(Tl 'If ! r-.i 4 v. " WE GO WHEEET)ZnOCEATIC PEIKCIPLE POINT THE TiY j "WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW Ir' TIMBER 23. TOLMEIX. EBENSBURG, TIIUR8AY, MARCH 31, 1853. g i . T E R 51 S The "MOUNTAIN SENTINEL" is publish ed every Thursday morning, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum, if a advance or within three months '; after three months Two Dollars will be charged. No subscription -will be taken for a shorter period than aix months ; and no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. A failure to notify a discontinuanc at the expira tion of the term subscribed for, Vill be consid erd as a new engagement. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rates : 50 cents per square for tbe first insertion; 75 cents for two insertions; $1 for three insertions ; and 25 cents per square xor every subsequent insertion. A liberal reduc tion made to those -who advertise by the j-ear. All advertisements handed in must have the proper number of insertions marked thereon, or thev will be published until forbidden, and charged in accordance with the above terms. "gij All letters and communications to insure attention must be post paid. A. J". RIIEY. We do not know when we have seen as beau tiful a poem as the following, in the pages of our magazine literature. It is undoubtedly the prettiest poem that "Ellen Louise" has written, and she has written many fine ones. It is so fall of feeling, and clothed with such splendid Imagery, yet simple withal, that no one can fail to admire it. Miss Chandler is young, but her came is loved and cherished by many who ad mire pure and lofty breathings of poesy that oft timei gush so freely from that warm, deep fount cf feeling the human heart. From Peterson's Magazine for April. THE TWO GRAVES. BY ELLIN LOUISE CHAXDLSB. There axe two graves, far, far apart, And the deep sea rolls between ; O'er one they've piled the marble high, O'er one the grass grows green. In the one, within a gorgeous lane, Lies she whom I called my bride Before whose feet I knelt of old, In her father's halls of pride. In the one behind the village church, Where wild flow'rs nod in prayer, 13 resting the shade of the purest dream That brightened my life of care ! The one was a maiden proud and high, With the waves of her jetty hair All braided up with jewels rich, And pearls and diamonds rare. The other had curls of sunny light, And a smile as faint and mild Kb those which the olden artists paint, In their dreams of the young Christ child. One awed my heart with the prideful glance From her darkling orbs that fell, The eyes of the other were purely bluo As the home where the angels dwell.' - One brought me a title proud and high, And pearls, and gold, and lands, With serfs to bow at my light word, And go at my first commands The other brought but the earnest love That glowed in ner star-lit eyes, And blest my heart like the downward fays From the distant raracuae ; I wedded the one with stately pomp, In a proud cathedral aisle, And bells were ring'mgin high church towers, A sounding chime the while. I wedded the other as Quakers wed, In the forest still and deep, When hush'd were the sounds of noisy life, And the flowers had gone to 6leep. Oh! blithe was my night-haired love, and fair, And proud was her darkling eye, But dearer far was my cottage girl With her angel purity. But demons wandering over earth, For the one spun out a shroud, And they laid her low where wax lights glow, In the old cathedral proud. The other, when holy starB shine down, Was hearing the angels sing, And a truant seraph folded her In the clasp of his viewles3 wing ! They told me the one was lying dead, And a tear came to mine eye But joy-dreams chaeed the gloom away, And a smile went flitting by. They told me tbe other had gone to sleep, And I sought the battle's strife, For I hated the light of the rosy day, And I cursed the light of life. The one lies still in her far-off tomb, Where the tall wax tapers gleam. And their rays fall down on the marble shrine, . With a fixed and ruddy beam. But over the other the night-stars swing, When the light of day has fled, And the wild winds sigh her gentle name . Till I wish that that I were d?ad. . In'JTiVfcT Own Journal we find some interest ing facts about eating. Every animal eats as 'touch ub it can procure, aud as much as it can hold. A cow Cats but to sleep ; and sleeps but to eat and not content with eating all daylong, "twice it slays the Blain," and eats it over again.- A whale swallows ten millions of living shrimps at a draught ; a nursling canary bird tats its own bulk in a day, and a catterpillar eats five hundred times its own weight before it lies down to raise a ; butterfly. The mite and maggot eat the very world in which they live ; they nestle and build in their roast beef; and the hyena, for want of better fare, eats him eelf. . Yet a maggot has not the gout, and the hale is not subject to sciatica. Nor do we ver henr that .an Esquimaux is troubled with the toothache, dyspepsia, or hysterics, though he eats ten pounds of seal and drinks a gallon of oil at a meal, and though his meal lasts as lvrgaahia meat. How are they getting on in Oregon 1 Famously ! We have been rummaging again in our exchange receptacle, and brought to light a few numbers of the Oregonian a weekly paper, published at "Portland, O. T.," edited (and very well, too) by T. J. Dryer. It Is a handsome sheet, nearly as large as our own and the price is seven dollars and a half per an num. The first number we take in hand is the fiftieth of the second volume, dated November 13, 1852. In contains one hundred and forty one advertisements. Think of that! ye late sub scribers to the Indian Missions ; and ye still la ter readers of the patriotic and manly messages of Geo. Abernethy, the first Governor of Oregon. And the more we examine these advertise ments, the higher rises our astonishment. One would naturally expect, that, in a country situ ated at 'the uttermost parts of the earth,' a country just beginning to cut its way out of the woods, material interests would quite absorb the attention of its inhabitants. But this is very far indaed from being the case in Oregon. AVe find long advertisements, with such headings as these: "Portland Academy. The fourth quarter will commence," etc. "Tualatin Acad emy; Principal, J. M. Keeler. This institution is located in the town of Forest Grove, Tualatin Plains," etc. "Cheap Books by the Cartload." "Prince and Co's improved patent Melodeons." "Clatsop County Bible Society. The annual meeting will be held," etc. "To the Indepen dent Orier of Odd Fellows, in the Territory of Oregon, Greeting." "First Grand Ball of the Season, by the Sons of Temperance." "Public School Notice." "Sunday School Books." In these advertisements, we discern all the elements of our own civilization a family likeness indis putable. Turning to tho business advertise ments, we observe six announcements, setting forth the attractions of the Washington, the La fayette, the Cowlitz, the Willamette, the St. Ilel. en's and the Main street IIotel3. Four steam boats, we perceive, ply between Portland and other places in the territory. There is a whole column of "Business cards," containing the ad dresses of twenty-seven firms. From the style of a large number of the advertisements, we in fer that there is already a keen competition among the business men of Portland, and that it is no easy matter to attract attention. For ex ample; "Thk Codfish Question Settled! Pillow and Drew, having procured the services of a jew eller, from San Francisco, are. now prepared to manufacture all kinds of jewelry adapted to this market rings, pins, etc., ect. They have on hand some specimens of work which they think will please the most fastidious. Ladies rings in a neat and tasty style; gent's do., weighing from 1 oz. to $4." IIctc is another in the same strain : "A IIoosier's Loose. Just received by the Overland Route, via Great Salt Lake City, a large and well-assorted stock of Groceries, Hard ware, boots and shoes, men's, woman's and chil dren's shoes of all sizes, coffee, tea, sugar, syr ud. candles, soar, dried apples and- peacbep, from a pound to a thousand pounds, and Iliu J Tenas Ictahs too numerous to mention, which will t be sold extremely low, at his store in Olympia, ; Puget'8 Sound." One most heterogeneous dealer exclaims ; "Gentlemen, now is your time ! Gold watch es, watches plated on silver, silver watches, gold and plated vest and fob chains, gold pens and pencils, breast-pins, superior French calf boots, ( patent leather shoes, fine Monterey gaiters' Boe- j bee and Co. s superior black beaver uatd, wmtc fur hats, Manilla, Leghorn, Panama, Mexican and brush hats ; also 100 gross of superior matches." A hotel-keeper lays open the state of his af fairs in the following manner; "Owing to our pressing necessities and the cheap rates of our fare, we arc compelled to say To all, high or low, Please down with your dust, For he's no friend of ours, That tcould ask us to trust. Moss & The Widow." a A grocer begins an animated account .of his establishment with "War! war ! ! war ! 1 !" An other declares his to be "The True New York Store ;" a third, we regret to see, offers "Four thousand gallons of old rye whiskey, forty per cent, above proof;" and a fourth informs us, as a piece of "Extraordinary News," that if we "buy where we can buy cheapest, we shall not stop short of John Waymire's Ftore." A mar riage announcement states that the "favors dis tributed to the company, consisted of golden nuggets, found in the creek opposite the resi dence of tke happy pair." Portland, we observe boasts a livery stable, a dentist, a bakery, two or three lawyers, and an express company. We conclude our extracts from the advertising col umns with the following modest, patriotic and very comical "card :" ' . ' "Mr. Editor Uaving been requested to al low my name to be used as a candidate to fill the place of the Hon. C. Lancaster, I am induced to say to all, in this public manner, that in case the voters of this council district wish me to fill that station, for which I will not pretend I am at all qualified, it is their privilege to vote for me or any other candidate. Should I obtain their suffrage, I have but one pledge to make, to wit: to serve them to the utmost of my judg ment and ability, and look after the entire inter ests of this district as I would those of roy best friend or my own to follow and obey their in structions. Yours respectfully, W. II. Grat.V If we were Oregonians, our vote should cer tainly be cast for Mr. Gray. In looking over the selected matter of tho Or egonian, we are again struck with, if not alarm ed at, the responsibility attached to the editori al vocation. Here we find, reproduced, the items, the paragraphs, the anecdotes, the arti cles, which went the rounds of the press, in this part of the world, six or seven months ago. Here again is that , famous paragraph about bran jy being bought in Maine, for "mechanical purposes," and that account of two mice being sent by mail, and of some one sending Hugh Maxwell sixty dollars for duties, of which the conscience-stricken sender had defrauded the government. Then there are divers fillibustcr oua articles, and some reflections upon the death of the Duke of Wellington, the news of which had just arrived. Wc find also four or five par agraphs from the Home Journal, that confront us with a sort of day-of-judgement aspect. The spoken word has sometimes mighty and lasting power, but the printed word, there is no calcu lating its possible effects. It may go round and round the world millions of men may read it and it leaves no man of them all quite the same being that it found him ! But what has the editor of the Oregonian to say for himself. "Two year3 ago," he remarks in an article entitled "Ourselves," "we began to issue tjie Oregonian without a 6ingle subscriber, and with a very limited acquaintance in the ter ritory; with no party pledged to our support, nor friends to canvass their neighbourhoods, or interest themselves, to get subscribers for us. But now, he goe3 on to show, he is a very pros perous editor. In the same article, occurs the following passage ; "Rapid changes have taken place since the Oregonian lnnde its first appearance. The coun try has greatly advanced in population and in wealth ; cities and towns have sprung np and grown into importance ; forests have disappear ed before the woodman's axe, and the plains have become fruitful fields. The church-going bell now invites the worshippers to tho house of prayer ; seminaries and free schools have multi plied all around us ; steamers and sail-vessels are crowding our rivers ; mills and manufactur ing establishments are being erected throughout the country, and the hum of industry gives evi dence of increasing prosperity among all classes of our inhabitants." It appears that the editors of Oregon exercise to the full, the editorial privilege of quarrelling furiously with one another; and the editor of the Oregonian thus hurls defiance at all his ene mies -. "The constant efforts which have been made by the Durham organs, backed up by a platoon of scribblers, to injure us, have only inured to our benefit, and materially aided in placing our circulation far in advance of any other paper in the territory ; for which we would feel paiticu larly grateful, had thejnotive corresponded with the result. We consider it our duty, and it will continue to be cur practice, to unmask and con demn the policy of designing men, who endeav or to exalt themselves to office and power at the sacrifice of the peace and interests of the coun try. We cannot be overawed or silenced by the yelping of the whole Durham pack at our heels; their falsehood and abuse so copiously showered upon our head, has thus far proved, and, we trust, will continue, as harmless as the dews of heaven." From an article upon gambling we extract a few sentences. The editor says: "We are informed that our city- is, at this time, infested with several professed blacklegs, who are in the habit of inveigling into their den, and swindling, persons who can be induced to risk money upon the turn of a card. A few days in the block honsc, on bread and water, would have a tendency to purge our city from these bejewelled worthies, and save many dol lars to the pocket3 of the inexperienced and ven turous, whose cupidity overcomes their better judgement. Two years ago, it will be remem bered, there was a general stampede among the gamblers then here, produced by public opinion Wing directed against them. Shall we not re peat the dose ! We wait for a response." From an editorial paragraph, we learn that vast numbers of people are pushing their way to the Pacific : "The immigration have nearly, or quite, all arrived in the settlements. The number who crossed the plains into Oregon, is variously es timated from ten to twenty thousand." In the same. number appears the following: "S. J. McCormick gratefully acknowledges the receipt of $25 from a gentleman in Oregon City, whose name he is not at liberty to publish, towards defraying the expenses of the immi grant hospital, and relieving destitute immi grants." . Thero is an article upon "Oregon fruit, which is highly interesting. .' The writer says : "The specimens we examined wero selected from an immense orchard of two hundred thou sand trees. We are not at liberty to state the location of this magnificent fruitery at present, but shall in a few weeks be able to lay before our readers some interesting particulars respect ing the horticultural treasures of Oregon and California. . The fruit shown us yesterday, com prised the rare varieties of the 'ltambeau apple,' (a most luscious-looking fruit, and of tempting fragrance,) the 'Smith cider,' the 'winter green,' the "white pearmaia,' and the celebrated 'maid en's blush.' Among others was a huge quince, very fragrant, which quite carries one home to the magnificent quince orchards of the east." We were about to close our extracts, when we lighted upon this, which can, by no means, bo omitted: "The citizens voted at a recent school meet ing, to raise a tax of sixteen hundred dollars, upon the property of this school district, to sup port a free school. The sum, together with tho amount derived from the county, was supposed to be sufficient to employ two tcachets, one male and one fcmalcj far ten months in the year. ;his is as it should be. Free schools, where all ;ie rising generation can obtain an education, re a cure guarantee of the safety of American perty." . t . ,Yes, Mr. Editor, this is as it should be; and Jre we take leave of you. - . New Member cf Congress. --- ;he A' ber, cf Knickerbocker alludes to one of the mem- iha nun P?fmrrrp? in thft fiVllnwinrr . v. wv - ' w www - ' ' O terfc j - ymong the new representatives of tho peo ple rho will enter the House for the first time at ti next term of our National Congress, will be Iln. Michael Walsh, of this city. Some ideatf his impressive manner may be gathered from te following passage taken from an improm tu spech delivered some ten years ago at Tam many Jail. It is an illustration f the speak er's arument fordown-trodden man, who lacks, not thmerit but the opportunity to rise : "Wjeu a roan is placed in a false position, the very traits of his character that would be virtuos in a true one, are looked upon as faults or dejunccd as vices, by those who attempt to form p estimate of his character, without pos scssirf; instruments to take the altitude of his mind7 WThen the temple of Minerva was finish ed, atAthens, ' two rival sculptors of that city were Employed to decorate its summit with a statuj of the goddess. Each labored in secret, and Allowed ,the conceptions of his own mind, with i view to' the productions of a master-piece of ar On the day that the merits of the statues were lo be decided upon, and the hour for so doinghad arrived, a few of the self-constituted judgei gathered in front, while thousands re mainol behind, who could see nothing. Those in frojt passed judgment upon the production, like tfo leaders of our party, and the thousands who ciuld see nothing hurrahed and responded to the dicision. One statue was of the size of life ftniy sculptured and of most exquisite work manslip t the features beautifully chiselled, until life seemed starting from the marble. The j otherwas of colossal size, with huge and appa rentlyunshapcly limbs, and features that looked to the immediate observer more like unmeaning protulerances than anything else. When the judge! gave a decision in favor of the small but beauti'ul statue, it was gradually raised amid the sh&uts of the multitude, and became dimmer and fainter as it receded from their view ; and when it finally reached the pedestal, it resem bled nothing human or divine, but seemed to have dwindled to a mere point. The applause gave way ttr srarmnis and disapprobation, and it was then lowered, to make room for its rejec ted rival, which was very reluctantly hoisted in stead. As it receded from the earth, its deform ities lessened, and gave way to an appearance of symmetry and beauty, which increased with its distance from the earth ; and when it finally reached the pinnacle from which the sculptor, from his knowledge of perspective and propor tion, designed it 6hould be viewed, then it look ed as if the divinity herself, so beautiful was. its aspect, had descended to receive the homage of her worshippers. So is it with men. God Almighty moulded the characters of men accord ing to the station which he intended they should ultimately fill ; and when a man is placed by circumstances in a position lower than that in which he was created to move, his virtues be come vices in the eyes of those whose vision ia too short to view him as a whole, and who there fore reject him as unfit for elevation." Wo know not how this may strike others, but to our sense it is one of the most beautiful and truly classical similes ever encountered, expres sed in language of the utmost purity and sim plicity." George "Washington. Tn ttitt Vini-Tinnd but f)hl rnoilfrh to consider oi.;lwmnmipr T Knw fieorsre Washington : in his coach going to church, and at other times when drawn by six horses, witn several servants in showy liveries ; in his graceful and command ing seat on horseback ; in a court dress, small sword, and hair in a Dag, delivering nis iareweu o.l.lveca tn Pnnrrrpsn ; in bis dr.awinir-room. with W J f , o ' his secretaries, Pickering, Hamilton, and Knox, smoking the pipe of peace with a tribe of Indians, CUliUU (X -J Aiv 11 l.-J , .mM wuvw, " low and a playmate of his wife's grandson, Mr. ll c-i ii. no ha wo c u Tim nrii'i' ll !L Ki I II 1 frI- fTnH. i hn,i tiip. n.isufti iimior oi amine wiui him in the grave and nearly taciturm dignity t. . ' " ' 1 " 1 . ' ll 1 .A Z A oi nis lamny circie, wna seven sei varna iu at tendance, and a secretary, Mr. Dandridge, offi ciating as carver. General Washington S Revol ution camp-table chest, presented to Congress on the eighteenth of April, 1844, as a relic to be preserved, is one of many proofs that he not on i.. i 1 rrr.,1 li ppt -iit. n s iTufrnor or mana- LJ iUH. - , o- ' . ger of men, promoted convivality as an affair of state and conveniance lor Dusmess. Aimosi au nnnt4 rpnrpsctit him as crave and statelv. V W I O But I have known, intimately, ladies who danced . . . . i x with him ; nave neara companies oi ms pasniue 1. A ftti-iVin liia uninvmont nf Tint ftnlv t!lfTlo.'l- sures of the table, but those songs of meriment then so common a part of 6uca pleasures, i heard an officer of his military family entertain Lafayette with a recital of some of the express ions which General Washington uttered with passionate outbreak, when disobeyed and disap pointed in battle ; I have seen his minute, writ ten directions for the liveries of his servants, and concerning tho choice and rent of a house ; and have been assured, by a gentleman who spent some days with him at Mount Vernon, when no longer on his guard, that the once re served and solemn statesman chatted freely on all subjects. IngersolVi History. ; A Family -Scene. , A gentleman deeply engaged in study and a la dy, pretending to knit, perplexing him with her ques tions. Lady (in the - drawling, affectionate style.) Ma-deah ! coixectly speaking, what is a dentist! Gentleman (short, sharp, and rath er cross.) Dentist is derived from dent, French for teeth. Dentist is a man who pulls teeth out. Lady (after knitting once round, in order to give tbe gentleman time to become immersed in his book again.) Ma Deah ! you said this morning that Professor Musty was a great lin guist. Is not linguist derived from the Lat'n It n guar tongue ! Gentleman, (tartly. ) Yes. Lady. Well, then, is a linguist a man who pulls tongues out 1 'Gentleman (very decidedly.) No, madam ; but 1 wish to heaven he did ! Exit lady, in a huff. A Singular Fellow. Wc extract the following from a New Oi leans letter : . "Yet with aH this, the fair sex is outdone by j one of ours. There is a man, a day labore r in the Custom House, who receives a month, which he spends the most of it in decorating his person. He has his own peculiar notions of taste, and on Sunday he attires himself in his singular costume, and exhibits himself in the most frequented thoroughfares and public pla ces. Yesterday, at the request of a gentleman, he came to the drawing-room of the St. Charles to gratify the anxiety of some ladies whom he was informed had stayed a day beyond their time that they might have the honor of seeing him. He wore modern shaped'eoat and 'pants, but his hat is so remarkable for its broad brim, which is ten inches in. width, on ono side of which he wears a massive eagle of pure gold, his shoes are silver, and are jointed, to permit him to walk the more easily. His coat and pants are profusely decorated with gold coin. A long ttring of 20 and ."$50 gold pieces reach from his neck to the . point of his vest, and around his neck to the point of his vest, and around his waist is a girdle from which depend bunches of gold fishes, each of which is seven or eight inches long. His hands, however, exceed the rest in novelty the fingers are covered with rings, one of which weighs one pound and a half; he wore three on Sunday, the fields of which were decorated with engravings on gold, of the flight into Egypt, Adam and Eve, and the Cru cifixion ; he has also a massive seal, on which ia engraved a portrait of himself. His rintrs attached to heavy bracelets, and sundry very large gold chains, weigh heavy up on his broad ehoulders. This expensive cos tume is kept in bank during the six days of the week in which he assiduously toils for more money to buy decorations, which must always be of the finest gold, lhis renownea muiviauai is always willing to answer questions concern ing the cost of his golden armor, and expatia ted very loudly upon the exquisite skill ana workmanship of his rings, 6eals. fishes, c. A gentleman in the Custom House informs me that his Sunday dress is valued at from three to fotir thousand dollars. A Question for Lawyers. The following extract from the Paris corres pondence of the Republic, is decidedly French. It starts an interesting question for lawyers : "To whom does a broken pane of glass belong ? If you cau decide, under the circumstances of the case I am going to relate, you will set a vex ed question at rest. The other night a carriage, badly guided, dashed upon the sidewalk, and the pole passed through the window-pane of a shoemaker's shop. It went through as clean as a bullet, making a round O in tho pane and letting in a streak of cold ail as smooth as a musket-barrel. If the pane had been cut up by cracks like the rays of the bud, or the spokes of a wheel, it would have possessed no earthly value, or course ; but as it was, sundry ama teurs of curiosities who passed by declared it to be worth ten thousand francs at least. Tho obftpmaker thou2ht he had made his everlasting fortune, and, naturally enough, claimed the bro- . t-pn Ki-.ii.irp. But he had counted without his host, or, as I should say, without his proprie- tor. The owner of the house claimed the smashed window-glass as his own by right of . possession. The bhoemaker was only his tenant, i It was in vain that the latter reminded his landl'd j that.he had never offered before to replace the j window-panes that he had the misfortune to break : or to have broken. The landlord insi&ted, but j he had not foreseen a certain difficulty. The in- , suranco company that had insured tisLj'usc, not j only against arc. out against tumbling to pieces, against earthquakes, and against window-break- j ae, claimed iu its turn the right to mend the rane and take tho old one. But the insurance company had forgotten a slight circunifetar.ee in their way. The glazier claimed the broken pane as ono of his traditional, immemorial per quisites ; never, he said, had any one yet made any objection to his remoVing the splinters and the old putty, and doing what he pleased with them. So here are four claimants, and I am not sure that the adroit driver will not put in his claim, too, as the original cause of the breakage and the lawsuits which threaten to grow out of it." Oats and Carrots. Why i3 it that our farmers do not pay mere attention to the cultivation of the carrot! It has been demonstrated again and again that it is a highly nutritious vegetable, that stock of all kinds, particularly milk cows, do well on it, that it increases the quantity of the milk, adds to the flesh, and in a givtn bulk contains t much more nutriment, and is, therefore, bushel , for bushel, worth more than oats. In the-trans-actionsofthe Worcester (Mass.) Agricultural Society, recently published, we find an estimate showing tho relative value of oat3 and carrots, from which it appears that the coEt of raising an acre of carrots is about 25 more than for an acre of oats. It is estimated that 500 bush els of carrots may be raised on an acre, and 40 bushels of oats. This is the basis of calculation Now as a matter of profit see the result. Call, ing the cats worth 25 cents per bushel we real ize for the acre $14. Estimating the carrots at half that, or 17 J cents per bushel, we have $87, 50 worth of carrots per acre against 14 worth of oats. The calculation may possibly be extravagant as to the yield of carrots but if half that quan tity can be raised,' (and we have no warrant for fixing so low a figure) there is still no compari son in the relative value-of the profit. Think of this farmers! Do more, try it, and our word for it you will have no cause to regret the experiment. Ohio Farmt. 8.'I don't believe it is any use to vaccinate for 6mall-pox,' said a backwoods Keuluckiau ; for I had a child vaccinated. , and he fell out of a window, and was killed, iu lead than a week after.' Oflico Eeeklnjj. . Tho New- York Commtrcial Advertiser draws the following picture of hundreds of cases thht will be realities in Washington within the r.ext month : "A cool, unconcerned observer might, during this &n i the next week or two, find in exhaustible amusement at Washington. Let hitu keeD his eve uocn John Smith, tor instance, whi is one of tbe competitors for an office in the gitt of the administration. He will nnd jonn at early morning, carefully coiiniug He register of the hotel that profits by his presence at tne cap ital, to see whether among the new brrivals there be any whose errand may by possibility bo the same as Lis cwn. If the rcgibtw bears the name of no unwelcome additional guest, John proceds next to make further in vestigation at the breakfast-table, and though his siealt!i3f glance up and down the tablo take no rival, yet does he look nervously towards the door as the late comers enter. Satisfied at length as to his own hotel, he visits the other with the joint intent of keeping an ey e upon all competitors or discovering any potent politician whose signatures to his papers will increase tho prospects of success. These are followed up, solicited, bored, until their signatures are ob tained only John Smith himself knows at what cost. Finally, his papers being completed, Lo waits long in lobbies and ante-chambers for an opportunity to present them personally to whom soever has the office in his gift, solicits tho boon, leaves his papers to be put on file, and be comes an anxious hanger-on about the govern ment offices for probably three weeks or a month. We speak now, of course, of the habitual office seeker, the man that 'goes in for something anyhow ; the man to whom both President and Secretaries would give the direct denial if they dare in the face of his known political influence in the neighborhood lionoreJ by Lis Vcsi dence." FI10H OUR EXCHANGES. Pkttieose Trss el. Wo sec it stated in the Baltimore Sun that the tunnel on tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which feince tho opening cf the road to Wheeling, has been passed by a ser rious of Y's, will be ready for the laying of the rails about the first of this week Upon its com pletion, the transportation of heavy tonnoge will set in over the road in earnest. Where Iowa came from. From the cenu tables, we gather the following interesting in formation as to the sources of population iu this State : The total number of foreign citizens is 21,232; of these 3,785 are English ; 4885 Irish ; 712 Scotch ; S52 Welch ; 7,151 Germans ; 382 French 175 Swiss : 1,756 Canadians ; 16 Mexicans', and about 1,900 of all other countries with a good proportion of Norwegians. The native population is 170, C20. We probably take for granted that Coals ia Newcastle is a thoroughly English expression cf the absurdity of sending to a place that which already abounds there, water to the tea, fagots to the wood ; and English, of course, it is in the outward garment which it weurs ; hut in the innermost being it belongs lo the whole world and to alftimes. Thus, the Greeks said : Owls to Athens, Attica abounding with these birds ; the Itabbis : Enchantments to Egypt, Egypt be ing of old esteemed the headquarters of all magic; -the Orientals: 1'epper to Ilindostan : aud in the middle ages they had this proverb ; Jndulgance to Rome, Rome being the centre and source of this spiritual traffic and these by no means exhaust the list. Studies in I'rovcrbs. Wall,' said a soft headed, blubbering Jona than, the other day. 'Suke has gin mo tbe sack, by gravy, I've b-.tv.f lier -Lost her how ? inquired his sympathizing friend. I laid the soft soap on hereo thick, that the critter got so proud the wouldn't tpeak to me.' Scett'a joke. "The candles you sold tn' last were very bad," said Suett, to a tallow chandler. "Indeed, sir, I am sorry for that." "Yes, sir, do you know they burnt to the midT die, and would then burn no longer ."' "You surprise me; what, sir, did they go out!" "No, sir, no ; they burnt shorter." JSy-Some patriotic manufacturer Las lately produced card3 having Washington, Adams, Franklin, aud Lnfayette for the four kir.ga ; Venus, Fortune, Ceres and Minerva for the four queens ; and four Indian chiefs for the four knaves as curious a family party as one may meet in a long summer's day. 7An officer put a man cut of a theatre. n New Orleans for stamping his feet and hisstDg. He received a blow while removing the offender and prosecuted him for the assault. The-court decided that hissing and stamping was allgwa.- ble in the theatres, and a part cf a privilege for which the fee cf aamission was paid. 2yCuniosiTiEs. A boot to fit old Roger's last. A portrait cf the man who Mowed the hour-gla6s cf time. A lock of hair from the tail of a wagon. The stem from the last rose cf summer. A glass of the milk of human kind ness. A chip hewn from an Epilogue. The lathe in which a man turned an honest penny. ?&An old inaidi being at a loss for a ptn cushion.Tr.sde use of an onion. Onrthe follow ing morning she found that all the ueedlea had tears in their eyes. SS?"Ma," said a young lady to her mother the other day, "what is emigrating!" "Emigrating, dear, is a young lady going to Australia." "What is colonizing, ma!"- Colonizing, dear is marrying there and LaT ing a family." . . . . "Ma, I should like to go to Australia." sSA young lady being asked whether she would wear a wig when her hair turned grey, replied with great earnestness "Oh, no! I'll dyo first." . EfA,A little girl, ten years of age, seated be side her grandmother, aged eighty, looked up to. her face and said : , " "Grandma, at what ago do Indies lose their relish for gallantry !' . The grandma replied: "Indeed, my dear, I do nnt know, you niust askBomc one older thati I am:" I : i ffr
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