I m —■ B-4 ■ /Jb h_J I I I ifcr pHHr A tttam.] ; ■■ ■ - VOLUME 2. • ..a ovevm&m ka THE STkB 0* THE NORTH h piMiihed every Thursday Morning, by ■■'X Heaver * Gilmore. > OPFICE~*Up stairs in Ihe Now Brick building on the tooth sidoqf Main street, third eq iarc bcluic Market. Tin Mi :—Two Dollars per annum. If paid within six months from the time of subscri bing; Its* dollars and fifty cent* if not paid within the year. No subscription received for a lew period thou six mouths: 110 discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editors. '' AorßnTisr.MKxTs not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and 'twenty-five cents for each additional insertion, d literal discount trill be made to those who ad vertise by the year. The Couutry Lassie and her Lover. BY RICHARD COB. JR. '•To-morrow, ma, I'm sweet sixteen, And Billy Grimes, the drover, lias popped the question to me, ma, And wants to lie my lover. To-morrow mom. he says, mamma, He's coming here quite early, To take a pleasant walk with me Across the field of barley." "You must not go, my gentle dear, There's no use now a talking : You shall not go across the fiela With Billy Grimes a walking. Tothiukof his presumption, too, The dirty, ugly drover, t wonder where your pride has gone, To think of such a rover I" " - r.- • .- . • l; 01d Grimes is dean, you know, mamma, And Billy is so lonely ! Besides, they sav, to Grimes' estate, That Billy is the only Surviving heir to all that s left, And that, they ny, is nearly A good ten thousand dollars, ma, About six hundred yearly " "I did not hear, my daughter dear, Your last remark quite clearly, But Billy is a clever lad, And no doubt loves you doarly. Remember, then, to-morrow morn, To be up bright and early. To take a pleasant walk with him • Across the field of barley." I.ET ll' COME. Let it come, and bo not fearful \Vhatanother day may bring; For the heart that's always cheerful Feels not half of sorrow's sting. Griefs dark reign is always sterner When he finds an easy ptey, Than when he finds some smiling mourner, 111-disposed to brook his sway. IJH'i! eomp, nor idly murmur, ■ At the' many ills of life; As ,iy trials thicken, firmer Gird your armor for the strife. lii die tide of time before yon, Gond and ill for all are held ; But the good will not pursue you, liU by earnest force compelled. I.et it come, and be not fearful What the flight of time may bring; Visions bright and spectres tearful a Are behind his shadirg wing; ' And to all, as past he.Hielh, Their allotted part lie bears— But his burden lightest lieth On the heart that ne'er despairs. Lot it come, nor be ofiemled, Should yopr sky be overcast, And its light again be blended With .'he shadow of the past. Still with hopes of brighter morrow, Cheer your fainting spirit some ; Lven though it bring you sorrow, Stand erect, and let it come. .! Destruction or the Inquisition. COL. LAMANOUSKI, formerly an officer un- 1 der Napoleon, now a Lutheran minister in this country, and a man of remarkable qua!' i ties, recently gave in a lecture, the follow ing vivid sketch of a scene of which he was an eye-witness: In the year 1809, being then at Madrid, my attention was directed..to the Inquisition in the neighborhood of that city. Napoleon find previously issued a decree for the sup pi ession of this institution, wherever his vic lojious troops should extend their arms. I r minded Marshal Sonlt, then governor of Mi jridof ihis decree, who directed me to united to destroy it. I informed him that iu) regiment, the Olh of the Polish lancers, write insufficient for such a service, but that if ho would give me two additional regi ments, I would undertake the work. He ac cording!}- me the two tequired regi menjs,.one of. which, the 1 !Jlh, was under •the command of Co). Dc Lile, \V° > s - now i like myself, p minister of iho gospel, lie .' s pimroi on# the evangelical churches in Mitns# files. Wwli these troops I proceeded forthwith*# the Inquisition, which was situa ted about fiv# miles from the city. The In quisition was surrounded with a wall of great strength, and Ve had no cannon, nor could we 1 ' T" nT-n-nS—rm. -.itmrr- nr~ ■ , ■ ■, , , BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA CffUNTYiJW. THURSDAY. APRII. ?5. 1850. seal* the walls and the gates successfully re sisted all attempts of forcing them. I sew thai it was necessary to change the mode of attack, and directed some trees to be cut down and trimmed, and brought on the ground to be uaed as battering rame. Two of these were taken up by detachment* of men as numerous as could work to advan tage, and brought to bear upon the wails with all the power which they could exeifi regardless of the fire which was poured up |on them from the walls. Presently the walls 1 began to tremble, and under the well direct ed ami preserving application of the ram, a breach was made, and the imperial troops rushed into the Inquisition. Here we met with an incident which nothing but Jesuiti cal nflrontery is equal to. The inquisitor general, followed by the father confesaors in '.heir priestly robes, all came out of their room#, as we were making our way into the interior of the Inquisition, and widi long fa ces, and their arms crossed over their breasts their fingers, resting on their shoulders, as though thevjhad been deaf to all the noise of the attack and defence, and had just lean ed what was going on; they addressed themselves in the language of rebuke to their own soldiers, saying,—"Why do you fight our friends, the French 1" Their intention apparently, was to make us think that this defence was wholly unau thorized by them, hoping if they could pro duce in our minds a belief that they were friendly, they should have a better opportu nity, in the confusion and plunder ot the In quisition, to escape. Their artifice was too shallow, and did not succeed. I caused them to be placed under guard, and all of the soldiers of the luquisition to be secured as prisoners. We then proceeded to examine the prison house of hell. We passed through room after room, found altars, and crucifix es, and wax candles in abundance, but could discover no evidences of iniquity being prac ticed here nothing of those peculiar features which we expected to find in an inquisition. Hero was beauty and splendor, and the most perfect order on which my eyes had ever rested. The architecture, the proportions were perfect. The ceiling and floors of wood wore scoured and highly polished The marble floors were arranged with a strict regard to order. There was every thing to please the eye and cratify a cultiva ted taste; but where were those horrid in struments of torture of which we had been told, and where those dungeons in which hu man beings were said to be buried alive' The holy fathers assured us that they had been belied ; that we had seen all. And I was prepared to give up the search, con vinced that this Inquisition was different from others of which I had heard. But Col. De Lile was not so ready as my- | self to give up the search, and said to me | "Colonel, yon are commander to-day, and as you say, so it must he ; but if you will be advised by me, let this marble floor be examined more. Let some water be brought accordingly. The slabs of marble were large and beautifully polished. When the water had been poured over the floor, much to the dissatisfaction of the inquisitors a careful examination was made of every seam in the floor, to see if the water passed through. Presently, Col. De Lile exclaimed that he had found it. By the side of one of these marble slabs the water passed tbtough fast, as though there was an opening be neath. AM hands were now at work for further discovery. The offiefers with their swords, and the soldiers with their bayonets, seeking to clear out the seam, and pry up the slab. Others with the butts of their muskets striking the slab with alt their might to break it, while the priests remon strated against our desecrating their holy and beautiful house. While thus engaged, a soldi#! who was striking with the butt of his musket, struck a spring and the marble slab flew up. Then the faces of the inquisitors grew pale, and as Belshazzar, when the hand appeared writing on the wall, so did these men of Belial shake and quake in ev ery bone, joint and sinew. We looked be neath the marble slab, now partly tip, and we saw a staiicase, I stepped to the table and look from the candlestick one of the candles, four feet in length, which was burning, that I might explore what was be fore us; as 1 was doing this, I was arrested ; by one of the inquisitors, who laid bis hand gent.y on my arm, and with a very demure and holy look, said, "My son, vou must not take that with your profane and bloody liatiw • 'f ' 4 h°'y " "Well," said I, "I want something is hol>-- to see If it will not shed light on iniquity? I will bear the res porsibility." I took the canu!® and procee ded down the staircase. I now discovered why the water revealed to us this passage. Under the floor was a tight ceiling, except at the trap door, which could not be render ed close; hence the success of Col. De Lit e's experiment. ,As we reached the foot of the stairs, we entered a large sqnare room, wbifh. was called the Hall of Judgment, {n the centre of it was a large block, ami a phi in fastened to it. On this lliey had been accustomed to place the accused chained to his seat. On one side of the room was one elevated seat, called the Throne of Judg- I meat. This the inquisitor-general occupied, and on either side were seats less elevated, for the holy fathers when engaged iu the solemn business of the Holy Inquisition from this room we proceeded to the right, and obtained aooess to small cells, extending ; the entire length of the edifice; and here, i what a sight met our eyes J How has the I benevolent religion of Jesus been abused i and slandered by its proteased friends, These cells warn places of solitary cent flnement, where the wretched objects of..in quisitorial hate were confined year after year, till death released them of their suffer ings, and their bodies were suffered to re main until they were entirely decayed, and the rooms had become fit for others r to oc cupy. To prevent this practice being offen sive to those who occupied the inquisition, there were flues or tubes extending to the open air, sufficiently capacious to carry off the odor from thosa decaying bodies. In these calls we found the [remains of some who had paid the debt of nature; some of them had been dead apparently but a short time, while of others nothing remained but their bones, still chained to the floor of their dungeon. In others we found the living sufferer of every age and of both sexes, from the young man and maiden to those of threescore and tan years, all as naked as when they were boroe into the world. Our soldiers immediately applied themselves to rcleasingthese captives ot their chains, alript themselves in part of their own clothing to cover these wretohed beings, aud were ex ceedingly anxious *o bring them up to .the light of day. Rut aware of the danger, I insisted on their wants being supplied, and being brought gradually to the light as they could bear it. When we had explored these cells, and opened the prison doors of those who yet survived, we proceeded to explore another room on the left. Here we found the instru ments of torture, of every kind which the ingenuity of men or devils could invent. At the sight of them the fury of our soldiers refused any longer to be restrained. They declared that every inquisitor, mock, and soldier of the establishment deserved to be put to the torture. We did not attempt any longer to restrain them. They commenced at once the work of tortur i wjjh the holy fathers. I remained till I saw four different kinds of torture applied, and then retired from the awful scene, which terminated not while one individual remained of the former guilty inmates of this ante-chamber of hell, on whom they coukl wreak revenge. As soon as the poor sufferers from Ihe cells of the inquisition could with safety be brought out of their prison to the light of day, (news having been spread far and near, that num bers had been rescued from the inquisition) all who had been deprived of friends by the holy office, came to inquire if their's were among the number. O, what a meeting was there ! about a hundred that had been buried alive for many years, were now restored to the active world and many of them found here a son, and there a daughter; here a sister and there a brother, and some, alas! could recognize no friends. The scene that no tongue can describe. When this work of recogni tion was over, to complete the business in which I had engaged, I went to Madrid and obtained a large quanliiy of gunpowder which I placed underneath the edifice, and in its vaults, and as we applied the slow match, there wus a joyful sight to thousands of admiring eyes. O, it would have done your heart good to see it; the walls and mas sive turrets of that proud edifice, were raised towards the heavens, and the Inquisition of MADRID was no more. Advice to Tobacco Chewcrs. Whenever you er.ler a reading room in a hotel, always take a fresh quid, and seut yourself as far as possible from a spittoon. By adopting thiscounse, you may enjoy the doudle pleasure af tiying how far you can e jeer your saliva, and of'reading the paper, al the same time. Never forget to stain your linen wi'h a few drops ot the precious juice. That will give an idea of your gentility, and save the ex pense of a broach or breast pin. At a place of public entertainment, take your station next to a lady, and form a pool of the liquid extract from the weed between you. This will keep her awake through ner vous excitemeni. and she will have the plea sure of a twofold occupation—that of watch ing the pool and the performance. By doing this you will gain the reputation of a phil aufhopist. Never buy tobacco; always borrow or beg it. This is economy, and economy is not only 'wealth, but virtue. If while you are masticating a quid, a la dy shonld ask you what is the matter with your face, say that you have the toothache, and byway of proving the truth of.your ass ertion drop your quid upon the floor. Never clean your teeth, because, as you know, 'tobacco preserves thvm.' and it would be a shame to remove a good deutrlfice even for the take of preeerving your character for cleanliness. Place no confidence in the fapatical asser tions of physicians, that tobacco causes dys pepsia. That, you know, must bo all gam moo. Chew your vegetable as .horses chew their hay, pnd although a lew mawkish peo ple may object, just tell thetn that this is a land of liberty, and that you hare a right to be as disagreeable and ungeulleraanly as you like. TUB CROSS.—Oh how full of mystery is the death of Christ! Why must the only begot ten Bon of Gad, the biightness of his glory, the express, image of his person, become! An incarnate God, a suffering Christ and Sa viour ! How fearful and terrible must the Divine law be, since tho assumption of its penalty involved such suffering—filled heav en and earth with darkness. How sad a .thing sin must be, since it could only be ex piated by such a sacrifice. The crosss not only points up to the mysterious heights of Divine love, but. dotcn to the mysldtious depths of sin in the human heart—it stands forth equally the exponent of a mysteriously gracious Deity, and efamyster-oUstydeprav ed and loathumanity. Trttfc a4 Eigfcl iiM ftwtiy. A VERY HARD CASE. ST JOHN or to ax. When the association of men, know as "The American Mail Company." undertook thv herculean task coteraporaneously with J, W. Hale, ol procuring a reduction of the rates of postage, they were immediately sub jected to the most trying annoyanoes by the officer* of the government. All who were suapocted of having any connection with thein. were dodged by these "shadows;" every day arrests were made, and the active members of tiie company, Messers. Fisher, Roe & Case, were compelled to furnish large securities for their appearance to answer the charge of breaking the law, at a judicial tri bunal. But they were all quick, talented and shrewd men, and often did Uncle Sam's well paid emissaries hare to submit to a hearty laugh at their own expense. Case, in particular, was ever on the fig mtt for a "chance to sell" a government officer. He would pay his passage from Philadelphia to New York, and pass over the road in the same car with the officer, whileepme unsus pected passenger's trunk contained the con traband mail. On one occasion, Case was subject to a search of his person, while in the cars be tween Camden and Burlington, and the ex asperated officers, finding no letters on him, but satisfied that thete was a mail along, un der his control, demanded ot the conductor his objection from the cars.—Case apealed to the travelers, and a number sided with him immediately. The consequence was a pret ty exciting war of words, which at one time bid fair to involve all in the ear in a fight. When matters had arrived at a rather alarm ing pitch, the train left the track and stop ped. A was falling at the time, and those who got out to lift the cars bsck on the road, were soon wet to the_kin. Case look advantage of the accident to put in an oar for cheap postage, and mounting a loose pile of rails, addressed the passengers for nearly half an hour, every sentence being greeted with cheers. The officers, finding that there was nothing to be made out of the independent mail man, stopped at Trenton and gave up the chase. On one occasion, Case was in a very bad fix, and how to get out of it was a brother. Fisher and Roe had both been arrested that afternoon ; they were then at the recor der's office, and was witched by three gov ernment officers. The mail had to go through at any .ate, but how Case sect a note to an editorial fnend, and asked him to go over to New York—explaining the busi ness. The party accepted the preposition . the bumttoof letters were passed oat of a back cellar window, and deposited in a small trunk, and the latter was sent to the steam boat with other baggage, and of course un suspected. Five minutes before the hour for starting, the owner of the mail-trunk walked quietly down to the wharf to go on board, and re ceived his jicket from the porter Case was standing on the pavement, gazing up the street, with a look of vexed anxiety. He didn't see the man that had the letters ! No indeed ! —though he probably saw every bo dy else on the wharf. A cab came thunder ing down the street, and immediately Case was at the door, and when the hut passen ger stepped out, turned away with an air of disappointment. All the while the offi cers were watching him closely, following him wherever he went, and suspecting ev ery one he even recognized. The bell 'was ringing for the last time, and the Government men were satisfied that the independent mail was not on board yet Case saw this, and concluded to have a lit tle fun with them* Approaching one of them, he asked in a low voire, if he had seen a man come down, with a moustache and a heavy black beard, and a cloak and carpet bag. The officers exchanged glan ces, but they din't happen to know that Case I had that moment set his eyes upon a man who was running for dear life to reach the i boat before it left. 'That's him now!" exclaimed Case,start ing away from the officers. "There's the mail," said one of the offi cers. "Why this is fellow didn't know who he was talking to." Case, during this time, was standing on the curbstone, beckoning to the Tnan who was coming down the street, apparently high ly excited, and alternately looking from fiim to the boat, and vice versa. The officers were sure that they had the mail man for once, and quietly awaited his approach. Down came the blowing traveler, on a run, and as he passed Case, the latter whispered: "AH right." The man looked aronnd, but not recogni zing anyone, pushed towards the boat. The officer* and Case did the same. "We want you, sir," said one of the offi cers, tapping the stranger on the boulder. "Vant me, sirl For what you vant mel" "Push 011—you'll miss the boat I There it is going now !" Case, in what he affected to consider a whisper. "No, bnthe don't tbongb Muter Case/ Perhaps you thought we did'nt know you " "What on airth are you drivin' all You've got hold ef the wrong custemes, I'll lay my life," said Case, with greateiuoerity. "Customair 1" exclaimed the excited Frenchman; "eustomar! 1 am no customair! Sacre ! de dam ! I owe nothing to no man, by gaire I—dam! Let me go. Ze boat shall le-we me." 'I "It won't ddj'eir," said the officer, tritlx great dignity. "You can't fool w in that j way." "Fool?—dam ! I fool nobodie! I tell you lam no customair to nobodie! I boy nothing in Philadelphia, sacre!"' "I tell you you've got the wrong man," chimed in Caee, looking extremely innocent. "You're done brown." "Brown! You shall call me Brown? Sacre! de dam! I am no Brown— no Smeeth! I must go to ze boat. My trunk is in ze boat wiz my I'argent!" The boat was just moving from the wharf when the real culprit interposed, and advised the officers to cross the Delaware with the arrested man, and ezamine his carpet bag on the way. This reasonable proposition was acceded to, and the party went on board. While creasing. the Frenchman, acting un der the advice of his disinterested friend, open • ed his carpet bag; had his trunk taken out of the crate and opened, and exposed his en tire pile to the inspection of the officers and passengers. The government men found nothing to justify them in detaining him, & allowed him to proceed on his way. When the boat returned from Camden, Case was on it with the officers. "That was rayther a bull of yours," said Case to the principal actor. "Well," replied the other, "perhaps he has'nt anything along with him; hut there was certainly something suspicious between you and nim. If it had'nt been for that edi tor, I would have kept the fellow any way; but I know him. and could trust in his judg ment." "He's a good man," said Case, "ana (looking around to he sure that the cars were off,) what's more, he knew that the French oifhad'nt got the letters." "How could he know that?" inquired the pfficer"he did'nt know the man." "No," said Care, with a "similar" smile— "but he knew that the letters t cere in hie own trunk." The officer "guv it py." There werts no more ariests after that: at least Case was no more 'annoyed, the government guardians having given him up as "too hard a case" for any body.— Sunday Courier. SINGING AT AN EVENING PARTY. The process of sining ■ song at an evening party may thus be described The young i lady, on being led to the piano, first throws a timid glance around the room, ostensibly to evince a gentle confusion, but in reality to see who islookingat her- She then obeeves to the mistress of the house "that she is not in very good voioe," which she confirms by a faint sound, something between a sigh, a smile, and a single-knock cough. The host- | • replies, "Oh hot ytni sivnyn sing so de lightfully." The young lady answers, "that she cannot 6ing this evening to strengthen which opinion, she makes some young gen tleman exceedingly joyous by giving him her boquet to hold; and, drawing ofl her gloves in the most approved style, lucks them behipd one of the candlesticks, togeth er with her flimsy handkerchief, in such a fashion, that its deep laced border or embroy dered name may be 6een to the best advan tage. The top of the piano, which has been opened for the quadrilles, is then shut down by an active gentleman, who pinches his fingers in the attempt: the musician forms a series of dissolving views, and disappears, no one knows or ever will; and the young lady takes her place at the piano' and as she plays the chords of the key she is about to lukuriate in, every one is not perfectly si lent, so she finds the music stool to high, or to low, or something of that kind, and the pedals appear exceedingly difficult to be found. At length, every thing being st ill she plays the symphony again, and then smi ling at the hostess, and saying, "that she is certain that she shall break down," bring out the opening note of tile recitative, which make the drops of the chandalier vibrate a again, and silence a couple who are whisper ing all sorts of soft nothings on a cau sense in the back drawing-room. AWFUL UGLY MOUTH. A Hoosier, an awful ugly man, relating his travels in Missonri, said that he arrived at Chickenville in the afternoon, and just a few days afore that be had a boat busted, and a heap of people scalded, and killed one way and another. So at last, as I went into a gro cery, a squad of people followed me in, and one 'lowed, sex he, "It's one of the unfortun ate sufferers by the bursting of the Franklin; and upon that he axed me to drink with him, and as 1 had my tumbler half way to my mouth, he stopped me ot a Sudden. , "I beg your pardon stranger—but"—sez ho "But—what?" sez I. "Jist fix your mouth tlsat way agin„'l sez he 1 done it jist as I wasgwine to drink, and I'll be hanged if I did'nt think the whole on 'era would go into fits !—they yelled and whooped like a gang of wolves. Finally one ou 'em says, "Don't make fun of the unfor tunate ; he's hardly got over bein' blown up yet. Lose make up a puss for htm." Then they all thro wed jn, and made up five dollars. As the spokesman handed me the change he axed me—• Whar did you find yourself after the 'splo aion ?" "In a flat boat," sez J. "How tar from the Franklin V' sez he. "Why," sez I, "I never seen her, but as nigh as lean guess, it must have been from what they tell e, nigh on to three hundred attd seventy five mi'eel" You'd oughtet see the gong scatter. Bay State. QFThe postage on a single letter from qera to San Frtnoisoo it 40 edtfls THE COTTAGE. BT Mas. L. H. StOoCRNXT. There was a laboring man, who built a cottage for himself and wife. A dark grey rock overhung it, and helped to keep it from the wind. When the cottage wasfiniabed, he thought he would paint it grey, like the rock. And so exactly did he get the shade of color, that it looked almost as if. the little dwelling sprang from the bosom of the rock that shel tered it. After a while the cottager became able to purchase a cow. Iu summer she picked up most of her living very well. But in winter she needed to be fed and kept from thecold- So he built a barn for her. It was so small it looked more like ashed than a barn. But it was quite warm and comfortable. When it was done a neighbor came in aud said— " What color will you paint your bam ?" " I havo not thought about that yet," said the eottager. " Then I advise you by all means to paint it black ; and here is a pot of black paint which I have brought on purpose to give you." Soon another noighbor came in, praised his neat shed, and expressed a wish to help him a little about his building. "White is by far the most genteel color," he added " and here is a pot of while paint, of which I make you a present." While he was in dobut which of ihe gifts to use, the eldest and wisest man of the vill age came to eep him His hair was entirely white, and every body loved him, for he was good as well as wise. When the cottager had told him the story of the pots of paint, the old man said: "He who gave you the blaek paint, is one who dislikes you, and wishes you to a ioolish thing. He who gave you the white paint is a partial friend and desires you to make more show than is wise. Neither of their opinions should you follow. If the shed is either black or white it will disagree with the color of your house. Moreover, the black paint will draw thn sun, and cause the edges of the boards to curl and split; and the white will look well but for awhile, and then become soiled and need painting anew. Now take my advice and mix the white and black paint together." So the cottager poured one pot into the other and mixed them with his brushes— and it made the very grey color which he liked, and had used before upon his house He had in one corner of his small peice of ground, a hop viae. He carefully gathered the ripenotl hope, and his wife made beer of them, which refreshed him when he was Avarm and weary. It had always twined on two poles which he fastened in the earth to give it support. But the cottager was fond of building—and he made a little arbor for it to run upon and cluster about. He painted the arbor grey, so the rock and the cottage, and the shed and the arbor, were all the same grey color. And everything a round looked neat and comfortable, though small and poor. When the cottager and his wife grew old they were sitting together in the arbor at the sunset of a summer's day. A stranger who seemed to be looking at the country, stopped and inquired how every thing around that small habitation happened to be the shade of grey. "It is very well it is so," said the cottager, "for my wife and I, you see, are getting grey also. And we have lived so long that the world itself looks grey to us now." Then he told him the stofy of the black and white paint, and how the advice of an old man prevented him from making his estate ridi culous when young. "I have thought of this circumstance," said he, "so often, that it lfas given me in struction. He that gave me the black paint, proved to be an enemy; and he urged me to use the white was no friend. The advice of neither was good. Those who love us to well, are blind to our faults ; and those who dislikes us are un willing to see our "irtues. One would make all white—the other all black. But neither of them are right. For we are of a mixed nature, good and evil, like the grey paint, made of opposite qualities. "If then neither the counsels of the foes nor partial friends is safe to ba taken, we should cultivate a correct judment, which like the grey naint mixed both together, may avoid the evintud secure the good.'' WHO WILL MAKE A GOOD WIKEI —When you see a young woman who rises enr y, sets the table and prepares her father's break fast cheetfully—depend upon it she will make a good wife. You may rely upon it that she possesses a disposition and i kind heart. When you see a young woman just out of bed at nine o'clock, leaning with her eh bow upon the table, gaping and sighing, "Oh dear how dreadful I feel"*-rely upon it she will not make a good wife. She must be laky end mopish. When you see a girl with a broom in her hand' sweeping the floor, or with a rubbish brush or a clothes line in her hand, you may put it down that she is industrious and will make a good wife for somebody. When you see a girl with* novel in hr left hand and a fen in her tight, shedding tears, you may be aura she ia not fit for a wife. Happiness and misery ara before yoe; which will yoe choose t *£jv#etiars RF Aimr, NUMBER IS. Ae I risk Lfiller,- A New York paper Saya—As every thing from California is "important;" we offer no aaology for publishing the flowing letter, kindly furnished by our washerwoman,' whose sweetheart went out, fourteen months ago, to dig • "foiten" for hiraaeif and said Biddy i SAN FtANStsxr, Deo. J, 1849 Biddy Darlm' —l've taenia the mine* bad luck to 'em. Forsiron weeks, Biddy, aews hla, I sarched the bowels of terry fbmer fof goold, and all I got was (he dissenterry, by rason of worken on an empty atomiek. The divil a thing to ate for brekfist, the same for dinner, and ditto repated lor supper, an all the time throwing up mud; an water, the mighty wakening for tho;insidos. Pitaytei.n was a collar a pound, and no mate to be had but gristly bares, which is taff oustomers. Iu oowld wsatler the craytur-l mane the giin ly bares—conies down from the mountains; with their arums extended, as if they wanted to bid ye wslkim; but the moment they're fornest ye, they grab ye, the traythors, and •qaze the brrth o' life out or ye. Seme ov the boys that wint out in the same ship [will me, found goold galore, but the divil as much as they nally of a wedding ring, Biddy, dfid Terry get for his trouble. The black luck was on me darlin, for laven ve, a daceut, modest colleen, as ye are, to como to a fcun thry where the wirameit are the culler of e dirty copper kettle, and have no more dry goods on their backs, taven your prepense, Biddy, then mo her Eve had before she turn ed raanny maker and introduced the fashion of vegetable apruns. 1 got back from the mines a fortnight ago, and a most unfortunit go it #aa for me that 1 iver went there Here I arret in San Fran sisky, knockin' about without a tup. What'? to become ov me, Biddy, mavcurneen, the •uints only know. Only to tM a k that I should have the comfortable berrk I had awapi.ig the strales of New York, to come to this lie/ then kuuthry, whnre the strate claning is dor.e by burds, and drinking, gambling spec kalation, and shoocide is the only fashiona ble amusements. Y'll see it stated in the papers, Biddy, that the diggers are finding goold in quarts, it's a lie? —a base, disateful, onchristian he! I nlv. er seen a lump of goold yet that would fill •• gill measure. Couldn't ye raise a subskripshun, Biddy among the strate swapers, to pay me pas sidge back ! If I was only back in New \ ork, dead or alive, I'd never lave it whik grass grows and wather runs. Your lovii..- Tskemcc To Vxmdam Correspondence of the Star From Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, April 18, 1850. Messrs. Editors : Well, the good old Quaker City is, at r>ir. sent, in a high "business fever." Ilea. ' purchases, generally, have been made L country merchants, although goods arc ni as low as they have been at previous sea sons. At no period has the city been more healthy, and the genera! routine of busin affairs seem to be progressing with unusual briskness. There is here a general calm in po'V ■-,> affair". The slavery question has been: somewhat stale,'and no new projects hnv. been started to excite the attention of th people. The members of our Stale Legiala ture have effected much of importance to the people this winter, while on the other hand they have been wasting their time on Divorce bills, exciting but little feeling, only to the parties interested. The application of Edwin Forrest, a citizen of Netc York for divorce, is ttilhout a parallel in the annals history. In ths lace of all that is legal ar. just, fie applies to our Legislature to be di vorced from his wife, with the perhaps false plea of infidelity. Why not appeal to the courts of his own State, and give his wife, at least, the chance of defending herself? As the old saying is, ' [he purse is sometime • mightier thin the sword." the Williamsport Convention will, m doubt, be largely atterided, and it is to be h< ped that the nominations there made w:' meet with the eordial support of the whole Democratic party; I have but little to give you irl the shdpe of news The' Ideal affairs of our city would not prove very interesting in your region ol country. Our hotels are filled b ith strangers, and a mong the many good houses 1 may mat'.; mention of the "Exchange Hotel," No. 7; Dook street, kept by R. B. Jones, Esq. It is conducted on the European plan, ard is thi best, cheapest, and most convenient hotel i the city The accomodations are superb St elegant, and meals can be had at all hours It is a house worthy the attention of ev*r one visiting our city. Tiuly yours, RANDOLPH. ' Jfow, Girls," said our friend Mrs. Bigs low to her daughters, the othet day, "you must get husbands as toon as possible, • they'll be all mordered." "Why so, ma?', inquired one. "Why, I see by the paper that ibe've v o a'most fifteen thousand post-offices, gn nearly nil on'cm dispatches a mail ever day—the Lord have mercy on us poor v.. ' owa and orphans!" and the old lady Step'- briskly to the looking-glass te put on hey new eap. so ."JOt se edit ayes f -v - > - . is m >-.j ' ( V> ws.i aisi a : . f.i .** ,v;* ,u.e .. . ■