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Orrice in South Baltimore street, directly
opposite Wimpler's Tinning Establishment. one
and a half squares from the Court House—
" Coitritua on the sign.
PK i'Oefts eoiniet.
iplrThe following, from Grace Greenwood's
"Little Pilgrim," is very beautiful :
For die Spitag•Tlaso.
BY LOCL9II Z. ♦ICKBOY
The fair cloud-shadows floating o'er
The distant mountain side,
The crystal beauty of the lake
Where little fishes
The glancing wings of lovely birds,
That seek our wood again,
The sunshine's glow, the west wind's breath,
The soft, refreshing rain,
With voices of the forest streams,
Waked from their winter's sleep,
The blue eyes of the violets,
That on their margins peep;
The wild bee, singing to the flower,
It'S dreamy strain, and low,
And the water-fall that thrills me,
With gargling, flute-like flow,
Have given me back my childhood,
With treasures all untold,/
When acorn cups were china clear,
And buttercups were gold ;
When a mushroom was a table,
As Pariah marble fuir,
And fcrny leaves as gorgeous plumes
As any queen =llea wear.
Round our hill-circled homestead,
i knew each nook full well,
Each blossom of the laurels,
Each bird's nest in the dell.
I knew where squirrels had their homes,
And rubbitft kept themselves—
I had seen the fairies' aerpets,
And °raffles of the elves-
And the wildest joy has thrilled me,
When out amid the wood,
I followed far the partridges,
And chased the phetumnt's brood.
I had among the butterinci
An ever new delight,
Gazed wondering on the dwtillings -
Of the spider, cunning sprite.
0, ye children—joyous children
]n your wanderings and play,
Goes my heart, all else forgetting—
For 'tis a child's to-day.
Altoona, Pa., IflsB.
scicei i)iiscei-141)p.
Old Caves
At tlw second March meeting of the
Boston Natural History Society, Pro
fessor Win. B. Rogers stated that a
number of years since he hail made
some experiments in the Stalactitic
Caverns of Virginia, for the purpose of
obtaining data in regard to the age of
these deposits. He placed vessels nn
unfrequented part of the cave beneath
drippings of different di inensions,where
they remained for a period of from five
to seven years. lie arrives at the con
clusion as the result of his observations,.
that the rate of accretion is one-tenth
of an inch in fi ,. .c year 4, or an inch in
fifty years. As there are several feet
of accumulated deposit in some place;
he thinks that the process must have
been going on for at least five thousand
years.
Largest Diamond in the World.
Mr. G. P. Matthews, of Virginia,
claims to have the largest diamond in
the world. It is about an inch and a
half in diameter, and nearly an inch in
thickness. It is surprisingly brilliant,
particularly by gas light. its estimat
ed value is $2,000,000. Mr. Matthews
says he has been offered for it .C . 24,000.
It was found by the father of its present
possessor in the gold mines in Bucking
ham county, Va., about seventy years
since. It has remained in its rough
state ever since, until a few weeks ago,
hen Mr. M., being satisfied by every
test that it, was in reslity a diamond,
took it to New York and had it. dress
ed. This precious gem weighs 144 car
ats. The Kobinoor, if we remember,
weighs but 100 carats.
We learn from the Kanawha Repub
lican that Mr. Gay P. Matthews, of
that county, has deposited his great
Virginia diamond, estimated to be
worth not less than 82,000,000, in the
bank at Charleston, for the inspection
of the curious.
Not Jessie after All.--Some of the
readers of 1. Benton's biography, as
taken from Ike New American Cyclo
pedia., may have been a little disappoint
ed in not finding "our Jessie" in the
list of his children. The N. Y. Tribune
explains : "As we happen to know, the
paragraph in the article of the Cyclo
pedia relating to Col. Benton's family
was written by him, and was up
from his own manuscript, which is still
preserved, and in which the name in
question stands Ann and not Jessie.—
Jessie is probably a nick-name merely,
frequently used in the family, but yet
not Mrs. Fremont's baptismal name."
The Late Col. Benton.—Tho will of
Col. Benton has been publidied in full,
and, as heretofore stated, he has left his
residence in Washington to his daugh
ter, Mrs. Wm. Carey Jones, and her
husband. The will also directs that
out of the first money received from
the sale of bis literary works there shall
be paid $lO,OOO to Mrs. Jones, and $5,-
000 to Mrs. Boileau, another daughter.
The residue of any money so derived is
to be equally divided between his four
daughters, including Mrs. Fremont,
Whose christian name he gives as Jessie
Ann, thus isettlin,c! a disputed point,
recently raised. By the way Col. Ben
ton and Henry Clay were relatives, the
latter having married a daughter of Col.
Thomas Hart, ah uncle of the former.
,'Prof. Hawn, assistant State Ge
sassist of Missouri, estimates the coal
oral Of eastern Kansas at 17,000 square
: 3 44.1 1101 h: •
fi•"-- •
.4i Marshall Illinoisian announ
deetth of Jonathan Hicklin, of
,4111011inois, at the advanced
vault.
ME
BY H. J. STAHLE
4077. YEAR.
Adventure With a Snake
Major Campbell, in his " hough Re-
colleetions Abroad and at Home," gives
the following powerful narrative of an
adventure with the Cobra di Capello,
one of the most deadly snakes of India:
" I eight have slept some four or tire
hours, nd a dreamless and satisfying,
sleep it was ; but before I awoke, and in
my dreamless slumber, I had a visible
perception of peril—a consciousness of
the hovering presence of death ! How
to describe my feelings I know not; but
as we have all read and hoard that,
if the eyes of a watcher aro steadily
fixed on the countenance of a sleeper
for a certain length of time, the slum
berer will be sure to start up; so it was
that, with shut eyes and drowsed np
senses, an inward ability was conferred
upon me to detect the living presence
of danger near me—to see, though sleep
blind, the formless shape of a mysteri
ous horror crouching beside me; and,
as if tho peril that was my night-mate
was of a nature to be quickened into
fatal activity by any motion on my part,
I felt in my very stupor the critical
necessity of lying quite still; so that.
when I at last awoke, and felt that as I
lay with my face towards the roof,
there was a thick, heavy, cold, creeping
thing upon my chest, I stirred not, nor
uttered a word of panic. Danger and
fear may occasionly dull the senses and
paralyze the faculties, bet they more
frequently sharpen both; and ore I
could twice wink my eyes, I was broad
awake, and aware that, coiling itself up
into a circle of twists, an enormous
serpent was upon my breast.
" What my thoughts were—so made
up of abhorrence, dread, and the expec
tation of speedy death that must follow
any movement on my port—l can tiever
hope to tell in langeage sufficiently dis
tinct and vivid to convey their full force.
It was evident the loathsome creature
had at length Wen asleep.; and I felt
thankful that, attracted by my breath,
it had not approached the tipper part
of my throat. It become quite still,
and its weighty pressure—its dirt
my chilliact.s'in:conling z:at:na!:y ts,' it
seemed to me) of a hurtling nature, and
the odious odor which exhaled from its
body and pervaded the whole air—so
overwhelmed me that it was only by a
severe struggle I preserved myself from
shrieking. As it was, a cold sweat
burst from every pore—l could hear
the beating of my heart—and I felt, to
my increased dismay, that the palsy of
terror had begun to agitate my limbs !
• It will wake,' thought I, 'and then all
is over!' At that inneture, something
—it might have been a wall-lizard, or a
large beet from the ceiling upon
my left arm, which lay stretched at m •
side. The snake uncoiling his h
raised itself with a low hiss; and t
for the first time, I saw it—saw e
head, the terrible crest glittering in the
moonshine ! It was a Cobra di Capello!
Shading my eyes to exclude the dread
spectacle, I lay almost fainting, until
again all was quiet. Had its fiery glan
ces encountered Mine all would have
been over ; but apparently it was once
more asleep, and presently I heard the
Lasear moving about undoing the fast
ening of the tent and striking a light.
A thought snddonly struck me, and
with an impulse I could ascribe to noth
ing short of desperation, though its ef
feets were so providential, I uttered in
a land, but supulehral tone, 'Kulassi!
Lasear !" Sahib r was the instantane
ous response, and my heart beat quick
er at the success of my attempt. I lay
still again ; fur the reptile, evidently
roused, made a movement, and its head,
as I suppose, fell on my naked arm.—
Oh, God! the agony of that moment,
when suppressed tremor almost gave
away to madness ! I debated with
myself whether I should again endeavor
to attract the attention of the Kulassi,
or remain perfectly quiet; or whether
it would not be better than either to
start up at once and shake the disgust
ful burthen from me. But the latter
suggestion was at once abandoned, be
cause of the assurance I felt that it
would prove fatal; impeded by the
heavy coils of the creature, weak and
nervous from excitement, I could not
escape its fangs. Again, therefore, I
spoke with the hollow but distinct 3C
' cents which arise from tale throat whey
the speaker is afraid to ore a muscle :
--'Llisear, a lanthorn 1"I ant bring
ing it, sir.' There was then a sound of
clanking metal—light advaucing, flash
ed across the roof of the veranda----and
at the noise of coming steps, lo ! one
after one its terrible coils unwinding,
the grisly monster glided away from
my body; and the last sound that
struck my sense of hearing were the
'Oh God a snake!' of the Lasear; for
I fainted away for the first time in my
life.
A Father can Will the Custody of His
Children.—A few days ago, in the Dis
trict Court of Allegheny county, Pa.,
Margaretta Hamilton sought to recov
er the guardianship of three of her chil
dren, aged 13, 11 and 9 years, who, by
their father's will, had been taken from
her protection an d confided to the rela
tives of the father. The Court, how
ever, decided that the father had a
right to "devise the custody of any mi
nor child during his or her minority,"
to any person whatsovor, and as it, was
not shown that the children were in
any way restrained of their liberty,
the mother's applicdtion was not al
lowed.
liiirNature teaches us that we are all
depen ten t—that we are like cog-wheels,
pushing each other along by tilling up
mutual' voids.
Apbarite' by a Bub-Editor.—The pen
is mightier than -the sword, and the
eciiiers are mightier than either 1
THE
I lilnny years ago, when a boy Or seven
or eight years, there was one thing
which I longed for more than anything
else, and which I imagined would make
me supromelyhappy. I twas a jack knife. ,
Then I would not be obtiged to borrow 1
father's every time I wished to cut a ;
string or a stick, but could whittle when
ever I pleased. Dreams of kites, bows
I and arrows, boats ke., all manufactured'
with the aid of that shinin,, w. blade,
' haunted me day and night.
It was a beautiful morning in Jpne,
that my father called me, and gave me
i leave, if I wished, to go with him to the
store. I wall delighted, and taking his
I hand, we started. Tho birds sang
sweetly on every bush, and everything
I looked so gay and beautiful, that my
i heart fairly leaped for joy. After our
arrival at the village, and while my
father was occupied in purchasing some
i articles in a remote part of the store,
I my attention was drawn to a man who
I was asking the price of varions jack
knives which lay on the counter. As
1 this was a very interesting subject to
I me, I approached, intending only to
look at them. I picked one up, opened
i it, examined it, tried the springs, felt
i the edge of the blade with my thumb,
and thought I could never cease admir
ingi their polished surface. Oh ! if it
I wore only mine, thought I, how happy
) I should bol• Just at this moment hap
; polling to look up, I saW that the mer-
Lchant had gone to change a bill for his
[customer, and no one was observing
I
me. For fear that I might he tempted
to do wrong, I started to replace the
' knife on the counter, hut an evil spirit
I whispered, " Put it in your pocket;
I quick !" Without stopping to think of
the crime or its consequence, I hurried
ly slipped it into my pocket, and as I
[did so, felt a blush of shaine burning on
my cheek; but the store was rather dark,
and no ono noticed it, nor did the mer-
I chant miss the knife.
We moon started for home, my father
giving mu a parcel io carry. As we
wit:iced along . in . ) thnisi,dits I:o4tinually
rk- Led on the knife, and I kept v iny
Band in my ImA:et all the time from a
sort of guilty fear that-it would he seen.
This, together with carrying the bun
dle in the other hand, made it difficult
for me to keep pace with my father.
lie noticed it, and gave me 11 lecture
about walking witb my hand in my
pocket.
Al► I how different were my thoughts
then, from what they were when pam
int the same scenes a few hours betbre.
The song of the birds seemed joyous no
longer, but sad and sorrowful, as it'
chiding for me my wicked act.—l could
not look my father ►n the face, for I
had been heedless of his precepts. and
broken one of God's commandments,
and became a tidy: As these thoughts
paixed through my mind, I could hard
ly help crying, but concealed my feel
ings, and tried to think of the good
'times I would have with my knife. I
could hardly say anything on my way
home, and my father thinking I was
either tired or sick, kindly took my
burden, and spoke soothingly to me,
his guilty- son. No sooner did we reach
ho►re, than I retreated to a sate place,
behind the house, to try the stolen
knife. I had picked up a stick, and
was whittling it, perfectly delighted
with the sharp blade, which glided
through the wood almost of itself, when
suddenly I heard the deep, subdued
voice of my father, calling ►no by name,
and on looking up saw him at the win
dow directly over my bead, gazing
down very sorrowfully at. MJ. The
stick dropped from my hand, and• with
the knife clasped in the other I pro
ceeded into the house. I saw by his
looks that my father had divined all.
I found him sitting in his arm chair,
looking very pale. I walked directly
to his side, and in a low, calm voice, ho
asked me where I got, the knife. His
gentle manner and kind tone went to
my heart, and I burst into tears. As
soon as my voice would allow me I
made a full confession. Ile did not
flog me, as son►o fathers would have
done, but reprimanded me in such
manner, that, while I felt tr,tly peni
tent fur the (1-..e.1, I loved him more
than ever, and promised never, never
to do the like again. In my father's
company, I then returned to the store,
and on my knees begged the mer
chant's pardon, and promised never
again to take what was not my own.
My father is long since dead; and
never do I think of my first theft,
without blessing the memory of him
whose kind teaching and gentle correc
tions have made it, thus fur n► my life,
and forever, my last.—Jloore's Rural
New Yorker.
Data What Missets Makes fle - rn
05.
The Henderson (Ky.) Commercial tells
the story of a fashionable "lady of col
or," who was promenading the streets
on Sunday last, when all at once, news
papers commen*„, and her di
mensions contractinr.r, until about fifty
papers were strewn upon the street,
nor was she aware of the loss until a
little darkey just behind exclanne.l at
the top of his voice, ” Lor a massy, I's
do believe that nigger is made of news
papers." This raised the "lady's" ire,
when she retorted by exclaiming, "You
fool, boy, dat's what missus makes horn
ob."
par" Is them fellers alive now ?" said
an urchin to his teacher.
" What do you moan, my
dear ?".
" Why Paul, and Luke, and Deuter
onomy, and them."
liiP-A pair of pretty eyes are the best
mirrors to shave by.
" Yee," said a crusty old bachelor,
cr many a mat has' bean shaved bit
them."
onorratir, s ptro anti t anulß lournal.
'GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MAY 3. 1858. e
The Stolen Knife
COMPILER
"TRUTII 18 MICIIITY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
The Capitol to be Destroyed.
A correspondent from the Utah ex
pedition gives the following thrilling
Intelligence : "A redeemed IdormOn
lady who has sought the protection of
the army here, told me, the other day,
that Brigham Young threatens. in case
the President does not "back oat"
from the position ho has taken in his
message, that ho will send his "destroy
ing angels" on a mission of incendia
rism, to burn St. Louis, Keokuk, Chi
eago, New York, and even the Capitol
of the United States. These cities, and
many others, are to be fired simulta•
neously. And furthermore, his follow
ers in the States are to volunteer in the
new volunteer regiments to be raised
this spring, and are to come out here
for the purpose of spying inside of our
own camp, and inciting the soldiers to
mutiny; and, in ease of a battle, to de
sert our ranks at a given signal, and to
take the side of the enemy. This bra
vado is ih perfect harmony with his
sermons, and the pulpit spoutings of
Garden Preserver
Some man from a considerable way
down East, has invented what we etrll
the "Patent Neverfailing Garden Pre
server, or lien-Walker." The invention
consists of a small )nstrument, some
thing like a spur, only considerably
longer, which is attached to the bind
part of the hen's leg, pointing at an an
gle of forty-five degrees towurd the
ground. When the hen, with this in
strument on her legs, eir tees the garden
in the spring after seeds, and puts her
foot forward to scratch, the " Walker"
catches in the ground and forees her
forward ; and thus she is walked, in her
efforts to scratch, entirely out of the
garden. That will do
It3arAt a convention of clergymen,
not long situ*, it. was proposed by one
of the members, alter they had dined,
that each should entertain the compnny
with some remarks. A•nong the rest,
one drew upon his faney and related a
dream. In his dream he went to Hea
ven, and he d•-seri bed the golden streets,
the river of life, etc., etc. As he con
clud•xl, onq of the divines, who was
somewhat noted for his penurious and
money--saving habits, stopped up to the
narrator, and inquired jeeosely :
" Well, did you s,e anything of me in
your dream ? .7
" Yes, I did."
"Indeed! whst was I doing?"
" You were oil your knees."
" Praying, was I r
"\o—scraping up the gold :"
Vir-llenrietta Smith's Amestie af
fairs :tre slightly "out of gear." She
prints tho following. card :
"Lost, Strayed or Stolen.—An indi
vidual whom 1, in an unguarded moment
of loneliness, was thoughtless enough
to adopt as my husband. Ile is a good
looking, feeble individual, knowing
copugh to go in when it rains, unless
some good looking girl offers him Inn
umbrella. Answers to the name of
Wai last seen with Julia
'
walking with his arm around her waist,
up the plank road, tanking more like. a
looi, if possible, titan ever. Anybody
who will catch the poor fellow, and
bring him carefully back, so that I can
ehastiso hint for running away, will bo
asked to stay to tea by
wal_An indigent boy applied for alms
at the house of an avaricious rector, and
received a dry, mouldy crust. The
rector inquired of the boy if ho could
say the Lord's Prayer, and was an
swered in the negative. " Then," said
the rector, 4. I will teach you that.—
..Our Father 1" Our Father!" said the
bov ; "is he my lather as well as yours r
" tes, cettainly." " Then," asked the
boy, "how could you give your brother
this mouldy crust of bread ?'
per' Fun should be cultivated as a fine
art, for it. is altogether a tine thing.—
Whoever knew a funny man to ho a bad
one? On the contrary, is not ho, nine
times in ten, generous, humane and
good ? T 3 be sure ho is. Fun—it is a
great thing. It smooths the rough
places of life, makes the disposition
sweet and rosy, scatters sunshine and
flow'ers wherever we go, gives to the
world around jolly countommee, makes
all the girls pretty, and mankind one of
the best families out. We go in for fun.
"A Charge to Krp."—Mr. Thompson,
of Washington county, Ohio, has a tittle
daughter, who, at the age of four years,
weighed one hundred ai.d five pounds.
She is now four years and five months
old, and weighs, usher parents suppose,
one hundred and seventy pounds!
larMent, if naturally tender, will be
made as tough as may be dewed by
putting a little salt upon it, "just to
keep it till wanted." Salt is an excel
lent hardener. If the ten d erness is to
be preserved as well as the purity of the
!I - I , Na, a "dust of pepper" will do all .
that is needful.
fAirTlie bread of repentance wo oat
is in many instances made of wild oats
wo sow in our youth.
als.,llappy is the man wLo feareth
not the sheriff—who turneth not aside
from the constable, who has complied
with the inj nnct ion of the apostles—o we
no man anything.
3801 is an extraordinary fact, that
when people come to what is common
ly called high words, they generally
use low language.
serA eotomporary, speaking oldie
report of goo tlamen's fiishioner-sa l ys
"There is notonnob change in gentle.
men's pants this mouth." Very
HENRIETTA SMITH."
How John Pho3nix got into the La-
dies' Car
John Flhcenix, the inimitable wit, thus
tells an incident connected with a ride
on the New York Central Railroad.—
lio'relates in a letter to the Knickerbock
er Magazine and puts it on record to
servo as a caution to future innocent
travellers. He KIM; :
"I had observed at each change of
the ears. and they were frequent, when
the general scramble took place, one car
was defended from the assaults by a stal
wart Irishman, who, deaf to monaees,
or softened by entreaty. and uncor
rupted by bribes, maintained his post
for the benefit of the 'lndies."Leddies'
car, sir, av you pleas—forred car for
gentlemen without leddiem.' Need I
say that this car was the most comfor
tabl4 of the train, and with that, stern
resolve which ever distinguished me in
the discharge of my duty towards my
aelf.'.l determined to got into it, coute
qui mule. So when we changed cars at
Utica, I rushed forth, and seeing a nice
vonqg person, pith a pretty face, hon.
let and shawl, meta largo portmanteau,
urging herl way through the erowd,
I stepped 'up4by her siU, and with na
tive
,grace and gallan'ry, offered my
arm and assistance. They were grate
fullpotecopted, and proud Of my success
1 urged, my fair charge up to the plat
fo:ntof the qadies'',car.' My old enemy
was ,holding the door. 'ls that your
lady.' sir?' said 144 c. With an inward
apology to Mrs. Iticanix tar the great
injustice done to her charms by the ad
' misston, I replied, yes. Judge of my
horror when this low employee of a
monopolizing and onaceomodating rail
road, addr.ssetl my companion with
the fines and manner of an old acquaint-
Well, Sal, I
. guess you've done
well, but I don't think his family will
think much of the match.'"
A liother of Nature's Vagaries.—The
Louisville Journal has the following
from llemlert-on, Ky.:
I have just returned from a visit to
one 6f the most ex traomlitutry eurli-i
-ties ever known in the history of the
human race. A. negro woman, belng
ieg to Mr. Samuel Stites, of thus place,
gave:birth eight days ago, to four liv
ing children joined' teget her by pairs in
a still more peculiar manner than the
S'aincse Twins. The two boys are
connected at the .shoulder, and from
the hip to the knee-joint, leaving the
lower joilt r,f the legs and the feet of
each perfectly free. The girls are join
ed at,the fihoulder, with this difference
from fho boys, that they have but one
arm iresuing from_the junction of their
shoulbrs. They are joined from the
hip thavn to the foot—the two legs end
ing in one foot. - --
In regard to the color of the children,
nature seems to have been quite as ec
centric as in theirforinntiln, one of the
boys being black and the other as white
as the child of a White woman ; and so
with the girls. They all seem to be
perfectly well, and site mother is doing
uneommonly well.
Mr. Stites, who is a man of wealth,
takes, great pleas:um in showing the
twins to his friends, and their "levees"
have•been greatly, crowded for the last
day or two. •
r i iteei of Violent Pu!Weal Agitation.—
Letters from Kansits say that the po
liticalagitation in the Territory has so
absorbed the attention of the squatters
that they have neklected their crops
nii&private affairs; and so exhausted
their means that a largo portion of
them Will 'be unable to pay for their
land before it will ibe offered for sale
under. the proclamation of the Presi
dent. Many of those who are unable
to pro-empt will loise their lands, and
will have endured their Kuril:lees awl
labored in vain ,to secure a home.
People meat pay the penalty of folly.
The political demagogues have every
thing to gain in' keeping up violent
excitement, the people everything to
los%
Ereiling P,Aijer ti,n34.- - -A gentle
man &mu Ohio lately litaltiAl that, by
nthbli g • his personal observations to
those Ufa frien , l, he could sly that from
Omaha city, Nebraska, to Washington,
there was a line of prayer meetings
along the whole length of the road; so
that tvlierTver a Christian traveler
stopped to spend the evening he could
find a crowded prayer meeting across
the entire breadth of our vast Republic.
A Faehiohable Comet.!.—A lady re
siding in thc vicinity of New York, the
wile of one of our most. di4tinguished
citizerq, and well known in the Million
able morld. has teslifiel her interest in
the revival movement by converting
the elegant billiard mold attached to
her house into a place fur prayer meet
ings, in which Ler neighboro arp invi
ted to participate daily.
A Misaion of Peace.—Col. Kane, of
Philadelphia, and a broth e r of ,the late
Dr. Katie, is now on a visit to Utah,
for the purpose of, inducing thu !dor•
mons to abandon their rebellious spirit,
and yield with as good grace as possible
to the requirements of the United States
mivernment.
A Clue.—A white linen shirt, and a
coarse cotton undershirt 'plat ter.ld with
blood, have boon found in a hole near
the scene of the brutal n►urder, last full,
of Miss Adeline Itavor, near !ifolirsvillo,
Berko county, and is supposed to have
belonged to tho murderer. It is hoped
this d►3covory may lead to the detec
tion of the guilty party.
imiliqiev. Panic' Webb, now a resident
of Newl3odSord, Leis., and who rcateh
ed his 81st birthday pa tha 17th
is bolisred te be the Wept Methodist.
iniaisteLin ibis (*angry.
- 11.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
THE NEW LIQUOR BILL.
A SUPPLEMENT
M An 'let to rtvulute the sale of Intn.riea
ting Liguorg, approved 31st day of
March, A. D., "V 456.
Svc-I.lox. 1. enoeted in, the Smote
and House of Repersmitatiate of the Commnn•
wealth of Pennvleania in General Assembly
met, an! it is h-reby enacted by the ingorily
of the same. That applicants for brewery or
distillery license shall hereafter pay therefor
the several amounts fixed by the third section
plan act to regulate the sale of intoxicating
lipors, approved March thirty first, Atom
Donsini one tholieesnd eight hundred and fifty
six ; Peorided, That the same shall in no cese
be less that twenty-five dollars. except in
case of persons whose annual sales ere less
than one thousand dollars, v;ho shall pay
teen dollars, and the proviso in the section
aforesaid, so far as it fixes the minimum rune
of license at fifty dollars, is hereby repealed.
SKr.. S. That applicants for license to send '
any intoxicatiug liquors, by the quart or mate r
quantity, with or without other goods, wares
or merchandise, shall hereafter pay therefor
twenty per cent. less than the several amounts
fixed by the twelfth section of an act to reed
late the sale of intoxicating liquors, approved
March thirty first, Annn Demini one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six : That
the same shall in leo case he less than twenty
five dollars; and the provisinu in said section
that such sum shall in no case be kas than
fifty dollars, is hereby repealed.
Sec 3. rem all hotels, inns and terms
shall be classified and rated according to the
estimated yearly sales of liquors authorized to
be sold therein, or in the house intended to be
occupied for such purpose, as follows, to wit :
in all mixes whereauch estimated yearly sales
shall be ten thousand dollars or more, such
hotel, inn or tavern shalt be rated as of the
first etyma, and the sum to be paid for license
shall ho four hundred dollars ; when more
than eight and less than ten thousanddolktß,
as second Owes, and pay two hundred and fifty
dollars ; when mime than six and less than
eight thousand dollars, as third class and psy
one hundred and fifty clutters ; when more
than four and lent than six thousand dollars,
as fourth chic:, and pay one hundred dollars,
when more than two and lest than four
thoneand dollars, as fifth class, and pay $5O,
when more than one and ken than two thous
and dollars, ns eiztli and pay thirty dol
lars ; when more than five leundreadollars and
less thou roe thousand dollars as seventh
eats, an I pay twenty-tire dollars ; when less
slu e five hesolred elJllursas eighth clam, and
imy fifleea ihdlurs : Proclda, That in Phila.
detphin and Pitediurg no tech license shalt be
granted fur It less sitnethan fifty dollars a year;
nor in say other city or incorporated borough
fora less sum than twenty-five dolharsayear ;
and the estimated yearly sales of all applicants
fur such licensee, - shall be assessed, as provided
in the fifteenth section of an act to regulate
the sale of intoxicating liquors, approved
Mart-h thirty-first, Aline Domini one thou.
sand eight hundred and fifty six.
Sec. 4. 'I bat licenses shall be granted for '
the keeping. of rating houses, which shall
authorize the sale of no intox;rating liquors.,
except domestic wines, and malt and brewed 1
liquors, and Merlons so licensee' shall be des-
'Well and rated according to the provisions of
the twenty-second and twenty-third sections of
an act to create a sinking fund, and to provide
for the gradual and certain extinguishment of
the debt of she Commonwealth, approved
April tenth, Atino Dotniui one thousand eight ;
hundred and fierty-seine Providetl, That no
such license shill be granted in the cities of
Lancaster or Pittsburg, for a less sum than
twenty dollars, nor-elsewhere, for a leas anus
than ten dollnrs.
Sec. 5. That licensed venders of 'vinous,
spirituous, malt or hrewe I liquors, or any of
them. or any admixtures thereof, either with, ,
or without other goods, wares and inerchan
dise. except brewers and distillers, may hereafi.:„
ter sell any of them ohith they may be licensed
to sell, in any quantity not less than one quart;''
wt d licenses( brewers and distillers may here- '
titter sell sneh liquors as they are licensed to
unaufacture and sell in any quantity not less
than one gallon : orreler4 That this act shall
not he construed to prevent a brewer other
wise qualified frous receiving a retail license,
in addition to Isis license as brewer, and under
the same provisions as its the Lase of eating-
Ste. 6. That licenses to vend the liquors
aforesaid, or any of them, rhall he grelited to
citizens of the United States, of temperate
habits and good moral character, whenever the
requirements of the laws tin the subject ar e
complied with by any such applicant, acid
shalt authorize the applicant to sell the liquors
aforesaid for one entire )ear trout the date of
his licease: l'rorided, That nothing herein
contained shall prohibit the court, board of
licensers or comtn;ssieuers, from hearing
other et ideuee than that presented by the nie
plicant f o r license : Pet/ride,/ florter, That
after hearing evidence as aforesaid. the Court,
Board of licensers or Corn tnissiooers, shall
grata or refuse a license to such applicant in
aceorlenee with the evidence : And prorided
jmuster, That if any pion or persons shall
neeect or refuse to lift his, her or their
heves:: within fifteen days after the same has
been granted, such neglect or refusal shall be
deemed a forfeiture of said license, and such
person or person,' selling vinous, spirituous
or netit liqaons after the exniratioe of the of
teen Jan, as afuresai•l, shall be liuble to pros
ecution and conviction in the proper court as
fully and effectually as if no ]sense had been
granted to such person or persons.
St-c. 7. That no license to rend the liquors
afurcsttid. granted under this or any other test
a( this Commonwealth, shall be transferable.
or cattier any right to sell the same in an)
other house titan is mentioned therein, our
shall any bar or place where such liquor is
sold by less measures than one qeart.bo under
let by the person licensed to sell thereat;
but if the party licensed shall die, remove or
teas: to keep such house, his, her, Of their ii
cense may be transferred by the authority
granting the same, or a license be granted the
successor of such party for the remaiuder of
thn year by the proper authority, on compli•
Alice with the requisitions of the laws in all
respects except publication, which shall not
in such case be required: Provided, that
where eny license it tninsfered as aroresaid,
no payment, other than fees, shall be required:
andiwhere a license is granted under this
section, for a,portioa of a-year, the party li
censed shall pay . therefor a sum proportion.
ate to the nac.xptred term fur which the same
is pasted.
Secs,. 8. That manuf:.aturere and producers
of eider and domestic wines. and bottlers of
cider, perry. ale, porter or beer, not other
wise engaied is the sale of intoxicating lo
quer', nor in keeping any tavern, oyster
house or, cellar, restaurant or place of ansose
ment, entertainment or refreshment. shall be
allowed to sell the same by the bole, co
domestic wino, and cider by the gallon,
without takinx out license: Pro** cd. That
such liquor is not drank upin .premisee
where sold, nor at any plum _ *idea by
such seller for that pupae. '
Sao. 9. That li.wasete eel , domestiewinew,
melt or brewed liquors, l tweeter be
granted to the keeper of et.y beer house, the
atre or tidier plitt:o of amusement, otherwise
qualified to roceire %sumo PreeidadOltar
the use of a room or rooms in s hut-Itii
concert room or theatre, shall not preclude
the pripriotor thereof from receit big 0 Lptel
licen,4 , it ho Shull hare awl keep the Iteel:Ir)
dntiott fir a lime!, required by the set of
March 3, 1850: dlittlprori./orifitrattr. not
the piecedilitt precis.) shall not atiply 'to
the cries of Philadelphia or Pittsburg.
Sec. 10. That the petition of an applicant
for eating house or retail brewery license
need not hereafter embrace the certificate of
citizens, required by the eighth section of an
act tin regulate the stile of interhuiting !ignore,
approred March thirty-first, Anne Domini,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-sir, nor
shall publication of such applications be here
after required: but such applications shall
he filed with the clerk of the court of guar
ter sessions of the pi oper county, except in
the county. of Allegheny, and the license
prayed for, granted by tl e county treasurer :
nut] t h e b o nd ime!requ'ired in such ceses shall
be first npprovedjby the &strict attorney and
county treasurer ad their approval endorsed
thereon.
NO. :39.
Str. 11. That nay uttlnwftil saleof
malt or brewed l'quors, or any admistures
there'll, or any Rifle thereof in an imPtrre.
vitiated or adulterated state, shall Le deemed
mi4demennoi7, and upon conviction thefieof
the t Tender cLnll 1 ay a fine of not lets than
too nor more than one hundred dollars, with
the costs of prosecution, and uptia MIA
nr nuy 'to hbefi tient eoot ietion,ehall pay a One
of not less than twentytfi‘e, nor attire than
one hundred dollars, with the costs of prose
cution ; and in case of a becond or ouhse
quent conviction, the court tnny, in ite'dis
cietion, Sentence the offender to irnprision•
ment not ,seceding three enlendar monthly;
and in cue any such offender convicted of a
second or subsequent offence is litenscd to
cell any such liquor, such license shall lie
deemed folifeited and void. nod no person
convieten of a second or subsequent offence
shall he again licensed for two yenrs thereat%
ter t Proritied, That this section shall not he
construed to repeal nay net or part of an Dot ,
punishing such unlawful sale, except the
twenty-eighth section of en net to regulnle
the side of intoxicating liquors, approved
March thirty-first, Ann') Domini one thous
and eight hundred and fifty-six, which is
hereby repented.
Sic. 12. That no prosecutor or informer in
any prosecution for the sale of intoxicating
liquors. shall rece've any portion of the fiqo
imposed on the defendant in any case wheee
glieh prosecutor or informer is a witness fur
the Commonwealth ; and in every case of the
conviction of n person returned by a constable,
such constable shall receivettwo dollars, to LK;
taxed in the costs.
Sic. 13. That no person mho keeps In his
store or wore-room any hogsheads, stands,`
casks, or liquor pipeq, or si hit keeps tti gro•
eery store, shall receive license to vend intox
icating liquor by lesq measure than one quart;
and constables arc hereby required to make
n return of all persons engaged in the sole of
spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors in
their respectixe districti, who shall have in
their pltives of hu •ine4s tiny of 'the articles
tiroresaid, naming them and the location
i their respeetit e places of business; if Ault
such persobs shall have a license,Acv
!c lnitiors by less mes.sure than a quart,
I the court may, on investigation, revtike the
rame; but such persons may, on oemplyins
with the 11w8 on the subject, obtain
li
! cense to sell by nu less measure than ono
' (port.
[The 1-Ith, 15th,latli, 17th. 20th and
I se••tinits,,relate to the Cities of Philadulp in,
Pittsburg and CArloindide.l
SEC. 18ala II fit the clerk of the court of
: quarter sessitms shall not charge or teecis
more than one dollar fur any license, nor
more than one dollar fur any frame nod gloss
• lie may furnish therewith, and these fees shall
• include all his compensation for furnishing,
• preparing and filing the bond required in any
case.
SEC. 10. That the ninth, sixteenth, seven
teenth. eighteenth; nineteenth, twentieth mai
twenty-first sections of an net to regulate the
sale of into:denting: liquors, npproveti March
1, A. D. 1856, be and the same are herek
pealed, so far as relate to the city of I
delphis and that the :node of assessinkt
provided in the 3d section and the pr ,, -
visions of this act shall nut apply to said
City.
BEc. 22. That the fourteenth, twenty-sixth,
tvrenty-iseveuth and thirty-second sections of
an act to reptinto the sale of intoxicating
quors,approced Mardi thirtv-first,Annnflovi
ini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six,
together with any acti or parts of acts con
flicting herewith, or supplied hereby, co far
as the same conflict or are supplied, are here
by repealed: or , That no license hero
tufore grunted, shall Le in any way invaliirn
fed by the passage of this act; and all pro.
visions of snol act not hereby altered, supplied
,r repealed, shall npply as fully to licenses
granted tinder this net as under the afore
taid that the penalty imposed nadir the
twenty-ninth section of said act, shall in no
case exceed two dollars, which shall bepaid
to the treasurer of the school &trict witere
such conviction is had, by the tuagistrati col
'
le •ting the Same. -
23. That licenses may he fr,rantednct
der this act, nt the first term of the proper
court after its passage, or at any specitd hr
a ! . ;ourned court hel • bin three months
hereafter, nwt in such ens s the court may
dispense with the publication heretofore re-
:SEC. 2-4. That the tenth section c f the: act
apreired Mareh 31-4 t, 1856, shall nil Le Lela
or votiAtrued to authorize judgment to be sik
teced against the obligor in the lxind therein
provided, for a greater amount than the fine
and costs pre , :i_ribetl nail impose•] fur any
offences working a hi em•h of the contlitiots
bond: l'roricl.-d, That the obligor, irr
blir„rs in any such bond w iirrnjudgyneno u pt
entered tuniinst lihn, her or therit,i•ftsr
:1 e whole moonlit of the bond, shall La and
tiwy are hereby rele:u-e,l from the pa} otent
of the eni,l judgment, whenever t:ie fine TOW
e, , sta pre4eriLed and imposed fur such offence
ahrill have been
Money Returned.—The Secretary . et
the Treasury received on Tuesday- fir
t:xn hundred dollars in Treasury notes
from no unknown individual in New
York, who states that ho had etieate4l
the government to that amount during
Gen. Pierce's administration. -
'Vesuvius Changing its Shape.--Qpve
the two cones of Vesuvius, so ofteii/ide
scribed and so familiar to all who Inivie
if!en the volcano or its representatiotts,
has been blown into the air;.antl• Hs
conformation of the mountain has boot
completely changed.
La—Poverty is like a panther--logic
it steadily in the face and it wilt litie
Cron) you, says an exchange.
Yes, but like David Crocket's "pain
ter," it's a nasty varmint to freeze'to a
feller when it once gets a good hold, on'd
the nick of the jolt() is to catch it's•clit.
"That's a pretty bird, gr4ngina
said a little boy.
I:l'es," said the ord dame, "mai to
never cries."
•‘That's because he's never wastsitili"
the boy replied
" George," said yeang
" dome's nothing interesting in-thin4W
per to-day, is there!" "“ Ince u Lytt,
1 hope there will one -day, when we
shall both be,intereateet •Ths g
lady blushed, and of tvorltiat;stidti-Atirer
shame, George." N.
sat-T he Nei* Orleads,
Great, Nort -hitt
.
plated Ctotott7itist4 'a 04 2 _
..otl '
.• .
.4 ago:
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