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POLITICAL.
i From the KfeyJtonc.
1UTNER AT HOME,
Ritncr was born, wo Have iridersto6d, in
berks county. The fallowing are the ma
jorities which old mo'thcr Berks lias given
against him :
In 1829 301
1832 "323
1835 "2905
During his infancy ,"as wc liJtVe been in
formed, his father removed to Cumberland
county, where Joseph "was raised to man
liood. The following are the majorities
which his foster mother Cumberland has
given against him:'
tn 1829 ,793
1B3J 519
1B35
881
He then moved lo Westmoreland county
Vhqro ho resided a while. Tho following
arc tho majorities his step mother west'
rnoreland has given agaiiist him :
In 1829 1203
1183)3 1993
1835 1217
next' removed to Washington boun
ty. Here he has rec"eiv6d' tho following
majorities :
In 1829 -1S1
1832 yio
1835 334
At both elections since that time, Wash
ington county has given' a majority against
the Ritner ticket, and the best political cal
culators there say, Ritncr will bo beaten in
his own county at the next election.
PORTER AT HOME.
In 1835 Joseph Ritner received 'in Hun
tingdon county, 800 majority. In 1830,
JJavid K. Porter, running against a popular
friend 6f Rimer's, received in Huntingdon
county a majority of 349 votes, making a
unaiiHu ui 1,101 111 loo.i jusuim miner I
received in the district now represented by
David Jt. Porter, a majority ol upwards of
2,00. In 1830 David K. Porter received
in the same district a majority of 1,000,
thus making a change of 4500 VO PES,
Somo of those who in 1835 supported Rit- '
ner, and who are good judges, say, that
Porter's majority next October will be in
Huntingdon county, 500 Votes.
THE GOLD BILL of 1834.
All the London papers speaking of tiro
rnoney shipped to the United States, call it
gold. Tho word specie is not used by them.
The uniform expression is gold or sover
eigns. Thus the ntlliiofi sterling to Prime,
Ward, and King, Is 'always mentioned as
Tone million of sovereigns, or simply as a
shipment of gold to the amount of a million
sterling: and ol all tho
rest. In counting
tip about tw6 and a half sterling either shin
ned or about to bo shinned to New York,
the expression is always the same, to wit:
gold or sovereigns To those who know
any thing of the Engliih currency, all ihis
is understood; for the English have no sil
ver except for change, and tha alloyed nine
per cent. Silver is not a tender In England
fxeept for sums of forty shillings and un
der. They have, therefore, no bilver to
ship, and all they send abroad is in gold;
and of the "twelve or fifteen, millions arri
ving, anil arrived, in the country, alriibst
the who!6 is in gold; yet the federal papers
in New York, in speaking bf these arrivals
seduouslv eschew that word cold! Not one
of them will sav raid: it is all edumcrated
under tho ambiguous phrase of specie, tt
is specie specie Specie; Now why this
studious, uniform, systematic, avoidance of
the true word? Is it because, tho revilers
of the GOLD BILL of 1834 the lauch
ers at the cold humbue cannot stand this
honor to the Jacksonian policy, which thd
influx of ten or twelve millions of gold
confers upon it Had it not been for that
bill not one ouncO Of this fold could have
come into the country Before the passage
of that bill, gold was undervalued 65 per
cent, in the United Stales, and against that
loss not an ounce could have dome. It is
the cold bill, then, of 1'834, to which we
arc indebted for the mreat influx of that me
tal, which is now prfurlng in upon lis; and
from this time forth the cold currency may
bo considered as re-established in the Uni
ted States.. Before tho summer is over tho
quantity of odr gold rnust amount to thitty
jhillions of dollars being about double the
amount of United States Bank notes usual
Iv kept in circulation durlnc the best, times
of that Lank We shall hear no more of
the gold humbug. Tho real presence to
them the. sad presence of thirty rnilliohs
of cold, will seal ud the lips of the Biddle
bank parasites; in whose mouth tho gold
humbug was a permanent phrase until quite
lately. Now tllev are done with it. You
cannot get them to say goldl Specie
IS HIU
. i. .i tn . " -ry .
-:Vr "ey.11. come to it. la en
X.L 1m H. ii-,iiVT!:4 lfifJr
..u..vn bulu ,U4 ,D loo uuee
firM thrTihmnnTd..i
Wht linn xnp.tnrin i. knfnm lis!
ni. r.L it:..i o...-. .. n-i
r I I.IIIH 111 IMH I I 1 1 I r 1 1 fITlIR I . I I'H ll'lll IH
r.harterofl in an vll hmir hv hn Slate of
.
Pennsylvahla by a Wigmajoirly, sliptin,
qa.de. 2F a Jn?oZ the Govdrndr having refused lo do wfiat the the back, while standing direetly opposite Woodson ta"?.
Rermhlicarl nartv This institution has law required df h m subscribe to the stock to tho house occupied by this lady'a broth- closed, and jn the struggle, Wbodson inflic
normoul of if m? " of the Cumberland Volley YailroacJ. .The aiul from the window of her own room, ted a wound on Scott s head with the butt
in consa
the Hep
thrpsttrtrt nnil liraveS tlin whole cmlnlrv. Ii
i :u..c i i t.:.u .. 'i.4 i.
j . !. '..?' ' 1! "i ' 't"
(J a mu inn ine eyes oi mo wnoio worm u
j 1...-. ; rn, nn,l inlPrfprM with
private merchants. It purchase s cotton to
a very largo amount, and pays for it in tho
old notes of tho former bank. Tho act it
self involves a gross 'fraud, and Violates its
ovn charter; besause it reissues notes ci
$5. whilst its charter restricts it to notes of
not less than $10. It professes to be a
rtfgtilator of the other banks; yet in May
last, it was compelled 10 suspend specie
payments. It is guilty of duplicity in the
face" of the whole country in pretending to
suspend payments orily 1n compliment to
the other banks whilst it was obvious that
its own overdcalihgs had compelled it to
adopt this course. It promises to resumo
payment as soon as aTiy of them and yet
when tho banks ot JMcw xoik, oi iew
Encrland. of Virdnia. of North Carolina,
and the Northwestern banks are anxious to
resume, and going into a convention for
mar purpose, mis aaniu msmuuuii is uuuii
inir every measure it can employ to balflc
their wishes, and to defeat a resumption
with a view of preventing tho meeting, it
is despatching acrents (b New York and
Boston to operate upon somo banks; and
sonding the resolutions of the Bank meeting
of Philadelphia to other banks, to paralyze
their movements, and prevent them trom
sendintr delcirates to tho convention.
it'm'akes the blood of a Republican boil
to witness the outrageous conduct ol such
an institution to see the only free people
on tho globe, at all dependent upon an insti-
tution so nowerful and so corrupt to,see
15,000.000 of people bending at the feet of
the Dresident of a monied corporation. Air.
Biddlo is striving for victory over the Gov
r t,n Tinitoil Hf?.iP9- Tin is sinifT.
frlinir to obtain a charter; and for that pur-
pose he is keepmir the commerce arid circu-
latinir medium oT a wliole country embar-
rassfca and deranged to extort a charter from
an agitated community, and to advance the
nnlitinnl 'nurnosGS of the leaders of a nartv
He is striving lo checkmate not only the
state banks, but the whole people. Shall
w0 submit to a Vassalage Of this discrip-
;nn7
TREASURY NOTES AND MB. WEBSTER.
Mn Webster said it was true that in
tho South the Treasury notes were butter
than Southern, notes. ',But how good were
their notes?" They wore 'fifteen per cent
below par. Were we to offer lo the public
creditors paper,,notonly not convertible into
specie, but below the par ot notes or non-specie-paying
banks?" "The Senator wants
to Offer theso depreciated notes to the public
creditors, and 6ay, you have your own op-
ttonto take them or not; but, it you do not
take them, you can get nothing.'
These are extracts from a late speech of
Mr. Webster, as published in Ihe Journal of
Commerce,
Now for facts: "Theso depreciated notes"
he admits, are better than "Southern bank
notes, but "below the notes of non-specie-i
pavinc banks elsewhere, and below
specie!
The following will haw whatreliaricn ia
to De piaceu in inese assertions oi mo nunura-
hie Senator:
At tho last advices, Treasury notes wore
not only above the notes of non-specie-
paying banks m every btatc in the Union,
as well as the! Southj but equal to specie;
and, in many cases, as above specie.
In Boston they were trom a to l per cent.
above specie.
In llarttord, 1 per cent,
In Now York, at par, and an advance of
& asked.
In Philadelphia. 2 ner cent, above paper
aud lately 4 per cent, above.
In Washington, 3 per cent, above paper.
and at par with specie
In Aucusta, (Ueorgia,)," to ll) per cent
above paper, and at par with specie
111 VJIIUUCSIUU. U WU1 lGilt. UUUtb iiuum,
and at par with specie.
At Mobile; from 2 id 3 per cent, above
specie, and 22 per cent, above paper,
At New Urleans,,7i o per cent, above
paper, and at par with specie.
At iiouisviue, i to li per cent, aoove
specie.
At JNashviUD, t to l per cent, aoove
BDCC1C.
Ho much tor mr. webster s accuracy as
to facts
GOVERNOR'S ELECTION IN 1835
Let tho people remember that in 1835
the vote stood for
George Wolf, 65,804
Henry A. Muhlenberg 40,580
Joseph Ritner, 94,023
Demo, vote for Wolf & Muhlenberg 10fj,300
federal vOtd for Ritner. 94,023
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, 12,370
No matorial changes have taken place
since in favor of Gov. Ritner, but thou
snmh tiiho noted for Mm have abandoned
nnrt are. ilaihi abandoning his suvnort.and
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i tnnniiuui Eusiuiuniir iscrti I uitcr. unu tie
I nf .u.ynacracu. Satisfactory
information from all quarters of our state
r !,..,! f, the h,U,fhnt the. ner,heL
IU((U I ltJ(frl'V UVItVI vrw
mintuhmntrntle. maioritii dctain'st Gov.
nitner. at his election in 1835, will be
ncarln DOUHLE A.T ma ISAI'UJjSIUIN
T.MnT nPPinR TN 1S38. Keustone.
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tI, Ui TTnrrislmrrr Chronicle savs llidt
President Ot that company lias noiiucu uiui
hi,., . ,i. nnnn Mm to show cause before
.1. a" " In. , in .M,!nn will he
i "to ujiviv wvu.., ...
aDDl ed for.
HiUllWAX llUUU&Ul.
A case of considerable interest was re-,
centiy trieu at tiio new xorK sessions. 'ai-
ricit ,i ruby, u ruumciii oi tvmuu siruui,
well known at the police office, and a man
of famlfy ami property, was fried 'for as-
saulting and robbing Mr. William Post, an
elderly gentleman of largo fortune, and ex-
tensively known as a dealer in paints, at
tho corner OI Water and i-lctcher streets.
Tho robbery took place at twilight, on the
evenmir ol the 14th of 1eccmbcr. Mr.
Post was roturning frqm ln's store to his
dwelling house, with about $170 in, money ;
and a largo amount of securities, in a tin
box tied in a handkerchief. When in tho
neighborhood, of 17 Cherry street he was
assaulted and knocked down by three per
sons, ono ol whom stole tho box and all
three ran off.
Tho prosecution called on tho stand two
prisoners, named Quick and Nowland, who
while in i ail, made voluntary confessions
that thev acpoinpanied Tracy, at his sug
gestion, for several nights, to perpetrate tho
robbery, and although they had no commu
nication with each other while in jail, coin
cided in nil tho particulars of the robbery.
Theso witnesses were of infamous charac
ter, and their testimony would have been '
considered worthless, but for tho fact of 'the
robbery having been witnessed by a very
intelligent little girl, and two equally intel
ligent boys, who wcro on the opposite, side
ol the street at that time. M he girl rcturn-
cd to her dwelling house and gave notice of
the fact, but the boys followed the robbers,
and had a fall view of tho face of the accu
sed. Wlien taken to the police office they
separately designated Tracy, among fifteen
persons assembled. I he girl had nevci
been in a court house before yesterday, and
having gTveii her testimony, was directed
to look around tho room to ascertain if she
could designate the man who assaulted Mr.
Post. In less than a mmuto she pointed
to Tracy, exclaiming "that is tho main
These proofs were irresistable.
The defence set up was an alibi. Several
persons appeared who swore, positively,
that, they were jn company with' the accu
sed from early in the afternoon till late in
the evpnwgof the night of the robbory, at
tho house of the prisoner, They all un
derwent a strict scrutiny, and however
much they may have been disposed to tes
tify- truly, it is probable they were in error
in regard to the day.
I ho prisoner was delcrideu with great
ability by cx-necordcr Ktkcr, Mr. Maxwell
and Mr. 1 allmadgc. I he prosecution was
conducted by Messrs. Phcnix and Morrcl,
It was proved on trial that Mr. lukcr held
a mortgage on tho prisoners property. The
trial commenced at 11, A. M. and a verdict
of guilty was rendered at half past two in
the morning. I he penalty is perpetual im
prisonment at hard labor
Jl Brother and bister tried for Murder,
An incident of irestern Life. The Il
linois Republican contains an account Of
the trial of a young lady lor being accesso
ry to the murder of Dr. Dalton, at Knox-
ville, her own brother standing indicted as
the principal. 1 he trial excited great in
terest, not only on account at the youth and
beauty ol the prisoner; but lrom the remar
kable circumstances that led to the untune
ly fate of the son of Galen. It appeared
by tho "evidence, ihat tho deceased went
some lime in tho winter lo tho residence of
tho accused, and informed her that one of
her female acquaintances, in the country,
was sick, and was anxious to see her, and
said, as he was compelled to visit her friend,
he beine her physician, he would give her
a scat In His sleigh it she wished to go.
The doctor being a man of family and gopd
character, she accepted of the offer. The
lady was wrapt up in furs, and the morning
proving verv line, she bid her brother gaily
adieU,. and said she should most likely be
absent some days, wnen they had pro
ceeded about twenty miles; the Doctor told
his companion with many nrolestations of
love and affection, that her friend was not
sick, and that ho htld resorted to tho sub-
terfugo with the view of compelling her to
sacrifice her honor to him, and that in case
of her refusal, he meant to take her life.
The lady resisting all his pleadings, he
drew a daceer, and would have inflicted
some bodily injury upon her if her screams
had not I ngluencu his horses, causing them
to rdn away, and thrpwing her persecutor
out upon the ground. Whilo tho horses
were at full speed the high spirited girl got
out the back of the carriage unhurt, claimed
the protection o some men at work in an
adioininir wood, who conducted her to
- neigbormg farmer's, where she was kindly
furnished with a carriage, and Dro'tected
back to her friends.
'PI..I...II.. f .U , 1. 1
I i iiu uiuiuui ut uiu iiiuv inuii i-.-un. ivnui
means to have tho Doctor brought to his
tico, and ho was bound over in the sum
83000. tn nnnfinr nntl nn.wnr for llin nH.
I f 1 I ' w w -
sault. On his liberation, ho caused it to' btf
bruiled about that the lady was quite wil
nng 10 eiopo wiiu mm, and wouiu never
have left his sleiirh if somo one had not
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roue up who Knew norseil ana lamiiy.
who knew herself and fam lv.
Shortly afterwards tho doctor was shot in
, , u.jcdiuu
and her trial fixed for the 7th inst. Aftera
short irivesticalion tho iurv acquitted her.
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ailUHic vcruiui w uc.ycu mill. wuu
cheon bv a most crowded nudilorv, the
creator part of them ladies. To add, says
tho Republican, to the interest of all theso
niKiKlmxtnnnno r intf liftllfD rrV lint fr).
lnaqn wa. u;c(i bv tho bands Hf matri-
njonv to a gentleman lo whom she had been
pegged for a vcar or more. "Airs well
that ends well.
a jjcar fel.Tho Notthcrn papers
sometimes entertain Us willi the recital of
deadly encounters With that pugnacious
quadruped tho bear! wo liavo now one of
nnr nwn tn oivn thorn In return, which wo
picked up by chanco as vtfd wfcresauiltorlng
through our market, a faw clays ago, in
search of something more substantial than
a bear story. Ave forgot to ask tho name
of tho hero of the tale, but this is his nara-
tive. Ho was employed in cutting timber
on the borders of Lake Drummond (in the
heart of the "Groat Dismal.") One day as
he was winding his way through tho swamp
his attention was called to the barking of
his doff a little way off. and following the
sound through the almost impervious reeds,
he presently saw 1 owcer busily engaged
with a huge bear of somp four or five hun
dred pounds weight. Tho dog was play
ing round and round the bear, and ov
er and anon snapping at its haunches,
without allowing a moment fortheunwicld-
ly animal to grapple with him. The bear
stood his ground, until tho man approached
near enough to gVvo him a blow with his
axe, which though it staircrorcd him, only
served to rouse into action his dorniaVA: en
ergies; lor, belore his adversary could re
peat the blow; he closed in with luni, and
tho man finding his axo now useless drop
ped it and commenced a regular tusscl with
the incensed animal. The odds would
havo been two to O'po in favor 'of bruin if
it had not been for tho dog which kept an
novintr him behind: but notwithstanding
this, the bear got a grip upon the man which
would doubtless have put a tragical end o
the fight, if the faithful dog had not fortu
nately struck his fangs in a sensitive part
of the haggy foe, who smarting from the
wound looked his hold on tho man to attack
the dog. Tho man thus freed from the
iron grasp ol the enemy, again recovered
his axe, and while the bear was paying his
compliments to the dog, gave him such a
blow on the scull as effectually stunned him
so that he despatched him without further
trouble. The man received a severe wound
on olie of his amis; and sundry bruizes fit
the scullle. English raper:
THE CHARLESTON FIRE.
Tho Governor of South Carolina has
issued a proclamation calling an extra ses
sion of tho legislature for the 28th ult. to
take into consideration measures for reliev
ing the city of Charleston fiom. tho effects
ol the late lire. Uovernor liutllcr s proc
lamation contains these paragraphs:
i ne recent lire in ii.ariesiun iiaa iuiu
waste 145, acres of Ih'e mdst populous part
of the city; has destroyed buildings and
their contents, valued between three and 4
millions of dollars: has deprived greatnum
bers of industrious men of the means of re
instating their property, prostrated in the
common devastation. It has greatly inju
red all the insurance offices, and rendered
bankrupt others in the state; the amount of
property insured elsewhere being compar
atively small.
"It has deprived the bank debtors not
only of the means of paying their debts,
but of procuring further loans and facilities,
now, more than over, greatly needed, and
in many case's absolutely indispensable, to
save the unlortunalc debtor from utter dc
structibn. It has put to hazard tlfo Ultimate
success of our great national plans of im
provement, tho Western Railroad, and the
domestic Importing Company ; and with
theso it threatens to jeopardize the future
prosperity, and the liigh character and slan
ding of the stato; which so nobly patronised
these wise and extensive schemes ot public
improvement.
" U nder these circumstances, the late mis
fortune assumes, decidedly, not a partial
and local, but a general and national aspect
In various ways it will bo felti throughout
the whole state; lor tlio bcnehcial mlluence
of Charleston is, and oucht tobolclt, in
every part of South Cdrohna; dud tho par
tial prostration ol our whole country; ai---.
.i ii :i
icciing in sumo way ur uwicr, uu us uuui
mercial and agricultural pursuits.
Fatal Encounter. About two or three
weeks aco, says the Louisville Journal,
quarrel occur'ed between Mr. A. G. Wood
son, and Mr. Charles Scott, both of Ran
dolpM, Tenn., and tho formor sent a dial
icngo to tue.iauer. ocoiuopiieu in writing
a "For sufficient reasons I will not fight
you a duel; it you think this cowardice,
1 vou can see mo at any time in tho street.
The nolo was handed It Wbodson on the
1 I m:., r tl.n OOll. .! inl tin immaJInlo
- lv armed himself to attack Scott in tho
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of street. Twice Scott got out of tho way to
nvn ( nn fincounler. but WOOdSOn at lenitt
I ' - 4 a
slationed himself near tho door ot a ware
- house which S. had entered, and, when he
came oui, auurcBscu mm uiiwbii lauBuugo,
at the same time drawing a pistol, bcott
w
i ur i t- n;n4i
seeincr Woodson's pistol, instantly drew
seeing uouunu i iikiui
his own add shot his antaganist irf the neck.
v. u,,.
three inches below his heart. Woodson
died in about four days. Scot was taken
i u.r !.t. n.,.i j
ucioic on 0Ad.miiiK wuui u UJOl.a.ev
We learn from the Mercer Kuminn...
lat a lew days since, Mr. Otfzad. ofl.nnk-
awannock township, being indisposed, took
an emetic, which, in tho procdss of opera
tion, discharged from his stomach a Lizard,
eight inches Tohg. Tho emetic wak taken
in preserved fruit; and it is supposed tho
izard partook ol it rather fieelvi whlM.
caused its death, and subsequent removal
from its lodging place Some months since,
Mr. C. was induced to apply to a physician,
on account of an unpleasant sensation in his
stomach, caused no doubt by this intruder
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which iiu lias iiiiw iurumuiuiy goi riU OI.
Horrible Murder On Thursday the 3d
inst. James JJullard, of Mountplcasant
township, in this county was commhthil in
jail, upon the charge of having muidercd his
uwn iiiiiurui uiiiiu, ii uuy uuoui & years old.
It appears that the night prrvious to the
Murtior, he ami tlio dhild slept in the samn
bed early in tho morihff ho aroso. tont
tho child put to the wdod place, knocked it
own, and then.split its head open with an
xc. A few minutes afterwards tho child
was discovered Hi this siuiatioii, alrcadv
dead. Bullard was immediately cliarmil
with the commission of the crime, ho r.nn.
fessed it, and stated that he had, done it( in
order that he might bo hung that ho was
tired ol living, and had on several occas bna
attempted to commit suicide, but his courage
always failed him, and he could not accom
plish his object. Ho hoped ho would now
be hung, and get rid of this world. It is
lought by many that he is insane.
Ureensburg drgxis
A Delicate Case A few days since, a
Medical gentleman df this place, beiri
called upon very urgent business to a small
house near were he boarded, while there
ad occasion to take out his watch, an ele
gant, donbled-cased gold patent lever and
unfortunately forgot it. Just afior leaving
tho houso, a lady, who just arrived in one
the western staces, enteied tho same
building which Galen had just left, and
Iter staying a short time left also. Unnn
missing his ticker which he did in a short
time afterwards, tho Doctor ran back, and
searched, and felt all around, but alas!, no
watch was there to gratify his touch, Tlio
thought, however, struck, him, that as no
ono except the lady had been m the houso
besides himself, she must have taken tho
watch. Madam in the meanwhile retired
bed. A search-warrant- was however
rocured. and Constable Troxell and the
Doctor attended by, somo amateurs, pro
ceeded to the bedchamber, and applied for
admittance. . After somo delay, this was
granted. The lady ,was in bed arid made
objections, as any other would naturally do
in such a case but searched, they satu sne
must be the law was stern and unyielding
ml neither spare ladies in night clothes; nor
gentleman in small bl.othsi After, a great
deal of ingenuity had. been displayed by
the constable and, the doctor, the watch was
finally discovered were guess you, gentle
reader? Why, in one corner of tins lady's
chemise, snuclv ticking away, as tnougn it
were in the doctor' shop!
With a promise never to , do such a
naughty trick again, she was dismissed by
the justice.
She is a respectable married woman, ana
that is the reason we withhold her name,
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as wc sincerlev believe this to be me ursi
time dhe sinned in ilie way of stealing.
Eaiton Jlrgus
A TOUGH GOOSE'.
Lasi winter during the hard frost which
prevailed in England an inhabitant of Glou
cestershire, back ot tho bevern, near mis
tol, lost a fine goose, which it was suppo
sed had dived under the ice of a pond
where it was wont to take its recreation,
and lost its' life. Five weeks afterwards
tho ice became partially dissolved by the
mild weather, a strange looking SKeieion,
clad in rotten feathers, and in appearance
the very ghost of a goose, emerged from
tlio water, and proceeded to make acquaint-
.3.f.u .i.- .1 : i.:.l,,i At
nnce wiiu mo uvmzuus ui mu
first the proffered Familiarity was illy recei
ved, but at length tho missing goose offh'S
weeks previous having come to mind, the
poor bird '"had his claim allowed," anil, by
dint of nursing, recovered, and is likely to
brave many more winters. The poor ani
mal's body must nave been five weeks im
mersed in the water, by which its feathers
became completely destroyed, and its reten
tion of life Under the ice can only be ac
counted for by tho daily watering of lbs
horses having left a space between the ice
and the water, which enabled the bird to
breathe. Its attempts to liberate itself by
pecking up at tho ice had completely worn
away the horny part of the bilf.
A Veteran Negro. tn the county of
Susquehanna there resides a colored rnaij
lio receives a pension from .the United
Stales. Ho early onlisted in the Revolu
tionary army and fought thro' the war. Ije
bears on his person tho scars of wounds
received in his country's service. He ""'n$
a firm which his own hands have cleared
pays his taxes and .supports a largo and in
telligent family,an'd justly enjoys tho respect
and confidence of those around him. '!e
tho subjecf of tho Revolution is mentioned i
his presence, the old man's heart gr,v?
warm tho memory of his sufferings an
his toil lushes upon him and he S',e,
glowing and vivid descriptions of h's s,
dier's life and of his cpuntry's triumphs.
This man is a native of Massachusetts.
Pn tiaper.