I..aissmiummeal TERN'S OF THIS PAPER Tna ipowittan Is Published eirery Monday morning, by niglltY J. &Nista, at $1,75 per annum If paid strictly IN AIDrARTS--$2,40 per annum if not paid in advance. No subscrip tion dt=contined, unless at the option of the publisher, until all arrearages are paid. ADrsattaitstarre inserted at the usual rates. Jun PAIS,TLIhI done with neatness and dis patch, and'at moderate prices. °mei in South Baltimore street., directly opposite Wamplet's Tinning EhtuliiiShMeTrt, 0/116 •nd a half squares from the Cuurt "Co lir! on the sign. Notice TO TAX-PAYERS.—Notice is hereby gir en that the County Commissioners will make an ABATEMENT of FIVE per cent. upon all state and County Taxes assessed for the year 1 that shall be paid to Collec tors on or before 71turvlay, Me lit day of July next. Collectors will be required.te call on tax payers un or before the above date, and make such abatement to all persons pay ing on or before said day, and ray the 61111:0 to the County Treasurer, otherwise DO abate ment will be made. By order of the Cum misgioners. J. M. WALTER. May 10, I` 4 sq. Clerk. Sheads & Buehler L Have constantly on hand, at their yard 1" on Washington and Railroad streets, M any variety of River and Mountain 13 LC MBEIt—W hire Pine, Hemlock, E P.iplar, Ash. &c.—Boards, Joi.t, Scantling and Studding. They are ready to lilt all orders, nt the short est notice, for any amount, for !anilningPtir ro.es, at prices which will surprise those who may favor them with a call. They have al,o on hand a lot of worked Flooring, Win low Slash, Palings for fericitig, Piastering and Shingling Laths. ke. Gettysburg, May 3, ISSS. The 500 People 11 - 110 bought their Winter Clothing from FRANKLIN B. PICKING; are all com ing hack, and bringing with them their friends anti twquaintances, to extunine his x t.NT assortment of Spring and Summer Clotting, just opened at his new Clothing establishment in Chambersburg street. op posite the Lutheran Church. They will hate the cheapest and'best assortment of Goods to selget from ever brought to Gettysburg.— They will find every style of Summer Coats, Pantaloons, Vests, Raglan Coats of every totality, Frock Coats of Italian Tweed, Callh• im.res, Linen, Cheltk; Duck Coats, tic.— ts ~f black and fancy Cassimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, Linen, Dnek. Cottnn, FRANKLIN B. PICKING. April 26, 18:e8. Ready-made Clothing. GEO. A RNOLD has now on hand the larrnt - , stock of Ready-made Clothing in town, comprising every variety and size, all of his own manufacture, which will be warranted well made, having hands constantly employ ed cuttiu out and =Ong up. If we cannot fit you with a garment ready made, we will sell you the goods, take your measure, and make you up a garment on the shortest no t ice. Please call at the Clothing Empbrium, where you will find Mr. Culp always on hand, bright and accommodating. Our stock large, well soleaeil, and will be sold cheap for Cash. Gettysburg. March 29, IRSB. Anctioneering. NDREW W. FLF.IIIMENiO, residing in Breekittridge street, near James t'ierce's, tiettrhurg, offers his services to the public ai a N4' tie Crier and Auctioneer, His charges are moderate. and he will on all occasionsen deavor to render satisfaction. lie hopes to receive a share of public patronage. Aug. 141857. - • Challi Robes. TUE third arrival of Robes by exprrss.— Tl'lieviVettie4 styles yet offered to the la diem, snit from whip li- they cannot fail to please their testes. t'. one immediately ifyou want pretty and cheap goods. The latest p•tyles and patterns of side stripe role just received at FAIINESVOCKS'. April 26, 1858. Spring Millinery. Aflss :MeeltiLllCY has just returned from ' l3 ' IL the city, and is now opening a betiutiful assortment of Millimry and l'attry Goods, of the Larst styles, which she will sell at the lowest cash prices, and which tibe invites the ladies to call and examine. • Milliners who wish-to buy Goods' tn sell a4ain, will find it much to their advantage to give her a ell', guit she keeps none but the 111,1 ISt fashionable goods. April 19, 1S iB. 3m Clear the Way • 1 3- i 4FOlt 'fFIE NEW FIRM!—No: 1, 2 and 3 Riding and Wagon Saddles, Trotting, Buggy and Carriage Har ness, Buggy, Carriage, Mule, 1131 r, Ticking and coniin.n Collars. Riding and Driving Bridles, Marting.il. , ,, II titers, Horse Covers and Fly Nets of every description ; &e., just received niel for sale astonishingly Loa, at BRING3I AN & CULP'S, sign of the "811 Boca," Clutnibersburg street. May 10, I;sss. Clothing. rp ITE-b6st agsnrtment, and the cheapent. in town. Call and gee them. at the Clothing Emporium of GEO. ARNOLD. April 5. 1A54. White Goodß A ND EMBROIDBitiF.S.—J. L. SCIIICK "ll' would invite the La , lies to examine his largo variety of new style Brilliants, Cam brics, Jaconets, Plain Cambrics, Linen, Col lars, Ilandkerchiefs, 'April 5. - To Get rp lIE full worth of your money, make your purchases of Ready-tutule Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Clocks, Violins, and everything else in the variety line, at SAMSON'S. March 29, l&-18. Men's Wear. • JL. SCIIICK would invite the attention of • buyers to his large stock of Fine Black Cloths, Fine Colored dn.. Fine Black Cassiineres, Fane , y Czo•simeres, Side Stripad do., Vestings, Craiats, Hosiery, Gloves, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Ate., Ae Aprils, 1858. 434-Agi ILLINERY.—Miss Lootss KATI Lirrus wishes to intorm the ladies of town and country, that she is now prepared to execute 3lillinery in all its branches, in West Middle street, a few doors below Mr. George Little's store. Work done cheaper than elsewhere in town. Please call arkl see. fapr. '56. GROCERIES.—If you want a good assort meat of Groceries, such as Syrups, Mo lasses, Sugar and Coffee, you will do well by examining the assortment at IL S. & E. H. Mrsxruns'. rpue auentioa of the Ladies is directed to the large and splendid assortment of new SPiing and Summer Goode, such as Detente, Lawns, Ducal Chali, Ginghams, domestic and *set Shawls, Bonnets. dc.. at J. C. GUINN k BRO'S. EMBROIDERIES.—A large and Am beautiful assortment of rich Preach work 11kCeLiam and many other new and season able foods, just received" end for sale at low rises at U. S. & E. 11. MINNIGHS'. jiILOCE RI ES.—Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, and AA_ ,••11 kinds of Spices. and every article in lb* grocery linn.'nkenP and good at the new Dry tfrooe and Grocery Store of • C. GUINN & BELO. • Orr' Fuse, Powder, Shot and Gaps, a Sorbet* ce Martin',. THE - COMPILER. BY 11. J. STAIILE 407. YEAR. Die i'oef's Coil Nib. • erwura. Tlo* Tllll 011.1111A1 Cease this dreaming! Cease this trembling I Still unwearied straggle on! Though thy strength should almost fail thee, Onward is the word alone. Dare not tarry, though the Present Scatter roses in thy way! Though to thee from out the ocean, Byrens sing their luring lay! Onward I Onward ! without turning 'Gains% the world's sharp griefs contend, Till neon thy - cheeks hot burning, Golden rays from Heaven descend. Till thy brow the thick-leaved garland Like a halts shall surround; Till the Spirit's flame, all brightly, Hovering o'er thee shall be found. Onward, then, through all opposing! Onward rtill, through Death's' dark pain I He must wrestle on unyielding, Who the bliss of Heal en world rain. De 81011 i gook. The Mother's Lesson. "0, but I will, though." " No, no, Laura ; you must not speak in that manner." "And why not? Why, mother, to hear you talk, ono would suppose that I were about to enter a nunnery instead of being married. No, I tell you no husband rules mo. I shall be my own P. mistress." Laura Burke was a young, happy creature, just on the evepf matrimony, and like thousands of others, she looked only upon the pleasures of the future, and laid her plans only for the greatest amount of enjoyment that she might r i secure herself independent of alt other ci Instances. Her mother, Mrs. Amapa Burke,had not yet passe life's auto l equinox,for not over eight and thirty years had as yet been hers. She was a woman of strange beauty, and though the flood of life was yet warm and vigorous, she was still me by a spirit of deep melancholy. Olt had moulded her features to its own east.— Upon her pale brow there were lines of sorrow, in her deep blue eyes there was a light that seemed to turn all vision in ward upon the soul, and over her whole countenance was shed the unmistakable shadows of thoughts and feelings that could only spring from a heart that haul become the home of powerful experi ence. " Ah, Laura," said Mrs. Burke, "I fear that you arc looking into the future with blind eyes. You are picturing to yourself_only that which may floe from you ere you can grasp it. You forget . that the life you are about to enter, is one of important duties." "0, mother," cried Laura, with a light ringing laugh, " don't talk to me . about duty. Goodness knows, I've al- Ways had enough of that. NO, no, my halcyon days are coming. If William marries me, it must be for what I am, and not for what I'm going to be. A truce to your soberness, mother." " Laura, Laura, be serious now, and listen to me, for I can see the rock upon which your hark of happiness may be wrecked." .Mrs. Burke spoke with a serious air, 'and the shade that passed over her countenance showed that she felt deeply what she said. " You must know that your happiness for the future will depend upon your own exertions," she continued; "and just as far as you use your earnest endeavors for the peace and happiness of your husband, will your own be gained. Laura, you are too- willful, and I fear that even to your husband you will betray that unhappy trait in your disposition." " But tell me, mother, would you have me the slave of a husband ? Am I going to be married just for the sake of having a man to rule mo ? By no means, I know my rights better. He may be assured that I shall maintain all the privileges that belong to me. But in sober earnest, my mother dear, I cannot see what there is that should frighten yon. Let me tell you that William Withington is not the man to look for a mere drudge in his wife." " My child, you misunderstand me.— You misconstrue my meaning. You know that your husband becomes re sponsible for your support." "That's his own choice, though, is it note" " Certainly, and he does it because he hopes he shall be happy in your society. A good husband looks for all that is kind and gentle in his wife. His home is his refuge from the cares and business of life, and there he looks for the sweet peace and content which no other spot on earth can afforl, and if he find it not there, where shall ho look? 0, Laura, I tremble because I greatly fear you will forget all this !" "Now, mother," uttered the half thoughtlessrl, "you will really pro vokegi me. What is the use of making such a mountain out of nothing ?" "h usk, Laura. Only look for your selrupon what occurred on last Sabbath evening. Then you betrayed a temper that made William very unhappy." " Well, and didn't he provoke me to it?" "No; by no means. He only wished you to wear a more suitable dress to the lecture." " And I should like to know what business it is to him what dress I choose to wear ?" " A great deal, Laura. Ile only re quested that you would wear something more around your neck and shoulders —something that would protect you against the cold; and surety a husband has a right to do that." gemoratir, tuto tamil,i2 GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1858. "Then lot him wait till he is my hus band, and even then I'll teach him that be-shan't rule me." Mrs. Burke gazed a moment into the handsome features of her daughter, and then a tear came into her eye. She know that her daughter loved William Withington with her whole soul ; but she saw, too, that that love would fail to make her what a good wife ought to be. "Mother, dear mother," exclaimed Laura, springing to the side of her kind parent, and throwing her arms about hor neck, " what makes you weep?— Forgive me for what I have said, if I can effect you thus." " Laura, sit down by my side, and 1 will tell you something that I have hitherto kept from you. I will open to you a page in my life book that I meant to have kept foreVer close *Rhin my own heart. The fair girl sat down by her mother's aide, and looked wonderingly up. " It is of your father that I would Kpeak." " lie died before I can remember." The tears gathered more thickly in the mother's eyes, and it was some time ere she could speak, but at length she commanded her feelings, and laying her hand gently upon her -daughter's brow, she commenced : " Laura, listen to me now, for I can hold up a mirror within which you may !WC what may ho your own f a t► ro " I was scarcely eighteen when I gave my hand to James Burke. Ile was a man of kind feelings and a warm heart, and I knew that he loved me truly and faithfully; yet his feelings were impul sive, his sense of right and wrong was keen and unmistakable, and ;n every emotion he was sensitive in the extreme. Ho held his honor sacred, and to small things he stooped not. Let me tell you that William Wallington is his counter part_ " When I married my husband, I knew his disposition and feelings ; I loved him, and yet I resolved upon no pains to meet his wishes, and make his home happy. I forgot that love has its imperative duties--that the mere marriage relation may be made the most miserable on earth, instead of be ing the most hap py. I forgot that my own happiness epended upon the hap piness of my - husband, and that he could not be happy unless I too was happy. A very small amount of cool reflection would have shown me all this, but I gave it little heed. I did not remem ber that the wife's dominion was the home of her husband, and that that home should be her earthly heaven. 1 only looked upon the surface of the marriage relation, and when I en tered upon its duties I only than felt that I was freed From all restraints, and that 1 had nothing to do but to grasp at the transient pleasures as they flow past. "Of course, the first few months of our married life were happy, but there were clouds across our way that should never have gathered there. At length I came to allow myself to forget some of my duties. In the presence of my Husband I was sometime morose and gloomy. Ho gently chided me, but - 1 was governed by a false, willful pride, and would not own that I was wrong, and I often accused him of being un feeling toward mo. He was harsh, never unkind, and though I have seen the big veins in hie temple Swell with internal emotion, yet he never fbrgot himselfen fir as to use words he would wish to recall. 0, God! how my heart sinks within me as I think how blindly I trifled with a man's feelings. He did everything in his power to make my home comfortable, and every wish was answered so far as it could be justly done, and ho was as careful of my health and peace us he could have been of his own. "At length you were born. I call God to witness that I loved you most dearly, bat yet your innocent cries and your tax upon my time and care, I al lowed sometimes to flurry me, and when my husband would beg of me to remem ber the precious charge of my infant, and only smile upon its care, I met him with sullen looks and bitter words.— Not long after you were born my hus band took a stand in the political and his talents soon placed him firmly in the respect and good will of the peo ple. Ho was chosen a member of 00 State Assembly, and he began to devote much of his time to the duties which his fellow citizens placed upon him.— Instead of taking a pride in the talents of my husband, and lending him my aid, I only found fault that he was away from home so much. lie told me of the duty he owed to his country, and spoke of the trust his fellow citizens had confided to him, and that while we owed our freedom and social happiness to the just laws of the land, it behoved all citizens to do what they consistent ly could to maintain thoee laws and provide for their execution. But I un derstood nothing of the matter, and I did not sympathize with my husband in his patriotic sentiments. This was to him the unkindest cut of all. Ones, when we, were in company, a gentleman spoke to me of the high po sition my husband had gained, but then I treated the idea of my husband's neglecting his business fur such things with a sneer. Ho heard me. I knew that James bad never neglected his business, and yet I said it. When we returned borne ho reproved me for what I bad done; I was only angry. He begged of me to remember his feelings. Ile told me I was making him misers ble. I didn't care. Then ho assured me that he would not live with me if I continued to behave as I bad done. I allowed this to make me more angry than ever, and I determined that I would not give up that I had done EZIE= "TRUTII IS MTOUTY, AND WILL PREVAIL." wrong, and bade him leave me as soon as he pleased. "Laura, I cannot toll you all that fol lowed ; how I taunted that noble heart ed man, how Ltrified with his feelings, and how I blindly, recklessly unriveted the strong links that bound his heart to coo. I saw that a change had come over his countenance; it was deeply pale; and that his lips quivered. Ire went to the cradle where you wore lay ing, and took you up. in his arms. Ho pressed you to his arms. He pressed yea to his bosom and kissed you. I saw a tear fall from his eye, and I saw his lips move as if in prayer. Then ho laid you back in the cradle and left the room. He came not back to me that night. The next day I received a let ter from him, in which he informed me lie had placed ten thousand dollars in the hands of a trustworthy person, and that I could draw the interest semi-an nually for my support. I was almost frantic with grief; my heart was al most broken; my head whirled in agony, hut I could gain no intelligence further. From that, moment, 'Laura, I—l—l never saw—my husband again !" As Mrs. Burke ceased speaking, her head sank upon the bosom of her daugh ter, and she wept aloud. "And you saw him not. when ho died," murmured Laura, winding her arms around her mother's neck, and sobbing with grief. " I know not that he is dead, my child," returned Mrs. Burke, and us she spoke she sank awn her knees and prayed that her daughter might be saved. With her whole sou! in tho word, Laurn'uttored, "Amen:" Laura Burke stood by the side of William Withington, and lic.r right hand rested within that of the young man. It was evening, and she stood there to •be manied. There was deep happiness, calm and serene. Thought reigned over her countenance, and even the bridegroom gazed half wonderingly upon her as she appeared so deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion. The clergyman who had come to per form the ceremony, was a stranger in the place, having como from a dis tant part of the country, and at the present time bad assumed the dutiesof the pulpit for one Sabath, while the regular clergyman was absent from the town. The magic words that made William and Laura man and wife were spoken, and the couple awaited the parting ad 15ce and counsel of the minister. lie minks of the important ilutics•they had taken upon theinselves--of the respon s!bility they had voluntarily assumed. Then he fixed his eyes upon the fair Wide, and while his lips trembled and his eyes gathered moisture, ho said : " To you, my fair child, I would lain give a word more of. counsel. You must remember that the uomr.-ALTAa is under your ministration ; and Oh ! fail not to eoo that the purest of your affections are kept burning there, so they shall ever light wit 4 a joyous bril liancy the life you have chosen. Oh I could you but, know what earthly bliss hangs upon your course, you would never—never—" The clergyman stopped. Ilis eyes had filled with tears, and his utterance choked. At that moment a low cry broke from the lips of Mrs. Burke.— The minister turned and caught her eye. All present wondered at the strange scone, but when in a moment more, the mother tottered forward and sank upon the bosom of the clergyman, they were lost in astonishment. "Amantha!" whispered the man, as ho bowed his head, " Amantha I" "My husband ! Oh, my husband ! Rave you co in to forgive me!" " Yea, yes, my wife. Is there not happiness for us yet on earth!" The mother would have spoken, but she could only ,clingmore frantically to her husband, and bless him that he had come back to her. None were there but who wept at the scene ; and Laura loft the side of her now mado.husband to seek the embrace of her father. At length the mystery was explained to those who had witnessed the novel Beene. But to his wife and child alone did James Burke tell all he had suffered —how he had wandered from place to place, and how he at length became a preacher of the gospel. He told how his heart had yearned to see his wife, and how ho had forgiven her all she had done, and also that he had deter mined to sec her once more, and fur that purpose ho had come back. Years passed away since that even ing, and James Burke and his wife still live, but their old age is happy—happi er far than their days of youth. And Laura, she is indeed a noble, true hearted wife. Her "Mother's Lesson" was her salvation. It sank deep into her heart, burying forever all of evil that lurked there, and sending forth in to active life all those, charms and graces of the female character that do most, adorn the Lima and 'virtuous wife. iiiirA political paper, speaking of an opponent, says : Our quandam friend reminds Os of the valorous chap in the war of 1812, who mistook a heavy wind for the approach of the British, as ho lay in bed one night. Shaking with the fear of imaginary danger, he woke his wife, and exclainned, "Snug up to ray back, Betsy ! lets meet the inimy manfully." "Sambo, yon black tief, Sambo, why you betray dat secret I told you de odor day?" "I betray the secret T I scorns do ?citation. I found I coakie't keep nm, so I told ,nth to somebody Licit could !" Jr ;01'Vlin,INI, ~~ ~--IF-•^- We have been accustomed to sympa thize with the wife of Arnold, in the distress which Hamilton's account re presents her as having suffered when apprized of her husband's treason and night, but if the following is true, oar sympathies' have beep wasted Accord ing to -Parton's Life,of Burr : He has sitting one evening with Mrs. Prevost, when tho approach of a party of horse was heard; and soon after a lady, vtiled and attired in a riding habit, burst into the room, and hurrying to wards lire. Provesti was on the point of addressing her. Seeing a gentleman present whom in the dim light of the apartiactit sho did pot recognize, she parsed, and asked, in an anxious tone : " Ath I safe ? this gentleman a friend ?" "as, yes," was M. Prevost's reply, "he is my most partidular friend, Col. "Thank God !" exclaithed Mrs. Ar nold—tfor she it was—" I've been play ing the hypocrite, and I'm tired of it." Slrthen, gave an account of the way she had deceived Washington, Hamilton and the other American officers who, she said, believed her innocent of trea son, and had given her an escort of horse from West Point. .She made no scruple of confessing the part she had borne in the negotiation with the British Gen eral, and declared it was she who in duced her husband to do what he had done. She passed tho night at Para mus, taking care to resume her acting of the outraged and frantic woman whenever Strangers were present. Col. Burr's relations with the Shippen fami ly, of which Mrs. Arnold was a member, had been of the most intimate character from `childhood. They had been his father's triends, and the orphan boy had been taken from his mother's grave to their home in Philadelphia. .110 stood toward this fascinating, false-hearted woman almost in the light of a younger brothpr, and he kept her secret until she was past being harmed by the tell ing of it. This individual, a brother of the Em peror Napoleon, came to the United Statei and married, in 1803 1 Miss Pat terson, a young lady of Baltimore, by whom ho had a son in 1805, who is now in Paris. On the 7th of March. 1805, the frigate Didon, with another French vessel of war, then lying in the port of New ; York, sot sail from the city and escaped through Dell Gate, eluding a British squadron who had been on the watch for these vcitsela a long time oft Sandy Hook. Jerome was on board the liidon. The object of this look-out was no doubt to capture these vessels, England And France being at the Limo at war. Jerome was born on the 12th of November, AO, bein ,, fifteen years 'Munger thitn impet.ot her the Emperor. 'apoleon sent here for him, and annull ed the marriage with Miss Patterson aana,:verreosonie, and on the 22d of Au gust, 1807, Jerome Warned Frederica Catharine Sophia Dorothea, princess of Wartemberg. Napoleon created Je. rome King of Westphalia. The son alluded to above must now be about 55 year old. •By the extract from a Len don paper, if true; published in Wednes day'S Evening l'ost, the son of Jerome, called "Mr. Bonaparte," is not, it ap pears,in verrhigh favor with his cousin, the present Emperor of France, as " (lilies daily at the English'tavern (incr. Rill, Boulevard de capueines," at the reasonable charge of twee ty-five cents I Although, on the Emperor's Staff, his claims to the French throne are legiti mately as valid tie those of the present Emperor. ' Ile, however, happens to be, as we say iar spirting parlance, "a horse of quite another color." The Drummer Boy' of Lundra Lane. Major General Winfield Scott, while on the frontier daring the border diffi culties, at the time of the Canadian re• hellion, at. a complimentary dinner giv en him by the citizens ofrieveland re lated the following characteristic anec- dote that occurred during the battle of Luntly's Lane, in the last war : In the very :nidst of the battle. his attention was arrested .by observing at a little distance, where a whole company of r riflemen had just been cut down by the terrible fire of the enemy, three drum mer boys quarrelling for a single drum, all that was left to them. Soon the two stronger ones went to "fisticuffs," while the third quietly folded his arm, and awaited the issue of the contest. At that monient a cannon ball struck the boys, and killed them both. With one hound, the little fellow caught the drum from between them, and with a shout of triumph, and a loud " tattoo," dash ed forward to the thickest of the fight. Said the General, "I so admired the little soldier, that I rode after him, and inquired his name, which was , and directed him to find me at the close of the battle; but I never saw him it terwards." At this moment, Mr. —, one of the most. respectable merchants in Cleveland, arose, and with a smile and bow, informed the company that ho was the " Drummer Boy of Lundy's Lane." /i}Rev. Theodore Parkor said in a recent sermon that you couldn't trans port a lady or a barrel of flour from New Yolk to Boston without springing a hoop. Wilir"ls your master at home 2" "No sir, he's out." "Is your mistress at homer' "No air t she's out." "Then I'll step in and sit down by the fire." "That's out too, sir." select iliinell44lj. The Wife of Benedict Arnold. Jerome Bonaparte. TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR Ca:misting Machines. Babbage's celebrated calculating ma. chine has long been known and used in England, but has never been brought into use in this country. It is said to bo almost an impossibility to make a series of pages of figures absolutely cor rect and free from errors, except at a great expense for proof reading. A single reader becomes confused anti mystified b dwelling upon figures only, and is as likely to make 'errors as to correct them. As he cannot remain long at reading without beeoming con fused, his place must be supplied by others, who become confused in tern, to bo then succeeded by fresh readers. The English sailing tables, by which all Bridal) ships wore navigated, were said from this cause to be always wrong in! some figure, and ships were being wrecked continually in consequence of these errors. They were made abso lutely correct by Babbage's machine, which was the wonder at the time at w Inch it was produced. But, as a great discovery always leads to imitations, just as the best songs have beenatost frequently parodied, so Babbage has not only been imitated, but even sur passed. A French /even has complet ed an arithmometor of surprising capac ity. He has worked patiently at this machine fur thirty years. His name is Thomas; and his machine adds up, subtracts, multiplies, and divides, to an astonishing extent and with perfect accuracy. It will multiply eight figures by eight in eighteen seconds, divide six. teen figures by eight others in twenty four seconds, and in a minute and a quarter will extract the square root of sixteen figures and give the proof.— ' This machine relieves the human mind instead of taxing it. It works out the most difficult and complex operations with a rapidity and accuracy that defy competition, and Adapts itself to any sort of combination. Its mechanism is extremely simple, while it is compact, light and portable. It is now used in various financial concerns in Paris, and will yet find its way into every great national observatory. To astronomers it will be found of unspeakable value.— Pascal and Leibnitz spent years in at tempting to produce such a machine, but they were a century too soon. Daguerreotyping the Voice. Some of our rcadcrs have seen in old "Crockett Almanacs" a picture of "Ben Hardin's Voice," a Storm of cor ners, points and rough edges, and no doubt laughed at the oddity of the idea of making till - tones of the voice visible. A Frenchman named Leon Scott has, however, made the absurdity of the al manac's idea a reality. Ile has suc ceeded in producing a sort of picture of the voice, through the vibrations it pro duces in some resonant material or nth. er. The invention is thus described : "Mr. Leon Scott, Of Paris, has devised a method for obtaining the vibrations of the human' SIAN. itself. A tabular conduit- receives the vibrations of the human voice at one end of its extremi ties, shaped like a funnel ; at the other extremity there is a vibrating ,mem brane, to which a, very light pencil or stylus is attached, this stylus retitsupori a slip of covered with coating of lamp - black, mid is made by the aid of ekidcwork to unroll from a ,eylintior, while the person whose voice ut experi mented upon is speaking. The • stylus in receiving the voice through - thii ttibe marks the paper with undulating lines expressing tha different inflections. These lines are afterwards indeliably fixed by taking photographic impress 7 ions of them. A Lessen in Grainsear.—"Jake, did you ever study graiuma;r7 ~. I did, sir." . . . (g What'ease is Mfr. D -r , - "Re's an objective ease." "How so?" 6.4 Recause.be objectod to pay 10am/b -at:trip:ion that's been owing for three years and► half." "Right! What is a Ilona?' "'Don't know, but I know what re nown is !P' '1 Well, what is it ?" "Running off without paying the printer, and getting on the black list as a delinquent." "Pa, I know what a filibuster is." "Well, John, what is a filibuster?" "It's green clover." "Green what,?" "Green clover. 'Cause, when Uncle Jack's fill• foundered herself, ho said a little more of that green clover ivonld busted her—and it it had, woukl'nt it a beer. a illy busted ?" "Go to bed, child, go to bed." Da-An honest 'Hibernian, trundling a handcart containing all his movables, was accosted by a ftlend with— " Well, Patrick, you are moving again, I see." "Faith, I am," replied he, "the times are so hoard, it's a deal cheaper hiring carts than paying rents." At a fashionable city party, at which lownecked dresses were a prominent feature, Miss B. addressed her country cousin :—"Consin Sam, did you ever see" each a glorious sight before?" "Never since 1 was wcaaed," said Sam, blushing Dobbs says that people who endorse notes, are called "sure ties," for this rea son, that in nine C&808 out of ton they are "sure" to be called upon for the money. lirThe Keystone Furnace, below ilarrisburg, will be put in operation in few loss. liiirirow (*aid you mako a thin per son fat? By throwing him out of the window he would'come down plump. action, 1 fig 4, •u' • talk, was decided before Squire eeek nor, last SaturtlitY. • resident of Yodc; whose occuint in part, at least, that of baking _ and selling cakes, sent his hi • to the store of Peter .Swarta, about ono dollar; for the buying Sugar and Orlos t ir or "o , molasses. On his way to the4geite', the boy was accosted by H. Good In, who after some interrogation, inthiceil the boy - to give him the money jelling him that he would buy them. Ctilodnian , had a trade account at Swarta's ' and'' his only motive _seems to have be en to get the boy's money, then keep it, and have Mr. S. charge the bill to his ac count. Unfortunately for, Goodman, ' ho gotostigarhousc instead of baking mola:4ses. Diener used it, and " spoilt the ea/;es!" Ile alleged he could not sell them. Su lie went to 'Squire Gloss._ fier's office ' and instituted an action against Goodman, of Assumpsit • mid Warrantee for sale of molasses. ment was rendered for 82 245 in favor of plaintiff. The defer.dant was bent on an appeal, and consulted counsel; but for sufficient reason he abandoned his purpose. The 'Squire's decision, therefore, stands. An interesting Suit for Damages fox Confining a Lady is a Lunatic Asylum. —Bovend years ago a young woman of this city, a member of one of the churches, was confined in the Lunatic Asylum for five or six months, through the instrumentality of the otlicers of the church, who honestly believed her to be in a deranged state of mind.— After her liberation, the young woman, /CU Fanny Halo, commenced suit - a- , gainst B. Vandergriff and others, for false imprisonment, and upon the fret trial, some years ago, the Jury ren dered a verdic•the plaintiff 000. A new t:l lll j r ;vas had when the Jury failed to agree. The case WWI again tried in the Common Pleas Court, lately, and the Jury rendered a verdict • for Miss Hale for 83,500. This will probably bo the end of litigation in this curious case.—Cincinnati Gazette. NO. 39. Mechanical Force of Lightning.—Tt has been proved on 'one occasion, says the scientific American, that a that' of lightning must have struck a church— St. George's, Leicester, England—with a force equal to .moye thin twelve thousand horse power. A Mile horse power is equal to raising 82,000 pounds one foot high in a minute. The fore* of. the lightning, throrefore, was equal to 384,000,000 pounds raised one foot high in one minute. This is equal , to the power of twelve of our ,lamest steamers, having ;twenty-four eagluips of 500 horse power each. . Caution to Single Folks.—The statis tics of the hospitals show that."the.un married are more than fear time" ,sus liable to become insane as married peO ple." Many young ladies who teat great indifference on the subject 'of matrimony, will, no doubt,' on meeting the above information, consent to take partners, merely to preserve their in- . tellects unimpaired. 101 P No man should be delicate abont asking for what is properly his duo. If he neglects doing so he is deficient in that spirit of independence which•ho should obserys in all his aationse7- Rights aro rights, and if not granted should be demanded. The selfish world is little inclined to give one his own; unless he has the manliness, to claim it. , The lack. of the proper fulfillment of this principle has lost to . many fortune, fame and reputation. The'Eclipse of the Sun in September.. —Sir John Pakington has offered to place ve►seseis at the disposal of men, of science observing the great eclipse of the sun which wilt take place in Sep tombeenext. This eclipse Will be to tal, and its appearance will he host seen in South America,' particularly about Lima. It is anticipated that an mitre. normeal expedition may he organized, and in this ease foreign astropoiticrs would be inyited to join the expedition. The Necopaper:—The reading of A good and well conducted newspaper{ even for the space of one year, brings more sound instruction and leaves • deeper impression, than would be ac quired probably, at the best school in twelves months. Talk to the me. }. ire of a family•who read the papers; •nd compare their information with Moils who' do not. The ditrurenoe ie beyond comparison. liirllere is a veritable marriage ad tine of the " olden time," taken 'from the New York Weekly Mnscuinof..lnne 9, 1792: Adjectives in thosedays were cheap and plenty :—" Married, on Mon day evening last, by the ReverentiMg. Beech, J. Buchanan, Esq., to the wig, We, adorable, incomparable, inflexible, and nonpariel of her dear sex, Miss Nancy Lucy Turner, both of this city." A Fad, and the Reason for it. --A, ape - ial providence seems to watch OVOT.* lives of drunken men. It is rare that a drunken man is drowndod. And why can't a man be drowned F.l The reason is, because his head is sotto ,k► swim. ser-A sensible " down east" fillyt Ji) is decidedly opposed to theintorrerenlo of woman in polities. She petutedl3,- asks, "If men can't do the v0t4,4 , 101a1 take care of the country, wisapastitimo use of them?" .16rA boy at a crossing, buring:l ged something of a gentleman. t ter told him ho would give him some thing as he came buck. The bila re plied : "Your honor would be MK* jll4r prised if you knew how mach slsotoLl. loose by giving credit in tbat-way,7. Quakor's isd mon i tient* a 4Dirn who was pouring forth a cow, QC ill language to him : "Have A 414 1 1,, igy friend, thou tnayest run thy fate igatust my fist." -That was a very take made -by -Diggs at the leekilifielk, who when - Introduced to ,tlie, wished that she might enjoy feirlyere turns of the preeessilberpy eseaseott.* • gqfynheerilio 'fillip*:►4 r call our boy liana ?" P0.,990, • "Well, 1 will tell you. • • ' *;•. -- • call our boy 11aes is, it. T71":"7 -", • ". - OirThe followieg w beak wards•or forwegtill.ihr , "Noma ea one . . = •,,f •
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