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Diseases of the Lung's a%'d Breast.
It has cured thousands upcn thousands—
of all classes—in cases of the most danger
ously consumptive character; and I)ltysi
clans of the greatest eminence throughout
out whole country now unhesitatingly re
commend it as r
SELDOM KNOWN TO FAIL.
TESTIMONIALS
, Messrs. SANFORD & PARK—DO4SiTS4—••
WWI' regard to Dr. Wistar's BOOM of Wild
Cherry, for which you are wholesale, agents,
We have sold, since last Octobetf,'eighty
two bottles at retail, and have heard from
a great portion of them as producing the
desired effect. •
_ .
Several important cases in thiS vicinity,
which cattle under our personal, knowledge
have been cured!—where other remedieS
have been tried for years without effect.
In fact, we think it one of the most inval
uable remedies for OnnsUMption of the lungs
and all other complaints for which it is re
commended; and do think; that the . suffer
ing of the afflicted demand that you should
give it a general circulation, and make its
virtues known. Yours, truly,
WEAGLY & KN EPPER, Druggists.
Wooster, 0., May 20, 1843.
[From the Cincinnatti Daily Times of
May 30th 1843.
“Wistar'a Balsam of Wild Cherry.—We
should judge from Messrs. Weagely &
Knepper's letter, published this day among
our advertisements, that this popular rem
edy for coughs, lung complaints, and dis
eases of the breast generally, was really a'
valuable medicine, and worthy of serious
attention trom the public. We are infrared
by the wholesale agents, that they are al
thost daily receiving similar letters from all
parts of the West.
We would advise our readers who are
Tabiiring under an affection of the lungs, to
'Make immediate trial of this truly excel
lent medicine. The most intelligent and
'respectable families of our city have adopt
ed it as a favorite family medicine ; and
persons predisposed to consumption who
'have Used it, speak in the higheit Writ's of
its efficacy."
Cjw Read the following from Dr. Jacob
Rollivan, a physician of extensive practice
in Huntingdon county':
Dear Sir--1 procured one bottle of Dr.
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, from
Thomas Read, Esq. , of this place, and tried
it in a case of obstinate Asthma on a child
of Paul Schweble,,in which many other
remedies had been ried without any relief.
The. Balsain gave sudden relief, and in my
opinion the child is effectually cured by its
'use. Yours, &c
JACOB HOFF - MAN . , M. D.
Dec. 23, 1841.
c - It is unnecessary to remind all who
Would get the true article, to inquire made
Wady for "Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild
Cherry," and take nothing else.
Price one dollar fur bottle.
For sale in Cincinnati, by . . -
SANFORD & PARR,
' General Agents.
Also, by Thpmas Reed & Sun, Hunting
don ; Mrs. Mary Orr, Hollidaysburg; Gem
yitill Porter,. Alexandria.
Dec. 17, 1845.
A Card,
CL.EMEN & BAKER,
Wholesale Druggists and Manufacturers of ('goal
Varnish; also, sole Agents for the Franklin
Window Class Works.
Irtrp
AVIN (i been long engaged in the man
ufacture of Copul Varnish, as well as
other kinds, we are now prepared to offer to
purchasers aq article ..Vhfch in quality can
not•be surpassed in the Union.
Mao, receiving weekly, from the above
celebrated works; Window Glass of every
size.
Constantli , on hand, a full assortment of
White Lead of the most approved brands;
tog,thrr with a large stock of Drugs;.Med-
ietnes, Paints, Oils, Indigo, Dye Stuffs, C ol
ors; Bronzes, Guld Leaf, Dutch Metal, Cam
els' Pencils, Paint. Brushes, Palllt
Knives; &c., comprising every article in this
line.
All which will be sold at the lowest possi
ble prices,
by CLEMENS & BAKER •
No 187, North 3d st., one door above BAKER,
PhiladelphlL
Sept. 10; 184..
ELtWa 4 a/ssMiIX)C)„ /:Pegl. 9 aont(Jia3:3
SUPER & FENNEq
MANUFACTURES OF
Umbrellas, rarasols & Sun-Shades,
NO. 126i4ARKET STREET,
South side, .4clow Fourth, Philadelphia,
Ihvite tho attention of Merchants and Manufactab
era to their very extensive, elegant, new stock, pre.
pared with great care, and offered
AT THE LOWEST POW. nLz CASH PRICES.
The principle on which this concern is establish
ed, is to consult the mutual interest of their cus
tomers and themselves, by Manufacturing a good
article, selling it at the Lowest Price for Cash, and
realizing their own remuneration, in the amount of
sales and quick returns.
Possessing inexhaustible facilities for manufao.
tare, they are prepared to supply orders to any ex
tent and respectfully solicit the patronage of Mar- '
chants, Manufacturers and Dealers.
CALVIN 33IATTNE,
• •
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
vvy, ILL practice in the several Courts of
,/,/ the City and County of Philadel-
Oda.
His Ace is at No. 35, South FOURTH St.,
between Chesnut and Walnut streets.
Philadeldhia, Oct. 1, 1845.
•
Jewelry ! ;kW elry ! , Jewelry! !
, +UST received, astock
geZ_ of• the most magniti
„ 2 * c c i i e un nt e l ti ew p
/-) consisting. GOLD P
coAT
TENT LEVERS, LadieB
GOLD ANCHOR LE
- VER S, f N.,11 jewelled,
St LVEit PATENT LEVERS, double and sin g le
casetl,StLvEn ANCHOR LEvEßsifu Iljeweled,
double and singlerastdENGidsn WATCHES,
Imitation,Levers, QUARTIER and FRENCH
WATCHES, &C. &C.'. Also ji
Gold Fob Chains, and Seals,
of the most fashicniable patterns. Gold .
Pencils, Spectacles, Guard Chains, Key's,
Breacelets sett with topaz, Meilitlions, Fin
ger Rinliar Rings, Breast Pins, sett with
topaz, a hist, &c. &c. Mineature Cases , .
Silk Puy Coral Beads cket Boxks,
Musical Boxes, MatheinaC struments,
Silver Spectacle's, Tab s, Tea and
Salt Spoons, Sugar Ton ends patient
Silver. Pencils, Razors o finest sualitY
HENRY CLAY pen kniyes, a superior arti •
cle, Steel Pens, gpy ('hisses, Hair Brushes,
Tooth Brushes, Platina Points, etc. ccc. All
the above articles will be sold cheapen than
ever heretofore. • •
Clock and Watch repairing done as usual,
very cheap for cash, •-
A large assortment oteig'at day and thir
ty hour Clocks will be sold very cheap,
All watches sold will be warranted forone
year, and a written g::arrautee given—that
it not found . equal to warranty it will (during
that period) beput in order without expense,
or it injured, may be exchanged for any
other watch of eqUal value, The Warranty
a considered void, shoilid the watch, with
which it is given; be put into the hands of
another watch maker.
Huntingdon, April lb, 1/344,
D. BUOY,
WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY
THE subscriber respectfully inform his
friends and the public in general, that he
are prepared to manufacture cloths, satti
netts, flannels, blankets, carpeting, &c., at
the well known establishment, formerly oc
cupied by Jeremiah Whitehead, situated in
the town of Williamsburg, Huntingdon co.
Pa. His machinery will be in good order,
and having none but good workmen in his
employ, he will assure all who may favor
him with their custom that their orders
will be executed in a satisfactory style on
the hhorrest notice.
- CCL I CE , a'' rb \sts B
He will card wool into rolls at the low
price of 6+ cents per pound ; card and spin
12 cpts per pound, 16 cents per pound ;
manufacture white flannel from fleece, 31*
cents per yard; manufacture brown flannel
from fl ece, 40 cents per yard ; he will
find sattinett warp and manufacture satti
netts of all dark colors at 45 cents per yard;
cloths I wide, 50 cents per yard ; :common
broad cloth, $1 25 per yard ; blankets, $3
per pair; plain girthing carpet, 50 cents per
yard ; he will card, spin, double and twist
stocking yarn at 20 cents per pound ; color
ing carpet, Loverlet and stocking yarn, from
15 to 31 cents per pound.
Con ntry fulling.
Cloths of all dark colors, 22 cents per yd;
flannels, cents per yard , blankets, - 7 cents
per yard ; home dye flannels 61 cents Tier
yard ; home dye cloths, 16 cents per yard.
Arrangements have been made at the fol
lowing places, wherecloths and wool will be
taken and returned every two weeks:
At the house of John Nail, Hartslog
i al
ley; Jacob IVlVahatis, M'Connellstown; J.
kintrekin's store,Coffee Run ; John Givin's
store, Leonard eaver Jacob Cypress and
Matthew Garner , Woo dcock Valley I- Gem
mel dc Porter's store, Alexandria ' Walter
(Araham's store, Canoe Valley ; pysavt's
Mill, Sinking Valley ; Davis Brook's Mill,
Blair township ; James Candron's store,
Frankstown ; Geo. Steiner's store, Water
street ; James Saxton's store, Huntingdon.
Persons wishing to exchange wool for man
utacturf d stuffs can be accommodated,,
17' All kinds of country produce taken in
exchange for wrirk.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN,
Williamsburg, Aug. V, 19, 1845.—tf.
A. W. BENEDICT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—HUNTINGDON,
Pa.—Office at his old residence in Main
street, a few doors West of the Court
House. A. W. B. will attend to any bu
siness entrusted to him in the several
courts of Huntingdon and adjoining coun
• tick. Apt i I .10, 1843%—tf.
VOMITR.Y.
i — toire the Ladtei—Every Chet
I love the Indies, every one
The laughing ripe brunette ; .
Those dark-eyed daughters of the sun,
With tresses black as jet.
VVhat rapturcja their glances glow,
Rich tintertheirApeka disclose,
And in the little dimples there, -
Young smiling Love repose.
I love tbeledieT, every one, •
The blonde so soft and fair; •:
With looks so mild and languishing,
And bright end golden . hair ;
How lovely or= their sylph-like forms,
• Their alabaster him, •• •
And their blushes far mac beautiful
Than rose buds bathed in dew.
I love tholadies every one, -
E'en those whose gracelecs forma
Are rugged as the oak that's borne
A hundred winter's storms. ,
The young, the old, the stout, the thin,
The short as well as tall,
Widows and wives, matrons, and thaide,
0, yes, I love them all.
I love the ladies, every one,
None but a wretch would flout 'em
This world would be a lonely place
If we were left without 'em.
But lighted by a woman's smile,
Away, all gloom is driven,
And the most humble home appears
Almost a little heaven.
I love the ladies, every one—
They're angels all, God bless 'em,
And what can greater pleasure give,
Than to comfort and catesa 'em.
I call myself a temperance man,
So I'll drink their health in water—
Here's to the mother's, one and all,
And every mother's daughter.
Selected and adapted:from tin:Fre*. ,'.:'
MARIE. THial ii~avxt a 1 S.
AN INCIDENT IN REAL LIFE.
During that disastrous period of Napoleon's ca
reer,' known arithe 'Hundred Days,' a portion of
the Province of Morbihan in Il f ittany rose in arms,
and a battle took place near Auray, between the
Insurgents and certain skirmishing parties, who
Were usually- designated a. the 'Blues.'..• The af
fair was so minute a spark of civil. war, that it do ,
served 'ld mention in history; yet it cost the lives cf
admit hundreds of men, ribose blood was poured
Out iiiu; water in the trenches of the deep and sunk
en traverse that pecilitti country, It
Was in thheo trenches that the most of the bodies
Were found, and the magistrate whose duty it was
in clear the field battle after the fight, exclaitned,
with n sort Of barbaroUS naivette, that it looked like
• the' enil.of•a harvest frolic, whore the men were
cleePing off their drUnkennesi. • • •
. kin .the second day after the batils;l:st at the
grey of the morning, a young &want girl, with
her Sickle on her arm, took her way to her usual
daily labor in the fields, As ebb Pic 'tecletl
along the road, she looked curiously around upon
the trees pierced with bullet., the hedges torn and
broken, and the ground beaten and trampled as by
many feet. For a great distance, the road was lit
erally strewn with buttons, bits of braided worsted,
the remains of epaulettes, cartouch boxes, fragments
of Breton cape, pierced by balls or bayonets, splash
es of half-congealed blood, and all the horrible in
dications of a fierce and recent conflict. But the
bodies of the slain had already disappeared. Du
ring the night the peasants had given them Chris
tian burial, and the women had traversed the bat
tle -ground with sacks upon their shoulders, alter
nately despoiling a dead enemy, and offering up
prayers, for a lest friend.—Much rich booty had
been obtained, and, to judge by the pre-occupied
manner of the peasant girl, as she now scrutinized
the thickets on both aides of the road, she was not
without expectation of gleaning sante remnants of
the, plunder.
,
But her hopes seemed to gi.ore fainter as she
proceeded; and as she reached a wide marsh, over
grown with thick brushwood, she quickened her
pace, when she was startled by sudden move-
Mont among rushes that bordered the morass. A l
mcet at the come instant the clashing of iron struck
upon her ear, the point of a bayonet appeared glit
tering in the foliage, and a blood-stained figure fee
bly and painfully dragged itself forth from its lurk
ing place in the marsh. The girl. suddenly "loop
ed; she uttered not the slightest sOtirid, but she held
with a firmer grasp the handle of her sickle. The
imploring gestures ef the wounded man, together
with a few words which he uttered in the language
of the country,.eetiled td excite her interest, and
she approached ti few skis towards dihir. He had
by this time succeeded, by the aid of bia gun, in
rising to his knee, and the girl discovered by his
blUe jacket and the device of his buttons, that ho
belonged to one of those companies of marines who
had fought so valiantly at the battle of Auray. As
she paused with an air of indecision, the wounded
man entreated her to approach, and in order to in
ure her that he had no power, even if ho possessed
the will to molest her, showed her that his leg wu
'broken by a musket ball. Emboldened by this, the
girl advanced nosier, and derrianded what he de
sired of her.
'Where are my comrades, the bluesl' was his
first question. 'They are gone.'
'Gone! since whenV
•
'They went yesterday.'
'lmpossible! why surely we were victorious.' •
The girl made no reply, but stood silent and un
moveable as if she hod not comprehended his ques
tion. She had already deceived him, for his com
rades were still at Auray, and now to all his re
newed questions, she replied in such a manner es
•to make him believe that he was abandoned with
out hope of succor from his companions.—The
poor fellow had been wounded at the close of the
dayovhde pursuing the Chovans, and had passed
the night in the morass, suffering the most excru
ciating pain, and only sustained by the hope that
some lucky chance might discover his condition to
his comrades. The news of their departure almost
drove' him to despair. He had no strength to fol
low them, and he dared not show himself in open
day, lest he should be assassinated by the hostile
peasantry. His only hope now rested on the girl.
lie was a native of her own privince; his father and
hrothorawere fisnermen of Locmuariaquer, only a
few leagues distant, an& they could save him if in
folioed of his danger. . He conjured her, therefore,
to seek them; ho. employed supplication., tears,
even menaces, but she was insensible to all. While
he was talking with her, she remained standing at
a little distance, with her tVed greedily searching
for eomethind she might appropriate, until they ac
cidently fell upon the poor sailor at her feet. That
look discovered to her a prize. Eagerly approach
ing hint, she said in a low hoarse whisper—
'lf you would have me to go to Locmariaquer,
you must give me your watch.'• As she spoke she
seized the chain, but the wounded man, throwing
himself back, and repulsing her with all his re
maining strength, cried, 'Not now, riot now: when
you return with my father, you shall have the
watch and the money'
'Have you money, too?' asked the girl.
'Yes, it shall be all yours when—
'Where is the money?' have, it safe.'
'Show it to tne.' 'Proiaise, then, to save me.'
'Show me the money.'
The poor fellow drew towards him the knapsack
which he h..' , •oet. aver it.. while his
sr.* sands began slowly to loosen tha buckles
that closed it.
The girl made one step backwards, to give force
to her blow, and the next instant the sickle descen
ded upon his head with a force that clove him to
the brain. • The victim never breathed again,—he
stretched out hie arms, and felt heavily forward,
tvith his face resting on the -knapsack: Thb
dorm only waited . tobe :sure that life 7108 extinct,
then deliberately despoilinghnii of his watch, mo
ney; and clothing; she quietly washed the 'stains Of
blood from her hands and feet in the pool beside
her,rind wenton to her daily labor in the field.
Ort:lter• return home at night she displaped her
Price to her friends, simply remarking that she had
been lucky enough to find the body of a Blue in
her way—an explanation quite satisfactory at a mo
ment when such chances were frequent in a coon
' try filled with commotion. • •
On that same evening, however; the body of the
unfortunate soldier was found and recognized by
his family: Several circumstances conjoined to
throw suspicion on the girl, and ere many days had
elapsed no doubt remainerdof her guilt. The mur
dered marine Wain' conscript, ono of that numerous
class of young men who were compelled in those
days to endure an opinion along with a uniform,
and to wear the cockade •of the• government party,
whatever that party might happen to be.. A native
of Brittany, lie hadlien forcibly enrolled at Brest,
cnd when Hie regiment was sent into the interior
of the country, he was necessarily crinipellad to
combat on his native soil, and against his own peo
ple. This peculiar position . was well understood
by the peasants, for it had .been the' • fate of many
of their children, and the death' of the' youth was
lamented therefore like that of a friend.
This sympathy for the victim was of course ac
companied by the deepest indignation against the
murderess. There seemed such double-eyed wick
edness in the deed, that every heart was revolted by
it. Ho had fallen by the hand of a woman, while
he was appealing to womanly tenderness, and the
meanness of the motive seemed to add a deeper
guilt to the heinous crime. As it always happens
in those generous re-actions of feeling, when party
spirit is suddenly quelled for a moment by the
voice of equity, the people seemed as if they could
scarcely express their indignation with eufficient
force. As the laws either could not, or would not
punish the criminal, public opinion took upon
itself the task.—The girl was driven out of the
community, and avoided by all, as if the taint of
leprosy was upon her. No farmer would employ
her to labor in his fields; no prdprietor would rent
her a cabin on his domain. Her only refugo was
the church perch, where she crouched like an ac
cursed thing at the door of the sanctuary, she dared
not enter. Every one shrank aside es her ahtidow
fell upon them in her aimless wanderings. If she
approached the fountain, whence the village drew
its supply of *eta, the women usually assembled
there would instantly hush their idle gossip, snatch
up their half-filled pitchers, and hurry away, ex
claiming."make room for the murderess!"
To set the final seal to her public reprobation, a
ballad was composed, setting forth her horrid crime
in all the coarse but graphic language of popular
poetry. Wherever the unhappy creature ventured
to appear, alts heard the tone of this vengeful song.
Her punishment wee no* no longer the ordinary
penalty of crime, having its limit of time and place,
and demanding only the liberty or the life of the
offender... Her. guilt, by this neW species of retri
bution, had become public property, its punishment
was identified with the most durable memerials cf
public morals and manners, It was not recorded
in the dusty volumes of the law, but it was hint
abroad on the wings of music and poetry, to reach
evry ear, and to turn from her every heart. The
mark of Cain was upon her Wow; her fellow-beings
were her tormenters, withholding their hands from
her life, yet inflicting a daily death upon her by
their loathing and scorn. In vain nee sought- to
fly from-the scene of her guilt. Her crime 'teemed
bornemn the very winds of heaven, and wherever
the voice of the shepherd broke the stillness of na-
ture, there resounded the frightful burden of that
avenging song. • •
Once, as she wandered away from human seer::,
she beheld in a meadow, at some distance from
Auray, a child at play among the daisies.—A sud
den yearning filled her heart; she approached the
merry boy, and seated herself beside him. For
more than a year the desolate creature had not
touched a human hand, or' listened to the sound of
a kindly human voice, and she now found a mo
ment of inexpressible happiness in the innocent
caresses of the hoppy child.
Too joyous to know any thing of fear, he nes
tled beside her, glad to find a companion in his
sports, while she, pressing him to her bosom,
amused him, after the manner of a tender mother,
by tales and songs. The child had listened with
delight, but when she had finished he looked in her
face, as if, in his simplicity, he sought to repay her
kindness, ho said—
:. !My father taught me a prettier song than yours;'
end he began to sing—
, 0h lleten, lihriitian neighbors, to a crime of' deep
estinte,
Mario Marker with her sickle has killed the wound
ed Me.
At these terrible words the unhappy girl uttered
a wild cry, and dropping the unconscious- , child
fremler knee, fled like a hunted-wild beast into
the Woods. It was the final blow of the unseen
avengers—her punishment was greater than she
could bear, and from that hour Marie became a
hopeless maniac: •
When t first 'dery her (le had been: acme yenta
in this state, and I exalt never forget ler singular
appearance. She was d large. robUst zit/ of 24,
with a remarkable squareness of outlin2, and a cer
tain riedity of motion; that rambled the awkward
movements elan ill joined wooden figure. There
was.no play cf muscles visible, no tracery of veins
discoverable beneath the tanned and swarthy skin.
She reminded me cf those stone images of the vir
gin which stand in the niches of consecrated foun
tains--coarse and ill-carved statues, from which
art has been unable to remove more than halt the
veiling granite, and which leave you in doubt
whether they are specimens of imperfect human
skill, or simply rude stones, which @me freak of
nature has stamped with a half developed reeern
blenee to htimanity.
Upon a nearer view, the' 'countenance of the
murderess had a singularly austere and sinister ex
invasion. It Was a face very singular in its con
tour, and literally seamed with cross lines, which
disturbed and offended the gazer's eye, while in
her wild and wandering look there shone out a
frightful degree of cunning ferocity. She herein
every feature.the stamp of that bastard Celtic race,
in whoM primitive qualities have degenerated into
corresponding • vices. She rareli replied to any
questions that might be addressed to her, and gen
erally Seethed ds strong in soul as in body, but ifs
sitigle word of that frightful song reached her ears,
then, as if:truck by, some galvanic power, the coarse
statue started into life, and became once more suf
fering humanity. She would utter terrible cries;
toss her drins,,writhe her body in..tha most terrible
contortions, turn suddenly, spring up, would fly
with the utmost speed, repeating as she ran the ac
cursing couplets of the dreaded song, while as her
voice rope louder and louder upon the air the
avenging words seemed to take fiercer and stringer
hold upon her distracted feelings.
It seemed as if remorse was incarnate in that
hideous form; or rather, that two beings were in:
closed in that rigid frame, on ono of whom had
been imposed the task of torturing the other, and
that the outraged conscience, was forever giving
chase to thesinful soul. Every feature, every ges
ture expressed the emotions of this double charac
ter—the avenger and the victim. By turns she
wept, and denounced vengeance. It was a specta
cle from which the eye turned in horror, for it was
like the struggle of the executioner and the criminal
on the brink of the ecaffold.
A FATRERLT 10.1.8 T .--At the anniversary of the
New England Society in New Orleans, the follow
ing was the eighth regular toast :
The Daughters of Louisiana—Attracted by
their bright eyes, enchanted by their sweet smiles,
the Sane of the Pilgrims only await their assent is
become Pilgrim Fathers. (Drunk standing) Air,
"Love Not."
GOT TIM' MITTEX.-- , A chap out Weat, recently
got the mitten. He must have felt very bad. Hear
the poor fellow
"Farewell ! deer girl, farewell !
I ne'er shall love another,
In peace and comfort may you dwell
And I'll—GO VON! TO MOTETS !"
‘UKY'Llaapllcs• ZUGD. e_glaet)
The Zuckeye Women."'
The indies of Ohio are regUlar amazons, when
they have a will to exterminate a nodal pest in the
shape of a liquor distiller, u may be Inferred limn
the following incident related in the last Western
Washingtonian
lii Medina county, the last distillery has been
stopped, and converted into a Temperance Hall by
the ladies. The incident related by the delegate
from that county is as followei--The ladies appoint.
ed a committee of six to wait upon the distiller and
requested him tg desist. He refused—but It hap
pened that the husband of a lady in the neighbor
hood (who was a strong athletic woman) was in
the habit of visiting the distillery, and remaining
often days at a time, in the most beastly state of
intoxication. She had often remonstrated with the
distiller, but to no effect—he Would sell. One day
being' absent longer than usual, the went to the
distillery to hunt hirh. The distiller informed her
that he was not there, she peraisted in the decla
ration that - he- was. , He attempted to put her'out,
when the turned upon hint and threw him into a
mud hole some two feet deep,"tind his clerk coming
to the rescue, she threatened him in the same way.
Site then found her husband laying in'a dying state
in the office. She lifted islet up, supported his fee
ble frame to bet humble home, told the distiller she
would give 'him three days to chute op buslness,
and if he did not, she would tiring a reinforcement
of ladies and tear it down. On the second day he
sent her word that ho' hid closed up, and opened
his distillery for a temperance meeting!
amusing Anecdote,
The "Louisville Journal" tells a good anecdote
of a recetit scene in nrankfort. It says, at a ball
in Frankfort the other evening a young - gentleman
it is said, took an undue liberty with a pretty lady.
Tho lady made her complaint to the gentleman
with whom she was dancing. Thereupon, the last
named gentleman knocked the first named gentle
man down in the ballroom. The fight extended
until, as we are told, fifteen or twenty persons were
engaged In .it. Fists, pistols, and knives of all
sorts were flourished, and some blood was spilt,
though nobody was killed. Two of the persons,
who took part in the affair, have Since arrived here
with the intention of settling their quarrel on the
,Indiana shore.
It is said that an English officer, sojourning for
a short time at Frankfort, was remarking, on the
day before the affray, that he had heard much of
Kentucky "rows," and that it was his moat a'nxione
desire to see one. When the ball-room fight got
well under way, a gentleman, who had heard the
expressed wish of the officer, ran to hie room' and
told hint what was going on. The officer ran to
Of° ball-room, but the moment he entered the door,
a tremendous stray fist 'knocked him clovin. He
...a.... ;A t , auo i.t himself in . ..
where he thought he could look -.es..‘in security.—
He had not beets there pony minutes, however,
before a big fellow, mistaking him for another,
rushed at him,exelaiming, "This ie the very scoan•
drel I have been looking for!" The officer darted
like lightning from the room, and strange to say;
he has not since been heard to express the slightest
curiosity to ace a Kentucky row.
VENICE
The fc!Too:lng vivid picture cfVenice —that proud
' , Queen of the Waters' , —mare In Horace Smith's
"Love and Meetnerient."
"Why should we attempt to portray Venice 1—
Lives there in the wide European world a single
educated men who is a integer to it Nu, not one.
Such a being would bo an anomaly, a soLism, an
impossibility. He may have never been wafted in
a gondola, as it floated, like a brooding halcyon;
over the waters of the Grand Canal; he may never
have ilono' admiring homage with his bodily eye to
the eovreign of the many isles; but to his mental
vision she has long been present, palpable., familiar
as the market place of his native town , •The'pairia
logs of Camden°, Guardi, and other artirts—tho
vivid portraitures of dramatists and' novelists, the
preens of poets, the more sure and sober delineations
of history, have not only indeliby stamped upon
his memory the glorious annals of tide oldest end
most celebrated of all modern 'cities, but have pie.:
tured to his delightful_ gaze her aerpcntine canal;
with its myriad diverging channels, her turret
crowned isles and inlets, her Piazza of St. Mare;
her Piazzetta, her Rialto, her churches, palaces,
columns, obelisks, towers, and trophies. Up from
the Adriatic does she majestically rise before hint,
haunting his imagination like a dream, perhaps,
combining wildness, snlendor, and grotesque
romance. still falls short of the wildnees, splendor,
and romance of the 'reality:
• "Populous and gay, yet comparatively silent and
uninistling—a Metropolis without horses, carriagee
or cattleite inhabitants gliding along the river
ttreets in black funeral looking gondolas—its fen
tune buildings' varying from every known style
and epoch, and contrasting while they harmoniie
with each other, this aphrodite of the Adriatic
might well be deemed a glorious apparition, evoked
from the waters of the deep by the wand 'of some
imaginative enchantress. Almost as dreamy, ideal,
and fancy painted as they baseless fabric of a vision..?
what city, nevertheless, so prolific of fart, as storied
with historical associitions, an prodigal of Euro ,
peon, African, and AsiatiC realities', so self-revealing
and autobiographical as Venice I Enriched with
the spoils, of three quarter. of the globe, bearing
the handwriting'of tWelv s Cc:an:les neon her walls
nearly every temple an epoch, every tower a narra
tive, every column a trophy, she has literally made
' the stones "prate of her whereabout," has eterni
zed her public glory in her public buildings, and
has rendered her open palaces as'unreeerved in their
disclosiires and revelations as the confessional bog
of a cathedral.''
SPECTRAL Vislosr.—The'Boiden Medical four•
nal says , that a gentleman in the city, known for
hie intelligence and enterprise, for yearn past has
been entertained with a singular spectral visitor,
whenever he enteral a certain gate in front of a rel.
ativa'a house on Washington street, bordering on
Roabury. He is mot by a large, full-faced, florid
complexioned man, dressed in a broad-brimmed
white hat. This occurs at all hours Of the day,—:
The spectre recede. from him as he advances, and
near•the front door is loon in the air. Ho mamma
ea that he taken plenum in looking his intangible
visitor full in the eye—examinee the color end cut
of hie garment, and now taw& him ea on old
familiar acquaintance. The gentleman is not coll
ations of having defective vision. It is evident
that a morbid action taken place in hisbrain, through
its connection with the optic apparatus--end that
the spectre in reproduced by locale/010e. existing
at the gate, which cannot yet be explained.