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ID, R. COOVER, ;Proprietor:.
VOL. LIX.
rEniusi OP PIIIILICATIOS
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sheet emit/lining twenty eight columns. and furiihhed
to subscribers at, $1.50 i : paid. strirtly in atlyano,
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-of
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some years ago at. an advanced age,
must lay paid f 0,-'
or in advance. or Ilia paYnwint assinned,„:
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ty. These termo will be eigidlyVillitored to In al/ r 1 .
uses, death, 'he was severely 'injured, ; by being
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I . IIIrONVII frown. carriage; -null when the pity
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'twelve linos thr three lisertions, and 00 tent's ler each Cahn self-possession,. •so -lit icative of• true
cubseaurnt insertion. All adverilsenients of less tithe' •.
courage, he replied, "Id the drums beat, my --.1
(Ave! VA linen eonelderedi Ilf. n EOM, . .
AtiVOltiSlllllentc Inserted befillo MArria r ges and deaths h,,,,,,,,,E. i n n i nn y." .
fi rents pe r lino fir fi rst insertion, and 4 "units per line .. ,
for subsequent Insertions. r Communieltione on huh. 'As the General sank under diseaAe. he be
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5 coots perlien : i. The Proprietor will not Ito responsi. '"
Siff i tl - dalegewfor-errors-I ',advertise meals, Obituary wandered 1)/14;k-to:the acet:o nof ids active life.
noticee, or Marriages not exreedlng aye /bias, itlll "be ---
interim!. without ch i
charge. He was again an officer, higlr n coin:nand,
.marshaling his army on the battle field; then
JOB PRINTING,
•-, ' . . , • lg
• The Perlkle Yler a Nibalteriii obeyin the orders of his nu
ald JOB PRINTING OVVICE is the i
largent and :ulna completacatablishment in the eounty. 3 perior ; again tt sehool-hoy conning over his
Three - 01nd Presmes. and a general variety of utlite h rpd ) ,Is , ssons and._ fini us ,.
• -- - •
siiit•st amplcuumtilan.c..k.'-wor.L.ef-c-Va7- 1,11 1-4---4 , 4.."'-i • ' ••---. - ~------
a child nt-ltinAnothees,—
th+ to in atilt Printing eV the shortest not ireand on the t k„,,,, until, as the night of death closed around
most reasonable terms. Porshns /u wanL of Gills, i •
Blanks or anything in t.be /Wing line; will find it to I him forever, lie murmured,
- ' their Internal to gin., as a call, Every wlety of I3liinltt
constantly on hand.
amend ai) Local 3fiformation7
U.S.. GOVERNMENT
President-401M BUCHANAN.
Vice President —.1011,1 C. Ise rermsnitc4c,
Secretary of Scot° on. Lucia CASH.
liveretiry of I uterinr—deems-'Tnnxrsox..._ .„
Secretary of TreAsury-Lllow . m.i. t;00B. ."
S.•rrWery of Wsr--intts It. h.oro: .
•
_St.eret2iry 91 . Navy.,lsAto 'Epourv:
p.:4 Master general—A. Ituowx. •
Attorney lloneral—Jritut,iAlt R BLACY.:'
Chief Justice of tho United States-IL. TLNEV
STATE. GIOVEINMENT
( vorllor—Wll LIAN V. PACKER. '
Secretary of State—Wit.T.Ten M. Hums-
Snrckyorl; writ—Jan: HOWE.
A thiltArr tienoreil—JAcan For, da
Treasurer 7 -Ibroor S. 11 too so'.
Judges of ind Supr,pnd Court—E. LEWIS, a. \I• ATM
irciumu, W. B. Lowuit: U. W. WOODWAR.II. W. A.. l'ox.r.m.
COUNTY OFFICERS
President Judge—lliin..:ances IL firabattlY —
Ai.soelate Judges-119u. 3lichael Coekl/u., Sumuel
.)iondburo.
DlStrit.t Attonley—Wm: .1. Shearer.. " •
Prothonotary—Philip t/ulgley. -
Ite.:order &c.—Daolet S. CroIL
Ittlaßler—S. N. Eu 011111,01..
High "burnt—.lamb itonlmtn: . Depnts, Johr.Jarbbs.
•, County Truasm'er—Mones'llrleher,
Ceroner- , Mltelidll 311Crellan.
County Commissioners—Willi:oh M. Irendemen, An
drew Kerr, Szi, iubl 3leguw.. Clerk to,'CommLuloners,
James Armstrong.
. Directors of the Poor—aeorga Brindle, 'Join C.
- 11rawn - .ltamuel Vitt. SUpurlnlondent of roar Hotta,
—Joseph Lobarb.
• BOROUO II OFFICERS
Chief lluigess—lVllllato Cart.. .
.Assistant Burgess—Fra nets Eci:e15..,,,,,......,,,,... -.
'lowa. COunell—J. It. Parker (President) John Out.
shall, Robert Moore, James M. Allen..ll:llliatm_Camerom
John D. Gorges, 31Icintel Holcomb, Michael .51Inieb,
Peter 3lonyer. . ..
Clerk to Conocll.—Thos. D. Mallon. '
COSIA2II3IOS—Jacob Bretz, High Constable; Robert
MeCartne3, Ward. Constable.
•
Justices of 'the Peace—A. L. Slumsler, David Smith,
tdalbael Holcomb, Stephen Keepers.
CII.I.IILCIIES
• Virst Presbyterian Cburoh, Northwest angle of Cen
tre Square. sloe. Conway to; Wing Pastor.—Services
ever Sunday Morning at II &cluck, A. M., and 7 o'clock
P. M.
. . .
' Second Presbyterian Church, corner of South 1. allover
and l'onitret of Outs. Rev. Mr .Balls, Pastor.' Services
C0111111”111 . 0 at ) i o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock P. 31.
St. Joh nos Church. (trot. Episcopal) northeaSt angle of
centre Sluare. Rev. Jacid) it. Morse, Iteetur. Services
at 11 o'clock M:, and
' Englit.ll Lutheran Church, Bedford between 31aiti
and Lost her streets. Rev. Jacob Ft'y, Pastor. SerVices
at 11 o'clock A. 31., and S o'clock I'. 31.
Mires,, Itethrnied Church,.Louther, between Ilap•
over nod 'Pitt streets. ltov. A. 11. Kremer, Pastor.—
Services at 11 o'clock A. M, and 1)(1 o'clock P. 31.
Methodist E. Church, (first charge) corner 01 AI elu and
Pitt Streets. filer. IL 1). Ellatubers, Pastor. Services at
11 n'clook A. 31. ai.d 631 tieloch I'. St.
Methodist. it. Church (second .charge.) nor. A. A.
Ruche Pas .t4L
„ Services in tit/Mega, Chapel,, at 11
o'cloell A. 31. and 4 o'clock, 1'
quanta Catholic Church, I'uwli•et near East street.
Rov.- Lindeel'astor. Services on tLe 'Joni Sun
day of each month.
tlerinan Lutheran Churelvoi n^r ,of Pomfret and
.Bedford streets. Rev. -- Pastor. Service
•
at IV% A. )1.
!!d - When changes In the above ace neem.. , ary the
proper Inli . sums are requested to ',lily us. •
DICKINSON COLLEGE
llev. Charles Culling, D. D., PreAdmit. and Professor of
lllurid i...rienee.
liev.•ll 3111:111 M. Johnson, D. D., Professor of Philos..
Idly and Ltiglish Literature. -
James V Marshall, A ; M., Professur'of Ancient Lan
guages.
Iter„,Wm. I. Boswell, A. M. Professor of iihithenuit
C. NV ilium, A. 0., Professor of natural Science
and Cue, tor of the Museum.
Alexander 4. 0., Professor of Hebrew and
_
. Modern Languages.
of .the-Grammar
• 11.1. Purcell, A. 8., issistatit In the Grammar School.
BOARD. OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS:
Andrew Blair Pres Wok, eaxton, P. Quigley, E.
Common. C. V. ilinneriend. fiendlton, litTretary../abon
'(V. Eby, l'reasurev, John Splln, Messenger. Meet on,
lln, lot Jlonduy o4cucL Month at 8 o'clock A. M. at Ed.
Deallon
goRPORATIONS
CAULIBLE DEPOSIT BANK.—Presldent, Mehord Parker,
CILSIIICE. N. C. 31u,seldtan ; Clerks, .1. I'. Hasler. lames
Roney, C. IV. Heed; Dlreeors,lehard Parker. Thomm,
Fasten, Moses Bricker Abraham. Boater, J aco b why,
IC C. Woodward, Wm. 11. Jlulllu, Samuel Wherry and
John Zu4.
CIISIIIEIILAND VALLEY MAIL ROAD COMPANY.—President,
Filelarick Wattg t Secretary and Treasurer, Ed wtird M.
Diddle; Superintendent, 0. N. Lull. Passenger trains
twice a dity. llastwat 0 leaving Carlisle at 10.39 o'clocl.
A. 31. and 4.00 o'clock 51. Two trains overr day
'Westward, leaving C arlisle at 0.50 o'clock A, 51., anu
2.50 I'. 31.
OMILLYLE CM WATE.II COMPANY.—President. Fred.
crick %Vette; Svcretars„ Lemuel Todd; Tree:duce, Wu,.
M. Beaten); DirecWl F. Watts, Diehard Parker. Levu.
el Todd, Wut. M. liectent, Henry Saxton; J. W. Eby,
John I). ()urges, It. C. Woodward.. and 31. Diddle
C11)111Ell1.1)10 BANK.-I'rSl‘lol.l., .101111 a. Ster
rett; Cashier, 11. A. tqurgeon; Teller, Jos. C. Boller.—
Directora..llllnt Sterrel t, Wlt• Net, Meleitair Drone.
loan, Illehard Woods, Jolla C. Dunlap, Matt. C. Sterrett,
11. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
—O-41
' 'SOCIETIES.
Cureberla;•.: Star Lodge No. 107, A. Y. 3f. meets at .
3lnriou dull ou the 2ed and 410 Tuesdays of overy
Mouth.
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S. Johns Loden No YMI A. Y. M. Moots ld Thurs.
day or each month, at Marlon Mill.
Carlisle lAnlgo No Ul I. 0. of 0.. F. ..Me r ots
,Mititday
evening, ut Trouts building. • "
FIRE COMPANIES
The Union Fite Compapy toes organized in
Preslde.it, E. Cornmau; %ice President. William M.
Porter; Secretary, A. It. Ewing; Treasuw Peter Mon
yer. Company moots tho first Sattirday iq blotch, Juno,
September. and December. • .
The IluMborland Fire Company elm Instituted Febru
ary 18, 18th. President,Robert McCartney; Secretnity
Philip Quigley; Treasurer, 11. S. Sitter. Tho coMpany
meets on the third Saturday of Januaryprll, - Auly
•
and October.
Tho (loud Will Hose Company wee Instituted In March,
1855. Pres Moot, It. A: Butriccon; Vire l"reeldent..lonlem
AlcCurtney; Burden', Samuel 11. Gould; Trennuror,
Jonoph D. Ile "rhe nompuny 'fleas the • second
Saturday of January, April, July, nod October. • •
.4A:rES OF I'OSTAG.
Mingo on oil lottoroof ono.holf ounce, weight of un
.der', 3 coots pro paid, except to California or °Fulton,
w 10 cun propnid. ,
• Post:union MO- Herald ",,within tho Connty, flee.
Within the Plato 13 coots Poe year...Toony, port ofihlo
'United slat on 20 rentsc ;Postage On kill transient taipers
under 3.oulicos lu wulght..l cent psequilil or two , , rents
unpaid. /Advertised lottors,46.batinirgrid with MO coot
'u1.100 . 49.9L1301C
. •PRI NTING.
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POETICAL:
THE CUILIPS EVENING. PRAYER.
" Now 1 lay me dnwn to sleep,
1 Pray the 1 nrd my NOW to keep ;
II I slo,old die lioforo I wake,
• I pray the Lora cry annt in take." .
We wore forcibly rerninded,of thiLymnbing
incident, while rending the following libautiful
-ftilietch , .on-the-Chin-Rccqtry Prayer.—[ED.
HERALD. .
ho that has lire I 1111'00 ydnrs of Only
-1638 gayety. or sorrow, or arime.'llasi'orgot ten
that little pra L yef BO ONO' murmured
,fit the .
mother's knee:+-
"Now I Iny , uio down to sleep,
I pray the Lprd my Inul to keep;
If I should die before I woke,.
I pray the Lord my soul toLake."
The origin of thbrstanza it is' difficult to
trace - It. appeared „in the "New England
Primer" more than four score years ago, -arid
was probably then.as many years older, al
though, some hove ascribed it to Dr.. Watts.
Mr. Tower. in his " Pictorial Iteader,_'2- men- -
tions tis n filet or 3. Q. Adam's that during his
kng.lire', lie never retired to bed witholtt, re
peating the above
_prayer • of his childhood,
which, learned front a motilePs
been early taught to lisp. The prevailing
sentiment. so'sublitnely simple. how6verehild- .
limkty expressed,- so.affeeted some poet of later
days, as t o . original e one of, the .most I ouching
little poems in our language. -- The name of
_the author• is tit now_ _remembered ; but the
beautiful-production ought to lie immortalized
by general republidation every year:
.• The dreamy night draws nigh—
Soft airs delicious breathe of mingled dowers,
And mi the wings of slumb ' er creep the hours,
' The 111 , 1011 is 111 . 01: , - -
See yonder tiny cot,
The Ware decked with tit es..-a tremuloui ray
Steals but to where the silver moonbeaMs lay,
Yet pales them net!
Within, two holy eyes,
Two little hands.clasped softly, and a brow
Where thought FIN busy, wearing garlands now
Of Joys and sighs
• For the swift coming years!
Two rosy lips with innocent worship part :
List! be thou saint—or skeptic, if thou art,—
Thou must have ears :w
, "Now flay me dews to Sleep,
- I pray the lord sty soul to keep—
If I should die balm I wake.
I Pray the Lord toy soul to take."
Doth It not noiseless eye
The very IltraJgales of thy heart, and make
A better Mall of thee? for her sweet bake,
Who, with strong holie,
tier sweetitask ne'er forgot
To whisper, "Now I lay me," o'er and o'er,
As thou tildst hnuel upon, the sanded floor—
, , IForg.t theta not ,
Front many a festive ball .
Where flashing light and dashing glenree vie,
And, wired In splendor, mirth Makes revelry—
Sort vol.s .11
On the 'lda hearted ones,
Tn sweep the harp strings and join the dance,.
The careless girl starts lightly, as 'perchance,
Amid (be sough'
The merry laugh, thu jest, C'
Cohn) to her vhdudsonis of low ago,
When by her snowy couch she murmured low,
Before her rest„
The single frilant's prayer—
Once more at home, she lays her jewels by,,
Throws bark the curls that shade her heavy eye,
And kneeling 'here
With quh•aing lip and sigh,
Takes from her lingers white the sparkling rings
Thu golden coronet from her brow, and flings
The baubles by—
Nor does she thoughtless dare
To seek her rest,'.till-sho-hathusked-of-heaven
That all-her sins, through illarist nay be forgiven
Then urines the prayer—
' "Now 1 lay me down to sleep,,
I pray thu Lord my soul to keep--
If I should die holl!re I sulky.
I pray the Lord tor - soul to take."
'flto:worrior on the fle'd,
.
After tho battle, pillowing Ms beinl
Perbaisrui.on aiallmr - comrado dead, .
. - e Scorns not to yield
To the ao et memories of Ills childhood's hour,
IVllon ram was borteered foi,a , erfulsun flower—
Thu statesman gray,
Ills massivo,hrow all hung with laurel leaves,
Forgets his honors while his memory weates
A picture of that home, 'mid woods and streams,
W,he,re hoary in untains caught the sun's firkt Li
A cabin redo—the wild fold's glistonfng,l
Th. cattle 3 shed, mid mutely listening,
The farmer's toil, the farmer's litre, and Lest
Of earthly lusuries, the farmer's rest=
But
But hark! a soft voice steals upon his
NOW say your payer, my.son,holaro no part:'
And, clasping his great hands—a child ones Mere,
Upon his breastforgot thug lifo's long war—
'l bus bear hint prey:
"Now I lay me dinvii to sloop,
3 pray the Lord my soul to keep—
, If I should die before I wake,
1 prey tho Lord my soul to take." •
•
CUMAIN QUAMIELS. —The Hartford Free .
Press gives the following synopsis of a case
which occurred at. Bristol, .Connecticut:
num—call hint Smith— went to led,
and wanted his bedroom. door left open. His
- wifelllol.lght• - tll6 - Welilltercii,ol tnieugli to stint
it. She 'went to bedlin tour after..but befo'te
the dispute was settled liepinehed her. They
both we'd to sleep, and the next dayslie went
horde to her Either. She complained toy the
grand jury; and,Smith was fined six dollars
null - cows. Smith appealed to the'Superior
Court. His defense was, that she throvhbr
leg in his way and hit a boil from whit% he
was suffering, and that he merely dtruck out
to save himself. Two lawyers on'-each side
were engaged..
TOM PROSY:CP COMPANY EXOEPTED.". I =
At a public dinner in the country, a farther,'
while relating something to the company" '
abotit tivo Chinese women, Braid, 1 declare
they were the ugliest women I have seen any
•where."- There happening to be two maiden
ladies kesetih-'of remarkalle 'beauty,' the
rainier,' who wills little misty, began to
tliiiik.he had made a. Mesa of it, and that they
would imagine he , was alluding to 010 111 80;
to put lie matter Stritight.,(iis he ilietight),lie,
added,' progent, 'caigpaikic:exeeptcci.!'.-
Itearatif litugliterensirSir cud yn a few min;
atetkAlrfarannriind-lrbl
itP.AIKS
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COL. EPIIRA 1 111-1614AINE
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FO`^The following biographical .notice of
Col. Ephraim' Blaine, which appeared original
ly in Forney's Prole, we publish for two rea
sons. First, because it is an interesting sketch
of part Of .the dueol"listerYof, Carlisle?, and
secondly, •as it affords us tin opportunity of
slotreeling_sevoraY palpable errprs of,the
~ Moly of our rentßwe are familiar with_
the incident, alluded to, but others,' to-whom
flie facts may be new,nre referred to the notes
at- the close of thisartiele. [Eu. HERALD.]
In the third volume of the New American
Cyclopedia, recently issued from the press of
h e_Messrs.--A pplet on, --wo-ti kid-the-following
brief s4et ch of an eminent Pennsylvanian of
the Revolutionary era.:.
"Blaine Ephraim • en officer in the Revolu
tionary war, belonging to the'. Pennsylvattia
' line, died at. Carlisle Pa., 1808. • He - entered
--the , arm - ras-a Colon - eat
the war, and was subsequently made Coinmis
sary General. this services were gallant and
patriotiei lie was with Washington in many
of, the most trying scenes of . the Revolution,
and enjoyedlhe confidence of his Chief to the
fullest ext euL Dhring the • 'dark winter" lir
Vkillekr Forge, the preservation of the Maori.'
can army from starvation was in a great de
gree owing to the exertions and' saCritices of
Col.
R laine."
-, It would be, impossible to do ,justice, within
a single paragraph, to the Memory and servi
ces-ylso,gtillant-a soldier,-so.valuable au nth
cer, and so worthy a man, its
.001. , Ephraim -
Blaine. Living oil his prippely estate Of "Mid
dlesex," in the county of Cumberland,' at the
time Ilii - ReViilution was inaugurated, Ike at
once offered his persmmlaervices and his large,
moms to the foitriot'eaure. Ire Wok forthwith
commissioned by the • Coot inent4l Congress as.
ki Colonel was attached to „GM Pennsylvania
line of troops. and - did - not "ground arms" un
til the contest Was over and the victory won.
'lt happened front the. outset of - his service,
that he was thrown much in-contact wit IrGen.
Washington, and the result, was a wartnyriend
ship between the -two. which manifested itself
in a cordial correspintlenee - Jhrough a period
of than fifteen 3:0,1r6 -many or Washing
ton's. letters --being 'still-in the possession of
Colonel Elaine's descendants -
'Owing to his own- m o aned and meritorious
serviees.-both in •-oamp and lield::,And
perhaps by' the personal *fetid:Alp orAVash
ington, Col. Blaine. was promoted to the very
important post of 00nm/warm Genera/ of .the
Northrrnlkintrlouna, iii . the year -1778, about
the time that the distinguished 'Gen. Wads
worth was appointed to a similar rank in the,
Southern departtnent, this enlarged and
most respontqle, sphere of duty Col Blaine
won imperishable laurels. The district over
which ho was thus made "General 'of Conlinim
narial"oxl ended from the Maryland line North
ward, including, Pennsylvania, New ..Jerisey,
New , York. and New England, and it was to
his greit energy, atfaoftentimes to the means
which he had the, individual. rind personal
Iluence, to command, that the .Patriot Ariny"
was kept front actual want and- starvation.
The large operations for army "supplies"
which Col. Blaine negotiated may be inferred
from 'the fact, that . at one time Olin.- 1780)
the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylva
nia drew a Single warrant in his favor for one
million of dollars to reimburse hint for advances
which his own exertions and his own means
had provided, and at :mother HMO ti warrant
for NelYti hundred and fifty thousand dollars was
eredited to h m.by the same authority in pay
men tof similarolAgations. During the "dark.
wiii(er" at Valley Forge, the. most critimil and.
trying period perhaps In the whole seven
year's struggle, the American • army was left,
kit Line time, almost entirely dependant on Col.
Illaine's efforts and the faithful and heroic
manner in which he discharged his duties at.'
hat period was always spoken of in terms of
the highest praise by Washington.
Colonel Blaine was with wnshington in sev
eral of the most Crit - i4d epochs in the long
struggle for our liberties, and was among the
most.• "tried true. and trusted," to the last..
At the close of the Revolution he retired to his
estates it "Middlesex," which had become
greatly impaired by his long absence, though
they were stillAnaguilicent in their extentand
resources. ' resided for nearly a quarter
of it Century utter the War. in. true manorial
dignity and hospitality. entertaining his nu
merous visitors in a styli; of liberality suited
to his social rank and public po . sithin:'and ad
mirably i straiinutte 01114.ot:ter of the Venn
sylva tut gtontletnatroi'the "olden time." It.
Was 1 t Ids house that President . Washington
and suit were entertained when they journey
ed to the interior of the State on that eventful
expedition; called out by the Whiskey Insur
rection of the Western counties in 179 : 4. Du
ring IVashington:s_Eresidency_ColuneLßlaine
spent npniy of his winters in Philadelphia,
forming one member of that .• Republican
Court" 'which 81.16 . 01111ded and gave eclat and
dignity to the social rule of our first and grea
test Chief Nlacistratig. Col ,Blaine's son — James
Blaine, went abroad in 1791. as an attache to
one of the American embassies.tind was tondo, -
a few years aftopeddte bearer to this. country
of tho celebrated ".fay's,T . reat44" which was
the cause of such an angry cmigi•essiolEnl con
troversy - innnedia tely-aft er its ( tecyption,- and
which resulted in the permanent:estrangement
from Washington of some who had beta pre
viously recleaned !Ls among his mo 4 devoted
pmlitioal - fiienda. James Blaitie. talthe lime
of his return from Europe, was considered to
be. among the most accomplished and finest.
gentlemen in Philadelphia -then the centre of
fa-hron, elegance and learning on this conti
nent. His reputation , its a molt gentleman
MI
was honorably, swonieed through life HO
died a few years since in Washington comity,
Pennsylvania, whither he removed after the
death •of Lis father. It limy be mentioned
here that Col. Blaine was one of the original
members of the PentiSylvania Society : of the
The demo-lie aid family history•of Colonel
Blaine were quite' as remarkable and interes
ting as. his public career was honorable and
patriotic. Shortly after the first war was
over he lost his first wife, ivho was a Miss
Galbraith ora well known Scutch family. He
passed some years min widower, and his second
marriage was somewhat singular and roman
tic, to say the least. In the town of Carlisle,
near Which his estate of 4 •Middle,lex" lay, one
jtidge Duncan I was among dm most promi
nent citizens—a man of social t•iutlt -Anti))
Wiriiiiinonio years the Junior
A personal difficulty happened between Judge
Duncan and a lawyer of the Cumberland cool•
ty har t named latutherten and the result was
that a challenge passed and was accepted.
The spcond or Judge Daman waiJames Blaine
the on of Col Blaine already alluded toll
• 'The issue - of tha duel was' the instant death
of - Judge Duncan who was shot with a title
ball directly in the- forehead**. And now
for the singular sequel. , A few'oars elapsed
and Col. Blaine married Judge Duncan's
widoiv• the, widow 'of the man for whom .his
soli had actin as second, in the duel which
proved fatal to Lim. The lady ourvived,Col.
Illainpn bon intratior of years, and after his
Clealli 4 l;:edded in Philadelphia. tier residence
was one of the elegant min=ions on. IVelnut
Otreet:weat'of TWelfth, and here Ifved in,
a etylo of true elegance ona social aisiinaion
until i,llO 0.1(.41110d the ripe age of ninety.; site.
died. as lately' a 5 . 1185 0 . ,, and is: duiriecl in a
family vault at Lanrel Bill..'l'h deseendaatE .
.. . . . .
and collateral '-emirioxions of -Col. Blaine iti. lloitsiant-stieeessiEllowauslmeone-slde of th 9
l'ennsyli , ll.llla.anOiti many other 'parts 'Of tlic ;verb]; for, nn-it FlN:rotindii'aa-wiili i`rionilti
Union, are quiteitit'imOrmis;- in this Stato.the . who toll u+-..opdy'':ottr. , lneriti,- oell„.'silerfeei
family -is in i impi 'ely interwoven Wit li the Lyons, those enemies from:wit ilt 'Alone w@. Rau learn
I te rusimlO, ttpl",Ewtogs, the AlexandraWTho mur defect: •
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CARLISLE, P.A., IqD4NESDAY, .SEPHAIBER 15, 1858.
Andersons,•the•Reeds, the Walkers, the GUI I•• .. [Written for tbs. Herald.) • •': 4,
I'espies, and numerous other brandies .of the MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS . . ' si',..,' ,
old Pennsylvania stock. Tlie:aon of.Colofiel I.
, 0
11laine's second wife. Dr..StePhen Delman, of 1. It was witlivain regrets that three . days ago,
Natchez. Miss...is widely known as one of the ' I looked my last, (for' the season at least) up
wealthiest planters of, the South. his estate .on the fast receding mountains that stretched
being 'reckened by millions, while he, wa s ...themselves along, side by, side, encircling in
otherwise known as the most high-minded, : their fond embrace the quiet little village of '
philanthropic, and Christian of men.. 'Robert ;.111ount Holly 'Springs; Pa. where I. had spent
J. Walker late Governor of Kanstis,and so dis•-- the last few' week's Ortcorcliing summer, made
tinguished as a democratic statesman. belongs `cool and . delightftil by the, fairy-like breezes
to the same stock,' being a nellhew, we believe ; that inhabit the greenwood shade, where the
of col Blainele witeo__llenStintiel IWSSeI..- I .clear-mouritain.streattilet-ettine , dttiminalong
late Representative in Congress from the Bed- lin silvery brightness lulling. to• repose its en-
Inrd district, in this State and Hon. A,. L. chanted listener, with .sweei music: • learned
Russell, late Secretary of State, are grand from its parent .Ibunt„ltidden in some rocky.,"
nephews of Col. Blaine. Hen John 11. Ewing ! cavern, deep beneath the mountain's base. 0! '
former Representative in Congress from the ' how. I pitied the poornellish man. of gain, that
Washington district, married It grand laugh- ifor dell ire and cents, would confine himself in
tenon' Col. Blaine. and Itoberte Walker,,Esq,, i his dusty counting room. wiping the moisture
well known in our State, and now connected l•froin Ids-perplexed and - troubled - brow, as lie
ii.itli the Agricultural bdreau, at Washington, I counted o'er his "loss and gain" in a murky
is connected by a siteil. br a n c h of the latmospliere with sun and air alike excluded,
family is to be found- .
.. : '.•l l i,int, inter- ' while / lay upon the green grass witht the cool
married with the Wh..............„........ate. an
other. branch is settled in New?ersey ; another:!waters burbling at my foot, and also gentle
bteezes kissing,n,q_calna_anal_ peapeful.britiv—_
• - .in - Nlissouri;-atnotlrer iirlowallandstilltitiotlinFliiS i listened to the merry songsters skipping
in Arkansas ; while one lineal descendant, a amid the gentle waving branches o'er my head,
'grandson of Col. Blaine, hits .wandered off I filling the summer air with nature's own Melo
northward to New England% We• allude to .dies. "Indolence!" I hear Sir- Banker ex-
James' 0. Blaine, Esq:. formerly a resident of ' claim, With
; a sudden blow upon Ins florid
this city. and a successful contributor of the cheek, while a little•intreder (bill presented,)
Whig press.. but who now resides in .111iiine, flies away singing as merrily as before. Pro
and edits one of the leading Inepublican papers I , yoking tormentors! but they too love the'.
in that State: Thu male members of,the blood I scenes of active city life and are rarely to be
'bearing the family name are. scarce. At one I found in the quiet retreat among the moun-
.;
time, since the 'death of Col. ; Blaine, ho hadtains: However, ono is not compelled to idle•
five namesakes amen I
his relatives. but not „ens; the angler can find occupation abUndant
tine of. them now survives. 'The name itself ily for' hook and lino limy of the mountain ...
thereforetheefore bengs toe in
oparatively few, while streams, that wind their serpentine course .
- fl lo ows - inAtteeins.ot,a..,very_.ditige--Ilifetigh the'tnead6W - .4 ; end 'vales; that dot:Only -
number.
' tempt the ear with sweet sounds, but the pal- ,
It ig interesting thus to 'trace out, the ties of ate with the most delicitms trout::. And the '
catisatiguinby which bind the present, genera- artist can hero find some rare work for las ,
tion to the worthy and good Men of th e past pencil, and the poet for his imagination. while
We have no sympathy wit lithat miserable and the manufacturer can learn a lesmd of beauty
sickly'' feeling which 'minces a man to live on and utility combined, not easily forgotten.•
the reputation of his ancestry, and 'we have Let him leave the quiet village e'er the sun
just as little with . that affected °onto:apt ; - for..ft has peeped .4 o'er-eastern hill,"--and.take a' •
..gaMl.filatilly,stock" which certain pe.rsonsltre short walkmf less than . it mile,. on the bankS
int lie -habit ofparadinparading. Tbe true .feeling of one - of•the finest staminis that the abundant
and true ambition'slieuld be to cherish a Ivor- springs have produced—skirted by overhang-
thy pride in one's honorable anceery by emit- ing trecs:•-and if lie•becomes lost in the beauty '
biting their worthy deeds. We' believe,- at all' of . tlia SCOTIOILIIthiIe gralldeUratile hil) IILOILIL- 1 ' I
evonts,- in keepia:2; the • patriotic deeds of 'our tains,' ; t hat have just. seentingly sstepped 'aside I
ar
Revolutiony heroes frediht Ito reinendlance upon - the right and left to permit him to pass; .;
of posterity, and we have thbrefore thought lie will soon be firelight back to the Tealities
that nothing.would prove more acceptable to of life, as he suddenly ethergei from the deep
Pennsylvania rim - tiers tliiin this brief Sketch of shadow, and stand admiringly gazing upon the
Colonel L'pliraipi Blaine of Aliddlesex. ' '--- scene of industry before him. -There, in IL
• circular basin that nature in one of tier
-merry --
moods Ims-formed • and- filled with her own
beauties, stattgs the new and decidedly beau- - 1
tiftil„l'Aitna .AL,' built, by, thO Monet (lolly
manufacturing company; 'surrounded by tiao_
numerous acdonrotniments. which Are-ttntler
going-iLrejturimating-proseils,olul-will-prolm-
bly come forth in beauty' befittiitit the station
they occupy as dwellings, in' close 'proximity
to suck amtaguilicent centre, as the exterior -
- or the new mill presents. -- This. I- understand
is ,tini intention of the enterprising propriet drs.
But oar morning visitor will not step here.
The sound of the huge wheel turning leisurely
on its massive axis, and the subdued clashing
Of machinery, impel him forward. lie stops
hesitatingly its' he approaches . the main en
trance, for near him he espies t. No admit
tance" gazing at him from a. conspicuous _
place; but he is cordially - Met liy the' gentle...
manly manager, who assures him of tuerfect
'welcome. if the exterior pleases hid, with its
symmetry and beauty, much more does he
find to admire in the exquisite finish and neat
ness of the: interior arrangements. (huge
piles of paper of all sorts and sizes,. some in
neat, beautiful wrappers ready for packing
l and transportation, white just beyond, it is,
1 receiving its polished satin surface unequaled • i
'by any made in the country. .Hero also it is'
, e ,
u stamped and finished, ; while amid all
these numerous occupations the most perfect
order prevails, and every
,one looks contented
and happy I Willi particularly pleased with
a remota made by my kind conductor, the
manager, as I mentioned this fact to him.
"Alm yes," he replied, ,' we have learned one
of the true lessons ; of life and endeavor to live
up to its pri.cept4, (that .willing hands and
cheerful hearts perform speedy later)." It
were well for the laboring part of our cotninu
nity if more had learllCli its gentle teachings.
But the lesson of beauty and utility combined,
stops not here. Ile walks to the farther end
of the spacious apartment when his eye is
suddenly ; greeted by a picture of luxurious
ease even amid huge Ledgers and Day-books.
This, of course, is the qgice sanctum, of t hens
tablishinent. His gentletnt ; Politeness for- •
bids his entering, for eve; at t is early hour,
the book-keeper's seat is °could( d by its proper
if)
functionary, and near Linn reclining in an easy
arnt-chair is the principal proprietor, leisurely
scanning o'er the news of the day. But,lie is
satisfied with the view he has liad.through-the
windows, by which it is surrounded, enclosing
it fronallie_main_apartment,-and-passing-on--,
he enters the lingine•roon, which is in per
fect keeping with the one just left. But turn
ing a little to thelight he passes through tin '
open door and stands upon an etninence that
heats to the machine-room; some fourteen feet '
below. And 0! what a - Panorama of me
chanical-grandeurand-magnificence lien before -
bin , , _ Nothing of Usefulness and utility can
exceed its beauty. - At' his feet is the huge
cistern containing the nailkk fluid which passes
out upon the polished -machine-and is-carricd -
along by its clock-like motion until It finally
conies forth at the farther extremity a sheet of
his feet paper, although in an unpolished state.
* Sonte-yeaus ago, - a xna4s,of,Col.
official correspondence, innbracing.,Jefters
'from nearly ivory general and staff officer. of
IVa;Wagtail's artily, liad been 101 l in the garret
of Robert Blaine's nitinsion. at.Coec
.
- Two or-three gentlemen this place, lied
made arrattgewts to have his fetters brought
to town and- iffanged fore GO benefitl•of the
Historicql Saadi/ Pennwlvepia; bill having
delayed the task from time titbit°, anew ten
ant moved - on the • farm, w thoughtlessly{
emptied the barrel of old !Otters out of the
window, and in a few days every vestige of
them was destroyed.'
f When W:ishington washer° with his twiny
during the Whiskey InsUrrection of 1794 Col.
Blaine, was ash living at Middlesex.' He re
sided then in Carlisle, in the-old shine house,.
on thif,South EaSt corner of thepublie
Gen. Wadaington hail his "Head Quarters."
in the adjoining house, and during his stay,
boarded with the family of Col Maine.
I The 'lodge" Duncan spoken of, was Mr.
John Duncan. lie was not a Judge; he may
Lave been a lawyer, but at that time lie was
engaged the proprietor of an extensive nail
factory. Ile. was it brother of the late
Thomas ennead LL. D so well known as an
able.jurist, 'mid for many yanks, u Judge of
the Supreme Court.
11 Gen. Lamberton was no lawyer, and of
course he Was not a "member of the' Cu tabor
land county bar." 110 was a me - rehant, and
Lad eudgrated..from Ireland a few years pre
vious to his 'duel with Mi. Duncan.
Values Blaine and Joseph Postlethwaitetvere
the seconds of Mr. Duncan ; the seconds of
Gen L tot:) ertein; were Robettt Huston, a
merchant and fellow countryman ; and a gen
tleman by the name of Ray.
It is stated that the pat t les met,on their way
to the ground. at the Loather street bridge,
when Mr Huston made an effort tor.htire the
difficulty 'amicably settled. The proposal was
rejected on the other side, when Huston very
cooly said, "well, be it so, Yell find us a' so
gers."
* t The duel WcIS not fought with the rifle.
By the terms .offhe duel. the. parties were
each armed with a pair of horseman's pistols,
and were both to fire one round at the word,
and the second, as soon afterwards as they
pleased ; at the first fire Duncan was shot
through the head._
--t-f-HubertJ,-Walker,-is-eonneeted-with-the
DUllean tinnily, unit tlietetbte . onlyit nephew
of Mrs Blaine, by marriage with her first
husband:
These errors may be deemed trivial, but
whet!. incidente are spretuLbefore_the_publia_
healing the stamp of historic truth, kis proper
that mistakes however slight, should be cor
rected while the facts are fobs obtained.
As the fatal Meeting between James Lam•
berton and John Dunciinhas been made promi•
neat in the foregoing sketch, we may add that'
Gen. Lamberton, died at Darli sle in 1846, at
the ripe old age of ninety Jive, preserving his
facultieS, and the active habits of his life to
. the last year ofhis existuze. t Ile was a mem
ber of the Democratic parry; froni its first for ,
(nation, and an ardent politician.. -Possessing
strong patriotic feeling and a high degree of
public spirit, he took a.livtily interest in the
important events of the times, both State and I
National, afid was an active participant in the
affairs of the town and county, for more than
sixty years.
Throughout his long and usefullife. he held
the esteem and 'confidence Mills fellow citi
zens, and at the time of his death was, the
venerated head of a long lino'6f descendants;
EXEMPLARY PATIENCE.- . —JUdge Olin I,fat.i•b
--olently-atticked-hrpourt,..by ayoung and-very
impertinent littorney vv i,but heard him quite
- through and -- mado - no -- reply: -- After - the - nd - - - ,
.journment for thp day, and when,Almtl, tts-1
sembled at the hotel where lhe•judge and
many of the court had their lodging. one Of
the itonqmny, referring to the scene at court,
asked the judge-why ho did not rebuke the
impertinent fellow.., "Permit me," 'said the
judge, loud enough-to:call , the attention:of:all
the company, ninon which wait "the fellow''
in pietition, "permit too to' ton , you n story:
father, vherj we lived down in the ''cotin-'
try, had a dog—ti mere puppy ,- r ntr.say.
this puppy would .go..out. every moon-.;
light might,'and bark at the motto for, hours
together." ' Pere the -judge paused. 'as' if he
had anpo with the story. "Well,' well,' what
of 4?" exclaimed half a dozonof the audience
at'once. Oh. hinn= bt whatever I
No moon 1r )IhinP
happengd.
He Hint
half noqua
MMO
y is but
himself-1
No'sojourner, however transienf, — either at
Mount Holly Spring Or its environs, should
fail to visit this palace of industry And why?
I often asked myself, as'l sat quietly in my
own room, while the cool evening air came
dancing merrily in at my window, bringing
health and strength with all their varied ac
companiments: Why will seekers of pleasure
and the weary and business worn man, desi
rols of relaxation from care, and a renewal of
physical energies, choose the crowded and
' fashionable watering places, to, dm more
agreeable andAttiet. resort of these Mou - ntain
Springs? One walk' tiirough. the green mead
ows along' the shady banks of coins babbling
brook, listening to nature's—sweet voice and
gazing upon her unsurpassed beatifies would
bring me grouter and purer joys. than could
bo bestowed' at Cape . May or the fur-famed
Saratoga.
gran to see thn marry atreamlet plaj ,
hltho llow'rets wild In the meadows gay,
tho rvlllown Mane°log ha Joyous mirth
1 low to kiss thu bright green earth.
Then worry Werry.streatalet play,
'With tho flow;rets on thy way,
thy own sweet take '
That Warm rejoice.
Thou Merry worry strtamlot play.
'or 1 1
wit
%Mord
Bond
On the mouiitedn'a brow, hi the morning's ham..
Shines top silvery fount, of the mounfidn's stream,
There, it springs Mitre, then bounding away
Icrughitim and sporting in the'sun's briglit my.
' Then merry Merry streamlet play
'With th suubetuns ou thy way, . -
•
'Tie thy own sweet voice r :
Tha bidsmo rejoico, • g.
• 'Then marry merry streamlet' play .
•
liar, Ihr MVO, 'neuth tho Direst troop,'
Where • ,
.„
thU binning's snug lulls the evening breeze,
Whera'all nutbro emilo,ln bor bright array, • . „
_Where the Itutilonf dance; tliore•tho stroutuletu
Then marry :merry etreaukla ploy, .'•t„,.
With the !hudowg ou thy
'll4 thy own sUbot:voloo' '•
• Tltut r
Thou worry merry Utroandot.eay: .. : '
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• (. AO Prnot patio ill'
Corrozpoimence Ortiz.) ti..ratur • • - PEI 1N AS SEEN lir AN AME/1•10AN. •
Nlissm!irotis (Minn.) Aug. 27, 1858. • A correspondent of the Philade'pliin /MOW;
- r There is 11: number of good reek:ins why re- .er was at Pekin, the enpital of China, a shoz:l -
liable information .cohcerning this
. point. turd time ugo,and what he Saw of RomtlhOwit,ipl4...
.other places in the "West." eliotud be broughtono pressed him, ho thus describes:
home to many readers of. the !'herald."_ s. ,
of those readers are young Men, residing i n "On arriving at the capital ,of the . Clatemo.,
the' borough of Carlishn against whom ',the empire we AIM thy . . centriining, about, two
avenues of business there are well nigh cent, Millions of inhabitants.- Such is the ' ektininte, ,
plotely blocked by preoboupants.. They see but doubtless the calenlation. Is 1/IWO% id EUd`
-that in'the'progress of more than a hundred I .iisual spirit. of Eastern exa4geration: Be that • •
.years, the resources of the place have been as it may, the walls ma fourteen miles 4 ln oir
-fully developed -I-that- the-. trades-- and•-profesz- cum femme,- twenty:eight:- feet-Ilikh,---tWenty.--L----L
sions'are all filled by these who farm them to, four feet thick at the
.hase.,•;•atid.twolve at thof, '
the utmost,. and• Who arojcalous of every new- top. There are spacious: Owen .all ardnud. •
comer who attempts to put in his sickle, espe- at seventy feet distant frOniettohother, and '.42;
the gates are loop-out barraokstor the Soldiers
•cially if he have the stain of youth upon his
nine stories in height. The metropolis di
skirts. They must either be content to remain
in subordinate_ capacities, as clerks upon halt' vided•into two parts, one inhabited by 'Whirs.
Spay and_ journeymen aglow wages, or_:base l .elld The_ether
their •prospecis of advancement to posts of ra'a B'6 : ea — four miles Fong Mid 'one hundrid • .
greater gain and responsibility upon the bar- and twenty feet wide,and the Emporor'e palaces ,
.tarsus- hope that the older ones will soon and gardens occupy two-thirds of the Tartar •
die off.". • While awaiting •I his "overt; idleness I MY:Aileen this besides the suburbs. which
and vice are consuming the most vigorous are nearly as populous as the city proper. • ,
.yeampf_dinie_tives_ Pekin is located_slity_miles r south_otthe fa -
who are desirous of transferringtheir capital; molts Chinese mai, and therefore -much ;ex
which may consist - of business enterprize, me.' posed to northern Mid hostile neighbori;, yet '
olianiertl skill or ~professional ability, to some its.fortifications are strong, and, until the.vast
More promising locality, the facts are • machinery of modern artillery teas invented,
pertant.„ I the brother ofthe sun and moon wasperfect? '
4.nother class of your. readers comprises
owners of farmsand farm laborers, of whom
the first wou d like to have larger and more
remunerative farms..anil the second would be
cultivating farms of their own, instead of la
boring for others at from eight to twentydol
tars per month, if they only knew where were
to be found and how. were to be obtained those
very •cheap lands in the. '• %Vest." of winch
they haVe probably heard, only vague and un
satisfactory accounts.
There are others, too, wio wish . to emigrate, stimulated .by no other motive than a sheer
love of change ; whom.a fuller Inowledgeof
all the , circumstances might induce to leave
well enough alone and stay at home. .
For tile benefit of all such. I propose. now,
and occasionally hereafter, to burden the eel
ulps -of the old 11 - ',rahl with item Of informa
tion as to the soil, clituate. and progress of
Minneapolis and vicinity; in order that they,
comparing the advantages and disadvantages
of our town and country - with - those - of yours
And of other places, may intelligently.make
up their minds as tit. which is the best point
-to emigrate to. • _
After such 'a heavy exordidin, you will,
doubtless, be looking Ter proportionably long
rows of figures, giving the statistics; but your
huinble correspondent _prefers the_inductivo
system. that being to- him t he-ieast laborious,
and to your readers, perhaps, the moot ac
ceptable.
As nowlrmade acquaintances usually do,
let us mention. first,.
- .
THE WHATIIER..
In the latter part of April we' have
storm and snow ; but May comes bright and
warm,eritlt juSt about enough rain to give
' vegetation a fair start.- In June; about the
the mercury run up to 110 degrees,
and remains at that. point for a week or ten
days. During .this _short, period, we. experi
enced the only reallyoppressive weather which
has been this sunimer These is seldom, I
may say, never- a day passes, no matter how
clear and hot be the sunshine: that a cocain! ,
breeze is - not stirring. We have no such
weather as sometimes prevails in'yoar part of
Pennsylvania. dull and stupifying„ when even
the trees and plants seem to be panting. It
is the general opinion of.thoie mechanics and
others, with whom I have conversed on the
subject, that there are more d tys in the year
here, in which out-door I:tint:SlM- be -perform- -
ed than four-and-a-half or five - degrees south
of its. This would applypeculiarly to active
employthents, such us farmers' or lumber
man's.
are unprecedented as to quantity; but rust
has spoiled about one-third of the wheat. I
have seen excellent wheat and oats exhibited
mi fair specimens of the gross produce of the
season. Fears were entertained that the po
tato crop would'he injured by rot, but a spell
•of dry weather has possibly saved it. Cus
tomers expect to buy potatoes, the coining
winter•, as low as fifteen or twenty cents, per
bushel , 'Su far, the pricy for new ones has
been forty and fifty cents pe• bushel :
THE LEGISLATURE, '
having spent an unprofitable session, adjourn
ed, or rather
_disperspd, early in the present
mop', in a most undignified and tumultuous
manner, leaving behind them, as monuments
of their folly and rascality, a number of so
called "acts," amidst whose crudities the law
Student is able to find little besides what right
, eous courts will soon decide' is "nut law," or
what will have to be ,moulded over by clearer
heads and cleaner hands. The homestead es
emption bill, alone, is enough to demoralize
he_entire_community—AsAts-provisions-aro
not merely of loco[ inkiest, but affect numer
ous parties East, whose funds, through indo
scretion
or misfortune, have found their way
into the hands of sharpers in this latitude,
over whose dishonesty this statute was intend
ed to spread a protecting wing, I forward ,
you_a copy .of. t he.law,_44userting_whieh-yint
will, no doubt .confer a favor upon many of
your readers. ,
T H E 'TIM ES,
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if we take the Scarcity of money to be the cri
terion, are truly hard ; notwithstanding Al in
neapolis and Vt. Anthony are steadily grow
ing, and the advantage's of each are being,
daily, developed: linterprize has laid bold
hands uptin old Saint AntiOny. placed a bit
in his teeth; and will soon MAT him doing the
work of ten thousand horses. The new bank
ing law has already given life to several bank
ing institutions, and, ere long, we will have a
local currency, which Will go tar toward reliev
ing present wants. Yours' hilly,
M. My neighbor T- had a social
party at his house a few evenings:sipce; and
the " dear boy " Charles, a live-yeftr-old, was
favored with permission to be seen in the par
ion "Pa" is somewhat proud of his boy,
and Charles was, of course, elaborately got up
for so great an occasion. Among other ex
tras, the little fellow's hair was treated to a
liberal supply of Enu do Colokiie, to his huge
gratification. As he entered the parlor and
made his' bow to the ladies and, gentlemen.
" Lo,olee here," said he, proudly. "if any 'of
- you smells r smell, - that's - me !" --- The - effect
was 'decided, and Charles, having thus in ono
- brief - amitotic° delivered - an- illustrative - essay
on hunian vanity. was the hero oftheeimoing ,
Every on&could call to mind some boy of larger
growth, whose self-satisfaction, though not
perhaps so audibly announced: was yet equally
ovideht, and not better founded. <,
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'Am : . The following marriage is- a our:cod,
in,-the papers :— " Thomas Ruler C inn'. Esq.,
of the - Close, Eitelifield; • to: El tr Tippett
daughter of theists. Secretary of he Navy."
A wag who is'always on the alert, wrote the
following couplet upon this union,:— , . ~. .
- ‘,. Although the sun is sultry yet, ~.
The cold will gootrset it':
i-
• ''' And Thomas does quite right to got ,
' ' 4,Tippet for hit Chin."' • i,. •
'The following story Ili' (old of a newly
rived-Irish Servant - girl, .who obtainedn place
at Lk mansion' iti New Yak. Dno .day ,after
'her,arrival her mistress observed liar Owning
(lowa' giApd,AtiiirenHo UM* %Nitrai3,antl indu
rally'•'inclairod, the' • reatioti: of this ern
naol...emout2-"”Lor ',doss yon, •nnun was the
answer, ...we always come down that way
, hoard-chi • . •
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TILE CROPS
DEO
AlVestera edilor4oublisli*iti . dpig leader
~ B ogs." .‘'A 'seine
Upbraids him fOr obtry43Vds,family.mattere, •
•, : '
ly secure in his palatial halls, the walls, bas
tions, and towers being impregnable inancient
times. Although the country about-Pekin ie
sandy and infertile, yet.' provisiss ,aboutid,
being brought by canals troth all the great
rivers, and also with its commerce, the mar--
chants being paid in money, as the oapltalle
the chief recipient cifthe revenues of all China.
It has over been regarded as a p very exolti,alve
place; the preseriPo - of no foreigner being per
milted Withitlits , bbl now the "outside
- .
barbarians" are in a fair way of overleaping.
the sacred boundaries, and it is.probable that
this act; together with the, opening of Japan,.
may prove an important stop-towards the hi
auguration of Christianity among the millions
who are now benighted in Pagarn•idolary and
superstition.'l
CAUGIIT ON TILE JURY.
The following, which we have hoard told as .t
a fact 801110 time ago, may be beneficial to pome
gentleman who has a 'young,. unnispeoting
wife:
,
A certain man, who lived-about ten miles
from K=., was in the of goihg to 'Limt—
about once a week and getting on a regular
spree, and would,not return until he had time
to "cool off," which was generally two or three
-days. His wife *as ignorant (Ake cause of
his staying out so long, and suffered. greatly
['rein' -anxiety
_about his welfare. '.,When he
would return, -of Course his confiding wife-
Iwould inquire what 'lda been the matter with
him, amithe invfiriable reply liVai; - 'tt that he
was usug'it oti the jurvand couldn't ,
get:olV
'Lavin; gathered his corn and placed it in a.
large ffeap, he, according to custom, determin
ed to call in -his neighbors and Aiwa a real
corn shucking frolic So he gave - Ned, a faith
ful servant, a jug and an order, to go to town.,
and get a gallon of whiskey—a very necessary
article .on such occasions. Nod Mounted a
mule and was soon in town, and, equipped
with the whiskey, remounted to seL out for
home, all buoyant with the prospoot of 'fun at
"the shucking."
When he had proceeddd a ' . few hundred
yards from town, he concluded to try the stuff,
and, not satisfied with once, he kept trying
until the world turned around-so fast that he
turned off the mule, and there he went to sleep
and' the mule to grazing ' It was now nearly
dark ; and when Ned awoke it was just before
the. break o'day, and so dark that ha was un
able to make any start towards home until
light. AB-80011 as his bewilderment had sub
sided so that he could get the "point," he
started ivith an empty jug the whiskey hav,
big run out,- and afoot, for the mule had gone
home. Of course he was, contemplating the
application of u "two year old hickorY ' as he
went at the rate of two-forty. .
Ned reached home about breakfast time and
" fotehed up" at the back door with a decid
edly guilty countenance. .
What in thunder have you been at, you
black rascal," said his master.
. Ned. knowing his master's excuse to his
wife when when he got on a spree, determined to
tell the truth if lie died. for it, and kaid :
' ,4 Well, master, to tell the truth; I was ketch
on the jury and couldn't get off."
A bNE HORSE NOVEL.—Violetta started con
vulsively, and turned her tear-drenched oyes
wihlly upon the speaker; for to her there
seemed something familiar in these low, rich
tones. Their eyes met; his beaming with
.love and tenderness —her's gloaming. it h wild
uncertainty. - s' Violetta!" = 4- Attended !" -
And the beautiful girl sank, from excess of
joy, upon his noble heart, throbbing,with 'the
pure, hidf - ,l6lMiotis love oLothet.daye.
lendorf bent tenderly over her, and bathed her
pure White temples with the gushing tears of .. .
sleep, though subdued joy. While doing this,
Violetta's tither, Rip Vats Short, was seen ap
proaching the lovers with a flail. Attended
saw the aged patriarch, and just as he was ;
turning the corner of the red barn, gave him.
a I'M with the flail,
" other side of Jordan." Violetta, driven :to'
.distraction, threw herself upon the grass, and •
for a long, long hour, was deaf-to: every - tcon ,- .
solution. -
ROYALTY,',B SHOES —We read in an exchange
Many or our fashionable ladies hero
dress as if they were norm; to go out except
to tread on carpets of velvet. We can imagine
with what a shrugof aristocratic disdain many
of these must read the account of the briclel
outfit of the Princess Royal. Among the items'
particularly striking take the following.
~ T AVIve dozen pairs of boots, 'of useful and.
dolid make, some of them, intended for rough
walking, being provided with treble soles,and,
small but projecting nails."
"Only think of some of our "paper-soled,"
delicate-footed damsels sporting, by, way of
novelty, hob-nailed, triple-holed shoes ,
OUR JOSEPIIINK.—oIted chocks are only' ' ~
Oxygen in another shape. Girls anxious to
wear a pair will find them where the roses do
—out of doors."—" Will they, indeed 9" re:, ,
marked Miss JOsephizie Hoops, its she laid-
down the number of '•The Familiar •Frientl'!
coutaining the extract. " Well if doing'aa the
rokes_da wilLhelp:a ludy_to_color _one_miglit..___
as well never get up at all; 'for ,I'm certain ~
-sum t hat t ho; flowers stay-in-their-beds all-day,
Now if l'm e'ver metatiorPhiniilintO - alyiluti . g ,-.
horticultural. I hope I will be ifito a camelia ;
they're the only vet; ables that 1;vor, get it, ..
chauco to go to the peragraoions OA- L . ,
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ness !" . ,
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John Adains being called, for
. p von , :Q
tribut ion far foreign miseictint, remarked:,',', ;,,; ,
haVo nothing to give for that eatitio, but thefe":'
aro here, in this Vicinity: • six Ministers •t •• not !••••,,.
one will preach in the others pill*, novri•Yarill.:l
give as inuoll'and more than any., one oleo
uivilizo these olpi . zyniele.!" . •
PI6FEU6NO6 FOR. NO,
'Mercury nent ions the.tionth of a woinan nine-
ty years of ago, will had Sayan
.by her will, she-ordered that - sh&shonld
ried next;to her',fifth. Tryingston. shew-„thate4
that there is a ehokoo-iu.bilth glpypiii,nl4 . 4l9l l •,4l,w
bainhsl
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