Living for Show Only
There are two kinds of people in the world,
those who live for caryfort, and those who live
only for show. The latter are more numerous
than might be supposed. They. crowd every
condition of life, bet are oftenest found among
persons in moderate circumstances; and exist
in the country as well as in the city, though
more numerous in the latter. To keep up ap•
pearance, they sacrifice comfort, economy, and
sometimes oven health. Ambitious of living
as handsomely as their weathier neighbors,
and forgetting that. people of sense never esti
mate others by outward show, 'they pinch, and
pare, and often almost starve, in order' to wear
fine dresses, have rose-wood furniture in the
parlor, or, give expensive entertainments. In
stead of living within their means, and thus
being always independent, they are continually
exceeding their incomes and making them
selves slaves to debt. Nor do they, after all,
secure that gratification to their vanity, which
is the paltry reward for which they sacrifice
so much. Much as they strive to outshine,
there is always somebody, whom they know
to surpass them; somebody who has a finer
house or mote elegent furniture; somebody
who wears a -costlier brocade, gives a hand.
sorrier patty, or drives a superior equipage.
A man must be more or less of a hypocrite
who lives sys , ematically for show. If he only
would look into his heart narrowly, ho would
find other things besides his style of living, he
was striving to appear what he was not. A
person cannot have a weakness al this descrip
tion whhout its affecting his , entire character,
even though it may he encoriscion.ly. The
Truthful man feels inexpressibly degraded at
seeming to be what he is not. Ile scorns as
much to act a lie as to tell one. ft is.also, we
fear, a walk of a trivial nature to live for show.
Life is too coherent a thing, and involves too
many serious duties, to be consumed in a
petty pursuit of aprearances. ft is as if soldiers
instead of defending their camp, should spend
their time in elnising bettetflies.
'l'llo wise-mrnr lives for his own comfort, for
the good he may do, or for the elevation of his
family ; but never for show. He does not, how.
ever, imitate a hermit, by repudiating altogeth
er the elegnneiea of life, but ear fines himself
o such as ate within his means. Ile 'dins es
capes being harrassed wi . h bills, he thus avoids
the pang of en; y ; and lie is severe always of
knowing that he is esteemed for himself alone.
The man who lives fir cent fort, eels the happi
ness for which he bargains. lint he who lives
for show, pursues and ip,nis film's that eludes
his grasp, and cheats him continually.
California and Australia Gold
The New fork Herald says :--'•Messrs. Ad•
ams & Co., the enterprising express agents, ex•
hibited on 'Change yesterday some beauttful
specimens of native gold, of great beauty and
richness. One solid flattened lump from Cali
fornia was valued at 5480. The other speci
mens, were from Australia, and consisted of
four lumps of singular beauty. The gold was
of a finer and richer color than that from Cali
fornia. The granulation and intensity of the
yellow color were superior to the California
specimen, and was worth more per ounce in
the market. The four lumps were valued at
$7OO. They were forwarded by their agent in
Australia, via Valparaiso. • These specimens
with others, supplied by the house for exhibi
tion at the Crystal Palace, and which will soon
be opened for public inspection, will exceed
$150,000 in value. The collection will prove
the richest gold specimens ever before exhihi•
ted. There was nothing in the London Crystal
Palace to compare with them. It would be a
pity to break up and scatter the collection ; it
ought to be purchased by some government,
or foreign prince, and preserved intact. Such
another collection of curious atutvaluable gold
specimens could not probably ever be got to
gether again."
Valuable Invention for Daries
Mr. E. J. Dickey, of Hopewell, Chester coun
ty, has invented a machine for working Butter.
He has had it in use for a year, during which
time he has made several improvements, and
several other dairymen have also used it. It
is a great saving of label, and does its work in
the most satisfactory manner. One hundred
ponnds, can be worked in filtecn minutes.—
What a s , ving of dine and labor for the Dairy
"maid!" Sr, large a proportion of the Butter
scarcely deserves. be name, we hardly know
any invention that is L-toulated to be of more
general utility, both to the .•?nsumer and the
producer. Good butter requires.,,bor to work
it, and if Mr. Dickey has mventeu
simple
anu —bine for doing the labot,
nd
w,e believe ho harr he has conferred a substan
Bid benefit upon the country.
Coal for the World's Fair
Passing the coal works of Col. 11. B. Hillman,
of Wilkes. Barre, the other day, we were shown
by that polite gentleman a column of coal tn.
ken from his mines, destined for exhibition at
the World's Fair. Each layer or strata is taken
out in large lumps,oreeted in one vast column,
which shows the coal formation of the Valley,
and it presents the enormous thickness of about
29 feet of clear, pure Anthracite Coal. A large
number of specimens have been shipped,
amounting to some 96 tons, at the expense of
the coal operators and other enterprising gen
tlemen—Wyoming Dcm..
Donc For.—The democracy of Northampton
made their county ticket on Tuesday. It is
pretty evident that it is anything but satisfac
tory to one branch of the party. The nominees
for Assembly are Philip Johnson, of Easton,
and Moses Bush, of Lower M. Bethel. The
yEastonian s " says—" Mr. Reeder was entirely
dcked out, licked more by his own party than
e has ever been by the %Whigs. this day in
olitics is over, and over forever."
tV . Counterfoit one dollar gold pieces are
bi , ndart tt•rovehout the S!ate,.
1.1)e tel)igli Register.
lientoltn,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1861
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
Moses Pownall,
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AUDITOR GENERAL. •
Alexander K. McClure,
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SURVEYOR GENERAL.
Chrislian
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JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
ThOMINIS A. Budd,
or rIpLADELPIIIA.
12rOn account of the Fair, we issue- the
"Register" a day earlier then usual, in order
to give all ot:r hands and ourselves a chance 16
attend.
The Fair at Hand
Today commences the great Fair. Public
expectation is on tip-toe. An unprecedented
crowd is anticipated, and we presume Our hopes
and• wishes will he fully realized. The Far
mers are mostly through with their farm oper
ations. The Fair week is beginning to be
looked upon by the younger classes withvreat
interest. It is with them !he gala season—re.
plete with plea. , nre and enjoyment. The ex
hibition this season, will be unusually attrac
tive. Aluch finer stock will he here, and the
Agricultural Implements and Do meitie Mann
factures will constitute a fearum of marked in
terest this tall. We hoar the notice of prepa
ration in all directions, and the active and effi
cient Committee of Arrangement are bestirring
themselves to have all things in ample readi
ness for exhibitors.
M .- Inasmuch as a report has been circulated
by evil designed persons, that the price of ad
mittance had been raised from twelve and a half
rents to t wenty•tive, and member tickets from
one dollar to one dollar and fifty cents, we
would again slate that such is not ,the fact.—
The price of membership tickets is only one
dollar and that of single admission tickets twelve
and a half cents.
A Good Movement.
A general meeting of presidents and direc
tors of the various railroads in the United
Sates, we see it stated, will convene at Wash
ington during the month of October, to consid
er the adoption of a code of laws arid the es
tablishment of such general measures as shall
guard against. accidents on rainoads, and give
more confidence to travelers, and assurance
that precautionary measures of the most relia•
ble kind are hourly exercised upon every rail
road throughout the Union. This is an impor•
tant riteeing, and will have a most salutary
effect upon the public mind, besides tending
in secure the adoption of a uniform system of
railroad regulations.
The Father at Home
In most of the families in this country, the
father is absent the greater part of the day, en
gaged in physical labor. To gather his child
ren around him upon entering his home, and
converse with them about their sports, their oc
cupations, their studies, inculcating occasional
ly some moral and religious truth in what he
says, would be by change of occupation, actu
ally a relief to him and a delight to them.—
Cannot any father see how, by such a course,
he would bind his children to their home, and
make it a delightful place to them, the sweet
est spot on earth? Let him pursue this course
and no coercive measures will be necessary
to keep his children from the streets in the even
ing, the place were almost every boy who is
ruined, may date the commencement of his
downfall.
Good Advice
In the course of an address beforU the Liter
ary Society of Princeton College, by B. H.
Brewster, Esq., we find many good thoughts,
but none truer thaii the following:
Let me warn you against the temptations
that beset you to embark in this business of
politics. A life well spent, in the shady pur
suit of any calling, will yield you a better in•
come; will give you an independence of posi•
tion, and matly dignity of character, that no
onto can ever secure for you. The small pla
ces—and the high ones must be filled by men
of mark, for little men grow less in them, and
dwindle into pigmies. Before you will consent
to step out of the respectable privacy of your
wn calling to take office, be sure you are not
env.
-My of the place ; or impelled by selfish
motives
'nr to the most worthy and upright
these stations
Mg with them trials and griefs
that tortue men td",
‘th. Oftentimes persons
of merit aro swept to rt..
in these high floods
of vulgar excitement, or are b.
'tied for life and
their usefulness hurt by stooping t,.. , aive their
rank and be associated in those entu 'rises
with mean unprincipled men. The shores .•
political life in every country, are strewn with
wrecks like these, and many of them were
rich argosies."
Wild Rice.
Mr. T. W. Higgins, of this city, has sent us
a box of wild rice, gathered in the country be•
yond St.' Anthony's Falls, Minnesota. It is a
popular article of food among the Indians, and
teseunbles the ordinary rice, being somewhat
longer and narrower in the grain. Though a
rarity here, this species of rico is very abund
ant on the margin of the Northern lakes and
the upper branches of the Mississippi. The
water•lowls feed on it as well as Indians, tra
ders and hunters. The grain is nearly as white
as common rice, and it is almost as nutritious.
It may ho used for bread, or in puddings. It
grows to a height of about twelve
Standing at Church Doora
It is a common practice, when a congreert
lion is dismissed, to see a line of young gen
denten ranged along the curbstone, staring int
pudently at every female that comes out, and
often indulging in impertinent remarks that
cannot but be heard by those who are the sub.
ject of them. Very rarely there may be found
among the mob of dandies and dunces, a hus
band, father, or brother, whom unavoidable
circumstances have prevented fiorn attending
church, and who is waiting to accompany a
wife, daughter or sister home.
Such, of course ; we do not censure. But as
scarcely one iu ten belongs to this class ; as
they form the exception, not the rule; we shall
speak of those who indulge in this custom,
without reference to such. It is the addle•
headed lads, with high shirt•collars and canes,
averaging about seventeen or eighteen years of
age, who form the great mass of these impel..
tinent spectators, that we hold up to public re
proof. t \lmre are the fathers of these young
dandies? Where is the wholesome rod which
Solomon memo m Pflded? Where are the officer•?
Only a refined female knows how annoying
it is to run the gauntlet of these immature boys.
Nor do they spare anybody. The matron is
just as much at their mercy as is OM maiden ;
the plain face as subject to retnatk as the beau-
tiful one; the poorly dressed as open to imper
tinences as the richly attired. One female
meets a sneer as she pas,es because she does
not happen to please the fancy of swine young
fool; while the cheeks of another are made to
tingle by his loud and insolent admiration.—
Even where the lady , escaptis without verbal
insult; she. is stared out of countenance, and
has no resource, except to drop her veil. hurry
on, and escape as fast as post.ible into a more
respectful atmosphere.
About half these children, fur they aro little
better ; should be soundly thrashed by their pa.
rents, or at least taught in some other way,
how to behave fur the (Mine. The other half,
who are older,*onght to receive the attention of
police. At many churches, the 'mother of these
young insolente is really enormous,and amounts
positively, not merely figuratively, to an ob
struction of the sidewalk.
. A "Reverend" Seduccr.—The St. Louis Repub
lican, of the Ist inst., says:
The Rev. Byard Waller, of Carroll county Ky..
was tried at Carrollton during the past week, on
a suit brought by Miss Coombs,ol Clark county,
Ind., for seduction under a promise of marraige.
The jury returned a verdict of $5OOO. The rev.
erend seducer, after finding his victim was about
to become a mother, fled to South Carolina,
where he married a highly respectable lady.-
11e is of the Baptist persuasion.
. High Price.—The farm of A. Gibbins, jr., con,
taininp, 100 hundred acres, 7 miles east of Lan
caster, was sold at public sale, on the 17th inst.,
at 5163.623 per acre--$16,362 50—to Adamßank.
The barn on this property was new, and cost
$l6OO, and the houses was only ordinary. The
farm is situate in Leacoelt township.
Newspapers.—Dr. Johnson, when in the fullness
of years and knowledge,.satd— ,, l never took up
a newspaper without finding something I would
have deemed it a loss not to have seen ; or without
deriving from it instruction and amusement."
Effect of the New .Shumboat Law.—lt is stated
that since the Ist of January, when the new
Steamboat Law took effect, to this time, there
has not been the loss of life of a single passenger,
or even an injury to any one, upon either the
Ntississippi River or any of its tributaries, while
in the seven months of 1852, corresponding to
these, there were over 500 persons killed.
Fearful Epidemic in Cuba.—A gloomy picture
of the state of affairs on the Island of Cuba is
presented in recent letters from Havana. An
epidemic of a choleric nature, assisted by the per
nicious fever, was sweeping off sailors, soldiers,
negroes, and others, with frightful rapidity.
Some estates, numbering from two to three hun•
Bred slaves, had been so reduced in the space of
a week, that there were scarcely men enough left
to bury the dead.
7hc Protest of Despotism.-11 seems that Rus
sia, Prussia and Austria, through their diploma•
tic representatives at Washington, have filed in
the State Department a protest against the con
duct of Capt. Ingraham, at Smyrna. Secretary
Marcy, has prepared a volumnious response.
—lt will soon be presented to the public. We
'should think it would require very few
words to reply. To Russia and Prussia we
should say "mind your own business,' and 41
Austria "the name of American citizen must be
a passport throughout the world, and it shall be
respected by you."—Daily Sun.
Painful Oreurrince in Dauphin caunly.—A
painful occurrence took place in the neighbor
hood of Towanda, a' few days ago, distressing to
the parties, and friends of the parties concerned.
It appears that a temporary difficulty took place
between Col. John llanson, and a Mr. Warlord,
a brother of his mercantile partner, and that
some words passed, when Col. Hanson struck
Mr. Warlord a blow with his fist, thereby causing
instant death. The blow was given without par :
ticular aim and hit him on the neck, causing a
a " , cation. The families ani friends of the
parties of course very much distressed,as is
C°l' Hanso,. • but as there was no malice in the
case, and the resu ,
•was almost in the nature of
an accident it is not .
' •oposed there will be a
prosecution.
Damagea for Breach of Pronft,
—Miss Kline,
has recovered $5OO of Mr. Snyder', n w id ower
of New. Jersey for breach of marriage „ m i st ..
She proved her case by a female freina i to
overheard the contract through a hole in the (too.
Damages by Frost.—The Joliet (III.) True gem
(mat says the recent frosts have done much
more damage than at first anticipated. It has
quite ruined the corn crop in the northwestern
part of that county. Around Plainfield thousands
of acres have been totally blasted. Buckwheat
is a total loss, and to which nearly all the tender
Bread Panic in France
The condition of Napoleon 111, is somewhat
Amilar to that of the unfortunate Louis XVI, as
.leseribed by Dumas, in the "Countess of t:har•
ny," when proceeding from Versailles to Paris,
accompanied by the Sans Culotte, fishwomen and
all the foam of population. The people now as
then, seem to look upon the Emperor and Em
press, and call upon them as , the baker and the
baker's wife," to supply them, for the "shop boy"
is as yet denied to the nuptial coach of Napol'
eon and Eugenia. The government however is
seriously occupied in considering all the regula
tions referring to the sale of bread in the Capi
tal. The present system 'of retaining a store of
flour in warehouse, as a supply for the inhabi
tants in case of scarcity, is condemned as defec,
title, notwithstanding the enormous expense it
entails. The supply at last dates in the grana.
ries of Paris, is not more than sufficient for
twenty seven days' consumption. Two plans
hove been suggested, and are under considera
tion. The first recommends a more strict mo
nopoly in the sale of bread, by limiting the num
ber of bakers, and compelling them to deposit a
sum as security, which sum shall be employed
to purchase flour when the price is low, and the
flour thus purchased shall be taken charge of by
the Municipal Councils of Paris. The other
plan proposes to remove all restrictions from the
trade, and to do away with the monopely which
at present limits the number of butchers and
bakers. In this latter case, a maximum price is
. to be fixed for the 4 lb. loaf, but with permission
to sell it as much below that price as they
The Emperor is understood to incline to the free
trade plan.— l'hi 'adelphia Sun.
Opening the North Branch Canal
We just learned that the Canal Cointni , sioner
have directed the water to be let in the whole line
of the North Branch• canal on the 15th day of Oc
tober next. This is the last link of that great
work, commenced neatly twenty years ago, to
connect the waters of Uhrsrpeitice Bay with the
waters of the Northern lakes. Although it has
met with many reverses, and a large portion of
it has lain in desolation and ruin for a long series
of years, it has at last been completed in a most
substantial manner, and there cannot be a doubt
that it will prove one of the most profitable lines
belonging to the Stale. That we do not speak at.
random on this question, will he seen by the
statement of a few facts. This canal traverses
the richest mineral region of Pennsylvania.—
There inexhaustible beds of iron and coal lying
along the line, and it leads into that cold northern
region that will consume more coal than any oth•
er section of the United States. In our last is
sue we published a statement showing the re
ceipts at a single office (I3each Haven) on the
old .North Branch, a line of only about seventy
miles, to be $114,000, up to the first day of Sep
tember. This will he increased to over $ 150,-
000 try the caul of the year, being sufficient to pay
the interest on three millions oh dollars c o ll ec t e d
at a single office! !!
Widow of Jo/in Hancode.—Mr. Hancock, the
widow of John Hancock, of the Revolution,mar
tied James Scott. Her last days were secluded.
Those who were admired to her little supper ta-•
ble, were considered highly honored. NVhen
Lafayette was last in this country, he Made an
early call upon her, and they who were witnes
ses, speak of it with admiration. The once
youthful chevalier and the unrivalled belle met,
as if only a summerhad passed since they had
enjoyed social interviews during the perils of
the Revolution. She was attentive ir. her very
last days to taste in dress, as when in the circles
of fashion. 'She would never forgive a young
girl," she said,"who did not dress to please ; nor
one who seemed pleased with her dress."
Rcbespicrre's Guillotine.—Among a lot of old
lumber recently sold at auction, in Paris, was
the guillotine of the Reign of Terror, and the
basket belonging to it, into which the heads of
its victims. dropped, under the bloody system of
Robespierre, including the head of that heartless
butcher himself. This 'machine, frame work,
sliding knife, and basket, certified by a govern
ment officer, were sold at public action, before
an immense crowd of spectators, for fifty francs ;
and directly after the articles were cominitted to
a bonfire, amid the cheers of the people.
Kentucky Tobacco Crop.—The Louisville Cour
ier has reports from a number of counties in
ICenttielty in relation to the tobacco crop, and in
but one of theta is the crop said to be equal to
last year, while in several others the produc.
don is estimated at but 25 per cent of the yield
of last year. At Louisville, it is said prices have
again advance 60 to 70 cents on the 100 pounds
for the common and medium grades. During
the year ending the 12th instant there were sold
at Louisville 12,057 Mids., against 20,827 last
year.
Wwiderful Purturition.—The Mississippi Times
(Holly Springs.) of the Ist September, comes to
us with the following announcement.
'.Seven Children at One Birth—Mississippi
against the World.—The most astonishing par
turition recorded in the annals of the human
race, we are informed, occurred last .week in the
vicinity of Salem, Tippnh county, in this very
stnte,who states that a latly Of that neighborhood
has just become the mother of seven children at
one birth !
Was there ever a woman in the world that
beat this? Is there a woman living that can
beat it?
Yankee Doodle.—The national air of the United
States was composed a
,hundred years ago, by
Dr. Shackburg, a physican of the British army,
at the time the British ministry made overtures
to reduce the French power in Canada, and the
colonists were called upon for assistance, who,
with alacrity, rendered a faithful service. The
British army lay encamped a little south of the
!•itv of Albany, and in the early part of June,
the Eastern troops began to pour in. Their
I ma rch , heir accoutrements, and the whole or.
rangetnent
amusement to
4 their troops, furnished matter of
'se British. Then it was that the
doctor composed
to the officers as a cele...
tune, and recommended it
wed air. The joke took
and in a few days nothing-vas heard in the pro,
vincial camp but Yankee Doo4le.
Horrible Phenomenon
It is not generally knovrn, says the ChariestOn
Courier,.that m Barbadose there is a mysterious
vault, in which no one now dares to deposit the
dead. It is in a churchyard near the sea-side.—
In 1807, the first ci.flin that was deposited in it
was that of a Mr. Goddard; in 1808. a Miss A. M.
Chase was placil in it; and in 1812, Miss U.
Chase. In the end of 1812, the vault was opened
for the body of the Hon. T. Chase; but the three
first coffins were found in a confused state, hay•
ing been apparently tossed from their places.
Again was the vault opened to receive the body
of an infant, and the four coffins, all of lead, and
very heavy, were found much distut bed. In
1816 a Mr. Brewster's body was placed in the
vault, and again great disorder was apparent
among the coffins. in 1819 a Mr. Clarke was
placed in the vault, and, as before, the coffins
were in confusio-n.
Each time that the vault was opened, the cot . -
fins were replaced in their proper situation—
that is, three on die ground, side by side, and the
others laid on them. The vault was then regu•
tar:) , closed ; the door (a massive stone, which
repuired six or sever men to move,) was cement
ted by masons, and though the floor was of sand'
there was no marks of footstep or water. Aaain
the vault was opened in 1819. Lord Comber
mere was then present,and the Collins were found
thrown confusedly about the vault—some with
the heads down, and others up. b What could
have occasioned this phenomeibm 7. in no oth
er vault in the Maud had this ever occurred.—
Was it an earthquake which occasioned, it or
the'elTeris of an inundation in the vault r' These
were the questions asked by a Barbadoes journal
at the time; and no one could afford a solution.
The matter gradually died away, until the pros.
ent year, when, on the 16• h of Feb. the vault was
again opened, and all the coffins were again
thrown about as confusedly as before. A strict
investigation took place, and no cause could be
discovered. Was it, aro r all, that the sudden
bursting forth of noxious gas from one of the
coffins could have produced this phenomena
If so, it is against all former experience. The
vault has been hermetically scaled again—when
to be reopened we cannot tell.
In Bngland there was a parallel occurrence to
this, some years ago, at !Limon, in Suffolk. It
is stated that on opening a vault there, several
leaden coffins, with wooden cases, which had
been fixed on biers, were found displaced, to the
great consternation of the villagers. The coffins
were again placed as before, and the vault was
properly closed, when again, another of the fami•
ly dying,they were again found displaced; and
two years after that, they were not only found
all oil their biers, but one coffin (so heavy as to
require eight men to rise it,) was found on the
fourth step which led down to the vault ; and it
seemed perfectly certain that no human hand had
done this.
Facts in Natural History
The rattle snake find, a superior toe in the
deer and black snake. Whenever a buck dis
covers a rattlesnake in a situation which invites
attack. he looses no time in preparing for battle.
He makes to within ten or twelve feet of the
snake, he leaps and aims to sliver the body of
the snake with his sharp and bifurcated hoofs.
The first onsets is commonly successful, hut if
otherwise, the buck repeats the trial till he cuts
the snake in twain. The rapidity and fatality
of his skillful] inanteuvre leaves but a single
chance for its victim either to escape or to in
ject into its more alert antagonist. The rattle
snake also finds a dreaded opponent in the black
snake. Such is the celerity of motion, not only
in running, but in entwinning itself around its
victim, that the rattle snake has no way of escap,
ing from its fatal embrace. When the black and
rattle snake are about to meet for battle, the fur.
mer darts forward at the height of his speed and
strikes at the neck of the latter with unerring cers-.
tainty, leaving a foot or two of the upper part of
his party at liberty. In an instant he encircles
him with five or six folds, and then stops and
looks the strangled and gasping foe in the face
to ascertain the effect produced upon his corse
ted body: If he shows signs of life, the coils are .
multiplied, and the screw lightened—the opera
tor all the while nairowly watching the counte
nance of the hopeless victim. Thus.the two re
'main-30 or 40minutes,the executioner then slack.
ens one coil, noticing at the same time whether
any signs of life appear, if so, the coil is resum
ed and retained until the incarcerated wretch is
completely lifeless. The moccasin snake is de.
stroyed in the same way.
.111ain e.— A n extra Session of the Legislature
of Maine has been called by Gov. Crosby, to
meet at Augusta, on the 29th inst. The Coin.
missinners chosen by the Legislature, with au
thority to purchase the MassachusettS lands,
have concluded a contract for this purchase.—
This must, by its terms, he ratified by the Legis.
lature of Maine, on or before the sth of October
next. The. Legislature is called together with a
view to this ratification. IVhen it meets, it is
probable that renewed attempts will be made for
the election of a United States Senator. It will
be remembered that at the last session, Hon.
William Pitt Fessenden was elected Senator on
the part of the State Senate, but the House failed
to concur with the selection. At one time, how.
ever, Mr. Fessenden wanted but three votes of
an election, and as the Executive appointments
make several vacancies, which may be filled by
Whigs it is quite possible he may be chosen on
the part of the Housc, also, when it assembles.—
Boston Atlas. •
Black Snake.—ThcßutTalo Daily Reptiblic says
this celebrated Indian, now one hundred and six
years of age . ,'is still hale and hearty residing at
Allegheny Reservation. Ile was one of the most
active of his tribe in bringing about a treaty in
behalf of the United States, with General iVash.
ington, at Philadelrhia, in 1757.• A friend of
ours saw him a week or two since, walking as
vigorously as a man of 45.
Clubbing. —.4 believe that mine will he the
fate of Abel," said a devoted wife to her husband
one day. ..How so 1" replied s the husband. ..De.
cause Abel was killed by a club, and your club
will kill me, if you continue to go to it every
night."
Sunday Liquor Traffic Illegal.
The following important case was decided
last week, by the Supreme Court of this States
now in session at Pittsburgh :
Henry Omit vs. The Commpowealth of Penn.,
Sylvania. Certiorati to Justice Kline of Harris.
burg.
The opinion of the Court was read by Wood-
want, J
The defendant was convicted and fined by
Justice Kline, of Harrisburg, for selling liquor
on Sunday to a traveller named Wright, in ac - ;
cordance with the first section of the provision
of an Act of Assembly, "for the prevention of
vice and immorality, and of unlawful gaming;
and to restrain disorderly sports and dissipa
lion," which is in the following vrcirds: "If any"
persnn shall do or perform any worldly employ.
meator business whatsoever on the Lord's Day,
coin mon ly called 'Sunday, works of necessity and
charity excepted, or shall use or practice any un
lawful game, hunting, shooting, sport or diter 2
sine whatsoever, on ihe same day, and be curt,
victed thereof, every such person so °trending,
shall for every such offence, forfeit and pay four
dollars, to be levied by distress, &c., &c.," with
a proviso annexed excepting the dressing of vic
tuals in taverns, inns, bake houses, private fam.
dies, ihe travelling of milk carts, the ferrying of
wafer passengr rs, &c.
The defendant a s signed two errors.
la. That the sale of liquid to the traveller
(Wright) was not an 'offence against the act, be
cause it was within the proviso.
2nd. That the act is not applicable to persons
licenietl to keep an inn or tavern under the act
of 11111 March, 1834, and its supplements. .
The Court assumed that the offence was not at
work or charily or necessity, because the defend
ant (foes not allege it was, and because the con_
yiction characteriz's it as contrary to ihetict of
Assembly.
The court decided that the offence did fall -with
in the act, as the proviso excepted only the dress_
log of victuals in taverns, &c., &c.
In regard to the second error advanced, the
Court decided that nix days of enjoyment of the
licensed monopoly would suffice to provide strain..
gers with that measure of accommodation which
the community were hound to furnish. But if
not sufficient, some other plan must be devised.
Sunday could not be given up ; strangers and
travellers had no right to demand hospitality at
such a price. Rest one day in seven was en.
forced by theprecept and example nf the author
of our existence, and government, acting on the
Divine appoinment, had made it a civil institu
tion. It was contended that the license gave the
right to sell for each of the 365 days of the year
and hence it was inferred that the act of '94 was
repealed to them. As well might it be argued
that n contract (or hewing for ti year would com
pel a laborer to work on Sundays, or that any
auctioneer who is licensed for a year, might
pursue his business on the fifty-two Sundays in
the year.
The Court regarded the sale of liquor on Sun.
day by licensed innkeepers as worldly employ.
ment, within the prohibition of the act of '94, and
not falling within the proviso of the act, was
therefore not lawful to be done on Sunday.
The conviction of the defendant was propper
and judgement was affirmed.
GLEANINGS.
Fir The first b,iok in English was printed on
the 19 t.ieptember, 1471 .
It is hardly necessary to send to Africa for
monkey skins. We imagine a supply could
readily be obtained in any of our principal cities.
re - " Why don't you lake a seat within' the
bar !" asked one gentleman of another, n the
court room the othet (lay. ""My mother always
told the to keep out of bad company," replied the
other.
EV" Mr. J. W. Forney was to start a new Ad
ministration paper at New York on the Ist of
October; but the doings of the democracy at Sy.
racuse have knocked the thing into pi.
EV'All the coast towns of the extreme South
ern States have been attacked by yellow fever.
and it rages with great fatality.
117" Joseph Ifaughawout, lately killed a Wild
Cat a few miles from Tamatiqua. which weighed
75 pounds.
Manners in the middle axes.—Rude were the
manners then : man and wife ate off the same
trencher; a few wooden-handled knives, with,
blades of 'rugged iron, were a luxury for the.
great ; candles unknown. A servant girl held a.
torch at supper; one, or at most two, mugs of
coarse brown earthenware formed all the drink
ing apparatus in a house. Rich gentlemen wore
clothes of unlined leather. Ordinary persona
scarcely ever touched flesh meat. Noble man
slims drunk little or no wine in summer—a little
corn seemed wealth. Womerr had trivial mar/.
Tinge-portions—even ladies dressed extremely
plain.' The chief part of a family's expense was,
what the males spent in arms and horses, none
of which, however, were either very good or very
showy : and grandees had to lay out . money om
their lofty lowers. In Dante's comparatively
polished times, ladies began to paint their cheeks
by way of finery, going to the theatre,—and to.
use less assiduity in spinning and playing their
d ism ff..= History of Om Order of St. John. ,
New Orleans.—ln 1769 occurred the first Tisk
tation of the yellow fever at New Orleans, It hes
log introduced by a British vessel, with a carats
Of slaves, from the coast of Africa. In 1758
Spain took possession of the colony, and from
that
that time till 1778 the commerce of New Orkina
suffered severely from the restrictive colonial
policy of Spain. In 1778 occurred a fire, Which
destroyed ten hundred houses. In 1785 New
Orleans psuper bad 4700 Inhabltnnts.' In 1791
the first company of French Canadians arejaedi
and several private academies were established
—the instruction of youth having previously
been confined to priests and.nuns. In 1792, the
militia of the city, amounting to 7.00, was argeta
ized and drilled. In 1794, the first newSitaper,
"Le Moniteur," was published.
Monroe and Pike Counties.—There are three
candidates for Assembly in the field in this Dis
trict, viz., Abraham Edinger, J. H:Eylenbergen,
and William Clnrke—the latter having been
nominated by the Temperance men,