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THE wTFE'S INFLUENCE.

A woman has her husbands fortune in
her power, because she may or she may not
conform to his circumstances. This is her
first duty, and it ought to be her pride. No
passion for luxury or display ought to tempt
her for moment to deviate in the least de-
gree from this line Of conduct. She will
end her responsibility in it. Any other
course is Indebtedness itself, and inevitably
leads to ruin. Nothing can be more mis-
cradle than the struggle to keep up appear
ances. lf II could succeed, it would cost
more than il is worth Us il never can, its
failure Involves the deepest modification.
Some Of the sublimest exhibitions of hui
man virtue have been made by women, who
have beenprecipitated suddenly from wealth
and splendor to absolute want.
Then a mans fortunes are in a manner
in the hands of his wife, inasmuch as his
own power Of exertion depends on her. His
moral Strengths inconceivably increased by
her. sympathy, her council, her aid. She
can aid him immensely by relieving him of
every care which she is capable of taking
upon herself. His own employments are
usually such as to require his whole time
and his whole power and his whole mind.
A good wife will never suffer her husband S
attention 10 be distracted by details to which
her own time and talents are adequate. II
she be prompted by true affection and good
sense, she will perceive when his spirits
are borne down and overwhelmed, she. Of
all human beings can best minister to his
needs. For the sick soul her musings is
quite as sovereign as it is for corporal ills.
II 1t be weary, in her assiduity it finds re-
pose and refreshments. If it be harrassed
and worn to u morbid irritability, her gentle
tones steal over it with soothing more ro.
tent than the most exquisite music. II
every enterprise be dead, her patience and
for,itude have the power to rekindle them
in the heart, and he again goes forth to re-
new the encounter with the tolls and
| troubles of life.
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Expose of the Kno,y-Noth,ngs.

With SO many eyes upon them, the men,
bers of this order have hard time of it in
protecting their ritual from public observa-
ton. No sooner, however, are they de-
tected, than with a perseverance worthy d
better fate, they go to work and concoct a
new one. Recently, it will be remembered,
their ritual was exposed, and they were
obliged to compose new one; that, in turn
it seems, has been discovered by their ever
watchful enemies, and is now in course OF
publication. We give an extract; and from
what we know Of their secret works, would
not dispute its genuineness:
Whenever any person expresses, in the
presence Of know-nothing. a strong desire
to become member of the Order, he is pri-
vately informed that he must be at GER
tain corner at the hour oftwelve, whistling
Yankee Doodle out Of one corner of his
mouth, and Hail Columbia out of the other !;
that he must have copy Of the Constitution
of the United States in one Of his boots, Tor
shoes, as the case may be,) and the Decla-
ration of independence in his other boot, Cor
shoe, as the case may be y that when a per-
son passes him in slouched hat, whlstling
the :. Star Spangled Banner" he (,hecandi-
date) must follow. He will be led up a
dark stairway, into dark room. lie will
then be sworn by some person whom the
darkness conceals, never to reveal anything
he may hear or see during the meeting.
After taking this oath, ligh, suddenly
Eliminates the room, and thirteen men in
masks approach the candidate, holding in
their hands the American flag, made out of
twelve hundred yards of American silk,
which they roll around the candidate. COM
| pletely enclosing him, after the fashion of an
Egyptian mummy. The thirteen then shout
der the candidate, and carry him into the
Lodge. Though he cannot see, he can hear
and the Great-Grand FUN, the highest Off
Ger, administers a terrible oath, swearing
the candidate never to reveal any of the
passwords, signs, tokens, grips, principles,
| designs or private work Of the Order, on pen
! atty of being sent to the Penitentiary or the
New Jersey Legislature! 1.-THE case is moi
too aggravated, the violation would only be
visited upon the violator by sending him
to the Penitentiary. but the extreme penalty
! for violation, is the Legislature.
| After taking this oath, the candidate is
rolled around the room, this being the speedi-
est way of unwinding the flag. He sees
the members standing around him, all in
Masks. The five principles are then read
| to him, and after he has sworn to observe
them, he is compelled to run splinter (pre-
viously taken from the liberty pole) into
the index finger OF his left hand, and with
the splinter and his own blood, he signs the
Constitution and Bylaws Of the Order
| Physicians, on being admitted into the Or.
/ der, are compelled to take an additional
oath, TO the effect that theyswi mistake
| strvehnine for calomel, in administering
medicines TO Dutch and Irish Catholics
Lawyers have TO swear that they will aban-
don the habit Of lying and deception, in
dealing with native-born Americans.
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THE CONTRAST,

Compared with the operations of the al
lied forces, in the "a,tempt' to capture
Sebastopol, a New York journalist cites the
transactions of the army under Gen. Scott,
during his campaign in Mexico. After re-
ceiving his instructions fEom the Secretary
of War, embracing statement of what i,
was desired that he should accomplsh-,he
n'odus operandi being confided to his judg-
ment-the result is thus summed up:
The preparations were made; ard one
hundred and sixty-three transports conveyed
the men and means provided. The 'time
| for action arrived. The army was debarked,
stores landed, and batteries were planted,
within nine days after reaching Vera Cruz,
in spite of a succession of violent nor,hers :
and eight days afterwards General Scott de-
spatclied word to his government that g the
, flag of the United States floats in triumph
over the walls of this city and the castle OF
San Juan de Ulloa'-the same wave-wash-
ed and battle-scarred fortress, which in Eu-
rope had been deemed impregnable. "To
operate on the Gulf coast in this style was
not sufficient for General Scott. He scaled
the Cordilleras, bore the eagles of his coun-
try in quick succession through the streets
of Jalapa, Perote, and Puebla; with eight
/, thousand five hundred men, swept, resist
,, less, through the pass Of Cerro Gordo, de-
Tended by twelve thousand five hundred
| hiexicans; with the same number of men
defeated thirty-two thousand at Contreras
and Cherubusco; stormed Chepultepec, de-
| Tended by twenty thousand, with six thous-
and took the city of Mexico, occupied by
an army of thir.y-five thousand-and thus
accomplished the 'objects desirable to OBJ
tain" He did what Lord Raglan has not
done; he did his "work." He did what
Lord Raglan has no, done, he saved his
soldiers. He threw not life away that
could be saved. and applied every possible
means that could secure the health and COM
fort of his men. Performing his campaign
at the sickly season of the year, penetrating
into the very heart of the enemy's country,
through crowded cities and over mountain
activities, he yet subjected his men to not
one.tenth of the suffering, and lost not one
tenth so many Of them by disease, as Lord
Raglan has done while encamped within six
miles of the sea. He poured out no blood
for fruitless victory, like that Of Alma, he
annihilated no regiments Of his own by a
fatal order, like that at Balaklava he invited
no deadly attack by a neglect in fortifying
his position, like that at Inkermann. He
did not leave his soldiers TO become tattered
like savages or famished like dogs. There
is difference between trained administra-
| tor a, the desk and an able General in the
field Il; and that is just the difference between
Lord Raglan and Winfield Scott.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29

A LoAFER's SoLu oquY.-A poor loafer,
whose trembling limbs had borne him to the
door of the doctors shop seemed TO be ena-
mored of the slate which was hanging out
for the reception Of orders from the physi-
clans patients. The loater gazed upon it,
and still his wonder grew. At last he saw
the word "in''. Gu, in the frame, and this
discovery seemed to inspire him with dreams
Of other days. "In," he soliIoquised "yes
| remember when was in boyhood, with
every thing around to comfort me: in my
fathers house, in health, and in blitheness
of innocence: in the affections Of family and
friends and now" turning over the
slate the ominous word out" stared him
full in the face, and he continued: Yes,
out, I'm out indeed; out Of money, out Of
the innocent joys of the past, ou with ia
Their and friends, out of my character. out OF
credit, out at the elbows, out of health. Let
the ms take warning from the outs" And
he tottered on in repentant mood, doubt
less revolving in his mind the means OF re-
formation. There is always hope for man
who is not dead 70 early impressions.
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NJ e NJ O r. Y

Stand on funeral mound,
Ear, far from all that love thee;
With barren heath around,
And a cypress bower above thee;
And think, while the sad wind frets,
And the night in colo gloom closes,
OF spring, and springs sweet vio'ets,
OF summer. and summers roses.
Sleep where the ,hunders fv
Across the tossing bilow;
Thy canopy the SKY,
And the lonely deck thy pillow;
And dream, while the chill sea-foam
In mockerv dashes DER thee,
Of the cheerful hearth, and the quiet home,
And the kiss of her that bore thee.
Watch in the deepest cell
OF the foeman's dungeon tower,
Till hopes most cherished spell
Has LOST its cheering power;
And sing, while the CALLING chain
On every stiff limo freezes,
OF the huntsman hurrying o er the plain,
OF the breath OF the mountain breezes.
Talk of the minstrel's lutte,
The warriors high endeavor,
When the honicd lips are mute,
AnG the strong arm crushed forever;
Look back to the summer sun,
From the mist of dark December,
Then say to the broken-hearted one,
lis pleasant to remember.
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NJ A n X 7 N d.
peak of a man as we find him.

Let us speak of man as we find him,
And censure alone what we see;
And should man blame, let's remind him
That from faults we are hone OF US free.
If thought from the heart could be torn,
And the mind could be read on the brow,
There are many we'd pass BY with scorn,
Whom we're loading with high honors now.
Let US speak of man as we find him,
And heed not what others may say,
lfhe's frai', then kind word would bind him
Where GOODNESS would turn him away
For The heart must be barren, indeed.
Where no bud Of repentance can bloom;
Then pause. ere you censure with speed
On smile or frown hangs his doom.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29

PENMASsH.P.-A few years ago, a stu
dent in a Theological Seminary was sum-
moned before one Of the faculty, to make
some explanations respecting the matter and
meaning of portion of a manuscript essay,
which had been submitted Tor criticism and
correction. Taking the paper from the hand
OF the Professs, he contemplated the I'M
Ineligible scrawls for some time in silence,
and at last broke out
:" When | wrote that paragraph. knew
what it meant. and God hnew-He may
know now-but DON'T"
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29
INGENIOUS SERMON.

The English Methodist Magazine for l797
contains the following remarkable narrative:
Four gentlemen and an old minister were
assailed on the highway by three robbers,
who demanded and took possession Of all
their funds. The old minister pleaded very
hard to be allowed little money as he vas
on his way to pay bill in London. The
highwaymen. as our authority informs MS
being generous fellows. gave him all his
money back again on condition Of preaching
them sermon" Accordingly they retired
little distance from the highway, and tho
minister addressed them as follows:
Gentlemen, you are the most like the
old apostles of any men in the world, for they
were wanderers upon the earth, and 90 are
you; they had neither lands nor tenements
that they could call their own neither, a.
l presume e, have you. They were despissd
of all, but those of their own profession, and
so, believe, are you they were unalterably
fixed in the principles they protested, and
dare swear $50 are you; they were often
hurried into jails and prisons all Of which
sufferings, Ipresume, have been undergone
by you their profession brought them all
to untimely deaths and if you continue in
your course, so will yours bring you. But
in this point beloved, you differ nightly /;
for the apostles assembled from tree into
heaven, where am afraid, you will never
be found; but as their deaths were compen-
stated with eternal glory, yours will DO re-
warded with eternal shame and misery
unless you mend your manners"
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A CHOICE MoRsvL. Albany stage
driver entered adrinking- saloon the other
day, and displayed a SIS bank note on the
Iron Bank Of Falls Village, which he desi.
red small bills for. The note WAS passed
from the hands of one to another Of num-
Der Of the sharpers present, and finally was
not to be found. The driver, having pro-
cured the assistance of an officer, searched
q suspected person named Teolin. but with
out success, until the officer, catching the
fellow by the baekof the neck, hooked an
enormous chew Of tobacco out Of his mouth,
in the center Of which the S5 note was found
snugly ensconced. Teelin was committed
10 answer: &
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29

Heads Win-The approaching Carnival
season promises TO be rich, rare and racy, in
its character. BY reference to our adver-
Using columns twill be seen that Butiing
match is in contemplation betweenthe Stew
ard Of the Wild Pigeon, and ram celebra-
ted for his strength and courage. 1t is ale
most unnecessary to add that the challeng-
ing party is colored man. Some idea Of
the strength Of his skull, may DO formed,
from the fact ofhis having day or two
since butted in the head of a porter cask,
upon which heavy hammer would make
no impression.-Callao (Pe " News.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29

No Gove,nment.-It is stated, and We
believe correctly, that Labrador, with pop
ulation of 10000 inhabitants, has neither
governor, magistrate, constable, nos lawyer !;
yet violence and disorder are uncommon
among them--a fact highly crsditable to
their morals. Their chief occupation ID
hunting and fishing, the produce Of which
is sold chiefly to the traders from the United
States. from whom they receive the most Of
their supplies. - 5sraiisesr5 81
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29

THE PrRILs or TaE Lusas.---With the
exception of the eye, the Lungs are the
most delicately constructed organs in the
body, and life is in peril when they do not
properly perform their functions. The least
inflammation interferes with their regular see
ton, and then the blood is imperfecily pu-
riied, the circulation becomes irregular, the
Nervous System is disturbed, and the gen.
eral health suffers. And it is in the early
stages of the difficulty that the great mis-
Chiefs done; for while the patientis think
ing about his case. and eonsidering whether
or not he is really sick enough to need n,edi-
cine-Tubercles may be forming, or worse
still, sometimes, may be bursting in tho
Lungs. But if the proper remedy be prompt
ly applied, the Cough, Cold or Cata,rh ID st
once removed and touse the words Of Daniel
Webster, the sufferer Jreathes freer and
deeper" DR.. Rogers Syrup Of LivERw6sT,
TAR and CANcHALAeuA is admirably adapt
ed to thec of the above class Of diseases.
1t IL prepared with special reference TO
them BY an experienced Physician; Il 10
prompt in its action, alcays safe, and may
be given TO the youngest child or the most
delicate female with perfect confidence in
its success. Try it. Y.
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SIT UPRIGHT.-" Sit upright! sit upright
my son" said lady, to her son George,
who had formed wretched habit OF bend-
ing whenever he sat down to read. His
mother had told him he could not breathe
right unless he sat upright. But it was NO
use; bend over he would, in spite Of all his
mother could say. s-.
"Sit upright, Master. George!" cried his
teacher, as George bent over his copy book
at school. elf you don't sit upright like
Master Charles, you will ruin your health,
and possibly die of consumption"
This started Master George. He did mot
want to die, and he felt alarmed. So after
school he sad to his teacher. "Please cir,
explain to me how bending over when ] sit
can cause me to have the consumption !"
"That will, George" replied the teach
er, with acordial smile. "There 10 an ele-
ment in the air called oxygen, which 10 ne
cessary to make your blood circulate, and to
help it purify itself by throwing of what 10
called its carbon. When you stoop you can
not take in sufficient quantity Of air to ac-
complish these purposes; hence, the blood
remains bad, and the air cells in your lungs
inname. The cough comes on. Next, the
lungs ulcerate, and then you die. Give tho
lungs room to inspire plenty Of air, and you
will not be injured by study. Do you un-
derstand the matter now, George"
81 think do. sir, and l will try to cit up
right hereafter" said George.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29

New JERsEY.-For twenty-five years the
Camden and Amboy Railroad has governed
New Jersey with rod Of iron, crushing out
every man and party opposed to it's odious
monopoly. An opposition party composed
mostly Of Wings has gradually grown up
until now it controls the Assembly. and has
passed through tina, branch charter Of an
''air line railway" from New York 10 Phil
adelphia; the bill will fail in the Senate,
but it's passage in the other house will exert
very unfavorable influence on the Stock
ton monopolis,s, who will next year lose
both branches. The two houses have also
passed, orer The Gorernor's veto, the plank
road bridge bill, for the benefit Of Newark
and vicinity this is another blow at mono
poly and Locofoism. The House has ap-
propriated 81 900 year for FIVE years to en-.
able its colored population to go to Liberia,
and $4,000 for the geological survey OF the
State, New Jersey is really waking up.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-02-07
CLEARFIELD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1855

| under his care tonight. Be watchful, and keet
along that quiet, narrow street, till you arrive
at the gate. They're all quiet, good people
along there,-no one will disturb you. Re-
turn as soon as you can after the meetings.
over-I shall be lonely.''
s'I shall-Ill return quickly, as can. You'll
see me again, mother. But you mustn't weep
| when I'm gone;-I mean, gone Tonight" he
added after moments pause.
Saying this, he4hrew himself into his moth
er's arms, and embraced her again and again !;
and though a bright smile played over his
white, transparent features, his eyes, all the
while, were filled with tears.
ssThe Lord bless thee, mother-we'll meet
again." and, rising quickly from her knees, he
hurried out, and set off down the crooked,
narrow street, at quite a run.
The poor mother followed him to the door
followed him with her prayers-followed
wasslost in the darkness.
She then returned to the little chamber, and
throwing herself back in her seat thanked
God for such chld-for such bright angel
gift; and then, her good heart fairly trembling
with the full, gushing tide of her joys, she set
herself eXpertly about sewing at small arti-
Gle of dress for him, which she hoped to have
finished by his return.
And now the reader may as well take
glance at her person. Though seated, you can
easily see that her form is tall, slender, and
delicate. Her hair is light auburn; her COM
plexion fair, with rather peculiar whiteness
about it. Her featules are fine and regularly
formed; and although her countenance is indie
ativc of more than ordinary seriousness, yet,
as she now appears, busy at her sewing, mo bet
ter specimen could be wished of the true,
kind-hearted woman, or the wise, prudent,
affectionate mother.
To be continu.d,
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By AND BY.-There is music enough in these
is hope wrapped up in them, and an articu-
late beat of human heart.
By and by We heard it as long ago as we
can remember, when we made brief but peri
lous journeys from chair to table, and from ia
bic to chair again.
We heard it the other day when two parted
that had been Glowing in their lives,'' one to
California, the other to our lonely home.
Everybody says it sometime or other The
boy whispers it to himself when he dreams of
exchanging the stubbed little shoes for boots,
like a man.
The man murmurs it-when in life's middle
watch he sees his plans half finished, and his
hopes yet in the bud, waving in a cold late
spring.
The old man says it when he thinks of put
ting off the mortal for the immortal, to-day
for tomorrow.
The weary watcher for the morning. while
away the dark hours with ssby and by-by and
by.''
Sometimes it sounds like song; sometimes
there is sigh or sob in it. What wouldn't
the world give to find it in the almanac-set
down somewhere, no matter if in the dead of
December-to know that it would surely come.
But fairy-like as it is, fittering like star
beam over the dewy shadows of the years, no
body can square it-and when We look back
upon the many times these words have be-
guiled US, the memory Of that silver by and
by is like the sunrise of Ossian-pleasant but
mournful to the soul! -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-02-07

QUEER MATRIMONIAL FREAK.-A letter from
citizen in Livingston Co. Ky, to the Danville
Tribune, relates the following bit of family his
tory in that neighborhood "a widow lady
took an orphan boy to raise, quite small, and
when at the age of eighteen she married him,
ed many years together, happy as any couple.
Ten years ago they took orphan girl to
raise. This fall the old lady died, being 96
years of age, and in seven weeks after, the
old man married the girl they had raised, he
being 6S years old, and she 1872
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10 SIS that clean butter7' asked grocer
of boy who had brought a quantity to mar
ket. 8, should think it ought to be- replied
the boy, sfor marin and Sail were more than
two hours picking the hairs and notes out Of
it last night.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-02-07

AN EXEMPLARY JUDGE.-The most extraor-
dinary instance of patience on record in mod
ern times is that of an Illinois judge, who list
ened silently for two days while a couple of
worthy attorneys contended about the construc-
tion of an act of the Legislature, and then
ended the controversy by quietly remark
ing-ssGentlemen, the law is repealed
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-02-07

UyTwO darkeys in the west went out to hunt
possoms, and by accident found large cave
with small entrance. Peeping in, they obser-
we'd three young bear whelps in the interior.
Look heah, Sam, while go dar and git de
Sam got asleep in the sun, when opening his
eyes, he saw the old bear scrouging her way
into the cave. Quick as wind he caught her
by the tail and held on like blazes.
Hollow, dar, Sam, what dark de hole dar r
eLor bless you Jumby save yourself honey, ,ef
dis tail come out you II know what dark de holei'
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sAh you don't know what muthical enthu-
thiathm ith!' said music mad Miss to Tom
Hood. Excuse me, Madam, replied the wit,
fbut do: musical enthusiasm is like turtle
soup: for every quart of real there are ninety
nine gallons of mock, and calves head in pro-
portion,