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MORE CONCLUSIVE PIMOFF
0/ the extraordinary efficary of
Dr. 'Wm. Evans'
CELEBRATED MEDICINES,
IN ALLEVIATING AFFLICTED MAN
KIND.
CASE OE DYSPEPSIA.
Mr. David Morris, 41 Sif,tolk street, N.
York, had been severely willicted with dys
pepsin for-upwards of three years, during
which time he seldom experienced any re.
lief. .He was troubled with constant vom
itiugs, and on somtu occasions raised blood
an occasional cougi with pain in the chest
and di ffi culty of Preathing, drowsiness,
uneasy sleep. loss trf appetite, giddiness,
unpleasant taste in the mouth, with fur.
red tongue. All these distressing
sytnp
i inns disappeared, after using Dr, Wm.
:vans' celebrated medicines. Mr. M.
c - ai2ed a day or two back, and stated the
aborc'; also, he is willing to afford any fur,
titer inhrmation regarding the nature and
cure of his clue to those similarly afilictNl
Office No, 9 North eight st. Philadelphia.
P, , tiladelphia, Dec. 21. 1838.
To Da. Win • Evans—Dear sir: I am tru
ly happy to wr ite you this in token of thanks
for the relief tht y have given me—l mean
the CAMOMILE PILLS. About two
years ago I was; much troubled with Dyspep
sia. My sy . mptc•ms were very alarming, 1
was sometimes subject to fainting, great
weaknes , no re st at night and not able to
cat anything, if I did it was sure to be thrown
up. 1 could not i -cep any nourishment in my
body. lat last !gave up all hope an.. told
my physicians th at I could have no use for
them-4 must d ie,' said I; 'so there is no
use in paying an y more doctor's bills.' A
bout a month as i t a cousirrof mine came to
see me; after tal king awhile about my sick
ness I told - him I had taken almost every med
icine that wassl, :oken of as good for any com
plaint. He said ,, 'Have you tried Dr. Evans'
CAMOMILE PILLS?' I said 'No.' Well
lie then gave nit e a package lit had bought
the day before ;for his wife, and said he woud
get another fo' her. I commenced taking
the pills a::•1 am happy to state, that in two
' weeks I was hearty and well, and able to
write this lettirr, which I could not have dune
when 1 was sick, because my . hands were
nervous. Iht vs written this in pure grat
itude to you. I hope you will publish this
and let it be kn own. 1 would publish it my
self, but I am v cry poor and not able to pay.
In publishing it, 1 think you will gain an ac
vantage., for lam well known among all
those of the trade I am in, and too many of
them, I fear are now near deaths door,
for want of some proper medicine to cure
Dyspepsia. Any person wishing to see me
can call at my house, No. 221 Poplar Lane;
or at my shop in F ront street, third dour
above Coates street.
I rcmain yours, &c.
GEO. C. MAR VIN
The above medicine is for sale at Jacob
Miller's store Huntingdon.
Case of Inflammatory Rheuma
tism. Another positive proof
of the extraordinary success of
Dr. Win. Evans' practice.
Mr Munson, at Mrs. Lewis', 21 Bowery,
N. Y. was laboring under avi dent intlam
inatory Rheumatism, being completely una
ble to move in his bed without assistance,
with extreme pain in his legs and arms,which
were swollen to an enormous sizeewith great
west, excessive thirst, dryness of skin, and
violent pain in the head, * lke., all of which
has within forty-eight hours greatly by Dr.
EVANS' CAMOMILE PILLS, and to a
few days restored to perfect health.
The Pills are for sale at Jacob Miller's
store, Huntingdon, Pa.
A Case of Tic Doloreux,
Mrs. J. E. Johnson, wife of Capt. Joseph
Johnson, of Lynn, Mass., was severely af
flicted for ten years with Tic Doloreux, vio
lent
. pain in the head, and vomiting, with
burning heat in the stomach, and unable to
leave her room. She could find no relief
from the advice of several physicians, nor
from medicines of any kind, until after she
had commenced using Dr, Evans' medicine,
and from that time she began to amend, and
feels satisfied if she continues the medicine
few days longer, will be perfectly cured.
Reference can be had as to the truth of the
above, by calling at Mrs. Johnson's daught
er's Store,3B9 Grand street, N. Y.
The ills are for sale at Jacob Miller's
Store, Huntingdon, l'a.
THE CARL AN D.
-"With sweetest flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
THE WINE CUP.
The Wine-cup! touch It not!
Youth, take thy hand away !
Poverty fills it up,
With ruin and decay.
Oh, youngster, heed thee well.
Ere thou halt quaffed a drop—
The seeds of death are there,
Whose walk thou canst not stop!
That wine-cup, spurn it hence—
Though it may sparkle well—
Though it be old and red,
And suit thy palate well.
Oft 'tis the fatal goal
Whence leads the drunkard's path;
Then heed it, youngster, well—
Shun the woes a drunkard bath!
When, in the festive hall,
Thou meet'st a jovial band,
When merry goes the hour,
Where voices are sweet and bland!
Should there the wine-cup come,
Creating higher joy,
Oh, spurn the wine-cup then,
'Tis dangerous, my boy.
When in the wide world, youth,
f boo hold'st thy d - --% ions way,
If from thc path of truth,
Temptations lead astray—
If urged to drain the'glass,
With thoughtless, heedless men,
Oh, as thou lov'st thyself,
Touch not the wine-cup then.
Should hours of darkness come,
And thy heart's purpose fail,
Should life to thee seem vain,
And earth a dreary vale—
Oh, to the voice of truth
Take bud, nor then be deaf,
Shun, shun the wine-cup then,
It cannot give relief.
THE LOAFER TO HIS LOVE•
My sweet, my werry lovely dame,
i cannot vet consent
The love vic!in my bosom burns,
And -rich my looks reveal.
I walks the city up and down,
And loaf, and sigh, and drink,
But still thy image fills my soul,
In every thought I think.
With hands stuck in my holey pants,
With eyes vich wed the ground,
I valk along unquietly,
Unknowin where I'm bound.
My tendare, bleeding hart is thine;
Here in the tender flour of youth,
I pledge myself to thee alone,
And swore 1 speak the truth.
O cum my dear to thy fond swane,
The queen of loafers be;
If I don't luv thee, brake my neck,
Or pitch me in the sea.
Thou shan't have nothing hard to do,
No work shall truhbul thee,
But free from care, from cash, from pain,
How happy you vil be!
I've got a pretty little house,
Vith jist vun little room,
The Vorkus is my grand hotel,
And there thy charms shall bloom.
How nise our time vil glide along,
I'll love thee till I die;
I'll steel for thee all food vot's good,
From mutton-head to nye.
Then cum my dearest, marry me,
You can't no better do;
No loafer is the beat of I,
No woman's fair as ycu.
The essential features of cur modern dem
agogues are faithfully shown in the following
sketch of a political mountebank in the days
of Richard 1., which we quote from a quant
old poem by Sir James Burgess: •
He aimed at power, but not for public good,
Though this pretext in each insiduous speech
He used to cloak his plans jejune and crude;
On stages and in taverns he would preach;
Insult the laws, the government impeach,—
The People's sovereignty he would avow,
The holy right of insurrection tesch,
And how to make the law before its subjects
bow.
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBIASIIER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 18:1
Sigtorettaneouo.
A TR.1.T13 OTOR.T.
Many years ago, I hapened to be one of
the referees in a case which excited un•
usual interests in our courts, from the
singular nature of the claim, and the
strange story which it disclosed. The
plantiff, who was captain of a merchant
ship which traded principally with the
If est Indies, had married quite early,
with every prospect et happiness.
was said to be extremely beautiful, and
no less lovely in character.
After living with her in the most unin
terrupted harmony, for five years. during
which time two daughters were added to
his family, he suddenly resolved to resume
his occupation, which he had relinquished
on his marriage, and when his youngest
child was but three years old, sailed once
more for the best Indies. his wife, who
was devotedly attached to him, sorrowed
deeply at his absence, and found her only'
comfort in the society of her children and
the hope of his return. But month after'
month passed away, and he came not, nor
did any letters, those insufficient but wel
come substitutes, arrive to cheer her soli,
tulle. Months lengthened into years, yet
no tidings were received, of the absent
husband; and after long hoping against
hope; the unhappy wile, was compelled to
believe that he had found a grave beneath
the weltering ocean.
Iler sorrow was deep and heartfelt,
but the evils of poverty wcre now added
to tier affliction, and the widow !build her
; self obliged to resort to some employment
in order to support her children. Her
needle was her onlyiresource, and for ten
years she labored early and late, for the
miserable pittiance, which is ever grudg
ingly bestowed on a poor and humble
seamstress.
A merchant from New York, in moder
ate but prosperous circumstances, acci
dently became acquainted with her, and
pleased with her gentle manners, no less
than her extreme beauty - . endeavored to
improve their acquaintance with friend
ship.
After some monnths, he offered his
hand, and was excepted. As the wife of a
successful merchant, she soon found her
self in the enjoyment of luxuries, such as
site had never before possessed. Her
children became his children, and receiv
ed from him every advantage that wealth
and affection could procure. Fifteen
years passed away; the daughters mar
ried, and by their step-father were fur
nished with every comfort requisite in
their new avocation of house keepers.
But the had scarcely quitted his roof when
their mother was taken ill. She died al
ter a few day's sickness, 'and from that
until the period of which 1 speak, the
widower resided with the youngest daugh
ter.
Now comes the strangest part of the
story. After an absence of twetny yea's,
during which time now tidings had been
heceived from him, the first husband re
turned as suddenly us he had departed.
lie had changed his ship, adopted a
nother name, and spent the whole of that
lung period on the ocean, v ith only tran
sient visits on share, while taking in or
discharging cargo; having been careful
never to come:nearer home than New Or
leans. Ilhy he had acted hi this unpar
donable manner towards his family, no
one could tell, and he obstinatels refused
all explanation.
There were strange rumors of slave
trading and piracy afloat, but they were
only whispers of conjecture rather than
truth. iLhatever might have been his
motives for such canduct he was certainly
any thing but indifferent to his family con
cern• when he returned. lie raved like a
mad man when he heard of hi wiles second
marriage and subsequent death, vowing
vengeance upon his successor, and terri
fying his daughters with the most awful
threats, in case they refused to acknowl
edge his claims. lle returned wealthy,
and one. of those mean reptiles of the law,
who are always to be found crawling a
bout the Halls of Justice, advised him to
bring a suit against the second husband,
assuring him that he could recover heavy
damages. The absurdity of instituting
a suit for a wife whom death had already
released from the jurisdiction of earthly
laws, was stimanifest, that it was at length
agreed by all patties to leave the matter
to be adjudged by five referees.
It was on a bright and beautiful after
noon in spring, when we met to hear this
singular case. The sunlight streamed
through the dusty windows of the court
room, and shed a halo around the long
grey locks and broad forehead of the de
fendant; while the plantiirs harsh features
were thrown into still bolder relief, lay
the same beam which softened the placid
countenance of his adversary.
The planta's lawyer made a most elo
quent appeal for his client, and had we
hot been informed about the matter, our
hearts would have melted by his touching
description of the • desolate husband, and
the agony with which he now beheld his
household goods removed to consecrate a
stranger's hearth. The celebrated Aaron
Burr was counsel for the defendant, and
we anticipated from him a splcndcd dis
play of oratory.
Contrary to our expectation, however, •
Burr made no attempt to confute his op
ponent's oratory. He merely opened a
book of Statutes, and pointing with his
thin fingure to one of its pages, desired
the referees to read it, while - he retired
for a moment to bring in the princepie
wetness. It e had scarcely finished the
section which fully decided the matter in
our minds, when Burr re-entered with a
tall end elegant female leaning on his arm.
She was attred in a simple white dress,
with a wreath of ivy leaves encircling her
large straw bonnet, and a lace veil com
pleatly concealing her countenance. Burr
whispered a few words, apparently en
coura„o ' inir her to advance, and then
gracefully raising her veil, disclosed to us
a face of proud, surpassing beauty, I re-c
-ollect as well as if it happened yesterday.
how simultaneously the murmur of ad
miration burst from the lips ofall present.
Turning to the plantifi, Burr asked in a
cold, quiet tone—
'Ho you know this lady
Ans - wer. do.
Burr. you swear to that?'
Ans. '1 will; to the best of my knowl•
edge and belief she is my daughter.
burr. 'Can you swear to Bier identity?'
Ans. '1 can'.'
Butr. ft hat is her age?'
Aus. 'She was 20 years of age oh the
20th day of April?'
Burr. 'When did you last see het?'
Ans. 'At her own house, about a fort
night since.'
Burr. 'II hen did you last see her pre-.
vious to that meetinli?'
The plantill hesitated—a long pause
ensue the question was repeated, and
the answer at etigth was
On the 14th day of Mayl7
When she was just three sweeks old,'
added Burr. 'Gentlemen,' continued he,
turning to us, have brought this lady
here, as an important witness, and such I
trust she is.
The plantili's counsel has pleaded elo
quently in behalf of the bereaved husband
who escaped the perils of the sea, and re
turned only to find his some desolate.
But who will picture to you the lonely
wife bending over her daily toil, d: - •rating
her best years to the drudgery of sordid
poverty, supported only by the hope of
her husband's return? Who will paint
the slow progress of heart•sickeniu;, the
wasting anguish of hope deferred , and
finally the overwhel niog agony which
came upon her when her last hope was
extinguished, and she was compelled to
believe herself indeed a widow? Who
can depict all this without awakening in
your hearts the warmest sympathy for.
the deserted wife, and the utterest scorn
for the mean pitiful wretch, who could
thus trample on the heart of her whom be
had sworn to love St cherish? We need not
enquire into his motives for acting so base •
a part. If heftier it was love of gain or
licentiousness, or selfish indifference, it
matters not; he is too vile a thing to be
judged by such laws as govern men. Let
us ask the witness—she who now stands
before us with the frank, fearless brow of
a true hearted woman--let us ask her
whirls of these two has been to her a fath
er."
'turning to the lady, in a .tone whose
sweetness was in strange contrast with
the scornful accent which had characteri
sed his words, he besought her to relate
briefly the recollectrons of her early lite.
A slight flush passed over her proud and
beautiful face as she replied.
"My first recollections are of a small,
illfurnished apartment, which my sister
and myself shared with my mother. She
used to carry out every Saturday evening,
the work which had occupied her during
the week, -and bring back employment
for the following one. Saving that wear
isome visit to her employers and her reg
ular attendance at church, she never left
the house. She often spoke of my father,
and of his anticipated return, but at
length she ceased to mention him, thoug h
I observed she used to weep more fie
j quently than ever. 1 then thought she
wept because we were so poor, for it
sometimes happened that our support was
l a bit of dry bread; and she was accustom
ed to see by the light of the chips which
she kindeled to warm her famishing chil
dren, because she could not purchase a
candle withot depriving us of our morning
meal.—Such was our poverty when my
mother contracted a second marriage, and
the .change to us, was like a midden en
taancc into Paradise. We found a-home,
and a father.' She paused.
-- ..Would you excite my own child a
gainst mc'P cried the planar, as he impa•
RNAL.
tiently waved his hand for her to be si
lent.
-- 'The eyes of the witness flashed fire as
he spoke. 'You are not my father,' ex
exclaimed she vehemently. 'The law
may deem you as such, but I disclaim you
utterly. What! call you my father?--
you, who so basely left your wife to toil
and your children to beggary?—!Fever!
!level! Behold there tiny tamer,' pointing
to the agitated defendant. 'there is the
man who watched over my infancy—who
who was the sharer duty childish sports,
and the guardian of my inexperienced
youth. There is he who claims my idtec
tion and shares my home; there is my
fialter. For yonder selfish wretch,
know him not. The best years of life
have been spent in lawless freedom from
social ties; let hint seek elsewhere for the
companion of his decreptitude, nor dare
insult the ashes of my mother, Iv claim
ing the duties of kindred from her de
serted children!'
She drew her veil hastly around her as
she spoke, and moved of as if to withdraw.
•tientlemcn,' said Barr, have no
more to say. The words of the law are
expressed in the book before you; the
words of truth you have just heard from
woman's pure lips; it is for you to decide
according to the requisitions of nature and
the decrees of justice.'
I need not say that our decision was in
favor of the defendant, and that the plan
t;ff went forth followed by the contempt
of every honorable person who was pros•
ent at the trial.
BEAUTY OF THE JEWESS
BY CIIATEAUBRIAND,
Fontaine asked me one day, why the
women of the Jewish race were so much
handsomer than the men. I gave him a
reason at once poetical and Christian.
The Jewcsns, I replied, have escaped the
curse which has alighted upon their fath
ers, husbands and sons. Ntt a Jewess
was to be seen amon,g the crowd of priests
and rabble who insulted the son of man,
scourging him, crowned him with thorns,
subjected hiin to ignominy and the cross.
The woman of Judea believed in the Sa
viour—they loved, they followed him,
they soothed him under afflictions. A
woman in Bethany poured on his head the
precious ointment which she kept in a
vase of alabaster; the sinner annointed
Isis feet with a perfumed oil, and wiped
them with her hair. Clu ist on his part,
extended his grace and mercy to the Jew
esses; he raised - from the (lead the son of
the widow of Nain, and Martha's brother,
Lazarus; lie cured Simon's mother-imlaw,
and the woman who touched the hem of
his garment. To the Samaritan woman
he was a spring of living water, and a
compassionate judge to the woman in
crime. The daughters of Jerusalem wept
over him, the holy women accompanied
him to Calvary; balm and spices, and
weeping sought Idm at the sepulchre: "wo
man, why weepest thou?" His first ap
pearance was to Magdalen; lie said to
her, , 'Nfary!" At the somd of that
voice Magdalen's eyes were opened, and
she answered, "Master!" The reflection
of some very beautiful ray must have
rested on the brow of the Jewessep.
RECOLLECTIONS.—Time mellows ideas
as it mellows wine. Things in them
selves indifferent acquire a certain ten
derness in recollection; and the scenes of
our youth, though neither remarkable for
feeling, rise up to our memory digni•
fled at the same time and endeared. As
countrymen in a distant land acknow
ledge one another as friends, so objects to
which, when present, we gave but little
attention, are nourished in distant remem
brance with a cordial regard. If in their
own nature of a tender kind C. ties which
they had in the heart are drawn still clo
ser, and we recall them with an enthusi
asm of feeling which the same objects at
the immediate time are unable to excite.
The hum of a little tune, to which in our
infancy we have often listened; the course
of a brook, which in our childhood we
have frequently traced; the ruins of an
ancient building which we remember al
most entire; these remembrances sweep
over the mind with an enchanting power
of tenderness and melancholy, at whose
bidding the pleasures, the business, the
ambition of the present moment fade and
disappear. Our finer feelings are gener
ally not more grateful to the fancy than
moral to the mind. Of this tender power
which remembrance has over us, several
uses mi,ght be made; this divinity of mem
ory, did we worship it aright, might lend
its aid to our happiness as well as our
virtue.
The Detroit Daily Advertiser of the Ist
mentions that the steamboat Erie, on her
passage up the Detroit river, came in con
tact with a small British steamboat, a few
miles above Malden, and the latter sunk
instantly. It was not ascertained wheth
er any lives were lost.
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7Deterrtii art( tteo•
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.
EXCELLENT.—There is a law in exis
tence in Mississippi, which declares, that
any candidate for office, who daring the
time of canvass, bestows liquor upon any
of the voters, is guilty of bribery, and
albject to the penalties for that crime.
There exists a severe famine - in some
parts of Newfoundland. Hundreds of
families are said to be without an ounce of
any food, and nho .are obliged to subsist
upon one meal a flay, and that of the
most nauseating kind.
tre see U stated that the U. S. Troops
are concentrated from all sections of the
union, at Trenton N. J., and will be regu
larly encamped during the summer months
to the number of several thousand.
One of honest Amos' " agents ,
Post Master in Arkansas, it is said can
not read. In distributing the mail he
measures it, sending to the large offices
three pecks—to the next in grade a half
buShel—and so r n down. If he is like
some of the rest of the leg bail chaps, he
will ere long select out a bushel or so of
the “best quality," and make tracks—
many of them hate a taking way with
them.
The trial of Commodore Elliot for mis
conduct before the court in the Navy
Yard in Philadelphia, is now progressing.
The commodore has desired a thorough
examination into his whole conduct and
life. Josiah Randal Esq. is counsel for
the commodore, and Mr. Reed late dis.
ilia attorney, for the prosecution.
It is said that the Florida War has al
ready cost this country thirty millions of
dollars;— and not one step have they ad
vanced in robbing the poor Indians.
An editor of a New Brunswick paper
says "we see nothing to prevent the total
annihilation by Great Britain of the Uni
ted States." What a long tail our cat has
got. Sixty odd years ago, Jonny Bull
tried his pugnacity upon young Jonathan,
to his hearts content, and he went home
satisfied that this business of "annihila
ting" the Yankee doodles was not exactly
what it was cracked up to be. Now,
here is a chap that is for having us licked
up like salt--oh don't!
G. W. Dixon, a full bred Jeremy Did
ier, besides being a knave, who has long
been known as a travelling player and
swindler, always parading himself before
the public as the American buffo singer--
more latterly known as the buffaloe singer,
is allowed six months board and lodging
at the expense of the State, for publishing
a libel in the "Polyanthus" of New York,
(a paper of almost as bad character as the
"Advocate") against Rev. Dr. Hawks.
MORE OF THE MIRACULOUS, OR SLORUS
MULTICAULIS, OUT DONE. --A new kind of
clover has been introduced in London,
which is said to grow 10 or 12 feet high,
and increases at the rate of 300,000 seeds
(or each one sown.
PROGOESS or AMMALTCAL.---The entire
surface of the street in Baud= street,
New Orleans, is now floored for several
squares with asphaltum pavements.
Pirginia Election.
Well done old Dominion: The Loco
Foco papers of this and other counties,
raised a shout of joy, at what they deemed
a triumph of their party in Virginia; they
halloed before they were out of the woods.
The final result has just been learned, and
rout and ruin has scatterered their forces,
and "old Virginia never tire," is sung by
the opponents. Van Buren and the Locus
are dancing to the tune of "clare de kitch.
en." The Whigs and - Conservatives
have a majority of 16 on joint ballot, and
have made a gain of Sin congress. Well
done old d minion! we repeat. It appears
to be clearly settled now, that there will
be an anti Loco Foco majority in the next
Congress. Tae d tys of mis -rule arc last
numbering.