Terms of Publication. titE XlOitA COUNTY AGITATOR is published Tli Thursday Morning, and mailed to subscribers 'Hhe very reasonable \price of ‘ ONE DOLLAR PER • hhi in advance. It is intended to notify every when the term for which he has paid shall n^ crl i retlj by the stamp—“ Time Out,” on the mar isTfl f e ( b C last paper. The paper will then be stopped f ar ther remittance bo received. By this ar t3tl mpnt uo man can be brought in debt to the ! ' r viirmi is the Official Paper nf the County, ha lar" e » n(; • ieedily increasing circulation reach *l‘“lo cJery neighborhood in the County. It is sent t oiin y Post Office within the county .vhose most convenient post office may be iifsn adioining County. ' Bonnets Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inciu itj, S 5 r er - Tenr - 'BUSINESS directory^^ TiS. tOIVBEIf & S.'F. WILSOIV, i* xTORNEY'S «t COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will A attend the Court of Tioga, Poltor and McKean [Wellsboro’, Feb, 1,1853.} - s, B. BROOKS, trmRSEYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW A 1 KLKLAND, TIOGA CO. PA. <-Tn the raultinuU* of Counselors there is safety.”* tyt. 2*>* " bB. W. w. WEBB. Office over Cone's Law Office, first door *below Farr’s Hotel. Nights he will be found at his -lienee, first doorabove the bridge on Main Street, ?amuel Dickinson’s. c. nr. DARTT, DENTIST, at bis residence near the I f Academy. All work pertaining to Hlljt V T-f his line of business done promptly and [April 22, 1853.] firranted. picki;nsoi« house COUSINS, N. Y. p. c. Xoe, • • ■ Proprietor. i}oests taken to and from the Depot free of charge. pE N Ss.Y E TANIA HOUSE WELLSBOHO’, PA. L. D, TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR. Xhi« popular house is centrally located,«and c ,vjipn'i' it-'lf'to the patronage of the travelling public. Not. 25.1 j-. . —American hotel. CORNING, N.Y., B FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor. Meal?,2 jets. Lodgings, 25 cts. Board, 75 cts.per day " Corning. March 31, 1858. (ly.) - J. C. WHITTAKER, Hydropathic Physician and Surgeon. i: LX LAND, TIOGA CO., PEN N A. Will visit patients in all parts of the County, or re wire them fur treatment at his house. [June 14,] H. O. COL E, BAPBEIt ASJ) HAIRDRESSER SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in hi* Hoe will bo done as well and promptly as it esa be dune in the city saloons. Preparations for r&- T-ioring dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for salie wtisiag medium. Address as above. COVDERSPORT HOTEL. COUDERSPORT POTTER CO., PEXNA. D. P. Glassmire, - - Proprietor. fI'IIIS HOTEL is located within an hour’s drive o 1 the head waters of the Allegheny, Genesee, and [uehanna rivers. No efforts are spared to make ;nhnue for pleasure seekers during the treating sca n. and for the traveling public at all times. J.m. -7. 1359, ly. * JOHN B. SHAHESPEAR, TAILOR. HAVIXG opened his shop in the room over V.’;n Roberts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the • izcn? of Wellsboro’ and vicinity, that he is prepared ■-execute orders in his line of business with prompt and despatch Cutting done on *hort notice. Wj.b-.ro, Oct, 21, 1858. —6m WATCHES! WATCHES! TRIE-Subscriber has "Ot a fine assortment of heavv I ESC LUSH LEVER HUNTER-CASE Gold and Silver Watches •liclj he will sell cheaper than “ dirt” on ‘Time/ i. c. bw.il 'oil ‘Time Pieces’on a short (approved) credit. Ail kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. If a 1 jf w> rk is not done to the satisfaction of the party rHng it, no charge will be made. Pn'tl.nor® appreciated and a contiuanoo of patron kiDrlly solicited. ANI)IE FOLEY. Kchslmro, June 24, IS4S. HOME INDUSTRY. THE SUBSCRIBER having established a MAR ULK MANUFACTORY at the village of Tioga, ’-.re he is prepared to furnish Monuments, Tomb-Stones, fee., fEB.H«ST Sc ITALIAN MARBLE * -'i re-pectfully solicit the patronage of this and ad , rng A-iuutics. Hat a good stock on band be is now ready to'cx *'s,f a!! orders with neatness, accuracy and dispatch. ■■■■ «Rrk delivered if desired. JOHN BLAMPIED. Tioga Co., Pa., Sept, 28, 1850. Win. TERRELL, CORNING. N. Y. Wholesale and Retail Dealer, In J’it! 'is. .1 r, t{ Medicines, Lend, Zinc,- and Colored 0,/*. Varnish, Brushes Ctimphens ansi Bttrtsing , l>y- Stujf, S tsh and Glass, I‘nre y ' : “ i latent Medicine*, Artist* Paints and Brushes, \ ‘;*s\ers, Pmrtj Articles, Ptavorimg Extracts, etc.. ALSO, general assortment of School Books— BUuk Books, Staple and Fancy Stationary. an*. Country Merchants dealing, i:iu ah i\c articles can be supplied at a small •“ r - u Xcw York prices. [Sept. 22, 3557.] IV. MOVE I.MI TIN SHOP! ROY’S DRUG STORE. _©S ' you ran buy Stoves, Tin , and Japanned ‘ , for one-half the usual prices, f'"* S Elevated Oven Cook Stove and Trim l rsl5 s OO. • -i-wU-H n{ * Tin and Hardware portion for Ready Pay. 1 vhl pay any one who wants*anything in this titio f tUl l our prices before purchasing elsewhere* 'Auict ti, e p| 3cc —two doors south of Farr’sllo- Roy’s Drug Store. CALL AN!) SEE j, ° _ , v .H, p. DEMING, v* ' announce to the people of Tioga County - 'v prepared to fill all order* for Apple, Pear . Nectarine, Apricot, Kvergrecu and Deciduous •i4vT c ’“ ! *r-n Al'o Current* lU*pb*rrle*. Goonobcrrimi, r„ * * atnl Stras-berrieti of all new aud approved van ■?oSES_& ’(tainting of Hybrid, Perpetual and Earn* , r m<>r Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, * !Ca Climbing Rosea. .‘‘HURRFR Y Including all the finest ntwn "i, a “’nettas of Althea, Calycanthns, “'plrhcfe, Syringuu. Viburnums, Wigillas &c. hvj\y P D Q_Phaqdjo*. Dahlia*, Phloxes, Tulip«, A l w llyaeintb«, NurcU*U; Jonquil*, Lil- H*at hois Strawberry. 4 do*, plants, $5. fa,1 -V R <'hclted. Budding or Pruning will be ; ’ r A \e mxitnnitm of tfte atea of iFmtrom ana tfce Sjiireaa of SealtSs meform. VOL. YI. BY EMERSON BENNETT. In the Spring of 1798, while Gen. “Wayne in command of the Northwestern Army, was oc cupying Port Greenville, which he had con structed the proceeding winter, news was brought to him that a party of Pottawatomies had surprised and destroyed the blockhouse of a small settlement not far distant, and massa cred all the inmates except a young female, whom they nad taken prisoner and were then supposed to be conducting her to their village. This female, a Miss Eggleston, was the daugh ter of an officer of some note, who was a friend of Wayne's and he determined if in his power, to have heroic little bands of spies, or scouts, attached to his division ; and he knew if a res cue could be effected at all, the men to en trust with important enterprise could be found amongst them, and them only. Now it so happened that a small party of these scouts were at that moment in the fort, having come in the night previous with impor tant information, and were preparing to set off immediately. Sending for one of the most daring of these, Itobt. MeMullan by name, who, though not the regularly appointed leader of the band sometimes acted in that capacity when his commander was absent, the General briefly informed him of what had taken place, and asked him if he thought there was any hope of Miss Eggleston being rescued from them. '—BxUt. “Can’t say as to that, General,” replied the scout; “but this I will eay, ef it kin bo done, I kin do it.” “llow many men do you want,” asked Wayne. “How large is the party ?” asked the other. “From the report, I should judge there were twenty to thirty,” it'll never do for us to make a regular stand up fight on’t General, unless we have the cap’n and the others all along and as they won’t be in afore -to-morrow, of them, I reckon it’s best to operate by sarcumvention ; and the two that’s here with me—Hickman and Hart will be jest as good for that thar as a dozen more. Only put me whar I can git on their trail, and ef the red niggers arn’t too far ahead I'll soon fetch a good report of them, ef I don’t of the young woman.” “But you must bring a good account of her!” rejoined Wayne, in a positive tone. “It is to seve her I send you ; for she is the daughter of ray friend, and her life and rescue are above price.” “Then we’ll save her, General,” replied the hardy scout—“that is, ef the butchering var mints only save her themselves till we kin get whar she ar.” General Wayne gave McClellan some further instructions and then bade him set out imme diately and returning to his temporary quarters in the Fort, and informing his companions what was required of them, they at once set about preparing for their new adventure ; and in less than half an hour, the three were threading the intricate mazes of a great, dark forest, which then stretched away, unbrokenly for many a long league before them. With long and rapid strides —McClellan, the fleetest footed hunter of his time on the lead. They got over some twenty miles of ground, and reached the ruins of the block-house, where the massacre had taken place, just as the sun was setting. There was light enough to find the broad trail of the retreating Indians; and with no unnecessary delay they set out upon it, and advanced some two or three miles further, when the gathering night compelled them to encamp and postpone further operations till another day. The night however passed off without any disturbance, and at the first strrak of day they arose and resumed their journey ; and ere the sun had set again, they had traveled far upon the bread-trail of their foes in a northerly di rection. It is not our intention to follow them in de tail. Suffice it is to say, that near the close of the second day they reached a point where the trail forked, and it became necessary to make a careful examination, in order to decide which party had taken the prisoner with them. To the best of their judgment, the whole number of Indians was not much short of thirty ; hqt they were not equally divided at the point of separation, as was evident from one trail being larger than the other. They soon satisfied themselves that the girl had been taken with the smaller party; and this to them Was a pleasing discovery, as it gave them more hope of being successful in her rescue. This decided they pushed on rapidly till night, and then encamped—proceeding on the following morning as before ; and at the third day, just ns night vfaa setting in they came within view of the camp-fires of their foes.— Waiting some two or three hours, until they thought the venture perfectly safe, they care fully proceeded to reconnoitre the Indian camp, which was in a small, pleasant, but heavily wapded valley, througlji which flowed a branch of the Wabash. -Creeping up cautiously, un der cover of some bushes, they beheld six In dians carelessly disposed around the fire, three of them laying down as if asleep and the others sitting near together, conversing in low tones, occasionally laughing, and evidently totally un suspicious of danger. A little apart and bound to a tree, was a poor captive —a young and beautiful female —whose now pale and dejected features bespoke the despair of her heart, and combined with her disheveled hair, and torn and disarranged garments, rendered her an ob ject of pity even to men hardened to almost every scene of suffering and distress. Having fully ascertained the number and position of their enemies, and the fact that the prisoner, whom they had come to rescue, was still olive, the scouts drew stealthily back to a safe distance, and held a whispered consultation upon tho manner of their future procedure. "I 1 don’t like exactly either of your plana,” said McClellan, who had quietly listened to the proposition of the other. “It’s our business to get the gall away—that’s the GineraTs orders— and the way we kin do it the best, is the best way. Now instead of trying to steal thar guns, one o’ you just creep up and cut her cords, and start her off towards us as easy as you kin : but ef tbarV.an alarm, tel! her to break for tho WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY §6, 1860. The Rescue. nearest .thicket, and we’ll stand atween her and harm. I don’t think thar’ll be any trouble 'bout coming out all right, for we’ve fought bigger odds afore to-day, without the ’vantage of surprise, and licked ’em too.” 1 After some further discussion, the plan of McClellan was acceeded to as best, and Hart was selected to enter, the camp and release the girl—the others to be in readiness to pour in their fire in case of alarm—which, to say the least, would be likely to throw the Indians into confusion—and give our friends so much the advantage—while the girl would almost 'ha certain to escape and her escape was what they now sought rather “than the lives of the sava ges. Having thus arranged the matter, the three scouts kept perfectly quiet and silent some two or three hours longer, and- then began the execution of their scheme. The fire which the Indians had fed while astir, had now gone ddwnj to mere embers; hut this only the better served McClellan’s idea, as it would render Hart less liable to be seen in his approach to the pris oner. Some quarter of an hour more was spent in arranging everything for perfect action and get ting k into position, which they finally did in that stealthy and noiseless manner peculiar to their profession. Then leaving his two com panions where their fire would be sure and ef fective, Hart as cautiously and stealthily drew back, and glided around to the captive. lie reached her without causing any alarm. But found her fast asleep, sitting on the ground, her back braced against the tree to which she was bound. To wake her and warn her, and assure her that deliverance was at hand—without caus ing her to start or cry out, and so arouse her captors—was a delicate task. Ho began how ever, by whispering in her ear, and so contin ued till she gradually awoke and heard, and comprehended his words; when her rare pres ence of mind came to his aid, and he greatly rejoiced at her whispered reply: “I understand you —I thank'you-—God bless you whoever you are 1 Have no fear! lam a soldier’s daughter, and will do whatever you bid me.” “Then jest as soon as I cut your cords,” whispered Ilart in reply, “get up and fuller me, and don’t make a bit of noise; but if the In juns do happen to rouse don't get too skeered, but run for the nearest thicket, and leave me and my comrades to settle 'em.” He then cut her bonds; and quietly but with trembling eagerness, she rose to comply with his directions, but the first step forward, her long corded and benumbed limbs partially gave way under her, and she stumbled upon a dry branch which snapped beneath her feet. Instantly one of the Indians nearest the tree started up into a sitting posture —when Hart feeling himself called upon to act, suddenly pre sented his rifle at the breast of his foe, and lodged the contents in his body. As he fell back, the scout with a yell of triumph and de fiance, bounded over him to attack the the next, the whole party being now fully aroused and alarmed. Snapping his pistol at the brecst of the second, and finding it miss fire, Hart struck out with his tomahawk, but stumbled at the same moment, and missing the warrior in the net of rising, fell heavily'against him. The latter staggered, and was much alarmed and confused; but comprehending withal, that he had an enemy within reach, he quickly grap pled him, whipped out his knife, and plunged it several times into his body. He was in the very act of doing this in fact, when a ball from the rifle of McClellan pierced his brain, and he fell dead over the dying form of Hart—Hick man at the same instant shooting down another —for with loud and terrifying yells both had rushed upon the Indians at the same moment with their unfortunate companion. There were now- three wounded Indians to two whites; had the former known of their ad vantage, the day might have been their own; but they were surprised, alarmed and half-par alyzed with the thought that they were attacked by overwhelming numbers; before they had time to recover, the smaller weapons of the he roes had done the work on two more of them, the sixth only making his escape with a yell of terror. The skirmish from first to last, scarce ly exceeded a minute; and probably no regular battle in the world ever showed such a propor tion of the killed, to the number engaged, in so short a time. It was a dearly won contest to our surviving friends, and sad and gloomy were their feelings as they lifted their poor comrade from beneath his foe, and listened to the irregular breathings which were soon to cease in death* The girl who had not fled far, now returned and joined them in their grief, for she felt that the poor fellow had fallen in her rescua and defence.— An hour later the dying man expired in the arms of McClellan, rousing a little at the last moment and speaking a few words faintly: “Good bye, boys,” said he, “and remember me when you sec the red niggers.” c “WeTl do that, Ilart, you may rest assured,” replied McClellan in an unsteady tone, and. over his mortal remains those two hearty scouts swore their undying revenge against their sav age foes. Drawing the fair girl apart from the bloody scene, and assuring her that they were to yield their lives in her defence as the one who had so fallen. They gave her a blanket and pursuaded her to lie down and get what rest shd could, that she might bo prepared for the long journey homeward, which would commence on this mor row. Then scalping their slain, and making prizes of whatever they considered valuable, they sat down their comrade, and passed the night beside him, rehearsing tales of adven tures in which be bad taken a part, and renew ing their oaths of eternal vengeance against the whole Indian race. At daylight the following morning they dng a rude grave with their hatchets and knives, and having shown their respect to their late companion, by interring his remains as well as their circumstances would permit, they set out on their return to the fort, which they eventu ally reached in safety, and where they delivered their rescued captive into the hands of General jWayne, who not onfy kindly thanked, but lib erally regarded them, and expressed a s-jlditi’s regret for the loss of their brave companion. It may'interest the reader to know that this same young lady—so providentially preserved at the general massacre of her friends and so gallantly rescued at the expense of one of those brave heroes of the wilderness—subsequently became the wife of one who now holds a dis tinguished position in the councils of the nation. Tracing: a Pedigree. Some men are boastfull of their ancestors, while others are entirely devoid of all pride of birth, and have no more respect for the genea logical table of their forefathers than they have for Poor Richard’s Almanac. The late John Randolph of Roanoke used to assert his belief that he was descended from the celebrated In dian princess Pocahontas,hut it was not known that he ever established his claim to that dis tinction. Matfy years ago there lived in the neighbor ing State a young gentleman who took it in his head that, like John Randolph he was of In dian descent, though, unlike John, he did'not know exactly the tribe to which his forefathers belonged. The idea was perfect monomania with him, notwithstanding the efforts made by his friends to convince him of the folly of his pretentions, to say nothing of the absurdity of them, even if they could be established. The favorite notion, however, could not be eradica ted from his mind, and ho promised his friends that he would one day convince them that ho was right in his claim. Having heard that a deputation of Indians were at Washington, on a visit to their great Father, he promptly repaired to that city and arranged with the gentleman having them in charge, his friends in the city were surprised to receive an invitation to accompany him on a visit to the Red Men, before whom he proposed to verify his favorite pretention. The party met as requested, and found the Indians sitting on the floor, smoking their pipes and manifest ing but little appreciation of the honor of the visit. Having arranged his friends at a respectful distance from the aged chief, who still regarded the visitors with stolid indifference, the young man stepped boldly from the centre, and pre suming that it would require some show of en ergy to arouse the chiefs from their apparent apathy, be placed his hand on his breast, and said with great fearlessness. “Me —Indian—long time ago.” The chief who was not skilled in English took his pipe from hia mouth, but evinced no emotion whatever. The speaker then thinking that a more violent gesture and a loader tone of voice would be necessary, struck his hand upon his breast and exclaimed in a louder tone,— 1 “Yes—Me—lndian —long time ago !” Without moving a muscle iof his face, the old chief slowly arose from his sitting posture and turned his eagle eye on the speaker. His friends say that the chief evidently understood, or at least appeared to understand the mean ing of the speech addressed to him, and they gazed intently on the solemn proceeding. The man bore the searching glance of the Indian without emotion. All felt that the awful mo ment had come 1 Moving sufficiently close to the speaker, the chief raised his hand, and carefully taking a lock of the young man’s hair between his fin ger and thumb, gently rubbed it for a moment. All stood in silent expectation. Quietly with drawing his hand the chief Ottered tmT'slight peculiar Indian grunt, and sard, —Nigger I This altogether unexpected denouement ended the interview and the discomfited descendant of the Tomahawks retired witfy his friends, the latter roaring with laughter, and the former filled with a most sovereign contempt for his degenerate Indian relations. Homely Women. We like homely women. We have always liked them. Wo do not carry the peculiarity far'enough to include the positively ugly, for since beauty and money are the only capital the world will recognize in woman, they are more to-be pitied than admired ; but wo have a chiv alric, enthusiastic regard for plain women. We scarcely ever saw one who was not mod est, unassuming and sweet tempered, and have seldom come across one who was not virtuous and had not a good heart. Jlade aware early in life of their want of beauty by the slights and inattentions of the opposite sex, vanity and affectation never take root in their hearts; and in the hope of supply ing attractions which a capricious nature has denied, they cultivate the graces of the heart instead of the person, and give to the mind those accomplishments which the world so rare ly appreciates in woman, but which arc more lasting, and, in the eyes of men of sense, more 1 highly prized than personal beauty. See thorn in the street, at home, or in the church, and they are always the same; and the smile which ever lives upon the face is not forced to fasci nate, but is the spontaneous sunshine reflected from a kind heart—a* flower which takes root in the soul and blooms upon the lips, inspiring respect instead of passion, emotions of admir ation instead of feelings of sensual regard.— Plain women mako good wives, good.mothers, cheerful homes and happy husbands, and we never see one but we thank heaven that it has kindly created women of sense as well as beau ty; for it is indeed seldom a female is found possessing both. To homely women we, there fore lift our hat respectfully; the world will ex tend the same courtesy to beauty. “You sot!” exclaimed a poor woman to her husband, “you are always at the tavern getting drunk with hot punch, while lam at home with nothing to drink but cold water.” “Cold, you silly jade, why don’t you warm it!” A man recently got married in Kentucky one day and hung himself the next. No doubt ho wanted to try all varieties of nooses to see which he liked best. I An Irishman fights before he reasons; a Scotchman reasons before he fights; a Yankee is not particular—will do either to suit his customers. COMMUNICATION. For the Agitator. From My Diary, Jan. 1, 1860. ■lt is now quite late. The family have all re tired except my brother who has been monopo lizing the old lounge through the evening, while we talked of Humbolt’s estimate of the future destiny of this country, and read ex tracts from “The Impending Crisis.” It seems quite late, but by the old clock, which stands in a different place, I see it is not late. But there is such a reigning stillness that the hour has the voice of midnight, and its solemn still- ness. 1 was looking out into the thick darkness a moment ago and could but notice the differ ence from last night. Last night, at the lonely hour of midnight, I was upon a meditative stroll. The full moon was to the eastward as I turned my steps up the old road, where I have taken so many thoughtful walks; and at times, when its face shone through between the moving clouds, it covered the earth with silvery loveliness. The snow, which has been-the heart of business for some time past, was all gone, save along some fences, or in the hollow of some meadow ditches, for the air was too like Summer to make it shine in crystal prisms as when it crackles under the feet. It was'indeed d lovely might and long to be remembered. I could hardly persuade myself that the month was January. Suoe is the pleasing rarity of Nature. “Ever changing, ever new; ‘When will the landscape tire the view?” While upon my silent walk my feelings were not without a voice. I was reveling again in the scenes of my boyhood. All the old hopes and happy participations of youth were before me, and I was living over the past. It seemed so happy now that it was gone. It was a fit time to cast a “reflective retros pect” ; for the Xew Year warned of the fleet noss of Time, and that another leaf was turned in the book of the world's history. There-had been 3G5 days in it, yet it seemed a short time. Joys had made the heart glad many times,'and sorrows upon a young heart Jiad made it over flow in silent relief upon the pillow where dreams of the past were vented in tears. 'To part, had been the destiny of loving hearts; and absence’had proven the inconstancy of hu man promise. To meet, had followed in the course of events, and the meeting had been fraught with lessons of sad experience as well as Illumined with streams of extatic delight.— Another year had taught us its experimental lessons, and we were better acquainted with the secrets of life, while we tenged for the practice of untaught youth. Memory lifted the rail from the past, and the heart beat silently lest it should disturb, the fanciful strain. The moments of acknowl edged love shone full in the heartland it was almost like the very joys of that happy night which flooded the soul with the thrilling ecsta cy of the first embrace'and pure sweet kiss of love. But such illusions aro as evanescent as the bubble upon the breeze; and they were soon obscured by more sensible and less impulsive thought''. Life in the future beamed before us: and the lessons of the past were the watch towers upon the way. Such thoughts bade us be watchful and measured in our undertakings. The rashness of earlier days was a guide board by which to be governed in the future.— There are yet hopes to be realized—prizes to bo won ! Studiousness,, and integrity to our being are our greatest dependence; for, diso bedience to the laws of our being is the great est enemy of man. Such were my silent thoughts, till I bethought me of the need of rest, and I was again faced towards the old loved ( horaestead. The old clock upon which I first learned to count the flying moments, told the hour of one, in the same musical tone, as when a boy I listened to its music, just as I lay down upon my pillow to forget the unhappy of the past in dreams. i AiIATOR JcsTICIAE. The Chess-Board. —lt is related of the in ventor of the gamo of; chess, tlijit on being promised by the king whom he taught the game that he should have any reward he might ask for, meekly replied; that he would be con tent if the king would .give him one kernel of wheat on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth, and so on, doubling up to the; sixty-fourth square.— The king-gladly acceded to this seemingly mod est request, and orderedlus attendants to bring in the wheat which they began to do; but to the astonishment of the! monarch, it was found that there was not wheat enough, and never had been enough in bis dominions, to pay off the crafty inventor. A; correspondent who has been “figuring on it,” says that, to fulfil the king’s promise, it would take thirty trillions, twenty-seven billions,/ninety-seven millions, one hundred and eighty-four thousand, four hundred and eighty-five bushels of wheat—al lowing 000,000 kernels to the bushel. This would cover the States of New York, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania and : Delaware all over with wheat to the depth of a mile and a quarter. Were the kernels laid 1 together, end to end, they would reach two: billions, three hundred and twenty-seven millions, eight hundred and ten thousand, three hundred and ninety-two times around the earth. I Here is the exact num ber of kernels the chess inventor asked for—G,- 627,268,78(3,934,775,108! While Charles Kean was performing at Exe ter in Richard 111., a favorite Newfoundland dog, which he had left in the dressing room, trotted out and appeared on the wing, just as Richard and Richmond were on the point of engaging in the last scene. Lion growled at his master’s antagonist, exhibiting his teeth, and rushed forward; whereupon the terrified Richmond, deeming the odds ton serious, fled from the field, and was seen no more. Kean being left without an antagonist, was obliged to fall and die unwounded. JLion began licking his imister’s face, and the curtain .fell amid a roar of laughter. In response 'to of the audience. Richard appeared, but Lion posi tively refused to u; ike any further low wow. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 pox'square of 10 lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less then IP lines considered as a square. Thesubjeined rates wilt be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad. vertlsements: Square, - 2 do. 3 do. i column, - i do. Column, - Advertisements not having the number of insertion, desired marked upon them, will he published until or. dered out and charged accordingly. Posters, HandbiHs, Bfll-Heads, Letterheads and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, cj ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices*, Constables’, hii'i other BLAHILS constantly on hand. NO. 26. Loveliness. —What constitutes true loveli ness ? Not the polished brow, the gaudy dress* nor the show and parade of fashionable life. A woman may have all the outward marks of beautyT|and yet nob possess a lovely tempera ment. It is the benevolent disposition, the kind acts ancj, the Christian deportment. It is in the heart, where mekness, truth, affection ami humility are found, that we look for loveliness, nor do we look there in vain. The woman that can soothe the aching heart, smooth the wrink led brow, alleviate the anguish of the mind* and pour the balm of consolation into the hu man breast, possesses in an eminent degree: true loveliness of character. She is the real companion of man, and docs the work of an. angel. It is such a character that blesses with •warmth and sunshine, and maketh earth to resemble the Paradise of God* John Bull and Bhothek -Jonathan. —An in teresting article in Blackwood on the fight at the Peiho, • has the following passage: An American boat' visited one of our vessels, and on wishing to leave'her, the officer found all his men had got out of the boat. After sumo delay, they were found, looking very hot, smoko begrimed, and- Jirjhthh. “Holloa, sirs,’’ said the officer, with assumed severity, “don't von know wo' are neutrals ? What have you been doing?” “Begs pardon,” said the gallant fel- Iows;--jooking very bashful, “they were very short-handed at the bow-gun, sir, and so wo giv’d them a help for fellowship sake; they had been hard at it for an hour. Gallant Ameri cans ! you and your Admiral did more that day to bind England and the United States to gether than all your lawyers and pettifogging politicians have oyer done to part us. j Editorial Life. —But few readers ever think of the labor and care devolving upon an edit or—one who vastly feels his responsibility. Capt, Maryatt says: “ I know how a periodi cal will wear down one’s existence. In itself it appears nothing, the labor is not manifest: nor is it in the labor; it is in the continual attention it requires. Tour life becomes, as it were, the publication. One week’s paper is no sooner corrected and printed than on comes another. It is the stone of Sisyphus, an end less repetition of toil and constant weight upon the intellect and spirits, and demanding all the exertions of your faculties, at the same time you are compelled to the severest drudgery. To write for a paper is very well, hut to edit one is to condemn yourself to slavery.” Are You Happy? —lf not, whose fault is it ?—your own or other people’s ? No one can enjoy perfect felicity hero. It is not to be ex pected. We. are not constituted to realize it. But, comparatively, we may be, and when wo are other-wise it is, in nine eases out of ten, because we take pains to make ourselves wretch ed. We are nervous, restless, impatient, or dissatisfied.—We cannot have everything our own way, and grow morose in consequence. And vet had we our own way, with what grief would our folly not oterwhelm os ! The easi est and best way to expand the chest is to have a good large heart in if. It saves the cost* of gymnastics. i A raftsman who had drank a little too freelv. fell from the raft on which be-Was employed, and was nearly drowned, when ibis brother plunged in to his rescue, seized hi n by the hair and was struggling with hinr to the shore.— The tide was strong, and the brother’s strength being nearly exhausted, he was. about relin quishing his hold, when the despairing loafer, raising his head above water, exclaimed:— “Hang on, Sam ! hang on!—I'll treat—l swear I will!” These words proved sufficiently atim ulating'and his brother saved his life. We beard of an old gentleman who had three' daughters, all of whom were marriageable. A young fellow went a wooing the youngest, and finally got her consent to take him “for better or for worse. Upon application to the old gen tleman for his consent, he flew into a violent rage, declaring that no man should “pick his daughters in that way 1 ” and if he wished to got into his family he might marry the oldest, or leave the house forthwith. Wire, wife, what has become of the grnpes “I suppose, my dear, tlje hens have pickcfd them off,” was her moderate reply. “Hens, hens, some two-legged hens,” said her husband, with some impetuosity. To which she calmly re plied, “My dear, did you ever see any other kind ?” I The printers of Xew Jersy boast that there is not a single printer in the penitentiary of that State, and but one in the State legislature. Wo believe there are printers in both houses of Congress, who got there, no doubt, by keeping, bad company. 1 “My name is Somerset. I am a miserable bachelor. I cannot marry, for how can 1 hope to prevail on any young lady, possessed (if the slightest notions of delicacy, to turn a s-obcv erset A person, speaking of a drink he once had occasion to imbibe, said that he could not *ll whether it was brandy or a torchlight proces sion going down his throat. The young lady who burst into tears has been put together again, and-is now wearing hoops to prevent the recurence of the accident. Three things that never agree—two cats over one mouse, two wives in one house, and two lovers after one young lady. The gin in old times must have been pure, for a small sliwj was too much for Goliath of Gath. The mother who saw a baby prettier than her own, has been sent to a lunatic establish incut. The~h-vyjyho lost his balance nn the reef f und it on tfc.- gfC’K.'-'i 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 12 MONTH* $3.00 $4,50 $6,00 5.00 6,50 8,00 7.00 8,50 10,60 8.00 9,50 12,50 15,00 20,00 30.08 25,08 50,00 35,08