TERMS OF Till? " AMERICAN." If. B. MA88ER, i roUME JOSEPH EI8EI.Y. SPofnitTont, . B. .yt.1SSf:nf Editor. Office in Centre Altcf, in the rear of II. B. Mas ler't Store. THE" AMERICAN" is published every Satur day at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No paper discuntin tied till all arrearages are paid. No subscription received Tor a lea period than aix mouth. All communications or letters on business relating tit the office, to insure attention, must be POST PAID ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUXTBTJRY, PA. Business attended to in the Oounties of Nor thuipUrland, Union. ycnming and Columbia. Uefer toi P. Ac A. Povoi'iit, Lowsn iV. UiHitnN, Cojihi ft fononAs, l'.hilad. Rktnomis, Mcl'AnnNii &. Co, SpKntNo, 'Jnnri t.'o., ALKXAMIKR Ti. MICKEY. TRUNK BI A 3' E R . Xo. l.'iO CiicKiiut Street, PHILADELPHIA. WHERE all kinds of lender trunk", vnlisrs and carpet baes, tf every style and pattern are manuf icture.l, in the heat mariner and from the beat material, and ald nt the Invest r ite, rh h.h lpl h. July imh. 181'). 1y. 1. U 13 111 U V 11 DR. JOHN W. I'UAL. RESPECTFULLY inform. h -i lizens of f'ui.bury tint its vicinity, thM :2f3 he has rcnoved to die Uiiitc Mouse, in Market tlroet, f.r.iinily m copied hy lletipunin llendritis. last of the store fiiiner'V or- upird by Miller & Marie, nnd now hy fra T. Cle ment, where he will be happy to receive culls in the line of hi profession. funlsiry. March 89 rh 1S15. 1TSV- CAS.FETI1TGS. riHE subscribers hive received, and are now JL opening a splendid assortment of the following Roods !iony. Wilton and Velvet Carpelings Brussels and Imperil It ply di fR Kxtr superfine and tine loer.'iitis do V PET EnRli di shadi d fc Dimnk Veneti.iti do INCJ. Ann'icni tuilled nnd lia'd do Eni;lih liruuge ts ami Woolen Floor Cloths Stair and Passage Perkins Kmboesed Piano ami Table Covers London Cheuille nnd Tufted Kurs Door Malts of eveiy description, . ALSO A lai(re and extensive csm'tnient of Floor Oil Clolh, Irom one to eiftlit yards wide, cut to fit eve ry description of rooms or passages. Also, low priced Ingrain ('miretinriR fiom 31 J tn CC rents per yard, toci'ther with a huge sndextrn. Five assortment nt goods u-ua ly kept by carpel merchant. The above goods will be sold wholesale or retail nt the lowest market prices. Country merchant and others are purnciiUr Iv invited to call and eta mine our slrsk liefotc inakinc then si'lertions. CLAIJKSDN, RICH A Mi;i.L!;.. Succesors to Jis-ph lll.ickwood, No. 1 1 1 ("lionnl, cirner of Fr in'iliti I'Ur e. Phihi Irlphia. Feb. 22d. IS4S. "YlMmiKJ.LAS '& ' 1A IIASOLS, cheap ron CASH. "JT. ST".IlT'S Vmlirclla tind l'ariisol xMitnularinry. 37 Xurh Thitil .-ml, two Juura Lr.'ow the CITV IIU'YI'.L. I !i 1 t u tl I ! ! I a . I.WAVS oil l:Bod, a llinjn Klock of I'M- HI;IM,l..s mid I'AK XSDl.S. indu tins.' the l.iicst n.'W kh e ol I'inki'd Eilui il I'ara-ols of the lust wiii kin.iiis'itp nt id imiii-rints. at prices ttint will make I an object m Country Meichanta nnd other, to call and exjimne his st 'rk In lore pn'cha-ing elsewhere. Fef. 2, 1 S 45. 1 v sin; ( ;i: n t si a 'i:xv v.s:-iiiTG icaci:-:iite. riHh'S Machine h is now b.en tested by more .l than thiny families in this neighborhood, and Ins given rtnire -jitislaction. It is so simple in it construction, that it cannot get out of orih r. Jt rcntaius no iron to ui-l, nnd no -prinusor rollers to get out of rep'iir. It will ih twice as much wish ing, with less than hull the wear and tear ot'an of the l ite inventions, nnd wh it is of greater in. per. tai.ce.it cutis but lil'le over hall us much as other washing machine. The subscriber has the exclusive right for Nor thumbcrbind, I'nion, L coming. Columbia, Lu. zerne and Clinton counties. Price of aingle mi chine $6. H. 11. MAKM2U. 'J'he following certificate is fioru a few ol those who have the.-e muchines in use. Sunbiiry, Aug. 21, 1844. We, the subscribers, certify that we have now in ue, in our families, "Sliugett's patent Wsh irg Mschine," and do not hesitate suing thit it is i most excellent invention. That, in Wa-I.mg, I will savem iw thin one hall the usual labor. That it doe not reipiiie more than one third the usual quantity of soap and water ; and that there no rubbing, and consequently, little or no wear n? or tearing. I'hfit it knocks otl'no buttons, and hat the lines! cloihes, suc'i as collars, lures, tucks, rills, &c, may lw washed in a very short time viihout tt'C least injury, and in fact without any ippaient wear and tear, whatever. We therefore: heerfully recommend it to our fiends and to the lUblic, as a most useful and labor saving machine. CH AIILF.S W.HEUIXS, A. JOKUA X, CHS. WEAVER. CHS PLEXHAXTR, (ilUi:0 MARKI.E, Hon. CEO. C. WELKER, WEN J. HENDIJICKS, (ill)ED.N LEISEXKIXO. tnn'a Hotel, (formerly Tremont House, No. 116 Chesnul street,) Philadelphia, September 21st, 1814. I have used Shugert'a Patent Washing Machine n my house upwards of eight months, and do not lesiiate lo lay that ( deem it one of the ino-l use nl and valuable labor-saving machines ever invsn. .rd. 1 formerly kept two women continually oc. .-upied in washiug, who now do aa much in two lays as they then did in one week. There ia no wear or tear in washing, and it require! not more ;ha one-third the usual quantity ol aoap. I have had a number of other m ichinea in my family, bu' this is so decidedly auperior to every thing else, and u little liable to get out of lepsir, that I would nut In without one if tbey ibould coat ten times the mc ihev are sold for. DANIEL HERR. r'ok'nti ft) l'.,pi wiii. Maderia and Litbou 5 wines. AUo auperior Brandy aud Gin, Lemon lruo. Also few barrels of Bi rr Fish, for aale tyrup. HENRY MASSER. Snbory, July Hth, 1848, Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the Ir Manser Si. Clsoly. 2& Tlie last Words of a respectable Man. "Such were the last words of one, universally respected, whose memory will ever be cherished by his inconsolable relations." A rich man dying called his son, To hear his last advice ; Whispering he spake his sight was gone Ills feet were cold as ice ! "Beware of evil spendthrift ways, And wasteful company; Pe wise and frugal all your days, If you would virtuous be. "Opinions current in the world Adopt with deep respect, New fangled thoughts and things, at once, My prudent son, reject. 'O'er word and deed keep constant guard, Your bright side let men see ; Society lnys down certain rules For all morality. "He your attendance to your church Constant ; your prayer hnok new; t)ress well, and do not fail to choose A handsome central pew. "In friendship have a wakeful eye, Avoid a needy friend; lie's not your friend who something wants ; Borrow not neither lend. "All men in troubled waters shun, And all things out of joint ; Good tables seek and dinners give, As your best interest points. "If any woman you have wronged Vice causes sad expense Have fortitude nh, fly from vice Leave her to Providence. "For marriage in my will you'll find A safe directing voice, Where birth and competence combined, Will bless your father's choice. "Something I had to say on truth; Something on honesty; My memory fails hut slick to both, When the best policy, ''("lather my bills up pay my debts, A nd call my credits in ; With all men I would die at peace, And all good memories win. ' "One debtor he is very poor A carpenter by trade' He'll never pay ; so by this mat: You'll get my coffin made." A PRAYER IN SICKNESS. Send down thy winged arige's, God ! Amid this night so wild ; And bill him come where now we watch, And breathe upon our child ! She lies upon her pillow, pale, And moans within her sleep, Or wakeneth with a patient smile, And striveth not to weep. How gentle and how good a child She is, we know too well, And dearer to her parents hearts, Than our weak words can tell. We love we watch throughout the night, To aid, when need may be ; We hope and have despaired, at times, Rut now we turn to Thee ! Send down thy sweet souled angel, God, Amid the darkness wild, And bid him sooth our souls to night, And heal our gentle ihilj ! 'i lia Dead of TJJie year just closed has witntsted the deaths of Gen. Andrew Jackson, Ex.-1'residetit, U. is., June b, aged 78. Hon. Jos. Story, Justice Supreme Court Si-pt. 10, aovd (i,"). f Hon. Isaac C. Hates, U. S. Senator, Mass., March 10, aged G5. Hon. John JJ. Dawson, M.C , Irom Ixiuisia. na, June CO. Hon. Divid V. Dickenson, M.C. from Ten nessee, April 21. lion. John II. Peyton, M. C, elect from Ten nesee Hon. Pnuota9 Houghton, geologist, of Mi chigan, (drowned.) Hon. Leverett Saltonetall, x-M. C, from Mass., May 8, aged 61. Rev. Henry Ware, D. D., Professor at Har vard, Jjly 12, aped 61. Rev. James Milnor, D. D., New York city, March 8. aged 70. Hon. Vm. H. Roane, ex Senator U. S. Va., May 11, aged 57. Hon. George Morrel, chief juitice, Michigan, March, agej &7. . William W. Cherry, Jackson, N. C, May 2, aged 39. Hon. Buckner Thurston, Judge U. S., D. C, August 30, aged 82. Hon. Roger M. Sherman, Connecticut, Dec. 30, 1841, aged 71. Hon. Joseph L. Tillinghast, R. I , Dec. 30, 1M4. AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL: majnrily, the vital principle of Republics, from which gunbury, Northumberland Co. From the Ladies National Magazine. THK I.OAP OP IUl It At). BV JANE WEAVER. 'Rut my matches oh I do buy them sir,' eaid a plaintive voice. The perron addrensed, clad in a heavy over coat, was breasting the sharp wind of a December day, hid throat was muffled up, leaving- only a portion of his face diecernahh?, but his drees be fptikn one in comfortable circumstances. 'I don't want your matches, lad,' said lie. But do buy them six boxes for a tip.' 'Get nut of the way,' said the man sharply, for the lad fin I f Flopped the pntli. Oh! do buy some,' raid the boy, detnining him hy the kirtuf his cont, 'mother is sick end I've had nothing to eat to-tlay. Do buy a Hp's worth.' The man hesitated. The natural impulses of his heart were for pond; he wns one accusto med to think the world wr.rse than it was. 'P.-haw !' hetaid, 'that is the old Ftr.ry; get out ot the way, you young scamp, or I'il have you arres'ed.' The boy meekly drew hack, but. a tear froze on his check in that hitter blast, though the rich man saw it not, for lie hurried on. It was petting late, and the Hreets would have been pitch dark, but for the lamps which at long intervals, lit up the night. Few were abroad in that wintry weather, and so the boy stood shivering at his poM for a long while be fore a sernnd passenger came hy. Poor fellow! he was thin clad, and his lips were blue with cold; yet he kept his station, vainly offering his mitchrs, but finding no buyers. Ten o'clock struck, and the tears fulling1 fast, he turned his footsteps towards the cellar in which he lived. Ho hnil been nut all day and sold nothing, nor had a morsel r,f food crossed his month since the night before. But he thought more of his sick mother than of himself. The little capital had been exhausted in the purchase of his matches, and they had not a cent remaining. He paused, fur at lhat instant the light from a baker's shop streamed across the street The baker was just shutting up ; hid bark was turned, the door invitingly open, and within reach lay a pile of loaves. A sudden impulse seized the by. Arrhour previous he had vain ly bejged at Hi.! same shop, and that man had roughly ordered him away. He had never sto. len before, but now an irresistalile temptation seized him. Should his mother starve, w hen a sinwle loflf might snve her. He rushed in, gras ped the prize and dashed down the street. flillo! slop thief!' said the baker, turning around just in time to see the art. The hoy heard the cry, ami trembled all over, f, ar lent speed to his feet, and he ran swiftly on, now and then turning back In see if his pursuers , pn mod nn him. Stop thief! stop thief! stop thief !' wos the J cry that rung from au inuny pursuers, as, look j ing from their shops, they caught sight of the fugitive and joined in the chase. The toy's heart beat wildly; he mechani i cally turned his steps to the cellar where lit? li- veil ; the alley, in which it was, opened ipto the I street just Bliead ; and he strove desperately to j pain it. The watchman's rattles were now neant in front, behind, all around ; like a hunt ed star, pantin? and frightened, he gained the pnd of the alley and dashed into the dark tho roughfare. But at the moment, a man sprung out of the corner house and seized the fugitive. 'Ah! you young thief you were nearly off ! were ynu come along 1 am a magistrate you shall go to jail, and With these words he d rapped the culprit into his office. The boy burs! into tear. '( )h ! sir,' he said, lid me go. I only stole a hmfof bread, and I would'nt have down it, but we are starving. Mother and I haven't eat any thing to-day, and mother is sick. 1 never stole before. Li t me go, and I'll never do it ngain.' The mapistrate's office was now full of peo ple the baker being among the number. The buy w as sobbing piteotisly. The magistrate or dertd lights, for hitherto the room had been dark. 'The young villain, so early in crime these match boys should all be sent to the house of refuge,' said one. M have seen the rascal prowling about my door for the last hour, said the baker. 'Stop crying,' said one of the w ilchinen, gi ving the boy a violent ahake. 'You're done lor, young'un so no whimpering. The glare of the lighta that were now broupht in fell full on the face of the magistrate, who had taken hit seat, and then ahot their brilliant g'nre across the group of spectator until it tes ted on the weeping child. At thataight the taa Citrate started. He got up and looked over his desk more closely at the boy. The lad really secma in want,' said he, with kindrerd tone, leaving- his chair and advancing to the culprit, whose hand ho took. 'Are you not the match-boy I met to-night V ; Tho lud looked up, and the recognition was mutual. ' - i " Olt ! yea, air and what I told yoa was true. there is no 'appeal but to force,.the vital principle ra. Saturday, Jan. 24, IS4G. Mother lives just up the alley, No. 4(1, in the cellar. You nrty po there ami see. Don't send mo to jail. It will break her heart. In deed 1 never intended to steal, bat we are star v,ng.' 'This must be inqniird into. Good God, I thought tliH child a cheut. But his lipsaro blue he is shivering , here bny, eat that.' He broke off a piece of the Innf a bespoke, and pave it to the lad, who devoured it with an avidity that convinced every one of the truth of his story. In a minute a watchman carnn in, who said he had been to the cellar the child mined ; a sieli woman was really there, in a state of great destitution. She was sobbing for her absent boy, who ought she said, to have heen at borne leng sinre. Heaven forbid we slmtild punifh the child, then,' said the magistrate fervently. 'How for tunately he was arrested by me ; it saved him from prison ; for no one else would have bcleiv ed his story. Gnetlemen, I will Fee to the boy's wants. 1 suppose you will disstniss your com-plaint-' he added turning to the baker. 'Oh! yes sir,' said the man, 'he is welcome tolhejoaf. I wouldn't have refused any one who really was in want ; but there are so many clients about.' 'Ah! there it is,' said !ie magistrate with relf reproach, 'we think all beggars decievers, and never trouble ourselves to enquire into the truth of their story. Had I done so for this bov, he had not stolen your loaf.' The magistrate kept his word to the lud. Immediate relief was administered to the mo ther's necessities and his; and subsequently re pillar though humble employment obtained for each. They are comfortable, happy and trust worthy. Would it have been so if the hoy had been sent to jiil f Reader! this is nn fancy sketch. Such inci dents occur almost daily in our great cities. 'Go thou t.nd do likewise.' ' Klnr- or SUIrr'a l.ovr. A few days ago, I was at the State Piinn at Sing Sing, N. V., where I heard the facts I am alHint to relate They furnish as teuching an instance of devotion as I have lately met, and they show us that in the huniMest walks, even in the atmosphere of vice ami crime, there rnBy flourish some of the purest pa-sions, that might to w in our ch&ritiee, and make us respect the poor. A young man in Nova Scotia, came to the city of New York and fell among thieves. IT; became the compinion of rtiminah', perhaps a criminal himself. Certainly he was arrested on n charge ofrriine, was tried, convicted, and sent to the prison tit Sing S rig. His sister in Nova Scotia, heard of the fate of her brother, and resolved to secure his deli- verance from prison. She was nuti n servant "irl, and her scanty nurse r. Imrnlv nITIc.n,,! to defray her expenses through tin long j. .i.r ney to the city. Whi n she reached New York, she learned that the only way to get her hru thrr out of prison was by pinion from the? IJ0. vi rnor. Sic unit lo srrt icr in the cdy and worked faithfully till she had earned money e. nnttoli to defray her expenses lo Aibuny, and w as soon there, a stranger, n young unprotected woman, with no oilier recommendation than tint (if having a brother in the State Prison. She in quired the way to the house of the Governor obtained en oudience, ami tlien wild all the el oquence of love so bent in her own b isom, rhe tiiHsle known her request. The Governor su'd that he must have some rr.vori for granting the pardon, or he could not inteitcre! But my brother is an innocent m m.' said the girl, whn had never for a moment indulged the lliniijhl that be could havu been guilty ol 'crime. The Governor wanted foinctlmg more than her words for it, and giving her the nun!! com fort ofwords of sympathy and kitidticss, soul her away lo devise ways and means to prove the in nocence of her imprisoned brother. She ntunud t) New York, sud finding a ptiirr, again resumed her domestic service, and iiidefatigably labored, as tune ami opportunity allowed, to accomplish what w as now the great end of her life. And what will not perseve. ratieeand love nclieiv( Hopeless as the atteinp might appeur, she found the men who composed the jury that convicted her brother, ami obtained the names of every one of them to a petition setting forth mitigating citcuinMaccs in disease, and a king the interposition of executive clem ency in his befcnlf. With this petition the sis ter hurried to Albany, and full ot hope, she pres ented it lo the Governor. He was moved by the intensity of her purpose, aud thn ardent strength td her afltcliun. But he still hesita ted. 'Why,' said she, ynu wir:.( pardon my bro ther I shall never leave you until you do. I shall stay just here and pray forever, and if you wish me to go away you must pardon him, and f will Mess you, and God w ill bles voo the Ion pest day you live.' Her prayer a'nd tears so tar prevailed as to extort a promise that he would make immediate inquinei into tha case, and ll' they were satisfactory ht would transmit tho pardon by a cerium day, whicb be earned, throujh the mail, at Sing Sinjj, ' WAN ami imineJiato parent of deiotiam.-Jarraoa. Vol. G--.o. 15-WhoIc Xo, 2T. Pfilnful Operation. Among the females (of Australia) the only ceremony of importance that I am aware of is that of tattiioing the back, a long nnd very pain ful operation. The method of performing the operation isas follows: The person whose back is to be tattooed is taken o'tit early in the morn ing and squatted on the ground with ber back towards the operator (always a male) and her head bent down between the knees of a Blrong old woman who is sfitingon the ground for that purpose The buck is thus presented in the best position to the operator, and the girl, is long as her head kspt firmly in its position can not possibly arise until all is over. The man who performs the ceremony then commences by taking hold of a fold of the flesh on the girl's right side, just above the breech, with his left hand, whilst, with his right he holds a piece of flint i r shell, and cuts perpendicular gashes an inch long, three sixteenths of an inch deep, aud almut halfan inch apart, in horizontal lines from rioht toleftqnite across tlu back, tho rows be ing half an inch or three quarters distant from each other. This ia carried up the whole way from w here he commences to the shoulders, and, when freshly done, presents one of the most dreadful spectacles imaginable. The blood pushes out in torrents, and, 'hough frequently w iped away with grass by some of the women present, is scarcely removed before the crim son stream flows as profusely as ever. During the time of the ceremony the mother and other female relators lament an mourn whilst they lacerate their bodies with ehells. When the incisions are all made, grass or bnugha are warmed at the fire, to wipe of? the blood. The w hole scene is most revoltinp and dispustinp. The ground near where the p.ior creature aits is: saturated with blood, and the whole back is one mass f cnnpulnted pore. In one case, where I saw this operation performed upon a pirl belonping to the Paritke tribe, she seemed to suffer much pain. At'firsf, until nearly a row of scars had been made across the lower part of the back, she bore the operation well ; but, bs it proceeded, her crirs were piteous and unceasing and, before it wsa concluded, they bfcame the most heart-rending screams of ago ny. From the position in which she Was held, however, by the old woman on the ground, (and who, by the way, was her mother,) it was im possible (or her to stir or escape; indeed, had she attempted it, she would, probably, have been most cruelly beaten in addition. The ceremony occupied three-quarters of an hour; but it was two hours before the wounds had ceased to Meed, and even then dried blood was t p washed off. Two kangaroo teeth and a tuft i f emu feathers w ere tied to the girl's hair and she was smeared over with grease and red ochre but was still forbidden to touch food until the morning. Many weeks elapse before the wounds heal and the inconveniences attending them are removed. P.yrts Central Austra lia. The Berlin Journal informs us that two young mechanician', named Rochester and F.hrmann, have presented to the Polytechnic Society of that city, a carriape which has with it two iron rails. A the enrrriaoe moves on, these rails are con.-tHntly earned under the wheels, so that they run as it on a raiiroad. Several experiments have been made by the Society with the Car rmpe, and the) are stutcd to have been quite sa tisfactory. To rtn sr.ru t Potato!. The following simple method of preserving po'atoes has been discovered by i cmleut. A person at Annaberg lud a qiimlity nf charcoal in his celler, which he removed for the purpose of dispositing a large heiipot potatoes in its place, but omitted to sweep up the dii.-t at the bottom. At the end of tils) uprino;. when they generally begin to spru it, be found that not on-? of t!.ee potatoes ha l gi miniated, and that on being dressed, they retained all their original flavor. To mui Jiuimnv Cakr Tdke 3 large cup of meal, one cup of flour, and nne cup of sour milk, one og, one 'able spoonful of molasses, and a tea spoonful of sa'eratu, d ssolved: mix thoroughly, and add sufficient sweet milk to cause the batter t spread in the pans, then bake in the usual way. BiiiMTONE. The fumes of Brimstone will remuve fruit stums and iron mould from )nen & cotton. Moisten the part stained, with wa ter, then hold it over a peice of brunetune till the sluin disappears. The New Orleans Delta, describing; a seren ading party in that city, siya : 'Instrumental ly.they were very etronj musically, they were very weak." Anonj the advertisement! in the Iindon Tunes, we read that "Two aisters trm trash ing ;" and that "A spinster, particularly fond of children, wisrW for tiro or thru, or any oiAer employment." Massa, one ob y;u oxen's dead I wasVraid to tell you ob' t& t 'find you couldn't bora h.' .,.. " once, ; I'lTtciE OF APTraiTiqiJVO. I square 1 insertion, - - 0 6fV 1 do 3 ' do - - - . 0 76 1 do 3 d... "- . . I 09 Every subseqaentinserlinn, ' ' 0 tl Yearly Advertisements t one column, $25 half column,! 18. three squares, $13; two squares, f 9 ; one square, $5. Half-yearly i one column. $18 ; half column, fit t three squares, $8 i two squares, $5t one equate, $3 60. Advertisements left without directions as to the length of time they are to be publihed, will lie eontinueJ until ordered out, and charged accord. ingW. ' fjj'Phteen linea or less make a sqnare. German lsr. The story we pive below, could only hava happened in Germany, or be related ot Germans. A younjgirl of twenty-one, RoseKoble, a shop tender, became acquainted with a student of pharmacy, one Thennhilns Keppler. This ac quaintance, apparently very slight, was enort forgotten by the young man, but excited a lovrj violent almost to madness, in tho heart of Rose. A peasant girl, an intimate friend af Rose, whrt hid discovered the secret of her passion, made slmneful profit of its Intensity. She addressed the poor girl letters purporting to be written hy Kepp!er, and cajoled her for fourteen years.. During the whole of that period she never one saw her fancied betrothed, but letters asking for money, sugar, Wandy, and even linen, poured th ekopon her. The excuses for not seeing her were of the most etrange and improbable nature; such as, that in consequence offailurA on his examination he was taken to a house ot detention in f Jiliand, constructed expressly for the punishment of defeated candidates. Such, was the tenor of all the correspondence; mia fortune seemed to have rained on him. At on time he had broken an arm, another a leg. Sickness, suffering, and especially destitution afflicted him; the last, being an appeal endur ing and unending. Ro6e, at different periods, had sent eleven thousand francs, an enormou sum for one in her position, to collect which she was obiped to deny herself all but the ne cessaries of life, and to sacrifice her little patri mony and that of a sister. At last, afrer four teen years of continued anxieties and privations, Rose read in the newspaper an announcement of the death of Theophjlus Keppler, apothecary1 of Winterbeh, whose disconsolate widnw and afflicted children, &.c. Thereupon, on com plaint to the authorities, the crimical who had withered her youth and waste her property was found in her b.is:om friend. The punishment inflicted is fourteen years confinement in a dunpeon, from which, during a certain period of each year, all. light is excluded. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 'Do you enjoy good health V 'Yes very much when I have it.' 'Wba't are eggs now a day V Partly chickens.' 'Will you give m a half cup of coffee V 'We havo no half cups.' 'Don't you think it warm in the sun to-day ' 'Cant tell I haven't Wen there.' 'Did you saw a load of wood for me last week ?' No but I saw your wife.' Have you engaged to take that clcth V 'Why, no ; I'm engaged to Char!".' Are you not dear in your prices. Miss !' 'I suppose so every body savs Pin a liitltf dear.' Discriminating Duties 'jne,' s.iid a pen tleman, yesterday, to his mulato servant, who; hy the way, is a freo pent'en oh color. 'Joe erf Fnnn as you have that hall cleaned out, he was sweeping the hall, clean the street opposite the" house-' Massa,' said Joe, putting on a consequential air, 'you must deacuse me. I dors not think it all 'rieath a mulatter to cleans out your hall, or do tinps inside. But I tells you, dat sweepin do street aich wedder as di, is only fit for a rain sure 'nuff darkey. lse a Pennsylvania nigger myetf, and consequent ly, I is in favor of diserx minatin' duties 1 is.' .V. O. Dtlta. A Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Mirror indites the following: VKBSbS 0!t A SMALL MA WITU A VERT LONG BIASrJi How can thy chin that burden bear, Is it all gravity to shock ' Is it to make the people stare, And be thyselt a laughing stock When I behold thy little feet After thy beard obsequious run, t always fancy that I meet A father followed by his son. A man like thee scarce e'er appeared ; A beard like thine where shall we Cad it' Surely thru cherisheit thy beard, lit hopes to hide thytslf Lthind it .' A Witticism. A schoolmaster, wUiesidef wthin ten miles of N in Norfolk, having.- by his exertions in the school-room, made him. self rather thirsty, opened his desk to refrealf l: ..it' ..!. mrnsiu wnn nn appte, wntcti lie had net long deposited there. To h sdissppintment, it waJ tone. Conjecturing that his wife had purloined it, he instantly despatched to htr the follow in: 'Your mother, Ee an rp!e stole But ate it not alon-a ; ' She gave a part to that dear soul Of whom she was a bone. I d I h.ve my fcve at least as kind ; 1 therefore beg, dear madm, You will knottier apple find. Ana aena it to your Adam ; CoMMswriMQ Bt stNEss The New York Spirit of the Times says that a gentleman is go.rr South toeoen jtulreitab!.thmtnt-.Vu Capital is a rroio-W,
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