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THE lISII Bit's COTI AOB.
Translated ftom Heinrich Heine, by Le
land. How vague and wild—yet how many
pictures does it summou to tho mind's eye!,
Heine is the Rembrandt of poets:
We sat by the fisher's cottage,
And looked at the stormy tide j
The evening inist came "isitig,
And floating far and wide.
One by one in the light-house
The lights shone out on high;
And far on the dim horizon
A ship went Bailing by.
We spoke of storm and shipwreck,
Of sailors and how they live ;
Of journeys twixl sky and water,
And the sorrows and joys they give.
We spoke of distant countries,
In regions strange and fair;
And of the wouudrous beings
And curious customs there.
Of perfumed lamps on the Ganges,
Which are Jaunch'd in the twilight hour;
And the dark and silent Brahmins,
Who worship the lotus flower.
Of the wretched dwarfs.of Lapland,
Broad-headed, wide mouthed and small; '
Who crouch round their oil-fires, cooking,
And chatter and scream and bawl.
And the maidens earnestly listen'J,
Till at last we spoke no rnoro;
Tho ship, like a shadow, had vanish'*!,
And darkness fell deep on the shore.
A STUUNG OPINION.
We copy the following extract from the
opinion of Chief Justice Lewis on the late
injunction to prevent the sale of the Main
Line. It is a clear and strong exposition of
constitutional question in reference to
the object of taxation, and shows how far
beyond honest duly the last legislature was
tempted to go in its wild cflort to alienate a
vital part of that power.
We now come to tho vital question in
volved in there applications. Tho acts of
Assembly of I6>li May, 1857, makes pro
vision for a public sale, and, for the purpose
of inviting competition, directs that public
notice ot the lime and place be given in one
or more newspapers of extended circulation,
published in tqe cities of Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Washington, Boston, New Vork and
in the borough of Hatrtsburg. It authorizes
''any person or persons, or railroad or canal
company now incorporated, or which may
hereafter be incorporated under the laws of
this Commonwealth, to become the purchas
ers for any sum not less than 7,500,000 dol
lars." But there is a proviso in the 3d sce
iion, which declares that "if the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company shall become the
purchasers, at the said public sale, or by as
signment, they shall pay, in addition to the
purchase money at which it may be struck
down, the sum of 1,500,000 dollars, and in
consideration thereof, the said Railroad Co.,
and the Hatrisburg, Mount Joy and Lancas
ter Railroad Company shall be <Jischarged
by the Commonwealth forever, from the
payment of all taxes upon tonnage or freight
carried over said railroads, and the said Penn
sylvania Railroad Company shall also be
released from the payment of all other taxes
or duties on its capital stock, bonds, divi
dends, or property, except for school, city,
county, borough or township purposes."—
The amount of taxes proposed to be releas
ed is beyond calculation. It can only be
conjectured. It would be greatly increased
by the lax which would of course be levied
on the property about to be sold to the Com- !
pany. Judging from the increase during the
last five years, and the constant augmenta- j
lion of commerce and travel along the route, j
it would seem reasonable to believe that in
five years from this time it would be double j
its present amount. But conceding that the j
tax be released will hereafter amount to no
more, per annum, than the sum paid in |
1856, the amount awarding to the admissions
of the Railroad Company itself, would be
§280,739.21 per annum forever. This sum;
is more lhau equal to the inleresl on $5,600 -
000 at 5 per cent., the rato to bo charged to j
the purchasers. In other words, the acts of
Assembly proposes to give to the Railroad
Company a consideration equal to 5;600,000
for $1,500,000, and thns to give the Com
pany an advantage equal to 84,100,000 over
other bidder at tho sale ? By means
of this privilege, the Pennsylvania Railroad
ConiDany may dtive from the field of com
petition all other bidders. It is esssntial to
every fair public auction, that all Ihe bidders
shall stand upon an equal footing.
If the object bad been to make a fair sale
of this portion of tbe Slate revenue, it might
hava been evinced by a provision for the
transfer of it 10 the highest bidder, without
distinction in favor of any one. But itiia
was not dono. The extraordinary proviso,
in favor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, is partial and entirely repugnant to the 1
geueral intent of Hie act; and if allowed to !
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY S, 1857.
stand, the sale under it will furnish one of
the most magnificent exhibitions of a ''mock
auction" that the world has over witnessed!
We rejoice to say that the highly respectable
anil upright officers of the corporation dis
claim, in the most solemn manner, under
oath, all agency in procuring the enactment
in question. '
But 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 froe government are established by the
people for their benefit, and tho powers del
egated are to be exercised for their common
good, and not, under any circumslnnces, to
bo sold or destroyed, so long as the nations
establishing them have the physical power
to maintain their independence. Individuals
cannot subsist without food. Deprive them
of "the means whereby" they live, and you
j destroy them as certainly as if you did it by
shedding their blond. The necessities of
governments are as great as those ol individ
uals. No government can exist without rev
enues to defray its expenses and support its
officers and agents. The revenue is the food
indispensable to its existence. Deprive it of
this, and you stop it of all power to perform
its duties, bring it into contempt by its use
lessnessaud helplessness, and ultimately de
stroy it as efieetually us it it were overturned
by domestic violence or subjugated by the
conquest of a foreign foe. Government is
but u aggregation ol 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 his Creator. Contract
ing away the taxing power in perpetuity
lends, as we have seen, inevitably to ilia de
struction of the government. If twelve or
twenty millions of taxable property may be
released to-day, one hundred millions may
be released to morrow, and, the principle
being established, the process might go on
until all power to raise revenue was gone.—
If this did not destroy the government, it
would result in something infinitely more
dangerous to the liberties of the people. It
would make it the servile dependent of the
wealthy corporations or individuals to whom
it contracted away its means of support. Al
though the taxing powor is but an incidental
one, to be exercised only as the necessary
means of performing governmental duties, tt
is nevertheless a branch of the Legislative
power, which always in its nature implies
not only tho power of making laws, but of
altering and repealing them as tho exigencies i
of the Stale and circumstances of ijie times
may require. Ruiheriorlh's Institutes ol Na
tional law, b. 3, clt. 3, s. 3. If one portion
of the legislative power may be 6old, anoth
er may be disposed of in the same way.—
If the power to raise revenue may bo sold
to day, tho power to punish for crimes may
be sold to-morrow, an 1 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, the Executive and Judi-1
eial powers may be put in the market with j
equal propriety. The result to which the j
principle must inevitably lead, proves that |
the sale ol any portion of governmental
power is utterly inconsistent with the nature '
of our free institutions, and totally at ffari- i
anee with the object and general provisions
of the Constitution of the Slate. It may be
urged that we must confide in the fidelity of
the Legislature, and that there is every i
ground for hope that thpy would not carry j
such measures to an unreasonable length.— j
This is no answer to the argument. It is a 1
, question of Constitutional authority, and not j
a caso of confidence at all. Limitations of I
1 power established by written Constitutions I
have their origin in a distrust of the infirmity j
i of man. This distrust is fully justified by
the history of the rise and fall of nations.
I But conceding that the practice will not
j be carried so far as to destroy the govern
| ment, is there any warrant for it to the ex-
Item to which act of Assembly proposes to
|go in the present case* It was held by this
I Court in Wood's Estate, 9 Harris, 114, that
' "the duties of sovereign and subject are re
j ciprocal, and any person who is protected by
i a government in his person or property, may
jbe sompelled to pay for that ptotection. As
! taxes are to be assessed for the sole purpose j
j of supporting the government, the propriety
of exacting them, the persons and propriety
| to be made liable, and the rules for their as-
I sessment and collection are to be determined
j by its authority. It is, however, a rule of
| the public law, founded on a principle of
! justice which no government can disregard,
j without violating the rights of its citizens,
I that taxes shall be assessed in snch manner
that all the citizens may pay their quota, in
I proportion to their abilities and the advan
' tages they desire from the society,"—9, Hur-
I ris, 114; 10 Harris, 497. This principle is
' sanctioned by writers of the highest authori
j ty—Vattel, b. I, ch. 20, s. 240; Ilutherforth,
' Inst, of Nat. Law, b. 2, ch. 3, s. 5; Puffen
dorf's Law of Nations, b. 7. ch. 9, s. 10. It
is expressly declared by Baron PufTendorf,
that ''no immunities or exemptions" (from
taxation) ought to be "granted to certain
persons to the defrauding or oppressing of
the rest." It in upon this principle that,
when the private property of the citizen is
taken for public use, the just compensation
is to be made to him out of this common
fund, ill order that the contribution to the 1
public interest may fall in a just proportion
upon each citizen—Rutherlorlh, b. 2, ch. 3, '
s. 5. As the Legislature are necessarily ihe
judges of the method of assessing taxes, it
is to be presutnod that they have regarded 1
the rule of contribution sanctioned by jus
tice and the equal rights of the citizens; and
their onactmeats are not always subject to i
judicial review. Where they make appro
priations to institutions of learning, or chari
ty, or grant luudsor pensions to persons who
liaxe served in the defence of the nation, it
is presumed to be a compensation for the
£ood that has been done or is to be done to
the community. Where they grant to the
'same institutions or individuals au 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
such 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. &. 11. G2, 0 Walts, 433.
But when there is no pretence of an inten
tion to equalize the taxation among the peo
ple, but tut avowed purpose to sell 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
tux upon them without the consent of their
representatives, and is such a plain, palpa
ble and open violation of the rights and lib
erties of the people—such a clear case ol
transcending the just limits of legislative
power, that the judiciary is bound to pro
pronounce sucb an act null and void.
No clas of corporations stand more in
need of tho protection of the government,
or occupy more of tho time of the Legisla
ture and the courts of Justice, or occasion
more expense to the government than rail
road corporations. From the extensive na
ture of their operations, the power to take
private property for (he construction of their
works, and their continual collision with
each other's interests, anil with the interests
ol individuals and municipal communities,
they require the constant and the energetic
protection of the strong arm of tho govern
ment. Withdraw that protection, and they
would be left to the mercy of popular out
breaks, manifesting themselves by opposition
to their progress, and the destruction of their
works whenever the location of their roads
or their depots, or any of their numerous
and necessary operations come in conflict
with the interests of particular localities.—
These corporations should he the last to con.
sent thai the government should he eiifeHlilud
by the diminution ol its revenues, or to ask
that it should be bound to exert all its ener
gies, and incur Urge and constant expendi
tures (or their protection while tliey are ex
empt from contributing '-heir share.
These principles are not so infirm as to
stand in need of the staff of authority for
support. Tlicy are the result of that liberty
and equality which was established by the
Revolutionary struggle of our ancestors
They are perfectly understood by every one
who has capacity to comprehend the nature
of our free institutions. They are deeply
impressed on the hearts of the people, and
they are fully recognized by the history, the
objects and the language of our Slate Con
stitution.
A I> II It liSS,
| To the Ministers and Churches in connection
j with the Genera I Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church.
DEMI BRETHREN —The undersigned, mem
| bers of the General Assembly now in session
; in Cleveland, Ohio, are constrained to ad-
I drpss you with reference to the state of our
; beloved Church, and to indicate the course
j which should be pursued by all who adhere
I to the principles of our Constitution, as inter
j pretcd by its frarners, and as practically aa-
I knowlodged during ihe almost entire period
j of ottr history as a church.
The action ol the present Assembly on tho
I subject of Slavery, especially when consid
ered in connection with the spirit apd mani
fest purpose of several of the Western Syn
ods, has impressed with the belief that peace
and harmony can no longer prevail amongst
us—that the Assembly as at present consti
tuted. instead of boing a bond of union be
tween different sections of the church, will
continue to be the theatre of strife and dis
cord and that tho glory of God, 'ha welfare
of our churches, and the good ol the country
demand a separation of the discordant ele
ments, and the existence of another Assem
' bly in which the agitation of the slavery
question will he unknown.
We had hoped that our brethren who have
been disposed to introduce tbis subject into
tbe General Assembly would ere tins have
been convinced that no good could result to
the church from this agitation—that it was
alienating brethern of a common Christian
faith, and was calculated to render the con
dition of ihe slave more undesi table, and to
sur.der the lies that bind our union together.
In this regard we have been sodly disap
pointed. In consequence of tbe political ag
itation of the subject, and ol Ihe pressure
brought to bear upon thorn by Congregational
Churches holding the most ultra abolition
sentiments, many ol our Western Presbyter
ians have become more urgent in demanding
progressive action of Ihe Assembly. They
have not been satisfied with the past decla
lions of the Assembly. They have desired
the Assembly to express its views ol the sin
of slaveholding so clearly that they can be
made the basis of discipline by the courts of
tho Church. This aofion has now been vir
tually taken by the Assembly. It has avow
ed that tho relation of muster and servant—
which necessarily involves the idea of prop
erty in tho services of the latter—is a sin in :
Ihe sight of God, and an offence in the sense
in which the tortn is used in the Constitution
of the Church. This declaration has been
made, although confessedly there is not the
most remote allusion to slsvoholding in our
standards, and also with tho knowledge of
Truth and Right God and our Country.
the fact that when our constitution was adop- j
led twelve out of the thirteen states were I
slaveholdiug stales, and many of those who |
composed the Assembly of 1789, if not slave
holders themselves, were tepresentalives of
Presbyterians in which were churches whose
members were slaveholders. We regard this
action ol the General Assembly as a palpable
violation of the spirit and letter of the consti
tution of the church. Thf principle involved
in it, if carried into practice, would convert
tho highest judicatory of ilia church into an
eco'esiasticnl despotism as tyratiicai as that
which has distinguished the Church of Rome.
It makes the Assembly not only the interpret
er of law in an irregular way, but also tho
i supreme legislature ol the church—a position
I which has been always ispudi&led by tbo
Presbyterian Church.
Apart, therefore, from (lie disastrous con
sequence resulting from the agitation of tho
subject of slavery in the General Assembly,
destroying, as it does, our peace, keeping us
in a stale of excitement utifavornbla to spirit
ual growth, and paralysing our efforts to ad
vance the cause of the Redeemer through
the channel ol our inimitable system of Gov
ernment —we consider that the Assembly ;
has so far departed limn the Constitution of I
the Church as to render our adherence to it
undesirable and impossible. Having protes
ted repeatedly against this agitation, and
finding that oar brelhern are determined to i
continue it, we have deliberately aad prayer- I
fully come to the conclusion that, however !
painful it may be to us, the good of the Ch urclt
and of the country required a separation from
them. We shall hold our brethren who have
disturbed our peace, by die introduction of
this vexed question to our judicatories, as
alone responsible for lite consequences of this
division.
Willi these convictions ns to the necessity
of a separation from our once united and be
loved Zion, the only question that remains
lor us now to settle, pertains to the mode of
separation. The undersigned are satisfied
that but one course is left to us—and that is
to invite nil Constilulional Presbyterians in
the land, who are opposed to the agitation ol
Slavery in the General Assembly, to unite in
an organization in which this subject shall he
utterly eschewed. We do not restrict our in
vitation to the Southern Churches. We wish
to have a National Church—that is, a Chinch,
the constituent parlo( which will come from
every section of the Union. Holding to the
same confession of Faith, wo shall have a
common basts as to Doctrine and Govern-
I meat; and an understanding that, however,
j we may differ in our views respecting Sla
very, the subject is never to be introduced
into the Assembly either by Northern or
Southern men, unless, indeed, judicial cases
are brought up regularly from the lower
courts. In the judgment of the undersigned,
this course is our only alternative. There is
so much of the same ahplition spirit pervad
ing other Churches that adhere to the same
standards of faith, that we could i.ot expect
peaee on this subject by uniting with litem.
We are persuaded that, although this ques
tion may be suppressed in their judicatories
for a while, the abolition spirit exists to such
an extent as to threaten their dismember
ment. The result may be tltal the disturbing
elements of the diflerent branches of the
Presbyterian church may be united in one
body, and that the conservative portion of
the same may ultimately be brought togeth
er, and thus prove more efficient in promo
ting the cause of the Redeemer, and in dif
fusing through the land a truly national 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 be liable to another division from
this exciting subject.
The undersigned, therefore, would invite
all Presbyterians, from all sections of the
country, to meet in Convention in the city of
Washington, on the 27th day of August, ; 57,
for the purpose of consultation, and of organ
izing a General Assembly in which it will be
distinctly unders'ood, the subject of slavery
will not be introduced. We propose this
course, instead of organizing an Assembly at
once, as being due to the Presbyterians we
represent. We would suggest that the Pres
byterians be callfed together as soon as possi
ble, and that, whilst the Presbyterians ap
point their delegates to tho Assembly in the
usual proportior. it is desirable that as many
ministers and elders should attend the Con
vention as can do so. We suggest also, that
in case any of the Presbyterians desiring to
be connected with this new Assembly, should
find it impossible to bo represented in the
Convention, it would be important that the
Convention should be informed of their ac
tion.
Praying that God may overrule the distrac
tions of Zion for His own glory and that we
may be guided in this crisis of our history by
his unerring counsel, we subscribe ourselves
your brethren in Christ.
Fred. A. Ross, D. D., Michael S. Shuck,
George Painter, Isaac \Y. K. Handy, Wm.
E. Caldwell, James G. Hammer, D. D., John
B. Logan, ller.ry Matthews, llobert P. Rhea,
Peachy R. Gratlon, Archet C. Dickersott, (5.
W. Huicltins, Thomas H. Cleland, Elijah A.
Carson, F. R. Gray.
The undersigned, though not members of
the General Assembly now in session in
Cleveland, have been present during its dis
cussion of slavery. Reins; '"lly convinced
that there is no prospect ot 'he cessation o'
this agitation in the Assembly, and that the
action taken is a violation of the Constitution
of the Church, wo cordially unite in ihcubove
invitation.
A H. H. BOYD.
GEO. M. CRAWFORD.
Till-: MM,\NICII'S SUNG.
FROM TIIS: GERMAN.
Whir away, my busy spindle,
Ask not rest or quiet now,
Bridal bed and swaddling raiment
And tho shroud preputest thou.
Golden threads—ah! who can tell us
What your destiny may be !
Whether joy on whether sorrow
At the last shall come to ibee.J
Otherwise than we expected
May our loudest wishes fall;
What is spun for !estal uses
Soon may chanco to be a pall.
Whir away, my spindle, softly,
Lite is changeful like to thee,
Joyous starting on our journey.
Oil return we inournlully.
Soon our voices die in silence,
Daik clouds dim the brightest day,
Onward rolls die title of pleasure,
Love and friendship will decay.
Whir away, my busy spindle,
Rest and peace ate not for thee—
And my teats, so gently flowing,
Stilt flow ot'i unceasingly.
•IIH-: SII.VICKSMH ALIIU.
It had been a snllty day—one of those
breathless summer noons so frequent at St.
Joan d'Aere during the latter part of July and
beginning of August. The sea lay stagnant
us an African lake, mid even the tall branch
es ot trees gave no indication of the slightest
zephyr. Silence reigned over the whole town,
save where the groans of the fever-stricken
four I dismal eehoes in Death's desolate
rooms.
Djezzar, the butcher, sutnamed also the
Terrible, ruled at that tirno over the pashalie
of Acre; and though, even at this very day,
Ins name is a nightmare to the people of that
part, in some instances lie displayed ntiieh
Hi-uteness and evenhandedness in dispensing
iiiajjce among the Christian rajahs under his
jurWliction.
On the day in question, the pasha hud fell
remarkably dull and languid; what with the
heat, iho prevalence of disCbse, and the con
sequent paucity ol delimiters, there was little
or nothing stirring to excite and stimulate hi.
active disposition. Two men had been im-
j paled in the morning lor felony—a reviving
j speutacle, which had highly amused his ex
; celletiey as long as the agony of the poor
j wretches endured, llalf-a dozen Jews hail
! even excited him to laughter by their gro-
I tesque exertions, when, as lied hack to back,
| tliey were overcome by the effects of cmet-
I ics previously administered. A baker or two
j had been nailed bv the eaistolhe door-posts
j ol the audience-hall for some short comings
j in weights. And otto banri in the harem,
I who was a favorite, and consequently much
I noticed, having refused to dance at the pasha's
j bidding, under the plea of a burning levet
I with delirium, was mildly incited thereto by
: being seated upon tho burning floor of the
j 'Hamman,' which, by the way, produced
1 very different results from what Djezzar an.
| ticipated, by throwing the girl into a violent
' perspiration, and forthwith dispelling the fe-
I ver.
These summed up the catalogue of that
day's diversion for the pasha, and he was
sealed in a discontented and angry mood,
staring out upon the hot, blood red sun, as
it dipped in tho cool bosom of the western
horizon.
About the same hour in another part of the
town, wearied wiih a hot day's honest labor
and toil, Habeeb, the silversmith, slipped off
the shop-bnard anil into his red slippers, with
the intention of locking up and finishing work
for the day. To ibis inient he emptied his
cash-box of the day's profits, adjusted his
turban and moustache, and, with a light heart
and a keen appetite, walked btiskly towards
his bouse in the Christian quarter of the town,
thinking the while of his handsome young
wife, and the capital supper she had doubt
less prepared far him. Now, Hebeeb was a
well-known and highly respectable trades
man, a cunning workman in his art, and on
this account greatly esteemed by the fanati
cal Turks of Acre.
Full of happiness the silversmith reached
his door, anil knocked loudly, and was in
stantly admitted by the black slave git!.
"Where is your mistress?" asked the dis
appointed husband, who was generally at
mitted and welcomed by the hands and face
he loved best upon earth.
''Mistress'.'' replied the grinning black,
"why 1 thought she had gone np to the shop;
she left here soon after dinner."
Here was astounding information for He*
beeb ! He could scarcely believe his senses.
Search, however, having proved vain,he en
deavored lo console himself with the idea
that his wife, being young and thoughtless,
had gone off to the bath to meet some lady
friend, and had been prevented from return
ing as soon as she expectdd.
Somehow or other his appetite was gone :
the meal appeared tasteless, and every
morsel he swallowed appeared to stick hi
his throat. Resolved to relinquish the
attempt he proceeded at once to the public
baths in search ot the truant; arrived there,
great was his consternation on beinginlorm*
ed by the ntatt who guarded the entrance,
that his wife had never been there during
the dav.
Greatly dispirited, Habeeb returned to
wards his now desolate home, calling in at
every lrieud's house to make inquiries after
his wife. Even the nearest neighbors had
seen or heard nothing of her during the af
ternoon. But otto old lady had suggested
that a gin had spirited her away. Scorning
to give credence to such a report, the un
happy husband caiue to tke desperate eoa-
elusion of repairing at oneo to the terrible
pasha, and there reporting the calamity that
had befallen hint. Arrived at the palace,
lloheeb, trembling all over with awe, was
ushered into tho tyrant's presence just at
the very moment when, as we have already
seen, Djezzar was gloomily reflecting upon
some alternative to banish ennui. He hail
ed the silversmith's arrival with manifest
glee and evident satisfaction. In a few
words Habeeb narrated his errand, which
was a satisfactory one for the pasha, for it
afforded him ample scope for tho display of
his talents and his power.
" Do yon know," asked Djezzar, in a ler
riblo voice, "any man for whom your wife
lias at any time evinced a partiality! or have
you had any recent cause of disputation with
her?"
Habeeb replied in the negative, assuring
the pasha that even up to that very morning
nothing had over occurred to interrupt the
harmony of their lives.
Thu pasha then enquired whether the
woman had taken her clothes or other ef
fects with her. To this tho silversmith re
plied, that everything, saving what she
stood in, had boon left behind.
"Good!" said Djezzar, "go you home di
rectly and lele.li hither your wife's 'mar
riage trunk.' We shall see whether we
cannot trace the truant by that means."
Tho silversmith went home and relumed
with the trunk, as directed, when the pasha
ordered him to open it In his presence, and
lake out every article that ii contained, enu
merating ono by one, how such and -itch
tilings rainu into his wile's possession.
Ilaliceb obeyed, and in doing so, display
ed to view a goodly assortment of lady's ap
parrel, all of which he was able to trace as
the gift of himself or of some near relation.
The pasha's brow lowered as he fancied
hiinelf frustrated in his scheme, when,
front tlie very bottom of the trunk, tho be
wildered husband produced a most costly
and highly embroidered silk tunic, for which
he was wholly nliable to account.
"That will do!" said Djezzar, brigh'cniug
up again; "you go home now; and liy the
heard of tin- prophet! your wife shall be
ri--!ored to you bcl'uro the day has elapsed."
Willi many expressions of gr i iiudu and
full ol wonderment at the .-agaci'y of the pa
sha, Hal-cub retired to his home there to
puzzle his brain throughout the night as to
what could ever heroine of his wife, and
how the dress could possibly effect iter re
covery.
Meanwhile the pasha had scut a mandate
to the Tirpi 11'n.lii i,liead tailor) of Acre,
sn.iimoning Jiim, with every tailor in the
place, under dreadful penally, into his im
mediate presence. It is needless to say that
the command was iiislaiitaueou-ly obeyed
by tho trembling herd of snips, who won
dered what new experiments tliey were to
form the subjects of. Arrived in the terrible
presence oi Djezzar, the silk tunic was laid
out tor tneir inspection, and with a horrible
menace, they were, one and all, invited to
inspect the same, and the maker to ac
knowledge who he had made it for, and w ho
had paid liiin for the leaking of it. After a
brief survey, one intelligent young man
boldly stepped forward, and declared that
the dress had been made for the pasha's
treasurer, who had duly paid him lor tne
same.
Eyeing him sternly lor a while, Djezzar
replied:
" Young man, I read sincerity in your
eyes, and believe what you say. You may,
therefore, return to your respective homes
at once."
The astonished and happy conclave thus
dismissed, Dje/zarsent an order to the little
suspecting treasurer, tor the immediate re
lease of the Christian's wife, who was con
cealed in his harem. The treasurer vainly
denied the charge, and was at last constrain
ed to give up the hapless Catoor, who was
conducted into the pa'ha's presence to tied
her ill-used husband already waiting her m
the audience hall.
"Christian," said the pasha, "take back
your wife. I swore 1 would recover her.
and 1 have kept my oath."
But Habeed, while acknowledging his
great gratitude, required of the pasha that
justice should take its course.
"If," said the silversmith, "my wife was
forcibly carried away. I shall only be too
happy to receive her i .-ain into my house
and my affections: but it she went of her
own free will, then let the law take its
course."
The evidence went against the woman,
who was accordingly sewed up into a sack,
and thrown into the sea; and as for the
treasurer, he not only received the "sack"
with regard to the post he held, but was
thrown into a dreary dungeon, where he
pir.od over hi* wickedness through many a
long weary day.
fir Tha Secretary of the Treasury is of
opinion that there will be a surplus of 522,-
pen poo m the government's strong box at
the enJ of the present, year. 11a moreover
anticipates an increase of revenue ondcr the
new taritl, which will be in operation on ihe
first of July next. In view of these consid
erations, Secretary Cobb has already, it it
stated,determined to recommed to Congress
in his report, an extension of the schedule
of articlea of merchandize on which no du
ties shall be levied.
Ci r Sirong-mioded women in Albany and
the parts adjacent thereto, have commenced
cutting their hair short, like men. What a
pity they can't raise moustaches.
IT TUKKK IS many a pood wite who can
ueither dance uor sing well.
[Two Dollars per Anata* '
NUMBER 26-
PRINTMO TsxTii.e FABRICS. —During th*
last half century, a surprisi rg development
of printing textile fabrics in color and dying
lias taken place. That which was formerly
the labor of weeks is now performed in a
day, or.less. A piece of cloth is printed at
the rate of hundreds of yards in a day.—
The printing machines art) marvels of inge
nuity; the pattern is applied by the engrav
ed surface of ono or more copper cylinders,
which have received the pattern from a
small steel cylinder, or mill, capablo of im
pressing several with the same design. At
tirst, only ono color could bo applied; now
several are 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 the pattern,
received the color by the ordinary mean*,
and ibis was then transferred by hand 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.
nr Bobbin-net Lace, which was former
ly manufactured by hand-machines, as stock
ings are knit upon frames, is now made by
steam or water power. It is an elegant tex
ture, possessing superior strength and reg
ularity ; and may be said to surpass every
other branch of human industry in the com
plex ingenuity of its machinery,—ono of
the "spotting frames" being as much be
yond the most curious chronometer, in mul
tiplicity of mechanical device, as that is be
yond a common roasting-jack. The ordina
ry material ol this lace is two cotton yarns,
ol Irorn No. 180 to No. 250, twisted into one
thread; hut sometimes strongly twisted sin
ale yarn has bepn used. The beauty of the
fabric depends upon the quality of the ma
terial, as well as the regularity and small
ttess of the meshes. The number of warp
threads in a yard in bredth is from six liund
dred to nine hundred, which is equivalent to
Iroin twenty to thirty in an inch. The size
of the holes cannot he exactly inferred, how
ever, from that circumstance as it depends
partly upon the oblique traction of the
threads. The breadth of the pieces of bob
bin-net varies from edgings of a quarter of
tin inch, to webs 12. or even to 20 quatters,
that is, five yards wide —Ledger.
S\LK in AUSTRIA.— It appears that, of all
the States of Kit rope, Austria possesses the
most abundant supply of silk. The pro
duction ol .-ilk is conducted on the most im
portant scale in the I.ombardo-Yeniiian king
dom; next in order of importance comes the
J yr-• 1: tin* same business is also carried oa
in the military frontier, (iorz and Gradiska,
and also in I-triu aud Trieste, in Dalmatia,
and south of Hungary. The production of
cocoons amount, on an average, annually,
in Lombard)-, to 250,000 cut., and in the
province of Venice to 200.000 cwt. The
cocoons are prepared at the reeling estab
lishment into raw silk. In Lombard)- there
are 3.000 ol these reeling establishments,
which employ 79,500 operatives. The en
tiro production amounts to 2,512.000 Vien
na lbs., and since 12 lbs. oi cocoons yield 1
lb. of raw silk, there are required for this
aggregate 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. arid the waste about 716.400 lbs.
The number of working hands employed is
not le.-s than 160,000. —Ledger.
THE ISTBR-OCEASIC CANAL —Since the fa
vorable report in relerence to the practica
bility of a ship canal across the Isthmus, our
government, it is said, lias ordered a ship
on tt e service of exploration, with a view to
definitely settle the tact of its feasibility.—
This has been a lavoritc project for centu
ries. Commercial nations are able to esti
tr. ate the great advantage of such a comma
mention between the Atlantic and Pacific,
and companies have been lonned in Eng
land to eriect it. but the natural obstacles to
•lie enterprise, and its enormous cost, haTa
always de-erred the commencement ot any
such work. Several mutes have been sug
gested. but none seemed practicable fill 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 bnt little
known, for it is inhabited by Indians, un
friend.y to strangers and suspicious of their
designs.
IRON ANT STSAM VS. WOOD AND CASTAS*—
A British publication predicts that before the
end of this century there will not probably be
a wooden hull nAvigating the Atlantic coder
canvas*. Upward* of eighty steamers, mar
ly screw propeller* are being built in England
for the Atlar.tie trade. In ihi* country, it is
said t' at there is not a single *crew propeller
on the stocks. It may well be a*ked how
the mere*- ile r.trresi* of the United Stales
intend to maintain tkemeelve* agaioH this
great eompettiton, unieee they prepare at
once icr the struggle. The indications are
plan Hist wood and csnvtee wdl be super
cede. I by iron and steam, ami those who ere
first prepared lor ihe change will loegeajoy
sup enemy m the auvaeuges.
C 7* A lady in Aatam was in he* geider.
the other day, when she aoddealy rushed
ia to the house exclaiming that sd.c was at
tached by a snake, and hfirresi when it
was fcv.r.d that one of her hoop* had given
way, and ceased her fright.