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November 17, 1837.
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COUNTY APPEALS.
IN pursuance ofan Act (tithe General As
sembly of Pennsylvania, approved the
1501 day of April, A. D. 1934, entitled,
"An Act relating to County Rates and Le
vies," the undersigned, Commissioners of
.darns County, will proceed and attend to
hoar appeals, for the several townships,from
all persons who may apply for redress,in ac
cordance with the directions of said act,and
will grant such relief and make such correc
tions as to them shall appear just arid rea
sonable. The Boards of Appeal will be held
in :he following order, at which times and
places the several Assessors will attend for
their respective townships—viz:
For the townships of Menallen and Fr ank
lin, on Monday the 12th day of February
next, at the house of John Marks, in Ar
endtsville.
For the townships of Ilamiltonban and
Liberty, on Tuesday the 13th of February
next, at the house of Maj. John Pollard, in
Millerstown.
For the townships of Straban and Cum
berland and the borough of Gettysburg, on
Wednesday the 14th of Fe uary next, at
the Commissioners' o*e, i Gettysburg.
For the townships of Ger any, Conowa
go and Mountjoy, on Thurs ay the 15th of
February next,at the house o ffrancis Leas,
II Littlestown
For the townships of Berwick, Hamilton
and Mountpleasant, on Friday the 16th of
February next, at the house of John Miley,
in Oxford.
For the townships of Huntington, Lati
more, Reading and Tyrone, on Saturday
the 17th of February next, at the house of
Moses Myers, in Petersburg.
The Commissioners for the information
()fall interested make known,that by the act
of Assembly aforesaid, the Commissioners
are bound not to "make any allowance or
abatement in the valuation of any real es
tate, in any other year than that in which
the triennial assessment is made, excepting
where buildings or other improvements have
been destroyed, subsequently to such trien
nial assessment, and in the case of personal
property, offices, professions, trades and oc
cupations, where there has been any altera
tion in the assessment, occasioning a differ
ent valuation from the former year, and also
where persons have come to inhabit in the
county since such triennial assessment," and
that no notice in the two years succeeding
the triennial assessment is to be given to the
taxable inhabitants afo?esaid, but in the lat
ter recited cases only.
JAMES RENSHA W, Corn.
JOHN WOLFORD, of
WILLIAM REX, A. Co.
Attest—WlLLlA %I KING, Clerk.
Commissioners' Office, Get- "?..
tystitug, Jan. b, 1838.
4 ~1 WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION. -SHARE
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THE GARLAND.
—"With sweetest flowers enrich'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
"AND IS IT TRUE?"
I OFTEN think each tottering form
That limps along in life's decline,
Once bore a heart as young, as warm,
As full of idle thoughts as mixt!
And each has had his dream of joy,
His own unequalled, pure romance;
Commalacing when the blushing boy
First thrills at lovely woman's glance
And each could tell his tale of youth—
Would think its scenes of love evince
More passion, more unearthly truth,
Than any talc, before or since.
Yes! they could tall of tender Inys
At midnight penned, in classic shades,
Of days more bright than modern days—
Of maids more fair than living maids:
Of whispers in a willing ear,
Of kisses on a blushing cheek—
Each kiss, each whisper, far too dear
Fol modern lips to give or speak!
Of prospects, too, untimely crossed,
Of passion slighted or betrayed—
Of kindred spirits early lost,
And buds that blossomed but to fade
Of beaming eyes, and tresses gay,
Elastic form and noble brow,
And charms—that all have passed away,
And left them what we see them now!
And is it thus?—is human love
So very light and frail a thing?
And must youth's brightest visions move
Forever on time's restless wing!
M flat all the eyes that still are bright,
And all the lips that talk of bliss,
And all the forms so fair to eight,
Hereafter only come to this!
Then what aro love's best visions worth,
If we at length must lose them thus",
If all we value most on earth,
Ere long must fade away from usl
If that ONE being whom we take
From all the world, and still recur
To all stir said, and for her sake
Feel far from joy, when far from her;
If that one form which wo adore,
From youth to age, in bliss or pain,
Soon withers and is seen no more—
Why do we love—if love be vain?
ii'Mla MUITaDIIVOS37to
The Gambler's Fate.
" Another glass of Curacoa—and then for
St. James's," said Russel to his friend. "Has
your lengthened residence on the continent
embued with much taste for ecarte or rou
lette."
"No," replied Melvil, "ever opposed,botb
Iby inclination and education to the vice of
gambling, I have studiously avoided the ma
gic circle in which the fickle goddess enthrals
her votaries. Surely you do not play?"
"Very little," responded Russel, careless
ly, "and merely for amusement; to-night,
however, I have as I told you before, an op
pointment to be kept. You will accompany
me, I hope? you need riot play."
"To part with each other so soon,and after
so long a separation, with so much to talk
about, and so many friends to inquire after,
requires more philosophy than I can boast
of possessing; so as your appointment must
be kept, and I have no fear of my resolution
failing in one night, I will accompany you.
Were I superstitious, though, I should not do
so; for a Scotch professor of second sight
once told me that I should bitterly rue the
action did I ever cross the threshold of a
gaming house."
Russel smiled sarcastically. "Possibly
your Scotch seer spoke from experience.—
Who knows but that some cunning chiel had
won a groat from him at a fair,and he thought
the like might hap to you? Nevertheless,
I should like to understand this second sight,
as you phrase it, very well, seeing that it
would prove an able auxiliary at hazard."
The Curacoa was drunk, the cab was or•
dered,and the scene was changed. One hour
afterwards he was deeply engaged in the
mysteries of play, and Melvil occasionally
looking on, and anon chatting with some
Young lordlings to whom his friend had in
troduced him. patiently awaiting the fermi
nation of an amusement for which he enter
tained no small degree of distaste. Russe,
won largely. Seated,at the same table with
him was one of those professed players who
nightly haunt the gaming table. He was a
man of middle age, of gentlemanly manners,
and seemed well known to those by whom
he was surrounded.
"What, losing again to.night, Hawkes?"
said one of the bystanders, addressing him
we have described—"this is bad; you have
last night's losses to repay already."
"True," replied the person addressed; and
Melvil, well versed in human nature, noticed
a peculiar intonation in the voice of the speak
er, which displayed fierce internal agitation
of mind, although to a common observer it
might have been imperceptible. "True, I
must; and you will see I shall win presently."
"Indeed!" exclaimed the other, "well,
well, we shall see that."
In effect the prophecy of the player ap
peared magical—for anon the luck changed
—Russel's htgh pile of gold dwindled rapidly
away; each successive throw of the dice con
tributed materially to reduce it, while that
of Hawkes speedily became the largest on
the board.
"Russel," whispered Melvil, "leave this
dangerous pastime,the luck you see hus chan
ged."
"And 4111 change again," replied Russel;
"1 know my adversary well; good fortune,
rarely abides with him."
"I am glad to hear that you know him,"
replied Melvil, gravely, "for really I had
euspected some foul play. Pray, who is he?"
"lie is a man of good family and one of
large property,all of which he has dissipated
at play. He married Blunche Vane, she
with whom it was said by village gossips,
you once had an afaire de tyrur in early
life."
"I don't recollect her," said Melvil.
"Not recollect her!" said Russel eagerly,
"not recollect her? Why, Melvil, I could
almost feel tempted to say that the lack of
memory was intentional. Not remember
Blanche Vane? she whom we used to call
'beautiful Blanche?' "
Melvil colored slightly. A crowd of re
collections pressed to his heart, but they
passed away with the moment in which they
were engendered; there was a little romance
in his own bosom. "1 do remember that
cognomen," he answered coldly,as he turned
away from the table.
Half an hour elapsed ere Melvil ag ain ap•
proached. The gambler's face was flushed
with success; that of Russel was pale and
disturbed. He had lost very considerably.
"One more throw for double stakes," cried
he, "and I have done."
"Agreed," replied Hnwkes.
Melvil with some difficulty made his way
to the opposite end of the table,and watched
with eagle eye his every motion. They
threw, and Russel lost. The scarlet blood
mounted on Melvirs blow; he suddenly bent
forward, ane violently seized the waist of
Hawker.
"Contemptible scoundrel! you have dice
in your sleeve."
Universal confusion followed, and groups
of persons flocked to the table,while Hawkes
proudly shook off the grasp of Melvil, and
bared his arm, calmly saying—
" Prove your charge, sir."
This was impossible; and although per
fectly satisfied himself as to the truth of his
allegation, Melvil was obliged to acknow•
ledge he had no means of sustaining it.—
Hawkes demanded his card: it was given.
"You are wrong," whispered Russel; "you
had better apologize; he is a capital shot."
"I was not wrong, and I will not apdlo
gize," answered Melva, quietly.
Ero the latter had left the room, a meet
ing had been arranged for the following
morning, by Russel and some friends of
Hawkes.
Five persons met, early on a damp, misty,
gloomy-looking morning,in Battersea fields;
they were the duelists, their seconds, and a
surgeon. Melva was cool and collected.
"Russel, if I fall, promise to give up for
ever your fearful pursuit."
"May heaven avert such a calamity as
your being wounded even!"
"Will you promise me what I have asked?"
"'I will do more: I will swear?" answered
Russel.
The ground was soon measured—the com
batants took their places—the signal was
given—and as previously arranged, both
fired together. Melvil remained unhurt;
the gambler fell.
"My God!" ejaculated Melvil, '"I have des
troyed him!"
They rushed to the fallen man, and while
his second raised and supported his head
upon his knee, the surgeon examined the
wound. it was in the left side.
"Speak--speak!" exclaimed Melva, "am
I a murderer?"
"Fly,fly with your host speed,gentlemen,"
said the surgeon; "the wound is mortal; he
cannot live many minutes."
As the poisoned arrow of the Indian war•
nor festers in the wound of his enemy,so did
this sentence enter into the very heart of
Melvil,and there fester and canker his hopes
of future happiness. The dying man heard
the reply with assumed fortitude.
"It is well," he said, faintly, "nay, it is
just. You," addressing Melvil, "you were
right; hut hear my justification, such as it is.
I have a wife—children; I shall never see
them more. I love them better than myself.
A run of ill luck had left me penniless, and
them starving. Desperation filled my bosom.
and I determined, should fortune desert me,
that I .would ensnare her favors by employ
ing means which 1 had not so much as dream
ed of."
"He is dying," said the surgeon; "fly for
your lives, gentlemen!"
He who supported the head of Hawkes
lowered it gently to the grass,and disappear
ed; neither of the others moved• The mo-
tion of his head appeared to rouse the fast
fading recollectionsof the unfortunateduelist,
but his mind wandered:
"Blanche, my wife—my sweet-heart—
another chance for thy sake! Throw—throw
—now give me the box. Down go the dice
—ahl—deuce—ace—t he game is up!"
A convulsive contraction of the limbs fol
lowed—then a slight shudder, and the gam
bler "slept the sleep which knows no wak
ing,."
Russel and Melvil made a tour to Swit
zerland tog ether . Both were melancholy—
the former for a season, the latter for ever.
FE3II/L LE VIRTUE.—Most women are
obliged to graft those virtues which belong
rather to the Deity than to the saint such as
truth, faithfulnesi silence and proud self
respect on some beloved object, us a hus
band or a child before they pm. out leaves;
and if these objects are taken away, though
they themselves may remain as trunk and
boughs, the blossom is gone.
LOVE AND RELIGION.—The more warm
ly and tenderly we love, the more do we
feel how unworthy we are of the beloved
object. In the same way, the higher we
rise in religion, the more faults do we per
ceive in ourselves; and our conscience be-
comes more clamoroes, the more we strive
to content it. In this they are like the sun;
by candlelight, - the atmosphere shall seem
pure and free from foreign substances; that,
n bright sunlight will show how full of
motes it ie.
GoNnomEas.—ln Venice the Gondoliers
know by heart, long passages from Ariosto
and Tasso, and often chaunt them with a
peculiar melody. But this talent seems at
present on the decline. It suits perfectly
well with an idle, solitary man, lying at
length in his vessel, at rest, on one of those
canals, waiting for company or a fare; the
tiresomeness of which situation is somewhat
alleviated by the songs and poetical stories
in his memory. He often raises his voice
as loud as he can, which extends itself to a
vast distance over the tranquil mirror; and,
as all is still around, he is as it wore in soli•
tudo in the midst of a large and populous
town. Here is no rattling of carriages, no
noise of foot pasEengers; a silent gondole
glides now and than by him, of which the'
splashing ofoars is scarcely to be heard. At
a distance he hears another, perhaps utterly
unknown to him; melody and verse imme
diately attach the stranger; he becomes tke
responsive echo to the former, and exerts
himself to be heard, as he had heard the
other. By a tacit conversatiop they alter
nate verse for verse; though the song should
be the whole night through, they entertain
themselves without fatigue. The hearers
who are passing between the two, take part
in the amusement. This vocal performance
sounds best at a great distance, and is then
inexpressibly charming, as it only fulfils its
design in the sentiment of remoteness. It
is plaintive, but not dismal in its sound; and
at times it is scarcely possible to refrain
from tears,
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BURIAL PLACE AT CONSTANTINOPLE
The great burial place of the Turks at Con.
stantinople, is on the Asiatic side of the
Bosphorus, and is said to be the largest
cemetery in the world, being three miles in
length. The Turks believe in the fulfil-
ment ofan ancient prediction.that the Franks
will one day regain possession of Turkey in
Europe, and they wish their bodies to lie
buried in a place where the infidels can
never disturb them. Thus, a very large
portion of the Turks who die in Constan
tinople are transported by their friends to
the burial•place on the Asiatic shore of the
Bosphorus; and the massy stone steps, at
which they embark, are called the Ladder
of Death.
The streets in the western parts of Wets•
SAW are wide and pleasant enough; hut those
in the old part are extremely filthy and dis
agreeable. The practice exists here as in
Berlin, of drawing the dirty water off by
means of gutters in the streets, instead of
doing it by means of subterranean channels,
as it would be very easy to do. In conse
quence of this, the more narrow streets, and
even some of the wide ones,are so disagreea
ble that it is almost impossible to pass thro'
them.
Moscow is of vast extent, being, it is said,
twenty-four versts, or sixteen English miles,
in circumference. The streets are wide,
well laid out in general, and the houses are
of brick, stuccoed and painted white, or yel•
low; the roofs are of sheet iron, or in some
cases of a species of tin, and are painted
either green or brown. Many of the houses
have large gardens attached to them, and
in this way you must account for the city
covering so much ground; the houses too,
are low, being one or two stories, and but
few exceed three.
GLASS MAxmo.—Glass making is a very
ancient art,and was known in Egypt at least
as early as the year 1800 before our era, or
indeed, judging from the paintings of Beni
Hassan, which appear to indicate the pro
cess, much earlier; and a glass head bearing
tho name of an Egyptian Pharoah, who
lived at the period alluded to,leaves no doubt
as to its early invention in the valley of the
Nile.
Jawzsn DIVORCE.—The Jewish process
of divorce, says an old English publication,
is short and unattended with expense. Each
party enters the synagogue attended by two
priests, where after stating the cause- of
difference, the woman is asked if she is
willing to part with her husband, and on an
swering in the affirmative, he throws at her
the bill of divorcement, each spitting in the
other's face, and exclaiming 'Wursed be
they who shall wish to bring us together
again."
A Venetain who died not long since, made
a provision of torches for his funeral, which
he caused to be privately loaded with crakers,
anticipating to a confidential friend the sin.
gular hubbub, which would result from the
explosion, which he had calculated must
take place in the most inconvenient spots.
This posthumous joke, verified the most san
guine expectations-of the projector.
AN ENTRUBIAST.—The celebrated Eng
lish Engineer and scientific mechanic, Mr.
Brindley, who commenced that stupendous
work, the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, in
1758, and finished it in five years, was so
enamored of canal navigation, that being
asked before a committee, what was, in his
opinion, the use of rivers, he , replied, that
their use and design was to feed navigable
canals!
One of the most interesting objects in the
Kremlin, in Moscow, is the tower of Ivan
(or John) the Great, in which there is a
large number of bells, some of which are
very large, and all of which are rung on
great occasions. The greatest bell belong
ing to this collection, as you know, fell down
and was broken, by the burning of the build
ing in which it was suspended. Fur a long
time it luy in a hole; but this summer it has
been raised out of it, and set upon an octa•
gone! platform, made ofhown granite, while
[VOL. S--NO. 44.
the hugo piece broken'out of the stde, which
is ofan irregular triangular form,stands lean
ing against the base. The immense bell is
sixty-seven feet four inches in circumference,
twenty two feet five inches in height, and is
believed to wei,2h. 443,772 pounds. One
of those in the tower weighs 127,88 pounds,
and is forty feet in circumference at its lower
border.
The JEws are exceedingly numerous in
Warsaw, as well as every .part of the king.z .
dom. The population of that city may be
put down at 125,000 at least, of whom 85,- .
000 if not more, are Jows. The whole po
pulation of the kingdom was, in I€ l 2o, RC.
cording to the census of that year, about 4,-
000,000 of souls, of whom, 3,400,000 were
Roman Catholics, 100,000 of the Greek
Church, 150,000 Lutherans, 5,000 Gorman
Reformed, 400,000 Jews, and 6,000 of other
sects. It is believed that the Jews are fully
half a million.
When reason fails to convince, there's
nothin let but ridicule. If they have rio
ambition, apply to their feelins—clap a blis.
ter on their pride and it will do the business.
Its like puffin ginger under a horse's tail; it
malt's him carry up real handsum I tell you.
When I was a boy I was always late at
school—well,father's preachin I didn't mind
much, but I never could bear to hear mother
say, "Why, Sam! are you actilly up for
all day? Well, wonders will never cease."
It raised my dander: at last,says 1, "Rather,
now don't say that any more, for gracious
sake, for it make me feel ugly, and I'll git
up as airly as any on you; and so I did, and
I soon found what's worth knowin in this
life—An early start makes easy stages.--
Sam Slick.
GOING THE ENTIRE.-- A. fellow was re.
cenlly met in great haste going towards a
pill manufactory in one ofour northern cities.
"Hallo, Jim, which way, now, so fast?"—
"The fact is I have taken two boxes of fash
ionable pills, directions, boxes and all with
out doing me any good. I'm going to
mallow the agent now, to see what effect he
will have."
PERMUTATIONS OF THE ALPHABET.—The
twenty.four letters of the alphabet may be
transposed 620, 448, 401, 733, 239, "39,
400,000 times, All the inhabitants of the
globe, on a rough calculation, could not in
1,000,000,000 years write out all the trans.
position of the 24 letters, oven supposing
that each wrote 40 pages dnily,each of which
pages contained 40 different transpositions
of the letters.
SPRAIN WHALE FISHERY.—Froma re
port in the Nantucket Inquirer, it appears
that the quantity of Spermaceti Oil import.
ed into the U. States in 1837, is 5,554,000
gallons, all procured to the Pacific, by 81
ships, except 30,000 barr,els from the A tlan
tic and Indian Oceans. Value of the above,
five millions of dollars. On 53 vessels, the
nett profits of each may have reached $30,-
000; on 8, the expenses only have been
cleared; on 11 are considerable losses, and
on 9 positive losses of from $' 0,000 to $30,.
000. The largest cargo ever imported was
that of the Wm. Hamilton, Capt. Swain, of
New Bedford, who obtained 4181 bbls. in
39 months. The longest voyage was by the
Emily Morgan—four years.
The vessels are generally fitted for a voy.
age of two years. The ships Meridian and
Reaper were destroyed by a typhoon in the
Pacific; the Independence and Oregon stran
ded on islands in that ocean (cargo and ma
terials partially saved;) the Roger Williams
and barque Osprey were condemned, and
the Clifford Wayne returned from mutiny
of the crew.
A THIN MAN.—It is stated by &lien,
that the poet Philetus, who was preceptor
to l'iolemy Philadelphus, was naturally so
slender in form, and had reduced himself so
'much bb excessive study, that he was com
pelled, when he went out, to affix plates of
lead to his sandals, and to put pieces of the
same metal into his pocket, lest the wind
should blow him away!
DISTRESSINO.—An aged lady by the name
of Gibson, met with a melancholy and dis
tressing death in Upperville, Fauquier, co.,
on the 23d of December last. On the Tues
day preceding, after the family had retired
to bed, while to the act of snuffing a candle,
sho let some of the burning snuff fall upon
her dress which instantly took fire, and be
fore assistance could be rendered she was
literally roasted alive. She lingered on until
the 23.:1 ult. when death ended her painful
sufferings.
How many such accidents might be pre
vented if the shackles of fashion could bo so
far removed as to allow woollen fabrics to
take the place of cotton in the winter cloth
ing of females?
The Berks and Schuylkill Journal. has
passed into the hands of Messrs. H. Rhoads
and John S. Richards, who avow themselves
in favor of Cen. HARRISON for President,
and say that they will "earnestly advocate
the reelection of JOSEPH RITNER ) convin
ced, as we are, that he has maintained the
honor and dignity of:the Commonwealth, in
the most trying circumstances, unimpaired,
and has shown a. mrderation and firmness
in the discharge of the duties of his high
office indicative of the greatest ability and
the most inflexible patriotism."
- LAKE ERIE. - -Thero are three hundred
ships, brigs, - schooners and sloops emproyed ,
in navigating Lake Erie; besides foriptwo
steamboats, and two hundred and fifiy•stz •
canal boats. These various crafts are tosa
need by 5,152 men and lytys.