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HY D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER.
VOL. XXI-16.1
CONTINUANCE.
THE Firmof CULP & PAXTON
AL- having been dissolved by mutual con
sent on the let inst., the subscriber respect
lully announces to his friends and the pub
lic that he intends to continue the business,
in all its branches, at the old stand, in
Chambersburg street, nearly opposite S.
H. Buehler's Drug and Book Store, where
he will be'prepared at all times to fill all
orders for
Ale , Harness, Bridles, Col
lars, Trunks, &c.
with promptness and on reasonable terms.
The subscriber will direct his efforts to
producing work which will compare fa.
vorably with any that may be turned out
from any other establishment, and hopes by
attention to business to merit and receive
a liberal share of patronage.
JOHN CULP.
June 7,18110.-8 m
A WESTERN FARM.:
FOR Sale, or will be exchanged for
Real Estate in this Borough or its
vicinity, a
WELL-IMPROVED
l ite I%
In Washington county, Illinois.
1/o"Apply to Dr. H. 8. HUBER,
Chatubersburg street, opposite the Post Office,
Gettysburg.
March 29, 1850.—tf
EURTZ
FIAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE ASSORTMENT
- Or -- Florence paid BONNETS,
Colo* Chip do.
Mieees Mixed Braid do.
China Pearl, do.
Fine Lace do.
•
Aldebraide & Jenny Lind do.
Chip and Straw do.
ALUOA VARIETY OF
Palm, Leghorn Sz. Straw Hats,
which will be sold as cheap-as the cheap.
est. [April 5.
GETTYSB(PRG FEMALE.
SEMINARY;
THE Summer Session of this school
will commence the 2714 of May.
and eta/ the 20th of September. The
Winter Session will continue from the
21st of October to the 20th of April.
TERMS.—The prices of the Summer
Session, according to the studies, are $0
and $8; of the W inter Session, $0 and $l2.
l'upils will be charged from the time of
entering to the end of the term. No de
ductions from the price will be made, ex
cept for time lost by the Teacher, or pro
tracted illness of the pupils. Extra char
ges for Music, Drawing and Painting, the
Languages, and the various branches of
Fancy Work
May 3,18150.—1 y
NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Commissioners will make an abate
ment of FIVE PER CENT. upon all
State and County Taxes assessed for the
year 1850, and paid to collectors on or be
fore Friday the 28th day of June next ;
and Collectors are hereby required to
make such abatement to all persons pay
ing on or before said day.
gcreollectors will be required to make
payment to the County Treasurer on or
fore Monday the Ist of July nest,—other.
wise they will not be entitled to any abate
ment. It will be the duty of Collation to
call upon individuals personally.
JACOB KING,
J. G. MORNINGSTAR,
JOHN MUSSELMAN.jr.
Commissioners.
Attest—J. A UGHINBAuttn, Clk.
PENN MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company.
Philadelphia.
CHARTER perpetual. All the profits
divided among the policy holders
every year. This is the only truly Mutu
al Company in the City or State.
OZTFor particulars apply to
D. GILBERT,
Agent, and Medical Examiner, Gettysburg, Pa.
May 131.-41
FIRES FIRE !
THE Delaware Mutual Safety bun
ranee Company, Philadelphia, are
now doing business on the mutual plan,
giving the insured a participation in the
profits of the Company, without liability
beyond the premium ?aid. "Nopremitms
notes taken on which assessments are
made."
The subscriber. as Agent for the above
Company. will nuke Insurances, either
permanent or limited. on property and ef
fects of every description against loss or
damage by lire.
• SAMUEL FAHNEEITOOK.
Gettysburg, March 1, 1860.—tf
O.OIVONVIN X 0110.6. •
WIRE untlersigntd, Auditor, uppointed
by the Orphans' . Cleat or Adams
comity to distribute the balance remaining
is the bands of Jamts. Mama, Adler of
the estate of Cinismat Peemt, deo'd, to and
Wee; She Pewenur entitled thereto, will at.
tend at his office in Liberty township. Ad.
tuns county, oa Saturday the des
4 t of
Anil*" oil I, o'clock, P. M., of that Ay,
to.parforM the dudes aseigned en
and where all persons inurested•therein
may attend, iE they think proper.
MAXWELL SIILELDS.
Jane 7.-3t' " Auditor.
BtrILDING NOITICE.
it
CHURCH will be let, (to be built in
it
;Haat Berlin, in this county,) at the
' Wthirr of Dr.' Bt.tsn, in Hampton. on the
Mltk spline. The specifications can be
seen at John Brody's, in Berlin, and also at
the how .af Dr. Blish, by the 16th of
Ism
The House of Friends.
"And one shell say unto him what are these
wounds in thy hands I Then he shall answer,
Those with which I was wounded in the house
of my friends."—Zechariah, mu. 6.
If thou art balked, 0 Freedom,
The victory in not to thy a anlier foes ;
From the house of thy friends conies the death•stab
Vaunters of the Five,
Why do you strain your lungs off - southward I
Why be going to Alabama I
Sweep first before your own door ;
Stop this squalling and this scorn
Over the mote there in the distance I
Look wall to your own eye, Masesehusetts—.
Yours, New York and Pennsylvania;
—I would say yours too, Michigan.
But all the salve, all the surgery
Mate great wide world were powerless there.
Virginia, mother of greatness,
Blush not for being also mother of slaves.
You might have borne deeper slaves—
Doughfacea, Crawlers, Lice of Humanity—
Terrific screamers of Freedom,
Who roar and bawl, and get hot i' the face,
But were they not incapable of august crime,
Would quench the hopes of ages for a drink—
Muck•worms, creesiontlat on the ground,
A dollar dearer to 'An than Christ's blearing;
AU loves, all hopes, lees than the thought of gain ;
la life walking in that es in a shroud
Men whom the throes of heroes,
Great deeds at which the gods might stand appall%
The shriek of the drowned world, the appeal of wo-
men,
The exulting laugh of untied empires,
Would touch them never in the heart,
But only In the pocket.
Hot-headed Carolina,
Well may you curl your lip ;
With all your bondsmen, bless the destiny
Which brings you no such breed ss this.
Aiise, young North !
Our elder blood flows in the veins of cowards—
The gray-haired sneak, .the blanched poltroon,
The feigned or real ahiverer at tongues
That nursing babes need hardly cry the leas for,
Are they to be our our tokens always 1
Fight on, band braver than warriors,
Faithful and few as Spartans ;
But fear not most the angriest, loudest malice—
Fear most the still and forked fang
That starts from the grass at your feet.
WALTER WHITMAN.
Night before the Wedding.
BY MM. E. P. ILLICT.
"We shall be very happy together." said
Louisa to her aunt the evening before the
wedding—and her cheek was tinted with
a rich color, and her eyes sparkled with
soul-folt happiness.
When a young bride says wg, it may
easily be imagined whom she is talking
of.
"I doubt it not, dearest Louisa," an
swered her aunt ; "take heed only that
you remain as happy."
"Oh, no fear of that, my prudent aunt—
I know myself and my faults; but my
love for him will correct them. So long
as we love each other, we can never be un
happy. and our affections cannot change."
"Ah !" said her aunt, "you talk like a
girl of nineteen on the eve of marriage, in
the heyday of hope and bright anticipa
tions. Dear child !--believe even the heart
grows old. The day must come when the
rapture of passion will decay—when the
delusion is over, and we stand revealed in
our real character. After custom has rob
bed beauty of its dazzling charms—after
youth has deported or shadows mingled
with the light of home, then, Louisa, the
wife may talk of the excellencies of her
husband, or the husband of the admirable
qualities of his wife. But the day before
the wedding, such euconiums go for noth
ing with me."
"I understand you, dear aunt. Yon
mean to say the virtues only of each can
give lasting pleasures to the other. Now,
for myself I say nothing—for I can boast
only will; but you cannot deny that my
betrothed is the best and most deserving of
all the young men of this town? Are not
all the virtues that lead to happines.bloom
ing in him ?"
will do you both justice," answered
her relative, "and acknowledge that virtues
bloom in both. I can say that to you,
without flattery. Louisa; they only bloom,
and need a lifetime of rain and sunshine to
ripen them. No blossoms are more de
ceitful at first opening. We cannot know
in what soil they are rooted. Who knows
the hidden heart? Nay, my dear child,
even could you always be as you are,
youth and beauty would lose the power
to charm, with habit and their constant
presence. Men grow soon weary of the
loveliest face. Besides, your husband
must grow old himself; and then youthful
manners. will 'cease to please him. Your
habits, your tastes would not be conge
nial."
Louisa sighed.
"I could store your memory," resumed
her aunt. "with precepts to guard your
happiness. I would tell you to beware
of the first quarrel--never to contend even
in jest—to have no secrets from each oth
er, lest the springs of confidence be insen
sibly snappoll—to beware of the interfe
rence of relations. But these are maxima
which your prudence will sufficiently lin. I
press upon you, and their observance at '' ,
least will .have but a' negative effect.—
Would you have the secret / of perpetual
loveliness! It is a treasure--not feature
nor "complexion, but in 'the soul. Men
'worship" beauty for the inward graces of
which it is the pledge. Would you know
how to 'keep the soul fair f Redigien is
the only true secret for that. Thu' you
1009' my loVe, how little We can depend
Ofin personal perfectiowi—how little on
animal' sealant:we or amiible traits of
eharefolev.' rut the' Virtu& born of, and
nourished by religion; ire immortal—seek
them from Hite who is the author 'of red
gine anti seek them daily from him.' Be
assured thus, that you will ever iemain‘
fail and amiable in the , eymt of your hue
-
baud, and be , blessed in every relation of
life."
lionise flung her arms *mind her annee
neck. sod thanked her with tearinl eyes
for her lesson. ,
Only silly people make their inisfor
tunes the theme of conversation. Groans.
complaints are the worst possible staple of
of social intercourse. 'Sympathy-fishers.
who bait their hook, with evibi past or in
curable, seldom enjoy even a , nibble. If
you go hunting let it be for smiles.
F.' DYSON.
GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, Isso.
Sham Hays and his Bull-y Race
Some forty years ago, the managers of
a race course near Brownsville, on the
Monongahela, published a notice of a race,
once mile heat, on a particular day, for a
puree of one hundred dollars, "free for any
thing with four legs and hair on r
A. Ynan in the neighborhood, named
Hays, had a bull that he was in the habit
of riding to mill with a bag of corn, and
he determined to enter him for the rem—
its said nothing about it to any one, but
he rode him round the track a number of
times on several moonlight nights, until
the bull had the hang of the ground pretty
well, and would keep the right course.—
He rode with spurs, which the bull con
sidered mighty disagreeable; so much so,
that he always bellowed loudly when they
were applied to his aides.
On the morning of the race. Hays came
upon the ground - “on horseback' on his
bull. Instead of a saddle, he had a dried
or-hide, the head part of which, with the
horns still on, he had placed on the bull's
rump. He carried a short tin horn in his
hand.
He rode to the judges' stand and offered
to enter his bull for the race, but the own
era of the horses that were entered, object
ed. Hays appealed to the terms of the
notice, insisting that his bull had your
legs and hair on," and that, therefore, he
had a right to enter him. After a good
deal of .cussing' and .discussin,' the judges
declared themselves compelled to decide
that the bull had the right to run.
When the time for starting arrived, the
horses took their places. The horse-ra
cers were out of humor at being bothered
with the bull, and at the burlesque which
they supposed was intended, but thought
that all would be over as soon as the horses
started. When the signal was given they
did start. Hays gave a blast with his horn
apd sunk his spurs into the bull's sides,
who bounded off with a terrible bawl, at
no trifling speed, the dried oz-hide flap
ping up and down, and rattling at every
jump, making a combination of noises that
had never been heard on a race course be
fore. The horses all flew the track, ev
ery one seeming to be seized with a sud
den determination to take the shortest cat
to get out of the red-stone country, and
not one of them could be brought back in
time to save their distance. The purse
was given to Hays under a great many im
precations on the part of the owners of
the horses.
A general row ensued, but the fun of the
thing put the crowd all on the side of the
bull. The horsemen contended that they
were swindled out of the purse, and that if
it had not been (or Hay'e horn and the
ox-hide, which he ought not to have been
permitted to bring on the ground, the thing
would not have turned out as it did.
Upon this, Hays told them that his bull
could beat any of their horses any how,
and if they would put up a hundred dollars
against the purse whioh he had won, he
would take off the ox-hide, leave his tin
horn, and run a fair race with them. His
offer was excepted, and the money staked.
They again took their places at the start
ing post, and the signal was given. Hays
gave the bull another touch with his spur,
and the bull gave another tremendous bel
low. The horses remembered the horri
ble sound, and thought all the rest was
coming as before. Away they went again,
in spite of all the exertions of their rulers,
while Hays galloped his bull around the
track again, and won the money. From
that time they nick-named him Sham Hays.
He afterwards removed to Ohio, but his
nick-name stuck to him as long as he lived.
—Spirit of the 'Amer.
A FRIENDLY VISIT
In a little town of Dover, which is ait.
uated on the Cumberland river, in Middle
Tennessee, there lived, some years ago, an
eccentric and intemperate old bachelor by
the name of Kingston. On one occasion,
when prostrated on his bed by excess, and
suffering acutely from those horrors pe
culiar to his situation, he sent for one of
his old companions to come and visit him.
Shryack, for that's the other's name, came
duly to Kingston's room.
"What's the matter, Kingston I"
"Shryack, shut the door."
"Yes, my dear fellow."
"Lock it."
"Eh t"
"Lock the door."
"Certainly, my user boy."
"Shryack, I'm going to kill myself."
"My dear fellow, let me entreat you not
to do it."
"I will." •
"Don't. it'll be the death of you 1"
Shryack was quite cool and jocose, lit
tle dreaming that so terrible an event was
actually gold to take place.
Kingston had, as the last eecentrio
act of his life, taken $ chisel and mallet to
bed with him, arod with a desperate re
solve he seized the extraordinary tools of
death, and in an instant drove the blade of
the chisel into his breast t
The hair rose upon Shryack's head, and
fright spread like a sheet of snow ova his
face.
“Kingston ! Kingston ! my dear fellow
—you d. —d rascal, Kingston ! do you
want to have me hung? Hold on ! don't
you die till I call somebody l”
Shryack ran to the door. and called like
a madman ta some people &MU the street.
“Hallo 1 here I say, you mister! all
you stupid people, make baste over here
!Is.there'll be Murder 1"
The people crowded into Kingston's
house., •
"Don't die, Kingiton Don't chisel me
that way ! Don't die utitillcitf . tall who did
h."
'.l did it myself," sild'Kingston.
oThem *in doi now you may die,"
replied Shrysok, taking a long breath and
'wiping the perspiration from his fore
head.
And Kingston did die, in that extraordi
nary manner, leaving his fate to be recor
ded as a suicide that was almost a murder.
It is full fifteen years ago that we asked
an acquaintance how he felt while a pris
onerinEgypt; but we remember the reply :
"I felt like a book—bound in Moroco."
°FEARLESS AND FREE."
The Reward of Upright Condiret.
"Oft from apparent ins our blessings rise."—Reattie
The following story, which was publish
ed in one of the periodical journals some
time since, is too interesting to be omitted :
"And old chiffonier (or rag picker) died
in Paris, in a state of the most abject pov
erty. His only relation was a niece, who
lived as a servant with a green-grocer.—
This girl always assisted her uncle as far
as her slender means would permit. When
she learned of his dsth, which took place
suddenly, she wu dPon the point of mar
riage with a jotirnetnian baker, to whom
she had been attached. The nuptial day
was fixed, but &netts had not yet bought
her wedding clothes. She hastened to
tell her lover that their marriage must be
deferred, as she wanted the price of her '
bridal finery to lay her uncle decently in
the grave. Her mistress ridiculed the
idea, and exhorted her to leave the old man
to be buried by charity. Suzette refused.
The consequence was a quarrel, in which
the young woman lost at once her place and
her lover, who sided with her mistress.
She hastened to themiserable garret where
her uncle had expired, and by the sacrifice
not only of her wedding attire, but of near
ly all the rest of her slender wardrobe, she
had the old man decently interred. Her
pious task fulfilled, she nt alone in her un
cle's room. weeping bitterly, when the
master of her faithless lover, a young, good
looking man, entered. , So, my good Su
zette, I find you have lost your place I' said
he; *I am come to offer you one for life
—will you marry me I' sir t—you
are joking.' 'No, faith, I want a wife, and
lam sure I can't find a better.' But ev
ery body will laugh at you for marrying
a poor girl like me.' '0 1 if that is your
only, ohjection, we shall soon get over it ;
come, come along ; my mother is prepa
red to receive you.' Suzette hesitated no
longer ; but she wished to take with her
a memorial of her deceased uncle : it was
a cat that he had had for many years.—
The old man was so fond of the animal
that he was determined even her death
should - not separate them, for he had had
her stuffed and placed upon the teeter of
his bed. As Suzette took puss down, she
uttered an exclamation of surprise at find
ing her so heavy. Tie lover hastened to
open the animal, when out fell a shower
of gold. There were a thousand lonia
concealed in the body of the cat ; and this
sum, which the old miser had starved him
self to amass, became the just rewarilof
the worthy girl and her disinterested lov
er."
SIGNS OF THE WEATHER.—Red clouds
in the west at - Ira - reset, especially when
they have a tint of purple, portend fine
weather . The reason is, that the air,
when dry, refracts more red or heat-ma
king rays : and as dry air is not perfectly
transsarent, they are again reflected in the
horizon. A copper or yellow sunset gen
erally fortells rain ; but as an indication of
wet weather approaching, nothing is more
certain than the halo around the moon,
which is produced by the precipitated wat
er ; and the larger the circle the nearer the
clouds, and consequently the more ready
to fall. When the swallows fly high, fine
weather is to be expected or continued
but when they fly low and close to the
ground, rain is almost surely approaching.
This is explained as follows :—Swallows
pursue the flies and gnats, and flies and
gnats delight in warm strata of air; and as
warm air is lighter add usually moister
than cold air, when the warm strata of air
is high, there is less chance of moisture
being thrown down from them by the mix
ture of cold air; but when the Warm and
moist air is close to ' the ground, it is
almost certain that, as the air flows into it,
a decomposition of water will take place.
SuomiCeti Taztuse.—At the village of
Farringdon, England, situated about nine
miles from Bristol, on the road to Wells,
a young woman named Ann Cromer, the
daughter of a muter mason, now lies in a
complete state of catalepsy, in which ex
traordinary trance-like condition, should
she survive till next November, site will
have been for no less than thirteen years.
Baring the whole of this extended period.
she has not partaken of any solid food, and
the vital principle has only been sustained
by the mechanical administration of fluids,
Although of course reduced to a perfect
skeleton. her hands are warm and she has
some indication of existent consciousness.
Upon one occasion, when asked if suffer
ing from pain to squeze the hand of her
mother placed in hers for that purpose, a
slight pressure, the mother avers, was plain
ly distinguishable ; and frequently, when
suffering from cramp, she hae been heard
to make slight moans. About sixteen
weeks after the commencement of her
tomes she Ohs seized with the lockjaw,
which occasions great difficulty in afford
ing her nourishment. The unfortunate
young woman is twenty five years of age,
and has been visited by a great number of
medicaLgentlemen, who hoWever bold out
no hopes of her ultimate recovery.
Ha mils A PLASM( WanrrooaT.—.6lle
wore a flashy waistcoat, on t he night when
fuse ?ire met—with a (antra pair of whis
kers and imperial of jet: His air had all
the hantiness, his v oice the manly tone, of
a gaitleinait of eighty thousand dollars all
his own. I saw him but a moment; and
methinks I tee him now, with a very
flashy waistcoat, and beater otrhis brow.
And once spin I saw that brow—kio neat
Bebee'inis there, but a shocking bad nn
was his hat, and matted was his hair. He
wore a brick within that hat,the change
was all complete, and be ri a flanked by
opnatables, who marched him up the street.
I saw him but a moment, yet methinks I
see him now, charged by these worthy of
ficers with kicking up a row."
The Almanacs of the Chinese give di
rections as to the most lucky days for going
out or staying at home—for shaving the
head, changing an abode, executing an a
greement, or burying the dead. Ridicu
lous as this may seem, it is not more ab
surd than the weather predictions in the al
manacs of more civilized nations.
The Country Lunt. & her layer.
BY RICHARD cog, llt.
°To-mama ma, I'm sweet sixteens -
And Dilly Grimes, the drover,
Hee popp'd the question to me, ma,
And wants to be my lover;
To-morrow morn, he says, mamma,
He's coming dm quite early,
To take a pleassid walk with me
Across the field or barley."
"You mast not go, my pods dear,
Tlisteb no use, now a talking;
You shall not go tense the Add
With Billy Grimes a walking.
lb think of hi preeumptioo, tee !
The dkty, Mit drover 1
I wonder where your pride has gene,
To think of such a lover."
"Old Grimes is dead you know, mammy
And Billy I. so beefy
Besides, they say, to Grime? 'stab,
That Billy is the only
Surviving heir to all that's MR :
And thattbry MY le beirly •
A good ten th somml dolkre, ma—
And six hundred yearly r
Mi did not hear, my daughter dear,
Your last mina& quite' elearly,
But Billy is a skiver lad,
And no doubt Imes you dearly !
ilemember; Wen, fo.merrowmorn,
To be up bright and early,
To take a pleasant walk with him
Acmes the field of barley l"
[From the New York Tribes..
an Evening with the "Kpirits."
We were present on Thursday evening
at a party of gentlemen, who had been in•
cited to the chambers of Rev. Dr. Gris
wold, in Broadway, to meet the Rochester
ladies, whose connection with the myster
ious knockings has called forth suck egoti
sm' curiosity., The party had been ar
ranged by Mr. Griswold, who has been
incredulous from the &ref with regard to
any preternatural character of the manifes
tations, with a view to examine the actual
facts of the ease, and to obtain materials
for the formation of a correct judgment...—
It consisted of persons whose general
character for intelligence and . probity,
was Aguaranteet-sistiest •
ded by hasty impressions, and who. prob
ably without exception, bad no pro
siert in favor of the principal actors =
movement. Indeed. several gentlemen
were invited who had been known to ex
press the most entire scepticism with re
gard to the extraordinary nature of the
sounds, believing them to be the result of
contrivance and imposture. Among the
guests of Dr. Griswold we may without
impropriety mention the names of Mr. J.
Fenimore Cooper,Mr. Georee Bancroft,
Rev. Dr. Hawke , J. W. Franeis. Dr.
Marcy, Mr. N. I'. Willis, Mr. Bryant,
Mr. Bigelow of the Evening Poe, Mr.
Richard B. Kimball, Mr. H. T. Tucker
man, and Gen. Lyman, without meaning
in the slightest degree to mix them up in
the exhibition, oar to intimate the kind of
impressions made on their minds, or on
that of Dr. Griswold, by the occurrences
of the evening.
The Indies had been previously consult
ed, and after ascertaining that the manifes
tations would take place, to a certain de
gree, consented to meet the party. In or
der to prevent any suspicions as to the ar
rangement of the room, furniture, closets.
rke., the reunion was appointed at the
house of Dr. Griswold, which neither of
the ladies had ever entered before the par
ty had assembled. A little past 8 o'clock
they made their appearance—Mrs. Fox,
an elderly Indy, the mother of the "ghost
seers," (which word we use for want of a
better,) Mrs. Fish, a married daughter,
and her two young sisters, with a couple
of gentlemen from Rochester, whose names
we did not learn.
For some time, perhaps a little over
half an hour, after the arrival of the ladies,
no sounds were beard, and the company
gave obvious symptoms of impatience.—
They were then requested to draw nearer
the table, which was in front of the ladies.
and form themselves into a compact circle.
Boon after, faint sounds began to be beard
from under the floor, around the table and
in different parts of the room. They in
creased in loudness and frequency, becom
ing so clear and distinct that no one could
deny their presence, nor trace them to any
visible cause. The question was now ask.
ed by the ghosting's, "Will the spirits
converse with any one present I' No
satisfactory answer was obtained, though
there was a general rumbling • succession
of sounds, the purport of which appeared
to be ambiguous, to those who professed to
be moat conversant with the language.—
The question was then put more definite
ly. with regard to several gentlemen pres
ent. Alters good deal of coquetting, it
was said that replies would be given to
any g i oestions proposed by Dr. Maroc.--
He
He inquired whether the spirit which he
wished to converge with was a relation--
was a child—and whit was' its age at the
time of its death. We un derstood
e Dr.
Marcy to say that the' answers were cor
rect, but nothing worthy of notice was e
licited.
Mr. Henry Tnekerman was the Uext
to propound 'inquiries, which, contrary
to the usual custom, he expressed audi
bly, so as to be heard by the ladies antl i the
whole company. Having fixed in his
m 11241,641 ulnae ofthelndividual, ha asked, I
"Did he live in New York ?" No ens
wer. "In Baltimore, In Cambridge?'-.
In Boston I"—three distinct rape, which
is the sign of ,an at4nnetive answer. A
negative' reply is indicated by silence.—
Hr. T. continued, "Was he a lawyer
A Merchant 1 A physician A clergy
man?"' Knocks. "Wm he an Eliseo
pahtin ? Preebyterian A Unitaran 1"
—.going over the names of the principal
sects. No answer. At the suggestion of
a gentleman, Mr. T. asked, "was he a
Christain I" Knocks. Mr. T. then ask
ed the age by a series of tens. "Was he
twenty years old at the time of his death
Fifty I Sixty 2" Knocks. "has he left
a family I" Knocks. "Did he die in
Boston ? In Philadelphia? In Albany ?
In Northampton? In Bennington ?"--
Knocks. "Did he die of consumption 1—
Of fever ? Of cholera ? Of old age ?"
Knocks.
The person in Mr rude:man'. mind
was the late . Rev. Dr:Clianning of Boston,
who died infiennington, Vt., while on a
journey. The degree of correctness in
the answers may beindged by the reader.
hm*Y6eklili D
ledfe , b r u C.
w ever,
disclaimedth
forat
theu
the last se
years of his
or all sectarian names, preferring to be
called only a Christain, and that though
under seventy, his physical powers had
suffered from premature exhaustion.
Rev. Dr. Hawks was then urgently so
licited by several of the party to propose
inquires, to which, after some hesitation,
he reluctantly consented. He did not
meet with any great success. The sounds
uttered were faint, and almost inaudible at
levers! limes, and in the great majority
of eases indicated an incorrect reply.--
Dr. Hawks pursued his inquiries with
exemplasy patience, but, after several
more ineffectual attempts, he resigned the
door to Dr. John W. Francis, who was
welcomed with the general roll of knock
pigs, from the mysterious agents, seem
ing to claim the privilege of old and inti
mate sequsintattse. With his proverbial
urbanity, seating himself as if at the bed.
iddarof a patient, Dr. F. asked, in terms of
tita multi budninitieg blandness, whether
the spirits present would converse with
any member of the company ? Would
they vouchsafe to speak to his illustrious
friend, the world-renowned author, Mr.
Cooper! Would they converse with the
great American poet. Mr. Bryant 1 To
AMP. nattering invitations no reply was
givin. Would they speak to so humble
an individual as himself I Loud knocks.
Dr, P. thee asked—fixing on a person -
Was he in American? Was he an En
glishman ? Was he a Scotchman ? The
knoeks were loud and unanimous. Was
hest merchant t Was he a lawyer ?
Wes he an author? Loud knocks. Will
yen tell his name t Hire the spirits cal
led for the alphabet by sands intelligible
to ghostotteers. The answers by this
are given in fumes at the letters desired
when the alphabetis repeated by one of
the ladim. It thin spelled out 13-u-r--
when the 'company indiscretely. but spon
taneously, interrupted by crying out Rob't
lihmer. - --"Thirwas the - true answer, arid
after . the interview with the favorite Scotch
poet, Dr. F.'declined any further commu-
I •
mention.
Mr..l. Fenimore Cooper was then to
quested to enter into the supra-mundatie
sphere, and proceeded' to interrogate the
'piths, with the most , imperturbable.selP
possessicm and deliberation'. After seve
ral desultory question", (rem which so sat
isfactory answers were obtained, Mr. C.
commenced a new series of inquiriee. Is
the person I 'moire about a relative—
Yes, was at once indicitedby tbeknocks.
I A, neer relativel Yea. A men . ? No
answer. A *mart ? 'Yes. it daughter'?
A mother f A wile ? No answer. 'Asia
for 1 Yes. Mr. C. then asked the num
ber of years since bar. death. To this the
answer was given in rapid end. indistinct
knocks, some counting 4& others 45, 54,
&c.. After considerable parleying, as to
the manner in which the question should
Ike answered, the consent of the invisible
interlocitter was gives to knock the years
so slowly that, they might .kas distinedy
counted. This was done. Kneek.hoook.
knock—for what seemed • over ',minute,
till the number amounted to fifty, and,wa;
unanimously ennounced thecompeny.
Mr. O. now *eked, Did shedis of ,con
samPlintr--.natning several , disarms, to
which no answer was given. Did she
die by accident? Yes. Was she. killed
by lightning? Was abe shot 1 , , Was she
lost st sea? Did site,fall item a girder ?
Wes she throviClVout it home I Yes.
_Mr. Pauper disinot'parseebitainquiries
1 15 . foriblw. mid joined le the company
that the. ansWeri the persons
alluded to by him being *Auer. who, juin
fifty yea" ago the prereet uumth..was kil
led by bait! thrown from- shone.
Thoo mating was; now farad sauced, and
it was nollhought desirable ,to continue
the colloquies any further. At the sulk
ration of several gentlemen, the ladies re
moved from the sofa, where they had sat
during the evening, and remained stand
ing in another part of the room* The
knockings were now heard on ohs: doom.
at both ends of the room, producing a vi
bration on the petunia which was felt
by every one who touched them. Dif
ferent gentlemen stood on the outside and'
the inside of the . door at the same time,
when hoed knocking. *ere heard on the
side opposite that where Miry stood. The
ladies were at steeh a distance from the
door in both cases, as to lend no counte
nance to the idea that the sounds were
produeed by any direct communication
with them. They now went into a par
lor, under the room in which the party
was held, sceompenied by several gentle
men, and the sounds were then produced
with grass distinctness, causing sensible
vibrations in' the sofa, and apparently com
ing from a thick hearth-rug before the fire
place, as well as from other quarters of
the room.
'Boob are are the moat imporhint facts,
which we ean•recall of the manifestatiolis
ado seeding. We believe we have sta
led them Without any coloring whatever,
as they appeared to every one present ;
but with regard to their origin or their na
tant, we are as much in the dark as any
of our readers. The manners and bear
irtg,of the ladies are such .as to create a
prepossession in their favor. They have
no theories to offer in explanation of the
WS of their mysterious attendants, and
apparently have no control of their incom
ings or outgoings. But if the sounds are
not made by their agency, are they made
by the spirits of the departed ? If so, why
do they come such an unusual journey, o
an unprofitable errand 1 At the utmost.
they only exhibit their credentials, but
bring no message. After the first intro.
duction, their silence is as unmitigated as
that of the awkward stranger, who having
exhausted the weather, had nut another
word to say. We wait for further dis
closures without wishing to hasten the
course of delaying time, and recommend.
ing our readers to see for themselies, tape
ehelter in a discreet, and somewhat apa
thetic non-committalism.
Well, we'll begin on a new *clam.
O. ,
TWO DOLLAR( PSIt
MEI
MEW SERIES-NO. 118.
Tams AT LARTo--Theill is aiIIMO /
story of a person who taught his parrot tls
repeat only the words, "whatdottbt is theta
of that 1" ,He carried it to market kw sale.
fixing the price at one hundred rupees.—
A Mongol asked the parrot, "are you
worth a hundred rupees 1" The parrot an
swered, "What doubt is there of that 1"
The Mongul was deligk ted, and bought the
bird. Ho soon found out that this was
all that it could say. Ashamed of his bar
gain, he said to himself, "I was a fool to
buy this bird." The parrot exclaimed as
usual, "What doubt is there of that ?".
A CURIOUS CALCULATION.—The twenty
four letters of the alphabet may be trans
formed 824,433, 401,733,239,489,380,000
times. All the the inhabitanw of the
globe, on a rough calculation, could not, ip
a thousand million of years, Write down all
the transpositions of the twenty-foor let
tern, even supposing that each wrote four
mer daily, each of which pagei Contain
ed forty different transpositions of the let
ters.
TO FARE ERS:Lit may be well for far.
mere to hear in mind that an Act was pas
sed by theslast Legislature, providing that
no person shall be entitled to, damages
done to crops, land or premises, by the
horses, cattle, swine or sheep of another
person—unless such crops, land or prem
ises were enclosed with a substantial fence
at least four and a half feet high.
A friend of ours was telling us not long
since, of an acquaintance of his in. South
Carolina, who was noted for mendacity.
He related of him the following anecdote :
Said some one to the Liar. "do you re
member the time the stars fell many years
ego 1"
"I es," said Mendax.
"Well," remarked the other, "I've heard
it was all a deception—that the stars did
not actually fall.' .7
"Dont you believe it," returned
Men
dsx, with a knowing look ; "they fell in
my yard as big as goose eggs. I've got
one of 'em yet, only the children played
with it so much they've wore the shiny
pints r"
LEMON PIKEI.-A good pie can be made
of lemon and molasses, as follows : Press
out the juice of a lemon in two tea cups
full of molasee, grate in the dried peal of
another, cover a plate with a layer of cruet,
spread over the mixture, lay on it thin
crust, spread on another layer of the mix
ture, and over that lay a top crest; bake
thoroughly, and you will have an excel
lent and wholesome pie. One lemon will
make two pies.
"Oeh, an' what's your honor again' to
, give me, seein' as it's myself that saved
yer honor's house from turning to ashes
entirely f"
fallow so, Pat f"
,
"An' sore. when it notched afire, wasn't
I the second one that hollered fire first 1"
“I'm a great gun.” said a tipsy typo,
',flu) had been on a bender for a week.—
wires," said the foreman, "you'r a great
gun, half cocked, and you may consider
yourself discharged." i•Well," said the
typo, "then I 'spose I'd better go of."—
Exit.
"Did po; say. Jenes, that your wife had
fits?" "Yes. she has them quite often."
"Well, wish my wife were similarly af
flicted. She has tried a dozen!dreas-ma
kora within the last twelve months, and
not a fit to suit her has she got yet."
"Will you have a pinch of annirre in
quired an exquisite of a young lady, a few
days ago. "No. I thank you," was the
reply. "I consider my nose an ornament
to my face, and not a dust hole."
FIVE FACIII.-A firm faith is the best
divinity ; a good life is the best philoso
phy; and a clear conscience the beet law;
honesty the best policy ; and temperance
the best physic.
•
MYSTERIOUS KNOCRINOB.—The follow
lug "elegant extract" accounts for all toys"'
65110111 knockings :
"Where folks Wiese in witches, witches are:
But where they don't believe—there ere so wilds
es Mae I'
A Devrit STORY.-I and prrxim lintwm
and two oder toga, vaah out hunting next
week, and we trove nine woodchuck into
a stone heap, and kilt ten out of them be
fore tey cot in.
A poor woman, who lived in the Wen
country, had two children. one of Whom
dying she caused it to be buried there.—
Soon after coming to America the other
died also, and it was buried here. Wish
ing to commemorate the place, she put a
gravestone with the following inscription:
"Here lie two children dear—.
One in old Ireland, %other one hero."
FORTUNE ' S FROLICRI.-.4 short lime
P i nce. Louis Napoleon was carryings end
gel about London streets. doing deity as a
special cons table. Lamartine at that Pao
ment was the topmost man in France, end
attracted the gaze of the whole word. The
wheel of fortune is now turned. ' Louis is
at the top and Lamartine is living in a gar.
ret, or nobody knows where. The nett
turn may bring Louis down Ng will hard
ly bring Lamartine up again.
None know what it is to gain a living
until they are forsaken by fiends. an&
eompelleci to live upon their own restate,
Zeal without judgment is like gunpow
der in the hands of a child.
A-per Son who was very food ambling ,
his dreams, observed in the p►sronoe al
John Randolph, that he drounedlast volght ,
of lien ! ..That was very natural," replied
Randolph, "for a person almost invariably
dreams by night of twilit is mail(
through his head all day."
Cuttecn Feu..—An ex-Oorentar 71-
Imes a good awry of a man Owes lift haft
not been entirely unspoiled. wbo applied
t o a worthy , deacon for admission tittt Itke
°hush. hi ,/ yet
not Wait* to receive big , . the itethiPez.
plied- The sburch is MOH sae. w
dins is a /seamy I win way