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Poetical.
HOW SOFTLY OK THE BRVIflfll) HEART*
DY C. D. BTO*BT.
How softly on the bruised heart
A word of kindness fails,
And id the dry mi l parched soul
Tim niidstuuutl tear-drop calls; '
O, if they knew, who walk the earth
„ Slid sorrow, grief ond pain,
Tim power a word of kindness hath,
’Twere paradise again.
The weakest, and the puniest, may
• ■ This simple pittance give,
, And hid delight to wither'd hearts
Return again and IIyo;
O, what is life, if love bo tost I
If man's unkind to man
or what the IwaVen that waits beyond
This brief and mortal apan ?
As star* tranquil sea
In mimic glory thine.
6» words of kindness in the heart
Reflect tltelr source ill vine;
O. limn, bo kind whoe'er thou art
That breathest mortal breath,,
Ami it shall brighten all thy life,'
And sweeten even in death.
jftftCmUnncoiifl.
From lliu Union Magazine.
THE FATAL.VALENTINE*
A LESSON TO LOVERS.
Mary Marlowe was a beautiful girl, and the only
child ol devolcd parents. Her father wua a merchant
In moderate circumstances, and resided in one of the
more secluded streets of the great emporium of our
Lind. The society to which they belonged was of
tho highest respectability, but tho lift lud-by each
member of this family was distinguished for its
peacefulness. . ..
All the young men were acquainted with the only
daughter, were charmed by her accomplished mind,
personal beauty, and the sweetness ol her voice.—
Hut among who aspired to win her hand and
heart, was one who hud been received as an accepted
lover. The parlies were Worthy ofoach other, and
iho love which, was daily uniting them almost into
tine being, was eminently refined and pure. Chur*
hiing beyond compare were the scenes which the
lover was constantly picturing to his mind* but (he
Bmitns of his lady constituted the sunlight of CVety
scene; and she, 100, cherished many a vision of un
nlluycd happiness, and the thought never entered her
In'md that (ho World contained a single cloud (hat
Could possibly cast a shadow.uvct her lionrl. tike a
.young and vigorous tree of the forest, the young man
stood among hianfcllows ; and like a flower in n re
(note deli dwell the heroine .of our story, in
home.
It waft Uitt .cVcning of Si. Valentino's Day, ond
Mary Marlowe was sealed before a Comfortable fire;
hnwthoUghlfblly peering Inin the glowing graty* ohd
nnon enjoying eo nc of (lie fine passages of Long*
fellow's Hyperion. Her father wur absent from home
bn some charitable errand, while her mother and a
boanlry coUsihi who Was making her a winter visit,
Were spending the evening with it neighboring fami
ly. And it so happened, 100, that Mary's lover was
nbsent from the oily* so the beautiful damsel was
nlnno. Yes, she was indeed alone, but far from be
ing in u lonely irtoodifur her thoughts were with her
lover, and she amUneti hefccif by dwelling upoH the
treasures of her nowly-dtaCovcrcd Ideal World. .
But now llio damsel is startled by iho sUdden ring.
Ing of the street dnbr belli and the Servant presently
makes hi* appearance in the parlor witli a nolo ad
dressed to Mary Marlowe. She recognises the hand
Writing—lt UlrOm her lover, and quietly does she
Ttk herself comforlably In Iho old arm chair to enjoy
the anticipated luxury. She open# the httor, And
rends us follows t
il/y rftdr Marty. —You nhj Indeed deni 1 lo me, bdl
HI the snmo time I think you aro u cold hearted girl,
and I four that you possess a timid and hashfuldis
position. Which woiild never bo reconciled to my
sterner nature* tn view bfthls dbrp+ol)ted belief, I
have conceived the Idea of bringing ollr Intimacy of
half« your’to an immediate*close. And what more
appropriate season could ho selected for our separa
tion than the present, when, os I doubt not, you are
well-nigh overwhelmed with the missives of St. Val
entine, and can, in a moment select a worlliy lover,
from (ho many' who ItnVo BHllghl Vollr huhd f And
how that I may be in the fashion, 1 subscribe myself,
Youa Frikno and Va lentine.”
The cruel arrow has pierced the maiden's heart,
fand by (lie calm despair naW resting on her brow.
We tremble for her fato. Tears come not loiter
ketiof— the crimson Current lh her veins has ceased
to llow, and she fullt Into (ho ItolloW of her chair.|n
a deep swoon. And nbw She is Visited by a dream )
and If Wo nro lo bullcyotho story ofhbr Countenance
strange and fearful must bo the Character of that
dream.
*
Ilia now ton o’clock; tho family hove all return*
cd, and oar Mary lias recovered from her swoon,-
Laughingly does her mother talk to her aboil! her
housekeeping duties, for her drooping eyelids inti* I
male the Idea that she hue enjoyed a comfortable nap.
Tothia a pleasant reply in return, accompanied with
« kin for all present, but none, save our poor Mary
can see tho heavy cloud brooding upon the household,
A few moments more, and the family have all retired
to (heir several apartments, and the house is shroud
ed la silence.
its awulj Mary and hor cousin arc to occupy the
fcamb-lfoth and (lie latter, being: uncommonly drowsy,
Is sobri Idslln a awed slumber. And now lot us
Watch with care Urn movements of her companion,
who, when las! noticed by tho sleeper, was poring
bvor the pages of her 111 bio. Noiselessly do her foot*
falops fall upon tho carpel, as she goes lo a closet for
* small vial, which she examines, and then places
upon hor dressing-case. Drawer after drawer is
opened, and on ono or (wo chairs arc displayed tho
Various articles which compose tho dross of the
bride. And now tho lady retires to her bath, and
then comes forth with a ruddy glow upon hor oheok;
hot flowing hair Is bound into its baautiftil folds, and
in a short lima she stands before her mirror docked
la spotless white, as If for a virgin festival. What
does this mean. Alas! our Mary la ,k tho queen of
.a fantastic realm.*’
, But, |o I another change. The lamp has boon ox.
hngulahod.and our Mary is upon hor knoos at prayer/
with her hands closely clasped, and her full liquid
eyes turned heavenward, Tho mellow moonlight
klouls sweetly through tho open curtains, adding an
unwonted brightness, as it wore, to the figure or tho
praying girl. Not a sound is there to break the holy
silence of the place—no sound save tho almost inau*
ulblo word* of this strange prayer:
“ Father in heaven, I cannot understand tho decree
or thy Providence, but I submit,to thy dispensation
Without a murmur. 1 know llial’in.my wg,manly
idolatry I was forgetting thee, and I now bosoegh
tl,eo . In thing Infinite love, to, liovq rno.rov gpon mo,
snd5 nd Wash my,soul,from every transgression. Have
towey also, 1 10 God, ityon* him who like broken my
heart | comfort my parents in thdir declining yeatfi,
! and abswer my prayer through tlie merits of thy Son,
the Redeemer of the world. I come to dwell with
Thee, if thou wilt receive me to thy bosqm* Amen
and Amen.”, .
••«-• « •* * •
Morning dawned, and the plcasdht sunshine was
.flooding the world withbeauty.. Our Mary’s Cousin
was tho first to awaken <Vnra slumber, when she
cnbirblcd hbt.btfdfbKbw with her arras) and imprint*
led an aftebliobale kiss Upon her lips \ one moment
{more, and she was petrified with horror—forMafy
; Majlbwe was numbered with the dead’.
1 On , (he third day after that of St. .Valentine, the
lover of the unhappy suicide returned to the city.—
•Ho found not hisboloved in the pleasant parlor'of
I her father, but a sleeper in tho voiceless and desolate
Ibmb. Tho fatal Valentine was found and submitted
( to his Ihstocbtion. He avowed his utter ignorance
of it, and having fallen into a settled melancholy, is
, how a roving maniac. As to tho thoughtless and
wicked man who wrote tho foolish valentine, bis
name and purpose are alike unknown.
• So
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“HE WltL fdßOtVfi TOUj FATHER-”
He stood leaning open a broken gate in front of
his miserable dwelling. His tattered hat was in his
hands, and tho cool brooeo lifted the matted looks
which covered his noble blow. His codntciianbe
was bloated and disfigured, but in his eye there was
an unwonted-look—a mingled expression of sadness
and regret* Perhaps ho was listening to (he melon*
choly yoloo of his patient wife as she soothed the sick
babe, on her bosom|or perchance was gazing on the
awcol face of his eldest daughter, as at the open win*
daw she.plied her ricedlo to obtain for her mother
and the poor children a sustenance. Poor Mary!
for herself she cared not; young as she was, her
spirit was crushed ; by poverty, unkindness and neg
lect, As the inebriate thus stood, bis byes wandered
over tho miserable habitation before him. Tito win*
dows.were broken and the doors. hingcloss> scarce a
vestige of pomfort remained, yet memory bore him
hack to tho days ofhls youth, when it was the abode
of peace and happiness. In infancy lie Sow again
the old arm chair where sat bis father,with the biblo
upon his knee, and seemed to hear ag&in the sweet
tones, of his mother os she laid her hands upon tho
head of her darling boy, and prayed that God would
bless him, ond preserve hitn from evil.'. Long years
had passed away, yet (cars‘came into the eyes of
the drunkard at the recollection ol his mother’s love.
“Poor mother,” ho muttered, “it is well that thou
art sleeping in the grave; it would break thy heart to
know that is a,wretched end degraded being
—a miserable outcast from society.”
‘ He turned slowly. away.' Deep within an adjoin
ing forest was a deffw.Hcre the beam qjlihc sun scarce
ever penetrated. trees grow either side,
whoso branches/ meeting above, formed a canopy of
leaves where the birds build their nests and poured
forth happy amgs.’ Thither the drunkard bent, his
steps. It had been his favorite haunt In the days of
his childhood, and as he threw himself upon the soli
green sward, the recollection of past scenes came
crowding over his mind.' He covered his face with
hiAhands,and tho prayer of the prodigal burst from
hislips—'“Oh God I roccivo a returning wanderer!”
Suddenly a soft arm was thrown around his neck,
and a sweat voice murmured—“He will forgive you,
father.” Starling to his feel, the inebriate saw stand
ing before him, his youngest daughter, a child of six
years.
.“Why ore you here, Anne ?**,he said, ashamed that
tho innocent child should haYo witnessed his grief*
“I came to gather the lillica which grow upon the
banks," sho replied 1 “see, 1 have got my basket full,
and nuw I am going to sell.them.” -
“And what do you do with the money?” asked tho
father, as he turned his eyes to -the basket, where
among the broad green leaves tho swcCl liilicsoftho
valley wore peeping forth.
Tho child hesitated, sho thought sho had said 100
much; perhaps her father would demand the money,
and spend it in the Way in which all his darnings
went.,
“You are afraid to tell mo Antie," said her father,
kindly. “Well Ido h»l blame you, I have no right
to my children's confidence."
The gentleness of lone touched tho heart of the
affectionate child. She threw her owns around his
neck and exclaimed, “Yes father, I will (ell.you.—
Mother buys medicines fur poor little Willie. Wo
haVb no other way to got 11. Mother and Mary work
all Ihb time they can got to buy bread,"
A pang shot through the inebriate's heart—“l have
robbed.them of the comforts of life," ho exclaimed:
“from this moment tho liquid firo passes my lips no
more." • - ■ *
Anno stood gating at him in astonishment. She
could scarcely ooroprbhcnd her father's words | but
sho saw that Somb change had luhon place. She
Uifbw bafck hbr golden ringlets, raised her largo blue
eyes, with an earnest,look to his face—“ Will you
heVer drink any mbfre rUmT u she tvhispcrcd timidly.
"Never! dear Anne," her Cither replied solemnly.
Joy danced In her eyes. •‘l’libU Wb wilt ail bb So
happy. Oh* father) What a happy hbnie obr# will
be|"
Ycafs passed nWaV. I'ho words of littlo Anne,
the drunkard's daughter, had proved true. The home
of (ho reformed man, her father, was indeed a happy
ono. Plenty crowned his board, and health and Joy
beamed from ihofacooflils wife and children—whore
once sfluallitl. misery alone could be traced: Tho
pledge hod ralsbd him frdm his degradation) and re*
stored him onco more to poaco and happiness*
and Louis Phllllppei
There) In the Palais Uoyul) tho Duko of dribahs
received In sUte tho envoy of thd United Colonies,
Benjamin Franklin. A picture of tho scene was
painted for the Historical CJallcry of (ho Palace, re
presenting tho host and hostess In tho rich oostumo
of tho time, tho sturdy cx-prlnter in his plain garb,
and u young seated upon tho floor booting a toy
driim. “Judging from that boys present perform*
anc<)|** said Franklin, “I prophesy that ho is destined
to nlako a groat ndUo in tho world.'* When) after
passing through groat vicissitudes of forttirtof thb
amateur drummer became king of the-French,-ho
frequently related this anecdote when Americans
were presort!?* l M Court. ; '
* * ,
Sympathy.
It is a mlfllaHcn IdVft qianllfiew end tociolism
are separable—that a tender regard for the feelings
and interests of others la unmanly. Ahead insonsi.
hJo to sympathy claims-greater affinity with the
bruto. Show mo the man who is regardless of his
friends or enemies; who has no tear to drop with tils
brother la misfortune or guilt: a stronger lo sympa.
thy with tho heart he has thoughtlessly wounded:
reckless alike of personal or family peao<4 who Jives
for self and confines his sympathies within the
bounds of his own success, and 1 will show you such
a man. as Is calculated to crimson the cheek of hu
manity, and cause his follows almost to forgot tho
divinity of their original, in the enormity and defer
mlly of Us inglorious position.
John Randolph and the Merchants’ Bank*
In Now York, many years ago, during a suspon.
sion of specie payments, John Randolph, ol Roanoke,
went thoro on business. Haying a check on tho
Merchants' Dank for a largo sum, ho called for the
cash, and wuuld take nothing but specie, which the
tollers obstinately refused to pay. Randolph dis
dained lo bandy words with their clerks or principals/
believing himself swindled, he withdrew and hod. a
HahdblU printed and circulated all over the .bitjf,'
which tfet foKh that “ John Randolph,' of Roanoke,
being dri a visit to Now York,'wbqld .address his
follow citizens
fVom tho stops of tho Moren&nts* flank.* 1 .. Long bo.
fore tho hour, a crowd bbg£q to gather, whfoli In."
greased to a,fearfljl number,’when the officers of the
bank taking the alarm,’sent Mr. Randolph his money
in gold, w)io received with sardonic smile and. apt
quotation: OhaitatiumJnveniionjlureatn keliquit .—
(Jo left Now York next morning in ; a stage, before
dpyj* and his being unknowp Ip the oily,.the handbill,
passed qflt,fpr a hoax' on' the paml'c.— !aa*'sa<ihuaetti
State JtegiiW,' •f'
COUNTRY—MAY *TALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA,, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1849.
X IIM AT ttIUEXi
Softie Writer—a crabid, morose, peevish
wo’Jl be( a sixpence—thuh hits hard at the vagaries
ef Connubialdom. Probably some pretty girl has |
"given him'the bag,” who wished to link herself to
a little sweeter specimen of humanity—so he turns
apd Vents his spleen, by saying the "grapes are sour/”
It is an,old trick to deprecate what we can’t get.
‘i’llllEE VVEEItS MARRIAGE.
My dearest are you going out?
Indeed it is very cold;
Lot me, sweet love, around your neck '
This hanAuwcbiurenfold. = , ’
for your health,
' Mrfcwn MflVGqorge, om I;
Uns-Jnving hiss before we part,
’ ~, Good bye, sweet chuck, good bye.
' THREE AFTER MARRIAGE.
You're going out, why don’t you go?
I cannot help the rain;
You wouldn't grieve mo mightily
To ne'er come back again.
Umbrella! 1 don’t know wliere '(is,
WJmt'll you want next, 1 wonder?
Don’t pester am' about your cold—
Good gracious, go to ttmnderl -
THE DOST MAN*
A PRAiniE SKETCH.
An unfortunate trader once strayed from hla com*
E anions, and was lost /bur or five daye,.suffering the
eonoat pangs of. starvation. 1( was years ago, yet
the storyJias only been told in oral repetition among
the old traders, and has never before* to oar knowledge
fallen in the way of a scribe.
The man wandered away upoh a shitty mlttallm
mer afternoon; oppressed to dcSpfcfation with thirst,
in search for water, while the caravan was dragging
along the dreary and heated, prairie. Making his
way to & cluster of timber that appeared at no very
(odious distance,,he was forlunaloenough to find a
small cool spring gushing and rippling at the bottom
of a deep, rocky hollow. ' The* fresh water, the cool
shade of the steep rock and the trees above; together
With tho knowledge that the, wagon* Wore still mov
ing along in sight, induced Uie poor follow to yield
to his weariness and suffer his eyes to close. When
ho awoke, (he gray of evening was deepening around
the prairie, and rushing up /rom. tho hollow* his eye
wandered about in vqin search of his companions.
He was a raw adventurer, gpon his first travel, know
ing nothing of how to direct his steps in the wilder
ness, and trusting entirely to the guidance and oxpo*
rlcnco. of those with whom he travelled. Hoaty,
impulsive, and rash as ho was careless, and without
possessing a single quality of character to assist him
in such an emergency, confused, terror at onco took
possession ofhim, and starling as ho thought in the
direction where he hadlost seen tho wagons, he ran
with headlong speerfi ! shoullng wildly at every stop,
in' being hbard and answered by his com*
pamonß.?.;” ... -■> ■’*,
Tlio torrlrtpd bereft of all thought by the
fearful nature predicament, could not oven
remember to breathe rifle ho held, but continued
tearing hUlungs' wilh wild and desolate cries for
assistance. While rushing blindly forward in this
manner, the night still deepening around him, the
man met with a violent full and was stunned into in
sensibility for some hours. Wp ore giving now the
substance of the poor fellow's own relation., Ho canie
back to consciousness some lime during tlio night,
in the midst of a pack of howling wolves, and found
hiraselflying by the side of a buffalo's skeleton not
yet entirely stripped by iho'prowling dogs of tho
desert.. A situation more appalling to heart and
nerve, may not bo imagined. The man doubted not
but that he was drousodpr'cmalurely 'from his state
of torpor by tho hungry creatures assaulting his own
body, for his clothes wero mauled and torn, and tho
scratch of a claw.was on his leg, though a tooth, it
scorns, had not yet touched him. Ho had tripped
upon the skeleton, and struck his forehead on a horn
or some other part, as he discovered a Inigo lump
upon his head, which also nehed distressingly when
he came to his senses.
The poor fellow', in tho boat of his terror, made 1
out to scare away the wolves from himself, and
escape from tho spot, leaving the famished animals
to return again to tho buffalo's bones, and give tluftn
a cleaner polishing. Just escaping from one fright*
ful danger, perhaps took Something from the keen
lioiTora of his desolate, and wretched condition, but
the Unhappy man's, sensations wero harrowing and
fearful In tho extreme. Ho still pressed onward, his
strength failing at every stop, calling in harsh ond
broken shrieks lo his friends,and changing his course
again and again, in utter and miserable uncertainly
of which way (o turn.
• Daylight came, the sun rose, noon approached and
passbd t qnd the lost man was atone in the desert,
famished and /hint, and without a solitary hope of
regaining his companions or finding the track they
wore pursuing.
.. That night the Unhappy whotbh sank exhausted
upon the grass and slept; to aWnkeH In a state of
(bar and danger mote nppalllng.eVeH thaU the night
before. A compact and innumerable band of buffa
loes same moving slowly across (ho region of tho
firoirle on which he lay, dnd ho started from sleep
n imminent peril of being trodden (o death by the
huge monarchs of the plain. As (hose dense masses
of buffaloes move, they omit sounds that rise in the
air liko a sea surge, and as llio vast black herd came
toward him In deep midnight, (ho pool* Itadbr do
bldrcd that d foiling oboon seemed obotil to overwhelm
| him. . Utterly pnralidctl with his danger, tho Unfortu*
nato man could but start to his feel, and stahd'con*
founded, fearing either to fire or use other moans, to
alarm (ho buffaloes, lost by exciting their terror, ho
should increase his own peril. From this critical
position, however, ha likewise escaped unhurt, for
tho animals sopataltad, ds Is lllolr custom, when a
strange sbont Is detebtod, and pasted on In two .dlvi.
slons keeping some two hundred yards clear of the
niystorious intruder in tho middle. '.Daylight was
again appearing, os tho last innumerable herd of
creatures passed him, and the man was starving.
He took dim with his rifle at a retreating buffalo,
dqd missed fire, for his percussion cap was damp
Mill tlio night dew. Still ho was famishing, and his
only hope seemed In tlio slaughtering df a buffalo;—
Ho followed, crawling on his hahdd and knees, and,
after hours of weary watching and labor, wouhded a
cmv st hsl tvlth ft successful but ij*c {6?riS?d
creature limped awoy, and the whole band disap-l
pedred, while the poor trader toil prostrate, (Off wj
Imustod and ftiiht to moke another effort In the pur. I
suit.
This unhappy wrdoh lay groaning aloud, alono in
tho midst of an Interminable waste, abandoned to
desperation and despair, when the thin bark of a
small prairie dog attracted his attention* Once
more ho ohurgpd his rifle, fur tho little, creature was
in sight, with its nose lifted just above tho mound
surrounding its hole. Tho starving man lay pros*
(rate upon the earth, took slow and cautious aim at
the dog, and was fortunate enough to knock it out of
its hole with a broken back; but before ho could
roach the spot, (ho dying creature trod wriggled book
into its hiding place and disappeared. With his ten
fingers, tho dosporato mah raked up (ho earth, and
succeeded' in drugging the dying dog out upon the
grass, whora without wafting io. finish his agony, ho
tore its warm flesh with his tooth, like a wolf, while
tho expiring orbotliro was still biting at his flngdrs.
The upnatuVal sustohati'ea restored,Ul9 drooping
man, and he was enabled to resume bi? wanderings,'
which ho continued for three more days and nights,
alono, desolate and miserable, until ho encountered a
hunting party of Cumanohes, whom, so' fur fVom
avoiding, ho.rusUcd to embrace,as though they wore
kindred neat: and dear, and.tho best friends ho could
meet on earth. They wore friends, as It turned opt,
for they sot him upon the track to refff) in his comrades,
\yftli Insinuations ,(o direct him,'arid buffalo ;no/it Ip,
support him, paying (themselves hy stripping Mm of
his rifle and .everything else of the slightest value he
had.about him. < <, <
After four, day’s travel the poor trader reoohed his
fVSonda again, and was welcomed as one from tho '
grave. Upop the evening of his loss, search , waa i
by (he buffalo’s skeleton. Search was also continued., on fitor^eliaciKi
upon ,the succeeding days, as the caravan moved Lippard’s paper comes Ip us this week, teeming
i i V? dcr i ho , d becn 80 irregu* with rich and varied matter; ftomaho prolific pen of
MSi". totrtr o t ho t e 0 c rv's l ileil •«"“»• *• ■»"■*? *•**«•>• -
ing of this unfortunate man, may be but faintly 5l » o0t, » N not a species of supererogation, would ad
| imagined. Deserted and lost, Without, hope, in the vise our readers to do the same. To giVe them a
i «!f r ?. l f. ab,0 r ,ol i t l l ? 0; - * n tt va ® l on J a * n of sky taste of its contents, however, and sharpen their op.
“him® jp’lorZ m"7notb e ‘found of hervSj'ror"!' p,tilM fdr lh ° r^'“ indor ' w 0 C< W 11,0 foll °’ vin S
sufficleHUo thrill Ibo natural sympathies, as should “careher;
»noh a story n» this, of The Lost Man. Set a Bequmi on Horseback— says the old Pro- |
' , MAHRIAGE ‘ verb— a nd b ° will rido to a place which in polite
. „„ «.«««« ... • • * • company Is nameless; There is a volume of IrlUh
’ ‘c. '. op jerkmV Taylor.- in this old saying. We every dujr sbo nien rise from
■ They that enter into the state of marriage cast a ; the gutter—perhaps bn the wings of some fraudulent
die of the greatest contingency, and yet of tho great-1 speculation—and whose dollars, counted bylboUs
cat intefOEt in tho world, neat to the last throw Ibr onds, cannot efface the traces ol corrupt habits, or
Life or death', felicity or a lasting sorrow, the labk df honesty attd education; They
are in the power of marriage.' A woman, indeed, strut it bravely for a while. Their nailicb atabelot*
ventures most, for she hath-no sanctuary, to retire to cd in all the banks. Their signature is appended to
from an ..evil husband; she roast dwell upon her sor- cveryTtppllcalion for a charter for a Bank, a Rail
row, and hatch the eggs her own folly and infelicity | Road, or a Copper Mining Company; And yet
has produced; and she is more under it,because her wherever they go, they breathe tho atmosphere df
tormentor hath a warrant of prerogative, and the the gdttorl baSo In thbil 1 liabUft; fcelfifch In evbry
Woman may complain to Goa,-as subjects do.of tjr- dUrpdSc, believing in nothing but tho Dollar, these
tant princes}‘but otherwise she hath no appeal In Beggars In broadbldth Can never altogether conceal
(because* bfonkindness. And though the man can I the puddle from Which they Sprung, /Phey ore re
run from many hours, of his Sadness, yet he must re* I markable for consistency in one thing, and this only
turn to it again; and when he sits among his neigh* I —Poverty is always m their eyes a Crime, almost I
bars,he remembers the objection that is in. his bosom,' the only Crime* -To bo j>oor, in their code, is to be I
r deeply, Tho boys, and the pedlars, and bad. They ore afraid (hut the Poor cannot bo kept I
I s -i tell of this man when ho is car.' in order without a plentiful supply of Jails.. If they I
. Tied to Ms "grave; (hat ho lived and died a poor, believe in anything, it is a good gibbet, solidly bbilt,
“ ed P® r ®bn. .. .. and with a respectable Sheriff,fat Hangman. They
stags in-the Grecian epigram, Whofie knebs ddiibl Very milch whether ilia-French will bo able lo
were clogged with frozen snow upon the mountains, achieve their liberty—have floating ideas about the
came down to the brooks of the,valleys. hoping to incompctcncy of the Mass for self-government—and
thaw theirjomts with the waters of the stream; but they look upon a Socialist—or what their befogged
there theTrosl overtook them, and bound them fust imaginations take for one—as something worse than
in ice, till the young herdsmen look them in their Langfoldt.who was bung for Murder. Need We
stranger snare. It is the unhappy chance of many pursue the history of this kind of people f How often
men; finding many inconveniences Upon tho moUn. liaVe wo seen Oho of this doe’s stripped of his wealth
talnb of Single life, (hoy desbend into valleys of mot. in a single night, and with his wealth stripped of
rimony to refresh their troubles jandthoro they enter every hope; for the Beggar on Horseback has no
into fetterd and ore bdund to sorrdw by the cords of Soul, no Past, no Future, no Hereafter, but Hie Del.
a man's peevishness. lar. Sometimes they creep oh lo old ngc,'and die in
Man and wife are equally concerned lo aVoia all Iho odor Of financial sanctity* Their children become
offences of sach other in the beginning of their con profligates and drunkards with the very money which
vernation; bvory Itltlo thing can blast an infant bios* the Father bartered his soul'to scrape together.-
som; and tbO'bfcoth of the south can shake the little But whom one ofthis class dies rich, a thousand die
rings of Utevinc, when first they begin lo burl like poor—without hb(ta;-wilhout friend—torn and font
the locks of now-weaned boy} but Whorl Uy age to the very core-by a remorse more relentless Uiati
and consolidation they stiffen into the hardness.6f a tho viper’s sting*
stom,dnd Imvo by the warm embraces of the sun and
the kissosrof heaven, brought forth their dusters,
they can. endure (ho storm of the north, and the loud
noises of a and yet never bo broken; so ore
the early übions of an unfixed marriage; watchful
and observant, jealous and busy, inquisitive and
careful, andupt to take alarm at every.unkind word.
After the hearts of the man and wito are endeared
and hardened by u mutual confidence and experience,
longer than! artifice or prctouce'San last, there are a
great many remembrances, and some things Present
that ddsHidf Utile unkindnesscs in pieces.. * *
There i% nothing can please a man without lovoj
and If a man be weary of all tho wise discourses of
the of the innoccncy of on even or pri
vate forlunc,or hates peace, or a fruitful year, he has
reaped thorn* and thistles from tho choicest flowers
of Paradise! ibr nothing can sweeten felicity itself
but love ; blp when a man dwells ip love then tho
breasts ofhit wife are pleasant as the drooping upon
the hill of IHrmon J her eyes are fair as the light of.
heaven;, she jp a fountain sealed, and ho can quench
his thirst Aw, eoso his cares, and lay his sorrows
down uobn ncr Tapl'can retire homo to hie saricUiary
and refectory, and his gardens of sweetness and
chaste refreshments. No mnn caii (ell but ho that
loves his children, how many delicious accents make
a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of
those dear pledges; their childishness, their stam.
i moving, their little angers, their innocence, their
imperfections, their .necessities, oro so many little
1 emanations of Joy and comfort to him that delights,
in their persons and society.
It !s fit that I should infuse a bunch of myrrh in
tho festival goblet, and after tho Egyptian manner,
servo up a dead man’s bones at a feast; I will only
show It and take ll away again; It will only make
tho wlno bitter, but wholesome. Dut those inorried
pairs that live as remembering (hat they must part
again, and give an account of how they treat.them,
selves and each other; shall) at the day of their death,
be admitted to glorloUß cSpoUsals) and when they
shall live again and bo marrlud to their Lord, and
partake ofhls glories, with Abraham and Joseph, St.
Fetor and and all the married saints. All
(hose things that now please tls Shall pass from us,
or wo from thom| but those things (hat concern the
other life are permanent as (he numbers of eternity.
And although at the resurrection there shall bo no
relation of husband and wife* and no marriage shall
bo celebrated but Ihti nlarrlago of the Lamb;ybt Ihch
shall be remembered hdw tnbn and women ftassod'
through this state; which Is a ofthot j and from 1
this sacramental union all holy pairs shall pass to I
the spiritual and eternal, where love eholl bo tholrj
portion, and joys shall crown their heads, and (hoy
shall lie In (he bosdm of Jesus, and in 111© heart or
God to eternal ages;
A poetical ,t lo7^cr H Mot Idng Sldbc, Sent ilia follow,
ing to lii«‘ Jady-lovol
■ I TO dAiiLV ANN;
Siod Is ilio down on tho butterfly's wing,
Soft is the whispers that lovers speak;
Sod is the light that moonbeams fling,
But softer by far is my lady-love’s cheek:
BALLY’S REPLY.
Soft dm laters all smashed up;
. And ihltsh am Sod as sod can be—
BtU Sodof am that dlfly jlUp
-Vol writ that torso to mo!
Go it, Sarah • never mind your bonnet!
Wiiolesajj Gambling.-— According to come alalia
tics furnished recently by an eminent English author,
wo find single gambling homo; in Iho city of
London.' cost; not long since, with its furniture, five’
huridrcli thodsaml dollars! anti the rccblpts of the
proprietor, in ono year, amounted to abollt Jho some
sum. Tljd money lost annually in the gambling
houses of that city, exceeds (uJZIydIVS ifijlHons of
dolturs. In 0116 1) 0^B 9 n|ono, five millions of dollars!
recently changed hands In one night. 11
A Keen Reproof.— -Doing at a wedding party
whore there wore some wild young men, they propo
sed that Rov. Mr. Murray should drink wino with
(horn; to this he assented, remarking, at the same
time, that “As could drink tike a beast," At (his they
stared at each other, ond winked, plainly intimating
that they would make him go the entire.animal.—
After drinking a glass, he positively refused to take
Shy more. They then reminded hlrnof his promise;
to which ho replied, “I have poHbrmcd my promise
—I have had enough, and 0 beast always leaves p/7’
when he has had enough .V The reproof was keenly
felt, and, It is said, had a very salutary effect.
Maternal Love.— A thrilling Incident in related
in tho Dayton (O.T Journal. morning
tho house of Mr. Waddle,'ln Dayton, caught fire, In
tho absence of {mill Mr. W.‘ and his wife. A litllo
daughter of four pr five years, had been loft ruck/ng
Dio cradle, In wh)oh was tho bubo. r 4'ho little girl
easily escaped, but the infant.was loft in the burning
bouse. Several persons tried to penetrate to rescue
It, but wore driven back by tho excessive heat. Rut
a woman camo rushing to the spot from a neighbor's
—sho throw .water over her clothes ond drew her wot
apron hastily over her head, rushing in and returned
in a moment—the child, in h.or jn»is, aryl safe. It
was tho-mother— o/ eflursi it tool—every mother's
heart will 101 l her that.
Early Marrmoe.—A “lady" only ten years old
was married at Panama,,Jan. 19.. Females mature
Jo that meridian £a»lor than In pny plhor, At
B,or.9»’yopng ladles, are of sufficient gV6wlh to carry
oh qbilo serious fllrtatloni. ■ ■ • . •
pARxiNO. with Emmett. —The evening
before his death, while the workmen were.busy with
the scaffold; a yoUflg lady waK ushered into his dun*
geqn. It was, the girl whom he so fondly. loVed, and
who had now come to bid him'hor eternal farewell.
He was leaning, in a melancholy mood, against the
window fraroe.oPiMs prison; and the heaVy clinking
of his irons smpte dismally on her heart. The inter*
view was bitterly affecting, and melted even the
callous soul of the goaler. As for Emmett himself,
ho wept and spoke little; but as he pressed his belov
ed in silence to his bosom, his countenance betrayed
his emotions. In a low voice, half chdkcd by anguish,
he besought her not to forget him: lie ron.indcd her
of their former happiness, of the long past days of
their childhood,, and concluded by requesting her
sometimes to visit the scenes where their infancy
was .spent, and though the world might repeat his
name with scorn, to cling to ids memory with affec
tion. At this very instant, the evening bbll pealed
from the neighboring church. Emtuctl started at
the sound! and as he fell that this was the last time
he should ever hoar its dismal echoes, ho folded hie
beloved still closer to his heart, and bent over her
sinking form with eyes streaming with
The turnkey entered nl the moment; ashamed Pfhis,
weakness, lie dashed the rising drop from his eye,
and o frown again lowered on his countenance. The
man meanwhile approached to tear the lady from Ids
embraces. Overpowered by feelings, ho could make
no resistance; but, as ho gloomily released her fVom
his hold, ho gavo Iter a little miniature of himself,
and with lids parting token of attachment, imprinted
the lust kisses of a dying man upon her lips. Dn
gaining the door, she turned round,nsif logazeonco
more on the object of her widowed love. Ha caught
her cyo as she retired ; U was but for afiomcnt; the
dungeon door swung bask again upon Its hinges,
and as It closed offer her, informed him too surely,
that they had met for the last lime on earth:
To YoUno Ladirs.—l have found that the mbn
who are really the most fond of the society ttfthc
Indict, who cherish for them a high respect, ore sel
dom tho most popular with (ho sex. Men of assu
rance, whoso tongues are highly bUngi whb make
words supply the place of ideas, and place compli
ments in lliq room of sentiment, are the favorites.—
A duo respect for women loads to respectful action
towards themj and respectful Is tisilnlly dlfilohl so*
tidnj und this groat distance is mistaken by them for
ncglcol or want of interest!— Addiabn,
Indian CddßTsmt.— The Indian chief kbofth os
Ko.go-ga.gnli-bowh} of George Copway, In ono of
his recent loctdros described the marriage corortiony
of the Cliippo3vas as follows!
lie said theta was no courtship dorie by tho voting
people, in moat Indian notions: that was done by the
parents years beforehand, and It oden came father
ngaliisl (Ire grain with tho yoting people. Whon.tho
day came, iho ccfoinariy was performed by tho chief,
consisting of a lecture to tho young couple, and a
feast, after which they wore considered as man and
wife. But among tho tribes of Iho West thofe wore
many very fcmloUe ceremonies connected with tsotirl
ship and marriage. Ono way of gulling a wife was
ns follows i When a. young Indian full in Into with
any of the daughters of tho village, ho would go and
Sit down within a few yards of her, keeping a slrlbl
silence ell the while j in a fovv moments ho would
get up and go away: this ho repeated six or seven
times, coming nearer to her every time. At last ho
siis by her side, if she makes no movement of dis
pleasure, then ho has hopes. Ho sits by tier several
limcs in this manner, and at last pops the queeiionhy
putting his hand on her hand, and sho accepts him
by placing her hand over the other llto. All this
ifnio ho takes fcnrb no| to say a tbofdj am) sho like
wise} bill adof iho q bastion Is popped, UiCh tho M words
of honey" ore applied end they soon become man
and wife,
A Dad Character.—Wo always wore aware ofl
Ujc importance of preserving a good reputation for
truth and honesty, but we have met with nothing
lately so well calculated to impress tho disadvantage
of having a bad character upon thu mind, as (ho lul
lowing anecdote: •
“A mortal fever prevailed on board a ship at sea,
and u negro was appointed to throw the bodies of
i those who died from time to lime, overboard. Onp
day when (ho ouptain was on dock, he saw (ho negro
dragging out of U»o foreoaptlo a sick man who was
struggling violently to extricate himself (Vom the
negrn"s gruspi and remonstratingbitterly ogalnsltho
cruelty of being burled alive, •
**Wlial are you going Ip po with that man,you
i black rason!/’* sold top captain. * .
“Gjiing. to throw him overboard, maass, cauio he
"Doad.( you.scoiindrpl," said the captain, “don't
you pee he moves ana speaks?’* ' « v t ,
••Yc*, mssaa, I know he say ho no dead,' but ; ,he
always lio so, nobody never know when lo bollovo
him."
NavanDuruTF ABOUT Triflki The nerve of a
loolh i» 0 liitlo thing, but disturb it,and it may drive
a VVebilor orsiy. A pin aoratah il but d trifle, yet
it linn sometimes led to donth.
T'l' merame OF A Layman, iiko the errors of a
pocket w» : io.h,,a(root only nn individual i but when -a
elorgymnntrrs, U Is like the town clock going wrong,
he n)tsloads a multitude.
i “X wonder ,wiS(.makee ray ejos so dleak, 1 ' said a
loafoy In i *T. 1 i •• •
I ‘-’Why, they ate la a weak place," replied the lot-
I tor, at
AT $2 00 PEE ANNUM.
Tale of the .Gold Mania*
The Inimilable comio actor* Dan Marble,gives lire
editor.of the Albany AtlaS the benefit of the following
capital story relative to the California gbtd liianla,
over which the reader , can shake tils aides at'his
leisure.. The AtlaS Says:
Marble was In Boston the blher day, and strolling;
along the wharves, When lie met a tall, gaunt look*’
lng figure* whose sdn-burnt bounlenante and tattered
parthcolorcd garments; Originally of IhO moil out- 1
Jundish fashion, hud thotpieturesqaencssabbiitibctoi'
derived only from long continued exposure to the at
mosphere, .which foncy-Bkctchets delight to ffreaebt-
OH cnnVassi ■ -
Dun,.who noVef permits the lack of an introduc-l
tion to interfere with hIS defilres toformonacqualni'
lance; hailed the stranger— , , ' •
“Halloo, my fViend, where arejroil from?”
“ Jcs from Callfurny, strahgfer.” •
“Ah; indeed! then you cun toll. Us whether it'll,
all IrUo aboutthat gold V* somewhatahxiously inter?
regaled Dan. ' ' ,
“ Trew os yoU live; and a darned sight raorp I—fot
hb rtlnn oUt of Culiforhy roly docs live;”
Then why did you come backl”
j *'Back! why la gel my family. Fact is, stranger;
| a man there gets so powerful rich that Jie beebinei
. boVctohil of hhhbolf— ahd if he aiht vety kerefot, wjU
cul his own throat to rob himaelf. The root of aU
evil, you.know—there's a leetle too much of
[I left for a while—partly on that account." ,
I “ Oh, you did, cii 7"
I “ Vcs— and, between yob nnd me, (hqt's tho oniy
Way a man can die in that b.essed land."
•• Healthy climate, I suppbse T”
u libalthy!—it aim anything else. Whyjsriangci*;
you ban choose.thri’e ony climate you like—hot ofr
cold—and that without travdin' morc'n fifteen min
utes. Job* think o' llmt the next cold mbrhin* whett
you get out o' bed. There's a mountain there—lhjS
Sawyer Navuyday, they c»ll it—with a volley each
side ofil—thb one hot undthb other cold. Well,get
nn the top of that mountain With n double barreled
glin,and you can without tnovih*. kill cilia* summer
or winter game, jest as you will."
“ What!—have you tried it 7"
“Tried it! often*— nnd shobld have done pretty
Well, hill fol\ oho* thlhg.”
“ Well, what was that ?”
“I wonted a dog thal.wobUl eland both climates.
The last dog I had froze off his tall While plntiu* on
the summer side. Ho didn't git entirely out o' thb
winter side, you scb. TroW us yob Hvb!'* .
Marble sloped.
A Brave l31rl«
While on the Colorado} 1 was inforrried of an in*
cldcnl illustrative of the heroism of Texan females,
Which occurred near this place, nnt many years ago.
A parly of one. hundred Indians had killed two men
in a corn field, and put a third to flight. In thefte
bircumslpnbos a young woman; sbarcely ftlttcbh ybaft
of ago, Undertook tb protect her family. Flitting qrt
the captain's uniform, with a booked hat, she coure*
geously walked out of the house, and beckoned Id
the Indians to come on, at the same time making
signs to those within the house, (only some wtintbn
and childrcd, and an old man) to repress their ardbr;
and keep still. The Indian's supposing that ths
bravo captain's company were within, cocci' to btt
after them, thought it best to Withdraw from so dan ;
ger6us a posli and accordingly fled. The Texari
Congress Shobld have granted hbr a baptnln'b cortt*
mission; and pay for life.—ifefi, D. Bakir .
Sermoii oh Drlfaklng*
By Dow, Jr.—To keep continually dry, always
wear an oil cloth dress, carry a good umbrella and
practice rum drinking. The two first articles, how
ever, are only essential in protecting the obtside front
the superabundant moiatlirc; hilt the lutlbr keeps tfitt
inside as dry <ts a stovepipe. 1 never knew a drinker
but who was eternally dry—dry in kinds of weath*
er. fie goes to bed dry and gels up dry, kbeps him*
self dry through the day. It's not.to lib tvbnderbd
at; for how dan he bo otherwise than dry when' he
keeps the blbc blaze continually burning in hia bosom*,
by pouring double distilled destruction ÜbWn hi#
thrbat forever. In fuel, my friends,'the mofellb
drinks the dryer ho grows, on hU dcalH bbd he cried
for more drink; for the lust llidb,nna then he goes
out of the world as thirsty as if lie had* lived on coa
fish all the days of his life. *.
Sulcldfc.
The following is an anccdulc of dr. iohnsoh i
Boswell once asked Johnson if there were no pea*
ttiblo cltaUrtifilanboa lindef Which fctiibldb Would bb
judtiflublc. ;
“No,” was Iho reply.
“Well," says Boswell, a innh had bcbß
gullly of iome fraud that llu hrfew would bring Id*
fumy upon him, and that hb \*aa equally borlaid
would bo found out.”
“Wiiy llicni" says Johnflon, “lot him go (o aomS
country where he Is.jiol known; and nol td (he doril
where ho ii known.” ‘
AruoMi the Trslfoi* . ' ,
VVhoh dorictlicl Arnbld was about to die, tie erosb
from hla bod, und clothed himself In ah bit! suit of'
the Amcricon uniform, with which ho had never
parted during all his porcgrlhaliohrf; ahd (Hon Willi
the nntnb of Tile country Upon hla
Arnold] but for one false step, Ho genbral officer in
the Revolution would have reaped more lioHol tHari
ho. A tiraver muh hbvbr existed.
The Dandy and iiißTbiutßt.— Chief Justice Mar*
shall woa in the liabil of golHg to market himself?
and carrying homo His purchases.. Frequently ho
would he seen at sunrise, with poultry In oho hand
‘ and vegetables in the other: dn one of these oeda*
I sions a fashionable yoling man from the ftorthi wild
had removed to was swearing Violently
because he codld find no one io cnffy homo his luf
key. Marshall stepped up jo him ana astica hid
1 whore ho lived,and said ortbeing told:
* “That is on my way,' and I will take it for you."
, When ho bamo 'to tlio llotise; (ho'yoting maty
1 inquired: ' ,
“'What shall I pay you 7", n(
Oh, nothing,".said the Justice,' "It was on mjf
way, and was.no, trouble.'* , ~,
" Who was that oolite, ofd* man,' that brought bomb
my turkey?" Inquired the young mad of a tystsn
•' Tjiai.V fopitod 1 Jo| Is John Mofiliall/Chiof Juitiqti ,
“ jVhy did ,lio‘bring n *J
"Tugive you a scVoro reprimand,' ana (oaohyotf
to attend to your own business," was the reply. .
True, genuine greatness, never reels above doing
anything that Is useful; espoqlolly the true gfCal '
man will nover feel above helping.
'wfng ir up-
(JI6W to Catch following ingenious
method for destroying these poets (o the, farmer* Is
given by S. Webb, Esq., of Waldo qqunty, Malnefta
q lalo number oflhq Duir»tißppubl|bBhr , « t,.
‘.•■Erect a polo, twelve of fifteen foot high,'in t
wlicrc there will npl bo anything qjponear for theta
tp light upon, end upon U Ret a. common for trspinq
Which they will light* ~A strong,
the purpose, by lying it to U\b pplo lengthwise, with
U»o Jaws raised aoovo'lho end, the i>olo being a little
loaning, so jihal the ftwq will not full together, When
one hawk Is.takeq, lie It on the ground near the pole
and Us mule will bointhe trap In a short lime.—
I '-The season is ncar>for the hawks to reappear, and if
farmers do not wish to have their chickens destroyed
by ‘them, they will do well •10 odopl this mqlhod qf
putting a stop to their depredations, 1 ’
Reuirandt being In want of money, end finding
hit work of heavy vent, put into iho newepapere that
ho w«»- deed, and> advertised a public sale of tbfl
.finished jAnd unfinished paintings'ln his
Crowds (looked to the eager .!o -possess one
of Iho laahefibrts of so groat a master, The'moaneat
sketch sold at a price which entire plolures had never
(btohed before.' After collecting the proceeds, Rem
brandt came to life again} but the Dutch, who reiitbt'
improbity even in genius, never would employ him y
after hjs reaurrcotlon. -
WO. 38.