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.Peisiasylvatila College.
THIS Society will celebrate its Fourth
Anniversary in the Presbyterian
Church, on Friday exening the 20th inst.,
at halhpast. 6 o'clock. Several Addresses
with appropriate music may ho expected.
The citizens of the Borough, and the ftublic
in general are respecttlilly invited to attend.
JNO. C. KUNKEL,
A. R. STEVENSON,
• PHILIP WILLARD,
.lAS. R. KEISER,
WM. C. HARRY,
Committee of Arrangement.
Gettysburg, Feb. 3, 1835. tc-44
PUBLIC SCIIOO.LS.
(IWING to the unexpected number o
E;)
Scholars under the District System,
tlp• Bottid of School Directors have found
it iteceAstiry to establish two additional
Schools iii the Borough. These Si:hools
are confined to the reception of female chil
dren between the ages of .1 and 7 years, and
of male children between the ages of 4 and
6 years. The Borough is divided into• Two
As! riets.
No. I, includes all s.uth of Midcile street,
and (nie lir the squares north of it, from J.
Ziegler's, by Dickey and Dunes', A mold's,
Wray's, and Degrotrs, to the place of be
gintun!,. The School-house fur this Dis.
trict is the one at present occupied by Miss
Scanlan, in High-street, near the College.
No. 2, includes all north of Middle-strv•et,
with the exception of the square above men
tioned. The Schoolhouse for this District
is the horse of Mr. Wray, on the corner of
.York and East streets.
Teachers have been appointed, and enter
upon their duties this day.
By order of the Board,
ROBERT G. HARPER, Seery.
February 2, 1"4:35. • 3E-44
Pon. RENT on. SALE.
THE subscriber olikrs for Rent or Sale,
the well known Tavern Stand, (now
in the occupancy of Mr. Henry Hossler,)
situate about 3 miles from Gettysburg, on
the York Turnpike Road. There are 15
Acres of land attached to said Stand, of
which 11 are cleared and 4 in
G 0 o‘ll
The improvements are two two-story
_A, _HOUSES
1 r co: other
- ;t_,: (the ono BRICK, the
RU
OGii-CAST,) a LOG BARN and a
SHOP: .There are a number of choice fruit
trees, (Peach and Apple) and a well of ex
cellent water, never known to lila.
The terms will be made known by call
ing on the subscriber, who resides in Get-
tysburg. JOHN SLENTZ.
January 27, 1835. 4t-43
Oz!rlt will be rented from the let day of
April next,
GE TTY'S IC R GIU:4111118 1
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Y OU will parade at your usual
place, on Monday the 2.3t1 of
February neat, at 10 o'clock A. M.
with arms and 'accoutrements in
complete order, and each member
provided with 10 rounds of blank
cartridges. By order,
R. MARTIN, 0. S.
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ry 27, 1835.
(on: - Di nner.
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frr The GUARDS intend Dining on the
2.'d of February next, at the house of Mr.
JAMES A. THOMPSON. The citizens
are respectfully invited.to participate with
them. Those so disposed, will leave
their names with Mr, ThoMpson, or with
either of the committee.
R. W. MIDDLETON-,
EDEN NORRIS,
JAMES PERSEY,
SILAS NORRIS,
ROBERT M ARTIN,
GETTYSBURG TROOP,
ATTENTION!.
P ARADE at 10 o'clock A. tit. on Mon
day Me 23d inst. in Gettysburg, with
arms and accoutrements in complete order,
and each member supplied with the usunl
number of blank cartridges.
JAMES BELL, Jr Capt.
February 3, 1835. tp-44
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trod bowels, cholic, griping, restlessness, &c.
&e. It is prepared 'from vegetables only
For sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J, GILBERT.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
"First the blade, then the ear—after that, the full eorn,
in the ear."- 111 A 2 K iv. 28.
There springs a shoot of tender grocn,
lip in the furrowedsoil,
Just where the faithful plough hath been,
To mark the venial toil—
Aad though no blossoms proudly spread
Doll lure the florist's eye—
It gathereth to its lowly head
The dew drop from the sky.
While shrouded in its bosom's fold,
Like cradled infant dear,
There sleeps an embryo sheaf of gold,
For ripening suns to rear.
But they who glide on blissful wing
Amid unfading bowers,
Who do the'bidiling of their King, -
In brighter realms than ours—
They with unfilmed, unerring eye,
l' he priceless worth survey,
Of .:liuse clot-x-I'4l(ton genus that lie
Involved iu noteless clay.
Perchance, when o'er rejoicing skies
The Sabbath rises fair,
Their angel warning sweetly sighs
To prompt our culturing care;—
To bid us watch the quickened sod,
Pail:shed by genial rain,—
And for the gainer of our God
Each plant immortal train.
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The Proselyte Iroan Judaism.
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AT the close of the last century, there
were still Many persons living in the City of
Vienna (the Capitol of Germany )who recol
• lected the fervid eloquence, and interesting
appearance,ofGAnntes KAurirrz. lie was
a Reformed Clergyman, educated at Halle,
and while yet very youngovaa installed Pas
, for of a.Congregation in Vienna, shortly of
ter the Treaty of Dresden bad settled the
troubles in Germany.
The war bnd,long since,occasioned a lax
ity of religious feeling throughout the em
pire ; and the elegant MARIA THEIRESIA,
when she found herself firmly seated upon
the Throne of her fathers, seemed anxious
to obliterate all remembrance of her advers
es in the variety of amusements which she
patronized in her brilliant court, and which
she furnished in every profusion which her I
accomplished taste could imagine, or her
wealth supply. An apathy of fooling Ore ea.
tural, an example so influential, produced a
Sitittd'ofsecie(Y on W i diTeft the holy at dor and
more than ordinary abilities of the young
clergyman, could be well calculated to pro
duce a powerful impression. It was a very
usual thing to see the narrow little street
called Gruffhausen, crowded with crested
and coroneted carriages, and his church,
there situated, filled to overflowing with an
admiring audience, composed of the elite of
the society which thronged the city of the
Kaisers, and -who at that time of the gener
al controversies in the Roman Catholic
courts, which preceded the downfall of the
Jesuits, gloried in manifesting the fashiona
ble liberality by attending the ministry a
the opposite faith. Kaunitz was indeed a
remarkable young man. With deep and *sr;
dent piety, there was connected in his cha
racter a warm and gifted mind; and the lof
ty °nil-ti:limn with which he proclaimed the
Doctrines of the Reformation, had many at
tractions for the• volatile population of Vi
enna. His abilities were not a little enhan
ced, in the opinion of his-fair auditors,.by a
commanding person and a fine countenani,
to which a delicate complexion,shaded by a
profusion ofdark brown locks,and lit up with
a pair of eyes ordinarily of a sleepy,melan
choly tincture,but when engaged in his sub
ject, roused up and animated with a lustre
which gave an intellectual and interesting
appearance. Kaunitz,however,regarded his
popularity in no other light than as an addi
tional means of doing good—and,time after
time, he addressed the crowded assemblies
which filled his church, with no other feel
ings than those engendered by the zealous
discharge of his duty.
On a certain evening, however, when. he
.was more than usually animated,whilespeak
ing on the sublimities of the Redeemer's
love, his eye was arrested by the counten
ance of one of the most beautiful females
of Vienna, and who seemed to drink in
all he said with an eagerness he had never
before witnessed in any of his hearers.—
She was a fair, dark haired young lady, and
her large hazel eyes had in them such an
expression of radiant softness,which at once
finds and wins the heart. The young minis
ter was much, very much pleased with her
attention, and when her lovely features were
lit up, and she would recline her brow in
her white and delicate hand, he thought he
never saw a form on earth look half .so en
gaging. lndeed,there was in her appearance
that touching charm ofsuperior beauty, ir
resistible in its very 'softness, which would
excite interest in any situation; but which
then,in that place of holineas,connectini the
heart in ready association with the seraph
forms of a heavenly world, would make an
impression on a mind predisposed Co catch
the allusion altogether ineffaceable. Thus
did Kaunitz return home after the service
was over, and of ail the thousand faces he
had seen, that .only had left its image on his
his heart. He could not be in love ; his
soul was too much devoted to hiS God to
cast itself away before any meaner shrine;
but often when his feelings were distracted
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' and the world press heavily upon him, in its
cares and its anguish, those enchanting -fea
tures would recur to his mind,and bring jov
land freshness in their recollection; nor
i could he conceal from himself,that he walk
led to his church, on the following Sabbath,
with a quicker and more anxious step than
formerly.
i An assembly, brilliant and crowded as ii.
sual,waited for his appearance; but he gaz
ed upon it with his wonted abstraction,. un
til his eye,in the same spot, rested upon the
same fair young countenance,gazing on him
with an expression in which the purest inno
cence seemed elevated and refined by a deep
and absorbing devotion; and then the young
minister felt his heart tremble with an in
voluntary delight, and his spirit was awed,
he knew not how, in the presence of an un
known and simple girl. Nothint , in the
world finds a surer avenue to the affections,
than a deep attention on the part of others
to any opinion we may express. Thus Kali
nitz could not but feel a strange and fascina
ting interest in the evident and unusual de
ference with which the young strangerseem
ed to regard all he said. She seemed to
hang on his lips with all her soul, and as he
became animated or affecting , in his dis- '
course, her countenance su ff e " red a corres
pending
change; her fine eye at one time',
brightening with the loftiest hope, or at oth
ers suffused with a tear she cared not to con
-1 ceal. During the service, Kaunitz had leis
ure to observe this strangely interesting
girl with more attention than he had op
portunity at first ; but there Was that about
her which baffled alike his suspicions or his
conjectures. She seemed in all the crowd to
be alone. Her person was hid from obser
vation in a large cloak,and there was an ev
ident anxiety about her to shrink from the
gaze of any eye but the one, and that his
own, which she regarded with ouch awe.
He only felt convinced she could be of no
common rank; her whole appearance—the
delicacy of her small white hand—and one
jewel of dazzling histre,wreathed among the
golden ringlets on her beautiful brow, told
that the sweet maiden was of rich connex
ions and of proud descent.
The strange, melancholy feeling which
had oppressed the mind of Gabriel Kaunitz
throughoUt the week, had a corresponding
influence on his choice of a Subject, and he
dilated with such pathetic energy, on the
wondrous story of salvation, and the affect
ing sufferings of the Saviour, that numbers
of the congregation were powerfully moved,
and the young creature, in particular, whose
features he took such delight in watching,
was so overeeme with weeping, that she fell
fainting in her seat. In the bustle which
ensued,Kaunitzsuffered the keenest anguish,
that his situation prevented him from rush
ing to offer her that assistance which it
would have soothed and delighted him to
give. She soon recovered, and as she re
fused to leave the house, he made up his
mind as soon as the service was concluded,
to ascertain, if possible, who she was, and
administer that consolation which his sa
craduty told hiui she required. With this
_view, when he had finished, he hastily de
scended the pulpit,and made his way through
the'dense multitude, who were pressing out.
He recognized the form he sought, standing
for a moment against a pillar, the light from
one solitary lamp in the portico, fell upon
her agitated features, harmonizing in touch
ing beauty with their pensive loveliness, and
shed over her face a tinge that spoke of ho
ly thought, such as the impassioned pencils
of the early painters had impressed on the
angelic lineaments of their Madonnas and
their Virgins. She appeared irresolute,and
in doubt; as if she had lost her carriage, or
Was waiting for some one in the multitude.
Yet then, when she was indeed before him
Kaunitz, for the first time in his life, felt a
timidity in the discharge of his duty, and a
thousand scruples of delicacy he believed
could not have entwined themselves with the
motive which was his object,made him shrink
from addressing her. He had not long to
reason with his timidity, for a clase carriage
driving up, he saw the young lady—who
manifested some surprise, if not alarm =
ushered into it by a couple of gentlemen,
when it drove offat a rapid rate towards the
country. In the solitude of his retired apart
ment, the young clergyman often revolved
every thing connected with this interesting
convert in his mind. Her rich and fascina
ting Lieauty would rise to his imagination;
the pensive lustre of those dark, soft eyes,
liquid with tenderness and radiant with un
uttered thought,as they gazed upon him; the
exceeding eagerness with which she imbibed
all he said,and the gush of feeling that would
subdue and soften down her lovely counte
nance, when her heart was touched with his
theme, would all cross his mind, in vivid re
miniscence, and call up scenes and thoughts
on which his fancy loved to dwell. Even
the very mystery which hung about her,on
ly wove the strong spell of her recollection
closer round his heart. He could not pic
ture who she was, but he could frame a thou
sand imaginings of who she might be: and
the shadowy and tender feelings by which
his spirit seemed connected with hersform
ell a link, which in the brighter world of his
own thought, made her more dearly and in
timately known.
The constant occurrence of these ideas so
powerfully impressed the mind of Kaunitz,
that it was with a degree of feverish anxie
ty, no effort of self-control could altogether
subdue, that he entered his chapel on the
following Sunday; and his heart almost
caught the thrill of anticipated delight as he
lifted his eyes to the spot last occupied by
the delicious creature. She was not there;
and his deep disappointment was almost per
ceptible. Ho searched, with his looks, eve
ry-corner of his church, but she, was no
wheie to be seen,. and that single . circum
stance made him feel solitary and dispirited.
He went through the service with unusual
apathy, and returned to his home in spite of
his'every effort, with vexation gnawing in
hilt mind.
It were a strange wonder in the philoso
phy of nature, for which it would be difficult
to account, how that one image could have
interlaced itself, so finely and so firmly, with
every other feeling of the popular and elo
quent young minister. Admired and res
pected by a brilliant circle in society, and
' looked up to with deference by all,th is strong
and causeless attachment might, to the care
less or superficial, seem strange, if not im
poesage; but to those who know the ingoings
of the human heart, and the deep workings
ofthe spirit—who have felt the strange and
fascinating power with which out of a tone,
a look, a glance, imagination can create and
vivify in herenchanting empire—beings in•
vested with all earth's charms, and all idea's
loveliness; it will not seem wonderful that
the enthusiast ic soul of Kounitz,Should shrine
within its!•lf that radiant form, until it he•
came part and parcel of his happiness. But
ardently as`he wished it, he was not destin
ed again to see his chapel enlivened with her
presence. Sunday after Sunday he would
resume his labors, but with a mind sadder
than before. It was in V:1111 that in his clos
et ho would fling himselliqxm his knees„and
implore the divine resolution to strengthen
hiui against a delusion so fraught with tide.
licifv. It was in vain he would call reason
to his aid, and ask himself, was it any thing
extraordinary that a giddy and fashionable
girl should t;oine on a few occasions to his
church—that she should be affected by his
preaching, and forget it as easily as it moved
her at first. All thislie knew; but when
memory would conjure up that form, with
its holy looks; the strong and intense at
tractions of her first impression would re
main powerful as ever. Thus did he go on
for a length of time, unblessed by that sight
which would have been 'to him so cheering,
'and suirenng visibly in his health, from the
anguish he was unable to conceal. His con
gregation attributed his altered appearance
to his great exertions, and besought him to
moderate his labors; but the unhappy Kau-
n:tz, who found his surest consolation in
those ennobling exercises of piety, only wont
through his duties with the more unwearied
assiduity. Week after week thus rolled on,
that diseased affection was wearing a
way before - 110 overmastering efforts of his
Mason, till he soon began to wonder how a
delusion so strong could ever have taken hold
of him, and to place the strictest guard over
his conduct and his thoughts, he retired al
together from society, to the seclusion of his
own apartment, and never mingled with the
world, except when discharging the duties
of his office. This resolution had its effect.
In a short, time he ceased to be the subject
of such general regard; the visits of his '
friends became less frequent; and he was at
length left altogether to the company of the
single domestic he maintained.
One evening, in his study, as he was ar
ranging some confused papers, he was alarmed
by a loud and continued knocking at his outer
door. He had scarcely time to revolve the cir.
eumetance in his mind of an interruption so unu
sual, when his apartment was opened, and two
men, enveloped in large cloaks, entered it unan
nounced.
They both seemed above the common rank; end
one of them especially had such a noble and com
mending figure, but a countenance so gloomy and
reserved, that he struck the simple clergyman
with awe. Kaunitz requested them to be seated.
"We have not time," replied the older of the two;
"your religious assistance is requested iminedi.
stele, by a member of your congregation, in the
greatest distress." The young man looked at
them with unfeigned astonishment. Ile was not
aware of any of his parishioners being unwell,nor
did he know any of the members who belonged to
the evident rank of the strangers. Ho had not
time to answer, when the other continued, in a
somewhat peremptory tone, "Get ready immedi
ately; the case is urgent, and the distance is con
siderable." The astonishment of Kaunitz was
still more great; but he found words to reply, "My
services are alwayS at the command of any ono
who may need them, but I know notof any of my
flock at a distance from the city. May I hear the
name and the cause of this sudden requisition?"
"Neither!" said the stranger, with peculiar em
phasis, "it is a case ofextraordinaty occurrence,
and of vital importance; and we must insist upon
your immediately accompanying us;—that shall
reward you," putting a heavy purse of gold upon
the table. "Ger tleinan," said the minister,though
with strange feelings."l want no payment fer tho
discharge of my duty. I am at my Master's dis.
posal. I am ready to go with you."
The taller of the gentlemen deliberately dre w
from beneath his cloak a large handkerchief.—
"You must submit," said he, "to have your eyes
bandaged." "Sir," said Gabriel,instantly surmis
ing that he was intended to be made the dupe of
some vile artifice, perhaps for seducing female in.
noucence. "I will not consent to any such arrange.
meet. Fin. the callings of my duty,for the purpos
es of religion and charity, I am always prepared;
bet I never will lend the sanctity of a minister of
Christ toe deed of darkness." The stranger seem.
cd ruffled by his' excitement, but continued in a
trine faulteriog with command, while his eye at
the same time flashed a determination before
which the young man involuntarily quailed. "Ga.
briel Kaunitz, you must come with us; the duty
you shall have to perform will not in any way
compromise your character; but the unqualified
compliance with every thing we request will be
insisted on, aye.even if it should be necessary, at
the forfeit of your life. And more,sirs before you
leave this house,you must swear upon your knees
that you will never disclose any thing-you may
'see." The clergyman trembled with 'undissom.
bled terror. A thousard dai k images of despotic
power, of Jesuits, Inquisitions, and State policy,
rushed into his mind, and be besought the atran.
gers,in an earnestness of agony.to respect the do
corum of his character, if not the sanctity of his
office. The only answer he'received was by one
of them taking out a richly bound book,whiclt he
opened and laid upon the floor. Kaunitz perceived
it to be a Hebrew bible. "To show," continued the
spokesman,"that we want nothing tram you which
we will do ourselves, we will guarantee to you,in
the most solemn manner,the preservation of your
life," and each kneeling down, kissed the holy
book with devout reverence, & raising their right
hand to heaven, swore as they had mentioned.—
"Now kneel down," said the mysterious visitant,
while the otherS:without speaking, drew from be.
neath his cloak a long glittering dagger that'll:tali
ed brightly in the gloom of the apartment. Cold
perspiration started to the pale brow of Krtunitz,
but conscious how futile,oven dangerous,would bo
resistance, and breathing an inward prayer to his
Maker for support,he did ae he was directed. Thu
words wore dictated to ham,which slowly and rev
erontly wore repeated by Kaunitz,sncrodly pledg.
ing himself,at the forfeit of his lifemot to disclose
anything he might see. He was then allowed to
rise, and the other, advancing up and holding the
dagger to his throat,said, while his teeth gnashed
with savage fierceness, "Should that oath be bro
ken, no power on earth shall eavo you from our
wrath. The fate of Kartz will serve you for a
warning." The clergyman spoke not, but recol.
lectod, with innate shuddering, a converted Jow
pedler,who was murdered in the market-plaeo a
bout two years before, with circumstances of ap
palling mystery,and to which the utmost exertions I
of the government could never find a clue.
Kaunitz now felt himself a passive instrument,
I and offered no resistance to the strangers as they
bandaged his oyes with such scrupulous care that
he was severely hurt by the tightness of the stric
ture. He was led to a ermines: standing near the
door which, the moment the parties were seated,
drove off t a furious rate; in what directimi,the ter.
rifled clergyman could not et all conjecture. Time
they continued for a considerable time; and us
they still wont combo feelings of Kaunitz partook
more of ri.nnder than alarm, as he felt convinced,
by the frequent turnings, and the uninterrupted
rattling of the pavernent,that . they were going,not
into the country, but were travoreing, over and o.
ver again, evidently to deceive him, the different
streets of the city. The companions in the extra
ordinary proceeding maintained an imperturbable_
silence, and when the long continuance of their
drive allowed the feelings of Kaunitz to wander
from the more immediate terror by which lie was
at first engrossed, he indulged iii a thousand ago
nizing speculations as to what could be the object
of this mysterious adventure. The evident rank
of the strangers, their, fierce anxiety for his pre.
sonce, their dreadful, adjuration to secrecy, end
their awful denunciations of vengeance—all op
pressed his mind with a terrible anxiety of fruit
less conjecture. Secrecy so jealously guarded,
must, lie had no doubt,have some dark object Ibr
its purpose—what,he felt totally unable to divine ;
and with a mind full of the gloomiest forebodings
ho threw himself upon the protection of his Mit-
Iter.and with a trembling heart,awaited the result.
For nearly four hours, Kaunitz conjectured the
carriage continued its circumgyrations,and when
it did stop at last,his feelings wore wound to such
an intensity of excitement, that his heart audibly
throbbed against his side. As lie was led down
from the vehicle:am could not help remark ing,that
he stopped not upon the soil or the sward as it ho
had been in the country, but upon flags, smooth
and well worn. Such conjectures,however,though
carefully noted in his Mind, found no Eirtilyid in
his conduct. He was imoducted through a large
hall or apartment, and then over such apparently
interminable flights of stairs and ranges of paean
ges,that the building which enclosed them must
have been vast as a palace of romance. He at last
found himself at rest,and his feelings wore wound
up to a tension . of painful curiosity and dread, as
his stern conductors were removing tho bandage
from his eyes, which was no sooner accomplished
than they left the apartment.
Kaunitz found himself alone in a spacious Pa- i
loon. The furniture was ofthe rieheat character;
one solitary lamp of massive silvor, burning near
an inlaid sofa, partially revealed a domo-like roof,
and walls glittering with fresco paintings or cost
ly tapestry, while rows of chrystal, depending
from superb chandeliers, and flinging back the
dim light in a thousand fairy hues, gave a she.
dewy splendor to tho room, comporting well with
the minister's idea of. eastern gorgeousness.—
There was, notwithstanding, something ominous
In the dull silence of that apartment, which shaded
the heart of Kaunitz with a dread he was unable
to shako off; and in the unnatural quiet, his mor
bid ear thought it could detect stifled noises loom
ing in dull distinctness,as if a multitude was hush
ed by force or fear into it startling stillness, more
fearful than the loudest clamor. In this state of
excited apprehension was he standing, irresolute
and alarmed,when the door suddenly opened, and
a tall figure in a cloak and mask entered, leading
by the hand a ladi, whose graceful and slender
fOrm was ill concealed by a deep black veil which
completely covered her from head to foot. Sho
was led in silence to the sofa, and the instant she
was seated her conductor withdrew, without say.
mg a word, locking the door behind him. While
the young minister, in visible alarm, awaited the
full developoment of this mysterious adventure,
he could not help gazing upon the lady with feel.
ings of deep compassion, as the victim of some ne
farious scheme, in which she was probably to bo
an unwilling agent. No person again immedi
ately entered the room, and in shot t the lady re.
moved the veil which enveloped her person. Oh,
God! to what a thrilling agony were those senea
tions deepened, when Kaunitz recognised the ve.
ry features, so long, so indelibly imaged on his
soul. A thousand feelings of slumbering love and
delicious recollection, called into instant life by
that remembered glance, gushed in deep suffusion
to his face, and an instant rmaction sent them
back as coldly to his heart. It was indeed that
lovely creature, for whom, without knowledge and
without consciousness, ho had from the first en
tertained an interest that trembled into iiitensost
passion; and for whom, even now, with no, other
claims than those innate yearnings of the heart,
he felt awakened within him sympathies and pro.
possessions of profoundest fbrce.
[CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The large new Presbyterian Church, in
Pike township, Chester county, was consum
ed by fire on the night of the 20th ult.—
The PottstoWn Gazette states that it is sup
posed to have been set on fire with the con
nivance of a portion of the members in con
sequence of dissatisfaction with their pastor,
the Rev. Mr. Gouldy.
The Number of Presbyterian Congrega
tions in the United States, according to the
returns for 1834, is 2648--Preachers 2051
—Communicants 247,964.
The construction of a canal from Lake
Michigan to the Illinois river in preference
to a rail road, seems to meet with the gener
al concurrence of the inhabitants of that
part of the country.
A house situated in Greene county, Pa.,
and occupied by Mr. Clement Masters, an
aged critkzen, was consumed by' fire a few
[WHOLE NO• 264•"-itA
nights since and melancholy to relate,
M. perished ' in theme. How the fire:or
rioinated is unknown, as the house aed itfk. } -
unfortunate occupant were both nearly c
sumed before the hre was discovered b3r ett
of the neighbors.
HEAVY HAMM:MS.-IA _en the panOIC:?...?
courts of New Orleans, a verdict of five thotti%l6l;
sand dallars was obtained by A. K. Eltnithi,i 4 .,
an appraiser tn tho custom house,_
agatnitt . o
Peter K. Wagner, for having writtervetzlii,,,!l ) f
belous letter to the Secretary or the
ry impeaching his official and private char-,
actor.
"BURNING GREEN WOOD.-.-It is-stated . c'z
in the last number of the People's Nagasitri,
that a cord of green wood contains on an
average, about one hundred and reit - Y . :ltd.:.
lons of water; and it is ascertained that dm,
heat required to evaporate this fluid, w0u1d'...4 , ,
raise thirteen hogsheads of water to a boil.
ing temperature. A countryman,who brings 7-1,,
to market a cord nfgreen wood, brings mora , '
.;
thaii eleven hundred pounds weight in watert::, ! 17
while the purchaser is burning this wood, itt
obliged to wait for the svnporation of more
than a gallon of water from every solid foot
foot of it, before it will burn. But the pur
chaser not only gets so much useless Ad
in
convenient water, but he also gets consider- ,
ably less wood than if he had purchase! it
dry—as much less, at lea - 4, as it ioosea in
bulk by seasoning. With tliese feats beet*:
them, we should think the advocsteS
horning green wood might he convineo4 -
if their practice has not already, convinced
them, of the unprefitableness of the gisa l
sure."
The above statement may be correct" of
wood cut in April or any of the spring
months, which tlifaigh apparheily
is still indifferent Inel and contains water, -,:"„
which is- expelled in burning, though die -
wood appears to he dry. It is far different
however in respect to wood cut in January
or February—though green it contains very -
little moisture, and is good fuel taken im
mediately from the stump—of which any
one may satisfy himself by trying a wagon
load, which may any day, at this seasoned -
the year,be obtained in the streets. During
cold weather" when a continued and large •
fire is needed it is more pleasant and eco-._
nomical than seasoned wood.
The fact is, the quality of wood, for fuel'
and all other purposes depends essentially
upon its tieing felled in proper season—that
season is-January er. February—a cord of
wood cut then whether green or dry is worth •
50 per ceht more than the same quantity cut
at any other season of the year.[Bait. Pat.
• WONDERFUL SAGACITY.—One day fast
week when the crowd of fashionables was
greatest at at the Union street exibition "in
Boston, a beautiful girl who had fed the ele..
phant with sundry cakes and apples, in ta
king an apple from her bag, drew
. out En_
ivory card case, which felt nerved ti:,
the sawdust of the ring. At the close ofthe
ring:performance, the crowd opened to, let:
the elephant puss to his recess, but' instead
of proceeding as usual, he turned aside and
thrust his trunk in the midst of a group : of'
ladies and gentlemen; who as might be tut.
pected were so much alarmed that they seat,
tered in every direction. ,The keeper, at
this moment discovered that the anurnal had ,
something in his trunk.' Upon examination
he found it to be the young lady's card case,
which the Elephant had picked up, and was • '
only seeking out the fair owner when he,
unceremoniously, as the company at fiat
thought, extended his trunk among them.
The Baltimore Republican, with the'pro.
feasions of democracy upon his tips, publish• 14
es, among other propositions, a recommit
dation to reduce the number of the House ,
of Delegates to forty or filty,'and to prolong
their term of service to two years!
In the Boston Commercial Gar.ette'of
Thursday, we find the following concluding.
paragraph in a letter from Wasltington:
"It is said that Mr. Webster will be nomi
nated for the Presidency, by the Whig mem
bers of Congress, before the close of theses.
sion."
FREE A DVERTISINU.—There is no elan
of men who are called upon to do so much
in the way of charity, and whose charity iti•
so little appreciated, as publiaheie of retro
papers. They are expected to publish tsar
tices of all benevolent institutions without
charge, and though such publication actual
ly costs them money, they are not consider.
ed as having contributed, but are.eixpected
to draw money from their pockets accord- ,
ing to their means for the same object, with
out reference - to what they have already
done. The consequence is that publishers ;;>:
.. 4 ,
pay a heavier tax to the public than any Oh- . ,A
er class of men, (according to their tesside) ,6
and still their contributions artr-scireely ; :!;;
thought of. We find' that some 001414 ere
are determined to tnke a stand apiast tbilk,,,4
gratuitous advertising—censidenng liTigt ' SI
every sense a thankless and profitless•,-,14,
... Is*
nose. Boston Whig.
TUNNEL AT CINCINNATI.-4hoi:bohretoi - . A
terprize has been projected at Cincinpatt
having a rail road to the Kentuclt*.ahaPi,
constructed under the Ohio River._
tar tn . the Courier, estimatesllkt
$200,000 but we should far 1 -11,4V4‘.
much undoroted it, if the ettletlitiO*Ltif.,,,,,
attempted tunnel under , the T4l ll :l4**Tir`
hem u our guide. - 't •
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