RATES OF ADVERTISING- • four lines or lees constitute half a square. Ten Ono ;,; more than four, constitute a square. s oßeday... —50.25 One eq., oneday.—.--4 0 . 66 g a lin, one week.— 1.00 " one week.... 1.25 one month— 2.00 one month.... 3.00 three months. 3.00 to three motithe. { 0 .49 sir:months— . 4.00 " Six montba.— B.ou one year-- 6.00 " one year...— 10.00 Eg . Easiness notices inserted in the Loo.m. COLUMN, or Wore marriages and deatts3, F. 115 0 WITS ran LINK for each rgt,ertion_ to merchants ad n others advertisingby %eye*? libel The ta will be Odered. rce numborofinsertions must be ieSigtl6Udon the lvertisement IE7 . M a ages and Deaths will be inserted at the am *WI as regular advertisements. Booko, Otatiourrn, $“. QCIIOOL BOOKS.—School Directors, Teachers, Parents, lleholars, and others, in want of 6.hc , 61 Hooke, mod otationeri, iism j will nod a complete assortment at R. M. POLLOCK di 211H41 MIK STOIIO, Market Square, Harrisburg, comprising in part the follow- lit tiADEßlefinffey's, Parker's, Cobb's, Angell's SPILLING BOOKS.—McGulfers, Cobb's, Webster% rown'e,Byerly's. Combry's. NAOMI GRVIMANIC--BitHion's, Smith's, Wood tear's, Sionteitit,ll, Tuthill% Bart% WePO_ DISTOILUIS.--Grimsbaw's, Davenport's, Frost% tlode,Willed's, Goodrich% Pinnockle, Goldsmith's and Clark's- ARITHELITIC'S.—GreenIears, Stoddard's, Emersion's, Pike's, Rase's,Dolburn's, Smith and Duke ' s, Davie's. ALORICIAB.—GroeuIti" D 2 ViO% P37'03 Bay gi MOTIONARYI3.—WaIker's school, Cobb's, Walker, Worcester's Comprehensive, Worcester's Primary, Web ster's Primary, Webster's Sigh &hod, Webster's Quarto, Academie. NATURAL PllLOSOPWRS.—Comirtock's, Parker's, &dive. The above wail a great variety of atom ciui at any time be found at my store. Also, a complete assort. meet of School Stationery, embracing in the win le a com plete onttit for school purposes. Any book not in the store. procured tt one days notice. IV' Country Iderclaantssapplied at wholesale rates. ALMANACS.--Inha Baor ando oll % Almanac tor saje ai 5.1141. POLLOCK & BOWS SOON STORM, Harridan, Kr Wholesale and Retail. myl JUST RECEIVED AT SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, ADAMANTINE SLe7TES ON VARIOUS SIZES AID PRIORS, Willa, tor btaxity cod age, cannot be OZOol l ed, REMEMBER THE PLACE, SC/LEFF/3E 7 S BOOSSTORB, NO. 18 MARKET STREET. t M 2 B OOK AUCTION. • BEN F. FRENCH wingupply his Old friends and customers with the following Books at Auctionprioce; Facile Railroad, 10 vols., complete, 4 illustrations 2 4 11. ' Japan Rapeditien, 3 vols., complete, illustrated and illuminated, $l2. Smerrekrpedition, 2 vols., complete, illustrated illeininated, 210_ Congreasional Globe, $1.50 per volume. Waverly Novo* complete, 12 vole., cloth, $lO. 111 II " 27 vols.; half calf, $34; &c., fte.,&c. All of the above Books I will deliver in Harrisburg tree of charge. BEN Y. FRENCH, 278 Pennsylvania Amino, Washington, D.C. fOll-dtf N E W BOOKS! • ______ 7118 T RBORIVND "BEAL AND BAY," by the author of "Wide, Wide World,” "Dollars sod Oeots, ,, &o. - ttgraTOßy (a jUtTHODISIC"ItryA.Stovems,LI..D. Tor Bale at BUIIIiMPO BOOKATORE, sp9 No. IS Marks st. JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE .AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP _RICHLY GILT ARP ORNAMENTAL WINDOW CURTAINS, PAPER BLINDS, Of various Designs and Colors, for 8 Gents, TISSUE PAPER AND CIIT Y ritr - z7c, — -- At trnyai SCILEPPERIS BOOKSTORE. - NNT ALLPAYER I WALL PAPER, ! ! trist received, our Spring Stock of WALL PAPER, BORDERS, PIRE SCREENS, /to., &c. It ist helargest and best selected assortment lathe city, rangingin price /lOU/ 11121 (0 cents up to one dollar and Solllarter (Slab.) As we purchase very low for oash, we are prepared to eell at as low rates, if not lower, than can be had else where. if purchasers will call and examine, we feel confident that we can please them in respect to price and quality. R. M POLLOCK. & SON, ap3 Below Jones , House, Market Square. TTE R, CAP, NOTE PAPERS, 11 Pena, Holders, Pencils, Envelopes, Sealing Wax, of the beat quality, at low prices, direct from the manu factories, at scarao SOREFFER , 3 CHEAP BOOKSTORE LAW BOOKS ! LAW BOOKS I 1-A general assortment of LAW BOOKS, all the State Reports and Standard Elementary Works, with many of the old English Reports, scares and rare, together with a large assortment of second-hand Law Books, at very low prices, at tke one price Bookstore of $, N. POLLOCK & SON, rgyg - Market Square, travgAlsurg_ ,ffliortUancotte. AN ARRIVAL OP NEW GOODS APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON! lIVIILIE LINEN PAPBB V.A.NSI l'Alitill PiNg!!! /MOTHER. AND SPLENDID LOT Of SPLICED FISHING RODS! Trout Flies, Gilt and Hair Snoods, Grass Lines, Silk and Hair Plaited Lines, and a general assortment of FIB RING- TACKLE! A. GREAT VAKIZTT 01 WALKING CANE 8! Which we will sell as cheap as the cheapest! Sliver Sebd Loaded Sword Hickory Fancy Canes! canoe! Canna! Canes! Canes! ENLLICII , I3 DRUG AND FANCY STORN, so. 91 KARIM 815991, South. side, one door east of Fourth street je9 B. J. HARRIS, WORKER IN TM, SHEET IRON, AND METALLIC ROOFING , Second Street, below Chestnut, HARRISBURG, PA; prepared to fill orders for any article in his branch of !Mims ; and if not on hand, he will make to order an start notice. METALLIC ROOFING, of Tin or Stalvanized Iron, constantly on hand. Also, Tiu and Sheet-Iron Ware, Spouting, &o. He hopes, by strict attention to the wants of his eusto =re, to merit and receive a generous Share of public pat. mar. 117-. Every swan) Staidly fulfilled, B. J. HARRIS, jan7-dly] Seoond Street, below Chestnut. F sII 11 MACKEREL, (Nos. 1 3 2 and 3.) SALMON, (very superior.) SHAD. (Mesa and very tine.) HERRING, (extra large.) 1110 D MISR SMOKED HERRING, (extra Digby.) - MOTOR URRRING. SARDINES AND ANCHOT/E9, Of the above are have Mackerel in whole, half, quarter tied eighth bbls. 'Jarring in whole and half bbls. The entire lot new—DIRECT FROM THE FISHERIES ' and trill Bell them at the lowest market rates. aepl4 WM. DOCK, & CO. FAMILY .1311314 M, from 1§ to 010, stro n g and handeeniel, brand, Printed 611 goad paper, with elegant eltntr new type, mold at loch= SCHAFF Eft% Cheap BooltAt we. CRANBERRIES !I—A SPLraiDID LOT pot Temind by iratl6 FOR a superior and cheap TAISLE or SALAD OIL go to SELLER'S DRUG STORE. THE Fruit Growers' Handbook—by A. WAHlNE—wholesale and retail at inehal 8117111114 Bookstore. RPERM OA.NDLES.—A large supply st-ecti“ ur a O P I B W.M. DOCK. 75., k 00. V ELLER'S DRUG STORE is the place t. fina the beat senttlostit of Porte Mounds'. FISH!!! wu, DOCK, 11., dr. 05 .. . . . •--...,•-= • p 177----.. ------, , :, • : :i:- .. ...::• . :—. 1 1 1, • . ~,,, :•; •.t:11=T• 7,- - -. 1 !.. 5 3 , 2117 , , t:iil-'•_ - _ - ..., : &•.,...,: , i'l4; t aiii . . ! 4 1 - -,--'-'- - . : 4 --.7- -,.A.,*•• -, 0 , ',..•; ;; ' ' ; '''';;. - t - -,...—..-- P -.... t - . ___-.l•e- . 0.• , • , , . '"'' ...i.;,-,- • _ VI a t rio t ..____,.....,1. _....7.,,.._,,,...,„7. union ._,..._,..... _ ~....,.„..:.,..,.__.. VOL. 3. Goal. TICE PUBLIC! 11 JOHN TILL'S COAL YARD, SOUTH SECOND STREET, BELOW PRATT'S ROLLING MILL, HARRISBURG, PA., Wham ha hag eongtg.ntly on hand LYKENS VALLEY BROKEN, EGG, STOVE AND NUT COAL ALSO, WILKMARDET STEAMBOAT, BROKEN, Ir/VV.4 AND NUT COAL, ALL OF THE BEET QUALITY. It will be delivered to consumers clean, and full weight warranted, 11:r CONSUMERS GIVE 101 A CALL FOR YOUR WINTER SUPPLY. 13:7 Orders left at my house, in Walnut street, near Fifth; or at Brubaker's, North street; J. L. Speel's, Market Square; Wm. %Stier% eorner of Second and South streets, and John Lingle's, Second and Mulberry streets, will receive prompt attention. jyl3.dlim JOHN TILL. COAL! COZAL!! ONLY YARD IN TOWN THAT DELIVERS COAL BY THIS PATENT WEIGH CARTS! NOW IS THE TIME For every family to get in their supply of Coal for the winter...weighed itt their door by the Patent Weigh Carts. The accuracy of these Carts no one disputes, and they never get out of order, as is frequently the case of the Platform. Scales; besides, the consumer km the satisfaction of proving the weight of his Coal at his own house. I have a large supply of Coal on hand, co^...zizt.lng of S. M. CO.'S LYMENS VALLEY COAL all sizes, LYKENS VALLEY do " " WILICESBAHRS do, BITUMINOUS BROAD TOP do. All Coal of the best quality mined, and delivered free from all impurities, at the lowest rates, by the boat or car load, Angle, half Or third of tone, and by the bushel. JAMES M. WHRELEB. Harrisburg, September 24, 1860.--Rep.245 U P TOWN! - . . PATENT WEIOH CARTS. Per the 6Ouvenionee of my unmerons uptown ow/Som ers, I have established, in connection with my old yard, a Branch Coal Yard opposite North street, in line with the Pennsylvania canal, having the office formerly occu pied by Mr. R. Harris, where consumers of Coal in that vicinity and Verbeketown can receive their Coal by the PATENT WEIGH CARTS, WITHOUT EXTRA CHAROB FOR HAULING, And in any quantity they may de - aw l as low as can be purchased anywhere. FIVE THOUSAND TONS COAL ON HAND, Of LYKENS VALLEY and WILKESBARRE, all sizes. Willing to maintain fair prices, but unwilling to be undersold by any parcres. All Oval forked up and delivered clean and free tra m all impurities, and the best article Mined. Orders received at either Yard will be promptly Ailed, nd all Coal delivered by the Patent Weigh Carts. Coal sold by Boat—Car load, single,. half or third of cons, Ay IJILNUrs• - JAMES M. WHEELER. Harrisburg, October 13, 1869.—0Ct15 T . YRENS VALLEY NUT COAI4- .14 For Sale AT TWO DOLLARS PRR TOR. • All Coal dolivered by PATE MESNT WEIGH CA LERRTS JA M. WILEE CosideliTered from both yards. non 211.0ical. HELMBOLIPS HELMBOLDPS HE.LBIZOLP's lIELMBOLIVS RELMBOLDPS HELMBOLDJS lIELMBOLD'S LIELMBOLDIS HELMBeLIPS HELMBOLD 9 S lIELMBOLD'S HELMBOLD , B HELM.LsOLips HELMBOLD'S Extract Bnahn Extract 800% • Extralt Rocha: Extract Bnehn, Extract Elnan, • Extract Buchn,. Extract - Swim, Extract Buchu, Extract Rocha, Extract Bruhn, Extract Bachn, Extract Duchy, Extract Bodin, Extract Baohn, - FOR SECRET AND DELWATE DISORDERS. FOR SECRET AND DELICATE DiiOR.DDERS. R SECRET AND DELICATE DISORDERS. FOR SECRET AND DELICATE DISORDERS. EDit SECRET AND DELICATE DISORDERS. FOR SECRET AND DELICATE DISORDERS. Fan SECRET AND DELICATE DISORDERS. A podrive and Specific Remedy, • A Positive and Specific Remedy. A Positive and Specific Remedy. A Positive and Specific Remedy. A Positive and Specific Remedy. A Positive and Specific Remedy. A POlittiTe and Specific Remedy, POE DISEASES Or TUE BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY, BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY, BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY, BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY, BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY, BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY' BLADDER, GRAVEL, KIDNEYS, DROPSY, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, ORGANIC WE AMISS, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, MANIC WEAKNESS, ORGANIC WhiAItNESS, And all Diseases of Sexual Organs, And all Diseases of Sexual Organs, And all Diseases of Sexual Organs, And all Diseases of Sexual Organs, And all Diseases of Sexual Organs, And all Diseases of Sexual Organs, ARISING FROM Exc~,Erposttres, and ImpradenCiel in Lire, Excesses, Exposures, and ImprUdencies in Life. Excesses, Exposure', and Imprndencies in Life. Excesses, Exposures, and Imprndencies in Life. Excesses, Exposures, and Imprndencies in Life. Excesses, Exposures, and Imprndencies in Life. From whatever cause originating,and whether existing in MALE OR WEIALE, Females, take no mere Pills Tha7 are at no avail for COraplaltits incident to the sea. Use EXTRACT RUCRU. Helmbeld's Extract Duchn is a Medicine which is per fectly pleasant in its TASTE AND ODOR, Bat lamellate in ite salon, giving Health and Vigor to the Prime, Bloom to the Pallid Oneek, and teetering 41► e patient to a perfect state of REALM AND PURITY. lifelmbold's Extract Baclnt is prepared according to Pharmacy and Chemistry, and is prescribed and used by THE MOST EMLVENT PHYSICIANS. Delay no longer. Procure the remedy at unee. Price $1 per bottle, or six for $5. Dopot 104 South Tenth street, Philadelphia. BEWARE OF UNPRINCIPLED DEALERS Trying to patio off their own or other articles of SUGHT7 on the reputation attained by HYLIf. i10LD 7 .3 _EXTRACT DITCHIL The Original and only Genuine. We desire to run on the MERIT OF OUR ARTICLE Theirls is wcrthless —is sold at mueb. less rates and com missions, consequently paying a much better profit. WE DEFY COMPETITION! Ark for TLELMBOLD'II EXTRAOT BIJOHII, Take tie other. &i d. by JOHN WYETH, Druggist, corner of Market and Second streets, Harrisburg, AND ALL DRUGGISTS .E'VRRYWHERR. not 4 4dcwBm. EXTRACTS! EXTRACTS!! WOODSRT F L AV OR I NG` NELS SUPERIOR EXTRACTS OP BITTED ALMOND, KNOTARINN, • PINE APLII, BOBS Liniol l l iND 'VANILLA, ' Ant fieslved sad for isle b 1,29 M. DOOM, Is., & Co. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1861. fivern etables. (CITY LIVERY STABLES, DLACKBEERY ALLEY, 24 IN THE REAR OF HERR , s HOTEL The undersigned has re.commerwed the LIVER I" BUSINESS in his NEW AND SPACIOUS STABLE'S, located as above, with a large and varied stock of HORSES, CARRIAGES AND OMNIBUSES, Which he will hire at moderate rates. oetl3-aTy p, g, 9WARPZ. FRA-NK A. MURRAY Successor CO Wm.. Parkhiti, LIVERY it EXCIIANGE STABLE THIRD STREET BELOW MARKET. . mo s i pr o • - ..• " RATING purchased the interest of J.. Q. Adams n the establishment, and made large additions to the • stock, the undersigned is prepared to accommodate the public with SUPERIOR HORSES for Saddle or Carriage purposes, and with every variety of vrapous of the 11440 and most approved styles, on reasonable term. PLEASURE PARTIES will be accommodated with Om nibrisses at short notice. . • Carriages and Omnibuses, for funeral occasions, will be furnished, accompanied by careful and obliging drivers. - He invites an inspection of bje stock, satisfied that it is dilly equal to that of any other establishment of the pledin town. TRANS A. - 1111TRRA T -BRANCH STABLE The undersigned boa opened a branch of his giLlvery and Etchakie Stabls" in the buildings lately occupied by A W. Barr, in Fourth street, opposite the Bethel, where he is prepared 'to accommodate the public with Horses and • Vehicles; at all times, on reasonable terms . His stock is large and varied, and willrecommend itself. • suil6-dtf • FRANK A. 111IIBBAY. Atiscellantons. TAKE NOTICE! That we here recently added to oar already fall stock OF SEGAIIB LA NORMATIS, HARI KARI, EL MONO, LA BANANA. OF PERFUMERY FOR THE HANDKEROHIET TVEICISIE ESSENCE, ODOR OF MUSK, LUBIN'S ESSENCE BOUQUET. FOR THE HAIR: EAU LUSTRALE, CRYSTALIZED POMATTIM, MYRTLE AND VIOLET POMATUM. FOR THE COMPLEXION TALC OF VENICE, ROSE LEAF POWDER, . NEW MOWN HAY POWDER, BLANC DE NUMBS. OF SOAPS HASHI'D Piltnew MOSS ROSE, BENZOIN, UPPER TEN, VIOLET, • NEW MOWN HAY, JOCKEY CLUB. Having the largest stock and best assortment of Toilet Artieles, we fanny that we are better able than our com petitors to get up a complete Toilet Set at any price de. sired. Call and see. Always on hand, a FRESH Stock of DR fIGS, MEDI CINES, CHEMICALS, &c , consequent of our re ceiving almost daily additions thereto. HELLER'S DRUG AND FANCY STORE, 91 Market Street, two doors East of Fourth Street, eepti South able, - CLE.N I X F_O_ILN n - 1 ;t V J. J. OSLER JOHN J. OELER & BROTHER, OTIOOESSOREI TO JAMES M. BM) FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, Corner PennsOvania Railroad and State Street, ' HARRISBURG, PA. MILL GEARING,' IRON FENCES, RAILROAD AND CANAL WORD', AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OP IRON CASTINGS ON HAND OR MADE TO ORDER MACHINE WORE AND REPAIRING PROUPPLir ATTENDED TO PATTERNS MADE TO ORDER. We have a large and complete assortment of Patterns to select from. an 2 JUST RECEIVED! A FULL ASSORTMENT OF HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS TO WHICH WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE AFFLICTED! Tor ado st OCIIEFFER'S DOOZSTOB 2 , sp9 No.lB Market at. WE OFFER'T . O IDU•S T- OMERS A New Lot of LADIES' PURSES', Of Beautiful Styles, substantially made A 130.9ndid Assortment of 412NTLEMENIS WALLETS. A New and Elegant Perfume, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' BOQUET, Put up in Cut Glass Engraved Bottles. A Compltto Agoartmant of HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES, Of the beat Manufacture. A very Handsome Variety of . POWDER, PUFF BOXES. SELLER'S DRUG STORE, 5y 31 91 Market etrsot BOOTS AND SHOES. JACKSON .10 CO. Have opened a Boot and Shoe Store at No. 90X BUR EAT STREET, corner of Fourth, where they 'keep con stantly on hand a MI and varied assortment of the BEST CITY MADE SHOES. Having been engaged in the SHOE UPPER BUSI NESS in this city for more than a year, they are pre pared to mike ALL KINDS OF FANCY SHOES to order, at short notice, of the best materials, mud war ranted to give satisfaction every way. frr Please call and examine my assortment before purchasing elsewhere. It7 - 13ssateteber the place-90A' Market street, sign 0 the [nol7-d3m] GOLDEN BOOT. CHOICE SAUCES! WORCESTERSHIRE. LAJcN.Now CHIITNY, CONTINENTAL, SOYDR , S SULTANA, ATIIEN/EC LONDON CLUB, SIR ROBERT PEEL, °INDIA SOY, HEADING SAUCE, ENGLISH PEPPE m. c PEPPER SAUCE. see by wM. Js,, Co. mylo DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS, , PHILADELPHIA, buimuLtoiums CARBOYS, ,DEMIJOHNS, WINE, PORTER, MINERAL WATER, PIORLE AND PRESERVE BOTTLES lir wrap? DIIIORIPTION. K. B. & O. W. BRNNERS 27 Routh Front eteret, Philadelphi a. QUEABFFER'S Bookstore is the place to 1,, l 647 q 1144 PAnow.warrantpd VELUM'S DRUG STORE its the place J. 36 to bay Moot Motto into, Ely patriot &anion, SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 5, 1861. ,50,11,02 7 111 NC, _ABOUT SUICIDES, Man is at all times a very interesting book to study, but never more so than when, under the pressure of his passions and the working of his mind, he is driven to commit suicide.— A strange and entertaining book might be writ ten on the subject of suicides, and we hope that if ever a philosopher takes his pen to treat that subject, he will devote a whole chapter to the over prudent Frenchman, who, being folly decided to end his wretched existence, went to a post set up by the seaside, a little before high tide. And now see what a fearful amount of trouble the little Gaul went to in order to do such an easy.thiug as to put an end to one's own life. He had provided himself with a ladder, a rope, a pistol, a bundle of matches and a phial of poison. For he intended to poison, to hang, to drown; to burn himself and to blow out his brains, Therefore, tying ono end of the rope to the top of the post, and the other end around his neck, he went up the ladder. Then he resolutely took the dose of poison, set his clothes on fire, and just as he was prepared to kick the ladder away, he applied the muzzle of his pistol to his forehead in order to scatter his brains to the four winds. His last hope was that the tide would soon reach his high place, and covering his Way, complete the work. Unfortunately for the execution of this com plicated plan, the jerk which he made to throw down the ladder, as he was going to shoot himself, changed the position of the pistol, and the ball, instead of killing him, cut in two the slender rope which was his only suppoit. He fell into the sea, and the matches left in his pockets, which had already reduced into ashes a good portion of his coat skirt, were immedi ately put out. Moreover, the few draughts of briny water which the man took unconsciously, acting as an antidote, counteracted the effect of the poison, and the would-be suicide, washed away by the tide, was finally left on th e Imol a , slowly to recover his senses and find himself, in spite of all his measures, unhanged, unshot, unpoisoned, unburnt and undrowued. So much for human wisdom and the kind in terference of Providence. However singular that unsuccessful attempt may appear, the unhappy man who made it may have had tolerably good reasons for wish ing to depart this life. But the twonases of an Englishman who shot himself in the old French City Of Montpelier, anti of a Frenchman who resorted to the halter is Paris, are 'very extra ordinary ones. The Englishman was a most splenetic fellow, very wealthy, blase for the last ten years, an egotist from the end of his hair to the sole of his foot, whom nothing could move or interest. The Frenchman was quite the reverse, vindic tive, wicked in the extreme, grumbling all the time about something or somebody, looking at every one with suspicion, and for the least of fence planning the direst vengeance. The Englishman, whose name was Mr. Henry G. IV—, was traveling in the south of France, unlucky enough not to find any. By the end` of the month of September, be found himself at Ate pleasant little old town of ' Montpelier, renowned in oneient and modern history for its faculty of medicine, its delicious climate, and its pretty grisettes. Being more weary than ever, Mr. W. thought that he must be sick, and went to a celebrated physician. As soon as the doctor saw the Englishman, and had heard him explain his case, he knew what kind of patient he had got, and how necessary it was to in dulge him in his imaginary malady. "It is very true," said the physician, "that you are sick ; but I can cure you, sir, if you l i do what I recommend you. Every morning at 8 o'clock, and every afternoon at 5, go to one of the graperies in the neighborhood of the city, and eat, on the spot, half a pound of fresh grapes every time, I hope that the lively scenes of our vintage will amuse you." "No, they wont," said Mr..W., with the utmost gravity; "but what kind of grapes must I eat—black or yellow' ones ?" The question was so little expected and so ludicrously put, that for a minute it fairly dumbfounded the man of science; _but quickly recovering his presence' of mind, .he said ; "black; 'by all means, black." A s ' the Englishman was taking a stroll On the Peron, a public garden where the promo- . nader sees before him as fine a view and as much varied, though not so grand as the scenery from the Durham terrace in Quebec, he was thinking deeply of the conversation he had just had with the physician. "It may be," thought he, "that grapes would cure me ; but what kind of grapes ? The doctor hesitated a while before he pronounced in favor of the black ones. This is not quite satisfactory; I must go to another physician." And so Mr. W. called on a second disciple of Escaulapius, as renowned as the first. After relating to him part of his conversation with the first doctor, 'your confrere," said he, "forgot to tell me what kind of grapes I should eat, and I forgot to ask him. Will you be so kind as to enlighten me ?" The Languedocien thinking the English man was making fun of him, and wishing to give him a . gibe for his fib, answered, "take them yellow; they are the only medicinal ones." The Englishman left the office more per plexed than before. "My case must be a des perate one," said he to himself, "for there are two famous doctors who don't agree at all'on my malady. One prescribes black grapes, the other yellow ones. Decidedly, I must be very far gone, since the faculty has no sure remedy for me. Well, would it not be better to make short work of it and end at once this miserable life, instead or draeging along the stages of a long and cruel mortal disease? Yes, a pistol will do what those doctors would try in vain to accomplish. It will end all my miseries." At the end of this monologue, which the traveler wrote down almost word for word in a letter penned hastily on the table of a cuffee house, and directed to the Mayor of the city, ho went to his room at the Hotel du Midi, and a few minutes later, when the report of a pistol was heard in the house, the last scene of the drama was performed between black and yel low grapes. Mr. W. had chosen a lead one. But atter all, the Englishman, tired of his life, and believing that he was good for nothing in this world, had in his own opinion, an ex cuse for "shuffling off this mortal coil." Not so with the Frenchman we alluded to, One day, being as he believed, a little slighted by a companion of his, he vowed he would visit him with the most fearful revenge. The un fortunate man he had to complain of, was known as a timorous creature whom a child, a shadow, could at any moment scare to death. Accordingly, the wicked Frenchman went one morning to hang himself behind the door of his companion's office, and he had so well ex ecuted his plan, that when the latter opened the door, the first thing he saw, just a foot or so from his nose, was the horrid face of the dead man, who seemed to grin at the new corner and threaten him wiekedly. The HMSO Of the diabolical sacrifice was as complete as pies- W. F. OFILIS Bible. The living man fell in a swoon, at, the dangling feet of his dead enemy, and when he was discovered by other persons of the house, his excess of terfer had caused an incurable paraly xis, with which he died a few days after wards. THE PENANCE OP THE WHIP From the earliest times we hear of self-mor tification for the purpose of appeasing the wrath of Heaven. Our Creator made us for enjoyment, and yet, by some perversity of hu man nature, we are prone in too many instan ces to be miserable. Among the most common and repulsive methods of mortifying the body is self-castigation, which is often supposed to have commenced under the darker ages of the Christian dispensation, but such is not the case, for Herodotus relates that, at Bubastis, all the Egyptians, men and women, attending the cer emonies, beat themselves whilst the fire was consuming the sacrifice. The Carious, living in Egypt, did even more, as they used to cut their foreheads with knives to show that they were foreigners. The Syrians also beat and maltreated themselves in honor of the mother of their gods, and Apuleius describes a scene only equalled by the performances of mediaeval flagellatore. We find the same custom in Greece, and es pecially among the Lacedemonians, who used to flog themselves partly in honor of their gods, partly in order to beeeine inured to pain. On a certain day a great number of youths were cruelly beaten at the altar of Diana; but it was voluntary, and the boys thronged to this rude sport; it having been considered a great honor to be able to endure sharp flogging without , uttering a sigh. The ceremony was carted on with great solemnity; a priestess of Diana, holding a small statue of the goddess in her hand, presided, and priests seriously examined the wounds inflicted by the whip, in order to discern future events by them. These painful exercises were encouraged by all parents, al though some ambitious youths dropped dead under, or died after the whipping, without ha ving .shed a tear. To such young heroes col umns were erected in a public place. The custom outlived even the liberty of the Lace demonians ; and, in the time of Tertullian, one of the fathers of the Church, the festival was kept. The Thraciane had adopted a like cus tom. There existedphilosophical sects in Greece who instructed the youths in inurement to work, want and pain. These philosophers and their pupils flogged themselves severely, or tore off parts of their akin with instruments made for the purpose, for which they were often ridi culed by the philosophers of other schools.— An exact counterpart of this custom is to this day prevalent among our Indian tribes. In Italy, the feast of Lupercal had been kept before the building of Rome. It fell on the 15th of February, and was in honor of Pan.— The skins of the sacrificed animals were cut into strips, with which the young men, after having beaten themselves, ran through the streets of Rome to whip all women they met. It was thought to be well with a woman who received a blow. The old religion, the repub lic, and the empire perished; but" this merry festival was kept up by the Roman ladies. Moses introduced the whip into the laws of the Jews. The instrument consisted of three m o m ty4,44eh were ort, but the mid- The strokes were limited to thirteen, as one stripe more would have been two stripes beyond the law. None of the Jewish writers recom mended self-torment till the year in which two rabbis compiled the Babylonian Talmud, which introduced many new superstitions into the Jewish rite. Flogging in schools was customary, both among the ancient Greeks and Romano. Then, as they do now sometimes, masters abused their authority. Plutarch and Quintilian wrote against this manner of punishing children. In monasteries the novices were treated cruelly, and, while monks and priests were everywhere chosen as teachers, the custom of flogging pupils was a thing'of course. It was not even thought improper for a young monk to apply the rod to a young lady if she were his pupil. The history of the unfortunate Abelard is known by every one, and he tells us himself that he often gave the rod to Heloise, not out of anger, but because of gentler feelings. How dangerous it is to beat young children with the rod Rousseau has argued, but, we an , told that many, French nurses beat children confi ded to their care, because they think this ex ercise conducive to their right growth. About the middle of the fourteenth century, a desp e r a t e 'Waging for penitence came Oyer the world, first manifesting itself in Perugia, by a great pilgrimage of penitents, who flogged themselves cruelly. A flogging epidemic spread • over It aly and Germany. Ten thousand peni tents, headed by the clergy, with crosses and banners, overrun the country. At first laughed at, and even refused entrance in the towns, they ended by infecting others with their insane zeal. At this time the Block Death was raging, and the end of the world was believed to be at hand. In Germany almost one-half of the population died. The fanatics accused the Jews of having poisoned the wells, and these were persecuted and murdered by the mob, who were assisted by the prilgriins. The fanaticism became so ungovernable as to be dangerous to the Church, and Pope Clement VI. condemned the flagellators in a bull. Nevertheless, their practices were continued for many years, though Chrneh and State combined to put them down. At last, the Church resolved to patronize and take under her own control the brotherhoods of flagellators. In Rome. there existed no less than a hundred of such fraternities, and they were also to be found in other towns, in France and Germany, flourishing especially during the sixteenth century ; when the Jesuits patronized them. King Henry 111., of France, once ran through the streets with his courtiers, bare footed, and clad in sackcloth, all flogging them selves. Many confessors abused this custom of penance, and the discipline is not yet Wholly out of date. Within the present cenntury, scenes occurred in the neighborhood of Salerno as atrocious as any that could have happened half a thousand years ego• How FRENCH ACTRESSES AVOIDED GIVING THEIR AGES IN PUBLIO.—The Paris correspond ent of a Boston p ;per thus relates how two noted actresses of Paris avoided the public rev elation o f their ages : A servant robbed Mlle. Mars of her dia monds one evening while she was at the theatre. Arrested, he was put upon trial and witnesses were summoned to bear testimony to his guilt. Among these was Mlle. Mars. She was greatly annoyed at this, as according to the rules of French practice, the witness, after being sworn, gives his age. Now the age of Mlle. Mars was an impenetrable mystery, for it was a theme she never talked on, and she possessed the art of arresting time's flight, or at least of repair ing its ravages so effectually, her face never revealed acquaintance with more than twenty years. She was for moms days evidently de pressed; then, all at once, her spirits 1089 ea buoyant as ever. This puzzled the court—for people in her eminent position always have a court; parasites are plenty in Paris—they did Bet know whether she had determined frankly , to confess her age, or nlethOr eke had hit upon PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, BY 0. BARRETT. & CO. l i ge DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be served to Bab senbersresiding in the Borough for Om DENTS PER WEER' payable to the Carrier. Mail rabscribers, roux DOI. LARS PER ANNUM. Tag WBBELY will be published as heretofore semi weekly during the acaaion of the Legielature,aneence week the remainder of the year, TOP !We dollars is ad vance, or three dollars at the expirationof the year. Connected with this establishment, is an extensive 1013 OFFICE, containing a variety of plain and fano, type, unequalled by any establishment in the interior of the State, for which the patronage of the public: Is so licited. NO 107. some means of eluding this thorny point of practice The day of trial came, and she was at her place. The court-house was filled chock full, and when she was litit in the witness box every ear was bent towards her to catch the age she'd give as her own. "Your name ?" said the pre siding judge. "Anne Francois() Hippolyte Mars," "What is your profession 7" "An actress of the Proud' Comedy." "What is your age ?" "—ty years." "What ?" inqui red the presiding judge, leaning forward. "I have just told your honor!" replied the actress, giving one of those irresistible smiles, which won the most hostile pit. The judge smiled lilt turn, and when he asked, as he did immediately, " Where do you live ?" hearty applause long prevented Mlle. Mars from replying. Mile. Ciao was summoned before a court the Other day to bear witness in favor of some cos metic assailed for a poison by victims and their physicians. All the youngest actresses of Paris were there, and they reckoned upon a good deal of ,merriment and profit when Mile. Cico came to disclose her age. shi, was called to the stand—sworn—gave her name and profes sion. When the judge said "How old are you?" She quitted the stand, went up to the bench, stood on tip-toe and whispered in the judge's ear the malicious ztertt ? The bench smiled, and kept her secret. THRILLING Guosr STORY-THE ' CHILD'S GIIOBT.—The New York Presbyterian relates this story: We were returning from our spring meeting of Presbytery—one gentleman and two young ladies—in a "rockaway," and the road none of the hest. Night, cold and damp, (maim* Us eight or ten miles from home, but only a short distance from Judge Blank's, who, after we had:arrived at his house, narrated the following unique tale. Said the Judge as follows: "Years ago we had lit Out` house a sweet little child, about four years of age, and the object, of course, of a very tender affection. But sickness laid its hand upon it. Remedies, promptly resorted to, all proved in vain. Day after day the rose faded from the cheek, SEW the fire in the eyes burned low, and at length death closed those eyes and sealed those lips forever; and we learned by trying experience how intense darkness follows the quenching of one of those little lights of life. if The time rolling sadlyon, broiight us at length to the hour appointed for committing ourtreasure to the ordinary custody of the grave. The friends assembled, the customary services were held, the farewell taken, and the little form securely shut beneath the well-screwed coffin lid, and in due form the grave received its trust. We looked on and saw the earth thrown in, the mound raised above, and the plats of sod neatly adjusted into a great shel tering roof, and then wended our way back to our desolate home. Evening came on and wore away. My wife had gone into an adjoining room to give some directions to a servant, and I, unfitted by the scene of the day for aught else, had just laid my head on my pillow in our room upon the first floor of the house, when I heard a shriek, and in a moment more my wife came flying into the room, and springing upon the bed behind me, exclaimed: See there ! our child ! our child!' ' , Raising my head, my blood froze within me, the hair upon my head stood up, as I saw _tk u ljjaohing fr in_Brav9 ctotht , F, , with open, but. we gave it the last kiss, walking towardriiK Had I been alone—had not the extreme terror o f my wife compelled me to play the man I should have leaped from the window and lied without casting a look behind. nut, not daring to leave her in such terror, I arose, sat down in a chair, and took the little creature between my knees—a cold sweat covered my body—and gazed with feelings unutteritlge upon the object before me. The eyes were open in a vacant stare. The flesh colorless, cold and clammy; nor did the child appear to have the power of speech, or hearing, as it made no attempt to, answer any of cur queen tions. The horror of our minds was the more intense as we had watched our child through its sickness and death, and had been but a few hours before eye witnesses of its interment.— While gazing upon it, and asking in my thoughts, 'What can this extraordinary provi- • dence mean ? for what can it be Bent ? the servant girl, having crept to the door, after a time suggested, 'lt looks like Mrs. eitild_7 " Now our neighbor had a child about the same age as ours, and its constant companion. But what could bring it to our home and in such a plight ? Still the suggestion had opera- ted 4,4 4 sedative upon our excited feelings, and rendered us more capable of calm refleetion. And, after a time, we discovered in truth that the grave clothes were night clothes, and .the corpse a somnambulist. And it became mani fest that the exeitement attending the losti anti burial of its playmate, working upon the child's mind in sleep, was the cause to which We were indebted for this untimely and startling visit. "Wiping away the perspiration and taking a few long breaths, I prepared to countermarch the little intruder back to its forsaken bed.— Back we went, it keeping at my side, though still asleep. I had walked quite a distance across the wet grass. I found the door of its home ajar, just as the fugitive had left it, and its sleeping parents unconscious of its absenoe. The door creaked as I pushed it open, and awakened the child, who looked wildly around a moment, and then popped into bed. "Now, if it had not been for my wife, as I have said, I should, on the appearance of this apparition, have made a leap of uncommon agility from that window ; and after a flight of uncommon velocity for a person of my age(and dignity, I should have been ready to take my oath in any court, either in Christendom or heathendom, that I had seen a ghost." CERTAINTY OF &TENOR—LT. MAI:FRT.—A re markable instance of the practical value of scientific knowledge, in the science, too, which is least settled and certain og all, WRO lately by Lt. Maury. He sailed from this country seven days after the sailing of the Prince of Wales, and arrived several days before him. The British Admiralty asked his opinion of the fate of the missing vessels. He replied, in writing, describing what weather the royal squadron had experienced; on what part of the ocean it had proved most adverse; what course the ships had taken, and when they might be expeeted in port. Their arrival verified this opinion in every particular.— Knowing the prevailing winds and the natural course of the storm, Lt. Maury was able to predict the course of the ships with perfect accuracy, demonstrating that such knowledge must be of the highest value to captains and commercial men. OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MINT.— The following is the statement of deposits and coinage in the United States Mint in Philadel phia for the month of December 1860: Depo-, sits of gold from all sources, $7,148,097 37 silver, $71,894 36. Total, $7,219,992 Copper cents received in exchange for cents of new issue, $14,415. Coinage—Gold $4,506,- 620 ; silver, $66,560; copper $7,400. Total ; number of pieces coined, 1,821,781, of the value of $4,880,159.
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