v;#
Aifurunu Holuuttcr
f.y
JOHN B. BRATTON.
V r OL; 35.
5 AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
ssetstf&st
dberod to:
TSRMfI Of BUBBCRIPTIOH.
eyoar.i»ad« J ® ,lc ** • • >*• V * ‘ • . 00
iiXSon'tik°iV?o’t‘a’lcka terihHian .Vi imSitl'ia.ann
itlnuanco permitted until all.arrearage. »rew«id.
v five ner cent, additional on the price ofeubecrlptiod
quUeS of nil thoito who do not pay In advance.
IUtTBS Of ADVERTISING. , •
liars, one insertion, •• , *. * ’ 7 *
quttre, two Insertions, v • . • . ♦ ’ o‘o 0 ‘ 0
uiiaro, three Insertions, • . •. • > ««
’Bubisduaiil insertion, per square, • aj4.--ti.rti,,.
oral discount will be made to those who a|Werll§o by
vor for three or air months. ’
■.-The office of the America* VcMater 'la Intheijec
rr bt Janfee H. building In South
?atreet, a few doors from Burkholder b total,. and dl
ppoiite the Toat-office, where thoae bavin* business
•asccall. '
EEVOLTINTEER.'
ti n. Bratton« Bdltor and Proprietor*
.UBLB, THVaSPATfi JUHB 15, 18*9.
—7 AGENCY. ■ ""
O. PALIrfEU, Eiq.ls our authorised ARenlforpro
advertisements,receiving fmliPcriptionß and making
on« for the Amtriean FbfunfMr.ol hi, office, N.W.
of Third and Chwiut streets. Philadelphia.
«. Cass.— The Washington. Union, speaking or
fcass, says; *• For one, wo are prepared lo sup
him in tlio face of the world—because we believe
.•served His country, and is capable of serving
gain. ■He has served in the war. of 1812. Ho
erved her abroad atu most important crisis.—
ia« served her in the public councils at home,
i a statesman of enlarged expcrioncc7-of i oxlcn.
attainments—honest in his principles—pure in
riyato life—amiable in bis manners —faithful to
riends—liberal to his oponents.".
strssbiko Soicikb.— The Wilkoabarro Farmer
Journal, of. May 31, gives an.account of the su.
'tif Miner S. Blackman, Esq,, of that borough,
put an .end to his existence, (the manner not sta.
oh Tuesday the 25th nit, Mr. Blackman was
ing under temporary derangement, caused by
lesrand the harsh measures adopted by some of
ellow'townsmen, acting under the apprehension
with which Mr. B. was infected,
small pox) might spread through the neighbor.
Ir .' Mr. Blackman was & member of the bar and
le.town council, both of which held meetings to
ess regret for the unfortunate event, and lo bear
mbny lo the excellent character and.qualities of
deceased* _.
hk Hkn-Psck’d Husband.— Anew novel, so call,
has just been published' in New York.' One
Id’judgq from tKo title that there is too much of
stern realiljep of every day life’ in the production,
dmitof much fanciful deseftfttion—bbt the book
ijcMo be a work of xxlraordin/ry-metU. Many
fltfd gentletherf, of Course, will road ft With that
anchuly gratification which people led when they
or hear of others suffering under calamities aim
to their own.'
3*Anotlier.remarkable kissing case lately occur*
at Buffalo, (according to the Commtrcial of that
i) ' A handsome young man was brought up to
Police office, for kissing a young lady, recently
ried*.. .Tho defence woe that kissing, in such
mhsiancee, was justified by tlio usages of 41 good
oly,” and that all the objections commonly made
uch kissing originated in “ vulgar prejudice.**—
t plea was not allowed, and the observer of aris.
atio customs was fined $l5 for on assault.
ySi\\\ another kissing affair took, place at Cm*
rati, a few days ago. A Mr.S was detected
fie . very act of kissing the wife of a Mr. G .
E. took summary vengeance on Mr.S.; thohtU
sued Tor an assault and battery, and the evidence
i servant maid,, on tho (rial proved that the kiss*
hod boon frequently practised. Some of tholes,
ony was rather injurious to tho character of the
f concerned, and it is thought that a suit forerun.
• bo the consequence.
'SUIIs Cr.usa.t— All the malo population of Paris
.formed into clubs, and it now appears tho women
0 been seised with tho same gregarious propone!.
There was recently a mooting of tho females’
1 Held in'ono of tho theatre*, to organize work for
nen, on prin.iple. of Fmlorniljr; and Id .couro
BeU ot least one franc per day. 'XrS"l7rotf'givos
following account of tho affair t
It would bo impossible to"describe the spectacle
tented by the elubde on Thursday oven
i under the presidency of (ho Citoynne N—■ —.
> cannot give an idea of (ho tumult, the disorder,
uproar, which took place. There was nothing but
js, hisses, vociferations* pressing, crushing, even
windows and tho glasses? were smash*
btil.no speaker of either sox could obtain a hear*
, noteven the Abl»o Chatol, not oven tho Citoyon*
N— . The silling at length broke up in the
latlof universal laughter, and was postponded to
ilher day : but men tiro not to be admitted anolh.
time." , '
Vhv don't Tinr comb. Too ether.'—At the village
Most, which consists of about sixty houses, there
now living -seventeen widowers, and an equal
nbof of widows, a groat rasjority of whom are
upholders. Furthermore, there is only one old
helor, and one old maid.
The Democratic Nominations*
t Is truly pleasing to us, to see the manifestations
gratification, on the part of our friends, at the liar*
nlous result of the labors of our Gonoral Convon
j, io far as it relates to the nomination of eandU
es for President and Vice President. Manj had
red (hat there would bo so much division among
friend*, in relation to the several l distinguished
n who had been named in connection with'those
obs, au to lead to Iho selection'of someone who
I not;been prominently before tho country; but
are glad to, see (hat all are now satisfied-even
re'than satisfied.. There ore many among our
ow-oUlzensto whom the naJnds of Cass and Duller
endeared among their earliest recollections of
irest in the political affairs of the day; and all tho
ng have had the name of tho\fonner before them
the|r school* boohs, as tho gallant young ofijeer
9 broke his sword over his knio before lie would
oblv surrender It.to tho enomltaof his country;
I wno, almost alone, surroundedby a host of savd.
■j’lbroJho BriUsh flag from bofore (ho wigwam of
istlnguiahed ohlpf, telling Him dt.iho snmo time,
t no flog should wave ip hostility Won tho soil of
SUpllod States, The kndwh ponhlariiy, and pa
dlsrn, and sterling worth and abilities ofour can-
Mes, givo to alt tho highest possible guarantees of
cess: and all arc thoreforo looking'forward to a
fll , triumphant result in November qext. Them
a number ofour friends from other Counties now
and many of them calculate on Ppnniy I-
Is. as certain for Cabs and Buvixk hy at hast
fljy ihoiuand of a. majority over any hmhwhom
jftdoralUls can select*— Ftthbur# Voa{.
soctual.
the CHILD AND THE ANGELS.
By CItiRLKS SWAIN.
The Sabbath sun was setting alow,
Amidst tlio Clrtnda of even;
“ OiirFather,"—breathed a voice below—
•• Father, who art'in Iwav.enl"
Beyond the harth -hoeondHie cloud-
Ihoso infant Words were given;
, “Our Father,"— Angela sang aloud—
’* Father, who an in heaven I".
" Tte, kl l’^“. l S^ ra f' , -f llll ,r "'" 1110 If'onnd,
- 1 bat chfldillhy,voice did pray;
••Thy klngdoiT^cmhe* l —Cod's hosts resound—
». Far up th« starry wayl
“Thy will ho done.”—with Utile tongue,
That lisping love Implores;
“Thy will be done’*—tlio anodic throng—
Slog from seraphic shores.
' “ For over,’’—still those Ups repeat
.Thelrclnslng bvenlng prayer;,
v. ■■ “Eor over”— Hants in music sweet—
, ..V. ijllfilunldsl the angels ihcrol
,'i.TWAßtelho glory ever more.
• From Thee may man ne'er sever;
But every Christian land ndnrc—
Jehovah!—Godl-rfbr ovvrl
SBCtsceHantoufif.
A. SURGEON’S REVENGE.
The following deeply interesting story is related
by Dr.rGibson, in his lectures before the Medical
Class of the'Universily of Pennsylvania. The, hero
of the is yosglc.onc of the most eminent of the
Italian surgeons','pn(L this narrative Is said to have
been derived from munnscripl on parch
me.nt, accidentally ibund between the backs of two
pictures, glued : togethet,*caoh picture in the style of
Titan, and supposed lo bo the work of his handj
Andre Vesale, says«4|jg manuscript, first saw the
light in the city of Brussels, In the year 1614. His
Father was an apothecary, attached to the service of
the Princess Margaret, mint of the Emperor Charles
V, and governess of the Law Countries. Providence
conferred on him iiio double advantage of being a
native of the .lend which divides with Italy tho glory
of being the richesl'ntid most enlightened of the na
tions of tho earth, of coming in to the world at a pe
riod when & healthy ,ferment in the minds of men,
had, in a great meokure, tended to break through and
disperse tho stagnant scum of Ignorance and barba
rism which had hitherto obspured them. Hie parents
had educated him for thaViycdicul profession; his
own peculiar genius directed him to the study of
anatomy, which he puraucd’wilh an ardor that led to
the most successful Up to thp-petiod when'
Vesalo first rendered himself conspicious, the anatomy
of the human body imperfectly understood ns
scarcely to merit that-thd term of science should bo
applied to the dim and confute, entertained of
it. Vesalo was the first to breakthrough the tram?
mcla with which ignoranceand;bjgotry had crippled
the march of science; surmounting, with admirable
courage ant) constancy, the disgust, the terror, and
even tlie peril, inseparable from this description of
labor, to which lie had devoted Mmqclf, ho was to bo
seen whole, days and nights in the ccmeliicp. sur
rounded by the festering remnants of mortality, or
hovering about the gibbets, ond the
vulture for its prey, in order to
skeleton from the remains of executed crftmmls left
there to be devoured by the oarriun
It was during a sojourn. nt-Biislb,'after fiis return
from Italy, (hat Vesalo first beheld at the house of
Hans painter, Isabella Van Slcemviyk,
tho daughter .of a merchant at Mtcriem, who was
destined loexcrcisesomo influence over his future
life. Tpsale was IhpOjAcarcely twenty-eight years
old, and olready ho the summit of his
weft directed ambition. enjoyed the countenance
and friendship of tho Celebrated nion of l)ie day.—
Erasmus, Melanclhon, ;f*(cltwyck, Verazio, Holbein,
ond Titian, wore proud,-to be numbered among his
friends. The sJmporoi;6|]arlca V, informed by public
rumor of the extraordinary talents of tho young pro
feasor, bestowed upon Vesalo, without solicitation,
the important charge of his first physician. At the
very moment when thefcc honors wore so fast accu
mulating, Vosafo first saw Isabella Van' Steenwiyk,
and a vision of happiness dawned upon him from nor
calm blue eyes. * The family of Van Steenwiyk was
a wealthy and honorable one, fur superior to that of
Vesalo in,birth.and fortune; but tho distinguished
position the UUcr horf. acquired for himself, entitled
him to aspire to an oilianco even more exalted. Tho
son of the Princess Margaret's apothecary would
have been rejected by. the.rich Htorlcm burgher; the
Emperor’s first physician was accepted by lilm' os
tho most eligible.,son-in-law. Tho msrrihgo was
solemnized, and Vesalo, accompanied by his young
bride, sot off where Charles then held his
court. Vesale was a. man ofgrcal determination, of
slrongdccling apd.Violent passions, capable of great
extremes of Jove/orftl hatred, and of moat unlimited
devotion and tho most relentless rancor. - Buthewas
ignorant of all nicer intermediate shades of
sentiment whlell.softcn and harmonize, the character,
and soornediiß’enominnto (lio gnltnnirius and grace*
Ail youthful wlvaa lookedupon as
nt i vo. and tvbiuli, although but too often
of love, nro often, 100, more
offeclivojii winning woman's confidence and tender
ness, than love itself. No two natures could ho more I
dissimilar Ilian Vesalo and his wife. She was gentle,
calm, and undemonstrative, not to bo roused into any I
violent evidence of love or anger, nnd so even-tem
pered as to bp pronounced by many apathetic. Her
fair,and.serene countenance wns the mirror of a soul
ns serbno, yet she was dffpnbtu of great depth of feel,
ing, although', her natural timidity prevented the
silent workings of her heart from appearing bn the
surface, 'r.
She loved her husband truly; but there was so
much of awe mingled with her'affection, os to throw
an appearance of restraint over her demeanor toward
him, even in tho privacy of domestic life. The very
nature of his profession und occupations was ealeu
hle'dlo increase that awe, and even to create some
degree of repugnance, in a shrinking mind, which
nothing but strong affection could overcome. Isa*
belli** nature required skilful drawing out and ton
cJorToaloring, Vosalo, nit fortunately, understood
nothing of Inis sort; ho mistook her timidity for
coldriesf,-and resented it accordingly; (his led to
her part, which ho attributed to
dislike, and jealous distrust at last took possession of
his soul.
Amidst (ho gßllaqtfioß where, far a wo
man to bo young and. at(rJiptjyo, was to command
tho attention and authorise tne devotions of tho other
sex—-it was no difficult tusk lobrouselho susccptl.
bilitiea of a suapioioushusband. and
position in tho Emperor's housohold, hod brought him
into contact with ill the men of learning and science
about the court; tho fame of his wlfe'e beauty poon
conferred upon him another sort of distinction ; end
although at.first, In aepordapoo with (ho housewifery
habits of her country, sho rarely showed horsolf in
public, except to go to mass, enough was seen of.her
on thoso occasions, to render an acquaintance with
tho husband of one so fair, tho object of many s gay
qourlior's ambition. Vcsalo's house became,tho re.'
sort of all that was .nubia and gallant in Suvillo, and
ho, for Mime, believed hi* own Holonllfic converse*,
lion to be the attraction. At first tho young wifu,
showed her usual polni ipdifibronce.to thqadmiration
tjiat followed her wherever she was peonbut at lust,
something ip her manner at;d countenance, whenever
one particular poison appeared, or hlk name Was
mentioned, betrayed ihnt thcfo did exist a boihg who
had discovered thp pccro| t brcausing the blood io flew
more tumultuously thrp.ngh' her veins. That person
was Don Alvar .de Solis, and.as. he was young, hand
some, gay, and the,moil Inconstant gallant, ip Seville,
tho suspicions of.Vesalo wore painfully aroused. He
took silent, noto. of the uaupl, omollonp t o ,at agitated
Isabella whenever that, nobleman Was 'in her pre
sence.* .. ;
“OUR COUNTRY— i MAY IT ALWAYS BK RIOIIT—BUT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY. I *./
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY JUNE 15, 1848.,
Tho general conductor Don Alvar wao calculated
to baffle suspicion', being marked by indifference.—
This would have misled Ihe'ylgilant husband, had ho
nol, on onemcodslon when .his back wqs turned to*
wards Don Alvar, perceiving him, in an opposite mir
ror, fix his kindling eyes upon Isabella,' with an ex
pression not to bo mistaken; while she grew red and
paid'by turns,and then, us though unable to surmount
her agitation rose and loft tho room. . Shortly after*
Vesale received an anonymous note saying, ll Look
to your wife and Don Alvar de Solis, and be nol de
ceived by appearances, They' only want a filing op
porlunily'to dishonor you. Even now he carries
about tho glove slio dropped foi him at mass. 11 Vo.
sale.shut himself up to ponder upon the most effect,
uni means of avenging himself. His resolution was
promptly taken. lib had established schools of on*
atoniy at San Liicar and Cordova, obtained the cm*
peror's permission to visit them, quilled Seville os.
tensihly for that purpose, but returned the same night,
concealed himself in a tenement belonging, to him,
at some distance from his abode in the Alcazar, winch
was devoted .’to tho' double purpose of a laboratory
and dissecting room. He had taken no person into
his confidence]; he was alono with his vengeance,
and lie listened only to his counsel. At dark, on the
following evening, ho issued forth muffled to tho eyes
in n woman's mantle and hood, and 101 l a letter at
Don Alvar's habitation, containing an embroidered
glove of Isabella's and those words,'l have obtain*
cd the key to Vcsalu’s laboratory during his absence;
bo at the gale an hour after midnight, and you will
be admitted on pronouncing the name of Isabella.”
The assignation was punrlually kept by Don Alvnr.
At half an hour past midnight, he left his house alone,
but he never returned to it. Whither he had gone, .
none could sayj nor could any trace of him ever bo
discovered.. It was supposed ho mast have missed
Ills.footing, and fallen Into tho Gundilquivcr, near!
which his abode was situated; and that the body hod
been swept away by (lie waves into the ocean.
Such an occurrence was calculated to produce u
great sensation in the place where it happened; and
Vesale, recalled, tlirce weeks after, by the illness of
his wife, found the disappearance of Don Alvar the
theme of every longue. The altered appearance of
Isabella was attributed by Vesale to grief for the
mysterious abscenco of Don Alvar, and llmfconviq
tiun look from him all the pity of her suffering*. -It
chanced to bo the festival of Santa Isabella, and fo
da honor to her patron saint, us well us to celebrate
the return of her husband, Isabella pul on her wedding
dress, and seating herself by an open
overlooked the Alcazar gardens, she watched for : his
coming. But Whilst her eyes were vainly fixed upon
the path by which she expected him loappeor,* hand
was laid uponjior shoulder, and turning round, she
beheld Vesiile standing by her side. “I have order
ed the supper to. bo laid in my study,” said he, and
taking her band, he led her away to tho room in
question, dismissed (he attendant, end closed the door.
Every thing wore a festive air, yci the repast was|
cheerless. PerceivinrajAhat she had tasted nothing,!
Vesale poured a few drops from a viol of elixir into'
a cup of Malaga wine, and presenting it to her, ho
said, “ Drink lhis, It is a sovereign cure for the com
plaint you arc suffering from.” 11 Pledge mo in the
draught,” she replied, filling up a goblet from .the
same flask, and handing it to him, “and itwill bring
a quicker healing to trie. Let us drink to our absent
friends, Andrea.” Vesale accepted tho offering and
they emplcd their goblets together. V
“ Talking of absent friends,”, said hoi'stftdcnly
fixing his cyq upon her, “ you yql spoken
to me of Don Alvar do Solis/. 'Arc ulljtopes of hoar*
ing of him rclinguuhed ?” T’7 r ; " W- ' "V
Isabella started andblushcd. “ Nothing ]« known
of him,” she slamcrcd; “a strange mystery envel
opes his disappearance.” j
“ What if I should be able to clear it up,” replied
her husband, “and tell you wherefore ho has
peered, and whither he has gone.”
" Don Alvar de Soils,” ho continued, “was a
gsrt und a-liburtinc, and-boasted that no women cv*
or resisted his seductions, that no husband over
suspected the injury he was preparing for hfm."—
Then grasping his wife by. the handi he led her up
Jo the.door at the further end of tho rooni.and throw*
ing it widu open, revealed to her view a human
skeleton, suspended within, holding in one of its bo
ny hods one of lief own embroidered gloves, “flchold,”
ho said, pointing althc ghastly spectacle," the gallant
and beautiful Doh Alvar do Solis—the object of your
guilty love.. Contemplate him well, if the sight can
render your last moments happier, for you aro.about
to die too; the wino I have jupt given yoii was pois
oned !”
When iho last droadflil sonlchee, and its still more
dreadful illustration, burst upon lier.aflrighli'd senses,
sho became paralyzed with excess of emotion ; the
scream, which had risen to her throat, died there In
strangled murmurs, and sinking back, she fell ns one
dead upon the arm ?f Vcsale. Sho was not dead; he
had not poisened her; that crime ho had hesitated
to commit, yet ho was not the less her murderer.—
' Convulsion followed convulsion, and, at last she died;
and, In that supremo moment, Iho hour that preced
ed death, her husband, who had never quitted her,
boholdone of those phenomena which sometimes at
tend Iho dying. Awakening from a torpid slumber,
consciousness and memory returned «l once, and
with (hum aoahn and a courage sho find never 'pos
sessed in the flush of Jlfo. “Andrea,"snidsho, flalno
her. dim eyeaumm W husband, “I am flVlnir by your
hand, yet lam Innocent; I never wronged «-oii in
thought or in deed, Don Alvar pursued mo with his
lovo and Ms throats, but I repulsed him. 1 rover i
loved but you! I feared and honored you as much <
as I loved—but I dare not lull yon of tils.pursuit!— i
Oh, Andrea, believe my words; the dying deal not
in falsehood! Should I bo thus calm, were I guilty?"
Vnsnle, sinking upon his knees, sblomnlv protested
his faith in the innocence of his wife, and with cho
king sobs, adjured her to believe that ho. had only
feigned to give her poison ; that ho could not nerve
his hand to take away her.life; that the terror of
death, and not death itself, was upon*hpr! “Thanks
bo to Heaven for Ibis!” and drawingVbU hand to
wards her,-{aid it upon her heart and aVtiho did so,
It ceased to beat. V 1
Anecdote of John Adams*
He alwavt dared to do right , or what he thought to
is right, When a minister al llio Netherlands, and
comparative a youth, ho was invited to join tho am.
baßsudurs ol different nations, «t that court, iu a
gathering of social enjoyment, in.which cheerful
conversation, and gaming for amusement wo believe
• boro, a part. Once they adjourned to a Sabbath eve.
ning, Tho time came, aiid the ambassadors collect
ed; but the American minister was missing. It
occasioned inquiry and disappointment; but prosu.
ining soma special or invincible object prevented his
attendance, they said little of the circumstance, and
adjourned again to Sabimth'evening. But Iho Amo.
nottlf Ambassador did not attend. Tho nox.t mooting
was on a week day evening; and tho American was
in his place. Thny were glad, to sea him, and signi
fled their disappointment at his previous absence.—
Instead of making an apology or assigning a doth
lions reason, ho frankly staled to thorn, that his prin
ciples would not allow him thus to employ any part
oflho Sabbath. Ho was horn in the country settled
by Puritans, of Puritan parents, who regarded the
Sabbath as a divine ordinance, He had witnessed
the gljod influence of Us religious observance in tho
greater intelligence, the pure morals, tho energy, on*
terprlse, and orderly habits of his countrymen. As
a friend of his country, therefore, he could not per*
vert the day'dr use it for other purposes than those
which ho had been taught to devote it, and seen it
devoted—in whatever part of the world ho might bo,
or by whatever different customs surrounded I
Now to (hpso whoinow tho sneering character
oflho most Sabbath breakers, ami think tho nge, high
rank, and splendor of those men, In connection with 1
tho youth of Adam*, it would he diiTlcull to name an '
instopco of moral courage superior to this. And it I
completely over awedjiis distinguished companions, «
•nd by instant and general consent (hey rilet nb more i
on Sabbath evening. : \ ' j
.. ;{V A HUSBAND’S TRIBUTE.
Here in t)io quliAof.our bumble bomb.
UoifcsweutlyThllaihe sunlight of thy love;
Purd r ! os some star that's seen hi skies above,
. By longing eyes, tiiat from the ocean’s foam,
LOOK to its light, and wish no more to roum.
Calm and serene, it sheds its tranquil ray
OfdeWy freshness round each passing day';
. Asßeeply lodcned With their lilies they come,
And find us Jove-linked in a peaceful land
Of fcrhicfi thou art the soul and centre—thou
More fondly lov'd as time upon thy brow
* Lay*the rude impress'of his whitening band
~But lea ves untouch'd the fountains of thy heart
which a thousand dreams of love onstart.
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
BY DOW JR.
' My lex£i« ns follows:
*Tlie bpll strikes onc—wo lake no note of lime.
My headers—it occurs to me that time is shoving
us on towatds our last resting place at.thp most ra
pid rate... yesterday I look a retrospective survey of
the distance between the'Present and o certain Post
stuck up j&fhe Past, and to my utter astonishment,
it measured full fourteen years I Can it be possible,
enquired I-pf myaclf, that what seems .to bo of,yes
terday, only; sljpuld bp found so astonishingly in the
roar 7 Yet it was so; and I have no.w come to tlic
conclusion;that.the'Pdst, Present, and Future are
equally your trust in any of them,
U ybu do; ydu will bo'faltfcn in and dons for about as
slick as Jonah. Wiggle yourselves, brethren among
j the three und .make headway the best way you can.
I Fond Recollection holds us by the coat tail, and joy*
! bus Anticipation pulls us by the . while Realty
gets urbfrythsMmJdlo, from whose rude graspwtfare
ever struggling to escape. Somehow all us mortals
scorn to want is go ahead, reckless of economising
the little strip of time between hero and hereafter;—
Bill there is ho use of being Jn a hurry, we shall
reach the on.d nf life's journey sooner than is desira
ble—and, lim afraid, before half of us have earned
a pint of gracious salt for the pickling ofour,precious
souls. , y • ' , '
My friends—*wc take no note of time,' and d good
reason why—lime never gives a note, hover wants to
be trusted uodtruat nobody. Why it is enough to make
a weeping WiJlow laugh, to see how nicely innocent
people ore cheated out of hours, minutes, aye, sec*
onds. Gond think that' because there is
a multitude stored away for them iu tho fulurej.lhey
can uiTurdtofiluandcrps extravagantly as they, please;
but. they will find out, 100 late I fear, that minutes
arc precious 'gems,’and hours worth thcir’circumfer
once In gbld.iyThe time flies with tho swiftness ofd
months, and years glide by with the
rapidity of a locomotive upon the groat western rail
road, and we lake matters just as cool and easy, as
though decline, dncripilude, and death were uli ro*
inance. Bullet mo tell you,' dear friends, that there
is a reality iivall, these, which -you will but too sud*
dcnly experience. If you can’t take liim by his'fore
lock, make a grasp at his fetterlock, and hang on like
a to the tail of a mrfH bull, inhere
be anything in fills world that I particularly despise,
it is on indolent lazy loafer, who lies down in the
sunshine of oelf content, and. pormits himself to be]
bitten by bugs-and beset by flies, regardless of the!
scoffs and supers of those.who-*happen to be a little
belter dresredt • Heaven knows, and perhaps hell al
; so, that I’m lar.y enough to produce a general stag
nation throughout a neighborhood; but 1 must say
that my. follow beuigs in this Rule, city
alone, are far concerned for lhcir lomporlal ; wel*.
1 Taro,lhan youevery humble and moat obedienl |)rcacb*
or. • **' •* ’v.--'*
. So little do 1 care about money, that whllotho'hat
is being passed round, I shall close my eyes and think
up a text for the next sermon. Meanwhile, however,
Id me impress upon your hearts—lot mo instill into
the minds of your children—(hat moments aro to bo
'prized above rubies, and hours more valuable than
life richest mines of or tho Wealth of tho In
dies. I had the boldness the other morning, to ask
a dissipated young stranger how ho felt. Rubbing
his forehead, ami stroking tho anterior of Ills peri
cranium, ho said he fell iTa if he was about to make
a sudden start for h—l an a hard trolling horse.—
Wishing''him all sorts of good luck, I bid him good
byo. ' But, friends, the latter end of that young man
will turn out a groat deal sorer than ho thinks.—He
has a hard horse to ride; nevertheless if ho sits easy
upon the saddle and makes most of his time, he may
gcl'in without breaking his'neck or collapsing his
pocket. Time my friends, as has bccn'lruly remark
ed by ono of the eastern sages, is a grout deal ‘shor
ter than it is long.’ It is as much shorter than pic
crust as pio-cnisl is briefer limn tho summing up of a
district attorney in hclialfof the peeblrs ; and, there
fore, it behooves us all that wo should stretch it to its
utmost possible tension—(or there is nothing like ma
king ns much as wo can of tho little wo have. So i
molu it bo. |
THRILLING INCIDENT*
I- passed up the natural nvejiuo and cumo upon
(ho grecn. My feelings were very poetical as I walk
ed towards the village church. I entered. A popu
lar preacher was holding forth, and the little meeting
house was much crowded. I, however, passed up
Iho aislo untif I gained u position where I Could have
a view of* nearly off present. Many of tfio Congre
gation looked curiously at mo, for I was a stranger
to thorn all. in a fow moments, however, Iho attend
lion of every one appeared lo bo absorbed fn (ho
ambassador ofgraco, and I o/sobogon lo take a lively
interest in the discourse. ‘ The.speaker was fluent,
and ninny of Ms flights wore even sublime. Thu
imWc uf oitl woods and the fragrance of the heath
seemed to respond to his eloquence.
Then it was no groat stretch of the Imagination lo
fancy that the white-handed creatures around me,
with their pouting lips and ortloss innocence were
beings,of a higher sphere. As my feelings were
thus divided between the beauties and blessings of
the two worlds, and wrapt In a sort of poetical devo
tion, I delected some glances at mo of an animated
character.
I need not describe the sensations experienced by
a youth when the eyes of a beautiful woman rest for
a length oflhno upon his countenance, and when ho
imagines himself to bo an object of interest to Iter.
I returned her glances with interest, and threw all
the tenderness Into my eves which tho econo, my
meditations, and t|io preacher's discourse had inspir
ed in my-heart,—doubling not (ho fiir damsel pos
sessed kjndrcd feelings with myself; that wo wero
drinking together at tho fountain of inspiration.—
How could it bo otherwise 7 *
She hud been born and nutured amidst those wild
and romntie scenes, and was made up of romance,
of poetry, nluJ tcndorncss; and then I thought, of the
purity of women's lave—her devotion to truth. 1
only prayed that I might moot with her where jve
might enjoy a sweet intcrclinnga of sentiment. Her
glances continued. .Several times our eyes met.—
My heartbeat with rapture. At length the bene
diolion was pronounced. < lingered about tho.pre
mises until j saw tho dark-eyed damsel set out for
home, aloa and on.foot. Oh! that tho - customs of
society would permit—for wo ware surely one in soul.
Cruel formality! that throws up a barrier between
each other! Yet I followed her. She looked behind,
and I thought she evinced sumo emotion at rcoognl*
zing me as a stronger of the doy. I (hemquiokencd
my pace, and she actually slacked her'a as if to let *
mo come up with liar.
“ Noble young creature i" thought I; “her artless .
and worm heart, is tho bonds of custom!" t
I readied within a stone's throw of her. She .
suddenly halted, end turned her face toward mo.— i
My heart swelled to bursting. I,reached the spot
where she stood. She,bogon to speak, and : l look off I
my hat, os If doing roveronofcto'an angel.
• '• Are you a peddler 7"
» No, my dour, that ts not my occupation."
“Well, I don't know," continued she, not very
bashfully, and.eyeing mo very sternly: “ I thought,
when I saw yon In tho meeting house, that you
looked like Iho peddler who passed off a powtor liulf
dollar on me three weeks ago, and so 1 was deter*
mined to keep on .eye on you. Brother Johi} has
got homo now, and says if no calo'heß th<? follcr/ho’ll
wring his neck for him; and 1 ain’t aura but you’re
the good*foNnotlilng rascal after allS”
- Reader, did ybur over.take a shower hath?
Essay upon the Minds of Animals Inferior to
‘ Man*
Of their apparent knowledge of the sciences, arts and
of, thtir professions, occupations, and employmenle.
Dees nr»4 (jcomolricians. cells arc,’ con*
struclcd as, with the least quantity of material, to
have tho largest site spaces and least possible loss of
interstice. ’
So ulso is the Ant-Lyon, his funnel shaped trap is
exactly correct in its conformation os if it had been
formed by the most skilful nrtUl of oar species, with
the aid of the besl instrument.
The Mole is a Meteorologist.';
The.bird called (he “NitipkilloV is an Arllhme*
liclan; so also is the. crow, the Wild Turkey; and
some other birds. . * .
The Torpcdo/the Ray and the Electrick cel, arc
Electricians.
The Nautilus is a navigator. He sets and lowers
his sails, casts and weighs anchor, and performs
other nautical evolutions.
Whole tribe of birds are Musicians.
Tho Beaver is an Architect, Builder and Wood
cutter. He cuts down the timber and builds houses
and. dams.
The Mai mot is a civil engineer. Ho not only
builds houses, but constructs aqueducts to keep them
dry.
Tho white ants maintain a! regular army ofsoldiers.
The Cast'lndia nnl are They
raise mushrpons, upon which they feed their young.
Wasps nrdpnper manufactures.
Caterpillars are silk spinners.
The Bird Ploccus Teller is a weaver, ho weaves
a web to make Ins nest.
Tho Prime is a tailor. Ho sows the loaves tagelh
cr to rpako his nest.
•Tho' Squirrel is a ferryman. With a chip nr a
piece of-bark for a boat and his tail for a sail, he
crosses a stream.
' Dogs, Wolfs, Jackalls and many others ore hungers.
Tho Black bear and the Heron are firshermen.
Tho ants have regular days of labor.
The monkey is.a rope dancer.
Op GovKRN^iKNT.—The associations of Beavers
present us witliA model of Republicanl-im.
The' Bees llV’e* under a monarchy.
-The Indian Antelopes furnish an example of Pa*'
(riarchflkl.govornmcnt. V-
Elepmmts exhibit on aristocracy of elders..
Wild horses.uro said to elect their leader.
: And Sheep in a wild stale arc under the control
ofa*military chief rain;
THIS CUCKCOO.
“Cuckoo! cuckoo!”, That hath epr seemed to.
us the oldest of all summer sounds. 1 “ Cuckoo—
cuckoo”, it still singles it alights upon tho silver*
stemmed bitch, the colour, of whose bark matches
the sober hue of the bird's plumage. - Who, unlesd
they knew, would credit that,such a little red mouth
could make itself heard for a full mile found?—
Strange things do they tell of that noisy ash-colored
bird, with its black and white t ill, of laying its eggs
in the nests of other birds, and that even the young
of the Cuckoo, when' hatched (a fearless,usuper, like
Its parent, of all rights,) will throw oullljo nuked
brood amid which it has been nursed. One natural
ist hts.rccordcd, from his own bbscitvalion,ithat he
saw a-'.cuckooV cgjr in ahcdgC'-sparrow’s nest, and
' that In a short limoa young Cuckoo and two sparrows
were hatched, which lie saw in the nest, together;,
that in tho evening of tlio same day the fwo young
hedge-sparrows were excluded, and tho cuckoo.the
solo , occupant of their house. This the cuckoo ac
compliehcs by working Itself to tho very, bottom of
the neat, until feeling oho of tho young ones on its
back, It then, by a sudden jerk, throws out the callow
brood upon the ground. That tho cuckoo returns
again, and feeds and rears its young, is the opinion of
many, although wo believe that it is left to the mercy
of the stranger-bird whose young it has destroyed.
I well remember once seeing a cuckoo attack the
nests of several swallows, in nn old town in Lincoln
shire. Tho song of n cuckoo heard ringing in n
market-place, could not fall of drawing the attention
of many of the inhabitants. It flew from nest to nest,
pursued by tho whole eongrcgratlon of swallows,
who seemed determined to wage war against this
common.enemy; and after several fruitless attempts
to deposits its egg in the nest of Ihu swallows, (lie
cuckoo, pursued by tho whole colony for some dis.
Unco, at length flew across the river, and was lost
amid the distant scenery. I have often wished that
It had succeeded in leaving its -egg behind in any
one of the swallows* nest, in order that I might have
had proof whether it returned to feed and rear its
young.
solf«cnl.
Dow, Jr.
Tho whig presses have opened their batteries upon
llio nominee of tho republican party, ~I’ho first on
slaught is to attack bis political principles. Their
first forced argument to assail them, Is exposed in
tho following articles from tho Columbus (Ohio)
Statesman and tho, Wilmington (Dcla.) Gazette.
tVe precede these expositions by tho following pro.
duction of a correspondent, and ask tho further as>
sisltmco of somo friend in obtaining the copy of a
resolution and address Irotn Gen. Cuss' pen adopted
by tho Ohio legislature, expressing Ins confidence in
Mr, Jefibrson, and requesting him to servo another
term.
Cum In (be West during the Burr Consplrooy*
. A subscriber desires yon to republish tlio following
address oflhoOhlo legislature lo Mr. Joflurson in
1806, which he has transcribed from the 7lh vol., No.
9GB, of the National Intelligencer, dated the dUlh
Dcoeinbor of that year. It Is from the pen of Oon.
Cass, who was then a member of that body, and de
notes that his devotion to the best interests of his
country, ond his warm attachment to the principles
on which the government was administered, have un,.
do'rgono no changes in this long interval.
The excitement and alarm to the friends of free,
dom .which the insurrectionary and treasonable move,
ments of Durr created at the time, can hardly bo,
conceived of by (hose who waro not then actors on
tho stage of life, or who have not referred to thu
documentary and newspaper history of tho events.
The Ohio legislature happened to bo in session when
the orcst-fuHon ox*Vico President Durr iriudo bis ex*
traordinary advent in tho fertile but sparsely popula
ted Ohio valley. Gov. Tiffin communicated bis mes
sage to tho legislature, announcing tho facts, on the
Sid of December, 1806. On the. Gib Mr. Cass report'
cd tho very full not, granting to the civil authorities
power to arrest the conspirator ond Ids abettors, with
their boats and flotillas. This ho promptly followed
with “a bill to suspend the privjlogoloflbeAofir«sc«r.
pun act," and with a resolution and address to the
President of (bo United Stales, which were adopted
by both bouses, without a dissenting voice. The ad
dress is in (lie following words:
“ To TAomat JtJTtrion, Etq., President of the United
* States, .
" Sir : At rj, lime when the pablio mind throughout
the Union is agitated with alarming reports respect*
ing the existence and designs of a party hostile to
the welfare and prosperity of our country, wo deem
it a duty incumbent on us to express to the Execu
tive of tho Union our attachment to iho govern*
mont of tho United States, and our confidence In its!
administration. ? • |
'»Whatever may botlia intentions of desperate and:
abandoned men respecting the destruction of that
cbnstHution which has raised us to our present clo.
vnlod rank nmong the nations-of tho. world, and
which is our only security for the future, we trust
they will find very few advocate" in Iho State of Ohio.
“ Wo express thq feelings npd opinions of qiir oon*.
etiluenti, wheoi wo. say that no arts of Intriguing
OE2V* CASS.
AT $2 00 PER ATOM.
men, no real or vlntoaary prospect ofadvantage, will
ever induce hi to.seve> that bond of-unl,ori»-whlc!i la
our only securiety against domestic violence and for*
eign invasion.
“Believing lliat tho/fundamental maxims of ra
tional liberty have gained you in the administration
of our government, wp'hesitate not to express out
full and entire confidence in your counsels and con
duct. -Enjoying every blessing which as men arid
na citizens.we could desire, ond, in a country, fcrtfls
in nature's choicest gifts, wc should deem it presumpt
uous indeed to hnzard, by intestine dissentions, theta
incalculable advantages. . ?;
“ Wo trust that public rumor has magnified the
danger; but should the.designs in agitation be a*
dcpfruclivn as,rcprosehl€tf,,wo have np doubt but all
fear will shortly ho dissipated before the Indignation
of our citizens. .That you may long.live to enjoy
the confidence arid tho. attachment of the Arnorlcap,
people, is the sincere ond unanimous wish of the leg
islature of Ohio.” * ... ; ...
The whole proceeding*, in this emergency, ;wcrd
prompt and effective. They proceeded the action of
several of the other States of the Union East end
Weal; and Mr. Jefferson,in ,his message to Qqngresip
of (ho 22d January following, communicating thq,
conspiracy, refers,- in pointed terms of approval 1$
the early and energetic steps taken, by Ohio In this
crisis.
From the Columbus (Ohio) Statesman.
The Charge of Federalism against Gen* Cass
while In OM6' withdrawn and transferred,
to ituotlier State, Ac.) &c« •
The charge has been rung throughput the length,
and breadth of the land, that Gen. Oass, whilp a
idenl of Muskingum county, in this SUae,wai‘*
federalist, and acted and voted with (he federal party*
Among others who preferred this charge, was'the
Zanesville Courier. As that paper was printed in the
county where tho acta which identified Gen. Cast,
with the federal party were said to have been com*
milled, we challenged the truth of the charge, and
referred to gentlemen still living In Muskingum;
county, whose democracy was never questioned, who
knew Gen. Cuss well, ami who voted for him as (ho
democratic candidate for a sent in the legislation of
Ohio, as proof of (he falsity of the charge. The Cou*.
ricr now admits the charge, as far as it relays to
Muskingum county, to be false, by saying that Gen..
Cass was a federalist when he lived in the State of
Delaware, and before lie emigrated to Ohio.
By a biographical sketch, published in our paper,
of yesterday, it will be scon that Lcwib Cass emigrs*
ted to Ohio when but eeventeen year* of age— lour
years before he was a volei*—four years before, in
hw, he was deemed to have arrived at tho years of
discretion—and four years before hc£ould,in law,
transact 7 business for himself, without his father’s
consent. . Ever* then, if (he charge be true that Gen.
Cuss at one time was a fedora list, it was when he
was a minor, living in the family of his father, who,
to the duy of his death, continued a high-minded
though bitter federalist, nnd was proud of the napie.
Of all, the family, Lewis Cuss alone broke from fed*,
oral leading-strings; and.ins course In Ohio and In
Michigan, before the time*he became a voter to the
present day, has been that of a democrat of the strait
est seel. .
Hurd run, indeed* must whiggery be, when it is
forced to go back fur' near half u century for (ho pur*,
purpose of making n charge (and that, too, unsui
tained by,any evidence) to prove'that when a boy,
scarce in his teens, Lewis Cuss.held to the principles
of Ilia father’s family.
The charge, however,' is not sustained by proof—*
The name of tho State only is given—no other time,
place, or circumstance is named to give it force; end
upon (Ilia reckless assertion, wliigery hopes to work
an injury to a man who for the last forty-six yearly
has been known to the people of Ohio as a democrat
staunch and (rue.
Although, in law, it is a principle, that n negative
cannot bo porven ; yet, in this ease* it cart almost be
done. Mr. Jefferson never appointed his' political
enemies tn high cilice, yet wo find that the first gov/
ernment office that Gen. Cuss received (thatofmar
slial of Ohio) came from Mr. Jefferson. •. . tt
Thu last war with England drew the line between
the federal and as strongly and as
broadly ns (lie present war with Mexico draws it
now. General Cuss was then marshal of the State;
The office was a lucrative one, yet he promply . re*,
signed it, for the purpose of volunteering his service*
to defend his country. Huw ho performed his part,
the history of the country furnishes abundant evi
dence.
in the political campaign of 1628, one of the seve*
rest charges made against General Jackspn, save,
those of murder, &c., &c., preferred in the infamous
coffin bond bill, was that ho too was a
This cliurgo r wuB denied nod proven false; end In the
discussion which ensued, the charge of federalism
was planted so firmly upon the party llml now call
themselves, wings, that, in spite of all Iholr.elforte to,
shake it off, it still remains, and will remain, until*
with a new name, they adopt now principles. ,
The same gumo lried in 1838 with Anurew Jack'
son, the sumo parly now attempt to play off against
Lewis Cuss. Iloth charges were .false and Inb.re
suit in each ease will be the same.
Tho father of Gen. Cass was a federalist
brothers of Gen. Cass still hold to tho dpotrinca of
their father. Upon this foundation, the charge qf.
federalism is made on tho dotnqcrulio candidate..
To the day of his death, Major Jonathan fyass, the.
father of the democratic nominee, true to hU federal
principles,acted and voted with tho party now calling
thcmaulvea whigs; and since his death the brothers,
of Lewis Cush have been bold, Imminent, and Influ
ential whigs; and a lute number of the Zanesville,.
Courier makes open boast that they will not vote for
Lewis Cass for President.
Does not the Courier sec that this boast plants
federalism upon Its own, party 7 ,Fur if Lewis Cas4
entertained federal sentiments, his relatives In.Mua*,
kingum county would bo among Ids warmest sup*
porters. .Out Lewis Cassis a democrat—they art,
federalists,-opd they .will do.now, as they did when
(lie democratic candidate for President was tho can:
didato of the democracy for,.representative In Mus*
ingum .vote against him. t
Like os was the cose in 1828, when , the attempt,,
was made by whlgery, Ihon under a hew name, to,
prove Gen. Jackson, a federalist, the result has been,
but tho eliciting of additional proof to fasten (|io
charge upon themselves.
TUB NOMINATIONS I
It is will) feelings of peculiar pleasure,\ye raise Ip,
our mast-head the honored panics selected hy ihp.
Bahimoro Niitipnal Conronlion ns (lie Democratic 1
candidates for President and. Vice President of thq
United Slates. A stronger, Tickct has never beep'
presented to tfio American People, and Pennsylvania
will endorse It by o majority of at least TWENTY'
THOUSAND, no matter whq may bo .tile opposing;
oandlilntcs. The name of Gcn.CAS$ hnsulwpys,
boon popular with tho masses, and bis nominatinri,
will ho Imitod throughout ibo entire Unioh with an t
cnthusiaßin never equalled by any man except Gen«'
Jackson. His triumphant election is. placed beyond
tho contingency of a doubt, Wu trust the Federalists
will select the very strongest nv\n in : lhclr, ranks to
run against Gun. Cabs, so that after their inglorious
defeat they may not console themselves will) the ni*
flection (hat it wan tho tcrofoms r>f their candidate
and not the roUtnneu of their.principles that caused
it. The issue In this campaign will be the WAR,
and nothing, else. Tho Democrats, as in the day’s of
the Revolution, and tho Wdr of 1813, will lake tho’
side of their COUNTRY—the Federalists that of tho
ENEMY—and the result will bo a verdict In fayor
of CASS it BUTLER. as nearly unanimous as it )•
ppsilhlc for any grout issue to be. This fact is already,
depicted In the forlorn countenances of our Mexican
opponents, many of whom are willing to admlt that.'
(hoy aro uuMm/t hope!*— and proclaim our success
Certain and Inevitable. Fn BEDFORD COVflTy,!
with Cass t RvfrjutW aa our IsadersVai JaokabH We!
Jority in ns certain as that tho day of election arrises.
Tim PEOPLE have spoken, and the
SAFE;! !—Bedford Gating ■ - V
iso. i.