BY DAVID OVER. Jth ft |so?trq. From the Atlantil Monthly. LIT I LK DAT WARNINGS, IVhen legislators keep .he law— When bmks dispense with bolts and locks, Wnen berries— Whortle, rasp and straw Grow bigger downwards through the box— TV heft he that selleth house or Uud Shows leak in roof or flaw in right— When haberdashers choose the stand Whose window has the broadest light- When preachers .ell ns all they think Aud p irty leaders all they moan— When what wa pay for, that we drink. From real grape and cutlet bean— When lawyers take what they would give, And doctors give what they would takt— When city fathers eat to live, Save when they fast for consciences' sake— When one that hath i hors# for sale Shall bring his merit to the proof, Without a lie for every nail That holds the iron on the hoof— When Cuba's weeds have quite forgot The power of suction to resist, And claret bottles harbor not Such dimples as would hold your fist. When publishers no longer steal; And pay tor what they stole before When tbo t)rt locomotive's wheel Kohs thro' the lioosac tunnel's bore. Till then let Cummiog blaze away, And liter's saints blow up the globe; But when you see that blessed day, Thin order your ascension robe? From Iht Stalls. STRAY TUOI GISTS BT W. 3EAKIS 3ECEB. Ton and I, funny creatures —are we not? Here to day, to-morrow—where? Ever changing this our lot, Joy or sorrow, ease or care- Thus we journey ou tbrougo life, Meeting, parting, friemii and foe*. '-Mingling in the daily strife, Sharing in its bliss and woe*— Going, coming, Till we die, Ever roaming, Yea and I. Tou and I, funny creatures—do you doubtf Remember this when nsxt we meet, Doubtless, then you'll find it out, As we pass upon the street; Do we smile as brothers should? A kindly glance from out the heart, And drop a word, as oit we could, 1 bus show a manly friendly part? Daily meeting, Passing by, .Never greeting. You and I. You and I, funny creatures—soon to mo The heart's last throb will come and go, And your own will cease to be A source of life where pie igures flow ; Then, smiles that given now, wiil lorm The iris o'er the boundless sea, Where friends will gather through the storm Reflections there of thee and me— Whilst all alone Those forms will lie, That once were known As you and I. ON KISSING. If kissing wero not lawful, The lawyers would not use It; And if it were not pious, The clergy would not choose it; And if it whrenot i dainty thing. The ladies would not crave it ■, And if it were not plentiful, The poor girls conld not havo it. Wrir MAHOMEDANS ABHOR PORK.— In Europe, during many centuries, the only animal food in general use was pork— beef, 7eal, mutton being comparatively unkuown. It was, therefore, with tto small astonishment that the crusaders on returing from the East said they had been among 'people, who, like the Jews, thought pork unclean and refused to cat it. But the feelings of lively wonder which this intelli gence excited wero destroyed as soon as the cause of the fact was explained. The sabject was taken up by Mathew Parrs, the most eminent historiaß during the thir teenth century, and one of the most emi nent duriug the Middle Ages. This cel ebrated writer informs us that the Maborn niedans refuse to eat pork on account of a singular circumstance which happened to their prophet. It appears Mahommed having on one occasion, gorged himself with food and drink till he was iu a state of tuseusibility fell asleep o Q a dunghill, and la this disgraoeful condition was seen by & litter of pigs. The pigs attacked the fallen prophet, and suffocated him to death; for which reason his followers abominate ' pigs and refuse to partake of their tiesk. This striking fact oxplaius one great peculiarity of the Maliomtaedans; aud another fact equal 1? striking explains how it was tl.at their sect came into existence For it wns wtli known that Mabouiiued was originally a Cardinal arid ooiy bsoaun Uielie u.„, ho f?.Jad in his design of being elected Pope- BuckWs Hillary of Civilization in Eng land. ° A Wsekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c —Terms: Two Dollars per annum. IfiaiCil.Tllll. THE IWGIUTM IN NEW JERSEY. —Sir With this I send a sample of Sirup of Sor gho or Chinese Sugar Cane, as one of the results of some interesting experiments made by Mr. Ross well Plnmmer, an intel ligent farmer, living near New Brunswick, N. J. Mr. P. plauted one acre with sor gho seed about the middle of May—the. soil being of medium quality and Condition, composed of the debris of red sbule; and notwithstanding the unfavorable season, the crop came up, grew, and matured tolerably well. Having constructed a cheap and use ful mill for crushing the Canes, (which was exhibited at the State Fair at New Bruus wick, and noticed io Jour columns,) he commenced cutting tho cane on tlie27tli of September, wheu 100 canes were cut and run through the mill, producing 13 gallons of sap, and from this five quarts of good molasses were made. Oct. G, a load of cane was cut, which, when stripped of its leaves and tops, weighed 515 lbs., and when run through the mill produced 24 i gallons of the sap. On six square rods o: ground, bo cut 2,120 lbs. of cane, which, when stripped of leaves and tops, produced 06 gallons of sap; and ou 40 square rods ol ground he cut 14,370 lbs. of cane. Oct. 12, ho selected and cut his ripest cane, and produced 1 gallon of the very finest quality of molasses from 6 gallons of sap. On the 16ih of StQiteuibor, he sgatu cut Lis ripest car.e and boiled ths sap from it and pro* dueei a beautiful white sugar; he has also distilled a very fine quality of spirits from the sap, yielding one gallon of spirit from six cf the sup. He further states that the cane produces the best results at the time when tbn tops are about one-half turned, and in boiling immediately after pressing front the cane, if the pans are rightly set-, it is almost impossible to scorch or burn the srp. Some of the sirup when carefully made, has been almost colorless, and that without any substance wbateuer being used to claiify it. Wheu reduced to about one quarter its fiulk by bulling, be strained it while hot IhVough a new flannel bag; this gives ft great purity. Great care shoold be observed in seeing that the pans or kettles are thoroughly cleansed, and that all the coloring matter which may attach itsolf to the sides of the pans shall be removed, so as not to stain the sugar or molasses. G. W. A.—„V. I*. Tribune. A QCKSTTON ABOUT MOCK.— Nathan D. Coffin, of Hancock Co., Ind., says he has plenty of straw, as well as muck on his farm, and inquires if it woul J not be better to use the straw as an absorbent for ma nure, and haul the muck directly to the Geld instead of taking it to the yard and then out, thus making double cartage. If straw be very abundant for the yard, and the soil bo a warm one, not greatly needing the immediate benefit of manure, the proposed plan would answer. But muck and all peaty substances aro usually iu a kind of pitchy or aspbaltic condition, so that tbey resist the action of the air, and do not decay aud yield up their elements readily without being first subjected to the action of alkalies, (lime or ashes.) or to the heating of the compost heap. Putting them into the yard where tbey will be mixed with the an imal manures serve a double purpose; firstj the heating of the manure decomposes the muck, swamp mud, leaves, &c., nd fits them for plant food; while, second, ese substances act as absorbents to retain i c the gasses and escaping elements of the more readily decaying auimal manures.— They are similar to straw in their compo sition and effects upon growing plants. Wkeu muck or peat is untirely uunaeded in the yard, owing to a superabundance ot straw, it uiay ho dug out and piled up with a bushel of slaked lime to half a cord or more, thoroughly mixing it in. Left iu this way a few weeks or months, it will be come fitted for direct application and bene fit to cultivated fields. In cold, wet, or clay land, muck will oltcu lie for years uu decouiposed. IB warm, light soils it is more rapidly reduced, and therefore sooner avail able to plaDts, though not immediately so, except in the most favorable conditions of warmth, air and moisture. Everything considered, it is gcnetally better to cart it first to the yards and oouipoet it with ma nure.—American Agriculturist. BAVE THE SOOT. —This, though gene rally thrown into the street, and wasted, is one of the best manures. It is extensively used in Fngland, and when ooly 15 or 20 bushels are applied to the aeret it iuiuces the m-jst !uxu:ia n t crops of wheat and other grain. It contnius, IU small couipass, al most all tho ingredients of the coal or wood used for ftrel. It tlso ooitains several salts of ammonia, magnesia, lime and muriatic acid. Its components are the natural food or stinaulents of plants, and it can be used to great advantage as a concentrated fertil izer, to stimulate germiuating seeds in the drill. It is not only sown broadcast with the giain,but it is applied to the root crops with the best results. Potatoes and car rots, especially, are benefitted by it. Six quarts of soot to a hogshead of water make an excellent liquid manure for the garden- It ean be applied with safety to all garden crops, and will pay well for saving. ID putting the stoves, furnaces and fire-places in order for Winter, boar it in mind that soot is valuable, and will be wanted for Spriug use. One, two, three or wore bar rels can be saved easily in most families, es pecially where wood is burned. llow TO MAKE LARD CANDLES Messrs. Editors:—Having been the recipi ent of many favors through the columns up ycur invaluable publications, I prop se as far as in me lies, io cancel the obligations already incurred, and as the first instalment I shall offer a recipe for making hard, du rable aud clear burning candles of lard.— The manufacture of lard candles is canicd on to a considerable extent in some of the Western Stat'—, particularly Wisconsin,aud being monopolized by the few has proved very lucrative The following is the re ceipt in tolo. To every 8 lbs. of lard, add one ounce ni tric acid; and the manner of making is as follow*: Having carefully weighed your lard, place it over a slow fire, or at least merely melt it; then add the acid, and mould the same as tallow, and you have a clear, beautiful candle. ID order to make them resemble bona fide tallow candles, yu have only to add a small propmtiua of pure beeswax. J. A. Bonis SON. — Country Ccntlema n. CURING BEEP AND FORK.— The follow ing mode of curing beef and pork, we have perhaps given before, but it will bear repub lication: To one gallon of water, Take 14 lbs. salt, 4 lb. brown sugar, 4 oz. saltpetre, 4 oz. potash. In tlis ratio the pickle to be increased to auy quantity desired. Let there be boiled together until all the dirt from the salt and sugar (which will not be a little) rises to the top aud is akitntned off. Then throw the pickle into a large tub to cool, aud when cold, pour it over your beef or pork, to remain the usual time, say from four to six weeks, aceordiug to the size of the pieces, and the kind of meat. The meat must be well covered with the fickle, and it phould not he put dowu for at least two dais after killing, during which time it should be slightly sprinkled with powder ed saltpetre.— Germantown Telegraph.. HORSE TALK.— The X<- York Spirit of the Times give the followi of a good horse: 1. His eyes even when seen in the stable, are perfectly clear and transparent, and the pupils or apples of the oyes are alike in col or and size. 2. On beirtg nipped in the gullet, he will utter a sound like that from a bellows; if,on the contrary, he should give vent to a dry, husky, short cough, beware of him—bis wind is unsound. 3. His legs are smooth and 'clean : if you find hunehes or puffs or difference in size, though he may not be lame, disease lurks there. 4. If broad and fnll between the eyes, he is scsceptible of being trained to almost any thing. 5. If some white or parti-eolnred, he is docile and gentle. BREAD. —It is said 'bat one of the most wholesome kinds of bread that can be used i made thus without salt, saleratus, yeast,or rising of any sort. Take bolted or unbolted flour or meal, thoroughly moisten the whole with pure soft water, scalding hot, that is about one hun dred and sixtv degrees Fahrenheit, make it up firm, not sticky, thon roll and cut into strips, or any other form, not over a quarter of an inch thick, and half an inch broad.— Bake quickly in a hot oven until the dough has acquired a soft fine brown oolor, or un til the water has nearly all evaporated. Hydropathics say that a sweeter bread than this was never tasted. It cortainiy is pure bread, cannot oour, will keep almost indefinitely, aud if made of unbolted flour must he too most healthful and nutritious bread that can be prepared. But peiplo won't use i'. because thev have not beenac ous.omed to it—just as rUns would never use an iron tiro to hi- cart wheel, because he had uover seen one u-cd. Besides, most persons have unconquerable prejudice against BEDFORD, PA., (FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1857. u-ing or doins nnvthin) that has unmixed food in it.— Dr. Hall. ALUM ro HARDEN CANDLES. —Asa M. Holt says —in the autuun of 1856 I killed a tat cow, and my hoksekeeper tried the tallow, then she made i parcel of mould candles Iroin the lallowwithout using alum. Afterwards she made -ome of the same kind cf tallow into candes by dipping.— But before she dipped tie c&ndles, she dis solved alum in water, an! mixed it with the tallow of which she flndc the candles.— mould candles and tbb cl candles were kept together, and in thi hot weather in the list summer, while the tSpped candles with which alum was used, wire sufficiently hatd and firm, aud burned tviji, the mould cah d!es which were made riibout alum, were so soft that they could |ot bear their own weight, but fell down it) the candlesticks and could uot be used |!1 the weather be came cooler. THE POTATO HOT. —'Jrentou N. J., pa pers say that potato tot jfevails extensively in the southern part of tint State. In Cum berland, Sslein.and Glouiter counties, many i f the tanners will not iccieve more than one-tliird of an ordinary crop from fields that u few weeks ago gavi every evidence of extraordinary yield. On the other hand, we hear that in Pounsviunia, were the rot was supposed to have counitted great rav ages, it has been discovered not to be near as bad *4 supposed. A HINT FOR FARM FAS —It looks aw though there might he something in this: A farmer of Curl laud county, New York named Atila Burlingame>-says that wheat can be prevented from in bins, in damp weather, if one dry >rick is put in it for eviry five bushtl of {fain, and evenly distributed throughout tig bin. We believe tiiis. Ihe trick everybody knows or ought to know, ia a great absomer of moisture. An Over-true Tale of-Kunuln-r Tll laluj and Terrible Retribution— I act Trespassing Ujpou the C'eu flr.es of Fiction- L x iule wo norrtoie, invoTvmg consequen ces so terrible, was told to us yesterday that for humanity's sake, we would gladly deem it fictitious, or but the frightful vis ion of a disordered brain, weto it not that the information reaches us through a source which makes us believe it strictly veritable, and, as sucit, within the proper proviuce of record iu our local coiumus. it appears that at a ccrtaiu boarding house in this city, a few mouths ago, was a female boarder—a young and beautiful women—a milliner or mantuimiker by oc cupation. The proprietors of the establish ment in which she was engaged became involved and closed doors, throwing ber out of employment, living destitute of money and friends, and virtuous witbal, she found it impossible to pay her board bill, and was consequently obliged to run in debt, to her landlady. To this the hostess made no very decided objection at first, but as weeks wore away jhe became more urgent for ber pay, and fi nally hinted, to ber shame be it said, that tbeie was away in which young and hand some women like her hoarder, could obtain not only money enough for the necessaries of life, but a sufficiency to socure its luxu ries. The hint, —jumistakably pointing, as it did, to the sacrifice of her honor—un speakably horrified the young lady, inno cent and pure minded as she was, aud she retired weeping to her chamber. But the hag fiend was insatiate for her pay, aud was not to be thwarted of ber purpose by the mero effusion of tears, though they welled from the heart of a sinless girl, who she well knew could i'l spare them, as they wero all too soon to be requisite to quench the fires of hell about to be kindled in her breast, which till then, had never knowu aught less pure or holy than a mental flame. The hag—'twero sacrilege to call lief by a name less opprobrious —persisted in her attempts to andetmiuc the virtue of the dis tressed and friendless girl- Alternately she importuned her for money, and before her, in half women, naif Satanic elo quence, the advantage she might derive, the luxuries obtain* by bringing her perseu al charms to bear upon the other sex, sur rendering merely their use awhile till for tune frowned less darkly, aud then urging that after simply enjoying the interest, she could retire on tho principal; or in other words, entreating her to 'stoop to conquer.' Awhile she Urged in vniu, and might, probably until Doomsday, if she had not enlisted the services of those whoso argu ments and entreatios were of other than a verbal nature. Men were introduced to ber —men whose object, whose soleobjsci, wa-> to seduce her. Their efferts for days, nights and weeks, were fruitless, but they were fi nally successful. She foil, as thousands of Ler sex have fallen before her, a victim to pecuniary aud profligate pressure. Thenceforth, all was changed with the fallen girl. Cr.lico gave place to lawn, and lawn to silk. Her flounces increased and the circumference of her skirts expanded. She throve in purse and person, but grew sick at soul. And her hostess—did remorse seize her on seeing tbo consummation of her diaboli cal purpose 1 Not so; she received her money now at the close of each week : nnd a batidsome sunt it was t.>o—not the beggar ly pittance the poor milliner girl was wont to pay for her board. Not then did remorse seize her ; but A most terrible retribution was in store for her. Justice, though blind, still lives, and occasionally even yet gives fearful and indubitable evidence of vitality. A gentle man one day called at the house to ate the landlady. lie proved to bo u mutual ac quaintance of her's and her husband, from whom she had been divorced for fifteen years aud had not since seen. lie was invited into the parlor. The girl —once pure, now fallen—was there. lie was presented. A glaucc of recognition passed between them, lie recognized in her the daughter of the woman of the house —the very hag who hid planned and ac complished her ruin .' A scene, which beg gars description, immediately ensued. Even could it he depicted it should uot be. At irs close iire daughter left the house imme diately, and wiuce then has pursued a most abandoned life, in spitefof all efforts to re claim her. 'Too her throat the liquor is poured almost in cessantly, making it altogether probable that she will not survive the year. She, it appears, was surrendered to the father at the tiute of his divorce from her mother, and was for years supported by him in a distant Eastern city, where he resided under aa assumed name until he died, and then his daughter drifted westward until she strauded here.— Ciucmnatti E/iguiitr. The Necromancer la Algiers. Every one who has seen or heard speak of rtie gieai 1V.U.1 Ifouatn. niSife. the prince of conjurors, he is an able mathe matician and mechanician, and his electric clock, made for the ifotel de Vilie of his na tive towu of Blois, obtained a medal at the Pat is Exhibition. It is not generally known that he was sent to Algeria by the French Government on amission connected with the black art—probably the first time that a conjurer has been called upon to exercise bis profession in government employ. Some details of his expedition have just been pub lished. Its object wis to destroy the in fluence exercised among the Arab tribes by the marabouts—an influeuce often mischiev ously applied. By a few clumsy tricks and impostures these marabouts passed them? selves off as sorcerers; no one, it was justly thought, was better able to eelipso their skill and discredit their scieuce than the man of inexhaustible bottles. One of the great pretentions of the mara bout was to invulnerability. At the moment that a loaded musket fired at him, and the trigger pulled, lie pronounced a few caba listic words, aud the weapon did not go off. Houdin detected the trick, and showed that the toucliboie was plugged. The Arab wizard was furious, and abused bis French rival.— "You may revenge yourself," quietly replied Houdin, "take a pistol, load it yourself; here are bullets, put oue in the barrel but before doing so mark it with your kuife." The Arab did as be was told. "You are quite certaiu, now," said Houdin, "that the pistol is loaded and will go off. Tell me, do you feel BO remorse in killing me thus, not withstanding tliat I authorise you!" "You are tuy enemy," coolly 'cplied the Arab; "I will kill you." Without repljiug, Houdin stuck an apple on the point of a knife, and calmly gave tho word to fire- The pistol was discharged, the apple flew far away, and there appearod in its place, stuck on the point of the kuife, tho bullet the marabout bad marked- The spectators remained mute from stupefaction; the marabout bowed he fore bis superior: "Allah is great!" he said "I am vanquished." lustead of the bottle from which, in Europe, Robert Houdin pours an endless stream of every description of wiueand liquor, he called foran empty bowl, which he kept continually full of boiling coffee, but few of the Arabs would taste it for they made sure that it came direct from tho devil's own coffee pot. He then told them that it was in his power to deprive them of all strength, and to restore it to them at will, and he produced a small box, so light that a child could lift it with its finger; but it suddenly became so heavy that the strongest man present could not raise it, and the Arabs, who prize physical strength above everything, looked with terror at tho great magiciau who, they doubted not, mould annihilate them by the mare exertion of bis will. They expressed this belief} Iloudia con- firmed them in if, aud promised that, on a day appointed, he would con vert one of them into suioke. The day came; the thror.g was prodigious; a faDatieal marabout had agreed to give himself up to the sorcerer. They made hint stand upon a tablo and covered him with a transparent gauze; then Houdin and another persoo lified the table by the two ends, and the Arab disappeared in a cloud of suioke. The terror of the specta tors was iu ueseribable; they rushed out of the place, aud ran a long distauee before some of the boldest thought of returning to look after ti.e marabout. They found him near the place where he had beeu evaporated; but be could tell them nothing, and was like a drunken man iguo rantot what badhappeued to him.—Thence forward Huudin was venerated, ami the marabouts despised; the object of the French governmc-iit was completely attained. The fashion of "testimonials" having, it appears, infected even the Arabs, a number of chiefs presented the Freuch conjuror with a piece of Arab writing, wonderfully hyperbolical amieulogistic, and to which tbey were so attentive as to append a Freuch translation. Beside* this memorial of his Algerine titp, lloudin has a rosary which he one day borrowed from an Arab to per form a trick with, and wbi-h the owner, persuaded that Sheitan in person was before bim, refused to receive back.— Times' Paris Correspondent. COINED MONET AND PAPER MONET.— The discussions now going on in a thousand prints, respecting the mutual advantages and disadvantages of coined money and pa per money, suggest to us that a hasty sketch of the origin of both specie* of currency may be interesting to many readers of tbe Ledger. In the earlier ages of the world, exchan ges were made by bartering one article for another, as a sheep for a coat, a cow for a sword, and a herd of cattle for a bit of land. As socie'y advanced, however, the disad vantages of this method of trading began to be seriously felt) and some other systein was sought to ctarissd Tfc® precious metals, on account both of their value and compactness, were adopted among most communities as a solution to the problem, though ether communities employed shells, the American Indians for example, and still others other substitutes. At first the silver Was used in bars. But the difficulty of as saying it, as well as the difficulty of weigh ing it, for each separate transaction, grad ually led to the stamping it, and then to tbe cutting off pieces of certain determined weights. Th'-se tbiogs were finally done by public authoiitj ; and hence tli6 origin of gold, silver and other coins. The first piece cf stamped money of this description was doubtless minted before the historic period. It is said by Pliny, nev ertheless, that the Romans bad no coined money before the time of Servius Tuilius. Rut, long prior to that period, the Pbeni cians and other commercial nations used stamped coins. It is plain, from more than one passage in the Rible, that money of this kind was familiar to the Hebrews, at a very early epojh in their aunals. Iron was em ployed by the Spartans in coinage ; copper by the Romans ; gold aDd silver by richer and more commercial nations. Generally the early coins of all nations were exceed ingly rude. Rut we tnut except those of the Greeks, who exhibited iu their coinage, as in ail things else, their natural aptitude for the beautiful. We are indebted to the classic world for the term money, coins hav ing, according to tradition, been firstatruek at the temple of Juno Monthi. The word pecuniary is from the Latin peevs, a floek> flocks and herds being equivalent to money originally. Cosh is from the French caisse, or coffer in which money was kept. The derivation of dollar is less authentically established. Cent is from the Latin. Sdi/- /tng is Saxon. Thus all nations and ages hare contributed to furnish the evcry-day tetms of commerce. Paper mouey is of comparatively modern birth. It first appeared in the shape of bills of exchange and promissory notes. Com mercial transactions in England are stiil carried on, to a great extent, with these me diums. Bank notes, in the United States, have,however, almost monopolized the term. Banks themselves are the invention of a quite recent period. The word bauk comes from bunco, the Italian for bench, because dealers in money first sat on benohes, in the market-planes of It iliau towns, in the middle ages. The Bank of Veuice, tho pa rent of all other banks, was first established A. D., 1171. The Bank of Amsterdam followed, A. D., 1609; that of Hamburg, A. 1)., 1619: and that of England, A. D , 1694. The earlier of these banks, howev ever, were not banks of issue, but of depos it and discount ouly. In the United States, banks of issue—that is, banks which put forth paper money—prevail to a greater VOL. -30. NO, 47. extent than anywhere else in the world. The French coins are, on the whole, the most beautiful of those of any modern na tion. There are few things, indeed, in which there is more room for improvement; for, neither in design nor in execution, are modern coins, in general, meritorious.— Pkila. Ltdnn. lOICTIOSAMREVEXfcE The tragedy committed in Philadelphia rn Weduesday week,at the St. Lawtence He tcl, has created an immense exoitement in that city. Mr. Richaid Carter, the deceas ed came to this country about twenty-five years since with a brother, and settled at Tarniqua, in Schuylkill county. The brothers were miners, and being very industrious and saving tay got fogethrr con siderable means and went into busineos upon their own account They oecarae extensive ly engaged in rniuing, storekecping and in the manufacture of iron. In this business they associated themselves with a man with out capital, nained John McCauby, a resi dent of Berwick. Their furnaces were sub sequently burned, and MeCaulev was a ru ined mau. The brothers Carter continued prosperous, and Ilichard was made President of the Anthracite Bank at Tauuqns. He was at the time of his death fot ty-seven years of age He was a religious man, so far as professions go, prominent in works o? chari ty, aud his reputation only suffered froui one cause, to wit, his fondness for women j outside of bis own family, anil his amours , j were numerous and seandalons. About two years since he was tried at Orwigsburg for the seduction of a yiung lady but his mean* j enabled bitn to get out of the scrape. Some few years since, the wife of Mr. McCauiey, his former partner, died leaving an interesting and beautiful daughter named Elizabeth, who was then about twenty years of age. Mr. Carter took much interest in | this young lady, and at his request her fath ! -f consented that this old patron should take the charge of her education upon himself.— Mr. Carter sent his ward to th- Wosit-yan Femile Academy, at Wilmington.Dcleware lie was in the habit of sending her word to meet him in Philadelphia. She would obey the summons and repair to theGirard House where they would remain together, publicly as uncle and niece but privately as man and wife, from Saturday until Monday, when Miss. McCauiey would return to Professor Loouiis's establishment at Wilmington, and her protector would go back to his wife at Taiuaqua without her suspecting theeirand her faithless husband had been upoD. Upon one occasion Mr. Certer and Miss. McCauiey travelled together to Niagara, and at anoth er time they spent some days together at Saratoga. A young uian named Thomas Washington Smith, from Cecil oouuty, Maryland, was at one time clerk in the store of Mr. Carter, at Tamaqua. Mr. Smith afterwards became a travelling agent fot various periodicals, and was iu the habit of visiting his sister, who was a teacher at the Wesieyan Acad emy at W iluiington. Upon one of these visits he became acquainted with Miss Mc- Cauiey, and was euamored of her. About a year ago he married her in op position to the wishes of Mr. Carter, and four months later she gave birth to a child, which was the result of her intimacy with her guardian. Lpou making this discovery Smith parted from his wife, and has since been making ar rangements to commence an action for di" voree. Tlio fatal result of the meeting at the St. Lawrence Hotel, seems to have been premeditated. Mr. Smith will be tried at tho next court, when wo hope the verdict will be, "Served right;" A GUBERNATORIAL RACE.— One of the Albany State street hardware stores boasts of two clerks who are sons of ex-Govomors. Ooe is the son of ex-Governor Seward, of New York, and the other of ex-Gocernor Gibbs, a down-e.ist Governor. On Tuesday Seward bet Gibbs five dollars that Le did notdaro to start out bare-headed and in bis shirt sleeves, and carry a scuttle of coal around the biock in eight minutes. Gtbbs took up the bet and propelled. Seward fol lowed after* and by starting a cry of "stop thief!" undertook to got Gibbs dragged to to the Station House, and thus win the hot by stratagem. It was no go, however, Gibbs put on steam, rolled up his trowsers, and wou the race by a neck. BAYARD TAYLOR states that the fiihor tuen ou the ooast of Norway are supplied with wood from tho tropics, by the Gulf Stream. Think of Arctic fishers bnrning upon their hearths tho palms of ILiyti, tho Mahogany of Houtiuras, and the precious woods of the Amaxon and the Orinoo) ! A Little Lasy— Our devil-
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