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AUTHORS AND PUBLsHEas.

Ever since literature becaads q profession,
The name publisher has bed synonyme
for injustice. Authors, almoss(wi,h one voice,
have complained of the iIlbehlily, ignorance
and even fraud Of those who irinted and sold
their books. The portrait oI The publisher,
az drawn by writer's, from III times Of Grub
street down, Is that of fuzzy, insolsnt pre-.
tender, big with self.importsce, living, like
huge spider, on The inno3nt flies he be-
gulles 10 his net. Itis the common talk even
yet, among disappointed slitrary men, tha.
The bookseller makes ell tib money, while
they nearly s,arve. The jhole story 10 a
slsndsr. No really eminent author has ever
complained ofhis Publisher. Johnson, Scott,
Irsins and Banereft. thou; 4Exing at such
different times, ssteralIy pfhounsed the sc-
cusation falsehood, and blre testimony TO
the generally fair and mslly character Of
publishers transactions.
Il is not difficult 10 trace be origin Of the
slander. An example or tyo will serve tor
hundreds. Some woman, Il narrow circum-
stances, but too proud to ejrn money in or
dinary ways, has her imagination fired BY
paragraphs she reads In levspspers, that
Prescott makes twenty ihsusand dollars an
nually by bis copywighis. that Dickens real
ICES even more, and that Ms. Stowe smsssed
fortune by the sale Of "1ncle Tom." She
determines, Immediately. 10 turn author
She writes arovel, and when, al last, abe has
found a publisher, is ceHain ihs. her rgaini
win be immense. The ceaaipyis Increased,
if increase 10 possible. h,,sfie fayorsbls noti'
,ices which loo courteous press bestows
on her book. 10 few dsys3she puts on hel
bonnet, goes to her pubtaher, and asks fol
some money. Ia vain hS tells her, as he il
compelled to do, in ninsty.nine csses ont oI
hundred, that her work has not yet paid ths
expense of ssreoiyping. She will not credi
aword OF it. Anovel, exiolled like bsfs hal
been, must, she AYERS, hare cold BY tens o
thonsands. The publisher tries to explain
She is obduraie. He finally gives her checl
In order 10 get rid Of hsr. Fatal mistake !
In few weeks she returns more rspacious
more incrsdulous, more positive than ever
J When the publisher, st lsst, tells hsr she I
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STEALING saw LOGS OUT WEST.

An Englishman, travelling on the Mssis-
sippi nver, told rather tough stories about
London thieves. A Cincinnaiian, named
Case, heard these stories with silent and
expressive humph and then rems rked that
aha ws.,arn ihissas- beat the London opera
tors all hollow.
"How sof" inquired ,he Englishman, with
surprise. "Pray, cir, have you lived much
in lie West.
"Not good deal. l undertook TO set up
business at the Des Moines Rapids, awhile
ago, but the rascally people stole nearly ev.
e,ything ! had, finally Welsh miner ran
off with my wife"
"Good God % exclaimed the Englishmsn,
"and have you never found her ~
"Never TO this day. But that was not the
worst of IT,"
"Worsli Why, wha, could be worse than
q mans wife7"
"Slealins his children, I should say" said
the implicated Case.
"Chlldrenr'
"Yes, a niger woman, who hsdn't any Of
her own abducted my youngest daughter and
sloped and iined the ini,ns.
"Did you see her7"
"See her, yes: and she hadn I len rods the
start of me; but plunged into The lake and
swan off like duck, aud there wasn't Ca
noe TO follow her with"
The Englishman leaned back in bis chair
and called for another mug of :alf.sud 'alf,
while Gaze smoked his cigar and eyed bis
ciedulous friend most remorsely.
"I-shsn't go any farther West, think, /"
al length observed the excited John Bull.
'sI should moi advise any one to Co." said
Csse, quietly. "My brother, but he had to
leave, although has business was the bes, in
the county,
aWhat business was he in pray :"
"Lumbs srins--had saw mill"
"And they stole the lumberi"
eyes, and saw logs too"
| "Saw-logs! 7"
eyes, whole dozens of the black. walnut
logs were carried away in single night"
"Is il possibIeW
"True, upon my honor, cir. He tried every
wsy 10 prevent il, had msn hired TO watch
his logs, but it was all Of no use. They
would steal them ont of the river, out Of the
cove. and even out Of the railwAysp 80.
aGood eraciousw
aJust 10 give you an idea how they can
steal out there" sending ely wink 10 ihs
listening company, "4jusl to give you an idea
did You ever work in saw-millp
"Never.n
"Wsl!, one day my brother bought ANAL
fred black-walnnt log-four feet three at the
butt, and not knot in ii. He was deter
mined 10 keep that log any how, and hired
two Sootchmen 10 watch Il al night. Well
they took small demijohn Of whiskey witt
them, snaked the log up the bill, above ,hs
mill, bnilt fire and then sat down on ihs
log toplay keerds, ,justto keep awake you see
Twas moustrous big Iog--bark two inches
thick. Well, as was saying, they playes
keerds and drank whiskey all night, and al
i it began to grow light went 10 sleen a-strad
die of the log. About minute after day
light, George went over to the mill to SCI
!. how they were getting on, and the log wa
:. gone.' 1.Ss
7, "What were the Scotchman doing ~
aSitting on the bark The thieves hat
J drove ap iron wedge in The buttsnd, whjel
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Simplicity or English Dsess.

In the families of many of the nobility
and gentry of England, possessing an an.
,Rual income which Of itself, would be an
ample fortuue, there is greater economy of
dress, and more simplicity in the furnishing
of the dwelling than there is in mans----s
the houses OF our citinens, VINO are barely
able to supuiv the ys<uts Of their families
by the closest attention to their business
A frie.d Of ours, who sojourned, notlong
since, several months in the vicinity Of
some of the wealthy landed afisiocsacy Of
England, whose ample rent rolls wouId
have warranted high style Of fashion, was
surprised at the simplicity Of manners prac-
tieed. Servants were much more numer-
Gus than with US, but the ladies made more
account of one silk dress than would be-
thought here of dozen. They were gems
orally clothed ngood substantial stuff, and
a display of fine clothing and iewelry wss
reserved for great occasions. The furnituro
of the mansions instead of being turned out
of doors every few years, for new and fash
ionable styles, was the same which the an
cestors of the families for several genera
tions has possessed--substantial and in ex-
cellent preservation but plain, and without
any pretentions to elegance. Even the car
pets, on many suits of parlors, had been on
floors for fifty years, and were expected 10
do service for another half century. With
us how different is the state Of thingsl We
are wasting an amount of wealth in this
country, on show and fashion, which If
rightly applied, would renovate the condi-
ton of the whole population OF the world,
aud christianize, civilize and educate, all
mankind.
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Interesting Letter of the Late Mr. Marcy.

We have seen, says the Euening Post, few
instances where The matured wisdom and ex.
periencs Of life Of seventy years are more
pleasingly manifest than in the subjoined
letter written by Mr. Marcy, in reply 10 the
proposition which emenaled from his friends,
Collec,or Redfield and Wilson G. Hunt, who,
as marx Of esteem and affection, on his re-
iiremsnt from the Cabinet, had rendered him
the Presidency Of an international bank which
they had proposed 10 establish:
MR. MARCY TO MR.. RErrIELD.
WASHINGTON, April IL, 1857.
My Dear Sir: owe you an apology for
having SO long delayed 10 reply 10 your letter
Of the 9TH inst. cannot say that have at
any time doubled asto what should be my
determination, yet ! have reflected much
upon the subjec,, 10 which |. related. The
suggestion presents an opening, which al an
earlier period in life and under other circum-
stances, would have been very acceptable,
but am quite too old 10 adventure upon a
new pursuit, 90 different from those which
have hitherto engaged my attention, unless
forced into il BY Inducements stronger than
any that now press upon me. My means for
the comforts OF life, il is tue, would be con-
sidered rather scanty for young man sur.
rounded by even an ordinary number Of de-
pendents, but much less 10 wanled when the
journey is near its end. ] have no disturbing
anxie,ies on this account. Every considerate
mae should desire 10 place an interval be-
tween the active affairs of his life and ia
close. In my case, that space cannot be
long. ~
The foregoing view does not embrace an
other which has equally controlling influence
with me. have been led into many differ
eni pussuils though none so distinct from The
others as the ons now proposed, and may
perhaps, be allowed 10 say, without the i'm
putaiioh Of vanity, that have succ eedsd toll
erably weii in each but II would be hazard
ous 10 60 much further Ia such experimsntl
si my time Of life. The pitcher which goes
very often TO the well, will be very likely q
last 10 come back broken. II occasion had
called for dslibsrasion, / could not have OBJ
tained my own consent 10 have worn harness
any longer in The situation I 60 lately occu
pied, though thought myself pretty vel
trained in ns duties. Of such q one as II
suggested ia your letter, | have no expert
ence, and | fear very little aptitude for 1t.
In making my views known 10 MIR, Hunt
Idesire you TO assure him ihatI most highly
appreciate The friendly sentiments from which
the proposition originated. To him and 9th
ers who have concuued in presenting ih'
subject 10 my consideration, ] feel truly CRATE
ful. I, is among the most pleasing reflections
which arise on viewing my past conrss, tha
have been able 10 sscurs the good opinior
OF such men. 49,
] am yours, truly,
WM. L. MARCY.
Hon. HEMAs ]. RrDriRLD.
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TaE WEAvrEo AND PMsnso OF CARPsrs--
using an ordinary Brussels carpet.loom--has
been greatly simpli6ed aud facilitated BY an
English investor. Alter putting in the wire.
or otherwise forming the loop, he throws ia
the usual linen shoot, on the face, to bind il )
and then, for The back shoot, he throws in .
thick sott weil. Or, 10 make better edge
and more elastic back, he employs the ordi-
nary two linen shools--ons on the face and
the other 10 the back--snd then, or before
throwing in the second linen shoot, hsdrsws
down only one bali Of the lower portion Of the
linen warp, being one quarter OF The whole,
and throws in the thick shoot, which 10 driven
up by the baiten or lay, so as TO cover the
second linen shoot, which 10 then inside tho
fabric; from the thick shoo, being bound only
by each alternate yarn Of the war;, Il win be
more elastic than if bound more closely By
using every yam, whilst the second linen
shoot, hasing half the warp over II, holas
down the face OF first SHOOT; and any ins-
qualify Id the taking up Of the linen warp,
by one portion of II binding in greater sub.
stsncs ihsn the other. 10 Ieuasdisd b. draw
ing down The different portions u suoeessisu.
--LsdGU. s 9el
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n The President Of western bank rush.
ss up TO his friend: "charisy, cant ycn give
me change for dolari see the bank sn-
perin,endeus 10 in town 10 day, and want
some specie in the vault TO make q skow. .
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~ An Irishman who lived in an attic be-
ing asked what part Of the house be occupi.
cd, replied--''If the 'ouss was turned topsy
turvy I'd be livin' on The firs, foor.n
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pointed down the hill, and hitched yoke
of oxen on and pulled II right out, leaving
the shell, and the Scotchman . straddle of
it fast asleep.
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Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-01-23

these things 20 far towards making amends
fol- his iinperfec:ious.
What ! have written OF his good qualities
! have written with pleasure, and what |
have said against him, have said in can
dor; but yoa know that, in order to be an
impartial historian, | was compelled 10
speak Of bis iuporfrciicns as we'll as his
virsues. have no feelings of luminosity
against him, anu ! hope that we will all he
generous enough to forgive him all the evil
that he may 60 against US, even as we hope
to be forgiven.
will now close for the present, Mr.. Ed.
itos, hoping that, ere this reaches you, you
will ali have enjoyed the eommeueemennt
Of this new year, and wishing that YOU
might all be permitted to enjoy hundred
or two Of new years, that is, it you could
content yourselves that long; thou die cx.
tremely easy, and proceed immediately to
the pace appointed for the better portions
of the world. l write hastiIy-please par
doh all mistakes, and always believe me
Your friend,
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THE FRENCH IMPERIAL FAMILY
A late letter from Paris has the follow

A late letter from Paris has the follow
ing
The Prince Imperial was yesterday, in
spite Of the coidness Of the weather, taken
out for air and exercise in the garden and
court Of the Tuilleries. In the afternoon
his imperial highuess was carried IN car
rage, with military escort, to the Park of
Monceaux, where he remained an hour and
hall. What he may grew up TO it is inv
possible to say, but though a strong, heal
Thy looking child, be is assure4iy, at pres-
enj, far from prepossessing II appearance;
the mouth is gross ana altogether ulcomely;
the cheek bones aEe iaag and prominent;
the complexion is sSay. But ne is insty
as young eagle. Scarcely nine months
old, lie rolls aitaself ogsr aal over
after any object @iieh attraets him, with
surprising agility, aud shows all the germs
of future despotism in his determined man
ncr of exercising his free will on all matters
within bis domain. The londHess Of the
imperial parents is absolutely Intense, and
the genuine amiability of both is never more
apparent than when the child Is in their
presence.
As to the Empress, it seems to be the
only thing that was wanting 10 draw out the
great depths Of her character, aud in tie
duties OF maternity she displays a grave So
iidity aud womany earnesness Of which
she was not always supposed capable. The
health OF the Emperor, if il were ever affee-
ted TO the degree so generally reported, is
surprisingly recovered. He nov rises at
O'Clock, is frequently at work in his cabi-
net by candle light, aud at 10 receives his
Ministers, Marshals aud bigh functionaries,
as heretofore. The only difference observ-
ed in him by those who are most intimately
associated with him--and am speaking on
the best Information that he is often
seized with long fits of abstraction, aud
will SIT for hours sometimes doing nothing:
and yet it is evident that this is hot a state
of inactiop, for there nnlnistakable indica-
tioas of his mind being in constant opera
! ton. He has an affection orfise iGstep --a
sort Of tic douleureux, be calls it--which
often prevents him drawing 90 his boot, and
ndisposcs him To move about. His gene
raj health appears excellent, and thus Sc
cures him from the impuiaiion of the gout.
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FRTVoLITIEs.


4 Chaplain was once preaching 10 class
of coilegiaus about the formation Of bad
habits. sGentlcmen.' he said, sclose your
ears against bad discourse The scholars
immediately olapped their hands TO their
ears, and the chaplain locked rather amaz
ed At so practical demonstration.
A Contemporary puts Ross, the soap man,
and bis soap, concluding as follows; The
manufacturer of the best soap ever used for
eleanipg a dirty man's face. We have tried
II, therefore know
give hear constantly of abscouding railroad
contractors IT is not a matter of much
surprise when it is remembered that it is
regular business with those fellows to make
tracks.
A Couatry Lecturer, some gears since,
thus described part of his apparatus:--sN Now
gentlemen, this here vessel IS full of air,
and tha: 'ere vessel is full Of waccum.'
A Virtuous Man, who has passed through
the temptations of the world, may be COM
pared to the fish which lives all the time in
salt water, yetis still fresh.
4 Jcweler advertises that he has NUN
Der Of precious stones TO dispose Of; adding
that they sparkle like the tears of young
widow.
! An Editor, describing lecture to the
fan sex, exclaims with enthusiasm, 'Three
Thousand ladies hanging on the lips of one
mani
Fellow caught stealing, excused him
self or the ground that he did the act in a
'ft Of abstraction
| 1t Is with faded beauty, as with clock:
the more the face is enaluelei, the more
clearly do We see The progress Of time.
The Yankee who was lying at the point
of death,' Whitfield it Of With his jack knife
and is new recovering.
4 Medical gentleman defines winking to
be an affection Of the eye
Transp ported for Life--the man who mar
ries happily.
When you see small waist. think bow
great waste>of health it represents.
Punch says it requires an early start
noH.a-days for man to get round his
| wife,
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AN Aerp yErERAN.-The Palestine

AN AGED EETERAN.-The Palestine
American says:
son recent visit to Greeuville, Hunt
county, We saw there in the possession of
Dir. Sampson, of that place, negro who
had attained period of longevity with
scarcely a parallel at this day. Old Billy
was raised in Virginia, and served in the
American Revolutions, a portion of the time
as servant of Gen. Washington. whose au-
tograph letter Of permit or pass given up
on one occasion, is still in possession Of his
master, He has regularly descended, as a
sert OF heir loom ef the same family, from
his original master to his present owner
MIR. Sa!upson eau refer to no written record
to establish his age mith certainty, but says
that the traditional history of his family re-
port him to have been too old 10 work for
eighty years past, aud tha. he has now ar
rived at tie wonderful age of one hundred
and Fifty years. He has been totally blind
for four years. lie still looks comparative
iy stout and healthy, and bids fair 10 live
some time vet.
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MARION STE PHENs's InEA.-Porter's
''New Correspondent at Boston, ''H. NJ.
ST. is certainly '.one of'em." Hear her on
the sisterhood
would rather live one year Of the
healthful, plucky, thorough going English
woman's life, by attending all the races,
following the hounds, leaptng fences, and
haif the time grooming my own borse, than
llfe-tiine of listless, indolent, scandal
taking inanity, which foruls the worthless
existence of the largest half of our Ameri-
can females. Tbere is no reason Why q
thoroug b. bred sporting woman should not
be thoroughbred lady, nor why woman
who can rule fractions horse, or turn q
short corner at a trot, four-in hand, should
be shut out from that straight aud narrow
path, wherein horses are not expected TO
travel. / never saw woman who would
scream at caterpillar, or faint at worm,
that had not strength enough TO kill
characters by the Wholesale; nor yet free,
dashing, s'fast' woman, that hadn t ] ust the
softest kind OF heart for the woes aud
suffsrings OF ber pclghbors.
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Clearville, Pa, Jan. 1857.
BROTHER GRUBBER-AN ECGEN-
TRIO DIVINE.
Nour frienl
j. r..


In ,sWakeley's Heroes of Methodism,"
we find the subjoined "reminiscences Of one
of class of preachers We regret to say
that are rapidly disappearing. The quaint
remarks and eccentric habits of these nen
often prove more effective in bringing home
the truth to the conscience OF their hearers
than the most finished production of our
modern evangelists. But we are forget
ting the anccdotes.
Brother Grubber was of an indepen-
dent turn of mind, and would not take any
thing Tor granted, simply because everybody
else did, lie once took occasion TO refute,
in his usual quaint style, the old proverb,
that .'still waters run deep"
He used TO shout aloud the praises of
God, aud coutended that il was spiritual.-
In answering the objections to shouting, he
noticed this, ssiill waters ran Deep
..Not 50, said be, ssstil water does not ruu
at all, for if it run it would not be still
Furthermore, still water is not SO pure as
the water that runs. 1t becomes stagnant
sliuy aud breeds tadpolcs.'
He was 4 warm republican, and during
the revolutionary war. said, in one Of his
prayers, s'Lord bless King George, convert
him to Heaven, we have had enough and
want 10 more Of him here" The Amen of
this prayer was unusually emphatic.
Another tine be assisted in divine SER
vice, where a young Presbyterian violently
preached against some of the doctrines Of
Methodism. Brother Grubber was asked
to clrsc the services with prayer, which he
did, aud as vas customary, prayed for the
minister, 80 lord, bless the preacher who
has preached 20 Us this morning, and make
his heart as soft as bis head is, aad then lie
will do some gocd.'
| Grubbcr was very literal in his poetical
| ideas, aud lot long before his death sent a
communication TO the book room, in which
he commented upon one Of the hymns in the
/ New Book lie said be did not like the
bymp which commences, 81 love to steal
awhile away" He said there was 10 truth
in it. He did not love to steal. He aid
not love to steal at home nor away from
! home.
With one more characteristics anacdote
we will close our extracts, commencing
brother Grubber to ali lovers of the old and
eccentric.
At camp meeting they found it exceed
iugly difficult to get the people to sit dowr.
A number of ladies we're standing on their
seats and refused to comply with a reque st
that was perfectly reasonable. Mr.. Grub
Der said, ''if that young lady standing on
the bench knew what great hole she had
in ber stocking, | AIN sure she would set
down"
They not knowing rho be meant, each
supposed that he meant her, and they all
sat down suddenly.
A preacher, after the discourse, asked
him if he saw hole 10 9ny of their stock
ingsi He said no.
sdIow dare you say so, .herr'
"Why," said Brother Grutber, "Did
you ever see a stocking without hole in
it"
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TIE MUTINEERs OF THE BoUNTY.--The
inhabitants of Pitcairn's Island, all of whom
are descendants from the mutineers of the
ship Bounty, have been removed to Norfolk
Island, on account of their numbers, having
outsrown the capacity Of their old home -
They numbered 1919 persons, Of whom 81
are males apd l02 females. Some 20G0
sheep, 450 head OF cattle, and 20 horses,
and provisions for twelve months were left
at Norfolk Island for their use.
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Right Hon. Elizabeth birmingham, widow
of the seventh Baron Staffordin The peerage
of Great Britain, died at Gostessv Rall, in
the county of Norfolk England, on the 10Th
of November Her lady ship was one Of the
three daughters of the late Richard Cation
Esq, OF Baltimore, grand-iaughters OF
Charles Carroll, of carrolltOn, the last
surviving signer Of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendcnce, who married English peers, viz:
the late Dewager Marchioness Of Weliesiy
and The Duchess Of Leeds. Lady staff ord
was married May 25, 1886, and became
widow, October A, 1851.