BY D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER VOLUME LIII.I SHERIFF'S SALE. I N pursuant* or a writ of Venditioni &warms, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county, Penn sylvania, and to me directed, will be ex posed to Public Sale, on Saturday, the Hd day of January next, at 1 o'clock, P. M., on the premises, the following property, via : A TRACT OF LAND situate, in Hamilton township, Adorns corm t , Pa., adjoining lands' of Daniel Bender, John Grove, John Mummert and others ; the turnpike leading irnm East Berlin to Hanover passing through the same. It contains 96 dICRIES, more or less, the Improvements being a ONE-STORY STONE DWELLING, a Spring House, a large Brick Bank Barn, with Wagon Sheds and Cribs. There is a good spring of water near the dwelling. About 20 Acres are in good 7134233 ER, - with a due portion of Meadow. There is an ORCHARD of good Fruit, with a Cider Press. There is also on the Promises a One-Story LOG TE 1.1 V T ROUSE. The farm is in a good state of •cultivation. Seized and taken in u the estate of ISAAC Tinsman. JOHN scow, Sheriff. 'Shemin office, Gettysburg, Dec. 10. lob 1. etrien per cent. of the purchase mon .ey upon all sales by the Sheriff, must be paid over immediately after the property is 'struck down, and on failure to comply .theretvelth, the property will be again put up for sale. SHERIFF'S SALE. IN pursuance of a writ of Venditani IN Er ponas, issued out of the Court of Com mon Pleas of Adams county, Pa., and to me directed, will be exposed to I'ublic 'Sale, on Saturday the 17th of January, 1852, at I o'clock, P. M., at the Court-house in the 'Borough o( Gettysburg, the following Real Estate, to wit: A certain House and Lot situate in the Borough of Gettysburg, fronting on North Street and running back to an alley, and adjoining Lots of Robert Smith and Rev. S. S. Schmucker, on which is erected a TWO-STORY Afttiqk tQIIS.t with a Brick Kitchen attached, a Frame Stable and Blacksmith and Paint shops, and a well of water near the door. Also a Lot of Ground situated in Cum berland township, Adams county, I's., fronting on Gettysburg and Mummashurg road, adjoining rands of Gabriel Meals, Wm. W. Hamersly and others, containing three Acres more or less. Seized and ta ken in execution as the estate of ABNER M. Towriat.xx. JOHN BCOTT, Sheriff. Merin Mks% OeUyaburg, D.C. 19. 1851—at ?Ten per cent of the purchase mon ey upon all Sales by the Sheriff, must be raid over as soon as the property is struck down, and on failure to comply therewith, +the property will be again put up for sale. - - M AkIitBILAYA AItD. • 11. & W. 11. MEALS, TILL continue die marble-cutting "bus iness at their old stand in Carlisle at., a few doors north of the diamond, Gettys. burg, Pa., and will furnish everything in their line, such as Marble Mantles, Table taps, Monuments, Tombs, and Head atones, of the finest and handsomest Ital ian and Vermont marble, of which they have just procured a largo stock, and feel competent to drers it ins style which can not but please. The charges, too, will be as low as the city prices. Orders from a distance promptly executed. June 20, 1848—Om TAVERN LICENSE. lse the alatter OF the Intended application of HENRY GUT for License to keep a Public House. in Oxford township—it being an old stand. "14,7 B. the undersigned, citizens of Ox ford township, where the above pe titioner, IiNTRY Girr, resides, and propo ses to continue his tavern, do certify, that that ties said tavern is necessary to accom modate the public and entertain strangers and travellers, and that the aforesaid peti tioner is a person of good repute for hon esty and temperance, and that he is well provided with house-room and other con veniences for the accommodation of stran gers and travellers. M. D. G. Pfeiffer, Cornelius M'Ladon, A. W. Staub, Washington Schwartz, Jacob Martin, Daniel Smith, Anthony Felix, Wm. D. 'limes, Jetties Lilly, George B. 'limes, Alex. S.Httneit ' John Sturgeon. Dec. 10, 1831.-411 . TO CHURCH BV,ILDERS. SEALED proposal's will be received by NICHOLAS Copinu. in Gettysburg, un , Saturday the 101 A of !muffin/ next, for building a Catholic Church in Gettyshurz. Plane and Specifications for the chuecti can be • seen at any time by persona wish, lug to bid by calling upon ilicholas, Codori. one of the Committee in Cledysbing. • By Order Of Rev. Cottint. , NICHOLAS COljPltip, JOHN MARTIN,. JOsHPII SMITH, , - JACOB OAS& Baitdiag Committee. N. 11:—.Rev.• James Couing yet cootie+ , ues the officiating Clergyman, end by his liberality end good conduct the Church centiques ims prosperous condition. 111 r, received,. • few..m itt oro of Ibpso o gap Bock ,CO Aboz. itocOo no ()wipers PAN 'OA of *pig, rorietib al B4W9NI/11 HOLIDAY PIIIISHIVTS. BY T. R. ARTHUR "Didn't he make you a present of any thing, Lissy I' asked Margaret Granger of her cousin Limy Green. "No, not oven of a strawberry cushion," spoke up Lizzy's sister Jane, "that he might have bought for a six-pence. I think ho'a a right down mean, selfish, stin gy fellow, so I do; and if ho doesn't keep Lizzy on bread and water when ho gets her, my name's not Jane Green." "I wouldn't have him," said Margaret, jesting, yet half in earnest. Let Christ mas go by and not make his sweetheart or sister a present of the most trifling value 1 He must have a penny soul Why, 'Marry Lee sent mo the 'Leaflets of Memo ry' and a pair of the sweetest flower-vases ' you ever saw, and he only comes to see me as a friend. And cousin William made me a present of a splendid copy of 'Mrs. Hall's Sketches,' the most interesting book I ever read. Besides, I received lots of things. Why, my table is full of presents." "You have been quitc , fortunate,"— said Lizzy, in a quiet voice ; much more SO than Jane and I; if to receive a 'great ninny Christmas presents is to be consid ered fortunate." "But don't you think Edward might have sent you some token of good-will and affection iu this holiday season, when ev ery one is giving or receiving presents ?" asked Margaret. "Nothing of the kind was needed, Cou sin Maggy, as an expression of his feelings towards me," replied Lizzy. "Ile knew that I understood their quality, and felt that any present would have been a useless formality." "You cant say the same in regard to Jane. Ile might have passed her the usual compliment of the season." "Certainly he might," said Jane, "Liz zy needn't .isty to excuse him after this lame fashion. Of course, there is no ex cuse for the omission but meanness—that's my opinim, and I speak it out boldly." "It isn't right to say that, sister," re marked Lizzy,—" Edward has other rea sons for omitting the prevalent custom at this Fe:von—um' good reasons, I um well assured. As to the charge of meanness, I don't think the fact you allege a sufficient ground for making it." "Well, I do then," said Cousin Margar et. 'Why, if I were a young man, and en gaged in marriage to a lady, rd sell my shoes but what I'd give her something as a Christmas present." "Yes—or borrow or beg the money," chimed iu Jane. "Every one must do as he or she thinks best,' replied Lissy. As for me, lam con tent to receive no holiday gift, being well satisfied that meanness on the pad of Ed ward has nothing to do with IL" Bat notwithstanding LiAsy said this, she could not help feeling a little disappointed —more, perhaps, ou account of the appear ance of the thing than from any suspicion that meaness, as alleged by Jane, had any thing to do with the omission. "I wish Edward had made Lizzy some kind of a present," said Mrs. Green to her husband a day or two after the holidays had passed ; if it had boon only for the look of the thing. Jane has boon teasing her a bout it ever since, and calls it nothing but meanness in Edward. I an► afraid he is a little close." "Bettor that be should bo so than too free," replied Mr. Green, "though I nius confess that a dollar or two, or oven ton dollars, spent at Christians in a present for his intended bride, could hardly have been set to the score of prodigality. It does look mean certainly. "Ho is doing very well." "Ho gets"a Salary of eight hundred dol lars, and I suppose it does not cost him over four or five hundred dollars to live,—at least it ought not, to do so," "He has bought himself a snug little property, I am told." • "If he's done that, he's done very well," said Mr. Green,"and I oafi forgive him for not spending his money in Christmas pre scuts, that are never of much use, say the best you will of them. I'd rather Edward should have a comfortable house to,put his wife in than see him loading her down be. fore marriage, with presents of one foolish thing or another." "True. But it wouldn't have hurt bite to have given the girl aoutething, if it had only beet a book, a plum, or some ouch tri fie." liFor which trifles ho would have been se strongly chargod with nicattnoss as hJ o now." Bettor lot, it go so it is., So doubt he his good reasons for his conduct," Thui Mt. Green and Litsfdefonded Edwar 'white the :Motif atid Jane furl& 44 440 , 44 peaun,ess to her bagel/ . cle- Manta Mayfield, the lover of Lissy . Orhie; , wee a yin , intf' Mtn of goectininoiplet, , Mdent :1 4 6 ,4 4 ;7 0 4 . goliertmekfeOlgs; , m i en but hill° Mgt)! did ,not, *mixt #OOOl ing hie p in,. order I 1,61 I& might be' though WOW. Midl cipei-lieertea, titian' doing foal O l e ef tWlnentirtert i be ii i vi ki;a4PAI Pliti l o94, `:., PO 44 lottnia, fit)* GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY Q, 1852. his salary, in the comae of four or five years, enough to buy himself a very snug house and had a few hundred dollars in the Saving's Bank with which to furnish it when the time mime for to get married.— This time was not very far off when the Christmas, to which allusion has been made, came round. At this holiday seas on, Edward had intended to make both Lissy and her sister a handsome present, and he had been thinking for some weeks as to what it should be. Many articles, both useful and merely ornamental, wore thought of, but none of them exactly pleas ed his fancy. A day or two before Christmas, he sat thinking about the matter, when something or other gave a new turn to his reflections. "They don't really need anything," he said to himself, "and yet I propose to my self to spend twenty dollars in presents merely for appearance's sake. Is this i right ?" "Right, if you choose to do it," ho re- 1 plied to himself. "I am not so sure of that," ho added, after a pause. Aud then ho sat in quite a musing mood for some minutes. "That's better," he atlengthsaid,rising up and walking about the floor. "That would be money aulgood feeling spent to a bettor purpose. "But they'll expect something," he ar gued with himself ; "the family will think so strange of it. Perhaps I'd better apend half the amount in elegant books for Lis zy and Jane, and let the other go in the way I propose." This suggestion, however, did not satisfy him. "Better let it all go in the other direc tion," he said, after thinking awhile longer: "it will do a real good. The time will come when I can explain the whole matter if nec essary, and do away with any little false impression that may have been formed." To the conclusion at which Edward ar- ' rived, he remained firm. No present of any kind was made to his betrothed or her sister, and the reader has seen in what light the omission was viewed. Christi - 1M ei•e proved to be one of unusu al inclemency. The snow had been falling all day, driven into every nook and corner, cleft and cranny, by a pieroiugnortheaster ; and now, although the wind had ceased to roar among the chimneys and to whirl the snow with blinding force into the face of any who ventured abroad, the broad flakes were falling slowly but more heavily than since morning, though the ground was cov ered already to the depth of many inches. It was a night to make the poor feel sober as they gathered more closely around their small fires, and thought of the few sticks of wood or pecks of coal that yet remained of their limited store. On this dreary night, a small boy, who had been at work in a printing office all day, stood near the desk of his employer, waiting to receive his week's wages and go home to his mother, a poor widow, whose slender income scarcely sufficed to give food to her little household. "You needn't come to-morrow, John," said the printer as he'handod the lad the two dollars that were due him for the week's work : "to-morrow is Christmas." The boy took the money, and after ling ering a moment, turned away and walked towards the door. Ile evidently expected something, and seemed disappointed. The printer noticed this, and at once compro bonded its meaning. "John," ho said kindly. The boy stopped and turned around, as he did so, the printer took up a half dollar out of the desk, and holding it between his fingers said— " You've been a very good boy, John, and I think you deserve a Christmas gift. Hero's half a dollar for you." John's countenance was lit up in an in stant. As he came back to got the money, the printer'seyes rested upon his foot, which wore not ooverod with s comfortable pair of shoes, and he said— " Which would you rather havo, John, this half dollar or a pair of new shoes I "I'd rather have the new shoes,' replied John, without hesitation. "Very well; I'll write you an order on a shoemaker, and you can go and fit your- self," and the printei turned to' his desk and wrote the order. As he handed to John the piece of pa per on which the order was 'written, the lad looked earnestly into his face, and ho said, with strongly marked hesitation-- "I think, sir, that my shoes will do'veiy well if mended; tliey only want mending, worn you plume write apes . for my moth. or instead of mo l" The boy's voice trombhili,.and, his face stiffused. Ho fdlt that he ventured too Japh. The printei:lookerat 114 a iaci meat or two, and then said-- ''Donsyour mother want shoes badly 1" "Oh, yes, sir. She don't earn much by • •,, waslung and ironing when she can do it, but sh.);spkixi her wrist thbmnMaii ego,. and laaw't boat to. do lakyddag tad work about tholaawo Milase" . 16 Arld aro your wajwarill ale lan to Aye :upot , t : "They aro aow.". "FEARLEBII4I(D FREE." "You bavo a We deter, I boliovo !" 'Tea sir." "Does she want shoes, also ?" "She had nothing but old rags on ha foot for a month." "Indeed I" The printer turned to his desk, and sat and mused for half a minute, while John stood with his heart beating so loud that he could hear its pulsations. "Give the that order," the man at length said to the boy, whin handed him the slip of paper. Ho tore-it up, and then took his pen and wrote,* new order. "Take this," he paid, presenting it to John. "I have told the shoemaker to hive you a pair for your mother, yourself and your little sister, and here is the half dol lar, my boy s —you must have that also." John took the order and the money, and stood for a few moments looking into the printer's face, while his lips moved as if he were trying to speak ; but no sound came therefrom. Then he turned away and left the house without uttering a word. "John is very late to-night," said the poor Widow Elliot, as she got upend went to the door to look out in the hope of see ing her boy. Supper had boon ready for at least an hour, but she didn't feel like eating anything until John came home.— , Little Natty had fallen asleep by the fire, and was now snugly covered up io bed.— As Mrs. Elliot opened the door, the cold nir pressed in upon Her, bearing its heavy i burden of snow. She shivered like one in a sudden ague fit and shutting the door, quickly murmured— "My poor boy—it is a dreadful night for him to be out, and so thinly clad. I won der why he stays so late away !" The mother had hardly uttered these words when the door was thrown open, and John entered with a hasty step, hearing several packages on his arms, all covered with snow "There's year Christmas gift, mother," said he in n Aelighted voice ; "and here is mine, and there is Netty's !" displaying at the same time three pairs of shoes, a paper of sugar, another of tea, and another of rice. Mrs. Elliot looked bewildered. "Where did all ,theiri come from, John!" she asked, in a trembling voice, for she was overcome with surprise and pleasure nt this unexpected supply of articles so much need ed." John gave an artless relation of what passed between him and the printer for whom ho worked, and added— "l knew the number you wore, and I thought I would guess at Netty's size. If the, dont fit the man says ho will change them, and I'll go clear baok to the store to night but what she will have her new shoes for Christmas. Won't she be glad I wish she were awake." - "And the tea, sugar and rice, you bought with the half dollar he gave you 1" "Yes," replied John ; "I bought the tea and the sugar for you. They're your Christ- I mas gift from me. And the rice we'll all have to-morrow. Won't you make us a rice pudding for our dinner Y" "You're a good boy, John—a very good boy," said the mother, much ° affected by the generous spirit her son had displayed. "Yes, you shall have a rice-pudding. But take off your wet shoes, my SOD—they are all wet—and dry your feet by the fire." "No, not till you put Netty's shoes on to see if they fit her," replied John. "If they don't fit, I'm going back to the store for a pair that will. She shall have her now shoes for Christmas. And, mother, try yours on—maybe they won't do." To satisfy the earnest boy, Mrs. Elliot tried on Netty's shoes, although the child was sleeping. "Just tho thing," she said. "Now try on yours," urged John. "They could'nt fit me better," said the mother, as she slipped on ono of the shoes. ' uNow take off your wet ones, and dry your feet before the fire, while I put the supper on the table." John, satisfied now that all was right did u his mother wished, while she got ready their frugal repast. Both were too much excited to have very keen appe titer. As they were about rising from the table, after finishing their meal, some one knocked at the door. John opened it, and a gentlemn came in and said Tamil listiy— "How do you do, Mrs. Elliot 1" "Oh—how do you do, Mr. 'Hayfield'? Take a jest;" and she handed he visitor a ahaie. "How has your wrist got 1 Areyouirtost ready to tako my washing again 1" oleo better, I thank you, but not well enough for that ; and I tan't tell when It will be. -A sprain is' so long in getting well." • , “How do you get along t” asked MG May field.o. ,, Cen you do any kind of work , V' 4 4Nothing but, a little about the house." 40Thett-you don't eirniny thing at all?" ai r .....nothipe, 4. , “How do ye* atatiage td Oath Mrs; Ell- tam tw. get, gong," beat way wa sa .14!ltlesl IWO 491.40 11:1414," "Two dollars a week I You can't live on two dollars a week, Mn. Elliot ; that is impossible." "It's all we have," said the widow. ,Mr. Mayfield asked a good many more questions, and showed a very kind inter• esi in the poor widow's Akira. Where he arose to go away he said— .l will send you a few things to-night Mrs. Elliot, as a Christmas preient,— .This is the season when irientla remember each other, and tokens of good will are passing in all directions. I think I can not do better than to spend all I'deiignod 'giving for this purpose, in , making 'you a little mere comfortable. So when the mm comes with what I shall send, you will know that it is for you. ateigij-night, I will drop in to see you again before long.' And ere Mrs. Elliot could express her thanks, Mr. Mayfield had retired. No very long time passed before the voice of a man, speaking to his horse was heard at the door. The vehicle too had moved so noiselessly in the snow-covered street, that its approach had not been ob served. The loud stroke of a whip han dle on die door caused the expectant wid ow.and hereon la start. _.Jukuimmediates ly opened ii. .is this Mrs. Elliot's asked a earman. who stood with his leather hat and rough coat all covered with snow. . 'Yes, sir.' replied John. 'Very well ; I've got a Christmas pres ent fur her, I rather think ;so hold open the door until 1 bring it in.' John had been trying on his. now shoes, and no got them laced up about therancles just as the carman came. So out he bounded into the snow, leaving the door to take care of itself, and was up into the car in a twinkling. It did not take long, with John's active assistance, to transfer the . contents of the car to the widow's store room, which had been fur a long time wanting in almost everything. •Good night to you,'.aaid the carman, as he was retiring, may to-morrow be the merriest Christmas you ever spent,— It isn't every one that has a friend like . - Na—and may Gott rewlrd him,' said Mrs. Elliot fervently, as the man closed the door and left her alone with her chi!. dren. And now the timely present was more carefully examined. It consisted of many articles. First, and not the least welcome, ilvas half a barrel of flour. Thin there was a bag of corn meal, another of pota- toes, with sugar, tea, rice, inolasses, butter, ect., some warm stocking for the children, a cheap thick shawl for herself, and a pair of gum shoes, besides a good many little things that all had been selected with strict regard to their use. A large chicken for a Christmas dinner, and some loaves of fresh Dutch cake for the elkildrin, had not been forgotten. Added to all this was a letter containing five dollars. in width the generous donor said that on the next day he ‘vutild send her a small stove and half a ton of coal. Edward Mayfield slept sweetly and soundly that night. On the next day, which was Christmas, he got the stove for Mrs. Elliot. It 'was a small, cheap, and economical one, designed expressly for the poor. lie sent it with half a ton of cord, Three or four days after 'Christmas, Mrs. Green said to Lizzy and Jane as they sat sewing— .! declare; girls, we've entirely forgot ten our washer woman, pour Mrs. Elliot. It is some weeks since she sent us word that she had sprained her wrist, and could not do our washing nutil it got well. I think you had better go and see her tins morning, I shouldn't wonder if ehe stood in need of something. She has two chi!. dren, and only one of them is old enough to earn anything—and even he can only bring home a very small gum. We have 4one wrong to forget Mrs. Elliot.' 'You go and see her, [Aug,' said Jane. don't care about visiting the poor peo ple in (Ileum ; it makes me feel bad.' 'To relieve their wants, Jane, ought to make you feel good,' said Mrs. Green.. 'I know it ought ; but I had rather not go.' e 0 yes/lane,' said Lizzy,.you must go with me. I want you to go. Poor Mrs. Eliot ! who knows how niuch she may have satiated? .Yes; Jane, go with LisFy ; I want you to go.'. • Joh° 'did - not like to refuse positively so she got ready and went, though, with a pioti deal of reluctance. Like, a great many others, she had no taste forscenes of distress. If she could reliere'a want by Outing Aar hand behind• hek'not see- log the object of penury, she had no objec tion of doing, co ; but to look suffering in the'. fare wee too revolting to her genii/ dye) feelthge. • • ' . I\l4l4zzy and, Jane entered _ the Nim ble -I , l9the,Pi'Ahe evideer, 'they found; every! fainiertatile ‘ . lanai, and .alaan. A email- motif weir opon the 'hearth and, though shit day treat very Old, difftkeed a warpith thioughout . tho Elliot eat knittigg ; she appeared itremely glad to no. the girls. Lizzy inquired how her wrist was, bow•ehn was getting along. and if she stood in' need of anything. To the last question she re plied-- 'I should have •wanted - almost every thing is make me comfortable. had not Mr. Mayfield, 'oite of the gentleinen washed for beftire . l,urt wrist , remem bered me at Christmas. Ile sent me this Mee little stove and a load. of coal, and. a hall a barrel of flour, meat, potatoes - . tea; I sugar, and I can't now tell you What besidet4 chicken for our chrietriMit din Her, and five dollars in money:.-7-I'nta sure he . couldn't have spent less . than • twenty dollars. Heaven knows I shall Meter Air. get him ! He came on Cliristnittit eve, and inquired so kindly how I was getting along ; and then told me he won't) send me a little present instead of those who re. ally didn't need anything. and who .might well forgive hiM for omitting the compliments of the season. Aeon. after ' he. was gone, a man brought a ear load of things, and ,on Christmas day' the 'stove and the coal came.' ' I Jane looked at Lissy, upon whoa face was a wenn glow and in whose eyes was Then you do not need atirtithe said "No, I thnnk you kindly..not now. I am very comfortable. Long before my eon!, floor, meal and potatoes aresout,l hope to be able to take in washing again, and then,' shallMit need assistinee.". "Forgive me, sister, for my light words about FA ward," -Jane said-, the moment - she and Lizzy left the widow's house. We is generous and noble-heartcd..........L..w0u1d rather he had done this than made, me a present of the Most costly romemberancer he could find, for it stumps his character. Lazy yotmay well be proud of bins." Lizzy did not trust herself to reply, fur she could . think of no words,-adequate . .to the expression of her feelings. When Jar:0101d her father about the widow.... Lizzy was modest silently on the subject —Mr. Green said— " That was nobly done! There •is the ring of the genuine coin ! lam proud ,of Teammate into Lizzy's eyes as she heard her father speak so , warmly and ap provingly of her lover. ••Next year," added Mr. Green. "we must take a lesson of Ed ward, and improve our system of holiday preaeate. how many hundreds and thousands of dollars are wasted in aseless souvenirs and pretty trifles, that might do a lasting good if the stream of kind teenage were turned into a better channel." Tug. MAINE LIQUOR Law.—The State of Maine enacted a law not long back, whereby the traffic in Alcholie Liquors is_ cut up root and branch—not 'merely fot bidden but eradicated or compelled to hide in deep holes and skulk about the deepest corners. This law has now been some six months in operation, and has already of a vast amount of good. Diunkenesa is dying out, Vauperisin is drying up, and murder is scarcely, heard of :or dreaded.--, It is now said that every other New. Eng- land State will make a gallant struggle in her next election for a 'No-License' Law based on that of Maine. The Temperauoe men of l'enugylvania should also plane themselves upon this platform. 'Moral suasion,' the principle on which they have hitherto acted, - never can eradicate the evil. It requires a law of total interilikion—,o law that will strike at the root of the ac cursed traffic, and abolish it at once and forever.—Reading Journal. A Corm° Illerolit :`'.After the young er Mr. l'itt had. made his speech in the House of Commons, ,Eiir Robert IValpie, in a sureastie note, remarked : • . , "1 apprehend the young- gentleman has not sown all his . wild oats :" To which , Mr. a Pitt replied, in rejoinder: "Ago has its privileges, and youth may have its faults; but the gentleman affords ample illustration that I still retain food t ough for geese to peek at." A MERMAN aKNIVIB.- . tJarrisoil Yirinana left Baltimore a fu w yearn ago. a -poor bny.; but with 'an improved mind, acquired ht a country echool. with gentile, ambition and enterprise. fle worketntis way in En. rope to the head of Me machinists and engineers, and became cleading contract or on the great railroid between Moscow and Petershurgi 400 miles long. He has made over $1,000.000. On his ritturtito Paris lie married talented, amiable, and beautifill lady, and will. ecitt , huiW a cage for her, in. the 'haps of a villitor all kinds of,luechanicte end a park df 'three acres beautifully ornamented. , where rich and poor,may feast . their eyes:tin, indigenous' plants and rare carotid!, He goes once more to,Ruseis to fill a contract with the Emperor,on - the publie works, by which he will bring $600,01* lit• gold for his rnenlat labors. WITAT,MAIONS A h1.4w..--=The Jongor I live the S wore (*Oath], I mu that the groat diflerenoe betweo4 men, the great and the insignificard•if 4 -energi—‘itiviucible detor inination—an houeat purpooo once fixed— and then vieniry. , That 'quality will do anything that can be dune tu the world; and no talents,' no oirontistanous, no oppor tunity will look( & two legged creature a man withoutit.--Goak. TWO POI LARS PER ANNUM. NUMBER 43. COUrrlierva Address to the IPOtrollo 0111 the "Star &. Manner.? ADMs do I come with my annual lay ! Again has Old Time in his onward way Brought sceneent enjoyinent, of mirth and of gies„. To gladden the hearts of the bond and the free. tlt Nichlus, with •owitching, wreath'if smiles" as of old, Hen been here and both lerode and lad have beheld, That dm' age with wrinkles hoof urrovr'd his ram Wean dance and be merry ; and with es temett grew, As the firrelbet maiden , whose eheeks by rude we, Have ue'er been despoiled of the roses they wear. Nor does he confine the enchantment he brings, To the season of youth ; but o'er age he flings Re potent a spell, tint gmndpapa in joy, Fairly denees with tho'ts of "~loess I was a boy We all welcome Christmas! Then surroood for old hearth, The old and the young, who mr doves have gone forth, But again to the family ark have retom'il, To greet the new year, ea of yore they bore leensli. Happy New - Year! Kind Patron, may New Year • to you, Bring nothing to cloud with a ',bedew, your brow! Hoy not MY nor afilietion, nor sorrow, nor Mors, fend to' darken your sunshine or shorten year I "r° May your inse long be our ccomtry to bless, Its kind•ates of mercy. end in usefulness! Ouleetitury Mariam! of the brave and the free, Of her glory and honor, how proud should we be ! She has sprung, like the goddess, in armor enray'd, Into being by tyrants nor power dismay'd. Our enures has been onward.— our arms carry or To the heart of the despot. No turtling ems tow On mountain, in valley, by lake or by stream, maileasouLtunetelo topple supreme.— Nobirthright given title—no blood e'er so old, Gores' precedenek here. Our nobler/ are bold la the Me of the anvil; the plough and the plate. And with these we have bearded our foes In their Of : den. this the twelve mouths, whiciew swiftly have fled, 4, Arepregnant with proof Why, have ou not read Of our triumph o'er Hugh/ink on !and and on sea, In contests of skill and dexterity, More pleasing to see and praiseworthl •by far:- ' Then the clangor of arms, and fell. ee& of war T -Wetutor-eorne-elf-eietwions.-wr the primer -welt__ . show, Andthe pride 'of "John Bull" has received a dea th . „ • - Our per" yorpasied tool, at MOP/IFri" Our earri "Rean g/Id lighter.than all be hod there; Our daguerreotypes, nutmegs, oar kuchWbost and Knicknacke without number, inventions profiee WOW, heYondeompetition,--and thus Yalteellill A' third time klipsed British, Mi ifflotriost On sea too, our triumpl.-.ungueetheliskinmplak Left hre' no resort, but ignoble retread. -• r land. horn confidence tumid • To hii ervidAroihng vemela; and to u. , gpiespe4 A. he thought, io the wars or,the main, •• He threw down hie gauntlet , and dare WI aga te. It beide not to tell the remits of the nee, • • How we broUgbt out kAmeries," , a yeetw ilhiffef grace, 1t And a aemblenee so sylph-like, that who ~ noire to the breese,' . , t Her tivels were every one dieftereedik ). fear* WM say thetas bettlitintawoitt Cheat Britithr "Meted undietborplididttiet• 'done;{.• • :•' ; And never again *Hi she slam to compote r r:t With a Yenksoldin'4l veteekthe b,1441,1F41ii To other events I might attkflaw at= i ; To *objects of strife, bloody wit and ) Which hive had their !MOM* aithitt:thelest rear, _ (Though none. we thank God, effeeling•to hero) And ell the moat flood , eventerathe *fir. •• All the murders sailwod4Loge-rhod Ipt gray. aid for gay q Hot why should I keep you with fey slots So long from what's really the gist tilde mew 1 The mores° because every dreek•l hatexenioh. All the news to your doorer-cd , theorpheidepd • muffed • • ' Then patronaleriuler ten s whi l d7 mime tier In a word of my/elf—of my *Snit *6l .0 wipilk. hinny - joys *where yetoltistiptigtV Yew tears , save of plaismeAsve.dineded eye ; Many darks, like the moue ine. bairalist4l pier way,; Dot through all, have you thought of the 'Carder. Ira,? 'Rave yen thoughtof tkidens, roteeittindathitile • Through tempests, and eold;rktelag illated Have you thougklct the Wis4uigg. ite‘rittiel#N; . He most boar for veer side,"cer's • Have you thought of his owe to Wag treekly4o Ere you wake in the morn, whatever'le new Has• you e'er thought of thi. t If you have,thas I know - • • l• My Oahu* to this whala - yoli You'll benignantly smile—and then kill P l et With a a to gladden Om VeTripe• hoot 1 hanks. thanks, many thank,? nal *ailed in valid • , • . Ungrateful were I ahould I WM' complaint Your kindness a.) disinurainsil Itigley, • . All the troubles I suffer dot fully repay, • will rise with the lark, the whole year to tow. And o'er my old route trill cheerfollo roam. With the horiathat when New Year's day coati once again, ' You'll esteem one u worthy yaur kind fauns dm I THN January I, 1852, ; . Tent Auittim HORN.—;Who has wit heard'of the Rant de, vaches;' that sweet familiar Song with Which The Alpine shepherd eiills his rattle at evening, and *kWh so strongly linked wi th the thoughts of home, and all the dear ones there,' the Swiss mouniaitieer cannot bear even to heir in a foreign land f The Alpine born has, however, another song which we think sweeter Still. We have read that in come parts of the Alp, when the surchas valleys below, and the light 'Oil lingers on the snowcapped mountains a. hove, the shepherd, whose cabin is the highest in the neighborhood, takes lt)s horn. and standing on the mountain, pronounces through it the words, "Praise the Lord. r MI the shepherds of the neighborhood, sa soon as they hear the sou nd, Step out of their cottages, and taking their horns re peat the stone words. The name of the Lord echoes from rock to rock. A sol emn stillness ensiles ; all kneel in prayer with uncovered heads. The last gleam of the sunset pastes, a• way and it becomes night : shouts the shepherd, through the bwe onoe more ; "Good-night ! Good•night L"ti echoes from the mountains and the obis" below ; and all retire to real. WHAT MAW BE DONK WITH OLD 'Rath: —There is a church actually exiirting, heir Bergen, Germany, which can contain nearly one thousand persons. It it cir cular within, octagonal without : Theo,. tiaras outside, and the statues withl the roof, the ceiling. the Coda:hien are all of papier-maehe,, reederett: moth. proof by utiaratiorr in vitrieli,theinesthek whey, or the white.pf
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