The editor, being neither a ; Jew nor a smoker, was pleased with his present, and made his acknowledgements accordingly. > i' / T | : k < afe vLULit, Ui; . q •• ct> lii • 0 o.!) ±r.'. 1 ' ‘ ..i.’t u.i. in !11 the ABrtaftoN ot Wotfdht*'K 1 the‘brbihniho. op wisdom,?!. V '1 A Sketch of Dr. Kane. 1 1 rnr W ‘Mi V'l >..i. ' d :f ■ll'rr* & j >r n Flvidenoe on Dancing^ Thai beautiful, gShtbefu! accomplishment of dancing, so perverted 'by late hours and the indecency of 1 fdshibnhblo attirfe, has outraged'Wany'sensible pedp|e, aijd led them to deprive the joiing tif ohe Of thh mbsf sim ple and healthful enjoyments, because it has heen abusedj ' For myself, V chn testify hot only to its healthful I ,'but to‘its recuperative power, The fortieth, nay, the fiftieth year of my age, found me enjoying this life-cheer ing exercise. It should be one of the earliest amusements of children, and care should be taken by parents that it is. understood as. on amusement. While lam on this topic, I will mention a case (hat occurred in my practice. A thoughtful, anxious mother, who had lost three children, brought to roe her poly re maining child, a daughter—her temperament nervous bilious—the. nervous fearfully pre dominant, with great irritability of the sys tem—peevish,. passionate, dyspeptic, sleep less—of course exacting, arbitrary and un comfortable ; the pOor child looked sad, old, morbid and miserable. She had been to school because her parents thought it an amusement for her (o be With other children. After critically examining her physiognomy, I said to her mother s “What is the temperament of your hus band?” “The sambas my own,” she replied. “Then the child is doubly stamped,” I con tinued, “and very rigorous measures must be used if you expect to restore her .to. health. Divorce her immediately from anything men tal, so far as memorizing is concerned ; then send her to a dancing.school, that she may combine exercise with order and melody, and thus some of her rough edges may be rounded.” The child—her large eyes wide open with wonder and delight—interrupted me with : “Dancing school 1 Oh I how I’ve longed to go; but mother says it’s wrong and leads to wickedness.” What a dilemma for a physician I What a dilemma for a child! “Did you ever intend yourdaughter to play the piano, guitar, or other musical instru ment I” said I to the mother. “0, yes,” was the answer. “Why,” I continued, (‘why show such partiality, to the upper extremities T The hands ire rendered happy as a medium of melody ; the feet arc rendered'equally happy in the same way." A nice afternoon school received the littld girlj'H’fio gfew iti health and harmony evef'y month as sho followed'tho hygienic rules pre scribed for her. Dancing is a healthful, graceful recreation, and is not responsi uio (or it.o ..Ouoj>o ji.vi.ry hn? {brown around it. The vulgarism and excitemehrror me ball-room have no more to do wilh the sim ple enjoyment of the dance than the rich wines and sumptuous banquets of the. gour mand, in whom they induce disease, have to do with the temperate repasts that satisfy the natural wants of the body. — Dr. Harriot K. Hunt. Ben, a speculator in bivalves, had taken in a counterfeit three dollar bill, and not relish ing such dead capital, he conceived the idea of giving it to Tom who was a rollicking sort of a fellow, and could make it go if any, body could. Accordingly, ho approached the contemplated dispensing - medium one day, when the following conversation ensued : “I say, Tom, here’s a pretty good sort of a three. If you’ll pass it I’ll divide.” “Let’s see (he piaster,” said Tom ; and after cxamining.it, carefully, pul it In his vest pocket, remarking, “It’s an equal division— a dollar and a half apiece ?* “Yes,” said Ben, “All right," said Tom, and be sauntered away.” A few minutes after ho quietly stepped into the office of his friend Ben, purchased a can wf oysters for one dollar and a half, and lays down the three dollar hiii in payment for them. The clerk looked at the bill rather deubtingly, when his suspicions were imme diately calmed by Tom, who told him there was “no use looking, for ho had received that bill from Ben himself not ten minutes since.” Of course the clerk, with this assuranc, im mediately forked over (he dollar and a half change, and wiih this deposit and the can of oysters Tom lefi. Shortly afierwards he met Ben, who asked him if he had passed the bill. "Oh yes,” said Tom, “here’p your share,” at the same time passing over the dollar and a half to Ben, That night when Ben made up hisoash ac count, ha was surprised to And the same old counterfeit three in the drawer, Turning to his looum lenem ho asked i “Where did you gel this cursed bill?— Didn’t you know it was a counterfeit 1” “Why, gave it to me, and I suspected it was fishy, but he said he had Just received it from you, and i therefore took it.” The whole thing had penetrated the wool of Ben, and with a peculiar grin he muttered “Sold,” and charged a oan of oysters to profit and loss account, So Muon fob Opinions. —The Northern Independent, a progressive Methodist paper, started to represent the more decided anti; slavery of that body, has, in six months, attained a circulation of 10,000. The principal editor is the Rev. William Husmer, A Little Girl, walking in Greenwood Cemetery, and reading one after another the praises upon the tomb-stones of those who slept beneath, exclaimed, “I wonder where all the sinners are buried !” i > - n|' Lmi F'oJ ’u-;.! • g Badly Sold. 1 [i?on ll oi , POBLISHEIKSjfe PROPRIETORS' 1 !W. i. , // . ;/ "'l'/ t• {- i tie. West. ~ [Tbo subjoined letter ju frora»cUiscu of this County* now traveling lu thb West. A- friend hha lirtndctl It in for publi cation, together with Roveral others of the samd series; The reading will doubtless be intonating to many oar readers.] E®. Ao. ~ Dear Wife : According [©previous prom-, ise 1 wilt. ,i)pw..give you a.pariiatdeaoripiion of ,this place, and surrounding country Superior is situated suite west end pf Rake Superior, on iho soulh.side of, Superior Bay, which is subdivided into the Bays of St. Louis and AllonesV.and is formed by the mouths of three Rivera , the St. Louis, Nemyi and Al lones. The city is platted on either aide of these rivers,-each, of which is deep enough to admit of steamboat navigation for several miles above their mouths. This harbor, is somewhat difficult to enter, as the passage is narrow between Minnesota Point and Wis consin Point; .hut When entered, is perfectly secure and very commodious. The site of Superior is da elevated plain, (some 30 feel above,the water in the bay,) of even surface and certainly is very beautiful. The site two years ago was a wilderness with no habita tion of more pretensions than an Indian wig- warn, and had one white inhabitant. Now it is a flou ishing town, or city, spread over an extent o j two or three mil.es each way, and contains'many buildings which may well pre tend to c legance. As a business town it is not excelled by any of its size in the West. This place is, no doubt, destined to be in advance of even Chicago as a commercial point, it being the western eqd of. lake navi gation and the starting point of a number of railroads, among which, not the least impor tant is the great Pacific railroad, by Way of Pembina to Puget’s Sound. This Bill will probably pass the preseniCongress.but wheth er it does or not will not make this point the less important; 'for you will see by reference to the map, that (his is the only outlet to the great Bgriculiurahand mineral wealth of the north-west j and this will be the great com mercial emporium of the west, and where all its products will be obliged to come for ship ment. The country about Superior is good for agricultural and grazing purposes in particu. lar. For a distance of some 20 miles (rack it is a level plain, covered by a dense growth of spruce, tamarac, cedar, &c. Tfio trees are small, very straight and tall, being evi dently a second growth; as the remains of large trees are everywhere to he seen.— About 20. miles from the lake shore on the south, you come to the Range as it is culled, which is nothing more or less lhan'a continu ous ridge of (rap rock, some 500 feel high, rich wilh copper, iron, and silver ores. A number of copper mines are now beingsuc cessfully worked, the copper being found-sn its pure, metallic stale, obliging the operators ooparnte the large masses as removed, by the use of the cotcf chisot. In many of these mines, silver, in masses of several pounds weight, is found in a pure slate; and in all of the copper mines, silver is found to greater or less extent. Workmen offer to work these copper mines for the silver they may find in them, which offer is refused by the owners. We see many things which seem novel to eastern people in the customs and habits of the people here. Owing to the rigor of the climate it becomes necessary for the “pale face” to don Ihe blanket and moccasin, a la Indian. The dressing for the feet consists uf from two lo.|bur pairs woolen stockings and from two to l three pairs of “Nips”—which arc pieces of flannel about eighteen inches square, which you wrap around your feel ; and over all I his, a pair of buckskin mocca sins ; about your ankles a pair of wollen leg gins, and your feel arc dressed. You will readily perceive that the general appearance of the foot must be elegant; but should I slop into an eastern village thus equipped, the tjrst question would probably be, “have you frozen your feel I” All would conclude that at least 1 had a “sore toe.’’ Flannel shirts are a great institution, and the number one wears varies from three to eight. The balance of the wardrobe consists of furs, woolen mittens, comforters, three or four pairs of drawers, and a pair of pants, and over all this a Mexi can blanket. Picture the above to your im agination and you have before you your hum ble servant as he stands at his desk inditing this epistle, and as he appears in his daily walks. The above costume would not be nec essary in an old settled country ; but in this country people do not depend upon stoves, warm rooms and soft beds, but lie down and sleep when night overtakes them, using the clean while snoio for feathers, and the broad canopy of the Heavens for a covering; and were the people of Penn, to adopt the same habits they would probably require the same costume. Another novel sight to eastern folks, is the “poor Indian, whose untutored mind," Ac., large numbers of whom are daily to be seen ip our streets. You will also soe daily, nu merous “dog trains,” conveying men, women and children, as also freight of various kinds. Snow shoes may be considered as,'another of our peculiarities. Along the shores of the lake may bo seen large numbers of the bark canoes of the Indians lying m Wait for the spring lime that they may glide over the dark blue waters of the lake. But enough of this ; these things will soon pass away before the march of civilization. A few days and all ihese shall be among the things that were. There are many other things I would like to mention, but for want of opportunity will be obliged to desist. Per haps at some future time I will resume the correspondence, but lor the present you must be content, jloping you will soon be wnh me to have occular demonstration of these things, 1 remain as ever, Yours aft’eciinnately. Superior, Doug. Co. Wis., C. V. Jan. U7,lad7. V :nn ; )/ : NO. 55l Rules of 4*ivci'tlsiU£. Advertisements will be charged SI, per square of fourteen lines, for one, or three insertions, and 35 (i/r everytnAsoqucnt lamtidh,- (All advertise, mcnla of less tlmq considered as n' squtne. The Motifing.ffltw will, bp charged for tyartorijr, YearlyvJvortising ,„V T a months, ’ft months. 13 , OQ ts rSquare, (14 lines,)' - J 3 SO Si SO (G OO 3'SquaMS,- -■•. 4'oo‘ s’oo • 800 if 5 ?' lalippot - • • • • 1000' ■-15 00 20 00 l,polumq, f .18 00 , 30QO 40 Og, All advertisements not Itavjng ttte number of in sertions marked upon them! will bekCpl.inunUl or. dored oot, and chergcd acfcordihgly.' • Puslore, Handbills,'Bill,and Letter Heads,and alt kinds of Jobbing,, done .in counify establishments, executed, neatly and promptly, Justices’, ConsU, ; bids* and other BLANKS, constantly on hand and printed lb drdtfr^ 1 i ■ - 1 Had ’tot A young man front the “rurall:dHlricts‘ ) ” went to the post office Ihe other day Tor 1 a 1 dollars worth of postage He was (old that paper money Was not received! He went away, and portly returned with four Spanish quarters. ‘‘We don’t receive Cfism Wow;-” sa’a'lhe attendant, “fortriore than twenty cOnts apiece;’’ The countryman thought Uncle Sam was mighty particular, so he tfenl aftajr again and ob tained o'dollar in coppers.' “Now,’’- said he on returning to thh office, aad faying down the “pile" al the window of the delivery, “I guess I con suit ye." The man inside looked at ihe display of “specie currency,” arid Coolly said, “We rievhr take tnorp than thice cents in coppers al any one timer'll is hoi le« gal tender above that sum,’’- The-counlryrttan looked at the composed official for Ihp space of a minute and a half without stirring f and then he he Ip bed on*, “Look here you, ain’t you mighty kind of particular for fellers locked up in such a jail a$ this’ere? Yotl don’t lake only three cema in coppers at a time, hey 1 Well then, s’poso you give mo (Href cents worth of stamps, anyhow,-” The official very politely out him off a single stamp, and passed it out, for which the countryman laid down three cents. He was about to pass away, when Ihe latter oried out, “Look here, you! Hold on It-* Thai era’s one time. Now s’pose you gin me three cents worth more On ’em.” 1 Uncle Sam’s clerk was not slaw in discov ering that he had oaught a tartar. He turned back to the window. “How many coppers have you got?" he asked. Wall, only about ninety-seven of ’em ; I bad a hundred on ’em when I begun.” ,'“'Pass ’em in,” was the gruff reply. “Pass out- your stamps fust, and then I will," said Jonathan, “put 1 reckon you don’t ketch me agin.” The stamps were passed out, the coppers were handed over, when the countryman went off saying, “I a’pose because a feller bolds office under Uucle Sam he thinks he’s smarldr than crea. lion ; but I guess they larut something that lime.” —Lowell Newt. The Daukbv and the D£BR.-^- , 'Mack,'‘ the Detroit correspondent of Porter’s Spirit, is responsible for the following i “The good steamer lon was coming down the, beautiful St. Clair, when a noble buck woe seen swimming across ahead of her.— Ta lowbr away \a boat and give chase wps only the work or a moment, and with a stout line he' was taken by the antlers, and safely brought upon the steamer's deck. A good deal of admirajion was excited by his fine proportions, and among his admirers was the cook, a goodly specimen of “Afric’s clime,!’ who imagined that, from the docile appear, ancc of the animal, he was quiet as a sheep, lie therefore undertook to caress him, and to lay his hand upon his haunch, when he was astonished by a,vigorous kick, that laid him sprawling on the deck. Nothing daunted, however, Cully thought to succeed better by the.head, but the deer, liking this, no better, made a butt that laid the darkey out again, and opened an ugly gash on his wooly head. This was 100 much of a good thing, soCtiffV when he recovered himself, stood a respect able distance, and eying the old buck, said, —“Now look a heah, Mister Dee,” 1 do’no whose dee you is, or who you belong to { hut if you dp dal nr agio dar’ll be wenzon boarct dis boat, sure’s you live I” ‘ Wup Whites the Neuro Sokgs !—The principal wnier of our national music, is Stephen C. Foster, the author of "Undo Ned.” "O Susannah,” &c. Mr. Foster re sides near Pittsburg, where he occupies a mod crate clerkship, upon which, and a percentage on the sales of bis songs, he depends for a living, lie writes the poetry as well as thu music of his songs. These are sung wher ever the English language is spoKen, while the music is sung wherever men sing, in the cotton fields of the South, among the mines of California and Australia, in the spa coast cities of China, m Pans, in the London prison, everywhere, in fact, his melodies are heard, "Uncle Ned” was the first. This was published in 1845, and reached a sale un. known nil then in the music publishing busi ness. Of “The Old Polks at Home,” 100- 000 copies have been sold in this country, and ns many more in England. "My Ken tucky Home” and Old Dog Pray,” each had a sale of about 70,000. All his other songs have had a great run. All Ins compositions are simple, but they are natural, and find their way to the popular hcait and link themselves indissolubly with its best associations. (p we wished 10 make a novel remark— one ihm would electrify the world wuh He dazzling brilliancy aadientire originality— we would very modestly suggest that "Win ter lingers in the lap of Spring." If any of our cotomporaries should see lit to quote Ibis lightning flash of intellect— as we feel quite certain that more than half of ihcm will in their next woollier article—they need not be particular about giving us credit for u ; as, upon a due consideration of the dizzy litera ry eminence its utterance might place us upon, we have concluded not to make it.—• Glean Advertiser. The langungp would be inadequate to the. subject. 'Twuuld not half express the enor. milies of Old Winter’s doings of laic. He not only "lingers in the lap of Spring,” but be embraces her with his icy arms and impu dently blows his chilling breaih in her face. I And whit is the strangest of all, Miss Spring —the immodest little huzzy—seems to entov the aliemions of the hoarv-headed old sinner. If she would only snivel about the mailer, and shed a profusion ol tears, old Winter might m a melting mood, desist his irnporlu niiies, and act deoenilv nereuiter..— aaa Whic, March 17.
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