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From The .Nsrr York -ConsfeilGSol.
CHANGING HJSBANDs

As two ladies were coming out Of
one of our fashionable churches the
other Sunday, they somehow or other
had the misfortune, in the crowd, to
change husbands mistake which, as
both parties were going the same way,
was not Immediately discovered. Each
OF the ladies. as soon as they had got
her gentleman by the arm, naturally
began to talk with all her might in or
der to make up for the long silence she
had been obliged to maintain while in
church.
Mrs. A. addressing Mr.. b. began
My dear, what made you get asleep
in the middle Of The sermons I am
actually ashamed Of your conduct
My conduct. my dearf' said Mr.. b
Pm sure didn't get - Sleep
Not get TO sleep! How can you
tell such fib-and on Sunday too!--
Didn't ! have 10 Jog YOU half dozen
times before I could wake you ups'
BY no means--I hav'nt been asleep
to-day, my dear. Surely your thoughts
nusi have been strangely wandering
from the purposes Of worship, to have
taken such a fancy into your head
What made you imagine ! was asieepT'
'lmsgine, SIR there's no ina gination
ia the ease--i,'s all matter Of fact
Why, man alive, you snored 50 loud
az to wake up half the congregation
then you began TO talk in your sleep,
and IL ] hadn't wsked you up Just as
did, dOB't know what would have
been the consequence. Fiel 6e! ny
dear, I'm really shoe kcd al you.'
Al me. Mrs. Is. shocked at me I'D
have you TO know, Mrs. B.
Mrs. B.! Who's Mrs. b. Why
the man 10 crazy. Let me tell you,
Mr.. A. this eondset is pnbeeoming-
yes, Mr.. A. I'll just inform you, Mr..
A.
Who the ID 10 Mr.. Az Why,
Mrs. b. you must be crazy instead Of
me-
BY this time the gentleman and lIdy
begsn 70 be mutually suspicious u the
souudness Of one another's intelleets
aud locking IN each others faces 60
conuFm thelr suspicious, they ~ the
same time discovered that each had
got The wrong partner.
10 the mean time Mrs. b. before she
had got fairly over the threshold Of the
church, afectioRAtoIy pressed the arm
II Mr.. A. began--'My dear, what a
beautiful l,unnet Mrs. T~iicheIl has
got DID you notice itf'
NO, ! dad not, replied Mr. A. but
! dare say IL must be handsome, since
you commend a.; alWays rely upon
your taste, YOU know. BY the by, ny
dear, what are yoa going 70 have for
dinner
why, piece of roast mutton.
Roast nation! y exclaimed Mr. A.
turning up his nose--l'd as Iiese cat
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CHRIsTIANIrY.

The real christian can never be un
happy, batting the pressure Of immedi-
ate bodily anguish. and even through
the fortunes Of the rack q steady belief
in God must be powerful and an en-
during support. No earthly prospect,
however desolate-no danger, however
formidable, can overcome him with
terror or despair; for his thoughts are
ever dwelling on the something beyond,
in the full peace and bliss Of which a
few brief struggles will place him.
He may tread cheerfully the most re
puisive and periious Passage, when he
has the pledge OF a heavenly Father,
that ne will conduct him 90 bliss. RE
embarks on the deep, and has ship may
De tempest-tost, yet what cares he
when he knosDs that the bowling winds
only watt him homewarda to everlast.
ing JOY. What is there to make him
shrink--or weep-or tremble? What
grandeur Of character springs from
this sacred religion! How majestic
does its pure disciple appear descend
ing into the shadowy abyss Of death
He only 10 calm and happy when all
around are writhing in anguish. VIVA,
has the recoiling, the shuddering, be
wildered, borror- stricken atheist te
oder as substitute for q spell so DO.
tent and sublime? What consolation
has he, flung carvlessly into the world,
continually stung with So many kinds
Of anguish; aud SO, dashed and lashed
on to his tOmbl With what awful
and exquisite grief must he stand,
"Where the grAve-mound greeuly swells
Ger buried faith,
and feel that the being he loved has
passed away, and is as il he had never
been! To him the diseases of his life
wear the aspect of 6ends. They are
not the necessary evils which seem e
purity him and prepare him for heaven
They are but the tortures Of an acct.
dental and monstrous state Of aban
donment and confusion-a dark dream
for the joys of which he has no founda
ton; for its wretchedness no reward
whose images are a delusisn, whose
hereafter is q blank.
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a piece of . tom cat. I never could
endure roast mutton---the only decent
way Of cooking mutton is to boil !,
and set IL on the table with plenty oil
drawn butter and parsley.'
'Indeed!' said Mrs. b. somewha,
contemptuousiy, where did you learn
all this knowledge Of cookery, my
dear3
Where did learn it! Why, hav'n,
l always told you, my dear, never to
roast muttohs Pun surprised you should
be so obstinate.
And l'm surprised you should men.
ton this subject now-reaily il 10 the
iirst tine ! ever heard you speak O. IT,
the first 'ime!'
'It is, indeed--bot we won't dispute
about q piece Of mutton in the streets
Oh. what n charming bonnet that was
Of Mrs. Twitchell's! do wish, NY
dear. you'd get me such ene.'
Certainly, il you insist upon it--bu,
where are you goings This 10 not our
house,
Not ours! surely the man is beside
HIMSELF With that Mrs. b. gave the
bell q violent ring, and while she wa,
waiting TOR the servant, she CHANGED
TO look round, and just then discovered
that she had got the wrong man. and lie
perceived also that he had got the
wrong wife. They, Of course, gave .
mutual exclamation Of surprise, and
began to look about them for their lie.
gitimatc partners, when presently ur
came the other odd couple. A hearty
laugh now ensued; mutual apologies
took place q re.exchange was effected
band to her own home. But the diff.
ferent parties, it is said. were not a
little chagrined at the exposure Of their
particular foibles, which took place in
the conversation above related.
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PUBLIC SALE.

HyILL he ,c'd. to The highest bidder. on
w Friday fAe i6sa Of March. ti,lst. st
the subscribers resdcnce. near Halltown,
the following property. 20 wis:
Some good wosk Homes. first rate Cows,
Two Wagons, Pluughs. Hsfrovs,
A large quantity Of Bacon and Lard,
Household aud Kitchen Furniture, such m
Beds. Bedsiesds. Bureaus. Tables. Chairs,
ise,'ee. first rate eighs-dsy Clock.
] wbest Fsn,
About $50 acres Of Wheat in the grousd.
Some Grain in the ground q Mrs Ander.
sons, near II. d. 6srnbart's, and many other
articles too numerous to mention.
credit Of SIX months Willie given on MI
sums over ter dollars, the purchaser giving
bond and approved security. No property
20 be removed until the terms Ut sale ne com.
piled With. Sale to commence early IN the
day. WIN. L. HALL.
March I. 1853.
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THE CASE OF MRS CHAPMAN.

Who was indicted for the murder OF her husband,
last Fall, in Pennsylvania.
In opening the case on the part Of the prosecu-
ton against Mrs. Chapman, MFR. Ross the Prose-
cutting Attorney, made the following statement;
"The indictment contained three
counts, in all Of. which Mrs. Chapman
was charged with being the principal.
in the murder Of William Chapman
The following 10 the substance Of the
testimony, to sustain which Mr.. II.
said the prosecution were able, and
should proceed TO adduce evidence.
"About the middle of last May. a
stranger appeared, in a lone and dis.
tressed condition, at the residence of
MIR. William Chapman, at Anduiusis,
in this county. He asked protection
for the night, which wss readily grant.
ed. His reception being cordial, as
ne was considered an object of pity,
he prolonged bic stay. In short time
he contracted 40 intimacy with Mrs.
Chapman, which continued to inc rease
daily. until Mrs Chspmsn's afEes tons
became entirely divorced from her
husband, and given to the stranger. -
The evidence on this point viii dis
close scene Of the basest and black.
est crime. An illicit connexion Vas
known to exist between the stranger
and Mrs. c. Her friends and family
saw it, and it aroused their warmes,
indignation. So open and barefaced
was tho woman's infamy tina: no abomi.
nations from her friends had the small.
est effect upon her. She was repeat.
eddy heard TO express a wish that her
husband was gone.
"Oo the 10Th Of June, this stranger
left Anduiosia, and went 10 PhiladeI
phia. While 10 the city he purchased
y quantity Of arsenic, !or the purpose,
az he stated, Il preparing q collection
OF birds for the South American mar.
ket. tie returned TO Andulusia in
q day or two, add shortly after Mr.
Chapman was taken 49,. On the 10Th
OF June, : physician was cent for ;
he came, but thought il unnecessary to
prescribe medicine. On the Monday
following, Mrs. Chapman made some
chicken soup for her husband; she
seasoned il while in the kitchen, and
conveyed il TO the parlour, where no
person was present bot this stranger.
In bis presence she mixed poison with
il, S0d took il Up 10 Mr Chapman
Mr.. &. partook Of a small quantity,
after which IL was thrown away, as al.
80 was the chicken Of whieh it was
made. Ducks belonging to a neigh.
boring farm, Hhieh we're observed ever
the chicken and soup, died in a short
tine after. Mr.. Chapman grew worse
raP'diyj he complained u burning
hest ~ hIs stomach; he complained OF
suffering the most exerueiaiing pain,
and vomited II intervals Of ten or &c
teen minutes. Mrs. Cbsprnsn was re.
qpesisd 70 send Tor q physician, bot
she refused. On TDesday a similar
request ass made, bot without effect.
A gentleman who visited SIC. G. WAS
.dri'cn from bis room, notwithstanding
Nc. C.'s earnest regsest that he might
Iremai0. Laic IN The evening, how
ever, . physician was sent for; ne
came Immediately and prescribed ealo.
mel, but hy Mrs, & = orders, not 4
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lying on the Shenandoah river, adjoining
the lands Of the late Thomas Keyes. Ste
phen Dalgsrn and Others. upon which
Thomas Will now resides, and which be-
longs TO the heirs Of Martin Sheeler. dec d.
There IL upon IL never failing spring OF
excellent water. and the improvements are
IN good repair.
Terms Of saie--one third Of the purchase
money 10 hand, one third payable in
twelve. and one third in eighteen months,
after the day Of sale. the purchaser giyins
bond With COED personal security and .
iiea upon the property for the payment
thereof The title is believed indisputsbls
p. G. McCABE. Cop.r,
ePpointsd by The Court
Feb. 9. 1882.
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PUBLIC SALE.

WILL sarr AZ public sale, on Sa-
j. turday the 10th Of March next, 81
'hs shoP formerly occupied by the sub
'enber 20 Sbepherdstown, two valuable
sets o. Blaeksmiths Tools, such az Bel
lo"s' ApyIls, Vices-and a great variety
oi hr,tFsie Screw Plates, from an eight
" 30 ieeh 70 one and bali inches Also,
o'9es' aud Paiest Hoop end Tyre
Dendef--sevsraI fret rate earrisge and
ut opnngs-snd many other articles toe
tedious 70 enumerats.
~ = credit Of 5 months will be given on
~ sums above 8 dollars, the purchaser
u"iag bond with good seeoFily; ell suns
dollars and under. the cash win Be
'eq'hred Sale 70 Commences a. 1 o'clock
'ho due attendance given BY
PEI -, 1889.
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Melancholy .4ceident. We learn
that sbooner cspsiEsd pcsr Fors
Warrington, during The severe blow
on Tsursdsy 0ight, and al hands on
board persisted. The Steam Boat
Sidney then on its way up wiis the
msii r. IN Potomac Greek, was una
BILE to render any assistance. The
name OF the vessel is not knoWn.
.fer H~raf.f
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sFw oaIFaEs. IAN. %.

daofher IGaiT.-A meeting took
place on Saturday between two gentle
men % this city, a. which, alter the
hrsl IRE was exchanged, one II the
parties stepped forward and offered his
hand 20 his antagonist. uho rsfissed ~.
The ground was then rsisken, snd ths
party refusing, shot inslabtly dead
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The Philadelphia National Gazette
states, that the Procession in that
city on the 22d, embraced nearly
twenty thousand persons; IL was be
tween three and four miles 10 length
IL consumed tvo hours ia moving
steadily past any particular spot.
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PoET10AI.
From The Southern Clarion.
THE LAND OF OUR BIRTH.

FROM me SSufhcrn CidfTou.
THE LAND OF OUR BIRTH.
There ~ noe spot in this vide peopled Garth
so dear 70 the heart ~ the land al our birth:
Iis the horne Of our childhood. the beautiful spot
which mem'ry retains when all else is forgot
May The blessings Of God
Ever haiiov the soJ,
And its valleys and hills BY our children be trod
Can the language ef strangers in accents unknown,
he face may be fair, and tho smile may be bland
But brcathcs not the tones Of our dear native
land.
There's no spot on earth
Like the land Of our birth,
Wherehsroes keep guard DER the altar and heal ii.
How sweet Is the language ~hici. taught Us 10
The dear names Of parent OF husband, aud friend;
Which taught US TO lisp on our mothers soft
breast,
The ballads she sung as she rocked us TO rest.
May the blessings Of God
Ever hxllov the sod,
And i's valleys and hills by our children be trod
Prom The PIildeiphia Saturday Courier.
THE BURIAL OF HELEN GRAY,
LOWS MAHrra
They buried her at even, in her bridal robes ar
rayed,
Close by the gushing fountain, and beneath the
hcmlock shade;
And beautiful she looked, though all life's glow
ing tints had flown
1 he martyr To a love which dwrlls in vomsn's
heart alone,
The roses yet were wrestling in her curis Of sun
ny hair,
And the smile, the vanished spirit left upon her
lip. vas there;
he sunsets parting ray CLEANED like glory on
her brow,
And crimsoned DER her paild check With an un-
earthly glow.
Aud he Was there-and silently he gszed on his
Who, for his sake, had flung from her the love Of
all be side
He knew thst she hal loved him thcn--and somc-
thing like . smile
Played on his lip. though his proud heart was
bursting all the ~hilc.
He .pept not for hi, lost one-but the shadows of
despair
Were gathering round his spirit then-and mad
ness settled there
The flower that bloomed upon his path had faded
from his sight,
And earth, to him, was all devoid of loyeIipes,
and light
They buried her at evening.-'Tis tale Of other
days;
Yet they her gentle spirit by the shaded foun-
tain strays;
But no-her loved ones long have fed, why should
she hither roam
She bath esimer restiug-plsce ia Heaven, n
brighter home!
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n neesssIious man Who gives large
dinners, pays large sums 90 be laughed
az.
Most mtn abuse courtiers. end e..
feet 10 despise courts; vet usost men
sts preod Of tho scqoaintance II the
enc, and would be glad 60 live in thc
|ethcr.
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PUBLIC SALE.

"lLL be seId, to the highest bid
w der, on the first day Of March
Court next, before the Court. house door.
in Chsrlestown. that
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Poor Michael Pullam, about sixty
years sinee, fell dead at the door OF
the Dublin green room, q moment or.
ter leaving the stage from having been
eneore'l ~ the song Of "Je ne sesi
gn0i," 10 Dimond's operate farce Of
Brother and Sister. ~ his funeral,
an old lTIshwOman, a. she saw the bod
deposited IA the gave, SAID, "Ah.
poor sie, you've got your Pr ticket az
last"
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Reripf % elenn bLnek Lnre PnI.. !

Recipe 10 eieGn black Lace Peiis. -
These are eleansed by passing them
through warm liquor o. bulIock's gall
and water; after which they must be
rinsed IN cold water; then cleaned for
stifsning, and finished as follows:
Take a small piece Of glue, abou,
the SIZE OF bean, pour boiling water
upon Il, which will dissolve Il, and
when dissolved, pass the veil through
u; then clap il between your hand $
and frame or pin i, cot, taking care %
keep the edges straight and even.
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Washington Irubig A late mum.
Der Of the London Athenaum has tho
following in relation to our country
mani" Washington Irving, an author
whom We love greatly, is on the point
OF sailing ts America, and we think
he is right; extinction Of literature.
and depression ofarts. riots, and blood.
she'd, and finally, the cholera in Sun
derland, shut up from escape by sea,
with liberty to march wherever il plea
ses by land, are, G, the whole, no
cheering prospect. We hope, II any
Of our men Of genius are compelled TO
seek for peace in America, that they
will be as ell received there rs Wash.
iDgton Irving has been here"
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THE COMET.

THE COMET.
II the prediction Of Astronomers
should be verified, we shall be visited
the present summer with a Comet of
unusual dimensions, which will ap.
proach the earth's orbit more nearly, il
is said. than any former one Of these
sublime and incomprehensible stran-
gers. Some of the accounts state, thai
Il will approach within 90, 900 miles Of
rs. and that il will appear to the naked
eye as large as the full moon, with a
broad coma or tail, streaming through
half the heavens! We regret to see
some disposed TO humor the faneies and
superstitions Of the weak minded and
ignorant, by speaking Of these burning
bodies as celestial omens, premonitory
Of some signal calamity on earth. -
Some have already announced the ex.
pected yisitant as the herald Of war,
betokeniDg the hostile shock Of nations,
the revolution Of states, or the dismem-
berment Of empires; while Others init
mate. that it may "be intended by the
Deity. as an agent to brush away the
heavens and destroy the earth"
Though Science is yet as much in
the dark, respecting the purposes Of
Comets in creation, as ignorance was
two centuries ago, yet we had hoped
that the human intellect vas 60 Gar sd
vsnced towards truth in its researches
after the sresna Of their order, as To
have got rid Of supersiitious terror. -
Especially after the events in Virginia,
connected with the singular appearance
OF the Sun last Summer, we hoped, al
least, that prudence would have sug-
gested lesson Of caution, and that
those whose business il il to enligh,en
public sentiment, would have spoken
OF the Comet as connected with ply
sicGL, rather than with moral or po{ii.
cal causes. Without hazardine a con.
lecture as TO the uses or ends for which
they are designed, il is sufficient for
presumptuous man to know, that Wild
and eccentric as they seem to the eve
Of reason. they constitute an indispen-
sable and orderly part Of q wise, har-
monious and magnificent whole.
HaLefgh ~. &. J Rsgisseg.
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HrNT TO LOvERs-By Mys. g. Hall.
IF youth IL wooingly disposed to-.
wards any damsel, 80 lac values his
happiness let him follow my adVice:-
Call on the lady when she least ex-
poets him, and take note Of the ap.
lPesranes Of ell that is under her con
troll, ebseFVe IL the shoe fits neatIy--if
the gloves are clean, and the hair neat
l--snd would foFgiysa msn fof break
ing % an engagement IL he discovered
"a greasy novel hid away under the
Cushion Of sofa, or . hole 10 the gar.
nl,ufe Of the prettiesi foot in the world.
Slovsnliness will ever be avoided by q
we'll regolated mind, as would a pest.
leaee. A woman cannot always be
what is called dressed, 4" particularly
one 10 middIing or humble lie, where
her duty, and u is hoped her pleasure.
lies 10 experimenting and assisting in
ali domestic matters; bat she may ri
ways be neat, we'll appointed--snG -
certainly - . viftuOus woman u a
crown Of glory 70 her husband, 20
surely is = slOvenIy one a crown Of
thofns.
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particle vas administered. In the
morning the physician called again, and
asked IL the medicine had been given.
Mrs. c. replied no. aud that il should
not be. Mr.. G. fingered until the 23d
June, when he expired in great pain,
FROM the effects Of poison in his sto.
mach,
Three months after, suspicious as
to the cause Of Mr.. Chapman's death
were excited by subsequent transsc.
tons, and his body was disiuterred,
and his stomach examined. by Sc veral
physicians. They came to the conclu.
sion that his death had been occasioned
by poison, and not by cholera morbus,
as had been given out. In the course
OF the examination, said MIR. r., we
shall lay before you letter from Mrs.
Chapman to Minis, in which are several
curious expressions, winch can emily
be explained by reference to this helm.
Gus transaction.
Mrs. Chapman ascribed her husband s
death to variety Of causes. To some
she averred that he had died from eat
ing large quantity Of chicken; TO
others she called the meat beef; to
others pork; to others veal. 10 nine
days after the death Of Mr.. Chapman,
she was married TO Nina, and az soon
as she became informed tina: suspicious
were excited against her, without offer.
ing word Of explanation, she prompt
ly attempted an escape. These are the
points which the counsel for the prose
cution Informed the jury they should
now proceed TO prove.
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ndIsCHI.xAMEous.

The following opinion Of Washington we re-
cord II this moment with peculiar pleasure 1,
Is extract of letter addressed by the father OF
his country, to Judge Boudinot.
"Ths free cultivation Of letters
the unbounded extension of commerce
the progressive refinement Of man
ners--the growing iiberality of senti,
ment--and, ADORE all. the pure and Be.
nign light Of revelation, has made q
meliorating influence on all mankind,
and increased the blessings Of society
81 now make il my earnest prayer
that God would have you, and the
state over which you preside. in his
holy protection, and that he would in
chine the hearts of the citizens to eul
tivate q spirit Of subordinatiou and ODE
dIence to government; to entertain 9
brotherly affection and love for one
another, for their fellow citizens Of the
United States at large, and particular
ly for their brethren Who have served
IN the field; and finally that he would
most gracioUsIy be pleased to dispose
as ell 10 do justice. to love mercy. and
TO demean ourselves with that charity
humility and pacific temper of mind
which were tho charac teristics of the
Divine Author Of cur 6iessed religion,
without an humble imitation of whose
example IN those things we can never
hope to be . happy nation.
have the honor to be. &c.
GEO WASHINGTON.
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The sileaee often II pure Innocence
Persuades, Waeo speaking fs'is.