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'WE GO WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAY J WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE . TO FOLLOW.
BY JOHN G. GIVEN.
EBENSBURG, THURSDAY, JUN E 13, 1850.
VOL. G. NO. 36.
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MISOE I, X. XL N E OUS
The Miseries of Mesmerism.
- A Scene at a Social Party.
' BY ONE THAT WAS THERE.
"A merry party was assembled ia the
parlor of a friend not long since,- ana a
merry time had the guests, if we may
iudge from the continual excitement which
was kept up by the principal spirits of the
occasion. Many a good joke was perpe
trated, and many a bad one was enjoyed
at the expense of some one present.
Among the fairer portions of the guests
was one Miss Sarah H , who is be
loved and admired for all her accomplish
ments and natural kindness of heart, while
she is dreaded for her keen satire, and her
apthes at the execution of cruel and prac
tical jokes.
Miss II had reigned supreme during
the evening, and nearly every guest pres
ent had suffered from her wit. Among
those who had suffered in the most cruel
manner was Charley E , who was not
bid at such innocent amusement himself,
and who was resolved to pay Miss Sarah
in her own coin.
The conversation turned upon mesmer
ism. Charley said he had put to sleep
any quantity of young ladies and strong
minded young gentlemen, in his day, and
facetiously remarked that he flattered
himself on being as good at it, as Parson
"With a pair of plates," said Charley, "I
can accomplish as much in the putting to
sleep line as the parson can with one of
his dullest sermons."
4,Nonsense!" cried Miss II .
"Nonsense?" echoed Charley assuming
a Bullen earnestness; "perhaps you think
I can't put you to sleep." .
"Perhaps I do!' laughed Miss II .
"I think I could convince you in a few
minutes!"
"That you could put me to sleep?"
"Yes," exclaimed Charly with admira
ble enthusiasm. "And if you will. let me
try, I pledge myself to accomplish the
task, or furnish the oysters lor tne wnoie i
company.
"The oysters?" cried Miss II ; "I
take you at your offer."
"And you will give me a fair trial?"
"Yes."
"Agreed, then!"
And Charley to the delight of the whole
company, who were fond of fun and oys
ters, commenced 'making preparations for
the apparently hard task of putting the
bright eyes of the wide awake Miss II ,
in a mesmeric sleep.
Charley said that he operated with plates
He also remarked that some plates were
better than others, and said he must go
with Mrs. S , the lady of the house,
to her pantry, to make choice of such spe
cimens of crockery, as would best suit his
purpose.
Charley was occupied some time in ma
king his selection of plates," and the com
pany, whose appetite for fun and oysters
was becoming very acute, began to grow
impatient."
At length, however, Charley reappeared
with a very sober face, and said in a seri
ous tone:
"I couldn't find any plates to suit me
exactly, but I meanto have a trial at any
iate. The best I could find were some
dirty ones, piled away in one corner,
which Mrs. S is washing for the pur
pose While she is producing them we
may as well make choice of a good posi
tion Miss II '. .
"Sir!" said Miss II , pertly.
"You can hold your countenance I be
lieve!" "I rather think I can."
'Well, you must, or I cannot put you
to sleep. If you laugh the charm is bro
ken. The company ; may laugh at the
oddity of my motions and I presume they
will, but you must not, for if you do, I
shall be under no obligation to produce the
oysters."
Miss H thinking the whole trick
consisted in this, and supposing Charley
felt sure of making her laugh by theludic
rousness of the scene, readily entered into
he arrangement. ;
Charley then placed two chairs facing
each other, directly m the centre of the
room, took his seat in one of them, and
requested Miss II to occupy the other.
. " According to my improved method of
mesmerism,', said he, with imperturable
gravity, "you will be. required to look me
intently in the1 eye, and to imitate my mo
tions invariably;
Yes sir,'.' said Miss II-
. Charley then took hold of her wrists,
and looked her in the eye, while the ladies
and gentlemen present gathered about ea
ger for the fun. .
'The plates!" cried Charley.
t4The plates!" echoed Miss II with
ciual gravity.
Mrs. S came forward with a pair
ot the required articles. - Charley took one
and held it on his hands in his lap. Miss
II made a similar use of the other,
still looking Charley in the eyes,
After a pause, Charley withdrew his
right hand irom beneath the plate, and with
a slow mystical motion, passed his finc"
across nis race.
Miss H- gravely imitated the move
ment. As she drew her delicate fingers
from her brow to her chin, a yell of laugh
er burst from the spectators. Without
smiling, Charley replaced his right hand
under the plate, and rubbed the left hand
over his face. Miss II as gravely fol
lowed his example, and another burst of
laughter followed. Charley turned his
plate around in his hands, and with his fin
gers made passes across brow, crosses on
his chin, a long line down the middle of
his nose, circles about his e'yes, and all
sorts of imaginary grotesque figures on his
cheeks changing his hand occasionally, as !
if to invest the cermony with additional I
mysiiy. miss ii iiuiuuuu mill witii
scrupulous exactitude and imperturable
gravity, while the mirth of the spectators
became more and more excited, and it
seemed that some of them would die of
laughter. Some rolled upon the sofas, j
some hung powerless over the chairs, al- j
utuak u&au v nil inn uit aiivi uiiitio 11.11 uuu
the floor and held their sides.
Charley continued to make the myste
rious passes across his face, and Miss II.
to imitate his movements, until the mirth
rose to such a pitch that the pool girl be-
gan to suspect that it was occasioned by
someimng oesiues tne mere ouuiiy oi
Charley's motions. She grew uneasy.
She feared some trick played upon her
self. The mirth increased. She resolved
to forfeit the oysters. Amid roars of
laughter from the spectators she cried out:
"There! I've withstood this long enough!
Now I'm going to know what there is to
laugh at."
"Look in'the glass! Look in the glass!"
cried the mirth-suffocated spectators.
Miss II was before a mirror in a
moment. A cry of despair and shame
burst from her lips. Her face! her pretty,
bewitching, face! it was covj-ed wiih
black streaks of every imagina Parac
ter. Over her nose, around her eyes
across her forehead, up and down, diago
nally, and crosswise, on every portion of
her face, were the marks of her own fin
gers, just as she had touched them on her
delicate skin.
The bottom of her plate had been
smoked!
While Miss II covering her fea
tures with her handkerchief, retreated to
another room, and while the company
was near giving up the ghost in a perfect
ecstacy of laughter, Charley said without
a smile
"I won this time; but I think I can af
ford the oysters at any rate-"
The oysters were brought in at Char
ley's expense. Charley said he could
not think of tasting his until Miss II
re-appeared, and sent a committee of the
girls to bring her in. These, reported that
the fair victim had not yet succeeded in
getting the smoke off her face, upon
which Charley bade them return and
bring her in at any rate.
In a few minutes the committee once
more returned, accompanied by Miss II.
The smoke still showed itself upon her
face in spots?, and her eyes glistened with
tears; but she advanced with admirable
frankness and a cheerful smile, and taking
Charley by the hand acknowledged the
fairness of the joke, and complimented his
ingenuity and skill.
The merry company then sat down to
the oysters, which none enjoyed with a
keener relish than she who had contribu
ted so much to the entertainment of the
guests that night. Yankee Nation.
The Sailor and the Actress.
"When I was poor girl," said the
Duchess of 'St. Albans, "working very
hard for my thirty shillings a week, I went
down to Liverpool during the holidays,
where I was always kindly received. I
was to perform a new piece, something
like those pretty little affecting dramas
ihey get up now at our minor theatres; and
in my character I represented a poor,
friendless orphan girl, reduced to the most
wretched poverty. A heartless tradesman
prosecutes the sad heroine for debt, and
insists on putting her in prisonf unless
some one will be bail for her. The girl
replies, then 1 have no hope; I have not
a friend in the world.' Vhat! will no
one be bail for you. to save you from pris
on? aeked the stern creditor. I have told
you I have not a friend on earth,' was my
reply. But just as I was uttering the
words, T saw a sailor in the upper gallery
spring over the railing, letting r himself
down from one tier to another, "until he
bounded clear over the orchestra and foot
lights, and placed himself beside me in a
moment. 'Yes you shall have one friend
at least, my' poor young woman,' said he
with the greatest expression in his honest
sunburnt countenance; 'I will go bail for
you to any , amount. And as for you,
(turning to the frightened actor,) if you
don't bear a hand and shift your moorings,
it will be worse for you when I come
ohwart vot"" ' lvvs.' Every creature in
the house rose; the uproar was perfectly
indescribable; peals of laughter, screams
of terror, cheers from his tawny mess
mates in the gallery, preparatory scrapings
of violins from the orchestra; and amid the
universal din there stood the unconscious
cause of it, sheltering me, 'the poor dis
tressed young woman,' and breathing de
fiance and destruction against my mimic
persecutor. He was only persuaded to
relinquish his care of me by the manager
pretending to arrive and rescue me, with
a profusion of theatrical bank notes."
Specimen of Yankee Courtship.'
"Now darn it Sal, where's the use o
this eternal sparkin. Now you know me
and I know you so now if you've any no
tion of gettin married jist say so, at once
and we'll have it done."
"Hey day! Mr. Jonathan jist as if I
am obliged to have you if I get married at
all I'm not in such a desperate hurry
neither I might see some feller that 'ud
take the shine clean off o you afore I'm
twenty."
"Now Sal, that's smart, I' swow. So
you're jist hold'n' onter me, tu have a fool
to fall back on when you can't get noth- ;
in' better. I-tell-you-now, I aint a goin
to stand that. Ye've either got to take!
me now or say good bye ter ye. A feller
't'll take the shine of er me, I'd like to see !
him."
"So'd I Jonathan, for raly he'd be worth
seein', I don't think there's many could do
it. But if there be one of course I'd like
to hev'im."
"liut seein, yc'r not sure o' such luck,
Sal, wouldent it be better to take up with
a good offer, than to wait for a chance- of
a better which tea to one you'll never get.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush; now I tell yon.'
"Well so it is Jonathan, but raly we'd
better wait a.leetle. I ha'ntffotmv sheet
in' bleached nur my diaper wove and my
kiverlids are in the loom y it. Besides I
have four bed kivcrs to quilt and bed tick
ter make up, bolsters, pillows and all. I
-
cant git ready under three months; at any
rate. Let's see its June July Aug
ust September. That'll bring the wed
din intu the season o' fruit and we can
have things 'nicer without so much ex
pense."
"That's good arguin' Sal, "but you sec
harvest is comin', and mothei's gittin old
and cant du the work for the hands, thro'
the hot weather. Now if we cud git mar
ried about the fust o July it 'ud save me
hirin' a gal, and the money I should have
tu pay. for wagaes 'ud buy us a set 'o
cheers."
"That's true, Jonathan. "I'is tu hard
for your good old mother ter haftu du so
much work. Mebbe I can git ready by
July I kin leave the soin and sister Su'll
help me with the wevin and quiltin."
"How many cows do you milk this
summer?"
"Why, we've tu'ut gives milk, and tu
heifers I'll come in July. Likely, it'll be
some trouble to break them, to milken
liut you understand sich things and I heard
you say, you like to feed calves."
"And Sal, I've got a pair of new kinder
chickens, as big as turkeys, an' I'll lay a
dollar there's no nicer sheep in the state'n
mine.
"Mother says I've got all I need but a
wife, an' she says she'd ruther hev j-ou'n
any other gal she knows; and ye know I'd
like ter marry to please mother as well as
myself. '
"Now one word for all Sal, is it a
bargain?"
"Well Jonathan, I dont see as I kin do
better. Besides yer mother needs my
help more'n my mother dus, who has got
tu gals besides me. So I think we'll fix
it for the fust of July.' .-
"That's right Sal! and won't we have a
glorious independence.
Ingenious Trick
An English paper relates the follow,
ing ing enious mcde of "raising the wind,"
practised by a musician on the credulity
of the mnabitants of a country town:
"A foreigner, named Vogal, a celebra
ted flute player advertised a concert for
his benefit, and in order to attract those
who .
.' "Had no music in their souls.
And were not moved by.concord of sweet
sounds," he announced that betwe'en the
acts he would .exhibit an " extraordinary
feat never before witnessed in Europe.
He would hold in his left hand a "glass of
wine, and would allow six of the strong
est men in the tow n to hold his aim, and
nowithstanding all their efforts to prer
vent him. would drink the wine! So nov-
el and so surprising a dis plav of strength,
as it was naturally, regarded, attracted a
very crowded house, and expectation was
on the tiptoe, when our hero appeared on
the stage, glass in hand, and politely in
vited any halfdozen of the audience to
come forward and put his prowess to the
test. Several ge.itlemen. amongst whom
was the mayor of the plage, immediately
advanced to the stage, and grasping the
left arm of Vogel, apparently rendered
the performance of his promised feat
quite cut of the .question. There was an
awful pause for a moment, when our arm
bound hero, eyeing the gentlemen who
bad pinioned bim, said in hisbroken Eng
lish, "Jenteelmen, are you all ready? Aro
you quite sure you have got fast hold?"
The answer having been given in the af
firmative, by a very confident nod from
those to whom it was adressed, Vogel, to
the infinite amusement of the spectators,
and to the no small surprise of the group
round him, -'advancing his right arm,
which was free, very coolly took the wine
glass from his left hand, and bowing very
politely to the half dozen gentlemen, said,
"Jenteelmen, I have the honor to drink
all your goot health," at the same time
quaffing offthe wine, amidst a general
roar of laughter, and universe! cries of
"Bravo, bravo; well done, Vogel."
Gen. Lopez in Savannah.
The Savannah Georgian gives a very
interesting account of the reception of
Gen. Lox'ez in Savannah, and the excite
ment in consequence of his arrest by or
der of the President. Wo copy from its
able article the following. If no proof
coud be adduced to show he had not vio
lated any existing law of the United
States, why were tho administration so
prompt, as to resort to telegraph speed, to
put him under arrest?
On the arrival of Gen. Lopez, from the
Island, early in the morning, information
was communicated by telegraph to the
Spanish Minister in Washington, who
immediately demanded his arrest by the
Government. During the day, a despatch
was received from Washington by the
United Slates Attorney, Mr. Williams,
from Mr. Clayton, the Secretary of State,
directing the arrest of Gen. Lopez, on
charge of exciting in the United States an
insurrectionary movement, for the pur
pose of attacking and revolutionizing the
government of a friendly power. The
necessary warrant was prepared, and the
General arrested. The hearing was had
before his Honor, Judge Nichols, of the
United States District Court, al the Court
House.
The arrest created great excitement,
and the assemblage of a large concourse
of our citizens of all classes- Col. Gaul
din and Judge Charlton appeared as
counsel for the General. The case occu
pied but a short time for its decision.
There appeared to be in formality in the
warrant of arrest. Several witnesses
were examined, not one of whom could
testify of their knowledge, aught against
the General. It is well known that an
attempt has been .made to revolutionize
Cuba, and also, that Gen. Lopez headed
the expedition; but there could be no
proof adduced to warrant his detention
for the violation of anyjexisting law of the
United States. ' ' '
Gen. Lopez was consulting a short time
in an adjoining room, with his counsel,
and when the court opened, entered with
all that dignity and.composure which can
be felt by one when conscious of having
committed no act, which could in the least
tarnish the honor of an honest man and
a true patriot, or as having done no more
than to attempt the freedom of his fellow
citizens from the galling chains of a des
potic government. On his appearance
he was highly cheered by the audience,
at the risk of contempt of Court. His
honor, Judge Nichols, through his officers
quickly restored order, and the hearing
of the case proceeded quietly. The interest
excited was intense throughout the whole
affair, and when Gen. Lopez was dis
charged from arrest, the court room rung
with the applause of the audience, and
could not be suppressed by the officers.
The after tiece. After leaving the
court room, and the shouts of applause
having somewhat subsided, an immense
party escorted the liberated General to
the City Hotel, where he was" received
amidst the most enthusiastic cheering.
Here, after a few moments pause, and
the Lurnning impulses of his spirit
awakened by the'tokens of friendly feel
ing towards him, hd,nivJe a short but
impressive speech, which ' was translated
by cur frind.Col. Gaulding, who kindly
volunteered his services .iu- behalf of the
General. .The substance of his remarks
was, "that he'hVd felt the calling influence
of the old Spanish rule, that his all had
been taken from-him in former years, and
that now every thing was gone from him
out his undying love for his country, which
would onlv vicld with his life. Yes,
though he had felt, with bitter anguish,
the bitter chains of her oppression, his
vigor was yet alive, and he would exert
rt until her liberty had been achieved and
her citizens enjoying the freedom of such
institutions as were enjoyed by the peo
ple of these United States. Yes, said the
old general, never in the course, of my
eventful life, (his eyes beaming with the
fire of patriotism.) have I received such
tokens of friedship. Gentemen, would
that I could express my feelings of grati
tude. I am resolved to become a citizen
of these United States, and to enjoy alike
with you the fruits of your free institu
tions. Nine cheers were given for Gen. Lo
pez and Liberty.
Cuban Expedition-
That our readers may fully understand
the position in which the inhabitants of
Cuba have been placed by their oppressors
we copy the folowing from a correspondent
of the N. r. Tribune:
On a soil where there ia the penalty of
arrest and imprisonment attached to the
association of as many as three persons,
to discuss political Or social grievances, as
relate to the Government; and where every
vigilance that fear and malice can suggest
is on the watch for the slightest display of
mutinous disposition, how impossible it
would be for a people to unite their sym-
oathies and comnass the means essential
to a successful revolt against their oppres- drenched the cities of Scam in blood, in
sors? Such a soil is Cuba, and a people j lho peninsular uer; it has stormed
so spied upon, and seized upon the pre- imperial cities nnd fortresses almost
tense of suspicion even are the Cubans. j beyond number. So incessant has
Not permitted to have in their possession j lecn lts wars, that for a hundred years
anv deadly weapon; all their movements scarcely a day has passed in which th
dogged; the right of association, petition I w,ld beasts ot the jung'. or the farmed
and remonstrance denied them, how could ! inhabitants of the hills, have net fled bc
they, except from without, gather those ! fore the thunder cf the British cannor..
cannon and bayonets which are tho onlv j It? bayonets have oroken the great power
arguments Spain respects? Expatriated,
.i . .i
me momeni mey are sucpccieu ui jiuciui
and generous ideas, the master-spirits of j
sucpecled of liberal
('uba Iiava tucir home iu fv'lfclgU lands.
Cubans, exiled and noble spirited Cubans,
have devised the expedition to free their
homes. Could they have compassed the
material of war at home their birth home
they would not have sought our soil.
Driven from home, they return with Much
weapons as they could find, and if, taking
their Jives in their hands, individual Amer
icans have gone with them to do battle for
i liberty, can wc as a people, indebted to La
Fayettes, Steubens and DeKalbs in our
! Revolution, call these men cither the
i suffering Cubans, or the sympathising A-
mericans pirates or marauders? Men
battling in the holiest causes have been
called rebels, pirates ar.d murderers, though
after ages rewarded their memories with
the name of Deliverers. If it shall be
j found that the Cubans, as a man, reject
! this Expedition, if they fail to rally to the
j standard they have invited, through fear
or more mercenary feeling, then let it be
j said that the expedition mistook its pur-
poe; but if it shall prove a seed sown in
the right time to produce a harvest for lib
erty, let it be honored. Its acts will .best
test its character.
The Truth well Expressed.
In a capital article, on the. "G althin
villainy," we find the following true and
overwhelming paragraph:
During thejjsixty years that had passed
away since our present form of govern
ment was adopted, the office of Secretary
of the Treasury has been filled by ab jut
a score of persons, embracing members of
almost every political party that has ap
peared in the county; and of this number,
we are not aware that one was ever sus
pected of having made use of the power
of his position to seize the public
money for his own individual use, or for
the benefit of friends or clients. "What
one of their number, from Hamilton to
Walker, would have done any thing like
the corrupt deed that has made Secretary
Crawford a man of wealth, if before he
were poor, and added to his wealth if he
were a rich man?rhe name of Crawford,
which has heretofore been most honora
bly connected with the history of the
treasury department, wili Le associated
with it in a .manner the most disreputa
ble. It will become a bye-word, a his
sing, and a reproach, as that of a man who t
united in himself the chnraters of Over
reach and Greedy, and who was destitute
alike of plitical morality and personal hon
or. President Taylor will stand recorded
in history as the only, one of .our presi
dents who deliberately; sanctioned -the
plunder of the national . treasury by. the-
very man whose out it was to guaid it
against the attacks of dishonest claimants,
auu wHu prosiuuiea ino powers oi ins
luuue iu giitiuy uis own sqiuki avanw .
tlVConscience is a sleeping giant; we
may lull him into a longer or a shorter
slumber; but his starts are frightful, and
terrible is the hour when ho awakes,.
The East India FcmpaDy.
This mammoth corporation, which may
be said to rule the commercial destinies
of England, is tnus spoken of by the
Christian Enquirer.
"The stockholders of this compay have
never much exceeded two thousand; and
the capital stock, on which diridendshave
been paid, at the largest has been put at
6,01)0,000. It has been subject, in Eng
land, to the unwise management which
must always attend a co.npany whose
stockholders and directors are constantly
rliflnfrtnff iii.l tx.- lire i nrrt.nftf' o r A 1 V I rf
, operations are distant by half"tbe circum-
i ference of the globe from tho centre where
measures original, and besides this, it has
had to encounter the hostility of the whole
commercial c'a3s of England formerly
shut up by its monopolv from the Indian
trade, while in India it has contended for
existence on a hundred bloody battle field j
with Dutch and French, and the native
monarchies cf the East. But, nclwith
standing all obstacIes.it has expelled tba
Dutch; it has annihilated the power of the
French in India has subdued one na
tive kingdom after another; its factories
have grown into States, and these States
into a vast and co nsolidatcd Empire; it has
maint'ned a standing army 'arger thunjthat
of any European power except Russia and
varying, at di.Ferent times, fro n 15D 000
to 290,000 men: it has conducted sieges
not 'ess dreadlul t nan tnose wtiicli
dreadful
lulw:iu, uru.ia uavuiry, uiu ...
U'SUF"11CU 54uau'UIIJ -"3 y,u Vl
the fanatic couratre of the JSikhs; it has
subdued great and warlike kingdoms, and
not only subdued them, but has deposed
their soverigns, appropriated their rev
enues, subverted institutions eld as Indi i
herself, reconstructed it laws and juris
prudence, and over vast regions changed
the very tenures by which the soi' ia
heid; its history is full of vast schemes
to-day ot conqnuest, to-morrow of social
regeneration and improvement of skill
ful diplomacy, of heroic achievement, ot
desperate valor, making good all deficien
cies of numbers and resources, and cf
names world-renowned in statesmanship,
and war, and literature, and religion.
This company in England, has been com
posed of merchants and others, who have
lived quietly as good subjects and ciliren:,
unknown and unheard of; yet they have
appointed, and, at their pleasure, recalled
Governors General, who have exercised
in India a desportic authority over thf
fortunes of more than one hundred mil
lion of peoplewhich the monarch of Eng
land dares not exercise in his island do
main. Before its charier expired in 1833,
it had subdued nearly the whole peninsula,
from Cape Comorin to the impassable
snows of the Himalaya mountain?. And
since then, the career of conquest has not
paused. The cannon of England have
burst open the mysterious gates of China;
she is trying new experiments iii civiliza
tion among the savages of Borneo; she ad
ded the I'unjaub to her empire, and a
thousand miles west of the Indus, revcr-
.1 r it.
i Mug uiecuurfeu oi jviei.anusi s eonquesis,
1 .
penetrating among the wiul jind warliice
iribes of Affghaniton, where she met the
fiercest resistance; her unwearied battal
ions have reached the confines of Prus
sia, and the echoes of her. advancing
drums have startled the sentinels who at
night kept watch at the outpo?l of Russian
power.
Colonel Fremont. -We understand that
the Geographical Society of London have
voted a gold medal to Col. Fremont, for
having made during the past year, the
most valuable discoveries in geography of
any known person.- It is usual, we un
derstand for this society to give - a medal
every year to the person having made the
most valuable
duable discovery in geographical
. JY. Y. Courier.
science.
A Lurgc'Family.- A venerable gentle
man and his lady, andthcir descendant
sixty in number, from Cooper Maine, ar
rived at Boston on Weduesday in the stea
mer Admiral, on their way to St. Anthon's
Falls Minnesota. The family of one .of
their sons numbers twelve males; and an
other the same number ot females.
..LlTHie 'Strongest love will ,feel and
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