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CLEAKFIELD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1856.
VOL. 2.-M 38.
I.IFUISREA1.. ' :
Br. n. w. iMCFtuow.
Life is real ! Life is earnest !
Ami the grave is not its goal ; '
lust thou art. to dust returnetit,''
Was not spoken of the goal.
.Not enjoyment and not sorrow,
Is oar destined end or way ;
But to act that each to-morrow .
Finds us farther than to-dy, ,
Art is long, and time is fleeting, - .
And our hearts, tho' stout and bravo,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating -
1'aneral mnrohes to the grave. .
In the world's broad field of battlo, '
In the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife !
r Trust not, the Future, howe'er pleasant,
Let the dead Past bury its dead !
Act act in the living present!
Heart within, and doD o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives suoliine;
And departing, leave behind us,
Footprints on the sands of Time ;
' Footsteps that, perhaps, another,
Sailing o'er Life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again. -
Letu. then, bo up and doing,
Vith a heart for any fate ; .
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
EGYPT.
Our late Minister to Greece, Mr. Pry or, made
a visit to Egypt during his absence, from which
he wrote the following Interesting letter to the
Richmond Enquirer:
Cairo, December 1", 1855.
I need not protest my reluctance to post
pone my return on any pretence of pleasure or
proQt. I am tired of travel, and I long lor
home with the passionate yearning of an exile ;
yet I could not resist the temptation of a visit
to this famous land.
If Egypt yields to Greece in classic inter
est, in. the seductive influence of luxurious
climate it claims an incomparable fascination.
It is the Elysium of reverie. Under the soft,
but subdued glow of its cloudless sun the spi
rit relaxes its stern self-restraint, is dissolved
Into a state of tranquil meditation, and floats
freely and peacefully over a land where all the
energies of nature appear in repose. Nor is
Egypt wanting in me lugner interests of his
torical association. Here the most eager am
bition of research is bewildered and baffled a
ruong the mysterious monuments of the remo
test antiquity ; here the imaginative mind finds
stimulus and sweep for its highest flights.
Since my earliest reading of the Pharaohs
and tho Pyramids, Egypt Las been the land I
most desired to explore. At last this wish is
partially gratified; but you must be content
with a very imperfect record of my impres
sions. Alexandriadisappoiuts me. Besides the ob
elisk which tradition distinguishes as ''Cleo
patra's Needle" and "Pompey's Pillar," a col
umn with a beautiful porphyry shaft and bar
barous stone base and capital, it possesses no
monument of antiquity. Xo lingering ruin
attests the splendid civilization of the Ptole
mies, much less of remoter times. The city
presents a repulsive picture of native degrada
tion and foreign refinement ; but the European
quarter does not possess enough of elegance
and luxury to compensate for the filth and bar
barity of the predominant Egyptian popula
tion. However, since the trade of the Indies
lias reverted to its ancient channel Rcross tho
country, Alexandria has recovered something
of its former fabulous splendor. It is the cen
tre already of considerable commerce, and
people predict the revirs! of its prosperity
when the Mediterranean and Bed Sea are con
nected by canal a project now in execution.
Alexandria occupies an important position
in tho relations of tho globe, but its immedi
ate locality is destitute oqnally of commercial
advantage and picturesque cfTect. It is situa
ted on a low and sandy shore. Its harbor is
neither deep, spacious, nor secure. My dis
appointment inAlexandiia increased my im
patience to see Cairo, where I was promised
such instructive memorials of antiquity and
such interesting representations of oriental
character.
But first let me express my admiration of the
"Valley of the Nile." I linve seen it under
conditions peculiarly favorable to an apprecia
tion of its.gloyes, and I do not hesitate to af
5rui that tbey arc poorly celebrated in the
most gorgeous descriptions. If it is the mid
dle of December, the appearances of nature
contradict the. calender, and seem to convict
ine of confounding the seasons. The ther
mometer stands at 77 deg. Fahrenheit ; the sun
glows with summer's heat, and the atmosphere
pulsates with the passionate throbs peculiar to
the most ardent season of our year. Skirting
along the southern bank of the canal which
connects the waters of the Kile with the har
bor of Alexandria, the railway traverses a por
tion of the most fertile land in Egypt, and
gradually unfolds a scene which equally ex
cites the astonishment and the enthusiasm of
the spectator. All his Ideas of the succession
of seasons and ot tho possibilities of agricul
tural productions are confounded. The fal
low fields are covered with the luxuriant vege
tation of a tropical region. The crops are in
every stage of preparation and progress from
seed-time to harvest. The young wheat car
pets the ground with verdure before the labo
rer garners the gray sheaves ot the old growth.
I!re an Arab, in s-ranty dress, with a plough
of the rudest device and a pair of lazy oxen,
breaks ground for a future crop. There I Bee
the same corn with stout stalk and silken car ;
and in another place the women of the village
are preparing the ripe seed for the mill. In
immediate proximity are fields of barley, rice,
miner., maize, wheat, sugar-cane, and cotton
the last with blooming boll floating on the sur
face of the artificial lake which supplies its
tnirst. tiuch variety and prodigality of vege
table production, nature presents in no othei
region of the earth. The soil is a black mould
of spontaneous, rebundant, and cxhaustless
fertility. Man has but to break its surface,
scatter; seed, and reap an abundant harvest.
o severity of season limits hira to a single
crop in the year. As he expends but little la.
bor, so is he exposed to no disappointment.
As he is not condemned to await the succes
sion of seasons, neither is he dependent on
the uncertainties of weather. Tho science
and researches of the present day confirm the
figurative declaration of Herodotus, that "E
gypt is the gift of the Nile." It is the re
ceived theory tbat the original soil of the val
ley is a barren sand, which, in the succession
of ages, the river has covered over with an in
exhaustible deposit of alluvial. But this is
not the limit of the beneficence of the Nile.
The deserts which encircle Egypt absorb all
the moisture of the atmosphere, and rain rare
ly falls. In the intense heat of the climate
the earth would parch if the Nile did not re
fresh it with a periodical supply of water.
The river begins to rise in May. The people
watch its progress with intense anxiety, for
the extent of its overflow distinguishes be
tween a year of plenty and a year of famine.
It subsides In October, leaving an abundant
blessing behind. Before it returns to'the chan
nel it recruits the energies of the soil, and dis
tributes a supply of water over the land. This
water is carefully collected in artificial ponds,
and is dispersed in a thousand channels as the
exigencies of agriculture require. No where
is the system of irrigation so complete ; no
where are its means so clumsy and imperfect.
Its instruments are still the same that were
employed in the time of the Pharaohs, and no
iinornvpnw.nt boa v.si:-.-j
wheel and hand bucket. Throughout a course
of twelve hundred miles the Nile receives no
accession ot water; yet neither the drain of
evaporation, nor the insatiable thirst of the
desert lessens its volume or impairs the majes
ty of its march. It flows now as it did four
thousand years ago, distributing its bounty
with a lavish hand, yet sustaining no reduction
of its regal resources. There is no parallel to
this phenomenon in the physical world ; only
in the extravagance of Eastern fable do we
read that the prodigal generosity of an Abdal
lah of the land could abate nothing of the cx
haustless wealth of an Abdallah of the sea.
The current of the Nile is sluggish. Its
waters are not less muddy than our Mississip
pi, but after filtration they are deliciously pure
and sweet to the taste. Its banks are low, so
that the eye ranges over the valley without in
terruption. Steam made us independent of adverse cir
cumstances, and I watched the laborious move
ments of innumerable lateen sail with selfish !
complacency. Some were laden with corn and
fruit ; others betokened by the gay flag float
ing from the mast that they carried a party of
voyagers to Thebes and the Cataracts. Nude
Arabs pulled these slowly against wind and
current ; others skimmed lightly on with a fa
voring breeze. Are had a full complement of
passengers, and our party was grotesque from
variety of race and costume. Every tongue,
from familiar English to harsh Arabic ; every
color, from the fair Circassian to a Nubian ue
gress ; every rank, from an American commo
dore to an Egyptian sheik ; every creed, from
Protestant preacher to Mahommedan mufti ;
every dress, from Parisian pants to Turkish
trowscrs all were crowded together on the
diminutive deck of our steamer. A corpulent
Turk, smoking his chiboque, presented a per
fect image of indolent repose. A party of
youug officers from the "Saranac," scheming
to elude the vigilance of the eunuchs and pen
etrate into the presence of the Pasha's harem,
sustained the national character for energy
and enterprise. An Egyptian soldier, fresh
frcm the Crimea, recounted his fabulous ex
ploits and received the applause of an admi
ring circle. A pious Mussulman mounted the
wheel-house and performed the ceremony of
evening prayer with elaborate devotion and
ostentatious humility.
The valley of the Nile extends so far in un
broken surface on either side that the eye can
not trace tho boundary of fertile fields and lux
uriant vegetation. A few scattering palm trees
and a group of huts mark the site of an Egyp
tian village. A diminutive donkey, a camel
moving with a meekness of mein that speaks
its sorrows and propitiates pity; myriads of a
quatic birds, among which I distinguish the
snow white ibis and pelican of brilliant plu
mage ; a promiscuous flock of sheep, goats,
and cows, with shepherd and driver, are the on
ly figures in the scene. The measured move
ments of man and the idle browzing of beast
harmonize with the comparative vacancy of
the landscape, with the motionless shadow of
the turbaned palm, the soft glow of the sun,
and the Nile's sluggish waters, produce an ef
fect of tranquil repose in the aspect of nature
which cannot fail to smoothe even the last
sympathetic spirit, -
Cairo makes no pretension to picturesque
beauty of situation, but this deficiency is com
pensated by other rare attractions. ; No where
else does the traveller find so many surviving
monuments of Sarenic civilization and such
interesting exhibitions of Oriental life. Un
like Constantinople, Cairo occupies no middle
ground between East and 'West; is in ho tran
sition state of semi-civilization. ' -Here I find
the Asiatic ; character "Uncorrupted' by. contact
with politer peopleand the fierce fanatacism
of the Mohammedan faith unsubdued by the
pretensions of rival religions. Every thing I
sco surprises me by its originality, of recalls
some recollection of the romantic reading of
my youth. The houses, with arabesque front,
projecting gable, and latticed window ; the ba
zaars, rich in gems, silks, and precious per
fumes ; mosque and minaret of the pure Sar
acenic style ; turbaned men and veiled women
these are some of the features which impart
to Cairo its peculiar interest. '. .... -
An avenue of sycamore and acacia of profuse
foliage and impenetrable shade conducts from
the gate of the city to the palace of the Shoo
bra Gardens. The road is perfectly smooth,
runs along the bank of the Nile a distance of
three miles, and terminates in a spot where tho
capricious extravagance of Oriental luxury has
wrought its most fantastic wonders. The Shoo
bra Garden is more like a haunt of fairies than
the resort of men. In the shade of orange
groves, the murmur of fountains, the fragrance
of flowers, and the golden glitter of every va
riety of fruit, the immagination realizes its vi
sions of a terrestrial paradise. The walks con
verge to a common centre, where a graceful
kiosk stands, but its modest beauty is eclipsed
by the splendor of the Pasha's palace. Ilere
a profusion of pearl, silk, and porphyry, floors
richly inlaid, walls and windows fantastically
painted, baths of purest alabaster, Persian car
pets of incredible cost, and divans of crimson
velvet, present a gorgeous picture of barbaric
pomp and luxury. The citadel is to me the
most interesting spot in Cairo, rather for the
magnificent view it commands than because.
its Proir -----'7h Mamelukes. The
scene oi me mas.. -
WU1M VI tlJU kill: 1U1IIS Oi JJCltvpw-
lis, and a back-ground of boundless desert are
visible to the east ; to the south the quarries
and castles of Mount Mussaltem and the inter
jacent plains ; to the west the aqueduct, the
ruins of old Cairo, the Nile, and the lovely is
land of Ithoda, the village of Gizch, the Pyra
mids, and far beyond all the limitless sweep of
the Lybian sands ; to the north the green fields
of the distant Delta; below the city of Cairo,
in all the variety of dark grove and intricate
street, of palace and hovel, of mosque and
minaret.
The Pyramids are situated on the border of
the Lybian desert, a morning's ride from Cai
ro. We crossed tho river just above the island
Rhoda, where I saw the Nilcometer, and where
tradition affirms Moses was discovered in the
bulrushes. We landed at the filthy village Gi
zeh, -where hens never set and chickens arc
hatched by artificial heat. A devious path tra
verses fertilo fields of corn and wheat, and
leads us to the object of our journey. At first
sight the Pyramids suggest the idea of a vain
attempt to rival the mountain monuments of
nature, and they impress the beholder with a
conviction of man's foolish ambition and mis
erable impotence.
When, however, we stand under the shadow
of their stupendous form and see their summit
resting among the clouds ; when we reflect on
their remote antiquity and mysterious purpose ;
when w recall the great eveuts of which they
have been the silent witness, and recollect the
heroes of history who, from Alexander to Na
poleon, have mused in their presence and been
inspired by their grandeur; when wo contrast
their immutable duration with the vicissitudes
of human fortune, think how, having survived
the fall of empires and the doom of dynasties,
they seem to struggle successfully even with
destiny itself ; when we extend our view for
ward into futurity, and foresee the countless
ages they must endure after the men and things
of the present day have perished from exis
tence, perhaps from memory, then they impose
upon the imagination with an irresistablc pow
er of pathos and sublimity. Contemplating
them in this mood, I was impressed as certain
ly no monument of man ever impressed me
before.
Except in the direction of the Mussaltem
Mountains, the view from the Pyramid of Che
ops embraces nearly the entire extent of E
gypt. You trace the valley of the Nile through
out its course, and appreciate its almost fabu
lous fertility by contrast with the barren sands
around it. The figure (and it is no fanciful
conceit) of a line of dark green velvet drawn
across a golden ground will convey to your
mind an image of the aspect of the country.
The colors did not mingle by insensible grada
tion, but are divided by a deep and distinct
landmark. A single step measures the dis
tance between a soil of inexhaustible fertility
and a bleak and boundless waste of desert.
After the fatigue of our ride a lunch of mel
on and fruit refreshed us lor the survey of the
interior chambers of the Pyramids. They are
approached through a narrow aud intricate pas
sage, which the adventurous stranger pursues
by the light of a torch aud the aid of au Arab
guide. The dark caverns have long since been
despoil of their illustrious dead, and arc
now tenanted only by bats, who resent the in
vasion of their territory by scream and flatter.
The ''King's chamber'1 is the most remarka
ble room. , It is of the size of a decent parlor,
its walls arc of polished marble, and an empty
sarcophagus occupies its centre." The spirit of
silence and solitude which perpetually broods
here impresses the mind with an unspeakable
sentiment of sadness and solemnity.1 Yet the
mysterious sanctity of the place did not pro
tect it from the. violation Of profane amuse
ment. Our Arab guides performed a dance in
the chamber of death, and broke its profound
silence with the echoes of their barbaric cho
rus. The leader of the dance beat the mea
sure of his steps upon a vacant sepulchre of
the Pharaoh's It was a scene of the most dis
mal hilaritya spectacle in which were repre
sented tho strongest contrast of gayety and
gloom, of mirth and melancholy. The glare
of our torches faintly disclosed the wild move
ments 'of the Bedouins, but their hideous yells
resounded through the remotest caverns in the
chamber of death. I was glad to escapo from
its oppressive nir and sad associations. The
sun was so nearly set as to allow only a super
ficial survey of the Sphinx and the Catecombs;
nevertheless, I am satisfied with my impres
sion of the Pyramids. Our return to the city
gave us an opportunity to admire the serene
softness of an Egyptian moonlight.
The Government of Egypt is the most des
potic and oppressive on earth. Tyranny, vice,
supetstition, ignorance, and disease have de
graded the people below the dignity of human
nature. In the prophetic denunciation of I
saiah and Ezekial you may read the conditiou
of this country. Egypt is, indeed, the basest
kingdom of the earth.
THE WILD MAN AGAIN,
A correspondent ef the Caddo Gazette, wri
ting under date of 28th March, from Parailifta,
Arkansas, on Upper Red Kiver, states that the
cold during tho present Winter has been iu
that region the severest within, tho memory of
man. The rivers were frozen solid -p4..h
The writer relates the following story of an at
tempt to capture the famous wild man, who
has been so often encountered on the borders
of Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
"In my travels I met a party from your coun
try in pursuit of a wild man. Tbey had struck
his trail at a cane-brase bordering on Brant
Lake and the Sun-Flower Prairie. I learned
from one of the party that the dogs ran him to
an arm ef the lake which was frozen, but not
sufficiently strong to bear his weight, which
consequently gave way. nc had, however,
crossed, and the dogs were at fault.
"One of tho party, mounted on a fleet horse,
coming up, encouraged the dogs to pursue, but
found it impossible to cross with his horse,
and concluded to follow the lake round until
he could ascertain the direction taken by this
monster of the forest. On reaching the oppo
site side of the bend, he was surprised to see
something in the lake like a man breaking the
ice, with his arms, and hastenened under cov
er of tho undergrowth, to the spot where he
expected him to come out. lie concealed him
self near the place, when he had a full view of
him, until he reached the shore, where he
came out and shook himself. Ho represents
him as a stout, athletic man, about six feet
four inches in height, completely covered with
hair of a brownish cast, about four to six inch
es long. Ho was well mnsceled, and ran up
the bank with the flectness of a deer.
"He says he could havo killed him with his
gun, but the object of the party being to take
him alive, and hearing the horns of his com
rades and the howling of the dogs on the oppo
site bank of the lake, he concluded to rido up
and head him, so as to bring him to bay and
then secure their prize. So soon, however, as
tho wild man saw the horse and rider he rush
ed frantically toward them, and in an instant
dragged the hunter to tho ground and tore him
in a dreadful manner, scratching out one of his
eyes and injuring the other so much that his
comrades despair of the recovery of his sight,
and biting large pieces out of his shoulders
and various parts of his body.
"The monster then tore ofT the saddle and
bridle from the horse and destroyed, them, and
holding the horse by the mane, broke a short
piece of sapling, and mounted the animal,
started at full speed across the plains in the di
rection of tho mountains guiding tho horse
with his club. The person left with the woun
ded man informed mo that the party was still
in pursuit, having been joined by a baud of
friendly Indians, and thought ff they could
find a place in tho mountains not covered with
snow, or a cancbrake in the vicinity to feed
their horses, they might overtake him in a
day or two."
The Two Iskstasps. Tho Inkstand used by
tho plenipotentiaries was specially manufac
tured for the purpose. It is a splendid work
of art, in tho style of the first empire, and tho
cost is estimated at 11,000 francs. English
Paper.
The Inkstand used by Jefferson, in writing
the Declaration of Independence, did not cost
one franc, and tho writing will stand long af
ter the Paris Treaty has been buried in the
rubbish of fallen despotisms.
Ir toc wish to know whether anybody is su
perior to tho prejudices of the world, ask hits
to draw a truck for job.
A CAPTIVE RESCUED
The San Francisco, California Herald, re
ceived the following interesting account of the
rescue ol a beautiful young American girl,
nauvd Miss Olive Oatman, from a slavish CAp
tivity by the Yuma Indians. The whole nar
rative is or gainful interest! :;
Steamer SE TjIRr? at Sea, March 0, 18-3G.
"'By the List arrn.i frotn Fort Yuma, I am
enabled to give you tn- details of the rescue
from the Mohave Indians oCa youngjand bcS
tifnl American girl, who has Ucn a prisoner
for five years. Having mado considerably in
quiry in Los Angelos and vicinity, I have suc
ceeded in collecting all the facts attending her
capture, thejmurdor of her parents, fcc, which
are willingly placed at your disposal.
On the l'Jth of March, 1831, a family of em
igrants, named Oatman, from Iowa, cn route
for California, composed of Lorenzo Oatman,
wife aud seven children, (three boys aud four
girls), while eucaraped aloiit one hundred and
tw cnty-fivc miles from the month of the Gila
river, were attacked by the Mohave Indians,
and all but one boy and two girls massacred
in cold blood. The boy, in the dark, succee
ded in escaping, and was picked up on the
following day by a company of emigrants, a
bout forty miles from the scene of the murder.
The little fellow was perfectly exhausted when
found, without hat or shoes, and covered with
blood. After recovering sufficiently to tell the
tale, some of the men started on to ascertain if
anything could be done, and on arriving at the
fatal place found the boy's version was, alas !
too true, the bodies being then half eaten by
cayotes. Enough, however, was ascertained
to show that the two youngest girls were mis
sing. The boy is now living at tho "Monte,"
near Los Angelos, and distinctly rcracubcrs
that horrible night.
For years nothing had been heard of these
two young girls, and their late appeared to be
wrapped in mystery. About fivo months since
an article oi letter was published in the Los
Angelos Star. st.itin. -- ' pnsoncrs
with tho officers at Fort Yumao for beads,
blankets, &c, and that the "latter had refused
to trade with or purchase the unfortunate suf
ferers from the Indians. Col. Nauman, U. S.
A., who was at that time ei route for Fort Yu
mao, immediately inquired into the subject,
but found the charges against the officers whol
ly without foundation ; and fearful that by
some possibility there might be some prisoners
never before heard of, sent out runners to the
different tribes offering heavy ransom for their
recovery, in answer to which a Yumao Indian,
of the name of Francisco, came in saying, "He
could find a young girl ten days travel from
the fort." Beads, blankets, kc, were imme
diately given him, and in twenty days he re
turned with Miss Oatman.
AVhen bronght in she was dressed as r11 the
females of the Yuma Mohave Indians, and on
a white man approaching, threw herself pros
trate on the sand, and would not rise until
suitable female garments were brought her.
She had almost entirely forgotten her native
tongue, being only able to speak two or three
words. Being asked, in the Indian language,
her name, she replied "Olive Oatman ;" is ta
tooed on the chin, and bears the marks of hard
slavery. Her arms, wrists and hands arc large
ly developed. Was a slave for two years with
tho Mohavcs, who sold her to tho Ytimss.
Her youngest sister died about six months be
fore tho rescue of Miss Olive. The hair of the
young lady being of a light golden color, tho
Indians colored it black using a dyo made
from tho bark of tho mcskeet tree. She was
then eleven years old when taken prisoner,
which will make her sixteen now, though sho
is more fully developed than many girls of
twenty.
The officers at the Fort have clubbed togeth
er making up a purso for her, and furnishing
such clothing as is necessary ; also, have pla
ced her in charge of a femalo residing there,
and where every care and attention will bo
paid to alljher wants, and until any relations
or friends may come forward to relieve the
poor girl from her present dependent iosition
and endeavor to wean her from all savage
tastes or desire to return to Indian life. I
hope that some of our philanthropic San Fran
cisco ladies will offer their services to cither
provide a home for her, or use their influence
in procuring her admission to the Orphan As
sylum. Jos. A. Fort.
raciffic Ex. Co.'s Messenger, Southern Coast.
Tho Sisters of Mercy, of San Francisco, have
notified the friends of Miss Oatman, the young
lady recently rescued from the Indians, that
they will receive her into their care.
Ax exchange paper, the editor of which, no
doubt lately "set up" with a widow, goes off
thus: "For the other half of a courting
match there is nothing like an interesting wid
ow. There's as much difference between cour
ting a dam sal and an attractive widow as there
is between cyphering in addition and double
rule of three. Courting a girl is like eating
fruit, all very nice as far aa it extends, but do
ing the amiable to a blue-eyed bereaved one its
black crape comes under the head of preserves
rich, pungent, syrup. For delicious court
ing, we repeat, give us a live widder.'
A socthebn epitok. has - purchased a race
horse at an expense of $2,000, for the purpose
of catching his runaway subscribers.
Ir is understood that our Minister to Spain.
Mr. Dodge, finds himself unable to procure a'
settlement of our many claims upon that gov
ernment, beyond the mere shadow ol a prom
ise. He writes that the' Spanish government
have admitted the justice of our demands, but
that their treasury is exhausted by home de
mands, and that they have not ; mcaus to pay
off their indebtedness to this country just now,
and ask for an extension of time. And this,
notwithstanding the Was-hington Union has,
on several occasions, stated, as if by authority,
that all American claims on Spain had been
promptly settled. The organ is as mendacious
as the administration is weak and inefficient.
We know not whether the administration is
responsiblj for the lies of its organ, but wc do
know that it is destined to lie just as flat in a
very few months. Louisville Juurnai.
A SraiSGExr Law, relative to Insurance
Agencies of companies located out of the state,
has passed our legislature. It prohibits un
der penalties any company doing business
without a bona fide capital of $200,000, safely
invested, and an attorney ou whom process
may Ikj served, a sworn balance sheet of its
affairs to be filed with the Auditor General
and published in the counties where ngoncica
arc established and license to be taken out,
at a cost of $200 per annum in Philadelphia,
$150 iu Lancaster and Allegheny, and J 109 in'
any other county with a tax of three per cent
on gross receipts. Agents are to give bond
in $2,000 to comply with the law. District
Attorneys arc annually to investigate tho con dition
of companies, and report to the Audi
tor General. The law goes intoetl'ect on tho
1st of July. -
Wuose Babt is It? The Boston Tost has a
Paris corresponded? who writes that there wero
those so given to unbelief in the implicit hon esty
of Louis Napoleon as tdcredit the rumor
that the "sound, livelv bov" who has" bor
iv T'acc ol a cer
tain girl baby who Vas the real heir.' The a
foresaid rumor was to the cflect that, for some
time previous to the Enrpress's accouchment,
it was well understood that whatever the event
might be, a fino healthy boy would be ready to
be presented as the legitimate child of the
Empire. This being so, at once accounts for
the fact of the King of Algiers being as big at
his birth as his nurse's baby at two months old.
A Slight Mistake. Uncle K is rather a
tough customer; he lives next door to a pious
methodist. Not long since a circuit minister
came along, intending to call upon his pious
layman. Mistaking the housed however, ho
knocked at the door of Uncle R , who inqui
red into the nature of his visit. The stranger
remarked that ho was a circuit preacher, and
desired to stop over night.
Says Uncle n , "What in thunder and'
earthquakes, d'ye s'posc I care for your cir
cuses 1 don't want anything to do with your
plagy old circuses !"
Tho circuit minister began to think he'd got
into the wrong pew.
The Mississirn ad Gclt. The Mississippi
Legislature have adopted reoJntions relative
to the rc-ojening of water communication be
tween thcMississippi river and theGulf of Mex
ico, byway of Lake Fonchartrain and Lakn
Borgne, ami havo requested members of Con
gress to secure, if possible, an appropriation
for that olji-ct. The old channel was closed
by Gen. Jackson, as a military measure, de
signed to protect the city of New Orleans a
gainst invation by the English in 1811-15.
A lady in tho County of Goochland, Va.,
recently gave birth to three living daughters,
all of whom, as well as the mother, were doing
well at last accounts. It is said that during
Monroe's Administration, a lady of Louisiana
gave birth to four son, whom the named
Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe,
all of whom lived to manhood. The same lady
bclore her death was tho mother of thirty -six
children.
A Good One. A gentleman, iu hi3 eager
ness at the table to answer a call for borne ap
ple pie, owing to tho knife slipping on tho bot
tom of the dish, found his knuckles buried in
the crust, when a wag, who sat just opposite
to him, very gravely observed, whila he held
bib plate : "Sir, I'll trouble you for a bit of
pie, while your hand is in !'
. Ftscii indulges in the following connubial
conundrum :
Which is of greater value prythee. st.
TheFride or Bridegroom - must the truth be toM '
Ala, it must! The Bride is given away
The Bridegroom's often rr"Urly e,
Exceepixcit modest young lady "Isn't
this a very pretty baby, Mr. Brown V Brown
" Yes, ray dear. Boy or girl ?" Young lady
"Ho belongs to the female persuasion, sir.".
The max who"held an office," got tired, and
let go for the purpose of resting himself a
short time, when the office gt away, and has
not been heard from since.
Wnt.v tok come into company, or to act, lay
asido all sharp, and morose humors, and be
pleasant, which will make you acceptable, and
the better effect your end.- ",i
The colored .population of Cincinnati i es
timated at 5XK) acuta, .
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