LEW
ORG
CHRONICLE
II. C IIICKOK, Editor.
VOL. VIII NO. 40.
WflOLX NCilBXR, 414.
LEWISBURG, UiNiON COUNTY, PENK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1852.
0. N. WORDEN, Prixtee
SB
LEWISBUItG CHItOMCLE
Issued on Wednesday mornings at Ltwisbttrg,
Union county, Venwyhania
TT.ft VS. V?tO pit j'-mr. fr ruh artunliv in advanc;
1. i, if it!tin tlinv month; -.M.J if paid within a
rr; J .'0 it nut td U'tinx the year rxp.n" ; 5 int fi.r
Piii-le number. httlirripiifMi fir id ni ith or to
W akI in ad vain. ti-iml.ntiau-i fitiuul wiUt the
rjllihT,ivft hn the yeari ul up.
Auvkrtiukmlsw nn.tui,iv itic-ruti hi ov per i
P-ltmre. wi wcvh. 1 f r wn ks. A m yrar: two iiarrs, I
$ fitrni month. tor r. hr-tntil Julv-rriMs- j
W tit. MM er-evtlni one fourth !' e-.I'iimi. $U r;ir. (
J. til WJllK and oa-tial a iertiuim tu U j.id lor j
htn han-ie-d in ir UirlivereJ. j
t Vmmi'XI' ATmxK siiifi J onall utjTt of pfneral int1- j
r-4 t .thia the rwi re of rty or wIhikui cnL (
A I leiiem mu.st fin.' 'i-t raiil. uv.-miiWi.fd ly the rval :
. nf the writer. t rer.-iv nUentwn. 4rThw
bating eirliwiTely to tU vJiti.r.al l' !'artint'nt. I U- tii-
r-'Uu w lltsuv t llit:ki'h, r.., iaiu-it u hwk u
lii-inn to . X. W.mi-RX. Itjuknr.
Offi n M.umI aUrct. Wlwe.-n S-oml ami Th'rd. OTer
tii Pwt-Offiee. O. S. CMUlKN. Iln..r.el.)r.
rliilts Difcrrco last U)rck.
-
Ci'ke t h Toothache. Mr. Jumes
Heatson, of Airdric, says ; CI mi Opal,
wtifu d ss.'lvcd n chloroform, forms an
x.-t:llent con p -mid for siufiing the Ar$
V j I li iv u-e ! .1 n r.
irequeiit'iv, ai.d the ber.ifil a!i-i)t
have detived" from it has been truly aton
isliin". The application is simple and
easy. I clean oul the hole, nnd moisten a
little cotton with the solution ; I introduce
this into the decayed part, and in every
inilar.ce the relief has been most instanta
neous. The chlorof rm removes tfie pain,
mid the rum copal re-ists the action of the
ha'iva ; and as the application is so agree
able, those v ho may labor under this
iliendful maladv would do ve'l to irake a
ir:al of it. Medical Tiniis iu Jounmi
Dental Science.
A melancholv accident occurred lately
in Venice. The llcrculen f a Circus
Troupe, peifoni'itir there, ws in the Imbit
o!' holding tbtee men upon Ms stioulders, I
n the form ol a p ramtd. One evening !
lie uiif'riona'i'ly tripped, lnt his balance, j
ind the holiest man of all lell tiolently lo
ihe s'aj;e.slriii-k his hi a i and was intantly
killed; the eecmd wa latally injured in j
his biea-t, and a 1 1 i. Ii' lul panic ensuidi
nmnri! the spi ctator. I li nc'uns were
(iitheis ol children whom they hae tduca
cd to ihc &ame prolrosiun.
CoMfLlMESTAKV TO THE Cr.AFT. At the
Triiiler' bampiel on the ani.ivi ruarj of the
hirth day of IJei'j imiri Kritnkbn. held at N.
York, on the evening of the 10 Ii till. Mr.
Higelow, of the livening I'ot, in reply in
to the toast .(Tered lo the I'res. Hated that
jfurlri'' te ten'y years he w. s conflicted j
ith Sifii" Sitfg trison he tiever saw a
single trar:u-af Printer within i s walls,
Jndled1 rrs hi been assured thai a printer
rmd'ncifer been sent to that prim e;nce it
Radbeerv blt.
Mad D c. A short time ajn, a Mr
Updke, linn" a little west ol I'linccton,
Kit Jersey, imdlwo Uos, one went man, ,
and run away, and a d answering Irs ;
description was killed near I'rnmtigtoa. A J
l'i;wdiys after the dissjipiarancc ol I lie :
fiist do, th second one went mad, end i
lnt three cons, a sheep and a gonse, when j
ffa was killed. Alcrit nine ii.iys alter-'
wards, two of the cows went mad. utid :
ere kil ed.
Otivi.it CKOMv.'f.t.L staunch
rurilan, and e.oii d not hn ok the least
n. -.roach o 1'op. rv. W i.nt nr the-V
Ac once inireJ as he satf a Jo2en silver
' ft m ihe niches ( f a chapel. I he
,eive apostles" replied f!,e trembling
rle;.n. "Take them down.'' st;1d Ci-ii H.
and coin them in'o money, '
their Ma-ter,- ihey may 'o" aboui do:ng
n
A Kenluck; F. htorad-.'erlises as fallows:
" Wanted at tins i.ffi-e. ahull d'oir of any
color except pum,Ki.. and m.lk. of respec-.
ta'ile siza, snubbed nose, cropped cars,
abbreviated coutmuatiott. and bud disposi-
iionwha can come when called with a
raw beef steak, an! will bi;e the man ho (
spits tobacco juice oti :he stov'e, cnd'aieds ,
rue exchanges. pet of te originai gui.
Some operations fiav6 leert' pcrrorrrf g-riptiort has been lott, by death and other
lately at V.enna. by means of pblina w,re ; j -a 6rtion ha3 b3en consurned
heated red hot, which has been found to ' .
"ever the flesh w iih as much case and ce by the espenses of collcct.on ; and a fifta
lerity ar T knife. One jne if advantage instalment may le needed from the sub
oflercd by this method, is li.e Very slight Jcribcrs generally, to sc?ttro in good faith
effusion of blood' caused by the wire as a j thelSlOOjOOOconteaplated by the dhartcf.
dividing instrument. ! The completion of the Buildings on the
A fi-:W, 7 Te. t fc'jsS,- ea 1brr''!,b ; i,ber.il srale originally . devised, -with a
n!.-.tKi!it .n his wny to n in. i ':i j ,r,,.n nrt,UTfor nbilosonhical Appara-
t.eui ' aKe-J ny tie vei.uirec t p yo ns.-
nrdous a jo-jrney, he repli-d thit they
didn't want h.m any longer down in
Maine.
Kvery man'haa impcrlesiions enough of
his own to struggle against, but when in
addition to his own lead be is obliged to
liear the iniquities ol half a dozen other
people, he might as well "give it up."
Business men should as soon think of ta
king a journey in 8 Car without en enrine
attached, as to attempt to succeed in
business without advertising.
Mr. Slocum says he would not mind j
oettina drunk, if while in that situation.
pome scamp' didn't go and steal the key
hole of bis front door.
A Dutchman says the New Yorkers tre
"queer beeble; dey go about der streets
II de day sheeting each Oder, and dcy can
dat pisnest."- j
Ninety persons' werd killed and forty
wounded by railway accidents in the State
of New York during the past' year. Not
one waa kilted in' his seat.
A Vermont paper defines' the rights of
woman as follow : "T0 love her lord
with all her .hcrt, ahd her baby as herself
and lo make gooa oread."
The people of the United States eat, every
yeaf.ihirty-two millions of pounds of maple
sugar.
HAUNTED!
I know a lonely above
Where lirth all the dT
A olf inn, sunibre thailow
A twilight dim and gray.
Till tree of night-like veidure.
Whose blanches intertwine.
Dsik Kfiruce and baneful henilock,
'J be rypiesa and the pine,
J? hut out the gleama of euuehina
Aiiil gentle summrr air.
While mists of noxioua vapor
vet'in ever lising iheie.
And thruugh that shade, in silence,
A little, flugci-li rill.
Glides o'er a pi bliiy rhanurl.
Uiscolmed, deep and still.
No life like I'U.I. nor blossom,
Ol fraguiice ran lie fuund.
But mouses daoip and torpid
O'erspread the inoi-.trn.-d ground.
An bird niiliin tluit shelter
I'ours forth its joyous lay.
IV or I ght winged insects froHc
'i hrough all the summer day.
Glad children, gath'ring flowers
Wi h shout and laughter gzy.
Turn from those gloomy precincts
With trembling steua avtay.
To sit beneath those shadow
As 'neath some funeral pall,
To mark the fearful silence
Which broodetli over all".
To feel that vapor spreading
Its damp, unearthly hiea'h;
Cati shades ot horror o'er u
As from the vale of death.
And s rance, mysterious feelings,"
With thoughts we may hoi seak.
Will ih.li the lip to silence,
Aud blanch the ruddy cheek,
'1'h said the place is nrjTiB,
And those nho Hem to know
Tell that no blight was en it
la long, long year ago.
They say that ray of sunlight
Oi.ce fell in beauty there.
And breath of fragrant flowers
Perfumed the hulesome air.
Thev say, of crystal clearness
Was one that turbid flood,
Till by a horrid inuider
'Twa mixed with human blood.
Anil shudd'ringly thsy whisper
A sliance and thiiiling tale,
Of mournful note of anguish
Heard on the midnight gale.
I krtnw not how this tnTy
't he test of Iruth will hear
Perch Mure 'tis Mature' shadow
Alone that lingers there.
And yet the legend seemeth
To ine not wholly vain,
1'ur unto all it beareth
A moral true aud plain
Thst Sis will on the spirit
Leave fearful, wiih'ring'blitiht.
And, with thick clouds of darkuesl
Shroud Heaven' celestial light ;
Will poison at the fountains
Life's purest, r b arest streams.
An I call up mocking phantoms
To haunt the Irouliled dreams.
I'hiludi Iphia. jMabie IIosiac.
Kroui tlie rliiladeljrhia Clirttian Chronicle.
The University at Lewisburg.
The success of Lewisburg University is
u., Imiirer a mere conjecture. Substantial
; ,u;iaings, .anned with artistic still,, and
combiuing all the itnprovcnicnts of pro-
grcsliVC ac, now aduru one of tba inoet
lt.liu,ifui knolls of the Wet 15rantb of
uIiauna. An abIe Faculty ha.s
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, been gathered, composed of judie.ous and
eiithasiaslic educators. Students are
. flocking from all quarters of the State, aud
already a little baud of alumni liavc goae
forth to fill stations of usefulness aid in-
!fluen:;e j
j jJut wfrk not Jct mHt&, nor
sooa our
, . '. , .
The r.rou, efforts maJc throughout the J
Union to' secure large endowments for
ia:titt:oas of leading, should incite us to j
a iarger ambition fur the T. e!fare of our j
tus, and an' extensive Library,- war leave
no more' than S25,000 available for a
Pcrtnanent Endowment.
We have heard it conjectured that so;fce
noble hcarts,whose munificence ever covets
opportunities of wc!!-dding, will make up
th endowment for tlie Presidsncy by
individual contributions of not less than
$5000. If a few Christian n:en cad' be
Ibund eager to bear such heavy burdens,
j we are confident that twenty others will
I srescnt themselves, willing to fill the re-
fining chasm by subscriptions of 51000
each. If the sam enthusiasm wliich has
prevailed' in the chuHhcs shall animate
the wealthy; if the spirit which has stirred
our New York brethren to such generous
deeds, abide with us, the great work may
be completed before the Sumfcier1 opens,
and our infant University may attain a
nroud position among its sister colleges,
and become the chief educational centre for
this great Comfnonwealth. . L.
SkarThc man in New York State "what
is opposed to newspapers," paid a hundred
dollars last week for a galvanized watch.
In going to Buffalo, he always takes the
Cxoa, not being aware that there is any
liaiireaa put on mat route.
Borrowed Sermons.
The history of preaching in Europe and
America would contain a curious chapter
in relation to what have been rcilly, or in
reputation, stolen compositions delivered
from the pulpit. Two or three cases of
this kind now occur to our recollection
Some twentj years ago, there lived at
Bristol, Eugland, a very able and popular
preacher, the Rev. William Thorpe.
Commanding ia person and ruauuer, with
a voice blending the peal of the thunder
with the softuess of the icphyr, aud with
a pathos and unelion which, in his Lest
seasons, were almost unrivalled, he vras
cveryrf here popular. No man, when he
brought out his power3, could make a
better sermon; lut he was naturally
indolent, aud having a most extraordinary
memory, he never made a secret of the
fact that not a few of his sermons were
composed by others. The practice placed
him sometimes iu an awkward position,
which, however, he occasionally turned to
good account. His week-evening sermons
were generally extempore, and cost him
but half an hour's thought in hi vestry,
which he usually reached so long before
the commencement of the services. One
Wednesday eveuiug, on his arrival at
church, he found on the table some fifty
copies of a printed sermon, sent by a poor
neighboring minister for sale. Thorpe
.iit down, read and admired the sermon
:iud went iuto the pulpit and delivered, it.
His hearers wcro delight.'d, and went
almost in crowds into the vestry to express
their gratification. The worthy pastor, '
j wishing perhaps to test the sincerity of j
j these compliments, and no doubt desiring;
to tieneut nis ueignuoring brother, said to
j his people, '"Oh yes, the sermon you have
j heard to-night is a good sermon, a very
good sermon ; Lut do not thank me for it ;
it is none of mine. There it lies printed
on the table ; pay your shillings and take
homo the copies, aud so refresh your
memories, and send a few loaves of bread
to the family of its author." We need
not add that the sermons were all sold.
When Mr. Thorpe was settled in
London, before he removed to Bristol, he
peeached fr-HU memory the whole six
volumes of Saurin's sermons, on successive
SaLbath evenings. When he had reached
tho cud, tho late Samuel Bagster, the
biblical publisher, a personal friend of
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copy of Saunn, with a note k.udly hoping
that his friend would accept a new copy
I nonit! . Kent nun k n.innsnmptv noiimi
of Saurin, as he thought the old copy
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must uu wwu uu. j.uric iuum l'luaauf
(
ly accepted the present, and told Bagsteri
inaaiieuopeu ucuau B..K.vaf.jr.j..o..,Cuif
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by the labors c
rthe best preacher liicaim, ., . r , .- , - ,
1 I more could not Le sustained
Franco ever produced.
There lived in Thorpe's days (and wc
hope yet lives) in a oity ten or twelve
miles from Bristol, one of tho most popu
lar preachers of the day. He and
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occasion ot the dedication ot a new
e'aureh, and traveled a great part of the
journcy on the preceding day together,
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On the way, Thorpe acknowledged that he
had made no preparation for the service,
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anamuoeu was not even prowaca wun a
text, ror this his companion severely
Llamed him, little thinking of what the
result was to be. Arrived at the end of
their journey, they were put to sleep in a
double-bedded room. Irr the night, J.,
who was at that time exceedingly careful
cf his delivery, awoke,- and, supposing
Thorpe to be asleep, he carefully repeated
aloud the sermon he had to deliver in the
morning. , .
Thorpe lay tni heard if, and formed
liis plans respecting it. hen they arose,
ht entreated J. to exchange services with
hi3, chiefly pleading that Lb did not feel
rjuite comfortable ih tho idea of following
tHe flnished sermon that, no doubt, J'.
vtould deliver in the moming, besides
which, by far the largest congregation
would be in attendance in the evening.
The bait took. The unsuspecting J. gave
up';' rlid vrhen he went to'chureh, it was
to listen to his own sermon prepared with
ib rtueh' ?are for the evening; AMd
what added to his mortification was, that
wTiericver" Thorpe bad delivered ore of the
finest passages, he would pause tor a
moment lo lock into J.'s face to see how
it took !
This Trashy no niesiiS toe only sefmch oT
J.'s that had been stolen from him ; indeed,
we havo heard him say, that in traveling
he has sometimes gone icto a strange
church, and had aa opportunity of listen
ing to a stranger of another oenommation
delivering afld sometimes urderinj one
of his own printed sermons ; and once in
troduced himself to one of tbserfacfli7
thieves, to reprove him for the manner in
which he had spoiled Lis sermon.
On one occasion, a living minister heard
J. in London, when he delivered a plain,
practical sermon, wLich could not p well
got rid of by any one that heard it. As
the minister arrived at his home very late
in the week, and had not time to prepare
two sermons for th Sabbath, be delivered
iu the evening, entirely from memory,
substantially the same sermon he had heard
from J. Ou going his rounds among his
friends on Mouday morning he found his
people in a state of excitement such as' he
had never Jefore witnea'a-l. Every one
contended that he hail been pemtnal, and
every man contended that the preacher
meant '. The pastor got through for
the time as quietly as he could, expecting
how the usattfr would end. In a few days
ins chtrrch mot on thair general business,
and the pastor tok an opportunity of sta
ting the whclc r.f the facts, and laid on
! the table a jrit.l-:d e0py of the sermon
delivered by J., " reported for The Pulpit''
a London publication devoted to sermons
One fa-t mire, and we will relieve the
attention of the reader. It relates to J.
himself. One Lord's day he was absent
f.-om Lis pulpit, which was occupied by a
young man with whom he had recently
beoorac acquainted, and who had delivered
a sermon which had greatly eharmed him.
In the evening of the day, the young sup
ply delivered the sermon ho had bsfore
preached in the "presence of their pasto?.
The people did not conceal their pleasure
that he had stolen a s.ermou from their
pastor, who had preached it to them ver
ltii'm, only the preceding Itord'e day
evening The young minister asserted his
innocence, hut no one balieved him. He
did not feel hitnsklf at liberty to state the
facts of the case, but determined not to
leave tho 4ity till Mr. J. returned, and
some explanation could be given. On the
following Lord's day he adverted in his
pulpit to the circumstances of the same
sermon irom the sarrto juipit on two suc-
cessivc Sabbath cveniugs, and added very
significantly, " It is quite true there was
stealing in the case ; Lut my friend did not
steal it from me stole it from him. I
heard him preach it ; it did me good ; I
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auuugiu efa,uy auap.cu .or you auo. .o ;
you needed i.t, and gave it to you again.
If blame rests anywhere it ia with your
pastor, and not wit!, your visitor'
Maine Law Tavern Keepers.
. Wc understand that numbers of the
most respectable tavern keepers, here
and elsewhere, Lave expressed their ap
probation of the Maine Liquor law, and
their determination- to sign the petition.
mi . - , . .
inis is right, in every point ot view,
whiIo tUo gfog bops wU1 bc brokeu up;
. flf tha la tho vr
of timrns wJ ; fc . For .
.,t,lM i ; .
tunic, fa 11 IS )UW LI
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does not want more than
taverns, and if it were not
c '
r.'ronfurn of the rum-streWs
But then
these ten would be always filled with
country pcople,trivelers and boarders, and
this, without increasing the expenses of
the landlord for ecrvants.
And then, what a comfortable life the
'
No loafers, no
druukards about ; his business eminently
rfcTiee.':iiiliv bis ronscie-nofi easv- no vis-
i . . , . , ,
ion of hcart-brokon wives and weeping
'h amJ orphan tll;jdrcl,( wj
, , . dj turb Hg ,uirb;rs
I
to of. aml w.tch
his bar against his own drunken son
for how often is pttuishment brought
home, in this way, to the dealer in poi
son. Nor Bxd he remain up, until
midnight, aud remain from church on
Sunday, to wash tumblers for druukards.
We are not surprised that respectable inn
keepers go for the Maiue Law. JicaJing
Journal.
B,They have some rats in Brooklyn.
Tho other night a policeman rulied into
the Chiefs Office and reported burglars
at work in a grocery in Bridge St. A de
tainment of men filed off, broko open the
door, and fouLd an army of rats holding
an inquest on a cheese.' Theso are'the
same rats that a correspondent of the
Suffolk Gazelle says are killed by a new
"exterminator" at the rate of about 10,
OW per dry in' New Yor:' He eays :
'Last Saturday morning in passing Centre
Market, I saw three wagon londn of dead
rats driven iff; They are" skinncJ,'and
their fur sold to Genie, this hatter, by
whom they are cured, and e3nvertcd into
muffs aud boas,and, uiider a fcfeign'nalse,
sold to Broadway bells, at a high price. '
SoPt.iT lNTEncoi'BK.' We should
make it a principle to'eitend the hand of
fellowship to every man who discharges
faithfully his duties, and maintains good
order : who manifests a deep interest in
the welfare of general society, whose
deportment is upright and whose mind is
intelligent, without stopping to ascertain
whether he swings a hammer or draws a
thread. There is n6thing so distant from
all natural claim, as the reluctant and
backward sympathy, the forced smile, the
checked conversation, the hesitating com
plianse the well-off are apt to manifest to
those a little down, when, in comparison
of intellect and principles of virtuo, they
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frequently- siuk imo liisgumcauce
Daniel' Webster. '
From Ut Cujx:t-Eag.
It is the Fashion.
They nav ItJs th fashion,'
U:ua-t weanutj rowdy breebc,'
Or firtle-t, wtIly rest;
"'Tij the tashifiw," I mast grin.
And with tvKi;nimtiua bettr it,
Sly (.key 'a stiff tta
But I am forix-si to wetV ft.
KM Totjr ! oK fc;w T xiiit 'em,
. Bin. they're worn hy nil the tow,"
ud 4 mut .rirt Vm, though it tfc9
An hour to et them on ;
Ao'J I wi-jt kii1 ririK, golil rhaini,
..iil pinx, nod flashy I'rinJ crarata,
And wiiat fa won than all the rest,
Ibuse clumpy, .tOTe-pipe haX,
UiiKttirliioii and roatoi are worn
By dvhi about th town.",
f I must ri a jeilow pair,
And try to think them brown ;
I cJVn nwear to change iU h'ie9
But fear a&tin to try it.
For onra I turned my fore all blue
In Ta!n attempt tu dye it.
Imtz- feet are " Tery Tulsar,"
S Im fnrfd to pinrh up mine
In Irfv.tfl of fnry leather,
All glo'.-d o nke them abin).
No iutitr how it pinch,
I mu'n't fhfi my passion,
B'it f ro:iu and die by iurh-fJ
Braus9 u it is the fitshiun.
I limp into the majcer'a,
An-1 tdiow tin-to to him thref
With a Try mournful countenance;
And rehfiiiently I nwvr
Thrtt my toux with corns are eoTeretf.
But he ntw-rfl with a limile,
And ronxolinirjy aafure me
They're the t ry latest tyle."
The Old Continental.
A number of the Columbia Centinel,
(Benjamin BTifsell's paper,) for January
S, IcOO, (says a late Boston pspcr) is he-
fore us. It was the time that funeral
honors wcro being paid to the memory cf ,
George Washington. The following little
waif we copy from the Cectinel. It is
replete with meaning, though very simple,
and conveys an idea of the effect produced
when it was announced that George Wash
ington was "no niore."3
"Is he dead V said the gray haired
corporal his eyes were filled with a wa
tery humor, and he wa? obliged to take
out his handkerchief. He forgot the mug
of beer which he called for shouldering
his walking stick, then reversing it,
marched home with a stow rcarcu
"The Geneial is dead, Thehc," said he,
as Lc made a halt and sat down
'Is he, sir ?" Thebe was emptying her
m;,k paU8n(1 tLe p,U fcll ske pilt Lftr
checked apron to her eyes.
A little girl at this instant, came rue
ning in from school : "What's the matter,
l'hebe ?"
"General Washington's dead !" sobbed
out Phcbe.
"Is ha ?" the girl sat down to cry.
Moses had just put the cows, and corse
i in to dry his feet before he went to singing
seheol.'
" WLat's the matter, 'Mima said he
to his little shur.
"General Washington is dead."' she
(0 tld hardly lisp.
Moses forgot his feet were wet, and
sat down in one corner whilst he wiped
his eyes with tho sleeve of his frock.
Phcbe was still standing with her aprcn
to her face.
Jemima had retired to her little block
in the chimney corner.
Moses had wet his frock sleeve through
and through.' '
When the old corporal raised his head
f?oai the top of his Btaff, "Phcbe," said
he, " 1 ou need not make nvj hasty piuldhxj
tonight."
"No, sir." "
Jemima at length said her prayers to
her sister and went to bed.
The whole family shortly followed her
example, and even Moses raked up the
fire and retired to his garret, forgetting
that he was to have learned "St. Martin"
that evening.' ...
By day break tho next morning the old
man had got on his regimentals, which
had remained in his oak chest ever since
bis return from West Point. He knocked
up a neighboring shop keeper to' get a
yard of black ribbon, and his grief seemed
to be somewhat more calm' when he had
tied a piece of this around Lis left arm,
and Phebe had made a bow-knot on the
top of his walking stick." ,
Jemima' seeing her father thus trimming
himself with black ribbon) held up her
little taads, "I too," said she.'
Thi old corporal smiled upon her, and
made a shift to tie a knot on her arm him
slf. .
"I honed once. Mosos, that you would
fi"bt the enemies of our country with him;
but God's will bS done, as our Miuicfcr
told it when your mother died. Tho oil
General is don'j fighting now. I heard
the cl a dain of the army say once, when
he was burying the Colonel, that he sup
posed the ghest of tne good man saw all
that was done here among us and
could take out of harm's way all they
used to love in tho world. 1 suppose,
Mosej, that the General is looking at u3
now I For I am sure he wa3-a good man
and if our soldiers should have to fight
the French, why he would be among 'em
and give orders, too, 'only we shouldn't
see him."
The tendencies of the ege arc toward
refinement "When a man now'-a-uays
wishes to communicate the intelligence
that a daughter has been' added to his
family, he merely says that his domestic
affairs have reached a cbt-sis. J
Rum and Politics.
In Conway. N. H., lived a man named
Spangle, who was one of the bluest kind
of Democrat, toe-nails, eye-brows, and
all, and to have intimated in Spangle's
hearing that he could for a moment have
rendered " aid and comfort " to the oppo
site party,' wodd have subjected the rash
iutimator to the danger of a kick at least
It vras during the last Presidential cam
paign that the Whigs occupied a pinall
school house one evening for a political
meeting, one of their " great guns " hav
ing come up from Conccrd to help them.
The self-same evening, Spangle had ta
ken a tremendous load of " bricks" into
his hat, and, all unconscioas of hie inabili-
ty to bear up under the wi 'ht with a
clear understanding, he wandered oS in
the direction of the school-house. He saw
the light, and he heard the speaker, and
the idea that religious services were being
performed, took so Crm a hold upon his
mind that he could not refrain from en
tering. While intoxicated, Spangle had
a deal of religion in Lis heart, and whilom
he had " spoken in meeting," and always
was he warm and ardent in his ejacnlatory
responses during prayer and exhortation
When Spangle entered, on the present
occasion, the speaker had dug the grave
of Democracy, aud he was just beginning
to shovel into it the whole party ; but the
bricks in Spangle's hat had so thumped
and jostled his brain, and their dust had
so bedimmcd Lis sight, that he yet labored i when tbe Almighty c'asaes out the beauti
nnder the highly eonsoling, but erroneous j ful images, and we spring forward to'
impression, that he was in
religious
meeting.-
" The so called Democracy of our land
is only fit for the devil and his angels I"
thundered the speaker.
" Amen " responded Spangle, over
whose mind the word dttil had sent a sort
of quickening influence.
"Democracy has found its grave!"
roared the spouter, in thunder toues.
" God le praised!" ejaculated Spangle,
vainly endeavoring to turn his eye to
wards where ho supposed the ceiling te be.
The speaker didn't understand the joke,
so he kept on with his speech, but his au
dience saw through the matter at once,
an,l .j snan.l Ktill rnntlnned his fervent.
, . , -if .i i . v
heart-felt responses, they lost most of the
1-1.1
political food which was being so laviahly
spread before them.'
Spangle still indulges occasionally, Lut
never when ""there is a Whig wetting to
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be hld m the viidsitv anv time within a
week. Carptt Big.
Railroad Hymn, by an Indian.
During the past week our citizens were
favored with a visit from Mau.nowidaus,
hereditary Chief of the Ojibway or Chippe-
way Indians, accompanied by his wife, two
sons and nephew.
Chief Matragwodaus . is rigidly tempe-
rate in his habits, and decidedly religious
in Lis feelings, being (with his wife) a
member cf the Methodist Church ; and
although he makes no pretensions to being :
a poet, the following lines written by him
while here, and which we have in his owu
harld Titing,are evidence that he possesses
both mind and imagination : PotUville
Emporium: . t
SPIRITUAL RAILWAY.
The line to Heaven by Christ wa made, -With
Heaveulv Truth the rails aie laid,
From Ethto Heaven the line eitenil
To Life Eternal where it ends.
Repentance is the station then
V here passengers are taken in,
No fee for them ia there to pay
For Jesus is Linifclf the Way.
The Bible then, ia Engineer,' ,
It points the way fo Heasen so clear.
Throcgh tunnel Jaik aud dreary here
It doe the way lo Glory deer.
Cod's I.ove the Fire, Hi Truth'lhe Steam,
Which drive the engine and the traiu.
All you whe would to Glory ride
Must come to Christ, in him abide.
In first and second and third cl.is,'
Repentance. Faith, and Hbliuesa,
pu mu-t the way to Glory gain ,
Cr you with Christ can nener reign.'
Come, then, poor sinners new' the time,"
At ihy place along the line
If you lepent. and turn from sia.
The train will stop and tUe ycu in.'
tri. As Kev. Mr. F., who lived rot a
thousand miles from Portland, was prepar
ing his discourse for the next Sabbtt'i,
stoppic occasionally to' review what be
had written, and to erase that which he
was disposed to improve, Le was aceor-ted
by his little son, who had nnmbtred but
three summers . ,
"Father, does God tell you what to
preach V
"Certainly, my child."
"Then what makes you scrateh it out ."
Eqcivoqce. The French exe'ell all
nations in studied equivoque, bnt give us
a Yankee for the unintentional kind. A
Western New York Farmer writ's as
follows to a' distinguished scimtiSc agri
culturist whom he elt ttnder obligations
for introducing a new variety of swine :
"Respected Sir I went yesterday to
the fair at M-, I found several pigs of
your species ; there wag a great tari ty
of beasts, ana 1 was very mucu bsiouuucu
at not seeing you tnere :
j Beautiful Figure.
I ' Two painters were employed to fresco
I the walla of a luagniiiceut cathedral j both
stood on a rude scaffolding constructed
for the purpose some forty feet from the"
floor. One of tbeui was so intent upon
his work that he became wholly absorbed,
and in admiration stood off from the pic
ture, f sing at it with intense delight.
Forgetting where he was, he moved back
ward slowly, surveying critically the work
of his pencil, until he had neared the very
edge of the plank upon which he stood.'
At this critical moment, his companion!
turned suddenly, and, almost froxen with
horror, beheld It La imminent peril ; another
instant and the enthusiast would he pre
; cipitated upon the pavement beneath ; if
he speke to him, it was certain death, if
J he held his peace, death was equally sure.
j Su Idenly be regaiued his presence of
mind, and seizicg a wet brtsh, Hung it
against the Hall, spattering the beautiful
picture with unsightly blotches of color
ing. The paiuu-r liew forward, red tamed!
upon his friend with fierce imprecations ;
but startled at Lis ghastly face, he listened
to the recital of danger, looked shudder-
ingly over the dread space below, and
with tears of gratitude blessed tbe hand"-
that saved Lui.
So, (said a preacher,) we sometime
; get absorbed iu looting upon the pictures
j of tLis world, and in contemplating them,'
'step backward, unconsious of the peril ;
1 lament their destruction into' thfe' but-"
stretched arms of Mercy,' and are saved:
Foheiov IerNnmsce or America
Affairs. Tho Madrid Nacicc,- in' Com
menting upon the correspondence between1
our Secretary of State and tie Spanish"
minister in relation to the outrages upon
the Spanish residents of New Orleans,'
makes a laughable mistake with regard to'
?he identity of Mr. Webster, as welt as1,
with reference to the geography of this'
country. The Nacion says r
"The venerable author of the most com'-"
plete Etymological Dictionary .of , the)
English langurgp known in England and1
America, the coldest Presfcytenan ever
! bap izd according io the rite of Calvin, in
the State of MaD;iehue-tts, the most Vtr-
; , - , . , .
Lo.-e and courteous of the Puritans whff
psop,e tw of tbe oeautiful
j c;t v of Boston, in the State of New Eng-".
land, in bis present office of Secretary of
State of Anglo American Kepublic,' haa'
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incut for the excesses commited in New.
Orleans against I be house of the ConsnF
i if Spam, and the property or certairr
individuals, subjects of her
Catholic'
Majesty, residing in that city.'
Childish Reveries.'
A little bey i f ix years, when uadreas"
ing for Led one night, with his night dress'
i,,n back of his Luck, was beard musing-
!aioud a follows:'
, . can lt Tom Tucker ; I can write
mr rmnie iu wiitin'; I can tell the tima
i,v ti,e vtKk ; J can spell Nebuchad-'
nezer ; and I can tie a double bow-knot."
Another little fellow, of four,' wadingf
iu a mud puddle, after a shower, came
across au angle worm, and tans delivered
himelf iu audible reverie : . t
" Worms are the snakes' babies'; little
mices are the rats' babies ;' and the sftir'
ire the moon bnhiti .'"'
Importance of Reconling Seed? .
The act of Assembly of the ISth March
1775, provides that all deeds and convey-"'
inces of or concerning any lands,' slal? be
lekuowledgcd aud recorded in the Office
for Recording Deeds in the county where
such lauds are lying and being, irithin six
months after the. execution nf ruch deeds' oi
conveyances ; and that every such' deed
and conveyance that shall at any time' be
, . j i' i - e . i t-t - .
made ana executes, ana wnicn enai, not
be proved and recorded as aforesaid, shall
he a.'.judel fraudulent and voiT tgiast
any subsequent purchaser1 or mortgagee)
unless such deed or eouveyance Le recorded
as aforesaid.
A Dry Place. . . ,
The Charter for the town if Medea) tke
county seat of Delaware county", prohibits
the sale of spiritous and vinous liquors aa'
a beverage, and tro-jgh the intervention
of a dry seaioc, tbe place is now without
water! Every well, we. learn, is dry."
The walls of several lave teen taken up
aud dug deeier, but they are. again dry.'
This is a serious inconvenience to the'
citirens of tbe plaee, aud those who have-
business there.
N O M I S A TIC1 is" k " TJT TEuCGllAPlt' A"
Washington paper proposes that tie nom
inations for President be made by having
the dcl-g-itjis from c'ach'State assemblg at'
somepoiut therein, and after balloting'
send the result to all the ctuer States
the process to be related uutil a nomi-'
nation is effected.. It would save a great
expense in travel and prevent the assenib-'
ling of a Urge concourse 6f politicians at
anv one point, but the plan will sot beT
j likely to be donted;
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