OTI)G1)0) JOURAAL.
BY JAMES CLARK
VOL. XII, NO. 48.
TERMS: I waiting in a coach to see the candidate,
The h HUNTINGDON ' 1 OURN AL" will be ! for the situation. The young man went,
papliehed hereafter at the following rates, viz and was desired to enter the conveyance, 1
$1.75 • year, if paid in advance; $2.00 Il' where he saw a person with something
paid during the yearend $2.50 If not paid un
of the appearance of a foreigner, sixty
til after the expiration of the year. The above
tarms to be adhered to in all cases. or seventy years old arently , app troub-
No subacription taken for less than ale months, i led with the gout, as some yards of flan
end no paper dincontinued until all arrearages are a nel were wrapped round his legs. A
paid, unless at the option of the publisher. ' cainblet surtout was buttoned round his
a:, To Clubs of six, or more, who pay in nit- mouth, a large patch placed over his
Vance, the Journal will be sent at $1.50 per' left eye, and nearly every part of his
copy for one year; and any one who will eend us
i
that number of names accompanied with the money ,face was concealed. He affected much
shall receive the Journal one year for his trouble, : infirmity and a faint hectic cough, and
!!"—.•2"N , invariably presented the patched side
to the view of the servant. After some
conversation, in the course of which he
represented himself as a guardian to a Intemperance in England.
young nobleman of great fortune, the
The Boston Traveller says that Rev.
interview concluded with the engage-
Mr. Wright of Corpus Christi College,
ment of the applicant, and the new ser- Cambridge, recently delivered a temper
vent was directed to call on Mr. Drank,
mice lecture in Manchester, England,
the name by which he designated him
which contains many important facts
self, at 29 Titchfield street, Oxford
respecting the progress and influence of
street. At this interview Drank in
dram drinking in England. The lectu
veighed against his whimsical ward tor
rer, among other things, stated the
his love of speculating in lottery tick
whole number of paupers in the court.
ets, and told the servant that his prin
try to be 954,295. If this is the pauper
cipal duty would be to purchase them.
population of England alone, it gives
After one or two meetings, at each of
one pauper to every sixteen inhabitants;
which Drank kept his face muffled, he
if this is the pauper population of the
handed a £4O and £2O Bank note, told i
United Kingdom, it gives one pauper to
the servant to be careful not to lose them, ,
about twenty-eight inhabitants. In 0-
, and directed him to buy lottery tickets
nt separate offices. The tru ct
titer case, the story is a frightful one.—
went, fulfilled his i
na The chief cause of this frightful pan
' the moment he was returning, was sud
denly called by his employers from the drinking customs of the country. To
the stone cause might be chiefly uttrib
other side of the street, congratulated '
ed the fact th were 114,193
ton his rapidity, and told hinto go to to
t
children (accord at th ing to ere
parliamentary
various offices in the neighborhood of
statistics) without education, in that en
the Royal Exchange, and purchase more
lightened country. To the same cause
shares. To do this, £4.00 in Bank of
might be ascribed the fact that in a pro
wishes of the mysterious Mr. Brank
England notes wore handed him, and the vincial town, in a single year, 16,000
persons had been taken into custody ;
were satisfactorily effected.
Th ' s° and that nearly five-sevenths of the en
toscenes were continually enacted. Notes tire
population of the country neglected
alarge amount were thus circulated,
lottery tickets purchased, and Mr, ,
habitually public worship on the Sun
day,
Brunk, always in a coach, with his face . Mr. Wright further stated, as illus.
studiously concealer?, ready on the spot trative of the benefit of total abstihence,
omea receive them. The surprise of the
servant was somewhat excited, but had that in those districts in Ireland, where
he known that from the period he left
the people had abandoned the use of in
his master to purchase the tickets, one toxicating drinks, crime and pauperism
female figure accompauied all his mov had well nigh disappeared; and that
e
scarcely an individual had fallen a prey
meats, and that when he entered t h e !
to famine in any of the tetotal districts.
(aces, it waited at the door, peered eau-
t ionsly in at the window, hovered arceind
About 500,000 drunkards had
re
him like a second shadow, watched him claimed in England and hid e been
ales ; of
whom 70,000 had united with Christian
carefully, and never left him until again
Churches. And yet it was calculated
in the company of his employer, that
surprise would have been greatly in. that the communicants of England
creased.spend £11,200,000, or $56,000-
creased. Again and again were these
extraordinary scenes rehearsed ; again 000 in intoxicating drinks ; while, for
and again were the lottery tickets pro-
benevolent and religious institutions,
ounted
cured, and again and again was the ser-
their contributions2am -2 milli to only
vent allowed only to see the patched millions of dol.about £500,000 or 1
' side of his face. At last the Batik ob- fors.
,
twined a clue, and the servant was takcn good Eye.
into custody, his simple statement dis- There is hardly a greater perversion
,' regarded, and his person incarcerated. of the meaning of a phrase in the En
, The directors imagined that at last they ghsh language, titan is contained in the
had secured the actor in so many parts, words so often used at parting with
' that the flood of forged notes which had friends—" Good bye"—words which in
inundated the establishment would cense. themselves have no signi fi cation what-
These hopes proved fallacious, and it ever. In olden times it was customary,
was found that " Old Patch" had been especially among pious people, when
sufficiently clever to baffle the bunk di. parting from those they loved or respect
rectors, The house in Titchfield street ed, to commend them to the protection
was searched, but Mr. Brank had deser- 'of God. The phrase in French was
ted it. The servant was discharged " A Dieu,"—to God—angliec, "adieu"
i from custody with a present of £2O ; —and used by thousands without a
' the advertisements re-appeared; rewards , knowledge of its meaning. And the old
were again freely offered, but in vain, English form of expression, "God be
The extraordinary Mr. Brank remained . with you"—a most solemn and beauti
las inaccessible us ever, and the forger- fu! phrase whim; taking leave of a friend
ins became more plentiful. But the 'is altogether discarded, and " good bye"
' mind of this man—a master in the art u most vile corruption of this phrase has
of crime—invented a new method of , usurped its place.—Boston Journal.
' fraud. A Justice of the Peace Maker.
In 1785, the public prints reported the William Penn and Thomas Story,
following :—On the 17th of Decetnber,, while travelling on one occasion in Vir
£lo was paid into the bank, for which ginia, were caught in a shower , and un
the clerk as usual, gave as ticket to re-
ceremoniously took to the shelter of a
moire a Bank note of equal value. This tobacco-house, the owner of which hap
ticket ought to have been carried imme
pened to be within. " You have a great
diately to the cashier, instead of which
deal of impudence," said he, "to tres
the bearer took it home, and curiously
pass on my premises; you enter with
added an 0 to the original sum, and pre
out leave ; do you know who I ant 1"
seated it so altered to the cashier, for
"
which he received a note of £lOO. In No," was the answer. " Why, then,
the evening the clerks found a deficien-
I would have you to " know that I am a
cy in the accounts To which Tho
, and on examining justice of the peace.
mss Story rejoined—" My friend, here,
the tickets, not only that but two others i
makes such things as thee; he is the
were discovered to have been obtained Governor of Pennsylvania." The "great
in the same manner. In the one, figure
man's" haughtiness abated.
1 was altered to 4, and in another to 5,
upon which the artist received near I A MEDICAL HINT TO MOTHERS.—A med
£looo. ical correspondent attributes the high
The contriver of this ingenhis fraud shoulders and the lateral curvature of
proved to be the same individual who the spine, which so frequently disfigure
had so lons baffled the police ; but in a females, to the shoulder straps of their
short time hiscareer wits closed. One dresses resting below the shoulder and
of the notes given in pledge for costly on the muscle of the arm, instead of
articles of plate, with which he graced I being on the shoulder, which compels
expensive entertainments, was traced to I the wearer to be constantly hitching her
the silversmith, and after innumerable shoulder to keep up the dress, an action
names, innumerable lodgings and innit- that results in a forcing up of the shout
merable disguises, the end of Charles der, a distortion of the chest, and a la.
Price was fast approaching. He destroy- teral curvature of the spine. He also
ed his implements through the agency states that from this dangerous practice
of his mistress, notwithstanding the and the consequent exposure of the chest
acuteness of tho police. It has been seen to cold, inward tubercles are formed, and
that his accomplice in crime watched not unfrequently consumption is engen
the person employed, while Price was dered.
POETICAL.
The Dosorted Wife.
Oh, leave me not in anger,
W ith a frown upon thy brow,
If love bt turned to hatred,
I tutu; not see it now.
If n warning mildly spoken,
Should aurae a moment's pain;
Forgive it, and remember,
We may never met t again.
If ether eyes have charmed then,
If other lip. have smiled,
More sweetly, more endearing,
Than the mother of thy child
I de not now reprove thee;
From reproaches I refrain,
Fora vision faintly fella me,
We can never meet again.
Life hi ebbing fast,
Form, too soon, we port ,
Physicians cannot heal
A blighted. withered heart,
Then leave me not in anger,
One moment yet remain;
Receive my last farewell.
For we i ever meet again.
When Fortune Beams.
When fortune beams around you.
When hearts with pleasure leap
And hopee and joys surround you—
Forget not those who weep !
When I riendship's smile invites you
To bless and to he blest ;
And every eltsrm delights you—
Oh, think of the tlist rest !
When golden gales betide you.
As if by Heaven decreed;
And plenty stands beside you--
Forget not those who need !
When pleasure's cup seonis endless,
Oh. prove it without end
Ity Iwing to the friendless
In every hour a friend !
MISCELLA.NEOus,
PATCH, THE FORGER
Charles Price was one of those men
whose abilities are employed in defritod•
ing. At the age of seventeen he left his
home to seek his fortune, and threw
himself on the world with the detertni
nation to live by it. He soon learned to
play many parts. Now a comedian, and
now a gentleman's servant. At one
time a rogue, and the companion of
rogues ; and then a fraudulent brewer
or a fraudulent bankrupt. Great talent ,
was employed in enormous crimes, and .
great evil was the result. After trying'
his hand as a lottery-office keeper, stock
broker and gambler, he attained suffi
cient importance to grace a work called
the "Swindler's Chronicle," and he em
barked in a bold, skilful, and resolute
career of fraud on the bank. His only
confident was his mistress. He practi
sed engraving until he became proficient.
He made his own ink. He manufactu
red his own paper; with a private press
he worked his own notes, and he coon•
terfeited the signatures of the cashiers,
until the resemblance was complete.—
Master of all that could successfully
deceive, he defied alike fortune and bank
directors, and even these operations in
his own house were transacted in dis
guise sufficient to baffle the most pene
trating. . .
About the year 1780 snot° was brought
to the bank - for payment. So complete
were all its parts, so masterly the engra-
. „
ving, so correct the signatures, so skil
ful the water-mark, that it was prompt
ly paid, and only discoverrd to be a for
gery when it reached a particular de
partment. From that period forged pa-'
per continued to be presented, especial
ly at the time of lottery drawing. Con
sultations were held with the police.-1
Plans were laid to insure detection—ev
ery effort was made to trace the forger.
Clarke, the Forrester of his day, went,
like a Bluth-hound, on the track, for, in
those day., the expressive word, “blood
money," was known. Up to a certain
point there was little difficulty, but oe
yond this, the most consummate art de
fied the ingenuity of the officer. In
whatever way the notes came train of
discoveries always paused at the lottery
offices. Advertisements offering large
rewards were circulated, but the un
known forger baffled detection.
Among other advertisements in the
Daily Advertiser, in 1780, might be seen
one for a servant, to which an answer
was sent by a young man, in the employ
ment of a musical instrument maker,
who was called upon by a coachman,
and informed that the advertiser was
[CORRECT PRINCIPLES--SIJPPORTEE ET TRUTH.]
TIUNTWGDON, PA 7, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1847,
waiting close to the spot. Had anything!
occurred, she would have given a signal
to Price,
who would have torn off his
dress of Old Patch, and appeared in his
own character. He seems to have been
known as " Old Patch," but his identi
ty with Price, the lottery-office keeper
and stock-jobber, was not suspected.—
His end was worthy his life. He em
ployed his son to get the necessary itn.
plements of destruction, and the follow
ing morning he was found hanging. A
jury sat upon his body, on which the
old barbaric custom was enacted, and
midnight witnessed the lonely cross
road receive the remains of the forger.
A TANN= IN A COTTON
rAc TORY.
Did you ever see, read, or hear tell of 1 ,
.d green 'un' in the cotton mill 'I
Pray don't answer rashly—don't lose
yourself among 'Yankees in coal screens,'
'Yankees in hot baths,' 'Yankees in Res
torators,' and unadvisedly answer yes 1
Mine is a Yankee in a new phase. His
dilemma is a Yankee—'sui geueris'—s
live Yankee in the card-room of a cotton
mill!
The plain unvarnished facts in the
case,' as politicians say, are these:'—
A raw, straw-hatted, sandy-whiskered,
six-footer, one of the purely uniniated
—came in yesterday,
from Greene, with
a load of wood for the factory company.
Having piled his wood to the satisfac
tion of the ' Squire,' he baited his team
with a bundle of green grass brought all
the way from home for that purpose.
Then, after investing his available capi
tal in the purchase of root beer and gin
gerbread at Ham's, he started to see the
city'—filling his countenance rapidly
with bread, and chewing it vigorously
as he went,
He reviewed the iron foundry and
machine shop, and was just opposite the
warp-mill as the hands' were going in
from dinner. The girls were hurrying
in as only factory girls can hurry—and
Jonathan, unaccustomed to such an array
of plaid shawls, bonnets, and hoods de
' posited his gaud stick upon the stairs
and stalked in 'to see what the trouble was'
The clatter of the machinery and the
movements of the operatives soon ab
sorbed his whole attention. Being, how
ever, of an inquiring turn of mind, and
seeing much that was calculated to pre
plex, and whose observations in mechnn•
ics had been mostly confined to thresh
ing machines and corn shelters, he began
to push vigorous inquiries in all direc
tions. In this way he made himself ac
' quainted with the external and internal
economy of the picker," beater,'
winder," doubler, and 'speeder.' By
two o'clock he had extended his research
es as far as the 'breakers' and 'finishers.'
He reached the latter just as the card
stripier was stripping the flats.' In
this operation the cylinder of the card
is exposed to view, and is seen revolving
with a very pretty buzz. Not satisfied
with the 'poetry of motion' at a safe dis
tance, our hero must needs introduce
himself between the cards to get a near
er view.- -This movement brought his
nether habiliments' into dangerous
proximity to the gearing of the next
card, and thereby hangs a tale."
'You—l say I She goes pooty—don't
she, boss 1 , said Jonathan, inquiringly.
'She don't do anything else,' responded
the stripper. 'But you must be very
careful how you move around amongst
the hardware. 'Twas only last week,
sir, that a promising young man of Ox
ford—a student at the academy here—
was drawn into that very card, sir, and
before any assistance could reach him
lie was drawn through, and manufactured
into No. 16, super extra, cotton warp
yarn.'
s—s—swow ! I believe yore joking !'
stuttered Jonathan.
Fact, sir,' continued the stripper, 'and
his disconsolate mother came down two
days ago, and got five bunches of that
same yarn as melancholy relics."
'By the mighty that CANT be true!'
'Fact, sir, fact !and each of his fellow
students purchased a skien apiece to be
set in lockets, and worn in remembrance
of departed worth!'
'ls that a fact, now! was he really
carded, spun and set in lockets A
sense of personal danger here shooting
across our hero's mind, he began to re
treat precipitately without waiting for
an answer,
There was not much room to spare
betwixt himself and the gearing of the
card behind. Another step backwards
completed the ceremony of introduction.
His unwhisperables being of large cali
bre, the process of snarling' them up into
a hard knot was uo ways slow. Our
hero 'gave tongu e ' instanter, and by the
twentieth gyration of the embodiement,
the music was melodious. His explo
sive tones' were scientific and did honor
to his knowledge of dynamics. Gen.
Scott himself could not have protested
more forcibly against an attack on his
rear.'
0—! !—Let go !—you
li-u-r-t. Blast your picter—Let go! Aint
ye ashamed ! Git out!—Taint pooty.
I)arnation seize ye ! Let alone on rue,—
can'They t e !--do !'
gearing by this time had wound
hint up so he was obliged to stand on
tiptoe. His hands were revolving vig
orously behind him but he dared nut ven
ture them near the 'seat of war,' lest
they too should be drawn into hostili
ties.
The card stripper threw oft' the belt,
but the momentum of the cylinder kept
it revolving, and our hero, supposing it
in full operation ► burst out anew :
'Oh, stop her ! stop her ! wont ye 1 Stieit triim jemmy I
Stop her, do—l aint well, and I orter be i Two brothers from the tttlerelci
at home. Father wants the steers, and a few years since, purchased if piece of
mother's going to bake! Stop the tarnal wild land, not far from the Ketittebee
masheen.---cant ye?—do ! Aint you got i and went to work to clear it up. After
no feelin' for a feller in distress 1 Oh cutting the large growth and burning
dear Pll be carded and spun, and made over the underbrush, they proceeded to
into lockets! Je—nu—sa—lens!! How 1 contrive a plan to get the fallen trunks
do wish I was to Greene!' together in a pile for the purpose of burn-
The card was stopped at last, but Jona- ing them also.
than's clothes were so tangled in the The land lay upon a hill-side, and
gearing that it was no slight task to ex- they concluded that If they could roll a
tricate him. Like Othello, he was not large log which lay near the summit
easily moved,' and it was only by cutting and place it about half way down they
out the 'invested territory' that he was might pile the rest against it and thus
finally released. secure their object. But how were they
What are you about here?' said the to prevent it, once under sea:•, from roll
overseer, entering 'Nothin', sir, only ing to the bottom, and th,s defeating
stripping flats,' answered the stripper. their plan. To accomplish this they
'Our hero, not caring to resume his obtained a rope, and making one end
'pursuit of knowledge under difficulties,' fitst to the log, one of them was to hold
a pair of overhauls were eliaritaLly on to the other end to prevent its going
loaned him, and he scattered suddenly too far, while the other was to start it.
towards Mill Hill, giving a series of short Fearing that he it bta'ile to pre
kicks with either leg, on his way, as if vent the rope from slipping through his
to assure himself that he had brought fingers, Jemmy who was the steersman,
away his full compliment of limbs from tied it securely to his body.
the 'cussed machine.' I "Start him airy, Phelim!" said he,
TIIE METIIODIST EPISCOPAL CuNrten.— after having convinced himself that all
was right.
According to the o ffi cial minutes of this
church for 1837, as published by Lane' Phelimdid start him, and as the log
& Tippett, of New York, there are liven. commenced its progress the rope caughten-
ty-four conferences in union with the in a projecting ',nut, and began rapidly
Church, of which the Baltimore Con
to wind up. First he went over the log,
ference has the largest membership, viz : and then the log went over him, and so
42, 388 white and 16,387 colored. 011ie they continued their circurogyrations
stands next numerically, having a white and their
membership of 51,684, and colored 51.1..
their progress somersets—Phelim watched
fora moment and then
Philadelphia New York, and Pittsburg ' you're a match for him any way ; you're
'f sung out—" Stick to him Jemmy! faith
are next. ile Vermont Conference has
the smallest. The total membership in
'on top half the time."
the twenty-four conferences is, white
600,941. ; colored 29,901; Indians '716,1 One of the half-starved literary youth
total 631,558. There are 3,216 travel- of Paris found a poor beggar girl in the
ling preachers, 346 superannuated, 4,913 street one snowy night of last winter,
local, total 8,555. These statistics do and as she was almost senseless with
not include the southern branch of the cold and hunger, he took her to his gar-
Methodist church. ret , and with respectful devotion, gave
I her food and shelter. His young - pen-
A KIND OF SMALI..-PDX AMONG SHEEP.— sioner seemed modest, and was not ill-
A very fatal disease, and it is believed jenkin,, and he soon worked up his
new to this country, has lately made its •feelings to romance, and determined to
appearance among sheep. It is the small- , treble his industry to give her a proper
pox of that animal, and in its first stage lodging and clot he her so that she would
more particularly many fall victims to be presentable at places of amusement,
it. It is desirable that the public should .By excessive labor and economy, he at
be apprised of it, in order that the the last achieved the purchase of a proper
necessary measures may be adopted to ' wardrobe for Mademoiselle, and finally
prevent its farther propagation. It was as she seemed to have a passion for a
introduced by some Sp an i s h sheep int- silk mantilla, he pawned his watch and
ported from Hamburgh, and has already satisfied her in this. With thi six re
found its way into ninny flocks. Several j mining francs of his worldly wealth,
sheep affected with it have also been ex- he proposed to take her for the first time,
posed for sale in Smithfield market. At Ito a restaurant to dine. "At last," said
the Royal Veterinary College experi- he, turtling her round, " see yourself
ments have been instituted, by which its dressed like a queen ! Now ve need
infections and nature has been complete- not be ashamed to go out in any comp
ly proved. and others are being carried „ y pt "At'," said the pretty innocent,
on with a view to check its progress and "but see how badly you are dressed. I
lessen its fatality.—London Times. I could not go out with you, looking as
A HOGISH CONVEYANCE.—A farmer of I you do. Give me three francs more to
St. Albans, Vermont, recently made a I bu y
ine a pair of gloves — ,
and let me b
cro
out alone."—dome H°me
I " Journal.
grand entree into that place, mounted on
a small car drawn by four large hogs.— i RUM AND GRAVE STONES.—Not long
He entered the town at a brisk trot, since a vessel arrived at Augusta load
amidst the acclamations of hundreds,who ed with rum and grave stones! Where
were soon drawn together to witness this ever rum goes there will be a demand
uncommon spectacle. After making the for the grave stones ! All the insignia
tour of themarket place three or four of death and the grave should follow
times, he went into the wool pack yard, the damning draught that leads there.
had his swinish cattle unharnessed and And why was not the coffin and the
taken into a stable together, where they slimed, with those grave stones ! They
were regaled with a trough full of beans too, will be wanted where therm goes,
and wash. They remained about two provided the poor drunkard is sufficient
hours, while he dispatched his business ly able to have them.
as usual at the market, when they were
put to and driven home again, multitudes l A CAUSTIC HIT.--Piron, the French
cheering him. This man, it is said, has author, having been taken up by the
only had these animals under training, watchman of the night in the streets of
six months. A gentleman on the spot Paris, was carried on the following mor
offered him £5O for the concern as it ning before a Lieutenant of the police,
stood, but it was indignantly refused. who haughtily interrogated him concer
ruing his business or profession.
HARD OF HEARING.—An old trick, "I am a poet, sir," said Pima.
says an Albany paper, was played on ,Oh ! a poet, are you 1" said the mag
the Sheriff at the present term of the istrate, "I have a brother who is a poet."
Court. He was short for Jurors, and ' . Then we are even," said Piron, "for
made a descent on the street. He ac- I have a brother who is a fool."
costed a gentleman well known in town,
, t..._ A LADY FORTUNE'T'ELLER, of VI/ ilming
" I want yen in Court fora juror 1
~ H a ," replied the man, "speak a little , ton, Del., has retired from business on a
handsome fortune. She is said to have
louder." The Sheriff pitched his voice
into a high key, "I want you for a i„. received more money, and seen more
ror." " Yes, yes," nodding his head fools than any other lady living.
very significantly, "it is ii very fine
..3 ~,,
031 E Da FELLOW advertises in an
day." The Sheriff, taking him for a
Albany paper for a partner with five
deaf man, bolted. The wag
aced hi s ' hundred, to go on n burst. Whether he
thumb to his nose, and went through the
is to be an active or a silent partner is
motions. , not specified.
ELEVEN COMELY* THINGS. — A Young •
sh i‘ n l in lll g il t i, ,e J s i e lll t , , g w et h l o lp tir ; . !!: e Sint has been
saint ; an old martyr ; a religious sol
dier ; a conscientious statesmen ; a great ,
" Well, if I had to travel as far as he
man courteous;
a learned man humble; 1 today,,
I should have been up three
a child that understands the eye of Its
a cheerful companion without 1 hours n g ° ' ''
a friend nut . changed with hon- [Et'
' q am glad this coffee don't owe
a soul depart- . me anything,'said
o vp r aa F i tny a tsi r ; ich man happy ;
ing with comfort an assurance. These , fast.
things are comely and pleasant, and 'Why 1' grumbled his-wife.
'
worthy of honor from the beholder. : . Because I don't believe it wou ld ever
settle.'
FOR THE "G'HALS."-Why is a young
lady like a careful house wife'? Because JAKE wants toltuow whether a woman
her waist is as little as she can make it. is a woman when she is a little sulky
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