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WHERE all kinds of lestber trunk., valises and carpet hae, of every style and psllein are manuf.ietuied. in the best manner and from tlie best materials, nnd sold at the Invest rite. Philadelphia, July l!Hh. lfiiri. ly. 1. c m o v a 1)1?. JOHN M. tEAL. f lfo REftPECTFULLV inform !ie ri tuens of ur,lU'y and ils licinity. ih.t rf he has removed t I he Uiik House, in Maiket street, fnrmet ty oi copied by Benjamin' Hendricks. (nUf llie store furmcr'y or copied by Miller & Martz, nnJ now by I'a T. (ele ment, where be will be happy to receive cull in the line of hi. profession. Sunbury. March 29ih 1845. 1TEV CAP.FETI1TGS. TlHE suh-criher ruve received, nd are now X o citing a splendid assortment of ike following B 'Oils Huxony. Wilton nnd Velvet Carpeting Pnisel and I mpi-riil 3 ply do CAR. Kitra supeifioe ai d tine Ingrains do PR T L'njli ill shaded it D.tmask Venetian do ING. Ainniicm twilli-d and lia'd !o J Kncli. Il lrui!ROtn and Woolen Floor Cloths Stair and Pnssano Hocking Emboe I Piano and Table Cover London Chenille nnd Tnfie.l Rugs Door Malls nfeveiv desT.ition. 'ALSO A Isir end rin n-ive csfortmerit of Floor Oil Cloihs Imm one to eiphi yards wide, cut to fit eve ry description of ;ooms or p-is-ase. Also, low piired Ingrain Ciiipel'ngs from 31J to C" J cents per yard, toce'hiT wi'h a lmje am! exten sive assortment of ood Usually kept by c;ipc, merchants. The above roo:!s will be Hold wholesale or retail at the lowest mnrket prices. Country merchant' and others te particularly invited to call snd exa mine our stock before rnakinu theii selections. CLARKSON. RICH A; MULLIGAN, Succenrs to J-seph lllackwood.No. 1 1 1 Cheinut, e-i-ner of Frunkiin Piece. l'hildel,hia. Feb. 22.1. I84.r,. UMBRELLAS & PARASOLS, Oil CAP 70R CASH. J. 77. SVAI1T'S Umbrella and Parasol Manufactory. Yd. 37 Xorlh Tli ml ftrert, two duort Leluw the CITY HOTEL. P ti i 1 it t c I i li I n . LWAY.S on bund, a larje Muck of I'M JL UitEM.AS hn l PAI!S().S. inclu.ttnc the luiri-t iii-w 'le of Pinked IMncJ Par l-o.s i.l" the best wtnkmnsliip and ir.ateiil!. hi prices that will rnske i. an object to Country Mercian's snd other to cull and esinine hi block before purchasing rlaewhere. Fe S3. 1845.- ly ' sili.T, KUT'S PATKKT vas:-::itg iachiite. rllMS Michine b.a now been tested by more J. than thirty ('amibrs in this neighborhood, and h.s piven rntne ntisf.ielion. I' is o simple in its i strui'tK'n, tbiit it cannot Ret out of order. It ronlsim no iron to iu-1, snd no -piinfisor roller to g.-l out of repur. Il will lo twice s much wash no, with less than todt the wesr and tear of an) of be l ite inven'ions, and wh it is of R'"aier inior. ance.it costs but lit le over half as much as other washing machines. The sub riier hss ihe eirtuive riaht for Nor. humberland, Union, LvCotnina;. ("olun.bii, Lu rne and Clinton counties. Price of single rnn bn,ef6. II. U. MASTER. The fwllnwinR eeitificate i fioin a few of lliote ihuhave these muchii.es in use. Sonhury, Aug. 24, 1S44. We, the subscribers, certify ihnt we have now i u-e, in our families, "Shugert's pstent WnsIi g Miichine,"and do not hesitate yinB thtl it is most txerllenl inveiuinn. That, iii Va-hing, will save more thsn one hall the ususl labor. bat it dor H't require more than one third the tusl quantity of sO'P snd wuter ; and that there no rubbing, ami consequently, btlle or no wear e nr tesrinsi. I hnt it knock "fT no hutioni, and st the finest clothes, snc'i as collars, laces, locks, lis, &e., nmy be washed in a veiy short lime ithoul the le,.bt iniuiv, and in fact wiihntit sny paieni wear snd h a', whatevrr. We therefore errfully recommend it to our friends and I" the tblic, a a most useful snd Isbur saving machine. CHARLES W. HEGLNS, A. JORDAN, CHS. WEAVER. CHS PLEASANT8, CIDEON MAKKLE, Hon. UKO. t;. WELKER, BENJ. HENDRICKS. GIDEON LEISENRING. taa'i HoTtt, (formirly Tremont House, No. 116 Ch snul slice',) Philsdelphia, September Slat, 1814. I have used 8hueert's Patent Washing Machine my hou e upwards nf eight months and do not siiste lo lay that I deem it one of the mo t use I and sluahle labor-saving machines ever inven J. I formerly kept two women conlinuslly nc pied in washing, who now do aa much in two ys as they then did in one week. I here is no ear or tear in waahinc. and il requires not more n nne-third the usual quantity of son p. I bnve ul a numlier of other m .chines in my fam ly, bu. ;. is so decidedly auiierior to every thing else, and iiitla liable to Bet out of tepjir, that I would not without one if they should coat ten limes the iceth.v areaoldfor. UAlvitl. IICKK. ."IIPKRIUR Port wine, Maderia and Lisbon .inns. Also suDerior Brandy and Gin, Lemon IUp. AUo fcw barrels of Blc Fisb, for sale HENKX MABOtat. taobory, Jely 1b, 1I1GI1LT IMPORTANT RBWIi Arrival of His Cambria. Out Month Later from Ecnopi.The steamship Cambria Ins arrived with important newe Irom England. The newe ia of the moiu gratifying character, it ia of the most pacific kind, and the important change in the commer cial policy proposed by air Robert Peel will tend to preserve the peaceful relation of the two countries. It will be aeen that the reductions proposed by the Cabinet on American produce are most important to our merchants and agri culttirists. Parliament has assembled. The Queen's mefwrre ia entirely pneific. Expressions of re gret are niRtle Hint the tlifTicnltiee between that country and the United States, relative to Ore- pnn, are yrt unsettled The steamship Cambria, Captain Jnilkins, takes nut to-dsy the most important gratifying a year ; but the cure can only be rewarded then intelligence that ever left the shores of Great as just commenced, it beinjj Mr. P.'s object to Britain. Sir Robert Peel England's power- eradicate the cause of malady from the sylem. lul and brilliant Minister has developed his What is understood by o cure at Graelrnberrr, luture commercial policy. It is at once simple is a perfect cleansing of the borly of all impuri and comprehensive; and under it operation tics, a radical cure of that which has been the the exchanpe of commoilitiesbetween this conn source nf disease. Cases of no very lonr stand try (Enplnnd) and the United States will 'be inp; succumb to the treatment, sometimes in carried to an extent, and will be mutually pro- two or three months, others resist for one or two (Itictive of ndvantnpes, prrster, to quote pot ir- years. Supposing, for example, a yotinjj man reven ntly the words of the sacred volume 'Minn the eye hath yet seen, or the heart hnth conceived." The new scheme embraces, with a lull senFe of their importance, the principles of free trade repudiates nil protection for commerce, manufacture, and agriculture ; admits corn, duty free, st the end of three year--, with a scale, in the intTim, which he will find himself, in other rrspectp, in per will probably ns-etllate between four and six feet health, never be confined to his room, and Fhillipgs prr qunrter, and nt once admits Indian corn a:id buckwheat free ol all duty what- evpr. The ultra-free tradera insist upon the repeal of the Corn Laws being immediate. Thry treat with ecorn the three years' grace to the landlords, and maintain that justice can only be propitiated by instant concession. They talk about the plunder of the pastas amongst the reasons why theycennot tolerate robbery fur the future. Thus arrayed, the hostile for- ce fucc each other with scowling front, and in the centre stands Peel, looking gravey on, preserving a placid dignity in the midst of the onslaught from either party. In the House of Commons he is omnipotent, and however furt- t.usly the war may rageout of dior, it is believ- ed that he will be enabled to carry his Tariff by a majority of eigkly certainly by more 'ban fifty. When matters come to a crisis, and the free traders in the popular branch of the Legislature have to decide between sacrificing Peel and his plans, they will become, it is be- lievrd, less crotchety and more practical. The celebrated Dr. Pusey, at theexpiration of his three years' suspension, npppared on Sun- his object, is obtained, he can determine the ex day last in the Pulpit of the Cathedral Church tent of the cure, and time needed for complet ol Oxford ; and, so great was the anxiety to hear ing it. All persons are expected to drink plen- him, that the struggles nt the door for admis- til'ully of water, the quantity depends upon ctr hion savored more of the threatre than the cumstances, some ten or twelve, (none less,) house of prayer. The attendance exceeded whilst otheri extend it in twenty olasses a day. all previous experience. Great numbers came An inexperienced person would think that eat purposely from l-ondon, and the reporters of the ing adl'ihilum was injudicious ; but Mr. Piiess daily press were sent down to place the sermon nitz lays no restrict ons on his patients in this before the yorld. Dr. Pusey, it will be re- respect. The consequence is, that the nioun membered, was suspended for preaching the tain air, the exercise, and the water, produce an Roman Catholic doctrine of the real presence appetite, thesati-fying of which, under any other in the eucharin. The interval oppears to have circumstances, would be highly conducive to in worked no change in his views; lor the doc- digestion; hut Mr. Priessnitz persists in saying trines of the priestly remission of bins and of that water will digest any thing, and that the the "real presence," werostron!y insisted on fvil of eatina too much wiil correct itself a the the present as in the condemned 6ermon. patient gets stronger, and approaches to conva The "leading journal" yesterday has a pun- lescence. Whatever may be the state of the gent attack upon Dr. Pusey, which may be re- patient's disease, no surgical operations ever garded a tolerably clear evidence that his take place, nor aro patient?, under any eircttm vtews find little sympathy with the popular stances, subjected to llie lose of blood, to blister- mind in England. ALTERATION OF TH'TIFS 0 AMERICAN lR0prc Previous duly. Reduced to. Bacon, 14spercwt. Free. Beef, fresh, 6 per ewt. Free. salted, 8s per cwt. Free. Hay, J6s per load, Free. Hides, 2d per lb. Free. Meat, S per cwt. Free. Pork, Ss per ewt. Free. Buckwheat, laperqr. Buqa;r, SOs per cwt. 10s per ewt. Candles Tallow 10 per cwt. 5$ per cwt. Cheese, 10s OJ per cwt. Ss per cwt. Clock, 20 per cent. 10 per cent. Ham, J4 per cwt. 7 per cwt. Hop, 90s per cwt. 45 per cwt. Indian Corn, heavy duty, Isperqr. Rice, 6s per cwt. liperqr. Tallow, 3s 2d per ewt. 1 per ewt. On seven articles in this list the duty is en tirely removed, while on the other ten, the re- duction proposed varies from fifty to ninety per eent. The duty on Indian corn is reduced to one shilling sterling per quarter of nine Ameri can bushels, or about three cents per bushel. Cor. Baltimore seem te be s treat mar- I ket for coffee, 33,513 sags f Ri were sold in I that city within a abort parted From the Water Cure Journal. lilt TORT OP VIXCKNT PRIBSSNITZ. BT CAPT. CI.AR1D0K. Concluded.) Priessnitz'a firnt endeavor ia to alleviate pain, so that the patients may avail themselves of air and exercise. How far thia object is attained may be judged from the circumstance that out ti! 600 or 600, the usual average number of pa tients under his charge, them ore seldom a do zen of perrons in bed at one time. If their com plaint be fever, lie is so completely master of the case, that no one ever keeps his bed, and sel dom hia room, for more than two or three days, excepting in cases of typus, malady which fjenerally takestwelve or fourteen (fays to era dicate, but hardly ever lonper. The same re mark will apply to rheumatism. II the sufferer can only reach Craelenberp;, he may be sure ol immediate relief, such as elsewhere would be called cure, and which is repeated many times to be attacked by trout ; let him apply tnPrie?s- nilz, and he will he cured immediately : bnt another, who has inherited it from his family, and who has been a iontttartf himself for a num.- berof years, cannot expect to be made a new man but with the exercise of patience ; yet he will have this satisfaction, that during the cure he able to take plenty of exercise. This obser- vation is made from the reports of several per. sons who are now undergoing the cure ; these ll aoree in the fact thut though previous to go ing there they had been bed-ridden forycars. they have never known what it was to be con fined to their room for a single riny, or even hour, since their arrival. Patipnts at Graefen- hprg, with hardly any exceptions, cat well snd eleep well, until they have what is called a crisis, i.e. till the disease comes to a head. Then we behold water warring against drugs an(j t.jr eff,xts. The power of the former is F0 great, that not Mug can resist it; and the latter must make their exit by some means rr other: by diarrhoea, by urinc.by biles or ulcers, nr fever, etc. These to Iho invalid, at a dis- lance, carry with them cause for fear; but at Graelenberg a crisis is hailed with the grenlest joy as the harbinger of health. It ia at this juncture that the genius of that extraordinary man,' Priessnitz, shows itself, lie is never sepn to hesitate, nor does the patient ever want confidence in him, for Priessnitz was never known to fail; when once the crisis, which is ing, or indeed any oftho expedients resorted to under the allopathic system. If coativenes, indigestion, or inactivity of the organs, be the cause of cmplnint, water speedily removes it ; if fever, wet sheets and frequent immersion in the baih have the desired effect. The use of cold water, as we have already known from the remotest period, and the endea vor to produce perspiration in disease, is as old as medicine itself, but it is to Priessnitz that we are indebted for the manner of exciting perspiration without the aid of drugs, and of keening it up at pleasure by cold water, drank in more or less quantities, and for replenishing the loss thus sustained, by plunging the body into cold water when it ia in this state. This method is so diametrically opposed to thai which has been hhberto practised, that at first sight il would appear dangerous, snd even in sane. Nevertheless, none o! those inconveni ences or evils have attended it, which the pre- judiced might think it liable to. Far from this, I jt has served, and doe serve every day. to cure ! the most sggravated diseases. The discovery of the soothing, cooling snd strengthening ef fect of the wet sheet, is of itself sufficient to ensure llr. Priessnitz the blessing of prosperity I There is hard! an instince of its not being sp plied to the patient at some period of his treat ment ; whilst it may be asserted, that nut more than one or two in twenty are subjected" toaweat- ing, that being an operation confined almost en tirely to strong or robust constitutions. Nor can we withold from him the merit arising from the invention of an infinity of modes of applying cold w ater, by way of the douche, the aitz bath, wet sheets, &c , and of bringing bout the de sired object, by the combination of all these. The application of wet sheets in cases of fever, or extreme debility, is almost miraculous in its tflects. Swealinrj. immediatlv succeeded bv the cold bath, Mr. Priersnilz says, in its effects, is like a smith striking upon hot instead of cold iron: the value of these different discoveries will be explained under their different heads. Mr- Priessnitz who may be considered as Nature's doctor never feels the pulse, but judges by the temperament of the akin, and by the eye. His1 a common expression at Graelenberg, that he sees into the human body as though it were made of plass. The n.ust extraordinary part of this simple cure i?, that though Graefenberjr may be considered a refuge for the destitute in disease, death isof such rare occurrence, that one might almost eay no one ever dies under the treatment : out of nearly 3.1M10 visitors who h.ive been at Graefenberg within the last two! years, teven or eight only have died; most of these were exhausted previous to their arrival, and w ere only received by Air. l'ncssiiilz as ex- tremely doubtful cases. Mr. Priessnilz'f mode of treatment strength- ers the inlant, and its application to old age snd decrepitude is like that of nddiiij oil to an almost exhausted lamp. We are quite aware that work asserting these extraordinary results from such humble means, will like the first tidings ol all great discoveries, be received with doubt and disbe lief; although this differ (rem most others, in asmuch as it does not require lime 'o dcvelope its truth. The sceptic has only lo make an a greeable journey of few days to Graelenberg, where he will at once bo satisfied of the facts, or be able to refute them. 1 know they will be too well attested by hundreds if living wit nesses to cause any fear in my mind as to the result; and I therefore say to those who do not, ns well as those who do labor under disease, "Go to Graefenberg and in x with the patients, amongst whom will be found representativi e o' infancy, ycinh, manhood, and old age; ninny of whom speak French, and some nii"lih; jttdpe there for themselves !' SmieBllare subjected to the infirmities of human nature, there is no prr.nn, whether in health or otherwise, who may not be benefitted by the trip, os they may acquire inf rni!iti.ni which will be of the utmost importance lo them for the remainder of their lives. The hydropathic trentmrnt differs from all others, inasmuch as it is administered to hun dreds of persons congregated in one place, w ho are in the coitbtant habit of meetingand discus- sin? its merits, so that nothing important can happen to any single individual that is not known lo the whole body ; whilst under the al- loptithian and hnmcropathian treatment, patients are treated ot their homes, so thnl nope but Ihetr own families know the results of eitlu r mode of treatment. Aftorthe eminent services which this great man, w ith such mo.lesiy, and without the slight- est pretension, has renilred to society, we cannot hesurprised at his having sncceding in securinc general esteem. This has been shown him by crowned heads and nobles ol the ai'joining coun. tries. At present, (in there are under his treatment at Graefenberg ar.d l'riewaldau, an archduchess, ten princes and princesjes, at least 1(10 counts and barons, military men ol all grades, several medical men, prolessors, ailvo- cates, &c, in all about 500; and the following is a list which sliows the progress ol the estab- lishment up lo the present, lime : In lS-JO, 43 ; in lK), Gl ; in lU, 02 ; in lrW2.11S; inlSn,2(Ri; ml ":'!, 230; mW.U. 2X2 ; in lS3fi. l(j9; in 1S37. f7() ; in 1:1S,6K); in l.'lt), 1100 snd upwards; in lrlO, 1370 ; in 111, say 1-100. Total, 72Qf5. In consequence of similar ctjolishmenU ha. ving sprung up in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Moldavia, Wallachia, and in most states of (Jer- many, it is expoclid that the number of this year, 141. w ill not be equal to those of the last; up to the beginning of September there had been about 1130. It may not be uninterest- ing to see how the 137G of last year were coin- ed longer than his wind. Well.it thus contin posed ; a by it we may infer that, as the dis- 0ed with the regularity of the whip-poor-will's lances and consequent expenses of travelling in cry, until, say half an hour before daybreak, most instances were great, the pnticnts were of the better order of society. Il must be observed that the trades people or peasantry to whom Mr. Priessnitz may have given advice, are not included in this list: From Austria, Galicia, Cueilt in IS 10. 3C7 03 129 137 327 21 13 Poland, Hungary, Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, From Wurtemberg, 15 " Duchy of Baden, 3 " England. 3 " Mecklenburf, 13 Sweden, 7 M Russia, 04 ' France, 13 " Belgium, 7 " Italy, 3 Hamburg, 39 Moldavia it Wallachia, 27 Hanover, 4 " Switzerland, 0 " Cracovie, 23 " Denm.uk, 12 " Brunswick, 5 " America, 12 u Other Countries, 12 In all, 1570 On ascending to Graefenberg by the carriage road, the traveller will seo a fountain, erected by Wailnchian and Moldavian pitients, with this inscription V. v. "Au Genie de l, Eau Froide." (Meaning, to the Genius of Cold Water.) And on descending by the foot-path to Frel waldau, he will find another monument of a li on, on a pedestal, in bronze, erected by the Hun c,rjans, with the following inscriptions in their language: morcr "As a punishment to man for his premmption in despising the beverage which he had in com mon with wild animals, ha became dinned, in firm, and debilitated. "Priessnitz causes the primitive virtues of wa ter to be again known, and by it infuns freihri cor into the human race." s i Die 'Triesinitz, the benefactor of mankind, merits the prateftil and honorable remembrance of the Hungarian nation ; the erectors of this monument invite their countrymen of future ages to the vi vifying springs at Graefenberg. "Npccrxxxix et xr. " Resides what has been done in other states. upwards of forty hydropathic establishments have sprung up in different parts of Germany. There is hardly a journal published in the coun try :hat has not taken some notice of this mode of treating disease ; and book have been pub lished on the siihj-ct in almost every continen tal lancmce. England alone forms an excep tion, which it is difficult to account fr. And the enormous results, this wonderful revolu tion in the meilical world as I may call it, have nil been attained by the zal, vigor, and genius i.i. : ...ll.. I 1 1 one man, nnu uim man uneiuaiiy uu uiu-uuto- ted peasant. A HXtKK-ltlT IIMMIMAtV. A correspondent of the N. Y. Spirit of the Tunes gives "an original Tcnt'essetf Hunting Incident' that 'will pass.' A Jolly party of sportsmen, made up o( veteran hunters rife for spurt and full of fun, were enjoying themselves torn few weeks in the mountains of Morgan county, Tennessee. A huge, raw-boned, loqua- cious Irishman, uninvited, quartered himself in iheir Minp, and in addition to being a nuisance when awake, snored so terr flies I! j when nep as to dnvu 'tired nature' sweet restorer' from others. Put was afraid of snakes generally, and mil J makes' in particular, and the awful yarns he heard in the hunters' camp 'waked snakes , in every hair on the Irishman's head. After Ijsirming to n frw yarns on the much dreaded snake subject one evening, this fresh son of the SlM) prepared to turn i:i, literally crawling all over. Counting his beads and the chances ot being 'snake bit before day, and 'lucking in' his blanket and wishing 'the fowls of all sriakea in these parts in purthickuler,' in a country where, n say the least, they would fctand biA a slim chance for indulging in their natural torpidity, he f II asleep. The correspondent proceeds: And now the storm herran. His snoring grew fdst a,i furious, lo.id and long ; occasionally a f0rt.of hilt snort, hilf grunt, terminated with 'snakes bv j iU rs, blast their sowls !' Tgh! uh !' when there came I he variation or chorus in the khape of a grind of his teeth that threat ened to drive them through his jaw or crush them to powder ; l y way of variety he would I hold his breath a few seconds snd then snore again, mid sucli suoiing ! my stars, that I could spell it. ! It was a sor' of cross between the breathing of an asthmatic elephant snd the bray, jn,r 0f superannuated donkey, whose will last when J. M W. (Jim V. we II say,) whose stock nf patience had long ago evaporated, unrolled himself from his blanket, raying in his usual quiet way, 'Hump! I'll sfop that infernal con cert or ttart the maker of it, see if I don't! Umph!' he then awoke Jim A. and the Judge, w hen a plot waa laid and thu carried into exe cution. W. got his hunting knife and going to wVere the offal of a large deer had been throw. n, he cut oil about seven teet of gut, and securingtb t enda with twice to rttain the corrtv.iU, he t fd one end of it light and fast to a corner of Paddy'i ahirt-Uil that had wandered through 'rient ia the eatof his breechef, coiling it all upsmooth by hie aide, snake-like snd true. All things thus arranged, the conspiratore laid down egeinf ar,d at the conclusion of one of the atsge horn, snores with the utiske eowV variation, Jim A. roared out at the top of his vo'co, 'He wit! Hff wti ! A big copper-headed black rattle snake, eleven feet long, has erawed up my breeches and is tying himself into a double bow-knot round my body!' giving the Irishman, with e- very word, a furious dif; in tho side with his el bow, with a running accompaniment of his shins , with his heel ! Of course, this hurting awoke; him quick and wide ; in his first movements h had his hand on the nice cold coil of gut at his side. Hissing out a 'Jayzns' from between his clenched teeth, he msde a bound that cirried him some ten feet clear ot tho camp, and with a force that straightened out the coil anil made the snake's tail crack like a cart whip ! Cast me one wild look behind, lift tore off with thn rapidity of lishtninff around the camp in a cir cle of some fmty feet acro's, and at eveiy hound ahontin?, or rather yeilin?. 'S'Z im! snza Vro by the tail! Och, hnly V'r?in, st-p 'im ; och. Saint Patrich ! tare'im till jahlots I A wha! A wha I Bate Vn to smithereens wid a run. can't yecsl He s pot me fast how id. octi lie has, by Jabers! an' he's mendin hit houh, a wha ! Howly Father, he's pot a shark hook ou 'is tail ! Och, murlher, he's forty fut long! On making this last circuit he ran through a part of the smouldering camp-fire, and the twine at the aft end of the gut caught fire ; this brought a new terror, and added a strong inducement for hisi to put on more steam and increase his rate; round and round he went ! 'He's a fiery sar pint Och, murther ! Howly Vargin, he car ries a light to see how to bite by ! Och, help I I'm swallowed (jumping along) intirely all but mehed! ' He's saxty fate Ion?, ifhe's a fut! Thread on his body, fiery tail, will y pes! Thry to save me!' Then, as if inspired with new life and hope, he roared on. 'Jioot 'im ! shoot 'im ! hut don't at hit head ! Shoot '. shoot ! Now here was a picture ! There stood tlio Judge hugging a sappling with both arms arid one leg, his head thrown back emitting scream after scream ; here lay Jim W. on his back, with his feet against a tree, his arms elevated like a child's when he wants you to help him up, and it was scream for scream wilh Jim. All sounds, at all like ordinary laughter, had reasej, and the present notes would have rendered im mortnl the vocal frame of a dozen panthers, nc companied in their concert by the fog whistlo of a steamboat. Yonder stands Jim A. 'fat Jim'with hi less about a yard spart.hi hands on his lips, shouting at intervals ot lnnt five vconde, 'Snake ! Snake'.! Snrke!." at th same intonation, but so loud tlut tl eV" moked each other from fifty cr-UL's, Snake!' reverberated loud and loti amnn t.,.ite mountain slopes, while his ryes carefully snd closely followed the course of poor Paddy round th camp. After running around it about thirty times, the persecuted one flew off in a tangent into the dark weds, and 'he medly sounds of 'snak' ! murlher' help! fin ! saxty fut! Howly Vargin!" ic, gradually died away in the distance, aud the hunters were a- lone. Umph,' said Jim W., (aer stopping ha laughing hiccough,) umph I thought thnt gut would stop snoring at this camp at least ! Umph.' The next evening the Patlander van seen travelling at a mighty rate through Knex vifle, with a s.nall bundle under one arm and a liuiie shillalah in the other hand, poked out a head of him in a half defensive, half exploring altitude. When hs) was asked by Arcbv Mc with 'Which way, Paddy V Casting mind at the speaker a sort of a hangdog, sulky glance, he growled firth, a word st s stop, 'Strate to Ireland, by Jaytus, where there's no snakes ! . You cannot say 'snake' to either member nf the pirty yet, without its costing a sot ot" vest buttons or producing a 'st:tch in the aide.' Ffmate Activity. A lady of Brooklyn is cel ebrated by the New York paper for having lea ped ever a five-foot fence, to escape from a runa way hone. The question it, could she peifnrm the same feat when not under the influence of frijht t LiBtaALUY ant Jrsue The State of Ala bama Las, by special enactment, emancipated Horace Kirg, a (lave. Hi owner urged the pas sage of the act. stating thai he had refused iil-V 000 for him. King buil i the bridge over the We tumoka. river. Cotoaio rorri-iTio.-The colored population of th State of New York, is hown by the lt eeosuaU be 44 44- A decrease aince 1810, ef J'6M. Toe nty of New York alone contain 17,- 00Q. Ub4T Spot The Picayune mentions the exploit of a man, out on a fire hunt, who shot at a mail conelt supioii!g the two lutuis t b the fiery eyes ef aoinaalianga monster. 1
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