VOL. 2.
.01'1.tic44 . .i.44o0ittp.. : Potp#itti :
PIIDLISIIED EVERY VrtiltSDAT Dlnatinsa,
By OVIATT 6c 8AR808,, -
SMETIIPpfd MICiAN cpuicrir, PA
$1 60 initaianco:
TERMS:: - 7
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• -•,lllttes•:cif Advertising:, •
1 CObilxiti One year " ,• ;:—.8•36 O
'al ,•" , .. . 200 0
20 0
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Me squire, of 12 lines or leee,.aineertforel,
Each subsequent . .... . 25
lingioeee Cards, with' paper,.... • 6OD
• Theee . Terme bo:strictly.edhereolto.:2ll
13itc.iiiii - 00 :.-'..):DittOcir.p...
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Beszvey . or; •Dra lUman Conveyancori .and Real Estate
,81ntliport liVlC.oan county, Pa:' ••••
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Praelidal . Meehanle, Milirrrigbt,' -.Bridge-builder, : ,!!!..e . .,
PortAßeglieny .11,03..eau bminti, Pi: .. .-. • . . '..
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131.11tV,EiOR; rAIATITSMAN, CONVEYANCEU and Real.
Estate Agnt; • Mice, Williamsville, Elk Co., Penn's
Eeyle,
Bon. Thomas • Struthers,
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Ma. A. 1.. Wilcox.'
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JOrni 11..11tru...Pronrleter, corner of Water.and Hickor y
Street, Warren, Pa.. General Stage cfSci3., . ' •, .
B. T. WRIGHT & CO.,
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Wholesale and Retail Deaierif in Family
,Groceries, Pork,
Flour, Salt, Feed, tcc., &o .• tinder E, 'B. Mason's
Store • Store;Bast side of the Public Square Sinettipert,
J; c:.B4oirirs & co.
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General Dealers in Dry Goods, Or oceries, Crockery
, D eady-htede Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Gaps
' &c., opposite the Oottrt.Honee, Steetbport Pa.,.. '
J. C. HOLKESi
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Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Prorisiens and Family
• Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots,. Mimi gate, Caps, Nails,
Yankee Notions; iti.,• Oci., .Btore•one door west of the
. - Astor How. : Forma, Cash. •• - ' • '
FOBBEI 1101J153,
-Fronting • His ' Public Siloam ,Oleari;'N: Y. 'JANE& M.
;Mitten.: Proprietor. The obes House is entirely new
and built of brick, and.is furnished in modern style.
• The proprietor. thczters himself that: hie aceommoda-•
.tions are pot surpassed by any - betel in:Western New
York. Carriages' run to sod from the New York. and
Erie flail Road.. • " . • 38.t.f.
Birami
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4 , I7TORNICT AT law; ,Bmethpciit, Dl , lfean. County. Pa.,
Agent for Maoism }Spiting & Co , s Lands - Attends
ospeolally‘to the - Collection of Claims; ,Examination of
: ,Land Titles; Payment of. Taxes:. aid all business rola
' - . 7 - ^ , . Re 0; °Moe In Hamlin Block.
D. A. *Moth., l'ioPrieteret Kintua, _
His Table-will be'. supplied with. - the: best: tie
ecitintFi'affords, and he !pate no pains in aecomodetiug
E. Bouorrorr •wmml),
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Attarley end douneelloi !et' Law, idmetkpOrti itl'Heatt.
. County,: Pa. Dateneee-AssirastaX - to 'hie: caroler the'
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counties or IlliKean i . Potter end 'Elk will be promptly.
attended to. _Office In the Oyu,* p *
one° , second dloor• -
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.-.' :.:::, • ..- ' 1 1 :,1)144 .1; B. ISZIER,.. , :;:..:
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'4lkikygielso.,.ao.l3yrgolort;'.Smell..port, Vii . ; , ' will allencl : to
'lr,prollisiiioiiiil calm with . iirpmptctons. ' 91fice.ln ftrt.-
. ..,, wilkiildele; upsi)pd,tiplir.c.,.. - : ,': -..'''. •- ';'.: '..*. , 7' ' . - , :).
. 841trtixit'se co.; • •.•
• Ifteigi Staple. ati . ( l' Tavey :Dry'
Goode, Raisetlng,lieluky.jilside Clothing,:aaa Oeperal
; 13irols4Ing GOode,'lloots ate! ShoesoVo r and:Window .
• /.'i1Pe'r1;146104,g4.4;9.1ea4
r„ , ,cl: 3 i;f ,- ;zi , ` I )I3IIIKETT 110 . 17SE'
aniethport,Mlinan:Qq4-Pa... , D.R.lßanantf.:Proprie
tor—oppoidta the:Gantt :.;A new, large, corn
modions d *41)414616110d house." , .. .
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• . .• ' - BACKUS' • •• • •
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Attorney and Counialler . at Law, finiettiport;ll , ltean Co.
attend td'all.busiciessiolds proftusetoc in the
• counties orlitilteancP.ottec.unt - Ittk.. Odic° over
:Sartwell & Brothers.•Store:c, ' '"." •'• •
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Dealee in DO- Goodo r Gidteriiii,;:i ork, Salt, Flab
,Baady-Mida Olothlak, Balota4nd 81 t ooa:` ' , Olore"in Ea ,
ton'a flirt staad, Buiethporkga.. General 'Patent Medi
.o* dent,a. ', • 1:1';•-• !:,•••••. " • .••• . •
RACEMW . MOtrBE,
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dorner or Second and Liberty streets,' Warren, • Pa.
• A. 'Beaton, Ptroprietor— :Travelers will find good aa.
••eounnodationa and , italieriable charges.:.
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tealerln'StureseTin , Waio;,Tappaimd Ware, , &0., wog.
.niclb tbs'PUblto 134itote,...13metttport, Pa.. Custom'
'rock douse to.otAiwopljitihortost ootico;and in, the
;.mosksubstantlittmtiVotr..f . ..• - • •
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"calor . In Vey Hoodi, ,Gioceries; Orockoty, , Hardrare
: - Boots, Btkoss;lHats, thific Mass; Nails, MIN We., &c
'East' side of, the Public Square, Brnothport; Pa. •
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Deafkr in Provisions and Family Grieekles generally, at
:Fanners V.alleyi 111 , Hean 00., Pa. • Grain Limber,
Shingles, &a., taken in exchange for, Goode. Patent
• afedletnea for Sala. • . •
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LABABEE'S HOTEL,
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R. LARADNIC., PrOprietdr,—Allogheny Bridge; TiVicean
' Co.,.Pa; Thiel:101180 is situated about nine mite,tfrihn
timetlitiort on tlie.ionit to Olean, nod.Riiibe found •
OnnVeinitint.i•Opping,pluoo' . „
noun, • • • •
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Bbippea,:,VlEfaan - Co.i 1.4.; LEGMAN!) MOE, •PrOpriE:OE,
A tilitOincialcigsvAnd' w6ll:tArnished boutee.• *.Straugerw
apd {.00 . 0er9, wl4.find ! gonoqconamodations. .
EAVILERS' ;VALLEY: ROTEL • •
By 'T. Geoew - te. -This honee is siteated about-live miles
from . Smethpert oil the road to Olean. 'Pleasure parties
. sad oth(!q seen be seeommodateden the shortest Notice.
ELDRED,' HALF-WAY )10IISE,
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Proprietor: ''Phis Matte tuated hal:
:--way.betweenlmothport and (folio.' If you want &good
dinner this in tho nlace, to etorG; ••, , • • ' • .
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'. r ..- ••' GR pORDIO CORWIN '.', • , - ::, '
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liroprietor of the. Grist MIII, at Meehanicsburg, Me
. Rena Coutity,•Pa.. Flo Or. Meal; and .IPeoil,,Constaoll
oo hand and for sale, to largo and einallquantitliis,,
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RAILROAD HOUSE,
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O. 013TRANDicn,. Norwich, WlCoati CO.
•. Q.ood acoommodatious can be had 'there. at a
tlnioe. . . • .
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PORT ALLIOANY 110,11,13 E, ~
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aNOOII B..riCiLLET, proprietor, at POO Allegany, Me
. Rein oounty. I'a. 'Thhillotel in alteated et the -pile
, ..tion or the Smetliport and Allegony Blear toadainine
~.,. neilmreast of.Sritethport...,, . -'• . '' . - ..' .
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ASOR ` HOUSE
WIII..•ArASTLELL •: • :.• : • Proprietor.
',teeter hivilog . recently .puichaved and
tet4-th. Alder I.louse, datters .lilmself Abet bo.
o~nfur*l tood:accothinedattoile no. spy! !to teliri Welt'
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MIM=
ilal
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otoly.abich gave
. rIOO to the follow- .
ingwaa - puLlioli..' 1 oetria.timo ago, in a , letter from,
Atonterey, sod must be '.well kimwn to moot of our rand era.
An extract from itempettrod in Tim LOMae or iue Coosa,
.of.Docember Sth, 18,10; ' They'refei to the :Mexican lady
who wee ' killed' daring_ the battle of.'ldonterey; , ,whilat
supplying water and food to wnundedaoldtero:,
THE HEROINE IeTARTIt. OF:MONTE:REY.
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The strjfe)ras stern itt •
litiekthost, high toliers ince:lost and
And'pe'elingthrough.that mortal fray
Slashed the strong batte ry?s vengeful gun,
Tet;,lteedlens oflts deadly. riin .. •
.no stood In toil and danger firer:'
To bind the bleeding 'soldier's coin,.,
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And slake the dying soldier'ilhirst. .
§he'fonii'd the pale anil:Strieketilfue ;
Sinking iu lest eclipse.
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And on the fed earth- kn eeling loir ; '
Shoyfet hie parched and fevered i to, .
When thick ea winto . oB . driving elect,
The booming Amt. and naming:Bl . lo . ll,
Swept with, wild' raga that gory street,
And she•Lthe gocd.and
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- They laid her in her narrow bed,
Th 6 foeman of hOr . land tad race; •• .
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And sighs were breathed and tears were:•abed,
Above her lonely resting place: •
! gleryis 010i110,13 worshippers, •
Wep£ over. tier untimely fall, r •
:Par deeds of mercy such as bar's,
Subdifolhe hearts and, eyes of all: ' •
. ....•Wartea, Pa.
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Sinetbaort; Pa
Buous..Viata, Pa.
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To ecinnd heri-firth wore guilt and shame:: .
Iu ue, who tore but gold and ease; • , ••••
They hoed 11100'0ir pralie or blame, •
Whb live and die in ,Works likelhese, • •
Far greater than thewiseokbrave; •- • .
Fir happier than'the fair and gay, •,:
-Wes ehb who found.a Martyr's grave •. -
On that red Ileld'of Monterey: • • •
A SCENE IN. A CALIFORNIA.GAM
BLING SALOON. -
A man tidily aneiretpectably dressed in , a
hlack.frock coat and dark . trowsers„ had.come
regularlY for some evenings—this was the sev. , ,
enth--elways at the same time and to the same
table; had for a while looked . ori at the gaMe;
and at laetdrawn a' linen.'bag • out of his breast
pocket, and sitaked . it on a c'ard•:. On the first
evening the•eard lied won; and-he shook the bag
out upon the tahle• to count the'monei. There
* were twenty r eight.Spanish • dollari, upon which
the, bariker; quietly cointed .out to -him, the
same aurn,. and the•gentleMan walked Off .witk
his gains without 'venturing on'a second cast:.
On the second evening he came again, staked
it before, and Quite cooly, 'however,
Trit:ilsurs; • even •a. look of discontent, he oPeried
same iorriers,on ihe lien contained eiactly_the
it together, and nit it priekht,'
left . tlie . selooM ••• On: the .third,lorirth and . fifth
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evenings-,the ertme thing. occurred: .
biers .hergrit used , tO..the :man, and, amused
themselves with his odd ways,: • Again he lost
and behaveifekactlyits. before, •alwayi taking
the bate alkay . with him. • . • , -
On tbe'aiith.evenirig:-and so exactly had he,
kepthis-time,t.hat.the.gamblere said, laughing
to - ch other; , "It can't lie • eight o'clock .yestl
the eight-ind,t•wenty dollarman ie. not doMe".
--he , appeared again, staked as usual, and once
more loit. • The bar-keepor„ who . disj.ensed% his
seines arid 'spirits just opposite ' ' to' this table .
could not: forbear. laughing aloudhp•thehttanger
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took out his . . money .in his cool, business 7 like
'way, al if paying a regular debt for Genie.em- _
ploYer„; rather ..than gimbling and throwing
away, his looney. ' •
•Thn seventh evening came—Lit .NN'll5 a full
Minute pasteight o!cJock, 'and. one of the. gam=
bier's said lau'ghing, to the other.: (AV" used
him too badly; we ~haye frightened him away:"
When his comrade peinted ahoOlder,
andthere wag the man in .the black frock .:cO • at.
making hie way to his customary place; where
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lotrm. who had. happened to meet him thre
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.be
fore,readily, made room 'for him, and -where he
quictly, took hie seat,. Paying no port of "atten
tion to the whispered jokes and laug hter around
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him. 'Until preciiely a
,quarter to nine, he
gravely, Watched the play„ and then brought out
he lineri bag; setting it, upon the
deuce; which way that. moment . turned up.H.
Two cards were . draWni;without the,dedce.ap-.
eanng—now. the ace,,fell i on the left; slid or
the right—a scarcely.: preceptible smile played
on the banker's I)o r —thedeuce The stronger
turned pale as. 'deetlii liat,‘.Without uttering a
word upon his change of hick; he :
_stretched out
hisMind . foi linen bna;'aiid.Wrie untying it,
as usual;.toeount the dollars, when thiiambler
said; letighing •
."Let it lie; I know how:intich . " , thera• is. in it.
Eight-and-twenty., Arn I not
• said the. man 'quietly; 'and' !hook out
the silver upokthe - tabl e,' shook the:blig 'again,.
and after , the silver cair!, a loll,of c!psyljwrap'=l
-ped bank notes and a folded paper; .
riWhat ii . this?".cried the carded gamblets,;
en& the bystanders crowded up. full of surpriai
and curiosity. . • , - ,•
.i.flt• I. my. stake,"- said' the man, witbecim
ing Inditreeenee, and, untied the ribbon that held .
ibe bank' notee. together." • •
'That won't - 51 o," eitclaimed the OM.:
bler, thioVving down his cards. • else
play ,Youlitko" counted out only. 'eight- o atid
riwenti dollars the Other eVeningi." •
• icyelse play !" • repeated •the men*, With'a
threnteuing.frown. tt to be a false play.
Dull not placethe bag, just as it lies there; bp;
. on that card/ : And did you hake any , objection .
to taking
_it unopened?". . • . • , '
.f no It-is all it is all fair," cried
the bystanders, always.reatiy,amleager.te take
Pei ag.iin . qt• the profeisional'ga'mblers,
'::SIIIETIIPORT,' : . . 1%1%Vi.AN:',.0 . U . ,NT.Y . 4 - :: : l' . .,A..:l l ltr..p.SpAy. : o',.*JV JUNE 30, :,,p3,9-.,
From tkellinhof -theCroset;Dno: 12;1816
DT:REV.:JAMES OILMAN.LTONN I L. L, D
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they feel quite: convinced 4 tier‘not . play fairiy,
althiugii their cannot'resielllie fascination 'of
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the 'gathbling-talde - s . . but return,again.and again.
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to he cheited of inooy; longtel .
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have any to; squander there. . :•• • :
(.!Helias staked and irOn,it,:andhe niustl3ave
it,": . they • ' • -
4 , Cottut your Motley. How muCh is it?"
said .the • gurrtbieri - who had yrhispersd
. a few
hasty'words, to: his comrade. , `!Tow much is
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• «Firikly; eight-and,tarenty dollar. in.silrer;"
he replied, slowly, and the Other. 'lOughed;
eittien; here in bank' notei—ons,, three;
four, five, six, serene ei6ht hundred dallirs;
then, hereL-" . I.
"What tharer? • .
"J small bill -of exchinga and
Penneken—as good' as, gold, accepted and all,
the money only needs fetching— . lot' three thous
:
"Three thousand!". shouted' the- gambler,
stet ting up from his:chit : lc': "Are you
.mad?
That is altogether. near : four .thousand' &Mars.
r shall not• pay thatt" o ,
• you not 1" said the' strangeri indig
nantly. 14 Wouid you not Imre taken it, if I had
‘ . ‘Gliitlemen, "‘ proteOect the gainbler, in the
vain hope or obtaining a 'vote in his •favc;r—
iigentlemen, • every evening in the last week
tkat gentleman , hal eteked--'? . •:.
(4And 'every loit," Interrupted One of
his 'hearsre.( 4 .l.'have been' present several
times, and have. heard . it .from • other!' also ,
and 4e has never made the least objection' to
"
• 4 , 13ut that was Only .. twenty-eight - dollats.
!And if it: were as many thousands!"
ciQnlY let me speak,"'remonstrated the gam
bler;•wlici had turned deadly pals, and tremble d
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'all Over. " It was but eight-and-twenty dciPars
that he :Shook out•upon the. table, tindtha pa
:peri he held back: .Three times already have'
I won:the same sum from him."
“Prove that I had a cent more than the 'eight-
and-twenty , dollars:in the hag," maid the stran
ger, c,ontempfuouily. :exeusee as.. that
Won't serve ydqr tarn.!'
13 by did •Yons not keep the bag.; compane;pr!
laughed a, Spariiir4: Who stood, by; '.we 134
all•that is eiet.on the card." • • ,
441 f lie •badAost. again, nothing ',More :would.
hive come : out 'of ;Shat: confounded •, linen , bag
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.4.That's posible; .bat: yea
. catnni-po.
!retarded the - lookers-on.: g.ltreu must pay."
be banged Lit !" gambler,
furiOusly:stt iki his' clenClied fistridthe fable;
.s, new scirrof , rascally` trick ..that they,
want to come ever - me isithri but they hare
hold ape wrong mad! I. vrodrpayl" .
. 4, You have won a hundred •dollars from me
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in.the lest half-houril' exclaimed" a tall Kin,
tuckian, pressing forWari:loyer theshottlifers of
the otiiers';‘ , Spi.l hag to
: pay up' to the last.
cent; if .you' refuse to pay, him',. you: miiit ?irk.
hat out again."
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"And . mine;'. too :".. "And 'mine! "And
ininfill'.Ofied • Inank.voices...tOgetlier. '4, too,
have, 105t..?' , : : , "And I." ."I .loiCten dollara." .
."1..10it fifty."- "I •lost',five-Und-tiyentY."'
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a' 'pound - Of gold! ; Out with it' if Yon vron?t
pay I n
.k..t+fother gambler now camel op. from:.a
'neighboring table, ':and spoke iu a whitiper to
his Unlucky comrade, whilst the fanoUlt was
increasing around, them. The other ectniended
earnestly in the same,.; tone for some minutes,
but Yielded at. length 'to his , persuasions, and
'they bothtook the money' to count over rigaini,
carefully examining the bank notetras well tte
the bilf s which was dravin.'On one Of the first .
,
banking-houses in the : city:: • • • •
There waa nothing to he said .against. either
the.one or the othemaild• • whilst ,the, stranger,
who had, quite recovered .his equanimity,. sat
quietly lopicingonotsif the hubbub Was no con
cern of, his, the:garriblirs connted,Out• the mon
ey lie had won; almoit stripping ,'the table of
the heaps so.'osteritatiously. piled•up: • !art of
the payment consisted. of severs! 'packeta• of
gold, dust, which the stranger, before accePting,
cut open, examined carefully, and then weigh
ed at.the counter % just opposlte, whira
,he also
tools : a 'glees of brandy, - 11e•foiind all correct,
and disposing of the gold iithisfrrat ions pockets,
he 'shook whit ierrnsined biter the -nlYsterions
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linen bag; put the papers and bank notes, into
his breast pocket, and courteously thanking his
Zealous suppiirters, who. returned his - greeting
"with a thundering 'cheer, he left.the Saloon.'.
"His
"His quondanri friends laughed and talked over
th, crccurrtnee" 'for 11 . , while.. •Of 'all present,
there Wee' scarcely one, PrOhabli, who did not.
,feill,Pretty sure that 46 'had Pliyed, false-=-that
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be had hi notes'
and bank , notes and bill hi ihic'hig
on each eceding; evening,'ready .19 be prodn,
io if II - should win, but thii they did. not . call
dishOnest—it was:.:a . cleier • triCk: Tin
he ga=
blera thernielvea seized upon every,'advenfagi;
44,14:Unfair, that Caine iri their . way; and ere - -
ry.one. who had his `wits about him'Would look
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ont ,
for himself. • such iii'the morality •or the
gambling; house(: . .: . ~• .., . , ....
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• Lo Dix Gurtsowoca,—Unscrew the head" of
the ilkielcihd immerse it urrto the neck - in. bett
ing, water r and keep , it there , for a quarter of au
hour. ,q:uasionally take it 'out, shake> It and
rePlae 64 . •
~This will di) , the powder as Well as
a lira; wiflrout Onset of igniting' it.—Lettdon
Meld: ' • ,' ' .
• , i3oTrpeponriencio'of the
A iton*noe of thq. : toiit Isl4nd:Cgamity
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Story- Strange
romantic enough to eeerty,the invention:of . an
imaginative mind, k nown recently to a
few.persons in'this city; yet, however.romantic.
Or strange it rna.y•soundiAlle-gent;eman. who
communicated if 'to Me asiured :me, of its abso- .
iTte - tiuth, and gave me ths name's of the par
ties •corinected..with the affair 4 . the. time
when that terrible - calastriaphe'oacOrred at Lost
Island off theSonthein coast or Lonisiana,l4
which so many nefortunate petir4e were swept
boailyi into the Gulf 'of ,the . raging ter : ripest; or
nvertaken Miedrowned by . .the rising
. flood, that
overwhelmed tIM low, sandy key; a meddle
'aged .gentlemap and his family, 'consisting of a
wife and tWe'or three ehildren;.Were. involved
in the calamity, . ' .
n the midst of the,thiek glooM, the storms
he confusion and terror.of the &Celle, -the. gen
tiernankeeame separated from his little farpily
andbarelyloscaPed witf - his life: .Tlie - hcirror .
and:dlatrean of the poor man, atthe.audden loss
of his dear ones, maybe imagined by those who
love their own wives and children. F.or : sever, -
al,daya his friends feared. that . his mental.Buf- .
ferings:would deprive him of reason,.andlorie of
them kindly invited'hirri 'make.his home in .
New*Uileani, for ktinte; hoping that he would
gradually'come:to look more calmly uP9n the
misfortunes which had'befallen hien. . , • •
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It happened that with the fat . tilY in whichhe•
thus became domesticated;• was living a . young
and accomplishes lady ; of fine Person and map
.ners, who, 'having com Passion upon . the
ted stranger; tdolt:uPon . heiself tl4.pious_duty
of doing every tiling in her 'pawer to alleviate
his 3ot:rota's and .make hinl forget the.past. She
played and•sang for him, and read to biro, rode
with him, and fmally• laugh'ed joked . with
.him—ao fleeing and transitory are the greatest
of humangOefs•ivhen brought under the influ
ence of the enjoyments end clelightiof life.
In brief, She,carried her. consolations on far
that the gentleman offered his hand and fortune.
Whither She reciprocated hia Passinn, or . wheth
er the 'fact that she was a peor, :echoed -teacher
and hert wealthy planter infibeneed her decision .
hiS proposition, is not a - ,cfuestion to be
conaidered here. • Suffice it 'to say, 'that allelic
cepted.his offer, stipulating Alai., out of due re
ipect te,public Opinion, a year must - elapse
fore their 'union should heccirisimmated:
'tithe pissed on, preParationfor i i'megnifieent
a Splendid . ..trousseau,. laid 'out ',his piens for a
•
bridal tour and Ifor• their ' subsequent' domestic
settlethent; and in fact, cverYthing.yient'nn
sWimmiingly.unt4.near the close of_ bis.9roba
tion. :The event ofa single 'day. , in s this, caie,.
as.in.thousands of others,: served to , deitroy
an 'instant his Matrimonial Schemes; though'
whether his subsequent peace of mind and hapH
pinese . were not pronnoted thereby is A.,q'tiestipn.
A few days previous to the day assigned for his
- wedding he, received a:letter - from his .wife—
still itt 'the llesh-dateirtit FM' de Janeiro; in 7
forming him that . and one ofher
viere alive and well,.anal mph! probably bC in
his arms , vvithin'a very short period: ..•.. ' ' •
It spriest - a that'..ami4sf,:the destruction', and.
chaos of the tpiriiii'e storm in which . it had heen .
suppOsed she and her little ones were lost,•
Madame clung. to : her .youngest" child,
• • , • •
and When the.waves submergeti.the Island and
swept' avray everything upon it, she floated out
into the billfUpOn certain fragments ofthe gen-
Cred wreck. Drifting, finallk, • after. Much
firing, into. the track orsea-going, vessels, to
and : froMstliii pint, , - she .was i)icked up, by . .an
outward hewn] ship and-carried to no op
pertunity oCcurring;theantime, to send her buck
'to the States.** The voyage Was a long one, and
sickncei had preveMed her fronrilaking . passage
in the first vessel that sailed for her native land,
and . brsoinelatalitythe letter which thus, op:
prised him of itei existence, reached bia hands
but 'slew hous previdafs to her own-arrival.- 7.
What followed can readily be :imaginedL-hoW
the sober, staid, tniddle-aged gentlemon, doubt ! .
ful whether to be disappointed or hapaY,broke' .
the astounding news to - his*. unsuspticting
cee; how she, poor girl, W.elit, first into testis
and then into hysterics; nnd.was finally consol
ed by his peeuniarY liberality, and how all par .
tiestiltimatery resumed theii original positions
and wcie haPpY,.the wife not, being 'permitted
to know how narrowly , her hushand had iscap 7
ed etiPping his neck :into a Second matrimonial
Great Orators,
"What a man;" tap Walpole, "Fox
After . his exheueting.speechon Hastingetrial:
le \ was seenlianding ladies'into their eoecl4a,
with-all' the ilayely 'anti praltle of an idle gal.
lent .. • ..
Burk'alneloAram.atic tritlf was a complete fail
are when he flung the dagger on the floor
,of the .
house, of Commons, and produced nothing buia
smothered •laugh, and a foto from fftieridan;
(+That gentleman bee hiohlitns . the knifey•but
where is the Mal" :;, ;
• When Xrs)One made .hir , debut
.at the . b'sri
hi• agitation almost overcums hire, and be was
gOing to Sit dem?. ecAt that` monent,Pisid he,
thcreglrt isiy little ehildien were tugging a t
'rny.gowny arid the, ,idea roused' meta exertion
of which did notthink tuyielf capahle."
'Lord of a ; I a r.Y att4c
ed to a-rimored appointment :to a' :new judg
ship, laid it..wiis all rnoonshin.;;LYddlitirstiin
hie dry.waggishWriy, remarked,' , 11faybi so'
my .I..eid',Uarry,' but,l have notion
that„ though, it, be, yotr %veldd likeAp.Xeii.- the
:..pitt'and Fox weralistened to . "with profound.
respect,..and.iii silence :broken only:by occa
sional cheer : B;l4a trot' . the 'moment ~of Sheri-..
dan's rising, there .Wasan expectation of
which. to' his last days,was-seldom-disap,
pointed.. A , low murmur of eagerness. ran
round the house; everyworit 'was:*atclisCfor,
his pleasantry. set the whole iiiisernblnge: in a
•
Canning said of Girattan'e eloquence, Ahat for
the last two years, his public exhibitions were
a complete .failure, 'and.that you .saw. all the
mechanism of his oratory without life. It was
like lifting the flap of a barrel organ, and see
ing the wheels;: you saw the, skeletons of his
sentences witheut the flesh on,l.hem;and 'were
.
induced to think that %siva you had considered
•
flashes, were. Merely primidgi kept: 'ready ' for
the occasion:ll , .
Mr. Burk, on one occasion; had just risen in
the House Olgoinmons:with` some papers ih hi s
hand, on the auttject 'of which'he intended to
mak6 a motion; when krough. hewn 'member,
who had no ear for the chorine ,of eloquence,
rudely started up, and' said, 4‘Mr; Speaker, it
hope the honorable gentleman does not mean'to
read that large bundle, of papers; end. to bore
us . v.ith a long speech
,into the batgain,". Mr.
B. was So swallen with rage:as to bao incaPable
'of utterance, and absolutely ran out of the
house. 'On this occasion Oeo..Salwin,remark
ed that it waa the. only time ~he ever saw the
fable realiied—a lion put td)tigla by . thcbrorrig
AGRICULTUM.
, .
FEHAUSTING . THE is well known that
if the same kind of cropi , are planted or Sewn
far_several years in succession on the samesoil
they Will. at last cease to yield. This le:celled.
clexhausting the soil," . for Which a partial rem
edy is, foend by the 'use of manures, but even
,With thorough manuringevery'scaiori,: the' soil
; will fail to yield, if the etops are not freqiently
changed : by Antis ..ealled.,(grotation Of . crop
ping:" To, accountfei;thia, it is believed that
each crop eichansts.the sell ef the petuliar'nu
' tritiVe'rnattef .liich it requires,' :and' thus it
e. l
takes 'someafl to bring back or - restore `such
matter. to the laud: h,is well hnown•that * spate .
ble of raising a‘ . 'euecession 'of chops' . or a nun''.
her of years, but' this is.not the :case generolly.
krotation or crops onthfrequent manuring. cap
!done e'nsure.any soil from beceiningeithausted.
A grain. Crop should always be succeeded by 'ti
reeler a. green crop,end vire" ••• Th us
wheat,
.then, grass, Oats, potatoes,' coin; Wheat,
tuinipei barley, itotatbes;•
NA' IlliE.--Ouape' .is 'a powerful:: 'fertilizer,
i
but it s too concentrated holie used singly: It
is found toproduce,euperior eileCts when mixed
with equal quantities of common salt: end' then
stirred tip With about four times their quantity
'of moist loamy soil.: The superphOspluites , are .
coming into More general use for root crops,
and 'they are valiiable for shah purposes. They
should be applied as early in, the season as pas
sible, as they. require considerable.:Moistu're to
ensure their' absorption :by the', plants.. ,There%
are many adulterations of guano sold; andasht
is'an extensive firtinter, deception in its 'quell-,
ty is a
,hineons crime slif.bureing Peruvian
guano, it shoeldladca from OS to MY. per Cent:Of
its weightil.its ash shouldbxwinte, and disiolve*
readily without effervescence rruiriatic'
acidleaving'.an insoluble residue ofonly. about
percent: bushel of put* gurtno . weighs
about if adulterated with, clay, marlor
sand; it :will'tvelgh More than this: 1.6
latter
. • • .
test Will detect gross' adulterationither * former
'a more refined adulteratiOn.. • •
. ,
WEsho.—Yariners should be careful :not to
cultivate weeds, as they steal that , nutriment.
ficim whieli should Otherwike be taken
Up by genuine plants. ~Te prevept vs Beds, &eat
care should.tre'exercisettin Securing cleanseed.
In cloverSecd Ahe're . 'are ati'Thany as 30,800
.weed Seeds , in
,every pint. As about, fruit)
twelve to fourteen pintra seed are aown.to thel
acre, over. forty weed seeds fire . sowri to every
Square yard, •• • . s'. • ...•
What Differ ent. Countries are Celebrated
Rev. Dr. Todd,. in a recent Iceltureat Mains
on "pictures' or TraYelAbroad," Abroad;". err excellent
report of which 'We_ find in :the Adams
ssys he thought the moltbeautifhl coon=
try he, ever saw: abroad was Irelari& . the most
beautiful landscapes were in , Wales;. the most
beautiful :single ..vieW .wes,.that...frorn; Stirling
Castle 'Scotland,: where' seventeen battle
fields Were visifilet.7-the:hentlsorneet Men were :
us Yorkshire Riding'. the ljandsnmest .women
theTyrol; the.handsomest girl among the-Yen!.
dell 'Alps; „ttikliands'omest• be? an , the shore sol i :,
Lalte,gligio•tel; the finest; horse's„ for
. eio,l - . 04 .
strength were iit the finest `ones
for
form and docility in, Austria;, the .onetst ; cews,
were in'Holland; and the .firiefie„ . oX'
dominions. The moorlitorestiiloi***
werld, z.nd those, w41ch1ki.a7444004,0.44
estinillience . on hutein atrekriqyZeial,ekiiiniStr4
Rome, ecitiatantinople
being pfaced.firsti , hecanse w:aqihe
COY..".
THVEMPIIig OF .-Prig. 'Mt cheliin '4104'
sini his series of lecturea On , Astronomy;;saYsr
MY . friendi I. must! close-this ;lent
course...of• .leptitres: . We
planet to planet; front sun to inni, fron rn
tiyste •
to system: . We have found ' oth er ±-
eerrec "eweepiliethrongh iippee:` The. great
unfinished .-probleni' , ',Yet - . Whence , : •
came the,univerief 4Halre all those stati Which
glitter in•the - heiiiiene , -zheen' Alining 'from all
eternity!,:,lfriiiMie - stin . .been rellihr all
the sun fori'oloeleit'adeit :''Whencej'ieliente
this :.magnificent arehiteetti to, ~Whose„ erchi4,
travei:risolkspiender . • forecus'Phi eveif - di4
rection? answer no; ,the, 'Work Tof
chanCe. 'Who shall reveal te'us the_ tinvoori-!
mography orthe universe by' whielif*Artil
surroUndedi It is the - Weak of atiOr4ltioteriti•
, Architect? if so, whole,the -Anguit'lleingt ,
Go with me to.night; in imagination and stantV ,
with old I'anl; the great Apostle, Uport(Mar4 .
Hill, and there - look 'aronfid . you as he '
,did.".`'
Here rises the magnificent :building; the • tar-%
thenon, sacred to Ilitterva, , the' Goddess ,of', -
Wisdoin. There towers het 'coldssal
'rising in its,najesty above the city, of:
/ lie was tke.guardien; the' - first object to catch.
the rayrof the t (sing; and the'last to be kissed.- •
by the rays" of 4 he' selling sun. AIM Yet
you these gods and these :divinities, though -
created under the inspiring, fire'of: poetic fancy
and Greek iinaginaticiti, never- reared this sta..'
pendoui structuro virhieh we EireerirroUnded4
The Olympic Jove never built the heivens. 4
The Wisdom of Minerva never .orgiinized.theset
magnificent systems.., I say With St. Paul; 4013 i.
Athenians,- in•all thing's Iliad you too supetsti4
awls; for 'in paining along your- streets; I find
an 'tater , inscribed; to the tinkno,,in:
whom ye ignorantly. worship; and this is thei.
acid declare unto your- - the Clod •that made
heaven and earth whO dwells not in . -teriplee
mride:With handl.' • . •
here is the.tettiple - °tofu- divinity. 4 -4
Around'u us and above us rise Sun' and'System: ,
-Cluster and 'Universe.. And I doubt not'that.
in every 'region 'of this vest, Empire Of...Gotli
hymns of praise and antheitie pf glom. are ri
sing and reyerbertiting from suit to, sun , . arid
from systeni to - system--heard by Omnipotence,.
alone across immensity and through eternityl
Witrat . c.' is kolsrmint,t;o?-- very, few indps'
contain the place upon.whigh renown has fallen'
fdr a eecondlirne In conjunction with the .conl
test beiwCen the artriies or France end 'Atistris4
Montebello ix a very insignificant village,,and
so dear to Gisteggia, that. its name is ,rarelyt
found in ordinary geotriphical Chute. .Casteg:
gio is about thirty miles east "vil Alesandritt and
fifteen miles 'Orthe - Fd; While Moniebello' isrbti(
• . :
a few.minutes Wallusouthweit ot.Caiteggio.
• • Cas Engle, Matt vicinity his beencelet r itted
battle 'Min) ter more then, ileo ! tholisand yeersr,
le the.a itc.tant — Clastreiti4i, - woo' here
that ,Ot
King of the Ginsatce. , : In the Punic.Wareit wes
I•lt . ;,Weer.`Se-r
eieged 13 Y ,Sanbibai,2iiq. Might 'heti& de fi ed'
his paW er, but biatarinna,,,ibli,Us,that
dred•large pieces of gold pildic,the Common&
er;
. Fuldine Daritie, - 'F.tpurcheited;•iho:fertieds, l4
yOrjt:pOl4o phenae ;for . exiitesdint: , biiherY4
Tue stores and, •rthe:f4
of the greatest , utility:to, the, Carthergeniens.
A . spring.not far:from Caateggio.lsc still
Fontana el' A
It• was near Casteggiii, err the
1800, the fill° groat conflict between the Frendir
and 'AustOona took place, .which =it knowd' at
the battle of Montebello, for it Yiedin'the fettei
little village that the army of Napoleon I;firiat ! ,
ly routed the corps ile'resee've of the....enefnY , ""
Younial pf C'emeuirre, June
.7th;
. . .
To. 7 11191C.E.:L,pi: a admirer . , ov'Ent
imejetly after , a:, , taking Alp,'
the Labor interspersed. with..,Ockashuoil Wet,.
tin my lips with the same::' , • ;.
Whiske! all hale ! b9ytaiod,
Hsv ardently'atloriYract thi gn,alitis. ;.;
nose in.richest
, dydS,'
hide 1 . . 4aliiiptint';iion,Of gist s *
When wus grows vius l ,unt)..hnd grows, imdlier r
W Vie t inbbi :wit.' ye tic MSS rol'buiturk.rolt;r:
tttne•eiminds`mjc shrunken' 501e..1
Ai Wind front's boy's mouth expands bladaey.f
Water is ; kood,,no min'',cif_sense denies I,t,
• . .
Sereli throc' all Nachef, and you will not mid
An artikle j so fit foe vraahlriefeet "'":
But'ai'a'tieveridge3 flivr„•thirij despise it,
• • ... •
Mi stuintniek.turns, and toi .
relief I di
To the'eckstiacVuy cosu-,-to
•"••Altid;ry tirifte piesernt: fikehtitr'thit whiiJkLir
mtsitl iv)" r,ire,•whieti et.is ,ttot, . by hottiorps,r,TV
the contrary. uv kern. •
to b tit ittil eppropriBly elinienie;44Wer
.hovy the' elickirei rya life will ciit arrinira'ioeireid
• /The liberatity-af thiereptirriers(ie n)10,,,it
is:grand. Whileeaseriin thereupetiniitj'irthie.
-
favcifit her eridgei
• . • ..
synfuse een be iiiiide,.,:6l:o.heri.lilsWidei;"'Seee,lii
• Ctf:iiiotoTeiii . : . 'ge'ed
frot4 liong , Kong, per hip Eagle, liad just e etY
re s ceive4,ll , ,the,Agrictijtpral.,..P4oact9Gthg;; ir.
States katerif Offii.e; A notriet-iiitr6*f9A t hit! ,
way on 10nrdlh'e'',814i.1(oricqide•for,`,the; Sel4
tillSfteli for : ke" .:F.,!,!„ i7 #4 ' ..0# , ..f,_11.,
iPPricsOonii'
"cult.bilt '„
as:faitai.the:„ackitlet.'6-11i ) tirol 0; S . ;
:Ib44ltinfureis:
• .. "is
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