M'Kean County Democrat., February 17, 1859, Image 1

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PIIIILIBEIEDAVIiiiY Tat:MD.IT MOBNIISG, •
By onArr BARiOR,
sm E mpoit IWKEAN COUNTY, PA
- :111 50, iiLidirance
*!it,,es citAdvertisirkg,
1 Oollium , one year';‘l,.:.
• . ' -*six • monlhis
One. Fiquar's 12 lines or testi,..3 insertion, •
!iubstiqbetit ingel;thin,
Pards.,With paper • • :•'..
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jar The4e Terms Ira , Do mtfiatly Olen, d to:;Xl]
VO,pi.t,oo.:,,,l3..iiitOrn'.'
3: C. HOLMES,
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Wholosaleindeltetall Deafer .I n ProrkWm- Rod. FaHAY
GrOceries,.Dry Goods, Boots,'S„boes.ll.lts, Gaps, Naile:
' Yankee Notions. &e &o. Store one' door west et - the
Astor Mole.: •Terros,„Casli. :.. .' ~
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• " FOBES g 01181" -
- fronting the 'Public ' PORTO,. 'Olean. N. It. ' , . T.llfEs
MII.OIS 'Proprietot. ' The Pubefillense 4 entirely dew
and built of brick,' and is.Turnished;.in modern style
The - pron tie , or fleitera himeell at' , his accommodu.
• tons are net; enrp'assedby any hotel in .Weatein N
'Terk..;•Clarsiagea.run to and Tom the , New:Turk and
Nile Flail • '• •' • • 3e-tf.•.•
BYRON 11, HARLIN.
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'ATIORNIIT AT Sthethport. , ll'Rean Cou nty, PO:"
..Ageat - for bienara, Lands . " 'Atten . ls.
e!lpitoially - tO.t.be 00114 . ,, ti0n - c,f t:x . Aminatlon
tivid Tit lea; Payment nt. Taxe: on-I nil bokineek
pag ; to into Offloti i'n' R *Block
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GICEEICS HOTEL
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D .A.-.Weionr,%Preprietor,;.-at Kinzua. Warren county
:-Pa.: His Table will he :supplied - .wittr.the be,t the
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.country affords, and he spare napalm! in acoomodatleg
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ll.'ool f D RIMERS,
Attorney'and 0 )itaaeltot; at' Law, Wiil attend to' tt ordb
lectlan of idainia end account, la• •he .Conntle• • , Pot •
ter, ' M'Kean. ,Elit, .teffarnan, and • 04artiold .. ' 1.?: 0..
Emotirport, lit'Keati dainty. Pa: . - • :
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t 110116140 N SLDRED;
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.tittOrsiey s erid Counsellors:at 144,,..9n1ithn0rt, WlCesin
CoUoty, Pa. • . Otis mote • ent,Netect to hie. carefor the
counties of Bl!Keep; Potter-and ,Elk will be proinptly
• attondell to Mei In the Court liou.ie, 'aegond floor •
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e..rrl Surgeon, Stnetbptirt,'li, will ailend to.
I professional cal with' promptness. 'DMus in nart
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Illoolk,•seeond.iloor. • . • . • . •
N. 8. BUTLER ik CO.,
IVholesal4 and Riital jiiaiers. in Staple' and 'Panty - Dry
Goode; Carpeting, Ready Made' clething. and General
.Farnianing Gonda. goats and 'Awes, Walt and INlndo'w
• Paper, LaakiDll.9laasea.4o .AtOrean:l4.. 7. .' •
SAMBETT H011.13E,
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thnethport,l!dr'Kean C0.,.f05. • D. A.•Deennrr, Proprie
'. tor-,—oppoeite , the Court Mune'. .'.A. new, large, cud'
worth:we end' elt ferulithed.house .'
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1" ..• • ; lOUS C.' 3& U 8 . ::.. .'"..•
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Attornl4 , iimi Chinisinor at 'taw', Bmniliport; lir Kenn Co
. Pa, 'Alit 'attend 'trio altbusineimiethi4 pinfeinglan in the
emirate!, of Pd'Kean.frnt,tee aid Elk., Olifeitovei U. It:
'Sartwell..t. Brothers' fitnre: '• . .' , ' ...
MOE . ROUSE,
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notitsit,.Propiletoi. Smethpnit...Witean . oo Pa.
. ltages.tn and front this place stop here. ,Good' aCeoier
. • modations and rgeogitiabt6 prices.. • ' . ' •
s. fisttlWttt,
GOnerel. Denier' .Dry Conde.," Orpeerfee, . Crockery
ready-Mette Clothlmr, Boots and Shgpn, Mite end Cape
•. &a,.., - oppOniii the Court Howie,
'OIDEbti IRON%
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Dealer in Dry flendaiGrocarleir. P4rlc, Pinar Salt, Pleb
. 'Ready.lll4de,Clothing, llnote.ani ,Phoen . Sinre in .I.ili
. ton'enl,ls.tand, Snaethport, Pa., • General : Patel:4 Medi•
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HACPIEY;totrtz,
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Corner'of 9eonn4 and Liberty streets, Warren; "Pe: 'A.
A..llAntott, Proprietor.. TravelerA.'wtll find good an
ceenitodatione and reasontiere,cherges: -- . • ..
t B. MOON,
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Dealer ip /Daiwa,. Mtn War:eoJanpaned Ware . -ha.; *eat.
aide of the • Dal - dia Sqn.re. - Smethpart, Pa. "Coat° PI
work done to order on the : aborteat notice; and in. Vie
mostaebetant.DP *rnanpel.: .. ".• ."' ... . ..
W. 'ego Wa).J.L,
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Dealer in Dry' 'Goods, Groceries' ,Greckerr. •Frnydware
Nets. Shoe!, Itali . 1011110.. plaio..,..linita. 014 • &o.,dic
. EfOr side of the Pnblio Square, Sinetbport,.,Pa. •"
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K. I. orro,,
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Deafer lii• Prorlaroah a,iid-Pamify, etroperiaa, geerally, at
Partnere Valley, .1 0 P Kitiin . 00..,*: Pa-... .Gra In ' Lti tabor.
• Sitt.rles,*e ~ takerito each's* for Dodda, Patent
';l4ol9inea far. sate. : ..,..•. •-• *.; .. ' '• .. ' .• ..' ' '..•
Wulbws Itoftt„
PmprJetor,—Allegheny
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Biidgo...3l , Knou
- Oo , Po., Th 9 bonen hi.kituAted oboutnine mile. from
'Sinethi+Ort on thn•rond..to Olean, idd.oill•bn foiisnlsa
oonyentent, stopptnnoe • • ••• •• '"
"EMPORIUM' HOUSE,
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fiblpneri..2.l!KantrOwi . V.lin: Otioi, Penpria'ar•
hi conanandlanw and -well,furnishad , liantm. ,fitrangera
and pavelera,wlll find 'good 'nceniTitnOdalons. .•: ...
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I!ARMERB' . VALLEY.HOTEL,
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By T.4looraMae.. - This . house IA satiated abent fare mile
, . from thnethport en the reed th Olean% Pleeso re parties
and the:s een.he acepreinedeted on .the Shortest make.
XLDREII . IIALVWIIr HOUSE,
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frivaios Ders , Prpprielor. :MIR house is altnitted'hal
-way tletween Smethport and Olean; If you want a goad
Onner thief,' the place to atop.' •.
ORORDIS conwOr,
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Proprietor of • the Griot: Mill,. At . Meolunititurit.' frfo - .
Ilene County Pa - : Flour. .Meal, 'and' Feed, annstantly
'..... on hand and for sale, in large and small qizaotition.,
RAILROMJ kayos
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Wilhiax,Staastas Proprktor,
,yotwieh, .14tliteatt .00:•
Pa, (lead ttactonantodatipor cart be had: theta ".at
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• 'POET AtligiaNf HOUSE , ' •
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liqt.Li Lfte4f.t. oit POrl •Alregoor,
%eon Oooity ..Pe. Thin Hotel Isidtuated at the Juno.
thin of the'Smetbpoit aid Allegany oadi; aloe
miles cant of . Bxnethport: •• • • •••
BRA OFORD 110 USE,
NORTN'SIDIG OP Tat PUBLIC SIZUARIC,
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riradfoid; • Ci . ittikt.y, Pa.
RE'undersigned 'having purchased the,alitive
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PiNverty, now piepared to Pnteitiiin the
tt"elinrcommunity and' iesident Vositters on
" ag°la bTe ,/i Will' be iris constant aim
tb have his -,• ' •
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-• TABLI 4 *.•.• , SUP.P.I.44tr
with the best the country attOrds.
‘ .aad - Captious - Rant ant Stable
are connected ; with:the premisei, and a eiteful
Weider will alwaye,bei in iaaitina - • '
The undersigned dopes, by prompt, attention
to the wants of his Apatite to 'lnerit'the 'patron
age ottl4:public. • ,•-•
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'WEIXTTIER„ON BJJRNS.
At the Burns 1164rvit in.lßoaten, the, folliiiving poeut
.:.closed in's letter; was ideeli , edfroinJehni). Whittier
- :pee , sereetlic*;i9!) "••
' Fronaskiute and martyra . •
The gavial; of tritihiphal •,
• , ..; . Abtrie the ihoriy eriUve I -
The choreipreise,.the eluilited prayer's? L . .
by - •
:The . hinitee 'etalu eite;
The byres that Luther aueg! •
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20,00
12 00
yet;'jarrin g noUthe heripalk notes,
The sounds of earth aro heard{
- As through tho epen toinider floats
the on of ttriqe an 4
rtotless tlie . wonder, of theski' • ,
That daisies i.loore 'below; • ,
The hyena etogeon , though toed and high.
The efend,:r orgam3 thew ' • •.
• , : And it .the tender earbejlirted ..
That.l , apfy bedre by:teima •
• . Thafialhtly . haTio:of - chily'a . bard,
The pesters!. pipe f . Berne.'
.....Nodiscord mare lifall..uleCt
Who gave them bot h p tongue,
• : . .rov.hd alio . ..atop the lov
Trielove of God bath mug:
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To-day by every fault, forgiven ..:. . , ...:
- .01' him in 'whom we joy; . -. • ' ' . ". '
We tiike; with 11)ablia,Aho :gold of hots:veil,
A'nd,lea,ve.theeartlea all*:
Decors Isla matte as of apripz t .' , , •
Iliwsweettitse au of fiiiwerit, •.. - . . '.:-
The songs the bard Illmaelfiolghi . slog
- .l.ols'olier ears oi...is:Colin. •• .; . • , '.
.Sweet airs o [ iOre Auld home, the
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Of household ideludien •
Come 'dogleg: as the.'robtne,Gome '
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To eiug in'dobt-yard tieea, *-- •
And; he 1..t .,, rJ heart ; two. natiOna tiara
• No rival wreathe tri
But. blending An green;
• Tina holly and the
PMNG (jrz . vES ON SANTA ANNA
'AM MciDENT OF TiLE,TExAN WAN:
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. The eloquent-,and graceful style in which
that hereic' per-image, General . •Don Antonio
Lopez de Santa, Anna, has;on all suitable occa
sions, tolked.of frisking a martyr of himself;
'for the sake of. his countrY, .together. with the.
ease'end facility with which he has managed
to elude the pains and .copsequences . Of the as
sitinption. Glair interesting'i character—thus
appropriating. alf the•gfary without any of the
inconveniences of the Martyrdom—will' tm
dOubtedly.constitute'oneof the most remarkit. 7 ,
ble features'of the life ofthe "Hero of Tarn.:
pieo." Had he . 'died c a s 'often as he has; Pi-,
pertaining to the feline ifiecies would be sud.
deli annihilation in compa r rison. Burtuckliy or
Unluckily; ' . for , himself' and for. his Ipeople, all.
his resolves ,upori'death hive been, met by
'counter inclination's - to live, and so, thus 'far,
upon 'every approach of the . king of terrors . , he
has 'cootriverito 'give ..hint the go-by... The
World is beginning ft, suspect that the vainglo--,
rictus Mexican is not: half sorivilling-to ihrittlW
off this,MOrtal coil as he w's* :have them be
lieve; in which eeincide; r --or
rather the world coincides'yrith
long beeri, dotting Of his •cOurage.' :Hiiving hart
fife honor toile present,"lny,self, when- Sants•
Anna was possessed of one of his deadik:rese.
lotions; I will endeavor to describe briefly that
verY'aWeeting•scene. • •• ••
Tht •writer serVed, a, Campaign, 'and a 'pret ti
long .one too, in the Te . xan revoltrion'ary army
of 1836. Tbe company to WWeli.J wag at.
Inched, in'. conjunction ;with another,
charge of Gen ! '§anto Anna during . the latter
part' of hisiMprisOnment Oi . azinitto, a short
distance above :Columbia on. the Brazes:,
While • We. were - here the, arm y took it itito
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their heads, that in cen,equence of the' many
,bloody massacres ,he had committed on 'their
friends, StintO Anna- deserved to; be hanged,
and they passed a resolUtion to that °fillet, and
sent a request to Ge,f era' Rusk that he 'would
.cause him' toile brought to head (Osiers for
the puipose ofbeing eicecoted. •The General,
hoWever, har , ened - to entertain ilifibreitt views
frorrr those Of 'his intelligent cohorts; :end 're
fus'ed to comply With their wished trinching the
,lite of their tlititinguished captive; bet sent an
order to have him irOnertand kept close con,
finement..• The Older , Came in a few•days, and
neighboring
,blaeksaith soonsharnmered out
a rude pair of , gyves - with which -to:pitt it :in
executian f , . •
The senior officer being absent, Vie 'duty of
superintending t 4r -ironing operation deco) •ed
upon our captain,' Nick Dawson,. Who was see:
and in cominand: Rawson expreised sortie em..,
barrasement as to how the order. should he eax•
cured; as he wag totalli ignorant of the Span
ish language„ithil• every other under heaven,
save the vernatular of the'etimberlatid..moim
tains, and being pur.dy 'is man of actioni had
never had much ocCasion . for even , that.' The
captelh, however, was not tile man toheiitate .
long shout anything' in which his duty Was con
would have undertaker. to chain the .
very devil 'himself,' it general Rusk ertlered .
So, taking his griat brisket-hiiithr sword
under hisTartii, and followed.* the grim vis
aged son of 'Vulean, , he . prlieeeded towards the
quarters of, our illustrious" prisoner.' Without
Nzalint his ..brain any farther, lies had' (Olen
upon a plan :iectiliaeti:hiniself, and that 'was
to 'do the buiiness iii ills p:Rtinest, straight-for-
Ward mann'erlioseible. Atrived at the,.thior,
they opene&it without any great sholk'of
ehd'elit'rehed"ihtir the, mire; wb'el'e .
they (guild Santa • Anne,elene, apparently'
.too
much aheorhect 'Wilting:to 'netice'. their' en
,trance. Dairoon tapped Mtn gentlY 'On the '
shoulder attrtict hls'attention„ , s'nd'iMinedi
atelf commenced manipulating the air... With.
signs indliatiVe the2ohjeet
General stared-at astonish:
meat Bfeenlirnefhe' etiittlY
upoifthe floor, and depciiiting hie iAjevvelrY"rbey
his. side, he laid
~ his inntnense paws . uPon . :the
delicate shanks Or.thepris6ner...Santa Anne's . ,
aitentlen Was ettratted hisleat.4liere ..the
blacksmith was,.withlreat :deliberation;
rang,'ng , ' his irons, preparetiry.tri - fastening
them on. Instantly deviriing their 'intention,
he Made a single spring which, placed shini . be
yond Oicii immediate: reach,and. 'getting:: the
• table-between him 'and their, endtched . iip'e
-huge glass inkstand,- which he:flouriehedraund
his bead, ..;wearing all the time, by every saint
in the' exieen: . calender; that he . would . die. a
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thous. nd.deatkelather than
. sulthitto•such an.
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Fortunately . for Santa Anna; Alrriante
who spoke tegliShretnetkably Well; ittree r ted•
by the.noise,. Came in NI . see what tbe , .toatter
was, just abOtithali of wson'ssWord
fni)ind•its . wey ?rein ,the
begged . hiM to flesier, With Which . he immedi
ately complied, retUrning.shle.dword to: its
paWson tole..Almonte toeay to Santa :
Anne• that did ,not wish to use.foren or ViO .
It'nc ; e, arid. that. he should: regret tO . ininip • him
in.:any : Way . , "bitty" - Civininueci ;The, captain;
!"my orders era to 'place flim.in irons,and.
if it shunt he done—fhat'a certain.?
. Ahrtonte atated..rhe matter as„ordornd; Find 'en
dea vored.t& remonstrate,•• but the General' : im
patiently waved him off. with - one, hend,•whilst
With . the'ether he • flourished the big glass ink-:
.stand;„. • • • , • .
Capt Vick.Dawionx.s:patience was entirel y
eshaueted--remOnstrance, was at
.116 .1 end—be
hattale
known
was a pi
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most ileattly hater . of anythiatittlie-0 11 PF,".':
a Mexican, and, partteulArly Sautti:Aritta;r
mer
• "Sliforider artrist' . ''Ordered the captain in an
exeeedinglY'calm..and steady : Voice: ,• ;
's , rteadyt"—up Went the 'muskets to'theeye
Went thalocks.
.tAitiirt a dead . silence here ensued, whilst .
an expression of supreme satialactlon, settled
tipond he:stern features of the ffentnckian; ad'
his eye:glanced ay:me:the blightbarrel. Santa
A nna•grew de'adly pala,.and seemed to totter.
bewson hand . a ponderous silver
watcht , l givelyon half a tni . nitte to consider—,
.if - at`the eird..that tirne.:You dCrrioi.subrait'yod
: aroa dead mu whiCh' his. eye rested
again on the dial'of • his ‘'‘,.:tratch-.• Thoroughly
!tightened by this !idle', he .rioadeit •gesture of
submission, eat doWn:in a chair;:atitl leaned his
head on the heal, over which he dreWa blanket,
and placed his feet in a ... PoSition to be shackled .
When rhe iinris were • fastened San, he divested
his•head of the blanket; and asked if he were
riot ashamed t o use the Presid , Yl4,the treat
Itfeiican Nation thus. •
`.The President 'Of 'the treat' Mexican 'Dia
fion be,d growled the ffentuckiadiSas
he,brotiOt hia.masket &OM itisshoulder. • . •
facel—marchii' cried the.. captain in
aquielc, sharp inica. The rdopt was 'cleared
in:an ii stant,. and'. the cap'ice Pre4ident was
left to, his own ttielanchoPy)rellections
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The next we. ironed Almonte—but Al
inente was a .philosopher of the right stamp,
and took the. Metier in perfeet good linmot.: Be
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Made jhke at =the expense of the smith. Who
Was riveting' or.the'attine,..tvhicli set every one
in a roar, and ao . tirkled,the.eychip hiMaelf as
to render tiitiftinfit for business during several
minntes. • • It was the that 'Alninnte .
Slipped th.; Ironti off the inomeht our hacks,
were turned—in fact that he took them of and
put them on at pleasure; hut. nobody ever, in
quired.inf'o' the.natter closely, for Almante
was a favorite with us all._ . • '
• • DTI 50111 t. STors.—Do not rcstoe nt the
dram shop. -. Merry .lattehter may ring. out from
it al you paaS by, and . trokes sot - friends . may
call you to enter. Within it shine
brightly with light thrown back fromltolished .
mirrors, and gleams from' crystal bOttles; and,
the voices of mirth and . . gaiety may be heaid
therei but "stop" not; there is, danger in, its
brightness. Those gleaming': iotttes contain
potions that lead to .-poverty; 'dishonitir and .
desith:;.. the , tneriment that's, is the laughter
of - fools an may end in.tie hOrrlhlelaughtOr . of
themaniac.. AVoid'it,:pass :.it, turn from
it;ancl pass y:voy. ;,... •
Elo not i‘sipp'i at theiamblinglicitiSe those
close shutters conceal treacherous fascinations,
you may find yourself too week to resist: _ '
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No!er'displite about trifles, even tliongh yob
are certain of being in the right The truth
will.co►ne to light . ..m;Oner . or later,''and' then
your oitnonent will'not only resriect your wis
dom, bet lave your. meekness.: ':.*
Philanthropy wits. said by ihat 'reyhrend jo
kat.; Sidney pftie the oitiieretil',.senti
anent ey'llhoi blotto, 6:at,' 'WhittnoVel' A
sees V. in trottble, •tilvErtys',wititi : o.'to re
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Tle. IPMEIT ftitEAT LIBRLICT
, i,he: Patrol of 'finorta -
anti Ofiittrarlis, iii,trii
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iMpOitant bran'cli of 161 ' 6 whitlge:. We prOpose
lo give a short , aCcountvf the, firit'great library
f t tie ,woiliyialled c alled: Aletrandrigti . :4ibiary,
imtit Alexandria; in giPt; telifiCe.t;iitlitceethe
hooks were collected.. Thia - kiltiitry,,iahati into
xiattince in connection with te alloying lits•
lorical eyents. Ptolemy tagiis was: a 'son of
chiliri of Macidon, by Aiisinor; a aretlittp irin,
, !A of rtfe
giPai'tnis riliif ddeintplighments, but
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I t hi, -wftel. flefnie; the'hirth of 44e:chili!,
'Arising? was married, to a..greCian of,, no great
itialinictlon,.by 'the namegi Lagos; from whoni
Ptblerfti derived his parentalname, Ptalemy
was a child ofmuch promise,,artd, discovering
ralents)bravery, and adesirpfoi learning,,Nvie
w.. 11 educated at court wider the dlrection of.
Philip; ilia father. He rai eiebtrin Years old
urthan Alexander the Great t An renowned son
of Philip, and being attached to Alexander!,
golly, As a•tronirninding afflcer s in ihe Persian
'war, he became oneorthe fogr'chief gneral,..
Ptolernyiytai an acco4liiihetiOrecian scholar,
had a ,t4te for the arts;nritt. , a strong thiiet tor .
, knOtyledge of all 'kinds,_which *kg greatlyt'in. :
creased by his eastern 't ravel, and enpeditlolig
witli Alexantle?. ' . ' .. .
' After ieigning twelve Trois antl.'eigh months
'Alexander died at'Eabyleni the 214
. 32 4 3' El 4 - C in the thirty-second Year of his age.
His vdst empire the four'great geperale.dtvided
among thennielveioind Ptolemy toole.Alexan
ilcis end all Egypt as-his part.:.Ba proved to
he a wise and goad king. lie. ficauvagi.d leur
ning'and thC,fria; wat •gettercitie and just, as P •
ruler, anti was the father of the: whale
,dynesty
of the. Ptolemies, thirteen of whoin • reigned on
the throne; of Egypt, - extending thiotigh
od of two hundred and yearis
lhhis ditnesty of the Ptolemies : Were thetirest
est lovers and •,patronsof learning s taken as : e
whole; "that ever :graced the thrtme of • any
kingdom, either ancient Or modern. . ' Ptolemy
collected. and
..fat,iaded a .. library,: an(
,wrote with his own band a ,lifecif Alexander,.
whielt . waf admired for Ale truthfulness and
li . eituty. : His son and successor on the throne,
Ptolemy IPhtladelphus; einployed Seventy of the
most learnid -Jetrif andcracks to .makets.per
fect translating. of iiwilebrevi Scriptures into
greek, thr this litrery i ehich, hipre his death,
increased to . two hund.ed thousind volurikep
• Bnth . he and his sUCcessOrs bought the' origiput
thides of all important books that could.beTotind
and:often :had copies .rritfeh - oat for 'ihe.riu.
.
thOrs. ;:The . third Ptpiemy paid.; out to the
rl theai has
„a, large sam of money for parmiasioa
to copy the original rnan . aseripts o'f ./Esehuylo,
14 ripirlei arid Sophoalea,..tbemaa't riiitingulah..
. ,
ed tragic'poets of - qr . ee t .. 2Esebuylui wrote
.
.
ninety'•traiettieiaorlY :altV . bleb' too p ublic
'prizes. They ware tectfOr' the Aleanti
'grist); only seven have
come down to us..
.Euripides' wrote •seventy
five., .hut only nini.teen. Sophoeles
wrote ode litindred and • twenty, OF of.: which
*pro : copied,. brit only seyen remain to
.the
.'`his tot-as in'creased. the
Prolernieit ill it : reseheit the enormous , 's i ze of
sevefl hundred fbonsand;:it °lntros, •P,Ml.eOntain
r;(l.ii copy nearly dieryittiport Ott:hook then
in he world, anal many of them thti,only copy.
11 . 0 fardbintlihrnry . was injured atid partly
tiestroYed . by..Tolitis . CMsor, : who set it *on fire
•
to extricate' hinutelf . from intrigues an.lAliklleni-
It is hove e ver, • refitted. by 'Cleopatra,
the - lost 'reigning . princese.of !he' Ptolemyjdi-.
temeke. tip !he loss of hooka, she
pfocuted - a &Oleos • ,library tvVeo hundred
•
thousand voliirties at..Eergamtis,and tranaptirt
edit..to EttyPt to erritit and sidocti this collet- .
tion. Cleepntrti diedthirty•years Egypt
heeanse' SRoman Province; the library wos
generally car;dfortry.thellemir c t tioVern
urs,and some additions were tnake.to
The..firet 'Christian achohls,
,and the Aral
learneo men of the Christian church - Were dm
Pred aroutiff•thislibrary,and thelea'rning which
tr.diffirSed4hrhugh .Alexandria, Egypt and all
No.therd Africa, that for the Ark •three or
fnur hundred year's of the Christian era; the
most learned fathers and bishops orthe church
;were Northern Afrlca. In the year
642, thaMahotinedan army under.the command
of A mron; entered Egypt . and took the . citi,ol
lexandria, which' was. ernprese of
,the.Weat,
.
the Mart of: Eastern commerce , - the; seat of
learning and.the arts, According to:AmrOa's
Fetter : to the caliph Omar, it .iontined , four
thoniand palaces, four thotrien'd baths, tbree .
hundred tiaetities, fweli , e•thtintsarld: shops . fcir
the, , sale of. forid,:and' forty_ , thousand Jews:—
Buntrietli- Pretierited. their prayers 16..Aniron
that the library might be. spared froroldestrtic
thin, He referred the
,matterto..Calipb Oinar,
whoanswered that if the boOkaeofit:ait)ed what_
was written in. the Korau,• they were , useless
if, they, contained -anything they . were
false, and ought to be destroyed..,.Tkio.fainous
library was given.rip to: the
homedan soldiers, and used them to heat, the
baths for bathing, and . served thnnu fot . fuel
more thin six, months,,:i . The. art of
,printing
was yet Unknown. 1-tere 'the
,most.impertant
knowledge which the Worlil gainekbY.fonr
thousand'six hundred yearti'of study, and erne
.rience, ind'toil;_wan zolletted in manuscript
books. Here, daulitlesai were hiaterieeof'the
Plutraolis said the Ptoleinies, of .. .l3abj , lori and
F i l iliqal; oflbe old it:ellytiiitt,:.en4:tbe 'Neap
iind' ' Tlitt! 4 ''of,7,'ij',oi.s;4l4 . 4it,'llr.P;aig
l i . " ..141' e ' ttitle.. t i • ea i/ 7'' E o :Oti; : .4 1 (8 63 f;l0 1 E; : '!! 1 ):
ite : l;pie4;till,:.tie-etf. :1 1 eie , :ge, theteo,t, , , #.rov : , ,trti'
c m l
'thkidlideitst 'over • riptillg :46 % 141 ' spread
; it rp Otki fit;l' that 'doh ni ed ': I i hilitt#6.- li„ heti Iti it
Iliefteicid'i;allli,".24ciheii,4ti;iiitii , frUiti lbi ,
over I he.cityi, : religifin cnOttineil,..autAtpgrily ,
Minion progrete ettiod egbaut;', and 'lbellehint,
'or , the World:Went liack'n .itioluitind iiare, and
Much.of it went into utter opiivion never to bv
recalled. 4 , Sic traois 'euriti vilpfdi."'
The world had to begin . * * new, and it is Duly
from ouch Sources as tlie'eatacombe 01. FdyiPflis
atitl di' tuine of Ninniiieb tiiiit. ii . ''Pw broken'
iragnients of that knoveledgecen You withered
Up, by, life4ong . : labors; whickwiteduirti a'cul!jr
collected et greet expense, sprend put' in scieh
titto Order, end trtidu plain andof iney'acceee
by beautiturcbtirogiaphy.. , ,;;,..• : . - . -.. : ,
Fettextiotrorir.--Ir a min.': faints away; in
stead ot.yellingout ci.,tatirriog to
him 16 liit•,hirn up, loosen the clothing„ push
Ihe growd away to give and let - ,hina
alone pOtii!i g Water * over a peison aim
ole fainting lit, Is a larrrba tityriennlf, mini; ; 1111 *
clothing tirineCeatteril-)." be PtiiiOarinby of a
t'aititing-fir is, , tfiri heart fails to send the: proner
supply 'of Wood t6-..the brain.; if.the .pereon is
erect, that blood haa to be tbro,rtnpliill,hyt
it lying down, has
,tnbe Projactedhoriiontalr
require lesa:potver; is apprrent. , ~.;
If a person awalltriirs,a Poison, ,delib#rately
or, by Chirgre;inetead of breaking into multitti
rlinOuti, and incoherent exclernations, dispateh .
°sonic. one . for a doctor ; run laN'lle
kitchen and • get,balf a , glass cri . weter ally
thing that in bandy, Put into it 'ltintiptionlial of
salt as mtieb,grotind.' mustard, etirit up in
tininstant, catch ~a,: firm bold of 'the,. person's
nose, the mouth Will soon .11i open; then down
wilh the mixture, and .in 'a :second or two up
+will come the - poison.. This 'will ,anewer in a.
larger number of cases than eny other. If by
I this time , the physician 'has not yet frillier),
make'lbe patient swallow the white of an:egg,
toll'ovved hy & cup of' st rang' (beerruee
these`. nullify a larger • number of poisons; then
any other aeceisible erticles,) air antidote" for ,
poison,remaining in the,stomaCh. ' , •
If'a limb or any other part or the. body ea
.•,
verely cut, the'blood comes Out by apiece
oejerics;r; salt:*; as doctors say, be ioa hur
ty, ory he prraon 'will be in .five Minutes.;
there is no time to talknr lend for a PhyJichin;
say 'nothing, out with your bandkerchiet;ihrovir
it . around thir limb, tie two ends toaLther, put
a"stick through them,`liviat kr artitipil; tiglitCr
and tighter, until...the blood ceases to flOw.; But
stop f it doer no..good I .WL"Y'I
a-severed artery throve Wood oat in , Jett, 'and
ti..arteries get their blood , from the heart'; ;
hence, to atop the. Hog", the remedy must be
eprilled bet the hert'it and. the, wounded
•
spot—in ot her •words, above the.Woun'il.. It , a
vain hatl.,,been VPre4, 'the'blOod would bave
flowed in a regular stream, and elnvr,.and,'on
the other hand, the tie should be.applied , beFew
the wodrid, Ormithe -other Aide of, the wound
from the frearl, because the 1460 in - !be veins .
fowl trivittide tire' heal,- and ter6 Is do need
01 such a hurry, .„„,
• A,Nr.conTs Moßiny;—V4PUris coirrespojl
(lent of ihe„Notional Intellisepeer says :'
.tiThe fullovring Story.. had been rslited tO
illustrative of the' u genie
which:etjoyp the fraditicifial admiration of Dr.
Frattlilin,:us . reduiririth the eieition of every.Or
iginatitig
.faeuliy of tbe-,mind.. In the Co;tiiiie
of one of the guinea between` *niers, Murphy
.and Aediessen,.-a move Of forniet:eiteiteif
much sut'prise artiong the bystanders . ; lie bad'
. • - • .
declined to tali . a puce, which, although aO
parently an eichange . cif' knighte,•Wrinid butte
resulted, it, was thought, conc 'in ;his
laver, The. game proceeded, nevertheless With
'out verbal comment, and : was rapi d ly won by
Mr.• Moiiihy.. No: sooner did he deliver the
than one ofthe most intense look,
ets.pii, breathless with.pent-up. emotiin,. ex.
claimed; AFor . the love of heaven tell me why
you:did:not teki.the - knight.'• fltecatiseeveliid
M . Orphir;''all . •filivis to the Maori
. ..„ b i r
rieed''S 'concern, Wes Cdeep !hid In
a few movin.'l should have. Icrietheigaitte"tir a
stalemate." Mr. , Andiesiirfpaw the gatim•lsMs
desperate,` and le-plUnned
s*totying, he. replaced , the pieces.+lli:o4lod
bien'at the.critiol':moriient;abil.dertionstrated
the. result. by a aerie's of 'MoPeer'siihiCh:"WM&
hive heiiiioifivituble'had . he,tiiierf - 16.ktilihi,
Was rnof right ; .
ijOculaied the , bewildered gentleman,;litinking
possibly that the Prince of was not
WI thou t i shire. i Itit'COMPOiition of thif erg
• A Priest' was u Pon , tri: f ast r ..the.,
barren &lila' of his parishioners; :pined
frorn•one'nnahisura to anothatoind p.trniatinance ! ,
his benediatiOni- until he cantata: lentiOst
Prom4inee 4 " .. 11 ?:1!YeYel
in despaii,
, to pray here,',this ixee l 5 nntatireli 7, '
, ," •
A`Du tchman's,heirt T renclipg !olitoficy;pli
cubed thus: : I , She'lkifio , .Stiort
better% as because hC!if , cot ,coOplAidolliis:
moic us I '"::'
rii
144riii‘
. . ~: - 7! -....,wir77gr4A31 , 72M . ..'
I proeireda o f the nigitiglnnittkifilL , i ,, plitw:i. • •
t s tl. and t hr . In fa 0 .. ,F#1, itrtie tfißtifittlai,,f4l: ' r ' •:-.' ... .
a drink. Bot a n ili t .ttalinsidOrtittni f ikt .l. • '
whet dlitere.idi , felei t plitlielailfiai . W - ~ 1 1 *......
Ohlkarn ditieoreisirdiViUit'AlYa ). io. ' . , '......-..
t
ing "ktilk l l4oittnelt'en i(irief 'Of flt .'-'-',.•
4 . be!enAtsigbth street itosilfillt ''
ifitpin. -
• only :iitailti*r tban a nutn'i•i. "'
: dWellinii. ;.. ,- 1 4t • •.# Alial .
am t ,it
An excavation ' bad Ait,:‘,..'" T i. ,, !Tl,' -- T1 — ......:bi
room about 141 7 60 rt srpsait. ' in ''
etsiii& t iZ,••
Ings'were walled like a vault', fiill'ik iiiiir;
4tderithreskill in its ',Peaa)iii - Wiol44; : i-•,:
_et rti'O tion. floina-riiiijft lltonlilit se . laid .. 4 ' r ,
i ' ..:::.';.." ...:A
4/ 4 4.,
I rot ' ifoorinir. - Li . .thisfjelkiitricist span ''‘,
there base beeti:ll4sllll,Sathapatad two shins
fivo;iiOdilPrioi4iiibafin!tiii...l4os.: weinaili.
I'llityietkaW oidgiffina iiiic:infir:Witittp,re.4.
:think ttiey have Orpt staiister, itla tornitelitP
ibr,.'snaTfintidwinvi:oilifitery,4).[Firmed With. :` liti
•Tunintletts War iiiiffieflifillrit Of this ininitall
'tweak* . snit sthe ~stidensite OCC Orin t 0 Oa at -;
ill . itiot if . .: *Firomejiriliiy:;_ met nln 11 mails al , 4.1. .
.....
iPentino..o47,pijitoci:ivl'mr men: sail *so Ivo. - , .
man: imie kmitir isi4l;44od*,tkrither ' alien thi . iikiliy.s . iimiv . ' .iiiiii.i;;t iiiteftiOkri'vetor
' riingl...e*Xept the'reanti wearing - !&riq each
'hail on..'e.Tite first. three gays theli'ittrifitfiren '
as I relanilliiiitif the fonrth man is k lifrenefurttlx.
. ,
the WolitawirketSiinnish origin , "they have
long ii . 4ii.iiiikilging, airl Were on idle;,illgltk..
itig and driinkon /frt. .
•-• . • .
How - - --- -• ,--- 7 — ,. ,
TO co To Ulo.--11.9 1 144rnal of health ... .
. ~ ..
in•PPltaking !PI 1
.4 1. .0,0 0 * "V" '
46In'friteitn :-
gYfir tuns 2
Ilium le no fire in the,:tpom,, 'and: there ought
•aiit•ft>4 .. ipears yota . : o,•.quitlxn,layglid;. - But .
it In 'Reg 410. IT::
Waif, •.;
draw in ge again, iinti into .the: room
.:`,
e; jurfiginto bed, bundle up;
.• . •
held rind ecru 'giJ4tr • serer foe a miinifts . ‘:e4
more; until you :AO
sorer your head; iriaffdraw off your elor'kfWiti,:...
straighten out, fain Ofeion Your filtht al and
go to 'sleep. If sinew or chilliness timed
ov e ryou on potting- Into bill,wtt(-11-regyt; - .7
rte you on injury; and its repetition ; inciesseg.; •
the ill effects without haring any Intuit! tiri ea;
..:,
itherden" you. .Netore ever , abhe4,rioienes,..:,.
We sin never shocked into good Nord
usage makes no garreient , .•
- --4 0 ---- -,--- - -- r-- -, ~. ,
i -• STAA 't:.h g I; iIY th 'heirikiii
say that"of ten a stir•&aps e out of_ - thelrnistinittPC
or dies thre,•anit is lost to sight foi'eg,etNiffiii i ~
It may' have been thehrigfit ' SO* it!, cif Irtigia
many ,s; mariner on' the uncertan t Air PS 4104
its calm, gentle radiance inktheriii sfritf loot(
cheer and; comfort; . . tottetit' ;FA, tt;;ilarlii
vitt ) doubt ( aid intkrove.i,nd tlrea4l; . ',Like•Atto'silS
1 drooping, dying statsi not loit4t,.,ilts**liwaY; ,
tram oar sight: The steit;ttf ourkoe. , 16 ,- 'OOl-
_,
ambitions, pirtyers,'Whose /IghtSlAttel.of , : b!, ,
'fore 119, feeling oh lila aitt' . filot,,AttdPlO ,- fi lit itC'
frorn the firreaMent of,..,otteheartsi ind';tFeli '
plum! is entlltY.tn or dark '''''' A rnothei! ' f titooii
seq . , inCt nest ' light, tha i heamed • thtanAtcall, -
on! 4i/1114 and scirrittoisr i 'frtiterla. , st‘otic
... ~ • ~,
qinek light, that kept • our? feet (torn•stritgi llg
an tbe dark am) Iteltollo ' 'otts, waist' -11 ',* 1 i,
.. 1 1,t ,1 '0
light, so miff!, iso pure,sh conOttirit'antls'O'lltlgs
shining upon tut fro* gentle living.•i'yer iin4
persuading On: to grace anit'goadireiSt',.,kkiesitjt.:.,.,.
er's light, Wight, and'bobi;*and tili'llOriiil2OV
er's light, forever sleeping loots! . souttinWstlit f e"
miaatlng our goi n gs aDtt eimAillgst 1 , 1 ,...',,ttP 1 ,1W0,
Ile ht, true and trosty-rginertittH foraXtli-0 4 0!
no! :rh4 light has !lot' filnoout;',..i.-ItyikliliitAttit
beyoniftle ftftril tVls4eXe,the ' riki, l oi4Pl l ol4# l ..Aff
darkness, forever,n4"fnl'Og,og•:t;.i.isi;'itt:i:,..:ii'-5a,,i21,.
- - it• ''.':T:: , - i-, li ,ii.e", -,, :,, - - -
hin:sfi . ilts'estalotti . ,l l ll o -: -,oo tlt.ttig,t l 9 l l.-ot.til,
Immo tons pieee,;ot astlitikagetibililftlitOttoOt , '
iiil' by th,s fierretary Of „War, whkeis,-,grill 4 ,oohiti:
bly be casti at the Fort .ft;ilJ':'',W.PiktS.'ll4':-=e4,11"
• burg.' It; ooto.blnell 6 0 12 ii;`, f ) t 11 .444 1 , 61 t0 fat
both the t 'Ashigt!tn"alf4 . "o,olttnif l lo/" , :girno,
and is tialc4la t et{ to Vi,ll3,9cllfi4iirykthijejaitleif
It is to be,or fi(tOl ( lt. Illok , •14 11 )#61iittl1 1 :04Y 4 "
Bier of twentyeigist 'sort slialtine,hei..o o l,thei
muzzle, foi t y.:o4e)i . A ` cl it iC*C ti ? e 3qoaci4iliif
an eXtretnelettlith ,of ftillOOlii fge ,- Tiso,-.:tfi# ;
will rfiligh between roo:tilitufr,illl7l4(?9, :' '
dreil'anii fifty ponildi, r,e4tOing 511 ;itaor,v, ._, ' ..
charge, of ,:pcivrtter., The estimated' weighttili ;.,.,,,
the gue,&tostween.twenti:.ki3O.,tittitittrYtttlikiti,,'"',
•-,,,,-. , , 'l i lt"' . ~ ,i- 5 ".t.,', ,, ‘; '
l'O':ii..„:9t.sisi — not o IS 't,Piooo,o4 - :' '
pliin talk to ilia girls, by an annnynentno,. c . ,,
which, is worth a libtotr ?f,`1941 1 4,. It if . .
Friends; or. Whatever 17 , 4 Is6l . .l! i tt i ip-41 ~, , ir,
wi' by washy tom Dori +'
~ f&' ei i i---.
'benefit of that interettihig*ttitls,,au . -,
inowcommunitti ,..- : ,-c,,;,0 - ,14,..f.c , ,,',4 4 .-!044
4
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r 0,,,,,,,,,,,,..„.„„:„,,,, , ! yo4titi, - ..64?
With a - l4l t wt ig 4
with c'ol 4i t : iN
this it li'l
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and 10e
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