WM. BREWSTER, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. -- - - MISCELLANEOUS ADVERT' SEM ENTS - - NEW ROOK AND STATIONERY STORE. 'n the "Globe" Office Building, Market Spare • HUNTINGDON, PA. The subscriber respectfully informs the cat eons of Huntingdon and adjoining c unties, 'that he has opened a New Book and Stationery Store, in the corner room of the "Globe" buil • ding, where may ho found a general assort ment of MisceHaneous and School Books and Stationery, all of which he will sell at reason able prices. He will add to his stock weekly all Books nail articles in demand, and expects in a short time to have on hand as full a stock of saleable Books, Stationery, &a., as Can be found in any town in the State. Havistr, made the necessary arrangements with publishers, any Boolc wanted and not up on his shelves, will he ordered and furnished at city prices,. As he desires to do a lively business with small profits, a liberal share of patronage is •selieited. WM. LEWIS. (Estate of 71Ittry 'S)tively, dec.) ADMINISTEATOICS NOTICE. Letters of Administration ou the estate ci Many Shrively, late of Porter township. Glee. ll'asing been gra !toil to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment, ane those having elaim3 will present them duly authenticated for settlement to Jacob W. Shively,Admr. N. B.—The Administrator will attend in Alexandria, on the nth and 15th days °War vary inst. Porter township, Jan. 5. 1859. Scrofula, or King's Evil, ie n constitutiond disease, a corruption of the blood, by which this fluid becomes vitiated, weak, and poor. Bring in the circulation, it pervades the whole body, and may burst out in disease on any part of it. No organ is free from its attacks, nor is there one which it may not destroy. The scrofulous taint is variously caused by mercurial disease, low living, dis, ordered or unhealthy food, impure air, filth and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and, above all, by the venereal infection. What ever bo its origin, it is horeditiny in the con stitution, descending "from parents to children unto the third and fourth generation ;" it seems to bet tbe rod of llim wh6 says, I will visit tho iniquities of the fathers upon their children." ltd effects commence by deposition front the blood of corrupt or ulcerous matter, which, in the lungs, liver, and internal organs, is termed tubercles; in the glands, swellings; and on the surface, eruptions or sores. This foul cor ruption, which genders in the blood, depressa the energies of life, so that scrofulous constitu tions not only suffer from scrofulous com plaints, but they have far leis power to with stand the attacks of other diseases,. cogse-' quently, text hombres" "pertslrbt dis:orde.ae .vhlch, although not scrsf..itsus in their nature, fire still reuLeect fatal by this taint in the system. Most of the consumption which de amities the human lamas/ has its origin directly in this scroftdolis contamination ; and many destructive diseases of the liver, kidneys, brain, and, indeed, of all the organs, arise from .or are aggravated by the same cause. One quarter of all ourpeoplo are scrofulous; their persons are invaded by this lurkitig in fection, and their health is undermined by it. To cleanse it *ern the system we mint ronovato the blood by on alterative medicine, and in vigorate it by healthy food curd exercise. Such a medicine we supply in AYER's Componad Extract of Sarsaparilla, flue coot effectual remedy whieli too medical skill of our times can florin for this every whoa prevailing and fatal moistly. It is com bined from the most active remcdiuls that hire been discovered for the expurgation of this foul disorder from the blood, and the rescue of the system from its destructive consequences. Hence it slit:111d to employed for the cure of not only scrofula, but also those other affec tions which arise from it, such as Eatirrivn and. SKIN DISRAIES, ST. ANTHONY'S FMB, Rose, or EIIYAIPETAII, PIMPLES, PUSTULES, DU/MUM BLAIN, end DOILS, TU3lOne, TETTEU and Kitt Mitten, SCALD Heal), ItINOWOIt3I, D./IBIIMATIBM, ti vPmi Line end lielletlllAL Du- Mem, D1101 , 3Y, DESPLNIA, DEBILITY, and, indeed, ALL COIIPLAINTB immix° Mean VITIA. Toe On INUTILE BLOOD. The popular belie/ in 4 , imp/rib/Iyr the blood" is foulided in truth, fen eccofula Is a degenctution of the Woad. The particular pup,: and virtue of this Sarsapa rilla is to prify not rrlenerato this vital fluid, without \llia pound health is impossible is oonteminatfil coaaitatious. Ayer's Cathartic Pills, 10R ALL THE punrasEs OF A FAMILY PHYSIC, aro so composed that disease within the range of their action can rarely withstand or evade them Their penetrating properties search, and cleanse, and invigorate every portion of the human organ him, correcting its diseased action, end restoring Its healthy vitalities. As a consequence of these properties, the invalid who is bowed down with psin rr physical debility is astonished to find his heal energy restored by a remedy at once so nd inytung. Net only do they cure the everyday complaints at every body, but also many formidable and dangerous disease.. Tho agent below named is pleased to furnish gratis my American Almanac, containing certificates of their cures sod directions far their use in the following complaints: Costive ness, Heartburn, Headachearisiny from disordered Stomach, Nausea, Indigestion, Pain in and Morbid Inaction of the Bowels, Flatulency, Loss of Appe tite, Jaandiee, and other kindred complaints, arising from a low state of the body or obstruction at its functions. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, roe Tun RAPID nuns OP Cdughs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness, Croup, Bronchitis, Incipient Consump. tion, and for the relief of Consumptive Patients in advanced stages ,of the disease. So wide is the field of its usefulness and so nu 11110T0118 ore the cases of its cures, that almost fi v ely ry lo ti on known,h f o c l?a u Vi c:n W r i estr c% l fit c n r i z a * l n Urvii )9 n b ii and even desperate diseases of the lunge by its use. When once tried, its superiority over every other medicine of its kind is too apparent to escape observation, and wksrc its virtues aro known, the public no loam hesitate what antidote to employ for the distressing and dangerous affections of the puhnonary organs that ore incident to our climate. While many inferior remedies thrust upon the cominunitv have failed and teen discarded, this has gained friends by every trial, conferred benefits on the aillieteil they can never forget, and pro dueed cures too numerous and too remarkable to be Lome teen, PREPARED BY DR. J. C. AYER & CO. LOWELL, MASS. Jotew Hum), Agent Huntingdon, l'a. Nsu. 10, 1830.--tly. . . , 11._ _ [L2 , .),• . „ , 1 , • .„,. , ) 2 ~...„,.. .'. ~- , . s / • *tied gottry. From Moore's Rural New Yorker, THE OL1) BARN. —.ea..— I, CLARA AUCUCTA. Rickety, oil and crazy, Shingleless, lacking, some doors ; Bad in the upper story, Wanting boards in the floors; Bennis strung thick with eobWely Ridge polo yellow and gray, Ilanging in helpless impotence Over the crows of hay. How the winds tore around it— Winds of a stormy day— Scattering the fragrant hayseed, Whisking the straws 'away ; Streaming in nt the crannies, Spreading the closer Changing the dark old granary Into a flowery dell. Oh, how I loved the shadows mat clung to the silent roof; Day-dreams wore with tho quiet Many a glittering woof! I climbed to the highest rafter, Watched the swallows at play, Admired the hook in the boardin; And rolled in billows of hay! Palace of king couldn't match it Thp Vatican 10.3 its charm When placed in my mornory's balance Beside of tho gray old barn ! Splendor, wealth, may not charin Association is all— We tore the loved of our childhood Better than marbletleored hall! I sat for hours in the summer Ohl the threshold so gray And now the COWS in the pasture Take their lnay•paced way •, The lambs, ....white as the daich Frolicked from hill to tarn Or fell asleep in the shadow Made by the "Clever" old barn, I've roved o'er the Southern country, Stood in the mosques of the Emt, Galloped the Western prairies, Gather. d contentmehl at least; And I'd rather scent the 'clover, re'e. r‘san,.. Vl,OO, .. Sit in Ito tth of the hi,;lllands Pourtd front Appenine brows I crcrt g-,stori). FlilsT LOVE+ ' That I wan in love was n fact that did • not admit of a shadow of doubt. I depor ted myself like a person in love, I talked like u person in-lure; I looked and felt like a 1 mon in love. The affection that had taken po,sesion of my youthful heart was no every day one: I was sure of that. There were'nt words enon,rgh in the En glish language to discribe the height depth, length and breadth of its grandeur. It was destined to be n grand accompaniment •of the ages yet to be; a fixed principle throughout eternity; a planet of swms. ing beauty in the broad heavens of home •Elections. My love was returned—the strong yearning of any nineteemyear.old heart went out Into the direction of the most beautiful maiden in all shire, in return sent the yearning of her heart to meet mine. Twice a week, as often ~as the week -came around, I went up to the old brown home of Dr. Stoddard to tell has daughter my love, and as regularly listen ed to a recital of its return from the rod lips of my charming Janet. The good doctor made merry ut our expense, and his jolly wife took a wicked pleasure in constantly reminding us of our youth, Janet was tortured by sly references to her playhouse in the shed, her long sleeved pinafores and pantaletes of six months be fore; while I was offered an old coat of the doctor's for my mother to make into a dressing gown for me. ware nevertheless, determined to be married. We would steal slyly away from the house while our cruel friends re posed in the arms of Morpheus, hie us, on 'Rho wings of love," to the nearest city; Janet would become, m s moment's titne Mrs. Jason Brown. At once we sat about making prepara tions for this important journey. Every thing, of course, must be conducted with the greatest secresy. At twelve o'clock I was to leave my home stealthily, get my lather's grey nag noiselessly out of the barn and harness her, and then proceed to Janet. Janet was to be waiting for me at her win. dow. I was to place a ladder at the same window ; she was Co descend that ladder ; we were to fly down to the road through the old lane, to the spot where the horse was fastened, and then the wind should not outrun us. There woo but one difficulty in the way. Janet's room was shared by her sister Fanny, a liAle mischievous wicked crea ture of eleven years, who to use Janet's " LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, bn AND INSEPARABLE. " words, 'was awake at all hours of the night.' There was but one way ;if Fan ny was aroused, she must be bqbed into silence. For that purpose I placed in Ja net's hand a round shining dollar. 13ut Ja• net needed assistance, so she concluded to make Fa9,ny her confident the very after- noon before we started, and in that case prevent all possibility of rising the house by a sudden oatcry. Well the long looked-for, hoped-for and yet dreoded night arrived at last. flow slowly :Is :cadet; feet carried away the hours, and what a strange heartful of emo tions 'I bore up, ant sat by my chamber window looking out, as I thought, for the lost time, upon the home of Jiy father. The moon was out in all her splendor; she was kind to me, lighted up with her silver touches all the spots my eyes ni;glit wish to rest upon before I went out lain the world a wanderer. The broad fields lay out smooth nail shining before my gaze the fields in which I had worked by my father's side since I was a little boy—alii a dear, kind father he had been' (At this juncture my throat began to swell.) I I turned away from the window. ' , lt I could soo my mother once more!" [ exclaimed, rubbing my eyes with my coat sleeve. "No one ever lad a better mother than . 1 have." I sat down in a chair and sobbed out right. I looked around for something to take with ;no that my mother's hand had blessed with her touch. There was a spinning wheel in the room where I slept, at the end of the spindle hung a woolen roll. With my knife I half cut and half tore it off, pressed it fervently to any bps and then placed it tenderly in any vest pocket, I had hot time to do more; the old clock• in the kitchen warned me solemnly that any appointed time had arrived; and with a slow, sad, yet noisless step I left tho house. Once nut in the open air ; wy wonted lightne.fs„ of spirits returned. I consoled Inyi, If with the thought that in a few years I shpuld i Keturn omits a c , ini , a ".t thy, wealthy respected and inttuentiai man, nn hon w to my parents, a tdessing to sty friends and the husbond of Janet. I have often wondered since, ffriar - Isu.i ceeded in getting u way from home with my horse and cart without arousing any one- But as good luck wculd have it, made a tel exit front the old place any in a few moments W. 19 jogging fear lessly- along towards the home cf Jarct. My only dread was of the link. sole Fon; if OLT all she should betray us, what a dreadful, direful, desperate mi,chief it would be!—what a wretched predicament affairs would be in! I groaned aloud at the thought; yet I put d brave face upon the mutter; I said that if it was right that we rhould go, we should, go, if it wasn't right, ni all probability we should stay nt home; yet right or tuft right, if that miser. able little Fan did betray us, I'd spend all my days in avengirg the wrong— that was certain. Was lin earnest? did I mean it? But we shall see. flow earnestly and anxiously I gazed towards the chamber window of Janet en, after fastening my horse by the roadside,. I walked cautiously up the long lane that led to the doctor's house. 0 joy inex pressible: the waving of a white handker chief In the moonlight told toe that every thing wa3 right, that in a fent moments I should clasp Janet fondly to my breast, mine, mine forever! Alt, how happy I wis!—so hippy, indeed, that I stood -.till there in the Moonlight, with my two hands pressed firmly to my loft side, for fear my over-loaded heart would burst from me en- tirefy. What a figure I mast have cut then! What an Appollo I must have look ed, with nay fine proportions wrapped up in my wedding suit! I was slender; I was tall; I a•as guurt; I ant sure 1 was ugly• looking at that moment. %Vim possessed me I cannot tell, but from an old chest I had taken a blue bread cloth swallowtail coat that had belonged to toy grandfather in the time of the wars, and in the pride of my youth bad got i n to it. The tails came nearly to my heels, while the waist was nearly to my arm pits The sleeves reached to the tips of nay flingers, hiding entirely front vtew the luxuriant pair of white silk gloves, which I had allowed myself for the important occasion.* Above this uncouth pile of blue broad cloth was perched a hat. 0 ye stars and moon that looked upon it, testify With tne that it was a hat!—a hat and not a stove pipe, a hat end not a bout leg!— 'l'hat hail—looking back at it through the mist of twenty-five years, it seems to have arisen to the stature of two Cull feet, while it s brim appears little wider than my thumb nail. My eyesight isn't quite as perfect as it used to be, end so I may not sec quite rightly. Make all due allowances, dear reader. HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1859. --- I say that I must . have looked ugly at that moment. Be that as ;t may, I thought that I was looking splentlidlp; I thought the figure 1 cut was an honor to the name of Brown, and I was proud of it; proud as I stalked up to Janet's window, and placed carefully there the ladder that was to bear her to my side. Everything was silent about the house. Fate was surely with us. Fanny had been bribed into service. As I Mood there, I could see her little fig ure flit noiselessly to and fro by the win dow, and how I blessed her—blessed her front the very bottom of my heart. for her kind ness. At last Janet commenced descending the ladder, and as sire did so the ;noon crowded in out of sight under a huge Waal( cloud. Thu heavens favored us: our suc cess Might be looped upon as fixed. Three steps more upon the ladder's rounds, and Janet's dainty little fe. - 1 would stand upon ferret ji ma my own. The steps were la• ken, nod she held for a moment fondly by the sleeves of my blue broad cloth, before wu looked up to the window, both with upraised hands to catch a small trundle of creating that Fanny was to throw down to us, nod which we had no other means to carry with us. '•l3e quiet Fan," whisperedJanei, as her sister appeared at the window nod poised the bundle above our heads. , 'Be quiet Pan, for heaven's Sake and drop it quick. Iv!" But Fanny still stood there, swinging backward and forward' the huge bundle, without heeding Janet's earnest entreaty; "Do, do throw it, F 4 ay dear ! Do have soma mercy on me ! What if lather should know this 1 What if h, shoyld be awake;;. etir .• 'La, give it her Fitn;don't plague your vis!er, she's in a hurry!' called a voice at tl.at moment from the closed blinds at the parlor windows, which belonged to none other than Dr. Stoddard. , Give her the thing; and toll •the bcys to carry out n bag of ce t Xt, a cheese, sane whoiii nntl {1nt1....-. .. haw° nsetting . ' setting otit, illy Lc anii 'about it. Fan.' . For a moment we were petrified upon the spot; I thought I should fall to the ground. IVhat should we do—run, faint die. evaporate or go mad ? While we stood undecided, two huge mattrasses fell nt our feet from the window followed at once by lieet, pillow oaces, table cloths and sun• dry other articles necessary to the netting up of a respectable housekeeping estab. lidtinent, *Mother, mother, dont one of these new feather b- , ds belong to Janet ?' called Char• lie Stoddard from one part of the house. 'Yes, yes and a bolster, and a nice pil low:too. Carry them right out of the front door,' was the answer. 'Whose horse have you, Jason V asked the doctor, positing up 'he blind, Your father's?' e e.s sir,' I stammerea. 'Humph! didn't you know better than that? that old grey isn't worth it button to go, IV hy didn't you come up to soy barn and get my black mare? Sam, Sara, hurry away straight to the barn and harness block Molly for Jason. If you'll L,lcive it, he was going to start cia with his father's old horse! Be quick Sam—work lively— they're in a hurry; its time they wore A' .Have you anything with :jou Janet, to eat on the road?' put in Mrs Stoddard, poking her head out of the window. .No ma'am,' faltered Jani.t, moving a step or two from me. • .Well that's good fore thought. And as I live there isn't a bit of cake cooked in the house,,eithor! Can you make some white bread and bacon, and some brown bread and cheese do, Jason? It a all we have. 'Yes ina'ain,' I said meekly, stepping easily as I could a little further from Jane:. 'Look, father and mother, quick, now the moon is out, and see Jason's new coat and hat!' called Can, from the window, her• merry voice trembling with supprused laughter ? 'lsn't that a splendid one, fah eel—just look tit the length of its tails r 'Just give me my glasses, wife,' said the doctor. 'ls it a new one, Jamnr 'Yes sir, rather sew,' I Said, giving an eager look in the direction of the lane, 'Well,' drawled the doctor eying me slyly. 'that coat is imudsonier 'And his hat, father !' called the wick• ed little Pan. '1 de claret' exelamed the doctor. 'Wife wife look, look here, and see Jason's coat and fort!' What should I do—stand there till morn ing before that incessant fire of words 7 Should I run? Should I sneak of slowly, as Janet was doing? What, oh what should I de? 'Dont thoy look nice, muLllvrt' ivtked ~-,,,,,, L-.. ,1,-..iN /,-.:)'<, ' ,e,-.5 ",..f' '''.. ,-- 1 i:.i',!,,i- M. 1$ ' f, i id P, i 1 k ! Av the doctor, putting one broad brown hand over his mouth, and doubling his grey head almost to his knees. 'He-haw, he-haw hi ho haw! Mother—he haw !—don't Ithey look nice,' roared the doctor. I couldn't stand it any !anger. The doe tot's laughter was the signal, it was echo's; from all parts of the house. Fan cackled froth the chamber window; Sam shouted from the barn, Mrs. Stoddard the•ho•ho'd!' from the kitchen; while Charlie threw himself down to the doorway and scream ed liken wild Indian. I turned around ; ! I gave a leap across the garden. Every Stoddard called after me. I RITI wrong every Stoddard but Janet; she remained silent. One told me to come back for the I bread and cheese; and another that I had I forgotten my bundle and bride; another Vide me wait for black Money and the new buggy; Fan bade me hold up my coat tailti,or I shobld get them draggled. I didn't heed any of thoco request:s I went directly for home. 1 roach ed home, feel. ing—no, sheepish is a weak word for it— can'cexpress to you how I felt, I had agreat idea of hanging myself; I though t I had better be dead than alive; that I had made an idiot of myself. It was plain! Fan had betrayed us. I vowed vengence upon her till daylight, then snaked out to ! the barn and hid in the haystack. I staid there till Charlie Stottard brought my Path• er's horse. The old gentleman frightened; wanted to know how he came by the horse. He was told to ask me; ho did ask toe, and I made a clean breast of it; I didn't promise him not to repeat the offence, there was no need of it; but I am sure of this that I did not look at n girl for seven years—no, not far seven years. Wh , n the eighth year came round, I remembered my old vow a. gainst Fanny Stoddard. Well, to make it long story short, I married Fanny. Janet became a parson's wife. And here let me tell you in confidence, reader, that 1 think little Fanny Stoddard iaJ .iI t. IASKAPJALTI/iHr iiit,l‘,Lbeail when was.but 11 .11illtl. She liked me, ugh she I believe. Well at any rate site declares every time that the allair is mentioned, that 1 have heel my revenge on her. Bless her faithlul heart, it hos been indeed a street one! cittect )fiisccifiutp. MATRIMONIAL BROKERAGE. RICH SCENE IN REAL LIVE Those who have taken the trouble to look over the advertising columns of the New York Herald have observed adver tisoments under the head of "Matrimonial" in which persons of both sexes announce themselves as candidates, and invite cor respondence with this view. If we be lieve these announcements, the advertisers almost without exception aro patterns of virtue, honor and intelligence, generally, too. of refinement, wealth and high social position. It is not very long sincenn advertisement informed the public that a young lady. of good education and accomplished manners, being convinced that the formalities of so ciety are mostly absurd and restrictive of free individual developements ivould like to correspond with a man of independence and sense, with a view to matrimony.— Sho was twenty years of age, moved in re spectable society, and believed she could make a good man happy. Any such per son was invited to address Betty Ballou, at the Union Square Post Office. A young man answered this advertise ment under the signature of Julius B. De foe, 118 follows: "MISS BETTY BALT 01I: I have rend your advertisement in this morning's Her .ald, end have not the slightest hesitation in saying that lam a man of sense. That I am a aunt of independence would clearly appear to you if ever we should be mar ried, for I would not promise to pay any more attention to a wife than I chose ; and if l wasted to go to the theatre or opera with anybody else, as I probably should, I would do it in spite of her. In short, she could do as she pleased, if she chose to, and if she didn't I'd make her, and I should de as I pleased whether she was willing or not. If that iv not independent enough for you, 1 beg you not to answer this let ter; 'Mat I am sensible, clearly appears from my mode of life. In the first place I have spacious apartments with a private family in Fifth A.. nue, and manage my affairs in Wall street—wish about four hours' labor per diem—in such a manner that I have us much money as I want to srnd or give away, go xhere I have a mind to, smoke in the parlor when at home and get drunk as often as I tun disposed. this suits you, write Pod address me at tho Broadway Post Office: If it don't do whet you like. 'I will say, however, that 1 should be happy to see you, and think you will not find me a savage. if you are disposed to gratify me, state when and where we can have nn interview. Yours ; revectfully, JULIUS 13. DEFOE.r Three days after depositing the above letter in the Union Square Post Office, Mr Defoe called at the Broadway Office, and found a reply awaiting him. It was writ ten in a neat plain hand,ond the purport of it was, that Miss Betty was curious to see him, but was so conscious cf the impro priety of inviting a stranger to call upon her, if, however, he would bo at Taylor's Saloon at two o'clock on a certain day, he would meet her there. ".Go ns far ns you can," said the letter, "on the left hand side 1 take a newspaper in your hand and read, so 1 may know you. When 1 enter 1 will recognize you with a nod ; then, please, eche and sit by me." A few minuts before the appointed time Mr. Defoe, having provided himself with ! a newspaper, went to tho place designated took a seat as requested, and commenced ! reading. He soon observed a young man enter, walk near him and look annoyed at his presence. Finnlly, however, the stran ger sat down immediately ,in front of him, and with many looks expressive of 'What businers have you here 1' also took out a paper nod commenced reading. 'Unfortunate,' thought Mr. Defoe. 'lf this fellow keeps on reading, she may mis take him for myself. However, when she sees he does not recognize her, she will try me. While these thoughts were passing thro' his toted, an elderly genileman, with a ve• ry rod nose, also came up and politely re• quested Mr. Defoe to go forward and give him the scat he occupied. '1 would not ask it sir,' he added, 'had 1 not particular reasons, which 1 need not explain for so doing,' . •• • • toe; Mree tnen•reuningaseaw atsrut Lrrs, in a Tow; yet under circumstances, it is a singular coincidence.' And this sug,ges• lion derived additional weight from the fret that few other persons iu the saloon were at that time reading. But Mr. Defoe's astonishment was con siderably increased when a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, and finally, a seventh, en tered, and in his turn, seemed anxious to get a rear seat, but failing in thic, took the lust ore unoccupied, each at the same time commencing to read. Mr. Defoe thought there was something strange in this, and as mystery always pleased him, could not suppress it smile at the anxiety and distress of the literary strangers, who, while they held papers in their hands, looked around the sr loon. '1 think the girl has sold tne,' he said to himself. and good•naturedly dropping the payer from his hand, was about to order a beef steak, when he saw a young lady enter the right door. She was tall, grace ful in her movements, had keen black eyes and was richly though not gaudily dressed. She passed down the opposite aisle with a manner somewhat haughty, cast a fugitive glance along the line of gentlemen who held papers in their nands, and finally gave Mr. Defoe att unmistakeable nod of recognition. He returned the salutation as if he had met an old friend, and immediately joined her. , Mr. Defoe, I presume," said the pretty lady. 'The same and happy to meet you, Miss 13.1H0e," he replied. "Tell me, Mr. Defoe what you thougt of my advertisement." "I thought it very singular that a fu. male should want a man of sense and in- dependence for a' husband—so I answered it, What (lid you think of my reply?" "1 thought much. In the first place, that you were not handsome, and you sea lam not disappointed. Also that you did not moan what you said, which of course is true." Then why did you answer me?" "Because 1 thougut so. You do not suppose a sensible woman would adver. tine for a husband with an honest motive, and 1 know that an honest man would not write such a letter as you did. Ido not come to compliment you ns you find." 1 will not complain that you flatter ine." Refreshments wero served up, and the conversation, thoogh necessarialy carried on in.l to to tone, became animated. "Pray tell me," said Mr. Defoe, “the pro else motive, you had in publishing such an adverCiement, and in meeting mo here. "1 did tt for fun. It was always my dis position. lie you sc.: that row of men ----- VOL. XXIV. NO. 17. over there, near where you were sitting each with a newspaper?" "Yes." “We'll, those deluded gentlemen all came here at my solisitatmh. They all answered my advertisement; 1 wrote io them precisely as 1 did to you. 1 wrote the letter you recaiied, and my sister made twelve copies of it, which were des. patched to as many gentlemen, Seven of them it seems, have accepted the in vitation, and are waiting for me.” "hnd what will yeti do?" ' , Nothing. 1 did not expect to recog nize them. 1 canto to enjoy the sport of seeing them who expected to fool nt,-, fool ed instead;, to watch the ludicrous expres sions of anxiety and disappointment. They are dishonest, selfish, ignorant men, 1 am sure, or they would not have written at all. Now, see them! They look over the top of their papers as if a sheriff was of ter them." '•And can you laugh at them?" , Certuinly. This is a menagerie of tame animals, 1:took them wild; but 1 fancy this discipline will domesticate them. , Why is i that you have honored me above all the rest, and not laugh at my cal- amity in common with theirs?' .Because you wrote an absorb letter.- 1 saw at once you did not intend to have no belie•re you. But these animals sup. posed 1 was foolish enough to belive what they said. 1 would not trust a soul of them with my dinner. They thought to deceive me, perhaps get some of my pro perty, and at any rate get into the. society 1 move in.' .And how did you know 1 was the per. • ho wrote over ti,o name of Defoe 'The simplest thing in -the world. You sat there with a broad grin on your face, with a look of perfect indifference. The paper lay beside you on the table, as 1 knew it would if 1 was hive minutes be hind tune. You were thinking you had been sold, and that Betty Ballot' had play ed you a pretty 'rick. The others were anxiaiwasel- naa,y. - They ware- medita 11,f, Your name of course is not Ballou?' , No inure than yours is Defoe,' replied 'rho 'menagerie' was by this time in a stateof disorder. 'the • animals' uneasy nt the delay of the expected, called for different articles of diet and drink, and ono by one withdrew. Mr. Defoe also ex pressed a regret at parting, but he said he must go. , Must our acquiuntance end here to asked. 'Yes, unless you become acquainted with my husband.and he should invite to his house, in which case 1 should be happy to see you ns his friend, He does business iii-street, No should not like to have him know of this adventure; but I must have some amuse ment, if you ever know him you Will not mention it, Mr. Defoe pledged his honor not to re veal the fact to him, and bade her adieu. ATTORNEY GENERAL EC:vox, in reply to a rote from the Auditor General of the State, has decided that renders of merehan dice mast take out a licence, whether their annual sales amount to $l,OOO or other- (Win Nottovay county, Va. Miss Galleon, last week. obtained a verdict for $2,500 against Thomas Farley, for breach of promise or marrirge. A new trial was afterwards granted, but tho matter wee privately compromised by the payment of $1,250 to the fiir plaintiff. Mi'Gov. Picker has parioned Fran. Peters, who was convicted at the last No vember Term of the Quarter Sessions of Clearfield county, for stealing a horse of Mr. Benjamin Davenport, of Fox town sh.p. EASTER DAV.---Easter Day, which in the present year falls on the 24th of April, has not occurred at so late n period since 1791, in which year it was on that dry, and will not again happen on the same date till the year 2011. Since the introduc! ion of the Gregorian, or new style, by Popo Grego ry XIII, in 1582. Easter Day has only fal len on the 24 of April in three instances, namely, in the years 1689, 1707, and 1791. Moo , LITY AMONG CATTI.O.—SOMO Pf the farmers in adjoining counties says the Harris. burg Patriot, have lost a good many cattle by a malignant disease, very unusual here, but prevalent in the west. It commences with a fever, which lasts from five to nine hours., and then is followed by a chill, which continues from ,four to six hours. Alter this mortifica tion ensues and the cattle die. El"'Thu weather has got clear trout its cold by taking a spring.