'''' 1 1 1 ' ''' 1
BY DAVID OVER,
SUPERIOR
In the Original Half Chests.
Ift BOXES, OF 6 AND 12 POUNDS, AND IN
METALLIC PACKAQKS OF i 4,1,2& 4 POUNDS,
FOR SALE BY
JENKINS Sc C 0.,
■ OBIGIN AL IWKSTORS OF THE METALLIC TEA PACK.) j
M ltole.sale Dealers in Teas Only
W. COR OF MARKET h NINTH STS.,
I'IIIUDELPHIi
Teas in Metallic Packs |>tit up in Half
Ch. .sts, coutaining a variety of both Black and
Green, to suit buyers.
Printed List of Pricvs, Tonus, Ac., furnished
by mail to all who order them.
All Teas warranted to please, or no sale.
One ami the same price and terms ts all, and 1
one Hiilv.
H.ill'Chcsts of Black contoui about 35 pounds, j
and Green, about 50 pounds each.
Feb. 20,1850. c
till!) W.LVFS I MIS! ;
T/"*To tliuse who wish farms—to have j
fertile land at a cheap price, and ou easy
terms, your attention is called to the Ritlg- ;
way Kartu aud Goal Company Twenty-five j
acres or wore in proportion are given for j
S2OO, payable in instalments of $1 pet
week, or 5? I per mouth. It is located in Elk j
county, Peuua., aad ltts one of the best;
auarkets for its produce in the State. The |
-oil is a rich loaiu, and is not to be sttrpas- i
ited for farming, as examination uiil show. j
It has the best elements of prosperity, be- j
nig uudcilaid by two rich veins of coal, i
and will shortly be intersected by four rail- |
roads. The timber is f tlie most valaa- i
Lie kind. Title uttexeeptionably good, and j
vv arautee deeds are given. It jrreaents a |
good and substantial opportunity * tntit- |
tnenee farming, providing for one'a eliil- ,
dren,or making au investment. Further)
particulars can be had from the pamphlets
which are sent to iwpurer*;.. Letters an- j
savored promptly. Applv or address Satiil. ,
W. Cultell, Secretary, ISS Viciuut street,!
north side, between 4th and Stii streets, j
i'itila. Full iufortitatUm is coutaiool in ■
the pamphlets.
Feb. 2.9, 1556-.T in.
I.OOIi Ol r AX SHE COSTS.
rpilK Books anil Notes ol Tctcr Kailuluujfli.
J- are left in my hands for collection. Per- j
sens would do well to call and settle at once or j
costs will lie added to tlletn.
SAMUEL RADF.BAUGH.
March 14,1856-tt.
■SETTLE UP.
'f'lfl' sitlweriln-r, bavin; diigioard of bis Store !
I- in Bedford, is desirous of closing up bis j
nooks. All persons indebted to him arc :c<pie- |
•ted to settle up immediately. His books will be
■in tbn Hands of Mr. Job M. Shoemaker, till first
July next.
He is thankful to his friends for the very
gent rous support they have yielded liiin since
bis commencement in tiiis place and cordially
roc-■minuends Mr. Job M Shoemaker,u*a young
man of good business habits of strict hoi esty,
capacity and integrity, ami who will not fail to
give general satis taction to my customers and :
the punltc.
ELI AS M. FISIIEIi. |
March 1 1 1850-3 ni.
!
TEBLIC SILK
OF a School House in Napier Township near I
Andrew Homes and others. To lie sold at ;
Public Sale or outcry on Saturday the JJd day ;
id' March inst. One third of the purchase
money in band at thucouti rniutioli ol the Sale, ;
one tliitd in six months, and the remaining one j
third in one year.
By order ol the School Directors.
.J. W. TU'LL, C. WHETSTONE,
WM. ROCK, IIEXUY ALBAI'GII,!
KINSEY, J. 11. MOWUY,
March 7, 1856.
m m.Mrmf a m
THE Partnership heretofore existing between J
the u idersigin-d, under the name and linn 1
ol \\ eisel fc Foster, in the Coach and Wagon
Manut.icairy, is this day disidved ny mutual j
consent. The littsiie-ss of the late firm will be j
nettled up by Win. 4V eisel, who is authorized to I
collect all accounts, Nc., and pay the debts o j
the linn.
WM. WF.ISKL.
JOHN FOSTER.
Dec. 14, 18.55.-nsl
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
LE TTERS of Administration have been
granted to the .subscriber ou the estate
of Daniiol W. Blackburn, late of StOlair
Township, deed. All persons indebted to
said estate arc noted to make immediate
Payment and those having claims or domunds
against it are requested to tuakadtnown the
satpc without delay to the subscriber living
.sat I'ieasantviJle in St Clair Township.
SAMUEL BLAOKBUItN.
F>->. 29. Ig-RL-f
TANNERY for rent. .
T;IE su'nse ribcr wishes to rent his Tan"
ncry and 4a w MjU/ situate in St. Clair,
■']ownship '.i miles north of Schellsburg.
to any person wishing t,o eogago in the
tanning business. This property will be a
very profitable and desiiable .oue, as bark
is '• cry abundant aud cheap.
i he Saw Mill is iu fine runuiug condition
•tn i .vvill pay well. There is attaclied to
tito Tannery a good dwelling House, Stable
and o'ber out buildings, witli running water
;if llif dour, and G acres of land.
1 lit: Tannery h.ts a Gnu horse breaking
in t-hiqu, JG lay-a-tvay yat.H, twn limns 2
■ates, 4 pmd.
Any one wishiug to runt, will please call
on t.hu subscriber living on the promises.
Fct tin easy mid possession given the Ist
day of Apt il.
ABRAHAM pEN'MSON.
Feb. 29, H'G.
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terras: Two Dollars per annum.
PUBLIC SALE !
OF
1700 ACRES
*i Valuable Ilroad Top Coal and '
IRO.Y ORE LI\D,
AM) ONE HUNDRED
TOWPJ LOTS
IN THE TOWN OF COALMONT.
A PUBLIC AUCTION
\\f ILL he belli sit CoaliDont, Huntingdon j
?' County, on the Huntingdon and Broad- !
Top Railroad, on
WEDNESD.i Y 1t;77? D.IY OF . IPHIL, j
rext, when ami where the following Lands will j
he sold :
LANDS IX TOD TP., HUNTINGDON CO. j
One handled choice building Lots in the
town of Coalmout, each Go by 100 loot.
A v double tract of Coal Limit, situate on the i
Folks of Sharp's Run, adjoining Coalmout, !
containing about 350 acres, more or less. It is j
composed of live surveys, part of Benjamin j
Pen, Nathan Havering, J. S. Stewart, E vaus ;
& Hamilton, Evans, Hamilton and Anderson. ]
It has live coal openings. It is the lirst con! ■
laud reached hy the rail-road, and is only 21 ■
miles from toe Pennsylvania Kail liouii at ,
Huntingdon.
A 'Tract of Cecil Land situate on Trough j
Creek and Sharp's Klin, near Broad fop city, '
adjoining lauds of Jesse Cook. John McCattles,
and Broadtop Improvement Company, known I
as the --Bonds Tract," containing about lu4 j
acres, more or less.
A Tract of Conl I.and, situate oil Trough
Creek, adjoining lands of Broadtop Improve- 1
incut Company, K. L. Anderson, Houe's heirs :
and others, known as the Shoemaker Tract, 1
containing 471 acres, with allowance.
This tract can be mined on the eastern slope ;
of Broadtop.
LANDS IN BROADTOP TP. BEDFORD CO j
A tract of Coal and Ore Land, situate on C, .
mile littii. near rail-road, adjoining lands ul j
Curltuittl's heirs. Asa Duval!, Thomas I. Hor- j
ton,ami Septimus Foster; known as the ' Jo- I
siah llorton Tract," containing about J(i7 j
acres, more or less.
A traet of Coal and Iron Ore Land, surveyed
to E. Foster and \V. P. Sched. situate on !
Sandy Bun, about three miles from Hopewell,
adjoining lauds of John X. Lane's heirs. Rich
ard D. Wood, and John Dovereux, contaiuirg
JV.t iter* s with allowance.
A small tract of Coal Land, near the shove
tract, adjoining lands of Samuel Pleasants and j
Jacob Smith, containing about 13 acres.
LANDS IX WLLI.S Tl'., FULTON CO. j
A tract of Coa I and Ore Land, in name of j
William Gray, on Bays Hill, adjoining lands I
of the. Bros<Jtop improvement Company, and ;
James I'.if toll. containing 55 acres.
A tract of Ore ami Timber Land, hi the ,
natwe of Abraham Wright - adjoining the above |
tract, partly on Bays If ill. and partly in j
Ground Hog Valley, about 5 utiles from Hope- )
we'd, containing 'JIG acres.
All thi above tracts of coal land are sop- j
pose l !•< contain the famous "Cork Vein."
They will be sold according to net measure- j
ment. For more particular information apply
to Levi Evans. Esi(.. Calinont. Wm. Foster.
Broadtop. and Thomas W. llorton, E|., !
Ilopewell.
The suiweriber will be at Coahnont for two !
das s previous to the day of sale, and will ex- !
hi bit a connected draft of the whole Broadtop 1
eual lie id, and separate drafts of the tracts of- j
lered i'or sale.
Ailtr cts and lots remaining unsold (if any) j
on the day of sale, will he offered at private I
sale on tiie tint following.
d7"Tertns of sale will be m ide known on j
the day of sale.
CT7~fhe passenger train leaves Huntingdon j
for Coalmout daily, at Ha. in. ,v Jp. m.—Ke- |
turning at 12 m. and 4 p. ni.
WM. X*. 5C1X371.X..
.March 21, 1850.
lilUliS, BOOKS INU ST I- j
TIONARY.
lilt. F. C. KKAJIEIt,
Bedford. Pa.,
HAVING purchased the Drug and Book '
Store of Dr. S. D. Scott, has constantly !
on hand, at the old stand, a large ami well se- i
iccted stock in choice Drugs and Medicine . j
wliolesa.e and retail, all of which will be sold ;
at fair terms. The assortment consists in part ol 1
bin g . inn! Chemicals, Dye Hinds ami .icids . j
t'aili! 1 ''u.l (ti/.i. Window Chits awl Class '
ll'arc. Tubitrro and Hegart, J'trfitmcry, Fancy j
articles, 4r.. A''*
PSTKXT M LOll'ix re Having the regular j
agency lor the sale of all <d these medicines, i
the public arc assured that tliev are ol the best, j
such as have stood the test of time and expo- j
rience, and can be safely recommended as
; inline, viz: Townseud's and Stud's Sarsapa- i
j rilla, Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, Ayer's j
1 Cherry Pectoral, Motf.it's Lile Pills and I'lne
; nix Bitters, Dr. J.iyn 's Familv Medicines. 1
• I'abiistock"s. Ilola-nsick's, and otln-r vcrotTu
ges; HooH ind's Gerin in Bitters. Be., fvc.
Constantly on hand a large stock of historic, j
Biographical. scieutilic, religious, poetical, '
school, and misc -llaueolts HOOKS.
Also a great variety of FANCY STATION- ;
; jIRV, Cap, l'ost and wrapping paper of every !
quality, Paper Hangings in great variety.— j
Window Blinds in patterns or by the piece.— :
U all Paper, Steel and Fancy Goods,
i BLANK BOOKS of eveiv size and quality. '
Pocket Books and Port Mommies, Diaries,
Blank Deeds and Mortgages, gold Pens and
Pencils, Combs. Brushes, Perfumery in great
: variety, Soaps. Sic., fee.
Lamps, and Cuniphinc Oil and Burtiii g Fluid,
kept ousUntly on hand.
■ CHOICE f.IQCURS lor medical use; Wold's
: Scheiaum Schnapps, Gin, i'ort. Sherry and
j Madeira Wines.
Aug. 11, 1854.- tf
1.11 PORTA KT TO JILL.I. OW NI7RS!
WOODWARD'S Improved Smut and Screen
ing Machines, Mill Bushes. Bolting Cloths
and Bran Dusters, of the most improved plan;
Mill Screws. Corn and Cob Grinders, Patent
Bridges for Mill Spindles, Portable Mills,
warranted to grind ten bushels per hour, Mill
{runs and Mill Burrs made to order. Also,
j Stover's Patent Corn Kihi and Grain Dryer—
j a v.ilu ihlc invention. The above articles are
kept constantly on hand, and can be obtained
I at any time, from S. D. BROAD.
■ at S dißlsburg, Bedford County, who is also
agent for Bedford, Somerset, and adjoining
i counties. ,
Mill wright vork done at the shortest notice,
and on the most reasonable terms.
February 15, 1856.
VfoCORMICK'S Reaper and Mower for sale
i>l hy S. D. BROAD
at Schellslairg, Pa., agent for Blair and Bedford
(counties. February 15, 185(.
For the Inquirer ami Chronicle.
WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN ?
HAS HE A SOFT HEAD, Oil A
BAD HEART, OR BOTH ?
Air. Editor ; —Suloiuou says, (l'rov. 20:
4, 5) "Answer not a fool according to bis
folly," fee. And again, be says, '"Answer
a fool according to bis folly, lest lie be wise
in bis own conceit."
The impudence, talschood, and pander
ing to Popery put forth in the Bedford Ga
zette of Feb. 22d, by its editor and pro
prietor, should be noticed and remembered
by every American freeman All those
who arc opfosed to the political ascendancy
of the Pope in this country, including
many of our wisest and best statesman
our ablest editors, most pious and useful
divines, are most shamefully assailed with
the most opprobrious epithets, sueb as
'•wolves in sheep's clothing,'* and are ac
cused of taking the lives, indirectly, of
poor innocent women and helpless children!
Who are these "dark lantern" gentry,
' midnight couspit iters," o atli bound hand
of "traitors," "wolves," robbers and mur
tmirderer.s? Well they arc admitted to he
native horn American citizens, freemen
dyed in the wool. And who are the poor
innocent victims, the persons who are per
secuted "to the bitter end?" Well, they
are foreigners who have little or no sym
pathy for American institutions; the most
of them are Irish Catholics, and some of
them convicts and paupers from the crowd
ed prisons of "auid Country." What is
this Bowman! Is lie a foreigner, an Amer
ican, or a national hermaphrodite? The
man himself is a living example and it is pa
per and press a monument of American tol
erance and charity; for if the American
citizens of Bedford were possessed with one
hundredth part of the evil spirit which he
attributes to them, they would have dealt
with him as his Alnstir's tools generally
deal with Protestants wherever they have
the power.
''an it he possible that such a ntatt can
exert an influence over the American free
men of Bedford county. Is there a Meth
odist, a f,nth wan or a Presbyterian so blind"
ed by polities as not to see the cloven foot.
How can they as freemen and as Protest
ants thus hear their brethren abused, vi!li
fied and sunk to the lowest bell bv this po
litical babblet, while be extols all foreign
ers and papists in particular to the very
heavens, and wonhl have them enjoy more
privileges here than our own native born
children.
This papal fool lies in tlie very beginning
of his article, when lie asserts that Anicri- j
cans are bound tngc'hor by an oath to per- !
senile (.'atholics. \*e. To persecute is to '
act offensively : to harass, vex. or injure ;
one on account of his religion. Now who '
was the offending party, Romanists or A
tnericans? Who publicly burned our bi
bles of. which onr civil and religion? insti
tutions are founded? Whr endeavored to
destroy our glorious free school system?—
Who entered into the political arena and ;
began to grapple for Ilome and the asccn- ;
daticy? Who would stand at the polls anil !
brow beat and bully native American citi- j
zens out of their votes? Who broke up the !
American meetings ir. New York nnd Phil- !
adelphia? Is it a wonder that American
citizens would assemble together, and again i
pledge their word and sacred honor, as I
their fathers of '7O had done, to defend j
themselves, their homes and their liberty ' j
I regret it, Americans have and are still I
acting mi the defensive. How in the name
of common sense then could they he engaged !
in persecuting these poor holy lovely inno- 1
cent subjects of the I'opo of lloiue? No i
sir, they were becoming the persecuted par
ty: when foieigti strangers would come in,
and endeavor to destroy their bible, their
schools, ar.d their liberty. And in resisting
this papal aggression, is it to be wondered
at, that the Americans did occasionally
| burn a church, or do sonic other act of vio
: Icn-'O, of which our citizens as a general
' thing do not appovc? No; the great won- \
j tier is that they were so patient, so forbear- ,
i ing, so charitable. Where is tho nation
j that would have endured one tenth part of
I the insult from foreigners which this has en
'dured? If American citizens in Italy had
, attempted one half that Romanists have
, in this country, the inquisition would bavo
silenced aud crushed them. The wonder
is that tho freemen of America did not rise
up in a mass and drive these intruders and
and their dough-faced allies from the coun
try.
This Jesuitical political truckler next
sets up as preacher, quotes scripture of
which ho seems to know the use, abo ut as
much as a monkey does of a prayer book.—
If those preachers and editors are "wolves
iu sheep's clothing, this exhortation of the
editor of the Gazette, is like the devil re
proving rln. And his quotations from 'ho
sacred word of God are not half so appro-
BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 28,1856.
| prialc as those of Safari's were when tempt
■ trtg our Lord in the wilderness. His crude
notions seem to be those: that American
citizens are bound to love every traitor con
vict, thief, or murderer that may be land
ed on our shores. That we arc bound to
love all tbe paupers of Europe and every
eutuiisary of Rome as brothers. Because it
is very evident that all these aro included
with the respectable foreigners who seek a
home in this country.
Now let us see how far American citizens
have fulfilled the great law of ltve. But
what is that law? Are we to love the off
scourings of tho old world, just the same
as we love all the decent and respectable
emigrants'to this country' Are we to love
our deadly enemies, these traitor and mur
derers, as we love the respectable citizens
of the Statu? No! we are tef love one
with benevolence, lite other with komplacen
ct/. One wc are not to hate , the other we
are to love. Christ did not lovethe Scribes
and Pharisees, but he did not We tbetu.--
Hc loved his disciples.
Whilst in the very nature of the case we
cannot lots our deadly foes, cannot approve
of their course, we are not to wisli tlicni
dead, not to bate them, Ac.
Now have not Americans acted the part,
and are they not now acting the part of
good Samaritans towards all foreigners, and
particularly the poor, ignorant, miserable
paupers of the old country? Persecution ! !
Great God ! how could a man of sense ut
ter such a falsehood! Are not foreigners
permitted to cotue to our country, trade,
buy and sell and get gain, and get rich us
others? Is not this goodly land al! spread
out before them, and do they not peaceably
possess many of its broad acres? llavc
tliev not built houses and lived in peace aud
quietness with their # families? Arc not
Roman Catholics periniited to worship God
according to the dictates of their own
priests and foreign potentates, no Ameri
can hindering or wishing to iiindt'i them or
disturb them in their worship? Arc we not
paying heavy 'axes to keep up dtfr peniten
tiaries, jails and alms-houses, tbe most of
which have iu them more foreigners than
native born citizens. Are we not feeding,
clothing, and nursing thousands upon thou
sands of these foreigners iu the institutions
of our land? Is this persecution? Is this
not fulfilling tbe great law of love? Shame
on the political demagogue that would at
tempt to abuse Americau citizens as his
editor has done! Shame on tho Jesuit
clothed in Protestant's garments, that he
liitv more effectually assail Protestantism,
and do the bidding of his master in New
Y'ork and Rome!
But the head and front of the offence is,
that Americans do not wish to put these
foreigners, strangers and subjects of a for
eign despot, into office as soon as they land
on our shores, to the exclusion of native
born citizens, ot that they are not willing
that tlioy should assist in corrupting the
government by placing it in the bauds of
the sham Democracy and tue drunken or
whiskey party.
Now, all cannot hold office. If any are
to be. left out, who should it be? an Ameri
can citizen or a foreigner? YYbo has tho
best right, and who knows best how to ad
minister tho laws of the country?
Is it not strange that this pretended ad- j
voeate of the peoples' right—this Demo- 1
crut' (save the mark') should become such
a strong advocate of the Pope's tsub
. • 1
jeets in this country. Suppose the Ameri
can people should determine to govern the
country themselves, and grant foreigners
every other privilege in the country except
that of voting until they had been in the
country twenty-one years? Would not
foreigners of all persuasions he 011 a level.
How would Catholics be persecuted if that
be persecution, any more than Lutherans
German Reformed, Presbyterian*, <&e.—
Again there is a laige class of citizeus in
this country about whom this Democrat—
, this advocate of the peoples' rights lias not
! a word to saw The negroes have been born
i here, grown up without prejudices, many of
thorn attached to their masters and the lib
erties of our country. They have no votes
but about these the gentleman has uothing
to say, as it regards love, doing to others,
&c. Oh uo! Who is the mest competent
to rote, a well raised negro, or an ignorant
Irish Papist? Oar sous too must be on the
soil 21 yoars before they vote. Is that
persecution? But euougb for the present.
AN AMERICAN.
HF"Kind words arc the brightest flowers
of earth's existence; they make a very pa
radise of the humblest home the world can
show. Use them, and espooially around the
fire-side circle. They are jewels beyond
price, and more precious to boal the woun
ded heart and make the weighed down spirit
glad, than all other blessings the world paa
give.
Another Sermon /rem the Author of
'•He Ployed on the Harp,'*&c.
j Whir 110 wooil is, there the fire jroetli out
Anil they played on Siniltolti. Dulcimers, Jcwa
harps ami Demijohns.
My Fiti ENDS: —Since I had the pleasure
of lioldin' forth to the benighted and heath
enish rapscallions uv Brandon, Mississipi, j
on the subjeck—"An' he played on a harp
uv a thousand strings, sperrits uv just men j
men made perfect." As the spirits bath
moved me take up my bed and travel; arid
after visiting uivus places, an' propagatin'
the Gospil to varus nominations, 1 have at
iast fetched tip, bless the Lord, 'incog the i
hard shells ofTinicuut. My tes this evening
my brethcrin, will be found somewhere
'tween the Bonk of Providence an' Milkiz- j
edic (I think tlie former) an' when found j
it will be read soinewhar near as follows:
" Whar no wood is, thar the lire goeth oat J
—and tiiey played on simbols, dulsimers, !
jewsharps and dimtiivjohns."
Now, my brethering; I'ni gwiae to say ;
to you as I said to the Brandouians on a
former'casiun, I'm not uneducated man, i
but, bless the Lord, I'm a uiightv relignsli j
man, a niau what's born again—one what
spetienced the holy ghost, and tuck reli
gion in the natural way—-for "Whar 110 i
wi>od is, thar the tire goeth out- -and they
played on simbols, Dulcimers, jewsharps
and dituniyjohns."
Now, my brethering, p'tapssotuc of ye
are wondering and axing yourselves to wha* :
denominations I longs. Weil, my friendss
I'm a plain spoken inuu, altbo 5 Is< z it my"
self, as ongiitctit to say it, tin"' [' toll yer
what swayshim I longs to. Perhaps some
ott )c may think I'm a Mormon, some on ve j
may kalkilate I'm a Methodiss, n' others
uv y<- may imbibe the noshun that I ar a
Free Lovyer, but I tells you my bretliring,
ton are all confoundedly confumbusteratcd
if ; e thinks any such thing; for, in the lan
guage of my tex, "Whar no wood is, thar
the fire goeth out —and they played on
sinibols, dulsimers, jewsharps and dimniy- '
johns "'
Somehow. I oilers to>k an auiazin' 1 ikin'
to the Baptists, especially to the hard-shells
not because I'm particularly fond of cold
water, for, my brethering, I'm uot one of
them are sort, o' Christians as repudiates
good whiskey, or looks a gr• ft horse in the
mouth. Tiiar's the Bach-shells, the soft
shells, the elatu-scheils, and a great many
other kind uv shells, but my brethering
next to the hard shell, give me the man
that shells out libera 11 v when the eontribu- ;
tioti box goes round—for "Whar no wood
is, thar the lire goeth out—and they played
on siuibols, dulsimers jewsharps and ditit
inyjoitns."
Now, my brethcriug, having told yon
what swashun 1 'longs to, I'm gwine to ex
emplicate, and 'lucidatc on ntv tex, which
sez, "Whar no wood is, that the fire," Ac.
My brethering don't 'spose for the sixteenth
part uv a mini)it, that the fire we read 0'
in the scriptures will go out bekase tiiar's
no wood. No, my christian friends, so long
as the anthersite and brim stone holds out
it won't make a dif uv bitterenee whether
the wood holds out or not—the fire will be
kept burning—fir, "they played en sim
hols, dulsimers, jewsharps and diitfiy
johns!"
My Brethering, when accorcfin' to the
text, I sez, they played on situbois, dulsi
mers, jewsharps and dimmyjohns, I tuean
that the good pet feok spirits—them by the
; sixth speet —plays on the simhols and dul
cimers, and the bad spirits what lives in the
lower speets, play on the jewsharps and
dinimyjoiitts, "specially the dimmyjohns—
j for "Whar no wood is, thar the fire goeth
j out—and they played"—brethering, I smell
a mice! That's a Jud'w in the congrega
shun, sure's you are livin' sinners and he
must be dispelled! Ah, I told you so.—
Thar he is on that high scat yonder, close
by the .stove. That weazen faced sinner
in the bearskin bang up—a wolf in bear's
clothing—sctteti thar as innocent as a pos
sum up a "siinuion tree reporting my letter
phrenological ly!"
At this juncture all eyes were fixed ou
i our reporter, who also began to "smell a
j mice:" and hastily thrusting his notes in the
pocket of his "bar skin bang up," vantoos
: cd through a side .viudow, surrounded by
' a blaze of glory and at least a hundred
j hard-shells.
ALEXANDER WEEDING.
And for what did he weep? Common
: report ays, "Because he had no more
j worlds to conquer," This is a great mis
take—two facts will show it most clear!v.
History gives us no intimation of his having
conquered the whole world—only that It;
had subjected a great portion of it. Why,
then, should we conclude that this great
monarch wept because he had no more
1 worlds to conquer? Again, this anecdote
translated from the Greek, reads thus:
Alexander, listening to Anaxarchus" des
cription of the iuimenee number of worlds,
was induced to weep, and being irnjuired of
by his friends why he wept, replied, "Is it
not proper to weep when an infinite number
of worlds exist and we are not yet masters
of ONE?" We cannot imagine, for the life
ofvs, how the common idea of this matter
obtained its prevalence. We have fre
rjucntly heard preachers, and good scholars
too, use this anecdote, in its common sense,
aud in its common acceptation, in illustra
tion of souto important principle. But no
such circumstance ever transpired, and the
illustration is, of course, good for nothing
unless we may be allowed to distort real
occurrences or imagine such as will suit
our puipose. In such cases, however, it
would perhaps be as well to let the distort
ed or imagined circumstance be known as
such,.that the hearer or reader may not la"
bor under the tulse impression that it is
real.
AiiectiOie ol' a Fat Man.
"Bridget," said a lady in the city of Gr>_
thaui, one morning, as she was reconnoiter.
iug in her kichen, to her servant, "what a
quantity of greaso you have got there. We
can get plenty of soap for it, and we must
exchange it for some. Watch for Hie
fiat man and when h° comes '• l^on e'
1 want to speak to him."
•'Y'cs ma'am," says Bridget, between
each whisk of her dishcloth, keeping a
bright look out of the kitchen window, and
no moving creature escaped her watchful
gaze. At last her industry seemed to be
rewarded, for down the street came a large
portly gentleman flourishing a eatte, aud
looking the picture of good humor. Sure
that be was she tuan, when he was in front
of the house out she flew and informed
hiat that her mistress wished to speak to
him.
' "Speak to no toy good girl!" asked the
■ gentleman.
"Y*e>, sir wants to speak to you, and
says would you be good enough to walk
i ■ '
This request, so direct, was not to be re
fused; so in a state of some wonderment up
the steps went the gentleman, aud up .stairs
went Bridget and knocking at her mistress
door, put her head itt and exclaimed:
"Fat gentleman's in the parlor ma'am. °
So saying, she iustuuily descended to the
, lower regions.
'•ln the parlor," thought the lady. What
can it nioai). Bridget must Lave blunder
: ed." But down to the parlor she went, and
|up rose our fat friend with his blandest
smile and most graceful bow.
"You.- servant informed uie, tnarlatn, that
you would like to speak to lite —at your ser
vice, madam.
The mortified mistress -aw the state of
the ease, immediately, and a smile wreathed
itself about her mouth in spite of herself*
as she said;
"Will you pardon the blunder of a raw
Irish girl, toy dear sir? I told lior to rail
in the fat man to take away the soap grease,
when she made the mistake you see "
The jolly fat gentlemen leaned back in
his chair and laughed such a hearty laugh
as never conies from ycur lean gentry.
"Xo apologies uccdcd uiadam," said lie
"it is decidedly the best joke of the season.
Ila, ha, ha, so she took me for the soap
grease man, did she? It will keep me
laughing for months, such a go<>d joke !"
And all up the street and around the eor.
ner was heard the uierry laugh of the old
gentleman as he brought down his cane
every now ami then, and exclaimed, such a
joke !
A REMARKABLE .Mrui'EltVEl.lL
IX PENNSYLVANIA.—The Uunigaa
murder trial in Westmoreland county, Pa.,
is one of the most remaikable that lias oc
curred in this country since the celebrated
Professor Webster and Parkuiuti case, .at
Boston.
Corrigan is an old man, of sonic sixty or
seventy years of age. His wife disappeared
on the 29th of .September last, aiid has nev
er been heard from since, r our or five
days after, some bones and part of a sVull ?
declared by professional men to he those ot
a human being were found bv some neighbors
in a large fire which had been burning near
Corrigati's residence in tho open field
Corrigan had been observed stirring it at
unusual hours. A smell cnu.e from the
tiro like that of an animal carcass burning.
A button similar to those worn upon a
woman's night dress was found in the fire,
and also one belonging to a man. Consid
erable blood was found ill different parts of
i Corrigau's house, although evident attempts
' has been to conec.,l it. Ail of the woman's
dresses that she was known to have were
found at bout*, in their usual place. This
TOT.. Sfi. AT! 13
! indicated that aUe had not goue away vol-
I an rarity.
A person posing Loose en the
night she WHS lust soon, heard screams
coming from that quarter. A sled, having
| marks of blood, was found near tin house,
I with tracks showing that, it had been eviden
tly dragged iu the night time by a horse
1 near to the fire where the bones were found
Corrignn and hi* wife, who lived alone, wrera
known to quarrel. lie gives no satisfac
tion of any of these circumstances, lie
pretends that lie gave his wife money to go
to Philadelphia with, and that the boue s
found in the fire were old boues scraj*d up
:TI rubbish which lie was burniug on his
farm. Hut this is rendered improbable by
the strong animal smell which came from the
fire.
After a trial of several days, and speech
es both for and against the prisoner by able
counsel, he was convicted of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be hung - No
body was ever found or identified as that of"
his wife. The circumstances were such
we have stated.
The supposition of the jury was, front
the evidence, that Uorrig&n had murdered
his wife thou conveyed her body to the Son
in which the boues were found, upon the sled
that was lying near his residence. The
circumstances seem to be strong in that di~
rection. The disposition the murderer made
of the body is most horrible, almost as much
so :;s Professor Webster, who, it. will be re.
collected, cut up the body of his victim into
pieces and then burnt tbem iu a grate in
his room. But in that case I'arkman's
body was identified, which was not the fact
here in this trial, which has created great
sensation in western Pennsylvania.
The fiifjrfpf s Deaih.
A society of infidels were in the prncticet
! of meeting together on Sabbath mornings
! to ridiciite religion, and to encourage each
i other in all manner r f wickedness. A
length they proceeded so far as to meet by
; previous agreement, to burn their bibles.-
! They had lately initiated a young man inf'v
1 their awful mysteries, who had been brought
up under great religious advantages, and
i seemed to promise well: but on tlm; occa
sion, Le proceeded the length of his com
panions, threw bis bible into the fiamas,
and promised, with them, never to go into
a place of religious worship again. li t
was soon aftei ward taken iii. He was vis
ited by a serious umn, who fotiuJ riitn in
the agonies of a distressed mind. Ho
: spoke to him of his past ways. The poor
creature said.
'•lt all did we!! enough while in health
ami while I could keep off the thought of
death," but when the Redeemer's name was
uieutiuticd to him, be hastily exelaiui
j ed.
ha:.s the use of talking to me about
1 mercy?*'
When urged to look to Christ he raid:
'•I tell you it's no use now: 'tis too late
'tis too late' Once I could prav, but now
I can't"
lie frequently repeated, '1 cannot pray
I will not pray."
lie shortly afterward expired, utterin?
some of the most dreadful imprecations.,
gainst some of his coiupuiious in iniquity
who came to see him, and now and then
j saying.
'•My bible! oh the bible.'"
SUIT roil HA.MAGES—A CURIOUS
CASK.
M c find in one of our exchange papers'
the particulars of a singular *uit for dam.
• ages which has been commenced again.-.
| Martain \\ igaud, a respectable German citi
zen ot Staunton, a..) which originated
from rather a violent mode of courtship.
1 Mr. Wigand, being desirous of entering the
holy state ot uiatromotiy, entered into epis
j toiary negotiations with u lady of llich
uioud. whom he had never wen. Mutter,s
: wvnt on satisfactorily to both parties, and
| at length the lover sent the lady money to
i pay her fair to Staunton, ami on her ar-
I livai there the wedding w.-i.s to come off.
j Ihe lady reached Stuuutoa in safety, and
immediately wended her way to the abode
jof him whom she considered her future
I lord, lint alas f.>r human hopes' a change
j had GO I tie OVER the spirit of the lover'*
j dre am, and the lord of the snug little man
sion spurned tlie lady from his door, and in
the most insulting language hade her return
to her friends. Indignant at the insult, and
chafed with the disappointment and mock
, cry. site hastened to a friend, and with him
called at the office of a lawyer* n> whom sii •
. stated her CUM: \\ igand was SENT for and
' when lie arrived and was asked for an ex -
j plaiiatmn of his conduct he deviated, that
i ho had thought better of the affair and did
not uicline to "buy - a pig in a poke" or "a
! cat in a bag." It was not for a day hut
for a lifeline - , and ho would have none of i - .
Thu lawyer and tic: lady's friend exhausted
: eloquence and argument in vain. He would
neither fu'fit bis promise uor pay reasoualue
damages. Consequently a auii was uiappod
upon Els back, wnicli, liefer" be gut,
i through, will likely open his eyes to his
: folly, and show the gallant, gay Lothario
' that courting by mail is a serious affair.