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BY JAS. CLARK.
[The following Song was sung at the Printers'
Festival, in Lancaster, In honor of Franklin's
birthday.]
PRINTERS , SONG.
AIIR,-“IIPANICLINO AND DRIONT."
Print, comrades, Print, a noble task
Is the ono wo gaily ply,
'Tis ours to tell to all who ask,
The wonders of earth and sky.
We catch the thought all glowing warm,
As it leaves the student's brain,
And place the stamp of enduring furm, 4 t
On the Poet's airy strain.
Cnonus,—Then let us sing as we nimbly fling,
The slender letters round ;
A glorious thing is our laboring,
Oh where may its like be found!
Print, comrades, Print the fairest thought,
Ever Hunted in Printer's dream,
The fairest form e'er Sculptor wrought,
By the light of beauty's gleam,
Though lovely, may not match the power,
Which our own proud art can claim;
That links the past with the present hour,
And its breath—the voice of fame.
Then let us sing as we nimbly fling, &c.
Print, comrades, Print, God bath ordained,
That man by his toil should live ;
Then spurn the charge, that we disdained,
The labor that God would give !
We envy not the sons of case,
Nor the lord in princely hall;
But bow before the wise decrees,
In kindness meant for
Then let us sing as we nimbly fling, &c,
From the Wilkes-Barre Advocate,
THE OLD HAVEN.
TUNE—" Lord Lore."
A Raven he ant in a Farmer's porch,
Watching with curious oyes,
The farmer's wife as she stood by her oven,
Baking her bread and her pies,
The weather was warm, and she pulled off her cap
And hanging it up on a bush,
She went in the house to rock the cradle,
Her dear little baby to hush.
The raven peeped round him on every side,
And finding no one on the watch,
Ho flew with the cap to an old oak tree
And hid it away in the crotch:—
Then quietly returning again to the porch,
To be thought quite an innocent chap,
He tucked his old head partly under his wing,
Like a hen when she is taking a nap.
When the dame came back and discovered her loss
She felt almost ready to cry,
And declared if the raven had stolen her cap,
The old villian should certainly die:—
For though he appeared to be in a nice doze,
Overcome by the beat of the day—
She could'ut help thinking he knew how that cap
Had so suddently vanished away.
It was noon and the farmer came in from his plough
To whom his affectionate wife
Said 'John you must certaintly kill that old bird,
'Or I'll have no more peace of my life.
He kills my young ducks and hides my best spoons
'Worse than any old magpie or crow;
And besides I feel sure he has stolen my cap,
'Which I left here ten minutes ago.'
'Well 1 well !' said the farmer, 'if that be the case,
'I must wring the neck off the old sinner.
'But now I am hungry—so come in the house,
And we'll look for your cap after dinner.
'Then if it's not found, I give you my word,
That he never shall hide any other—
'For though he has long been a favorite bird,
'He shall die without any more bother.'
Now whether the bird understood what they said,
I shall neither affirm nor deny;
But while they were dining he bro't back the cap
And dropt it on top of a pie
Then with a loud croak he soared leagues away,
Far, far over mountain and plain—
Tho' he never before left the farm for a day;
Yet for weeks lie returned not again.
The farmer laughed loud when ho saw the lost cap,
So snugly laid up on the pie—
And cried to his wife, 'sure the wind blew it there
So my raven for this musn't die !'
The neighbors all thought it a very queer thing,
That the old bird bad taken his flight,
But the farmer's wife said, he would never have fled
If he hadn't done something not right.
Though no moral we find in this tale of a bird,
Yet remember, when trying a shiner,
You must never determine to wring off his head,
Until after you've eaten your dinner.
ReAsoN FOU PILAYING.—A little girl about four
years of age, being asked:
" Why do you prey to God!"
" Because I know he hears me, and I love to
pray to him," she replied.
" But how do you know ho hears you 1"
Putting her hand to her heart she said,
" I know he does, because there is somethin here
that tells me 80."
GOLDEN Toone wrs.—l never yet found pride
in a noble nature, nor humility in an unworthy
mind. Of all trees, I observe that God has cho
sen the vine--a low plant that creeps upon the
helpful' wall ; of all beasts, the soft and patient
lamb; of,all fowls, the meek and guileless dove.—
When God appeared to Moses, it was not in the
lofty cedar, not the spreading palm, but a hush,
an humble, slender, abject bush. As Vile would
by these selections check the conceited arrogance
of men.—ltidaun.
HUNTINGDON, PA.;';`TITURSDA Y, FEBRUARY 13,.1851.
From tin.' Phi/mb./p/iin Erinina Th Vain,
THE END OF IIIiNGARN.
• , NatiOns, liko individuals, have their youth, their
manhood, and their old age; anti so, too, have
races of men; We do not know a more striking
instance-of this truism than hi presented in the
history of the Hnngarittits.
The Magyars wdre Originally an Asiatic tribe,
and from a breach of the Finnic race, ns is preyed
by their physical characteristics, not less thitn by
their language. They first appeared in Europe
at the beginning of the ninth century. Ca
reer, until the fury of the onset was spent, wait
one of incessant victory. Armed with bows end
arrows, and mounted on fleet horses, they. were
invincible by any force that Europe could muster.
They swept up the Danube like a destroying
whirlwind, until their territories extended .fmrk
far below Belgrade to fitr above Vienna, so that
not only what is now Hungary, but vast territo
ries contiguous to it, owned their sway. From .
this central scat of power, they soon spread their
ravages on every side. They invaded Italy and
thundered at the gates of Rome; they even car
ried their war-cry into the heart of France. For
nearly two centuries, the Magyars were to Wes-.
tern Europe what the Turks subsequently became,
a race as hated as they were feared, a nation of
warriors whom nothing could oppose.
But the horsemen whom the feudal chivalry of
France and Germany could trot resist, Christiani
ty finally subdued. The first Magyars were hea
thens. They hated the Franks as men of a hostile
race, but they bated them worse as believers in a
different religion. When, however; holy mission
tidies, disregarding the perils that would cnviron
them in the midst of savage heathens, penetrated
into Hungary and preached in the tumultuous
camps of the wild conquerors the peaceful doct
rines of the Gospel, a mighty change took place.
The whole nation waS, as it were converted in a
day. A single generation saw the Hungarians
transformed from Pagans into Christians. With
this great change, came morn peaceful habits.—
The Magyars no longer warred on Western Eu
rope with religious fanaticism as before, but rather
sought to he on terms of entity with them and to
imitate the arts of pence. Gradually, returning,
therefore, within the boundaries of their central
kingdom, they confined themselves to the greet
plains of Hungary and to the contiguous territo
ries. Their princes began to intermarry with the
princes of Western Europe; the people assutu
ed more or less of the habits of civilization, and
Hungary became, by the sanction of a neighbor
ing potentate, au acknowledged Clu•istitut king
dom.
Thus has passed the first period of the Magyar
race, that of its fiery, impetuous , and collossal
youth. About A. I). 1000, it entered on the se,
cond term of its existence. A robust, yet tem
pered manhood was its destiny for five hundred
years sueeeding. During this epoch it ssas the
great bulwark of Europe against Saracen and
Turkish invasion. Occasionally, indeed, the Hun
garians warred otstheir Christian brethren; and
more than once they allied themselves for a peri
od, and in self-defence, to the Ottoman hordes;
but, in the main, they were true to the cause of
Christian Europe, and the chief instruments in
repelling the assaults of Moslem fanaticism. Like
a mighty breakwater, thrown forward to meet the
first fury of the tempest, they withstood, for cen
turies, the war of the advancing "surges and the
dash of the ang,ry tide. Their gallantry in the
field, was only equalled by their sturdy indepen
at home. Inheriting from their ancestors a sort
of rude constitutional monarchy, under which else
people elected all the minor officers of the State,
they maintained these privileges when absolute
ism reigned 'everywhere else on the continent, and
when England - alone shared with Hungary the
benefits of real liberty.
Evens the' fatal edict, by which the diet' • invited
the house of Hapsburg to occupy the meant !
throne, dates else decline of the onee mighty Ma
gyars. Since that period, their territories have
been narrowed almost constantly. The sins of
the Austrian monarch had been to destroy the
national feeling's, and strip the people of their an
cestral rights ; and this base scheme has been per
sisted in, regardless of the heroic sacrifices made
by the Hungarians, on frequent occasions, to save
the Empire. In a measure, the treacherous plot
has succeeded. The Delilah that the' Magyars
took in has shorts them secretly of theifstrongtli,
and has, in our day, delivered them over toll*,
hatred of the autocrat, the true Philistineof
rope. Their national independence has sunk auto
a mere shadow since the las4stal war. Kossuth
and a few other sanguine patriots may still hope
fur the rostiscitation of this gallant people ; but
we fear their dotal', like that of the noble Poles,
is sealed, and that the time of their extinction
aPproaches. Their old age is at hand, if not al-.
ready come. In a century or two, at the utmost,
they will probably be lost sight of, in surrounding
population. Such is else fate of nations.
CZ^ Tue London Times calls President Fill
more "a Linen Draper's Shopman." The sneer
may do in England, where they are taught to be
lieve that distinction and "blood" are synonymous
terms, but here in America, it will be considered
the proudest boast our President can make that he
who was once linen draper's shoptnam 9 has
been able to raise himself to the proudest position
on this broad earth—the Chief ,MugialrutO, of at
country whose territory covers a.hetnispherc o4d
whose people are all of the %loud royal."
Cr The Philadelphio Loceibees are gnan•cling
about their delegates to the -Harrisburg Conven
tion for nominating candidates for Supreme Jud
gee. They have appointed two sets.
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TisMO.
When a mother hose's tier lirst-hern, it reminds
us Of a little loud, torn rudelY frets the parent
stem. The flower drops its healthful head, and
bettewS with its newly gathered ehrystals the
strick
en one. Olt ! what non, - rushes forth with ere
• • •-t !
ry otelantation, as 'Tr- another gently parts from
tho - cold, pale fifipluiati A the clustering curls; as
she presses those sweeps, vieing with marble
in whittles% 'and marks! tlitaVlet , utualrikenArgal of
the cheek. ..After she has hearth !each ,:elodlffll
with a- dully hotroksoutul. upen the dhar one's mar
row tenement, and find a dismal echo in herheart,'
how dreary scans the home, whieh was enlivened
but a few, short days before by her first-born's
prattle. Turn-Ay-here
.she will, some little' thing
reminds her, oh, how forcibly, of the lost ono. in
that hour of Angujilo, very SW(.IO is the consola
tion of religion,. If she is a Christian mother, her
knee is heat. in : prayer to 'Um, who detail eve
ry thing well; and as her heart is gradually un
burthencd of its load, she feels loss the
stings of anguish, nod. more the ponce of mind,
which He alone can bestow.: Mother,in thy hour
of affliction, fly unto the Saviour.
To Our Delingilent Subscrbers.
The following from the tiverpOol Mail discloses
an important filet, and nu person can deny that this
new test dwillingness - of debtors to pay is based
upon common Sense:
We were not aware until recently that the bOoks
of newspaper publishers are consulted to quite a
large extent by people in business to ascertain the
peculiar standing of persons. Debts for newspa
pers become due once a year, and persons who pay
up regularly once a year for their papers are con
sidered as prompt nice, and worthy of confidence.
We hail a person come into our office, the other
day, and ak,
." Do. you scud the paper now to Mr.-7"
We yeplied that lyódot.
" Well," said the nice, "lie owes Inc and I
can't get it ; I don't think he's good."
We looked secretly ailds'account, and found
him paid' up. 'We then replied to the inquirerH
"That man is good. Your debt is safe. He may
have forgotten it, or something else may have pre
vented his miying, but be is goodi.
The man's eyes brightened. Said lie, "I have
written to Severalprintersottal Aliuldnot find where
he took a paper. I thought ofyou and said 1 would
come here," said he again, after a pause. "This
is the way to find out whether people are good.—
We ascertain what papers they take, 'tad cuntrlve
some way to peep into their accounts. Alen wb.o
are good are sure to pay for their news-papers;
and if they do not pay for these, we don't think
them good." We were ffirialy struck by the
ides,
" said he, "I will send my bill by the
In a few days the person
,etuno in again. Said
"I scut up my Lill."
" Well, did he pay you 7"
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" Yes, sir," and opening his band he showed us
the draft. "There," said ho, give me a printer's
book after all, to tell: whet,hera mints good, they're
a complete tbermoinetor ; we always know a man
to be bad if he don't pay the printer."
The Early Dead.
I knew a gentle girl whose eye was bright with
the light of her kind heart, and whose lips were
wreathed with the smile of happiness. The flow
ers of spring are fair, but she was as fair as they.
Kind friends rejoiced in the sunlight of her pres
ence, and her voice like some sweet bird of melo
dy, filled the oar with untold delight. Yet while
the sun of hope shone with beauty, she was called
to depart from this world'of sorrow, where she
had spent so many hours of pleasure and of pain.
She had gone like some transient cloud, whirls a
rude blast haS swept over, and it had gone forev
er. Friends who had delighted in her prosperity
in life, nowlooked on that cold forte still benuti
fulin death,, for the last time. ' She was home to
the grave and laid in the narrow house where all
must one day he laid. A plain headstone alone
marked the grave in which slumbered what was
once the beautiful form of a gentle girl.
And who would not thus die? Who would re
main in the cold world, till disappointment had
blasted all their hopes? Surely the fate of the
Early Deal is a blessed Otte, They have gusto to
the heron of eternal rest, where disappointment
andsofruw can never enter, and the rude bawl of
time can make no impression. It is a sad thing
for young persons to think of death, to think that
timy , ,iptistoke,4ll,4l . tlicir iflousures and enjoy
nients of
,this worbl; not thinking what pleasures
there arc in the ue:tt, or what unalloyed happiness
is in reserve for the pure beyond the grove.
A Little "Out,'
Horace Walpole tells the following queer story
of an absent-minded parson, which is good us any
thing in La Bruyere
A clergyman at - Oxford, who was very nervous
and absent-minded, going to mad prayers at St.
Mary's, heard a showman in the lligh Street,
who had an exhibition of wild beasts, repeat very
often, "Walk iu without loss of time. All alive
alive, ho I" The sounds struck the absent man,
and ran in Ills bead se 'much, that when he began
to road the.serviee, antLeame to the words in the
first verse, "and doeth that which is lawful and
right he shall save his soul alive," he cried out
with. a louder voice, "Shall save his soul alive!
Mr alive ! alive Ito 1" to the astonishment of the
congregation.
Tun STAGE.-11orace Greeley says that the
stage is a bygone atrair--.-that the newspaper, the
lyceum and the public meeting have supplanted
it. It is now no longer a power, a former of opin
ions, or a rttler of the multitude.
Col. Ethan Allen.
This brave and somewhat eccentric officer , of
the American . Revolution, was . born in Roxbury,
Ct., in 1739: .11e curly emigratetl to Vermont.—
On receiving the news of the.battle of Lexington,
he enlisted all his energies on the side of hiseonn
try. Ills first exploit was the capture of Ticon
deroga May lath, 1775. .The expedition against
this post was.exeeedingly bold in its design, and
successful in its execution. the bead of only
, eight - -three men he entered the fort at night,
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tool; the sentry prisoner, and with a drawn sword,
made Ins way to the apartments of the comman
ding officer, and demanded the surrender of the.
fist.
"By what authority do you demand it? ex
claimed captain Do La Plate, starting from his
slumber.
"In the name of the Great Johorah and the
Continental Congress," thundered
This was authority too high to he resisted and
the fort was instantly surrendered, with the muni
tions of war.
Col. Allen was taken prisoner in an expedition
against the Canadians, while attempting to capture
Montreal, in connection with Col. Brown. '
lle was loaded with chains and sent to England,
where he was imprisoned a short time, and at
'length taken back to his country and exchanged
for Col. Campbell, a British officer, who had been
taken prisoner by the Americans. Ho died at
Colchester, Vt., Feb., 12th, 1789.
An instance is related of Ethan Allen, that is
said to have occurred while he was on Isis way to
England. While closely confined to his room, he
discovered one day that a small pin or wire that
fastened one of his hand-cuffs was broken. Ex
tricating the pieces with his teeth, ho was enabled
so to loosen the bolt that it also was soon with
drawn, and one hand was set at liberty; he then
proceeded to release the other and was successful.
This having been accomplished, he was not long
in liberating his feet. Fencing, however, lest the
captain should discover his situation, and contract
the 'arcs of his freedom,' he carefully replaced the
bolts and pins before the arrival of his keeper.—
In a short time it became a. flee recreation for the
Col. to take off and put on his chains at pleasure.
,• One day the Captain wishing to afford some
merriment to the crew, commanded Allen to be
brought upon deck. Ilopeing to frighten him, the
Captain said
"..here is a probability that the ship will foun
de,.---tr eo, -what -will become of us, especially you,
Mr. Allen, a rebel against the king?"
" Why," said Allen, "that would be very much
like our dinner hour.
"How soh" said the captain, now reflecting that
Allen was only allowed to come on deck while he
Himself went down into his cabin to dine.
"Well, you see," answered Allen," I'd be on
my way up just as you'would be going below.'
The captain was, not at ull pleased with this re
ply and commenced a regular triads of abuse against
flit: American people.
"In a short time," said the captain, "all the
rebels will be in the same situation as yourself."
This was too much for Allen, and he determin
ed to apply his newly acquired dexterity in unloos
ing his fetters to some purpose. Quickly raising
his hands to his mouth, ho apparently snapped as
sunder the pins and bolts and hurling his hand
clink and fetters overboard—seized the astonished
captain by the collar, and threw him headlong upon
the deck, then turning to the affrighted crew, he
exclaimed in a voice of thunder:
"If I urn insulted again during the voyage, I'll
sink the ship and swim ashore."
This exploit so terrified the captain and crew,
that Allen was allowed to do pretty much as he
pleased the remainder of the passage.
Question for Debating Societies.
Suppose live men owned a piece of land, hav
ing a portion of it set apart for patronage in com
mon, but each having a piece reserved for his own
use to till. One man owned a horse, another a
dog, another a flock of geese, another two goats,
and another had his piece of hind in meadow.—
The goats yoked together were trespassing on the
meadow. The horse was standing on the com
mon adjoining the meadow, at the foot of a high
bank on top of which were the goats. The dog
was sitting on the mad. The flock of geese were
pausing by with the gander at their head, and in
order to drive away the dog, to snake room for his
flock, hissed at him. The dog, mistaking it for a
human voice ran nt the goats, who being fright
ened, flail, and as they leaped off the . bank, jump
ed one on each side of the horse standing below,
and them hung by the yoke. The horse taking
fright, ran away with "the goats on his back into a
pond of water, and drowned both himself and the
goats. The owner of the horse sued the owner
of the goats for riding his horse into the pond of!
water; tho owner of the goats sued the owner of
the dog for frightening his goats ; and the owner
of the dug sued the owner of else geese ; the owner
of the goats sued the owner of the horse for
drowning his goats; and the owner of thin mead
ow sued the owner of the goats for trespass. Who
of the persons are entitled to a verdict?
Portrait of a Cow.
We laughed "consumedly" a few days since,
when an emeralder, who had advertisement a lost
cow, entered the office in a rage, complaining his
advertisement was incorrect. We called for items,
when he drew from his pocket a paper, and point
cd to the cut ofe. cow. "D'yo think that looks like
my cora ? Where's the horse shoe mark on her hind
leg, and who put them short horns on my cow, when
its long horns she's got? Bad luck to the man
that sawed them horns P'—lt was no easy mutter
to convince our Irish patron that the cut was
meant for the likeness of the cow race in general,
stud not of his lost favoritc.—Clearcland Herold.
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Young Lawyers
A young lawyer being asked if he practised
speech-making much, replied:
"I am at it every morning. Immediately on
leaping out . of my bed, I convert my chamber into
the court. I stick that old portrait of futhees be
fore the glass, and' there's the judge staring me full
in the face. On my right I establish a row of
boots—thosc ore the gentlemen of the jury; on
my left is the cupboard or witness box, while on
the chairs before me are seated a lot of my learn
ed friends.
" Well, I conceive the case opened. It's an
action for anything--say for breach of promise—
and then I begin. If I'm for the plantiff, of course
I pile up the pathetic; if for the defendant I reduce
the thing to a mere bagatelle. For the plantiff, I
describe in tones and strains which bring tears
into the eyes of the row of boots—l meant the M-
I telligent men of the jury—how fondly, how pas
sionately she loved the recreant, base and black
hearted defendant. If for him. I transfer her af
fection to his pocket, and undertake to show that
she never loved him at all. And I'm as likely to
be right in the one case as the other, for how can
I tell whether she loved him or not.
"In a case of this kind, however, give me the
plaintiff. I seen tear startling in every eye I hear
the ladies sighing and sobbing all around me;
while the inteligent men of the jury are blowing
their noses with unexampled violence, lest it
should be thought that they could shed is tear.—
I behold the judge working his facial muscles up,
his mouth into all sorts of shapes, as if from the
depths of his emotion ho would say, "I'll tell you
what it is, I can't stand this much longer."
Wanted, an honest, industrious Boy.
We lately saw an advertisement beaded. above.
It conveys to every boy au impressive moral les-
"Au honest, industrious boy" is always want
ed. He will be sought for; his services will be
in demand; Ile will be respected and loved; he
will bo spoken of in terms of high commenda
tion ; lie will always have a home; ho will glow
up to be a man of known worth and established
character.
He will be wanted. The merchant will want
him for a salesman or a clerk; the master nit
ehanic will want him for an apprentice or a jour
neyman ; those with a job to let will want him for
a contractor; clients will cant him for a lawyer;
patients for a physician; religious congregations,
for a pastor; parents, fora teacher of their chil
dren; and the people, for an officer.
Ile will be wanted. Townsmen will want him
as a citizen; acquaintances as a neighbor; neigh
bors as a friend, families as a visitor; the world
as an acquaintance; nay, girls will want bun for
a beau, and finally for a husband.
An honest industrious boy! Just think of it,
boys; will you answer this description? Can you
apply for this situation ? Are you sure that you
will be wanted? You may be smart and active,
but that does not fill the requisition—are you
honest? You may be capable—are you industri
ous 7 You may be well-dressed, and create a fa
vorable impression at first sight—are you both
"honest and industrious 7" You may apply for
a "good situation"—are you sure that your
friends, teachers, and acquaintances can recom
mend you for these qualities 7 Oh, how would'
you feel, your character not being thus establish
ed, on hearing the words " can't employ you."—
Nothing else will mak‘up for the lack of these
qualities. No readiness or aptness for business
will do it. You must be honest and industrious ;
must work an labor—then will your " calling and
election" for places of profit and trust be made
sure.
The Boy the Father of the Man.
Solomon said, many centuries ago: "Even a
child is known by his doing, whether his work be
pure, and whether it be right,"
Some people seem to think that children have
no character at all. Ou the contrary, an observing
eyo sees in these young creatures the signs of what
they are likely to be for life.
When 1 sea a boy in haste to spend every pen
ny as soon as go gets it, I think it a sign that he
will be a. spendthrift.
When I see a boy hoarding up his pennies, and
unwilling to part with them for any good purpose,
1 think it a sign he will be a miser.
When I see u boy or girl always looking out for
him or herself, and disliking to share good things
with others, I think it a sign that the child will
grow up a very selfish person.
When I see boys and girls often quarrelling, I
think it a sign that they will be violent and hate
ful men and women.
When I see a little boy willing to taste strong
drink, I think it a sign that he will be a drunk
ard.
When I see a boy e•ho never attends to the ser
vices of religion, I think it a sign that ho will be a
profane and profligate man.
When I see a child obedient to his parents, I
think it a sign of grout future blessing from his
Heavenly parent.
And though great changes sometimes take place
in the diameter, yet, as a general rule, these signs
do not fail.
Wealth of Pennsylvania.
The following item, taken from the Washington
correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger, will
give an idea of the wealth of our State :
Would you believe that the mineral wealth of
Schuylkill county, Pa., so far as explored, accor
ding to the official census returns, is larger than
California ? But it is even so. The amount of
tonnage at the usual rate per ton of coal actually
exceeds per annum the gold dug in California, and
brought to the markets of the world !
VOL. XVI.---NO. 6.
C'ln no class shall we find a greater exuber
ance of fancy or more exaggerated ideas in regard
to wealth and luxuay than in the thorough-bred
lorifer. A few days ago a couple of individuals
of this genus being seated in a sunny nook, near a
wharf, at which a California bound vessel was
lying, their conversation naturally ran upon gold
—as neither of the twain was the possessor of a
single red cent—and they amused themselves by
wishing for the , preeions-metal.
'Bill,'
said one to the other, 'l'll tell yer jest
how much gold I wish I had, and I'd be satisfied.'
'Well,' said the individual appealed to, 'go
ahead—l'll see of you've gut the liberal idees of a
gentiLunii'
`Well, Bill, I wish 1 had so much gold, that
'twould take a 74 gun ship, loaded down with
needles - so deep that efyon put in another needle
she'd sink—and all these needles to be wore out
makin' bags to hold my pile.'
Bill threw his crownlesss hat upon the pave.
ment with indignation, and exclaimed,
'Darn it, why don't you wish fur somo thing
when you undertake it ! I wish that I had so much
that yours wouldn't pay the interest of mine fur
the time you could hold a red hot kalif,a needle in
gee ear.'—Yankee Blade.
A STORY or THE WAR OF 1812.—C01. Pre
ble tells us of an instance of sharp shooting which
is not ashamed to look one in the face. Ile
states that one of the 'rank and file' under his
command once discharged six shots at a barrel
rolling down a long hill, he being at the bottom
of the hill. Upon the barrel reaching the bottom
of the bill, it was examined, and no mark of a bul
let was discovered upon it, whereupon his com
rades began to ridicule him. He however, very
coolly desired them to shake the barrel, by doing
which they found that the bullets were inside—
the whole six haring entered the hung hole, at which
point he had aimed.
a-The social feelings have not been unaptly
compared to a dark heap of embers, which, when
separated, soon languish, darken and expire; but,
placed together, they glow with a ruddy and in
tense heat.
TEA AND COFFEE.—One of the most remarka
ble facts in the diet of mankind, is the enormous
consuption of tea and coffee. Upwards of 800,-
000,000 pounds Of these articles are annually con
sumed by the inhabitants of the world.
CrLet it be impressed on your minds—let it
be instilled into your children—that tho Liberty
of the Press is the Palladium of all your Civil,
Political and Religious rights.—Jtinius.
THE ROYAL STANDAND of England is thirty
feet long and eighteen feet deep. It is of strong
ly wrought fine silk; and was manufactured by Mr.
Mills, at a cost of .£lOO.
YANKEE YOUNG LADLES who go out West as
schoolmistresses, are not of much use. Instead
of teaching other people's children, they soon got
to teaching their own.
AN EDITOR in the Western part of New York
is in a bad fix. lle dunned a subscriber for his
subscription, which ho refused to pay, and threat
ened to flog the editor dim stopped the paper. A
bad fix, truly.
Flownwo is to nn Irishman what a thunderguet
is to nature. It may knock things shout for a
season, but it never fails to purify the neighbor
hood of ill feeling, and bring about a sun-shiny
calm that is as soothing to the combatants as a
shower is to June.
AWFUL LEAP AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.-On
Friday afternoon, at about 3 o'clock, the carriage
attached to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the In
sane, was crossing Market Street Bridge for the
purpose of exorcising the patients. A young lady
(Miss Myers,) sprang out of the carriage, and
with one leap cleared the railing, and decended
into the water, a distance of about thirty-one feet.
She floated for a few moments, and was rescued
by a man in a boat (whose name we were unable
to learn.) Her escape from death was considered
miraculous.
Death of Bober M. Bard, Esq.
We reget to learn from the IfinTisburg Tele
graph, that this gentleman died at his residence in
Chamhershurg, on Tuesday last. Ile was a dis
tinguished member of the Bar, ranking amongst
the first in his profession. lie was the Whig can
didate fur Congress at the late election iu that dis
trict, and was sick during the canvass, and from
which illness he never fully recovered. Ile died
in the prime and vigor of fife, with every promisu
of wealth and distinction, and will be lamented by
all who knew him.
Affecting Incident.
A startling incident, connected with the misery
which follows in the train of King Alcohol, occur
red in Rev. Mr. Johnson's Second Methodist
Church, of this borough, on Sunday evening last.
While the collection was being taken up, a man
whose personal appearance evidently denoted a
shattered constitution, and consequent misery and
suffering, throw into the basket a small paper care
fully rolled up, which on subsequent examination
was found to contain a half dime, the last remnant
it seems, of a wasted patrimony; for on the paper
was written, "This is the last of tour thousand dol.
lora left mo by my father—Rum and its Effects !"
Who the poor fellow wits, or from Whence ho
came, is not known, for ho was a stranger, and evi
dently a wander& upon the thee of the earth.—
This case, painful and mortifying though it be, is
by no means a solitary one, but tells a tale which
will apply with equal propriety to thousands of
others who have been brought ander the domin
ion of, and been ultimately ruined by the Raw
Fiend ! —Pottsville Emporium.
" Every ono look out for himself l" n 9 tha
,jackass said when he danced among the chickens.
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