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D. 1. 11:r1"..1f.:: E:111‘11!‘ ASI) PROPILIETOR
VOL. XVIL-19.1
ORPHANS' COURT SALE. •
N pursuance of an order of the Orphans'
Court of Blair county, there will be
sold at public outcry, on the premises, on
Thursday the 25th day of February inst.
THAT 'VA LU Alt LE FARM,
situated within two miles of Martinsbuli .
in North Woodberry township, Blair coun
ty, on the road leading to Hollidaysburg,
late the property of John Shiiller, ilcc'd,
adjoining lands of Jacob Shinier, David
Martin, and others, containing
147 .4 CR ES,
94 of which are cleared and under fence,
tt►ld in a high state of cultiv;►tion, the bal
ance is well Tin►bered. The improp•c
-• tents are a
Two.siory Log House,
a large BANN KAHN, and the
necessary other out-buildings, There is
an eNcellent Orchard of choice Fruit i there
is a large Spring of never-failing limestone
Water. They° is also an excellent mead
ow upon the said Farm, and 1110143 that
could be made. This is a very desirable
property for any person wishing to make
a profitable investment.
'ferias of Sale :—One-third in band,
and the balance in two equal annual pay
ments, to be secured by bonds or bonds anti
mortgage. By the Court,
JOSE PH tiNI rr 1, Clerk.
Attendance will be given by JOHN
SKYLES, Trustee for the Heirs
Feb. 'l2, 1847
PUELIC SALE.
IVILL be ;exposed to Public Sale, at
the residence of the subscriber, in
Cumberland township, Adams county,
.Oil "Tuesday /he 23d if February ins/.
the following Property, to wit :
-,,,. III 1? F ; E 11 1: I 1) () F ; I . 4AuTirtr!, Tnurairrs.—There's some-
I ,, ;rivec
-
t i AIVOIRK HORSES', ' • thing.ouchingly beautif u l in words when
t
, 16 and two Colts, (0„, of „,hi t .i i rightly put together. •• They leave an im
pression that eau never be draeed. We
• , ....—"'" - - - t" —. 2, is two anti the other three years
oltl,) Horned Cattle awl Hogs, Horse have mild ilg4ilb till it is familiar to us as
G ears, 1 threeshorse Wagon, (nearly new) the face of a friend, the following splend
-1 onOiorso dn,, Bleuglis, Harrows; double id " li g ht ' a " Yet eve ry time we se" it
and single Shovel Ploughs, flay Carriage, 'tis as fresh and as beautiful as ever. The
author we know not, but he deserves to be
ime,horse Sleigh, Winnowing Mill, with
immortalized for this moreean alone
sareen, Cutting Box, Wheelbarrow', &e.
,
&c., with all other implements used for . "How beautifuly falls
farming. Also, great variety of
From human lips that blessed word, roan! VI. i
a
Forgiveness—'fis the attribute of God
110USeli9111 & Kitchen Furniture . The 4uollll whieh ( T enet
1 h heaven—renews again
On Earth lust Eden's faded bloom, and flings
o:insisting Z.: part of Bedsteads and Bed, itope'sllakyon hate o'Cr the. waste of life.
ding, 'Valdes, Chairs, Corner a7.nl liitehen Thrice happy he whose heart has been so schooled
Cupboards, 1 ten-plate Stove and Pipe, 1 In the meek lessons of humanity,
imparts •
r,
risittium Cook do. mid apparatus, Meat iat he can give it utperance ;it
elest..al gramkor 1.0 flit honom soul,
VCSAOIB, And a variety of other prtieles too '
And maketh man an angel.
numerous tn mention.
:--- • - .
1t....-Sale to commence at 10 o'clook, 4, V, [ . nquvvr ExTuAcr.—eqleneration af
at., on said day, when due attendance and
. ter (reiteration," says an eloquent writer,
a nine months credit will be given by "have kit as we feel, and their fellows
AI. EX ANDER C011174N, of S. were as active as our own, .They passed
Jfeb. 12. 1 0 away like a vapor, while nature Wore the
ADMINISTRATOR'S S i ft}, , OF
1 sante aspect of heautv as when her Crea
tor commanded her t . o be, The heavens
• _Personal Propert y.
.pliall be as bright over our graves as they
~.-..--, now are aromid our paths, 'rile world
111 E Subscriber, Administrator , with will have the same attractions for our off
rj
the will annexed of Wm. M'CLEL- spring yet unborn, that she had once for
LAN, deceased, Will expose to Public Sale, ourselves, and that she has now for onr
at the residence of Peter Martin. (Rock children. Yet a little while and all of this
Creek Farm,) in Strube!) township, Ad- will have happened. The throbbing heart
ems county, on ' will bo stilled, and we shall he at rest,—
Our funeral will wind on its way, and the
Friday the 2 Oth day of February i»sl.
prayers will be said, and our friends will
a variety of the Personal Property of said
deceased, Including .
. all return, and we shall be left in darkness.
And it may be foi a short, time that
, r 0... F 1 1"% 11 /. 4 11 (-) F we shall be spoken of, but the things of
'O/1
Yi! HOUSES,
life Ivill creep in, and our names will soon
-',
A O ~., . llorsergeattS, one fettr-horse be forgatten. Days will continue to move
harrow tread . Wagon. a set of Wood Lad: on, and laughter mal sung will be beard in
ders, Ploughs and !farrows, 4 Cultivators,
_the p I ma! i n which we di n d ; and the eye
double Shovel Ploughs, '.l Cutting Boxes, that mourned for us will be dried, and glis
a first-rate Winnowing Mill, Log Chain, ten again with joy; and even nu children
Rakes, Forks, Crowbar, Shovels, Mattock ; will pease to think of us, and will not re
-0)90 member to lisp our names,"
1 50 Bushels of Wheal,
Tml , E.—Charles Lever, in his new work
the bushel ; also a lot of prime Clover_ :
seed and Timothy Seed, together with a
of tiS.t. Pat rick's Eve," remarks on the
variety of other articles. Sale to coin- tender P uss "' as follows ;_—The g ame of
velvet or hodden gray. ileneath
!imitate at 1 o'clock, it, 31 : when attenda love is the same, whether the players be
nce . _
11)
end a reasonable'credit will be given by clad
WM. KiNfi, Alper. the . gilded ceilings of a palace, or the lowly
is
ratters of a cabin, there are the same jeal
onsies, and distrusts, and despondings '; for
YAUABLE TOWN PIIONTTY after pll, i
the stake is human happiness,
. -4 - • 11 holier he who risks tbe a peer or peas- ,
sit Public Sale. ,40 !"
Feb. 12, 1847
NvILL be offered at Publip liafo r 4 . 4 ~.: Thstir ISE or shun the fact as we will,
the 22d of Fe(»wary, at Mc Court, woip must love with all her soul, or she
'louse in the borough of Gettysburg, al. 1 ceases to be a womaii, Nhe may love an
•
.7 ~ o'clock, p. M., a ' : idea, or a cold-hearted selfish man, or one
•-,
ie.. HOUSE •& LOT, why gives the deep passionate love of a
me..,
II I ,:•,,
_ -...-- s it ua t e f p yilallrnerSbUrg spool,
c
in said Borough, an 4 adjoining the Jimhc
hild, pr a lap-dog, o r a it, pr a bird, or
s
ran Church. Attendance will hegiven4mdome gold fishes; any, or all of these she
terms made known by
__ may love, but love she must;
D,ljE.Oir'Y , W
„,.
• ooits's Coen/to s : .— tv omen never
dgenl of ..ilary 11P11 u, stands out in open, franl; and fearless bolt)
.'fiL reliej; with her intellect sharpened beyond
THE PIIIIEN4.KQSAII4N
the teachings of custom aid habit, and stip :
CIETY of Pennsylvania Col Portuti & pit).
by courage plat to meet an untFied
-,
emergency, but she has been dragged into
iege will celebrate, in the F i nglish l i miter -
the position by,some string to her heart,
ill Church, Gettysburg, its Niveentlt An
piverSary on the evening 0 the '44.1(y . l'eb r ! c. • ill - ,
ong.cAsm.—Bowe people vent their
Tuary next, the exercises to pommeitee at- 1 .
the , ,
~
tumour in sarcasm upon n WiIOIC worm;
7 o'clock. and the disgorgement, like the eficet of an i
Several addresses will be delivered by . -
1. e oette upon the physical system, restores
.active members of the Society ; and smut- - 1
'of their inituls t to the usual cow! :
Me music will he proettred 'for the met.. the !°. 9 . e
- - lIIIIIIIN%
sion. The honorary memlters of the No—
ciety and tie public gene'rally are respeyt- Perterto fearlessly what you ,belieye to
billy invited fo,attend, . be right. Never miod , the oPposition
IV. 11. Nokup, p. spinipr.q, ; Fp l ade by your enemies. They cannot'
IV. 11, Wat 1 pit ow, 'l, 1i.,•41u,Eq, harm you. The thrusts of those who
E. m e l' nEr i„, oN , Committee, hate or CIIVV , NOU Iviii never hurt von if
...._,; ..
. yeb. 5, 11317,' • ' td you are faithful to your' duty.: . • .
•
_____
Jan. 22, 1847
THE LANDING OP Tiff.
11 Y mns. HEMANS
' Their dauntless howls no meteor lot
in terror o'er the ocean :
From bit , 'le awl front PIM' 1 hry ilcil
'Tolleaven owl its drvotion."
Dt, I. avaliing waves daslml high
0 a stern and roek-bottnd e 111.11,
, he woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches toss'd ;
Afid the heavy night hung dark
The }dila and vallie-s g'er ;
When a band of exiles mooed their bark,
01, the wild New England shore,
Not as the chngnercr comes,
They, the trite-hearted, calms
Nat with the roll of u' stirring (Irmo,
And the trumpet that sings of Faine;
Not as the flying come,
In silence and in fear;
Thee shook the depths of the desert gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer
Amidst the storm they sang ;
And the stars heard, and the sea!
And the sonniling aisles of the dim woods Nag
'co the anthems of the free!
The ocean eagle Honed
From his nest by the while WilVere foam,
And the rocking pines of the ((west roartd—
l'his waS their welcome bottle !
There were Men « ith hogry hair,
Amidst that pilgrim baud—
Why had they come to wither there,
Away from-their .childhood's
'There was woman's fearless eye,
Lit by her deep f a ce's truth ;
There was manhood's brow serenely high ;
And the fiery heart of youth.
What sought they thus afar
Bright jewels of the mine !
The wealth of setts, the spoils of wltr
They sought ffir pure
Aye! call it holy ground,
The soil where tint they trod
have left uustain'd what there they limed,
. Freetlom to wursl.tp God !
GETTYSBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1847
MGM
FATHERS
INTEMPERANCE.
One serene evening, in the Middle of
1 have been for more than forty years a August, ITN, Capt. Warrens, the master
close observer of life and manners in v
m i. of the Greenland, whale ship, found him
ous parts of the United States, slid I know self becalmed among an immense number
not the evil that will bear a Moment's cony of icebergs, in about 77 degrees of north
partson with intemperance. It is no ex- i latitude. On one side, and within a mile
a,geration to say, as has been often said, of his vessel, these were closely wedged
together, and a succession of snow-colored
that this single cause 114/3 produced more I
s i n peaks appeared behind each other as far as
vice, crime, poverty, and wretchednes
every form, domestic and social, than all I the eye could reach, showing that the o
the other ills that scourge to, enw hi ne d,, an was completely blocked up in that
In truth, it is scarcely possible to meet quarter, and that it mid probably been so
with misery in any shape in this country,l for a long period of time. Capt. Warrens
! which will not be found on examination to ; did not feel altogether satisfied with his
have proceeded, directly or indirectly, from I situation ; but there being no wind he
i
/ the excessive use ofardent spirits. Want 'could not
comove one way or the other, and
lis one of its immediate consequences.—' he therelthe kept a strict Watch, 'miming
'Fite sad spectacle of starving and destitute I that he would be safe as long as the 1 cc
! families, and ofignorant, hall-naked, vicious ; bergs continued in their respective places.
' children, ought never to be presented in a ; About midnight, the wind rose to a gale,
,
country like this, where the demand for la-,I
accompanied by thick ShOWor.s 111 . ',1110w, I
bur is constant, the field unlimited, the I while a succession of tremendous thunder-1
, sources of o
supply inexhaustible; ; big, grinding, and crashing noises, gave 1
there are none to make us afraid; and it 1 fearful evidence that the ice was in motion. I
never would he presented, or very rarcly i The vessel received violent shocks every
indeed, iv ere it not for the desolation Mt:t i ght moment; for the haziness of the atmos- I
upon families by the general use of this' phere prevented those on board from dis- I
deadly poison. It paralySes the arm, tile' covering in what direction the open water I
brain, the heart. All the. best affections, I lay, or if there actually was any at all on '
all the energic.4 of the min), wither under either side of them. The night 'was spent
its influence, 'Ole man hecomes a maniac, 'in tacking as often as any cause of dan
and is loeked tip in a hospital, or imbrues' ger happened to present itself, and in
his hands in the blood of his wife and , the morning the storm abated, and Capt.
ehildren, arid is sent to the gallows or doom-; TrrenA fund, to his great joy, that his
0(1 In thc penitentiary ' or, if he escapes ' ship had not sustained any serious ittiury,
these consequences, he becomes a walking' He remarked with surprise that the acct-
pestilence on the earth, miserable in him- mutated icebergs, which had on the pre
self, and loathsome to all who behold him.' ceiding evening formed an - impenetrable
How often do we see, too, whole fiunilie Q ' harrier, had been separated and disUrrang
contaminated by the vicious example of the ed by the wind, and ie one place a canal
parent ; husbands, wives, daughters, and ; of open sea wound its course toothig them
SOBS, all druokards and furies; sometim e s as far as the eye could discern.
.
wtves murdering-their husbands; at others ' It was two miles beyond the entrance of
husbands their wives ; and worst of all, if this canal that a ship made it appearance
worse can be in such a gwup of horrors, ! about noon. The sun shone brightly.at
children murdering their paredis. But be-' the time and a gentle breeze blew from the
low this grade of crime how touch is there ; north, At (list sonic itherypoing ipehcrgs ,
of unseen and untold misery, throughout prevented - Capt. Warrens fro th distinetl4
our otherwise happy land proceeding from „letting any doni bat her masts ; but he was
this fatal cause alone. 1 a m pursuaded; struck with the strange manner in which
that if we could have a statistical survey ; her sails were disposed, and With the dis- I
and report of the aflairs of unh a ppy fami- ; mantled aspect of her yards and rigging.'
lies and individin ) s, with the causes of their She continued to go before the wind for a I
misery annexed, we should find nine eases I few ferlongs and then grounding open the
put of ten, if not a still greater proportion,' low icebergs, remained motionless.
' resultir.g Igloo the use of ardent spirits a- !
,lone. 'With this conviction,which sec lost Capt. Warrens' curiosity was SO much
-- --- , excited that .he immedietely leaped into
to have become universal among reflecting '
his boat with several seamen, and rowed'
'
men, the apathy shown to the comb:eat:cc towards her, On approaching he observ- i
of the evil can only Im . ascribed to the car_ towards
that her hull was miserably weather- 1
" instance that the mischief ' "' u g h verbal-. beaten, and not a soul appeared on deck, I
' ly admitted„is not seen and felt in all its
cnormity. If some fatal plague of a con-
which was covered with'snow to a consid
crahle depth.
lle hailed her crew several
tageous character, were it nported into our
times , but no answer was returned. Pro- 1
country, athl had commenced its ravages
clots to stepping on board, an open port ;
in our cities, we should see the most prompt
hole near the main chains caught his eye, I
attd vigorous measures at once adopted to and on looking into it, he•perecived a man 1
repress ;ma extinguish it: but what are the'
reclining back pit a chair, with Writing ma-
most fearful plagaes that eve'. carried death terials op a Ode beforo him, but the fee
and havoc in their train through the easter') hleness of die light
inade every thing , indis _ i
countries, compared with E is'! 1•1
“ t Y are i tine. The party went upon deck, and I
occasional; this is perenthal, I I
'-'- ' e Y are removed the hatchway, which they I
"" "mal b y cibt l ate ur }flare; this malady : leaving
fo„„d closed, they d„cethled to the
Oof all climates, and all times and places. ; bin. 'I 'ley Toe:, first came to the apartment
They kill the body at once t
' the
port-hole. A tr
this "' mates I which Capt. Warrens viewed through
both body ,lid soul by a lingering: and
I
e
drcatlful death involving the dearest con
'as he entered it. Its in mour 'seized him
mate retained
new.ions in die vortex of ruin. What
P a ' ,
: his former position, and seemed 'to be
rent, however exemplary himself can feel
insensible to strangers. Ile was found
that his son is safe while the !Milo.
_four to . to be a corpse, and a green damp
tain of poison is within his reach! God ;
i mould had covered his cheeks and ford:
s g t ,: l i l l i _ i . t d , 111 i i i l l t tiiiiiitsu it ay country b a c t e 7 o 7 s ' L a 1 1 '1 ' ‘ ', t h ' i l r t i ' t "' : : I head and veiled his open eye-balls. Ile '
I had a pen in his hand, and a log-book layl
relief, what delightful relief, would it be to, , . he n}, ,••
..4 oclore t h e last senesce in whose told
turn from the awful and horrid past, to the ;
finished page ran thus :—“Nov. 14, 17Q2.
pure, peacethl. and happy future and to see
n; We have now been enclosed in the ice
g ti e me m s , ( l ,: ri :. l e g i s ic o m i : e l ( i i re o ' l'imedvie.ereybru:l7;l health , I seventeen daYs. The lire went out yes-,
ten ay and our master has been trying ev-
industry, and prosperity,
peeingtdow around I .
us ; the alters of domestic
ICr stne ' e to 'kitolle it without success. His
ad love ;
wre di e d ; . .
i t his mowing. These is no re
rutliledled in every flintily ; and the relig
-1 lief—"
- ' ! • , I
ion of the Saviour presented with a fair
field for its celestial action. Capt. Warrens and his seamen hurried
The progress already made hr Our tern- from the spot without uttering a word.—;
peranee societies, in advancing tliis e golden I On entering the principal cabin the first!
. e orioin i obi
age, proves dicta to be of a divine „ • - • .
object that attraeted tiler}' attention was the
Nayitthe Almighty crown his own work dead witty of a female reclining on a bed I
ivith full and speedy success. ; in an attitude of deep interest and atten-
I tion. ller countenance retained the fresh
ness
of life, and a contraction of the limbs
showed that her form was inanimate,—_- ,
Seated a 4 the floor was the corpse of an
apparently young man, holding a steel in I
one hand and a flint in the other, as if in
the act of Strikiog fire upon sonic tinder,
which lay beside him. In the foreprt of
of the vessel several sailors were found ly
ing dead in their berths, and the body of a
the'
gangway
boy was crouched at the bottom of the
gang-way stairs. Neither provisions nor
fuel could be discovered any where, but'
Capt. Warrens was prevented, by the so- ,
perstitious`prejudices of his minion, from
eTarnining the vessel as minutely as he
wished to•do. 11e therefore carried away
the log-book already meetioacd, and Muni?
ed to his own ship, and immediately steer
ed to the southward, - deeply impressed
with the awful ek.aniple which he had just
witnessed of the danger of navigating the
Polar seas:in high northern latitudes.
On returning to. England he made vari
ous impiiries respecting vessels that had
disappeared in an unknown way, and,
by comparing the results of thole with
written documents in ; his possession :
information which was afforded by the
Ito aseerpained the name and history
of the ituprisoned ship, and of her mit
been frozen thirteensears previous to the
fortunate master, and found that she had
ono' the ice
--.-11 - cdtmutacr Review.
time of his discovering her am
AN OLD STORY Nvw , VAMPED.—Two
Irishmen, on landing in this country and
sitting down to their first diiinur on shore,
found on the tattle a dish of prepared inns
ta.rd, which neither of them had ever hap
pened to meet before. One of them took
O spoonful at a venture, which quickly
brim& deluge pf tears qver his faee,r-,-
"What are you prying for?" asked his
companion. "I was pryipis at the recol
lection of my poor father, who was hung
twenty years ago." The dinner pFogeed
ed, and soon the other made a cljye into
the mustard, with a result similar to the
former. "What arc you crying for ?" was
the grave !nqoiry of his comrade.
tOl an; crying because you were not hug
yoUr
.lather was
Quigous fj4i t euiATloN.—.lt has been
calculated that a single penny out at 5 per
cent. compound interest at the birth of our
savior, would have produced in the year
1,fi40, the enelmous'sym of 0p0p41,000,-
000 000, 000, - 000 , 0 00 , 00,000,000,000
. •
sterling, which would mal t w l bulk of solid
gold 110 million thuds the magnitude o f
the whole earth ; whilst at simple interest
the same stiiu the same space of time
would only have produced 7s. Od:
ThOre is now got sjngle Distillery in
the State of Delaware. 'rhe last one,. we
notice, "blowetLoot" last week ! A pied
tjiat:
"FEARLESS AND. FrigEK."
BY WILLIAM
AWFUL DISCOVERY.
The "Brltish” rarly.”
Our opponents, in times past, have been miner,
kably fond of characterizing the Whigs as the "Brit
ish party," and the principles recognized and advo
cated by Whig statesmen as those which found fit,
vor with the dependents of royalty across the ocean.
This catchword has proved a charm potent enough
to solve more than ono difficult political problem,
and to allay more than one symptom of . disaffection
in "the party," when the policy ofleaders has seem
ed too objectionable, or that of their opponents too
reasonable and proper. white years, and especial-.
ly since the enactment of the Tariff of IMO, the
epithet "British" has been more charily used, and
less frequently figures in Locofoco journals.—
Whether because of the active mid acknowledged
sympathy avowed by English journals and English
statesmen for the financial policy of the present
ministration, or of a consciousness that this policy
is essentially "British" in its features—we know
not. Certain it is, however, that the• Locofoco par•
fy anti its politics have met with much favor from
those with whom the Whig party has time and a
gain been charged with sympathising, and that the
leading British papers evince a singular anxiety for
the success of our opponents and their policy, Ev
idence of this has frequently been furnished by quo
tations from these journals. We have before us a
recent number of the "Glasgow Argus," iii which
an article is devoted to American politics, mid the
editor thus gives his views :
"Our relations with the transatlantic re
public are now so intimate that it is impos t
sible for us to overlook any decided change's '
which may from time, take place in the at
titmle of parties there. In some respects
we have sympathies in common with - both
the great parties Iyhich divide public opin
ion in the United States between them, in
others we have the very reverse. In a
commercial point of viety the democratic
►warty ill the States are our "natural allies,"
their views, with some local exceptions, ac
cording with those of England, on the im
portant subject of the freedom of trade.
But here all that is common between us
.ends—tand we straightway find ourselves
nil a region of antipathies. There is some
thing about democratic poliey, bOth4lomes
tic and Ibreign, which shocks every princi
ple of right•whiclt we are accustomed to
respect, and sets al, defiance, every maxim
of propriety which we are wont to cherish.
It is in this latter respect that our sympa
thies with the Whig party are found to ex
'tit. There is a greater air of decency
thrown over all the movements of the Whig
party, which Mark their domestic policy,
whilst in their foreign intercourse they
conduct themselves in a manner far more
elevated and decorous than their opponents,
readily acknowledging the amenability un
der which they labor to public opinion.—
But here, again, we are compelled to part
company with them. Their commercial
anti financial views and practice are com
pletely at war with the noticiqs go mitten
cy and trade now so prevalent amongst us,
and in direct collision with our interest.
.0 4 ' By the late advises from America.
Lea,
Would appear that the Whigs are carrying
every thing before them, both in the State
and Congressional elections. This does
not look very promising for us, commer
cially speaking, nor does it look very en
couraging for Mr. Polk."
.TurtEF; FAULTS of NurisF:s.-4. To
lisp in baby style, when the same' words
in an endearing tone would please as well;
the reverse should be—lhe voice clear, em :
phatic,4nd every sylahle distinctly articu
lated for imitation, 2. To tell of witches,
ghosts and gobliHs: such superstitions, im
pressed upon young minds, are rarely got
tea rid of. 3. To dircet a child kraut like
a Irian: whereas it is often übecotning fora
little boy to ape the man, but only to con
form his demeanor to his age; every age
has its decorousness.—f Firshinglon Foun
lain.
DOCTOR OIALMERS.-h is well known
that the genius and eloquence of this pop
ular clergyman, during his stay at Glascow,
attracted immense crowds to his church,
and die feeling of disappointment when q
stranger entered the pulpit. was too visible
fur any divine to mistake it.
On one occasion. the Rev. Dr.
of 4ayin g i ll a4c an exchanoe with
Dr. Chalmers, was sp stru4 nd irritated
on entering the pulpit, with the reluctant
advance of the assembling auditory, and
the quiet retreat of many from the pews,
that he stood up and addressing the congre-
PtitPli
“We will not begin the public worship
of God, till the chaff blows oi .”
We need not say, that these words ha fl
the desired effect, and that the auilience
became stationary under this severe rebuke.
STATISTICS OF Pilitia pro?
rer there are 367,000,000 inhabitants, and
in the dependencies of Mantchounie, Mon
golia, Turkestan, Thibet, about 40,-
000,000, making a total of four hundred
millions of people under one government!
The popnlatiqii, of the whole earth is 'esti : .
mated at from 800 to 1,000 millions, so
that the Chinese Government embraces
gne-h4the population of the Iyhole Wcirlgt-
A poet asked a gentleman what he thought
of his last proditelion, - ”An Ode toSleep."
The latter replied, •You have done so mulch
justice to the subject that it is impossible
to read it iyithout'feeling its whole weight,"
neyer complained of my condigon,."
said Safi, ”but once, when my % teet were
bare, and I had no money to buy shoes ;
but I met a man without feet, and . fneume :
contented with mrlot."
TERMS--TWO DOLLARS ; FE! Amaph.l
° WHOLE NO. 881.
THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.
ILTTeeDurOpean papers by the last Foreign
rival come freighted with most harroWing details,
of. misery, su64g, and starvation, in Ireland,
Scotland, and l'lnce, and .it is only a melancholy
consolation to, feel that while we are freed from
these frightful distresses, we are enriching our-
selves in all branches of trade by the sufferings or
our fellow-men. The British Government, it
seems, is fully awakened to the magnitude of its
duties, and is discharging thlnn to the best of its
ability. The Navy of England is to be employed
in a brighter sphere. than it ever was before, even
when led by its most illustrious Admirals; and
that is, in the transportation of food for the suffer
ing Irish. The British Ministry, it is also stated t
hare determined to suspend the Navigation Laws,.
so as to allow the vessels oS evecy puAtTy toitkring
provisions to the British shores—to repeal the du:
ties of last session on the importation of grain-
and to prohibit the, use of grain in Itrew•eries and
distilleries. It was hoped that these measuraa
would stop all further the in the price of food, and
even depress it.
Much suffering from scarcity-of footi Ike exists
throughout Scotland and Frence, though itp,t to'so,
ghat a degree as in Ireland, where a total failure
of the Potatoe crop has deprived the mass of the
population of that which hitherto constituted their,
principal, aqd in many oases their only, means or
food. Large co,ntributiqns in money 'have been
made in England for the relief of the sufferers,
stihscriptions were still being taken up. The So.,
ciety of Friends alone had contributed 91100,000
and appointed a committee to, distribute in persoq
Queen Victoria subscribed 8;0,0.00 ; Prince Alber.
$'.2.500 ; Lord John Russell $l5OO ; Sir Robert Pee
$lOOO, &c.
Annexed we give a few extracts ,which will
givq_ome idea of the destitintion and suffering
that prevails throughout Ireland. A letter to•thq
London Herald, dated at Dublin, Jan: 2, says: •
Willie accounts - from ell parts of Ireland
are this day heart-rending. Death from
starvation is now so common that - it scarce-.
ly excites notice. One gentleman, from
Maya, writes--LAD.eath is now so common
that wakes are seldom attended ; and dm,
bodies are conveyed silently by a fes,
friends to their graves—the foljpwcrs bei
in appearance as ghastly-asheir • rt ,
relatives or friends.' It is impossit
do stiflicient justice te the patient ens
ranee of the iiheple under this
..• •. visi ••
tation."
John Coghlan, parish priest of Eilkelly, county
of Mayo, thus writes to the London Times :
“Two months ago my parishioners ex,
ceeded 0,000 souls ; they are now consid
erably.reduced below that number—fleath
by-starvation has made its fearful ravages.
iPhis week two persons have died of him. :
!ger, one a girl named Nary Dodd, aged 10 1
the other a man named .lines O'Donnell,
aged 53. I attended another last night dy 7
ing of starvation. Of the entire number
(aboot §,00) now living, I sdlernnly de
dare, to the best of my opiniori l 4141 not
more than 200 have more to support na
ture than half a meal in the 24 hours.,-:
The corn is all gone ; not even the seed
for the ensuing year remains. The turnips
arc all used. We have no Indian meal ?
Oh, sir, if ever suffering humanity corrr 7 •
mantled your sympathy, the dying Ilestitu 7 '
tion of my parishioners loudly does. Day
and night I am importuned for food.”
In the parish of Conf , „ 27 deaths occurred, in
one week. P.ov. Patrick Fitzgerald, curate of
Kilgeovey, thus illustrates tl}e intensity of the fa:
"I shall never forget the impression
made on my mint! a few thlys ago by a
most heart7rentling ease of starvation.
have witnessed the poor mother of five in .
a family sending her little children; almost
lifeless from hunger, to bed, and, despair. :
ing glover seeing them alive, she took her,
last leave of them, 11l the morning, her
first act was to touch their lips with her
hand to see if the breath of life still
mained ; but the poor mother's fears were
not groundless, for not a breath could site.
feel from some of her dear little children ;
that night buiied 'then} in' the night of eter.:
nity."
The Cork Examiner thus sumo up the pate of
things in the neighborhood of Skibbeleen:
girt the parish of Kilmoe, 14 died or
Sunday : ; of these were buried in coffins,
11 were buried without ether covering
than the rags they wore when alive. -1411
died in the Skibbereen workhouse in ono
month : fi have died in one day ! Rev.
Mr. Clancy says that in oneliouse.he ad: 7 '
Ministered' the 'last rites of
. weiigion to six'
persons, and on a subsequent occasion-pre
pared for death a father and a daughterly : .
ing in the same bed. Mr. Marmion says ,
that work on the public read is even more
destructive than fever; for the - unfelt
wretches have not energy enough to keep ,
their blood in circulation, and they
downfrom the united effects of cold an 4
, hunger, never tq rise again : " - • '
. ,
Mr. Webster publishes in the National - Intent : . ,
gencer a long fetter, received by a friend from
Dublin, describing the condition of lieland;l4 -
which the destitution is repressillo 9s iming 036 4, ~' -
appalling. Many were leaving for y.agland , u4
the Cnntinent, while vat numbers *illi,i t 4 "
wards America,.. The writer says:
What amazes me 'nest is ho the peal
pie contrive to support eziste e. .rhe.
n ?n
pigs are gplip ; the poultry are ettleti,.oF. 2
sold ; the very , dogs have been dy'OncA
lest they ihould cat any Thing that could
support human ljte. The people live on
titruipa, which, instead of 'Wog gtfrelE49
cattle, are sold at is pe , cwt, '- .' ' e-' , -4,'
t