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V-.3HI1TG IrlACHIlTE.
riHIS Machine h is now been tested by more
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Ins given entire satisfaction. 11 is so simple in Us
construction, that it cannot get out of order. Ii
contains no iron to rust, snd no spiingsor rollers to
get out of repair. It will do twice as much wash
ing, with less than half the wear and tear of an) of
the lite inventions, and what is of greater impor
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washing machine.
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'.erne and Clinton counties. Price nf single ma
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The following certificate is from a few of those
vho have these machines in use.
Sunbury, Aug. 24, 1844.
We, the subscribers, certify that we have now
0 use, in our families, "Shugert'e Patent Wash
ng Machine," and do not hesitate siying that it is
most excellent invention. That, in Wahing,
1 will save more than one half the usual labor,
'hat it does not require mure than one third the
sual quantity of soap and water ; and that there
i no rubbing, and consequently, little or nu wear
ig or tearing. Th.it it knock off do buttons, and
lat the finest clothes, such as collars, Ucea, tuck,
ills, &ic, may be washed in a very short time
ilhout the least injury, and in fact without suy
oparent wear and tear, whatevrr. We therefore
leerfully recommend it to our friends and to the
ublic, as a most useful and labor saving machine.
CHARLES W.HEGINS,
A. JORDAN.
CHS. WEAVER.
CHS. PLEASANTS,
(ilDEON MARKLE,
Hon. CEO. C. WELKER,
BEN J. HENDRICKS.
GIDEON LEISENRING.
ebb's Hotel, (formerly Tremont House, No.
110 Cbesnut aueet,) Philadelphia, September
21st, 1844.
I have used Shugert's Patent Washing Machine
ray house upwards of eight months, and do not
sitate to lay that I deem it one of the most uae
i and valuable labor-saving machines ever invert
t. I formerly kept two women continually oc
pied in wsshiug, who now do aa much in two
ys as they then did in one week. There is no
;ar or tear in washing, and it requires not more
io one-third the usual quantity of soap. I have
d a number of other machines in my family, but
s is so decidedly superior to every thing else, and
little liable to get out of repair, that I would not
without one if they should cost tea times the
ice they are sold for. DANIEL HERR.
SUPERIOR Port wine, Maderia and Lisbon
-5 wines. Also superior Brandy and Gin, Lemon
Kyrup. Also a few barrela of Bica Fish, far sale
by HENRY MASSER.
fcunbuty, July 19th, 1843.
From the U. 8. Gazette.
The subjoined piece of poetry, real poetry, is
from the pen of a lady, whose writings have al
ready received the approval nf good judges, and
whose name, as an author, would be more fami
liar with the public, if her recognition and faith
ful discharge of still higher duties, did not with
draw her from frequent converse with the Mu
ses. There is a deeply interesting description
in the "Miner's Song," and the truth of the de
scription shows how prompt genious is to seize
upon events and scenes around it, and mould them
to the purposes of "song :"
MIXER'S SOXO.
BY MRS. JULIET It. L. CAMIT.Kt.L.
Old Mother Earth, within thy breast thou'st hoar
ded many a day,
The treasures that thy restless sons, full fain
would bear away ;
Jewels, within thy silent cave, concealed their
latent glow,
And ore in fearful treasuries, was garnered long
ago.
Unlock thy dreary caverns Earth, and yield the
previous hoard
Thy sons demand the heritage, which Time and
thou have stored;
Give, give, we seek these gloomy depths with
peisevering toil,
To bear unto the outer world the riches of thy
soil
Give, give, we dare to rifle thee, and boldly
brave thy wrath,
Although destructions ministers are grouped a-
round our path.
Oh! breezes, rife with happy sounds, and the
sweet breath of flowers,
Are wantoning in verdure, 'round those upper
homes of ours;
And there, the blessed light of heaven, pours
down in radient flood,
On sportive babes, and meek-eyed wives, who
muse in sadder mood ;
They muse on us, those wives of ours; blanched
cheek and brow of care,
May well become them, when they think of all
we do and dare.
The parting kiss of morning, which in health
and hope we gave,
May be the last, and eventide may furnish us a
grave
For face to face with Death we stand, and oft be
fore have stood,
While Peril grimly stocks behind, with ber re
lentless brood.
Hark ! boom ! and boom ! a mighty sound through
thy recesses fl y.
And cavern roars to cave agian, with thunder
mouthed reply ;
All shattered are thy rugged sides by such a
mighty blast,
And gleaming fragments of thy wealth, in show
ers are round us cast.
Ho! what is this? a mangled form with features
none may trace
Affection cannot recognise the mutilated face !
He was our brother! side by side we toiled, in
days by gone
Bear him away then mournfully, and let the
work go on.
Ah! what a flash! its lurid gleam, one moment
did illume
The riches of these darksome depths, revealing
deeper gloom ;
Speak, comrades, is it well with all T your loud
responding shout
Upon my apprehensive ear, like some glad peal
rings out,
But as the bell's gay chime is merged in funeral
toll,
The memory of a missing voice cotnes rushing
o'er my soul.
The "Jire-damp" claims its fearful tithe of all
who hither come,
Then seek the victim, bretherr, and bear him to
his home !
Listen ! the gurgling far-ofTsound of water strikes
mine ear.
And now a loud, tumultuous rush, announces it
more near
Fly! would you see your homes again? there is
no hope save flight !
The maddened torrent pours along in its resist
less might,
Dashing aside impeding rocks, and hurling bar
riers down,
And filling to the very roof; oh God! oh God!
we drown !
Oh Earth I and Air ! oh Fire and Flood ! we da.
red to brave tby wrath,
E'en though destruction's ministers were group
ed around our path,
And the indignant elements, in mighty league
combine, .
To sweep from this, their daik domain, the in
vader of the mine!
' Pottsville, March, 1848.
A Joke roE Printers. The N. Y. Tribune
gives the following definition of Quadrangle :
a parcel of compositors quarrelling for 'fat copy.'
The 'boys' will understand it.
. Evening Mirror Correspondence.
A DAT IN GENOA.
Having to deal with all aocta of character,
and being confined for many day, in my office,
in the dullest details of business, it is a groat
relief somtinies to meet with an odd genius who
breaks up the monotony of life, and has his own
story to tell. Not long ago I was favored with
a call from two persons in one day, of singular
description, and they were the last two I ever
expected to meet
The first was a Yankee from Worcester,
Massachusetts. He was alrmg, lean, shabbily
dressed fellow but I'll stop and give you a
more particular description. About three o'
clock in the morning, I heard a thundering
knocking at the door, by which 1 knew a stran
ger wss there, for all Italians ring a bel! when
there is one to ring. The servant opened the
door, and ushered in the stranger. He seemed
to be a young man, not more than eight and
twenty tall, lean, most particularly lantern
jawed, and what the Yankees call bony. He
had on on a pair of cow-hide shoes of an enor
mous size, into the soles of which not less than
a half a pound of horse-nails hod been driven, if
I could judge by the clattering his feet made
on the marble floor, as he came in. Between
his shoes and the bottoms of his pantaloon, (no
small distance,) were clearly visible a pair of
Yankee knit, mixed wool socks, and still a lit
tle above the sr eks which hod fallen down a lit
tle over said shoes, was visible quite a piece of
a very lean and somewhat hairy leg. Since I
have begun nt the bottom to describe my hero,
I will go up, and end where common historians
begin--at the heod. But really the feet were
the moet conspicuous things about his per
son. His pantaloons were of home-made bottle
green woollen, and cut by some body who was
not particularly lavished of cloth, for they set
as tight to his skin as they could conveniently.
His vest, which did not come down quite to his
pantaloons; was "linsey-woolsey" fabric, with
a standing collar and large brass buttons which
had probably been used for a coat. He had on
a cotten shirt, (unbleached,) and around his
neck a high black patent leather stock, and on
his head, hair sealskin cap. If you will in addi
tion to this description, picture to yourself a
face unshaven for a month, of the most undes
cribible solemnity and sternness, you have the
man.
As he entered, he came up to me with his cap
Mill on his head, and pulled down over his earn,
and said,
"Re you the United Slates counsel V
Yes, Sir."
"Well, I'm a prophet of God, mi rny world
ly name is . was born in Wor
cester in old Massachusetts, twenty-right years
ago, or thereabouts. I lived in sin and iniqu'ty
like all the rest of the folks in Worcester, till
nigh three years sgo, when the Almighty re
vealed to me his Son, as he did to Peul ; I was
struck dumb, and like Paul, after his dark sea
son, I had revealed to me wonderful feigns,
sights, and visions, when I was brought out in
to great light. Right off I see that every body
else was wrong; thtit the priest was a leading
etn all to perdition. So I lifted up my full
voice, and like Noah, I warned 'ini of approach
ing wrath ; but like the Ante-Deluvians, they
stopped up their ears and kept on sinning. A
bout six weeks ago it was revealed to tne that
I wss the prophet of God, spoken of in Maluchi,
and the rest oftho prophets, that was to prepare
the way for the second coming of Christ, and
that as he would appear at Jerusalem at such a
time, I muut go there and be ready to prepare
things fur bis coining; so I am here 'in the
spirit and power of Elijah,' and lam bound for
the Holy City. If you wish to escape the last
vial of wrath that just a going to be poured
out help me on my journey."
"Well, sir," I replied, somewhat "used up" 1
confess by the prophet's communications,"! am
glad to sco you won't you lake a scat friend ;
you are oil for Jerusalem then by the first
baoL"
'Oh yes sir, I must go quick too.1'
" All right ; wb can take you there by steam ;
that's faster than the old Prophets used tD tra
vel I expect, except nnwnnd then some ot them,
who took like Jonah, the belly of a w hale for a
cabin ; but I hope your not in such great haste
but you cau pass a day or two with us here ; we
have a fine city, filled with palaces, and works
of art."
"Oh! I care no more for theso "ere things
than Paul did when he stood on Mara Hill, and
see the whole people given to idolatry ; I must
be on my way, for I have yet to get to Jerusalem
and keep a holy fast of forty days before Christ
can come, and I don't want to delay Uie Lord Je
ans you see."
"Oh oo, ot course not ; I should be very sor
ry to have you do that ; I don't think we ought
to do such thiuga. But tell ua a word about the
way you got here, for I have a great interest iu
your mission ; I have not seen such a maa for
many a day."
"Well, just aa soon aa tbia Revelutioo come,
I (old out my earthly goods to get little won-1
ey, and left friends and home, for you know what
our Lord said, that it a man did't 'hate is father
and mother,' (kc, I got to Boston, and found a
steam ship agoning to leave the next day for
England, and I took passsgc; we was 13 days
at sea. The same day we got to Liverpool, I
went to London in the cars, and the day arter I
got there, I went aboard an English vessel, and
we sailed here to Genoa in 18 days. So you
see it's only about SO days since 1 left my fath
er's house, in Worcester; I've gone so fast,
because God was on my side, and every thing
wss overruled for tne his servant and chosen
Prophet,"
"Yes, I see; well now which way do you
?
"1 want to go the quickest way to get to Jer
usalem, only 1 must go by the way of Rome,
for it has been revealed to me as it was to Paul,
that 1 must be persecuted and suffer at Home;
she is the mother of harlots, the Beast, the False
Prophet, satan's seat, snd no Prophet of God ca n
go there without persecution ; 1 shall be there in
prison twenty days as has been revealed to me,
and suffer great torments and tortures, for which
I am prepared, and then Cud will come to de
liver me from prison, as he did Peter and Silas,
and I shall go on my way to Jerusalem."
"Why, my friend, it seems to me that if they
are to handle you so roughly in Rome, I should
give them the slip, and go some other way."
"Oh no, I am commanded to go to Rome, and
proclaim to the Pope that the day of God's judg
ments is come, and that in a few weeks he will
be cast into the bottomless pit."
"And what do you think his Holiness will
say to this interesting piece of intellgence !"
"He will order me to great torments ; but God
will deliver me."
'Well my friend, tell us something about the
6tate of things in Jerusalem after you get there."
"Well as 1 was saying, I don't want to detain
the Ixird Jesus, nor keep him waiting for me,
so 1 shall get on the ground as quick as possible.
Then I shall keep a holy last of lorty days.
When this is done, the Ixird Jesus will be re
vealed from heaven, and set up his kingdom in
Jerusalem. Then the day of of reckoning will
come for all the world. All creeds will be
burnt up, and judgment taken on all Priests,
churches, and wicked men, and a little while
given them to repent, and it they dou't do it,
Christ will destroy them all. The Jews will
all be gathered to Jerusalem nut ot all nations
from whence they have been driven, and all the
holy dead will be raised to live and reign with
Christ ; I shall be his Prime Minister, nnd great
Prophet. This will last SCm.OOO years, ond
then the world will be burnt up, or burnt over,
and a new world made out of the old one, and
we shall live on it for ever and ever, even to all
eternity. Hell will he in the crn're of the earth
which is nothing but fire and melted lava, and
there they will bo burned forever and ever, e
ven to all eternity."
But do you really btlieie all this my friend 1"
"Bdieve if! Why I A' now it, for it's all been
rutalcd to me, and I can't be mistaken."
"But what if Jesus Christ don't come when
you have finished your t'Hft .''
"Why, he tri'iV come."
'Well : but ?y so strange a thing should hap
pen, as that he should not come, what would you
do 7"
"Why you may just as well ask me what if
there was no J nut Christ ! But 1 have stay
ed here too long already ; I was going right a
way, but the captain told me I must have a piss
port, or the earthly powers would stop me ; I
want to go : make it out as quick as you can."
"You shall have it iu aa hour, friend.''
"And I'll pay for it now; what will it cost?
I've got a little money left."
"Oil I don't charge Prophets any thing for
passports, and I will get the Governor and Pol
ice and Papal consul to vesay yonr passport gra
tis, and you can go on board the steamer Virgil
this evening, und bo oil' lor Rome without de
lay." "Well then, I'll stay here lift it comes."
So the Prophet took off his cap, and put it on
the floor by his side, and taking out a pocket bi
ble, turned to the prophecies, to read by him
self. All this scene thus far, seemed to tne at the
time, the most redtculous I ever beheld ; but
w hen the fiist novelty had passed, and I saw the
poor deluded man turn to the bible, the blessed
revelation ot God, and con its sacred pages with
that intense gaze, with which no man looks but
an honest man, it was by tar the saddest sight 1
ever witnessed. I thought of his friends, and
their entreaties that he would stay at home in
the beautiful town of his birth, and pass his days
peacefully ; I thought of the care that had worn
him thinner than a shadow, in persuit ofa ahade
and of the disappointment that awaited him
when he reached the holy spot, where the Sa
vior of men died, and on which I doubt no more
than he, that he will stand again at his aecond
coining, while I sat gaging on the poor victim
of delusiou before me, and heard the involunta
ry sigh that now and then came from hie rest
less spirit. I felt a cadneaa wbicb I cannot de
scribe : I could have wept over the man but I
could not smile at him again. I made out pass
port, sent it to be signed by the proper anthorU
ties, and then went with him to the steamboat
office, saw him on board the steamer, which
was just weighing anchor for old Rome. I have
heard nothing from him since. He had money
enough to take him to Jerusalem as he wbb wtl
ling to undergo any privation. His health was
declining evidently he waa wosting away like
a man with the consumption ; his life was being
burnt out of his heart by o slow fire; Before
now he has probably reached Jerusalem, and not
nnlikoly he has died ot hunger and disappoint
ment, without the gate of the Holy City, where
the dogs have eaten his flesh, and the vulture of
liCuVcn have pecked his bones.
Yours truly, etc.
A Beautiful Im-mikst. On a fineeummcr's
day, h clergyman was called to preach in a town
in Indiana, to a young EpiscopM congregation.
Alter the close of his discourse, ho addressed bis
young hearers in some such words as these:
Learn that the present life is preparation for,
and has a tondency to, eternity. The present
is linked with the future throughout creation, in
the vegetable, in the animal, and in a moral
world. As is the seed, so is the fruit ; as is
the egg so is the fowl ; as is the boy so is the
man ; and as is the rational being in this world,
so will he bo in the next ; Dives estranged from
God there ; and Enoch walked with God here,
and Enoch walked with God in a better world,
I beseech you then, live for eternity. Go to the
worm that you tread upon and learn a lesson of
widom. The very caterpillar seeks the food
that tosters it tor another and similar etate :
and more wisely than man, builds itsown tomb,
from whence in time, by a kind of resurrection
it comes forth a new creation in almost an an
celic form. And now that which wan hideous
is beautiful, i nd that which crawled flies, and
that which fed on enmpartively grass food, sips
the dews and revels in the rich pastures an
emblem of that paradise where flowa the river
of lite. Could the caterpillar have been diver
ted tiom its proper element snd mode of life, it
had never aitnined the butterfly's splended form
and hue, it hud perished a worthless worm.
Consider her way and be wise. Let it not be
said that ye are more negligent than worms, and
your reason is less available than their instinct
As often as the butterfly flits across your path re
member that it whispers in its flight 'Live for
the tii'tire.'
With this the preacher cljsed his discourse,
hut to deepen the impression, a butterfly, direct
ed by the hand which guides alike the Sun and
an atom in its course fluttered through the
church, as if commisioncd by Heaven to repeat
the exhortation. There was neither speech nor
language, but its voice wss 'heard siying to the
gazing audience 'Live for the future. Alba
ny Spectator.
A Hiohlt CoLcmED Statumknt. The Le
high Bulletin relates that a Mr. Macungie, of
that county, while riding along, waa accosted
by a white female, and requested to carry her
bandbox. He complied and offered her a seat
in his wagon into the bargain, but she refused.
As requested, he carried the box to the next
tavern, handed it out, and waited for the lady
to come up. Arter h:s own and the patience
of the innkeeper Mas exhausted by her delay,
the box was opened and had in it not a new
cap or bonnet but a jrt black child, fast a
sleep'. It is perhaps unnecessary to etate
the 'lady' never csme to hond, and the infant
was taken to the poor house ot Lehigh county.
Wbitiso Againm time. It is stated that
Mr. James, the novelist, has undertaken for a
considerable sum of money, to wnte three novels
one fashionable, on h atonal, and one senti
mental ; to finish the life, in two volumes, of
any celebrated character to write a pamphlet
against the corn laws; snd to commence four
different tales in four different magazines; all
within the space of a calendar month. It is
supposed that he will perform the task with
ease and have two or three daya to spare.
Discovkry in Medicine. Dr. James, Coop,
er, of this place, has discovered a remedy, in Li
quid form, for blindness, which supercedes any.
thing of. the kind we have ever beard of. He
has shown us a certificate of a case of emuro
sis, which was totally blind for two years, and
which he restored in halt an hour, so far aa to
see the light- He informs ua that it curea all
cases of Opacity, thickening of the Cornea,
Weeping of the eye, Cataract, &c. It gives
very littlo pain, and so far aa tried, haa not fail
ed to cure the most obstinate cues. York
Gazette.
New Article op Export. Upwards of 7000
tons of white gravel have been shipped from this
city to London, since the loth of September
last. It is taken from the beach at Long Island,
and used to beautify the parka end gardona of
London. .V Y Mirror.
Am Electrical Girl.
Among the recent novelties, which have at
traded the sattention of the Parisians, is an
'electrical girl,' of whom the most incredible
things are related. Her name is Angeliqtio
Gotten, thirteen years ot age, a native of the tie
partmcnt of Finistere. If the accounts given
of her are true, she possesses the electric power
in quantity and force, that may be called 'posi
tively shocking.' Her electrical force was on
ly discovered by accident. A reel which slm
held in her hand one day suddenly flew out of
it to the astonishment of all present On it
being replaced it shot ofTagain. There was nf
course a sensation produced by the circum
stance. The scientific were informed of the
singularcircumstances, and sundry experiment
were performed in the presence of Arago, Ma
thieu, Langicrand Gotijon. The following is
the account nf these experiments.
A piece of paper being placed on the edge of
a table, was immediately attracted to her left
hand. Holding her apron upon it, she ap
proached a gueridon, which 'retired at her ap
proach. She waa then placed in a chair with
her feet to the ground. The chair was thrown
with violence against the wall, in one direction,
and Angelique tumbled down in another. The
experiment waa repeated several times, and
with nearly the same result. Next, Monsieur
Arago, the famous astronomer, laid bis hand
upon the chair, but could not prevent its mov
ing. M. Goujon then sat upon the chair, and
it was projected aa before, the moment Angeli
que took her seat. On a subsequent occasion
two men held it down, but though it did not
move any distance, it was broken in pieces. A
table and a sofa could not resist her electricnl
power of repulsion. Dr. Tauchon ascertained
to his own satisfaction that the chair was first
attracted and then repelled. It is stated that
whenever the girl is isolated by a glass stool,
oiled silk, or any other non-conductor ot elec
tricity, the projections do not take place.
A magnet, says the account, being placed
near the left hand, which is alone magnetic, he
experienced different sensations, corresponding
with the different poles. She thus felt what
might be properly termed a Northern sense
tion, and a Southern sensation , she is not arc
tic in her taste, however, as ahe is repelled by
the North Pole. When the electric discharges
ta ke place, she is violently agitated, experiences
very great commotion, and complains of much,
suffering.
We find her electrical power much greater
after 6he hs dined ; and her pulse during these
remarkable displays of electric energy runs up
to 120 a minute. Other wonderful things are
recorded ot ber which of course require some
further evidence before they can be credited.
A Featitrreb Patroness op the News
papers. The Marion (Va.) Pioneer states
that it has a subscriber, a lad eleven years of
age, who pays his subscription in eggs, snd hav
ing but one ben, be expicts her to do her
duty.' This is corlninly a hen worth having,
and it is to be hoped that her owner's over an
xiety for useful information, may not lead him
into the temptation of overtaking his literary
biddy at any rate to forget the disastrous ex
ample of the classical fowl that laid the golden
eggs in olden time. Let him beware ot look
ing for eggs faster than they come in the natu
ral and customary order of such things.
Paoprrs op the Slave Trade It appesre
by the pipers found on board the slaver recently
eaptured, that the slaves cost on the coast $15
a $20 each, and will sell in any part of Brazil
for $300. If the Pona had reached her destina
tion in safety, she would have cleared about
$250,000. If the Panther had been successful,
she would have made &350, 000 above all ex
proses. iorJand Lady ire words of Saxon origin.-
Lord ia from Laford, (Iaf-giver,) and he waa
so called, from his maintaining, at hie own ex
pense, a iiumber of retainers or dependants.
Lady is from Laf-dian, (Loaf-server,) because
she cut and served round the bread to the
guests.
We find the above in the papers, and have
no doubt that the derivation is entirely correct.
We remember one Lord that came to this coun
ty, who waa a real loafer, and contrived to
get into the Watch-house in New York.
Philadelphia V. S. fiatctte.
The Circcmpolar This is the name of a
new and simple machine for cutting down trees,
&c, and which is now on view in this town.
It can be fixed, it isaaid, in a minute and a half,
and will cut through a tree at the rate of three
inches per minute, without causing the waste
Ibe woodman makes with his ax, leaving a groove
of only one and a ball inches around the tree.
It is applicable for other per poses, such aa the
cutting of atone or iron, for cutting iron piping
any size or in any position, likewise tor taming
the mouldings of colums. English Papa;
Caster Oil mingled with lemon Juice a'.W eu
gar, is not unpleasant to til