CLEABFIELD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1850.
VOL. 2.-NO. 39.
BY S. B. BOW.
AN ADVERTISEMENT.
Wanted a hand to hold my own,
"As down life's Tale I glide ;
Wanted an arm to lean npon,
Forever by my side.
Wanted a firm and steady foot,
With stpp secure and free,
To take its straight and onward pace
Over life's path with me.
Wanted a form erect and high,
A head above my own,
F-o mnch that I might walk beneath
Its shadow o'er me thrown.
Wanted an eye within whose depth
Mine own might rise and see
Uprisings from a guileless heart,
O'crflown with love for me.
Wanted a lip whose kindest smile
Would speak for roe alone ;
A voice whose richest melody
Would breathe affection's tono. .
Wanted a trne. religious soul, -
To pious purpose given.
With whom my own might pass along,
The road that leads to Heaven. .
TIIE QUAKER PATRIOT.
The British troops were investing Long Is
land, and spreading the fire of resistance that
had been kindled on Bunker Hill to a wild
blaze. The time had come when no one who re
ally loved his native land could look idly upon
the contest ; and many hitherto lamb-like spir
its were suddenly seized with a lion courage,
and marched out to battle with their noble
countrymen. None, perhaps, in the whole
struggle of the colonics to free themselves
from oppression, exhibited a more dauntless
front than Peletiah Hicks. Although a mem
ber of the society of "Friends," his patriotic
fading had repeatedly manifested itself in a
very ttnqnakcrlike manner. At last the news
came to hiui that the enemy had crossed from
Statcn Island to Long Island to attack the A
merican forces. With promptness and decis
ion he made up his miud to join the army.
Throwing aside, then, his peaceable character,
and shouldering his musket, he left his usual
avocations upon his productive farm, and pre
pared to accompany some other volunteers from
lils neighborhood. lie sought his daughter to
communicate his determination to her. Tie
fu:il hjr seitcd in an arbor in the garden at
tf.o rear of the house. By her side sat one who
had sought her love and obtained it, with the
sanction of her father, and they now waited a
favorable opportunity to unite their fortunes
forever. As our friend joined them, the young
man held the hand of the Quakeress, and was
evidently pouring into her ears the soft words
of true affection. They started at the unex
pected appearance of the farmer "armed and
equipped." He said
"I must interrupt thee, Thcmas Edson, in
thy billing and cooing ; for the trump of bat
tie is sounding in our ears. Thou must accom
pany me to the struggle. Nay, Judith, ex
press no surprise ; and least of all, attempt not
to use entreaties to dissuade him from his du
ty. Whan peace comes again, when the storm
that now bangs over our beloved country has
passed, thee can rcsumo where thee left off,
and indulge in as thy heart is capable of."
"I am with you, to the death," cried Thom
as, springing to his feet.
"Death !" murmured the frightened girl.
'Thomas! father J remember that our society
have ever advocated the principles of peace.
Will not thy appearance f n the contest be con
demned by our friends 1 Why not wait for
the summons 7"
"Judith," answered the Quaker warrior, and
there was somewhat of sternness in his tones,
"we have no right to remain inactive in this
fearful crisis. Perhaps onr arms, nerved with
'r might derived from the Great Ruler, may
render efficient aid to those who are battling
for us. 1 have no pleasure in warfare I would
rather bind up wounds than cause them but
thv father were a cravan and a coward did he
not fly to the rescue, or rather to the support
of those brave hearts who have already ven
tured forth in this struggle for freedom. We
have borne much from our oppressors ; I, as
an individual, would never have tamely sub
mitted thus far, but now the hour has come ;
we must go forth, and with what success may
be vouchsafed us, bare our bosoms to the fray.
Take a short leave of Thomas, and let thy pe
titions to the Director of life's contests be fre
' qucnt and fervent, for his and thy parent's
protection." .
The parting of the- lovers, after Mr. Hicks
had left them, was divested of pain, by the
bright hopes which the young man had sud
.denly conceived of glory and renown. Judith
contested herself with charging him to be
" careful of himself, and to watch over and be
' ,near her lather. With a fortitude worthy of a
' Roman damsel, she kept back her tears and
ivhen he pressed his farewell'klss npon her
lips, her eyes were scarcely moistened, altho'
her heart entertained many forebodings.
"Go ! " she said, "and when the straggle is
ended, if thy life is spared, thou wilt receire
a deserved welcome."
Out new-fledged warriors were too late to
join the volunteers that had already left; but
they at once set out, alone. When within a
mile of the brave Groene's encampment, tho
quick eye of Peletiah discovered a movement
in the underbrush just ahead of them. He
seized the ana of his companion, and thus ar
rested his progress.
"Look there," he whispered, "does the see
something crawling along stealthily in the
tushes ? E captious, and wjj will see who
sud what it r?. Konsry sefkg no such hiding
Jac."
"There mnst be spies around the camp,"
answered Thomas, in the same low tone.
"We shall see presently. There is a open
ing just ahead, and the persons will there be
revealed.".. , . , .
In a moment after, our volunteers perceived
two "red coats" slowly rising from the thicket.
They moved cautiously and glanced fearfully
around them. It was evident that they were
spies. Satisfying themselves that there was
no one near, the "Royalists" assumed an up
right posture, leaned their guns against a tree,
and were about to disguise themselves by don
ning each a farmer's frock, when a hand was
laid on their shoulders. As they turned, Pel
etiah and Thomas each seized their man. The
opponent of Mr. nicks was of a stalwart, pow
erful build, and essayed to free himself from
the determined grasp of the Quaker. He wres
tled manfully. - Together they tolled upon the
green sward. In close embrace they rose a
gain, and contended fiercely. Peletiah had
dropped his gun, thus rendering the combat
more equal. Fisticuffs w-ere now resorted to,
and their well-directed blows resounded thro'
the stillness of the wood, upon the verge of
which'they were engaged. Thomas being com
pelled to hold his prisoner, could render his
friend no assistance. He stood with his cap
tive, the spectator of the scene. Summoning
the whole of his strength for a final effort, he
threw himself upon the "JJritisher" and bore
him heavily to the earth, vanquished. With
his teeth and one hand he tore the frock into
strips and bound the "spy" ejaculating as he
did so
"Really, friend, thee is well knit in limb and
muscle, and thou art no mean man of battle.
But verily thy strength availeth thee not, for
thou art my prisoner, friend ! I am a man of
peace, but the spirit of rebellion is waxing
strong within me. Being tied thus, of course
thee surrenders.
"I must e'en bear the disgrace of being o-
vercoine by an d d rebel," ungraciously
groaned the captive.
"Use no oaths, friend "Britisher," they are
vain now, for the master thou servest, the Dev
il, has deserted thee in thy most needy hour.
I must take thee to the camp. It is not far as
thou well knowest. Thy desire to know more
of our condition shall be gratified. Thee will
proceed with me thither. I will take charge i
of this, thy instrument of death, so that it
may yet do good service. I will not harm thee,
stranger, if thou dost not attempt to fly. Go
like a lamb to the slaughter, and thy person
shall be safe attempt to escape and d sinful
man, thou almost persuaded me to utter an
unclean word."
The arrival of the volunteers and their cap
tives were hailed with acclamation and some
laughter, as the plain and peculiar garb of the
elder captor met thoir view, but Peletiah bore
these signs of merriment with good humor.
"When the balls fly thick around thee and
tho blood gushes from gaping wounds, my
friend, thee will not have time to notice pecu
liarities," said he.
The persons arrested proved to be spies, and
were placed in safe quarters. Peletiah and
Thomas were allowedlo join their friends in a
division of the army under the immediate
command of the brave Sullivan, who, just re
turned from Lake Champlain, had temporarily
succeeded General Greene, then down with a
virulent fever. Their position was soon chan
ged, however, for Washington apprehended an
attempt on the part of the euemy to force the
lines, ordered a reinforcement to be sent to
Colonel Hand, stationed some miles below.
Among those advanced was the company to
which our friends were attached. The skir
mishes of the outposts continued until "Old
Put" was sent over from New York to relieve
Greene, whose illness was protracted by his
great anxiety.
At last the crisis came. Washington, who
surveyed the lines from tho heights, was heard
to exclaim :
"Good God ! what brave fellows I must this
day lose !"
The battle raged with dreadful consequen
ces. Nearly two thousand f the Americans
fell before the deadly aim of the royal army,
while they themselves lost about one-fourth
that number. There were no cowards upon
that bloody field, but all fought well and brave
ly. The defeat of our forces was perhaps at
tributable to the fact of the unlooked-for and
unfortunate illness of General Greene, who,
having early had the command, had informed
himself of the prominent points' along the
whole line of the defence, a knowledge hardly
possessed by his successor.
During the action, our friend Peletiah had
received an unpleasant wound in the right
shoulder, but it did not deter him from a con
tinuance in the ranks. His cheering voice an
imated many a breast where hope had almost
died ont. But individual bravery could not
turn the tide of war. As the order for retreat
reached them, Peletiah felt a weakness oom
inc over him. He rallied, however, and pas
sed on with the brave survivors to new scenes
of conflict. Throughout the war our friends
fought side by side with marked zeal. They
nvr deserted the cause until the last enemy
had left the land, then they sought their homes
in peace.
Judith kenther nromise, and a kind wel
come was awarded to the lover as well as to her
sire. The vonne couole were soon after mar
ried. As we look back through the long vista
of year that have fled sinco the occurrences
above related we muBt allow that none have
exceeded the dauntless courage of those who
struggled for our independence, prominent a
morig whom was the Quaker Patriot.
THE RESURRECTION FLOWER.
In its account of the recent Spring Exhibi
tion of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society, the
New York Tribune says: "We must notice
one very remarkable curiosity, known as the
Resurrection Flower. This flower, or rather
plant, resembles in its nominal state a dried
poppy-bead, with the stem attached. Upon
being immersed a moment or two in a glass of
water, and set upright in the neck of a small
vial, in a few moments the open petals began
to burst open gradually, yet visibly to the eye ;
they continued to expand until, throwing them
selves back in equidistant order, there was
presented a beautifully radiated starry flower,
somewhat resembling both the passion flower
and the sun flower, and yet more splendid than
either. The unfolding still continued until
the petals bent backward over what might be
termed the base of the flower, presenting in
bold relief in its centre its rosette of the most
exquisite form and ornamentation, and thus
assuming a new charm, entirely eclipsing
what a moment before, seemed its absolute
perfection. After remaining open an hour or
more, the moisture gradually dissipates itself,
and the fibres of the flower contract as gradu
ally as they expanded, and it re-asscmes its o-
riginal appearance, ready to be unfolded again
by the same simple process tho number of
times seeming to be limited only by the will
of the possessor.
Dr. Deck, who brought this specimen from
Upper Egypt, suggests that the flower :s a na
tive of the Holy Land, and is a type or varie
ty of the long lost Rose of Jericho, called also
the "Rose of Sharon," and the "Star of Beth
lehem," and highly venerated for its rarity and
peculiar propertics4by the pilgrims and crusa
ders ; and eagerly sought after by them as a
priceless emblem of their zeal and pilgrimage,
and worn on their escutcheons in a similar
manner as the scollop shell arid palm-branch.
This idea is strengthened by the fact that re
semblances of the flower, both' opened and
closed, are sculptured upon tombs of two of
the Crusaders buried in the Temple Church of
London, and also in the Cathedrals of Bayeux
and Rouen in Normandy, where some of the
the most illustrious Crusaders are interred. 1
Its botanical position is difficult to assign, as
it presents some peculiarities of the highest
and lowest classes.
The opinion most sanctioned is, that the
flower is pericarp, or seed-vessel of the plant,
that it grows in desert or sandy places, and
falls, in due course of existence, from the pa
rent stem. Retaining its seed in an arid soil
and atmosphere, it is for months and years
wafted about by the winds, but from lack of
moisture keeping closed. Eventually, it falls
upon some damp spot, near some well or oasis,
when it opens, deposits its seeds, and thus, by
a most exquisite adaptation of means to an
end. exhibited by this beautiful phenomenon
of nature, the work of reproduction is com
menced und concluded.
Thrilling Incident. The 'Banner of Tem
perance' tells of a thrilling incident that oc
curred at a temperance meeting some years
since. A learned clergyman spoke in favor of
wine as drink ; demonstrating it quite to his
own satisfaction, to be scriptural, gentlemanly,
and healthful. When the clergyman sat down,
a plain, elderly man arose, and asked the lib
erty to say a few words. "A young friend of
mine," said he, "who long had been intempe
rate, was at great length prevailed on, to toke
the pledge of entire abstinence from all that
could intoxicate. He kept the pledge faith
fully for some lime, though the struggle with
his habit was fearful ; till one evening, in a so
cial party, glasses of wine were handed round.
They came to a clergyman present, who took
a glass, saying a few words in vindication of
the practice. 'Well,' thought the young man
if a clergyman can take wine and justify it so
well, why not I ?' So he also took a glass.
It instantly rekiudled his fiery slumbering ap
petite ; and after a rapid downward course, he
died of delirium tremens, as a raving mad
man." The old man paused for utterance, and
was just able to add : "That young man was
my only son, and the clergyman was the .Re rer
ead Doctor whohas just addressed this assembly!"
Don't Kill the Birds- A multit ude of them
have perished during the winter; give the sur
vivors a chance. We fully concur with the
Hartford Courant' when it says : "Shame on
the man or boy who kills robins at thi3 season
of the year ! It is a dastardly thing unsports
man like. The youth who murders robins in
the spring is the man who kills hired horses
because they are hired, cheats his creditors
and abuses his mother. These qualities go in
clusters; and where you find a boy or man
mean enough to shoot a robin in May, you find
a coward 1 Pass the boy who kills robins in
May on to his moral pillory."
Chocolate was first introduced into England
from Mexico, A. D. 15z0. it was made Jrom
the flower of the cocoanut, and soon became
very popular and universally used in the Lon
don coffee-houses.
A Gersas writer eayi, "the people of the
United States can burst more team boilers
and chew more tobacco than any other five na
tions on the globe.".
A western editor cautions his tall readers
against kissing short women, as the habit has
t rendered him round shouldered. -
The Shortest Wat. Some twelve years
ago Napoleon, Indiana, was celebrated for two
things, one for the carousing propensities of
its citizens, and the other for the great number
of cross roads in its vicinity. . It appears that
an Eastern collector had stopped at Dayton to
spend the night, and gain some information
respecting his future course. During the c
vening he became acquainted with an old dro
ver, who appeared well posted with the geo
graphy of the country, and tho collector tho't
he might as well inquire in regard to the best
route to different points to which be was des
tined. . '.'.'
"I wish to go to Greenfield," said the col
lector, "now which will bemy shortest way ?"
"Well, sir," said the drover, "you had bet
ter go to Napoleon, and take tho road leading
nearly north."
The traveller noted it down.
"Well, sir, if I wished to go to Edinburg?"
"Then go to Napoleon, and take tho road
west."
"Well, if I wished to go to Vernon ?"
"Go to Napoleon, and take the road south
west." .
"Or to Indianopolis ?" asked the collector,
eyeing the drover closely, and thinking he
was being imposed on.
"Goto Napoleon, and take the road north
west."
The collector looked at his note-book ; eve
ry direction had Napoleon on it ; he began to
feel his mettle rise and he turned once more
to the drover, with
"Suppose, my friend, I want to go to h 1?"
The drover never smiled, but scratched his
head, and after a moment's hesitation he said :
"Well, my dear sir, I don't know of any
shorter road you could take than to go to Na
poleon." The Jumping Wafeh. The priests in France
now announce a new miracle about twice a
week. The last is a jump which the "wafer"
made, in church, from the hand of a person
who ought not to have touched it, to the mis
sal of a very devout lady, and thence into her
mouth, which happened providentially to be
open at the time. This was clever for a wa
iter, though we confess, the greater miracle
seems to be, that a priest should print such a
story and not to be sent to St. Pclagie as a
rogue, or to Bicctro as a fool. However, the
jumping wafer is a worthy companion of the
Winking Virgin.
A young miss lately accompanied her father
to the horse-market in New York, to purchase
a pony for herself. The father soon selected a
very nice bob-tail pony, which was brought out
and the young lady was asked how she liked
it. She replied, "I don't like tu at!" "What,"
inquired the seller, "his mane legs neck
eyes color 7" None of these was what she
meant. "My dear, tell yourself," said the fa
ther. "Well, I mean his narrative it is too
short !" replied the modest young lady. The
seller didn't effect a sale that time. Cause ;
the ponies "narrative" was too short.
As Englishman diopped into a restaurant in
Providence, recently, and made a hearty meal,
topping out with a piece of pie, which, upon
tasting, he found was cold. lie called the E
thiopian waiter, and said to him : "Take this
piece of pie to the fire and 'eat it." Ho was
much surprised to see Sambo walk up to the
stove and quietly devour the pic.
Irish servant, to a lady in intelligence of
fice. "Well, then, if you'll give me eight
dollars a month and three afternoons in a week,
and time for church three times every Sunday,
and eggs and fish every Friday, and your ref
erences from your last cook are satisfactory, I
think the place will suit me."
"I guess you mean to bring up that ere one
to be pretty sharp at a bargain," said a fellow
to a woman who was rocking and singing, with
all her might, to a little responsibility.
"Why," said she. "Cause you keep bawling
by low baby, by low baby, into its cars all the
time."
At a party the other evening, the conver
sation turned, as it naturally does among
young folks, on marriage. One of the belles,
addressing a beau, quite unconsciously, as she
explained, said, "If I were you, and you me,
I should have been married long ago V
A countryman entered a daguerreotype sa
loon a few days since, and wished a daguerre
otype of his uncle. "I can do it, sir, but
where is he ?" "Oh, he's dead !" was the sim
ple reply, "but I've got a description of him
in an old pass-port."
A mas in Florida, who accidentally swallow
ed an orange seed last fall, has a breath so fra
grant, this spring, that, he says, the ladies are
constantly teazing him for kisses. Poor lei
low ! what will become of him ?
Bearded womes have been known to every
age ; one was seen at the court of Czar Peter
I, in 1724, with a beard of immense length.
Margaret, governess of the Netherlands, had
a heavy beard. '
' The scarcity of barrels is accounted for in
the fact that the ladies have monopolized the
hoops.
Some queer genius has discovered that the
centre of gravity is a Quaker meeting house.
SAVANNAH A SOUTH-SIDE VIEW.
The following article is from the pen of the
Rev. T. R. Cuyler, pastor of the Market-st.
Reformed Dutch Church in New York, who is
on a visit to the south for the benefit of his
health. In his allusions to slavery the main
features of the system are very briefly but ve
ry clearly presented. It was written for the
Christian Intelligencer and has been copied
from that paper.
Pulaski House, Savannah, April 4, 1856.
"It was no easy thing, my dear IngeDuus, to
break away from a flock that was enjoying the
refreshing baptism of the Holy Spirit in such
full measure as has been meted out to old Market-street
Church for the last two months.
But a series of labours that brought life and
joy to the soul, brought also weariness to the
body ; so I have turned hither for a week of
recuperation. Tho soft air of spring comes
in my open window this morning most deli
ciously. The wild olives in Monument Square
are in fult leaf; and over in yonder rich plan
ter's courtyard the Japonicas blaze in crimson
glory. The season is comparatively backward
here, but O what a contrast to the ice-blockaded
streets of New York !
"We left the Empire City on 29th of March,
in the good steamer Knoxville, with that prince
of "sailing-masters," Captain Ludlow. For
two days and three nights we hae the usual
melange of smooth seas and rough of "qualms"
in the cabin and promenades on the rolling
deck of long, prosy talks around the smoke
stack of rcconnoitering of ships and seagulls,
and looking out for lighthouses. Captain Lud
low fed us well by day, and old Neptune rock
ed us grandly by uight ; but it was rather a
welcome sight to see the muddy Savannah rip
pling past our "portholes" on Tuesday morn
ing. We were at the wharf, with a long row
of smoky, Rridewell-looking cotton warehou
ses lining the river side. The city stands on a
bluff, and these warehouses are entered from
the city side by the third story. A monster
omnibus is moored on the wharf, with "J. Ste
phenson, New York," on the panels. (Near
ly every manufactured article, from a coach to
a coach whip, comes from the Xorlh. Even our
bill of fare announces "Philadelphia heel" and
"New York mntton." If the hot bloods of
slavery agitation "dissolve the Union," I fear
that Savannah will starve.)
"We mount the huge omnibus, and laud at
the "Pulaski," a large old-fashioned, comfor
table hotel, mostly filled with Northern inva
lids and up-country planters. The square in
front of the house contains a group of olives
and locust-trees, with a marble monument to
the heroic Pulaski, who fell at tho siege of Sa
vannah in 1798. One of the young ebonies be
ing asked by a stranger what the monument
was, replied, "Ah, massa, I 'spose dat is do
sign of do Pulaski nousc."
"Savannah is a pleasant city rectangular,
like a miniature Philadelphia. It abounds in
public squares a most admirable arrangement
that might be advantageously copied in more
of our northern cities. Some of the new buil
dings arc elegant, and in tho villa style that
prevails in New-IIaven. On .account of the
dampness they arc elevated from the earth,
with high "stoops," as the awkward Yankee
phrase goes. In front of my window is the
tall spire of Dr. Preston's beautiful church,
where the eloquent Kollock once preached ;
Dr. Preston has now there the most wealthy
congregation of the city. As I write you, a
troop of negroes are passing through the
spuare, dragging an engine home from a fire, 1
(a large rice mill burned last night,) and sing-
ing a wild melody at the top of their voices. J
Others are strolling along with large burdens
or tubs of water on their heads, at a pace a
bout as lively as young elephants. A month
of such slow viovements as I sec here among
white and black would give me an apoplexy !
"On the day wc arrived, a sale of negroes
too1: .lace in "Wright Square," near Dr. Pres
ton's church. The vulgar auctioneer with the
utmost coolness opened the mouths of the ne
gro women, and made them display their white
teeth, as if they had been sheep in the sham
bles ! They, the women, also held up their
hard, horny hands, to show that they would
make "gqod yicM-hands !" The auctioneer
went up from five and ten dollar bids until he
reached $850 for a young lad. A meek-looking
mother with her two children were knock
ed off together at a moderate price. Some of
our Northern fellow-passengers looking on
with intense indignation at this barbarous spec
tacle, worthy of Romo in her lowest days of
heathen degradation. I believe that none of
the clerical apologists for slavery have ever
vet had the hardihood to lisp a word in defence
of the auction-blocks
"You ask me, my dear Ingenuus, what is
my candid impression of slavery after a few
days' glimpse of the best phases of the insti
tution. I answer most frankly, Worst than I
expected." Not that I have seen any personal
cruelty to the black race ; although a negro
was most brutally beaten yesterday close to
our hotel by a passionate overseer. The blacks
are mostly well fed and well clad. Many are
most kindly, treated. In the interioi, where
the overseer is a man of iron, they are thrash
ed and mauled most villainously. Bat few of
them can read ; a well-dressed man who waits
at our table told me be could not spell his own
name ! Said he, "I bleeve it begins wid a C."
Some negroes are thrifty, and have managed
to lay up from their earnings (when hired out
by their masters) a snug sum in their own wal
lets. For the blacks themselves the most hei
nous features of slavery are, the internal slave
trade, the forced violations of the marriage
vow, the necessary ignorancc,and the total
ruin of self-respect which cbattelism inevita
bly produces!
"But, after all, the white have the worst ef it.
It demoralizes them more thau their slaves.
The institution makes them indolent, improvi
dent, and overbearing. Slavery degrades hu
man l(dor, and is therein directly contrary to
the law of God. The owner of a score or more
of slave women has also a constant temptation
to become licentious, and too often the mas
ters yield to the snare. Agriculturally, slave
ry is an unalloyed curse. The country about
Savannah is almost a desert ; and the city it
self, which in Yankee hands would have been
a Boston or a Cincinnati, is only a lethargic
village of some 20,000 inhabitants. More than
half of them answer to such names a "Pomp,"
"Scipio,1' and "Dinah." But enough on this
distasteful topic. I came to the south with an
anxious desire to see as much of good as pos
sible in the "patriarchal institution." I go
homo again with a more earnest prayer than
ever before that the virgin soil of Kansas may
never be cursed with the upas of human bon
dage. If you want to sec a fair, candid state
ment of the real workings of slavery, with its
lights and shadows, read the admirable work
of Olmsted on the 'Seaboard Slave States.
"With the citizens of Savannah I havo been
greatly delighted. They are hospitable and
refined somewhat careless iu housekeeping,
but "Aunt Cliloe" is not over neat in her ar
rangements, and she is missy" of tho kitch
en. I attvuded a wedding in Dr. Freston'a
church last evening, that would have done no
discredit to "up-town" New York in its para
phanalia. The venerable Dr. Preston officia
ted with great grace and dignity. I wanted
to sketch for you our ride to the picturesque
and extraordinary ccmetry near a town called
"Bonavcutura." But a friend is waiting. So
adieu ! 1 k-ave for home on Saturday, t.l.o.
A STRIKING SIMILE.
The Healino Waters. Our readers will
doubtless remember the magic properties as
signed to the River Lethe in the Mythology of
ancient Greece. In those darker ages super
stition held predominant sway, and usurped
the minds of men. Immersion in its water
was believed to cause forgetfulness of past and
present woes the afHictcd mind and diseased
body could alike throw ou the trammels that
bound them, and being thus no longer th
slaves of mental or bodily cnthralment, finish
the rest of their days with indifference to tha
past, and unalloyed anticipation for the future.
But 6tart not! attentive reader! when we
tell yon with less fable, but far sterner fact,
that ire have a Lethe near our homes and
hearths, whose waters not occasionally but at
alt limes flow in one continuous stream of heal
ing bcncficfncc !
Whether the affliction emanates from the
deep-seated core of long neglected disease, or
from tho ravages of malignant epidemic, or
again from long-protracted habits of dissipa
tion and vice, there is at hand, within the easy
grasp of the poor sufferer, le he high or low.
a remedy for his woes to which he can look
for succor.
We allude, in tho above remarks, to the
vastly spread and might y influence of the rem
edies which bear the name of tho world-tamed
and renowned Professor Holloway.
Countless thousands of every tongue and
clime, daily hymn his praises, as having lifted
them from a bed of suffering and sorrow to
new life and reanimated vigor!
Be tho malady hidden in the inmost vitals of
the human frame, or evinced by superficial
sores, by sure, but gentle means, he eradicate
the secret evil, and disperses to tho winds the
chronic renom that has for years defied the phy
sician's skill!
These are not idle words we utter, nor the
visionary imaginings of a fevered brain, but
the stern realities of long-tried practice an!
unfailing issues. . '
The suffrages of universal acclamation stamp
Ilellouoy as the man, and his medicines a the
moans that administer to the healing of the
nations from the "Orient" to the "Occiden
tal" sun !
The printer heralds it from pole to pole, Kyi
leaves to all and each but a "rria." test" to
wring from the unwilling lips of the skeptic
and doubter the universally allowed confession
that "these things are so." X. Y. Ezamintr
Yoc bachelors ought to be taxed, said a !
dy to a resolute evader of the noose matrimo
nial. "I agree with you perfectly, ma'am,
replied h,"bachelorism certainly is a luxury-
De QriNCT somewhere tells an anecAaU of. .
a man, who, on being threatened wltfe vx - -sault
by eighteen tailors, crfsd out "Cba
on Boiri of you !" '
West Windsor, Vt. is remark? iMe -for tba -longevity
of its citizens ; fifteen f Hs-iOCO ie- -habitants
died over 80 ars ol -ag duripsg th
month of March
Common Schools re rspiJJy tarraAicg j
North Carolina, and were atte ndcdlaiFr7-!
150,000 scholars smt 19 fit W sa-lBW-