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MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend the serval Courts in Potter and Irgenti Counties. All bugiuess entrusted in his care will recrilve prompt attention.- Otiice-:on Main st.,.oppo iite the Court House. . • 10:1 • W. KNOX, ITTORNI Y 'AT LAW, Coudersport. Pa., will regularly: attend the Courts in Potter and Pie adjoining Counties, 10:1 ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, 11TORNEY - COL: B ,;SELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business -entrusted to his care, with promptnes and tidt - ity. Office in Temperance Block, scc ond door, Main St. : 10:1 ISAAC BENSON. • TIOILNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all, business entrusted to liitn:with care and promptness.• Office corner of -West and Third tats. .10:1 C. L: HOYT, 4 CIVIL ENGINEER, SURVEYOR and '.i DRAUGHTSMAN, . Bingham, Potter Co.. , Pa., will preiruptly and efficiently attend to all business entrusted to him. First-class professional references can be given if . , re quired. - 10:29-Iy* J. 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OLMSTED, IN DRY GOODS, ItEADY-MADE g, Crockery, Groceries, Sc., Main st., 10.1: RIMY, iz BOOKS 4i STATIONERY, MA-G - S and 31Osio, 'IV, corner of Main rd. sta., Coudersport ; . 0: 1 : MAIM GLUON, • • and TAILOR, late from the City of England.. Shop opposite Court coldepTort, Potter Co. Pa. . -- Partieular 'attention paid to 'CUT• 10:35-1y. 'LUSTED. : i: : ; S. D. :194LLT, OLMSTEp a; KELLY, SHEET IHty st„ lieati,t'',eitOsito the COnit Coutieriport,' Pa. 'Pia aid Sheet flare made ordei'.l . l4 good stile, ow notice.. 1Q:1 OUDEIiSPORT HOTEL, Proprietor; -Corner of and Second Streets, Coudersport; Put- Pa. • ); 2:44 ALLEGANY -HOUSE;'' :L 11.- MILLS, Proi;rir' Colesburg r Co., Pa., seven miler , -of Cou 'it on the 'Wellsville 9:44 -NUMBER: 3.9. Ike' New " ONLY A PiCTUBB. plettireend is that all • Only a picture -upon-the wall: • IhestMle so becomiug, the. chcek so bright; The eye ;so; daneing Lalmost•fancy - my baby boy •• -; i s ••• is springing; to me in, his .pr ride and jo—i But 'tis uul'y a picture upon; the wall,.`", • A — silent picture—and that is ':.• Only a lock of silken. hair hying - slime in its • casket . theiel- • • ' ; • ‘‘.'.her.ia the headthat in . eportice glee . . Was wont to toss it so careless anii, free? Theliiibi bead . tliat upon - idy bieast '; So lovingly nestlC;l:eack . night to lest;: Only.n locket-ofsilhen,hair - IS lying alone in' its r eaiket there l't 1 - • Clay 'shoe that is 'Soiled itdd torn ll' • • ! But-where is the - foot that that slioe Inas liPorn'l The darling foot, so dimpled attd•sailtll). That made music so-'merry in'ititainbee and •. • hall!? ..• • • • • • ;;.! • Oh, to catch of that little.step one sound, ;I . How wildl,f now would my pulses licitnidi But there is only a shoe that is soiled and torn —j 'fhe. foet -conies no- more that. that' shoe: ]tits worn.. ; t, I • I " I Only these relies—and nothing motejl•-1 j Can nought Our arms that lost restore? Must we•hopeless yearn, tag the yetirs; gO-by, For the bounding step.and tthe'tbctiMing eye;. And all that beauty ,and life apd•grane, i • SO fondly cherished; retain no trace I. j Save these relics? •• Oh: nevermore. I•- • J Will the grave to our arms the lost yestere•T I, • I t I• 0/1 7 , woe for love, when from all its store J It points to these tokens, and nothirig More When the vacant ball and the Isiletrit leh'air • .1 But ;echo the, groans of its wild q.e.spairi : : Andlrornrall the voices in earth andlsky, Comes baCk'no words to its tiring cry,l Sare the - nionrnful echo—" Oh, nevermore Will the grave to thy arms the lost restore :,!`, Oh. joy for love, - when it yearns no! mire For:that which"the grave cannot restore I When it upward stretches its drooPirtg Wings, And in (tax:ness and sorrow still sweetly singS Of the brightness'and bliss of the better home, Where the lost are '.found, and no', - pitrting - comes; , I Oh, joy for lore, when.its priceless; store There safe, is garnered ever more. I . " How to be happy," is a yerx cotinnoi, heading to an article addressel to the 3oung. I have seen it in theiPapCr so often that I'shoUld not think Of writing upon it. But I believe Thayeneer seen anything in print to tell young how to be miserable. " 1 - 1(4 to bemiserable! 0 1 71 we don't want to be miserable."; Don't want to be miserable? !Hot l y so 7 Theo why do you: take such pains to, be miserable? rcannot think how a child ur a youth, who is free : from eiire : and trouble and trill of buoyant spirits, can x , miserable without trying very hard to be so.: But as I have seen a great many young per Sons who not only sebmed' de :ermined to make themselves Itiise)Table but:. everybody . around them alai,. I thought, perhaps, they would thank rue for telling them bow they may db it easier. : In the first place, if you , wish, to be miserable,be•selfish. _Think all; the time of yourself and of your own thin.ds: Don't care about anybody else. Have no feel ing for any one but yourself. Neyer think of 'enjoying the satisfaction of seeingoth ers t.appy; but , rather, if you see a smil: inn. face, be jealous lest anothe i r should enjoy what you hare, not. Envy cyery one,that is better off in any respect than yourself; think . uokindly towards them, and speak sltghtingly ,of thein.lße 'Con stantly, afiald lest ,sothe ona , should , en- . croagh upon four rights; be serf n-atch, ful atiaiust it; and if any domes near your things snap .at them tile a, mad dog.--, Contend earnestly . fofeverything that is your own, though it may .not be worth, a pip; for ; your Fights are just as touch cerned as If;it were a pound Of gold.— Never'yield a pyint.., - • Be very sensitive, and take, everything' that is said to- oun playfulness in the most. . serious wanner.. Be jealous of all your friemli last they, slimild ,not thick enough of your.: • if at anyliine'they seem- to neglect you, put the . worsi con struction qu it you can; and coneludalhat they wish to , :out,'' • your, acquaintance; and .so„t tic next tiwe you i tneet Omit; put op a sour look, and - show proper resent, went._ You will soon get ,rid;of them, and ems e lie.ironblek witti You will he-Ye the pleasure of being shut up in yourself.- - • Be very 'touchy . and ~i rritable, - Yap 'a sour, cross,_ snappish' disposition: Never, speak in goOd, nature. if, yen.; cap help it;- - Never be satisfiea with anything, but always . be fretting. —Nut- at your fa ttier and 'Mother 'get' anzry with •Itottr brothers-and sisters . ; or if you:nre Alone, fret at: your ,books 'or your work ,or Your play:.. Never look at or admire.anything that is beautithl and god : -but fix , pur eye on the'dark sidh eyerything;l4om plain of defects in' the best Of thingli;;and, be always on the lookont for .whateyer deformed or ugly, or offensivc in any tray, and turn up your nos at it. If you will Tliitr:,:t.ollitri"::::i. istEl. lipi tj. 1 - L 1 - , flow to be Miserabte: IMEI )ebotea "16 'lig ,of,Ayt(e,' ,11 . 1)ocileg 40. ifie - bissekirmtioil - of tile : N :l 4es ii 1); rpcniptist.owr, POTTER . COUDOY, PA, THIIRSpAY, MY 19,18* doThalf these thOgs.pili wilYbemiseFAle epough. - ;•• • • • The papers are attributincr - to,the Bos ton - Transcript 'the profound t ' apothegm'. that "it is easier to get tiventygdod.writ ers than. on& geed' If the-Bos ton !.7,ronscriitt -Said .that,, then the edtv cation, of the Boston Transcript has. been sadly. neglected, ;especially in that chap ter. of political eqonotny which treats of the relation 'of Values for every- Yankee man, now,a-,days,, writes and "eveniiateS, God ',forgive him, and the breakers' Of 'PriSetan's'head,•(his . low-sinners,,-in a hook; .a pamphlet, or a lecture: .:Fassil.:rcniains- of the English tongne a are :now ,an.d ;then iu 'the nind and ,00ze. of t his, Word-deltigei Wind] show s'raugely enough by contrast. 'Now and 'then if:Sh'aliesperiaii . v - eitebra 'turns ult.;wi t „ gen ti6'; or • Daniel - Defbe's • .big toe sticka_out above, the slush, like the foOti of a.nlastadort a ,tnedern museuin•of' premiscuous trash'. .For the rest, these later Yoiees'ard'a 'kind 'of.witch dance 'of kaicititited'Werdi, and - JohnSdnian 'and Websterian -aboininatiOns. ' ' But, '' gesso! let the world slide.: 4 the , titne. be ~'tent. joint," s nosnch "cursed spite!' isert us as . being . ‘born to set, it, right." . This; 'and nothing awe, is now fOi• us to dorirlilit:et; - to take a - shy - at , tlie . - 7•7•Uitsr4t's•apothegm - . 4 'This, trod ing worc,.is.our syllogism; :Every Yen kec-man writes. now-a-days. .But to be an editor,is to benne man picked out of ten 'thonsand .Therefoi e, it - is easier . to . get nitiertheusand nine hutidied and nine: ty-ninevriters than one editor. - :'Q. E. - For what, in : good sadness, is it to be an editor? Look not toliaveUS answer with - brilliant I/orchids. ; What it bath afore-- titire been said and sung i Prarice, and-nterrie-Thiglande; "and, 'eke'in witty Atiteriei, so' touchingly that- rather our memory ; than.our fancy will,labor in the definition. IVltoso, - therefore, 4T:tali-a scra p of 'his own, in our alms basket •of . . words, 'let him not. growl or grow angry ; but, with the benevolencd of 'one truly'ef an atßilent i7TI t, • pass it cheerily:along to p ..orer•brother,• 1 •-•-•,"filentlitor,..thea, Lastof the mar. : tYrs lie is thiit pitiable - Creature, the Min of his.,,day." He inher: its aliterary. estate; ttioitgaged for -twice ,• its value.. 'The •lautel • wreath of his dayl dreams turns to a c.own,of thorns: in dai ly realities. , ,„ His pOwer is a practical joke; his pride a soktorY and 'his' pleasures! what - other men, isteem pains, fie - labors - in ,vain; and spends. t his strength for naught.' Thennipty echo ' of every popular . failacy, he affects to'gov ern Public opinion. - 'Pronyliis labors oth-.1 I er men get . power and profit; his fruct !is the 'risk, the responsibility;' - and - ' the. liourly-.chance of liaving•the hardness of hiS head tested by' a slung shot.or his thorax perforatedbY a bullet.: Whatever is bad iu his pap • er, .no one doubts is his own;' i iihate'ver good, credited to "an able nontribetk" 'I-Ic is popularly 'sup- posekto do/nothing 'more! than- mechan ically!dirtde the work of cleverer fellows I than .into paragraphs, and read proof 'f6r erratic genius. • _ . Ai. editor puffs the empty bladder Of politieal, artistic, financial, literary, social', add eeclesiastical reputations, till they are full and rise above the heads of thdtnul titud, "irlid fall back . to gaze on theta" with awe and wonder, as they shoot Sky wird,;' but he . never gets a lift in'any of the'gp•balloonalia.plenteous gas inflates. He spends' his life in .making. other. men grcat, but. never dtids.an inch -to his own public stature. Like Dame Fortune, in old bekker's play. of.r".Fortunatus," . he ean.cry: ' •' - . "I paint teritinimandlinags of loam 'gaudy. silken colors: on the backs r Ofahules . and asses I,mn4e :isses ride, Onli,for sport, to seethe apish World' - • -Wotship':sueh beasts with souhd idolatry.! 111.5: paper is` the common! vehicle in whichatubitiou rides to, fame, ‘ybilst, Ile. sits on the box at . a inputhly salary, which cothmonlyis leas than a footman's wages, and drives for them " thoee WeWbroken roadsters, the 'public:: ' Half- the world abusdis hiin -for what, he puts in his paper, antl,the other half for what • he leaves out A., good judg,ernent ispope l arly supposed to be the first' reCinieite for his trade(but no two men ever agree that any one editor-has eonnuOn sense enough "to gti' -in to hoftsowhen: it- rai Author,- . actor,literateur, office-holder, get a i jollyr good puff -Next day, beelines. they rush 'down to the office 'to find :out ' that contributor Wrote it:: They - get their deserts and an - Inineit 'scoring,. and lie' awake: all .uight, revolving- ,in their anxiens, reinsls.,7hether they shall•oow htde the, editor or blow,his brains ontl— .it' .11', - Sundiqj '2'inies. ICacutous Escape-!rMan ~Cari rKill.oo feet abovoiheEgrth. T4elVlfeeling 7n tellig.eiieer. soberly rd.. 146.4`therfillloWingitaitnug iiieident. If Erin:if it Certainty -deservesAToord , is are markable aceident and escape :• The most. frightful,: and at tbe.saine tinic.:the most remarkable accident - we Ye - Man have eVer seen reCord,'ciecurred . at the . Ciiiholip : :Chu'reh; - '.Yesterday Some twentylpersons Were engtigedloput Ling up the new'lbell which .. arrived'frorn Pittsburg.the.evening, Therewas -a windlass ereetcdOn-tlie ground, to-which, was attached a Sriteli,block 'arid Were., Ititinediately.above the open 'space:hi cuPalo,. io w hich•the bell -wai'to he,.drawn up, there, protruded abeam, to which was attached another . snatch,block, and_pufly, and flui:bell Was - to'liaVe been conveyed to.the top by the' 'means' Of Strong' ropea,. Wo o r_king . ' thrfingh . these 'ithieves' by" the the' power of the windlasS. anti 'cylinder upon_ th,dground::. Tho; bell ; bad been raised in• this way alqiist iip 7 to . th4 open• apace in ttgliel pullei it palo i l, - n and , the. rffady A :Man l -nant l ed- - Thoinas - ; Newton, was, below, engaged' in guiding'..the folds-of the rope as it wound round, the; eylirider. To do this, he had 4 firm IgroSp taped the rope:" t 406'01d - bell hao , reached itg;reat height frth i 'the - &round, :iinse Of . thdelcigi. in the 'wheels ,of the windlass fixture gave way. Another revolution :of the wheel ripped off all' the ; 'the bell ffell to the 'ground,- and Newton, I had -:hold of the lower end :of - }the ropi; Was carried :up, •Witli . frightful 1 ve.:l locity, a: . distance of one - hundred{--feet fioM the .'ground, and , ' 'abaut ;four :feet:: abovti thdapartnre :where' the bell :waS•)ty liat;e been; taken :For: thd . ;inst?it,.l every . one was surprised' beyond 'men sure,' and Inlaid those engaged I in , theicitirk; could 'comprehend what bad -liaPpened, Newton, with his bands all lac at- d and bleeding, worked. - himself doWn opposite . the aperture; and called :tor / help to those within. :Bishop 'Whaler/orb° was on-, : the platform in--the- cupalo/ reached.' out at the 'risk of his life almost, and , seizing I New ton by . the waist s /pulled •liird - frenilhis' awful - position. . . U The accident ,sirnek everybody with amazement, and/ but the.'eye witnesses I were' loth:- to :yelieve in the ; ineredUlons feat. • • Thu ell weighed three. thatisnrot seven . hundred, pounds, , and.as it fell with out hindrance, some . idea may be formed . of I the..rapidity 'with which .Neirtedi,as- . cedded: ' I He says he thought orlettm.,r , go 't Ife - rope,' I but' t cledrly .delited;• he • was- at , a liWiidredleet above. He Ton/ root time to et go his hold upou the rope.. Some dog's and 'pieces of machinery Were hurled a distance 'of two squares-from - the chutl'.Ch; and a ill r.:Smith, Who was standing near, j received an' ugly wound in the, 'face •ffotu la ilying-particle, 'Mr. Ne.teton was tity.e., the office 'of Dr Hupp. where . ; his wounded hands were dressed.' The' flesh was all torn 'from the palms of his hands; 1-ci. en to the bone, which is, opposekto 1 have been done by the death graap; 4 ind his sliding dbiva • the rope during the swift passage into air.: Altogether, We' suppose there, is not a wore startling 'oriemarka ' ble accident, or a more -miraculous ,cse4O on `record:'"' • .; Pleasure at Home. A child' may US easily be led to associ ate pleasure with home ideas, as too - think of it in connection with the borne-ofl plaYmates.' Certainly; if allowed tok do, s he can as readily. connect happiness With _parents, brothers, and sisters, as those of other kin. And the child will dose, less huppiiieSS and pleasure, when he calls for' them under the parental roof, re.spOrid —"Not - ae - home All home piettires'i should be briiiht ones. The - domeStic hearth - should be, clean and joyous. home ; life is well ordered, the children haVing, according 'to -age, working-tinie,l play-time, lookS, ' , mines., household sym- I pathies, • they will love 'borne,. 'and find pleasure there.: the.little,ones slates , and pencils, and ericourage,theirattempts! to, make pictures. Drawings *use theni When " noisy - plugs' - have zege, or arc vinseasonableand be useful to. them 'ot I after life. Have them read, to , - each.nt& er stories and paragraphSOfyonr,selectiOn,! and save the foamy: thiiigs.anif the pleas, ant ones c yotksee ;. in papers. and= ooks.to read' -to them at your lei - sure.,. - ,Xou gun- ' not imaginehow tanCli.it will plc* thin, arid how - will- bind then to von. etriOse - Well for'tliem ; :for the - impressive I made.on their minds now-lint:last , ivkeu the .hills crumble. . Nave them sine:JO- . H ge,ther,undsina with them, teachina them ' songs, and hymns. thein,sing all day 'birds--at' Dace them ututunlly interested 'in' the same things, amusements and oCcupations; - having,:sp.eeifieit times: for, each, siX that their. habits will. be - Orderiy. ::,Let. thew rr work toetheriri.lhe gardenheYS' and '• T' girls— ot nee ont-o- nor +we . - o- Ober .theta 'enjOy' - their. games,:rhi dies :their. playi,' books and :work the parents'. eyes direct and 41 4 . patbize„, and their,. loud voices. bleacLin lovingaceortl.--"-LW///ustixtiod '' . l' • The tihio House 'or' Tte,.resentative'llia.s : passed a bill to Punish sednetion tinder prom.; isc of inarriage, when the 'sedtte,er'iS nide' than eighteen and the seduced less tharteight con years of age; The penalty is iipprison. - ment in the penitentiary. WEE in , , I . -1 ' Tlie;tfi3tt . r i t fit" oina4. 7 ,-,Therila -iMitetbng very 'delightful. in turning from the unquietness "and agiti7 tion; the fever, the ambition`" lie hard ancl , ivorlilly , ioliths't)f mati'S.elinractei';' to_lhe' - gentle anill 'deep -recessei\of Wo man's- wore c "seeret, heart:: “Withiti, her musings is a realikcif haunted "and fairy I thought,' to, ti'hich'!ihd thingi . of 'this tor ' bid and' troubled I l ife , hay . e 'no - .:entrime.e. What tci r - heari t h e Changes Of state, the rivalties iind: - contentionb . which . ftiiin the staple of Our exi:ste i i nce? - . For . j{er there I is' an-inferise mid fend'philoSophy,.before Fi whose , .eye . ttbBtar lW , flit: and , fad& like slitidows;:atid .sha °Ws grc / Slowly into truth.' Her - soul's'icreatimis are not as the moving and roorta 'images' seem 'in 'the nonillion' day pthdy itre/thines like'spirits l 'steeped . in this dim - it`nlighti, heard wheii all'else is Still, andi/busy when earth's la 7 -borers .are at rest l'i "They , are; '• . , . f:..-.• '....z.-::..—' - Such. stuff ' ' • -' - . As dreams axdroade_of, and their little liro ... Is rounded •,b'.r a,sl4cp.- ~ _ . . ' . 4 DI.:sI,RATr. FigHT.lr: A RAILR.OAD CAll,:-- , tpf:e learp. frOw._pa.ssqngers who ar 7 1 rived d - i yesterday morning from. the Oleve, land;apkPlltbargh Railroad that a, des , peyate and, bloody :rencimtre. took p ace , on the night train, ashort distance above Wellsvillc,, iti.which.one,man.was shotio the leg and another heaten so had)). that .he 1 /64.6 lif 6iiikied:h6Olf Wed teal -aid called.. It seems, from all we' can learn that illoore:of this;i city, was ocenpying a , '6eat, =by ;:hitoself, 'hen a larotes, hiring in the - vicinity of - Sioan't 'Station, c a me 'up f. ‘ and either trod ,upon or kicked his leg, probably. - "unititeniionally.. - Mr. -- bleore. raised : up ..and , made: some: offensive re- I e: t one, ,, mark, t.o which, the other, replied in the !sam , cross-tiring orwords-con 7 1 ti lined ' unti. ..A. , the , former, . in ' answer to some epithet ;" Mr."Meore, when the latter drew a pistol and tired twice at his assailant, lodging two balls in his A,t: •th.or two of 'the point pasSengcrs, inCludibg: the Man • that was shot, , pitched- into I ,ldopre,and beat him most unatercifulifi mutilating his face. and 'persbh Without - stint.' 'The ment oa the. trim was - the . 'Most. !_intense ' '"' • - ' •-•' 4as ero-mgitt ..evr • much ,segretted . - by -.the cothAuctor charge, ; .s well as the ofEcers of company,road who know the affair to have been as rare as it .was utiaVoicible. —ll,7ie.c/ing ( Va. i ) Atpfligenm, :Ap. 13. • A RAT-Sktil: ingeftions in dividual, of Liskeard,'Cornwall,.England; 'has; for sonic time past, :been exhibiting himself in4res . cocuposed,froietop to toe .rt-skips, which he has been collecting fin': three:: Scars and, a half. , ,The "dress wes inn de -en tirely by hinniel fj it consists of hat, ueekerc.ief,, cont Waistcoat, win: , sqs; tippet, gaiters, and shoes.- The num ber of rats required, to complete, the suit was six hundred:and seventy ; and the in dividual, when .thns dressed,,appaars ex actly, like one of, the Esquitnaux . describ-, ed in :the travels.of,Varry and ,Ross. The :tippet or boa is-, poinigised Of the pieces of skin innuediataly ,around the tail, of the rats,, and is, a: Very curious part of the these;.contaiping . gbout six, hundred tails and- Jliesd none- of the shortest.—,Scien T t ffie 'Anzericyln. _ _ - EGGS-TRAORDINARY FEAT, - Report says. a man named' Plnletus Stutor, of 'Andover, went into,the store of Mr. Brad ley of that place fi few - days since, and seeing a.cinantity M PggS 011 the counter, enquired of him what she would take for Lis maay,ns,he could eat :at Bradley, hot snspectiug, his powers of gor nidndizing; - abbut, fifteen"cents: Stiifor 'web t at after eating twen- ' ty-rwo boiled,' by way 'of desseit, swallow- , , ed fifty raw..; If Air. S. did not fee1,490: 1 ill-crated after stowing away seventy-two eggs in his stotnach,,lns, digestive powers, 'nfuSt.'be • akin 'to tlie - llarkey's in ' , Nevi 'YOrle;? who'offered-tOliet," he could pat a whole sheep,rav,g and sia• pounds: of•citil-f dies, at a single nipal.7. 'BTAiIPING gentlemah wlia "look oiretice-at 'a Postinasterlthb're; fused - placing stamps,. on his:lettersi at a time when his -office - -mas-crowded With peOpte; address - C(l'a note 'to the , first- As eistint. POstipaAei General; asking whose duty. it-was .to . attend• stamping letters and .patupl49ts.. , Ijp,reccivcd this reply.; . . POitmaitters'art'iftit exPeeted to put postage piepafddetter.v when .the Writers could • dein() so ovithoup inconvenience. Stamps every Post.offi6e and; grat thus a ifordedifor,prpc dr i ug, thpm., It is, presum ecl • that the .cases will, be rare, in Whieli•Tiiitinaitets 'tan' lie, right fully expected to do for letter writers, 'what (unless truder;pecullat.. - eireumstances) they might so easily. have . dcine fur themselves. • '''Yeinis Respectfully, 4oilitio Knits.: • - J.tELigIoN, IN DAILYis not a perpetual - ruotiogovergood hooks: 'Oren rirayer, - praise; holy orditiances. , . , These pre necessary - to. re ligion-7-no Iran , eau be; religious 'without .. But ,religion is, mainly and chiefly the glorifying God ,auuing the duties and trials of the woria : the Guiding of our IN FOUR OENTiks'• ' Tpm..144.151ta aand u . course amida verse, Lie do , new , ottqaptation . , by : . tbe : :atarlight and the cow pasa,nc diNise with3l,:hpbeg,,l ing as maafully,,;wiaely,enttrageon k tdy, for - the bonor,of C.briat,lourgreat,Xteader, the conflict oflife._ :..f, ZION Yo;3IA E A ISM*TAR:IDORP* • °US TO wET.4-Pioieide• a e,iiista)l3lo,/ say B'.feethy 4 feet bY I font .4ipahei a quantity of freshla ;;.`Jidd`wa.... ter quickly, When! the lirmyie boil= etl; having assisted that=operation lq,fre'• quint; stirring, (addthe. tot . {thit :heat 0: the boiling lime melts the ter - ,),stirOiiell;"' taking care that eiery: part of ;the iiiae intimately wised with , . the tat :sharp sand or crushed . clinker,:and' Well as before, tiller, hick, in a out twea-' ty -hours, it will be fit fir AmerAvn. News Tteius Bata oV , Ctrit,MlEN.-41tis ti great thistakela'. ; plait the hair tif - children ,under eleten ;or. twelve.yeara of age., The ptoteso &hips. more or less , strains the 'hail-S.ln iltairfPO4!)l'l'-• pulling them' tight; tends to' daprive 'them- it their reqinsite supply of mitriinent, and cheeka"-'' , their growth. The _hair of &lasi:maid tte'cut; rather short, and allow'ed.to curl freely. Wen:,.. they are abont ',eleven nor., twelve,. ,theAvair! 4 , , should be tsidSted into' a; coil` not trio nor tied 'at the end 'with thin' threadlirt'vrith 4 . a piece of ribbon.--Scici:ttijici4tneritoM: - ' - '= - ;' gep-A novel Proceeding; stiyi - tho' (Pa.) ,Expiess- - -novel - nt,least:in took place in the Cotirt of Common .X)lcas, oti r' Saturday. ' Catharine 'Zellers, a., Geratattwol• man made formal applicatiom and was sworn." and admitted ass citizen of the liiiiteitStetia. Some think-she is one ofthe strong:Minded : lC I and is getting ready 4.0 vote' ;hi the, good:: time coming ;" ;but the more prottahle position is that ',she. stems in sell i!red...,eye,",, and has taken' this Preliminary ' setp .tOnrards applyirig, for-a license., Ecosomy or i..tNinia,PS—The small quontity r I' :lati rivage that - a tined, can - 'do - I)63We - 40i -- with, is really Surprising. friend of ours at the Isthmus Imys that for four , weeks after he h.td arrived,,he only knew.sevett trordapt Spanish; and yet, with even Wein; he , aged to less than a week to 'qiiairel 'with biti -- washerwoman,i stick this landlord,f. onk- furs . • away with an heiress; . To effect the hitter he says it wash only, necessary to We ens,'! . ; "fall in my.arrns, my lcive," and shefell is SzirExcEn..—ln the; U. S.. District Court. at Philadelphia Thursday,Judge,Cadwitlde'r Cad ex.Tidge . lrcindersrititb;Of country, to twentyyeara - imprisotinient ind to pity a Rite of 85000... 1 ,4,fter ,pronouncing the sentence the Judge said that, irthe prisoner Would - pay into they Treasury $50,000, . he" would sign a memorial iskittg the President to-remit ten Sears'of his offeneefor n - hich the extraordinary ossateocs was given, was, the systematic and long. eon.' tinued forgery of land trarrants. Letterifrom,Minnesota. Poe' the Potter lourriat. niVE EARTH; Car, .Ir.vx., April 24, 14159. EDITOR: Supposing that, your readers, and Especially thai . part of them - . who desire to emigrate.,ivestwar, Maybe" I interested in !au enumeration sit' the act- - vintiges of Atinnesota over the othetweit-; ern states, 11, will endeafOr, them on thisl,snhject. . I Will - rimarkthit I have resided in your county. 'OA hive a clear idea' of its peculiarities, in the Autunm of IBSG for, this place; and have resided here since. Xjjogrildri is that 3linnestita is tile- mast attraotifalto the erpigrant,land has the Mostatt - V0:4;74 • of ail, the new StltteS. In ,tho first ,place we have a More healthy climate; :than U. linois or lona. Fe7er and Airt,..:(lll4_ ferfut eye-sore. to oraigt : Ati!.o.. '*irdoli unknown. l i 'enple' will" hp; more . die:ot old ni, , e or la l ziness than i.o7ttii:tig -- else; - i . , . "_; Secondly, we . r obly . mild • ,bare reniar , . , winters. 'ghe - first,winter qfmpt*ldened. he're 1860:7 ins the,! most i severe., Of , the three., Thesnow was tworreet'ildep„end there was a'beavjr, crest. •l'lt emno the., snoW2I Mesh) on the seCointof Pecein `ir, aid. remained till:a - etut tho'ttrit ec,...;11 ril;: . , Persons who have ltvid'iti thisi s t ate fur ~ licar,''assure'''itne`thttliat'ilnter'iyasnn s ._:- coMmonly serdre r - nnd:that.iudii*as,:the. caSc;;.l . infdri.frdln the Iti :Ace' ft4EAute, -, the two inedeading ',, , inteli . fi'ai:e: heekOni genial OS' cOuld te'wlshed:' ' -:'''':! 1 ." '- I Thirdly; , I kre ta' 4 , 6 . more iiint 6l: :`,o* l ; lett.% or Illindis, add'More aiid44tgrpriti ', rie, than WiSconsin:' Thiti, taderequiietr, no proof . ifith persons :who" * - ,ftiOltit! with' the states mentioned.': ‘. '-` -:: ,- Fourthly; *4 haven system' or ritilroiqs cornmenced whieh; 'When completed;i will : bring every' 'Part of AO state iwithitt-' ,F.11.`; ventent distimei:cif,` a raili*d . :',' i theili:- roads MUSt' he' finiAied 'befote'jlit7 - ei; the co'sapaines • ' having' thete`'liii, A* I i will forteit 'all title.to the lintense:Otnt - - of lan,d :i)iiw 14 thPir , Poss9Piiiat" ','",, .That Minnesota' ofers•g:reatePportnid tie - s for the poor oiasis trfthe - esitern etates, is attested by the fiat thettoreeiee:yOrtif (froio igbp to 1851' *he'll -Ale 14t,Oentoti wasp.lree) the inettedie iiiliiipopulatiO4; has been'ttbdut 1 130,00Q1 I.' tuirer'nii de. ~ sire r to, esngerate thingti for the trials. hardly reeeiired . by ; t eastere 'Ergo. ' t tli. • `eotninend all Who wish to: oungrott) i tiiitit)o ' t Minnesota Vol'ore • settli* olottorite{ti;,'ltto}, lif they do .- not feeleMply repaid roftbeir trouble, they muStbo o har4 ti# oatiefy in-' Ideed: Now / ff., yoli ean.eotaistently tieb ! ' hsh this letter, you' will 'oblige the by do-!' ion. so. ARTENIAS th M. DECHZto ' - . i<.i ~,:._ gRA