BeMorii 3nquirev ant ifhromrU. BY DAVID OVER. A FAITHFUL SENTINEL, AN INCIDENT OP NAPOLEON S TIME. Ihe French army lay encamped oclv about a day's march from Berlin. It was on the 22d of October. The sentinels were given, for the Prussian and Austrian spies were plenty and troublesome. At midnigbt Pierre Sascoiu was stationod at one of the outposts. lie was a stout, bold, shrewd man, aud a good soldier. The colonel of his regiment was with the sergeant on this bout, having requested to be called at mid uight to visit the outposts. '1 ierpfc,' he sa;d, after the man had been posted, 'You must keep your eyes open, llon't let even a stray borse go out or come in without the pass. Do you understand'' mon colonel, I shall be prompt.' 'The dogs are all around us,' pursued the officer, yo-: cannot be too careful. Don't trust men nor brutes without good proof.' 'Never fear,' was Pierre's answer as he brought his firelock to his shoulder, and mo ved bad: a pace. After this the guard moved on to the next post, and Pierre Sascoiu was left alone. Pierre's post was one of the most impor tant in the cauip, or rather arouud it, and he had been placed there for that reason. The ground ever which he had to walk was a long knoll, bounded at one end by a Luge rock, aud at the other sloping away into a narrow ravine, in which was a copse of wil lows. Beyond this copse the ground was low and boggy, so that a man could not pass it. The rock wus to the westward, aud Pierre's walk was to the outer side. The night was dark, huge masses of clouds floating overhead, and shutting out tbe stars; with a sort of fog seemed to rise also from the marsh. The wiud moaned from the copse in rhe ravine, aud the air was damp and ehilly; with a slow, steady tread tiic soldier paced his ground, ever and anon stopping to listen, as the willows in the ravine tattled their leaves, or some night bird started out with its quick flapping. Au hour hid passed w.iy, ami the senti nel had seen nothing to excite his su-picions. lit had stopped for a momeut close by the rock, when he w is startled by a quick sereach from the wood, and in a tew moments more a large bird flew over his head. "Parbleu 1 " he uttered, after the night bird had flown over his head, "coul 1 mor tal man have stopped that fellow from pas- sing "He satisfied himself that ho had done nothing in suffering the bird to pass. He bad walked the length of his way two or three times, and was just turning by the rock when he was sure he saw a dark object just crossing the liue towards the copse. "Hold !" lie cried, bringing his musket to his shoulder. "Uojd, or 1 fire !" And with his pieco at aim he advanced towards the spot where the object had stop ped. But as be came to withiu a few yaid-s of it, it started to move ou agaiu toward the carup. "Diablo!" cried Pierre, "move any fur ther and I fire ! What, pardicu' La prince! Ho, ho; why Piiuce!" The animal turned an l tnadc a motion as though he would jump up to the sentinel's bosom, but the soldier beokoucd him off. "Bravo Prince," Pierre cried reaching 1 forth his hand aud patting tho head of the great shaggy beast, which had now sat upon its haunches. Piertc DOW recognized the intruder as a great dog of the breed of St. Bernard, wiiicb had been owned in the regi jjjfnt for over a ysiar, and which had now ! been missing for about a week. He had disappeared oue night from the pickets, and all search for him had been unavailing. "Parbleu, inon grande Prince," Pierre uttered as though the dog could understand every word, "the wen will be happy to see you; where have you beeu so long?" The dog mad©no answer to this save a low whine and a familiar nodding of the head. "Now, mon ami, you must keep your sit ting there till tho guard comes, and then we will go together. Mind that will you t" And with these words,uttered with solemn emphasis, and due moaning. Pierre started on Lis bout again, lie bad got half way to the rock when the idea-of looking around struck him, and he did so. La Priuoe 'Was moving towards the camp again. lla. Prince that wou't do! Stop! Stop! or Pll shoot! Diable, the Colonel, was pos itive in his orders. I was to let notbiug pass my post without the countersign. A dog is something. You can't go, Prince, so lie down. Down! Dowu, Prince 1 say!' With this the dog lay flat dowu upon bis belly, and stretched out bis paws. Pierre • patted biui upon the head again, and having duly urged upon him the necessity of re maining where ho was, he resumed his march once more. During the next fifteen minutes, the an imal remained perfectly quist, and ever and A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms : Two Dollars per annum. anon the sentinel would speak to him by wny of being Sociable. But at leDgth the dog made another attempt 'to go itilo the camp. Pierre had nearly reached the rock when he heard the movement, and on turn ing he aould just see bb" uneasy companion making off. 'Diable!' the honest fellow uttered. 1 must obey orders. TheCclunel's word was plain, Here! Parbleu! Cotue here! Here, Prince! Mon Picu! you must die if you don't.' With a few quick bounds, the soldier bad got near enough to the dog to fire, and as the latter stopped, he stopped. 'Moncher ami, you must stay with mc.— Hero! Couic lack! I must shoot you if you dou't. I'arbleu! what a thing to start the whole camp for to shoot a dog!' • 'Ah, now Prince will be relieved,' the soldiur said, as the tramp of the coming guard was heard, 'you shall go and see your old friends ' The tramp of the coming guard drew near and Pierre was preparing to hail them, when the dog took a new start, and in a new di rection, this time starting towards the copse. 'Litre, bete,. Prince! i'arbleu, dou't you run off again.' But the felluw took no other notice of the call than to quicken his speed. 'Grand Dieu!' This last exclamation was forced from Pierre's lips by seeing the dog leap to bis hind legs and run thus! In an instant the truth burst upon him. Quick as thought be clapped his gun to his shoul der and took aim. lie could just distiu guish the dim object now and he fired.— There was a sharp cry, and then Pierre had to turn for the guard were approaching 'Qui est la?' (Who is there?) he eiied* 'Relief guard,' was ihc answer. And having obtained the'idun'tersign he iuformcd the official what had happened. 'A dog?' ericd the officer, 'Prince, d'l you say ?' '•He looked tike Prince, but you should have seen him ruu on his hind legs?' *EU# Hind legs?' 'Yes.' 'Theu come, show us where he wss.' Piene led the way to the copse, and there the dog was found in the last struggle of death. •Grand Dieu." cried the officer,'what legs for a dog, eh?' And no wonder he said so. The hind legs of the auimui were booted. But all doubts were removed very quickly, for as the officer turned the body a deep groan came up, aud the words 'God take mc!' in tbe Prussian tongue followed. 'Liable! here is au adventure!' uttered i the officer aud made Pierre bold the lantern i while he rippei. open the dog's skin to find the fate. But they concluded not to stop there to investigate, so they formed a litter bj crossing their muskets, and having lifted : the strange annual upon it they proceeded ou their way. When they reached the camp j they found half the soldiers up, waitiug to : fiuu cut why the gun was fired. L glits were now brought, and tho body placed upon the ground. Tho dog skin was removed, aud within was found a Prussian I drummer, lie was a small fellow, though i apparently some twenty years of age; hut he was dead. Pierre's ball having touched j his heart, or sotnewbere very near it. His j pockets were overhauled, and in one of i them were found a cypher, but no one could make out what it was. Ths Colonel took ! tt, and directed that the body should be | placed out of sight for burial on the mor : row. Hut this was Dot the end. About 4 o'- clock, just before daylight, another gun was fired on the same post where Pierre had been, and this time a uian was shot who was trying to make his escape from the camp. lie was shot through the hoad. When the body was brought into 'Camp, it was found to be that of a Bavarian trooper, who had beeu suspected of treachery, though no proof had before been found against him. On his person was found the key to the cy pher, which had been takcu from the person of the Prustian drunnner; and now that the Colonel had them both, he could translate the mystic scroll. It proved to be direc tions to the Bavarian to lay bis plans for keeping as near to Napoleon's person as possible, after ho should eutcr Berlin, and then wait for further orders. The mystery was explained. The Bava rian had contrived to call the great dog away from the regiment and delivered hiui up to the enemy, and his skin was to be made tho cover for the spy to euter the camp under. And the spy would have got it too, but for tbesportivo order ©f tbeOol., and wilfully faithful obebienca of Pierre Sancoin. On the next day Pierre was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and the Emperor said to him as bo bestowed the boon : If you make as fai'hful an officer, *3 you Late tirade yourself faithful as a sentinel, I can ask no more.' From the .Yorth American. Pennsylvania Southern Railroad to Pittsburg and Wheeling. There is now in use a railroad from Phil adelphia to Harrisburg, by the way of Lan caster, another by Heading and Dauphin, and a rcfad from Baltimore, by the way of York, to Harrisburg. It is also known that the Heading and Lebanon Valley Hbc frouVPhiladolphia to Harrisburg Is near completion for use. It is manifest that it is essential for the public aecommodation in freight and travel through Pennsylvania, that thero should be constructed at as early a time as practicable, another lino of rail way to Pittsburg, other than what is or will be furnished by the Pennsylvania Cen tral. The route from CLambersburg, to be lo cated, would be that of the Chambctsburg and Allegheny road, to intersect the Pitts burg and Oonnclisville at or near Myer's Mill, about fourteen miles west of Cumber land. Explorations and surveys which have been made, would show this route to be by Loudon, Burnt Cabins, tba south side of the Broadtop coal fields, and by the town of Bedford, a distance of eighty-five or ninety miles. Explorations along this route since Ilegis' survey in 183S, show the lat ter to bo susceptible af great improvement. This Hue of toad crosses the valley from Chambersburg, a distance of sixteen miles, before it reaches the Cove or Tuscarora mountain. That barrier, which seemed for midable from its elevation of 1800 feet when crossed by the turnpike road to Mc- Connellsburg, was passed by Ilegis' survey) at a depression in the mountain four roile s uorth of the turupike called Cowcn's Cap, at an elevation of only 550 feet above Chambersburg, and that with but lit;lo cut tiug, and with the low grade of fifty live feet in the mile. A recent survey by "the 'Engineers oF the Sherman's 'valley ami Broad Top Kaihoad Company from Burnt Cabins to the inter section of tue Cuunehfville Road, shows the roall to be practicable without a tunnel or auy'formidable obstacle, and with moderate grades. In their report they say that they had made the survey, 'and the results are more favorable than tho most sanguine had dared to hope for.' Their report states that from Bedford to the end •>{' their survey, 'to intersect the Connelsville Road,' it is twenty two miles of very light vvotk and di rect liue, and except the summit cut, will not cost over two thousand dollars per utile for graduation: The local trade ami travel on this section, there is every reason to believe, would be remunerative on the cost of construction. — It passes the south side of the Broad Top coai field for utiles, and at a point nearer Han isburg, by thirty miles, than the coal tuinesof Broautop, by the way o! Hunting don. It will bring into market, as soon as it enters Fraukliu eouuty, a distance of less than twenty miles, coal, which is there greatly wanted for manufacturing, for fuel, and the burning of lime. It also traverses extensivo miucs of iron ore of the best qual ity, passing valleys of fertile land with pros perous villages. It will bring into use great districts of pino aud other timber* now comparatively valueless for want of ac~ cess to market. There is now in use sixty miles of rail road from Pittsburg to ConnelLvillc, which includes twelve miles of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, by arrangement between the Companies. Tho road from ConntlL ville eastward is in progress of coustruc tiou at several points. To this part of the read the city of Baltimore has subscribed one milliou of dollars, uud as Fayette aud Somerset couutics contribute accordiug to their ability aud advantages, this road to Cumberland will be made. Miles. The distance from ilarrisburg to Cbam bcrsburg is SO From Cbatnbersburg to Mycr's Mill, 88 From Myer's Mill to Pittsburg, 131 From Ilarrisburg to Pittsburg, 272 From same to Pittsburg by the Central Railroad is 250 22 This small difference of distance may be compensated in the southern routo by lower grades and straight lines of road. Between these two great leading roads there need bo no unfriendly rivalry; there will with both, by proper management, be as uiucb to do for the public accommodation as they will be able to accomplish in transporting trade and travel through our great State. This route from Chanibersburg, by Cow en's Gap, Burnt Cabins, Littleton and Bed ford, is that of one Of the most ancient roads in the State, ft Was that used for supplies for Braddock's array from Pens- BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 21,1857. sylvania. It was the road preferred for the march of Gen. Forbes and his army in 1758, in the campaign against Fort Duquesne, and was used in all military expeditions from Pennsylvania to the Ohio duirng tlieCi louial wars. p. was also the line of march for the Pennsylvania aad Jersey troops under Washington, to sqpprcss the Western insurrectioF.. The link to be provided for in this South ern Pennsylvania Railroad is lLat froto Cbumbersburg to the CocnelHviile road at or near Oyer's Mill, a distance of about ninety tables. TOs'lmprovement would be of great advantage to Somerset, lledford, Fulton, Frckklin, Cumberland and other southern counties, to the Cumberland Val ley Railroad, to the Lebanon Valley Rail road, to Philadelphia, to Pittsburg. So extended an interest could easily provide for its construction, and should give if their immediate attention. It will be a continu ous road, within Pennsylvania. It U a mistake to suppose that aoy company or au thority from Pennsylvania has the right to intersect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at any point on its line without the consent of that company, and ever, with that, consent without further legislation from Mary land at,d Virginia. Under existing laws, the right to inter sect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad un der Pennsylvania authority, was to be in Washington couuty, Maryland—east of the North Mountain—which is about twelve ntilcs west of Williamsport. To evade and defeat that connection, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company extended their road iuto Virginia, at Harper's ferry, and con tinued it through Virginia, to a point with in a few miles of Cumberland. This frus trated all the provisions of tho Pennsylva nia Legislature for the connection. The Sherman's Valley and Broad Top road company have surveyed a route for a railroad from the Pamsylrania Central Railroad, six utiles vest of Hariisburg, thrbugh Sherman's Valley, by Burnt Cabins Broad top and Bedford, to intersect the Pittsburg and Connellsrille Railroad, at or near Myer's Mill, west of Cumberland.— This would he on the same line, as contem plated by the Chambersburg and Allegheny Railroad Company. If the road from Burnt Cabins to the Connellsville road is made, it is immaterial by which company it is made, so that the public have the accommodation of this road. The road through Sherman's Valley, from the Pennsylvania Central Railroad to Burnt Cabins, a distance of about seventy two miles, would be an im provement of great accommodation to the district in which it is located, yet it cannot in this mountainous route, with innumerable curves, high grades, a tunnel of 566 yards, and trestle work at one place of 900 feet long, for through travel compete with the Cumberland Valley Railroad, aud the cost p f construction of tho road from Chambers, burg to Burnt Cabins, a distance of loss thau thirty miles. Si LVER STAT*.—The N. Y. Times say ß i the gold State is likely to have a compan ion a silver State. The projected territory of Arizona is reported to bo as richly en dowed with silver mines a* California is with gold diggings. The Gad sen purchase, if all the reports from that quarter should prove true, will be almost as valuable an additiou to nur territory as California. The llllinois, on her last passage, brought among her freight several paekages of sil ver fioiu that supposed desert, which ar* represented as being very rich. Those ores were from the veins lately opened and occupied by tho Sonora explor ing and Mining Co., and wete forwarded by the manager of the company from Tubac. Gadsden purchase, to the office of the com pany in Cincinnati. The late discoveries of silver in the Gadsden purchase, it is said, are attracting much attention in California. Some of the mines arc represented as being very rich in silver, and the proprietors are only waiting for government to protect the inhabitants of the Purchase froui tho depredations of the Indians, to enter; extensively! upou mining operatious. [£/-A farmer told a friend of hi, who had came from town for a few days shooting, that he once had so excellent a gun that it wont off immediately upon a thief coming into the house, although not charged. 'Wonderful gun, indeed,'said the sports man, *but how the douce did it happen ? mustt have been au Irish gun.' 'Not at all,'said the farcer, 'he and it went off together, and before I had time to charge him with it.' A good sell. (U""War and love are strange compeers— war sheds blood, and love rheds tears; war has spears and love has darts, war breaks heads and love breaks hearts. i A Lawyer with Two Character*. Ono cold evening of November, ten }cars ago, a man wrapped in a large cloak knock ed at the door of Mons. Dipin, one of the most able advocates of Paris 'lie entered, and drawing from under his et>at a large package of dodhmcntSj'laid ta iable. 'Monsieur,' said he. 'I am rich; but a Ktfsnit, which is commenced against me, way ruin me utterly. At my aire, a lust foi tune is not to be remade. The loss of this suit, therefore, would involve me'in the most frightful misery, I cotnc to implore your aid. Hero are the ppcrs which ex plain my claims.' The advocate listened attentively while his unknown visitor thus briefly explained bis business. Then 'opeuing the pHe of documents, be went through tbeui With the searching rapidity of his professional eye.— They were at last laid upon the table. 'The action which is commenced ngttinst, you for this property,' said he, is based upon justice and right—legal and moral.— The property belongs to your cqqioucnt. Jiut, unfortunately, in spile of the fine elaboration of our code, law und justice do not go together; and here the law is on "your side. If, therefore you rest your case en tirely upon the law, and use without reserve all its technicalities and quibbles, und if tile legal points in your favor are all stated clearly and ably to the eoart, yob will in evitably gain your case.' 'No man living,' said the stranger -can do what you thus describe so ably as your self. Might 1 venture to hope that you rednce your legal opiutun to writing, and thns render me invulnerable?' The advocate reflected for a minute or two, and then taking up again the docu ment, which, at the first word of the re quest, he had roughly pushed away, ho said he would do as the stranger wished. On the morrow, at the same hour, the legal opinion would be ready. The client was punctual. The paper wis presented to him—accompanied with a 'de mand very abruptly made, for a fee of three thousand francs. lie stood mute with astonishment. 'You are at liberty to keep your money, said the lawyer,'and lam at libei ty to throw my written opinion into the fire.* Advancing to the chimney, apparently for the purpose, he was stopped hy the vis itor. '1 will pay yon the sum,' he said, 'but 1 must give you my written acceptance for it.' 'The money in gold,' said the advocate tor you shall not have a line.' The client saw that it was inevitable, and,taking his leave for a moment's return ed soon wi;h the coin, lie paid it—but in revdbge. after gaining his cause, he told the story'in every corner of Paris. The journal got bold of it . It was soon as universal as the name and fame of the great lawyer him self. Laments were made by the editors, over the grasping advantage thus taken of a client in his extremity, and even friends expressed their regret to hiui for his be trayal of avarice. But he sittrply shrugged his shoulders: and, as everything is forgot ten at Paris, the matter soon passed out of the public mind. Ten years passed hy, and a few days since, at a celebration of which the dignitaries of the courts of law formed a part, the proces sion was interrupted by a woman, who sud denly sprang trom the crowd andseiz e*l the hands of MODS. Pupiu the Procurer Gener al. 'lt is lie! It is he" sire exclaimed as she burst iuto tear s, aud eovered Iris bauds with kisses. 'This is my bcuefaetor, ruy frieud, the angel hy whose timely kiudness I was saved froui ruin, and spared to edu cate my children!' 'Poor Woman!' said M Dopin, 'she has jost her reason.' But uo she insisted on explaining to the by-standers that there was reason in her tears and gratitude. She stated it brokenly . Ten years ago, after the death of her hus band, a claim was put iu by a relative fcr tie property jpon which she had relied to support and educate her children. She resolved to defend her possession of that which she knew to be her own, and had al ready sold half her furniture to pay the commencement of the process, when one day a stranger called upon her. He abruptly announced his business. He told bcr that the suit, for which she was already running into expense, would be a losing one—that the law was against her, though justice was on her sle bad better abandon it, and save what she still possessed. He then added that, from having been employed on the case, be had been able to rescuo some portion of what was improperly taken from her—that it was contained in the bag of gold, which he laid on the table—ab ruptly taken his leave-, and giving Iter as- tonished senses no opportunity for thanks or inquiry. The three thousand frane*'Villi which she was thus curiched, enabled her tO'te-establisli herself with tier children altti commence a timely support Ol 'them. And, from that futal day, she had frfceo try ing in vain to discover her henefaetor. Hal his Teatures were engraven on her heart, and thank God' a'no recognized and could tiianfe hiiu now. And so, after ten years of misapprehen sion, Mon*. Dupin's 'grasping aratiee,' was explained to his legal Lrethien and the public as quite auotiier thing! Like souie other people, be had two characters—one What the newspapers uiade him nut to be, and the Other a very different one, what he Was. POLITICAL COWARDICE. Jhe political coward excites as much cbhtempt as any other coward. A poltroon is a despicable object, no matter on what field he displays the white feather. Douce we are not surprised to learn that the pusil lanimity shown by Gen* Packer, through the locofi co State Committee, in refusing to accept \\ iimot's challenge to stump the State, lias much mortified the rank and tile of the party, and excited their ire to think that they have to be led by one who at the very outset turned tail upon the enemy.— Among them be it. Cortaiiriy his own par ty eanuot. despise the dastard any more than his opponents do. This cock who won't fight hud better Imve his puts taken oft' and lie Hent.to tlic dunghill at once. The democratic party professes 'to be a national party, a permanent party, an old party —a party, in fact, HritU a settled creed and will established principles, upon which it relics fur success. Why, then, is it afraid to discuss those principles before the people? Is it because its professions are hollow nnd its creed a lie, that it shrinks from a chaflefago'to defend'thetL? it fear the revelation? which sncli a discussion would bring to the ears of the people? it would seem so. Either it Is a weuk'party, devoid of ability to sustain Its creed iu dis cussion, or it is a hollow hearted, hypocriti cal, canting party, depemling alone upon trick and ebieanery for success, and henec c;iunot bear to have its policy and measures made the subject of popular inquiry. But, the committee says, the challenge, if accepted, would lead to a discussion of the slavery question. And what if it did? Is not the slavery question a proper one for discussion? if it is not, why does the par ty in its presses make it the tftain staple of their political diatribes? And if the squat ter sovereignty dootriue is so impregnable and unanswerable as they pretond, wl:i should they dread a discussion of it, and put in that plea as a conclusive one for not going into the figln? Either the parly should ceasu harping upon the slavery ques tion or discuss it when challenged to. But the committee could not get along, in giving an answer, without violating the the truth of history. It says: ■'A Joint canvass by candidates for the Gubernatorial office has never heeu con ducted in this State, uor, I believe, in any other Northern ono, and may well be ques tioned ou grounds of public policy." Tfns is not true, iudiana was canvassed last year in tbis way. und frequently be fore. Ohio and other western States have also frequently beeu canvassed iu this way Even iu Pennsylvania the Democratic and Whig candidates iu 1851 and 1851 canvas sed the State separately; and it will re quire a very uiee degree of hair-splitting to show Vhe difference, iu priucqde, between candidates canvassing a State separately and jointly. If it was right for a demo cratic candidate to canvass the State iu lßfil and 1854, ho* can it be Wrong to do so in r&57 1 The Committee, speaking of the practioo of stumping, says: "A rule of party action which would prevent such men as Benjamin I' raukliu, Siuiuu Snyder, and Francis R. Shunk froflV filling the Executive chair of this Stats must be a bad one, and to to denounced rather than adopted." This is a libel upon both FranHin an 4 Shunk. Franklin Wus not a dumb states man. If he was uot a volumiuoua Speaker,- he was always ready to give a reason for his political faith, und it is Weil known that he was not merely capable of public speaktng, but that Le did, more tHari fcnee, make public speeches. The same is true of Shun-!, iu 1844 he was frequently upon the stuuip, aud the files of the (JaEette con tain the record of some of his speeches. If Qen. Packer is iucupible (as we sup pose be is.) of meeting Judge VViluict on the stomp, and shrinks front it in sheer cowardice, let his party coufess his iocapa. city, at once, ar.d pot forward some substi tute for hiiu. Let them say, if they wtl| for the ptlrpose of eluding their followers, VOL. 30, NO. 34. "Gen. Packer is an able man ami a stales, han, but be is no speaker. We will, bow - ever, meet you with Schnabel," or any oth er'Wimibag, of which the party eontains an abundance. There would be some manli ness in that; but there is nor.e in this de nial of the propriety of stumping after th-i party has so often abd 90 Ibtciy ebgaged in it. The fact W, the leoofoco party dare not go before the people upon present Issues. Lhey know that their frauJs find corrup tion in Philadelphia, the course of Walker in Kansas, and the many political develop ments growing out of the relation which the President holds to the South trill not hear o be talked about. Tber otrly hope is in keeping quiet and closing the 'public ear as much as possible to tho voice of truth.— The watchword to their partfzans, is, 'lie low and Seep dark.' ®fii this way 'hey uiav achieve success this fall, but in no otbe.- way. Discussion is the one thing most to be dreaded; and henco they must decline it at all hazards, even thobgh they make a craven of their candidate and subject the whole party to the reproach of cowardice P ittsbilrg 'Gnztlle. The noblest and pnrest character of all men born, into whose nostrils the blessed "Deity ever breathed the breatu of life, is drawn by his eloquent biogranber in a nut shell: 'We have been accustomed to look to Washington's private letters for the sent*- meiits et hi.-, heart. Those ♦vr'ttfen to sev eral f his friends immediately after his in to the presidency of the United States,shew tdw little he was, eXcitcd by bis ofEoiul el evation. '1 greatly fear,' Writes he, -that my couu tfymen will expeut too much from tire. I fear if the issue of public meat-fares should not correspond with their satigifihe antici pation, tliey will turn the extravagaht, and 1 might almost say undue praise*, which ffcey are heaping upon me at this moment, equally extravagant, though I will fbndly hope, uumerittd, censures.' Little was his modest spirit aware that the praises so dubious received, were but the opening notes of a theme that was to increase from age to age, to pervade all lands, and endure throughout generations. lrving. WILMOT IN DEIIKS COSIXTV. The Perks County Press* ays: We give In to-diy s Press, the proceedings in detail of the American Republi&fa Ooubfy slcet iug. It was (he largest ever assembled at Reading, and its action of such a character as wtll effect the onward progress of (he Shamocmcy most vitally. The maxim that •iu union there is strength,' Was signally curried out—harmony and concord prevail, ing iu our entire ranks, a thing unlocked for and unexpected by the TVfofo tes, and by the baker's doacu of enemies lo Ameri canism. Berks will leave no stode unturn ed to achieve the election of Davitl Wiliaot Her intelligent and freedom-loving voters are defcriniuod td work with a wifl and zest, heretofore uuknowu. They see and feul that the cause they jave espoused is worthy of their suffrages, aud worthy of success. Q3r""An Irishman attending a Quaker meeting, heard a young fricud make the following announcement. 'Brethren and sisters, I am going to mar ry a daughter of the Lord.' 'The devil ye are,' said Pat. 'Paitli an' be jahers, an' it will be a long tithe before ye'Jl see yer fatber-iu-law!' 'DAD, if 1 was to see a duck on the trlng, and was to shoot it, would yo6 lick me?' 'Oh uo, my sou! it shows ydu are a good marksman, and 1 Would feeel proud of you.' 'Well then, dttdi 1 plumped our old drake as he was flyin' over the feuce to day, and it would bafre done yo4 good to see him drop." In a back towu in Upper Canada. a magis trate ifrbo kept tavern", sold liquor to tint people till they got druuk and fought iu hij house. lie then issued a warrant, appre hended -hem, and tried them am the spot and besides fiuing theiu, made themttreta t otlieT to make up the quarrel. T/"Tile woman who made a pound o* butter out of the cream of a joke, and a cheese Iniin the tuilk of human kindness,has since washed the close of a year, and hang 'em to dry on a boo line. It is supposed that liolliuii, the Ameri can Candidate for Governor of Misouri, has been elected. The other Southern States have voted as they did last fall. . . < QyTha tobacco chewer is said to b like a goose in a Dutch oven—always no the spit.
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