BY DAYID OVER.
11!trt $5 or}rij.
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The following Hymn was composed by a
young man, n >w dead, who was insane ou every i
.subject bu : im—on this be remained sane j
until the lu,. . in. Nt of his life.
The Hymn .s n . used by the congregated 1
thousands at the mid-day Prayer Meetings in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Oiuein
nati, aud we think it will he a gratification to
many of our readers to know at least one of the
menus used in the extraordinary religious ex
citement that is now so universal especially in
tho Pities named.
WHAT'S Til la SEWS!
MTb re you meet, you always say—
What the news f WTuFaJhe news !
I'rav what's the order of the d iy ?
What's the news ? What's tLi news i
0 1 have got good news to tell,
My Savior hath done all things Well,
And triumphed over death and hell—
That's the news! That's the news !
The Lamb wa3 slain on Calvary—
That's the uews ! That's the news !
To set a world of sinners free—
That's the news! That's the rtw>!
Twos there his precious blood was shed ;
'Twos there he bowed his sacred head ;
But now he's risen from tire dead—
That's the news! That's the news 1
To Heav'n above the Conqueror's gone—
That's the news! That's the news !
lie's pass'd triumphant to his throne—
That's the news! That's the news !
And on that thtone he will reman,
Until, as Judge, he comes again,
Attended by a dazzling train—
That's the news! That's the news!
The Lord Ims pardoned all my sin
■ __ That's the news! That's the news!
1 feeTtfr. witness now within—
And since he took my sins away,
And taught me Low to watch and pray,
I'm liappy now from day to day—
That's the news! That's the news !
Ills work's reviving all around—
That's the r.o-ws! That's the news -
And many have redemption found—
That's the news! That's the news !
And since their souls have caught thed! irae,
They sliout Hosanna to his name;
A lid all ar< und they spread bis fame—
-1 hat's the news! That's the news!
And Christ the Lord can save you now
That's the news ! That's the news !
Tour sinful heart he can renew—
That's the news! That's the news !
This moment, if for sins you grieve,
This moment, if you do beliero—
A full acquit.il you'll receive—
That's theaews! That's the news!
And now, if any one should say,
What's the news ? What's the news J
0 toll them you've begun to pray—
That's the news ! That's the news!
That you have joined the conquering band,
And now with joy, at God's command,
l'ou're marching to the better land—
That's the ncW3 ! That's the news '
tl RlOli7l III3IKS.
What is earth, s.xton '
A place to dig graves.
What is earth, rich man ?
A place to work slaves.
What is earth, grsyhoad ?
A place to grow old.
What is earth, miter ?
A place to dig gold.
\\ bu; is earth, schoolboy i
A place for my play.
What is earth, maiden ?
A place to be gay.
What is earth, seamstress 7
A place where I weep.
What is carLh, sluggard 7
A good place to sleep.
What is earth, soldier 1
A place for a battle.
What is earth, herdsman ?
A place to raise cattle.
What is earth, widow I
A place of true sorrow.
What is earth, tradesman {
■ i 'll tell you to-morrow.
What is earth, siek man 7
'Tis nothing to mc.
What is earth, sailor 7
.My home is the sea.
What is earth, siatesman 7
A place to win fame.
What is earth, author 7
ITI write there my name.
What is earth, monarch 7
For my realm 'lis given.
What is earth, christian 7
The gait way of heaven.
the search for female compositors,
it is reported that the following dialogue took
place
"Good morning, Mr. licnpeck, Have you
tmy daughters that would make good type
"-iters?" "No, but 1 have got a wife that
would make a very fine 'devil."'
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &e., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
VI AOKI,
Or. the Faithful Maidcu.
A STORY OF TARTARY IN OLDEN TIMES.
Many, many years ago, near the borders of
Like Baikal, there was a Tartar maiden of
great beauty, who was courted by at least a
dozen lovers. Among them were several per
sons of great wealth, aud one who bore the ti
tle of Khan, lie was in fact the chief of a
considerable tribe who dwelt in the neighbor
hood. The lady seemed not to fancy any of
these persons, but at last a young man came to
offer himself, who fairly won her heart, lie
was a chief, but of a small tribe and destitute
of riches, lie was, indeed, brave, and a fa
mous horsemau, but the father of the maiden
wished his daughter to umke a more ambitious
match.
Thus affairs went on for some time, until, at
last, the maiden, weary of the importunities of
her lover, and the impatience of her lather,
proposed 10 incuut a fleet horse, and having the
start of half a mile, her lovers might pursue,
end he who caught her first should have
her.
This arrangement was finally accepted by all
parties. The preparations for the ehase were
soon made, aud the tribe all around assembled
to witness it. The maiden, whose name was
Maoki, which means the Flying Deer, was
mounted on a small black mare, of the breed
of Mount Liberius, celebrated for their swift
ness.
Ibe Khan, whom I have mentioned as one
of the lovers, was mounted on a horse of iron
gray, of prodigious strength and vigorous ac
tion. When ho moved, it seemed like the
working of a machine of iron. His step was
high, yet direct, and far reaching. All who
saw him, said in their hearts that his ma.-tci
would win the piizo. Maoki herself looked
with dismay upon the noble animal and his
proud rider, for, of all her suitors, she liked
him the least. Nay, there was something
about him so hard, dark and severe, that she
footed, if she did not hate him.
The.other lovers were variously mounted,
but ait had selected the most famous steeds
knowi. in the whole country round, for theii
speed and endurance. The young chief favor
ed by Maoki, and who bnic the name of La
drone, or the Whirlwind, came on a milk-white
charger, his eyes beaming with intelligence and
fire, while his dilating nostiils seemed like two
blazing coals fanned by the. will'' As he cauic
i • HMftleU ouU„ j x- i-v
fPy* TV;'" 5 * As bo passed near her, she said
lu a low tone, "I shall be the bride of death or
the Whirlwind!" This met no other ear but
ilij. _ j
The arrangements all being completed, Ma- j
oki set forward; and soon reached tho point fix- |
ed upon as marking the adrAQCS B be was to have (
in the race. At the signal for iLc S'*rL all ,
the lovers bounded away like the wind, 't Uo ;
course taken by Maoki was over a livid plain
stretching out for miles. Her fleet black mare, ■
with long silky mane and tail, laid herself down
and seemed to fly with the wings of a raven.— \
Ou came the thundering band along Lor track,
some piercing the air with wild cries, aud some j
lashing their steeds with the kuout. Soon the :
ehase was only to bo seen in the di-tanee, and (
fiu.illy they till seemed on the remote surface of
I the plains, like insects creeping along the edge
! of the horizon.
The spectators long watched the scene with
intense interest. At last there arose a wild
shout, "they are cowing," they are coming 1"
It was indeed thetn. Maoki had wade a wide
sweep on the plain, and having eluded her pur
suers, was flying back as if to take shelter at
the point of her departure. Swift as a hawk
she came, her beast reeking with foam, and her
nostrils seeming to be on fire. Close at her
heals was the Khan and hi 3 iron gray charger, j
Next came the white steed of Ladrone, spring- ;
iug and gatboiing with the facility of a moun- j
tain deor. Then straggling far behind, but yet j
with desperate efforts, came the rest of the pur- i
suers.
Maoki approached the place of their depart- j
urc, and a cry of applause burst from the .as
sembled spectators; but all .voudered what she
intended to do. Just as she catue close to the
crowd, she touched the rein, and her horse shot
like an arrow. Two bounds behiud was the :
Khan, nnd close upon him was Ladronc. It j
was a fearful sight. The horses were gushing j
with blood at the nostrils, and each breath they
drew was like the spleen of hail against the
frozen cover of a teut.
Suddenly a cry of horror burst from the
crowd. Maoki was speeding directly toward
the cliff that beetled along the shore of the lake.
She was already at its verge. Another bound,
| and she, with her horse, had disappeared.—
' They had gone over the cliff! Iu an instant
j the Khan followed with his steed, and, almost
I at the same moment, L*drone was lo3t to view,
i The people hurried to the shore, and there they
j saw a strong swimmer in the waters of the lake,
I mounted upon his steed, and approaching the
: land. It was the Khan, and he was soon safe
: on the shore, but all beside had disappeared,
| and were never seen since that fatal day.— -V.
| Y. Mtrcury.
; RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO-
The following interesting accouut of the re
cent earthquake in Mexico, is contained iu the
despatch from cur minister to that country, Mr.
Forsyth:
"On the 29th ultimo the severest earth
quake of the preseut century was experienced
in this city, and as far as heard from, iu all
parts of Mexico. I was walking in the street
at the time, with Mr. Fearn. My first imptes
sion was that 1 was seized with a sudden verti
go, and upon stretching out wv hand to my
companion for support, I found him waking
' the same motion. The falling of the people
' upon tlwtf knee*, their audible pray;rs, the vi-
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1858.
olcnt slamming of the doors and windows of
the neighboring houses, soon admonished us
tliat it was a temblor of unusual violence. -
VVc were arrested immediately under tho tall
spire of the Convent of the Profeaa. Looking
up, and finding it swaying to and fro like the
inverted pendulum of a clock, we moved away
from its dangerous proximity and paused in the
middle of the street. Tho motion was so great
that it was "not easy to keep one's feet, altho'
bracing them apart and planting a eaue to aid
them. The motion produced upou the houses
has precisely tho effect of a sea-swell, the
spongy seal upon which the city is built yield
ing to the terrific phenomenon in a series of
long undulating waves. It lasted a minute and
a half, though not with the, greatest violence
all (ho time, for if it had, not one of the mas
sive walls of which this city is built would have
been now standing. As it was, there is baldly
a church that has uot been more or less dam
aged; some have fallen, killing persons and an
imals, while hundreds are only kept up by the
props which liavc been applied to thoin. My
own house Ins a crack in one of the inner
walls, from the roof to the ground, while a
seam is opened the whole length of tho Jlzotea.
For several days all carriages were, prohibited
iu the streets, lest some house should be sha
ken down. .Several churches have been aban
doned as unsafe. The palace is very much
damaged. It appears to have been more severe
on the Pacific than on the Atlantic slope, as wo
hear of several village,? totally destroyed in
that region.
If Mexico had been built in the fragile stylo
of an American city, it would now bo a mass
of ruins. With all its massive walls, it has
had a narrow escape. The earthquake was un
acompauiod by any noises except ihc creaking
of beams and stone walls, and the 'furious
hanging of open doors and windows. The
heavy masonry of the Chapultepcc aqueduct
was broken and wasting the water in more than
a hundred places within the space of a mile
and a half. No living person remembers a
movement of equal violence ai.J duration.—
Houses which have stood uuscathed a hundred
years, have opened their seams to the fury of
this one, and indeed, after experiencing its ef
fects, one is amazed to look around and s - 3e any
structure of human bands standing."
VARIETIES.
ITF'Genliiity is said to be eating meat with
a siivcr.Uiiii whop' '
33r~The last rain showed one ludicrous sight
—at attempt to crowd two fashionably dressed
women under one umbrella '
say that the quickest way of de
stroying 'weeds' is to marry a widow. It is,
no doubt, n most agreeable species of husband
ry.
is reported that Queen Victoria is lo
become a mother and grandmother iu the same
week. Guclph and SaXu Uoburg forever !
is said that a man who is Lilflg does
uot pay the debt of nature, but simply gets an
extension.
says bo once saw a father knock
down his beloved son, and thought it was the
most striking illustration of sun down bo ever
beheld.
Every rose has its thorn. I never help
ed to shawl "the flower of a ball loom without
being convinced, by painful evidence, that sho
had a pin about her
HIT s "When Sheridan was asked what kind ot
wine he liked best, he answered —'Olhcr peo
ple's'--There are a great many Sheiidans now
[ a-days.
j KPTt is generally supposed that the value
of foreign coins is fixed by law, but such is nut
the case. The coins of foreign countries are
not a legal lender in the payment of debts,
though they are taken at their valuation at the
mint.
Q2P"What are the four qualifications that fit
a sheep to beeomo a member of the Jockey
club ?
Because he is bred on the turf, gambols iu
his youth, associates with blacklegs, and is
fleeced a: last.
[CP*A letter passed through the Cleveland
post office on Saturday last, superscribed as fol
lows—
'ln lowa there resides
Lovina Sharpie's fair,
IT. r post office is at Spriugdale
And she rides on the old gray mare.
[TJ*"Tbe friends of a wit expressed some ,
surprise that with his age and his fonduo6s for
tho bottle ho should have thought it worth j
while to marry. 'A wife was necessary,' he
said they began to say of me I drank too much
for a single mau.'
QGr"""VVhcn a stranger treats mc with want
of respect," said a philosophical poor mau, "I
comfort, myself with the reflection that it is not
myself he slights, but my old and shabby coat
and hat, which, to say the truth, have no par
ticular claim to admiration. $o if my hat and
coat choose to fret about it, let them, but it is
nothing to me."
Qjp'A Virginia paper describes a fence down
there, which is made of such crooked rails that
every time a pig crawls through ho comes out
on the other side.
A GOOD WITNESS. Did the defendent
knock the plaintiff down with a malice pre
tense I
No sir he kuocked him down with a flat
iron.
You misunderstand mo, my friend, I want to
; know whether he attacked hiin with an evil in
tent.
Oh no air, it was on the outside of tho tent.
No, no; 1 wish you to toll mc whether the
attack was at all a preconcerted affair.
No sir, it was not a free concert was
a ciicus.
INCREASE OF POSTAGE.
One trf'-'-'ho boldest attempts to oppress the
people, an! especially the people of tho North
was inadedne last days of the late session of
Congress, ;y,ilie Loccfooo mojority of the Sen
ate to ifeusuase tho ratesof postage. The prop
osition was to increase tho present rate of 3
cents to o and 10 cents, according to distance,
aud the vote in the Senate, on this oppressive
proposition was as follows;
Yeas—-Slessis. Benjamin, Bright, Broderiek,
Brown, Clay, Clingmau, Davis, Fitch, Gwiu,
Hunter, tTehnson, of Ark., J hnson, of Tenn.,
Mullory, Uoarco, Polk, Rcid, Sebastian, Thomp
son, of K}\, and Yulee.
Nays--Messrs. Bigler , Chandler, Clark,
Doolittlo, Douglas, Fosseuden, Foster, Ham
lin, King, Pugh, Rice, Seward, Stewart , Wil
son aud V-right.
Hero, it will be seen, every man who voted
to increase the rates of postage was a Demo
crat; while every Republican present voted
against ir, five Democrats only voting with
them. f
J he proposition to increase the rates was in
troduced by Mr. Johnston, of Ark. An ap
propriate commentary upon his scheme is af
forded ly;tho following statistics, which are ta
kentiotuta pamphlet by Pliny Miles, apon the
subject of Po3tal Reform. The number of let
ters carried annually in the five States of New
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio aad
Illinois, is 68,608,590; the number carried in
the Site Southern States is 45,921,521.
The expenses of the P. O. De
partment, in the first five na
med f:fetes, are $3,171,433
Revenue derived from thein, 3,370,356
Excess .of Receipts over Ex
penditure?, $198,923
Expense? in the Southern
• State . $3,840,333
Revenue 1.555,723
Deficit -* $2,291,010
Ihe c.Jy Slave State which pays its own
postage gpeoui.t in full is Delaware, which an
nually pilars into tho National Treasury, under
this head, the magnificent sum of oue hundred
and seventy-one dollars! Now York and Mas
sachusetts alcno pay $750,390 per annum for
p- stage; their expenses for this object during
the same period, amounting to $1,123,305. —
Ihe Southern and Southwestern States pay for
their r.fvylMti. M v——< # -■*
amounts' t'o $4,318,780. It will thu3 be seen
that all the Southern States pay less for pos
tage than two Northern ones, whiio their ex
penses are three times as large ! The actual
cost of carrying a-letter in New England and '
New York, is one cent and throe mills; in the
Southern and Southwestern States, six ccn's
and seven mills; in Arkansas, eighteen cents
and three mills. Herein, if wo mistake net,
will be found the entire milk of the cocoa nut
which wo have opened. A reference to the
record of vcas aud nays, by which the propo
i sition to raise the rates of postage was adopt
ed, will show that every member from a self
sustaining State voted against, and that every
member from a pauper o'lfte for tiie
amendment. It was very natural uL't Mr.
Johnson, of Arkansas, should mike r-uch a
motion, because the burden of the increase
would scarcely fall, in any perceptible degree,
upon bis own ignorant constituenlF, but almost
entirely upon the laborers and mechanics of
the Nonh, who arc already disproportionately
taxed.— Gettysburg Star.
Scotland YSt Montgomery County.
An accident'has transpired within a few days !
which, while it is more than disgraceful, fur- i
nishes a remarkable commentary upon the Tar
iff pretensions of the Democratic party, and
should open the eyes cf the woiliingmen ot
Montgomery Bounty and tho eutirc Urate, to
tho true policy of the present Administration.
An appropriation was granted by the late Con
gress to erect water works f"r the City ot
Washington, and a large amount of iron pipe
was needed for the purpose. A heavy house
in this county, Messrs. Colwell & Co., of Con
sboeken, applied for the contract, which we
learn called for 6000 or7OUO tons of iron pipe j
employing in its manufacture at a reasonable
estimate, four hundred and scoenty-five men
one year, and would have set in operation one
or two of tho seventeen or eighteen furnaces
which aro now lying idle upon the banks ot
the Schuylkill river. It was reasonable to sup
pose that with a son of Pcuusylvuia in jhe
Presidential chair, that if his Administration
even refused to grant us that protectiou which
our groat industrial iu!ereots demanded, a feel
ing of State pride would have prompted him to
' prefer the labor of Lis own State especially
when brought into competition wiih foreign cap
ital. To tho utter disgrace of the government,
however, this contract, which would have fed
and clothed from 1500 to 1800 men wr-men
and children, hero in Montgomery County, for
' an entire year, has been given to a Scotch house
; and will be manufactured by subjects of the
Queen of England, while our own workmen
art starving! The Democratic Administration
of James Buchanan, will import for govero
: mcnt work, while nearly every furnace in his
i own State is idle and deserted for want ot cu
! eourageraent —and yet Democratic journals
will prate about the love of Democracy tor
| Home Industry ! — JVonutown Defender,
INDULGENCES. — Forty days' indulgence be
■ ing offered to all who visit a new Kotuan Cath
! olfc church, tho Detroit Advertiser says Tim
! Herald ought to have rooommondod the Presi
! dent and Cabinet—in fact the whaj# Lecrvto
' ton portion of the Locofoco only
1 this church during the Octaaee for Lecompton
place on ca. t>.wbere h-'Tiis is the only author
could bu hoped. &r above the earth, that would
Uy on '■ t0 grant indulgence for the uiuaifold
if Loeofocoisiu.
BILL MONTGOMERY.— The Louisville Jour- >
nal which copies Montgomery's letter to South,
ordering the whiskey for Buchanan (who drinks
nothing stimulating but old rye) says that
Montgomery "turns out to be one of the poor
est, abjccts, and most mean spirited creatures
that win ever suffered to live."
It adds :
"he r.kali not undertake to comment upon
such a letter as that. It? tone is that of a men
dicant holding out his hat and asking for cop
pers or of a slave begging piteously to be let
off from the expected application of a cowhide.
Wc hardly know which is the more disgraceful
—the writing of the notorious Foley letter or
the authorship of this Montgomery thing."
Tho Milwaukie Free Democrat copies the
letter and says :
"The lion. William Montgomery of Penn
sylvania, famous for his connection with tho
Montgomery amendment to the Kansas bill and
fur his subsequent shuffiiog and evasion on tho
same measure, has been writing the most ab
jv'.'t letters begging for a re-nomination to his
present piaco. We give below a sample. A
man who can stoop to such abject whining to
beg an office should never be entrusted with
one, as he will be very mro to use it only for
his owu personal advantage. It will be noticed
that he proposed to send only a Iccg of that
barrel of rye whisky to the "old chief." The
balance doubtless is required for home con
sumption."
Wc may add that the letter is going the
rounds of the press aud excites comments like
the above, everywhere.
THE WAY TIIKY DO IT.— Tho leading De
mocrats have a great many ways of abstracting
money fiom the public treasury. If they don't
ram their fists right into the cash up to their
elbows, and take it up by the band-full, they
adopt means just as serviceable in transferring
it to their pocket p. We have noticed of lato
many instances in jfci h the treasury was rob
bed by swindling purchases and sales of prop
erty. Here is another case iu which the im
maculate Gwinn, of California, is involved:
SENATOR GWINN, ANI> THE "LIME POINT*;
*"*—'b*B.'l'Lft .H! n !!,. 1; e -
uoifrt.ds sfOcnau>r ISwiuu, in .its advocacy or
tho attempt tc induce the National Treasury to :
purchase a barren tract of lar.d for fortifica
tions at the entrance of the harbor of San Frat- ;
cisco, for the sum of twobindred thousand dol- ;
lars. "It was," says the Bulletin, very justly
denounced iu the Senate by Mr. Fcsscnden as '
an outrage. If, a & that gentleman stated, it is j
absolutely necessary to have a portion of this
property sufficient to erect a fortification upon, ■
tho Government has power to condemn, aod ob- ;
taia possession at a fair rate, and uot to sub- 1
mil to so gross au onlrage and exaction. Mr.
i Broderiek stated that the whole ranch, on which
Lime Point (which we understand is directly op
posite Fort Point) is situated, is not worth §7,-
| 000. It is our opinion that, if put in the mar- '
, ket iC-uiorrow, without tho prospect of selling
the site mentioucd to the Federal Government,
it would not bring $5,000." j
Books of Account-
No tbiiTty bnsiness man (says the Juniata
Sentinel) neglects to keep an account of his ex
penditures, and if he finds the figures enlarging
front year to year, the fact makes ar. impression j
upon his mind, if not aclsnge in his habits.—
| The same course should be pursued by a naiiou.
Comparisons may. be odious, but they are often
salutary. For example it is not pleasant, though
it should prove profitable, for us to know that
the General Government has spent more than
twice as much money last year as it did seven
years ago.
The following table exhibits the annual ex
penditures during the last ten years, including
the Administrations of Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce,
and Buchanan
1849—Taylor, $16.798 007 82
1850 —Fillmore, 42.506.892 11
1851 —Fillmore, 40,504.422 12
1852—Fillmore, 36 552.080 37
ISS3 —Pierce, 43 544.202 82
1854-Pierce, 51.018.249 00
i 1855 Pierce, 50-305.393 00
1856 —Pierce, 60.172.401 64
1857 Buchanan, 64.878.828 85
1858— Buchanan, 81.000.000 00
There is every prospect that the present Ad
ministration will, upon its retirement, leave a
legacy of one hundred millions of national debt.
.: So much for the loud professions of economy
which characterized Mr. Buchauan's inaugural
; address.
THAT WHISKEY LETTER.— Some of the
Locofoco papers have undertaken to deny the
genuineness of the Montgomery-whiskey letter
now goiDg the rounds; but the \\ asbington Re
view, the organ of Montgomery, admits its
-genuineness.
The Brownsville Clipper says the whiskey
ordered for Buchanan from South never react
ed Washington City; it was all guzzled ij* West
Brownsville. Let Montgomeiy order
kog' for Mho old chief.' it ia '
Buck should get Ait tie t| ic Carlisle
We coiy the foP*
.WAFFA BRECKINRIDGE AND FREE
„J?'vs —This was the insciiptioti on the Lo
cofooo banner during the campaign of 1850,
but for the next campaign, the inscriptions are
to read,
Montgomery, Buchanan and old Rye Whiskey.
Tho HOD . Win. Montgomery, of the Wash
ington district, who, for the sake of getiing a
re-nomination, has sacrificed the position
VOL. 31, NO ?2.
held at the close of the late session of Congress,
has found out the President's weak side, and is
trying, therefore, to propitiate him, by admin
istering a dose of old rye whiskey*
It old Buck is fond of 'old rye,' wo hope his
friends will keep him well supplied. lie ought
to have a hogshead full.
How THEY WERE REWARDED.— The follow
ing items tell their own story—and a sad sto
ry, for our country, it is, too. No wendcr tho
national treasury is dcplctcJ, and that the Sec
retary of that departmental the government,
is in the market, among shavers and money
leaders, asking for additional loans, in order tc
keep the wheels in motion :
''Senator J. 0. Jones, of Tennessee, (old line
Whig,) had a contract to supply 1,700 horsos,
at $159 oach, which will make the neat sum of
§2< 0,000. It is stated that the horses wero
to be of a particular color and size, but when
they arrived at Fort Leavenworth, they were
fouud to bo of all sizes and all colors, hut wro
nevertheless accepted.
'•The brother of Hon. J. A. Aid, member
of Congress for the Cnmberland, York, and
Perry district, had a contract to supply for tho
army 300 mules, at $175 each, making $52,-
500; also, an order for 200 frtai Russell and
Majors, Government contractors, at the sarno
priec, amounting in all to §*7,000. The kind
of mules delivered could Lo bought readily at
§l2O each. It is unnecessary to add that Mr,
ALI voted for Lecoinpton, and is a candidate
for re-election.
"Some of the other members of Congress
from the rural districts have been providing for
their friends at the public exponse, in the way
of contracts for barley, at fine prices."
This is a strong chapter on Lecomptonirm,
and in time will prove a millstone at the Decks
of tho3e who compose the present administra
tion.
The Latest Hoop Story.
Quite a ludicrous scene ocourred in one of tho
churches of St. Catharine, C. W., a few Sab
bath since. One of the largest kind of hooped
females, after sailing up tho aisle in splendid
style, without accident either to herself or the
worshippers, attempting to enter a pew, but
"squirms,"licks, squeaks,'and*contortions of the
fair occupant, were unavailing to iß|ve the
'consarn.' The sexton —who is a eolored man
—and one or two of the church officers, per
ceiving her difficulty, humanely resolved to re
lieve the distressed damsel*, bat n was no go—
she could neither be got in or out, so firmly
| was she wedged in. They tugged find pulled
and heaved until the sweat stood in large drops
on their foreheads, and went trinkling down
; their noses ia ar. beautiful manner as the oil
! ran eff Aaron's beard, and when the case ap
peared too desperate almost tot relief, short of
cutting away a good many teePbf the pew, the
colored gentleman's face sudd#ly brightened
up with an idea, 'Let's cant her, boss—let's
cant her." and the poor thing, despite her ex
postulation, was canted accordingly, amid a
universal laugh from the congregation, and
: thus was she relieved from her troubles.
PERFECTLY COBSECT. —The Trenton Amer
ica u remarks very justly that the opposition
parly is withoat any politicul issuo to go bcforo
the people.— Evening Argus.
Is not Bcehauan a political issue? Is not his
Cabinet a festering sore? Is not his army of
office-holders a political cancer? Is not the Lo
co Foco press a political pestilence? Is not the
Treasury Department a dyspepsia? and is not
Lcompton a gangrene? But these issues all
belong to the Loco Focos. The opposition are
thaukful to have none of this kind.— Daily
*\"ews.
7
DONE WITH DE RIVIERE.—The public wiil
be glad to know that the 'Riviere Scandal' is
quieted, for the present at least. Mr. and
Mrs. Blount and their interesting daughter
sailed ou Saturday in the steamer for New Or
leans; Rivieie has modestly retired from the
too pressing attentions of his creditors; llunckc
is found aud fined; Jersey and justice arc sat
isfied; the puppets have left the stage, the play
is over, and so ends the latest N'iue Days \\ on
der. What shall be the Doxt nonsense? —7Vt
bune. ' „
AN INSINUATION. — A fashionable doctor
lately informed his friends, in a large company,
that" he had been passing eight days in the
j country
"Yes" said ono of the party, "it has been
announced in one of the journals.'
"Ah said the doctor, stretching out his
neck, very important, pray, in what
'•Why, as well as I can is r.\
ly in the following— ..seven Inter -
"There were last jyoe*
menti, Jees than, the
!
e>uid a little follow, as he look
| lifts father's face: "papa, does the
) fogwood they put in wine give i; its red color."
"Yes ceitainly."
"Well; papa, is it the logwood iu the wine
: that makes your noso so rod?''
i "Hush your nensenso, child there, Betty,
: get a cnttdle and put this child to bed."
John Nugent, Mr. Buchanan's Envoy Extra
■ ordinary to the Fraxer River gold diggings, is
jan Irishman. How long he has been over we
j are not informed, but we have an idea That '<"
mission to the boys who have gooo for gol.
1 will not ainonnt to much, and wu . , ",u ni l.
i surprised if ho should come hack w.th .
> nified flea ill his ear.