BHOHN B. BRATTON VOL. 35i THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, If published every Thursday, it Carlisle, Pn„ by JOHN B BRATTON, upon the following conditions.which will be rigidly adhered to: TBRUS Or SOBBORirriOlf. . , • For one year, tit advance, . . . , i .$2 00 . For six months, in adoanes, • .10° No subscription taken for a less term than six months.aun no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages arepola. Twenty-live per cent.additional on the Will bo required of all those who do not pay in advance. lUTU Or ADVERTISING Otto square, one insertion, . * Ono square, two insertions, • . . One square, three insertions, • • Every subsequent insertion,jwr square, A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by lie year, or for three or six months. ‘ Orrtcs.—The office of the American Volunteer is in the sec ond story of James H. Graham’s new stone building, in South Hanover street, a few doors from Burkholder's hotel, and di reetty opposite tho Post-office, where those having business wilt please coil. , THE VOLUNTEER. John B. Bratton, Editor and Proprietor* OinLISLB, THVRSb’Y' NOV. 30, 1848. AGENCY. n. PALMER, Esq.ls otir authorized Agent for pro c:irlntr advertisements. receiving subscriptions and makJns collections for the American Volunteer, at hi nfflceN, «W. corner ofTnlri) andCiicsnittatrects,Philadelphia. ' AgrloultnrAl Soooty’s Report and Addreii* FALL MEETING, 1848. The meeting and exhibition of tho Society this fall, did not evince as much intoreet ae might reasonably bo expected in a community so interested in Agricul. turo as we are. Neither the stock, implements and productions, northe ploughing match, were such ns they should have bcen;«and although numbers quite adequate to give interest and promote the object were present, yet they were there oe mere lookers .on, ' without a contribution in ony shape. ' THE PLOUGHING MATCH. But four Ploughs entered for the match; and white . the Commillo could not give that cordial approbation 1 of tho work which they would have been pleased to do, they awarded (he premiums as follows: ' First, to John M’Cluro, who . used a plough mado by George Brindlo, of Monroe.. Second, to George Brindlc, of North Middleton, who used a plough made by Hcnwood. Third, to Samuel Hemminger, who used a plough, made by. Plank. . AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. , The Agricultural and other implements exhibited were ns follows: Pennock’s Seed Drill, by F, Walts. Moore tc Sinclair’s Plough, by F. Walls. Prnuty & Mcnr’s Plough, by r. Wall*. Plank’s Seed Drill, invented by himself and exhl* * (cd by him. * A patent Machine for stuffing Horse Collars, by G. W. Rhccm. ' A Plough made by Geo. Drindle and exhibited by him. A Corn Drill, exhibited by R. Crcswcll,,of Frank* lin county. A Thermometer Churn, exhibited by Geo. Spang* ,!er. Of these implements, the Committee were of opt. nion that Fennock’s Drill, and Mnoro and Sinclair's Dong)?, were the best of their kind; that the Corn Prill was so nnmechanlcally constructed and badly . made, that without having* Been it tried.they could not pronounce a favorable opinion'of!lt.' The pat tented machine exhibited by G. W. Rheem, to be used in stuffing horso collars, seems to deserve spe cial attention; it saves much labor in work, and on? snres a solidity of body and evenness of surface in the collar which secures great durability and makes it less subject to injure the horse. The Thermometer Churn, exhibited by (Jeo. Spangler, the Committee} say should be in (ho house of every farmer. . With it blitter can bo made at alt seasons of (lie year, without Regard to boat or cold, within fifteen minutes. This Is proved by the experience of those who have'thcm in use, HQRNED CATTLE, Tho Commillce ort Horned Gallic reported that— A. dc R. Noble exhibited the Ijesl Cow; Emanuel Lino,, the beat Calf, 13 week* old.. George' W. Shoaflkr, tho boat JFiolfiar, il monllia Id. - \Vrn, «\T. Hondcraon, ihe heal Dull, 3 years old. John Nobio, llio beat lot of Steers, six in number. Abraham boat loat of Sheep. DOMESTIC PRODUCTS. Mrs. C. Stnymnn, the beat lot of Butler., Jacob Conver, tho best basket of Applca. Jacob Dretz, a apccimcn of Ilia Sugar Beet, weigh* ng 10 lbs. 10 oz. Mra. John Miller, exhibited alao abaaketuf But- ter, of exceedingly good quality. * Win. M. Henderaon exhibited a parcel of corn, the growth of this year, of which he aflfirded aatiaraclory evidence to tho Commillce that ho had raised a field of 16 acres, al the rate of 81* mobdufoa btfihels to tho aero. During tho exhibition, tho President addressed the Society on the subject of Its more pormonc/il organi zation and extensive usefulness, whereupon the fol* lowing resolutions were unanimously passed: Resolved, ThaMhe terms ©( admission to member ship of tho Society shall bo one dollar per annum, payable in advance, whereby tho person admitted shall ho entitled to all tho privileges of the Society, and to have directed to him nl*hc expense of the Society, & copy of some monthly Agricultural Jour* no), such ns ho shall designate, and in the event of his not making any choice, that it shall ho done by the President, and this arrangement shall commence on the Ist ofJanuary, 1849. Resolved, That the President,Secretary and Troa* rer, together with tho Hon. John Stuart and George Brlndle, of Monroe, bo a committee to address the agriculturalists, manufacturers' and merchants of Cumberland county, and such others as may design to join us, on the subjcoUof the more permanent or* ganization and extensive usefulness of the Society, ADDRESS. In addressing you on behalf of tho Agricultural (Society of Cumberland county, wo moan to embrace all classes, professions and calling*! for we know of no one who ie not Interested directly or indirectly in 1 (tie objects of our Society; for in its reorganisation it is our design to extend Us influence to all tho branches of industrial operations. In the original constitution of our Society, one day was sot apart for (ho exhibition of the products of the farm and skill in farming; it Is now proposed Inappropriate two days, (ho first to the exhibition of all portable articles, the products of the farmer and the mechanic art, and the second to now or Improved implements ofsgcicuUuro, stock, and skill in ploughing. Wo invito the mo bhunio to join us and produce the result of Ills skill for competition with all others, and for (lie certificate of merit of tho Society. Wo Invito the farmer to join (is and exhibit, tho product of his industry fur com petition with others. And especially do we Invito tho females of tho family of any member of tho Sooiety, to produce tho work of their hands, skill ond taste; and to all these wo offer tho premiums of tho Socio* (y, besides the certificate of merit, to which they will bo entitled. It Is proposed also that (ho first day of Exhibition shall bo in Education hall, Carlisle, or some larger place prepared for tho onoasion, and that after (lie committees shall have completed their oxnmina ftion, all articles which (heir owners may please to >art with shall bo exposed to sulo at public auction o Hie highest bidder, and thus their respective merits May bo tested In a substantial wnyf and an the see* and day implements of ogrioulturu and stock map also bo exposed to sale in (ha same way. It will bo perceived by tho resolution of tho doefoty, the terms of admission to membership is one dollar per annum, payable in advance; and for this,sum the member will be entitled to have sent (o him it his post office a monthly agricultural paper, containing about thir ty-two pdfes, during that year, commencing on the [ Ist of January noil. Nbw it occurs to us that this project offers so many advantages to (he community, and both pleasure and profit to the itibiriborsof tho i Society, as to indued every man in the county (b join 1 it.- What advertisement can ameoh'anibhavo which 1 will give no much publicity (o his skill arid capacity I as a>orkman,as an exhibition like the onu proposed? What so gratifying to him as to have the well merit-! cd approval of tho work ofhis hands? What grallfi , cation so delightful or profitable to the farmer or tho farmer’s wife or daughter, or son, as to have the ap probation of tho whole community bestowed upon the* production of their farm* or the handy work of their skill and taste. And what reflection so happy os to know that while jou thus please and gratify yourself, you are.bestowing upon others all those substantial advantages which result from improvements in every branch of trade and business. Y?a will thtis, 100, have introduced Into your families arid placed in the hands of your children a journal which discusses and ox amines all now and useful Improvements in.ybur bu sines*, exciting them to a spirit pf inquiry and fur ther researches into tho mysteries of their trade dr employment. Who is there, then, who will feel just ified in withholding his support from so laudible an object as the Agricultural Society of Cumberland co. has in view? / . i $ 50 75 1 00 FRED’K WATTS, Prca’l. RICH’D PARKERf, Seo'y. G. W. SHEAFFER, Tr eat. JOHN STUART, ' GEORGE BRINDLE. Carlisle, Nov, 53,1846. poetical. Look out for the Engine whllb the Bell le Ringing. With lungs of fire, amt r)b* of steel • With sighing valve, end groaning wheel, With fliartliug scream, and giant strobe, ' With showers of sparks, and clouds of smoke, Tho iron steed the train is bringing; , , So look out while the boll ia rloglngl The gazing, gaping crowds stand back. Will ye be crushed or clear the track 7 Now all aboard and off again I The drones behind can't reach the train; They stumble, where the switch Is swinging— So look out while the holt is ringing^ Just so.tho engine of reform Bolts on. through sunsJilnc and through stohn. O er kings and septrea. crowns and thrones. Tlirough sleepy crowds of idle drones: freedom s song the moss are singing— - no look out wbllo the boll la ringing] Tha slave will doff his yoke and* chain. The drunkard will notdrlnkTsrain, The soldier throw his sword away. We see the dawn of that bright day; Glad newa the harnessed lightning bringing— So look out while tiie bell it ringing. * I THE WARM YOUNG lIBART. BY MARTIN P. TOPPER, A beautiful face and a form ofgrace Are a pleasant sight to see; And gold, and gCms, and diadems, Bight excellent they be; Out beauty and gold, though both bo untold. Are thl rigs ofa worldly marl; The wealth that 1 prise, above ingots or eyes, Is a heart—a warm young heart. Oh a fticd most fair, shall thy beauty compare With affection’s 7 Oh riches and pride, how pale ye betide Love's wealth, serene and bright! I spurn thee away, as a .cold thing ufday, Though gilded and carved thou art; Far all that i prize, in its smiles and its sight; Ism.hcsrt-~a warmyoung heart. SHfacellancom A LEGEND FOR CHILDREN. We copy another of tho beautiful German Legends contained in tho “ Black Aunt*” & story-book Irons* laled by C. A. Dana, and published by Rudolph Garriguo, Aalor House: THE DEAR. MOTHER IN HEAVEN. A man oncu lived .with his wife and chitd'hoppy and contenlentcd, for they loved cacti other and God had given them everything goad and noccsaary. In the morning the man wenl out to.work and the child remained with her mother at hoino and played, and the mother told her pretty atoried auch a. .he liked to hear and earreaeed her tenderly ; or else she wont with her into the garden and the child gathered end ale the, sweet alrawborrieo and the finely flavored raapboriloe.. And when the father came homo at night they Were all three happy because they were together. In this way they lived for some time till at lust the mother became feeble and ill and had to go lo bed. Then the father went sorrowfully (o work, in the morning and was more sorrowful at evening when lie saw (hat the sufforet grew no better. But the child remained with her mother and when the. wos (old that she might' go alone (o the garden she had no wish to go, bin would hide her face on her, mother’s bed and woep. At last the mother felt that | ?he must die, and called the child to her and said} I M 1 Mmll soon go away from you,Tor our dear Father in Heaven is calling mo to himself, but if you are I gdod and kind 1 will come sometimes to see you, my darling, and if it is God’s will, take you where 1 am In (leaven.* 1 Soon after the mother died and was buried in the garden and the father was very unhap py and shbd tears.’ The child was unhappy too, and would tike to Imvo gone to heaven with her mother, but as site imped her mothoi would cipmo to see her or to take her to herself,she was soon consoled again. But the father was sorry for thu child becuuso she would have to bo alone while he went away to work and so ho married anoliior wife to bo the niulllor of lha child. ■ But she was'a bad woman and did not lovo the child und did not speak to her; npf oven look kindly at her. She took no care of the fcldld nor did •ho wash hor ololhoa nor 'mend lliem,' niW when she wont to bod ut night the now mother did not arrange hor litllo bod for her. This made the child unhappy and very often she wont into iho garden and aat down on her mother’s grave and said i '• All, dear mother in (leaven come.and. take me away;'* Out whenlho I bad woman saw the child sitting on Iho grave, she j was angry and drove her away, for she could not bear i j (hat Iho child should think of the departed one, and •ho saw plainly that she had no lovo for her second i mother. And when she saw the child eating straw, berries and raspberries as she had been accustomed i to do when her own mother was living, she boat her severely, for she would hot lot the child- have the bcr» rios but wanted to eat them nil herself. At last she became so bad to iho child that sho would not let hor go Into the garden at all, and when she wont there child up in a dark room— Then the child would brock into loud lamentation, and WOOD, for alio woe .druid in tlio dark.ua., «Oh mollnir in Heaven,ho .aid once when .lie no. shut up hero,—“Oh come and take mo away.'*—-Then I a bright light oarno into Iho dark chamber and (ho 1 mother in while robes beautiful and loving.just as . she had boon in life, only inyoh more beautiful, look | (lie child on her knee, kissed her and caressed her and told her stories just us sho had used to do. Uul l now they wore stones in Heaven about the eternal gardens of paradise whore imperishable flowers bloom and flourish, where heavenly sweet fruit ripen, \yhero Iho angel-children play joyoun plays and.dance Iho celestial donees, .and sing their hymns before the throne of God our Father. The child was happy to hear this and became still and quiet and finally wont to sleep. When (ho bad woman came from the gar. den and went into the chamber to fetch.the child phe found her all pale and asleep in one corner and woke hor up with hard and unkind words* At evening the ohljd told, hoi father how her mothel in heaven had been to see herand Vvlmtsbo had said, to her, At this the father was thoughtful and though he told the .child that It was only a draan], It rhade him hoßvy.hoarled for he had loved his first wife ipuah more than ttio'scoondiond know that the latter was note good mother Jo his child. But as ha did hot know. notf i bad sho was, ho was silent and Bald ‘owil COUNTRY—MAY -italwaysbs right—but right oi WRONG.OUR country.” CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. nothing about it. After that whenever the child was shut pp in the dark chamber she w*s calm and quiet for she did not stay long alone in the darkness. Her mother in Heaven coma to see her with a soft, clear light, and her and told her about Heaven and the-Angels. Thou tho child grow more and more, full of longing for tho heavenly, delights and begged her mother at every visit to take her with her, but the mother always said it was not time yet and she must wait.. And as tho child grew paler and more silent and often looked out‘of the window toward Heaven with folded hands, the bad woman was more unkind a,rid hard to her and fastened her upoflcner-in tho dork chamber. .Qncc.when shb had shut her up there- and went to bring her out again from tho darkness looked much paler Jhan usual, and when she'called her, dltl not stir. jThpn she saw that sho was deaeji mother-In Heaven had been with rocked her to sleep and pro mised hof that sho should wake op.ln heaven. And there tho child has.a robo of light lilfa tho angel-, children with whom sho plays In the gardehbof God, and they tcacVhoi to sing heavenly hymns. From the Evansville (Indiana) Journal. - A DRAIttATIO OEATHt We have lately seen going the rounds of (he news* .papers an occounti mainly correct, of a deplorable I tragedy that obeurred on the boards of the Nauhrellß I ! Theatre, some fifteen yoars ago. The editor of this 1 paper wait on the stage personating the • Friar,* when the deplorable accident occurred, and os we observe one or. (wo slight errors in the account as now pub* fished, we deem it proper to make the correction. A number of young meq, with one dr two oicop. lldns' printers, engaged in the ,different offices in Nashville, formed themselves into a Thespian Corps, I and.-routed the'theatre with its scenery, and com* monced giving dramatic representations. They had performed two or three weeks,'when Mr. J. J. Me* Laughlin, a young genllomab from Hopskinvillc, Ky. of fine personal appearance, great dramatic talent, and energy of character, presonteju himself to the Managing.Commlttee for q situation. His offer was accepted, and after assisted in the representation of the dfama of “Rob Roy,” “Bertram, or the Castlo ofSL Aldobrand,’* was announced, and'he to perform (he part of Bertram. The day (ho pieco was' to bo performed, McLaughlin visited the steamboat-land ing to bid good bye to a friend who was leaving for the East, tad was accidently taken off by the boat and carried some twenty miles down the river, when he was put on shore and had td Walk all the way. back to the.city,, where he arrived about sunset, complete* ly exhausted, and looking wild and excited to an unusual degree. His associates, to whom ho had greatly endeared himself by his frank, manly deport ment, offered to postpone the play to 1 some other eve ning, but he to whom tho management; hud been given, strongly insisted (hot (hero should bo no dis appointment, and remarked, with a forced smile upon his countenance, that if tho others were ready ho was, and he would “ploy Bortroim as it never had been played on those boards.** Ho kept his word. Evening came and the theatre was lighted, and the was soon filled by the beauty and fashion of the city. Tho play hod progressed nearly to the close and had given general satisfaction, not only to tho audience but to tho performers themselves, it is true McLaughlin appeared greatly excited during the play, and when not on tho stage ho sought some corner apart from the other, but no notice was taken of this, and ho was suffered to commune with himself alone. In the end of the ploy Detrain slabs himself and dies, and McLaughling not having provided himself with a weapon for tho occasion, accepted a Spanish dirk from a gentleman who had been od rnilted, bcjiiqtjl tho scenca. As tp Its. denouomeiuT'hi#' excitement' increased, and iho gloomy spirit of tho play was upon him with a power that made a strong impression of reality upon (he hearers, and mado them shudderas he pronounced (lie following, accompanied by tho plunge of the dogger that brought hlm to ins death; " Bertram hath Imt one foe on earth, And he it here,” • [Staba himtel/. It was at this moment that ho plunged tho weapon to his heart. Ilwas doubtless the result of (he exci ted feelings of (ho actor, who had too absorbingly en tered into tho drpadful spirit of his hero. VVo chari (ably suppose that ho had no premeditated design of ending his life with the play; but his complete Idea, (ideation of feeling with the pari he acted, led him to suicide os a natural consequence. He drew, the bloody weapon from his bosom.ntid, throwing it from him, fell at full length upon the stage. Thb,halluncinntion, if such wo may call it, did not end with the plunge of-the dagger. His feelings boro him along still farther. There'is still, after some exclamation of surprise from tho tragic monks, a dying sentence for him to repeal. He raised him- 1 self on his elbow and wont through it with startling effect. Wilh'a burst of exultation— " I (Hell no ft lon's (loath— A wflrrlor’s weapon freed a warrior's sou) 1” While he wos. pronouncing those, the last words of the tragedy, his eye and manner were'* fearfully wild, (he blood was fal’lng from his bospiri npon the stage, and running down Inward-the' young gentle men who had personated. Iho then lifeless lady Imo gene! As soon as (ho last words' wore pronounced ho foil backward to rise no more. Ho lived from [Tuesday night until Saturday morning, when heex , pired in much pain. His remains woro attended to the grave by his companions, who raised a slab to his memory, on which is inscribed, if wo recollect rightly, tho last words ho spoko upon the stage. He had Hor TUpre X A very respectable looking lady stopped Into a store oh Washington street, a few days ago, to buy a steel reticule; the dork handed out a variety ofsorlp, sixes and prices, .all of which (he lady deliberately viewed, handledund commented upon;.untilut length having made her selection of a small opc, at $2,50, she gave the clerk u ton, dollar note to deduct that amount; the dork went-to the desk,-and relufning, gave the lady her change. ‘ . “Why, hero’s but two dollars and a half,” soys she. “Exactly, madam,” replies tlio clerk. “Well, bdt 1 gave yon a ton dollar bill, sir!” “Precisely madam,” said tho polite clcrki “This bag, is two dollars and a half, is it not?" says Iho lady, bolding forth tho purchased rcliculo. “Two dollars and a half is tho prioo, madam." ' “Then why do you take out sown dollars and a half sir?" . - “Why madam, this rolioulo ia two dollars and a ialf~” ■ • "Very well, sir,” say* (ho lady* “And that one attached to your dress, beneath youf cardinal, is five'dollars morel” sold the com* plalsant olerk, raising up Iho lady’soardlnnland dinplaying- a very handsome steel bend reticule, there secreted. The lady became quite agitated; but the hhmnrto fabric, assured her It wad all perfectly rights . “You don't for a moment sdppofta, sir—” sold iho lady, in a low and husky voice, “ that. I. Intended—'* “Ol certainly not, inndam I" said Ihp clerk. “ labgitlhg oler ihoeuppofledawk wardnoss altoiidliig a declaration pf love, whop a gentleman remarked' that if ho over offered himself, no would do it Iri'a collected and business Jiko in«n. ner. , “ For instance,” lio continued, addressing -himself to a lady present, “I would say—MissS——, I hare been two years looking fof * wife {lam in (he re copl of about one thousand dollars alycar, from,. my business, -which Is dally on the increase. Of all the ladles of my acquaintance, 1 odmirp you most j Indeed, 1 love vim, and would gladly make you my wife." ’ ‘ ' ' « Yod flatter me goodhumor* edly replied Alias to life surprise of aftptfesontf ” I.refer you ton my father I’* i , , ■ “Bravo 1” exclaimed the gbnllomon.’ . “ Well, I declare I” said tub ludlop, ip chofpe. The lady qnd gentleman, good reader, were to be married in October! , ’ . Small beginnings. Despise not the day of ajnall lliingal ;This sen tence’ contains wisdom and philosophy,;as well as scripture.- It is .'Very easy and natural to-pneer. at small beginnings andhdmble.means, blit It Is not at. ways wise to do so. - It is better to commence bn an humble scale, and comb out in good style at last, than to soffer a severe'cpllapse after an extensive land ridicmbtis flourish.- Some men will do .bettor with a capital of sixpence, than they would if half tha forlane.of Aslor ]iad been given' them, to com* menco withl Wo haVo heard it told of a man worth his millions, that ho commenced by selling fruit at a street stall. We have seen boys at school.roll a handful of snow Upon ilio groilnd, till, (ts. accumu lated.matter,jt became so bulky, lhat a doren could scarcely move it. Sand? make the mo ments make the year,drops make ijje.ofcpani prfd endjpavors| earricsllyj unceasingly, and hod. cstly put forthi'make tiip great -men in the world's history; Wo sayj then, don't despise the day of smallihfpgs. Ifypu have an undertaking to accompllshi ora good thing to about, begin according to your means, and never be discouraged because -you .cannotmaxo so niagnlflqcnt d .commencement a? you could wish. Old King John,tho Frenchman, five h.undrpd years ago, tuok it Into his head to found d library;.,and he began with—what do yon suppose But ho know, what he.was about,*, for thaijibrory—. (he Royal Library of Paris—-Is no&ibe most magnifi. cent public library in the world, and contains 700,000 volumes. i A tVliale.bhe day came frolicking ii)lo (he.harbor ofNantucket, a short timo after-(ho,first settlement of that .island, and as for many hours it continued there, (he enterprising inhabitants were, induced to contrive and prepare a large barbed iron. with, a strong cord attached, with which they finally suc ceeded in securing this aquatic monster. A small matter, truly; but it was the commencement of .a pUaiqcss which has .added milljpns to tlio wealth of the people—tho incipient introduction to the onier prise which nearly three-quarters of a century ago extorted a noblo tribute of admiration from Edmund Burke, on the floor of she British Parlia menl. Two fishermen |n Holland onCo had a dispute In a tavern, on IHp question whether the fiah takes; the hook, dr the Hook.takes tha fislu. From this trivial circumstance, arose . two. opposing parties, the, li and theCobble-Joints," who for two centuries divided the notion," arid maintained a con test not unlike that b'clwcon the red and white roses in England. There is a traditionary counterpart to this in our own history.. Wo. allude to the story of the pig; whoso stupid obstinacy, wo am gravely told, involved us in a war with Groat Britain, in 1812. There is nothing incredible about it, however, and as most of our readers are 100 young to recollect tho anecdote, wo will venture to repeat it. “Two neighbors, both of tho old fcdoral'school of politics, who. had lived in the city of Providence, chanced to quarrel. And so it happened, 000 was the owner of a pig, who had an Irresistible inclination to preambulale in the garden of (he next neighbor. The owner of the-garden complained of the pig-sty being insufficient to., re strain the pig, and tho, neighbor replied, it was all because he kept his fences in such ill repair. The Eplg was taking liis-morning walk when ho was sur risod in the actof rooting up some very valuable ulbous roots; this was the last "feather;" the owner of tho garden put a pitchfork into his tender sides, and killed him outright.. At tho coining cloqtion, the owner of (he garden was a candidate for a scat in the legislature,' and failed by ono vote, (ho vote of his incens.ed neighbor, who voted against him. At (he election of a Senator^(heDemoc/atle.-candidato was elected by ono vote—and wlicn, tlio qiViistibn of war with England was before the Senate, it was de clared by tho majority of oho vote—so that but fur . (his pig wo should have been probably saved from this war." > It is related of Chantroy, the celebrated sculptor, 1 that when a boy, he was one day observed by a gen -1 tleman in the neighborhood of Sheffield, very car* • noslly engaged in cutting a slick with o penknife.— He asked the lad what ho was doing; and with great I simplicity the.boy replied, “I am cutting old Fox's head.” Fox was the schoolmaster of the village.— On this, the gentleman asking to sco what he had done, and pronouncing it to be on excellent likeness, presented.the youth with a sixpence. This may bo reckoned as the first money Cliantrey ever received fpr tjip prosecution of his art; and from such a be ginning it that arose this greatest of nfddcfh artists, Again,* we ia y,‘ despise riot small beginnings, ribr look with superciliops contempt upon every tiling which appears insignificant and trifling. Trifles are not so plenty in this world as many of us Iran* gino. A philosopher has observed that wars, invol ving mischief to groj^t. have arisen from o ministerial dispatch, being written in a fit of diges tion 1 ..... i When Alexander Pope received his .present of Turkey figs, he little thought (hat a twig from the basket, was to be the moans of introducing the weep ing willow Into England and America. So Is this world made up ofandgoverned by trifles,at first two small to attract notice: and (ho wise man will nol only cultivate sharp eyes, but attentive habits, oink* (ng (be most nndthe best of every thing and despising nothing small, but small pouu. Death Scenes of Remarkable Persons, Mary, Scotland's frail beauty, met the gloomy king with a degree of resolution nol to bo expected from her misfortunes, so numerous were they, deserted by every friend except hqr little dog. Sir T. More remarked to the executioner,by whose hands ho was to uefish, that tho scaffold was ex ttdmoly weak; 1 pray you, friends, see me up safe,”, said ho, u and lor coming down fcl ’m'„ shift for myself.” . . Chaucer, breathed his last while composing a bah lad. . His Us.t.prnduotion is called, »■ A ballad mode by GepflVey Cnaiibcfoh Hia death bed, laying in great pain.”: ... t r ” I could wish this tragfo spend was over," safe/ Quin,- the actor; M but 1 hope lo go through it with becoming, dignity." Petrarch' was found dead In Ms library, loaning over a book. Rousseau, when dying, ordered his attendants (b remove him before the window, that ho might look upon his garden and gladden hfs eyes with the sight of nature. How ardent an admirer lie was of nature, Isnoeticolly told in “Zimmerman’s Solitude.” Pope tells us he found Sir Godfrey Knetlcr (when ho visited him a few days prior to his end) sitting up and forming plans for nis monument. His vanity was conspicuous even in death. Warren has remarked that Chesterfield*# good bree ding only left him .with, death f “ Give Drysdolo a chair, safd he to hfs valei,’ when that person wse an nounced.” Baylo, when dying, pointed to (ho place where his proof sheet was deposited. • - Clarendon*# pen dropped from, hi# hand when ho yvod seised with pulsy, which pot dh end to his exis tence. ’ ‘ . ■ .• • , Bade died while in Iho act of dictating. Roscommon, when expiring, quoted from his own translation of Dies Ira. , (taller fooling his piilse. satd u the artery chases lo beat,” and Immediately died.; , r When the priest, who Alfierl bod been prevailed on to sod, came, ho requested him to call tomorrow “death, I trust, will tarry twenty-four houifai” * .. Nelson’s last words' were, “ Tell Colllngswood lo bring the fleet to Herald. (Ej*Tho loss a mameleeps the more he lives. Nannie: on consumed four hours inslocp, Gen, Oussrlsos at %,Vnr.l|«rtifl rises nt4 o clock. • Grattan fane day fanmo tobis~shn and push ug iln tiljio wakonqd.“como eald ho, gel up, recol lect U I* thq early .bird .lho.l catches tho warm,” “ Sorvce the worm right.” said tho witty elumW er, “for being abroad so burly.”’ ■ AT^OdPEBIHStIM. From the Philadelphia AspqbUe.' TALLi TAXK IN TRIUNEiSHB. Weqqco saw a ground and lofty tUmlilor tbrojf thirty three somersets, backward and forward* i** succession. -The clown, in welt affected, ■stooUb ment, cried on I, "Hold hjfn— him, or tie’ll throw himself away/* But this was nothing to the orato rioal gymnastics of Mr. J, Monroe.Me^kvof J-Cnox* i vlllo, of which wo will giro aspeeioien alter another illustrative slbry I, . . j,.., , About .a dozen years ago, a little cave waa {HfCot ered in one of the ridges of the Allegheny in Somerset ebuniy,. Pennsylvania. .As.it was the i first hole In the ground that had made itself disceif cred in, ‘Mlieiji .it became Jjift subject of graVp speChjaUonß.fiQpng.the.rhoba* lam .The schoolmasters and Itinerant clergymen of tlio district were regularly persecuted for q theory; the tin pedjors were pumped dry,without affording a satisfactory solution! apd the nqt|re* werq compelled at last to settle .down upon the conclusion that it was" real natural phenomenon,* 1 for wiliest, they, were indebted to a Philadelphia qlerk, who rbdq a a tin horse through the on .a visit to btq Boss’s cystamers whp keplthclr retai). stores at cross grist mills and smith shops among-the hills.' Opinion huqg Ijcro quiclly, in a fair equilibrium be; Iwcen.a fact not generally understood and an expta» pntion as puzzling, until .the occurrence of a great cabin raising in (he neighborhood brought all Ibq wits and wqndcrers together. It happened that a 0 old land snrVcyor, formerly a retidenttr of (bat regloq> was at (ho.raising. Ho l/ad many yepra boftr* tabu q carried a.compasfj [made drafts and calcinations, examined candidate schoolmasters, took two newspapers, attended (he county court eyery term, practised horse and fiow doctoring, spoke two languages, generally .together* but could ewop English aqd D.utpft bacfiajid forward well enough for household pilrposyaj yVgre.fi double cosed silver watch,thal kept time Ao,.a second\With thq the .ycar round| and never went to Mqlh-' odist preaching,, or v vyqddipgqj spoke seldom, solemn, and .never was,.known, to W» ohlpf chewing tobacco^. Above all. he htdTthp Artzspkigel (magic glass,) a triangular piece of looking-glass, buried seven years id the gateway of a graveyard, in which ho could see whsl the rice Masons wero doing in ttieir lodges, anjl cowsand lost children, wlicrcver they were winder* ing in the mountains. This wonderful ,man„ had done up the difficult thinking of (hqjtiregmq for twenty or thirty years, and, variously really was, it must be acknowledged. lliat tradUjph had done something to embellish and even exagge rate his pretensions. Quick as (he tidings .ran through the crowd (bat Unde John had arr.ived*iU | flashed ifP9p woman and boy, that M was the very man for the.''‘phenomenon;** and after a genera) hand shaking with all the old ones was per; formed, and all the young ones were told how mucll they had groined, and how. well hq minted, their mothers wljen they wcrp.onjy the the mountain wapTormally propounded, and hiaopin* ion anxiously rqqucslcd.' Uncle John squared .him? yotf, chapped h|* quid,' girded tip the loins qf, bis Uw, toJlcct, and, after the proper premonitory. psuse, de livcrcd.hip orac|p thus: "You see.,a Jpng time sgq there was d wackum .away down In nalur; after £ while, alpng come a earthquake that shook all thq stones that .was in the cave therq down into the wackunp, and that’s.the woy Uje. care ,copie. _Q. E! D.; os us surweybrs say,’ that’s-what was to be de mbnalratcd.'* And demonstrated it was, and thq agony was over forever.so fur as Allegheny township was concerned; but a lot of loafers at tpwgl took up (he matter, and would have decided tbp earthquake was unnecessary to thp solptlpn, qn ftq groufid that the philosopher might as wefl pnf the'whckumat once Info (fie enT£,and | f&ved .the earthquake for some Uhill.qne.pf suggested that a chain of reasoning cannot.tarnqdo out ofa single link; and besides, (hat earthquakes* thunder and lighlping pre to oratory. Apropos, (ho quotations from Mr.Ji Mon roe Meek. . ,1 ../ Oratory is tbopubjpql prfhls a’s random from three columns of the Knoxville Reg;s* tor, where wc find the speech introduced by the usual correspondence, soliciting a copy for publication Ijy a cornmmiUee, and the consent of the aqlhor rocofd ed, notwithstanding aifSpprifsaivo sense of the lob* much honor done lilm'by the request. , , t . • # ... The address, U seems, aj (lie Mary ville College anniversary., Wo dp the, orator, np In* justice by putting the paragraphs selected out of their ofdqr.' Such,gems In no-way depend upon the setting for their effect..,,! .• ,) .• . , lt . Eloquence encircled ancient Gfeeee with fi, than; dering telegraph;.it way not like (ho modern,wire.’ work; it Kindled, it glowed,.lt routed, all iniq qpl(on, View the circle of its radiance, the fervor ©fits beAm*« when Helen, the jewel of beaulyi thp flower of chiv alry. and the idol of her.cobnlrf, was Pqrls, sensibility pf the human h r< | as h. unsheathed; every glittering sword* nerved every, qni?,* and insplrcd ovary jlaling tfrceco in on avoiqnche of eloquence apq chivalry on Tfoy. .Hmv often In -that (qrrlble apo ffenzied conflict did Iho Greeks fa/ler,’ wjiyer,' and becoming dispirited, long to return 7 But the propel* ling, irresistible persuasion of Nestor, Ulyssjcs and Moneluus. biipycd thcm up and compelled, t,hcpt on. Though iho earthly career of Uemosllicnfit has long since been run, though the sands of his life glit ter only in the and ibppglf thpi honeyed voice, persuasive,, tongue bhd*. impresstv.o elocution moulder in yet the sun of his fapiQ.eclipsed the meridian. , Ho speaks 1 pnd thetUpnlwanq of l/rrio Riches glow* every revolution but making..tne strains iqQ. r °hlu* qucnl—and when " wrnpt iq.fire the realms of other, glow,” the last harmonious note of time will rue and dwell on his. lamp.. „, v Paint for yourselves .the pinriaefo. of spibltlon’s imoglnaliori—-the point from which you cannot aspire -and .whpre," toll, ms I jWpcro can voa pn;d but 111 inimitable art of speaking ,wcH. ; The,poet may nit; the novclUl may fascinate; thq philosopher unites.them all, and Is anointed chief pr/eit of tcrary perfection. , ~ . Ireland, gem ofthq sea ! pioistcncd wil(t,tf)ostvoel est dew of heaven, though set with,the. tborhp of op pression has enunciated some of (bo loftiest strains nf .oratory, Grattan,* liar .pillar, hqf indepontfelWqi’ her nationality. Under his; gp7dsncb she .was .an trammeled, umjnnoxed, unplundered by British avar; ice* , Raised on (ho rock ofthe occmi apd roaring Its prorl.crcsted head, bright* clear and pure at thq welkin that canopied it, while his electrical etoqdenoq coursed her horisott, In a circle, (he terror of (he onchai may h (of m t British lion. , . Patrick Henry, (he qqblimnlio.n oC gcpltu lolq •« ornlorj-itho embodiment ,of etheria), fife—|he wilql’ unfamed geninn of America—caught the coho from across (he noonn, and scorned no longer ft man, Tltyi spear of his defiance reached (lie oky, while the bUio of his oratory, ascending and descending threaded nut into liquid flro, and burped to djopstho IroHof our yoke. What patriotic bosom, till responds boa* or, nndJoVe, rind gratitude lo ids Whftl stQ* dent, but what would. travel, lo his grave, and wUll Iflor, °f joy.lri)),!, Iho.apliil of eloqnenpo from tbs wqnnroua charm of hta du.U Who, but hu Iho name of Pultlpk Henry, the land-mark ofhlo opuntrj'a (ngioT. Who, but la proud In Ibo wild wpoda qf our foroale, Ig .land by Iho monument of mi, Wcorq of Hmorioa, a croator lhan whom Oft world never produced ? O .onnumait Di^rpoiNTMKfn-.—Madame X—‘ lady of Parle, la a wife of a superior officer, who proV OU by Iho leisure whlcji the dullea ofthoeamn allow J him to carry the war Into Ms domestic clrelo„snd ( treat >i]s wlft) aa be would a conquered ( ({poontty Madame X—f—», procured , from Gen. !*<<« inorjoloro the promlaoor a commission ifbr herbuan tUMfmy of the Rhine. Hpr jqyjyrew'ntf bounds. But ifio noopptanoe of the mediation foft ■ Franooahd England by Austria camo (obieibhet nearly budding Wpw». “Whol n n)lpfurtm\e! H »he exclaimed, “whet a misfortune that we are not going to have'war! I should thpa have peace!” ' 1 *v