• VJPSIK?'' c ••• -j \;1 ,i i! ■' K " Br JOHN B. BRATTbis VOL. 36. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, f* pubMcliod every Thursday, at Carlisle.Ta'.. by JOIIK B BRATI’ON, upop tfio folldwingconditions.tvliicl.wiii ce tigidly adhered lo;. ’ ’ • . *■', * TEhUfl or aoßscßn-TibH" For one brfbawce, . , * For six months, in.odbonce,' *,■ • • V. L-„. No subscription taken for » leBs Irrrolhan Blx.montns.nii • ■ .*• • -—v.iiti ntciioid.^ ■ho'discontlnuanee permitted until ail arTearaßei nti-yn|d.o Twouiy-five percent.additional on thh write frit I be required of all those who do notpayln Advance. one square, one Insertion, . • ®-* O.ie square, two Insertions, • • • t An O.ie square, throe Insertions, ■ '.. - . • ■ ■ * jjw Every subsequent insertion, par equate, • - .• so A liberal discount will be made to those who Advertise by llio year, orforthfee.orslx months. i ■... ' OfTtcß-—Tlio office of the American FoUnieer Is in,the nnd story of James H, Graham's new stone hiilldihgjn SoulJi Hanover street, a few doom front, Burkholder* hotel, and.rii; fcrtly opposite the' Post-office;' where those having business IViUploasccall. • DOC tic At. TUB TIUB TO J)IB« 1 Asked the glad and happy child. Whoso hdndtf were filled with flowers, Whoso silvery Idugli rung free and wild - Among thu vino wreathed (lowers j I Cicased her sunny potii and cried. “ When is the lime to t110.J." II Not yet I aol yoi I" lho i child replied, ' ■ And swiftly , { asked the irididcn. Rdcß she tHfoW ■' - Thu tressus of Her hair, - Griefs trices o'er tier ettuuks I kno.W, Like pearls they glistened there) A flash passed o’er her lily JiroW* . 1 heard her spirll sign. ■ .. . .. •* Not nnwV* sl(d«r*od, “oil no, rtol rtoW 1 Youth la no lluiC to did I’’ tasked i mother (is the pressed v - - Uor first born in lier arms. . .*/.* As gently on her tender breast t -. . tide hushed her. babe’s aiartiisr -\ loquivering loiies, her accents came, tier eyes were dim with tears) I‘My boy hli meilicr'a JticArt rtmstclalid niAny.jndiiy.ycbra.” , , , , 1 qiiesilpiied one in manhood’? pflflhf, , . Of prifuiMitld fohdeis Air ■ . r Ills br«itv was fiirrow’d not by lime; , Nor -dlnvned by woe And cate) ‘ • In angry accents he replied, . And flashod with scorn his eye, . <• Talk not too mo of death I" he cried) ’ •• Tor oilty Age should die." I questioned drte for wliopf .iKo lomti /lad long (Icon rtll prepared : f»r death who withers Ufa ami blobtn) This mill of. years had soared. Cues mutellls uaiare’s.di'lng pre ■ Oinzad hlch. anil thnl he. cried, • “ Life I onlp Ufa Ik irty dyalfo I" j j Then gasped, dad groaned, and died I i Ksked aChrlstlrta-bAnswer Ihod • When is'the hour of.dcdth?” A holy calm was on his brow, . Ami pcricoful was Tils brentlf. .. < And sweetly o’er his features stole . . .Asmile, tt light divine; ; *■ Ilesuokethe languagaol bis soul— - “My Maker’s lime Is mine.” 2J®fbsccUnwcouff. NAPOLEON’S fIIBUOY, Napoleon was conversing with Josephine when one of his officers entered and announced a youqjr tfttmanfrunL Lyons. ■'l’VVhal Is her business with tpe ?" , ~V •- ‘-7 rfffTi Some poti.iorf,” ariswered Do Me r v 111 cft 11qoTfi oer.',; 1 '; '“Show her into our presence,” said he, ' i The olliccr soon icappourcd with a luoyicamhg Upon his ami, Whoso face, as much os could bosenn* fed through llio thlctc Ibtda of a veil was very bcauli* tyl. ; She (fcmblctl, us she approached (he uoqr, , t *• M idurr/oisehe,” whispered her guide kindly pres sing her hand, “ lake cojrfrage,* hut answer promptly Whatever question the IDrnp'erftr (imposes; ho detests hositatiun.". Then, ushcrlhg her Into llio.spacious apartment ho bowed and retired, _ The trembling girl, perceiving Napoleon on whom Her fondest hopes depended; forgot herself end timid ity; she thuiight only of another* , Throwing herself dt the feet of N.ipoleqn, she,exclaimed with o voico 6hokcd with emotion: , • i' “ Mercy, sire! I sue for niorc'y and pardon., She ioutd articulate ntf »no/o. 1 ’ - Joiic(flilno eloj/pctl rrdm ; liar partial concealment* tind-liiou n|)|)Vuucliinp Ufa ftoof; contributed mtj/o by'-j Wordi of cneni/rugfcincpl lo Restore the courage of llio young petitioner, Ilian eyefi lljp fimporor; by tho gfadioiwhcfli of hr® rndnhirVai‘he bade her rf«d. . ' . . ‘ • : ♦•Your petition* Maacmofoollo, .Mid, he., . Ilenriolto Armond (for that was her name) Ipofccd Imdtoripsty nt th'b Bmperor nhd exclaimed/—“ Ah; £iro, I n*k pardon Tor Loilltf oelamarre; who i« ton flemnod tq be allot on tomorrow I O, grant fiW( joqr royal pardon I 1 ’ A cloud gathered on the b'row of Napoleon, ns ho inVcrrupted,her with—t‘A deac/ler. Madeniuiaolle,-h‘o fua twice douched. No, he irfUal bp ntaflo an eiuni* tilo for the rcniamdci «f the regiment.’ # “ But (ho cause of hU desertions” cried HenrlcKc, fn agony: ho '.was compelled to Join I,ho army (l/o tMsai of Ilia dc«oriron?"inlii , .f since/’ answered I?onr?ct^0 ( “ lie lc J i'oivoil iWi llmi «n only remaining parent; a moll.- cr, eir, wni art be? dead! bed. mid lungCdf and night, lo behold llor eon again. Louie know tlint.to (idol release from Ills post wed impoaalWe; Ilia mind woe filled with ono thought—tliat ihu might itoso her cyca TuroVcr; ole they reeled art o eon dbo loved an fondly.'*.. , •• Did alio die?" asfccd the Bmprea* willi fnlercal. o No, ni'adnnlo," replied HcnrluUo, “about luol ro eovered. Bui hardly hod Lotfia rodclvod tier blessing; been foldoddn her nnna, ore be.woa lorn from her glnailby tb&onutfa of jinlico end dragged hither. 0 ! ill list llo’dlp 1 Mercy, aito, I beaoooli ydtf. " MudemUlaollo," aold Napoleon, apparently, doll onod, "lliia woa tlio aeoortd offence, the flrat. you omilled lliot." ' ' - , " It waa,” aald Honrletto. heollatlng and ooloßpg, nil Waa— that bo beard I wuo lo marry Conrad Fer enl, whom 1 dolcal oa much oa bo does," answered Honrlollo, with noiorlle, '' , , : " Are yon bla aider, lliot bo focla ao greet on In. (erect in your fate.?" npked the. Emperor. * - o no elro," aold Henriollc, her lovely cheek,ao earning still deeper tile line uf Ike rose,"! um only W " AM only Ilia cooal'n," repealed Napojeon glonc. lug at Josephine with e half aupprcaacd entile. "O sire, orlbd Ilenricitc, •* recollect the engiiiah •r hia widowed mother, when aha recollect! tint I bo effeetien of her »on ftf b« •♦•>•» , ;‘' u,,o ° r . l | l, l ,if* K' "Wliat," the continued, “can I do lo aevo bum the poor gill,'forgetting Ike presence of royeUy. buret | into teen* The kind hearted Jo.opklna glanced it (he Emperor with evot oeprea.ivo of pity end eym palhy. She noticed the workings of hie face, and (bit nt onto It wag very unoctlaln wliotbor Louis Ue jemerrd wee lo be allot the next morning. * 1 1 Napuloun approached llio weeping girl, olio hast ily looked up end dried her lepra. ~ . ■ • • , . •‘ M.idonioiaello,” ea|d bo, “would you give your tlfo far'llia ? would you die could Louts Delaouirro be restored lo 1110, liberty; dml hia'ipolhor ?’• IlenrieUO alurlod back) deadly pile, looked Bxcdly it Hie Emperor for o, moment, Ikon turnlpg away, Bho burled her face in. hor,h«idi. , Alice a alienee of aome minutes, Honrlollo looked up - an eir of flood dolerintnullon rested 1 upon her f.ico “ I am willing,* alio aald in a very law voice. Napoleon 1 looked at Tier In surprise, a. ll iia bildnntl enlieinaled ao ready an' anawor lo lua propoanh •« I ♦vilij.ee von again," said he, "In the me.nlhib eoeept inch apartments for yndr eOCanlincitlallon eg I shell j a, the door oWaod- on, tb«[a lr #ephhtß'wiiß leanln|, »nd ,** * # » Louis Delamarre- is of this yoUnggirl. True, to .woman’® nature shb has bjavedaiuioaUy alia danger to beg/or his release. 1 * ... .. j;. ' How.Bltong.Vnuat.be the lovo sho beard lor him, said the Empress; ■ ‘ • . »»Ah 1” returned he, “ I have a nttpd to subject tho. Bathe Jote to a severer. IcsU Much I doubt whether slie .will give hor life'for him. Nevertheless, I will see. 1 ' ‘ /'■*,. . '; ' »• Sure,” dried Josephine, 11 yoti are not sorlousi l -- Louis certainly dan be portioned Withodt the death fyf Hen^elt'c. 1 ’ „ Napoleon d?otv rioai-ct,tho \VindoW,and (hey con. versed in alow voice..,"- Henrictte stood alone in amagnificetit eparlmentij Hours pastbd unobserved, so intensely'.was she Sorbed in reverie; a small folded paper wak lightly,; grasped in tier irhftill haHd. Oh It Wore thiccd these j Words \ ■ •' ■ ; , “ A deserter is condtmhcd by-tHbldw of the army to suffer death. Ifymi wish jjelainarro,restored to liberty, the means o,re ia your powcr..-Bredoy dawns he may be on his way to join his mother) whom he sb rtihch loVesi” ** Ah 1” murmured Henriclie, “do' not I love hifn too!” Pressing her hands .upon her hourl, as if- tu still its tumultuous beating, shb /laced, the apart-, menti TJid liobr," openell,'anil tli’o Chevalier.de Mervillo ontfcred. He paused ore ho articulated, “Mademoiselle.” ■!* I am ready," replied Henrietta, “my decision is Do Mcrvillo appeared to fcdmp[rehchd the import of her wordA. He looked upon her in reverence os. well os admiration, she stood with the high re* solve impressed on t her beautiful brow, . “Follow me; Mademoiselle,” auid ho. , They traversed long corri dors ami numerous suites of superb apartments, and descending a staircase, quickly reached an outer cbort communicating with, tlie guard house. Enter ing this Henrietta was ushered by her guide into a hinnil apartment, where she wqb soon left to her kclf, •" ’ V . On o chair was flung a uniform .of the regiment to which Louis belonged.- i On a tabic' lay a largo iflumed qnp. tlcnrieUo comprpiicndcd oil in a meHj) habiting herself in the uniform, she stood before the mirror, ami gathering Up lief bcau i liful br6iv.rfUreases In a knot, placed the cap upon her head: Slio almost lillorcd a Cry of joy at Ihq buo cess oflier Iruiisfurmallon. Sho knew that she was lo bo lcd in the ground ut thomorning’s dawn. The bfiillfl which would hate struck Louis; would luorce', her, lb ilio shrtink not back;— Lnvo lriJmpJic'd over tho timid-Roman's nature.— “Louis' mother will blebs mein her heart,' 1 she whis* pored. “Louis himself iviil netef forget mo. Ah, oflen h»s ho s,worn that he loved mo better than all things beside.” tirawihg a lock tif taten hair from her bosom, slio pressed it (o liof and sho then breathed a prayer lb hciiychi . s. i . , ■ . Morning dawned, .Tlio.apund of fcjoidien.nropacd Itcnriullc. She started up—grasped llipband of hair, awaiting tho summons. Tho dour opened and lwo soldiers entered# repeating the name of Louis Deln marre) they suddenly led her forth lodto;. TUoiiol,. fliers-, whbsc luillels were (opictcolhc heart of Louis; ' had taken their stand, and : only wailed .the woid ofcomni.ind from tho Emppor, who woe- station ed ut the window commanding a view of tho whole scene. ; « O,” cried Josephine, who stood hy him, but con cealed by the window drapery from (lie view of those hblmy, “O. slro, I can endure it no lunger} iLsccipS too mnph like n.drendful, feolUy, Mafk tbe devoted. girl.* No ihriilking h«kTTIS»«?, sho seems-calmly• uwuiting.tliu fatal moment,” , , , ‘ . “Slop,”--cried, the Emperor from the window, i% Louis Dulumurrc is pardoned.. I revoke his sen* tfenfc’e/* 1 . - ' A loi/tj (jftfsl of applause from thqlips of the sol diers followed tins announcement. Not one of them but’loved and respected their comrade. The next nin. ment* era they could press around to congratulate the supposed Lmjiit, Do Mervlt o had eagerly drawn the bewildered’.Henrietta through the crowd, buck to the cell fro m which the Had emerged bo I u few mo* meets bnforc. . • . j • .*• Retime yoftr dress ngalfl ftfadeniotsellc/. bur* flfedly whispered ho; Lose no time.. The Empe ror wishes to see you. 1 will return soon.* 1 Henrietta was like one in u dream, but u gleam of delicious hope thrilled her, soul } she felt tho dawn, ings of happiness l>roak upon her heart. ' Soon again resuming lie** pretty rustic habiliments, De Mervllle reappeared and once ..again, she trudlho.audience ron«rt,of ihb Emperor. Lifting hc> eyes from the groiffidnS the’ loftj»’ d6of swUng 1 open, she bohblri Imuis. An cxclamutiort of joy burst from (he Itpsof both, iis/ regardless of others they rushed' into each other's orihd. ‘ Napoleon stepped forward.' “Louis DoUmarM," soid’he,"you huvo just heard front mv lipe thc into of this lovely grrj’a dcvbljd'n ail ft courage. Vo jo\i lb‘Ve as.ehb deserves?" ■ " f could die for her," answered Louis proudly* " •? Well, well, this severe lost of one will So dutiful a son,'so faithful a, lover, will doubtless make the ticAC of husbands. -You Lieutenant Louis Doliimarfo are discharged from youy regiment. Re turn to yotfr nalfvd Valley, tMth.UmirjWo as your "jiero/l sal’d the t/bncvojenl iosepliinc, emerging from tfoo . wfhduvy,'."hero nro one hundred louis thus, as (ho miifrlu.godpwry,’llonVielte," - A charming blush suffused the cheek of tfio ocaii llfufglrl as she received the purai from the iVahd (V the B uprese. , . . f “Ljng live Napoleon,'*’ exclaimed Louis/ ns with n 'heart (bo fifll of gfrcal.nnotW) fot farther utterance,' l.bo took the hand of Mimrloltci'and’ making a grace* ful obclsahco, Quitted the apartment. ExThAfrr FROM* AN UNrOOUSIIIift NoVKI..— Wo IlllVC , bActi' kindly furnished with the following extract! from nn unpublished noVol, the pruduutiuh of a well kdptfh author i . . ■ The year was 1840, lh'6 (lay (ho 12th of July, (ho hour’o oMucU in the afternoon. Within an ofllce ait 6 a (eel oh one of (lie great thorough’ (arcs of -Now Orleans/ might bade been Been' a man 1 of rflfango ap pearance, Mo was silting at a luMo busily engaged writing/ when turning from the unfinished toiler before him, his eyes rested on the eluuk nn the man* (lo pic6o., The hands indicated the hour of llireo^ •• ThA thrift Inis’dome," said ho, Intfilly rising (com hie seat, ,r a few moments more detay and I should bo:loo>late.’V. . ! ■ ' He walked to, the w indow, and looked firth earn estly. Dark clouds covered the niurft heavens, the descending rain heal'bcavlly against tlio casement; the lightning (lushed uoruss the skyj ami the loud thunder pqulcd ln his astonished curs. Vltis a fear ful siiirm 1 ," muttered ho, "but this business admits of no procrastination." > ' lie left Uni-window nhd commenced anhnxlons search, uqif forspinolhiitgqfgruuUmpnrlaneq. Now ho looked into tl)o corners, now under (he table, but apparently without success! Soon hls brow grew dark as-night, »hd the clouds which obscured the •ky wero reflected In Ills countenance.)' Despair was In his eye { every, look, every , motion betrayed the most intense Buffering. In.an agonized manner hu threw liintdcir into a chair, ntu| covered bis face with bis hands. “Lost, lost,’ again—it ia gonoj irreenv. crably gone," said he, while his Ups quivered with ■ emotion, “some rascally..fellow has stolon my urn* i broils, and I shall lose my dinner." At this moment 1 there was a brilliant flash of lightning}'* torrlflb ' peal of thunder shook the iU foundations, , when another flood of rain came down, lashing the streets Into a lomri, end effectually barring all egrpss. i> 7 ‘ ' : ' Making a' Min.-A oaplnln of n Aloop Jitrcd • Ynnkco, "o groin linrtil," lo noolul in londlng 1110 almin with corn. Jii"t m ill" *H«»f »«• "bout logoi anil,' the 'Yankee, Who Waa Jingling tyo prfoo of Ida d'aV'a rtorht bo hh.ponlaloona,, oriod mil from 1110 Whorf— , . ' • 11 Suy,VoOn daptlngfl I Inal yonr ahovol overboard, but I out a big notolr on Un roll fenoo around 1110 •tarn, right ovoi Ilia appl.ttflioi'o It wool down’, ao’t jrdn'il fihd'jrb'oor»ho»»f Whiii'yOoh'coßib book!” ; . ,;htai 'i.’ii, ’ii ".1; : - : tl dtiß odbnTnv—iiAY It alWayb bitßiali*— bUt RioiiToß tViioria, duncouNTßY’.** CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1849. A Wlf'EiS WKIiCOBIE* "The world well tried—the sweetest thing in life, - . Is the unclouded welcome of a wife.” I beiiovo i/ial iVitli all my heart, I have tailed some of tile 'swoets of life; and with afi keen ■» relish fur them os uriy ond, but 1 sign td tHb above deblara* tlonj ohd do not care to know, the man who calls it in question. . ; ... I That iodcofne has claimed many>;a wanderer on ] the verge,of ruin; has prcdsr.kcd many ariolilc-Wiilcd 1 man from going astray} has given life and poabc to the heart df many a son of toil and cate, dud nlade the cofoflho poor an Eden. ’ , 'The want of it. has driven many; a .men td.tHe. bow), the gaming table; the company dftHo desolate, I lb helU' 'lt hdi made many a homo a prison, many a husband oh enemy; thany a fallict a lyronll many *; children fatherless) ohcl many wives widows, whoso {fathers or husbands yet Jito< And when I scou (nun neglcctfng a loVely, looking v»fo, and'seeking his pleasures tn the Jiiginta of. sin, to know \rhblhcJt* j most to pity or to* blame him, I wish to know if the wife of his bosom always gave him ilia Unclouded tyefcomo df a sniilc, when ho entered .Ills own door. If she did) hut ho enfed not for 11-lf she, spread the wiles of her pdro love to twine his lioaft*while lie broke away from the sweet enchantment—-if she made it punshino always in tbe.hpuset and. was cheerful in adversity ns.well as gay in'hdtxriofjoy— if she strove to bo an angel at the gale to keep him wilhln lho Eden that sho loved, while ho Would yield to the song of (ho syren and wander from the nfms , that embraced him, to seek the embraces of others, even of the abandoned, then he is a villain, hated of God and justly dcspffscdbfmcn. Apd such are many' bf those tfhbm see in the foadlo ruin'. The love of a fond wife would have saved them, but they re* jeeted it and deserve to polish. ; Bui If —and it a serious if—lf she meets him re turning from hU day’s bore ond toil, in the hold or (lioshop, or the study or the forum, or the senate,(it matters npl where or what his labors, bo Hies from them with joy to firid reposb and pcaco ln the para* disc of his own home,*) blit if she whom ho loves meets him without the Joyous -welcome of a glad heart and a sunlit eye, 6r with a frown, pr a look of cold indifference', or whining complaints, or the mere absence of.delightj If she,meets him n'dt with the living, speaking, shining evidence that her heart leapt with gladness when Us lord has come, it is not strange to me that his heart sinks, arid ho soefis lor pleasure where ho looks not for love* , Hp can bo happy without love abfond, but Adme, though a bea ten full of angels, without love in hell. Love }sa thing offrtul and delicate growth ;• , Soon checkoil, eaoit f«u»|eroJ. focblu anil yet strong: It tvHl endure much, sailer long anil bear - What wouM’weigh clown an angel's wing tn earth, And yet niount bcmveawnnl; bnl not tlic lets It dieth ofa woftl, a look, a thought; 1 • ' . And when It dies, it dies wiihout.k sign *•• T<» tell Imw fair it was In happier.hours; It leaves hblihni rcpu.BdiPa niid^efireia, And bitterness >v|ftnn nffiscthin’trwjßlt. ' ..for whlcllthiroln hulierillng." Tlioro is tnilh as wcll as poetry'ln this, and oft llio domestic circle'where poetry never hud-a wor shipper,.has fell tho sod powers ; »f this 'truth. “A word, a look/* lias bcciAliu death blow to loyp lliul shed’ bliss In that circle, and has drHen u (miillius band forth to 'seek, relief for'a wounded spirit in scencs that ulluru to TilUs in her “Wives in England,” has. must happily drawn' the portrait.of a wife as she should. ‘‘A jikino.to comb liomkto.” It is not wit, nor wealth, nor religion; makes a wife a Jo her husband; ,19or.i|ll llje«p;cbinblptd. 1 -. A v W-ifO‘«»ay )iave' h thcm all-and- love her husband not’/ gltajiim u'n r unclouded welcome.never; make his house no home. ' ‘ ! *• OM man mayhi-nr With suffering: Illsheart fa n strong thine nml gold like In llm prarp Of pain t lint wrings mortality; hut li-ijr One cord nlfrctlnn cliops to. jrnrl ono tie - That hinds him unto wnuinii'* delicate love, '■ Ami lila great spirit ylrihletli like a reed.” When such n thought ns tills is put into print, the most of renders laugh at it, os the soft sentimentalism of the young poet. If lovr dwell not therc.’joy is nleo u stranger./ nhd if r.otß hath its homo in that house,’ “a word or 100k 1 ' may drive it fur away. A I’or.rrE Srtßnll;p.r-AfcrfcirJg‘ hi a nick comfortable. Sheriff Summer waa his grout alien* lion to mutters of dliqueltin' ‘Nothing could .make him forgot his bniurai.iiulile.nes'*, and at times this quality was extended when' it hud a most ludicrous effect. Towafd.s .Criminals /ic was exceedingly po- I tic, option .ptfc occasion when ,uh imibstanutC pri soner was to bp executed,' the sheriff, with thulkind ness of heart'which was ono of his prominent char uctcrlidlps, pjild every attention to the culprit which Iris dreadful.,situation required, .and when the poor fellow was. led. upon the, scaffold and the rope hud been adjusted, |U[r; Sdmfmof inquired ?n thd most Irfcndly ntdnhojrr 1 " ‘ ’"T *\ Does the krfolVuTt yob'fpU V* , •, , ‘* I dcm’l luiow but it does/’ sold the prison* ff i coifW rnatfo ji more com/urlablo lo you. I should be extremely Ifoppy,” snldlhc sheriff. "Will yon'.do 'nio the groat favor when you urii ready to drop your handkerchief?." ; *• I hadn’t got any handkerchief," mid thu prison* or. . ■ < . if.'s i■ •1. . •• •* Oh ! excuse mo. Wjll you oblige rao by making use of mine for the occasion 7” The handkerchief vtfas accepted and the blackcap Was drawn over the doomed man’s head. Allot n short time the handkerchief was dropped. Mr. £»ufiimcr cut tho oord, and us llio body dropped down, ho raised his hat from his head and said with u must profound bow, and bland smile, "Good morning, sir.’* '; . -, ■ ■ - , . i FVtiiee Matiibw and tub I’LEDaB.-rFuthor Moth* ( ow is administering the icmpoitincc pledge to thou- 1 sands in New York and Drooklyn.' The Tribune of . Thursday, aayaf Ho has attacked (ho strong kola of the giant, In torfijicrancc, In. ITrooktyn/ ami almost at on'co/wb mlghlsay,' mnflu free over 9,000 souls.•'•'.To-day ho has Opened Ills campaign in this City,,and Ills otinV frofj* hata been grcnlty augmented. When wo were a(, (lio.Schooflious'o street, at about 13J o'clock/ fhcfo were over (TOO enrolled, anff ho had Commenced giving the, pledge but a short (Imci-rr Grohl numbers wore nil'll continuing Jo pour In. In tfm Coiifrso.of the.day llib .aJ* dressed the people who wiyo coming* and going seve ral times, and related tunny anecdotes, religious oiid humorous, all lending lb enlighten, his hearers or bearing stfuio point to thtf lemiVerunpo question,, Several poraons canto lo sluiko .hands with* lire father, who hud',taken the pledge In Ireland, some ad far hack as Id or yoqnk'and his memory back to some,of the great meetings held I« (hu "Quid Counthry," at, which his face lit up and his byd brightened uB ha spoke ofThq thousand w|jp wore iKofth _■ (Cj* Religion is o olicorful tiling 1 ho fur (Void Icing always al cuffs with good humor, It is inseparably united ; td It. - Nothing unpleasant belongs toMl, though llio .vpirituul cooks have done Iliclr v iinfiUiHi»l part to give nn ill rol|sh to it. A wise cpicnro would ho religious fur the sake pf pleasure; good sense Is iho foundation of loth, and ho is n bungler who nimoth al true luxury, hut where they are Joined; dj" ftlba Matilda Muggs has put a fresh sjiinglo at her sllop door, in one of the western cities, with this announcement : . Norjoe.—l or got sum nir ortlkchi fur sail sloh' us krookersf hanclolsy katiphy, kups and sauiors, and meny, other ortikels.lu hminnorous to monei'on, all Ccllhi’choup. 1 , P. B.—Boons Is bort here by Iho- kworl or bob shill. ... Itcw oa Swinr.—Swino often suffer greatly from this disease. ‘ln' Its worst stages, t'ho shlir becomes an entire sore, and the nnlmal ls dis tressingly irritated by tho/invator'Ste llolilng. It constantly rubs Itself, becomes poor, and Ifmol re lieved, ilios. An ointment of lard and sulphur, if thoroughly applied all over the body; and rubbed in, will generally cure the complaint. It Is Well to give |sulpbwi with tha fobd aleo.*' ■ as a piucacmek; ; ' as never man spake. I wish that all preiohers would study less Blair’s Belles Letlres, philosophy of Rhetoric; leas'me ciianibal prescriptions, itnd rules for making what do make; most mechanical sermons; but That they would study more our Lord's ser mons; How exceedingly dimple, yet"flow sub iimpTwords so pla\n that a child enn understand so doep that an archangel's mind cannpt fathom them.’ Ho spoke in the most child likb'l'enns, and yet never in clilldisii terms. There . was no turgid straining of language, no bombastic metaphors, like poppies in,a cornfield, no svVol.lcn wofdd and biasing smiles; but all was simple, 1 direct, pufb. In every Sabbath, school children canjislen to; and be delighted with, and compre hend, the beautiful parables of Jesus I and yet, wherever you meet with a (rue philosopher, wea ried with his flight through iho universe in search of irtftli; you will fltd one ftho feels that he Kan pillow ins head and soothe his heart by reading ti.ie simple rind-eloquent words of the Lord iesbs. Our Lord was not only an example of the perfect botidyer, but he was also an example of the per-, feet preacher. Aifd I do bfellevbi Ihotigh meh do hot ndturally like the gospel—ivhilfl the human heafjt, before it ja'sanctified, 2s in ernnity to the gospgl~(hat wherever a Qhrifclian, minister will Justfpe&k God's truth in the simple language In whfcflujit should bie spoken, he will npt be frilliout Ih|,(e>s , \bpart9 ahd anxious bouls to listen to him! A sermons 1 fear, (without passing < jnderfient oh others,) are like the play of slimmer lightning, far up in the fclouda, while all is dark bclotfr.' The meaning of pleaching, !s not to make un eloquent exhibition before to a heart stirring, to you. What a minister is to dp is not to please his peoplb, but io spfcak to.tHc Itodrts anil bonskldh ces of his people. Let him caw Utile if there be sometimes a crooked sentence, or awkward'meta phoA and sornetimesa plain saying that displeas es tjm critically fastidious taste of editors. I do hot mind if 1 have displeased some cultivated lasted some accomplished • lilltraleur , if 1 can bo the means of awaking some conscience, and giv ing peace to some wounded Spirit,&nd the oil of joy for niourning, and. the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. —Jietu Dr. Chaunihg, V 1 . . Of'tain of n Quaker Lmlyi . ( • There is a beautiful story-told ofn pious old Qua ker lady who was addicted to smoking tobacco. She hod indulgfcd herself Ih this habit until It- increa sed stj much rip'oirher that she not only smoked lief plpo kilqng £‘oHlon of the d;iy« but frequently she sal (ip Imbed for this same purpose in the night. After one oFthese nocturnl entertainments, she full asleep and Scuttled died and went to Heaven;— Meeting an' angel, she asked him if her, name was 'n the Hook of Life.. Ho disappeared; bdt replied pppri reluming; lliul he could nut find -it, “tfh.” said-slic, “do look again; it must bo there,’.* He-wrauiincd again, but returned with o sorrowful face, shying* “it is not there. 1 ’ “Oil, 11 said she in agony, “it must bo there j 1 have the assurance it is there! Du Ibok agoln ! 1 was niovfcd to tears by licV entreaties* left her In renew his search. Aftora long abspiiS, lie catno'bacl({/hif-fttoo rodicitl witlj'jny,- and yjhlplmcd,, ' “We have found 11,‘bul It was so clouded vyilh to bacco smoko that we could hardly see It.” The woman upon throw, lifer pipe uway, and never indulged in smoking again. (jnesUons ntianl Voutig ImdltSi , A correspondent lui6\v how il-is ilia I doficuto -young ladies,'too delicate fo run up and down, sliilrfl in.their own houses, are able to dance down the strongest man in a ball foom. . *Tis a prennmena »»f nature, of-which no one seems capable of giving an-explanation. What young girl ever refused a handsome partner at live o’clock, in the morning, on the seorc of being, “so.tired?” The corrcß()nn<krt tflho applies lo us In his extremity, is respectfully informed, wu don’t Know. Young ladies ft'ro queer commodities, and uro not (6 bb subjected to the rules of common sense. 1 All wo can say about them, is, lhat.lhcy are very delicate ul other limes, not.so much so. They very often qrb flffticled Mth 11l 4loah(i In (ho ln (lie evening go oul lft j/arfics arid balls with thin dretfsbs and thinner shpco; , w ? ® an wiyKlo our corres pondent U, scek nbl to what you may nut know.’, If ybo nro dcsiruuJ of learning rnony niysto flea abbni (ho chefUcfcr of 3’oung, ladles which now seem, paradoxical, engage one of them, for rrwlTe.— After the happy knot is tied, she will doubtless cn* lighten you on many subjects,.which till then must remain ."mighty unsnrtutn.*' ■An Opiate.—A sick man who had not slept for many 'nights, was asked if ho did hot wish lo have a clergyman attend him, and whether ho wished any particular one# - Hu replied “yes, - send Mr. D Ho camo. ' The sick'man requested n sermon. Mr, Dr—• started with surprise, and desired to know the reason why. The invalid answered,**! never heard you p'rmtuli hut ilirobur four limes, and then invari ably I foil Asleep; so I thought that a short discourse might enable mo.to take u.nup—which I mufoU freed, nut having slept for several nights." ■ The Uam gentleman, t deacon of u church In Notv Hampshire, had once ; been owl tafef tWn usual on Saturday ovuttUtg. Nuxl I day. .lie attended public worship, afi d for his own cmiifWt,‘ ho beliVg rather dot indent,' seated liTinsolfln tho nlslo of the church,'near the door, before which a number of sheep’ivcro feeding, including an old ram,' who was ml old warrior. While'(ho parson ..was engaged for Ills spiritual good/ the deacon tfasileep* lug soundly for tho refreshment of his .body. Tho ijcucbn-word a large white wig, and us he sal facing thu door, nodding In his sleep,' (hu old rum observed it, and mistaking the wip fur tho head of anUnlagu nisi, and llio*nodding for a signal of battle, began lo dliako his head, and drew hack to a proper distance fur a ttmionlro, when the deacon making a very low nod, tho -ram supposing (ho-enemy advancing, met him fall butt, and sent him howling hjilf way to the pulpit, knocking off hfs wig. The minister was hot a little (flsConccrti'd, und thp audience roared with laughter. To odd to Ilia, diversion, the old dpadpn, fcoovdrfng hfs Icgfl* ud.soon. ad possible, gathered on his wig, and pulling li.on,the taif before, again look 1 his eottlf.wUUout dUio'Jerlng hla mistake unlit acr* 1 vice was ended, gyA Nantucket-Yankee has boon shipping n load of tombstones to California,all marked “Sa cred to the memory ol,**—-and “erected by hie brother,” Hfl ,sagaciously concluded that llWdomand for.itils'drifolo must Increase. A blacksmith in the Stole of ,New York was summoned na a witness In Court, between two ol his workmen. Thojildgr*, after hearing tho tes timony, asked hinrwhy ho did not advise them to settle, ns tho cost hod already amounted lo three times tho disputed sum, via. seventy five cents. Ho replied, 4 ‘l to*l-o-ld the fo-f-oola to »w* o-lllhs for I said, the co-omnetabla would take their coats, the lawyers their sh-lr-lrts,and If they got into your honor’s Ootirt,, you d *om !'* . : A Texas editor gives the fallowing os the most effectual and approved mode, of killing fleas in ' iliftt region r* 1 , •’. / «* place tho animal on hpnrdi,»nd hedge him round with,putty; then read him B», Account of all thn railroad,and steamboat accidents Which I have happened Within tho lapl twelve months s \ When be nas beeorrfb so frightened «8 nol to be able to stir, draw out his teethi'ahd he will starve 1 .to death/' < , ‘ ’ ELOQUENT EXTIt ACT. . Since (he eulogy upon “ Mr. Higgins and General Washington*? by a hielnber of the Florida Legisla ture, wb oro not aworo ot haying encountered any thingsiiperlbr to Ihe.follotting spcciniehcf eloquence* in which (he agony or rhetoric Is • Up to the maximum point. It is an extract from a patriotic, oration delivered at Lancaster; Wisconsin) a few months ago. Listen*. Awerlcrnb!—Remember that 'your codntrjr wqS born in blood, baptized in gore, cradled in the, war hoop, and bred to the rifle and bowie knife. We have It through blood, enmago ar\d thunder! They tore their blankets wide open. Onco-t, twlcC-t It looked like a mighty slim’ chancel but they cut and scored, i ohd lore, and slaughtered away like blazes. They grappled John pull like a pack of bull tamers.. They I took him by the hnu'nbhos{ they grappled, him by the windpipe— : and at last they made him bellow like . bloddy thunder! Washington sheathed the sword! , The gentle olive branch waved hef green.and luxu riant.foliugo in mqjesly overihe sliorcs of Columbia; . and (bo fiifriners flocked in.and butlUllcir nesla with us omong-hs sheltering boughs. , But a few years rolled away, down the railroad track of lime when John Bull corps again bellowing up the Mississippi! ppwihg into the rich and luxuriant soil of Louisiana, and horning the banks rof lljo sayed river, and lash ing his taillike fury; But jest before New fMcnps ho found the great. Jackson; ohp he could'nt shintl [Groat opplabse.j Jackson stood there like n toorie dor; and met J.ohn BuU afl he ,advanced every lime) At lost he hit him a lick right tinder thp horns that knoohbd tlio breath out him and sent him off blutiiqg and bellowing, like ho felt disagreeable at the sto- 1 much 1 ' . i Soldiers of the Winnebago war, Invincible* Saux froux!, [Hero thirteen men rose.] Heroes $f Bad Axe! Veterans of Stillman’s fight! Very titmblo men ! You have come down to ns from a reformed generation, tlbavcti lim bountifully prolonged out your lives, that you might see the fruits of your val or. You behold no longer llio torch of the savage* and gleaming of the tomahawk .and scalping knife: Those houses that yoU see around you arc tho abodes of civilized and refined white folks! Thifespacious edifice (hat s.iirrounds you is not a wigwam; but a temple of justice. HoW changed things or*! Un der (he spur of the schoolmaster the very tail of civ. j)>r.ntlon advanced beyohd what thc fronlier then was; Glorious. freedom I Lql me die in contemplation of thy sublime destiny.; Saying with my dying breath; “Dear (ho stars,and striflea aloft; ahd, onward, oni Ward!" [Terrific Cheering.] “Charles,” said a fatheAo his son, >vbilo they were working .In a saw niill,--” What posesqes you to associate with such : girls as you dol— When I was of your, age, 1 could go with llio first cut,” “But,” said-Charles, “the first cut is always a slab—.did you know ihatl” “Help me to turn this logi Charles—quick.” Touch of tub KiiDt.iintt.~Tl waSi a daffc anil dismal night, the wind howled mournfully, the lightningshookitsfiery tfessos mournfully through tltd Vir, loud peals of thunder followed in quick succession, rain and,hail fell from the clouds like gems.from an ever-burning casket, and an awful sublimity pervaded all nalure, when Eugene Sum mers, with his horrid purpose at heart, and the weapon of destruction firmly grasped in his hand, Moleiorlh, like an assasin, to liill—tniii duos! * Saoacitv or a Dod.—On Saturday last, a small Ind full off ,the bridge ut Paterson, N. J./ and ’froa Carried by t\jo current some tffsfonco be*, low, no ono save his little companions having, witnessed, the accident/ Out a noble Newfound land dog, who had accompanied the youngster, seeing, the danger, of |iis own accord 'pi tinged in to the rescue,' and succeeded in gfelting thp boy on shore, dripping and weak, bill pafb, The dog wagged his bushy tail very complacently,as he laid the hail drowned fehiVd upon the bank,, then, giving .himself d good shako, raised a bow, bow, Jubilate, while, half crouching, he sent the sand, with his hind feet, flying most merrily ai' around uhtf about. A _ ‘JJtfjcr n Bfll.—A pretty story is (old of the casting of the bell for the church of St. Mnry Magdalena, at Breslau.. When the metal was just ready to be npored in the mould the chief founder went to dinner, nnd .foibade. his appren tice, under pain of .death, to touch the vent by which the metal was to bo conveyed. The youth curious to see the operation disobeyed orders.— The whole of ihe metal ran into the mould, and the enruged master, returning from his meal, slow the appienlico on the spot. On breaking awny the mould, ho found he had been too hasty* fur the bell was cast os perfectly os possible. Wheh in his place the master bad been sentenced to death by (ho sword for Urn murder of the apprentice j he entreated the authorities, ns a great favor, that he might be nllotyed. to hear it once before he diud.-i- His petition was granted, ohd fronfijhnt time the bell is tolled on tbo execution of a crirninuf. titritley'a MizttUanij . l.AAvvcua and' Mechanics.— The ls(o\v York Mirror, in a late number says t 4i The. bar Is no longer the resort of the ambitions youths of onr country. The mechanical departments are begin* jpg to 6‘e prHerod. There are. nofo twcnty«slx young gentlemen In this oily, that received liberal educations, who aro serving their times ns shipwrights, carpenters, &c. In a few years the United Stales will have the. most accomplished mechanics In the world. 'Hie union of a suhslan* tial education with mecl’iahl6a! skill will effect this.'’ tyo;'—John Randolph. In 6{\b of his Wlcrs lo n young ralntivo suysf 1 know of nothing that I .am so anxious you should .acquire ns tho faculty of saying no. You must calculate on unreasonu* bio requests being preferred to, you every day of your life, and must endeavor to deny whh ud much facility as you acquiesce. 11 “Tii'r Wreck 1 or tiiOlind,”—Perhaps there is-notliing more terrible to contemplate limn the ruin of the mind. .Thno, with his passing, wing; may smho cathedrals and cadllns, and I6OVO but tress and battlement clad fn'a dhrod'd of living greonV hut when it.pisses over on immortal mind, the desolation fs fearltll Indeed'. Pilgrims finch itf rdlns ns to “a thing of beauty,” but the vis itor to ofto who suffers under the calamity of insan ity gases and shudders. Nothing of thn pictures que glmldf-119 his eye.' lie only beholds death in life, ond life in death. Tmiice ro i’nfNtt.—A Frftichman whoso wife Was about to.preednl him with the fond appelatlon ' of « fruiter," foibrnod to await tho happy mo- 1 moult end with some friends to drink lung llfo , and a nohlh, to the first born. The punch bowl ehhltefed tis Inviting femes most prodigally around (he Company nnd onslety was manlfoat by oil, vfhon In ran Unity Llghtfool exclaiming— , •' Joy, Joy sir I I give you joy,V ••Vnt is he Dotty, vat is bet” “ A fine boy, sir 1" ■ ••Health to the young Marquis)” exclaimed one. and bumpers want around. ••Hetty,, you von life tA the Jung' Marquis.'' , » Joy, toy,-tlri I.site yen toil” , “ Vat—.vat—in tin inaUur V' “A fine, gitli.slr!” •• Belly,"- said the Frenchman looking stern, In vet you say no tmot’’ , 11 1 yielded, to his earnest peremptions,” a. the [young widow said, tfler angling Iwe years' to batch l.sn old bachslui 1 . . . .i. , AT tioti PEB.ASSDM.;; . - A ORIER BXTIIAORDINAIIY. , ,'V A gentleman informs up that while (Sojourning;, af , onool the towns in Virginia, he encountered in, the. / street a stout double lunged negro, who woe ringing* ?, hand bell ,mosl manfully. Afief laboring id it some, ( imej the follow made a dead halt; and bellowed out something,lo lhe following effect! ... Sale this nifehf, .ffytpg Rcma, gridirons, oyster knives, odder kinds of medicines} Joe Williams will Jiah some fresh oysters at his establishment—by tic* kler desire Mr. Hewlett ivlll give limitation! bber or three damaged discbstlon gunlocks) and Rev. P. Q. t will deliver a Sarmont an temperance, half past (1 o'clock precise, dais not ell, dare will be a perllto oiid select colored ball at Mrs. JobnaooV'’ just orior dhl is bln done i” '• Perfect tlAppirtp.M.—A laundreMf-whowaßora* * ployed in the family of one of our former governor**' j said to him with a sigh i ;< / “Only lldnWf sour oxcitoncy* bow little money Wpu" ltd (nako:md I” How Uulo, madam I'* said the governor. . ~ bht dear sir, one hundred dollar* would make perfectly happy.”,, , . ' • *., If that i» allyoil shall hate it,” and immediately gave It to her. , ~.. • ,;. ; t . She looked at it with joy srtd thankfulness, and before the governor, waa out ofhearing, exclaimed,' I with I had Said two handr'ea*. C INoINNATTl f July 21 A'FAffjfir. Po/80NtD ar an Unnatural ’ Son.*-~ A most revolting and onnalurai attempt to poison a family of nine persons was made in this city yeflterSay. It dppeara that Captain Sammons}. f with his Family, consisting of eight or nine per* f eons, was poisoned Hy arsenic being .put into (hei{.., tea. A woman who was employed as seamstress ■ ih the family, Mr. Hanson,an engineer, and three , others are dangerously 111. Captain Samiboni Is very stele, biU will reeoveK ■ . • James Sammons, his son, baa been arrested oil [suspicion. , He.was known.to have purchased', the poison,last evening. Young .Sammons has of , late led. a somewhat dissipated .life, and If is thohghtlhat .Ills, object qf poisoning, his father,* - mother; and whole Family, was tp come into pos session of ihein property, supposing, doubtlessly, • that ihetr deaths would be attributed to tho,pre- , vailihg epidemic. *. , f Capt. Sanimohs Is connected with fhe Louis villq mail lino, find has beeq residing tilth his * family in this city for about two weeks, ; . ■ > (£j*An Irish gentleman, seeing a heap, of rubbish/ (n his court yard, called a servant and asked liim wJiy ho did not carl it away. •» Yoa liave no can, your honor," replied the ser vant. ••Then dig a,hole in the corner of the.court ana pul *H Inlb liiaii” ‘ •• And where bIioII I pul the dirt that I am going to dig put of tho hole S-* said the aervarU,^;, M Why yr ' * UdloTa' to hold tho gentlemen. C3“' n ° on the BtanL. ao.^ou intoxicated on tolcucd 1(>T” few minute* after the tnufi*..trying to pull otf/hls trowsera willi a boot jackl 1 * i Verdict Tor defendant, oco, Blackatone—page 37 vs (tin and SugaK . ••Look nhonli, Polo,” said a knowing darkey,’ don’t stand dnr on do railroad!” « Wljy t Joe 7" •• Knee, if do cars see dal moufob yours, dey link t am do dep'o, and run mo fu ! <f iVo o£ ’EM.—ScTftpß, of the Tuscaloosa. Observer ib •* some tiumpMae*’ a«re v if wo may judge fromUio; folfowihg laconic correspondence r Scraps used (o manage the business affairs „of on undo In Pittsburg, who, among other peculiarities, was very economical of words. One day Iho.dd* ■ gentleman, hearing that there Was a boat wharf, by which ho wished to make a large shipment of coal, he wrote thus to Scraps:: » Dear Scraps: . . * {hoard Yours, NunoTe. . Scraps beat him, though, at his own game. He wrote hack: Dear JS’unc t ydur*i Scropi. . Eji'pl.innliori—Sc-ftil*col <in;(*cd my coal ou board/ Colson : (Cool on.) '■ “ Vnr, two,—von boy;—von JilleV* 1 • ! •' ‘ ? t «»O,” said thenorse, ♦‘a boy.fifßt-aAd.il girl afterwards.** • • i • . ! i l -; * ‘•Two sir,** added the dame, «r\d Mpinff netv nol/n a glass was swinging ItolTtVhen In popped "Sacre!” exclaimed the Fre6chraan v “ vaf more joy ?’* . . i » . , ( “Another fine Doyasirl 11 . • “ Vuvtiie diable— von girl—von hoy—von gar\ con, tree times! Jilon Bieu!'* bowled the pool 1 , Frenchman. “% Gnr, it will noVer do. go and pul o slop to thin -I ,- •V Arc these foorne to letlV said a polite gentle* man to .a handsome young lady,*® ha placed.hlq foot across the threshold. ‘‘Vos sir.. And are you to bo let with them V* *• No, err! Pt\ to hi let albne!" IluniED Attvn.—A gentleman was lately for nulrlntr fora young lady of Ilia acquaintance, 1 *• Sue fa dead," very gravely replied,the peraofi to whom lie addressed hie „ j “Good gracious!—l never heard of it—what was hor dlsonee V l .. ~ v* t i. “ Vanity,’ 1 she burled herself olive, m thsaytna nf an old fellow or seventy, with ®/ 0 £ nMP, k i v oVdor to havu the satisfaction of tf gilded tomo,. K DANoy reraarlfing, oho euWinerdayf,.flint the weather waa an excessively hoi tlini •'“V I,la head into n haem of watar U fairly boiled, to- OH cm head soup at vary little evpenee. 11 LovW VOUR iWiue—A clergyman , told *rj Indian heehould.love his enemies. ••I do, -Mia he letter, “for I lovo rum and cider.” * (T 7 Queen Victoria has entered upon the iSlhyosr of her reign. Petticoat government always suited England. The long feign of QuconElitobolhwqa perhaps uncqualod by that! 6! any king. : >’i (0* An Indian chief, being) fn . ah' cat\ng f»ouaj, ; was asked whether ho would have a glm of. ale.r? (lo oast a very aboriginal look upon I,Uo pa|o, face,' and replied— A u Thank toft, air, I hav6 not become to fur civili zed as to drink liquor." , X correspondent ,of Holden's Magazine leUina anecdote ol an old widow, who, w.hen her pastor asla, (o hor,“God hat not deierted'you In your'old age," replied, "Ho, sir, I have a very good appulUo still.'* 1 Some defendant of Solopnon haft wisely w marked, ifinl those who gA to Is# toi damage., are sure to get them 1 , .. . . ... r.n't il .(ran go tin Mho harder yuu work an engine, the more beautiful it playi 7 ' ■■ ■ -.» • Somobody an id of u MliaLucy of thirty fi?o,"ihQ promises to be a Miss Luey’Zionf e 1" " u> *• : r r Gen; Shields sad Senator Breded, wdre (ogetbi er at coqrt, In Bend ooanty, HI., at. whiob they.sp. peated as friendly self they had never Uf each t • \ „V*~« m ms: mouelt y XriaH /ilncss iff was
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