1 - 17LE,....'_.57:A A : ii MJI °D A HH.En. stinstEß. VOLM ';I,IMUMEND' 1 0 1 I'l WIHERE is one *Mg certain; dint the tieleaket.tettich had so long misl ed is the minds of many perm:luso seldom Itagdy4iltla 'Clothing. lialfe,biOlk almost entirely %Opine,* this community by proef furnished by MARCUS tMEION to thosewho have been deal- Slif, that' Clothing can be proeu nit ' t h is estataiiintunifif the hest quell dbajdrntlifitailtily losiir prices than can be had anywhere else. He has shown ho ein:eoll his resdy-mede clothing tei less than the natural cost of the material of which' they ire made. His mode of baying end laying in goods ena ble; him to 80 what he .sys, and he defies all com petition, so matter in what place, cranny or stem It is hardly necessary to gni a,vierd more. Ills friends and custo mers are convinced that they can save mo ney 5y buying from him. He sells for cash, end has but one price. He never asks more than what he means to take.— Hiu it not to make as Much as he call mg o(a customer who may favor him with a call. His aim is always to make honest bargains by which he may procure permanent customers. It is a mistaken idea with somepeople, that when they can succeed in dueing a man down they save something. It is not so. A person who is in the habit of permitting himself to be dued down, is always prepared for it by asking more than he wishes to take. The one-price system is the only proper and correct mode of dealing. One gentle man will thus get his clothing as cheap as the other. I invite the attention of my friends 'and the public generally to my stock of Spring and Summer Clothing, just opened, and guarantee for them in ad vance that they will be pleased with both goods and prices. His stock consists of a general asortment of all descriptions, sizes, and qualities, together with an assortment of Jewelry, Pistols, Guitars, Violins, Ac cordons, a lot of Carpet Bags, both for Ladies and gentlemen, a few Gothic eight day and thirty-hour Clocks, a few large Looking Glasses, and a variety of other articles. I thank my friends and custo mers for their past patronage and respect full solicit a continuance of the same. KT[ have on hand a good Second-hand Piano, and an excellent Seraphino adapt ed to sacred music and church use—both of which will be disposed of very row. MARCUS SAMSON. Gettysburg. April 4, 1851. DAGUERREOTYPES. G. B. PIERCE & W. R. FREE, RESPECTFULLY announoo to the caimans of Gettysburg and Its vicin ity that they are prepared to execute Like nesses on plates, from the smallest to the largest sizes, Single or in Groups, and neatly set in Frames, Cases, Lockets, Pine, Rings, Bracelets, &c., in every variety of style. PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, and ENGRAVINGS accurately copied. Miniatures of deceased persons and inval ids taken at residences. They hold themselves in readiness to execute every thing pertaining to our pro fession in a style fully equal if not supe rior to any thing that has heretofore been produced. Having availed ourselves of all the later improvements in the Art, pos sessing an apparatus of superior quality. we are enabled to take liket.esses in all kinds of weather, and in that softness, strength and beauty of tone, with their en tire durability, which give such value ko the Daguerreotype. They have taken the Hall recently oc cupied by the Sons of Temperance, in Car lisle street, which will be open at all hours of the . day. Persons desirous of obtaining Minia tures. will please call early as their stay is limited. Dark apparel will secure the best pictures.. Ladies and gentlemen are invited to visit our rooms and examine specimens, wheth er they wish a Likeness or not. instructions given in the Art, and Appa ratus.fumished on reasonable terms. Feb. 7, 1851. BCIIOOI, APPROPRIATION. THE attention of the Boards of School Directors of the different town ships in Adams county, is directed to the annexed statement of the amount of School funds to which each township is entitlirl out of the State Treasury for the Year 10 2 . By order of the Commisrdonere. a. AUCILIINBAIJOH, Cie*, April 11, 1851. , . Sscasvair's Chrrics, Ilaaarsairice, April 7, 1851. •re she Coninitsienere ofdams Comity : 1-1 n pursuance of the thirty•te• 00,n4 section of ,an act, entitled "An Act for the restalMion cad continuance of a system of educa tion by Common Schools," passed the 7th day of April, 1849, 1 herewith trimactit to you a state- Inlet of Lbermatount to which every district in your county La entitled, out of the annual appropriation 4 00 04: 0 4 therms lending 1853, an follows s .deft. *tie 77 42' ')1 ISt% ' ' .. • , 78; ,29101 1 . 1 4 2 3 d• 19 228 /41161634, , 13/ 811, • • • • 100 111 ST% 1/ 1 / 1 , 1 )$ 1 931 16E ,flu• .' • ASP Se l ialoll l /1 101 4 Aild#4lrAt • .0 241,;•1:1, 140 (1 0 4 1 file 2 ist 53 Moi4 . • 42 0 n o , . goy / 5, 59 •. p : • • MINIM "1141 1111' '4•3llrOttette ,- 199 le. Tyrone,, 76;611 88 00 A. a rl istatit 400"... t ach0.k. 4tjuir4iitio.-44ka FrooiorA e moi tirtiad vory tow of Aril 18 A. B. KURTZ. § , 41 She is with us! dm le With us For 1 lid bertgeutle sigh, • And her music tones of gladness Floating through, the branches dry. Now the south wind lifts the carpet tiid beneath the finest old I Waketh up the scented violet FlOll2 her bed of richest mould. Softly trills the little ipanow, Peeking seed from out the iced ; Ahd the robin, o'er me Orin& Lifts his anthem up to God. To the dear old nest retnmeth, Yet again, the bluebird bright.- To the hollow tree whence, yearly, Azure birellinve wiiig their light., Now the brooklet is unfettered, swollen by the melted mow ; Shining like a thread of Enver— Singing through the vale below : Tottered of the happy Springtime, On the hillvdde by the brook ; Emerald grasses, velvet mosses, Smile from many a sunny nook. On the cottage eaves slighting, Swallows in the sunlight sing, Filling all the air around me With their Joyous twittering. O'er the deep hue upper ocean. 'Little white•winged barges fly ; Melting out, like fairy phantoms, 'Heath the dergod'e burning eye. Sap is welling, leaf.bads swelling, Springing towards their shining goal, Bursting from their darkened dwelling, Like the freed immortal mu!. Spring is with us ! She is with as I New life wakes in every vein : Fresh hopes in my heart are welling, As I welcome her again ! TRUTH OP CHRISTIANITY.—The perso nal history of Neander is an impressive illustration of the truth of Christianity, and an instance of its divine power. He himself assures us that he had to grope his way front the venerable ritual of ancient Judaism onward to the visions of the Pla tonic philosophy, until he at last found re pose in the doctrines and the death of Je ans of Nazareth. • We accordingly see him wandering at first among the types and symbols and prophetic utterance of the Je wish Church, then seeking relief in the schools of the world's philosophy, and finally retracing his steps to discover the pathway of truth, in following the faith of his childood to its glorious issue in Christ. Here he found the symbolical language of Judaism deciphered, while at the same time he found that his spiritual wants were satisfied, and that a practical solution was given to the mysteries of a world of sin and death. With a nature, so earnest as his, he must, from the first, have been im pressed with the representation given in the Old Testament Scriptures of the holi ness of God and the guilt of man, and the need of reconciliation between the sinner ...d o w , must have fostered in him that spirit of moral thoughtfulness which Arnold some where speaks of as the leading element in all 'true greatness of character. While skepticism, disjoined from a pure life, may keep the heart forever away from religious truth, as in the case of men like Voltaire or Byron, all true earnestness of thought and purpose is in the direction of the Cross as its final landing-place. We see, in the spiritual history of men like Neander, and Chalmers, and Foster, and Arnold, that truth and holiness bear a family likeness, having the same heavenly ancestry, and bringing the same dowry of eternal life.— The examples of men like these, in their search for truth, form an impressive testi mony to the divinity of that faith in which knowledge becames one with life, and the highest soarings of one's reason harmo nize with the deepest experiences of his soul. AN ALT.IOOIIY.-it miser being dead, and fairly interred, came to the banks of the river Styx, desiring to be ferried over along with the other ghosts. Charon de manded his fare, and was surprised to see the miser, rather than 'pay it, throw himself into the river and swim over to the other side, notwithstanding all the clamor and opposition that could be made to him. All raruirus was in an uproar, and each of the judges was meditating up on some punishment suitable to a crime of such dangerous consequences to the revenues. "Shall he be chained to the rock along with Prometheus f or tremble below the precipice in company with the Danaides or assist Sisypus in rolling hie stone 1" "No," said said Minos, "none of these ; we must invent some severer punishment. Let him be sent back to the earth, to see the use his heirs are making of his riches." —Sat. Courier. A QUOTATION WITH AN UNFORTUNATa APpucAnow.—The Rev. Mr.— was lecturing, a short time since, on the sub ject of colonisation. In speaking of the impracticability of immediate dummies lion and its disastrous effects upon the in terests of, the slave, he illustrated his po sition by *elating the history of tome slaves liberated by's gentleman in Virginia. This - gentleman, according to the lec turer, took it into his head to liberate some thirty-tive of hie slaves, and very kindly directed'hia overseer to take .theta into Pennsylvania and turn them loose. They were libeteted near New York, and 'told, skid, the ` reverend gentleman, this they Were kOW Rio, If Dim;r *hers 'they Eddied and do as they wou ortio world was all bettor; them, where to choose A ple co op* 00 powwow iberil o , — " 6l 4 mkt isftwiliSiti•inteir was preosiort imortfihms Vas in the county prison, s, ,A 1 Cockney kowtowed two ladies 161 be Observatory to see ak /Apse of the's:Won. They•were too late; the eclipse was over, and the ladies were disappointed. "Oh," srsolaimed our hero, "don't fret; I know the astronomer very well; he is a very 'polite man, and lam sure he will begin CURE FOR THE TOOTHACIIR.-..-FORIOR a strong piece of , twine to the tooth that is to be drawn, and attach the other end of the twineto a brick. Then lithe tooth be in the AlPper jaw, stand on the fence and.let the liriek drop ouddonly down. If the tooth be ipthe nailer jaw, standitehind the fence and throw it over.' GETTYSBURG, PA.,FRIDAY EIIING,.APRIL 25, 1851. STORY OF A FIRST KISS. SY IREDItIIIII/1 BREIIIII. ~In the•Univerity of,Upsala. in Sweden, lived. a young student—a lonely youth, with *great lova for studies, but without 1 1 wins of pursuing them. He was poor, and without connections. Still he studied on, living in great poverty and keeping up a cheerful heart, and trying not to look at the future. which looked so grimly at hint. His good humor and good (oolitic* made him beloved by his young coinraclesr. 0 ace he was standing with some of them in the great square of Upaals, prating a way an hour of leisure, when the attention of the young men became arrested by a very young and elegant lady, who, at the side of an elderly one, walked *lowly ov er the place. It was the daughter of the Governor of Upland, residing in the city, and the lady with her was her governess. She was generally known for her beauty and for her goodness and gentleness of character, and was looked upon with great admiration by the students. As the young men stood silently gazing at her, as she pas sed on like a graceful vision, one of them ex , claimed : "Well, it would be worth some thing to have a kiss from such a mouth I" The poor young student, the hero of our story, who was looking intently at that pure and angelic face, exclaimed, as if by inspiration, ..Well.l think I could have it." "What I" cried his friends in a chorus:" "are you crazy ? Do you know her 'l' etc. "Not at all," he answered ; "but I think she would kiss me just now, if I asked her." ..What !in this place before all our eyes 1" "In this place before your eyes. Freely, freely." "Well, if she will give you a kiss in that manner, 1 will give you a thousand dollars I" "And II" ..And I !" cried three or four others, fot it so happened that several rich young men were in the group, and bets ran high on so improbable an event. and the chal lenge was made and received iu less time than we take to relate it. Our hero—my authority tells not wheth er he was handsome or plain--Lhavexuy peculiar reason for believing that he was rather plain, but singularly good-looking at the same time—our hero walked off to meet the young lady. He bowed to her, and said, "My lady (min froleen) my for tune is in your hand." She looked at him in astonishment, but arrested her steps.— He proceeded to state his name and con dition, his aspiration!, and related simply and truly what just had passed between him and his companions. The young la dy listened attentively, and when he had ceased to speak, she said, blushing, but with great sweetness : "If by tio little a thing so much good could be effected, it would be very foolish in me to refuse VOtir rpniinat" in-L -man publicly, the open square. Next day, the young student was sent for by the Governor. He wanted to see the young man who had flared to ask a kiss of his daughter in that way, and whom she had consented to kiss too. He receiv him with a severe and scrutinizing bow, but, after an hour's conversation, was so pleased with him that he offered him to dine at his table during the course of his studies at Upsala. Our young friend now pursued his stu dies in a manner which soon made him regarded as the most promising scholar of the University. Three years were not passed after the day of the first kiss, when the young man was allowed to give a second one to the lovely daughter of the Governor, as his betrothed bride. Re became, later, one the greatest schol ars in Sweden, as much respected for his learning as for his character. His works will endure forever among the works of science, and front this happy union sprung a family well known in the present day, and whose wealth of fortune and high po sition in society are regarded as small things, compared with its wealth of good ness.—Sartain' Magazine. The Rose and the Grave. The tomb once asked the rose—lis said,— Whet dost thou with the tears That heaven, each night, on thee bath sited, Through all departed years 1 Since you to question me presume 0, grave ! the rose replies,— I give them back, in sweet perfume, Each morning to the skies. But what Jost thou, I ask in turn, And may an answer crave, With all the loved we daily mourn, Thou ever open grave ! Dust thou not know, replies the tomb, Sweet role, that we are even, I make of each, within my womb An angel pure for heaven. Batton Post. DOG TRAINING IN MONICII.-0110 after noon, J. told me that she heard a tremen dous noise, the shouts and screams of a matt. and the terrific howling and yelling of a dog. Out darted the gentleman from the studio, and out rushed J., and there, in the large adjoining field, through the mud—for there had been a heavy fall of snow—a man. raced along, pursued by an enormous dog, the fiercest brute imagina ble ; it sprang upon him, it tore him, shook him by Me hair of his head, it dragged him along the ground, the man screaming and the dog howling ! Then they were up again, and , emelt* and and round the field, man and tittg, like sitilld beasts. J. was horrified beyond words, and to l.'s indekeirgible ihtliVediOrti the 041jAnlian looked quietly on and smiled. What "40 , 4inatql , hetr, it pm* a fear: ful murder.,, tint no wee only the training of a witsh-00g,, and a very (right id busmen it must have beau, although very grand to witness, the gentleman 116. dared. The man was all bound up, so I I that the dog could not injure .him mater. ially ; but his head and face, with their frightful bandages, suggested no other idea than that of wounds, which made him look all the more dreadful. These fierce dogs, thus trained, are necessary as secur ity against robbers ; many people keep them ; there are two of them at the studio, but I have noticed nothing fetoclous about them. 'Here, this mode of training dogs is not at all unusual, although the , trade, I abhuld think, not particularly agreeable.— Dickens' household Words. "FE ARLEN! AND MEE." The Little mmer. I went to see the I droMmer the other day. Borne of , : readers have, no doubt, heard of the prodigy. and may want-to hear mo - him. He is not three years old, a he san per form on a drum almost ',wall, for• ought that I can perceive, as man who has been practicing for ye ..'t pally, be is ; one of the wonders of age. His name is William Betty Ma rs _L.It seems, from the account 'given 'of - by his father, that at the early age of t months, when he heard music, he w show a great interest in it, and would ' ke regular mo tions with his hands du the singing or playing of a tune. W ' a was about a year old, he would beat' Awe on the ta ble, with a knife, or f or spoon, or whatever else came at Ilis reach. His fathernoticed the y with which the infant beat time, a iturehased him a small drum. When t 'drum was first struck in the hearing of child, he seem. ed to be perfectly delight ' He commen ced ced playing upon the ins potent at once ; and in a very few weeks without any in struction, or with but lit ;le performed with such precision as astpmeh every body who heard hint. ' t before he was two years old, while r - ring front the measles,,and before he Id sit up, he would cry for his drum, d lay in his cradle and - play upon it, ough so weak he could hardly hold the ' kik At the f age of two, having worn t the fi rst one, his father purchased a ne drum which he was permitted to play pon in the front yard, to the great am ment of the crowds who gathered in theetreet to listen. I heard him perform ipublic. The ti rom little fellow seemed half ed to re treat when he was brough pon the stage. The sight Mao many people---for it was in Tripler Hall, the largesetausical hall in the country—ftightened kiln. But as soon as the conductor of th performance tapped a few times on the rum, the en- , thusiasm of the child was somuch excited. that it completely overcami his fear, and he commenced drumming pith as mock assurance as if he was, in tie nursery in stead of Tripler Hall. A gentleman performed onthe fife, while the little prodigy accompanied on the drum. He marched back and forth on the stage. with an heir of a drummer twenty years old. His march was regular too - , for the most part. The fifer would play one tune awhile ; and, right.in the midst of it, break off from that, and play anether, perhaps of an entire different character, and in dif ferent time. But the drummer would in stantly notice the change, and vary his drumming accordingly. The audience applauded hic- - ••---' ffs.,l -r.t.-- .1:........ _., ....,,,,;,... tie was not prepared for such noises we the clapping of hands, and the pounding of canes and um brellas on the floor, and evidently did not know what to make of such performances. Doubtless it seemed to him that the music ought all to come from the stage ; and per haps he was suspicious that the audience were setting up something of an opposi tion. However that may be, he was con (used when they applauded, and several times stopped playing apparently diseatis fwd. He cannot speak plainly ; but he managed, after a fashion, to say "stop," two or three times, accompanying the command with rather a threatening mo tion of his drum stick towards the audience. —N. Thrk Correspondent of the Waverly Magazine. PAT AND THE OTATER.—Pat, who had just been transplanted, had been sent by his master to purchase half a bushel of oysters, at the quay ; but was absent so long that apprehensions were entertained for his safety. lie returned at last, how ever, puffing under his load in the most musical style. ""Where have you been 1" exclaimed the master. "Where have I been t Why, where should I be but to fetch the isters 1" "And what in the name of St. Patrick kept you so long V' "Long ! By me fowl, I think I have been putty quick, consitherin all things." "Considering what things I" "Consitherm what things ? Why, con sitherin the dressin of the fish, to be sure." "Dressing what fish 2" "What fish ? Why, blur-and•bones, the Mters." "What do you mean 1" "What do I mane 1 Why. I matte as I was restin down foment the Pickled Her ring, and havin a dhrop to comfort me, a jintleman axed me what I'd got in my sack. 'lnters,' said I. 'J.et'e look seem,' says .he, and ho opens the bag. 'Och. thunder and reties,' says he, 'who sowld you these 1' 'lt was Mik Carney, the chafe of the world I' 'What a black-guard he he must be to give them to you without &min.' 'Ain't they dressed 1' says I. , Divil a one of them, says he. 'Mucha, then,' says I, 'what'll Ido 1' 'Do.' say. he, "I'd sooner do it myself than have you so abused. And so he takes 'em is doors and dresses 'em nate and clone, as you'll see," opening at the same time his bag of oyster-shells that were as empty as the head that bore them to the holm. IMPROVXD HORSE Siroz.—We observe that among the English patents recently gnitited;ie one takes out by Mr. Rodway, for an linproved horse-shoe, which is so ecintitrueted as io give the horse a secure foothold even upon a wooden pavemettt, or Wetground, while it obviates the 'neces sity 'of ' frost-nailing, of calkins, in frosty weather. It is more dursble • than the common shoe, and quite as cheap 4. and from the easewith which it can be adapt. ed to the foot, so as, in point of fact, speaking metaphorically, to form a part of it, it prevents those numerous diseases whichare the destruction of so much horse flesh. The improvement consists in groov ing the • bottom of the shoe in a peculiar manner. The nails are also sunk in grooves so as never to become loosened by wear. ''HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION; ' exclaimed Mrs. Partington, throwing down the paper; "It's come to a pretty pass, indeee, that men are going to exempt themselves from home just when they pious without.'any proviso for cold nights." PADDY AND THE LOVERS, Olt, AN DN- SOCIABLE BED FELLOW. A few months, since, a son of Erin, about 9 o'clock one , evening: called at a country inn, in the western part of Pennsylvania. and demanded lodgings for the night. It was evident that be and liquor had been lolly companions through the day. The andlord was a lacy, good natured soul, And had imbibed rather freely that day himself. • '1(1 give yo a light and tell rou where the room is, can you find it? said the landlord. 'Och s an' it's myself that can do that illegantly. Jist show me the way an' Fit find it as Dv sot the howly vargin showers down blessings upon the sinful,' rejoined the Irishman. The directions were given him and . al so a candle. He was directed to go to a room in the second story of the house.— Hy the time he reached the top of the stairs, the light had become extinguished, and he had forgotten what direction he was to go. Seeing rays of light issuing from a room, the door of which stood slightly ajar, he reconnoitered the inside , of the room, and found it to contain a bed, in which lay a man, and a stand with a small lighted lamp upon it. Feeling disinclined to make any further search for the room to which he had been directed, be divested himself of his clothing, and quietly crept into the beck part of the bed. He had been-in-bat-a few moments, when a young lady and gentleman entered the room.-* The Irishman eyed them closely. They had seated themselves on chairs in- close proximity to each other, and after chatting merrily for a short time, the man threw his arms around her waist, in a cousingly manner, and implanted a kiss upon, her tempting lips. There was witchery in it which demanded a repetition. The scene amused the Irishman vastly, aud being free from selfishness, he concluded that his Sleeping companion should be a par- ticipant with him in the enjoyment of the scene, and to this end he nudged him, but his companion stirred not. He then put his hand upon him and found he was tight ly locked in the embrace of death 1 Sy nonymous with his discovery, lie bound ed out of the bed exclaiming: , Merther ! reuniter 1 Howly saints of hiven pertect me He had scarcely. touched • the floor with his feet, before the young lady and gentle man were making rapid strides towards the stairway, terror being depicted on their countenance. They had just reach ed the top of the stairs when the Irishman came dashing along as though all the fiends of Erebus were close at his heels, intent on making vrtalr him their prey. And the ••••••.e. Sleas.trknre, TO. and it is hard to determine which of the three reached the foot of the stairs first. The landlord stood aghast as the Irishman rush ed into the bar room, with nothing be tween him and-nudity but a garment vul garly styled a shirt, the hair on his head standing upon end, his eye-balls ready to leap from their sockets, and he gasped for breath. It was a sight that would have made a man laugh who had worn a vine gar face from the day of his birth. Noth ing could induce him to seek a bed that night again. When the young lady and gentleman found that it was not the corpse that lied leaped from the bed, they return ed to the room, (they beingihe watchers for the night) and doubtless, commenced their courting at the point where it had so suddenly been broken. ORIGIN OF ROAST PIG IN CUINA.-.-WO have always admired, and always shall ad mire, as the very best of all human stories, Charles Lamb's account of the origin of roast pig, in. China. Ching Ping, it seems, had suffered his father's house to be burn ed down : the out-houses were burned a long with the house ; and in one of these the pigs, by accident, were roasted to a turn. Memorable were the results for all future civilization! Ping, who—like all China beside—had hitherto eaten his pig raw, now for the first lime, tasted it iu a state of torrefaotion. Of course he made his peace with his father by a part—tradi tion says a leg—of the new dish. The father was so astonished that he burned his house down once a year. for the sake of coming at an annual banquet of roast pig. A curious, prying sort of a fellow, one Chang Pang, got to know of this.— He also burned down a house with a pig in it, and had his eyes opened. The se cret was ill kept—the discovery spread— many great conversions were made—hou ses were blazing in every part of the ce lestial empire. The insurance offices took the matter up. One Chong Pong, detect ed iu the very act of shutting up a .pig in his drawing-room, and then firing a train, was indicted on a charge of arson. The chief justice of Pekin, on that occa sion, requested an officer of the Court to hand him a piece of the roast pig, the cor pus delicti, for pure curiosity led him to taste ; but within 'two days after, it was observed that his lordship's town-house was burned down. In short all China apostatized to the new faith ; .and it was not until some centuries had passed, that a great genius arose, who' established the second era in the history of rout pig, by showing that, it could be had without burn ing down houses.; De. Quincey's Essays. Smiles. Fair i. the midis of a bootifal girl, Vgbesi the light of ion in her eye ie booming, And hthsr the 'Mails a young mother gives In =ewe; to that of heti, infant dreaming. Fair, too, le the gallant hero's smiles, When to his ears the shouts of victory come; And fairer is that of a little child, Whoa It gleesernely welcomes its father home. And oh, bow fair, after an evening storm. The smile of the sun on the hillside lying: But more beautiful far, than all of these, Is the tranquil smile of the Christian dying. Knirksrborker. A preacher, having laid a wager that he would make a declaration of love in the pulpit, took-for his text these words ; "It is for you, woman, that I die." The cheerful heart, like the kaleidos. cope, eauess the •most discordant materials to appear in harmony and beauty. The Bachelor. A begelor sat by his blazing grate, And be fell into a snooze, And be dreamed that o'er his wrinkled pate Had been thrown the nuptial noose. And a rosy boy came to his side And boundeded on his knee, And back from his beaming face he shook Fair curls in childish glee. Then clear minting his merry voice, He shouted .load, 'Papa, don't love any body else But yeti and dear mama In A n d the father's heart restran with joy, That heart so long by love unlit. Oh I from its unseen depth poured but, Affection infinite. Outstretching tome of strength =Awn. He hined—rin old flora rot, Which, as 'twos wont. when muter slept, Had lee* upon his leg I Los I—l will tell thee What it is to love It is to build with human tbnughts a shrine Where hope sits !winding like a beauteous dove,— Where time seems young, and life a thing divine; Yea, Otis is love—the steedfist and the true, 'rho lumtortal glory which bath never eel; The best, the brightest boon the heart e'er knew, Of all Ilfe's sweat, the very sweetest yet ! Marks Swain, THE HOTTEST SEAT. "Tam.," a correspondent of the Boston Post, *rote the following, which contains a bad wkord, and_sho_uld not therefore be read, by anybody : County court was sitting a while ago. in --- c on the banks of the Connecticut. It was not far from this time of year—cold weather, anyhow—and a knot of lawyers had collected around the old Franklin in the bar ram. The fire blazed,M3d mugs of flip were passing round without a groan, when in came a rough. gaunt looking "babe of the woode," knapsack on shoulder and staff in hand. Re looked cold and half perambulated the circle that hemmed in the fire, as with a wall, of brass, looking for a chance to warm his shins. Nobody moved,-however; and, unable to sit down for lack o i l; chair, be did the next best thing--le ed against the wall, "with tears in his fist and his eyes doubled up"—and listened to the discussion on the proper way of serving a referee on a warrantee deed, as it he was the judge to decide the flatter. Boon he attracted the attention of the company, and a young sprig talked to him. "You look like a traveller."— "Wall, I sposelom—l come from Wis consin afoot 't any rates" "From Wis- COlitill ft That is a diatom to go on one pair of legit. I say, did you over pass throut i It'll on cr travels "Yiss, vang.. m a z kv ara f . uf witked look rry"."'t Trayer bash tbrott_ah the . thought likely. Well, what gm ,the manners and customs there t some of us would like to know." "Oh," says the pilgrim deliber ately—half shutting his eyes, and draw ing round the corners of his mouth till two rows of yellow stubs with a mess of mas ticated pig-tail appeared through the slit in his cheek—"you'll find them much the same as in this region : the lawyers r sit nighest the fire.' MOUNTAIN 01, MAONZBIA.—The resour ces of California are not confined to the precious metals alone ; theta is a vast ex tent of the country, of which nothing is said, that will develops, in time d new avenues of wealth. .4.fter crossing •the Sierra Ns , vada, in latitude betweea forty-one and two (if memory eariva,) the descent to Goose Lake is through a pleasant valley of about ten miles in length. abounding in' springs and meadovis. About a mile ' low where the lake is approached from the east is the first out-crop of quartz and elate, with an auriferous .country around. Neat the southern extremity of the lake is a most beautiful ledge of serpentine rock. The strata is horizontsl, and the green and shading it delicately blended, and. the lines almost as perfeet as if they had been traced with an arlisei On Pitch (or Pitt) River, the principal affluent of the Sacramento, which flows through a charming valley, and about five days' journey from Goose. Lake, there itt a hill of pure carbonate of magnesia, one hundred feet high. Mob of it is perleot ly white, while some is more or less dis colored with iron, as if a painter had been striving to give • effect by a coloring of light and shade. Large muse* are easi •ly doweled, which, tolling down into the river that washed its bus, Boated off se light and buoyant as a cork, until it became saturated with water. A thousand wa gons could be loaded in a very abort time, and there is enough to supply the whole world. For three days' travel below, the soil seems to be impregnated with it, and the banks of the river are formed—Paci fic News. , NATIONS WITNOUT rras.—During the ancient days of Welsh Royalty, among the twenty-four ranks of servants that at ended the Court, was, one called "The Ring's Feet;Bearer," a young gentleman, whose duty it was to sit upon the door with his back towards the fire and hold the king's, feet in his bosom all the time be eat at the table, to keep them warm and comfortable. It is said that fire was entirely unknown to Many. of the nations of antiquity, and ,even at the present day it is unknown in Some parts of Africa. The inhabit/nits of the Marian Islands, which were discovered in Ibsl, had no ides of fire, and expressed the greatest as tonishment on first beholding it—believ ing it to be some kind of living animal which lived on wood.—Saturday Post. Lon AND LAW.--A young lawyer who had paid his court to a young lady with out much advancing his suit, accused her one day of being insensible to the power of love, "It does not follow." she archly replied. "that I am so beaattse I am not to be won by the power o htlorney. Four story shirt collars are all tbe rage. We saw one the other day with a steeple to it. This increase in building has plow ed very profitable le the. linen and ouch trade. . , TWO DOLLARS P1Ur44X;.41...;,1, INUMBER Improvements in Agriettltir,: The following article, upon the ilkme subject, we copy from the Working/NW* . mer, edited by Prof. MAPES. Within the last three years we have vier ited many farms in New Jersey, auttionte of the owners of these farms sent eel* mites of results to Trenton. One seated that-under our advice he bat) ded the missingbitonstituents to his sokalt anexpense of only $4 12} per awe. Wilit proper tillage, and produced, in COMO. qnence, the following crops :—Corn, 148 bushels of ears per acre, where, formerly. with much larger expenditure for manmetry but thirty bushels of shelled corn bad %lima produced. Potatoes 810 bushels *A cre. Mangold.wurtzel, 16 tons pm Wet and other crops in proportion. Atetther (a member of the House of Aseembly)ft. presented that on a piece of ground hi Passaic; County, which had been 00111* eyed of very inferior quality and unitcp thy cultivation for corn, he had raillealv'br adding the missing constituents of bill sea under our advertisement, 188 buSIMIllf ears of corn per acre, and that his etttP long orange carrots averaged 600 bushel. per acre, and that the expenses for WO nation were less than for the ordismry method by barnyard manuring. Another farmer from Monmouth VOW ty, represented that by the use of the 0110 soil plough, under a recommendation-01V tained in one of our lectures, on.a field of twenty acres, and by the application* a decomposed bog on another field.of ilar size he had increased his corn ornp en each from 20 to 25 per cent. Another farmer of Freehold represents,' that he had raised between 4000 and 6000 cabbages on half an acre, and at the prices at which he had made sales, the returns were at the rate of $4OO to $5OO macre. This land was thrown into garden heart at one operation, arid the land left in so improved a condition after the cabbage crop as to be benefited for tutre crops mots than the whole costs of fertilizers used for cabbages. Many other farmers relented large crops resulting from our advice. and from some neighborhoods large numbers signed statements that the whole crop Of the townships had been increased by One efforts. It was also shown to the Lelia. lature, that we had taken the first premi um for our market garden from the Amer ican Institute, and that we had raised 1500 bushels of parsnips, 900 bushels of caret* 800 bushels of ruts bags turnips per sere, and other crops in proportion, but all theists facts could not avail in causing the Senate to appropriate a sum only equal to the ne cessary expenses of a State Agriculturalist I. • • • of A war icot , 2111:111 to ors ry county in the State. We asserted, without tLe fen- of mailer diction, that in no case where we had been furnishes with an analysis of the soil. bid we failed in increasing the income of die owner more than one-third, and this,Mo, after having advised under such circum stances more than one hundred farmers in New Jersey. Some members could not believe that we had discovered so much that was new as to enable us to produce such results, and they were right. We do not claim any such credit, but simply that we haveput in practice what is well known by the few among the many. We often hear of la* crops raised by individuals, whose neigh bors produce no such result,. In such ea ses we visit the growers, and find out if practicable, their methods, manures, &c. and then by analysis of the soil, compard with that of the crop, are enabled to ad vise others so as to enable them to pro duce similar results. We claim no origi nality, but merely, with the assistance of chemistry, to be able to duplicate, on any soil containing a fair average of constituents. the same results which may have been pro duced on any other soil—all of which may be done by adding the missing constituents to the soil, with such cultivation as the po culiarities of the crop, mechanical °mil:. lion of the soil, &c., may require. Albert Smith, the Novelist, was boasting of his intimacy with Lamartine, the pees French statesman. Among other thing. Smith said that "he and Lamartine. Were like brothers—in short they had rowed jia the same boat" Jerrold signifittandg scratched his head, saying : "You may row in the same boat, but with a Manua sort of sculls." «What are you about f" enquired s lunatic of a cook, who was industriquelx stripping the feathers from a fowl.. 4 .l)ressing a chicken," answered the coodt. should call that undressing," said crazy chap in reply. ' The cook looked reflective. AN old soldier was court-martialed fir drunkenesa; the offence was clearly pros:. ed, and the culprit was called upon fail& defence. It was short, simple, and ism. ceasful. "Dues the Court think that U. cle Sam hires all the cardinal Odin* Ant seven dollars a month I" , ROWLAND HILL made a goo d reams OR hearing the power of the letter 1-1 disputo sed, whether it were a letter or not. it Is were not, he said, it would be a very foe. ions affair for him, for it would:make MR iR all the days of his life. I shall ask for the abolition of pc_ e• ally of death, until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to sae.—. , Lafayette. An orator told his audience Awl bo w•o trying to taper off his speech, whoa osi of them exalaimed that he had bees • loos time in waiting for him to makes point. How pleasant it is for a father to all at his child's board! It is like an arid OS reclining undue the shadow Of an oak which he has planted. He that pursues two hares atonesolose out catch the one, and lets Cothee go, "That's my' Issprsaaionliviihr said whim 6s kinfd ' 1:11'4"0.4/' 4' (1 - 1 4f;',11.!1,,Y HJ~. I~ K'MY~lfp:
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