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VOLUME XVI.
S. D. WILLIAMS. JOHN HAFT, JR.
,r 3. D. WILLIAMS di. Co.,
If hoimale Grocers and Commission Merchants in
Doi!grain Produce and Pittsburg
..llnnrctures,
No. 116, Wo Street, Pittsburg.
AVE NOW IN STORE, and to arrive this
week, the following goods, of the most re
sat importations, which are oftred on the 17106;
easonable terms:
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115 catty boxes prime Green Tea.
45 half chests do do
46 . " Oolong and Chulan.
100 bags Rio Coffee.
15 " Lagnyra and Jaya.
60 boxes B's, s's,and 1 lb lump tobacco.
35 bids. Nos. 1 an d
3 Mackerel.
204 and i do No. 1 do
2 and fdo Salmon.
50 ,oxes scaled Herring.
1300 lbs extra Madder.
3 hales Cassia, 1 hale Cloves
6 bags Pepper & Alspice. 1 bbl 'Nutmegs,
, 2 bbls Ground Ginger, 1 bbl ground pepper,
1 bbl Ground Pimento, 10 kegs ground Mustard
10 kegs ground Cassia, 10 do do Cloves,
2 bile Garret's Snuff, 45 bxs Stearin Candles,
20 bxs Star Candles, 10 do Sperm do
100 do% Masons Black'g 100 lbs sup. Rice Flour,
tog ihs S. F. Indigo, 20 dor. Ink,
}:,O doz Corn Brootns, 125 don Patent Zinc
50 bxs extra pure Starch, Wash Boards,
25 do Saleratus, 75 fills N. O. Molasses,
15 1,1,1 s S. 11. Molasses, 10. slit Golden Syrup,
25 do Loaf, Crushed, 55011,s seedless 'Raisins,
& Powdered Sugar, 50 drums Smyrna Figs,
20jars Bordeaux Prunes, 50 Rat Sicily Prunes,
5 boxes Rock Candy, 2 bcotti (Anna Citrons,
10 do Lo,ua & Chocolate, 5 do Ctiitile & Almoral
12 don Military Soap, Simi,
1 hbl sup. Carl,. Soda, 1 bbl Creani Tartar,
I case Pearl Sago 2 cases Isinglass,
2 cases Sicily & Relined 1 ease Arrow Root,
.
Liquorice, 150 Bath Brick,
1 hbl Flour Sulphur, 100 gross Matches,
100 don Extract of Lem• 5 dun Lemon Sugar,
on, Rose & Venills, 1 cask Sal Soda,
Glass, Nails, White Lead, Lard oil, &c.
Refer to Merchants Thomas Read & Son,
Fisher & M'Murtrie,
I/ •‘ Charles Miller,
.. Honorable John Ker,__.. . _..
liuntineddn,
Miy 15, ISM.-1)
FITS, FITS, FITS.
JOHN A. KING
Begs leave to return his sincere thanks, for the
very liberal patronage he 11us heretofore received,
and at the same time informs a generous public,
that he still continues the
TAILORING BUSINESS,
at the old stand or Jacob Snyder, where he will
he pleased to have his friend , eel! end leave then
measures.
Every garment is warranted to fit neatly, ani
shall he well made,
JOHN A. KING,
Bunt., July, IASI
ItaiAND COMWINATION
Ot".1:11li
Useful, Beautiful and Ornamental
EDMUND SNARE
BEGS LEAVE to inform the people of Hun
tingdon, and the rest of mankind, that he has
bought, brought and opened the rirAost, larva
and cheapeit assortment of
WATCHES 8b JEWELRY
ever beheld in this meridian In addition to his
unprecedented stock of Witches and Jewolry
he is just opening a Most excellent variety o
miscellaneous BOOKS, as well es School
Books and 'STATIC/NAM% which he is de
termined shall be sold lower than ever Sold in
Huntingdon.
Call In and see if this statement is riot cor
rect. Store formerly occupied by Nell' & Mil
ler.
117'0Id Gold and Silver wanted,
April 21, 1851.
TO OWNERS OF
y TNPATENTED L A ND S.—All persons in pos
k., session of, or oAning imputented lands with-
in this Commonwealth, ure hereby notified that
the ant of assembly, passed the lath of April,
i 8.33, entitled "An Act to graduate lands on which
money in due and unpaid to the Ctannumwealth
of Pennsylvania,' and which net bus been extend
ed from time to time by supplementary laws,
WILL. EXPIRE' ON THE FIRST DAY OF
DECEMBER NEXT, after which time no
ibutememit can be made of uny interest which
may Imre accrued upon the original purchase
money.
It will tiMrefore be highly important to those in
terested to secure
. their patents and the benefits
Of the said act and its supplements during the
lime the same will Contintte in force.
WILLIAM HUTCHISON',
ISAAC PERIWLAL,
BENJAMIN LEAS,
Commissioners.
August 28, 1851.
Athe latest style of Bonnets, r
1 1 3e .g m e lti i r ti u i l d i S o l t tlal. Also, children's Flats fo
isle by J. f k IV. Saxton.
May 29, '5l.
13AGLEY'S Superior Gold Pens, in gold and
silver patent extension eases, warranted to
tin entire satisfaction, fur sale at
Scott's Cheap Jewelry Store.
S ILVER SPOONS of the Intent patterns can he
had at
E. Snare Jewelry• Store.
DORTE MONNAIES-8 or 10 differeOt kinds;
from 25 cents to 3 dollars nt
Scott's Cheap Jewelry Store.
SIX DOLLARS and Fi ft y cents for the largest
Gold Pencils, at
Ed. Snare's Jewelry Store.
ASplendid assortment of Ladies Slippers for
gala by J. 4- W. Saxton.
May 49,'51.
THE boot astortwient or Flarclware in town, for
sale by 1. j- W. Sitetom.
Usy 99,'61.
HUNTINGDON, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1851.
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NEW CLOTHING!
B. & W. SNARE inform the public that they
hate just returned from the eastern cities with a
lame and splendid assortment of
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING
for men and liovs. consist!ta4of 13Inck, Brown,
Drab And Blue Overcoats; Black and Blue Dress
and Free!: Coats; black satin and figured nests;
eassimere 311(1 cassittet Judas; shirts, suspenders,
drawers, sucks, &c. ALSO,
New York flats anti Bostoa Boots;
trunks, carpet bags, umbrellas, caines, &c.; ell of
which were purchased extremely low for cash,
which will enable us to sell much lower than
merchants who buy on credit. We will, as here
tofore, sell very cheap for cash
& W. SNARE.
Sept. 18,1851.-3 m.
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
AND
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The stibscriber has, by extreme exertion, and
with tic nssistonce of n few friends, at hot suc
ceeded in opening an assurtment of
CI, CLOCKS, WATCHES
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JEWELRY;
in the formerly ocenpica lie Dr. 11. K. Neff
and Brothe . ,•, one door east of Mr. Livingston's
Hotel. in the borough of Iluntingtlon, where he
olfersfol. sale a great variety of th& dbdro articles
at very low prices. .
SN'ntelles and Jewellry will be repaired
in the very best manner, all of %Well he will war
rant rur one year.
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lie hopes, by selling at, It w prices and paying
strict :otentiiin to business, to merit a libera
share of public patronage.
JOSEPH HIGGER.
Huntingdon, Aug. 14, 1851.—tf.
FRESH ARRIV IL
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Nrimir olonG
AT THE ENLAnGED STORE OF
J./I.IIES AIaGUIRE,
Market Square, Ilunti,,,ion, Pa.
J. M. informs the public generally that he
has just received, and is opening, a large and
well selected stork of
IVLIAT GOODS,
FOR FALL AN!) WINTER,
of the finest and cheup•+st ever brought to lion
tingdon, consisting of every variety of
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S DRESS
GOODS,
Of all descriptions nod of th, newest styles,
consisting m port of
. -
Gin:Eh:ors, Calicoes, Barnues, Lawns ' Silks,
&:c.; Mnslins, Checks, Linens, Oil Cliintzes,
Linen Diapers. Bonnets of the latest styles,
Gloves, Ribbons, Laces, Handker
chiefs, and everything in the no•
lion line.
MEN AND BOY'S WEAR,
Embracing Cloths, Casimeres, Satinets, Ken.
Lucky Jeans, ace,
He.hris also on hand a very large and genera'
assortment of
GROCERIES, QUEENSWA RE, HARD
WARE, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS,
SHOES, AND GLASSWARE,
Together with' all kinds of Goods generally
kept in a rountry store.
A word to the wise, and my friends in par
tieuiar—eall and see me before purehasiiw
elsewhere, as I ern determined to give bar
gains.
Q:7"Piense romonilwr MAGUIRE'S Cheap
Store., in Market Square, Huntingdon.
Sept. 11, 1851.
Estate of Samuel Steel, Esq., decd.
LaSt Notice.
All persons indebted to the estate of Samuel
Steel, Esq., late of the Borough of I luntinzldon,
deed., are requested to make' payment in fu/
of the dams re ,, peetively due from them ou or be•
fore the second ',Monday of Is;ovember next.
Persons neglectinix . to comply with the above
notice need not expect any further indulgence.
JAMES (.WiN
GEORCF STEEL,—Exrra.
NOTICE.
All persons interested are hereby notified, that
Thomas E. Orbison„ Thomas W. Neely and
Robert Madden, Assigness of Blair & Madden,
for the benefit of Creditors, under a voluntary as
signment, have filed in the Prothonotary's Otliee,
a final account of their trust, will he exhibited to
the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon
County, on the 2ml Monday or Noventher next,
and then allowed by said Court, nide, cause be
shown why it shota not be allowed.
Tiiv.). Pt. en E M Ell, Prothonotary
Oct. 9,
G 01.1 ) PENS -8 or 10 different kinds, froi
623 eta, to 10 dollars, at
Scott's Cheap Jewelry Store.
FANCY Articles in endless variety at
E. Snare's Store.
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A Beautiful lot of Partition fo :i s i Ve w b . y saxion.
May 29, 51.
ONE first rate 4 octays. harp. staud MEL D .
DEAN for sato. sr
Sept 11,1651. ID. SNARE'S.
A HOME PICTURE.
LIT FRANCIS D. OAOR.
Ben Fisher had finished his hard day'. work,
And he sat at his cottage door;
His good wife, Kate, sat by his aide,
And the moon-light danced nn the foln—
And the moon-light danced on the cottage floor;
Her beninS were clear and bright
As when he and Kate, twelve years before,
Talk'd love in her mellow light.
Ben Fisher lied never a pipe of clay,
And never a draa drank he
So he loved at home with his wife to stay
And they chatted right merrily;
Hight merrily chatted they on the while
Her belie slept on her breast;
While a chubby rogue, with rosy smile,
On his father's knee found rest.
Ben told her how fast the potatoes
And the corn in the lower field;
And the wheat on the hill was grown to seed
And promised a glorious yield;
And his orchard woe doing fair;
His sheep and his stock were in their prime,
His farm all in good repair.
Kate said that her garden looked beautiful,
Her fowlq and her calves were fit;
That the butter that Tommy that morning churn,
Would buy him a Sunday hat;
-That Jenny for Pa a new shirt bad made,
And 'twos done too, by the rule;
That Ncddy the garden could nicely spade,
And Ann was ahead at school.
Ben slowly raised his toil worn hand
Thin' his locks of grayish brown—
"l tell you Kate, what I think," said he,
"We're the happiest folks in town."
"I know," said Kate, "that we all work herd—
, Work and health go together I've found;
For there's Mrs. Bell does not work at all,
And she's sick the whole year round.
'They're worth their thousands, so people say,
But I ne . er saw them happy yet;
'Twonld not he me that would take their gold,
And liye in a constant fret;
My humble honin has a light within,
Mrs. Ttell's mad could not luny.
Six healthy children, a merry heart,
And a husband's love-lit eye."
fancied a tear was in Ben's eye—
The moon shone ',righter and clearer,
coal not tell why the man should cry,
But ho hitched up to Kate still nenrer;
lie leaned his head on her shoulder there,
And he took her hand in his—
I I look'd at the moon just then,)—
That ho left on her lips a kiss.
The following remarkable and eloquent
address is said to have been pronounced
by KOSSUTH on his departure from the
Hungarian soil, upon which he knelt down,
opened his arms as if he would embrace its
fields, kissed the earth moistened andsMie
fified by the blood of its most valuable
children, and after addressing a short pray
er to the Disposer of all events, pronoun
cod the following eloquent
Farewell to the Fatherland.
God be with the my beloved Fatherland!
GOT be with thee, Fatherland of the Mag
yars! God be with thee, land of tortures!
I shall not be able to behold the summits
of thy mountains; no more shall I be able
to call my Fatherland—the soil where, on
the mother's heart, I imbibed the milk of
Freedom and Justice !
Pardon me, my fatherland, me who am
condemned to wander about far from thee,
because I strove for thy welfare. Pardon
me who no more call anything free but the
small space where I am now kneeling down
with a few of thy song. My looks fall up
on thee, 0, poor fatherland ! I see thee
bent down with sufferincS ! I now turn
them to futurity; thy future is nothing but
a great grief ! Thy plains aro moistened
with crimson gore, which will soon be
blackened by unmerciful devastation and
destruction, as if to mourn over the num
berlest conquists which thy sons have
achieved over the accursed enemies of thy
hallowed soil. How many grateful hearts I
lifted up their prayers to the Throne of
the Almighty ! Ilow many tears have
flowed, which would even have moved Hell
to compassion! How many streams of '
blood have run as proofs how the Hunga
rian loves his. fatherland, and how he can
die for it! And yet Last thou, beloved
fatherland, become a slave !
Thy beloved sons are chained and drag
ged away like slaves, destined to fetter
again all that is holy; to become servicable
to all that is unholy : 0 Lord, Thou lov
eit Thy people, whose heroic ancestors
Thou didat enable to conquer under Arpad,
amidst so manifold dangers, I beseech thee,
and implore thee, 0 humble it not.
llehold, our dear fatherhind, thus speaks
to thee thy son, in the whirlwind of troub
les and despair, on thy utmost boundary.
Pardon me, if the groat number of thy
sons have shed their blood for my sake, or
rather for thine, because I protected im,
when on thy brow was written in letters of
blood, the word "DANGER," because I,
when it was called unto thee, "Be a Slave,"
took up the word for thee; because I gir
ded on my sword when the enemy had the
audacity to say: "Thou art no more a na
tion" in the land of the Magyars !
With girantic paces time rolled on; with
black—yellow letters Fate wrote on the
pages of thy history "Death !" and to
stoup the seal upon it, it called the North
ern Colossus to assist. But the reddening
morning dawn of the South will melt this
seal!
Behold, my dear fatherland, for thee,
who hast shed so much of thy blood, there
is not even compassion; because on the
bills; which. are towered up by the bones
of thy fallen sons, Tyranny earns her
bread.
O see, my dear' Fatherland ! the un
grateful, whom thou didst nourish from
the fat of thy plenitude, has turned
against thee has turned the traitor, to de
stroy thee from the head to the sole of thy
foot ! But thou, noble nation, bast endur
led all this thou ,hast tot cursed thy fate;
because in thy bosom, over all sufferings,
HOPE is enshrined.
Magyars ! turn your looks not away from
me: for even at this,moment my tears flow
only for you, and the soil, on which I am
kneeling yet bears your name!
Thou - art fallen, truest of nations !
Thou art thrust down under thine own
blow! not the weapon of a foreign enemy,
which has dug thy grave: not the cannons
of the many stations, who were brought up
against thee—they have tottered back at
thy Love for thy Fatherland! not the
Muscovites who crawled over the Carpath
ians, have compelled thee, to lay down
.
thme arms! ono ! sold then vast, dear
Fatherland ! Thy sentence of death, be
loved Fatherland, was written by him,
whose love to his country I never question
ed for a moment. In the bold flight of my
thoughts, I would rather have doubted
the existence of a good man than that I
could have thought he could have become
the traitor of his Fatherland !
And thou hest been betrayed by him, in
Whoge bawls a few days ago I . laid the
'government ref our country, she had sworn
to defend thee with the last drop of his
blood. He Leconte a traitor to his coun
try because the color of gold was dearer
to him than that of blood, which was shed
for the independence of the Fatherland.—
The profane metal hail in his eyes more
value than the Holy Cod of his land, who
forsook hint, when he entered into a cove
nant with the associate of the Devil!
Magyars! my dear fellow sons of the
same country ! Po not accuse me, be
cause I was compelled to cast my eye on
this man, and to vacate my place for him.
I was eblived to do so, because the people
placed confidence in him, because the army
loved him, and he had already attained to
a position, in which he could have proved
hi 3 fidelity ! and yet that man abused the
confidence of the nati n, and in return for
the love of his nation treated them with
contempt !
Curse him, people of the Magyars! curse
the heart which did not dry up, when it
attempted to nourish him with the mois
ture of luc !
I love thee Europe's truest nation ! as I
love the freedom for Odell thou fought so
bravely ! The God of liberty will never
blot you out from His memory. Be bless
ed for evermore ! My principles were
those of Washincrton, tho' my deeds were
not those of William Tell ! I wish for a'
free nation, free as God only can create
I man—and thou art dead, because thy win
ter has arrived; but this will not so long,'
las thy fellow .sufferer, laneldshing, under
the icy sky of Siberia. No, fifteen na
tions have dug thy grave, the thousands of
the sixteenth will arrive, to save thee!
Be faithful as hitherto, keep to the ho
ly sentences of the Bible, pay for thy liber
tVion, and then ehaunt thy national hymns,
when thy mountains reecho tho thunder of
the cannons of thy liberators ! God be
with you, dear convenes and follow suffer
. ors! The angel cif God be with you.—
You may will be proud, for the Lion of
, Europe has to be aroused to conquer the
rebels ! The whole civilized world has
admired you 'as herre ,, , a:;(1 Cie cause of the
iheroio nations will be supported by the
freest of the free nations on earth !"
frr The velvet moss grows on the ster
ile rock, the mistletoe flourishes on the na
ked branches, the ivy clings to the mould
ering ruins, the pine and cedar remain
fresh and fadeless amid the mutations of
the receding year, and heaven be praised !
something green, something beautiful to
see and grateful to the soul, will, in the
darkest hour of fate, still entwine its ten
drils around the crumbling altars mid bro
ken arches of the desolate temples of the
human heart!
Ke- A friend of ours says that he has
been without money so long, that his head
aches 4 , rearly to split" when ho tries to re
collect how a silver dollar looks. He says
the notion that . 4 welive iu a world of
change" is a great fallacy.
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400
Americans Abroad.
There have been, perhaps, wore Ameri
cans in Europe, during the past twelte
months, than ever before: Vast amounts
of money have been, in this way, spent
aboard of which our financial tables give 1
no account, which financiers themselves
scarcely ever cotnpute. It is perhaps,
not generally knoWn that the Americans
arc considered on the continent, the most
extravagant people in the . world. In fact, i
it is to bo fearinl that our Republic is bet- I
ter represented, in Europe, by money than I
by brains ; a circumstance not calculated
to elevate it in the estimation of foreigners.
It is generally the second or third, genera
tion of the rich that go abroad. The origi
nal founders of families who make the mon
ey, and who, to do this, must possess abil
ity of some kind, mostly spend their lives
at home. It is their children that travel.
These often aro of no merit, either natural
or acquired. Born to opulence and never
put to work, they acquire idle and thought
less habits, conjoined with follies of mind
and manner that are frequently disgraceful
and always ridiculous. At home they
waste their time on frivolities; abroad
they arc nobility. Hero they know. little;
there they learn less.
Ihstead of being represented abroad by
intelligent men, familiar with their own I
country, and with sound principles of ro-
publicanism, it is from these fashionable
I
butterflies that the estimate of us is gener
ally formed. Can we be astonished that
it is so frequently contemptuous I The ;
reverence which these addle-pated travel
lers
exhibit for rank; the sanctity with
which they toady to My Lord This and My
Lord That; and the absurd extravagance''
by which they seek to dazzle royalty and
aristocracy into admiration of them, is a
secret jest to the old world and an open
disgrace to the new. It is a common say- ,
ing in Europe, that the Americans wor
ship titles more than any people on the
globe. Thus the despicable servility of
the few becomes Co cause of a foul mis
representation of the many ; and the proud
freemen of the United States, who recog
nize no man as their superior, are jeered
at, in consequence, as sycophants to rank.
Of course we do not say that all, who
travel abroad arc of the class wo describe.
But a large proportion, if not a majority,
are of this character, wo fear—and hence
the' scorn with which Americans them
selves, as well as republicanism, are treat-
I
cd; on the continent.—Bulletin:
Where Paddy Intl:sled to Lay his
Land Warrants
In one of the cities of the Upper Mis
sissippi, situate not a thousand miles from
our own, a worthy minister of the Gospel,
after dwelling upon the beauty of holiness,
and the hatefulness of sin, took occasion
to impress upon his hearers the danger of
occupying the neutral ground, trusting to
merely moral walk, without faith or workl,
as being sufficient to insure them a rich re
ward in the "good time coining." Just
as the reverend gentleman touched upon
this portion of his &ninon, a sturdy, weath
er-beaten son of the Emerald Isle entered
the room, and with that politeness peculiar
to the Irishmen, quietly helped himself to
a seat, and lent an attentive ear to the
speaker. The clergyman portrayed, in
an able and striking manner, the beautiful
and attractive scenery which every where
meets the enraptured vision throughout
the boundless plains and delightful groves
of this neutral ground, leading the senses
captive by their exceeding loveliness ,and
filling the soul with sweet contentment,
&c. The picture would seem to have had
a magical effect upon the Irishman, like
the sudden and unexpected realization of
some fondly cherished hope; for, without
waiting for an application of the figure (of
which he was not dreaming) he all at once
rose to his feet and exclaimed in all the
richness of the brogn", "I thank your
honor for the same news, for it's myself
that has two of the most beautiful land
warrants that a man ever fought for in
Mexico, and it's a notion I have to locate
them in that same counthry of which you
have been spaking." The effect was elec
trical. The congregation could not res
train their risibles, and the services were
brought to a sudden termination by the
singiug of a hymn. Poor Pat was a thou
sand times sorry for his mistake, and he
mistook the congregation fur a "blackguard
political meeting entirely," and that if any
ono would introduce him to the parson ho
would bog pardon "for having unintention
ally played the devil with his discourse."
We "tell the tale as it was told to us," aud
j know it to be true.—Bur. Tel.
ECONOMIST. -A man who chows
$l4 worth of tobieco annually; and siops
his newspaper because be cannot afford to
take it.
Kr Why does the sting of insects not
only pierce the skin, but leave considerable
lain? Because the sting is hollow, and
convoys the irritating or poisonous fluid
within the wound, from a peculiar bag.
NUMB ER 42.
A Supernatural Well.
One of the most remarkable narratives
that we have seen in the papers of late
relates to the mode in which Cooper's
Well—a somewhat famous watering place
in Missisippi—was discovered. A pam
phlet detailing the facts of the case has
been publi s hed.
Friini this we learn that the proprietor
is, or was, the Rev. l'reston Cooper—a
preacher of character in the Methodist
Vhuroh. It appears that in 1837 Mr.
Cooper purchased the tract of land in
which the well was discovered. He built
himself a house, and went to work to ob
tain water for its use. He commenced
digging a well: At the depth of thirty
feet a hard rock was struck, when the la
bor was abandoned and a capacious cis
tern substituted for it. Mr. Cooper,
af
ter providing this foi his family, proceed
ed to Vicksburg, where he had charge of
church. One night he had a dream. The
figure of a man, with a familiar face, com
manded him to resume the digging of his
well, and told him that it was all-import
tint. The saute figure come again within
a few subsequent nights and repeated the
injunction, and thus it came week after
week for five months, at the end of which
periodi doubtless impressed by the appar
kion, the digging was resumed. The sec
ond effort carried the well through a
stratum of rock nine feet in depth ; but
( farther progress was checked by another
and harder stratum. The work was again
'abandoned. Two months then passed,
I and the same ghostly visitor appeared
again in Mr. Cooper's visions with the
same commands to proceed with the well.
It came nightly until the work was begun
the third time.
After digging thirty feet farther, with
out effect it was again stopped. A year
passed away, when the man in the dream
came back, with sterner injunctions to
continue the well. The fourth digger
was engaged. He commenced work on
the 13th of Sept., 1841, and on the 10th,
three days afterwards, the water came
gushing forth in a copious stream. Thus
the well was begun and continued a dcpt.h
of 101 feet, of which 75 were solid rock.
In the last dream which led to the ac
quisition of Water, Mr. C. saw the digger
he employed, and dreamt also that the wa
ter was got, and that this man as it rose
to the rurface uttered the words : "I have
got water, but it stinketh mightily, so that
you can never use it." The same words
were actually repeated by this man when,
after digging the last time, success attend
ed the labor.
The water was investigated and found
to be of estimable medicinal properties—
for the cure of
,darrlicea, dyspepsia, dropsy,
gravel, diabetes, general debility Sze. &C.
and within the last three years not less
than $50,000 have been spent by visitors
who have sought it.
There can be no doubt that this strange
narrative has the authority of Mr. Cooper
himself. For the rest we say , nothing.—
In these dare of general spiritual mani
festations it in Inirdly discreet to doubt
anything. Mr. Cooper's character, too,
is such that one can hardly question his
good faith in the matter. If the story were
intended merely as a puff, it would be very
clever ; but as it is, it acquires another
sort of importance.—. Mobile Herald.
FItENCIIMT:N AND PARTS.—The French
man's pleasures are all social; to eat, drir:k
or spend the evening alone would I;e
weariness to him; he reads his news;„icr
in the thoroughfare or public gardc;. : I.e
talks more in one day than an English:un
in three; the theatres, balls, concert,,
which to the islander anrcied neon final
recreation, are to him a nightly neco.-!ity:
he would be lonely and miserable wi Lout
them. No where is amusement more :vs
tematically, sedulously sought than in Par
is : nowhere is it more abundant or acces
sible. For boys just escaped from school
or parental restraint, intent on enjoyment
and untroubled by conscience or forecast,
this must be a rare city. Its people, as a
! c ommunity, have signal good qualities and
grave defects; they are intelligent, vivaci
ous, courteous, obliging, generous and hu
mane; eager to enjoy, generous and hu
mane eager to enjoy, bat willing that all
the world should enjoy with them; while at,
the same lime they are impulsive,
irreverent. Paris is a Paradise of the
Senses; a focus if enjoyment, not of hap
piness. Nowhere are youth and its capa
cities more prodigally lavished: nowhere is
old ago less happy or less respected.
[Horace bi•eely.
CCU" "My friend," said the keeper of a
hotel to an over-voracious boarder, "you
eat so much that I shall certainly have to
charge you an extra half-dollar." "An
extra half-dollar," replied his boarder,
with his countenance the very picture of
despair; "for goodness sake don't do that;
I'm most dead now, eating three dollars'
worth, I shall certainly burst—l shall." .