m GEO. W. BOWJSA.\. NEW SERIES. sclcct poctrn. Work for Heaven. [• thoa hat thrown a glorious thought l*i>on lift'* common ways, Should other men the gain have caught, Fret not to lose the praise. thinner, often shall thou find, While folly plunders fame, To thy rich store the crowd is blind, Nor knows thy very name. ! | JF ?F.OU AFT true, yet in thee luiks For fame a human sigh, To Nature go. and see h**r works, That handmaid of the >ky. Her own deep bounty she forgets, is full of germ- and -eeds: Nor glorifies herself, nor sets Her flowers above her weeds. She hides the modest leaves between. She loves untrodden road- ; Her richest treasures are not seen f!v any eye but God's. Accept the lesson. I.ook not for Reward ; from out thee chase All s'Hi-h ends, and ask no snore Than to fulfil thy place. Time's Changes. The more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding stages ; A day to childhood -eenris a year; Asid years, like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth, Ere passion yet disorders, Steals, lingering, like a river smooth Along its gru-sy borders. But a> the care-worn cheek grows wan, And sorrow's shafts fly thicker, stars that niea-ure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker When joys have io-t their bloom and breath And hie iiseit is vapid, Why, as we teach the falls of death, Feel we its tide more rapid ? !t mav b<* strange ; yet who would change l ime's course to slower speeding f When one by one our friends have gone, And left our bosoms bleeding? Heaven gives our years oi lading strength indemnifying Ileetness ; Aid those of youth a SEK.MIX'.: I.KNGTH, Proportioned to their sweetness. How to Promote Peace in a Family. !. Remember that our will i> likely tobecross fd every day, so prepare for it. Everv body in the house has an ev.l na ture as well as ourselves, and therefore we are not to ex petit too much. 3. To le.irn the different temper and disposi tion ot each individual. 4. To look upon each m**mer of the family as one for whom we should have a cate. When any good happens to any one to rejoice at it. t>. When inclined to give an angry answer, to '"Overcome evil with good." 7. If from sickness, pain, or infirmity, we feci irritable, to keep a very strict watch over ourselves. 8. T (observe wh'-n others are suffering, and uropa word of kindness or sympaty suited to tilein. 9. To watch for little oppoituniti-*s ol pleas ing, and to put little annoyances out ol the way. 10. To take a cheerful view of everything, ci the weather, and encourage hope. 11. To speak kindlv of the servants —to prai-e tbern for little things when vou can. 12. In all little pleasures which may occur, to put self last. 13. To try for, "the soft answer which turn ed) awav wrath." 14. When we have been pained bv an tin kind word or deed, to ask ourselves : "Have I ''Ot often done the same and been forgiven 7" 1"). In conversation not to exalt ourselves, Lut to bring others forward. It". To be verv gentle with the young ones, and treat them with respect. 17. \cver to judge one another harshly, but to attribute a good motive when we can. HEROIC CONDUCT OF A CHAPLAIN. — We clip 'ke following from a late English pappr : "An act of great heroism took place recent ly at .Malta by the Rev. Mr. Robinson, chap lain to the forces. A Air. and Airs. Evans, u 'th their son, a tine hoy a(>out eight years old, '■a their return from Cpper Egypt, were cross m 2 in a boat from Valetta to Yittotiosa, when •lb* little fellow, in endeavoring to catch hold °t a piece of stick, overbalanced himself, and instantly sunk before the eves of his parents. -Mr. Robinson, who was following in another boat, seeing what had occurred, immediately jump-d into the sea, and succeeded in bringing ! "n apparently dead into it. It was v-rv rough ar >d windy, and as he did not take off even his he was completely exhausted. Air. f> •ans. the lather of the boy feeling much grati fied lor what the reverend gentleman had done, Sj fit him a check loi $2,500, which was at once returned. But what makes the story the more romantic, but nut less true, is, the two gentle men who have so unexpectedly become acquain with each other are relatives and members ' ; branches of the same family, but, in conse quence of differences which took place many >ears ago, thev had not seen each other since childhood, and each was ignorant of the "■s residence in the island until this fiu-ju iar introduction. Two American Steamers Lost. Full Particulars of the. Destruction by Fire of the American Steamship Osprey, in King ston Harbor , March 26 ih Destruction a/so by Fire, of the Jim 'ir shipments were insured—the vessel having j been richly freighted with valuable dye woods 1 and caoutchouc. One person alone had ibe 1 j value of j£Boo of tbe last named article on 1 j board. Solomon de Cordova, Esq., of tin.- ciiv, who had taken passages lor himself and family for New York, in the Osprey, had a fortunate es cape. lie sent Ins luggage to the wharf on Monday evening, but, luckily, it was left on j tbe wharf, with the intention of taking it on board on the following day. We learn also, that several shippers bad similar narrow es | capes, from the same cause. The crew of the Osprey, and the passengers from other ports are now ashore. The poor fellows are much to be commiserated—many of them barely escaping vvith the clothes in , which they stand. At an investigation held at , the Court House, yesterday, sufficient trans . pired to show that the fire originated through the attempt of a fireoian, name Thos. Wail, to . steal whiskey from a cask which was kept in the forward saloon, by which means the spirit , bpcame ignited by the flame ofa lamp, which . Wall appears to have taken with him to see , his way. From the evidence of Daniel Stransbury Mur p!iv, the paslry c*k on boaid, it would ap- FRIDAY MORNING, BEDfORD, PA. MAY % 1856'. pear, that between three and four o'clock yes terday morning, Wall was seen drawing fvhis key out of the cask in question, through a spile hole, while an uncovered, lighted lamp stood in dangerous proximity to the flowing liquor.— On hearing the liquor flow, Murphy made some stir in his berth, where he was, to see what was the matter, which seems to have alarmed Wall, who dropped the can, the contents of which was ignited by the flame of the lamp, while in i,is hasty retreat, Wall forgot to replace the spile. The alarm was given, and attempts were made to stifle the burning sjiirils with blankets' and mattrasses—but all to no effect. The lash-; ings oflhe cask were cast loose, when the cask/ exploded, severely burning three officers—; Messrs. Rose, Wade and Wood. The (lames limn spread rapidly, and led to the complete destruction ol the vessel. Two other men—one, the hoatswin, oflhe rather unusual and romantic name of Robinson Crusoe, and Charles Reynolds, a fireman were implicated : hut no evidence against Jhem hav ing been adduced, they were discharged. 4\ all j was remanded till to-morrow, half-past I 2 o' clock, when the investigation will be resumed. SINGULAR DISCOVR.UV.— The last number of tbe North California!! -HIS: "A party of eight men started on Thursday last on a prospecting tour, the re.-ult of which ua- one of the most important discoveries ever made in the country. In crossing Table Aloun- j tain they observed in many places the ground seemed hollow, and in one place on striking up on the ground with a sledge, the echo was giv en back with such distinctness t! at led them to believe that there would he liitfo difficulty in breaking through. Having procured proper implements they get to work. After going the depth of four feet, one of tlm party who was using a crowbar was seen suddenly to fall tijion his face; upon examination a hole was found about four inches wide, through which the bar had slipped and sunk into the bowels of the mountain. The aperture was immediately en larged, but it was found tiiat owmg to tile brit tleness of the tork it was exceedingly dangerous working around it. The parties have taken up about 3,00 ) feet around the hole, nod ar- busy j getttng winilfasses, lie., to prospect it further. A correspondent states that both gold and coal have been found there, and promises us further ini J! rr.ation." A Ci'rc ror. EriLEi'eV.—Some years ago a person was crossing one ol the public squares in j the city of Oporto, when a woman near by ! where he was passing, was suddenly attacked with epilepsy. Immediately some one in the crowd cried out "Cover her face with a black ; handkerchief." Another witness of the acci dent untied his black cravat and threw* it over the face of the sufferer, w hose convulsions all at once ceased as if bv magic. The restoratio-* was so perfect that in a lew minutes she w;r able to get up alone, thank those who had reliv- . vtd her, and walk awav wi'hout assistance. • The eye-wit tress who related to us the above w as sometime afterwards director of a House ot I Industry in Oporto. Last year one of the pu pils in this establishment, named A idal, nine teen vears of age, and subject to this disease, had a severe attack of it almost under the eyes of his t"acher. In one of the intervals of his suffering, he suddenly recollected the cure that had been wrought bv the black cravat. "It is meieiv an isolated cast," said he to the phyd } cian of the establishment: "I have no great fait!) in the remedy, hn! it is so simple that we can at least try it." A h'uck cravat was thrown over voting \ idal ! cad, whose spasms inline- . diatelv C'-ased, his system regaining its normal . stale of repose as if by enchantment. Twntvtiir.es in succession young Vina! was cured f-f similar attacks almost instantaneously, ■ and his parents took care to have a block hand- < ! kerchief of some description always at hand. • The patient was not cured, but at all events he was relieved, not onlv of pain, but trom ail the dire results that usually attend the progress of; this strange disease. The cravat used in the above instance was a silk one. Is it the silk that produces the r* suit? ■ ■ I- it the color, or i- it both these cans- s acting! together ? It is an easv subject for experiment, arid one that ought not to he neglected. JUST AS WE EXPECTED.— Trie following is an : extract front a letter received by an old farmer! in Connecticut from h:s son, who lives in Kan sas. The letter was dated Law rence, Alarcl) 1, 1856 : 'I suppose you in-ar a great deal in Connect icut about wivii war' and 'outrages' in this ter ritory, not one halt of which is true, and the other half w ill bear reducing greatly b* fore you swallow it. It is rather a rough country to be gin in. and the people, perhaps, somewhat dii foreiit fiom those we meet at home in Connect icut : but I have experienced nothing but kind ness at their hands. There aie some had fel lows here, as tfmre are everywhere ; but they are not all Alissourians, by a long shot. Tim trouble here has grown out ol the abolitionists 1 mean the jMilitical ones—w hp think they can bluster and brag here as they do in Massa chusetts, and are doing 'he territory more harm than anv body else, ihe story about its not being sale lu re for a northern man, is all gam mon. Business is good, and those who attend to it can do well enough here. A WARNING TO LITTLE GIRLS.— The Boston Journal says: "We understand that a little girl named Trask, connected with one of tiie primary schools in East Boston, died a day or two since from excess of exertion in jumping rope. It is said that she jumped about (wo hundred times without stojipmg. She was immediately after taken ill, and died the next day. 1 his is not the first death from the same cause which we have had occasion to record, and should he a warning to children not to indulge in excessive exercise.'' Freedom of Thought and Opinion, From the London Post. Execution of ilousfield for .Murder—Horri- < isle Scene. On Monday morning, William Bousfield con- | vicled at the March Session of the Central j Criminal Court, of the murder of his wife arid j three children, was executed in front of the jail of Newgale. ' On Saturday, the prisoner made a most des perate attempt at selCdestruction. It appears that in the afternoon, the prisoner was visited fo two o his sisters. They were very much distressed, as may be conceived, under the cir : cumstances : 'out the prisoner exhibited a good ' ! ileal ol indifference, and very little passed at the interview. After his sisters had foil him, '• Bousfield was seated upon the edge of his bed, which i- clo-* to the'fire place, the officer be ing quite near him, when he suddenly started irons his seat and threw himself head foremost upon the grate. The officer immediately rush ed uj;on him and dragged him from his perilous position, and, with assistance, his clothes, which were on fire, were jnilled off, and he thus es caped horn receiving material injury. The prisoner had a good deal of hair under his chin, uud this had ignited, and the mouth and lower [arts of the face were severely burned. Air. Gibson, the surgeon of the jail, wasat once sent for, and he found that all that conk! be done was to apply cooling lotions to the lace, to re lieve the pain, and these were continued al most constantly during the remaining period of the wn-tched man's existence. It appeared tiiat from this time the prisoner refused to take arty sustenance ; and the only nutriment he re ceived from Saturday afternoon to the lime ap pointed for his execution was a small quantity of miik, that was almost forcibly administered to hiin with a spoon. As early as six o'clock, on Monday morning, Air. Sheriff Rose, accompanied by his brother and deputy, Mr. A.J. Rose, was in attendance : and Mr. Shei iff Kenedy, and Air. Under Sheriff Stone shortly afterwards arrived at the jail.— 1 he Rev. A]r. Davis had been with the wretch ' ed man fiom an earlier hour, but all his endea vors to induce hint to receive the consolations of religion were ineffectual. He appeared, in j deed, in a:i almost-totally prostrate condition, and Mr. Weatherhead, the newly 1 appointed Governor of Newgate, directed that some wine should be giv. nto him. When tiie authorities, whose painful dulv it was to superintend the I execution, w ere admitted to the room w here ! the w retched mar. was confined, lie was found t sitting on a sort of couch that formed his bed, with his head buried in his breast, and ajq a rentlr utterly unconscious of what was passing around him. Caicraft, the ex* cutioner, at once proceeded to pinion the culprit, and when this had been completed the prtsoner vomited lor a considerable time, and the uhole ot his physical '■vers appeared to have I* ft him. I here can Ito doubt how ever, from w hat subsequently occurred, tiiat a good deal of this was assumed, in the hope, possibly, that some of the usual > precautions would he neglected, and that he might thus be enabled to carry out ttie [dan he evidently contemplated of creating a scene on the scaffold. Fortunately, however, notwith standing thp apparently prostrated condition ot the prisoner, he was securely pinioned, and itis subsequent desperate proceedings on the scaffold only had the effect ol increasing his own sufferings. Wh'-n the ceremony of pinioning had been completed, the prisoner let his head drop on his breast, and lie appeared to have already feit the pang ol death. Eight o'clock, the fatal hour for the execution, having arrived, the prisoner was raised bv four men, and in that manner con veyed to the scaffold. As he appeared totally unable to stand, it was considered that the best cours** to be adopted to place hi in in 3 chair tut— ! der the beam, and he was sustained in tfiat posi ! tion by one oj the assistants while Caicart fixed the rope in its proper position. Ihe Rev. A!r. Davies accompanied the wretched man, but horn his apparent state it seemed useless to per- I I >riii the usual offices ol religion. When the signal was given, th** chair in which the* wretch ed man was still stated, of conise gave way i with the drop, and consequently the lull was not near so gr< at as it n> under ordinary cir cuiustances; and at tins dreadful moment the • prisoner attempted t > carry out the desperate struggle lor in'.-, which he had evidently con i ten,[dated. The sound of the falling drop had scarcely pas.-ed aw av, when there was a shriek j fiom the crow dot "lie's up again: anil, to the horror ol everv one, it was found that the prisoner, bv a powerful muscular effort, had draw n bin sell up completely to the level of the . drop, and that both his feet were resting upon the edge of it, and he was vainly endeavoring to raise his hands to thr rope. One of the offi cers immediately rushed upon the scaffold aim pushed the wretched n an's feet from their hold: but in an instant, by a violent effort, be threw himself to the oth-r side, and again succeeded in getting both his feet on the edge of the drop. Cafcraft,"w ho had left the scaflold, imagining that all was over, was called hack, and l*wis Curtis and oth ers, of" Philadelphia, a'!*g** that on the Bth of .March last, th<-ir place of business was robbed of $7,000 worth of silk and satin goods, by some burglars: that thev have discovered a part of the stolen prnpertv in the house of the accused, in Tenth street, and believe it to have been received by them with a full and guilty knowledge. The defendants jay that Ihe good? in question were bought by them some six months ago, and therefore could not possibly have been in Mr. Curtis' store on the Sth uit. The prisoners were committed for examination, l>v Justice Connolly, of tiie Lower Police Court. Another account savs :—An extensive haul of stolen goods, some of which belong to a Phil adelphia firm, has been made by our police.— Some time 3go the police wei • led to believe stolen goods were concealed in a house on Tenth street, Brooklyn, and made a descent.— Thev ascertained definitely that goods which had been stolen from the div goods store of L. F>. Curtis &. Co., Philadelphia. ■ u the 7t'i oi March last, were secreted in tic* bous**, and having telegraped to the above firm, procured assistance, and j roceeded to the premises, which they searched from top to bottom. Tie goods recovered tilled three large trunks, and consist ed of silks, satins, gloves, pucket handkerchiefs, silk vest ings, one piece witb**tlie manufacturer's number, 42, 515, blue with white edge : a lot of gold watches, several hundred silver sj ;ons, knives and forks, and a variety < f burglar's im plements for breaking locks, Tic* good were all brought to the office of the Chief of Police in this citv, where some members of the Curtis firm identified several pieces. It is sup posed that Ihe goods are the proceeds of many robberies in this and other cities. The Ehricks wert* arrested, and are in custody awaiting fur ther developments. The value of thegoods re covered is about slo,ood. STRANGE DEATH IN THE CARS. — On boar;, the train of cars which ieft Philadelphia tor Pittsburg on Wednesday night last, one <:f tiie passengers, J a rr.es P. Williams, ol New Bruns wick, New Jersey, came to his death in the fol lowing verv strange manner. His wife was sleeping beside him, and his son, a small boy, on the seat in front of him:. When about two hours out from Philadelphia, it was observed that his head hung down quite outside, and on being [lulled in he was fond insensible, appa rently living, the blood flowing profusely lr,>m a severe contusion or wound on the head. At the next station he was taken off the car, and soon after expired. His wife was in the deep est agony of mind, and telegraphed to her r* ia tives in New Brunswick to come to ht-r relief. The deceased, with his wife and child, was on the way to Chicago, on a visit to his wife's father. The supposition is that the wound was inflicted on passing a water tank, or some car standing on the other track. It is another ad monition that passengers should obs>-rve the ad vice painted'on the doors of the cars, to avoid putting their beads or arms out of the windows. A MISTOLU STORY.— Jn Rogers' 'TableTalk' there is this anecdote : "Lord Ellenborough was once about to goon a circuit, when laiiy E. said that she should like to accompany him. H** replied that he had no objection, provided that she did not encum ber the carriage with bandboxes, which weie bis utter abhorrence. Thev set off. During the first day's journey. Lord Ellenbornngh hap pening to stretch his legs, struck his f-et against something below the seat. He discovered that it was a bandbox. His indignation n not to be described. Up went the window,ami out went TERJIS, $9 PER 1 KIR. VOL XXIV, SO. 35. j the bandbox. The coathman stopped, and the footman, thinking the bamibo.x haii tumbled cut of the window by sorr.e extraordinary chance, was going to pick it up, when Lord Kueabor- Oligh furiously called on!, 'Diive on '•The bandbox accordingly was Jet; by a ditch side. Having reached the county town where i.e was to officiate as judg, Lord F.iienborough proceeded to nrrav himself for his appearance in tiie Court H use. '.Now," said he, * where s n;v \\ ig— where is rov wig?'—'My re plied his attendant, •:! v. us thrown out of the window.' " The true s' rv i.-, tint the la 'y's maid, spy ing L r.i E - nh's v> .g-b'ix among t{< luggage in the i.uii, ; ..,;hf her.-I? wf at it shame i! was that his Lordship's fogy wig i.e so substantially and Securely lodged, while ; j her nii-tress" brautifiil cap should be entrus ted to a fragiie bandbox. Whereupon to ■- dre.-s this wrong, she t>->lc the wig out of its box, substituted Ladv Lii< nuor-ugh's cap, and clapped the wig in the lac-lbox. Pa-sing over ■ Wi'Slminslt r liridge, Lord EHenbo-otigk tliscov • eretl tic- handle x. and, in spite .? the prayers , of Lad t Ellenborough, ordered the loot man to pitch it illio the I iver. He ■> rowat ' *- : U'-vr- !' -* • ourt i . fill.-d, and waiting for the presiding judge: th ■ Chief Justice, robed, asks- tor Lis wig j the at tendant open* tie- to ig-ln.x, ai d lo ! instead of the wig thrre is pterclvd coquettish lv in its p'v?e a !?c cat' with sc.ait j.ink rifcLms. ap ■ pea ring ' artlv to challenge the ( !.i< f Justice?— ■ -'i • \ to- i'i;e truti: ii .dies en I/Til Liletil - ough :h * had cost hi w or; the water. I Sricio" T\ i'FllL.tiu T.I"::IA. —On Saturday morning, ruanv t'-sitlents oi the Eighteenth . Ward were start led hv ire ; ?! to Satcrdav. tie v succeeded in doing this, but bv some management or other, lie se cured a razor for the purpose of shaving himself, ; and while perl'mming this operation, it is suppo ' serf one of tiie fits came on, and he inflicted the fatal wound. Eor several months previous. In* 1 suffered gr^tlv from dyspepsia, which at tnr.es aggravated his disease, but tor many days before his death he appeared qmte well, and tree fiom 1 : the spells of insanity. While shaving himself ' his wife passed through the room and he was not disturbed, as lie was supposed to be entirely 1 ■ sane. A few minutes after leaving his room, ' i Mrs. I), went downstairs, and scarcely had sin* ' reached the first Iho?, when she beard a heavy ; fail, and quick I v running up stair*, t-.mnd h-r ' husband with I.is throat cut. Mr. D. died in " half r.i: hour after. He was fifty-six years of age, and ever regarded bv those w ho knew him, as aii ot t temnlarv man. '] he funeral servi -1 cts will take place on Wednesday, at Kensing " ton, M. E. Church, i' which h<* had been a lw -1 ding and devoit -.1 i.. -r:.b- r . t upwards of thirty " years. 1 " ■ T AKT: A P AFICU I t; voi.i: WK C; —A friend, I sav.s an exchange, I .ni us a story in relation to i i one of our subscribe! whirr contains a good 5 moral for husbands, and also furnishes an exam - pie for wives which is not unworthy of iu.ita • lion under similar circumstances : S The subscribe! referred t . said it had been his t intention to call at the ( dice, pay up ins arreaiv, . and discontinue the paper. His wife very properly asked : "U'liv do vou intend to discontinue the pa f per "Because," said the husband, "I am so much - awav front fiome on business, and have so little time lo read, there seej; -to be little use in my s taking th j paper." "V es," re j. lied she, "it may be hut little use : to YOV, but it is gr> ai use to I remain ..-t iiome while von lire gone, }i vou discontinue tiie paper, I will go straight to town and MIO r ! scribe myself. DISTRRTSSIXC; AOCIIV NT —On Tin-soar night, a a partv of gentlemen were o><>" hunting, in the vicinitv .' Ti rt! Creek,one of their num ber. a v -ting loan name-' Stephen Sample, scp j erated f Vtjiri the rest. In a -hoit time, John l Montgomery, who was in the main party, saw 1 1 something white moving in the distance, and communicated in the father r>i young Sample, , who stood beside him. The old man said— . 'Shoot, John—l think it's a polecat.' Mon'- 1 gornerv fired, and in a n.oment after the entire _ partv were bending over the bleeding body oi . young Sample ! The hall find entered his head near the ,-v, and he si irtlv afterwards ex pin*.:. s The white substance which attracted the at tention of Mr. Montgomery, was the shirt breast , ' ol" Mr. Sample,—7 > 7/s6.vrg I nion. r Pi mux,, run QUESTION ix Prttf.— "Propo _ sing in Peru is verv romantic. i lie suitor a|>- ) pears on the appointed evening with a gaiiy dressed trouhador under the balcony of his be loved : the singer steps before her flower-be •' j decked window, and sings her beauties in the name of her lover. He compares her siz" to a that of a palm tree, her lips to two binshing e ; rose buds, and her womanly form to that ot th** ii dove. With assumed harshness the lady asks - the lover ; "What are you, and what do you ~ want?" H** answers with ardent confidence: - "Thedove I adore: th** stars live in the har - inony of love, and whv should not we, too, love t ] each other ?" Then the proud beauty gives t ! herself away ; she takes hei flower-wreath from e j her hair and throws it down to her lover, prom t ising to be his f>rever. i O