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Ur A liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. car Office in Hamilton Street, one door of German Reformed Church, and nearly opposite the “Priedenshothe Office." RESOL Relative to an Amendment of the Constitution Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General .dssembly mel, That the Constitution of this Commonwealth be amended in the second section of the fifth article, so that it shall read as follows : The Judges of the Supreme Court, of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other Courts of RecOrd as are or shall be establish ed by law, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth in the manner following, to wit 1 The Judgesof the Supreme Court, by the qualified electors of the Coin- monwValth at large. The President Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by law, and all other Judges required to be learned in the law, by the qualified electors of the respective districts over which they are to preside or act as Judges. And the Associate Judges of the-Courts of Common Pleas by the (pal '-'7lfied• electors of the counties respectively. .4.4banimLoLlhySupreme Court shall hold they shall so long behave themselves Well : (subject to the allotment hereinafter provid ed for, subsequent to the first election :) The President Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other courts of Record as are or shall be established by law, and all other Judges required to be learned in the law,, shall hold their offices fur the term of ten years, if they shall se long be have themselves well : AsSociate Judg es of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold their offices for the term of five years, if they shall so long behave themselves well : all of whom shall be commissioned by the Gover nor, but for any reasonable cause which shall not be sufficient grounds of impeach ' ment, the Governor shall remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the Legislature. The first elec tion shall take place nt the general election of this Commonwealth next after the adop tion bf this amendment, and the commis sions of all the judges who may be then in office shall expire on the first Monday of December following, when the terms of the new judges shall commence. The persons who shall then be elected Judges of the Su . reme Court shall hold their offices as fl .. r one•of them for three years, one for six years, one for nine years, one for twelve years, and one for fifteen years ; the term of each to be decided by lot by the said judges, as soon after the election as convenient, and • the result certified by them to the Governor. that the commissions may be issued in ac cordance thereto. The judge whose com mission will first expire shall be ChieiJus tice during his term, and thereafter each judge whose commission shall first expire shall in turn be the ChielJustice, And if two or more commissions shall expire on the same day, the judges holding them shall de cide by lot which shall be the Chief Justice. Any vacancies happening by death, resig nation or otherwise, in anporthe said courts, shall be filled by appointment by the Gov ernor, to continue till .the first Monday of December succeeding the next general elec tion. The Judges of the Supreme Court and the Presidents. of the several Courts of Common Pleas shall, at stated times, receive for their services an adequate compensation, to be fixed by law,which shall not be dimin ished during their continuance in office, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office. nor hold any other office of profit un der this Commonwialth, or under the gcni ernment of the United States, or any other State of this Union. The Judges of the Su es= Court during their continuance in Mee shall reside within this Commonwealth, and the other Judges during their continu ance in office shall reside within the dis trict or county for which they were respect ively elected. WILLIAM F. PACKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. • GEORGE DARSIE, • Speaker of the .Senate. IV TIM SENATE", March 1, 1849. Resolved, That this resolution pass,—Yeas 21 , Nays S. • Extractfoum the Journal. SAIL. W PEARSON I Clcrl.•. AF Is THE HOUSE Hi' lIEPIIESENT ATI V En, April 2,1849. Revolved, That this resolution pass.--Yeas • 58, Nays 20. Extract front the Journal. • WM. JACK, Clerk. Filed, April 5, 1819. A. L. ItUSSEL, Dep. Secretary of the ContinOlizve«lih. PCM7B . /i/Varda, Ss : 1 DO cimmev that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Original Resolution of the General Assembly, entit led "Resolution relative to an Amendment of the Constitution," as the_same remains on file in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and cans ed to be affixed the seal of the S's Office at Harrisbrg, i 4 o this ecretary eleventh day of June, A u nno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. “JounsAL OF SENATE.” "Resolution, No. 188, entitled "Resolu tion relative to an amendment of the Consti ttition," was read a third time. On the ques tion, will the Senate ageee to the resolution ? The Yeas and Nays were taken agreeably to the Constitution, and were as follows, viz :" "YEAs—Messrs. Boas, Brawley, Crabb, Cunningham, Forsyth, Hugus, Johnson, Lawrence, Levis, Mason, Matthias, Weas lin,llich, Richards, Sadler, Sankey, Savery. Small, Smyser, Sterett and Stine-21." "NAvs-Messrs. Best, Drum, Ffck, Ives, King Konigmacher, Pottei and Darsie, Speaker-8." "So the question was determined in the af firmatiire." "Journal of Hy House of Repr6enlal ices," "Shall the resolution pass The yeas tenthMioiro t ili l fatielniett UtLtt i titit and are as follow, viz:" • "Yens—Messrs. Gideon J. Ball, David J. Bent, • Craig . Biddle, Peter D. Bloom, David M. Bole, Thomas E . Bull, Jacob Cori, John 11. Diehl, Nathaniel A. Elliot, Joseph Emery, David G. Eshleman, William Evans,. John Fausold, Samuel Fegely, Joseph Fisher. Henry M. Fuller, Thomas Grove, Robert Kunsan, George P. Ilem , zey, Timm as J. Herring . , Joseph Higgins, Charles Hortz. Joseph B. flower, Robert Klotz, Har rison P. Laird, Abraham Lamberton, James J. Lewis, James W. Long, Jacob M'Cart nev, John F. M'Cullock, Hugh MlCee, John M'Laughlin, Adam Martin, Samuel Marx, John C. Myers, Edward Nickleson, Stewart Pearce, James Porter, Henry C. Pratt, Alonzo Robb, George Rupley, Theo dore Hyman. Bernard S. Schoonover, Sam uel Seibert, John Sharp, Christian Snively, Thomas C. Steel. Jeremiah B. Stubbs, Jost J. Stutzman, Marshall Swartzwelder, Sam uel Taggart, George T. Thorn, Nicholas Thorn, Arunah Wattles, Samuel Weirich, Alonzo 1. Wilcox, Daniel Zerbey and Wil liam F. Packer, Speaker.-55." "NAvs—Messrs. Augustus K. Cornyn, David M. Courtney, David Evans, Henry S. Evans, John Fenton, John W. George, Thomas Gillespie, John B. Gordon, William Henry, James J• Kirk, Joseph Laubach, Robert R. Little, John S. 111'Caltnont, John M'Kee, William M'Sherry, Josiah Miller, William T. Morrison, John A. Otto, Wil liam Y. Roberts, John W. Roseberry, John B. Rutherford, It. Rundle Smith, John Smyth, John Souder, George Walters and David F. Williams. `26." "So the question was determined in the affirmative." SKCIIETAII Ir'S OFFICE, liarris4urg,June 15, 1849. Pennsylvania as: 0 , 1 , 4 Ino CERTIFY that the above and e, e foregoing is atrue and correct g, o s,, , , copy of the ".Yeas and "Nays," 0t 0 ..-Av taken on the "Resolution relative *xxvi " i to an amendment of the Consti tution," as the same appears on the Journals of the two Houses of the General Assembly of this CommOnwealth, for the session of 18 W. Witness my hand and the seal of said of rice, the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. TOWNSEND lIAINES, Secretary of the Commonwealth. June 21. 111-.13m HATS! BATS! HATS! Have just received a large and Fashion able assortment of Moleskin, Silk and Bea ver Hats, alio Leghorn, China Bmid, Palm Lcnf and Woo !flats of every variety, which they will sell cheap for cash. June 7. • Shoulders and Hams. A large supply of Shoulders and Hams, cured in Philadelphia, just received and for sale by Mcwrz & LAND'S. Aprils, SEcn ETAII r ' s OFFICE SECHETART ' S OFFICE TOWNSEND HAINES; Secretary/ af4lte Commonwealth Lochntan Brother, ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 9, 1849. Great Bargains ! •Another Arrival —or•— cmEaFi GOODS, !laving just returned from the city, are now opening a handsome supply of fashion able goods, with for beauty and neatness of style will compare with any in market, and which will be sold at the very lowest prices. Their customers and the public in general are invited to give them an early call, as goods will be shown with much plea sure and without charge. DRY GOODS. Just recived a lot of very fine Lawns, Ginghams and Bareges, also Alapncas, Lin en for Sacks, Linen drill, Mantilla and dress fringe, with a rood supply of Cloths, Cos simers, all kinds of Veging &c., for sale low at the Store of • Groceries. A general assortment of Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Honey, Teas, &C., for sale by MER'rZ & LANDIS. A quantity of ground, fine and dairy Salt, just received and for sale by MERTZ 4• LANDIS. Queens:mire. A.splendid assortment of Queens, (Hass, and Earthenware, for sale by NlEl3:rz .g• LANDIS, • Looking Glasses. A. good assortment of Mahogany frame Looking Glasses A v. sale by VIP MERTZ & LANDIS. Wanted. 1000 bushels Flaxseed, for which the I;i:ims! nuirket nrf4 e pant by L LA lb. The inhabitants of Allentown can besup plied with white or black oak wood, in any quantity, if orders are left at the Store ac companied with the CASH. 'MERTZ & LANDIS. Window Blinds. A tot of handSoine plain and figured win dow blinds and window paper, for sale cheap by AIERTZ & LANDIS. • Carpets. An assortment of Ingrain and Rag Car pets and Carpet chains, for sale by MERTZ & LANDIS. Jiily 26. TRIAL LIST ) FOR SEPTEMBER TERM. 1849 1. David Roth vs. George 8. Sander. 2. Daniel Weiss vs. Godfrey Roth. 3. Morrison Lumber Co. vs. Yardley &Bach CM 4. Catharine Grim's use vs. Peter Schneider & Terre Tenants. 5. Same vs. Henry Schneider & Terre Tenants. 6. Stewart &I-topkins vs. ThomVickert. 7. Eve Licht vs. Henry Sellers. 8. Thomas Craig vs. The Lehigh Crane Iron ' Co. & Sol. Butz. 9. James White vs. Eli Steckel and Edward Sheckler. 10. Benjamin Fogel vs. Jacob Hart & Leah Hart. 11. Fogel & Slough vs. Same. 12. Same vs. Same. 13. Saw vs. Same. 14. William Fry vs. Amos Antrim. 15. Benjamin Orim vs. Elijah J. Owen. 1. George S. Elsenhard'a Executors vs. John H. Helfrich Adm'r.&c.• - 2. Solomon •Buyer vs. Gaumer, Zerfass & Co. 3. George Wassum vs. George-Kern, George Wassum arid Mt. Levers. 4. Daniel Remely vsi Same:. . 5. Jonathan Clase vs. Mathias Kerchner. 6. William Fry vs. Solomon Gangwere. • . , 7. Peter Mauss and others vs. Herman &Ben jamin Rupp. - t. . • 8. Daniel & Benjamin Oswald vs. Adam Reitz. 0. John Kidd vs. James Fuller. ~ 10. Abraham Handwerk vs. rite': Wert. 11. Abraham Handwerk vis. Henry Peter Ad. ministrator &c. 12. Joseph Laudenschlager vs. Isaac •Hains. 13. Michael Bastian & othersys.Wannemach , er & Fogel. 14. Charles S. Bush Executor vs. Henry Peter. 15. David Peter vs. John Hains. 16. Michael D. Eberhard vs. William Edelman. 17. John W. Patton vs. Wright & Andress. 18. Keck & Sumter vs. Conrail Roeder.: 19. Susan Able vs. , George S. Xander. 20. Robert E. Wright vs. Henry Lorask. 21. William Waip vs. Stephen Balliet Jr. 22. George Meitzler vs. George Brienig. 23. Meitzler & Erdman vs. George Breinig. 24. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Benjamin Jarrett. From the Records, Telle NATHAN MILLER, Prothonotory.. • 1-4 t New Telackere • Aug. '2 New No 3. Macho:el in Barrels and half Barrels, just received and ,for sale at .the store of , T. B. WILSONL July 26 mEraz & LANDIS SALT. Wood. I=3 SECOND WEEK poetical. Mepartment. From the New York Tribune France and Rome. For shame, 0, France ! was it for thee To strike at Rome the despot's blew ! Thou - boagter - of thy liberty, -- - To turn on Freedom as her foe! For shame, thou braggart—'t was for thee To lift the voice, and shake the steel, And on the neck of Tyranny ' To place War's red and gory heel! For shame ; 0, France! forever shame Be on thy hand, and on thy brow, Thou virgin—wed to Freedom, Fame, But yesterday—a harlot now! Oppression's pimp, and thou wouldst feed Iler lust, and shield her loathed crown ; Wouldst brea! in blood thy bridal oath, And trample Rome and Freedom down ! For shame, 0, France! thy sword accurst - Shall' ever, hear this damning stain; And 'never,. as of yore, shall flaunt Thy banner to the skies again: For shame ! a thousand years of shame Will leave the blot but darker still, Thou fratricide—whateer thy name—, In thought, in purpose, and in will ! • Miscellaneous Zelcdions. PRIVATE PUDDING, O R How the Hoosier Come it. Many years ago a Hoosier, who had just struck New Orleans for the first time, after his Hat-boat was Made snug and fast, went up to'see the sights of the city. Passing St. Charles, he stopped immediately in front the St. Charles Hotel, and looking up seem ed` to scrutinize the building with the e f architectural conoisseur. After satisfying his gaze, he ask d of a passer-by what building it was. n being told it was a hotel, he inquired for the en trant...l and being. shown, he asce ded the steep steps. Approaching the offi e, he in quired for the landlord, of whom h asked if he could get "a bite" to eat. Mr. .R. Mudge, who Was the host at that time, mid - - who is a host at all times, humoring the fel low, told him he could do so by paying a 'dollar. A fterconsidering a while on this item, and gravely looking his host in the face, he said.— • "Well I'll go it. Thar's your dollar— Whar's your dinner ?" "Well, "said the other, with a smile, "it is not ready yet ; but take a seat at the table there, and you can amuse yourself with the papers for half an hour, When you will hear the gong, which will inform you that dinner is ready." "The gong ! What's that ?" asked the Hoosier. "Oh you will find when you hear it," re plied Mudge. Satisfied with this answer, the Hoosier, after looking wildly around him,.sat down and rummaged over the papers. Time sped on at its customary rate, when sudden ly the gong sounded, and as usual the crowd moved for the dining-room. Recovering from his astonishment at the noise of the gong, and scenting the de licious fumes of the dinner, the Hoosier seat, made a rush thron g but being met by the host he was conducted to his allotted chair. The gentlemen matted on each side of him, as well as the gentle man opposite him, had their wine before them. After finishing his soup, and having his plate well filled, the Hoosier observed ,the gentlemen, helping themselves freely to wine ;• ardso, seizing the bottle of his right hand neighbor, he attempted to help himself, when he was modestly informed that the vtlne was "private." .The Hoosier did not comprehend, and with a blank sort of look resumed his knife and fork. On laying them down again and having apparently come to the conclusion that it could not all be "private" wine, he seized hold of his left. hand friend's bottle. "Stop, if you please sir," said the offend ed individual with a fierce look, "that is pri vate raffle," sir. The Hoosier looked still more astonished, and finding it a hard case, thought he would make another trial any how. So reaching across the table, he seized the bottle oppo site to him, and was just in the act of filling his 'glass, when his via-a-via re-echoed4..Pn vale wine, sir, if feu please! "and withdrew . the bottle from the fearful leakage it was Oath to undergo. • The "green un," becoming enraged at be ing foiled on every side, and observing that there was a general simpVringand tittering among the waiters, turned on the servant whir stood at the back of his chair, and who had taken away his plate fbr the fifth or 'Sixth time, and cried out to him with an oath to bring it back, and that if he took it away again, •he'd be dod rod if lie did't draw his picker on hien," and suiting the action to the word, put his hand into his bosom, showing the handle of a huge bowic-knife. After this, things went on quietly till the dessert was put on the table, when a large dish of "Charlotte Posse" was set right be fore the Hoosier. This he immediately drew near his plate, and looking right and left at his neighbors, he helped himself to a large portion of it. Keeping an eye fixed on the dish while eating he perceived his right hand neighbor attempting to with didw thVdish from him. "No you don't, Mister." said the Iloosier to him ; "that than puddite is private pad din'." The left hand gentleman, not observing what had passed, then said— "Allow me to take this sir?" "No, you can't take that thar puddin'," said the Hoosier with a scowl,"that's private puddia'," and he re-helped himself. Shortly after the gentleman opposite was in the act of drawing the dish over to him. "Hold on, Mister," said the Hoosier, with a look of triumph, "I'd have you to know that that puddin' is private puddin'," while at the same time he put his thumb to his nose and made sundry gyrations with his fingers. "You can't come it over me," le continued, feeling that a joke had been prac tised upon him. "Private wine, eh !" The attention of the table being attracted, during the latter scene, the gentlemen around burst into a roar of laughter, and soon the whole story was whispered from one to an other. The thing took so well that every gentleman was induced, to send his bottle to the I foosier with his compliments, and our green 'un" soon became as merry as a lord. Hiccoughing as he left the table, he turned round to the gentlemen, and said : "Well, you [hiccough] fellows, you,Thic cough] couldn't [hiccough] come it over [hiccough] me with your [hiccough] pri vate wine." The glasses fairly danced upon the table with die uproar and laughter which this last remark created, and the Hoosier, staggering 'out of the room, made the best oihis way to his boat.—N. 0. Picayune. A Lawyer's Bar Room Speech. Jerry Wilkins, formerly kept a Jersey tavern, and although one 'of the cleverest fellows in the world, and universally esteem ed for his social and convivial qualities, was full of vanity and of most inordinate conceit, n&the main point upon which he plumed himself was the important fact of his claim ing the paternity of an interesting little suc cession of fifteen Wilkinses, who, lisping, 'called him sire," and although in those days phrenology and numberless other olo gies slumbered in undiscovery non-exist ence, yet it cannot be doubted that the bump of philoprogentivenesiWas developed in Jer ry's cranium, to a very remarkable extent, and in fact, after he had entertained an ap preciating circle of bar-room listeners with the best jokes he could remember or manu facture for the occasion he would invariably wind up with an eulogium on the various accomplishments of his numerous progeny in general, and descant, largely on the vast amount of credit "due, or about to fall due," to himself in particular, for the paternity of so large and so promising a brood, especially emphasizing the number of tender pledges, This little fobile, by frequent repetition. became a kind of second nature with Jerry, and he at length became so habituated to bragging of the number and quality of the scions of the house of Wilkins, that his as sociates, who were well aware of his pecul iarity, would invariably leave their coat but - . . .nd whenever they perceiv -7,s epilogue, tons in ed an approach to t. and, like Joseph of old, be glad to eizZ. ll minus the necessary fragment of clothing. Lawyer S—, in travelling to and from the courts of several of the 'neighboring coun ties, invariably stopped with Jerry, and like him the fund of conversational amusement he enjoped in his society , and withall, was well aware of h is besetting sin, having heard the old song sung to the same tune until he was tired of the monotonous repeti tion, and determined, the first good opportu nity, to give Jerry a quietus. On one occasion the bar room was filled with judges and lawyers, returning from Gloucester court, and jokes and stories had circulated until the congregation had attain ed to a very respectable degree of hilarity. Jerry at last got on his favorite hobby, and bragging battery upon S—, with an ap parent determination to spare neither friend nor foe. The lawyer listened with the grave and attentive air of a most learned judge deciding a case involving points of law of the most abstruse and incomprehen sible character, and patiently heard Jerry out "even unto the end." He then arose, and with the most imper tumble gravity, observed : i.May it please the Court—You have heard the case of the plaintiff, Jerry Wilkins, who has, somewhat contrary to the usages of our courts, plead his own cause. Tho case is an important one, in which Jerry claims of this Common wealth large damages for the important ser vices he has rendered to his country by his paternal exertions in fathering so numerous a progeny of Wilkinses. The nature and Magnitude of those services, arid their im portant bearing upon the great interests of posterity, if allowed, would command the highest honors a nation could-bestow. His Statement of the facts of the case are plain NUMBER 44. and lucid ; but, gentlemen of the jury, it is but a statement, and assertion is not proof , —it needs corroboration, and in all courts of justice in this enlightened and patriotic State, every statement Must be sustained by the direct and positive testimony of one or more credible witnesses; and in _order to Wow to the court, and especially to the plaintiff, the extreme importance of such evi dence in eves having a direct bearing upon the great population question, already of in• - creasing interest, I will quote a case in point, which came under my own immedi ate observation. My grandmother, gentlemen of the jury, had a favorite turkey lien, and a remarka bly fine hen she was, I assure you, and the entire family of turkeys in the possession of my venerable progentrix, was this lien and her husband and co -mate, n consequential, conceited, strutting old gobbler. My grand mother was anxious to raise a large brood of young turkeys from her 'favorite, but, gen tlemen, front some camp not appearing in the evidence, she laid lfut six eggs during that season; and after the usual delay pre scribed by etiquette on such occasions, she evinced a desire to set, and it was deemed inexpedient for the bird to waste her ener gies on six turkey eggs, and there being none easily procured, a full setting was ob tained, consisting of a variety, some geese, some ducks, and some common hens' eggs, and after the usual period of incubation had elapsed, the turkey hen came off her nest with a fine, large, but motley brood of tur keys, geese, ducks and chickens. The old gobbler hailed her public re-appearance with the most lively expressions of joy, and with a great show of strutting, and swelling, and putfing,•proudly claimed. the paternal pre rogative 'over the whole family. Gentle men of the jury, there was not a shadow of evidence, either in law or equity,. as you have perceived, to prove his right of pater nity to more than the six turkeys ; but the conceited old fool believed he was father of the whole flock !" Lawyer S—, leaving the astonished plaintiff and the highly intelligent jury to draw their own conclusions, took his seat amid plaudits which had nearly brought down "Jove from high Olympus," to seo what was to pay. The Court fined Jerry' drinks for all hands, the penalty to be doub led of every repetition of the offence. Let it sulfide to add that Jerry's hobby was turn ed out to grass " for the rest of tho•season. Forbearance. If the peculiarities of our feelings and faculties be the effect of variety of excite ment through n diversity of organization, it should tend to produce in us mutual for bearance and toleration. We should per ceive how nearly impossible it is that per sons should feel and think exactly alike on any subject. We should not arrogantly pride ourselves upon our virtues and knowl edge, nor condemn the errors and weakness of others, since they may depend upon cau ses which we can neither produce nor easi ly counteract. No one, judging from his own feelings and powers can be aware of the kind or degree of temptation or terror, or the seeming incapacity to 'resist them, which may induce others to deviate. The Voice of Nature: ..God has written upon the flowers that sweeten the air—on the breeze that rocks the flowers on the stem—upon the ocgan that rocks every swimmer in its deep cham he that refreshes] ET& sprig of moss that bits iw neu t % • r.- ert—upon every penciled Shell that sleeps in the caverns of the deep, no loss than upon the mighty sun that warms and cheers mil- . lions of creatures that live in its lightupon• his works he has written, "None of us liveth to , himself !" And probably were we wise . enough to understand these works we should find that there is nothing from"the cold stone in the earth to the minutest creature that breathes, which may not in some way add to the happiness of some living creature. We admire and praise the flower that best answers the end for which. it •vias . created,• and the treeihat bears fruit, the most rich and abundant; the star which is the most useful in the heavens weadmire . the most. "And is it Ann reasonable that man, for whom the whole creationtrom the flower up to the spangled heavens, all minister—man: who has the power of conferring deeper' misery and higher happiness than any be ing on earth—man, who has can act like God if he will ,;• is it not reasonable that ho should . live for the noble end ofliVing—not for'hitrk self, but for others P' ClPSmall acts of kindness, In,* pleasant and - desirable do they make life l'Every dark taw ject is made light by them, and every tear of sorrow is brushed away. When ifi 3 Oli t earf , is sad; and despondency sits at_ih'W entrance of the soul, a little kindness away des pairoind makes the path cheerfull and plea sant. Who will refuse a kind • act ? It cost the giver nothing, but it is invaluable to the• sad and sorrowing. It raises from..misery' and degradation, and thr9ws around the soul those hallowed joys that were lost in. Para, disc. Nf"•4.;c7
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