BY DAVID OVER. if Itr t jbrtnj'. Oil LOOK LP WARD. —o— BT MISS ALLIE PIXOS. —O— Brother, has they heart grown weary. Battling with the ills of life? Docs thy spirit, sad and dreary, Almost sink beneath the strife? •Oh look upward, light is shining, It will pierre thy soul's dark night, And the cloud reveals a lining, That will make tho world took bright. *- lister has the music of thy heart, Badly changed to sor row's lav? lias afflictions witn'ring dart Snatched the flowers of Hope away? .' 'Oh look upward, and soft music Thou shall hear in accents low; Flowers that will never wither, Bloom where rude winds never blow. Stranger, exile from thy home. Why that tear drop in Uiiue eye? Though in far off binds yon ro im, Why that deep drawn,heartfelt sigh? Ob look upward, friends ere there, Bitter words are neier spoker; Aad tiie angels, bright smiles wear, Friendship's hand is tiroi, unbroken. j And to exile, sister, brother, i AH who sail on hle's rough sea; Kindly help ye one another, Let the tide of love tt >w tree. And thy hark shall then bound lightly, O'er :lds lea ydg, forming n.ain. Hope's own s'.'.r w.ll siiio.: out* brightly, lid th: heaven tficu shall gsin, Look above, for there are beauties, That will cheer t boo on thy way; Struggle on with life's stein duties, There shall d iwn a clearer day. Angcis whisper with low voices, Ye have gained our blissful shore, And the spirit loud rejoices, Crowned with glory evermore. SE> ER com bl'T ONE 1 have finished it, the letter, That will tell luia he is free; From this hour, i.urt furovc-r, He ia nothing more tome! And my heart feels lighter gayer, Since the deed at lost is done 1 will teach him that when courting, • lie should uever court butocei Everybody in the village, Know he's been a wooing me, And this morning be was tiding, With that saucy Anna Lee, They say he smiled, upon her, As he canter'd by her side, And I "li warrant yon lie promised To make her soon his bride. But I have finished it, the letter, From this moment be is free— ile may have her if he wants her, I; ho loves her more than me, lie may go—it wili not kill me— I would say the sarae, so there , If I knew it would, for flirting, It is more than I can bear. It is twilight, snd the eveni tig, That he sail Le'd visit rnc— But no dontit he's now with Anns, lie mffy stay there, too, forme! And as true as I'm a living, If lie ever comes here more, I'll act us if wc never Never, never met before. It is time he should be com'ng, And I wonder if be will; If he does, I'll look so coidly W hat's that shadow on tiie hil'f I declare, out in the twilight, There is some one Cuming near- Can it tie? —yes 'lis a figure, Jnst as true as I am here! Now, I almost wish I'd written Not to him that he was free, For, perhaps, 't was but a story. That he rode with Anna Lee. There, be Is coming through tbo gate way, I will meet him at tho door, And I'll tell turn still I love him, If he'll court Miss Lee no more! SOMEWHAT STINGY. —Old I'incbem bad the reputation of being a most miserly man. One day coming out of bis stable with tlireo •mall nubbiuf of corn in his band, l.is sa attenuated burlesque on the bovine ge nus, approached and made it evident tlut the provender would be highly agreeable to her palate. I'incbem gave her one of the Dubbios, wbich seemed ooiy to inflame her liuugcr, sor sac followed biui bellowing for core. Witb a eigb of regret, be gave lier another, but just as he was about to cuter Lis door the cow inletcepted him, and seem ed iuclined to contest the passage for the remaining nubuiu. Thoroughly enraged, the old reprobate flung the last bita to the anisml arid exclaimed, "There, you darned fowl, take it snd founder \" A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politic*, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: Two Dollars per annum. Lore and Death—\ Terrible Tra gedy iu Illinois. The Auroia Beacon publishes the fol lowing particulars of the lafo lamentable af fair at Moomoulh, Warren county, Illinois. They v.cre communicated to the Beacon by a gentleman who was in Monmouth at the time of tlscir eccnrver.ee: Mr. Wiu. Croiier, a very respectable young man of Montnouth, a man of good character, good morals, and a member of j one of the tLurobes, became deeply at- : tached to a daughter of Mi. Win Fleming, of the same place, which attachment was as stroGgiy reciprocated. But alas for the [ young man, although possessed of an cx ee'rieut character, he was poor. This was j sufficient to array the father, who was te- j pu'cd to 'be wealthy, and the sons, against him. They all bitterly opposed his aspira tions for the hand anu beait of the young lady, and sought every opportunity to show their feelings and express their contempt. J for the poor young man. It is reported ' that he had been accosted by the old man Fleming even in the streets, and taunted 1 with hi- - rant of wealth. 'Ah, young man, you are getting up in the world; you Wuurd like to marry old j Fleming's daugLter. and get some of old ; Fleming's money, wouldn't you: : The voting man, though stung to ihe i very quick of iiis sensitive sou!, would put j tip, in silence, with the graceless insults, and net taunt back again, restrcint-d by the j deep affection for the daughter. To su2e. ' if possible, ihe love of the young lady, her father determined tesend her away to Pear,- ; sylvatiia, so that by absence and d.stance he might estrange her acknowledged affec- ! tion for the young man. In accordance with this resolution she was scut, Liu on taking the cars, she was heard to express her intention yet to marry Mr. Oczier, in spite of the unkind efforts of her friends to prevent it. After the young lady had been g itie some time, there were soma move menta on the part of Croiier, which led the j Flemings to sui-pect that he intended to foliow* her to the seeiu.,.ou they had provi ded for Lcr. This led to the horrible tra- ! gedy. On Thursday morning, Dec. 11, Mr. j Win. Fleming, with his two sons, Henry ! aud Johu, with a lawyer who was employed by them for the occasion, proceeded to the Baldwin House, ia Monmouth, whore young i Crozier boarded, aud between the hours of 3 and 9in the forenoon, requested an in terview with him at his room He went, with litem, as requested, and when lie had entered the room, the elder Fleming lock- j cd tiie door. There they remained, our in formant said, from about: 9 o'clock, A. | M., to 2 P. M.. locked in. During the 1 time the? were thus locked io, every effort . was made by tiie Flemings, both father and son, and by the lawyer, to induce Crozier to sign such a writing as they stioold dic tate, renouncing the young lady in qucs tiou forever. This he resolutely refused j to do, in spite of threats and persuasions, which were freely used. A sort of com promise writing was finally agreed upon and signed, which was satisfactory to the father, but not to the sons. They declared tbey would have revenge by lashing him with a whip tbey brought for the purpose, whieh they proceeded to execute. After tbey had struck six or seven blows Crozier determined to resist with all hi* might. A desperate scuffle ensued. One of ibc Flemings drew a pistol aud fired at i Crozier with intent to hill. Just as he ! fired, however, the lawyer struck tue haud which held tho pistol up, and the charge lodged in the ceiling instead of the head of j the young mau. Crozier then assailed the assassiu with a jack knife, slabbed hue,and instantly killed him. Meantime, the re port of the pi>to'. alarmed the house, and the brother of Crosier being there, rushed to the rescue. Fiuding tba door locked ou !he inside, bo burst it open, and with one blow knocked dowu the elder Fleming, who opposed his passage. As neon as the don nas burst open, the brother who was last wounded passed down into the bar room, fell aud cxpireJ. The blow which felled the eider F.cming left Li:u for a time sense leas. Thus in attempting by fares to compel young Crazier to accede to their tyrannical demands, two brothers were slain by tiie person assai.cd, auJ the third person rough ly handled. When the deed was doue, Crozier volun tarily surrendered himself to the proper officers for examination, and was. we un derstand, acquitted CD the ground of a jus tifiable homicide in self defence. When ii was suspected that Crozier was going to follow Miss Fleming to Fenusyl vania, another brother was dispatched post, haste, to bring her home, and when the fa tal tragedy occurred they uad not returned. BE KIND TO YOU 11 WIFE. Be kind to your wife. Think bow, in tho first biash of maiden beauty, she turn !cd aside from the haunts uf pleasure and I * the caress of fond parents and brothers snd sisters, to follow your fortunes through the world. Think with what blended Impc and aguity you followed her from place to pitoe, watching her every look, and ponder ing the meaning of Iter'most carchss tones until, wen by your importuni'y, she placed her hind all trustfully in yours ui.d said, "1 am all your own." Thiuk of the caves, and anxieties, ami physical suffering t-l.c has incurred for you, uid do not desert her now, when her cheek is faded, her step lus lost its elasticity, cfid she sits an uncom plaining watch?! over your lest interests* a self-incarceratcd prisoner in her own home. Merriiy the music sounds, young feet trip lightly iu the mazy dance, aud joyous laughter along the walls—bat she is not there: the curtain rises and the forfamed artiste comes foti'u to thanit ihe intoning crowd with her tnalodious sc;:g—but she is not there. The orator arises before his wrapt audience, his rich, deep tones of elo quence floating away along the crowded passages and curling upward as a voiced in cense to ihe vaiuted roof, but she ir r.ot there. Art opens lier new stores and dis plays her wonderful creations cn tiie glow ing canvas, and in iha speaking bus'; your wife is a lever of the chaste and beautiful, but she is uot there. Litciattire presents new leaves, fresh from the fascinating p?n of geiiuts —the wifo aad mother has but lt.- tis time to read. i No; there she lingcs at bo*--, a GoJ. commissioned watcher over help ••--®s chil dren; tinging the babe tj sleep, btuaing to catch the lisping voice of those dear or-a who Lave a thousand imaginary wants, en ecuraging the quiet and soothing the fiet ful. She is weary, but does not complain, her temples throb, Lut she docs not becd tbeir throbbing, as ever and arum she torus a wishful glance towards the door, for she expects her husband. She expects you; and her whole world cf happiness will be there when yon arrive Will you enter that room with cold in difference? Will yoti utter a hasty word tn her presence? AY ill you sit uoWu with that frown on your countenance, or complain t.f the burdens ypjt are called to bom? Will vou thoughtlessly remind her of iter faded beauty, or manifest surprise at her igno 1 '* anee of many things now passing in the great world from which she has been ex - cluded by peculiar duties? W ill you sut ler the recollection of any more youthful, or more beautiful to haunt you in heme's haliowed precincts, or cross the white leaf •>f conjugal felicity with one unhallowed 'bought' Old romcmber your early lev - ', your early promises; tliink how fai'':!"?ly she has kept Iters; love Ler ns yon ought, snd she is still beautiful—beautiful in her pure, motherly affections, her self-sacri ficing devotion to you. Ilea!ire that she is ali your own: that throughout the wide world you are sure of but one heart whose every cord is linked invisibly to a counter part in yours; realize that upon her bosom alone you m.v weep out your sorrows in the day of trial, without the fear of being mock ed. Husband, love your wifo! Gather her to your heart of hearts, as if in her were all your hopes of happiness combiued, bless her daily for her paiicnco and truth: stand up like a man between her and the rude, cold world, aud leach your children to honor her, that God may honor you. In aii the rela tions of life there comes a parting hour, and we beseech you so to live that, if i: should be your lotto kiss htr elayco'd lips and lay her away in tbe grcve forever, you may hy your hand honestly upon your wid owed heart and say—l have never wonged you!— Ex. AN UNFORTUNATE MAN. —Sheriff An sel Wright, of Northampton, is someth.ug of away, as is known pre tty extensively in that region. A few days ago a scurvy looking stranger presented bir.i with a pi p;r, earnestly begging him for money. Believing hiut to be an iiuposler, Mr. W. lunde l back the paper, saying: 'I presume you wouldn't have asked ta: if you hnd kuown my situationj tor whether yoa be lieve it or not, every bit of property I have in the world i* in the hinds of th? Sheriff The astonished and compassionate sta'c of the fellow's cyca at that moment was a sight to see. Did you present your account to the de fendant? inquired a lawyer of hi? clerk "i did, sir." "What did he say, sir?" He told me to go to the devil, sir. Well, and what diJ you do after that? \\ hy, theu I came to you. BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 30.1857. I To U.NMAltttlEl* La rlKS—The follow ing items of auvice to 'adies remaining in a state ot single blessedness#ro extracts from j the tmmusciipi of an old dowager. If you have blue eyes, languish* If black eves, aff et spirit. If you have pretty foet. wear short petti- j coats. It you are the least duubtful as to ttint point, wear them long. If you have bad ar.es, you must only simper. Wl'ite you are young sit with your face | to the light. IVhen you are a little advanced, sit with yuur back to the window. If jou have a bad loiee, always speak in a Jew tone. If it is acknowledged that you have a fine voice, never spcahiu a high ten. If you dance well, dauco seldom. If you dunce ill, never dance at all. If you sing well, make no puerile ex cuses. I- I If you sing indifferently, hesitate n"t a moment when you are asked, for tYr per- ; sous are competent judges of singing, but every one is :;oc. j ibie of a desire tj piease. 1 If iu conversation, you iLink a person i wrong rather hint a difference of opinion, , raihcr ihun offer a contradiction. It is always in your power to make a I friend by smiles; what folly to make enemies by frown. When you have art opportunity to praise do it with all your heart. When you are forced to blame, do it with i reluctance. I: you arc envious of another woman, ! ii • er -bow it but by* allowing Ler every g • i quality and pcrfct t! to as- | i certain "imw and by whit uj.an® the person j lying here dead ca:ic to l.i® or her death." ! AH being iq readiness to view the Ludy,thc j work of disinterment commenced, a utuhly i excite ) crowd standing around discussing the probabilities as to who was the murder er, ail agreeing that ihe victim was some illegitimate offspring. After considerable t 1;bor the person who was digging came upon a box which contained the object of j the search. By this time, it is said, (for i i we were not present,) the stencil became i ! so offensive to sotuo of the by-standca that : they were compelled to cover their noses j ; with their handkerchiefs. The box was j ; however removed from the grave ted open i ed with great care, and the remains, which J were well wrapped in cloths, taken out. — j The excitement had now became intou?e f j aud the spectators were each struggling to j see the corpse uncovered. This work was at last accomplished, but instead of tbe persons present discovering the body of a ! ! human bciug, the search brought forth a I book, tho property of oue of ;'uc Professors , of the College, for tbe aiudy of which some | of the stuJents had no particular liking, which they had purloined from tho Profe®- : sor's room, and very carefully buried out -1 iJe the campus. The sell was complete, : and those present who had been caught in the trap slipped away a? quick a3 possible. Carlisle Democrat. CONVERSIONS TO PSOTESTANTISII.—A London paper of November 29thsays: "The movement towarJa Protdstautisui ' in Bohemia, ana Austrian Silesia, is be | coining daily more iiutaonse and overwhelm ing; whole families, in ali their blanches' simultaneously embracing the Lutheran creed, aud leading others in the same route, to the consiernation of the lloioan Catholic clergy, who are striving by every possible uieaus to atop the current. It appear.® that the recent concordat wi;h the Pope, which disgusts the more intelligent inhabitants of these good countries, is the doorinapl cause of this uwvsineut.'' 1 PTTACTTOAT. PREACHING —Dropping into j an Africau meeting house in the outskirts | of the city, wc loand tho sermon just com- j nit need. The topic seemed to te the do j prsvity of the unman heart, aud the sable ■ divine thus illustrated hi? argument: Brcdren, when I was in Yirgtany, one day de old woman's kitcheu table get broke, au' I wis sent into de wood? to cut a liee to uriko a leaf for it, so I took ax j on do shoulder, and I wander in do deps j ob de forest. All nature was as beautiful . us a lady going to a redding. De leaves i glistencu ou de ample trees like new qnar ; ter dollars in de missionary box, de sun shone as brilliant, and nature looked as gay us a buck rabbit in a parsely garden, and de little bell round de old sheep's neck liuklcii softly and musically in de distance. 1 spied a tree suitable for de purpose, aud raise do ax to cut into dc trunk. It was n . beautiful tree, and Je branches reach to d? j four eornera of de earth, aud raise up high to de air above, and de squirrels hop | about like little angels fiuppiDg dure wings j iu ie kingdom ob liebaa. Dat tree- was full ob promise, my friends, aud just like a good many ob you. D-a I cut iuto do trunk, and de chips fly like do mighty scales dropping from I'ar.l'g eyes. Two-three cuts I give dat tree, and alas' it was hollow iu dc but. Dat tree was much like you, my friends: full ob prouii-e outside, but hollow iu ds bull The groans from the amen ecracr of the rooui, were truly couiritc snd affeoiiug, but we will ventur • a email wager that thai was the most practical sermon preached iu ihe city, ou that day at least. A MISDEAL IN LOVE. —The Keckuk I Gate City relates the followiug: El. 11. paid his a'iure.®c3 to Rosa, th- j daughter of a Dr. P. of that city, bus hi* i suit was not fa voted by Lcr parents, aud j she was driven to make clandestine ap- j pointmeots with Lcr darling EJ. One t j these eventuated fonnity enough! Ed. I was locorne to ttie house and wait outside j till the light® were turacd off, and thcu she j would quietiv let him iu. The evening i oaun, au I Ilusa :k night her parents wiUid j never retire. But after : while the Dr. ; sought bis night-cap, and Rosa -lipped oa J into the back parlor and sat uown in the t dark. Hor mother, thinking ail others j hid gone to bed, lighted a lamp, turuod j off the gas, and wont up 6tairs to bed— But while she wa. standing iu the hall at I Ibe bead of tue stairs, sue heard a gentle j r;;p at liie door. Fearing 'hat ihe wiuu j wou.d blow out Ltr only light, she thought- ; tuily sat :t down iu :hs lull, aud descend- < ed to the uoor by its uncertain light. A® | she threw open tiie door in rushed Eu., j i and seizing her in his arms, began such ! a siege i' kissing ns prevented htr crying out for aid. P. or Ed. did not discover j I bis erior until he-had called iicr his da;-] j ling Rosa shout ninety times, and received ! ou his face a blow ia exchange for each kiss. But hcariug himself called an im pertinent villain, he iucun'.iaentiy ficu the house, as greatly chagrined as Mrs. P. was angry. Whether Lis devotion cr persistency ! wou the mother to his fivor, is uot s'ated, | bu: El. and Kosa were shortly married, I with the full consent of tho parents. Ir j proved with Kd.'a lore making ns it often i does in cards, a misdeal changes the luck. j A Miss IN PANTS. —The Cincinnati J Commercial tells tbo following. ; A? an officer was last night standing in i the confectionery at tire corner of Third 1 and Rsce streets, two gentlemen entered; ! one of then! approached the stove and placed his foot upon the ledge to warm i. The officer observed that it was a small and pretty foot, but it was covered with a lady's bootee! This led to an inspection of the face, also very pretty, bnt without sign of beard, present or to conic—in short the gentleman was a lady in pant. M i'.h bar friend she was conveyed, weeping, to the station bcuse. Ths male gentleman left a splendid gold watch as security for the future appearance of the female gentleman. He said his com j pan ion was a ladv of good reputation, that | she resided in Covington, and bad donaed j her mueculiuo attire for a merry trip across : the ice to tbe Cincinnati side and back.— He was no galiaut as to press bet to take some refreshment, and her arrest wa* the | oousequcnce. I Q3*"A 'lough' subieriber to a country I p-,per was struck from its mail list, because jhe wouldn't pay up. The delinquent's ! wife insisted wratbfully that 'she knew i what wa3 newspsper law—that she did— j the proprietor was bound to send tbe pape? j until all arrearages were paid.? HOLDING THE BEAR. 'A good m.tny years go, two men, neigh bors, in Maine, had been in the woods dur ing the day, and rotaritiug towards even ing, when within a mile of loir homes ob served a large bear making directly for our of them, and, to avoid bis grasp, he dodg ed behind a sizeable trc?. The bear sprang j and clasped Lis fere paws arouud the tree i and the man immediately seized and held j them fast. After a consultation how they [ should despatch the bear, it was agreed j ibat the mau who was at liberty, sbouid . proceed home, obtain aa axe and rctnrn j home immediately, for t'ne purpose of kil- j ling him. ' The man arrived Lome, related j the situation of their neighbor to his wife, i end his plan for killing the bear: but not i being raueh in a hurry, directed his wife to j prepare supper, and he wouid lake some be- . fore he started, which wa? accordingly' doue. Afier sapper was over, and he had taken | several turns from the firo to the door, and j from the door to the fire, and lounging ! awhile be corcluded he would go to bed early aad he stirring by times in the morn ing, qnd release liL friend. Morning ar rived, and she ay? was got in readiness.— He then to-d his wife he believed he wouid have hL breakfast before ho went. Break fast being over, and several small j ibs done about the house; he leisurely shouldered Lis axe, and shortly found his neighbor in tiie same rc. '.rier, very patiently holding the bear, and awaiting his return. On his ap proaching near the spot, and ju*t as he was raising liis axe to give the fata! blow, bis friend said, 'Stop; I have suffered enough holding ihe bear—ycu come and take my place, and let me have the sat:.,faction of killing bitn.' This was readily assented to; and the man,aftc being released, and see ing his neighbor in the situation that he had tern, shouldered tbe ax' and walked off, j leaving tiie loiterer in iu'ii possession of the j hear in Lis turn. I MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY. The Presbyterian General Assemblies j tiayo been disputing for a long time con i corning the propriety of a man marrying his deceased uile's sister. The iegalitv of a nearer and more delicate relationship being established by marriage, has just been de cided by our Court of Appeals. It i® alto geiher proper, so says that lcajnod tribu nal, tue highest authority in the State, for i man to marry his mother io law. The quartette of Judges came to this decision after this fashion, and upon the following case: Eliza B:i! mirried Simucl Bell, her son in law. Mr. 11. died, leaving tbe interest ing widow, and also severol children by hi® first wife, whose grand mother was at the i ®n:c time their step mother. These ebil '■ dren refused to grant the old lady her dow er, and hence the suit. The cause was brought before Judge Pry or, the late learned and c*tiir,able Judge of the adjoining circuit He decided that the marriage was void, a.® the parlDs were wilb iu ibc degeee of relationship fixed by the statute of 1793 An appeal was taken, and the adjudico tiou of the fower Court reversed. Tbe Court of Appeals decided that there was no prohibitions to ?ueli a marriage by the statute of 1793—that marriages within the Leviticai degree are not void, though void able. Accordingly, if any man desires to mar ry his mother in law. he can go ahead. Tbe law is on his side.— Louisville Journal. VAIN GLORY.— Among the peaco illu urination?, one of the most popular devices was combination of the initials of the Queen Prince Albert, Louis Napoleon and ihe Em press Eugenie. Tbe result of this arrange ment wa? a display of 'he letter? V.A N.E., which suggested to the philosophic mind a connection between popularity and the wes thereuck.—Punch. IE/The age of a cultivated mind is often more complacent, is even more luxurious than the youth. It is the reward of ihe due use of the endowments bestowed by nature; while they who in yonth have made no pre vision for age, arc lett like an unsheltered tree, stripped of its leaves, and it? branches shaking snd withering before tbeeold blasts of winter. arc many who wast? affection by a careless neglect. It is not a p.ant to grow unnurtured, the rude touch may de stroy its delicate texture forever, the subtle chords cf love are chilled and snapped a under by neglect. They have a new way of hatching chick ens in the West, by which a single maternal fowl is made to do the duty cf a hundred. They fill a barrel with egg?, and place a ben on tho bang-hole- VOL 30, NO. 5. THE AMERICAN CLOCK BUSINESS. An artie! on the manufacture tf clocks, which we find in the last number of tbo Merchants' Magazine, contains some very interesting facts: There were 31 manufactories,' It seems, 10 years ago, since then, however, nine have stopped from failure, aud four from destruction by fire, while five have suspend ed their monufactures on account of small profits. There are now only 13 factories, six of which arc only running a portion of the lime. These 13 will probably pro duce, the present year, I43,oo(£eloeks. Iu 1533-54, the Jerome Company— whicn swamped Baruuui—paodueed 444,- clocks, or au average of more than one per minute. During 1851-52, the factory of J. C. Brown turned cut from 80,000 to 100.000 clocks, so that this concern and Jerome's during the pcikiJ specified, of two years, got out about 500,000 cloeks each year. The tuirtec-u computes new runrfing will make hardly one fourth of what wag produced by three factories now standing still. There ira large amount of fancy clocks on hand, but the wooden frame ♦Ogee' and 'Sharp Top Gothic* are getting very scarce. They cacno: be made at prices for which they have been sold; in deed, it is estimated that nearly halt a mil lion of dollars have been lost wi'Lin the past tbrc years tv selling docks under cost. It seems, according to the same authori ty from v. Licit wc gather the aljove faets, ! that clocks, for cxportaiton, have amounted j to hard upon one million of dollars annual- I lv, and that tbns exchanges with the eld ! country have been aided. An iustsnce is | cited of one iiouse that imported shawls, j iinen, collars and lace goods from Scotland, I ar.d made its exchange in docks. If they | had sent a bill of exchange it would have ' cost il eui from 710 8 per cent; but send ing out clocks at 5 per cent profit or mcre r it made them at les.-t 13 per cent on the clocks, which is a paying business. The business must slumber for awhile; | ft Is coattfai whether, indeed," if wtTJ erer ' again be carried on so largely as it ba beeu. Tris RIGUT-SPIBIT. —A young mm wh I presented himself at the polls in the Ist Ward. Philadelphia, at the recent election, had bis right to vote challenged hy one of tbe better citizens,' who had come from eld Ireland. This aroused the American blood, and the challenged party after having I proved his right to vote, threw, down the j Locofoco ticket, exclaiming '1 can't stand | :'.i-. I was born in this country," sod ; handed lo tho Inspector a full Americas | ticket. SQUARING THE OISCLE. —The wmthemat j icai proposition, wfiah for a number of I years bothered the most obtuse mathemati i ciaDs, Las at last been definitely solved, aud ; that, too, in a manner to accommodate itself to the most simple understanding.- It is simply to settle up your wife's bill for hoops *t the dry goods store or tnillinet'i. S UNHEALTHY.—To fall in low with anoth. |er man's wife. In Arkausas, this kind of thing cmally "terminates in death" the first year. But in this country, wc hare kno wo it to go further. A wotuan has been held to ball at Rich mond, Vs., for giving her husband a tre mendous thrashing, end threatening to seud him on a hot southern tour, where fire and brimstone is plenty. Somebodv has written a book en "Tbe art of making people happy without mo ney." We are in excellent condition to ka experimented upon. It was a judicious resolution of a fa ther, when being asked what he intended to do with bis girls, be answered; j. 'I iutend tn apprentice thetu to tbsir ex- I eelient mother, that they uiy learn the sr* ! of iuiproreiog tbern, and become, iikc her,' ' wive®, mothers, and heads of families, nd usual ornamental members of society.' A lady of wealth put her daughter who bad been pampered by indolence, under a governess. Upon calling to inquire how her daughter progressed in her studies she was told. "Not vary well.' 'Why, wUat is tbo reason ? 'She w.vuts ctpaei:y ' — 'Well, you know, 1 don't regard expense, purchase oue immediiteiy.' TnRE*. FACTS. —The public deht of Pennsylvania is just about forty miliicu dollars. , . The coal produced end sold from tn? mines of Pennsylvania, last year, amounlei to jus about forty million dollar?.' The yield of the gold mines of California lat year was justaboat forty million dli*r Ti'i-re are forty reasons why Penosyivatn.-. i is the richest Statu it, the Uu'wn, and wiK have t'ne largest population inside the a.. ' of tarty years—P-tffsiarg Post ' There will be a quarterly wearing com mence iu tbo M. E. Church of Bedford, joa nest Sa'wrdnj or.e week; tue IU- Ma. COLLINS, is expected.