pi/.V; IHliffi. BRATTON. VOL. 36. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, Is'bUbliehed every Thursday ,’al Carlisle. Pq;, by JOHN lIEATTON, upon the following conditions, which will be rigldly odhcrcil to TERMS Of BOBBORIPTIOH . For one year, luadoanee, 22 , For si* months; In adoariee, . * 00 . - No subscription taken for a less term than si* months anu .Do discontinuance permitted until all arrearages aij? pttiu.r • »• Twenty,flvoper oenl. additional on the price of subscription Will be required of all iboso who do not pay In advance; • RATES Of ABVKRTIBIKO. • • Oneaquareionolnsertion, . * • • • ®59 ‘ One square, two Insertions, . . • •- • One square, three insertions 1 2i -'Everysubseqiiontlnsortlon, pqrsqnare, • • • * f* t A liberal discount will be , made to those who'advertise by the year, or for three or six months. vOmb*—The office of the American Volunteer is in the sec ond story of James J|» Graham's now stone building, in South ffanovor street,-a few doors south of the Court House, where thole having business are Invited to calU . . THE VOLUNTEER. John B« Bfrattoni Editor and Proprietor* CARLISLE, THURSDAY, NOV, 1 / 1810. MINNESOTA* • ,ThßSl.Pttu\^MinneaoU)Cbrool^tt)ftir ; nlBhfcßip\nb Interesting partijjjHJsrespecting the climate, pro. &q., of that territory, tisculenis of every description, and or superior quality are, produced, jn abundance, and Ihq crops, of oals and Indian ctirq ore spoken of as being 1 much heavier,l^ian,lhoso,of phio and Indian. Mechanics,.and particularly housq builders arc in great demand, and it is believed that artisans of small means could .thoro,acquire proper ty and grow up with the country. The lumber bu* v \f,Biheas is spoken of as attracting much attention, and ; incrensing in importance with lbe 4 return of every *■ V spring and the r^pid.augmentation of the population. Mercantile and professional pursuits are In small dc roand, although St. it Js.beliovcd, would com pare flfvorably in this respect with any other town of the same size. The oldest inhabitants of the tor fllory dcclare jlfal al no place where they hu.d form* '• erly resided, have they, or their families, enjoyed a . greater share of health than at Minnesota. \ } ‘ ■ } ,' WBAp. A SMKZipU Which wiil you do J—smile and make others hap jfy, or be crabbed, and make nil around miserable? The amount of happiness you can produce. !s Incat* culable if-you show a smiling face, o. kind hcafh'aptl fcpoak pleasant words. W° ara pleasant countenance; lei jhy. beam in your eyes, and love glow on your forehead. There is no joy like that which springs .from a kind act or a pleasant deed—and yet you may feel it at night when you rept,-at morning when iou rise; and through all liio day when about your business. ' . A •mile; who will refute a smile, Thu.forruwiDe heart tocimer? Anil (uni To' lovto“u heart or guile, '■ Aml'chcck the falling tear?.". ' Apleasarit smile fur ever; ftico, Oh, Tia o Mossed thing; •. It will the lines .of enro erase. Am) spats of beaut/ bring.” Lawyers in California,— Of nearly lon thou sand passengers between Cha’greo and Panama, bound to California, about six hundred were law* yers, says the correspondent of the New Orleans ftelta.. Pour hundred, it is supposed, go out with the expectation of being returned to Congress, or to the Legislalfue, at least; seventeen are election* eering for the gubernatorial chair, and twety-one embryo senators are already calculating the sa ving to be made on the mileage allowed by tlnole Sam /rom SenFrancfscoto Washington and back. jSiTilt Kindnesses.—Small acts of kindness I how pleasant and desirable do (hoy make Iffb t Every fiark objfobt U made light by them, and every tear of sorrow Is brushed away. the heart is sad and despondency Sf(i at (ho ch'lrohce of. the soul, a trflffrtg kindness drives despair away, and makca the path cheerful and ploalaht,' Somebody having asked qn o/d bachelor why lovers sometimes addressed each other in tremulous (ones, he replied, U wt)s occasioned by the fearful forbodlngs which they fait of the desperate quarrels they would harouwith each other after marriage. . . - -—, ■ ftzirW oVi Dkofc o* is an ac toUnt in the last number of the New England Sur gical Journal, of a child being poisoned by tho ad ministration ofonp drop of laudanum,by Its mother for griping/ It Was a fine healthy child, and U Uv od but eleven hours after tho laudanum was admin ittered.' People should bo very oarcfulaboul tho use of drugs that are reputed dangerous, especially In administering tho same to children, who cannof 101 l the slate of their feelings. _ g3*Tlie following “ rules ” are posted up in a New Jersey'school house: “No kissing girls in School limes. No licking the master during holi. days.” . of the Pennsylvanian suggests (he name of RioUaed Vaux, Esq., of Philadelphia, as a candidate for State Treasurer. Tho 41 Wfuhtnston Union ” to now so full of life, vigor, energy, toot ond ready action, that we always pick it up with eager satisfaction and lay it down with regret. It Is Just the kind of a jour nal that we need as a Democratic organ at tho seat of. Government.. Its keen sallies of wit, its untiring exposure of the mal-adrolt statesmanship of Mr. Clayton, and the triumphant, manner In which It handles both the ”organs” of Taylor ism, inspire us with admiration. So says the Philadelphia Times. 03* Mr. Sam'l Qurpey, a well known und eminent English banker, has written a letter, In which ho de clares It is hb opinion that both France and England ere on the ore of bankruptcy. A Giund Huht.—About two hundred of the citi zens of our Uorough and the adjacent country, in cluding ' a pprtion of Greene, county and the bor dering counties of Virginia and Ohio, participated in a grand hunt a few days ego, and on Thursday evening of last week assembled at the National Hotel it) ibis place and coumed'tholr'game. The Velum of both parlies was as follows •.. Squirrels,' 1593; Partridges, Slj Pigeons, 15; Owlsj 0;’ i'’oios, 6; Ohtwe, 6;’ Coons, 86; Groupd Hogs, 4-, Pheasants, 19; .Wild Ducks, 8; Opossums, hi 83—in all amounting to 8,340. HtThe* timo oqdjtpioi d'n lhe ituni was about one •Examiner* poetical. t-AB, FAR AWAY I I love to look on the purplo west, -, In the gorgeous robes of sunset drest; With its crimson pomp and bant’cred sheen. Like the lordly shite of a dying queen; The distant woods, with their crowns of gold, And the’hoary-hills, Time’s fastness hold,. - . While xcpb'yrs breathe their soil low chimes, “ tVe may only tell of gohJeti-clhneß, ;j, And that better land in the realms of day, ■ I Far, ftir away I” I lavs togtand on |ho mountain height; Ilf the magia moon of a summer night { While vale and meadow are fhiry land, ■ " And elves come out on the pebbly strand, And toys nrn merry in moonlit doll, >• And earth Is witched with a seer like spell, And low Hie voice of the sounding sea Seemoth to say in its minstrelsy—' “Wo only tell of the realms or clay, . ... Par, far away I" I love to look on a y mng fted fair, With ijiQsuiiny smjlo of childhood there, To honr tlic, laoph ol itscarclessgleo . Like the gladsontn'shout of the summer sen’, - For it seems to say as it (loots along, With mazy dance and murmured song—- “The land, the land by the sunset sky, Whore tears ore not, and we'll nn more die J Oh, the old grow young id that rcolni of day. For, far away I” There,storry rivers nre.nmrmurlnfl.iow To deathless (lowers that by them blow, . And zephyrs breathe In their lutc-liko lone. Andhymn tlinsinrson their golden throne; . The sunshines nut 1 and there is no night, And myriad ones lu robes of while, Floating along upon azure \\;ings, There raptures (ell offlhcfr trembling strings— " Oil, lot us fly to that realm of day, far away I” 2ffttoCtU<mrottj& , Social Life in Spain* Mr. Wallis,of Baltimore, has In llio press of the Harpers a work cntUlcd “Glimpses of Spain," from which we make the following extract .‘‘.One of Iho first things, indeed lhat strikb.ii tfuf* elicr of observation, after ho has been admitted into the tuner life of Spanish families, is the closoncts and tenderness of the domestic relations and aflcc* lions* No matter how distant llioirdegfrec, kinsman and kinswomen seem .never to forget what, among colder nations, are held very brittle tics. Nor is there any affectation about it, for.it involves constant and affectionate intercourse and thu mlercliangd of oil imaginable good offices, Tills consideration for rel atives is extended to the friends Who join the circle under their auspices. A single visit, with a proper introduction, glvep you thu freedom of the house.— Your host or hostess tell you, at once, that it is “a la ilispostfipn de vmb % " —altogether at your disposal.— It you are in .the house, and it happens to be men tioned, it is. hoi aft iho house ol the proprietor, but as esta su sosa—this your house. 1J you suppose all this to be more compliment, and adopt thc-Kng- Ush and American idea, that yoi{. efo hot, treated with substantial civility till you orb formally invited to dinner, you njislak? the people, and throwaway your opportunities. The stomach la not considered)' in Spain, as the seat of the social aflcclfons, If you aro recommended to a family, the bead of it calls on yon at once, wjlhoul regard to formality or visiting hours. Instead ot giving you to eat, which, us you aro travelling on your 'owp means, ho natftruliy sup, poses you do not imperatively need,,ho gives you his company, and his personal attention and guidance, Which he knows ortf of much more importance la you, and which you cannot buy. Ho lakes you to seo lits family.ond his friends; puts you, at once, on a fouling of familiar acquaintance with them; makes you feel that (lie door ik.opcn to you Whenever you wish to enter, and (lien leaves it to your b'wn dfscre> (ion (o go and come, os you please. Out ofdoors, ho is by your side. . Ho gives you the thousand facili ties that a stranger cun only thus obtain, and tells you, in.a half a day, all that a guide book and a voltt de place could loach In a month.' . Man does not live by bread alone, and how few .travellers qre there, who have not sighed over the ne glect of ffovenersblo a truth \ when they have found, in their jourhoyfngs to,and Iro, 1 that a letter of Intro duction is generally hold to bo a bill of exchange which is paid in full, by a dinner.', • tVhon our new acquaintance, too busy to sco us hifmclf, has sent us his invitation, how Often have wo wished in despair, at his sad civility, that he had sent (is his servant, his carriage, even his horse in its Blend.' A wise man. arweli as Wlttyi wos Theodore Hook,' when lib told (ho alderman who had already ..surfeited him, and vet pressed him to partake of alllUnothcrcourao —“1 thank you, but*' if Us tho same to you I’ll take the rest in money.” 1 cannot but applaud that bu'i tom, in regard to the reception of strangers, which puls the poor host and the rich on a level; enabling the one to do all, In tho way of civility, (hut oan pro perly bo expected of the other. Not the least of the advantages ia the relief to the guest himself, who is saved the unpleasant reflection that ho has perchance, boon a burden to an amiable man, who could ill of. ford, or a bore to & wealthy one. who feasted him Id bo rid ol him. LIFE IN MALAGA. Marriage, among tho bolter classes In Malaga, is a thing, as Ilia church service hath it, not “unterpris. od or taken In hand unadvisedly or lightly,” 'iMk laboring people, with that hecdlestncss of the rnor? row which seem peculiar, every where, to the poor and tho lillics of tho field, aro satisfied with such happiness as eight or (on reals a day can procure, fur a man with a wife and family. They marry when it suits thorn ; live as well as they can on wine and oil, grapes, bread, garbonxos, and garlic, and .as cheerful and merry over an old guilur as If music contained the quintessence of as many good things as wore in my Lord Peter 1 ! brown loaf, or his alder man's sirloin. Heaven always blesses a contented spirit, and they are few of (hemwhu do not see “ Around them grow their sons and daugiit ers, Like wild grapes on Dio vino,’* Quite as willingly, no doubt, would tho young folktrf the higher rank# assume the yoke and trust to Providence t but tho usages of society compel tho observance of a fomevVlml stcrnftr prudence. Cupid's drafts, with thorn, aro geoo/ally on lime and at long dates- For many years—often from curly youth -to manhood well matured—lt is customary for tlism, esfar sn relacionei (to bo upon relations) with each other, until (he happy or unhappy young man (us (he case, may be) oun persuade the lair one. or her loss persuadable relatives, that he Is able, cert decora,'' to koep house and family. Run-away matches not being tolerated, by church, state or fashion, matrimony would become too often a tad systematic business, were U not that, In Ando luaia, thei light of love's young dream Is no “brief candle, but burns long and bright as well as warm. In the meantime the patient twain h«a tho freedom of the fallior'a houio and (ho !«dyV .conversation/ and orr pleasant nights, When (ho moon or stars, or his young Juliet's eyes invito him, he can says wool things to hor (ill morning comes through tho rejn* (theiron gratings) of her Window. This relio of olden (fmi, When steeples* iqsldens welcomed their roving lovers from rqjdnight lattices, now goes by two most unromanllo namop. Some call It come hierrd, (to oat'iron,) a phrase, tho'foundalion or derivation of which may very reasonably bp (ra ced to some supposed approximation of the lovers lips to (ho window bars. Tho other nknte, however., )elar la pava, (to pluck tho hen turkey, as (ho hand look translates it.) seems of much loss philosophical etymology, for surely if so'gallant n performance srnaks at all of the poultry yard, another bird of CapUolino memory, would soora to bo entitled to Its honors. A netTdlo swallowed four year*, ago by a young man In Duaton, was recently utraeted from between his riba on the left aide* • “Capital punishment,” o* (he boy enid ( when (ho •choolmaster seated tlte girl*. ‘OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIOUT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY** CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY;, NOVEMBER 1, 1849. PRAIRIE LIFE~A TAIiE OF REVENGE. ir Although much has boon written on prairio life, tnany a wild adventure, and yet many a wilder scene Inis boon left undcscribcd. Poor Ruxton, who died at SL Louts, and whoso highly entertaining and val uable work,- “Scopes In (ho Fur West,” ik,enriched ivllli insny a story uhd scene which, no doubt, to tho people of tho East, seem like tales from tho Arabian Nights. There.is so mu^li /originality.about the manner end habits of the tropperarid frontiersman, that one is struck with tholr peculiar language or Ipoue Of expressing thetnsejves, as well as - their sin gular costume. They arc, in fact; as disrupt and marked a clues as sailors, and have as mahy odd dnd quaint sayings. . .. It is generally the commission of.crimo, some dis ; appointment in life, or a native love of adventure and peril, that makes these men’desert the comforts of civilized society for (ho wilds und'hadhts of the red men. Wo can. imagine, the terrible reaction whicli lakes jflaoe-vvlibh thb storm, of passion dr wfeok of disappointed hopos sweep over the, sensitive soul, and leaves a desolation—a'ruin of (ho former'man. Ills misfprUincs like thcso.which scorbb Dnd.dry up the finest feelings—some moral wrong or injustice com mitted by others toward them, In revenging which (hoy have been to leave their home* and become exiles lir-ihe Far ; - ‘ • A story is (old of an extraordinary mectfhg, and an act.of revenge said to have taken place many long ycar.s QgoVon tho fork of the jpayynce. , A,party,9f folir. who had bcervfovlh£ , f«y tiiany years hi the West, all strangers to each other, wore one day acci dentally thrown together, when a strange and bloody , scene ensued. These men presented a plrikipg cpn trust in feature. Tho youngest was delicately made, • with long, light hair end blue eyes; his exposure had given him a rich, brown complexion, lie was of the medium statue, and made fur strength and agility. There was a dark void over his features, which told (hat with him the light of hope hod gene out. lie wits, travelling on a mule, with his rifle iq, his gun leather at the bow of Ins saddle, when he overtook a man on foot, with a gun on Ills shoulder and pistols in his belt, who was over six feet, and had a deep, wide soar on his right cheek. As day was. drawing (o a close, they proposed to camp, and brought up at ibb-hejd of (lie fork of tho'Puwnee. Shortly after they had camped, a man was seen' roconnoilerlog them with a rifle in his hand, and having satisfied himself that tho sign was friendly, ho came moodily* iqiu thb 6uinp, mida/lcr .looking sternly at the two inßh,was asked by Scar Cheek to “09910 19 llujground.” lie was a stout, muscular man, much older llitrn (ho other two, with a deep, liubilual scowl, long black, matted hair, and very unprepossessing features.— Some common-place remarks were made* but no qjuesiiohs were asked by cither parly. ll was near twilight when tho young man, who had gathered some buffalo chips to make a fire to cook with, suddenly perceived a man approaching them bn a mule; he came steadily ond fearlessly on (0 the camp, and, casting a look tho throe, said, “Took yo for Indians;" then glancing at the door skin dress of tho trio, lie observed, "Old leathers— some time out, oli 7" ■, The,man was about.fifty years old, and hi* gray flairs contrasted strangely with flis dark, bronzed fe«tmes,upon which.care nnd misfor tune were strongly stumped.lie was only half clad by.tho hjfscfublo skins ho wore; arid, as ho dismount ted, Scar Check asked ‘.‘JVhero from 7" “From tho Kaw," (Kansas,)'ho replied, throwing down a bundle of plter skins. After unsaddling and slakingmil flis mule, ho brought 'himself to the tStuifg his rifle looked pi the priming and dcr In tho pan,-he added a fow,mbro grains lb It, f then placing a ; piece ol thin dry skin over it to keep it from the damp, ho shut (ho papi The group watched tlio old trapper, who aecmed not to notice them, while Scar Cheek became inlorcstocd and showed a certain uneasiness... - lie looked towards his own rifle, and opco of.(wipe loosened tho pistols in his belt os if they incommoded him. Theyoflngnnd the stout mon with the scowl exchanged glances, but no word puss od. So fir no question had been asked as to who the other was; what little,conversation passed was very iqconif, and iibl a simlo wreathed tho lip of any one of them. The little supper was-euton iirsllonee, cocli man ! seeming (n bo wrapt In bin own thoughts. It was ■ ogrcfill (hat tiio watch should bp divided equally among the four, each rn-in standing on guard two 1 hours—lho old trapper taking the first watch, the young man -next,' and Scar Cheek and ho with the scowl following.' t 4 ‘ .•It was a bright moonlight night, and over, that Darren wild waste of promo not n sound was heard as the three lay bleeping on their blankets, Tito old ■ trapper paced up and down, rap his ores around the | wild waste before him, and then would stop and mul* 1 for to himself, “it cannot-be," ho said half aloud, “biitlljo time and (hat soar may have disguised him. That boy, loo— U*a strange I feel drawn towards him,* then (hut villain with his scowl," and the mus olos of the old trapperV face-worked convulsively, which, the moon beams falling upon, disclosed traces of a by-gone refinement. Tlio trapper noiselessly approached the sleeping men and, kneeling down, gazed intently upon the features of each mid scanned thorn deeply. Walking o$ he muttered to himself again, saying—“ It shall b 6,” and then judging by the stars that his watch was up, ho approached the young man and woke him, pressing his fingor upon his lip to command silence at (he time,and motioned | him to follow.' They walked offsomo distance, when trapper taking the young man by (he shoulder, Fturned his face to (ho moonlight, and, after gazing at it wistfully, whispered in his our “Are. you Terry Ward?" Tho young man started wildly, hut the (rapper prevented his . reply by saying “Enough, enough." 110 then told him that ho was his undo, ond-llial (ho man with (ho scar was tho murderer of hiu father; and that tie with tho scowl had convicted him (the trapper) of forgery by his false oath. Tim blood deserted the Ups of the young man, and Ids ayes glared and dilated almost from their Buckets.— 110 squeezed his undo's hand, and than, with a moan ing glance as ho looked to his rifle, moved towards (ho camp. “No, no!" said the old trapper, “not in cold blood) glvu thorn a chance." They cautiously relumed to the comp and found' both thd inert In a| deep sloop. The undo and nephew aloud over Ilium. { Saar Cheek was' breathing hard/ when he.suddenly, cried out, “I did not murder Terry Ward? I *'. said the trapper hi a Tome of thunder; arid Oio two men started and bounded to'thotr fed. /‘Redskins' about?" asked they in a voice. “No, worse than red, skins," said tho trapper, “ Ilarry W.ardja oboull"! i and selling his knife ho plunged it in Soar Cheek’s heart. "Then (jiko that," said ho with the scowl, | and; falking.hls riflo flip trapper fell a corpse. With. 1 abound and a wild cry, tho jfcung mnn jumped at (ho murdoror of his uncle, and with his knife gave him several fatal wounds. The struggle was a fear* ful one ( 'howsvcr, and man hud Qlso.rqcel. vod several bad outs, when ins adversary fell from tho loss of blued aud soon aftor expired. Thus ended this strongs meeting, and thus wore father and uncle revenged. DONIT MBDOIiO. Meddle not with the affairs of others. Look Into your own bosom. You have,sins enough to answer for, wo’Jl bo bound to say. When you hove become perfect, ltvyUl,bo sill), (jme.priough to take your neighbors olso—Will Knot?' Many a man has made his fortune by minding Ms own business; and many a man hok bocomp reduced in character by officiously',meddling, with others. Mon who n» forover looking aftor their neighbors ailalrs loto their ssorats, seldom find time to wntoli themselves. In uncovering the misdeeds of theiV friend they entirely conceal iholr own. Wherever you find, a meddlesome person, you will Invariably find one whoso heart, oould it be uncovered and revealed (otho view, would pre sent nothing like purity and love.. Then bo not meddlesome. Look within—deteot your own faults and mond (hem as.fust as you can. You will soon find enough to do to employ yourlajsuro hours, and will find precious few moments to pry into the secrets and follies of your neighbors. : AUTUMN' LEAVES. Ths ftoM|tc>»ched Autumn leaves begin to fall • * H ' • 111I 11 j ujC . € rnu,, d—leaves that were laic so,green •Awil hnuliful, whether with raindrops sltcci! Waving Qi sunlight or beneath Nights pull 01 Shadows., They will bo withered all And trMnncflred for by the feet of men *J ljQrni »C bower, ut porch, or wall, Waklnano mntic more In grove utul glen, • EmblemSaf hripe and destinies which Time Yields |o tbe cnlrirand contempluting soul— How green ore oil things iu youth's Suwiuec*Umot How sear beneath Old Agc> stole t But Spring shall come with leaves of freshest bloom— I bus Joys of heaven succeed our earthly doom. . From the Nineteenth Ceutuyy'. UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, DY HORACE GREELEY. Universal JSducatioti! Grand* inspiring idea! And shalmhere come a lime when the delver in the mine and the rice swamp* and the orphans of the, prodigal and the felon, tho very offsprings of I shame, shell ho truly, systematically educated? Glorious consummation I twilight of (lie oiillonni- M*nl Who will not labor,' and court l sacrifices, and su(Ter reproach, if Ho may hasten by feven so much ns a. day, Us blessed coming? Who will not take courage from the contemplation of what tho last century, has seen accomplished, if not in absolute results,yet in preparing the approaches, in removing the impediment*,’ in corntoilhg and expanding-the public comprehensjon-of the work to b« doi)o| ond of the feasibility of doing it?— VS hatevor of evil and of Buffering thofuiure may have in slbro for us, though the earth i yet to bo ploughed by a sword, and fertilized by , h,uman gore, until rank grpwtljs of the deadliest weeds.snail overshadow it; stifling into premature i decay every plant most conducive to health or to 1 lime shall surely come when truo « and universal education shall dispel tho night of fcnorance and perverseness r.o\v en shrouds the vast .majority pf.'.ihe human raco; shall banish evil anil wretchedness almost wholly from eatug, by removing or unmasking the multi form teinniaiibiis to wrong-doings; shall pul an ®od[ to rebury, hatred,.oppression, and war, by dilfuaing-hvidoly and thoroughly n living con- of tho brotherhood nfmankimi and tho sure blfawdneas, ns well ns righteousness of doing eyeratfTra would have,others d 0 i 0 us. .‘‘Train up a chibfyn tho wajr he shpuldigo, and when he isold ho will not depart from it,”., Such is the promise which; cnfibloa us to see to tho end of tho dizzy of wrong and misery in which our race hab frhg sinnojl and suffered. On wise and systematic^ttaininoj.based oh the widest knowl edge, thoijtruesi mortality, and tending ever to umversal'good, ns tho only assurance of special or personal; wcl||bdngfrcBts the great hope of the terrestrial'fenovaiion and ulovniipn of man. Not lhgwairrortheri, or the statesman, nor yet tho such, hut the teachef, ih our | day vanguard of humanity. Whether page, our true king is not ho I whip btei>oirccts tho siege, or sets his squadrons I Iri the peii, , or,heads lltu charge—but he who can atidwillQssirucl and enlighten his fellows, co that at lcsßt somo fovv of tho generation of whom ho i^fhtfjjr-be wiser, purer, nobler, for his living piopaied to oatry:l‘wu\ard tho! work, i’f. 4 whfcfi he was an humble iusirument, to its fat grander and loftier consummation. Oh, far above the eonqueror of kingdoms, the destroy er of bqstb. by tho sword and the bayonet, is he whoso tearless victories redden no river .and whi-i ten no plain; but bo who leads the a willing captive, and builds Ma empires not of wretched and bleeding fragments of subjugated nations, but on the realms of intellect which he has discovered, ond planted and peopled with beneficent activity and enduring joy ! The math-, ematician who, in his humble study, undistuibcd j as yet by the footsteps of monarchs and their ministers, demonstrates the existence of a planet, before unsuspected by astronomy oqd unobserved by tho telescope f the author who from his hum ble garret, sends forth tho scroll which shall con strain thousands upon thousands to laugh or weep at his will; who toppela down a venerable fraud, hy an allegory, or crushes down a dynasty by an epigram, he /shall live and reign . over a still in creasing dominion, when the pasteboard kings, whoso steps aro counted in court circulars, and timed by stupid .huzza?, shall liovo long sinco mouldered and; been forgotten. . To build out chaos and drear vacuity; to render somo corner of the primal darkness radiant with tho presence of an idea; to supplant ignorance-by knowledge, and sin by virtue; such is the mission of our age, worthy to onkindlo tho ambition of tho loftiest, yet proffering opportunity and reward to tho most lowly. To the work of universal enlightenment I be our lives henceforth contracted, ttnlll (ho black clouds of impending ovi) are irradiated and dis persed by the full effulgence of the divinely-pre dicted day wlipn “ All shall know the Lord, from tho least unlb the groatnet,” and when wrong and woo shall vanish forever from thn presence of universal knowledge, purity oMI bliss! DIGItKNS. • Ho l*¥ very gny dresser—eschew* collars—ro. Joicoi in bright scarlet facings in hU waistcoat—U as fond of rings and gold ebuiha ntf n Mosaic Jo\v.— Indued lie dresses in o manner which', if indulged in by another would inevitably call forth sumo of his gonial banter. Ha is fond of country dunces and similar amusements. lly his own fireside ho Is os pleasant and companionable as his warmest admirer could wish: his cohforsation, however, Is ,nul what might bo expected frotil a rtf an so Justly celebrated: ho tells s story well, and with every fresli variations and. humorous exaggerations. 110 is a strong ad;, ralrcrof TennyflonqiuJ Bro>nihg;’vvo hovo heard Him declare that tie.would rather have written the‘‘lllot in Ilia Scutcheon", than any.work of (he. modern times. Wo have heard similar, high admiration ex* pressed on the other side of Ilia Atlantic. Taking this fur what it Is worth, it still shows Jmw. highly (hat unpopular poet. Is esteemed by pome ofthb lead ing intellects of England and America. .Mr. Dickons lives lu good stylo in thn Regent’s Pork, and la reported to live onot too wisely, but too well." Mon of quick feelings ond ardent sympathies sro not expected to bo Cooker)* Arillunulia in (ho flesh, or to have the calculallngmind of a Cnilddh or Now York merchant., * Ho obominatos argument; delights in walking the crowded thoroughfares of life, and noting the humors of lii* fulloW'Croataroß. >llo hus.ii'Birong sympathy with all the oppressed classes, and bus no toleration for the misanthrope or (ho cold hearted aristocrat.— He now and (hen administers a little gentle, rebuke tp sfiectftion, |n a.plomonl, but unipistaheabloman ner. Wo remember an Instance whore ho silenced/ a bilious young writer whowim inveighing against! l(io world in a vory “fbrclblo, focblo manner.’* Dur ing a pause in this philippic against the human race, reckons said across the table In the most, seif-con-, gralulatory ononps;‘“J any, , whau lucky thing it is you and 1 don't belong to it. It reminds mo," continued the author of Picawlck, “of two men, \y?»o i on a reiierf scaffold wore awaiting the HnaJ delicate 1 attention of the hangman; the notiro ol' nrjo was aroused by observing that n bull bud got ‘lnto the ( crowd of sprfcThtors, and was busily engaged in loss- ( Ing one hero, and another there] whereupon ha said. , to the o)licr 'Liay Bill, how tueky it »s/er ns that tee are up . fn gefiorof; liowovor, Ms remarks arc not happy. ■ Notwithstanding his apparent theoretical sympathy yvith lower classes, he pays an 'absurd deference to mon pfrank, and thinks no dinner table complete wiljioutio lord, or a vory rich merchant opbnnker. This has boon decidedly Injurousjn hla wflUngat tt has cratfipoJ his hand ’’and checked the thunder in mid vo)»y.” tsmefcttcsf. / There is a lender'end tranquil .beauty in Ihp fol lowing lines which goes directly to Clio heart. Read ond weep. ,i. > ; :i Lines ou a Kitten* Hero lies,,Sy deuth smlUep •( A helpless young kitten, , To moulder uway in tho dust; Oh, had it lived longer, It might have grown stronger, - And died somewhat older Wo trust. \. ■. n . grown up to cathood. Then many, a rat would liuve mourned in Ilia deepest of wo ; ■ Let thucurlambedruwhtoo, We hopo it has gone to . , . Tlio land to which other cats go. ; Gooi>SAL*iiv.-“Maj. Thompson S. Brown, lute fin* gittcer to the Erie Railroad, will soon leave this coun try for a five years engagement with the Emperor of Russia, from-Whom lie is loreccivo a salary 0f512,. 000. per annum. . . Mammoth Cheese.— TJiero is n Mammoth Chccec exhibiting at tho Agricultural Fair in New York, made. from one day's milk, of GOO cows, by A. E. Austin, Ashtabula county, Ohio. It weighs ■ 3,0.00 PoUnds,.aiid cost s3iio, al llie rate,of j pef pound, and is undoubtedly (ho largest la (ha j world. ■ • I Suirr Ministers Hung.— The Commercial Advert tiser’a London correspondent, in reviewing tl»o recent cruel acts of Gen. Haynau, say,s.thpl tho limiting of Bishqp EfloU was followed by llio siulil.nr execution of sixty Hungarian Ministers of llio Gospel,' who wore charged with praying foe the success of their country's cause. • W hat Father Mathew isdoinq.— TiicWondsoo- UeL(U. 1;) Patriot says that since Father Mathew's departure from that pin bo several gtoggcrics have Ireou closed ; the proprietor in one instance emptying his-liquor into the street. The keepers of several other drum shops say that Father Mathew has dcs trbyed thcir'liasinesst • , ftevEH Sav Die.—An English .‘paper has (he fbl* lowing—" Neither birth, marriage, sickness, nor seasons, arc known to cullers in this country ; death Itself is no apology. They may die, but their paper must como out” * j! National' Thanksgiving. —Tlio N. Y. Evangelist earnestly urges Iho propriety of a National Thanks, giving for the abundance of the past season, and the pissing sway of J lhc cholera. j IlAilßiskuna Gas WoßKs.—This v/ark is progres* sing rapidly.' The licgijaluro add (ho Bf&uugh will ho lighted up this whiter. A Republican Shot.— Wcloarn from tlio Cincinnati Commercial, (hat letters Ipjvo .been received by tlio relatives of. Mr, Ftibef, well known as a resident of that oily, confirming tlio ruiuor of his having been publicly executed in Germany, by order of Iho Gov. eminent, for giving utterance lb republican doctrines. Mr. tuber was ou a visit to his naltvo land, and was expected to hayu returned ere this. ■ . flow a Lady can Marry and yet. Remain Single. -—By the Reville wo find that Misa Jane Boswell,of St. Lonip, wns married on (ha 23d of August, at Bojl_ Wisconsin,. to Mr. Bonjamld Single.—r? rhus, flWdgli Iho ybnngTa'dy was’ married, sho still enjoys "Single llcssedneas,*' CoNSTJTCTid.VAuAaiENDaiKNTs.—At the late elections in Alabama nnd Texas, trlurgo majority of llio pco* plo voted In favor of amending.their respective State Constitutions, so as to allow the people (o elect their Judges. • ■ , j Cider. —Hero is a receipt worth to farmers iho price of a years subscription *. “Tube a pint oUjiik verized charcoal, and nut it imp a s’mull.'CoUon tpyf, then pul it into a bunci of ne.w eider, and the elder will.ncvorTurmoht, ndvsr contain- any intoxicating quality, ond.tho lunger it Is kept tho more palatable it becomes.'*. ...» ... A national convention of tho friends of common school education, was held inl’hiladclpliia;\veck bo* fore last,.at which the lion. Horace Mann, of Muss.-, presided. -It was well attended, and wo anticipate much good from its labors, Tho delegatee in'alien dance,.from Pcnnii., have recommended o stale Con vcnllon, to be hold s( Harrisburg,next January. We (rust the friends of the cause, throughout the State will adopt mcahs to have it well attended. (Xj*A wealthy Catholic gentleman at Boston lately, in issuing invitations to .on entertainment, thought* tessly worded those ho sent to the Catholic ministers tho same as ail tho rest, viz: “ Yourself and lorfy lire respectfully,” &o. Perhaps, however lie Is op* posed to celibacy. (£7* The wife of« Policeman in Now« York died suddenly, on Sunday week, in consequence of seeing her husband brought homo wounded. , (o"!lam'a mortal, onomy to anything hut a cheerful countenance and a merry'.hearl,.which Sol omon tells us does good like a medicine." 1 Op'Sorno iHor SOAmuflcohaln Paris Ijntvouhr. led in an earnest letter to Mr. Carr, the Aniertoan Representative at Constantinople, urging him tu do what he cun to . sustain the Bultnu in his refusal la surrender the Hungarian refugees, and to utter them a shelter in our Mediterranean fleet. , , iCCj* Tho young female, Charlotte M’Culg, who •sinbbcd her* fellow servant a abort Unto ago in Phil-, adulphlu, for applying on offensive epithet lo her, hud her trial lust week, und.,,was found guilty of m-inslaughlcrfhut recommended lo fho mercy of the Court. (Jj* It is computed that the fats In the tl. Slates cunsumo six millions of dollars worth of grain a year. , • (£/* Col, Denton’s monster speech at Fayette, Mis souri, has at last made Its appearance in the Jefler son inquirer. It fills about twenty fire columns of that paper. (O'Thp mtnrsjerhl organ in Montreal publishes ho annexation address, and cuuntonaiiaos the move- A girl, who lis* been some five.years disgnlssd as a common sailor, Was recently delected on board a steamer, lying in Cork harbor. Site sUled that her connautiuiii reside el St. John's, Now Drum- 1 wick} that her. motive for tint* forsaking her home in favor of a sailor’s life, was In order that she might meet with iter seducer—a Capt. Drudford—and be tCvpjißod- upDn.hlm foT forsaking Jipr ami I>or chl|d. magistrate* propose lo send her homo to her native place. It la cuntumpialed to hold on Anti Shivery World’s Convention In New York city next Summer, ami many eminent delegates arc expected to ho present 'from England,-Franco, Holland, Italy, Swhxorlond and the West Indies. On (ho 20th of AugWiliure wore in San Frauds, cu about SOO salls of. vessels. * Hov. Dr. Demme, of Philadelphia, has been qjfifet ted Sccund.Professor in Scmlnam? Gettysburg. It U stated that the servants in the Royal Puked of (ho Queen of Spain have not been paid ff«tr wages for several months, Royalty being short of (ho ’’needful.” A noble heart, Uko tho Sun, ahbwelh Us greatest countenance l'n its lowest sti^o, Birds nro (ho pner man’e music—and flowere (ho poor man's poetry. •Tiiuuqhts.—llavo every day higher thoughts ol God—lower thoughts of self—kinder thought* ol your, brotlirvn—and more hopeful thoughts of all around y‘ou, . . AT $2 00 FEB ANNUM. From tlio Loudon Punch, In For r lt—iiow to get ontof ll* Onco -on a lime thftre was a gentleman who won an.elephant dn a raffle. , . i It was a very fine elephant, and very ohea|> ai the price the gentleman paid for his chance. But the gentleman had no place to put it in. Nobody would take it off his hands. He could’m afford. Is U. \?> r He w'Btf afraid of. Uie law if he turned it loose into the'streots. - He was too humane to leave It starve. Ho was afraid to shoot it.: , ... . a In short, he waa.in a perplexity very natural to a gentleman wrili—moderate moans, a small house, common.feelings of huaibnily—and an el ephant.. • , France has won her elephant at ftome. She has brought back the. Pope. ;• i ... She ta at her wits* end what to do with him* She can’t abet the Pope and the Cardinals, be cause she interfered in the caupe of Liberty. , She can’t abet Republicans, because she inter fered in the cause of the Pope and the Cardi nals.. , > - > • I.< She can’t eel with Austria, because Austria in absolute.. ■ ‘ She.can’t act against Austria, because France ie cofiservalive and peaceful.' . .. - . .. . Sho can't continue her.anny in Roroe, t becau&a it is not treated with respect. Sho can't withdraw her.army from Rome, be caiihe lhai it bo to sluiilfy Jierself. . . S|\e can’t go forward, because she insisted on the Human people going backward* ' • '[ Sho can’t go backward, because (he French people insist on her going forward. v Mho can't clioose the wrong, because public opinion forccaher to tbo rights ... ... She can’t choose the right, because her own dishonesty haa forced her to the wrong. In one word, she is on the horns of a dilemma* and the more site twists, the more sharply she feels tho points on which she is ipipaled, like a cockchafer :in a,cabinet for. the inspection of the curious in tho lighter and more whirligig species of political entomology. , Poor France—will nobody take her precious bargainin' her handp 1 Rome is her bottle imp* She bought it dear enough,, but can’t got rid of it at any price. * , '‘Nothing hut a Printer, Alii'h'owt'i Some person having uilcfcdlliji sneering, express stoipwithin hcoring of the editor of tlio Cincinnati Times, ho indignantly replica as follows, in defence of tho profession he follows In pride : • - ( Nobody but a printer, forsooth jftaltdfi pur free blood run rampant through our veins'to hear such , expressions from the-lips of those nursed on republican soil. . , , • And has labor become disgraceful 7 ■ls the name of u printer a reproach in the land 7 We cannot b«r* Sieve it. . Whoever gains a livelihood by toil Is a no* Woman,’fyet those who scorn the laborer look back to thclggraud fathers^and they will see nobleman-af* ter the, idako of God’s own hand—men who stood and suiiMtihong Iho waving com—men who word their human nature like a crownU u .• >*- •*«. “Nobody but a printer anyhow!** Who was Wm. Caxton,one of tho fathers of literature 7 Nobody but a printer ! Who was Earl Stsijliapo 7 Nobody but a printer! Who Was Surouaf’Wdoda&brtb, the poet? Nobody but a.printer;. 1 ■•• i \Vho : wa« Benjamin Franklin, tho groat American philosopher andstates man 7 Nobody but a printer I. Who was Gov. Arih« strong, of. Massachusetts 7 Nobody hut a printer!. George -P. Morris, James Harper, Horace Greeley,, N.'P. Willis; Robert Scars;,and Senator* Cameron,- Dlx, and Niles, end a host of no less cohspieilobs names—Who are they 7 “Nothing but' printers omrljow!*' - , ‘ i |jc( the mistaken souls of our )siid scorn-(hose who! honestly work out tho penal condition proscribed byv the creator, and If justice is not gonw r forever,- they; will blister their hands with manual labor. Wo.have seen audrjußiice in our day. THIS PEUILS OP FAXBEHOOD. * In the beautiful language of an eminent writer > —“When ancon concealment or deceit has been ’ practised In matters where all.should be fair and; * open ns (ha day—-confidence can never be restored | any more than you can restore the white bloom. 1 I to the grape or plum whichyou have!once pressed* in your hand," .How truei is this! and-wbat a neglected-truth by a great po;jion ; of.mankind.— Fnlsohbod is pot only one of the most huniiJiaUng vices, but sooner or later loads tomoro-sarloua crimes. With partners ih trade, with partners in* life-rwiih friends, with lovers, how. important is. oon/idencc! How essential that all guile and bv poerisy.'flhQbld be guarded against, in tho intflt .course between such parties ‘ How much misery would bo avoided in the histoiy of many lives,* Ijad truth and sinoorily been guiding and conlroll-. ing, motives, Instead,of prevarication and deceit. ‘•Any vfoe/Vhaid n (Went in our hearing a fewf days.since, “any vico; at least among tho fratil .Hfrs. of *..« miller cljnractor, hot falsehood. Fir hotter that my child should commit ; an error and down error and confess it, than escape the penalty however seme, by falsehood and hypocrisy, lidt mo HnoW <the worst, and a remedy may possibly, bo upplicd. %Uut keep me in the dark—lot me bo misled or deceived, and it Is impossible .to tell, what unprepared hour a crushing blow—an over* whelming exposure—may come,” . } Simplicity Personified*.. , ~f * , Wo,have seldom heard of an instance of more.. , bcaiitffhl simplicity than was evinced by a mslv“ t tor*offucl witness on case “dowli 0081.**, “Whot .were the mWdoing -whan your " first saw themr* was one of the questions ashed' by the dielriol allorncy, “Thttfcos a»s/nglng| ,> - replied (he witness, “ &fngtng / J thftfc, , puhlio prosecutor; ‘Mvhat,, about?” I don’t hnrjfcj’m cure, buuhcy fi'Stnging, ony. how.’Tß Well, hhotfens. it?—' '■ **:•' ~*■ What were they saying?* What did they soem ,v. to ho lathing about?” as far as I ree* colJccs,” ropLod (he wKncss, “ they was a-lalkin’, aboouto man o’ tho name who ! refused to come homo to ids lea I'vßThls supreme, specimen, of ignorance and simplnKtr convulsed tho whole court with laughter.—AfTOKr. Be Careful How You »pohlM . , j £ lliisli'—why should you spunk against ■ ' character of a.femalol. IV is all slto has io da.™-* pend Upon in litis wolld. Just give the impression w __ wings, that she is not so good as she should ho X and It will fly Ip every nook, nnd corner of (ho. temp. Tjro story you whisper will return intones of thunder, to astonish even youtsolf, who was lliu first guilty wretch to repeal so bnso a story.! A word hue. often proved the ruin of a vliltioug! soul—a word thoogtlossly spoken, il.may be—bul’ ii-orled by ,anevil mind. Suppress any thought',' ■ t| uttered, might-Injure the character or feelings of another,.. A thought gmy he stilled at US birth, but a word spoken moylTover he lost.— every thing you uilor.apvthat none may language nr recoivo s wrong im proS "tt’or, even in Jest, whisper,, won would throw hllyhl upon a' , spotless rfpulaliou.—O/iee JJrancd, , . Jgfe Wlrnl, Mr. Speaker, who! shall I .ay t'o mveUrwfl' : jKjF ■tilucnls?” exclaimed a wrtthful member ufCtiugtesa'dJßF*"' on the passage of e-bill aowhloh ho-*w«i vluleollv opposed. “What shall I say," fie repeated,'but it inipuMllilo lu gel beyond the Interrogatory. • ,** Toll them," replied the waggish Spanker, u lhav' you tried to make a speech bul couldn't,'*' ISO. 21.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers