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BY DAYID OYER.
Itbti
A PARODY.
LET TUG GABIES BE HEARD.
Tell Die, ye winged winds
That round ray pathway roar,
l)o ye not know some spot
Where bachelors come no more—
Some lone and pleasant doll
Where no moustache is seen—
Where long eared dandies never come
Ourselves and fun between ?
There came a murmur frotn the distant sea—
A low, sad tone, which whispered "No-sir-ee."
Tell me, thou misty deep,
tthoso billows round me play,
Know'st thou some favored spot,
Some island far away,
Where weary girls may Sad
A rest from soft dough facei.
And hear themselves called women
Nor linked to the graces 1
Soon did the misty deep its answer give,
Jiv murmuring, "Not while brandy smashes
live.* 1
And thou, screnest moon,
What language dost thou u.tor
While gazing on the GENTLEMAN
Whose hea lis iu'he gutter /
Say, hast thou in thy round,
Gazed on sonic favored spot,
Where halt know not the iceight of bricks.
And where cigars are not t
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe,
But in italics answered "No, no, no
Tell nie, my sacret soul—
Oh! tell me, liopc ami faith,
Is there no resting place
From fops and beaux aud death /
Is there no happy spat,
Where womankind are blest —
.Where man may never come,
And w !.er the girls may rest I
Faith, Truth and Hope—best boons to mortals
given,
Waved their bright ings and answered " yes,
iu litavcu
ifjffloia LiML
LETTER No. 1.
TNE NATURE 01* TIIK QUESTION
—THE PROPOSITION TO BE
PROVED—THE GENERAL
PROOF GIVEN.
This is the most important subject be
fore the Legislature. It is so because it is
of personal consequence to every taxpayer,
and is intimately associated with the future
prosperity of every great business interest.
A question of >ucb magnitude uny well at
tract universal attention. It is far above
the petty strifes of party. It relates to
the good of the whole people ia their per
sonal interests, and should be treated with
the dignity, the gravity, the tiutLfn'ness
and the mauiiuess of purpose with which
those subjects deserve to be approached,
which involve, in their solution, the destiny
ola great Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania, with her free institutions,
witu ber busy farmers of matchless perse
verance and endurance, with her virtuous
and industrious laborers, with ber magnifi
cent mountains, her noble rivers, her fer
tile valleys, her nuny ores more precious
than the gold of the Pacific shore, her cen
trality of position, and the intelligence,
activity and cnterpri-c >f her capitalists
an 1 bu-iiic.-s men, should be the first State
in the Uuwn. With probably fewer natu
tul advantages than Virginia, we have in
finitely surpassed her in the race, far here
there are free laborers, there slave laborers.
Wo bavc indisputably greater natural ad
vantages than, with this single exception,
any other State in the Union, and under
wise legislation we have a brilliant career
liefore us. I say wise legislation, for our
legislation has not always been wise. Our
hostility to "innovation" has chained our
people when they should Lave been re
lieved of burthens; and many a great
movement has been inadvertently crippled,
which etuiuctitly deserved legislative aid
and encouragement. But, independent of
all this, another cause has struck deeply j
and fearfully at the growth of our State. — '
I, of course, refer to the excessive taxation ;
under which out grent interests have long ;
literally groaned. ' This taxation was ue- j
cessary, at oDe time, to save the honor of
the Commonwealth. In this purpose no
sacrifice would have proved too gteat for
our patriotic aud proud spirited people.—
But it cannot be denied that exoessive tax
ation here, while our neighbors bava im
posed far fewer taxes, has driven much of
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| our capital to other States, has ledto its
concealment here, an>| has thus iu two
ways seriously increased the burthens of
the more courageous and the more honest
portions of the people. And it is clearly
their wish, as it is clearly their interest, to
be relieved at the earliest possible moment
of what constitutes their greatest griev
ance.
Now, I maintain that as ibe bulk of the
taxation of the people is, and has been,
sank in the management of the Main Line
of the State, it is tho duty of the Legisla
ture to sell that line, at the best price it
• will bring And upon this I remark :
First. Thai there is no reason why the
State should retain the ownership of the
Line. Its construction was forced upon
the Mate, because at that time, private en
ter prise was wholly inadequate to the un
dertaking. Once built, the line was of
necessity worked by its owner—no other
party being able to undertake its manage
ment. This necessity continues no longer.
The State can readily dispose of it on fair
terms to companies formed mainly of her
own citizens, and deeply interested, by eve
ry consideration, in the growth of the
State. And as managing railroad* and ca
nals is no part of the legitimate duties of a
State, and never can be as successfully ef
fected as by companies controlled by prac
tical men, it is eminently proper that the
Commonwealth, without reference to the
pecuniary considerations involved, should
dispose of its interest in these improve
ments. There being then no fitness in the
State's ownership of the line, and it being
proper for the State to abandon this and
devote itself to more legitimate purposes
j what are the pecuniary hearings of the
i proposition T This suggests the second
l remark.
j Second. The Slate shout J s-Ji the Main
Line, because that Line has exhausted and
is exhausting the whole proceedt from the
j diced taxation of the people. If this pro
j position be capable of demonstration, who
will have the boldness to protest against a
sale of that line? And it is clearly sus
ceptible of proof—proof both general and
particular—proof which leaves uot a shad
ow of doubt. The gemral proof is this:
| Twelve or more years ago the State com
! nsenced heavily to tax its citizens. These
| taxes have been rigidly collected—the peo
ple pay ag them with a view to the liquida
tion of the State debt. Since 1845, over
seventeen millions of dollars have been
' paid by the people to the State, as taxes
1 upon their real and personal property !
Daring this time the receipts from other
' species of taxes, such as those ou bank
j stoeks, corporation stock*, State stocks,
' charter taxes, bonuses, license taxes,
have usually paid the appropriations to
| common schools and the ordinary expenses
iof government. Ilow, then, have these
! seventeen millious been applied ? There
can be but one reply: I'art to the new work
!on the North Branch Canal, part to the
| Portage Railroad, and the balance mainly
i to the working expenses of the Main Line.
! This has been the receptacle of the contri
butions of the people: yet some citizens
! oppose a sale ! Not one dollar of the debt
i has, in reality been paid. It is as great
now as when taxation was first resorted to.
j The aggregate is still those pondeious forty
millions. That there may be no dispute
; concerning the amount of the State tax paid
lon real and personal estate, 1 subjoin a
! statement taken from the Auditor Gener
al's It-port:
! 1845, $1,318,332 02
) 1846, 1,445,112 70
1847. 1,280,781 19
184N 1.350,129 49
i 1849, 1,293,921 23
i 1850, * 1,317,82155
'lßsl, 1,372.170 37
1 1852. 1,359,036 30
1853, 1,381,550 59
1854, 1,510,403 39
, 1855, 1,721,114 79
1556, 1.682,035 21
$17,133,008 83
Such was the total receipt at the Treasury,
ou real and personal estate, in twelve
years.
In these facts consists the general proof
of the position, that the Main Line has ex
hausted, and is exhausting the whole pro
ceeds frotn the direct taxation of the peo
"ple. The particular proofs will be the
subject of another communication.
ADAMS. (
A school boy beiDg asked by a teacher
how he should flog hitn replied, "If you
please sir I should like to have it on the
Italian system of penmanship—the heavy
strokes upward, and the down ones light."
At a recent exhibition of a menagerie an
elephant was seen to pick up the loose hay
with his trunk,when an Irishman exclaimed
"What sort of a be art is that atin' bay with
hii tail ?"
THE RAILROAD TRAGEDY SEAR
HIGHSPIHE.
FI RTIIEIt I'ARTICILiaS
CORONER'S INQUEST.
0
VERY IMPORT*!XT DEVELOP
ME.\ TS.
A Grand Scheme of Counterfeit
ing Operations Broken I'p.
From Hit Harrisburg Daily Telegraph.
We have already given some of the par
ticulars of the late mysterious raihoad ac
cident near Ilighspire, and as our citizens
are anxious to learn the full particulars of
it, we give the evidence before the Coro
ner's Jury. The names of the persons
composing the Jury are as follows :
Robert L. Muench, ueo. Locher, Win-
Templin, lienry Wagner, John 11. Snyder
and Wm. Shabenger.
Philip Miller, sworn:—l work in the
brickyard just at hand; I came here about
10 minutes to 4, was going to work, saw
the men lying, the lower man was living,
but did not speak: the train going up stop
ped; 1 spoke with the conductor, the lamps
were burning; 1 was not present wbeu the
accident happened.
Jacob Scheffer, (miller,) sworn :—I came
here about daylight, when 1 came I saw die
two persons lyiug on the ground; the lower
peisou was not dead; I went fur Dr. Putt;
when I came he was dead; Dr. l'utt lives
from the place of the accident about i of a
mile; the conductors had their lamps burn
ing; I beard the whistle after they passed
my lot, after they passed my house they
drawed the whistle, aud the whistling was
going on all the time: I was up about half
au hour before the accident: 1 aid not hear
thtm whistle as they passed the crossing; 1
don't always bear them when they whistle.
Samuel Steele, sworn:—l can't tell what
time it was when 1 came here, when 1 got
here the passenger train was standing be
yond the bodies; the lower person was alive,
the other was lying in the water dead; I
live iu lligaspiie; can't tell how far my
residence is from this place; I work at the
brickyard, usual time forgettiug up is four;
1 thiuk it was, after four when 1 got up tbi*
morning; ! live on the pike, cars don't pass
my door: when I got out I heard cars
vLLsUtng; as a general thing I don't hear
the cars passing, sometimes I hear them if
1 am up.
Adam Coover, sworn:—l heard the whis
tle, I think by this train coming up; it whis
tled coming through Iligb-qnre; 1 live in
iiighspire, 1 don't know the difference in
the souud of the whistles; when I came the
the lower body was alive, he did not speak,
it was something after four, saw the lamps
of the conductors burning; i work at the
brickyard, was coming to work, usual time
for going to work is four o'clock.
Peter Masheas, affirmed:—llive in High
spire, am foreman on this section, came up
when the up-freight train was standing
near wher the bodies were lying; 1 was not
awake when the Express traiu started up,
the down traiu passiug by wakened me.
John W. Glover, rworn.-—1 thiuk the name
of the man with whiskers and moustache is
George Vickroy; he was iu uiy store, was
measured for a suit of clothes, 1 made tiieiu
and he never called for them, I cannot
speak positively whether this is the tuau.
James Nichols, affirmed:—l am engineer
on the express train which came np this
morning, in passing a freight traiu this side
of Highspire on turning the curve, I ob
served two uion walk on the track, (be
freight train had passed there about half the
length of the train, 1 opened the whistle
wide, aud held it iu that way until the cow
catcher caught them aui lifted them up,
they were walking towards Harrisburg, 1
could not distinguish at the instant waat
tbey were; the freight train east a shadow
over them; they were about 60 or 7U yards
in advance of Hie: we were going at the
rate of 35 or 40 miles au hour, 1 didn't
whistle when 1 crossed the curve, but whis
tled immediately when I saw the persons,
it was utterly impossible for them to hear,
because they were in the noise of the freight
train, we were about iof a mile this side
of Highspire, 1 stopped as soon as 1 could.
De Loss Everett, sworn:—! am fireman
on the engine Union, Mr. Nichols is engi
neer, was on the train this morning when
the men were killed, 1 did not see them, 1
was timing at the time the eugiueer gave
the alarm whistle,i long and low whistle, I
looked out on my side of the engine and saw
the man fly off the cow-catcbcr,saw him fall
down on the ground, the engineer stopped
the train immediately, we were passing the
freight train at the time of the accident,
and were still continuing to pass when the
cow-catcher struck him, 1 only saw one man,
when the frain was stopped Mr. Nichols
got off the eugine, the regular alarm was
given and more, the speed of the train was
35 or 40 utiles per hour.
Wm. A. De Lauey, sworn:—l am con
ductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on
the express train, this morning about four
o'clock I was setting in the frout passenger
car, 1 was startled by hearing au alarm
whistle given by the engineer of my train,
I immediately went out on the platform,
put on one break, the brakesman pat on
other brakes, in a few moments the tram
stopped, a freight train had just passed go
ing east, the engineer of my tiaiu told me
that he thongt he Lad killed two men a lit
tle piece back, 1 went back/ibout *0 yaidj,
wheu I saw one man lying "Letwceu the
track badly injured about the bead, but
still living, about 20 feet from where he
was lviug there was another man lying in
'he ditch quite dead, Ms face wis out of
BEDFORD, FA., FRIDAY. JURE 12.1857.
' the water, he wad lying on h's back, I left
I two of roy brakesmen in charge of the per
sons, Kramer and Keasier, until I could
get assistance from Harrisburg, 1 came to
town and notified the coroner.
Through the kindness of the coroner we
hare been placed in possession of the full
particulars of this aifair throughout. It
has already stated how the accident occur
red, information given, aud the inquest
held. The strange conduct of the woman
who represented herself as the wife of one
of the parties has teen mentioned, and com
mented upou. Since our last, cireun. stan
ces have turned up to implicate this woinan
as deeply as any of them. Coroner Jiarr
has given us the following details of her
transactions up to the time of her depar
ture.-
On Friday after the accident a lady trai
led on me to know if one of them was her
busbaud. She showed oie his likeness, I
showed her her his clothes, sl screamed
out loud and fainted, after she came to, I
conversed with her respecting their going
to Middletown, she answered it did not
matter what they or he done out! "he
was a good and kind husband to her, they
had been married four years and moved
from Northumberland county to this place
to get out of trouble, and mast sho now
come to this!" I endeavored to pacify ber,
by asking her if she would make known the
names of their associates, as there was a
large amount of money missing. If I could
obtain it for the owners I would promise
her a reward. She stoutly denied ac
knowledge of their business, that they nev
er told her anything about their affairs.
She said she wanted to leave town as SOOD
as possible, and that I should couie up to
her honse and buy her furniture, and take
back what they had purchased from me,
(when they came to town, which was the 7th
of May.) I promised her I would, and she
left, I immediately sent for officer Newman,
aud we went to her house aud commenced a
search. We found a number of letters and
paper implicating others iu their business!
we also found metal, mills, heaters, ladles,
iron saw file-, punches, flasks and other
apparatus for making counterfeit coin,
found sufficient to satisfy ua that the busi
ness was carried on on an ex'ensivo scale.
these are in my possession, also the
tiames atid rosid#tc*s of sotne SO and up
wards of with them, all of
their accomplices are most solemnly pledg
ed, uuder a heavy penalty, not to divulge
or learu any persou said art. The lady
left the same evening for Philadelphia,
where she said her mother and friends re
side. However ia the presence of some fe
male neighbors (who kept iu iier bouse all
the while) a few moments before she le'!,
she went to the stairs and raised up the
lower step, saying, "Charley" always kept
something in there, she wanted to see what
it was, Laving a covered basket in ber band,
she took several packages therefrom, put
them in the basket and kept it in her hand,
until she left for the ears.
After the officers had left, she expressed
her delight to those present that her person
had uot been searched, but this, unfortu
nately, was not communicated to the Coro
ner until she had gone. It wis also noti
ced that just previous to laaviug she had
gone to the privy, apparently carrying 6ome
articles, but returning without any, suspi
cion was removed at that time, but a subse
sequeDt search has revealed tisc disposal of
a lyge quantity of chemicals, dies, coim
feit plates, fco., by that source, much of
which has been got. As soon as it bad
been ascertained that she had made the
above remark, a despatch was forwarded to
the Mayor of Philadelphia, to have him
keep a watch on her and ber goods, when
they should arrive. These latter bad been
placed in Wsllower's warehouse to be for
warded to a certain address in Philadel
phia, which the Coroner ascertaining, pro
ceeded, in connection with officer I'ada
baugb, this morning, to examine them.
The result was a very gratifying one, fhe
officers succeeding iu obtaining many coun
terfeiting articles, which would have been
used elsewhere, implicating the woman, and
giving a clue to particulars that will un
doubtedly lead to the arrest of others of
the gang. A valise and several boxes were
found aud opened, all directed to the same
individual. In one was between five and
six hundred counterfeit gold dollars, not
yet galvanized, several counterfeit half and
quarter dollarst>f an old stamp, and all the
material necessary to carry ou counter
feiting on the most extensive scale. There
were also in the valise a largo roil of bills,
announcing the arrival of "George W.
Drisbach, the celebrated horse tamer, from
Texas," under which signature one of the
parties in question traveled, it is supposed,
aud succeeded iu obtaining valuable infor
mation, for bis accomplices. These articles
are all now in possession of the CoroDer.
The Coroner says he has no doubt that the
money taken from Mr. Finney at the railroad
hotel, Middletown, on the eveoity: before
the death of the mau killed, was upon them
at tLe time of the accideut, aud was abstract
ed before his arrival. We have already
given the suspicious circumstances which
produce this opinion. It looks very much
a-- If t" wyj ; -.the. pattif Vn 'hi- county
leagued with the dead man in their operations
and we trust increasing efforts will be made
to expose thera. The envelope found was
part of the identical ODe, which is known to
have contained Mr. Finney's money. It
will be recollected that there was but little
good money obtained frotn their bodies by
the coroner. Tbe information tbus far ob
tained has revealed the existence of an or
ganized, oath-bound band of villains, ex
tending through all tbe States iu tbe Union,
aud calculated to carry on operations, on a
scale unsurpassed. From Maine to Texas,
its members are tanged, in manner best cal
culated to aid in their schemes, and bad not
this most lucky dispensation occurred, we
would soon have heard of actions unpar
alleled in the history of crime. Already
the names of over thirty members have be
come known, embracing some very prominent
lawyers aui physicians. Their head-quar
ters seem to have been iu Northumberland
county, of this State.
From what has bnen ascertained, it is
supposed the northern counties arc swarming
with them, though they do not seem to have
operated much in the lower part of the S'ate.
Thfidfeveiopmeuts here, piove, though, ;h&t
we were soon to be as deeply inflicted as
any with their rascally transactions. \
Tbe names of the men killed were George
11. Vickroy, (alias) George W. Driesbaeh,
(alias) Geo. VV. Douglass; and Charles Wil
liams, (alia*) Charles Russell, G. M. King,
and many other aliases.
We are gratified to understand tliat the
railroad company have expressed their
willingness to aid in defraying the heavy
expenses atteuding this accident, produced
by a mtsuuderstanding in obtaining coffins
tor their bari-iL When first discovered they
were supposed to be respectable watermen,
and fine coffins were ordered for their re
mains, so that if their friends should eail
for the bodies they might find theiu to have
been treated wirii all the respect desirable.
After circutntanc-s dispelled this delusion,
E*:d placed Mr. Barr in an unfortunate po
sition, which we think is nothing more than
right the company should relieve bim from.
Of course the main expenses of the affair
come upon the county, but as the counjy i
net obligatory to defray expenses induced
by mistakes, it will fail on the efficient
Coroner, unless the company take some
such action. We believe this would be
nothing more titan right and just.
it would seem as if the hand of Provi
dence was at work, throughout this entire
transaction. Tbe sudden art est of two of
the most [imminent participators of the vi
lest gang that has ever cursed our State,will
give a check to tbe whole, over which they
can uot recover. Without it. we might soon
1 ave been oppressed by an unparalleled sys-
Jetu of roguery in our vicinity. There is
cause to hope that the accomplices of the
men now hushed in death may take warning
by their companions, awful fate, and discon
tinue, forever, their lawless movements ?
GETHSEMANK.
Lieut Lynch, of the United States Ex
ploring Expedition to the River Jordan and
the Red Sea, in 1848, visited the Garden
of Gethsemaac about the tuotirii of May. lie
says :
"The clover upon the ground was in bloom
aud, the garden in its asspect aud
association, was better calculated than any
] lace 1 know, to soothe a troubled tuind.
Eight venerable trees, isolated from tbe
smaller ajod less imposing ones which skirt
tho mount of LUives, form a conscotated
grove. High above, on either hand, towers
u lofty mountain, with a deep yawning eh a sin
of Jehosaphai, between them. Crowning one
of them Is a liviug city; ou the slope of tbe
other is the great Jewish Cemetery—City
of the Dead. Each tree iu the grove, can
kered, aud gnarhoi, and furrowed by age,
yet be-JJUtjful and impressive in its de-ay, is
a living monument of the affecting scenes
that have taken place beneath and around
it. The olive perpetuates itself from tho
i oot of the dying parent stem,the tree springs
into existence. These are acuonuted one
thousand years old. Under those of the
precceding growth, therefore, the Savior
was wont to rest : and one of the present
may mark the very spot where he kueit, and
prayed, aud wept. No cavilling doubt can
find entrance here. The geographical boun
daries are toi distinct an 1 clear for a mo
ment's hesitation. Here the christian, for
getful of the present, and absorbed in the
past, can resigu himself to sad, yet soothing
meditation. The lew purple and crimson
flowers growiug about the roots of the trees
will give aaftple food for contemplation,
for tbey tell of the suffering and ensangui
ned dea th of the Redeemer.
Philosophy says that shutting the eye
makes the sense of hearing more acute. A
wag suggc>t that this accounts for many
closed eyes that are seen in our churches
every Sunday.
HEAVEN VIA NEW ORLEANS—The
Philadelphia correspondent of the New
York Dispatch gives tbe following rather
tongh anecdote:
"We have a Methodist preacher here
who is a jolly wag. A few days since a
young man win bad long been attached to
his church, aud who was about to leave for
New Orleans, came to bid his pastor fare
well.
'And so you are going to that degener
ate place, New Orleans, are you?*
'Yes, sir, hut I don't expect to be influ
enced by any extraneous pressure of any
kind,' responded the young man with con
siderate earnestness.
'Well, I'm glad to see you are so confi
dent, and hope the Lord will guide you.—
But do you know the temptations which
exist there?'
'Not particularly sir.'
'Well, I do. You'll find wanton women
ia the guise of Paris, tempting the very
elect: arid rare wines aud ardent drinks;
and you'll find gay company and night
brawling, aud gambling and dissipation,
and runniug after the lusts of the old man
Adam-'
'Still, sir, I hope to combat s these suc
cessfully.'
1 hope you will, my dear Christian
brother, I hope yon will, 5 was the reply
And let mo give you this much for your
consolation iu case you should fall from
grace. The tempter is worse than the sin,
and the greater the temptation the more
merit there is in resistiug it. The man
who gets to heaven byway of New Orleans
is snre to have twice as high a place in
eternal glory as be who reaches Paradise
through the quiet portals of Connecticut or
Pennsylvania.'
OUR COUNTRY.
The greatest cataract iu tLo world is the
Falis of Niagara, where the water* accu
mulate from the great upper lakes, forming
a river three qiieners of a mile ia width,
ate suddenly contracted and plunging over
the rocks iu two columns, to tbe depth cf
one hundred and sixty feet.
The greatest cave in the world is the :
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, where one
can make a voyage on the waters of the
subterraueau river and catch fish without
eyes.
The greatest river in the world is the
Mississippi, four thousand one hundred
miles in length. Its name is derived from
an lniiau word meaning 'the father of wa
ters.' •
The largdst valley iu the world is tbe
valley of the Mississippi. It contains five
hundred thousand square miles, and is one
of the must prolific regions on the globe.
The largest lake iu the world is Lake
Superior, four hundred aud thiity miles
long.
The greatest natural bridge in the world
iis that over Cedar Creek, in Virginia. It
j extends across a chasm of eighty feet in
width, and two hundred and fifty deep, at
the bottom of which a creek flows.
Tbe greatest mass of solid irou in the
world is the Iron Mountain of Missouri.—
It is three hundred feet high, and two miles
iu circumference,
i The longest railroad in the world is the
Central Railroad of Illinois, which is sev
en hundred and thirty-one miles long, juJ
cost fifteen millions of dollars.
THE SULTAN'S DAUGHTER.
The appo&ching uwrrage of the Sultan's
; daughter with the son of the Pastia ol Egypt
i (says one of oar English exchanges) has
given an immense impetus to the iiaut com
merce of Pari*. The Saltan, with un?xem
pled generosity, has given commission to the
extent of four and twenty millions of francs !
f"r j. wels and embroidery destined for the
bride.— The cup from which the bride dunks
ou her wedding inuruiug i- aireaJj executed,
and is valued at thiity-two thousand pounds
sterling. It is of a pea shape, pare gold,
inerusted with diamnuds-of the Largest size
arnlfi nest water. The top is: bordered with
a friuge of diamonds, all of equal size and
immense value ; there bang detached from
the cup, and move aud sparkle in a constant
flutter. Nothing more beautiful than this
cup has ever been produced. The bridal
slippers, of cloth of gold, embroidered irj
| millions of diaiuouds, aveh aire created a
i sensation amongst tbe sight-seers of Paris
' TLey entirely confirm the tales of ibe E.is
-1 tern maguifiencc which we have been accus
i iomed to read with the impertinent iiicredo
j iity of European ignorance , and, as we look
: around tbe room at Mayer's, where these
' wonders are displayed, we believe, like
j Hassan the shepherd, that all thing* arc pos-
I sible to bis Highness the Padishah
The wedding-robe has not yet ai rived
frotn Lyons, but the jeweled border, which
I is to surround it, I* already completed, and
; it is ab*o!u'e-d izxling io its m ignifieeuee.
By the sultan's desire, tvi border, wiachis
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of a pattern,i made to contain specimens
of every preeious stone at present known
that, although as luauy jewels are collected
togetner as the space will hold, yet they
do cot scui over-loaded or crowded together
in any way. The exhibition of this mar
vellous trousseau, which completely throws
into the shade all rurpuny efforts at produ
citg great effects by delieiate lingerie and
hypocritical lace, will we think, create an
immense sensation throughout the commerce
of Europe.
PAYING THE PRINTER
Genteel Reader.—The ponderologically,
overwhelraoiug, guyescutauizing,slambt>ger
ous extract from the minfic records of anti
quity which follows, is, if the Almanac lie
not, an extraet from a venerable manuscript
found in an antiquated bake even, explains
the orgia of the manner in which printers
are generally paid:
•And Skinfiinter, the mighty ruler of the
Squash-heads, having called his chief officers
to his side, commands them tins:
'Go ye into all my dominion, and com
mand my people to gather their treasures
even to a farthing, and pay ail their debts,
even to the smallest-'
'The officers did as they were command.
ed,and after a certain time, the ruler cal
led them again uuio hiui,to demand of tbcui
how his orders had been obeyed.
'O, mighty Skinfiinter,' they replied,
'your commands were hearl throughout
the land and fulfilled, for your people are
obedient.'
•And is every debt paid V
'Yea, even the smallest'
•Arc the merchant, the nianufactcr and
the laborer paid V
All pa id 1
'Are the tobacco and whiskey bills all set.
| tied V
•All, all.
■'Aud have my people been provident—
have they left a sufficiency to feed their cat s
and dogs V
'Yea they have even done this.'
'Well, my people are worthy. Now go
i yea again unto thorn and it there be any thing
left, tell tbcui to take it and pay the prin
ter."
DOG LIVER OIL—A German who re
sides in Mill Creek township, while recent
ly suffering from a pulmonary attack sent
for a physician who resides on College Hill
In a short time the doctor called ou him
and prescribed two bottles of cod liTer oil,
aud receiving bis fee of eight dollars, wa-,
told by the German who disliked the size of
the bill, that he need not come again.
The German, who by the way, had not
Leard the prescription very wet!, supposed
t lie could get the oil and treat himself. The
doctor saw no more of his patient for some
time, but one day riding pat the residence
of the German, be was pleased to see hitn
out in the garden digging lustily. The
ease seemed sncb a proof of the virtues of
cod liver oil that he stopped to make par
! ttcu'.ar inquiries about it.
| 'You seem to be getting very well, 1 said
; said he to the German.
'Yaw, 1 isk well, 1 responded the former
| sick man.
Yon took as much oil as I told yon 1
j said the doctor.
Oh yaw, 1 have used more as four gal.
i lons of de dog liver oil. 1
1 'The what 1 ' said the much astonished
1 doctor.
<De dog liver oil dat ycu say I shall take.
I have killed almost every fat little dog I
| could catch, and dog liver oil Lave cure.
It is great medicine, dat dog liver oil.—
Cincinw.ti Twits.
LAsf~VORI>S.
"Talk to me now in Seripture language
alone," said a dviag Christian. '*l can
trust the word of God but when they are
! the words of man, it cost me an effort to
think whether } may trust them. This
was the testiuowy of one who died iu the
; morniug of liie.
"Charles, bring me the Bible, said a
! dying father. The weak sufferer laid Lis
thin }>ale hand on the blessed book, and said,
"1 rest in Christ."
How pleasant are the last hours of a
Christian * And how often have they borne
i to the trembling tire sserance that d':atb
' has no s'itig, and the grave no victory 1
| Who would not bear the cross on earth, to
| wear the crowu in heaven '
VY bo, if his God lw tUwe,
! Would hesitate to tread death's narrow vale,
j <! die to live Il>rer<tT I"
At night we utunoi tell whether tb.' liver
j is shallow or deep; so nei.hcr can we judge
| <f a silent or secret man. To know him we
moat have light, or else be able to souud
: him.
A chap, being asked what h" took for a
! bid cold,replied,'Fourno k-t handkerb<*i
a day 1