2. lioilil • 3iew s kiiniir,r,- , 77.,1 1 3 5 inti1e..4..... fa - l'illtittu.iT,
Proprietor._-,
ql,at.s.
U. JuxioricLkr,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON—Office—
:Mitt street, near the Post °fee. • Doct. fl,
ivill give his paracular attention to SurgiCal
discuses, and diseases of women and children.
Ho will also give his attention'every Saturday
morning, in his office, gratis, from 11 to 12
cluck; to surgical cases among Ate_POor,
January 22. 1851. •
DR. X. C. LOOIVIXS; .
• .; WILL perform all'
operations. upon the
Teeth that are requi
red for their preservation, such as Scaling,Filing,.
Plugging, &c, or will restore the loss of them,
by inserting Artificial Tooth, front a single tooth
to a Tall soft. .11 - Office on - Pitt street, a few
oors south of the Railroad Petel. Dr. L. is ab
e•tt the last ten days of every month.
DIt.:1 1 . IktltLElt,
'y a n)i(LOPATiIICPHYSIGIA
,i )N, AN I) ACCPIXIIEU P . haying
it. Llp•pc, formerly practising plty•
sictan t place, solicits the patron:Tent Mo.
Infants • ore•decessor, tied shall he happy
Le wait ty, .., who may favor hint with a call.
not 3,1 u - F. MILLER, M. D.
ILO/VHOEOPAtIIiC -
reaciice of medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics
Drs. A. M. & J. 'LAYMAN, respec'qully
1311n.muce to the citizens of Carlisle and vicinity
jolt they hai...3 taken the office recently occu•
pit. t by Dr. Smith, in Snodgrass's Row, and
*U. be happy to attend to all who may favor
then. with a catkin the various branches of
their profession. We aro prepared to visit, pa•
tients in the country at any distance., Charges
moderate. (ap9tf
G.V.OII.O.E_ZZ _
WILL perform al
opermions upon the
6 !emit that may be re
equired..forthaty_preserymion. Artificial teeth
inserted, from a single tooth to bn entire set; do
the most scientific pi inciples. Diseases of the
mouth and irregularities ettrefullY treated. Of
floe at the residence of las brother, on North,
Vitt Street, Carlisle.
A CARD.
"rlll.. J• IJENDEL„ Surgeon Dentist
norms his former patrons that he has re
---urnea to Carlisle, and..will.be_glad to uttend.to
all calls ip the line of his profession. loct3l
DU, S. R. lixr.rrn.u,
OFFICE in North Hanover street adjoining
Mr. 'Wolf's store. Office hours, more par
ticularly from 7 to 9 o'clock, A. M., and Irom
s to 7 o'clock, P. M. [junclB'sl
urivz. pr.rmosm,
A TTQRNEY AT LAW, .111 practice in
. 21. -- e - veral - ConitsolCumberlandr-eounty.
OFFICE. in. Niain Street, irilhe room former.
y occupied byL. G. Brandebury, Ben.
CirEaritiE EVrE,
lus . rtcE OF THE PEACE. Or-
FACE at his residence, corner of Main street
and the' Public Square, opposite 13urkholder's
Hotel. In addition to the duties of Justice of
th e P e ace, will attend to all kinds pf writing,
smelt al deeds, b/nds, mortgages, indentures,
nractes , of agreement, notes, &c.
Ccirlisle, up 8'49.
iii s Idedicin
21T3
I have just received from Pluladel
".• phut and New York very extensive
_ additions to my former stock, embra
cing nearly every article of Medicine
--- now in use, together with Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, 'Turpentine, Pertumery, Soaps,
Stationery, Tine Cutlery, Fishing tickle,—
Druhes of almost. every description, with an
endless variety of other articles, which I am de
termined to sell ht the s FRI LOWIST prices.
All Physicians, Country Alerchanuf, Pedlars
and others, are respectfully requested not minim
the OLD STAND, at. they may rest assured
that everfaruch , will be sold of a good quality,
and upon reasonable terms.
S. ELLIOTT,
Main street. Carlisle.
May 30
Plainfield Classical Academy,
FUER MILES WEST OF CAELISLE.
The-Tenth SCSSIOn Will commence on .110✓1'
LA Y 51h, 1851.
rglIT IS Instil et ion has been esteidislied near
ly doting which time ouch ad
d i ”is and - noprovemems have been made as
,wider it ono of the most commolious and
Convenient in the Stale.
In retard to healthfulness it may be men -
tiOned that no case of serious sickness ,has oc:
'cursed in the. institution since it was founded.—
Its moral purity is attested by the fact that
depraved associates, scenes of vice, and resorts
ftr dissipation have no caistenoo in the neigh--
botlood,
- vhe_c( m rse of instruction comprises all II c
branches required by the merchant, profession.
al man or collegian. Also, modern language's,
-vocal and instrumental music, &c.
It is the determination of the Proprietor that
the institution shall sustain the reputation it has
already acquired for imparting , thorougli in•
s.truction, and ineuleatitot and establishmg
vir
taoits principles in the minds of the youth sub•
.mired to his charge. • .
'emu (per Session Five Months) $lO 00.
Fur catalogues containing relcreqces,
address It IC BURNS,
Principal and Proprietor, •
.Plainlleld P. 0., Cumberland County, Pa.
Apiil 2, 1851
WHITE HALL AVADLIVIY.
!l'itru miles West of Iliirrisbierg, Pa.
TUE: Second Session of this Institution wit]
commence Oil MONDAY, the.3.l of November
next. It is situ itod is a pleasant mid houlthlul
section of country, and .is convenient of Access
front all parts of tho State. Application should
be made us curly us possible. as only a limited
number can be received.
• T EMUS : • •
'l3ourtling,Witelting, Lodging and .
tun on in tile English brunches per -
session - $5O 00
• INSTRUUTORS
Davitl .Donlingor Principal, and, teacher of
ngtutgaarit in at ica.
• Lehtuel Simmons, Toucher of. Ynctil and In.
ntrumental Music.
Amos Row, Tutor.
Foe circulars containinDg
EN rti LINGE paculars, R address
1). ,
Principat, Harrirburg-, Pc.
BeptlO
a'ritaklrG JICIADEIWW.
THIS Instituti,n will be open for the recep—
tion of stldents,:ou MONDAY, the sth of
Muy. All the branches of a sound English and
Classical Education will be teuglit,and students
thoroughly kualifled for entering any class in
College. or fitted tsr business lito. `I hero will
be two sessions a year; the first commencing
ott the First Alonday in May, arid the seconil
session on the first' .Monday. in:Novenib - 6 . , of
every year: Circulers will be furnished on•sp-,
tt
plicatioe in person or by letters addressed to the
subscriber nt Neweille '. 0., Ctimberlancl co.
Pa. NV R LINN.
19aPlYl - J. ALLEN •BROWN, Ass't,
NOTICE. •
•
THE Commissionsre of Cumberland :eoulllY
doom it proper to inform. the public. that, the a 11
ad inestitme of the Board Of Commissioners swil'
bo held mi the almond and fourth. Moldova of
each month, at. Which time any' parsons tinily;
[witless *with said Board, will meat them Eli
pair lifileo in Carlisle.
Attest. WAI. RILEY,
CHURCH LEE AND FEEMAN I
..,wa- , ..b.L.E.Anatra_vrAiwto •
E A la U
SAW
AND, TA XVI L
• NEW C.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS, sArrir LORD BACON, IVRICIT MA,EE' A NATION GREAT AND
For the Herald."
"We Move llet Once More Together."
We have met once more together:
Once more, kind friends, andyrue,
-After weary years of—absence----
Once-morc I am with you.
am with you—and your faces
And the warm grasp of your hand,
Tell mo better than words spoken
That I still , am of your baud.
•
Ne have met once more together:
I am with you once again;
And memory is busied
Tracing what you looked like then;
Years agone, when, in my boyhood
I mingled in the play,
And sleeinodlhe_nyrl _n garden,__
And life a summer day,
We have Met once niore together:
Are our Loves not still_the same?
r ;
And upon the heart's deep altar
still butins the hallowed flame.
But, there's change shout your features
And the homes that erst were thine,
.And the changes have been malty About Me, and aim t mine.
. .
We have met cave ] lore together:
But there's some we do not sheet;
I miss them from the hearth-side—
I - miss them from thb street - ;
The dear faces •
Tharonee upon me smiled;
Oh, they are not ill their places—
They ask not for their child ! ,„
- - I-thread the olden -valleysi---
And' the by-paths-far and pent.,
And I think at every footfall
Thnt I must meet them here..
-- 1-listen far the-welcome
of their voices, silvery sweet,
But the sound of my own heart-throbs
Is all mine ear (loth greet.
We have met once more together:
1 ant glad.to see the few
That still entwine them 'round me,
As the ivy round the yew.
- 'T - he - golden chain - is - broken—
Va. by link 'tis severed wide,
Yet thanks for those,.tho'. scattered,
That still cluster to our side!
We have niet price more together:
But the thought intrudes between,
As shadows mar the sunshine,
The faded leaf, the green - t — --
We have met once more together—
.Bearfriends,--we , may not ken,
And the future ean , ;but auSwer
Shah/ we ever meet again
Carlisle, Pa., September 3d, 1861.
31i►ii~11imrnn
CHASING THE ICHNEUMONS.
The members of the, medical faculty, here
and elsewhere, are great sticklers for what
they term the regular practice. There ore ex
ceptions however, to this general rule, and one
notable instance we are about to relate.
213
In the summer of 'AS, about the period of
the close of the Mexican war, one of his offi
cers of our army—au amateur zoologist—re
turning home from the scenes of his perils and
his glory, brought with him a rare number of
insects and animals, indigenous to Mexico.—
lie put up for some time at the St. Charles
Hotel, where his cabinet of natural curiosities
-attracted much attention. Among them was a
ichneumon fly, a repulsive looking ani
pf the most destructive instincts, that
would destroy and devour ants and other in
sects w.th a most sanguinary rapacity. A gen
'tleman-whom for the noncc)vo shall call Juries, -
was at the time stopping in the St Charles, and
he formed fur the ichneumon a strong dislike;
indeed, having once seen it, he could not bear
again to look at it. Ire was a man of kindly
nature and generous qualities. Ills temper was
genial and sociable to a fault, end this some
times led him into convivial excesSe's whioh
-
tended to chtiul a mind and confuse an under
standing, which were otherwise strong,clear,
and comprehensive.
About the time we 'speak of ho indulgoOt
such an extent in a debauch that, mania-I-y(4u
followed. He was no sooner seized...with this
disease, than the ichneumon seized upon his
dipcmpered imagination. The single obnox
ious animal multiplied into ten thousand.—
They covered hi's body, he thought, and like
so ninny vampires were sucking his lififo blood
from him. He looked out into the room, and
saw them engaged in a most deadly conflict
with grotesque red and blue monkeys; and
Ahoy were-drawn-up-in-a-solid-column all round"
the mosquito bar to prevent Ids escape.
nerves were unstrung, his brain was fe
vered, and his distress of ma' could not hnvc
been greater if his apprehensions had been
founded on reality, instead of being as they
were, the emanations of a disordered imagipa-.
don.' Linder 1.17 a circumstances, his, friends
concluded to send for Dr. *----,40n0 of our
most eminent city physicians, with the vicW of
his prescribing something to allay the nervous
frritnbility of the patient. They did send for
him, and soon,after, the doctor arriVod smok
ing his octal; cifringiicdfiing about the 'antics
of ichneumons or the pranks of rod monkeys.
As he entered the roma, ho found the patient
Sngaged in a vigorous conflict witlfsoMo imag
inary enemy beneath tho mosquito bar,..ncting
more, however, it would seem ; On the defen
sive than offensive. Now lie would slap hands
across his face as if to drive tiomething off his
nose; nom ho midil draw up his knee and
frialeti a spasmodic kick toward the foOt of the
bed; now ho would make his- opeii hand. rO 7
sound on his shoulder, and now again on his
thigh. The odds agninstddm seemed to be o=
-vorpowering, yet !la-battled manfully: - The
doctor sawiir once what Isis (iiqfi ' SC was, and
at once he resolved to resort to a quick reme
dy for its cure.
you think, Docttir,". sai:l a friend of
the patient-- who, Lys theway;:waa a regular
practitioner pldebbi,c,Lny
Would have titiellent effect in thin ease?"
~ .Don't think it youltl lic
,tvorth straw,".
said tho aoctor, . .
"ram sore," 'said' th'e nom, who believe(
that hyclrepe thy waS.a - cure for all diseases
)'l'm sure' that if ho got a cold. bath and hi
temples bathed 'with ice, it would afford him
great relief."' , . . _ . .
"Fiddle 'sticks,". said 'tho , doctor—puffing
11119 eegar as unconcernedly as before. , '
"I have; aoctia man laboring under 'a
811131-
cJI~I L~~.
I=l
_-, C RLISLE,-P_A.,-
=said the bitr s heoper of the estab-
lay malady"
l iniment, who felt a strong friendship for the
patient, and who was
.present at this quasi
medical consultation—"and gentle purgatives
gave him immediate relief.".
"You'ilid--did you?" said'the doctor.
"I did," said the bar-keeper.
' "What a pity," said the doctor, "that you
did not publish the fact iu the columns of the
- Aledical - Jo_urffal !"
While this conversation was going on, poor
Jones, who had taken lessons in boxing from
Roper, was availing himself of his knowledge
of the art of self-defence, to beat off the hide
oils enemy. The doctor approached the bed,
sifying,'"when he got there,
"Halloo, Jones"—they were on terms of fa
miliar intimacy with one anothei;—"halloo,
Jones. what are you about—what aro you dri-
ving at?"
"Oh, doctor!" said poor Jones, the perspi
ration running down his.face, and fear seated
in his cycs--"oh, doctor, can't you drive off
those ichneumons? Them - there I" (here he
gave his ear a crack.) "That fellow was stri
ing to get into my ear."
" yod are troubled with tho'kelmeumons,
11TC you?" said the doctor.
"Troubled - with them!" said Jones, r m
tortured, I'm maddened to death with them!"
"Well, I must ti'y and relieso you," said the'
doctor, and laying his svgar cn the table, ho
took up a boot-jack that lay before. him, and
just as Jones hod turned over to have a tussle
with an imaginary ichneumon, tits doctor gave
him a lusty crack with the bodt-jadk an the
posteriors,_ that made him bounce in the bed,
which bounce made dm bed shake.
"Halloo, doctor!" said Jones "what are
you nGout 7"
"Just chasing off the ichneumons," said
the doctor; end he gave Jones — another lick
with the boot-jack, striking trim in the same
place.
"Murder, murder:" slid Jones; ',You'll
kill me."
Trn,"iliset - Cir, repenting Ahe blow,
" hut.rll kill the . icluneumons," and poor Jones
receiva another lick pith the boot jack well
laid on.
" Murder, murder, save me—save me," said
Jones, jumping out of bed; running around the
room, followed by the doctor, plying the _boot_:_
jack rill the time. "Oh, enough! enough, doer
tor," said Jones, getting behind a rocking-chair
to shield himself from the boot-jack.
"Then you coy enough, do you?' said the
doctor.
"Too much—altogether too much," said
Jones.
" Do, you set any ichneumons now,'.: said the
doctor
"Not one," saki Jones
I thought not," said the doctor, "got to
bed now ;" end Jones, his thighs covered over
with red - blotches; the imprints of the boot
• -
jack, quietly went to bed.
"Now take, this," said the doctor, tilling out
a pint bottle of London Porter, in which ho
put an opiate, and Jones, submissive as a
swalloWed it ay ordered. Ito soon fell
asleep, and after a long and refreshing one, a
woke well. Poor fellow: he, is since dead,
but as long as he lived, he never again saw an
ichneumon.—[ -ms-Orleans
TILE LATE GENERAL LOPEZ.
The recent hair-brained attempts to wrest
the Island of Cuba train the dominion of Spain,
has raised no little curiosity concerning oue of
the principal, movers and-the-Chief-Captain—of--
the eqeditions.
Nerciso Lopez was horn in Venezuela, in
1709. He had no brother that grew to man
hood. Ills father, who was wealthy, had a
commercial house in Caracas, a bvtneh of
which at Valencia, was placed under charge of
Narciso, at nit early age. Luring the troubles
of 1814 ho sided with the popular.party, but
afterwards abandoned his former -friends and,
enlisted in the Spanish war. At .the end of
the civil war, when only 23 years of age, he
was 'raised to the rank of Colonel.
When the Spanish army evacuated Vene.zu
sla, Lopez went to Cuba, •ivhero ho was mar
ried. During the first Carlist troubles in
Spain, he happened to be in Madrid on private
business. Here he joined the Royalist party,
and was made aid-de-camp to the Commander
in -Chief,, Gen. Valdez, and received several
milinfry decorations. lie was appointed to
important Mikes by the 'Queen, and afterwards.
was made 'Governor of Madrid. Subsequent
ly, as Senator from Sevillo,,he is said to have
turned his attention to the condition of Cuba,
and the expulsion of the Cuban Deputies from
the Cortes, induced him to resign his office and
return to that Island. There ho held sev
eral posts , under the Captain Gcneral,--Val
dez. .
In 18.19, when ho supposed everything ripe
ftir revolution, he came to the, United States,
and got up the absurd 'attempt at invasion,
known n 8 the Round Island Bxpedition. In,
May„lBso, the equally absurd-invasion and
hasty evacuation of Cardenas took place. And
finally, in August, 1851, the late expedition
landed at Bahia Ronda, and in the brief spnco
of eleven`days, his forces wore cut to pieces
or captured, and lie,•himself, a wandering &-
gitive among the mountains, was taken priso
ner, nod four duo afterwards was put to the
ignomlnious'denth of the Garrote at Havana.
• .
old •cotiger — ivas i•ehoarsing to a'
apighhor, a day >r •two ago, what ho had
bgbrd. in Tegord'to tho groat, flrO in. Concord,
"Why,l' said' tho ,most respe,`Ot
4epart, of-the town is. destroyed," '.G oo d,
vics4 zracioit;ii" o.7:cMiined his neighbor "have
they Lima the Shot, iseti p" .
1r;14:1`. Ltrrl—',llic flettlecrntio_p_nrra
Icrr linnapshire, 'only te:idr.,ra clig, t ltad nt the' :
head of their colutous, the name of Lny.t
yjc4.ll'3l'lllC fcr Pre.Ti4p7tt of the United Staten,
tied thti~ ofdlin,ootinie, Lux poonntinr, for..
Governor of Nerribunpoldi•o. Now both
withdrawn by (4'oll' a.
• M.:When'. Mrs. Ilann;ili:;-Tiloi:o asked Dr.
Jai:inset' why to did )not'driali' i l / 2 14u, do hail,'
entlyind Winoly Said; tioeauseelfl drink nt all,'
shall drink toolnualt. AbstinonOnia)as easy
as-wderatiol3, diifiollit. • •
firtt,t.ittiii;....:-_ - Villitit.,qt,- - .' Agrkitilit:tti.. : so.iitgo:,.. unit ~ 0: - . 1101: ~snftiritititiot.,
. ,
PROSPEROUS—A FERTILE.SWAND BUST WORKSHOPSTO'WHICH LET - ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM—Bishop Hall
WEDNESDAY, SEkrgASER _117, __ 1851.
THE PERILS OF SUDDEN WEALTH.
OccuPATIoDf.
Some few years since, we heard of the case
Of an individual, who, then in:Moderate Cir.
cumstanaes, was suddenly enr'ich'ed. By the
death of a distant relative in enothor Section
of the Union, he inherited a very largo for
tune: Ho was congratulated onallsides, and
immediately took possession of his
,property.-
Up to that time, he had been actively engaged
in business, was correct and ,regular in his ha-
bits, enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who
knew him, was induStrious, active, and appa
rently codtented and happy. His avocation,
which was not particularly arduous, yielded a
fair living for his family, and enabled him also
to save-a trifle for a rainy. day. lle was con-
stantly occupied, was cheerful, animated and
Lcompanionable; hut - from tiro - very - nee - essitiCT
of the case, was compelled to restrict his con
vivial enjoyment, and todive within his means.
The sudden possession of a largo 'fortune, im
mediately effected a change in his habits, gave
him abundant leisure, and 'induced him; in the
course of •tk few mend's, to abandon his busi
ness. " Ilecnould live without it," ho said
"ho had thus far seen but little of the world,
and he thought it but fair that ho should en
joy himself." This was all well enough, if ho
had understood himself, and -also imposed a
rein on his tastes and appotite&-.7-But-,-almost
' unconsciously, he at first becamodu, idler, then a
drinker, then a sportsman, and then a gambler
-the latter not in a professional sense, but as
Igentlemad of fortunci--who-coald-afford-to-in
dulgo even at the risk of considerable loss,
and who must have some modq of killing time.
Thusdn "the Tear - or tww - rtftcrielmearnm - pos= -
sessor of a largo property, the character. of
the mon became totally 'changed. Then the
excitement was connected with his business
and'his family - , and he lived along smoothly,
quietly, industriously and moderately. Now
the excitement was altogether artificial, arid
1 -depended-upon drinking T-racing-and
occupations; the consequences may readily be
inferred. The loss in the first place of a few
thousand dollars, the attempt to regain them
by._some bold adventure, th&matlness of a
speculation entered upon In a moment - of ex
citement, a further and heavier loss, a resort
1.6 - the wine cup, to the garning-table„ and in
-the end,- bankruptcy-and-almost beggary; The
downward career was so rapid, the excitement
-so intense, the impulse so irresistible,' that
when the crisis came at last, and the truth
was seen in all its nakedness, the poor victim
shrunk bock half incredulous. He could not
realize the frightful result. He could not be
biovo that be had been--so -ms), so - blitid, - sp
reckless. Fortunately his constitution was yet,
vigorous, and some fragments of his .property
might still be gathered.up. But the difficulty
was to abandon his intemperate habits, to
shake off his dissolute companions, to regain
the old path of moderation, activity and .integ..-
rity. For some time he struggled, but egain•
he relapsed; and thus he lingered on for a few
years longer, becoming weaker in frame and
character every hour, until' his moral and
physical ruin was complete as his pecuniary.-
His sudden fortune was his greatest curse.-h
With it camo vile habits that unmanned, un
nerved and destroyed him. Dazzled by the' els
vation, he saw through, a false medium, rushed
on headlong, and with consequences truly pain
ful. ' Bad no changetaken place in his occu
pation-had lip been permitted to pursue the
even tenor of his way in contentment, in mod
oration, and in industry, he would, in all prob-
abilityrhave - ncepuulated iialependlquetrin
the end, and have lived. meanwhile, a useful
member of society.
Sudden wealth, therefore is not always
Messing. That which is attained rapidly and
unexpectedly, is in many cases not properly
apPmelated, and is perilled and' parted with
equal tacility. 'How frequently do we see the
children of rich men sink step by step into
habits of idleness and profligacy; exhaust
their means, and become miserable members
of the community. Subjected to a thousand
temptations, and without any determintition of
character, they are tossed from wave to wait°
on the stream of life, and are soon shipwreck-.
ed. It is difficult indeed to bear in a becom
ing spirit, extraordinary prosperity. Truman
nature is weak, vain and fehliblo. We aro all
more or less the Creatures of selfishness, pride
and circumstances ; and although an individual
may_ be able to: regulate himself, and keep
within proper limits, moral 'and social, when
compelled to do so by the circumstances of
the case, when dependent upon industry, in
tegrity and perseverance, yet he may find- the
task very' difliartivlien placed beyond the
reach of want, with a largo fortuno at his
command; - trait many idle hours at his dispos
al, and with many temptations to beckon him
to indidgenoo.' In the first place, we regard
almost every individual as in danger, who is
not regularly occupied, and this remark will
apply as well to the qddle-nged as the young.
Irene° the policy, wisdom; nay, the actual
necessity_ of some regular pursuit or_ busi
ness, something by which 'the head and hands,
die mind and heart, may bo profitably
employed. To have • nothing to do, and 'to
have abundant means, is to bo in a position of
temptation, to which no fallible human being
should subject himself. If; lherefore, a father
should have for his son, the - soletitien of - one
of two positions, an active -business With no
moans beyond the real necessities of tho pur
suit, and a large fortune without occupation,
.o would bo fall° to duty, to:experience, end
to the real welfare of 1114 child, to hesitate for
moment. With a' regular business, good ha
bits and a competency aro -alutost certain;
7 , vhile the 'idler is likely in tho Inuldindo of
oases, Oat to T.-asts his-To 6 rtune, and then find ,
..;:tuself totally unfit ,to' wrestle with and eon-.
tend ag,:iintit. the ordinary' and
Ludes of life. " '
116 w rEley •
• Did you over know ouch weather.? •
Five bright., tiiiirniyg.days together ;
8 welt'ring nights and broiling
Sultry moonbeams, , suu'S hot rays;
' No caiknowa.whieh 'way to turn him,
All thinge,eitherMolo:9l,' burn him; !•-•:`
Halt' ;the weight of
Jo' off
,in pii:Apiratien .. •
And evarithinland woman, too, -
. •As languidly they loak l at you,..
Exelaima with , motet and mournful phie )
4, 1)0ar wo I km 407 hot it is
TOUCHING NARRATIVE.
Tho following narrative, giving a glimpse at
the misery which strong drink has occasioned,
is extracted from Tho Lights:• of Temper
ance," a new work publiiehed in Louisville,
Kentucky:
I witnessed once a scene which comes ap
propriately in place,herc. During the com
mencement exercises of Emory College, upon
one occasion the Governor of the State of Geor
gia,* and his lady, with a goodly. .number of
other,friends, were staying with Ms. All were
light-hearted, cheerful and happy, when a fe
male torm; plainly but neatly attired, entered
my gate and advanced to my door. I received
her, atal„upon her requ'est to see the Gover-
nor, I conducted her to his room. •
Governor,' said she, lam the- motber-of_
the man who is to be executed, four days
Aetteei - at Columbus, — for murder,- --Hearing—of
Ws sentence,' in Maryland, where I live, Ihns
toned' with all speed to 'Milledgeville, to beg of
you a respite of jfiksp:itence,' till the meeting .
of the Legislature. There my money gave .
out; but pot finding you there, I have followed
-you-hither,-having--walked--Most of the way
sixty-ftye miles) to make the request. Gover
nor will you not suspend the sentence ?"
Madinn,' said the Governor, his eyes al
ready filled with tears, for no GOvernor ever
had a kinder heart, if I were to grant the re •
-Ppite,--yomenuld..not_pessiblyro i_liim with it, -
in your enfeebled and exhausted situation, iq
time to save him."
4 Yes, I will, Governor; give it to me, and I
beforeAlielmiir of ex
ecution arrives.'
• Then you would have to travel night and
.uights,.and . three -.days and_a•
half•'
Ouly give me the respite, and it shall rpach
him in time. I shall see him any how, before
he dies ; but I hair° no time to lose.'
Madam,' said the Governor, I moot deep
iysympathiao with you, and it painsane to tell
_you,_that Lahould_violate_my_official-duty_ _to
grant you the respite. I have examined the
case, and I cannot find a single mitigating cir•
cumstanee in it, in,your son's favor.'
' Oh, Governor Lally son is not sr murderer
at heart. 'Ms disposition is peaceab'e. lie
was not himself When he committed the deed.
Oh, Governor! here on my knees beforeyou,
-I-pray-you-have pi ty _upon a poor heart-broken
widowed mother !'
On't. wives sobbed aloud, and the Governor
andlmyself mingled our tears profusely .over
the bending suppliant. there was.but one of
the group that.could speak, and that one bore
the burden of us all, muLtiplied a thousand
The Governor raised-her from her knees;
and, repeated, by a shako of the head what ho
had,already said.
And nowwenfforth from that poor woman's
. Ithart-,what shall
-1 call it ? was .
not dint A aot . It was not that. A groan?
It was not that; but an indescribable out
breathing of 'all that is eloquent in grief, and
melting in sorrow. Her ticcents had caught
the ears of the group in the adjoining porch,
and produced a. death-like silence there: and
my habitation, so lately the soene'pf mirth,
was like the court of death.
At length she broke silence:—
.If there is no hope, I must hasten to my
child before he dies,' . •
She rose, and tremblingly advanced to the
porch, followed by the sympathizing friend,
but unyielding Chief Magistrate. She passed
the crowd without seeming - to notice them;
and, as hdr foot fell upon the step that was to
conduct her away from the habitation of hope,
she cast back a melting look, and commenced
her last appeal, with , 015: Governor`! for
God's sake'—when.she.sant: to the floor.- -At
length, rising, as if moved by the . thought that
oho was losing the time which ;done would en
able her to see her son alive, she retired.
The Governor disappeared with her; his ear
riage soon followed, and -though no quCstions
were asked on Lis return, I doubt not, that he
offered her the 'ek solace that he could, in her
cs.tremity, without A breach of duty.
Now I ask, what is all the good that ardent
spirits have ever done, compared • with the
pangs which this one lioarwidow has suffered?
But her's was no uncommon case. Multiply
her afflictions by ten thousand, and you v)11
,get the exponent of what olio class, and 7.Ea
bout the best of our race, have suffered: train
the use of 'inebriating drinks. -Alt! God bless
you, men, I fear yo shall have a dread ac
count to render „at the court of 'Heaven, for
*klis Excellency, Charles G. M'Donald. "—^m.
THE FIRST. HAM
Inn new novel, " The Glenns," recently
published, ()Coors the following striking pic
ture of domestic felicity, which crusty old
bachelors will rend with much interest :
"It' 'the baby' was asleep, no one was al
lowed to speak except in a whisper, on pain of
irtstalit - lianishnient ; the piano wits closed, the
' guitar 'w as "taboood,boots Were interdicted,'
and the bell wiMmulled...lf Mr. Vincent wish
ed to enjoy a ,quiet cigar, ho must go out of,
the house, lest the smoke might hurt gin, ba
by,'" and, lesttho street door might disturb
its 'slumbers, ho must' make Iris exit by the
back. way, and.reach the street by the.garden
gate. The Deotor was scarcely ever . out of
the house; not - because 'the baby' wasill—
for indeed it was most alarmingly healthy- 7
but became she wits 'afraid-it might be taken
with some dreadful dia"eat e, and no doctor !Mar.'
If coal was placed
. in the grate„eithel. Mr:
s Vincentlutist put it in lounp by lamp with his
tinger, o Thomas must come in un- tiptoe,
leaving his booti, below, lest tho•nohm Shciuld
'disturb, gig) baby.' Mr. Viiment' might lie in
'one postrtmtill - he woo Hill of aches from the
crown'ciehis htiad till the sole Of-his fiict ;' he
Must not movo or turn over—Tor fear of . iira,- ,
king 'the, bully:: , And yet no,ninstnotdako to
lied in -another part of tho,4oomoi..bOplsO '!t4
Itsby? ; :.inight be attnolibil, - -by :tliocroup,' or
uoight cry to hove some ono walk Up ;oniddovinos
the floor ,with It in iti: Is, und the , ,hortvould
hot be within mill,
. I .la , short, Ai , hent!the baby'
alePt,,tlie :whole,' house .Was•under. , o'• spell,'
;whose enchantment consisted / in profound si- ,
Itino and unbroken stillness, and all who came
withit(tito . maglo oirolo . worn at ones 'laid urt...
dor ito.iuflueimo, Y ,' .•"
"On the other 'hand, when 'the baby' was'
awake the household was equally subject to,the
tyranny which seemed to be a condition of its
existence, If itfr. - Vincent's watch-chain at . -
treated its attention, the watch must come
forth, and be delivered over, at the imminent
risk, and to the frequent smashing of crystals
and face. Ibthe baby' cried for the porcelain
vasea<on.the mantel. or the little Sevres card
basket on the table, they were immediately on
the floor, or in the 'crib' beside it, and were
soon afterwards in many pieces. Hit wanted
papa's papers, either they idust be forthwith
given up, or both baby and mother would con
cur in raising a domestic storm. If au impor
tant paper, or anything else , of peculiar value
was missed, when inquiry was made for it, the
chances were twenty to one that it had been
-given-to- , the baby,'—and on all such occasions,
Mr. Vincent's chagrin - or vexation was created
with -- merited - indifference. aa Often-hap--
pe'ned, after obtaining everything within its
mother's reach, and breaking everything that
could be broken, , the baby' stilbcried immod
erately and annoyingly, it was quite as much ,
as Vincent's life was worth.to express the least
-vexation or impatience. Ile-might _be roused__
from a sound sleep, and forced to get up in the
cold ten times in a''night for something for
'the baby,' and yet a murmur or a natural
wish expressed to know the necessity of all"
these things, was high treason to the house
hold sovereignty. The lawful, master of the
premises had, sunk; like a deposed Taonarch, to ,
Utter insignificance, and become the lowest ;
servant to the - young usurper. The mother
_144,9 - the Grand yiziortf the little Sultana, and
in her name rulsid every ono,,herself included,
with an iron rod. There was no law but the
_wilka74.pleasure.of-_the despot,:andmo appeal_
from her determinations. And this was the
woman whom Abraham Glenn had loved !"
alifirtil.
"STATE ROBBERS I"
THE FREEPORT AQUEDUCT
'The Harrisburg American, of Thursday
Evening, last, contains the full details of the
astounding frauds committed by the public of
fiCeis in 1848, at the re-building of the Free
port Aqueduct to conduct the Pennsylvania Ca
nal across: the Allegheny. river, ithaviug y _heen.
consume:lin May of that year. It adopts the
report of J. F. McCuLtocti, Esq., then a mem
ber of the Legislature from . Westmoreland
con
ty—now a Locofooe candidate for Senator.
Alt MCCaLtoen, says:— '
q- , On examining the check - rolls it was found
hat there-had been-betwdbn five and six-hun
dred•different,meu employed' nt the . work. It
was found,*on making inquiry relative to them,
- that some of them were dead; others have left
the State, and that many of them could not bo
found at all. I have succeeded in serving a
subpama on two hundred andthree of Iliem.-
One hundred and eighty-seven of these ap
peared before-the Commissioner., The testi-
I Many was taken in the presence of Mr. Pow
er, AND HIS FRIEND GENERAL LEVI G.
CLOVER, assisted by Attorneys Riddle, Don
oily, France and Nesbit. It will be found in
the Journal of the House of Representatives
for 1810, v. 3, p. 704."
It may be well do remember that Gen. Levi
G. Clover, who acted as thg'friond" of Alex
onder Power, the supervisor under whose im
mediate charge the work was done, and the
check-I.OIIS of the hands were made out and
I settled, is the hrother of Seth Clover, the Lo
cofoco candidate for Canal Commission Cr.
Mr. MoCum.nert gives a detailed statement
showing' how much each of the 187ThyDooms,
who appeared before the Commissioners ap
pointed to take testimony, actually received,
and how much the State had to pay according
Co Mr Power's obeok-rolls. fi The amount was
pretty nearly always doubled—often tripled—
frequently quadrupled. The aggregate amount
of which the State was defrauded in the oases
of these 187 workmen was $3,638 82.. Ur.
McCulloch, says:—
“Noir, fellow-citizens, You have before you
the ease made out on the part of the Common
wealth, as,far as the check rolls ore concerned.
I Three
.thonsand six hundred and thirty-eight dol
-1 Lars and 7y:11.1g-two cents drawn from the public
Treasury, upon the receipts of men, who upon
their solemn oaths swore that they never received
it. Is not this strong evidence of fraud ? of a
plundered Treasury ? These were not men
kicked_ otll the Canal, but men of character,
standing ds high in the rank of society ns any
ether set',of.inert in the Commonwealth. About
one-thirdef the men employed at the_tiork op-
peared &Yore the Commissioner. ITAD I BEEN
ABLE ND PROCURE THE TESTIMONY OF
THE BALANCE, I HAVE NOT A DOUBT
BUT - TruAT - reout - D -- mtvv, - PILED-UP—AT
LEAST $6OOO MORE IN THE. SAME
'WAY! ! !
Hero then the Statwjn . ,..this ono littlo job of
work was defraudeclitfioie thtiti $OOOO by the
Locofoco officers of tho Canal. Nor was this
all. :-These officers speculated at the expMise
of' the State, whose 4nterests it was tleir du
ty to guard, on the surplus material left after
the aqueduct was rebuilt. On this subject, we
quote as follows from *Mr. McCulloch's report;
the extract is loifg, but it is too important to
omit any of it:
"Mr. Adamilolliday,-in his hot :testimony
before the committee, days:—. , There was titn•
bur enough left to bUild three more ti,guoduet.S.
Some ruffs had not a stink taken out oflheii,-
others had a few pieties taken out:" Mr. Ford,
also sAys:--"1 , 9;10171,1) THINE:, AT A NODERATE
CALCULATION, ITEBE il'As ONE 'HUNDRED
THOUSAND FEET OF TIMBER nitonowr TO
;run Aounnuor.WHlCll WAS. NOT USED IN
ITS CONSTRUCTION. • ABOUT FIFTY
THOUSAND MET REMAINED IN RAFTS
WITROUT BRING DISTURBRD." Thie
bey wee tliopooed of in theTolbAing mannor,
ott appenro by testimony no •tnken before tho'
Commissioner: ,
A. IV.. Lane got frit) feet 0,0 cents . por foot,
- tiarreC,, 1100 fedi, of_phinh,
reantlingi &o:,• for qualifying Morgan to the
ehtick roil,3, , antl a few bricks he fprni:thed.—
Win.g. Souther; 177 worth, besides a creek
. raft at noniethink:near,l, l 7o more, David Leeth
get near 6;lollmitired logs; also two orcekbafta.
John Korea got two lots of thilber, one Ile pay
for taking out old iron, the other in pay-tfor
'boarding—ho kept a lipardillg bootie...ln pay
Mr The hands,' they nri'vo"liitn timber in lieu
,of Peter Olont,got ro 50 worth.. Thera
'was a lot pc lit thither left'on,
alio Pittaburg. Mr. Wood in 1113 testimony
ertimate3 it 4..4000 feet, Anthony ilfervm
he , should , hot have thought it worthl l ,lloo.
nn
,pill • lurahoy-Inan,. - who loon
can lbq riYoeminap 1807, who :lass he exam
in'od it, oitimates, 'it, nt .10,000 feet line3l,,
which, at 8 anti'verl'Obt, would =llea worth
;$800;
• 'This, (ion. Clovor, tbo oollsotor at Pittsburg;
•A PUBLIC OFFICER, betight - for $2OO 'and
afterwards gavo $4O eatra, When the timber
was lying at tho•aqueduet, Clover says to hi&
- vosaump Ne11b,,;,,
testimony, that "Abner Lane proposed to me
to join him in buying the balance of the tim
ber afthr the Aqueduct was finished. I told
him I was in the employ of theCommonwealtb,
and I did not think it right to go into such a
speculation.
it seems from the testimony - of Oen. Clover,
that Mr. Power settled port of his accounts
witlt - him, by what authority I am at a loss ,to
dctermiho. I CAN 'FIND NO LAW, NO PRE-.
CEDENPTOR SUCH A COURSE. End the
part settled by the General been seteed by the
i Auditor General, and placed upon - file, as the
law requires it, it would have saved the Corn
moMvealth the trouble and expense of re-eet
tling this part of them.
The balance of the Unbar was given in
charge to John A. Steele and John ,V. Cris
well, to run. - it and to return the proceeds to
Mr. Power. They took it td Cincinnati; and
sold it to Bailey, Longstnif & Co. Mr. Malone,
one of the firm, appeared before the Commis
sioner and testified that they had bOught: of
-Steele-and-Criswell inlB4B, 88,350-cubic feet
of timber at six centsper foot, Mnounting. to
$5,752_75, also the cables up_on the rafts nt
' - $l5, and that they, gave $5OO in hand, and
notes for the balance to be paid afterwards:—
Now it'Wflg known that this timber had been
sold, but there was nothing in relation to it to
be found among the accounts of Mr. Power,
as settled by the Auditor General. After the
investigation had been commenced, General
Clover appeared before the, Committee and gave
, en account of two noteidepoiifferriiibEink, a
mounting to $2,744 70, leaving a balance' of
$3,032 unaccounted for, to which if wo add
the $2OO paid by Clover, makes $3, 232 99.
Criswell appeared before the Committee;
seemetlto know nothing definitely about it;
said that Steele and himself ran it to Cincin
nati—sold it to Bailey,-Longstriff, & Co., at. 6
cents per foot—got $5OO in cash—gave two
notes to Clover—balance went to pay expen
ses. Three thousand two hundred and thirty-
vine dollars and ninety-nino cents to run 88,-
cost $5OO. . -
I come now to the old iron. There was a
large quantity of old iron_in the Aqueduct.,---
It-was scattered - along-the-iiver.--The-princi.
pal part of it was collected by the State hands,
and delivered at Graff and Lindsay's ware
house. This, Gen. Clover purchased front Mr.
Power-at ono cent per pound. Mr. Morehead,
of Freeport, offered two and a half cents for a
large quantity
,of it, but was asked three cents;
bought ainnalPquantity at this price.. 'ln the
language r _of the Generai,2_!l. purchased_frem
Alexander Power all the old iron and. castings
I could find along the canal and river, for.
whin I was to pay one cent per pound. I
gathered up 17 or 25 tons."
; How marls the transaction. ONE PUBLIC
OFFICER BUYS THE PUBLIC PROPERTY
FROM ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICER, both
watching ovel• the public interests. - .Suppose
there were 15 tons of this iron, which would
be 83,600 pounds. - It' Was sold to Graff &
- Lindsay at two and - a - half-cents- per - pound - - ,
bought at one cent. In this transaction ho
would pocket $5OO. The amount this iron was
Bold for diknot pass to the credit of the State,
until after the investigation; neither was there
anything in relation to it in the account of - Mr.
Power.'
_lt is no wonder that after such developments
- as - -these - the:Locofocos are so extremely max.*
ious to elect Seth. Clover, whosmbTrother Levi
understands this way of sped nlation at the es
pouse of the State so well, and to defeat John
Strohm, Fliosi3 election _W.ould_ put_ 11 to
such nice little pickings and stealing& It is
in this way that the State is plucked and plun
dered on every,hand, by the very officers on
whom she relies to protect her from robbery;
hence it is that places on the Public Works aro
so greedily sought lifter, their incumbents ha
ving such good chances to feather their nests,
while the common people pay taxes, and the
great politicians hue free tickets given to them
to travel on the Canals and Railroads without
charge, and attend to the interests of the pax
ty as they go. Whht say the voters and tax
payers to this state of things ? Have they not
had enough of Clover i? It seems to us to be
about time to put. an end to these disgraceful
frauds; and the election of John Strohm is the
way to do it.
BIGLER AND THE LAW OF '47.
The Harrisburg Telegraph received the fol
lowing from Union county, with a request to
publish it:
Mr. Bigler in his Mimi County speeches,
while speaking of the law ofsaid distinct
ly, that not being a lawyer ho trusted to the
"Judiciary Committee" that the law was cot
formable to the decisions of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
When Bigler was a Senator,
lie trusted "the Committee;"
And if they44'him off the track,
It was an eXifal pity,
They told him that tiB hue was right,
And then he know no bettor;
But now ho.views tho matter' now,
Just see his Martin Jotter.
Ile voted onco with Wilmot too
Against the spread of slavery;
-Bitt-only
ignr ra+rccma to him do ---
That little,plece of knavery!
Oh! Bigler is tho eandidatel—
So eloquent and witty, •
He'll make a "Lustig" Governor
With help of a !'Committee.'
le-There are said to be about one hundred
ladioa in Semen Falls, the residence of Mrs.
Bloomer, who went. the. Bloomer costume, and
it:has become too common there to excite any
attention whatever.
"Patrick," said a lady to a slip of
Gicen Eria wilt) - was officiating tallioltitohon-
"Patrick, when is ,Bridgot?" "Mande'
'ma'am, she's fast aslcop looking at' tho broad
bakin."
yte,,ppunkini of the now style of dresses,
a gentleman the other day remarked that ho
wished sumo 'of the ladies:iwould adopt it, in
order to keep - his rico company, as she had;
inmn wearing the 'pants'' these live years. •
Ka^.A. young lady recontly married to
farmer, cue 'day visited tlio cow-liou9C, :ohms
sho_thuy intecro7,oted her Inill:7lnaid--,lly,thQ, _
)li , try; : - Lich of these cows is it that,,giTCS ,
the. blab:Tr:Mk. . ,
.X - Z- "It requires 'mere °Mudge to 'think inf.-
foi.ontly from. the inuititude, than it does to
fight them. the first here, therefore, was not
ho who made the first oonfitte4,but ho, who
uttered the Bret 'doubt • -
niFP`A man. Mt w t '1711,0 offoi• ' od bail fur n.
friend, ivaii asked by tlib Siii if ho'luui any
inniunbr'ailoo on his fi1ym.....:(111, yeslini4.ll4 py,"
kia.Mrs-..P3rtingtwl sayit • la n. curlew
provision of' vkfur44lTat,fiefle oevor lay whoa
egge are dear, awl Omar begin wltea t'Ary.