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AA -O"LMe will cling to the Pillarsof the Tenple of our Liberties, and if itnaust fall, we will PV.ish amidst the Ituins. -~ V LUMYE V. . t f eX i UX1%ti X1QSes O' 0' Jauar yf 28, iL48 .. NO. 49. EDGEFIE LD ADVERTISER . nT W. F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. TE R M S. Three Dollars per annum.'if paid in ad nce-Three Dollars and Fifty Cents irn ot paid before the expiration of Six Mlonths fron the date of Subscription and 'Fur.Dollars if not pnid within twelve Moiii hs. Subscribers out of the State are required to pay in advance. N6 subscription received for less than oie year. nnd no paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid. except at the op ion of the Publisher. All subscriptioni will bo continued un 16SS othcr wisQ ordered before the exltra tion of the year. Any pcorun praciing lied Sajhdseriliers and becoming responsible for the satue, shall receive the sixth copy gratis. Advertisements conspictuously insert rd at 621 cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 431[ ets. for each cntinuance. Those published monthly, or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each insertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be coutiued uutil ordered out, and charged aceoidingly. All conmunications addressed to the Editor, post paiid, will be promptly am, I strietly attended to. -i ' AHT'LL YOU TAKE-' A Soutlwru Rirain." r itHallo ! why thunader, it aint you! LordQ! when did yon arrive! I'n dev'lish glad to see you-'pon iUysoul-as I'm alive; Dow did you leave the Captain-eh Pretty well-wide awake? i ;Here, Johnson, this is my frienid Smiiti, Come, boys-what'll you take I" r "Smith! is thit. you. why.. Browan, here's. M , No! when did you get back? I met you in Broadway you know I say. you kept the track; At Saratoga, too, I'm tld n You gave the cas a shake Ilere, Wiltron. joii es-well, I say 0, N. S., Wh1a.! ) otl tul.c/" I' Excnse to'w-tint you .3Ir. Smith ! I u,-: vou -ir. last %ear; a Y'su're honkingo very wvell indeed D'ye spend the winter here ? I've spent the sumiier lpamt with Bob, 0 You're brotier--fir i4. sake You're doubly welcome back-you are S Indeed-what teill you 11'ke ti -"iVat that Smith ?" "Why certainly, I thought of course you knew him h 1ere Smidh here's my friend Peterson,. Just le t me put you to him ;" I ." What, Peterson-ab! I believe s I've.met yon 'cross the laii e ?" h) Of cuarse-don't vou remember-well, s Coic sirs, tchat'll you take T' .Slap-" Eh ! lord ble-s me, Tomnpkins! comec, lDona't you sarito qumite so haud." " Why, lord. I didn't hurt yon, elh I Next tilme be on your guard." i; -Hang von, you've taken all4ny breah You'd make a steaambout quake"- t -In conrse I would-give us your hand a, Old horse !-wh~at'll you talkc /" b " How are you'a, Srmith t" " Al' General, I'unm gimi! to see-excus~e mel"- Ii * "Oh certainly-w~hat'!! you tamke ? You mualst n~ow-don't refuse mue" Buit, General-pray drink with mue Oblige me-somethlinmg do take."r "No, what'!l you !"-"No, what'hl you U" "No, d-n it-whatI you take ?" h "Doctor!" " Ah, Smith! why bless may soual Front w~hence have you allt?7j Mrs. P. dreamed about von-come I've -;ot aW.rxtra *it.'" L " Well 1)octor. how's.the smiso~n been ?" "1)-n healthy-didn'a amako.a Expe:scs-nuothamiq like it Never mind, what'!! yu take !"' aWhy Saamthm! nay dear young friend-indeed a This is a pleasure-truly" "Thank youa dear Jmdge,haaveyoua been well?" "Yes, sir-I've took it comay;a Tuo me au my 'I oml?" " Oh yes, Judge"-" well ha How was lhe? am sad! rake- fi I've talked to hium, bait lea hian run Comec boy-wat'll yoau tak ?", t: St 'Welt. Gen. GEORGE P, Mouns, yoaa're i11 The nation's songstr-granted ; But here's a hational 'refrain,' Which, somaehoir, you hainet chanted ; e m The nigger tunes as n't used up-) Your' laurels is at stake; But don't he jealnars-will youa-ch?. COMPENSATION Those who onl fancy's piaions sore Triumphaunt o'ertlieir kinid. Oft to that venturous pennon join A judgment weak. or lind: Like those seraphic forms that stand : Berore the King of kings; So these, whene'eron Truth they gaze, Their eyes veil with their wings. [Kniciarbecker. b..xK VERE.-The following descriptiot if a female lonfer, we clip from the Bostun Teruld. The verse is about as good as the stab eet. "[Her eyes were like weazel's: She had.t harsh. Face, like a craaberry narsh; All spread vith, spots of white and red, As if .he land the measles; With hair lke wisps of siraw, And disposition like a cross cut saw." .Plisceligneetgs. SCllAPTER FOR YOUNG H1US BANDS. Walkinag the other day with a valueIl riend who had been confined a week oi wo by sickness to his room, he remarked lant a husbband might learna a gond lessor y beiiag confined occasionally to his bonse, iy having ina this way anl optpotunity ol Viaatne-ilo Ihe enares asnd never ending toili f the witl-. whosu'hurdens and duties and tatient endurance he might never have therwise understood. There is a great leal ia this thagt, perhaps enough fo an editorial." Mel, especially young nena, ire called by their busitess during the day ilostly away fr.>m homae, returning only ,t the hours for mieals, and as they then t near-ly the satmie rotutine of duty, the egin to think that it is their own lot to erfobrn all alt drudgery, and to lie exer ised with all the weight of care and re ponsibility. But sneth a1 Ian has got a cry wrong view of I bu case; lie iceds an paportunity for more exteided operation, ud it is perhaps liao this very reason that a inad Providence arrests him by sickrness, at he may learn itn paia what lie would ail to observe inl health. We have seen wcnly a gool many things said in the ives, Cxposing their faults, perhaps inaag-. one of the kindcst terms, their duty and a ollices peraainiang to ' woman's spherc.' ,we believe that wives, as a whole re really 'heter than they are generally iitted to be. We douht if there can be mtaaad a large number of wives whao are i- aItreeable and negligent, without sotneo allable cooltness or slutrteatingt on tte art of tht ir banttb.iads. So lar a- n e havo ad anl opaortunity for obbervation. they re far more devoted and faithful than mt-se who style tlhamelves their lords, 1141 who, by tihe ent.uti of sotciety. have tiher and geaerally moreO JleaSant dutis Ve protest then aa.t these lectures often anad so obtrusively addaressed to ae ladies, and insist upou it that they atst-most of thema-have lacen written y some fueay bachelors who knows to eter, or lay ,,Omne inicoaasiderate husbands 'ho deserve to have been olh bachelors to tm end of th-eir lives. But is there nothaing p he said oan ale other -ide ? Are ltshands ) generally lthe perfect, aniable, injuret. vinags they are st often represernted ? Men imtines declare that their n ives' ext rj ,1cances have pickeod their pockels, that 1cir never censinag tonagues ;ave robbed .aan, of their peace, and atheir gener-al dis arcealfees lhas driven thetm to the ta 'ra anad en- in" tale;' btut ahis isgenecral r the wvickedl excuse for a most wicked 1e ona their ttwna part. 'VT fact is, amena tena luose thirna ittrest ittn laeir hometas by aeir utwna nerlet to a ke thecir homenas iu -r'eiting ;atd paleasanat. It shotuld naever forgotton thtat ate wife hans her rights s sacered aller ntarrihage its befour'-and a '1nd husbandt's devtiona to te with' after arriaage will conced'e to haertguite as mnucha tteantiona ats his galltantry did wuiti Ie a ltver. it is othaernu iae, he most genciaally is at utiIt. TI'ake a few examples. Bleforec mar age a yountg manat wutll feel somne dlelien vatbotut nteceptig n itnitvitationa to spentd Seveninag int coampatny whtere his '' ladyj vye" htad naot heetn inavited. After mrar aage is he alwatys its partiealart ? Duar g the days of couartship, hais gallanatry oulbl demaand that lhe shtouldl make haimr If agreeable to her; after marr'iagae it ient happenst: that lae thtinks maore oif being re'enbleo to himnself. How often it hap -ts tat tmarriedl men, nfter hnvinag been vany f'romn homae the lhivelong dlay, duaring baicha the wife has toiled at her dtuties, go euenmg to suame lace of amrusemaent. dleatve hter to toil ta talonte, uaaebeered il tnaptlatlpy. IHow~ often it ht apenis .at her lkindtest oirces p~ass unttbtservedl, dt tunrewtaradetd evena by a smnile, anad ra baest efforts nreC contdemnetad lay hetr fatnk :ding~ hutsband. Ihow oftent it happens, ~en whent ate evenaing is spenat at htomte, at it is empaloyedh ita silenat readinag, or me other way that dloes naot recoganize e wile's righat toa SHtARtE itn the~ enjoyments een of thte lireside. Lootk, ye thusbands, a amomett atnd re embter whlat your wife wats whean votn atk her, rnot from compuitlsiona buat fromt >ur ownt chtoice, a chonice based, probably, a what you theta considlered her superior to all othlers. She was yotng; per ips ihc idol of' a hannp hone; -hi wmi.s gay and blithe as the lark, and the brothers andsisters at her father's fireside cherish ed her as an object of endearment. Yet sie left all to join her destiny with yours; to make your home happy, and to do all that woman's love could lirompt, and wo man's. ingennity devise, to mieet your wish es and to lighten the burdens which might press upon you imt your pilgrimage. She, ofcourse, had her expectations too. She could not entertain feelings which pronis ed so tmucht withotit irrming some idea of reciprocation on your part, and she did ex pect yut wotild after marriage perform those kind olices of whicb yott were so Ia visit in the davs of betrothnent. She be came your wilfe! ler her home for yours; burst asunder, as it were, tire bands of love which had bound-her ta hs--ir,aer-a fx side, aind sotght no other buon that your afTeetions; lefrt, it may lie, the case and delicacyolf a itme of imdulgence, and now, what must he her feeling if she gradually awakes to Ie consciousness thatyoureven ings are spent abroad that you otliv come home at till it satisfy the demands siyour hunger, atid to find n resting place ioryour head when weary, or a niurse flor your s.(:k chamber when diseased ? Why did she leave the bright hearth of her youthful days? Wihy did you ask her to give up tie enjoyments of a happy home? Was it simply to darn your stock ing,* mend your clothes, take care of your childrer, and watir over your sick bed ! Was it simply to condttce to your owrr comfort? Or wan there some tuide-rstntid ing that she wus to-,- rmide happy it) her -connexion with the man she <ired to love. Nor is it a sirlicient aniwer that you re pty ttbar you give ler . home; that yon lCed and clothe her,-Yon do this for vor help; you would do it for atn indilerent honekeeper.-But forget not tIht a wife is more titan a housekeeper. She is your w;fe, and tnless you attend to her w at and in some way answer the reusonable1 expeetations ytu raised bly attemtitions Ile fore marriage, you need not wtrtmlier if she be dejected, ind her heart sink into insen sibiliv but if this be so, think well who is the cause of it. We repeat it, very few women make indifierent wive!;, n% bose feel ings have not et r iwith Some out ward shock by he inlifrence or thot1ltless ness of iILeir husbiands. It is our candid opinioni that i na large majority of* the in stances of domestic uisery thei mat is Ike Front Ihe Georeia T-errah.. SIMULTA ENIOUS E.LECTIONS. A proptrition is before Congress to cause9 the electioi far electors of President andi Vice President to be held simnitanconsly in all tho -Sites; and to brinig on tie elee ion of Representatives to Congrress ott a particutr day, throughout the *miot. The object i<, to prevent the result of the election, in ic State, fiotit opetating ott that of anotier, itt which tie election is y'et to cilt ott ; as well as to proenrte, an imiiassed cxpresrtion of te peopie., ofeve ry State, by nithboliig all imad tinencits, from public mien to interfere in t C Clec tions in) those Slates wiiel vote iaer; anI which may probubly contriil tl geeeral restlt of tie election of a President or aI majority itt Congress. The mcasure is anr important otte o irhe purity and permnuetce of our Gnverni mncut : and it is the part of risdom to make such alterations as promise to se. enre a true and utnhiassed xpressi't of the opinions oft Ie people, whent they speak throu;h the hallot box. lie that has beeni ani obwerver of past events. has looked on with t careoless ec, it ie has not miaried Ithe itnfluence on; elections, caused by those w hich lhave recded liem in ohr ie States. Every meaiti n lfordeid to diemtagorgues, thtus tto exeite thre piople arid idivert threir aittent ioni frotm ithe trute issue on pritnciple, bry extraneorus inllnences, should heo withr drawvn if prossilble. TIhte most ghling ohijeeo'tns, tsr tire pro. scent plait ofhnolbitgelectionts ini the sever al states, ott dilreretnt days; aire, -Iirnst thre possibility of a cornrirt admiinistration, dJe featintg tlihe wishes of tire people, in reitain ing nflic e or~ of directinrg thie snuccession; by uinera moiney thrtughi Iheir itgtrts to itnfluenice the result in those States whtieb vote lat; ands whiose votewill dletenrmitte it dlee:n or re-election...-Se-. conid-in the election of Rempresentativs~c to Contgress, a d~e5sining, reckless admrin istrationi, seeing fromi t house elec-tionst whn it hard already transpired, a probability of beving ini a minrorit y int thait body; tiaight use corruptiont ini those States eastinM threir vote last iio secure a mar-jority in ordler to carry throngh measunres, pe-rha ps nmoco i. atit urionral anid srubve-rsi vs of tihe sprij of our Govertimient. Tihese are rnot vision. ry obsjectionns; lai:t tire fottsled Eiu hn..o~ :tren as it revearls itself before oureen s well as otn ithe pages of tire hrisorier, of those countries, wich have gone iefotre us as political prioneers. Abthoughl courtesy, sitpposes all public funcetionaries toi be htonesi menot, until threy pnrove thetmselves irthierwise; yet outr ktnow. leudge of tire weakniess of our ntatuires, evenr in private life, and int tire absence of the i powerful inducements wich' are present- r ed to puhhle mnein, to err: should wart us I to lie jeearin< of those whrose exalted sta tiens hold our motives aind tmeanms of doinig wilful Pets of wrong. Let. a m-an attitn after years of toil, itrig~.ue atnd deceptioni -i lie means oif s tainintg distinction, sarnc tihiedi by custotm-the pos of honor andti oflice of his early ambritin: place before hitm thre alterntatives of a contintnance of ihose penlir smiles that only greet tire sucestl;t nnr at thn sanor viewl- it . see the averted glance, reierved for the unfortunate. and which must be the heri tage of a prostration of his great ness; let the meansof retaining his elevated posi tion, be put in his power-it matters not what those means may be-and will he not use them? Or rather ask yourself, if it is in the vir ue and forhearaoce of human nature to bbsttin from their use ! No.! He will avail himselfof them if the inter est of the whole people is sacrificed ! i1e will sustainjhimself from lilling, if el6acing the last veetige ofa free Governtnent sloild be the consd uenco of his act ! The pri mary lessod of the modern schonl ofarail ablc politieb. is falsehoood and deception, dihe licentiate degree. is a brain niad dened by an unholy ambition and feelings bereud to callousness by a desire to rule ! and can todjmuch precattion he exercised againsi ats graduates Honorable excep tions are tobe found ainiong public men of course; but it is wise ita a Govertnment to withdraw all lures that may lead the vir tuous astray, and erect snch barriers as will restraii the unprincipled. FM (he farmers' Cabinet. RATS. Sufer not your substance to be devoured by Rats. Ata enineat English agricultural writer esti males that each and every rat in that colomtry. eats and destroys on an average one pint of grain, or its etllivalent in otier lo0:. per week. and there is ill good reason fior sipposinig that mtir liepibiean rats, on this side of thin Atinn tic. are less'veracious that their Europeian bre tiren and sisters. Now, as is6 description of verinma are piretay liberally entaertained by fitr tIers genenily throughout Pennsylvania. it nl' jeared desirable that ant estimauto should be iade of the' nggregate anouni of the cost of their keep in this conaronweinhitt ; and in order to do this. we must first take tho censuis to ile termtine their niber. and Cong-ress haviig neglected to ineert this very importanit itemta inl the law firnishing inornctioans too the marshnit3als I who pet forimn ttu ditty, we matust irrive at ai probable result by aipproxitamation. The cen stus ihr 184o not havitig hen coutpte;d yet. we mtiust go by that of l&83. whein it was esta ainted that Pennsylvania centained 0,;..o tanners. Now, how maty rats has eachli tr mer, fia an ayeruge, to support ont of the pro ceeds of his iidnstry. throwing the atice itato the bargain I Would ten be too high an aver age I I think not,; fir althouag'h sotic vcry tnice, cenreii liarmaers have but n smail stock, otlhers make up for their defliciency by thcir iindrcdc. Well. we will may ten to each, oat anl averitge, and if any think the number to g aL.ortto aicmall, thev mitv etalulate Ii . rats, at a pat each per week. i. upwards of cilrit hushels a year fir ench furnier in tlinI Sti:te, or one taillioni two hauidreaa thostanud i vimolIi.... ,b witnta. ,,omwir! This sounds I tirge, tait I think it withaini tm tark. l'utt this at filly cenatq a bushel, which is cer tainly too low. and tht- atimitn oif loss .,istaii ud each vear is $60.000, being legal interit an tell illions ofenpitl. A pretty co.siJerni ble sum this, ad it is neither iore inor less in onsequencet of its buing :,nsiaincil by a iarge atiuler of persons. We :nv lawsgving pre ititims flor wolf scaip, fox sialps, w'i-ent calhps, &c. &c.. and this descriptio. orlhgiia tiona seemls to ho very pophnlar iaa Pennisi lyinint, rar there is scarcely a se'sion of lthe legislutaiI wviihout somte euacuit in re-Ird to these ver initn. vet the rits have so litr escaped the attet sion oaf poiliticiatns. I have beena thiikitng iint it Ivoldl cost toI .xtilatile lie wile race of rats in this suite, told 1at incelited to Ih( opiniton that oie-tethtI 1:11t ill' onte yeal's dlepredaion wmudti( des-trov he wh1i0e racet mU1totg.-t its; and iflthe legisa tare don't engage in i:s aiccmplishnie, the :troelrs unmst got to% work iii goodol earne,.t, each or hiistelf. and the entity will soon be con piered by itited exertion. Now lr lie way: every arner :hould have t terrier or rat-cattchiiig dog. and at pair of for -ets, nlId the litsitess will snlt h ticcomplish .d. The feit rets pas into ait lodgitgs of the tl and vither catch thema or drive them uit, whent thea dog pik them ny itt a twinaklia:r. Sevel fitrinlers have nidopited this p.'ani with -oamplete stccess, id ifothers would wish tit ry it, the editor oaf the Farners' Cabinet nn n'forml suchi where fetirets can lie prteenred at ive dollars a pair. liowcto boil Irisha Pubatoe.-Gond nmlta indif irealt potatois depaendt very muitch tuponl thec Itattiter int wichi they are prearedei for thae ta. ala. Somtte eouiks alwvayc halve heaovy, htard, 'tatery poitas ; wh ile otheairs, for t eaao-st mtri. imv e themat dry, muealy aand exce'lentt. This lilTerenice depentds, generally. tpoin te dibrer enee of cookinig. The first cook pluts the plotn nec lmte coill water, wnrmsa thteat iharoiugh by a low tire. tand coeaals themt its skowvv ; te oter t themil ito hanilinlg water, strs' the tire till bey atrejusf dmner. takes themtt lnt immaaediiatteiv hrow<'v a wvet clotha ronnd thaemt, atnd getly ntae-ees each with thte hiand till it cracks opent, oar Ite wateryv particles to eccenpo in the fearm~ efsto'em, thean petals item tud they tire exacitlyv igt. lBy theis plan. teny potatee n ill cat well. -Nuanbrile ,Igriculturaisct. ATMOSPIIEIC EFFECT. We are tall aware, that if te wenthter beic iap tad foaggy. a it a listless an~d langatid ite is produaced; w~ hilsa, ding dry weath r. hoawever cold it may lie thtere is a feel-t ig of light hetartedntess and chueer-fuinaesa servading the whole systemi. i]t the first' itanfce, athe utmo'sahaere is robinig us of mar eleciricuity, whaich it greedily tabsorkts; a thme latter case, the drynecss of thec air is tneh, that it leaves us inathe posasessina of Ite electricity wvhieb seemsc toi belontg to us; etnce the butoyany of' spiarits tan the coabl nd frosty dlays oif Decembher and January, miid the siticidal diespondlency uf Noavemt- ~ enranad hencre thae eltaslricity, the life, arnd 1 nimationa oaf t he Frenchanaa, the sluaggish, enavy' miovemient of thae Durichmano, thte aria'ble feelings of lto Englishtman, onec ay full oafhoape atad chaeernfiainess, the next n'y at war witha himtwIf tand the aest of maukind. To every one in danmp, maoist omiuitions of the atmoatsphecre, flannamel is a reat comnfort, but silk is the mtost uaseful overing for the htody. It is by far the h est friend and comforter titat can hte apa lied. We knowv that ifa silk hanidker hiefhnc nerfecaly dry- lighatnine thac mo.st accumulated could not pass through it, s decided a non-conductor is it ;. hence, worn next lo the skin, the aircannot absor the electricity of the human body. Sill w aistcoats, draws and stockings of th -amne naterial, are of the greatest servic during the h umid state of the winter monih of this country. The hyptchondriae, ih nervous, will derive from them more ben efnt than front the most active tonic, ani they will prove a more invigorating cordia that anyspirituous dra ; nor elfects tran sieri, for a buoyancy ofspirils, and ant a greenkle warmth, are thus difrused nve lhe whole frame. Patients. too, durinm mercurial influence, are much better wrap ped in silk than even when confined I bed.-Dr. Sigmond. EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF BRIDERY. One menns extensively used for election eering in the Western States, was th, contract system by which a certain pric< was ta he paid for produce if Van Huret was elected, wnl a large price if liarrisoi was elected. It will readily lie perceive( what would ie the effect of sucha a mod1 of electioneering: it was it direct bribe t vote lr Harribon. For some monlts be fore the election we had inbrination tia time pork merchants at Cincinnatti, Ohili were contraciing with fie farimers on ilti principle: they cottracted to give otte cetn aupound more for pork if [Jarrisonwas elee. ted than if Van Buren was elected. Thi: they could do % ho control led the lBanks Slie managersof which in Ohio made thena electioneering tmac.hiucs. Frot the 141. lowing sintaemnett relative to the pork con tracts in Cinacinnaui, we would not lie sur. prised if it should turn ot that tie porh dealers had hilien their own fingers: Cincianati Park iMarket.-The Ci. eintaii Chrmiele of the 3thl uit. bays: "Abottt 5000 htogs have recetly arrive ahis market, and are mostly packed and shipped South. These hogs have comc from Kientuacky, atd within tie coming week there will arrive some 15,000 mtore. They are those contracted for in Atgtust last. thtat we Mentioned in a former report, witha thu exceptioi of 600, which were sold last week Jir coasting at $d,75. rhi4 price, laowever, is not looked upon as fix ing the market fir packers, who are Unin il linlg as yet to bid over $4.50 and but few nor Isae n e- Q i I .- - ' -- - sa to be irn, nd n good deal orf doubt still exi.&5as to what t!he price will be. !Somtae supposing the scarcity of money hero. except rot oils of exehanaage, and the nuticilimedit aisence ofsome Lasiern pur chaaer,. who were a little scorclicd lasit seasnitt. % ill have the effect to depress cthe price, ami others agaii, who thii'k the sup l!y the present season will be below at avera,. ata wit a moderate stock of old perk unsold, will keep tle market firm n fair prices: the hatter being those who pur chased early inl K-entucky, at prices that will le! equial to 84.25 a $4,50. "These nre the speculatiotns and re marks we hear from our pnakers, and draw inlg our owin conclusions from them ns well as from a know ledige of this market inl fihr ter scasons, we believe the avera .. price will le 4.1,50 per huinlred potinds. But ait aihe same tiae wotld remark that we believe it -hove a safe avernae. "Fromt the best itihiroiemaion we cnn get. tihe hogs will lee fatler thisvear than coin mou, froi the lheavy crops and low price if corn; and that some 110 to 120.000 will be packed in this mnrtket this season. which aItlhugIhd :10 or 40.00U m1or0 itan last sea son, is below an average number. .4 guod one.-An individual residing in -county. when under age, coulraed a Jebt. anounting to near sixteen dollars, bhlcha It rehised to pay. Hec wias sued, ad~Ci eoed ;ee attorney of dais p~inee to lefend te case. Whnat is your defence, iemianidedh tti Coiinel?1 Pienad tmy mti wtrity, satid the cliiet, wvhent I contracted lie deubi, fir I ha~ve ito otther diefetnce. Very well, repliedl trhe coutnsel. They iroccdedl toa thIt J usiice's Comtt, whaere lhe ple~a was mad~ue, tad succeeded. The .eiurt deecide~d itt itvur of' the yountg mtan, matl te creditor~ lad to pay inH COSts. Bit this is not the best of the joke. A ;ettleme~nt haed yet io be mtade'betwveene .llient and Gountsel. This was soona ireouaghet aboitut by a dun fromi thIt Counsel. EVheat do yein chatrge lfor your services, jon.--!Trweaty dollars, sir. Tu-went3i follars!I exclaimed lie Client, why I was tied for onl y sixrteen dollars. ihad hetter rc puid that. So you hail, replied the awyer. ande feor not dating so, you shall eowv fork tap to me twenty-set out with it, ir, and leatrn to pa1y youra honest debts int utuare. Tihe twenty wasi forked up, anad lie .sul'erer will, we hopec, utrofit by his ex erience. Slarery in Conanecticut.-Tlhe fU nrt ford 'atritot says thtere acre 81l11 free colored ersons int Contnect, accordintg to the ne census, anid 54 e'haimned as slaves. In d20 tere were 8064 free lac~ks ad 25 aves. The incrtease of free colored per eus ini the last ten) years, if this statemaet e correct, is 47; or. a little maore tan i of' ne her ceini citd ofh slaves 29, or moure tan I00 per cent. There are very few lates ini the Uttiona where the slave pop~u ntion htas inacreased itt so rapid it ratio. Ve leave it to the A bolitiomtsts to explain is phienomieno.-Journal of' Commerce. Pork Statstics.-Tirty-eighat thousand ogs were sliaughtered ina Citncinuati fromn :ie commtientcemtent of the season to die 2tht Nov. How many more are to follow i the way of'nll nin llth renpr .s... not. D DESTRUCTIVE FRESHET1. if The northern papers r-eeived on Stie b .iay evening ceittin accounts of the Je k structiotn of property end loss ofilives,by e lhe fireshefs which hte occurred in. Ne* e York. Petinsylvania, Connectcut.'New s Jersey, Delaware, and .laryland.-he a dainage is imnense. At IHartford the wai . Ler run so high aldng the river, ihat ih if some instances persons had tolbe ikh I out of the seconi stdry windoWs. .. Tlhesh - floods occurred het weei the ish :hnil '9%hj . (if tis mouth. The details of ths -disaea r ters are inteed lamentiable and dreadfih: ; g in Philadelphia thetide overflowed tome . of the wharves. Between- Ma'rker:and Chestnut streets, the water rose liigh a to run into severai stores. Sanio old uih bitants state that the river has not rieni high for ithe last 25 fys. While onl the subject 4)f the recent di astrous freshets in the north, we shall men - tion, atat in lialy, there was an inundab lion in the valley of Aoost., which -wn imost destructive. It occurred in October last. In tie town if Vertes, many hengis were swept aw ay by the rising streims, aid no fewer than 80 of the in-abilahts lost their lives. At Briscognan and Ema rese great datnnge was done. In Frnnejcb too, an itinintliota has happenedl which was attended with immense loss ofpropen. tv and lives. The city of Lynsitl was for several dnys under water -by the overflosr of the Rhine. The 6ccounts given of iho ravages occasioned every where by -brhut inundation, between Lyons and Arles, ark truly awful. Ini Normaudy andsome ad: joining departnsnts,' an inutndation diid ocrasioned iie loss of nitich property. Tho rivers Mense, Orue, and: MaNtice, had'over flowed the wholecoantry. The mendows throtagh which the Meuse runs, Ai exterrt Of about 36:niles was'covered with water. The inhabitants were surprised by the flood in the middle of the niglt, bud had only ittle to save themselves, leaving thiivr cattle, crops. and all their property at the mercy of the inu-ndation. . The loss sustained in Pennsylvania- N. York, and other States, will inunt to tnore than five millions of dollars. A Bloodless Duel.-The Boston Met cantileJournal gives the particulars of 4 bloodless. duel w-bich recently cttle o mai Lanscaster,5Mass. The challenger was- - dent at the Liteatry Institution at Lmu--. caster. The challetged was a resident of the village. As the party having a righs lcted cowhiles, to which rhe challenger demrred. Pistols were at length fixed upon, and at the first fire the villager eMI. The challenger bade him a long good isight. aid with all proper and usual marks ofcontrition, made tracts for New York. The dead mtan got up and went to break fast, having made previous arrntmeneats with the seconds that she expense oft unI lets should be saved in tha rging the pi tols. Probably lhe runaway will feel small ., ben ie hears it-i lie should ever sti riun]ing lng enough for the news.to ovellake him1. I ry till, indierd.-The York Gazette of* Tuiesday has the followin ane'edote shniming lhe ues of bail," at least to ono Uf the parties: Very 1ull-The advantagci of Lail.e One hfsthe cotiables of our borough re cenly called opon an individual wish the pleasant information that lie brid an exe. rution agninst hit for rent. This was ia tew thing for our unforiunate friend-Ir. was surprising-lhe had frequently rented houses helbre, had given hail as in the pre sent ease, for ie rent, aid had never been troubled about the mailer. There must he somne msistake-why did snot thec consta ble call tupon his hail, asustia?'' "Ne is. noit to be fund" said a he constables.' "-Well -1 thinak tbis is a very hanr. cases I hail a great deal of tronible, running- aboa.t ia get hail-and now he 1.08 gone of, learing mec to paye the rent myiself !" Our friendi is certsainly an ill. used inidi viduial. Toa bail a i'iend, anad then not ta. pay his debt, is a social implro~priety tpt cannot bc too severely reprehaended. Confssion of a Murderer.-Thle lezingtn. Ky. Observer contis a conafessiona nde andl signted by Gilbiert N. Rtichey, whao was hung at Carlisle, Nicholas "osuty. My oin the *25th of Novembaier lasit. The muiarderer states that he wias desired b~y a Mlrs. Fntier to iakse the life otf otne of h~er nitgahbors in A'gtust iss. isnmied Mrs. Sitap, itt consequence of the jenlona sus picions of the formetr, whio promtised him a re-. ward of six dollars, anid nail the money site coudd thereanler get, besides ztakingiolher piroises of viarius koids to tempijt heti o die deed." Atl ter resistitng some) timeli, lhe ait length yielded to the woanm's imaportunities, an~ il ntile fat.of' August proceeded to thte honse of Mrs. Snpi. where hte found her alone; bitt a necighabor en tering before be could execute his purpose, has thnght proper to leave the hoiuse incmpn with the ittraider to prevenit suspicion. Het however preseady returnted. and as before was asked to take a sint.- Mrs. 2nap being thena alone in die hos., Hie declined and at once ksnocked her downt with his fast. Site recover ed anda ran onat of the bouse, whtile Richey, whot had seized a shoe knife pursued atndcaugft her abont thairty yardts fromn the house, whean he ag~ain with a heavy blow with Isis fisi brough; his victim to the ground, and in an inttanss at one stroke with the knife, nearly sefered the head frost the body. Hie was arrested on the 15th, tried and conivicted. jTie mttrderer wye but 2:.i years of agc. Golden Rule in Agrieukuare.-A practical hus,. banidmana. sof the highest auithority, assures a that the goldena rutle oftagictniture to use acit wnamres as will ake heavyimland lighter, light land .heavier,'cosld land hotter, and hot lapd colder, tanast never be lor-t sigit of. lHe who follows this rule andt he otuly is frme.,