LEW CHROK I; C. HICKOK) Editor, a N. WORSEN, Printer. LEWISBUBG, UNION CO., PA., OCT. 30, 1850. Volnme VH, Mnmoer 31. Whole Kumber 343. SB II TM -TT TI JmM sssflsssssa-saaataaM W W mmBLmm ,t r ssssssTi I ' a W . . I .. f 'li.llMlrlil tm imiihI ! tvery Wednexliy morning at Lewislrar;, L'uioii sounty, Pennsylvania. Teaas. $ 1 .50 per year, for cash actually in fcjvaiirti $1,75, paid within lhr.-e months ; $2 If uaiJ within the year ; $ J,0 if not paid bcfora ihe year expires single numbers, 5 cents. Sub scriptions for aii months or less to be paid in advance. Discontinuances optional with Ihe 1'uMither except when the year is paid up. AJvenisrmenU bandrumcly instiled at 50 cts ' per squire one wn-k. $1 'r a month and $5 for; inr inlurril nrire for Inner sclierlisement. ' Ts.o1uarea.7;Mciiileadvertimeiits n. I. - f .1. .." . -.!..... .1 .ii.srtD.lw Vlll 1'a.aial .jlviriiiu'ment and Jtiii work la be Daid for when ban Jed in or delivered All communication by null miil come post paid, accompanied by the aihlrrss of the writer, to receive attention. Those rrUlina; excluiveiy to he Editorial Department. In be din rtrd to H. C. JIii kiik, Esq , Udilur and all on business to be addressed to the I'uMishcr. Ollice, Market St. be' ween Seeutnl and Third. O. WOKUE.N. Publisher. Front tbo t'hrilian l'carl. Touch Not, Taste Not, Handle Not ST HfJ. MAST It. MOORS. Cheerless and cold, a winter's storm Mew o'er the dismal cell, Where at a Prisoner's hasenrd form That once I knew full nell '. When first I knew his noMemiuJ, Now wrapt in frenzy's jlee, I knew not where on earth to find A soul moie calm and free. 'Twas then his buoyant spirit rose In proud majettic power. To calm and soothe ihe eanhly woea Of life's tempestuous hour ! Where'er he moved on earthVwide range. His presence was a charm To banirh care and grief assuage. And cheer the drooping form. And ia it that once noble soul. That now is brought so low, lly crime as deep and deed as foul As e'ei marked.moil.il fie ! What magic spell, what hellish art Has been employed to break The peaceful mind, the cheertul heart, The soul that once was f real ! It was the deep and hidden foe Within the fatal bowl That marred his (race, and filled with woe His former noble soul. Yes. yes, it was li e fatal cup Which held the deadly sia-ll That drank his noble spirit up, Aud made his mind a hell. When first he took the fatal glass, 'J'was drank 'mids-t mirth and ;lee. The cheerful song ernur'him passed, And yet bis mind was free. Again, and yet "Klin, he qukflrd The deadly draught with glee. And at the trifling song he laughed. And yet bia mind was free. Dut soon the fatal charm had twined lis deadly grasp so firm Around his pure and noble mind He loteb the poisoned ciarm. And whenjjis mind, no longer frelr, He burst the bands of hope, 'T was then the raging, stormy sea In tempests o'er him broke. lie laughed to scorn the friendly prayer That wooed him to return, And as the lion for bis lair, So did bis spirit burn. At last, when frenzied with the win. He dared the raging flood. And madly rushed into a crime That bathed his hands in blood. Yes, yea, alas ! that noble mind Which once was pure and sound. Ia now by shame and guilt combined In frenzy's fettcra bound. And soon his mortal life must pay The forfeit of a crime Which casta bia noble soul away And shortens thus his time. Reider ! beware that cop. It holds a deadly strife. Which dries the inmost spirit up, And soon can end thy lite. This earth is but a troubled sea. An ever-raging scene Of bappineaa or wo to tbee Indeed " 'tis but dream." " Tou'h not, taste not. nor handle not," la divine command ; And never let it be forgot While sacred truth shsll stanJ. Reject with acorn the proffered cup, And lor thy reason why, " Touch not, taste not, nor handle not," B thy unmoved reply. Wasaisofo, D. C, 1850. Who will do so to Us ? We received the other day the following letter. We give it to our readers os being the only specimen of a Jlower-y style in composition that we ever admired : "My Dfar Friend Allow me to in trude a few momens upon the incessant occupation of an editor' time, to solicit vonr acceptance of a barrel of 'extra fam ily' flour, or mv own manufacture ; . fur which you will find on the other side an or der upon my correspondents. I hope your domestic arrangement? may be such, that you will personally test the good qualities of the article. It is tru ly a gratifying reflection, that alter the manducation of tho editor and the' subse quent processes of incorporation, the more spiritual essences and prnpertiesof this flour may be exhaled and" diffused widely thro' that most excellent periodical, 'Holdcn's Magazine. , "Wishinjjt you all imaginable good for tune, I am. Truly, your friend, t j It was written by a college friend, one1 'whose friendship weighs in the scale of our esteem ever "60 lbs. to the bushel." We wish him the best success in the line ol life he baittdopted. Success is sure to be his in any .honorable calling. May the bar rel of his life-enjoyment never weigh less than 106 lbs., and may the wife be hasy el to "take unto himself be like the flour he sent us, sweet, pure, able to make the fettof bread, and id all respects "extra A 1 - M ti l . isnuiy.. ruoiocn Dollar Magazine. From Peterson's National Kafasine. THE TEARS OF LIFE, 1IY XBS. K..L. HKBVEY. Down among the smooth sands, paddling in this ea, with garments tucked up high above her Knees, nay, gathered up and fol ded about her bosom, and only withheld from dropping on her young limbs by the little hands that clasped ami buckled them fast in front. Stood a child of SOme Seven 1 years 01(1. IS red from h r birth in the very lap of the great ocean, fir her mother's duelling was a cutting in the side f the chalk cliff, lit tle Katey loved the kindly waters with the love of a fost-.- liild. .. Never were the sur ges too rough, nevtrt were the shining di-pths too treacherously glassy fit her da ring feet. On this particular diy, Hi sl:e snorted with the waves, it chanced that ns she dance J backward farther and further into the sen, singing a careless chant tf hei own, an outbreak of some childish emo iin shaping itse f into spontaneous melo dy her eye was suddenly attracted to some object standitlg out brtghl and spark ling from the w hite chalk of the clifl. At first she thought it was a grey gull, or a foolish guillemot that had taken its stand on tho jutting rocky ledgn. She could plainly discern two wings waving on the air and frinud with numerous beautiful tints exactly like those masses of sea foam touched by the sunlight, with which she had so of' en sported. UpUirne by the ) f.tiry pinions fl uted a f nn more lovely than anything the child had eer seen. What could it be ? As she asked herself this question, ab sorbed in her new wonder, the child al lowed her garments to drop from her hold. No sooner were they released from her clasp than the wind filled them like a sail ; and away floated little Kutey, far, far out upon the bosom of the great waters. One moment her ftfTrigh'cd gaze turned toward home. Sho heard her mother's shriek from the cabin in the cliU ; and min gling with th it piercing cry, she fancied she heard, loo, the old echo so often given oacK to ner wi.u snout oy ine netgnis over-. head. Then, as drowners do, she saw, as , the heavy l.des rolled over her and pressed ; upon her shut lids, green fields gleaming far away bright lands she might never touch. Next, the giddy waves seemed whiiling her round and fcund, and the en gulphing waves choked - her, till she swooned. With returning consciousness the first ol'jecl that met her eyes was the same fury-like at which she had been gazing when the sea flowed over her. On looking around she found that she was lying in a small cave or hollow of the cliff, midway up the steep. The floor on w hich she was s' retched was a many-colored mosaic, formed cf the fan-shells from the beach below ; the roof the could not see, for the wings of the faiiy being , now bending above her completely arched it over, so that all lhat met her upturned gaze was one beautiful downy net-work, glimmering with opal-like and ever-varying rays, like those upon the ocean foam, as she had seen il at eve when sunset lay along the sands. " Where am 1 !' was the first question of the bewildered child. "In the cave of the fairy Cliflelds," was the answer. "Be at peace, sweet sportcr, between earth and the sea !'' con tinued the fairy i " live here, and be equal ly happy between the white wall and ;he cloud. . Here shall no struggles await, no mortal sorrow overwhelm you. Until you learn to pine fur your natural home, this shall be your .dwelling ; but once lament, shed but one human tear for the world you have left below, to swell the salt waves al ready.! over-riding the chalky barriers stretched far and wide to impede them, and you must hence forever." j . Wherefore J" cried the child, in still greater amazement.1 - - " I will tell you," said the fairy. Know then,' oh sleeper in the sea ! what it is that makes yonder waves so salt that our fairy lips turn away from it in loathing. - That salt is the taste of woe, the gathering of mortal tears into one great urn of the deep. Hitherto, you have played with and made pastime of sorrow ; it has never yet Struck home to your heart." Tiie tears of millions have flowed ovcr'your' head this day, but your pulse throbs still, and the smile dan ces on '"your lip. ' TToVHife is secure till you shall add 'your first real tear to swell the vast heaving tiwe that rolls on for ever and ever. ., llff beware!. It will no long er be in my power, oHn the power of any of my race krsav jrov. Thenceforward, yonder bitter waves shall have dominion over JrOti." Perchance jr will be your fate to drink deep of tthem,' tiiryour soul shall be sick witb loalbing aye, even ol, life. The &iry reased. j The child- pondered. Few moons' rolled onr that vast sea be fore a change fell upoa the child, ,. Each moon, as it grew broad. in aba heavens, laid a Single golden finger on the deep, and with it pointed to the shore. The child could not look straight down below because of the dizzy height on w hich she lay ; but she could mark the golden finger, and she could sec that it pointed to her own belov ed home, the narrow cabin at the foot ol the cliff, whose very floor she well knew the high spring tides were washing, when ever that tolden finger was so stretched across the deep. it was not long before the child began to pine for her lowly home, and as a new and strange intelligence, beyond her years, dawned upon her, she whispered softly to her own heart, why am I here ? What have I il 'no that I shou'd know no tears 1 HeautifUl was my Mster's sorrow and swec, when she was made to know her first great fault, aud to weep over it. Sa cred was my (atl.cr's woe when he be held ti e sink beneath the deep ; lor then I Knew he lifted up his hands, and, looking on my sister, blessed (led lhat I died in my younger days of innocence. My father was a hard man, but he is gentler now ; my sister walks softly in her sorrow. Why.oh, why am I only to know no tears! Though this floor were all gems instead of the little tide-shells, and though the bright wings I see waving over me were angel i wings, yet should I pine for earth and its chastening sorrows. To the strange na ture of this fairy creature, tears may be bitter ; but oh, they are sweet to us ."' Thereupon the child wept. As she dropped her first real tear to the rippled sands below, the child felt herself falling gently downward, so gently that it seemed as if unseen wings supported her from be neath, in order that she might descend the more softly. Soon after she lay at tier mtJtn'frVdoor that opened on the sands ; eager to enter she turned but one look back. There she beheld the fairy Cliflelda soaring upward to her cave on the cliffs ledge, she thought too, that, in spite of her strange teaching, the fairy smiled approvingly upon her.nnd that the eyes of Cliflelda herself were not quite as dry as they should have been had her practice been consistent with her prea ching. But perhaps fairy tears, less bitter ,han morIa, ones feeJ ony ,he rjvers , , nRr ow (Jm(J hfif in wu def No one Sieved the tale she told of Cliflelda. It was rather supposed that the tide had cast the child Katey, yet living, at hef mother's door; still less was she list ened to when she told what it was that made the sea waves so salt. Time passed, and the child Katey grew up in tenderness and truth. In place of the wild freaks of childhood, a softer and more chastened spirit ruled the girl as she advanced in years. And if, in her early womanhood, some sorrows found her, it was ever noticed that at such times she looked upward, sorRV said to the cave on the rock's ledge, the dwelling of the Cliff, side Fay ; others thought that shs looked higher, even unto heaven. The Excitement in the South. When the so called compromise mea sures passed both houses of Congress, and received the sanction of the President, there wns some prospect of sectional tran quility. Those measures were, unquestio nably, of Southern origin, and so framed as to promote and encourage Southern in terests. The South gained all its points in the game of legislation, and left the North, if not a victim to superior tact and finesse, at least, a dupe to systematized threat and braggadocio ! li was reasonable to expect lhat the South would be satisfied witb the conccss- , ions and advantages of the compromise measures. The result is far different. They quarrel with their own men and ! castes as were ever dreamed of in his phil their own propositions. They imagine a osophy castes of humanity in clay by a danger, and then proceed to act with the I emergency. 1 Hey win admit oi no dis cussion they will concede nothing ; but swagger on, as they have done ever since the establishment of our confederacy. They have had their way, and are not content ! It matters not how many mad-caps in South Carolina, or similarly disposed States, denounce the Union and declare their treasonable projects of secession. It matters not how prominent and influential these persons may be either at home, or in the national councils, their declamation is all right, and there resolves all entitled to respect ! There is no censure for them ---they are bold, chivalrous, and mean pre cisely what they say. lUhey dissolve the Union, the inference is that the Union should be dissolved ! , If the same degree of charity were ex tended to the agitators of the North by Northern men if similar fanaticism were encouraged in this section by argument and plaudit we would never hear the end of Southern declamation and wordy resis tance-. The fanatics of the South are in violate character! may indulge ia any amount of treason but if an abolitionist opens his mouth, and threatens secession, there is an end to all indulgence and sym pathy. A geographical line determines crime. North of MasonanJ Dixon's line is the limit of virtue, patrotism and eho'ii rance ! We charge this upon the South, that, after they have had everything their own way after their real or supposed rights j have been established by poSHvg law afier l'ie' North has given every manifen tationof their lesolmion to enforce that law, (as long as it is law,) they have raised up and fomented an excitement more dan gerous than any which preceded the en actments for their benefit, and which they now strive to defeat by their own violence, and make its defeat the ptdlude to, new concessions to the slave'power ! Southern u.en know, as well ft" c of the North, tiie value of abolition movements land threat?. And they show th:s by their reluctant applause .of tho conduct'of our authorities in every case which has yet j occurred under the fugitive slave bill. The cry of ''give, give," however, reverberates. ' ' . . : , may rjpect to have more demanded of you ! Siich is now the position in whicfi we find ourselves. We have fawned to the South, to the fullest extent of her require ments and we arespurned and threatened for our magnanimity. We have given them a bill, which violates all our ideas of justice, religion aud nature, and they are not yet satisfied ! We have made kidnap pers and shameless profligates of ourselves and the excitement still rolls on ! We have opened every avenue to robbery and perjury and are asked lo Jo more lo do any thing, rather than oflend the peculiar instincts and notions of our Southern brethern. But, after all, the danger is nothing, and only serves to exhibit the restless tempera ment and inordinate desires of a few Southern politicians. The masses in the i .South are sound, firmly attached to the Union, and impressed with an ineffaceable estimate of its benefits and blessings. The bubbles on the surface are vapid and evan escent, though fitful ; while the water be low is calm and undisturbed. Such we believe to be the present situation of our confederacy. Fools, fanatics, and political quacks may piny their fantastic tricks," in both sections, but the grand machinery of the confederacy will move on unimped ed and undisturbed. The people, and not the politicians, have the control of our na tional destiny. The country will emerge in grand security from all these apparent difficulties, and her glorious mission of Lib erty, Truth and universal Justice will yet be consummated ! Philadelphia Timet. From Arthur's Home GaxeUe. PEACEJF0R THE HAGYAR. sr 'C W. VETOES. Tramplvd Magyar rarr tie still ! -WitK wah-liful bearl and ilent wilt, I jftiQ ! nor that heart fhmll bear Tiie ntuiking oT oM Odin ptv ! A pnwer a portent in the north, Kolls up iu sultry clouds a'en now : The clirrtrd flanie mul iwiou roue forth And bliud oppmsion, vhrieaing, bow. He still ! br still then ! Hold thj heart ! Ttiy ranks of rragon teeth are sown. And tbundpr-wnkenrd they shall start. To giaut warriors, sta-ping, grown. God is with tlice. and toe world Will lintrn, as yt liotA. yet f The hour that banner is unfurled No pale oppressor shall forgst. Oh rest ye here! the carte's nest Is Suing place for hero's rest; Fleep till that far awakiM tamn Kecsil ye lo the Tyrant's Doom t Population of San Francisco. The community of San Francisco is a perfect olla podUa, although its principal ingredient and general character is Ain-r- jean. The Americans are the onions and flavor that season ihe whole dish. Let anv one place himScIl in any one spot Tor L half an hour, and he will see as many great caster, not the counterfeit present' mentin plaster-of-paris, wrought by human hands. And yet there is no clashing, no interference, no national, sectional feelings engendered, and a better regulated commu nity never existed. Here you will rind the New York merchant, the Southern planter, the Western farmer' and the Eas tern trader the slave-holder and the hot headed abolitionist. Here is the volatile. enthusiastic, and sanguine frenchman. Then conies lb fiery, hot-blooded Italian, who lowers his brows, and growls out a deep udiat(do" through his teeth, if one but jogs his elbow. In his wake comes the stolid German, with his little blue cap and enormous vizor, who seems, while be inhales his tobacco smoke from the bowl of his Dutch pipe, to exist but in a dream ; but in his eyes you can see bis favorite ex pression, Mein Got, what a countries V Next we see the Englishman who, let him live under American institutions till he grows gray let him associate with Americans all his life never loses bis nationality. He bears his birth-right upon his brow, be carries it m his hat, it is im printed upon his coat, it is receptible in kis vest, it ia evident ia his trousers, and unquestionable in his gaiters and shoes. Then comes the child of Erin, poor, down- trodden, betrayed Ireland. His looks are brighter now, but saddening thoughts will cast a shade over his brow when he tliint? of the green sod that grows over Ihe graves of his ancesters. When he con jures up the history of her long, long yeSfs of poverty and oppression, when he sees the thousands upon thousands of his coun : trymen starving and dying like dogs upon the wayside, the tear glistens in his eye ; and yet he yearns lor home.and determines when he has obtained wealth lo fly again to his own, his native Idnd. The harp is music in his ear, the shamrock tlieoais in the desert, and he echees the words ol the song : Oh stwr my bark to Grin's Isle For Erin ia my home," I in all due reverence and sincerity, and : with bis heart in his mouth. And here is your cannie Scot, from Aberdeen to Glasgow, a long-headed chief, who lakes !care of the pennies the bonnie, merry ;Scot. Now stalfc's the Spaniard, with his. 1 dark complexion, his raven locks.nts piere- . ' . , . , ., , "a . v t j"- - t quick in quarrel ;" the proud Llocd of the Castilian nobles mantles readily to his cheek, and he bows with the air of a Don of the olden lime. lie is followed by a Mexican. He is proud of the few drops of Castilian blood that remains in his wens ; but is merely a counterfeit presentment. Here comes a bevy of Celestials, with their dark loose clothing, their irreproachable white stockings, and their practical boots and shoes. They are all very happy and clannish ; the only real socialists in exit it.. ... ... ence. 1 hey guard mew pig-taits as tney do their honor, and cherish them with the utmost devotion. A Chinese would as soon think of severing his head from his body, as curtailing the fair proportions of the hetr-loom of his country. The Celes tials are very useful, quiet, good citizens, and are deserving: of the respect of all. Then comes the tawny Malay dressed in half civilized style, very dirty, but with a carriage and bearing that would become a Ha tnnba nut tf nlnfA in ntir .t. -j r. j . ,. j streets, giving one the idea of a degenerated ..j a ,a n,un thpi ntlU U)3i:U3tVU r.SS-1 sv a r ... tall and manly Pole, and as we watch his form, we can but drop a tear for poor Po- ... j u t,. .ts-i ot, ,,f BUU. WIIUSI3 LUIIUICU IIQlb III.VH their hearts' blood fur liberty, but in vain Watch the Chilanos, the Peruvians, the. Swiss, the Russians, Prussians, Kana kas, negroes, and no, we have no (.Jhila nes here as yet, though many bear as dis tive marks of their consanguinity to ihe animal race, as do the newly discovered ' Ghilanes or men with tails." And all these inhabitants of the four quarters of the globe have been attracted to the spot by the magnetic influence of gold. They are all seeking it some with high and noble thoughts some for the sake of gold, that they make a noise in the world, some for honest ends, and some for a simple liv ing, bed, board and lodging, for the mere sustenance of nature. This strikes the eye of all, and is but a ftint, mengr'S sha dow of our population. As the clown says in the circus, "Let'm gojohnny !" AUa Caliornian. A Thrilling Incident Lake Ontario crossed iu an Open Boot during a Storm. On Wednesday last, as one of the heav iest gales of the season was sweeping over the broad bosom of Lake Ontario, the little schooner Prosperity was riding safely at anchor under the Canada shore, at the mouth of Duffin's Creek, about 23 miles east cf Toronto. The Prosperity was man ned by Capt. Harrington theowner.liis boy, and one man, and altho' a small crew in number, they were equal to their task, as the sequel will show. Some ship stores being wanted, the Capt. an4 crew went on shore in their only small boat (a flat bot tomed scow about 15 long and 4 feet wide, commonly called a punt) to procure them. By the time they were ready to return to the schooner, the wind had increased in vi olence, this did not deter them from attemp ting the passage. They put off freni ihe shore in their frail craft, which soon be came unmanageable to a great extent, and they were carried past the vessel into the Lake despite of all their efforts. The peo ple on Ihe shore who saw tbem were una ble to render any assistance, and of coarse gave them up for lost. Not so with Capt. Harrington ; he resolved to make the most be could of his craft, and test his power as a navigator. Many brave men would have despaired at such a time, and with such prospects ; a wide waste of waters before, lashed into fury by the violent "Nor wes ter" from behind, only a wooden trough without sail, and poorly supplied with oars, between him and the tumbling waves that then threatened momentarily to engnlf. Capt. H. saw that his only chance of safe ty was in running directly before the wind and waves. He ordered his man and boy to lie down in the bottom of the punt, and thus trim it as well as possible, while he took an oar and steered the little bark be fore ibeale. She dathed on amid the white caps, laboring hard to withstand ihe fury of the waves, which she nobly braved for eleven hours long hours to the dipt., who sat at the steering oar, and his comp anions who were ljing at the bottom of the boat expecting every moment to he en gulfed ns the waves swept successively hv. After eleven hours of nnxietv and imminent danger thus passed, the contain discovered the American shore an J effect - ed a landing in safety, wi-h preat hazard Capt. Harrington, on taking a brief reck oning found himself sixteen miles east of the Niagara River, having drifted across the Lake a httle west of the widest part fie had probably sailed fifty miles in his frail craft, amid a heavy storm a feat we think unparalleled in the history of L-tke navigation. It was thought lo be an act worth telling of a hero, that Hill Johnson nf the Thousand Isles" cro?sed Ihe L-tke in a irnofl vawl at the risk of a stor", hut ... - 0 j to cross in a punt while a storm was raging, as did Capt-II- and his crew, makes John son's ferlt tiw'ndle into ins;gnificanc. Capt. Harrington was not so overcome by the fatigue of his voyage, but ihnt he immediately started for Niagara, and there took the steamer lor Toronto and onThurs day appeared at Duffin's lo the great aston ishment of the good people there, w ho had given him up ns !ot. Rochester Adv. From the rtilathljikia Ltttg'r. Important Trial. In the U. S. Circuit Court, at Philadel phia, Oct. 21. B- fore Judge lirier. Ce- ! cile Oliver, Ellen D- Oliver and Catherine Oliver by her next friend Kli Stak vs. Ste phen Weakly, Daniel CaufTinan and Philip Breckbills. This case, which was com menced last week, presents several inter estingjoints. It is an action, against the j defendants to recover damages for the loss I of thirteen slaves. Il is alledged by the J plaintiffs that the slaves in qus.-tion, which i belonged to them, fled from Maryland, in ! October, 1647, taking the route through j Cumberland county in ihis Sta1?. The i delendants are residents of that county, and it is alleged lhat they secreted the . b , . . . aves in a barn; that they protected.them. i raised monev to aiJ in forwarding them n " u taken away in Cauflman s wagon. It ap- . I J t. A nnitMiOd WO sa .... . peared in evidence lhat the staves had or iginally belonged lo the plaintiffs in Mary land : that they removed with them to the State of Arkansas, from w hich they re turned with the slaves in May, 1847. pass ing through the Slate and re-est iblishing themselves in M-irvland. li Oi-tober of the same year the slaves ran away as be fore stated. The defendants, in the first place, denied that they aided the slaves or sheltered ihem ; that tbey raised money for them, or that they were taken off in Cauffman's wagon. They al'so raised ihe following very important points of Jaw upon the evidence : First, That the act of the 7th of March 1846, passed by the Pennsylvania Legis lature. repeals a former act passed in 17S0. permitting owners of slaves to bring them into this State, and allowing them to re main here for six months. The defendants contend that Ihe plaintifls.by bringing their slaves into this State in May, 1847, during the passage from Arkansas to Maryland, thereby freed them from the bonds of sla very, and that in co!?quence the alleged slaves were free men. Second, That the laws of Maryland forbid the importation of slaves into ihe State, and that slaves brought there from other States are thereby made free. They contend lhat the plaintiffs, by bringing lite slaves from Arkansas, made them free by the law of Maryland, and lhat they had a right to leave their servitude. Judge G ricr said that the above p(i'nts were to important too be di c'ded at Nisi Prius ; that K! would reserve them in such manner lhat the jury should render a spec ial verdict if they thought tho plaintiffs en titled to recover, on the general facts. If the verdict was for the plaintiffs the very important points submitted by the defen dants could lhaa be considered and decided upon. The evidence was closed and the jury were addressed by Henry M. Wdfts for plaintiffs, and Thaddeus Stevens for de fendant. The plaintiffs are also represen ted by Charles BK Penrose, and the defen dants by Wra."B Reed. A similar case by the same plaintiffs against the same delendants, ' was commenced some time since in Cumberland county. It resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs. The case was taken to the Supreme Court of this State, which decided that they had no jurisdiction. -! P. S. ' Since the above' was in type we learn that the Jor (of whom Hon. Strange N. Palmer, of Pottsville, was one.) after being out twenty-four hours, were unable to agree upon a ' verdict, and toe Judge reluctantly discharged them. They stood 10 for Plaintiffs and 8 for Defendants. At the request of the majority of the Jury, the charge of Judge Grier has since been published- Jenny Llnd's Benevolence. The few first concerts given during lha short li-re sho has been in this country -have realized about $170,000, which, after deducting expenses, i erjually divided be- . Iwcen U.irnurn ahJ herself. Of her share she has already given away lo public cha rities, in New Yorl? 510.000. in Boston I $7,223, and 31000 to a Swedish church in 1 Chicago 5 18,223, irf all besides many smaller private donations. And !Ow the New York Home Journa! ?f Oct. 26'h re Intes ihe following addonai instance of her large-hearted liberality. During her first visit here, a Swedi called, and sent up a note in his native, language, requesting to see her. Slie did not ren.ember the name, as she read it. buf when the young man came in, she a' once remembered his coun'enince an old play fellow when they were chi'dren together atschool. She inquired h's circumstances. He is a cabinetmaker, residing tiiih his wife anJ chilJrfcM s! Brooklyn. The next dav Jenn? Lind drove over and made it.e wife of her old schoolfellow a long visi'. Again tor nest day, j'ist before leaving the citv for Boston, she went again, ihe hus band was not at home. She cave, to tho ife, a note for him he oned it on hi return it contained a sweetly worded rt- quest that he would allow her to give lr hi children a memento of their father's schrnj: Iriendship with Jenny Lind. The "me mento" was a check for ten thnutand dol lars. This anecdote, we assure our read erf, is correct in all its particulars. " The fashionables say it is impossiblt to get a visit from Jenny Lind. It reminds us with the above circumstance of a proverb we have somewhere seen : The rich draw FBiEXDs ihe toon draw A3- CELS. Bunker Hill. An old man sull lives in Sheffield, 1if remembers when the news of Bunker Hill battle reached the town, and he tells th following story : " The rtlmor of the glorious fif'nt spread like wild-fire among the scalterel farm-houses. The men and boys, with out a known exception, met in the stsct the same evening and creeled a liberty, pole. That very n:bl it was cut down i Suspicion fastened u;on one of ihe prinri- J pal and prouilest men in the town, w ho was known toholdlory sentiments, i no indignant people re-assembled, erected ?t new pole, seized up m the suspected mar, made him confess his treason end his ar complice, anointed his forehead with lr. and crowned him with feather-', and Ihei., having formed a double line, compelled hint to pass between the files and ask in turn the pardon of every man and boy in towi.. The humbler individual, who had beeii hired to fell the liberty pole, was thin mounted bare backed upon a raw-bonrif horse, and so paraded through the village. stopping in front of every house toentrvat foroiveness for his share in the offence.' The recitor of this distinctly recollects when' the proud Tory asked At pardon, beiiis 1 1 IV II - va sibil .-.-a Creeds. Christianity, indeed, is full of sentiin-nf and affection, but it U no less full of e'er lasting truih, and fine principles. A if it be a system of belief, it must be a matter of the highest importance to attain to a clear understanding of what it teaches. Nor is it an unworthy aim to form com-' pendiums, in the form of creeds and con fessions, of ihe contents of the scre4 w st rings, proiJtd we enJeavor simply to e. press gosj el truths, and not to pervert them to the ue of our own philosophies aii') prejudices. .V. Y. Evangelist Monet Making. There is a class f whom God has not given the ability, re quisite to attain wealth, or even to provide against want frum day to day. Tlu people may have just apprecia' ions of mortl rectitude, they may possess fine mental abilities for the attainment of literary kuowledge, and yet as regards the attair ment of property, or the judicious expendi ture of iheir earnings, seem to be utter'y without judgment or calculation- W know there are very many such whose povertv is their misfortune, for ho ro it cau use an ability which he doea not pos" seas. Thus there are always was anJ aiways will be, ihe poor, the very poor, the suffering poor. Praise and Censure, All men covet prai-e and deprecate censure, yet the vlw of both is very greatly overrated. That which is really excellent is not much im proved by eulog sms, nd that which is ob viously bad is neither better nor worse for words of disparagement. Besides, praise and blame are so rarely awarded with any thing like justice that, in ihe minds of the judicious,they have litite weight. Star of the isonn. If you have a pleasant home and cheer ful wife, pass your evenings under your own roof- And if you have not a cheerful wife, slay at home at any rate and make her sc and if you have no wife, get one. - ! ' ' il; tl .nr." TV-IT
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