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BY S. B. ROW.
.CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, i860:
VOL. C.-T0. 3-3.
5
LOOK ALOFT.
When the storms shall toss your fragile bark,
And threatening wares around you roar;
When clouds are lowering wild and dark,
And distant lies the friendly shore,
Then, look aloft !
When the fearful shipwreck threatens most,
And not a harbor you can find ;
But all along the rock-bound coast
Wild beaU the soa, loud moans the wind,
Oh, look aloft !
No star of hope may beam above,
. "o beacon shines upon your way ;
Tour compass may unfaithful prove,
Tour ship no more her helm obey.
Yet, look aloft.
Above the clouds there is an eye,
To watch your eourse, theirgloom can pierce;
And though the tempest rages high,
A voice can quell its anger fierce
Then, look aloft.
Oh! fear not, Christian Sailor ! fear
Nor storm, nor wave, nor rock-bound shore !
Launch boldly forth. He will be near,
And failh shall guide you safely o'er
Then, look aloft !
IBIGHTENINQ A LOVES.
OR THE STRONG-MINDED WOMAN.
You bavo heard mo speak of Stephen Jen
kins. Matilda."
Yea, uncle."
"Well another enp of tea if you please ho
is coming here to-iuorrow on a week's visit."
" "You don't mean so, uncle," exclaimed
Matilda.
"And why don't I, Miss Matilda ? There Is
nothing to summon such a look of constcma
tlon to your face."
"Because, if ho shouldn't happen to be a
greeable " .
"Ot course ho is agreeable. At all erents
it Is desirable for you to find bim so, since ho
is your prospective husband."
"My prospective husband! What can you
wean, uncle 1" inquired Matilda, opening ber
yes in amazement.
"I thought you understood it. Your es
tates join, and it is eminently proper, there
fore, that you should unite them by marriage."
"A very good reason, certainly," said Ma
tilda, with a curl of her lip. "It makes little
difference, I suppose, whether our dispositions
are compatible or not."
Oh, they will easily adjust themselves af
ter marriage, and then tho two will make such
a handsome estate."
"Suppose I shouldn't fancy him well enough
to accept Lis proposals, uncle ?" asked Matil
da, demurely.
"If you should dream of such a thing as re
fusal I should disinherit yon. You are aware,
I suppose, that all your property comes from
me, and that i can, at any time, recall it."
"That would bo a pity, certainly," said Ma
tilda, in a lively strain, "tor 1 should have to
take in washing, or something of that kind, to
support myself, and I have such an appetite!"
Mr. Parker smiled in spite of himself, and
evidently looked upon his niece as one who
would readily yield to his expressed will.
One question more, uncle. Suppose he
shouldn't happen to fancy your humble niece,
and conclude to pay his addresses elsewhere."
'I would never speak to the puppy again."
And you wouldn't disinherit me then, un
cle 7"
"Of course not you gipsy. It wouldn't be
your fault."
"It would be very mortifying to have him
reject me," said Matilda, demurely. "Is
there anything he particularly dislikes in a
woman, do you know ?" . -
"I once heard him say ho couldn't bear a
literary woman," said her uncle, after some
reflection. "All sorts of strong-minded wo
men are his aversion. But then you know,
Mattie, you are not strong-minded."
'Thank ou, uncle, very mnch. That is as
much as to say I am weak-minded."
"No such thing, you gipsy." But there's
one thing more 1 have to tell you, and that
Is, that I shall not be here to entertain Mr.
.Jenkins. I am called away to New York by
business, which will detain me the length of
bis stay. So you will have to entertain him
yourself. Mind and play your cards well, and
I shall expect to find the marriage day fixed
when I return."
"Oh, dear, what shall I ever do with the
horrid man for a wholo week ?" -
"I dare say you will bo dead in love with
Lira by the time I get back. You may re.
member me to him when he arrives, and tell
bim how mnch I regret not being here to wel
come him."
"Yes, uncle, I'll remember."
That night Matilda kept awako for some
time, concocting a plan by which she might
tTend tho prejudices of the expected visitor,
and throw the burden of a refusal upon bim ;
for sho well knew, that if bo once proposed,
tier uncle would be seriously angry if she re
jected him, and very possibly would carry out
the threat to which ho had given utterance.
'It was about twelve o'clock tho next day
that a tall young man, of serious aspect, as
cended Mr. Parker's front steps and rang the
bell. . ' '
- He was ushered into the drawing room,
where, after waiting about half au hour, he
was joined by Matilda. -
The young lady was by no means looking
her best, Her hair was loosely arranged, her
coiiar was awry, ana mere was a very percep
tible stain of ink upon her fingers.
"Mr. Jenkins, I presume," she remarked.
The gentleman bowed, and looked curious
ly at his entertainer. '
"And, 1 presume, I ara addressing Miss
Parker."
Our heroine inclined her head in the affirma
tive. "I hope your respected undo is well," said
ftephea Jenkins, in the measured tones of a
young man a ho was old beyond his years.
' vro",dD't marry such a stiff old poke for
? wfld," was tho not over complimentary
reflection of Matilda.
"My uncle regrets very much not being able
to meet you," she said, in answer to his ques
tion, but he is called to New York by busi
ness. I trust, however, that I shall be able to
entertain you."
"That I do not doubt," said the - visitor,
with a slow attempt at gallantry.
"I am inclined to think he will, before ho
goes," thought Matilda. ; -
Looking at her fingers she remarked, com
posedly, as if she, for the first time, observed
the stain ot ink, "I hop you will excuse tho
appearance of my fingers, but I have been
writing all the morning, and I couldn't remove
II traces of the ink." r
mi: writias lette"-1 1"
"Oh, no ! not at all. I was writing an arti
cle on 'Woman's liights' for tho 'Bugle of
Freedom.' "
Mr. Jenkins stared uneasily.
"I suppore you are in the habit of seeing
that paper," said Matilda.
"No," said ho, stiffly.
"Ah ! you don't know what you lose. Com
posed and edited entirely by females. But,
perhaps"
Matilda interrupted herself to ring the bell.
'Jane," said she to the servant, "you may
go up stairs and bring down a manuscript,
.which you will find on my table."
"A what, ma'am ?"
"A manuscript a sheet of paper with wri
ting on it. Poor Jane," she continued, after
her servant had gone out, "she would not bo
o ignorant, if man had not denied to us wo
men the advantages cf education which he
claims for himself."
By this time Jane" had returned With tho
manuscript.
"If you would like, Mr. Jenkins, I will read
you what I have written."
Mr. Jenkins looked dismayed, btit managed
to utter a feeble, "Oh, certainly !"
Matilda, in a very emphatic manner, began
to read as follows :
'Mas. Editor : Permit mo again to raise
my voice, in trumpet tone'?, against the de
spotic rule of man over our down trodden sex.
Enlightened, as wc aro supposed to consider
the present generation, is it not a disgrace,
and a burning shame, that men should monop
olize all the offices of. honor and profit, and
leave to his equal shall I not say his snperior
in point of intellect only a few undesirable
and laborious posts. What, I say, is the rea
son that men should take upon themselves to
govern,- and expect us meekly to submit to
the yoke which they seek to impose upon us ?
Why should we not seo a female president In
the chair of state, and "
"This is all I had written, M.r. Jenkins, when
you came," said Matilda, breaking'off' from
the reading. "You will easily understand the
idea that I was about to develop ; and, I have
no doubt, you will agree with me."
"Do you really thiuk, Miss Parker, that
there should be no distinction in point of oc
cupation between men and women ?" exclaim
ed the sedate Stephen, horror struck.
"Why should there be ?" said Matilda with
spirit. "Do j-ou doubt whether woman has
an intellect equal to that man ?"
"Is there a female Shakspeare ?',' asfced Mr.
Jenkins. , -
"Yes," said Matilda, promptly. "Did you
never read Mrs. Browning's poems?"
"I can't saj' I have," returned Stephen.
"Ah, then, I shall have the pleasure of ma
king you acquainted with her."
Sho rang the bell.
"Jane," said she, "go up to my room and
bring down the book you will find on the table."
Jane did so.
"We have an hour before dinner, it seems,"
said Matilda, looking at her watch "In what
way can we better improve it than by perusing
together this noble monument of genius ?"
Mr. Jenkins looked terrified ; but before bo
had time to raise any objections Matilda had
commenced.
She read aloud faithfully for the hour re
ferred to it seemed three hours to the un
happy Stephen who had not the slightest ap
prehension of poetry of any description.
lie was quite delighted when the dinner
bell rang, and so was Matilda in her secret
heait.
"I am afraid," said she, "wc shall have to
rest from our reading till after dinner, but by
commencing immediately afterwards we may
get a quarter through by tea time."
"How many pages aro there in the poem ?"
the 3oung man inquired, hesitatingly.
"Only a little more than lour hundred,"
was tho encouraging reply.
The dinner proved to be a not very social
meaU Matilda confined herself entirely to lit
erary subjects, and evaded all attempts to
change the topic.
"Good gracious !" thought the young man,
"and this is tho young girl I was to marry.
I'd as soon marry a dictionary, although she
is pretty; but then a strong-miuded woman!
I should bo talked to death in less than a
month."
Stephen Jenkins stopped two days ; but, at
the end of that time, announced that he should
not be able to remain longer. During that
time the poor man had heard more poetry
than ever before in his lite, and had conceived
a deadly hatred against the wholo tribe of fe
male authoresses, particularly Mrs. Browning.
"Where is Mr. Jenkins ?" inquired Mr. Par
ker on his return.
"Gone, uncle," said Matilda.
"Gone! When did ho go !"
"lie only stopped a couple ol days."
"Why he was to have stopped a week. What
was the matter with him ?"
"I think, uncle, ho was disappointed in
me," said Matilda, demurely.
"Did he leave no message for me ?" !
"Here is a note, uncle."
. Mr. Parker hastily broke open the missive,
and read as follows :
"Mr Dear Sir: In order to prevent mis.
understanding, I ought to say that I don't
thiuk it will bo well to adhere to the foolish
compact, which was entered into some time
since, in regard to my marriage with your
niece. Though a very charming young lady,
I don't think that our tastes aro at all conge
nial, and I hereby remove any pretensions I
may b& supposed to have had to her hand.
Regretting "not to have had tho pleasure of
seeing you. I remain, very respectfully,
"STEPHEN JENKINS.'
"Why, the puppy has had the audacity to
remove , his pretension to your hand l'' ex
claimed the indignant uncle.
"Then cant I be married ?" inquired Ma
tilda, in comical disappointment.
"Yes, you shall marry the first man that of
fers." It was very remarkable that on the very
next day Edward Manly should have asked
Mr. Parker's permission to address his niece
a permission which was at once accorded.
The marriage took place within a few weeks,
and I don't think ho has ever repented marry
ing a strong-minded woman ! .
Rev. Dr. Kelly, a Romish Priest-, has been
committed to jail for contempt of court, in
England, in refusing to expose certain secrets
of the confessional. '
A farmer in Tewksbury, Mass., offers for
sale a two year ol4 bog that weighs 1218
pounds.
THE GIPSIES. '
The strongest evidence of their Hindoo or
igin is found in tho great resemblance their
own language bears to the Ilindoostance.
Grellman,adistinguished student of languages,
states, that twelve words of every thirty in
tncir vocabulary aro either pure Uindoostanee
or intimately related to it.
This language they call gibberish, and be
lieve it to have been invented by their fore
fathers for secret purposes. It is not peculiar
to one, or a few of their tribes, but common
to all in Europe and Asia.
- Bishop Heber records in his journal an ac
count 01 an encampment of wretched tents ot
mats with baskets, ponies, goats, &c, so like
gipsies he had seen in England.that, on asking
who they were, ho was not surprised to hear
his guide give them that very name.
A well known nobleman of England, who
Miad resided manr years in India, taking shelter
under a tree during a storm, near a camp of
gipsies, was surprised, to hear them use sever
al words which he well knew to be Hindoo
stance, and, going up to them, he found them
ablo to converse with bim in that language.
A returned missionary met a gipsey at tho
house of Father Crabb, the gipsy's friend, in
Southampton, England, and having conversed
with her a long time in tho language of Hin
doosian, declared that her people must have
known that language well.
Lord Teignmouth, who knew tho Indian
language, once said to a gipsy, Tue buna
tsctur' that is, 'Thou art a thief.' ' She im
mediately replied, 'No, I am not a thief. I
live by fortune-telling."
Wandering tribes have been found in Nubia,
who have for centuries conversed in tho same
dialect. Tho name of this people has induced
many to suppose that they had an Egyptian
origin ; but there is nothing in their habits, or
language, or reminiscences that indicate such
a fact. And yet they may have derived their
name from tho faet of having passed through
Egypt into the European nations.
It is believed by those who have had the
best opportunity to study the matter, that in
tho earliest years of the fourteenth century
there was a general migration of the Sudars,
a caste among the Asiatic Indians, occasioned
by tho ravages of TimurBeg, who, having be
come a Mohammedan, took up arms for the
purpose of making prosylytes to that idolatry.
These Sudars, being of the lowest caste, and
unaulo to find shelter among the other castes,
fled, and havingescaped the armies of Timur,
found their way into the neighboring coun
tries. They were a degraded people ; consid
ered as the lowest of the human race, and with
an army seeking their destruction, they had
every motive to leave, and none to remain in
their native land. Perhaps the most natural
course for them on their way to Europe was
over the Persian deserts, along tho Persian
Gulf to tho mouth of Arabia, aud thence into
Egypt by the Isthmus of Suez.
But a few years from this period they were
spread into all the European nations. They
never visit the Norman Islands, and but few
visit Ireland. They considered the namo
"Gipsies" as disgraceful, probably it seems to
bo synonymous with crime and vagrancy.
Their: Indian name is Zingaree, or Cincari.
Along the Ganges they are called Noth, or
Beania the former signifying a rogue, the
latter dancer or tumbler- .
Having escaped tho sword in their own
country, they were obliged to live by plunder
in other lands Indeed, in the 15th century
they became dangerous and burdensome in
the nations which they visiced. They came
by thousands over the Pyrenees into Spain,
swept along the shores of its rivers, and plun
dered the husbandmen who wero without de
fence. Throughout Hungary, France and England,
they wero like no many locusts. Laws wero
enacted against them. They were at length
not only resisted and brought somewhat under
legal regulations, but measures were carried
to tho extreme, and they were persecuted.
Every crime in tho land whose perpetrator was
not discovered, was charged upon gipsies.
They were executed for the smallest offence
and even on suspicion, or on the most flimsy
and even false testimony, until at length they
were obliged to livo by cunning" and pluuder.
Within a few years the English and Prussian
laws hafve been more lenient, and the result is
that the gipsies are more submissive and less
troublesome. In England they have come
under the influences of Christianity, and many
have shown a truly religious spirit. We hope
for them at length a Christian civilization and
the blessings of refined nationality. Donlea
vy Literary Journal.
Annexation of Savoy to France. Recent
foreign advices leave no doubt that Savoy and
Nice are to be annexed to France, and that
Sardinia is to bo compensated for this cession
of Territory, by having the consent of Fi ance
not only to the annexation of Parma and Mo
dena, but also of Tuscany and the province of
tho Romagna. The popular vote in Central
Italy shows that the people are almost unani
mous in favor of annexation to Piedmont, and
in Parma, Tuscany and the Romagna, it has
been equally decisive. It is probable there
fore, that the recent elections will be followed
by the occupation of Central Italy by Sardin
ian troops, and the formal announcement that
King Victor Emmanuel, respecting "the ex
pression of the popular will," accepts the sov
ereignty of the States and Territories which
have so clearly pronounced for Italian unity.
France and Sardinia have thus far played ad
mirably, and the 1 secret arrangement into
which they entered before the commencement
of the late war are now being carried out, and
France gains an equivalent for her "sacrifices"
by being put in possession of the passes of the
Alps.
It has just been discovered that a young
man, a clerk in G. G. Evans' Gift Book Es
tablishment in Philadelphia, has for some time
been engaged in embezzling money until it is
thought that it has reached the sum of $20,000.
He was tbe order clerk, and would fill the or
ders, but pocket the money. The money ab
stracted he used in building houses in the
lower part of tho city, and as economy was
observed in the erection, and the houses have
been delivered up to Mr. Evans, be will lose
little by the operation.
There are a hundred and sixty-five soldiers,
of the Revolution still living. The youngest
of them Is eighty nine years old.
The Hon. Howell Cobb has withdrawn bis
name unconditionally from the Presidential
canvass.
WHAT A LADY THINKS OF II A IE Y FACES.
A female writer in Xenia, Ohio, is making
a crusadu against hairy faced mea. Hear her:
"What expression of kindness and mild hu
manity can bo observed in a face covered with
hair from the nose down ? Not any. As well
might a poor rat look in the grizzly muzzle of
a Scotch terrier lor mercy when about to be
caught in his crushing jaws, as to look ior an
expression of human kindness and sympathy
in the face of a hirsute man.
We can appreciate tho value of a smile. It
lightens up the contenance with adorning
sweetness, indicates a kind heart, and radiates
gladness to the hearts of others, encourages
the desponding, .soothes the afflicted, cheers
tho sorrowing, disarms the wrath, and kindles
up genial sympathy and reciprocal regard.
But a smile cannot drop out from the face of
a man "bearded aud moustached like a paid. "
You suppose, from the agitation of tall grass,
that some animal was crawling through it. So
you may infer from the whisking of hair that
a smile was burrowing along there somewhere
out of sight. The smile of such a mau can
not bo distinguished from the grin of a ribbed
nose baboon, which had burnt its mouth with
a hot chestnut.
The lips are capable of indicating a variety
of passions and emotions. They can express
kindness, good humor, sweetness of disposi
tion, sorrow, firmness and decision of charac
ter, or they may manifest scorn, contempt,
loathing, anger, and threaten like loaded re
volvers. The chief expression of the best
traits in Napoleon's nature wero in his mouth
and chin, which he could clothe with so much
sweet winning, mute, persuasive eloquence as
to render hia look irresistible. But when lip
and chin aro covered with hair you might as
well look for expression in the hole of a bank
swallow in a gully, overhung with a tuft of
grass.
The passions and affections have their places
in the face, firmness in the upper lip, mirth
fulness near the corners of the mouth, and the
affections in the edges of the lips, etc., hence
the philosophy and delight of kissing ; the
more intense the passion, tho more soul-thrilling
and enrapturing tho kiss. Behold that
lovely woman, with a form shaped by the hand
of harmony, regular features under clustering
ringletSjbright eyes beaming with intelligence,
well arranged pearlv teeth, a soft and delicate
skin, a mouth like Cupid's bow, a neck like
ivory, a bosom like alabaster, and the undula
tions of love like snow, her lips like two rose
buds, moist with morning dev, and her cheeks
"Where tho live crimson through the native white,
Shooting o'er the face, diffuses bloom,
And every nameless grace." .
Radiant with beauty, she is surrounded by an
atmosphere of love,as a rose exhales fragrance.
Just think of one of those hairy-faced fellows
attempting to kiss her see him pulling up his
"chevaux-de-frise" of bristles to reveal his
cavernous slit of a mouth. Bah ! it's abomi
nable the idea is disgusting get out scat I
"Give me an ounce of civit, good apothecary, to
sweeten my-imagination."
Whom do moustaches and beards become ?
Brigands, privateers, filibusters, and especi
ally professional executioners. Jack Ketch,
the hangman, would effectually conceal all
expressions causing bim to look as grim and
unrelenting as death, in whose service he offi
ciates. In one of the market houses of Philadelphia
is a genius of a butcher. Beneath his sleeves
and apron he wears the costliest broad-cloth,
none of the inferior grades, but the fines pro
duction of French looms. His linen is as
faultless as his exterior garments, while the
glistening surface of his marble counters is no
less striking than the glossiness of his hat and
boots. In the centre of his shirt bosom spar
kles a single diamond a stone of six carats
weight, and of the first water. Upon the little
finger of his left hand glitters a circlet of dia
monds, six in number, whose aggregate value
is considerably more than that of tho garniture
of his shirt bosom. His complexion is a clear
red and white just that style ot complexion
which Parisian ladies produce by dainty com
mixture of carmine and bismuth. He is a man
of fine physique, and has au avoirdupois of a
bout 200 pounds. His address is polished and
his manners courtly and suave. He commen
ced life without a dollar, and is now taxed for
some 30,000 in real estate, yet is as polite
and deferential to his customers as on the day
he first embarked in the business of convert.
ing quarters of beef into chops and sirloins.
A benevolent lady of ? large fortune first noti
ced bim, and placed at bis disposal a fund up
on which he raised the superstructure of his
present fortune. He is now rapidly advancing
in wealth, aud will probably retire upon the
eighth of a million. And all through the in
fluence of that specific against adversity po
liteness.
Appearances Deceptive. The following
good one we find in the Brookville, Pa., Jef-
fersonian, of a recent date : "An amusing in
cident occurred on one ol the fine steamers on
the Ohio river between Pittsburgh and Cincin
nati, on one of her upward trips, which is too
good to bo lost. Our excentric friend, Bene-
well Kroh, of this county, who had been down
the river with a largo lot of timber, having
sold at Marietta, Ohio, boarded the boat at
that point and procured cabin tickets for him
self and several hands. Having secured his
tickets, he stepped into the cabin where a num
ber of well dressed passengers wero seated,
and being rather roughly dressed and unshaved
bis presence attracted the attention of the cap
tain of the boat, who immediately informed
our friend that he was wanted on deck. Hav
ing some freight shipped, Ben. thought it
might be something about it that required his
attention, but, finding this all right, he shortly
returned to the cabin, where the officer again
accosted him and informed him that he must
go below. This time Ben. wanted to know
what for, when the officer informed him that
deck passengers were not allowed to be in the
cabin. This somewhat riled our friend, who
immediately produced his tickets, said he was
a Pennsylvania Dutchman and a ragged lum
berman, but if the captain wanted to sell, to
make out the papers and he would buy his
tarn boat. This was a clincher, the officer was
nonplussed, and was only relieved from his
embarrassment by a gentleman acquainted with
the parties explaining the matter; tne omcer
aoolozized the passengers laughed over the
joke and Ben says he had lots, of friends th.e
balance of, the trip. '
The average duration of human life in New
York City is but fifteen years, '
CORBTJPTION UNMASKED.
Tho ulcer of official corruption has been
probed pretty thoroughly by the Congression
al Committee on Public Expenditures, under
the skillful lead of Hon. John B.IIaskin. The
report was laid before the House on the 20th
of March, and forms a revelation of venality in
high places, such as the secret history of the
worst despotisms in existence could hardly
parallel. At most, we can only give a brief
outline of this gigantic, and too successful
scheme to plunder the National Treasury, for
the purpose of controling the elections, local
and general, throughout tho North lor the
benefit of the disunion Democracy.
, We gather from tho Report, which is very
voluminous, thatMr. George Washington Bow
man, Senato Printer, and editor of Mr. Bu
chanan's private organ, The Constitution, actu
ary receives some forty thousand dollars per
annum for doing nothing ; and from the testi
mony of Mr. Wendell we learn that, during the
last six years of Democratic rule alone, more
than $700,000 of the public money has been
squandered upon printing, ostensibly, but lor
the support of such newspapers as the Pennsyl
vanian and Constitution, and for the control of
elections in Pennsylvania aud elsewhere, real
ly ; of w hich fact there is the amplest evi
dence. Mr. Wendell testifies, that while Mr.
Steadman was elected Printer to tho House
during the 35th Congress, that gentleman nev
er discharged the duties of the office ; but that
he, Wendell, was de facto printer paying
Steadman the sum of Ct cents on tho dollar
for doing the work, and retaining 3G cents.
Mr. Wendell supported the Washington Union,
the President's orgau, at the cost. of $10,000
per year, over and above its receipts; and in
1S55J, contributed money to carry elections in
several districts in J'ennsylvania, among which
were the districts of Mr. J. Glancy Jones aud
Mr. Tom Florence. And the disposition of
tho plunder was made in accordance with a ta
cit understanding between Mr. Wendell and
the President, the latter having this huge
"take" of patronage to bestow. Mr. Wendell
testifies further, that he proposed to Mr. Bu
chanan to take away the stipends paid to the
Pennsylvanian and Jlrgus of Philadelphia, and
apply tho sums to the elections in Pennsylva
nia in the districts where Jones, Landy and
Florence were candieatcs for re-election to
Congress to which proposition Mr. Buchanan
did not dissent, and the money was so applied.
This was in 1858, some two months prior to
the writing oHhe celebrated DuQuesno letter
by the President.
Mr. Wendell testifies further, that the Ex
ecutive Printing ranges from S75,000 to $100,
000 annually, and that of this patronage not
less than fifty per cent., as now dispensed by
the President, is clear profit; and further, that
he had an understanding with both Mr. Pierce
and Mr. Buchanan, that out of these profits,
the Union, (now Constitution,) was to be sup
ported. Sometime last March, Wendell found
that he could not support the three papers
the Constitution, Pennsylvanian and Argus J
out of the profits, and live; and therefore be
proposed to pay these three papers $20,000
per year, in consideration of being continued
in office as public printer. In pursuance of
this arrangement he paid George Washington
Bowman S5,000 to take the Government organ
off" his hands. " '
' It further appears from the testimony of Mr.
Wendell, that the President himself is the su
preme power in his private organ ; not that he
writes the articles, but that he lurnishes edi
tors who write under his supervision.
But the testimony of Gen. Bowman before
the Committee disclosed ono or two rather
suspicious circumstances. Mr. Bowman is
supposed to be the Senate printer. But he
testifies, after much wriggling and dodging,
that he never had done the work himself, but
had contracted with Mr. Rives to do the work
for tho sum of COJ cents on the dollar Mr.
Rives furnishing all the type, presses, labor
and paper, and paying Bowman 33J on the
dollar for the privilege of doing the work.
And after being thoroughly cornered by the
Committee, Bowman was constrained to admit
that he had not a dollar invested in the public
printing. Tho fact, then, seems to be, that
Gen. Bowman, editor of the President's or
gan, receives upward of $40,000 per year, for
doing nothing at all; out of which stipend lie
supports the organ, and the "Pennsylvanian"
and "Argus" of Philadelphia, together with
sundry donations to certain doubtful districts
in Pennsylvania, just before the general elec
tions. These fffcts havo been brought to light
by Mr. Ilaskin's Investigation Committee.
Further developments are being made before
Mr. Covode's Committee, against whose ac
tion the President has protested.
Caterpillars. With a little watchfulness
and care in searching for caterpillars' eggs,
and destroying them before the leaves of fruit
trees put out, and before the worms hatch, you
thus save tho. trees from injury, or a greater
amount of labor. in killing the worms in the
nest after they hatch, and when other work is
pressing. A little practice will enable one to
detect them on the small branches of the
cherry and apple trees. The eggs are depos
ited end-wise in a little bunch around the
limb, and very ingeniously covered with a
kind of gum or cement to protect the embryo
worms from injury by the weather.
. Decidedly Complimentary. "What a love
ly 1 woman !".'-.; was . the exclamation of
Lord Chancellor Eldon, upon passing a
first class beauty, when passing up and down
Westminister Hall,-with his friend, the Master
of the Rolls, previous to the opening of their
respective Courts. ."What an excellent
Judge!" said the lady, when her sensitive ear
caught the flattering decree of the Lord High
chancellor of England. t ..
The New Orleans Courier says that the
Southern order of the "K. G. C," Knights of
the Golden Circle, organized in 1854, now
embraces 30,000 members, including many of
the most influential men and best soldiers of
the South, and that they are preparing to op
erate in Mexico, with the determination to
place the Juarez party firmly in power. .
A dying Irishman was asked by his confes
sor if he was ready to renounco the devil and
all his works. "Och ! your honor," said Pat,
"don't ask me that; I'm going into a strango
country, and I don't want to make mysslf any
inirties!" ,
Two married women and eight children were
burned to death in a dwelling house which
took fire in New York, on tho 28th u'lt.
CASSITJS K. CLAY THREATENED.
The following private letter from Mr. Clay
shows that the ajritation in Madisou county is
more serious than the Kentucky papers repre
sent. The letter is dated March 20th, 1S00 :
"Yours of the 10th is received. I have on
ly time to say that we aro in a state of war.
The oligarchy were aiming at me in the ex
pulsion of the Bereansfrom their ho:nes,being
in hopes that I would forcibly defend them,
the radicals.' Defeated . by my Frankfort
speech, rallying all tho conservative men to
my standard, they churlishly gave iu, yet fan
ning the discontent by garbling my speeches
North, and circulating false rumors. Hanson's
return to his saw-mill at Berca (whero he em
ployed many Republicans) gave new fuel to
the old fire. . I went thero on Satiuday, aul
tried to induce him to leave, telling him he
would bring on a fight, and advising the Re
publicans to keep apart from the movement.
The mob at once cried out that I was thero
plotting an attack. .On Monday they met at
Berea, iusulted the people by searching the
houses, and not finding Ilanson,thcy provoked
a con'lict ; several wero wouuded, and tho
Lynchers wero defeated. On Tuesday they
returned in force ; but finding no one, they
broko up the saw-mill, and swore vengeanco
against me and the whole party. In tho mean-time-
(on Tuesday) I spoke at Richmond, sta
ting that I was and had been for peaco ; that I
stood upon the ground of my Frankfort speech ,
and should defend myself and friends. Tho
mob increases in violence ; I lie upon my arms
awaiting an attack ; mi- family absolutely ro
fuse to retire, saying they will run bullets, and
aid, as in 177U. If driven into the woods, I.
shall attempt to hold my position as long as
possible; standing on the Constitution, tho
laws and my right, I defend them or die. Tho
cannoh at Lexington is sent for, and the Gov
ernor aids." Is this my cause only, or that of
the American people ? Is this to be vindica
ted in this way, and now? Shall I stand or
fall alone ! May God defend the riirlit ?
C. M. Clat.
"P. S. Mv daughters are as firm as I and
Mrs.C. " C."
The Evening Post says that Mr. Clay is tha
wrong man to be assailed in this manner, and
ho has too many friends, not only in Kentucky
but in all the free States, to be assailed with
impunity. Ho will not, as he intimates, or
rather asks, be allowed to stand or fall alone.
The violence that shall strike down so mag
nanimous a defender of jttice and freedom
will inevitably provoke a fearful recompense.
Wo earnestly hope, therefore, that the bullies
who persecuted the Bereans will be wiso in
time.'
Wendell Phillips. This notorious Aboli
tionist made a speech in New York 011 the 20th
Maich, which he characterized as a "Plea for
the Dissolution of the Uniou," iu which the
following passage occurs:
"1 would rather see a Democratic President.
And I w ill tell you why. If there is a Repub
lican Piesident elected in 1800you will all bo
looking to the Administration. You will all
be waiting to see what law can do what Lib
erty fettered can do against Slavery unbound.
Agitation will be lulled. Everything like free
and unfettered action will cease. We shall
waif. But let Douglas or any other Democrat
be elected, and every man iu the Free States
will arm himself lor tho struggle with tho
slave power. Insurrection will break out up
on the mountains an insurrection of thought
in the pulpits and we shall make greater Anti
Slavery progress in four yeais than we should
do in forty years under such a programme as
Wm. II. Seward's speech of the last month."
Lef tho people now understand where tho
"Democratic party" stands. Why does Phil
lips, tho rankest Abolitionist and Disunionist
in the country, prefer the election of a Demo
cratic President, if such a course was not tho
best calculated to bring about the result he '
aims at? Can any one tell?
The ladies in Livermore Vailey, Alameda
Co., Cal., are valorous and use pistols as fa
miliarly as they use needles. Mrs. Carthwaite
was left in charge of a grocery store there du
ring the absence of her husband. One night
abqut ten o'clock, after the store was closed, .
a native Calilbrnian came to the door, and de
sired admittance to obtain a bottK? of liquor.
Mrs. C. informed him that she could not open
tho store again that night he was well known
as a most desperate character but ho insisted
upon entering, and commenced breaking tho
windows. Mrs. Carthwaite bade him go away.
He finally broke the door open and rushed
upon her with a drawn knife. She fired two
shots with a revolver to frighten bim, and
finding that there was no other alternative,
fired again and shot him through the head.
An examination was held, and she was acquit
ted of all blame in the matter.
Tho New York Seventh Regiment has, in
the person of a beautiful young lady, a 'Child
of tho Regiment.' 'She is the daughter of a
deceased officer, was educated by the regi
ment, appears in beautiful costume whenever
it is on parade, goes wherever it goes, and it
is said that tho soldiers rival each other in
their courtesy and respect for her.
The Nantucket Inquirer says that Miss
Phebe Newbegin, who died in that town re-'
cently, at the advanced ago of ninetj'-ihree
years and eight months, leaves a sister nearly
ninety years of age, with whom she has slept
erery night for eighty-eight years, with the ex
ception of three weeks during childhood.
One of the oil wells in Pennsylvania is own
ed by a Mr. Evans, a blacksmith, and a poor
man. Ho prosecuted the work of boring him
self, and struck a vein of oil at the distance of
seventy feet. He has been offered, it is said,
$50,000 for his well, but has declined selling .
on these terms.
The oil excitement ba3 extended from Penn
sylvania into Virginia. Two thousand acres
ot land in Wood, Wirt and Ritchie counties
have been bought and leased, and oil wells
have been opened that yield 30 barrells per
day. . ' ,
Men's lives should be like the day, more
beautiful in the evsming ; or like the summer
all aglow with promise ; and the autumn, rich
with golden sheaves, where good works and
deeds have ripened on the field.
The printers of New Jersey boast that thero
is not a single printer in the State Prison of
the State, and but one in the Legislature.
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