tialt iti M rC i>T a BIT JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 36. BOOTS AND SHOES, “VTTM. M.' PORTER has just'received a largo and YfT elegant-assortment of ■ <• < 1 , BOOTS AND SHOES, pulled to the present seasonjamong which are “Mon ahd Boy#' TJiick Boots,.Kip & Calf do.» Gum Shoos, Buffalo Over Shoes, &c.'- Ladies’ goiters,. Buskins, Slippers and Tics, of. Leather,’ Morocco and Kid, made in the latest style; a largo supply of,Misses and Childrens Gaiters, Boots and Buskins.. Every de scription of work mado to order as usual. Citll at Porter# Shoo Store, Main street, opposite the Methodist Church., ... / - December 20/ 1849 ivEWimavii OF FOREIGNSf DOMESTIC HARDWARE. JACOB SENER has just returned from the east ern cities with a now assortment of Goods, which he is now,opening.at his. cheap store, in North Han overstreet,'next door to Glass’,hotel. '• “V 'Oils, Glass, Paints, Copal, Japan,. ■ and Black Varnishes, of extra quality Nails and ; Spikes, Watts* Bar Iron, Oast, Shear, Blistered, and Spring Steel; Locks, Hinges, Screws; Planes, Saws, Chisels, Augers, Axes, Knives, Forks, dec. Shoe ‘ . Findings of every description. Persons wanting any thing in the Hardware line, would do well to give lis o call, as wo are determined to sell low for cash. The highest pried will be paid for SCRAP IRON and FLAXSEED, at the store of NW 15, 1849 moil & ELEGANT BOOKS & FANCY GOODS, AT HAVERSTICK’S. JUST, opened at ibis largo and woll known es tablishment, ihe'most splendid assortment of richly embellished and superbly illustrated An nuals, Gift-Books, and Poetical Works, together with an, extensive: variety, of' CHILDREN’S PICTORIAL BOOKS, for children of-ail ages, sfr, 4uliable au presents for tho Holydays; His as •• • ‘ snrlment in (his. line is the finest ho has ever pre- V eented, and cannot fail to please, as well in the ~ beauty or tho books ns in their cheapness. He x has also just opened a splendid assortment .of ' r ; Holyday Fancy Goods, which it would bo impossible to enumerate in an advertisement, but which comprise every variety of elegant fancy articles, of tho newest styles and' i latest designs. He would call particular attention - to his choice supply of PERFUMES, from tho “ celebrated establishments of.Roussel, Haul and others, with Fahey Soaps, and every article de sired for the toilet. Also, Musical Instruments, Ladies and Gentlemens Cutlery, in great variety, _‘li, Gold Pens and Pencils, Port Mdtmalfs, Walking "lanes, Baskets in great variety, and tho most Hlogant assortment of Girandoles, Flower Vases, loreens, . Parlor and Study Lamps, ilher for lard or burning fluid, which has never. •been presented in this bmmigh. Also. FRUITS, PRESERVED FRUITS, Vp NUTS aiid an innumerable .variety of other arli ’s&‘clcs, which it is impossible to mention iii detail, but which comprise almost every article winch y can be a«ked for in the line of fancy goods, &o. Tho public are especially invited to cull and see them during Um Holydays. Remember the. old North.Hanover Street, SR; - S. W. HAVERSTICK. December SO, 1Q49.. BR; Tremendous Arrival |||k OFFALL AND.WINTER GOODS, ... - At the Cheap Wholesale and lletail Dry-goods m" - More of ;?f._ . ARNOLD & LEVi: V THEY have just received and are now opening in North Hanover street, 3 doors north of the Car lisle Bank and opposite llavcrstick’s Drug store, ! the most extensive assortment ofFall and Winter Goods, ever brought to Carlisle. Among these goods may be found a beautiful selection of 1 Ladles Dress Goods, plain, black and changeable Silks, 'silk striped,, figured, and embroidered Cashmeres, small fig’rd ■ and striped Delaines, in great variety: plain, black, nnd changeable .Alpacas, Mohair Lusters, plain and figured Sack Cloth, French Morinos. Porri mnttes, worsted plaids, bonnet satins, ribbons, Brussel* Lace, black silk fiingo and bolts. SM/UFAtf.-rlWkera, Thibet, Mous do Loin, and plaid Shawls; Moravion, Lamb’s Wool, Al paca and Silk Hose; Gloves and Mitts: CLOTUS cf* aW’flA Sattlnetts; Ken tucky Jeans, Velvets, Pilot Cloth, Drab and Bca - vef Cloths, for men’s oyoicoals and sacks. Boots & Shoes. Wo have added to our immense stock of Dry Goods, a large assortment of Boots and Shoes, M'hlch will be sold very cheap at (ho store of Ar nold & Levi,. September 27, 1840. ■ Dry Goods! Dry Goods! .•'./inrACKAOES'JBBT RECEIVED AT THE ,4tU- New Store, corner of tlunovcr and Leather struct*,'opposite Wot. Leonard’* old stand.' CALL AND EXAMINE, / Broadcloths, Cassiniercs, Saltincls, I and Vestings; Mousolin de Laities, Ginghams, PRINTS, DOMESTIC GOODS, TAILORS' TRIMMINGS, 4c,'Alto, ’ BOOTS, SHOHS. HATS and CAPS, ’ T Call and see fur yourselves. - N.W. WOODS, Ag’l. $ . December 20,1849. - I' Clicnp Clothing store. Great Bargains! THE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends and the public in general, tiiathohoß.ro> moved his largo and extensive assortment of Ready-made Clothing:, to the room recently occupied os a store by George W. Hitner, on East Main street; directly opposite Elliott’s Drug store, and within two doors ol Ogilby’s store, whore ho will keep constantly on hand, all t kinds of Hcody-mado Clothing, ond everything per* > taining to gentlemen's wardrobes. The clothing ho | offers for sale is made up In his own shop, by oxpb lienced workmen, and under his oyvn supervision.— Ho feels prepared to offer great bargains in the Clothing line, arid to test this fuel ho would earnest ly Invito the citizens of this county to give him a , call, and examine the qtiolily of. his stock arid his [ prices, before puiohabing elsewhere, t Ho will also, as heretofore, continue to make up | all kinds of Clothing according to order, and those £ who prefer It can have their measures taken, ami f) their garments .made up. to thoif ploasemcnt. Al- IL W* on hand a large, assortment of Cloths, Cassi meres, Saltinets, VDSllngs^dto. Hbh’l forget ihe'plaee-l-direetly opposite Elliott** I store, and within two doors pf Cgllby’s. §. ' NATHAN HANTOH. 'M. Nov 82, ie'4D-T-3>W ' .' 1 jP f IQUOltS,—French and. Rasberry Brandy, 3 1 JU Jamaica Spirits, Md., Tort, and L. Wines, s' old Rye Whiskey, &o. of vory superior qhality,' I constantly on lihnd.' A new supply just received, CVINHOFF, Agt. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER la publielißdoveryTimrsiluy* at Carlisle, Pa. t by JOHN B. BRATTON, upon’ the following conditions, which will be rigidly adhoiod.to :. ' Tor one year, in advance, ' . ' $2 00 For all months,'ln advance, 100 Nn subscription,takcu for a lens term than six mouths and no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, Twciity-flvo per coni, additional on the price ofßubscrlptlon will bu.requlred of all those who do not pay in ndvaucc. Quo aquaro, one Insertion, One square, (wo Insertions, Onq.square, throe insertions, . . . Every subsequent Insertion, per square, A liberal discount'will bo made to those who advertise by :he year, or for three or six mouths. OmoE.—Tho office of the American Volunteer lain tliesnc* oud story of James IJ.GralmnVs.new stone liuiltling, In'Smnh Ilnnovor street, a Tew doors soutli of Um Court Ijuuaoi vvlicro those having business arc invited to call. ' MY FATHER'S GROWING OLD. JACOB SENER. . Our readers must-have noticed, before' now, that tone and feeling with whlph, clandestine mat rjuges are commented upon In conversation, arid by tho press generally, is one of levity and Undis guised satisfaction. Uis commonly regarded as one of the best of jokes, if a foolish girl of fifteen or sixteen succeeds in outwitting her father and mother, and runs off with u comparative stranger. Editorial wit is taxed to ils utmost capability to render ridiculous the distress jiml anxiety of the bereaved father,’ as he follows His wandering cliilil. And If fortune favors the and the knot is tied before the parent can interposp a warning word, the general joy is rapturous. It is a triumph of young luvo over, stern, unsympal.hi sing, tyrannical housol.iold.aullioniy, w hich calls for tho mOrrlest Celebration. Or, if tho idea should occur to any, that all is not quite right fn such cavnlior treatment of parents,‘ills soon apol ogised for by {lie sage, observation that young folks will bo young folks.. . Tako it all in nil, a stranger, to our rules and customs would be likely to Infer', that parental rule and council,implied something very dreadful and oppressive, and,that tho young ladies of the land were held In home bondage of the most un just and ungenerous character. At tho risk of being, regarded as very old fash ioned, wo shall i.ovorthclrss acknowledge that we rarely can see anything .of the nature of,a good joke in a clandestine or runaway wedding. \\o confess to ttfeoling of sadness and ovll foreboding, when wo hear that a girl whp )a a mu/o child has made up her mind.lcr foptVdiate the love and the anxious cafe of ,l|io,'mother who born her, and of (ho father who' has cherished her as his eho has turned her face away from (he pliar of home, from the nckt of her infancy,.and pul her self in tho hands of a man whom her parents dare not trust. . ’ We need hardly remark that marriage fa the great event in woman’s life, from which al) other events tako their coloring. If she err here, her whole lifo is one of unavailing ponanco, ofjcald •ing tears, of sharp and blighted lriho cannot go buck'and undo.her,fault; she dare not look to the future, Ibr ills all desolate to her.— These things being so, it follows llmt a .young lady should yield her hand and heart only after the most prudent and cautious forethought. She should avail herself of the wisdom and experience of those who love her. and. above nil, of her pa rents, and after all, she will feel that the chances are sufficiently numerous that she may still make an unwise choice. But, in most clandestine marriages, Iho girl U n child, ignorant of the world ; without expert once; deficient in judgement; her mind probably filled with false notions and fanciful dny-dreama, derived from'novols and romances, oho meets with a young man at a parly, or a ball,or no mat ter where, who seems interested In her, and she is flattered by his apparent admiration. He con ducts her home; calls on her the next day; re peals his call, and they aro thenceforth In love, if they .are not at the first glance., They have be come the Romeo and Juliet of what is a ploy In the a tragedy In Its close. . . .. The incompetonoy ol the young girl to osiimnto the character of her lover, is perfectly apparent to every one but herself. It is enough for her that he appears to love her ardently and sincerely.— Me proposes marriage to her, and is probably ac cepted without reference to her parents.' He en treats (hat an early day maybe named for their union. If there is any doubt, of her parents con currence, this is grunted, too; and if parental ob jections .or difficulties, threaten to Ipterposn, on olopemontis the next question agitated and agreed to,. They are consoled by the thought that there Is something romantic In a runaway match; and that eiioh things are rather praised than con domned; and beside, after all isovor. it will not be diffieqU to make up with father and mother. .fa reflecting woman would see that the young mani. w.ho sues for her love without the sanction of.hor parents, g|vos prima fade evident that something is wrong ftDoufhim; something that shuns lliu liglit ana fears investigation, A wo man in.hor right mind would tyy parents 1 know and oonfltlo ln» ilioy love.mepyd n, y hap- TERMS OF SODfICRIPTION RitES OF ADVERTISING, %ort(csl; BY B. J. DiRDER. My father is growing old;, ti id eye , ■ -Looksdimly on thdpuge; Tlie locks Dial round tils foruhead lia Arc silvered o’er by age; ' My heart lias learned too well the tale - Which Other lips have told. His year* and strength begin to foil— ••My father’s growing old." They tell me in my youthful years, . lid lead me byhia side. And strove to calm my childish fears, My erring steps.tn guide, tint years; with all ihiilr scenes of change, Above us both have rolled 1 1 now must guide ms (altering steps— " My father’s grow lag old I" When cVehjhgM rosy glory departs. -With voices full of mirth, Oitr liousnhoU band, with Joyous hcarts, Will.gather round the hearth; They look upon his trembling form, : IJis pallid face hehuld, And turn away with chastened tones ‘‘•My father’s growing old." And when each tuneful voice wo raise, In songs of “ long ago,’’ Ills voice which mingles in,our luys Is tremulous and low. It used to seem a clarion tone', So musical and hold, - But weaker, fainter has it grown “ My father's growing old." The same fund smile ho used to wear, Still wicalhes his palu lip«miw,- Bul time, with lines of age and care Has traced his placid brow }' Dntyot/amii) tho lapse of years, HiS heart has not grown cold, Thoguh voice and fuatstepa plainly tell— * “"My^father's growing old."- My father; thou didst st<jv6 to share My Joys and calm my (ears, And now thy child, with grateful euro ' In lhy dcclinliig years, - Bhrtll sninuth thy path, and brighter scenes By faith and hope untold; And lovothee \\|U* a holler love, Binco thou art “growing old." jfltJffliccnantoiist, BMJWAI (UTCIIKS. *OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS QE RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY 1 ’ CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1850. pinees; their lot In life is bound up with mine,‘so that if I err, they will be wretched. They shall be roy cohsollors.' I will'not trust niy own too partial’eye to investigate my’lover’s character, and 1 will refer ll to them.” Such would be any prudent girl’s course, and such a course would seldom, if ever, end in.an elopement. .X3ut such is not the course of that largo class of young girls who figure in runaway matches.— And the consequence is, that such girls fall 'an easy prey to the thousand' of genteel loafers, worthless, portionless and heartless vagrants who contrive to keep'up a respectable exterior by prey* ing upon society. While' we write these linosi wo think of tho multitudes of, once young, thoughtless girls who have fallen into such hands, and found, after a few months of married life, their terrible mistake. They See when it is too Jate—ihey. realize when there is no remedy for jt, that, they liavo plunged into,an abyss of misery, instead of stepping, into a heaven, of earthly bliss,.and now, casting .them* selvesjonro more upon the parental.bosom, ex claim, in a concert of agony—** Would to God wo had,never wandered hence!”— N, Y. Organ*' «'5 O THEY SAY* Well, what if.they.do 7 .It may not be true, ; A great: many, fqlse reports , arc, circulated,mid (lie reputation of a good man may bo sadly sullied by ii baseless rumor.- • Have you any reason to believe' that-, what they suy concerning your • brother is true ?■ . If not, why should yoii pfcfmii yoht, name to be included among the Vlboy” who circulate a scan dal?. • ‘‘ , . ’ ITAey soy.—Whoisays? Is any person responsible for the assertion 7 ‘ Such phrases ore frequently used to concoul the point-of tin enemy’s poignord, who thus meanly strikes .one vvlioin ho ,du.ro .not openly assail. . Arc you helping the cowardly atiack ;If “they 11 tncuna nobody,.then regard'ifj‘6 lumor’as nothirlgi - JTiey toy.-— Why do they soy so? • Irnnygood purposo socured by the circulation, of the report ? Will it benefit the individual to Imvo it known ; or will any interest of society’ho promoted by whisper ing it about 7' 1T not yob had belter employtime and speech to some more worthy purpose/ "}■- .t ./ . They say.— I To 'whom do they suy it 7 ..To those who have,no business.with the affair? To those who cannot help it or tilcnd il. br prevent any un pleasant results 7 That 'certainly shows n tattling, scandal luvidg spirit that ought to bo rebuked., Thty say.—Well, do they, suy it to him 7 Or ore ,lhcy very careful to whisper.it in places where-hb cannot bear; and to persons who ufo known,nol to bo his friends 7 .Would they dare to say It (o'him, us'well as abont him ? No nno Iras a right to that concerning' another which he is not ready to speak in his own car./. . 27iey suy.—Well, sqppose il is truc. Areyousorry fur it ; or do you rejoice that a brother has been dis covered erring 7 Oh, pity, him if he has fallen into sin, and pray for him that ho may bo forgiven and restored.- ... If .U should bo true, don’t bruiril nbruad tn ; liis in jury. It will not benefit you nor. him, nor society, to publish Ids fulilla. You nrd es liable to bo’slan dered, or err, ns your brother, and us ye would Jtlmt ho should defender excuse, or forgive you, do ye even so to him. . Remember, thy falUpi.^Wswuani'aby, clinics,...- How vast Is that inlliiilaiMit; - Vv.l mercyhntii sqvuii by-stjviMiiy-itmcs ■. Duen swift to forgive and forget! - : t. ' . Watefnnah anH Rrfteelor. POOR KICIIAUDtti RATINGS. Wo think -wo cannot giV’o our, reader* a belter Ireal Ilian u few of Franklin's inimitable, proverb*, which appeared in lii«,**Foor Richard's Almanac, '* between 1733 and '54.‘ They with'philos ophy and instruction, a fuel'which ia fully proved by, their popularity every vvhcre ihroughent the coun try, at (he I (mo of their publication. They were also reprinted in England, IronsluleH three tunes into the French language, and once into modern Greek : sumo.grow mad by studying much to know, • ,Bul who grows hind by.studying good to grow ? He who fulls in love with himself will find no ri val*. Agolns.t dbicaacd here the strongest fence, Is the defensive virtue, Abstinence. Tart words make no friends j u spoonful of honey wilJ-calch more flics tlum.a gallon of vinlgur. : Drive thy business or it will drive thee. / ' Bewaro ul little expenses j a small leak' will sink ,a great ship,. An oupco of. wit.(lint-is bought,, Is worth a pound that. Is-Uiughl. ’ A ploughman on ins tegs is higher (nan's gentle* moh on his knees.' • What maintains one vice would bring up two children. . ~ • ( • ‘The ouster's,eyes will do more! Work Ilian' both i his hands. 1 ■' ' * • \ A Change of fortune hurts a wise man ho more than a oliiingo oftho muon. • A false friend and a shadow attend.bn|y yvfitlo llio sun shines. , _ • Plough deep while sluggard* sleep, ■ And you shall have corn, to soil and keep. .<i If you would not bo forgotten os soon as you are dead, either write (hiiigs worth reading or do some thing worth. writing.. . /- , • The idle man ip thq, devil's hireling, whose livery iarogs, whose diet and Wages uro famine, and dis grace. . ! . lie is a fool who mokes his doctor.his heir., pools inaho feasts and wise men oat them. The poor huvo little—beggars none. The rich 100 much—enough not one. • Mankind uro vyry. odd.orouluros.' One’ half cen sure > what (lioy practice, the oilier hajf practice what they censure. . ‘ Old boys huvo their playthings as well as young ones, the difference is only in the price. If a man could, have half his wishcs ( lie would double his troubles, rfhe Mother, A writer beautifully remarks than a.roan's mother is the representative of his maker. Misfortune and. oven crime, eot up no barriers between her end tier son. Whlte’hj* mother lives he wiflhafo one friend on tho earth who will nut. listen when lie is slander ed, who will not desert him when lie suffers, who will sooth, him in his sorrows, and speak to him of hopes when ho is ready lb despair. Tier affection knows no diking tide. It flows on from a pure fountain, und speaks happiness through life vale of (ears, and ceases only at tho ocean of eter nity. " Great ngc," this we live in.. People don't laugh naW’U.diiys—they indulge in merriment; They don't walk—they promenade. They novqr cal any food —they mostichto it. Nobody hue a tooth pulled—lt )* extracted. No one hue Iris feelings hurt—they are laoeroted. ■ Young men,do not go courting the girls —they pay (ho young ladies attention. |l is vulgar lo visit any one—you must only make a call. Of bonrso you would not think of going to bed—you would retire to rest. 1 ; Nor would you build a house —you would erect it. ~, An old Iqdy sold, her husband was very fond of peaches,and that was his only fault, - “Fault, ma* dom," sold one;* 1 how oan'y'ou on)) that a fault - ?" ‘ "Wbv, because, lliqro are different ways of eating them,.sir, My, husband takes thoui in the form of brancy J" Matrimonial Miasi/r*.—Two. Polkae make one Flirtation. ■ .. , ■. , . Three , Flirtations make one Squeeze of the Hand. , . Four Squeezes make one Kiel. . 1 Five Kieses make one Moonlight,-Mooting. Two Moonlighl mjOio oije Wedding. Two Wqddingi mako , A NEW SONG, CALLED Elio Speaker's Old Chair. A PARODY ON THE ” OLD ARM CHAIR’.” “ I love it, 1 love it, and who ahull daro To qhido me for loving tho Speaker's Old Ciiair; I hnyo-cherisljcd it long,” and had little rest, : ' ■ TJiitcl resolved to do alt for the beat. 1 ! ,I.^|W^J an,e d every night, for these many weeks '•pCfflttl choir and the means to attain- it nl last ;* I hrf™duncillcd whli Whigs, from the East and lust 1 resolved to do ,all for the best. Whence bargain was made, but no nutter whore,' I could be placed, in the,, Speaker’s Old :'f&. Chair j My mvhd wits at case, and.at lust got same rest,- By life sage resolution, to do aliforlhc best. The Ucnigcrols may-thunder, as- much os they „ , please, . Since my object’s attained, my, poor mind is at ■ ease ; , • • , ‘ They-may swagger ana rant, for 1 know, they’r diS* • 'i : . .’.tress't, - ( Sinc6 thcr sec-how. I fixed it, by doing all foithe. . best. '• ’ j t'Jlo.Whigs, too, despise mo, but whsl do I cafo, Since I urn promoted, to the Speaker** Old Chair;' A cool hundred ” I’ll make, which Will caiso my , poor breast, _ ' ‘ And* the world will agree, 1 Tea done dll fir ihi - Deel. .:.t :; , - - • ~ - |eauty among tub OUEBKS. Irr'-llte History of Ancient I ’Art, WlnUeitnan thus spe&kttbf the estimate pul on manly beauty by tho aufi|ehi,G reeks; , therefore, bodiky \vas thus desiied ami the Greeks, nothing was concealed fthlgfejMiuld bnlmn.co it. Every beautiful poison' spnghUto become known'to-■llio.whulo nation by thU and especially ’to please the ar tisie,'|jpcauso they decreed the prize of beauty j and fq£lhis very reason, they had an opportunity of iemg, beauty daily. Beauty, was mi ezsol iunqasfthlch led to fame ; for wo find that the GreeVJiisto'ries make mention of -those who were distinguished for it., Some pci sons'were, even characterized by a particular imrno, someitoquilful portion of the body; thus Dnrnitri us RoUorertes was named from the beauty of his *yv\\fo{dinrUuhlrpharos s that is to say," on whose lids ijje Graces dwell. 1 * -It appears, indeed, lb have been a belief, that the procreationof beuntU 10l children might bi'.pfomotbd by tho distribution of prizes for. beauty, ns thero is a reason to Infer from tKb contests of beauty which were instituted in the remolesl agps by Oypselns, King 0 f Arca dia, in (he time of Heraclidie, on the banks of the rivec-jAlpheus in 1211i3; and aloo from thuJaei ihat kji the festival of the- Phileslan Apoliot a prize for ,tlie most exquisite kiss was conferred on the ypUlUful. Its assignment was subject to tho de» eisioo of a judge, as was probably also the case at Mrcara, at tho tomb of. Diodes. At Spnrtq and atjLesbos, in (he temple of Jirno, und among thejgCtjens of Parrhasin, the woman contended jj •• J Hro-TTgntd-rti|H?nA“quUi“ ity was so general and so strong, that, ns Opptan declares, tho Spartan women plated in lllbif sleep ing apartments tin Apollo of Bacchus, or Kerens, or Narcissus, nr Myndnthus, or Castor and Bol lux, in order that they might -bear .beautiful dill-- dren. If it Ik true what Dion Ohyrsostpm asserts of his own lime, and that of Trajan, that manly beauties had ceased to bo an object of regard, that people no longer knew how to print them* then (his very disregard may be considered as one cause for the decline of art ul that time.” FILIAL KINDNESS JUEWAUDCD, Gustavos 111. King of Sweden, passing one mor* ning through u village' in the neighborhood of his 'capital, obecrvid o young peasant girl, of interest ing nppcnraiim;, drawing water at a fountain at' the way bide.' Me wont up lb her and asked her for a draught. Without delay alio lilted up her pitcher, and with artless simplicity put'it to the lips, of the monarch, (laving satisfied his thirst, und courte ously thanked his benefactress, he said, “ My gill, il you wollld accompany mo,to Stockholm, I. would on deavur to fix you in u mere agreeable situation."— •* All, sir," replied -the girl, “I cannot accept your proposal. lam not anxious to rise above the slate of life in, which the providence of God has placed mo* bal evsp if 1 were, l-could not for on Instant hesitatu; I ’, “ And Why 7" rejoined the king, some what surprised, 44 Because," answered the girl, col oring, 4 ‘ rny mother is poor aiid.-sicjilyvand has no one but ino In assist.or.comfort her under her many UflJiclh'U#,; «nd no earthly bribe could induce me to leave her,.or In neglect IhO duties which iiUWctlon requires Iroin mo.". •• Where Is .your mhth«e;? l> asked the monirch. "In that little o.ihiu,” replied Uie girl, pointlngto a;..wretched Ijovcl.beside her 'Tho king-, wiiooe feelings wore iulcrcsfcd fnTurof of his companion, wont in, and beheld stretched on n bedstead, and whose only covering was a little straw, on ogod fomulo weighed down with years, and sink-' ing under Infinniiiof. Moved «l the sight, Hie moiu arcli addressed her. .“I am sorryi my poor woman, In find you In so'dcßlilule und afflicted a rondlllon." " Alas, sir,*’ tinatverpd-the venerable sufferer, »• I should he indeed' tote pitied* had I not that kind and attentive girl, who labors to support mo, and omits nothing she thinks can afford me relief. May a gracious Gm| remember it toiler for good," she abided.. wiping, ,’uwiiy“ a tour. Never, perhaps,-was Gustavus more sensible than-at that , moment of the pleasure nf possessing on exalted station, and put ting'a purse into the liana of the young villager, ho could only say, 44 Continue to take care of your ilio therj ('shall soon enable you lu dn so .more effvotu' ally. G*od bye, my. omiuhlq.glrl.'you may depend on the, promise of your king." On his return (o Stockholm, Gnsiiivns settled a'pension fur life on the nioihpr, with the reversion lu her daughter at her death, , • Tiif Odd Feu,owe.—The Wnshinpjon Globe ms hears testimony to tho great increase nnd no- hlo mission of Odd Fellowship— 44 Wo bojievu that in llio whole, world, (hero ie no instande of any society of men, unnmed by power, wenhh, or political wjiojiavo from nn htimble be ginning. risen op rflploly to be both humorous nnd onuliMttns the Independent Order ol Odd (’'ollowa. 'I he fanl la itself ti eulogipqi p|n tho Order—bn Its objects, its cnmldol, and !to administration. The great aim otitis to do good, and the only aim we (mlieve. To comfort the sorrow-stricken, (o heal tho sick, to feed thu hungry, to clothe tin* naked, nnd to relieve flip nerasstlmis, nro the hanilpal. purposep for which Odd Fellowship was inelini led. Bo far it has‘nobly fulfilled its mission, and its success has far exceeded everything (hat could hayo hnen anticipated. Everywhere the Odd Fel lows are eroding noble buildings called halls, which ere not built for frhbw nltog'ethef but for use, and limy are made useful ulways we bo- Hove,” Facts foa Farurrs.—Novor kcepyuur oattlo short, few Inrmers ean afford it. If you starve (hem they will starve yoo. Whim an implement is no longer wanted for the season, lay it oureluKy aside, but first let it bo well cleaned,'■ . . . • ' 1 Do not. begin farm, Ing,by building an extensive fiouse, nor n spacious barn, till you liuve something to store in U. Good fences make good neighbor*. Cows woll fed in winter, givo more milk in eum, mcr* . - . What ought lo bp done to day do it, for to murrbvf tuny rain. , CHILDREN* It is a pity that the.portraits of children are not more ; frequently .taken. In them only we find pure, umlulleraled expression—we meat} such an expression' as.is indicative of ,disposition, and not 1 caricatured, distorted j. or exaggeratedly passion, jit would bp enripus to kpep. sucji;alery - pf ‘ children’s -pictures, and compare them m after life j wiili the originals, wbou pjnhition, avarice, disnp* Ipointment, or malice, have Warped the features into tho mirror of the distempered .piindi- Tho -portrait of-. n man Is sufd to lie insipid, unless the artist, represents, him in the attitude, and under the agency of spine great and powerful passion. The portrait of a child is not a .hard, dead’,-lifeless sort of u thing; a child, will, and must have anlmu j tion. Not even the most dull of all sign painters jpould help making it child’s countenance reflect the,natural tenor of its mind. ’ They have not yet } learned .to conceal ’emotion ; dissimnlation is a j virtue or a vice, for which wa arc indebted to our experience. -Correct Tiutlo In. Clilldrcii. | In many ways the mother con contribute to the formation.of a correct.taste., The first hymns die .teaches to the lispor, and even the earliest notes I which sings for its lulaby, should bo chosen with •care; ,Tha pictures with which llie walls,of the nursery are adorned, should-be selected With a •studious and cultivated regard or real boonty.—' ■Likenossos of pxocMjjnt men and women-—whoso • names, you would choose to Ifnro’yoUf children love—are a very desirable ornament; A few ele gant historical pictures winch might be used ns Introductions ip general history, or which nro cal culated to inspire nplilo sentiments, would be found of great utility in every family able to havo them. A few well finished • landscape plccco wouMniao lend to foster a love of nature In its cheerful and;aubUme aspects. There is a refining and efiyciuai iiifluence urising from a daily famil iarity with tho scenery oi* nature, whether it glows before us in Its original loveliness, or In the rep resentation of the genuine artist. »“ PUNCTUALITY Ah ! that’s the Word— punctuality ! - .Did you c\ or sue .a, man who was punctual, who did not grouper In tho long.run 7 Wo don’t cafe Wliu or what ho is —high or low, black oi white, Ignorant dr learned, savage ur civilised—wc know if ho did as ho agreed mid,was punctual in alibis engagements,ho prosper, od and was moic respected, than'his shiftless, lying neighbor. •. • * >■. filch who commence business should bo careful how thcymcgtoci their roblfgationa’ and break (heir word. A perton who io prompt can always bu ac cuiiimudatcd, and is therefore ‘’lord of another munV pur»ff,”as Franklin >voul.d aay. - Never make promi ses upon uncertainties. Although tho ben of men fail to do as they would, tho case is exceedingly fare.—- Ho who Is prompt to fulfil his.word, will never make • promise.whore it is' nol next la u moral, certainly that lie can do as |ie agrees.. . If.you would stfccccd, be punctual to tho hour. Return money l)ie piomonl you promised U. In all things if you are thus. proinpt,-wo will.risk you llirnugh lifu ;-yon will succeed—:yqu.cannot help it. Those who ore prompt In ihcirbusipcsß ufTwirs, ore generally so. jo OVCIy lJc|iariinmTJril(\j, Yvu*ne»er Uriuw'llrciii w th' be lute to church, to the polls, or to bed/ A prompt, nuns in everything characterizes them. May you be thus prompt. ■ Tho first symptoms of reform, 1 if you have boon remiss in duty, will be to send to the prin ter forthwith and pay your subscription. , \Ve havo been more or leso connected ' with papers fur 20 yeaw.-und tfib result,of our experience li-llis'maii wliu poyh for hi* paper is prompt hi every trunsae. lien of life—makes a good citizen—exerts a good influence—prospers, and is on a fair way . to loach hcuvcif— Olive bionth. FLUIDS vs. SOLIDS. . • 1 There are mony curious w'ays of cvudlog!the law, 4 in sections where it forbids the autu of blue ruin 9 “against the statute in sticli eases made and provid • cd." From the days of striped plglsm to the present, 5 human invention has never been ut fault in finding i means to,evade all laws in relation tp (ho subject.— » The following from the Lowislown (Mc ) Journal , i furnishes un instance where one dealer in poison gut • into the “wrong box.” ’ ; I Not long since two gentlemen wishing to purchase some poultry, slopped, into a store, and enquired of • the trader if ho hod any poulliy to dispose of. “Yea, sir, yes, sir," replied tho trader, wringing his hands as it washing sm-iti linen, “Step right up stairs, sir; be up presently." ■ Tho gentlemen walked up stairs, and §fitr iiispcling boxes and barrels, and not being able to ‘Jiskiver’ anything in tho poultry line, pa tiently awaited the coming of tho knight of the yardstick. • ' , flu kooii mode his oppearancoail smiles and bows, ' and taking n tumbler from the barrul drow It two < thirds full of briindy, added (ho necessary requisites, I end presented It to the gentlemen with a bow dial, ( wmlld have done honor ton French dancing master, ul # ||io same (into observing that it was 44 a cold day r cxlrcnitly Colfl,.'had’nl hall such.cold weather for Hume time." i, The genlledian* looked ul him Villi r astonishment, ami at length stammered, out that he t enquired- for poultry;- “Oh ! sir," stammered the ( storekeeper, “1 fnrgulj made u inialako, sir, extreme- . ly sorry. air, just sent all our poultry off to Boston." Tho gentlemen looked daggers, and the storekeeper finding ho had waked up the wrong passenger aloped und |ufl the gentlemen lo'tbelr own meditation's,' ‘ Gamounq at European Watkiuno correspondent of the Albany Evening Journal,wii | ling fiom Brussels, says, with reference (cgambling at Spa. , , ~, i . And here, for the first time in my life I saw rou- 1 Ivllu und (ranloct un played t and for the moment, my feelings won* must painful. The rooms me I elaborately'furnished. The amount on each table, > wliichjia termed the 44 bank," Js 3(1,UU0 - francs, and i any person may' stake from' cma frniic, but nut ex -1 ceudtng three thousund. The aeiils around those tables wore indiscriminately occupied by. Judies and gentlemen,. Il is thought nothing of, as every per ' son gambles levs rtr-uioie. • Alonu of the (itblrs n ' very elegant and leaking elderly lady I nitracten my ntlenlion. On inquiry,.! was (old she was a Unssinn countess, ofimiiiunso wraith,, who for many year* lus devoted herself to this odious • vice, and that the hiibit io now so confirmed os to prove irresistible, It is said of her that dm log (fie period of her litb thus occupied,she has loilntinions. I ll.iajiotMiig.lu.seo n hnHit.ind and wife, nju! dvon I daughter^'And mothers,silting at lhorfomo g-uirblliig i (■ilia. Indeed, the extent to which gambling is our- \ rlod on at llio-fashionable watering places in Europe 1 is incredible, A gentleman Informed mo tiialJust year, t who ( pat u, Gcrjmni watering place,Tio .wcnl one Bob- \ ba(li‘ morning to (he English' Episcopal church j when, fctnrinng from church, thu clergyninn who had uflioialod hurried pistj aml seeing him cnter.tho j public gaming Ijouse, ho followed,.when In hix utter j asloninlmiDHt. (liU reverend gunllvmnti took hla soul . nt llio'lublo, and inslanlty engaged deeplyTn piny ! The only redeeming feature oonnooted with the ' gumbjing house si Spa, is, (hot from the winnings tho poor must be supported * ulso*t||6 expanses at- 1 (ending public improvements, and the cleaning of the town. An agent of the government is always prfßont' at the close, of tho game, to ascertain the amount gained, out nr.whioh n per ocnlige govs to the purse of tho.king. ' Lust your (he.winnings amounted to nearly six hundrild thousand IVnnest this yenr owing to the great Influx of strangers, it Is expected that the sum will be much greater, ■ The eamo writer slates th.il the usual expenses of living in hotels there, at ordinary, seasons. In about five,francs per day j bntthis yoar.owlpg lu the great erowd/U woe considerably liighor. ,* n The lfon. v John 0, Cellipun Is oonfmed Ip hie room in Washington eerloUtlry indisposed. : AT $2 00,PEB ANNUM. DEEPLY AFFLtCTINO;bcp^IiE]VGID < i' Never perhaps did we sit down to record a more , painful,a more deeply distressing, and in this i. community a mure generally and heartily deplored ;! accident* than occurred oh‘Saturday last* in Ply* * mouth township.* Miss -Ellbn, aged Id years,- eldest.daughter of:liort, George W» Woodward; Miss Afw,aged about 20 years, daughter of Wil- Butler,-and.who from her childhood hod; rcfilued in' the. family ofJudpo Woodward,, and Alisa BuNßfeh, aged about M r yearß,'a young'lady/ from Contro’ county, a visitor at Judge'Wood-; ward’s, wont out'for recreation, and'while'athu-'. sing themselves by, sliding on' ice l formed uport' o pool on the flats .near Judge ;VVood ward’s resi*-. douce, -the ice \Vero ail'drowned/' A child; wlio wimossed tile sad'catastrophe, gave’ the alarm, and persons hastening -to, the;.spot,’ found and took .from the water the deid all having sunk through ope aperture in the, foot? Judge W. wns.in Wilhesbarre pi the time, and.on • ’ receiving the sad inlelligencei hastened; \o itaj ’■ place, where llie sorrowful'evidence'of reality only Increased,.lf possible, the agony/of; his booom. - ... ; Tiio young ladie* were nil,highly esteemed,** generally as known, and their'ihelaucboly-ideatha are most deeply deplored, ; Ii is too' famran ex prrssiqn to, say, most, deeply do .we; hTconimon with tjie neighborhood, sympathize, and mingle, feelings of sorrow; with those thus bereaved rel atives. IfVsincore nnd deep'aorrbtFof liflarlf'artd thb most lively, sympathies’ tir the cornmurthy in general, had power 10 assuage grief-i-sure- We are there would bo some mitigation of the grief, of tho relatives of the deceased. But it is not the proy-. ince of the sorrows and sympathies of other bo--' souis,.to relieve those more, nearly alHed' Uo 'lhe lost ones.. From .n higher power alone could 1 re-* lief come. -To Him alone with whom ere the is sues of life..and death can they look for ; Buc-r. cor* . , . i What a heart rending catastrophe!—whal melancholy spectacle! Tho bodies of three am\a* ; hie young fainales, who had* JusV before,left-thd '* Mima house—all aprigluliness and lovolrnesa—and who in buoyancy and cheerfulness of spirit; were! innocently amusing themselves—now. all .taken front the watery clement, lifeless and Inanimate.- How strongly illustrative of the Scripture trtiih, that in the midst of life \ve are in,death.’-. Arid Oh ! ho w. keep the pdng loa-fond parent’s heart* Wp. repeat, could cominimiiyreliuyo that pang; as one would .they gladly , rush to tho pleasant task. “• . " “V) After penning the foregoing, wo were - Informed that the young ladies were accompanied in thcltr* excursion by a Miss Totten, and two younger daugh ters of Judge Woodward; -Mits Bennef ftrst / braktf tlirouglnnho.lceland was-instantly out 1 -of sight.*— ' Mite Tultcn hastened to her rescue, and broakihg.-iq f where tho water was not sp deep,.was enabled to get out. JVliss Butler -ran la the rescue,r^nT,instantly 1 sunk. Miss. Woodward succeeded IngeltihgMVold of one of (he bodies, herself sinking* to tier shoulders. . In this situation, snd holding on to the body, vyillf great presence,of ,mind, she directed those oojshdi lo rbn far help, saying she thought she could endurrjf her position fur fifteen or twenty minutes." Soon; however she sui]jk*_ Tho younger ti»lors, undeP tber excitement and cunsternuiion'O.r (liO’iuomeht,- begged thal they might go and help Ellen—but-were strained by Miss Totten. Providentially there was one present to deter thorn; or still more aadrhijrht have been tho catastrophe. Jn their safely, having* beer) so.exposed to danger, relatives have much: to Console (hem in their deep affliction. • Miss-Butler und;M_lss Woodward had sometime previous sought solvation (hrougli.'tficlr Saviour, and* united .with the-Church of God oh earth.- Mista’- Benacp-'jia represented, like-the others, as; having been nrtiiab/b. n()d dooscientious. and . of exemplary ’’ deportment, and probably was also a plous membeic .of tho Clniroli Militant.. A confiding hope In' 'their, deaths,must bo a source ofgrCul comfort to 7 tlicjr afflicted relatives.. . • The remain* of Mi** Benner have been sent, to her widowed, and now doubly bereaved mother, in Ddlcfonto, Centro county; . ‘ -*■ Qn Monday the reman* of Mis* Duller and. Miss Woodward were curried Ip Iho old burying ground in 1 1 1i h bnroiish,’followed by un linmeiiae sorrowing multitude. 1 Their bodies there rest; whilb doubtless' their spirits ore mingling with those'of a purer nmf a .peaceful abode, onjrtylng The gain of -departed BAinlt.— Wilketbarrfi Advocate, ; ••, ’ tioodt. V! ’ ' V-’’ • When iho question of admitting P-allisf Mat thew io n emu within the bar of the .Senate was being dismissed, by that.body, Senator Huston of. Texan, ioolt occasion (6 rebuke some of. theSouthr orn fanatics, und after hooting at itio idea r oC,abo*, iiiionisnn hcingnsfiocMtod with,iho object of his. mission to this country, he spoke .of, the temper-, anno reformation as connected wfih liims«lf,thusi I. fiir, nm .vdisriple; I needed the disetplirib rcfnrmation, and 1 embraced it. lam proud upon this floor tn proclaim it, sir: uhd would that I mould enforooi the,example upun every American* heart that in&uenccs or ts influenced by filial.af fection, ’ conjugal 1 love,* or- parental tenderness*-*-', Yus, 4 ' tlipte U love, pufUy,- and, fidelity, lip scribed upon the banner.that ho bears.. Ulips nothing to du with abolition or nnllifieatloni'slf, Away with your paltry objection to men 1 wlib’ cornu bearing the binnacle above the turbid ..wa ters,‘which unfortunately’roll at the foot of this mighty republic! - ‘ •** DwclunUs or .tiik Poor m, Knoi.and,—D*f*s py llkn ano or Wire Ukabt*.— On.Monday ovening, IVfr. 1. Cochrane addressed, ril (lid MuDo Dull, Store St.’, , u number bf the parishioner* of Sl. Gilcs’s snd fib I George**, on (hs-ncesssityof improyfngj • the dwelling* of the poor. Do odduetda number/if i fact* collected from personal observation (hat ‘moVn»* I lug,showing the crowded ■bileof the lodging houses; of these suio mnv snfHfco. In n single room'on‘lho; ground floor*of No.-4 Church lone, 49 11. by B,*ho! found 93 persons lying mi thefloor. 1 ife contracted this atomnmedntion with the dens provided for.the. uniiniiU t( the 2oologio.il gardens, Regent** park.~* The liim's den *wus 53 ft. by 8* und hi* ileoplng 1 place 23 fl, by 4, being four time* the space in which hu had found 26 persons huddled loge}her.Tha,l lioness had U day room of 44 ft: by 8j l(ie tlgif, S 3 I)..by flfund botli,hnd.«pnci«iu* bed room*.' '(Lungh-v ’.let.) An Esquimaux doff had • den of II ft,,!** p, with a alooping place; und two ling* had a sty s.^ft. by 9, and sleeping plnca beside.' Al thS cldscrof the nddro**,‘ M a Dwelling Improvement Committee" wa* formed.— .- , • .. i>-,. Rr.iIARKABI.E PRKBKnVATION of* llOO.—'tließoi- Whig ToUtes that Ijog Howcr, Pefj., of Allen wee ecoldenUlly. bbticd under a •tacit bfitraw in hit yardorilhelSih bfOolnber lull.- ' • ..\i i , Addlliomr*lrriWwn» thrown l bh jbe *(aek fiortV lima to.lime, until the 94ih of Ucocmhcr« : whcMli«i Bulnntl wni found., Incredible hr U may (\p|ieur ( tho Jiog lived In .that situation, without uir. Watvrj or nny thing to col, ejccbplelraw, When 1 the hog wnii Josfi it weighed 9Srt; wherilakcn but of its confinement it wur ir mere skeleton*-not weighing more than 60. nr ;7U,pounds,...At., flrel-lt could nut walk, hut moved ..by short .jumpy like 1 a rnhhil. When offered food it wouldonly'luke W lilile whtm milk.-bul gradually itr it promises in a ebon time- toregala ils fgrrrt’cr weight.. J >• ..h Dl of the niedlcal mtjf of Button omplriy»d id 1 'ijcamind the tepii ml off)/.’ Pdrhradii, tiled In thaf dliy oh , w ‘ i rib. si
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