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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-10-16

M,x,Ms TO LIVE BY.-Sef will is so ardent and
active. that il will break world 10 pieces to make
stool to sit on .,
Remember always to mix good sense with good
things, or they will become disgusting.
Irrilabilhy urges us to take step as much too
soon, as slolh does TOO late.
sav the strongest thing you can with candor and
kindness TO mans face, and make the best excuse
you can for him with truth and justice, behind his
back.
10 have TOO mnch forethought is the part ot
wretch; to have too little is the part OF a fool.
II a man has quarrelsome temper, let ilm aJu. IT..
the world will soou find him employment. ,c ile
will soon meet with some one stronger than ".i'e''
who will repay him better than yon can. man
may 6gh. dueIs all his life if he is disposed 70 quarrel
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-10-16

The REAL THING We have heard tha!a musical
.m.lner being present in room where Jenny Lind
was The "nark of all observers,'aw fly allshs up
on her cheek. Jenny brushed it of. The gentle
man, eve followed the fly till he saw it alight on q
window; there he captured it and pouring from us
snuabox its contents, he put the fly therein, fa'Sea
the box to his lips, and then feryently placed = ~
his bosom The buz of that fly was 'wes'e' 'laa
hageolet
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-10-16
EDWIN l.. PARKER,
ywx \ cNrSTER & SCOTT.

Tyx y esErSTER & SCOTT.
GENTLEMENS' FURNISHING STORE,
ITO Chestnut St. few doors above seventh PhIlaepnA'
Manufacturers Of Patent Shoulder Seam Sn"5s Co'"'''
Bo,oms. and dealers IN Hosiery, Gtores, OHder
Garmenis, Sc, Sc
Wiurhestcr's Patent Shoulder Seam Shirts
yT,s Improyed aud systematzcd cut OF Shirts IS adapted
the form of the ueck, breast aud shoulders gNlng eS ~
comtor 20 the wearer obviaug many OF the dhcueS
Sr xn,r;rncrd from III fitting shirts The attention OF
r,anors visiting Philadephia particularly mv InS ar
ticle as supplying d. >ideram long desired u "pP9
1vays on hand aud made 10 order at short notlce'
Philadelphia, May 20, 1850 -ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-10-16

Some say that Marys breast is sleel-
The lying rascals have forgotten
That bosoms now have ceased 10 feel,
And why? because they're made OF oo''oD'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-10-16

%. An Trishman lost child in Ireland and aller-
wards emigrated to this country, where he lost an
other. Wishing to obtain a grave stone that woulu
tell the whole story, he had The lines engraved up
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06
Il 7Nlurorou9 &kctctl.
HUNTING AN OFFICE.
BY JOE MILLER, JR.

1t was a sad day in Snooksvile old
Seth Smith, the Postmaster, was taken with
an apopectic fit. Every one felt sorrow
ful-yet there were general gueSses as to
who would be his successor. The merits
of the supposed candidates were duly cam
vassed but most people thought that old
Ma'am Smith-Se,h's wife that was-his
widow she would be-ought to hav- it.
Peleg Pap did not agree with this; hadn't
he fought and failed for the party! and
what had Nla'am Smith done? Nothing
and should fat office like that-the post
masters receipts for the last year had
reached $40, and business was increasingly
should an office like that be given to
woman who never was '.delegate," and
didn't know how to clecuoneer "Jus-
tice," thought Peleg, "justice forbds."-
The die was cast ; Pelrg determined to apply
Tor the office, start Immediately for Wash
ngton, and settle the business at once
II was true old Sath was not yet dead but
people always died iapopleXy seized them,
and therefore il was best to secure the first
chance. There was one difficulty which
bothered him considerably; where was his
petition, and who would sign a recommen-
dation? The petition he could draw him
self, but the signers-there was the rub
no one would sign his recommendation
until Seth was dead, and many would re-
fuse until he~was buried and yet there
was no time TO be lost. But good polti-
clan is prepared for every emergency
Pap searched his portfolio. There he
found in one corner the very thing he
wanted ; an old petition to the head bur-
CESS to have the lamp post removed, to
which Pap had himself obtained the sigma
lures of the leaders of the party, and some
of the best men of the opposition. The
petition was useless, the lamp post having
been removed by strong March wind, in
a very summary manner. But the sigma
lures were just as good as ever. 1t re-
quired but moments consideration, and,
by brilliant maneuvre, Peleg detached
the paper containing the signatures from
the petition, wafered them to his own,
seized his carpet-bag and umbrella, and
travelled.
Arrived at Washington, Peleg jumped
into hack, and was rapidly driven to the
post Office department. Unfortunately, the
postmaster had just gone oat to the Execu-
tive mansion to attend cabinet council
To the White House Peleg proceeded,
hoping to nail the President and Postmaster
General at once. The cabinet conference
was long. After amusing himself for five
hours in examining the furniture of the
Presidents house, pairing his nails, and loll'
ing on the ottomans, MIR. Pap was inform.
ed by a servant that the President woulc
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06
SELECT POETRY.
THE SPRING OF LIFE is PAST.

The following lines, from the BouisUill
Journal, are above ali praise--surpassng
beautiful
The spring of life is past
With It's budding hopes and fears,
Aud the autum time is coming
With lis weight Of weary years
Our loyonsness is fading,
Our hearts ale dimmed with care,
And yonlh's fresh dreams of gladness,
All perish darkly there.
While bliss was blooming nearus
In the hearts first burst of spring,
While many hopes could cheer us.
Life seemed glorious thingl
Like the foam upon river
When The breeze goes ripping o'er
These hopes have He'd forever,
To come 10 Us no more.
It's sad-.yet swccl--to listen
To The soft winds gentle swell,
Aud think we hear the music
Our childhood knew SO well
To gaze out on the even,
And the bouudless fields of air,
And we feel again our boyhood's wish,
To roam, like angels, there.
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling around the past
And from that tomb of feeling,
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms we loved 50 dearly,
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and the lovely,
SO fair TO look upon
Those bright and gentle maidens
Who seemed so formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly
For such a world as this;
Whose soft, dark eyes seemed swimming
In sea of liquid light,
And whose locks Of gold were streaming
Ger brows 50 sunny bright
Whose smiles were like the sunshine
In the spring time of the year
Like the chaugeiul CLEANS OF April,
They followed every tear;
They have passed--like hope away
All their loveiness has fled
Oh many heart is mourning,
That they are with the dead.
Like the brightest buds of summer
They have fallen from the STEM
Yet Oh ! it is lovely death,
To fade from earth like them
Aud yet the thought is saddening,
To muse on such as they
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing fast away;
That the fair ones whom we love,
Like the tendlls OF a vine,
Grow closely to each loving heart
Then perish Oh their shrine
And we can but think of these
In the soft and gentle spring,
When the trees are waving DER us,
Aud flowers are blossoming;
For we know that winters coming,
With hlS cold aud stormy sky
And the glorious beauty round Us,
Is budding but 10 DIE!
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06
JENNY LIND.

The n. Y, Home Journal give the fol-
lowing interesting verites concerning the
domestic habits of the Nightingale;
During her two years engagements in
London, Jenny Lind hired the suburban
residence of a stout and worthy citizen,
taking his furniture, his carriage aud coach
man, his servants and house belongings, of
all descriptions on rent. The only addi-
ton that she made to the usual service of
the establishment was the attendance of an
English chaplain, who, upon the open lawn
of the garden, whenever the weather would
any way permit, or otherwise in the draw
ing-room, reformed the devotions of the
English Church for the assembled house
hold. The coachman, as is the custom in
England, had accommodations for his family
in wing of the stables; and bis wife, the
mother of two or three young YEN,
was employed as ''washer and " -
While, with proffers Of attention auosac-
quaintance from the rank and fashion OF
London, the fair Swede was unavailingly
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

~ AM TOO POOR TO GIVE UP MY PAPER ~
A woman in Maine recently renewed her sub
scription 10 a Portland paper with the re-
mark that "she was infinitely too poor to do
without it," There is a great deal compre-
hended in this declaration. People-even
those who are in straighteued circumstances
can dispense with many things rather than
with newpapers, How much has even the
poorest saved by attentiyely perusing some
one of the public journals which has been
his daily or weekly visilaui! II should be a
universally admitted fact, that u newspaper
is one of the accessories, not one of the luxu-
ries oflife. Every journalist in the country,
by taxing his memory moment, could easi-
" illustrate the truth of the posilion-andn-
deed there are very few in any community
whose experience does not enable them to
bear testimony to it. A newspaper is mine
of wealth 10 millions, if they never saw one,
would have reason TO say that they wers
poor indeed - Lopell Journal.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

a HORRIBLE FlGHT.-On the evening of
the llh instant, fatal ahray occurred at
Monterey, a small town in Texas, near the
upper part OF Caddo parish, CLa.) between
Reuben r. Harrison and John Lester on
the one side, and John Collins on the other
so says the Shreveport GQceite, which
adds
"The difficulty originated in the follow
ing manner Harrison had Just returned
from trip to Alabama with his family, and
while getting off the boat at Monterey,
(near which he lived), some game chickens,
that he had brought with him, got loose,
and Lester, who was in his employ, while
ordering a negro to catch them, brought on
dispute with Collins. Collins, who was
blacksmith, went to his shop, and after
preparing his gun, called to Lester to come
down If he wanted satisfaction. Harrison
and Lester went to the shop, and as the lat
ter stepped in, Collins knocked him down
with his tongs, when he was shot with a
repeater by Harrison. He then turned
upon the latter, and struck him on the
head and again turned and struck Lester,
when Harrison shot him second tIme.-
After receiving the last wound, Collins
threw the tongs at Harrison, which struck
him Just below the eye, and went down in
his mouth. He then took sledge hammer,
and, we are told, beat his brains out. Les
ter died instantly-Collins lived until next
morning. They Were all men of families
We were acquainted with neither of the
parties personally, but knew Mi. Harrison
from reputation, who, though wild, was
much esteemed.n
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

THERE is IN the workhouse al Yeovil, Eng
land, femal infant orphan, six weeks old,
weighing only two and half pounds
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

A YouNG Miss having been invited to a
military ball, inquired with great simplicity
if all the ladies were expected to bare arms
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

WHAr'we commonly call falling star is
believed by the Arabs to be dart launched
by the Almighty at an evil genius; and, on
beholding one, they exclaim, "May God
transfx the enemy of the faith"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06
ALEXANDER G. CATTELL.

SUCCESSOR TO JAMES NJ. BOLTON, DECD
COMMISSION & FORWARDING uER-
GIANT,
For the sale Of Grain, Flour Seeds, Iron, Lnm-
Der &c.
No. 10 North Wharvcs,
PHILADELPHIA.
Goods forwarded with care, to all points on the
Schuylkill, Union, Susquehanna and Junlata
Canals.
" Salt, Plaster, Grindstones SC, for sale at
the lowest prices.
Philadelphia, June ?, ls49.-ly
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

IN manufacturing gold pens, The gold pass-
es through eighteen different stages before it
appears perfect pen.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06
STRAW BONNET

! I@II 4H-I-' 2 @IN OI''l
Nc. 80 North Second street, opposite The
Madison House.
VUNHE subscribers would call the attention of
il Country Merchants and Milliners to their ex-
tensiye assortment of fashionable SPRING AND
SUMNER BoSSETs AND HATS of the newest styles.
Also, large and general assortment of French
and American Artificial Flowers, Ribbons, Crown
Innings, Oil Silk, Wire, Quillings Buckram, &c,
which they offer at prices that defy competition.
N. B.--Palm Leaf Hats By the case or dozen.
W. NJ. & ]. E. MAULL,
Bonnet and Hat Manufacturers,
80 North 2d street.
Philadelphia June 2, ls49.--
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

V>EAs, from the New York Canton and Pekin
Il Tea Company. For sale by
J. w. FRILING.
eunbury, Dec. 2, ls4s
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

The following lines, from the Louisville
Journal, are above ali praise--surpassingly
beantiful
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-06

ApRLo
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
DIVORCES.

AS question oflaw, we never did be-
lieve that it was within the constitutional
scope of legislative power to grant d.
vorces. Can the legislature absolve A..
from an obligation to pay B. debt
which he has contracted to pay: Is not
marriage a contract? How then can
the legislature impair the obligations of
that contract? 1t is true, that in equity
a contract may lose its moral force and
be regarded as invalid and imperative;
but the exclusive jurisdiction in questions
of equity, is court of chancery. The
Legislature is incapable of equity.
A decision on this point has just been
been made, which we quote from the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin:
"The opinion Of the Supreme Court,
delivered by Judge Coulter yesterday,
in the case Of Jones VS.. Jones, is one of
very great Importance. The principle
established is, that divorces granted by
the Legislature for causes within the ju-
risdiction of the Courts, are unconstitu-
tional and void. AS our Legislature has
granted mnch the largest number of d.
vorces in the state for a number of years,
this decision will invalidate great pro-
portion of them"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
especially the Ontonagon

ductive; especially the Ontonagon
mines.
Shows are very deep through the most
of the route.
This is another of the express trains
sent through by the Fur Company.
1t must be very evident that this is the
most speedy route for the conveyance of
mails between the copper mines and the
States.
What can be the reason that less and
less ice is formed in the great lakes, ev-
cry year? Can it be that their waters
are gradually dissolving large deposits of
salt, and are becoming too briny to
freeze? The lakes are no doubt quite
modern formation compared with the
oceans; but there is no certainty that
their waters in time may not become sa-
line. The lakes may be compared to
immense saline watts, the process Of
evaporation, while it carries up incalcu-
liable quantities of water in vapor, leaves
the salt in the lakes if there is any in
them; and must in process of time, make
them bodies of salt water.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13

Ourproposition for claim association,
contemplated the purchase of a small
tract of ground for every man amongst
us, who was willing to buy it, at Sl.25
per acre. When the reserve is sold,
and our people, poor as we mostly are,
attend unassociated the sale, and find
ourselves bidding for land against the
large capital of half a dozen resident
and nonresident capitalists, and unable
to run up bid above $4,000 or so, for
want of cash, the people will understand,
why the Chronicle, with its instructive
tendencies to Federalism, is opposed to
any plan of association amongst the De-
mocracy of Numbers, to prevent the
grasping avarice of Capital, from OBJ
tanning monopoly Of choice lands and
locations.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
thence to Fond du Lac, and report bills

thence to Fond du Lac, and report bills
therefor. ~
And also introduced bill, read twice
and referred, topunish crimes and often
ces in the Indian country in Minnesota
and Oregon;
Also, a bill ssfor the benefit Of Mime
sofa Territory"
Also, bill "for the construction Of
certain roads in Minnesota Territory"
1t will be seen that Mr.. Sibley is look
ing sharp after our Territorial business
in Congress.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
A New Phase of Mrs. Gaines Case.

"A new fnaSe OF MIS- G0lneS' CaSes
The New Orleans Delta states that it
is not probable that this case will be pro-
ceeded with at the appointed time, and
that recently, new claimant to the vast
estate of the late Daniel Clark has ap-
peared in court, contesting the claims of
Mrs. Gaines. This is Mrs. Caroline
Barnes, who claims to be the daughter
of Daniel Clark by Zulime Carriere,
and eldest sister to Mrs. Gaines. Mrs.
Barnes rests her pretentions upon the
allegation, that Daniel Clark acknowl-
edged in his lifetime that said Caroline
was his daughter,-that such acknowl-
edgement is contained in letters to
Daniel Cox, of Philadelphia, in which
Clark states that Zulime Carriere was
then enciente by him, and begs that Cox
will make the necessary provision for
her. The child born is alleged to be
the present cl aimant. Some years after
birth, it is averred that Daniel Clark
married Zulime, and thereby legitimated
the petitioner as his lawful daughter and
forced heir. Myra MRS. Gaines) was
not born for six years after. The pres
ent claimant avails herself of all the
proof collected by Mrs. Gaines, to es-
tablish the marriage of Daniel Clark
and Zulime Carriere, and she relies up
on Clark's own letters to prove that she
is his own issue.
If this be so, it does not alter the mer-
it's of the case, but merely renders Mrs.
G. co-heiress of Daniel Clark instead
of sole heiress.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
Fearless Old Harry!

In his speech on the compromise bill,
Mr.. Clay said:
"Now, sir, was extremely sorry to
hear the Senator from Mississippi say
that he requires. first, the extension of
the Missouri compromise line to the Pa
cific, and then that he is not satisfied
with, but he requires, if l understand
him Alright, positive provision for the
admission of slavery south of that line.
Now, sir, coming from slave State as
do, owe it to myself, l owe it to truth,
owe it to the subject, to say that no
earthly power could induce me to vote
for the positive introduction of slavery
South or North of that line. Applause
in the galleries, Immediately checked by
the officers of the Senate. 1t is SOL
emn, deliberate, long-matured declara-
tion--no earthly power shall ever COM
pei me to vote for the positive introduce
ton of slavery either south or north of
that line. No, sir, no! We reproach
Justly reproach-our British ancestors
for the introduction of that institution in
this country. am not for laying the
groundwork of an institution for which
the prosperity of California-perhaps
the present inhabitants of California and
New Mcxico-shall reproach us for do
ing toward them what We reproach Great
Britain for doing towards us. If they
choose to establish slavery themselves,
and come here with a Constitution es-
tablishing slavery, am for admitting
them with their institution, because it
will be their work, not mine. Their
posterity will have to reproach them not
me; for in that case they come with a
Constitution establishing slavery
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
TRANsCENDENTALIsM.

We can excuse the transcendent style,
when it is coupled with transcendent
thoughts. Our attention has been drawn
this way, by notice in that superlative
paper, "The Home Journal, ola course
of lectures in New York city, by Emer-
son of Boston; that man whose mind is
sort Of sub-soil plow, stirring up the
underestimate of other men s thoughts; he
says:
''Men who know the same things, are
not long the best company for each 9th
er. But bring to- Aaoh on Intelligent
person Of another experience, and it is
as if you let off water from lake, by
cutting a lower BASIN"
Again he says, to show the value of
truly great mind, to all the community
which it irradiates:
1.-The knowledge, that in the city is a
man who invented the railroad, raises
the credit of all the citizens. But enor-
nous populations, if they be beggars,
are disgusting, like moving cheese, like
hills of ants, or of heas-the more, the
worse"
Here follows beautiful thought; and
yet not an original thought; for who has
not thought SO: but it is thought to
which Mr.. Emerson has added great
force, by combining an analogy with it,
as thread of gold if wound upon an
apple is thrown across a river:
A man is centre for nature, running
out threads of relation through every
thing, fluid and solid, material and ele-
mental"
Then follows something for few of
our readers; the rest need not "bother"
over it.:
"Senates and sovereigns have no COM
pliment, with their medals, swords, and
armorial coats, like the addressing to a
human being thoughts out of certain
height, and pre-supposing his intelli-
gence. This honor, which is possible in
personal interc purse scarcely twice in a
lifetime, genius perpetually pays"
Again:
"Other men are lenses through which
we read our own minds"
Is it not more true that ourselves are
lenses, through which we read others?
Docs not he who has the courage to look
inside, learn more of the nature of man,
than all that he can learn external of
himselfs The writings of Shakespeare,
are Photographic images of all external
characters and creations, converged upon
the crystal lens of Shakespeare own
mind; and looking internally, he saw
pictured there, all actual and possible
combinations of things and thoughts
Shakespeare took external observation in
as other men do; but his study, was in
the secret recess and laboratory of his
own mind.