rl ifi VI4I ii k - *■.*, f k *4-if ■ *J r_i * 141. "J \$ •1• it I BY DAVID OVER. For the fnq&t'rer Hnd Chronic. THE LOVERS REVENGE. 4 l-cecnd of the Sulphur Springy. V W. I. XUUK. [ VonctudtJ ) C H.APIEK 111. ■ Ah hi* f 'for r.uphf tliat I could over read Could ever bear, l-y tale or history, i tie course ot t rttclo ve Lur*r'(lid run smooth." Uut hero, ifter his seei tul interview and parting with the maideu, repaired to his cabin, situated some ten miles off, uear the htreau: then and still known by the name of rtfid:" btf% any the next day, as the taken the day previous was ample lor Lis wants for several days. The day to him was long aud lonely. Time dragged heavily along. •The-night came and passr,]. 'flie next day tossed p,s bad douu the day previous; ' it anything the hours 'seemed to pass more tardily Xjpe huutrr wis impatient for the evening. At length it approached, and he :-et out fur the Spring. 11-Jt 1.0 !.a 1 dis cordant fedingß m ' liis heart! Feelings which were cm .Si etfiig, with each otlicr. — At times tie was elevated with the tLcuglte of tjc pleasure |L>t awaited bin." on hrs orritni at riwßpriii*, in tle sooiety of her who 1.1 wfi ;.-upicd LB whole heart. That being who bad become tho seloMiub joct of )ds thoughts and ( imtitenjslaH6ju-.— That boivg who lit u'p in Lis bosom a flame whrik n itbiog it; 'Le session af her who had inspired if, In re turn, could . satisfy. 'l'Liat being whoui he idolized—adored, eb?s But those pleasant reneCtious would scarcely gain the akefinfltfncjr in his muni, until they were repwriUip by atlwrs of a more gmroding character He thought at Lor item father. Of their* being discovered, iyhidih Would per- ] haps, lepurate thtjiu forever, aud this would be to him more horrible flntn death itself in any furia it might present,; He knew tfie revengeful heart of the sav age, ami could conseqqetiees that would in the IJPtWvefy'"Sf TBi ' interviews with the maiden. But he cared not T.ot—!-Kate must decide the he succeeded iu yj.-Uiug Ler, lie might, "per haps, escape to mc civilized spot where tliey could*speild their days In liapj-iuess together. i But if'not—fJh ! terrible thought I If her father discovers his daughter's intima cy with a white, man, and separates them or, as is generally the case when such dis coveries are made by Indian fathers or mother*, he murders Iter, ho (our hero) al ready meditated a terrible revefigO. Anfl more especially as his own father aud broth er had fallen by the hands of the tribe to which the Indian maiden's father belonged, and he had sworn to avenge their deaths.— ] But suc(:eis in attaining his wishes—iu get ting ibc maiden, would, m a great mou-mr.-, coucfliatfl the itflVy. His love for her would prevent him front peeking the re venge he had sw >rn oti her tribe. But lef us sce wficW 6tlr hero Is. He has arrived at tie Spring. The maideu this rime has preceded him. Before he was aware, he Leata d the voice of Toomah j exclaiming— "lla! White Brother, thpu hast not j come first this time. Tooaiah hath beoteu i her brother." "And ait thou here, angel!" exclaimed , the hunter, springing for'wdrd and clasping her in his arms. | "Tly, brptlipr has _ passed sojue gloomy | hours .since he iaust parted witii his swost '•Why brother beca gloetoy ? llasiaytting happefied'^tff'^'! { •*. ' y "Nay, sweot duwoi iwt as- yet. bat poi'- tentious feelings hofitg o'br rnv niind , ifltftri 1 teem Zo Aiiat ail, wiii ofc stiil.ai'vil," - , "W/fithcr, i-hHf tWrcst' tfioH when tl.ffir Las the love of,'fopuvih ? ,W ( hgufi§ forebodings?!' • • -A "Thy rigid fatiier W : JI yet'"disfedtef 1 ar.fl ( separate us." r • ( "l'Var hini not. Tootnoh will be with her white brother ac-verc •aim with ,ihj and a few houra plae us f .)tH reatfli bf his displeasurfe. Oo:ue, tLaf**'<*.*'•. m flee . qujeklyytts tRc roe bouudetlt o*c* tdj* tnodntwiae/' ■ ' ft 't, i • I "Nsy, but to-morrow evcomg and Too wait will flee. No other course is left.— Intercession with my father for hie daugh ter's hand, tori.WW o irse than might follow a fiiscfovur* of tho rnattor to? him, oven oow sus pects his daughter!" ' "And wilt thou not flee this night?" "Nay; tut to-morroW night, and I will S O -" ' Then he it so. M.iko all things ready, J l i '■< 'i ! V •-' f'O"- j S/ftt CiJtHaw ' tiiii ' . ' s si • ■■*• -•* A Weekly Paper, Devoted ta Literature, Politico, tike Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., dec—Terms: Two Dollars per annum. and to-morrow night we will wing our way , to some retreat thy father's hand can never reach." "Good night, brother!" "Good uight, sister!" CHAP. iv. '•O, vengeance ! tako me all—fin wholly thine t" Toomah hastened home to her father. A fierce scowl was on his couutenance when she entered, Lut he uttered not a word.— (In the morrow he started on the hunt, with a party of chiefs, and told his daughter he would not return until the next day. This he did to deceive her. Ao had now begun :44 discover what led his 'daughter to the Spring, and kept her thereto late in the evening. lie therefore tol.l her lie would not return home that cvouibg, but lie did rettrn. When he Came, he discovered that Ins daughter was net tWft. A fl&ußniac look ' —daft as riidrfight, trtsttititly tOok'posies sion of 'fits couVitcnatreft. The tritfh had' iiasht'd ieross his AmM, and ' grasping his"' bow and tomahawk, with fhc 1 WiriWMttb' a dper lie Wok tlc'cOii^sc''of 'the SpTing.— 1 Suddenly, tnr nearitig the he rflaek eueri his pace, and gctliug down opoii his hands find knees, crept 'fctntrotisly alcrigfor some distance. Presently he Sco.r the lev- ; ers sfttihg at the base of the free where it was their wont fo sit, atid his daughter en- I twiiied'in tlfc arms of a white man. He ; Irfid jlfst arrived iu time— : one minutemore, ! and tiicy would have been gone. Madden ed with rage, the eliierTTrcvy two arrows from -Lis bnuiile, and to maf them more deadly, dipped tlveir points in poison of the rattlesnake, which ho had prepared for the puijiose. lie drew his l-ow— a tush was heard—a faint shriek, and the Indian mai den fell back dead tu the arms of lei k. i iover. 1 Insta'trtancoufily ar.otfeer rush was heard, and a second arrow had pierced the coat! of the huuter. He sprang from his scat and escaped to the thick woods, A fieudish. whoop of savage triumph tld him who had done the Woody deed. Two more afrbws "passed him. lie \wts still unharmed, arid with the swiftuess, almost, of an Srrow itself the made for the white settlements. He I rcochpd thorn iu safety, and now that Lis ; 1 time iff revenge had couic, it must be ac j cooipleshed. The voi' tes ui' his father's and I hrdther's blood, which . otlierwi.se would ! have been unheeded, was upw crying iu bis ! ears, iu thunder tones, to be avenged. But it was not their blc*)d alone which i now compelled our hero to lift the aveughig | hand. Blood wore precious to Kim had L-cct shed—blood more precious tkn.n his owii- Tbe brood nf Toouiah, for whom to die would have been to hiui a pleasure. Top- Utah, the only ch-mo of his existence, — ! who h*d fallen by the hand of her uanafu-', ral father. Yes, rdood was calling aloud j for the band of the avenger, airiiit now ; aroused iu our hero's breast ail of . ( . "GfcitAr's spirit, raging for roveage, U'iib Ate by bid side come Lot titan Iroii," He at twice raised a band, ten in number, of spirits like unto his owa, and at their head set out on his ui-ion of revenge. We hear no more thetn until presently the crack of ten rifles is heard tu the neigh borhood of the Spring. Ten Indians shot' directly through the right eye, fall dead.— The rest with a savage yeTl rush to the spot frotp when the fire proceeded. Nothing is to be seqn—po't (he trace of an enemy to be Tbej hunt arijuii'l until anpiher point.arririjcl atj the crack cf the' rifles is,Sgain" ten niore of. their mjiiib- r faji dca3 to the ground. Onward tJic savages rusn like a parcel of Lea !-, fee terrfey thunder of the rmgs Wncc '■ again roi. founds in their ears, aud ten more "bite the dnkt. Til-, j-Uanfg;zc 6p n their dtjaJ 1 Jial horrof stricken thfioiT tlnt in eaen tiie ball has •our. j i ,:c right cje. ']'• rror il.cnj-inry i d.-.-vei; to bq the Work of i^ H? hmM rection. tJP^j aim of tlie s thCj l H i at everv torn, until hojTprie remains alive Ao Thq_stra^ge,ahp'stiug is heard tfl another direction. Aaothyp par^ ty,-.( is V"' Tiiilfip niifi i'l. tl.pse previously desjtHtfctyd, an d in the twtfie uysd<U'ious mauuci. l'arty■ rat;- qf them aye,thus Jatr-'iyipi. The Indi ans are frantic with terror. .r* ;t, They know not What to make of if. The' strange, singular and mysterious uiauner in which their men fall, is to them a souVcc of 4 overwhelming dijuiav. But tlte wqrk of the riflemen sontmn-s ttritil the death knell of two hunnred an 1 fifty In'di and has Bat Ac "triirk of those mysterious ministers of death is not yet ended. Ouo thing more yet remains to bi accomplished. 'Tis the capture of the' old chief Bloody-Axe. But where is this f chief ? lie has as jet escaped the vigitau.ee of the ujarksuieu. But the tiuie has coipe for him to remaiu no Iwrger undiscovered. A smoke is* seciT asceuding yonder moun tain facing on the Spring. : A part y of In diaos, sixteen in number, arc encamped tip' on the spot. They ore (talking of the >"*- terious enemy. Rear and dread tuc de | jiictcd upon their countenances. But wh 0 j p that old- chief leaning against thp treo | yonder, bewailing the iosa of so many "f his tribe aud kinsfolk ? 1 said the Indians were full of apprehensions. Their worst fears were soon realized. , j . <j. , 'jSparo the old chief leaning agaiust thy. tree, hut of tire rest, pick yuuc men,,'' tin; couiuiand of the leader cf the. cifltmen. The order was ne eeoner grvdn th in cbat plied with; crack' went the rifles, and ten ui the uuuihcr fell dead, Tlic test, would hjVe iled, hut terror riveted them to the snot.! "Ijfiad again !" was the whispered i oominand, *but yet spare the old chief. ,'T was dbtje—- once more fee rifles pealed for ft, and the remaining svo lad met thei; .490111. Thus over two hundred ami lifty of the MVagwhitt fallen, aud all, strange .to. ay, sliot uynVdjfitely 'lirough the right .eye. la an instant after the last flic, >.'U r hero stood oonfA'O'Aiitg Ute chief, t why, ike .his men had been, was standing petrified to the spot "Art thou the chief Bloody A tick' (Out fiaro had recognized him from a gthhpseob" tailed when Toomah ftfll.) "l aui!" growled the eftk-f with a fear ful scowl upon his brow. "Knowcst thou, then, who stands before thee ?" "Nay, nor do I caTe to know."' "But 1 will tell thee in despite. Know, then, that 1 am thy mysterious foe;' 7 said cur hero. *Twis I, with these my tnett,- who have been wibaking VeWgenuco upon thee aud thy tribe, and well nifft extermi nated it. Know that the uffeclions ot the whrtfei mao Wili not be trfSed with. I was lat whom you aimed.an ww when sitting with her whom a wore fatal arrow caused to firil thxtd in my crass, liana! unnatural father, I spare thee for the sake of the gen tle being to wifeiu thou gavest existence only-to deprive her of the same ! Bo '. hut over hear in mind the awful vengeance of the wiiUo wi I'lk; i Trius saying, Isc turned from tlie savage, and badfi hie tadn. to follow. He led them to the Spring, .find, after thanking them fur their services, be told theat to return home find make gia 1 the heart" of their friends, fte info: iud|tlUft(| .|bat:he;potv wished to Be ft*** v if W-1 .w<Wi 1 • ifepnUud. l: ±h'i thy Wfire gooe, he thus ?oli! oqwiac d : ,'VMI work is dime : rev<utgf,aad I have aceutiif fished it! 1 have visited, with, a fearful venjpyanee the ! injiiftM flous ..me.! I am g.uttei with re j yenge, and new feel that fgl] asqcjuet 1 ieeurtuade Hot die wrongs uiflrted! What | harw Jlo do ftjrthgt.l 'Xhcf, is uofhing i remSTM to m worth for—the charm af uiy eMstehce Is ho i fetter land'" ' !; ' *"* ! : Vi 1 J lie notv fcpaiVcJ to tfri' tree when? Ton niah ft!T ! tTpidrt if/ ifc dpoh j his knVp'snJ <ny ll | partcd f'don fo'HWW* ' Thus sy- 1 ing, h ; dr w a siiia!!*pt.^ffibte%fco^}yel:etP,t| and shtVO Iflhiseff throdgli'fbc'fcend: " rfcfWi forward on the vfefV spot tMirfre'. the idol of kU lieart bad breatfced he Hast a short time before. .. .71,,Vvlritri lief,dried tneSfaPt# hlc? ; •, WtkrVa irtufHittrifia *it etwt so!t iCad.tiw, As It ww.aiitfs hnllywvd jffup, Still .;:i-> a result m fop tfio unmrg ,t. A LtsCKl' —Wfi of ohr exo'uaages i announces thai Uritig in Voßtefc, j Pa-yvbai- recetiUy murderml in bis own bedi ! by souk; ' eric who* wished to get his tn'mov- ; ! The editor adtto that "luskity Mr. Whim | dCpfyskcif his money te the bank fecford,' j BArf White IMI Hfo I • The BtMidan 3a®ei thinks that ourQeyj- j f eimdmt mm jferhapnesstse in giving tfip Slonnons The *sLouisville diluruaf j wittifly rtiklsln'lt. was oortsiuK' -.fuolrih ia t not koepiopthold of one!cud '•{' it.' An exchange paper aaya that a wreath of idatik walntiit icsvos,tsuapeuded iua souqt wili drive out dim , and iths* they wiiltoftt cfiter iHc rooth sgatnfiil tlw Ivrfinth is withr j jtrodi o til x 1 .ibt * -i.'-p izu-- tz>n\ il I Jamas 11. Su iupr y 'ant - of Mat- j I scUloijiKyv, Iws failed and absututdad with SIItKUAM) in bis Wiug.uiuby viotilns fwgQd ; ,|per. .1 , > ! i t ,i. -.A fiffinr f.rf ."uijjvi i a 4. xjjg v ;hat pome ( persons re sort fo _?pfc, are likg tjje •fiat ciiildrpu iu bed .ppU arour.d theui tu keep out The dark- ..<■ '. ♦ "Titou art"gone from'uiy gaze," as the cat tf aid to a mouse when it rau iu a hole. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. JULY 3!. 1857. '! LETTER No. 8. ITOtV A SALE WOULD AFFECT TUE FINANCES OF THE STATE —noli' R&WDLY THE DW COULD BE REDUCED— AMOUNT OF DEBT si title inf. Having demonstrated tbe fact that the Main Line is on annual charge upon the Treasury, and requires for its support llirge portion's of the taxation wruhg from tlie people, and having, at the same time,shown ihe wisdom of sailing that Line, I proceed to consider what effect a sain wobld hive npoirdlie financial condition of the -State. I assUmb thai the facts stated above havq Leon (Jc77undinteJ; fyr the figures, the aa- j Ueiri(ativc, oifieial figures fumisbod by the Auditor General") Department, are so clear ns tMcaVe Snot ft doubt, or the shadow of a dohßt, W hong a dental upqn, Nothing can be move certain than Uiat the Mala Line of our Public Works annually sinks a large amount of money, despite the contra ry assaranoes of the Canal Board. It is geiicrdily conceded that tbe annu al loss is the result of utisujaaagcuient— .such tiiisunuagemeat as is inseparable frctn the Common wealth's oaoc-rainp. Practical men agree that with sagacious principals aud reliable suborbmntes, with prudent ex penditure of funds -tid thorough accounta bility in tbo disbursing officers, aud with such attention to minutiae as can oolyb e given by experienced nion who have cota pletcly grasped the true principles upon which alo&c it can be conduct ed, this Ltue, eligibly situated as it is, <e< u nrcUvtg the Dataware With the Ohio, and traversing a vast at} l fiernle and populous rtgion, can be made to yield a profit. Ts pcriencc, an expensive and increasingly costiy experjeuec, has taught the State tint she is iuoampateot to the tusk; aud that her interest will be best subserved by a sain. And as the qaostihu is tna'iDly one of policy —there being nothing - of principle invoked in it—it should ha decided with rcfcotmec , to her peonuiary interest. We have seat; i bow unprofitable the Jsr.c is and has been, j If we cart sbciW tii'at lb set! it will bo the I : first step towards the relief of her citizens, j j and the advancement of their individual ait" j i colloct ive prosperity, further argument wiii | | Jbc unnecessary; and all impartial citizens J j will admit that the 'July the State Govern- j j.u.ent ovyes the people, demands the sale*, for j i the State i-> boun i to protect, guaid anil ; I improv t tiic condition of the people That btiC may clearly see how the sale ! Will affect tbc finances of the State, a brief i refqrenfo to,the past is necessary, Most of the adults jot' tbc Goinmntiweuitb are painful ly aware that the revenues are not solely uion the pubEc improvements. It is also trub that tH.fr oXptjditarc* are not solely bpoo the public improvements. Lot us.then, sac Low fue case stands hot ween the Mui u f.imiaud the twul revenue and expeudituros tdf the State. For; ibis purpose, the iasr I I five years wrM be a sufficient criterion. Tbo ! j fallowing table Contain? an analysis of the ' 1 'revenue and ctp'codFurcs for 1552, '53, J •54| T>s, ami ' sb, and bungs uut the fact j i'federtveil la : . : •.) • •• - i! ,ih> :ooj r'' ittjLh* ruveno*. °" J to Fitosi Main I.rvi;. (1851 51.51117 4s'! i 1853, ],4cs,Sir; 23 i ißsi, 1,219,01b aj 11853, 1,114,221 do ,ißsa,, uii.vTi s%, ' , ftiws? OViiL.4 SOUR pes. h852, o; HMS. 5,277,;T5 ST , 1854, !,7T;.751 65 , 1855; 4,2 in,240 78 ■ 4,134,178 47 lixt 5 feiSi l xrr tn r. f<-' ON MAIN Link. ! - 52. C1.48A;540 20 i Is.v., 2,124,205 80 n&MSN 6 * ' 1 ! M " > i \bbb, L,688,404 30 | 1856. f,U02,429 i o?v iNTraßsr. 418*2, 9-2,152,734 4 4 >185.5, < 2,135,883 JBW, r • 2.070,288 13' 1855, 5L077',039 -G-i 1856, 2,047 in two of these five year? the total ex. pettiuafca from the Treasnry exceed tlie reuoiptft qver Oue dlillioQ; aud in the other three, the receipts exceed tint expenditures a little over Half a Million. Regarding the' revenue, it will be observed that the in crease is all Jroui other objects than the Main Line, on which there has been a oon siderable decrease; and regarding the ex peoditures on the Line,(including Constrne i tio i aco .'uutji th y have iactoasel and thou gradually diminished though in 18>5 still larger than in 1852, whilst (exoluding Oon struetion account) they have also increased, as will be seen by reference to Letttr Ho. G. On the contrary, the expenditures of, the Common wealth upon iniscel 1 aneous ma t ters havo not been materially increase. In they amounted (exclusive of iaterest paid) tq interest paid, the expenditures were §3,- 348,570 85. Suppose the Main Line had been sold last year, bow would tbe Trea sury have stood in December last 1 Pla cing the price at Nine Millions, tbe,reduc tion of interest on debt would be §450,000 leaving the ariionnt to be paid 91,507,055- BU. The result of the year, exclusive of the Lain Line, wophl then have beefi i i Revenue from ordjnary sour ces 8 4,13 LltiS -47 Interest pay4-le $1,507,955 80 Ordinary expenses 1,300,015 05 'p | L'l/.LHTUI r>fiU 85 / ) /111 > i Applicable to payniTit pf principal debt, in uddiiiw to purchase inaney .§14285,597 6*2 Add purohaso money 9,500,000 vO Total ppyment which could , havebeeu tuadu §1,0,235.597 C- Instead of such a payment, the Qoyernor reports the redaction t53G6,158 97. The reoeipts at the Treasury the last year will probably not vary much. :rom iho?(t in tbe' eoming year; and if the Line be now solM, | it is sufe to pradiet thut, pith the eonstafit ly interest, * the rcduetiou of debt which may be annually made, will soon reach §2,000 ; 000. With n5 sources of ex-' pendi'.ure, except the Branches of the Pub lie V\ oiks and ordinary purposes of govern ment, it is readily perceived, by reference; to the fable above, that the fixed revenue of the Commonwealth will, at au early day ( "reduce the debt at the rate named. Bui with the Main line to receive, in its capa cious maw, large sums of money, no mate rial reduction of indebteness can be expect ed. TLe piitiiio, I know, are periodically as sured of the diminution of the State Debt; but it is nevertheless true, that the Debt is now, within a frnrfion, as lan?' us it v>m trn years ago. Hero are the figures taken ftom the Auditor Gcucrai'ts Report : 1847 4 n ,023,943 51 13 IS 40,474.736 03 , 1840 I 135U 40,7 (5,4p0 42 ! 1851 4<J,114/23G 33 1352 41,524.875 87 ! 1353 *40,506/279 54 11854 " *40,013,160 07 ; 1355 *40,196,994 22 ! 1356 *FJ,177,835 25 This shoWS the debt in December last as I but §451,111 20 lfss than ten years ago, | ami if the amount, ot unpaid temporary loans j —§sß4,ooo —be added to tbe present debt, j as stated by the Anditar Heuortl the sum i now swells to §130,000 greater than was j due iu 1847! Yet since 1847 the tax on real and personal estate alone has yielded to the Treasury §14,469,503 11. Where has this immense sum bcea expended, ex cept in helping to pay the claims caused by the working of tho Main Line ! White the present condition of things is maintained, there cao be no material reduction of debt, and no abatement of taxation. Heavy tax j es came with the public works—they will j only disappear when tho State sells these I woiksi Tlat iu the face of the irrefutable j and overwhelming testimony brought to ! prove the urorthlessness of the Line as a j source of profit, there should bo any oppo j fition to a sale, is uno of those remarkable | facts which oau only be accounted for by i-Supposing that uwu havq a private interest ; "to promote iu disregard of tbe public w eal j' ADA*S. J *!n those sums balahees due on tempo rary IHans lire not mcludod. A SOFT PLAGE. *'l was dowu to see the widow, yester day,'! sai i Titu's uncle, "and slie gave me bftck;f,ODes for dinner. I went down rather eatfy In the uiorning} we talked, and laugh ed iind chatted- and ruu ou, she going oul and in occasionally to see to things till din ner was ready, when she helped mo gra ciously to baek-boncs. Now T thought tint, Tiin,rather favorable. I took it as a symp tom of personal approbation, bocau.se every " body knows I lova back-bones, and I flat tered ltiyfrelf she bed cooked ilietn od pur p)Se for me. So I grew particularly cheer, fnl, and 4 thought 1 could see it in her • 4j>o. i §oon after dinner, while setting close be side the widow, I fancied we both felt sort er OQtufort iblo like—l know I did. 1 felt that 1 had fallen over Lead and ears and - heart in lowc with her. ...bbe appeared just - for all the world like she thought it wss a - coming, that I was coming to court her. t I'reseatly, I couldn't help it, 1 laid my hand softly on her beautiffil 'sHohldyr, and 1 re mat ked, when I had placed il there; in my blujrlest force*. Tim, for T tried to throw my whole soul into tho expression, I re marked then, wiiß ti£ ey<pi pvurjug love, truth, and fidelity right into her— "Wdojr, tjtis is tlic nicest* yufteit plasc, I wer had my hand in all iny life," t liooking bc-BsrenivkiGy at u*?*hl at the satjie time flushing up a little,*the said in melting and winning times— "Doctor, give me yonr it on a much softer place." "In a momout, iu rapture, I consented, and taking my lnd,shc gently,very gently* Tiin,*quirtiy brulhwo E|yiiaadr-audßurs* into a laugh Dial's ifi aiy efirviygb "Now, Tim. I haven't told UiL> to a iiv iag soul tut you, and,by j hyou <up u'rf ; but mind it gb dy furikoc.*'—Jiiw York S-rfirit of fht Times. THE FASWRIJUE mVIV# The world is crazy. The call is for shoiw—show—and still i&ow. There is no l one pier.-on in a tbrtufcasfl;! mala kk fomale ( who dates fall back on nothing but his real i siniple self for a power by: wJiolatafii <lo get thrbugh the world, and extract eujoymeut as goes along. There is too laueu liv ing in the eyes of other people. There is no end to the aping, the mimicry, the false airs ano the superficial arts. And until pedpic take a new view of things entirely, and resolve to turn a very short corner in order to live obndiently to such a view; the world will goon as it has been going on for this ever so long, aud all of us will coniion to chase bubbles, ou'y to see them burst ■ ' mere water drops in our hands. J It requires rare courage, we must con fess, to live up to one's enlightened con victions, even in these things. Uuless you consent to join in the general cheat, you are hooted at aud jostled out of reach. There is no room for you among the great ui&b of pretenders. If a man dares to live vviillin his means, ar.d is resolute in bis purpose not to appear to be more than he really is> let him be applauded. There is something fresh in such an example. It deserves to be set down as one of the oddities and cn riositics of the ygc. The lew who devote themselves to such fine resolutions, can, wc fear, he counted upon the fingers. But still, they are tLe little leaven in the huge lump. The mass will yet be stirred by the truth and simplicity of their examples.— When they shall succeed in restoring the old times again, then we may begin to talk about the reconstruction of society upon a new basis, and net much before. AN ArT HLPLY.—A clergyman wa, once travelling oa board of a Western steamer, when among the passengers was a Rino who took great pains to make known that he wa* opposed to reiigit n, denounc ing Christ us an iUJposter, and all forms of religion as delusion. He was a man of ability and education, and a great wit, and his remarks seemed to have quite an infiu euce on his hearers. The clergyman re frained front suying anything for a time, but finally decided to silence biui. Asking the skeptic if be believed iu the immortali ty of the soul, he teemed as an aDswer, 'No, I have uone.' i 'Do you believe in ihe existence of God?' 'Then, sir,' replied the clergyman' 'I have heard of you before.' 'Llcard of me? Where?' 'Yes—L have read of you.' 'Head about me! I was not awaro that I was published. Pray, where?' 'ln the Psalms of David, sir; where it roads: 'The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.' At this un'ooked for turn in the argu ment, there w is one general burst of laugb rer and hurra, at th" cxpeuse of the at be nd, who, confounded, aud being uuable to rally at boiug tLus unexpectedly called a foal, moved away ho auother part of the boat. During the remainder of the voy age, the wiseacre was silent ou religious subjects, but oceasiotially some of the pas sengers would tease him by slyly observing, 'I Lave beard of you belora.' COUNTRY SCHOOLS.—"First class m phil osophy—stand out—close your books. John Jones bow many kingdoms in nature?" "Four—the animal, vegetable, mineral and king lorn come ?" "Good—go tip head." '"llobbs— what is meant by the animal kiugd'KU V "Lions, tigers, elephants, rhincceroees, bipopotamouses, aligatora, monkeys, j.ukas sos, hack-drivers an J school-masters." "Very well—but yod'fl take a Jickiu* for your last remark." "Giles—what is the mineral kingdom '** "The hull of O.iltfoniy." "Walk straight up head ?" "Johnson— what is the vegetable kiag > dent V* VOL. -30, NO. 31. "Garden sarse, potatoes, carrots, ingyona and all kinds of greens thai'a for cooking." "And what are pines,and hemlocks, and elms? ain't they vegetables ?' "No siroe—yon can't cook 'em—thciis'S saw-logs and franuin' timber" I "Boys, give me a piece of apple, andjoo can haVe an hour's nobhs." The laid Philadelphia Cleeiioit . Frauds Proved, The latd Presidential Election was Vir tually. decided, and the election of Baeba nan secured, by the result of the State Election in Pennsylvania on the second Tuesday in October last. That rewlr was pr&djiced by money eontribqted ID this City and expended in Pennsylvania just before that electron. Had the yotc been token two weeks earlier, Buchanan would havo lost the Srate by frebi frvc to ten thousand majority His importers knew it waf the® wfeeq cause here and pressed oflry Pr-Siavey hankers, brokers and office-holders into giving tbeut the re quisite rsvncy wherewith to it verse th-> ;.ur Verdict. And they know now that Mr. Buchanan was made President by that levy, "y < ...'J tw fc ,; At tiat clcctioit, Philadelphia was made to give a Butfhatian majority of 5,435—-the vote for Caual Corpuussieuer 6tandingd3cou, (Bueh.) 36,035t Cochrane, (Union Opp.} 02,603. And this Buchanan majority in the City was more than the ticket obtained in the btatc. the total vote standing—Scott 21_,8Sb; Cochrane 510,111: Scottla majo rity, 2,775- 1 bus outside of Philadelphia, in spite of the rmittersality of the frauds whereof that city was the focus, Cocbtano had a clear majority of 660 votes. The frauds in Philadelphia were so gross that William B. Mann, the Opposition can didate fur District Attorney, who was beat en iu the vote by Lewis C. Cassidy, the Buchatiuau candidate, resolved to contest the return before the higher Courts of that eity. The case has at length bcon brought to issue, aud on Saturday Judge Thompson delivered the unanimous opinion of tho Court, ousting Mr. Cassidy and affirming the election of Mr. Mann. Tie investigation on which the decision was based was cxtunded to bat eight of tho hundred or more polls hold throughout the City, these suflieiug to prove Mr. Mann's election, but the defense were at perfect liberty to extend the serutiuy to any ur all other polls. These polls returned 2,620 for Cassidy to 505 for Mann, while tho whole number of taxabies (synonymous with legal voters) in tho districts in which those polls were held was but 1,717, or 903 less than Cassidy's vote alone! Of the illegal vote, it was proved on the Irial that at least 1,168 must have been cast for Cassidy, re ducing his returned vote from 31,475 to 33,307, and electing Mr. Maun by 518 majority. This being practically as good as ten thousand, Mr. Mann had no motive for increasing the expense of the contest by guiug farther, or he might doubtless have proved thousands more of his opponent's votes as bad as these 1,168. Here are a few samples of the facts pro ved beyond contradiction by the contestant, and embodied in the judgment of foe Court "It is in direct testimony, that at the polls of some of the said divisions, the election offi ers absolutely refused to discharge their sworn duties, aud admitted every offered vote, in spite of remonstrance or challenge. "Iu the 6th division of the 4th Ward,73 votes are proved to have been received, in cases where cither the right to vote tras ob jected to by a qualified citizen, or the Dame of the voter was not upon the Iktqffetaxa bles, without oath or proof being required.. The wituer-s adds that 'MeQiaid put all the votes in the box without waiting for the In- ! spcctors to decide,' and that the Judge kept the list of taxublesj which was very seldom looked at. In tjjorfe than one instance, dronkefl men were allowed to vote, and'one mail,' says the witness, 'Was so drunk they had 'to hold Mm up.' Fifty-eight names were added to the list of taxable®, but for what retson is not staled. "la the Seventh Division of the Fourth Ward, the law was opebly violated by the election officers. They refused to take no tice of objections made to voters. Four uncontradicted witnesses, Levy, SSiginati, Neff and llieler, testify to the. fact that numerous challenges were made without effect. The Inspectors required no on© to be sworn, or to pr tduce proof, and that in to tue challenges made, one of the Inspectors wtniul reply, 'General Challenge don't live here.' One witness, Levy, says: 'No person Was sworn that day in support of the voters challenged, but some few on their tuxes.' Neff also testifies that no vouchers w, reproduced to prove residence, „that four persons duly were sworn to provq| tax receipts, tfnd that challenges were en tirely disregarded. He further states tnat be uiade challenges in consequence of the manner the votferd were shrmd vp fc nofe; some were shoved up and other persons would call cut their names for them Ii is in clear proof, that a vote, though challen ged, was received iu tbe uain* ot YV iiliaut
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