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ADVERTISENIENTS.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of
Jacob Funk, Sen., deceased are
hereby notified to come forward and make
settlement, and all persons who have claims
against. Me' estate of rand . deceased are also
notified!to present the same for settlement
on or before the 10th of March next; to the
subscribers Executorii%of said deceased, or
either of them.
Both of the ExeCutors reside in Hunting
ton township, Adims County.
W. R. SADLER, E .
JOEL BOWER, fa
Feb. 4.
POB. 11,2111TT.
ON account of the delicate health of part
of my family; I.oler for rent,
TUE
TAVERN STAND
now occupied by Mr. Joint
Dews. With privileges every other way
suited to render it advantageous, it is as
good a situation for busieibss as can be found.
ALso—FOR RENT—the
111WICIINXITII X TrAGOA
OVIKERIS SHOPS,
with a House attached to each, together
with other suitable privileges.
The above Property is mid has 1414 of
the best for business ; every satiskelthn can
be had from the present occupants.
‘O7 - The Property will be rented at rea
sonable terms, on application being made
in the course of three weeks to the subscri
ber, residing thereon.
THOMAS Mit NIGHT.
3t
Jan. 28
TURNING
OF every kind in _iron and Brass,
done in the beat manner at the Gettya
burg Steam Foundry. •
Feb. 4.—ti. GEO. ARNOLD.
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers being anxious to close
tho business of the old concern under
the name of WM. ICKES, at as early a
period as possible, would take this method
of requesting ALL INDEBTED by note or
otherwise, to AID Us in ellflcting a wernat•
EIENT. ICKES & BRIDGES.
York Springs, Jan. 28.
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THE subscriber wishes to inform the
public that he is now prepared for
manufacturing
MALLEABLE CAST IRON CASTINGS,
having recently obtained a thorough knowl-
edge of the whole process as practised in
England and in this Country; and having
made the experiment, can make casting
surpassed in quality by none in point o
malleability and elasticity.
GEO. ARNOLD.
Feb. 4. tf.
TO MILLIERS.
MADE and for sale at the Gettysburg
Steam Foundry
PeITEMT CORX
for preparing the cob sufficiently fine for
chopping with the Corn.--A LSO
PATENT• PLASTER MILLS.
The above Mills have been tried and pro
nounced the best articles now in use, for the
above purpose. Millers and others would
do well to supply themselves with the above
machines.
Feb. 3.
Hanover and Carlisle Turnpike
Road Company.
STATEMENT. of Toll received, work
and repairs done on tho above road
from the 10th of December 1838, to 10th
December 1839.
DR.
To amount of toll received from
gates, from 10th Dec. 1838,
until 10th Dec. 1839, $2BOl 134
To rent received for old gate
house, near mountain,
CR.
By cash paid for work done on
road, 81727 32i
By cash paid T. Stephen, Esq.
balance due him as former
treasurer,
By cash paid salaries to gate
keepers,
By gash paid R. M'Elwane,Esq.
rent for gate house,
By cash paid for Judges of elec.
I.IOCI and for printing,
cash paid Syperintendants of
~.)3ten•hilaid salaries of mana
- gars, 57 00
By cash paid salary ofSecretarv, 30 00
Do. salary of Treasurer, 50 00
Balance paid over to present
treasurer,
Published by order of the
,Beard,
THOMAS CRAIGHEAD, Treasurer.
Feb. 4, 1840. St.
GEO. ARNOLD.
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503 18
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THE GARLAND.
—"With sweetest flower9cnrich'd ,
From various gardens coll'd with care."
STANZAS FOR MUSIC. ,
BY JONAS D. PHILLIPS.
Why chime the bells so merrily,
Why seem ye all so gay?
Is it because the new year's come,
And the cld has pass'd away?
Oh, can ye look upon the past—
And feel no sorrow now?
That thus ye sing so joyously
While smiles light every brow!
Oh, if ye can, be blithe and gay,
The song troll gaily on;
And burthen be—the new year's come
And the old year's past and gone.
The old man gazes on your mirth,
Ho smiles not like the rest—
Ho sits in silence by the hearth,
And seems with grief oppressed.
He sees not in the merry throng,
The child who was his pride;
Ho listens fur her joyous song—
She is not by his side.
But scarce a twelve-month she was than,
And now he is alone,
Yet still ye sing the new year's come,
And the old year's past and gone.
Dance on, dance on, 'be blithe and gay,
Nor pause to think-the while,
That ere this year be past away,
Ye too may cease to smile.
For time, and his resistless flight,
Brings changes sad and droar,
The sunny hopes of youth to blight,
With every coming year.
But still be happy while you may,
And let the dance go on,
Still gaily sing the now year's come,
And the old,year's past and gone.
ORIGINAL TALE.
FOR THE STAR AND REPUBLICAN BANNER
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
DT NUS. LYDIA JANE rzinsos.
A.A happy Now Year sweetest," cried Charles
Barton to his young wife, as ho entered from the
counting room, to which ho went before she was
aweko, to make some particular arrangements.
'Thank you dear Charles," she answered clasp
ing his neck with her round white arms; "but
then how can one be happy who is tantalized by
ungratified wishes?"
"What do you moan dearest?" ho replied in a
voice of surprise and solicitude; "what wish have
you ungratified?"
..Oh! do not be alarmed Charles; but if you re
ally wisp me a happy Now Year, you must make
mo happy, 0y giving me a New Year's present."
Tho husband was mute.
know," she continued, •that I have need of
nothing, and yet there is something which I very
much desire; and I think you will hardly refuse
me on the first New Year's day of our union.—
You know that Mrs. Ellis and I were rivals in our
girlhood, and I do not like to see her outdo me in
splendor, and elegance. Well, when I called on
her last week, I observed on her sideboard a rich
and superb set of plate, and I long for a set which
shall outshine it. Now do not look so grave. It
will only cost a few hundreds, and we can econo
mise a little in something else, if it be necessary.
Come say yes; and let us go and order my mag
nificent new set of plate."
"It will hardly be possible for me to attend you
to-day Charlotte, for I have some very particular
calls to make, in which, although I did not before
mention it, I now request that you will accompany
mo."
"And we shall bespeak the plate to-morrow."
"Yea love if you please," replied Charles; "and
now be ready to go with me in on hour."
"I wonder where he is going to take me," mused
Charlotte, as she tied on her hat, and fastened
her superb cloak. Charles took her hand with a
smile, and they went into the sleigh. Their first
call was at a magnificent mansion, the master of
which, met them in the hall with a hearty wel
come, and led them into a parlour, furnished in a
style of the most costly splendor, beyond any thing
that Mrs Batton had ever seen. The library too
was like an enchanted hall. Mr. Allen treated
them with polite familiarity; and on their depar
ture presented to the young bride as a Now Year's
gift a beautifully executed silver vase, crowned
with an artificial rose bush, of enamelled gold,
emeralds, end rubies; and breathing rich incence
from the altar of roses with which it was enriched.
She was enraptured with his courtesy, and liber
ality. He had callted on them several times, and
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his suavity and gentility of manner had won her
esteem, but she had never dreamed of his being
so immensely rich.
"Well Charlotte" said Barton, as they drove
away, "how do you like my friend, and his resi
dence."
"Ohl he is a gentlernan,and his house is like a
palace. But is it not strange that such a wealthy'
man should be so familiar with us?"
"Not at all Charlotte. He was my most inti
mate friend in college; we were always competi
tors for the same prize, and the same honor. I
won most frequently, and he was much richer than
I, but no jealousy awoke between us. And now
I do not envy him, neither does ho despise me.—
We always meet as friends; but what would you
think of mo Charlotte if I were to undertake to
furnish my parlour and library like his."
"I understand you Charles; but then there is
not so great an inequality between you and Mr.
Ellis, as between Mr. Allen and you. But why
do you stop here at the hospital!"
Barton did not answer, but assisting her from
the sleigh, led her trembling into the receptacle of
misery. Stopping at a ward in which lay an ema
ciated female, he bade her be seated; and after
some kind enquiries concerning the state of the
invalid, introduced his wife, and besought the suf
ferer to tell who she was, and how she came there.
"It is a bitter trial," commenced the woman.
"to recall ell my errors, sins, and sufferings; but
since I owe you so much, I will tell you all, in as
few words as possible. Lady, in my yontli,l was
called beautiful. I was a school mate of your
husbands mother, and much beloved by her I
married first, and although she soon after united
herself with a wealthier man than my equally re
spectable Horace, still she treated me with all the
warmth of a sister's affection. But from the day
oilier marriage I felt an envy, the more criminal,
from its being unprovoked. We sot up in a gen
teel style, my house being elegantly furnished;
but still Mrs. Barton,although an unostentatious la
dy had many brilliant articles which I had not. I
could not rest. My husband was a prudent man,
but unfortunately he loved me too well. 1 Urged
him with tears and all manner of persuasions, to
purchase things which would outvie Mrs. Barton's
establishment. He frequenpy warned m i ii.that
we should be undone, yet fie still complied with
my extravagant demands. At length Mr. Barton
having made a successful speculation, purchased
a beautiful span of horses and a genteel carriage.
I saw him drive past with his lady, and my soul
was in agony until I forced a promise from my
poor husband to purchase a similar equipage for
me. As soon as I obtained it, I rode triumphant
ly to Mrs. Barton's. She greeted me as I thought
sorrowfully, and several times sighed as she look
ed sadly in my face. At length I enquired the
cause of her uneasiness. 'My dear linen,' she
commenced, 'you know that I love you sincerely,
or I should not venture to say what I imagine it
my duty to tell you. Your husband is an excel
lent and honorable man; but you must be aware
that ho is considerably in debt. Now, creditors
you know, exercise a kind of didatorship over
those that owe thorn; and it is natural for them to
say, If Mr. -- can afford his family such or
such indulgencies, ho might certainly pay me.—
Now your husband's creditors have long been
grumbling, at what they are pleased to call his
extravagance, and I fear that when they see you
in your carriage they will treat him without mer
cy. lam sorry that my husband went to the like
unnecessary expense, for I much fear that you
were prompted by emulation.' 'Do not be offend
ed,' she said, soothingly, and exter.ding het hand,
but I drew back pettishly, and hurrying from the
house regained my carriage, sunk backin it and
wept all the way home. I felt the truth of her
words, but my pride ruse against her; I was offen
ded that she should be aware of my envy and em
ulation of her, and I vowed come what would nev
er to speak to her again. But from that time the
sight of my superfluous finery gave me a feeling
of guilt and fear. And ruin soon came. My hus
band gave up all to our creditors, and wo were
without a home. In this hour of darkness, Mrs.'
Barton came, and with words of consolation, offer.
ed me a home with her, as long as I pleased.—
Would you believe that I haughtily repulsed her
kindness, although I had not where to lay my
head! My husband“ knew not of her proffer; fur
I had taught him to believe that she had grossly
insulted me, and spoken injuriously of him. He
hired a room and we removed. But ho was bro
ken hearted. He fell violently sick, and actual
want took hold upon me. At this time a gentle
man of our acquaintance called upon us, and with
great delicacy relieved our necessities. But my
husband died. Our friend took me to his house.
Alas! that the noblest feelings of our nature are so
nearly allied to sin. His generous pity, and my
gratitude, grow together into a guilty passion.—
Shall I say on! I was lost. I sunk deeper and
deeper in infamy until your husband found me
dying in the street. Ho brought me hither. I
shall soon die. But he bids me hope that the
pure God will fur Jesus' sake show mercy even
unto me.' "
Barton thanked tho weeping penitent, and with
his wife took his departure.
Charlotte felt the whole force of her husbands
silent admonition. She was grieved, but as she
looked into her own spirit, she could not but con
fess that she was naturally extravagant and proud.
Her father had possessed a mere competence, with
which he managed to live comfortably, and give
his children the advantages of education. Char
lotte at the boarding school felt many a pang, as
sho compared her simple costume with the costly
dresses of her Companions: and compared her
home with theirs. Now, as her husband was
richer than her father, she considered him im
mensely wealthy; and find resolved to be the finest
lady in the city. Barton hod indulged her until
he found that she w.,uld never be satisfied, and
now resolved to appeal to her reason. He saw that
sho had read his lesson and forbore remark. The
flush of excited feeling faded froni her cheek, and
she looked at him imploringly, as he drew up in
front of a small house, in an unfashionable street.
They were admided by a lovely woman, in plain
ncit clothing; whom Charhitte immediately re
cognized as a school companion; a meek gentle
girl, much iii her own circumstances; and one
who havitil never envied,shu had almost forgotten.
aYou are welcome dear Charlotte," she cried,
joyfully, am glad that you are riot ono of those
who go to the assessor's book, to find the real val
ue of their friends. Pray lay off your cloak; and
let us have a little friendly chat, after our long
separation." Then as she served some excellent
rake, fruit and wine, she continued, "I am so hap
py to see you the wife of Mr. Barton; I know you
must be happy, for his character is well known,
and you always had a passion for magnificence,
which truly becomes you. I never was ambitious
of aught in a husband but integrity and love; and
these it has pleased [maven to allot me. And
am happy. I have no wish beyond what I now
enjoy. I want for nothing; my home ib like a
bower of roses, where the dove builds her nest;
and the sun, and the dew, mingle forever. The
world passes on with its pomp, and pride, and am
bition, but I heed it not; for these things ore not
happiness. I love and am beloved; and He, from
whom comes every good and perfect gift, smiles on
this union of affection, and adds his blessings,
health and contentment Wo earn our daily
broad and it is sweet, and invigorating. I would
not exchange my present station for that of the
queen of Eugland."
..We have spent a very pleasant hour," said
Mr. Barton as they rose to depart. "We shall in
sist upon your visiting us, Mrs. Green. Como
Charlotte, we have ono more call to make, and we
must bo at home before our guests arrive."
"And as I suppose we shall attend the ball this
evening, we can call at the milliners' and get my
ball dress."
"Haire you money with you, Charlotte?"
"I have ono hundred dollars, which will nearly
reach the expense; and I suppose that you hove
your purse with you."
"I have; but, here is the resilenee of the fami
ly, on whom our call is to be made."
.-What, here! Does any body live here, in this
old dilapidated ruin?"
"Come in and we shall see."
They entered a miserable room; through the
chinks, and shackling casements of which, the
keen winds were,whispering, keeping the atmos
phere tar below the freezing point in defiance of
the scanty fire that flickered in the chimney.—
Cliarlotte shuddered; but she soon forgot the
dwelling, in the contemplation of its occupants.
A shadow of a woman, with a baby at her breast,
sat beside a low bed, with her elbow on the pillow
and her head upon her hand; her auburn hair hung '
in dishevelled luxuriance around her pale face; and
from the long dark fringes of her drooping eye lids
the big tears wore slowly falling. But there was
neither sob or sigh, so deep, so weary was her sor
row. A young man lay on the bell whose clus
tering black curls, glowing cheeks, and brilliant
eyes, contrasted strangely with the livid lip and
hroW, and hand so like a withered lily. His quick
ear detected the presence of his visitors, he turned
his head and sprang up with a glad cry—
Dh
Barton! Have you come to soften my death
bed? I -thought I was forgotten by all the world.
Very different have been our destinies since we
played together under the old elms that shad..d the
school house. Since the disastrous fire which
consumed my father's property and my own, and
loft me with my young bride, scarce a month mar
ried, without a house or a solitary dollar; I have
seen dark and sorrowful days. The general ca
lamity seemed to have swallowed up individual
sympathy; and there were so many in want, that
none found relief. I however obtained a situation
03 an under clerk, in which capacity J served un
til disease laid me upon this bed, from which I
shall arise no more. But how did you discover
me?"
"Your physician appealed to me last evening in
your behalf, and when ho mentioned your name,
I resolved to see you as soon as possible. It was
the first intelligence I had received of you since
your marriage. In truth, Beaumont, my --mind
was so occupied, that I hardly thought of ynu, or
any of my early friends unless I saw them, or
heard their names mentioned. But we must not
loose time in idle chat, the doctor thinks their is
yet hope of your recovery."
"Oh repeat those blessed words again," cried
Mrs. Beaumont, eagerly grasping Barton's ann;
"say once more that there is hope; for those words
fall upon my burning spirit, like refreshing rain
upon the scorched and flaggit..6 flowret. Oh say
it once more, there is hope."
"Mary! Be calm love," said the sick man, and
his eyes filled with tears; "this hope like most of
those that have arisen on your pathway. will soon
be lost in the blackness of despair. I feel that I
must die. Do not weep so mart'; we must all
die, and bleated are the dead that die in the Lord.
You will protect my wife Barton, and return her
to her widowed mother, and the widow's God will
comfort and support her, and my fatherless boy."
"Barton," said he in a suppressed voice, "we are
suffering for lack of food and fire."
"You shall be speedily provided with all things
necessary, and a servant also," said Barton.
"And if your lovely wife become a widow,"
said Charlotte tremulously, "she shall be well ta
ken care of. She may live with us and be my
sister, if she will; or I will accompany her to her
mother's dwelling."
"mess you. Bless you both," murmured Beau
mont, and poor Mary clasped their hands convul
sively as they departed to procure, and despatch
to them the promised aid.
As they proceeded homeward they were sud
denly accosted by a young man of theikt4quain
tance, with "Mr. Barton! please step into that
house."
He immediately sprang from the sleigh, handed
out his wife, and opened the door designated.—
Within all was confusion and distress. In the
centre of the room stood an iron faced 'man, an
officer of the law, speaking in threatening tone
to a. pale drooping fellow man, around whose
knees four little boys were clinging, while a beau.
tiful little girl, of probably ten years, stood on a
stool beside him, her arms around. his neck, while
the big teals streamed over her rosy cheeks, and
hung glittering in the dark locks upon his temple.
At the fat side of •lbe room, with her face to the
wall, eat a female sobbing convulsively over an
infant which was crying pitiously. There was
scarcely any furniture,Or lire in the house. °There
is no use in all this," continued the officer, "come
along, I say."
, aaao.
..What has the poor man donor tremulously
inquired Charlotte.
.4 presume ho cannot pay his debts," replied
Barton.
"And aro they going to lake him to prison!"
she enquired with a shudder.
The weeping woman turned round. '.lt is even
so," she said. "He cannot pay his debts. Last
summer he lay sick with a fever; after he began
to recover, those who had ostentatiously trusted
1.13 during his sickness, sued for their dues, and
took away our furniture, and oven the tools from
his workshop; thus as it were cutting off his
hands. Since then ho could scarce earn his bread,
and all my exertions would barely clothe the
children. which has always been my task; and
now the doctor has sued him, and he must go
to jail, and we must starve."
"For what amount is this arrest'!" asked Bar
ton of the officer.
..Thirty dollars sir, and cost."
' Well, release the men, and call at my office, I
will pay the debt." '
•'You.are a stranger to me sir, and I have lost
so much by showing mercy to these poor fellows,
that I have grown cautious."
"My name is Charles Barton, will you take my
security!"
..0h certainly sir."
"You are at liberty Gilbert."
The wife sprang to her husband's arms, and
Barton and Charlotte hurried from their eager ex
pressions of gratitude.
"Will you call at the milliners," asked Charles
as they re-entered the sleigh."
"Oh tio! I will never spend money for such
things any more. Never, never! I gave my purse
to that dear little girl that clung so to my pelisse.
I will have no plate either, I will save all I can
for the Fick and suffering. I never knew, till
now, what money was made for. I did not think
there was such misery in the world, amongst
deserving people. I thought that none but the
lazy and abandoned, were utterly destitute. But
I shall never be happy again; in the midst of plen
ty I shall think of those who are perishing, upiti
ed and unknown.
' , My dear Charlotte. If I had thought that we
live only for ourselves, I would not thus have
pained you. I have heard many assert that It is
wrong to damp the joyful young spirit, with the
knowledge of human woo and destitution. But
since these things are, and must be; surely they
should know it who have the means to give relief.
I believe with the wise man, that is better to go to
the house of mourning than to the house of feast.
ing, also, that by sadness of the countenance, the
heart is made better. lam happy to find the well
of goodness in your young heart so ready to over
flow. I had rather my wife should win the bles
sings of those lathe. were ready to perish; than the
admiration of the whole fashionable world. And
in the hour of death, Charlotte, for we must all
die; will not the money that we have expended in
love to cur follow creatures; appear a richer trea
sure, than hoarded millions,which we could enjoy
no longer? Since you have given up the ball, we
will make our arrangements, and go this ovoning
to carry consolation to the Beaumonts.
"With all my heart, deli Charles. It will be
a mournful pleasure, but one which will never
fail to give satisfaction in the review. I shall no
longer be a mere cypher in society; and my only
emulation shall be the desire of rivalling you in
acts of kindness and benevolence."
"Bless you love. You have made me happy,"
cried Barton, tenderly; "and I trust that not only
you and I, but many a reclaimed wanderer, and
relieved sufferer, will find abundant reason to re-
member this as a Happy Now Year."
' A bachelor is a person who enjoys every
thing and pays for nothing—a married man
is one that pays for every thing and enjoys
nothing. The one drives a sulkey through
life, and is not expected to take care of any
one but himself ; the other keeps a carriage,
which is always too full to afford him a
comfortable seat. Be cautious how you
exchange your sulkey for a carriage?
We know a man down east who is so re.
markably neat and tasteful in his domestic
arrangements, that he has all his fire wood
painted and %tarnished, an as to render a
pile of it rather ornamental than otherwise.
On Sundays he has the ends of the stacks
finished with gold leaf.
The Coburg, a Belgian paper, makes the
following observations upon the accomplish
ments of the Princes of Coburg in the fine
arts:—"The husband of the Queen of Por
tugal is a skilful engraver; our King is a
capital violin player; Prince Albert is a dis
tinguished poet; and Prince Ernest excels
in setting hip brother's poetry to music."
Lord Coko wrote the subjoined distich,
which he religiously observed in the distri
bution of his time :
Six hours to sleep—to law's grave study sir,
Four spent in prayer—the rest to nature fix.
Sir %V. Jones, a wiser economist, of the
fleeting hours of life amended the semi.
ments in the following lines:—
Sovon hours to law--to soothing slumber seven,
Ten to tho world allot—and all to heaven.
"The Lord's Will Be Done."—Deacon
Marvin, of Lynn, (Conn.) a large landhold
er, and exemplary man, was extremely ec
centric in some of his notions. His court
ship, it is said, was as follows:—Haring one
day mounted his horse, with only a sheep
skin for a saddle, be rode in front of the
house where Betty Lee lived, and without
dismounting requested Betty to come to
him; on her coming, he told her that the
Lord had sent him there to marry her.—
Betty, without much hesitation, replied,
"The Lord's will be done."
A SAD Tnom.—Forty steamers were
lost on the ‘Vestern rivers last year. Only
forty-five lives lost, and thirty nine of these
were lost by bad steamboat boilers.
UNift(olterifi eitBcl
ENVY.—Envy is the most base and gro
yelling of all the base passions, and the man
in whose heart it fields a place, knows not
a moment of quietude. The miser feels a
momentary pleasure in counting over his
treasure; and he whose ruling passion is
revenge. exults when his victim writhes be
fore him, and looks complacently on his
blood stained dagger; but the envious man
knows not a moment's ease. His mind is
on the rack, and his purturbed spirit con.
jures up a thousand things, as interfering
with his plans or pursuits, which in the or
dinary course of events would never cross
his path. For all others thereto a moment
of sunshine, a gleam of hope, a bright side
to the future; but a dark and impenetrable
cloud settles on his mind. His thoughts
give birth to calamities which never can
befal him, and, anticipating evil, he prema
turely undergoes the punishment of its con
sequences. Without an ennobling thought
or a feeling of good will for mankind, lie
pines for others' property; while his mitre*
and contracted soul renders it impossible
that ho can better his own condition. His
very nutriment turns to gall, and he wears
an unhealthy, cadaverous and fiendish apt
pearance. If he ventures into society, it is
only as a thing to be instinctively avoided;
for his basilisk-like eye betrays the poison
with which his mind is surcharged. He is
shunned and despised, and his presence
looked upon as an omen of ill•fortune.
Without the capabilities to advance him
self, and wanting that straight•forward hon
esty of purpose which would secure him
friends, ho is seized with an unendurable
torment on witnessing the prosperity of
others, and lashes himself into a fury at
their success. He likens the world Co a
nutshell, and - thinks if a diamond be found
in the Indian ocean, or a rich fur secured at
the north pole, it is an invasion of his, ves
ted rights. He would banish happiness and
erect a temple to misery, himself officiating
as high priest. If he ever smiles, 'tis when
the world weeps; but the vicissitudes of
others Is the signal of his joy.
WHAT MIGHT DE DONE WITII Tan MON. -
ET WASTED IN WAR.—Give me the money
that has been spent in war, and I wilt pur
chase every foot of land upon the globe. I
will clothe every man, woman, and child
in an attire that kings and queens would bo
proud of; I will build a school house upon
every hill side and in every valley over the
whole habitable earth; I will supply that
school house„with a competent teacher; I
will build an academy in every town, and
endow it; a college in every state, and fill
it with able professors: I will crown every
hill with a church consecrated to the pro•
mulgatlon of the gospel of peace; I will sup
port in its pulpit an able teacher of right
ousness, so that on every Sabbath morning
the chime on one bill should answer to tha
chime on another, around the earth's broad
circumference; and the voice of prayer, and
the song of praise should ascend like an uui.
versal bolo to heaven.--Stebbins.
ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES.-If you have
blue eyes you need not languish ; if you
have black, you need not leer; if you have
pretty ankles there is no occasion to wear
short petticoats, audit you are doubtful tie
to that point, there can be no harm in let-
ting them be long ; if you have good teeth,
do not laugh for the purpose of shoWing
them; if you have bad ones, by all means
shut your mouth and smile; if you have
pretty arms and hands, there can be no ob
jection to your playing on the harp ; if you
are disposed to be clumsy, work tapestry;
if you dance well, dance but seldom; if ill,
never dance at all ; if you sing well, make
no previous excuses, if you sing indifferent
ly' hesitate not a moment when you are as
ked, for few people are judges of singing,
but every one will be sensible of your de
sire to please; if you would obtain power,
be condescending; but above all, (mark!)
if you are asked to be married, say "Yes!"
for you will never ba asked a second time.
A. HARD CASD.--1I is stated to a Balti
more paper that a woman was arrested on
one of the cold nights of last week for stea
ling three billets of wood, to make a fire to
keep three children from freezing. When
taken to the watch house she bogged most
earnestly to be allowed to go to them or
have them brought to her, as they would
freeze to death. Her request was refused,
and in the morning the children were found
frozen to death.• Tins is a brief commen
tary upon the administration of our laws in
many instances; the high rogue who robs
to the amount of millions escapes, and the
poor widow who steals to prevent death is
thus punished.
ALExAnunn Anounson, Esq. bag been
chosen Senator of the United States, from
the State of Tennesse, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Judge
White. He has of course been elected as
a fiiend to the present administration.
In the present Assembly of. New York,
numbering 12S members, there are 89
farmers, 23 lawyers, 18 merchants, 7 phy
sicians, 2 cabinet makers, 2 lumbermen, 1
furrier, 1 gardener, I mariner, 1 joiner .
blacksmith, 1 post master, 1 mechanic, 1
grocer, 1 yeoman, 1 agriculturist, I teach
er, 3 with blank occupations and one with
none. Of the whole number 74 were born
in the State of New York; 22 in Conneeti.
cut; 13 in Massachusetts; 10 in Vermont;
3 in Now Hampshire; 2 in Rhode Island;
2in New Jersey and 1 in Prague, Gov
many.—Albany Jour.