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Adams county, Pa., as well as the Public in general, that he has taken the Store House lately occupied by Maj. George Myers, and has opened A NEW AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF aco(c).Doa' -CONSISTING 0E- Cloths, Cassimeres, Cass& fiettes, Silks, Calicoes, Glnghnins, a fine assortment of Shawls and Dress Handker chiefs; bleached and unbleached ‘luslins; Flannols, of all cobra; Laces, &c. WITH A FIRST-RATE ASSORTMENT OF Groceries, (),nee,us-Ware. anal liar kl-W e, 07" - A more splendid or extensive assort• meat of Goods was never befbre opened in this place—all of which will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms. Call and examine. (J - Country Produce, of all kinds, Wm: at a fair price in exchange for Goods. ADAM EPPLEY. tf-4 9 March 6, 1938 GLAD TIDINGS: PETER'S EG ETA [ILE WIDEN a medicine comes before the pubile, endorsed with the names of the medical profession and distinguished mon, and warranted by the soul of uniform success, the , proprietor makes no unreasonable demand upon the public when he claims for It a superior consideration. PETERS' VEGETABLE PILLS. Aro undoubtedly entitled to distinction, Inas much as many medical practitioners, who have witnessed their efficacy, freely admit their ours. live powers and pro-eminent virtues; and that they should do so in opposition to their personal inter• oat must be attributed to their candor or their un• willingness to condemn them in the face of all oh nervation and the testimony of thousands. The proprietor does not pretend that his Pills will cure all diseases, but ho does say, and lies satin& ad the incredulous that in all diseases whore a cathartic or an aperient Medicine is needed, if used according to the directions for a fair period of time, they will effect a speedy and certain cure, and this much is placed beyond doubt by the tee timony and reforencesot individuals already given to the public. PETERS' VEGETABLE PILLS Aro now regarded by those who have had an op portunity to decide open their merits, as an ince timaidi PUBLIC; BLESSING. Moro than two millions of boxes of those cele brated Pills have been sold in the United States since January, 1835. Dr. Peters has received upwards of FIFTEEN HUNDRED CERT.' PIVATES, all given in . con sequence ofthe good done by his medicines; and it will at once be seen by this evidence that no remedy for the prevailing diseases of the Southern and Western states has over boon presented to the notice of the afflicted with stronger claims for their attention. Founded upon the surest and soundest of all principles, viz. actual mrporiment, those Pills have kiwi wonderiblly successful in restoring the sick to health, and in s; , ite of doubts and prejudices, the use of thorn in those parts of the country, which the proprietor has been'able to supply, lies boon rapidly extending. It is high. ly encouraging to him that,among the list of those who have bean either personally benofitted by thorn, or have witnessed their effects on othors,aro the names of inany of the most respectable and intelligent men in the South; who have cheerfully given their written testimony to that effect. Without an exception in any ego or country, no :Medicine has spread with such rapidity and given such universal satisfaction. Prepared by Jos. Priestly Peters, M. D. No. 129 Lfflorty street, Now York. Each box contain 40 Pills—Price .50 cents 113 Ito careful and Inquire for Peters' Vegeta ble Pills. They aro for sale in Gettysburg, by Dr. J. GILUERT—and in Hanover by G. W iliNcitmr; and an inquiry, can be had in alined every town in the State, January 5, 1538, PUBLIC NOTICES. IiOrTICE. TAKE notice that the books of SAMUEL FAUNESTOCK, together with nil notes, &c. duo to him, are now in the hands of the subscribers, and that it is necessary that all debts duo to him should be collected without delay. The subscribers therefore request all persons indebted to the said Samuel Faline.stock to call and settle before the first day of July next, for after that date suits will be instituted against those who neglect this notice. MOSES McCLEAN, Trustees. JAMES COOPER, May 8, 1838. J 0 A.Ai 11) IR S Faxhionable Barber and Hair Dresser, ®N V ITES the public generally to call at A- his stand, in South Baltimore street, Get tysburg,two doors north of Middle street, and nearly opposite the store of Mr. Samuel Falinestock—where he has on hand, and will always keep, a general and very supe• rior assortment of fancy and other articles, CONSISTING OF EVERY VARIETY. OF 00177130T10NAR7 2 Gentlemen's STOCKS, SILIIAIS and COLLARS; WIGS and SCRATCHES; BRAIDS, PUFFS and CURLS; SO A PS—Gest Castile and other Soaps for washing or sharing. Razor Straps; Cologrws;all hinds of HAM OM Clothes and Hair finishes; Children's; toys; Candies. and a great variety of other articles too numerous to mention—all of which have been bought low and will be sold cheap for cash. 11.1111 DRESSED in the most fi►shionable style, and beards shaved in a manner unrivalled among the professors of the tonsorial art. Ladies and Gentlemen will, he is confident, find it their interest to give him a call. May 15, 1837. tf-7 Juvt reeeiveu by the sitoseriber, a fresh supply of G AR LEG ANT'S BALSAIY2 Or HEALTH Prepared only by JOHN S. MILLER, Frederick City. Md. ri lt llll9 valuable Medicine has only been introduced to the public in various parts of the country ,and hundreds of persons have used it, and found its bene ficial effects, and 7 out of ten cases have been perma nently cured of the Dyspepsia, Cholics, Nervous Tre mors. lowness of Spirits, Palpitation of the heart; and all those trains of diseases, resulting from a disorder. ed condition of the stomach and liver, or derangement of the digestive function, such an general debility or weakness, flatulency, loss of appetite ,sour eructations and acidities of the stomach, costiveness, head ache, jaundice, flatulent and bilious cholie, ate. The proprietor does not recommend it ns most pat ent medicines, as a cure all, and when used is found wanting, so that the public have got so much dec.•iv ed, that they can scarcely be prevailed upon to try any more, which is not the case with this Balsam of Health, as hundreds of persons have received the molt happy and good effects, which the proprietor can prove, if required by the testimony of many res pectable persons that have been cured of the above diseases, he has only given the certificates of several persons below, as it would occupy too much room in this advertisement to insert all the cortificates,which he has iu his possession—many of which can be sewn in his Directions, which accompany. each Bottle. Cerhficale of Nicholas Wearer This is to certify that 1 bought of your agent at Gettysburg, several bottles, of your •aluable Balsam of Health, which completely cured me of the Dys pepsia. I had taken much of other patent Medicines, but found no relief, until I made use of your Balsam of Health, which affected a radical cure, and do re commend it to all' th who are troubled with that obstinate disorder Dyspepsia. NICHOLAS WEAVER. Gettysburg, Pa. Nov. 2, 1836. Certificate of JO3. S. Snapp, Frederick Co. Va. :llr John Miller.—Sir-4 do hercb. certify, that I hive been afflicted with Dyspepsia for the last 4 or 5 years, which has been increasing on me ever since to ouch a degree, that for the last 3 or 4 weeks previ ous to using your valuable Garlegant's Balsam of Health, I am certain I had not eat one ounce a day of any kind of food,nelther was I able to sleep with any kind of comfort during the time, because of a severe pain in the stomach. In fact, I had given tip myself as incurable, as 1 bad recourse to so many different remedies without any benefit. At length I heard of your Balsam of Health being advertised, and was in duced to try it. I accordingly bought one bottle from your agent, ( Wm. Miller, Winchester ) Alter tak tog the first three doses, I found the stomach to retain in some degree what I cat, and the pain in a great measure subsiding. After using only one and a half bottles I found myself entirely well, and can now eat anything 1 have an inclination for,and can sleep well at night. It was surprising to see the quantity of mor bid matter I discharged from my stomaeb,whigh I am inclined to believe wascoatod thick with it,which no doaht rendered all diet indigestible. Given under my hand this lot day of December, 1536. JOS. S. SNAPP. Frederick County, Va. The proprietor request! all those persons that are afflicted In the way above described,to give his medi cine a fair trial, and he assures them th ey - will not be disappointed. He does assure the public and citizens of this place and county, that his Balsam is Botanical in its compo sition, and is perfectly innocent, and can be used by both sexes of any age, with perfect safety without any change of habit or diet. For sale only in Hagerstown, by MILLER & LUTZ, in Waynesboro', Pa. by M. M. STONER, and in Shippensburz,by JOHN BRECKENBRIDGE. For sale at the Drug Store of S. H. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, May 15, 1838 . 6meow-7 Dr. Peters' Vegetable APllls. I.IIIE immense and increasing popularity of these pills is another proof of tbo infallibili ty of tho old adage that "truth is powerful and will prevail." Othor pills aro only puffed,but Dr. Potors' aro ptirchased and praised, & recommend. od until the demand for thorn has become almost universal. Dr. Peters would impress this fact upon tho public, that his pills are not a quack medicine,but a scientific compound of simples which has boon tho result of many years intense application to a profession in which, ho was regularly bred, and hence it is as popular with the regular faculty as with the poople at large.:„ . . . - One of the many peccalittirirtues oftirif.Vegete ble Pills in, that while very poWerful in Ifs tracts, it is particularly mild and gentle in its action.— Unlike the generality of modiclnen,its application is wirer attended with nausea or griping. For sale at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GILBERT, Agent. flettyshut x ;Jan. 5, 1838. 9m-40 ROSE OINTMENT, g. - Olt Tenets Ring worms , Pimples on -IL the faco,and otherCataneous eruptions, prepared by \ T AM:MIKAN & DAvis, Phila delphia. Bold at the Apothecary and Drug Store or Dr. J. - GILBERT. Gettysburg, April 10, 183 ti: tf-2 "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OP MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROM CORRUPTION. ---SHAKS ataw2lremtrllcolFJr. aizic tew.waa)42., c27VZIr u 9 a the landlord, "be would have been silent this night, but poor youth, he cannot last many nights more —this is the longest and severest fit I have yet known him to have; it has lasted, with but few in intermissions, these four days and as many nights-. he is a young gentlemen of our neighborhood, of education, wealth, and high family—has not been from college more than two years—his excellent and wretched parents caw do nothing with him; he is now under my care, and all this comes, sir, from drink! His disease is called mania a potu. As he slept so little for some nights and days, I thought him so much exhausted before you came that he would have sunk to sleep, and not have disturbed you; so I judged it better to say nothing to you about him." The noises still continued—meanings that sick ened the heart., shrieks that chilled the blocal,laugh ter of no mortal sounds, oaths that demons alone could fashion, ell followed in quick succession, wearying the ears, and exhausting the feelings. "There is no relief for him," said mine host, "I dread to give him what he most craves—liquor; it is but fuel to the fires that rage within him; water he asks for, but will none of it—and medicines can only be forced upon him, which now seems to ho cruel, as the doctor says he,cannot live, and that all his remedies have failed." "Poor human nature, or rather poor beastly na ture," said I, angrily, following my remark, mo ment after, with a deep sigh, and more than half ashamed,too, that I should feel anger, and use such a word towards a fellowboing in a state of hope lessness. oPoor,unhappy youth," added I, "would that I could bring thee one moment of relief; may God, who alone knoweth the cause of thy great in firmity,fl nd for thee a door of oecape! but,if that must not be, have mercy on thee beyond the 'grave!" "Oh, dear sir," rejoined the landlord, have known many persona more wicked than ho; for may truly say, ho is very amiable, and charitable, and sensible, when sober—nearly all his faults pro ceed from, intoxication. Ho was to have been mar ried before this time, to a lovely young woman hardby; and could Mary Summers see him. oven now, she would break her heart with weeping; for she yet tenderly loves him. He still wears a lock et of her hair, suspended by a black ribbon round his neck, which ho would not part with, even for liquor, and yet it seems ho would coin his body and soul, too, for a dram, but not that locket!" Some hours passed in these sympathetic colo quies on his melancholy condition; but wearied nature made them more and more sluggish and forced, until, after having wrung all tho changes on the miseries of the wretched inebriate, the vices and horrors al.hunketiness, the mental Agonies. of THE GARLAND —"With sweetest flower' enrich'd, From various gardens cull'd with care." FROM Tllll LADY'S NOOK The Praying /Indians. BY AM. lIEBA "He must not die, he must not die," The Indian mother cried— And strained her infant's sickly limbs Close to her beating side— "o! lonely will my cabin be, If I must part, my child, from thee." .. Thy father, when be went tobnnt, Looked on thee in his pride; And better loved, I know, for thee, Ilia simple forest bride— (/' when the grass shall press thy breast, Who, who shall soothe his pride to rest?" "I could uut see the green earth spread Upon thy little breast, The shadows of the dark old woods Lie on thee, in thy rest, And know thy little feet no more Would sound upon our cabin floor." She pressed him closer to her heart, And then, she know not why, Or what strange power she there invoked, She upward turned her eye, And poured a mother's heart in prayer, To Him, whose love she worshipped there. Mysterious Wisdom' that hast thus, Within the mother's wind Impressed a knowledge of thyself, With that strong love combined— That when that fount of love is stirred, The "still small voice" of Cod is heard ',111112 - OD )IC. THE YOUNG INEBRIATE, A Tule of the Old Dominion• [E[ DA VW 11011 , 111 AN, EBQ.] Tee moon shone into my windows with a flood of silvery light—all nature was hushed into pro found silence—no air disturbed even the pensile foliage, that from many trees, and shrubs, and flowers, in rich luxuriance, onvironed the house, situated in one of nature's most beautiful vallies,in the "Old Dominion"—a land, as well known, of traditional hospitality, of generous feelings, exalt ed talents, and of bad habits. The little wooden clock of mine host had struck twelve before I re tired to rest, but not to sleep. The monotonous ticking of my watch, suspended near my pillow, alone reminded me that any thing with motion ex isted in nature; all was in deep repose, save my owa busy thoughts, and those were fast subsiding into those gentle half-slumbers that must soon have ended in sleep, exhausted as I then was with my arduous day's journey. But a tremendous shriek from the adjoining room, struck a momen tary horror through my inmost heart. This was instantly followed by a most unnatural laugh— then by horrid imprecations—then by cries of 'murder," "are," "landlord, I am dying, sinking 'nto hell!"—"Oh, I am lost, water, water, I am burning up!" I naturally wupposed that the lend lord would have been instantly there—but he came not; ancl,as there was no intermission to the shock- lug cries of the unhappy being, I soon appeared at his chamber door, but was much astonished to find it locked on the outside with a padlock! The paroxyisms, growing still more intense and long, continued, and :Inding no hope of sleep that night, already far advanced, it seemed but reasonable I 'should have an associate in my anxious vigils; and at.length, I resolved to seek companionship with my maitre d'hafel, who had left on my mind • very favorable impression, during t io half-hour spent with him before retiring tzimy chamber.— The moon kindly aided me thrOtigh a few narrow passages to his door, which promptly yielded to my tap. "Sir, can you solve this mystery for me?—you seem to have a maniac in your house—a strange alliance, this, of hospital and hotel—havo you no means of silencing him, so that I may yet obtain a little sleep? Who, and what is ho?" I hoped, for your sake, as well as his," replied his amiable parents, sisters, and brothers, arid the deep seated and inexhaustible love of Mary Sum mers, we were mutually silent. But the groans, and hysterical laughs, and dreadful imprecations from the pandemonium chamber, no way dimin ished; fortunately for us, they had lost much of their force on our worn out feelings, and I fell a sleep on my chair in the very act of forcing out a brief reply to an equally laconic question of my good-natured companion. I slept soundly—may be a couple of hours— when,from the hum of domestic arrangements, the glare'of broad daylight, the occasional trampling over the uncarpeted floor of the faithful house-dog, and the easily recognised sounds from the adjust• merit of the break-fast furniture, on a table sot out at a short distance from rue—l awoke. At that instant, the landlord gently descended the stops in to the risom,and whispered to me, "Friend,it is all over with the youth; ho has departed to his long home!" 'Oh, it cannot be,' I involuntarily exclaimed— the big tears springing into my eyes, "is he then relieved for ever from his agony; or, oh God! is death but the beginning of a never end i ng life,— and, deo, in it but a prolongation, with superadod horrors of thi:+ life! As the tree falls, so it lies; but yet to spring up an eternal tree of the same na ture, bearing none but its peculiar fruits; there, then, can be no tilling, no melioration, no change for the better; dreadful, overwhelming thought! But, landlord, we must now indulgo no farther in such matters." We hastened to the chamber; and never did eyes rest upon a sight wore heart-rendering, more loathing We beheld a youth of fine proportions, and once of manly beauty,now an emaciated corpse, a miserable wreck of what ho had been, stretched upon the floor, with an empty bottle in one hand, and a fragment of a chair in the other, both held apparently, with the same muscular force with which they hail been seized, perhaps but a few mo ments before the vital spark had fled. His fine hazel eyes were protruded from their livid sockets —his thin blue lips and distorted features showed bow his vexed spirit had struggled with the grim monarch—his glossy brown hair hung in short ringlets, and were beautifully contrasted with the faircomploxion of his exposed neck and shoulders, over which also hung the hair locket of Mary Sum mers! In hastily casting ray eye over the room, I found that every thing within his reach had been broken; and his bruised and lacerated body also showed that the unhappy youth had waged war against a thousand imaginary enemies, among which were his own tender limbs. We promptly removed him to another chamber, and bestowed on his remains every attention that might, as far as possible, remove from the eye of affection, soon to visit him, the tokens of his miserable end. It was a sad scene, in a few hours after, to see his aged parents kissing his forehead and lips; his lovely sist6ra, with deep affection and involuntary honor blended, embracing his lifeless corpse. Some of the sad tale of the preceding night, had been relat ed to them by the host, and I was urgently invited by the afflicted parents to their house, and that I should extend my kindness still farther,by witness. ing the interment. The heart,in such a case,needa not the ties of blood, nor yet of acquaintance, to feel for the dead, or warmly to sympathize with the living; and, in a short time after, found my self domesticated in the comfortable mansion of a Virginian gentleman of the old school. Hero, all that mot my eye, at once told me that it had long been the home of an intelligent and worthy fami ly; one of an extended hospitality, but whose pro genitors had probably seen brighter and more pros perous days than had shone on its present owners for some time past, at least. I retired to my chamber, and slept soundly for some hours, till the dinner-boll sounded, and a pretty little colored buy softly tapped at my door, summoned me forth. I entered the dining-room much refreshed, but with little appetite; a death-like silence reigned there, interrupted only by those occasional subdu ed but heartfelt kindnesses which sprung from the newly kindled affection towards me, blended with that habitual and noble politeness which charac terizes manners in the "Mother State." As we approached the table, covered with the savory products of the surrounding manor, the old gentleman placed his hands in mine, "I fear, my friend, me most dine to=day without the ladies; but George and James will accompany us, and we shall do bettor, I hope, in a few days." Then pausing for a moment, ho added, .‘my wife and daughters were nearly prevailed on to join us; but, poor Mary Bummers has just arrived, and their wounded hearts are now all bleeding afresh." "It is better so," I gently replied, •itheir tender souls need the solace of weeping, and I am happy they can weep." "Dear Mary does not weep;" rejoined the afflict ed father; awe have been in some measure pre pared for the sad event—not so with Mary Bum mers, to whom we never ventured to communicate all that took placo with our afflicted son." We dined in eadnera; the day and night paned off, and the hour of four in the afternoon, of the following day, was appointed for the interment. At breakfast, all were present, except the eldest daughter and Mary Summers. So much had been said to me by tho landlord, as also by the younger sons, whom I have named, in praise of Mary, that I felt, for a moment greatly disappointed at her ab sence; but how soon were all my feelings the other way, when selfishness gave room, on a mo ment's reflection, to far. better sentiments. ,dBweet sufferer!" said I mentally, "I value thee greatly more for thy absence, for, surely, retirement and silence bettor harmonize with thy affliction, than the ruddy light of day and the unavoidable court- osies of life." But, rousing myself from this re verie, I inquired, "How is Miss Summers,--how did she pass tho night'!" Julia, a tall,, blue-eyed girl of seventeen, as beautiful as a fresh May morning, garnished with dewy flowers, and redolent with their sweets, re. plied to my question: "1 fear, sir,ahe did not sloop at all; sheneither weeps nor speaks,but only moans continually, I think her heart will break!" At'this moment, Eliza, the oldest daughter,rush ed into the room,and exclaimod—"Misa Summers s very ill—l fear , past hope!" "All were in her . `chanber in an instant, and I ound myself also thitre,a witness of the tnelancho. y seem% Dear Mary Sutnment was then expiring, and my first acquaintance with her was 'made in performing thesad office of cloning her eyes for ever t.Oh! thou great and uriseerchahle Being," said I inwardly, "how unfathomable aro thy ways! She was young, and beautiful, and, as ell say, full of angelic virtues,—and yet this fair and lovely crea ture dies a martyr to love, for a man who abandon ed himself, his God, his loving parents, his affec tionate and beautiful sisters, the luxurieo of his home, tho respect of his friends, and, finally, oven his betrothed—all, all, for a nauseous, sickening, poisonous draught! But, what can conquer wo man's chaste love?—it as as fathomless as the deep, deep sea, as high as heaven, as expansive and per vading as the atmosphere." And them was poor Mary's lifeless body, a faithful witness of the truth of this rush of thought, that fora moment oc.upi ed me in this chamber of death and of agonizing grief! Charles' funeral was, of course, postponed for a couple of days more, to prepare for the joint obao quios of the youthful lovers. During this intervel, I occasionally sought re lief in the library, which occupied a very retired put of the venerable building, the windows of which were shaded by honey-suckle and eglantine profusely blended, and which, as I reposed with my book in a deep arm chair, saluted me with their delicious fragrance, and excluded the garish day, now become almost offensive to me. I had not been long in the library, before my eyes rested on a musty volume, entitled "Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh," which I eagerly seised, with the full assurance of finding therein much good sense—and, strange coincidence! the first nage my eye lit on, painted in lively colors the vice of DRUNKEN br Les. The passage I allude to so harmonized with my feelings then, and over, that I copied them into my diary; and hero they now are for the benefit of all,who avail themselves of the privilege of looking into such portions of my note-book as I have chosen to reveal; and especially for any one who hesitates whether he will become a man or a beast—whether he will enjoy life's blessings with wife, children, and friends, or its poisons, through absence of them all; for sue, in fine, who may hesitate whether he will murder himself and his betrothed, or live in health, re spected by the world, and wed the object of his first love. But why should I moralize when wo have the eloquent wisdom of Sir Walter Raleigh 1 "rake especial care," soya he, "that you de light not in wine, for there never was any man that came to honor or preferment that loved it; for it transformeth man into a beast, decayeth health, poisoneth the breath, destroyeth the natu ral heat, bringetb a man's stomach to artificial bur ning, doformeth the face, rottoneth the teeth, and, to conclude, maketh a man contemptible, scoop old, and despised by all wise and worthy men ; hated , in thy servants, in thyself, and companions; for , it is a bewitebing and infectious vice; and remem ber my words, that it were better for a man to be subject to any vice, than to it ; for all other vani ties and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shako off the delight of beastliness; for the longer it possesseth a man, the more he will de light in it, and the older he groWeth the more he shall be subject to it; for it dulleth the spirits, and destroyeth the body, as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm that engendereth in the kernel of the ' nut." "Take hoed, therefore, that such a enrolees can ker pass not thy youth, nor such a beastly infection thy old age, for then shall thy life be but as the life of a beast, and after thy death thou shalt only leave a shameful infamy to thy posterity, who Anil study to forgot that such en ono was their father. Anacharsist saith—the first draght serveth for health, the second for pleasuredhe third for shame, the fourth for madness ; but in youth there is not so much as one draught permitted,for it putteth fire to fire,and wasteth the natural heat. And therefore, except thou desire to hasten thine end, take this for a general rule,that thou never add any artificial' heat to thy body, by , win e or spice, until thou find that time bath decayed thy natural beat; and the sooner thou beginneat to help nature, the sooner will she forsake thee, and thou trust altogether to art." 141 The day at length arrived for the interment of Charle . xi and Mary. The hair-locket rested on his bosom, and the beautiful Mary Bummers sr placed in her tomb,with every memento that Chas' had given her of his affection. It was on a lovely November afternoon, in the year IS—. that a long procession of weeping relations of both the fami lies,with their numerous friends and acquaintances from a populous neighborhood, together with an equally long train of faithful slaves, who loved their young master and mistress, might have been seen slowly walking toward the family grave yard! ft was situated in a deep and shaded dell, about a quarter of a mile from the mansion. The rude i but substantial fence that encompassed it, was en tirely covered with vines and creepers, of various sorts, and in each corner of the square was plant- od an ovorireon, that seemed to have boon there very many years. Though this sacred spot was the receptacle of many graves,it contained but few tombstones, which were to he seen, here and there, raising their white tops above the luxuriant grass and wild flowers, distinguishing the more pro- minent members of an ancient family, and of its numerous alliance., who, in the course of nearly two centuries had been there deposited. As we entered the ample gate, the sublime and well-known words, al . am the resurrection and the ife,seith the Lord ; he that believeth in ine,thou gh he were dead,yet shall he live: and whoever livith and believeth in me, shall never die;"—vvom ut tered in heavenly tones by a very aged pastor, whose snowy locks seemed to admonish us that temperance and serenity of mind are good securi ties for ripe old age—and that intemperance in man.and excessive feeling in a woman,had brought the deceased to an untimely grave. A short, but ender and appropriate discourse was delivered by he venerable old man, which bathed all eyes in Mars, and among the rest, those of Jack Hodgson, a iniddle-aged man, clothed in rage, and -oho, I observed, had approached unusually close to tho graves,and held before his epos the miserable frag ments of what had once been a hat, removing them occasionally, and looking Into the graves,evidently with no idle curiosity, but with a moat intense in terest! I afterwards learned that Hodgson was notorious in the neighborhood for raro scholarship, wit, obscenity, oaths, and drunkenness; and had, occasionally claimed fellowship with Charles on the score of some distant relationship; but main ly, of late, from the community of their tastes and pursuits.. Charles' terrible death had made much impression in the neighborhood, and had so sof- tehod the heart even of lack Hodgson, that he [VOL. 9--NO.II. presented himself sober that afternoon, and with a decency so unusual for him, gazed on the scene that closed for ever from his sight a manifest vic tim to a habit that had brought Hodgson to his then degarded state. As Hodgson, in profound thought, retired from the grave, and was slowly following at the heel of the main procession,and near the head of the color 'ed people, a very aged negro, whose shoft and crisped hair had become almost anowly white, approached Jack, whose long, gray hair was hang ing profusely over his shoulders. masse Jack!" said the venerable negro, "you bo almost a boy along-side o'mc; but your hair be pet as white as mine! Wed's the reason, masaa Jack, o' that? Shall poor nigger, tell you, magma—nigger drink water all his libo, work hard ebbery day, go to bed arly, get up arly; but mesas Jack Hodgson drink noding but poison water— nebbsr work at all any day—frolic all de blessed night—and, I toll you, masse Jack, you be no long for die world, I tall you, you dio in a few monde!" With this, tbo old man, dropping Hodgson's hand, was soon out of eight. A few years have passed since the events I have thus noted. A. neat tomb now jointly records the loves, and the nearly synchronous deaths of Chas' and of Mary. Poor Jack Hodgson, who only liv ed the year out, lies buried in an obscure corner of the same grave yard, but with no slab to record his name, and scarcely a mound to distinguish the spot desecrated by his ashes, from the virgin soil that surrounds it. Old Dembo, however,still lives to point it out, and from present appearances, will continue so to do for a long time to come. Since his warning voice to Hodgson was so accurately verified by his speedy death, Dembo rewards him self as no little of a prophet; and it is fortunate, also, for some of the youths, of the surrounding country, that they esteem him somewhat in the same light; for, when religion, morals, and educa tion have been found to yield to the fascinations of the Circoan bowl, the superstitious threatninge from the lips of the hoary-headed negro, have prov ed of more avail. THE EX-PRESIDENT'S POETRY We take the following bijou from Poulson. As to the prefatory doubt expressed regard ing the "future," we shall not undertake to decide—it is enough that the present age entertains none. But Mr. Adams's poetry, thoush it does not always please the million. is nevertheless esteemed by the judicious few; it abounds in fruits rather than foliage, in reason rather than rhyme; it appeals to the judgment rather than the fancy, and much less to the imagination than the heart; in short, it is not the poetry of the canvass, but the poetry of the marble—not colored by evanescent hues, but chisseled into endu ring lineaments.—)Wadisonian. AMBITION.-It may be doubted whether John Quincy Adams will be regarded by future ages as a poet. But that he has writ. ten some very good poetry, there can be no doubt. The following forcible lines descrip tive of ambition, are from his pen: Ambition therefore, virtue is, or vice, Ting'd by the object of the man's pursuit; A jewel, richer than the ruby 'S pnce; &Bohm' Up's, bearing deadly fruit; . Ethereal fire, impenetrable ice; The' good supreme; of every ill the root; A guardian angel, leading to the skies— A demon, with the worm that never dice. FEMALE LAI3OIIII IN FACTORLES.--0110 of our Into English papra informs us that Mr. Richard Pilling,"in illustrating the ex tent of female labor in some of our cotton factories (to the exclusion of the male iiex,) stated that there were 1300 looms propelled by power in Mr. Orroll's mdlq, worked.tiv 700 females, the husbands , remaining ,at home to conduct the domestic arrangements; and that one woman in the abOve milli with the mere assistance of a girl, was compeller to weave 1200 yards of cloth in one week, a labor which ho considered to! have been sufficient for twelve men! - GOLDSMITII.-It is related of Goldsmith, as a characteristic of his indolence and Care lessness, that , his mode of extinguishing his candle, when he was in bed when he was in clined to sleep, was by throwing his slipper at it,which inconsequence was usually found in the morning lying near the ,overturned candlestick, daubed with grease,, CHANGING SE/Mt.—The following pro blem may be found in many of our elemen ary books of Arithmetic:--A club of eight persons agreed to dine together as lung as ever they could sit down to table differently arranged. How many dinners would be necessary to complete such an arrangement? —Answer: By the well known rule of per mutat ionat will be found that the whole party must live 410 years and 170 days, and must eat 362,889 dinners. So rapidly does the sum roll up on this process, that if the party had consisted of one more person,they would have bad 443 520 dinners to get through; and if ten persons were to enter into the compact . it would be , necessary for thorn in order to complete their task, to live long enough to devour 3,628,800 dinners. HAYTIAN LITEBATEIBE.-4 negress, six eon years of age, a native of Hayti, corn , •ed fifteen years age, a tragedy , entitled the Death of Christopher,' which was rep esented at the national theat re of that repub• ic by order of President foyer. , GENERAL GARRISON.—Gen. William "(- Harrison has written a noble, letter in reply to Mr. Aaron B. Howell, ofTrenton, N. J., in opposition to the abhorred practice of duelling. He concrudes as follows: "In relation to my present sentiments, a sense of higher obligation than human laws, or human opinions, an impose, has deter. mined me never, on any occasion, to accept a challenge, or seek redress fur a personst injury, by tt resort to the laws which , . pose the code of honor."
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