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1 . Lines on Revisiting:the_ Conntrz
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I stand upon my native bills again, . • 1
'.. 13mad, round, and green, that. in th E unirne'
Withgarniture of Wavifig grass and gain,.
Orchards, with beechen forests, basicitig lie, •
While deep the s unless glens are scooped hetlvecti,
Vatere brawl o'er shallow beds the strums u 1 i,j„...
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A ii sp i n g . voice and glancing eyes a ro 1-
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.And ever restless feet omik a r o ",,,,i n i g - , coin froni,
G l i t hers the blooir 0 .
~.. iiie s
. s ,,quelianna, a llttleibe4ow hem.-
Ti, f.rst extract is. rom the North Brapah Devatrat,
• Wished at Tunkhannock, in- which it i ,lappetirs.is 1
jotial, and the other purports to be etv York r-.
re pandence of the.Dentaeratie • Or, of Wilk
I,Nte. , These staunch Deinocmticsb ts; being p -
;jibed in a District re resented in
ir,!; : ibt, have not the fear or the Free Sailers lief
the b' in'es,' and . consequently do not hft i ate to sPeitk .
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our l witit perfect freedOm, on th great questions'of
l'.;.e•.ilay. : - ...
Th'e:-
expositions of
p,-4its are rich,: but somehou, seem I* .. t, • ealculal
fr A Sonthern meridian ! Read and se
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r.i.T " There is one word of warning which we w
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• t o give hi time-'•--a warning Which wehumb.ly su
it will be well, for the Democratic partt-of this•C,
niertwealth to heed and ponder. No mean need s
Ilis eves' to tire faCt that the greats game playing
politie , • to-play, as it has been played 4r the lastt,
ant i tvehrs,- is the determination'oa thd , part ofilii,
elitsetts to obtain the domination tundl i control pf
LS 0r , .. Many ar4 the dodges and mauy the ciente
tl
- vii'..., - which she unscrnpulously combines in this.
, tt li ! ,. , :ti‘sitist humal freedom ;". for we +ll the, pee le,
;1::;!, r - e l it'll 'diem to ponder tile. truth' well, - , :that he
:te;..:;d;,;;ei,' of 31aSsitchnsetts in this I.7pion is the, iad .
~f31 ) ,., , ;11,, , ,1iberty! Iry all the gamblin i •j , hells -- W h
ia10:t..,t19, woritl.'. which offend the e r lve of God .nd
,hifoirS :.,,n.l brutify his image 'in the shape of nian,
'the'stormv passions-;Mil vices which filll the hutilan
lits . oin are e:nlide . e . d; . worked, and plii.i . ednpon as he
satto ;4(l:lents of ruin; mid tlnifart, the example d
is le, son i=-in no respect lost orthro Yu away, in the
...Ti',:li , t:lke whielrshe is playing *for , -bi- Massa hu
,,e' i ES. i!romptell ,l.iy 'that stateless - cu idity which ex-.
eite, her to day, she was the ' nurring motile of
t he -lave t: rode in this Union ; and when in the. on
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v , l , l ion of l I SZ! , it was proposed to put an mute fate
~ 40 . r, t o that traffic, :she had influet ce „and wer
'pf,l - e..;;;fl fo extend; its duration for tenty years. lt
ita., - 11;Ilss;;c;imsettS that, did this, and eforence toiler
ti i
0 ,1'4.1 wnllinterests invested inAhisr trade. To.- ty
, ; Ac is champion of abolition, and therti- is
..f, .hope or form in which she caii excite prejudic or
ho,tility t' , ;:tint4 the very institution uhich she nu etl
into bring, and throngh which she w rich, that he
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doe 4 noi tutploy.,. There
,is no agent tite, rile for er
rise; there is'nO falsehood which she does not ut r;
E there is n 0 deeeption.too low which she does . not p i ' c
rice ro'ini:l4;a4l and bewilder mankind trim this •sub
jii,et. .11"1„;11 i t tason she haS nothing to do, for reason
4rt-t.-1- ;1j ii; ed - hi en or States...." The p issions and ere-.
.11.:Iity . of . maul:hid aredier dependene. Iler proxim
it..y to l'i...!;v York has already,enabl d 'her to accom
pli_ it hzr. design'upon that Corn niintirealth.. New
York I:
as _ bccone a mere - colony of l'ilaiifacliiiSetts ;
and n o inarkedly is this trtie, - that Lord Jlhn Russell
( ougr:teh,ted Lord Clarendon in . the'Etiglisli Paiiia
,
iii,•ol upon '. the consolidation of tie• Laws of Itlas.-a
-.thlit:lt:z ~title -1 1(:.*' York." •New York is abolition
teed,. and froth her ....the • Democras. haiei no' longer
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ny . • .
athing to hope. _The great battl •fieldds:new our
Owii.be!oved cornmOnwealth: 'As I nges Pennsylva
... aia rein:tins true to liers'elf, to heron interests and
• tO ti:,' Den.orimiie party, our backs e free from the
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• siourge of Yankee domination. Mu 1 . if ' she yields-1
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if it sisal be =aid iif her in the Er.gl Parliament as!
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• : ii111:Ft1:11,111S1011 . gly deClared of New lork.that she lead
• beer,the
it me -ei colony of ,3taAsachusetts, the last bar-
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ner In ;11 c deFigns'of. that Commitwealth will have
- t . . •
- • ii , .!enre , ..im'ed. ',' Pennsylvania will be ilttniiered and -
.tarv ., t-.l . that cite Yankee may 'feed' sumptuously. ey...
. l ery d.ty;', dyed children be raised in igno cep
41mi the rizoi . (d the Yankee may :whetted - eeni
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for'tik•ir , ~prot e ct ed tarmits:' • , ' :•. • , - •
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il 1.11-it wili dii for the -Yankees.. jeornment is ( uitc
quer.3,;(4.1-. .
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'stiko.7 for rite Demoeratic letter writer, wliczNput
'Al: of Greeley, and views-generalli, are not exactly
i 4 accordalitc • Wi tit the letter of our Democratic Judge,
• -Uelf. David Wilmot, which We . published last week,
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• tflon4l , they mby be calculated to snit-the taste of the
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Fmnocracy of Luzerne : •' -1 .-/
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.Yr. - lENti ItArrEart:—Traitor Gait:LET, of the N.
1 - 41.Trilytirti . who was a little;:- while al.. o • disdaining
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;ally action, and loudly adyobaing airiiio ii of all par
;, ties op . the Icebraska and Fugitit 6 gluye Ades ion,
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- '. b)u;cl : nut - .. resist the'opportunity r.
aq,rded by the rey
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• Vr.l ' affair ; to let the eat out of the bag, and • ow
iiat after all this• new- platform ffir ',the friends of
frptlor.i' (!) w = as only a weak inyeution of the i enemy
te. make mpitai for the 'Whig party arid_for tie tri
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hum , . rue fii . c . will show his brus if ion watch him
'closely. ; ileware of the geese when ! thelox of the
......' F r ,f '.... elves about
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. , n nua , .preaelies about frpeciom. ,All Ids 'proclivities
' tend' t!tr:iri despotism-the tismthe despotism 'of .11 contempt
il,le oligareby..'of which he hopes tic, be To sac
'rifire.intliyidual mid State freedom • to aiihypocritical
Vitiat. of gamhling politicians—the ' same set who hare
~ always +wen traitors to the y
eount.7 and taken Sides.
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cub Erlo2,lld against the - United sttes;--iti the policy
. , rthe Whigs; and to 'all this the .tend, wader *aby
pretence they : can: get up, -Maine Lae!, Abolition, l'or
- ~ r ay thing else; *with any quantity - 1 ;f Afant astd,sancli- a
!HI pretensions. The burning oft prrti l town hasset
- . l'nem cat afreSit, and the .141Athe isjumped from he
Ore.trided 'Anti-Nebraska platfo to join the - ery,and
I • is show that!he *as as holies - d insincere' in the
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:opusal of ulping parties as he- as iti his Free Soil
' ?ano ,, tiyring . .l When lie 4'ound that he Icould notmake
• iaphal out of that Van Buren tu4eMent, he turned
• l!n i ' l l an d ,hoyie t l hishrush. lie has done the .same
rtiiiititis ioceasion. Any waY that these broken.
„down; I , •clui - 41.1SiS Cala injure - the gettratic party, is
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, . !retm): - ..eti - t,i with any amount of Vxis fraud, cant and
it
1. co :curious sense ef duty.' 1 .. ~ "
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It I: , tee , : , scary to keep a brighttloOk out for . i.liese
llt ioterl,e , ', ,, rs and beware of joining with them its
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- :1 - 111 'S of their t•icitemes. • They have as many ii.,.:48 6 a
il
li tat; and are 'always ready to start any hobby - frpon
. • w'seh titc.y . ean ride into power ; 1 and - of late years;
(i they hat•• • built great hopes upon the bgitation of the
S • , te eslat . e••• li - • .
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•I . An exeelitlnt thing has . happen ell. here in relation
to tiat;, 51aine LaW and tenapenna !iniquity. There is
li a hianeli of I there high handed ansi . called. `the
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Carson tongue agains't the - poOr, l lwhose; puipose it is
1' to enforce ;tlie Puritan ' SabH.iathi'arid present poor
1 , peradro. filni i i buying any giner i es ; , n .g i oos of soda,
• ; or 4 cig.ir pr., Sunday, whilo the . incibers of the holy
11 alliance ttreirunning art andall - i
aiay - g unday to prae
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Sabbath by
trii ,.
i. ".olsopiesa . nd•ity•
o'r;'sica. k-cepiiig their,.
. il bylio.ming -their fellow we n , an d watchin g
,
.1l ;; - to see if sor , ne poor riidow sells a k iallow candl6,. o rl: l l l
! glass, of root beer toyer - poor neighbor who, not be,l
1 . ing paid coll. till late fiaturday night,) . could not pur
-1 . thase anything till the: next-trto iingj i ,
.
I - One of this gang of exeanabie undrel l ir lisp. Ltex
11, Gits.ELEY, ,is j /iio is' nUt t ' y e lr in e, in his'
. illimirici .t•
pa _
k . ..i:, , er b a etaiiSe - jury, will not bring in a man 1, ity of
il l - ' s `: , /)* " .11F . li`lntir lit the Ninth War 4, for the gratification
,fl - 3 :'.!r: . . -,. •)i . 1 , 7 1 .0 ...j11‘19116.F.S- a.,,..1.4iat.t....,Et
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on of IliCTI!
rivnt posi
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which occasioned the famous I.fitiSoffri.Com:
p mise. Mr. Clay iwas ever akrOalied by
ordk ry, por
rthy
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- men w
country
wise, now
the clevs
gir; one
of the Itomisk
them, as well,as
ter of their own
iunittaymen of At
trance of this in(
ject which-has al
consideration. !
solciice, at least
'descendants of
tions persecutioi
synonymons,and
abhdrrence toward the Ito;rnan priesthoodis an undy
ing elentent4
It is not nix intenticin tO;review the wary Jesuitism
oithis production, bat as the letter was Written
the our learning,' with your/I:hid p.srttlission.l Will ask ;the
Attention 9f your t*.itera'to a fen- important items
contained therein. • •
• Theyriter, referring to what he calls Oin -4 pre l j udi--
ces against the Catholics, (and this; by the by, should 1
he (lefined.irejtidice against the Roman priests instead
of Catbolies, &distinction' which the hierarchy labor M.
disguiiie,),f!aysf, that ' enlightened' Catholiefi look upon.
a lie at a mortal sin,''and 'that nothing is forbidden
and ptuiished more than deception.' Nos:, what are
we to lululcrstandhy-this assertion if - not,; that the in-
fluenceof the Roman church tb suppr e s s Mortal sins
is entirely . inadequate , ; .or thatt-there are Out few en
lightened , Ctitholics - irr',our land: And ye this epistle_
propoLcs, to disabuse us of our prejudices::, i, . •
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The Writer s.lys, that 1 the-simple right to believe :
and m - cr,slirp as one sees fit,: cannot be destroyed by
litiaa - power,' yet notwithstanding, this right
Itinually being w=ithheld in the States of the
li - ` - ef which the . Pope is political head. And he
•i
:r.finyS, ',that man has no moral right to worship
•vise than as-God,has appointed,' and to this as-
c -1 he adds ' `thatt the church of lleme is the
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I . of.the living God, whose executiv: is Vie Pope
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IT it'''. Cxpounder.':. if thitbe true , Olien it legiti
ly - forrotrs thatwhal am - lan - is t'o belicVe and Avor
lis 4o . be dew - mined bythe - Pope, either in . his
k'al or spiritual capacitV. This - teisnmption of
sertiol
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chum,
r ho i I
Irt.tel
-hip,
po.liii
powi:l- over liberty oreonscience, is ill
meal alas in the nineteenth - ont
eiu N' — ' by ay. l .
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Th s Catholic professor woultilain hate us believe
'tbit. bele, sincere in asking our interference, lest ' he
mayre deprived of those rights to - sy delt be feels
hints if entitled,' and yet The gloss instil s)ie scruple
not t heap upon us, belie him sueli.oredit. II dc
fenl3c4:l2,
of the persecution of the Midis' :r the e.o&
TOse i nY, .b; says that '.he,' .(the Duke,) ' of only .
thin Is' Protestantism to be the underminer of author
ity,b it also he knows that it is the darimdtion of.thoSe ,
l i
souls: who embrace 'it,' and .. iti the infinitude of his
own I,understarAng he asserts, that not only ' the
Oratid.Dtaki, Li- well as every scholar kdoivs' that the
English tin: station of the, Bible `.contains over sixteen
hundred errors;' iii all' which he not only taunts these
Popish' vier, of the Duke as coneltisivel, hut unblush-
I ingh bran,ls the whole scholarship of Protestantism
• with falsehood, although according to hi's, own state
,; he -writes' is one trembling lest he may be de
riof those right§ to which he feeliibimself enti
nid of which he well knoWs the *pie. of most
Italic countries to be despoiled.
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1 miga '1 to toleration he saya,, 'if the Catbolimi
thelpo -er, I think that . We would have rio Se-
Aga bill, I, no slaver+ t no rum, no rotten literature,
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no- 'corrupt , Foundation, to socialism, ho woman's
righ t ism.'- 'These thonghts . of the worthy professor
ben ain tire , real sum: and Substance of. his ideas of
y
libe . Surely, under 'the ruleof a Rouynpries
t-11
priest
hood, there would be.no necessity 'to legislate on ne
• ',slavery; as all would be alike subjects of a despot
!enslaving' both mind turd .body. • But We mac well'
inqnire whether,: under Catholicl dominatien, 'there '
'ls-mild be no rump For answer, took at‘drunken Ro-
.mkt! Ireland! - Would there be o rotterm in liter '
?attire..? 'took- at the •licentioui press or Roman
France' • • Would there ,be no • socialism? ,-,Look , a ..
ripions:Mciman Germanyfor evidence! W,;.• : - 1 - ere
be no corrupt speculation!.' , , —;.. 7; . .es of Ito- t . .
man feireit! , . '• - 0 --- ii - ; - z; -- " - oti our Country and eating' ;
out our 1 ,- ulistance !'- Would / . there be no Kaman's -'
righ ;.,•, ? Probably not The women of .Ataerica : .
might:eventually be degraded to‘the estate of beasts :
oiburde.n; or made the, sport of a debauched clergy
as. inßOman Europe! And now. I ask you, whether,
the progress of liberty, teMperance, literature arid
,
rim Sin the United States would be likely to gain
impetus l under Romip fwd . ? _ .
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- lios - our literary inslitutions' compare In excellence .
AV it the ,'seventeen J'amit seminarists in our Union'l
referred to with such assurance'of superiority by our;!
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professor, I ant unable - to speak understandingly, hay-1,
lug but little information about them ; hut; if : the eri- ,
deires of superiority are to • be found in influences tip-r,
on Men,- then Harvard, Yale and • Union, have no
eqUals in this country; for learning, integrity; patriet-iI .
ism and piety, thebar, cabinet and pulpit of the '1 7 .•
&Sties are • unsurpassed; and - the positions 'ore mostlY .
filled from the scholaregraduating from' e _American'
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•• - The 'associating in the same category by our pro-E, : '
lessor; of li'artin LOther and Mr. Orr, alias Angel Ga-'.
kid, reminds me of • ,a_ like coupling of the President.
of the United States and Arnold, the troitor, by an it-;''
inerant - Catholic lecturer who visited our:city , - abrint.
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Awe yeari since. i Both are alike worthy that 'univer
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sal !contempt Americans are wont to,trestow on' such
characters:: - I - . -. . t
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.0n this occasioni, hOwever, llcarmoi but refer to the,
'ceaseless prieStly reyilings of the Memory of that man'.
Who, alone of all bis race; attained tin iSolatiom in hu4'
man great i nem.' • Charlemagne had a Military equal in;
. Napoleon and 'Newton ‘rifid for philosophic fame hi.
La Place, but Martin Luther the ukimaium of priestly
malevolence ; rose superior to all earthly competition
when, friendles,_ penniless and alorie---Stiunling in, the
procuce of asscnribleil, nation's 'at the Ilia of irornis;
he tin* leritiesslY challenged' the .Ge-rinita Eiriperor,
.M.the:lsinguage Of sCripture, ' If I have spoken evil,
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bear witnesiragaiOt me.' ' '.,
In conclusion, Permit me to add; that unwittingly:
orii pi.4esser has PlaCedbefmthis readers the eauseti
of an
,crisential different* existing bet Ween t Protestant.
citizens-`and Romen.riebjecti. -He says 'the protost! ! .
ant's higher lawlS the Bible, expounded by-his indi
vidual reasoning t and our higher lair is. the Bible,ex!'
potnde4 by the church of the living God, whose ei .
ectitivoaPe Pope.' In --these par:Wells .lie the ele •
merits Of liberty and despothirt-of biro= greatneiit
and huinan ittrbectity—=of self-dependerice and•self
clistrus I:
t. - :.- '`• • • . , - -..: -..- -. i: ,- • '
rucril
Pil 1 , 1 ,
led
lath
M,
an, through, the -exercise of that " - pinver of
vidna/ r4zirnaing, .Conferred upon hits for high and
noble puposes, becoines individtudized, isolatedfroin
his fellow rnan-an individtud creation Sf the AhnightY,
almost, God-like in bis Attributes, marking out in
'wonderful measure his ownhkgb destiny when net
grading hisNnobler powers in obedience to named
infallibility, but of his coin inherent will, - acquiring for
'himself, liberty on earth, azid,felicity k , in 'eternity, as
connruAncled in Holy by work i hig rt, the
august presence othis Maker, hie olvii salvation whim
feu and trebling.' PtkiCAL.
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"THE WILL OF
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Hinted to A
.l culis.s.l:, or
ESTBAT.I -
o enclosure of thii subscriber on or
th of August a yid two . Fenn old
s desired to prove Property pay char
sway. - EZRI RICE.
ug. 15tli 1854 . •
Ile A* on of Suique
.• lamina Co.; .- - -
Ito the Militia ti o f the Conti:l3on
ilinsylvania, I hinehy z!ye notiO, (hat
rithis county wijl finale their returns
qitia men to', me, ,f which I•will re
,i. of'33. ,•. ,
z. ' 'Rhat•the several afi sesser s within this
11 's , 2a 1 111,1ftt the time when they tual'ie their re
. - &lin icent militia Men
,io the etionty com 4
,as r hiaired by: tho sixth section of the,
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n eh till, hi a . supplemeny ,shali at the '4'37
Ire Tal l i eh% er to the Roper hritt'Aisine.
I 8„„i ! delmquents, l one - .
.. ._.,..... i Junel,i n e ac h
.41 4,,,.....‘ as bulk when t
, ,'i•r. :, shitsl .
i- • - 4 k . rereivot'A inhabittmts,and at 23,
t ;,.` r..,Vited. The authorities were•cons:
)36,..
~,_ • g tic ere . nOf a new onti to cosk not less th
$56,000. Tits after the Maine Law had been in o
nitiOn a few I onths only, Ikea: tit apartments w
etnpty - there; and the °stab ishfnent as it now s
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will be sof& nt, under ti viggrous enforcement •
the Maine Lair,tintil the city sbitll contain 100,000
habitants. f ' ' . 1
An anecdo t e or tyro ilinstrites: the rie.tualreffect
the law upon the grog shops anll upon intempemn
Within katt Months after the enactment of the hi ,
Portland gentleman introduced'
10 the Idayor,a bre
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et of his, wh I lhad arrived:in the city the . evening 1
fore. Ile ha f come to attend alaw suit, and had,
ken with Iliad a witness who Uhts a very intemper
than. Ile fe i rd the witness wouldbecome intoxi
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P,
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ibis, There I was a' man . living hi our imme' i
neighborhood ; who wasi well known aii a very in
Aerate man. iWe inquired one tar of an acquaint. '
Who knewhim, what had; become of him, as he I
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pot been seel for somei weeks.: '
,
~T hegentltimait latigited when the inquitT Wasp
'llid said that- ThoMPsrin had been boasting that '
Could alwaysiget liquer!epoughland if bis grog slil
he stopped, it would be pretty dry times in Tortli
lie guessed.'l But aboUt - it fortnight before, Tho
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shit 1 - i
son was in his shop,
.us, ce bleached out
Other people if. and he Said: "4h, Thompson, w
the matter, tat you bare changed
.cotirdenan l
.*ery much ri ' Oh,' said he,` find it such a dal
bother to gell it, I'll give 'it up., And he was ab
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formed. ' I , • -
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0,,1y two •i - c.... , 1:.; ago, hi onn, • our principal st
We were ::topped b v a man • Nth t e
in ive knew pert
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well as it skillftil mechanic-, who had been very 4ent
_ perate. Ile; Cowmen ced itnmediately ' Speaking, f hiS
....,,ttairs . :Md of),lis ImidnesS.'. We l asked where h div
, ed. ' Step bi,re,''said liti,'' and 11l show you.' ,
Moving o a rod or twi,lte 14pinted'outa nice -'
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house With en lilindand,with pride' in his
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he added, ' i's mine, mid an Paid fur., and two 1
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lots also . by he side . of it; an dm
d the old war
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three hundrild dollars in !cash; 'in the-house besh
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i all My earnings ; Tbreele.ars Ago, I Aaiun ta cc
'1 .the and here his emotions poked him so tli .
1 rir,l4 ntit fit , :h the sentence. JHe had been A
I 'Ole dranka , .squantleiing all his earnings
I, Allops 4 the, who turned his . 'circurnstancei
I , ,pro6nkhle tic unt ; I .but, now h was a respeetabl
Land a good *tizen. 'l.- ' I.
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At, the ti eof the , enactment of theSaine La
4tumber of en grog slinps in Portland wasestil
'to be from O ( to 404;;n0w, i t . ..e.re iri not one.. , I
N ris
not ho or place in'the eitY where a respc
ittranger ea go and call for aiglass of liquor, a
I • -
",it.• The keepers of the secret rum shops hive}
; well known customers,'and no stranger is roil
„except lund r the patronag.e.!Of .an 'haUltte. I
shops Coritatit but small:nitwit:ides of liquor, ai
fitted tip w ( "4-11 an apparatusi which;, on toucl
spring Will smash the 'tittle's containing that
1 they may not lie seized
, iy.tl4 police.
i . i • . . . .
t ~
troduced into titi! city .are dis ,, r• u
i • •
- ell iri .boxes or ildur bm-rels and i
'
i . • - '
all quantitieF; teat they may e.....
pollee. lint a iliort time ago,
wee walking itt the Ftreet ,be
iito had a floor Laird on :a handide
• !k himAvlte.tt he tiirtted and seein•!
i Och r and II - ed, , leaving the sled i
iairriination; the ,iio, Ifieehi found - th 1
a ten gallon lieg tSt liquor,and card!
1.: Lb-piers
' being inelca
r4rati‘ 4 l d3 ; -'
Motive -th
lice ollieenz
•
Irishman
oti ert
exclai» red,
load,• On
to contain
.tO thei l lock' up. • .
Formerl liquors were brOtight to this
- vessel. lea and-sold. at auction. ;There wet
dealers here who told iminense quantieg, at wl
~..and in addition, there . welt ;seven distiljeries
night and . ;lay every 6 1 . y. inthe year. );ow,
no distillery in the State ; liquors sold at
ceptreily, and with; great eaution, tope
are well known; yet it nrboldlY said 'that r
:tiers are sold and drank in i'prtland now, tha
former period.' - ,• •
..We i have formerly seen itflour sitY,. long r:
hogsheads of liquori sold at iiublic auction ; is
large T i .pac,:s on our AvliarVeo covered With pi
'barrels - of i - 44ay-loads innume
liquor pastling, through our streets , ; but now
age. Of a 14trrel of kiln for Mechanical pr.rpot
is a rare sight, and will alwas attractobservo
excite, remark. The quantity_ ohiquors sold
- land now, is immeasurably lesS than it was la
enactment of the Maine - 14. .
we,:s. wish to add. a felr words on the
theyaine Law upon the business interests of t
and, o fari as it shall be adopted by other Sta
those ofthe.nation. It wasli-stimated that, th
of Maine spent at 1 . Qa5 . 12,00,060 annually f
drinks,involving a losi4 directly and , indireetly
ed time, Misdireeted iitdustiiv; and in other;
least ?;000,000 more-making an annual 'ls
State of 4,000,060. The tor ugh executie
Maitie•taW, and the- 4nnihilati Mof the liquf
wouldittunediately result iii Elie saving of this
sum., Being no longer:squture ered upon t 1(
of intoxication, it woUld:be ; directed into I
chanut?ls of trait and Would be:expended
raiment, slii,lter, iweeasmies. rind
otilife, so tlwy . houlif, be iieeded; an(
since' would be ruble.) 'to the annunl acct
'''
wealth of the State ; trade and manufiktu
be stimulate(' to an ext6nt of which we can
- r
Very inad&quate conception while pov,erty
ism tuni crime would 'be 11,11904 unknown
The lattice result woo 4 follOw to,the trade, e
and nitundsetunts of the nation'from the sal
of the liquor trafticin all, Our borders. T
cost to the nation in ` f ` cash, !of the liquor tr
not be less than $1 . 66,4i0rmi00, Involving au
al loss, directly and IntlireCtly,-0f5,1,50,000 1
—making in all, a vast.4gregate.of $3041
which is a dead loss to the '?mtion, - no value'
it-hater,er beting . deriietl from it. If the 44
'should be suppressel, 166411:at RIM
be employed In promoting the comfOrt of u tl
and In augmentingthO wealth, power, and
t
of the nation, Instead of "Caving no other
poverty, pauperism, 'Aega4atiott and crime
Merchant's Magazine.. 7
Eir Only one,--fitaith giller—of the
basks delegates in Oo*greiis from this Sta
nominated for iro:•eltetion, ;and it took
to ao that. 'We pr4eythat he sW find I ,
der to be, 4locted thitti 4tuitutted.—/dti
Mmiferi'l.
IlliamitialedigistOryof Akin tAm • 1c•
' • ! :I icp , ,' I . - . 1
" NOw is the tithe teit anbscribo.for the above •, . t ' • .
being a complete hi tort' of North Az erioa fi 1 • i ,
i earliest _discovaries, :i,down; to the present, ti '.I
i .
,complete history of the United Stateifrotn 't , - t
,
'Settlement, including all- the !ram, the. In • t
French, Reioletionaiy, ma Mexican tira •
i
to the present, iTniiiiy. and Russian . vvgo•o . I
.
vise history of i the FreSidential attthw
, i
fGeerge Washington, (loin' to - re - •
____
• 1 - i ,
(Joni Fiosr.L.l. D, -, ' :-"-- ',- '. I, 'i ' -
This wOrk w i lt be
lover 700 pag es Wei= +7 , •
I"..„,rit ITAPFINESS OF TI TE ".PEOPLE TilE TRUE END OF GOVERNMENT."
'executed bi'th • ,:'
E .,
tifollv color" , 1 • i • ( ~
h.'
*
wt?tLu.its
ales rya Bkeiliesl.
•
. ; aohe.,Lltchiteld R . Opahlican. •--: : 1
• G iSRAEI4I3IIff Ai.
Nothing eohneetiA with ;the General As
sembly 0f,1844 has [ given - greater Pleasure
than the 4pprbpri4iop of $3,,00p . for the erec
tion of a thonlimerit -to,connbeniorate ;thser-
Vice of Putnam.; :The spedch of John' Cot
ton Smith, in,;faior of the . , resOlution,r is one
o the most bimutifull tributes that taw -ever
been paid to.the Memory of that great man
and is worthy a atisefendatitof -the 1 t Gov
ernor under the•Cluirter. It carries .3 back
a,
-:, to the I loriOns fOretitne' of th 4 e*Re üblic.'
,1
It ispleaSantl sotnetime, to !Vary ihe dull
:
routine flegislatiOn by the iintroducti l O . n of . a
subject Itat.. ; sitmrSaboVe the party stires and
petty interests :of the prtent, and carries us
back to t.lie. 4role,age:oftle,Republiel. There
is no State iii;the, Union,
arid I knoii not any
in the .WorldPJ tayit the AM - Criam Gi bOn; in
speaking of Ci".Oniireeticut, ' iWwlibse hi tory, if
(;)
I. were a- eftiii,n;;l timid find - niore f which
to be proudMul ; ilesS that I could; wish Ito blot.'
It is a tnatter of eAingratulation :' that .her an- ,
nals area soon be given to the world, written
by one pf her most talented sons, whi - ise soul
is full of her f,glOrious.fQrvt4nei . ; and who has
devote 4 year' - of toil to this' labour X love.'
‘,..Nfost trim, itfis, that emr since God ti St plan.;
!led the three r.Vinei in the wilderness, n every
:combat for either 'liberty or honor, 11 r sacred
standar In*.
tsved in triumph;in" front of
(..
.'the battle, or ( beett drenched With the blood
,I
of the brave :'i t , Fror thesstruaing o,..the Vt‘,
quod fot to the:eft tufe of ~feiiCe, n) desper
ate foe has:lived; that ever stayed for the en
" Giol -'-' - le - i'll); pies had
11,
che
litil
tly
ition
tell
tild
, orn
.f of
I f
11(1
!isle
nde
lie
buld
4111Parit . .
In i April; 1775, before the
.revolution
could i.ei generally regardcitl mi - an ascertain
ed tlict,la iinnlier of - patriotic citizens of Con-
II
Iwokilt a .sembled at Ilarttiird;perceiving
the - Mime ise ad4ntitage,th.'st would accrue to
the cause - fliberty from the capture and pos-
Session lot the northern. fortresses. that com
manded I he, 'Cluunplaiii+Tleonderocra and
Crown 11) int--4cterniined . to seize them .by
a surprist of thei British garriStais.. The dar
ing enti l a. rise 'was committed Sttli • War
ner and Ethan : Allen, bOth natives r of the
county Of I.4tchfield. It was, Conthietedmith
characteristic i energy and/ detiyinivation.;
and the I)idd Undertaking.ivas.nfost "eminent
ly] slime- lid., More thanA
we' hundred can
non were captured ; the same that werel af
terwards raoed: across the monntains to
Boston,' road Lora -II:owe frcim the city,tuid
thunder' against fho 14;464,1 Mies during
1 ;,the whol course of the !wa. Connecticu t alone pro cc:tea and execitted:this I most-im
portant MoVeinent; and lair treasury footed
p ! I
.the bills; In ',the meanwhile, the • rst blood
was shed at44eiington, and itS.- re rt stirred.
Up her already ;.excited people as with the
shock of au; earthquake.i---lutna left - his
plough in the! farrow ; the troops..
'cistern
Connecti tit poured after their gallant hero.
The batt e of Bunker Hill soon foll Owed; and.
opened t. te:seven years drama witb a blaze
'of glory ' . .,1N1:0 achievement; of ancient or
modern . tsiry rivals in interest or results this
memorable, conflict. A few hundred provin
cial farmere In the ordinary :Costume of their
calling, iithOnt cannon or baloney, occupied-
I .
a small rOtatwork, ()reefed by the - unremit
ted toil t,the previous night. On the left-
of the br q - stwork, and mi. thii 'open ground
.stretehin beyond its point tO the waterside,';
are pla d'the! men - of ' ;Connect' cut, under
Clark of Lebanon, Chester Of Wetilersflekt,
Colt of New London, and Knowlton of Ash
'ford. The, eagle.eye.and,lion heart of. Put,:
natri is bUSy watching and superintending the!
whole.. On ; came tfie floyer ; of..the English
army, to the attricko - nOvlng slowly andstead4
ily, in all the Kamp and pride of war, cheered
by thchinists of:martial Muiiie, aria :the rol-.'
ling thuipkr ot the cannon. All is quiet and
still in t ie!raiilis .of freedonf . , .s little phalanx;,
• save 'the chirinir voice of i Putnam l - ringing in
their ear-:-:- 4 .I)on't fire Until yon . see the
4 .
,aced
here
f l able
c 1 get
few
;.they
them,
d iti
barrel
it off
' tunny
olerale,
1
inning
here 15
all, ex
tn.= who
ore
liq
at ant'
ye heell
eS and
ruble (If
es only,
;ion and
in Port-
their eyes.' ''., I
- . . • i I
oMent:more andrith.., foe lad
. alinost. '
thetn They -thOug.fit 1 crush ill
4: 1
ithout a blow—J.:Ns:heti - at once they
1 , 3 • Y 4 sheet ottire, aid fal before Od
a death-, as the •-leti.iis.o the. forest
Ife.4 1 - .)y, the' storin-blasts of autumn!
Ilind a third attack ar attempted .
sit Me results, when . a - lit lure of loriF.
;_it dace-s the: patriots reluctantly
.-.1
,e„, ..
,heir retreat is prott cted by the
leiitObiee on the left,
with sinewy -
L*bbed muskets, and the courage
daimtless chieftain : coves the 'reti.
i
ln I like the se.On fold lof M-
1:- • •'1 11 shield.• • ~
•whites (i!
• A. in
reaelied
rebels.
arc 'net
telopost
.itre. swtt
A tecon
with ,he
to retir
Connect'
arms
of their
: int colic
MEI
!tact of
e State,
111X)II
I e people
r strong
of wag-
'aye of at
qs to the
its of the
/or traffic,
OEM
I - 1 ' • . ,' , ! ~
1 1 , ' • If .. [ - .
`There"stritiUld Putnam findf...tan all the;, plains,
Callz , the ried'haAt, the tardy reat;sustains ; 1
iind. 'nail it . , the. whir.zingdeaihs ttat till the air, ' !
NVa"-e,o;:t , It Ilifisword and dafea the folliming war.'
"rhi :: iglitsprkalJle contlie4 settled, a proii
ously Litl i aibtfnitlitu.!:stion,lwbetherrthe eolouistB
would collie ;to an oper4 pitchedbattle nigh.
the kink; and.;stanid their ground.! "A\rhEiii
Washin ;ton 'aiked our hero, after the fight;
' could
,theY, 'stand tire l' tuna the ans'wer was
gi l ven be;re.Six)nded, 'The eausel is sate.'.: "1
' V:efur an assembly )iktf thisi, of .the d
seetidants of that noble generation,, it is .sty
Ikriluous!ta enter into r detailed story of the
life and eiploita of thati
eltival e eharbpiOti
' who afed,to lead where any ared to fUl
low,', ''''ery, child in _the lStat ..hay . felt its
little li Ct! throb with eseitenie tt as he read
the tal . sif i his.irietoriotti,i encout ter with the,
wild b acts Of the forest. I llis. seven • years
l a
sehri in the old Freneh war, i full L of deeds . :
Of dari ig 'valor and romantic nteiest, and
during tho,Whole revolUtiOnary struggle the
darkes WO Was illun . tined b the light;of
his her ii!,.exatuple. 1 '..
ie • .4d . ' '
'No t it kent.of • . ulptur , . marble or
MEI=
EMI
for food,
eanifort.i
the bal.
ululating
C 4 would
have but
pauper
ong us.
ommerce
rtpreaslon
Q annual
additipn•
OPO more
11=21
lereturn
or traffic
d Rt once
e peoPle,
resources
u than
fruhei
ionPnaLl; ,t 4
45 wauite is netwu, to
I'll 4 is imniorfAl ; . and
40r,:l the eternal freshness c t
, ' no epitaph - tolree trd 4
nis•grave4 it wig). ins ss%l
;broken „arniour of 1
•
4 , 4 , 9 1
eudw'i
fiune.
er witl
He ue
for he
hacker
hole It e-
has-been
tivo trial!
;pen bar,
rice Free
AUGUST 24,
,•• • -
feeS., We erw , t' the monumental - 'to .
shoes to the ,world, that we are not iingrate
'ol to the memory of thetero patriot,, , who do
fiindo,d the State with his valor, and covered it
Witti his glory., At the:grave of Putnam, a,'
citizen of Connecticut may well feel this sell-,
timent, that a Roman might hafve uttered "at
the teeth!? ofSeipio:
bene fecisti, Sucundisahna est recor-.
• • .
‘lhaie no fear of the failure of thi.s
resulu
tlon in this house. • The unanimous ay, that
shall'' greet its, passage, will be like the shout .
Of the hero'on the heights of Bunker ;
its response will, come back not only from
the brave men .and fair'Wonien' who -,.pow
tOadi,the . timelionored,Soil of he State, !but
the united , voiee.s . of the great and good; 'who
have it eft, this beautiful dwellinir-place for the
tippet temple; will, from the spirit-land, re
(Urn tipori us ono Solertiu ehoriis—
frnfoi:i the broad banner!
.its stars keenest lustre
, Shottld blaze o'er the place of the patriot's rest ;
Unfurl; the brOad banner! Amid the bright cluster;
Conticctimit's star shines as bright as the best, •
fFpremi the fair pile! let Connect: cut -rear it !
TM! proudly she weeps as she• race's his name . -
-And the rock from her mountain forer;er shall Lear
it, • . • •
The sythbol, the. record,,the sh ne of hislamer
-
GETTING FITS IN A =TIMM STORE.
- Lewistown' Ifalls, Maine, is ; a , place; it is!
You Can't etiaetly find it on the map, fist it's
been located :and incorporated since Mail- .
411's. latest, but its.there--a. !manufacturing
city :i.s large as life, with bankS, barber ilops,.
news Papers and all the usual fixtures and ap
purtehanceS of a locomotive, going ahead,
YanleFe settlement. ' ; -7,
J-14t about the newest •thing in the' new.
4ity; is a new, cheap, clothing store, that ' ri2
up' or L, railed clown' lately, on the JOnalPs'
gourd or Aladins palace prindiple, and Well
by tle same inYsteriousdispensation; became
tndowed- with . Ithc' cutest' Yankee salesman
hat the Dirig State ever :turned '. out.—
',Pother day, an up river voun: , 'an, wild is
about to leave father and mother and cleave
into Nancy
i i
y Ann, .came dOwn! to - get his sutit,
and Was of .coli..::e ` jest naterallly baonnd,'
to find his way into the new, erothing store.
Not thatShe' sauntered in'N . Vith the e easy swag-.
ger cif 'the town bred searcher after cheap .
;clothng, for the
.vernal tint was -tolei.a:l. 7
!fresh; on him yet; and he stopped to give a
Imodfstsflp at; the door. - He had effected=
'entrance at the gristi mill :India the J9ltinql
1 1
:ofbea,,where he had been. doing -business in
the same unobtrusive manner, and the boys
;all agreed, that ,Mr. Nehemiah Newbegin was
NO ' the Gullev,' and was paying his virgin
!vr . ti to i . ` Pekin! .
i• • ,
, N'hCiniali was i let in ` imegitly,' :and he.
'.arias .le ' , 4litet.l . 't1 -WI the cordial reCeption he
il-iet. ;with. '-- . - , •
The,prol actors were ready to ` forward his -
!snit';iatlono, •' he ‘• saw tit,' or they' would
; ` take nicAures and ‘ furni!sh hihi to order.'-
, Nehemiah drew a handbill from the top of
his' hat; and spread
,on: his knee fiti east
, I
reference. It *as he. led in the fat Gothic,
‘ w i c. ' • -
, : lNTpt vLOTIIINt AT COST.' •'.
i 4 •
and set forth! that in „eon: uctice• of the,
nuldneSs of We . season, over ive *thousand,
dollars' worth. of_ ready-made cl hing Was
to be dosed n and sold at an, - .
1 - ...I . Esl . onmot , S SACRIFICE n' • - :
A list of Prices followed,- and Nehem'ah,
ramiing his stinnpy finger down -the column,,,,
lit 4it h emphasis on a particular item.
- ` SaY !—v'y got cnny of these blew .cotes
left,lat five &Afars 'nd live 'n 'al 'nd six dol ,
Lars;—Rot enny on !eni left?' ' ' I.
• "Sunth, are,there any of those cheap coats
left?' inquiredlthe a'perlite' Nark of his part
ner.r We . old the last this morning did -we
notr 1 .
Smith urn e .tood the cheap clothing busi
nesS and ans v red promptly, ' All gone, sir.'
`OeSt ;sit' . petted,' murmured the disap
poilltetlcan ' te, ‘ danuition
p eize't all 1 .• - I
told dad the !ii all be gone!' 1
iWe hay a very superior tinkle for. ten
dollari,'— , 1 •
•'Steacely,
an4llfired p
s'[We can
• q-e-sl b
strut Off—fa
`YOU'd ft
`Pun lin
thoe :dewra
dollars ;- sol
habit. ione 1
lACkily t:
all' was advi
hentiali Was
'to the instin
a dicker.
Dew y
thiiig 3'
• 'Take w
Projeue
•
dejv it, de•U
. Well tx:
to sell 3'
Oh, uhr
thing, fron
ktilaw ; got
yeeol
ter.
G-9-0-11
g(t seine
i sot e)
got Some
;. b
bOt yeou
it here; dar
tlje inipequi:
'fijrth- to •‘'i
butter.
.•
:10n the
speedily, c
to be. put
sign of a
material-
NoYv t
Coat, will
ireck
• 1 .
:rtai l
*ant a co'
plates,'
*indow,.
erockery ,
eStiOti of
Yes,
odd thi
Naha s
coat auti
Odious
glories o±
t• • -
, .
rpctuata his
tinia an p4l
- its 'imeraid.
gallant akts
iced lipon.
%.--utaitrrs
..... .
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1854.
Iz . uire, stately !—ten dollars is
ice for a tote l'• . 1 . , 4 ;* ...
make you one to order."i) ..
it I want it now—want .it right
t is, Squire; must hei,.... "un.' .
: , 1 these cheap at ten dollars.'. •
w 'l7out it ! say; v'ye got any of
de doeskin trowse.s lett, at tow
d' them all tow, 'spett, paint ye ?
7 them. left 'llouther ' hey ye ?' .
m - -
te. was a few ft
I,' and -.Nchend
-ed to secure a pair at once: Ne-
I
open for a trade, but acting . up
, •0 of the Newbegins; it Must be
su ever telt' projeitee fur your do-
garden sass and ••
.4-eou
leasionally we do,' what have yeu
i I
o l st, anythin'; - a leetlh of every-
narrow-fat peas down to , rye
s me new cider, some_ high ,-top
t some ‘4)t . the all killinlest dried
u ever set eyes on ; 'speet neow
sonic of that dried punkhir •
I* * . t . t: for 'id
l e met .114,9 . 1 a in b , the (TR,
[ Nuited if he had any gobnut-.
! naOw Squire, I expect I've
tlie nicest and yallerest yeou
oii ' gOt some out here :mow ;
Ia shooger . bOx, eout in dad's
t it doi,Yu for R . .urnel Waldron
bey it; I'll tiring it right -strat
cf -I doan't!' And with. all
•ity of youth, Nehemiah shot
*aggin,' - and brought - in the
ngth of the butter, ti dicker was
acted, by which Nehemiah was
nunediate and absolute josses
vest - and .pantaloonsl of good
fit. ' •
Marl 4 whit kifid of a
have.'
ill hey a bloji( -'uti• Squire.'
1 1114kind- 7 --a• dress coat V • -
Sqiiire, • certainly,. jest •What . I
w dress •
I.y; just look at those
g to the-faiihion plates. in the
see what style you tansy.'
yeour. plates, -don't want any
cf, Nance hits got the
en wareyou, ever sot eyes on !'
!, just step this way • then
can aecommodate you. • :
speedily , seleeted a; niee, blue.
of green, hint he was luOre fus.
choir pants,. these crowning
new-suit; He seemed .to in-
duke a; . weakneSS for long 'pantaloons, and
complained thit'. his last -.pair. shad` troubled;
him. exceedingly;:' or,, as ho, expressed
blamedly,' by hitching up Over • his: boots,[
and wrinkling. , about_ the knees.
delved away unpettiously amid stack: of .
two of three hundred"pairs,'nnd finally: his
eyes rested upcn , a. pair of leligtby ;ones, real,
blazers, and Witikt wide yellow stripes running.
each way.. Neraia.h. soaked them out in a:
twinkling, - lie liked them—:they Were long
and yellow—they were 'just the thing, and:
he proceeded at once to try them:en.The
new - clothing Stare had a nook
. :curtained off
.f,r, 'this purpose, ap d Nehemiah-was Speedily,
.closeted :therein.
Thyants had straps, and the straps -were ;
. button Now, Nehemiah, had Seen straps
before; but the.art of maifagin them 'was a
mystery, and-like Sir. Patrick's Dilem ma,'
(wired a mighty dale. of nice. cowilderat„iott:
Un .deliberation; he; - decided thin
must KO firt he accordingly -,drew on hid
Blutchers, ~mounted a chair, elevated' the: -
pants a proper angle, endeavored- to
t eO:;.X tic legs into them. lie had
.a time of
it:. Ills boots' were none of the imaJles.p,.an4
. ,
the pants were 00110 of the widest;, the chair .
too, was. riekety, and bothered him, but, bi;tid=
ing hiS - energies to the task, be, succeeded -in
inducting one ; leg Into the •‘Pesky.thinp.'- 1 .•
lie was straddled like the dolossus . of Rhode...4 .
and juSt-hi the .act, of raislug -the other foot;
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when Whispering and giggling, fin - his imme:.
diate vicinity 'made him alive to the.appal 7
hug tot that nothing but n, thin curtain of
chintz separated him from twenty. or thirty.
-of thei,prottiest and wickedest girls that were
ever . caged in one shopt Nehemiah was- a'
bashfUl youth; and' - would haye .fnade a. 0b., :
cumbendibus of a mile, any day; rather than'
meet those girls,. even . had he been in full
dress; as it Was, his mouth was, ajar at the
bare pagsibility of making his appear:ince
among them: in his present diSabille. Whit
if there was a hole in the curtain ! what if- it
should fall l It wouldn't bear thinking Of, and
plunging his foot into the YaSant. h. , g, with a
sort of frantic looseness behrOught . on 'the
very 'citstrofilic he was so anxious to aYoid.
The chair collapsed with a Sudden ‘- scrouchj
:pitching Nehemiah head ove heels throng ! ,
the curtain, and he-made his grand entrt co
Cann/1116 (lit: AL:h. hlsA5 Ali, Lidues on au aPlis a me
a fetteied rhinoceros. •: •
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• Perhaps Collier . himself m i verexhibited
more 'striking scene of tablcanx Vivantes than
was now displayed: Nehemiah-was a mod. 7
el,' every. inch of him, and though .not
,exact- •
ly revelving on a pedegal," - he Was' going
through that Movement quite as effectual on •
his back, kicking,. s splurging„ in Short perseni-,
fy i ng in thirty seconds all the attitudes ever
chisseleil !' As for the gals,..they screamed
of euurse, jumped, upon ,chairs and the ent
tinglmard,,,threw their hands over
ees, peeped through their fingers ; screamed"
again, and declared they . should - die, they
kne*` they. should.
Oh Lord blubbered the , distressed young
sun,.l" dOn't holler gals &aft ! I didn't go few,
I swan -tew . man I didn't ; it's all owl& tcw
these cussed trowsers; ever,y mite on't; ask
yer boss, hell tell ye hew lyres:, Oh I Lordy,
wont nobody kiver me up with old • clothes,
or turn the wood box over, me? - .oh; Mises
in the bull-rushes! what'll Naney•sayl
ne.managed to raise himself on' hi's feet,
and I made a . .bOld 'splurge towards doer,,
but his "'entangling alliances" trippedhini . Up.,
main; and he '-fell kerslap 7- upon . 'the het
, .
oose of the .pressman ! This Ar4s the .
k . dest'hit of all. 1! The.goose was *ted:,ex
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pre, ly for thick cloth seams; and.the wait
sizzle in the seat of the neW pants Was of
flicting the wearer.: • Nehemiah riz up in .
an instant,, rid seizing the, source of all his
troubles by c slack; he tore himself free
froM all sa,ve the straps and :some . pantalet
*like fragments that hung . about 'his' ankles, as
- hit dashed through, the door of the emporium.
at a two-forty pace., Nehemiah: Seemed. I,td!
yearn With the peet, , for a lodge. in some
- vast - wilderness,' and betrayed a settled" lir:.
pose to , ' flee from the laisy . haunts of men
for the laSt seen of him he was capering
thel raflroadefitting like a seared rabbit--
the rays Of the 'declining sun 'flickering . ..end
thuicing upon a broad eXpeuse ,of shirttail,
that .fluttered gaily in the breeze, as he head
ed for the nearest woods. Yankee - Blade.
The Self-Sacrificing Father.. -. •
We heard a'good one, few days Since,' of a
'Mayor orone of the neighboring cities, who
seemed yery anxious to. prepare his
and felloW citizens to. meet the . anticipated
dreadful ravages of cholera. lie .would al
lOW uo food to be eaten by his family, but
plain salted nicatOisli, bread, &e.:; and when
ever any. Of them wished for something a lit
tle extra3hey had to shy over to ah obliging
neighbor's Where they never failed or getting
a fine sikk.;-of excellent pie, cake, Or pudding.-
--PreviOns to this,. however, they could bOast
of theSe delicacies at home. The Mayor,
it was nOticed by his worthrbetterhalt; did
not havela very good appetite .witeneyer - he
•cante to his' meals, (for the good reason prob.;
ably, that are many good eating saloons in
the plat! eil and she thought that a good rhu
barb would' do no. harm, but, rather. give
her husband a relish for his dinner. She ac-
cordingii; placed one at his side, when he . sat
down to7his . . noon-day meal. e'en& pat
sed over the br.ow -- of the head of the . fluidly.
!‘ "Wife? said he, `'how often mitst T . , - speak
oftheseithiugsl , It scents. as- if you were de,
termined tO l give us the 'cholera, despite of all
my• preCautions. Please take. away this 'de
eciitable :green apt, - r - ' -
[The ineek datne silently removed, the .of:
fendingidolicacy to the kitchen • followe‘'• by.
the greedy eyes of half a dozen :disappointed
youngsters.. • The father soon gcit through his
dinner and pasSed out ; -leaving the others to.
finish their meal of plain bread and ' butter
old - codfish. The son, hOWever, "not. haying
the felir of the tither before: his -eyes, end
Withal Sighing for the 'lash:pots:of Egypt,'
as. soon as -he . - thought his lather. well! gene out
of sigl slily crept into
,the kitcheni to get, a
slice ot the coveted pie. But: When. he ;.got
there the table was,..bari, the ihubarb'Pie was
gonel-, l 7 Thinking, perhaps,' that . Bridget had
-thrown it in the swill barrel; lie went,to.: the
doOr of,the woodshed, whetilol .whata sight
nrescuted-itsell to the li4 Handet could
otr.li4e been Mare' surprised than was our
'hero at' the appeartineeinf the - veritable •May
or, seated upon tt sokbuek;; with the dd
youre4 rhubarbpie ; (detestable, stiff) ; in his
hand l Hetwas sacrificing hlinselt, to save
his fiuhity, eating the pie; ,chOleitt- andall. is
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Thci son sot a good share_ of - the prize; by •
givin4 al3rotnise pet totell ; .andthe old i tnan
slid for his office, ~11. e ,has not hc.enlie*.rd-to
say anything igainst ‘gree,n
WITOLE.._NtMI3ER, - .:153 - •
spnirtimasm NAR:
Eztraorditiary Afa4ine y a Spirit Bak
per.—The_ rtvelationd ref spiritualls% -have .
- hitherto beenof an- a:Musing chamter ; but •
from o statenlkent which appears in the New
Era—the ott.an• of .the rappers-4i would
seem as if' the followers ef,this new'iito are -
pushing theizi angelic; tit 'orie.s to t,hol Wildest .
verge of blasphemy and obSeetiity. In a late
number •of the organ; ive favvired ;With
a long edite; i l article : bout whsii‘•lis Called
the '-Electri Motor: 'or Neti Saviour.'
-The Era speaki•of deep .satisfadion - that
the world is,i•by-andl7,to be:blessed beyond - •
Conception - II this physical - Ore ugh
whose instrnmeatality a permanent material: - .
basis shall be laid for true spiritual salVatiert;
( The new S#vione is a machine , which has
; been constructed at LynniMass.., by the spir- •
itualists, which they claim to..be semi-me
-I..chaniad not semi-human. It has, been „ de
minated New Motiic Power,' and '
(52,000 toedustruct it., The New Era remarks .`
that the ElOtric Motor is ahexsct:eorre
pondence ofithe human body, at least so 'figr
ineo/untiry motion is timeerned.. It was- _
conStructts.l,,under Spirit directiini t ' and chief...,
ly at the liev. Ilfr. Spear's expense.: This' •
done, the i next thing to; put Mem*
whicir brings us. to the most extriordina-:
ry part oflthe business. Ilow life waaim-:.
parted to the machine by a we --
will not 'disgust our raders by detailing
If. anything more is needed of the last ems-_ -
nation of cruzyism, it is' found in he assertioir
that themaehine began to have life or piOsa
tion, which 'ne.reased under-a process precise.; _
ly analagouli to that of nursing I • Angel* in
telligences have of course attended her, to ex-.
plain these Mysteries. Spear and fellow
fools do not pretend to understand what the
ultimate dekrns of the intelligences are. • .
To the climax of absurdity, we have
the following statement I - ' •
In the lqw Era 'of July . sth, We find a vis- .
ion had by !J. Wolcott, which developes what•
is expected! to be aceomplished`by this •ma.•
chine. If Appeared to grow, in size' and .
threw off from itself small niachine.s afterits
o)7, patkrn,' aial those in turn thiew-Off a
ultitudr.i f other little ones.' Thewhe fur,'
' -
ler says . .
Nest there .appeared a ni!yrement Wirong:
the rnaent4s, and the largermies,Whiefter.e
now fully . developed , - moved - ,
a7way..iflor the
plain . into the distance.;.. In their path.
.stood
a great number 'of . churehesi of every size and ;„
variety, :Irdin the.:diminutiie Methodiat chap-,
el up •to • the stately Gothie. Minster and:
Pan l's :enthedral. But. the 'maehines,4id
not turn Oat of their course at all, running ick
vet. and through .- those, temples, completely
demolishing them.la heaps Of wortblesa - rub-..
bish.--Wa.thingto4 - Star. .
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BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. ..-
The difliSwallow is not,we believe, a, riAt. ~ ~
ajar suminer sojourner in these parts. , Mils. , -._ l
visits 'are belieVed to.be only oemsional-4evr 1
and far betiveen. At any rate, we arc infortn-
ed that he ( tnis no regular haunts. - The farm.; .
that he gla dens this year, mayot•be cheer
ed by his presence for many co ing .seasons.
We lave I'D. interesting anecd , t o to - tell of
these interesting birds. .` I', ~,‘ , . -
It was rehited to us, if not by an: eyewit--
ncts, by one who received 'it, tiom .an mt.
dinibted soiree,' ' These birds, es do nearly
all the birds of this latitud e s ,:: take their de
parture" hetie with the summer,for warmer.
ski - es. Several years since,
,a arge nnber- ..
of them had their nests upon a barn in'. the, -.
smith part of Deerfield. . . • •
At-theulnial periodd - their northern homes •
were abandbned, and the tribe took its flight
for the tropics After a tune a Solitary irtdi-
vidual Was Seen lingering 'furlong the fersaken .
habitations.) Various conjectures were start
ed to account for its tarrying: : It might be .
that he had! not, strength enough for: so dist. • .-
ant an expedition; or he might have accident
ally been leftbebind in the - general migra
tion, and feared, to encounter the perils of the .
journey aloine." -‘The autumn passed away,
and still that -solitary stranger .remained, bra-
ying!the, Trcists and the pelting storms of win, ,
ter. Spring cameimd yet he was there. - An.'
occtirrencer singUlar, and contrary to the -
habits of th migrating tribes, caused his mo- '
tions to be t watched with more attention. At
length 'another head was obseired, protruded.
from one of tlfe nests, '.wtieli s seerned• to' be
the abode , of the . bird; which had been regard
ed with so 'much interest I - On examining the
nest the mystery w,as beautifully Solved.r--
Another swiillow was found detained a
prisoner. 1 , • ' . • ''— ~
-One of its legs had bethme entangled by It''..‘,
thread of h6rs, e hair, whiCh htid beea-uSed in.,
the lining 6f the nest, and held lit there a alp- \
tire. Net it. was not deserted by its faithful 'I
mate.; Through all the long and dreary wiiu
ter,
this patient, self-devoting love. supplied
her 'wants. ' Ile saw without regret, bur•for
his hapless' , consort, the cleepeding gloom. of
the thdini year; he felt . without feeling,'
but fbr her o . the advancing rigor:of winter;:
and if he, at times, remembered The sunny_
skies of the South, and thejlasnre the tribe
were there enjoying, it . ay only.t6 sigh that
she could ? not partake of, them: By.night,
and by day, in sunshine- pal in cloud;ln.- the ,
calm and in the tempest, he was :with her
ministering to !ieiNtants, - .and - cheering ,the
hours,other hopeless captivity by'his caress- :
es. and untiring devotion: ., . Now:do you stip.
pose that the vitt** is capable of such hero- ~1
le: constanp)- and. generous_ self-sacrifica 'I Or
did you over , hear_ anything like thisauthen
icated of ithe fearleSsjrnlture 7
. - [ ACORN COFFEE. • . -- : ,
,1 , There is in Berlin, Prussi, ti, largo eetab.
lishment for the-manufacture of - coffee. from,
acorns and chicory, the tirticle being made
separately from each.. The chicory. is,tnixed
with,an equal-weight of turnips to render it'
sweeter. 1 The acorn:coffee, ' , which- is made
trom roasted and ground acorns, is sold in
large rquintittek and frquently 'with rather a
medielnh than an . economint view; as it' ii
thought to have a wholesome• effect upon. the
blood, particularly of 'veroftdOuri person!. '
Acorn coffee is; however, made and:used iti
many pails of Germany for the sole purpos .
....
of adultering gennine coffee, a nd has been inci
ported into the United' Statei , for same
use, so 'that, no doubt, many_ Ream: who
would shrink from kowingly drinking acorn-_
cotfee hay° actuallT'rdrunk ittar o t , ' anoth er nae.. ,1_ • \ • , "'l'
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If it bn medicinal in. its' nature, aaisltiai
. the -use Ought to be encouraged...; And at any
rate, if it is healthy in its nature 4 and can by
nutde ve Cheaply from the superabundance
acorn, bt.otir forests, it, seem? tp„T*Tx*
:ultra I 4fewler,eertaie 'eireTastaileeslts l
"sabstitut
iy
?for coffee,the price of which *Cmi
tt"
' theregy e:much' redneed. ' • . !.• . 1 ..
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