BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, EEBEUARY 9, 1859.
VOL. 5 -NO. 21.
KEEP AT WORK.
Doe a mountain oa you frown
Keep at work :
You may undei mine it yet ;
If you stand and thump it base,
Borry bruises you may get
Keep at work.
Doe Mis Fortune' face look sour?
Keep at Work :
She may smile again some day ;
if you pull your hair and fret,
Bttt auured she'll have her wey
' Keep at work.
Are you eetsaral by your friends ?
Keep at work :
Whether ihey are wrong or right,
May be you must bide your time,
If fur victory you C jht
Keep at work.
If the JstSI grow! at you,
Keep at work :
That the best way to resist;
If you hold an argument,
You ruayjfeel his iron Cat
Keep at work.
Are your talent vlliifieJ?
Keep at work :
Urealer wen than rou are tinted ;
If you're riht then go ahead
Grit will be eppreoiaied ;
Keep at o;k.
Everything is dote by labor :
Keep at work.
I ' vou would improve your station ;
ihey have Lelp from Providence
Vho work out their own salvation
Keep at woik.
HOW JANE GOT JEALOUS.
BY MAST KILK DALLAS.
Ooe morning some time since, I was in the
kitchen mixing a custard, I heard a low tap at
the basement door, and before I could open it,
!iter-iti-law, of all persons ia the world, en
tered hastily, and seating herself on thi near
est chair, drew out her handkerchief and burst
into a flood of tears. I was very much alarmed.
"What is the matter, Jane " 1 inquired.
Do tell me at once what lias happened V
'Oti, Emms .' I'm the most wretched woman
this earth '." sobbed sisfer-in law --the
most wretched, miserable, forsaken creature
that breathes '" and she wept afresh. "1 have
vome to you," she continued, "because you
aire bis sister. 1 must Apeak to some one or
wiy heart will break and ma's gone out ; and
though it' all over between us forever still
I wouldn't tell a stranger of his wickedness
frr trie world !"
'Vhy, Jane," I exclaimed, "have you had
a (jv.jrrel with Tom J"
.No, Emma," said sistei" "No, that would
e eakiiy remedied. No, It's not that ; bet
oh, dear me i give ma a glass of water ! Tom
is tin faith ful to me ! I'm sure he is!"
"I don't believe it, Jane!" I answered in
dignantly. "T'jmt why, hols a model hus-b-ud
!"
"An, Emma, an Angel couldn't have con
vinced we of it," groaned Jane , "but I can't
doubt the evidence of my own senses, you
know I have eyes and ears I wish I hadn't,
almost I only found it out to-day by the me
rest chance. Oh, Emma ! I mean to buy three
cents' worth of laudanum at the apothccai y'd
r:d take It down there now!"
"But what are your proofs, Jane V Unquir
cd. Probably it is all a mistake." -
"A mititake ! I never make mistakes, Em
ma," replied ulster-iit-law. "Just listen, and
I'll tell you all about it. Tom has been out
lately very olten, and Inevrcould discover
where he went to. Of course, he gave mo
some kind f an answer when I asked him,
but I knew it was merely an excuse to elude
me, just as well as I know I'm sitting here.
Well this lu orning I was down-town shopping
aad as usual I stopped at Tom's office, ou my
war home. Tom had gone out fur a few luo
snert ; but the door was open and I went in.
The moment I crossed the thrtshliold I felt a
ehi.d ler run all through me a sort of promo
j.Uioii, I believe ; and tfiere, on the table, lay
a note, addressed in a delicate feminine hand,
to "Thomas Grey, Esq., present." Oh, dear
tee I how I trembled as I opeued it, aud read
as follows :
"DxarTox: I hare waited soma time in
iiopes of seeing you, but being in haste can
delay no longer. Meet me according to ap
pointment, at So. 550 street, Brooklyn, nt
r.!nj o'clock. Inquire for Mrs. Jenks. Don't
fail, there's a good boy. II. II."
"Well, Emma, as soon as I had finished, I
lipped the note into my pocket arid rati out.
S'ay there I couldu't. Ma, as I told you, lias t
gone to spend tin day with some old friends,
and I mint have some one with me ; fur I in
tend to follow them, and confront the brazen
creature and thr.t guilty man this very niht !'!
fcy not ask Torn to explain it 7" I asked, j I
Do you suppose seen a man would tell the (
trvth I" sneered sister-in-law. "Oh, Luioia, tlo
cerae with tne, or I wont answer for the conse
quence an. 1 1 should remember the children,
oor little things! in spite of his depravity."
"Well, Jane," I assented after somo con
' deration, "I will go with you ; but how do
yoa intend to arrange nutter V
"You know," sail sister-in-law, "there is a
large diessmaking establishment within sight
of Tom's effice. Just before dark we will go
there, and I will have my dress fitted, or order
tnautilla or something ; and wo can easily
rcanago to detain ourselves until Tom starts,
.when we can follow about a block behind.
iWe must wear heavy veils and long cloaks,
and do ne will recognize us. I must go
h&mo to my poor, miserable, unhappy, wretch
ed, ill-used babies," and sisfer-in-law kiss.-d
mi hysterically, and departed.
My heart almost misgave me. 1 haven't one
partich? of a French woman's character in ruy
whole composition, and abominate intrigues,
plot, and every thing of tho sort coquetry
and flirtation included and my Yankee spirit
revolted at the idea of this adventnre. Still
i rt-fleeted that if sister-in-law was to commit
suicide it would be terrible ; and Tom ought
to be found out If be really Is guilty, or clear
ed if he was innocent.
Jane came for me at five o'clock, and In less
than half an hour we started. We arrived at
the dressmaker's and Jane so conttived it that
our orders, explanations, and so on, occupied
the tima until seven o'clock, when I, standing
at the window, saw Tom emerge from his ol
fiee and walk rapidly down street. I gave the
preconcerted signal to sister-in-law and we
Tr mWf,? nVT- . " WM fast S-,n8 dn.
Tern turned his stepa towards the Brooklyn
ferry, waUng so rapidly that we conld a..
jy keep bim Insight. Nevertheless u-e reach-
ed the beat Just after he did, and with our
relit do.r,1 tUf,ppi int0 the hjtl cabIn.
Tom stood outside ; and when we had crossed i
it had grown so dark that wo could just dis- !
tinguish his form as ho stepped on the dock.
He turned to the right, and after walking sev
eral blocks, crossed over and entered a broad
aud handsome street.
'Do you know where we are ?" I whispered.
"Not I," answered Jane, in the same tone,
"in one of the worst streets of the cily of
course. Such a woman could not live any
where else."
I trembled and took her arm.
"You can go back if you choose, Emma,"
said sister-in-law, disdainfully. "But I will
never turn until I have convicted tho base
man of his perfidy."
As turning back was utterly impossible, un
less Tom did so, as neither of us bad the slight
est idea of onr whereabouts, I did not avail
myself of this permission. By and by our un
conscious guide begau to grow bewildered.
He crossed and recrossed, ascended steps,
came down ag.ua, and at last turned into a
dim unlighteoed street. As we followed. look
ing anxiously in the direction where Tom's
hat wai dimly visible, we lorgot to piek our
way with that care which the state of the side
j walks rendered necessary .and just in thedark-
est part, down we came plump into a bed of
I mortar, left by some workmen in front of an
unfinished house. e scrambled ont as quick
ly as we could, and followed in the direction
Tom bad taken.
Torn apparently began to feel sure of Lis lo
cality. We were now iu a well lighted street,
and in a few moments stood in the full blaze
of light which fell from a brilliantly lighted
apothecary's store. What sights we were!
mud and mortar to our very knees. The few
peopla we passed stared at us as though we
were Turks ; and if poor Tom, walking un
consciously before us, could have seen us I
believe he wuuid have fainted. I made a sol
emn league aud covenant with myself that
night that if I ever got out of this scrape, no
power on earth should inveigle me into such
another.
At length Tom paused before a very pretty
triage like house, with green shrub'nery in
t!te garden, and a pleasant light falling softly
through the curtained windows; and after a
few moment's investigation, he ascended the
steps. The sound of music and merry voices
floated out upon the air as the door was open
ed. A woman's form bowed a graceful wel
come at the vinc-wreathed tbreshhold, and
Tom vanished from our eyes.
"Oil, Emma !" sobbed poor sister-in-law.
"JTlow awful ! That bold creature! Did you
see the roses in her hair, and those jeweled
bracelets T So doubt Tom gave them to her.
My Tom ! Oh dear ! who would have believ
ed it 1 So matter, it's all over, and I'll show
him what an injured woman can do and say."
We stood during this soliloquy in tho shad
ow of a dark stone church nearly opposite the
house which Tom had entered. The shutters
were open, and the gay scene within was only
hidden from our sight by the glossy folds of
lace which draped the windows. The clouds
which had been lowering all dy long were
gathering in black windy masses above our
head, aud presently a crash of thunder was
heard, and down poured the rain iu absolute
torrents, dre'nehing us to the skin.
Oh, how miserable we were, standing there
in the rain that dirk dreadful night !
The storm passed over before long ; and just
as the last drop had fallen, the door of the
house opposite opened, aud Tom, with a lady
on his arm, emerged therefrom. As soon us
the door had closed, and the couple weie tuf
fieicntly in advnce,we followed. Tom's voice
began the conversation.
Vl had forgotten the number,Vic said, "and
had some difficulty in finding the house."
"Why," answered the woman, "didn't you
get the note I left lor you ?"
"No," replied Tom, "I have received no
note to-day."
"Why, where can it have gone to 7" ex
claimed the lady. "I put it on your oflice ta
ble with my own hands."
"Emms, I know that woman's voice !" whis
pered sister-in-law. "I am sure I have heard
it before. I cau't think who it is, but I know
her." fc
Just m she spoke, a party of young men
very much the worsi for liquor came stumb-
ling around the corner, singing 'Bonny Annio
Laurie," in that peculiar siyle in vogue by
those who "make night hideous alter oyster
suppers or genial assemblages, where the rosv
wine had been freely circulated the first gen
tleman howling the first verse, while the sec-
ond gentleman
shrieked the chorus, and the
third contented himself by repeating "Annio
Laurie" in mclancholv tones.
"There she is !" hiccupped one of the trio
"There's Bonny Annio Laurie! That's her.
iu coins to kiss her."
"Oh! oh !" shrieked sister-in-law. "lorn!
Help! murder! come quick ! Tom I say it
is your ill-used, ill-treated, deceived wife!"
Tom turned in great astonishment, and came
towards ns. The two gentlemen went very has
tily around the corner, and the third fell down
an open area, whwre his companions left him.
"Jane Emma! Whv, how on earth did
you come here V cried Tom.
"Don't speak to nie !" said sister-in-law;
"Wretch! villain! don't dare to speak to me !
As for you, woman, know that your abomina
ble letter is in possession of an injured wile !
You are in my power, base, vile scorpion that
you are! But this much 1 will know; how
lone has this infamous proceeding been car
ried on T How long is it since you won ray
husband's affections from my trusting heart ?
I have followed yon all night to find out this,
and also, who you are, for I am' sure I have
heard tout voice before. bpeak, 1 com
mand vou !"
"Laws a massy t" rpplied the lady dimly
discernable in the darkness "Laws a massy, I
can't sneak for astonishment. I don't like to
think 8uch(a thing of my own daughter, but
really you must have been taking something
that's got into your head, Jane, or else you
are coins crazy !
"Good gracious!" screamed sister-in-law,
"if it isn't mother."
"Why, who else should it be 1" said the old
lady. "Didn't you hear me tell Tom to come
after me to-night, as I wasn't sure I could
find my way home myself? And just as I
w.i Rtartinir. I was afraid he'd forget the num
b"T so I wrote him a little note telling him
where to cGme."
"Fes ' 1 BtJt in1 couldn't help it "Yes
and that very ot fcas. caused this ridiculous,
Smeful escapade, tin the strength of that
I "la slip of paper we have been following
EST .ronnd & evening and expos g , our-
doubt, to au inafluc v ;.
remark. Jane magnified the note into a love
letter her own mother into a young and beau
tiful rival the nice little residence of your
friend into a most terrible sort of place, and
poor Tom dutifully conveying his mother-in-
law home into a deceitful gallant, about to
wrong his wife beyond reparation by commit
ting au elopement."
"There don't sav any mors, Lmma," plead
ed Jane. "I'm sufficiently ashamed of my
self, I assure you."
"I should think you would be," said her
mother.
We went home. Tom is very good natured
and I verily believe, never mentioned the sub
ject again. But brother John thought the
whole affair such a joke, that to this day, he
will burst out into the most amazing fits of
laughter at an unsuitable moment, and always
apologises by saying, "I was thinking of the
time, Jane, when you followed poor Tom to
Brooklyn." And Esalter says "Tom ought
to give Jane some real cause for jealousy af
ter that causeless paroxysm."
I think that would bo wrong, though for
jealousy, absurd as it sometimes is, In a proof
of love.
For the '-KafUman's Journal."
A TRUE GHOST STORY.
The following touching incident was related
to the writer by a Reverend gentleman, who
was personally acquainted with the parties,
and who vouches for the authenticity of the
st or' :
Some years ng3, Col. Patterson, of Steu
benvillc, N. Y., buried a lovely little daugh
ter of some eight years old. She had been
very delicate for years, and the hearts of the
parents naturally yearned toward her with in
creasing affection, in proportion as she be
came more pale and feeble, and when at length
the poor, frail earthly tenement could no lon
ger imprison the immortal spirit, the parents'
grief was such as only parents can feel under
similar circumstances. Lilly was dead! and
ready to be laid in the cold ground. The last
kiss w as snatched from the pale lips, and the
lovely face (lovely even in death) was adorned
with fresh spring flowers. The coffin was
closed, and the sad procession wended its way
to the church-yard, where "ashes to ashes,
dust to dust," "the little flower was consigned
to its kindred earth.
It was after tho funeral that the bereaved
parents felt their loneliness, but they sorrowed
not without hope, for they knew that their
child was "not lost but only gone before."
They sat up somewhat late that night, talking
ol their beloved Lilly aud the joy of meeting
her where parting is no more. When at length
they retired to their chamber, and before the
Col. had got into bed, their attention was at
tracted by the opening of their door, and upon
looking in that direction, w hat were their feel
ings to see their little girl advancing into the
rrtom, dressed in her long white grave clothes!
The terrified mother buried herself in the bed
clothes, shuddering from bead to foot, while
the Colonel, whose first impulse was to fiy,
became so completely paralyzed that ho sank
into a chair. It was some moments before be
recovered the use of his reasoning faculties,
and whence did so, he believed that his dear
child could never return to do him harm, and
he instinctively extended his arms toward her,
when she stepped forward and placed herself
betwixt his knees. lie lilted her upon his
knees and gazed upon her pale face and the
strange and vacant gaze of those large blue
eyes, till gradually a light seemed to break in
upon his mind, and the weight of confused
ideas, which had psevented him from speaking
up to this time, rolling away, he recognized,
not his beloved child returned from the grave,
but the child of a near neighbor. Here he
saw the whole mystery solved. The child had
been the playmate of his own daughter, and
being of the same age and bearing a striking
resemblance to her, and having in a somnam
bulic state, left her own bed, had stolen from
the house and made her way to Col. Patter
son's Tiouse, where she found an entrance by a
back door, and proceeded to the chamber in
search of her little playmate. The Col., after
awukinj; her out of her sleep, and convincing
his terrified wife of the facts of the case, took
Ihft little thing in his rms and carried her to
her twn home. He found that she had left
the door rjar. and had passed over a deep
ditch, on a single plank, in going from her
father's house to the Col. 's, thus presenting
another instance of a sleep-walker passing
through danger which they could not face in a
waking state. Woodwabd.
Bitch ax an on Whiskkt. Some time ago, a
firm if distillers in Pittsburg sent the Presi
dent of the United States a small cask of their
best '-rye," and in the gratefulness of his
heart, the President returned thanks, saying,
among other things, "lour ryewhiskevcx
eels in mildness aud fine flavor any spirits I
ever drank." This solid compliment was pre
cisely what the aforesaid distillers were fishing
for, and tbey forthwith headed their liquor ad
vertisements in the public journals with the
certificate of the President of the United
States ! The result is, that the "J. B. Brand,"
as it 19 called, has become wonderfully popu
lar, and the cunning distillers are rapidly fill
ing their pockets ! Ihe President seems to
be a good judge of the article for, mark, be
savs it excels any he ever drank and if he
don't put a stop to the aforesaid distiller pub
lishing his ccrtincate, temperance people will
begin to suspect that his platform has a whis
key plank in it. By the by, we wonder how
this-whiskey will compare with Enoch South's,
which iSiH .Montgomery sent him, or had in
tended to send to him !
Taking Care of Himself. In Cincinnati, a
tew evenings since, a six-toot Iloosier was ob
served by a policeman walking on the outer
edge of the sidewalk, swinging a brick, and
when hailed, replied, "Don't come near me."
The officer, however, "surrounded" him, like
Paddy did the Hessians, when the Iloosier said
he had the proceeds of a drove of hogs In his
pocket, and he feared he would be robbed if
he went to his hotel, and lest anybody should
garrote hira in the street, he carried the brick,
and walked on the outside of the pavement.
Cure for Conncbial Infatuation . A Buf
falo lady who claims to know "what s what,"
proposes that young men and women be set
in hnnsekeeninir before ther are allowed to
bo engaged ; that the young woman shall wash
and mend ana ausc, ana iuui a new oorn imam
be procured from tho Hospital, and that she
have the charge of him in addition to her
other duties. She is of the opinion that this
procers would' aisenciJtfii. ' iu toud ftopie
TI1E TARIFF RESOLUTIONS.
Senators Cameron and Bigler.
' We extract the following debate between
Senators Cameron and Bigler, in the U. S.
Senate, on the presentation of the Tariff reso
lutions recently adopted by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, from the Congressional Globe.
It will be observed that, while Mr. Bigler is
willing that the Tariff shall be raised "as a
business affair affecting the Treasury" ready
cash being a matter of great concern with the
present Administration Gen. Cameron meets
the question fair and square, and says that he
goes "first for Pennsylvania, and always for
Pennsylvania.' Here is the debate:
Mr. Bigler. I present resolutions of the
Legislature of Pennsylvania in favor of a pro
tective tariff, an increase of the duties on coal
and iron, and approving the views of the Pres
ident of' the United States, in his late annual
message, in refercuce to siccific duties. I
ask that they may be read and referred to the
Committee on Finance, ard that they be print
ed. The Secretary read them.
Mr. Cameron. I also have received, and
have the honor to present to the Senate, coun
terparts of the resolutions of the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, instructing their Senators,
and requesting their Representatives in Con
gress, to endeavor to procure such a modifica
tion of the revenue laws as will change the
mode of collection upon their great staples
from ad valorem to specific duties, and there
by, as they believe, prevent frauds, increase
the revenue, and give protection to American
labor. The resolutions were adopted with
great unanimity, showing some sudden chan
ges in the opinions of men, and proving the
wonderful power of tho people in this country
over their representatives through the ballot
boxes. The vote in the Senate was unanimous
the whole thirty-three voting in the affirma
tive. In the House of Representatives, of the
one hundred members, only two voted against
them ; and they, as I understand from their
speeches, did not object to the principle of
protection, but to the propriety of legislative
instructions to members of Congress.
. I cordially approve these resolutions, and
will cheerfully obey them ; and I will add,
that we will have, as I believe, the hearty aid
and support of every Republican In both Hou
ses of Congress. But all these are not enough
to pass a law. It is true, the President of the
United States, in bis annual message, recom
mended all that is here asked. He, in his
present high position, is potent for good or
evil. The Legislature thinks that he, know
ing so well the wants and interests of his fel-low-citizens,
is favorably disposed to help
them. I trust he is; for if he will only exhib
it, in their behalf, a small portion of that en
ergy which he used so vigorously during the
last session, to settle the Kansas question in
favor of the Lecompton constitution, he will
very soon have the tariff" question out of Con
gress, and see busy hands and cheerful faces
all over that great Commonwealth to which he
owes his elevation. He has but to say the
word, and bis friends here, and in the other
end of the Capitol, will, as they have done
hitherto, come to his support. It will not do
for bim to tell the industrious, but now idle,
men of Pennsylvania, that he cannot control
bis Cabinet upon a question of policy affecting
so vitally their interests, and so necessary to
his impoverished Treasury. Tho working
men of Pennsylvania read, and think, and act
upon their own conclusions.. They have seen
his power here on other occasions, and they
w ill not be content now with his mere recom
mendation in a passing paragraph of his annu
al message. Let him act for them as they
have acted for him, and he will be rewarded
by their prayers and the blessings of their
families, when he goes borne to find a resting
place among them.
All that the Opposition party can do here on
this question will avail nothing against the
majority. All the committees are in the hands
of the confidential friends of the President.
These committees prepare and arrange the
whole business of Congress; aud no question
of such importance as a change of the revenue
laws can be effected without their sanction. I
am particular in stating these facts, for the
reason that I have seen, in a paper at Harris
burg, edited and controlled by a confidential
friend of the President, an article charging
the Republicans here with a wish to prevent
the passage of a new taiifl bill this session, so
as to operate upon the future elections of our
State. I desire to sav, in reply to it, that the
friends of protection will support any bill that
the Administration may propose, that will give
to us specific duties, wherever they are prac
ticable, and that will produce reveuue enough
to support the Government. If nothing be
done this session, the responsibility will rest
with the Democratic party, as now organized,
under the lead of Mr. Buchanan.
The Republicans and others, with whom I
act, desire to see the debt of the Government
paid off'. Proud of the national honor, they
are unwilling to see this great country using
such shifts as temporary loans, unredeemable
Treasury notes, and other expedients, such as
only a small country shopkeeper might be ex
pected to adopt, in the hope that Providence
will work a miracle for the especial benefit of
this Administration, by a sudden revival of
trade to fill their empty coffers. Trade will
not revive till capitalists see that the policy of
the Government is such as to insure a return
from investments to be made in manufactures,
and their handmaid, commerce. We wish to
see the Government conducted in the most
economical manner. We wish it to return to
the cash system, for we believe that a public
debt is a great evil, leading to extravagance,
waste, and corruption; and for this purpose
we desire a change in the tariff that will, with
specific duties, bring into the Treasury, du
ring the next fiscal year, a sum sufficient for
its ordinary demands, and such a surplus as
will, in a reasonable time, pay off the debt in
curred during the last year the only debt, I
believe, ever contracted by this country in
time of peace. The miners and manufactur
ers of Pennsylvania ask no special benefit
from the Government. They ask only that
the revenue for its support be collected from
imports wisely laid ; that there be no debts
incurred, and that the duties be so laid and
collected.asnot to foster the foreign manufac
turers and traders to the injury of our own la
borers and artizans and capitalists.
Mr. Bxqler. I do not intend at this time
to reply to my colleague, at any length. I
merely desire to Bay, that I believe the reso
lutions embody the sentiments of a majority
of my constituents, and that it is my intention
to carrv out their ririt so far as I may have
i the yower t9 e?. At l?w?t rerjod. and
I trust on a proper occasion, I shall take the
opportunity of expressing my views at length
on this whole subject. I do not donbt the
sincerity of my colleague on tho subject of
the tariff. I have no doubt be is exceedingly
anxious for a readjustment of it such as he
indicates ; but I have a clear opinion that tho
worst friends of a proper and prompt read
justment of the tariff are those who are con
stantly attempting to give the question the
aspect of a partizan issue ; who are drawing
it into parties and struggles, aud confounding
it up with the ordinary politics of the day, or
asking what they know canuot be granted.
I listened to tho remarks of my colleagno
with some surprise. I can see no necessity
for coupling this subject with the course which
the Executive saw proper to pursue with ref
erence to the admission of Kansas as a State
into this Union. The President is doubtless
sincere In all he has said on the subject of the
tariff", and will stind by the views which he
has expressed, so far as it is proper that he
should interfere ; but, sir, no man can misun
derstand the imputation fairly implied in the
remarks of my colleague. It was worse than
to say in plain language that the message of
the President, so far as it relates to this ques
tion of readjusting our revenue system, is not
candid. Nor, sir, could I understand the ne
cessity for bis allusions to the sudden and pe
culiar change in the sentiments of public men.
Why, sir, this is by no means singular; and
I could give instances, were it necessary.
But I do not intend to dwell upou that point
at present. I shall have accomplished my j
object when I say to my colleague, so far as,
relates to myself, that I am ready to unite
with him, in good faith, in accomplishing what
I believe to be the will of a majority of the
people whom we represent ; and to do that all
the better, I am willing to treat the question
of raising tho tariff as a business affair, affect
ing the Treasury and the great industrial in
terests of the country, without attempting to
invest it with the character of a struggle be
tween the two great parties of the country.
Mr. Cameron-. It would seem tome, Mr.
President, that my colleague supposed 1
doubted his sincerity, and that I have insinu
ated that he has changed. I intimated no
doubt, and did not refer to any change on his
part. He says also that he is surprised at
what I have uttered. There we diBerentirely,
for I am never surprised at anything my col
league says or does. On this question of pro
tection there have been sudden changes, and
I w ill take his record to prove that be has
changed most miraculously. Now, all I ask is,
that he and other gentlemen who represent
the President here shall act in good faith.
Let me repeat, that on this subject the Oppo
sition has no power. This revenue question
is in the hands of the Administration, through
its confidential agents in the House. They
will let us pass a bill or not, as they think
proper. I am a Pcnnsylvanian ; not like my
colleague, who said, when this question was
up in 1S57, that he was a national man ; that
he went to make a tariff to suit the country.
I go first for Pennsylvania, and always for
Pennsylvania. There is that feature in south
ern gentlemen here which I always like to
see. They stand up for their own section;
and if we, as Pennsylvanians, would battle as
bravely and as boldly and as gallantly far
Pennsylvania ss they do for the South, we
should have very little trouble in getting w hat
wc ask.
Mr. President, the people of Pennsylvania,
the working people, who are no politicians,
who only go into this question when forced
into it by political leaders, desire to get it out
of politics and out of Congress; and I will go
with anybody here to pass such-a law let the
modification be as moderate as it niy to take
this question out of Congress, and givo rest
to the vexed people of Pennsylvania. I, too,
at the proper time, will make my remarks in
full upon this subject,- and 1 will be ready to
hear and rebut, it necessary, all that my dis
tinguished colleague may say respecting it.
The motion to refer to the Committee on
Finance, and to priut, was. agreed to
The Thirty Millions. The open avowal in
the late democratic caucus of a determination
to steal Cuba, and the news from Spain thtit
tho Cortes is unanimously against any propo
sition to sell that island, demonstrate that this
government has no intention to buy, and the
Spanish government no intention to sell, Cuba.
What, then, can the thirty millions be for,
which Senator Slidell proposes to put into the
hands of the President The Washington
Stales, a democratic paper, says : "Oppor
tunely for an intelligent judgment on the
S30,000,000 proposition, we have authentic
information that the Spanish government will
repel our advances for the purchase of Cuba
with scorn and indignation. The miuistry
have declared an inexorable resolution to tLis
effect, and tbey are sustained by the unani
mous vote of the popular representatives.
After this demonstration, will any man persist
in the attempt to acqnire Cuba by the means
proposed in the Senatorial caucus If in tho
face of an indignant remonstrance from the
Spanish nation. Congress shall determiue to
deposit the $30,01.0,000 with the Executive,
Republican journals may well assert that tho
money is intended for some other object than
the purchase of Cuba."
The object to our mind is plain. It is to
furnish a vast corruption fund with which to
carry the next Presidential election. It can
be no honest object ; of that the public can
rest well assured.
Ci riois Incident. A few days ago, Mr.
John Linwood, of Ohio, was a passenger in a
train on his return home from the east. He
occupied a seat near the door, and after dark
dropped into a snooze, from which hewa'a
ronsed by a passenger in the seat behind him
withdrawing his hand from his breast pocket
with his pocket-book in it. He attempted to
seize the hand, but missed it, and the pick
pocket immediately started for the door, and
Mr. Linwood caught one of the skirts of his
coat, just as he emerged from the door. It
gave wav in his hand, and he then caught the
other skirt, which also tore off, and though
the train was under full headway, the thief
jumped off and escaped with tho pocket-book,
containing $C1. In the pockets of tho coat
skirt Mr. L. found, however, to compensate
him, two gold watches worth at least $100.
Two centuries ago, not one in a hundred
wore stockings. Fifty years ago not a boy in
a thousand was allowed to run at large at night.
Fifty years ago, not one girl In a thousand
made a waiting-maid of her mother. Won-
4ttfal jan'VovemeDts in this wonderful .
- .'nefil " - - ' -
A GOOD OLD ANECDOTE.
One day when Duruout, a tradesman of th
Hue St. Denis, was walking in the Boulevard
St. Antoino with a friend, he offered to lay
a wager with the latter that it he were to hide
a six-livre piece in the dat hi dog would
discover and bring it to him. The wager n
accepted, and the piece of money secreted,
after being carefully marked. When tho two
bad proceeded some distance from the spot
M. Dumont called to his dog that he bad lost
something, and ordered hi in to sek it. Canich
immediately turned back, and t:5s master and
his cornpauion pursued their walk to the Rue
St. Denis. Meanwhile a traveller, wbo hap
pened to be just then returning in a small
chaise from Vinccnnes, perceived tho piece
of money, which his horse had kicked from
its hiding-place ; he alighted, took It op, and
drove to his inn, iu the Rue Pont-aux-Choux.
Caniche had just reached the spot In search
of the lost piece when the stranger pieked it
op. lie followed the chaise, went into the ion,
and stuck close to the traveller. Having
scented out the coin which be had been order
ed to bring back in the pocket of the latter,
he leaped up incessantly at and about him.
The traveller, suppossing him to be some dog
that had been lost or left behind by his mas
ter, regarded his different movements as marks
of loudness, aud as the aniint! was handsome,
he determined to keep him. He gave him a
good supper, and oa retiring to bed, took him
with him to his chamber. No sooner had be
pulled off bis breeches than they were seized
by the dog. The owner, conceiving that he
wanted to play with them, took them away
again. The animal began to bark at the door,
which the traveller opened, under the Idea
that the dog wanted to go out. Caniche
snatched up the brcecees, and away he flew.
The traveller posted alter him, with his night
cap on, and iittcrally sans culottes. Anxiety
tor the fate of a purse fall of gold Napoleon,
of forty francs each, which was In one of the
pockets, gave redoubled .velocity to his steps.
Caniche ran full speed to bia blaster's bouse,
where the stranger arrived a memcitt after
wards breathless aud enraged. He accned
the dog of robbing him. "Sir," Biid the
master, "my dog is a very faithful creature;
and it he has run away with your breecUes it
is because you have in them money which
does not belong to you-" The traveller I
came still more exasperated. "Compose your
self, 6ir," rejoined the other, smiling ; "with
out doubt there is in your purso a six-livre
piece, with such marks, which yon hare pick
ed iu the Boulevard St. Antoine, and which
I threw down there with the firm conviction
that my dog would bring it back again. This
is the cause of the robbery which be has com
mitted upon you. The stranger's rage now
yielded to astonishment; he delivered the
six-livre piece to the owner, and could not
forbear caressing the dog which had given
him so much uneasiness and such an un
pleasant chase.
A sharp piece of swindling speculation in
New Jersey waste lands his come to Ifght tn
New York, through an affidavit made before
one of the police courts by the leading mem
ber of a wholesale dry goods firm of that city.
The land operators they gave their Barnes urn
John Carey and William Robinson had an el
egant map prepared, showing a popurocs conn
try village in the centre of their property, and
uusold lots and farms awaiting disposal. The
whole is said to be a gigantic fraud, and larga
numbers are said to have been duped Into ex
changing their sparo cash for worthless titl
deeds, received at the hands of the parties
named. The accused were locked cp for trial.
Tho Michigan Legislature has "pnt its foot
in it," by voting two hundred and forty acre
of land to .Mrs. Rogers, because she recently
produced four little Kogerse at one birth,
it has set a precedent which may cost the
State thousands of acre of land. The De
troit FreePrcss says Mr. Job Eurnap,of Sump
ter, Wayne county, has applied to the Legis
lature to divide its favors. His papers sc
forth that Mrs. Burnap "has given birth to
uine children at four births, three of whom
were born ten months after marriage" that
he is a poor man, and therefore prays for a do
nation of land, as in the case of Mrs. Rogers.
Some Fua-Ioving Fellows in New Cost!r,
Pa., recently started a society there which
purported to. lie a lodge of the Sons of Malta.
One of the initiated, however, exposed tha
whole concern. He states that after being In
itiated, he signed what was represented to b
the constitution of the order, but which turned
out to be nothing more or lets than an order
for a keg of beer npon one of the town brew,
ers. The Club had been indulging in lager t -the
expense of the new members for several
weeks, but since the "blow" they Lave ialle?'
through.
The following toast waa given at the Uie- "
anniversary of tho Now England Society, at
Minneapolis, Minnesota :
The Live ITantee He's adriviu'his keo
to pastur' all over the continent; keepin
school in Australia; pedlm Cherry Pectoral
in China; playin' Yankee Doodle' fn Japan ;
openin' a land office iu Arizona; kissln' queen
everywhere, and makin' himself at heme gen
erally without invitation.
Tho Lawrence correspondent of the Leaven
worth Time tells a good one of Gov. Medary,
who went into a barber 6bop at Lecompton tw
get shaved. The Governor proposed to shave
by the month. "Don't know about dat, mas
sa," said the barber. "Why not, Tom ?" ask
ed Gov. M. "Caze, massa, yun Gabncrs ity
mighty short timo in Kansas; can't trust yon
to tour weeks ; too long a time for people ob
your color." The darkey had the argument
with him, and so the Governor had to pay cp.
A Washixgtoh correspondent of the New
York News speaks of Miss Lac tho lady of
the White House, and Ler accomplished
"maids of honor." We shall next hare a
conrt circular to tell us when the President
takes a walk, and the exact time his charming
niece devotes to her morning airicga; but all
these things are melancholy departures from
the republican simplicity which distinguished
the receptions during the Madison era.
The Ebensburg Sentinel, one of the Demo
cratic organs of Cambria, is Tory decidedly
"fernenst" the "Little Giant." Hear it :
"We say broadly and boldly, that we would
rather that the right hand which God gave us
should wither, than that it &hiuld ct avote
for hira (Douglas) for tho hlgfceit or i?wtt
cECce ia tte jH of the American iorisv
ii i
Sves, no