A hut ica n Wt i ulnntcfi. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL 14. THE AMERIGM volunteer, i miliUslieil every Tlinr«iliiy,bt Carlißlcj I’a., by JOUN D, iiRATTON. upon tlio following conditions, which .will be ri"iilly adhered to; ( ' .!';••• “ ‘ TERMS OF BOBBCRIPTION. For one year, itt orfcaaec,. . . . . . V*®'®® For six months, in adoance, .. . . • . . . IOQ .» subscription taken for a leas term than six months,and rt ,iiaconlinuance permitted until all arrearages ar.upaid.. -« Tw(*nty*fivo per emit, additional on tlio price of subscription vill bcfcqulced of all those tvflo.do not pay in advance. • RATES Of ADVERT|BU{a OacBflo ore^or ‘ oi,lßort,on ’ • One Munre t two insertions, ■ OilO«lrt“^' thr6B ‘ inBert * onfl ' livery subsequent insertion! per.square, - - . A-libcral discount Will l ie mailo to those who oilvcrtieo by Ihcyenr.or for three or flLc niOIUW.. • • ■ . ; ' rimer— Thc'olHco'of tho’ufoi'erfcon Volunteer Ib in tljoe.ee* *torv of James ll. Graham's new Atone liullding.m fiouth hniwiver street, a few doors from Burkholder's hotel, ami <ll Verily opposite the Bost-office, where those having business \vill please cal). -” . ■ .... - THE VOLUNTEER. John B« Bratton* Editor and Proprietor*. feAnfilStH, THURSDAY, JULY 29, lS*t. ,GENCY. !f >V B. PALMER, Esq. is bur authorized- AgeJU for pro*. H.nnc 'advertisements* rccoiylrig:'*ati9«ripllmiß,-ami making tniteeiions for tho American Fo/«nl«r f nl his office, N.W. Swl of Third and OUesnut strsets, Phi|adjol|.liia,, ■ ..■ - Silas Wright, and CSfcff. W. 0. La grange, Mo., Free Press', fldald from lie mast-head the names of Silas Wright and Gen'. W. O. Butler for Vico President; in 1648, subject to Iho decision of the National dbhWntioiij .* Railroad Allotment* Tho eighteen sections of tlioUedlfal liailroad, toniincncing at Harrisburg and running to tho Juni< ata aqueduct, were allotted to the following conlfafc. lors: ’ Section No. 1. Chas. Murray and James Duffey; 2. J;M’Mahdrt; v ‘ " 3. 44 . ♦» 4. Gamble and. Oliver. ; 11 s',' Reilly, Korns and Gaynor* - « .6. Barron, Hague and Tualin. •« 7. Geo. Blallcnborgcr. • “ 8. Barron, IlagQo and Tustln. ‘ 44 9. Lane Schofield. ; 44 10. Henry Church &C 6. f 44 11; Schuyler, M’RoynoWs & Co.' u J 2, *• ‘ 1 ,« • ** 13. Drums and Anderson. 44 14. Gamble and Oliver.’ 41 15.* Garrett and Girvbr. ‘ > 44 16. Gibson &Co.‘- - ; 44 17. Miller, Moore and Elliott. 44 , 18. Jackson M'-Faddon.; , What Mr. Cooper thinks!— The Hon.-Jas. Coop er recently.oddrCßScd a Federal meeting in -Gettys burg, and in his speech lib made.tho following can tlld admission, which it would ho well for some Fcd r oral papers we know; to reflect, upon.< It ib a.good example set them by the most talented of their lea doi s: . 44 I liavo .nothing to say ag_ajn 5 1 * ll uk n ? > his, integrity 1 have novor hoaid iin pcaclicd.'ahdin Ipis sodialrelationsjio wds a kind and amiable mam” MORRIS IiONOSXiIBTn. We concur most heartily in tho following senti ments of the Mcadvillo Republican: 44 The nomination of the Halt- Morris Longslrcth assuredly was a most excellent one. Ho is the far mer's candidate; and as niusl be expected, is in high favor with that large and noble'class of our citizcnsi That ho will receive a tremendously largo vole Can not bo dbubludi For a party to place but one iron lord in nomination for a prominent and important offico, is bad enough in all conscience; but to place in nomination for two prominent and important offi ces, transcends all decency and propriety; especially when (hero are plenty of farmers.and mechanics who arc fully as competent, if not more so;than iron musters—men who, in very frequent eases, havu.not one feeling in common with the groat mass of the people. Tho iron influence in the Whig party has prevailed in getting its men nominated though ithas not yet elected them. This is altogether another mallur." ' The editor of the Gospel Banner thus speaks of Mr. Folk's response-to the address of Hon. George Evans at Gardiner:' r “It was certainly a magnificent effort, worthy the stylo und title of President ol tho United Stales,— The people could not suppress their admiration* but every few moments burst forth In tokens of admiring approbation, It .Will not do hereafter to tell anybody who was therb that James K. Polk is a llrird-ruto man.” . m That “Signal” Letter.— Tho, Cincinno/i Com mercial publicum the following regard to the Signal loiter, and puls that affair in its true light before tho nation. Wo must remark that the Col.-MUcbcll mentioned as advising General Taylor to write no more letters is a very sensible fellow, and worthy of being the bosom frloqd of any Prcslden liri candidate; . ■ The Stcrtl Out,~~\\o learned, night before last, the why,and tlio wherefore of Gem Taylor writing the letter to the Signal in tliii city; He was eo per* GUfidud to do by Col, Mitchell, i of the let Regiment ofQliio Volunteers,!, who was at Monterey at the lime, >, . Co). Milclicll informed us, in a conversation night uclbio last, Umt at the lime Gen. Taylor received the teller hem the editor of the Signal t he came to him (001. M.) for information. Said' ho did not know 1,101 Ihero was such a paper in existence os tho Sig‘ no/, or such an editor living as its editor. Col. M. gave our cotomporory nn introduction, and aovibkD , *{• Taylor to answer tho loiter. Ho said lie did so with good intent for both parties. Tho old General if he thought best ho would make him an an* swt/, and In about ton days Gen. Taylor was again ,n Monterey and saw Col. M. bnd remarked i “I’vo answered that Cincinnati letter. 0 “That’s right,” ®sjd tho Colonel, and l<»k occasion to soy: “Gene* v“i I nm a young man, and not fit to give advlco i ft* 1 if J was you I woutd-wnte no inoro letters.”— no old General, answered I “That agrees with »i < i WB oxacl ly* I’ll write no more loiters.”- •i> Mitchell also informed us, that at tho lime Gon. la ylor answered the letter ol the Signal , ho Jiad Scores of lottors before him, requesting his answers \v joining his position, from tho JVfllionoMVMgat v i a«hingion, down to the smallest small poluloo af* •Mr in tho country.. Col. Mitchell was second' in ommand at Monloioy; was a bosom friend of Gen. a y«or, and it was by >ll9 advice- that Gon. Toylor fjßwcrod the (Signal, in a way so peculiar to himself nch basso convulsed,tho land.'. The old hero’s ?nl. ,r . flo * u wr l l ing to the above paper.was, ol first, a plained* l ° Ufl * '* B now * hy Col. M. fully ox* Bi 'ucicßKjißy Syrup.— l The folldwlng 1« tho receipt t ° r ,n| Mng Ujo famous blackberry ayrup, All wlio 7 will find U a sovereign remedy for bowel com* oim?° l,v ? of blaoHborry juice, add half an B-i 0 “"ah of powdered nutmeg, cinnamon .and ul- Itnli ,’i Uni h quarter,of an ounce of powdered cloven, ami l , ° lo golher to got the strength of the apices, Bint f ro "«'ve, the borryjuloe. While hot, add a on li, , ? I’' ool ' Pure French brand/, and sweet thrnn.i lMr »u»at. Give a child two’lea spoonsful 4a«,,u ? 0, . a < * a P' R,|[ l If the dlaordcr is not chock “fwd to this ipianfity." , V";:;- ; i>o6ttcai> J THE Ohb HOMESTEAD* Downlnaquiot,sun-ill valley Stands my Imv-roofed cottage homo;. ' .Rushing thoughts oround'it rally,' Thither waited while I roam. . Therein fcumtner} as qf olden, . Waves the grCen-toppcd manic tree There, in autumn sore nriflgalaen, .. Shadows flit across the lea. . . r,o Still the streamlet cleaves the meadow, Bordered by .the mantling vine, Where beneath the tall oak’s shadow, v Then I threw the hempen line. Thoughtless childhood 1 happy childhood i I would journdy back to thee; ' Roam oltahi thc'“langled wild-wood,*' Sport beneath thtf maple tree* There no busy {sorrows fashion Phantoms in the path of youth. Nor .Pale Care nor purple Passion Taint the bloom of Love amt Truth. jmsccUnntoufl. SETH TINDER’S FIRST COURTSHIP* HoW Ilia flAme was quenched. . You knew Seth Tinder, —No?—'‘git cout!'—you did know Selh r every body knew him, and they could’rit help it, for Seth would ;know every body.— He was. perhaps, llip cutest critter in some things, that evfcr calculated the success of a notion expedi tion, as far west os St. Louis.. If you rctrily didn't knoiv .Seth, it is time your ignorance was cnlight. ened... . ■. 1 . .Seth wris remarkably cutout driving a bargain— that was ah innate propensity; Seth' was inquisitive, and frequently looked into hall doors, and peeped in. to kitchen . .windows—that was Yankee human*, na. tore j Setli winkcd at the girls—that was an acquir ed liabil; he resolved to posses ode—that was a cal culation. Now (his winking at the girls, when-peri formed,bya handsome individual, is looked upon as a matter of course, hut Seth was notoriously ugly that his wink was an outrage, and his overtures of Idvo porfebt atrocities. His short, bow-loggod-figufo was thatchcd with the most obstinate bunch el car. rot lojj Hair that, ever bid defiance to bear's oil, and the windows of Iris mind, as "the eyes arc poetically styled; appealed looking intently ut. the tip of his hose, os If (hat, ere long it.would burst into a hlazoi A kind jjf d' Imlf burnt pertfrio gar nished h|£ cliin;wlrich*w o,, W have made a very team looking if- Seth would have transplanted it all to ope spot, bdt thefe jay (He difficulty, for though cute atrdriving a bargain, ho could make nohojwitfi nature—she made him ugly without his consent, and wouldn't agree to apy alteration. Selhmcverlholess, would wink at Uid jtlrlih ,V- ■”> • • ' His first lender effort wa3 iKlido tipon the Heart qf a Gorman butcher's fair, fn.l, rosy daughter, whose round cheocks and well-fed form wan, to his eye, the very perfection bf female beauty. No artificial ma king dp about her—nd dxifcVior padding; it was all done naturally! on tho inside. -As she luxuraicd Up on the door steps of an evening, Seth would linger hdar, wink and grin all sorts of affection, but, like nil bashful swains, hesitated übout coming to close quarters, Ho had imbibed tho opinion; that all true courting must be dono clandcßtmotyj but all his hints to draw Iris mamo rata into a secret treaty was u failure. - At length',he.ycntorcd in.a desperate manner-up the door step,’and whispered hurriedly: '. L- v , • “ Lookout—cornin' to sot up with, you .-to-night —round tho backway—oyer the fdribc—be a-wail ing<fV , 44 You'd pcllcr be.kotch'd," was .(he fair one's to joinder!accompanied by a malicious laugh, which Seth interpreted as on approving one. \. Tlio darkness.of the night favored Seth's clandes tine opinions arid practice—it was just tho thing for a nocturnal visit; therefore agreeable to notice lie made his. appoarcncc at llio fcnco round tho back way. Leaning over the banister ho ventured to sound a cautious ‘hint,* which was immediately 'am, swured by a low wou ugh. That must bo Dulcjpfdr 'come,' reasoned Seth, and straight lie mounted the fence, but a politician never look an easier scat on' tho same lino of division than ho enjoyed on the pres ent occasion; for; no soonorjmd one pedal extremity reached tho oilier sldo arid'placed him fairly astride, tliatf.it fcinarkablo savage dog seized tho intruding member with a fierce 4 womugh-u.* »‘Gil cool, you blasted Critter J" flhbtfted Sell/.' u Wou.Hgh-ugh I" roofed Iho dtfg; , > A struggle ensued, in wlrich Beth, Urtforldnalcly fell on the Wrong side right into the jaws of his .an tagonist. The attitude in which hc rcachcd terra firma, offered .the dog a' chanCo of grip, and like a skilful sentinel, he seized the udvontago and Seth's seal of honor at the same time. OUr hero sproug nearly erect, with a howl more like his antagonist than any human noise, and a desperate struggle min gled with strange cries, aroused tho dozing butcher from his pipe, and tho fair cause of the disturbance from her knitting. / , , 44 Sum tarn rascals after dor sausages in dcr smoko hausl" was tho butcher's firstoxclamstion ; tho rosy daughter smiled assent, and arm and but, was the •work of ah instant. They found tholrlrasly sentry baulking all Seth’s efforts to retreat over the fence, and keeping him 4 o toai/in,' when ho would have giv cn worlds to leave. Tho reinforcement made at him with whip and broomstick, and this terrible odds a roused him to superhuman exertions;—with a 4muz •zler' ho ilporcd tho Dutchman and his pipe, charged on the flinty hearted daughter; captured tho broom stick, beat a parley * with it on the dog's head, and retreated over the fence with 4 flying colors. l . HOW JUPITER GOT IN liOVE* Jupiler with Iris crown and accptro, Waa allting ono fine day in'a contemplative mood, amusing him. BC |f with watching affaire in general, of which, h a throne commanded u full view. But presently hi* attention woa drawn from Mundane thing* to aaob. loot more particularly under hia nose, namely to Mae lor Cupid, who waa running about before the half open window, ploying with a little bow and arrow. “.Hallo, you young air,” cried Jupiter, “what arc you about there?’*. “ Nothing,” anawored Cupid. . “ Nothing 7—You will pul aome God a oyo out pro. aonlly. Como herci” . > “Iton't you know," ooid : Jupiler, "that bowa end arrow, nro very dangerous tiling. 7.” ~. , •• Mine arc not, sir," replied Cupid See. And Willi lid., lie suddenly twanged 111. airing-end sonU aliaft ilirougli the bourt of Jupiter, and out at Ilia back, before the monarch could soy Jack Kobinaon. Ilia majesty insiineiivciy soiled nthunderbolt, but feeling that lie was not hurt very aor.6u.ly, ho stayed hia uidiltcd arm, wliilo a omilo winch alula over bio Ibalufca, and a slight oaehi.ialion evinced a con .ciousueas agreeable rallmr than oll.orw ao; Cupid "n oway laughing. -A IWh Jupiler/ “Coiifound Ins impudence. • Bui wlmt now sensation is lliia7 And ho plo o 1 upon ids heart, and turned upina oyos, Jupiler waa jJ. in lava. Map.—Wo iakothe following rich motaal froij ono of Dow, Jr.'n ohort patent aonnoni i "Man leoka upon life Juntas ho doca —thorn ia no living with thorn and ho can t «" *J lh out lliom. Ho will run after thorn, and rather than bo held ho will Idee his coal tale and character kiao thorn for his lovo, and then hlaa them, for loading him into ttoubji. So with llfei ho partakes of his ofeoauVaa, and then cures it for its pamap gathers bn ouots of bliss, and when thylr Moseqmii have faded, ?io finds hlmaolf In possession of a bunch of briars, thiCh is dUowing.to a little incident thatoeeuredln Paradise, when man woo no green ana tobacco norm nndas unsuspecting a. alre.-tond in a thunder storm Ho wee told to increase and multiply, and oo ho no. cotdlhgly increased hie cares and curoos, and multi plied Ms miseries, and peopled the world with spar del of candidates for perdition. ’ ,-• ’ r , ‘‘OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —DOT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, .JULY 2D, 1847. . THE IIOOSIER AND THE YANKEE. • Wo wore greatly amused, not long since, at a dia logue we hoard between a Down Easter and a Hao sier front the west. . They respectively-cracking up their own localities, and running down their’oppo honts. V At length says the Hoosier .“.Why, our land Ipao^ich—why yd never seed any lliing,so tarnal rich in your life—why, how’d ye aup poso wo make our c&ndlcs, ha?” Don't know,” says the Yankee. 11 Wo. dip them in mud puddles,” says the Hoosicr. “Yds,” replied the Yankee, “and I guess there’s so much mud inyoiir.digging, that thcro isn't .many places where you could not dip; candles in the mud puddlesr 1 heard of a man travelling in your coun* try dll day longt'ih.tho road where the: mud was so deep that you couldn’t diskiver a glimpse of his legs for hours together.” „ . “Well, now just tell mo Mr. Yankee, if it ieafact what they do say about the roughness of yout toads down East. They do say thcro are so many stones in tho roads, and that the wagons do job np and down so allrfircdly, that the only'way the people,ever grind put plaster of Paris; is by loading the big pieces into a wagon, and just driving at a moderate trot over one.of your roads; and that ai mile's driv ing will make it all Jnlppowden” .. “There's ho doubt but we can touch dry land oc casionally.on our roads. But then, if there are some stuns In the roads, the traveller is never waylaid, and his blood.taken by musquitocs as bigas oysters.” “I’ll tell you what, stronger, they do say there are hull counties down east; where the stones are so thick that .they have to sharpen the shcOpV noses, so that they can gel (hem between tho rooks to oat grass'.— Indeed, 1 hoard orie say; who once (ravelled through your country, that ho once saw'a'tthtde fii?ltl of men and boys standing, on (lid rocks, each on'em letting a sheep : dowh by llib legs among tho rooks to feed. And‘in' another ho saw the farmers shooting tho grain in among the rpcUs.su as to take root and grow.!* . . ; . “ Wal, nowi stranger, suppose you-tell us about iyourown country; you're the only .man l ever see I from tho West that didn't die of fever n'agur; let's | sec if you know os much about tho West as. yuu iccm to know about tho East.” ' “ Well, old Yankee, I’ll just tell you all about U. If; a farmer in our country plants ground with torn, and lakes first rate care of It, he’ll git bushels to tho acre; and if be don't plant at all,- lie’ll gilfifiy. ... . - . > . , * “The beets grow so largo that it takes three yoke of oxen to pull up a full sized oho; and thcn.itloatfefc a hole 'so large, that I'once knew a. family of €vo children who all tumbled into a beet ho’le’oncb, be* fore it got •filled ,up,-and thc ; .earth caved in upon them, and thoy>all perished.' Tho trees grow so large that knew a man who commcnccd.cutling one down, and when ho had cut away 6H ontTside for about tcri ldays, ho thought he’d jept lake a look orohtid the *tfdd| and when* he got round on t’other side, he found a'man there who had been cutting at it for three wcoks—and: they' never heard one another’s axes. *" .{' “ • “I have heard tell,-yet I somewhat doubt that story, that tho Ohio parsnips have sometimes grown clean through tile earth} and been pulled through by thb people on tho other side.*! ~ 41 Wal.now*!* says Yankee, “1 rather guess ns how you’ve told enough, stranger, for tho present. How’d yoty like Jy.trade.for some-clucks to sell out West?” ‘•Never use ’em—wo keep lime altogether with pumpkin vines. You know they grow jest five feet an > hour, and that’s an inch a minute, Don’t use clocks nl all. It’s no use old Yankee, we can’t trade, no how." Tho Yankee gave up beat, and Suddenly cleared. JtN INTERESTING AFFAin* An affair occurred in llio First Municipality a few days since, ihot,CCfialqU quite an excitement in a cep tain select and fashionable circle. It appears that a younjf ijina from the North, who, having- boon In the employ, of a rich merchant in—-^—street,became acquainted sonic twelve months ego with his employ* cr's 'daughter,' a blooming diimsw of sweet sixteen. Bach bejng of an ago when the heart is brimlbl of Jove and senliVnenf, sir months liad not passed wlicn tneV'ha'd'dmtaallv pledged their hopes and affections. They had with ailmirublo skill, managed to blind the dyes of {lie fair one’s parents so effectually, that they had not even dreamed of the cxialenco of anyTccl ing between them warmer than that of common friendship. Not daring to avow the passion, which they confidently expected would bo frowned upon by the father/they at first resolved to bravo all danger and elope; ■ While making the neccssary'arrangomcnls, which {hey, imagined, were being conducted with the ut m'okl flperesy; {ho father camo to the knowledge of llio facts 5 ho,* being of a kind and generous disposi tion," and not wishing,to thwart tlio affections and destroy the happiness of his darling child,and enter tabling a high rcspcpl for tho young-manual once come to the happy determination <0 disappoint thp lovers; but In a way they little expected. 110 se cretly made preparations lVt.it tjefldiqgf and invited a few intimate friends to bo present on a certain evening, at a little party ho was about to give.— Through bribes, he had obtained from a femalo ser vant who attended upon his daughter all the particu lars of tho intended elopement. Tho evening of llio day fixed at last came, and tho maiden’s hoartlhrob bod with anxiety and fear when she reflected upon the step she was obout to take; but love, as is usu* oily tho ease, proved stronger than her sense of duly. The gay Lothario had, us he thought, fortunately found a boat that was to leave for Natchez at nine o’clock In (hp evening, and had a passage for himself and intended bride. He engaged a car riage, and made all tho arrangements necessary to leave tho house at eight o’clock. The father, through the moans wo have spoken of, obtained all tho infor mation ho required, and the carriage driver, who was to wait upon a corner near the old gentleman s house, had received his instructions from him. Tho lovers reached the carrioge, and In o moment were whir* ling, as they supposed, to the boat; but what was their astonishment, after a short drive, to find thorn selves at the, door of the wronged father 1 No pen can describe tho confusion of noth, wlu''i that Indi vidual slopped out and kindly welcomed them homo. They were ushered Into the parlor, end there found o’priest in attendance, and In a few moments the happy pair wore united/ Tho girl.fell upon the nook of her father, and wept tears of joy. llio old man, after lecturing his children upon lliolr.unduliful pro ceedings, generously forgive them, and tho.next day hi. neighbor merchants were struck with wonder by Boeing a pointer nddlng “St. Co. 1 ' to llio nemo on the oign.—A. O. Southerner, . ' American Fashion Established in ‘Mexico.—A Tampico letter of the 16th nit, has this parograph: “Is it not astonishing 1 A few days ogo a num ber of Amorioon ladies arrived in this city from Now Orleans—dressed, of course, in'accordance,with the latest fashion—and, os common,-certain fictitious enlargements of prop'ortton beautified their persons. This nAernooni while several Mexican sononlaa wore passing, 1 observed two dressed in American cos tume, and judging from appearance, hod donned as robust a bustle as was ever lugged about by an Amo. rloan bolto, As these, wore the first I haVo soon Word 1 l>y Mexicans, It Was eerUinly'amiAfriff to see them strut through the streets, as.proud of Inoirbag of bran as a mother is of her only child. Surely, the Mexican ladies aro becoming cnlighlod." ;. Non Combatants^ Two fifraWs hi Vermont Imd adiepulo; they wished to fight, but it wne against tlielr principles; they grasped each othop one throw and ant on the back of the, other, and squeezing his head in the mud, sold—*‘‘On thy. bol|y phalt thou cruwl, and dust shall, thpu,oat oil (ho. days of tny life's” The other soon gained the victory, Mdwhe'j he had attained thio same position, said— \ tarl, Ihn.ced of Old woman ah.II brulao dm Wjiwt« llbad 1" - Trtis iJEjiri ciliidl The. following passage is thclost chapter pf aprclr ly fairy tije, the other chaplcrs of which Were hover written. It was of a lovely little girl (hat was tend ed by tlieißwecl Flowers when Abwcrs; loved and talked,,snd Sympathies.and affections: ** A beautiful - child lay In a little coflin, with the smile, with which': sHb had welcomed the Angel of Death, still lingering. lipon her slightly parted lips. Then, they brought lowers to strew Over her, that In their delicate loveliness seemed akin to the spleoping one* who in life Jj&d hssn so pure and spiritual. And the fair jesaajnine told of the rosy morning alrf that had awakened hittnfroin his sweet sleep, ana of ilifa dew that lay like ,great diamonds in his fragrant bells; and of the painted lady-bug, that had Smoothed down her. crirAson Wings by those crystal mirrors j and of many other smh stories, wliich putc-hcurled'chlld hood loves tojjfear, but, all the while the little Robin i lay Silently without opening her blue eyes. And so, ho leaned ovoft ond laid hia white hands softly upon j her goldenrbrqiVn • ham and upon her cold forehead; and thtn he tfcrtibled like an asfibH loaf; for, without knowing wh%*-ho felt sure,- that something very strange and sfrrowful had befallen her. But all the j more . tenderly ho cluug to her dark ringlets,, and Wotild. fair! tlakre stirred them with his fragrant I breath. • } , ; “Thonhocpllcd to the rose-bud ilpbh hef bbsdm,- I hilt his voleoftras so low and tremulous that no one j heard it but lyrhsolf. TlioUgh If ho liad balled ever so loud, thovbso would % uot have answered, for she lay as.motidn}esB, ond unconscious as the little shroud beneath hej,'. For as soon as sho fell tho touch of that icy hand, she knew that the light hud gone out from the living violets, and that the heart of the lovely spirit-child would beot no more Uport earth forever, And her own check grew pale, as she re membered lO'havc heard soft spirit-voices talking in tho dim starlight of tho dirk and lonely grave; and iof flowers whose mission was to make it Toss fearful; I by telling, even filters, of tho green earth and the beautiful hcaVcn. 44 Arid thiih passed away the lovely and And they berried tho flowers and the still more beau* tiful flower*pf»life, in the silence and darkness of the cold earth. 'And the red leaves fell upon the little graves and tbfc birds sang tho branches overhead, anil thewinds sighed as llitr’fctghl-dcws fcll.upd'h itirfor neither tho winds,nor the birds,nor tho falling -leaves, knew of tho blessedness of tho world hejjdifdlht giate ; nor how ongelsj with golden harps, had taken the little Robin by tho hand, and lpad her through Hie pearly gales, and beside the still waters, to whore a sweet, loving voice said: ‘Suffer IUUc children to cprnc unto me, and forbid them not, fbf tif stfb'h llio Kmgdtfnl 6‘f Heaven.-’" Old CoAik—A walk in Chesdut street fllrnishcs one with fcqlisltlcrablo reflection on the matter of clothing; tlicrc arc so many styles, qualities and va rieties in tho garments one encounters. The pro. vailing,fasQied among the best'anti mbsl modern dressed is an,’approach to tho antique. The boat Is . jubdo and btpau skirted, with buttons small and bulg ing, whilctiig waistcoat Is just cubh an One as grand father wenl'to meeting Ih some sixty years' ogd. ; Now, wemka an old .boat: A neW coal is like u troublesome* stranger, who flicks to you, go where you may, and embarrasses your movements.— .With a neW coat you arc never at rest, even in your own ddmlfjl; but In every place feel ill at ease,— You can neither'sit,'stand or walk, without restraint. New coat ‘written -upon cycry lineament of the covnienarittV '-Jl hongs like a label out of tbo.gnp ing mouth.‘An old coal, on the contrary,is pleasant to cover the body, and never distracts tho thoughts. You can write in it, cat in it, sleep in it, f)sh in it, Ido what you plcaso in it, without a,thought of dis turbing its hang, or marring Us gloss. We do not think we have the same attachment for on old waist coat or for un old pair of pantaloons that we have for an old coot. Tho latter are exceptionable, be. cause they arc liable to bo treacherous and uncertain. You calinot depend upon them in emergencies.— They have been known, in fact, often to leave men in tho most provoking predicaments—predicaments which defied'darn or patch I Let not -the reader supposd we have' (bus advocated tho wearing of old coats lb make ourselves popular with tho masses; (ho larger proportion of which aro compelled to wear old coats. Perish thb thought! We arc no demogogue. NiaVa Gazette. LIFE OVER AGAIN. There ore differences of,opinion omoh£ foihs efito whether they would or would not live over'the life through', which they-are passing. Somo who li.vo been prudent, wisci fortunate, if you will, sen more of pleasure Ulan ofpninlil tho Beenes of their exist, once; end llidy perhaps would he willing to repeal. Others have erred and gone nslray—their livea have been lives of. blonder and of mischance. Probably, they have little desire to go back, nnlesa they could alter their course, by aid of the light which cxpcrl- Cnee lias given.. But it is useless to speculate thus. As Longfellow has it, let the dead past bury its doadj and do you take good euro of tho future, which is all Hint remains to us. On this point, the PotllandTri burie ferifatks wisely ns follows: «How"many remarh —‘If I had my life to live oior again; I would pursue a very different course. Yet miH the ages of 40 lo 80; we find men as desti. lute Pf sound wfiilp'm/as when they first , slopped on the threshold of life.. They do not le.rn wisdom from tho pash Wheiit,(hsy commenced their corner they had the experience of ages before them, but pur sued the bent of. their denraved, inohoalions, or launched forth IhoLlghlfcsfy iatK? jareWy 03, 10 sea of life. Tims they vToufd Ppplfn,uo Hpo, if life wore lengthened out lo two or three centuries. Ills of no avail to lament the pash If you now see where you have erred, have courage to do right—live "swell a. you can-and then the evening of your days will not bo ombitlorod with the reflections)— “ tho harvest is past and I am undone. I low Atonies have their. Origin. One of Iho boil illustrations of the mode in which ahoeoe grow up in governments, especially in tbo fixbd monarchical inotituliona of tlio old world, is to be (ound in lh‘o subjoined story from a,roconl P ari sian journal. ••'lt i» in this way that revolution! bo conio necessary for the purpose of re-organisation: «Some twenty years since a staff officer in the French army was oppoinlod to the command of o fortress, in Alsace. Ho began by making himself acquainted with all the details of the aomoo to which ho was called. In ono of Ilia inspections ho found a soldier olahding as sentinel by a worm oaten alook ado lying about In fragments, which, for no reason that could bo assigned, crossed n court, and divided il into two parts. The commandant inquired ci! Inc major concerning the necessity,of a sentinel in tins place, and woe answered that lie was standing there in conformity with long usage, that the previous commanders of the rlaeo had always found a senti nel nt that post, and hod kept ono there. The reason was not received as satisfactory, and an lnve " li S.": lion was ordered j old records were riles of papers and day books examined I “ , length it was discovered that thirty the stockade, which at that had H i(o ",j’ onod b , paired and Piloted. The " on '[ |,' n . i|,o fresh icas'Sfcs fresh paint" Pnoiro-rCKym? ■'7^°^ i “"bse?^d P !o l lmlo i riding in tho n hnr lip. When tlin earn piece of ‘‘oonrl P'“ p ||, o |png, covered hrld('e», hod emerged ront one ,1. pjj dieoppoorod', i ' n, '°,V' 0 0 lVJ.rnUy lt i.in C in K ther 1i P but *ho eye muoriuj; with her I— 11'con doin’ nothin’." ■ , A tVlilgU Opitilon of tUc Mexican War* , [Extracts from an addrea made by tlie Hon. N. E. |Tulraadgo, at a Taylor mooting, held in Wisconsin ,oh the 23 ult] • * ’ * * * _ .Tljat thfe United Staled lied just cause of ( war againatthe Mexican Republic, I have never for one moment doubted. The annexation of Texas to our Union as a cause of war against us is a mere pre tence oh.lHo pdrt Of {hat government; Texas had ' declared and ihaintainnd her-lndependbnco until she was recognized by the United Stales; as well as b'jr the great powers of Europe;,as a free snd dent and sovereign nation. As such she ,hnjl a pet* feet right to arincx herself to, or merge horhailonai-. ily in, any other government; In her sovereign cfl ( - * pacily and with our consent she chb'seiq become one of tho Slates of this glorious Union; and however mlfbh wo differ amongst ourselves as to the act of I annexation, Mexico has no right to complain of it.— Her complaints, are a fhbrb pretence to cover her out* rages agalrifll ollr dovcrnfnenl and (lie rights of oifr citizens. . . For a long series of years we have borne with pa llonb’o and fbrcboaraflbej Uic insults and injuries she has heaped upon us. The executive Government had exhausted its efforts and its powers to adjust the dif ferences between us untifal length President Jackson in tho year 1837, submitted the whole matter to Con* gross; and. declared in his morsage, that the length of time'since some of the injuries have been com mitted; the r'cpcaicd and unavailing applications fof redreed, the Wanton' Character of spme df the outra ges upon the property and persons of our citizens, , upon the officers and flag of the United States, indouon* dent of recent insults to this government and people tty the Into feiifadrdlnary Mexican Minister, would jus* tify, in lh<r eyes of all nations, immediate war.**—|i This message; in the Senate of the United States; was 1 referred to the coirimlttce on foreign Relations, of which, Mr. Buchanan was chairman—Mr. Clay, Mr.l Rives, Mr. King, of Georgia; and myself, wore all tho time members. Tho .committee deliberated on I tho subject, and were unanimously, of oplhloH with I the President, that there was jUst catiso of war, but 1 under the cUtumstanccs, were reluctant lojcsort .to cocccivo measdres to redress our wrongs, and rcc-1 ommended farther efforts at negotiation. They felt disposed, to adopt the language of the poet, quoted by. Lord <Chantharo in reference to.our country in her revolutionary_contcst with Great Briliam “ Be to her'faults a little blind, Beto her virtues fro ty kind;” « • « • .* Negotiation was renewed and with va ried and doubtful success* through successive Admin minislraUonsi' down to the acccssfon of Mr. Polk lo the-Presidcncy. He found our Meiican relations; us wolj as-the Oregon question, left as a.legacy to his administration. Difficulties republic had acciimnlatcd;and in any anticipated controversy with the United Stated, Alik t’fcgon to look to the co-oncr tion of Great Britain. The Oregon questlbH had asX sumed a threatening altitude—Mexico cxpcfclcd a wot belitfein Our Government and thatof Groat Brit ain; and in lhai event,'interned,’tty co-operation with (hat power; (o avenge herself on us for lief (ftfetended aha il ilrtfs in that Santa-Anna, the defeated and. disgraced hero of San Jacinto, was to “gather laurels on the banks of the Sabine.” Whilst the Oregon question was still ponding and whilst Mexico was still anticipating the co-operation of Great Brilian in the expected and wishod-for con test with us, oar troops, with Gen. Taylor at their head, were ordered to take their position on the bank's of the llio Grande. In this moment . I did not be lieve the Administration anticipated any collision with (ho Mexican forces. Down'to the limb when the gallant Worth left tho army and proceeded to Washington, lift anticipated no collision.- If he itad, nothing could have induced his proud and chiv alrous spirit to turn his back upon the. enemies ofhis country.” _____ GOOD ADVICE TO BOYS. Be brisk, energetic and prompt! The world is full of boys, (and men loo,) who- draw! though life, and never decide on-’ anything • for them*elves—but, just draggle one leg after the other, ond let lliingS'luko (heir own way, Such poop/o nro dull stuff of the earth., They hardly deservo as much credit as the wooden trees; for trees do all the good they can, id merely growing, and bearing leaves and seeds.j But these, drawling* draggling, boys do Ifot turn their co* parities to profit, half asTor ai might, bo lurneO; , they arc unprofitable; like a rainy day in' harvqgl ] limbi Now (ho brisk cncrgefib boconsfant- ( ly awake; not mcfclj with his bodily eye*, but with - his mind and attention—during the hours of busi ness/ .bp ,learns what he has to do, ho will Ittko pride, in doing it piiuiituatUj and well, and wouTJ ( feel ashamed to bo told, what .ho ought to do without telling. The drawling boy loses in five minutes the ( most important advice; tho prompt wide-awake boy , never has to bo taught twice—but strains hard to | make himself up to the mark, as fast as possible out ( of his own energies. Third-rate boys are always depending upon others; Jrnt rate bdijs depend m tipan iAemsefoes, and after a little teaching just enough to know what is to bo done, they ask no favors of any body. Besides it is a glorious thing for a boy to get this noble way of. self, reliance, activity and energy. Sue)) an one is worth a hundred of the poor drag gling creatures, who can hardly wash their own hands without being told, each time , how It is to be done.— Give me the boy who does his Work promptly and well, without asking, (except once for all, at the be ginning,) any questions; the boy whu has wits about ),im is never behind hand; and don’t lot the grass grow.under his heels. Let Children Si.no.—Wo extract tho following beautiful and judicious remafks from “Phrenology for Children.” It abounds in passages remarkable for their simplicity and eloquence. “ Ail children can learn to sing )f they commence fn eftoson. I do'notsay that oil will have tho same sweet voice of tho nighlengalef for some have nald* rally sweet; mild, and soft voices,' when they talk, wltflo others speak in loud, strong and masculine lone#. jTho same Is true in regard to singing. . . “In every.child is taught to .use, invoice while young* In their MjitfolMll Jmn Jn singing as a regular exorcise, us much as. they, attend to the study of geography; ond in their churches the sing ing is not connfiod to a choir, who sit apart from tho others, perhaps in one corner of the house,but there is a vast tide of insonec, gping -forth- to God from, «v? cry heart which can give utterance to this language ofthoßoul.’V . ' “Children, sing I yes, sing with your whole heart. David sang before the Lord, and It is iqcct that you should do the same; and always, wheni angry feel ings rise In your breast, curb and check them by sing-1 ing sweet and cheerful songs." / Cucumbers. —A writer in Dhchoood, jibing i i 111* own •“"H* of his cucumber, were 1 °"° '?" y KnlfcX, lie» d ff«rdonor, and informed , missing, lip sent ior , fiu “ mBlance occur again, ! film llml blioiiMbucl) a TJ)enM * d iie Would order Ids .tolon, upon which »!•«• ToVe“l. Ws ownhold, nccu.cd thep.ge. ll l" O n lo vin e comniilted lb. limit Th..o I of i ll n.,i tt vDLilh wero immediately uni for, and lit*. will 1 MPd cdared ibem»oi*c» innocent, tho onroted ( jn» nit dcoinre od , pr ,| o oinrp-n<tcd .fter Rnolher lb bi dl.emboWlled. Nothing i was'found in the stomach ot entrails,-of'the first »li I victim., but the nnlop.y of tho sovonlh provod him to hnvo boon the guilty ona * - 1 Tlinro i< not o niblnr right.h) thn world_llian, oil Dpofi ChriHtinn! who hiving boon oiftod in tho move ol' temptation, stands forth os & confirmer of the at* fluuUod. lcdlhyinff, from hit ownitfiajs, (bp reality- «f rolicion; opd mccliijK.by. warnings, and directions, end cnnsnlqlions/tho cases of all who may bo tempt. cd to doubt it. ' .' ' ■ ■, • ‘Darkness has fled,* (ia'tho man said when hit ne gro absconded. at 5* od to Aral; A TOUCHING INCIDENT. Tlio fpllowing; incident was related by; Mr. ?. Si White, in the course of an eloquent address which, ho delivered at a recent qclebratiqU of, thc,daughlers of Temperance in NewYqrk.' Wc, givp.it ed by the “Spirit of the Age;” A widow, in Richmond bad two sons. , TJio.elder was a printer, losteadof attending to this wants pf.hjs.agpd mQlhr. cr afld supporting her with filial affection,,ho,indul j ged his base propensity to drink, Irf these habits of ! sensual,isip and he wandered from .town Id town, until he found'himself arifong \\m, Winnftba« goes, away off West, in the then Territory pf Wist ,, How he came thither he knew not. - .out now ho became sober of necoessity. During|hii so-, [ber life lie got engaged in the fur trade, and bartered Ibis furs for land in the vicinity of where’Milwaukio now stands; land at that time which ftas neatly, worthless. Evcyy hodjf knows., hpw rapidly ty increaspd.in yalvip at Imlwaukici** T|»is man soon fnado.ft fortune. With prosperity his affection rc. urn,eo. lie,longed la see his mother again; Ho started for home. ( When Ko arrived his mother was not therei Mother and brother holh gone and no one could.tell whither. - With a sad and desolate heart he looked about him, the world lay before him id beauty,’ but those whom, he loved were gone—he wad aloKo;. With an aching heart ho retraced hia steps Westward' At Wheeling on the Ohio, be fell in with some acquaintances, who induced him to be-, come a Son of Temperance;, ,He ,was pleased with, I the Ordcfj and Immediately took,a deep interest .in, Its affairs. Soon after thin he made up his mind tq settle.in ClnciriHattf.' -1 paid an Pffiblalt visit to'that place, and on the same evening that I attended at one of the Divisions this young man applied for' ad. mission. He gave the'travelling pass word, and wan formally Introduced. Were i to Hve a thqusandi ybari? never shall 1 fofgct that scene. No sooner was his named mentioned add ho stepod into the. iToom than in an instant a tall and handsomely form, ed young man, with light hair and a fqll and beauty ful blue eye, bounded, acrosti llic floor i and clasping' 1 the stranger in his arms, exclaimed “My brother 1 oh! my jonfelosi brother!” The scene cannot be, described. Tears chocked the utference of both.—j When at length tho elder could find words, his first exclamation was—“tell mo is my mother yet alive?’} “ Yes,” said the younger, “And where is she—oh I where is my fgrß&kbnaUU neglbbled rooUier!” “Sijp is herb, and.she.is well, God has enabled me tosup. port her in comfort, and smooth her weary journey, towards Iho grave. Now her last hours will be enli vened with joy and that her long lost one—her prod igal has returned.** . Tub Poor Bov's College. —The Printing says iho New Orleans Globe, has indeed proved a . better College to many a poor boy—has graduated - more useful and consplcdoiis members of . has brought intellect and turned it into ,; ; practical useful channels, has awakened more inind, generated more active ond elevated thotigjbt, than. . many of-the lllerttrji fcbTlhgcs bf |ho cotmlry, • How a drone or dolt has passed liirbugboneofthcso colleges, 1 1 tflllh.ftq .i^ngitye',proof of his' firmness, to, graduate other thn'p Jus, 'leathern- di; plnrlia.' Tlicrb ia somcth|ri£. m the very atmos phere in a printing calculated to awaken tbe> mind and inspire, a thirst for knowledge. , A boy. who commences in such a school will. hqyp. his t&l-. enta,and.ideas brought out. If he haajrtq ipins drawn ol)t, thc-boy himself will bo driven oat. . • . MarU.Looiba op' Austria Dead.—Maria Louisa, iho grand duchess of one of the small States, of Aus trian Italy,.and formerly wife of Napoleon Bonaparte died recently. This was the women for whom Na poleon repudiated his first wife, Josephine, from which mompflllb o star of Iho great captain's desti ny glimmered and £rcwi dipt. \ ,T|pj sip*p}e afinbunce incut of the death of Maria. Louisa, to house qC Austria, unheralded as it was witlv„rpyal funeral pomp or the noUo of imperial ceremony, and scarce ly ruffling the surface of the,world’s attention, must ! yet in iho bosomc of some, call forth a.varietyi©f O; * inotfony/espcqially when they remember the histqry 1 and .exj/aoediaaty ounncxiqns of . this unfortunate 1 princess. She was the .daughter of a.pbwctful am*: poror— of another still more mighty —and the mother pf a king./'Sho was torn from state, and l from the society of.herConaqft, by thebarbaritiea of. rfer—toiled,degraded, and aMost expired; in obscu rity. Frcm/ |be, lugh roll of distinguished royal per sonages'she has passed away, as one whose'days tew' sought to honor, and Whoso character (he great mass, of the world cares not qpw to romeipjieri Her on ly distinction is—th’at she was the wile olNapoleon. The Prick or a Bide.— Yesterday a sailor, malo> of a vessel ot Cast Boston, perhaps a litUfe disguised, with liquor, came across a co.W,quietly feeding in the streets ofthat jdaco, and-jumped gpon Jier back* The animal started down fhe.streot with. Us unusual/burden/ much, tq the; qipjuflcmftnt of thu, spectators. Having reached (he end-of.the.street, the sailor jumpedtofT, and \vilh a loud cryiQf** 4.star board your helm I” jerked the.cow rqund by Utq.lall fc jumped on again, and rude back to hts.qrigina) starts ing place.' Tht owner oflho cow, upon hearing the fact, was disposed to sue the sailor for damage done to the cow; but tho matter woe settled by his paying ten’ douurs for bis ride.—Boston Traveller. f i.r ,1 il' U •* - H The Troth.— Good old Wesley He lhati» nurturing self.love In Ilia child, is. nurturing a devil.' 1 , We believe it.. Mother, do you think of this when, you are “tipping off" that IjlUo daughter of yours. Inf all the gay, foolish, frippery and finery pf the day* making her t j>roud and haughlyas a little You are murdering thh.#aul|,»plsnling a dagger in your own bosom I —Oolden Rule, A young lady at an e*ammatjop ,ip grarom«i , » asked why the noun “bachelor " was singular. She repliqd immediately. with much naivettc, “Because it is very singular they don't get married." Wo find the following in itip cpjuntns of our ( ifnid and steady friend of (ho Washington l/nipai whether original or not with that paper, wo ora not lAfortpfeth ,i • w l ■ * ’», •' ’ "Susan,,Und. up ana fqt, 0)..,™ wliat you nan larnrd, Wild does P-b-a-l-r apoJI!". 'y ha ‘ w'li. W 'l‘l don't'lift, IP.UIW»;«»» O”"! kn " ; ba ' I*' TlMl-qaTht Tnd bU ippla“.rcur- .xcl.in.ad lb. .olioolinlslrcss, and sl.o fainted. i„j j'im' oon you •poll poioloee wilt onl* one' letter 7" ", , „ •■No, neMor eon you, you fool, ••Now I reckon 1 oon, you fool. ■ “Lot no hove itlhon. 1 ’ ■ ■• t■ , ! i Well, we will put oi)eorrPUl,(,Yro p.o—.pnt,U»eop o, -pul,four,o>-RUt five o’e-put ol* o «—put eeven o'o—//ul ngkl o’o I" . ■ SoenV.on the Mi«ii9»irrt.~ , ‘ What ktadLofiWood 11l lllttl?” • \ * V . ** it* s cord wood,” replied the chopper, with the frootcslnon<cholanc£.‘ “How long has it been cut?” inquired the an*, loua captain. • v . . f .;«•' I * Four fool,” eeid the chopper. frt- “Capline, ato yoa tho main7’, “To bo «itn> noU* what h WpnflPßj" “ Wb"‘ for a da oil paajwgo for tbreo nrupdown jO f ®J e|l! I null.” “ Four dollaw oaoh. ■ ur mor But, AtftVdaar. Wall. t f •P*’"*,?'„£«/«., io bo \do wo eanoyrsclycs? ' 1 , , } Inure,’* " ' —rr: , , /j) ofi)e*|t"raliou, re-, nT- a .'‘y' Soiil/n? Udy-lover, tlial it, ’?‘ <lr ° ,V " ° re "' ■v v 7-
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