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r-, Foundry,
r: fanners and others with
uh, IMnusrli Points, Stoves, 31111
Iron. TlireUlng Machines,
f any kindthat may be needed in
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I J. EVANS & SON,
VK fh.s d.iy received fr.m the East, and
v i.fTt-ring to the citizt.ns of E'oen.-burg and
. u-e'il st Icted assortment of
1EXS and nnS tJiuriiiAfi,
.:.:? lot "f DRY GOOD.S, constmg m
f tr.e foilowinz artie'ef. viz:
AS. VELVETS. CLOTHS. CARSIMERKS,
-K SKIN'S. SATIXE ITS. TWEEDS,
JFANS. FLANNELS. MUSLINS,
I' "ESS GOODS of every stv!e.
NOTIONS.
: .f ROOTS & SHOES. HATS AND
".! T-.: tNETS. TRUNKS. CARPET
5nii. RTATIONAP.Y. WARD WARE,
J.'.PCERIES, FISH. SALT. &c. c.
r Ith uch other articles as are usually
: country store, which they will dispose
.Lit f;ir ca-h or country proluce.
.7 P T.il-rinj business will lie carried on
i ranches, a'l w.rk will lie done in short
t'ie most reasonable term?.
v.Eb. 1. lS00.-10-tf.
4 W
ailiXSBURG HOUSE.
o
ha'
nu2 purc!jaet an-I taKen
of thO
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II-nrv F'-ster). will be happy to
m:mol.te Lii
t.'d cutom'-rs. an l
'.'-s 'v'i.o :iny le disposed to patronize him. ;
r v-ier-r fef-ls a-sured from the spacious
'.STABLE & other facilities that he can
'ct as poo-1 r.ccommodations s er.n 1-e !
... ..t'r.or stand in the place. l U in !
. .f l Liry supply of the ciisest li jnors ;
' i. ! .is bar will be furnished; bis table j
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; ..:i j-:age of tfll those who stop with j Canada
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PROPRIETOR will spare no pains to
'.his II .el. worthy of a continuation of the
v share r.f public patronage it has hereto- j
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h-st th? market liTords; hi btr wih i
1 f li quo, r. j
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-Uve an.1, t-bii j.n hosier. i
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ll YI5S ! OH, B8 f
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i cf goos, consisting of Dry Goods, Cloth-
uaU. Cans. Boots. Shoes. Notions, liard-
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HE UNDERSIGNED are desirous of secu-
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i olferel, and to thoae who merit the ap
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-ness, rj4T rely upon constant employment
t,f yors. For f
furthar particu'ars ad-
mt a.
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A SUPERLATIVE
;TONIC, DIURETIC,
UWICDRAtiNa CORDIAL
TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW JERSEY AND
PENNS YL VANIA.
Apothecaries, Druggists, Grocers asd Pri
vate Families.
IVolfe's Pure Cogrnac Brandjr
Wolfe'. Pure MadcrU, Sherry Port Wine.
Wolfe's Pure Jamaica and St. Croix Rum.
Wolfe' Pure Scotch and Irish Whiskey.
ALL IN BOTTLES.
I beg leave to call the attention of the citizens
of the United States to the above Wines and Li
quors, imported by Udolpho Wolfe, of New York,
whose name is faroiliai in every part of this coun
try for the purity of his celebrated Schiedam
Schnapps, Mr. Wclfe, in bis letter me, speaking
of the purity of his Wines and Liquors, says: "I
will stake my reputation as a man, my standing
as a inei chant of thirty years' residence in the
City of New YorK. that all the Brandy and
the subscriber is prepared j Wines which I bottle are pure as imported, and
cf the best quality, and can be relied upon by
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GtohCE II. AtHTOK. No. 832 Market st., Phila.
Sole Ageritfor PhiladdpJiia.
Read the fallowing from the New York Courier.
Enormous Dusiness for one New York Mer
chant. We are happy to inform our fellow-citizens
that there i3 one place in our city where the
physician, apothecary, and-comntry merchant,
j can go and purchase pure "Wines and Liquars. as
' pure as imported, and of the best quality. We
! do not intend to give an elaborate description of
j this merchant's extensive business, although it
wili rep iv any stranger or citizen to visit Udol
j pho Wolfe's extensive warehouse. Nos. 18. 20
! and 22. Beaver street, and Nos. 17. 19 and 21,
! rarketfie'd street. His stock of Schnapps on
; hand ready for shipment could not have been less
j than thirty thousand cases; the Brandy, some ten
i thousand cases Vintaecs of 1836 to 1856; and
', ten thousand cases of Madeira, Sherry and Port
j Wine. Scotch and Irish Wlii.sky. Jamaica and
! St. Crt ix Rum, some very old and equal to any
J in this country, ne also had three large cellars,
; filled with Brandy, Wine, &c, ia casks, under
: Ct.stom-H.rjse "key, Teady tor bottling. Mr.
! Wolfe's sales of Schnapps last year amounted to
! one hundred and eighty thousand dozen, and we
hr pcinle-s than two jears he may be equally
; Mierrssful vviih his Brandies and Wines,
i His bn-iness merits the patrcnage of every
: lover of his specie. Private families who wish
; pure Wines and Litpiiors for medical use should
i send their orders direct to Mr. Wolfe. until every
j ; thecary in the land make up their minds to
discard ti e poisonous stuff from tr.eir shelves.
and replace it with Wolfe's pure Wines and
Liquors.
i We underf trrnJ Mr. W!fe. f r the accrmmo
: dat!- n of small dealers in the country, puts up
! assort-! coses of Wines and Liquors. Such a
mra, and such a merchant, should be sustained
' riirft bis tens of thousands r.f opponents in the
i United States, who sell nothing but imitations,
ruinous alike to human health a&d happiness.
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Our publications are of the most interesting
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CVgnculturaL
I'rotettlusr Trees.
We frequently hear great complaints amoDg
purchasers of fruit and ornamental trees that
they do not revive in the spring, or, that be
ing exposed to the intense cold, destroys the
vitality of the tree or plant. The reason is
very plai-a, they have no protection. The
tree after being removed from the nursery, it
in many cases improperly packed for trans
porta tioo. and an immense number of small
fibres attached to tie roots become wilted and
fall off. These fibres act a small veins, car
rying nourishment to the larger roots, and
thua contributing nourishment and growth
to the whole tree. In setting out trees care
must be taken that the. soil be finely pulveri
zed and closely packed around the roots, in
order that the fibres may absorb a proper a
mount of moisture for their nourishment. If
possible do not enclose your trees with tight
fitting boxes for protecting them against the
attacks of animals, but keep them open to the
air, and light, both of which are indespensi
ble to tho health of the tree or plant. On
the approach of winter, obtain a sufficient
quantity of rye straw to properly envelope the
body of the tree, and secure it by bands of
the same material. A few shovels full of
ashes or tan-bark, applied at the roots, will
be a good protection, and sho&M be removed
in the spring. After pursuing the above
method for a number of years lam convinc
ed of its usefulness, and have seldom secu a
more simple or easier way of managing trtes.
Two days thus employed in the proper ti
me will save many dollars of purchase money
and much useful labor. Dollar JTeicspa-
per.
Stock rays all the Time.
The hcadiug of this article says tie "Vall
ey Farmer," was the remark of an old farmer
tbe other day, while deploring the failure of
his wheat crop. One year tbe wheat fails,
another year the oats fail, ia other years the
corn; but, said he
"Stock pays all the time."
He moreover, remarked that the farmers
who early gave their attention to stock-raising
had goos right along without drawbacks,
and had out stripped the grain growers.
There is no doubt, much truth in the oM
man's remarks. Stock is the surest and most
remunerative. But in the thickly settled re
gions i ia safer and better to divide the int
erest between the two.
The two assist each other and improve the
farm. Waste straw, and offal of the grain
crops, will go far to improve the farm. The
strength of tho soil is a great dcsideratsia
with farmers The soil is his mine of wealth
his treasury his back of deposit. He
must keep it in good order, or his paper is
protested; his reputation as a farmer u dis
honored. It is well to keep a variety of stock, a3 well
as to raise a variety of grain crops. Tho gen
eral profits of each year are thus kept nearly
equal.
Farming may be done closer, less wasted
and more made.
Deep Plovghing. In the July agricultur
ist, last year, was published a statement from
a Texas subscriber, to the effect that corn
planted by him on ground ploughed from 15
to 20 inches deep, was looking badly, while
on land merely scratched over, appeared thrif
ty ; and an opinion was asked as to whether
! the surface work wa3 not better for that sec
tion. We replied, that though the plou
gh might have been put in too deep at one
time, yet should a drought occur, the benefit
of thorough working would be seen; and we
requested to hear the testimony of the corn- j
crib iu the fall. We have just received a j
cuo iu tae Uii. ue nave just
i letter troui me same gentleman, stating that
ho ib a liiorou h ouvert to aetp p.oughiog.
A scveie drought came ou, shrivelling aud
destroying his corn and that of his neighbors,
oa land which, had only shallow culture,
while that on the deep ploughed field stood up
bravely, came to maturity, and gave a Sue
yield It L well here to repeat .the caution
that the soil should generalj be deepened grad
uaily, 6ay an inch or so at each plowing, par
ticularly where the subsoil is unfit for grow
ing plants, in time it will be meliorated by
the atmosphere.
Sovcing Spring Wheat. Last season an
experiment in sowing spring wheat was tried
in Williamsburgh from which a valuable and
instructive result was obtained.
One farmer Bowed at the usual time, or
towards tho first of May; another, not 'till the '
the first week in June. The latter had an ex
cellent rrcp, while the former was obliged to
mow bis straw for fodder, the weevil having
j entirely destroyed the berry. By delaying a
I month in sowing, the seed does not begin to
form until the fatal insect has had its day.
and disappeared.
a Btorg-of tljetPcste
AN INDIAN ADVENTURE.
A TLjrIIlIng Tale.
I was the acknowledged belle of Clinton , a
small village bordering on the Western wil
derness. I could out shoot any one, even the
old wood inen t&at thronged our village. My
mother was-kept m perpetual alarnT by my
daring exploits; ia fact, as the old trappers
said, I was cut out for x back . woodman's
wife. I had two lovers then ; one was Har
ry Cheverly, and the other, Mark Euthson.
Harry Cheverly was a splendid specimen of
an American back woodsman, with a heart
true as steel ; and, to my inexperienced eyes,
he was the very personification cf manly ex
cellence. Mark Ruthsoo was contrary to him in eve
ry respect. Haadsome he was, but on his
face was such a hypocritical expression, that
I perfectly detestsd him. He seemed aware
of my dislike, arid assuming an air of injured
innocence, he pressed his suit with the utmost
real.
One evening, as I was riding out, enjoy
ing the mountain scenery, I approached a lit
tle eminence cn which there was a thick
growth of underwood ; as I passed it, Mark
Iluthson rode out and joined me. He pres
sed his suit with his usual fervor, his hypo
critical face looking, if posaiblc. more repul
sive than ever. He finally offered me his
hand and heart. Rising in my seat, I eaiJ ;
'Mark Lluthsan. no worid :an express tha
aisgust l ieei iot you ; ana it you meult me
again I will cowhide you eir !'
It would be impossible to depict the ex
pression of rage that swept over his face.
Jane Mannering, mark my words ; I will
be revenged!'
Casting him a glance of inutterable con
tempt. I whipped up my horse and soon lest
sight of him.
The next day Mark Ruthson left the vil
lage and went no one knew where, A year
from that day, Harry Cheverly and I were
married, and, with the blessiogs of niy moth
er, and the best wishes of my friends, started
for the Western wilderness.
I will pass over a period of ten years, du
ring which a substantial log cabin Lad been
built ; rude though it was, love made it a lit
tle palace. Our hearts were also gladdened
by our little EJdy, the image of his father,
and a noble little fellow.
About tu! tiaio we beard news cf the de
predations that the Indians were committing,
by some passing stragglers, which filled us
with temporary uneasiness, but our fears soon
passed away, add we regarded these reports 1
as greatly exaggerated or totally untrue. j
One evening h.ddy returned irom nu aay j
ramble, bringing withhira a moccasin, which j
he said he
had found
in
the sroc-ds
This
filled me with alarm and uneasiness.
I felt
a presentiment of coming darger.
Ths nest coruiag I mentioned my fears
to Harry, but he only laughed at my terror,
and playfully handing me a little revolver,
bale me defend myself like a man, and then
went to the woods to his daily work. I slip-
with mv child at mv side, counting the mi
nuto as they flew, when my attention was at
tracted by a noise in the opposite side of the
room. Looking quickly arounJ, to my dis
may and terror, 1 saw a dozen Indians, evi
dently just from war, each bearing his bloody
6calp. The foremost advanced, and appeared
to be the chief of the party. He approached
and would have laid rough hands on roe,
when my darling boy rai'ed himself to his
full height, his blue eyes flashing, and dem
anded what they meant by their intrusion,
and how they dare lay violent bauds on his
mother.
The chief paid no attention to hiia, but
bade his warriors bind us, which was quickly
done, and, after a few momonts, the chiefs
retired for consultation; when seizing the
opportunity, I scratched on the wall
'Harry, we are iu the hands of the Indi
ans.' The chiefs soon returned, and we were
borne with rapid, but noiseless steps inta the
depths of the wilderness. The chief who had
hound ug now attracted my attention. I was
mire T had seen him before.
but where, I cou d
na . anl nigbt9 whhottt stopping,
WA w.rfl Jl0,n from borne and the fourth
we stepped in a small hollow, which I found
strewed with hoses and skulls. While coc-fH-nr,lafin
this scene with horror, I looked
. I5 .- U.I
and tne inaiau euiei
before me.
up
... . . 1
With a sneer over nis aar. icaiuics uo civ,
dark features he eaid,
in good Engl'M-h
Though you have forgotten me Jane lan -
nering. for so will I call you, I have by no
mean! forgotten you '
'Who are vou f said 1.
I am Mark Ruthson.' the chief replied.
and in those painted features. I remembered
the hvpoc rfticil face of the consumate vil-
tne nypocnucai ia.
iaiu.
There was no pity in his revengeful heart,
and I read our doom in those hard features,
Do you see yonder tree ?' said he in a
quick sharp voice 'Before the night your
boy will be bound to that tree, and his young
scalp be clipped from his head by my savage
r:.5j- .-j rpmsin and in tha mar-
hr hia fate.'
A scornful silence was his answer. Uh
how quickly the day flew and the night ap
proached ; and just as twilight was setting
in, a ruthless savage seized my boy roughly
by the arm. and bound him to the tree.
First, he waved his tomahawk over his head
to frighten him. but the boy's blue eyes look
ed steadily at the savage in scorn and his
eheek never blanched. Enraged at his ut
ter scorp, the Indian raised hi tomahawk for
peJ the revolver in my pocKet, piayiuiiy, dui j Som(J of ta njeQ were Lorrib
could not wholly divest myse.i 01 my rears. j ctber6 wefe eearccjy Jeai w
r- I r .. , tt ln rftflin. -hair i . "
ror au uuur 1 sat, wj t " tha haves. MI00J njyce.l
tbe last time. Instinctively my hand rested
on my revolver. I felt sure of my aim. I
raised it slowly, pointing it at the savage's
heart and fired. With a frightful yell, he
sprang into the air and fell dead.
With scream of rage the Indians rushed
upon mc ; another one fell by my revolver.
Again I attempted to fire, but my pistol snap
ped ; throwing it away. I rrer-ared to die:
and just as the foremost Indian was about to
sink his kuife ia tnj bosom, the sharp cracc j
of a rifle was heard, and tbe Indian fell dead .
at my feet, bathed in his own blood. Tbe (
next moment the
stalwart Harrv Cheverly
. All the Indians fled,
o rushed upoa my bus-
leaped into tho ring
out meir enter, who rusueu upon my
Dana, snouting
Ha! Harry Cheverly, revenge at last!'
and pointed bis pistol which missed fire.
The next moment my husband's knife was
in tho renegades heart. Our meeting I need
not describe. Harry had seen tbe lines that
I wrote on the wall, and knew the fate of
his wife and child. Wo were troubled no
more with savages, for the next year Old
Tipptcanoo, with the avenging riflemen un
der his command, drove away and cleared the
foiest of our dusky foes.
A Singular Story about Fort Moul
trie. f From tbe N. Y. Tribune.
A soldier who was drafted Into the service
of the rebels in Charleston, and who served
at tho guns in Fort Moultrie, at the seige of
Fort Sumter, has aiade to us the following
statement. His reliability is vouched for,
uud we hare every reason to believe that his
statement is every way worthy of belief:
Our informant states that he served under
Cape. Havens, and went into Fort Moultrie
the day after Major Anderson left for Fort
Sumter, He remained three or four days
after the fight He belonged to the artillery
and served at the guns moot of the time du
ring the seige. The guns of Fort Moultrie
opeued about half past four in the morning,
bat Major Anderson did cot fire a guu tor j
near two Lours after. When he dil open, j
bis fire was rapid and destructive. The balls
from Sumter struck tLj jort hoI?s of Moul
trie, and, at nearly every discharge, somebo
dy was killed. TLcir places were supplied
by others There were in Moultrie more
than one thousand men, and between three
and four hundred men were kept at the guns
con tantly. X-t more than that number j
could protect thexftlves in the casemates of :
sand bag, which, while they afforded excel
lent protection, were much torn Ot and
knocked uo?j. It was betveeu ruie and ten
o'clock oa the ;t li that the greatest loss
of life occurred.
The Larbette gucs of Fort Sumter were si
IbiiCid early ia ihc day, sol the round shot
from lheso Were m(t jctructive to Fort
M0J';tli , atl.i cau,eJ tbe greatest less cf life.
' .. 0
1 bey were ared wita great accuracy, and at
times the scene iu the fort was terrible.
j Duiinj the ffiye bcliccen three and Jour hun-
ured icere IciiUd, and a fosyc number irere
wounded The killed etr collected togeth-
er iu a masd, and at night, placed in boxes,
brought dov?n freu Charleston, asd taken to
Potter's Field and interred
during the night.
ly uitEgled. and
rhcu thrown
into
from
in streams
these receptacles, and the
was horrible.
The surgeon at ths fort seni for help, and
others came down from Charleston. The
wounded -vere removed to the hospital, where
the wounded that hare net s:ncs died, now
remain.
In order that tke truth should not be
known in Charleston, the soldiers were char
ged to say that nobody was hurt, and threat
ened with instant death if they disclosed the
facts. There were a good many killed iu
the dwellings outside the fort. The Moultrie
House was very much damaged and a large
number of buildings iu the neighborhood of
the Fort demolished. The officers quarters
in the fort were riddled, and it is the opinion
of our informant that had there been three
11 wv. , - r
hundred men in Sumter, Fort Moultrie would
have been destroyed, and the rebels driven
out or killed almost to a man. He left Moul
trie three days after the engagement nd pro
ceeded to Chaxleitou. The people there
would not believe that nobody had been kil
led, and made constant inquiry for their own
friends, who. they were assured, were still ou
Sullivan's Island. Hundreds of famlies are
yet to learn the truth, which is kept from
tbcm by the greatest vigilanco.
Oar informant was duly discharged from
the service, and. iu company with five others,
embarked on board the bark Smithsonian.
Capt. Davis, which rcachsd New York on
1- nday morning last.
j lrlsli Computation
j .. .
A jolly set of Irishmen, boon companions
and sworn brothers had made up their minds
10 leave me 01a soa ua .-.vu -j
Ameriky.
They were five in number, two Paldies. a
Murphy, a Dennis, and one Teague.
shi that the ve5SCi tQ)?7 were ta
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I go m could only take lour 01 tnem.
j At length honest Tague exclaimed.
i 'Arrah ! I have it. We'll ca,t lots to see
J who shall remain
But one of the Paddies objected, saying it
. was not 'jontcel' to do that thing. ,
' 'You know Teajiue. said he. 'that I am au
arithmetician and I can work it ou; by
the
rule of subst raction which .is a great deal bet
ter. But you must all agree to abide by the
figures.
AU having pledged themsel? es to do 10,
Pat proceeded
Well, then, take Paddy from Paddy and
you can't; but taktr Dennis from Murphy and
Teague remains.
By my oal, Teague it u- yvithat willatiy
at home.
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4 m-
On tbe evening of the 20th cf March lar.
a slight bat proh eged vibiation of the earth
was felt ia the cities of Valparaiso and Santi
ago eimultanc-rusly. 3Iost of the churches
were dense!? filled, it bting near the close of
Lent, and some alarm &J confusion was cre
ated, but no serious accidents occurred, acd
tranquility was soon restored.
On Sunday, the 24ih, however, a general
gloom was cast over the city by the asn&un-
"meat by telegraph from the capital that U
J L'S Rruno, the mail rider, had arrived froa
I Mensoxa that morning without a mail, bring
e-
from
ing the distressing cews that there remained
but a heap of ruins to point the spct where,
a few days bafore, had stood a thriving and
populous city of 15,000 souls.
L'runo stated that be arrived at Mendeza
on the morning of the 20th, and that at half
past eight p. m., a brief but excessively vio
lent shock of an earthquake, lasting but sir
or eight secoods, destroyed every building,
public and private, in the city ; and that the
number who were enabled to escape wss very
limited. The ttretta Leiog carrcw, the buil
dings Li , and the inhabitants being totally
unused to mch phenomena, were paralyzed
with terror, and neglected to seek refuge in
tbe open courts o f their dwellings, until too
late. The Postmaster was buried beneath
the ruins of the I'oet OSce, the Governor
was mis-ing, and when he was iked why ha
brought no certificate tb&t the mails were los
the messenger replied, 'that there was 20 cxe
left to Hiite it, cor materials to write the cer
tificate with.'
The aspect prsic-ct el by the city after tha
first chock was terrific. Hearse sulterancan
thunders deafened the air, SLinzals cf all
kinds rushed frantically through the rptc
spaces howling, the earth cpeLed atd vc mir
ed forth fjords of water, while, to crows the
scene of horror, fiimcs burst from the ruins,
and consumed nearly the entire LuMcess por
tion of the city, with its dead, its dyisg ati
its wounded.
Oa the 2Sth a number of letters were re
ceived here and at Santiago, by relatives acd
fritnds of Chilians residing in Mecdcza, but
the hope until then entertained, that the ear
lier accounts were exaggerated, soon gave
way to the dreadful certainty that the calam
ity had not yet been painted in colors suffi
ciently vivid. The earth, still continued to
tremble, the few wUs that had resisted the
first shock one by one fell, until now zo ves
tige of a building remains.
Tbe Coolness o the Damned lan
KecF.
When the steamship. Stito of Maine, arri
ved at Fort Monroe wii.h the Massachusetts
troops, the Virginia residents around the fort
who are all secessionists, were very much
surprised, enraged and iL.citif.ed. They col
lected around the captala of the stezmer, whs
is is as cool and int:epid a stcciu.cn cf a Yan
kee as Xew Knglasd contine, &cd told him
significantly, that the ticops would never go
back to Massachusetts lie r-j'-ied '.hit tin
was the Ist thing they thought of ; that ths
country was so line they intended to eettle,
and send for their liiends, and he was going
to New Yoik to get another load. Another
set, belonging to tn armed echoouer, erga
ged in enforcir-g the locsl laws of Virginia,
iusolenl'.y claimed the right of search in the
State of Maine for negroes. The captaia
toll th2in that they should not 3 abcitrd to
take anybody, white or black. They replied
that by the laws of lrgmia, they
had
IU
rijrLi of search
He rciorted that he knew
nothing of the laws vf Virginia, but sailed
by the laws and uuder the llag cf the U. .3.
He also assured them that if there were any
negroes there nho desired a voyage to New
York, be would be very happy to accomodate
them; and closed the conversation by saying,
'You have been preaching all your lives that
the Yankees are a pack of misers and cow
ards, who won't fight, now you'll have a fa
vorable opportunity to test the accuracy of
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j -"ur r"1-
A Great Feat. The Cincinnati GazetU
says that Professor Lowe ascended ia his bal
loon from that city on Saturday morning.
April 20th. and returned oa Friday last, hav
ing alighted uear Columbia, S. C. The G-'a.-zxAie
cives no particulars of this wonderful
i feat 10 Halloouiug, except that Profi.ss)r
Lowe states that he landed at Columbia a lit
tle before one o'clock, on the day succeeding
that ou w ich he left Cincinnati. The dis
tance travelled was over one thousand miles,
making the rate of speed at which the bal
lcoa moved, about oie hundred and U:t m.'hs
an
i A farmer out Webt made a scare-crow
i th'.s spiing.SD very frightful, thatau old crow
! actually went .and brought back all the .coru
j he had stolen during several days, and left it
j ia the fields.
1 ;-
-A ton of perfect pain can be more m ,
; fouud than an ounce of perfect happmess. He
knows l:ttle of himselt ur of the r,nd. whe
4 je-s utt think it sufficient happiness to i,e free
1
from orrow.
A little boy being sent to a neighbor's tc
boi 1 vv o;nc
tea. delivered the following me
.M tther wants to borrow a little of your ti
and when she gets some fcheTl pay you; if she
had it now, she'd pay you now.
What iraach
in vow txiliQu!.'
of education do you hara
A willow brarjeu, sir; tue master
altuust a whole willow tree J
has used
X-sTThere were 11,423 slaves in Naw
' Jersey; and 2.759 in Conneticut. ooe of itf
NVw England StaUs, in the year
1 Arrive! Traai season.
Terrible 'Earthquake f n soutti
erica.
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