W ,/BI JOHN B. BRATTOS. VOL., 36. iioctual. ODli homestead; BY'UlBg PUEDB CASE?. OurdUl brown,homestead reared it* wart®, . ''• prom thd wayside dust oloft, ' 1 >• • tVheretne apple boughs fcould almost cast Tlielrfruitogo on its roof;, And the cherry-trees so near it grew, • That when awake I've loin, • , in the lonesome nights, Tvo heard the limbs,. As they creaked against the P afiu * ~ , And those orchard trecs-O, those orchard tress I i I IrAve iedn my llitlo brothers rocked .In their tops, by the summer breeze,. .. . . , The sweet briar under the window sill. •> Which thaearly birds mode glad, And the damask rose by the garden fence, > Were all the flowers wo had. I'vtfJookod at many n floWcr-sinco then, •i Exotic* rich and rare,,• - That to other oyus were levlicr, ■ Bnl uot to me so tnlr; ‘ For those roses bright O, those roses bright I / lihove twined them with my sister's locks, Thai sire laid sight 1 ■.» '■ We had awott,a deep old well, • f WJiorv the spring wasnovordiy,, Ahd Iho colil drops Jftim tho mossy stone# • ■ % Wore fatting co'oalnntly ; 1 Ami Uicro never was water half so sweet , ■ i As thotin my little cup.. . . ... . Drawn up to llio curb, by thcruile old sweep • Which my father's Ira ml set up: v ' , • ~ Ami that deep old well- 0, pint,deep old well I I remnmbor yet (ho splashing sound ,-jbf the bucket A# It toll. Our homestead had an amnio hearth,. Whom at night we loved to meet; • There my mother's voice was always kind VAnd her smllu was always.sweet; , And there I've sat on my father's knee, • • Anil wntcho.l his thoughtful brow. 'l > With my childish hand In his raven hair— That hair Is silver now! ' . ' . : But that brood hearth's light-0, that broad hearth •’ ... . Uahtl , • •> .. • '.. ‘ Anil my and my mother s smile, They Wo.lh n)y hearttomiglA v ; ' 1 - — V - jetfaceUawtoti#. From Hie New England Offering. TUB WOUNDED DOVEi Ah INDIAN TALE. “Daughtera'qf, thq, red q*afl, ,ye j.yan\lorcd since iho sun .arose and smiled into the wigtyam? . Behold hisjast red glance is-upon the yet the brow pf Sunny Cloud reflects' not its ray,j»n3 ilioiii Tatairig‘Bird, what hath hushed Ahy ever ]oyouB\votce.l Tell me, have ye been Lpon, the track of lii.e wpllf'lq-day I*’ " • . -Thus 'spoke the Indian mother lo two dark maidens, who cqmo npd stood before-her as she rested at sunset from, labor, ... ~ Talking Bird, the younger of <«h, maidens, re ■ “ Nay we were hut thinking of a now-found friend. We are sad because he is of a race our mother loves not. Bending Oak is a wise squaw, tier words are mild and } lbe emitb wiiid over the brdtta; Sbnnjr Cloufl ai>d Talking. EVrd will 101 l their tale, and 1 than h4len lothb wise words of Bending Oak.** , , » • v'p» % “The sunheams had not. the o^eanj we entDfed ? the canoe lo go and seek medi cine herbs in the great prairie for down the river. •Everything was calm and glorious as the smile bf the Great Spirit. Sunny Cloud and I w-fafe 4>appy, Wo mocked, jhe birds that song above usv we repeated the wild legends of our, trtbevamT talked of all we .had ever enjoyed, or,hoped to en joy. So ; the ,time .past, till the moonbeams fell upon our hppds, ana tainting water dazzled pur eyes. We rowed inib the felieltcf of a willow grove and rested. As wo |rv iho.banco, : and; listening lb the levy npplea of the. stream and ttrifiHing pleasant thoughts, there came a flash like lightning through the trees, ami then a sound Snicker and.,sharper than thunder; and a pretty ove fell wounded into, the ephoe beside me. • 3 took the poor bird and smothed down its feathers, it panted for one moment, and then its breath was gone. Just then a hunter appeared tinder the shade of a papaw tree. His robes were curiously fashioned, and h.e bore upon his shoulder, a load the choicest game. He not like our chief tains; for liis face, was of tho hae of theianu kry ,snow when the yellow siin shines upon 11, and .his eye.was bright as the moonlit sky in summer.” “A white iutme.tl’; Why does, tlseigolden words When she speaks of him?” /said the aged squaw, peeling into the maidens face, “The brows of bur young men are like forpAVp of night; and methinks that the (jlark for; test girl shouldadmimiliem motalhan thebleabh •ed visages of a nation's foe.” The maiden turned and averted her eyes, and iSiinny Cloud apokq.4fl bOT } d«epfoi j*,. ‘ “The palp hunter was bold and hind. f?o laid tastairden, tlpon the grass, and spoke ,lo us as a bjroiher speaks.,. l}e smiled nppn Talking Bird, rinil told hey it .grieved him tp-have killed a. ytarb-; ler gentle as herself, whoßo .voice was musical and tender, as her own,” j,. ... r . •»» And did lhb inlly Talking Bird return his smile? Those wrte not the words of a brother; but of a demon. The rattlesnake knows buljoo well how to lure the mocking bird* His charm deadly sting.” “Yet surely this Isiro-trdUori” persisted Sitflr ny 'Cloud. Ho spoke off liis home In a far-off land, as foeffOtiful as the hunting ground of our 'oM dead tt'anflars. And he called us sisters, sny tag that we had ono Father. j i'hbp lie laid .daz zling omarrienU Inio our baskets, and promised, before another moon, to bring richer gifts to the wigwam.” “ Have you put the while foe on the TmHon’s trail ?” said the squaw, angrily* “ Dolli the dove uncover Its nest to the glaring eye of the.hawKjt Bending Oak is rightly named* She Is like yon tree that leans from the crag across the stream. A few more storms will howl about her head, and she will fall broken and withered. But she wIUj fall from a high place. She looked over.the tree tops, and seen the tempest sweepind up the •valley, while others stood quiet, nor dreamed of danger. .. And she can tell her simple daughters that in (ho track of iho white man, the red race hath over been swept away, like leaves before the winlry blast. The lounge of-the pale face has lood wllli garments. Out the wound was fatal'. Tho hunter could only whisper “farow,oil.” thqiyord died upon his Ups, Bonding Oatt raided.from iho shado, nnd mut tered, in a cold, satisfied tone: “ Tho palq demon that would loro the Indian fimn IVoiH js tfead—ahd by a woman’s hand. Lcavo his carcass, jraer fpolj and learn not to ihroiv i thyself again upon the coil of iho 'sctpenl.” ’ ; There was a wild slurp tnreiurn,foul Talking Bird , heard her not. • An arrow had entered her own soul. Thought forsook Its throne,,and she became a-quiet, melancholy maniac. Tho Indian girls changed her ! name, and spoke of her now os tho “Wounded Dove.” Day nflrr doy'shb would wonder with her favorite, Sunny Cloud, to lhc glen where the. fatal event oq., [ burred, ahti together they would chnlint many a low, • mournful song.' Afler a few brief moons had waned) 1 they lold her to real beneath thoturf whero tho white hunter fell, and (ho secluded spot was over after call ed tlib “Glon of (he Wounded Dovo.” i Selfitsdo Men., . , . .. If yea aro all (o -bb an exception will bo Iho firat in all my -ofoservotion and. experience. Youfmay take (ho whole.population of Maryland, or ony other State, select from it flfly men who aro most distin guished fof any description of public use. fulncssi and l.yvill answer for it, they aro all every. one of them, men who began tho world without a dollar. Look.into (ho public councils of tho nation, ahd who aro, they-that lead there ? They arb inch who made their own fortunes—self modo mon who begun With nothing. Tho rule is univer sal. It pervades our Courts, state and federal, from iho highest to tho lowest. j( }» Jnip in oil profes sions. It is ro now: it has.been tro at any time since I have known tho pUblio men of.lhU stato or l|io nation, and it wilt bo so while our present insti tutions continue. You mast throw a man upon his own resources to bring him out. Tho struggle which is to result in eminence is too arduous, ond must bo continued too long to be encountered and maintained voluntarily, or unless as a matter of life and doat))-, Ho who has fortu/io to full back Upon will soon slacken from bis efforts’,«and filially feliro from the competition.* With mo ills a question whclliorit ts tiesltoblo that a parent should leave his son any pro perly at all. You wjl| haVo a lorgo fortune, and I am sorry for it, aa it will bo ttio spoiling-ioT a good lawyer. These aro my delibarato scntimenis, and 1 shall bo rejoiced to Ond in your instance, 1 shall bo TmsUkon!—Otabbstaa i ■ , Amiterdam* • Like q.toad, tlfp oily sits squat Upon tire marshes; pnd -tier people pqsh the w.Mbts, op'd,ptlo tip tho aarlk .against thom| anil sit quietly down id snidkei Ships come homo from India and ride it anchor, bo. foro their doors, cpming from tho pcq. through the .path-ways they,have opened tfi the sand and unload. Ing their £ooda oh qi* tt y a that quiver on tho bogs.— Amsterdam is not tlio most pleasant place in tho wqfld when ,a Jpiio sb'ij Is rhioing (bo waters of its carialsi arid their green surface Is only disturbed by tha sluggish barges, nr slops of tho tidy house-maids. 1 went through tho streets of tho .merchant princes, of Anfalerdniti'.' A broad canal swoops Ihroqgh -tho bchitafflill of every kind. and., the dairy woman land Iholr milK from thioir barges on the quay .in .front of the very proudest doors. The houses and half the canals uro shaded with deep leaved lindens, nnd lho csTrijiges rattle w-Hh tfoo tail : lrCAUefl on ono side ap'd waters on tho other. No where arc girls faces pret tier than they'aro In Holland; complexions pearly wllb.just enough of red to them to give- a healthier bloomjand their hands aro »• fair, soft, ond tapering, ts their eyes aro full of mirth, w-itohory arid •firo.—Bsnt/ey’s MisCtUahfy. ■ ' DY MAGNETIC TELEGUAi?in “Joliet, I say; Jones,” exclaimed aunt Fanny,pur file with excitement, as sh'o bustled Into tlie pirlor,’ ictding a paper In her hand—” ain’t x ou * philan thropic man 7” “Tobo suro I am Fanny,’‘replied Undo Dick, os ho raised his eyes and peered over bis spectacles at his excited partner—“ what under the sun is up now 7” . . , . ' ‘ “What’s np.now.?” almost;shrieked, liis spouse, “why look hqto.”. Ami sho lliursl (ho paper Into liis foob, it the same time pointing with her right hulid forefinger to a paragraph—“road that, and Weep.” . ” Well, what of It?” asked Undo Dick as ho rarr his,evesovorlt. , t •'Oh! you inhuman wrcloli—you liaTd.hoorlbU •inttcrJ ( 1 thought yoil tVos a man with a Hulo cream of human kindness in you.” ' - ' n ; • . . “ Why Fanny, 1 certainly, believe you aro ooinir crazy I” .■ ' • . ....... “ Going crazy I” she echoed j and lait not phougli to drive one mad when anoh rascally things'ore tat* king place every -daw and tho. cowardly ■ men durfe fiol alop them. Oh, Ido wish. X wasn’t a wo man J” , ■ ■ •• Bat what is In tho paper to mako you act bo queer?”. ‘ “Can’t you read ? Don’t it say thojo: Women arid children alarvlngto death by Morsel Telegraph spread of tho cholera by Electric Telegraph —Two hbndrcd ond fifty dying a day ImN. Orleans by Magnetic Telegraph—Horrible Riot in N. Tork and U 7 livoa lost by Telogfaph—Tcrnblo firo in Boa. fon by holograph—-Wclsho’# circus blown down and oho Ufa (bat by Electro Magnetic Telegraph—and yol you mon act with folded arms, and never raiao a fin ger lb stay tho progress of this inhuman, nil devas tating, and devouring mqnator. I wiah 1 woo a nionl” And Aunt iVnny flow obi of tho,,room, leaving tin ofo Dlalc wrapped up in astonishment.' “OOR COUNTRY'—MAY IT ALWAYS Btt RIGHT- hWt RIOHTOR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY , . CARLISLE, PA-, TII UIISI)AY, AUGUST 23/ 1846; ~ CHILDREN. , Why should not iho rising general!on have a little attention paid[themas well aa older .heads, and allowed a juvenile Corner In our paper? We £o Ih for children; (hat is we HUe children—gnod-, children—and if they aif.not good* it is our duty,] to give tliecn acliancQ lo become so. Wo are. fond , of. girls—littlo girls. It would not do for ua to | love, all girls, tittle and big, but We love all the l!ulebtirly-headed,iflaxen-htured, bright-eyed miss es that like to read newspapers, and help their mamas. We are passionately fond of boys, tool we like them because they are boys, and because we were once a boy ,ourself -Herd is a picture of a boy we'do noHlket ': -h ( ' • *Tke Model Spoilt Haul— He will do as lie likes.* |Te Will dirty his clothes, hb- will tear his trow ourß, he will,break the windows, and no one shall prevent him. . He cares nothing for nobody—not he,; anil Jie .wiU cry if he chooses. He is not [going ib Bchobl, ho Imtefl it, and floefl hot bare if IJo.ib a dunce. Ma said’ he wasn’t to learn if it |,gavo him o headache.’ He likes playthings the best, and only wishes he were a king, he would eat firuchlots of buns' all flay* .The’ servants are nasty creatures—they are; and he’ll tell his mam that thijy striirk him, am] .won’t (hey just catch in He-,does not. care if it is a i*slory.”— Where docs ho expect ip go, lo 1! Mo knb\ys well enough,‘hut he’s not going to tell yob—ilVso jolly likely. His papa IS much richer than yours. Won’t you give him a You won’t.'-?' Well; yoilt b nasty# stingy, man, and ma said you’d a big. nose, and .that you camo to din* ner. Oh yes! you!d better- strike him; he kicked nurse yesterday—We should like to see you "do it. Isn’t it plummy catohipg .flies and pulling ’em inside a watch * he’s done it over and again—its such fun! Have you over stuck,cockchafers 1— Cricky! isn’t a lark just giving ’em paper tails, upd set ’em flying, in church! He and Harry Simmons melted Polly’s doll; y'oaienlay, before the fire—there isn’t a hit of the head and’should ers loft now. He isn’t a naughty boy—lie will scream. Ma ;says she’d cat heiself if she was hdlf.aafyupgry.osyoli. i', t r He wbn’t-talie any.medicine—be does notfenro if he does die. It’s precious nasty stuff—ah, he’s glad he!s broken the boldo. He’ll tell you 0 se cret if you won't tell. Aunt Jane wears a wig. Pa and ma -quarrel so, Sometimes; ma sayo pa’fc a brute,.and' then Pa calls mo a 4i big mill-stone around bis hfcck.!’ He-oidn’t ,steal the fruit—he only took a napplc, and two pears, and a norango, and.a handful of nuts—that’s all. Ho won’t bo a good boy- Hotvbn’t let go your whiskers. If 1 you'll give Vim a shilling, iw-nps ho will. Me won’t go to bod. Ma lets him sit up as he likes. 1 Ho will stamp. He won’t leave go of the table 1 cloth—oh, he won’t. He dosen’t care if ho docs ’ pull all the toa-thinga over!. Ughl ugh 1 ugh 1 « lie’ll tell Ms ma* Ugh! you’d hotter not hit him • again or he'll be ill, and uio of the measles—that 5 he will. Boohugh-ooli! he’s jolly glad he’s spill * the tea-tirn—he’ll do it every day if you don’t leave him alone.. You’re a nasty beast—u-u-u-gb —that yon are. . - ' * t The. Model Spoilt Boy is carried off,-at last, , amidst a chorus of his own screams, but not be . fore he had upset several cups and saucers, and . distributed his kicks very impartially all around. . The'screams are'continued up stairs,.and pro > longed under the bed clothes, 1 till hn falls asleep, . the only period he is ever quiet. The next day , Pa,”: determines to send him tosohoo). “Ma ” opposes, and her pet child resists; several broken 1 windows atlrsl lhe, fury of.tho struggle; but Tor ' once the material authority is overpowered. The 1 young Nero of the nursery is packed o(T into the ’ country. When he comes home for the holidays ;he is wonderfully tamed!but It takes several half years thoroughly to eradicate hls.profound savage rices, ahd to. make him a sweet child that foregoes ( his halbrai love for leasing the cat, and worrying ‘ the servants, and breaking the windows, and put-. I ing gunpowder into the snuffer*, and wiping hie dirty handdofl genlleniteti’s iroWstfrs. Sometimes [ he’s cured of screaming, but is troubled with 1 dreadful fits of sulking, that will continue for 1 days together, as if it were his only consolation . for no longer pinching his little brothers and sis* ’ lets, and running pine little baby, or glv-' 1 ing blue boUlb a Eatery grave in the milk-jug. These ,sulks may, With care and a strong,hand; 1 be weeded from hle-barren dlspoaifion, but, gener* ally, they lip, with other faults, to deep 100 be root ed out, and, as thq child is itio reputed J faihtr to (ho man, so a despotic husband, or a tyrannic pa rent, is only too frequently, the modvl spoilt] do*. ] They Sny. "They Bay*** lliai illicit fa not tniei hi Jraet three tjuarterauf thetimo.! Hh ie'ntloih the authority-you can produce to support the credibil ity of your elujUonpMvt, ( fyAfotdy . wa« .there.-ever a suspicious report put in circulation, but this Mr. They Say was tho author of it; and he always escapes detection, because, living jjisl no.whcre, |ie can never be tdbnd* .Who said that Mr. 15., the merchant was supposed to be in a failing con dition! Why "they any "so. On what author ity do they affirm that neighbor I<\ has been in bad company Why. "they |ayV so, It is a tact that Mian G. is not so chaste and cirCDinapoct as she should be 1 Why ** they say ” So. ■ Plague on this Mr. They Say ; ho Is a half-, brother to that Mr. iVoWy. wlm atwaya does all arid who lites nowhere, but in thp Inv.enlipnof (hose whn, undeserving respect ihrm- arc desirous to pull down othaip to their own level; We always puapnet the, truth of a 1 report which comes from the authority of "They Say.” ’ , . . :. . An Original oii^< Wo road Irt an «jffd wdf/t d, few, days since, (says an exchange paper) on hcbouM of pnouf tho-most original duola on record:' Il ls stated that two French gontloinun of science Imvjngquarrolled about, an opera, donper, agreed to fight in balloons. ,Ac. cordingly, on (ho 3d nf May, 1811, (ho parties met in (ho field adjoining (ho Tnillcries in Paris,' where their respective balloons were ready to,receive them. Each, attended by a second, entered his oar, ,vyUb loaded blunderbuss,!aud at-9 o’clock lho ( ioords Wdtb cut,’apt! om-ldlho sbob|» of the spctfto’lora ascended majestically. When übohl 9CIO yards high one tired his piece, biit ineffectually, when the fire woe return ed by his opponent, whicli pierced the balloon, caused Its.rapid descent, and tha dnatb pfbolli principal pnd second. The victor Uion mounted and descended Safely about twenty miles from the spot of ascension. - How Muoii Brandy? —A./corresponded of the Tribune comments upon the instructions Issued by the Medical Council of Now York and‘.llio recom mendation of “a little brandy ond/wiytor.’** 1 Wo oekei much a littlo ‘brandy and water is.!' 1 - To which the Trlbuno roplios that, having a sort of out sider's’faith In homcDopathy, ho should advise three d of • a bcrokol.or vWor,; and that a spoonful of (ha mixture ho put Into,another* birokofof water; frdm which ho thinks the patient might safety drink. The New Orleans Picayune relates an dneo dote of a* man in (hat city, whp, being seized with the premonitory symptoms, was advised to tako sn ohneo of brandy a day, but, having noiodlosin which to weigh 'll, and luckily, rocqllpollng thadoight drums m’ako an nuiiQP, ho acoardi'nly look eight stiff. liortis; |,and told Ihb doot'of .that lib toll “much beflci 1 . .. . Mystery! Reason, and Faith. Tho. following illustration occurs in a little essay, written by the Rev. Mr. Peabody, 0 f Hopton: , ' Sight comes down over a ship at poo, and k pa's "UPiN" hourafter hour alqne ..Thffwaters plunge and welter, and glide Jncolh illxe keel, AboVo, the soils .tower un in the idaUwHjb, almost,to (bo sky, and their shadow falls [ha Uwfero a burden on the deck below. In.tho clou ded night no star-is 10. ,bb seen* and. ps the. ship Changes her course the passenger knows, no} wbipli 1 woy isjEasl or West or North or South. What is iland, will at sunken ruoka may bo on her course—or wbnt l|at course is or where they ate, be knows not. >AH ordbmk to him, is mystcryt He bows down in tho.submission of utter ignorance, - - . But men of science have road the laws of tho sky. And'lhp next day this passenger beholds the captain Jookirigut * clock qhd taking note of the pace of tho sun! snjl with tho aid of a couple of books, corhhofced ofrulesand mnthomalical And wllcn ho has cpmplclcd them ho is able to point l Chno6Vs>hhin a hand’s breadth, to tho place at which, after, unnumbered windings, ho has arrived in tho tho scos. Storms may have beat and cur rents drifted, but ho knows whore they arc, and tho precise [mint where, a hundred leagues over tho wa ter, licsjhis native shore, Hero, ,Is. reason ing nn.d'ftiaking Uso pf tho revelations, if wo may so coil there! of science/*" Night/flgnin over (ho -wasto of waves, and lhofeassenger beholds a singlfa seaman stand at the whejet at watch; hoUr after, hour! as h vfbbitcs beneath'a lnmp/a litllo needle, which points ever, as if It wtrfeo living finger, to the steady polo.. This foan knows nothing of tho rules of navigation, notbing’pf the courses of tho sky. But reason ohd ckpcrlcnco Imvo given him faith in tho commanding officer omhc ship-faith id tho dnerring integrity of tho littlbjguidobcforo him, And so without a single doubt holßleers his ship on, according to a prescribed direction, through night and tho waves. And that faith istriol disappointed. With the morning shn he bcholds.Jhr away, tho summit* of the gray and misty higlilnijus, rising like a cloud on jttio .horizon; nndj ns ho naira them, the hills appear;, arid tho light. hod.«o oljlVio -entranco of tho harbor, and, sights of joy! th6.fplrcia of tho churches and the shining roofs, among which ho strives to detect his own. •’ 'V*^ 0 Joy of a Good ConioloAce* I Tliesttiry of-a pood man Is the testimony of a good cohiclcnco. Have a goffd conscience and thou uhalt evif Jjavo joy. A good conscience la able to bear vcry. much, and is very cheerful in adversities. An cvUfcbnsclcnco is always fearful and disquieted. Thou-slmll rest sweetly," if thy head do not rebuke thee. U$ thou never rejoice, but when thou hast done •well;. .Sinners have never true mirth, nor feel trtward,Mace, because there is no peace to the wick ed, saUlmho Lord. And if they should say wo arc in pcnce,;no evil shall befall us and who shall dare to hurl us?. .Bolicvo them not j for on a sudden the wrath ofG.qd will rise, and their deeds shall bo brought .16 nought, and their thoughts shall perish. . ■ To glory in tribulation is no hard thing, for him that liyctlrj 1 fbrglory is thbernsa of our Lord.' That glory ia.shbrl which is given and'received from men. Sorrow.ulWays accoinpnniulli the glory of the world. The glorwofgood men lies in their consciences, and not llie totigucs of men. The rejoicing of (ho upright is nfGodjapd in God; and their joy is oftho truth, lie that tfcairoth true and everlasting glory, careth not for temporal; and,he ihatsoekellotcmporal glory, or doth not contemn it from" m» u«uru«ihoumiii..LK»v , ho is bill little in lovo with that which is celestial,—^ . Thnl timn enjoyolh gruat tranquility of miltt); that careth neither for praise nor dispraise. • - To the Boys* Never marry a girl who is fond ofbcfngalwnysin the slroct~who is fond of ninniogto night meetings —who has a jewelled hand und anemply bond—who will see her mother work and .toil whale.she lays in bed and roads novels of Iclgna trieftness-—who Is! ashamed'to own her mother because aha dresses plain, never learned grammar,or was accustomed to the etiquette of tho drawing, room—who ,i« always complaining that .she cannot ; gol money enough to drees Wfb'Miks So-anlJ-ko. of fit) to parlies like Such a-onc, who wears her shdes sHp-blmd oHinfi a hole in her slocking and is too lazy to mend it.' Should you get such none, depend upon it, you will have a dirty, untidy, miserable homo and life of it. You will be kept pool- all your li!e, 6qt tyro kind; affectionate-, tidy girl who helps her.mother! anti who is always ready and anxious ,(0 accommodate mother, father, brothers’and kilters j who .is kind4o thepoor; wlio dresses ntatly and according to her means; whols always cheerful and fond of accommodating othorp; you marry.-ir.you get Mich s treartlro. anil your homo will be a paradise; “Boys do you hear that 7” To tli© Glflf. , • You arc nil in want of husbands os soon is you can -got stritujjlo ,t-(|at rs ail, light and per fectly natural, but wb think, (contrary to tho old lady's opinion,) that a bod husband is worse than none. Ip chousing observe, .Ui&. fallowing: r,d(c>; Never marry a follow who is ashamed to carry a small bundle; who lies in bed till breakfast, and until his father tiul opened Ms ehop, store or'office and swept It Oct 5 who frequents taverns, bowling saloons, prise fights, &,cd who.owm. hla tailor,.shoemaker, washerwoman, jewidler,i>arl>or, printer and landlady, and never pays bis debts—who Is always talking about his acquaintances and condemning thorn, whoso longue Is always runningoboulnonaenflO,.why tliinka he is tho greatest ipan,in tho neighborhood, sod yet who vvehr-ono despises and shundi say never marry a fellow will) all nr any of these qualificatlonsl he will bo euro to (rout you badly or desert you after the‘honey-moon. 1 RI.KCtA.NT BXraA.OT« There Is oh oven 4ldo in human Ufa; a season When tho eye becomes dim and the strength decays,' and when tho winter of ago. begins |o shod 'upon tho human head its prophetic snows* It Is the season of jvhich the autumn is jjiobl analogous, and which it becomes! and much it would profit you, my older brethren, to mark tho iosmiolfdn which tho season brings. Tho spring and sammor of your days ate.gene, and with nut only joys they knew, Iml of the frrqhda who gave tnopi. V,vU have entered upon tho autumn of your being—and what ever may have been the prolusion >of yoar spring— or* lbs vyaTpl-lcmpcrmcnl of there is a season of ptilihess nr solitmlowmoliiho bonlficcnco of heaven |i {fords,you, in which you may meditate upon Ihb past and tho Allure, and prepare, yoursoll fur the mighty change you may soon 'undergo. ~ It is hdw (hat ynu may understand tlio ningnifi ' cent language uf heaven—it mingles its voice wjtli that of Revelation—lt suinmons.yqu.lo these hours when leaves Hill and Iho witHcf is gathering, to that evening study which the- merey ol heaven has pro. vidcd.in lire book of salvation. And while (he sha dow valley opens, whichlcnds.lo (ho abode of death, it speaks of that lovo which can comfort and save, and which can conduct to these pastures and those still waters whero (hero is an eternal spring far the children of God. . . •< ScuafttMTV.—lf R Democratic paper charges Omi. Taylor with perfidy in violating solemn pledges mudo bclVro tlio election, and »l Ins inauguration,.it is a (it down by Whig papers to ilia account of '• Do* mooralio Scurrility.’” If a Democratic paper char gosOen..Taylor with a want of capacity to adminis ter the government, It is set down to the account of •• Doinoqrallo-ScurtUlty.” , -Doth charges arc known to bQlToe,qud few Whig papers will risk their char acter for honesty and sound judgment,* so much ns J 'question thb truth of’thorn. Tho Whig papers Imvo had opportunities to do to, but they prefer dodg. ing the rfHeslfoh. And by way of appearing bold they cull for proof of the charges! Wo never beard of a prosecutor being called on to prove the charges until the ncctispd put in Ilia, pica of,not guilty. UuJ norbops Gen. Taylor may bo of that floss of Individ uuls whoonn plead neither by himself qor by. nn aUdrneyvbul by a.commit/fe; «ud wo therefore can nbl expect lu uoo (ho charges against him fairly met . v LancaaUrlnttlligenctr, Hon* John C» Caihoufa. Less !b fWobablykriown to tho public oTlhpper sor,alet of tho jgreal exponent of South Carbllna.opiri ion, than of L anjr olHcr of oiir eminent Statesmen;— A number of facts In refbrenbo to his pej*otiu|, habits, etc., having recently been disclosed, which will prove of interest to our readers*. Tho family of tho Sena tor consists of Airs. Calhoun ond seven children.— Of these, one son is a planter, in Alabama, the next a Captain in the Army at. Now,'.tWcens—the .eldest daughter is ih Eurdpo, wife of our charge at Belgi um. Of the three sons at home one is a physician, tho others' are' young men of. 18 and §0,,. Al,r. Cal houn has upon'lns table everything of Southern pro duction, but is himself a spare cater. The, view from his house distant. mountain ranges, 40 and 90 miles awav. His study ia SO fcct poulh of his mansion, has but one room and Oho door. Ilia library is not largo, but choice, and most of the books relate.to (he Union and her .interest. Tho .key of this-building ho keeps always under Jiis.immediate control when at lidtao. ,No ond enters ll Hi himself unless lie.ls there., ‘ ' - , . Ills house stands on (ho Seneca river, 1000 feet above Iholcvcl of tho sea, and 200 feet above,llioHV cr. .Thcro alo perhaps 70 or 80 negroes on and about the place. Tim largest part of his negroes ur.e in Ala bama, whcre lip btvps a cotton plantation, un der the management of liis eldest son.' Mr Calhoun has n pociifiar-. manner, of ditching, draining and planting, of such, utility-that his £cjghbors.regarc( fiis os a model farm. . His, croj)B «re h?}ircscn(cd as far before .those of npy. other cultivator in that re gion of cpidntryt Ills fttrip fa known* as Fort Hill, from - a fort,' wh)e)i ohco stood (hero in'lhc time of (ho Revolutionary War, . Air. Calhoun’s habits ere very regular., Ho rises pI 4cr agon. Some of lho cloth used to make llio apron of a datf'.■ ' A picco of llio bowels tjf lho cirlh.. Quo.of llio razors lhal brokers use to slnvo people with. , : , • , , A horn.lhal topers talk so much about. Some blood from the heart of a citjr. ' A toe noil from the foot of a mountain. t Some of llio wood that colsaliaJ poles ato made wf,,,. ,i • • i Some tar from a scientific negro's heel. A tract made by Jfio wheel of time. ' Tho orftdlo of security. > - Some hair from the head of tha.Mississippi. A piece of thu lino which lhc sun crosses. A feather from Jlio wing of Time. Some of tlio Wool that people spfn yarns of, ' A (rbo Jiiat,bears the applo of the-eye. - . ’ Some of (ho musio msdo by tho organs of the hosd. . A.tooth from s head of cabbage. , i An Atndor tlio hnnv of a lilll. A leaf from the tree of Liberty, A sprout from tho root of evil. A piece Of the ondq of the earth. One ol Cupid’s finals:. • • . The leter used to raise tho.wind. Ono of tho rookora of the cradle of liberty. I Tho slrinff of a brandy slliift. - t The handle of the sword of justice—Very doll and rnsly. • ; Ruftcn tho-t were supported by -the beams of .the moon. ■ , ' .. » ' Nulls from the claws of a hnmmer. A bird’s eyo view of the top of u mountain! I A receipt in full for dows of eve. j A leg of a toad alool. 1 A pig from the pen (hat. was mightier than Hie sword. j • Map of the state of matrimony. Knpl from the bourd of Foreign Missions. • a pa|r of bools made by a wherry cobbler on “the lost qf the iyj.9Mbß.nfy” ,••• , . A tassel from Inb cap of the climax. •' , Tho sheath of tho sword that Macbeth llionghUio saw. • , j' i«. »■' ju •• j Some bpllof rmt'd° font 'Uio [ crcnm of njokW bundles.made from tho fat of the land A Nitiv Way to Cork thk CnoutnAi-r-A defter ftomSandusky, describing tiro tavsgos Of ilio chole ra there, says. ~r - • • v - ’ ■ Four Irishmen . were at work on our road some fifty rnlhrs.frcm, Ihtfq, near a siiiull village. One was attuckotf with’ cholera, cramps, &c. A doctor was called,' whtfirdiriinlrterrd medicine and loft directions with the other three to rob Ids body and limbs until tho surface looked rod. They stretched him out m». ked on a-rough plunk, and at It they went with cloths In irood earnest for n while, but got tired, and finding no symptoms of vitality edmihg to tho surface, limy concluded to try something more substantial. One hold him on the plonk, while (ho other lwp,qach with a briokbol, wont at him again, and literally skinned tbclr companion and saved Ids life I lie is still suffering vury inuolt from tho lost! of Ids hidbj but Is out of danger of cholera. • VVoRt.O or Poiik Spirits,~Ay ItmlonUo dram drinker being told Unit tho cholera wjili- yvhloh.hc 1 wnfi nttuckod was incutabla, ,and that ho would 1 speedily bo romoved to a world of pure spirits, j replied; '/. t .. ''< - ‘ ‘ J 1 Well, that’s n comfort aVall ©vents; for 10b very hard to gel any In Uvlfl world. Mauv.— common, but boautlfulniupe is from tho llcrbrow, and signified "a “ lade drop." ' Mur/ was last at (he orosd and cortical at the grave, and Mary was tho mother of Jesus. , . T ,1. t, - AT .12 001’HIl ANNUM. WM£ -TUBS COCRTHOR.SIS* " ', r The New Orleans Delta contains a vivid account, of the “Life’and Services of Old''Whitoyi’* from which wceitrabl llio following grave detail. ; We hope the Herald will enliven its columns with it. . The first detailed account of the battle of Buena ; > Vi6ta;i appeared in the Della of March 2V, 184 Y., It - was given to the public boforotlio officer, who brought <4-,' the news'lind time to change his travelling ejfra- ' rel. It was in that description that Old WUjtey.madQ liis first appearance in Jiislory,in the following ex- . tract-: • .. r v , ,!.• . “Utterly Indifferent {a the perils of Ins situation, there sat (he old chief, on his conspicuous white horse* peering through his’spy glass at the-long lino of Mexican troops, that,could be secret a long-distance, blithe march. Tho perFfiasiyn.of his aldsboqld.not „ induce pirn ,\o. abandon hia favorable point tor obser- • v,u.Uon, hpr .to give tip hls old white horse. To the suggestion of his staff, Old Whjlcy was rathesa • ■ conspicuous, charger for the,General in-cliiet, ho pljcd, “Uml llic old follow .bad missed the Ain at Mon terey, on Account of a sore foot, and ■ ho was' deter mined ho ahpuld haVo.hia share this time.” , Having thus, inada.Old VV.liilpy immortal, wo fecj bound, to go farther, and disabuse the public of a prevalent errori Hint the “old boss," like agreat ma-, ’ ny twq ipgged warriors, deserves half the glory lid - Ims enjoyed., Wo liave examined into his life, and.. find that his origin is ignnble,.and soma of his deeds have.not be.cn like to dispute a popular ftneyi a plossirtg,delusion ; e but, as Col. Benton says, “ (rplh pf history must bo „ ‘vindicated.’ 1 Tho patronage and early life' Wliitcy, like (hat of Horner ond Alexander's Biiccp? ! . Imlua,.orb shrouded.in the darkness,-pf antiquity. . His first the stage of.de* lion was as a Circus horse of some strolling, cqdes- ’ (Han company. In this position ho boro himself re. spcctably, and being.long, .round-bodied; and .flat-!' across Ijia back, and possessing the merit of appear-, H ing to run very fast, whilst ho was, in fact, only got' ing through the motions, ho was considered a pretty good boast far the ring. In this position ho mddq several successful campaigns, until jost before the departure of (ho nraiy for Corpus Chrl»ti, he wap purchased by Gcp. Taylor, who was pleated with hia color,his docility,and apparent sobriety. Whilst.! at Corpus Christ), Old Whiley did hie duty faUjftllly by Uncle Sam's forage, and seemed to be as inalffpr rnt to great national, concerns, os tho /bllow whose . ! father had gone..to Texas,, his, mother to carrip; meeting, and ho did'nl care if corn was six bits - a bushel! Relying upon-his practiced docility and well b«I» . anced.cquanimity, Iho General determined,-one day ■ ftl Corpus Chrisii, to indulge in (lie unwonted pride and display ofa review of the troops In full uniform* Wo believe it sviis t|io first atal lost lime lho Genciy-. at ever indulged bis vanity. Tho old ennt was drag- .: , pod out of its recesses, was dusted arid brushed up, T > tlio cpiplcUca .wcro jostoned on, cocked hatsnd plume were all put in npp|o pie order, and iho whitq pants wore as applies* ns untrodden snow. .Tho cat pinsons pf iho old chnrgtr, too< wero Very splendid and beautiful, arid when tho,old Teliaw was riggdt. on in liis toggery, it brought back hifi circus Unto* __ to Ins recollection—ho scented the saw dnst-rhOj prinked his ears to the roar of the pU'ond,gal|erics ! —and tho lamps.seemed to flit before hisexcilcdfan cy. lie neighed.and danced in a perfect ecstucy of delight. ~ ‘ , i t • Tho review wni ready. Tho old GcneraPmounlcdi .anid'sijon found he hsd to resort to the unusual re* > stffiinl of holding old Wlutey In, insload.of jmtljng i spurs to.him., 'Tho (roups, wei-q all dr&wii up-in-line. . , Tlip General, with his staff, dashed down in front.:—t There was the saroassio and pblo Col. Cross, tllb’sc* ‘ date and mild Bliss, tho sharp., featured, quick eyed J Raton, and several otbVr nli in. (y 11 fo r m farming n brilliant staff.,Tho troops prcoepied arnis. the drlima suddenly, brake outing tho long roll, and Iho Inimjfotr clanged fearfully. Old .WjjlUyheoanio furioiis with excitement. Flo reared, allied^,anti cd about moat desperately, ond, at last, finding cr tlio General or liis own feelings too much to bear,, ho gave a sudden side jerk—not laid down in tho cov- - airy tactics—ond slash! away wcnt A tho .Genets), over tho pum,mol,.lnto a convenient soft motiUfl-bf sand—wo would say mud, but that would, no doubt), bo a broach of our neutrality, and bring down upon . us (ho lerrihto wrath of .the Republic, Dislnlnnglinj*, . Himself, the excited charger and ex circus horse,, t plunged madly onward, kicking up his heels towards (lie extended line of gloaming muskets, and manifest ■ ting hia contempt for military glory by other stilf c- J more reprehensible acts. Madly he careered over, tho sands, until he arrived a.l.hifl. well filled stall, ivheroho was found quietly munch*, ing some of Undo Sam’s fodder,, The old GencVsJ.- jmnped up from his prostrate position, and tlsmeren i odt a.few ejaculations, of moro ( piis Christi thaq , (hoy might, have been, within (ha ; - sanctified otmoophdo of Washington* ~. *,, '. > ‘For Ihoi. deed of treachery and strbe/ely, O/a Wiitfey was epndemqqd to a jong and Ingloriousj bill to him,' not unprofitable obscurity* ; ills sorrow? ( ing operated like that of poor Jack FajlstafT, ana pulled Hiii) 4ip prodigiously. Like the toad* he grew . /at and solid in his ignoble obscurity., ,Wi)Jcn the army tovya'rds RioTJrando, slowly) anq at his leisnro, tigjogpad quietly along in the rear, in ( Iho alow company oi packed,mules pnd.ojiirn Of so little consequence was’ ho deffmet), Villat’ whek’ Gen. TAylormnrahed bdt,of ptow.nAo point Is*, iibio, ho left Old VVhUoy hcluud.muhch|ng his fodder in inglorious enso, The glories oT A\to. and Rcsooa do la Puling wero shared alouoby-.hls motb energetic companion, prowq.. 80 at Monterey) ho-wos still in disgrace, and only secured hia claim to immortality ul Ducna Vista, by tho hord riding o( . the old General, who broke down Old Brown jn Ipp rapid marches from Agu&Nouva to AJtfpsttft.a spq’ Saltillo, so 4m. Wns obliged -to tipo. ' nn that glorious occasion, ft Is duetoihoyotytyhlq ■ chargor to say, that by his coolness and proprie? ty of dopnrtmopi in the perilous and trying eccnet :of that great battle) he t n4l. hk-pwrvioyo slnp., and secured o strong hold upon the afoot ions of . posterity.... .. . • i Tho carcshes and distinction which gratcful'c/fic* * holders and 01800 expectants aro bestowing every; where ripen him. in his. triumphal march to tVaain : ington, arq justly osfnotf by hi«/di«lingul»hcd aurvlr i. cox sndjgeont modesty of deportment." We wUh old tVhiley a pleasant lime, during Ills sojourn In tho Presidential stables. ’ A Jsif.iL Almost.— A young man by the name of Tracy* nenr Owenshurg, Ky., felt tb°* the at-,, ' tontiona of a Mr. Sprlghl to bis Meter ware.rather ; iThwolcomp to the family, and accordingly chal longptl Mr. upright lo mortal combat. fj/ln. S, I* a cool, calculating man, ami had read medicine a'-i I few years ainco In Cincinatii, but did not . On receiving llio challenge.ho selcptcd.his wrap*. _ ona, aml proposed an immediate tl*" difficulty, In (he court room. Hjs antagonist, 1 with hia second, was on the ground at the time, looking brave enough to take a small cliy,hulor\ seeing the weapons chosen by the challenged par ly, their very knees shook with terror. Herd sat (no unlmified lover, wlih lvvo. Huge, plates of ' green cucumber** cut in slices with vinegar, and a full doxen of green apples to oaoh plats as a desert. x ~ • ; “Tako seals, gentlemen," said Iho bilging, second of Mr. S. “and.tako choice of plates;.ln ten minutes wo,«onnhencm v > * , Tracy looked at his second, and Ac looked: at Traey bach again, no doybt.iUlnkinff cy did nol.fvght, that liisolianio of dying with Ino cholera, was a gQgd one. , , , , . ( v ’ Finally Iho two peoonda wept Into the clerk’s office and adjusted the matter satisfactorily to.all parlies. ‘ • Mr. S. eontlnoa ids visits to his lady love, with*- out mlcruption.— Cincinnnlti Cbm mcrciplj : ; ~ Mercy! -exol»|meJ: Mrs. Parlinglon, i* wHpt. inbnetoiß'thoin eeUoii ■ planters must. biv.,! nnj . told one on 'em lias uu many o«,a lmodre4.hiuii!« . r~ Ht