J r;\ J. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 35. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. (b published every. Thursday, at Carlisle, pa., by JOHN B BRATTON, upon the following conditions,which will no rigidly adhered to:- > ; TKRHB Or SUBSCRIPTION. ‘ ' *o nO For one year, t» advance, . ♦ . . • • * IQO • Torsi* months, in advance, • . • • • g _ iu i No subscription taken'for a less term than ,j.il ■ no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages ® r 1 . t | on Twbnty.flVo porcont.adaitlonalpn the prlceofsubßcnption will be required of all those who do not pay in advance. - RATE«’O* *DVBIVri9IRa One square, one insertion, . One square, two insertions, One square, throoinaertlons, • * Every subsequent Insertion, per square, A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year, or for three or six months. Omc*.—The office of the American Volunteer Is in the see nhil story of James H. Graham’s new storyUmilding, In South Hanover street, a ftw doors from Burkholttbr's hotel, and di rectly opposite the Post-office, where those having business wilt please call. ’ poetical. ..Prom tlio Louisvlle Journal. THB'OOLDCN niNOLBT* Hero is o liulefcoldon tress, Of soft urtbralded linir, * •- The all that's left of loveliness That once was thought so fair} ' And yet,- though time hath dimn'd Us sheen, Though all beside* hath fled, I-hfeld it hurt*, a link between and the dead. litis shilling nneletstltl ' A.mmiraful memory springs, ' That mulls my heart, ahd sends a thrill Through all its trembling strings, I think of her, the loved, the wept, Upon whoso forehead fair. For eighteen'years, like sunshine, slept This golden curl of hair. ■ Oh. sunny tress, the Joyous brow, Where thuu didst lightly wave With alt thy sister tresses, now - ' Lies cold within the prove,— That cheek is of Us bloom bereft; That ey«t no more is gay; Of all her beauties thou arc left - A solitary ray.: t JjvVur ychfs have passed, this very *oon Since last we family met- Four years! and yet It scums too soon ■> To let the heart forgot—. Too soon to let that lovely face From our sad thoughts depart, And to another give the place Bhe held within the heart. Her jnernory stlll Within my mind Retains Us sweetest power; - h is the perfume [eft behind, To whisper of the flower.' Each blossom, that in moments gone . Bound up this sonny curl. ... Recalls the form, the look, the tone . Of that enchanting girl. Her step was like an Aerii rain O'er beds of violets flung ; .Her voice prelude to a strain, Before lliosong la-suug;-. Her life, 'liras like a half-blown no\v<A, ‘ “plosed ere the shades of even, tier death the dawn, the blthhing hour .That opes the gates of Heaven. A fn ngl^trcss I.how plight a thing To sway such magic art,. And bld.each soft remembrance spring Like blossoms in IhehtUrl; lenrtOno back tp.day.r.of old— .’ ~ To her I lovjftl so iqng, r *’ -Whose locks outshetre pellucid gold, Whose lips o’erfit Wed with pong. feinco tlion, I'vo heard a thousand lays From llps oa sweet os hers; Vol when I strove to give them praise, • •• I only gave them tears; . it i I could not bear, amid Iho throng y .Where lest and laughter rung, xi> hear another a)ng the song That trembled on her tongue. A staple shining tree# of hair To bid such memories start Uni. tears am on its lustre— there. I lay it to my heart. Oh! when in Death's Sold arm 1 sink, . Who. then, will) gentle /core, will keep for me A dark-brown link— A ringlet of my hair 7 ll&tftceUamou#. From tlie N. Y. TfifTuno. THE CUEBUPUL. HEAUT, *j l-connot choose but marvel at the way in which our lives puss uii,Trom-<(ay to <;ay •' .Learning strange lessons In ihn human heart. And yet l|hu shadows letting them depart." Alias Lamdoh. flow wearily IhettUlo news boy plodded along the ‘deserted streets on thul Nuw'Yuar's live { . Tliu cold Tain was beating fiercely upon him, and a few tat* tcred garments served to protect lum from Its rage.. - All day long bad ho been out amid the storm, and was now returning, weary and hungry, to bis bum* hlo home. The street lamps were ligblcd, and as ho parsed by them you could see by llio gleam that his was pula and emendated—could see Unit, ynnng as ho was, something had been there already 10 attenu ate his features, and give, him that wan and desolate 4ook which oan .be given only by some great‘afllia \ tion, some pinching want or overwhelming grlefl— You could toll ut a glance that a,dark shadow was Testing, upon his pathway—a shadow out of. which there seolncd, just then, but little hope of escape.— v Born amid poverty and wretchedness, and left lull;* orlcss while yet in his cradle, hU life up to thal hour hud been nothing but misery—and the whoh record of (but life was svrittou in Uis palo face.and lultcied rags, Yet, with all this,.us bo passed along, a close observer might have noticed a strange light in his clour, blue oyo—an expression of kindly cheerful* ness, such us wo may not often i#d&hi this world of euro ami grief—for God’s blesdqg*waa upon him— (ho blessing of a qhoorfuUieaft. vThd sorrow of bis life, however deepond-abiding,'lliCjgloom upon hia pathway, however -dark and fearful, ’dimmed not tho light tli4t barbed soqulcl.ly, and yet so steadily within. ' Like,tho yoatulfiro of old, it grow not dim, but'throw Us rays far out over, the groat gloom arourtd'blm—•ovon-now.lho cold storm boat upon him unheeded, There aro waking dreams that come upon us.somoUmes whon wo least oxpoot thorn —bright dreams of love, and humo| and heaven— beautiful visions of future, all.glorious with its bur* don of song and gladness!—and such a vision, of auoh a future, now filled and crowded and blessed tho heart of that forsaken boy, He-was dreaming, as l]o walked along, of better days to opine—of the time poverty in his pathway should depart, and (ho ’bouutlfiirflowers should spring up tobless,him with 'their presence—of a bright homo far away from that groat city,--upon whoso cheerful hearth the fire should not go-out,-.and -where hunger-should never haunt ’him-more. -And thcnlnto that droam of life—into that vision of a cheerful homo far off among tho green hilts—came a pleasant face—the face of his beloved mother. Ho could see her as she eat by the lattice at the quiot-ovenlng hour, reading the sacred Bible, with the last red rays resting like a glory upon her brow, while llio rpsudeal trembled • at the window, and tho Htllo violets' folded themselves to sloop. : Very pleasant was (he picture there pas* sing before the gaxoof that ragged child, very giorl* bus the panorama,of,.-green, hills and bright flowers and singing birds—very beautiful, that humble cal tago, half-covered by the clustering foliage—and his heart thrilled • and heaved with a strange rapture never known before, auoh rapture,-such joy as the stricken poor can never know, save when some good angel comes down from the blue heaven and beckons them away from tlio haunts of woe and want in Which they sudor, to tho ftoo air and tho blessed sunshine. Bui the dream hod passed—-the sun had set—tha flowers faded, Iho ooltuge disappeared. Of all that beautiful vision,so cheering ana so glorious, no traoo remained; -no vestige of loaf or tree or bird; no loiter of* his moihorVjßiblo—no lovollghl of his mother's ®ye. Thodarkrioss oamo around him, and ho found himself there amid Iho storm In the silent streets of j (hat great Vbd sinful city. So gathering his gar menls moi'o closely- about him, ho bnrried along to his home with prayer upon his Up and God’s sun light in his heart. "Turning into an obscure street, a few steps brought him'to the door of a wretched duelling, which ho entered. Follow now and behold aticenciof waqt.and penury, such as may bo Tound somoflmei in this world of ours—a scene'upon which men look with unconcern, but oh'which, thank God! the angels gaze with joy; a home whore poverty struggles with a brave heart and is conquered. Before the fire sal a pale, sad woman, upon whoso features the traces of great loveliness were still vlsi. ble though sorrow had sharpened them’ somewhat, and ghastly want done much to dim their beauty.— Upon her high and queenly brow the bldi veins were clearly .visible, ns the blood coursed through thorn with unwonted rapidity; Her large dark eyes wero dim with tears. Some new sorrow had started afresh the sealed fountain of her grief—and now as slio gazed silently upon the rod embers in all the utter agony of despair, it might seem that hope had gone forever and God forsakun her. 9 50 75 1 00 “Mother!” said Hie boy,.as ho entered, all drip* ping with rain, “ 1 have come atlapt,and,l am tired and hungry.”* , “My son'! my son!” replied the mother, *2 there is no morsel of food in the house,” and her lip quiv ered. u Wo must starve 2 wc must starve! God help us!” and her tears broke forth afresh. . Thus had it been for many a weary month.. With scarcely food sufficient to support life, (hat mother ftfld her boy had struggled, and suffered, and wept, ahd pruycd—and now that the cold winter was com* ing on, no wonder that her heart shuddered and her cheek grew pulont tho hopeless prospect ahead.— How could thcy pass tho dreary days and long nights, tlie storm and tho terrible cold, without food and raiment, anjJ shelter? And 'lhen where could they go when the heartless landlord should thrust ihem from their present wretched dwelling, as lid had threatened la do on the morrow? Verily tho gloom and tho dcspair.werc great and fearful! And yet even at llmt dcso]atd,hour on eye looked dovyn from heaven upon that friendless widow. There by the hearth-stone—-by tho dying embers ah angel hovered —on earthly angel, even in the guise of that cheer ful child. , For . , t *' Earth has Us angels, though their forms ore moulded But of such clay ns fashions all; • ' 'Though harps are wanting and bright pinions folded, Wo know them by the tove-llglit on.their browJ’ 44 Mother, 1 * suid he, 41 wo will not starve.. God Jins not forsaken us. . There ato belter days locome, mother! I saw it In u dream,-and In it I behold your own dear, you were singing a pleasant *ong away in that blessed homo. Oh! mother,cheer up ! cheer up !** . ' When the little boy lay down upon his wrelclicd couch, (hat night, ho was changed. His mother's great despair hud transformed him from a suffering child into a. strong huurled man—from-a weak and Jiulplcss dependent, into an earnest, thoughtful work, er; hencblorth his path was one off duly alone—and no allurement, bo It ever, so bright,'could turn him. frhm it.- Before him glittered forever n guiding star; and his Intense, absorbing gaze, from which neither the cares nor the pleasures, nor the vanities of life cpuld bu for an Instant diverted. Existence had for him but oho obj'oct, and his utmost energies were Ux.'-d fur Us attainment. , did tl'io sun rise in' greater splendor than on the New Yenr-s morning following that night of linnge'r,gilding : llie spires and domes of the city, with Its rays. -The sliicls worb‘ already rapidly .filling with (he gay crowd seeking pleasure, end men walk*, ttd as though new life had been given them by; the general hilarity and the v ‘ i ' In the most crowded slrept.wnB.Uie news*ooy, hut I nof the disconsolate, wretched lad who hud plodded I his way through the storm iho night before, to a desolate home and a.suppcVlcss bbd. You would not liave recognized l|im as, ho.hurried along, eagerly intent upbh hip..avocation, aipd Ids face all radiant with the great hope (hut struggled at his Jieart. •. i • Thutrtjghtjoy visited the forsaken fireside. Thoyi had paid .(ho landlord. Ins rent, and still had sufficient j 101 l whtfewith (n purchase food. It was a merry! Now Year for thehv .. I Years came and went. Groat changes had taken W4p e * o°y had grown to manhood. .High 1 honors wero .conferred upon him. Wealth flowed into his cgfllrH—his praise was upon every longue. And at this very hour, upon. Iho banks of the majes tic Hudson, hts mansion stands conspicuous among a thousand others for its taste and elegance" : Ho has but onO'Companion—hiH ngcd.mothor—the Ipnely wh|o\v whom we sow some years ago, gazing mournfully into the fire,'and watching its flickering light, , His influence was Tu)t fur and wide, and Iho poor and wretched of every Class and kind come around him with their blessings! . ‘ *^l ,nn k God! thank God!—fbrovory suffering son of man, who comes up from the deep shadow of des pair into (ho blessed and, turning gltfcs his word of cheer to the groping millions beneath him! Thank God !.thank God, that scattered hero and there, throughout the..world, In. many an humblo homo may be found, mod and.women, unto whom life presents hut Ihllo of love, or hope, or joy, and yet who pass along amid its desolate paths without u< miirniur, sustained, and soothed, and blessed by this alone— a ciieerfik. heart. Xmkua, The Indian Mother* How helpless tlio Indian infant, borne without idler, amidst slorma’und ice; but four nothing tor im; God Ims placed near him, q guardian ungcl, thul can triumph over the severities of nature—the sentinel of maternity is by his side; and, so long as his mother breathes ho is sale, Tho squaw loves her child with instinctive passion; and if. she docs not manifest it by lively ourcsses, her tenderness is foul, wakeful and constant. No savage mother ever put away her own child to suckle that of another.— To the cracllc, consisting of thin pieces of light wood, and gaily ornuiQoutod with .quills of porcupine, and bonds, and rattles, the nursling is firmly attached, and carefully wrapped in furs; and tlio infant thus swathed, Us back.to llio mother's buck, is borne us tho topmost burthen, its oyo now cheerfully (lushing light, now accompanying with tears tho wailing which the plaintive melodies the ourricroannot hush. Or while tho squaw toils in tho field, she hangs hot child, on spring docs its blossoms, on the boughs of a tree, that it may bo rooked by the broozo from tho land of souls, and soothed to sloop by tho lullaby of the birds. Dooa the mother die, the-nursling—such Is -Indian composition—shares tho grave,— Bancroft "Dbh’b ’em.’*—A pious old negro, while saying graoo at llio (able* not only used to ask a blessing on all ho had upon.his.board, bul would also petition to hove some deficient dish supplied,. Ono day It was known that Cato was out of pototoos, and suspecting he would nroy for tho sumo at dinner, a wag provf. ded himself with a small measure of tho vegetables, and stole under tho window near which stood (ho table of our colored. Christian. Soon Cato drew up a chair and commenced.! “0, massa Lord! will dow in dy provident kind ness oondosoond to,brass obryl|ng before us; and bo ploasod to stow upon us a fow tutors—and all de praise/’ (Hero tho potatoes wore dashed upon tho table, breaking plates and upsoting tho mustard pot.) " Dcm’a cm, massa Lord,” said Cato, (ookiqg up with surprise, "only list )u(T ’em down loetlo easier next llmol”— N. O. Picayune. Removal or the SeAt orGomuJMßNT.— 'TlioNew Yorw Courier recommends the removal of the seat of Government from Washington west of tha Alleghe nies. ll urges tho immediate action of Congress in the matter, on the ground that it will tako ton yours to carry out tfib removal, and that by'that lime, the representatives west of the mountains will ,bo in such majority as to remove it whether, or no, to just where they choose. . The Courier thinks by taking early stops, the new site-may bo settled upon mope satisfactorily to tho people at large, than to leavo it to the decision of tho west; and also, that its reino* val to ftoo soil, out of tho limits.of slavery, will have a beneficial Influence upon Urn action ,of tho South ern representatives, and.the question of slavery. “OUR ObUriTRT—-MAY ITALWAYBBK RIGHT—bUT RIGHT OR WRONG ,OUR Oqi/NTRy.* ’ CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 8, 1849 AIiSIOST THERE. A young.lady hud visited the South for her health; but finding that she hourly grow, worse, lior friends iufrried her home. On the Journey Bb<* was very much exhausted, and continually inquired* "Are we amlost there?'' She died Just before reaching home. A friend wbo accompanied her, wrote the following lines; . , Are wo almost there % Are wo almost there? Said the dying girl as sho drew near tier borne, Arc those the poplar tre6s that rear- • . Their forms so bigh’gainst heaven’s blue dome ? Then she talked of her fiowera, then- she thought of the well Where the coo| 'waters dashed o’er the large white stoneij* And siie thought it would soothe, like a fairy spell, ' v;. .Could she drink ol that fount when her fover was on.3^ While yet so young and her bloom grew less,. ’ ' . ‘. s '' They bed borne her away to a kindlier clime; And she would not tell that ’tWas only distress • That gathered life’s rose in its sweet springtime. . And she had looked whoreHicy had bide her to look; At many n min and many a shrine; - At the sculptured niche, and the‘shady nook, ; And watched from high places the sun’s decline. ‘ But in secret she sjphed for a quiet spot, l‘ Where oft alio played in her cliildhood'a hour, 4 ; .Though shrub or flower had marked Jt not; . ; , r It was dearer to her limn the gayest bower. And oft did she aslc, are wo a|rßoit there 7 . Till her heart grow faint, ami her flushed check pale; And they strove to sbothe with uieless cpre,' . As her sighs escaped ou'jlie evening galtn' - ' Tlmn swiftly, more swiftly, they hiirritd along. Till their anxious hearts fell a chill ofditpair, For.when'the light of that eye was gone, - ■ And the.quiet pulse stopped. sAs was abnott there. Attention Single Slant Bachelors now carvbrcallio freer ind deeper, for leap year has passed by, and a threo years* respite will now be enjoyed by-thorn from the assaults and machinations of ■ maidens* meditating matrimony.— The columns of our paper. Have testified to the rapi dity with which our young men have been taken off toward thp. close of the "eventful yeart (a very Water loo to bachelors 1 ; who have surrendered aldiuorelion,) and the remnant that have escaped may now con. gratulate each oilier—or as the case may Tho Cholera and the fever have lafc^ ocoupicddhe public to their ad vent; .getting married w a sl|Hffpravailing a disease for which no spcdlfitTover yet has proved aTi adequate Remedy, save the verdicts of two special juries in.Qqofgia. Rejoice,'-then, all yo inveterate adherers curscdness, that leap year is past and gone, leaving you still the privilege of clinging close to your qwn selfishness'—for great execution has been dononmoftg the single mod, and “the voice of the turtle has been heard in the land.*’ We would not for the world insinuate thulthelS dies have exerted the privileges oflcap year by doing the courting, popping the question, and abbreviating .love-making. In that way—bat tho coincidence is cufinus that so many marriages should have render ed'tho year memorable—it happening to bo Icifp year. The mischief is alt done now, however, And these who have let slip the lucky opportunity, rmist pul tip their ringlets in cur) papers, apd exorcise hope, faith and charity for three years to come, wh’on they probably may “have belter lack next lime. , Columbia (S! C.) Ledger. INDIAN GAMBLING. The game of “hand” is played by, two Oho whq pldcf/a a pnfm'of d" chdrty stone 'ln.’tnc hollow, formed by joining ttia concaved palmsof the hands .together, then shaking tiro slqno for,a few moments tho hands arc suddenly separated, and the other player must guess which now contains llic stone! .Largo bets are often wagered on tho*c sullbf this Tuvorilo -gamoj which is also played |>y squaws, the pjen standing round encouraging them to bet; and laughing loudly at their grotesque cxctTl mcnl.j . . v . I A Burnt wood Sioux, Tuhtungamsha; and ono of tho bravest chiefs of his tribe, when a young man, was out on a >solilary war expedition againat tho Crows,. . Ono evening ho. drew near a “medicine” spring, wlicrc, lo his astonishment, hooncounlcred a Crow warrior in the act of quenching his (hirst, lie was on the point.of drawing, hiq.boty qpon him, when he remembered the sacred nature of tho spot, and mok* ing tho sign of peace, ho fearlessly, drew near his foe, and. proceeded likewise.to slake his thirst. A pipe of hinnikkinnik being produced, it .wqS propo sed to.pass T away the early, pail of tho night In the game of “hand;* 1 They accordingly sat dpwn beside the spring, and commenced the game. Fortune fa* vored (ho Crow,. Ha.won arrow after, nr row from the bravej then his bow, his club,* hia. knife, liis robe, all followed, and the Sioux sat naked on tho plain. Still .he proposed another stake, against tho others winnings—hts scalp! Hi. played,', and .lost;, and bending forward his head, the Crow warrior drew his knife, removed the bleeding prize. a murmor the lifoljlces rose to do- I part, but first exacted, a prpmise from hie antagonist, that ho would moot him.oncd more at the same spot, and engage in another trial of skill. On lijo day appointed, the Burnt wood nought the spot, with a new equipment,' and again the Crow made his nppqnranco end they sat down to ploy, . This. (Imp fortune changed sides, anti tho Sioux won back his former losses, and in his turn the Crow was stripped to (he skin. Scalp against scalp was now at stake, and this time tho Crow submitted his head to the victorious Burnt-wood's knife} and both tho warriors stood sculplcsa on the plain! And now tho C.row had but ono single slake of value to offer, and tho offer of it lie did not hesitate to make. Ho stoked.his life against the other’s win* nings.. They played,'and fortune still being adverse} ho lost. lie offered his breast to his Tho Durnt:wood plunged his knife into his heart to.the very hilt; and, laden with his spoils, returned to hii} village, and to this .day wears suspended from his oars his own and his enemy’s scalp. Pride and poverty* There are hundreds of families that have nospiall income, and yoloro poor—and will retrain bo for Ufa, unless they turn ovefr a now leaf and live as they ought., The members of such familios ore proud and extravagant, anil /expend a larffo amount to keep up appearances, and Continue in the ranks of fashion.- Wo can point (u many suoh people who might now bo in independent circumstances, wore it not for their pride. The children in such families are fur. nished with every thing to gratify their folly, as if UiO' outward appearances wore a sure guarantee of their respectability am) future success. If (hero is any thing we despise it is the union ofpridc and pover ty—the keeping up ufali appearance to the sacrifice of comfort and health. The money (hat has boon expended by . such persons for the last two or threu years, if taken proper euro 01, would novy placo them in ooipforlablo olroumstanoos, if not bo sufficient to purchase dwellings to shelter them.in tho.doUnco of £j* The following is vouched for by Iho Oultimore Clipper: A Dutchman from the West went to pay hia Ex collonoy Iho President,V visit. flo happened to call juslas the President apd four others woro silling down to dine. Tho President .asked him to be seat* od, at tho sumo time enquiring if there was anything now or strungo in the country. *' No, i thinks not, except ono of my cows has Ave calves.” ‘• All!—indeed, and do they all suck at one lime?” 14 No.sar,” replied the Dutchmans 44 four on ’em sucks while tho tuddor looksh on ;,shuat as I doslil” • > Tho hint wos so magnificent that a clean plate was Immediately ■ ordered, and the Dutchman .seated at tho table, whore hp partook of a oomfoiUblo dinner with his Excellency the Provident..- . . .The friendship of some people Is like Mir shadow, k’ocpinff closo lo ( Us w|iilo wo walk in tho sunshine, buftdesertlng us the moment \vb intef tho shade. , From the Philadelphia Inquirer. I ' TUBS DEPARTURE. ' ' ' ' r AND TTIEm HOPES. •• I . •.V'f-Wp “The keen spirit ‘ t Seizes the present occasion." i “Let us l>o up ami doing— '. Wilhalmari for oily fate." “Tho bubble hrlghlens'-catch It now— ’Before it bursts and disappears.” Proverbial as our country is for impulse and en* terprise, these feelings have never been so fully illus- I (rated as since the discovery of gold in the recently acquired Territory of California. “Tho fever is up," ahd'Vthbussnds are at this moment on their way to M the modefn El Dorado." , Tho adventurers, too, arc not confined to tho reckless and the improvident—to individuals bankiupt in character and in fortune, but among, them are choice spirits—active, earnest, in dustriods and high-minded young men, who see in this discovery “a golden opportunity," and who are •determined to tuko advantage of a tide that appears so especially calculated to load on to fortune. Many yio doubt have departed with delusive hopes and ex* travsganl expectations. . Others, cxcilcdnnd bewil dered, have dashed into tho enterprise without an adequate Calculation as to all tho risks and trials; tho perils by sea and land, the dangers to health, (be dif ficulties of the way, and the fearful sickness which upon (ho heart,'when friends, home, andbeiagaJovcd dearer than life; are fitrj fur away. T/iere,' are others again,'who Aofciff calculated tho chdbees, who have embarked in a cool, calm and somewhat reluctant’spirit—but .still with a determi nation tp lax every energy to realize something in tho way of pecuniary independence. They, perhaps; had blit a dull prospect at hbme, could discover no avenue toprospcrlly, and could merely, by conslonl loil,cko but a reputable livelihood. “ Dcttor"—they j have argued,—“make,one bold venture. Better leave home and its sacred enjoyments for a few months or o fow years, in the hope cither of return ing enriched, or, after having discovered some more cheering path to independence if not to waullh."— Other's, again, have gone in a wild and reckless spirit, with.no fully matured plan, and careless alike oflho present-4ml of the future. They'love excitement, advohlurb, are impulsive, rash—atid licncc have cm burked while laboring under the fever of the hour, and beotMlso friends, and companions were about to form members! of what they regarded uv “a good parly." ; All have our best wishes fur success and prosperity —for a full realization of then brightest hopes, and an early .return to family and friends. But the ad- must nerve their hearts for many trials.— Success liioy even prove worse for somc.of them than failure, "The possession ofgold may destroy, because it may. the mind, induce a spirit ofdissipa* lion, habits of idleness, and thus bring disease, death and a premature grave! It is therefore that we utter a word, of caution and of morning.. The strong man, when he goes forth to battle pro vides himself with many CBscnlialsbf physical pro? lection and sustenance. . Ho. must have weapons of dcfbnco, supplicB of ammunition, provisions and clo thing suited to the climate, to tho winds and ruins, the dowa and the sunshine to which ho is about to .subject Hnuclf. How much more necessary a moral j panoply, of defence and sustenance fur the young [adventurer! Many bf tho “ onward bound” have entered upon the firel-jp'dat enterprise of (heir lives. The distance, too, is, thousands of miles! It cannot ho accomplish' eti Jit l&V.Uwa months—several mnnlhs—unless tho *;reconveyance be resorted tb." A year at least must pass o/'/beioKi any reasonable expectation of return may bo indulg. od 'Kycurt It seems but a brief and fleeting pc. 1 riod to. those who ajrc at home, and in daily commu. nion with friends , rind relatives, or to (ho old man who, in tho decline of life, looks hack to his days of boyhood, und wonders that time has passed with such rapidity. Hut how different with tho young, the confidingHho affectionate, who huVo left for the first time (ho nnunts of ulHmir purest pleasures, the scenes of dll their innoccnTdelights, fond mother never thought of but with tenderness, the cherished father nev<;r'rccollocled but '.villi admiration and re. spec!, tho/gentlo, sister, or still nearer, and dearer dovoled wife! < "•dap hurrioil kiss—ono lait. one tuna embrace— ■Olio vearninglook npnii lierlearfni race— ' And no wnsgonn. mnl, llka n Amoral knoll. . 'TR^’^ndßiiUllfclgljM—belovod, fiiru thou well I’’ How long the days, mid (ho weeks, and tho months —how long- tho weary days of absence must seem (o such! '.How thty heart must yearn homeward, as the vessel recedes from the shores of tho native (own, or, as thousands of.mllcß apart, tho memory.wanders back, and like a spirlljmvcrs over tho haunts of boy. , hopd, and the huifs'dhofd (hat contains to tho wande rer, every thing of huplift affection,.,.; ! . Several vcssols have depnitod from pur port within la few days. Crowds on those,occasions thronged (ho [wharves, the light laugh und ilio-hiorry jest wore [hoard from the lookers-on, and among tho adventu j rors wore not n few who smiled n last farewell, und I | joined Ip the. hearty shout that thrilled like (lie peal lof p. trumpet,as the Vessels wcr*.,pa/lbd from ,tlici,r , fastenings, jlut there were other and sadder scenes. Gentleness and love ' had their 'homo* In some of those .daring hearts, and tho voice'trembled with . emotion, and tf>c eye.filled.\yith,tears, as a fair while hand \yas clapped for tho last (lino, or a saerad'klss was Impressed upon cheeks that puled nt the thoughts 1 and • osuVjciutlpnn of that tender, passionate, and yet sorrow-fraught moment, The .mother parted from her son, the husband from Iris wife, tho lover frcim Ms betrothed, and the very effort to subdue and sup prose emotion, to chuck und restrain Ilia overflowings oftho heart, only rendered tho agony tho deeper.—r Wo will, hot attempt to describe these scenes. But all Who have purled from an object of affection, parted perhaps, never to return, may well conccivo the emotions that were fell If not expressed. God guide and guard the wanderers ! May they, while away, prove mindful of themselves and their duties, 1 and not forgetful of the. fund beings nt homo,—tho gentle, the faithful, who will watch witli.kcon irnp.v lienee, for,; every lino of intelligence that relates to them—,will rejoice at their welfare, sympathize wit!) their reverses, and “come weal or come wop,” bp prepared to give them a cordial, h hoart-v/arm wel come whenever they return! . The Boy and the Attorney.— “ Come here, my lad;’* said utv attorney to a boy about nine years old. The boy wont, and asked tho attorney what oaso was to bo tried next. The lawyer answered, “A ossa between tho people and’ the duvil—which do .you think will ho tho most likely to gain the notion 7"— Tito boy replied, “ I gupes -il will bo n pretty hard dqueezo—llto pooplo have got tho. most money, but the devil tho most lawyers. 1 * Singular Escape from SlavrrV.— William and Ellen Craft.man and wile, lived With dilfcmit mas. tors in the Stale of Georgia. Ellon is so noflr while, that sho ban pass without' suspicion fur u while wo man. (lor husband is much darker, do Is a mo ohanio, and by .working nights and Siindaysv he laid up money, enough to bring himself and his wife out of slavery! plan was without precedent,* and though novel,, was (liu moans of gelling (hem their freedom. Ellen dressed in man's clothing, am) passed as the master, while heh.husbniid passed as tho servant. In this trAvelled from Goer* giu to Philadulphla. On their Jbdrncy, they put up at tho host hotels where they stopped. Neither' of them can road or write, AnguSllen, knowing that she would bp called upoh;to write her name at Ibo ( hotels, &o.yllcd her right, hand up, on though it was lame, which proved of some service to her, as she was called upon several times at hotels to “register her namo. ■ Causx ofGrav Hair.—A recent, English work says that the disturbances,of tho‘baart, produced by sudden mlafortiyies, affect,llm-ciUsneous capillaries in suohn way a* to oaueo tho liulr to turn while in a few hours. '' ’ V “An honest man’s Word is as good us Ills .bond,” is a trite maxim. So is a rogue’s in nine caeca out of ten. ‘ ' NAPOLEON'S HEART. Nnpoleon died, ills well known that i»ia heart wqb extracted, with the design pf being pre served;, The British physician, whp had charge of . the wondrous organ,.bad deposited il in a silver ba sin, among water, and retired to rest, leaving two tapers burning beside It in his chamber. He often confesses to his friends,.while narrating (he particu lars, that hp felt, very nervotialy anxious .as to t/m custodium of such a deposit, and though he reclined he did not sleep. While laying thus awake, he heard during.the silence of'lhe night,first, a rustling noise, then a plunge among; this Vmlcr in the basin, and • then the sound of an object fulling, with a rebound on the floor— all occurring wit h the quickness ofljioughti Dr. A. sprang from his bed and lho,cuusc of the in-, trusion was explained—it wns an enormous Norman dy rdt dragging the heart of Napoleon to its hole.— A few moments more, and that which hud been, too vast in its ambition In be satisfied with the sover eignly of conlincn.tiul Europe, would have been found in it more degraded position than the dust of Ctesar ; stopping nlicer barrel—it would have been devoured (as,the. sypper of a rat! “To ouch vilc uscs must ! we edmo at last!” CONCBUt. I “My doar,.did John blackthorn bools 7” “ How should I know—l halnt got ariy thing to wi(h your boots. It’s washing day.” <’■■■■ . “ But, my love, you needn't speak so. cross.” . V“ Speak so cross, I didn’t speak cross.” • ( •«,o—yea vou did,*’ I didn’t.” .... «I say you did," - ’ V “Isay I didn’t.” ... ' ■ - ‘ • “By gracious! ■ I won't stand this ; it’s too bad to bo treated in this way. I’ll Icavo you, madam, I’ll have a separation.” * “O, Mr. Stub—was ever woman so abused. Herb. I’Ve been washing and scrubbing all day lung ns hard as ever I could, and then you come homo and act so to me—just because I don’t kuow about your boots. Oh, it is tuo bad, it.is—buo, hoo, boo, hod. •• Hem ! Well, Nancy, I didn't mean to mnkoyou cry. Never mind—l reckon John lias blacked my bools, la them nro snssengers io bo fried fur supi per?” . ' “ Yes, my.dcar. I got (hem for you particular- A STRANGE VISITOR. I had been sitting; in the verandah rpadlngvUnd went away for a lew minutes to speak to my wile. When I dime bach my chair was occupied. There, silling us quietly as possible, was air enormous out* rung*outang, ormonkey of some sort. When I first caught sight of him ho had my book in his and was to ull appearance reading. .It happened, however, to befrather a stupid, book, and he threw it daWn. Ho then placed his hands upon his knees', and s-it perfectly still, just ns if he had been medll.u ting on whal he lind been reading. . 1 should say, as neatly us I could judge, that ho must.have been above Hve feel In height, supposing him to stand erect. He sat ns uprighl'as a man. After watching him fur a minute or two, and observing that the calves of his.legs were thicker, and more like those of a man than monkey legs usually are, I stopped quietly back and culled my wife. All this time' I had not scon his face. . However, as she came, one of the parrots screamed, and tho old gentleman turn* ■ ed hia iicud. His face was very dark, with large ‘ whiskers and heard, and hair all perfectly white; his ‘ body q light brown, and his face and.handa peculiarly ' suw.mc htrhalTdrnsc, laid both hands on tho elbow 1 of the chair, and bcgiin to grin and show hia'toolli qnd spit at me, 1 did nut quite like it, as I was nfiuid. he might make a spring in my direction ; yet I hrtew. my' vaieu would at once frighten him away, if I raised tho horrid unearthly yell need by the.natives to scare wild beasts, and which oven tho tiger will hardly resist unless.much pressed by hunger. Still I fell moro inclined to watch him. Once I thought of going round the' other way, and getting my gun; but really he looked so much liko a man, that I could not have allot him. He continued to grin and spit until ! turnedawuy Imping ho would rcsiiino his former position. As soon howetfer, as ho thought my eye was off him, he rose leisurely from :his chair, stepped slowly out of the verandah, caught hold oftt branch of the banyan tree, and swung himself up into It. As he did this I saw he hud a long tail, so that ho could not, 1 he. lieve, have been an outrang-outang. Indeed I never hoard of. them coming into this little island, nor, I think into this district. I wont into my study, and immediately, aflciwards hourd him scuttling-away over tho roof of.tho 'house. I liovo not seen him since, hut if ho comes back I shall try to make friends with him, hy ‘giving him food. lhongli Ibe i lievO he belongs to rather n treacherous family. . r l Manners and Customs of India, t Wear a Shilb.— Which will you Jo 7—smile nml make others happy, or bo crabbed and make every nno'iirotind miserable 7 The amount ol\h«pplnoss you cun produce is incalculable if* you show a ami- Jjii|r face, it kind honrt, and apeak pleasant words,— Wear a pleasant countenance f'lcl joy bemn in your eyes,’’and love glow on your forehead, There is no joy like that 1 which springs front d kind act ora pleas* pnl dced*pnnd you may feel it at night when you. rest, ut morning when you rise, and through all Ihu day, when about your business. • •‘A smilo ; who wilt refuse n'simte| The sorrowing heart to cheer 7 And turn to love the heart of guile, And check the lulling tear 7 A pleasant initio for every lace, Oh, Mis a blessed thing; It will tho lines nf enro erase, And spols ofbcuuty bring. , TiibFussy MTTL'rGeNTLEMANi— ;One of tliopo fussy, inquisitive, mcddlesnnto, pohe-yotiMtoso Inlb every body’s business little fellows, of whom \yo sometimes read of, took a soul nonr us In the Bjllimoro car on Tuesday evening. He made himsclfgcnorftlly enter, tabling for an hour with Ids droll remarks and funny questions, when unold, woman came in; whereupon our little follow started to his feet, and enquired— “Do you livo Hereabouts,.MaUumo 7" “No, sir.” . , . “On a visit t prcauinol’* “No, sir.’* . “No? Comb-, now, that’s queer. 1 * / ~ “No, ’taint, l oanib'clown to attend a burying.” “Oh, oh, yoe{—U funeral—somebody dead, eh ?“ “Well, commonly, wo doh’l bury folks, down liore unless they nro dead,"drily replied lltu old lady. • Tho fussy gentleman began to whistle tho linnle to and tulkorl but little during-tho remainder of the journey.— City Item. ■ Tim Heathen ANO tux Puoi.ioan.— I hero is 0 good deal of character lu an anecdote fust relotod to us of a heathen man and a. publican In a. down eastern region. A parly of young men wejro “making merry In on upper room,” when the landlord oamu up and ,U ‘M3onlloiheti, l wi.li you m.iho a 111110 lost noi.o Imre, for there l» a men below who Is very sick.” ’ ■j '• . “flitanco Uk« a poiillicfl carao* ' ‘ ear” of the uloU'while, but presently the frolic* ing was resuinbtif* Tho landlord .oamo up,.again and said:—“Gentlemen I wish ydii’d maUe'-U;Jke(l£ leas niekol }‘ Iho man down stairs is djfl^gptl?’All was now still} when nioncu tho door was'-upohod, and Dunifnoo popped; his , bond, in losays—“Go ahead now, .gentloinan | make,as much noise ua'you like; The man is dead V'-~>Kuiok*fhocker, ‘ Characteristic of tub Sex.— lt is said that a cole brnled English duchess, on being told that she inusl bo bled or she would die. assumed the usual pjrofogu live of her sex, and replied, “I won't bo bled} and 1 won*!, dlejV mid she didn’t. Road not to contradict or confine, nor to- believe and tokefor grunted, but to weigh and consider, AT $2 00 I*KB ANNUM, THRIU.ING NARRATIVIIi ftluUuy and Bloody Mtuucve at Bolt* , The Sandwich Island New, of tho 14lh October, 1848,'contains an account of a mutiny and Massacre at sea, on board the English , schooner... Glassgow,on the 3d October,'whicbTcatne,' into port on the 12th. The facts aro stated as fol lows j , , . i The Amelia left Mazallan on tho 9U» September, anH tliu coaot on the I9th, w(lh a cargotof $300,000 in specie, bound for Cook ana lady, end. • Mary Hudson, a serving' maid, passengers. On the night of (bo 3d ofQctobcr, in the middle watch, three of the crew attacked the.second mate and killed h|nj. The captain and Mr. Cook hcdrtng the noise can*® bn deck. Oho of the. ruffians was slatloned at IhO'.lprl* casllo hatch to prcvcnlilie walch below.from coming np. iuid tho other two attacked the captain olid Mr. . Cook, killing the latter and badly wounding the for* mer. , - u.- The captain ducceetlgd la getting down, Into lh® I cabin, and having procured acuilass, waft again go* j ing on deck| when he wos slabbed In tho neck and fell back u lifeless corpse. Tho ladles* affrighted at the nqiso and groans of. the. murdered* wsrflordcrcd to (heir state rooms, tho .mala-was ftccurecPW.his, nnd.lho murderers look possession of-the shaped their epurso for tho coast of Peru. On following the nmto was told - that *h« I could have the boat, end provisions, if he choose to leave (he.vessel and take Iho ladies with him. Un der pretence of lowering,'lho .boat, they Induced [him lb, go on dock, when they fell .;.ppbn hint and having wounded him badly threw hli|i over board? ... ■ : They (hen throw all tho letters and papert ; bvjiv. board, and getting out a large quantity of gold, dm-' ded it among the crew, compelling oil of them, at, the peril of their lives,,to lake a share of the money; and then calling for wine, commenced gambling.—>- For lwo days, they, held undisputed possession,‘com-,■ polling the ladies to sltnl the table with them, and threatened them with death if they did npl comply. It is more easy to imagine limn describe their feoU jjngs. No ray of hope beamed on tho future; but* [thanks to o kind Providence, deliverance wae at [hand: . . . , , We give (ho remainder of tlib narrative from a statement drawn.np by an. apprentice boy on board . tho'Amclib, named Thomas Gannon : Wednesday, 4llt, John Smith, born in Rotterdam, flollaml; Win, Peter, Christiansond, Norway; Fran k Peering, Si; Michacl.H, Western ’lslands « John Bcr ringer, Bordeaux, Franco; Jose Bilbao Spain, propor sed a plan to lake (ho lives of the murderers .that nrgbl, and which was communicated to rest, of the crew, (four excepted.) The carp'onte’r’sato. maul, pumpbreaks, bouitting pikes, &c., were to bo ready for l|ie;purposo. At 4 o'clock,.P.-(VI,, the three mur. dorers brought.up a quantity of wine, which was of- ( ferod to the men, in order to make them That being done thcy<cpoimonccd playing together . for gold, Afterwards they got u mualer of fire arms together, trying .which was the beat, and loading them with heavy chaagcs. One of them "from "• the foot of the compitnionway discharged n loaded pis tol at the man at the wheel, (John Smith) without effect. ’ . They then pal the''arms away for that time, but to|d the females they should have occasion for them in the.morning. They then came on dcok(9JP. M,) Jose Calcrn having the first watch, and who was to cull the other two nl IS o’clock. At 10 o’clock John Smith was relieved from the wheel and went to<thO‘ loo.aitjo oC tJift long boat, the carpcnlerJC-. (he implimchls.wcre r.eady. 4 The carpenter.replied; ves, all ready but the axo was below. John Smith ' j.lJipn went below in tiiu steerage ung brought, It UP and lold the hoys, Charles and s 'Thomne, to Imvo (tie boarding pi fees ready* and should he wnptlhe cutles* scs to run down in the cabin nncThand Jufio Cnlero, who had the'watch (hen, being drutilfi ■truck eight hells at cloven o’clock. Flo thcn cajled out to heave the log. Smith immediately, seized ;the axe and running aft despatched at onco thp,,sleeping men, Jose liorres and Andrew Duldibczp, whero,they. lay on the deck, whilst Win, Peter, who wont to hold the reel, dropped it and fell upon Jose Calero, trying to gel him overboard ; being.unable to manage hiiQr John Smith jumped to the iec side, and struck; off his right arm tyilh his nxo,, John then called out fur the boys to get the cutlasses in the. event of meeting wii.lii Any opposition in the fear men whom ho’could net confide in, but he received no opposi tion. • The bodies oftbo three men wore then thrown over- )o.u<]. .John Smith,.then look command, of the real of tJio crow, all being Agreed to tlio same. ..He Jh.cn* | went down,ln the cabin, assuring (liofcmalos of their safety, qndbonsultcd.iviihMrt.Cook as to wlihl would ,ho the bo*tj)lun*io pursuo in order to restore the rop del nnd,cargo to. the rightful owners, Tho money ty4s all brought.dft av It had been distributed and placed in'tho'cabin. - • . TJjp sprvlvors attempted {a return to Maxatlan, but, (ho v,'bn'.her proving very.bad, they decided to makfe for (ho nearest land, and took their conreo, as near ‘a* (hpy could compute,’for Oulm. The following. . !b a list bf those who Were killed by tho mutineers: Mr. Coolt, for some yonro a rcsldebt- of .Mazat^an; uCapt-'Robert L. McNulty, of Homan Alva ind Qitano, Tho throo mutineers were Mexican*. • Tlircp nivliy.u«.or tho coast have been placed In con mtomenlfor the purpose ofcxaminnllun. It Uthought that tiuno of the crow except tho three Who tvpro kill ed were aware of the plot, Tho. upbclo has been re moved from tho vessel to the vaults.of tho Treasury, by order of the Consul General. Mrs. Cook and ser vant arb residing onshore," 'Whig Dislike of « Spoils.’*, This is llio first session for manyyoaty that.thb fi deral jmriy, under Die misnomer of whig, hsvohaa ' u majority on joint ballot in Umicgitiluturc, and It. is ' worthy of. remark, that llio only two important ofti* s cos in their J'l have been parcelled out among-thenr*' 1 i solves. Mr. Cooper, n member of the Douse, has boon, by intrigue and management, elected lb the * United Slutes Senate, flowtar the Stale Treasury , office, which has been conferred on Mr. Dali by his. own casting vole, was made to,contribute to the ro» suit, cun on!y ? bo a., mailer of conjecture, but U, i,s very natural to prosuma lhal there was.a per• dorslumling that “Ifypti*!! lickltf 1110 I’ll fickle you.”, Mr. Cooper was u little more fortunate than Mr. Dali, !u proourlng'his election, without the degradation of , voting for himself. . Do only, (Mined to vole so a» to lessen the number necessary to a choice; but Mr* I Dali, to secure his election lo.tho charge of the public funds, could not forego tho tdmplnlldn, when'no other aitcrnntjyb was left, of voting fur himself. Il is, wo believe, the first Instance in our history, of.-a member of Legislature conferring an important offico of (rust uml profit upon himself by his own vole I Those whig legislators are truly very disinterested and sclf’Bucrifiolng I They have sol un eiamDlo far their successors fur all tipio lo comc. HereuUCrno outsider, no mutter whul )ns claims, qualification*; And merits may bo,'need cvpebtany nlfico of honor, profit, nr trust, at llio hands of a whig legislature ! s Such favors mast bo reserved for the members of ‘ tbolr own body! It is well Tut the people that they have no moro offtods In their gift, ul lhq present, or the (Imißo might bo 101 l without a quorum, or bo filled with office holilcru. ■ *' - r Tho Blh scqlinu of llio filh article of, the conslilu inn declares “No mombor of llio Sobaio or IJonso if Representatives shall I>q appointed-by the Qover* mr lo any qffice during the term for which ho shall mv« been elected.'’ Had tho framers of tho conell. lullon anticipated that any member of tho LegUU* luro would so far forget his duty and sulArespcot lift to appoint hhnsbirto an important offio o,ijrAto ojbrt uole, they would, no doubt, havo guarded iigalnstlt. ■ \ ■ ' . ' • Kryitoni, '.‘Put, tbit,right buck wboro yon look U >o girl said when her lover snatched a kiss. '' ' l/.i Why should ; Indies always.bp punctual ? Doenuso wficn lhoy uro liulo behind llioy make it up ihoty • 1 s. NO. 35.
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