BT JOHNB. BRITTON. VOL. 36. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, la published every Thursday,*ai Carlisle. Pa ,by JOII NB« BRATTON, upon the'following, condition!, which will bo rigidly adhered to: - - , , TERMS oy SUBSCRIPTION .. For one year, in advance, • -.sr no •’ Foraix months,in advance, ' . No subscription taken for a teas term than six roont!is,ani, no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages “ r ® • Tweiily-five per cenl. additional ou the price of •“J“”P llon will be required of all those who do not pay in ad vnuce. RATES or ADVERTISING. Ono.siqMare, one insertion, - •' '=* ; . •• • * ®75 . One square, two insertions, inn One square* three insertions, .* • • • • .• .»*■ *»«■> >* the year, or for three orsix months. Omoe.—The office of the 'American Volunteer is i n the sec ond story of James H. Graham's new stone building, in Smith Hanover street, a few doors south of the Court tiuusu, where those having business are Invited to call. THF, VOLUNTEER. John B» Editor and Proprietor* CARLISLE, THURSDAY, FEB’Y. 28,1850. Remarks of Rer* J* A. Derlunoy, of Carlisle* Made in the late Education Conventwn y upon the Resolution in regard to Normal Schools. Mr. Devinwkt said: The precise number of normal schools lo be recommended to the Legis lature,produced considerable-discussion.in com mittee; and we fell all the embarrassment upon that subjectihat'oiir friend from Nprihamlon (Mr. McCartney) ..discovers, It had-not escaped our notice, that the convention had shown itself diffi dent in entertaining any proposition which fore shadow large expenditures. And this conserva tive feature gives the convention strong claims upon the public regard. From the very first, it has encouraged ho tendencies to extravagance. Assembled from'every district of the State, the mentors seem impressed with the two leading apparent failure of a good system of free: schools, to administer .itself, and the im portance of giving ttijait system a longer trial under better circumstances. • Accordingly, uto pian schemes found no inviting reception, among us, Indeed none have) been presented. We have 'met as friends, our sessions have boon harmoni eus, and our airu.appears to be to the attainment of such results as will favorably influence the in terests We represent. . • - Acting under those motives, wo deemed it ad visable to proceed with thonco (he resolution advises the establishment of only two State normal sohqols. This measure being some what now to Pennsylvania, ii simply asks a fair experiment. Let the experiment be conducted . on "i reasonably extended scale, and If it proves ..a failure, it will bo easy to retract, and if it suc ceeds, our successors can provide for its enlarge ment. Grant us these two institutions, ably con ducted, and well attended by candidates for ma tured qualifications in a noble art; f 9iid when those accomplished instructors shall have returned >|o:.lh6ir-respective neighborhoods'Aapd satisfied • the ,frfeods e~ducatton • ihal lha^tnatltuUons * themselves are worthy of confidence, common school keeping 'will - become a profession, and normal schools will multiple to any extent the public wants may require. Their establishment will be as natural and necessary as the establish ment of the primary district schools. Dut if we recommend their erection in every county in the State, we may thwart the whole affair, and by attempting too much, accomplish really noth ing. , It has been objected, that with only two normal Schools, located either .at the centre or the ex tremities of the Stale, it will be inconvenient and expensive for (he teachers to attend them. 1 ad mit the truth of the objection, but the proposed substitute does not obviate the difficulty, .Teach ers would find it both expensive and Inconvenient to come from the remote parts of each county, and attend upon the schools located In each county town; and even granting that the expense wcUld be less, -U must not be forgotten that tho classes would bo 1 too small to secure tho. services of copi fUftent teachers and instructors. But the strong answer to the objection lies in the fact that scliooi keeping, is to become a profession, whose respec tability and emoluments will justify some outlay in the acquisition of suitable qualifications. The other learned professions labor under precisely the same difficulty. After a cinqs of young men have spent five or six years at college, far from thetr homes, they occupy two or three more in reading medicine, theology, or law, in some In stitution chartered for the purpose—and all With out a mariner; No one would employ, as a safe physician, or an able counsellor, the young bach elor of arts with his honors fresh upon him; and ia it right-that of all crofts and trades, school keeping slohe'tnay bo subject to no law but the caprice and temperament of the (eachert Can any person, who knows a little, teach a common school 1 If this opinion prevails, normal schools will gradually correct it. They are not Into.ade.d to teach "directly all the citizens. /They Ijpgin with educated men and women, and impart to them-not general knowledge; for this must have been obtained previously—but the very best plan of communicating to others whet they know themseivos, and the . wisest method of discipline a school. But 1 must not consume time ln ex plaining what is obvious already. 1 hope the resolution will patos without amendment. A Grinned, Esq., has genorously-ofierid to equip and fit out two vessels for the purpose of prosecuting tho aoarch ufler Sir John Franklin, on condition that tho Government will lend iU aanclion and countenance by appointing proper officers to command them* The offer ia said to be favorably received, and it will probably be car* ried out. There will be no lack of officers, we pro . same, ready and deairoua to proceed onsuoh an ex pedition. Lleul.Lyncli haa boon named in oonnec- Uon with he command. Advices from Turkey, up to the very latest date, slate that Gen. Bom, the Hungarian patriot, hud very suddenly; - , The Russians have resumed diplomatic relation! with Turkey. So (be old. Czar hae been made to sur render ! Kossuth la still In Turkey.. Handsome Rkvinuk.— lt is alated that (be rents of Col. Fremont's property at San Francisco, amount to 140.U00 per annum. > The State Election in New' Hampshire will take, slace on the 12th of March. ' ' 1 ! A Black Rainbow.— The Beaton Tianjcrift learni that a,black rainbow, ,was discovered on Tuesday evening about 8 o'clock* by tho. good peo ple of New-Bedford. Its direction-was from the north west to the south oast, and it lasted • about twenty minutes. It was very, perleet, and of groat size. ■ ■ ■ Col. Wzdd’s Diplomatic Plate.—A largo cheat of elegant plats, got up by order of Col. Webb, and packed in.a very careful manner, was dispatched to him from Now York, last week. The; service was intended to shine on “ Slalo occasions " in Vienna. But that vote in (he Sohato will change its destina tion.— Mirror. , . CtURI< r DO YOU BBAtiLY THINK HB DID I BY CHARLES SWAIN. 1 waited till tha twilight, . Aud yst hs'did noi come: I strayed rflong Iho brook side,. And slowly wandered home;. When who should coma behind md, But him I would have chide { lie said bo came to find mo— Ou you really thluk he did 7 ile.sald since last we.partcd, ’ He’d thought of nought su sweet, AsoftHis very moment— The moment wo should meet.- He showed mu where, hatf-sliadod, A cottage home jay bid; Ho said for me he inado it— ’ Ho you really think bo did 7 He said when first ho saw me - Lifesccined at once divine; Each tliglu ho dreamt of angels, And every face was mine: Sometimes a voice, in sleeping,' Would ail tils hopes forbid; .• And then he wakened weeping—' Do yon rcnlly think ho did t EARLY WOO’D AND WON* nr nbi. Ldov. 0! sigh not for the fair young bride, (Jouo tn her opening: bloom, Far from her kindred, loved and tried, - To glad another home ; Already are the gay brief days’ Of girlish triumph done. And tranquil happiness'repays, , ’ The early woo’d and won.. Fear shall invade her peace no more, Nor sorrow wonlid.thu breast; Her passing rivalries are ii'er. Her passing doubts at rest; Tho glittering liquids of worldly state, Love whispers her tn shun, Smco scenes of purer bliss await: Tho early woo'd and won. , Here l«a young and guileless heart, Confiding, fond, amt warm ; Unsullied by the worlds vain mart, Unscathed by passion’s storm; In .“hope dufmod *' she had. not pined - Tlll hope's sweet course was run | No chahistir sad rommiihrnncu bind Tho early wOo'd and won., - ■ Hersmitcs and songs have ceased to grace Tho hull of festive mirth,.' Rut woman's safest dwelling place, Is by the true one's hearth, Her hours ol duty, joy, and love* . In iiriglitneiiß have begun, Peace be her portion from above, The early woo'd and won,-- SRlactUiwcoua. STORMING OP STONY POINT. A ROMANCE ‘OF TUB REVOLUTION! Tho night had already settled down gloomy and forbidding, on tho evening of tho 15th of July, ,’79| when tho advancing column-of a little .army,’ whoso uniform betokened 4l (o’bo American, emerged from a thick wood on tho shore of the Hudson, and in an instant the whole dim ond shadowy' prospects, dis closed to lhem-*tung,tlie bonk of .tho river,’“bpsped to the sigh;. Far a.w»y lay buried in, admass of shadow, while pnthe other side of the river, dark, gloomy, and'towering, rose up the craggy heights of Stony Point. Washed on three stilus by the Hudson, and protected bn tho other, ex cept by a narrow road, by a morass, the fort was deemed ono of the most impregnable bn tho river; and its capture regarded as almost impossible. Yet to achieve that gallant purpose, this little army was now upon Us march. A turn in the road soon hid them from tho river, end ufler a silent march of some minutes duration, they arrived wilhin-a mllo and a half of the enemy’s lines, and hailing at the command of tho officer, formed into column for tho attack. Beginning again lljefc inatci), they soon reached the maraliy ground ut the base of tho hill. f‘, Hist !" aaid the low voice of tho General, from tho front, "wo are now— halt." The order passed in a whisper down (ho line, and the column passed oh to the morass. It was a mo* inonl of suspense and peril. Every man fell that.in a fow moments the fate of their hazardous enterprise would and that (hoy wquld either bo cold in death, or the American flag waiving in triumph over the dark prombntdly ahead, now scarcely discernible Ihryugh dhb.thick glqom of mid night. Volant & lip Quivered nor a check blahoh cd in that crisis. About twenty paces in front of the coluiqn, hulled tho forldrn hope of one'hundred and fifty pieces and bayonets fixed, while further on smaller group of shadowy forma could! be seen through the obscurity, aoootitfotf with. oXcs to out through tho übutis. Each man bad a piece of white pajiofci in.his hut to diatingush him fronrtho foe in the approaching melts. The pause, however, which afforded this prospect was but momentary. Tho general hud already roconnuilorod the opprouchei to the still silent promontory, and waving.,his sword 911 jhlgi.i, hc-gayo the order. In another instant, the dark massive column was moving steadily to the attack. It was a thrilling.moment, during which that do? voted band crossed rapidly over thp tnrtfsh. As ypV tho enemy had not discovcred.lhum. Evch tho heart of the oldest veteran Irothblbd with eagerness in that moment of suspense. Already had the foremost of the pioneers reached tho abatis, and the quick Vapid blows of- the axes rung upon the night, when sud denly a shout of alarm broke from the fart, the gun of a *enlr)r fUßhcd.llirpugh the gloom, and lit an In stant .all, was' uprbar utul confusion within, the astonished fortification. Not a moment was to bo lost, . , AdVattce, advance !’* shouted Wayne, at he pres* sed rapidly on towards the abatis, followed in death like silenceby,h}s a IpdginjUafile ttoops.' : , .” To arms!" come borno on the night breeze from the furl—“to arms," and then followed the quick mil of the drum. .In an instant Jho enemy wore at their posts, and a> the gallant continentals still maintained their silent but steady march, o fire, such as desper ation only could product, burst from every embrasure of the Tort. The incessant tattle of musketry* the roar of artillery, tho crashing of the grape shot and tho lurid light flung over tho scene by the explosion of shells, and tho atrcafcns of fire poured from the fort, formed a picture >yhicli no pen can describe.— Yeti amid it all, tho during,assailants steadily yd., vancod, though not a trigger had been pulled In Choli* ranks. ' . Faithful to the cmnmahds of their geheMli-lhough trembling in every limb,with eagerness,'they kept up their silent march amid that fiery tempest as if impelled by some goddike power. ' : : On—on—on they pressed. The Whirlwind of fire from the fort censed not {yst still along, charging at the point of the bayonet, over abatis and bulwark, until tho onomy, borne book by thblr Im petuous onset, : quallodb£foro’ them,'The works wore forsad. Then, and.not. till then, was the death like alienee broken. A sound rung out,from the victor!- ous troyps, overall, tho thunder of the battle. It was thswalohwprd of suocoss/ It was heard by the head of the colnmii'bolilnd \itpasssd ddlvn the line; waa caught by tho roar und a Wild shout, making the very welkin tremble, rung out as they dashed on to the attack. 1 i J '' 1 " • • * , Tho conlosl was short but terrific. Over bulwark, battery and prostrateJoes, the gallant continentals, headed by Wayne, pressed.oh their little army with an enthusiastic cheer. In the very oontro of tho bhe* my's work. •’ In anolher mbmUni tllb star spangled banner waved triumphantly over'the. battlements; The enthusiasm of the victory cannot bo described. But though' Ihb ooiitcyl had been' sb 1 bloody, not a roan of thoi Vnbmy fell ufler resistance ceased. The I prisoners- 'Werq. disarmed, a gpard.wss placed over | thorn, and sentries posted bn. all Hl9 commanding ‘OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGIIT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY** CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, EEBRUARY 28, 1 1850. positions around the works; .The morning gun an nounced to,the British fleet, in tho river, that Stony Point was won! , THB SWEETNESS OP HOMB. He.who iißB. no home has not the sweetest pleas ure of life**,ho feels not the thousand endearments that cluster around thai hallowedspotto fill the void aching, heart, and while away bis leisure "momenta in .the sweetest of life’s joys. Is misfortune your Io(, you. will find a friendly welcome from hearts beating.truo to your own. The chosen.partner of your toils has a smile of approbation when all Others refuse,,and> heart to,feel your sorrows 01l her own. Perhaps a smiting cherub, with prattlingv'gleo and joyous laugh, will drive all. sorrow from your care worn brow, and incloso in it tho wreaths of domes* tio bliss... - No matter how humble that home may bo, homo destitute; Its stores, or liow.poorly. Us inmates aro clad, if true hearts dwelt there- it is yet a home—a cheerful, prudent wife, obedient, and affectionate children, , will give their possessors more real joy than bagrof gold and;tvindy honors. The, homo of a temperate, industrious honest man will bo.hlis greatest, joy., Ho comes to it “weary and Worn,” but the mdslo of the merry ladgfi and tho happy voices of childhood cheer him. A plain but heallliftil moat awaits him.. Envy, ambition,and strifq have no places therej and wUb a oloor* con* science he lays his weary limbs down to rest in tho bosom of his family and under the protecting care of tho' poor man’s friend and helper. iMsrslifti rfeyhs Death Bceniti Tho .vengeance. of the allied, powers demanded IQine victims; and intrepid Ney, who had well nigb put the brown again on Bonaparte's head at Water loo, was to be ono of them. ' Condemned to be shot, ho.was led to the garden of Luxembourg on the morning of the tlh of December, and placed in front ofa file of soldiers, drawn up to kilt’ him. One of the officers stepped up to bandage bis eyes, but ho repulsed him;'saying, “Are you ignorant that for twenty five years I have been accustomed to facu both ball and bullet 7” Ho then lifted his hat abovo his head, atid) with tho same'calm voice that hatj steadied hit columns so frequently in the roar anti lumdlt of battle, said, "I declare, before .God and man; that r never betrayed my country. May my death render her happy. Vivo la Franco'.’* He then turned to the soldiers; and, striking his hahd on bis heart, gave the order, “Soldiers fire!" A simultane ous'discharge followed, and tho “bravest of the brave" sank to rise no more. He who had fought ytbeAtln drtd battles tot France, not one against her, wasahot is u traitor!; As I looked on the spot where he fell, I.could not but sigh over his fate. True, ho broke his oath of allegiance—so did others, carried away by their attachment to Napoleon,and the. onthuaiaam that hailed Ms approach to Purls—ilill.ho was no traitor'. HORRORS OF THIS GREAT JAIL OF VIBM* Dut let us listen for a moment to the voice of a more recent victim of the Austrian Gout t, the young and patriotic Count Gonfulunicritwhose crime It was to be an Italian and to love ills country. In a few of the most awful linos ever penned, thus lie wrote tho story of his life ; “ I am an old man now, yet by fifteen years my soul is younger than my body I Fifteen years 1 ex isted (for 1 did not live, ft. wu* not life.) in tho self 'same dungeon, ten ,fecv squaro! - Piitlng-atxJeara I 'flagVefffopn'hfbftt.‘tnCT*yagT» I-w«»rtftortu; XoiJTa t eould rightly distinguish the fuco of him who shared my captivity in tho eternal twilight of our cell. Tho first yeinM talked incessantly together; wo related our pastwos—our joya forever gone—over and over again. The next year we communicated our ideas to each other on all subjects. The third year we had no ideas to communicate, we wore beginning to .lose tho power of reflection. Tho fourth, at intervals of a month or so, wo would open our lips (ojiakeach other if it were indeed possible that the world went on as gay and bustling as when wo formed a portion of mankind. Tho fifth year we were.silent. The sixth he was taken away—l know not whore, to ex ecution or (o liberty; but was glad whan ho. was gone; even solitude was better than the dim vision of (hat pale, vacant,face. After that 1 was alone.— Only ono event broke in upon my nine years* vacan cy. One day (it must have been a year or two af ter my companion left mo) tho dungeon door wa* opened, and a voice—l know not whence—uttered these words : I By order of his Imperial Majesty, I intimate to you that your wife died a year ago.*— Then the dour was ahul; 1 hoard no-more.; They had but flung this groat agony in upon mo, and loft mo alone with it again." . . COUSINING* A country gcnl'emsn lately arrived at Boston, and immediately roparled to the house of a rela tivo, a lady who. hud married a merchant of that city. .The parties were glad to vco him, and invited hiihtld .make UislMioU«e>l>|i homo, (as lie declared his intention of remaining In iliai city but a day or two.) • The huuband of. tho lady anxious to show attention to a relative and friend of his wifei look the gentleman's liorso to a livery stable in Hanover slrseii " - , l *’i Finally the visit booamo a visitation, and ihs*mcr« chant alter a-; lapse of ejoven duys; found, besides lodging and boarding U>o gentleman, a pretty con* sidorablo bill had run up at the livery, stable. Ac* oorUmgly, he went to tho man. who kept tho stable, and tdld him when the gentleman look his horse ho would pay-the bill. ’"* * • • t‘ Very good,** said the stable keeper) “I under stand you.” '-.Accordingly, in a short time, the country gen* tlcman went, to tho stable, and ordered Ids Horse to bo got . The bill, of course, was present' “ Oh,’! said the gentleman, M Mr. » my rel ative will jmy this.”’ ■»-» • • N.*, “Very gobd, air,” said tho stable keopor, “please to got an order from Mr. • , it will be the same as the money.” The horse waa. put-up again, and down went tho country gentleman to Long wharf, where the mer chant kept.' ' 1 ' . “ Well,” said he,” !am geingmbw.” .j, i”. Are you 7” said the merchant) ” well, good bye, air I” 1 -..i - , Well, abriul my horaes-tho man aaya tho bill muet be paid for hie keeping.” “ Will, I suppose that i« all right, air IV - ' ” Yea—well,, but you know 1 em your wife*# ooliain.” “ Yea,” aaid the merohnot, “ 1 know you are, bul your horse la not I" ■. Taking Onk'a Paat.—A gentleman ofaome noth riety, at the weal,cod of tho town, woe the other day met by a frlopd who told him he had juat 101 l a peraon .who. apoke .very oontemptuoualy. of him., . ;,r - \ ' 41 Of me ?~whal did heaay 7” ' 41 Why ho aald you were over head end eari in debt, that you pald nobody, and aa for your,word, it soasn't north <i,6utt#n.” . * , / ' , V And what,” replied tho other, ” did you aay to thla 7”, , “ Why/* rejoined Iho friend werml/ f ,“X iald ii »«;v A, peasant, at odnfosklon, accused himself of having alolon' borne hay; the fixlhor confessor naked him how ida'ny bondlob ho had taken frohvlho alack. “Thai i«,no consequence,hilled' the passant, “ you may sot U down a wagon load, for my wife and mo aro going Iq fetch tho remainder soon." A Bad MtMoar—A.piafl In llio country,* Tow. days ago, led a blooming widow to lha altar, t Tho clergyman looked at theliridegroom and akidt ; ; • “1 ihlok you have a wife living 7” • , V ‘,.. V “Hove I'do'yori think?” replied the min. “I nra euro you hove," rejoined tho paraom . 41 1 really, .air," laid (ho follow, "have a vary Van memory, and I thank you for jogging it. 1 collect BOracthlng of it." ■ . . “ tUilunlctv MO CURE fc[QR HIM. ..i/ Tho city police rdporler’far tho relates many good things,' From a late number of that paper we take tho following i . - Ecl-tea, and Ull other cures for drunkenness that human science has over devised, were tried in vain on Philander Nicholls, Ihcdast maker* Mrs. Nicholls had Used somo desperats remccHcs, such as sleeping large quantities of jalap, aloes, ippocao, in Phil andet's grog| but he continued.la drink with undl* roinisbed relish, and tho CQnseqUonces of this dosing system were more troublesome to Mrs. Nicholls her* self, than they werb to Philander, her, husband.— Being, dead drunk every afternoon,' within -half an hour after ho began Ms day’s jollification, (so rapid ly did he pour down the liquor,) he never fell Iho slightest inconvenience or.unpleasant sensation, on account ofthu medicines ho had swallowed. At last Mrs.-Ntcholls bethought herself of another plan for making a reformed drunkard of her lord. She en gaged.a watchman, for a stipulated reward, to carry Philander do the watch house, while ho was In a state of insensibility and to frighten him a little who? he recovered. In consequence of this arrange ment, Philander waked up about eleven o’clock lust' night, and'found himself lying on a plno bench in a dim and strange apartment. Raising himself on one elbow he looked around till hie,eyes rested on a mad l footed by.aalovo and smoking a sogar. “Where am 17“ said Philander. “In the medical college,’*, answered ‘-What a doing-there?” “Going to bo cut opi” * “How comes that 7“ “Why i you , died yesterday white you were drunk, and wo 1 bought your body to make a’atilomy.” it’s a lie; | I’m not dead.” “No matter; we bought your.carcaso , from your Wife, that had a right to sell it, for itVull ' the good she could over make afyou. If you’re not | dead that’s..dot the fault of the doctors, and tboy’ll cut you up.jleador alive.” “You will do it, cU?” j asked the old sot.- “Ay: to be sure wo will; now dl* 1 rectly,” woe tho resolute answer. “Well, can’t you let us have a little something to drink before voli begin?" ; 'This lastypeech satisfied the watchman UiaVThiU andor was a hopeless‘Case; .and os Ills reward wus contingont on.liis successful treatment of tho patient, ho was.not a little chagrined at the result; so, with no gentle handling, ho thmbles tho irreformubb in ebriate out of'lho watch house. FAT 91BN. The follqwspg.ia an extract from tKo lectures, of ReT.’Hkrtvir C&Lks,- How going through the press of Messrs, Reed &. Fields, Boston: .. Tfacro is sofoothing cordial in a fat man. Every body likes hnn, and ho likes every body. Your IshmaelltSß aio* In truth, a bare boned race; a lank tribe arc they—all skeleton and blip. Food does a fat man guod;Ht clings to him, it fructifies upon him; ho swells nobly out, and fills a generous space in life. Ho is a living, walking specimen of gratitude, to the bounty of the,earth, and tho fulness thereof! an testimony against the vanity ofoaru, a of the wisdom, of good humor. A fat man, therefore, almost in virtue of being a fat man, is per se o popular map; and commonly ho deserves his popularity. In a crowded Vehicle the fattest man will ever be (ho first to make room.— Indeed, ho seems half sorry for his also, lest it bo in tho way of others; but others would not have him loss than he ip. for his Immunity is usually common- MV*— l k f-* 1 1 1 : ricfiXjfif6Ci^V N The hingua oflila system are well dtted; the springs of ids being ate noiseless) and so he goes his way rejoicing in full contentment ond placidity. A fit man /eels his position solid in the world; lib knows his being is cognizable; ho knows he has a marked place in the universe, and (hat ho need take no extraordinary pains to advertise mankind that he is nmong them} he knows that ho is in no danger of being overlooked. Your thin man is uncertain, and therefore ho .is uneasy.'- He may vanish any hour into nothing; already he is almost a shadow, and hence it is, the! ho uses such laborious efforts to convinco you of his existence, to persuade you that ho Is actually something; that he is more than o nonentity; that ho is a positive substance as well as his corpulent fallow creature. ■ ** • It really does Uko a deal of wrong to make one halo a fat man; and if wo oro not always so cor dial to a thin man us we ought to be, Christian cha rity should tak) Into account tho forco of prejudice which wo have to overcome against h)s thinness. - A (at man is (ho dearest to that most perfect,of figures, a'mathematical sphofo; a thin man to that moat lim ited of cbnccivnblu dimensions, a simple line. A fat man is a being of harmonious volume, and holds relation to the'material universe in every direction} a thin man, in fuel, is but the continuation of a point. A DUBIOUS APOLOGY. When John Clark (Lord Eldon) was at (ho bur/ lie was remarkable fur tho sangfroitf with which hb treated the Judges.. On one occasion a Junior coup sol, on hearing ttielr lordships givejudgement against' his client, exclaimed that htt was "surprised at such a decision I” . This was construed into conlcinpl. of court, and he was ordered to attend at (ho bur.next morning. ‘ Fearful of (ho consequences,'he consult ed his jiricndluliii Clark, who told him to bo porfool ly a tease, for he would, apologize for him iu.o way that would avoid .any unpleasant results. Accbr dingly, when the name of the delinquent was ca-lcd, John rosp and cooly addressed tho assembled tribu nal : “ 1 suj very sorry, my lords, that my young friond Imssp tkr forgot himself as to treat .the lion orable benohjwith disrespect! he is oxUonudy peni tent, and yo« wHI kindly oicribe his unintentional insult to>hi» ignorance. ‘ You must sao/al'anco it did originate in|lhul. . lie said.hu waa surprlacd at the decision of your lordships. ‘‘ If he hud not been very ignorant of what takes place at this court eve * ry day—hud ha.known you, but half so long as I have, ho would noi bu surprised at any thing Voa did!” . 1 .1. _ ..... . > 3 I A Barrs* Wan than ms Brotiikr.—The Philo. Spirit o/'tht Timc* vouches for thei correctness of Iho following; On Thursday last, a' wedding parly oirtvW from tho country, consisting of the; lirldo and groom, tho brofoeruf the knot und sev- 1 -oral friends. ? They pul up at one of our public I houses, nnd ih tlio evening, Iho preliminaries having' boon all sutlled and the clergyman in tho osrimonleo warp ab,out to begin, when the groom manifested some dissalisfoclion. Tho brlilo eeeing this, and bailiff Biglp spirited,-showed as rauoh inde pendence os Uiojlovor. In the midst of the oonlu-. ibn which eniutdjlhe bridegroom’s brother slapped up to Iho brldo shd said, « Since. - ■ ■■ ■. won’t mar ry you, Ml marry you myself, If-yon hove no objec tions." •J^iNooVmlhe-ioosl,’ 1 sold the bride, J al ways loofcjfdif, Ipf abettor man than your brolhoty and now l amjAilly convinced , of. tool was at once ilisllfNi'nd much gratification q "' *• pressed at of thoir affair. ~ ?' TiiißTßS.CnNyiNTiQH.— Slrongeias ITis term may may seam, tfißroJhas boon aolualljr such u conveuUon : hold in Londßifter the purpose of adopting measures < to procure an honest livelihood. It was attended by , two hundred avowed thir d -v spd was opened with prayer and a hytHn. An Jress was Lord Ashley aliklrtg if ai; Jiopt.wU’present'd for their 'Obtaining an honest living in tho British colo- | Tiiore Is something melancholy and impressive in this movement. **\Vo must steal or die," was tho response of one of the thieves; prayer, is very good but it will not fill an empty , What a comment upon the English Soolsl System! ' What error there must be in the government of so ciety wlioro'monfnusl'Stoßl or.stnrvsl .Tbp Gunviol Quostlon slroudy presents* serious difficulties lo 111® English Government; and how rotten and corrupt must be the system where crime is so rife that even criminals themselves aro devising moans for preven tion? Change, change will come—its advance is 'already foreshadowed, and its convulsions may ovcr-i take the nation. Jfiod send that moderation and re-' fttnVtbay prepare for its advent!— Chicago Jutill, THE TRAGEDY ON THE W.AINS-XUB MURDER OP MRB. WUITE. . : ' ‘Wo havoalready mentioned that Mrs. While, Who with her child and servant, was sometime since cap turedbylheApacho Indians, had been-put to death by them on the approaolPof Major Grier* with a small force in search of her; A loiter from Los Ve gbs, in the St. Louis Republican, says: ' ' J The Indians had taken every precaution of avoid pursuit. Thoy travelled, in every direction, one day going cast and the next going .west, encamping near | where they had been the previous night. On leav ing camp, they had moved off in small parties, di-j verging in many directions, and came, together after' getting sumo miles distant. Though seventeen days 1 had elapsed, tho indefatigable Kil Carson and Leri c'ux (the guides of Mojor G.) followed the trail, with tho precision and certainly of a bloodhound, coming on litem night after night; notwithstanding their prb -1 caution. . Mnj. Grier finally came upon one. of tho camps, tho fires of which wore still burning, and imagining that they had got uews of his approach . and werollying; ho gave chase, and. after running abqul sixlocn milcs hescamc upud them. They had time, hbwovcr,lo mount tlielr fleetest horses, and Maj. Grier’s wereao much fatigued that the Indians could readily outrun them. Five of sjt wero killed and three taken prisoners. In (heir flighTlhey abandoned every tiling, and oven threw (heir children away as they ran aoinooh were they pressed. Their lodges, hbrses, sad dles, biidlos, blankets, firearms, ammunition* provi sions, dressed skins, in a word, everything except . their own- denuded persons, and (ho hofsesdn which' ‘ { thoy rode,-was capturodv Fjfty animals wore pack ed with the must valuable tilings, (he'rfor&Vs burnt. When Major Grier got on the ground which hod been occupied by tho Indians,’lie found the body of Mrs. White transfixed with on arrow—lifeless, but still warm. Stio had evidently been put to death, and thus freed from her'sufferings at tho time the alarm 1 wus'gWcril /•Sho'iiftl hud her bible and prayer book, < Which' had been her campanlona during her captivi ty. They wero marked at various places whore she hud been reading. The child and negro girl wero not scon or heard of, and they aro doubtless with the Indians. • - Major Grier had Mrs. White buried as decently As'circumstances would admit, and that the Indians might nut discover her resting place, and (hat her bones might lie undisturbed, ho burnt grass over her grave and set fire to the pral|id around it* A HARD RXDB. Ono of the most interesting railroad incident* (hut has' happened lately, took place on Tunduy, on tho Maine road. On starling from the .depot lit this ci ty, an Irishman thought ho could save the price, of his passage by slewing himsetfn way under the, cars, between the truck and thelcar floor—a spaco barely sufficient to admit a man's body, the lower part con sisting of the joists running, 'engthwise of the cars, lu this confined compass rat slowed himself. Thu Harp started, and l tho **Trco passenger " for a ll mo exulted,in the trick!' Soon the. spued begqp to in crease—faster and faster went the llaln—-and colder the wind rushed through tho operaturo. Then the son of Erin began t» experience those awful sensa tions previous to death by freezing. HU hands, by which ho held his body in its position, became be numbed, and ho was momentarily in expectation of falling from -his place of cohtcalnrcnl ond being crushed under lUo,wheels, *• After trdvolllng'abool thirty miles this w«y ln lnuink..niilti.hu beds upon lho«irflc*or. ’ The "pESspngorj TJcqjj,'®* knowing from drHal cause thVunuaual sound proceeded, and presumed it was of some accident. Arriving at Rowley, the cars werofltoppod—yet (he knocking continued, but with less force, for Pat bad almost lost his consciousness. An examination was at once Instituted, and after a lengthy search the' unfortunate traveller wss found as abovo described, severely frosbltten, And so be numbed with cold that he could not for some lime articulate a word. It appears that he was bound for Newburyporl, tho fare for which place is but eighty cents, and when he became somewhat revived, he declared it was the hardest days work he over did. No doubt of it. —Boston Herald. Singular Case* The Charlestown, Va., Press notices the following singular case of litigation: Wd'vcnluro to say (hat there is a suit pending in tho County. Court of this county, unprecedented^ | the annals of Jurisprudence. About eight years jaince, a highly respectable merchant loft (ho State I with tho inlcnliun of attending to some business in tho eastern cities, and having prolonged his visit to an uuuaual period, and not hoard from, his friends became apprehensive that ho waa either tick or dead. Weeks, months and yoara elapsed, and still his mysterious disappearance could not bo explained. Ilia business was eurriod on by hie.brother for two or three years after bis departure and finally appli cation was made (o (he courts for letters of admin istration on his estate, and they were granted. The qdminislratur • proceeded in the discharge -of his , [duly, tp sell the properly and collect the debts; and 1 I after he had made almost a full settlement of the liabilities of (he estate, ho suddenly died. An ad ministrator do bonis non was appointed, and In the * course of throe or four months all inallera were 1 closed and a surplus left In his hands amounting to several thousand dollars. Tho court made an order that this sum should bo puld over to tbs heirs talcs, (ate, but before it was executed, the veritable dead . man made hla appearance and filed his dissent to the - proceeding.- Ho has now instituted a suit 1 against tho executor of hit first administrator for a settlement of tha luttcr'e administrator account.' It ia aomolhiiig “now under the sun* 1 for a dead man to come to life and litigate with his represen tative, t ' • , Oii’. foi'A Boot Jack. — A countryman recently urrlvod ut one of our third rato hoto'la, Into in the evening, u’nd Inquired for e bootjack. 44 0uots”a6on appeared with one of the oeel iron pattern. ' “How do you a’paae I’m going to get off my boot* with that thing ?” ejaoiijajed the Countryman* “Boole” eyed llie pedal ektremltlca for a few momenta, end then acrulbhlng hie head, eaid)' v ■ • “Dal am a Tactl he, he, yawl" ho ahotUed. “Whal 4hs .mlsuhiof are you laughing at, you thunder cloud 7“ demanded thd country man. “Noffin—nuffin—ohiy'lf advise' you lo'.gOjlo do de streel, and dor', you oan pull off dem twit! “Yah| yah! yawl'.'und the darkle vanished. A Raise.—' ''Sonny I don’t teo ’anything', about here, what does your lather Jalap on this land?** Wall, lie raise* grasshopper*,*ho'fi thada, tiiidblel bugs, ''and some 5 ilttior wegelablos. Yesterday he ifaiaod a double brattled pig nen right under the window, aud mother raised Cam bebuuse he pul it there. j '• ONE ofr/TUB B’Vs.-<‘l wiyh4 wss a ghost, blamed if! don't,V said a poor coVcyjhe other night, as he sst soliloquising in tho cold. “They gobs wherever they pluses, toll hee l they don't OWO nobody nothing 1 and tliat's a oomfufl. Who ever hearn tell of u man whai had a bili ag'm a ghost? nobody. They never hae to buy hale and vitule ahd liqupr, nor haa to saw wood und r.pn nrranls as I do. < Their shirts novel'' gptq dirty, nor their ltpwser*,oui at the knees, ae 1 ovbr hoard tell oh. dhoshrts the hhly indtfpondcni people 1 knows,on. 1 rallly wish I wia'qno. Coo llubinkub.— Mr. Burke, In hie last Report from 1 tho Patent Office, estimates fifty egg* for the con. sumption of each individual in tho United Slates,and that each ogg is worth half a cent. This will make eleven hundred millions of eggs contained, and five and u half millions of'dollars paid out for thorn.— What do you think of that? Don’t that hidden begin to.be'roepeoltiblo io your mlml'aufiyp? Sho’a. “one of them,’? mkhe Dp the great peel !froin whlcl^iio\ihedy^wM^*ro-takonv for which so' miich luoneyiß’paldpkho Whioh so many hungry stomachs are fed. Run, Tommy,'and give her & lit* Uo corn.—Main?/Witter, * y.> AT $2 00 PEBANHM. 1.1 , Ingenuity of Birds*j ;K • . , . )., .Thrushes feed Very much on shafts* looking. ' for them on. mossy. banks'.. Hating frequently, • 1 obserred some broken snail shellanear two pro-f 1 i jecting pebbles on a grkfei'walk, which Had [hollow between-theni, [ endeavored to discover j the occasion of* their being brought’ td that tltoa i lion. At Ibstlbsw a/tHrush fly.to the spot with I a snail in its .mouth, which'he placed between the two qjpnes and hammered at it with his beak. I until he had broken it* and was then, able to feed . [on its contents* The‘bird-roust haVd discovered that ,be fcmild not apply htk Ijeakl(siik sufficient | force to break the shell when it was rolllng abbfotl , and-bo therefore found out and made use of a spot ■ which - would keep .the shell in odd; posflldn.«r— When the lapwing wants to procure .food* it heeka for a worm's cast, and stamps'the ground by the side of it'wlih its feet, somewhat in ihtt samb manner ua 1 have often done wheti'a'boy, |ri order to procure worms for fishing. 'After doing this for short time, the bird waits for the issue of the wohh-’frbm its hole, who alarmed at (he shaking of the ground eVideavore to lta escape, when it is immediately seized, arid bb comes the prey of (he ingenious bird. The lap wing' also frequents the hauhts of tho mole.— These .anmals, when ; in pursuit* of worms, cm Which they fped, frighten them, and the worm '.in attempting tb escape, comes to the surfacd of the ground, where it is sezedby the lapwing. 'Thd same way of alarming his prey has been delated of the gull.— Gleaning* in Kalural Nit lory, t '' ’ r ASlorjrofTrnoloVl- 1 f " 1 We lake (he following from VVpod’e edition of the songs ofScotland; ; .j • • Helen Irving, a young lady of extraordinary beauty, and uncommon qualifications, (the subject of Uiosong' l4 l wish 1 was where Helen'lies,**}* was descended from the ancient and reape&tabia family of Kirconnel, in Annandalo, at present'ln 1 the possession of Sir Wni. Maxwell, 6f SpHhgJ kell, Bart. .'She, had for sorodtime been courted hy two whose names were Bell, and Fleemlng.“» Bell was proprietor of Blackwood House, properly Ulacket.House; and Fleenrin£,‘ of Fleeming. Hall, situate’near Mossknow, :&1| presont-in the possession of Cnpl. Graham. . Bell one day told the young lady that if healany’ time afterwards found, her in: Fleemlng’s compa ny. he would certainly kill liim• had a great regard far Fleetning, and being oHe' day walking along wfth'him on the pleasant, mahtic bonks of the kirtle, she observed his mat oDihe"oi ! her di r the rivdr 1 among thb biishesV Conscious of; the danger" bet lover Was in, sH6r. pasaed belwixl him and his enemy; who imraedi-' alely firing, shot;her ,whilst she leapeddnlo the rivor, .anjl out the:murderer in pieces. .A' cairn, or heap* ot stories,,.was raised on the place wtare sh.e.fell, as a cpmmbft‘hteriVorial in similar incidents, from tnd’eallieMimea among the Oiltfo; colonies, and continues, over Scotland to this day. Slid' Was hurled‘(ft Uib T adjtffeeht 'Church-yard of Klrcoonoll; and the, poor, forlorn, desolate Fleem'- ingj OTerwhelmed wiilr loveahd Dppressed grldf,' la said to have gone abroad Tor tpme tlmeVra^ turned,<vUiio«l ber whl^l^h;hBJll^etch^h l, -himself and expirednmTw9Vbnrte<T In the*aao4e placed ,« Gov. Wllght iioi ordered (he folloWlnj' apprepH* ate and patriotic 'aentimenl (o be placed upon*lfa# b!6ok of marble from for the Waahinglon Monument; * INDIANA. ICvowa no North, No South: Notuj.no but th* Union ! Tin Past, the Present, and the’ Firruak—The' Liverpool Albion glances at the past, and at the' prospect of 1850, and gives tills brief but ooropre*' henslve view—“ What may happen ob the'Conti-' nant of Europe before it also shall go down Into the grave of lime, ho would be a bold ‘ prophet this!, would venture oven to guess. .Fran'co'ls always uncertain. Germany tsHmsoftled, yndjn a state of effervescence from due ltaly , is grouning.to bo free. Hungary IS only held down, but neither conquered nor psslfied. The blood of her murdered-patriots.and mortys has.yet to bn’ avenged.. There is an.illfeellng growing between Prussia'end Austria. The young eagle of the sear ing house of Brandenburg.,ls esnr.l9.Jake; adyan-’ togo of the dotage of (he'race'bf Haptburg*. Russia,• 100, is only biding hey tlrn.o (o'pounce upon Turkey*' It may bo, .than, that wo have noV reached ths end*, of the storm, but only a lull between the gone and coinlpg blast.;’ "SoitßrtiiNO N*w. M —Under this hsad, a Connecti cut genius advertises a fhtionl“ Bed-clasp, foi lh‘o t purpose df preventing children or adult’i, while in bed, from unintentionally unbovsrirlfe themselves. 1 * As * distinguished statesman observed, touching ** different lort'dr wti •hall “be glad to' seeit;" '* •*Kicking thb ftlvtr'off," siys the Boston Post, “has long been a crying evil in the beat regu«* luted families, aqd haa' had much to do with those doinestiqdUtpiiftlQdee which have latcrly been so pro lific .of olvorccy.**,, , ( ( Girls, Read Twk.—A few days since, 4 young fiontloman related as the following: Ho said that ils mother was speaking in,the evening at the so eta I home .’circle, of “ fortune** .changes,*' end re-' marked, “that lit her girlhood/ ai.a social party, where there was' muyio and dunolng, a young blue syed, light-haired boy asked her to dunce, obere*, fused, and thttiight him rather pr«iuming,ai he was the son of & bfackiiltilh/and iho the dbughler'of Captain ———a tnililia officer. There was a* difference in tffff iooiul poiition. . That boy la;the prtsent Cotirnor of MaitachuttfU.-rJJQiIw Pott, A RbsemßUnoE.— “Col. W. is a very fins’looking man. isn't he ?" said a friend, of our* lbs blherdsy. 1 “Yea," roplic'd another, “I was token for klra once." : ‘ *’’ * ..... . “You! why yoirre ugly ss sin J" . ’ “I don't cute for llialf I wsl taken for Him onbo— I endorsed his note, and was taken for him by. the Sheriff.*'. Whj i*‘a niinislfr likoa loeomotifaf Wt bare to lotfli out fur him while the bell rfnge. . , '«I am not going to mince the matter,'* as (W ebolc said when asked to make a batch of plea, fiito wta."iorao pqmpklna.” . i / A Jalo Engliah papara aaya: “Ills* remark-* able and scientific fact, that.all thhlrtelr (tnpfove* rotate in cotton weaving machinery have com© fjoin the United statea.” > .' . t .. \ = -i, pKiniiu tilt Scxmor Revolution.—The,- New York Commercial bae a very interesting letier* from lie asgaolons and well.lnformed curioipondent elßerlin, imregerd te whiohitaayai. > v> ' “If we ’ ate< nni mubh deceived, Prukali 1 Will 'bal* the theatre of the noil revolutionary moVementUn-' Europe, end when it oomce U will scarcely be lose than'an, earthquake, , T|te, duplicity And utlet, feUli*- loaeneee ot Uio Hint; ere rapidly end eiifoly elioha lUtg.frqm him end hie jfbvorAment tho hk'una uft)io IpAoptot euppUrUlng thw ancient German loyally and affection with a eplrll of-mingled'ekHiporallon and dlaguat. A recent' meksure, adopted and,pro* mitigated by Frederick William since lhq com* 1 ] mebesment oT the V'our, has given deep alarm qbd 1 . diepioasure to all Imt the partisans 'of’tho rooiolwK^ ) | and‘has ihroWn the especially (he.'Seb* ' ond, which is the popular .body, Into a position of .direct antagonism.' Our'correspondent glVee a full I and perfectly clear exposition of the whole' matter, land its probable consequence*," ,•*. , r. 1 .. s
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