, . • - ' -•-- - • • .. —•,-. —,....._ iI,,D. 4... as O. H. BUNIIIIIBIL ' ------ . . . --; """" • • „ , • . FOR 1850. ' ~...,___ I N pursuance of the Art of Assembly passed the 27th day of Ju1v,.1842. the follow• ing statement is hereby published by the Commissioners of Adams county, which exhibits the amount. description and value of the Real and Personal Property, 'trades. Occupations, and Professions, made taxable by the several Acts of Assembly of this N Commonwealth:— ___ _—_— ; al c . 9 ti t ra 7 . y zgl ' B i 4 i' , : 1 f al 2 1 ' "9. : ??." gilf l t l s, -•?-.18.7,0,e; 1.,,J ~ 4 5,..... a g.) ea o'l.l f4•1;415 . .1/ Boroughs E . 17 .1 S t 2.,.... i , vrxll. to ,C?, ri g 2 1 9,11 1 : 1 : : ; LI 1 $, 3 -'2. 13 64 01.1 1 3 a .: =.. 5 1 "13%.:0.t ' 4 " . 1 . sad ` 1 00,g,F, BFAI r; ,7,•1 Pr 'F'''' ir. :'," iR2. E tr, 71 F, r si ,-.. ig i k .& cg 1g r, ~.- ,:k . , 6 .p L . ;,1 ~, s, o", 1 „ P Township,. .5' m i c .,„, •7. Xi v si c; R VII F 12. , u To w c ( .._,.* : Fr I , i I -rn T.l hs• r , aIF : S. , l' r --4.. —....--- —.------ ..-..... Gettysburg. ' 1824961 3963 75590 1 163101 50590 4550,1300 900 1365 $3O 75 Cumberland, 252653 15342 12087 20101 . 9295 450 i 2085/ 275 n 0r91.161, 113530 8441 28891 4018' 1541 10895 100 1 .$ 1501 b 2.75 Oxford, 17906011 6680 68704 11521' 950 7855 110 80 1415' 100 II ontington, 2198651 13034 84341 1790 16665 • 800 2207 i 6Ou 'Ardmore, 1387411 10425 29427 900 8075 300 1979 ' nemiltonban, 250..112 13956 16890 729, 15820 1419175 51 6 75 Liberty, 131921 8273 16752 '540 1 4200 150 Hanrillan, 183310, 9031 46696 2180 1144 0 100 3826 i Menallen, 299678' 24279, 265071 SOO 16220 3825, 1-traban, 216455 1 176671 35711] 1813• 11040 1590 50 Franklin, 224348 1 22386 207701 2001 11940 1590 50 conowstra, 201254 i 5418 35320: 966 6161 1420' 350 Tyrone, 1427131 9464 1 6430 5079 1175 1 M.3991.10Y. 1163489 , 10602 218101 600 5514 1105 i Mountpleasant. 2582991 16498 275991 1360 1 8700 2010 Reading, 2148431142161 342581 200 1 7020 1954680 i , Berwicl, 999001 43521 20766, 1 6840 , Freedom, 824291 6171 145811 2251 1 3330 736., , Union. 3076331 8,17 222551 1500 1 I 5446 3 9373 50 —,—,—_—• -• ...n 540635.1 319'2899,231886 Atleit—J. AVOITINBAInitt, Clerk December I 4,1840.-4 w. IMPORTANT DISCUVERY. THE subscriber has in his possession - 3 1- an invaluable receipt for making SOFT SOAP, which he now offers to the imblic.at a. very insignificent and extraor dinarily low price., A very superior and elegant article of soft soap can he made by Allis receipt. without Fat, Ashes or Ley, and one barrel of it boiled in the incre'di ble short spare of ONE HOUR, and at cost not exceeding Seventy-floe Cents to the barrel. This Soap will be warranted superior fur washing and other purposes, to any made in the usual manner, and if not found as warranted, the money will be refunded tn,illl win. bought receipts. Heads of families and others will do well to. give thus mutter their attention. as it will prove a great saving of labor and ex pense. No person will he permitted to sell receipts unless authorized by me. JOHN MEIXEL. Price One Dollar. PCrßeeeipts can he had of UOLOHON POWERS. Nov. 23. 1849. Gettysburg. UV& Giqq [ l : 4, GEORGE ARNOLD HAS just returned from Philadelphia, and is now opening a largo stock of FRESH GOODS, /MOHO WHICH ARE CHEAP CLO r LIS, CASSINIERES, Cassinets, Cords, Jeans, SILKS, M. DE L.ll INE 5,,, , 1LP.9 C. 12 S. &lode Collors, Black and Fancy do., Calicoes, Ginghams, llferinoes, English 4 French Striped Plaidand Plain Cashmeres, Ribbons, Flannels, Blankets, Queensware, kr., lIIIIE subscriber tenders his acknowl all ocwhieh have been purchased in Phil- 1- edgements to his friends and the pub adelphia on the very beat terms, and will lie for the liberd patronage hitherto ex• be sold as cheap as any other esiabliah- tended to him, and respectfully informs ment can offer them. Please call, exam- them that he has just received from the ine and judge for yourselves. Cities a spendid assortment of new Good., P. S. Country Produce taken in ex- comprising in part a fine stock of change for Goods at Cash prices. OtrA:kit of STOVES on hand, which SHAWLS, DELIINES, OLOrES. STOCKINGS, RIR will he sold cheap. BONS, FLOWERS, COLLARS, Muslins, Irish Linens, dm., all of which will be sold at the low- J 11. RY LIST. eat cash prices. The subscriber deems it unnecessary to Grand Jury, January Term, 1850. enumerate the different articles which Menallen: James J. Wills, Bernard Gard. comprise his stock." He would therefore tier, Michael Dietrlch,Henry Ilartsell,William earnestly invite all to call and examine for B. Miller Valentine Fell, Sr. themselves before purchasing elsewhere. liorouith : Lsonard Slouch, Jr. J. L. SCHICK. Reading: John Dicks. . Gettysburg, Sept, 28,1849.—ff. Oxford: Levi Waggoner. ---- Freedom : John McCleary. Comma' SENSE VIEW ; Au individual Cumberland: George Plank, George Way- only wishes to know the right way to pur bright. , Latimore : David Naiicomer. sue it ; and there are none, were it surely Union: Henry Gutollus, Samuel Young. made known how Lira might be,prolong- Deadlier': Pius Fink, Martin Gets. ed, and HEALTIE recovered, who, would n untington: Jesse John, James Townsend. not adopt the plan. Evidence is required Mounijoy : Wiser Snyder. that the right way is discovered. Thili is Franklin: Peter Mickley, (Cashlowll.), what those suffering from sickness want to Mountpleasant: George Hagerman, Samue l Noel. be satisfied about. For who is so foolish as not to enjoy all the•health his body - is ca. ..—.. . Sept. 28, 1840.—tf Conowago: Jacob Little. cable of i Who is there that would mu General Jury. live, when his experience ban so much Borinight David Kendlehart, Samuel Mc- bonefit himself and family ! It is a mei- Creary, David Ziegler, James A. Thompson, ancholy fact, that a very largo proportion' John' Corp . . (of M • ) Ountberland : Emanuel Fitter, Sr. of the most useful members of society dip • Oxford': Michael Slagle. between' the ages of thirty and forty. How ' TYromo: Model Diehl, Jacob Hersh, Ezra many Widow m' 1u . Itelpletto orphans have Myers, Peter Hummer. been the consequence of mankind not ha- BerWicik : Imo Wolf, George Dikes: ving in their own power the means of res. Nbentplestalit: James Pont, 'Sebastian toting health when loot. • Wi r ' ' XXI. Iteotemarnorte.—All kinds and IP iildin:' Robert Shakely, Levi Piller, , • Chine" Is l it n ei r . . manner of sickness arising from th follies •Miiiiiilliens 'William Harlin, Samuel Diehl. 'of youth MI cured by these Pills : ' From j Frimillonat ',David Sindoe,' Dadiel Sheets, 'two to six pills;must be taken datly,.and a 3ainea fligham. , ' cure is warranted. If mush pain is paper. - ' Liberty; Robert H4ll, Jame' Moore. '._. jeered, drink several times a day fitzseed *Hi n iiit4 """ : Michael ' Berringi. John `B. tee. In aft cases this tea assists the seri. Plitt°ll ' ' .' ' . . ' Pra y L for grace afterwards. ' • 9,Pllwltta: AbrithaM Xitegy; Frs. Krichten. for p ' flantiltoit't Samuel 13. Pettorpon; • ICrThe 'Brandretb Pillaire sold pa cents - 'Ottrug.lonittlien C. Forrest. per box et Drat 13 randrpth'aPri ncipal 015N:424i Ha le :• j o hn Ferree. Broadway, N. York, and by tho.followiniduly Mithigeo Javelin Zack, Joseph Fink. ' eutherised'Ageitte:—John M. Stevens° : Got . iwilltslii Adana Gardner, Jr. Vlburet Moltainket & relive, Peterabarllt A ' RiletlikitS Joliai Miller. ' brsham King, Hantorstown; A.M'Firland. Ab. -...- ~. ./ ' , .-. . ______ , bettetownt D. ,M. C. White, Hampton; Sneer- ANCY ARTICLES, ' Ha Oils , ' ir rooth Brushes. Toilet roishes, Tooth Powders Am.. &c. for. r c o l ore m oa p s Inger dc Co.. Mali:sumo ; Mary Duncan, Cash ": o'7 W. & ii• D. Maim Fairfield ; D. J. H. Aulabaush, East Herlin ; David Neweom sll‘litiV S. ii. BUEHLER or., athatocwit e; demelbitirk,Haaaver. (Not. tt, IBM i 60171 5 ,47602 1104 2.18145,510011300 JACOB KUNIO. a JOHN O. MORNINGSTAR, JOHN MUSSELMAN, JR.. Commissionere. NEW HARDWARE & GROCERY ESPECTFULLY announces to his 0 - 6 " friends and the public generally, that he has opened a NEW Hardware and Grocery Store, in Gettysburg, at “M'Clellan's Corner," where ran be found a general assortment of every thing in his line. Having examin ed both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets ha is enabled to offer his goods nt reduced prices, and can confidently as sure them that they can be purchased low er than they have ever been sold before. His stock consists of 11/Wedmore and Cutlery, such as nails, cross-cut saws, planes and hits, locks, hinges, screws, chisels of ev ery description, rasps and files, saddlery of all varieties. shoemakers' lasts and tools, morrocco leather and linings. shovels,forks, and a general assortment of TABLE CUTLERY AND POCKET in short, every article belonging to that branch of business. Also a complete as sortment of GLASS, PAINTS, OILS & DYE STUFFS, and a large, full and general assortment of FISH, and CEDAR ARE, all of which he has selected with great care end pur chased on the very beat terms, thus 95- bling him to sell at such prices as will give entire satisfaction. He solicits and hopes, by strict attention to the wants of the com munity, to receive the patronage of the public. JOHN FAIDIESTOCK. Gettysburg, Sept. 14, 1849.—tf OEO. ARNOLD 1;15SO 3406:454 50 S T 0 ll E . John Fahnestock KNIVES ; GROCERIES, REW KtDA'. GETTIBRIJR: t II, PA, FRIDAY4YENIING, J'A' 14 0.14,1 1 .Y 4111'51). ANNUALS AND, Girt BOOKS FOR She HOLIDATes. AN ELERANI ASSORTMENT 11. BUVAILINIIII. 1111 AS just relived a large addition to his A-A- stock of Books, and Stationery at his Drug . and ,flook .stere Chambersburg street, Gettysburg, including the largest and most elegant assortment of Albums,Annuals&choke 4 00 1 , Gift Books,' ever opened in this place. Among them will be found The Women of the 'Bible, Do. of the Testament, &ones in tiaa Lives of the Annette., Do. Life of the Saviour, Gem of the Season, Gilt of Friendship for 1650, Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver, GUI Leaves of American Poetry, Beautieo of Sacred Literature, Friendship's Offering for 1850, The Sndw Flake, Christian Keepsake. Christmas Blossoms. the Ruby. Floral. Offering for 1850, the Pastor's Wife, Mom Rose, Ladies' Gift. Amaranth, Garland, Forget-memot, Keepsake of Priendebip, Hyacinth, Opal, Brilliant, Romance of Nature, Evergreen, Willis'Poems, Female Poets of Amer lea, Tupplar's Philosophy, Pilgrim's Progress: Bry ant's Poems, lady of the Lake, Childs Harold, Leila Rooks, Pilgricn'e Progress, Poems by Ame lia, °mien, Tess., &c., &c. An of which are elegantly bound and embellished, and will be sold at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. Gettysburg. Dee. 14, ISM s'Irrt,E...EDTEL, GETTYSBURG, PA. [FORMERLY KEPT HY JAS. A. TROMPS.ON.] TLIE subscriber has the pleasure of Im o. nonneing to his friends and the pub lic generally that he has taken charge of the large and conveniently located Howl, in Chambersburg street, Gettysburg, Pu., fur a number of years under the care of JAMES A. THOMPESON, Esq., and widely and favorably known to the Travelling Public, as the stopping place of the mail Stages to and from Baltimore, York, liar risburg,Chambersburg, Hagerstown, Fred erick, and the intermediate towns. The house has been thoroughly repaired and refurnished, and nothing will be left on. done in the effort to Pll3llllll the high char acter of the House and render it worthy of the patronage of the Travelling Public. The services of attentive Servants and careful Hustlers have been secured, and every requisite convenience will he guar antied to all who may he pleased to fuvor ; me with their patronage. JOHN L. TATE. Oct. 12, 1840. GETTYSBURG FOUNDRY os* CHIA' E alfor. rHE subscriber respectfully in forms his friends and the public generally that he still continues to carry on the FOUNDRY II USIN ESS, in units branch es, at his old establishment, in the Western partof Gettysburg, where he has constantly on hand all sorts of at taLte 1iga42, 1 22 1 9 such as Kettles, Pots, Ovens, Skillets, Pans, Griddles, Ate., of all sizes ; also, STOVES of every size and variety, inclu ding Common, Parlor,Air-tight and Cook ing Stoves—among them the far-famed Hathaway.. To Farmers he would say, he has op hand an excellent assortment of Threshing Machines. Hovey's celebrated Straweutters, the re nowned Seylcr Plows ; also Woodcock s and Witherow's ; also Points, Cutters, Shares, &c. BLACKSMITHING ie carried on in its different branches, by the best of work , men. The subscriber has 080 opened a Bowl' & SHOE Shop in ate South end of the Froundry Building,where,w ith good work men and excellent materials, the neatest fits and best work will be made. icrLa dies will be waited on at their residence. All of the above mentioned articles will be furnished as cheap, for Cash or country Produce, as they can be had any where else. All orders will be promptly attend ed to. criftepairing, of all kinds, done at the shoos notice. T. WARREN. Gettysburg, May 0. 1848. trVetti sAUttrt,, HENRY RESPECTFULLY informs the cit. sena of Gettysburg that he has o pened an Oyster, Saloon, in Chambers burg street between easton!s Hat: Store and the Temperance House, where he will ronstantly be prepared to serve up the Best Fresh. Oysters in every style, Fried. Routed. Stewed, Am He invitee *be patronage of Atte pub- Ho. and pledges the best .efforts pf,the es tablishment to pleale. gande:nen, and Judie yor fou revives. The euheeriher wottid also respectfully inform' the public that he intends, prose. outing the Tonsorial business in ill lb va ried and ,various branches. Si* moor* goosi and ahem He'Jl Olive your Nee $4. ithout a smart, Otentlemen. call and see fonyountelves. Ilia sponge is good, his towels are clean, And its his hop ha's always twit. gra"He also respectfully Infant* the gentlemen' that they can at any' tinieltiVe their boots blacked hi the neatest Gentle Men can also hate grease removed (rota their clothes. HENRY SMITH. Gettysburg, Hee. 21,1849. FOR 1133 NT. . STORE ROOM, in's' very disma l ble situation in the...eonntry. Poem- Rion given. the fi rst day .of April next., Enquire at . . . Dec. 21, 18.19. ' it "FEARLEPS , ANM RES. TIM * In the country, in. the;honest, beautiful, end . healthy country , eharitypeisitio to a sinister . eft,. tent than in Jame citioe.t4rbe sislitssal Ili' alma are not Ka runnetow and*peepliin the lune. riot we Isla liable is its itiOsed Open by IlitY*l - pretenders. Yerr, , ; °tinily titer amid the ilt pure atreams, banditti' and frigrant atryff the trormtry. It Is there ... the Wit has rime to beat is sympathy wit h there *here the benerkir eye 'eon look With' emotion—it is there Wit' r ... 1 ,e soul Is thrilled yrith the touching appeal 'of tkieloor Oraii—it in dyers i where the distreswd, are ' nforted, the hungry • fed, and the naked clotiiiidti it is not morally se in the city. .430 to the rtor-house," is a abitred. typed remark , applied titt(TovortPotriniten. by• , those most able to aid sod *wrist their lose favored broArro. We annex .44 beautiful and touch. ing poem, written by A. till. Dugs nose, Eag.„in• Ithe last number of hie liiiii Mae. .11" ihould be read and studied by orern talon and women in the land. It is a touching illuiitati,n of the suffering of the poor. Reed it. ''' T U Eri . ) OKG The storm is out upon the atir•—. I hoar its hollow sound As sealed in my elbow chair, In silent gunight profound, I ;Wen to dropping relit That patters on each pane. Now, shrieking through the stormy night, The wind is rushing Wild, And far above, in heaven'" height, The murky clouds are piled : And not a single star loOkastkilsos To smile away the frown. The signs are making intim streets.' The vanes are whirling fast, And drearily the driving sleet Is horn upon the blast: And au - sty rain, and icy hail. The closeharred doors assail! The watchman shrinketh in his box, As Mat the chill rain falls. And with the clanging city clocks His solemn warning calls— Or, closer in his mantle wound, - . Reluctant stalks his round. But wandering up and down the street, Amidst the chilly misty.... , ! 0, many hapleee ogee ho meets Upop his round, I wiat The child of sheme,ef want, of wo, Who wanders to and fro. Ah me I how many homieleea WWI Are sinking on the ground— The outcast whom theproud one shone—. Who pity never found-- The friendless and the orphan child, Amid the storm so wild. Creeping a way 'through 'inept old Before the tempest dear, With hunger ere inped—benunib'tl tvith ooldo And shiverktig w.ila fear, The tord one boodgth dowtOis form Ilefore the mithlighl *dorm, Oh, there nre little children there, \Vali lean and shrunken runt., Within whome eye the tear of r are The light of chililood dims Pale lint they have, and elteultn en white -o.'tie a tearful Pula. Hear ye the wind that with/tire by -0 pampered sons or pride ! Ott it was borne Alir brAen sigh ho in the streets abide. Ye on your beds of down will sleep— They on the stones must weep. Feel ye the glowing flame that warms Your luxury-lapped couch 1 0, could ye mark the wasted forms, A long the streets that crouch— Ye might pet-chance a moment feel Your blood, like theirs, congeal! 0, that I hod what vein mirth, Or worse than mirth, expend I'd buy the noblest name on earth—. "The wretched outcast's !" And treasure up the incense pure— 'l he blessings ef the poor 1 Be this the poet's heart-felt prayer—. That be who rules in fletiveo May have within his kindly care The wretch to misery driven l Though the world scorns the poor man i a Immo) G.d knoweth Who's to blame. EGYPT; A Glance at her Paget and Preieut Conditlon. Among the Empires of antiquity, Egypt claims the greatest interest, for the remote origin end wonderful extent of Ito civilize.' tion. uW hen 'Abraham," says the learn ed historian of Egypt, Mr. Sharpe, " 10 4' his herds front the wild pasturage* of Ca nein to the banks of the Nile, he found himself in the midst of a people already old and acquainted with the arts and sci 'ences." Memphis, the first great seat of Egyptian civilization, was tlien *splendid city, and the pyramids, the toombs of its monarchs, then in all the freshness of their original perfection. Here it is Mmerally. believed, is the scene of the beautiful story, of Joseph, and, hence Moses may have led the Israelites into the wilderness. Thebes, the second great centre darts 'and empire , is five hundred miles, higher up, the, Its origin wee perhaps, as early as , that of Memphis, but it did not attain its highest state of perfectirin till the reigns of thee great Rentessean pririces, a Tow cen t uries before the time of .David anti Solomon. 'Egypt was then the; most powerful smd vilized empire in the world: Its ceriquest* extended southward over Ethiopia, ` far to ward-the -*Purees of the,. Nile, and„ north- woje e'er e great part Mtf.A.sie: .:The ratnids a Memphis, and the temples end to6rtitas of Thebes, are tutinrimeritiref these perods; they wilt, stand; tti etvact toe ` wonder and itheiratioe qf .the w,orki, end wilt'prObably ellother exieting ifiebb , the penny age tirEgitit's an.' premitoy. but in the course of " time and change, the nations Gem whom she had ;triumphed prevailed in tura hgainst here-- ;Tne , Dthiortiatte nod Persians conquered tCr ;'''Cstribyste plundered Thebes and Memphis; and overthrew the coloseal sta. tun of the Egyptian conquerors, which we oulwitte. !prostrate on the mind. . Egypt I was long compelled to submit to the Per- -- abaft:tile,. Which. lusturretlebe- it kepis BM BRINDLE. 1 rytstAß'.s BIDE. ,• , I threw of. But , berinimitive life and el In Nashville. many years ago, there real Ctevar,ltail been a faithful seritant tit one ow Were(ao'wirire::.-' hreslisodle, another sided* gentleman ofgreat hospitality, large ' ; of our country inns many years. Milt mato p oier hiill/:beq"trow,ing' li(i,` which arti. raltunea and, though uneducated, was pits- ', ter was kind to him, fed and clothed him to overcome the Egy ptian snd. ~... gersien. 'sensed of hard knot sense. Col. W. had I well, and told him he shoold always be car- Greece bed, partly been ,colonised, from been elected to the Legislature and had led for iii his old age. ,Caesar took it in Lower Egypt, and derived merely of her been skin judge of the.county court. his head one Jay, that he 'Mould like to go' mythology ail scietiiii front lilt Whltfoin His elevation, however, had made him on a ride. pot up at an inn, be waited on. Of the r Egyiitlanii which 'Soliti,;etiii Pa: noinewhaupompous , and he became very as he did others. and pot things through, in thagoras. and Flato.iifisowards, wens, there fond of using big words. On his farm he style. to study among Ahem. Alexander, As t i had elargeand mischievous ox, called "Big "Well, Cream.," replied hit gncid master, the reduction of Tyre4 Udiented tipon'Ev Brindle." which frequently broke down his oyou shall have my best home and tii,iad gypt Whirl, subaiitterciiitheuta"istruggle. neighbor's fences, and committed other atilt take Philis with yeti; sod bete. Is a ifti . 'arti and arms ihe higibeendeedinitig mit depredations, much to the Colonel's an- 1 five dollar note for , you meant'. :So ytttf Greece advaiwed i. and the ',fonadatiotv of ' mystics: I may go' and blow It out et rhighi.!' Alexandria, by the Macedonian. conqueror : ` ; . Om mornittg,. after break fast, in presence I ,Caesar and his lady were soon , done ups while it tended to increalie the'cotittiteribil'fof same gentlemen who had staid with him i in their 'fixing,' the chaise was ready, they importance of Egypt, gave its GreCian giiir l lover night. and Who were now on theirljeteped in, and drove off in high glee.-- , eminent. ' Dinler the government er Peel. way to town, he called his overseer to Theymnlied up at the loft at the neat vii. unties. the wisdom ef-the ancient, Egyp , him": . , . ._ . _ _. _ ___ ~. _ _ __ ' rage f Poser gave his horse in the charge \ Liens war supplanted by the rebooks of I "Mr. Allets_ desire 'you tfTimpotind dike ostler, with dlreetilitui to give him it 7 "Alexandria. • That 'city WM*. thit,greatL' Big Brindle, . in order that I may :hear no peek, of oats, and rub hint down 'well--he est commercial on the Mediterranean, more 55155adra1110015 . 0fi Wit Merest deprel. thin waited upon Miss Millis into the and altnosirivaeled Rome herself in extent dations." ' • • .1 , . • house, called for a room, a pack of cards, an d m a gn ig an n ne . • • . Allen bowed and walked Ott. 400 y pa:- and a bottle of brandy and r good dinner. When at length' the world betsame sub.! alai-to...know- w,bat tbe•CoL meant., Su As soon as dinner was over, the brandy ject to Rome, Egypt biennia the Most ins.; after Col. W. left for town, he went to his usedup, and theY tired of playing "high portant of the Eastern Prcivinees. tipper: wife and asktal her what Col. Vif., meant low 'jack," Caesar called rot his team snit Egypt had joins greedy to decay, and by ailing him to impound' the ox. his bill., The horse was soon harnessed, Thebes had fallen into ruin. Memphis. - "Why," said she,' "the culetiel , meant and the 'items' placed in Ciesar's hand I however, was still a great city. The coin. to tell. you to put him haa p.n." - he could not read, hut when the landlonl coerce of'Alexandria knew no diminution. Allen leftict Perform the fell!s Mt 0 was ' told him the amount was two dollar. and Durieg, these many ages and revolution, no inemisidetable one. as the animal was a a half the eyes of our ebony , hero Egypt had still subsisted in it. flourishing *lid and' sienna en!. and 'artee a great “In their willing circles, rolled in white 1 ., . state. Enormous` wealth was drawn from deal of trouble and, ienedmvbe 441 4 dinr. in utter, astonishment. ads dat all t" he her resources into the Roman treasury, "Well." said her wiping the 'Perspire - exclaimed "WM, if ilae he de case, Juri,yon though th,e population was ,cast declining lion from hit Brow sod selfietplizing. ,, this tultU gut de bossalgin. rub hint down, gin from its maximum of eight millions. is impounding. is .it? New ... I ;in n dead him annudder peck, and send up snnutl• With the eitablishment of. Christianity, ithrethe old ettitintd will ask me if 1 im- d o t dinner, bottle ob brandy. mid cards. fell tare old worship of the ancient "Egyp- pounded Big Brindles antkil bet l'a OWL': foe ise en a blow out. anti see: end'ulasse 1i . dans, and the Polytheism of their Grecian ale Idle as bad as he did me- give me do V to do it brown!" and Roman masters. Alexandria became - 'The neat day the Cakatei foe a dinner the seat of Ahe A thattasia• controversy.— partY , and as he Wm not ecnneece de t di" The monastic, system first took root in E- len , the nsetseetweln !lo inwttit ' th olcBo 7 gyp'. Wi t h t h e d ec li n e - o r t hial yznet kte - paw. ' -After eseesedoe *ire .gbiendireAl empire, the conitiry ' fell gradually into de-1 discus s ed , the Colonel turned sc i ther ' o°l4 : decay, till the Arab,. issuing fro n t the ems. seer 'edam': • . ~, '. l tern deserts, animated .wilVall the fervor - 4, Eli. Mr. Allen:did you : impound Big of a new religion, overthrew all before Brindle sicr • .. . .-.= .. ' arms with-, them, pushing their victorious' "ea straightened himself. end, looking iu a few hundred miles of die Euglishl em e n d at th e unnPanY , 4 1 0 -7-. • '- : , I Channel. Egypt became a province of Mel "Yes. I did, sir. but old , Hrindle trans. Arabian caliphate of Bagdad. Memphis, 'retitled the iellatheel or the 1001°111)d anti the oldest of cities, et last felt, and ' was ' aeatletlePhienntalad ail asettlleenainkinlY used to build-the Arabian city of Cairo; of the feces°__," - the crescent replaced the cross. Henceforth The company burn inth an leuntekinitti decay was more rapid, owing to internal . fit of laughter. while the colonel's false red tliasention, and t h e sOlitAh sway of the 1 darted, with discontatite- - - " _ * : urk tsli conquerors and Mamelukc ilynas-1 "What do you mean by that, sir I said T ties who successfully übtained possession I he. of the soil. Another and momentuous series of In fluences was also arising. The west wart now awaking from the barbarian' into which it had been thrown by the fail of the Roman empire. Are and commerce revived in Italy. The Moors were expel led from Spain. The discovery of a pas sage around the Cape gradually withdrewl what was remaining oi the Indian trade of Alexandria. Egypt sunk lower and low. er. Commerce and , science had seen their best days in the East, and their seat was henceforth transferred to 'the Western world. In proportiun to the rapid advance, of European supremacy, was the decay and disotrudirifion of the'rurkieh empife ./ till, when Bonaparte invaded,. Egypt, he found the country groaning under the 'way of a handful of Mamelukto'Beys..-edynite* ty of foreign slaves. whit had risen and or ; erpowered their masters, and'who, tributa ry to the Porte only in name, were oecti pied, solely in restless intrigues lormspreni soy, and nntvieing • with each other in 51 tertian, while they totally neglected to inn prove the resources of the , sinking coun- Yet at that period, although, nolideallY ' speaking the Turkish Einpire .l 4as iir a very unsettled state, Egypt and other pros . ~ • , vinoes being rather nominally than really depedent upon the Sultan, there existed al strong bond between them in their bigoted profession of Mahomedaniern and hatred dell European innovation, which has since , been greatlY weakened, and become a pas sive rather than an active feeling. , - • The Janissaries in Constantinople, and the ManielakeiVin Egypt, formidable en der the old system of warfare,,despised 'the tactics 'with, which they were yet unac queimed, When the, llistnelultas r drat heard of the invasion of Bonaparte they eft ululated; "'What 1` the' Fretrich tome to in altqa ! 4, 4? tlipi' ore ditt'peopi l e efi4imm s i re 'buy our cloth i we 4 , 1 , ketter seed Our sea (grootne)'. to drive, them sway.' By Allah! if they ''Come hear us we wiU eut I them ttile like cuentabers V' The battle of I the pyrainitle,ifewever, vetted. thew eyee., and disclosed JAM weakness of their only .arnrofdefence, ,•, Egypt fell an easy prey lao the lei:niers,. who first accustomed the "Inhebittinta to EtiroPian arts and aites— Tke Tmeikiep, çe feeling occasioned by de feat aires great. Despondency succeeded to pre:ions confidence, ind though the country was wrested from the French, the inhabi tants, knew that this had not been effected by, their own • power, but by that of Eng land., .The prestige of Mussulman invin .eibllity was destroyed forever. • Th.l editor of the Charleston Courier had a.tuaar ol.grtem COTR OP hill wblo lass week, raised in the open air in his owngarden "Why. I mean. Colonel," said Allen, •that old Brindle being prognosticated with an idea of the cholera, ripped . snd sired. snorted and pawed dirt, jumped ,the•fenee ; tuck to the woods. and woad:4l4 ,be ua' ;untied no how 1" • ; This was too much ;Ther,itrailliattt rilq 4 ed, in which the Colonel .was. rowed to join. and in the midst-of the taught& Allen left the tableotaying tobiMaair of reckon the Colonel wee% ark mg to im• pound any more oxen. An exchange paper speaking bf burying bodies alive. rays snitho'of , • gentian and invention there 1111.:011o An* doubted circumstance which kannerly we-' cited ihe worst apprehenoint*-Lthe ' that b)tdies were °flee foiled termed in their coffins. and their grave clothes disking. ed. But what wee seeribedoiritlx seeming reason. to the throes of vitalityv is now knee,* to be (hatpin the agency Of , corrup tion. A gas is developed in the decaying body which minors by Its theettatilealforie messy of the movements-of lifie.. 43k1 pow. WM is thisgas in corpses which have lain bang In . iltn water, that Devergie. the physician to•the Morgue at pais, and the itelbor o r a . lett-book on legal media - at; says•that unbent secured to the table they! I I are often Mowed op' and thrown to the ground. Preontmtly strangers, seeing the motions, inn the keeper of the Morgue. and,ininannei with honer that a person is alive. All bodies. sooner or later, generate gh‘tigoe iti giegrave.end It eonstantly twists about the corps. blows nut the skin AIL it rends With the.distention. and itometitnel burets the Coffin itself. When the gas ex; plodee with a noise imagination has ennver , .ted' itinto an outcry or groan ; the grave her been reopened ; the, position of the tinily :has confirmed the suspicion, and the lacer ation, been taken for 'evidence that the wretch gnawed histlesh in the frenzy ot deerreir." A. Baas* Iguana AK,--An Irishman who .was a 'soldier of the rerolotion..aud or ; Warren's brigade. was suddenly .stopped oeltr Beaten by a party, during a dark night ;,a horseman's pistol was presented at his breast, and he was asked to which side he belonged. The supposition that it might be a Brittish party rendered his situation extremely critical, He replied• "I think it won't: be iuore in the way of civility. just to drop a hint which side are you pleased to farm." "No." testily said the speaker ; "declare your sentimtmts, or diet" "Then I will not die with a lie in my mouth. American to extremity I Do your worst, you spalpeenr The officer replied. "Mtli itti rout friends : and I rejoin* to Meet with a man so faithful 10 lilt °ammo( his country." TWO DOLLARS 1b ortux. INEW sERIES---NO, 143. l A mt wiT.,--cloo or our eminent law• yet*, of Irish decent, wee earned some time since to derend an Irishman who had been charged with theft... /tenanting the pfiengative'or his !insider, the counsel, a private interview With his client Wit to him, . 0 /Vow, Patritkous I am to defend you I want you to tell meil'ankly 4 torliedter yno are guilty or not. Did you steal the goods!" ;: • -• ' "Faith, then," says Pat, "t'spnse I. mitsmtell yez. • In troth, 1 did stake 'em." • o'rhen you. ought to , he ashamed of youpelf to collie here MAI diagram your country by stealing," said the honest eounA • " "In troth, .mnybe I aagh4 but than ty WWI stale, yes* wouldn't have the honor, and credit of gelid Ind off. d'ye see." A HAPPY Vi e tißLD.—lrhiS is a happy world—who says contrary • is a cynic. There Wen n* thing to make us happy, and etiCenjOYincnt. the man who hits * good heart, sees pleasure where a bad person seed nothine'btit glUoio,-- Vichp,itoite most iturerful anti contented mends-he who is the most honored and hal the most wiialth'i • No, It is hp w h o haw nothing but a kind heart. Nothing infileshls,tomper or disturbs his serenity. It,k he whose mind is led from nature ,up tonature's potl—and every day, he is con , tented and, happy as it is pouilde fora man tabs. Depend upon it the world k beau tiful, and`contains a thousend sources of enjoyment, which . they can only see or feel whoin hearts are pure, and 'alfirlse lives correspond with the word' of eternal truth, Such . persons have a perennial.,lfountaitt dl' enjoy Ment within them that, gladdens all around them. Tus SANDWICH ANDS: O p --Tlle..mpidi , ty with which the elation of theseAls. lands *decreasing is really astonishing.— FouPtifths have disappeared since the first visit of Captain Cook, a period of seventy years. About onc , sixth of the 'remnant . have died within the last six Years. One at ale ,oltlest foreign residenta there, a phy sician, has lately avowed his , belief, that in five years scarcely a native will be found on the islands, Probably the time stated by him is too short 1 but the te4;fit Will I certainly hereabout! soon • perhaps within ten or fifteen years,' The immediate cause of tltis rapid decrease, may be explained in various ways. lot the grand remind; e qually aiplieable to all . PolineshMs..seems to satisfy all inquirers :. it islite.tletnitty of the race.—Boston Courier, • THS YANAKNO "FOUND '` Otrt."—....A re cent Bunton correepondent of the 'Jerald says that he has found ont the Perrot of Yankee prosperity.. "It,is tutiservul, ' ip cessant, perser4r i erelltulatlng, well dir ected labor. tit lois done it ell. With a natural capital of rocks. and harbors. soil forests, and waterfalls, intlitstry has lined the valleys with factories, the hill* with cottages and schools, the plains sad Pe" niesulas with cities and villages, has lento. trated the country in every dirreeditte railroads, and has Whitined all seat with the sails. of Yankee ships fretitted with Yankee ninions. TDB °exert tr. Post Orions moils)* the Post Masters to . pot the istithile of , . the State on every letter 'nailed ci their office when the writer has notfrigtatit. bus they otten tiegiest to do ea..' liiiilo4:sts, thtte sometimes ressived.jtylkitika 404, , o thatio.lefla are onside to, 111014. en* dmvecuse fmiQrstheatibese *Mt Wig of Ares of the NW neat ift 0100.414*
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