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'-',.____ 11Y 11. I. STABLE :397.n. YEAR. MOM' OP THIS PAPER Rfpubtipn d TvecyAL 43 morning.. by tlitt,nrgl. Ht Mt,. sl,;:t per ;tannin if paid Langfonacc—t 4 2,oo per j anttiuus if nut paid in ad% twee. No sub neritifiOndisco titin and, uidsgs at, the option of the piffitieher, wait alt arreitrageg are paid. I,.. 4 4, 6 .tdrertigeho.nts itulert.4l at the usual rat.-'. Prin tit% dome, ututtly, cheaply, and with dispatch. Closied N! in S. to tit Baltimore gireet, direct ly iiprolite Wampler's Tinnivg Egtahligh. went, one awl a half gynareg from the Court botige, "Cpar„ibra" on the vigil. REGSSTER A: RECORDER. riv 'the 'Voters of Adams County.—Fellow .I ittitiserts : Being encouiaged by nuttier t) ousbiesibt. I o ff er tuystelf t , your cousiderauon at a candidate for the off e, of !Leg:stet and Recorder at the next elect n. (subject to the action of the. Deukocra tic County Convention.) And iiimuld I friar:olv the n )In:llx:thin and be elettetla than duty appreciate your col itidence , and premise to discharge the duties of the utboe pfutupt:y and with fidelity. Your fit:et:b.:a st:ry a nt. Z tttll.tßlAll MYERS. Tyrone tp., April 27, 1857. EfA I§wrllit RECORDER. riot) the Independent Voters of Adam!: en Fellow Citizen: :--The undersigneu I)trers to your coiniideration 14 a candidate for the o:hco of Register and Recorder of Mania minty. (auhject to the decision of the Democratic Convention,) and respectfully so lirttx your support and suffrages. Should Ihe nominated and elected, my endeavours shall he to discharge tl e duties of the office with 11-41clity 41clity and impartiality. -JA/IIS L. GI - BERN ATOlt. Conowago tp.. April 2.7, 16.57. - • - It FAiliSl'Elt RECIMDEIIt. ? - 110 ) the Voters of .I.l.tiii* comity :—.lt the .1./—ti,ita l ion of numerous frit... I offer &eatiiliilitte fir the t ace of Regi.- tet Ileeorder, itt the next election, (i•ittlijeet. to the oleoigion f the Dee:titer:me Comity Couvention.j Should 1 uotitinitted awl clic:ed.. I ph..l A e nly.elf to discharge the do ties of the ufftee to the be.t...f IV M. UVEIWEEIt. Ttundereville, June $, 18:)7. £EGISIER AND RECORDER. rillk,the Voters of .I , lattis county - _L. Citizens :—Ettt.t.turaf.....et by the solieita tkak'uf Mit/lento+ friett(l., I hil•reby ethnuunce ressolfhos a e4uAlidate f..r the ottiLe of Register :Lod Iteettrtlef, .oltjeet to the tleci.ion of the Irautretterurty ettoretiti mt. Shoal Ibe lion- Aired& with year confidence and eleeted, I ),ledaek my best cff ,rte tau faithful and, int )Lartral administration of the duties of the I/A (ituitiYsliurg, July G, • - `oiILRiFI ' A I.7'Y. f EXV'the Voters of Atlanta onunty Etta:our -1.4 aged, hy, nuitterinis frienda. I offer tuyse'd . as a candidate for the °thee oi.Stli:l:lPF at the twit election. (subject to the decision of the Irctniicratic t :minty Convention.) Should I. be nominate,: awl klibo4sncu the 'lntim of the office with prompt was and !Addax TS.I W LIGIITNER. Ilinestfroy tp.. April 6. 1557. 'MI ERI PIA Uri. ZT.T.TAW-VITIZENS of Adams county I tiara waylietf as A candidate for tliteuttleo of Silk:l.4lf F L a; the October election, (subject to the Democratic nominatinn.) If I should he attlneky ite to be nominated and be elect ethil,eolipleflp,f myself to discharge the du ties of said otlix with sobriety anetidelity. SA NIC,EI, SI'ANGLER. NitauFtlPleasant tp., April 20, 1837. fle' • sIIIVRIFF ALTY. he Voters/if Adams ei3u guy.: Encourag ed II numerous fliendg, I offer myself as a mlidate for the office of SH IT ERI at the nu .clOn. (sultject Ville Atnericau Repub lican County euneentum.) Should Ihe elect ed, tplidge.ettynelf to discitarge the duties of the Olcenrith imraupauus and felelity. s • • IS 11C I,EEPEIL Cainberland trap., April 13. 1857. PRikriIOVOTAIIY. AITE are authorized to announce that Dr. T E. GlALD.illnr3l . (lll. of Hunters town, *ill Ale a cagidhlate for the (See of l'rottoltuttotary—.4olicieet to the deeigion Of the Pro)(Nine .Quuntor Pont - lotion—at the en "tine 15,1857. ti i pig i f.:ov Tilt COURTS. 1 (- 1 1 tut. .yOTEits oF Alums corN 1' utidenigned, at the solieiter Ilonaof •iturtsenuis fr iends, offers hi isi.elf to yingOonsideration ass caudidate for the office - of elerltVf the Courts, at the next election, the decision of the •Detnuerstie ('ooettlAoyentioo r ) Should Ibe nominated and elected, the people niay rely upon a faith ful discharge of duty on my part. (1110teii ft BUSHMAN. taitia t berlknti ttrp., June 29, 1357. !,,. :.•oA NEW STOCK OF /%4300 1 114 AND SHOES, At fie Old .gatari is if 6.11 Clianabersbuig "(reel. . pi :o E,gndaitsigned hag inst purchased a well • letted.Sluck of Gqods, and invites the A oki Orblette !shim to his tine assortment of `Gelliartieleas hackies', and Chil- 016„ dren's BOOTS . AND SHOE& Them Goods have hewn selected orslll4ll witty to meet the various wants and ne agaitias of austomers. Also, a splendid as speropent. of Plaiu aud Fancy, GAITERS & BM WS. of all sizes and descriptions, made r e of lieu. materials, wlsich he is prepared to awl ,an'iui favorable terms as they can be had at ' fr place Art -the County. Having been engaged in the Shoe buainesa tot 3U years, he thugs himself that he has selected such VIGO& as will give entire satisfaction to all whaisiay.wisis to purchase. Gill and examiao for.ybb rad et s. 2:76pots. Shoes, ke., IL ma LI d A e ll BO to order as beretpfore. • 'A: I ER. klifax 11, 185 T. 2nl - ,401i1DIKS Oranges and Leuwns, in Score, ` - l• and sod be sold eleaper.than anywhere else. Cull And-sea AS, - E. 4. VCRIS A l ll3 R USN'S• k fregh tot of . - - 'Tip rid Raining, )wit receive& istid for as roff ,N 4 ../1; JUNNI6 FLOUR & FEED apitapoo hand at • NORBECK.'3. etaly of Cra fro ra m t: =lO4Ol f !,Suspeatie ra, I RTC Kf_ 'you dc; "3. laitlfirnEil PIO SfriVr. tba best mg**. J. tared, to be had al riumazet's.' A DEMOCRATIC AND FAMILY JOURNAL ?lc•'r46,llnot. THE GOLDEN' RULE ur SIDN/FX DTUt. In the 'bustle of life, when the truth of the Is tried by &selfish control ; . • [heart W here, whore is u refuge to shieldsurl impart True light to a heaven-horn soul? 0, 'pause not to ask whs.% the wisest would du, - Their wisdom ne'er found such a gem : "All things that ye wmild men should do unto Du ye men so unto them." [you, If thou and thy brother hare aught to decide, And fail et the layt to agree, Nc'er bring to another thy cause to be tried, As 'errring and 'selfish as he. No—judge fur tbys'elf, by this rule, ever true, Ere thou dust a brother oondemn "All things that ye would men shouLl do unto Do ye e% en so auto them." (you, If a dark wave of trouble ham swept o'er a soul, And a ery has ;; o ne forth fur relief, N e'er pause ere you give, for thy charity dole, Lest thou add a now pang to the grief. SLi II follow the rule that iu eltangelens and true, tol ue'cr will thy conscienet condemn: "Ail thin;;+ that ye would men should do unto D.. ye even PO unto them." [pl, • - torr -rl-0/1 The Outpost. A TALE OW LIFE- Towaftis the latter part of the year 1751, tin Freneh, aided hr vast bodies of Ihron and Iricpmis Indians, had bo gan to make themselves very disa greeable neighhoN to the British and American colonists in northern 'Virgin ia, uhio and the northwest portionq of the State of New York—the Prent•h by their encroachment on the frontier, amt the Inthans by their numerous furays, and savat;e barbarity to all who were unfortunate enough to fall intu their ham To put a stop to these asg-ressive pro eeedin,,s, numerous bodies, both of the regulars" and the eolonial militia, were dispatched to the several points assailed, awl among the rest Col. 11eury hues, Nvitli a company of thirty men, among whom were x party of some doz en Virginia riflemen, was ordered to oevapy n small outpoKt, or log fort, which at this. period stood within a few miles of the north fork of the -111egheny river. Iliivin , arrived safely M their fluor tersohe little company set about right. ing by the old post to make it as coin tOrtable as circumstances would permit, and this being done, and order once more restored. sentries were placed at all the advanced points of the station, while the strictest vigilance was both enjoined and exercised by day and by night. Among the Virginia riflemen who had volunteered into the comp:lnv, was a t dl, manly, tine looking young fellow, who from his fatal and unerring skill as a marksman, had received the some what awe inspiring nom de plume of— Deat)i. But with whatever justice this name had been applied to him for his skill, his . disposition certainly entitled hint to no suck terror spreading epithet. On the contrary, he tractile very life of the company. • • ' His rich fund of mother-wit, large so cial propensities, and constant good na ture, rendering him a general favorite with the men, while the never falling stock of game his skill enfthled him bo supply- the mess table of the officers with, not only recommended him to their good graces, but caused many lit tle "short cotuinga" of his to be:wink tat at and passed over in silence, which, otherwise, perhaps, he might not have got over socasily. The company had not been stationed at the; fort much more than a week, ere Death, iu one of his excursions for game, discovered that at a small farm Innate, some three miles or so distant front the fort, there lived a certain Mite Hester Stanhope, whose beauty and atuiable qualities he had never semi before. And to render himself still more certain of the fact, , he called the , day following, under corer of the pretence of having left his powder flask. Death was invited to come again, by ; Farmer Stanhope, who happened to b front the same parish us the father of our hero; and we need scarcely any that the invitation was both eagerly and joyfully accepted, and as often, as circumstances would permit, complyo with. The second week after this decnrrence took place, was marked by two events, which, though both affecting the wel fare of the little community at the fort, were of widely different degrees in im portance. The first was, that Death had Dither suddenly lost all his skill as a marks man, or, that the game had removed to Sufer and more distant neighborhood, for the officers' larder had bees found sadly nanting in the items of woodcocks, .plackcooks; surtniigan, itc., for th e eek past—and the setond and most impor tant of the two events, was, that in reg ular succession, four sentinels had dis appeared from the extreme left line, without leaving the slightest trace to elucidate the mystery of their disappear ance. This last Circumstance struck anoh dread into the breasts of the rest of the ooin , pany, that no one: court' be foind +Wolfs to volunteer, to take that, post —well knowing that it would be only lik.4 !signing their own death warrant Yo OETTYSBURG, PENYA.: MONDAY, JULY 27, 1857. dol.?, And Col. Inneg, not wilthing to luiciifiee the lives orhis men by romper:- iag them to go, enjoined double caution to the remainder of the sentinels, and left the fatal post unoccupied iOr a night or .two. Two or three rewnnoitering parties, had hoen dispatched off round the neighborhood, in the hope of finding seine tine to the mystery, or obtaining somt . intelligenee of the enemy, but they !laciest:ll 01 them returned ari they start ed, with no reward ter tLeir trouble save wenn( Wil,A on the third night of the de sertiot of the set, that our hero, Death, was returning to the fort,nftcr paying a vbiit to gturlhope Vann. The moon was up, but. her light was nearly obscured ly the douse masses of clouds which at every few minutes were driven by pretty stiff hreae over her Mee, while the huge trees, now n4l in fell leaf, creaked and groaned, and bent their tall forms to and fro, us the heavy gusts run whiatling, in among their branch s. Our hem had approached within a I►tmdrod yards of the termination of the forest that skirted the small open 'wave in which the fort stood, when Ruddentv be paused, and ca•ouching down on hi+ hands and knees, crept caution-1y fin wart! u few• paces. flaying remained in this poaition fur several minutes, he again retreoted 111 ti n ' Milliner In' 113.1 1111- vanytql. and phinging into the tore ,t, it!rnin, emerged at a point eonsiderahli lower than where he had intended to leave it before. Inne4 sat reading' alone iu Ilk private apartment, when an orderly entered and informed him that one of the men wished to see him. "Send him in," said the Colonel ; and at the next minute our friend, Death, had entered and made his best how to hiA commanding otheer. " Well, what pa rape have you been getting into now Y" nail the Colonel, when he saw who the vkitur wa.. "None. Colonel," replieil I►eath, "but I have come to nsk a favor." " Let us hear it," Kahl the colonel: "ant we will then see what Ir.. can (I, ,'' Well, Colonel, it is alinply this—if von will put the 'rifles' under my or dent, to-night, anti let mu occupy the desortod post, I will not only clear up the mystery of the disappear:knee of the four sentries, hut make the post ten able for the future." But how ?" said the colonel, in In tense surprise. "I gtiess, colonerancwered Death, "you had better let inc have the men, and order us off, and I'll tell you the whole affair after. I promise you that not one shall receive even a scratch; that is, If they mill follow my directions im plicitly." " You are a strange man," said the tolonel, " but I think 4 will let you have your own wuy this time. When do yotOntend to start?" " In about an hour's time," answered Death. " Very well, I will give you the necessary orders, so that you can start when you think proper. And what is more, if you perform all that you have promised, and..dw►'t cause me to repent having humored you, you shall have poor Ca►upbell's place." Hector Campbell was a brave but very hen►i strong young Seotchruan, who had occupied the post of lieutenant at the fort. In a sudden freak of dar. ing he had volanteered to stand sentry at the spot from which three sentinels had already so mysteriously distipiwar- NI, and he.paid for hie rashness with his life. " Now, my lads," said Death, as in ahOut an hour after his coneenlation with Colonel Inner he appronehed the deserted post, at the head of the dozen riflemen, who had been temporarily placed under his orders; " I will tell you what we are going to do. The long and short of the' affair is simply this, it's a gang of them cussed, thievin' Iroquois, that have circumvented and carried off our four men—shouting them with their arrows, and then decamp ing with their bodies. " Tonight as I was returning to the fort, I suddenly thought I heard the sound of several voises,And creeping on my hands and knees towards the spot, got nigh enough to see and heir tbat about a dozen Iroquois were there and then arranging ,their plans to stir pets, the fort to-night —intending to steal in upon it by the point which their cussed diviiry had rendered so easy of access. I only stopped long enough to learn this, when I hurried off to the colonel, and asked him to place you at my disposal, and lierowe are. I did sot say a word to hint about what had learnt, being determined that if possible the 'rides' should have all -the honor of exterminating the varlets. 1 1 And now I ask you, are you willing and ready to follow my orders 2" Every man cheerfully answered i n the attirmative, and with quickened pulses, and sanguine hopea, the little company again moved forward. The past consisted of a long, narrow space, bounded on each side by a rocky, shelving hank ; while its extreme end was closed in by the dark impenetrable looking forest. The bank on each side of the pass was thickly covered with brush and underweeel, and among these Death now carefully concealed his nevi; taking care to arrange them so that their tire would cross each other, and bidding thorn not to tiro until he had given, the signal, and after they had tired, not to stop to re-load, but, club bing their rifles, to jump down and finish the straggle in that manner. With steady alacrity each man toot tkp the post assigned litm; and in anoth er inmate the spot presented the same "THUM IS SIMIRTY, ANTI WILL PEEVATL." lone, still and solemn appearance it. had worn previous to their arrival. The little company had began to grow impatient, and Death, himself, to fear that the Indians had either rued of making the attetnpt, or else changed their plau of attack, when suddenly bis luick eve detected the forni of one of crafty foes issne in a ertmehing position from the deep ithinlow which the lofty trees threw far up the pass. • "T h ree----si i nu. —t elco--thir teen,"—counteded Death, as one after another they emerged in single file from the wood, and with qniek eat like stealthiness of movomout, tidvanoad up the pass; their rifles in trail, and their faces rendered still more hideous and ferocious looking by the grotesque marking of their war•paint. On they came swiftly and silently, and all un conscious of the late t hat was in store fur them. 'rho foremast of the band, whore commanding stature, wolf-teeth collar, and eagle tuft, at once proeluinted hint as chief•, had advanced until he was di rei•tly opposite the• hush in which Death was hill, when the latter with startling, distinctness suddenly imitated thu ery ot• a uight owl uud discharged his rifle. Eight of the Indians fell by the volley which the remaining riflemen now pour ed In upon them; but, •Itraiitze to say, ()Iwo!' the five who ilia sot fall, 10111.4 the chief a hum Death ha , lainted at. This una.t hi l ev e nt w:0. owing to the follow ing cate•to : the branch of the bush on which he had stew lied his oral in tiring, had suddonlv yielded the moment he discharged ilk piece, thus moldering harmless his odlerWl44 , unerring aim. Uttering all imprecation at his ill luck, Death sprang. down the hank with the rest of his companions, and one Itountl he reached the side of the Iroquois chief. They grappled and at both fell heavily to the ,round, clasped in a fearful emltra t -e, and darting glan cc-, or savtwe hatred at each other beneath their knitted anti scowling brows. " beep ..limitca MA lie maw olie or IW° of hi• vomininiohm in tho act of stooping to it.mist hint, "keep off! awl if he niagter4 me, let him go." over end over they rolled, writhing and straining, but. seemingly neither vhtaiuiug any advantage over the other. At hest the head of the b o tools sudden ly came in contact with the point of it rock that protruded from the hank, Nt lumina him mo titut•he relaxed his VIVO grip of Death's throat ; and the latter thus released, springing to his feet, tin kled his career by bringing the heavy breech of his rifle with sledge hammer force down upon his head. The remaining four Indians had been likewise dispatched ; and the victorious riflemen (none of whom received any wound worth mentioning,) sow sent up such a shout of triumph for their victory, that the Maass of the old wood rung with it for minatm after. As Col. limes had promised, Death was promoted to the vacant post of lieu tenant ; and now, dear read* we beg to inform you that our hereatittsthat un compromising veteran, Gen. Moegatt, of Itevolutionury notoriety, Were end and the same individual. About a fortnight after this eventful night, Stanhope Farm. became the scene of as much mirth, good eating, and dancing, as could possibly be die po•ted of during that twenty-four hours, and though we think it will be almost superfluous to do so, we will udd, 'that the cause of this "merry-nittking,".was the marriage of the beauteous Hooter Stanhope with Lieutenant Henry ..Ilorgun. Lli i%ti11111011,5. Thoughts while 1 - I'dt:tin, or Things ire Love to fee.—We love to hear a great stir and noise in the dining room, as soon as one comes into the house. It convinces you.that the flintily are put ting themselves out to give you some thing. to eat. • We like to have the lady of the house jump up and go to the kitchen . ,, then come in and out a dozen times before tea. It Makes one fed she knows you care more for her cooking than for her company. We like to hear apologies for the house not being neat aud, clean. If we hear ".the children were in here," don't we know better than that Children make tables dusty. strew ashosoVer hearths, forget -to put towels in the wash, or empty wash basins. We think' we know when eldhlren put things out of place, or when mothers or burls don't put them in order. • We like to hear apologies at table for the poor cooking and baking. It adds eatly to one's comfort to know the hoopoes, is not pleased with her, enter tainment, besides being a line exercise of qua's politeness to know what to answer. We wish some American Ches terfield would tell us what to answer to " My biscuit is nut lig,ht," "My cake is not good to-night," Sc. We confess being sully puzzled, to know what to answer sometimes. We like to hear parents give lessons in deportment before visitors. it is highly entertaining to visitors, and shows plainly that it is neglected when they are alone. We are always afraid the "little innocents" wilt speak out and say, "we don't have to do so when we haven't company."—Ohio Cidthxdor. Dark is said that bleedings partially blind horse at the nose will restore; hiki to sight; so mach for the horse, To open a man's eyes you must bleed him at the pocket. • Fifty. Cents on a Dollar. A gilathonaitia Twelfth, &treat, who Is in the habit of sending his boots out to he blacked, could not find his polisli ed understaudiuge one day last week. lie stun littlo eon to the darkey's cellar, but he returned, saying it was shut up, The gentleman went himself in his slippers, and after rapping some time lie heard a noise inside. Presently a window opened and ruffy's head pok ed through. " I want my boots," said tho gentle tutus. "Sorry /. to inform you, massa, (hit vou can't bab um," replied Cuff." Fac' h, l's give out, bursted, bided, broke, cleaned out, jammed up, split, I is." "But. ('off," mill the gentleman,' , I can't help that. I must have my boots." Cult finding his customer rather riled up, Voked one of the boots nut of the window. and said: "Massa, I i Rn't no lie, I is Clean bust and no mis take. lis taken i'hentory ofmy u'recs, and as I bileve on the honor oh a. gen tleman, flat I shall be able to pay fifty cents on a dalittr, I is Willie' to gib you yours now. Dar it am. Take de boot." So toiying he slammed the window, hbaving our friend to al) home ni his t.lippers, with one hoot in his hand-- Ail ppm echtlui4 a dollar.—Dfillar parer. Good Backers. An Tneedent of SpiritenliAnt.-1 long bearded elistomer recently entertsl spiritual bookstore in New York city, and applied for an agency. He proposed to take a large quantity of books to his part of the country, 4 , away out west," where he represented that he could soon sell theta, as he was assured by the " invisible-I." The enterprising bookseller was of course deii , hted with this prospect of a Sale; but his utitlin siwitit was somewhat dampened when the long bearded gi,..ntlenlan remarked that he hail no money, and wanted the hooka entirely on credit. " Are you re. sponsible ?" was the natural inquiry of the merchant. " l'crftvtiv." " What evidence of your reliability can you furnish'"' . . 1 have the heat of hackers—men whose names von know well." The merehant's cxamtenance bright ened. " - Very well," said he, "let us see your papers T" Theteupon the customer presented the following document: " To idiom it May concern:—We the undersigned, having been acquainted spirittn.lly with Mr. of Wigeoictin, for munr rears, recommend him a 4 perfectly reliable, and would not be afraid to trust him Lonny aluma. , timatux W.,,tonnoroN, Tnom.:ta Sk:FrEasoN, IIr.NRY CLAY, TUOMAII Pam:, JOHN lituros, and ot ers. Through Jane mcdi nu." The bookseller remarked that the Tuckers were good if the medium was reliable; but he thought, on the whole, he would prefer to keep the books.— The customer thereupon denounced the bookseller as an impostor, telling him that he did nut believe his own doctrines, and that the spirit would expose his duplicity to the world. Of this he felt !Leisured by : the spirit of prophecy hint. The bookseller was nut cu.!- tinned. Original Anneclote of Ilarns.—As Lord Crawford and Lord Boyd were out. day Iva/king over the lands in Ayre.hire, they . saw Burns plowing in a field hard by. Lord Crawford said to Lord Boyd, "Do you see that rough looking fellow aerosi there, with the plow T I'll lay you a wager you cannot say anything to him that ho will not make a rhyme of." • " Done," said the other, and imme diately going up to the hedge Lord Boyd' cried out Baugh ."' Burns stopped at ma*, leaned against the plow,' and surveying the assailant front head to knit, he quickly answer ed— " It's not Lord C!ravrford, but Lord Boyd, Of grace and manners he is void— Just like Among the rya, Cries 'laugh r at folks medley co by." The wager way of course won. Bar Ttio ti►wnce4 of the editor of a Kentucky paper being in rather a ques 'tionable co►nlition, he thus appeals to those upon his delinquent list, which exhibits oo small part of a lengthened scroll--a score of pig's tails in full ten sion, twice told, couldn't cover it: "Friends, we are al lost penniless— Job's turkey was a mil‘mairo compared with our present depressed treasury To-day, if the price of salt was two cents a birrelffil, we couldn't buy enoagh to piokle silky bird!" If that don't bring the ingrate gielin quents ap to the scratch, nothing will. " Pay the printer," we have said" a thousand times , and we say it again.— The crime onght tobeconsidered felony! Thou shalt not muzzle the ox"—nuf ced. Tigiit!—Of all kinds of tight, (sass an old chap who " has been there") the worst tight is the money-tight—the squeeze is so painfully crushing. A whiskey-tight maybe stett off in a few boars, s tight gaiter eau be re-placed bT slippers, a tight corset (the ladies understand,) can be loosened at plea sure, all manner of tights can be over come but that detestable of all tights, the tiglitaoss of money. Oh, for a sight to remove the blight caused by purses tight, that men may calmly sleep in the night, in the morning awake all right and find money less tight. ifir"What's beet to prevent old nzalde trom despairing ?" "Pairing." Sharp Praotioe. A few days eines a perrson, genteelly dressed, was observed standing at• a window of a respectable jeweller of Broadway, New York, as if admiring the rich work for gale inside. He had an umbrella placed earelessliy under one arm, and while be was gaahig another individual who was passing, apparently prompted by a love of mischief, eon triv ed adroitly to thrust the umbrella thro' the glass, and escaped, while the unfor tunate man stood, on the spot stupifled with astonishment. A clerk rushed out and demanded why he had broken the window; he denied that he had done it, but appearances were against him, and he was obliged to enter the store to set tle the affair. Theproprietor attic , es tablishment demanded payment for the damage done, and when the other talk ed of his complete innocence, threaten ed to send for the police. The pane of glass was strong plate, and cog $lO. " It's enormous," said the un fort unate. "I paid it, and you utust," replied the jeweller. " Here is a dallar," said the stranger. "Send for Ow eonstuble!" indignant ly ejaculated the man of metal. Ile was inexorable, and the other at length submitted, complaining bitterly, but observing justly that a gentleman couldn't go to a pollee (Mice tOr a trifle. lie took out a roll of bank notes', sonic hundred and some fifty dollar ones, gave one of the hitter to the pacified jeweller, received. 340 as his balance, and retired. A friend steeped into the store shortly after;—the occurrence was mentioned, and the note shown as corroborating proof; it was counterfeit. The jeweller has not told the story since. Doult of It.—A late number of the Stark county, Ohio, Demorrat, sa y s : "John Lianas, Esq., all old and high ly respected citizen of tills city awl LIP bitter opponenftf the Demoeravy, re- I turned from Kansas a few days ago,_J and says the • Republicans there are making every effort to have Kansas a slave State, while the Southern men generally are in favor of it being free." The object of this is apparent, re marks the Pittsburg Post. If Kansas is made a slave State, the Republicans will continue their "shrieking," but, it' she becomes a free State, then the last plank is knocked out of the Repub lican platform. siirThe value of brains is rarely over estimated by those who do not possess them. At the recent Commencement ofintioch College, the President, Iloa- ACK 34Assoipted that he had received a letter from n young man in Indiana, who had beg i ii invited to deliver a Fourth of J uly oration, iwkiag.J►im to write his speech for him, closing his appiieation, by offering two dollars fur the produc tion. Portland Argus says, the man, who planted early peas which, in less than ten days, were two feet high er than his head, was in an erect pois- Con when the measure was taken, and s'•tands over 5 feet 11 inches in his shoes. Then he has pulled the peak 'up by the roots and hung them up on the rafters. mar A young man was conversing in a public house of his abilities and ac complishments, and boasting a great deal of his mighty performances. When he had finished, a Quaker quietly ob served : "There is one thing thou canst not do: thou cantst not tell the truth." IWiirVisitors at Niagara Falls will re member a staircase on the West side of Goat Island, called the "Biddle Stair case." Some one asked a frii..nd of ours why it was called by that name. "Be cause it wound up the bank," was the answer. KirAn eminent London speculator, on witnessing the brilliant success of the electric light, as recently employed in Paris for the illumination of the night works at the Louvre, 1413 heard to ex claim, with deep feeling,— " By Jove ! all I have got to say is, if I held any shares in the moon, I'd sell out !" her Philosopher s say, that shnttlng the eyes makes the heating more acute. A wag suggests that this accounts tor so tunny closed eyes at church. Sir Smile graceless scamp says : " It is woman, and not her wrongs, that should be: redressed r' That fellow ought to suffer $e tornieut of being invited out 'to tea. i- When a daughter remarks : "Mother, I would , not biro help, for I can assist you to do all tho work in the kitchen," set it down that she will make a good wife. .clergyman asked of his scrip ture pupils whether "the leopard could change his spots?" "To be sure," re plied Billy, " when he gets tired of one spot he goes to another." RYA thief broke out of jail on the Sabbath, but being captured, told the policeman that he might have escaped, but he had conscientious scruples about traveling on Sunday. KirThe land sales by the Illinois Central Company the first week iu July amounted to $121,616. Thus tar for the year 1857 the gales foot up 82,- 795,582. Sir Ther e is a mule near Billinglass, Ireland, that is 59 years old. the rea son of his living so long. is the fact that he is too “ stubbm to die." la-" .Roasting-ear+" have testi° their appoarauee in alarketa t Lynchburg, Va. lii:l2 TWO DOLLAMI/4A-YEAL/i. . Constitutional Ananitnents, The proposed amendments to the 4 Constitution of Pennsylvania ; are again 1 published in the newspapers of the. sev- ' eral counties. They are the same that - were published last, year; and, haling been agreed to by two suceesaive Logic- it; latnres, the next step toward their adoption will he their submission to a, 4; - vote of the people at the.,, , October elge tion. The amendments are four in nant, ber, and the vote will be taken for or against each ono separately. - . • ' The First Amendment relates to the public, debt, and proposes the following salutary provisions : .;•• i. That the State Debt shall ncverex coed 8750,000, except in cast's of war, invasion, or insurrection, or forfie pur pose of redeeming the present debt. • it. A Sinking Fund shall be provid ed, sufficient to pay the interest on the existing State debt, and to reduce the principad 5250,000 a year. in. The credit of the Commonwealth shall not in any manner be pledged or loaned to any individaal'or corporation, nor shall the 'Commonwealth become a stockholder in any corporation. The; Commonwealth shall not as sumo the dent of any county, city; bo roegh, or township, or of any corpora tion, unless the same was contracted to aid the State in time of war. V. No county, city, or other motile pal corporation shall become a stoek holder in, or loan its credit to any com pany or corporation whatever. The Second Amendment 'provides a, gainst the needless division of counties, by prohibiting the erection ot'any new county containing less than 404). square miles, and requiring the express assent of the voters of a county, to authorize any division of such county which that' . cut off over one-tenth of its population The Third Amendment relates priucii pally to Philadelphin, and 'proposes to amend the first Article of the Coustitu lion, by striking front its sevetal se-c -tions the words which recognize the separate municipal existence of the city of Philadelphia. This amendment also proposes some changes in the mode of apportioning the State for Representatives; the most im portant of which is that it will allovithe city of Philadelphia—and any city with taxable population sufficient for two Representatives—to be divided into sin gle Representative Districts. The Fourth Amendment proposes a new section to the Constitution, in which the power of the Legislature to alter,re yoke or repeal any charter of incorpo ration, (which ofcourso it possesses, by virtue of its sovereignty, although some affect to dispute it) is expressly declared. Know Nothing Legislation. The Know Nothings when in a 'Argo majority in our State Legislature two ; yours since, passed a law that no devise or bequest made by a tesktor to a relig ious, charitable or benirolent institu tion, should be valid, unless the last• will and testament containing such de vise or bequest had been made and exe cuted at least thirty days before the death of the testator. The charge had been made that Roman Catholic Priests snrroanded the death beds of the mein- / hers of their church, and extorted from/. the dying, legacies for their ehurelds and other religious institutions. Of, course the law was general, bqt the Know Nothings put it on the, statute book to meet the cases of the Catholic Church. Strange enough, the first place this law takes effect is in the case of a benevolent Protestant institution of learning-West toeZeitehoster n ty. This establis tit belongs to , the Orthodox friendsi \ and they there educate youth having membership, or a birth-right in their society, at a mere- , ly nominal prim. A member of the go ciety,iof 'Friends, named Maxwell, re cently—died and left by will RAM to Westton School. The testator'died be fore his will was thirty days old, the °use was carried to the , Supreme Court and the decision is that Westum Sehool loses the Siio,ooo. - One thing is certain, that the Know Nothing legislation has not been of much pccuni bty value to the Society of Friends. ,' Narrow &wipe from aVreat Explosion. —The-Kingston Journal states that the other day a sloop lying at Wilbur, huleu with 200 barrels of lime, sprung aleck. There were a hundred barrels of blast ing powder stowed away with the brae, which was slacked and sot tire to 'the , barrels, scorching stone of the powder kegs. Resolute men, however, prevented the blew up by removing the powder. at the imminent hazard of life. They must have been smart characters who stowed the lime and powder together. Monument to a Ministee.—A Monu ment, purchased by the citizens of Portsmouth, Va., to be erected over thus grave of Rev. Francis Devlin, pastonof the Catholic Church there, was "Mt up on Friday. This heroic minister fell a victim to the pestilence of 1455, and in scliptions, perpetuating the fact, are engraved on the stone. The monument cost $l,lOO, and is 2U feet high. The most magnificent set of dia monds in the Two Sic:dies—those of the Duelnms of Savigliano, daughter of .Geu. Filangieri, valued at I.4s,otar—were late ly stolen at Naples. liirEggs, it is said, can be better preserved in corn meal than in any otli r er preparation yet known.—La i i i them • with the small end down; and • undis turbed,. they will be'ae I opt the end of the' year as wheti . rATioCher very good method • 7, • . 4 gtelit* :theln - well. In this" way • "iliAr; **opt throughout the wiateiii" as- 46 4, ta9l, INeopuityr-bionco . =I OM • ISE MI HE =EI z • f - NO. 44.