CHRONICL EWIS BURG Jo H C HICKOK, Editor. 0. IT. T70KDEN, PkiKIEB. LBWlsnqilfl CHRONICLE HHflIHIT FAMILY JOV5t, htutd on Wednesday morninv; at Lewisbvrg, Chum county, Pennsylvania, j TtftM $l..r per yri f,r rh ai .ually in adeanr: ft! 7 if pai villaiu llir" n. .ntha: $'. I if peij within a z-V -s) il not pafi b -Itretli year expiree; j centa tor .ur!e nTimliei-. SulHi-riptinna for alx months or lees, to r''w"?ilwiTr..',f.' .. .- num. on week, ' f'' . 5 .ear: two e.uare, 1 tt fcr x aitln.S7 f"T a vrar. Mi-mtntil Hert!a-, ,,nll t etree.iii: on fourth of ostium. J10 erar. j JOB WOKK i n-IUW nienwwtuiB m. in u iui , when liaul irTiiM sole-iled on all sul.jeeta of ren-ral int- i I it, nr ileliverM. ithm tin rauj. .i iriyar --i.riaa Mint nn4m iJnil.MiiMiwl liltowl, ddrwa "f Mm write r. u reee ive atteitli. m. .ar-Tlx ?l".,,-lu,i.eH totlie l..r.a! U-irun.nt. to l .1. rlrti u iiftci o itv-iok. Ki.. td.ior ud thos on all lettera r b aatnea to u. ... ""' ' . .,, T,.,.. I 0- 1 il cl .irr-L. ' ' , " Ui Fot-- , , ,, ,. j Kailroaasanatanaisi ut t. j,... x into.. V (sarins BmToM : It in more thin -iglilj years ago tliat iliiiwi. nn-li -?., shall thr power. nn-r.nnr. . .torn! afar Ilrx the mil t aijte, nd drite file rp.il car." Jel 13w ro hnvpir -om eTititli-J the lifi-n mf njumhui." teTeiitr Trar Ro. Ja tlie Pari - tition. jio,ik ix. from pagr to ski, lie portniva "Ti future j lrojreM of aocielj wan re m to onmini rc., u -o irn, and the oiifnini! of canali. rom il I iKe the follow- ins exiracia- The rict Ohio and liliaou canal arc lore told: 'Now round the yi. Mine rnnopy of . he'le, Au Hit- tiul'i- hii hrreuly laiwi-rilifci-iay'd. ar an the angelic l.-w-rrouid lift tiie ye, - . eiUTth oroi-vali l.-nd tl.e ii-.iliiij; cky, Around tlje rliu-f in tor i-zpan-ioii ric Aud earth whole irircuit bouude ! lei. e 1 . kfc - Tbe Hero looked: beneitH hi." wond'rlng al ilnht lrim l.nstlifu roiui'l tl.e em autl akies ; The I f OliU. untioll!- "!' H F-' rcs- Tlie ailis m niinliui: loazt Mvt-o th a.r, AuJ t-oiuuicrce triuui, ill o't;r the r. of war. -lu di. ant gliTT, wlierr the watery way . I.lea.l" the blue li'.''r ol 4.ii.liii day, t utoldio liaK- iroai eiery r urreiil fa .. lM.le of the world i 1 d:iu-I;ti-rof lhc di -. 'ntu rt-tir hi eeb. and deep in noutbern i-ki'-a, l here frot n-i-ed-a a hi m. ol e.urture Tie-- YYhere eaetern Amur'e linjth'nirjr eurrent glides, V here t alitoriiia brenks the Milowy ti'h'A, I'cruviau el. 'am- their p,I.Ieu eiarirm. I . Ah1 epreadini; l hili lenUf the rlmuuaoed ooaet, The ioimi- swell; Mi all Iherlou.l-liVe train, 'roui -le to -lit, o'ersliadi- Ibe uhJUUing main. He iw. ae widely spread Ihe on-hannelle.1 plaini VI" here it'laud r.-aliua forai'i. bloom.-d iuyain, i'aoa:. lon wilr.lin,.'.v;e a w . ry Ilht, And diniaot stremnj. an'i H-a. au.i lak.-e uuitet Vi le re tare shilieo erl"Ok Hi- nulj.lij' li, Jty bunion art the ndL'.r bnnk" direie; A-ee Odin ai;e lit- i'p nins pa. " puiue. And wait the erklHi tre: u'e "t -ei n ; J.uciru' aireaul Irom I'lati win leita way, Madeira prei-te tlie wwi a of l"arauny: erom rt' b Allni. toward the f.lm? aun, l'.aeK thro' tlie tni'lia. I. numciou. rltatiiieli rnn, l eel th, f laki . . their heaut.H town lliat lare, An I Mudeon join to broad Oloo'c wale; Inei dliu . ope re ir. who. llnfalle'loed eea Irni.ka Hie mild sunbeauia of tlie setting day, ew I nth- unf..ljin. leal :beir watery pr;d-, And iwwna and emi-inw ria- alon? th ir aid. i MiaeiMippt'e eotvr. tbe pama bend. And to the brreal l'arific malu extend.' The awdlelion of inr' relative to railway, la not more ngir than the deecrii-tion by Hiri-m of the Krie, Ohio, the Wabah, nd Illiniea canala. Barlrw'a Tot m written, he atatea, pac S.V,, -(-rcTioua to the labj war," (meaning the KrTolution,) I a n markable pmie Uoa. He baa certainly Uie right with Oen. Waahington nd Gen. Sciu-lor, to eiaiia paternity of the Erie Fulton, yon may reeo'.l. .Cadi d-1 riantih'a ! in Uie Lade Cliuton Bar-." atl hed to hia firrt experimenu- In .team on the Nonh Kier. tut I an. tmon-nea uoi ; . ..a to troaa paaa on the Talne o. your oolomn. turuwr. thtoment1lhatC.J.f.cv.n,otiio,k.n,a,a,mjureD,l. in nu.m u ucea luus:.. tb Gcrman -n;fe pacC(J bcfprf. me -laheuld not be niti.rim.-d at feeing .team carrii-ge. , . Jl,,,---!. f. ,! ,. tlrorl . .r. ... propellrd at the rate of forty and efty mile, per hour. ai.d J can ee nothing to hinder one from moving ou theae nnv with the eeloritr of one huudrid wilea an hour' arojr 2mn0 lbL 6..il- Snnnry & Erie Railroad, We publish below the V th and 10th sections of tbe supplement to tlie act in corporating the Sunbury & Erie Railroad Company, passed at the last session of our Legislature, conferring upon that company the right to extend their road from Sunbury to connect with the Penn ejl .ani . railroad, in case the Susquehanna railroad company eball fVa.il to put that portion of the line of their road under eoutract between liridgepm t r.hi Sunbury, within one year from the passage of the fupplt-nient aforesaid, and complete the fame within two years. Ky stone. Sk 9. That the Sunbury &. Erie . KailroaJi Company hall have power to f -OLgiruci laierai ana uinu jo.iu num i the line of their road, at, southward or eastward from AVillismsport, to intersect any other Tailoads by m .aus of which the aid company may be CDabled to form connections with the city of PhiL-uhl) hia, by way of the valley of the Schuylkill; or, a. hereinafter provided, by way of the valLy of the Susquchauna : Provided, That on any road that may be made be tween Sunbury and Harrisburg the same tax b and is hereby imposed as is now, or may hereafter be imposed, by law on the Susquehanna Railroad ; And provi ded furtb... That if the Susquehanna llailroad Company shall fail to put that portion of the line of their road under -outract Latwtcn Uridgeport aud Sunbury witiiia one year from the passage of this act, and complete the same witnin To. S.,v,K.. i- V.r "I. K .-ilenart flnn.nan v 1. I harebv authorised W extend their road from Sunbury by the valley of the Sus- (juchanua to connect wit ub tbe Pennsylva- ma railroad at aucb point as may be deemed most expedient by the said company, ou the same tennsand conditions that they are now authorized to contruct ths main lino of their road between Sun bury aud Erie. Sec. 10. That if the said company shall construct a raiload from Bridgeport or Harrisburg to Sunbury, under the provisions of this act, they shall make tba towns of Danphin,Ualifax and Millersbarg, in Dauphin county, and Georgetown in Northumberland Co., points on said road. Susquehanna Railroad Company. It will be observed by an advertisement in another column, that the Susquehanna llailroad Company, having complied with their law of incorporation relative to stock aubscriptions and payment thereon, have taken oat letter patent, and give notice of a moating of stockholders to U held in this , place on the 10th June, for -the -inn of vSctr" fld fcrfce. -rganiu. t ...-. ' - - - - tion of tile company. The palpable advantages which are calling this impor tant work into existence, give such certain assurances of profit as to make the question of funds for its completion on easy one to solve. Indeed, the wonder is, now that attention is called to the subject, that a railroad from Harriaburir to Wiii- KTinrt 1 T"1 1 ye n, has not been constructed ere this. understand that it is the intention of j the leading parties interested, to take hold of the work energetically, and prose- . . . r qut It to a FpeeUV completion. Ihe , .- i buuuury & Erie Company are also moving nnirnrii with thpir firiat mrnmriea tln.l... C ,.r..w, Hv.w au.piccs promising entire and carlj sUc- cess ; and there is every reason to believe tU. lhc northern connection contemplated lietwp. n Willinmannrt nnrt tVio V Vnrlr ' j .. - - , & Eric Railroad will be made at an early day. A glance at the map will show, that , once completed, these roads must become thoroughfares of travel and business second to scarce any in the country. ILirridturj Ktystone. Another Slave Case. A colored man well known in Ilarris burg to most of our business men, named J.-tuies I'liillips, was knocked down on Monday afternoon last, at the railroad bridge, by one of the officer, of Commis ioner M'AIlUter, who approached him under a feigned proffer of a shake of the hand : and before he could recover from .u ,, M-urc. J .lUU : the gang of of. eial kidnappers present, and .1... I.t 1. . I 1 .1 ..-. hurried off to M'Alli.ter's office, where - lie underwent tbe sliam or pretense Of a 1 trial, which lasted several hours, and which resulted in the Commissioner turn- tug him over to the claimant, wtth a certificate made out before the pretended trial, on what the Commissioner said he onsidercd as prima fy evidence that j he was a slave. Phillips was then taken ' to the county prison and there kept until j yesterday morning early, when he was taken in the cars to Baltimore. Phillips has I e-n reading in Harrlsburg, it is alleged by those who know him best, j about fifteen year., and has always sua-1 tamed a gnoJ cLaracter, and is a very j tc tow ou. Bcatal food CM industnou. and trusty man. He ha. been I even atone fw a m diet-rich fare on employed by the Forwarding men, "i t!ie paper for ehort eommons on the clotl.. railroad company, generally and i. saldW. b .h(, ffi&kria rf to be one of the most reliable fellows tot . .,..l .v. be found. . lie had married a repectaMe, respectable, J s(r J coloretl Woman. and had chil- I t it. most inhumanly torn, and not even allowed the privilege of a parting farewell. The pretended trial is said by those who witnessed it, to have been of a most extraordinary and farcical character. The owner of the slavo alleged to have run away, was not there ; but two men from Virginia,armed with pistols, bowic knives, dirks, &c., ttho pr-tl n power of attor ney from the alleged owner, testified that Philips was the man, because he bore a resemblance to a certain slave family: One of them raid that he, the witness) wa. only ten or eleven years old when Philips ran off, and that he, Philips, was then only fifteen or sixteen years old; The whole testimony is said to have been of a character that would not hate convicted a person of the most trifling crime ) yet in Irie i,n0rtant ioe of "libertv and tbe q( bappinc58) it waB deemed nr-.t-.i. .-J . 1 t ; suiiicieui. vy musts uamuj . ui . au ! U . 1 1 4ei ,m l! ta ert-iol Ui.U HIW 1-H . - nuuuM - -.. tics and relations of life, and send a help less mortal into perpetual and hopeless bondage. It is said that the power of attorney produced by the Slave catchers, was originally different, and had been altered to meet the description of, Philips. During the trial, the wife of Philips stood by his side without uttering a word; but when the certificate was handed over and the slave grabbers drew out their handcuffs and hobbles to fasten upon their victim, he became frantic, and the scene which followed was one of the most r:uful and heart rendinz. olie was U.ten home in a state of iusensibility. 1 L,a CMS UM PUMd the UlOSt intense excitement through our community j even thof who formerly approved the Fugitive jtglave Law, now denounce and condemn it. A subecription ia now on foot to raise money to buy Philips' freedom j and another to test the legality of the courso of the Slave Commissioner. V.Har rtiburg Ttfrgruph. Uoncment to CoL Johnston, Launetz is occupied with the execution of a monument in marble to tha memory of Bichard M. Johnston, ordered by the State of Kentucky. A short pillar.around the summit of which hangs in folds the flag of the United States, is surmounted by an eagle, and rests on a massive pedes tal. On one of the four sides of the pedestal is a baa-relief representing the death of tha Indian warrior Tecumseh. On the aide opposite to it is a medallion likeness oi ine bead, ibe two other Bides are occupied wun inscriptions. 'Ihe cornice of the pedestal is supported by foor pieces nf nn nnara in r.l r.t -1 ' ve m V ue va WA IP LEWISBURG, UNION Lines. BT W. D. L10HK. I. Wlin lout tit April bloom waa tlimln j wt odor oo the air of . prinir. In fnmi-aiitl thy voire waa rimcinp, Wher. thnn did. t With the red bird aingt Araia the April bloom la flinging hweet odoni n the air of .prion. But nun In lieaeen the eoioe la muring. Where thou doat with the angel' ahig- It. When tbe taut mapl bud wan welling, V hen the la. titrocus bloomed below, llv fteart to thine ite lore waa telling. Thy with mine kept el b and How. Kain tbe map!e-l'U.l ia aweliing, ain the cnieu. bloomn b-low: In H-avro thy heart in lore is t lie?, liut aUll our aoul. ken ebb and ttow. Waebiugton, D. C, leu Thomas Hood on Books and Reading. The Secretaries of the Manchester Athenaeum iaar Committee, addressed to Thomas Hood a request that be would allow his name to be piced on the list of natrons of the aocroachiai. Jiazaar. To f - - I I o this request the Secretaries received the following charactcristie reply : j Et. Jo's Wood, IS July, 1M3. (From tny bed,) 17 Elm-tree road: Gentlemen If my humble name can be of the least use for your purpose, it is heartily at your service, with tny best wislies for the prosperity of the Manches ter Atheneum, and my warmest approval of the objeets of that institution. I have elsewhere recordod my own deep obligations to literature, that a natural turn for reading and intellectual pursuits probably preserved rue from lnoral ship- wrsok, so apt to befal those who are in r1v IiTa t.f.nrit'01- nf tlie nrp! nilntao-o. J 1 ' r fcw A. .he erJ jCBst n, book. j. me aj0()f ,pnn. ih. rin th(, -t .i1A nn,i I the with their dearadinz'onries. T? ,L ...n.;,!. f IV.na A J.ll son the mind accustomed to the noble, tho' silent discour.to of Shaksncare and Milton-wiU hardly seek or put up with ,ow companT or siaIJg. The reading .ni. wjll not be C0B(allt wItL Le trut;b b walovr;ng. thU satisfy the unlearned pigs tjje worj L.fc Mper;e-ce crJaWc. ,,, to deroie to the comfort j UeM. th&t iiterature can . KUma ofsickuclI and mnow. , nowerrultv intellectual nursuiu can fc . , frQm . . ... ... f hreikwe nar. not to be , . , . ., . . ,, c , , , , , . . , , . . ri'BiiiiLti v iii i iie.ii Baiua. uii , uu Or I0W1 ; my appclllO uaa UOmoreeUge Hut luckily the mental palate and diges tion were still sensible and vigorous ; ani whilst I passed untasted every dish at the Rhenish taUc d'hutr, I could still enjoy my Teregrine Pickle, and then feast after f 1 mnnripr nf til nnfi.nf . Tliero waa no vearnina towards c.lfs head a la torture, or sbaap, -art, b 1 enild frtnl relieh Head a la firunten, and the Heart of Mid-Lothiaoi Still more recently it Was iny misfortune) with a tolerable appetite, to be condemned to lentcn fare, like Sancho Pan la, by my physician-a-to a diet in fact lower than any prescribed by the poor-law commission ers ; all animal food, from a bullock to a rabbit, being strictly interdicted, as well as all fluids stronger than that which lays dust, Washes pianofortes, and waters poly anthus. But " the feast of reason, and the flow of soul" were still nine. Denied beef, I had Bulwcrand Cowpcr j forbidden mutton, there was .Lamb, and in lieu ot pork, the great Bacon aud Hogg. j Then as to beverage, it was hard doubt less for a Christain to 6ct his face like a Turk against the juice of the grape. But eschewing wine, I had still my Butler ; and in the absence of liquor, all the choice spirits from Thomas Brown to Thomas Moore. Thus, though confined, physically, to the drink that drowns kittens, I quaflvd mentally, not merely the best of-our own home made, but the rieh, racy, Fparlling growth of France and Italy, of Germany and Spain tbe champagno 'of Moliere, nnrl thr. MnntA I'liiotanA nf i.nfr imin trip hock of Schiller, and the Sherry of ' ' vantcs. Depressed bodily by the fluid that damps every tbing,Igot intellectually elevated with Milton, a little merry with Swift, or rather jolly with Rabelais, whose Pantagrucl, by the way, is quite equal to the best gruel with rum in it. So far can literature palliate or com pensate for gaetronomical privations. But there are other evils, great aud small, in this world, which try the stoinoch less than the head, tbe heart and temper bowls that will not roll right well laid schemes that will "gang aglee" aud ill wind that blow with the pertinacity of monsoon. Of these .Providence has allotted me a full share ; "bnt still, paradoxical as it may sound, my burden has been greatly lightened by a load of book. The manner of this will be best underteood by a feline illustration. Everybody las heard of the two Kilkenny cats, who devoured each other; but it is not so generally known that they left behind -them- an orphan 'kitten, which, true to the breed, began to e-- ' ' erl COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1852. at itself up, till it was diverted from the operation by a mouse. How, the human mind, under vexation, is like that kitten, for it is apt to prey on iieelf, unless drawn off by a new objoct ; nnd none is better for the purpose than a book ; for example, one of Defoe's; for who, in reading his thrilling history of the Great Plague, would not be reconciled to a few little onesf Many, many a dreary, weary hour have I got over many a gloomy misgiving postponed many a mental or bodily an noyance forgotten, by help of the tragedies and comedies of our dramatists and novel ist ! Many a trouble has been soothed by the still small voice of the moral philoso pher many a dragon-like care charmed to sleep by the sweet song of the poet ; for all which I cry incessantly, not aloud, but in my heart. Thanks and honor to glorious masters of the pen, and the great invention of the press ! Such has been my own experience of the blessing and comfort of literature and intellectual pursuits; aud of the same mind, doubtless ws Sir Humphrey Davy, who went for ' consolations in Travel,' Hot to the inn or posting house, but to his library and his books. I am, gentlemen, Yours, very truly Titos. Hood. Jenny's Farewell Concert. Caatle Gardeu was last night the erene of &. brillta.t a 6i..lay aa waa ever witneaiM in that aapa -iouB fai". to. At leaat vn thousand pererna ware fathered to hear tlie farewell of th grealeit nit darn singer-. The pro gramme was the same na that which introduced Jenny l.ind to America, with tbeexeeplion that BataxpTitlo a not ovur-suara-aaiui ureeting waa exenanireu n?r jar.i;. r. Caaaca'. pretty Tarewell. Of course every part of the j performance was well done, and elicited round u . n 1 round of app)u.e; and wLen tha Farewell cam the excitement wu almost fr.n tie. Tlia following were the word, -t to niufi. of a simple and ponei.e cbitr&tter, bjr Mr.Uuldrtchro.dt: Young land nf hops fair Tetprn Star! V hort l:pht 1 hailHi1 trm climes afar I leave ti re now hut twine fur Ue One parting wreath of meltM.y. O lake thistffering nf th be&rt From one wbo frets 'tis ad to ari. And if it be that strains of mine Have glide! Irom mjr bart to thine, !y voice vw tut the breeze that fwupt The spirit chonlx that in thee slept. The muie wi not all my own Thou gavest back the answering tone. Farewell when partxl from iky shorn Long atiet nt rafite return oner more; Where'er the wanderer's home may be, Still, still will tneinnry tarn to thee! Bripht Fncdooi s el i rue -I feel thy spelt but 1 must "ay freU fare well I ttnndredn of pttr.n who had tonc from neihl-dring towns t attend this oecMfoni wert wiMppomtcil id prt Cluing tkfceta, A Singular Dilemma. The Buffalo Express relates the follow ing gaod anecdote of an American consul in Morocco, who waa favored with some magnificent presents by the Emperor, for our President but which under the wise provisions of our constitution, neither he nor the ambassador eould accept : " Queer duties are devolved upon our consul at Tangier occasionally. During presidency of Gen. Jackson, while Mr: Mullowny of Baltimore held an office his imperial mjt the Emperor, sent a couple $f lions to Tangier in order to havfl ' them dispatched to the t'nitcd State?, as a ) present to our Chief Magistrate. Tht animals were under the Charge of att offi- ccr of tbe Emperor's household, and os arriving tit Tangier, ha tendered them to ... aw,! .. ... tbe tJonsm. inat iunciionary aeciinen to receive them, giving as a reason that the President was forbid to accrpt presents from a foreign Prince of Power1. Tbe Mussulman inquired by whom tha Amer ican Sulian was forbidden f The Consul arswered by tha Constitution. Who made tLs Constitution, was the next question.' The people, was the reply. Well then, said the officer, delighted at having over-1 come tha difficulty, as he supposed, my master, (fie emperor, ttcmft the l,oni to Vie jTurniDg up 0U9 elHi 0f the book, ha re penpk. But the consul was not to be pr- , u ,n(i di8C0v,red a suaded, and still resolutely refund to have anything to do with the royal bcasU. The .nu'sciman anew inni bis ne wouu ie sacrificed, if he returned without executing hia commission, procured materials and unions, and commenced building a wall across the narrow street on which the Con - sui t) bouse was situated. Ihe Consul as curtaining it to be the Mussulman's deter mination to build up two walls across the . . - , . . . . i i .- Ccr-iitreel D0Ul wemy ice. apart anu n,g I . . V ,1.- ' 1 .. At enougil to secure ins animal, aim lueu turn tbem into the space enclosed. ' Reg- ularly botheitd" with the pertinacity of the Arab, Mr. Mullowny gave it up, revived tbe lions, and sent them home by the next ship. General Jackson was almost aa much annoyed by them as the Consul had been, and tbey were finally sold for a paltry sum under a resolution of CongreBi. ttrThere is no book or magaaine 60 cheap as a newspaper ; none SO interesting, because it consists of a T ariety measured ont in suitable proportions as to time and quality. Being new every issue, it invites to a habit of readme, and aflor da an agree able mode of acquiring knowledge, so essential to the Welfare of the individual and the community. It causes many an honr to pass away pleasantly and profit ably, which would Otherwise have keen spent in idleness, if not in toiachitf. , We would 't give a fig for who ? can't stand, some abuse A Hew Way of Cultivating Literary Taste. The passage of the Maine Liquor Law has afforded excellent food for the wits to sharpen their masticators on. The follow ing from ths True Flag, is about as good a Soke as we have jet read. Np doubt however bnt that we shall have occasion to laugh over many a similar " ram" incident j before we are many weeks older About a fortnight since, a tall specimen of " Yankee manufacture" arrived in the good eity of Portland, State of Maine, and established himself and luggage at the Elm Hotel. This luggage consistod of a small Valise, and a large oblong bo, con taining (for the inspectors had examined its contents,) a quantity of books, richly bound, which the proprietor had bought fur the purpose of retailing about the city. After seiog his property placed in the room allotted to him, the pedlar made his appearance in the office with a small vol ume in his hand. He glanced his keen, shrewd eye leisurely around the room, which contained at that moment no one but the clerk and myself. " Fond of reading V inquired the ped lar of the clerk, when he had finished his observation. " Pou't get any tima to read," replied the clerk. " I rather guess I'va got a book here you'd like to read," continued the pedlar persetcriagly, " What is it?" " Well, it's a real good book ; and just right for the times too, 'cause it '11 give a . . . . . , , au fyu iu .uuauwuuu , iejr u . ay that's what a matt Can't get Very easy in Maine just about now. " That's very true, but your ' consola- tion, unfortunately,- my friend, does not seem to be of the right sort." There was a cunning leer in the pedlar's eye as he iaquired " Fond of the right sort, hey ?' " When I can get it," said the clerk, be coming interested. " Guess I shall sell you this book,then," said the pedlar, decidedly. " What is it you haven't told me the tame of it yet T" " It's Pilgrim's Progress." " 0 bother ! I've read it at least a doz en times." " But tLis is entirely a aew edition." " Oh ! it's all the same." " Beautifully engraved." " Oh ! nonsense I don't want it" And so saying, he commenced writing again, visibly annoyed. " Say you better look at the picters," continued the pedlar, thrusting the book under his nose. This movement had an utobHbing effect ttpon the clerk. He Jumped off the chair nd began to examine the Volume eagerly ) but much to tcjr surf rise without firi it. Then seemingly satisfied with the scrutiny, he asked the price and purchased ii " Say, you" said tha pedlar, after the bargain was concluded moving towards L door "Sav, you, if anybody el-e m tf t thoM that look .nJ want to .t . othef jutt tiki it, send 'em tip to Ko. 73j nnd I'll accommodate them just about as quick as they please." Aad exchanging a very queer and mys terious look with the elerk, the pedlar van ished. " What on earth made you buy that uu v " See here, a Hlomcul." I advanced and looked over his shoulder. i j - , wbich u nn8erewed, and then ;iian(kJ m(j mKA j ap-plie4 cbatiieallv to my mouth " What is it?" asked ha laughing. "iiVai'y by jingo I" exclaimed I, pa tising to take breath, and then making ; u for doof " Halloo, where aro yon going? " Up stairs ; it has just struck me that the Pilgrim's Progress will be an excellent additioti to my library." That day, the pedlar's stock was exhaus ted. la Town Again. The man who don't take tho papers was in town last Week, (at the Circus.; Ho reports all well at home family affairs rroeressinK satisfactorily, nis nine rbir- dren' have been liberally educated, so , ,. , e . t . . v lOrV ClOtlttO VI luu uiuwepjiu, v.i rnnnri an that several of them can read,1"' . . r . . . large print and one of them can write hi. name, while several others have got as far as the "pot-hooks" In that important branch of education. He inquired whether it waa true th&t Gen. Jackson had been compelled to vacate tha Presidency to make reotfl for Gett. Taylor, and toanites- ted patriotic regrets that the man who had i ,,,v.- - - )- beaten Waterloo at the battle of tho Rril- l --..u - i k.r tl. prtimirv. ISD. PDUU1U tre iu ,Tv. - - j He said that he had toted lor . acsson ever since hia Tom horse was ft colt, and bad hoped" to be able to do eoa3 lottg as he lived. He fell in with the younj raau here who had twice attempted suicide by deliberately discharging a revolver at hi d. guerreotypo, and on being asked to drink, at first respectfully declined, as he understood that Gov. Snyder had recently made a law requiring a man to drink not less than thirty-eight gallons at a time. He fell in with the young man here whe had twice attempted suicide by deliberately discharged a revolver at his daguerreotype, and on being asked to drink, at first re spectfully decline!, as aa he understood that Gov. Snyder had recently made a law requiring a man to drink not leas than thirty-eight gallons at a time. He aays that he can go a pint of apple-jack if a little crowded, but dcelares his intention to visit his vengence by refusing to vote for Gov. Snyder at the next election, unless he reduces tbe quantity to at least a quart He took the town hall and market house for a brick yard, and expressed himself highly gratified with the great improve ments made in that branch of industry. After trying in vain to spend several notes on the "Bank of Trne Lova" and another on John Smith, Grocer, who promises to pay 55 in Groceries for 8G in Cash, all of which he had got from some rascally speculator for his last year's crop, he left town with something of a brick in his hat and a small snake in his boot We hope that he has reached home safely, and that he is now enjoying the priceless blessings of the happy domestic circle. Repository Editors' Comforts, We have all heard of Job's comforters, spiritual comforters, and a variety of Other comforters "too tedious to mention," tho' but few of those inexperienced know mueh about Editors' comforters. Besides being a sort of pack-horse for all the aspiring politician of tha day, to be generally cuffed and forgotten when no longer use ful, they have to pore over newspapers day in and day out, read bad writing and worse spelling, decyphef the effusions of moon-struck poets, and gat a carsing for intimating that Byron or Milton bad sur passed thetn, spin out editorials whether sick or well- select eopyj keep booked bp in the grain. Lay and butter market, and unleBs he puffs everybody, and each one better than the others he ia put down aa factious, partial and tin tit to wield tha influence that a journal should exert "Well, you're paid for it, and other people have their troubles too," chimes in i a cord or so of blockheads, aa a perfect: clincher to all oar lamentations. Yes, they are paid with a hook ! They are greeted about twice or thrice a week with such loves of epistles as follows : XSniAi Ohio; May 15, 1352. Messrs. Editors i Tba Copy of your paper sent to John Smith, Jr., Esq., is nnd ssvs Von raaV tr . UUI 11 - IOU. JL a. V --"-. ? - w . to h i Please aij-cnnmie. lours, sc.: Geo. Wash. Jeff. BrowS, P.M. Urr-Eit ILuid, Miss., May t, 185. Gent. Your aDer addressed to Jainc. Madison Brown at this place is not taketl from th officd Reason he busted two years ago, and rajs he don't want the paper any longer. ti. (.lay Joxis, P.M. kixk llo.ow, Texas, May 2, 1852. Mr. PublisherPlease dswi't send your paper any more to Andrew Jackson Sny der, Esq., formerly of this place. He run off with Peter M (Juiggin s wife some time ago, and has not been heard from. j. Florence Reed, P. M. Rizix CtJ, may Tbe won. MvsTra trinteh -jorgetOm ConGon ded ago bout . Years, he not tuk de papre No mor And hes wif say You can go to Thunnderr dout cent it No mor ot i suse y u. . . Mynheer holtgenzsgbnrbeu p M Sew PtRcai . , Iowa, April 20, 1S52. Gcbls. You will please stop that paper you have been sending for two years to Jonathan P. Z. Crookstick at this place. He has had the fever and sgue for two vears uiHil he is perfectly coilapsed, aud l.!s whole familv has had it Uutil they have shook all the zlass and shingles out of the house, lie is now iu th state of starva tion and can't pijf. Timothy George Green, P.M. P. g. You need not send his bill for collection. There's what we call Editor's errm- fortcrs at least they are such as Editor's gCt 4 goodly hare of. J5rTbe Albaby Knickerbocker says that in one of tbe proverbs tf Solomon, we find tbe tuost comprehensive and satisfac . I. .. c iV, .1,:!..,. r ntvett,.,nr that ever was or can bewntteb, , 5 ih , ' .HbhoUlih more than is tocet, but it tendeth to pov erty.' iRe.. Albert Barbcs, of Phila., hat resigned the charge of bis congregation, from -considerations growing out of the ( . ... . i tr t i j impaired slate of hia sight He has lotog iiecunied a tromioebt blaee amonjt bh min- - - istcrial brethren and bis withdrawal from the field of usefulness so long and succc.s fhlly cultivated by him u a nutlet cf pub li. J"g'et vold;j; ix no. 5. . Ynoj NrvBER, 425. Touching Inclden-. The Louisville Democrat relates tb following touching incident : An aged mother a woman of seven. years left her home in tha Emerald Isl. some ten weeks ago to seek tba abode of her children, who are now residanta of Louisville. After a tedions passage, and the trouble incident to a long journey, sh reached this city from New Orleans Iaat 3Ionday nigkt, on board tie Akxa(Lr Scott, and soon she wa. surrounded If her children. Her son was the first t see her, and he hastened to inform his sister of their mother's arrival. They met (the mother and the daughter) i'n on.ion.J embrace, which only ended aa aha infirm mother sank with excitement to the floor She had swooned awav in th a j lapiaiuas enjoyment of beholding one mora tt daughter so lonjr Jost. She pronounced a blessing upon her children and fainted away. Whenever restored to ccrascious ness, the sight of her children, asd tha pleasing recollection of their presence, would overcome ber with emotions, and again and again she would faint ia their arms. Physicians wera called to hef aid. but could afford her no relief. For tw days she continued in this condition, ttntil worn out by fntigue and excitement, hansted nature gave way, and the mother now "sleeps well" in the now green earth of her Cew-msde home. How strattgtr. how sorrowful, and how touching, are tin incidents of life I Kors Swindling to Com. California is to to, to this government, what East India has been to England a source cf wealth and wickedness, of profi and plunder. We shall have astonishing developeinenta of this truth ere loiig. There will Hastings' and Warren Has tings' trials grow out cf this region1, and many a hard earned dollar of tha people's money will go to fatten som. . creature of plunder which the fertile pro. ince, from tha fullness of wealth, will spawn on its auriferous aand. Col. Fremont has discovered a new way to get money out of the General Govern menfc When oil his exploricaj expedw tion, lie cama to California, and found war existing between ths governments of Mexico and tha United States, but, bent upon discovering a world of gold fof himself, ha pushed cj Into a hostile eo try and employed anah armed asaistanoS as be deemed necessary to .ontihue hii journey. he result of that jounw h turned to bis . wn profit, and realixed front the expedition a half doied fortunes. Lately he has gone to England to t arrested there for the expensed of sustain ing himself in California, and judgment has been given aga'bst him. we pfeaum without much trouble Hia bill, tha United St te government will la ralkJ npoa b Frcln0Dt lf e bill is "J T" a li have tba land, and nra giT?rnmtrt win pay ir wprasBl IT" obtain and secure it If the bill is hot paid, Fremont will insist that tbe govern I" k a,awlJ THAI ment, by repudiating the bill, has tnadS the enterprise his own private affaif and that this gives him tbe indisputable titl to the lands. But, in reality, Fremont bad neither instructions nor right to eteui an expedi tioU into the territory of a'eountry with which he found the United States ai war for his expedition Was One of peace and not of War.- But if he Went into Meaiec in a time of war, lie went as tbe oiticef and agent of bis country, and the fruits of his enterprise belong to the United (States? There can he no recovery cf private claim. from hint for expenses within the scope of bis legitimate dntie. as tbe gGveruimfc. officer, and it is tbe duty of tha Unil-ti State. Embassador to lay to tbe English government tht what Col. Freroi. Jit did. in California can hot be hiade 4 subject to extort money out of our National TreVtsvy in a roundabout way. In the history of tbe tikst Ixtffo Com pany, there is att incident mueh lAa this, A gang or profligate taLt got iutc IndiA, and into the service of the C.iiiJV aJ an,l hegnfl their operations by ateist ing the N loob of Aitot in prttr excr.r-t.ns against other Indian Rajah -who were lc.s friend'y to tHe Eugli.IV, Company than he of Arcot: The adven turer tbefl pretefaded to 1 .n tho iCaboV . money for the pmTose of carrying on IW Warfare, and eve fitually tutorted fro liiu. " some promise to pay them an i !' .if ' some 20 per etitt b'ft the am WMf 'of his indebtedness" to thsm. f.rt, wa sri applitwtioa by the NVr to the fc.-1-Iudi Coiupatiy to rtftiiburse hiu f f expenses ioemrcd irf heir scrvlrs arrd for" ' thef bamefit ; ani then follrt? . -S Spplj. .atinrl fr.m li ... a. ,tl r.' t, i. -., . . v , ,L.mj;.ltl iuc ,llgl-( Government i& 6e rui-Shtreed fr(,nt tb) natiinal tretsnry. Jlr. ByiS e$p?a.itf,f tbe villaiBy, birt beiber we nii Ifare it Mr. B vrke 13 progressive America rem..,, trt be seen.- Blomsbitraj rjtar - Oefl. Lane said s7luj, peech just after tliua.r, that b ;.t f-ili ft .rai.,V ": tua
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