HOVlif AIH SIITIIBL
ANDREW J. KIIEY, EDITOR.
EHENSUUKG, PA.
Thursday, December 25, 1S51.
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lr. Z?. Palmer, Esq-, A'ew Jc. Philadelphia,
and Baltimore.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JCSP'Thc dwelling Louse of John Crousc, Esq.,
of Johnstown, was burned to the ground on
FriJay night last. We Lave not learned the
particulars, but understand it caught fire from
a grate upsetting. Mr. Crouse loses heavily,
cot being insured.
THE LATE X17CYS.
The exciting news from France, of another
revolution, will be found in to-day's paper.
Louis Napoleon, so far, plays a bold game, and
the future will decide as to its success or failure.
He, perhaps, has the army with him, but it is
doubtful if he can be re-elected through its in
Uuence if the people rise up against him, which
is not unlikely. Kossuth was to arrive in Phil
adelphia yesterday, and great preparations were
making to receive him. A Banquet is to be giv
en him' to-morrow night, at which he will Fpcak.
He then proceeds to Baltimore and Washington.
The news from France may hasten his departure
from this country 18-yJ, will no doubt be an in
teresting epoch in the history of the world, and
should there be a general up-rising of the peo
ple on the Continent, blood will flow in torrents,
and the ahsolutistical powers will sink to rise
no more. The next news from abroad will be
looked for with intense anxiety.
The Hail--.tpraln.
Our citizens universally complain of the man
ner in which papers arrive from the east.
Scarcely any papers are received through the
eastern mails; and it is somewhat singular that
all Philadelphia papers reach here via Pitts
burg. There is great negligence at some of the
Post Offices east of this. The conveyance in
which the mails are carried from Hollidaysburg
to Blairsville is not complained of; it comes
regularly, but fails to bring the papers. The
matter for this town may be put into the thrc
mail, marked Tittsburg," and in that case it
would pass through unnoticed, as that mail-bag
is not opened here. The department should
send a special agent to Philadelphia to travel
along the entire route and ascertain where the
detentions and mistakes are committed. Until
this i3 done, and the present system completely
changed, the reputation of Mr. Hall, as Post
master General, must suffer in the estimation of
this community.
Cgj" The Democrats of Pittsburg held their
delegate elections for a candidate for Mayor on
Saturday; and the present incumbent, Major
John B. Guthrie, Laving received the delegates
from seven wards out of niue, would be nomi
nated by the city convention which met yester
day. Ciiavlains to Congress The R.cv. C. M.
Butler, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, has
been elected Chaplain to the United States Sen
ate ; and the Rev. L. F. Morgan, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Chaplain to the House
of Representatives.
eatli or llic Hon. J. R. Poinsett.
The Hon. Joel R. Pcinsett departed this life
n the 12th inst, at Statesburg, S, C. He was
i the 73.1 year of his age. Mr. I'oinsett was
distinguished man. He represented Charles-
with great ability, both in the State Legis
ture and in Congress. At the close of Lis Con
essioual career, he served as U. S. Minister to
cxico, and in that capacity, not only ably
lintaincd the interests of the republic, but on
u memorable occasion bo boldly upheld our na
tional Hag, in the Mexican capital, that the art
of painting has perpetuated the incident. Du-
ing Mr. Van Burcn's Presidency, he was called
preside over the war department, and so ad
ministered its affairs as to command general ap-
robation ; and while Secretary of War, took a
fading part in founding the National Institute,
t Washington, and introduced the Flying Artil
:ry into the army. The residue of his useful
fc was passed in elegant retirement, during
7hich, liowever, his pen continued to the last to
ield its contributions to the literature and the
politics of las country, showing the unabated
vigor of his intellect, and his patriotic interest
n the welfare of his country. Full of years and
ull of honors, he has been gathered to his fa
ucrs ; and his country will embalm his memory.
The Doylcstown Democrat announces
he death of Joshua Dungan Esq., late Whig
andidate fur Canal Commissioner, of Warwick
owuship, Bucks county, and pays a very hand
om tribute to his memory. It concludes thus :
Thus much have we deemed it proper for us,
s a public journalist, to say, for should a stran
er open this paper and 6ce the death of Joshua
Jungiin announced without a word of comment,
acmigiit well exclaim in tLe language of Holy
Writ "Verily, the jast pcrisLeth, and no man
laycth it to heart.""
53 Hon. John Freedly, an old citizen of
Vimtirmni'i-v rr.urtv. died in Philada., on the
9th ins'. He wob 'formerly a member of Con
gress, uid as a lawyer, blood very Ligh in the
estimation cf those who iiiew Lim. By Lis
death, society L:'.s luf.t a.valuablc iru u.bcr, and
the State in which he vas burn i-J reared, a
valuable and useful citizen:
Tiie Bank Power. !
We recommend this article form Hunt's. Mag
azine to the attention of thinkers
'That the banks are the authors of the pres
ent prevailing panic in the money market there
can be no question. There have appeared no
signs dnthe fiscal firmament to indicate a com
ing storm. No comet's tail, with var and pes
tilence in its wake, has swept through the un
troubled air. ' No evening blight no midnight
mildew has visited the honest fields. The re
sources of the country are greater than at any
former period. Its agricultural yield rcbundant
to repletion ; its commerce spreading its wide
wings to a rich return ; its public works pro
ductive beyond example; individual, State and
Federal credit at an enviable attitude, with
seven millions excess of specie over 1820, and
California to augment the store. Contrast this
picture with that of 1837, when we were im
porting our bread from Europe when our half
finished works were consuming themselves in
interest and decay, and no means to complete
them when Federal and State stocks and pri
vate credit were convulsed by the repudiation
and the taint of suspicion clinging to our name
Then why this panic at a season so buoyant so
full of auspicious promises? When every wind
that whistles on the mountains or sighs through
the valley, speaks of a future prosperity and
and greatness which the croaking of a thousand
bank3 cannot gainsay. The money making
power should be vested in the State, and taken
from the custody of corporation. The period
is net far distant when some other generation
will look upon the retrospect; and marvel that
we should have tolerated for a single day such
a colossus as the money making prerogative of
banks."
Mr. Jolm S. Tliraslicr.
Mr. Thrasher, who has been so honorably
mentioned in connection with the unfortunate
Cuba expeditionists; who proved himself a man
while the officers of our government presented
a good title to a lower character; and who was,
at the last accounts, in a dungeon at Havana,
says, in a letter dated on. the 21st of Nov.:
"I solemnly affirm that I have never had any
connection with the parties who invaded this
Island, and, that the only ground of hatred to
me, on the part of the government and Spanish
portion of the population here, are: that I am
an American; that 1 refused to abjure my na
tionality one year since, when required by this
government to do so, or to abandon the business
I was then engaged in; that I uccorcd, so far
as I was able, those of my unfortunate country
men who were captives here; and that, in the
court, I had the independent spirit (they call it
audacity) to rely upon my innocence and my
rights as an American citizen. Having been
denied justice, I now ask at the hands of the
American government, and the American peo
ple, that liberty of which I am so iniquitously
deprived. All the horrors of the Spanish gal
leys are before me, and my only hepes tire in
the sympathies of my countrymen, and the
prompt action of our national government."
Flogging in tiie JVavj".
In the Report of the Secretary of the Navy;
the question of corporeal punishment is com
mented upon at considerable length. A mate
rial defect in our naval code is held to be that
which is occasioned by the failure to provide any
punishment by way of substitute. The report
goes on to say, that the abolition of naval flog
ging has been attended with unprofitable conse
qu nces; that justice is delayed by confinement;
that honest men are made the servants of the
unworthy, while the latter are in confinement ;
and that the ship's effective force is weakened.
The Secretary considers that the consequences
of the change have thus far been detrimental to
the service, and commends the subject to the
consideration of Congress.
We hope there may be no return to the rc-ap-plication
of the detested 'cat-o'-inne-tails' on
the backs of the poor sailors.
Severe Storm on Italic Erie.
Giraed, Tcnn'a, Dec. 17th 1 P.M. The
steamer May Flower went ashore last night five
miles below Couaut, during one of the most aw
ful gales ever experienced on Lake Eric. She
is a perfect wreck. Those on board saw noth
ing from Monday evening till last night, when
they went ashore. The rudder-chains and the
smoke pipe were carried away. Nothing but
the skill and coolness of the officers saved all on
board from a fearful death.
Buffalo, Dec. 17th, 1851 The storm here
has been one of the worst we ever experienced,
and it lias not yet abated. The snow is drifting
in vast hills, and the mails are all delayed. The
propeller Oneida is ashore at Fairport.
Buffalo, Dec. 19. The storm has at last aba
ted The steamer Empire State got in during the
night, having come down during the violent
gale. Last night the creek was frozen over. The
Empire State will probably run to Black Rock,
The schooner Westminister, which left on the 4th
for Sandusky, returned last night, having been
out 11 days on the Lake, unable to make a port
The crew were put on short allowance, and suff
ered much from cold. They had burned up all
the wood, &c, they could possibly spare to keep
them from freezing to death. The schooner
has not yet been able to get inside on account of
the ice. She reports the schooner Champion
weather-bound at Lonr Point. The steamer
"Empire" left Detroit some days since for this
port, and nothing has been heard of her yet.
Interesting from llae Soul Is.
Baltimore, Dec. 19th. The Southern mail
was received this morning, bringing dates from
New Orleans as late as due. The great demon
stration on the 10th inst., in behalf of Mr. Johu
S. Thrasher, was attended by not less than ten
thousand people. The greatest excitement was
manifested, nnd a resolution was proposed de
claring that the people of New Orleans would
not allow tho Spanish flag to bo hoisted in that
city until Mr. Thrasher should be released.
Dear reader, we wish you a Mekuv Caaisi-3-A.s
-cA send you tLL: us our 'Gin"
Tiie Right Course.
In some remarks on the first week of the ses
sion of Co ngress, the National Intelligencer of
yesterday says:- ,
" If the proceedings of the week that has pas
sed have afforded no other indications of impor
tance it seems to have settled the question as
we think t should have been settled in regard
to the distinguished Hungarian chieftain who
has just reached our shores, that, whatever
welcome may and will be extended to him by
those who greet him on his landing, and by in
dividuals here or elsewhere, there will be no
formal reception of him a3 a political personage
by the Government."
"A different course on the part of the Gov
ernment, or even Congress, would have been ari
anomoly in legislation and without precedent in
this Government."
The editors of the Intelligencer have an op
portunity to ascertain the sentiments of mem
bers of Congress on the subject referred to
above, and we have no doubt slate correctly the
course that will be pursued. We rejoice at the
decision, for we were fearful that enthusiasm
might Lave induced members to take a differ
ent direction, and to commit the Government to
a policy which would prove to be embarrasing in
the future. But it seems that good sense and
discretion has prevailed, and that we shall es
cape pledging ourselves to an interferaliccV'with
European controversies,
The Intelligencer refers to the reception giv
to Lafayette, on his arrival in Washington. On
that occasion there was no combined action of
the two houses of Congress no resolutions pas
sed no addresses made by authority. Com
mittees presented him to each house, and then
members were individually introduced to him.
Mr. Clay as Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, addrssed him and this was all the
formality observed to his reception. And yet
Lafayette fought our battles, and identified him
self with our country and its cause. A similar
welcome can be extended to Governor Kossuth,
without committing the country to the cause of
Hungary. Indeed, we cannot commit ourselves,
unless we be resolved to take another step and
fight her battles; which we presume, is hardly
contemplated,
We feel as much disposed as others, to join in
the shout of welcome to Governor Kossuth ; but
whatever we may do individually, we would not
have the entire policy of our Government chan
ged, because of his arrival amongst us. We
look alone to the honor and welfare of our own
country, and would protect these whatever
would be the fate of other nations.
IIITVIIY' CLAY.
This great old man, of mighty intellect and
indomitable will, says the Tittsburg Chronicle,
has resigned his seat in the U. S. Senate; he in
tends spending the winter in Philadelphia in
care of an eminent Physician, and return to his
home ia Ashland, in the spring, should his life
be spared until then.
Mr. Clay will be seventy-five years old the 12th
day of next April ; more- than two thirds of that
period he has devoted to the service of his coun
try, and has made a greater and more signifi
cant mark upon the history of the U. S. Senate
than any other man to whom our country has
given birth.
But, his public course is run ; approaching
dissolution has admonished him to fly from the
excitement and turmoil of legislative strife, ne
who so often, not only raised the political tem
pest and guided the storm, but rode triumphant
ly upon the surge which swallowed up so many
contemporaries, has abandoned the field forever!
Farewell brave heart ! you are the first, the last,
and only Henry Clat to whom your country
has given birth. Upon your towering front is
seen that indescribable divinity that combina
tion which " gives the world assurance of a
man."
From Washington.
The Intelligencer of Decern. 18th, expresses
surprise that no toast was drunk to the Presi
dent at the Press dinner in New York to Kos
suth, and adds that Mr. Webster's letter was
received with hisses. It says the first move
ment made for the release of Kossuth, was made
by Mr. Webster, and but for the influence pro
duced by his letter to the American Minister at
Constantinople, Kossuth would still be a prisoner
in Asia Minor. The llepublic says Kossuth is in
the hand3 of a few officious individuals in New
York, who are using him to advance their own
interests. In fulfilment of that purpose they arc
laboring to place him in a position antagonistical
to Congress and tho Administration. . The same
paper says Kossuth has been led into entangling
alliances of the worst description, despite all
his care. Mr.- G. II. Miles of Baltimore, has
left Washington, as Bearer of Despatches to the
American Consul at Madrid. It is said the de
spatches relate to the Lopez prisoners and Mr
Thrasher, and expresses a confident belief that
the exertions of the government will procure
their release.
Washington, Dec. 16. The Republic and In
telligencer, of this morning, are very severe upon
Kossuth and his projects, and the course of cer
tain New York papers, which they assert are
fturning his head by fulsome adulation. The
Republic says that his money project is another
Lopez loan, and asserts that a hundred millions
would be required for a successful revolutionary
conflict in Hungary.
The Intelligencer ridicules Kossuth's interpre
tation of Washington's policy, remarking that
tho doctrine of non-intervention and neutrality
was the doctrine alike of civilization, christiani
ty, peace and of Washington ; but that it remain
ed an Egyptian writing for his benighted coun
tryman, until the gifted descendant of Atilla,
the Hungarian Washington, happily gave us the
key and revelation.
' t3' There are rumors at Washington of an
other scret Cuban expedition being arranged,
and it i said that a million of dollars have al
ready been contributed. The chief, agents and
actors arc said to be now in New York,- Phila
delphia and Washington, working silently.
ARRIVAL OF THE IX'KOIA.
BBVOLUTIONK FRAME !
Halifax, Dec. 20, 1851..
The steamer Europa, from Liverpool, arrived
here this morning, having experienced a constant
succession of heavy gales, and lost a man over
board during the passage. She left Liverpool
on the Cth.' ' ' .
Flour, Wheat and Corn Lad advanced,' and
Cotton declined.
FRANCE.
Affairs had reached the crisis long dreaded
The coup de elat had been made on the 1st inst
The President Lad seized the reins of govern
ment, and dissolved the Assembly and declared
Paris in a state of siege ; and had also arrested
the leading opponents and appealed to the peo
ple. The preparations were effected with con
summate skill and secrecy. Everything was
consummated before the Assembly had the least
idea of the President's intentions. An entirely
new ministry had been formed.
At daylight, Tuesday morning, the President's
proclamation Lad been posted throughout the
city, in which he ordered tho dispersion of the
Assembly, and the restoration of universal suf
frage, and also proposing a new system of gov
ernment the instant election by the people and
army of a President, to hold office ten years,
supported by a council of State and by two
houses of legislature; the executive power to
remain in the hands of the President. The
election is to take place during the present
month, and the President promises to bow to
the will of tho people, and says he has been
forced into his present attitude. It is certain
that Thiers, Changarnier, and others of his op
ponents, had decided to demand his arrest and
impeachment on the 2d inst., and were almost
in the act of moving in the matter, when they
and their principal friends were arrested and
conveyed to Vincennes. Whenever members of
the Assembly have attempted to meet, they have
officially been ordered to disperse, and were nr-i-ested
if they refused to do so. Two hundred
members have been arrested, and subsequently
released, but all the leaders of the opposition
are in prison. Three hundred members of the
Assembly, it is said, had given in their adhesion
to the President, and telegraphic despatches
from the Departments state that the President's
determination had been hailed almost with en
thusiasm. Subsequently these reports were
contradicted.
Barricades were erected in diffe rent quarters
of Paris, but were speedily broken down by the
troops. At one of these, two members of the
Assembly who occupied prominent places, wereJ
killed in the conflict.
On Tuesday, a section of the Assembly con
trived to meet, and decided on the deposition of
the President and his impeachment for Ligh
treason. The meeting was dispersed by the
troops, and the decree was ridiculed on all
hands. Troops were placed in the houses, &c,
of the officers of the Assembly who were ex
empted from arrest among others, M." Duphin.
The full vigor of mariial law prevailed agaiust
all persons concerned in barricading, and large
numbers had been shot up to Thursday night.
The success of the President seemed certain.
London advices of Friday do not materially
vary the prospect, but new events arc constant
ly transpiring.
Later From California.
New York, Dec. "19.
The steamship Daniel Webster, tron San Juan
de Nicaragua, arrived this morning at 11 o'clock,
bringing dates from san Francisch to the ICth
nit. She also brings 300 passengers, and i?G75,
000 in gold dust, 7500 of which is on freight.
She sailed from San Juan on the Oth inst, and
touched at Havanna where she landed 120 pas
sengers, and about $20,000 in gold destined for
New Orleans and Charleston. j
The news from California is unimportant.
The accounts from the mining districts con- I
tinue highly favourable.
Sheriff Buchanan has been shot at the Seno
ra camp, near Sacramento, by a party consis
ting chiefly of Mexican marauders. The Vigi -lance
Committee of Sacramento had been very
active in the matter, and have made several ar
rests. The last reports state that the Sheriff
had died of his wounds. Several other murders
had been committed in the neighborhood of
Marysville and Sacramento by the Mexicans.
A slight shock of an erathqnakc was felt at
San Francisco on the evening of the 15th of No
vember. The excitement in regard to Capt. Waterman
has somewhat subsided at San Francisco His
friends- have come forward and stated that as
soon as they could be assured of his safety from
the elangers of mob law, he would give himself
up and demand the investigation of a court mar
tial.
A large number of miners have been driven
from the mines and compelled to winter in San
Francisco, in consequence of the heavy rains.
The 6tores and cellars of San Francisco, in
the lower part of the city are filled with water,
Adams & Co,s. Express has 000,000 in gold
on the way to New York, via Panama
JGgyThe New York State Canal Contracts
arc not yet awarded. . A question, it appears
has arisen, and is still pending, which is first to
be decided, and which is sufficiently explained
by the following resolution, now on the ta
ble of the board, offered by Treasurer Hunt:
Resolved, That this Board will not award to
any individual, or to any company, or any num
ber of men, . directly or indirectly, associated in
propositions that have been made, any contract,
or contracts, which shall not exceed in the ag
regate amount, the sum of four hundred thous
and dollars.
At his residence, on Coal Hill, near Pittsburg
on Sunday evening, 21st inst, James C. Ma
quire, Esq., ngod 85 years and 5 days.
On Fridav eveninc. 10th 5nKt. rf TirnnolitJa
Marqarlt, daughter of Richard and Mary
Jones, or tnis piacc, egea ten years.
CLEAXlXCiS.
Compiled from the Xcw York Homf Journal,
the best Literary Paper in the Lnuea
The present length of the railways of
different countries would cxac-uy cucuwv v
globe ! - - . ' - .
In the printing-office of the Harpers,
New York, are employed four hundred hands-
most of them young girls.
Alcohol was first invented and used to
stain the cheeks of the ladies of Arabia rJoO
years ago. It still reddens portions of the hu
man face.
The number of copies of newspapers
printed in the United States in one year, is
(prepare to swallow, dear reader!) 422,000,000 !
So says the Government census.
The Baroness Arden, who lately died in
England, left a provision of 500 in her will, in
trust to two of her nieces, that a black horse,
long a favorite of her deceased husband, sho ull
be honorably buried when he should die, and not
become the food of dogs.
The Chinese measure cold by a ther
mometer cf jaclets. They dress more thickly
inftead of using fire. "Three jackets" is a
cool day "six jackets" keenly cold from
" ten" to " fifteen jackets" dreadfully severe
A coffee-cup holder, which is much in
the hand during visits, is an article of great
luxury in the East. The Sultan has given a
beautiful and costly one to an American gentle
man, Mr. Wright, the inventor of a machine for
making percussion cape. Perhaps the present is
a fitter one from the fact that a coffee-cip, in the
East, is a sort of percussion cap to conversation.
A lecturer on "Ventilation" mentions
that Sir Humphrey Davy invented a plan of
introducing air, by numberless gimlet holes, to
the Houses of Parliament, so as to obviate the
danger from strong draughts. Nothing was
given to the philosopher for Lis ingenuity, upon
which a w it wrote :
For boring twenty thousand holes,
The Lords paid nothing, d their souls !
A droll picture of an African king at
breakfast is given by Smith, in his " Trade and
Travels in the Gulf of Guinea." He says : " I
found His Majesty seated at his breakfast table,
attended by a girl about ten years of age, just
budding into womanhood, in a complete state of
nudity, and two or three lazy lads of about the
same age. In England the girl would be called
a child, in Africa undoubtedly a woman. The
expression of the countenance was that of mod
esty and extreme submissiveness the sort of
expression so graphically portrayed in the coun
tenance and figure of the slave presenting the
vessel of water to Pilate, in Smirke's magnifi
cent painting of Christ at Pilate's judgment
seat. It was the duty of the female only to ad
minister to his sable Majesty's wants. The boys
sat at a little distance, in their country fashion,
which is precisely similar to that adopted by
children when about to engage in a juvenile
game called leap frog."
The transactions of the United States
Mint at Philadelphia, during the first week of
the present month, were of unprecedented mag
nitude. The receipts of gold were within eighty
four thousand of three million dollars. The
coinage was eight hundred and eighty thousand
dollars, and the payments were something more
than two millions. The exports of gold, howev
er, continue to be enormous, averaging consid
erably over a million per week.
Our readers probably remember the sto
ry, copied from Household Words, some weeks
ago, of a boa-constrictor in the Zoological Gar
dens of London swallowing, entire, a large dou
ble blanket, which had been placed in its cage
for a bed. The London Leader, of Novcm. 22d,
states that the boa has thrown up the blanket,
after having it in its body five weeks and one day.
It ia conjectured that the serpent swallowed it
in mistake, supposing the corner of the blanket
to be the rabbit which has been furnished for its
weekly meal. It required many hours to swal
low, and many more to get rid of the extraordi
nary viand.
A carrot, forty-five inches in length,
and a turnip, three feet and a half in circumfer
ence, (weighing twenty-two pounds,) are among
the latest agricultural achievements of the En-
The Bank of England having caused
one of Hobbs's famous American locks to be ap
plied to a safe, no one in the establishment was
able to open it, and Mr. Ilobbs had to be sent
for before the business of the department could
begin.
During Father Matthew's stay in Amer
ica hj visited twenty-five states, advocated tem
perance in three hundred towns and cities, trav
elled thirty-seven thousand miles, and adminis
tered the pledge to six hundred thousand persons.
The average number of weekly deaths
in London is about one thousand ; of births, four
teen hundred. In' New 'York,-last week, the
deaths were three hundred and seventy-five ; in
Boston only sixty-seven.
John O'Connell, a eon of the great lib
erator,' is about to emigrate with his family to
Australia. Mr. O'Connell was the lato M. P.
for Limerick.
InTcru, says a London paper, horses
and rats are so plentiful, and cats so scarce, that
a horse is often given in exchange for a cat.
Kossuth is forty-five years of age. His
mother, who is said to be a woman of great
worth and talent, is still living.
; The marriage of G. Hoyt, Esq., and
Miss Camilla Scott, daughter of Gen. Scott, was
recently solemnized aifWashington.
It is positively asserted in a late Aus
traliau paper, that one hundred and six pounds
of virgin gold were taken from the Australian
diggings "at one time."' There were two lumps,
among the rest, each of which weighed over six
pounds.
There is likely to be a mania for " Great
Exhibitions " in Europe. Wo see one announced
t take place soon in Vienna, and another pro
posed for Cork, in Ireland.
From Our Kxtliauges.
The Cinciunatti Nonpareil sava- ti
now fifty-six coal boats sunk between i"h
nati and Pittsburg; They are all hai!j
deued, and we fear the immense loss '. jj.
the effect to advance the price of coal tlu--
the winter. : ' "s
Rev. Mr. Taylor, writing from San Franc'v.
says -Every Sunday I preach on Long vii. ,rf
Pacific Wharf, and on the Plaza. . Last fcjunJa-
on Pacific Wharf, I occupied a barrel of L:
for a pulpit." '""t,T
B. C. Sawyer, Esq., has been nominate! as
the Whi g and Anti-Masonic candidate f jp
or of l'ittsburg.
Maternal Influence. "I bc!ieve " t - i
John Randolph, "I should have been
away by the li jod of French infidelity, ifm
not been for one thing, the remembrance ef
time when my sainted mother used to make &
kneel by her bedside, taking my little In
folded in hers, and causing me to repeat ii
Lord's Prayer."
Scotch Wit. A meeting of the elJcr3 cf 4
certain kirk Lad assembled for the purple u'
determining about the position of a stove, whva
was to Le erected for the purpose of waniiir;
the building on Sundays. Alter coi)sijoraj.;.
discussion, an old man, who ha J hitherto vl
but little was asked for his opinion. "Inmj
humble opinion," he said, "the stove slioulH.
placed ia the pulpit, for it is by far the c.ulJ.i-
place in a the house."
The Harrisburg Typographical Society Lave
elected Col. William Bigler an honorary tseni
ber. At a recent meeting a letter frota tie
Governor elect was read, acknowledging tue
compliment, and stating that, after locatio?
himself at the Capitol, he would be pieced t,
attend the meetings of the Society.
First Gun. A boy got his grandfather' gM
and loading it, but was afraid to fire ; Le Low-
ever liked the fun of loading, and so put :a
another charge, but still was afraid to tire. Ik
kept on charging, but without firing, until Le
had got six charges ia the old piece. His grani
mother, learning Lis temerity, smartly reprove!
him, and grasping the old continental, discharg
ed it. The recoil was tremendous; the oldUiiv,
on her back, promptly struggled to regain Ler
feet, but the boy cried out
"Lay still; there are five more charges to g)
off yet:T
Lola Montez is preparing for her appearance
on the stage at New York. Her maiden name
was Rosanna Gilbert, and she is the daughter of
a poor shop-keeper in one of the British Islands.
She is now past twenty-seven years of age an!
still retains her beauty. She denies many of
the stories in which she has figured as the hero-,
ine in the press, and pronounced them calum
nies and falsehoods. Her life has been a very
chequered one, and curiosity alone to see one
so much talked of, will attract vast numbers.
This fact may shock some, but it is true a
pretty woman will carry the day against
scruples.
The Republic publishes a letter from tho
Spanish minister to Mr. Webster, communica
ting the pardon of James M. Wilson, one of the
Cuban prisoners, in consequence of the affecting
appeal in his behalf, from his mother, to tLe
President, which was forwarded to the Queen
of Spain who liberated and sent Lim home,
with funds from her private purse.
An old fellow, who had become weary of his
life, thought that he might as well commit sui
cide, but he didn't w ish to go off without furgi
ving all his enemies. So at the last moment,
he removed the noose from his neck, saying to
himself, "I never can or will forgive olJ NoaL
for letting the copperhead snake into the Ark.
They have killed 2,000 worth of my cattle;
when he and I meet there'll be a general fuss."
The Blue Ridge Tunnel, in Virginia, will be
4,200 feet long, and about 800 feet Lave been
penetrated. The rock is of the hardest kinJ,
being solid trap or green stone, with veins cf
flint and the work is progressing at the rat c-f
about 100 feet per month from the two cuds cf
the mountain.
The proverb that curses, like young chickens,
come home to roost, is exemplified in Souti
Africa, where the Hottentots and Kaffirs have
taken to hunting the British troops with blood
hounds. About the year 1CS4, the Legislature of Penn
sylvania passed a resolution that " no member
thereof should come to the house barefoot, or c!
his bread and cheese on the steps."
TLe real object of education is lo give chil
dren resources that will endure as long as life
endures; habits that will ameliorate, not de
stroy, occupation that will render sickness tole
rable, solitude pleasant, . ago venerable, life
more dignified and useful, and death less ter
rible.
In the 23,000,000 of the United States popu
lation there are more persons who habitually
read and write than can be found in 150,000,
000 in Europe in one area, marked off in as
shape you please. '
Girls who rise early and walk apace, steal
roses from Aurora's face ; but when thty yn
in bed till ten; Aurora steals them back again-
A clergyman named Williams, just now res
ident of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is supposed to
be the Dauphin of France. It is said the Print
De Joinville, Laving paid Lim a visit, is satisfied
that Mr. AVilliams ia a son of Louis XVL Louis
Phillippe, also, during Lis life manifested
strong interest in Lim.
TLe Baltimoreans are enraptured with Cate
rine Hayes. TLe Republican speaking of kr
first concert and Ler says
"She is undeniably handsome, and possess3
that softness and winning graee'of niai1
which at once secures a corner in the hardc
heart of the most perverse critic that ever dif
ped his pen into an inkstand to murder a refu"
tation ; while from the first bars which eb
sung of tho- "Ah mpn fils," from Meyerbeer
Prophetc, we felt that her reputation scsrce.y
did her justice.'