HUI\TTN I 0 - IN 01 A 13Y JAMES CLARK VOL XIII, NO. 12. 03PrIANS' COURT SALE. DY virtue of nn o der of the Orphans' Court .oof iluntingdon county, will he exposed to rfu-,!irs sale, on the premises, by public venduc of ',fiery, on .§DITURD.IY, 25th March next, Zs Tidy of Land, late the eetate of James Camp bell, of ,hi , ley township, in acid county, dec'd, situate in Shirley township, in said county—ad jotning Shade mountain, lands of John Moyer, Slack Log mountain, and lands of Mary Ann Pollard, containing 176 acres and 711 perches and allowance, being the same tract of land sold by James Catr.pbe•ll, Sr., of Perry county to James Campbell. late of Shirley township, Iluntingdon county, The said tract of land is valuable, and in Impro ved, and affords a desirable opportuni:y to persons desiring to purchase a good farm. The title is indisputable. Tanats—One third of the purchase money to be paid on confirmation of the sale, and the resi due m two equal annual payments thereafter with I merest, to he secured by the bonds and mortgage of the purchaser. By the Court, JACOB MILLER, Clerk, Attendance given by HANCE R. CAMPBELL, fe1).7.2-'4 9. .1111:1 .11, "Huntingdon Jewellery Store." r TH E undersigned has just received from Phila. 1 delphia soother large lot of GOLD & SIL VER WATCHES', of almost every description n n j slily. Also. an additional supply of Jewel lery• steel Bends, Bag clasps, Purse r• ilk, &C. . The stib,riber boo made arrimgements with on extensive establishment in Philadelphia, which will enable hint to keep nn fiend and to supply at all times the increased and increasing demands of the public, at the very lowed prices. MS. T. SCOTT. Huntingdon,feb22-48. .1 F. R. 71 FOR subAcriber will offer at Public Sale on the , 1 18th of March, 1848, n Small Farm situate nu the Juniata river, in Vest township, 1-hunting don comity, near John Neff's Mill, and adjoining lends of John. Neil. Dr. Metz, Jacob Knode and others, containing 76 acres, more o• less, in o fine state of cultivation. The improvements consist of it good DWELLING HOUSE, well finished. and a Frame Stable. There is a fine young er a ‘ rd of fruit trees on the premises, and a well of water near the house. Attendance will given and terms made known on the day of sale, be ROUT. B. WILSON. If the shore property ie not sold, it will he offer ed for rent. Feb.22* Orphan's court Sale, pursuance of an order of the Orphans Court of Huntingdon county, 'hero will be sold on the premixes . 5.1171RD4Y, 25th, of March, next, at 2 o'clock I'. M. the following described Real E a tm o, hitt of James Conerin, deed, viz: A Tr ACT OF VALUABLE LAND, situate in the township of West in said county of Huntingdon, on or near the water. of Shaver's Creek, a abort distance from the Penn's Canal at reteroburg,eontaining 108 Acres adjoininglands of Jilt Reed. Thomas Johnston, Jonathan McAteer and others—shout 40 acres of cleared Land thereon, and the balance excellent timber land. All of - which is considered of the bent qual ity of farm land . The Terms are easy, 1.4 Z —Ore third of the purchase money to remain in the hoods of the purchaser during the life of the widow of said James Conerin, dec'd., with interest Irom the on firmation of the sale, payable annually to the said widow—the principal thereof at the death of add widow payable to the heirs and legal representa tives of said deceased. Ono third of the balance to be paid at the confirmation of the sale. and the remainder in two equal annual payments with in terest—the whole to be recured by the Judgment notes of the purchaser. By the Court, JACOB MILLER, Clerk. fry. The subscriber having been appointed by the said Court. Trustee to make male of the above valuable property, tail attend on the premises at thu time of sale above fised, when and where all pnrchasers ore invited to attend. 116,0!1N ARMITAGE. feb9-1848. Trustee. I;:tec woes Aotice. Estate of Jaeo7G. Huyctt, late of Por ter township, decY. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters Testa mentary upon the last IA ill and Testament of said deceased, have been granted to the under signed. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make payment immediately; and all claims and demands against the same to lie pre sented, duly authenticated for settlement, to DANIEL FIPER, HENRY NEFF, Executors. F - The books and papers of said d. ceased are In the hands of Daniel Piper, residing in Alexan dria. Auditor's Notice. V HE undersigited. Auditor appointed by the Court of Common Pleas or Huntingdon county, to appropriate the MOlleys in the hands or the SherilY arising from the sale of the Real Estate of Christian Oyer, hereby gives notice to all per sona interested that he will attend, for that purpose. at his office, in Huntingdon, on Saturday the 18th day of March next, at 10 o'clock. A. M. GEO. TAYLOR, Auditor. fehll.lB4B. Lumber I Lumber! LL kinds of Lumber may be had at A Thomas Maize's Saw Mill, situate on Meshnnon's Creek, twenty miles from mouth of Spruce Creek, and five miles this side of Philipsburg. All descrip tions of stuff, used for railroads, build ings, See., such as Spruce, Ash, Pine, Loc•ist and White. Oat;, wired to order and furnished at the shortest notice i 9 18,'48.] THOU, MAIZE. UMBRELLAS, Parasols, l'arasolettes, WALKING CANE UMBRELLAS, WIVX. It RICHARDSON, STEvI.II File TO liY, The only one in the United Steles, No. 104 Market Street, Philadelphia. MERCHANTS ore respectfully informed that I continue to Manufacture all the above goods by the aid of steam, not withstanding the great op position of parties opposed to the introduction of rapt naive improvements. My assortment is com plete, and prices so low, as to give entire satisfac tion. 0. As there in an Umbrella Store next door, of rally the name name, it is important you should member WM. If. RICHARDSON, Eteam Factory, and PATENTEE of the WALKING CANE UM n Sign of the Lady and Eagle, No. 104 Market Street, Philadelphia. N 1 ,84848, cO• Attention is replevied to the csfebrnted WALKINO CANE UMIIIIIELL, a neat and beautiful article, combining all the advantages of a CANE and UMBRELLA WILLIAM T. WALT., CHARLES HART. WALTER!. Az, HARVEY, (Late llnsleburst R. Walters) PRODUCE AND GENERA!. COMMISSION MERC H AN I'S, Nos. 15 and i 6, Spear's % hart, BAT:mina, Liberal Cash advances made on consignments of all kinds of Produce. Baltimore, febS-I 948. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. BY order of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county the solo of the following property will ttake place on Thursday, the 23d Marco next, viz: All that certain tract, piece or parcel of lend lying and being situato in Tod township, Huntingdon county, containing 250 acres more or less. adjoin ing lands of Samuei McLain, deed, and Joseph Martin, on which J. Houck resides. There is it good DWELLING HOUSE and BABA' on the premises. Also, a g I ; first rate Orchard of bear- ;.t . ing PRUI'!' 7'BEES. There are also dour good Springs of water there.. There ore about hund red acres of land cleared, twenty-live of first rate meadow, and shout one hundred that con be made into meadow, all of which is in one body. Teams.—One-third of the purchase matey to be paid on confirmation of the sale, and the W ane° in two equal annual payments, with interest and approved security. Sale to commence at ten o'clock of raid doy, when attendance will be given by SAMUEL HOUCK Jnn. 18, 1848-In, V.II,U3BLE RE.IL EST.,I7'E Orphaus' Court Sale. I N pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon County, will ho exposed to sale on the premises, in Cloy township, Hunting don county, on Wednesday the 22d day of March next, the following property, late the estate of Thomas Bradley, dee'il., six: A. Certain Tract of Land, situate in the said township of Clay, adjoining lands of George Hudson, Esq., and of Jonathan Miller, containing Ono hundred Acres, more or less. with about seventy-five acres cleared thereon, six of which in the hest quid- Vit. iv of meadow. There is also a first rate ORCHARD of the heat assorted i fruit trees on the premises. The intprowtnents are a good TWO STORY DWELLING HOUSE and „ Double Barn. There • is also a never- ;el foiling spring of water near to the Dwelling House. The land to in a good state of cultivation, and affords all the advantages for any one wishing a good and eligible farm. Terms—One third of the purchase money to be paid on Confirmation of the sale, one third in one year, and the balance in two veers. DANIEL ITAGUE, A der of Thomas Bradley, dec'd. feb94948. PRIVATE SALE. THE subscriber offers for sale a tract of land situated in Tyrone township, Blair county, three miles frotn Tyrone Forges, containing One hundred and ten 4cres, the principal part Limeston , Land, in a high state of cultivation, with wa ter in all the fields except one ' • a Foun tain Pump at the barn, and running water at the house. The improvements are—Two Dwelling Houses, a good Bank Barn and Stable, a Cabinet Makers' Shop, Wagon House, Carriage House, Cider Mill, and other outbuildings, all sub stantial and in good repair. Also, a new Draw Kiln for burning Lime. There is also on this farm an :At-- Orchard of Two Hundeed fipple 41k: Trees nearly all of the very best _ grafted fruit. 0D- The Central Railroad will puss within three miles of the above pro y JAMES E. STEWART. Nov. 30, 1847-tim. Sohn W. Thompson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WI LLIAMSBURG, FA., IN7ILL attend in all legal !amines,' entrueled to VI , him in 1 lair and Iliablingdnn counties.-- Communications from a di:lance will reeeive trio moot prompt attention. fob! Om. tconßEct PRINCiPLBS-RUPPOUTED BY TRUTH.] HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1848. THE IturEama CASE, AN OLD GENTLEMAN'S STORY BY E3T311 C. VIBURY THE outlines of the following sketch were related to me, by an aged and hon ored member of a large family connex ion ; a man who possesses an almost in exhaustible fund of legendary lore, and whose most interesting anecdotes and most comic tales are but recollections of past scenes of which he can say, in the language cf A3nens, "quorum magna: pars fui." "Many years ago," said Mr. E----, " 1 happened to be one of the referees in a case which excited unusual interest in our courts, from the singular nature of the claim, and the strange story which , it disclosed. The plaintiff, who was captain of a merchant ship which traded principally with England and the West Indies, had married quite early in life' with every prospect of happiness. His wife was said to have been extremely beautiful, and no less lovely in charac ter. After living with her in the most uninterrupted harmony for five years, during which time two daughters were added to his family, lie suddenly resolv ed to resume his occupation, which he had relinquished on his marriage, and when his youngest child was but three weeks old, sailed once more to the NA est Indies. His wife who tvas devotedly at tached, 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 solitude. Months lengthened into years, yet no tidings were received of the ab sent husband ; and, after long hoping against hope, the unhappy wife was compelled to believe that he had found a geave beneath the weltering ocean. "Her sorrow was deg-) and heartfelt, but the evils of poverty were now add ed to her affliction, and the widow found herself obliged to resort to some em ployment, in order to support her help less children. Her needle was her only resource ; and for ten years she labored early and late for the miserable pittance, which is ever grudgingly bestowed on the humble seamstress. A merchant of New York, in moderate but prospering , circumstances, accidentally became ac quainted with her, and pleased with her gentle manners no less than her extreme beauty, endeavored to improve their ac quaintance with friendship. After some; months he offered her his hand, and was accepted. As the wife of a successful merchant, she found herself in the en joyment of comforts and luxuries, such as she had never before possessed. Her children became his children, and re- ceived front him every advantage that wealth and affection could procure.-1 Fifteen years passed away ; the daugh ters married, and by their step-father were furnished with every comfort, re quisite in their new avocation of house-' keepers. But they had scarcely quitted , his roof, when their mother was taken ill. She died after a few days' sickness, and from that time until the period of which I speak, the widower had resided with the youngest daughter. " Now comes the strangest part of the story. Alter an absence of thirty years, during which time no tidings had been received from him, the first husband re turned as suddenly as he had departed. He lied changed his ship, adopted anoth er name, and spent the whole of that long period of time on the ocean, with only transient visits on shore while ta king in or•discharging cargo; having been careful, also, never to come home nearer than New Orleans. Why Ile had acted in this unpardonable manner to wards his family, no one could tell, and he obstinately refused all explanation. There were strange rumors of slave trading and piracy afloat, but they were only whispers of conjecture rather than truth. Whatever might have been his motives for such conduct, he was cer tainly any thing but indifferent to his family concerns when lie returned. He raved like a madman when informed of his wife's second marriage and subse quent death, vowing vengeance upon his successor, and terrifying his daugh ters by the most awful threats, in case they refused to acknowledge his claims. He had returned wealthy, and one of those mean reptiles of the law who arc always to be found crawling about the halls of justice, advised hint to bring a suit against the second husband, assu ring him that he could recover heavy damages. The absurdity of instituting a claim for a wife, whom death had •al ready released from the jurisdiction of earthly laws was so manifest, that it was at length agreed by all parties to leave the mutter to be adjudged by five referees. It wan on a bright and beautiful af. ternonn in spring, that we first 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 defendant ; while the plaintiff's harsh features were thrown into still bolder relief, by the same beam which softened the placid countenance of his adversary. The plaintiff's lawyer made a most eloquent appeal for his client, and had we not been better informed about the matter, our hearts would have been melted by his touching description of the return of the desolate husband, and the agony with which he now beheld his household goods removed to conse. , crate a stranger's hearth. The celebra ted Aaron Burr was counsel for the de , fondant, and we anticipated from him a splendid display of oratory. I had never before seen him, and shall certainly ne ver forget my surprise at his appearance. Small in person but remarkably well formed, with an eye as quick and bril liant as an eagle's, and a brow furrowed by care far more thanl time, he seemed a very different being from the arch-trai . tor and murderer I had been accustom ed to consider him. His voice was one of the finest I ever heard, and the. skill with which he modulated it, the variety of its tones, and the melody of its ea , deuces, were inimitable. But there was one peculiarity about him, that remind ' ed me of the depths of darkness which lay beneath that fair surface. You will smile when I tell 'you, that the only thing I disliked was his step. He glided rather than walked ; his foot had that quiet, stealthy movement, which invol untarily makes one think of treachery, and in the course of a long life I have never met with a frank and honorable man to whom such was habitual. "Contrary to our expectations, how ever, Burr nude no attempt to confute his opponent's oratory. He merely open ed a book of statutes, and pointing with his thin fingers to one of the pages de sired the referees to read it while he re tired for a moment to bring in the prin cipal witness. We had scarcely finish ed the section which fully decided the matter in our minds, when Burr re-en tered with a tall and elegant female lean ing on his arm. She was attired in a simple white dress, with a wreath of ivy leaves encircling her large straw bonnet, and a lace veil completely concealing her countenance. Burr whispered a few words, apparently encouraging her to advance, and then gracefully raising her veil, disclosed to us a face of proud, surpassing beauty. I recollect as well as if it had happened yesterday, how simultaneously the murmur of admira tion burst from the lips of all present. Turning to the plaintiff; Burr asked in a cold, quiet tone— "Do you know this lady?" Snswcr.—" I do." Burr.—" Will you swear to that ?" Snswer.—"l will; to the best of my knowledge and belief she is my daugh ter." Burr.—" Can you swear to her inden tity2" :/nswer.— "I can." Burr.—" What is her age?" Inswer.—" She was thirty years of age on the twentieth day of April." Burr.—" When did you last see her?" .Inswer.—"At her own house a fort night since 1" Burr.—" When did yen last see her previous to that meeting V' The plaintiff hesitated—a long pause ensued—the question was repeated, and the answer at length was, " On the four teenth day of May, 17—." "When she was just three weeks old," added Burr. "Gentlemen," continued he, turning to us, " I have brought this lady here as nn important witness, nod such, 1 think, she is. The plaintiff's counsel has pleaded eloquently in behalf of the bereaved husband, who escaped the perils of the sea and returned only to find his home desolate. But who will picture to you the lonely wife bending over her daily toil, devoting her best years to the drudgery of sordid poverty, supported only by the hope of her hus band's return? Who will paint the slow progress of her heart-sickness, the wast ing anguish of hope deferred, and, final ly, the overwhelming agony which came upon her when her last hope was extin guished, and she was compelled to be lieve herself indeed a widow I Who can depict all this without awakening in your hearts the warmest sympathy for the deserted wife, and the bitterest scorn for the mean, pitiful wretch, who could thus trample on the heart of her whom he had sworn to love and cherish 1 We need not inquire into his motives for acting so base a part. IVhether it was love orgain, 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-heart- ed woman—let us ask her Which of those two has been to her t father. "Turning to the hilly { in n tone whose sweetness in strange contrast with the scornful accent that had just character ized his words, he besought her to relate briefly the recollections of her early life. A slight flush passed over her proud and beautiful face as she repried f "My first recollections are of a small, ill-furnished apartment, which my sister and myself shared With my mother.— She used to carry oat every Saturday evening the work which had occupied her during the week, And bring back employment for the following one. Sa ving that wearisome visit to her employ- • er, and her regular attendance at church, she never left the house. She often spoke of our father, and of his anticipa ted return, but at length she ceased to mention him, though I observed she used to weep more frequently than ever. then thought she wept because we were so poor, for it sometimes happened that our only supper was a bit of dry bread, and she was accustomed to see by the light of the chips which she kin dled to warm her famishing children, because she could not afford to purchase a candle without depriving us of our morning meal. Such was our poverty when my mother cootracted a second marriage, and the chn age to us was like n sudden entrance into Paradise. We found a home and a father." She pau sed. Would you excite my own child ap:ainst met" cried the plaintiff as he impatiently waved' his hand for her to be silent. " The eyes of the witness flashed fire as he spoke. " You are not my father," ' exclaimed she vehemently. " The law may deem you such, but I disclaim you utterly. What! call you my father 1--- you, who basely left your wife to toil, and your children to beggary I Never! never! Behold there my father," poin ting to the agitated defendant, " there is the man who watched over my infancy —who was the sharer of my childish sports, and the guardian of my inexpe rienced youth. There is he who claims my affection, and shares my home; there • is my father. For yonder selfish wretch, I know him not. The best years of his life have been spent in lawless freedom from social tics; let him seek elsewhere for the companion of his decrepitude, nor dare insult the ashes of my mother by claiming the duties of kindred from her deserted children !" "She drew her veil hastily around her as she spoke, and giving her hand to Burr, moved as if to withdraw. "Gentlemen," said Burr, "I have no more to say. The words of the law are expressed in the book before you; the voice of truth you have just heard from woman's pure lips; it is for you to de cide according to the requisitions of na ture and the decrees of justice." "I need scarcely add that our decision was such ns to overwhelm!) the plaintiff with well merited shame."—Brooklyn, L. I. Pa t's Dream We have laughed heartily over the recital of a real Hibernian dream. Two sons of the green and glorious Isle met a day or two since, and thus coloquised: "Good morning, Pat." "Good morning Dennis." DENNIS.—"How is it wid ye, Pat ! ye seem in a quandhery." PAr.—"Bedad, but its right ye are, widout knowing it, for I'm in that same. It's a provoking drams, I've had." DEN.—"A drat»e, Patrick ! was it a good or a bad one !" PAT.—"Bad luck, but it was a little of both ; I dreamed I was with the Pope, who was as great a giraleman us any Wye in the district ; and he asked me would I drink "I Thinks I, wud a duck swim ; and seeing the Innishowin• and the lemons, and the sugar on the side board I tonic! him I didn't care if I tuk a wee dhrop of punch ! Could or line • nutted the Pope. hot, Your howliness, I replied ; and be that he stepped down to the kitchen for bilin' wather, but be fore he got back I wuk straight up !and it's now disthreshin me that I did not take my punch could. "METutxxs," said Miss Smix, "I should not much fancy to mary a man who smo ked segars. Still, I look with leniency upon single men who indulge thus, be cause, poor fellows, they think that's comfort. If I were in a marrying mood (and I hope I never shall be) I should ask my admirer, would he smoke against my wishes after marriage'! Of course he would say, "I will not !" If I were younger than I nm now, I expect I would annex—with the Wil-not Proviso!" EDITORIAL W EALTII.—The conductor of a ne"paper, somewhere, expresses it as his deliberate opinion, thnt "there is not an editor in the country who owns three shirts !" EDITOR. AND PROPRIETOR WHOLE NO. 684. TIIE EXISTENCE OE A Got:l.—The uni• verse burns with Piety. All nature seems vocal to declare a Great First Cause. The mighty sun as Is c pursues his never ending course, proclaims the greatness of an Invisible Being. The pale and silvery beams of the sister orb, as she scatters the gloom of night, seems to. woo men to acknowledge this great truth. The countless hosts of stars, as they gem the heavens, like diamonds set in the coronet of darkness, all declare that their lamps were lit at the shrine of Divinity. The hoarse Voiees of the an , gry billows in their ceaseless rise and fall, murmur that they evidence the fact. The bone and muscle of every beast of the field, the waving of the wing of every bird of the air—the beauty of the smallest insect which floats in the breeze, attest the solemn truth. Every tree, every plant, every flower, alike witness the same fact. Every thing is indellibly stamped with the impress of Deity. 'AN EXPENSIVE Mos.—The Bangor correspondent of the Boston Courier gives quite a facetious and graphie sketch of "love making in a stage coach. It seeMs that an timorous bachelor, some time since chanced to be thrown into the company of a "country lassie" in the Bangor and Exeter coach. The bachelor, imagining that the "omnipres ent eye of public opinion" could not, in such a place, be upon him commenced taking such liberties with her as be fan cied would be ngreeable—such as kis sing, hugging, &c. To his surprise and discomfiture he was repulsed repeatedly until the attention of the driver was ar rested. The girl or her father soon af ter commenced a civil action for dama ges for assault. This was tried before the District court, at its late term, hol den in Bangor, a few weeks since. The defendent endeavored to show that his at . tentions were invited by the young lady, ' until the attention of the driver was at tracted and his curiosity prompted him to look into the coach, when she under , took to piny "the prude."—The jury which had a number of old' bachelors upon it, could not be made believe that I the young lady did thus demean her sex I and rendered a verdict of $3OOO against the defendant. The correspondent adds "this is the way public opinion protects women from insult in this country." And knowing this, how seldom is it that a man, in his senses, dares, by a look, word, or gesture of intentional imper tinence, to assail her. The "extract" of j 43000 will probably damp his ardor. THE FOLLOWING ADVICE was imparted to the late ex-president Adams by his mother, in 1778, in a letter to him while lie was in Europe. "Great learning and superior abilities should you ever possess them, will be of little value unless virtue, honor,integrity, and truth, are cherished by you. Ad here to the rules and prinicples early instilled in your mind, and remember that you are responsible to your God.— Dear as you are to me, I would much rather prefer that you would find a grave in the ocean which you have crossed, than see you an hninorral,graceless child. A PERTINENT INQUIRY.—"May I not hope, sir," said Mr. John A. Rockwell, of Connecticut, in announcing the death of Senator Iltintiiigdon, in the House of Representatives, "that these signals of our mortality may check somewhat the turbulence of angry passions, and lead us all to the adoption of such a course in the discussion and decision of the im portant questions before us, as will stand the test of that tribunal before whielt some of our number will probably ap pear during the session upon which we have entered." THE PORTLAND ADVERTISER pungently observes, that the late speech of Mr. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, is "a complete and triumphant refutation of the long and visionary report of Mr. Walker, al though Mr. Stewart didn't faint after making it." GOOD ADVICE.—Don't pry into the se cret affairs of others. It is none of your business how your neighbor gets along, and what his income or expecta tion may be, unless his arrangement affects you.--What right have you to say a word and protrude your advicel— It is no mark of good taste, good breed ing, nor good manners, to pry into the' affairs of others. Remember this. PRESIDENT Poui,„meeting with a vol unteer who had lost a limb at Churtibus co, congratulated him very eltq tently upon the glory Ile had acquired. "Glo ry be hanged !" said the patriot—'q on ly wish I had my arm." RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE.—"HaIIo there what's your hurt' "I where are you going ?" "Going, I'm running for an !office." Rut.ning for au office! what office 1 6 , li' by n lawyer'r office." "Blast it I'm cued !"
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