t 7 R08117.T WRITE icnnz,vron] Office of the Star & Banner : Chambersburg Street, a feu) doors West of the Court-House. _A-- CON INITIONS I. The STAR & REPthILICAIt BANNER is pub lisled at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Vol ume of 52 numbers,) payable half yearly in ad vance: or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS if not paid.iin7il after the expiration of the year. IL No subscription will be received for a shorter period than six months; nor will the paper bo dis continued Until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify a dis continuance will he considered a new engagement, and the paper forwarded accordingly, 111. ADVETITISF.MENTS not exceeding a square, will be inserted THREE times for $l, and 25 cents fur each subsequent insertion—the number of in sertions to be marked, or they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly ; longer ones in the same proportion. A reasonable deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. V. MI Letters and Comatmications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they a willnot bo attended to. A DV E RTISE M E NTS. BRANDItETII'S PILLS. AFIZESEI supply of the above Pills has jug boon received by • Dr. J. GILBERT, Agent. Niarch 27, 1938 VALUABLE TAN-YARD PROPERTY FOR SALE. lIE Subscribers offer for sale that valu. . able TAN-YARD PROPERTY, sit•' uated in Gettysburg, front.ng along the Bal• timoro turnpitte,and recently owned by SAM. lIEL.S. FORNEY. 'this property consists of a good• two Story Brick DWELLING 'N... ff OIL S Vff ' I ''nrarris with a never failing pump of good water at the door, complete milk house and other no. ceSsary buildings. Two. -x- consists of brick shedding. with a complete Currying shop, fronting.the main street, a •own et :r; B^;( 0, Ream•house, sixty-seven of a il •ire ),.e !;,-.11/3 1.0 1ro;tn1 r OTr , qlll7l.' ri- •; •0"..,7gh, 1 , 1 1 ; ;H T ,1 ; 01 .1 .0: ,•;! Tn way Calculated for an extensive nusinebs. They would also observe that a considpra btu part of the purchase money might remain in the hands of the purchaser. For further particulars, enquire of DAVID S. FORNEY, 'of Carlisle, Pa., JAcon FonNair,of Hanover, York Co.. Pa., or SAMUEL S. FonNpit, now residing on the property. Possession can be given immediately if desired. DAVID S. FORNEY, • JACOB FORNEY. - February 20, 1838. V 0 it 54.1610.. THE Subscriber is desirous V disposing of his .Propetty in and near•Gettys, burg, and offers it for Sale, on very favora. ble terms. Vrl; IT CONSISTS OF A - V , I t ' 74 : • HOUSE & LOT in the borough of Gettysburg, .on West York.atreet, third Lot firm the Diamond. The hoiasejs a large,%ye-at:her boarded one; and the situation eligible. • .. -ALSO-BETWEEN . , friltd9 Acres of Loud, within the Western limits of the borough, • between the Millerstown Road'ond Middle. street, and south of Middle•st,'eel ; This land will bit sdld either by the acre or in Town Lots, to suit purchasers. -ALSO AFARM, situate in Cutinberland township, about 1 mile from Gettysburg, adjoining hinds of Rev. C. G. 111' Lean, Jacob Herbst, E. Pitzer and others, containing 140 Jcres 1 more or less—on which are A Two.sTortY , 11 0 S and good Burn. is Possession of the above Property will be' given on the Ist of April next. * lo'For terms of Sale,,apply to.the sub. scriber, residing in Hancock, Washington :county, !Md. ROBERT TAYLOR. December 8, 1837. tf-26 AUDITORS' .NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Audi. tors appointed •by the lust Orphans' Court to distribute the assets in the hands of the Administrator of PHILIP Lorso,dec'd, to and - among the creditors and legal repro. sentatives ofsaid deceased, will meet for that purpose in Liteestown, on Friday the 6th of pril next, at 10 o'clock A. AU, when and ; .where all interested are requested to 'attend. MICHAEL It NUSSAR, SAMUEL DILLER, • ii, l DAVID SURIVER, ci2 Mrch 1Q:39. NOTICE. WEIL LIE Subscriber, residing in Mountjoy, township,herohy gives notice to all persons indebted to the 'Estate of ADA NI ROHR BOUG 11, Late of Mountjoy township, Adams County, Pa. • .docoased, to cull and make immediate payment, And those having claims against said Estate, will ,resent them without delay, properly authen. Waled, for settlement. F RP,DERICK KOlll,llOUSE,Adm'r. ',ll ;1 .01 13, 1939,. Ot-50 rhe Fashionable Hats, Cps and Bonnets. i'2) Wm. W. Pa ion, HAS now on hand a verk larm3 assort ment•' of ECATS, CAPS 4z MornzETs at his old stand in'Chambersburiz Street, two doors frinn the Court House. CONRIRTING AS FOLLOWS Men'titastor HATS, . 44 \ Rorarn do. • 'Spanish body do. 4 Silk do. Plan. Russia do. Fur do. Old hen's Broad Brims do. Low Crown do. • • ,•••= Also Second hand HATS. Ladies FUR BONNETS, " SILK do. Also—A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF viut C kris, of ditlitrent kinds: 11,11.111 S EslIG Car S for MEN and BOYS. All of which he will sell at Low Prices wholesale and retailfor Cash and Country Produce—such as Wheat, Corn, Rye, Buck wheat, Oats, Wood, Wool, &c. &c. and judge for yourselves. November 17, 1837. - tf-33 0CA.0.11 L. 16.03, FR/ore E•ILVD Tel •S SILLS. _ . ritTE Subscriber has now on hand a large stock of very superior wodiataa. .2ba.Vtdo FRINGE AND TASSELS, OF 1119 OWN DIANUFACTURE, he Will dispose of on the most revoti• able terms. • oz:7 - Orders from a distance will be prompt ly attended to.' Any Pattern made to order. •• Address, • •JOHN OffELL„ • • Gettysburg, Pa. N. B. All kinds or MILITARY work , done to order. • November 17, 1.837.- , ovt.:-;' , 1; lag rn i i t} FRUIT , • TREES 11 HE Subscriber, having sold the proper ty whereon he now resided, takes this method to inform the public that lie has re served the privilege of remaining upon it for two years from next spring„,and.will be able to accommodate all.who may call upon him for PRUZ 1 1 1 - TREES during that period. As the purchaser has no wish to engage in that line of business, I calculate upon selling out my ,sitock on hand as much as I can within that term. But previous to my making sale of my property, I had made preparations for planting another lot of trees next spring. Thom trees I would rather not plant myselt; - as they could not be allow ed to remain upon the ground until large enough to be transplanted into Orchards; they ought to be planted where they could remain for at least three years before they would be removed. As I do not expect to engage in the same business again in this part of the country, I wish to dispose of the young stock, I have prepared for next spring's planting. They are all engrafted in the root, standing in the cellar, planted in boxes of eat th,where they are to remain until spring, when they will be ready fur transplanting intg a nursery. Those boxes, with their contents, can be re• moved tunny reasonable distance in a wagon. without the Slightest injury done to the trees. As a nursery of well selected fruit would be a convenience in this county and parts adja cent,it would at the same time yield a profit able income to the owner, provided he gave it proper attention, and was careful that his assortments did not get mixed,so that person's might have confidence that they could get the kinds of fruit they wanted. There can be from 25 to 30 thous'and trees set upon one acre. They are planted in rows, four feet a part, and about 5 or 6 inches dis. tant from each other in the row. The rows are laid out and planted by a line,iu order to have them i;tra►ght. One person cart. trans. plant 2,000 in a day from the boxes to the nursery. This is counted a moderate day's work. He can also grafi and set, into the boxes 500 per day. rhis we count a day's work also. U?Any person desirous of engaging in the a. bove mentioned Concern,can have my lot of grafts for next spring's planting, AT ONE DOLLAR. exit HUNDRED, and shall have GRATIR,Ri. all times while I remain here, any information on the subject for which they aro at a loss; and shall also have cut tings or grafts of any kind of fruit I have at all times for grafting or buding, froo of charge. I have from 50 to 75 of the best varieties of the Ap ple, and about 50 varieties of the Poach—also Pears, Cherries, Plums, 'Apricots, Nectarines, &c. of many varieties. WILLIAM VRIGHT. York Springs, March 13,1E 1 38. 41-50 "I WISH NO OTHER HR.ALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OP NT LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEPP MINE HONORFRO3I CORRUPTION.-SITARS • PUBLIC NOTICES ariminramwriaate rPeacb eratax•azta ca.ZPVIZt2, aatioce PUBLIC NOTICJS. r ......., . -,, , „ ~...„ „„„,„, ~ ~.:: .c.,...,......, ~ ...,.... , .., , --,_-:_• w 4 : : ::„.:7 .... ~...,__---,---,: : -F ---z__, - ---.77...- tliffeß j. , - . . g.. • - CO-PA WIIN Elt* H. IP. DAVID HEAGY DANIEL TninavrEn, ti AVE this day entered into Partnership in the busines of C A.lt IN FAT sill IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES!" which they will carry on at the Old Stand of David Heagy, in Chambersburg Street, Where they will keep constantly on hand for sale, or the lowest prices, Bureaus, Tables,' Bedsteads, and all other articles in the line of their business. t* -- Thev will also make COFFIA'S nn the shortest notice—and have a flEnnsE with which they will attend Funerals when required. 'They hope for a share of public patron affe and will endeavor to deserve it: DAVID IIEAGY, DANIELLTRIMMER. March 12, 1 8 38. tf-50 'STORE. THE Subscriber would respectfully in, form the citizens of NEW CHESTER, Adams count.y, Pa.os well as the Public in general, that he has taken the Store House lately occupied by dlaj. George Myers, and has opened A NEW AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF eirtDOWO -CO:N.4I9'I'M; OF- Cloths, Cassimeres, CiEssi nettes, Silks, Calicoes, Ginghams, a fine assortment of Shawls and Dress Handker chiefs; bleached and unbleached Muslins; Flannels, of all colJrs; Laces, &c. &c. . WITH' A FIRST•RATE ASSORTMENT OF Groceries, Queens-Wirre., and. hard-Ware. (I* -- A more splendid or extensive assort ment of Goods was never before opened in this place—all of which will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms. Call and examine. (* -- Conni ry Produce, of . all kinds, taker. at a fair price in ext.:lionize:for Goods. ADAM EPPLEY. March 6, 1Q:38. tf-49 ikelllewell, Wilson llaril & COMMiSSION M 14.1:11C1 - 1 A NTS, Corner of 'Commerce find Pratt Streas, 13.4 LTI MORE, OEFER to the Country trade for Cash or prompt payment, the following G 0" D S • • , TO WIT: 50 bls. S. AT. 'Molasses 20 fluids. West India & N. Orleans ditto 200 bags Rio Coffee; (glut strong scented) 100 " Laguira do. 100 " Havana dn. 50 hhds. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Sugar 10 pipes and half pipes Champagne and Rochelle Brands 5 " Gin 50 tierces Honest • 2011 boxes Raisins 100 quarto do*. 150 eighth do. Fresh importations 50 kegs do. TOGETHER WITH • ••• Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Teas in &tests, half chests and boxes, 4-c.'4 ..c. Baltimore, N0v..17,18:17. tf-3:1 G. ST. C. HUSSEY'S Valuable Anthelmintlo or Worm Bane.' Price 25 Cents per Vial. TIIIS preparation is confidently recom• mended to the public to be as safe,mild and effectual a remedy for destroying and expelling worms from the human system as any now in use, and free from pernicious consequences sheu:d their be no worms.— Many certificates of the value of this article migl:t, if necessary, be furnished; but the proprietor is willing to rest its claims to pub lic attention, more on its intrinsic wortlio ban on sounding recommendations, and asks for it a fair trial. G. sT. C. HUSSEY'S Vegetable Cough .Drops, For colds, coughs, cholics, gOpings and all other similar disorders of the stomach and bowels, warranted to contain nothing of a mineral or mercurial nature. For sale at the Drug Store of S. H. BUEHLER, Agent. (Kr Who will supply Country Merchants and others m Adams county at wholesale prices. Gottvshura, Nov. 10. 1827. eow6m-32 Dr. Peters) Vegetable Pills. 'Tri HE immense and increasing popularity of those pills is another proof of the infallibili ty of the old adage that "truth is powerful and will prevail." Other pills are only puffed,but Dr. Peters' aro ?urchased and praised, & recommend ed until the demand for them has become almost universal. Dr. Peters would impress this fact upon dye public, that his pills are not a quack modicine,but a scientific compound of simples which has boon the result of many years intense application to a profession in which ho was regularly brad, and hence it is as popular with the regular faculty ad with the people at large. Ono of the many peculiar virtues oftho Vapita bin Pills is, that while very powerful in itsoects, it is particularly mild and gentle in its D Aion.— Unlike the generality of modielnes,its ac qilication is never attended witli nausea or griellig• For ado at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GthupT, Agent. Gottystm , Am. 5, 1838/ 91n-10 —Atso— THE GARLAND. —"With sweetest flowers enrich'd, From various gardens cull'd with care." FRC/31 THE SOUTHERN LITERARY lIIESSENGER WOMAN. NOT thine! not thine! is the glitterinz crest And the glance of the anon-white plume— Nor the badge thnt Gleams from thownrrier's breast, .I,ike. a star 'mid the battle's gloom! Nor is thy place 'mid thy country's host. • Where the war-steed champs the rein— Where waving plumes are like sea-foam lost, And the turf wears a gory stain. Not these! not these! are thy glorious dower! But a holier gift iB thine, When the proud have fallen in triumph's hour, And the red blood flowed like wine, To wipe the dcw from the clammy brow— To raise the drooping head— To cool the parched lips' fevered glow— And to smooth down the lowly bed! Not thine! not thine! is the towering height, Where Ambition makes his throne— The tintid dove wings not her flight Where the eagle flies alone; Hut in the hall, and in the bower, And by the humblest hearth, Man feels the charm, and owns the power ,That binds him still to earth. Yes, these are thine!—and who can say a brighter doom, Who wins Fame's gory wreath of bay, - Round an aching brow to bloom? Oh! to w,atch dcath'u livid hues depart— To soothe every pang.of wo— And to whisper hope, to the fainting heart— • Is the proudest rriced below ! VU3t2 F¢0:11 THE LADY'S BOOK ALTHEA VERNON; OR THE ?I , IBIiOIDERED HANDKftCHIEF A Norelette.—By 1111. Leslie crr.tl'•rsir r. THE clock of St. John's Church was s . trik: mg twelve as the last carriage rolled away ficom the door of Mrs. Vernon's residence in the neighbourhood of Hudson Square. The Inds' and her daughter were leaning, some what fittigued, against the cushions of an ot toman. and talking over the eveats of the evr•piti,•,which had been devoted to entertain ing a small Felect parts', for Mrt Vernon never gave large ones: the company being invited to meet a southern family from Which her late hushat.d received much civility dur ing a winter he had passed ih Charleston.— One of the cushions having slipped down, A (then in replacing it found an elegarit pocket handkerchief,which she immediately recog• razed as belonging to the Carolinian heiress, Miss Fitzgerald.. • "A h!" exclaimed Althea, who was ayery young girl, "I should have known this hand• kerchief to be Miss Fitzgerald's, evert-with• nut the name she has had so delicately mark ed in the centre. I wonder at her careless ness in leaving so valuable rolling behind her. I was with her at Stewart's the other day when she was looking at some that were just opened: and she took six at fifty, and four at eighty dollars a piece. Do you not recol• lect, mamma, I told you as soon as I came home?" "I think I do remember something of Miss Fitzgerald's laying out several hundred dol. tars in one . mornipg, at Stewart's—but I tho't it had been for what your uncle Waltham calls gown study." '.011! no indeed,mamma—that would have been nothina . extraordinary; Miss Fitzger ald, of cour ' sb' , dresses superbly. It was all for pocket handkerchiefs. I wonder you should forget. • But really these southern people must have Aladdin's lamp in circuit'. Lion among them. The money they spend when they come to' the north is almost in. credible." "It is a great mistake," observed Mrs. Vernon, '•to suppose that all southern lies are rich,or that they universally indulge in a lavish expenditure; on the contrary, many of them are obliged to use very close economy in their visits to our pare of the Union. But the wealth of Mr. Fitzgerald is; I believe, unquestionable; and, therefore, it is needless for his (laughter to manifest the opulence of the family by throwing away large sums upon gew•gaws." "Oh, mamma!" cried Althea, "do not call these divine handkerchiefs gewgaws! Only look at this (spreading it out on her hands) examine the work, and see how exquisite it a delicate bas-relief sculptured by the fingers of a (airy. You must look at it closely, ft r you will be unable to appreciate its excellence." "The work is certainly very fine," con. ceded Mrs. Vernon, "and thc. effect so ad. mirable that colour would rather injure'than improve it." "And the design .is so beatitiful," pursued Althea. "See the peacock s feathers radi• tiling like a star from the centre where their stems cross each"other so ingeniously, leav ing a space foi• the owner's name! And (Mc rich horde/arose-leaves and buds,with the ininutepdss of the almost imperceptible thorrVon their.delicate . stallts: And these chaining corners—how ingenio4ly they turned! And the lovely sprigs thickly .cattered between the centrepiece, and the border. Then look at the magnificent lace that is quilled round the hem—the ground so fine, and the edge so rich. See,it is'ren• nine Brussels. There, now mamma (plat ing l)erself before a pier gliiss) when I hold the handkerchief bias, gathering it a little beyond the middle, and letting one corner HI gracefully ever InSt hand, the lace has the effect of strings of small white shells me andering about the cambric,and only united to it by transparent wreaths of woven air." "1 cannot see all this,`even when you do hold the handkerchief bias," said Mrs. Ver non, half smiling, "and y ou seem to be wast ing a great deal of geoid enthusiasm on a pocket handkerchief." "Oh, mamma!" replied Althea, "Wynn would only take it into your own hands,and examine it closely, you would not wonder at my admiration." "If its beauties are so minute as to be im• perceptible without - a close inspection," re. marked Mrs. Vernon, "it must be a most un satisfactory piece of finery; for I will not do the thing the" injustice to suppose that it is considered otherwise than as a mere orna ment." "And so are car-rings, mamma,and neck laces, and broaches, and all other articles of jewellery. They,also,are mere ornaments." "True: and as such I regret that so much money should always be, expended on them. But, to say nothing of the intrinsic value of rich jeweli, - their beauty is well defined,and their lustre visible even at a tolerable dis tance. It mast be acknowledged . that the brilliancy of a few rich jewels improves the elegance of a fine head and neck, and sets off the whiteness of a handsome hand. They certainly add much to the splendout of full dress when a lady is of proper age to wear it. Thus, when grand costume is consider ed expedient, a rich satin or velvet is un doubtedly more magnificent than a plain silk. Also. with regard to leathers, flowers and blond, however costly they may-be,they still have the advantage of demonstrating at a glance their quality and their beauty, and are really very ornamental. And I confess that lace and fine needle-work make a very pretty show in pelerines, collars and cud's, particularly when worn with a dark dress. But does a lady look the more beautiful for carrying, gathered up in her hand, a piece of cambric, whose decorations and whose value can neither be perceived nor under. stood without a close examination. -There may be rnuch..private felicity in the innate consciousness of having paid an enormous sum for the thing;, but I know not how :ho glories of an eighty dollar pocket hatiflker: chief can be duly manifested to the public, unless the •enviable owner should display it to full advantage by pinning it over the front of her dress, -spread out as an apron, the price ticketted-on one banter. She might, to be sure, affix it to a wand, and carry it . as a flag, with the motto,-"See what I.can: afford.". No doubt it would attract Mani followers to her standard." "Nmit indeed,mamma," said Altlisa,-"you are making -the subject too ridiculous. But you see that elegant handkerphiefs are be coming universal,at least among all quit can possibly procure them. Last winter I met in the street a lady leading a little girl,ahout three years old, and to the muff secured to the child's waist by a ribbon, was pinned a handkerchief covered with embroidery, and trimmed with a quilling of broad lace- The . handkerchief was so arranged that the whole of it hung down conspicuously from the end of the muff." "Poor child!" remarked Mrs. Vernon, "an infant•sacrifce on the altar of vanity. Every new folly is for awhile epidemic." "Indeed, mamma," proceeded *Althea, "this sort of epidemic is now so prevalent that it seems impossible to resist the conta gion; therefore,wo may ab . well yield to it at once, and be like other people. ' I have long been ashamed of my plain cambric handker chiefs, fine in texture as they are. And if I had twenty dozen, I would gladly give them all for two or three beautiful things like this of Mi4s Fitzgerald's." "I am very sorry to hear you talk so fool ishly," replied Mrs. Vernon,."and I regret that this senseless fancy seems to have taken possession of a mind from which (even young as you are) I had hoped better things. Be assured, however,that you cannot prevail on me to gratify this idle longing for embroid ered handkerchiefs." "Just one then, mamma," pleaded Althea, "I will try to be satisfied with a single one, provided it is very elegant, like this." "Not a single one," replied her mother, "I could not indulge you with such a hand kerchief, or indeed with one at fifty or even twenty dollars, unless I withhold from you things more conducive to your real happi ness. Your father, it is true, left quite suffi cient to enable you and myself to continue living in our accustomed manner,with some• thing to spare occasionally to a few deserv. ing people, whose lot is less fortunate than our own.. You should be satisfied at our 'amply possessing, the means of keeping house both genteelly and iiiimfiWahly, (for those two words are not always synonymous); of entertaining our friends in a liberal and be coming style; of dressing as well•as Ameri can ladies ought to dress; and of gratifying ourselves with books,prints,music and many other rational pleasures; of seeing whg,tever is curious in the city; and of occasional ex cursions to other places. Being in possession of all these enjoyments, (which, however, can only be afforded by observing a diee pro. portion in our various expences,arid regulat ing them with proper consistency) , l my dear Althea, you may well dispense with embroidered pocket handkerchiefs." "But mamma," persisted Althea, "I see voiy elegant handkerchiefs carried by ladies whose circumstances are certainly fur infe rior to ours." "So much the worse," replied her mother, "these ladies must have made very inconve• nient and gerhnps painful sacrifices to obtain the baubles. But lam amazed, my dear daughter, at your pertinacity on this very foolish subject. Do you not recollect how amused you were in reading Lndy Monte. Rue's account of her visit to the Sultana He lium, when you cams to the handkerchiefs [VOL. 9--NO. 1. or napkins of tifThny beautifUlly worked ;n flowers of coloured sillt,with which the Tur kish princess and herself wiped their hands on washing them after dinner. But Cmsar is waiting to extinguish the last of the lamps. We have had "something ton much of this." Good night, and give me a kiss, though 1 do refuse to allow you embroidered moe. choirs." Althea smiled, kissed her mother,end ran to her own apartment, taking Nith her Miss Fitzgerald's handkerchief, which she again spread out and surveyed with admiring eyes before she folded it up and put it away. [TO FIE co7eristrEn.] THE SPANISH BELLS.—"Three of the Spanish Convent bells have been purchas ed by the directors of the Eastern Railroad Company, lot the depots at Ea,t Boston, Salem, and Newburyport." What a train of recollections rush into the mind at the sight of the above paragraph. Busy memory calls up all the long forgotten tales and histories of Spanish Romance, and confuse; the brain with associations of love, jealousy, hatred revenge and murder.— W here did those hells first send forth their silver soundh? In what peaceful ,valley of Estremadura or Andalusia were they con secrated and baptized, to warn the shellierd and the villager of the approach Or day or the hour of vespers. Perchance their sound has sPnt a thrill of agitation through the bride,ril ready decorat ed by her companions,and awaiting the hour of matins at which her destiny is,to be tixeil; or the solemn warning for the vesper se rviee may have rernindett the assassin that his , victim is soon to be met returning home ward through the shades of evening. Have their mournful chimes nccompanied the .. mourners, as in sad funeral.procession they slowly wind their way up to the' Convent • Chapei,the're to take's. last look and to strew the last flowers over some early called and much loved friend? Has the tocsin sounted from theirrilien throats,startling the mother folding to hertirms her' trembling children, while her husqind, seizing his stiletto and fusil, hastens tO!encounter the perils of guar illa Warfare?' tiVhnt tales could they toll of. faith plighted, vows broken, hearts crushed and withered, and lives slowly worn out in the gloom of the cloister, den_tf.to all_ around tAluim, as well as to the world. They haie possibly assisted at the awful ceremonies of the-auto da-fe,and their vibrations may have #aen.the last earthly sounds which rung.in 'the ears of some agortised victim, and nifty have made a horrid concord with his dying • "To what base uses do we'corne at last." "Last bell! sir, last beti!". "flurry, sir;bur-* "ry, mn'm!!" "Where's my trunk? I car'nt go 'till I see my trunk. Around top, Itivered with floweied paper." "Allknfe.malm! all in the baggage car." Phizzz—zzz—zzi—ding, dong, boll, ding, dong, bell, goes" with steamboat note, rope pulled by satrilegious 'hands,-our once eon eeeratedfriond. "Make haste! Malte - beeten" "O my! I dropped my bag on Bacon Hill, and had to go back—gracious! you've almost jerked my chi_ ash off my head." - "Get in ma'rn! ' Phizzzz—claelt—elack—elaele—laek—lack— lack—nek—ack—ck—ck—k—k—k!.. Away they go. Poor boll, reposing for a while, what think you of your new vocation!—[N. Y. Americium,' * Awret. SiTUATION.—T66 following alarm ing adventure happened to a gentleman in the course of a late visit to the:celebrated cathedral of St. Paul's, London. In his in vestigation of the several curiosities of the place, he arrived at the turret which.con tains the machinery of the clock. Here the. dial plate is acces'sible, and on its inside is a small square _aperture, for the convenience of the person shifting the hands of the clock. Our friend being of a decidedly inquisitive disposition,and particularly fond of thrusting himself into every strange and out of the way corner, immediately popped his }lead thro' the inviting opening. He was instantly ab. sorbed in the enjoyment of the view hisele. vated situation afforded him. his position in reference to the hands of tho clock never costing him a thought, when, gnillotine like, down comes the ponderous . * which con stitutes the larger hand, rigliKver his devo ted head. A gentle and , .es'sure on the spine soon gave him a102.,` , elitedica ment in which he stood. .7 To draw his head out was imposailile,and it became an unavoidable fixture, while the powerful and steady motion of the machinery was scarcely at all impeded. Decapitation in its most lingering and shocking farm must have been inevitahlo,had not thii-bell•ringor, in the exercise of his duty, at this moment arrived. He instantly perceived how mat-, ters stood,and with the quickness of thought stopped the machinery. The bar was Shoved up by means of levers, and the terrified ir.rtl astonished man released from his peril. It is said he has ever since been very shy of trust ing his head off the perp6ndicular,and gives an involuntary shudder when,in lonking out of a window, his neck by accident touches the frame.—Greenock Adoertig Some birds have a great deal of humor in them, Particularly the raven. One that be longed to mo was the most mischievous and amusing creature 1 ever met with. He Mould get into the flexor garden, go to the beds where the gardener had sowed a great varie ty of seeds,with sticks put in the ground with labels,rindthen'be would amuse himself with pulling up every stick, and laving them in heaps of ten or twelve on the path. This used to irritate the old gardener very mach, who would drive him away. The raven know that he ought not to do it, or he would not have done it. He would soon return to his mischief, and when gie . garderierligaih chased him,(the old man could not walk, very fast,) the raven would just k.evp clear of the rake or hoe in his Intud,dcincingimfbre fmn, and o singing as plain as a raven could, -T.'', de rol de roll tol de rol de rpl l" with an kinds of mimicking gestnree
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