jtt'inr A. CUiioreO w itpLUME 2. TUB STAB P TUB KORfU • " fj piiblitbed evtff 'th'Tssldfj Aferiiirtf,. by ' r '. - 7i' ! - Weaver & BHaorc. r - OFFiCK—Up stain in the Arte MrschbwMng on Ike south title qf Main street, third squat* kcluW Market. TBRJW T— TWO Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from tue time of subscri bing: two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within tiro year. No subscription received for a less period than six months: no discon tinuance petmiilod until nil arrearages are paid, unless at tkooption of the editors. ADVKRTISKMKNW not exceeding one square, will bo inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-fivecchlsfoVeach additional insertion. d liberal tkstonnl will be made to those who ad vertise by the jfear. RAIN&NTIIE ROOF. When the hmnid shadows gather . Over all the starry sphores, A And the melancholy darkness OeriHy weeps in rainy tears, ™ , , il'is a joy-to press tho pillow Of a cottage chamber bed, Ami listen to lite patter Of the soft fain ovjrhead. I.very tinkle on the'shinales Hits an echo in tire-hoart, And a thousand dreary fancies Into bpsy being start; ajß. Ana a thousand recollections MpO Wave their bris ht hires into waflL As I listen.to the patter Of lite soft rain otl^j^^Bjß|3Bi Therein fancy romes Aashd used to, years aqo|£(9|Er*^|H \ To survey the inlant sleencriE JL V Era she left thorn till the I can sec her betiding o'er mt^pP' As I listen to tiie strain Which is played upon tho shingles By tho patter of tho rain. Then my little seraph sister, With hor wings and waving hair, And hor bright-eyed, cherub brother, A serene, angelic pnir tf3|M Glide arffffnd my wakeful pillow With their praise or miy reproof, As I listen to the murmur Of tho sql Wain. oujlie^of. And anotiier comesto thriil me Willi her eyes delicious blue, jfc And forget 1 gazing on her, That her nnart was all untrue; *USP I remember that I loved her As 1 ne'er may love again, And my heart's quick pulses vibrato To the patter of the rain. There is nought in art's bravuras That can work with such a fn the spirit's pure, deep fountains, Whence tho holy passions swell, As that melody of nature — That subdued, subduing strain, Which is played upon the shingles llv-ihe natter af the rain! ("Coaler- Kmney. _ • EFFECT OF PUtfCII DRINKING. The one effect of punch drinking wo ail know is to niake a man forget his best inter-" 1 ests anil the interests of those (lependeiq upon him, as well as e'veptually to alienate from him the altcctidn's of his relatives ami tho respect of the world. Another elTeot is that it makes him net silly and mistotce himself very naturally, while under l'is'influ once, for some other and by no means re hpectabftv looking ihdividnaf. *fhe fofyhrlrtV piqnant sketch illustrates thislafter-faet, in a very laughable and stri king manner. One particular dark, brizzly, damp, dull, nnd cllsagreeab'e day. in the latter part of November, A. T)., IS 12. a tall, gfiunt, queer looking"CUMbmer,ilreused in a blue <4fel with mefal buttons, brimstone colored vest, and plaid pantaloons', witii calf skin termi nations, sa'. solemnlJTiTifl alone, in a little room, situated in a certain little tavern in street, city of Philadelphia. Before him was a little round table, on whose marble-fop was not a hlUe pitcher of smoking punch, hcrteehing hot,'and a wine glaSs. The solitary individual was'Voß*.'—nothing else | dear child, and that was his sdeontl -pitSher full—nigh his seefend pitcher iittpty. 'One minute alter, and jou AauldriY have sqoee'.' zed adrop.oet-of -ebHi* pitcher of glass By a forty-two pound hydraulic press. York rang.the b©W. The waiter poked his in at the door. 'ltiu£,sa.t' 'Of oourse I did. Is it clearing off.'" 'No, sa—damp, sa—fog so thick, sa, you could ladle it-S|i with a spoon, sa. Have unybing; a/' K 'More puilcffand strong-T' 'Tea, sa—imnmAattdyf'sß.' The wallee.wijiitltovv, and in a Ant see omTs-tho thiplpitcher of punch stood before ' our hero, who attacked it zealously. York bad just drained tho last glass* from the j pitcher and was beginning to feel gloridhH/j when on raising his eyos ho saw his*o#n ; figure in a large pier glass directly oppositdn Ha rubbed his eyes, winked, started, coaglt- ! _ ad and rubbed lira eyes again. " ' '1 'By—said he;'there'?Rome- fWfew tiling right before mt Tnia Is ** fMkafe rnnrri air, fur my anlq ' He waited a, an answer, but onjy W ,tB P e^e - '' "MislMi private an octave ln-Iwr -.ban before,No answer f made, ana lie ran j ino bell r KW* r W c dWWr i . S f S' l if % . Tfls ! why there's*? 'fellow siuTntr right before-me nnvr. on rfffe'hf the % ble ret ™- 4 , . -*, • ' * *' •'Table, sif—fellow. Sr * „ .... , awes: tt savj ** BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA COUN&Y, PA„ THURSDAY, JULY 18. T850,' ' t - J 1 11 ■ 'Yes, there is—well—never mind. Bring „ me some mere punrh anil two grasses.' 'Yen, s;t—immediately, sa.' In a very short time the fourth pitcher, with the tivo glasse? ma 'e its appearance. I York filled one of 4he glasses aud shoved . it over the table. I 'Will you drink, sirl' said ho addressing ' the figure in the glass. 'Oh, won't you drink _ old fellow,' continued he 'Your liquor is getting cold, and yon look as if you were fond of the thing.' ' No answer was returned. York f nished [ the pitcher and rang the bell again. In pop ped the waiter. 'King, sa?' 'To be sure I did. Didn't yon hear the i b-b-bel V 'I did.' 'Didn't I order a p-p-private room eh ?' 'Yes, sa— this is a private room, sa.' 'A pretty private room this is, with a f-f-f --fellow sitting opposite, there, who won't take a glass of punch when it's ollerred him—and a red nose at that I Oh, well, never mind. I ll try hira again.' Presently pitcher No. V, with tumblers to match, was in with due slate.' 'B old chap,' said York, coaxble. The reflex morel, but said nothing. 'if that isn't the m mind, I'll drink and so limjid every drop of it. mH|H minutes slfllced to end the pitcl| ng the bell snperfuriously. Tho f again. sa?' 'Why, certain ?' why shouldn't I ? Where's the m-m-man, who keeps this house ?' 'Bess, sa—l'll send 'im in.' Shortly after mine host, a quiet looking little man, with a mottled calico patterned lace, and a shining bald head, made his ap porrance. 'W-w-vv hat's to pay?' demanded York, arising and assuming an air oT dignity. 'Eive punches—five levies sir.'' . the money, sir,' said York forking Ej over the coin. 'And now I want to know [Jrwhy when I call for a p-p-privote room, you should put me here with somebody else?' 'There's nobody here but you and I.' 'Nobody I do you s-s-suppose I can't see I —Do you th th-think I'm drunk ? There— look there—two of them by jingo I' •Well, sir, I must confess I don't see any but two.' 'You can't eh ?' and York dragged the land lord to the table. 'Look there,' continued I lie, pointing to the glass. Th-th-tliere's the j rut cals now. One of iem's enough you ( to be your brother, and the other's the ug liest, meanest looking white man I ever saw I'P Our James came out the other with rather a tall shirt collar, which '"loomed up" | all the more from his wearing a narrow cra- I vat. '-Seems to me," said apunning iriapd "you show a great deal of collar for a good\ ' matured man." "Well I do" saidJeemes: "you see," he continued (making a personal i application of the retort) may case is very j much like that of a subscriber to the —— railroad. —my choler is up because my stock is low." The other man "mizzled."— Boston Post. A ioung B'Hoy. —A little ragged urchin had a curiosity to see tho Museum the other i\ay, and quietly stepped in by {be door . keeper, who caught him by the arm and qsked him for his dime. The little'un drew upjiis full height and told the wan he didn't want to buy his museum, he only wanted to ■ seoji. The door-keepqr passed him in, ami offered him his cap in Uie bargain.— Phila. £j(jl Cstern orators have said a great many smart but it was a home sick Irish nian who said, "Sir, I was born at a very early period of life, and if over I.live till the * day of my (Jcath —and tho Lord only knows whether I will or not—my sowl shall seo j sd ate Ireland before it leaves Ameriky," "AH, HA sajd Padriok, as he gave a dog a cut with his whip for stealing his meat, and sent him down the sUpet uttering ki-i, ki i, ki-i. "Ah you thafe of the world, ye; to steal me meat and then say 'tain I, 'taint I, in that vvay. , lfaiHuqJfcjp for a bar, say I." m - IV How apt men are to aotdemn in oth ers what ihey practice- without | scruple ! Plutarch tejls who, pee ping into a but where a company of sheph j eids were fegnfting themselves with a joint I of mutton, exclaimed if the* would have | can .fid me at ?i:T-h a banquet!'' . '•' ISF" TUF. smallest song in the wwjd : jssfti, * lr. one cause; Kill-puffi^*—** i ■>*■* t And I Cjiaws. **" J P*' 1 N,ws.—"Triend preparoyoqf. '• self to hear bad news. 51 "Vy gracious—speak—what is it ?" 1 "Your wife is dead 1' ' '"Off,'?Mlr,' hiJw you ffighteng'A' iqe-—I. thought fny bouse was burnt down " E?" Grain is treated like infants. When thq becomes heavy it is crudjedj and to render it .'it for nistell'e Retreat at Biiemr Vista. We have been told by one whb was there, the minut® of this proceeding. When the aid on duly (who was Col. Churchill) gave Col. Bissell tho order to retreat, the Indiana regiment was in rapid flight, in rear of Biss ell's, scattored over half a mile of ground, each man evidently thinking the battle lost, i and trying to sa"e himself; and as soon as Bissell's men should be faced about to fall back, those flying men would be in full view, and of course the panic they wore un der must naturally influenco somewhat those who stood. Six thousand Mexican infantry were pouring down upon the devo ted regiment, in steady advance by column, in front and flank, assailing them, within point black distance, with a steady hail storm of fire and lead ; four thousand caval ry were looming up behind these columns of infantry, waiting tor a favorable moment, at the least sign of wavering on our part, to charge, and complete the work of destruct ion, three pieces of artillery were thunder ing on them their death messengers of grape and canister, tearing through their ranks like a hail storm of vengeance, anil they seemed to stand alone, exposed to all this conce: tra* ted attack, determined on their annihila tion. To the aid, Col Bissell replied: "I am not ready to retreat yet," whilst his regiment con tinued returning the fire of the Mexicans. In a few moments, the Col. ordered, "cease * firing I" "shoulder arms I" "dress I" The Mexican fire was abated, and then for at least two minutes did that noble body of men stand under a steady, galling and tire of ar tillery and musketry, with an over whelm ing force of intantry and cavalry advancing upon them, unblenching and unwavering, ; without firing a gun. Not a man moved, while their Colonel's eye ran along the line to see if any one quail ed—"About face I' "dress I" "forward march I" they moved off in common time. ' Quick time—march I"—and the regiment retired under circumstances which have nev ' , er before (ailed in the history of war, in i oansing a panic. The Mexicans considered themselves certain of victory, and with "vi vas" and "hurrahs," on came their splendid , cavalry, suiging in their green and scarlet, their plumes waving and their lances gleam • ing in the sun, with their thousand gay streamers catching the glistening beams as every air fluttered them like glittering letWeiof a fairy fofflW; upon that ! apparently devoted body of them. -Two hundred yards quickly passed, Biss ell's men spo,t designed for. them to hold. The lancers were preparing for the last charge, which was to hurl Übr brave fellows into the ravine below them. "Hall!" "dress I" Cooly and calmly as if on parade, did those Suckers obey the command, whilst the thunder of 6quadron after squadron oil the slope they had just left, told that the en-1 emy was upon them. They could not see them, but they could hear the horse's hoofs v . the jingle of sabres and the clatter of lances, the inspiriting charge of the bugle and the "vivas" of tho men, as they rushed on to the seemingly easy victory ; and no doubtnan y a heart fluttered and many an eye glan ced around—for it is a fearful thing to know that an enemy is upon our back, but not a muscle swerved. "About face!" "commence firing I" and a volley of musketry rolled upon those huz zaing cavaliers, which silenced their cheer ing; and as column and rank went dowtj before that deadly and steady fire—as their numbers lessened and their chargers swerv ed from this serried line of meu who knew no defeat; their column wavered, trembled, as it were, slackened in speed, and broke in confusion.—Rallying back in tumultuous re treat upon the infantry, the whole division was involved in inextricable confusion, and in disorder left the field. Thus was the tide of battle tunred on that eventful day, and less than half a full regiment in numbers de feated ten thousand of the flower of Santa Anna's army ; and that, too, when the ene my was rusliing in, flushed by victory, and eneonraged by the flight of one saving the credit of our arms and the thou sands who stood there with them.— lllinois lArgtis. Evidence of Folly. To attempt to borrow money- of the plea of extreme poverty. * *' To believe that your own relatives arh tiie best friends yow will evfer me t with. To ask the publisher of a periodical, how many copies he atlls per week. To get drunk and complain next morning of thojheaaache. To judge people's piety by their atten dance at church. . • VJP A lady, a regular "shopper," who had maile nil unfortunate clerk tumble over alt the stockings in the shop—they wote fall gohds—objected that npne wgre lotlg e notigh. '•I want the very longest hqfse* that -are made." • ." "Then madam you had better ajiply* at the next engine house." ' tiPDoo' say,you wil become rich .fill you have asked youi wife. Df all spend thrifts that nature ever invented, ? thought-, less woman is the most so. IV.e care not how miich'money a mtm may make, if his wife does nut second his endeavors, he is just as sure of dying foor, as if he kept- a grocery store andtrusled every body. •> • - ■ - ■. 1 • 1 1 1"""' ■- ■■ ■■ Troth and Rfght—Qodnd our Country. A RICH LO7E LETTER. The following n.trmrable hit at those love sick swains who indnlgo in an extravagant prodigality of honeyed words and hyperbolic phrases, when addressing their dulcineas, we lake from the Abfibleon (Miss.indepen dent. Such a rich pite of literature should be preserved: C • APRIL Ist, 1850. Most transcendent and egrtgrwut Miss: IV ould that my pert were dipped in the dyes of the rainbow, plucked from the wings of an angel and mended with a prayer of an infant's wit! then I might expect to paint the burning brightness of that flame which thy thrilling eloquence has enkindled Thou sun beam of sentiment! soft moonlight of modesty ! thy voice is as gentle as the first stirring of an infauti Asm ; ' thy step as light as the silken-fqotJP'zephyr which fan ned with the wing ofsperfume the paradise ; thini eyefiHtre two brilliants, sto len from a seraphio crown ; thy lips are riv en rose buds, moistened by the honeydow of affection; thy words are like drops of amber; thy teeth are snow-flakes set in a bsd of ver bena. Sweet spirit of camphor, double-dis tilled essence of homtrpathy, sonr-krout of my hopes,sauce of my thoughts, butter milk catsups of my lily of innocence, logwood of perfection J thou art the julep of my dreams, ginger-pop of rny waking vis ions, and chcrry-bounfe of my recollection. Thou art as harmless as a tiger, handsome as an elephant, melodious as'a lion, meek as the hyena,, spoiled aglhe leopard, bright as the struggling, sneezing sun-light, passing the mortal cracks of an old barn loft, or a greased streak of blue lightning churned to a consistency in the milky way, and peppered with a shower of turnip tops, comets, and pcrcoon roots from -tho "crust of eternity. The onion of the soul! pickled pumpkin ! preserved crab of the garden of Hesperide. Thy glanco is as melting as ohj butter in summer time; thou art adrdp of water from the cup of the gods, or the juice of a rotten pine apple' THE BLOOM OF ACE. —Ageod woman never grows old. Years may pass over her head, but if benevolence and virtue dwell' it) her heart, she is ascheerfal as when the spring of life first opened to her view. When we look upon a good woman we nevef think of her age—she looks as charming as when the rose of youth bloomed on her cheek. That has not faded yet—it will never fade. In her family she is the life and delight. In her neighborhood, she is the friend and ben efactor. In thq clmrijK the devout yorshii>-| per and the exemplary Christian." Who does not respet and "love the woman who has passed (.lays in acts of kindness and mer cy ; who has been the friend of man and God ; whose whole life has been a sceno of kindness and love, and devotion to truth and religion? She will always bo fresh and bu oyant in spirits and active in humble deeds of mercy ant 1 benevolence. If the young lady desires to retain the bloom and beauty of youth let her love truth and virtue; and to the close o" life she will retain those feelings which now make life appear a garden of sweets ever fresh and new. SINGING. —We find the following sensible observations relative to singing among the young, in an eastern paper : All children can learn jo sing if they com mence in season. * I'iWuot say all may have tr.o same sweet voice ol the nightin gale—for some have naturally sweet, mild and soft voices when they talk, while others speak in loud, strong and masculine tones. The same is true in regard to singing In Germany every child is taught to use its voice while young. In their schools all join in singing, as a legular exercise, as they ir.tend to study of geography, and in churchos the singing is not confined to the choir, who sit apart from the others, perhaps in the corner of the house—but there is a vast tide of incense going forth to God from every heart, which has ullerauce in this language of the soul. Children, sing! sing with your wjtolo hearts ! David sang before the Lord, and" it is meet you should do the same; and al ways when angry IKiliogs rise in your breast curb and chffckTTftm by singing sweet and cheerful songs. Pleasure ofUeadMig. Of all the amusemenU that oati" poSBy imagined foi*a workingman, after daily Soils', or in lliejnteTvals, there is nothing like rea* ding a qpyspaper or book. It caljs no bodi ly exertion,of whiqh already hofcjg had* e nough, perhapftoo much. It. tSfeves his home of dullness and sameness. Nay U ac companies him to his next day's work, aud gives him something to Ihiuk of besidcfi*the ■nero occupation; something he can enjoy while absent, aud look ß forward _to with much < 4 lf I were to pray for a taste wljijb would stand by me under every variety of cijrcuft>st|f cqsvfind bo a sourcp oj happiness ami chfibifulness to oft thro' '.ljfe, and.a shutld" against 'ills*, howevuf ■ tilings njight.go.aiftifi, find tho world • Tree-fit, upon me, it would for- leading. —Hcrschel. ** , A ludy making inqtnrte? of a boy about bis father, an intemperate man who had for some time, asketl whether he I had regained his appetite. ONo ma'atti," ; said the boy, "not exactly; appetite is very | poor, but his driffivtite i* as good as ever " . . Sarcastic Sentence Old F.lias Keyes, formerly first judge ol Windsor county, Vt., was a strange compo sition of folly, and good sense, of natural, srewdness and want of cultivation. The following sentence, it is said, was pronoun ced upon a poor ragged fe'low convicted of stealing a pair of boots from General Curtis, a man of considerable wealth, in tho town of Windsor: "Well," said the jndge, very gravely, be fore pronouncing sentence of court, underta king to read the following lecture, "you're a fine fellow to be arraigned before court for stealing. They say you are poor—no one doubts who looks at you, and how dare you, being poor, have the impudence to steal a pair of boots? Nobody but rich people have right to take such things without paying! Then they say you are worthless—that is ev iden frmn the fact that 110 one has ever ask ed justice to be done you; all, by unanimous consent, pronooned you guilty before you were tried. Now, you, being worthless, was a fool for to steal, because you might know you would be condemned. And you must know that it was a great aggravation that yon have stolen them in the great town of Windsor. In that large town to commit such an act is most horrible. And not only go into Windsor to stoal but you must steal ftom that great man General Curtis, This caps the climax of your iniquity. Base wretch! whyfdid you not go and steal the only pair of boots some poor man had, or could get, and then you would have been let alone; nodody would have troubled themselves about the act. For your iniqui ty in stealing in tho great town of Windsor, and from the General Curtis, the court sen tences you to three months' imprisonment in the county jail, and may God give you something to cat!" Ma. PAINE, AND WHY HE WAS SHOT AT. —lt will bo remembered that some years ago Mr. Paine, the gentleman who has discov ered the drocess by which yon may light your pipe at a pump, was much persecuted by Mexican emissaries. Ambuscades were planted fer his destruction wherever he went; and in short ho was a walking target, at which Mexican assassins wero continually practising. Fortunately, their marksman ship was bad; or, perhaps, in view of the great light ho was one day to shed upon the , world, he was providentally rendered bullet proof. The cause of this blood thirsty cru sade has never been fatisfactorily explained; but-wo have received information which, if j correct, furfiishe? a clue to the mystery. It is-said that Mr. P. had then concealed about his person all the details of his great plan for the production of aqueous firo and light, fanta Anna had by some means gained in telligence of the fact, and finding it impossi ble to obtain the secret by bribery, sent over twelve picked men of Ins body guard to ehoot our illustrious oountryman, and bring tho precious document. By some blessed chance his murderous design was frustrated; and the discovery which is destined to as tonish the whole world, from tho bay of Passarnaquoddy to tho straits of Baffleman, is reserved for this "great country." In the meantime wo call upon tho people of this great metropolis to keep a sharp look out toward tho Astor House, between the hours of dusk and daylight. There is no telling at what moment the ingenious erup tion may break out in every room of that | noble hotel. Let no editor make a butt of Mr. Paine and his water butt. We stand by him and bis lights. It is our firm belief that he is now engaged in laying pipe—and every body knows that laying pipe is a necessary preliminary to the creation of gas.— N Y Morning Star. High Lodgings. A dowfNeaslbr lately came to New York, and took lodgings for the nigh at one of what might be called the high houses. Telling tho waiter he wished to be called in the morning for the boat, both of them proceed ed "on their winding way" upwards, till hav ir.g arrived at the eighth flight of strairs, when Jonathan caught the arm of his guide, and accosted him— "Look ere, stranger! if you intend to call me at six o'clock in tho lnontin,' you 'justice. years ago, in Connecticut, a certain was called ta liberate a worthless debtor, by receiving his oath that he was not worth j£s. "Well, Johnny," said tho Justice, as he outored, "can you swear that you are not worth £5, and nevor will be ?" "V\ Jty," answered the other, rath >r chag rined at that question, "I can swear that I am not worth that itmount at present." ■"Well, well," returned tha Justice, (i I can sweat to the rest—so Btep onward, Johnny;" ry Cork if sunk 200 feet In the ocean vvNl nor ris. on account of the presfiurrf of rthajvaute*. ; • %iub^r!—how wifl ifou gel it there ? ■ ' —i • - ■ GmmNt; THE Poori.—The Salary of tke French President is tt> be raised from <300,- 000 to 3,000,f)00 francs.—- iy The Odd Fellows' Hell Association, of Heading, have declared a dividend of six , per cent, for the lass year), payable on find 1 1 after the 10th instant ' 1 Dow Jr, Creed. Dow, Jr., the inimitable preacher of Short Patent Sermons, gives us the articles of his creed, and concludes with the remark: Toke over with the cane of consideration what I havo emptied before you; and if you can find a single grain of wheat among tho four pecks of chalF, I shall be highly grati fied.' Ihe following are the grains of the genu ine article or we aruio threshers 'I believe that thj^ most iudustrious ore the most conlonted and huppy. Idleness is an incubus upon the bosom of enjoyment. It is the hardest work in tho world to do nothing by the mouth and havo nothing to do with it. I believe that kicking against custom, and spilling in tha face of fashion is a foolish and futile endeavor. Both may neod correction., ' —but they must and will have their way. 1 believfe that if the devil be the father of lies, he has a plaguy large family to look af ter, and is rapidly on the increase. • 1 believe that girls are like kittens—gent 1} smoothe the right way, and they rub and purr most affectionately ; but givo them a contrary bruid) and their back is up in a most disdainful manner. They like to be kissed but sham delicacy about the opeia lion, I believe that human flesh is hard to di gest. Jonah didn't Bit easy in tho whales stomach. I believe that simple honesty, the naked truth, pure virtue, and strait up and down way of dealing with the world, havo as much advantage over vice, trick, and strata gem, in the long run, as a good square trot ting horse has over a pacing pony, or a rank er that goes his mile or two like the mischief and is doue for the rest of the journey. THE PERT CUTNTRY GITL IN AN OMNIBUS.— Mr. Willis, in the Home Journal, relates j the following incident:—Let us tell a little ! incident of coolness in one of these country ladies, which we ifttnosseA in an omnibus the other day. She was excessively pretty, and in her mohth, (the dimples at the cor ners of which, were so deep, and turned in like inverted commas, that her lips looked like a quotation) she carried the fatal six pence, doomed to pass from the warm bliss of that rosy pressure to the*old| change-box on the top Arriving opposite the Taberna cle, she pulled tho string, took the piece of silver from her moAh and gave it to a young man silting opposiie. He recteived it politely but, as the omuibuß was a minute or so com | infr to a stand stilt, she had lime to' observe that he admiringly placed the moist six ponce within his own lips, and took a less magnetized one from his own pocket to throw a cay on tho driver. There was a sup pressed smile among tho other passengers, bu the lady was not to be complimented to promiscuously. "I'll trouble you for my sixpence, sir!" 6he said, holding out her hand with its green 'mit'; and, receiving the money, between thumb and finger, as she would take a cockroach from a pot of marmalade, she passed it up herself, and looked round rebukingly, as she wen out, on those who had had the impertinence- to smile. Now we commend this young lady ! to tho ncmiiiaiing committee of the 'Ohio Convention for the Rights of Women,' and, i if she wil. send us ber name, we will sen that it is opportunely launched on some tcnlh wave of the present rising flood of tho sovereignty of woman. . ..... I Adarr: Ramago, known among printers rR the inventor of the 'Rumage press," died suddenly at his residence in Lombard street, ! in his 80th year. Mr. Ramage was a Scoth-! man by birth. He was a kind hearled, nmi able and intelligent gentleman, and was gen erally esteemed as nn excellent citizen. He possessed a remarkable degree of inventive j and mechanical skill, and supplied from his j own ostabhshement nearly'all the presses which beat his name in tho country.— Public i Ltdgcr. tar It is rumored that the last aud grealosi curiosity of the age, has just been received ; at Barnum's Museum. It is the guu with [ which the question is popped. Probubty a large supply will shortly be made for tho uso of bashful young men. IV Mr. Wise has nearly completed his immense balloon. It will bo largo enough ' to carry up some half dozen persons. Mr i W. designs making an ascension from this > city early in August next— Lan-osttriun. ) I The Whttling Bridge decided to he a Nut- j sense—Chancellor WaKvostli, to whom the ! Wheeling Bridge case was referred by the United Stales Supreme Court, has submitted to tho Court that tho Bridge it a nuitance. <1 am like Balaam," said a dandy oil men- j ting a pretty girl in a passage, "stopped by j an angel." And lAm like the angel,''said she, "slopped by ah ass." ty Mrs. Virginia Myers, the htsrolne of tha celebrated and tragical H'oyt case, of Richmond. Va.,4s now sojourning in Cincirt nati We understand, that she is married, and intends spending the remainder of her days in the weet. ; - * IS* Quilp calf# orators who axlol our na tional characteristics on independence day, beyond what truth will justify, "fourth-of-Ju- j l(ere." " I* [TWo Dollars per Atftult NUMBWt characters, of alt ages and nations the grea test proportion were Ijsichmuii, qext Eng lish, Scotch, and Carman ind qoxl Itujiaus, Dutch, and others—The reason given for be • mg a greater number of Frenchmou is that in France genlWamQCe palror.izc I, no'mat- - ter in what circhmstaiives it occur*, while in England few persons of talent, if they are not rich or well dressed,'havo any chaucu of being known.*" One half of these five thousand were de cendents frorfc poor parents, and raised them selves froms® depth of poverty by tlm r own cxerlil^i'. The following are among those who -have struggled with loverly, but have Succeeded in benefitting th^woild. JEscp, Teronce And Epictetus, men distin flushed in ancient time#, were slaves at their first outset in life. Profess?)r Hoytie of Gotlingen, one of ihe first classical scholar - of his ago, was the son of a poor weaver, and for many years struggled with Ac mo.-t distressing poverta, J)'Alembert, tho Fi- raH mathematician, was left at the sieps of church b, his parents, and wa~ brought- u, by a poor woman, lie i-.-rivcd at • lebrity, but nevor-torgni i.is nui'e. Mason ello, who hc.aued a successful rl ng.-V'u the Austrian government at Nap! 'f . tvaa a poor seller of fish, .fir Richard Ark-v, I. the inventory of thu machinery 'or eottoi spinning, war a country barber, or dealer in hair.—Mis Benger, the authoress of the ''Life of Alary Qneen of Scots," aud other productions of merit, was so poor in pearly life, that, for the sake of reading, she used to pernse tho pages of bo oks in the booksellers' | windows, and returned day after day to see : if another page had been turned over. I Sir Edmund Saunders, Chief Justice of the j King's Bench in the reign of Charles Soo -1 ond, was an errand boy. Tho famous Ben Johnson worked some years as a brick layer i Kepler spent his life in poverty,. Pope Adri | an VI, could not in eajly life afford a candle ; | he often read by the light ofthestroet lamps j Claudo of Lorraine was life apprentice of a pastry.—Sir Humphrey Davy son Of a carver on Wood, and was apprenticed to an • apothecary— Dr. Isaac Miller, professor of ! mathematics at Cambridge, was a weaver. I I r. White, Arabic at Qxfor-' : was a Reaver in his youth." Edmund Stone, ! the famous matemntician, was a gardner's * ' boy, and tnpgfitjxirrvwli' to road. Suchauian, the Scottish historian, was born of poor pi rents. and underwent many difficult es. William Huiton, the historian, was the sou of a wool comber. Bun) an, the author of tho Pilgrim's I>ogross, was the £tm of a tinker, and himself followed tho profession. It is well known t|iat Burns was a peasant, , and followed tlS