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E. BEATTY, Proprietor
earZo.
BR. S. B. nicrannun,
4 F [ in NOrth Ilmoverstreet adjoining
11.r. - IVolf's store. Gillen hours, more par—
ioularly trim 7to 9 o'clock, A.M., and from
5 to 7 o'clock. P. M.'
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OFFERS his profe'ssional. services to the
people ul Dickinson township, and vicinity..
Residence—on the Walnut 13otturn Road, ono
mile east of Controville. fch2l ypd
G. 11. cotr.,
'l' TORNEY AT L A.I,V, will attend
promptly to all bueipess entrusted to hem.
ti,tioe in the room I'6llllolly occupied by Wit
1101111evitte, Esq,, North Ilituover St ,
April 20, 1552.
DR. C. S. DAUER
ESPECTF LLY his professional
services to the citizens ot• Carlisle and sur •
rounding country.
Ilan an.l residenee•in South Hanover street,
directly oPposite to tiro " Volunteer tillice." •
Carlisle, Alit 20, 1853
Dr. alloaGE BRETZ,
iti3t-i-;-7;
\V 'LL perform all
operations uP ont the
teeth that may be re—
required for their' preservation. 'Artificial teeth
t asortui, from a single tooth to enema° set, of
the in ist scien t ific principles. Diseases of the
.a al' and irregularities carefully treated. Of
li ie at the residence of his brother, on North
Pitt Street. Carlisle
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iho Peace, will attend to all kinds of writing,
as deeds, bends, mortgages, indentures,
urjeles or agreement, notes, Sce.
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operations upon the
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Plugging, &e, or will restore the loss of them,
by inserting Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth
to, a full sett. 0 - Office on Pitt street, a few
duns south of tho Railromilletel. Dr. LI is alt•
cut from Carlisle the last ten dans of eve' y
month.
attrotion
Carlisle Female Seminary, •
itigISSEIS PAINE will commence the
SIdSSIQN or their Seminary
on the second Monday in April, in . a new and
coininodious school room, next door to Mr.
Leonard's, North Hanover street.
net ruction in the languages an 4 rawing, no
extra charge.
.‘lustc taught by an experienced teacher, at
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Plainfield Classical Academy
Near Carlisle, Pa.
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". menco Nov. 7th. The buildings are new
and extensive (one erected last Fall). The
situation is all that can be desired for health
fulness and moral purity ' Removed from the
excitements of Town or • Village (Iv: Student
'may hero prepare for College, Mercantile pur
suits, &c. All the branches are taught which
go to form a liberal tducat on. A conscien
tious discharge of duty has secured, under
1 -- Arrdevp.43., the present flourishing condition
of the Institution, . Its future prosperity shall
be maintained by tho same means.
Torres—Board and Tuition (per. .
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the accommodations aro ample.
Instructors.
F4D. Denlinger, Principal,land teacher of Lan
guages and Mathematics.
Dr: A. Dinsmore, A. M., teacher of Ancient
Languages and Natural Science.
E. 0, Dare, to char of Mathematics and
Natural Scienwts.
' Hugh Coyle, 'Poacher of Music.
T. Kirk White, teacher of Plain and Orna
mental Ponmanship.
• c'• -Terms.
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THE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
Of the State of Pennsylvania.
South Wee Corner of Market Street and West
- - _Penn .Square, Philadelphia.
College, incorporated by the Legislac
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ough Profe,sional Education to students inten
ded for ENGINEERING, MINING, AGRICULTURE
and the McetuNteAb and CHEMICAL ARTS.
The Trustees announce that the Lectures on
Chemistry and its application to the Arts will
no commenced in the Lecture Room of the
Collage by Prof. ALFRED L. KENNEDY, M. D.,
Tue'sduit November lst, at Iff. o'clock, M.. and
be continued on Mondays, Tuesdays, l'hurs
days and Fridays, throughout the session.
Tito Analytical Laboratory is also, 'open for
Students in Practical Chemistry.
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Pres't Board of Trustees.
JOHN MoINTYRE,
•
Soc'y.
Trustee in Cumberland county JAS, HAM
..uxoN, Esq. (nov2's3
Cumberland Valley Institute.
A select Boarding School embracing two distinct
and seperate .Departments, Male ,j- Fem;tle.
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rinms Institution will hereafter occupy the
11. new and commodious edifice Just erected
for its accommodation. 'Hie building is pe
culiarly adapted to nicer the wants el both de•
partmours. The rooms are largo and well
ventilated, nod the whole house is wormed
with a homed air furnace, wtidt is especially
healthful.
It is located on on eminence near the bor.
ouch of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County,
t , kb ample grounds, handsomely laid out
and ornamented; surroundmg ; inviting to
physical exercise and to amusement in the upon
air. Every facility for an accomplished toil
elnioied education Is here offered that can be
fOund at unv similar Institution in thistState.
Tratnis.
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May, and continua twenty one weeks.
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Science and Ancient Languages, Henry Com
fort, Asaistant 'Miss L. C. Walker, Principal
of FOllllllO Department and teacher of Music,
Miss---Assistant; Mr. Edward Fe lls,
PrVessor of Moth.rn Lanuanges t J. B.'fler.-
olaa, M. D ., Lecturer on Physiology arid Laws
of 'Health. . •
. .
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Muller particulars address the Pyincipal,
Mechanicsburg, 1
it , arch 30 11351
Ounthorland Co., Pa,
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IRE TWO THINGS, SAITH LORD BACON, WEIGH MAKE A NATION GREAT AND PROSPEROUS—A FERTILE SOIL AND BUSY WORKSHOPS,TO' IVII T ICH LET .ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM. —Bishop ifall
lEEE!
portni.
=1
I really think it is a ehamo
A woman can't propose,
Instead of waiting the caprice
Of obstinate young beaux ;
Our foolish custom ne'er allows
A timid maid to choose,
But she must listen to man's choice,
Then take him or refuse.
They tell us, that when leap year comes
This privilege we have,
But 'tie an idle tale, I vow—
We're nothing but man's slave,
I wish some one would make a law,
To - take effect direct,
That icon should henceforth sit and wait,
And woman should select.
Why, if a woman now declines,
If neked some time or other,
And thus lets ono proposal slip,
She ne'er might get another:
But man can poke his nose around,
And pick whore he's incliner' to.
Or he atm let the matter pass,
Just as lines a mind to.
5 1 . Ylionitime of Ara
FORTUNES OF A YO NG GIRL.
No find the following singular story narrat
ed as a fact , by Mr. Jouy, in his 'Hermit in the
Provinces,' a work professing to detail authen
tic and curious matters relating to the 'various
provinces of France. Mr. Jouy states that he
received the narrative from the lips of Mons.
and Madumc Dupre who were aided in the
recital by the actual letters of the heroine:
In the town of Havre do Grace, France, not.
many years ago, there lived an aged couple,
M. and Madame Dupre. In themselves these
Personages' were worthy and respected, but
circumstances of a remarkable and romantic
nature connected with their family, rendered
them objects of peculiar interest, not only to
their neighbors and fellow citizens, but to all
those who visit the town of Havre. One of the
near relatives of this venerable pair, was des
tined to a career of life such,as we shall only
find a parallel to in the pages of Arabian fic
tion.
Aline Dupre was born at Martinique, in the
year 1763. Her father possessed one of the
best, estates on the island, and spared no pains
or expense in educating his daughter, whose
rare qualities, both of person and mind, well
merited the most careful development. At
the age of fourteen, when womanly charms are
almost matured in that clime; Aline was, the
pride of her family, and the admiration of the
upper circles of the colony. In private society
no one surpassed her in vivacity of spirit; in
the ball-room the graces of her person and
movements we] o
. unrivalled ; and she posses-
ed musical talents well fitted to enhaaco and
complete.the impression made by her appear
ance and eddies& Such was Aline Dupre,
when an unforseen accident .gavo a sudden
turn to her prospects and fortunes. Excited
by oppression, real or imaginary, a numerous
band of negroos made their escape from their
masters, and spread the most serious alarm
over the whole island. Profiting by the scan
tiness of the military force stationed there at
the time, these runaways committed various
outrages, and 'made threatening demonstra
tions at many. different points calling every
where upon their follow - slaves to join their
standard. None of the negroes in the employ
of M. Dupre had acceded to the insurgent
band ; but the btatiou of the gentleman, and
the high opiniOu entertained of his talents and
activity, caused him to he pitched upon as the
reader of the militia raised for the suppression
,of the mutineers. M. Dupre fulfilled with
energy and success the duty entrusted to him.
The fugitives were surrounded and captured.
but only by a desperate struggle in which Are
received a mortal injury. He survived
it long enough_to permit_hico_tiLreceive the
from Franco the cross of Sr. Louis, which the
Governor of the colony; the laarquis de ihu
villo, had requested for'him. Soon after re
ceiving this reward, M. Dupre died, recom
mending with Lis last breath his daughter
Aline, and Lis only eon to the care of the Gov-
$5O 00
ornor
The Marquis do Bowtille did not neglect:the
charge committed to him. It, had been the
purpose of- the- Into N. Dupre to return- to
Franco, whore be had a small patrimonial pro
perty, and where various members his
family were settled. This intention had been
paitly formed with the view of completing the
education of Aline and her brother, and in the
hope of 'seeing them well established there in
life. The Governor of Martinique determined
to fulfil the wishes of the father in this respect.
Finding the young Dupre, who was a year or
two older than Aline, to have an inclinatiMi
to a military life, the Marquis 'arranged that
he should' go to France and enter the regiment
of Bouillon, whilelhe sister was to be placed
for-a time in the seminary of St. Cyr, the
highest institution then existing for persons
of her sex.. Allis and her brother accordingly
:embarked in a vessel bound for France. That
vessel, however, never reached its destination. •
Its fate remained unknown for:seveii
at the end cf which time a letter, containing
disclosures concerning it, was received by one
of the friends of the Dupre family residing in
France. This individual was a young lady
who had -epent sumo years of her youth in'
Martinique, and' had been tho play:pato and
door friend of the young . Aline. The letter
..„alluticd to was delivered by the ambassador of
a great power, and it was from his sovereign
—his crowned queen. That queen was Aline
Dupre! Tho strange viedusitudes which placed.
Alino„ In this position were - detailed in the
communieation to her friend, nearly ne fol
lows : .
The vessel which bore the brother and sis
ter; intended to land on the western coast ot
France, and reached. the Straits of Gibraltar
in safety: Soon afterwards, however, when
the passengers, attracted by the beauty of ev
' ening in that latitude, had assembled in a
group on deck, an old negress in atteialunee
on Aline„pointed out a dtirk aped in the sea it
a distance. The captain Was present" at the
moment, and was observed to grow polo-as he
`taped his eye on the object pointed mail but
, 'fieninde'no remark, and the passengers retired
CA.E.LISLE, PA., WEIDNESDA.Y9 FOVEA ELF 30 . ItS53.
for the night. In the morning they found no
thing but bustle and alarm ou board. Their
vessel was pursued by a swift sailing Algerino
corsair, of. a size which rendered it almost
hopeless for a petty merchantman to make any
resistance. Nevertheless, the crew took their
arms, resolved to sell their liberty dearlY , .
The pirates were not long in coming up and
boarding, end, as Might be expected, soon
overpowered I'll opposition. •
Aline had kept close beside her brother, de
termined to perish with him if he fell, end
when the capture took piece, she was bound
with him to the same chain. This association
,greatly lightened her sufferings, on the occa
sion, but it did not last long. When the dor-
Bair rem: ied the port of Algiers, an order was
iteued for the conveyancd of all the male
pri
soners ashore, and the retention of theTernales.
The language spoken around her was unintel
ligible to Aline, but she soon. became sensible
of the, intended separation. Her agony was
dreadful at the moment, the past mishap
seemed to her insignificant in comparison with
this crowning ill. She fell en her knees be-.
fore the barbarians of the vessel, and used
every entreaty, by words and gestures, which
might have a chance of moving them, to per
mit her to, accompany her brother. Her tears
and imploring looks fully expressed the mean
ing which her language could not convey, hut
they were totally disregarded, and Ler brother
was carried off with his companions. All hope
seemed to depart With Lim, and Aline fell
down in a sivoon.
If er insensibility, at least to a partial extent,
was of long continuance, every return of her
powers of reflection serving only to renew her
grief, and throw her back into a state of le
thargy, which rendered her heedless of all
around her. Zero, meanwhile, the old negress,
watched oVer her with incessant care. When
Aline regained scohlithioglikecamposure;she—
found herself on board of a different vessel,
and again upon the open sea. Zero, informed
her that she had been purchased by an Arme
nian merchant, and was now on the way to
Smyrna, whence, after taking on board some
Circassian and Georgian captives, Achmet, as
the merchant was called, intended to proceed_,
to Constantinople. Zero likewise added, that
Achmet seemed M take a strong -interest in
her restoration to health. This last piece of
intelligence was anything but pleasing to the
poor captive, and her mind was so heaaly op
pressed with a foreboding 'dread of the fate
that seemed to await her, that she resolved to
escape from it if at the cost of her life. No
other way of effecting this object was in her
power save that of starving herself. For two
days she maintained this determination ; and
was already begining to feel her strength di
minishing, when some proceedings,pntfie part
oP era changed altogether the train of her
thoughts. The old negt i ess, like many of her
race, affected the power of reading the cards,
or of telling fo'rtunes, and she artfully led her
languid mistress to express a wish to know
what Would be her brother's fate, the subject
ever uppermost in her thoughts. Zern used
the opportunity given to her most dexterously.
Consulting the cards, she assumed, after a
time an aspect of great joy. ' Your brother
shall yet bo free and greatd The cords declare
it—and. by you—by you, shall ho be saved!'
The suggestion of such a possibility made an
instantaneous and striking impression upon
Alinc„and raised in ler mind ,a new course of _
notion. She resolved' to:desist from her absti
nence, and preserve her life, in the hope, that
whatever might be her own fate, she might yet
have it in her power to alleviate the sufferings
of her beloved brother.
When the vessel arrived at Smyrna, it
chanced that while Aebmet was getting on
board his other captives, he met the French
Consul in society, and• mentioned his having
with him a beautiful slave of French descent.
The Consul immediately - requested to see her,
and after some difficulty this was accomplish
ed. On seeing Aline, Monsieur, gener
ously offered to purchase her from the. Arme
nian, and set her at liberty.
My brother,' said will you sot him
too nt liberty ?' ,
, Al4!' said the Consul, 'that is not possi
ble. How could ho now he found out ? ,The
iutcyvention of the,Sultan alone, I fear could
avail to discover Lis-retreat and procure his
fr'codom.'
The Sultan !' replied Aline ; and for a.few -
moments she. remained is thought. - , -Well,!
conlinued she, at length, I cannot, and will
not, since such is the case, accept of liberty
myself.' The Consul pressed her to idler her
resolution, but the generous girl held firmly ,
by her purpose. The s ight hope which exist
ed of her finding in Uoustuntinople some means
of liberating the poor Captive of Algiers, kept
her fixed in the determination of remaining
with Acbmet. It seemed to her as it' some
secret power urged her onward to the Turkish
capital.
But, as she soiled thither, doubts and fears
touk.pueseseion other mind. lier whole chance
of success was founded on her personally see
ing the Sultan, Abdul Hamund, or some great
courtier, from whom she might beg the life
and liberty of liar brother; but she remember
ed, and 'shuddered to reniembes,_that she
might become - theAiurchased slave of some
rich obscure Turk, end might be snot out for
ever from the light of day among strangers. '
With these thoughts in her mind, she proceed...
ed to the presence of Achmet, and assuming a
firm and bold tone,, she said:
• Annenion, your fortune and seine nie .now
in your dutuds.i' If I have observed nright,.
you do not confound me with these poor and
ignorant slaves, who have bodies and lie souls.
Such as jhese subjugate the eyes, but not the.:
heart, Itlicheracter is different film theirs,
and so will bo..my destiny : It Wm ho a high
ono; and - year fortunes shall rise with it. In-,
troiuco me to the presence of the Sultan, and e %
depend-on my eternal gratitude.'
AchMet seemed to be struck by these words:
and the confident Vine in which they' were Ut
tered. Ills manner assumed a resemblafice pf
respect very unusual betweonmaster and slave,
and he expressed his intention to gratify. , the
wishes of if possibly .;;, " Accordingly,
when the vessel entered the port - of.Conetan
topple; and the Tarty were conveyed to the:
house of „Achmet, be, showed his intentions'
her ono of igb,rigloatjrplipes to,
be found in the City, this being a preliminary
step as ho thought, to the execution of her
design. But Aline declined assuming the garb,
and, contented herself with one of he most
simple kind. To' his surprise, the Armenian
wise compelled to admit that her appearance
was more captivaing Nfilildllt than with the
rioh attire obtained for her.
Though Achniet seemed thus desirous of
fulfilling her wishes, day after day passed a
way without any approach of that event on'
whieh Aline rested every hope of-procuringher
brother's liberation. At last, however, Achmt
announced that it was impossible for himself
to introduce his beautiful slave te'the presence
of the Slittan in any way.
'But do not despond,' said he, have sold
you along with Zera, to Isaac Age, son of the
old chief .of the old guards. -Ile has promised
to place you hi the way of seeing the Sultan.'
Aline at first thought she was deceived with
false promises, but such was not the case:—
Isnot, 4go was faithful to his word, and Aline
obtained her with. She was brought before
the Sultan.. It is needless to linger on the is
sue. The skill of Aline in tnusio Was exerted
to charm Abdul flamund, and not in ink': It
was not long ere, his. passion for the accom
plished captive grew so deep and strong, that
'he made her his legitimate wife, and she had
also the plersuro of embracing,' her brother
liberated by the Sultan's orders from the slave
chains of Algiers. Under the title of Sultana
Nalide, 'Aline outlived Abdul , Hamund, to
whom she bore the Sultan MahmOud. Mah
mond did not immediately succeed his father,
but lived in sechision during. the Intervening
reigns of Selim and Mutitapha. The civilized
spirit of Mahmoud may, in part; be traced to
the instruction of his mother, the• Sultana
Valide. She discovered the retreat of her re
latives in France, and as has been said, sent
theta - letters which were accompanied liymag
niGoent presents. M. and Madame Duphre,
the aged pair Jescribed 118 residing. at llayre
de Grace, were her uncle and aunt; and shar
ed liberally of her bounty. The
de died in 1817, at the age of fifty-four.
iriciftunrouri.
BLOOD BATHS
Aetior - din - g - t - o - a - dark tradition; - whielris inoi
deutally mentioned by Pliny', the ancient kings
of Egypt used to bathe in human blood when
they wore seized with leprosy. A similar sto
ry is told of the Emperor Constantine, but-he
seems to have.been restrained from employing
this revolting remedy iu consequence of a
; and lie is said to have cured by baptism.
No greatreightt-nnn be attached to these ill
autheuticatod'ettries yet it fa - 11e.1 , t00 true
that, both in ancient mss andthe Ifs ages'
decided healing vie up for the.curft of 'missy)
were supposed to exist in -the blood of into
children 'and virgins, and that occasion' was •
given thereby for numberless cruelties. It is
needless to refer to -tie remoter traces of the
belief in the expiatory or healing properties of
pure blood; they ramify far, end pass into the
most ancient times. Cures of leprous people
by the blood of animals, in employing which
certain symbolical customs were observed, are
mentioned in the boOkof Moses; and if. might
not be difficult to discover similar forms among
all tho-nations iu the During_the mid-
die ages the delusion about tlid healing virtues
of human blood, which must have had MA4lble
effects in the plague of leprosy, received a
chock from the impression that only' the blood
Of those zhildren and virgins would prove ef
ficacious, who offered themselves ft eely and
voluntarily for a beloved sufferer. This idea
is particularly expressed in the touching story
of " Poor Henry," which forms the subject of
ono of the Most beautiful poems, of
.the thir
teenth century. A Suabian knight, whosits in
the lap of happiness, is seized with tho lepro
sy. In order to escape death, seeks through
iho ivorild-foe,help. The physician's of Mont
pelier con give hint no assistance; Ihe hastens
to Salernum. hero onu the mastery:mikes him
acquainted with the iiptiarantly hoPeless means
of cure. Sad at heart, ho returns home, and
prepares himself to sorrow out the remainder
of his days in solitude. A'girl of twelve years
of ago, the daughter of a countryrnan, con.
ceives a passion for_ tho unfortunate knight,
attends him affectionately, and, upon aceitlon.
tally tient:Mg of the' free• will offering, cannot
be dissulided from her resolution 'to purchase
the recovery of hsi master with her li:o. „Both
set out for Salernum, but tho catastrophe in
not fatal; Henry nets rid of the loprotiy,qhd
rewards his generous benefactress with mar
ringe.—Gernian Medical Gazdte.
NOT BO Pooll.—Cloirles ,, Jarvis, the artist,
tells the following anecdote of his father's tray
els in the Western part of Kentucky:—
At the close of a day in mithiummer, Mr.
Jarvis and his companion rode up to one of the
most dilapidated log huts they had ever seen.
Th'eThilffjew was stuffed full of rags: and the
eraOks between the logs were partia11y.......... .
up with the same articles.
What au awful shanty, this' isr-oxelaimed
Jervis na . lie rode up. - --" It is evident they are
too poor hero to accommodate us.
" Not so poor as you mout think, stranger,"
said a head that showod itself among the rags;
"for I don't own this place."' 7 , .
" Have you anything in tlioro to oat said
Jarvis; "any bread and barn ?"__
"got a etnejl, stranger—all gone; every
smitoh—not a crust loft!" - - ' •
" Have you any food for our horses ?"
"Not a earn, nor au oat, stronger --haven't
no use for none!" r,
" Well; can you accommtalate us for the
night?"
" Wall, we can't, stranger. There' is no
floor to the holm, anci tho straw, is ell out." ,
"Why, I never heard anything like it," said
Jarvis finpationtly. • "Why - how do you do
hem?"
Putty well, I thanh-lon," ent.i tbolCon4
tookian ; “how's the follisilown your way ?"
That vao Ououih for thona=they
,rods on to
bettor quartoss.‘
Tlmnmount br money in notivo circulation
in'tho Unitwi Stains iciCetimate in the Mot ,
at1*6,477,2, 7.
1,
GEN. COOMUS ON STORY TELLING
Fow men have.ever gone to Congress with
more fun and popularity than the Hon. Leslie
Coombs, of Kerituak.' In the way of anec
dote, ho is unequalled, while his mode of tell
ing stories iniparts,a tons to diem that nn ono
camapprociato who has not made his acquitin-
Lance.
Among the "Characters" that Mr. Coombs
knows like a book, is old Major Lucky, whose
taste' for bragging amounts at times to the
sublime. Whenever the Major has a stranger
in trio neighborhood, ho " opens wide and
spreads himself," and with a success that
loaves us nothing to desire. The following
scene took place between the Major and Col.
Peters, "a Into arrival from Illinois:"
"Major, I understand from general Coombs,
that shortly after the Revolution you visited -
England ; hew did you like the jaunt?"
!‘ Capitally ! I had not been in London five
hours before ReX sent for me to play whist,
and a devil of a time we had of it."
A' Rex? what Rex ?"
"Why, Rex the King—Oeorge the Third.—
The game came off at Windsor Castle—Rex
and, I played against Billy Pitt and Edmund
D'urke—and resulted ?tither comically."
" Row so!" '
` 44 As we were playing, the last game, Rex
said in . a rather familiar manner, ' Major, I
suppose you know George Washington, the
Fabler of his country.' 4 Father be d-d,'
says he, 4he;.was a cursed rebel, and had I
served him right, he would have been hung
long ago.' This of course riled me, and to
that degree, that I just Brow back, and gave
him a blow between the eyes. that felled him
like a bullock. The next momene Pitt arid
Burkti mounted me, and iu less than ten min
utes my shirt and breeches was torn and tat-
Cored ; that I looked like 'Lazarus. This gave
me rathUr a distaste for English society; and
on the nest morning I set sail for America,— .
Sis weeks afterward I landed at Washington.
The first person I met, after entering thu city
was Q."
"0 I what Q?"
" Why, that darned old federalist, Quincy
Adams. Ho wanted me to play ninepins with
him, and I did so. Won *l2OO at two shillings
a game, and then had a row."
" About what?"
"•lle wanted to pay me off in Continents
oncy, worth - about : a shilling npecir: — l got
angry, nod knocked „him:into a spittoon.—
Whilst I 'still had,him dour', Jim come iu and
dragged me oft' to the White [louse." •
"What Jim ?"
" Why, Jim Madison. I went, played euchre
for two hours, then Tom (lame in and insisted
that I should go home with him." •
" What Tom ?"
"Why, Tom Jefferson.. Jim, however, would
not;4ton to it, and the consequence was that
fiieq'went'itito.a'fight. in.the midst nrlt. they
fell over the bannisters, and dropped. about
fifty feet. When I left, they were giving it to
each other in the coal collar. How it terminat
ed I never could learn, as just then Martley
ran in, and said I must accompany her up to,
Mount Vernon, to sae George.
What Marthy do you mean ?"
" Martha Washington, wife to George, the
old boy that gave Jessy to the Hessians."
About here, Coombs said the sti anger began
to discover that he was " swallowing things."
The next strip that comp along ho took pas
sage in it for an adjacent town. The Major,
we believe, is still living, and still believes that
walloping lie gave Louis the Eighteehth is the
very best thing nn record.—Vcio York Dutch
man.
li=
• Colonel F—, a very irritable and impa
tient man, had occasion once, while passing on
horseback, through a town in the West, to pa
tronize n Dutch Blitchamith.
Are yoit the smith ?" he asked of a. stout,
black; bearded smoking man, that come out of
the shop to look at the horse's defeetivo Oboes,
Yees, 1 be der slimidt," replied Mynheor,
steadying his long pipe with his loft band,
while ho lifted one of the horse's feet with his
right. " You wish him to have de ntrtilhoos?"
No sir," said the Colonel, in hidquiek way.
"Set tho shoes on his fore feet—that's till."
, 4 Set de shoos on his foro feet—yah, I un
4 derstun. I will have, in vun hour shoed."
The Colodel went away, and returning at.
the appointed time, found the Dutohman still
- at worlc on his horse. Ile'was very wroth
when lie saw the state of affairs; but Ito went
away again-with the promise that in-4trun half
hour' longer the shoes would be set. After
dinner lie made his appearance again at the
sh and asked, twliat was to pay." •
" Four shillings."',
" Four shillings ! ' It is an imposition l I
never paid over a'shilling for setting a shoo in
my life."
" Worry well," nodded Mynbeer. "Vim
shilling for do con shoe--I set do four shoe—
thitt-iith four shillings—nichts?"
" Nick!" ronxed the excited traveller. "Who
told .you 0110013 1" .
By doonder,".suid tho smith, ".tou.tellmo
yow•acif."
" 1?. It's a falsehood—a--"
" Aline good sir f You say,sat do shoo on do
four foot—"
"So I did, the two shoes en the fore foot."
oish der man 'crazy? two shoes on four foot
You dot on dreo hood as mootch I"
'"You f-f-fool I" exclaimed the Colonel, who
stuttered winm.much excited. " I said set the
fore shoes on lase two feet, you b-b-bituder-•
leg Dun:datum." . -
Set four shoes - on two feet Ira, ha, ha I"
laughed OM width 'scornfully and angrily.—
" Ilundert touiond Wilson! you Yankee!" .
"You w•w-wooden headed Dutolunan I"
"You gooselmonkey, vun fool I"
The Colonel replied, stuttering worse than
ever; the smith etruck his fists and jabbered
Dutch, his knowledge of English being eiliaul
ied: and thus they had It, until' a mutual ao
quaintance explaiaed the
,matter. The Col..
paid the charge, laughing at the Mistake
while Mynheer smoked fiercely,' and, blazed
away at the language which made four, feet
two feet,, or two feet four feet, !!any wity,tuA
Viler right waiLdoonder and blitzuur
q~'lToneety 1i always tlio'bes!, polloy.
LET THE HEART BE BEAUTIFUL
So the heart, the heart is beautiful,
I care not for the face;
I ask not what the form may lack
Of dignity or grace ;
If tie mind be filled with glowing thoughts,
And the soul with sympathy,
What matter though the cheek be pale,
Or the eye lack brilliancy.
Tho' the cheek, the cheek be beautiful,
It soon may lose its bloom,
And the lustre of the eye be quenched
In the darkness of the tomb;
But the glory of the mind will live
Though the bloom of life depart;
And oh l the charm can never die
Of a true and noble heart,
The lips that utter kindly thoughts
Have a beauty alt their ()mil'
For gentle words are sweeter far
Than music's softest tone;
And though the voice be harsh or shrill
That bide the oppressed go free,
And soothes the woes ot3 the eorrowi9g one,
That voice is sweet to mo.
TEM IRISUDIANS PROBATION
From a pleasant gossipping epistle of a le
gal friend in Indiana, says an exchange, we
take tne following amusing passages:
"In tho' - intervals of leisure afforded-in one's
office, a good story is occasionally brought to
notice, or nn old ono occurs, that affords a
laugh hearty-enough to bo shared by others.
In talking some time ago with a friend about
he usage in the Methodist.aburch in taking
members upon trial for six months, ho \ related
an incident that presents an entirely novel
view of till's feature of ecclesiastical
"An Irishman, in time of a revival, had joined
that church. Some time afterwards a piouely
inclined person was exhorting him on the sub
ject of religion, when Pat indignantly answer
ed, " Sure, nn didn't I 'jinn tho Methodists ?
_Faix, and I did. I jined for six months and
behaved myself so well, they let me off wid free.'
This reminds us fsrcibly of arstory recently
told us by a clerical eriend,"whieh struck us at
the time aelteing "too good to be lost." A
reverend brother in a "down east" State, was
brought up before an ecclesiastical council, to
answer certain grave charges of immoral and
unchristian practice, Ho assumes an air of.
indignation and "injured innocence" at the al
legation, and went personally to all his friends
in the parish, nviting them to come to his
trial, and deo for themselves how virtue could
triumpli oier tnalignadt prosecution. Thetday
of trial at length came: The church vrattcrow
decl, and the examination of witnesses began.
As the cause advanced, fact after fact, of the
most damning character, was brought out in
the testimony; and when the whole evidence
was in, the defendant rose and said; "I con
fess that the character of the testimony addu
ced on this trial, as it has advanced, has some
what staggered mo in the belief of my inno
oence and now that it is stinimod up, I havo
came to 'the conclusion: that have heen•mista
.ken!. And on the *hole; I think you *iiuldho
'doing but simple justice in . turnind me out of
the iilfurch = dnd you can do it as soon as you
please!" Now this strikes us as something
"cool!"
=I
The denseness of the population had long
since entirely driven out ail wild quadrupeds ;
and there aro also few domestic ones, such as
aro found in Eistern countries. Beasts of
burden aro in a great degree superceded by
the paeans of transport afforded by the nume
rous rivers and canals, and by the coolies or
porters, a class of athletic men, who take the
place of animals in carryinAurdens and in
dragging boats. Animals are excluded, to
leave more food for men. There aro no,-mea
dews for feeding; but the entire soil is used
in raising food for the inhabitants. Wild cats
are sometimes caught, and aro considered a
great dainty. Monkeys aro found is Rio south
west provinces. What few horses and asses
aro found in China aro small, and very info•
rior in every respect. The Buffalo is some-
times uscein ploughing. Dramodarics are
used between Poking and Tartary. There
aro also hogs, goats, and sheep. There is - but
one variety of dogs in the country, an animal
about one foot high and two long, resembling
a small spaniel. Rats are very abundant, and
furnish the common people with meat. They
are very large and destructive ,to crops.
„Of the birds in China, there aro the eagle;
the falcon, the magpie, crows, sparrows, cor
morants, the rice:birds, and many species of
aquatic birds. Cormorants aro used by the
Chinese for-catching fish, The Lim is im.,
perial property, and the magpie is sacred to
the family.
Fish forms a very important pait‘ of the food
of the Chinese, and great care is taken in rais-!
ins them in artificial fish-ponds. The gold
and silrqtshes aro kept in glass globes as
ornamehts.2 ---,
The large specieS of reptiles are unknown
in China. Frogs, lizards, and fresh water tor
toises'are 'common. Verminous serpents are
very rare.— Williams' China.
Ttta AGE OF TIIE PATRIAIIOII9.—Some have
nab esi tsted-serio usly to-asoribi to our forefa
ther Adam, the height ofnine hundred yards,
and• the ago of almost a thousand years. But
the afieurato and rational investigation of mod
ern philosophy has converted the supposeclholfes
of giants, found in different parts.of the earth,
into those of the elephant and rhinoceros; and
acute theologists have shown that the chronol
ogy of the early ages was not the same as that
used at present. Sortie, particularly Hensler,
have proved, with the highest probability, that
the year, till the time of Abraham, consisted
only of three months ; that it was not till the
time of Joseph, that it was made to consist of
twelve. The assertions aro,.in a certain de
gree confirmed by some of the Eastern nations
wil t still reckon only Hittite months to thoyoar;
and besides, it - would bp altogether inexplida
ble why the life of man Should have been shor
tened one-half immediately aftei the flood.—
It would be equally inexplicable" why the pa
triarchs did.not marry till their sixtieth, seven,
and.oven hutidreth , year; but-this-difk
Oultyritishos when We reckon these ages afi
coiling to the before-mentioned
,standaid,
give the twentieth or thirtieth ye;#;
and, eonseipmtly, the same periods' at which
people mar)/ at present.: Tho whole, Shore=
VO.FLUTHEIN
fore, according to this explanation, assumes a
different appearance. Tho sixteen hundred
years before the flood will become" four hun
dred and fourteen ; and We nine bundiedlywnB
(the highestrecorded) which ilethusela lived,
Will be reduced to two hundred—an ege which
is not itarreesible, and to which some men in,
modern tides have nearly aiiproaehed,—Dr,
Iran Orden.
,E * tllllol . 3llo.
ONE. OF TIME WEDDINGS
A few years since; 'one pleasant day in Sep
tember, there arrived in Boston, the great
metropolis of NOW Thigland,,,cortatu„ ei
, eoupl
front_ Vermont, who came to, get peacefully
Ailed in the "holy bonds of matrimony." So
soon as the happy couple were fairly ensconc
ed, the would be bridegroom, who was a rough
but apparently honest specimen of the "green
mountain boys," immediately sent for the
proprietor of the hotel, iffho quickly answered
his summons. _
, Say 'angora,' interposed the stranger, who
pointed to his modest "lady love." far in' the
corner of the parlor, this is my young wo
man. Naow we've oomo all the way from
Varmount, and want to be latched, Bond for
the parson, will yor ? want it done up right
Strait off.
The landlord smiled and left tbe room. But
a sloe: timo had - elapsed; before a licensed
minister mrido his appearance, and this oblig
ing host and his family, were called in to wit
ness the scene.
Naow, Mr. Tie-'em together,' said Jona
than, 'do it Up br . own, and yer money's ready;'
and forthwith ,the honored functionary com
menced by ordering that mine host shOuld jqa
hands with his intended. Jonathan stood up
to,his blushing lady love', like • a sick kitten
hugging a hot brick, seized her by the hand,
and was as much pleased as a monkey might
be supposed to bo with two tails.
'You promise Mr. said the minister,
'to take this woman—'
, 'Yeas,' said Jonathan, at dues.
' To be your lawful Wedded wife?' continued
the parson.
'Pane, yang.'
'That you will love her and respect her in
all things T'
lima.'
That you will cling to her, and her only;
as long as you both shall live ?'
'Yeas indeed, nothin' else I' responded 'Jon
athan in the most delighted and earnest man
nor; but hero the reverend gentleman stopped
short, much to the amazement of all present,
and more especially to the annoyance of the
intended bridegroom.
I added Jonathan.
One moment, my friend,' replied the min
ister slowly, 'for a thonghtoceirrred to me,
that the larr of Massaehusetts cannot permit
of these ceremonies without the observance of
a "publishment," for a particular length of
thunder's thelrouble, mister? Don't
stop, put 'or thrui Nothings split, eh ! Aint
sick, mister, be yer?'
'I say, my friend, I have come to iho con
clusion that you cannot be married in Massa-
chusette.'
' Can't? Wot'n natui's the diffikilty. I like
et, she likes inc, she said she did; wet'n.to •
bender V
'You haven't been published sir, I think ?'
'No ! Aaint agoin' to be nuther ! At's wet
wo Quin 'era for, on tho sly; go on, go on, old
feller.'
I really sir,'—skid tho parson.
Reilly ! wul go ahead, 'taint fair you seo,
'taint I swaovr, you've married me, and paint
teched her. Go on, don't cave in hero I 'At
hint just the thing, naow'taint.'
•' I will consult—'
No you won't, you don% consult nothin'
nor nobody, till this 'ere business is concluded;
naow mind I tell ye !' said Jonathan with re
solution, and in an. instant he bad turned the
key in and, out of the lock, amid the laughter
of the witnesses,.whe were nearly choked with
merriment.
Naow say, mister, as we were,' continued
the yanhoo, grasping his trembling intended
by the hand again. 'Go on right strait from
waro you_ left off.' Andlrro Jonathan crowd
od his hand far into his pocket, and drew from
it an old pocket-book, (probably psecl , by
groat grandfather,) as an inducethent for tile
reverend gentlemen, and continued: • You
can't come none of this half-way business with
this child, 86 put'er through, and yer money's
ready', 12110 W no dodging. It'll be all right by
golly!' .
The parson considered a moment, and con
cluded to risk it, at eight of the well crammed
wallet, of course. Ho continued :
'You promise—'
Yeas,' replied Jonathan.
The parson smiled and went on. You pro
mise, Madam, to tako this man to be your
husband lawfully?'
Yalu, yule,' said the yanks° again, as the
ady bowed.
-! That You will honor, love; and obey, and--
. Them's um,' -said Jonathan, as tho lady
bowed again.
;And you will °linen° him, so long as you
both shall live l'' t
Thaek_the kind, thats.tho talk!' exclaimed
Jonathan, and the lady responded with a los'
again. ' ~ ~ .
~ , Thenin the presence of him on high, and
those witnesses, I proncinnop 'you man and
wife.' . . .
Hoorn l' shouted ,TOnnthan, at the top of
vole' o, ioSping nearly to the coiling With
Joy. •
And what God has joined together, lee no 7
man put asunder.'
Hoorah r continued Jonathan, 'by. golly,
tvot's .the price? haow muol 1 spit it eout,
don't be . afeared. You did it jia liko a book
old feller! 'Ere's an X, never mind about the
change. Send for a bomnibus, lan'lord I Give
us yot bill! I've gotler I She'd mind I- Hail •
Columby happy land!' roared tho poor fellow.
entirely unable to control hie joy, and in tel.
minuted Moro ho was on his way to the Lowel;
dg pot, With his toffil, the happiest "man on .
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