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The Child aud. the Queen

Befurchte gardner 10 Elizabeth, consoTt
OF Frederick IL. } had one little daughter with
whose religious instruction he had taken great
pains. When this child was FIVE years Of
age, the Queen saw her one day while visit
ing the royal gardens al SchGnhausen, and
was so much pleased with her, that week
afterwards she expressed wish 10 see the lit
lie girl again. The father accordingly brought
his aHlees child 10 the palace, and a page
conduued her into the royal presences. She
approached the Queen with untapght courte.
sy, kissed her robe, and modesily took her
seat, which had been placed ior her, By the
Queens order, near her own person. From
this position she could overlook the Ia
BILE al which tie Queen was dining with the
ladies Of her courl. aud they watched with
inleres, 10 seeihe effect Of SO much snlendouI
on The simple child. She looked carelessly
on the costly dresses Of the guests, and gold
and porcelain on the table, and the pomp
with which all was conducted, and then fold
ing her hands, she sang wiibiher clear, child
ish voice, the words:
aJesus, thy blood and righteousness
Are all my ornament and dress
Fearless, with these pure garments on, (
Ill view The spIendour OF thy throne"
All The assembly were struck with surprise
at tseeing so much feeling, penetration, and
pieiy, in one so young. Tears lied the eyes
Of ibe ladies, and tho Queen exclaimed, "Ah,
sasppy child how lar we below you "
Translated from The German
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-06-28
From The Medical Retormer.

A GOOD oNE:-A medical friend is respon-
sible for the following;-During the raging of
scarlatina in a certain city in Delaware our
friend had demonstrated the virtues and eff
cacy of yeast as a remedy in the disease
Having been. uniformly successful in the
treatment of an unusually large number of
cases, he was at length solicited 10 attend a
child that had been under allopathic treat
ment for several days. He Immediately
changed treatment, ordered gargles of yeast
and milk, and poultices of yeast to the
throat On the return of the allopath he
was made acquainted with the change as
well as the medicine used. Raising his
hands, he exclaimed Brewers yeast !
Brewers yeast!l why that's what the old
women put in their bread. 2 Our friendsbn
hearing this, suggested that as the doctor
had been employing mercury pretty freely,
they should retort with Quicksilver! Qnick-
silyerl! Why that's what the old women
have on the backs of their looking glasses!D
They did so. The old doctor had nothing
more TO say. , >sn atss -. j..
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Won't Take Twenty Dollars.

Some waggish students al Yale College, a
few years since, were regaling, themselves
one evening al the Tontine, when an old
farmer from the country entered the room
ftaking it for bar-room) and inquired il be
could obtain lodging there. The old fellow,
who was shrewd Yankee, saw al once that
he was 10 be made the buil OF their iests;
but quietly taking off his hat, and telling
worthless little dog he had with him to lie
under The chair, he took glass Of preferred
beverage The students anxiously inquired
alter the health of the. old man S wife aud
children, and the farmer with affected SYM
,palhy gave them the whole pedigree, with
numerous anecdotes regarding his farm,
stock, Sc
"Do you belong to sshe church!" asked
one of the wa2s.
G Yes, the Lord be praised, and so did my
father before me-"
"WellI suppose you would moi tell a lie, !"
replied the student.
% Not for the world"
"Now what 'will you take for thai dog ~
pointing 20 the farmers, who was not worth
his weight in Jersey mud.
81 won't take twenty dollars for that
dog
"Tweniy dollars! Why he is not worth
twenty cents.o q
"Well, assure sou | would net take
twenty dollars for him"
"Come, my friend, " saidhe student, who
with his companion was bent on having
come capital fan with the old man. "Now
YOU say you won't Tell a lie for the world, let
me see if you will not do ii for twenty dol
lars, I'll give you twenty dollars for your
dog"
I'll mol take H."
"You win not? Here, let me see if this
won't temp, you 10 lie,". added the student
producing small bag OF half dollars, from
which he commenced counting numerous
small piles upon the table. The former was
sitting by The table with his hat In his hand,
apparently unconcerned.
The cid farmer quietly raised his hat TO
the edge Of the table, and then, as quick as
thought, scraped all the money into it except
one half dollar, and then exclaimed:
al woEt't take your tweaty dollars !! Nine
teen aud half is as much as the dog is
worth; he is your properly"
A Tremendous laugh from his fellow stu
dents showed The would be-wag that he was
completely "rowed up" and that he need
not look for help from that quarter so he
good na,uredly acknowledged beat. The
student retained his deg which he keeps to
this day as lesson to him never to attempt
TO play tricks on men olderlhan himself, and
especially how he tries TO wheedle Yar-
kee farmer.
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lar Miss Greenwood leila storx Of .tha

II Miss Greenwood tells story Of the
laie Duke of Cambridge, who had habit Of
responding with peculiar heartiness 10 any
congenial sentiment uttered in public meet
ings, and8even in church service. During q
very dry season, as q prayer for rain was
being solemnly read by the minister his
royal highness called out in the emphatic
and reileradve ,siye Of his iusrious house,
"sBy all means, by all means, by all meansF'
then added, in lower, but still distinct tone,
tWe shall not have rain, however, I'LL the
wind changes. 5 s ,,- 80: s4s
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CHOICE POETRY.
CoURTsnlr

Jennie sighed, and Robin squeezed her
Pretty little trembling hand,
Then with outsirelched arms he seized her
Half euctant form, and--and-'s
"Loose men but he clasped her tighter
Jennie, say, wilt thou be mine?"
Then her bright face grew much brighter,
Aud she whispered, " am thine"
Then they clasped each other fondly,
Close together as Two bricks;
And they kissed each olhei soundly,
And | left them in that fix.
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e. A Young Man knowing that a young
lady, Of whom he imagined himself, enamor-
ed, understood the language Of flowers, sent
her beautiful rose as declaration of love,
attaching slip Of paper on which was writ
len, cIf not accepted, Iproceod 10 the war"
In return, she forwarded pickle jar contain
ing single mango (nan'go). s,,,s
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REMARKABLE BALLOON AscENsioN.-Wm.
D. Banmistle, of Adrian city, Michigan,
assembled, on Friday in balloon,
from that place, al 100 in the morning, and
descended, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania
at ~ in the afternoon, making the compu-
ted distance of three undrad and fifty miles
in the extraordinary shortime Of four hours.
This is his second Trip, and an experimental
one with balloon Of unusually large size.
II is thirty feet in diameter, contains over six
hundred yards Of silk, and is capable Of hold.
ing nineteen thousand cubic feet OF gas, AT
ter his ascent TO the distance of three miles
and half, the eronaut struck the eastern CUT
rent Of Fair, which, he says, is continually
blowing in one direction. Ii carried him south
THE lakes, through Central Ohio. His inten-
ton was not TO descend until dark, as he was
above the rain clouds in a clear upper sky,
but the excessive cold 10 which he was ex-
posed brought on the accustomed drowsy SEN
salion, which prevented him from properly
managing his balloon. He was in that sleepy
state when bis "crafln anchored in a tree in
Red Bank, having descendedin in consequence
oflhe evaporation Of the gas. The cold was
so severe that his feel were completely frozen
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e A gentleman crossing narrow bridge,
said 10 couniryman whom he met, Tthink
this narrow causeway must be very danger,
ous, my honest friend pray, are not people
lost here sometimes %
Lost! no, sir, I never knew anybodylost
here in my life -shera wereseyeral drowned,
but they were all found again
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!, ETInventors rarely fail of their reward.---
Jenkins invented a new style Of lock picker
and was rewarded BY "siluationn in the
Jail for couple Of years.,al
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Hon, Thomas z. Marshall has taken The
stump IN KY againatthe Know Nolhings,
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

PgyssYLvAyrA-An the districts OF Allegheny are
not in. but The PtsJsrgh Dispatch says the lowest
candidate on the Democratic assembly ticket Will beat
The highest on the Know Nothing by 900 or 500, while
the highest will beat the loves. on the American ticket
neatly 900.
Washington county has elected the Democratic
ticket.
Lawrt nee has gone By 500 for the American Repuo-
ican ticket The vote Is close in Beaver. In Butler
the Americans aie ahead IL is believed three Amer
lean Republican. are elected TO the Legislature in the
ditrct
In Mfln county Purcell, Know Nothing, Is elected
to the Assembly by l3j majority.
Juniata has elected the whole Democratic ticket
The Dems cratic majority in Lehish is about 600.
In Bucks county the Democrat; mejorities range
f',m zoo to 500.
In Carbon the Democratic majority is about 100; in
Northampton about !. 200
ispsteh from Wlliamsport says that Beck, Dem
ocrat is elected TO the senate aIso, the DemocraIc
ss,.mb, men and the whole county ticket
The majority for PluIner in Monroe county Law
The Democratic ticket has 400 msjoht! III 'ei"'n
county.
The whole Democratic ticket b elected In LehIsh
county. Plumer's majority Is Sse'
Northampton county gives Piurner majority Oh
, 900 The whole Democratic ticket Is elected by
about the same majority.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13
AMERICAN INSTITUTE.

I EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE'
The Crystal palace, according TO announcement,
wa. ouened for the exhibition of American industrial
proouctiors cary last week. The arrange meats, how
ever were not complete and there was but little to be
seen beside the interior Of that magnificent building
and the statusry together with the huge CALIFORNIA
tree and some few ingenious Yankee inventions IN the
way Of machinery. ibis week, however, opened
with very different scene The industry OF the COM
uit.ee Of management is exhibited, as well as the
industry of inventors. The attendance also has In
creased with the attractions Of the exhibition In Tue
center of the palace Immediately under the dome, Is
poly gon pond, having sixteen sides. 1t Is sapphed
with Croton from several hye little fountains WHICH,
Ike come little Iadfs whom we have often admired,
make up for their dimnutiveness by their ceassess
activity and graceful evoutioDs. Abound this pond
ia border Of soil about two and q half feet WIDE,
10 which are placed some flowers, faschias, gold
dust and other quiet, common plants. The design Is
a good one, but The border Is az present very mes-
perly supplied. We trust some benevolent lover Oh
flowers win be msgnauimous enough 70 send lew
more choice plants for this excellent position the
palace. Their names, suspended TO the plants, would
be read with gratitude by the Thousands who sdmIe
flowers, and who vii cJme here TO pay their devo'
tons to the floral goddess The most attractive ea'
ture of this border to the Horticultural, peal
tree belonging TO Mr. Field OF Brooklyn. II is two
yesrs from the nursery. where, three ,ear age,
was grated on to q ounce SAX. II now CONTAINS
fifteen large Duchess DApgoulerse pears. Mr. Fieic
says be has some 6Ier trees af the same age VIII
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

STATE Politics.
s,x ,ToRrAL NOMINATIONS.


The Republican. Of Oneida county (AlXth district,
have nominated T. j. Rich irdson Tor senator In thae
district. -.
Sidney Sweet a Livingston Is the Hndoo candicats
in the XXIXtb senatorial District, composed Of ontar'o
and Livingston. uy.,,
MORGAN johnson Of Niagara il the Know. Nothing
nominee In the XXVIIIth district composed Of tho
counties Of GeDesee, Orleans, aud Niagara
ASSEMBLY NOMINATIONS.
Stephen ID. Dillaye, wel.known Soft politician
in syracuse has b. en nominated by the Hards IN the
lid s..embly district of Onondaga county.
William ocum II the Hard cur didate for memo@
in the assembly district composed Of Fulton ana HAM
lion. /. ,-.,.,a
Damn c. squxes is the Soft nominee In Cora'na
county. T., 49,. &, ,o,,gr .t;o,
The sofs IN Seneca county have pu' In nofnna0on
The same party in Wayne county have nomnassa
Samuel r. Hiidson in the lid Assembly district
rDrCAL NOMINATIONS.
l. Darwin Smith Of Rochester Is the course q
tle Know Nothing candidate for justice oil inc
surrIne court in the With Judicial district
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

PrsIoS WITH THE KSow-NorHrsos.-TLe edmn-
i..rstion party Ia st. Lawrence county, beng 'e'S
without an organ, it appears are bound to have ono.
The collector Of the port at Ogdersburgh, and Tho
editor Of Hindoo paper there, have joined teens.
Issued prospectus and will soon get out paper. 70
orrose u Republican ticket. advocate the enssve-
men, of Kansas, snd thereby save the Union" IL
il fortunate for the administration that they have
a Custom house located in St. lawrence bus~f
Ibis fact ii might be difficult to get up pro ssyey
paper in that county. As II is, we question m
viii be very extensive demand for ii octsde o. 49,
in the Government employ. The spo'ogss !" e 80 -
son and Strineseliow ere not very NUMEROUS !" '""'
loe atty. unIe,. VIC are greatly deceived
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

1,sd Of yeIIov fever In New Orleans on the gtn Of
Seuiembtr He served a. lieutenant IN TIE Cni@a
ssstee army during the Mexican war. sno va q
brother Of Alexander c. Ramsay, ex"o'Sp~ VI
Mir nesota.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

/, GEoRolA-we have complete returns rom tnfes
Congressional districts in this State, viz:
VII pis Fosier X. NJ 4 49,; stephens Dem fee.mH
with Dist Lamar. x N, SoS2; A. H. Stephens Anu n W.
Wl4, 4sss-msj 2,ssT.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

Al officer of the expedition showed Us some 'peci'
,nens of minerals which be had collected at various
nlsoes The rock near where the Advance was frozen
in is - epite, with some green stone and trap. In la
7so IS, north long. 7io as W qustz pebbles were
Kicked ND. some Of them with rose tint. In the
same place was found curious fIisble stone which
seemed to have been burned A; HNoe island coal
was found apparently of recent formation. The gram
of the weed was still perceptble, and it was inter
,persed with small masses of very pure resin. The
supply was limited in depth only BY the frost, aud was
a. ,oose that could be shoveed up without Difficulty
7, WAS found to burn vel AT Ponds bay pebbles Of
v.,;eos,ed sandstone were found. From Possession
b.y green granite was brought and pebbles consider
ably sgstized.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10
Tlg RAB18GlAlo8 D0URlAAa
NaPoLEoY or RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

General Cass, in the Senate chamber a few
days since, in the course of short speech on
religious liberty, quoted the following extract
from the speech of Napoleon at the time of
his coronation. 1t contains some of the no-
blest sentiments that great man ever uttered.
At this time they possess peculiar interest:
s'I see with pleasure assembled here the
pastors of the Reformed Church of France,
and embrace with ardor the opportunity Of
testifying TO them how highly L have been
satisfied with the reports that have reached
me of the fidelity and good conduct of the
pastors and citizens of the different Protes-
tant communities. / desire them TO under
stand that it is my intention to maintain the
freedom of religious worship. The empire of
the law ends where the underlined empire Of
conscience begins. Neither the law the
sovereign can do anything against this free
dom. Such are my principles, and those Of
nature, and if any one of my race who may
succeed me should forget the oath / have ta-
ken, and deceived by the promptings of false
conscience, violate it, devote him to public
censure, and authorize you to give him the
name of sNero.'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10

SUFFERING OF THE PooR.-An instance of
the suffering among the poor at the present
time was witnessed by some of the passengers
in the New York train on Wednesday evening,
which excited the compassion of all present
AT Newark, a woman with an infant at the
breast entered the cars, and soon after was
seized with violent cramps, and became much
exhausted. On inquiry she could scarcely
tell her tale of woe. 1t seems that, with her
youngest child, she had left her home and chill
dren in Second street, below Wharton in this
city, and gone to Newark, where her husband
was endeavoring TO find work. For three days
she was without food, and meantime she
searched for her husband hut failed to find
him. She was finally Frustrated by hunger,
on her way home in the cars. The passengers
in the car made up purse Of money for her
and sent her home in carriage. The name
of the woman is Riter.-Sun.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10

FCLL BLoODED AMERICASs.-Those are the
sort. FuA-bioo!ed .4rsc7-5cGns. What like them.
You can trust them. They stand fire firmly.
Toss them into the air to mid-heaven land they
come down right side mp, full and clear blood
ed. They are there and thai, and nothing else.
Be sure you viii not be disappointed. a full
bloOded American never forSakes himself, his
principles, his country, his posts, his duty his
everything. Not he. He don't finch, don't
dodge, don't bepd-but stands square up to
the mark; faces the music. Let US have all of
this sort if possible. They are of this stamp
that carried the first Revolution through; and
will carry the second-sad in the best posSi-
BILE manner. FuIl-blooded Americans, we say.
They are the best kind ever got up, and win
stand the right service.-B0sion Crusader.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10

ALL FOR A HALF-A-DIME.-A man named
Crocker, in December, 1853, was elected from
the cars between New London and Norwich,
Conn. Crocller wished to go from n Norwich to
New London. the fare for which, when a tick
ct was procured at the office, was fifty cents
Crockcr went to the office but the door being
closed he could get no ticket In the cars he
offered his fifty cents, being altFshe money he
had, but the conductor demanded five cents
more, being the penalty for not procuring
ticket at the office. The conductor called his
men and thrust Crocker out of the car, by which
his knee-pan was broken, and he obliged to
crawl three quarters of mile to Il house. The
Judge told the jury to enquire whether Crocker
used due diligence to get a ticket, and wheth-
er time was furnished him to get ticket, if
time was not allowed him the Company was
bound TO take him for fifty cents. The jury
rendered verdict for plaintiff for $4,000.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10

BOARD OF CAYAL CoMNIssIoNEB DEM
ocraric Union at Harrisburg says: that 'proba-
bly, of the first acts Of the Legislature will
be the dissolution of the Canal Board. 1t
seems to be useless appendage to the Public
Works even should they be retained. We
have no particular dislike to the present
Board. IessrS. Forsyth and Glover, are prob
ably as good men as could be found to fill the
place they occupy. But one man, subject to
the orders OF the Executive or the Legislature
would be Of more service to the State than the
entire board at present organized. When we
first broached the subject Of abolishing the
Canal Board, we were strongly opposed in
many quarters-but public opinion has chan
ged since, and is now nearly unanimous in fa-
vor of the measure. If the Legislature acts
up to the popular sentiment, the board will
not be in existence six weeks hence
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10

MORE PAPIsr INsoLENcE.-The city OF Al
bany is the scene of considerable excitement,
growing out Of the following facts Mrs. PAR
MALEE, the wife Of the Mayor, visited the
Almshouse on Sunday last, and distributed a
variety of little books on religious subjects
among the orphan children there. In the eve
ming the fact came TO the knowledge of a Cath
olc priest, who instructed the teachers to de-
stroy the books. -Four men, who had been ap-
pointed teachers by the influence of priests,
went to the school, seized all the books, de-
stroyed many of them, and it is said, punished
some ofthe children who cried at their loss. 1t
is tho't that when the facts becomes more thor
oughly known thro' the papers, the excitement
will greatly increase. The Papists everywhere
are Increasing in insolence and audacity, and
must be Thoroughly wceded from our schools.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-01-10

THE CLIaArE or THE CRBtEA.-It is a mis-
take to suppose that the Crimea, the seat of
war, has in winter a very cold climate. 1t ap-
pears TO be the impression of some of our jour
nails that the allies in conducting u winter
campaign in that quarter will encounter the
blasts and SHOWS that proved SO disasterous to
the French during their retreat from Moscow.
Moscow lies in very different latitude from
that of the crimea, as glance at the map will
show. The IsthmUs of Perekop, for instance
which is the Northern extremity of the Cri-
mea is in the same latitude with Venice, and
SebastopoliS on the same parallel with Mo-
dcna. a line run through Ravenna, Bologna
and Rimini will pass hardly quarter of de-
gree below Sebastopol. The natural produc-
tions of the soil Indicate decidedly warm
and genial climate. The citron, the olive, the
pomegranite, the orange, the lemon, the vine,
the laurel, the cypress and the mulberry,
flourish there in the most luXuriant prOfusion.
The Crimea is more noted for the vicissitud es
of its climate, rusulting from the proximity
of the Black Sea, than for the severity of its
winters. While, therefore the allies will not,
as is supposed by some, have to withstand the
severity of northern winter they will yet be
almost certain to suffer greatly from the sick
ness that viii be produced by the sudden chan
ges.