iiunaiu ■* flnluutfcr ** 'i 5 ; y.'.nr •If. «jk:_ '; \ i.,; •» \ . 1 - unons b. bßattos. VOL. 35. THE 'AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,' Rigidly adhered to 1 TERMB Or fIODBCaiPTIOJ*. . qO foronoyear, tnadvanee, . ',; t jioo For six months, in advance,' . ,h nn .iimontli‘fl,aiin tikon fjr n lw> *«■» '~ a nkpHIC ' liodiscontinuancnporinUted until nil urt tago r .Ttvohty-fivo p6rc«ilt n,lj|tlnna ontlloptlcooi l Will bo required of nil those who do not pny In nnvnnco. * RATES OF ADVERTISING. ( . r ■ Ono squire, one insertion, • - *• ’• •*' ’ ' tn ■ One square, iwp jiißortlo’nß, .’•'•; • ■ J*. • •;; fI(J , Ono wiuoro, three insertlona*; Every subsequent Insertion, per square, .♦ * _ * * A liberal discount will bo mode to thbso who Ailvertiaoby tfto year, or for three or sit months. , - . . i. ■' a mcc.-Tho office of the Jlmrlem fclmtctr is In the sec to story of lame, H. Graham's now stone : b “ ,u . "y''J 1 Hanover street, n fcrv doom from Bnrkhotder s hotel, and ell fcctly opposite the rost-oflice, where' tlfo»o having busit eas will ploaso call. ~ . ; ' . ' ' THE VOLUNTEER. John B. Bratton, Editor and Proprietor^ CABBISLB, THVRSP»VrAUG» 17,1848. THE BATTLE OP BUENA VISTA* It was this battle which made General Taylor the Federal candidate* Eleven days befoic it watffo'ughl and whilc'lhc whole country' was agonized by the reports that our troops had been overwhelmed and cut *o pieces, Thomas Corwin stood up in his plnco imthb United Stales Spnalc, and advised .the Mexi cans to give to these troops .** A-WELCOME WITH -BLOODY HANDS TO HOSPITABLE GRAVES.’* This same Thomas Corwin is tibw Tuy|or*s friend, ondlls Asking (the,'suffrages of the people for that In dividual, because, ho fought .against the Mexicans! - t 'Sentiments* , 'Boston Whiggery says:—“T consider the statp .mpntthat tho Taylor papers make, that “Taylor is tho pcoplc’s'candldate,” to bo Iho grcasl humbug,' or TIHE BASEST LIE over promulgated. Some of tUo editors, who have Ilia title of’/?™., know (if they know the truth,) that IT IS A LlE—a black lie MADE-TO DECEIVE. Such papers know that the (ruth would ruin Taylor's prospects in a moment. Hence.THE RESORT TO FALSEHOOD, to buoy 'up that arch slavcholdcrT-itbat slayer of men, women and children,-and render him “atjflitoWe.'* • .! - Louisiana Whlggcryi on the other horfd declares of Gen. Taylor, tliat—" He is.from birth, ossoclutibn, “and conviction, indenlified with the South and her •• institution; being one of the most extensive slave «• holders in Louisiana; and snpportcd by Iho-slnvo “holding interests,' is opposed to the Wilinot Prqvho “ and in favor of securing.(lm privilege to the owners “ of slaves la remove with llioln to newly acquired “territory.” ; Such is thebeautiful 'consistency of Federal go-party Whig principles 11!^, • A Wind loa«t whs drahk at a Whig mass mect!hg,in||MaßBachuseitB, by on ex member of Congress s. “ T&e Soldier'f Land Right,'— *l.ol it lu four feet -by six’.**- *■ " * ' From lho Plifsliurg'Post.' ■' HON. JAMES BUCHANAN. ' At llio instance of a number of distinguished Do. roocrate, a letter was addressed to tho Hon. James Buchanan, to ascertain whether ho would permit his narnoto-bo used ns tho Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, at tho ensuing election.— In his reply declining that honor, ho states U is his dcslrtlo return to private'lift on the' day when ho confidently expects. In witness tho inauguration of Gens. Ooss and'Duller, and that it would illy requite tho his native State,Tor alt they have done for him, if ho wouldnow solicit new favors at their hands, or stand ip. tho way of worthy Demo* cratio friends, who may desire to become candidates for Uio.offico pf Governor. .The following is the let ter referred to above: r j • , Washington. July 15,1848.' 1 Chambers M’Kibdin, Esq;, Pilisburg: Dear Sir :—ln answer to your kind letter of (ho Uth instant. 1 hasten to say that 1 ahull not bo a candidate for the office of Governor. It Is my desiro to retire to private life on the day when I confidently expect to witness tho inauguratlonof Gons.Cusaand Bui lor. ■ . 1 ‘ ’' l . . . I have been long and uniformly sustained by the Democracy of n»y native Stale, and am coqtont with the public honors which they have already conferred upon mo. I shall bear with mo Inl6 retirement, u deep devotion to their principles, and a heart over* flowing with gratitude for thulr kindness. Indeed, 1 (should but illy requite (hem for all l|i«y have done for me, were I now losolicltnow favorsat.lhclr hands,or stand in tho way of worthy Democratic friends, who may desire to become candidates for tho Governor's * office, Yours,'very respectfully, ■V JAMES BUCHANAN. * O^Ex.President Van Duron in his present factious (and disorganizing course, must certainly when ho re flects, upon the prist, bo deeply sensible not only of tho gross inconsistency which now marks, his con duct, but, also, of Ida ingratitude towards tho Dem ocracy of the Union. '* V '■ In 1843, Mi*.Vun Baron, writing to the Democrats of Indiana, said: . , . , ■,' 11 My name and nfetcnilonsi however stibordfnatb In tmportarfco,'shall nbver bout
vho qp companledGcncral Cuss to l|ia Blind and Ppaf and; Dumb Asylums of ;our,cily, will bo; remembered by all those.who were so,fortunate as to;hoprcsorit.—- General Cass ty.as prevented by other end pressing cogagemcntsTrom'attcndjdg, and ,was very reluctant- i ly compelled to fonggolljg plqasuj-p, ; CrosdVJ tho sweet poelcds l .wJid l iiUhbUgh her natural eyo be-'j holds not llioboauties which ar bohoftccnt Providence ' has spread with such d lavished'hand over tho Taco j 'of nature,has yet such a beautiful'appreciation of (hem through the' kcen'visioh of Her imagination, tuned her poetic lyrc lo ono of its sweetest strains to greet the ‘‘Star of the West” At the solicitation of Colonel Benton, who was,deputed by General Gass to act as his ropresonlativoi and thocompany, she recited,' In ah' arch.’ahd pleasant mdmier, tho follow ing beautiful verses:. , ~<• . ' . . , Awake. 0)1 my muse I from. Parnassus descending, Here fold Ihy white pinions a moment'to rest— • The harp (linn.liast tuned, In sweet melody blending;. . Now halls lu Us splendor, tin* Star uf the West. YeS, wolc'omd! thrice welcomol In transport wo meet tlicc, Tho Uifht % broe*cs' murmur our songs as they pass ; E’en nature herself, with a smite seems to greet ihce, ■ Am! shall wo bo silent? Long live Mr. Cass 1 What visions ofjoy.in tliyhosnm oro glowing? (low bright is the picture which fancy hath drest: ' Thy thought's are Wlioro Huron's glad water’s pro flowing; Thoudruoms't of thy homo in the beautiful west. Thy hofno whore tho deer, o'er tho prairies is hounding. Ami flowers am kisst-dby the winds ns they pass, it And the horn of Iho hunter at morn is resounding—' '' There fund ones Swait theo—long livo Mr. Oass! Though lovely that spot from its peaceful seclusion Events may occur which will call thbnway, The future will tell, yet forgfvo.thu allusion ' / .Theso lips may not after the words they would Bay. Farewell I Yet the muse hath n dbliento flower, And softly she whispers ihoso words In mine ear, *• I gathered It flesh from ofTectinn’s own howpr. Present it lo Houston, and .welcome him he^e."- " That' flower Is 'friendship'; though times icy Anger May leave Us sad tract-s ou nil that is fair;' •Tls tho offspring of henvon. and ever shall Unger The hues which so brightly are clustering there.". Then welcome, brave Houston I thy name we will cherish, Them guardian of,Texas. America’s son, Tb.v Laurels of fame! nh they never can perish, ■ For they, in tho canto ofthy country, were won. ■ - It is'a (rile, but at'(ho same lime, (ruo remark, that tho real incidents,of life constantly occurring around us, possess a.fur.iiinro romantic intorcst than tho fanciful ones conceived in (ho teeming brain of the novelist; “Gfflifs tllb folldwirig tale,'told ns in brief by lhd:sleward of (he pnoUct-boal ana, on Saturday, will furnish nnjliustrblion : . Soipo ten years ago, as our readers will remember, 1 tlioro was what.was termed a “rebellion” in Canada, nnt| .after the “ palri(jlM ,, -w’cro .subdued, eorne were summarily executed, and a portion banished, for,’a long term of years to Australia. Most of those latter were men,of families, from which' they were torn without mercy, to expiate In a,fur distant land, by imprisonment and hard labor, the crime of having failed in their attempt to rid (heir country of tho evils of misgovernment. , We think they acted very unwisely in proceeding to tho extremes they did, but this point wo, will mil slop to consider, With one of • the,so expatriated men our tnlo has chiefly 10, do. For seven or ciglvl weary years he hud borne tho hardships of a lonely captivity, hopeless of ever seeing homo or friends again, when a general, amnesty was proclaimed by tho British Government in regard lo oft, with ono or two exceptions, of those wholiad been concerned In the rcbillion. ‘ Our hero was now ol liberty, and his first thought was to .seek his homo. Dpi ho had .no.means to pay fits passage there, and to®,loOcordingly.shipped 1 oOcordingly.shipped on'hoard a whaling vessel, which at.tho find of years more, landed him upon his native shores. Wife, children, and friends filled his thoughts,and ho hastened on to his.uld residence inCanadii.— Everything remained us ii had been—friends and neighbors greeted hlmqs ho, passed ulongr-bul how his hoarf sunk within hipi. to find tha homestead de serted, and to learn that his wife hud been married ’ two years to another,,supposing'the husband of her youth tp bo dead.,. She and her new found mate had 1 left thaf. port of. tho ,country imU settled somewhere In Illinois. ; " ’, / - Tho poor man felt dosnjalq indeed, and. ho dei-ter* * mined to sob,and if possibtd to reclaim,his,wife and 1 children. After weary travel and many inquiries ho ' traced .them to ICqox county, Illinois, where (hey < were comfortably settled |n,jhoir new, home. There < ho presented .himself a fevy days since. The wife 1 could not hoyo been more surprised or pained to sco I on apparition from tho graven for sho had long con* 1 sidered Mui.bs dead. . Tjio, new husband, 100, was ' rather disagreeably surprised, to sco .before him n - claimant for his wile. What'should bo done?. Tho 1 first husband was anxibus to obtain the lady, Iho second was disinclined lo glvo her up, looking upon his claim as good, , . , Thoy> were roasonnhlo perplo all around. Tho original claimant remained in tho neighborhood a couple of weeks, during whjoh limp tho matter was frankly talked over. At (apt iho rivals came to the very just anid raftohnl conclusion, that thq lady was flip proper 'person to make a final decision of the question, arid to her it was mutually agreed to refer It, giving her tipio’ to consider it In nil [(shearings. . What morb perplexing position could a woman be placed lq than that? dlero wcrb twd men with ut most'equal claims \inon her affection. One was tho father of all her children but ohc, the companion 'of her youth—tho ollipf, bound to her heart by near and sacred lies', and by tho mutual love they boro on in* fnnl that hod been fiorn to them. Sho could not da* ctdo— woman could? 'A tumult of thougbts.and oiqotions filled her heart,alternately swaying her from side 16 side. • Thus tho conflict lusted for'sCve'ial'dnys, during which time sho was enabled to look clearly Into her own heart, and at last sho was ready for a decision. Which could she choose but l)io man around whom wore twined Iho tendrils of, a first and strong oftcoi tloit—to whom sho had given thq first offerings of her heart. Tho ncedlo may vibrato fbr a timo, but it points at last with unfailing constancy (6 the hev* or sotting star of tho North ; and In liko manner, (ho heart of a true woman, having In tho tyide universe but ono fitting mote, will', after nll vloisslludes/turn lovingly to (ho sunny warmth of “first, only love.” A disposition of| the youngest child must now bo made, and it was mutually agreed by tho two men, that, as it could not bo deprived of a moiljorVcnrc, the first husband should take it with (ho htlior c(ill* ren, (o bo roslorcd to (ho father at some future tlmo, Tho re-united family now ihado preparations to go to n now home ; and qp groat was tho. interest oxoi> ted (n, tho neighborhood by this singular affair, that ns many as a liundrcd and fifty persons from tho neighborhood wore prosonllo witness their departure, On Saturday lust they oumo up In tho pn'okct Louis, lono, on their way to Michigan, where (hoy will lake up tlioir residence.; ■. , , v , -AVo.ftMurally.sympalhlao iho first husband, to whom wifo and bliildrcn orartitnrod,'but who will hot fopf for'lho bereavement oftiho second 7 1.- M; VAN DUREN," p3t Porno .men divide tlio,world Into * tlirop.class ,es—fools, knaves, and thbsowlho’think just as they do.'• '■ v '' ‘ ' V Hortetat. THE PQETIIY OF TUB BUND. Address to .General Cask* DV MISS FRANCIS CROSBY. 3^tBccunnto«a. Front ilia Cliicngp Trllmnc.' a nW op noniANOE. “OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIOKT—RIcitT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTR V-*’ CARLISLE, PA-, THURSO!!; AUGUST 17, 1848. X from the Working-man. ; ? SATURDAY EVENING. f »0oW; evening, once again, season or peace; Return, Bweetovening.aml continud long. 1 MoUiinks 1 spa llieo In the,strepky,west; . With matron itbp'slow'moving,' whilp the night Treads-bft'ihysWoeplng train I ono handemploy’d •' In letting foil the curtain or repose : On bird and ben?t. the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day.'-’ ■ i ■ V. ,- , u .. . . . CoWPCR, No one familiar with- tlitf, aspect of towns inhabited by dSttaans, needs to bo' informed that the close of the week'is'marked by very striking peculiarities.— As tho ' jWdorous engine of human' labor, slackens its rcvolulidhsV jhd al length stands’'still, and gentle rest;.brglna.Vo 'her .tfiugs'dvcr tho liauntd of* toil, ; lhete Wbt oAO6 : aR addition made to thd 'happv* ness 6f rh'aii,.Alhij;li no cnthdsinsm can' well ovcrVol- Oo.Tn a few moments wo'may apply to.lho groat cap ital of mahufoclbrlhglown.lho expressive vbrsc ftom Wodsworlh's fahtoUs sonnet brv Lbndon Bridgo, l “ And all ihat mlghty heart, is lying siill.” ! The forgo andthoarmlhory are censing to smoke. The mighty arms and.shafts moved by steam,'arc dropping into repose: The quick report of millions of manual utensils has terminated; /Jaded animals, bowing their decks', arc set free from the yoke; while Jnumorablo sond and ddngh tors of toil, released from the necessity, of further work, arc ready for, rest and pleasure, for improvement or vice. The thought is pleasing."; As I survey jhV crowded- city, and allow my imagination to picture (ho details of tho scene, 1 behold a thousand delightful images of domestic comfort. <- Nowi according’to flh extensively prevalent cue* tom, the well earned labor.of reward is received.—;; Now tho anxieties of iho tedious week are suspended. Famlics seporuted during tho preceding days, come together, better prepared limn at other times to aid' one another, and to enjoy ono another’s company.— One unbroken day--between two-nights of unaccus tomed repose, is a goldon prize In.expectation. The; meeting of parents, brothers, sisters, children, some-, limes of husband and wife; who have been kept apart by tho stress of labor, is not. without some points which deserve tho poelio touch ofa Crabbcor an El liot. It is, with tho virtuous, a -season of hallowed affections. • -. ' , Happy is’that working-man who, 1 when,.at the -week’s end, hovthrows off, in the bath, tho soils- of labor, can with equal caso lay aside the-wrong emo tions ofovjlhahUs of the samp period, and with a. clcarconsciiihbo jirdparb for the' day‘of rest ! Hap py Is tho'yduih'who, s when.He comes l hofna to greet his aged parents, aodtho sister of whom he is proud, feels that no t4i;nlsh has c«mo over his hpart! Hap py the blooming girl, however lowly her calling, who! enters tho humble dwelling with (hq clastic tread bfj conscious-innocence!.' Blessed family,-whfero the call to rest'is but tho signal of every kindly siTefe lion] • ' I know that with some' oven in early. life, tlib cqdj of .the week is lliobogining of afrolic.' .'The'time; when wages are received is apt to bo aseasoh'of mor imerit if not of vied.; In summer, in cv>. ety. sort of vehicle, stream forth out of the various' avenues of our cities and towns. In winter the streets resound till a laic hour with tho tread of idlers and debauchees. And in every season, Saturday ! night fills tho-'taverns, oyster houses, porter cellars, and‘other resort*, with a double allowance of halo fcl-: lows.'. There is’a.tripple consumption of tobacco and, • strong So that Jdrk "side In tho'picture, as ’there is indeed tb mqnt ; pictures of human life. •-But even here Itind.an il lustruti6n;bf some of my favorite positions about tho' .influence ;.ofllhe, domestic insli-! lotion! ■ The worsl’/nen, I will continuo to affirm, ato lho>C,who, either from choice dr necessity, liuVo 1 no home; - Perhaps out of a thousand families gnllu cred affor a week’s work', there is.not onffgathered fur vicious indulgence. .Where youth, ore they commonly halo* tho lioarlli slonc. S.iturday eve ning is a good criterion of tho attachment which a) young man boars to the virtuous attractions of home! As (he guardian angel of the fireside, woman haq horc a great and hopeful work. I wish I could irn ' press on-the wife, tho mother, and tho sistcrjtho val-j uc of (heir influence in (his particular. Make homo delightful, and you will'wbrk wonders. Tlint wayl ward youth may, perhaps, bo won hv sisterly invita tion. Spare nothing that is fairly within your power to make it worth his while to spend -hisSathrday ovc. hing with tho family. So long ns you have this hold! Upon him', you may'almost bid doflatico to 1 (ho at-r tempts of evil companions. 'Let it not be forgotten (hat wo own ail-theso good influences to religion. There would ho no Saturday evening, if there were no Chhsltan-Sabbnth. Tjfficountries wlicro man bnd beast work seven days in (ho week, (hero is nothing which resembles iho pleasant scenes (b’which I have alluded. In such countries (hero is Mltlo of wKat wo moan- by home. Wlmivould undertake to explain to aTVonch laborer “the Cotter’s Saturday night I” '• • Arid since I have been led to name that oxquislt production, I cannot leave it without commending to the attention of every (yoking man who Sots a value on family quiet ond contentmeiit. This single effusion would not bo bought' too dearly at thb pricol of all thb other productions of Robert Burns.-Though written with special reference to an agricultoralpop; utfaitidn, it presents a scone which might be realized of qny good man of whatever calling. Tho return of the cottager, offer his labors, is described with the feeling of ono who know whnt it was to come { libmo weary from the plough. Tho return ofliio j sons, and of tho daughter, is described in tho very , dialect of nature ; and the cnlrnnco of the (over is ns arch ns Si is accurate, the chut, (ho joke, tho-supper, are ail admirably told ; tho crowning grace of Iho poom is the account of family-worship: “Tho.cJjodrful supper dotio, wp serious faca, They, roupd the fugle, form a circle wide ' .The sire turns o'er, wi’patriarchal grace, . The big ha* Uihlo, nnco hie father's pride: .Ills bonnet rororntly is laid aside,' His lyart hnflets* wearing thin and bare; . Those strains that once did eweel ift Ziotj glide. Ho wales a portion with judicious care; And, * Let ns worship God I’ ho says with solemri sir." > ' Tho psalm is sung, tliO chapter rend ; (ho- family, led by ‘'the priest Hfco father,” bows in prayer; (hoy (rcporoto'TWilli affectionate solutions. Well hays Burns, whom.wo will not suspect of being aTunotio: " Prom scenes like those old Beotia's grandohr springe. That makes her loved at homo, revered abroad; Princes dnd lords nro but (he prokth of kings, • An honest nihn’s tho noblest work of God' 1 Add cerlos, in fhir virtue's heavenly road, •• < Tho colingo leaves tho pnlnco ftir behind.’ 1 , •Temples covered with grtjy, locks. A Boston SoientivjoTiiiev.— While Mr, A.‘ S.Govc, from Cambridgopnrt, says tho Chrorwlypi, was stand* ing on tho steps of Quincy. Market, to witness llio entrance .of tho MhjwaolmaotU Regiment to Fancuil Hall, last Saturday, a person pplitcljrrdirected tiif at* tention to somd mturdsling, object, and, when t Mr, Goto, a moment afterwards, turned* to thunk tho stronger ho foiinrl tho I UioVnan hod disappeared; ha ving taken.this ingenious method to croato np oppor tunity for stealing a valuable, gold watch from'his vest pookfct. ’ ' ■ ' An Affectim, Inoipent.—The Pittsburg Journal, In noticing. the arrival of Iho troops .from Maxiop, says I ( u As,Mho volunteers ..won* jnarohlng up Iho wharf, dflor disembarkation, a young gallant looking soldier happened to oatoh sight oi’ a yuupg woman ul Iheaamomoment that she sqw.him. She was quite pretty, vary neatly dressed, and had u bright little bahyfn Thoyqung tyoman uttered a ihorljoyfiil.ory n» sho.saw l|io soldlor. Away went tho musket, and.darting from his place in iho ranks, tho bravo.follow,caught his wife and child in his arms. To us this wqs'ono of the.most,touch* in occurrences of tho day, so fruitful in touching scenes, ; j , ! .. .Tall Pupping,—An*.editor out Wml, in qpoaUng of Slioknoy’s circus, say*,: 4 * Tho, wlinpsaing of,tho performance, of tho horse, Tammany .ja .weil i wort j Iho Jabt dime a .mpn lias-^lho-riding of NoVlh woH worth all ho oan borrow—and that of Miss Rosalia Btlcknoy, oil.he can sloai'l" ; Juagmeii'i before Arguiittliti Ldifetimo agothere dwelt in a cilyTof 1 the.West* Pitlaburg, a worthy gentleman who hold IpQ jrpiponalblo ofllco of’Juslico of.tho Pence. Ito little about law,'and a’groat deal of ttutiim justice. His decisions frequently excilcdthe indimfetion'of thoyoung lawyers who. pleaded before W D hSBt he never suffered himself to.be influenced statues which wero brought up.againal his opinion's, or the indirect threats of disappointod'law expounders. In fact, his office was a cou'rtof Inqui. sense* It was useless to bring law in ;oppqpllion to hie sense of right., Ho used to say, ‘ 1 t qn) a fbstlco, and bound to administer justice, and no sliall ever make mo decide against thd ijjS'cliings of my conscience.’ It Is hardly.nce. ossaryfto say that many curioustirings happened-in llift.olfioe of this independent justice. A case was one diy brought beforptho squire, which certainly required his peculiar system of administering justice. Jofm ude had sued Richard Roo for a jCist debt, but Ridinfltihad.rijy the uid of attorney, found a loophole by 'whlclThe./expectcd to creep out of-the nocfessUy of payment. The cnee word a very doubtful aspect, and both parties employed lawyers to plead for them. . hoard the witnesses ''jialienlly, rose to IrisYeef, wrote a few seconds at his desk, scaled him self'ogljin, and gave signs of being ready la attend to whatovorraighl ho said. The counsel for tho defence made (ho most of his quibble in a speech ..which last ed ah Iroiir. When ho had concluded, tljo plaintiffs cotinsbrrbso and labored and psrsptrcd for another •hdur'tbjnvcrltirn the quibble. Ho also finished; and .then a slight pause., Tho.Squiro sot still, pufllngnsogar and apparently quite at cose. Tho both picked up their lints, looked at each other arid then at the motionless Squire. - At length the cotipscl for defendant spoke.’, '* you’ll require a day or two to think aboutsiis case, Square. , - ■ , .• “ Con’l say I’ll ever "drink of it again,’* replied the SqUlro, with an air of mingled indolence uncj in diffe’rcdfcb. ’’ - ' - ‘ • . v . do you mean?” .inquired the other.lawyer* you.,mcap,.gpntlcinon?” askc.d the ’• ' / “ WdfwTsh to know' wlipH wo may look for a deci sion,” s|id defendant 1 ? coif/tseh ■. • iookfdr It now if you ploaSo, gentlemen —horotgr.tho docket;'.' “Thdjdockct.!” . - , “•Ydsl- I chfered judgment for tho plainliff (look ing ot lij? watch) a little better than two hours ago.” : “Tlril'gonllemcni is my^i— : i • ; .u .But wait until’ the sentence was finished; nor did.t|icy, cyqr again oppoar before the jus.l Justice'without being surd that they dealt in plain fais>, tinacc6mpanied ) by''tauF-tebhnicalities and qiiibbles/- . . \iny- i V . : £’• 'TV “-.TV- ‘ v-. > ■. - 'I CCT.ljja following prcUy‘*Song” ista-ken- from Ifio'lasl'jrumbcr of the.Llicrqry World's! ~ h '.' ’v' Love me—not wi|)i‘fancy ’ ,l 1 Lovo'md-*-ho^in'fcaP‘J :;,;n - J fßut love na if life-doubled In thee wjiortl was near, ' ‘ . |As if-lliou'khbwcsl i bring ihcb ; • -• ii.| AH—all that heart oan bring; , if thou (rembl’sl only, . - doubt that wring. , , , .With fervor jlruo oerninp}. Unchanged—unchanging meet As lam changeless thine.. ‘ ! ” ■ ( Wiii)o wo like, birds wlod driycn . J /. .Apart o’er ocoanV breast. Grow strong, our flights when ' 1 At thought of one dear nest. •' ■ The Lnu*' of Nowipapen. 1. Subscribers who do not . give-express uoticb to the contrary, avo oonsidcrieduvishingto continue their subscriptions, ( . , IV 3. order the discontinuance of their papers, Hie publisher may continue to send,them un (il all arrearage* are paid. ' ' , ■3. ‘lf subscribers neglect or 1 refuse'to take tbeir papers.from thb office where they are they nro hold responsible until they have ordorcd,lheir pa pers discontinued ond settled their bil|s. . . 4. If subscribers remove ‘io other plaqcs without informing the publishers,-and Iho papcr is'scnl to the former direction, they arc responsible. 5. The Courts have directed that refusing to take a paper or periodical from .the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, while in arrears to the publisher, is evidence of Intentional fraud, ; . ~ ( Philosophy of Beauty* , Wo find bcuuiy itself n’.very , poor thing, unless beautified by sentiment ,T)ib render may tnko'thls confession os ho pleases, either ns an evidence of abundance of sentiment on our pari, or want of: pro* per ardor and jihpnrliolity; but wo cannot ,(arid that Is the plain truth) think the most beautiful oroaluro boAUtiful,or boat ail affected by her,or.lqng to sit jidxt to her, or. listen to a concert wjlh. hbr, or walk R ( a field or forcsl’wilh her, or caliper k/ Aer Writ* Uan name, or ask her Ifsbb likes poetry, or lie (with any . satisfaction) her gown for her, pr bo unktd whether wo ndmlro her ahoo, or lake her arm. oven Into a dining room, or kiss her at Christinas, or April —fooUdav, or on May day, or ony other day, or | dream ofher, or walto lliinkiog of her, or feel a want!' in the room when she is gone, or pleasure the more 1 when aho slio has a heart ns well as a face, and U a proper good lompcrcd, natural, sin cere, honest girl, who has a lovo for other people and ether things, apart from self reference and tho wish to bo admired. Her face wquld pall upon us In tho coureo of a week, or oven become disagreeable. Wo should prefer on ,'enamelled Ica-cup, for wt> should expert nothing from it. Wo remembered tho lm* prosslon made an us by a female plaster—oast hand, sold'in tho. shops as n model. ; It was beautifully turned, though wo thought it somewhat too plump and well fed. Tho fipgcrs, however, were delicately thporod: tho outline flowing and graceful. . Wo fan oled It io have belonged tosome jovial bounty,a llttlo too fat 1 and festive, but laughing withal, arid an - full of'good nature. ’Tito possessors told ns It was -the hand-of Madam Brinvillieis, lliofamous .poisoner.— The word was no sooner uttered Mhah wb shrank from It as {fit had boona toad. It was now literally hideous; the fat scorned sweltering and full of poison. Tho beauty to tho deformity. 1 You* resented the grace.. You shrank from the look of smoothness as from a snake.- This woman went to tho souffiiiJ with.as much indifference os slio distributed her pan 1 sons. Tho character of her mind was insensibility, Tho strongest of cxblicmhnts was to her what a cup ofloa was to other people. And such is tho choree* ter mbro or less of all more beauty. Nature, If ono may so speak, does not soom to intend it In bo botu* lifnl. It looks as If It wore created in order to show what a nothing tho fbrmal'part of boanly is without the spiritflf it. Wo.Kovo boon so used to it with roforonco to cortsidbrallonsoTthis kind 1 , that Wo have • mot with women generally | renounced boautifnUnnd spoken, of with transport, wljo took ft sort of ghastly and wiioliljko aspect in our ayes, os without sou), or wtlbanmo evil Iritdhlloh. Tho 1 wdm’ah'ivhrf sunped with (he Ghoul, In tho Arabian Nights, must hove boon a boauly of tins speoios.-f/rflgA. Hunt. ■ I • TUB BLDPHANT’S SAGACITY# When a crowd of fashionables was greatest at an exhibition of animals, a girl who had fadlthoehmhant with sundry cukes and apples from her bOg,drew out her ivory card case, which fell 'unobserved in the saw dust of tho rjug,' At the close gf tho ring perform ance the crowd opened to lot tho clophant'passlo his recess, but Instead of proceeding as usual, he turned aside and thural hie trunk in the midst of a group of. ladies and gentlemen, who na might bo expected, wore so much alarmed,Uial they , soallqrcd m every 'direction. Tho 'Keeper at this motntnl discovered that tho animal had' aqmothlrig’ln hie trank. ’ Up&n examination ho found ; it lo bo tho youngdady’i odrd ease, which the elephant had plokod'up,and vyas qp ly seeklngmul tho fair owner., _ ~ SLANDER. W.l 2 i . ■ By ROYAL. W. BRYANT. How foul thirriauio! . ilu\V poisonous must be that heart from syhened pd* slander issues.. A sink.of iropurily sd.vile that vvhat originates therein'seems vilosl of thb vilo ! Slander seems to be (he most po pular and fashionable vied of the day. 1 - We have our Moral-Reform nnd anli-Slavcry Societies, Temper ance Societies, etc. etc. Bot-we need another still, and that is; an anil Slander Society. True it Is, si though greatly to bo lamented, that slander Is. the besotting sin of many. And although they themselves Aro',awnre of its blighting influence, still they will persist in it* and. very often too at the, expense of their own character, as well as that of their How often is it that some snake In the grass, through envy or revenge, assails the good natnu of un Individ* ual who really ie> virtuous and deserving, and by throwing.out sly insinuations and .hints, succeeds in destroying hisvicUms’lnfluence, and perhaps stamps misery arid disgrace upon him forever* It is often (he case, some person atlholoa table, or,in company Wilh.somo half dozen differs, will rehearse a story in relation to an individual, who,.perchance, his been and till those will soon recapitulate, nnrt MsiV audltors in turn will every one bo ooger as pos sible to do the same; being careful in the extreme, ln handing from one to another, that not a particle bo los(;.but try and add a little, until, finally,.the poor victim sinks under it no more, to rise. Yes, pass it along Uriiethcr you befibtfo it or riot-' You say you don't beltece U* but still you wiHonddavoMo keepil a going-use ydur Influonde to bear up the false; ro port, and keep it on the current*. - Strongo; creatures uro mankind ! How many hearts, bleed at a wills-' per! How many benevolent deeds have been chilled by n shrug of (ho shoulder!' How many individuals have, been shunned by a dark mysterious hint! How many, chaste, bosoms, have been wrung by a single word! . How many early graves have been, dug by, a single false rbpnrt. Yet you will push the slander along, when, perhaps, without a ward you mighlsink !t forever. ' Wo entreat you destroy 'the. passion for telling a talc! never lisp a word that will injure the character of another. If on individual hastened, forgive the past. Nothing can be more Christ like tlmir forgiveness, and nothing more • Z?eci7t«A than hatred and revenge. Slmmo on the heart that can not forgive, but-that will from feelings of revenge, slander tho victim of his malice.. If we wore all de termined never to repeat n story tq tho injury rif an other, nor listen to one; slander would die. But re peat it again and again, rinlii the poor, heart-broken Croat uro becomes a maniac, or is.consigned to the grave, and tee have the awful responsUp ily resting Upon us. Lot every one beware, leal in digging pits for others ho /tills In himself.- ' STORY OF A SAILOR. Four years ago Heft the port of'Boston, ihb master bf o fine ship 1 , bbund for Cliinftr'.'i was woMh ten* thousand. dollars, ai)d, was thehukband of a young and handsome; wife whqjn ,1 ;li£f3 -married but six months before. *, WkWHoft hoy t promised (o return to her in less than a tWbtv'd'fftnAlh. 1 look all my money with mo save enough to support my wife in any. purpose of trading wlma io Chi na, pnuny own account. Fur a.long lime.,we were favored with prosperous winds, but when, in the Chi na acas a terrible storm came upon us, so that in a short lime I saw tho vessel mUst be lost for wo were drilling on the rocks of an unknown shore. I order . «d;.theArgo'q..lp provide eacb for, himself in thq-bosti possible manner, and forget the ship as it was an, in possibility (asavo her.’ Wd slruck—a sea t)irre pleased when we'6od, inUie.wrltlagsof « -professed aristocrat, such'testimony to the worth end dignity of the masses as'that contained Ihlhs following extract from Wilson’s on tiio genius and character of ;; ' ”• ■ *•* Show us any jerics of , works, in prpse pr yers.eyln 1 which man’s bcing-is sd well illustrated 'as to lay it bare and open lor the benefit of- man, and .the enidf pictures (hey contain are drawn from (select apWety/ Thera are nonp such* o,nd for iHis fensdn, ihal in such society there is neither power to pilot them, nor materials to bo. painted, nor cpiote Ip Jay,oh,t.lUlhb canvass shall speak alangdage whhjh all the dwlfi os it runs may read. . What would Scott have beep, had ho not loved the people? . What would his woHks have been, had he sat shown lnomany*colored char aclcra of.the people? .What haW been had he not often turned majestically frbnvkings and 'lords and dukes and mighty curls, 1 to their, sab) jocts and vassals and lowly bondsmen, and counted the beatings, of lonely hearts’ in the' obscure, but impoTssioned life that stirs every nook of this earth, where human beings abide 7 What would Woods* worth have been had ho disdained, with his high In* lellectnnd imagination,'to stoop Ills onnoinied head* beneath tho wooden lintel of the poor man’s door? fts lyrical.ballads ' with all the innocent brightness, of a now-born day,* had never charmed Iho meditative heart. .His.'i' C.hurch yard among thb mountain*' nop never taught men how to live and how to die.- Those are hiefi ivho have descended from aerial hejghta intd tlip humblest awpjflngs; wlip have shown ihesngel'd wing equally, when poised near the earth,.'end float* ing over Its cottage voles t os when seen sailing -ori high through the-aiifro deplh.nf heaven, or hanging bn the towers ond temples of greattcltles; ' . WjighVi Pajpir. . Remedy against Moths* ll is an old custom with some housewives to throw into their draws every year a number offir.e'onw, under the idea that their strong resinous smell mishit keep away the moth. Heft as. the ordor of these cones Is dpo to turpentine,.it occurred to Reaumur to try the effect of'this volatile liquid. 'Ho rubbed ono side of a picce of cloth witli turpentine, and pat some months on tho other; tho next morning they went all dead, and dtrongo to say they had all voluntarily' abandoned .their sheaths. On smearing some papdc slightly, with (ho oil,.and putting this into a bottle with some oftho grubs, tho weakest Werc immcdiflo-! ly killed; the most vigorourstruggled violently Tor two or three hours, quilted Iheif sheathes and died in convulsion,St* It was soon abundantly evident that (Im vapor of oil or spirits, of tuf pcnti’n'a, a cls.as, a,terJ rlblo poison .-to tho grubs.. Perhaps it (nay-be’flald, that even thisrorpedyls worso lhaTvihe disease,bat* oa Reaumur justly observes, we Upcp away flepm % newly painted room, nr loavp off for. a few days a coat from which stains have been removed by why therefore, can,wo-tfot.onfce.a.year kebp aW«£« day or Iwp from rooms that havo been fumigated with turpentine 7 . ■ .. . It is, however, surprising how small a quantity of turpentine is required;.a small piece of paper of linen just moistened therewith and put into the ward robe or' drawyot a single- day, two or three timet k ( year is'sufficiontTprcservatiao pgoinsl giothj,,- A small quantity of turpentine dijssojvqd ip spirit of wine, (tho vapor of which is also fatal to tHo ♦noth) .‘will entirely rcrfiovO the bfienslvc order *OO yet bo'a Vufßdibnt ThefumeedfUHirbt ing paper, linen, wool, foathersi.ttnd of jcather. also. effectual, for. the .insects perish .. in a rery.lhiclf,' smoke, but tho most ofTectdalamoko ip that of A coal smelling hot sligljify bf lobaccols'eaJßctenX to preserve a wnolo drawer. We (rust our fair ireacl*. ers will not sopld os,for thus offordjpg.lbsjV.bosbandir or lovers an additional excuse for perpetuating a. bad habit, ‘ Tho vapor of turpentine and tho smokp.oT tobacco arc also effectual in driving away spiders,snty'eAi*.. wigs, bugs and fleas, The latter tormentors are An abundant on the continent, as frequently to deprivp the weary traveller of his ni;jl}l’e* rest,. If be would provide himself with a phial, contalning ( and spirits of wine in equal parts, and would sprinkler, a few drops over the sheets ond -coverlid beforero* firing to rest, he would probably have reason Id.bp grateful forth© hint. Foreigners are in tho habitat smoking . In their habit which, cxcllw surprise and disgust in England; It will now botteen, however, that there *is reason for the practice, ‘'■ Sharped London Iktag*.:. Ohsnge of Air* . An occasional change .of. air. may. bq «Jd. fahp * oluioal necessary lo the perfect well-byjog. of. • man. Tho workman must' lea veil ia workshop, ’ student hl§ library, the lawyer hi# office, or abonor'dir 1 (attfr Ms health will pay (ho penally fiand (bis, no in a tier how groat hia temperance in eating end drink* |ng—no rnntler how vigorously and rcgulnrlyfto OP«f his Ilnibs—no nmller how open, and dry, Anfl /fao from sources of Impurity ’may-bo the air of Ihoplaeb In which ho is employed, in (he slightest esses of Impaired health, (he sleeping In. tho;yuburbs pf,tbo (own in which (ho life.ls chiefly spent, or.eyen tho spending a few hours.of detached days in some.aJ}. cc-sihlo rural district, at a few miles* distance from the dwelling, may suffice to restore the hpalthy bal* nnco of the bodily funcliuns,iind maintain the bodily machine in a fit state for its duties; or in oases of somewhat more" urgency, nr of somewhat more og. gravnted character, a nioro decided change of air, for. | oven a few days, twice a yepr, mqy suffice lo 1 adjust or restore tho duo economy of the system, n How they Imtld Ilouses'ln New York* The following account of civic lf. York is by Mißß.WALsiit-who is now connected w|th, a newspaper in Boston. The'characteristic.whiph he ascribes to thti stylo’ of building arc strikingly in dicated by Uiq illustrations heglvci: *1 -p Most of the buildings .in Now York a.fov York, ho must hove been awafo, of this peril, npd was not entitled ta pbrnpensalVon for harm of his own wilful or careless sooßtn^ 1 *A washerwoman in Onnal street, going Wdrlve a udit into the brick wall of tho next house, thereto to aftach hpr clothes lino, struck tho iron through port jh into the skull of tho tenant, who happened to ko la, king his afternoon'mtp in thoporlhrobfthb saflarfer of tho proceding Rtory, end killed Mnv a* dead’at Siscro. She was tried for manslaughter thereof, ,- j (£3*Ala,Dainocraiio mass roooling held In polls, tiiirtv bcvrn Whigs com? forward in‘d dedl«Md’ that (hoy could no longorgo.With the anti wit and would support. Cass and Duller. The UoQsiera uro coming,, . ■- 1 • -. ,t : ctj*lt U a pretty-' strong dvidtmco of.lhaislnhjftg \v|ioi> iU very candidate fofjEJW* ident rofaJoa lo BO fpr postage on h|s pout* leal leUers/oul of his ampel'funoer T '. l “ ' S£2 'ny/twr irms :a.r,vj lSl6:10; r