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BY D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER
VOLUME XXII.
IDASOIRABLE
AEIL ISVATE9
Adjoining and in the village of
Petersburg,
,find about one and a half rnites from the
Fork Springs, in Adams county, Pa.,
AT PUBLIC SALE.
IN consequence of the death of his
Al- father, the undersigned wilt offer, at
Public Auction, on the premises, on
Friday the 20th day of June instant,
hie Property, in Adams county, consisting
of the law Residence of his father, a coin-
A m L• lbrtable '
BILMEt ILMSR9
with a front of 30 feet, and a poTch exten
ding the whole way, with a Kitchen in the
rear, a most valuable Garden, Frame Barn
two stories high, Smoke and Dry House,
and a well of the very best water, with a
pump in it, nt the Kitchen door. There
is attached to this dwelling either Iwo or
eight acres of land, as may he desired, and
in the highest state of cultivation. The
two acres contain an Orchard, unsurpas
sed for the quality of its fruit; and the
yard is filled with a variety of the beat
plum, apricot, pear and cherry trees.—
The selectiOn of the fruit, grape vines,
shrubbery, ornamental trees, &c., was a
favorite employment of his father for many
years, and when to this is added the beauty
of the location and the rapidly increasing
value and improvement of the surround
ing country, a more desirable home cannot
well be imagined. Also,
An entirely new and well built
ROUGH-CAST DWELLING,
with a front of 47 feet, containing air
rooms, and a wash-house and cellar under
neath. This house has never been wholly
occupied, and is situated near the one
above mentioned. To this property tl.ere
is attached Iwo or five and a half acres of
land, as may be desired, and in the high
est state of cultivation, a portion of which
has been planted with the choicest fruit,
and ornamental trees. A small stream of
water runs through the lot. Also,
A STORE HOUSE,
fronting on the , turniiike, 27 feet, and with.
in a few hundred yards 01 the above pro
perty. Two roads from thickly settled
neighborhoods intersect the pike at the
Store-house, For an industrious and en
terprising man with moderate means there
is not a better business location to sell
goods, in the State. The present occu
pant intending at an early day to remove
to another State, the small stork of goods
and merchandise remaining on hand will
he sold at the same time. Also,
:•• - in the village of Petersburg. a good
I P
" BRICK DWELLING,
two stories and a Indl high, twenty-f eet
front and thirty feet drip, with a Smoke
and Diy.ltouse, an excellent two story
frame weather-board Stable, and a well of
the hest water. The .Yard contains the
choicest variety of grape-vines, and fruit
trees. A more acceptable residence, in a
more flourishing village, can no where be
found.
Nearly adjoining this dwelling is a Town
!At, of not quite three acres of prime land,
in the best order, which will be sold with
or without the dwelling, now in possession
of Mr. Robert Livingston.
Irr Possession of all this property, ex
cept the last mentioned, caul be given forth
with. and the latter on the first day of April,
1852.
r7' A t the same time the undersigned
wil; sell all his
Vtrgonal Vropertn.
The grain will be sold in the ground.
liCr The properly will ut any time he
show* by the occupants, or by JACOB
GRIEST, agent of the undersigned, who
lives close at hand.
pa'Sale to commence at 9 o'clock, A.
M., when the terms will he made known.
JOHN Ii E'I"I'LEWELh.
June 6, 1851.—ui
A GERMAN WHIG PAPER,
IN YORK, PA.
THE undersigned will publish a GER
MAN W IG PAPER, on and after
the first of August, 1851. It will contain
twenty-four columns, being the present
size of the PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE,
and will be printed on • ENTIRE NEV
TYPE, Subscription price will be
ONLY ONE DOLL4R .11 TE.911,
in advance. Address,
HENRY F. THOMAS,
' "Advocate" Office, York, Penn . '.
May 2,188 t.
.7VO TIC E.
LETTERS of tdministration, on the
estate of URtAH CARSON, late of Men
ellen township, Adams county, deceased,
having been granted to the subscriber, re
siding in the same township, notice is here
by given to all who are indebted to said es
tate, to make payment without delay, and
to those having chains to present them pro
perly authenticated for settlement.
JACOB GROUP, Aden,
May 9,1851.-8 t
STRaI vs "Amass.
WAS taken up by the subscriber, near
Newman's Tavern, in MounlJoy
township, Adams county, on the 24th day
of May last, A BAY HORSE, supposed
to be fourteen or fifteen years oldTsfind
all round, and had the appearance of being
rode very bard. The owner is desired to
some forward, prove- property, pay char
ges, and lake hits away.
MICHAEL WOLF.
',pint 8,
1 . 4.
tilfT received, , a few , more of, thosa
401 'Cloth Sack COAT'S: Ilia '
1 1 9filq4 0 .PANTS: if every
SAMSON'S. '
April 25—tf
lIIMMI
•nnrise Comes To=morrow.
True it is that cloud and mist
Blot the clear blue weather ;
True thatApa that once have kissed
Come no more together.
True that when we would do good,
Evil often follows;
True that green leaves quit the wood,
summers loot their mallows.
True that we must live alone,
Dwell with pale &kraut's ;
True that ere must often moan
Over crushed affections.
True that man hie queen awaits
True that, sad and lonely,
Woman, through her prison-gates,
tees her tyrant only.
True, the rich despise the poor,
And the poor desire
Food still from the rich man's door,
Fuel From his fire.
True the plaint—but, if more true,
I would not deplore it ;
If an Eden fade from view .
Time may yet restore it.
evil comes and evil goes, a ny
But it moves ine never ;
For the good—the good--it grows,
Buds and blossoms ever.
Winter still succeeds to spring.
But fresh springs are coining ;
Other birds are nn the wing,
Other bees are humming.
I have loved with right good will,
Moarned my hope.. departed,
Dreamed my golden dream, and still
Am not broken-hearted.
What if cherished creeds must fade,
Faith will never leave us
God preserves whet God has made,
NUT can truth deceive us.
Let in light—the holy light !
Itrotlsev,..faar.rt-novor,
Darkness smiles, and wrung grows right—
Let in light forever !
Let in light ! When this eball be
safe and pleasant duty.
Men in entnuton /hinge shall see
Goodness, truth and beauty.
PARIS CHIT CHAT.—We take the fol
lowing story from the lively Paris corres
pondence of the St. Louis Republican :
Two men, tolerably 'well dressed, stop
ped the other ei ening, between nine end
ten o'clock, at the door of the grocer in the
Rue de Normandie. They were both
laughing immoderately, and talkingit a
very. loud tone of voice.
"I tell you yes," s:,id nne. het
you It Isn't," reid:ed the other. “Well,
let us het," said the tirst. And at these
words they both entered the store, where
the grocer was all alone behind the CUlln-
"1)o you sell molasses I" asked one of
the men.
"Yes, gentlemen."
"Well. give we two pounds."
Have you a jug, sir ?"
"ho ; pat it in my hat."
"How! in your hat !"
Ves, don't be afraid, pour it in ; it is a
The grocer took the hat, put it itt his
sr des, and pourl4l in, not Witi.olll
lug, the two pounds of molasses as order•
ed."
"Very well," said the singular custom
er, taking up his hat, "hat• yourself ;•' unit
he threw down a five franc piece on the
133111 EM
The grocer opened Isis drawer, and be
gan to count out the change.
“Excuse me, sir," said the owner of the
hat, interrupting ; "but your molasses has
a very singular odor."
"It is very good, I assure you," said the
grocer.
"No, it smells badly; smell it yourself."
Thu too confiding grocer reached over
his head, and put his nose down to smell ;
but his customer suddenly turned the hat
over the grocer's head, and with a vigor
ous blow pushed it down over his eyes.—
Ilis accotnplice, profiting by the opportu
nity, plueged his hand into the open draw.
er, drew out all the money, and the two
fled before the unfortunate grocer could
either cry or get the hat off his head.
BATHINCI.—In our humble opinion, ma
ny of the diseases of mankind might be
avoided by the simple performance of this
cleanly duty. There is no excuse for its
non-performance, by the common plea, we
have no convenience ler bathing. Yes,
you have. There is no occasion for going
heels over head into the mill-pond, to per
lerm ablution of the entire person. True.
a good bathing tub or convenient shower
bath., is useful, but not indispensible ;
cause the skin can be kept perfectly clean
by the use of a common wash bowl and.
coarse kiwis. By the solid matter thrown
off by perspiration and accumulating dirt,
the pores of the skin become clogged, and
are rendered unlit properly to perform
their functions.
A clean akin is not • only conducive to
the bodily, but to the mental health.—
Clothe a civilized race in rags and filth,
and how soon they will become wvagea.
No one can be clean who does not daily,
or at least weekly. bathe in some way. the
whole surface of the body.
THE METLIODINT CHURCH Stur.—We
learn from the "Christian Advocate and
Journal" thatthe book agents of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, acting upon the
suggestion of the Court in the late trial re
spatting the church property, have pro
posed to the Commissioners of the Church
South, ..an adjustment of their preferred
claims by a legal arbitration under the au
thority of the Court." We are glad to
learn ;hie, and trust that the South will,
with equal promptitude and cheerfulness,
meet the proposal favorably.
" ,
k..9r111.1011T IN ENGLAND . ---Lord Camp
bell, the chancellor of England, liasjust
deCided that a foreign author is entitled to
the copyright of his works in England,—
nlit decision it of Vast importance to A
mericannitil
authors; whu trill non , bee bl
to secure a copyriiht in their works,
in this cousitry and in Great Britain, y
causinethein to' belts* printed there.--
Very prObablY , it , littiller , case will be
brought before the etipreinOVeart in the
Uditiid iiiiiite&byalials forOlgerstithor - 10
'ascertain the presenil iivir • ' idiot's 'tow:-
selves.
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We subjoin from Headley's work—
" Napoleon and his Marshals"—a brilliant
account of the burning of Moscow, which
is well spoken of in the American Whig
Review as superior Oen to Croly's pie- I
ture in "Salathier of the conflagration oil
Rome. Headly's descriptive powers have
rarely ever been surpassed : .
"At length Moscow, with its domes.,
and towers, and palaces, appeared in sight,
and Napoleon, who had joined the advanc-1
ed guard, gazed long and thoughtfully on,
that goal of his wishes. Murat went for- ,
ward and entered the gates with his splen- I
did cavalry, but as he pasted through the
streets he was struck with the solitude
that surrounded hinr. Nothing was heard I
but the heavy tramp of kis squadron as
he passed along, for a deserted and aban
dotted city was the meager prize for which
such unparalleled efforts had been made.
As night drew its curtain over the splen
did capital, Napoleon entered the gates,
and immediately appointed Mortier Gover
nor. la 114 directions, he commanded
him to abstain from all pillage. 'For this,'
said lie, 'you shall be answerable with
your life. Defend Moscow against all,
whether friend or foe.'
"The bright ourn rose ovo r the mighty
city, tipping with silver the domes of more
than two hundred churches, and pouring
a flood of light over a thousand palaces,
and the dwellings of three hundred thous
and inhabitants. The weary army sunk
to rest ; but there was no sleep to Mortier's
eyes. Not the gorgeous and variegated
palaces and their rich ornaments, nor the
parks and gardens end oriental msgnifi
(Time that everywhere surrounded
kept him wakeful, but the luminous for- ,
boding that some dire calamity was hang-
ing over the silent capital. When he en
tered it, scarce a living soul met his
gaze as he looked down the long streets ;
and when he broke open the buildings he I
found parlors, bed-rooms, and chambers
all furnished 1:1 order, but no oecupants.— l
The sudden abandonment of their homes
betokened sonic secret purpose yet to be
fulfilled. The midnight mown was sailing
over the city, when the cry ol 'fire,' reach
ed the ears of Nlortier ; and the first light'
neer N ipoleon's failing empire was kind-
led, and that most wondrotorseenee in mod
era times cminneneed—the burning of.
Moscow.
"Mortier, as governor of the eity, imme
diately issue 1 his orders, and was putting
Birth every exertion, when at day-light Na
poleon hastened to him. Adducting to dis
believe the reports that the inhabitants
Were firing their own city, lie put more
rvid commands on Mortier to keep the
soldiers from the work of destruetion.—
The Ntar.idial simple ['dieted to some inm
coved lion , es that Vet been open
ed, front every ere vieo which smoke
Was issuing like sienat from t h e sucks Of a
pent-up votcanu. sul anti tl nunitlul. Na
poleon turned towards the Kremlin. the an
cient palace of the Czars, whose huge
structure rose high above the surrounding
editiees.
"lis the morning, Mortier, by great ex
ertions, was enabled to subdue the tire.—
The next night (Sept. , 15) at twilit fight the!
sentinels upon. watch on the ',thy
lin saw 111.1.4 them the flames bursting
thro' the houses and palaces, mid the cry of
•fire, fire, tire,' passed through the city.—!
The dread scene has fairly opened.—
Fiery balloons were seen dropping trout
the air and lighting upon the houses ; dull '
explostons were heard from every stile
front the shut dwellings, and the next sito
ment :1 bright light burst forth, and the
flames were raging through the apartments.
All was uproar and confusion. The ser
ene air and the moonlight of the night be.
fore had given way to the driving clouds
and wild tempests, that swept with the I
roar of the Sea over the city. Flames a
rose on every side, blatziitg and crackling!
in the storm, while (Inuits of smoke and
sparks, in an incessant shower. went driv- I
ing towards the Kremlin. The elite&
themselves seemed turned into fire, rolling I
in wrath over devoted Moscow. Monier, l
crushed with responsibility thus thrown
upon his shoulders, moved his Young
(limod amid this desolation, blowing up
the houses and facing the tempest awl the
flarnes--struggling nobly to arrest the con
flagration.
"Ile hastened from place to place amid
the blazing ruins, his face blackened with
smoke, and his hair and eyebrows singed
with the fierce heat. At length the day
dawned, a day of tempest anti flame, and
Mortier, who had strained every nerve for
thirty-six hours, entered a palace and drop
ped froin fatigue. The manly term and
stalwart arm that so often carried death
into the ranks of the enemy at legth gave
way, and the gloomy Marshal lay and
panted in utter exhaustion. But the night
of storm had been succeeded by a day
of tempests, and when night again envel
oped.the city it was one broad flame wav
ing to and fro in the blast. The wind had
increased to a perfect hurricane, and shift
ed from quarter to 'quarter as if on parpose
to swell the sea of fire, and extingitish the
last hope. The lire was approaching
,the
Kremlin, and already the roar of the flames,
and the crash of the falling houses; and the
crackling Of burning thnbersovere borne to
the ears of the startled Emperor. He a
rose and walked to and fro, stopping COW
vulsivel y and gazing on the terrific scene.
Murat, Eugene, and Berthier rushed into
his presence, and on their knees besought
him to flee, but he still hung to that
haughty palace as if it were his empire.
"But at length the, shoat, 'the . Kremlin
it on fire was heard above the ..ruar,of
the condagration, and, Napoleon reluctant
ly 'consented to !stye.. lie , descended to the
street" with hie staff, and looked, about for
a way of egress, but the flames. blockaded
teem passage. At length they ilistiovered
wpostern gete leading to the, Ilioakwk and
entered it, but they had. onlyrotered itti
futtlierinto. , danger.' As , , Napoleon.; oul
hb eyes around the , epen , atpettei! giNisu
' entivirchedrwitle Ars, aribak,: Auk Madam,
he saw one.single. 'two yet: opsui bOld
on fire. Into this he rushed, and, amid
GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1851.
NAPOLEON AT MOSCOW.
..FEARLESS AND FRU."
the crash of falling houses. end raging of
the flames, over burning ruins, through
clouds of rolling smoke, and between walls
of fire, he pressed on, and at length, half
suffocated, emerged in safetNn the impe
rial palace of Pefrowsky, neatly three miles
distant. •Mortier, relieved• of his anxiety
for the Emperor, redoubled his efforts to
arrest the conflagration. His men cheer-
fully rushed into every danger. Breathing
nothing but smoke and ashes—canopied!
by flame, smoke and cinders—surrounded
by walls of fire that rocked and fro, and
fell with a crash amid die blazing ruins.
carrying down with them red-hot roofs of
iron, he struggled against an enemy that no
boldness could awe or courage overcome.,
These brave troops had heard the tramp of
thousands of cavalry sweeping to battle
without fear; but now they stood in terror
before the march of the conflagrition, under
whose burning footsteps was heard the in
cessant crash of falling houses, and palaces.
and churches. The continuous roar of the
name was more tessible thin the roar of
artillery, and before this new foe, in the
midst of the elements, the ewe struck ar
my stood powerless and affrighted.
“When night again deseended on the
city it presented a spectacle the like of ,
which was never seen before, and which
bridles alt description. The streets were
streets of fire, the heavens . a canopy of
fire. end the entire body of the city a mass
of fire, fed My the hurricane: that whirled
the blazing fragments in a constant stream
through the air. Incessant explosions
from the blowing up of stores of oil, tar,
and spirits, shank the very Inundations of
the rite, and sent vast volumes of b make
rolling furiously toward die sky. Huge l
sheets of canvass on tire Caine floating,
like messengers of death through the thimes
—the lowers and domes tif.tite chiutehoe
glowed with red-hot heat over the wild sea
below, then tottering a moinent on their
basis were hurled by the tempest Mtn the
common ruin. Thousands of wretches
before unseen were driven by the heat
from the cellars and hovels, and streamed
i n an incessant throng in the street; Chit.
dren were fiCsu carrying then parents—
the strong the weak, while thous:m(ls more
were staggering under the loads of plun
der they had snatched from the flames.—
This. too,' would frequently take lire in
the Wilms shower, amid the miser - able crea,
(tires would he compelled to drop it. and
lice for their lives. Ott ! it was a scene
of fear and woe, inconceivable and indis•
eribable ! A mighty and close packed ci
ty of ionises and churehrs into pill:mei
wrapped Irons limit to limitin 'lames w nick
are led by the wtorling hurricaue is a sight
this worid will seldom m.o.
-pm this was all witlQ4,the city. To
Namireou without the 'Britti7t.tete'wns kir
more sublime and terrifie. When the
flames had overcome all obstacles. and had
wrapped every thing in their red mantle,
that great city looked like :1 sea of rolling
lite, pt by a t. lopes: that drew it int,.
list j 1 112., dailies :11111 1., '.very
dlrnvcllla elf sp:.ri,ti like blazing firebrands
now towered above the tva es, ;toil mitt
disappeared in tin ir itiluldening flow as
they broke himli over their top., s,atiering
their spray of lire against the elood, The
heavens them-elves seemed to have rang lit
Ilse conflagration. and the angry masses
that swept it rolled over, a 1/1/dlllll at
fire. Columns of 11 one would rise and
soil; along the, surface of this sea. and
lunge volumes of Mack smoke euddeuly
sI t into the, air, as if volcanoes were
working below. The black form of the
Kremlin alone towered above the chaos,
now wrapped in (lame and a ke. and
then heu.in nicrging into view —edandini;
amid the scene desnlation and terror like'
virtue in the midst of a burning world. en
veloped but unscathed by the detouring
elemems.Napoleon stood and gazed on
i
this scene n silent awe. Though nearly
three miles distant, the windows r.ud walls
of his apartment were sn but that he enuld
scarcely hear his hand against them. Said
he, years afterwards : ..It was the specta
cle of the sea and billows of fire.a sky and
clouds of !lame, tuuunhuns of red rolling
Ilame. Ilk , : immense waves of the sea, al
ternately bursting lorth, and elevating
themselves to skies of fire, and then sink
ing into the ocean below. Oh !it was the
most naked, the must sublime, and the
itmot terrific sight the world ever beheld.'"
AMMINO SCENR.—A few weeks since,
while court was sitting in Paris, in Lamar
county:friss, and while the tavern of
Mr. Tucker was filled with lawyers, liti
gants, witnesses, &c., a robbery wan com
mitted upon the premises, attended with
the most* ludicrous circumstances. Mr.
'fucker and his numerous guests retired
to their beds at the uvueal hour, and after
a night of profound and undisitirbed slum
ber, awoke, every man and mother's son
of them, coatless and pantaloonless--smne
daring thief had mitered their sleeping a
partments, and had abstracted and carried
off every rag of clothing belonging to eve
ry soul in the house. The Bonham Ad-
vanities intimates that when the fact was
known, and the thing understood, a series
of tableaux vivants, of the 'neat ludicrotia
ly interesting stature, were offered by the
garmentleas ledgers, and sufferers them
selves laughed long and heartily at the ri
diculous tigureeach other cut while shying
and dodging about in search of their mis
sing clothing. L was not long, however.
before the missing garments were found
stacked in the public square. whither, the
biliglar had earned them; and now came
the serious feature of the busines!--every
pocket had been nunrowied, every red cent
taken, all were empty. : Several emigrants
had lest all their money, and the lawyers
attending
. the court well) rededed to a par
with 'the client! who had the day before
lipetl their pockets for them. Some 400
( xltl dollars W1'94115.1 , 10 proceed! of that
.PaliCtdet• night's work to the enterpriaing
projector s mho, got entirely oft undentmod.
ILN PIII2OIBYLVANIA. - . 4 mine has
recently been opened about two miles
front Cheater ,eontity,,whieb
yields *bunt tkirir three ounces of, pure
Alter*, the Mtg. and , fifty pet nent of letd.
'The. Werbsbeiler Jefferaeolan soya Abet
the Whole galley , of alta Scheykiil l Wink
with mlttetal *WA, antell as,lead.cappar,
iron and coal.
.The stick of typo bath more of might,
Than warrior hosts or fortreis walls ;
And it shall hatter towers to dust -
That laugh at siege or 'cannon balls."
Printers have an honorable employment,
and one that the first men have filled ; an
occupation which is, to ell who will be
true to themselves in its pursuit, the path
to honor and eminence. Lord trkskine
was a printer. Franklin was a - printer...L.
Beranger, the celebrated French poet. was
a printer. Tillers, the distinguished
French Historian, was a printer. Print
ers have become our State Governors, they
take seats with our Senators, sal as lead
ing editors, have wielded pens that con
trolled the destinies of nations.
Anecdote of getforson.
Mr. Stansbury, in Arthur's Home
tette, relates the following anecdote of the
Sage of Monticello :
He had purchased his country seat on a
mountain height, commanding a magniti
rent prospect, but exposed to the sweep
of wintry winds and not very convenient
of UMW. Nut far from 'Monticello, end
within die hounds of his estate, was ■
lofty hill, so situated as to be exposed to
two currents of wind, coining up through
valleys on different sides of it. Mr. Jef
ferson thinking this would be an admirable
position for a 'taw-mill, to be moved by
vertical sails. lie sent for an engineer, and
submitted it to his judgment. The man
of professional science examined dire plan.
and listened with profound attention and
deference to Mr. Jefferson's explanations
of it, and to his eloquent illustrations of
the advantages it would secure ; having
heard him throiali, and being asked by
the philosopher what he thought of it I he
replied with great sincerity, that it was a
111914 i ingenious idea, and the best plan for
a saw-mill he had ever seen. Jefferson
was delighted ; and forthwith entered into
a written agreement for the erection of
such a mill 011 the neighboring height.—
Thu work went bravely on ; the inventor
very frequently mounting his horse, and
riding over to see how it proceeded.—
W hen the frame building was up. and the
building approaching its completion, the•
engineer rode over to Monticello, to obtain
a supply of innitay, and to just some three. ,
anon about the saws. Jefferson kept hint
to dinner ; sad when the cloth was remov
ed and wine sat upon the table, ho turned
to his gnest, slid with an air of much sat
islactiou, exelaimed,
Anil en, Mr. -, you like my mill."
"1 do sir, indeed, very much ; it is cer.
ininly one of the grehtest improvements
iii the construction of a saw-will I ocur
witnessed."
-You tliink the emits are 'so hung thit it
eannot Gel to Work well r
-1 do."
"And there's always wind upon that
hill; i it does not come up one valley, it
is sure LII come up the other ; and the
Dill is so high and steep that there is no
thing to interrupt the fell sweep of the
Wlll , l, C 01111! Whlell way it will. You think
then, on the whole, that the thing cannot
1.,i1 of complete soweess ?"
"1 should think so, sir, but lor one thing."
! what's that ?"
••I have [we•n wondering in my own
mind how you are to get up your saw
lozA !"
Jvirerson three lip his hands and eyes,
and ex •laimed, "I never thought of that."
The will was uhumloned of IL:mire's.
A strrnen Division or Mextco.—The I
New York Tribune learns from a reltable
gentleman. directly from California, that a
very extri t rove sehente is on foot fur cep.
orating Irani the Mexican Republic the rich
Stole of Sonora. Various bands left Cali
fornia ex pcssly for the purpose: our infer
inant supposes that in all five hundred Jai.
ing and well armed men have set nut on the
expedition. The people and administra-
:ion of Sonora are said to be in the plot,
being dissatisfied with the condition of
things in Mexico. particularly because 014
have rerieved no shares of tho American
indemnity. It is contemplated to declare
the State independent of Mexico, organize
a provisional Government, and finally get it
annexed to the United Staes. It lies on
the Gulf of California, between 27 deg.
and 33 deg. North latitude. is about half
as large as Texas, and is exceedingly rich
in minerals, especially silver. •
The Tribune adds:—Another expedition
to take possession of Lower California and
seize on the port of Mazatlan, in the State
of Cinaloa, is much talked of. At Mazat
lan this enterprise would be likely to meet
a more hostile reception. The people of
that place our informant tells us are inimi
cal to Americans and would like another
war as a means of getting money, not on-
Ft from the support of American armies in
their country, but from a new indemnity,
which they count on for another slice of
territory.
A FATAL WACISR.--An inquest was held
at New York on Wednesday on the body
o f a man named /iNchad .No . Govern, and
the following verdict rendered : "That
Michael McGovern, the deceased, came to
his death by drinking an overdose of bran
dy ; and that such a quantity, given to a
person whose constitution was impaired
by former habits of intemperance, was the
cause of his death, and , that said brandy
was given deceased by the hen& of Qwen
Pox and Hugh Hammen." From the
testimony it appeared that on the Bth in
stant a man named Owen Fox made a wa
ger with him that he could not drink a
quart of brandy at one time. This wager
was accepted by BrOoverec who drank
the specified quantity of liquor; and about
five minutes afterwards finished' an addi
tional half-pint, on the promise of Fox that
he would pay for is. The, next utorniag
the deceased was found• dead in his ,becl,
from the effects of the liquor lie drank the
day previous:. Mentalism; the•bar tender,
and F'ox were both, arreettdatott eenteth
ied• topiton, W sweat the action Of the
Grand Jury. , •
• irrT110411.0**11,4110,*144004 6 4
*OA% WriAra4ll4. 40: kir" $1,4 htll-14 0-
tie boat, from r. 4 o . l e,theigio fAfontioßD.
and totadatt from wagons at low prima.
Z3=3
The Tegitive Slav e Law.
.•
We extract th e . following remarks aboOt
• ,
the action of the Riadiug G'oaveationfrorti
Pittsburg Despatch, a neutralpaper t• ..
"The Fugitive' Slave Law,: ao rioter•
iously held in abhorauce by the missal,
of the Democratic party in 'Penttsylsania,
has been coolly endorsed by' the 'politic
ians in Reading----wbo "resolved" the
"Democratic party' willfaithfully observe
and exeeute, so far at in theed lies; the molt
infamous law which ever aisgraelitd out
statute books! We, wonder they didn't
constitute the Members of thecouvantion .
a vigilance committee to catch . 1 1 , thaliaY
slaves. Politicians may do inch dirty
work for the South, but the people won't:,
"'fhe Antiaidnapplng la*, (it bill to .
repeal which is in Gov.' Johnstone peek
et, where it is likely to teniain,) was de
nounced by the late Detnoeratio Canyon•
lion at Reading, as ulaterposiug obstacles
by means of Butte legislation to the exams,
tion of the provisions 'the. Conatitetion
of the United States, a, virtual disregard
of the principles of the compiontisa, and
calculated seriously to endanger, the axle
tenets of the Union." Before passing this
resolution unanimously, the Convention
'Laminated, by acclamation, a candidate
for Governor, who had void far the very
bile's* bitterly denounced." .. .
Blount ill) Tax Act ow
Locofnco presses loudly censor, ,Clov.
joheatrat for,not sigatou l the 4k to (TPRat
a part of the Act of 1847 to,preveat
ping. it is strange they should Witten him
for this when their favorite cand idate
, mantle
committed in favor of,thli very Act. Mr;
Bigler was a member of the Senate in 4 47
and voted for the Iii!! 1 The ' , lamented
Shook." too, who was then governor,
signed it ! W hat was then. go od Lemke.
co doctrine in 1847 ought to hi;in
for the party, we are always told, id con
sistent !
Let us ask a few plain questions of the
opposition. Did, nut Col.. Biglor help to
place the act of '47 on our,statute books
Why, then. represent , thatCtif. Bigler is
hostile . to it, in she absence o f cow act or
avowal of hostility fro himself I
Do not all the facts now before the put,lin
prove that Bigler is in favor of the act of
1847 ? The people ought to judge hint
by his own acts and declarations. and Rol
by the professions of irresponsible news
papers.
13101. FR AND REGULAR NOININATIONDS..
It has been announced, says the Ihrtis
burg iimerican, that Col. Bigler will be
the REGULAR NOMINEE of
popition. Can Bigler's friends hope ChM
he willbe -supported by good ettil'ltuti.
Democrats when he himieff hes no re
spect Inc regular nominations I • '
In 1842, William B. Anderson, of Per
ry county, was nominated by the Demo•
crate for the office of State Trenetirer.—
De was a decent man, and Ins political
orthodoxy was not disputed by his own
party. Bigler refused to sustain the' reg
ular nomination, coalesced with the Whigs
and elected Job Mann, of Bedford, State
Treasurer !!
For this act he, and other recusant'
were denounced ac *•rotten and 'corrupt
Democrats," and as traitors to dteit party,
over the whole State. Let any . man turn
to the files of Laeoforo papers in: that
year, and ho will •fintl plenty of tinimorii
don against Bigler. How ran Bigler Haim
votes as the regular nominee of his party?
Are they . going to aid in placing a coriupt
and ro(ten Democrat in the office of Gov.
ertior of Pennsylvania?
ENLAROENENT OF TUE Cartrrit..--rres.
ident Fillmore is said to have decided
on the plan of the Capital. The cornet
stone is to bedsid on the 4th of ,July nnzt.
The plan adopted is paid to be that of Mr.
architect,. who . unfortunately was
drowned last fall in. the Potomac. It
adds two wings to the North and South of
the Capitol—one for a Senate Hall and
another for a Hall of Representatives. The
proposed Hall of Representatives is to be
of such, capacity .as not only to answer
for the number of Representatives under
the Vinton law-233—but capable, of ex•
tension as may be necessary liereafter,
with ample accommodations for public en
ditories, committee rooms, &c.
EMANCIPATION OF SLAYRF.-A provision
has been adopted by' thelirirginas Ref Arm
Convention, in Committee of the Whole,
prohibiting the Legislature of the State
from passing any law fur the etnaneipation
of slaves.
THE LocusT HAS NO arnso.—Dr. Gm-
DZON B. SMITH, the distinguished NO11111"•
slim, has made inquiry into all the recent'
reported eases of death and sickness trom
the sting of the locust, and the revolt of his
inquiry is that no one has yet been injur
ed by the sting or bite of a locust. The
death reported by the board of health as
being caused by the sting of * locust he
traced to be the se m of 31c: and Hrs. Sol
liven, who assured him that the obild had
complained of its arm form 'with previ
ous to its death, which was preceded by
spasms, and no. one of the family ever
'dreamed of its being • injured is say man
ner. • So. alio. as to the report of* young
man having his arm amputated on cocount
of being stung by .a locust, He treed
this to its source, and found it.equally us*
founded. 'He concludes. that ,the locusts
are now doing all the injury they , are ca
pable of by depositing. their eggs in the
branches of trees shnibberyiland that
they will all die by the 25th of June, and
be found scattered over the ground in es.
erg direction.—Baltimore Sun.
BLA'I/1 CON 1N K t vorroom . .—Clariasa,
a negro wanton, was taken by her Inavter,
scuultyears ainee, to Pennsylvania," 4tbd
dawned there seven months. She was
takeb back SG ItehturAiy by her int;ster,
oa,his return: tiOrne Cone ago she broight
shit hie her fientdorn. The CABI3 was tried
at rrankfori a "few days since, by Judge
41gllettrY• The judge held that the ta•
king the slavejoto the Shit° of Penosyl•
vaßa,,vvliere ilivery did 'not exist, made
the slave 6ee; and 0144;4 Was rut at lib•
erty.—Cincinnati Gazette. •
TWO DOLLARS PER ANN eat
INUMBER
Sitr(tulattray.
Cheap 'W'ashes for Malaise*:
.CREAr WASHES FM COTTASIII , 4OO , - -,
'Woone+—For the outside of wooden - ow
taigas, out-buildings,, fentes,'&4:4,':
whets pconomy is 'intpcittant, thip
log wasix,i; recommended t
Take a clean' barrel that will hold•war.
ter. Put in a half& bushel of frestsquieks„t
lime/and slake it by pouring over it
log .water. sufficient to cover it 4 or Mins
ches deep, and stirring it till slaked. • ,
• When quite slaked dissolve in water,
and two pounds of sulphate of zinc. (white
vitriol)iwhinh may be had of tiny of •the
druggists, sad which, in a few weeks, will, '(
cause.. the white-wash to hordes oft tbs.:
wood-work. Add sufficient water to Wirer •
it to the consistence of white-wash. This
wash is of course white, and as white is*
color which we we think should °overbill
used except upon buildings a good deal.•
surrounded by trees, so as to prevent.itsi
glare, we would make it a fawn or drab`,
color Nigro using it. . .
To make the above wash a pleasing:
cream color add 4 lbs. yellow ochre.
1 , For a fawn color take 4 lbs. umber. I/
lb. I ndian red, 1-2 lb. lamp black."
To make the wash grey or atone c010r...
add , one pound raw umber and two pounds
lamp-black.
I The color may be put on with a ceiria,
t enon. white wash brush, and will Ate
found much more durable than a eoraturet
whitewash, as the sulphate of zinc sal/Cori
herdons the wash. .
Cusar . Woo reit COTTAGES or Bs*.
&reps, Preece, Reueu-earr.---Tske s
barrel. and slake half& bushel of fresh lists
at before mentioned ; then fill the barrel
twn thirds full of water and add One bush.t
el ofirydraulic. cement or waterlime„
solve in water and add three, pounds mull
phate of aide. 'rho,. whole should be s ot
tbe thickness of , paint, ready for use with.
the brush. .Thle wash is improved by
the addition of a peck of white mind stirred,
in just before using it. 'fhe color is a ,
stone-color, nearly white.
To make it fawn color, add one pound
yellow ochre, 2,lbs. raw umber, 2 list its
ditto, red•
To, Make a ilrab, add i lb. Indian red. 1
lb. umber, 1 lb. lampblack.
This.waeh, which we tolled lhorimillt*,
IY, ABU am] adheres.- very firmly to bri k%
vir.ork o r , stucco, is very durable, and Nal
dueee a very agreeable
• I:siststaios, when witted with water *MAY
sheikh] *Mr thoroitt o hly dissolved hi stehobal:
Ybllb echre k red, ike.. she- sold ht
poirder, et* fees ,aents pis pound.
Patfilinntrier pre gfluit:soutes,
limas necessary in order to eke forwitod)
proper directions to nursery tree"; , snd i
standard trees may need thinning.ioordu•
to expose, the, fruit to light and a1e...10.
Grape vines may need thinning. owing**•
a want pfaufficiont pouting in the , spring
or fast full. ant in pruning tree. illorongilr
particularly if ; large litpba are to be cul t
nir, it le beat to defer the , business till tlta.
het u r July. August or the former part - tC
•
Late in summer and early, in autumn * ,
the bark does not peel as it due. early, .in
aarnolu When it often /tarts from they ; top',
which ie,injured . by going into trees fl o g
stepping on limbs with hard Oa* ~Pll
sap will ma, out of name tree* aasi),T. in
summer. which not only, injures them AGA.
erally, bin it often causes the ,wouptleti.
part to decay.
Bet in late print*, the wood when'titit
branches Facto of,. becomes, !wand awl
well ettusoned; and though it may not heal
over uselidily•as whet) cut early m au*
titer or 'wring.' reineina in a ,ttealkr.
state. is die main, consideration;-4
Vliliat.wolild ii avail for a surgeon le kaNil
a wound at the surface while it we.
ing at the *mom.
Late in seminar and ,
early - in fall no)
only the , moat favorable season for ;be
benefit of the trees, but it is a convenient
and pleasant season fur the npitrilianl.
thisTitoi Tna CATI!RPILIA111.11111
anewer to merl , inquiries
,for the hee t
muds of deetroying caterpillars oat ' t re e s ,
which here caused such havoc of `out
hopes the present year, I vissilld, sap . tear
three drops of lamp oil poored into Welt
nest will effectually destroy thews ..-4ff.
•
bang Cultivator.
Tp CocilioAcaCe.aliliX V l l4O l
quantities of red, lead and Indian meal
with molasses. making it about. the coolie.
tency of paste: It is known'to be a cer
tain extermiltator ,of roaehee. rrfin'd
who, was troubled with thousanda ,Upon
thousands of them, rid his house kr, this
mixture in a very few nights. Put it
vy
on, plater and ant it where vermin , ere
ihickest, and they will soon help, them.
selves, Be careful not to have any otti.
',Cies of food near , by where you *et llte
to fixture.
Ditn.lleos.--There is a long article„ se
the irsit,l3 , Avner, by which it it,estali•
,Jjelied beyond question that sweet . oil ,pq.
resionally rubbed over beilateade..'eltair
boards, dze., will effectually prevent the
aP.Peorance of bed•bugs. We think Kap•
necessary, to publish the evidence of the
,efaciency of this cheap and agreeable yr
"entire of the nuisance in question. ,The
reader wilkkake our word that it is ,cott•
1/ADIES' COSTUME AT Perratia.- 6, 11114
Panama Herald says it has Seep
girl wearing taienty.one .ftiterferaid*thirt
eagles ($420) lihked together '.6 011 4 ,1110
form a chain. On the personeof t* h•
pro we have seen front 1 / 2 ,060',15'41 5 . 0 00
worth of pearls and diamonds, with him.
dreds of dollars worth or rich lace;
yet all were barefooted. deeming aknatOitinl
stockings unneoesaary to complatit OW*
COnttitiie.
The burning waste Of ebtekenetelliilll
extensive cosi field, in EuglitinVOMMll
has been on fire for thirty
'lately Mtn: goblisid by' atillellit of indristail
tied' pip, reak whisk di pith