'I r.ii-.’ -BY-JOHN B. BRATTONr ; Praise It l Surhs 'Sr.aldsi**nd dll kinds of Inflated Sores Cared . ] rnOUSEY’S UNIVERSAL iaji I the most complete Cam. Antidote ever known* iTicstantly, mom.pains ol the osl (lesperat° Burnsand Scalds. For old Sore;-', Hruisfe, Clntdi'Sprains.'&oiV oh than or.beast; It'is ihc best application that can bo made,' Thousands : h re tried, and.thonsandSpraise it.. It Is the most eifcct masterof;pain ever- discovered. All. who Ese recommend it. Every family should bo.pro • i’i wilhiiu ...None can 101 l how soonisome.of ite family will need it. . u ■ i v l .fMsrtobserve'enelvboxof Iho.genuina Ointraeht . nam e of S. Tousey written dh the outside i«tiol To inriiia'e'this is forgery 1 , -■ '-t- ■ Boatmen, Livery Men, and'all who Worses, will find’this. Ointment the very best ihieir they canmae for .Collar; Galls,.Scratches. SLa, &c. &0., on their ahimals. Surely. every L.reifiil mah wopld keep Ms.animals as free from nain as possible. Tousey’s Onlvoraal Ointment f s all tli'at-is t^oiteß.''!Tty;if./.H.'J.j llila if Insects. —Fop tbo .sung or bud of polson obVlnseotl/TouseyV Ointment is Unrivalled— Hundreds have Irieddt phd;fohnd:lt good. Piles Cured. Fob the Piles, Tohsey’s Univer „i Oinimentis,oneof,iho,,bo3t,remedies that can bo applied,' ‘‘All Vlio nav'e uied il.ror' the Pile’s recommend itJ .. . -r. i . ».. . , -r , ■ Old Sires 'Cured. l ' JPb'rbld, obstinate Sores, (It ore is hnthiiie to ’rousCy's"olhl'ment,‘' A'.peii sim in Manlinsjm'd, for a numher-of years, a sore leg ibnt'badled the skill, 01. the doctors. , .rousey's. Ointment w’as recommended by one of the visiting ~liysiqians (who.Kiio,w its groat yirluee,) and-lwn. hoses produced mom. benefit than .the patient had; received from any and all previous remedies. Let all try it- ■ ''■_ : ’ 1,1 ? Burnsand Scalds Cured, Thousands of cases of Burns and Seajtls;: in all parts of the country, bavo bepn .cured hy.Tpnsey’s Universal Ointment. Oertifioates bnpngh.caabe had lofill theiwhole of lliis sheet.-;. - . ■ ■ ,Vi lien! Bruises Cured. , Testimonials on tcali moatalVi in favor of T.onscy’s Ointment for curing, Bruises, have been opened.the proprietors.; Hun, drcJsinlSyracuSo will certify.to its .great merits. ' in relieving Ihp pain of the most severe'Bruise.— All persons shonid’try it. ■ ; ■ _ ’ Scald Head Cured. Moores ' of coses' of 1 bcaltr Head have been cured by Tonsey’s Oinlment— Try it—it Seldom fails. •■, ■■■ 11 ,| Salt Uhcutn Cured. Of all the remedies ever discovered for Ibis most disagreeable’ complaint; Tmisey’s Universal Olhtmonl'lslhe most complete. It was never known to foil. . • - ' '■ •‘ ; ■Cdapped Hands can be-Cured. Tousey'S'Lni versal Ointment will always cure the Worst cases of Chapped Hands. Scores of persons will slate this. ' - Sure Idps Cufed, For the euro of Sore Lips, there Was never any thing made'cqnal to 'l.puiey s Ointment. 'it Is siitd to ddriS ihbiii. Try it. ' - U is rnscoqlific compound warranted p.qt tq con lain any preparation of Mercury, Price 25 dints per box- "'.Por'further particulars concerning ibis really valuable Ointment, llto public are re (Micil to Pamphlets, ip bn had gratis, of respecla. 'lilaDntvaists and; Merchants thfongbooUhetUni-i ted Slates,.. -V. • ■■■ mj. ' : , j r Prepared by ft. TOUSBYyOrugglsl, Syracuse.. • , Ao>.sTs reh Ttin Sam or»ritaftAbots.—S. W; : ll.ivnrstick. Dr. J. J. Myers; J. ic W. -B; Fleming, (Juris le G. W. Singles t,; Churchlown ; A. Calh cart, Shepherd slown Dr. Ira Day, ’ Mechnnicshnrg; J. C. Kcenio, Shiromanslown {. John G. Miller, f.ishurn; Jaho May, New Cumberland'; John H. Zesting, Sporting Hill'; ' John Coyle,' Hogcslown; John Uccd, Kingstown; Rousscll & Dice, Dickin son; James Kyle; Jacksonville! J. Hood & Son,l Springfield; John Dillct, Ntiwvilht). Robl. Klholt, Nuwhurr. . ; ' , ;,Dcccmtipr 30, 1847«T-ly* . • CilcUviltir'H Stisar Cortiod Pl' ls > or Graud Purgative, nr the Cure ('/■ Haotaehe, Giddiness, Rheumatism, filcs,'l)ispipsia, Scurvy! Smallpox,. Jaundice, fains In the Rack. Inward Weakness, falpdla- I tii,n "f the Heart, llising in the Throat, Dropsy, Jlslhina,- Fevers 'of all hinds, ' Female Complaints, Measles, Salt Rheum, Heartburn, Worms, Chole ’ ■ ra Mirbus,CoughK Quincy, Whooping Cough, Consumption, FUs. Liver Complaint, Lryiipelas, ' Deafness, Itchingsof the Shin, Colds. Gout, Grav el, Nervous Complaints ,' and a.variely of other dis eases arising, from Impurities of the flood, and ■ ■Obstructions in the Organs of Digestion. KXPKRII'INdJK has'proved that nearly'every Unease’old vitiates'from Impurities of thb lilnml or Doran-oments of llio Digestive Orgies; and Ho H»cnrc Health, wo must remove those obstructions nr restore the Ulood to itft natural state. _ ritere fure, when Ihs sUvhleal, derangement of the ays tern is indicated by Oostivenes?. orany olheretgn, it admonishes us.lh.al supeifluincs «rs gathering in tho System,* w.liiolt should bo removed liy art pl frelual purging. This fact, ss slated, ip utuver sally known ; hut people linye.siich an aversion to medicine, that, unless the ease was urgent, they fonlibrVy preferred Mfsease to iho'cure. Since the .intention, It'owWeriof •• " ' CHokenar’s Vegetable PurgatlypPiUs ilds obiootion'i? entirely removed, as the) ufo com pletely enveloped with a coalng,of Pure While Sugar (and nsi'distinot from the internal ingredi ents as a nut shell from the kernel) have no, taste of medicine. They are ns easily to swallow as bits of candy. Moreover they neither nauseate or Kriptia thuslightosldogree. They operaloequal iy oil .all tUe.dlseased. parts ol the Systent,.instead of confining themselves to, and;racliing,nny .par ticular ronion. lTbus, :for example, ifdhe Liverbe sOebted;,one-ingredient will operate on that parr tiodlnr oigau, and, by. cleansing it ; of that Un ci.* of Oils it is eonstatilly .discharging Into the Stomach, restore it 'to ita'hnlurnl stale. 'Another ivill o/ieratOVin ihp Blood,, and remove those im purities’which have already entered Into na circu laiion; while a third Will •eflffltfthally flxpel froo*. the system whatever impurities*, ro n y have | J °f n discharged into tlib slojhach,’ a'nd henen they slriKe Rdmovd all' liTipuro„ Hu •Homsiiopoa tho por«8 :oxtern«ily'on , l . Promotq,iho,li\Bfi)eU>le Perspiration, obwtolo. !«}- pbnoKlous.partialqa from tho chyle, secujo a;i,rep a "d healthy action WthHiHearr, Lungoond Livc.r., a nd ihbreby 'todloro; health ovon when all other tocAnjs'hfcve fhiledit: *> . ' ‘ , ... Tho entire tniilv of.lh# hbovo bdh bdasdenalDed b y tho trial of a einglo box; and their virtues are posiilVti and corlaiiVln-fcttlorinff Health,. that, ‘ha peridot Ulnils’hlfnfidlMo fbftnv thfa mondy Pl'JdTdr g**J «nt//r«iif-Ba , RbialVprido •' AoKtid’s.vdn th'|i Havdrfltidk;pr,;i; i;. wW a;^(VVvP.- barljaloj-G,'W. Cilurchtown; A, Oalli; Pr* Ira Dhyi MocbamcebWJtf ?*. p* v l> u l Snaring, Splitting Hillj ,lohn Coyle.;, Hogeslpwni J oim Rood, Kingstown; Rttssoll & Dloo, Dickin -5? n |; inines Kylo,* Jacksonville; .1. Hood & y ,r ‘ogflcld; John Diller. No.vv.vmej.Robt, Elliott, •*,.■. , , , , ; , ■ '. pfoomber' 30, IB '• ■ : / ! ,V AfjSughd.Culds mid jVtl'ucllnnS o'f.the Droaat, liutr 1 THE AMjERIC^JOLUNTEEB, Is published every Thursday/ot(Carlisle, Fd.,,by. JOIIN.B*, IURATTON, upon the follqwing; conditions, whiqh will be, rigidly adhered to: .» . ’ , ’,, - ' . TMKa’of SUBSCRIPTION! ‘ , * Foronoyearjtnofltflhca/• » •' .' fc2 QO For six months,iln odbaiwe; .• . v ■ >1 00 I No subscription taken’for a less term tlmu s(x months,’ Anh’ .no discontinuance permitted until nil arrearages are paid; * : Twonty-Qvopcr ccnLaddUlnhaloa the pried ofsul/Bcnh'tldd Will be required of all those Who do not pay in'advftnce. ‘ ■' - RATES OF ADVERTISING. , One square, one insertion, - - • - . . . $5O Ono/equortr. two insertions,. , ”.75 : One square, three .insertions, t 1 00 Evdry supsdqilont per square, 1 I i-> ■’ ..*25 . A libcrnl,discount will l»e,made to those who advertise by the year, or for throe dr six months. Omcs. —Tiro office of the Jintrican Voluntttr Is in lliq see-, end sloVy of James IF. OrnhArtVS nety atone building,ln Sduth llanover.Btroct; d.feUr dobrS .froin Burkholder's hotel.aipVfli ret-tly opposite tlib Post-olllctj, Wlibrb those liSvlng ljuslpcea wni'plbabccalK ■ • :-* ■<- •- •. j v/ i • DoetCcal. :t.o jit boy. .• •- i ,■ .bY.JxB, tOVKIL, I nevor gaze upon tlry funn, - Or ipark thy spfl.bjnocyoi. , • ;• j. Wheru "floats a dream of loveliness, I’uWfcatlrionalc,and high.” - ; i •-r-!iw But ibat.my iiuart must thrill ;with joy, “ And'fldUor with delfght; "> -To vlow.thy.spotlors innocence . ; , lii childhood’s sunny light. , - - O! coutd l erttvo ft boon for thee 1 . ■ • Tltodnrlllcfln nevcr'give,- .. , \i . . U would not bu q worldly crown,. , ' ‘ For which so'inhhy Ifvo; ' ;!,r x,: " *' '* ... i Hut it;\voubl be a snotlosd llfo ■■ 'r.’T**- ' T %v •Of Innocence and hence,' , x ; Such us'wbutd gain fdrthee’a Hom6' •''' /WhcrCjbljM shall qovcf cease; .-// - , A thorny make, rily lovely boy, ■ •' 1 ‘ ■ ■■ Thy destiny may ho,•’■ . 1 . • !',-w . - f | , rom"whlch a father's tender enro ■ l . - - Can hover rescue thee, * : Dutco'ifd'iby wlshdahoobtainod/' ' ‘ -Thy.'pnthwky ihuhld.be free - : ' From all corroding griefs and cares ,> • !, . ( Thal have surrounded rao. . ( •• i 1 •* ■ Ad tloiosball wing itsonWanJflight,..- ; ' Where no fond mother’s dear caress,, .. - I '■ 'Or father’s smile can fchcer; ■ *. u ,‘O. ■ : Thnufth nowthbu’lt fondly cling to'mo, My little smiling boy; • Thou hasfnplacn w’thln my heart, None e’er enjoy. Then ns thy fleeting moments pars, May love and Joy bo thlno; 1 . \ Around onealinr may,wo kneel, , And worship alone shrine. . Thbro Is still aworc-pleasing thought— • .>■ t Entranced upon my heart, „ ThnUhniigh on earth wo separate, ‘ And from each othur prtrt. Tlmre Isa place ofendless bUM , r Where wo may rpm-t again, , To Join the chorus bf the sljifis In heaven’s sweetest strain 1 SKCaccUantoua. UNIVERSAL FAMES* dt i* k. PAULDING. ■ It is amhiinglo»biervqhnw lilllc mankind know to f eacliolhdr«'*llhoftglt:tfwjtvariity«f huraarvnotare whispers bvcry distinguished -.person,.that bisfainc is, or will one day bo universal. The myriads of Asia nrid'AfriAi, with x (bw solitary.exceptions; afev. cr heard of the- llluslHolis heroes, elatcimcn t rpoels and philosophers of. Europe; and a vastiporlion of the inhabitants of the latter, ore ignorant of the .very names of the great men df “1116 east." Bat instead of an essay wo will give oar readers a story to illustrate our meaning l . .. ‘• , f It happened once on a lime, that’an Israelite, on I Egypllan,a Greek, A Turk, a Persian, a:Ghin'esc, a Frenchman; art Englishman,’’a German; ah’ltalian,’ and an American, met by oimhde at a caravansary, somewhere in the east, arid being all great travelers, speaking hinny languages, enterdd'lnto. conversation with each other. As usual they oll'diffcred-in their estiihato of human hkppinoss j'lhoJcomparatlve va.l* uo of thd various onjoy?hents r of lift—and abdvO all, intlioirown individual hbpoTlanbo, iri tho scale; of nallbns.' Each one held up liis’own country nk the acme of perfection ; end the utmost he would allow tho olhbrs, was a degree nf merit exoclly cofrespon ding witiv their approach towards the infallible 9toh* dard of his own selflinportljlicc. • • . •*• The IsVaelilcs,” said thd Jew’,« wore the chosen people; therefore they must be the mostUruo and virtuous of mankind.” • “Tho Crooks,” exclaimed thd Athenian," were the •brlfehleat raco lhat ever‘adorned lhot world.— Look nt their laws, their literature and their bris." Pobh I” criad lho Egyptian, " you had'nothing but what you’blold-from iifc.' f You l were’ : ignoront barbarians, and so Would havo*rcmdlncd, UVyuur wise men', os you call (he(n, hod not coin® td Egypt to - learn their A BC.” ' ’ 1 ’■ ‘‘‘ •' “ ’ * your leave,”-Bnid the Persian;*" tlipnallvcs of Irak being the most’ dncieril people' oP tM eaHh,| must: bavo bodn'thi parents ■ or-all* human‘knbwl* , edge.”- ■' - ‘ ■• ’ ■ ‘ . ”, ' j ’ : “ Hi Yhbl" quollUbo Chinese; "every body knows my. naliou'.is tho mobt ancient by ol least forty thou. ' sand years, and that the foreign borbarians derived nil their knowledge from; them.’* . . . . .1 l "Mashallph J" said the Tur|i| taking hUrpipo from • Ills mouth,—"Mashalluh I there is.no religion bullhot i df Mnhbmil, and no : fcndwlrdgb bul that of the Ko. rnh. The Israelites nro’tebaMjbu»»‘, the Christians arc i dogs, and .there,la no truth but-ahiong the; followers i of .the prophet, ’’ i *> p, *l - Posto I” cried the Frenchman—‘Mhcro is nobody , knows tho lruo>rl if |lvth K b(.l 11.0 Fronch." 1 iiThcrsi* no notion whose imii.ois nol Intolerable, but tho Italian,” siilt llio Ndapolitan. .. ,' •' , ’ ~ 1‘ Tho Gorjnons stß all philosophers, , quoth,tho ’ Enpl(ind , ,!orio4 J !ohn.Bu| ll ’ .. is tho doanlrylfor roost.lwol end freedom, nobody • “I! I • wo Iheionlyidco pbop)o:lrtitho, world.’! t i... -.u ■ .. • 1 " Moshallah! whence did you come ? asked .the Turk* f ■ ■ 'l' S ‘ • ’ , f ;", ' ; ; . « Front tho NbW.World.’.’; -v u .. ".I never hoard of it before,’?. q»ld Iho Turk,. , . . uNor I/'tsuld-lhe PorsUn. nt ■ ■ !’. .TO”. SS. rrurh^'-Thcrolshoionoworld, on ;:^u d p“^^ Z paTlicutdb. sach bringing man end gr«l sdhlovatrlonle of bis ooonlrymon. in botllo nfriy. lo duppdrt hlb pretensions to tuporl- TWos third oWrlsO 'wiib. a'ni'shhes 5016h.0n,,50 nraal tt’pool'os Dadhij ed Br«* e w « r * or ‘ who'mttda il.o lon stunil. Blilli'br. auoll a P rD . Ji W, . ad itibbli.DetaiHsraraeAjndf “j yond tho ididptohonaldit 'of all tils' rnuder. r ssßOd T»b ih I’’ oxolalmcd thb Englishman; , “ Wk«M» Mrtlnk of VVdUingt.n,' N. d °.".ftj o’a?ttllddbrnandW to Arin«ni4s>r Kent, . j riiiV or’SohillerVor Goethe ll’.sald ibo GorAiaiK ; Noi, to Jrdlds.cmsar.'nnt Soiplo,'.not' Virgil, nor GicerbV'nbr a Ihou.ond olbors.whoWcroolVmy eolliv “oua COUNTRY^—MAY IT ALW’iYB tiR litdliT-rttbt KIQIIT OR WRONG, OIIR. OOtritTßYi’* CARLISLE,; HA-, THURSDAY, EEBIOJAIIY 17, 1848. trymcn; llibugti they balled lhetnnelvca Romans,” cried the Italian.!' r ■' ‘ ' " ■ 1 u Pshaw jl* wid tho Yankee,—“ all your heroes ond, philosophers pul together, would not make one Franklin, orJialf a Washington.’!, • . ' , , “Gentlemen, said Iho Greek, ” you may boast as much dsyou "will, but hod it not been for Greek war riors,-.. philosophers, poets and sages, youJwoUld all have remained barbarians, to this day. What think you.of Homer, and iEchylup,,and Sophoelqß, and Eu ripides’,'and Demosthenes, and Miltiados, and flicm* isldclce, and t6n thousand others, whoso fame extends to the uttermost ends of the earth ?” '■ ~*» Whh ate those.blockheads talking abqut?” ask. cd the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Persian, and. the Turk, of each other. t V ' - ; “ Talking of?” cried the rest, with one voice,—’ ; “ Of the lights of* the world; the ohildroh of iimnor talityiMma,ttsalfamtV% i ~ ?*Wp never heardlheirnamcs before, and therefore they must have been rather obscure persons,’* was the reply. " ' ' , 'J'i':-]'- ' : ■ ’ “But\ifyou come to the Heirs of Universal Fame,” cried the Ferkiaii,—“ What are all these' lo:the'g«nt hero Ruatnnd,'and the great pool fordousi ? who tVrote, ■ a poetical history of Irka, in twenty thousand coop* • lets?” ' ?■ . ... ■ • « Did any ‘body cVcr road U ?” asked the Turk gravely. •* 1 ■ - ■ * - ' • ’ • *‘ ; W,e never heard of, cither/*, answered all thc.rcst., I “Wlml ignorant wretches!” muttered tho Persian. ‘‘Hi’Yah!" cxplaimed tho Chinese. ./‘Hi Y&h! ‘ Ybur eldcr brother J/nA Choo, knocks heetd ami war ships." What do you say to tho great Mbon of poetry, the light ofitho unlverso, Kwnng Chung, lord Of the Celestial Empire, worlds who wrote, three (hundred volumes of poetry, in the interpretation, • .df which force thousand loarned'puhdUs lost their Sen* Ws ? Tlio Whole universe is ; filled with his versos.” Wo hovcrdieiird of him before," efied ihOy all; n <‘*\VhaU sol of foreign barbarians!” said the Chinese. ■ . « And what doypu.think of nur great prophet, Ma-. % llbmci?” asked tfie turk. ’» Mashollah 1 his sword; was Invincible against the onormbs of thofaith; and his . wisdom nioro, invincible than his sword. ’.t •. v• • \Vc catch,W thought an glowing ttatm.' / i As It leave* the sCudonfs brain, - ->■ And placq Uiu.itamp.ofsndwrlng form Oa Poets’ally strain. • Than lotus ting as we nimbly fling .The slender.letters round,, 1 A glorious thing la our laboring, Oh where may its like bo found 1 Print, cninratlns, Pnrit, tho ftircsl thought EverUiijneillh I'rlnlor’sdream, The fairest form e'er Sculptor wrought. . By the light of beauty's gleam. f . Though loyely. may not match tha power ... Which our own prouil art can claim; Thhl links the past wJUi the present hour, AntUU breatli—tho voice of fame. r Then let us sing ns we nimbly fling Thn alumler letiere round.' A fllorloua thing, is our laboring, ■ , Oh where may its like be found I Print, comrades, Print, Ond hnlh ordained . That man by his toll should live; ' ' Then spurn tho charge, that we disdained . ‘ The Idbur Hint God would give! W« envy not tlie sous of eisc, Nor the’lohliii princely hall; But bow before tho wl«« decrees' • * ■ Iri kindness meant for all. • ■ Thoalet us sing as .we nimbly fling 'FhO slender letters round, ‘ A pMHmls thing Is otn* laboring, .-, Oh where may its like bs ftuua!. liiiiilitilioenob of Aaron'Burr* ~ An incident in iiho llfo of ! Aoron Burr, which 1 have-never-scen'ln print, was related to me some years,, since* ,!lt may afford dimoinenVs interest to some qfyour readers.,: When. Burr had killed.Haul* lllon in a duel at Hoboken, I was-psaid the narrator —-spending a few/ days i at Cramberry—at which pinch Cortinlodore Trlixlon then resided. On the day Q f that Bud. and fatal, duel, I.was reclined uponjhe broad window bcncli.w the patjof*. of my, hotel, 'shiel ded from view Wy the full curtain which, fell before the window. ‘Whilst thus reposing,a gcttllcmhn en* lored tho room apparently much excited ,»ml Called (or a servant in ai prompt and,earnest manner, ordering him to go immediately to Commodore Truxton, and, say to him theta gentleman .desired to see him. in* starltly.' No sobner had fhe Commodore,made his appearance!, lliuri tho stranger Seized him .by the hand saying,’ ’• Commbdonf, I have killed Gem Hamilton jnVduel, and cast myiolf upon your kindnert to prevent my arrest, anrf.gol mo out of tho State.* It was now. (finding that I 1 wui hearing Important se crets not intended for my oar) that I stepped Rom behind- tho curtain, and expressed my regret that J find unintentionally overheard the .foregoing conver sation'.' •It is very .honorable m you, young man, rdnlied ! lho Commodore, ‘thus to reveal yourself.— You will pleasß (oacCifmpany Mr. Durr and myself.’ I followed the gentleman to tho dwelling of the Com modofo, who kept boll. Mr. D. and iiij.olf in class ouartcr. mail nficr dark, when ho requested us to take.a ride will, him in carnage. Wo rodo'bi Camden',vyhord lho_ Commodore luolj leave of MrVßlirr. Ming/' Slri-A. vonthrew yourself upon hospitality,' 1 1 (bit controlled lo sodyou safely lo lha Slate of Now Jor.cy:—bnl I Cannot separata (rom you. without ..tying, that f!,o apt mf,which yon arc nnniv'meets with, my raoatdccldcd condemnation, andma'cacuVo 'c.iii'bo Worded'in your J.intiflonllrtrt. There It-.tin boil, dir i 1 wish yon a safe passageto tlio; Pennsylvania .boro:, good bight,. air,. .-1110 Cnmmodnteond I then returned CQCran.bprry. l liia singular nnirodnotion ws. the ptoan. of.nw enjoying many year, il friendly acquaintance with Commodore Tmxtdri. ' h x : v) " ' ' -!——1 ■■ ■' CONSUMPTION. ■: Diohbnliiire'd (ho Bdlowlhg dCbcrlptlcii of IhbUd dlsioso, .whWlf'ls oitistoritly carrying Borrow a oil deooUlion inlQ.tUouaancjn of families: in many, l>arl» '° f wli'ioli, no prophrcn' 11. it wdri.'for death i which so rCihies it of Ith grosser ocnoolV'oVid throws around, familiar oohs, urloorthlv indlMliodeoftbo quitting change—o dropd,- ful disease in which lliq slrugg|(i between Hit'fool dnd body. Is so gradual, quiet and solemn, and the rcsblt bosuVe,’ that* day by day, and 'grain by groin, lira mortal porlwnslcß ond wUhorsiiwiiy, >0 llmltbo spirit grown light and oiinguino:wilh t(o lightening load, and fooling Immortality, at hand, deems it but ■a' now term of luoriol .life—a discoao, Jh wliloli doalli and life nio olran'gby 1 blended, and death takes the glow and lino of life, and Ufa the gaunt and form of doatli-rodlsoiiso whichniodtair .wealth worded, olf, or po»u t ly from, oy which catnoluncjl Snfifi. 1 ,|oW br iniihblitnca l in ** thrdy, jlbggioh paeo, bbt slow o quibk; is evof surd gr certnm. • * , ~ , THE WEEPING MAIDEN. , I saw a fair maid weeping,, t Down by yon old oak trde,* Ono day wlien 1 was rcopirtg-f The cause I flow !o see;?- ?.> Sho turned qb I opproachctj bar, »; . Then, blushing, droppodiher head, . While, !, in tones of k,iiido«|, * Unto tho maiden e'uid rl u ’ v ’ What gncycsl tiico, fairesytnaiden ;, r , An, maiden, tell mo true,' Can sorrow rest within : •vOfoneso fairos you?' “Ycb, sir,’! she cried, “kiad’&iranger, I’ve drank ofsorrowVcpp; , . 'Just how, iny ma, with ruthless hand, Cut m y new hustle \ Getting the Bag. torpid*. / lY| < Michael McMurray was arraihpfiljteforo his honor, ycstcrday/charged wilh Btcdlidgk/pair of chickens, in tho Centre market, and flQmo ihtd o l bag. \yhen Michael was interrogated Q 9 to how and I where ho the bag T £•'.* “ Sure,” soys he, “a gossoon ofa boy gave it to.mo to houldi' 1 ' • • ■ Evidence was offered, 1 Tory clearly fixed the theft upon, Michael.,..‘fVi , m Where do yon live 7” inquiredhia honor. • Opt by tbo church, Michael, iu Who do Jou live with 7° farther inquired the Couri-I 1 .“Wid,Folrick and tho child6V££n*Wcrcd Ihcpns. oner., ,'i . v . •-i \.£". - . / “ And wlio is Patrick 7” mtop&galed tho Recor der./' ~ -Um i ’ ' • “ Faith, I nivor kndw’d hlS'Uoer name, but these five months, forbye. three days niqre, that I've been in this.ffee counthry—>God bless itjvnd long life,to ycr 'nnner, t|io Lord,Mayor *uv ill—JPve been livin’ vvid Pairick t boyahl tho churcli.” ]^ • «:Ydif liay'o very seldom nilei^«(4 > church,”Batd his honor, Vor you would havo learned that it is*a-grave offence to.Blcal.. For tho liiefb jqn havo committed 1 find you ss.** , Iff',, . Michael wouldnol pay,so lie wad consigned to the care of an active -young munjfeo driver of a furni ture oar, and off they county worlc house. 6ii. the way out had loft the su burban? ilib city, Michael leap's from tl\o cnr,‘ahd the drivel followed lh the aid of d day policeman, he was caploreiftpOt in. the wagon, and ll)c driyer again set forth, “ Faith, ycr a gny tuple Michael, to his chdriotcdr, “ qn its little use tmn 1 to lave ye." “ I'm glad you havo found lr|dl put," answered tho driver, “so no more of your nontflnso, and I'll drive you out like ni gentleman.” : “Bcdad yc will, and Tin gdm* pcaucnblo and da- I cent,” said Michael, and Kp tallied down, as if ho | Knd'yiolded up to the feeling? hf non-resistance) But not 4o—Micluicl wae only passive' until he got out where,there were few no police. When about a quarter of u mile frq& tho workhouse ho ‘snatched his bag and leaped odyoghin, and now com rtronccd an animated chase. Ijio driver fcillo\Vcd him through ditches, over fields, around brickyards, and .finally both hailed upon Iho bor|er of Chouteau’* pond, where the.prisoner broke forljji •«6ch, murlhcr, arc ye IhtfCLord -Mayor, or the high sheriff thalyo chaso ineijill death for a ditty pair of chickens? Jfyo Uko IJould of me I’ll drown meailf thla nilh)l.” . "(M,' ’ Tho driver, fearful that hdWpuld pul his llircal in execution, did hot take hold ns-lilm, bat, tried to pur* susdc him to go al#njf, 1 by wlmt ainmous place the wortthoose was, waß'of no avail- 1 — if ho make u demonstration towards thewfcur. The prifoncr prun ed for liberty, and ftio drivcr'Coaxcd to keep him in custody—-al length Michael pulled out 8G that ho had slowed awhy, and pulling it m tho fatal bog, offered it to tho driver,- . \ , • •‘.Take tho bag an what’s m it, or takoa cnrpsql’ ycjlcd Michael,Tri desperation, moving al tho saiho time for a plun£e. : As (his amount was only sMcss than fine and costs, (ho driver thought bo had better have it than push tlio offender to the desperate alternative, «o ho “look tho bag to hold,” and Michael travelled. . •| ft ’ad bo sicli a disgrace to bo put in ycr dirty onld workhouse,” muttered Michael as ho vanquish* cd.~~st. >jL Rntille',' 4 • A CHILD’S PRAYER. ; Father I now tho day is past, ■ On thy child thy blessing cast. . , . ’ Nose my; pillow, hand in hand, . . Keep Ihy guarding bund: ' 1 And throughout the darkling night ' V ’ Blcssme with a chccrfnllight. ,tel;mc riso at morn-agalh F.rco from every thought of pain ! ' Pressing through life’s thorny, way, ■ ' KcepVnc,* Father,day by day! _ There is a mart down Fast who so mucli ’tobacco that duns are afraid to approach hint on ac count of the groat piuldlo of lubacco juice through which they would bd obliged tU wbdC in order to roach him. Let no otur say tobacco is of no use. - Examination.— John Crumb, you arc said lo be the ■martcat scholar In sclibol. Lots hoaf.your exorcise. Yes, sir, . ■ Wliot place I? that mentioned in Scripture where the fishers should spread tjieir nets. , . CapbCod, sir, ‘ , . Who'killed Sampson ? : ,Uqvld klilqAhini with; o sling., ... . ’ . \Vlnt were Sodom anJ..Gotnorrnh destroyed tort In taking sides viilb Ilia Indiana against the Amo- Henna. They were bong by Gen.-JoChaen. Now you may go and tell Sal Walker to come In on/i say her exercise, i . ■ ‘ Frem the NeW York Herald. Colleges una tcdrnlnglu »h« Unlfert States. From tho number of college! and academic, scat tered through the United. Elates, and from the groat number ofydtiiig gcnlldpien Who annually at these ratobliaiinienla, il might boauiipoaed that the United States produced more finished soliolnra. thnn onv oilier nation in caialcnco: yet tho lamentable fact is apparent, Hint wn have not a superabundance Of finished aeliolaia; although it must bo admitted that, no k Koncrhl thing! education in more abundant hero than in any other country. ' What jvo moan to u H,is, (bat the United Slates do not produce as minv finislipd and perfect sellolara, in proportion Ip the facilities wb enjoy; and the moans wo have at our command, 1 ns Hvfl ought to do. _ . A largo majority of our people m every State in the Union oah rood and wtllo. nnd cypher 100, but how fow aro they whoso extensive and erudite learning cniij|o them lo rank as lights >" tlie world Hllarco? TobosiiroiwluTovcr tho Lngllsh lahgUogc u spoken tlie mime of Webster I. hourd-wl.orover tho deed languages sro perused os a study tho name of Antbnni find other scholarr, arc lioiischidd words; but irv proportion to our. means, wd cannot'claim no many brilliant names, no wo "The causes which hare .produced, and aro produ cing thj, backward, state, of things, ere war.hy of thought (ind consideration i and tlie firs and P bud phi of ilieop is; in our oplp.on, tlie railroad gombeen tlnng.oxoeplt ' ollo |, in j llicm. Onryoung us to nclipil (h e: r Btl ,dies when their minds i"r.l!let l |'y‘apeahing/oniy .nniol.ntly oxpsnJod In commence nni tlia soademyl boforp Ajrmtlb i" nI , D rhis own language tho Initio lie kiiojvs llm ?■ *!' ??*, ;, nn( j, f with a smnllerliig pldy of this, ana i, s f hlm _fimGtopk on : to tltb.ortd of the chapter.- By the lime the period fixed for, the tefrinb nation.of his education has arrived, he U sent out otj the world with a heterogeneous mass of half.digcsted i Latin and' Greek m hla mind, of no ettrlhly use for i any practical purpose) ond the chances are that he I will forget the hlllo knowledge he has acquired in dho year after he receives his diploma. How many | of youth arc there who have not submitted to this grinding process of being taught this high pressure system of education! ; ; The design of :onr higher ooiiegqk is to produce finished scholars; but bow.cnnlhey .Ho Uyathspch a system of education as wo ( spoak of? Uow qOcn, says Bishop Doanc, “arc the names of Plato and fully upon' tongues that hare not‘mastered the'elements I of thpir- respective languages! . Host, many have) ,‘gono over! Virgil, without.a.truce of hln refinement,! lor Homer, without a dream of his immutable truth, Ito nature I!’. True fur him, and sorrry arc we that wo have so many living evidences oflhb truth of the remark. ■ { ■■ , ! .’The present system is bad, . Erudition of scholar* ‘ship cqnnot be obtained by, the high pressure system at present adopted. They must be acquired by slow degrees. The student‘should bo perfect" In the ele mentary principles of a language, before ,ho Is per mitted to move a step farther.. The foundation must bo solid, or the superstructure will totter and tremble. A youth cannot bq a finished scholar in q month, or a year, or yours and jiarents who expepd their money in liavlng,thcir children educated on the sup position that they can* will he mistaken' fn (ho end. No.; the sooner this lightning -prbqcss of educating American youlfis be abolished,' the belter.' from the Delta of the 2J.. From a Soldier# .Wo have the Monterey Gatello of the. Slit 12lh df“Jftnuary. They contain no nows.. It is highly gratifying to us to notice the quiet and order that reign in that city. The excellent governor,Col. Tibbatlp, has justly acquired tho thanks and warm gratitude of all tho citizens for his indefatigable and snldicr-liko conduct. Wo do not beliovo there is a city in Mexico more wise and humanely governed. Tho following graphic letter describing a military execution, appears in tho Gazette of Blh January. La EncantAua, Mitxico, Dee. 27,1847. . Mr, Editor—Christmas day is over, and yesterday every thing'seethed to relapse into its wonted silence. The monotony of lime, undisturbed for so longa time, reappeared with Its death like stillness, and.lts tenfold horrors. Bill fur different is the aspect.which to-day presents. Our battalion wo* ordcrcdthiw morn* ing lo'the General's encampment, well known by the name of Buena Vista, where it was said oil would undergo a general inspection. On arriving there we discovered all the trpopa arrayed and waiting as if to witness the enactment of some melancholy, scene. Nor were wo deceived by their appearance, for no sooner had we been assigned otlr places in the ranks, than we heard the music of a drum and-fife,nndlm mediately discovered a small procession moving slowly and silently olong—a few paces in advance of which wore four men bearing a.coffin, and in the rear of theln, but following hard by, was a man by himself, whom we immediately recognized! as the individual for .Whoso sake. the coffin bad. been filled and prepared—having reached a place whicb.nllcycS | could see, they called a bull, and the coffin, being placed' on tho ground a few paces In advance, this lone man in question was brought forward and scal ed therdon. ; I was not sufficiently near to hear what was said, but I could plainly see what was going to bo done. A file,of some half dozen.mciv; who were armed for tho occasion, formed a straight-lino in front of tho aforesaid lone man seated on tho coffin. They simultaneously brought (heir gund Id bear— look, aim,anen,(ily would lfo doi,„.|,od,deo end oopre..ed■ eubjoel. of itio world rejoice, in Ihe irratofurprlrilcgo whioh l.now unibrlnnnlcly den cd the'nii by P forme of Rovernmo.it creeled on the ruin, of popular .ovoreignly and freedom. Tho right of chanting our Epoci.llve Mngl.lri.le., from the Ipwc.t in rni.lt, to the i.ighosl, i. one, which wo prize ahnvU all price, hud we rejoice, 1 therefore, iml umonjyoarl enn.lltuor.olo. nl homo, a. well an among their re. prosontetivea horn, piihllo altcntlniija «o powerfully directed to .the' Frc.liknllnl- aiieccaslon of the next eelocUon of » caniiiiialo for the frc»i'|lpn|oy oftho Ui Slaton U ImpottonV iindir pMlnu’ry.olreum. itar.ee.,'how pte-ominonlly D-aifghl with' inlcrc.l, al Li $2 00 PER ANNOI^- ihiscrilioalconjonciure.when our country is engaged with a foreign Republic In a sanguinary* though • • just anti righloas war—forced upon our government and people by a scries of wanton Injuries and insult* . ' extending through * long course of time, ond *ecu- . muluting in'dtrocity as our magnanimity and for-*, bcaranco hove been most signally manifested! Al<<. though by the dauntless patriotism,cool cour«gc,and 1 exhaustless energy of the brave American troops,ottr starry, banner has boon planted in triumph on tho, ivcry walls of the enemies hapital,ycl the war i? not i ended. Other grave anti jnoaienlons questions,' scarcelyinferlor'in Importance to si bombardinent-or < a halilej havu resulted from thewar, and, may yct result,which will require ullthe wlsuom and foresight - of our most distinguished cicilians so to adjdslsslo strengthen, not weaken, to perpetuate not ondangcf,r-. the bond of cur great and growing lno j mode of conducting the war and of disposing the., fruits of tho associated valor and spent blood and l \fon*tiro of pur bravo countrymen, are issues oriacli.' vital magnitude, as to be intimately and essenlwllyj, connected with the best interests of our country at. home, and the honor of American narao abroad. Wo intend no disparagement to thyblher distin guished Democrats nsjued in connection with'tho. Presidency, when wc affirm, that among thorn all wo_ discover none, who in our opinion more preeminently ■ unites the qualities of head and h c by tho • existing .crisis* than does JAS. DUCHAHAH, tho Favorite Son os Pennsylvania. His nomination by tho Democratic National Convention, would pro* pose to tho American people, not only Q ” r sf ® M / uncompromising stand against Mexico,-until.tout, misgpided republic shall consent to guarantee to,our government nntl people, full indttnnily-for i tht j and security for /Ac/afyr«—but it would also so unite and harmonize conflicting sectional elements at bpiTtet ns id hind tho American people still more closely la tho bonds df a s.lf« and enduring national brother hood. His qualities, as proved by a long ftttd event fill trial in public life, would asiuro u. nf : upright, and patriotic conduct of our national aiiaifsi and secure to llib country a Chief' Magistrate,- Who would steer the ship of Stale in,safety ljuopgh cyory doubt, and fear, and peril. And should that most, deplorable event ever occur, tho dissolution Of tho American Union, against which tho father of ouf country warned so solemnly, wc feel-convinced that it could not and would not,ho. whilst wc would liavo nl-the hein), .a pilot, so skilful and experienced as JaIIKs Buchanan.* On the contrary, tho sacred tics which now link together the various parts; would bo rendered a chain nf adamant, never t»i be rent osan* Tho elevation of Ponn»yi»aVm‘» choipo ..io. tKJ Presidency, would not only, however, secure a sound ■ and safe policy mi the engrossing subject of war, wonld not only strengthen and perpelualolhe national Union, which we regard as the very ftofner stone tri tho edifice of qnr national independence,tat it,would* also, secure to tho American Democracy the coflllrt ucd ascendency of those principles nfdomestib policy, which have characterised every Democratic ad.mio> Islrallon, from that of Thomas Jefferson,to vlh»tgf tho present, able, and patriotic Incumbent James ,K. Folk. So intimately lias the name of JAMts BUptU* nan, been connerlcd with the legislative and flip!*! malic history of the country for tho last quarter of it century* that detail would scorn superfluous. Jto is tho uncompromising enemy of any National Bant* in all its. protean shaped and guises.. He U the first Secretary of an administration, that has tear* feisty and wisely adapted th6> revenues, to the wants ofthc government economically .administered, by ms eontinunneo in the cabinet ho stands pledged to thd preservation of a policy that has so' fully r«"i ,2C * 110 hopes of Its friends, and so signally falsified all the, lugubrious predictions of its opponents; lie was the • early, ns lioljas supporter of the Indci^dc^te«^d r by Ms eloquent and unanswerable oft*- the floor of tho United Slates Bepofc In opposition to. such, intellectual giants as Clay and Webster, no i contributed most powerfully to its adoption. .Op all these vital issues, which our opponents havo never ceased to cherish and probably never will, no man in , Iho Union is truer or sounder in his adhesion to tho Democratic faith than is James Buchanan. the period of his entrance into tho Congress of ~th 9. United Slates, up to the present moment, he hasbqcn. one of Iho chief pillars of Democratic strength,£ll,4 by his speeches and Slate papers, has contributed, of, much lo the elucidation and defence,ofi WPMhJIgMt measures ns has any man*now, on ,tho.stogq (feul action. His private life, 100, is as unsullied ns hfs public career ha* hepii successful and brlllfenl.-r, In n word, wo esteem him the man crisis,kr\d' wo, therefore, reflecting the wishes .and fccllq« P,f our respective constituencies, hereby commend, lo tho support of onr sister successor of the present pnlrlollo and enlightened Chief Magistrate,- JAMKS BUCIJANAN. f Penn syfvpnfn. - .. ' ' • ' • .. <. , Whilst we repose proud ond confidcnl reliance In thp.unexceptionable and lofy bharaclcrofouß-CANOI* date, wo fuel that wc.mny, with equal justice, direct an appeal to thq Democracy of tho Union, in buha|£ of Cur! State, -Pennsylvania occupios a positHfirf 4n the American Union, politically and { which we esteem of sufficient consequence to Warrant her in ndVtoflcTliJ fiftliHoU 'daitn to furnish iho Dcmncrnby.lho next prcsiflcnliol candidate. By Iho natural advantage ol locution, she may bo said to hold the balance between the oppp 110 extremes of disunion and consolidation,and. thus su*b|ins the • glorious nich of whiclj sho is justly termed iho Key. stony. In her icsources of. wealth and stilgrprise, iih’d'in (he patriotism and Intelligence of her tecinlnjf, population, she stands In the front rahk ofllio mmbtyll confcdorscy; whilst In her political rejoices tho hearts of tho Democracy of other Slates,’ by majorities which oro counted 6nly bv Ihoqsandy. And vet she has never, from amongst-lier ojvn dis llngulslrfd'somt, furnishi’d lo that Domocrscy wfibm Slio hus served so long, so fullhfiiUy, andjsb Tff|V a OAndidntP lor the first honor ol tlw Republic.. !?- 0 nrif nUor this in n npiril of qwt-rnkm. repining (qr (he Dcmncruey ortlii. Slnlo ntu c.cr prmiJ lo rflcem llio no»t of liurilcl .nrvicc, n■ Ilia (m»i «f .hlgltc.* lionor. Dot if evcr liicro cii.lml aTirnpi *'V."' "W Dcinncrncy of 11.0 rinlion hn.l un o|i|i-jrliinil>,)p;(«»• fy In their hrelhrrn of thin St. 1C U.cirnppr ? c|«linn - of her Innp, ptendluHt ruid palriulla tlc»uHvo iVaia arrivrrt at a crl.l. lo o.ir lii.torir, Which do. mnnda a (irmi atoady, palriollo and cnllglil.acd ati.la.ir.an at tho l.ul.n—and abnru. and beyood ul), now. that by tho well ascertained wishes oMicK/Ro. publican freemen, she prcscqta a. c.indijlHto whcw« eininont fitness, sound Dcmocroev/and t/reproac jV Me nersomil integrity, arp established in.lha niinds and hearts of the American people, u* ihoso of | James Buchanan.' .->r« ‘ Hoping and that the deep sollcllod^iwhlcb^ ,ns representatives-,qv tho Domocraliq fracmcn. oy Pennsylvania, we morally (cel on tyh.wtyvtU-iltfy bo rightly apiiM clolud l(y co l.jhqrvni fy’, Stall's—and duly rosponmuy Jo h|' iho. Dijhiocroilo National Convention - , which to 'iiasemMo 'on' tlid fourth Momhiy of May 1 nex|, In cbm; mit onr onndldnlo and our .ennsq,to the wiso aitd |mtrtoll9 dclihnriitlonM tribunal, paging our* •five*, on* awl all t to abid* s{/ \to 'dt'eitxoii. ‘. ' On motion of Mr* 6buooN<}VKKi the follotvio£'i«»«» lullon wn# iiloptetf 1 ;,,. That llio'prococdmji* pf UiU niffnnlby lbb9ffifc'pra,‘mul published fifth* Itonibonj** lc r Un|6o, ,Pepn*y\vaniun,AWfijnglou W® 0 * I *■- * k >tl»cr Dombcrulio paper* iliro»gh?MM b ?{®/;Jr.iJ‘‘ ! * James I*.Gim.ih* T , s.Vi'/./iTi »<»•>•■' Jnsmi Ul/wcii, I vn*Pi»udtati x JoiVnß. «««*•*. ■ , ;. • ;• it ,4httMd /i IVifcoti f S*erttan*A yil ■4? ■ ) ■ j-\s Vv-^i '5 m 36.