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over him ami brandishing u short d q.
ger in his hand, said

over him ami brandishing short e.
ger in his hand, said
"Give me thine arms or die /"
The h art Of the Kings servant
failed in him, and without venturing
to reply, he did as -i,e-was- commanded.
Now go thy way cried the robber
s'rrnly, :" but leave me thy horse, and
leave the mail-lest worse come upou
thee"
The man thorcfre arose, and pro
ceeded towards Berwick, trembling :
and the robbcr, mounting his horse
which he had left, rode rapidly across
the heath.
Preparations were making for the
exc 'utim of Sir John C"chrane-the
officers of the law waited only the or.
rival of the mail with his second de. .,th
warrant. to lead him to the scafToId
and the tidings arrived that the mail
had beel, robbed. For vet fourteen
days the life Of the prisoner would
be prolonged. He again fell on the
neck Of his daughter and wept, and
said
1t is good-the hand of heaven is
in this
Said not replied the maiden, and
for the first time she wept aIoud-'that
my father should not oie!'
The fourteen days we're not vet pas
sed when the prison door flew open.
and the old Earl of Dundnnald rushed
to the arms of his son. His intercrs.
sion with the c"nfessor had been a,
length successful, and after twice sign.
ing the warrant Tor the execution OF
Sir John, which had rs often failed in
reaching its desAnatnMl, the king hal
scaled his pardon. lie hurried with
his father from the prison to his owl.
house. his family were clinging around
him, shedding tears Of joy and they
were marvellIng with gratitude at the
mysterious providence that had twice
intercepted the mail when stranger
craved an audience. Sir John desired
him To- be adinilied-nrm the rubter
entered. He WAS habited, as we hav,.
before described, with course erKir;
but his bearing was above his condi
ton. On entering he slightly touched
his beaver bit remained covered.
When you have perused these,
said he taking TWO pn:,crs from his
bosom, cast them into the fire =
Sir John glanced on them, started
and became pule-thcy werv his death
warrants.
My delivcrer!' exclaimed he, how
shall ] thank thec-how repay he
pre<erver of my life ? My father, nv
children thank him for me!'
The old Earl grasped the hands of
the stranger, the children embraced
his knees; and he burst into tears.
By what name eagerly enqnircd
Sir John, shall call my delivurer Z
The stranger wept aloud, and raising
his beaver, the raven tre>es of GrizcI
Cochranc fell upon the cloak.
Gracious Heavens = exclaimed the
astonished and cnraptured father
My own child my own Grizel!'
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Advice 10 YOugag Women.

Trust not in uncertain riches. but
prepare yourself If for every emergency
in life. Learn to work, and not to be
dependent upon servants to make your
bread sweep your floors and darn
your own stockings. Above all things
DO not esteem too lightly those honor
able young men who sustain them.
selves'and their aged parents by the
work of their hands, while you care
for and receive into your company
those lazy, idle popinjays, who never
lift a finger to holp themselves as long
as they can keep body and soul to.
get or, and, get sufficient to live in
fashion. If you are wise you will look
at the subject as we do; end when you
are old enough to become wivos, you
will prefer the honest mechanic, with
not cent to commence life, to the
fashionable loafer, with a capital OF
ten thousand dollars. Whenever we
hear remarked, "Such a young lady
haa married fortune" u.c always
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REVENUE OF Thieves IN ENGLAND.
Did any of our readers ever ask
how much does thief earn? This is
a financial problem which should re-
celve clear and satisfactory solution.
There are clerks, tradesmen, artists.
clergymen, officers, and journalists,
who have not as large an annual in
come as some expert thieves. A clever
thief can always show you some ready
cash. He gets SO many bales of silk,
hampers OF plate, caske,s of Jewels.
bundles Of bank notes, and all cash
boxes full Of glittering coin, that he
cap afford to live in luxury. The ag
gregate gains of successful deprcdators
IS really astounding to plodding souls,
who never trouble themselves about
the revenues Of the dishonest. But it
IS high time to enquire into the matter.
We find, then, the forty four thieves
are asccrtained to have stolen money.
plate, watches. .jewelry, shop goods,
and other property, amounting to more
than twenty thousand pounds; and
that during single year, the metropo-
Titan police accounted for stolen prop
erty worth forty four thousand pounds.
We need not wo' der at all this. Cen
tlemen are so reckless Of their pocket
books, ladies' Of purses, and tradesmen
OF their goods, that it is easy for a
trained thief TO secure valuable booty &:
and a member of the predatory class
never throws away chance of obtain
ing rich plunder, and plenty of it. We
must not omit to remind our rcadcra
that large number Of thehs, burgla.
ries and street r.bberies are never
punished. The plumber goes to min.
lister to the sensual propcnsities Of the
successful depredator, and the public
rarely get to know anything about the
amount of property taken. Some
illustration pertinent to this remark arc
known to rs. Aman confessed to us
that he drove dozen sheep out OF
Smithtield, and remained unpunished
In another case a woman hold uI
thirty bright sovcreigns which she had
stolen, and which she was then spend
ing in the most shameless manner
and not far from where she stood is :
public house in which a person wa.
robbed by two thieves Of $500. They
arc still at largo. Even the potty thiel
manages to steal half dozen o
handkerchiefs per day! and does moi
think from thirty shillings to two
pounds weekly, extraordinary gain
we know Juvenile thief who car
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"A GRATEFUL NAT1oN.-A wronged
man have been-more wronged than
this world tells Of; forever the public
good has guided me in suffering and in
action but when falsehood is in Wig
orous activity, with encouragement and
support and power; when even from
The Judgment seat insolence and op-.
preston are dealt forth, the dignity Of
human nature gives a right. without
ImPutation or vanity, to avnw good
services. To me, also, as an inspired
truth, has come that passionate burs.
of eloqnence with which Charlie. Fox
repelled enmity. "1'here is a spir
itofi resistance implanted by the Deity
IN the breast of man propo, toned to
the SIZE of the wrongs he is destined
to endure" This spirit prompts me
to vindicate claim to better usage.
lhave won victories, subdued great
kingdom by arms and legislation, So
as to enable million Of human beines
to enjoy life aud lift their heads in
freedom, have opened vast field
for commercial, enterprise by the In
dus, augmented the revenue of the in
dian government by millions !; and in
moment of immin=n. peri! ss&sd
the Anglo Indian Empire from mu-
nifty more formidable than ever bef,,e
menaced its stability. The return ha
been twice to drive me from high and
honorable positions, and all but pro
claim me pubic enemy. In ,ParIia,
ment vilIified b. men without ,irfutf' et:
honor, aatsof fie{fbsded. f. ) 4 ], 81.
bench with9ynlga s5ihs4it refused pro-,
lection against sla,der. leave my &C &c
t'ons to history.-Sir Charles Napier.
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The Richest Mam i'm Wiz
giMia.

GENTLEMEN - have thought, for
sometime. would write for ynur pa.
per something in relation to the riches,
man in Virginia, and tn. largest slave.
holder in the Union, and perhaps in
the world, Unless the scri.., Of Russia
be considered slaves and the wish
expressed in your paper, few days
ago, to know whom it was so wealthy
IN Virginia, induces me 10 write this
now. -
Samuel Hairston :, Of Pittsylvairiia,
is the gentleman. When was in his
section, year or two ago. he was the
owner of between 1000 and LOO
slaves, in his own right, having but n
little Will before taken census. He
also has prospective right to about
1000 slaves more, which are now
owned hy his m"lherin law, Mrs.
Il. Hai st"n, he having married her
only child. He n:iw has the manage.
ment of them, which makes the nun
Der of his slaves reach near three
thousand. They increase at the rate
OF near 100 every year; aud he has to
purchase large plantation every year
to settle them on. A large number
of his plantations are in Henry and
Patrick counties, Virginia. Fle has
large estates in North Carolina. His
landed property in Stokes, alone, is
assessed at $GO0,OOO. His wealth is
differently estimated at from s3.OOO,.
900 to s5,000,OO0; and should think
it was nearer the latter. You think
he has hard lot, but assure you MI.
ilairston manages all his matters as
easy as most persons would an estate
Of $4,000. He has overscers who
are compelled to give him a written
statement Of what has been made and
spent on each plantation, and his ne
groes arc all clothed and fed from his
own domestic manufacture and
raising his own tobacco crop, which is
immensely large, as so much clear
gain every year, besides his increase in
negroes, which is fortune of itself.
And now for his residence. have
travelled over fiftcn States of this
Union, ana have never seen anything
comparable TO his yard and garden
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QUALlFIcATIoNs.-Somebody bs

QUALlFIcATIoNs.-Somebody has
very ttuly y remarked that,
A good a0ye exhibits her love for
her husband by trying to promote his
welfare, and by administering to his
comfort.
a poor vye "dears" and envy
loves her husband, and wouldn't sew
q button to his coat to keep him from
freezing.
a sensible s0!te looks for her enjoy
mcnt at home-a silly one abroad.
a 'csie girl would win lover by
practising those virtues which secure
admiration when personal charms have
failed.
A simple girl cndcavors to recon.
mend herself by the exhibition of friv
olous accomplishments and mawkish
sentiment, which are as shallow as her
mind.
a good girl always respects herself,
and therefore always possesses the re.
spect Of others.
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PRovERn1AL Pu1los,pHv -Wjhen ,

PRovERBIAL When n
man sounds his own trumpet, bo sure
there's crack in it. How few women
deal in more than the bare necessaries
Of conversation. There are min Is as
wellas streets, that want draining. The
glove that duchess wears to-dey NAV
cover the hand Of her housemaid to.
morrow, cleaning the CRATE. The best
word in many books is " Finis," IIe
that contesses to one particular weak
ness. has many more in reserve. How.
few comes within ear shot of Fame
The tears of his hearers are the prea, h.
er's applause. Mamnon ties as many
marriage knots as Cupid. A heart
once given should be "not transferra-
ble." He that says, &C. know a Sc.
cret," will tell it if pressed. Friend.
ship often ripens, under the seed of
intimacy, into love.--Diogenis.
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TreHaIssg.

Treating is pretty much as our
Southern brethren say, Yankee Gus.
tom. All over Yankeedom, if man
isdry, he first looks up somebody to
treat and then bar. In company
which is dry habitually every hour or
two, he is the lucky man who learns
not to mention his desire to imbibe
iun il another has expressed himself he
gets his treats and save his coppers
longest. But is no great gain after all.
For whoever is treated must Efeat at
times, or grow contemplate before his
companions. Down East man died
who was a aprodigious sponge. When
ne died it was thought the meanest
man on earth ceased breathing. In
town meeting the people talked over
q monument for them, and the epitanh
decided OF was this: He never stood
treat In his life" Treating is very
costly business. 1t mullipiies the
price Of g drink by the number of
:hirs:y fellows that THi1 iii the com paly
II is very unwise, since it makes as a
supplement to eac; ones appetite,
the appetite Of every other. You pay
for drinks for fellows who don't feel
like drinking; and for fear of loosing
your share, you drink with those who
treat when you had rather not. The
English sly le is better. Il 4 cong e
ofyoung fellows 90 to a bar in Ion.
don. each pays his own bill It keeps
accounts square. 1t simplifies matters.
There is no double entry in memory,
and there is less left on the mind to
burden it. Treating has made drunk.
ards of troops of promising youths;
and there is great army of them
sons of our rich men and children of
the poor. all on a footing-now in
training to take their places, SO fast as
the apPoplexies and congestions, and
other fashionable diseases which re.
place dslirium temenS, and the trou.
blcs that used to be in vogue with
hard drinkers. shall pick of the pres
ent supply. 1t is q foolish, thriftlcss
custom. 1t is almost enough of itself
to keep young man from ever get
ting rich.
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digestion, loss Of appetite, feeling Of
nver'oading in the stomach up to tlls
throat, spasms in the throat, pain in,
;silaa bossia,S pati0h ana espaeiafs
" Impression nififthei ibreathing. From
these symptoms there is only one
speedy mode Of relief-an immediate
return t" arsenic eating.-Blucksoood's
Magaz;ue,
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NO. SO.

make ten shillings day, aud who
.',ften does soin 9 single street One
young man The is f,gss reformed stated
that he had stolen as much sliliiis ID i.si
dred and fifty pounds at one time; and
during his career OF crime, upwards of
four thousand pounds worth of silver
plate. Such facts as these show that
reformatory institutions are great
Pecuniary and moral boon to the entire
community.-English Paper.
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Can any our readers peruso the fol-
lowing appeal, and retain dry eve ?
If they can they must be strong heart
eG d
On, Sally dear, the evening clear.
Thick flies the skimmin' swallcr.
The sky is blue, the fields in view.
All fadn' green and yaller.h
Come lot s'stray our toiSomc way,
And view the charms of nater---
The barking dogs. the equealing hogs,
And every roasted tarcr.
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A HoRs1D TnKEAr.--The Ereemah's
Journal--the organ Of Archbishop
llughes--alluded to the manifestations
OF dislike which the presence Of Bedini
has called forth in various places in
this country in the following oharac-
teristic manner:
" Ii the result Of this damnable api.
tatIon, created ond fostered by the dali
ly papers, should happen to end in a
general slaughter Of misguided men
by each other, and consequent firing
OF the city in some two hundred places
ct once, in what repute will the com
munIty, sobered and taught wisdom
by commercial ruin, hold the misera.
dc newspaper mon who will have
brought on SO fearful catastrophe. :"
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tremble for her future prosperity
Riches left to children by wealthy 4na

trembIe Tor her future prosperity
Riches left to children by wealthy 4tpa.
rents, often turnss curse instead Of a,
4 l5lSsssiiia ofili !w6sns ZEN remember
this, and instead Of sounding the pnr-
ses Of your lovers, and examining the
cut Of their coats, look into their habits
and their hearts. Mark if they trade,
and can depend upon themselves; see
,ifthey have minds which will lead
them to look above butterfly existence.
Talk not Of beautiful white skin, aud
Of the soft, delicate hand-the splendid
form and the fine appearance Of the
young gentleman. Let not these foolish
considerations engross your thou9 hts.
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THE KNOW-NOTHINC STRENGTH.

We have already assured our friends that the pow
er OF this miserable faction, 10 do harui, Ghey are
incapable OF doing good,) is overestimated at least
10 this locality. We have heard men who profess TO
be very h7lo~tMg, assert with an air OF confidence
that they were sat least fflee1t hRdrea strong In
Inc Borough OF Easton''-iorgettIng, IN their zeal
that we never yet polled that many votes. Last
Saturday they had favorable opportunity 10 test
their strength al the Delegate Elections they had
commenced making preparations week or ten days
before the time, and on Saturday morning we've seen
securing the town for votes and marshang their
lorces. What was the result! The old line Demo
Gratis came 10 the and sent the sneaking mid
night conspaors back their Lodges 10 tell their
Wing brothers that the Democracy was too impreg-
nabe TO be conquered by such miserable scurvy
set. Ia Lehish Ward they raised So votes out OF lS5
and the Officers OF the Election assure US, that one
fourth oil these thrty-hve wings, who spped
IN their votes unde: false coIors In Bushkilt Ward
they poiied three votes out of nearly one hundred
while IN West Ward they could mt single vote
A mighty demonstration 1t was, truly! The poor
fellows who stood around the polls, with their Wing
brethren 10 encourage aud cheer them on looked ex
ccedlnsly chop-alien one good Democrat after
another came 10 the polls and rejected their Know
Nothing ticket with contempt. The truth is, nearly
the whole Know Nothing organization is made up OF
"hgs-the few ilshy renegade democrats they have
amongst them poweress. AT the October cleo
ton, the true Democracy ofthe County will blow
tnen sky -high.-Easton Argus.
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SPEECH OFF GEN. CaSS,
IFrom the Detroit Advertiser. Sept lG.

From the Detroit Advertiser. Sept l6.
After the nominations made, consisting Of
F. w. Sherman for Superintendent of Public Works,
Hidnan Tor State Treasurer, and others the olle&s-
ing resolutions unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the delegated Democracy of the
State OF Michigan here Affirm heiI continued support
of the principles embraced in the resolutions adopt-
ed by the Democratic National Conventions which as
sembled in Baltimore IN June, 1852; and that the
doctrine of congressional non-nervention in the do
mestic legislation of the States and Territories
therein embodied harmouzes with the true spirit OF
institutions, and is the only platform upon which
the Democratic party OF the Union maintain its
ascendency and preserve the Union.
Gen. Cass then introduced TO the conventions
and made most telling and eloquent speech, an alb
stract of which we find in the Detroi Aalyyiissr.-
The General began by saying;
The anperversed human feeling was opposed 10
slavery, but, he continued, must suffer our
human feeling to blind TO constitutional obli-
cations, and although slavery social aad political
evil, yet, there is constitutional power given
10 interfere with it, must let it alone. A COM
promise not sacred. Life full of compro-
mlses. As an instance OF previous compromise in
politics, he referred TO the tariff question. Would
any pretend to say the tariff compromise was IT.
repea!ahie? Why, then, should the Missouri com
promise be -? That was mere expedient in time
of political emergency Congress is bound by no
compromise but the compromise of the constitution
said the the Nebraska bill was stirred, The bet
ter and brighter it would appear.
Saying nothing OF the expedlency the act, il was
clear that Congress had power to repeal the Missouri
compromise There compromises binding
upon Congress, except the compromises of the con-
stItuton. The Missouri compromise mere po-
itical eXpedient, not the establishment OF a prlnci-
pie, and had been once changed by mutual under
standing, COL Benton said in his letter: s'If we
could o1ch II in point, and alter it, why not in
any other, a whole and repeal it i''
Gen. Cass cited several decisions OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States 10 strengthen his argu-
ments. He said the Nebraska bill was founded on
the everlasting principle of the right Of every sepef-
ate sovereignty 10 govern itself, and he distinctly
said that II any imbbng different views had got into
this convention, they had got into the wrong place.
We have nothing to do with slavery, and he look
ed forward briefly TO the time when shonld say 10
the South-govern your own affairs as yon like, and
let us do the same. He thanked God that he lived
in free State.
There was no reason why people in the Territories
should not govern themselves, make their own local
laws, and define the character OF their Institutions
He maintained that the Nebraska bill did not open
Nebraska and Kansas 10 slavery-ifit il did be would
yield all argument-but slavery could mol 20 there
unless the people themselves wanted H. A clause
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Democratic HeetiEg.

Co On last Tuesday, about the middle OF the day,
of our Democratic friends suggested that they
would like 10 hear WILSON Reilly, Esq, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress, make speech, audi
proposed TO call meeting for the evening. We were
of opinion that the notice entirely too short to
get up meeting, but they asserted that at that
short notice large meeting could be brought to-
gether as the Wings had for Mr.. ROBSON, notwith-
standing their flaming HandbilIs and long notice
and such turned to be the fact. AT the ringing of
the bell very respectable meeting convened in the
Court House, (embracins many of the most nauen-
calling that veteran Democrat, ISAAC MEHGLE, 10
the Chair. and appointing WM. Topp, JoHN SIILs,
JosEPu SELLERS, and WM. CHENowETH, Vice Presi-
dents--and Jos. c. DIEHL and GEO. w. GUMP, Secre-
taries- The object of the meeting was stated by
WM. NJ Halt, ESQ, in few eloquent remarks
when Hon. john CESSNA introduced Mr.. REILLY TO
the audience, who delivered OF the best and most
argumentative speeches 1t has been pleasure
10 listen His remarks were clear, orcible and 10
the point whilst they divested of every thing
like personal abuse. To be represented in Congress
by man like Reilly, would be an honor to any peo-
pie.
If all the voters of this Congressional District
could hear the speeches made by Mr.. Reilly and Mr.
Robson, we have no doubt that Mr.. Reilly would
carry the District by an overwhelming majority. As
II is, we have strong hopes OF the election Of Mr..
Reillv