. • . •-• • • • • .• . . . . . . . ... [2: • • •• • ••.• •• • • , . •....".• •I . • • • • • • .• • • • • . • • • t. ~ VOLUME X. NES LOOK THIS WAY. THE kijmoSition say that in a short tune the ground will b ready to sow Oats. Barley, .Fe. Bow therknow thiewe are not able to say, but this much we will say,•that whenever it gets reedy, you had better give us n call for one or the best ()Mill Drills, and'warranted at that, (no large talk 4thout refunding money,) but if the article is not as represented, it can be returned, and all matters satisfactorily urranged. Likewise, in tine time the grass will he in order for hay making, and then we ore prepared to Bullish you with Allen's Mower, a splendid machine fur rutting grass of any kind. And in additiell, when desired, we have also the combined Mower and Reaper. of Manny's Patent, which is manufaetured upon it dif ferent principle from those made heretofore, and war ranted to cut grass and .gr..in ns fast as o ne team of horses can draw it. And Mrther, we have the Pre mium Corn Sheller of Lehigh 'county, and as there has been sold a very large number in a sherd time that have rendered universal satisfitte ion. we are con fident in Haying,. that it has no superior here or ebof where. We likewise have n mill for chopping feed. which has heen tested thoroughly in different Sections, and nil who have' witnessed its operations, testify to the good qualities of the mill, and recommend it to farmers as an article to save time, and likewise grain in the amount whirl, is yearly given to millers in the ahem) of " toll." In short we have almost any strtiele which farmers require for agricultural purposes, ; l oc h as Ploughs of almost any pattern. Corn Cultivators, Revolving Hay Rakes. Hay Punks, Corn Ploughs, Corn Planters, Limo Spreaders. nreshing Machines and Horse Powers of different kinds. :Ina WlLlTilllt ed to give satisfaction.. Repairing Ilene in all the different branches, on reasonable terms end at short notice. Any person residing at a distancti, in want of any of the above smirks, can obtain thein by ad dressing the subscribers at No. 80 West Ihunilten st., Allentown. Pa. SWEITZE SAEOER. GRAIN DRILL R EFERENCES. Reuben lieltl•ieh, Noilth Clvirlvs ninger. du; David Benry, ; David I. ti, Mnettil gy; Georr[eP,ei,cl,:lllenbn~•n. • CORN glllil.l.1•;t •REFEUIX('F*. Valid Boriz, Cedor Creek; 'Theo IVennpr, :11:14•1illgy : (2. A: AlleutoNvn I:Qtll.,a Irliitohall. • FEED MELT. EIWERENCI. Charles Seagrenves, Allentown. Allentown. April 2. WARREN'S IMPROVED FIRE AND WATER PROOF COMPOSITION HOOFING. Joseph Clewell, Allentown, Agent for Lehigh Co YOUR attention is respectfully solicited to the abort method of Rooting. now ninth used in Philadelphia and citiuitF, and intuit has been exitin sively in use id many hf the cities of the West, during more than eleven years past, during which time it has been tested under every variety of circumstances, and ice I•onti.lently offer it to the public as a mode of unobjectionable in every important portieulnr, while it combines. in a greoba degree than tiny other roof in use, the valuable requisites of cheapness, du rability, and security ugainid both tire and wider.— This is rapidly superseding the use of all other kinds of roods, wherever it has been introduced, giving gen eral satisfaction, anti is highly recommended by all who have tested its utility. These roofs require an inclination of not more than one inch to the niot• whit+ is of yi•tut udrnul..yc in VllAtr• nod for drying purposes. They are tatireil at a price consid erably less than any other roof in use, while the 111110111 It of material saved, which would otherwise lie used in extending up the walls awl fratuinic for steep roof, often makes a still fill -they imporinut re duet' in the coot of building. Glitters laity lie formed of' the same mitteVial as the roof. nt much less expense Ilium any other. In Ill.` Or &feet or injury, from any valise, there is no roof so easily repaired. The materials being mostly non-conductors a heat, no roof is so cool in :+llllllller. or so warns in whiter. Those wishing to use our roof, should give the rafters n pitch of about one inch to the foot. For further in formation apply to Joseph Clewell, at Allentown, our agent for Lehigh and Carbon counties, whit is pre pared tcl execute ell ordec, , at short 11. ill'. WA It HEN , it, CO., Farquhar Buildings, St., Philadelphia ......... ItEFERENCE: - z Thu following named gentlemen in Allentown have their houses roofed with the above,' named Composi tion, and are able to tet.tify to its superiority over any other kind of roof,: B. F. TnExi.rm. Union st., between Ninth and Tenth. B. STETTLKIL Walnut st., Wet %Veen Eighth and Ninth. F. Donr.6N, Seventh st., het ween llumiltun •b Linden. ROTH & Enon, Linden st., between Fourth .t Fifth. J. IC Wom.r., Sixth st., het weon Hamilton Linden. litur &KriAttss,Ninth et., between Linden & Turner. A. Klutz, eornor of Union and SeVenth street. R. E. Wilton; Fourth of., between Linden & Turner. Feb. 13, 1856. —ly B . OFFICE AT THE 3EILA.GrI.OO xw l 1 7 .10 N 0.3 WEST HAMILTON sTnEET, ALLENTOWN, J'A. Allentown, Feb. 6. —ly ~31~~~~~3~~ PREMIUM INSTANTANEOUS LIQUID HAIR J. DYE, just received and fur Salo, wholosalo and retail, at Roiusor's Shaving Saloon, No, 10 East anal ton Street. gRY-Ilair colored nt all times, and satisfaction warranted.. 'Allentown, March L.ly • •00 WO laalaa9 m3l E 2 AS removed his office to No. 79 West Hamilton 11 street, between Eighth and Ninth sts., over G. Reber's Clothing Store, next door to George's Hotel, whore he can bo found at alt times by those who need his professional services. Artificial teeth mounted on gold, silimr and pintina, in the highest perfection of art, and on the most scientific principles. All opera tions belonging to the Dental profesnon performed in the most skillful and satisfactory manner. Allentown, Aprll.o Job Printing, Q 1 all kinds neatly executed at this Office. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & DIEFENDERFER AT ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM. YOUNG & LEH," WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, Caps, tamps, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &0., No. 45 East nonillion street, Allentown, Pa., A GAIN take pleasure in calling the attention of the 11 citizens of the town, and the public generally, to the largest and freshest stock of the above goods ever exhibited in this place, consisting of spring and slimmer BOOTS and SIIIOES purchased direct front the manufacturers in New England, at the low est CASH. PRICES, which enables us to oirer rare in ducements to our enstOmers, either wholesale or retail. Brent care has been observed as to style, quality and sizes,—such sizes as are hest suited for this Section of country. hi this particulur we are prepared to give better satisfaction to country merchants titan they will receive in either Philadelphia or New York. In connection with the above we desire particular ly to call attention to goods of our own manufacture, ' .. suitable for 01l classes, consisting of R i zi titip, Men's, Buys', Youths' and Children's Coarse, .Kip, Calf, Morocco, Pat ent Leather and Buckskin Sewed and Pegged Boots coil Brogans, Congress and Button (loiters, Monter ey* Oxford Ties, ,Cc., Women's, :hisses' and Child ren's Call', Nip and Morocco Lace Boots, Buskin and Jenny Linds, also, Patent Leather, line Lasting and Italian Cloth Cohere, of various colors. • ' We have pni 1 particular attention to the selection !Si of our stock or =MEW }TA._ "ea for spring and summer wear. We have n erihnud some tutu complete assortment or Soft lints for Gents; keys mill Youths. Our (lents' Sill or Mulcain lints are net cyuallcd by tiny establishment in town, lie they are :ill m:un u •nctnrcd to order• liy the most fnt-h -imc:hle 111111i:re in l'hi Silt AIV GOODS.—In this line Ivo are not sur pasred by tiny establishineut out of the large titles. Oar :dock is very large. (.0115151ing of Men's. Boys: and Youths' Pamuna, Legloirn, Peddle, Sennett°. Paha Leaf, Canada. Children's Fancy lints and Leghorn Caps, Misses' Flats, Ladies' ltidiuq lints, ,te. Our assortment of Lamps. Trunlo and Carpet Bags i , as usual, full and eomplide. l'..S. All the alioVe goods swill ho furnished to MtwelianlA in the erinntry at the very lowest city Job ldng .Orders re,peetftlly solicited, and will roreive prompt attention. April 11. --If li ow Clothiu o. b Morel C. H: REBER, 1iN0.79 West Iltimiltim street, next door to E. it, .1. George's Hotel. has just returned from Philadelphia with it large and elegant sliielt of goods, such its, - French. -English and tier man Cloths. Cass imeres, Vestings, Cats: duels, and Tweeds, which he will he pleased to make up to order. in the most approved .Isle, which lie•is satisfied he eau I. from the feet that he has employed that popu lar emitter. Alhert .1. Newhard, who is always up with the times in fashions, and cuts imil fits to suit the tastes of patrons. after any fashion they may choice .I:EAD YMA DE CLO TIIING. MI Of readymade Clothing Lc ha, a complete assort ment. comprhing all style:, qualities iiml prices, and im this department claims precedence from the Net Hurt the Clothing is all mannfactta•cd lit home. of good materials, and the superior t-tyle ill which it is made, Will always tietqlre for Ihum n mealy and sati a factm•p FLTRNISHEVG G001)S, LIT liu bracing n large assorlaient of Shirts, Collars. Stocks. Ties, Mark tool 6no•y Silk Cravats, Hosiery, Suspenders, black and Silk liloves, black Kid ploces. t lent's white nud Jitney Handkerchiefs, l'ittlirellae, and lots of other articles too nionerotei to mention. Genthanen ftirni,hing their Cloth elm have their gtirmentS Muth, in geed style and warranted to give :(ati,faction. Cutting (10110 nt Alert notieo. :liardt 19 Great Robbery IN ALLENTOWN. LAST week one night one of our citizens was robbed o f about tiFOO, but it is Invhythat nil the rest of mankind did not share the sow lute, .11 - tigtili rJEL7 dtaili AP' .311 PB yesterday morning 'opened his new CHEAP CASH STORE, at his new building, No. 33 West Munitton street, Allentown, and would one and .all not to let their mono lay idle and in danger of being Galen, but go it olive to JO S: STOPP'S CHEAP CASH STORE, Its he has opened ono or the finest assortments of SILKS of all colors and prices, and bodies' Dress Goods, th finest, that ever has been seen in the place, and' Shout 500 Shawls or all colors and prices, Calicoes by the Cart load. cheirper 'than ever, Paru sols, Embroideries and IlosierY, a very large assort ment of Ladies' Collars at 5 cents and upwards, La dies' Stockings. at Ili cents and upwards, Ladies' Gloves at 2 cents per pair and .upwards, Linen and Iluimt'llandkerchieD at Ili cents a piece. Also, a splendid assortment of bleached and unbleached mna line, bed licking, table diapers, toweling, floor and table - oil cloths, glass and nueensivare, looking-glass es, Se. .Also. a splendid assortment of READY MADE ciAyriam, very cheap for cash. So I would say to one and all to be thankful that you have not been robbed, so that you may have the pleasure or { going with your money without kin to JOS. STOPP'S CHEAP CASH . STORE, and. do as about hair the good people or Allentown done ;vest erthiy. Almost every house has been tilled with new goods from Stopp's Cheap Cash Store, which consequently has been tic town-talk ever since. jr,"Don't forget that Joseph Stopp' has moved four doors below. April 5. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. NCTICE is hereby given that letters of Adtninis *tration. have been granted by the Begister of Lehigh County, to the undersigned, upon the Estate of John Kelchner, deceased, late of the Borough of Allentown. All persons indebted to snitl estate ore requested to matte payment within three months, and all persons having claims against the Fame, to pre sent them fur settlement: BENJAMIN STETTLEII. April ill. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. • A S far as the Coal trade is concerned, the for Mer It firm of Edelman, Anise .t Co., is dissolved, which branch will hereafter be carried on by Charles k William Edelman. They now have on hand; nt theirAti stand, at the Lehigh, all kinds of Stone Conl which they sell at the very lowest prices _ . S. W. SINE. . -ly 2 . 1-All persons still indebted to the former firm are requested to make immediate settlement, and such who may have any claims, to present them at the, Store of EDAMAN, lIANSE & Co.' . April 30. . —3m 3CIIIRSTAZ-00411:01rit'a 11/0 I:6lc4ll2o2tintG- (11:011.tiE 11. • --tf C. & W. EDELMAN Allentown, Pa., May 14, 1856. Farm Lands for Sale. The• Illinois Central Railroad. Company IS NOW PREPARED :CO SELL OVER TWO MILLION OF ACRES' OF FARMING LANDS, • In 45•acte of 40 acres and etpirnrilu, on long Credits • • and of Issue tales i lnterest. THESE lands were granted by the Government, to aid in the construction this Railroad, and in clude some of the richest and most fertile Prairies in the State, interspersed here and there with magnifi cent groves' of talk and other thither. The Road ex tends from Chicago, on the North-East. to Cairo at the South, and from theme to Galena and Dunleith, in the North-west extreme of the State. and as ell the lands lie within fifteen mils, on each side of this Road, ready and cheap means are afforded by.it I'm trans porting the products of the lands to any of those points and front thence to Eastern and Southern markets. Moreover, the rapid growth of flourishing towns and villages along the line. and the great in crease in population by immigration: etc.. afford a substantial and growing home-demand for farm pro duce. The soil is a dark, rich mould, from one to five feet in depth, is gently rolling and peculiarly fitted for grazing cattle and sheep, ur the cultivation of wheat, Indian corn, etc. Economy in cultivating and great productiveness arc the well known characteristics Of Illinois lands. Trees are not required to be rut down. stumps 'grub bed, or stuns picked off. no is generally this case in cultivatino 6 new land in the older States. The first crop of Indian corn, planted on the newly broken sod, usually repays the cost of plowing and fencing. Wheat sown on the newly-turned sod is sure to yield very profits , . S MOW With n plow and two yoke of oxen will break one and a half to two acres per day. Contracts can he made for 'creaking, ready for corn or wheat, at from :::;2 to 2.0 per acre. liv jiidicions management. the land may lie plowed and fenced the first, and under a hiv/i state qf eaftiration the, second year.. Corn, grain, cattle, etc., will he forwarded at reto sonalde rates to Chicago, or the Eastern market, and to Cairo Mr the Southcrn. The' larger yield on the cheap lands of Illinois over the high-priced lands in the Eastern and Middle lilates, is known to he mueh more than sufficient -to pay the difference of transpor tation to the Eastern market. Bituminous coal is milted at several 'mints alon'g the Road, and is a cheap and desirable Mel. It can be delivered at several point: .tlong the Bead at .`;'1.511 to Sl,OO per ton y Wood con be had, at the canoe rates per cord. Those who think of seining. in Inn a or Minnesota. should bear in mind that lands there of any along the water courses and ton many miles inland, hove been disposed Mr those located in the interior, there aro no cenvenienees for transporting to market the produce, Railroads not having been intro thwed there. That to send the produce of these lands one or too hundred miles by wagon to market, would east nitwit more then the expense of cultivating them, and hence, Government lands thus situated. at $1,25 per acre, are not so good investments as the land of this company at the prices fixed. The same remarks hold good in relation to the lands in Kansas and Nehrwidi, for although vacant lands nine he found nearer the water eillIrSOS, the di:amine In market is far greater, and every hundred miles the produce nr those lands aro ca r ried either in wagons. or interrupted water connuunitati ions, increases the expenses or transpirtaiinn, which. must be borne by the settlers, in the redtieed price or their products. and to that extent precisely are the incomes from their (brats. and or coarse on their investments, annu ally and every year reduced. 'flit! great feitility of tlo• lands: now otTereil for Pale by this company, and their ettneetinent yield over those of the-Eastern and Middle States. is :midi more than sufficient to pity the difference in the cost of transportation. especially in view of the facilities furnished by this Head, and others with which it con 'wets. the operations of which tire not interrupted by the low water of suunner. or the frost of ii inter. AND Tl:iuN uh l'.‘ 1*.)l ENT, The price will vary from S 3 to i 4•25, a:cording to location, quality. etc. Contracts for Beads may he made during the year 1856, stipulating the purchase money to be paid in live 'annual in-tallments. The first to become due ill two years from the date of con tract. and the others annually there:incr. The last payment will become due at the end of the sixth year from the date of the enntroet: lutereet be chthw.,l •et wdy thrce ivr ePnt. per As a security to the pevierninnec of the eontrnet, the first two years' intet•est must be paid in ndcnnce, and it uwst bei understood that Alit least one tenth of the land purchased shall yearly be brought under cultivation. Twenty per cent. from the credit price will he de ducted for cash. The Company's construction bonds will ho receit•ed as cash. Reoilmfrnined Larva Luildinys, rebieb ran be oft op in cc few dap, nu; be obtained %rola rry6llB:ble suns. They will lie 12 feet by 211 feet, divided into one living and three hed.rooms. and 'trill cost complete set up on ground cho6en Ipywhero along the Road, $1:10 in tunic, exclusive .of transportation. Larger buildings may be contracted for at proportionate rates. The Company will forward nil the materials over their road promptly. Special arrangements with dealers can he made to supply those purchasing the company's lands With fencing materials. agricultural tools, and au outfit of provisions in any quantify, at the lowest wholeentic prices. . Itis believed that the mkt', long credit, end low rate of interest, charged for these lands, will enable a man with it kw hundred dollars in cash and ordinary in dustry, to make himself independent before all the purchase money becomes dile. In the mean time,the rapid settlement of the country . will probably lave increased their value tour or five fold.. When requir ed, an experienced person will accompany applicants, to give information and aid in selecting lands. Circulars, containing numerous instances of sue cessful frming. signed by respectable and well-known farmers living in the neighborhood of the Railroad lands, throughout the State—also the cost of fencing, price of cattle. expense of harvesting. etc.. by con tract—or any other .111fOrlinlii011—Win be cheerfully given, on npplieation, either personally or by letter, in French, or Berman, addressed .to 1011 s WILSON. Land Comm iseioner of the lUinoix Ceutral Mal R. Co. Office up to the lst or \Ln•-59 Michigan Avenue. Chiengo, Illu. , after that date in the new Stone Paslenger Depot, foot of South Water Street, April 16. WIMP. GOODS, of all descriptions, such us em broidered Curtains, Cambries, .Ineoacts, . Swiss Mull, Linen Lace and Edging, insertings. Linen and Cambric .I.ltlkfs., Ladies' Collars, Sleeves, ,Ix., at CUTII k SCII.I.AUCII'S No. 41 West llaniiiton street. April 23. —tf ; MEN'S WEAR.—We a fine Ftoek of * superior French •Cloth, Blue and Brown Cloth, French Doeskin Cnesimeres, Plain Black and Fancy Colored Catisimeres, Black and Steel Nixed Sattinetts, Velvet Cords, Kentucky Jean, Tweeds, Cotton end Linen Plantings, hc. GUTH SCHLAUCH, . No. 41 We.,t. Hamilton Street. April 23. • —t f Nature In Motion. The general law of movement includes all animals, f,•om the smallest living thing fo the head of creation—man. The modes of move ment are various. Some travel by means of the agent whom nature herself places at their dis• posal. The giant rivers of the earth, the Gan ges, Congo, Amazon, Orinoco and Mississippi, anually float islands toward the ocean, covered with living inhabitants. Nothing is more corn , mon than to meet out at sea, thousands of miles from all land, masses focus floating on the sur face of the water, and serving as resting places for shell-fish; unable to transport themselves by swimming far from their shores. Off the Mo luccas and Philipines, sailors often meet, after a typhoon, with floating islands of matted wood, full of life, and covered with large trees, so as to deceive their eyes, and endanger the safety of their vessel. Trunks of trees, also, aro drift ing in the currents of the ocean perforated from end to end by the larvre of insects and filled with the eggs, molusus and fishes. At other times they have been known to convey lizards and birds from land to land, and on the island of San Vincent there appeared a huge boa con strictor, twisted round a large healthy cedar tree with which it had been torn from its home in the primeval forests of Brazil, and swallow ed several slier") before it could be killed by the astonished natives. The gulf stream, it is well known, carried more than once, dead bodies of an unknown race, with unusually broad faces, to the Azores, and thus contributed to the dis covery of America by confirming Columbus in his faith in the existence of a New World. Greenlanders and Esquimaux have been carried ly n few years ago, a long and violent rain in the heart of France, brought with it millions of well-sized fishes, which were eagCrly devoured by hosts of storkg and crows, and other birds, that came suddenly, ,from the four quarters of the wind to share in the rich and unexpected repast. Rain of frogs are even more frequent, and•have since the days of Moses, occurred in almost every country. One of Lorenzo DOW 9 ti Sermons. Old Lorenzo Dow was a very sensible refor . - mer. He is said to have shown his peculiar good sense nt one time, by preaching the fol lowing excellent words in behalf of the printing fraternity : • " Perhaps it may not be amiss to remind you of the printer in my discourse. He is in a very disagreeable situation. He trusts everybody,; he knows not whom; his money is scattered everywhere, anti he scarcely knows where to look for it. His paper, his ink, his type, his ! journeymen's labor, his. labor, Sce., must be 1 , punctually paid for,—You Mr. —, and ; you Mr. —, and a hundred others I could name, have taken his paper, and you and your children, and your neighbors; • have been in formed and improved by it. If you miss one ; paper you think hard of your printer— you would rather be without your best meal then ; be deprived of your paper.• Have you ever com- . plied with the terms of your subscriptions. Have you ever taken pains to furnish the prin- ; to with his money as he has to furnish you' with his paper? Have you paid him for his type, and his press, and his hands' work ? If you have not, go and pay him off. o_i Someevil genius, who disdains the loftier flight of humor, has insanely perpetrated the following, for which - ere this, he has doubtless received his just reward. Father, sister says she wishes she .was a big lemon behind the bar.' MEI Why does she make such an absurd wish ?' inquired the father. ' Because, she says . , ' if she was a lemon, that good-looking bar-keeper over the ways could squeeze her as much as he liked without everybody talking about it.' _ 7 .W. spend much in life in making blun• ders, and more of it in correcting them. - Oliver Ditson, of Boston, has published a new and beautiful edition of the following song —the music by Dempster :- - I'M WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN. BY GEOROE r. BOBRIS I'm with you once again, my friends, No more my footsteps roam; When it began my journey onds, Amid the scenes of home. No other clime has ski . es so blue, Or streams so broad and clear, And where aro hearts so warm and true As those that meet me here? Since last, with spirits wild and free, I pressed my native strand, I've wandered many miles at sea, And many miles on laud. I've seen fair realms of the earth By rude commotion torn, Which taught me how to prize the worth Of that where I was born. In other countries, when I heard The language of my own, How fondly ouch familiar word Awoke an answering tone! But when our woodland songs were sung Cpun a foreign mart, The vows that faltered on the tongue With rapture thrilled the heart! My native loud, I turn to you, With blessing and with prayer, Where man is bravo and woman true, And free as mountain air. Long may ourilag in triumph wavo Against the world combined, Auld friends a welcome—foes a grave, Within our borders find. Origin of Newspaper Printing. , le first newspaper was issued monthly, in iscript form, in the Republic of Venice, was called the Gazetta, probably from a ing coin peculiar to Venice, and which the common price at which it was sold. ty volumes of it, aro still preserved in a -3 , at Florence. It was long supposed that irst newspaper was published in England ie epoch of the Spanish Armada, but it has discovered, that the copies of that bearing late of. 1538, iii the British Museum, were cries. There was no doubt, that the puny ;tors of the myriads of broad sheets, was mblished in London till 1622—0n0 hundred fifty years after the art.of printing had discovered, and it was nearly one hundred i more before a daily paper was ventured . Periodical papers seem to have been by the English during the times of the nonweulth, and were then called " weekly books." Sonic of them had most whim titles. It was common with the early pa to have a blank page; which was some filled up, in the scarcity of news, by se as the Scriptures. ie first newspaper printed in North Amer ica, was printed in Boston, in 1690. Only one copy of that paper was known to be in exist ence. It was deposited in the State Paper Of fice in London, and was about the size of an or dinary sheet of letter-paper. It was stopped by the Government. The Boston News-Letter was the first regular paper. It was first issued in 1704, and was printed by John Allen, in Pudeing lane. The contents of some of the early numbers were very peculiar. It had a speech of Queen Anne to Parliament, delivered ono hundred and twenty days previously, and this was the latest news from England. In one of the early numbers, there was an an nouncement, that by order of the Postmaster General of North America, th'e post between Boston and New York sets out once a fortnight. Negro men, women and children, were adver tised to be sold ; and a call was made upon a woman whO had stolen .a piece of fine lace, worth fourteen shillings a yard, and upon an other who had conveyed a piece of fine calico under her riding hood, to return the same, or be exposed in the newspapers. How the Irish Converted the yew. A ' rale hard sinner,' a native of the Emerald Isle, went to confession the other day to his pariSh priest, and so shocked the clergyman with a recital of ,his sins, that he exclaimed— ' My son, did you ever do a good in your life ?' ' I did,' said Pat ; ‘' I converted a Jew once.'— ' How was that inquired the confessor: You see,' said Pat, ' the long-nosed, pork citing, muthering blaggard fell overboard, and I put afther his carcase in a bete. I sazed him by the . top-not just as ho was going down the second time, and pulled his head above the shurface, -and says I, 4 if I save you, will you be a Christian 7" I wont' says he ; and with that I deposited his head about three feet under water again. Pulled him up once more, and put the question anew, Will you be a Christian ?' to which he again answered No,' gruffly. I gave him another dip and brought him up puffing like a porpoise. ' Will you be a Christian now says Y-e-s,' says he, and his teeth chattering for all the world like a monkey that had burned his toes.—' Well, says I, you aro now converted, and you'd.bet ter die in the faith ;' and 'so saying 7i held him under until his spirit had departed.' NUMBER 33, A Great Mistake. The New York correspondent of the Phila. , delphia Sunday Mercury, in referring to the fact that the Hon. James Quiggle, formerly a member of the Pennsylvania Senate, from Clin ton and Centre counties, had taken up his resi dence in the " Quaker City," relates the follow ing anecdote : Some years since, on the road from Lancaster to Philadelphia, on a blazing hot summer day, Judge Jim Pollock, (your present Governor,) Hon. Jim Quiggle, (then plain Lawyer Quiggle,) and your correspondent, who know the former well but not-the latter, were alohe in the' rear most car of the train. Jim Pollock was looking out of the car window, at a place where the train stopped to water, when suddenly he drew his white handkerchief from Ids pocket, and be gan vigorously waving it into the air, at the same time bobbing his head out of the window, in a very vigorous manner. " What are you about Judge?" asked Mr. (1.- f without rising from his seat. " Why, don't you see, yonder ? There's a lady waving a white handkerchief, and I'm re turning the salute—some acquaintance I made: formerly, I suppose ?" Judge P. ceased, but in a few minutes ha' again looked out and resumed the operation with his cambric. " Who is she, Judge?" asked Mr. Q., as he' lounged in the corner of the car, with his neth er extremities curled up like a gigantic capital " Well, the fact is, I don't exactly know. I'm quite near sighted, and can't recognize her; but she is dressed in grey silk, and stands yon der under B 's house.' By-and-by the locomotive gave a snort and the train began to move. Judge Pollock again' flirted his cambric to the lady in a final saltue, and this time Jim Quiggle thought he would . have a peep at her. So he crossed over to the Judge, and poking out his head, took a view but didn'nt see the lady. Nevertheless, the Judge kept on waving-his handkerchief. the' perspiration rolling down his face with the ef fort. "Where is she 7 I don't see anybody," said• Mr. Q., after scanning the landscape, without observing any female. There ;" was the rather petulant reply ; " don't you see that lady in the grey silk.dresa standing under that maple tree, waving a white handkerchief ?" There was a suppressed snorting sound, and Jim Quiggle rolled over on the seat, red in the face as a boiled lobster, while your correspond ent picked him up in a state of virulent par oxysm of laughter, and laid him out upon the seat. After sacrificing all the buttons on his vest•and waistbands, he explained to•the Judge the occasion of the cachinatory spasm. The Judge had been exchanging salutes for' twenty-five minutes with an iron•grey. mare, whose long white tail, as it flapped away the flies, had been taken by him for a white hand kerchief, :waved by a lady in grey silk ! The Judge didn't swear, but changed the ti übje c t to saw-mills, the only portion of which was intel. ligible, being the frequent repetition of tho , word " darn." Female Printers. The Editress of the' Olive Branch,' publish ed at Boston, having revived a communication front Nashville, Tennessee, inquiring 4 , whether some female printers could not be obtained there to go to Nashville, replies as follows: " Every girl in Boston, who is old gpough to' work in a printing, office, or any other office, has a lover, whom she would be just as likely to trade oil for a Tennessee article, as she would be to swap him off for a grizzly bear. The idea,. of a Boston girl, who goes to the operas, patroriL izes Jullien's concerts, waltzes once a week, cats• ico•creatn, rides in the omnibus, wears satin' . slippers, and sometimes kisses the editor,.go ing to Tennessee, except site goes there as the wife of one of our first class citizens, (editors' excepted) is truly rediculous. Wouldn't a girl' in a nice silk dress, lace edged pantaletts, and shiny gaiter boots, look well trudging through' the mud and mire of Nashville, to an old barn' of a printing office, the walls of which arc cover ed with posters, offering rewards for runaway niggers, while in ono corner of the room two' old darkies are jerking away a Ramage press, and in the other the editor is squirting tobacco' juice all over the floor ? Would not she be in a nice fix when the editor and some great brute of a fellow, whom he has offended, got playing at the dame of shooting their revolvers across• the. office at each other's heads'? Who would . make the fire When the' devil find run off and' the editor was drunk? Who'd go home with her dark nights ? Who'd take her out to ride on Saturday afternoons and go to church with her on Sundays No,. sir, —a 'Boston girls wouldn't go to Tennessee for love nor money.' She can get enough of both' near home.' 7The privilege of opening tobacconists shops in Paris is now almost:exelusively reserf- , ed for the wounded soldiers of the Crimean• ar;.' lily. . . 0 •
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