CHRONICLE BUEG LEWI S BY 0. N. WOKDEN & J. An IsnErEXDEXT Family tjf ffwislinrfl (jronirlc, Issued Frohtysat LarihurjCuivu Co. Pit. TKR l.-i 1..r.;i iw vmr. to m: rvio ix .nv.rr ami at tlf Kimi r.it- f t a I'-n.-f-r or l:-.iti-r Hiiii. Thus, iy cU Hill (t:iv I'T Iiir iu"iith -.".') ct f'-r ci m ntlm, 1 Jtl. f r eijLl unmt Ii-. - Jol. lur nixt.vn nwiitlis. 3 I 1 . f r twi yfRf!". f j !"t t'liir ciki ! nm- j, ;ir. lit fr t-n rojiic nm j y-r, A.-, .Sti:I- N."k Ii rls. lUyniviil- l-y mail fprii-O ' rt .-)" I in I I. i'"'l;i:t' f tii;ni-e. t l-mik tv ;t lli.lr alu lent- Mn-t kiu-l rrihicf rvivivnl at lire mi.-f. j Hh-n tin- tim r.iiv. I t niti.li ywr i- iti I, (uni" w. ln a runmu.; inunO it i- ST- -ITKI. j Ai-vtuTi-Eii. xrs l.aii.I'iiifiy i-ul .1 i-n--l, :tt .''( rts rr ! p-iUAH' tin- wi-' k, ," t-a -h ntVr iu-vrlii-n. t J'I fT ix j munt'ti, i t"l. it vi'ar. H tll a iurv -' rt. 1;'. t. 2 f dol.AiW. T.itt.trv- l .X. s.mt. 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The Washington I!jmUtc Las male the pr'jccteJ auut-xuliuu of ('uba, a basis fur discubsiug the effect that would result to our institutions from puch a largo aJJi- tion to the Catholic influence of (Lid couu-1 try, in the shape of a population educate-! . to consnier thuich and Mate a.s uhattjt ... luose jajg it b gratifying to find a volume, From the statistical facts which it adduces, hke tbe CSCD whctcin taste ia unvitia. auii Ilie liisluric teacliiujis to wuicu it lias . ' . .... feft-rencc, tbe Il. publio JraS no very U- teJ aDli 8CBS0 U"d"oyed ; id wb.cb urn vorablc coucluiuu. It sajs : j P1"-'1'; of e,JIe nil cloarucss of expression The Cubaus arc alira to us ,"n r.ire, rdi- ' raiucd, and which U written, not to cx- ijion, lu nj mi jk and lairs. Their Kuropeau origin wad in the Latin stock ; ours iu the Teutonic. There is no similarity of ideas between ns, and never can bo. Nor is there any foundation for the vague hope that wc can hupplaut tbem, so as to make Cuba iu truth au American island. When we anjuired Louisiana, more than half a century ago, t he present State of that name only had forty one thousand while persous in it, and yet bow largely Trench Louisi ana is to this day ! Cuba is no larger than Louisiana, but has now a white population of nearly lix hundred thousand. Within no period not indefinitely remote, will it be anything else than the Spanish and Roman Catholic islaud it is now. What is becoming of our homogenity as a nation, if we admit into it such a largo clement of incongruity as this ? Tbe Roman Cath olic influence, in this country, is already large enough ; and a people, jealous of they assent to such an enlargement of it as wonld result from the incorporation of Cuba into our body politic. It is idle to talk about religious toleration. No prin ciple of toleration requires to annex Cuba. If the Cubans cbooso to be Koman Catholics, why let them be so ; but tbe American people have the s ime right to choose to be not ruled by the Ilonian Cath olics, as to a large extent we should if this measure of annexation is carried through. Our public men are obsequious enough, Bow, to Catholic bishops and Archbishops. . c . i ii 1 . persons will extcud to it their hearty pat !f tiiitnlipr nf rr.tcs were douUeJ at one . . . . l.ln- t Th. fr f ohiretinn to tho ! " - - --j i r .!. '..i .::n.:n:..k -:!. 1 , r . 1 1 1 nlace. per mail, post paid, on receipt of that progress of tiuio which diiuwiMics l'""'' T1 11 1 - ron ,.' ... . , m I 1.25. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 30G their relative number, a compared with 1 , , ., , , . . , 1 f .1 ,- a Chestnut Street, l'biladelpbia. Home tho number of the penplo of tbe Lnitcdi'-' ' r States ; but, at present, and f jr a long period to come, it is an ol jcetiou actually formidable and incontrovertible. Hear Henry Clay! Let those who are seeking to st-vp "n;i t'Hion," while professing to venerate the memory of Clav, read the following : What would they wuo thus reproach us Lave done ? If tbe, would repress all tendencies towards liberty and ultimate . emancipation, they must do more than put : , 1 .F,,i.,.f.,v...i1, ThoT ! must go back to the era of our liberty and independence, and muzzle the cannon j which thunders its annual jnyous return They must revive the slave trade, and al! its attendant atrocities. They must blow out tbe moral lights around us, aud ex tinguitih the greatest torch of all which America presoots to a benighted world, pointing the way to their riht?, liberties', and their happiness. And when tbcy bavo achieved all these purposes, their work will be yet incomplete. They must penetrate the human soul, and eradicate . the light of reason and love of liberty. ! Then, and not till then, when universal j darkness and despair prevail, can you perpetuate slavery, and repress all hn- mane and benevolent efforts among free men, in behalf of tho uuhappy portion of our race doomed to boudago. See Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Vol. 1, p. oM. The Boston Travlkr sajs, it has thus far been found impracticable to lay a sub marine cable that will remain fur any length of time, between the main laud and Mar tha's Vineyard. A line has been twice laid from Falmouth across the Sound to the Vineyard, a distance of about four utiles ; but it has soon been broken by tU winding of the sca-wetj anmud it and strength of the cum at. Buoohca of U ka-weed, accumulating iu a short time ttntiM 0f a haycock, would get tangled Mi4 it, till tbe force of tho stream or tbe Sound, would break tho eable ttecli, 1 1... ....,;" "Wc. ; R. CORNELIUS. News Journal. THE COQUETTE. On tori"1. lmt now fwrpnttcn I M n tliew.'ary worll nl, ghe tit witliin liir rbTVi'i' nwu, Ant iiii'urufully hlif wji, A- -Ik- thtuki uI'oti the n tuUrJ The futun- lu-ld in etorf ; But y-arf Iijtc rom- an.I thrm baTe cona, tru-t to thm tio DhTi'. Ttii plrasnm "f ttic monint m tlio only aim ki-w, V i n uVr l r rh.- Kp til" n. ol youth IIhI i.riitl iL hiv ct Iiik'; A 1 ft no tHfifrlM. tiilenlor Ot liwr lillif and K-ntl form Il;illi pafrtcl nwny In-f.-rn tin- Mast I 1 nJr anJ ui!iuuit etorui. Tlcn. f-li va lovl and twautiful, Ami 'n-ittli h'T iron wny Flu tisJ a hMt f orffliir, V-.uii. nii.Ml.-airt. and Ti.J', W itii.nv Ic-Tfly mnti'm, lit' ' - lVl.t-M lir rii'iu!tf. tun by one, W.h aotider aud iliuir. Aii-1 tfciiF fir yfars fl' lalion-tt on hiTd--p. nunartn Uiln, till)' Iiit'h Ma-TV all Hit tDUtu b(S Ainl tit-rV tin Tory FpoiU; Hut Mirrly ti' hai i-ur r h-'artu, Aliln iiirh 'cr li-i - l--, my, l-'i-r tli vuuiij aud iuid.Hi' ae.l int-n Have Lome liicm aliuna; Ar! now, nn wiv and nvttht-rs, Vvnb b'art-brintful ot lovt, Tlii-v'r.' I.Hfj.y as tU j..y..u lurJi 'Mi at WHrtt.i in tbc rv ; W fn. unlittrJ abd wrft-helt In tli hot-" )cnn-st of ymrs M"uru o'i-r lit-r Imirrn KUrU'fl Jo tiitfnctf and in tears. 'Courtship and Matrimony." This is the title of a volume from the portfolio of Hotcrt Worri?, Efj., the able editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer. In cite the imagination or pander to the evil passions of our nature, but to inculcate lessons of wisdom, and draw to tears and move to laughter. We are reminded, in reading these essays, of tbe gcnial-bearted Goldsmith. They contain the delicate fancy, the good sense, aud the quiet hu mor which characterize Goldsmith's wri tings ; and they arc, moreover, written with like correctness of language. They treat, beside that of courtship and matri mony, of a variety of subjects, from scenes and experiences in social life, and are par ticularly adapted for every day family reading. Tbcy arc, indeed, such as will bear to be read aloud about tbe evening lamp, and will please and instruct not only the "old folks at borne," bat also tbe "lit tle folks." No one can read Mr. Morris' volume without being impressed by tbe tone of earnest tboughtfulness that per vade it, and we believe this work will be gMJU Win OO CUuilPtitf'U M" book for anybody to read, and worthy of a place in every family. It is chaste in style, elevating in tone and sentiment, and contains many useful lessons which may contribute to make a bappy home. No book before the public contains sounder morality, or practical household wisdom inoro pleasantly expressed, and certainly thcro is no collection of essays, better adapted for general reading in tbe family. As the work has bcon most enthusiasti cally praised by such man as John Gregg, it is needless to say that we trust that all T0U 9eDdlDg The publishers will send a copy to any persons, to any I Journal, Slavery in Nebraska. A bill to abolish Slavery in Nebraska, . 1 . .1 : -r Tr. was jntroaucca ai ine iwMuu u ritorial Legislature which has just conclu ded. What disposition was made of it, wo are not informed. WTe have before us, however, the report of the minority of the Committee to which .t was referred Tbe report recommends tbe indcfiniU. postpone- nt of tho bill on tbe ground that such men lecisiatiou is nci..jr. Ji tbe report, does not exist in this " Territory in any practicable form, and J J L " can not so exist without affirmative leg- " islation, recognizing tho right of prop " crty in slaves, and regulating tbe mode " of protecting and controlling them, and " enforcing that right. The abstract right " uuder tbe Constitution which is claimed by some, is in fact only an inchoate "'ritrbt. which can have no practical im- " rortance in tho absence of local polico . . .. -...:.. " Tl, " regulation upon mat bui-ji- Tbe authors of the report think tu.l t-J .Dg the subject strenuonsly alone, Nebraska " will grow old in her career of glory, and the word Slavery, either for ncgat.ve " or positive purposes, will never disgrace " the fair pages of her statute book. A commentary on these pleasant antic ipations is afforded by a handbill issued on tbe 2Cth ult., by Mr. S. F. Nuckollis, of K,bratlia City, of which wo have been favored with a copy: Mr. Nuckollis offers to pay two hundred dollars reward for the return " of iwy ttco negro women, who were enticed away from my bouse on the night of Nov. 25." He aeems to stand fast on the Dred Scott decision, and cvi dently entertains no doubt of the validity of bis claim to the ownership of the two women, notwithstanding the legislative report from which we have quoted. Still, we should not suppose slaves would be so safe a kind of property in Nebraska as in some other parts of the country. N. Y. TriUne. , A man was killed lately, by fallin" from (!, rji-iy Moautncut at Lexington. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, Scientific Hode of Boiling Heat When animals are newly killed, there is an acid secretion in their flesh which turns blue litmus paper red, aud which renders their flesh easy of digostion if it bo eaten immediately. In a few hours, however, this acid evaporates, and the meat becomes hard aud difficult of diges tion, till it has been softened by cookery, or kept sufficiently long to have become tender, from the procsj of decomposition having commeuced. Iu Liebig's recently published work on tho "Chemistry of Human Food," wc nro told that boiling flesh slowly effects a chemical change in its composition ; and, according to the leugih of timo employed in boiling, and tbe amount of water used, there takes place a moro or less perfect separation of the soluble from the insoluble constituents of flesh : the water or soup in which tbe flesh has been boiled containing the solu bSe matter, aud tbe liouilli or meat freui whioh the soup was made, consisting chief ly of fibrous, insoluble matter, nearly use less as nourishing food. Thus it is obvi ous that when tbe water in which the meat has been boiled slowly is thrown away, by far the greater part of the soluble or nu tritous matter is wasted. A very differ ent mode of cooking should be adopted if it is wished to cat tbe meat The mus cular fibre of flesh in its natural state is everywhere surrounded by a liquid dis solved albumen. When this is removed by boiling with water, tbe muscular fibre becomes bard and horny, and this hardness increases tbe longer it is boiled. " It is obvious, therefore." hw I-iHg, " that the tenderness of boiled meat de pends upon the quantity of albumen do posited between tho fibres, and their co agulation ; for the contraction or harden ing of the fibres is thereby, to certain extent, prevented. If tbe flesh intended to be eaten be introduced into the boiler when tbe water is in a stato of brisk eb ullition, and if the boiling be keptnp for some minutes, and then so much cold wa ter added as to reduce the temperature of the water to one hundred and sixty-five or one hundred and fifty-eight degrees, tbe whole being kept at this temperature for aomo hours, all the conditions are united which give tbe flesh tbe qualities best adapted to it use as food. When it is surface inwards, and in this state forms a crust or shell, which no longer permits tbe external water to penetrate into the interior of the mass of flesh. But the temperature is gradually transmitted to tbe interior, aud there effects the conver sion of the raw flesh into the state of boiled meat. The flesh retains its juici ness, and is quite as agrceablo to the taste 9s it can be made by roasting, for the chief part of tbe sapid constituents of tbe mass is retained, under these circum stances, in the flesh." Do you Think he is married ? " M.i'Iam ! you are very pressing, And I can't decline Ihe task ; Willi the slightest cift of pnessin". You would hardly need to ask ! Don't you see a hint of marriage In his sol-er-sidfd face ! In his rather careless carriage, And extremely rapid pace ! If lie's not committed treason. Or some wicked action done. Can you see Ihc faintest reason Why a bachelor should run ? Why should he be in a flurry? liut a loving wife to greet. Is a circumstance to hurry The most dignified of feel ! When afar the man has spied her. It the grateful, happy elf, D..I-S nut haste to be beside her, He must be beside himself. Il is tint a trifle, may be I! nt observe his practiced tone. When he calms your stormy baby. Just as if it were his own ! Uo you think a certain meekness You have mentioned in his looks, Is a chronic optic weakness That has come of reading books? Did you ever see his vision Peering underneath a hood, Save enough for recognition, As a civil person should! Could a capuchin be colder, When he glances, as he must, At a finely rounded shoulder. Or a proudly swelling bust ? Madam! think of every feature, Then deny it if yon can He's a fond, connubial creature, And a trw married man ! J. U. She. Six Generations. Oo the 10th ult., at West Roxbury, MooQ.Muiantta. a bov was born who can count probably more living ancestors than any other person in the State. He has, of course, a mother, but be also possesses the care of tbe following : A grandmo ther, aged 40; a great-grandmother, aged 4 fa frTsfll f reat-crandmotber, ascd 79 ; - b o , . 1 and a grcat-great-grcat-grandrather, aged 97. But the most singular of all is, that all but tho old gentleman were born in tbe same house and in the same room, ana ue himself wonld bavo been, bad it not been for a visit bis parent were making near Boston. Mr. Prcacutt, the old gentleman n-ferred to. is now looking finely, and says if ho lives long enough to ce his last heir married, bo will kit me wwtu, auu bo satisfied. ministerial Reception. The papers of Ecuador contain an ac count of the public reception of Mr.BroK. AI.F.W, as Miuistcr Kesident of that Jte public, an event which took place on the 20th of September. Upon presenting bis credentials, Mr. Buckalew said : "Ma. I'besidest : I am charged with tho delivery to your Excellency of the let ter of tbe President of the United States, accrediting mo as Minister Kesident near tbe Government of this Republic ; and I embrace the occasion to assure your Ex cellency that tho scntioieuts of friendship toward Ecuador, thereiu expressed, are tbe genuine sentiments of the Goveruuieut and People of the United States. "The relations of tbo two countries have j been heretofore peaceful and cordial; it is to bo hoped they may long remain so. Doubtless tbe best efforts of thoso repre senting both powers should bo steadily di rected to this end. 'It will be my object, Sir, by frank, courteous and just conduct iu the post as signed me to obtain tho respect and confi dence of Your Excellency and of those as sociated with you in the Administration of this Government, and I shall iudulge tho pleasing hopo of seeing our countries, for many years, united by the most fra ternal feelings, and both advancing rapid ly in wealth, prosperity and power." Gen.Koni.E8, tbe President of Ecuador, then replied as follows : "Mr. Minister : The whole sentiments which animate the respectable Cabinet of Washington, and those you have expressed in placing in my bands tbe autograph let ter BeCit-dlliug yom s nJtu Mlutotu of the United States of America, are in perfect harmony with thoso which the People and the individuals entrusted with the Sunrcmo Power of this Republic cherish and cultivate in their ancient and uninterrupted relations with the Great Confederation which you so worthily rep resent. "Both Nations profess and practice, ro- sneetivelv. tho same fundamental princi- - pies, as lasting as Liberty and as powerful as tbe sovreigoty of tbe People ; and both are united bv bonds founded for mutual convenience, drawn moro firmly together by a sincere friendship, and strengthened by good faith constantly observed. Con sequently there is no doubt that the same j .,., J j -r -- r ! between my country, and yours. 1 "With raeard to f ou.Mr. Minister, 1 am woll assured that, in the exercise of your important functions, you will contribute efficaciously to maintain unalterably the fraternal relation that exist between the two countries, and that you will secure the good will and confidence of the t-cuadoriau family." Pompous Fl'serat.s. One of our ex changes indulges in a severe and fitting rchuko of the ridiculous custom of getting up pompous funerals for members ot cer tain societies, whose lives have furnished no special causo for honors, and whose virtues or good actions, while living.were, nrobablv. as few as their friends or admi rers. Such forms and displays of grief are but, as Hamlet describes tbem, "the trappings and the suits of woe," and have neither substance nor sincerity to rccom ..,.! il,,.m The rcallv cood and creat die daily, and yet few regard it 'or lay it to heart; but some trifling and worinicss fellow, who has frittered life awa iu idle ness or 6ensual indulgences, "shuffles off this mortal coil," and suddenly a third of the community hasten to do him posthu mous homage. W e need a sweeping ana radical reform in the matter of funerals. We arc glad to sec that it has been inau gurated elsewhere, and hope it will 00 in troduced hero. Tim ei.y Advice. Man begins to die at tho extremities. Keep the feet dry and warm go for a stout pair of winter boots and shoes shoes are better for ordinary, every-day use, as they allow tho ready escape of the odors, while they strongmen the ankles by accustoming them to depend on themselves. Besides, a shoe compres ses less, and hence admits of a more vigor ous circulation of the blood. But wear boots when you ride or travel. Give di rections to have no cork or India rubber about the shoes, but to place between tho layers of tbo soles, from out to out, a piece of stout hemp or tow linen which has been dipped into melted pitch. This is abso lutely impervious to water does not ab sorb a particUs which we know the cork does, and after a while' becomes "soggy" and damp for weeks. When you put them on for tbe first time, tbey will feel as easy as an old shoe, aud you may staud on damp places for hours with impunity. Col. Hoe, the manufacturer of the light ning printing press, is about to construct a carriage to travel over any turnpiko or good couutry road, and to be propelled by team. The first is intended for himself to ride out and back between bis place of business and his country aeat, about twelve miles from tbe city of New York. It is expected that tbe carriage and propelling turner will not cost more than a good pair of borscs and coacb, and travel over a fair igad at the rate of tico Vurty per mile DEC. 24, 1858. A Troublesome Case. A slave that can boe is excellent. A slave that sows is delightful. A slave that can reap is admirable. A slave that can gather into barns is a treasure. A slave that will not run away is indeed a posses sion. A slave that will staud anything, from tbe cat and the paddle up to the ven dition of bis wife and children, is an Abra bamio model. Here one would suppose the catalogue of (-lavish virtues might end, unless we added to it that dubious virtue of fecundity, upon which decency will not permit ui to dilate. But what will our readers say to a Slave figuring in the light of an Inventor? Of an Inventor of a "useful agricultural machine ?" Of a "machine" so useful that it promised to be profitable 1 And what will our readers thiuk of tho botherations, dilemma, ob fuscations, and general topsyturvincss of the Patent Office, when a Chattel with a blink akin walked into tbe cloisters sacred to invention, and claimed to have shown a little iutellcctual power, and to be en titled to remuneration therefor ? Claim ed poor Chattel that be was to have in vented something which human beings might find profitable and convenient! Hor rible was the dignified distress of tbe Pa tent Office at this application. Here was a thing in its light of the Constitution nothing but a thing claiming the honors and emoluments of an inventor ! What should a thing be doing there ? A thing with two legs, and a stomach, and a bead, and two bands, absolutely pretending to have invented something 1 No plow ever applied. No cart ever annluul. N ever applied. Therefore, when this two legged thing came up, there was a row in the Office, and the magnates ordered her or him or it to go about his, ber, or its business, and pointedly declined to issuo any Letters Patent whatever, thereby es tablishing it as a fixed fact that no "nig ger" could invent anything. In this way was the negro of Mr. Oscar J. E. Stewart, who had blundered upon "a useful agri cultural machine," treated. Oscar J. E. Stewart could not stand this. Oscar J.E. Stewart considered that he bad a right not merely to tbe brains, but to whatever came out of the brains of bis private and per sonal nigger. So Oscar J. E. Stewart petitioned tbo Senate that, if the Patent 'it "might be compelled to issue the patent to him. The petition was received, and tbe report says that it was appropriately referred. Wc have tried pretty bard to make out what an appropriate reference would be. Was it to tbe Committee on Agriculture? Or to the Committee on Claims ? Or to tbe Committee on Ways and Means ? We shall watch this case for Mr. Oscar J. E. Stewart, and he shall have tho benefit of our assistance. He shall have the bard cash for his "nigger's" brain work as well as for his "nigger's" bandicraftincss, and much good may it do him. X. Y. Tribune. IlOW SriUITS GET TIIEIR LlQUOR. Judge Edmonds, in a recent lecture, dis closed Ihe singular means by which rowdy spirits get their rum and tobacco in tbe other woild. He said : "I once had a spirit come to mc who had been addicted to tbe use of tobacco, and tbe first want he experienced on enter ing into a spiritual existence was a desire for that. 1 had an interview with a spirit who was a drunkard while living here, and he asked mo for a drink. 1 asked, "What good would ardent spirits do you now ?" and he said : 'I can driuk it thro' you.' " That is to say, the ghost made of the erudite Judge a species of worldly "straw" through which to suck his ghostly cobbler! Cheap Living. It doesn't cost much to live in India. Kice, tho chief food of tbe people, costs balf a cent a pound ; the cost of the huts iu which the people live is not moro than 2, and tho cotton cloth necessary to clothe a man,or woman either, may cost $1 per year. Shirts, hats and shoes are voted entirely unnecessary. This is cheap living in every sense of tho word. Thiuk of a troniuu being clothed for $1 per year ! We should not be surprised should there be a large emigration of mar ried men in the spring to this land of promise, to which crinoline has not yet penetrated, aud where bonnets aro un known, if these facts arc brought promi nently beforo Ihe public. ruiLANTiinoric. Tbe late Hon. John M. Niles, of Conn., who, during the latter years of bis lifo, was considered insane, devised by bis will the sum of 20,000 as a fund, tbe interest of which was to be an nually expended by a committee of tbe citizens of Hartford in assisting beads of families, particularly poor widows, in the payment of rents and tbe purchase of fuel. It would bo well if a few more such crazy peoplo lived iu this world. Nolo it when and where you will, the children in a family where a newspaper is taken will always be smarter and more intelligent than those in family where no paper is taken WMetUirrc Timet. We never read s five line paragraph containing more wholesome truth than tho above. -Uaue C'kmnk Gazette. ESTABLISHED At $1,50 Per Social Corruption at Washington. We bavo seen of lato the proposal, in more than one quarter, that something should be done towards reforming tbe so cial abuses of the City of Washington. The city has been for years so without law, and abounds so in temptations to the grossest and vilest dissipation, that it is high time that the matter were taken in hand by the press. Those familiar with vice in all the capitals of Europe, say, that in none does it assume to coarse and cynical a form, with mon of the same so cial standing, as in Washington. Among public men or public deputies gathered together for the winter, there will be una voidably much indulgence, or mncb license. But the degrading and vulgar form which vico assumes at the capital uf this country, is almost incredible. Any ono who hears frequent anecdotes of tbe boon compan ship of certain gay Senators and Repre sentatives, has heard enough in all con science to revolt bim and convince him of tbe outrageous impropriety of sending such persons to our national councils. Much of this dissipation, aud with it much of the official corruption and out sido pressure rascality which weighs so heavily on tbe transaction of publio busi ness, eould be diminished had Washington good laws well administered and were tho attention of tbe United States drawn to the temptations to which men who have the fingering of public money, or who are beset by bribery, are exposed. Is a placo where gambling is so common, that every broken down black-leg regards it as bis receive men most of whom have been obliged to assume the character of good fellows and fast men, to ensure their elec tion ? Hardly. The man who is away from his family, and who is surrounded by temptations, is most apt to yield. And while on tho subject of gambling bouses, let the reader take the following relative to " Pendleton's" which we find iu the Wash ington correspondence ol the New York Courier Enquirer : "Tbe largest amount ever won from the proprietor in this house, was f 12,000, from a stake of $100. Tbe largest amount ev er lost by one person, at one time, was $3,500, bnt this was tho case of a Collec tor of the Customs at a lake port, who had lost on previous occasions, over 8100 OOO tbe law." If that Collector, or many other men, bad not, owing to the cupable neglect of law, found facilities to gamble, he might not have been a thief. Nj Representative at Washington is free from insinuating temptations of bribery. 4Jr" me0 ue not naturally contemptible enough to accept bribes, but losses at gambling blind the eyes and deaden the feelings. No vice brutalizes and degrades, more than gam bling. It draws away the intellect from all higher exertion, it brings out coarse and brutal passions and dishonest shrewd ness, and, in short, prepares the soul for any crime. The idea of a man's passing from the fever and excitement of gambling bells to deliberation on the affairs of the nation, is monstrous. If the moral members of tbe public wish to produce a very great effect at a small outlay, let tbem investigate this mat ter at Washington, and circulate tho results. It may astonish some of tbe constituents here and there, to learn what habits and associates umc of these gentlemen are. The subject would not be a bad one for a shrewd writer desirous of producing a work of tho most " startling sensation" kind possible ! "Tuey Say." There is a decision in tbe last volume of Gray's Report", wbieh is at once sound morals and good law. A woman, sued for slander, defended ou tbe ground that she only repeated, and with out malice, what was currently reported. The Court held to repeat a story, which is false aud slanderous, no matter bow widely it may have been circulated, is at the peril uf the tale bearer. Slander can not always be traced to its origin. Its power of mischief is derived from repeti tion, even if a disbelief of tbe story accom panies its relation. Indeed this half doubt ful way of imparting slander, is often the surest method resorted to by the slanderer to givo currency to his tale. The importation of iron into this coun try for three years was as follows : In 185G, S2!,5S0,2G2 1857, 25,!)54,lll 1858, 1G,328,0:;9 5GG,862,412 Nearly sixty seven millions of dollars (enough to employ all the iron works in this country steadily at cash wages for a long time) paid for foreign iron in three years I What think tbe laboring men out of employment of those who advocate such a policy ? Gen. Wm. II. Keim's majority over Joel B. Wanner, Esq , is 403. Thero is peculiarity about these figures that baa proved disastrous to tbe political fortunes of others ; for instance, Major Schwartz's majority over Mr. Jones was the addition of these three flgures,thu : 4-iG--9 W Our Captain Kapp says, " AS BEIT IW 1 Ttlltl.." BerU County Ikinccrat. IN 1843....WIIOLE SO, 787. Year, always is Advakcs. Incident in Real Life. The New York correspondent of the New Orleans 11ciiynnr,e the following romance, which was summed op in tho New York papers of Nov. 2d, in tbe fol lowing lacooio stylo : MaRRIEU. On the 1st inst, (Iioroe HrnRAtiD and Miss Elizabeth Bleeck er Hamie. That is the text. Tho sermon, written nit 1. a tnWnmm Rnm rnn mrwr t her . ...- . j . B , lived in Boston a young man of one of tho best families in the city, handsome, intelligent, well educated, of agreeable manners and address, and exceedingly popular with all who knew him. Still, he was more generally known as a " fast" young man, and noted for bis extrava gance in the expenditure of money, bia disregard for those conventionalities and moralities of which society requires the observance of all within its pale. Tho result of such a career need not be de scribed, as it is seen every day in great cities, happening in despite of the impru dent. The last cbanco that seemed to be left for the re instatement of the subject j of our story in tbe good opinion of bis friends, of himself, and of the world, was a voyage iu some responsible capacity that should test the sincerity of bis desire to redeem himself. By the aid of bis friends, he procuro 1 such an opportunity, and left his nativo city as the commander of a merchant ves sel, bound on long and somewhat hazar dous voyage. In tho course of it, he found hiniscf among the Fejee Islands, and having occasion to go ashore oa wa or lUeui, ne visited tbe rude dwelling of a native chief, who entertained bim hospi tably, and, as be was about to depart, re quested him to pray to the Christian's God, with and for thai savage family. Hera was a dilemma. The attitude and act of prayer bad long been strange to tbe youth, nd he was not prepared for tneb re quest; and in default of hie ability to comply with it, the Fejee chief (who had probably been visited and taught by some missionary) raised his voice in prayer.wbila tbe native of Christian and civilized land, himself unused to devotion, stood by and listened I Waa not this striking scone t But mark tbe result Our young sailor return ed to the eliiD. and. in t - ding in the neighborhood, he told him the story of tbe prayer he beard put by a savage ulander,in that far off distant ocean, and confessed to bim that that prayer bad been followed by an answering effect in the conversion of bim who waa so strange ly called upon to listen to it Ue now desired to redeem the time be bad so sadly wasted, and to devote himself actively, and iu tbe most self-sacrificing way, to the causa of religion. Steadily adhering to bis purpose, ha became a church member, a candidate for tbe orders in the churcb, and an accepted missionary to Africa, whither he is about to go, under the auspi ces of the Foreign Missionary Committee of tbe Protestant Episcopal Church. But not alone. The notorious Border Ruffian, Ace .lir ti'n L. M'hite, who murdered Frederick. Brown, in Kansas, in 1S5G, was lately found dead near his residence, in western Missouri. While in the bogus Kansas Legislature, be made a speech, in which ha publicly boasted, and "thanked God, as a minister, that bo had killed tbo Abolition ist, Urowo." lie was from Il!inois,formcr ly ; emigrated to Kansas, and j oined the Pro-Slavery party. In IS 50, Donglas seut for bim to go and stump Illinois fur Mr. Buchanan, which he did. (Truly," Wlioto tltcihleth man's Ui-d by man shall hit blood be sheil," is a fact which the Border Ruf fiaus arc learning one by one.) Tub Seat or Government. A re cently prepared official document, calcula ted tbo entiro amount of the public and ! private appropriations (exclusive of sala ries for public officers) for tbe listrict of Columbia, from tbe time tho scat of Gov ernment was located in Washington to Iba 30th of June last, at nearly twenty-five millions of dollars; the assessed value of tbe Government reserves, exclusive of res ervations formed by tbe intersection of streets and avenues, at upwards of 13,500, 000 ; the cost of publio buiidings, inclu ding furniture, statuary and paintings, al nearly fifteen millions (the capitol coating over six millions). The privato properly of tho District is assessed al thirty five millions of dollars. CANCEMI AGAIN CONVICTED. Caoce mi, Ihe Italian burglar who murdered a policeman, has agaiu been eonvioted of ibo offence in the Criminal Court of New York city, but this time only for manslaughter I in Ihe first degree. He has been tried four times for tbe same crime, been twice con victed of uiurdur, aud three times bas bad a new trial granted on the grouud of iuf. r mality. The facts of tho case sre that tbe prisoner broke into a shop.rifled the money drawer of its contents, was, upon his exu, discovered by a policeman, and, taking instantly to Sight, was pursued. Hn mm ed, and deliberately, hot bi pursuer, wb.. subwquently died fiom ihe ttfecla el the woUbd- 1 "PaPV VfWJC t
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