Ilmeri#! tUilunUcr. ! iIY JOIIN 11. BRATTON. . ; THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, n||i>iiplicil every'Tlinrudny, ot Cnrlislc; ro./’hy. JOHN n* IIIIATTON. upon the following conditions,,whien wiH bo rtgitlly adhered IoV , , ; ' - 'teiims op soneotiifTioK. '• ■ Pnrone year, w ndeanee,'-: . : •;/$3 00 Porsiurtonlh*. fit advance, t. .1 00' Ko subscription taken, forn Icbr term than six months, and no discontinuance. permitted until nil arrearages are paid. n Tivnnly-fivo per cent.additional onllio price of subscription \vill be required Df all those who do hVit pay in advance. *< . RATESOF ADVERTtBIKO. Olio wiyarip, one insertion,. } : ; ., • Ofte «|fem two Ineortlon*,.. , ™ OncJMUVtir. three insertions, . . r 1 00 • F.vcfyBiit»< u n'i o > i t Insertion, per square, . *.. • : ■ 35 will lid mado.tq those who advcrtlsti by the year, ot.for three or six months.; . .• •; Omcl!— Tlio ofilce'of the America* Volunteer min tlio sec .„H story of James 11. Graham's now stone building, in South Hnnover street, a few floors Xrpm Burkholder's hotel, and di rectly opposite .the Post-office, where those having business mil plcnso call. V ’ . . political. DEMOCRATIC/ASSOOIATION pf south MIDDLETON. Agreeable to public noticQf a largo and highly,rc. Bpcclnblo meeting of the Democracy of the upper ciiil of South Middleton township, was held' at the’ Oak school liouio on Saturday evening tho 7th iustr When on motion the meeting Was organized by appointing the following officers: ~ Perm Baker, Esq. ... Vice President—John John Al len, John Kcckler, Abraham Zciglcr, Jonathan Moy er, Fred’k Itreigcr. ." . , . . •. . , Secretortes-~HugftSlunrt, L. Moore Jos. Stcoti. On motion tho foUpwtnft commillce.was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of tho meeting,'v»k James A. Moore, Joseph Stuart, M.K. Moul, F.W/Searight,and. Daniel Baker. Aflcra short absence ihe committee returned ond reported the following preamble and which were unanimously adopted. ' ; ‘ ,; v , WiiKREAS, thc tsmo is fust approaching,'when it behooves ,lhe Democracy of Pennsylvania to arouse to action in.the cause which they have espoused, and to put lorlll eVcry.cffort to secure Hie election of men pledged to support; tho’ principles' of Democracy as promulgated by. Jefferson, commented by , Jackson, sustained hy Van Buren and fully demonstrated by James IC. Polk: and convinced of the iniporlanco of a'perfect organization of ouf forces bfcing essential to the cause., Therefore , . Resolved, that Wo .organize ourselves into an asso ciation, to bo known by tho name of llie Democratic Association of South, Middleton, and pur object the election of the Democralic Nominccs of tlio Slate and County conventions. , Resolved, Tliat In tho person Fracls U. Shrink,' we recognize the real pßfsonator .of the .principles of Democracy and consider ,him eminently entitled to the continued confidence of a benefited consllluen* Resoled. That wo most cordially appPoVed of his. views in regard to llio banking system, ond all com panies of a corporate character | 'and believe .that the surest method of preventing fraud and guarding the Interests of tho people, is by imposing restrictions Upon lliom in tho way of individual liability* 7?f«olce(i,That In Morris Longstrclh, bur cnmli. . Hale for Canal Commissioners, we recognize all tho proper qualifications requisite lo.a faithful discharge of the important duties connected,with, that, rtspon-. sihle post; being a man possessed of sound practical -Judgement, unquestionably Integrity and uncompro mising Democracy. ' Resolved, That wo will use every honorable means to secure the election of tho Democratic nominees, to bo placed in nomination by a democratic Conven* lion on tho 17lh insl. . ' Resolved, That we approve of the tanfl oOtoriH-lfi, ore opposed to the distribution of tho proceeds nflho v public lands, hcllcVo In tho justice of tho Mexican war, and that we are also In favor of retaining public improvements os publlp properly, as long os they-continue to be Such a vast source of revenue to (ho State. 1 ' i Resolved, That when we adjourn, wo adjourn to meet on Saturday eveningtho Ist Inst, at the Bon* tiy Brook School ItoUSc,' “ ' . , ' Resolved , That tho proceedings of this meeting be figned by the ofiicers’und published in the Democrat ic papers of Oorlude.'" ■ After which, the meeting was addressed by James A. Mooro ami M. K« Moul, in a very able and- elo quent manner. 1 - ' ‘ 'net! hj tht officers.) JACK! A meeting of the Democracy of Dickinson town* ship, convened for the purpose o( devising measures promotivc of tho “union, harmony and success’’ of the Democratic parly, and'the formation of a Demo cratic Club, assembled at the public house of Jacob Trego, in said-township, whcnlhc 'following resold* tions were adopted t • ' .‘ t /ffsolprdfThot In view of the approaching con test, it behooves us to adopt such 'measures as aro best calculated to oiTecl an entire and thorough,* or ganization of the democratic parly. /fe«o/bcd, That we .hereby'form oursplvcs into art association to bo styled tho “ Jackson Club oj Dickin* ion.” *• - That tho clTnrls of this association shall )m directed to soenro llio success of Democratic “Men and Measures, 1 ' —believing that# reign of Fed e waliam would ho signalised by that ruinous and dcs* trur.tlvo course of public policy which has so-uni formly characterized tho actions of that parly when m power, amj thus subvert the prosperity; 4nd happi ness at present existing under our patriotic]Notional •mil Slate Administrations. Resolved, That tho officers'of (Ms Association shall consist of ii President, thirteen Vico tycsjdcnts, and one Secretaryi 11 , In pursuance of tho foregoing resolutions, tho fol lowing gentlemen were elected officers of the Club, viz: FttKfiiDENT— Matthew Lynch. V. I’iikaidknts— Win. Harper, Philip Spangler, fiaUliow Galbroath i Samuel Stewart, Wm. Shriver, •bmp Swords, Win. Galbroaih, Marlin Auld, Fran- Cl * Hutchinson, James Lamborlon, Samuel Spangler, acob Ilcolman, Joseph Galbrcath. brcASTARY—- John Moore. , , ; , . «mo lved % That tho President of this acsaciation “.Md ho is hereby authorized to call meetings of '■'is association ol such times ns ho may doom prop cr * pivlng roasonablo notice'thereof. ’' Hnohfd % That Hid proceedings of this mcotlngbo Published in tho Democratic papers of Car IWo.. Adjourned. v * AiroTiir.it Doar. roa T|ir. Wnnip.-rlf wo may credit 10 Cincinnati Inquirer, Copt.' T. F. Marshall (Toiii has made a speech at Louisville which has completely used up tho Fedonit anti-war editors.— ta Pl-Marshnil— V” . Denounced tho opposition,to tlio war as infamous, cfuoi towards their countrymen,who are con ,n R against a dastardly Too uhd,a destructive I'naio. 110 would carry tho war to tho. last point p n f fflilBl . nnco * ®nd proclaim , a pOaop, and ho would . °fco üby hanging every bno who rebelled against r n , • • Uapt.'Marshall, In the words t of n.„* n{ l u,|, or’s correspondent, wont farther than ho B farthest, In sustaining his country and the inistration in tho prosecution of this war. It a " not a Wnr 0 p M r . p o lk*s—it was a‘ war of tlio \u n[ry :' V Us Vol ° in olocling Mr. Polk—that was iIJ . ?. IMM . bol woen the two groat political par ». . at tho last election; and when,by thb aot of p *. C °’ hoKilitlca had 1 actually ommnbnoed, tho „ T y • hy a singular unanimity of the Legislature, wtii , vote to raise 30.000>mcn: to prosecute It wnA V /l 0,r ‘ How,-then* could 5 this, bo - Mr. Pplk s JV > n Plaln Marshall was . for taking tho whole •'Waco, and holding all wo took;" Adilrcaßof tWbciiiocraticijtaib Contra! Coim- Tb the People 6J Pennsylvania i ~ . . Fellow Citizens Is rapidly efflef ging from the-.embarrassments; in which unwise legislation\an.d.^waßtcftii.and extravagant cxpbntlU turc of Ijio public money had involved her. - Her citizens can. again heat tho good old “Key. Bton e~BLa to I .’ spoken of as «Honest old Pennsylva nia," without, feeling .that H-is done in derision.— Her finances, are now; ampler not .only to meet all demands upon-tho treasury, but tho’ti 1119 has arrived j when .a sinkiiig.fuqd can bc.forihed for tlio payment •pf a pori[on ; .qf/lliff, piihcip.al-, of tljp public debt annually. »' ' 1! • 7 3 j . Whelhcr'lliis prosperous and gratifying condition of thingsis to bo continued, is a question of vast importance to the people.. .It is aliko # intcrcsting to the farmer, the mechanic, the. manufacturer, the la. borer, tlio merchant and thd trahsporicr.' In fact we cun mention no description of. our citizens who are not interested in maintaining the Itotiof and integrity of the State, ond in sustaining a prudent, safe and economical administration of the government, which we verily believe how'exists. . But especially arc the our interested in the perpetui ty of the present stale, of things. They, as well ns the great mass of the. no interest in trying new experiments, and entering into wild speculative schemes such as Uqit .attempted by the Federal legislature of last session, in transferring the public improvements to a company for less than half their value. ' • ' -,,V •'iO Tlic first thing next to tlio prompt payment of the cnrrent.crfpcnscs of tho government and the interest on tlio publiodebti which should engage our attention, is the Immediate redemption of tho relief issue, which now vilinlo ourv currency, and '.which have become so ragged and dipty as to bo. unfit for use; besides they derange, tho whole currency, .As soon as they are withdrawn from .circulation wo ca.n banish all foreign notes under five dollars and.specie, will again circulol’c hi abundance as change in tho transaction of all business under that sum. Tho laboring man and' tho mnrket'innn and wnmdn will then receive payment in.vnoncy-which they wilfknow. to bo good. These relief issues; it should be borno 'm mind, arc ono of tho consequences of extravagant banking and borrowing, which’wero precipitated'on the country hy tho rechartcr of tho Bank of tlio United Slates; and they constitutor part of the debt of the Stale. ■ Ori the 30th of December last, tho amount reported to bo in circulation Or outstanding was $1,061',GG4. By tho existing la w $OOO,OOO of those n'ro.authorized to bo cancelled ordcstroycd at.thc treasury annually, so-that bn the Ist of ’Deccmbor next tliero will be oulstnmlingsBBl,664,oo. Inlho estimates presented by the Governor and other officers of the government to tho last legislature; this sum of $200,000.f0r the destruction of relief issues was included, and the re* suit of all tho estimates of receipts and expenditures, showed on estimated amount of. receipts into tho treasury, during , tlio year, over the expenditures, of the same period of $194,441 II :.or t far tho sake of convenience say $200,000. Tho' receipts of- tho year however, wo arc satisfied will far exceed the estimates.!:. The gross amount of rcduiptS'Trpfn the public-works was estimated at $1,500,"000. ■ The result thusTdr shows that they will greatly exceed this sum*' The receipts from this source to the Ist of August insl.jwas $1,0X9,551 88,' To' tho same period last ycai l , they were $711,575 73. Showing a gain this year over that of Inst, to the first of tho present month, of $307,97G 15.. Tho whole receipts during tho ycorlßJG; were $1*3D5",4D4 7G. ’ It thus' appears If the rccciplTortiio remaining part of tlio ycap only equal those of; last yene for tho same time the gross amount of thb'wholo year will bo‘sl,Co3 f . 370 91, which is upward of $lOO,OOO above tho osU* mate.' The receipts during: the month of July* just closed exceeded those of July ISdfi, by upward of $37,000, and if there should bo a corresponding gain during the months of August, October, and No vember, over.the snmo.monlhs of last year, the grosa receipts Will bp about $1*750,000 00, which will bo a gain of $250,000, over the estimates. 'ThnLibis will bo tho result if no.cAualty occurs, there is good roa. son to believe, as every* indication promises a prospe rous full business. Kdw if wo allow fifty thousand dollars for tin Increased expenditure on tho "public works, over the estimates, on account of tho access, imr of business, and a consequent increase of expense in the motive power department, wo will have a net increase of s2oo,ooo,'from tho improvements over the estimates, making in nil n not income from that source alonn of about sl*loo,ooo.' There is reason to believd that there will be an Increase dficvcnuc from several.other sources above tho estimates. But admitting tlmltho receipts from other sources only come up to the estimates, the reve nues of the year will exceed the ordinary expenses of the government, and tho poymentof the interest on the public debt, by the sum of six hundred thousand dollars. Thus; . Uuliefissucs cancelled, rsdx« Amount of receipts over expenditures as , eslimnlpd say, '. .200.000 Net excess of receipts front public works ■ over estimates, Tlila stale of the Treasury will justify the Logisla -lure, as booh os.they.meet*iu-authorizing an extra cancellation of rclioflßHUCS.pfttUcnst 8300,0011, which sum ought to ho retained in the Treasury lor that purpose. This would reduce the amount which would bo then outstanding to $5Bl,GG'i, w.hich can bo cancelled in the course of the coming year.. But mho people and the Legislature should prefer U, as we.do ourselves, and as wo’-hope they will, a tempo, rary loaning he made to redeem them immediately, which loan cun bo refunded in the course of tho year. Tills is the course which wo hope may’ bo adopted, ns It will purify our currency, enable us.to nay our creditors in par funds, and give the people a plentiful of specie circulation instead oftho cjoprccu aicd trash thoy.uro now oompollod to u?o. Governor Slumk, in treating upon } tlns subject in his Inst anmiol message, speaks thus; “I transmit herewith a statement showing the annual receipts and expenditures for (ho last fiscal year, and also an estimate of thoeoino for tho present year, made with much care, upon full consultation with tho other oft,, corsof the government., From Ihia estimate it op. pears that tho .receipts of tho year; will exceed, tho expenditures by ihc sum of 81J4,4dl lL . ; ••The balonco In.lho Treasury on the first instant was only 8-138,980 fiB s It Is, therefore, oUogolhor probable that it may become necessary to niako samo arramromont to anticipate n, small.portion.of the revenue for the year, to meet tho interest, which will fall duo on tho Ist of February next. I rcccommcnd that some legal provision be promptly made for tm» Bai&saisftstisag tho estimates that Imvo bccn ptoociilcJ. ■ “ Tliosum of two hundred thousand dollars w i "V" is now annually appropriated to tho oanconalioi. of tho j relief end which is incl udod m mole., ip discharging that amount »rt « P«“U« « yearly, and is. In fact, an existing smki ‘ Vfi/ori therefore, tho conclusion at wliloh I liovo . shall prove correct, that tiro luxes, assessed, dmlur existing laws,on real ttnd personal property^ with lb nrdinarv rovenuOß,' Anil iui niiioun I front (ho p improvement*, otfunl to Urol received during the past yX, win I-rovo .nffleiontto pay tho euhiio debt, end oilier domapda upon ‘ho .-I roMurr, the annual, increase of tell, upon I m may be added to tile present sinking ° r ‘^° hundred'thousand dollars a.yoar.; Fro jy.' (l ,'“ rionco oftho throe last prooodlng.yoßrß,thiolncrpaso may ho Iklrly estimated, 'fqr aomo. year, to come, at miYlmiulred thousand dollaro per annum, and if it bo. Slate will have a; sinking fund of half a million of dollarß to commence Hie liquidation of her funded dolt. The, application of lists fund annually, Willi '.ihittoe* $200,000 200,000 $OOO,OOO “OUIU Y. IT ALWAYS DE RIOIIT—DtIT idOlix OR iVnbßd, Otm tbUfcTIlV.” CARLISLE, I’A-, THURSDAY, AUGUST" 19, 1847. jls increasing, Interest, to tlio purchase. of fice per cent, f&ate Stocks; at par,will, at the end of ten years, • discharge $(j, 2884029.br tlio public; debt, and at the s bnd of twenty yoarl, $16,533,881, which tvlll reduce * the. debt< including , the cancp.llalion of relief IssUcs, at the end of twcnly*thrcc ycars lVbm this lime, to the slim of $23,175,033. The net income'from the public Works will then, It may bo fairly presumed, bo more than ample to-pay tho Interest on thU State debt, and the people may. be entirely relieved from all taxation for., the payment of .interest. ’ In fact there is reason ihatthe.incrcaeed wealthof ; the. State , and tAe.' accumulation of business , on the public, works, wilt, at a much earlier period, admit of ipip'qrian'l reductions in the taxes, without retarding’' the consummation of the'foregoing plan of reducing, the debt. Notwithstanding,some may bo disposed, to view, these suggestions as visionary, I-havo the most entire confidence of tjicir practicability, provided the public works shall continue to bo managed with in- . tcgrilyand J flkitt,'tlie.tax laws fairly executed, and the government, in all its departments; honestly and faithfully administered. , \•; <* In connection with this subject, I respectfully recommend to the General Assembly, tlio propriety and policy df proposing to the people on amendment . to the Constitution p'f tho Stale, under the form the 10th article of that instrument, by.which theiin. come from the public jmprovomenlp.kflcr deducting the necessary expenses for and supejinten donee—the roybntio’ arising from the State tax on real end personal property,Tor a ccrlain pcriod, and;. such other items*of income os it may bo deemed ex'z pcdicnl to include,shall ho set apart; and be sacredly pledged, for ilie payment of the interest upon-the public debt, and tho £udnal liquidation'of the prin cipal. Such an amonmnont judiciously arranged, would, I apprehend, moot with tho dicidcd approba tion oftho pcoplc.oflho Commonwealth. . It would concentrate public sentiment upon a. fixed object, remove all doubt of the fulness of the public credit', and lay . tlio foundation far the! final extinguishment, of the public debt. It would give aft additional se curity and assurance to the people, and to tho public cfcdiWs, ihtil. In ho event could the pnblicwevcpiie be diverted from Its legitimate object, and-would fur nish conclusive reasons for tlio prompt and cheerful payment of tho taxes.** .7 .. , , From a comparison of this extract from the Gov*, ernor's message, with tho statement of the present condition of things, it wilt bo seen that tho treasury is In a much bettor state than he anticipated. ' This shows that ho was determined to keep with ; in proper limits, rather than exceed the reality in his estimates, and gives’conclusive evidence of his can , tion nnd judgment, which entitles his opinions to tlic rclianco.and.confidence of tho public. Ho makes no statoments for , Buncomh , to mislead and deceive the people. Ho told tho Legislature that there would bo a deficiency to meet the interest due on the first of , February'fast, and'that'll would ■be necessary .to J make a temporary loan to supply, it, but’ihat this would not affect the estimated, result of Uio.Wholb ' year. lie had ho cbnccalcmcnts on (Ins subject.— He know the fact, and he told it hbncstjy.’ ; Tlid loan , had to be made,or the payment of u, portion of tho ( interest postponed. It was made and the interest s paid. * . ‘ ‘ -V' I And what has been the result? Tlio loan has boon repaid from the treasury, and-the interest which fell . due on the first of'lhc present month, amounting to ' $910,781,70, has also been paid, and a balance of $327,927,31, Iclt in the treasury on tho same day. j Wo have thus, fullow-citizCns, presented you very jt briefly-, vyilh.a viow'ofplhe'Domocratlc policy, in re j gajd lb the financial i'conccrpp pr l, ,lho Sidle. It - is , simply this; wo'shouldrolainour pnblic|wprkB under tho control of tlio State, and;onforco all tho economy in their management practicable. Husband our re sources by the practice of economy in every doparl- I mont. Pay the interest on our public debt promptly and in cioon monp.y, and apply any excess of revenue J which w-iTmay have, first, to the immediate canccl ’ lotion of the relief issues, and then to the liquidation , of tho funded debt. Tho only excuse the Slate could t .ever offer for paying her creditors in depreciated I funds, was that of necessity. Now when that necessi ty no longer exists, she is bound by proper sense of [ justice and honor to mako the payment in paH pundit. 1 • . Tlio present. Bourcc»,of revenue wo feel warranted 1 In.saying, from the exhibit wo have made nro aufli "• cicntunJcr a wise and prudent administration to pay ; tho ordinary expenses of government, and tho interest bn-tho public debt, and leave a surplus of five hundred thousand dollars to. bo applied to the sinking fund annually. As they increase tho excels can bo adn bv this simple 'argu ment! '• two and two make four. I ' — Nepoleou. Danko.i)avr been properly labor saving muchi.noß—up,thoy, pnabfejlroncs to r*® 'l V! outindustry, ' ,l > 1( \. ■ / llotttcal. ■ v -iaiff WIFK TO HER HUSBAND. X*lnpcr.hot long 1 Home Is not liomo without thee, Its dearest tokens only make me mourn; .Ob I lef;lls.memory, like u chain about thee, , Gehtiy compel ami hasty thy return., ‘ '-■V’l,' V Linger not long I Linpernof Jong I Though crowds should woo thy atdyingi nelhuiK thcojcan tho mirth of friends, though dear, * . Comptmtalo for tho grief thy long delaying Costs the heart that signs to have thee hero 7 ■ .Linger not long I. Linger not long I How shall I watch thy coming, ,'Aaovvning shadows strontch’d o'er moor and dell, • ,VVhcn the uihl hoe litilliceased her busy humming, • And silence hangs ou all things like a spoil 7/', ‘ ' ♦ .- - Linger not long How shall I watch for thco when (bars grow stronger, ."Apnight draws durk, and darker on the hill 1. . , How shall I wucp, when lean watch no* longer 7 ‘■ a'OJiI ari thou nbscni-amhou absciu still ?.;*• <;4'' • Linger not lohg I ■ { Yet I Should grieve not. though the eye that sooth me, ; . pnxeth through tears that makes its splendor dull j Eoi 1 oh I I smuetimes fear wlum Hum tin with me, -My cupof hnp(iiiu'Bs is alitor) lull! - ■ • . Linger not long 1 Ilftsle'-T-lmsle thee Homo intoiliv mountain dwelling i ■ ;.Hnstc,us a bird into its peaceful nest? , V llnslo ns a'skilf, when Tempests wild are Swelling, . .-Flics to its haven of securest rest t - Linger riot long! 1: • ,: r . REMEMBER. MEi ' BY MR£. I’OHSONDY. When we two parted nil I hoard 4Vom tliee (Were these low whisper'd words-* Remember mo,!” N« vows of ftitli or passion did I hear; • '••• Remember mol”-was'all ihatmet mine ear.’ • I well remember thee—and from my‘ heart Tho last, end, humble prayer shiill ne'er depart TUat heart—this hand—another's prize may bo; Hint f (huy love—l rpMSI reinenibur thee. The past is nnthinp, and our hopes are o’er, f Onr lust odiou is said—we meet no mure:. " C>r if w« do it will be iti voln, ... .That past -those hopes—can ne'er be ours again. / • Yet will I give llice Qlliljhftliou dost'crnvo, ( > y-.-A land remembrance—strong «9 the grave; All olac shall pnsK awnyi—Lovc.-rHopo,—Hcgrct, - leoon shall cease lojnourn—yel'ne'er forget.- ' Thou ton with me these memories wilt share, >j As I have shared thy love and thy despair; . . .Our paths are dillbrcnt, yet where'er they Ikj, Air 1 remember \hse~-JUt*mcntl>er vtt. awCflcclUmeptw. THE MOTHER AND CUlfiD , > OR, THE FIRE FLY. ' 1 V FJIOM THE HERMAN. : On the evening of a hot ohd sultry summer day, Mariana poor widow, sat at the open window of her little chamber, and gaacd out upon tile neat orchard j wiftcli surrounded her cottage. The grass had been mown ijk tho morning, but the heat of the sun had soon dried it. She had already gathered it into heaps, and the sweat smell of the hay how blew into the chamber as if to refresh and strengthen her after ■ her labor. The glow of sunset won already, fading 1 upon the border of the clear.and cloudless shy, aha thu inoon shone calm imd bright into tho little cham her, slifyfawing tho square panes-of the half open , window^ogothef vrilli thiTgrape vine which adored it, upon Ific ,nicely sandcd tloor, Little Ferdinand, a boy of six years of age, stood leaning against, the window frame; face and yellow locks, with a portion «f his white dean shirt sleeves and scarlet vest, wero distinctly visible in tho moonlight The poor woman was silting thus to rest herself, perhaps. Hut oppressive os had been the labor of the sultry day, yet a heavier burden wcighpdv upon her I bosoni, and rendered her forgetful of her weariness. She bad eaten bnt a spoonful or two of thoir supper, which consisted of broad , and milk. - Little Ferdi nand was, also, greatly disturbed, but did.not speak, because ho saw that his mother was so sorrow/iiL— ( Having observed that his mother, instead of eating, wept bitterly, ho'had laid aside hls'spoon, and tho earthen dish stood upon tho table .almost as full as , when served-Op. Maria was left il Widow In the early part of the , previous spring. Her deceased husband, one of. the , worthiest men in the village, had, by industry and economy, saved a sum of money, sufficient to pur. ( clmso the little cottage, willnts neat meadow, though t not entirely free from incumbrance. Tho induatri- , oua man had planted tho green and cheerful field with young trees, which already boro the finest fruit, , Ho hud.choscn Maria for his .wife, although she was a poor orphan, and her parents had becnublo to give , her nothing-'more than a good education; ho had chosen her because she was known as the most pious, industrious and well behaved maiden in tho village. They had lived happy together. But the typhus fe ver broke out in the village, and her husband died. Having nursed him with the greatest tenderness, she herself was oltnckcd with it, after his death, and barely escaped with'life. , Her husband’s sickness and her own had thrown them. much ..behind hand; bulnow she must even part with her liltlo cjottnge. Her deceased husband had long labored for tho richest peasant In the coun try, a man by the name of Meyof. The peasant, who highly esteemed him on occount of Ids fidelity and industry, had lent him throe hundred crowns to pur* clmso this cottage, willi'tho ground belonging to it, upon tho condition that ho would pay oft’ filly-crowns yearly, twenty-five in money and IwcntyJn'o In-la bor. Until the year that ho was taken hi ok, her hus band had faithfully performed his agreement, and tho debt now amounted to but fifty crowns. Maria knew all this very well. . Meyer now died of tho same dlscoso, Iho hairs, a son and dauglfter-ln-iaw, found the hole for three hundred crowns-ompng tho papers of the deceased. They did not know a word about tho nflalr, us tho old man hud never spoken of it to thorn. Iho terri fied woman assured them, calling Heaven to• witness, that her deceased husband had paid o|T the whole except fifty, crowns. But all of this was of no avail. Tho young peasant called her a shameless liar, ami (sumnumculior before a court of As she could 1 not prove that anything jiod been paid, it was deci ded, that tho whole claim against her was vnml.—• Tho heirs insisted upon payment, and ac poor Marla had nothing blit her collage and grounds, this little properly must iioW-bfl sold. >Bhq had fallen upon her knees before the helrs,-uml had prayed thoni not to turn her out, of doors; little Ferdinand Wcptwlthhcr —both wept, hut all was in vrtin, Tlio following morning was appointed for tho saloi She had hoard this on hour before, just ns she had finished her day’s work. A neighbor hod billed oiit'ovcr Ihq hedge and told it to her*. . It was for this ronson Hint »ho now pal so sorrow* ful by the open wlrido’w, glancing how upward to the clear iky,now upon Ferdinand, and then gn* *lng steadily npoft tlio floor< There Was a sod si* lonco, • ■ j ,x • ' , ' “ AlaslV.sho said tn herself, , U 1 have 10-duy, then rnked the hay from Iho orchard for the lust time. Tho curly yellow pliilns which I picked this morn*! |ng.. for Ferdinand, sro tho Inst fruit which the' i boy, will oat from the trees which his lather fir him. Yo«, thi. iiiuy bo tbo. ost " Ig J' l ., Hnomi bonoalh ibis root*. ( ily tbi. / M '° l . ’ v i )o can' thin ooltnge vtlll bo nnollior’. property. »«y but wo ,boll bo ll, ; ho .fn’“|„J I cllcrlo inorro.v, nlono luiowa wliorowo « mil n ' ~, a | lo borrsn lo.ob Perhaps under the open heaven . f Violently. , . „ow hud not moved, Lillie Ferdinand, who until ow nu oamo Ibrwhnh and . or else I cannot «Mother, do not fulhbr said, «» (oik to you.: I Do }•"'!. }"T„rHbV WOO,, «n,V-bc lie died thoroon Inn j widows and or m-S Tn hy and ho will ■itVwll bb^a ( , n nd I. it HOI i,«O - I 'Yen Joar.obll'J," .aW tlio motlior, “H i. true," “ W ell” said the boy, “ why do y6lf Weep (so lofijf then? Pray to Qod{ and ho Will help yotuV . “Good child.thoUart \right !”said his mother; and her tears Rowed less bitterly, anti comfort was mingled With her sorrow. ShoXoldcd her arms, and raised her moisloyctowards HcaVen/and Ferdinand folded his hands u!et>j and looked upward} and tho bright moon shone upon mother and child* And, tho mother began to pray* and tho boy re*, 1 poated every word after her. • , “ Great Father In Hcoven;” she said, “look'down Upon'a poor mother/and her child—poor widow and a poor orphan raise their eyes to thee. We ore In great need} and have no longer any refuge upon the earth, • But Ihou art rich In mercy. Thou hast thyself said} “Call upon.mo inlhe day of thy trou ble} and 1 will dcllvcrtheci* Oh* to thco Wo pray.— Thrust us not, forth from! this-dwelling—-take not from a poor orphan} Ins only little inheritance. Or, if in thy mysterious but still moot Wise andbcncro lent purposes, thou hast otherwise (Iccfced, prepare for iip.a resting place upon the wide, vast earth.- Olij pour this consolation into our hontls, lest they break ns we wandor forllijatid from yonder hilt turn to look for the lasi time upon our house;!’* Sobs Interrupted her J weeping, she gazed towards heaven, and whs silent. Tlio boy, who yet stood With folded hands, suddenly exclaimed with out stretched finger— • Mother, look I wlialls that? Yonder motes a light.’ Yonder flics a lilllo star. Look there it hur- . ricti by tlio window I ; Oh,see, now it comcsin!— , How bright; bow beautiful it shines! nlmostns beau- j tiful as the evening star.. Now it moves along the ceiling. That is wonderful!” .••• '. , “It is a firo fly,dear Ferdinand,” said his mother* , “In the day time it is a small unsightly insect, but ' in thenight it gives out a moat beautiful light. I .*, “May I.catch it? 11 said the boy. - , “Will it:nol hurt mo, and will not tho light burn tnc 7“ “ It will not burn thee,” said tho mother, and she laughed, while the tears streamcd.down her checks. “Catch it and examine it closer; it is one of the wonders of God's almighty power.” , The boy, entirely forgetful of.his'sorrow, at once tried to catch the sparkling fire fly, now on the fluor, now under tho table, now under tho chair. “Ah me, what a pity !’* said tho boy, for as' ho stretched out. his hand to catch tho .bright insect it flew behind the great chest that stood against the wall. He looked under the chest. “I see it plain enough,' 1 he said; there it is close against tbo wall; and tho white wall and tho floor, and every bit. of dust near it shines os if tho moon shone upon it; hull cannot reach it; my arm is not long enough.” •'. • “Have patience,”said the mother, “it will soon come out ogain." ■ 7 The boy waited a lilllo while, and then came to his mother and said, with a soft Imploring voice—.. "Mother, do you get it out for me or move the chest a little from’the wall, and l ean easily catch it.” - . The mother rose; moved the chest from the wal and tho boy took the quiet lire fly, oxamined it in tho hollow of his little hand and was delighted withiti But his rnolhcrVdllcnlion was attracted,by a dif- ferent object. As slio moved the chest, something wliicir stuck, between it and the wall felt, upon tho floor. She uttered a loud cry as . she picked it up. “AM/ 1 she exclaimed, “now all our trouble isov. er. Thai is last year’s account book. Which I have so long looked for in vain. 1 thought It had been destroyed as of no value, by strangers perhaps, while ' I lay senseless during jpy illness!, it can be ' shown that th/father paid the money that they do. • mand of us. ‘ Who would have thought that the ac. 1 count book stuck behind the great chest which We 1 took with the collage, and which has not been mo. ved since we bought it?' 1 ■ • She at bnco lighted a lamp, and turned over the » leaves of the account book, while tears of joy sparkled '■ In her eyes. Every thing was correctly put down— r the sum which her deceased husband owed of three • hundred'crowns tho beginning of the year, and • what lie paid off- in iriboey and work. Below stood ' tho following lines, wrUflhi in old Meyer’s nwn hand: “ X fiavb settled account* with James Bloom lo day (St. MartlriV day,) and ho how owes mo fifty orown%” >' s ' J ‘ r * '• • - . The mother struck her hdnds together -with .joy, embraced her child,, and exclaimed with delight—- . “Oh, Ferdinand, give thanks to God, for wo need not now leave home: now we can remain in our col- t logo.” ' * “ And I was the cause, was I not, mother?” said j illo little fellow. “If I had not begged vou to move the chest, you never would have fount! the book.. It might have laid there a hundred years.” The mother stood for a while in silent astonish, merit, and then said “Oh! my child, it Was God’s doings. I feel a thfill of aWo.nnd reference .when I reflect upon it.— Look 1 as wo both prayed and wept, there camo the sparkling fim tly, and pointed out tho spot where this bonk was concealed, Yes, truly 1 God's hand is In all things however .trifling. Nothing edmoa by chance. Even tho hairs of oUr head afo numbofed, not one of thorn falls to tho grdllnd Without his knowledge. Remember this fdr thy life longhand put thy trust \n him capccioUv in lime of need. It is easy for him to aid and to save, 110 does not need to send a shining angle to uai He can scud,us help by a winged insect!" - , Tho mother could not sleep that night for joy. Soon nIW break of day, shu look l.cr way ia llio judge, who nt onco scut for Iho heir. Ho cumc. iio acknowledged tlio writing os genuine,and wan niucli ashamed of having slandered the woman before the court and having called.hora liar. The judge de clared ho owed nor soino recompense for the shame and groat fiorfow which lie had caused horr The man was .not unwilling to make atonement for his iJut whorl tlio poor, Woman had lho whdu account of jior evening prayer* and tho appearance ofllio Arc fly, U>e judge said— ..... . , . That Is Clio finger of God} lie tins visibly helped you . Young fileycr, However/ wan much moved, and said with tears in Ida cyca— , ' •• Yes, ii is so. God is the father of tho widow and tho fatherless J and their avenger also.- Pardon mo for harshness towards you, 1 rcleaso you Irani tlio payment of tlib fifty crowns, nnd if you are «t any time in'need, come to me, and 1 will assist you. I, now boo dourly Hint those who {rust in God ho will never forsake—nnd that confidence In lum Is safer dependence than great riclics. And if l como to want nr If my wlfo should become n widow aiidj my children orphans, may ho help us also as ho Imsi , '°Trn 1 st n'lwsys tints in hint, and °'| this 1 poor widow, snd help will not ho Wsniinff I I you In time of heed* / j -, Tho body Was I ‘ made for activity. I' 1 ! 1 "Wmlum "a body; cs/n'clsl stltfer injury 10 he . . ocamoo UL„.~ |y, ifshrfhroftn ro.no n inaoMM. j-co wol||J |lavo Acl i v! tys 1 roeg l | lCl " l„vo. and it more strength, 3on " ' of ,. our mom Iters, also, will hierottso. iHot 't, ch practice is ne ■ " IU9I ’V r h train tlio fingers to the vnri , ecssnry, for h •<«" M ' (tf b 0 01nl ,|„ yC il bo m, (to ons .isos I'l whicl l m y ko (hc „, hamUj.. The o-vordlso, to I,cep It in a Hi, • tail"■’Tho various parts of Its machinery licpllliy stoi ' . I . eery day, lo turning your food” Into blood, all.l sending il a Rreiit rrtnny then, ssnd times, In avssl number of 111110 streams, to every part ofthe body. «nl this machinery wil not work, if tlio body is nil the Hint, inactive. ll re quires motion, 111 Rivo.it power. I hero is nothing, therefore,-so M for ll its Inzwm. tt is liko a ilcnd] palm to tho,windmill, which stops all its machinery. UnoouKSon.—" Yes,"' AU.,Chairman, said.a mod. ern political orator, “ I repeal Iho dcclaralion-l do hot hoiiovo llioir is a man, woman, or elil|d In this housa who tins arrived nt (henna offlfly years qmlup wards tail hap felt this truth thundering through their btalnoaiot ccnUttloi," 1 ‘ ■ l' 1 ’ AT $3 00 PEft AJiSCJI. ‘ Affecting incident 1 . , ' . it was a Tew days after the news of Buena VisU —the very day tile iHallbtbilghl the official Hal of the killed and wobnded—(lays theeditorof thePittsburg Journal)—«wc vyprft seated in (he office* reading over the names'wlth a sad' curiosity* sefekirig out tbosd witli which wo were of old faillilinn McKee we re: member .well —a dashing.dating artillery officer: he was in the Third Whaurwo knew him. . Blit he mar* tied* left the servieef engaged In business, ahd, at lira opening oT the war, resumed • the epaulettes as Colonel of a Kentucky volunteer regiment.’. Bravo fellow! none braver.fell bn that bloody were sorrowfully enough engaged by these thoughts when n young ’Woman elitered lllq office. ‘ When wo say young, we. mean under thirty. She had a sinalt girl by the hand—a beautiful little creature, about three yearn old. Both mother and child (fot* such no one could doubt-to be their rclalionnhib who observed | their (bututes*) wdfp dressed with extreme neatness/ I though all the Utile elegancies of decoration were be*; stowed upon the child. Wo just looked over (ho lop oflho paper to note tltcrte particulars, when} having been.directed In us by the clerk, she came forward to our desk. Wo handed her a chair,and* while wo endeavored ns Well as wo could to soothe hpr Very apparent agitation* We Wfcto somewhat at a loss.to account for its existence.. After a few minutes’ com versntion* we discovered-the reason ih the fact that she was a relative of a spldicr 111 com pany. of artillery. This,corps had been engaged* and* vfe- remembof* had suffered very severely.— l She had been informed that the list of the killed and wounded had arrived, and slio lyid. called let hear . some intelligence of his fate* She Wished Us to road over the names.-, Wo again took up the paper, and proceeded to comply with her request. . . - ■ Wo shall never forget the expression pf that .wo l man’s features as we read. Her agony was terrible* i She was not unhandsome; but her face became ghastly I pale, and her eyes looked unutterable despair as she fixed them Upon the Child, who was playing with a, newspaper and laughing joyously in its heedless in-' ; uoccntc. Her lips were colorless, thp pcrspiratioji:'& started on hot fmelitad, and, as she lifted her (o wipe the lafge drops away, wo totild see it trem- -;*~ hling na though palsied* The presentment of evil hud already almost broken hot heart, and We knew. t that the relative must be a very dear one.' Site bad nvdided.givlng us her name; and as soon as we found the list, appalling long, which comprised (ho Casu alties of the designated corps, we began to read; We did not know when wo would reach the fatal naiftCj • 5f nt all, and at each individual wo looked inquiring' ly. into the woman’s face. Sho. said nothing, how* oPor, tor some time, and wo began to hope that thd name was not down, when we read—“ John— sergeant, killed." Such d.- cream—it was the Wail of a broken heart. Onlyonc*—and then still as death* Th .1 cry was ringing in our can for a month* Wd immcdiatcly;ran towards her, but she arose front hef chair, motioned us her thanks, and. without s Word* left the Wo had road to her (ho announce/* ment of her husband's doulh. We did not service In the olftcV that, day. The next'tnnrmhgf Jiappehing down on' the wharf, wo saw the woman and'hcr, littto girl going on board the Cincinnati, packet. She recognised us, and wo spoke to her.^ - ? . She was crushed completely. She had grown twenty ■ years oldcrln as many hours. Qho.lnformcd us (hat she had resided with hef husband In New YotUf that she wes originally from tho West* and otl hla corps, being ordered to Mexico, sho determined to repair to her friends, and await tho conclusion 61* the war* Sho had heard of the battles,, and hneW that Copt* . .-■n.-./g battery was engaged*} and oil her arrival in Pittsburg, had been directed to tho Journal office (bf further information. She arrived the very morning after the receipt of ths list and wounded. Wo bads bor gooihbyc. Sho continued her roulo to her girl* hood's home* now desolate, as was all the world to her, and wp to our business* a sadder man*-Indeed* Tho little' incident recorded above was recalled to our mind on Saturday, by reading in a Western pa per the noljco of the death of “Mrs. Sarah ———*■ widow of John , a soldier killed In the battle of Buena Vista." It was olir acquaintance—there could bo no mistake. She had grieved herself to death ifbfhbr husband* • ‘ OF EUROPE}* . 11 tV/ien”l. observed, however, (hat (he king .of England was a cipher, t 'did not mein tn confine (bo observation to (ho mere individual now Oh (ho throne? Tho practice of kings, morrylhg only into the firm* lies of kings, has been that of Europe for same cen* liirics; Now, take any race of animals; cpntldo llicrrt in Idleness and inaction* either in a sly,’a stable, of a state room, pamper them with high diet, graltty alt their sexual appetites, immerse them in sensuali ties, nourish thclf passions, let every tiling bond be* fore them, and banish whatever might lead them, lb think, and in a few generations they become all body* and no mind: and this too, by. a Uw of nature, by that very law by which wo are tn Constant practice of changing the characters and propensities of tho animals we raise for our own purposes. Suohisllio , regimeft foP raising kings, and in this way they have.- gone' on for. centuries. While In Europe, 1 pfleh, - amused myself with contemplating the characters of the llioil Pelgnlng sovereigns of Europe. EovlsXVl was a fool, of my knowledge, and despite faf the an. swer made for lilm'alhls trial. The kingof£j>ain was fool, add of staples tho same. They passed their lives in hunting, and despatched two couriers a week one thousand mile's, to let each other know, tihit gamo they had killed the proceeding days. Tho king/ of Sardinia Was a fboti All these were Bourbons,'-® The Queen of Portugal, n llraganta, was a Jdlol by nature. And so was the king of Denmark* , Theif sons as regents, exercised the poWors of government*-' Tho king of Prussia, successor to the great rrede* I rick, \Vas a mofo hug In body as well as in mlndi-r 'Custards of Sweden, and Joseph of Austria, tvc(e really George of England you know was In a straight waistcoat. There remained, then, tionw but old Culhafine, who bad too lately bncii picked up to havo lost her contnion sensp. In this state.Boh.v parte' found Europe; and it wits this state fof Its ru lers that lost it with scarce a struggle. Those ani mals had become ‘ without a mind and poWofloss; ' and so will every hereditary monarchboafler aftw Generations. Alexander, thogrand son. Catharine is ad yet an exception* If© is able to hold lilspwn. Hi, race i« not jol *n«n out. And V‘f c J A 0 book of King., Tran. «l of W 1...n us, and have you my /nond, and all sOch gcoa men nnd true, In bl» holy keeping , Jt/UOE . Do Clio federalists of Bedford know that « honest John Bunks" looks ujion James Irvin ns the smallest I Li n< i of a small pattern for Governor? Do they know that ho looks upon Iho Inglorious defoatorirvin as placed beyond Iho shadow of a-doubt? : If thoy. do Iwi wo will onllghteil Ihelr understandings by tolling (hem that llieso are the views of the Judgo t -andhu hn* not been backward In expressing them. This, perhaps, will account fbr the fact that “ hb has mado is good -n Treasurer as James Uos# Snowdon.”— Whenever Judge Hanks exhibited his contojupt for «ho unti wur demagogues that nominated Irvin heat once made the friendship of liberal and patriotic men, and wo rejoice (o bay .that ho pinkos a must excellent and oUkienl olViccr.,, Bunks ihpossessed of n super), or mind, and boars ’ tho rcphUlion'of hiving been one of the Very ablest Judges InlhoCotntn'onwenltli. Ho is entirely too good tv man to have oVoi suffered himself to be run by the Federal Party, a parly that h{iti shewn its contempt for hfe grsat ialbnts by.ta king pp a mim.)iko Irvin, who thinks lie has a fight 1 to the political support of Hie country bec«O"0 hcba» subscrlhodmoney to aid in building meeting'boo* » 1 &o, Nrt man in Pennsylvania thinks lo« vf'* \ Itvin than Jfldgo Banka. — Utah OaxtHt. , j t , Evnsa cil lJinah if |io phwW /!?'*.*" " "■ brennli i . 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