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THE FINDER'S COTTAGE.
Translated from 'Heinrich Heine, by t.e-
Jsnd. How vague and wild—yet how many
pictures does it summon to the mind's eye I.
Heine is the Rerabraudtof poets:
We sat by the fisher's collage,
And looked at tbe stormy tide ;
The evening mid came "ising,
And floating far and wide.
Owe by one in tbe light-house
The lights shone out on high;
And far on ihe dim horizon
A ship went sailing by.
We spoke of storm and shipwreck,
Of sßilors and how they live ;
Of jaurneys iwtxi sky and water.
And the sorrows and joys they give.
We spoke of distant countries,
In regions strange anil fair;
And of ilia woundroos beings
And curious customs there.
Of perfumed lamps on lite Ganges, {
Which are laum-li'd in the -twilight boar; ,
And the dark and silent Brahmins,
Who worship the lotus flower. .
Of tho wretched dwarfs of Lapinnd,
Broad-treaded. w ide mouthed and small; i
Who crouch round their oil-fires, cooking,
Aud chatter and scroaru and bawl. I
And Itia middens earnestly listen'J,
Till si last we spoke no more ;
The ship, like a shadow, hail vanish'd,
And daiknoss tell deep ou the shore. i
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A STRONG OPINION.
We ropy the following extract from the !
opinion of Chief Justice Lewis on the late'
Injunction to prevent the sale of the Main
Lino. It is n clear and strong exposition of
Ihe constitutional /question in reference to !
the object of taxation, and shows how far
•iid <i >r .-J: duty tin! 'LA.-; legi.laluro i/WS
templed to go in iis wild efiorl to alienate a
vital part of that power.
We now come to the vital question in- '
volved in these applications. Tho acts of
Assembly of J6-.lt May, 1857, makes pro- !
vision lor a public sale, and, lor tho purpose
of inviting competition, directs that public !
notice of ilte time and place be given in one ;
or more newspapers of extended circulation,
published in tqe cities of Philadelphia, Pitts. '
bnrg, Washington, Boston, New York nnd
in the borough ol Hairisbnrg. ti authorizes
"any person or persons, or railroad or canal
company now incotporaled, or which* may
hereafter be incorporated under tho laws of
this Commonwealth, to become the pnrchas
ers for any sum not less thnn 7,500,000 dot'j
lars." But there is a proviso in the 3J see- ;
tion, which declares that "if the Pennsylva- '
ni* Railroad Company shall become i}e
purchasers, at the said public sal?, or by as- '
signraent, they shell pay, in addition to the
purchase money al which it may be atrnck .
down, the sura of 1,500,000 dollars, and in
consideration thereof, the said Rnitroad Co.,
and the Harrisburg, Mount Joy and Lancas- I
for Railroad Company shall be discharged
by Ihe Commonwealth forever, from the
payment of all taxes npon tonnage or freight I
carried over said railroads, and the aaid Penn- j
sylvania 'Railroad Company shall also be
released from the payment of all other taxes
et duties on its capital stock, bonds, divi
dends, or properly, except for school, city,
aaunty, borough or township purposes."—
"JIIP amount of taxes proposed to be relets-
Id is beyond calculation, it can only be '
Conjectured, it would be greatly increased i
6y the tax which would of course be levied j
ou the property about to be sold to the Com- '
pany. Judging from the increase during Ihe .
last five years, and the constant augment*-
tion of commerce and travel along th* route,
it would seen) reasonable to believe that in ;
five years from this time U would be double
its present amount. But conceding that the
tax be released will hereafter amount to no
snore, per annum, than the sum paid in :
1856, the amount awarding to the admissions I
Railroad Company itself, would be '
$280,739.21 per annum lotever. This sum]
is more thau equal to t|ieinterest 0n55,600 -
000 at 5 per cent., the rate to be oharged to
the purchasers. In other words, the acts of
Assembly proposes to give to the Railroad
Company a consideration equal to 5,G00,000
for $1,500,000, and thus to give the Com
pany an advantage equal to $4,100,000 over
eveiy other bidder at tho sale ? By means
of this privilege, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company may drive from the field of com
y-jrtf hfff tin'-'-" It is essential*4
*H' rv '!'y3#" : IwttOfiHtal all the bidders :
* If ttwobwc! h<lb< n to make a fai^S^
jof litis portion of IWState revenue, it mtijht !
have been evinced by a prevision for the J
transfer of it to the highest bidder, without
distinction in favor of any one. But this
was not Aone. The extraordinary proviso,
in favor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coot'
pany, is partial and entirely repugnant to llib j
general intent of the act; and if allowed to !
BLOOMSBURG*. COLUMBIA COUNTYIJpA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1857.
eland, ihe sale under It will furnih one of
the most magnificent exhibitions of a ''mock
auction" that (he world lias ever witnessed!
We rejoice to say that the highly respectable
and upright officers of the corporation dis
claim, in the most solemn manner, under
oath, all agency in procuring the enactment
in question.
Gut has the Constitution conferred upon
the Legislature the authority to extinguish,
forever, by .bargain and sale, the power to
raise revenue for the support of government'!.
All free government are established by the
people for their benefit, and the powers del
egated ate to be exercised for tbejr common
not, under any circumstances, to
be sold or destroyed, so long as the nations
establishing them have the physical power
to maintain their independence. Individuals
cannot subsist without ioaS. Deprive them
of "the mesne whereby" they five, and you
destroy them as certainly as if you did it by
shedding their blood. The necessities of
governments are a 9 great as those of individ- j
uals. No government can exi't without rev
enues to defray its expenses and support its
officers and agents. The revenue is the food
indispensable toils existence. Deprive it of
this, and yoo stop it of all power to perform
its duiies, bring it into contempt by its nse
leesnessand helplessness, and ultimately de
stroy it as effectually as if it were overturned
by domestic violence or subjugated by the
conquest of a foreign foe. Government i 3
but a aggregation of individual rights and
powers. It has no more right to commit po
litical suicide than an individual has to de
stroy the life given by jlis Creator. Conlrael- j
ing away the taxing power in perpetuity
(cuds, as we have seen, inevitably to the de- j
j strnctioii of the government. If twelve~or|
twenty millions ol tnxahle properly may be i
released to-day, one hundred millions may
be released to morrow, and, the principle .
being established, the process might goon!
until all power to raise revenue was gnne.— !
ff this did not destroy the government, it j
would result in something infinitely more '
dangerous to the liberties of the people, ftj
would make it ihe servile dependent of the |
wealthy corporations'or individuals to whom i
it Contracted away its means of support. Al- I
though the taxing power is hilt an Incidental !
one, to be exercised only as the necessary ;
meantyf performing governmental dulie, it j
rtiTtfcr, which always in its nature implies
not only the power of making laws, but of ■
altering and repealing them as the exigencies i
of the Slate and circumstances of the times
may acquire Rjitherfnr'i'f lutti'ulci o' N>.
tionttl law, b. 3, oh. 3, s. 3. If one portion |
ol the legislative poweynay be sold, aooth-'
er may be disposed of in the same Way.— j
If the power to raise revenue may be sold !
to day, the power to punish for crimes may
be sold to-morrow, and the power to pass !
laws for the redress of civil rights may be
sold the next day. If the legislative power
power may be sold, ihe Executive and Judi- j
cial powers may be put in the market with j
equal propriety. The result to which the '
principle must Inevitably lead, proves that ;
itie sale ol any portion of governmental !
power is utterly inconsistei.l with the nature
ol our free institutions, unJ totally at vari- j
ance with the object and genernl provisions
of the Constitution of the State. It may be \
utgod that wo must confide in the fidelity of
the Legislature, and that there is every 1
ground lor. hope that they would not carry !
such measures to nn uiueasorablc leng'.he—
This is no answer to the argument. It .is a j
question of Constitutional authority, and not
a rase of confidence at all. Limitation* of
power established by written Constitutions
have their origin in a distrust of the infirmity
of man. This distrust is fully justified by
the history of the rise and fall of nations.
But conceding that the practice will not
be carried so far as to destroy the govern
ment, is there any warrant for it to the ex
tent to which act of Assembly proposes to
go in the present easel It was held by this
Court in Wood's Estate, 9 Harris, 114, that
"the duties of sovereign and subject are re
ciprocal, and any person who is protected by
a government in bis person or properly, may
be compelled to pay for ibt pioteotion. As
taxes are to be assessed for the sole purpose
of suppoiting the government, the propriety
of exacting them, the persons and propriety
to be made liable, and fbe rules for their as
sessment and collection are to be determined
by its authority. It is, however, a role of
Ihe public law, founded on a principle of
justice which no government eftn disregard,
without viola'ing the rights of its citizens,
that taxes shall be assessed in such manner
that alt lite citizens may pay their quota, in
proportion to their abilities and the advan
tages they desire from the society,"—9, Har
ris, 114; 10 Harris, 497. This principle is
sanctioned by writers of the highest authori
ty—Valtel. b. I, cb. 20, s. 240; Rutherforth,
Inst, of Nat. Law, b. 2, ch- 3, s. 5; I'uffen
dorfs Law of Nations, b. 7. ch. 9, s. 10. ft
is expressly declared by Baron Poffendorf,
that "no immunities or exemptions" (from
taxation) ooghl to be "granted to certain
persons to tpe defrauding or oppressing of
ibMS? 1 -* * l l 'P on '*"• P ,IDC, P' B "'at,
t^Bfcwcrival 0 property of the citizen ia
-use, the jnst compensation
fafi in 8 just proportion
upon rai.,-. b. 2, ch. 3,
s. 5. As the Legislature we secessarily the
judges ol the method of assessing taxes, it
is to be presumed that they have regarded
the rule of eoMrlbatien sanctioned by jus
tice and Ibe eqt.al rights of the citizens; and
their enactments are not alwaye aubject to
judicial review. Where they make appro
priations to institutions of learning, or cheri
■ Ijf, or grant trflideor pensions to persons who
haxe served in the defence of the nation, it
is presumed to be a compensation for the
good that has been done or is to be done to
the community. Where they grant to the
same institutions or individuals an exemption
from taxation, such grants, for the same rea
son, are not regarded as a violation of the
rules of Justice and equality. So long as
there is no contract which may tie the hands
ol succeeding legislatures against repealing
snch exemptions—and so long as they are
not repealed, they seem to have been en
forced as a legitimate exercise of legislative
power—l S. & R. 62, 6 Walts, 435.
But when there is no pretence of an inten
tion to equalize the taxation among the peo
pM,'-1)111 in avowed purpose to self to one
class of citizens an exemption from all taxes
forever, and thus to throw all the public bur
thens upon the other, for all time to come, it
is, to all intents and purposes, imposing a
tax upon them with Sat the consent of their
representatives, end is snch a plain, palpa
ble and open violation of the rights ar.d lib
erties of the people—such a clear ease ol
transcending the just limits of legislative
! power, that the judiciary is hound to pro
pronounce such an act null and void.
! No class of corporations stand more in
: need of the protection of the government,
j or occupy more of the time of the Legist*-
• lure and the courts of Justice, or occasion
more expense to the government than rail
road corporations. From the extensive na
ture of llioir operations, the power to.lake
private property for the construction of their I
• works, and their continual collision with
ieaeh other's interests, em) with the ifcierests
ol individoals and municipal communities,
they require the constant and Ihe niergelic
{ protection of the strong arm of the govern
| menti Withdraw that protection, and they
1 would be left to the mercy of popular out
breaks, manifesting themselves by opposition
I to their progress, and Ihe destruction of their
; works whenever Ihe location of their roads
|or their depots, or any of their numerous
I and necessary operations come in conflict i
; wilts the interests of particular localities.—
; These corporations should be the last to con- i
, sent that the government should bo enfeobled
by the lli " ni ai l ip" ol iia*mTsasce' r or to ask
'mat It Should tie bound io tun >l, ,i* lnß ,.
| gics, and incur large and constant expendi
! lures for their protection while ihey are ex
j empt from contributing their share.
I There principles are not so infirm as to ]
stand in need of the staff of authorilv for j
j support. They are the result of that liberty '
and equality which was established by the
I Revolutionary struggle of our ancestors
They are perfectly understood by every one
I who has capacity io comprehend the nature
iof our free institutions. They aro deeply
I impressed on the hearts of the people, and
they are fully recognized by the history, the
. objects and the language of our Slate Con
| stiiutioo.
ADDRESS,
| To the Ministers and Churches in connection
with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
| Church.
DEAR BRETHREN—The undersigned, mem
hers of ihe General Assembly now in session
J in Cleveland, Ohio, are constrained to ad
; dress you with reference to Ihe state of our j
beloved Church, and to indicate the course |
| which should be pursued by all wlm adhere !
; to the principles of our Constitution, as inier
: preted by its framers, and as practically ac- j
knowlodged during the almost entire period j
of onr history as a church.
The uciion ol the present Assembly on the '
snbject of bhivory, especially when consid
ered in connection wltii the spirit and mnni.
fest purpose of several of the Western Syn
ods, has Impressed with the belief that peace
and harmony can no longer rrovail amongst
us—that the Assembly as at present consii
tuted. Instead of being a bond of union be
tween different sections of the church, will
continue to be the theatre of strife and dis
cord and that the glory of God, wellare
of our churches, nod the good oi the country
demand a separation nf di<a>od ele
ments, "and the existence of another Assem
bly in which the agitation of the slavery
question will be unknown.
had hoped that our brethren who have
been disposed to introduce this eubject into
the General Assembly would ere this have
been convinced that no good could result to
the church from this agitation—that it was
alienating bretbern of a common Christian
faith, and was calculated to render the con
dition of Ihe slave more undesirable, and to
sunder the ties that bind our union together.
In this regard we have been ssdly disap
pointed. In consequence of (he political ag
itation of the subject, and ot Ihe pressure
brought to besrupon thorn by Congregational
Churches holding the most ultra abolition
sentiments, many of our Western Presbyter
ians have become more urgent in demanding
progressive action of the Assembly. They
have not been ealisfied with the past decla
lion* of the Assembly. 'J hey have desired
the Assembly to express its views ol the sin
ol slaveholdhig so clearly that Ihey cso be
made the bagjs of discipline by the courts of
the Church. Thiy sjfei'on has now been vir
tually taken by the Assembly. It has avow
ed that the relation of master end servant—
which necessarily involves the Uv* of prop
erty in tho services of the latter—is a sit in
the sight of God, and an offence in the sense
in which the term is used in the Constitution
of the Church. This declaration has been
made, although confessedly there is not tbe
most remote allasion to slaveholding in our
standards, end also with tbe kqowledge of
Trnth and Eight God and our Country.
the fact that when our comfitution was adop
ted twelve out of the thilteen slates were
slaveholding states, nnd toeny of those who
composed the Assembly 0f17®9, if not slave
holders themselves, were representatives of
Presbyterians in which wsfe churohes whose
members were slaveholder. We regard this
action of the General Asselibly as a palpable
violation of the spirit and fetter of lha consti
tution of the church. Theprinciple involved
in it, if cairietl into practite, would convert
the highest judicatory ol the church into an
ece'esiasiicsl despotism as> iyranicul as lh*t
which hnsdistinguislied llia'Church of Rome.
It makes the Assembly notpniy tho interpret
er of law ift an irregular if'vy, but utso the
supreme legislature of the church —a position
which has been always repudiated by the
Presbyterian Church.
Apatt, therefore, fon
sequence resulting from th-j-trgitation of the
subject of slavery in the General Assembly,
destroying, as it does, our peace, keeping us
in a Mate of excitement unfavorabln to spirit
ual growth, and paralysing our effor'a to ad
vance the cause of the Redeemer through
the channel ot onr admirable system nf Gov
ernment —we consider thfa* Ihe Assembly
has so far departed from the Constitution of
Ihe Church as to render our tmherenre to it
undesirable and impossible. Having praips
led repeatedly against this agitation, and
finding that our brcthern are determined to
continoo it, we have deliberately and prayer
fully come to ttie 'conclusion that, howevor
painful it may be to us, the qi*l of the Church
and of the country required * seperefion from
them. Wo shall hold lur IjMhrefl who have
disturbed our peaqe, by inlrodwYmn of
this vexed question to-AU-A,judicatories, as
nlona responsible Jbr ir.cJtMjfeiM'rsjrfibis
division.
With these convictions necessity
of o separation from our once nnited and be
loved Zion, (lie only question that remains
lor us now to settle, pprtnins to the mode of
separation. The undersigned are sati.-fied
that but one course is left Wire—and that is
to invite nil-Const ituMonal Presbyterians in
the I and, who are opposed to the agilation of
Slavery in the General Assembly, to nniie in
an nrganiza'ion in which this subject shall be
utterly eschewed. We dn not tesiriol our in
vitation to the Southern Churches. We wish
to have a Na l tonal Church-st-hat is, a Church,
the eorsiituenl pnrlof whilfi will come from
evrry Beetion of the Union. Holding io the
same confession of Faith, wo shall have a
common bas ; s as to Doctrine and Govern
ment; and an understanding that, ho-vever,
we may differ in our views •espccting Sla
very, tiie I stn , ji%t"f"iiet A.
into the 'Assembly either 1-y Northern or
Southern men, unless, indeed, judicial cases
ore brought up Yegutarly from tho lower
courts. In the judgment of the undersigned,
thjs cour.-e is our only alternative. T.'iere is
so much of the same abolition spirit pervad
ing other Churches that adhere to the same
standards of faith, that we could not expeci
peace on this subject by uniting with them.
We are persuaded that, although this ques
tion may be suppressed In their judicatories
for a while, the abolition spirit exists to such
an exte.it as to throaten their dismember
ment. The rysnlt may be That the disturbing
elements of ilia different branches of the
Presbyterian church may "I I united in one
body, aud that ilia yonlLrvaiive portion of
ihe same may ultimately be brought togeth
er, and thus prove more eflbjsnl in promo
fueiiig through the lar.d aTruTy i-V.iional spirit.
At present, however, the union of these
Churches would not afford relief to those who
are wearied of this slavery agitation. We
are desirous of forming an organization where
we shall not he liable to another division from
■tiis exciting subject.
The undersigned, therefore, would invite
all Presbyterian*, fmrn ull sections of the
coumry, to meet in q, e c ; lv 0 f
Waidiitigton, on the 27;1i day cf August, 'S7,
for the purpose of consultation, and of-organ
izing a General Assembly in which' il will be
distinctly unders'ood, tbe seliject of slavey
will not be introduced. \V propose this
courso, instead nf organizing an AsxemJolj.
once, as heing due lo the Prhby)eriuns wc
represent. We would suggest that the Pres
byterians be called together as soon as possi
ble, and ihnt, whilst the Presbyterians ap
point their delegaica uwkc
usual proportion, il is desirable that,as many
ministers and elders nhouM attend tie Con
vention as can do so. We suggest also, thai
in case coy of the Presbyterians desiring lo
b connected with this new Assembly, should
find it impossible to be repreaeniej iu the
Convention, it would be important ilyrt the
Convention should be informed of ac
tion.
Praying that God may ovewule tlie<l is'Tac
tions of Zion for Hi* own glory andjlhat we
may be guided in this crisis ot. our history by
his unerring counsel, we subscribe ourselves ,
your brethren-in Christ.
Fred. A. Ross, D. D., Michael B. Shuck,
George Painter, Uuaa VV. K Handy, Wm.
K. Caldwell, James G. Hammer, I). I)., John
B. Logan, Her.ry Matthews, Robert P. Rhea,
Peaohy R. Grattnn, Archer G. Cickerrou, G.
W. Hulchine, Thomas H.,Cieland, Elijah A.
Carson, F. R. Gray. .
Tho undersigned, llmiji.w n# members ol
the General Assembly now in Bession in
Cleveland, have been present during its die
•Mission of slovery. Being fally convinced
(hat there is no prospect of the cessation of
-this agitation in Ihe Assembly-,-and that the
nclfcn taken is a violation of the Constitution
of the Church, we cordially unito in theabove
invitation,
A. H. H. BOYD.
GEO. M. CRAWFORD.
THE bPIrtNKR'J SONG.
FROM THE GERMAN.
Whir away, my busy spindle,
Ask not rest or quiat now,
Bridal bed nd swaddling raiment
And the shroud prepares! thou.
Golden threads—ah! who ran tell us
What your destiny may ba !
Whether joy or whether sorrow
At the last shall come to thee.j
Otherwise than we expected
May our loudest wishes fall;
What is spun for teslal uses
Soon may chance to be a pall.
Whir away, my spindle, softly,
Life is chnngeful like to thee,
Joyous siarungon oar journey,
Oil return we mournlully.
Soon our voicesßie in pilence,
Dark clones dim ihe brighlest day,
Onward rolls ihe tide of pleasure,
Love and friendship will decay.
Whir away, my busy spindle,
Rest and peace p.ro not forthcc—
And my tears, so gently flowing,
Sliil flow on unceasingly.
THE SILVES.WITH;OF ACRE,
had been a sultry day—one of those
bieatjiless summer noons so frequent al Si".
Juan rt'Acr? during the latter part of July and
beginning of August. The sea lay stagnant
as aii African lake,anil oven the tall branch
es ol liees gave no indication ot the slightest
zephyr. Silence leigned over the whole town,
: savo whero the groans of the fever-stricken
' lound dismal echoes in Death's deeo'ate
rooms.
Djozzar, the butcher, surnnmed also the
"I>rribi*, ruled at thnl time over lh pashalic
of Aofff end though, even at this very day,
his name is a nightmare to the people of that
part, in some instances he displayed much
aoutencss and evenliandedness in dispensing
justice among the Christian rajahs under his
jurisdiction.
On the day in question, the pasha had fell
remarkably dnll and languid ; what with the
heal, ihe prevalence of disease, and ihe con
sequent panciiy of detail hers, (hern was litile
or nothing stirring to excite nnd stimulate In
active disposition: Two men had been im
; paled in the morning for felony—a reviving
I spnotaelp, which had highly amused his ox
celtency es long as the ngony of the poor
w role lies endured. Half-a dozen Jews had
even excited him to laughter by their gro
tesque exertions, when, as tied back to back,
Ihcy were overcome by the effects of emet
ic pr vjo'i.-.lv ?.'!mipiiprc A baler V two
had bcin nailed bwthe oars to the door-poH--.
o( the audience-hall for some short comings
in weight*. And one hanri in the hnrem,
who was a favorite, aud consequently much
noticed, having refused to dance at ihe pasha's
bidding, under the plea of a burning fever
with delirium, was mildly incited thereto by
being seated upon the burning floor of the
'Hammnn,' which, by the way, produced
very diflercnt results from what Djezzar an
ticipated, by throwing tho girl into a violent
perspiration, and forthwith dispelling the le
ver.
I These summed up the catalogue, of thai
I day's diveision for the pasha, and lie was
seated in a discontented and angry mood,
staring out upon the hot, blood red sun, as
, it dipped in the cool bosom of the western
I horizon.
j About the same Lour in another part of the
town, widi a hot day's honei.t labor
' and toil, Ilabeeb, the silversmith, slipped off
! the shop-board and iiilo Ins red slippers, vviiti
i the intention of locking up and finishing work
! for the day. To ihis intent lie eniptied his
! cash-box of the day's profi'e, adjusted his
j turban and rnous'.achc, and, with a ligMheart
; ami a keen appetite, walked biiskly towards
his house in ihe Cliristiau-quarler of the town,
i thinking the while of his handsome young
wife-, and the capital supper she had doubt
j less prepared far him. Now, llebeeb was a
well-known and highly respectable trades
man, a cunning workman in his art, and on
this account greatly esteemed by ihe fanati
cal Turks of Acta.
Full of happiness the silversmith reached
his door, and knocked loudly, end was iu-
I stamly.admitted by ihe black slave giil.
i "Where is your misirestil" asked the dis- j
appointed husband, who was generally ad- .
mined nnd welcomed by the hands and face
i lie loved best upon earth.
''Mistress!" replied the grinning black,'
"why 1 thought alio had gone up to tho shop; j
she left here soon after dinner."
Here was astounding information for He- J
beeb I He could scarcely behove his senses.
'Search, however, having proved vain,ba en
deavored io console himself with the idea
that his wife, being young nird thoughtless,
had gone off to the bath some lady
friend, and had linen prevefticd from return
ing as soon as she axpcpM.
Somehow or other his appetite was gone;
the meal appeared tasieless, and every
morsel lie swallowed appeared to stick in
his throat. Resolved to relinquish the
attempt ho proceeded at once to the public
baihs in search of the truant; arrived there,
great was hiscopsternalion on being inform
ed by tho man who guarded tho entrance,
.tliht l)is wife had never been there during
the day.
Greatly dispirited, HabehH returned to
wards Ins now desolate homo, calling in at
every friend's house to make inquiries after
lils wife. Evon tho noarsst noighbors had
seen or heard nothing of her during the af
ternoon. But one old lady had suggested
that a gin had spiritcdJier awny. Scorning
to give credence such a report, the un
happy husband came to the desperate con
elusion of repairing at once to tho terrible
pasha, and there reporting tire calamity that
had befallen him. Arrived at tho palace,
llebeeb, trembling all over with awe, was
ushered into the tyrant's presence just at
tho very moment when, as wo have already
seen, Djezzar was gloomily reflecting upon
some alternative to banish ennui, lie hail
ed tho silversmith's arrival with manifest
gleo and ovident satisfaction. In a few
words Ilabeeb narrated his errand, which
was a satisfactory one for tho pasha, for it
afforded him amjilo scope for the display of
his talents and Iris power.
" Do you know," asked Djezzar, in a ter
rible voice, "any man for whom your wilis
has at any time evinced a partiality! or lrave
you had any recent cause of disputation with
her?"
H.ibceb replied in tho negative, assuring
the pasha that oven up to that very morning
nothing had ever occurred to interrupt the
harmony of their lives.
Tho pasha then enquired whether the
woman had taken her clothes or other ef
fects with her. To this the silversmitli re
' plied, that everything, saving what she
stood in, had been left behind.
"Good !" saitl Djezzar, "go you homo di
rectly and fetch hither your wife's 'mar
riage trunk.' We shall seo whether we
cannot tfaco tho truant by that means."
The silversmith went home and returned
with the trunk, as directed, when tho pasha
ordered him to open it in his presence, and
take out every article that ii contained, enu
merating one by one, how such and such
things came into his wife's possession.
Habeeb obeyed, and in doing so, display
ed to view a goodly assortment of lady's ap
parrel, all of which ho was able to trace as
tho gift of himself ot of some near relation.
The pasha's brow lowereTl ns ho fancied
himself frustrated in *his scheme, when,
from the very bottom of the trunk, the be
wildered liusbnnd produced a most costly
and highly embroidered silk tunic, for which
he was wholly unable toticcount.
"That will do!" said Djezzar, brigh'ening
I up again; "you go home now; and by the
beard of the prophet! your wife shall be
restored to you before the day has elapsed."
| With many expressions of gratitude and
j full of wonderment at tho sagacity of the pa
\ sha, Habeeb retired to his homo there to
puzzle his brain throughout the night as to
J what could ever become of Ids wife, and
j how tho dress could possibly effect her re
i covcry.
i Meanwhile the paklia had sent a mandate
to tho Tirgi Jlashi ;head tailor) of Acre,!
:.->mr-ob:i-g him, with every. tailor ia the
place, rmder dreadful penally, into his im-
I mediate presence. It is needless to say that
i the command was instantaneously obeyed
| by the trembling herd of snips, who won-
I dorod what new experiments they wore to
j form the subjects of. Arrived in the terrible
i presence of Djezzar, the silk tunic was laid !
I out for their inspection, and with a horrible
menace, they were, one and all, invited to
'■ inspect tho same, and the maker to ac
knowledge who ho had made it for, anil who
; had paid him for the making of it. After a
J brief survey, one intelligent young man
boldly stepped forward, and declared that
j tho dress had been made for the pasha's
I treasurer, who had duly paid him for tne
• same.
Eyeing him sternly for a while, Djezzar
i replied:
! "Young man, I read sincerity in your
1 eyes, and believe what you say. You may,
therefore, return to your respective homes
at once."
. The astonished and happy conclave lints
' dismissed, Djezzar sent an order to tho little
suspocliug treasurer, for the immediate re
lease ot the Christian's wife, who was con
coaled in his harem. The treasurer vainly
! denied tho charge, nnd was at last constrain
ed to give up the hapless Catoor, who was
conducted into the pasha's presence to find
1 her ill-used husband already waiting her in
I the audience hall.
| "Christian," said the pasha, "take back
i your wife. I swore I would recover her,
! and I have Kept my oath."
But Habeed, while acknowledging his
I great gratitude, required of tho pasha that
justico should take its course.,
"If," said the silversmith, "my wife was
forcibly carried away, I shall only be too
happy to receive her agairt into ray house
and my affections; but if sho went of her
own free will, then let the law take its
course."
Tho evidence wont against tho woman,
who was accordingly sowed up into a sack,
and thrown into the sea; and as for the
treasurer, he not only received the "sock"
with regard to the post he Mid, but was
thrown into a dreary dungeon, whero he
pined over his wickedness through many a
long woary day.
nTThe Secretary of the Treasury is of
opinion that there will he a surplus 0f522,-
000,000 in the government's strong box al
the end of tbe present year. He moreover
anticipates an increase of revenue under the
new tariff, which will be in operation on Ihe
first of July next. In view of these consid
erations, Secreiary Cobb has already, il if
I staled,determined 10 recommed to Congress,
in his report, an extension of (he schedule
of articles of merchandize oa which no du
ties shut! be levied.
Cy Strong-minded women in Albany and
the parts -adjacent thereto, have commenced
cutting their hair short, like men. What a
pity they can't raise moustaches.
rsr THERE is many a good wife who can
neither dance nor sing well.
[Two Hollars per Annum.
NUMBER 26-
PRINTIKO TEXTILE FABRICS.—During the
last liaff century, n surprising development
of printing textile fabrics in color and dying
has taken place. That which was formerly
, tho labor of weeks is now performed in a
' day, or less. A piece of cloth is printed at
the rato of hundreds of yards in a day.—
The printing machines are marvels of inge
nuity; the pattern is appliod by the .engrav
ed surface of one brmoie copper cylinders,
which have received tho pattern from a
small steel cylinder, or mill, capable of im
pressing several with the same design. At
first, only one color cooltt be nppheil; now
several tiro applied in constant succession.
Formerly the application of colored designs
to fabrics of various kinds was entirely ef
fected by what is called block-printing—a
block of wood or metal, or a combination
of both, being engraved with tho pattern,
received the color by the ordinary means,
and this was then transferred by band to
the fabric. For every different color, a dif
ferent block was required, and in complica
ted patterns with many colors, the process
was excessively tedious. It is, however,
still employed in work of a particular char
acter.—Ledger.
Cy Bobbin-net Lace, which was former
ly manufactured by hand-machines, as stock
ings aro knit upon frames, is now made by
steam or water power. It is an elegant lex
lure, possessing superior strength and reg
ularity; and maybe said to surpass every
other branch of human industry in the com
plox ingenuity of its machinery,—one of
the "spotting frames" being as much
yond the most curious chronometer, in mul
-1 tiplicity of mechanical device, as that is be
yond a commrtn roasting-jack. The ordina
ry material of this lacc is two eolibn yarns,
of from No. 180 to No. 250, twisted into one
thread; but sometimes strongly tifistcd sin
gle yarn lias been used. The beauty of the
fabric depends upon Ihe quality of the ma
terial, as well as the regularity and stnal)-
ness of the meshes. The number of warp
threads in a yard in bredth is from six hund
dreil to nine hundred, which is equivalent to
from twenty to thirty in an inch. The size
of the holes cannot be exactly inferred, how
over, from that circumstance as it depends
partly upon the obiiquo traction of the
threads. The breadth of the pieces of bob
bin-net varies from edgings of a quarter of
an inch, to webs 12, or even to 20 quarters,
that is, fivo yards wide — Ledger.
BILK IN AUSTRIA.—It appears that, of all
the States of Europe, Austria possesses thq
mo .t wburdant rupply of silk. The prod
ducion of silk is conducted oiythe most im
portant scale in the Lombardo-Ychitlan king
dom: next in order of importance comes the
Tyrol; the samo business is also carried on
in tho military frontior. Gorz and Gradiskn,
and also in Istria and Trieste, in Dalmatia,
and south of Hungary. The production of
cocoons amount, on an average, annually,
in Lombard}-, to 250,000 cwt., and in the
province of Venice to 200,000 cwt. The
cocoons aro prepared at the reeling estab
lishment into raw silk. In Lombard}- there
are 3,000 of these reeling establishments,
which employ 79,500 operatives. The en
tire production amounts to 2,512,000 Vien
na lbs., and since 12 lbs. ol cocoons yield 1
lb. of raw silk, there are required for this
iftrgregatc of raw silk, 300,400 cwt. of co
coons. The whole production of raw silk
obtained in. the Austrian monarchy is about
4,108.700, and the waste about 7 15,400 lbs.
The number of working hands employed is
not less than 160,000. — Ledger.
THE INTER-OCEANIC CANAC —Since the fa
vorable report in reference to the practica
bility of a ship canal across the Isthmus, our
government, it is said, has ordered a ship
on the service of exploration, with a view to
definitely settle the fact of its feasibility.—
j This has been a favorite project for centu
ries. Commercial nations are able to esti
mate the great advantage of such a commu
| nication betwoen the Atlantic and Pacific,
and companies have boen formed in ling
land to clfect it, but the natural obstacles to
the enterprise, and its enormous cost, have,
always do.erred the commencement of any
such work. Several routes have been sug
gested, but none seemed practicable till the
recent report, and it is to ascertain this fact
that the further investigation is deemed de
sirable. The region of country through
which such a canal will pass is but little
known, for it is inhabited by ludians, un
friendly to strangers and suspicious of their
dosiguß.
IRON AND STEAM VS. WOOD AND CANVASS.—
A British publication predicts that before the
end of this ceniury theie will not probably be
a wooden hull nsvigating the Atlantie under
canvass. Upwards of eighty steamers, mos'-
!y screw propellers are being built in England
for the Atlantic trade. In this country, it is
said, that there is not a single screw propeller
on the sleeks. It may well be asked how
the mercantile interests of the United Slates
intend to maintain themselves against this
great competition, unless they prepare el
once for the struggle. The indications are
plain that wood and canvass will be super- .
reded by Iron and -tram, nnd those who are
first prepared for the change will longcnjoy
superiority iti (he advantages.
tjr A lady In Auburn was in her garden,
the other day, when sho suddenly rushed
iuto the house exclaiming that she was at
tacked by a snake, and fainted, wheirt it'
was found that ono of her hoops had given
way, and caused hor fright.