BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 25. "THE AMERICAN volunteer. I* published every Thursday, at Carlisle, Pa., by .JOHN ® The emigrants wore ignorant of the singular fact, DRAT.roN, upon the following conditions,which, will b° t j, at the prairie Indians frequently assume the skins rigidly adhered to: . ** I and shape oflhe various anibials, and inthls strange terms or soasoßiPTioif. «o oO metamorphosis take’ilia unwary traveller by sura Porsuin 0 “ r *l* a n*d ne eLHc« V- '•* *.*..* .*lOO prise. : . . , - No subscription tajjc n for a ’io• h t»r’m nian six months.aud i twilight gradually deepened over the earth and no discontinuance permitted until ail arrearages “rep® l J: sky, the youth and maiden deccndcd to their camp. wsiWurav r e .r.M nuptial ceremony. 'Lmma's father,' a baptist minis. ' RATKsoradvbrtisiro. Iter, officiated os chaplain.. It may readily beooncoiv* Sne nZl] r.CrS», .*7.? cd.lhal fewluxuries had been provided for; (hii occa- One square, three insertions. ’’ .... 100 sum. Such occasions are common among pioneer. Every subsequent insertion, per square, *, . - - .25 parlies. Some delicious buffalo marrow was handed A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by round, and supplied the place of sugar coated cakes, tho year, or fortlireo or .lx montlis. There were no lorcho. ir torcb boVrer.. But Iho. rising moon made an excellent lamp, and tho stars rcsplcndid candles. The scene had an intense no* tibnai significance. It was a symblo worthy the profoundest study; for if emigration is the pivot of American progress,. holy matrimony .is tho main* spring of emigration. Hence, a weddingamongem* Jgrants, in the Gate of the Rooky Mountains,'and oh the Fourth of July, was in itself sublime. The congratulations of friends were scarcely over, when a dozen Indians entered the encampment.— There hppedrahcc excited no alarm, as they word nearly naked, and destitute of weapons. They said they were Utahs, and offered for barter a peculiar kind of bread, composed pf.dry seeds of wild sun flower ahd grass hoppers, in about equal qiionllths, j pounded, mixed and parched together. Such on ar* < tide of (bod would, of couisc, find no civilized pur. I chasers; Presently these hideous savages were join- j ed by a still greater number, all in the same unwnr* j i like condition, with the exception of one. This was a huge, giant limbed barbarian, in aspect very differ* j ent from.his comrades. A profusion of malted hair l hung around his broad shoulders, and .a-bristling ; heard covered tho lower part of his face. His body ; was clothed in deer skin, and his ferocious counte* nance seemed absolutely frightful, from the obliquity . of his little grey eyes.. He was obviously a white innti turned savage. The. wretch looked on the cm* ■grants with d sinisloi expression, boiling evil fortune, till his glance-fell on the new bride, when his features contracted in a diabolical smile. . At I ho moment Emma recognized him, and scream* cd, “It is Bill Moore—the murderer of my'broth* cr! ” Omcß.— I TJio office of tlio American Volunteer is in the sec* ond story of Jnmcs 11. Graham's new stone building, in Bopth Hanover street, a few doors from Burkholder’s hotel, rind di rectly opposite the Post-office, -where those having business will"please rail.. . i> optical. WHEN IS SUMMER? . . From the new volume of Poetry , by Mrs, Janes Jfalfjutt pub- Utked by .Turman, qf New York. , •*-w When, oh when is rosy Summer? • When the heart is in its-prime, When all life is fair and blessed. Then is rosy Summer time* When the days beam bright above Hearts untouched by And the mingling streams of love, Never gluumy shadows wear. When, oh when is lazy Bummer? When Love's Bower breath (ills the air, And a sense, albeit in dreaming,, / Thai ho change can meet us there; Then, though tlnrean snows are round us, Though toe'winds howl loud and shrill,- S-jmmer’s magic spell has bound ns. And the heart can know no Chill. When, oh when Is dreary Winter? When life dsikens ray by ray, And in loneliness and anguish Wo have'watched it waste away. Wh«n the'glory has departed That o'ertillod the.enrlb with bloomi. And wo linger, weary hcartei), - . ■ In tbashadatvs of the tomb. When we Teavo the ground enchanted, And the cloud peak* where wo roved, Scoring still out lieart's homo haunted .By the shades oflostnnd loved; \ Daaring slip the idol broken. - In Its closed ami guarded fane, Echoing w'lh the words once spoken. ' That we nu'er may hvarogain. IVlich, oh when Is dreary Winter? When upon the shore wo’ve stood, ' And beheld the under current Of lire's dark ami stormy flood, , Then, though bloom is spread before us, Aa (he rosy season's roll, - Winter's iron chain is o'er us. ■ And the ice lain our soul. * 3&{#ceUamott#. Vj7 A WRDPINO IN THE GATE OF TUB ROCKY MOUNTAINS* Tito incidents of the following striking story were (old (o the writer by one of the persons present—and sre, thorofore, true. They give a vivid picture of (ho dangers to which the hardy pioneers of the Pacific were exposed on their painful journey Jolheir new homo. Wo copy from tho Democratic Review for February: „ On tlic evening of tho 4lb of July, 1844, two Cam ” Ulcs'of emigrants miglit bo seen tent cdfor the night si tlio •* Pacific Spring,” on the main trail from Mis souri to Oregon and Upper California. They had left Independence, the common point of departure, and then one thousand miles behind (hem, in compa ny with u much more numerous band. ;Dul dlsscn (ions had occurred, as must always happen in the absence of government, or executive physical force, and the voluntary organization split into fragments, which latter, however, continued to roll upwards, like the broken pieces of a flying ball, under the Impetus of their original projection. These two families dis. ousted with the obstinacy and riotous spirit of their gomradcs, had determined to advance alone; and be ing provided with excellent teams, and many loose mules and oxen, so os to rust their animals by fre quent cliangcs-in the wearing service of thelrjourncy, they had been enabled to roach the first fountain which mingles its waters, with, the western ocean and hence called the Pacific Spring,*’ some led days sooner than the remainder of the band, Thus they wore in no danger of being surprised in the Sierra Nevada by the premature full of an outumhul snow, a moat dreadful contingency, which pioneers aro most anxious to avoid. But the forward movement of so diminutive a par ly was hazardous in thu extreme. In all, (hoy hum. bored only a dozen persons, four of these were small children, and the rust adults of opposite sexes, in equal proportions. Their energy, prudence and per severance, in spite of the hostile anil thievish savages (hat hovered around ijiclr way, had carried them safely (lids, far, hull’llio distance of their route ol two thousand miles, and would probably have burno (hem to the settlements of the Sacramento, had not a casualily intervened, os unexpected as, U was Im possible to forscc or resist. in die moan lime, the little band, not conscious of (ho impending danger,appeared to bo in the happiest mood, cooked their Irug-il supper over a fire of“buf ■ falo chips," amidst jokes, laughter, and scrap/* of for est songs, and indulged the whilu in (ho brightestan (iciputiuns as to the ‘’promised land" before them. About sunset, a youth and maiden strolled from (heir camp, and ascended one of those tall elevations which overlook and command the celebrated “South Pass.** The view opened into indescribable grand cur and solemn desululion. ImmcnceTpluins and mcasurlcss mountains extended wide a»m|o{rcum fcrancc of sight, and the whole red rays of evening, as Jf sprinkled with .■Bwpfrn of burning gold, But the finest point in.UpTglorioun perspective was the noble pass Itself— thulgroatgato in the mountain wall—so easy of oscent,thot a rail way might bo run without excavation,* to the very key of its gentle arch, and soexcecdlngly broad, that «11 the armies on the globe deploy within its aroo, and neither wing of their mighty , lino would touch.the edge of Us enormous gap, ' The lovers, for such they wore, looked till 1 they wero lost in emotions of sublimity, and in blended oxluey. and devout pwo pressed Involuntarily closer to cach other. Then their (wo hearts throbbed to gether as one, and (ho-musical boats of llioif warm life pulses became a ohlmo and choral anthem, for they aaw the name of nature's God sculptured on the muto marble of ten thousand rocks. What mattered it, that both were indigenous products of the,. far frontier, and clothed in smoko tinted leather,.and course threaded homespun? Thatdld hot bar them from lave and worship, any more titan from duo and sunshine, lie was bravo above fear, an/i sho .was beautiful beyond words. Hence (heir love woßjoulh’s necessity—ns natural os the emission of .odor ffom ' flowers, or as (ho camming of howors at the call of May. . “ What a grand.couch for our woddingl" whisper ed Henry, as they, gazed down on thqir white canvass tents, bcsldo ilia Pacific Spring whence l oToufce iho (inkling melody of mu!o<bolls, and thb ringing 1 mer riment of children's voices. ! iT , Emma's sop! was in her, but. sho apswered only, with a smile end a blush. ’ ' ' • ■! “You remember yrtur.promisp, n continued Henry, " made one montti ago, at tlic Grand Island of t(io Platte, to bo my bride at (ho Aral fountain,flowing towards California; and tlioro it is. That sweet spring sends its icy rill to Oroon River, whip)) )ow: or down is called tho Colorado o.f thp W”*» and empties its waters into thepear) producing,gulf.« At tho (nstnitt. iQFcr* sfarjed, for both at tho lame discovered several dark looking object* In (ho souih, towards that extraordinary &««*» wnjoh 'has since received the nanio of jJacqbVTower. ,*7- Their first thought wae Indians. But a nearer ap. preach of |hp form? dissipated oil qppfphbfii . Immediately the:oull<iw gave a loud whoop—tho, preconcerted signal— and (lie whole band oflndiuns sprang liko so many (mid panthers, and grappled with the emigrants. The (alter, both men and wo. men, resisted with the bravely of desperation. The odds however, were too great; and in a.brief space, thMftycre all overpowered, lied with cords of bark, analiiy helpless on the ground, at (he mercy of their captors. , Then at the com nand of their renegade chief, the Utahs broke into pieces nil tho rifles' they. £ould find, and prepared to depart, leaving nil the maldjJuß(,bgund, and currying with them thefcrhalcs. Therms' of tho. poor, women, ns theystrugglhd in vain with tho naked arms which dragged them away,were most piteous (n hoar; while .the horrors of (ho hour were increased by (ho cries of children clinging convulsively to tho bosoms of their moth* brs. " The case seemed hopeless, when a third parly or. rived on the mournful-theatre. ion t.light of (ho full moon rcvculed a largo company of Itidjaris on horseback, dashing rapidly towards'the cump.— They, were headed by :& beautiful young female, dressed in a buckskin shirt, pan(dl<ons and rnoccn* ■ins, adorned with many tasteful golden ornaments, whoso graceful figure sat upon her fine steed with fairy like case and elegance. “Soshones! Soshoncs!’! shouted the Utahs; giving way to a panic of ungovernable terror, and flying off in all directions. leaving their prisoners astonished at so strngc a deliverance. But (hero was one who did not let go his victim. Tho refugee. Bill Moore, seized tho fainting form of Emms,and sealing, with incredible velocity, a neigbortpg. eminence, dis. appeared with his’ltyihg bttrdcn beyond its (utl sum mit. The minute after, tho friendly Soshoncs reached the scene of the recent outrage, and cut loose’lho cords with which tho captives had been tied,-hand and foot. Tho lovely leader of tho Snakes explained by signs,’'and some few words of broken English, (hat (ho commander of the Utahs was her husband,-and had that morning gone out, under the pretence of hunting, when sho was Informed, by a comrade, of her falsc lord's Intention to carry off a while woman during (he night from Iho South Puss. 1 A woman whom ho had seen tho previous doy. on Iho Sweet Water river, and recognized us one he had-loved be., fore his exile among tho Indians. This intelligence drove Henry almost distracted ; and, ns well ns ho was nbje, by gestures, ho told the other that her Inn band h id homo away his wife—pointed ont tho course they, had eotrooted her to pursue them, and suffer him lb attend the company* Tho dork eyes of (he female Soshone lightened with the fires of jealousy and revenge. ShoTnstunl ly provided .Henry with a fleet horse*. Ho found Ills rifle, uftich, by good tuck, had escaped the general mutilation, and having mounted tho hardy steed of the prairies, (Ho whole band of Snakes dashed on ward. Making a short circuit around tho hill, over which Dill Moore had passed, they soon reached the level plain, and obtained a sight of the who was g.. Hoping off on a strong horse, that doubtless hod been concealed for the present purpose, and the flutter of tho while garments on the wind proved that tho victim was borne In the abhorred rider's lap. The Soshone woman uttered a piercing yell, 4 nnd the pursuers augmented their speed to a rule which ropidly diminished the distance betwixt them and their object. Tho chase extended south, in the di rection of the spiral shaped butte, now known ns Jacob's Tower; and as the troop neared it, thu felon was not more than one hundred yards ahead. His escape seemed impossible, for tho reeky structure was of considerable height, and Us Irregular sides looked sloop ns tho walls of a’houso. , Hence , oven (ho savages wero astonished when they behold Moore loop from his steed and still supporting tho weight of ins burden, began to ascend, tho extraordinary butte. Ho. had discovered a narropr .and difficult crovlob that enabled hlpi to climb to the . (op of tho precipice. Most of (ho Snakes, notwithstanding'the entreaties of (heir female loader, drew back, afraid to .attempt (ho dangerous elevation* But Henry Reused pot a.inoipenU Clinging to hla rifle, ho urged Is wuy up the frowning cliff, and by tho utmost ox crtlons, at Inst succeeded in gaining the dizzy summit. Hero an appalling spectacle met his eye. Moore havirig despaired - of eluding, the pursuit of the So shonoa, was pndoovorlng to murder tho beautiful Em ma. Being unprovided with weapons, which ho had lost In his flight, tho human (lend was choking his captive to death. One bound brought Henry within striking distance. Ho could notlako time (a coqk his rifle. A slnglo blow from the,heavy iron hatred wont crushing through the bones of tho villiaVs skull, and sent him to settle his final account at 'a bar whorp the, court is; witness as well.as judge. Henry, al'flrst, supposed that his young bVTde was a corpse*. He pressed her pale lips to his own. wore covered with white foam, and .felt, chill anti frosty. Her.blue eyes wqro closed. Oh! what.a horror tjiat so inuoh youth and beauty should poriph by such a death! But a few minutes of gentle pressure to that worm end gontlo bosom,of which sho was solo queen and idol, served to ’reanimate her fainting form;’ • Her eyes shone aguinjlke tho jewel pf nlgnl afrer a pas slngoloud, and,a. sweet murmpr .replied In atmosphere on the peak ol -Jacob*.* Tower, “ Doorout, I lmvo had n dreadful dream.’’ Those who would hear and Emms, must take a (rip to. the 9f„leatljp|* >r|ycr» Cal|fqtp|a { • ! ’yV:; Too'Muon op a Hunnv.—A lady* leaving N. Xork a dpy or two ago, Just as they raising thp plank aflhp'Stoamhont, cried .out lo her hjaehand, “Ooodnoqs, Gfeofgb, I must go bock to lhiTv\Ator House—‘l’ve )ol\ my loelh )n ftp tY“*M9WV “our coontry-t-mat italwaysos right*—but right or wrong, ouroountey." CARLISLE, PA-, TIIUiISDAY, MARCH 29, 1849. HASTY WORDS; ! . What a-blessing is.tlie power of speech! and jet . how . many ways that blessing is abused? Right t words'are forcible, a word spoken indue season is good. and words fitly'spoken are like.apples of gold >' in pictures of sliver. So says oho, who informs us {that lie ".sought to find ont acceptable words.” But I the same' nulhoiyaware of' the mischief 1 of using - words improperly, says, Soest thoa & man who is i hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool ■ than of him.” Hasty words are not those in all ■ cases which -arc'uttered with rapidity of speech.- ■ Men- may,'speak fist, and yol speak tho words of • Avjsdbm 7 and prudence; and a man may be long chough in Uttering a sentence, while the import of it shows it was spoken very hastily. Words spoken = from impulses t rather than from (ho dictates of judg ment and thought,nra hasty; so arc those spoken in the heat of passion; as also answers given to ques tions before the inquirer has time to explain his meaning; and also remarks made concerning per sons : in respect to their characters and conduct be fore .either of! (hem is. understood* These are all hasty, words* and generally produce a great deal of mischief Strong tics of friendship aro sundered, and the foundation is laid for heart-burnings and bitter feelings; cagfi party considers itself injured, and an age may not.be enough to heal (ho breach which a few hasty words have created. Beside, hasty words generally injure those, who • utter (hem. However much a man may suppose himself injured by another, the provocation- is hot . enough to jyslify him in losing his temper and using hasty words, and in the estimation of the impartial spectator, hb who suffers himself to bo betrayed into 1 such d course, will surely sink. By such a course 1 ho reduces himself to a level with him who did the ' first wrong. And a»man who allows himself to use .hasly^wordswhen, ho is really injured, is likely to do the same whcn*thbro is no injury done'except in his owft heated imagination. As he (lies off-on tho impulse,* fie docs not. wait to get tho truth in any .case* before he is tost in a* shower of hasty words, 1 which fallen all within his range like a deluge of bdllots from (ho butteries of a determined foe; and 1 whchlto has lime to think and look around, ho finds to his bitter regret, that lie has slum many of hi* best friends without tho least justifiable provocation.; A man'of. hasty words is always concocting a cup of bitterness for his sober moments, ore sure to follow, and- often, alas, when it is quite too Isle to repair the evil that his. words havedone. It is.said of Mr, Adams, thot being onco asked what ho most lamented in his lift, ho replied—" My im pulsivc lompcr and virtupernlivo manner of speech, which alwnys prcvcnts mo from returning good for evil, and induces me from in. the madness of my ■blood, to say. things that .(• am afterward ashamed o'.” And the same may,bo said by every man of hasty words; and it will be said If he is honest and ■has any sense of right loft.'. No man should soy the least thing that, will injure another'without.knowing the entire truth in the premises, and seeing, a just cunso for tho words ho utiqrs. Hasty words are w'ords of fire.—Bestow Rambler! ' SONG. BT TUB LATE THOStAS HOOD. Them ta dew f(jr the flow’ret. And honey for Ihq bee; v.-^v.. ■i.,Al’«d.h»wcl’a for til’d wild bird, .' .'• ,i .'Ami love fur youaiid me! ' fot --v.',' Ana pleasure for ( the l<iw; Dot let Iho warld pass On/dnar, ' There’s love for mo and yoa-l J There is earn that will nut leave us, And Pain that will nnt fleej' Dut on our henrtb amiltcrod Site Love, 'tween you'uml mo I Our love, Itne’er was reckoned, • Yet poodlt is ond true; It's half tho world to inn, dear, - - It’s all the world to you 1 INFIDEL MOTHER. B» CHATEAUBRIAND. [low is il,possible toconceive that a woman coin bo an atheist? Whaf'shall prop up this rood, ifre* ligion docs not sustain her? The feeblest being In nature even on the eve of death, or loss of her charms} who shall support her if her hopes bo not extended , beyond' an ephemeral existence?' For the sake of her beauty alone she should be pious, ' ; Gentleness, submission, suavity, tenderness, can* slilute part of the charms which the Creator bestow* cd on our first mother, and to charms of this hind' infidelity Is a mortal foe. , Shall woman, who takes delight in concealment— who never discloses more than ono half of her graces and ofher thoughts, whom Heaven formed for virtue and the most mysterious sentiments, modesty ond love, shall woman,renouncing the engaging-instinct of her sox, presume with, rash and feoblo hands, to attempt to withdraw the thick veil which conceals the Divinity? Whom doth she think to ploaso by alike absurd and.sacrilegious 7 Dues she' hope by adding her petty and her frivolous rnotsphy* sics to the imprecations ofa Splnotm, and Ihes6ph[s« try of a -Bayle, to give us' a. higher, opinion of her genius? Without a doubt blio.Jiqb no thoughts of 1 marriage, for what sensible mnnwould unite himself for life to an Impious partner? 1 ► The Infidel wife has seldom any idoa ofher duties; she spends her days either in reasoning on virtue , without practising its precepts, or in the enjoyment . uf t ho tumultuous pleasures of the world. But tho day of vengeance approaches. Time nr* 1 rives, lending ego by tho hand. The spectre with 1 icy hair and stiver hands, plants'himuelf on the threshold of the female atheist; she perceives him ami shrieks aloud. Who shall hear her voice? Her husband! She. lias none; long, very long, has ho withdrawn from the theatre of dishonor. , Her chil dren? Ruined by an impious. education-, ami by material example, they concern themselves not about their mother. Ifsho surveys the past, she beholds a pathless waste jr—hcr virtues have loft no* traces be. hind them. For the first lime she begins to bo sen sible hovy much more consolatory it would hovo been to have a religion. Unavailing regret! When the Atheist, at the term of hjs career, discovers tho illu sion bf a false philosophy; when annihilation, like an appalling meteor, begins to appear above tho h**- risen of death, he would fain return to God, blit it is too late; the mind, by incredulity, rejects all otm vioiion. * How different is tho lot of the religious woman! Her days are replete with joy; «ho is respected be* loved by her husband, her .children, and her house hold } jut places unbounded confidence in her, because they, are firmly convingod of the fidelity of nno who Is faithful to her God. The faith of this Christina is strengthened by her happiness, by her faith; she be lieves in God heoauso she is happy, and she la happy because tho bolivqs in God. INFLUENCE OF A SMILE, It Is related in the life of a celebrated mathemal) clan, Wm, 1 Hutton, that a respectable looking eoun. try .woman called, upon him one ?day,. anxious to spqak jvllh him. She told him, ; wjThsi‘alr ofsecreey, (hat her husband behaved unkindly to hor,'soUght other company, frequently passing hia evenings from home, which made her fool oxtrenioly unhappy, tind knowing Mr. Hullqn to boa man, she thought he might bo ablo to toll her how she should manage to euro her husband. ' 0 Tho case was soon*,‘mon one, and bethought ho ooiild proscribe fdr It Without loosing his reputation as.n conjurer. “ The rbmedy:is a simple one,’* suid ho, m but I have never known it to fail.. Alioayitnut your huiband with a smile." The woman expressed her thanks dropped a courts sy, and wont away. A'.fowmontlis afterwards she waited on IVfr. Hutton, with a aounlo of fine fowls, which alio hogged him to accept,-She told him,while a tour of Joy and gratitude glistened In, her eye,'that she had (allowed Jus advice, and "er husband was cured. 1 lie no longer sought tho company of oils* ere,- hul .treated her With aoi)»(jforlto end kind n«Wi. - ' ■ >' , THERE’S A TIME FOR REPOSE* D V r * L ’ Dl ? r ß*i)KßrrEß ■ There's a time forrepnse-when all cares shall be ended; ‘•Sr 1 will come when tlio vespcr-lndl murmurs its chime i When the day and the night in soft twilight are blended, moments are sweetest that wait upon time, When tlio winds ore abroad in their symphony sighing, 1 ■/ *And the moon is Just touching with silver the wave: When the strength of the spirit, o'ervvearled. is dying-* - There’s a time for repose from all care—in the gravel ' there’s a time for repose-It will come to th« youthful; _ U will steal over manhood’s warm ardor of heart, Am it sinks in the thought of how little is truthful,. -• Mnd that hopes wero but tobies that came to depart. . U. wlll come in the twilight of mind that is sorrow, : ' 1 "In its time for the languishing spirit to save; And, behold, when the sun shall arise on the morrow, . It will shine for that time of repose—in the grave 1 rAovtNTURs or a Green Mountain Bor. — Tile town of Newfarac, in tins county, was the birth place of oil-infant, who was,christened Paul Holland K- -•« AsJiogrow*up to manhood, the Yankee spirit ofen* tjfjprise carried him to Canada, and in the interior of tab country ho commenced the practice of law. His • iAddstry and perseverance were rewarded with surces ahd aflcra time ho removed for more’ lucrative prac tice, to the city of Montreal. ' * Prosperity and good fortune attended him,.arid hf soon became a candidate and was elected to the I Canadian Parliament, whore his ability and good [judgement secured to him a respectable position and ' 1 influence. ' ■ ■ While a member of the Parliament, ho received a I loiter purporting to bo written by an old lady in Eng*. i land, alsobyllio same nqmoas In stating in sub- I stance that sho had not a single relative, and was 1 ajono in the worldj that seeing his name in the pa. 1 pers, as a member of the. Canadian Parliament, and J it being the same as hers, she thought perhaps he I might be of’lho same, family; She further stated, tfiftt sho was possessed of a considerable property, and ’ kno w of no kindred to whom sho should leave it, and ipat if he would come.to see her, she would pay his expenses and make him her heir. K.‘supposing this to be a honx, made no an. swer, and paid no attention to it. About two or three months afterwards, ho received another letter from ibe same person, urging in still stronger terms his visit to her, and with such apparent sincerity and earnestness, that ho resolved to go to England (fnd spe what truth there was in it. Ho did go, and.found bis correspondent oa sho hod described herself. She Hying in on elegant mansion in the country, hnd ip’handsome stylo. She \vafl dcfcghlcd’wllh the vis. I*-of Mr. K., and spared no pains to moke it ngrcca. file to him. After spending some little time there,ho prepared to return home. Tlio lady defrayed all his expenses, and made him many presents before his de« pnrturo; «ho renewed to him her promise to leave |)tm all her properly, and related to him the incidents jAhiph led to the correspondence. She informed him (baf in parly life she had been the betrothed of a young man of the name of Paul Holland, who .was fthofficer inlHo British army. That he hud fallen fn bailie before the consummation of their nuptials, and remained unmarried, true to his momo f|.:. That seeing his name, nnlling the name of her (over And her own, she wasxlruck with the singular Coincidence, and that she could hot belter show her devotion to the memory of her. betrothed, than to be. plbw.her properly upon him whpisoemed by his name to bo'the Hi representative of both. < ; ' He loft her and'rolurned to Montreal, and with* 1 in a year aftcrwardsfrccoived intelligence of her ,d*sirth v and that by hri* will ho was made sole heir 10/hefcsiato.' Ho sejf obi immediately for England, on his afriVal, everything prepared for himi' p:. .. ' *• ■ • ' v w3B recognised, and he entered at once uppit-tho possession of u large fortune. Ho is now living in (he cnjoymcnjl of his good-lorlune at Mon treal, and is now, or. recently has been, a member of the Canadian Parliament. This is a true sketch of the history of one Vermont boy, and there are doubtless many such. ’ Tho re gions of .fiction; ond tho highest flights of tho imag ination, do not furnish a more romantic adventure. ■’ * Vermont P%ptr, The Wife’s Commandments. —A Sunday paper, published in Cincinnati, gives tho following as a correct version, for the use ofallduubllng husbands. Listen i. * '. A ' ■ 1* Tiled shall have no other wife but mm ■ 2. .Thou shall not take into thy 4;ouso any beaiitl*. ful brazen imago of a servant girl, to bow down to her, lb servo'Her,Tor l am a jealous wife, visiting, «fco. •' •’ ■ 3. TiioU shall Uol take tho name of thy wife in vain. • ‘: • .4. Remember thy Wife, to keep her respectably. 5..H0n0r thy wife's.father and mother. G. Tlido shall not fret. - *. 7. Thqu shall not find/auU with (fly dinner. 8. Thou shalt not chow tobacco. 9. Thou shall not bo behind thy neighbor. 10. Thou shall Hot visil tho Hmi-tovorn { thou shalt not covet the tavern-keeper's rum,'nor his brandy, nor Ins gin, nor his : Whiskey, nor fits Wlnefnor any thing .(hat is behind tho bar<oflho rum seller^; 11, Thou shall not vjsit billiurdrsuloons neither for Worshipping in the danoo,nor the heaps of irioney that Ho on tho table.' And (he twelfth commandment Is, thou shall not stay out later than nine o’clock at night; Tho following is published as a specimen of western eloquence and jurisprudence. Here, in the East, the gentlemen.of the green bag offer Judges pretty much the same inoonso, but never openly present tho whiskey * ’ « “Judge,” said tho counsel for the defendant,“your time, 1 know is prcciousl as must be the case with so able and valued a member of society. This case is perfectly clear, and I know your learning and lucid intelligence has pierced through it at the first glance. For mo to arguo, would not only .bo a waste of, time, but an insult to your penetration. Much might bo said, but nothing, is needed.— Before any oilier Judge, ! might lay down the law, but here, 1 know they have been deeply studied and wisely understood, f look around me and behold an humble house oflogs, yqt see before me the spirit of truth* the unpurohaset! distributor'of law, and tho old tenement v rises before my mental'vision Sroud and beuatiful asn majestic temple to Justice, edge, I Rave a boUle of old-prime Monongnhela in my’ppokel— fair the respect I boar yoiir charoci er, allow me to make you a present of It.” “Verdipt for (be defendant said, tho Judge. c . One ol the inosrboaulifiil gems in oriental litera ture is contained In a passage from (ho Persian poet, Sadi, quoted by > Sir W. Johnoi, the sentiments of which arc embodied in tho following linos; . Tho sandal tree porfhmes when riven, Tho oxo that laid It low, 7 Lot mon who hopes to bo forgiven, < Forgive and bless bis Too. Boors in Battle.— Latour Msbourg jcg at tho battle of Loipslo. After jio suffered amputa tion with lbb ! griialest saw his servant crying, or pretending to cry, In the corner of the room, None,of your hypocritical tears, you Idfo dog," said Ibo ,maalqr,i“you know,you nro very glad, for nowyou will.jiavo only one boot to clean instead of two/’ MnopsT.—My ( dear, don’t sny’tule, say nsrpo tlyo," said a modest lady to her Utlld son r wlio\vas relating a very Interesting tale'ho had just rood'in the nowspapor. While the little follow, Was thinking of his mistake the old house dog walked In shaking his tail and looking quite familiar at (ho boy whan ho exclaimed; “Ma make Sanoho quit shaking his nerroljvo.*’ ■ . A Lawvbr, not over yotingnorhandtfomo, exam ining nyoung lady witness inoourt, determined to porplox liar, and said, “Miss<upon my word, you are very pirouy V 1 Tho young Indy very prompt ly rqplted,* 4 l Would, return $0 compliment, «lr, Ifl were not on oath !** s .< CONFESSION OF ANDIIEAS HALL. . The confession of Andreas Hall,who was executed at Troy on ’ Friday Jnslj lor the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, is un appalling revolution of human do* prayjty and wickedness, The condemned was 24 years of aye last May j, he was a,vicious and unpro* tccled boy, early addicted totheftand to drunkeness; Still he had a conscience, ns his recollection and re. morso for the thefts of a. string from his grandmother, of fruit from his companions, &.0., wfiich are detailed with (he penitent minuteness, show. His first temp tation‘to commit murder,'in order to got money, came npbn him when he was a little over Ibyoars of oge; but he gave up the project. . A career of youthful crimp was for a while Inter* ruptod by . religious sentiment, awakened during a “revival’.* ol Petersburg—and he lived a moral life for two'years. He relapsed, and look again to rob* beries to support himself. In a moment ofpussion, he planned the murder of a man who had quarrelled with him, but being battled by cicfcumstanccs, nban doqed. it. In early life, ho saysihis mind dwelt on plots of murder, and the best methods of escaping detection,’ and he finally concluded that (he best way was to use a club well adapted to th'e purpose/ In 1647, from revenge, he murdered, near Troy, a companion, whose body he plundered; and the rc* dial of this, bloody deed, and of (ho attempt to con* coal tho body, Is mosl plfqous. Thefts, burglaries, 1 attempts at arson.and unexecuted pfanr of murder for •revenge and plunder, occupied his time, for the year | preceding tho murder, for which, he was convicted. He was engaged to be married; but at (his time ro* fleeting on the crime which had forfeited his life, and would, If discovered, disgrace his friends, he felt remorse, and contemplated and prepared for suicide. He was dissuaded by the tears of his sister, whosus pected hi* purpose. He was only turned from one crime to fall Into another. Ho started, amid thunder and lightning to Petersburg, and there slept in a barn at a distance from Smith's house. Ho know that Smith had money, and had often been tempted to thihk of mur der ns tho means of getting it. In the middle of the forenoon ho woke, formed his plans of .murder, and then slept again. Ho took wooden hand-spike.— lie reached Smith's at night, and-called him out of the house, tolling him liiat.tho entile had broken into his meadow behind the barn. Smith went with him to the place, when Hall struck him with the hand spike, killing him at'a blow. Ho returned to the hpusc,.asked. Mrs. Smith fur the axe, received it, osked again for a drink of water, and when she of* fered-it, struck her a fatal blow. She continued a long time groaning, and Jie struck her again and again, but ** it seemed as ifshc could not die.” - . The plunder of’ the house gavoJiim 9800 in notes and 81S00 id bills and specie, besides the gold beads he took from tho neck of Mrs. Smith, which formed afterward the principal'evidence for his conviction, Aftcrhis convlction. ho attempted to break jail, and had already formed new plans of nreon and murder against his enemies. The confession was made to tho Rev. Geo. C. Baldwin, pastor of the Baptist church of •' "• AN AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Thomas Crittenden, the first Governor ofVermonl, who-was a pUin farmo.r, alike remarkable for strong native powers of the native simplicity with which ho condqcted every thing in his public duties, and in his domestic establishment, was once vlslldd by a party of fashionables from one of our cities*— When llio hour of dinner.arrived, Mrs.-Crittenden, to the astonishment of .her lady guests, went out and blew in o tin horn for the workmen, who soon arrived; when to the still greater surprise of the fair cits, the whole company, Governor, hts lady, goosls, workmen and oil, were invited to sit down to the substantial meal which had been provided forthooccasion. After dinner was over, and (ho ladies were left to themselves, one of the guests thought she would gently take Mrs Crltlehdsn to task for this monstrous violation of gentility, to which she had been, as she thought, so made a victim. “ You do not generally sit down to the same table with your workmen, I suppose, Mrs.Crittenden, 11 ah said. • ’ ■ “Why,” replied the Governor's lady, whoso quick wit instantly apprehended tho drift of tho other: “ I dm almost a shame (6 say wo generally have } but I soon Intend lo oinend in (his particular. I : havebeen telling tho governor (his very morning that it was an absolute shame (lint the workmen, who did.all tho hafd labor,’should faro no belter than wo, who sit so much of tho ilmo In .(ho house, earning little or nothing; and I am determined hereafter to set iwo tables, the first and best (br the workmen, and (he last, not so guod, for the Governor and myself.*' AURIFEROUS SdNCJ. The boys “down oast,” parado (ho stroefs sing ing a'song of which the following is a sample ? J soon shall be in Francisco, Aniillu , M I'll look nil.around, ■ Anil when I see tho sold lumps (h*rs, . Ml pick (hem offtne ground I'll scraps the mountains clean, wjrbnye; Ml drain itm river dry. - . i., ■ A **pock«t fullof rocks” bring horns, So. brothers, don’t you’eryi ' Oh I California! That's the land for me;- I’m going to Sacramento, With my wflslrbcnvl on tny knee. To Hoys and Girls* Never (oil a whole Ho, or half a, l|o, or a qurlqr of ' a lie, or any part of a lie. Many boys, who know well enough what a sneaking, dirty thing it la to tell a lie, will yet twist tho truth, or deceive a little bit. This is about as bad—and a good deal more cow* ardly than a plump falsehood. If a boy docs some-, tblflg wrong, either through ignorance, carelessness* or accident—and then tells one half (ruth) ondjonO half Ho about it—ho might almost as Well have told tho whole untruth* that ho didn't do It at all. Now seo how the spirited* manly, true hearted, clour* tongued boy will do, after onerrorfho resolutely determines to acknowledge it, without being afraid of anybody’s anger—to (ell li just as it was. 1 never in my life knew any one to bo Injured by telling tho (ruth in (his way'; but 1 have seen many a boy ond man too, who .was looked upon with contempt, and thought poorly of, because ho would toll sneoking lies, or half lies, or Quarter lies. Tho worst sort of untruths—thoso which oro deliberately made up— stories about people—or little stories magnified into big ones—prove tho seller of them lo bo a most worthless, impure, and moan person. Tho liar is in deed despicable both to God and men. On (lie oilier [»and, nothing Is more beautiful than a strictly truth' telling young person—ono whenever varies from the truth, who is open, candid, itnd abpvo deceit. To become so tl a buy should strive bard—should deter mine to booome so—and ho will become so. Besides, it is so easy always (6 speak (ho truth—and so very, (laid to arrange a plausible falsehood—which ovon then will-in all likelihood be found out nineteen times out of twenty, ( “There’s q good time doming!" for the printers at loaq*, f or it {« said that Old. Zaok will consider no men’s claims to office who cannot show full receipts from the printer. There being 4,596,?3l office seek ers, of whom 4,505,190 owe (he printer, of course there will bo lots of “paying up." .LanoK; Uorubhv.— Mr. John Armstiong, of the vicinity of Mount Carbon, wne robbed of ssoOWst wrokby.a-yomig man who was slaying with him. Three .hundred dollars were in gold. The young mnnolenrod himself on Saturday night,on one of tho coal trains, and has not slnou been heard of. TIiB;GoyBhNMBNTjBWRW—IMPORTANT A.RRBST* —An old offender, known as Jim Webb, against whom there aro several indictments pending,nnd whrt'ls Maoshspeclod wUk having been conoernfcd InMeallng the government jewels. was arrested by officer; Boyer, or Now York, on ’Monday The of- Ifioer found him at Jersey oily, and, by deluding him with the idea lijnt they wore old cronies, ami abusing : lhe. Police Gazette, got him ito cross, in about toNow York with him. Tfiu Oazetloohar that the thieves, { Hand and Webb, sfe the go |Vernipeni]e'wM robbersi. . AT $lOO PEy ANROB. ’ ! Attempt to eztoYt ttodeyA Recently at attempt was made In the city of Near York to extort from'William D. Astor the sum cf fifty tHodaand dollars, by sending him a threatening > letter*signed J. E. Basswood,in which he«was as-; snr'ed fbat hla llfo ,depended upon a strict compliance , with.what was demanded* The epistle seems to os to bo a veryclanoßy and llhconcocted rigmarole, and/ is entirely fob long and'crrcurnstahtial and argdmen* : tutive to have beeti the workelther ofa very ingeoi. ous or experienced or resolute rases). says that his father was the partner of the late John T Jacob Aatbr,’(ho father erf-William 8., *• from* 1814 to 1817, in the manofacture of spurious coins for , trading in the fur and India trade;.that the amount_ (nanfuclured was $2,800,000, tho average cost of __ which was $l6O to (ho thoflsahd—(leaving a pttitf ' fair profitft that (he writer's father died, and that b(t deuth, nstyell as an uncle's, hud been caused by.* John Jacob'Astor* who. was largely in (heir debt;, that he called-bn Mr. Astor to Inquire about fail transaction* with his father} that Mr. Astor gave him ' $lO,OOO, with which ho eqmmenced business, and' got to be worth $160,000; but that In 1839 he failed/ and applying again to Mr. Astor for assistance* w»S; refused it* rt I The letter concludes as sflcb epistles generally 6a- to Mr* After, (list “ if you make any effort' to detect the person using the money, it will only; prove your entire destruction." Nevertheless, an attempt was made, through (he. ' police, to discover the villains, end (here Is a prdtn**’,, bilMy (hat It may not.be unsuccessful. - An tieoment was inserted in the New York which induced one of (he Conspirators td'tepoir id a , certain place to receive the $50,000 demanded, terj whom was handed a packet made to resemble a pack/ 1 *' ago of money* This roan, whose name'is. firagg,i Was followed by the police to (ho tlnjted States -Hotel*. Where he left it} and soon afterwards another,of,the' name of Biggs, Inquired for It and received It. They'. Were both taken into custody, end if convicted'of' conspiracy, a five years* residence in the Stale prison QWolls them; where they will have leisure to repent and reform* - •'The Herald says (hat (his “bungling conspiracy to extort fifty thousand dollars from Wm. B. Astor, possesses, In a greater degree* the element of a'hbai than n (rue arid bona fid* attempt by tfhillfal andacf complished rogues.** “ The whole affair from - bo*‘ ginning to end, seomS to be a picce of humbug/*, The fforald seems to suspect, 100, (hat the polite might have had somethlngto do with getting Op the. hoax, in order to give proof of (heir dexterity In Ira-' clng and defecting plots ami conspiracies of (hit Its.- lure. On (he.olber band, the in geoeftl seem to regard it as a serious affair, and as a “bene. fide attempt” to extort money. The N* Yorttfally, Globe calls ll u a stupendous add welbplanhed pro ject of.fraud. . It says, “ the amount of the staked was.large and the cards well selected ( but the skill of the players has been roost signally defeated by (bo operations of our excellent police system.'* V Wo can readily believe that the attempt (p.frighteii Mr. Astor out of his money, was a bonajide one; bnt, it does not appear to ua to have been very- u well planned.'* ' . * Facts la Physiology* Elephants live for two, three, and even (bur bdft* dred'years; A healthy* full grown e|ephnht ’Coft* Butnes thirty pounds of grain per day. fiats* in India* arc called flying fo*cs,and mcasure six feet from Up to tip. Sheep, in wild pastures,-practise self defence by an array jn which rams stand foremost, in concert with awcs.^ndlambs,, In the. cpnler of a hollo* sqbirn. • Three Hudson's DayTrfog# <ffiwa sfedgej loaded with 300 lbs*, fifteen mllcs a day. One'psif of pigs,will increase In si* years to 119,160, taking the Increasenl fourteen times per annom* A pair of sheep, in the same'lime* Would bo. but 64. ;-A single female house Sy produces in one season 20,» 060,320 eggs. The flea, grasshopper, nnd.lopdit jump 200 times their own length, equal to a qukrtdf ofa milerfor a man. ' . Speech or the Pope.— The Tope recently made sa address alGaetn,of which the following is an et* tract) r. Oh Rome! Rome! (Sod is my witness (hat 1 every' , day offer up my vdioo (o the Most H|gh« and, pros* , Irate as a suppliant, 1 ardently pray that he ifluy pat , an end to the scourge which desolates jhee, ohd } which cVery day weighs more heavily un (hde! I r pray him to put an.end to the suggestions oftltUsa j perverse doctrines; and to remote from thy walls and } from all the St(ato;thoso political speakers who abase the name of. the people. I* also supplicate him td protect and ante the Kinp, the royal famlly. nnd thd kingdom, frbm’thegehcrol commotion* Ilia Majesty merits It by his piety, andhts people by thetr falthi Since this nddress was made, a republic Jias'beco proclaimed stßome, and (lie Popa deposed* Awtl ter noticing (be declaration of u republic in on tho 9tb pit., says f ' .The nett diy great rejoicings Were had through*, nut the olty. Stcpt were taken at once to raise art army ''and* a *nelf;fl.ig, composed ; of green, red slid white, adopted; Tho name of the Pope is suppress* ed in all public documents, and thui-of thoßoman Republic Bubalitnlcd.Tito now government ordered a Te Deuni in St'. Peter’s In honor of the Republic. Tho clergy and Cardinals tin tnnsse refused io aaslat and_thclr places were supplied by soldiers 1 03“ A Certain Miaswhose name Is.tery properly kept blank, attended a malqiierude ball In Boston at one of the theatres of that very moral City. Sho was habited in tho costume of a fyenoh count* Her dross w»S of magnificent satin and Wa* raided at 8300. Before Clio close her Coonfsblp'bccamemCst gloriously drunk* and mode art effort to leave In a cab. , She drove tp Albany street, bnt was.declined admission and was brought back (n the theatre, Where' she anon became insensible ond.wos carried of irt all finery to the watch house* . . , CunloDs tnv op tiir At/stttiLtA# Bird.*—A ridiculous owl-like bir<l, which sits upon tho trees nl night, and Otters a peculiar cry, 4 which ednnot bo mistaken for anything boO‘mbre pork,” Is quite common In Australia. The bird is,dia,Qoii* sequence, called by that name} nna 1 heard of bn Instance of a young; man, of ralhef moderate Ift* tolleot, wholindgomfout with a friepd at bight op possom shooting, and who hearing t ,one of lh*sa for ffle first time, toasted upon leafing the place and returning home, being morally convinced jhqt ’ ho heard the voice of a man calling out for/‘morft pork,"and that the man must be a bushranger jand indeed who else could eat pork that time of nlghtt * Simmond't Colonial Magaiiyk. Simple Rbmkdv for BunNB»—An«Blefemfed tody friend sends us the following “remedy for the tnost burns**’ which “Ifappliedimmhdialpl^,af fords almost Insiitnt relief.’* SKe efejoi U ebft aists of equal parts of llhseed oil and lihoe water inlxed togolhef. iftnuai bo well shaken before used, and poured oval* ah even piefceof rfcw trolton* nnd applied to ihe sore, It may bh rbhfcfred twio or thrdo times adoy. Thlsrbmedy I* Invaluable to families, and 8b simple ihatll la \yithln thßreaoh df bvery buo. She has seen almost Irrirnedlote rt* ■lief derived from tho dpplimiliort of this'mixlhreto 1 live most painful and serious burns* which; with out it, might possibly have become wide dious andeXpopsUe wounds; ‘ 1 , "*' ih '' n Colt's Pistols for California.—Cn }lio Im# nigh I of tho session of Congress, ap propriated for on additional.purchase, from the in ventor of CnU*B improved repOßtlnp pistole/ And d joint resolution was adopted, instructing tjie Seh-' fptory of War to famish llieso arms to ejnlgfahld pninpto California, pffoeft. They are thus ndvnntnpehnsiy supplied oh •• wv rlt lon application to the Wh t Department. ; : On Saturday; tile 9th Inst,, 1,6R1 persons passed overlhe Nert« HSvenßail fload* ‘ .‘ l!l ’* ! '* . • . •' ' •" ' tff., *; - - . •i--v ~ / .-/.r KO; 42.
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