MO mid 6ndp.
A minister traveling through tl o •
West in a missionary capacity, several par.
ago, was holding an animated theological
conversation with a good old lady on whom
he had called, in the course of which he
asked her what she thought of the doetrin.•
of total depravity. " Oh," she replied, "I
think it a good doctrine, if people would
only live up to it !"
am_ The other day the police officers of
London, C. W., discovered on board of the
can from Niagara Falls, fifteen rather sus
picious looking characters, as they suppos
ed, all armed to the teeth, and promptly
arrested them, stripped them of their arms
and money, and kept them in the station
house overnight. I taus then aseertainedt hat
they were Pike's Peakers, from N. V., and
they were permitted to go on their way,
after the vigilant officers had apologised
for their stupid blunder.
M. News from Utah, to March 15,
brings information that the weather
the severest ever known in the Territory,
tremendous snow storms' having occurred
in the South Pass: that four or five thou
sand persons will leave for the States this
Spring ; and that a collision had occurred
at Provo between the Mormons and the
troops stationed there byJ edge Cradelbaugh
to protect the United States Court The
act of the Judge, in ordering up troop, for
his support, has created a hitter feeling
among the Mormon..
110.. The English correspondent of the
Boston Recorder states that what is callisi
the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House
of London, the official residence of the first
magistrate, was built by fines levied upon
Jews and Dissenters, who were then look
ed upon as dogs and infidels. A .lew
recently elected Lord Mayor, and gm.- his
banquet in that very Hall; and last month
a Nonconformist Mismonary Soci..ty held
a meeting in it iiir the' tadvanetng of
.ion, to China., cc al' the' prv , ..ltt Lord M tyor
in the chair.
WI,. The ()hi° Legislature has past .t law
making it a misdemeanor to carry a pistool,
bowie knife, dirk, or any other concealedweapons,
weapons,under the penalty of a tine not
exceeding tint. 1 and imprisonment not
more than thirty dap; for the first offence:
and $5OO fine and imprisonment for three
months, or both, at the discretion of the
court, for the second offence ; and in pur
suance of the law, the Mayor of Cincinnati
has dixocted the police to arrest and brin
before him all persons whom they -hall
find with concealed weapons
NI- A few days ago. a couple of fools
got into a fight on one of the wharves in
Boston. Before they had a chance to ui•
jure each other, a very sen.nble fellow. a
clerk in one of the stores. elbowed hit , way
through the crowd and threw a handiul of
dour into the face of the combatants. The
battle ceased very suddenly, and the partie-.
as soon as they recovered their sight show
ed some fine specimens of walking. amid
roars of laughter from the spectators.--
This is the best Boston notion yet. Th.,
clerk should be (Tested Lieutenant of the
police. They quell mob. , in Russia 1.) -
mg the lire engines upon them.
VS- Some bilrglars the othet night at
tempted to enter a dwelling hou,e in Tro)
selecting a bedroom window at the read 0
the house as a point of operation , . the )
awakened Mary Quaid, a servant girl -lee 1 ,
ing there. She rose, took a wash-bu-m,
went softly to the window, and as soon a
tlut_head of the first mall appeared
struck it with the crokery, breaking binh
the head and the basin. The man scream
ed and Mary screamed—he from pain.
for the watch. The burglar escaped.
.. A gentleman writes to the Ness
York Times that "the confection of Mr-.
Sickles, apparently written with a cixil and
almost heartlem deliberation, was indeed
the result of a long and severe effoit :it
self-control. She hail previously made
tkree several at temps at its coin pow tl.
and failed through the violence of her
emotions." The same writer, whose •tate
ttl-rtt mei Trmrs neneves, nests that the con
fession was surreptitiously copied it 111
OD the table while the counsel were arguing
for its admission In the Court.
sirln Philadelphia on Saturday :t
gentleman and lady, fashionahl)
were walking M Vine ~treet, wheti a ,tout
al well dressed, appeared and
glanced at. the couple, and then treated
the gentleman to a Llow which felled him
to the ground and caused him to roll into
the gutter. The fallen man regained his
feet. and made off at a rapid rate. The
assailant proved to he the husband of the
lady, and took this method of expre , sing
his dislike to his wife's promenading with
anybody bat himself.
ger Mrs. Hartung has obtaintsi from the
tender mercies of the law that respite
denied her by the Executive. Judge
Wright of New York has granted the writ
of error applied for in her ease, and a stay
of proceedings. This carries the motion
for a new trial to the General Term of the
Supreme Court, which commences its .4.4-
sion in Albany on Monday next. tint it
is questionable _whether counsel will be
ready on the opening of the term, as eight
days notice of the motion has to he giN en.
unless that right i• waived
The:Western Tunes. with slight mt....-
giving, relates the following incident . A
cripple ins Ixford, bearing the suggestive
name of lioppin, was the other day sitting
upon the heavy end of an otridashioned
well sweep at a neighbor'. hou-e, when an
Irish girl came to the well to draw a pail
of water. Without observing the - man
at the stern," down went the bucket, and
up went the cripple to the height of some
thirty feet. The sudden stop of the sweep,
as the bucket reached the water. disturbed
the equanimity of the unfortunate aeronaut.
and with a lusty shout he toppled off the
=
and rapidly descended to terra fir7l#4.
nately no injury was sustained further
than the breaking of a wooden leg! The
limb was amputated without the slightest
pain, and the fracture promptly attended
to by a journeyman carpenter.
ler A rascally swindle was I.erpetraied
on a young lady in eincinati, a lea days
ago, by a man calling himself George Grif
fiths. The lady arrived there in a steam
boo, on board of which she made a slight
acquaintance with Griffiths, who paid her
some attentions, she being unwell. Ile
went with her to the Madison House and
entered their names upon the register with
out her knowledge, as "George Griffiths
and lady." At her request, he had one of
her trunks brought to the young lady, but
the second one she has never again seen.—
Learning that she had a draft for !P.N.)°, he
proposed to take it to a broker and arralige
it so that she could draw tie money for it.
she gave it to him and he carried it off,
soon returning, and handing to her a paper,
saying that with that she could obtain her
money when she arrived at the place of her
destination. He then inquired if she had
any money with her, and in what shape it
was; she replied that what she had was in
bank notes; he advised her to have it
changed into gold, and for this purpose she
gave to him s••=, being all she had. He
left her, and was not seen afterwards. Thus
she lost $420 and a trunk full of clothing.
s ir The Memphis Am/anehe has the fol
lowing ipteresting reminiaiscences concern
ing the brothers of the bite Mike Walsh •
The children consisted of four brothers
ands sister,of whom Mike was the youngest
that had been sentered •in all directions
upon thedeath of their father. Mike alone
remained with his mother. A most singu
lar fatality befel them' all. One of the
brothers was shot in a duel, across a table
in a Southern city • another fell by the side
of the brave Croc kett' at the massacre of
the Alamo ; the third brother was burned
in the Ben Sherrod, and his sister perished
in the ill-fated Loxington. The mother
Anon followed her children, leaving poor
Mike to meet a death, under the circum
stances, more terrible than any of the
rest.
TH
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F. 1:"1.( )AN, Ettitor.
'PE.II.IK
[ 1 50 Pk.:R YEAR IN ADVANCR.
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• .VI I' It
Democratic Ticket
it'DiFilit
ARDSON L. WRIGHT.
FORISVRVEYOR ORXRRAL.
JOHN BOWIE.
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IT IS VIEWED SOUTH.
litbNV
iite of
Sou k ern
the tepu
Olt1.14).1. th•
agripst t
lrr seat
tiei+s
tracq• ; a
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Vot true
he flivorate charges against the
half 'of the confederacy made by
>limns and abolitionists, and, be-
South is politically Democratic,
at p4irty also, is that there is a
• Ideterinmation among her poli
pOple to re-open the slave
th?y point with exultation to
Ow Wanderer, Which, as our
aware, .ucceeded in landing a
kative Africans upon our shores
th dimly the pa.-t winter. That
i.
inet•t with a muting' tS
any one who takes the trouble
to ittrt—ti rat, 4-01., it; tart, from an) otie
wh.,,,e re; tow 1•A tend- 1,-N owl ihe column:,
lit' the N .t% Iprk Trib , / , ,,. and 11:tper , of
thatillk we do nut imagine It 1, ..0 per
, ,I
leettv itre.o-oiroti- and absur.l that it t ar
t
rie- r• ,iiiii rotintation with it lamina all
men; of nitiection And yet it is well. per
hap thzik th, --Aid men" of the Spud)
,siiiii..l4l, .eitlie hat e uppii , everal tro ll bions,
let 0 1 , 11 ir,...itio l t t. 11.11 Oil, ,tuebtimi h e
knovicu. I hie of the, character. in a recent
ntit+et .td the Savannah fieji• , / , /ierz•f, in a
torn 1111111killiin entitled, ''Td, .1 rri, ins .SLire
i ,„
Tr., tr. Pip?, tit , I .11,141 ; ill, ' - how, that
untl*r every aspect in which the sultiect
can viewed that trade is not only totally
but the writer hold- it up to
re „ prol.ation it language e q ually it,
earni•st ai any Northern als)litionist or lie
pulil)-eat, could wed' Any project flit the
rc'-opening of the trial - it i , declareil to lie,
Igivto iu tit. pt inciple ;did its effect,. in the
higlipid degree impolitic. inhuman, immor
al. and unchristian The intere.h. and feel
ing..'!lf the t omruon country ate appealed to
ut ecinfirm.ttion of the writer's opinions.—
II e pre.ent- ancumetits and considerations
twhliessed to iwery , entiment of patriotism.
Noith and ..!tith. conceiving the general
feeling to t o the .sante in 'Kith .et•tions, in
egatrtl traffic:* and he
lievinv that it wend , ' lee guru' to introduce
in M. train ths-ension-..1i-traetion- and di—
asters, tatal to the continuance of the r n ion,
and de - Lt . :in:five alike, therefore, to the
welthre of even portion of the land Nor
.lo a. think the 1% riter, over , tcp , the
I.ountl- of truth when he charge. that, if
this trade eould 1.. re-44)(41441. • all the
Alra-an inlrtsand tn erswould soon swarm
with I h - iw Et , tch, is t ually t lamorous an.l
cunning in the traffic of human lieings,"
a• .1 u „,i show the aholitionist. ot Now
England how they can make money dut of
the negro. even if it is by taking him from
hi- iiiiti‘e Jungle-, and tran,planting hint
to the tie, and t.,ttou fields 01 the south,
aiml nut aot d for it t‘c -h0q11,1cca....• to hear
those unearthli •slincks for tieetiont .
whit It are aont tot mite up flout dint quay
tor of the (*mon Just pro low, to au um
!tut lie It It 111:13
we thank no i.lit• the artiele ut ill.
without entirt
mind, that it IA alike contrary t.. the 'inn
and intertNt, SOUth.
14 1 pi, mi. of .• 'Mt h infatnott. pr,tieet.—
The Vlt•it..l -urn- op hi , argurnent an al
hrition, for tsln. it s‘.• inako u.t quvf•tion
lit hit, entire warrant, and %%hie!' ought
e9rni,l.-tel to allay putaic apprehen,ion in
tin- quart, r
•• 1n conclu.ion al lux me to assure the
Irirrrl of lax awl humanity throughout
tlt count ry • that a (-nu nt le,a majority of the
people of i lenTgta a re opi ioseil to all attempta
at re-opening the mean ..larr. trade."
lu t ,, nfirmation (A a ..tatenwhit hroail
aV I '4) eneximaging too the intert-- , ts of hu
manity, the Writcr declare.; that "the ad
voeat.-. ‘,l ehtt new-langled By,tetii of ethieq
aid 0( 4,1 1 0111y, ti lept the African .lave
titide, - are ra ,, t t,, found at t St/LlOl
a i norig 1111 , e-elati*e% oft hecontn u tnity who
ate evervwlecre accounted 4S•elwetable.
The ineltult! neither the elt•rgv, the julgi
atol vf Ihf 1111.1. tint suhd !ten of
%%lurk and propert‘, t , titte-dtiett
life-rnaker,. thi the entitrary. %%itli few
exception-
We find thu max. 01 tivva. who agnan
an- . i n4b.n.at, broken m fortune., bankrup
id n-putanZii, ein.aig.anti;d political ad
* * ii..gro tru(l4.r... Uuioi
i*ll
hitter-, agrarians, .ind every other r letnen
Of opposition tc.eotiservat ism arid the pelw.
alit( perptquity of our institution% "
Nn person; upon reading this description
n 1 t he southern in trot ates of the , la ye
trade, (.1111 lidp being -truck with tine sin
gular identitt between tins list and the
most uncompro ntsut g declaimer, ,rg.rmcf
the Sltitit and it- -y-tetn of 4111N - cr . ) at the
Forth The agitators here art. not '•ciegrir
trader- , ," to be sure, except so far x, they
make the nevrti question the hasis for all
o,rt , of trade , eottnnott to l.olittcal huck
sters. In other the schedule
Wonderfully complete. Ind our readers
must reconcile it a , they may. how it is,
tkat per-on-,of such similar character and
spirit, in opposite quarters of the Union,
and with professed ohjects - s., entirely an
tagonistic. so forriblt illustrate.: the adage
t hat -
• firr'itol.c 7,,Eff
In r,gard to lug OWII state, titr writer
cite% a noted, instance. to "glow what inthlie
sentiment is there
The history of the late Wanderer case
fully proves the truth of this aasertion.—
Under the ban of public opinion, the poor
fugitives, in small parties, have been spirit
ed about in secret from place to place with
out finding vurchasers, until by the last
reports, almost all had beencarried beyond
the confirm.: of our Sttato: \o one knows
who their owners are, neither do they dare
to expose them fer sale openly. A few
such speculations would doubtless serve as
effectually a,anything else to give a quietus
to the whole movement."
A representation like this carries its own
nfgument with it. To make it Atill stronger,
however. 11,8 including a State adjacent to
his own. which is sometimes falsely imagin
ed to favor the slave-trade. but which in
oUr opinion contains a population able to
bear comparison, in a moral and religious
•point of A o-w, with any in the United States
—we reft•r also to the well-known case of
the slaver. the EA°. This vessel was ordered
to Charleston with her cargo. No distur
bance too,pluce, but great humanity wad
shown to the captured Africans: they were
clothed and fed by the good. feeling of the
inhabitant-, of Charhsdon. The vessel
which conveyed them to their native land
departed in peace. And now we see that
a South Carolina Brand Jury has found
bills of indictment against all the parties
who participated in the voyage of the Echo.
The same is true also in the case of the
Wanderer. The ship's company and the
supposed owners are held to answer for
their offence; and thus the Georgian Grand
Jury has performed its duty equally with
that in South Carolina. It is to be remem
bered that these are the only two known
cases of attempted importation of African
slaves into this country since the Act for
bidding the traffic went into operation,
more than half a century ago. Surely ex
amples like these, and this state of the
whole matter, do not look much like a dis
position,to re-open the slave trade.
THIN AND Now .—ln 1856 there was hard
ly a Republican paper in the State, or
Union, that did not charge Jona W. Foartav
with being the author of the most flagrant
and shameless frauds upon the ballot-ix:
in the election districts of Philadelphia.—
Curses loud and deep were showered upon
him from every quarter, and he woe stig
matized as the most corrupt and unscru
pulous demagogue in the land. But, presto
change- two year% had not elapsed before
we find the same papers teeming with
praises of this same Forney for his indepen
(knee, honesty and patriotism' Then he
WAS the personification of all that was vil
laneous and infamous in partisanship.—
..Vet , lie is a model of political integrity,
veracity and manliness I From being a
very devil incarnate he has been suddenly
and miraculously transformed into a saint
immaculate? once the arch-conspirator
against the •• cause of human freedom,"
and the political schemes of the Republi
cans, lie is now exalted high in their favor
and has become a Sir Oracle among them.
From being a dreaded enemy he has be
come t heir trusted friend. In Pen ivy I van ia
it is not asked what cloeNtireeley advise,"
but " %hat does Forney say r The dis
ciples of Free Speech, Free soil, Free
Labor and Free Men" have become earnest
and admiring Forsey , ater.r. They fawn
upon and court Forney with all the devotion
of infatuated lovers, and it is confidently
expected that the marriage ceremony be
tween the parties to this illicit intercourse
will be solemnized at the Harrisburg Con
vention which assembles in June/ Whether
Fori.ey seduced the Republicans or the Re
publicans seduced Forney is a difficult ques
tion to decide, but inasmuch as they are
about to compromise the matter by a for
mal union. and father the offspring of,
their disreputable correspondence, the
answer to this problem it of no great con
sequence.
But what commended Jolnt W. Forney to
the good graces of the Republicans? Cer
tain!) not his acquiescence in and adhesion
to Republican principles. He disavows
anything of this kind. There are two an
swers to this question, either of which is
satisfactory. 4 Inv is his quarrel witli t the
Democratic Party because he was not ct
isl 1' nitisl States Senator from Pennsylva
nia, and was not allowed to dictate to the
President what office he should have for
himself. or who should be appointed to
oldies under the President. He had ex
pected to exercise a kind of special guar
dianship over the President and the party,
and being disappointed in this, be swore
vengeance on both, and has been laboring
with might and main ever since to destroy
the Democratic party. Another reason is
that the Republicans are drifting away
front their Platform of 1556. Their hatred
of the Democratic Party and the National
Administration is stronger than their
devotion to their avowed principles, and
hence they are eager to join their fortunes
with any and every faction which makes
common cause against the Democracy.
F•rney lost the confidence of the Democracy,
and that fact of itself was enough to corn_
mend him to the "opposition." We wish
the mongrel party, yclept "opposition,"
much joy in their accession, and congratu
late the Democracy on their good fortune
in getting rid of a turbulent disorganizer.
FREMONT. with le,s of a Republican record
than Forney now has, secured the nomina_
t i on of the Republicans for President in
Iss(i, and it would be in accordance with
their usual stupidity and want of sagacity
for them to make Forney their candidate
in letsl. They never think of nominating
a till.• man of long standing in their own
party, so long as they can pick up some
political adventurer and renegade who has
been cast off by the Democracy.
z-at kl:wtion
WON 'T F 01.1.11% .--The Pittsburg Post,
Sumer eet Democrat, Allentown Dews -rut,
Perry Demnerul. Armstron,g Deisser,it, and
the M.liiros• Donorrat, which sympathim4l
with the Focete call fur a second Conven
tion. 'ill h,or refuse, at ha dictation, to de
,ert the regular ticket and follow KNioc,
1111 KMAN and Fentszr in their open treason
bi the I)emocratic organization. The
11' ash ington Review, also, which previous to
the exhibit Forney and Hickman made of
themselves at Harrisburg, was disposed to
follow the lead, now says it will not give
its endorsement to the second Convention's
ixiliey of opposing IVItIOUT and Rowa, the
nominee, of the party, and repudiates
every thing in the proceedings of the
" State Mass Meeting." that "squints at
disorganization or coalescing with the Op
position." The Clinton Democrat ,too (edited
by Mr. DUITINBUGH, Deputy Secretary of
the. Commonwealth,) says:
Firmly believing that the interests of
the country demand the continual success
of the Democratic party, we shall do that
(and that only) which in our opinion will
be most conducive to such result. We
discard leaders—we despise factions—we
owe allegiance to the principles of the
party only—these can only be maintained
by a firm adherence to established organi
zation and rules of action}--there we stand,
and upon that platform we appeal to every
Democrat in Clinton county to stand with
us ! Our candidates are capable and honest
men—neither of whom sympathise with
extreme notions or factional movements—
and are worthy of the support and confi
dence of the best men that ever breathed."
Again :
" Let us then maintain our old organi
zation, support the candidates now in
nomination, oppose all who come in opposi
tion, and discharge our duties as Democrats
in the good old fashioned way."
At this rate we wouldint be at all sur
prised if Ktrox, Fainter & CO., would find
themselves deserted by PAULI Merl before
October.
111@1,- Secretary Cobb imp the Treasury
receipts are far beyond the estimates, and
as yet he has not found it necessary to
touch a dollar of the Treasury notes au
thorized by the late law.
cal and Paul.
fib Ilaaryamaborof dielidaLodge of Good
Templar' is Tespeettarky invited to be present on
Monday evening next,* 7e o'oloak.
lir The PilsenMe Commeerdei staiouncee
t hat peetehei were in blossom up Were last week.
We guess that aunouseemeet was a •little pre-
TiOlatt."
M. A Miss Romsox, of Ifialcreek, was
thrown from a buggy on Sunday morning, near
Eagle Maga, While on her way to church, and
had her leg broken at the ankle.
Kr The project of making a City Mall in
the new building now belong snowed by Messrs.
Clemens & Caughey, and Oray Li: Farrar, has
fell through. The Councils woulcrnt •come to
time."
•ir The Editor of the Warren Nail brags
loudly over "Venango whisky." He says
•pit will drop it's tnan at forty rods every pop."
What does our friend of the Vensngo Spectator
say to that?—ie'nt - he "piling it on" a little
thick '
gar We would like to see the man that proph
esied that April would he a dry month So
far, and its hours are numbered, it has been
nothing but snow or rain from one week's end
to another We hope May will be an improve
ment
Mgr. When a young lady catches you alone;
lays violent hands on you, expressing •kiss"
in every glance—don't you do it —Errhanye.
Bad advice ; very had advice ! Better, by
far. to "do it," and do it quickly, "once, twice.
three times, and gone," for fear her brother
Bob, or John, catches yeti at it.
Ks• The reader will not fail to appreciate
••.Norouswrs NtrarrsasnE's - experience on the
Erie and Buffalo Railroad, as detailed by him
self, on our outside this week Fie wields a
ready and graceful pen. which we are glad to
have enlisted for our columns. We hope we
shall hear from him often
*dr The Editor oe Painesville 6sto
flar
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no/ complains that "a le letter in a pre
vious issue made him "appear ridiculous --
That is nothing—we know of Editors tharthe
nto letters they use, the more ridiculous they
al ar Our friend of the einnnar r coal. however.
i nut one of 'em.
The May number of i heOrest Republic
outhly has been received from the publishers,
. essrs. Oaltsmith & Co., New York. It is
w ally devoted to the beat interests of Ameri
can literature, entirely original and impersonal,
and in no wise sectional or sectarian The
present number is an excellent one It may be
had at the periodical depots
NIL The schooner A. Scott. owned by Messrs .
Scott and Gallagher of this city, went ashore
in a gale on Saturday near Vermillion, Ohio
She was loaded with stone, for building pur
poses in this city She was worth about $6,000
—no insurance. and will prove a total loss, ex
cepting her spars, rigging. anchors, chains ,
&c.
Mr. The Crawford Journal, says, "there
probably never was a season in the history of
Meadville when so many improvements have
been projected as the present. Old buildings
are disappearing on every hand and the work
of building new ones has commenced with vig
or. A large number of business buildings and
dwelling houses are in process of erection. and
others will he commenced in a few days."
jigir The Warren Mail gays the store of Sam_
114.1 artudin, in Tidioute, was broken into, last
Friday nigh(, and goods to the amount of $BOO
or $4OO stolen. No one slept in the store that
night, and the thief had full swing In that
section it is suspected that the thief it eStirles
Williams, who has two or three times been re_
ported drowned But it is probably only con
jecture.
air A handsome Canadian girl, dressed from
top to toe in men's clothe, was arrested in De
troit the other day for disregarding the statute
made and provided against unmarried ladies
wearing pantaloons. She said she was on her
way to Pike's Peak, which she thought was a
little way beyond Chicago. Upon promising not
to don the unmentionables again until-she got
married and go home and until that time he
good girl. she was allowed to depart in peace.
C3ll
a ir We noticed a short time since the ac
count of a marriage in a jail in Arkansas, be
tween a young lady and a man under sentence
of death for murder. A parallel to this ease,
almost, has occurred here—a young woman of
prepossessing appearance having visited our
jail several times for the purpose of striking
up a matrimonial bargain with the condemned
Fitt sr. We learn that the avows her willing
ness—nay, her anxiety, to marry him, and has
even went so far as to consult Ills Honor, Judge
GALDRAITH, in regard to the matter. Here is
romance in real life, equal to anything Sylvenus
t'obb ever dished up for the I.4grr.
Sig' We like a good joke: sad "mine host''
of the Reed Ronne tells several, among them
the following . Ile says he was at a tavern not
over seven or eight miles from town the other
day. and in company with some cronies went
op to the bar to drink. The landlord was not
in, but had deputised a raw specimen of the
genus horn, to officiate as bar-keeper "I'll take
a gin cocktail," said Mara—and so they all
said. The ameteur bar-keeper placed the gin
and sugar on the counter, and then deliberate
ly looking all about, as though he was bunting
for something, drawled out—" There's the gin,
and there's the sugar, but as I hav'ni been here
long, and paint learnt the ropes, I'll be dialled
if I can tell whether they've got any cocktail
or not." It is needless to say ?hot brought
down the house.
sm. The first direct importation from Europe,
we believe, passed through our Custom House
this week. It was an invoice of Brandy from
France for the enterprising House of Ca
& IBornne of this city. Whether for medi
cal, or any other purpose, pure liquor is the
only kind that should be used, and one can
be certain, in these days of • , shams,''
that an article is in reality French Brandy, or
Cincinnati stricknine colored, if it passes
through a half doter bands before it reaches
the consumer. Aware of this fact, and deter
mined to have the best of every thing, Messrs
CART= & BROTtill have inaugurated the
system of ordering their wines and liquors
direct, paying the duty at oar own Custo
House, and thus furnishing their customers
indubitable evidence that the articles they buy
are just what they purport to be--psrre saedsd
trrotecl liquors.
m ar What is the' fasidel, is a query all
dies are propounding about these days, and
while the answer is best given by milliners,
we cannot resist Imparting the following infor
mation which ,we And in one of mr =changes.
Prom this source we learn that bonnets have
expanded a little, and have assumed a "Marie
Stuart" droop in front, and that their capes
have sensibly diminished; and that the princi
pal material. are ebip, tulle and crape, with
few ornaments. The field= of robes Is lees
imperative data lava year, althoigh the Ptimpos-
dote seems to be moat in vogue—the corsage
may be cut in any way the wearer pleases. A
new sleeve, known as the Clotdde, has been in
vented. It is a half-bias doling sleeve, open
ed half yew up the arm and Minuted with a
deep fall gathered in a iotXlit bow There;
is slim the square open sleeve, and the full bian
with drop cut. Skirts are sot scanty, mai
hoops larger than ever. Flowers are prohnely
provided for evening toilet.
Mir The Artairric for May is received. Its
articles generally trill fully sustain the high
oir escalopes which the Magasine has
attained in the Opinion of ,a large number of
readers. If it were less sectional in tone and
partisan in feeling we should like it better
The *ding article upon Gymnasiums should
be reed by every vine who would know how to
fortify or restore health. The- story of Bulls
and Bears is admirably narrated and gives
promise of sustaining the interest of the reader
to the end. The Utah' Campaign furnishes the
most complete picture of the political and :39-
cial condition of the Mormons, we have yet
seen, and is evidently written by one who is
thoroughly familiar with the subject. The
Autocrat discourses the present month upon
theolpgical matters. Mrs. nowz's serial
"The Minister's Wooing, - is a decided success,
and bids fair to rank with the best of hrr ef
fort-, Phillips, Sampson & BUSIUII
- -40-
ie. Our up-town readers are referred t,t the
advertisement of Mr. J lIPW Vim
ily Grocery Store, between Bth and 'lth Qt reeks
on 84ate. lie has a choice stock of fautil . gn
cerietr, which cannot fail two tract the at tent tot
of cutworners
The Gazette says there has been three
important State elections lately that will prob
ably determine the political complexion of the
next Congress, and as yet •the °lnter tw has
not thought it proper to give them n passing no
tice " ln this statement. as usual, our neighbor
is about two-thirds wrong and one-third right
We plead guilty having forgot all about Rhode
Island. but as to New !lamp-hire and Connec
ticut, we duly proclaimed the brilliant Belit,
bean victories achieved therein In Nob
the Republicans escaped by the skin of their
teeth., which foreshadows. in on; opinion •t
Waterloo in ltstlit
air SENITA mays. " There are name taut
ahugive - lo others than they that lie .t ope
to it theinselvet , '
And again, WP Mba aid look upon t ontunte -
lies, slanders, and ill word,.„nly M• the• clamor
of enemies, or arrows shot at a that
make a claitenng upon out arm ,- , but 40 no
execution ”
•• It is a part of a great wind to despise nt
juries; and it is one kind of revenge to
a man NY not worth it for a makes the tirs
aggressor too considerable (Our philosophy,
methinks, might carry us up If. the %tandarti
of a generous mastiff, that ran hear the hark
ing or a thousand curs without taking any no
tice of them. -
•• The malevolent and the etmott , content
themselves only to wish another iti in !Ili -o-r
-erable." And we say -
Show us a fellow who is perpetually trplii
cing his neighbors; who is ready to charge all
manner of wickedness upon those whom his
envy prompt - him to malign , who i• eager to
scatter scandal against those whom he 11111 , .s •
and who is as reckless in his vituperation s• he
is irresponsible in a legal 4 1.11. P. and we will
show you &mercenary wretch who ha• neither
honesty, decency, nor semi ptetition A crea
ture who is denied social equality in the hotitte
holds of reputable citizen., whose acquaint
ance and friendship gentlemen of iniegriiy
and aelf-respect will not tolerate who it. looked
upon as a social and mural nuisance. 14 just
the person of all others to fabricate slanders
upon his superior.. and brawl loud and long
against those whom he has neither the honest
ambition to imitate nor the true manhood to
respect. Those who have son their say Co
places of trust and responsibility. and who are
surrounded by friends of high character. ran
well afford to let professional caluminat"r. rail
on with all their tury What signifies it how
terribly an angry cur may tLurk- if one 1- out Of
the teach of his bite'
Besides, the good opinion uf tho.te who can
be influenced by a tatigter,ng defamer k nut
worth retaining ur securing,, and tb.ke wicc , e
friendship is desirable are n. it a pi to he emt re n get!
by unfounded assertions atul malignant abti.e
The honest and intelligent portion of society
generally places a true estimate upon the
tfest slanders of habitual traducer.
lei. Reader, do you know there are wore
ways than - one to destroy the harnionious pro
portion of one's ‘•hread and butter.'" ror ex
ample; when we Fee a young man applyine
"hot and rebellious liquor. t.. hi- Mood" and
wooing with unblushing Brow ••the mean* of
weakness and debility, .ni editing 6i. eon.t itii
tins with "TLIIIIIA1CP," slinging: hi* health sway
with "sling's: . endeavoring In pears he is
"brick" by one in his hat, th it he a •dinek'
by the site of his — horns." and going the en
tire porcine animal generally—we feel like
whispering in his ear. young mut yon ore lick
ing the butter tiff y o ur libeint k in When
we see - s young lady thiinting in her liontire
reds, brimstone hlues, lurid green., frillfrail*
and flubdtilm, giggling at the fooli.line*f of
fops, waking her slumbering parent.- with
her "loftiest pigeon wings of sound," rejaieinr
in the amplitude of her empty surrounding*
and spreading herself generallyliken grtki.
bay hoes"—we feel inclined to whisper in her
ear, dear miss, allow us to inform you that yotir
delicate lingual appendage is ex Intel ing the
oleaginous preparation from ynnr cereal ettni
pi:tuna with a vengeance. "S. note it be
The Philai.lei [dna News, of Monclay,
says the Managers of the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad were engaged for several day- ,
during the past week, in adopting a loca
tion for the middle division of the road.
which extends from the headwaters' of
Sinnamahoning creek to Sheffield, the east
ern point of the western division, whi c h is
now under contract and in the course of
construction. A portion only of the mid
dle division was located, the remainder
being left for further examination, which
Will probably be completed in the course
of the next thirty days. The route, as
located thus far, will take wht}t is termed
the Drift wood branch of the Ffinnamahon
ing creek, and follows that stream by way
of the II fork of West creek and Elk creek
to Ridgway, or a point in the immediate
vicinity of that town. The work on both
the Eastern and Western Divisons is now
progressing rapidly, and it is designed to
run the iron horse with accompaniments
to Lock Raven, by the first of July next. In
the same connection, the News saysit learns
from a private source that the New York
and Erie Company were engaged during
the last week in making arrangements to
extend their road from Little Valley to the
city of Erie, thus practically abandoning
the great Dunkirk humbug.
,our New
York friends are becoming alarmed at the
prospect of an early completion of the
Sunbury and Erie Road. They have good
cause to do so.
TETT T Cre NO_ VI
By Wynkyn d We rch
Niagara Pills one hundred years ago, if the
accoupta.of thole4lays were correct, were such
a wander that alit are now scarce a curiosity
at ail. It was lbw thought that Niagara would
be the asap - 13111mi of all America! Even as late
as 1819 the Engliah considered the tit. Lawrence
to be the hope of their continent, and hence
the chief effort of the first war was to secure
that ri;er. It is amusing to read their com
ments on the plan for the Erie Canal, or -De
witt Clinton's (Huth " They thought it wottlda't
amount to much. as ••the Lake Erie farmer
would find a better market at Montreal" than
at New York. Perhniet . they know better by
this time.
A Swedish gentleman, Peter lialur, visited
the Falls, and gave an account of what he saw,
dated "Albany, Sept. 2, l7rA) " The French at
Niagara thought he was an EngILI)" officer, or
spy, and until he showed his passports they
put him to about as much trouble as the dri
vers, and guides, and porters, and prism-car
riers do now at the Falls In visiting the cata
ract he had the company of M. J-oncairo, who
three years later was at Venango, as a "re
doubtable captain," to-swear in Washington's
face that he ••had the command of the Ohio.'•
Washington no doubt had as much game in the
Frenchman as had Peter Kalur Peter now
•hall speak for himself
•. When you are at the fall. and 10. k up the
river, you may see that the river above the fall
is everywhere exeeeding steep, almost as the
side of a hill When all this water comes to
the very fall then it throws itself down perpen
dicular; the hair will rise and stand upright
on your head whet) yin: see this' I cannot
with words express how amazing it il! You
cannot see it without being quite terrified to
behold so vast a quantity of water falling &b
-raid from .11 surprising a height ' I doubt not
but you haves desire t., leant the exact
Father Hennepin calls it lAN) feet? erpendicular
hut he has gained little credit in Canada the
name of tumor they give hire there is the grad
liar Ile writes of what he raw in places where
he never was
It ry rertainl:, very amazing that the water
should fall, e l icitilly so abrupt and perpendic
ular' 1s sollr a• Peter's hair calmed a little,
Ile larnertlled to notice the vapor He says
that —every clear and calm morning you see the
vapor rising, and you would think all the woods
thereabouts were set on fire, so great is the ap
parent smoke S. vend of the French gentle
men told tile - that when birds come flying into
this fog or fall of smoke, the) lip down and
perish in the water, either because their wings
are become 1)0. or I h •u the noise of the fall
a..toii—he. then, and the know not where to go
in the darkness, but others were• of a different
opinion lie relates that waver-fowl
ruing above the fall are gently carried down the
11141111 and when they see where they nre tend
ing they ..etoleat or with all their might to take
win , : and lease the water, but th'ey cannot' '
To fall abrupt and perpendicular from so sur
prising it height would hardly leave them in so
guts! a pitch? 'a• Ito Indians in Goldsmith's •ac
count who it was said, ventured down in
nat. t t •
I'rh•r uu}•ht h•tcr •1,0,•u1at,•,l t lit•lr 1 .,, r I
'A Int in %111 101-
or , are to he botn.l ht•re heiov, tL tall that ti
111111 in a,..l.ty's Lit gather I'n"tigh of theta
for several hc , l . who. h feathers, the}' said, c•tme
oft the birds killed at the fal! "
Niarvehot. 4torws were then told of rohen
turers, though the • celebrinsl 'Tots" were
scarcely .41 unutcrnus •ts IllOy are 11.1 W. whit
guile• e:1,11 tell you where Webster sneezed or
N;ek tool: a nap or an apple—the
i- not eert am which it IN IMl`. Peter could not he
induoe•l to venture tine of hts experiment.. If
the King of Frlnee would give me all l'ana,la
I would not venture to go upon this
earvful t. hint the hall lin. :no been tol
-Yon i•xeti•ae we if you fin.l in my tkee.mn
n.• extra‘agant
If theqe reference+ to thing• •t rentury ag,
nee ..f .iny interest to your readers. Mr. Editor
Wynkyn may romage among the old at tie pa
peri :i.nothe; rainy day
stir La.o Sunday wa.. , Ea.ter, and what a
jolly time the little folks had to he sure. There
were zed egv. and blue egg.. and purple eggs.
and lau/ egg-. and -potted. and ringe,l..treak
ed and =tripod egg , : and egg. of all kind., and.
the little folk. , laughed, while the older ones
looked on and smiled as they thought over the
happy day , of yore when .tteh joys were theirs,
and they had as little care And peaking of
Easter, very few, even among the children of
larger growth, know why the egg used as a n
emblem on this day, or the,meaning of it when
used For the information of 'melt we lmote
from an exchange the following:
In this country Faster is known by many
as -p s2l .- or "Pasch. - the latter being the
correct English word. meaning either the Pass
over ut the feast of Easter Pays-eggs ;ire in
1•VI•T) Loy % hand . though why or how they
me to Le used as a peculiarity of this festival
ii not clear The custom has been traced to
the theology and philosophy of the Egyptians.
Persvins, tireeks, Roman-. :tud Gauls. among
till of.whom the egg was an emblem of the uni
ver.e. the work of the Supreme Being. The
Jews .sometune- used eggs at the frost of the
Passover, in memory of N alt hating been shut
in the ark -a+ life is shut within the egg And
its Ohrjut. being J u st into the hind., :mil coining
from it was supposed to Burr been pre
figured by the ark. the early I'h riatiaas brought
eggs to the Easter feast in me yof tits res
urrection kniong the liri•dian: , of Mesopo
lama, nn Eii.ter Illy. and forty Mays after, the
children bring as litany eggs as they can. and
stain them red in memory of Christ's blood,
stied at the crucifixion. In Siberia and Russia.
Easter Day ti .1,1 apart for visiting. The people
go to each other's houses in the morning, and
introduce themselves by saying. -Christ JeSns
is risen:" the answer is, -Ves. Ile is risen,"
as stated above-, they then mimic° and give
each other an egg. This ceremony continues
for forty days after lie that is sal uted first is
obligesil to present the other with an egg; no
body. of whatever condition or sex, daring to
refuse the egg or kiss. The people of rank
have them covered with gold or silver leaf, or
very beautifully painted They call them peach
eggs. In the sixteenth century, the custom
prevailed more generally. Upon Easter mor
ning large platters of eggs were sent to the
priest to be blessed. In the ritual sof Pope
Paul V., there is a special blessing for the Eas
ter eggs. In the expenses of the household of
Edward 1., when he was eighteen years old, in
the accounts for Easter Sunday is the following
item: '"Four hundred and fifty eggs, eighteen
pence." The egg at Easter is, therefore, sup
posed to be an emblem of the rising up out of
the grove, in the same manner that toe chick
shut up in the egg is in due time brought to
life. In the north of England, children roll
them on the ground, and play at ball With them:
but the common way is to strike one egg against
another, and the one that first breaks won by
the owner of the egg that broke it.(3preys
lent was this..custom of egg-giving, that '
it has
Qprreed the basis of an old English, proverb,
"I'll warrant you for an egg at Easter.
ANTRELMIXTIC WAYMIIB.—We desire to call
attention to an advertisement in andther col
nmn. of a remedy for worms, known as An
thelmintie Wafers, of which B. A. Baldwin,
Erie, Pa., is the sole proprietor. They are re
commended upon the highest medical authority
for children afflicted with this scourge of child
hood. They do not contain Merearyi Colomel,
Turpentine, Caster Oil, or any other leaumeaus
Or dangerous ingredient, and being a pleasant
preparation of sugar, any child will oat them
with avidity and pleasure.
Baldwin is also proprietor of the ,Cathartic
Pills, a notice of which will he found with the
above.. These medicines are soW.by ;the prin
cipal Druggists in Cleveland, and by Deuggists
generally' throughout the country Ball y _Ya
hoos, &sorra
BOOK NOTICES-
THE CHRISTIAN LAW OF AMUSEMENT p,,
LSOXARD aOllll3lO, Pastor (4 It.,
minister Presbyterian Church, Buffalo,
Phinney & Co.
This nest little vdlume, for a copy of ettpi,
we are indebted to.tbe author, does am g em
our commendation, nor can it call from u s
in
discriminate praise. There are, In our 11%0 4
view, a few things in it which were bett er ,,
said, a few exageretlons and misoonoepti olu
We give full importance to play in ehilditooe
but yet play is not the "great business of child
hood." (p. lb) We could name scores of toe s
ass av d en soom ilm eof t4 th Y eta utl t a :
sport,
dmwoanmd studied
herd,enwhohad an
diplomas at sixteen. who did not die of scr o f,
la, nor go to an insane asylum. It seems
us that the chief blemish of the book is, tau
too much prominence is given to the law ); •
amusement. There l are many evils here static
ed which do not result front a violation of the
law. Even if the law can be laid down clear,
the observance of it cannot bring about quite s.
extended a reformation as is contemplated
The expression, "God created all the it
stincts of the human mind to be exercised,
may be misunderstood. It is true of all it
stincts created by film, but there are instinct!
__appetites at least—which He did not create
and the less exercise of them there is the bet
ter Self-dental is a virtue We laugh an:
play right gleefully in our manhood, and hop!
to do so 41 the time of old age in passed, but
we confess to some evil instinctively with u!
apd would exert every effort to put it down
This error pervades the book.
-With many good points, which the critic,
reader will notsfril to discern and apprecua
there are other features open to just criticism
W e cannot admire, for example, such Give%
Mons as "the beau ideal of gospel believe!,
"eat enough to make a swine have gripes •
conscience," "marvelously religious," -wit:
up the farce with a pious discourse,"
ttonal yards of cluistian consistency,' "pi,,L.
whine," and others even worse. They ma.
have created a sensation among his hearer.
but to the critical reader they appear in bad taste
It is not necessary to treat religion with
respect in order to point a satire southt o
ner We find sufficient exhortation to sumr
mom., even more than most people will net:
but do not find the •laws of Christian sou,
went" very clearly defined. How to be, or ov.
to he amused, is still the question. Nor I
the arguments appear to us very profound
e , .pecially those drawn from trees, cloud§
lambs and birds, (p. p. 12, PA, 72, 73.) 1,
say that the Psalmist represents the trees s,
playing when they "clap their hands," is he
hitting. They are represented as engaged is
something infinitely more sublime,—ezniting
over the glortou. c..nung of Jehovah. Birds.
(p. 78) cannot Solve a question of religions or
social propriety for those who want argnmeu
and law We do do not imagine birds hare
much intellect, or moral instinct.. Our read
em may dissent from these friendly stricture.
a nd we leave them to the full enjoyment of tt,..
e ntertaining volume.
For 1e nt the Post Office sews Dept
Tax ORRLAT SUOW AND ZOOLOGICAL 2311/81110/.--4,A1
Rtre's Fwsrr Ll.c. Tuts.—A more pleasing duty an nee,
de•olred upon us ae• Journalists than to speak of vt,
Urea! Horesortst to Motes terms of approbation which
merits se richly deserve. We admits bias for los reat
energy of chairs, ter cud indomitabbs Opal to chafe rm.
plrtitig whatever be undertakes, sad also for the ens •
able manner to irluch be ban sought to dignify lin: .4.11
that ciassot arauseinents with which he has been lot mu,
years connected. althc ugh the establishment
paw-al out of his hnods„ rat be will be viontlii.l a r ab
b..th In name and person—this being nut Farts, Tn..•
Those who hare Dever sera Mr. Los ma feral 4.. ca.i.tep
Loo 6.1 the rtrti Srla humor w Lich rum through a.
hat quaint Kayingr, and nhould take adrants,•r 01 tip ..t
portnnit) now presented
It has been raid that " Republics are unrraiefal ,
if the general sentiment of esteem that pervades ao
at the name of DAN Rica, be a test to the truth rl Ms is
senior., we ran throw it buck sa an aspersion upon vas,
!mot in reference to him whine& name WY SOW become
household word, and whose fame as a Humorist etums.
from the Blue Mountains of New lianapelure to the ra
ley, of Muslim, pia What more eta we say ter him the.
to tessyk for lam a cordial reception and an overtone,
house: That he will haws both, we hare not the slighter.
doubt, for he liaa spared neither labor nor expense to po,
duce an entertainment that we know will be popular eat
old and young. The Great Show will exhibit at Ere oa
Tneeday nett, afternoon and evening. The Wins uniumill ,
attractive, and all the Artists are first clams. Such an le
ray of Went has never bees at • single performance
the arena Yrs. ilsar Dien will Introduce her spierala:
charger' Daniel Webster and White Surrey Mr Wlla'
will control sit dapple grim together in the arms, at
startling performance that will tlidt unbounded spplami
The Thorough-Bred ;lilies, Rebecca and Bechtel,
Whit their symmetrical bounds and leaps under the p
dance of Master FRXD. BARCLAI. The 7.0010(1E11 Tier
taiuments will le as much a matter of wonder as IBM,
went, and re can hardly imagine how so large a avatar
as an Itlephant has been taught to stases the tapir rap -
fly Rhone will do with perfect ears sad gray
and sores of oar awkward ball•goers will learn a lemur,
The "Rhinoceros" or Unicorn of holy wit, his' been ph
flounced untameable in all ages, but ail' be turned loom
Into the arena, and made to perform various inaudible
feats The Gnat of Syria and the &frosted Moire, •oi
also be another great feature to the ,veulOW% jerdet
Wane*
S IR k A Qt. I TTED.—TheI trial
ended on Tuesday. by his acquittal. The
jury was sent out a few minutes before tao
in the afternthin. and .; o'clock came In
to g 'ourt wgth a verdict of nal isdity. Tb
wene th.it took place is this described la
the telegraphic reporter
Tj
The door i. o fined. The Deputy Mai.
shut calls ont snake room for the jury
In they come. o I.y one. and proceed to
Lake their seat, iii the box. There is tine
~e ner:ll movement in the Court room to g et
:t i.,,,k :it their faees. All restraint is for
gott..n. Benches and forms and tables an
mounted by the most excited or most yen
turosome. " Here they come," is heard
hurriedly Qpoken on all sides. Then there
is a succession of cries of " Down in front, -
..t. ;et off the benches," "Sit down," "Silenes
in Court," "I triter." "4 Irder." But it seem ,
iniposstble to restore order till the Judge
directs the Clerk to call the names of the
jury. The uproar instantly, subsides, and
as the Clerk calls the jutors, and they
severally respond, one of the officers call
out the number. When the twelfth name
is called and responded to, a pin might lie
heard to drop in the suddenly stilled urt
The joury are all standing.
Clerk—Daniel E. Sickles, stand up and
look to the jury.
Mr. Sickels stood up. , •
(jerk—How say you, gentlemen, have
you agreed to your verdict?
Mr. Arnold—We have.
Clerk—How say you, do you find the
prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty ?
Mr. Arnold—Nox Guturir I
As these words fell from the lips of the
foreman there was one loud, wild, thrilling.
tumultuous hurrah sent up by the specta
tors ; cheer after cheer resounded in the
Court room, and it was taken up by the
multitude on the outside and repeated.—
flats and handkerchiefs Were waved, and
there was one general rush toward the
(lock.
Iltie From the Columbia Democrat, an old
and well established journal:
Gszar Otrr 13oow. STDRZ. A Literary En•
terprise Honorably Conducted—lt is stated
that during the year 1858, Mr. G. G. EVAN , .
of, Philadelphia. distributed among hi,.
patrons over 1t300,000 worth of Gilts, con
sisting of gold and silver watches, gold
jewelry, silver-plated ware, silk dress pat
terns, and other elegant Gifts of intrinsic
value. Mr. Evans being thenator
the t;ift Enterprise; has di stancedan c oin
petition, lived down allopposition,and•
endorsed by all the l ee
ling
publishing
houses in the United States. All the popu
lar standard works of ancient and modern
authors can be found on Mr. Evans' Cata
logue for 1859, which is sent free to any
address.