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THE DEJIOCitAT tI''NTTINKf., is puWLsli
ed every We luiiay morning, in Ebensburg,
.Camhrii Co., Pa;, at $1 50 per annum, IK paid
-is advance, if not $'i will be charged. -
AJV'liaTISl3.IKTS will bo conspicuously in-
rtod at the following rates, viz :
1 i.juare 3 insertions, .. ,
tv'.rj-..diil'sciiiiorit luscrtiou,
"H ' lHvrc 3 months, ". ,
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DEPARTMENT EEP0RT3.
rosx-irri'?K bepaktSext." "
'TIip Tlmnrt show? a net increase ot M-2
itcnort snow? a npi
nost-oiliccs duiio? t!;e year ending SOth , of
,unc, icio ins
nmiiher of oflices at
that .lal-j
Xoveiiibi:r
'.'llVJC S-tlV, ETUI OH IIKS . v'JlU Ul
2477 0: On the 30th of June
i t 1 r a if. . . F
liist therr; vrcrc 7,033 uiaii rostes,
at an esti
The total
mated Ion 5th of 277,008 mil-s.
annual irausnoriawju oi ui.ins i va ui ,1 jx, xuv,
milen, costing $3,3 15,238. Compared with
the service of the 3'ear previous, there is an
increase of 3,397,025 miles of transportation,
-or of about per cent, and of j$G75,221
cost, or about 14 4-100 per cent The in
'creasc by railroad service is 3. ISO, 122 miles;
by modes not specilied, 3,575,177 miles
while the transportation by coaches is less by
2,325,023 miles, and by steamboat 1,335,
653 This change results mainly from the
"reletting of contracts in many of the Southern
and Western States and Territories Ou the
oOth of June Ja-t there were in service 319
route agents at a compensation of 235,170
05-100; 20 localagents at $19,328 ; and 9S1
mail messengers at 0100,471 05, making a
total of 254,970 90 to bo added to the cost of
transportation. This m.ikes the total amount
for the current year 5,S34,980 20. which
will probably be increased to G.000,000 by
new services and routes The cost of foreign
mail service, not included here, amounts to
331 1,407. The Postmaster states that on 3d
April last, he concluded a contract with Mr.
James V. Joy, to convey the mails from Cairo
to New Orleans and back, daily, he having
full powers to negotiate such contract on be
half of the Illinois Central Railroad, but
though the latter used every exertion to com
ply with their engagement, they failed to do
so from the high price demanded of them by
the owners of the boats on the line, and the
route was accordingly advertised for reletting.
The new distribution schemes have been
completed, and each distributing office has
now alphabetical lists of all the counties in all
the States, except California.. Iu accordance
with the late act of Congress, suitablo meas
ures have been adopted, to put in operation the
new system of registering valuable letters,
but it lias uot been sufficiently long in opera
tion to be able to form a just estimate of the
plan. - The Postmaster has, however, found
'-abundant proofs of its usefulness, and of the
necessity of bringing it to perfection.
The expenditures of the Department for the
last fiscal year amouutto 9,908,342, and the
gross revenue derived from postages, (inland
and foreign) aie 0,642,130 13, which, ad
ding the anuual appropriations made in com
pensation of mail service to the government,
by the acts of 3d March, 1849, aad. 3d March,
1851, amounts to 7,342,13? 13. Deduct
ing the balance against the United States due
to Foreign Powers, for postal accounts, from
the above the actual gross revenue of the De
partment, for the year ending 30th of June,
1855, will be 7,335,117. The gross reven
ue of 1854, after deducting foreign balances,
amounted to 0.816,051 91, making a differ
ence ia f.-vor of 1855 of 518,519 10. Tltc
excess of extcndittire fur 1K55 ovrr that of
1854 is 2,G2C,20G 16. This excess is at
tributed partly to the increase in compensa
tion to Postmasters and Clerks of Office, and
partly to the increase of expenditures for
transportation owing to the great extension
of the railroad service. The condition of the
Department goes to show that the rates fixed
by the act of 3d March, 1851, xclll not ena
Me the Department tj sustain itself bg its own
resources.
Another case ot this excess of expenditures
fs attributed to the letters and documents car
Vied free of charge for members of Congress
aud others, and to the immense amount of
printed matter conveyed at low rates. The
Postmaster General thinks that the reduction
of fifty per cent, for advance payment on
newspapers, is wholly without justification.
He also recommends that pre-payment by
stamps be made compulsory on all kinds of
matter. The expenditure of the Department
for 1856, is estimated at 10,199,024, and
iha means available for the same year, 9,
010,874, leaving a deficiency of 1,088,151
to be provided for
." Ileference is a?ain made to the fact that
. . J ., i-. ... .r :i tni in
the Collins line of steamers receives from Gov
erment 858,000 for twenty-six trips, while
lhe tisa Government paid the Cunard line
8G0,700 for fifty-two trips, which, in the
opinion of the Postmaster-General, is amply
sufficient. Measures have been recently ta
ken to lay before the Mexican Gove rnmect
proposals on the subject of a Postal Conven
tion. The lveport alludes at some length "to
ihe Report of the Postmaster-General of Great
bntain, and concludes by deprecating the de
nunciation of the Department for mistakes
carelessness, or neglect, instead of advisin" it
of the wrong committed, and leaviug it to 'ap
ply the remedy.
TREASt'BT DEPARTMENT.
. Although wc have heretofore given, at con
siderable length, and several weeks in advance
their transmission to Congress, the tables of
the foreign trade and commerce of the United
buu?3 for the fiscal year ending the 30th
rt, iQito, we a
eem it not . uninforoctmrr
SacKSr? fyllowiDS tract 4 o( . the
StfSuT reprt- D0W that Jt appear
. regular course.; The table oQ foreign
trade show that the increase of dutiable goods
imported during the year ending. June
1845, is 120,185,900 ;' do. of free goods,
18,352,920; decrease of specie and bullion,
411,430; showing a total increase of 144,
028,390 in favor cf" H55. The increase
last year over 1S50, is given thus: Dutiable
goods, G5,74G,68S of free goods, 18,
348,934; decrease of specie and bullion,
968,980 -total increase, 83,144,642. "V "
The foreign imports at all the ports of the
United States, (including, of course, Califor
nia and Oresron.) for the fisc? 1 year ending
June 30, 1855, were 201,382.960, against
305,780,253 for the preceding year, show
ing a decline : of 42,397,193. The total
csports from the United States to foreign ports
for the fiscal year, ending Juno 30, ' 1855,
were 275,156,840, against 278.241,064
for the preceding year, showing a decline of
ouly 3.084,218." It will be seen from this
that, while for the year 1854. the imports
exceed the exports 17,539,189, for the last
year the exports exceeded the imports 23,
773,886. The tables further show an increase, during
ihe last year, of 10,102,863 in the imports
of free goods, but a falling off of 51,253,
807 in dutiable merchandise, and 3246,
250 in specie.
Of the total experts of specie for the last
year, 53,958,418 were of domestic produc
tion, and 2.289,925 of foreign. The ship
ments of domestic produce, exclusive of specie,'
were 22,406,369 less than for the preceding
year, while there is an increase of 1,497,
231 in the exports of foreign produce, and
12.565,510 in the exports of specie.
The Secretary favors the admission, duty
free, of wool as a raw material, together with
chemicals and dye-staffs, but no interference
with the article of iron. The Eastern man
ufacturers, it is said, would be satisfied with
this.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Mr. McClelland devotes a large space of his
report to a consideration of the Indian ques
tion. Ilis views are clearly expressed, and a
number of recommendations are submitted. ,
The Indian chiefs and warriors, addicted to
drinking and gambling, are made the dupes
of evil-disposed persons. The system of
granting licenses to traders is indicated as the
basis of all the evils of which complaint is
made. It is necessary to abolish the cash
system of payments, and enable the Indian to
obtain all he requires at cost price, if we
'mean to remedy the trouble, or to civilize and
enlighten the savage. A study of the history
of the Indians, in connection with thecouduct
of the whites towards them, reveals the fact
that Indian disturbances are too often tracea
ble to the indiscretions and aggressicne of the
white men. - Upon this point the report en
larges. Never before ha3 the Indian been
subjected to sucliseverc trials and hardships;
the offences of which he is guilty are often
palliated by extreme want. All this impres
ses the necessity of kindness and forbearance;
and accordingly the Secretary suggests the
propriety of attempting to civilize and chris
tianize the red men. lie alludes to the amount
of good that h is been effected by missionary
enterprise, and discovers in the Indian a sus
ceptibility of improvement and civilization,
which renders it a duty to persevere in all
humane efforts to preserve the race from ex
tinction. In this particular, Mr. McClelland
and Col. Davis are of two minds.
The statistics of this report cover much
space. We give the principal figures :
Am't of hind sold hut fiscal year, acres, 8,720,4 74
Amount received therefor, $2,308,918
Lands surveyed iu 1833, acres, 15,315,283
Lands sold, 6,204,163
Land warrants issued. 37,958,412
Virginia military land warrants, 1,4CO,000
Pensioners, ..... 14. 4 SO
Pensions paid, $1,505,112
Patents issued since January 1, 1855, 1,600
Patent office building, $1,000,000
Expenditures National Insane Hospital, 171.341
Indian stock, now held, $2,098,870
Surplus fund of the Department, 350.243
The busines of the General Land Office
has greatly increased. The surveys have
been vigorously prosecuted, and a large quan
tity of land is ready to be brought into mar
ket during the coming year.
The Foreign News and the Peace Humors-
Rumors of peace continue to reach us from
Europe. It is stated that Count Valentine
Esterhazy has gone from Vienna to St. Pe
tersburg, as a bearer of new propositions, that
had been assented to by both France and
England. They are thus stated in brief. 1:
The 131 ack Sea to be closed against war ves
sels of all nations, Russian, Turkish and oth
er. 2. A general protection of the great
powers over the Christians of Turkey. 3.
The free navigation of the Danube to" be se
cured. 4 The fortresses of Bomarsund and
Sevastopol not to be rebuilt. Alexander is
to have a fortnight to consider. Should he
reject, there will be an end to negotiations
until after the next campaign. Should he ac
cept, a new conference will take place as
speedily us possible, at Dresden or Munich.
Opinions vary as to the chances, and all will
be anxiety until the result is known.
The London Daily News, in reference to
Count Estcrhazy's mission, says: " Rlesscd
is he who expects nothing, for he will not be
disappointed." The French correspondent of
the London Times likewise expresses the ex
istence of strong doubts of the acceptance of
the negotiations by the Czar.' In his letter
of the 17th date, this correspondent alludes
to a difference which existed between the
F rench and English Governments relative to
the conditions on which Ihey woull make
peace witn Russia, aud says that rumor men
tions the name of the King of Sardinia as the
principal promoter of the arrangement of the
difficulty. Counl Esterha zy's instructions are
to return immediately to Vienna in the event
of the propositions of Austria.Hot being-.ac
ecpteil ly the Russian. Government.
y:Tlic Ifondon correspondent of the New
York Tribune,, alludes to the proposition, and
says : , ' . . . '
Lord Pal m erston could not refuse to give
his assent to such propositions as these, and j
they were dispatched the day before ( ye?tcr- j
day to Russia Nevertheless, the rumors of ;
peace have suddenly blown over. The Ex- i
change, which was so sanguine, aud the uews- J
paper correspondent, so busy last week, have 1
now become somewhat more desponding as
regards the success of the negotiations, siuce
it is known that the house of Mendelssohn at
Berlin, have opened subscriptions for i new
Russian five per cent loan of eight millions
sterling at 80. It is easy to seo that, had
the hopes of peace any solid foundations, the
Czar would have delayed his financial opera
tions until the beginning of the negotiations
and the settlement of the preliminaries of!
peace, which would have secured better terms j
to him as to the money. t . " ,
One third of the loan is expected to bo ta- 1
ken at Berlin, one third at Amsterdam, and
one third at Frankfort. As the terms are
very favorable, aud Russia's financial credits
is uot yet bhaken, the subscriptions would
have filled in a few days but for the deficien
cy in negotiating the scrip. Excluded as it
is from the London and Paris markets, it can
not become a favorite stock, since its circula
tion counot extend beyond Germany, Switzer
land and Holland, all of "them glutted with
Austrian paper k and therefore scarcely able
to absorb the Russian loan Still, it is to be
lieved that it will be subscribed before the
return of Count Valentine Esterhazy from St.
Petersburff, where he is to arrive alout the
22d.
A fortnight will bo allowed to the Czar for
his answer, and accordingly we may expect to
hear of the final result about the middle of
January, The propositions are so framed as
to exclude any dodging. The Czar must
either except or refuse, them ; in the first case
an armistice will be concluded and a peace
congress will assemble at Dresden or Munich,
in the latter case the next campaign will ex
tend to the Baltic provinces, aud Austria -will
recall her Ambassador from St. Peters
burg ! As to her going to war it is simply
impossible, siuco she has agaiu dismissed 80,
000 of her troops, and all her blustering and
bragging th-it in the course of six weeks she
can organize her army on the war footing
cannot deceive anybody but those who want
to be deceived for instance, Napoleon. Not
a few of his oldest and most inSuential friends,
such as his illegitimate brother Count Moray;
his illegitimate cousin, Count Wale wski and
Drouyn de 1'Ifuys; and many others, say ?o
him
" You have revived the presflgc cf 3'our
name; you have given tho French arm' an
abundant feast of glory ; you have raised your
influence to the highest pitch ; you have re
ceived the King of Sardinia and the Queen of
England -as guests at the Tuillerics. What
more have you to gain by the wax and by the
English alliance? Peace and an alliance
with Austria alouo can give you additional se
curity in France and influence abroad, while
the intimacy with a parliamentary govern
ment cannot but weaken the principles of Im
perialism." This disposition of the French
Court is so well known all over Europe that
the peace rumors are continually revived.
People are not sufficiently informed of the
state of Russia, or else they would not think
that the Czar could give his assent to the new
Austrian proposition. .
It 13 said, moreover, thafpublic feeling is
undergoing a change in Russia. But, we re
peat, everything may be regarded still in
doubt. Vhila. Inquirer.
Scriptural tse of the vord Forty.
This numerical, which occurs so frequently
in Scripture, and in places where its introduc
tion ia apparently at variance, with passages
that precede and follow it, is in the East, con
stantly ussd as a general term ; implying
many," or an indefinite number, as we use
the words "score." or a dozen or two." A
ruined palace at Persepolis is called " Chel
minat," or ' the forty pillars," though it has
but nineteen standing, and when perfect, had
two hundred and six. The Arabs also use
"one thousand and one" in a similar man
ner. Thus Moses was in the mount " forty"
days, meaning many days. Tho Israelites
lived many, not " forty" 3-ears in tho wilder
ness. This meaning explains numerous diffi
culties in scriptural history ; and Persians,
Arabs and Turks, still use tho term " forty"
in this Bcnse.
Beautiful and True. In a late article in
Frazcr's Magazine, this brief but beautiful
passage occurs: - 'Education does not com
mence with the alphabet. It begins with a
mother's look with a father's smile of ap
probation, or a sign of reproof with a sister's
gentle pressure of the hand , or a brother's no
ble act of forbearance with hands full of
flowers in green and daisy meadows with
bird's nests, admired, but not touched with
creeping ants, and almost imperceptible em
mets with humming bees and glass bee
hives with pletsant walks in shady lanes,
and with thoughts directc I in sweet and kind
ly tones, and words to mature to acts of be
nevolence, to deeds of virtue, and to the source
of all good, to God himself." .
23T A wine merchaut in Paris recently
received a note as follows :
Sir For some time you have been robbed
at retail ; we have now resolved to rotryou by
wholesale. I hereby notify yoa, that, to-morrow
night, should you not adopt measuaes to
prevent it, your cellar will be entirely drained.
" Saero !" cried the merchant, and he
loaded his pistols and on the appointed night
descended into the cellar, and seated himself
between two wine casks.- Everything in tho
cellar remained safe, but on rrturning homo
in the morning, he found every room in bis
house rifled, and all his his plate, money and
clothes purloined- The thieves had persuaded
him to take caro of his. eellir while they
should rob his house.
' The Crimea Two Hundred Years Ago.
A -'curious book, published at Koum in the
French langnag , in the year VC02. entitled " A
Description of the Ukraine, inclvding scteral Pro
v iwes of the Kingdom if Poland," has acciden
tal ly fallen under our eye. The name of the au
thor, as it appears on the title page, is eieur de
Beauplaa. The book contains s1k an interesting
account of the Crimea ind of the rate of Tartars
who inhabited it two hundred years ;o. We
translate the following in reference to their man
ners and customs. r .....
"Tlie Tartar remain several day., after they
are born, without opening; their eye, like iloys
and other animals. They arc r;ot of hi-h statute.
The tallet-t are only of mxieratc siw. T iivir form
U rather slender, but their limbs aie lurjre. Tkev
have brohd shoulders, a short neck, a Lirge head,
a face almost round, aud a brtad forehead. Their
eyes are always halt' closed, but they are very
black. They have a hhort ijo.'o, and a rr.ther smail
mouth!' Their tfceth are as white asiven-y.1 They
have a swarthy complexion, ami hair v ry black,
and as course as horse'a hair. In fine, tlit-3- have
altogether a different physiognomy from the Chris
tians .
, " This you would observe at the first glance.
Iu their physiognomy and form they rocmLle the
Indians of America, and especially those who are
called Carribce. They are all bravo soldiers.
They are not easily fatigued, and beai without
much suffering the changes of climate. After the
age of seven years, they sleep in the air. The
mothers bathe their children every day in water
in which salt has been dissolved, in tinier to har
den their skiu and render them ks eiuib!u to
the cold."
The author thus describes, in another part cf
the work, the manner in which the G-ssaeks of
those days made love :
" Here then, contrary to the custom of all other
countries, may be seen young girls making love to
the young men, and a superstition, very prevalent
among them and carefully observed, causes them
scarcely ever to mixs their object, and indeed ren
ders them more sure of success than the men
wotdd be, should the latter attempt the wcw,iu.
They prxxed something after the follow ing man
ner : '
The maiden goes to the house of the father
of the young man whom she loves, when she
thinks he family are all together, and saj-s, on
entering, I'umayaboff. which means, G'oi Us yoit.
She pays her compliment to him who has made o
great an Impression npon her heait, and tells him
she thinks he will know how to govern and love
his wife. 'Thy noble qualities.' she continues,
'have led me to to pray thee very humbly to ac
cept me for thy wife.' Sh? then asks the father
and mother to consent to the marriage. If she
receives a refusal or some excuse, as that he is
too young and net ready to marry, she answe rs
that she will not depart until he has espoused her.
Thus she perseveres and persists in remaining un
til she has obtained a favorable answer to her de
mands. " After several weeks the father and mother
aicnot ouly constrained to give their consent,
but also to persuade their pon to look upen her
more favorably. At the same time, the vung
.man, beeiug tho maiden so determined in her af
fection for hm," Itegins to regard her as the one
who is destined to he the mistress of his desires.
Finally he prays his father and mother to permit
him to espouse her. Thus she accomplishes her
purpose, and the entire family, through fear of
incurring the wrath of God by expelling her from
their house, arc constrained to give their consent
to the union."
Louis Napoleon's Career;
Whatever differeuce of opinion may exist
amongst individuals respecting the present
Emperor of France, the subjoiued abstract of
his career luay prove both interesting and en-
couraging to many a poor fellow whose for
tunes have become "sere and yellow," and
whose circumstances leave little of hope to
brighten the prospect before him:
Just seven years ago, a bloated pauper ad
ventured in Loudon, presented himself for en
rollment among the special constables at St.
James, aud was permitted to mount guard to
protect the property and order of the British
metropolis. Individually he was known as a
saturnine ronr. Unprincipled, reckless, vul
gar in his tastes and habits, distinguished
ouly for his love of brandy aud the skill of a
swordsman which he had. displayed in the
English tournament, he would have probably
mouldered and perished unnoticed, acuuning
embryo villain, if he had not chanced to be
the nephew of the greatest conqueror of mod
ern times, Napoleon Bonaparte. Yet even
as heir to whatever honors the exile of St.
Helena, the honored child of destiny of France,
might involuntarily have left him, his career
has been ignoble and mean, displaying rather
theambitiou of a street juggler than of a cal
culating politician.
The name of Louis Napoleon was known
throughout the world ; but it is probable it
was spoken by few individuals, previous to
1850, exceptiug in tones of mingled disgust
and contempt. Privately or publicly, he had
either done or attempted enough low mischief
to disgrace him in the eyes of all moral and
thiuking men ; and it is therefore no wonder
that the effected British pattiotisui of the
representative of England's greatest and most
dangerous enemy should havo excited suspi
cion and loathing in the minds of those whom,
by joining the anti Chartist movement in Lou
don, he had intended to propriate. Not only
at that time, but at a far more subsequent
period, he was spoken of by the British press
as a detestable, troublesome reptile, outlawed
from humanity by his own acts, whom every
one might lawfully slay that should find. Ou
ly one great man in Europe seems to havo
discerned tho latcu greatness hidden from
view by the more prominent rubbish in l.ouis
Napoleon's character. Willi Sir Robert Peel
he was ever hospitably enUrtainfi. if not a
welcome guesi ; aud the gr . r.nclish States
man more than once prophv ib.it, notwith
standing the mountebank - of Boulogne
and Strasburg, the tun ff Sing of lled
land would one ds v bveme, l his uncle,
the Emperor of tho FrenL. Neither did
Louis Napoleon ever for an instant lost' fdth
in his own destiny. Iu tho darkest ?nd mot
discouraging moments of his career, be pro
claimed the most assured hopes of eventually
attaining the Imperial diadeui.
Krru the Live ot Aitibts. .
1 GILBERT BTUAET. '
The Yankees have become notoiious f. r
their question-asking propensity, yet some
times John Bull exhibit so remarkable a de
velopment of this trait, that we must conclude
that Jonathan and John arc at least cousins.
A good anecdote is related of Gilbert Stuart,
a celebrated American portrait painter, whose
replies puzzled the incuid:ivcnc-s of his Eng
lish travelling companions, iu their attempts
to find out his calling.
Ou oue oeeatiou, Stuart was travelling in a
stage-coach, in England, with some gentlemen
who were straDgers to him, but all of whom
were sociable and full of animation. l!is
brilliant conversational powers attracted much
atteutiou, and his companions became desirous
to know irfio and tc7n.it he was. They asked
many roundabout questions, to find out his
calling or profession. Mr. Stuart answered,
with a grave face and serious toue, that he
sometimes dressed gentlemen's and ladies'
hair.
' You are a hairdresser, then ?" remarked
one of his companions, inquiringly.
' What !" said he ; " do you take me for a
barber '?"
" I beg your pardon, sir, but I inferred it
from what you said. If I mistook you, may
I take the liberty to ask what you are then Y'
" Why, I sometimes bruh a gentleman's
coat or hat, and sometimes adjust a cravat."
"O, you are a valet, then, to some noble
man V
" A valet! Indeed, sir. I am not. I am
not a servant ; to be sure, I make coats and
waistcoats for gentleman."
" O, you are a tailor V
" Tailor I Do I look like a tailor ? I as
sure you I never handled a goose, other than
a roasted one."
By this time the passengers were all in a
roar ; and one of the party exclaimed, "What
are you, then 7"
' I'll tell you," said Stuart. ' Be assured
all I have said is literally true. I dress hair,
brush hats and coats, adjust a cravnt, and
make coats, waistcoats, and breeches, and
likewise boots -and shoes, at yovr service."
" Oho ! a boot and shoe maker, after al! I"
" Guess again, gentlemen. I never han
dled boot or shoe but for my own feet and
legs ; yet all I have told you is true."
" We may as well give up guessing, thcu."
remarked one of the part3-.
After checking his laughter, he said to
them, very gravely' " Now, gentlemen, I will
not play the fijol with you, but will tell you,
upon my honor as a gentleman, Ix-tia falc, my
profession.- I get my bread Ly untieing faces."
lie then screwed his counrc-nance, and twisted
the lineaments of his visage in a manner such
as Samuel Foote or Charles Mathews might
have envied.
When his companions, after loud peals of
laughter, had composed themselves, each took
credit to himself for having, all the while,
suspected that the gentletnaa belonged to the
theatre; and now they all knew that he must
be a comedian by profession. But to their
utter surprise, he assured them that he never
was on the stage, and very rarely saw the in
side of any theatre. His companions now all
looked at him and at each other with aston
ishment. Before parting, Stuart said to his compan
ions, "Gentlemen, you will find that all I
have said of my various employments, is com
prised in these few words : 1 cm i pert rait
piiuter. If you will call at John Palmer's,
York Buildings, London, I shall be ready and
willing to brush you a coat or hat, drc6s your
hair a la mrnlc, supply you. if iu need, with a
wig, of any fashion or dimensious, accommo
date you with boots or shoes, give you ruffles
or cravats, and male faces for j-ou."
On parting with him at the inn, they beg
ged leave to inquire in what part of England
he was born, lie replied, " I was not born
in England, Wales, Iredand, or Se-otland."
Here was another puzzle for them ; and
" Where then Y' was their eager inquiry
"I was born at Narraganset," was his re
plv. "'Where's that?"
" Six miles from Pottawoono, and ten miles
from Poppasqnash, and about four miles west
of Connonicut, and not far from the spot
where the famous battle with the Pcquots was
fought."
" In what part of the East Indies is that,
sir?" ws the response.
"East Indias, my dear sir! it is in the
State of Rhode Island, between Massachusetts
and the Connecticut River."
Thi3 was all Greek to his companions ; and
ha left them to studv a new lesson in ecocra-
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ance respecting men of genius, whose vernac
ular tongue is the same as that of Bacou.
Newton, Locke, Shakspcare, Milion, aud
Pope.
Tho Biter Bit.
A lady of a very genteel and respectable
appearance, called one da' on a promiueut
New England postmaster, with a letter iu her
hand, which bhe insisted had been broken
open and re-sealed. She handed tie letter
to the postmaster, who examined it, and ap
pearances ccrtain'y seemed to justify her as
sertion. She further declared that she well
know which clerk in the office had broken it
open, and that he had previously served sev
eral of her letters iu the same way. Upon
hearing this, the postmaster requested her to
walk inside the office, and point out the per
son whom she susjetcd.
Such an unusual phenomenon as the np-
ruimnM flit ?l ladv- insiJe the office, produced.
! as may be supposed, a decided sensation
j among the clerks there assembled. Nor was
1 the sensation cmiiim-siiea in jniensiry wnen
the postmaster miormeu ir.cm iiiai me i.iuj
was there for the purpose of identifying the
person who bad been guilty of breaking open
her letter !
This announcement nt once excited the
liveliest .Soling ed' curiosity and solicitude iu
: 1 he mind of every o&c present, and each one,
j coLsc-ions of innocence, indulged "in conje-c-,
lures a.s to who that somebody else might be,
; whom the accusing angt-l (?) was to fix opoa
j as the culprit.
i A!l their conjectures fell wide of the mark.
After looking about for a moment, the lat'y
jointed out the last man whom any in tie
office would have tuipected of such an offence
j one of the oldest aud mett reliable of their
, number. -
" That is the person." said she. indicating
him by a slight nod of the head ; " and if he
persists in making to free with my letters, I
will cc-taim'y have him arrested. Why my
letters should always be selected for this pur
pose, I cannot imagine : but if any more of
them are tcuched, he will wuh that ho had
let them alone."
This direct charge, and these threat, -r.ro.
duced a greater commotion among his fellow
cicifce. luan in mc mini or me gentleman
accused.' Waiticg for a moment after she
had spoken, he broke the breathless silence
that followed her words, by saying calmly
Mrs. , I believe
"That is ray name, sir."
" Have you concluded your remarks, mad
am ' I have, ir, for the present " : ;
" Then, madam, I will take the liberty to
inform you, that your Lt'tHund is the pereoo
on whom you ought to expend your indigna
tion He has, at different times, taken sev
eral of your letters from the office, opened
and read them, and. after re-sealing, returned
them to the letter-box, having made certain
discoveries in those letters to which he forced
me to listen, as furnishing sufficient ground
for his course, and justifying former suspi
cions ! He earnestly requested me never to
disclose who had. opened the letters, and I
should have continued to observe secrecy, had
not your accusation forced me to this disclo
sure in self-defence. If yoa wish to have ray
statement corroborated, I thiuk 1 can produce
a reliable witness."
The lady did ne t reply to this' proposition,'
but made a precipitate retreat, leaving the
clerk master of the field, and w as never after
wards seen at that post-office.
They shall not Blush for their Father.
Two men had entered into an agreement to
rob their neighbor. Everything was planned.
They wore to enter the house at midnight,
break open his chests and drawers, and carry
off all the gold aud silver they could find.
" He is rich aud we are poor," aid they to
each other, by the way of encouragement in
the evil they were about to perform. "He
will necr miss a little gold, while its posses
sion will make us happy. Besides, what
right has one man to a!! this world's goods ?"
Thus they talked together. One of the
men had a wife and children, but the other
had no one iu the world to care for but him
self. The man who had children went home
aud joined his family, after agreeing upon a
place of meeting with the other at the darkest
hour of the coming night.
" Dear father," said one of the children,
climbing upon his knee, " I am so glad you
have come."
The presence of the child troubled the man
and he tried to push him away, but his arms
clung tighter about his neck, and he laid his
face against his cheek, and ia a Ewect and
gentle voice, said :
" I love you, father."
Involuntarily the man drew the innocent
and loving oue to his bosom, aud kissed him.
There were two other children in the man's
J duelling, a boy and a girl. They were poor.
and these ctiiUren worked daily to keep up
the supply of bread, made deficient more
through idleness in ihe father than from lack
of employment. These children cttme in soon
after their father's return, and brought him
their earnings for the dav.
." O father .'"said the'boy, "such a dread
ful thing has happened, llcnry Lee's father
was arrested to day for robbing. They took
him out of our shop, when Henry was there,
and carried him off to prison. I was so sad
when I saw llcnry weeping. And he hung
his head for shamo for shame cf his own
lather! Only think of that !"
The man did not reply to the words of his
son, but turned his face away to conceal his
expression. -
" Ashamed of his father !" thought he.
" And will my children hang their heads also
in shame ? No, no, that shall never be."
At the hoi-r of midnight the man who had
no children to throw around him a sphere of
better intention, was waiting at the place of
rendezvous for him whose children had saved
him. But he waited long in vaiu. Then he
said : .
" I will do the deed myself, and take the'
entire rcvard."
Aud he did according to his word. When
the other man went forth to his labor on tha
next day he learned that his accomplice had
been taken in the act of robbery, and was al
ready in prison.
"Thank heaven for virtuous children!
said he, with fervor. " Tbey have saved me.
Never will I do anything that will cause them
to blush fur their father."
A Bluxt Opinion Dr. Bailie, (who was
net more famed for medical skill than for his
common-sense mode of displaying it) bein
calh-d to nttei d an eccentric individual, styl
ing himself Dr. Jones, the dramatist, during
a nervous attack, which he was subject to.
the fertile individual said: "Doctor, do you;
think I write too much for my constitution?"
"No,"- replied, the discriminating doctor,
" Lut you do f r your reputation."
T " Charley, where is your father ?"
"Id ntknow, mother, but I guess. Id's
pone over to Deao n Dii berry's rastuie after
his black shocp, kaze I seed ihe Widder Bi
gTus goiug over tl at way."
C milev causht a thrashing before trai-
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