of Publication. I
r ; I„, ti ogA COUNTY AGITATOR 1b published
F, | I‘“U lirg ßiy Morning, and mailed to subscribers '.
I '•■■v.t '
f; DOLLAR PER ANNUM,.®? ’ f
f ', y advance. It is intended to notify every
£ when the term for which be has paid shall
> by the stomp—“Xue Out,” on the mar-
L h" o, e last paper. The paperwiH then be stopped
K-1 I'-', '’ farther remittance be received. By this ar
?„ no man can bo brought in debt to the
is the Official Paper of the County,
: large acd steadily increasing circulation reach
£ ’ •£, every neighborhood in the County. It is sent
f>. *S Milage to any PoUflmce within the county
jgj bat whose most convenient post office may be
|£ County.
tv, Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu-
I"" - .’-I
directory.
ai.o« reV & s. p. wusor,
8 TTOENEYS * COUNSELLORS AT LAW, wffl
B r A * .tteni the Court of Tioga, Potior and McKean
ffitipi. Keb. 1,1853.]
i"" sT B. jB nOO K 8 ,
ff .rmKNEYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
aid i™” . EI.KI.AND. XTOOA CO. PA.
. mallitaile of Counselors there is safety.”— BOte.
j ‘sSt.5MS5S.iy. - '
DR. >v. w. WEBBi .
FFICE over Cone’s Law Office, first door below
OK rr’s Hotel. Klgbls bo will be found at bis
* 8 g r ct door above the bridge on Main Street,
Samuel
PABXT, DEimST,
/~\FFICE at his residence near the
| Academy. All work pertaining to
'ill ithi' \®e of business done promptly and
J “ ' [April 22, 1858.]
rarranteiJ.
DicKlXSttK BOUSE
COKSISfi, N. T.
MiJ. A. Fielii r. - Proprietor,
Quests taken to and from the Depot free of charge.
pjßs TITABIA MOUSE
ffELLSBORO% PA.
L. D, TAIfLOR. PROPRIETOR.
-nui deservedly iH'pulnr house is centnUly located, and
usmends Itself to the patronage Of the travelling public.
y o x. 'ib. IS&S, ly» ■_ -
'Americas hoxei.
COUSISG, N. T-,
j; FREEMAN, ... - Proprietor.
iti!s,2scts. Lodgings, 25 cte. Board, 75 eta. per day.
forcing, dfsroh 31, 1859. (Iy)
J. C. WHITTAKER,
' Hydropathic Physician and Surgeon .
ELKLAKD, TIOGA CO., PENNA.
Will visit patients in all parts of the County, or re
ttl« them for treatment at his house. [June 14,]
11. O. COLE,
IS ARBS It ASP 3AIR-PBESSER.
SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
his line trill be done as well anti promptly as it
un be done in tho city saloons. Preparations for re
aming dandruff, and beautifying tho hair, for sale
cheap Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and
~e , Welltboro, Sept. 22, 1659.
GAINES HOTEI.
E C. VEH MIL YEA, P HOP R IETdR. '
Gaines, Tioga Comity, Pa.
THIS well known hotel is located within easy access
of the best fishing and hunting grounds in North'™
So pains will be spared for the accommodation
oi pleasure seekers and the traveling public.
April It. 1859. _____
THE CORNING JOXIRNAfet
George.W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor.
15 published at Corning. Steuben Co., 17. Y-, at Ono
UoUat and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The
Mrual is Republican in polities, and has a circula
tfnn reaching into every part of Steuben County..—
Hose desirous of extending their business into that
and the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad
wnitmg medium. Address as above.
I) BESS MAKING.
MISS M. A. JOHNSON, respectfully .annouaccßto
the citizens of Wellsboro and vicinity, that she
bis taken rooms over Niles Jc*T£Uiutl’s Store, where
ibe is prepared to execute all orders in the line of
DRESS MAKING. Having had experience in t(ie
business, she feels confident that she can give satisfac
tion to all who may favor her with their patronage.
Sept. 2Q. 1559-
JOHN B. SHAHKSPEAB)
, TAILOR.
HAYING- opened bis shop in the room over
Wm. Roberts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the
citizens ofWellsboro’ and vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute orders in his line of business -with prompt
icss and despatch
Cutting done on short notice.
), Oct. 21, IS5S.—6m
ffj TIMES! WATCHES !
THE Subscriber has got a fine assortment of heavy
ENGLISH LEVER HUNTER'CASE
Ooltl and Silver Watclics>
which be will sell cheaper than “ dirt” on ‘Time/ i. e.
be will sell ‘Time Pieces’ on a short (approved) credit.
All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. If a
job of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party
ordering it, no charge will be made-
Past favors appreciated and a contiuance of‘patron
tge kindly solicited. ANDIE POLEY.
Ifellsboro, June 24,1848.
HOME INDUSTRY.
THE SUBSCRIBER having established a MAR
BLE MANUFACTORY at the village of Tioga,
.here he is prepared to furnish ,
monuments, Tonrb-StoneB,j &c.,
tf the best
rISRHIONT & ITALIA* WARttLE
vould respectfully solicit the patronage of this and ad
vicing counties.
Hiving a good stock on hand he is now ready to ex
tent© all orders with neatness, accuracy and dispatch.
All work delivered if desired.
JOHN BLAMPIED.
Tioga. Tioga Co.. Pa., Sept 28, X 859.
W mTtERBEUm
CORNING, N. T.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer, In
VRVGS, And Medicines, Lead, Zinc, and Colored
**'»««, Oils, Varnish, Brushes Cnmphentand Burning
fluid, Dye Stuf, Sash and Glass, Pure Liquors for
JWj«V, Patent Medicines, Artists Paints and Brushes,
Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Flavoring Extracts, ttc.,
ALSO,
—A general assortment of School Books—
Blank Books, Staple and Fahey
Stationary.
riij’rii'iansj Druggists and Country merchants dealing
iaaoyof the above articled can be supplied at a small
idrance on New York prices. [Sept- 22, 1857.]
itfSfOfBMD TIN SHOP!
OPPOSITE ROY'S DRUG STORE,
Where you cai i buy Stoves, Tin, apd Japanned
Ware for one-half the usual prices.
Large No. 8 Elevated Oven Cook Stove and Trim
a|ags for $15,00.
AU kinds of
Tii) and Hardware
proportion for Ready Pay.
B vriil pay any one who wants anything in this line
iDe&Uand see our prices before purchasing .elsewhere.
the place—two doors south of {Farr's Ho
or opposite Roy’s Drug Store. CALL AND SEE
_Apnl21 t 1559. 1. ‘ •-
H. D, DBMING,
snnounce to the people of Tioga County
now prepared to fill all order* for Apple, Pear
( £f- c herry, Nectarine. Apricot, Evergreen and Deciduous
/wneotal tr***. Also Currants Raspberries, Gooseberries,
Uim rnes aQd Strawberries of all new and approved varl-
of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sum'
t,.. , _ mcr Roses, Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea,
CT? ° r an d Climbing Koees,
TITL'D|?T> V Including all the finest new w
D ? I1jK ' 1 ~riotiee of Althea;Calyca&tbus,
“• biiac«, Spines, Syeittpu. Viburnums, WigUUs Ac.
FLOW RR Q P&eoalea/Pahliaa, Phloxes, Tulips,
he*. Ac A-JlA,w - ? NarcUtU; Jonquils, 141
OrfnrTL 8 * ew Unut-boi. Strawberry, 4 doi. plants, ,5,
eollclted. -
f J r tfraftipivßitdiUo* or Freeing -111 be
IS it wle(i to- -idirew 1.. ,■ ,
" ■ U. £». DE'IIXQ, W.Uibore, Pa.
THE AGITATOR
Stbotch to the srteneton of the arm of jFmhoni antr the Spi-rah of at&tform.
WHILE THERE SHALL EE A WRONG UNEIGHTED,' AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
,YOL. VI.
i ~
Prom the Evening Post,
remembered.
Somewhere within the Spirit-land,
Where God's immortal children dwell,
A holy and. united bahd^
Is one I long ago loved welL,
One who thro' all my early days
Was faithful, beautiful and dear \'
Biifc God’s good ways are not our ways—.
. No human love could keep her here.
O’er her clear eyes a shadow crept.
And slowly dimmed their loving light,
And tho* I held her close and wept.
There came a dark and bitter night,
• When leaden clouds were piled aloft,
And loudly winter winds did rave,
And winter snows fell fast and soft,
They fell upon hor new-made grave.
And now, when many years have past,
When I have older, colder grown,
There comes to cheer my heart at last
A smile as sweet as Annie’s own;
Like stars that shine thro’ Autnmn skies.
And brightens all the misty air.
Such smiles for weary hearts arise
To win them from distrust and care.
Still in the watches of the night
Those visioned eyes, may come to me,
Still may there beam from them a light,
A glance which 1 alone can see.
Remembrance of the dead can make
A living love more fond and near,
And it may be for her sweet sake,
That these blue eyes have grown so dear.
Wellsboro’, Pa. S. S. Thompson.
i From Gleason’s IVeekly.
LOST OR STOLEN.
nr sophsoma courier.
“Lost or Stolen 1” that, odd as it may seem,
was the title of it, girls, said the squire; and
lost or stolen as it really was ! I had looked
in every place where it was likely or unlikely
to be found, through the whole house, even in
the attic and cellar—for I had been to the one
for corn and to the other for milk for the pigs—
and over the hnrn yard where X had done the
milking. I had run all the way back to the
pasture whence I had brought the cows, and a
long distance down the lane, where the pony
had strayed; in short, I had retraced every
step I had taken since the school-hours were
over; hut my composition was nowhere to be
found.
No, there was one place I had not been to,
and that was Judge Wood’s. I bad not dropped
it at the post office, where I had called for. m v
uncle’s and the judge’s newspapers: fori re
membered taking it frdra my pocket pn my way
back, and glancing at my hand-writing, which
I was very proud of.
Lost or Stolen! How handsome it looked to
me in those large letters, on the outside of my
neatly-folded sheet! I had many a misgiving
that my essay would not read ns well as it
looked, though I bad labored so hard on it and
though so much was pending on my source.
My uncle—l had been entirely dependent
on him for my living since I was five years old,
and now I was sixteen—was a farmer in very
moderate circumstances, and both he and my
aunt were obliged to work hard ; hut though I
was the only boy in the family, and older than
either of his six girls, I had been allowed, ex
cept for a few weeks at a time, at the very bu
siest season of the year, to attend school ever
since I had been with him. And now my uncle
thought, and very justly, that I ought to work
for him. Bus I was very anxious to continue
my studies. My teachers thought me already
prepared to enter the Academy atM I —two
years in advance; I then wanted to go through
college, and after graduating, to study law.
This was all in my mind, and consequently
when I began to speak to Uncle John, intend
ing only to ask permission to finish my aca
demic course, could not keep anything back,
but made a clean breast of it.
At first my uncle was very angry, then be
looked grave, And finally he laughed ontright.
Laughing was the worst. He knew, he very
kindly said, that I was not ungrateful nor indo
lent ; that dispelled his anger. He could fur
nish me with means for defraying my expenses,
for Aunt Martha always called me economical.
He would only have to do with one hand less
on .the farm, and pinch a little in the house (I
tried to interrupt him here, but he would not
let me); but the idea that when I had become
a famous lawyer, I would educate my six cous
ins!
“Ha! ha 1 bless your , little soul, Sammy!”
and my uucle leaned back in his chair and
laughed till the tears ran down his facei
I was ready to cry* from vexation, but his
laugh was soon over, and he looked at me very
soberly.
“My son,” (he often • called me so) “your
teachers tell me you have done pretty well 5
hut 1 am going up to your school on your ex
amination day, and see for myself. I know
nothing about your Latin or Algebra, or such
stuff; but let me see if you can think, and can
put your thoughts on paper: I will give you
something to write about. Lot me see,” and
he cast his eyes on the wall, where little Mollie
was pasting np a handbill which had just been
thrown in at the door. '
“Lost or Stolen! that will do as well as any
thing ; and I dare say you will not be guilty
of plagiarism with it. And now, Sam, do your
best. If what you write does not suit me, you
most not mention this subject to me again ; if
it does please me, why then we’ll see.
We’ll see always meant yea with Uncle John,
and 1 was so happy! There was a whole week
before me, and during that week my good Aunt
Martha had but very few chores for me to do.
Every night the cows came home before it was
time for me to • go for them—Aunt Martha ex
pected some careless creature had jet down the
bars ; and Laura and Jane did the milking.—
They were great girls, now,'their mother said,
and it was high time they should learn to milk.
Every spare moment was given to that compo
sition ; and at length, when completed, it did
not suit roe ; but it was the best I could do.
And now it was lost or stolen. If I could
not find it, my uncle would never know it bad
been prepared, for carelessness was a fault he
would never forgive. ,
Possibly it bad dropped out of my ipoeket
when I called at. Judge ISJood’s door to leave
his newspapers. But how could I inquire of
Miss Fanny if she had seen my composition!
1 badnever asked her a question in my life,
though I had carried her. father’s papers, to, his
house twice a week for more than a year, and
WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 5/1860.
though Miss Fanny had always come to the
door to take them; in fact I never looked at
her, though we passed each' other many times
every day; for the young ladies* school in Pel
ham was in the same building with that of the
boys/ Look at her I why my blood tingled to
my fingers* ends only to know that she was
near me. What if I had left it there, and
Fanny had read who wrote’ such beau
tiful compositions that her teacherwanted them
printed, only her father would not allow it?
All night long I tumbled about my bed, un
decided what to do; but in the morning I sum
moned courage to go to Judge Wood’s and in
quire for Miss Fanny. She came to the door,
and I said something, but what, it would be im
possible to tell; for when I look up in bet face
, —certainly I looked up, though she was a year
younger than myself—such a loveliness was
standing before me that I thought of nothing
but those gentle osure eyes, those fair cheeks
dotted over with tiny dimples, that shower of
golden curls which fell over the white ‘shoul
ders, and those rouncLarms, but half concealed
by the lace sleeves of her muslin robe. She
put something in my band ; it was not my .com
position. Two days after, I found it was an
old newspaper which she ban given me.
All the morning I spent in trying to recall
what I had written, but it was in vain, ■ Eleven
o’clock came, the time when our compositions
were to be carried to the teacher; but I cannot
very well remember any thing which had hap
pened after that hour, till I beard myself called
upon for a Latin recitation. All that I remem
ber is having looked for a long time nt a beam
over the unfinished chamber where I slept, and
trying to think if there was a rope anywhere
about; and afterwards wondering if my father
and mother knew how unhappy was the little
hoy whom they had left in the world.
The voice of my teacher recalled my self
possession. I was conscious that niy lesson
had never been recited so well before. Despair
gave me the power to concentrate my thoughts.
Then came the reading of our compositions.
“Lost or Stolen I started at the words.—
But—did hear aright ? It was not my manu
script which the teacher held! The production
was a thousand times superior to mine I
I leaned my head on my hands till the visi
tors rose to depart. Then my uncle came to
me, and slapped me on the shoulder.
I tried to speak. “Uncle, that was not”
“Half as good os you intended V’ he inter
rupted in a whisper ; “but it suits me.”
“But, uncle”
"Hush said a voice near me.
I turned my bead, but it was only Judge
"Wood’s stern, cold glance, which confronted
mine. ]
Nine years had passed away. They were
pleasant ones to mo, though they had been
most laborious. Ceaseless study or toil, that I
might be able, now and then, to write home,
“I shall need nothing for the next six months,
Uncle John, hut your good wishes,” had filled
up every day.
I had been home hut twice during that long
period; hut now X was going to "Pelham to make
a visit, that is, if I should be successful in the
business which had been entrusted to me. Only
half a year before, the name of S. Morrison,
Attorney-at-Law, had been placed over the door
of my humble office; and now one of the
wealthiest men of the city was counselling me
in an affair where a very large amount of his
property was at stake. 1 wondered, at the time,
why, he should call so young a man as myself
in so important a case. The mystery was ex
plained afterwards.
The affair was a complicated one, but 1 be
lieved my client had right on hie side; and I
bent my whole energy to the task. A very
handsome reward was promised me in case I
should be successful; but that, though the
money was needed badly enough by
but a secondary object. The gratification my
success would give my uncle far outweighed
every other consideration, though I will not
deny there was another very important one,
which had some hearing on the case.
Uncle John came op to the city to hear my
plea ; and when I entered the court bouse, the
first countenance which met my gaze was that
of Judge "Wood’s. He appeared not to recog
nize me, and if my glanoe was not full as cold
and grave as his own, it was not ay fault.—
Three hours after, he gave me one of the most
cordial greetings I ever met with, and whispered
a few words which made my heart throb. He
was interrupted by my client, who then came
forward, and to my surprise, thanked the jade
for recommending him to entrust his business
to me.
I went down to Pelham a few days after. My
aunt and cousins, the latter all young ladies
now, were rejoiced to see me; bufclittle Mollie,
tny old favorite, attached herself to roe partic
ularly, and I soon knew all the secrets of the
family, the most important of which tome, was
that Laura and Jane would he married the com
ing winter, only father could not spare • them
anything at present; j-bis crops bad, been poor
and he bad lost some of bis cattle this year.
•‘They will have to wait a long time, I am
afraid,” added Mollie, “for father says they
must not he married till he is able to divide a
thousand dollars between them.”
Just at this moment I was the happiest fellow
in the world ; for Uncle John had always prom
ised me the pleasure of repaying him for his
kindness to me, should it ever be in my power
to do so.
An hour after I stood before Judge Wood’s
door. I bad not been to his bouse, nor seen his
daughter during the nine past years for on both
of my visits at Pelham, she had been out of
town. My pull at the bell-rope was very faint,
but it brought the individual to the door, whom
I had observed peeping over the Judge’s shoul
der, and watching my approach through the
half opened window-blind.
The promise of her girlhood had been more
than fulfilled. Fanny Woods was’Very beauti
ful, and those azure eyes looked into mine with
that half-timid,. earfieSt, trusting gaze, which
had made my heart throb, and my brain ’.whirl
so many years before, My hopes had not then
•been all idle dreams.
: .“Here are the Judge’s-papers, Miss Fanny/’
I said, taking a bundle from under my arm, as
I had done so many times before; and Fanny
answered tremulously, as in former days—
“Myfather la greatly obliged to you. But
do yoef’nok want yodr composition, Sammy"?
You left" it here tbs other night."
I extended my band, not to take the paper
she held, out to. me so demurely, but to draw
Fanny herself towards me; and we stood there
beneath tbe vines which shadowed the old pi
azza, vand'" talked over the long past; and I
made Fanny confess the feelings which hod
prompted her to write that composition for me
which bad afforded my Uncle so much satisfac
tion, that he had allowed me to complete my
education. But Fanny would not promise to
give ine her heart; that, she acknowledged
after long evasion, and with many blushes, had
been, lost nr stolen long ago.
Tbree roonths after, there was a wedding at
my Uncle’s house. My cousins, Laura and
Jane, .were married; and, the nest Spring,
Fanny Woods became Fanny Morrison.
Book* of-the Bible.
When and by whom were the hooks of the
Old Testaoient first collected and arranged?
By Eira, aboat 450 years before Christ.—
The five books of Moses had been kept with
the Ark of the Covenant (Deut. 24—26,) and
Joshua had written the portion of Scripture
hearing hie name “in the book of tbe law of
God," Joshua 8, and 24; 26.
What are the most prominent translations of
the Bible that have ever been made ?
Tbe -Septuagint, the Vulgate ( tbe Donay, and
the English or King James’s Bible.
What is the meaning of the word Septuagint?
Seventy, The translation was so called be
cause it was made by seventy, or more strictly,
by seventy-two men ; six having been chosen
from each of the twelve tribes of Israel for this
purpose.
When and where was this translation made ?
At Alexandria, in Egypt, about 200 years
before Christ. It was a translation of the Old
Testament only, from the Hebrew into tho
Greek.
How was the -translation regarded by the
Jews in the time of Christ ?
. It was regarded with peculiar reverence.—
Our Saviour and the apostles in their discourses
generally quoted from this version. '
What is the Vulgate Translation ?
It is a Latin translation of the Septuagint,
not of thoi Hebrew, and so called the Vulgate,
because, being the only version which the Ro
man Catholic-church holds to be reliable, it is in
fbat.churcb tbe common version.
When and by whom was this translation
made ?
By Jerome, about the year A. D. 400. It
wait jiastilyjinade, and became very incorrect
byxnany changes.
What of the Douay Bible ■
It is an English translation of tho Vulgate,
with'notes and comments, and is the only
English bihle approved by the Roman Catholic
church. 1
From what did it receive its name?
From the place where it was first published
—-Douay, a town in France.
When was it published ?
In the year 1610.
Why does it differ so much from our English
Bible ?
Because it was made, not from the original
Hebrew, but from the Vulgate, which was from
the Septuagint, and was very imperfect. It
could not be as correct as a translation made
directly from the Hebrew.
Why is our English version called King
James’s Bible?
Because it was .made during the reign of
James L, King of England.
When was it begun and when completed?
In the year 1607 the wort was commenced,
and was finished in about three years, and
published in 1611.
By whom was the translation-made ? -
Fifty-four of the most learned men of the
kingdom were appointed for the task. Seven
of these did not serve, leaving forty-seven as
the number Who were actually engaged in the
work.
How was the labor apportioned among this
number ?
They were divided into six classes ; to teach
of which a certain portion of the Bible was
given to translate, not from the Latin nor from
the Septuagint, but directly from the original
Hebrew and Greek.
How will our English translation compare
with other versions of the Bible f
It is said by the most competent judges to he
better than any other.
What was the earliest division of the Bible ?
That which is supposed to have been made
by Ezra. The books of the Old Testament
were divided, into three classes: “the law,"
“the Prophets," and “the Writings," or “the
Psalms.” To this our Savior refers, Luke 24:
44--“ All things must be fulfilled which were
written in the low of Moses, and in the Proph
ets, and in the Psalms conoetning*me.”
W hat books were embraced in. these three
divisiotfs ?
"The law," included in tbe first five books;
"the Psalms,” or writings, included the Psalms,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes!, and the Song of Solo
mon. “The Prophets” included all the remain
ing books. * . .
When and by whom was the Bible first divi
ded into chapters f
This is generally said to have been done by
Cardinal Hugo, A. D. 1240. But as early as
the middle of the third century, the four Gos
pels bad been divided into chapters.
When add by whom were the chapters divi
ded into verses f
By Robert Stephens, in the year 1551. It is
said that he performed the greater part of this
laborious task while on horseback, on a journey
from Paris to Lyons ?
, Collouut. or* the Mississippi. —“ Boy, who
do you belong to ?” asked a gentleman as he
stepped, on hoard of a steamer of a "darkey”
leaning on the guards.
“I did b’longto Massa William, sir, when I
come- aboard; but he is in de cabin playing
.poker avid de captain, and I don't knout who J
•AYpny tv now ”’
The Next Queen of Great Britain*
Far away be the time when Great Britain
shall know another Queen than she whose very
name seems to herald a succession of victories
to British arms, British policy, and British com
merce—victories all the more brilliant for the
sore trials through which they have been won.
We are sure that all' our readers, whether sub
jects of her most gracious Majesty or not; will
join heartily with us in this wish; and yet we
have noticed in various quarters an uneasy cu
riosity to the personality of the next Queen. —
•She, of course, will be merely a Queen consort,
not a Queen regeant ; her present most excel
lent Majesty has taken care of.that. Hence it
would seem that the question as to whom she
may be would have, at this time, very, little in
tarest;. but on the contrary, if wo may judge
from some of our English files, that very reason
appears to make the subject a matter of curios
ity and discussion in certain circles. There
fore it is that we depart from our usual custom,
and decide a disputed question, which has been
submitted to us by some of our readers. We
are asked to say whether, “if the Prince of
Wales, now heir to the British throne, should
not marry before he becomes King, he can then
marry a subject, or whomsoever he likea ; and
whether the issue'nf such a marriage would he
lawful heir to the Crown ?” To the question,
in both its parts, we answer, yes. The; action
of any member of the royal family, in tnis mat
ter, is, of course, as independent as that of any
other person,' except in so far as it is restrained
by acts of Parliament. Of these, there are
three touching the marriages of princes and
princesses of the blood. The first- was passed
in 1772, at the special instance of George 111.
himjself. It rendered all the descendants of
that monarch’s predecessor incapable of con
tracting marriage without the consent of his
Majesty; but such descendants being above
twenty-five years of age, on giving the Privy
Council twelve months’ previous notice, might,
after the expiration of that time, marry without
the royal assent, unless within that time both
House of Parliament should declare tpeir dis
approbation of tho proposed nuptials.
This act originated in the marriage of two of
the then King’s brothers—the Duke of Cumber
land with a Mrs. Horton, and the Duke of Glou
cester with Lady Waldegrave. The other acts
were passed in 1827 and 1836, we believe.—
They wese amendments of the former, and had
special reference, if we remember aright, to tbe
connections formed by George IV., when Prince
Regent, and William IV., when Duke of Clar
ence. They, however, did not deprive tbe King
of the. same power of consenting to his ’own
marriage, which he had the right to exert in
regard to any other member of his family.—
The right of the King of England to marry
whom he pleases has not been restricted by
any act that we can remember - r and it has
twice, at least, been exerted in the marriage of,
subjects by monarchs upon the English throne,
and without in any manner affecting tho valid
ity of tho issue of those marriages to the suc
cession. Edward IV. married Lady Grey, the
daughter of one commoner, and the widow of
another—Sir John Grey; and tbe title of his
elder son by her to a place on the English throne
as Edward V. has never been disputed, although
he did not reign, as he was murdered by the
usurping Richard 111. Again, Henry VIII,
married Annie Boleyn, the daughter of a com
moner : and if any Englishman had called in
question the title of-.tho only issue of that mar
riage tb tho throne; as Quceb Elizabeth, he
would probably have received without delay
sufficient information upon the subject to last
him as long as he lived.- So let all British
mammas who have daughters approaching mar
riageable years regard them with complacency
and treat them with respect; for who knows
what may happen.— Kcio York 4 lhion.
Defects of Calf-skin Leather.
We have hoard of persons purchasing sev
eral pairs of hoots at once, in order to lay some
of them away for long keeping, under the im
pression that leather when kept in a dry situ a--'
tion improved in quality by age, like oil-cloth.
Upon inquiry we found that such notions are
very generally entertained, hut why this should
be so we cannot imagine, for they are the very
reverse of all facts and experience in the case.;
and we call attention to this question for the
first tjime, we believe, as “a word of warning."
Calfskin leather, instead of improving in qual
ity with age, when made into boots, detorio
gatea rapidly. It is subject to a species of dry
rot eremacansis; and in the course of three
years it becomes as tender as a piece of brown
paper. Dealers in boots and shoes experience
a considerable loss from this cause when such
articles are left on their hands for more than
two years. .This dry-rot, in calf-skin boots
first appears at the edge near the soles, in the
font) of a black glossy sweat, resembling var:
nish, and from thence it gradually proceeds
until the whole leather becomes rotten. The
application of grease rather accelerates than
arrests the progress of this decay; such leather
endures much logger when worn on the feet
than when laid aside in a dry situation, but
whether this decay is caused by the grease used
by the curriers, or is some peculiarity in the
skin, is not knowq at present. Cow-skin and
kip leather do hot seem to he subject to this
rapid deterioration * but all kinds of calf-skin,
eren the very best French, is just as subject to
it as the poorest qualities. This is a subject
deserving of practical scientific investigation in
order to discover some remedy for the evil. At
present the practical application of this in
formation by purchasers of calfskin hoots and
shoes is an easy matter—be careful not to buy
aged articles. —Scientific American.
.A young and pretty lady recently mado her
nusband a present, biit It only cost three-pence
and yet was the souroo of a wonderful amount
of happiness, and drew, perhaps the domestic
bond a little tighter. The threepenny article
was a choice Havana cigar: and, of course
meant, ‘“Henceforth, my love, you may smoke
at home, and need not go to the club-” ' ’
9* —— i_.
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SO. 36.
COMMUNICATION.
its. Editor,— -The following which I clip
from your paper, I notice, is going the rounds
of newspapers, and as its distinction in not ex
actly In consonance with the best authority on
Chirography at the present day, I venture "an
amendment."
I axd J.—There are no two letters in the
manuscript alphabet of the English language
which occasion so much misconstruction as the
two letters I and J, as many persons inadver
tently write them. The rule for writing them
properly, and which should be universally adop
ted, to extend the S below the line, while I
should be written above the line.
It is true the letter “I” should always ‘‘ba
written above the linebat this is not suffi
ciently definite. The I should always stop on
the line. It is not “proper" to say that the J
should “universally 1 ' be extended “below the
line.” The J may be “properly" made either
above or below the line, but should never stop on
the line. While the I should always 'terminate on
the line.
The J “below the line," considered by the
best “scribes” at the present day as “old fash
ioned,” and lacking that beauty and graceful
ness expressed by the “chirographic cure,” or
“Hogarth’s line of beauty.”
A reason for making the J above the line, is
that it does not then interfere with the writing
on the next line below, which is a neat, per
spicuous and sympathetical style of Penman
ship. 11. C. Joit.vs.
Tue ReasELtEß’s Three Scxs.--.l rrnnsclier
in Massachusetts was Visited fay the wife of one
of his customers, who besought him not to sell,
the poison to her husband ; it made him so
cruel to her and her children, that she could
not endure it. But he let her-know that if her
husband wanted rum, he should have it. She j
went away, to mourn in silence and try to guard,
her children against influence of the man who,
for money was killing their father. He contin
ued to sell' His customers became drunkards, I
and their estates-fell into his bands. lle-be-1
came a rich man ; but at length died, and went
to meet his victims at the judgment. His sons
inherited his estate. They removed into tht
western country. The eldest opend a store,
and prosecuted his father’s business. He soon,
like his father’s customers, became a drunkard,
and sank into the inebriate’s grave. His broth
cs took his place and dealt in rum. lie, too,
became a drunkard, and was sooniti bis grave.
The third, and only remaining son, took the
property, and prosecuted the same pernicious
and dangerous business. He also became
a drunkard, and was soon seen staggering
•through the streets.
Witat a Boy’s Pocket Coxtaixeo. —An ur
chin of seven summer's growth invited his
mamma, the other day, to repair a slig! t acci
dent to a pantaloon pocket, and to do this it be
came necessary to upset the -contents thereof
upon the floor, an inventory of which we pro
ceeded to note down as folows :
India rubber, a bottle cork, an old gas burn
er, one nine-pin, apart of an exploded fire
cracker, an old'match box. one old envelope, a
bag of marbles, one hickory nut, a piece of silk
cord, several pieces of twine and strings, the lid
of an old pill box, pieces of chestnut hell, a
piece of tin, a piece of gingerbread, some pieces
of fancy colored paper, two old nails,a small pic
ture book’ a slate pencil, a broken jaw's-harp,
the remains of a pocket handkerchief, a penny
whistle, a piece of shoe string, two grains o£
corn, a pocket knife-handle, half a peach stone,
two spotted chicken feathers, a piece of brick
bat, a spinning top, a dead moose, an assort
ment of buttons, with crumbs of bread, candy,
and a mixture ef sand, pebblea-nnd dirt gener
ally.—Harrisburg Telegraph.
Sagacity or the Arctic Fox. —ln a recent
lecture upon his experience in Arctic life, Ir,
Rae said : "On the journey, I saw a very curious
incident of the sagacity of the Arctic fox. Con
scious that I was aiming at him, he tucked his
tail between his legs cotked up his ears, and
endeavored to look as like a hare as possible,
(which is an animal comparatively worthless.)
Another fact of this kind oeutred to me, whilst
being detained at a particular place, .where our
favorite amusement was trapping wild animals.
Our mode of doing this was with a spring gun
connected with a bait, which when touched,
produced the explosion. One instance showed
Us that o'fox, either from observation of a com
panion’s fate, or from hard-earned experience,
had gone up to the gun, bit off the cord connec
ted with the bait, and, the danger being averted,
went and ate the meat in undisturbed comfort.
And it is a common ocurrence for the fox to
make trench up to the bait, seize it, and permit
the charge to pass over bis head.
Select Coup ax v— .We have frequently heard
the advatages of keeping a pig spoken of, hut
the slang terms of expression were hardly so con
vincing as the argument which came to our ears
a few days since, while passing through one of
the byways which is inhabited, chiefly by the
sons and daughters of the. Emerald Isle. A
new sty had been built for the comfort and con
venience of a shoat, the property of Bridget
Mulroony, and Bridget’s neighbor,- Ellen Fla
herty bad called in to inspect the premises, du
ring the progress of which we happened to lo
passing.
-“An illegant sly,” said Ellen enthusiastically,
“and the fine shout—what comfort he’ll he fur
ye when Patrick is away.
When I reflect, as I frequently do, upon the
felicity I have enjoyed, I sometimes sav to my
self that, were the offer made to. me, 1 would
engage to run a gain, frora.beginihg to end, the
same career of life. All I would ask should ho
tha privilege of an author, to correct, in a second
edition, certain errors of the first.— l’,anklin.
Is the Wkosg Place. —The somewhat note I
Lucy Stone onco said: “There’s cotton in the
ears of roan, but hope in tbe bosom of woman.”
.Prentice, suggests that Lucy made a mistake
with the c'-itu-n and got it in tha wrong placa.
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