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All Lettersand Communications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to. . THE GARLAND. —" With sweetest flowers enricted From •arious gardens culi'd with care." AMERICA. I LOVN THE STILL America, I love thee still, There's glory in thy . name, _ There'■ brightness beaming from thy birth, Anil honor from thy fame. There's beauty in thy naked soil, • Bespeaking smiles of love, Thy rooks and blooming wilds proclaim Protection from above. America, I love the still, Beneath thy valleys rest The Pilgrims of a tyrant power, Bright emblems of the blest. And round them, clothed In silence, Ile The mouldering patriot's frame. Raba!mod in sacred memory's Are. Immortal honors claim. America, I love tho still. Though traitors dare disown Thy holy rights and ornaments, Endeared to freedottes home. Though misty clouds ceerspread the light, And fears together bland. Hope's cheering rays foretel thy pride Of glory, to ascend. America, I love the still, . Thou art my native land, Thy joys so pure, con neer be found, Upon a foreign strand. Though pleuure's path and fortunes smiles in other climes seem fair, The brightest of their hopes or joys, Oen nought with thee compere. America, I love thee still, Resplendent glories gleam Through all thy deeds. Thy 11110111 ii rights Shall ever be my theme. ' Pure from the realms of victory's sky, The crown was given to thee. 'Midst Marry lights, eternal stands ' The orb of liberty ! DWI :O(i:IMIEL6I6`I2(DIJC3o From the Ladies' Companion for September. . - THE RIVALS. 'Good morning, madam,' said Arthur Heartbright, as he entered the parlor and advanced to Mlliss Wieland, who was seat • ed in . a handsomo damask chair, in trifling conversation with a young gentleman,' who, at tho appearance of Arthur, seemed 'stir. prised, and in return, coldly 'acknowledged a similar salutation. 'Good morning,' responded Miss Wie• laid. have called to have the pleasure , of waiting upon you to the exhibition. I per= calve, by the journals of the day it will close to morrow.' Miss Wieland cast a look ofconfusion at the gentleman with whom she had been in converse at the entrance of Arthur, and the young gentlemen looked suspiciously at each other. A dead paus,e ensued. 'Shall I have the pleasure of your socie ty, Miss Wielende asked Arthur. 'Why really, Mr. fleartbright;' unswer• ed Miss Wieland, 'it had completely esca ped my memory, and I have just promised Mr. Douglas, here, to accompany him to the Floral exhibition. The gentlemen glanced nt each other sulkily, which, Miss Wieland observing,' continued, 'Oh! 1 beg .pardon; it has also escaped me that you were unacquainted. Mr. Douglas, Mr. Heartbright—Mr. Ileartbright, Mr. Doti gills: and she elegantly swung herself into her chair, and cast her eyes over the pages .of a volume. The young gentlemen ad anced towards each other, and exchanged the cold and formal grasp nt introduction. sin sorry that Miss Wieland's memory should have been so treacherous.' said Ar• thur, 'but perhaps' Mr. Douglas will waive his invitation to my prior claim, and join us in our visit to the academy? A frown settled on the brow of Douglas, while, in a proud tone he replied, 'that de pends; sir, solely on the pleasure of Miss %V ieland.' •Exantly 9n,' nnywered Arthur, 'and . by her derision I am willing to abide.' The young lady was puzzled; she knew not how to answer; prevarication could not avail her; she had given her promise to each of them, and she could not reply with out offending one• or both. At length alter a pause she stammered out, 'Settle it be tween yourselves gentlemen.' • The rivals were nonplussed at —ibis diplo matic answer, and feeling it n point of hon• or and pride that neither should yield, each took his station by the fire place, while a breathless silence reigned in the apartment, broken only by the monotonous sound caused by Miss Weiland in her rocking chair. How long the parties might have continu ed so, it is difficult •to tell, hod not Hannah, Nfiss Wieland's waiting woman, entered in to inform her mistress that Mr. Fitzfaddle waited to convey her in his carriage on a short country excursion. The announcement acted like a shock of electricity on Dougias and Heartbright. The former seized his hat, which, in his confuSion, he dropped, and stooping to re cover it, brought his head in contact with the corner of the piano. Arthur wished her the adieus of the morning, and much enjoyment from her excursion, end gniting the room, was followed by 13, uglas, in not the moat placid humor, suffering as he did from chagrin and the pain arising from his contusion. The two crest-fallen swains, on reaching the door beheld the elegant equipage of Francis Fitzladdle, Esq., in waiting for Miss Wieland, with the effeminate owner reclining in one corner of the carriage, from whose person a 'thousand perfumes exhaled to the contamination of the bland breezes of a beautiful June morning, at tho same moment Hannah affectedly told the servant that her mistress would bo with Mr. t itz• straddle immediately. Heartbright and - Douglas looked at each other; and burst into an immediate fit of laughter, and descending to the pavement, Arthur parodying the lines of Pope repeat ed es follows: .. Wealth makes the man, th• went of It the fellow, The rest is but all loather and prunella"— and together they proceeded up the crowd ed pathway of Broadway. 'Confound that piano,' exclaimed Doug las, 'it has given me something to remem ber her for this month to come.' 'Better to remember her for. n month than to have her for a life time,' said Ar• thur, gaily, 'but your brow shows tokens of diecolorment, and luckily here is my resi dence; will you do me "the favor to enter?' Douglas felt his pride, at this generons offer, humbled, and all animosity to Arthur to vanish. It is singular how calamity makes acquaintance; how the heart clings toe brother in misfortune. It is a beauti• ful principle implanted in our natures by the all-wise Creator, to make us know the help testiness of our condition, by showing how truly dependent we are upon one another. Douglas bowed and thanked him kindly, and entering the dwelling, in a few min utes our two heroes were snugly seated together. A miniature case lay upon the table, part ly open, and ns Douglas seated himself, he recognized the limned features of Miss Weiland, which, Ileartbright perceiving, remnrked, 'you see I have a copy of your lady love. I hope you are not offended;' and he placed the miniature in the hands of Douglas. 'By no means,' replied Douglas, placing it upon the table, as if it had scorched his fingers, 'by no means; I most willingly concede to you the preference. Pray when do you hope to possess the original?' 'When there is not another woman to be had in the world.' At that moment a loud crash, followed by the scream of n female, burst upon their ear. They rushed to the window, and behold a lady and gentleman tumbled from a carriage by the breakage of the axle, and completely covered with the thick black mud of Broadway. 'Heavens!' cried Douglas, 'it is Miss Wieland.' 'And Mr. Fitzfaddle also,' added Heart bright, laughing, and they raised the win• dow and looked exultingly upon the scene, as it was apparent that fright was the only suffering which the lady experienced. As there was no store in the neighbor. hood, the coachman knocked at the door of Ileartbright, and requested permission for his master and Miss Wieland to enter. Fitzfaddle and our heroine know not it was the residence of Arthur, and it may easily be imagined that the feelings of the un lucky pair wero not soothed when they were received by him at the door. He ex pressed his regret at the accident,' and hoped they would soon be able to pro- Ceed on their 'country excursion;' and con ducting the lady to an apartment, he was followed BY Fitzfaddle, minus his hat end . part of his coat, and entirely covered with the delectable mud of Broadway. Dou glas, who had ;met the unfortunate couple at the door with. Arthur, folloWed, enjoying th•:r calamity, and almost unable to re strain his merriment from breaking forth into a buist of laughter, but 'neither Fitz (addle nor Miss Wieland had, as vet, Oe eeived him, and it was only when they reached the apartment, that the lady, al. most nglutst, in n voice of shame and•con• fosion faintingly exclaimed,. 'Oh ! ' Mr. Douglas!' an she looked 'unutterable things. Lie bowed politely, and Arthur having again extended to them the hospitality of the house, took the arm of Douglas, sayiiig, G. I,I7.LOn.INGTOIT 'BOWEN, MIDITOR & PP.OPRIETO7.. .6 The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, Si above all other liberties.”—MlLTon eamp-elrazuratoo 41 , 4/09 wupream)Qart ovwcoatalza asidasi 'Como Douglas, shall we proceed to the exhibition?' Douglas bowed assent, and they quitted the sufferers. A fresh car riage was soon procured, and the lady and gentleman were conveyed to their respec tive dwellings. Fifieen years after this, two splendid mansions rose in Broadway, not far from the scene of Fitzfaddle's disaster. On their doors were inscribed the names of Douglas and . ileartbright: they were the mansions of our young friends, who, singu lir to relate, had, on that very day which we have chosen for the time of our story, nt the exhibition, become acquainted with two beautiful and wealthy sisters. Love soon followed, and marriage was the sequel. A young and lovely family had blessed their unions; happiness and contentment reigned in their bosoms, and our two rivals were now not only in name, but in affec tion, brothers. Miss Wieland still lives in single blessed ness, but suitors, like angel's visits, are few and for between, while poor Fitzstraddle, as the pert Hannah once denominated him, from reverses of fortune, is residing in a plain but comfortable residence in the sit burbs of the city, enjoying like Miss w ie. hind the lonely delights of celibacy. A PRINCELY ESTATE IN MAESACIIUSETT9. —There is probably not so splendid a coun try estate in America, as that described in the following article from Isaac Hill's Farmer's Visiter. It is situated at Water town, 7 miles from Boston, and belongs . to J. P. Cushing. "Mr. Cushing's garden is n most enchan ting and delightful spot; it is the same spot, two and a half miles south of %Vest Cam bridge centre upoa,the heights of Water town, which halt a century ago, was the farm and residence of the late Col. Bond. All the varieties of Vegetable cultivation, shrubs, trees, fruits and flowers of all the various climates, mad here be found.— Tropical trees and fruits, oranges and lemons, figs and dates, pine apples, the cone() and tea plant, the cinnamon and the alspice—indeed, many more than we know how to name, much less to describe—may be found here. The establishment of this garden alone must be kept up at an annual cost appaling to the purse of the most wealthy men of the country; thrown upon the hands of the man with en income of ten thousand a year, the cost of such an estab lishment na the garden would make him shrink from the idea of fixing it among the permanent amusements of his life. The farm of Mr. C. including the walk. and lawns and splendid woodlands, together with the garden, covers about sixty acres; independent of the garden, the whole is in a high state of cultivation. The quantity of hay upon the acre is immense. Fifteen hands were employed hard at hay making on the day of our visit; ten hands is the minimum number employed at all seasons upon the farm; and five men, the most if not all of them trained European gardeners, are kept constantly employed in the gard- en. Such of these as have .families find' their durnicil in a brick house of many apartments, forming the rear part of the wall which surrounds the, garden. The garden consists of two or more acres, and in its centre is a splendid fountain and vase, from which we preburno the whole may by watered at all times. The sides of the close brick walls upon either hand, as well as the latticed fences on the margins of the various walla were decorated with fruit trees,.apricots, peaches, pears, dm. which had been taught to grow in the shape of an open•' fan, with the branches extended in those directions which would compel all the limbs to stand as the side nl a pannel, and thus enable the light and the sun to strike both the tree and its fruits directly upon the side of the wall. Although this position of the tree did not leave Ahem to the freedom of nature, yet the gardeners informed us that these trees bore hotter and more fruit than when left in a natural posi tion. Clusters of ripe grapes were hang inn in this garden on the 12th of July; these wore forced by means of artificial heat, but there were many early fruits, such as peaches and pears that were nearly ripe. Mr. C. is erecting near the front of the garden, a brick dwelling house, which will vie in expense and interior and exterior elegance and convenience, with any ether house probably in the country. This house has already been three years in building and preparation; the work exhibits a per fection in material and arrangement grea• ter than any structure we have ever before seen, it is supposed one if not two years more will be necessary to complete it. Every thing is done on Mr. Cushing's farm to gratify the taste—not hing is done with a view, to making money. Mr. C. will consume every thing raised upon his farm if he can. To - make manure he keeps some hundred and fifty hogs; finding no other practical use for the meat of these, his overseer was obliged as we are informed, to send to the Boston market some eighteen or twenty fat hogs last fall. Mr. C. intro. duced from Europe the finest breeds of cat tle, and,with his characteristic benevolence, presents and •phices some of the best in positions most likely to propagate them.— In his garden the workmen were employed in throwing from a hand engine a liquid preparation calculated to destroy the insects which were upon them, engaged in the work of destruction. A field of hay was curing on his 'premises, not by drying the article in the sun, but by being made up into large cocks, over each of which was =l= throWn an artihcinl covering, calculated and intended to shut out the rain, which the at mosphere then threatened, and which actu• ally fell that same evening. To do the farming and gardening jus tice, wo ought to have spent a week to viewing the processes by which giant vegetation was procured, and the kind of treatment which every variety of thing coming from earth required. Our stop was short; we went into several of the en finished apartments of his splendid house— we had a full view of the Boston State [louse and city trom the balustrade in front; and we left the enchanting scene with the reflection that a man of immense wealth, might make a worse use of his money than Dlr. C. was doing at this point. The in telligent neighborhood of farmers around him will profit by every Introduction of use ful breeds of animals, and by every value-' ' blo experiment which he makes, at the same time, tew of them will envy his supe rior ability to farm and garden on an aston ishing sr.ale; and none of them will ever undertake to be his competitors In produ cing the rarities and curiosities of nature merely to gratify taste, and will) no view to replenish the purse." ....4e 011P'- AN EXTRAORDINARY GIRL.-A letter from Marietta, (0.) in the Cincinnati Chronicle of the Ilth inst, gives the follow• ing account of a remarkable young female artist in the vicmitv of that town AN OnroINAL ENIU9. - It was a pleas ant evening, on the day previous to the commencement, when a friend took me up the Muskingum some miles, to see a lady whom .he deemed -worthy of notice. She was the daughter of a Frenchman, who had been a teacher of that tongue till he pur chased a small farm near this place, and turned his thoughts from the fields of the mind to the fields of corn. It seems that his daughter had seen, about two years since, a new fashioned dress at a ball. On her return, she took a piece of charcoal and drew the dress accurately on the white walls of her room. Her mother seeing it was surprised, and said that she had best paint the rest of the room: Upon this hint, she went on and actually painted the wails of her room with historical drawings, which verb literally "charcoal sketches.' From charcoal she proceeded untutored to oil paintings, and when I was there, had covered the walls of the hall and parlor with most curious end unique works of genius. On the one side of the hall, oppo site the parlor door, she had drawn anoth • er door, half open; and from the opening, herself, large us life, peeping into the hall. Looking through the room door at this piece, the figure seemed actually alive. On another side she had painted the interior of a room, and, seated at a supper table, a gentleman, his wile and little child--the father holding out his hand to watch the laughing infant. In another place was painted tho Elopement. In this she repro sented the window and part of the room of a lady's apartment. She had agreed to elope, but when her lover arrived had re. pented. She stood, with one foot on the window sill, hesitating. He stood outside, looking in, with a pistol to his head, threatening to annihilate himself instantly if she did not go. This had the artist's fancy run wild in the pursuit of images, alike suitable for the pencil of poet or of painter. In such a scene, were genius, vivified, breaks the clods of nature to soar on its wings, in solitude, we may realize that Gray's lines, so often repeated, is not merely a beautiful idea, but a truth—that ..—Many a gem of purest ray serene, Tho dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on tho desert air." It is not literally true, however, that Miss Merlin is "unseen," and there are those here who take an interest in her progress. THE ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN IN TEX- As.—This singular mountain or hill is situ ated on the head waters of the Sandy—a small tributary of the Colorado, about eight miles from Basthrop, in a north-westerly direction. It Is about three hundred feet high, end appears to be an enormous ovul rock partly imbedded in the earth. VY hen the sun shines, the light is reflected from its polished surface as from an immense mirror, and the whole mountain glows with R dazzling radiance, that the beholder who views it even from the distance of four or five miles, is unable to gaze upon ii with out experiencing a painful sensation, simi lar to that which is felt when looking upon the rising sun. The ascent of the hill is so gradual, that persons can easily walk up to the top, but the rock is so smooth and slip pery, that those who make the attempt are compelled to wear moccasins or stockings instead of shoes- This fact, together with the name of the place, Holy Mountain, re minds the visitant very forcibly of the com mand made to Moses at Mount Horeb, 'Put I off thy shoes from off thy feet,' &c. The Camtnanches regard this hill with religious veneration,' and Indian pilgrims frequently assemble from the remotest borders of this tribe, to perform their Paynim rights upon its summit. "What are you doing there all alone in that large house," said a gentleman to un Irishman, the sole occupant of a delapida• ted budding in street. "Sure, and its an officer I am, your honer," said Pot. "An officer—how sot" "Why you •s"n the others are all gone, and I'm a left• tenant." Snot? PEGS. -A paper established nt Meredith, N. H., called the Selknnp Coun ty. Gazette, describes a manufactory of Shoe'Pegs in that place, as follows: We found it in full operation, and were gratified to see its wonderful simplicity, and astonishing rapidity with which wood is converted into pegs. The logs of birch wood, from six to twelve or fifteen inches in diameter, ere taken into the irjll and cut off by a. circular saw, for the length of ' the peg for which they were intender).— the blocks then go through a ',kilning pro cess by which they are made perfectly smooth—they are then creased or marked off for the size of the peg to correspond with its length—the blocks then go-through the splitting operation by which they are cowl verted into pegs of any desirable size—the pegs then undergo the drying process; in' summer by sun, in winter_ or wet weather by the use of a furnace— they are then put into a revolving cylinder, where they are .turned over and over for the purpose of polishing, and finally come gut into a box like a miller's meal trough, from which they are packed into sacks containing from half to n bushel er two or three bushels each, arid being marked and numbered, are ready for market. These pegs are a source of revenue to our community, draw ing a profit from our forests, of which we had no conception until wo witnessed the operation. It is not uncommon to see. ma• ev big teams loaded with pegs from the Meredith Bridge Manufactory. The price of these pegs varies according to their size and quality, averaging, perhaps, a lit tle mono than two dollars to the bushel. From the Now Orleans Picayune. THE UNATTENDED HEARPE.--A mong the many scenes to he now daily witnessed in this city, which excite our sympathy, awaken our commissariat:on, or enlist our pity, an unattended hearse, as it bears its lifeless burthen to the grave, calls up moat quickly from the recesses Of the heart, thoughts shrouded in sorrow feelings robed in regret. W hen we see that one-horse sombre vehicle driven by —when we observe that indifference wall. which the black driver hurries along to the grave vard with his pulseless passenger—is hen we behold not a soul followit ° r after, to perform the last sad rites o'er departed friendship; or to place even the most simple mark of recog. nition over the deceased's grave, we feel that the inhabitant of that rough, unorna mented collie died a desolate stranger! • But, we know not how he lived whether his journey, oven from the - cradle to the grave, was one continued pilgrimage of privation--whether ho was once the inheri tor of wealth—the possessor of consequence, surrounded by butterfly friends, who deser ted him when the summer of his prosperity passed away—or,--whether some loving wife, affectionate mother, or kind-hearted sister is not anticipating his return to a home long deserted, to friends long estran ged, at the very time when his dust is being committed to dust, by a strange hand, in the swamps of New Orleans. We never see an unattended funeral but we teel that we float through life on the ocean of uncertainty ourselves; and at such a time we pray heaven to avert from us a death so distasteful--a grave so gloomy— we pray, if it should not be vouchsafed to us to die among our kindred, that wo may at least be permitted to breathe our last whore we are known—amo g our friends. Dxxxo !Ital.—The follow ng lines from the United States Gazette, have the elo quence of truth to recommend thein: "An active business man is a rational man, and a great blessing to the count-mini ty. He keeps in gratifying exercise the talents which God has given him, which, of itself, is a blessing to him. Ho gives employment to the hand of industry, which is far better than giving alms to the unemployed. These are the legitimate and rational end of active business pursuits and wealthy•getting—the gratification of the active powers and the promotion of industry. But their desire of growing rich, merely to die rich, is one of the most foolish intentions that ever entered the heart of foolish man. Experience has fully and emphatically taught the lesson, that much wealth to heirs, is eight times out of ten, not a blessing but a curse. Its expectation beguiles and spoils all the manly powers—its possession leads to inisjudg ment, excess and finally, exhaustion and ruin. The time will yet come, when men of wealth will be wise enough to make a gradual disposition of their property while living—not prospective, but operative— thereby have an eye to the use which is made of it, and participate in the greatest enjoyment that wealth is capable of giving, that of seeing it do good to others. They will dismiss the foolish aspiration of "dying rich,' which the almost certain reflection that their heir, sooner or later, will die rich." VALUABLE REMEDY FOR DROPAY. following important remedy hiund in "Ray mond's copy of Gunn's Domestic Medicine," R 9 we nre informed, cured some of the most inveterate cases of Dropsy in our city with in u few months.—Lou. Gaz. "Take two finndfulls of the green or inner kirk of tho white or common elder, steep them in two quarts of Lisbon wine twenty four hours. If this wine can not ho had, Tenerifla or Madeira will nniwer, take a gill every morning fasting or more it it can be borne ou the stomach." V'lffiVarß algbo 430420 Boons.—According to Professor Park, the total number of the different books printed, down to the present date, is esti ' mated at 1,000,000 volumes in thu Ger. man language, 800,000 in French, 600,- 000 in English, (including twenty.five thousand American) and 600,000 in all other languagesmaking a total of 3,000,- 000 different volumes, or say 2,000,000 different works. Allowing• only 1200 copies of each work • to have been printed, and supposing all the volumes to be an average si. e, they ,would fo . rrn a solid Pile, larger than the largest Egyptian pyramid, although it is 500 feet high and- 690 feet square at the base; covering 11 acres of ground. The annual number of new pub.• , lientions in Germany is said to be 7000— in Franco it is probably 5000—in Great Britian 3,ooo—and in 'the United States about 500 works or 700 volumes, of which about three fifths are original American productions. TUE PAINTIIII.—Mony men, who have acquired great fame and celebrity in the world, began their career as Printers.— Sir William Blackstone, the learned corn. mentator on Laws, was a Printer by trade. King George 111. learned the art, and fre quently sit type after he ascended the throne of England. We scarcely need mention Franklin, for it is well known to all who are familiar with his name, that ho was a Printer. Alevander Campbell, the greatest Theologian that ever lived, is a Printer. Gentlemen of the 'Craft,' these are gratifying facts; but let us not be con tent that they , alone be held up to the pro fession—let us honor ourselves, and do all we can to keep up, and elevate still higher, the character of our bountiful art. Tho franking privilege has led to mush that was ludicrous, and nobody is likely to forget the story that a member of Congress once franked home his dirty shirts to be washed in a "family way" by his wife; but the correspondent of a dismissed loco foco Post muster at Columbia South Carolina, has lately exhibited an extremely novel mode of franking. The gentleman recent. ly appointed to the Post Office of that town, received a few days since, a packet direct ed to "The Post Master," and upon open ing it found—a pair of Cock Gal lest,— They wore undoubtedly intended for the Post Nlasthr's predecessor, who had proba bly been in the habit of receiving such com munications through the United States Mail and for aught weknow fighting cocks them solves with corn enough to teed them on during the transit We recollect that when this same loco foco Postmaster was re moved to give place to a bettor man, there was a most distressing outcry made about it. Why, if the fellow had been suffered to remain much longer ho would have car ted home his corn fodder in Uncle Sam's vehicles, and as likely as not have cram med his potato.crop into the mail bags. N. Y Cour. tk young lady recently went into a dry goods store, and asked to see some silk stockings. On looking at them she inqui red how high they came, (meaning the price,) to which the clerk—a lad just from the country—replied, don't exactly know, but I guess they come up to the kneel' "W hat's that horse out of?' said a fellow, with a view to quiz a farmer's boy, who was riding an old horse which showed more bone than blood. '.Out .of?" "Yes, what's he out of—do yeu know?" '•Yes 1 do." ~ W ell, what?" "Out of oats." Themietocles, the great Athenian gene ral, being asked whether he would change to marry his daughter to an indigent man of merit, or to a worthless man of great estate, replied, that he should prefer a man without an estate, to an estate without a man. Mr. Stoltz, the celebrated London Tai lor, has contributed the sum of 55601.' together with a large plot of ground, for the erection of a comfortable and perma nent building for thirty•three pensioners (with their wives) Of the institution "tor the relief of aged and decayed journeymen tailors." THE Durum; Gnosr.—The Dublin pa. pers are busy with a marvelous ghost story. One John Fortune, a porter on the Rings town Railway, has appeared to his sister, a servant, after his own death, and dul3 in structed her to pay some small debts, the memory of which prevents his repose.— One of ,these , was 3d, for some cherries which he bought of a stall woman near the station; and the largest 3s. for drink on sundry occasions. It is said that these are all found to have been correctly stated by the late Mr Fortune, though in some instances the creditors had forgotten the matter. In one case the ghost, by divers knocks, manifested a decided objection to one Mrs Marshall's be:ng paid a claim for more than was justly duo to her-9s. in etead.of 25.; the creditor ultimately found that she was mistaken, and not "old True ' penny." A good criterion by which to judgelho disposition of a man, is to watch him when he passes by some boys playing marbles. A kind man will step out of the way and let the littlo fellows have thiqr sport 'out, while a crabbed one will push thro.tp{► the 'ring,' knocking 'taw' arid marble. to the douse.
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