BY DAVID OVER.
if Itr t jbrtnj'.
Oil LOOK LP WARD.
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BT MISS ALLIE PIXOS.
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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.
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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.
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And to exile, sister, brother,
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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 \"
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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<m except those :
which she really pu.-scsst i.
If you wish to k r 'he world know you •
ate in love with a rarti?|iLr man, treat him
with fortaali'y, sua eury oac et*e wl'b '
ease and freedom.
If you am disposed 1$ be perish or inso
lent, it is batter to exeryrga your ii! Luuior •
oh your or rear cif/oV servant, than '
on yr.ur Iriead.
If ycu would preserve beauty rise car
!y.
If you would obtain power, be condcs- <
eeuding.
If you would be happy, endeavor to pro
mote the liapppiuess of others.
Hon UID Mi'ansn—A SELL.—On Sun
day before last our quirt borough wa®
:hrown into a high state of excitement, in
conseqnei.ee of the discovery of a i.cwiy
made grave near the C-'llrge, which from ;
indications evidently cootriucd the remains
of an infant, and all doubt? that a foul j
murder had been committed, were removed j
; rtdien it was announced that the "smeil" ;
was Very gtr-mg. Our worthy friend, iii ,
1 coioner, wns summoned to the :>! 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.