American US illnlunlffr BY JOHN B. BRATTON. • / VOL. .35. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, PubMsJied every Thursdny v atCarHsle, frav, by)JOHN B Vr upon tlie following conditions,which will he rigidly adhered to:> . * “ . ' 1 ' . , TBRKB Or SUBSCRIPTION. For.onoyear,in«rfpo«ce,. ...» For stir months; fn advance, • • . No subscription taken for a lew term than alx months.aud np diicontinuancepermitted uptUall arrearages prepaid. ; Twenty-five per cent.addltlonnlon tbcprlceofsubßcnppion will bo repulsed bfall tJioße who dp not pay ip advance.' . - f RVTBB OFADVBRTIBIKO. .Oqo square, ojje |i|Bcrtioq, j, . . r ' ’ One square, two insertions, . . One square, three insertions, . • , Every subsequent insertion, per square, A liberal discouht will be made to those who, advertise by the year, or for three or'six months; 1 1 ' Omct—'The office of The American 'Volunteer Is in tlid sec ond story of Jame«;H. Graham's new stone’ huildingjn South llanovcr street, a'fewdoors from Burkholder's hotel, and dl-. rcr.tly npppslte the roit-ofllce, where those having business will please call* ; ‘f, i-.u 1 1 • poetical* LIFE’S BUWNY SPOTS* 1 8V WM. IiBOOCTT. Though life's a darkand thorny path, its goal the silent tomb. It yet sumo spots of sunshine hath; That smile amid the gloom. The friend who weal and wo partakes 1 - Unchanged, whnt’er liis lot. Who kindly soothes the heart that aches, Is sure a sunny spot. - Tlift wife.who half our burden bears, v And utters not a moan; Whose ready hand wipes offour teats, ' Unheeding all her own; .Who treasures every kindly word. Each harsher one forgot, And carols blithely as a bird— , She’s, top, a sunny spot. 1 Th 6 ehild who lilt*, at morn and evo,‘ . In prayer,-its tiny voice; < . Who grieves, whene'er its parents grieve, And smiles when they rejoice;- '. . tn whose bright eyes young genius glows, Whose heart, without a blot, *■ Ijesh and pure as summer's rose— lliat child s a sunny spot. .There's yet, upon life's weary road, . One spot of briuhter glow, Whdre sorrow has forgot Ms load. . And tears no longerflow ; .Friendship may wither—love decline, Our ciiibl. his honor blot. But still, unditnm'd, that spot will shine— - Religion lights thst spot. £mwcs(, ond (especially upon (he great Mississippi river and along ' Us shores. - Why, I remember when a dead man’s body found floating in the Mississippi, or . lying even in the streets of or Natchez, would otlracl os little notice a* the a'iJead dogl or woman was found in' a situation that actually Required hiding sake of common decency or convenience, they wore buried as they were found, and no questions asked! 1 remember when the Mtssinsippian hilled Hogan, the editor of the Vlchs* : burg Sentinel, in a duel , or by culm, cool promedila* ..ted murder in reality, over the river, opposite Vicks* borg, the affair, upon the people, had just such an bnecl as a horse or a yacht race, or a fist fight now A days. Long before Mr. Hogan and tils adversary came bver'to the duelling ground—rich with the blood of tclf-sacrificed victims to rum and false, notions— from three to_ five hundred people had collected to 4ee the murder *nd bet upon the result! Yet. In full view Of these wagers upon their blood, coarse, ribald jests and horrid imprecations ringing in‘..their earX "V r •‘ lfro “ ft, kd , ty « swarm offiends! did lhdt’tal- Anted- man, Hagan, stand up'lo'murderor beinur* Uered, and unforlunalcly, for this poor roan at loa«(, the latter result, occurred, . , ( Out my, purpose now, is not to note, duclling.’but to (ell a story of gambling,' the incidonls of whicli I once Witnessed upon a steamboat between'baton Rouge (the bloody slake) and Nalbhoz,'on the Mis. •ippt# Twelve years ago, I don't recollect having seen a single'Mower country", bout, coming up or going down the river, on which thoro was a scarcity of “ black legs," and oven when the hot weather and "yaller Jack" made the travelling on the boats dull, and consequently victims scarce, the gamblers would* . Mill hang about the social hull, while away the time by fleecing the officers of the boat; and frequently descend to the deck, and extract the hard oarnvc sweat coined dollars of the deck hands and firemen ; and, twelve years ago there were, but few white men employed upon the decks of the steamers, and I then never saw a while fireman. None but:niggers, thorough southern ouffys, could then, U was suppos ed, atund a Climate that would boil eggs in the sun, and melt the brass buttons from a coaMail, in front of those wood devouring furnaces, under the boilers! Hut since that time, either the climate “ ain't what R used to was," or, while men are gelling used to It, for white men have nearly supplanted the darkies; cuffy's occupalion's.gonc, and you seldom hear the harmonious jargqnal, plantation chorus, or the boat* men's song now a’days, or now o'nights, as you steam up and ddwb the Father of Waters. |{ is really enough to make tho departed spirit of poor Miko. Finks boatmen'weep, to sue tho innovations old father Time is'jvorking upon Mike's fampus thoroughfare, ' , ’ But to my -story. I was bound down tho river, . early in the fall, before travel had sot in, or citizens and strangers had began to (look into llio Crcqccnt City; 1 was on the “Porn," a large, finely built boat, but not much noted for her speed, although sho could chaw up About as much wood, in running from tme wood-yard to another# as would.pul a Polasol* (Icmcnt through a lung winter* f ti j , We had a heavy freight on, the water, Wfls lqw, and about half our time was spent on sand-bars, and taking in wood! Oh! sho was a crowder ;on wood piles!—tho Peru was. Wo had but a-few pqssan* gers—half of them were ‘Megs," who had dropped on from several ports after wo had loft tho mouth of the Ohio; they tried to draw the captain In—he had given up playing—he bud! The dorks had po.dmo, 1 And the rest of (ho officers had been so long in Lou* »sv|||o that they wore all cleaned out! Two jiasWn* l gers lost a few fives and tons','and*then the "legs” fell afoul of cad) other, h '• It is’ said dog won't bill it's not tin uncommon case for one “sharp" (o fleece another! It Was whispered about among the “ legs'* that soino of tho "dock hands" wore rather flush, and It was not long before sororol of the sharps were on (ho lower deck seeking' whom they might devour thoro, VVo wore between Natohcz ami Baton Rouge— Jdght had closed in—a “wood yard/’ had boon transferred to the deck of tho Peru, and she 1 was off, booming and coughing like an amateur thunder storm. Among the deck hands, or (!rdmen; was a tremendous b)g negro, a perfect Hutoulos In ebony. He had boon a slave on a plantation, but at last, was pul upon a steamboat, os fireman, by his maalorj owing (o his refractory disposition, which made him a bad example to bis follow slaves, and the master would rather have him out, of the way, and in somd flx that would work off his superfluous combative* ness and muscular stamnla, as well as pay well for bis time. The master thought, (he of the Pecuvl don’t w,under.,at his,decision and fore. I--Noting wood apd.gptflpg banged around by the bully mates, would aoon fix Cqffy’s flint (of Him I Slaves ip the south are frequently ..allowed to hire themselves out, for what tjiey please, make their o,wn bargains about work or wages, so they bring ‘ in ! weekly, or ; monthly a Pertain sutii, floi upon their time by the master; This big darky.had a price set upon his time, and contrary to expectation, he proved on the river,.a most excellent “ fellow,” worked like a Trojan arid managed to clear onbiigh in ydafs, “ legs” when business was dull. A professor Jit upon the.negro that night—and Eucro was the gnmoi ‘ It was an awful hot night, nota breath of air seemed stirring, a few stray flashes oflighlning glan* ced aboilt the horizon,'and now and then a distant roll of - thunder answered the echoing “ caugh! caugh!”. of tho old Peru. On a wood wiieolborrow, in front of the blazing, roasting fires of the boilers, wore two persons, strangely contrasting, as they sal, the cool looking quiet ‘‘leg,” with his big brimmed hat, blouse, satin vest, and strings of gold chains drooping down, from his ncck,whilo the .diamond rings and breastpins wcrcglaring in the strong light I of the furnaces. The poor, infatuated negro,in. a*i pair of stout, casihct ’trowsers, tied around his waist, I with , a'bandana handkerchief, and not a whit else j upon his muscular .body, except large globules of 1 odoriferous sweat, snl facing the V leg,” who licked 1 up the eagles and notes of the negro, us business like 1 and self possessed, while the cigar smoke of his Ha vana gracefully oozed out of the corners of his villla 1 . nous 'looking mouth, ns though ho was,,merely dts. counting the negro’s pile at the usual per cent of the day. Bulllio brawny negro's expression, ds ho found hu pile diminishing,* was anything but complacent, palm or interesting, if seen in’.a dark.night, on a lonesome road! I think not. Midnight, or a litlla while after, for as deeply oh. sorbing as the ganio.botwcon the,negro end the '‘leg” nsd become to many, who hovcrc.3 around then), I Went to my stole room, end loftthom still playing* allhoogh tho negro’s bonk had dwindled down tb a few-dollars and tho sharper 'was still holding full hands of “ oueroing” his victimised brother amateur leg each successive game. The negro’s money being all gone, he, half wild with excitement and cnrn.whmkcy— put himself up against three hundred dollars ! /1 Thio was good grist to tho gambler*. mill, and not tho first lime, doubtless, that he hod played for. nc grocs, as for cotton bales and other property! *. finch a negro, at three hundred dollars, was worth playing for! and if the “leg” had squared himself fuf the negro’s little pile of money, which ho had won -by ptece-mcnl,he now. spread himself right ouV.ivlion. the “ anlies” were to bo twenty Ove dollars u gamo! Perhaps, if Ihero cvcr.was a desperate gamoiildy. ed ot Eucre,'i| waß “one o&’cin” when fhe ncirtd, gambler sot himself to i work in good earnest to “fetch" them 1 They cut, shuffled and doaled, tho hdiiru flew Uh. heeded by tho morally damned pair of beings, Who sal, one quivering and convulsed with desperation df the chances for him, while tho other, keen, calcula ting miscreant, as gently smoked Ms cigar, and mildly ditccled the game,ns if it. were mere pastime! Out tho gambler’s face was no mirror of his soul, or the black purposes, the greedy oppclUo tb secure his poor victim, would have been revolting to behold. Game after game passed on, and still tho negro was losing, losing, losing the last hundred dollars— the third of tho sum set upon his own liberty Was now broke upon and the first twerityfive dollars gone! The negro slopped for a moment; to go aft as ho said fur Ins .“ lobacker,” but ho soon returned, add thQ game went on, with tho usuuriuok’Wtih 1 the gambler. The-next twonty'fiVo dHllars was lost, and the next not lohg after followed iL. The last same was began! tlioiasl twenly-fivc dollars to be played Ih^dn» C ri f U,ero conld hnvoVoinnincd no SS-S"*' l " 1 ” - The cards now greasy and damp with tho nervous aweattnj- of both pair of iniquitous palm., word shuf- Hod, cut and doaled out for Iho Im lime; .the negro’, byes brightened i he field a hand, apparently, that highly pleiacd him, and the “ leg” having.the deal, the negro .ordered tho trump “up,” and tho gaino commenced; the poor, deluded p ogre mpdo .barely an bsoape from en “cuoro,” yet ho hoped, possibly, to win (hot gaino, and oven all, tho reel' (hat would give him hook hi. liberty and all hla money !, Men will flatter themselves with the hope of free pardon, under tho (fallow, tree with tho bailor, about their nccka! So the poor black enthusiast Hoped until a few ,brief moment, pai.ed and the last gatpo wo. played—tho ” leg” had won, money and man, and rising up with fin oath swore tho negro was /us meat.’ Tho vein., cords and muscle, of the negro, swelled lo bursting; his eye glared horribly'—lyilii the quick ness of light—he snatched a concealed knife , from his trowsers, end burying It in .the broasl of the gambler, he made one. bound ovqr lliq deck., and In the next moment , plunged under the wl;'cc|s of tho steamer and was seen no more. . , Tho “leg,” however,lived lo follow Ills profession' of infamy, sovr • • • always averse *3 00 *lOO ♦ ■'So ’75 -•i‘oo icgro fireman Wo arc apt lial wo a ..... ».iau or a thing thav v,*. _ losing, and in ft train to eeaee pot setting. Wo thoughtlessly permit an Imposition on our feelings, “■ If lift word a aubalantivo nroporly/vyhioh wo poi- ROMod year* since and equally hoW poMoss. To bo olive is the'some consciousness now us then, and so we forgot the essentially different condition wo oro ‘j »■ . in lho 6080 Wng tbol should bo nor. tqlnly .Immortal as on absolute possession. But with wo liavo It but os continually wasting* lir Stippoilo a man confined' in some fortress, under tho doom to slay tlioro till his death; and suppose there is thorb for his use, a dark reservoir of water, to which it is certain none can oyer’ bo added, (lo knows, suppose) that the quantity is not Tory great; ho cannot penetrate to ascertain how'muCh/bul it may bo aery Huh,-* 110 has drawp from it by means of n fountains good while already, and drops from It every dSy; but how would he foel each time of drawing and cooh tlmo of thinking of It? hot as If he had a perennial spring to go to; no! “I have a reservoir, I nioy bo at oaso.’’ No I but*'l had water yertordny;—l have water to. dayj—bul my having hsdit; and my having it to.dny Is tho very cause that I shall not have it on some day approaching. At tho same tlmo lam compelled lo this expenditure! So ofour mortal transient lift! and yoi men arc very iddlsposod to admit tho plain (rath (hat life is a thing whioh they.are in no other way possessing, than ns noooßsar|tyt6Ansmnlng; and that oven in this imperfect aensp of possession, it 1 beoemus ovary day lee* a possession. Wo sometimes see (hat (Ho longer a man has been in the expcndl- 1 turo of it, (he.more securely ho seems lo feel it ft pro* i ptjfty positive, entire, and his own. Willi many, the plain testimony of time oomos 1 home with for too little fbrae~lime had, and spent 1 end gone, since thblr recorded nativity,; They have 1 attained Ilio ago of forty, fifty, flfty*flve, sixty, aye 1 more, apd yet will not lay It’to heart, thfttHheyJmve | entered^'or gone a great way forwardVln' 1 jftrt of ahjrprobable length of ’ ,* OUR IT ALWAYS BK RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR *RGNG ,OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, BA-, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1849. From Graham’* Magazine. I-WANT TO GO HOME]. DT RIORARD COt, JR, “ 1 8? home !•• saith a weary child A hat hath lost its way In straying, Ye may try jn vain to enhn its fears* v Or wipe irom Its eyes the blinding tears, It looks in your face still saying * < " 1 want (o go homer . f . *‘l want to go homo!” saltli a lair young Iridt „ In anguish or spirit praying: '* Her chosen, hath broken tho silvor cord— < linlh spoken a hnrsh.ami cruel word—- ' ■< . And she, now, alas 1 is saying ‘M want to go hocriel” I Want to go home 1” saith tho weary ioitl' Ever earnest thus ’tin praying, ' ~ It wuepeth a leijr—boaveth a,sigh— . . , . Anni upward glmiccth with streaming'eye To its promised rest, still saying ”1 want to go home!" - stAVBS OF THE LAMP. 1 r» were bvcr their wine and desert. une peach, and only one, remains upon the table. It , ” Vo|, y rich, very, ripe, very luclotis,.vcry tempting, i Everybody hns eyed it, and nobody has .taken it.— Everybody lias offered It to Ids 'neighbor, and every* body s neighbor (ms politely,declined It. There ap. pears something greedy in taking iho last morsel on Vft • Everybody appears careless about that which everybody is Interested. Everybody lb greedy I odt nbbody will own It.' The poach is the cabsopf all I tho white lies, tho petty envy, tho paltry'covetous* ness, which even that, respectable party—for they were all'respectable— and notone of them eared a pin’s head about a peach in tho abstract—CGuld*nol help giving up a liltlo corner of their hroosl to it as a passing place of shelter. - - Suddenly tlio lamp wcnlout; and, as tho room was_ left in darkness, six hands simultaneously stretched out encountered each other in the dish; tho whole party with one united effort strove.to appro* pfiato tho peach. When the lamp was re-lighted they wore ashamed [tolook each other in. the luco; They felt how pal try they .wore; ,wich what.- petty cowardice—with what shabby cunning—with what sneaking selfish ness thcyjiad acted. • ’Twas only the burning of the i lamp wbich had kept them, decent. They were all . staves of the lamp. And are ,wo not all, more or less slaves of the i lamp? . , ’ Our neighbor’s advantages aroourpeachcs., Sooir cly and,Society's laws barn the restraining Ijgjit, pnd mankind in general arc the envions-malcontehtswlio t disclaim the fruits while they long for it; whoso tongue refuse the morsel, while their teeth are'wat ering for Us rippness. | So roany.diffisrent men; so many different poaches. I Crime is the ruffian's forbidden fruit; punishment . the lamp whiclftoares liim from it. But, albeit; wo , nope wc are no ruffians, wo havo all of us our peaches, I Iho sparkle of a diamond, the (oxlurcof a dress, may r \\ not. bo a peach, which, Werotbo lamp of cortven linnal usage ofll, a lady might nbt scruple to avow I she coveted? For, mark, wo do not speak ofthoso who . w pu’d .actually snatch their fruit, were laws extinct,'. , or opportunity convenient, but those who are asham/ cd by I mconventional virtue; or,perhaps,the decent hypocr dy—of society, from avowing their longings; oi speaking plum truths in plain words! from saying they would like to have the pouch. Jack and Giil are rival chitons of credit and re nown. But JucUs either more lucky,or more wise gilded coach.-wuh trio same speoTcs ofploosure with* which thirty years before ho dcVoUrcd glided ginger, bread. Well, is Gill envious 1 Not he. When ho says so. the open eyes of society gleam larflpwiso on mm. He cUrses Jack In his secret heart. Why ? BccaUso there Is no ttludov* breast and the outside light Illuminates not ihn inner man;- fllrs. Thomas Trot is a young wife, ahd she Has k yoUng baby. You call, and the baby is produced frdm its cradle like a jewel from its locket. ft screams and kicks; 11 kb on obstreperous baby,os it is. You do not want to bo troubled with It. You will bo charitable, wc will supposoydii have the headache. You will like,to rap out—“ Confound tho squalling »n!’ ’ > ,O « don’t,you murmur in fondlingacccnlß, 4 ‘ rho delicious baby.” Again yod decline tho peach, A.l length Mrs. TJiomas Trdl aValks. baby and all.— Then doyqu Indulge yourself. “Stupid goose, think mg her goslins swans 1” Coward! you* hand is in the dish, but not (ill the light in the person of Mrs. Trot has left the room j Aloswo arc a terrible world of hypoeiitos! .The ( pouch is before us, and Iho light above us, and we render to virtue, the homage wo feel not. Wo are spies upon ouch other. Wo bind ourselves mutually ' over lobe of good behaviour, We are afraid of each other—wo keep up mutual surveillance; Good and bad results springs from it. It keep* us out of mis. chief, but jt creates fictitious mischief,- There aro many, times when It would bo manly to lake tho peach out of (ho plate. Thcro Is ttTalso as well as a truo shame. Tho light dolnderas well'as warns. I may be a Jock o’ Lanlorn.os well os a Pheros. The lady In the play can do nothing without inquiring what will Mrs. Grundy sop TUhK are pfo o ts of Mrs. Grundy a in (he world, and plenty of.people who steer their course precisely by the Grtmdy pom. suo*nbttl ** B *P. n JMV*t always point Such coca nro however, perhaps after alt. Hie ex ceptions. Society* keeps society in order. Society makes aociely polite, Society preserves a decent forbearance in the disposal of the pooches. “ Every body." saysTuiloyrond, " is cleverer thon anybody." Everybody i» more mischievous than anybody; or at least caniUcling vices, neutralizing each other, ox. linguish and beep down all irregularities. Every body wishes for tho pencil as well as anybody, and anybody is prevented from rudely appropriating It; by the very hypocrisy of everybody. Wo nro so many check strings ; tugging each other different 1,10 Vc 7 multiplicity drpulling rrom>Ming Imjled ns U body in tho wrong direction. ' Wd v iro ute'sonldd'liftftno, from being tliicvos, in Ihought, We nro #■ eoera.;«|f,su|ipotiiiig conslabu. Intory body, Dooornrti is lMp|t»ioin to hootiforood. Tlio world’s penoheo inu'ol. wliSdh vyitliout ’being appropriated, If they nroto hotfdvlodjjjt must bo in secret, If expression Is (9;,Bo given’toiihp envy, it must bo when the lamp Is out. Wo aft) Stli’" Slaves of the Lump." ’ ' " S ’ i Keep youf tfromUcn , Wo have often been shocked at Jlio reckless journeyed from Bethel) where" God hL d^ nC ° Ssf-°. d . 1 ? Mm ln '>'» yomh, he saw the heavens ojidij/and his heart wns lull of joy j for Jo- hud dnew confirmed his covenant with him. . B “ l *“?? b !( lcr griofhcfoll him; Rachael, the bd loved of htd routh, died in bearing him a second sent end when slid .aw that the hour of her death was near at hand, ehe collected her last breath, hissed her child, and-nsined him Denonii the son of sorrow, and breathed oufc/icr spirit, i And whcij Bho sppottredjjefore tlio Eternal: she I wept and said-*' Grant, oh Father, my first prayer before lliy JhVphc; Suffer me at limes to behold inv children, front* whom thou has asperated me, that I may, QBSlsUjhcm in their sorrow, and dr? their j tears, „ . ,j \ t t !,'. •• Thrice sWl'lhy prayer ho granted, thrice mayol •hen eeo jjiy children bpon the earth,V said the Al miphiybnflhou onnit not dry their tears," When shodccendcd for the first lime, she found the ' aged Jacob wcbpmg.in anguish, for her two Sons— : Joseph s b'oodfo.ratenl lay near him, I “ My gray » »aite im a.eer.' never addresses a servant abruptly ot sternly. In-' stead of saying bread ! water.' Bring me Ms t■ Or , “ s !l; ,J , c “ s 0 may bo, lie saysj in & iiiild and civil tune, I will thank you for the broad. Will you bring mo some water? A cup of Calico, if you please.— Will you be good enough lo hand me the sugar 7 And whenever anything is biought, ho always nd. dressefl the flervunts* capccially women, in a mild and civil tone! as if asking 4 ftvor and not demand* mg a rights and lio never rings his chambor-bell unless lol* . something that he cannot conveniently forego. Clerks and servants ut hotels are often bur. I raased by frivolous orders* especially by women who undertake to play lady and' show eongequenee, by being imperious and exacting. At table, the gentle, man never talks loud, novor slarcsaUlio other guests, and especially.never commits that indecency so com mon iri Englishmen, staring ul women, ilo never makes remarks upon any ono present; never looks up and around when, eating or drinking, like a dog over a hone, i and afraid of losing it. flo never drinks or talks With his mouth full, or fills his mouth till a cheek is distended like that of a ground squirrel gathering his winter store. Ho never dpit* at table or coughs or snoozes over his plate. He hover looks aboul stealthily or bpaslingly os if afraid or anxious i to be gazed at, but sits quiet and self-possessed, lak-l Ing for granted that the rest of tho company havfa llioir own business to mind, and no leisure lo bo busy about himself. In a parlor, especially among women, he never stretches on a sofa, puls his feet in or on a chair or on a lahjs or window sill, dr sticks thorn out ut fijll length. Ho never sits >vitfi his fool stretchcd out, and his hands on his head, as if hold* lng.lt on. Ho never mahtisgoncral denunciations of I parties or.Bocl. in presence of strangers whose opln* ions |je knows not, or in prcscnco of acquaintances whoso opinions sro adverse. (Jo defends ids opin ions when culled upon,' or omits it ul Ms diserellon, bill novor aggressively assails those of other, in (he social circle, or.among elrsngcre,.ot in ony-pluoo whoro confrovorsy is not cxpcclcd. At.table, when psrlaking of things designed for common Block, us salt, broad, walci, castors, placed in Ibo mlddju of the table for all, as they sometimes arc, he never loaves them beside his plate, but restores them lo their proper places, for the use of others, lie never alters profane or indelicate language, or makes coarse allusions, especially in presence 01. women. " If 1 a woman or an old irtan dfopa any thing, ho atonps lo rcooyor it, and if successful, presents it civ* illy; and a|wnvs politely acknowledge such courtesy tq MmsoUl. ifo abstains from all those outrages upon our good feeling, good manner*, 'and the'fights of otiiersipradticsl jokfes; Hdhovlefjoins InridiiiUloof any ner.on present who ia selected for a (mil. If any should cninipno to mnka ono pf ,a company drdnk,' ho pula tho mlandcd victim on his guard. Ito never laughs at a-full or'other daugoroue or mortifying accident, but nlwayn oifera asalslence,' If a woman mcola with any provoking mishap, as dropping n sol of curls, or having hot dross accidentally deranged, ho novor .laughs, but picks up end prcaonls or 1 or iengcfl aa if ho did not'soo; and endeavors to aid in Concealing the difficulty. If the ncoidcnla require feminine aid, tie sends liia own wife or dsiighter-to render it, nr jnfnrins the sufferer's husband, if proa, enl. lie Mover ridieuloa tlio unfurtunalo, or ojcullb over misfortune, or alludes, unbidden, to doparted frionda. In short, ho (ties, In all things, great and .inn|Mto do ns he would be done by, and never saori. ftpos 16 hi. Awn.ielflshneee, the . rights, feeling, or comfort pf plßors., Such is tlio rosl gontloroan. He is oonhnet)f(®nq condition In life,-for Ms gentility dcpendpApen&enevolont and onllglilonad considera tion (hp-pltiei# and not upon arbitrary dlstinotlona of human creation.—iViHa. Ledger, New Ltaiij.n-liow (cno jt |» that the bast Inform* od among ns Icarnsmaotliing now every day# Tho Shakers around us have recently' discontinued' (lie (iso of pork, and 1 now lend oil their* hogs, old and young, 1 ' lo market;' tfhey fpfuio to oat-It in onpr shape whatever?—out Jewing t|ip Jews in tholr null pnt>iy, It ja a strictly religions point .will) thorn, tlioy having' very recently discovered that',the pas sago of Sbripturb, whldli refers to SatanVenlerlng into thb living mnnris something more than, In lholr benighted ignorance, they had suppoacd or. even dronmed in any of tholr visions. In thpir belief the wholu generation of swine, bristling,or suckling,'is aooOrsl lot? all* limb, /hid «o, the edict (6 that effect Ipip gqifoTpfW to oil the flopipiunitieß.—ZioMeii Cour. A JoK* »bn ib u« mgnbt.— We Bdoa’book adrorll. nod under tlio jliilo o( IFAo< ie meney'; Wbal.ia *•; V ■•y. In 9»r opinion, monos it ly difficult to gel,- arid' wl'wn got.'Btlll Swrc S lokcep. ( From (lie Boston Aurota Doredlts. TllE TANKEB’S FOX SKlJff* BIT YANKEE HILL. Squire," said *idowH east,* giving'a nod and a Wlnk to Lyman and Towle,as tlioso gents stood In their store one morning.'up and dressed* for busl< ness* , ;‘H°W ttVo you, Sir?" said the merchants. . , 00 *y well, cbd-siderm tho stale offirings in gin i to j c ? u hfere, don't ycou?” 0 OCCQB 'onolly,V was the response., reckon ?** c . ul ** cl . bu y Fox Skins Icon, I ;; Why, have you got some for sale?’?. ’ ®° me * Yc-s, guess I hev one j its some Icon, I lellyeou.” ,■ "Lot's look at it," says, one of the merchants; The owner of the Skin lugged at the capacious pocket of (us old ‘yallcr* over cut, a few minutes, and out came a'pretty, considerable, sizeable bang dp of "a vencru bio reynard. . , Co '^ QTe il a P crr ° ct bewly it is, too. Alnt it?’* I Seen many finer ones,*! says,Towle. 1 .1 cou * 1C *» props yebu halntj bUI 1 dco think it is a rale bewty—slick and shiny as. a; bran . new hat." . k } “$ h ™ J’od.gollbis skin 7," sayfi the mef- rgf(ltV Why; when I kill'd the darn'd on (ter, o/ coorse;",<■«;<» >. - i-m . . V.ycs, wo;know, bd( was Itin (he full or summer.' 'or when V[ . ' ’ :t »® • r 8» well, I reckon,'twarnU fur from 4th 'i*?' ur ® i eBl clean’d up my old shootln piece, fur p rado on thc.glorlus onnivarsary ,nnd along comes.tho old critter, and J jest giv him a rip in the gizzard that settled his hash, mighty sudden I tell ycou.”-- ** . “Pox skins," said the merchant,"ore not very good when token In hot weather, the fur.and Imir is thin and not ht for much in summer.” " ** ncow I reckon, since T come to think it over twarnthot weather, When l ahol the critter: no 111 bo darn dof It was; made.a thundering mis. take beoul that fur, *twas nigh waa by golly, fur I and Seth Perkins war gain to & frolic, I remember it like a book, cold as sixty, snpwin aw ful. wns by ginger I" f t . ? mc rj : Wnta,“ was thcOkjx very 's**: ;.<> ! Molly, warnt il fA 7 . Never.did ice such a fit feller In all in3* beorn days. ’Why yoou, the fa-l through the critter’s bide,run down Ins legs, till the B/rlh Was guapf Whore the darn’d varrmnt crt\vlM;arcound. /Ijffl.by peupktmrl**" v .. t- TT- r ‘ lt ‘i 1 . Wc E Ueaft ’< lo,bo:good.” said Towle. rat skins, Sir, arc not so good us those taken from on nnimal not more than ordinary fat." guess ’twarn’l so dom’d fat nurthur; come r°ii th, ?£i° , 1 il ’ ,twa ® “nutber Fox ourSiah shot last lalU /«# old critter, tvarn’l so dom’d fat, not overly 01-rfact, I guess it 100 s rty-thur poor; kind o\lean , (rcoincnjus Jeon ; poor old varmint wasabcout to die of pure starvation; never did sec such dar’d eternal starved, lean, lank, famished live critter, on the lord's yearlh before !" " Very poor, eh?" says Lyman. " Very poor ? I guess it was ;so almighty poor that the old critters boons.stuck clean cout, almost threough his skin, had'nl kill'd It jest when I did il af ° r ° le^r ?ds further along. Fact! r “ wc seo llioskin la poor, very poor ? the fur fs thin and loose, and would notVuil us." . . 1 “ Want .nit yeou ? Ncoiv look ahero ycou,” say. tho Yankee, folding up hi. iertaiile .kin, “ I doon’l kind 0’ like »ich dealing ns Hi.l, nochcow, end I’ll be darn'd to darnalibn, el you celeb me a'lredin Fo* skins with yeou ngin, there nint nn (umber in the Statu of Maine !" And the holder of |bo akin va. mosed I ' . ItETORT DISCOURTEOUS. At a convention of clergymen, not long since, il was proposed by one of the members, after they bad dined, tbat'bacb olio should entertain the company with Borne interesting remarks. Among the rest, one drew upon bis fancy; and,related a dream. In his dream ho. went to heaven, and lip described the gold, on streets, the river of life, etc. As' fib" cbncluded, one of llio divines who wai somewhat noted for Ilia penurious and money saving liabilsiatcppod up to the narrator and inquired jocosely— " Well; did you. duo anything of me In yoiir dream?” "Yes; I did.’’ " Indeed, what was i doing 7” " You were on your knees*.” ” Fraying, woa 17” "No—scraping up the gold !” 1 1 POLITENESS. A young gentleman, lodging in a narrow street of Paris, lately conceived himself enamored ofa Jo dy who appeared ocoasionUlly at on opposite Window. Wl(h the freedom of modern Lovelaces, ho enclosed a copper coin in a billet doux, (0 give it the necessa ry tycighh and thrciv it with sufficient force,against the clrised sash,to break tho pain of glass ond go through. His own window was loft open, and, hr ft few minutes after, 0 cold roast chicken entered from tho opposite side, to the leg of which was lied , tho following note: 0 Monsieur J— You take advantage of a menha of corresponding with my wllb which piovoyoulohavo rend tho Spanish romances to somo profit. While 1 allow your ingenuity, however, allow mu to express a wish that, in your future love letters to her, by tho post, you Will let the enclosed weight ho of sflofer in stead of copper, lli it 1 may bo üblo to repair tho'bro. kon pane of glasd ntyour expehsc.'< , , Your humh|e servant,* , X;”. --Determined.to.Go* . , . , - A young man from New llainpshlro, only J 7 yonro of ogo, his sailed from Ifdsltm: ibr California. .-TheJournal says: ........ - ; . Hoisthessn of rich.parents, who hase offered him pyeryiindupomonl.lqßiay at hoineV Ills father has offered him ion thousand dollars If,he will re main, and en'nHirl; whd Iblluwod him to the wharf, offered him seven thousand more. But lie preferred going, Tito tears (lowed down the face of that kind aunt, as sho loft the wharf, after the brig had hauled off into (lie stream, and sorrowfully wended her Way homewards! It is said that the young man Is heir to about two hundred Iheti’sand dollars. , Cpicimv—To hoar a cricket chirp, is bysoipe considered a bud baton. Cowpdf says : “ Lillie Irimntb, fall of infrlh, ' Chirping on my kitchen lioarlh, , - • , Wliorcuo’or bo (hint l abode., ■ ’Always harbinger of/«*’* Couatjno a Widow In (be Municipal Court, Dennis Madden, was tried for imprisoning, Mary Madden, widow, ln ; a room against her consent, nnd taking 1 improper liberties with her. Tho ovi* donee provodlhot Dennis hoiidlod.tho fair, widow with groat nfdor und freedom ; but it nine appeared that she did not seem to perceive anything diaagrcc* able hi tliis treatment until sumo prying neighbors [popped in, nnd raised a htto and cry about ♦♦ sioh currying on." Dennis was therefore acquitted. Somo one Inn obicrvid Uml tho mooklng bird ie on She Jmt, of torm. w ill llio nightingale' and (rood «ingcr»,liiil ib (tnloßtcil hy crows nnd bnixardt, (hough bo imllo on one na nmlifnlly s> ll|o ullior. Thoro i. * moral horo for thoto who will toe U, ‘•rj'lAiKE.-lTu bettered any» tlio Uullowcll Gavotte, that more than two million doaon of ogjfaJjayo been Bent from Maine In Bo.lon S'jou’ouo!"' I,aVC sold fur ""Wtblng like .iS‘i M ,r , i # isi' r '“' 11 V.r*.*"f °f lll « bnp. ron. i -li. twnlltiWß lit. kliilu 'WtlOllr- '• ■ 'i ‘ I Tho PUyalonl Edncaiiob pf qiHs. We copy from the New York Commercial.th« fol* lowing excellent remarks upon the propereduoation . of young females, in order to insure their health and vigorous action even, (ill age approaches t • ** Shame on. us; (hut we, who boast of haviogTals* cd women in this nlnctcenlhcentury to tne 'posllfbn in life Which she ought to hold, so educate her.{hdt not ono of her poweis, physical or mental, can evet'dl* tain a fu.l and healthy action. 'Bolter go back to the days of onr groat grandmothers and be content with Dilwbrth's Selling Book and the Assembly'* Cate* chlsrn,-—nay, better to far earilor days, When neither catechism nor spelling book detained tho datnsalfrdm tho distaff or (hb loom, than rear for (becominggent bratlon a race of ncrvbus wives and sickly moth* era. . When the boy runs merrily after bis bill* nr'chalet,, ,n .the race, or lea (mover the bound, Ihe gtrl must walk dbmuringly . in, the garden, because, forloolh* 1 running and Icaping aiid-juniptng arc ungraceful in , llicgirh When (ho boy roams freely or through the woods in Summer, or coats.down‘ hill orskotes over the pond in the Wlnlcr, the glrlfj entrusted, uri benefit led, walks pensively by life' side * of her teacher to the village, or takes a two' mile air mg in (ho sleigh once in tho.wcck, She never pitch* bs the quoit, never throws the ball, never slides down 1, 1 foaini through the woods, Vpcaiifcv ( aayo the I Mark I all deemed urifbhlimne; 'ln fact Whe never thoroughly exercises her body : ill nil; and in consequence soon becomes,(tnablo tb' endure any Juhd bf physical fatigue. •, ' . •* Fit only ibr boys,” said o principal of a largest* male institute to.mc, tlic other day when Ircmons(rk* led with him on the importance of these and olltcf like exercises for girls. For boys, indeed ! And has not a girl a physical system to be developed, and rtia»* lured and vigoraled? Hus she not fulfglib to* tear; obstacles to encounter, hindcranccs to overcome, en terprises to Carry out, duties to discharge? Has she not the burden of life to carry and its .toilsome toad .fO'lrayclj for herself? In her own sphere does shd hot require, and will she not require through life, all [ho energy and endurance of which her system shill be capable?., it mutters not. Whether she Is to livoin the midst oft.fashion, or to mote quietly in the clrctCi of country life, or to find her lot upon missionary " 1 or Bt . rt, g£l° against unforsecn adversity, Wj?°,V, can !>« '»ado of her during her years oftdo* caljon.physicully, morally and intellectually, sh’C will need; To every woman, in whatever situation she may occupy, life is a /ec/, stubborn, earnest* real, !.%ter a ‘ ia P- e d fll*''i d <“ d by her fwn efforts. or to ftio.bbrnc and endured I>yhcr.own Fortitude, Hajtfy: is she who is prepared for it, not by licrown-des*/-" • efforts in after life, but by (ho judicious, careful and thorough discipline of early education. Reverence, of the Red Men ifor Weihlnstom 1 he National Intelligencer describes a visit to the Capitol, of the delegation of Chippewa Indiana whb ' wore recently in that city. They frequently ezpros*. od thpir wonder and admiration at Uio extent;and grandeur of llio building, and the splendid paintings ' strongly attracted their attention, from the Capi tol they proceeded to the Statue of Washington, fol lowed by u crowd of ladies and gentlemen.- .They went up to the front of the statue and gazed at it foi* somo minutes, with look# of deep interest depicted *• upon their painted faces; then sitting dowH Cueing •the etnU(p a QUO of lho_chiera,O^kc-batho town; at the mouth being almost entirely inundated. , '•Halloo!" cried the Captain, *' who kirns tli/l. town?” llallotf, yohreelft and bb d---d to you," nn£ a the midst of (he darkness. ,• , ■ , “ Where 2i your wharf bout 7 Show a ftghh—• We’vii got freight Tor you,*' brlcd-fho enpfain. <‘TJie wharf boat's drifted of—(hcronim no lights about—and you can’l land nu freight," «#« thecalo goriciif reply, “ Show a light," shouted Iho Captain, “ and Id ul sec to got In, • 1 1 “Show a light yourself) andlelmesob 1 (6ge( mil.” s •• Where an? you 7" cried (ho C-iplaih* “ tya free .'"answered tho voice. . Tho boat icnt In lior ynwl, «nd sure enough foiind " mnn » llh n liuntllonn hi. nun, per died ln'« Ide.lhii ruing ,*«<•« .lowly itenllng upon 111. re.lingpUtoi '■ - Cin. Commircial.' Happv Town.— Tho town of PM.fi' Monaco.; Mo., contain* no such thing a* a llceheOd drlfiMng house J and Iho Mercury sobri ety «nu good order. 11l the consequence, , toast for an agricultural dinner mrr- V * I u Tnr. Pr.oDGn.—lts one .share in the bonk of earth li worth ten In Iho bank of paper," ..,\ t j .[■: * Uotlonl’oßt. £)* Whyi* “ •‘olnr eclipse like n woman beating tor boy 7 Because it !» of the eon, j K 3" A young murricil ludy of whom husband war in Now Orleans, became lutulr. iniprea* nod with the Idea llmi 1m? bad died of (he Su did blio boqoiMo, fJiahiheWlud umit u forlimo idler, who confirmed her word lb’flr*? J Biio returned homo; undbociimo Unit i)Miti , u>rdvlng' , tto> nine,, vvliilo her husband bus returned homo in; good health. • * • Gwiwt on wot Gut «• Guilt/ -or nit f ulleH H • ••km) Ihu Dutch'Jmtico. . ♦‘Not *»Dt*jMl 1 do liifd? Go spout youf :: n-.-ul\ ■■■' 'sjj / IT llOOPEfiANfillll. 4 - NO. 37.