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BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, JOTE 20, 1860.
VOL. G.-JW. 43.
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RELIGION.
How dark and dreary earth would bo, -Without
religion's power
" "A vale of tears," a desert plain
A waste without a flower.
' She' a bright seraph, pure and fair,
In mercy sent from Heaven,
: To soothe and heal the wounded heart,
By sin and sorrow rivon.
In sickness and in deep distress, ,
She lends her soothing power;
1 She gently calms the troubled soul,
And brightens every hour.
She throws a beam of Heavenly light
Upon the opening tomb, .
And points the soul to worlds on high,
II cr blest eternal homo.
Make then her peaceful paths your choice,
Ana you win oe eecure;
In life, in death, in Heaven above,
I You'll find her comforts sure.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA BELLE ;
OR WHO WOX THE WAG Ell.
My Uncle Ned had set his heart upon mar
rying me to my cousin Rosalie, but the thing
savored of compulsion to me and I made up
my mind to be just as obstinate as the nature
ot the case might demand.
Uncle Ned was a jolly old fellow, and laugh
ed In my face when I told him that I could
not think of such a thing as permitting him
to select a wife for me. I looked dignified
and full dignified ; and was not a little morti
fied when the old fellow haw hawed right in
my face.
"But my boy, she's as rich as mud, with an
income of eight thousand a year. Think of
that."
"My dear Uncle, I beg you will deem me
above mercenary motives in so Important a
matter as this." I replied with a seriousness
In keeping with the solemnity of tho topic dis
cussed. Perhaps you don't mean to take a wife die
an old bachelor eh 7" continued ho, punch
ing me under the ribs, as he poured forth a
nother of his abominable guffaws.
"Not so ; on the contrary, I mean to take a
wifo just as soon as I can find one exactly suit
ed to my mind."
"And you don't mean to marry a girl that
lias got any money V
'That is perfectly immaterial, sir, as you
are aware that my fortune is amply sufficient
without the addition of a wile's dowry."
"But tho money wouldn't do any harm,
would it 7"
'No, 1 should not object to a lady who pos
sessed the requisite qualifications because she
Jiappened to have a fortune at her disposal,
though in my estimation it would add nothing
to my wife."
Indeed 7" drawled Uncle Ned, looking at
me with such a funny expression that I could
not tell whether he was going to laugh or get
mad. I didn't care much, fori deemed it be
neath his dignity to attempt any interference
4n such a delicate matter.
"But Bob, Hose is the most beautiful girl in
South Carolina. There aro thousands of young
gentlemen of the first familes in the State who
would gladly jump at tho chance to step into
her shoes." i
"They can do so, sir ; I toll you plainly she
can never be my wile if she were a pearl and
had all of South Carolina for her dowry," said
I with a dignified earnestness.
"Whew!"
"Your sneers, sir, will be as nscless as your
persuasions ; they shall not move me."
'But Bob, you know that your father ear
nestly desired you should bo married before
tie died," added uncle more seriously.
"It matters not, sir ; I must be entirely un
embarrassed in the choice of a wife. Let me
tell you plainly, that even if I had no other
objection, the mere fact that you have attempt
ed to draw me into this" marriage were a sulfi
cient reason for mo to decline it."
"Eh ! you young puppv, what do you mean
by that 7"
"Just exactly what I say, namely, that I
will neither be led or driven into marriage
with Kosalie. I think we have said enough
about it."
1 began to talk mora coolly. He was in my
opinion, treading upon the prerogative of a
free born citizen.
What did the old fogy mean 7 Did he think
I hadn't sense enough to choose my own wife?
Hosalio was entirely out of the question I
could not on principle, be driven into a mat
rimonial connection, even though tho other
party was an angel and had a dowry of eight
thousand a year.
"Mr. Bob, listen to reason. Rosalies is
jiandsome and graceful, and all that sort of
thing; sings charmingly, like a nightingale ;
plays on a piano and harp, and can talk French
like a Parisienne."
It matters not, sir; I object to tho prirci
ple of the thing, and I repeat, cannot nor will
not marry her"
"Bob, you're a fool."
"Am I 7"
"l'on my word you are ; you don't know on
which side your bread is buttered."
"Enough sir 1"
"Bnt, Bob, you will pay us that visit won't
you 7"
"Certainly ; but do not flatter yourself, on
your impudent interference in my concerns."
"Saucy puppy!" and my uncle again
laughed.
We were on the most familliar terms.
"Yon are a meddler ; you make me saucy.
I trust I shall always be prompt in resenting
an invasion of my natural rights."
"Hope you will, my boy ; but I will bet you
ajbousand dollars you marry Kosalie."
"Done!"
"But on one condition."
"What 7"
"That you come to my estate in South Car
olina with a susceptible heart that you are
not engaged to another."
'I accept he condition," said I, grasping
Jiis hand, "uncle, you've lost the bet."
"Not yet, Bob, wait a bit."
It was rather foolish in tho old fellow to
make such a bet ; that I was so cure I could
resist the attractions of my cousin, even tho'
she should prove to bo a Venus, that I consid
ered the money already mine, and what was
far better to me, that I had won tho victory
over him.
That night uncle Ned started for his planta
tion in South Carolina.
My father died three years before this con
versation, leaving me an ample fortune. His
two brothers had been in South Carolina for
thirty years, where the father of Rosalie died,
tearing mj uncle Ned her guardian.
I had been often told that Kosalie was very i
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pruuy out sne nau ueen 10 me norm oniy
once, and then 1 was traveling in Europe, and
had never seen her.
I had written to Uncle Ned, promising to
spend a month with him in the autumn. Busi
ness had called him to Boston, where our in
terview occurred. lie had more than once
expressed a desiro that his brother's property
should remain in the family, and pressed mo
to unito my fate to that of his beautiful niece.
This was out of the question. "A made up
match" was my abomination. Certainly I had
other reasons for my prejudices against the
marriage. 1 considered it a sacred obligation
to fall in love before I took a wife, and the
idea of falling in love with Kosalie before I
had seen her myself, was so absurd that I had
no patience to think of it.
And then 1 had a principle for guidance in
affairs of the heart, which absolutely forbade
me to think of such a thing as a "marriage lor
convenience."
The autumn came, and I paid, my proposed
visit to my Uncle Ned's plantation in South
Carolina.
I was disappointed in my consin Rosalie.
She was a tolerable good looking- damsel, but
in my opinion very far from the beautiful
creature she had been pictured to mo.
"Isn't she handsome, Bob 7" said my uncle.
"Did you ever see such lips, such a graceful
form? Isn't she handsome, ch, you dog?"
And the old fellow punched me in the ribs and
roared with laughter until he nearly split his
sides.
I couldn't for the life of me see what be was
laughing at.
"Isn't she beautiful, you rogue 7" he con
tinued. "Passable," I replied, very coolly.
"Passable ! You puppy ! What, do you
mean to say that Kose is not handsome ?""
"Tolerably," I answered, twisting off the
leaf of a palmetto which grew by the side of a
bank on which we were seated, just to show
how iudiffercnt I was.
"Bob," said he, looking more soberly at me.
"1 had an idea you were a man of taste, but I
see you are as like to fall in love with one of
my black wenches as the prettiest girl in South
Carolina."
"Who's that, Uncle Ned 7"
This remark was called forth by the sudden
appearance on the gravel walk of the lovliest
creature I had ever beheld ; and that, consid
ering 1 have flirted with tho belles of Paris,
Naples and Korae is saying a great deal. I
was dumbfounded by the sudden apparition,
and springing to my feet as if an electric
shock had roused the slumbering blood in my
veins I stood upright before her.
Shade of Venus ! did any one ever see such
loveliness! such a graceful movement! such
a divine expression ! I could neither speak or
move, so completely was I paralyzed by the
glorious beauty of the nymph.
"I didn't know there was any one here,"
stammered she, such a delectable blush on her
cheek that I nearly went mad with enthusiasm.
Before I could recover my scattered senses,
the enchanting beauty bounded away as light
as a fawn.
"What the devil ails yon, Bob 7 What are
you starting at 7" said Uncle Ned.
"Who is she ?" asked I, clasping my hands
in the rapturous excitement of the moment.
"That ? Why, that's little Sylphie Howard,
and one of Rosalie's friends, who is spending
a few weeks with her," he replied, with in
difference. "Beautiful," said I.
"She ! passable ! Tolerable good looking,"
he continued, -'but nothing to be compared
with my Kosalie." '
I whs about to say something saucy, but
thought since uncle Ned really believed what
he was saying I would not hurl his feelings by
denying it.
At dinner I met both young ladies, and was
formally provoked with my uncle when he as
signed meseat next to Rosalie. I could
hardly be civil to her with such a pair of beau
tiful eyes before me, and J hardly ceased to
gaze upon Sylphie during the seeming short
hour we were at the table.
After dinner we went out to ride horseback.
Uncle Ned annoyed me again by provokingly
contriving it so that 1 should help Kosalie to
mount her horse and ride by her side, and he,
confounded old fool, did theso offices of gal
lantry for Miss Sylphie.
"No use old chap, you'll loso your bet ;"
thought I, and I tried to le civil to my cousin.
I don't think I succeeded very well. My
eyes rested all tho time upon the fair and
graceful horsewoman who rode before me.
And thus it was for a week, uncle Ned man
aged to keep me by the side of Kosalie nearly
all the time. If we played whist she was my
partner ; if we rode in the carriage she sat by
my side; if we walked he monopolized Sylphie
and left Kosalie to me and more than once
the fellow left us alone together as though
well. ..
In spite of my uncle's vigilance, however, I
found opportunities to flirt a little with Syl
phie, and one day lured her into a grove of
palmettos at tho rear of the mansion house.
Time was precious. I was the hero of a
novel. Cruel uncles in bob-tail wigs sought
to crush tho affection of my heart. In short I
threw myself at her feet, and with all the elo
quence that Harvard College had crowded into
my composition, I declared my love. 1 used
my classic terms. I quoted Milton, Byron and
Shakespeare, and called on all the gods in the
calendar ol Greece and Rome.
Did she accept me 7 Of course she did ; she
couldn't help accepting me ; I am not an ill
looking man, and let me say in extenuation of
her weakness, that I had popped the question
in a decidedly original manner. To be sure
she accepted me.
I printed twenty-four kisses on each of her
pretty cheeks, and she blushed till I thought
her eyelashes would take fire and cheat me of
my prize. .
We kept our counsel for two or three weeks
and one morning when we were riding out, wo
got away from Uncle Ned and Kosalie, and I
clipped it away about ten miles to a clergy
man who was so obliging as to furnish us with
a marriage certificate.
Wo rode back more leisurely. I was in my
element. An elopement was just the kind of
excitement for me. Wc got back to uncle
Ned's about dinner time.
"Where have you been so long 7" asked un
cle Ned.
Over to tho Kev. Mr. M's. Allow me to
present my wife," said I, with perfect non
chalence. "Tho devil!"
"Just so j and uncle Nod you have lost the
wager. Ono thousand, if you please," said I,
holding out my hand.
"No you don't, you puppy. Is it, Kosalie 7"
said uncle Ned, turning to my wife.
"No," said she, with a blush.
"11a, ha, ha," roared uncle Ned.
I did not know what to make of the affair
at all.
"You have lost the bet, Bob," cried the
jolly old fellow, as soon as he could speak.
"No."
"Fact, Bob," said he, pointing to her hith
erto known as my cousin, "this is Sylphie
Howard."
"1 have cheated you into the handsomest
wife and biggest fortune in South Carolina.
The fact is, Bob, you were much prejudiced
against Rosalie. You came resolved to be un
civil to her. -I determined to give her a fair
chance, though I had to tease the jade into
compliance."
"Not quite, uncle Ned, this is not a legal
marriage. Kosalie was united to me under a
fictitious name."
"I don't care for that. Yon married the
lady you held by the hand. But, Bob, we will
have it over again. Do you say so 7"
Of course I did not say no. I would not
have lost my divinity for all the treasure in
South Caroliaa. I paid over ruy money and
uncle Ned gave it to the free schools of the
State. . . . ,
A few weeks after I returned to the North
with one of the most beautiful and loving
wives that ever lighted the destiny of a worth
less fellow like myself.
An Awful Warning. Tho Baltimore Clip
per, of Thursday, Juno 1, says: We heard
yesterday from an entirely responsible source,
the particulars of an occurrence which can
only be lookcdiipon as an instance of Divine
rebuke for taking the name of the Almighty
in justification of a falsehood. We refrain
from mentioning names through consideration
of the parties, who are respectable persons,
residing in the south-western section of the
city. Jt appears that a few days since tho
aunt of a young girl about eighteen years of
age, accused her of having been guilty of some
misconduct, which she positively denied, and
on being again accused, she called upon God
to strike her blind if she was not Riling the
truth. In a moment after according to her
own statement, a film seemed to pass before
her eyes, and in the course of five minutes she
was totally blind, and she has continued sight
less ever since. The afflicted victim of her
own impiety confessed that she had called up
on her Maker to justify her . in what was a
falsehood. May not this be considered as a
terrible instance of Divino wrath, and may not
the thoughtless take warning ?
WiiAT toc do, no well. This is a lesson
which cannot be too earnestly impressed upon
the young. No person of experience but knows
the ill policy of poorly done work, and yet the
world is filled with botching. It is labor go
ing on its tasks Blip shod, caring not for per
manent accomplishment, but only to provide
for the moment's emergency. Half the world's
work has to be mended almost as soon as done,
the half-doings and mendings producing at
best only wretched, slovenly results costing
more than would, with greater care and pa
tience have done everything well. Every man,
however poorly he may do himself, is quick to
appreciate what is well done, so that the well
doing commands the best market for labor,
and gives the greatest profit equally to the
serving and the served. If a labor is worth
doing at all, it is worth well doing. Plant
well, cultivate well, build woll, think well, act
well, And live well and all will be well or, if
the aggregate result chance to be ill, wc shall
not have to reproach ourselves with neglect
of means and opportunities.
American S-'teah Engines. The New York
Post very justly says of our iron horses :-c'Not
only have we driven the British completely
out of the home market, but for several years
we exported locomotives to England, until
the manufactures of that country adopted
American ideas in the contruction of their
machines. We have contended successfully
with foreigners in other countries on the
banks of the Nile and the plateus of South
America. Only last summer a victory was
won in Chili by an American engine, built at
the Roger's works, in Paterson, over an Eng
lish rival. Such a triumph ought to hare
given our countrymen a hundred times more
satisfaction than that of Ileenan and Sayers,
yet it scarcely received mention at the time."
Old Vulcan at Work. Vesuvius is inn
state of splendid activity. The crater still
sends out its thunders, followed by red hot
stodes. At the bottom of it one sees a mass
of fire, from which rise up fiery circles like
carriage wheels. Tho exhalations of muriatic
acid are so strong that it is difficult to ap
proach. At the foot of the mountainthere are
full a hundred currents of liquid lava, which
have arrived at tho "Piano delle Ginestre."
At present the numerous craters are no longer
visible ; the whole ground seems to send forth
lava, and the small proprierors are in great
apprehension. The currents have been flow
ing over the old beds of 1794, when Torre del
Greco was swept away, and the lava went half
a mi le into the sea.
The Rising Sun (la.) Visitor, of 'American'
tendencies, thus briefly but pithily disposes of
the great third party movement, in an allu
sion to Mr. Bell : He has been a good old
Whig, and we respect him for it, yet think it
would be the heighlh of folly for us to lend
our aid to his election, and thus help to divide
and distract the compact army that will fight
for the nomination at Chicago.- To us, at
present, it seems that every vote given in a
free State for Bell only helps tocontinue in
power an Administration whose very friends
have been driven off by thousands at the sight
and knowledge of the corruptions that have
crpt into every department of the Govern
ment. " '
Tom Buckley, the 'Limerick Boy,' has suc
cessfully accomplished his foat of walking 100
hours, without rest or sleep, at Pittsburg. .
It is estimated that over 100,000 barrels of
oil arc now ready for market in the oil region
of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
The sale of public lands of tho U. States In
27 years, have realized over $136,000,000.
Lemon jnico is now being used iu Europe
for the euro of rheumatism.
JAPANESE EPISTLES.
The following epistles, purporting to have
been written by one of the Japanese when at
Washington to a fellow countryman, it is said,
have lost none of the peculiarities of the Jap
anese language,by being translated into Dutch
and then into English :
The Central City of Washington.
Esteemed Hakodadi : The details ot our
reception by the American Tycoon you have
in my former letter. He is called not Tycoon,
but "President ;" sometimes, however, by a
strange analogy of language, "old coon." I
at first thought this an attempt to pronounce
our Japanese phrase, but am assured that it is
strictly idiomatic, and implies astuteness and
age. It certainly seemed applicable to the
bead of the nation who received us.
We find it very difficult to comply with the
demands of our sovereign, forbidding us to
touch the woman of this country. Not from
any disposition on our part to disobey, but
from their desire to seize us by our hands.
They are apparently allowed here tire greatest
freedom, but it is only in appearance. Every
woman, married or single, is fastened in a
cage of bamboo or flexible steel, extending
from the waist to the feet. This seems to be
so arranged as to give them no uneasiness, but
Ihey are very much ashamed of it, and conceal
it under so many coverings that it renders
their appearance quite ludicrous. They are
unrestricted as to the upper part of their per
sons, which they are permitted to expose as
much as tho wish. This they seem to avail
themselves of, and on all occasions of higli
ceremony, wear very low dresses. As in all
barbarous nations, the slit their cars and sus
pend from them ornaments of gold and silver.
They also paint and powder themselves, and
after greasing their hair, twist it into fantas
tic shapes and fasten it up with long pins and
combs. Some of them would be fine-looking,
if they did not disfigure themselves by the
hideous and vulgar custom of wearing eye
brows and keeping their teeth white. Be as
sured, therefore, that wo are in no danger of
being captivated by their appearance ; we feel
nothing but regret that the barbarous and ab
surd customs of man should thus destroy the
charms which cultivation and refinement would
so much improve.
Nothing strikes us so much as the want of
respect these barbarians show even to their
highest dignitaries; they never hesitate to
spit before them, and it requires considerable
activity to prevent being spit upon at all times.
The custom of wearing ono sword, it seems,
originated from this cause, as it enables you
to avoid with greater facility the saliva of your
neighbor. Chewing tobacco is much prized,
it seems, from the saliva it produces, which is
preserved, when possible, in handsome vases
of porcelain, and placed in prominent posi
tions. None of the inhabitents do reverence
by crawling on their bellies, except after the
election of a new Tycoon, when those in
search of office come to the central city and
perform that ceremony. Those who are fortu
nate enough to meet with honor from the Ty
coon seldom walk uprightly during their whole
term of office. The unfortunate applicants
become at once censors or spies upon the
others, and their silence has to bo bought at a
high price. All public servants have their
price, which rises or falls according to the
necessities of the Tycoon. But I shall reserve,
my reflections on political topics till I have
another opportunity to address you. Until
then rest in peace.
The Central City of Washington.
Esteemed Hakodadi: You will perceive by
tho date of my letter that wo are still in the
Central City, tho sacred residence of his Ma
jesty the Sly-Coon. We have Leen devoting
ourselves, since I last wrote to you, to the
study of the manners and customs of this new
and singular people. Their most marked pe
culiarity appears to be their strange restless
ness. It is one of their holy maxims, deliver
ed to them by one ot the fathers of the repub
lic, that "eternal vigilance is tho price of lib
erty," and from recent events ithas also been
discovered "that eternal vigilance is-the price
of slavery." All portions of the country are,
therefore, in obedience to these wise laws kept
in a constant state of activity. Their coun
tenances bear evidence of fearful anxiety.
They never for a moment seem to enjoy the
luxury of repose so dear to all Eastern na
tions, and although they appear to be rumina
ting animals, they never chew tho cud with
the placidity of the sacred cow. They eat fast,
drink fast, smoke fast, and talk fast. To call
them to their meals, they havo imported the
great Chinese war gong. When this is soun
ded, every association is forsaken,- and they
rush with violence to be fed. They arm them
selves with a broad fork, with four prongs, a
knife and a gpoon, and they fill themselves in
an incredibly short space ot time. , Their diet
is mainly the flesh of animals, that of the fil
thy creature, tho hog is one of their favorite
dishes ; the hind legs are the most esteemed
portions, and the lard or grease is used univer
sally. It is odd, that with such tastes, they
should have a prejudice against a much clean
er animal, the dog, so great a favorite with
tho Chinese. The dogs are .kept, as with us,
for the chase, or as pets. They use the same
precaution to prevent' their doing mischief,
that they employ to restrain their women,only
they place the wire cap on the dog's head.
Drinking is tho only national amusement,
and is indulged in by all classes at all times.
It is generally performed in a standing posi
tion, and is highly esteemed from its interfer
ing so little with the pursuit of business. They
use mainly the fermented juice of the grape,
out of which various liquors are made, most
delectable to the palate, and far exceeding in
flavor our own saki. They obtain a liquor
from the Dutch called "Gin," out of which
they make a mixture bearing the name of the
tail of the fowl imported from. Shanghai. They
also manufacture out of a liquor called "Bran
dy," a drink intended to commemorate the
introduction of railroads "smashes," our in
terpreter calls them. But an inebriating wine
called "Champagne," which explodes,is more
to our taste than either gin cock-tails or bran
dy smashes, and it is not so powerful. The
drink of the Sly-Coon is called whisky ; it is
made by a religious sect, settled in his native
province. Its use is also permitted to the
Senators,beingpartof the treaty-making pow
er, always employed in that connection with
the Aborigines. The stronger liquors are
drunk in the morning and at night, and the
milder ones during the afternoon.
The people here rarely sleep never in the
day time,except upon the first day of the week,
when they ; perform their religious exercise ;
during these they aro said to sleep quite sound
ly. The active part is taken by the "Bonze,"
and the worshippers are not obliged, as with
ns, to turn a praying machine themselves.
They aro taught as the highest exercise of
virtue, to forgive their enemies. In this the
present Sly-Coon, is said to excel ; when their
wrath is enkindled against him, he gives them
what are called Post Office Blanks ; we have
no term for this in our language, but they
quiet the most violent until they aro printed.
By this means he has concilliated all his ene
mies and lost all his friends. Ho will soon
retire from his high station, which it seems
he never sought, except during the last sixty-five
years of his life. His successor, it is
said, will be a splitter of bamboos, or a makef
of teapots. ; Some of the people are anxious
to place a venerable statesman on tho throne ;
but he was unfortunately educated in early
life,by the exertions of his injudicious parents,
and has not, therefore, been able to exhibit
the necessary self-reliance., IIow solemn a
warning this," oh ! Hakodadi, against parental
indulgence, which often, with the best inten
tion, plants a thorn which no after exertions
can eradicate. All the people have a voice in
the election of their ruler, and ho who ha3 tho
greatest number of voices is chosen. The
head men here talk of nothing but the chances
of their favorites.' It is essential that he
should be in favor of free trade, and a high
tariff, of peace and tho annexation of Cudj,
together with strict , economy in the finances
and the construction of a railroad to the Pa
cific ocean. But the great difficulty seems to
be about a set of people with black faces and
wooly heads. They cannot go, it appears,into
certain parts of tho country where it is very
cold, and their masters think the Tycoon ought
to heat it for them, as the Constitution gives
them a right to go there ; on the other hand,
the white people, who own none of them, in
sist that tho country where the blacks only
can work should be made cold enough for free
white labor. Those aspiring to bo Tycoons
strive very hard to blow hot and cold, but are
not able to satisfy both parties. Such ques
tions as theso we leave to Buddha, the great
spirit who rules the world, but the Supersti
tious barbarians of this country believe that an
act of their Congress can people the waters of
the South with the sperm whale of the North
Pacific.
But I fear, oh, esteemed companion of my
youth, that when your eyes shall light upon
this despatch in the flowery island of Niphon,
you will think I havo sent you an epistle as
long as the message Buck, the American Ty
coon, delivered to his men, and which our in
terpreters translated with so much tribulation.
I, therefore, wishing you health, contentment
and peace, sign myself your ever friend.
The Birth Place of Washington. Some
years since Lewis Washington, presented
to the St3te of Virginia the lot of land iu
Westmoreland county on which stood the house
in which the lather of his country first saw the
light of day. This was done with a view of
having the spot marked by some suitable mon
ument by the State. We learn that it is the
intention of the Governor and Secretary of
the Commonwealth to proceed to Westmore
land county during the present week, to exam
ine into the present condition of the "birth
place of Washington," ceded to tho State by
his relative. They propose having the ground
(one or more acres) enclosed, and a road-way
made to it. It lies on the Potomac river. A
monument will be put up to designate the spot.
A piece of the hearthstone of the ancient ed
ifice (perhaps the only remaining relic) is
now in the State Capitol in Richmond. Many
years since a marble slab denoted the place of
Washington's first homo, but the mutations of
time and chance, it is believed, have caused
it to disappear.
BuiGnAM Young in Philadelphia. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says that the great Ty
coon of Utah, Brigharr. Young, is dwelling
temporarily in that city. -Unambitious of pop
ularity with the unbelieving, and shrewdly
doubting that his public reception would be
otherwise than "warm," he has been flourish
ing incognito. A tall, slender gentleman stalk
ed inio the billiard room at the Point Breeze
Trotting Park, on Thursday, and joined in a
friendly game with ono of the subscribers,
lie did not refuse the customary imbition of
the ardent, and behaved in a very satisfactory
christian manner. The "Subscriber" will
thank us for assuring him that the tall, slen
der gentleman was Brighara Young. And
many unconscious citizens have met the same
tall, slender man, in many places, lie is in
troduced as Mr. Smith or Mr. Joncs,a.s occasion
may require but is nevertheless only King
Brigham.
Forbes, the Englishman who engaged as
drill sergeant for Ossawatomie Brown, has writ
ten from London to Senator Mason, declining
to come over and testify before the Senate
Committee. It seems Mr. Mason had guaran
teed his personal safety, and also offered him
an inducement, as Forbes writes: "Lastly,
respecting the pecuniary compensation offer
ed me, should I return and give evidence, I
beg to inform the United States Senate and
its select Committee, that although the cor
rupt, repudiating and speculating American
humanitarians have brought me into extreme
financial difficulties, I am not for sale."
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, now pro
perly called the Kingdom of Naples, has an
area nearly the 6ize of the State of New York,
and a population of about 9,000,000- Tho
continental portion contains about 31,000
square miles, ard the island ef Sicily has an
area of 10,508 square miles. The island is
is said to be the finest and most important of
the Mediterranean, and it is larger in extent
than Massachusetts and Rhode, Island combi
"ned, and the population about equal in num
bers to that of the six New England States.
The city of Palermo is about the same rank
in population with Boston.
A large Crystal Palace, on tho model of the
Loudon one, is about to bo erected at St. Pe
tersburg, Russia. It is intended for a perma
nent exhibition of flowers ano plants.
" In Brooklyn, N. Y., a woman has been ar
rested for fowl robbery fourteen chickens
were found concealed in her hoop skirt.
It is stated that $3,718,000 worth of new
buildings are now in course of erection in tho
city of New York.
1 The New Jersey peach crop promises bet
ter. Tho Newark 'Journal? Bays it will turn
out well. V
Great Men Always Know Each Other.
When Mr. Clay visited Hopkinsville, Ken
tucky, the first year of the administration of
J ohn Qnincy Adams, to defend himself against
tho charge of bargain, intrigue, and corrup
tion, he wa3 called upon by his friends at a
large and spacious saloon. Dr. II., tben of
that place, and a great friend of Mr. Clay, was
by his side, preseuting him to his numerous
friends as they came forward. Presently tho
Doctor saw the tall form of the eccentric Gov.
Pittsnr enter the door of the saloon. J nstant
ly, he embraced the opportunity to point him
out to Mr. Clay, and then whispered to him :
"That tall man at the door is Gov. Tittsur.
of Pond River, a most worthy friend ot yours,
whom you must know without an introduc
tion ; and you must be certain, before ho
leaves, to wish that he may never have anoth
er invasion of squirrels."
Thus posted, Mr. Clay stood his ground in
the centre ot the saloon, while the Governor,
unconscious of the innocent trick, approach
ed him by degrees, and saying as he came,
"Don't introduce me to Mr. Clay ; he will
know me, and I shall know him, for great men
always know each other on sight."
The Governor looked everywhere but in the
right place, asked, as he passed on :
"Where is the god-like man ?" and saying,
"I shall know him on sight, for great men
like never fail to know each other. I beg
of you, gentlemen, not to introduce us; wo
shall know each other, though we have never
seen each other. You say he is in this room ;
good I shall find him !"
And away he stalked toward tho place
where Mr. Clay stood.
"How arc you, Governor Pittsur, of Pond
River? I am rejoiced to see you."
"Hear that!" said tho Governor; "didn't I
tell yon he would know me 7 Yes, yes, gen
tlemen, he is the greatest man that lives."
After cordially shaking hands, and telling a
few of his happy jokes, Mr. Clay said :
"My dear Governor, I wish that yon may
live a thousand years, that health may abound
throughout your wide domain.and that you may
never have another invasion of the squirrels.'
"Bless me!" said tho Governor, "did you
hear that 7 How did he know that my pcoplo
lost their entire crop of corn last year by
squirrels 7 Bless my soul, lie knows every
thing ! Wonderful wonderful ! I always
told you he was the greatest man in the world;
didn't I boys?"
And tho Governor left in a state of perfect
admiration of the great statesman."
The Sweep of the Tornado. It appears
that the storm fiend swept over tho space of
four hundred and fifty miles Mithout diminution
of force, smiting towns, farms, forests and
everything on the surface of the earth with
the violence of a battery ot a thousand guns.
Indeed, the arts of civilized man are inade
quate to the work of the destruction accom
plished by the hurricane during any single
minute of its duration, where it had anything
more moveable than the solid earth to work
upon. Whole loresta were crushed in an in
stant, and respectable streams of water literal
ly scooped out by the mighty tempest.
The course of the tornado is now traced
from Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa,
more than two hundred miles west of tbo Mis
sissippi river, to the north-eastern corner of
Ottawa County, Michigan. Nor is it at all
probable that the entire range of devastation
is yet known, though its direction at both
extremities leads us to hope that however far
it may have traveled, it did not involve much
more destruction of human life than is already
known. The time occupied by the tempest iu
making thfentire distance cannot yet be cor
rectly estimated. We know merely that it
swept over Webster county, Iowa, on Sunday
afternoon, and Ottawa county, Michigan, on
Sunday night. To asscrtain and preserve tho
exact date at the time, distance.and the more
marked effects of the phenomenon, furnishes
so ample and interesting field for our Acade
my of Natural Sciences. Chicago Press.
Mr. Covode. The Washington correspon
dent of the Philadelphia J'orth .American says :
"The proposed retirement of Mr. Covodo from
Congress will be much regretted in the House,
where, for the last five years he has been rec
ognized as a faithful, efficient and valuablo
member, zealously devoted to the best inter
ests of Pennsylvania, and a legislator of prac
tical and liberal opinions. Others have made
more mark, and others havo exhibited much
greater pretensions ; but his plain and blunt
character, strong good sense, and the general
confidence inspired by both have given him a
commanding position of influence. He will bo
missed as one of the old guard, who in all
great struggles since the repeal of tho Mis
souri Compromise, and upon every occasion
involving the tariff, never was found wanting
in the discharge of duty, and never needed
prompting as to tho part ho should act. While
some hesitated and halted, or vacillated and
changed, he was ever at his post and always
trne to the instinct of manly fidelity. He has
claimed no reccgnition. and affected none ot
the cheap superiority which small men with
large ideas of themselves are weak enough to
suppose belongs to a seat in Congress."
A Good Speculation. The traders from
Morocco make periodical excursions to Turn
buctoo, about a thousand miles distant in a
southernly direction, where they exchange to
bacco, salt, daggers,wooIen mantles, and look
ing glasses, for ivory, gold dust, pepper, os
trich feathers, assafcetida, indigo and slaves.
The value of the invoices carried by each ex--pedition
fs estimated atone half million of
dollars, while tho returns are somewhat over
eighteen millions. Rather a profitable trade.-
Louis D. Riviecco, a young Catholic priest
of San Francisco, has renounced that religion
and applied for admission to the Episcopal
Church, which has been granted.
Accounts from Key West say that the cap
tured Africans are dying so fast that not rooro
than 700 or 00 will bo left out of all the car
goes to send back.
Ileenan has issued a peremptory challenge
to John Morrissey, to fight him for any sum .
from 5 cents to $3,000,.. .
That young man who drinks, bets, swears, .
gambles, and idles away his time, is on a thiu -place
on the ice.
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The crops in the Southern States arc look
ing very well. Corn is already large cnougb
for tho table.
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