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Mactingy, Lehigh county, ileceasml.
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glo and David Scholl, Auditors to audit and
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DAVID SCRAM.,
March 14
Nu( itovs otice,,
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of
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i Court of
county.
t .
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E t titiictn the PHl:sant!
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µ't••••*....vo,4- I log and .Incob Rotnig, as, itowtts
"'l'xxvil.
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point John I). Stiles, J. I . .)tt Pt v [tae;, ',:, 1
Ilvnry C. Lmuzilt•cl;, r, t
7:1110. re-settle Om ,-„
ry, to make clis:ril
From the :
Trsir.r. : NATHAN P ro ,
The Auditors above munuil; ill
the purposes of their appointment. at the
}Muse of Jonathan lion), in the kuTm e .h of
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JOHN D. STILES,
J. Ds: Puv DAvms. .Thilitors
El. Luxc.sEcKEß,
Maw ,h 7,
valtors
In the Orphans Court of Lehigh
0 ma. county. In the matter of the tie
t•4 VAr count - or Henry din in i 5•••,,..
•••,,.. 41 trator de bonis non of Abraham
4rcti" Worman, the elder. dec'd.
And noiv, February t.id, 1850, the Court
appoint James S. Reese, Henry C. Long
neckei and Charles M. Ruuk, Auditors to
audit and re.iettle the said account, and
make distribution, and report to the next sta
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Froth the Records,
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. Stammering.
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EFFECTV.ILLF CURING
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA,, MARCH 21, 1850.
can des cribe.
. Yet, amid it all, the daring
assailants steadily advanced, though not a
trigger had yet been pulled in their ranks.
faithful to the commands of their Goner
-1 told her that her marble brow, : m
al though.trebling in every limb with ca
gnness; they - kept up - their silent - 'smirch
Oer Which her auburn locks were str'ayiee,
Was like h drift of purest Slloll', amidthat fiery tempest; as it" impelled by
Where golden sunset rays are playing. SOlll5 god-like power.
On—on—they passed. The whirlwind
I told her that her soft bltle eyes Of fire from fort ceased not ; yet still
Would shame the brightest spheres of heaven, .they dashed'along, charging at the point of
That walk the chambers of the skies, the bayonet, over abatis and bulwark, until
Upon a moonless saintlier even - ; Oa! enemy, borne back by their- impetuous
onset, quailed before them. The tvorks wsqe
lorced. Then, awl not till then, was the
death-like silence broken. A sound rung
out from the victorious troops over all the
thMider of the bank!. It was the watch
word of success. It was heard by the head
of the column behind ; it passed down. their
line, was caught by the_ rear, and a wild
shout, making the very welkin tremble
rung out as they dashed on to the attack.
And then I gazed upon her form,;
1;1N:1h:1;
3 1 c . °
was short but terrific. (ever
And prnsseit her small white fi nd wi t h fervor 1 1 L allery rind prostrate lots, the gal.
And asked her 'mid calm ans . storm, . knit continentals, headed by Wayne, press-
She would be, mine, and mine forever on their little army with an enthusiastic
cheer, in the very centre of the enemy's
works. In another moment the star-span
banner waved triumphly er the bat-
1:3 octical cp artment.
Popping the Question
I swore no sonny cloud should vie,
In snowy softness, with her tiostmk .
And that her cheeks had stole their dye
Fronl wild roses and magnolia-blossom
I vowed that'unto her alone
My burning heart had worship given ;
That should she on its homage frown,
'Twould then to dark despair be driven
And Iswore I'd keep my vows,
As true a' rule, ur ,tplare, or plummet ;
But—she placed her ling,rs on her nose,
,And told me thit---/ ruuld,/,'/ oune ii !"
t;emcnts.
The end:as:4:qt: of the victory can not be
• descrihod. nut thou g h thv contest had been
so bloody, not wan of the enemy fell after
resistance ceased. 'l'he prisoners were,dis
arined, a guard was placed over them, prid
Storming of Stony Point.
The night had already. settled down , gluo• s"lltrh's post..d and
on all the comming 1 0 ;3 -
My and forbidding, on the evenino. tip.? ; itions around the works. The merninu gun
15th ofJoly, (779, when the advancing col- tomounced to the Bri..i.sh, in th. 2 river,
utiin of a little army, whot , o utlifuno that SIoNv foist WAs
itpd it to be American, eineNed Co!'
thick wood on the shore of the I indson, and
in no iritatit the whole diut and :•11.elow So.o. one h,uh a 1, that 'ninth : on
rospocts, disclosed to then: Wang the hatik with women the , roat ho-iness untie, wlivre
of the river, orti,,lta the v ht. Far am; \ as woh in •n it it old van incident,"
Poilit, low borti-d in a . 1:011a111. 10 It stir,. !,tit only one ntrtori:
antes olskailaw, which an tlte other :side Id to wfii , ft their attenti , ,n is directed, and or
tlle river, dark, gloomy, awl towerin , ,T, roar ru i.eia entirely out of view dorlitg:,evoral
up in crag Ll y heir las of Stony Point. IVah. vt.:trs ul thoir liro. Now this d I O'er-
ed on three sides by the Fliccls, n , and pro- 20i: a great ad vatnazo
meted on the other, except by a narrow iver yoti ; and do last way to etipialize
roti..d. by a inorass, t h e fort W.ls t 1 toed .!,ie • oir ['coin,' as Wise. as !hey are.
of the most imiirczimide to the river. atiL,„..4. :15 tut it a- they do.
its capture regarded as almost linpossih.,.. Ihe tour 111,!•,1 ow, IA; oil ' ,t.',
Yet to achieve this c.,..aliant purpose, this lit- I and niatrimonv, the more agrecialtie and
Ile army was now upon its march. profitabk. will be your imercyrse with gen.
A turn in the roan soon hid them from the tl•_nt, rit.in us' intellectual
river, and after a siient march of some lain- lienigs, who have tieeess to certain 5011 re , 'S
lth'S duration, they arrived within a mile of ktio.vli idje or which you are deprived,
and a halo' the enemy's liucs, and lialtire 2 stitil; to derive all the benefit you can
at the command of the officer, formed iitto a (rem thi•ir peculiar attaiminent.s and experi
column for attack. di-Hinting again their eon talk lo diem as one rational
march, they soon reached marshy ground at I being shouhl with another, and never remind
the base of the hill. them that you are candidates for matrimony
"(list !" said the I:tw voice of the neneral you will enjoy far more than you can by
front the front, ~ we are nigh enough now— ree,arilitig them under that one aspect of
HALT." poitsilde future admirers and lovers. When
The order passed in a whisper dotvn the ihat is the Tulin; r , ) , r l ; übsorbing thought,
line, and the column passed on the end of y4ei have not the proper use of tour Meld
the morass. It was moment or nusp,rnr, ti-s ; your manners are constrained an I
111111 peril. Every man felt that in a few ino- awliward, you are easily innhart-sed, nod
meals the late of their Irmardous'enterprise made to say what is ill-judged, silly and out
wool h • determined, and that they would of place; and you defeat your own views by
would be cold in death, ur the Amer- appearing to a great disadvantage.
Man fl le waving in tritimph over the dark , However secret you may b' in these spec
pr.. :flit . a.l. 11 , 1 kV diseerna- ' Ill:arms, if yom are eordinuidly thinkinn•
tde thi,saigo the iitick ttluont of titibliOt.— then) , and attaching undo): importaoce
Yet not a lip quivered w a cheek b! inch- ~
the. acq . tr elin! lore of
s will
ed in that crisis. Ab nit 21 paces iii faro ) ; most eintamly show in especial con•
of the column. h•ilzeil the Mr-mara h io o if '• i t h e I L :
,150 ricers and bayonets fixed, while further r 1!1,. cl/.tees of society 'have awar
on, a smaller group of shadowy forms couhl del to matt the pi ivelioai ofinahing the first
be seen through the obscurity, accoutred advance towards matrimony, 'it is the safest
with axes to cut through the abatis. Each aid happiest way for women to leave the
man have a piece of whit" paper on his hat to loaner entirely in his hands. She should
distinguish din front the foe in the appla i
vich- be so educated as to consider that the great
lug melee. The pause, however, what!) end it existence—preuaration for eternity—
forded this prospect tins but monentary.— may be «pially attained •in married or sin-
The Cameral hail already reconnoitered the gle life, and that no union but the most per
approaches rff the stid silent promonotary, feet one kat all desirable. Alatrimony should
and waving his sword on high, he gave the be considered as an incident in life, which
order. In another instant, the dark massive ill! come at all, must come without any con
column was moving steadily on to the at- trivance of yours; and therefore you may
tack. I safely put aside all thoughts of it till SOUR'
It was a thrilling moment, during which one forces the subject upon your notice by
that devoted band crossed rapidly over the proleSsions of a particular interest in you.
Marsh. As v , t the iminv had not discos- Lively, ingenious, conversable, and char
tired them. Even the heart of the
_oldest min,' little olds, are often spoiled into dull,
veteran trembled with etiverneLs In that inO• 141 , 111111, Sllclll y 1.11 ;11'Z ln,lirs, :111d 1111 bl'ef111:41
ment of sus - puma). Already r i d the foie- their lo mils are 101 l of 11911 . 5t..115t. about 111'1111X
most of the pioneers reael, . pod Hod lovyrs. They have a thousand thoughts
the quick rapid blows
,•u. 1 IMdi4rs Which they would be ashamed
the night, when suddenly a sio 'ct , con: . ess. tlaargh not :atoned to entertain,
broke from .the fort, the gun ca a sentry , mid tla ir pre-occupation with a subject
flashed through the gloom, and, 1111111 in: Milt better bliill . l entirely ;dune, pre
all was uproar and confusion within the as- vents their being agreeable and ratieual
tonished fortification. Not a moment was to companion s of the gentlemen of their ac
be
lost. I qimintance which they were designed to be.
"Advance, advance !' shouted Wayne, as Girls get into till sorts of scrapes by un
he pressed rapidly on toward the abatis, fol- I der pre-occupation of mind ; th e y od s c on .
lowed in death'-like silence by his indomit- strife the most 'common attentions. into marks
able troops. • of patticular regard, and thus nourish a fan
•To a rms 1' come borne on the night bree z e cv Inc a person who has never once thought
from the fort—"to arms," and then followed I of them but as an agreeable acquaintance.
the quick roll of the drum. In an instant; They loose the enjoyment of a party, if cer
the enemy were on their posts, and as the I tain beaux are not there whom they expect
gallant* continentals still maintained their si- ed, they become jealous of their best friends
lent but steadily march, a fire, such as dep- if the beaux are there and do not talk to
redatinn only could produce, burst from ev- I them as much,as they wish ' • every trifle is
cry embrasure of the . fort. The incessant magnified into something of
rattle of musketry, the roar of artillery, the fruitful source of misery—and things of real
crashing. of the grape shot and the lurid importance are neglected for chimeras.—
light flung overthu scene by the explosion I And all this gratuitous pains-taking defeats
of shells, and the streams of fire poured I its own ends ! The labor is all in vain ;
from the fort, formed a picture which no pen j such girls are not the most popular; and
MEI
To Young. Women.
those who seem never to ha ve thought about I D a y s without Nights in Sweden.
matrimouv at all, are sought and preferred
Dr. Baird, in a lecture recently gave some
befire. them. We may add the, advice, that
interesting facts. There is nothing that
young- women should not consider it a seri
strikes a stranger more forcibly, if he visits
01/3 misfortune. even if never married; there . swede
n at therseason- of the year,-when-the
is • noth iiiik. , putble; while 1 here • inn y
clays are the luneest than the absence of
be ma ch happiuess, in the condition of au p•d it
Baird had no conception of
old maid.
befure his arrival. Ile arrived at Stockholm
from Gettenburgh, .100 miles distance, in
the morning, and in the afternoon went to
see Come friends—had not taken note of
timeand returned at-Midnight ;--it was-as
light as it is here half an hour before sun
down. You could see distinctly. But all
was quiet in tie ; it seemed as if the
inhabitants were gone away, or were dead.
No signs of life-=-Ntores . elesed.
The sun, in June, goes down at Stock
holm a little before ten o'clock. There is a
great illumination all night, as the sun pass
es round the earth towards the north pole,
and the "refraction of its ruys is such that
you can see to read at midnight. Dr. Baird
read a letter in the forest. near Stockholm,-
at midnight, without artificial light. There
is a mountain at the head of Bothnia, whore,
on the 21st of 'June, the sun dues not go
down at ;tll. Travelers go there to see it.
A steamboat goes up front Stockholm for
the pity:lslof carrying those who are curi
ous to witness the phenomenon. It occurs
only one night. The sun goes down to the
horizon, you can see the whole face of it,
and in five minutes it begins to rise. •
At the North Cape, latitude 72 degrees,
the sun does not go down fer several days.
In June it would be about 25 degrees above.
the horizon at midnight. The way the peo
ple know it is midnight, they see the sun
rise. The changes iu these high latitudes,
from sumtnei• to winter, are so great that we
can have no conception of them at all. In
the winter time, the sun disappears, and is
not seen for weeks. Then it comes and
shows its lice. Afterwards, it remains ten,.
fifteen. ..)r twent . , minutes, and thee descends,
and finally it does net set at all, but makes
almost a circle around the heavens. Dr.
BAH wos risked how they managed in re
gard to h'.re:! persone, arid what they consid
er a day. I le-ceuld not say,.but supposed
they w nick d by the hour, and twelve hours
wen! i considered a day's work. Birds
taker rest at
the usual hourS. Tile doctor did not know
how they learnt the time as they had, and
en to rest whether the sun goes down or not.
The • hens take to the trees about seven
o'clock, P. tl.. and stay there until the sun
is well up in the morning ; and people gst
into this habit of rising late ton.
The Lover Star.
(I obtained the following legend from the
lips of an Indian trader tvhorn I net at the
lshtiulof La Pointe, in Lake Superior. Ha
said it was related to hint by a hunter of the
Chippowyan nation, and that he had heard
a similar story R 1110110: theChippeways f) L.
There was once a gum rel among the stars,
when one of them was driven away frota its
home in the heavens, and den : ended to the
earth. it wondered front one tribe of Indi
ans to another, and had been hovering over
the camp-fires, of a thousand Indians when
they were preparing themselves !Or sleep.
It always attracted attention, and : inspired
wonder ittid ndwiration. It often liyhtcd
upon the heads of little children, as if for'
the ptirpose of playing ‘‘ ith them, but they
were invariably frightened, and drove it
away by their loud crying. A mong all the
people in the world only nue could be found
who was not afraid of this beautiful star,
and this was a little the Minghter of a
Uhippewyan warrior. She was not afraid
of the star, but rather than this site loved it
with her whole heart, and was very happy
in her love. That she was loved by the star
in return there could h no doubt, fir wher
ever she traveled with her father through
the wilderness, there a: th e ni g ht c ame
did the :atr foll-w, but it was never seer: in
the day time. \Then the girl awoke at
flotted just above her head, and
itsl,?ep it Iva , so constant in
is walehlidness that Y? iwver ~p ined her
eyes, ey..'n tit Inidni;!ht with , ”it b,•11.31,16 . 1 ,
its briiti:uat liLdit. People Ivo:tiered at thi
stranga. condition of thitigs, but how much
inore lid t:10y wit ler wa-n they towel that
the father of the girl never returned from
the hum without. ail nbundance of, ame,—
They therefore concluded that the star must
be the son of the t ;:rtl Spirit, andthov ever
of er :,petite of it it ith VOIICMLIOII.
t nee passed en, and it was inidn:arnet'.
lindam girl had gone into the woods for
the purpose of gathering berries. These of
the, wintergreen were nearly all eaten up by
the pigeons and the deer, and us the cram
berries were beginning to ripen she wan
dered into a very large marsh, with a view
ci filling her willow basket with them. She
did so, and in the tangled thickest' of the
swamp she lost her way. She became
frightened, and cried aloud for her father to
come to her help. The wily creatures that
answered her cries were the fro:. , s and the
lonely bittern. The night was rapi lly corn
imr, sad the further she wandered the mere
icate became her pith. At one time she
was compelled to wade into the water even
to her knees, and then again would she fall
into the deep hule t and a liaQst become d rown
ed among the poi.nnous slime ant
Night came and the ;•„. e r girl looked at the
•
that sire 'nay see the star that
loved. A sterna had It:asen, and . the
rain so i rapidly that a star could not lire
in it, and therefore was there none to be
The storm continued, the water 3 of the
comory rese,and in into the deeper
lakes they destroyed the Indian girl and
wa:hed her body awry so that it never could
be found.
Many seasons passed away, and the star
, continued, to be seen above the watch-fires
I of the Chippowyans ; but it would never re-
I main long iu one place. and its lights ap-
I poured to become dimmed. It ever seemed
to be hiking for sotnethiug that it could nut
find, and the peoplt; knew that it was un
happy.on account of the LI 11 timely death of
the girl it had loved. Additional years pass
ed on, and with the leaves of autumn it
, finally disappeared. A cold and long winter
seen followed, and the hottest summer that
had ever been known. During this season •
it so happened that a hunter chanced at night
to foliuw a bear into one of the. largest
switmlis of the hula, when MiiT astonish
ii•nt he discovered a small light hanging
over the water. It was so beautiful that he
ledlowed it for a lung distance, but it led in
to such dangerous places that he gave up
the pursuit, and returned to tell his people
what he had seen. And then it was that
the oldest men of the tribe told him that the
light hediad seen was the star that had been
driven from heaven, and that it was now
wandering over the earth for the purpose
of finding the beautiful girl it had loved.—
And tharstar is still upon the earth, and is
often seen by the humors as they journey
at night through the wilderness.—Stdion
rrl Intelligcncer.
WeLL AsswEnED.---A Quaker whn was
examined before a court, for not using-any
other language than, "thee," , thou." and
"friend," wcs asked by the presiding.Tudge.
"Pray, sir, do you know what we sit
here for ?"
"Yes, verily do I," said the Quaker,
"three of ye for two dollars each a day, and
the fat one in the middle for one thousand
dollars a,year."
• IN POLITICS.
A correspondent of the Washington Re
publican says :
-Dr. Parkman was one of our wealthiest
citizens. His property was estimated at
about half a million. Ile was in the habit
of carrying large sums of money about his
person. A gen' l nan who once went to
him I. •;*r bl,ooo tells me that Dr. 1 3 , answer.:
ed him by thritsting toll his forefinger, and
remarking "there is just the sum." On ex
eelination, the gentleman found that the doc
tor had a thousand dollar bill wound round
his finger. The doctor was a large owner
of real 'estaT, and had numerous poor ten
auts,-fr?nn whom ho made his collections
himself. Ito was punctilious in his busi.: .
tress habits, but bestowed much charity in.
an unosteutious way. A politician once
stopped hint in the street, and asked him to
subscribe to a fund for firing a salute in hon
or of some party victory. "Just step with
me round the corner," said the doctor.—
Mg. him up a dirty alley, through a dark
doorway, and up three flights of rickety
stairs, the doctor tapped at a door which was
opened by a wretched pale-faced
A poor woman. apparently in the last stage
of cot stiM ption, was sitting proped up id
bed, and feebly attempting to sew up a shirt
"Now;" said the doctor, turning to the polb:
being, "here are ten dollars; you may eith.:
or fire it away in powder, or give it to thii
poJr woman. I won't attempt to bias you."
The doctor darted out of the room and down
stairs, leavinu the nonplussed politician stand.;
ing by th e bedside of the invalid. Hu did
not hesitate long as to his disposition of the
money. Ile deposited it in the hands of the
sufferer, and departed a wiser man.
1.4.ALT11-,How I'o PRKSERVE IT.--Med
icine will never 'remedy bad habits. It is
utterly futile to think of living in gluttony,
intemperance, and every excess, and keep
ing body in health by medicine. Indulg-,
once of the appetite and indiscriminate dos
ing and drugging have ruined the health:
and destroyed the liftt.of more persons than
famine; sword, and pestilence. If you will
takt't advice you will become regular in your•
habits era and drink only wholesome things
sleep on a mattress, and retire and risq very
regular. Make a free use of water to pu
rify the skin, and when sick take counsel of
the beat physician you know, and follow na
ture:
MULTIPLYING RAPIDLY. - - 7 In Ramapo,
Rockland county, N. Y. a fear days since,
an English Woman was safely dehvered of
three children. This is •the second time
this , thme-fold favor has been ' bestowed on
the sates lady.
NUMBER 24.
Anecdote of Dr. Parkman.