THE STAR OF THE NORTH. I. H . nearer Proprietor.] VOLUME 7. THE STAR OF THE NORTH I* PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MOHNINQ BY K. W. WEAVER, OFFICE—Up stairs, in the new brick build ing, on the south side of Hum Sti eet, third square below Market. TERMS :—Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the lime of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for a less period than six months; no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages ate paid, unless at the option of the. editor. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square will be inserted three limes for One Dollar and twenty five cents for each additional in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to tboae who advertise by the year. •ORIGINAL POETRY. For the "Star of the S'orth." " 'TIS HARD TO DIE."' '• 'Tie hard to die," the miser cried, " My gold has been my joy nnd pride: My life I've spent this wealth to tind, And I must leave it all behind." 'The worldling cried, <- 'tis hard to die, And in the dump dark tomb to lie: To leave the world and all its show, And sleep in death so cold and low." " 'Tis hard, 'tis very hard to die," Moaned the poor sinner with a sigh, " And with tne doomed be forced to meet Around the awful judgement scat." " 'Tis sweet to die," the christian said, ' When stretched upon a dying bed ; To tread the path the Saviour trod, To die and be at home with God. Oh, speed the time when strife shall cease, And all shall live a life of peace ; Then death shall hail us with a kiss, And open for us the gatos of bliss. Buck Horn, Pa. KFFIE. Valuation and Taxable* Of the several counties of Pennsylvania, from the Repott of the Auditor General for 1854: Valuation. Taxables. Philadelphia, $150,949,865 86,943 Lancaster, 32,592,596 25,566 Allegheny, 26,235,810 30,112 Cheater, 22,690,413 15.138 Berks, 22,599,200 17,403 Bocks', 17,687,012 13 761 Montgomery, 17,629,013 16,451 Northampton, 13,953,772 10,863 Franklin, 12,492,672 9,416 Bchuylkill, 11,869,039 18.268 York, 11,532,381 15,135 Cumberland, 10,946.856 8,386 Dauphin, 10,486.138 8,897 Washington, 9,896,386 10,584 Lwbigb, 8 599,906 7,929 Itelaware, 8,544,598 6,045 lebanou, 8,105,654 6,323 Westmoreland,- 7,958,272 10,941 Luzerne, 6,771,527 13,717 Union, 6,053,530 5,779 ilautingdon, 5,447 844 5.572 Northumberland, 6,234,929 5,401 Fayette, 6,183,825 7,949 Cento i, 5,041,476 6,026 Adams, Ulair, 4,670,689 5,763 Lycoming, 4,361 187 7,498 Erie, 4,358,916 11,336 Mtffiin, 4,351,475 3.450 Beaver, 4,104,954 6,051 Bradford, 4,078.992 8,221 Mercer, 3,913,003 8,201 Crawford, 3,424,527 9,666 Lawrence, 3,174,995 5,119 . Perry, 3,113,603 4,795 j Columbia, 3,112,983 6,458 i Butler, 2,974,324 7,678 Greene, - 2,957,862 5,525 Somerset, 2,912,788 5,479 Juniata, 2,827,826 3,391 Susquehanna, 2,715,486 7,075 Indiana, 2,690,475 6,999 Armstrong, 2,476,487 7,671 Bedford, 2.338,887 5,323 Carboo, 2,243,125 4,128 Clinton, 1,967, iis 3,118 Montour, 1,864,427 2,981 Wayne, 1,611,190 6,386 Clarion, 1,737,327 5,663 Tioga, 1,647,193 5,770 Monroe, 1,591,216 3,251 Venango, 1,376,841 4,847 Cambria, 1,371,145 5,684 i Warren, 1,336,554 3,657 Cleatfield, 1,246,182 3,884 Jefferson, 1,035,890 3,554 Wyoming, 927,454 2,345 Fulton, 787,800 2,286 Potter, 746,697 1,709 Pike, 736,075 1,528 Klk, 622,425 1,175 McKean, 591,546 1,546 Sullivan, 451,066 932 Forest, 145,339 246 Total, >531,731,304 558,230 Iu estimating Population, one taxable is supposed to represent five and a half persons. By this role, we bave the following rates of Incrsasa for the five years past: Pennsylvania. Union Co. Pop. in 1855 3,070,298 31,784 in 1850 2,311,757 26,083 Increase 758,612 5,701 Showing again ol over 100,000 per year in the State, and over 1,100 per year in the county of Union. XST The Washington Seminal declares anthotitively, that Judge Douglass will not Uuder any ciicnmataccea be a candidate for ifcg next Presidency. The Union, endorses Ibe same. Dure UIKEN, iu a letter to Senator Hunter, declare* hi* prefference for Kuow-Notning ism. Mr. Green boa been a Democrat, Nullifies, Whig, Democrat again, and is now j Kuow-Nofhiog. 1 BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COTXNTY, PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 29, 1855. THE FAMILY CIRCLE. Idleness nnd Vice- Young men, bswar* of idleness. Aecns tom the mind to habits of regular labor. Fix the atteotion upon a course of usefulness to yourself and other*. Awaken within your self an interest for the accomplishment of a purpose. Cultivate a habit of patient endu rance. Let it be your desire to teoure the approbation of the wise and good. Link yourself to those wbo are doing something iu the world, and who compose tha frame work of society and let your motto be de termination, activity and perseverance. Sit down calmly, while vou are young, and look over the ground, and get a clear view of what is before you. Then lay your founda tion and go to work. What ia the difference between one who begin* life in earnest in this manner, and another who idles away all the precious time of preparation? The one starts strong and vigorou* into the grand work of life; the other commences feebly; aims one stroke here and another there, and than lay* down . bis tools, and don't know when he will take I them up again. The one exerts an influence throughout the cornmuaily in which he lives, and bis name is honored and will be handed down to posterity as one identified with his country's progress in all that is good and great; the other is unknown, except by those to whom lie is a burden—be is of no use as a member of society, or to his own family, and when he*passes away bit name will be forgotten by all those who connec ted with him by the ties of nature, will, pethaps, long feel sad at the recollection of the fact that "he died as the fool dielh." It seems surprising that two such beings can belong to die same species. And yet this is the natural consequence of starting in the two different directions. We often see two such widely different careeis diverging from almost the same point. The same family will be able to rejoice over one son who has realized the expectation of friends, and is pursuing an honorable and noble career; and on the other baud will be called lomouin over another who is bringing his parents to shame. It is true, too, that every young man has all these matters in his own hands. Etch has the power to turn his feet from the path of the foolish ar.d seek for true honor. We are more and more faithfully impressed with the foot that every mu Has tile power ol control over his own destiny, except in cases of absolute ignorance of the way of improve ment. Young man, look abiut you. In quire what you are doing, and what you ought to do. Let it not be said that you are. "Fixed, like a plant. 4o one peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot. If you have been dreaming away your life vVfcke up and take a new siasl. It i not too late. You can yet make your mark upon the world. These are stirring times, and though we do not, with aome, think the world on the high road to perlection, yet we know that this is an age ot wonders, an age of progress, and offers an opportunity, for every man who wauls to work, which has never been offered before. Lite I'oor or this World. God's ways are not as the ways of men.- Tbey often aeem inexplicable to the human mind. None are more so than those which concern his choice as to the objects of his fa vor. He selects as a general thing, not the rich of this world, but Ibe poor: not the no ble and the mighty, but the bumble and weak. Moses was the son of a poor Levite —Gideon was a thresher—-David was a shep herd boy—Amos was a herdsman—the apostles were " ignorant and unlearned."— The reformer Zwingle, emerged from a shep herd's hut among the Alps. Melauuhon, the great theologian of the Reformation, was a workman in an armorer's shop. Martin Luther was the child of a poor miner. Carey, who originated the plan of transla ting the Bible into the language of the mil lions of Hindostan, was a shoemaker in Noithamplon. Dr. Morrison, who transla ted the Bible into the Chiuese language, war a last maker in Newcastle. Dr. Mite was a herd boy in Aberdeenshire. Dr. Adam Clarke was the ohild of Irish colters. John Foster was a weaver. Audrnw Fuller was a farm servant. William Jay, of Bath, i was a herdsman : and the present Archbish op of York is the son of a draper. TO-MORROW. To-morrow is a time lhat never oomes— It ia the rainbow, albeit we see it* base rest ing on the hill direotly in our path, is still, no matter how far we may advance, jnat as far removed a* when we first com me need pursuit. To-motrow ia written by angels among the stars, and cornea not here, save in the dreams that hope whispers to our heart. What wa most prize and cherish, and long for, lies often in the ro-morrow. Our ideas, oar holiest (flections, our spmyatbies, our soul's highest soarings centre there; and wealth, and fame, and all that man ba lieves bis blessing, beam ont of to-morrow, aa the purest diamonds in the dark and light ua towards their pnrsuit. Therefore it is that we honor and love, and worship to-mor row; we could not live and enjoy ourselves without it. it never comes it ia tree, more than the igmr/i'uiM coma to those wbo fol low it—but it brings pleasant dreams, and fill* onr slumbering ears with.sweetest mu sic, and binds up onr weak hearts with reso lutions; and for aucb noble offices it ha* onr hearty deniroo. From the Ledger. CHOOSING A PROFESSION. In the early settlement of any portion of the country, the moat successful man in the ooramunity will generally bo one who can, on an emergency, turn hi* band to any thing. Nor is it ao necessary that be sheuld know how to do any one thing particularly well, as that he should be able readily to turn from one thing to another, with a cer tain moderate efficiency. A quick eye, a firm and bold resolution, and a ready hand, are the ptiine elements of success. But as the community grows older, comer the division of labor, and the more advanced any settlement is, the more necessary it be comes that each know how to do tome one thing thoroughly, rather than a variety of things moderately. If a mau has been brought up in a city to some one pursuit of which he is master, and he emigrate to a newly set tled part of the country, he will seldom suc ceed. Jlence it is that so many return from California worse ofl° than they went out while men of not half their talent, education, or even powers of bodily endurance, make I fortunes. He who has attained great perfec tion in any one branch of business or of art, j will in that proportion succeed best in the | oldest and most thickly settled community. ' He whose forte is variety, and quickness ol adaptation, will do beat in a new and impro ving territory. By keeping this simple rule j in mind, thousands would be saved from | misfortune and ruin, and much productive ' energy be gained to mankind. The prosperity of society requires the la- j bor of each individual in the sphere of great- , est adaptedueas; while every man's happi- ' ness and success will depenJ chiefly upon | Itia being in just that position ir. which he is , most uaaful to the community. Indeed, tbo , very consciousness of being in lhat position i will iu itself bring happiness in a thousand I secret ways, more important than any out ward circumstance or station. If our young men would only bear this in mind, in cboos- j iug an occupation, thousands would acquire '. wealth, with the growing respect ollhe whole community, instead of pining in poverty and disappointed t.mbiiion. In fact, every man may he quite sure of (his—lhat bis own best interest, and that ol the community, consid ered on a auflic iently large scale, are identi- j cat. Hence, in choosing a profession, let i him look at it from each of these points of ; view before he decides, i. e., that of self-in- j ftrroot, ami Pro gcrcit of ttiu coiUtnniiiiy. The pursuit iu which they both beat unite, is the occupation in which he may feel most assu red of success. Let him not merely choose one because it is most fashionable, or anoth er because a few may in a short time have made splendid fortunes, or another because it affords a respectable position and plenty of leisure. These occupations are already proportionably crowded, and unless some j very rare qualities can be brought into ibem, ' the chance ot rising is small. Some pursuits are intrinsically more useful than others, and many would perhaps think 1 they ought therefore to select these. But j that by no means follows. The truth is, lhat j nature, early training, education, and asaoci- 1 ations.fii ir.en lor different employments, and will generally point out to the cautious pa rent and the thoughtful lad what occupation will best suit him. A successful medical man has a noble opportunity of doing good ; 1 but, if the profession be overstocked, the chances both of serving the public and ob taining a support may be small, and, if en tered with poorer capacities than others can bring, society may be injured by better tal ent being crowded out, and the ambitious aspirant ptove like the youth wbo rashly un dertook to drive the chariot of the aun. Superior faculties of obtaining a more than ordinary degroe of perfection in any occupa tion, are no small indication tbat that is the proper sphere for the individual. The more complicated becomes the web of society, the more will sucoess depend on specifio adap ted ness and perfection in aome one thing for which there is a demand greater than the supply. But let him who possesses quick abilities, untrained or discursive, seek for new settlements. Character is the essence of destiny. Certain ly it is its clearest indication. That which one man can do belter than another is just what be ought to do. It is not always that occupation in which a man can immediately realize the iron money that will yield him the greatest happiness or eventual respect a biliiy. True, where everything is free, pe cuniary compensation will indicate, with great general accuracy, in what department industry will be most advantageous to socie ty, but there is many an occupation that will bring ready money, but eventual ruin—ruin in circumstances, in health, in habits, in char acter, and, therefore in happiness. He wbo * on! d go through life successfully must know how to rejeet many a lucrative offer. Th gold may look bright, but soon will become dim, if i; involves any deviation from the highest sense of honor and of right. TIIA FIHST BOST UP THE SCHUYLKILL CANAL thi< season, reached Beading on Tuesday last. The boat was the "Henry Bickley,'' laden with merchandize and tall, consigned to Charles S. Bickley, forwarding merchant. It is stated that the President of the Schuyl kill Navigation Company baa issued orders for a suspension of all boating on the Canal on Sunday. This regulation is generally de sired bv the boatmen themselves. FIT Many a fool has passed for a clever 1 man, because he has known how to bold 1 his tongue; and many a clever man has passed for a fool because he has not koown j i how to auk* use of it. t Troth and Bight fiod Aid oar Country. I POETRY. From the fVest chest tr Republican. THE POOR. BY HON. JOHN tirCKRf AN. " For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good." Yonder cot, upon the common, Rudely built, decayed, and old, la the twilight, haunted (earning, Gloomy, fearful, solemn, cold, Half concealing, ia reveailing, Scenes of sadness seldom told. , Shivering forms ir. hoar mid-winter, Nestle on it* creaking floor, Gazing on a vacant fire-place, Ana the cr*nnie#ln the door, Sorrow'* trace* on their faces, Wearing badgea of the poor. 'Tis not cold, it is not hunger, Tho' they've wrestled with them long, Aa the stripling with the giant, As the weak against the strong, Failing ever, hoping never, Wondering why they suffer wrong. There the father, there the children, Nursed in anguish and in love, Mingling sighs and sob* together, Whicn the pride of earth might move; Faint and weary, lone and dreary, Having but a friend above. • She the partner and the mother— She has fallen in the strife, Wasted to the very spirit, Cheated out of very life ; She has left them, and bereft them Of a parent and a wife. In the dark and ouiet watches Of the wild and steimy r.ighl, Oil the ridgy floor they laid her In her robe ol tatter'd white ; God ha* taken '.he lornaken Out ol darkness into light. How she struggled on in anguish Ere she lotler'd to tho blow ! Net for sell, but all for others, For the lowest of the low— Yet sustaining, uncomplaining, l'angs the world may never know. Whilst the snow is falling thickly O'er the rough and frozen ground— j Whilst the wind against the forest Wakes a dull funereal sound— Bending lowly, tnoviug slowly, Trea.-ure bear they to the mound : Yes, the patient, fond, oonfiding, Borne in silnnce by her own. They have laid in earthy ohamber, Made and closed by litem alone ; Unbefrieuded, unattended, Without name, or line or stone. Thus they live, and tints they perish, Whilst the garner runneth o'er, And the fire ia blazing brightly Near, within the rich man's door— Arms are aching, hearts are breaking! Who, alas! protects the poor ? Know we not! or are we careless, That " the poor we always have " Want's pale children needing little To restore them strong and btave? Nature teaching, Christ beseeching Ui to save them, uie should save. Township Officers in lolauibia County. ELECTED MARCH 16, 1855. BLOOM TOWNSHIP. Justices —Thomas Painter, Thos. J. Morris. Constables — B. F. Hartman, Jona. Laycock. Supervisors —J. W. Hendershot, B. S. Met rell, Richard Plummer. School Directors —C. George W. Correll. Assessor —George IV. Abbot. BENTON. ! Justice— A bra m Young. i Constable —Slephen Kiefer. Supervisors— Wm. Cole, Ezokiel Cole. School Directors —Wm. Cole, J. R. Davie. Assessor —Richard Stiles. BRIARCREEK. Justice— William B. Hattman. Constable— Adam Suit. Supervisors— J. W. Eck, William Yanpelt. School Directors— G. M. Bower, S: B. Bow man, Joseph Hicks. Assessor —William Erwine. " BEAVER. Constable—John Shuman. Supervisors —Pelsr Ilauck, Isaac Klinga. School Director*—Daniel Singley, Daniel Heniuger. Assessor—Henry Schell. CAT TA WISH A. Constable*- Peter G. Campbell. Supervisor —Stephen Baldy. School Directors —S. D. lleinhard, John Fahriuger, J. K. Bobbins. Alienor-—George W. Henry. CENTRE. Justice— George Kelchner. Constable —Charles 11. Deilerioh. Supervisors — Dan'l Neybard, Isaac Arwine. School Directors— Henry D. Knorr, Samuel C. Bower. Assessor— William Hutchinson. FRANKLIN. Constable— Aaron Lamberson. Supervisors —Samuel Loreman, Michael Menacb. School Directors— Wm. Mensch, Welling ton Clayton. Assessor—Aaron Lamberson. FTSLIIKGCBEEK. Justice—Albert Amrnermati. Constable—D. C- Runyan. Supervisors—J D. McHenry, J. Wanner. School Directors—Thomas Luuger, Philip Wilton, M. A. Ammerman. Assessor— Eli as MoHanry. GREENWOOD. Justices— Johnson H. Ike let, John Riobart, Constable —Jacob K. Berlin. Supervisor— -William Boat. School Directors— Joseph K. Sands, Daniel McErren. Assessor—William McMichael. HEMLOCK. Justice —John Hartman. Con stable —Daniel NeyharJ. Svftrvisors —Sylvester Pursell, Wm. Cox. School Directors —Reuben Bogart, David Wagner. Assessor— Hugh D. Mcßride. JACKSON. Justice—James Yocnm. Constable —Jocob W. Hoss. Supervisors-Daniel Poust, Frederick Knoue. School Director*—Frederick Wiles, John McHenry, jr. Assessor —Absalom McHenry, LOCUST. Justice —Reuben Fabringer. Constable —Wm. Goodman. Supervisors —Henry Gable, John W. Davis. School Directors— Wright Hughes, Samuel Meara. Assessor —John Reinbotd. MAINE. Justice —George W. Gardner. Constable —Joseph Geiger. Supervisor —Jno. M. Nuss—tie for the other. School Directors —John Kelcbtier, Geo. Shu roan, Daniel Fenstermdcher. Assessor —John Harmony. MADISON. Justice —Jacob Demon. Constable —William B. Welliver. Supervisors —Valentine Christian, Wm. B. Welliver. School Directors —Jno. Keller, Adam Keller. Assessor —William Curnathan. MONTOUR. Justice —Jacob Arnwine. Constable —William Roberta. Supervisors— Peter tieimbach* Josiah Rob erts. School Directors —Jacob Arnwine, Joseph Mauser, I'. M. Kershrier. Assessor —John Deitericli. ORANGE. Constable —Richard Brewer. Supervisors —H. R. Kline, Wm. While. School Directors— -Tames Patterson, Henry Delong. , Assessor —John B. Edgar. I'fNE. Justices —J. F. Fowler, James Masters. Con stable —T homes Slack bouse. Suprivisois —J. K. Fowler, John Bennet. School Directors —Albert Hunter, Enoch Fox ' Assessor —Joseph Shoemaker. ROARINUCUEKK. Constable— David R. Uowur. Supervisors —Abraham Menscti, Michael Federoff. School Directors— [Tie among four. J Assessor —Charles Dyer. SCOTT. Justice—Wesley Shattndn. Constable—B. F. Dallmon. Supervisors—Elias Kline, Thos.Creveling. School Directors—TheoJore Mc Dowell, Andrew Creveling. Assessor—Aaron Byone. SI'GARLOAr. Constable —James Shultz. Supervisors—Joshua Brink, John Fritz. School Directors- Nelson Kile, David Lewis Assessor—Henry C. Hess. MOUNTPLEASANT. Justices—A. K. Heacoi'k, Jacob Shiftman. Constable—John Ale. Supervisors—Wm. Faiiman, Wm. Howell, j School Directors—Elias Dribelbeis, Henry Kitchen. Assessor -Joseph Crawford. MIEFUN. Justice—Stephen H Miller. Constable—Lewis Eckrolh. Supervisors—Abraham Mosteller, George Nungesser. ! School Directors—Phineaa Smith, Samuel Nuss. ! Assessor—John Trost. Excellent Advite. On the Subject ot behavior in company, Leigh Rtcbmon gives the following excel lent advice to his daughters : "Be cheerful, be no giggler. Be serious, but not dull. Be > communicative, but not forward. Be kind, but not servile. Bewars of silly thoughtless speeches; although you may forget them, others will not. Remember tbat God'a eye is in every place, and His ear in every com pany. Beware of levity and familiarity with young meu ; a modest reserve, without affeolion, is the only safe path. Court and encourage serious conversation, and go not into intelligent company without endeavor ing to improve by the intercourse permitted you. Nothing is more unbecoming, wben one part of the company it engaged in profi table and interesting conversation, than that another party ehould be IrtAing, and talking comparative nonsense. XW Tbe Carlisle Volunteer is out strongly against the election of Simon Cahteron to the U. S. Senate. Tbe same may be said of the Warren Ledger. This makes eighty seven papers in this Slate, to our knowledge, wbioh are arrayed in opposition, whilst but five or six have taken ground in Ins favor! — Some six or tight preserve what might be called an "armed neutrality." At least seven to one of all the papers in tbe Common wealth, are down on the Winnedago Chief, and oppose bis election, and we have no doubt that they but express the opinion of nine-fsntft* of the people of Pennsylvania.— Many of the Democratic papers in the ad joining States of New York, Naw Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Ohio, are also array ed against Cameron; for they know bim to be a corrupt and designing trickster, totally unworthy the exalted position to which be aspires. Authentication of Letleis ot Attorney, Ac- _ The following act of Assembly, passed last session, the publish for ptiblfo informa tion. A great many inquiries have been made in relation to iti provisions, and we deemed the best way to satisfy public curi osity is to publish the-law entire: AN ACT relating to the authentication af let ter* of Attorney, protest* of notaries public and assignments made out of the State, and to the acknowledgment Of deeds. SEC. I. Be it enacted, Ifc , That all letter* of attorney authorizing contracts to be | made, the adjustment of acaownts, the sale of stocks and personal estate, (he receipt of ; moneys, or the discharge and acqaitlance of legacies or distributive shares, when execu ted, proved or acknowledged in other States or foreign countries, by any person, or hus band and wife, in manner authorized to al low let era of attorney for the conveyance of real estate, to be put on - record, or if proved tor acknowledged in like manner before any minister, consul or vice consul of the United States, or officer thereof, exercising ministe rial or conaular functions, or before a nota ry public, in foreign countries, and July cer tified under his official seal, may be placed of record in the recorder of deeds' office in auy county where the powers conferred by such letters arc intended to be exercised and receivable in evidence ib oourts of jus tice, as alsn the exemplifications from the records thereof, when the originals shall hare been lost. SEC. 2. That the official acts, protests und attestations of all notaries public, certified according to law, under their respective hands and seals of office, in respect to the dishonor of all bills and promissory notes, and of notice to the drawers, accentors or en dorsors thereof, may be received and read in evidence aa ptdof of the facts therein staled, in all suits now pending or hereafter to be brought; Provided, lhat any party may be permitted to contradict, by other eyi-. deuce, any such certificate. SEC. 3. That any and every grant, bargain and sale, release, or other deed of convey ance, or as-iorance of any lands, tenements ,or hereditaments in this Commonwealth; I and any power or power* of attorney to make t and execute such sale, Conveyance, morl ! gage or transler of any lands, tenements or hereditaments in this Commonwealth, made and executed ir. iny of the United States, s* •—a—a in ,h* cconty in which such lands, tenements or hereditaments are situated, if the acknowledgment thereof be taken iu due Arm before any officer or mag istrate ol the State wherein such deed, el cetera, is executed, authorized by the laws of said Slate to Hike the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments of writing therein ; and the proof of such authority shall be the certificate of the clerk or pro thonolary of any court of record in such State, that the officer or magistrate ro taking such acknowledgment is duly qualified by law to take the same. Approved, Deo. 14, 1854. Moral Effect* of I'acla Tom's Cabin Four bnys were arrested on Friday eve ning, at Barnum's Museum, where they had called to hire a private box for themselves. The eldest of the youngsters had " fallen in love" with Utile Eva. and for several nights last week had hired a stage box for himself, and companions, at 85 per night. The man ager seeing them come so often for n pri vate box, and supec!lng they had money lhat had been obtained dishonestly, sent for the police, and on searching them an empty en velope, addressed to Shepperdfe Co., Fulton street, was found on the person of the oldest boy. It was then ascertained that the fibn bad recently lost several money letters, and this boy having been the person who took the letters out of the post-office for the firm he was suspected of retaining them for his own use, and was sent before the United States Court: One evening last week he threw upon the singe a handsome gold bracelet for " little Eva," aod has been in the habit of Watching the stage lhat she en tered as she was leaving the Museum for home after the evening's performance, and of getting into it. He is about 14 years of age.— yew York Tribune. REASON FUR GOINO ro CONGRESS.—George j Gordon, jr., announces btmself as a candi-1 date for Congress in the 13lh district of Vir- , ginia, and assigns in, an addreas in the 1 Wytheville Republican, the following rea son* for desiring a seat in Congresar "I think in nothing but common honesty to confess that 1 am mainly moved to be come a candidate because cf the easy lile and high wages connected with n seat in Congrea*. Now, 1 do not mean to assert the lite is easy, and the wages high, as re | gards those who occupy a distinguished place in the Congress of this great nation. I allude to those who aland foot, or constitute the tail of representation, and of which I think there may now and then be J an election without any serious public detri mem; therefore, I presumed to become a candidate." | ty A child is born. Now take the germ, and make a bud ol moral beauty. Let the daws of knowledge and the ligbt of virtue wake in it the richest fragrance and the pu rest huea, and, above all, see that yon keep ita face and frook clean. Yon can depend on no man, on no friend, bat bim who can depend upon him self. He only who act* conscientiously to watd* himself will act so towards others, and vice versa. {Tr Dollars per Abhb NUMBER 10. CHOICE POETRY. J LINES. The Louisville Joornsl nays "We defy 11 l any tasteful lorer of poetry to read the fol -9 lowing lines, without oiolsimiog—''How beautiful!" My ao JI thy altered image keeps, , | My midnight dreams are all of thee ; For nature then in silent sleeps, ' And silence brood* o'er land and sea , Oil, in that still, mys'erion* hour, 1 ■, f ,otn waking dreams I Mart, i To find thee but a fancy flower, ( Thou ohetiebed idol of my heaat. Thou has" each thought and dream ol mine, J Have lin turn one thoughl of thine f For ever thine roy dreams will be, VVhat'er may be my fortuue here, 1 I ask not love—l claim from thee Only one boon, a gentle tear; Mav blest visions from above Play brightly 'round thy happy heart, And may the beams of peace and love Ne'er from thy glowing soul depart. Farewell! my dresms are still with thee; Hast ibou one lender thought of me I My joys like summer birds msy fly, My hopes like summer blooms depart; But there's one flower that cannot die, Thy holy memory iti my heart ; No dews that one flower's cup may fill, No sunlight to its leaves be given, But it will live and flourish still, A* deathless ss a thing of heaven. My soul greets thine, masked, unsought, Hast thou for me one gentle thought 1 Farewell! farewell! my faf-ofl friend ! Between us broad blue rivers flow, And forests wave and plains extend. And mountains in the sunlight glow ; The wind that breathes upon my brow, Is not the wind thst breathes on mine, The starbeams shining on thee now Are not the beams that on me shins; But memory's spell is witn roe vet--- Can'st thou the holy part forget ? The bitter tear* that thou and I May shed whan'er by anguish bowed, Exhaled into the noontide sky, May meet and mingle in the cloud ; And thus, my much beloved friend, though we Far, far apart'must live end move, Our souls when Uod shall set them tree; Csn mingle in the world of love. This was an ecstacy to me— Say—would it be a jny to ibee ? Punctuality. A shoemaker of Dublin had a longing de sire to work fot Dean Swift. He was recora marui>i> Mr. James Owing, itie banker, and Mr. Pic-an a merchant. The Dean gave Itim an order for a pair of boots, adding. " When shall I have tbemt'' "On Saturday next,".said the shoemaker. "1 have DO appointments," said the Dean, "nor would I have you disappoint others: set roui own time and keep to it." '• I thank your reverence," said Baiaeriok; (for that was his Dime;) "I desire no lon ger than Salbtday se'en night, when you will be ebure to have them without fail." They parted. The boots were finished ai the lime; but, (breugh the hurry of buesi' nesi Mr. Bamerick forgot to carry them home till Monday evening. When the * Dean drew the boots on, and found them to his mind he said : "Mr. Bamerick, you have answered the accommodation of your friends, bet you have disappointed me, for I was to have been at Sir Arthur Axbeson's, in the county of Armagh, dn this day." "Indeed, and indeed, air,"said Bamerick. "(he boots were finished at the lime, but I forgot to bring them home." The Dean gave him oqe of his stern looks; and, aftet a pause, asked him whether be understood gardening as well as bootinaking. Bamerick answered : " No, sir; but I have seen some very fine gardens in England." " Come,." stid the Dflan, in a good hu mored tone, "I will show you soma improve ments I have made in the deanry garden." They walked throegh the garden to the further end, when the Dean startled as if recollecting something. 'I must step in,' sid he ; 'stay here till I come back.' Then he ran out of the garden; locked the door, and put the key in his pocket. Bamerick walked about Until it graw dark, and not seeing the Dean, he at length ventured to follow him, but found the door locked. He knocked and called several times to no pur pose; he perceived himself confined be tween high walls, the night dark and cold, in the month of March. However, he had not the least suspioiou of his being inten tionally confined. The deanry servants went to bed at the usual hour, and the Dean remained in his study until two o'clock in the morning. He then went into the hall end drew the charge out of a blunderbocs and other firearms,(hen returned and rang his bell. He was imAM' diately attended by one of his servant*. ''Robert," said he, "I have been much di*' turbed with noise in the garden side ; fear some*robbers have entered; give me a lan tern and call up Saunders." Then the Dean took the lantern, and stayed by the erms un til the mer. came. " Arm yourselves," said he, "and follow me." He led them Into the garden, where the light soon attracted poor Bamerick, who came tunning up to them. Uponhisappro'ach the dean roatedout, 'there's the robber, shoot him!' Saunders pre sented, and Bamerick, terrifled to death, fell on his knee* and begged hi* life. The Dean held the lantern up to the mau's face, and gtvaely said: " Mercy on us! Mr. Bamerick, bow came yoa here f" * "fajrd, sir," aaid Bamerick, 'don't you re member you left me here in the evening 1" "Ab, friend," ee'd Dean. "1 forgot itaa you dia the boote;" then turning round to Robert, who was the Butler be eeid: " Give the man some warm wiae and see him safe homo - "
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