Huntingdon Journal

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BY JAS. CLAKK.
HONTINaDON, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8. 1850.
VOL. XV, NO. 2
SHBRirF'S SALES.
BY virlue of Sundry writs of Lev. Fa. and Venii. Ex. no* in my hiinds, f Will sell at the Courl House, in ilie bor- 6ngh of Huntingdon, on Mondaythe 14lh day of Jnnnnry nexl.atlO o'clnck, P.M., at Public Veiulue or outcry, the follow ing dpsi-ribed Renl Estate, viz :
All of the defendant's right, title, and interest In and to a certain tract of land, situute in Jack¬ son   loivnship,   Ilinilingdon  rounty,   atljoining
lartdil 01 H.mry Lee, Thomas   Waliner, 	
HelB'V, nnd otbers, known aa the Blacklirk Iract,'containing aboul 331 acres, having there¬ on Hiect'd' a two story hrj. bouse, two out-hou- »es, cabin barn, about '70 acres cleared.
'faki-n in execution and lo be sold as (he pro¬ perty of Josenh Van.:e.
ALSO,
All the right, title and interest of defendant in and In ull that certain tract of land, situal'i in 'Tol townslip, Iluntingdon county, containing nbout 131 acr.'S, more or less, adjoinin.^ lands of Jam?» St-ol, Esq., Adam Homk, Uenjamin Biik-^r, having thercoii efccted a tivo story log dwelling house and log burn, about SO acrcs rl.'arvd, a large apple orchard, and in good con¬ Jilion.
Taken in execution jind to bo sold as the pro¬ perty of John Ake.
ALSO,
All that certain tract of land, and all the de- fend.int's right, titli- and inicrest in and to said land, situ.ite iii Tell toivnship, Huntingdon coun¬ ty, containing about 80 acrps, more or less, ad- io.nng lands olG'orge Cooshorn, Esq., Sam¬ uel Book, andothers, having thereon erected nt tivo story log house and cabin barn, ahout 60 acres cleared, with a good limestone spring hereon.
Takfn in expcntlon and to be sold ai the pro Deny of Nicholas Gooshorn.
ALSO,
A certain lot of ground situite in Jackson township, Huntingdon county, containing about 3 acr»s and 1-12 perches, adjoining lands of John Cam'pbell and Samuel Stewart, having thereon erected a two and a half story frame house, frame stable, and a milk housc, vvith a well of water and some fruit trees, all cleared and in grass.
Taken in execution audio sold as the proper¬ ty of David Mitchell.
ALSO,
A certain piece or parcel of ground containing Iwo lots in the town of Watersville, m the townshipof Blair, in Blair county, havinglhore- lon erected a two story frame house, belonging to the defendant.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the pro¬ perty of John R. Martin. ' ALSO,
A certain piece, parcel or tractof land, situ¬ ate in the township of Jackson, Huntingdoii coonly, (being part of a tract surveyedon war¬ rant to Thomas Edwards, dated Olh June, A. D. 177 1,) bounded and described as follows .— bejiniiing at a while oak, thence south forty-five degrees sixteen and two.tenth perches to a post, thence South twenty-one degrees east thirty-six and a half percbes to a gum, thence south two and a half degiees east one hundred and one and one-tenth perches toa posl, theiicesouth eleven ttnd a half dpgrees east onc hundred and one and one-tenth perches to i post, tbence norlh fifty- eight onJ one-quarter degreeseastforty-six per¬ ches to stones, Ihence north forty-six degree" east sixty-six perches to a white oak, thenci north fortv-sevc>n and a balf degrees west one himdred and sixty parches to the place of be¬ ginning, containing fifty-eight acres and twenty aix p 'rches and allowance, together vvitb all and aingular the buildings, rights and liberties there to belonging.
Taken in execiit'on nnd tobe sold as the pro pprty nf VVilliam Rurchftf kl, John Irvin, George Boal, Samuel Edminstoii and George W. Job eton, purtners nnw or lat-ly trading   under tl fir.-n of Birchfield, Irvin & Co.
.M. CUOVVNOVER, Sherilf.
SuKBirr's OrricK. J
llunlinKdnn.Dec. 18, 1849.  )
PK0€lii%itlATl4>i'%.
WHEREAS by precept lo me directed, da¬ ted al Huntingdon, the •24ih dav of Nov. 1849, uuder Ihe hands and seals of the Hot.. Geurge Tnylor, Prchidciil of the Court of Cumuion rIuon, Oyer and Trrminerand general jaild.-liveiy of Ihe'iOlh judicial diflrictol Penn¬ sylvania, composed oflho counlies of Hunling¬ lon, Mifflin uud Union, and the lions, laines tiwin and Jnbn -lewail.bis assncioles, judges of theciiunty of Huntingdon, juslices assigned, np¬ poinled lo hear, try, and deli'imine all and every indiclmerts and presenlmenis, maile or uken foi or conceniing nil crimes.which by the laws nfthe Cuniinonwei.llh are made cnpilal nr felonies of death and ither iiHonces.Cfimes nnd misuemcaaois, whicii havebeen, or shnll bc coinrailtcd or perpe¬ trnted within snid cnunty, or all person! whoare 01 ibnllhcicnfler be comniiltcd oi perpclialcd. for ciiipcs aforesaid, I am cdihmnnded lo make pro- Innialion ihroiighiilii my whole bsiliwick, lhat n Courl of Oyer nnd Terminei, Quarter -essions and Common Pleas, will be held at the Couil House.in the borough of Hunlingdon, on lhe 2d Vu.iidnj (mul i4lli dav) of Jen. 1850, and Ihiite who will prosecuic Ihe smd prisoncri., be. Ihrn and Ibcre to prnsecule llicm ns it shnll hc jusl, and llinl all juslices of Ihc peace, coroner, und consialiles wiibin the snid counly, be Ihen nnd there in Iheir proper f ersons, at 10 o'clock A. M. ofsaid day, wilh Iheir records,inquisition-s, examinntions nnd rememhronces, to do those thingswhich 10their office respeclivelv nppertnin. MA TTHE W CRO WNO VER, Sheiilf. SiiFnivr'9 Ovpci;, 1 Dec. 18   1849,     J
PIDLIC SALE. Iflte House and lot, belonging lo lhe subscribei, silunted at thc jun c- lio;i of Uath and Wushinglon slrects, in the boiuugh of Huntingdon, will be olfered at puhlic sale, on
Thursday, the 24th inst.,
at 2 o'clock, P. M.
TB^MS:—One half the purchase money lo he paid on laking possession of the propCiiy— lhe remainder, wilh interest, in two equnl annual payments, to be secured by bond and morlgage, Posscssto.i lo be giveii on the Hrsl day of April, next.
Thepremises can he inspected alany time, by calling on iho pioprietor.
(jj Severnl liuilding lots, fronling on Moore sircet, can be had nl privale sale.
JOHN PEEBLES.
Huntingdon, Jin. 1, 1850.
PROCLA.MATIOX.
TTTHEHEAS.Iiy precept to mc diiected by the VV Judges of the Conimon Pleas of ihc coun¬ ty of Hunlingdon bearing Ust the :4ih day of Nov, A. D- 1319.1 am commanded tomake public proclanmiion Ihioughoul my whole baili¬ wick lhal a Courl of Cominon Pleas, will be held ntthe Court Housein the biiiough of Hunlingdon, ill the counly of Huntingdon, on the 3i\ .Monday (nnd 2l8t day) of Jan, \, B. 1850, for lhe trial of all issues in said courl, which remoin un¬ deteriniiied befiiro the said judges, when and where all jurors, witnesses and suitors, in the rial ofsaid issuesaie requiied.
M.,1TTHE W CHO WNO VER, SherilT. SuKniFp's Offick,         1 Huntingdon, Dec. 18  1849. S	
VERY IMPORTANT.
THE BRIDGE TOLL REDUCED,
Andanotber and the hatesl Arrivaiof
NEW GOODS
AT DORSEY Sr .MAGUIRE'S C2XSA]? SXORXS,
DOKSEY & MAGUIEE, thankful for past favors, most respeclfully inforni their old custniners and the public in general, lhat Ihey havejust received another large asaoitment of I'all and WiKTttt Uoons, consisling of every vnriety of
Ladies &, Cientlemen's Dress Goods,
and   goods ofall kinds usually kept in Ihe most extensive stoles.
Groceries,  Harduinre,  tiueensware, iJ-c.
BOOTS. SHOES.
IIATS & CAPS
KEADY-.\1ADE  CLOTHINuT &c.        &.C.        iic.        &.C.        &c. (^Call nud examine our Goods. Huniingd.m Dec.4, 1849.
NEFF & lUILLF.n
HAVE this   morning received,   at   the   old iLindof H. K. Nkfi-  & Hko-,  an entire new stock of
Clocks and Watelies,
Jewelry, Cutlery, Stationary,
Perfnmery Soaps, i-e.,
'which is pofilivelythe largest, best
and most lashionable, and cheapest
Bssoitment ever offered for sale in Ihe place.
Having in their employ one of thp best work¬ men in the State, tliey can most confidently en¬ gage lo repair Clocks ond VVutchesus cheap and as well as it can be done in any of the JJastern citiei.
The public are politely requested to catl and teat the truth of our declarations. The proof il in trying.
N. B- The highest prices given for old goli and silv/'r.
Rcm-mher No. 1001 Market Sqnare, Hun tingdon. Pa.
Ocloher 30, 1819.
Register's Notice.
NOTICE is bereby siven to nil per¬ sons roncerned, llint the following nniiipil persons have settleil tlicir ac¬ counts in ibc Regiator's Office at Hnnl¬ ingdon, nnJ tlml tbe s-iid i.ei-.oiints will be presenied for conlirmnlioii nnd nl- iowiincc, nt the Orphans' Court, to bc lield nl (Inntinodoii. in anil forlhe coun¬ ty of Hunlingdon, on Wednesday, the I6lli dny ol  Jnnuary next to svit:
1. Solomon Taylor and Samuel C. Charlton Administ-ators of George Taylor, lale of Spring field township, deceased.
2- Sninu-l Drake, Executor of the last VVill «nd Teslam.Mit of Sainuel Drake, late of Hen (lerson township.dec'd,
a. Nancy Hall, ailniinistralrix of Josiah Ball, late of Jackson township, de' 'd.
4. Jacob Longenecker and Thomas F. Stew¬ art. Administrators of Jacob Longenecker, late ol West tnwnship, dec'd.
5. Moses Sivoope, Administrator of Cassan¬ dra Leech, lato of Union toivnship, dec'd.
M. F. CAMPBELL, Rtgiftsi Regiiter'i Offiee, HiuitiB{<ion,D«c- U, 18t«.
Thc Anglo-Saxons havc Come Again .'
GRAND EXHIBITION!
THE Public are respectfully informed thiit
linvejust received the largest and best assort¬ ment of
Fall and Winter Goods
ever broughl lo this place, comprising nil the voriouH arlicles genernlly kepi nl olber slnres, willl Iho aildition of a greai iniiuy uiticles nev. or olfered forsale in this place. Ihuir slock cun- ssis of
CLOTHS, CASS MERES,
Siiilinetis,   Veslings,  Tweed   clolh, Kentucky Jenns  Ointon Plnnnel.Flunnelsof all colors, Tnble Diaper, Muslins, Cnlicoes, Oinghams, Miuslin de   aines, Cushineres,Merinoes, Alpnccns, Silks,  Mull  Jaccunet and (."ainhric  Muslins.  Linen Cambric,, Silk ard collon hnndkcri-hicfs. Fur¬ nilure check & cn icoes, gloves, Sbaivln  nnd Trimmings. LAUIES'   S H O E 8 , Men's anel Boyi' Boots and .S/(oe,5, Cloth and 'iliZ'id .iap<, Crnv.it8nnd tiuspenders.
Lonking Ulisses, bed   Ulnnkels   Cnrpets,  &c	
rhev lidve ulrio iiii.exiensive ai-itlrlmeiit of , Groceries, Hardware, and Queensware^ 'fhey havoa lot of Uonnels ol lhe very latest slyle. Theyhave nlso u great varieiy of Cedur Wnre, such ns Tub.s, Buckeis. Haskcl* of nil kimls. SALI', FI.<.'I1, and PLASTER. All oftlipse nrlicles will he snhl as low ns Ihey can be biugbi at guy other estublishment east of lhe Alleiiheiiies.
They nre delermined Io sell iilT their old sloek Ilf Ooiiila atund under cosl. Lookout for bar- guins !
Huntingdon. October 30. 1849.
?ii|A'^»v. on the seeond Monday and
SjKSigiffl^ of Novemher   A. D.   181
•^Sspf^'*' the   Hon. George Tayloi,-
' President, and.Ittm'^s Gwin
Hunlmgdon County, SS. -
M.Jt^ At  an  Orphans'   Court held at
¦^'¦'i^TOfo.  Huntingdon in anil for  sai-1  rounty 'U ShC on the seeond Monilay and 12th d.iy 19, before Esquire, inand John Stewart, Esquires, Associates &e.
On motion of J. Sewell Stewart, Esq., the Court gr.antod a Rule on the heirs and legal rep- sentntives of VVilliam Ewing deceased, to come into Court on thc first day of January Term next, to show cause why the Keal Estntc ofsaid deceased should not be sold. And ordered that per.sonal notice be given tothe heirs and legal representatives of said deceased living within the county, at least twenty days before the 1st day of Janunry Term next, nnd six week's pub¬ lication in one newspaper published in the coun¬ ty, one copv of which tobe sent to the nearest post offiee oflhose residing out of the connty.
'oertified from the records, under senl of said Court at Hunlingdon, the 26th day of Novem¬ ber A. D. 1819.
M. F. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
.ADMIXISTRATOR'S  XOTICE
r ETTERS of Adminislralion de bonis n I J upon the csialc of Sainuel D. Miller, lalo of Warriorsmark lownship, dec'd, have hecn granl¬ cd lo the subscribei by lhe Register ot Hunting, don counly. All persous hnving claims against said estnie ivi I present ihcm lo me, and those indebted sro iequested lo mnke immedinle pay¬ ment. JOHN G. FLECK, Adm'r, Dec. 11,1849—61.      Tyrone Ip., Blair co
Auditor's Notice.
THE undersigned, appointed by the Orphans' Court ofHunlingdon fJonn ty, to distribute tbe fund in the handsof Jonas Rudy, Surviving Execulor of George Rudy, dec'd, nnriongst those en titled to receive the same, will altend for that purpose at his residence in the liorough ofHunlingdon, on Friday, the ¦Ith day of Junnnry next, at 10 o'elocli, A. M., when and vvhere nil persons in teresled may attend.
JACOB MILLER, Audiotr. Dec. 11, 1S4.9.
Moticc.
1"VHE stockholders oftlie Juniata Bridge Coinpany in Huntingdon county, are hereby notified that an cicctinn will bc held nl the house of Chiislian Couls, in the buruugh of Hunlingdon,on Tuesday ihc eighlh dny of Jnn¬ uary nexl, for the purpose of eluding one I'resi¬ denl, six iMnnngcrsnnd uno .'.'ccrclary nnd Trea¬ surer for said Cumpany, lo serve during lhe en¬ suing yeur.    By order of lhe Bon-d,
JAMES GVVIN, Soc'rjr. Dec. 18,  1819.
N. B—A general meeling of the Stockhold¬ ers is rciiuested for the purpose of taking inlo coniiideration the subject of makinglhe Uridge free for travel, ilcc., by a sale of their interest tberein. VV. OUBISON,
Pres't ofthe Board.
J. & J. M. ROWE,
Broom A Wooden-ware Store,
Xo. G'S Xorth Third Street,
0.\E   DOOn   AIlOVK    .UICII,   EAST   BIDE,
PHILADELPHIA.
MaNDFACTUBERS   ANI)   WHOLESALE DEAL¬ ERS in all kinds of Brooms, Brushes, Cediir-ivare, willow and I'"rencb bns. kets, shoe nnd wall Brushes, Dus¬ lers,  Scrubs,  Mats, , Blacking Eastern-made Wooden^ware
of  every description, &c. at the lowest market prices. Cash paid for Broom-corn al the factory. Sept. hth 1849.
ADMIXISTRATOR'S XOTICE.
Estate of .MOSES STARR, lale of Cass
toumship, Ihintingdon county, dec'd.
NOTICE i.s hereby given lhal Lellers ol Adminislralinn on said eslule have been granled lu Ihe undersigned. All persons in¬ debted to snid estaie are requesled iii innkc im¬ mediate payment and those having claims or de¬ mands againsi thc same topresent them duly aulheuticated for settlement to
CALEH SWOOPE, Dec. 11, 1849-61.} Adininistralor.
XTotlcei.
THE beirs and repiesenialives of Alexander Ramsey, late of >priiigficld township Hun¬ lingdnn counly, dec'd, nro hereby nolified, thnl 111 pursuance of a writ of parlilion,or valu'lion. Issued oul nf the Oiplmns' Court ol said county, an inquest lu muke ptililion or valuation ofthe rea'estate ol the said deceased, siluate in said lown.'^bip, will bc he'd by me on the prnmlsrs, on Thursday the .Id day of J nuary nexl (1850): when and where ull persons interesled mav at¬ lend. M. CROWNOVER, Bherlir, December 4,  1849.
C I.-V ME to the residence of the subscriber, ; nbont the 1st of Novembur last, a small dark brindle Bull, with a white face, and sorao white on tbe belly nnd legs, no mark observed on his ears, probably aboul two years old. Tho givuer is requested to come forward, prove propcriy, pay charges and take said Bull away, otherwise he will be disposed of accordin"' to law. JOSEPII  PARK.
Cass tp., Iluntingdon co., Dec.'.i5, ISI'J.
STRAYED.
A Spreckled HEIFER, about one and a-half years old, came to the residenco of the subscriber, in I'orter toivnship, Hnntingdon co., on the "JOth day of November. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pny charges and take her away, otherwise she will bo diaposed of according to law.
JOHN K. HYLE* Dec.-'5, 18l<.i.*
From the Polynesian of .-lug. 25.
A Romance on the Ocean,
The following facts relating to a young American girl, I think cannot but inter¬ est your readers, especially ns they are too well authenliijaled to admit of a doubl of their having taken place, in the manner to be mentioned.
The American Wlialeship Wasliing- lonfwliich nrrived here on the 13th inst. reports the whale ship Christopher Mit¬ chel al Paita under the following cir- cnmstanties: The IVL lind touched nt Paita, for the purpose of putting ashore lellers for home, and again left for the cruising ground; but on the second or third night oul, when the watch was callfcd, one of the crew was discovered lo be a yonng girl, instead of a fair hair¬ ed boy, which created no liltle excite¬ ment on board, nnd caused the Captain to pnt back ngain to Paita to land his female sailor, to seek scime more coiige- niel way of earning a livelihood, llinn using a tar bucket and a marling spike.
Her story before the American Con¬ sul was as follows:
She is a native of Rochester, N. York, wns seduced like tliousnnds of others, from her home, by a villian wlio prom¬ ised to make her his lawful wife, but who abandoned her in u short time and ab¬ sconded to pnrts unknown. Returning to her parental roof, she was met by her parenis with bitter scorn and driven fro,m her home. Too proud to ask as¬ sistance from strangers, and not so far losl to virtue as lo tllink of subsisting by the only means whicii might now seem left to her, she put on mule alliro and for two inonths earned her living by driving a horse on the canal. Tired of this, she determined to go to sea—first engnged as a cabin boy at $'t per month—but was told by the shiping master lhat she could make more by a whalinir voyage, and consequently pro¬ ceeded to Nantucket to look for   a ship.
It was with some difficulty that she obtained a birth, her youlh and delicate appenrance being much against her. One oflhe shipowners, at a place where she applied (un old quaker,) at last be- cawic so much pleased with, as he ex¬ pressed itj "the good face ofthe boy," that he persuaded the Captain of theM. to lake her on board. She performed her duty faithfully for the seven monllis previous toher discovery—never flirink- ing from going aloft, even in the worst weather, or the darkest night. Sbc even also pulled her oar twice in pur¬ suit of whales, but the boat in which she belonged had never been fast to one of the monsters, or perhaps lier courage miglit have failed her.
iShe was a ceneral favorite on board, never mixing wilhlhe crew any more than wa.s absolutely necessary. Her quiet inolTensive behaviour had also much preposesssed the Captain and his ollicers in lier favor. When suinirioiied inlo the Captain's presence, iinini'diatc- ly after the discovery, she made a full and voluntary confe.ssion, wheie upon she was talien into the cabin, a stnle room set apart for her use und every at¬ tention shown her that could ho exten¬ ded lo a female on bonrd of a ship. When laniied at Paila, the excitement and faligue had somendinl overpowered her, bnt in onc or two days she was quite well, and much cliiled with the prospect of soon reaching home in a ves¬ sel about lo sail. Only once previous to her final discovery, did she run any risk of being exposed ; but oi) the occa¬ sion alluded lo, by suddenly working in a more bungling manner, she escaped detection. The cause of nttention be¬ ing drawn toivard her on llie above oc. ciision, was the quickness with which she plied her needle—being more than a malch for the other sailors in that re¬ spect. The fact of her being on board and doing her duty well, cannot be doubled.
Hcr nnme is Miss Ann Johnson, and her age 19 years.
The Loved Faces.
Happy thouglils come stealing upon US as we look upon the faces of tliose wc loved in other days—those we havc been seperated from for years, and who rciurn agnin willl all the changes of limeand thouglit upon their brows. The joyous feelings ihat arise upon meeting Willi old familiar faces, cordial shaking of hands, nnd the hearty congratulations that follow—who does not reinember them 1 But when tlio.se we love and cherish, leave us forever—when their spirits pass away frotn earlh to heaven, who wbiild not give nil ou earlh for a piclure—even a faint re.icmblance—ever so animated and beauiiful! How many bright eyes grow dim—how many cheeks grow pale— how many lovely forms fade nway inlo the tomb, leaving not a shad¬ ow of their loveliness behind.
Where the world rebuketh, tliere look thou for the e.\cellent.
Dr. Channing on Self-cnlfnre*
It is thc force bf tbought that meas¬ ures intelleclual, and so it is force of principle which measures moral grent¬ ness, that highest of human endowments —that briglitest manifestation of the Divinily. Tbe greatest man is ho who chooses the Right with invincible reso- "ution, who resists the sorest templa¬ tions from within and without, who bears the heaviesi burdens cheerfully, and who is calmest in siorms and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reli¬ ance on truth, on virtne. on God, is most unfaltering; nnd is this a greatness, which IS apt to mnke a show, or whieh is most likely to abound in conspicuous station ? The solemn confiicts of rea¬ son with passion ; the viclories of moral and religious principio over urgent and almost irresistible solicitations lo self- indulgence ; the hardest sacrifices of duly, those of deep-seated afleclion and ofthe heart'ii fondest hopes; the conso¬ lations, hopes, joys, nnd pence, of dis¬ nppointed, persecuted, scorned, deserted virtue; these are of course unseen; so lhat the true greatness of human lile is almost wholly out of sighl. Perhaps in our pre.ience, the most heroic deed on earth is done in somt silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, themost glorious sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. 1 believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names aro never heard.
Among common people will be found more of hardship borne manfully, more of unvarnished truth, more of religious trust, more of that generosity ivbich gives what the giver needs himself, and more of a wise estimate of life and death, than among the more prosperous. And even in regard to influence over other beings, which is thought the pe¬ culiar prerogative of dislinguished sla¬ tion, 1 believe, that the difTerence be¬ tween the conspicuous and the obscur*, does not amount lo much. Influence is to be measured, not by tho extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. A man may spread liis mind, his feelings, and opinions, ihrough a great extent, but if his mind be a low onc, he mani¬ fests no greatness. A wretched nrtist may fill a cily with daubs, and by a false, showy style, achieve a reputation; but the man of genius, who leaves be¬ hind him one grnnd picture, in whicii immorlal beauty is embodied, and whicli is silenlly to spread a true laste in his art, exerts an incomparably higher in¬ fluence. Now, the noblest influence on earth is tliat exerted on character ; and he who puts forth this, does a great work, no matter how narrow or obscure his sphce. Tho father and mother of an unnoliccd faniily, who, in their aeclu- vion, nwaken the mind of one child to the idea nnd love of perfect goodness, who awalien in him a strength of will to rcpcl all tciiplalion, and who send him onl prepared to prufil by the conflicts of lifo, siiriiass in influence a Napoleon breaking the world lo his swav. And not only is their work higher in kind ; who knows, but that they are doing a greater work even as to extent of sur¬ face, than thc conqueror 1 Who knows, but that the being, whom they inspi-.e ivilh holy and disinteresled principles may comniunicnle himselflo others; and tluit, by a spreading agency, of whicii they wcro the silent origin, improve¬ ments may spre.id through a nation, through the world 1
< Dad Pays as niiich as any on *ein !*'
Wc ivere not long since much amused by a couple of Hoosier girl^, who came
on board the steamer , nt tho litlle
town of Wl. \'ernon, Indi.ina. They had evidently never been a thousand miles from home, and were mnking their first trip on a sleamboat. The elder one wns exceedingly talkative, and per¬ fcclly free and unconcerned, with regard to the many eyes ihatwere scanning her movemonls. The other wns of the op¬ posite turn of mind, inclining to bash- fulness. At dinner our ladies were hon¬ ored with a seat at the hoad of the table, and lhe eldest one, with her usual inde¬ pendence, cut her bread into small pie¬ ces, nnd with her fork reached over and enrolled each iiioiithfiil in the nice dress¬ ing on the plate of beefslake before her. Thepassengcrs preserved their gravily during this operntion by dint of great eflbrt. Perceiving that hcr sister was not very forward in helping herself, she turned round to her and exclaimed, loud enongh to be heard by holt the lable— "Sal, dip into the gTavyr^nJDud pays as much as any on 'em !"' This was fol¬ lowed by a general roar, in which the cnptain led oil". Tho girls arrived at their place of deslinalion belbre supper, and when they left the boal all hands gave three cheers for the girls of the Hoosier State.—Cincinnati Xonpareil.
The prisoners in Boston jail, nbout 100, were treated to an eleganl dinner on Christmas day.
The Praying Sailer Beys
The Cornelia was a good ship, (said one of the West Indian chaplains of the American Seaman's Friend Society,) but t one time wo feared ilint she was on ier last voyago. We were but a Tew lays onl from N. York, when « severe storm of five days' continuance uvei look
IS.
1 must tell you of a feat of a Connec- icut boy nt the height of lhe storm. Ho was lilerally a boy, and far belter filled for thumbing W ebsier's Spelling Book than Inrling a snil in the storm.—But his mother was a widow, and whero could thc boy earn a living for himself -nd mother better tban alsea! Tho hip was rolling fearfully. Some of the rigging got foul of the mainmast henj, nnd it was necessary that some one should go Ilp aud rectify h. It waa a perilous job. J was standing nenr tbe mate, and hoard him order the boy to do it! He lifted his cap and glanced at the swinging mast the boiling, wrathful seag- and at the steady, deturniined counten¬ ance of Ihe mate. He hesitated in si' ence a moment, them rushing across the deck he pilched down intotbe forecastle. Perhaps he was gone Iwo minutes when he returned, laid his hands on the rail¬ ings, nnd went up with a will. My eyes lollowing him lill my head was dizy, when I turned and remonstrated wilb the mate for sending the boy aloft. He conld not come down nlive! Why did you send himl '] did it.' replied the mate to snve hi.s life.    We've sometiraea
lost  men overboard, but never a boy.	
See how he holds like squirrel. Heis more careful, he'll come down safe*-l hope.
Again I looked till lears dimmed my eye, and I was compelled to lurn away, expecting every moment to catcb « glimpse of his last fall.
In about fifleen or twenly minutes he came down, and straightening himself up with the conscious pride of hnving per¬ formed a manly act, he walked aft with a smile on his countenance.
In the course of tho day, I took occa¬ sion to speak to him, and nsked him why he hesitated when ordered aloft 1—
'I went sir,' said   the   boy, 'to pray.'	
'Do you pray 1' 'Yes, sir; I thought that 1 might not come down alive and went to commit my soul to God.' 'Where did you learn to pray V At home my mother wanted me to go to the Sabbath- school and my teacher urged me to pray to Uod to keep me; and I do.'—'What was that you had in your jacket 1' ^M.y Testament, which my teacher gave me. I iho't if I did perish I ivould have the Word ofGod close to my heart.'—C/irw- tian Intelligencer.
Affection of Birds.
The aflcction which birds choiv to their young is very grent, nnd contin¬ ues in many instances lill the ne.vl breed¬ ing aeason. Our common hen will keep her last brood by her side until she lays again, and I have observed that they roost next her during a whole ivinter nfler they are full grown. Hcr interest in them does not cease lill fhc following spring, when she Ims a frfsli chnrge to bring up. An instance of this cire and iifleclion in sparrows is nipiitioned by .Mr. Graves, in his British Ornithology.
"Having noticed," he .iays, "that tho inirent birds conlinued to bring food to the nest for some inonths aflcr the brood bad left it, we had the curiosity lo place a ladder against the wall for the purpose of a?cerlniiiing the cause, when toour surprise, we found a full grown bird in the nest, which hnd gol its leg complete¬ ly entangled in sonu thread ivhich had formed part of the nest, in such a man¬ ner as to entirely prevent it leavin, the nest. Wishing to sec how long the in¬ dustry oflhe old birds ivould be exten¬ ded in behalf of their imprisoned olT- spring, we left the bird and nest in the state we found it, nnd observed lhal the parenl birds conlinued to supply food during the whole of the autumn nnd some pnrt of the winter inonths ; but the weather setting in very severe soon afler Christmas, fearing iho sever¬ ol the weather would occasion ihe death i)f the imprisoned bird, wo disengaged its leg, nnd in a day or iwo it accompa¬ nied lhe old birda in search of food ; but they conlinued to feed it till the month oi .March, and during the whole time lhcy all nestled in the same spot.''
A RurirF.—Whenever you gel a black eye by a fall on the ice, or from rnnning agninst the bed post, or from running nivay from a powerful fist, npply a cloth wrung out of very wurm waler and re¬ new it until the pnin ceases. The mois¬ ture and heat liquifies the blood and sends it back to the proper channels.—¦ Use warm or hol, but never cold water to the bruise. A doctor would charge a guinea for this  advice; we give it gra-
A year of pleasuro passes likca fleeting bresMi but a moincut of misfortune seems an age of pain.