,^Jy < j'i 1- 'I-i ■ 'J T -.v;. ■■ *■ BY TON E. BRATTON, W.OLv 36. Tavern License. •’VT’OTICE ife horebjr given (hat I-intend to apply. J.Y’ at (he next lermof the Court of Quarter Seeaiona jjfCutoberland colinty, for a license to keepa,tavern or public house, at present'oeciipied as such by me, at the oldstand, Kreilzer % s\ in'Hampdon township. . - • •; . JOHN REESER. * •. March U, 1850.-31 . ; v 1 Wo the' undersigned, cUitens of Hampden town ship, in tlio county of Cumberland, do certify that wo aro well acquainted with the above named John Reo ■er.lhatliejs of;good repute for .honoßly and lera jieranoe, and ialwoll provided wilh-hoase room and conveniences for the accommodation “of strangers and travellers, and that such Inn or.Tuvern ia nocos eessaryto accommodate the public , and entertain and travellers, Jdlin Rupp,~!*' Jaeobßrolz, J. S. SHevely, J. C. lucerne, B.Erb, George Snorely, Jamies Martin Christian Whlslor, Samuel Allbright John Sherbahn, Win. H. Eckels, Samuel Ebcrly, M. C. Eborly. Tavern License, .VfOTICB is hereby given (hat I intend to apply at _L\ the next term of the court of Quarter Sessiona uf Cumberland ooucjy, fur a license to keep a tavern or public house in the house I.now occupy as such, in Hogcslown, in Silver Spring township. • GEORGE DUEY. March 7,1850—31 f Wo the undersigned citizens of Silver Spring town* ship* Cumberland county, do certify that we are well 'acquainted.with the above numud George Ducy, that ; ;-|»o is uf good repute fur honesty and tomporunce t and - V HW wud provided with house room arid conveniences 7. for the accommodation of. strangers and travellers, 7,;and that such inn or tavern is.necessary to atccom* y modulo the .public and culcrlaln-slrangdrs and tra* r ‘- jollcrs. '• ' .... "W • Joseph Eichelbeirgcr,-•, Samuel Sensomon, William M. Mcilcy, Putcr Brlckcr, . ' Goorgo Boltzhoover, David Emmingor, Christian Earley, . , Jacob Mamma, Jacob Whitman, Edward Porter, Wui. Culbertson, .Martin Herman, John Kiever, ■ David Orris. , Tavern License, "VT OTICE is hereby given that I intend to apply at J\| the next, term of the court of Quarter-Sessions of ouunlyVfora license lu keep a tavern or public house in the house«t prcsont'occupicd ps such by iho in tbo.Bordugh ofMocbunicshurg. X - 7 ADAMSEIRER.c March 7,1850-3 l» . .. We (ho undersigned citizens of thevthe Borough of Meolionicsburg, in (ho county of Cumberland, do certify. lb<*t wo are well acquainted with the above namcd.Adum Scircr, that he is of good, repute for honesty .and .temperance, and iflwcll prpvided'wilh house room and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers' and travellers, and that suchMnn or Tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travellers. • • '’i John R. Goswcilcr, ■ Emanuel I.emmnn, Martin Rupp, Wm Fnitdemticltur, Willhtn R. Slydor, Dcgal, Joel Berlin, Felix Huber,. Simon Arnold, Gcergo.6icii>oucr, • • Samuel Dunlupt -John Myerb. Peter Lanlel, ' Tavern license. NOTICE is hereby given that 1 intend to apply ul the next term of tho Court of Quarter Sessions ofCumberland county} for a license to keep a tavern or public house in ihO house I mny occupy us such in tho West Ward,' (n the Borough of Curl,i«le. lI.L. BURKHOLDER. March 7,1850— SI We the undersigned citlfcns.of the West Ward of Iho Borough of Caflio'lo,' In (he obifniy of Cumber* land, de certify lint wo aro well jicqlnlnled With.(he above named 11. L. tJu'rkbqldcr, that he is of good re. puto fur honesty and temperance,'and is well provi ded with houao room and ddnyenlencos for the oc commo.datlon of'sirungejro arid travellers,and that such inn or tavern is nooofisofy to accommodate (ho public and entertain s’tfarigars andtruvollcrs. A. A. Lino, 0, fnhofr. • . it Hugh Gaullaghor, George, W. Hilton, M. G. Ego, -. John Noble,' M.M’Clellan, R{ Lsmberton, Robert Allison, George Ege* ■ James F. Lopibetlon, William Baker. Tavern tkensc. (j- NOTICE is hereby given that } irvjonft to apply at the next term of (ho oourt.of .Quarter Sessions ofCumberland onunty, for a license to kcq/a tavern or public house in the house I now occupy (UMuich in Newton Ip. WILLIAM PARKES., March 7, XB5O-3t* Wo tho undersigned citizens of Ncwfdn (own ship, in tlio county of Cumberland, do certify that we are well acquainted willrlho above named Wm. Parkes, that ho is of good repute for hoijesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of Grangers and travellers, and (hut such inn or tavern ia sary.to accommodate tho public and oiftorluln stran gers and travellers. ? Joseph Williams, Samuel Snoko, J. Irwin, Micliaol Lalshaw, Christian Snoke, Jacob Newman} James W. Wiley, David Eckcr, Samuel Gurvcr, John Haller, Benjamin Drinker, A. E. Johnston, Skilvt Woodburn, Hoary Dyurmund. James Kyle, . - ' • Tavern license. NOTICE is hereby given that I intend to apply at tho next term of the court ul Quarter Sessions of Cumberland county, for a license to keep a tavern or Subtle house in tho house now occupied as such by antes H. Hannon, in Jacksonville, 6 miles, east of Shipponsburg. March 7,1850-31* Wo tho undersigned citizens of tho township of Nowton, in tho oountjr of Cumberland, do certify lliut wo aro well acquainted with tho above named Jacob High, that ho is of good repute for honest* and temperance, and is well provided with house room and conveniences, for the accommodation of strangers and travellers, and thot such inn or tavern is neoofsary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers sw).travellers. A. E. Johnston, James Kyle, Abraham Beaver, Daniel Nogloy, David Doldwell, Samuel Parkos, John Haller, . David Foreman. C. Snoke, Ella* D. Eyslor, John Kyle, , Robert Smith, James U. Wiley, Jaeub Severs, PIANO FORTES. THE tAKGEBT, CHEAPEST, BEST ami raosl ELEGANT assortment of PIANO FOUTEB in the'.United .States, can .always bo found at tho warehouse of.lho subscriber, 171 Chosuut street, übovo Fifth, at llio old stand occupied more then a third of a century by Mr. George Wiliig, music publisher. PIANOS, 1 . HARPS, ORGANS, SERAPIIINES. A3OLIANB, dec., dec., fresh from the most celebrated Manufacturers in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, aod elsewhere, gold. wholesale and retail; at the maker’s cash prices. oscar o. u. garter; , 171 Chwijul st, Phlla, Pebruhr/21,1850-1/ TM AMERICAN: VOLUNTEER, !■ nulillsjind every Tim r»clay,.Bt Carlisle. Pe., by JOHN B. DEATTON, upon the following conditions, which will.bo rigldlyadhoreuto:-- ‘ - For one year, in advance,. S 2 For six months, in advance, .100 No subscription taken for a lens term than six months ana no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid,.'. Twonty.flvo percent, additional on the price of subscription will bo required of all those who do not pay in advance. -■ RATES Or ADVERTISING. -V square,onotnsorlion, . • • .. , . . . SSo One square, two insertions, . ... . ' 75 •One square,.tlirco insertions. .•• . .100 -Every subsequent Insertion; peraqnare,- •’ • , * 95 A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by (he year, or for three or six months. OmoK.—The edicts of (lie American, Volunteer is in the sec ond story of James 11. Graham's new stone building, in Sotrth. Hanover street, o few doors south of the Court House, where those having business aro invited to coil. & " Come sit on tlie hunk so shady, 1 . Sweet Evelyn, sit with met -And count me your loves* fair lady— v How many may they bo 7”* - • The maiden smiledon her lover, And traced, with hurdlpplu hand, Of names a dozen and over Down in the shining sand. M .Aml now ."said Evelyn,.rising, Sir Knight! your own, if yow’ptcasoj And If there he no disguising,".. . The list will out number those.' ■ Then count them truly,.rover 1". And the noble Knight obey’d; And of names a dozen and over • ’ .. Hu traced within the shade. , *Jy. Falr Evelyn pouted proudly | Sho sigh’d, "Will he ncVar hove done 1* And at last she murmured loudly, •• 1 thought he would write but one.” “ Nowread,” said the fair-youth rising i "The scroll-lt is fair and (Yob I - In truth, there is no disguising, That list is the world to me." She read it wilhjoy and wonder, - . For the lirst was her own sweet namot Amt ngiiiu and again written under, , it was still—it was still the same I •' It began wjth—“.My Evelyn feirotil” It ended with •• Evelyn bestl” - And epithets fondest nod deprest • ■ VVeru lavished belwmjaoirtho rest.. TUcrs w«ro tcars in the «yes4>f the Indy *{ ' ■ , iAs shoswept, wiih.her dcßcnte Imiid, , '.Ori the river bank cool andshady* ■ .-■The list §Jia had UVceb lu the sand. There were smiles on the lip of the mOidCn As sits turned to her Knight uncu mure,. And (he heart with Joy o’erTadcn, • That was.heavy with doubt before! ' A iisHVi.'JS’iToii.lr. Tho Washington correspondent of the Quaker Ci paper published in Philadelphia by Mr. Lip pard, communicates, says the Louisville Courier, tho following curious account of a recent remarkable dream had by Mr. Calhoun. We have hot much faith iu supernatural appearances, but if anything, could lead tho ghost of tho |* Father bfhlsCoUntiy 15 to revisit (ho tcolms bcnuul/i the moon, it woutd bo, tho thought that his beloved country 'was in dan ger of disunion, which is but another name for civil .war. ..We give the story for what is’worlli: ' . Washington,” Fob. 12. The other morning at the brcakftel.tablc, whore I, an unobserved spectator, happened tb bo present, Calh.9un .wOB obsq|-ved to gate frecfhknlly at his right hand and brush it with htsTofl, ln*q pbrvpusjind hur, ried nuniior. lie did this'so often that U excited at. tonllon. At length one of the person* bonipasing the.breakfast parly, his’ name 1 think is Toombs,and ho is u member of Congress from Georgia—lqok upon himself to usk tho occasion of Mr. Ca hoiih’s disquietude. , • ** Does your, hand p<rin you T" ho otkeili' . To this'Culhpun rcplcd jd rdlhtr a flurrlcjl man ner— 1 * Pshaw I it Is nothing ! Only a dream which 1 had lust night, and which makes mo see pcrp'blu.. ally & large black, spot—like on ink blotch—upon my righl hand. An optical delusion, I suppose. 1 * Of course those .words naturally excited the cu. riosily of the company, hut no onp ventured .to. beg the details of this singular dream, tilt Toombs asked quietly— . , .. . i » What de you droop* like. I’m not v.ery super stilioui about dreams ; but sometimes they 'have, a goad deal of (ruth In thorn.** ( ** Dal this wufi such a peculiar* absurd drbam,** said Mr. Calhoun, again brushing, tho back parl : uf his right hand—“ however it it does net too much Intrude upon tho time of cur friends, 1 will re* late it.” v. Of course the company were profuse in tftclr ex* proisiuns of anxiety to know all about tho droam.— In his singularly sweet voice, Mr. Calhoun related it, . ... “ At a lalo hour last night, as I was sitting in my roemj engaged in writing, I was astonished by the entrance of a visitor, who entered, and. without a word took a seal opposite mo, at my table. This sur prised me, as 1 hud given particular orders to the servant, that I qhould yn no account be disturbed.— Tho manner Hi which tho intruder .entered, so per fectly self possessed, taking liis seal opposite me, without a word, as though my room and all within it, belonged to him, excited in mo as much surprise as indignation. Aa 1 raised my head to look into his features, over the top of my shaded lamp, 1 dlscuv. ered that he was wrapped in a thin olnuk, which al. most effectually concealed his face and feulurfet from Iny view. And as 1 raised my head he spoked “ What are you writing, Senator from South Car olina T* - v JACOB HIGH. . “1 did not think of his Impertinence at first but answered him involuntarily— “l am writing a plan for Iho Dissolution oflhb American Union, (you know, gentlemen that X am expected, to produce a Flan of Dissolution in the event of certain contingencies.) ‘•To this tho intruder replied in (ho.coolest man* nor possible: ... , “ Senator from South Carolina, will you allow me to look at your hand, your right hand 7" " He rose, the cloak fell, and I beheld his face.— Gentlemen, the sight of that face - strusk mo llko.a thunder clap. It was tho faoo of a dead man, whom extraordinary events have called baok to life. Tim features wero those of George Washington { yes, gentlemen, tho intruder was none other than George Washington. He was dressed in the revolutionary costume, such os you see preserved in the, Patent Oflioo. Hero Mr. Calhoun paused, apparently, much sgi tal.d. Hi. agitation, I nu.tl not toll you, was ahared by tho company. Toombs at length broke ilia, oin barrai.lng poUio. , Well, well, what waa the i.ilio of thi. .oeno 7" Mr. Ctlboua Iban ro.omod i “Till, luliuder, a. 1 l„,o .aid, oro.o and a.k.d to look at my right bond. A although I had nnl tho power to refus., I orlondod 11. Tho truth it, I f.lla .trango ohlll paryado me at hla touch; ho gro.p.d It end hold U near Iho light, tho. affording mo full lima to examine ov.ry faatuio of hi. faooi ft w». tho f.oo of Wellington. Gen. tlomeh, T ahuddor.d a. 1 b.hold tho horribly it ad nli vi look of that vlsagb. Aflor holding my hand for TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION jjoctU.Tl. TUB LOVER’S LIST. ‘OUR COUNTRY-MAY AhWAYB RIQIIT—DUT Rld/fT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY** ' ■ ' i: -"..r, 1 * CARLISLE, Pif THURSMY, JIARCIL 21, a moment, be looked at me steadily, and said in a quiet way: ■ ' , , ", 44 And with this right hand. Senator from'South Carolina, you would sign your name to a paper do* daring .the Union dissolved 7” 41 1 answered in lbs affirmative. 44 Yes,*' said I, if a certain contingency arises Twill sign my name to the Declaration of Dissolution.*? • But at.lbat.moment, a black blotch appearedbn the back of mjrjiand, an inky blotch,-whiohl seem to see even is that ?** cried I, alsrmed I know not, why St the bloleh upon my hand. ■ • . 44 That," said he. dropping myhrfnd, 4 ! lha* is the mark by which Benedict Arnold is -'Kbown' in the next world. '* • • •' 44 Ho said no‘more, gentlemen; but drew from un der his cloak an object which ho'placed upon the la* bio—placed it upon the very paper on which I was writing. That object, gcnllemari; was a skeleton. 44 There,” said he, "there ,aro tho tymes of Isaac Hayn'e, who was h'ung in Charleston by the British. Ho gave his life.in'order to establish tho Union.— When you pul your numo io a Declaration of disso lution, why you may as.woll have .thp bones of Isa ac Hoyno before you; ho was . a South’ Car.oHomn, and so are you. But there.was no blotch right hand.*' ■ . 41 With these words tho intruder left the room. I started back from the contact with the dead man’s bones and—awoke. Overcome, by labsr, I had fallen asleep and been dreaming. • Was h hot a singular dream?*’. All tho booijJojiy answered in (ho affirmative.— Toombs muttered,. / , "“Singular—Very* (** at the earns lima looking rather curiously at tho back of his right hand—and lHr«.bslhoun, placing hit hoad between his hands, seemed to be buried'ln thought. Staiidoro'ri) Blo|o s . . ,Blessings, ahd bnnq closely, coupled In all 1 matters pertaining to the .things of life, that we need not wonder that muriy ills flow out of every abuse of the.groat gift of speech,. jTalk is spohlano one as breathing,.naive hove ssfd,-biil U U.far frorp .being.always ss inoffensive. VVhilo handed.Drlnvil liers poisoned a few people ; who wero soon, out of their misery, and she has, been for ages held .Up to execration', ' -irava wo*bcver seen a woman who has poissned’.tyvico na many, for life and death, and who }rel passes for, a good sort.of a woman? “'apt to speak icr mind; but meaning nu harm,’.’!-—with so little appearance of premeditation or "evil intent do her crudest stabs come. .She dues but report what she has. hoard— -..0r sha has, it from good -authority—er alio did not say morbthanblheresuid! In the bourse ol a -mornings visit, sho jvjll- skewer a whole street of her‘friends' liko d luncli of kibaubs, and all pep pered for the most fastidious-palate. And it must not be thought thnl womcn arc tho only sinners in this regard. Thoro are men, 100, who, without the excuse of vacuity or Idleness, take pleasure In stripping from their compeers the garb lit which they appear to tho world, and ibis undor u pretence of love of truth and justice! Those disinterested champions of truth and justice ore llioiiasl men to lay bare their own conscious secret faults to the pub lic eye Tor the public goad. Let us pray filial the thing upon which wo value ourselves most may never he mentioned in their hearing! Bo it wit or wealth, beauty or good humor, humanity, steadfastness, sin. ocrity, or delicacy; pre-eminence ini fashion or in learning, success in literature, patience In sorrow, honest effort in adversity, or it bo Ujo linn»i>dijite-jniVi?l'Of pu'r. *)♦«!*» C^d-Kiniso.tvns oVcr demolished with greater coolness than will this favorite wing or turret pf our character bo by the cool, breath pf the habitual detractor. JIo “sneak* daggers bnd every other word stubs."-Jlfj«. JtirAfond. ... •v-.v.'iVASHINGTOIf. - . from Washington's ,code of. manners, written in Itis early youth: , V Every action ought lb bo will) somo sign of reaped to those present. : Lie no flatterer, neither Vl n y with any ono who delights not to. bb.pluyed. With. > ’ Head no papers or books,in company. Come not near tho papers or books of another when he is writing. • Lot your countenance bo cheerful, bill in soridus matters be grave. Show not yourself glad al another's misfor- tunes* , '■ . ..... .j •. i \ Let your discourse With othbro, bii' mallefrfl of business, be short. It ia good manners to let others speak first. When a man doe| ail he can, do not blumo'him, though haraiuccpeds ndt’woll. ; Take admonitions thankfully.'., • 4 fie -nut 100 .•hasty.’ to bclisvo flying reports to the nnjury of another. Let your dross bo modest,'and consult yoiir con dition. flay nut Ofepeacock by looking v-iinly at yourself. • i. lt<U'bsttc:to4)o a Inns than in bad company. .. • conversation, bo without nialfcoor cnVy, Urge not.your friend to discover'u secret. >. Br.cuk not a jest where none take pleasure in mirth. • Ooze bat on, tho blemishss of others. When another spooks, be attentive, Ile not opt to.rolatfc no,ws. « , ' / ; " fie not curious to. (mow tljo, a flairs of others.’' . •fioinbiNa Schools.—Holmes .describes fashiona ble boarding schools very trulhfbllyln the following lines: - - - * They sent her to a stylish school; ’Twas In.her thirteenth Juno ; - And With her us tho rul«« required, Two towels arid a spoon.’ 1 * . They braced her back against a board, To make hor straight and lull; They laced her tip,-and starved list down; ■To make.her light and smell; They pinched her feel, they singed her hair, . •They screwed it up.wllh pin*— OhJ never mortal auflerod more In penanoo for her am* L Good Sewtlmknts.— Agriculture Is the nursery of patriotism... . . ‘ A wise gevernnWiit will not bo slow In fostering (ho ogricuTuiral interests'. Let every farmer who hns a. son to educate,believe and remember, that science.leys- the foundationer every tiling valuable in agriculture. ilclonCo rtiusl combine.wilts practice to matte a good farmer.; . » •- , . ■. . The opposition against book farming rests on.tlio shoulder* of two monsters, Ignorance and prejudice. If you separate science from agriculture, yeti rob a nation of-iU principal jewel. A skilful agriculturalist.,will constitute one of the mightiest bulwarks of which civil liberty onh boast. Maine Fanner . A Dandy’s Drains.—A conplo.of follows in Now York, happened to-take a fancy to a young lady* and one of‘thorn soi)t the other a ohuUongo, which was accepted, and accordingly lh*y pro* deeded to tho Jersey to try the cold load. The seconds loaded the pistole with nothing but pow dor.' Tho one who Veoeived tho challenge put a rotten egg in his pocket; and when’tho pistols were discharged,: tho dandy, standing ready to fyll from the fright, received: tlje egg plump in his forehead, which knocked his spindle shanks to the groundand applying both hands to his face, scraping off the I moving matter, and turning his eyes fully towards Heaven, exclaimed, “See! 0, see my brains 1” . , A gontlsman in bis eagerness at a table to answer, a call for some apple pie, owing to the knife alipping on tbe bottom of the dish, found his knuckols burtlod in the crust, when a wag, very gravely observed, whilst he hejd his plate— ; '.‘Sir, may I trouble you for a bit, whilst your hand’ein?" Tho highest offices nralike tops of high looks— —seldom readied except by onglos and reptiles. ; BOOKS. ,*y s. p. wuirrLE, “ Books—light bouses orocleri In tho good sea of. time—bookfl t tb‘e precious depositories bflho thoughts and crealioßi of by whoso sorcery time, present,ilitid the whole psgcnlry of tho world's history moved our eyes; theao.now visit the firesides of ihp humble, and lavisji tho> treasures of their intellect ,pno;i .the poo?..< : Could-tv.o Milton,’in ohr dwellings, In tho full ’ freshness of dtoir hearts, foW scholars'would be af. i fluent onougifito afford theni physical support; but the living images of their minds the of all. From their pages their mighty souls-look out upon ub iK all their grandeur and beauty, beau ties undimmed by the faults and follies of earthly existence, consecrated by time. Precious and price less jtrp tjio. blessings which books.scatter, round oqr daily paths. . walk, (in imagination with the noblest spirits, through the mostsublim and enchant iugregions—regions—regains,,which (a all that is lovely in the’forms of colors of earth, I-’/ - " gjonm,,- Tlio HjpiithV. never was oo;sba and lapd." . Amotion bftho hand bringa.ill Acadia.to sight. ! The war of /fVoy can at our bidding, rago in the narrowest chamber. Without stirring from our fire sides, wo miff roam to tho moat distant regions of, tho earthi or of tineariiliy beauty,, flock to meet-us, \y.hore angels post in our ears tho choral byme of paradise.,'.Suicnce, art, literature, and phylosophy-r -uli tlmt (tfatvJms thought or.done, thooxpariopcothat hae beenbought by* tmrsuflerings 1 of o- eralions— garnared up for us in the .world of books; - .Third, among realities, inn 'Substantial World/ wo todvo with crowned kings of thought.- T,hwo ourjinfuds hato a freo range,' ourboarta a free Utterance/ Reason is-conflncd with none of the par titions which’trammel it in life. Tho hard granite of convehliopalism melts away ae a thin mill. , Wo •an call things by their, right names. -Our lips do (thojio'to oyr hearts/ Wo..bend, the. knee only to the great’arid good. VVo d'upiso only iliodis piseable; wa honor only tho honorable. In that world, no a king, no accidents of rank or fashwrt enrols a dunce, or shields a knave. There,-and aUnovl only there, do our affections have free .ploy* yfe pap select *our- companions from among tad unfit richly gifted of the sons of God* and Ihoy are companions who will not . desert us in povr ortr, or sickness or disgrace. > \%ihen everything fails.; when jforlime frowns, and frieodscool, and health' forsajb us—when the groat world of forms and shows ahpears a'two edged lie, which seenn, but Is not,” when all our earth clinging hopes and ambitions milt away into nothingness, ' I,t|fisnr»w flnkcs On 4 rlvof;-• •.‘ , - Out’ moment whito, tben guno torever," we oro still wjlhoul friends to aniinato.and cortsolo us—friends m vvhoso*iminorlal countenances, as they, look upon iia from hooks,' woean discern no change; who wilt peepfe solitude with shapes more glorious llian evor'glHteredJn palaces; who will consecrate sorrow, andtfltiislfio sling from care, and who in the long hours oTidespondcncy and weakness, will send Healing to IHa sick licnr*. nml energy to tho wasted 1 brain. Well might Milton exclaim, In that impas sioned speech fgr Liberty of unliccnced printing, 1 whore every. Word leaps with intelloctuui life—“ Who * kills a a rooennablo creature, God's im -1 mage: but V£id destroys a good book kills reason ‘ itself, l.i'kr in llm * oyo." •■*'.’ ’, 1 ,• An.odncnUd mind only can properly appreciate ' this eloquent picture. . Whcro Is the tVltilcruessT At..(ho beginning of this century it vvas’ln Ohio and Indiana. Twenty flvo years afterwards it was in Michigan, Winconsin, and sp-forlh. Lust year it was in Hincsrtta Territory.- Next your wo shall have to seek, U’in Nebraska aud arotind tho Lake of the Woods.-,.* „• Wherd the steamboat goes, there the wilderness disappears. And the steamboat is soon to startle tho Indian and wuko.lho echoes of tho forest above (lie Fulls of the MU Anthony;, for-a bp it ia navv. building thoro which the St. Paul "Chronicle and Register’' of (ho lUth of January says "is rapidly progressing." Tho time of launching liar has even open fisodi—"os soon as the river is clear of ice." Tho builder hails from Bangor, Maine, the opposite extremity of Ihp Union duo east, and is said to be a "highly skilful Workman." The dimensions of tho evil afc-108 feet keel, 131) feet deck, 25 feet beam, and will draw .twelve inches light. -The machinery is in course of construction at Bangor, abd will bo al tho Falls by tho Opening of navigation. Steam navigation "river Irado" above tho Falls of St. Anthony! PoKTnr may as well gather up its garments and emigrate from this land, unless it can be content to find Us (homes in the crowded street. Cincinnati Gazette, A CLBVBII TltiOlC* An account is given in the English papers of a .shopkeeper, who invented a plan to detect (ho dis honest-propensities of hia customers. Ho procured a nowJv coined half sovereign* anil with a particle of gum a fßicd it to (ho Inside-of tho‘lop of tfio glass show-case. on the counter, In such. a manner that it appeared to b.o lying on (hooulwurd surface, and by frequently observing the, conduct of 011M0. mors on varluilfc occasions, was enabled to detonnine ' with a -degree -of certainly, whoso intentions were upright and whose tho opposite. It was no less strange than alarming to nolo tho number of those who attempted by vat lobs strategy to appiopriUo it to llioir own hmv Now a’lady would corofully lay her handkerchief upon tho case Immediately aver tho covered coin, mid In removing it cautiously, with her Ihbihb and linger, would uip that portion of it supposed to contain tho prize. Another would cover-tii* spot with her mn(V, and, while pretending to examine soma article with ono’hand, endeavor to aucuro the .little innocent with the other, Some would, anxiously inquire for goods on tho shelves 1 behind, to ifivcrl attention from the object of their cupidity, while others scrupulously emptied l their purses, when making payment, immediately over and around the unsuspecting coin, that in gathering up again U-might bo bat vested. They jilt, looked ’ terribly disappointed, but never again visited tho shop. Sol ved him right I No man should thus laud any ono into temptation. TKr.tOßip)MP<—rTlie UniTiilo' Commercial told tlio following good one, on llitr colored population of Wisconsin: * udfijP*. , A colored 11 nuj»m.V tin .biitinoßß at milwaukie,, who hnd left lubin' tlio hands, of hie purl, nor, while ho'(iltuaiq*i»k« arshorl trip East, recent* ly telegraphed back from Detroit, \a the following | words: j > •> How is things going on I" •. 'The reply ho record was—,’ f « Things is workin', u ‘ This was.satisfactory. • Dul-whon"ho relumed to Milwaukie,'the unfortunate man found that his partner hsd •old.-ouMlie stocky nod> upp.mprtolcd Iho proceeds, and ran away with his obiohl friend s wife I Thin, rg had worked 1 A drink m«ld .lining-nnliiwl- wbnt (brliinn nhn would bring: linr liiubuodi rcplindi "1 will bring him wbnt'gold cnnnpt purobnnn—u linnrt unnpotlndrand' virtue without a ntnln, wblubln nil Hint dnioondnd In inn from my pnrnnln," Dtiunrui. TiioUoiit. —Tin letting of a gronl hope li Ilka llii •cllintr of'lho eon I tlio^brifjhlnui* of our lift I, gone. , Shadow! of craning fall around on, and tho world'•'•nil'kill a dull rcllooilon—iliclf a brood or ilmdo. Wo look forward 1010 llio coming lonely night.. The aoul withdraw! Itself, .The itin arise, and the night li holy. ''' . ' " P<TV n ' corn hoar t” '*• No, ehild,of cohrso not. 11 •« %VJiuks it gut car* far then?” “ Jaito put that boy to bed^V 850.! Somebody, speaking of, *his character, says: 44 ,Place him.upon a rock in .the nijddlaof the ocean, with a’pen-knife and a bunch of shingles, ho would work his way lo'shore. Ho sells sal mon from the Kenebec, id the people of Charles town;'haddock; fresh from ■ Cope Cod, to the planters of Mantanaas; raises coffee in. Cuba; swaps mules and horses, for molasses iri Porto Rico; ise from .ITresh Pond in Cambridge, in the East Indies; lakeo muslon from Brighter! i to New Orleans, and to South America ; manfac tures muealts for the Governor of Jamaica; be comes an admiral in a foreign nation; starts in a cockleshell ’craft of fifteen .tons, loaded with onions, mackerel, and »• notions- 1 * for Valparaiso; baits his trap on the Columbia river; catches wild beasts in Africa for MacomberV caravan; sells granite oh'bomtabt to rebuild St.-Juan de Ulloa; crosses the Rio'Grande, and takepjdagucr reotypes of dead Mexicans; He is ready; like Leydard, to start for Tiinbuctoo tormorrow morn ing—exiles himself four years from home, tu sketch in their wjldbrness.iihe wild dien/pf the woods, Arid astonishes refined-, Europe With the presence of the untutored savage, 1 * - > " 1 *. Gold Hunting* • ' . An incident was related lo us yesterday* of an old than from Syracuse, New York,’ who' had boon taken, sick at the mines out on the Sacramento, and who, .after having exhausted ,al) his'pro visions,' was in a most deplorable 'state. He went.about from tent to tent, among the minors, tp bega mouthful tn keep him from starvation.— Thu in scattering out, generally take a rod square, which is considered the limits of their diggings,. Entering<a camp one day, tho old man begged for a meal, and told his story of adversity.,- “ Let’s give him a chance,” said tho men, 5 “he’s an old man and is sick; what say youl let’s help him out.” Wall,'agreed,” replied tho patty. “Hero, old .-man,” said one of them, “you may have that spot over yonder what you See that rock; so take your pick and go to work*” The old man stalled mil, and the first day realized the.sum of sixty dollars. This gave him new hope, and his friends rejoiced'with him at his good. iupkiv'Tho,next day, however, tho old man was unlucky, and did not realize.a cent.' J They told l Hhir to try it.again, and hej did . so. In picking under.the rock, after the exertion of a whole day, the old marv.found what is called a “ hen’s n'ost,” from which in; one week, ho . realized the handsome sum of $17,000. ; His friends .told him he had better slop , »now, its he was old, arid start librae; t>o hq adopted their advice, and went oni the steamer at Chagres, for New York city.* Wo hope tho old* gentleman may ‘live to enjoy his good fortune. . ‘ . . .. it iV*. 0. Picayune. IIA.YNX& AND tVBBSTBIt; ■ Our object is to give a sketch of Congrcoa, us it is—Us mcmbors ami its manners, but wo must lie pardoned if wo travel a liltlu out of llio roscord to a point of lime removed totnu years.back. We refer to the. groat South Carolina* debate upon‘the \ tarilY question o) 1b33. -WofNmo in-the gallery. . Tho nullification Tom hud arisen almost phrenzy i high. Members .of all parties . had .dsscrludythu , lower Hnii|Brto wtlntia ll^ .bplirilcring’of • between uubort Y. Hayne/of 6oulh Cur«ltba, ifnd i 'Dahlei Webster. When we entered llio hall Gen. Hayno was speaking, lie was youthful his, shift collar turned ■over, his cruva|,. adiT. his hair' smoothly ..brushed j- across his forehead.*-lie was of middle oUlure,.aml ~w«Hraado. lib was spooking energetically j his I eyes were peculiarly brilliant, and his fate was cx. , iremely pulo; ho moved up and <J|bwn llio uilea , Totmed between tho desks, with a rapid and agitated step; his gestures wore vehement,|tnd ho a|ipearod , to bo under a high fluid of excitement. We wore , peculiarly struck with hi* whole oppoaranuo, and , the tone of fueling evident in tho chamber. Mr. Calhoun, then Vico President, was in tho chair.— i Willi his large, steady and vjgilcnt eyes witnessing i tho firsl grout battle of hisi doctrine, ho scorned the i very, spirit of embodied Inittest; not a word, nut a gesture escaped his lioivjppk. Tho Scoalo was , deeply interested, os a matter of course. Tho lan guage of Gen. Ilnyno wits rich and vigorous, and his powerful sketch of the effect of the impost luw on* the -South—tho description of her 1 own bold aiyl hazardous elouutiun and impulUotis bearing—were, evidently making a‘strong impress' ion on the budyi From time. to time, attention would, bn directed from;- him toth's gentleman who was expected to answer him,'and whom’ General llayne attacked, under the cevor of a terrible olid galling fire. . ', “ ■S". 1 * * Cold, serene, dark and melancholy, that man lima assailed, set opart, bleak and frowning as a nionn- , tain rock, ho'evidently fell tho gigantic influences ( that tfero at work around him, but his profound : mind was strenllioning llsolf for tho contest. And how deeply solemn was that hour, that moment ? howgran.d lint soouu.aod what were the meditation and spirit rullyings of (luii dark mnn 7 liis enun- 1 tcnonco wavered not during (ho whole of that tre- < mendnui speech. Assault after assault Was made < upon him, but yot ho neither turned to tho right nor | loft, but calmly and gallantly like u soldier waiting ' tho signal, ho bided his hour. j Thal time of telulU tibn caimr; swill as tho thoughts of vongcaiico v lo Dunlol Webster. Whb will forgot tho exordium of tbit fromarkublo elTurt, ills lushing sarcasm, the withering tones .of .that voice, and the tamper of his language? '"Don. Hay lie, wtf.‘renumber distinctly, changed color ahd'appcuruO to bo,disconcerted,• But who that hoard him will pohnit tho porerution to bo! forgotten?—(hose closing passages of grandeur, tho I majestic ailuslop to tho flag of freedom mid hii country. Looking with his dark and lustrous eye through tho glass do mo ol'tlio oha'mhor,oTur which liqcoulJ>,sco llio banner flowing, ho/delivered nn apostrophe, which has never been surpassed, end seldom equalled. It eomppsed a figure ol.llio most thrilling, inlore»l—u- burst of aolmnn and pathetic feeling; and coming fVom such a source, (s map generally esteemed phlegmatic,) it was elcclric. It was like llio beam of sunset, or the gloom of sum mer. lightning, radiating tho brow of. tho cliff to I which wu Imvs above alluded. • -v * .* * J But these scones are past, and llio country has (ho benefit of these speeches (.but tho memory of them, .and,.the .incidents (liUt attended them, are forcibly Impressed on our mind.— Notional Magazinb, I’ll tflic v*. Law.—lo a case before tho Mayor oii Saturday, in which nn M. D.; who hut a. fayorito Now Foumlland duo-, charged aomo parties with the oummiasion of a fcFanioua aaaault upon him in the thy counael fur tho defence-—a clover tyro in tho lego) profoaalon—uaked tho complainant what hia dog woe doing all Ipo while, the accused wore aai'niling. him. The doctor replied that Tow aer appoared to be keeping ilia ecoundrole at buy; adding, (hut he would not pretend, however, (o tell what thu canine wea really at, for ho.wua only eighteen inonlhi old, anil lied nut yet acquired qhUo l(io agacity of Home of the young members of tho Philadelphia liar J Tho election of u Speaker coat tho United Statea eighty thousand dollar,a. An exchange aoyathul ••Corn ought, lu be high when u Cobh bears nuch a pricu. 1 ! ~ , . ‘ Xenophon tolls of an Egyptian who being seal by hie wife to purchase perfumes, brought,her a ]ar of fresh water. • Widows have been compared \p green wood; which while it is burning on ono aide, It weeping on the other, , ■ . It la eatlmuted that forty millions of dollars'are annually expended in tho Unilud State* for quack* imedlctnesi ' , TUe Yankee, AT $.200 PER AHMSI. NO. 41. «ON, STAliktßY.bil t*9 In. the National. House of Representatives,.^ few daye since, Mr. Stanley, a Whig Member from North Carolina, made a right clever little speech on the Slavery question. From it .we take the following extracts: - Mr. Stanley: said—Goctlemen speak .of.ag gression upon the South. We have, a President who owns 300 nagroes—a slavehblder.-and an excellent gentleman,, was elected speaker of Jth|U House. Wo have a good share of Southern 7 men In the Cabinet. The Supremo .Court stands sto 4. The South have many of the Foreign Minis ters, and yet wb hejtr nothing but aggression farid Gen. Taylor received moro votes in the free Slates than Gen. Cassi and only a majority of two mil lion five hundred and eighiy*threo thousand, six hundred and fourteen votes over this terrible horde of abolisluionlots.: 5i ‘ - ■ : •' ' ' - Ho would say to Mr. Stevens, who hod drawn.- such horrible pictures of slavery, that ho would not havo spokpn. } lo a decent negro, especially If he had gray>hair, ailb'e gentleman had to the House. (Laughter.) • When ho - tmvettift at* man’s estate, sixty voters out liua-- dred in Newbern, were free negroes; but in 1830 the constitution was amended-', to/excludo' them, liy . a vole of GO to C 6. . Not, one man now could be found in that Slate to. .advocate such a'proposition. Slavery cannot bo enjanci- patml. . • ' ... ' .There, now, make your speeches;’and iryoii have got any shame, let the blush appear on youf cheek.. Ha Wh.ohae knowledge, wilhoutlho,.re finement of heart, if he have not this, though he preach lino things, he is sounding brass and' tinkling cymbal. But for’your efforts, hundreds, of thousands Of slaves would have emanci pated- in.'lli.at State how—woUld have had the education. they should have .received, and in the language .-of the Psalmist, We Would have seen I'jthiopm herself scotching her hands to God for jny. Stick to your.leoitires. .He would say al ter smart things—advertise them, a%d. sell them— writo about the killing of Morgan, but’let oa alone. (Laughter.) Lot these fellows say that slavery is an agreement with hell. Let-them die and cast; them forth boyond the gales of Jeru salem. :-(Laughter.) Are wo to prevent Cali fornia, Oregon, and Minesota, from coming into", the Union 1 Are wo.to have another forefgnwar to propagate slavery 1 Gentlemen say they of the South will be hemmed in by free Mow are they to help it ? -Has not Mexico abol ishfed%slavcry I New. Mexico can have slavery or not, as she pleases. As to California, it is foh her people to decide that right, Ho had no by refusing her admission, to compel her to. set up for herself. Are we to reject a Slate because she dues hot tolorato slavery 1 If no South* ern man but ono votes foe hor udniissiohj-i will. (Applause.) •»! ' : 1 ‘ ’ He did not vmh to go with -the propagandists. South Carolina and Virginia had passed resolu tions, casting reductions on North be cause she would not go with them. 4 ' 1 The'North State elands oh hep-own hook, and when tbd! Southern' doufedentoy comes, she will, s'atid’ wgftinst u ll ,tJ wpt of tiianhtnU/1' ’(Laughter.)—’ •Hu had ho4rdy»r. rmhora as to attempts.made; to’ break up the oiganir.aiion of tho House, and the' use of knives and pistols; and it wad said that one-fifth could stop the wheels of Ho had a process to prevent that.- He did-not believe that any such scheme was contemplated.' Wo don’t come hero for that, purpose. . VVo have* two hundred and thirty-two members, The con-' stilution provides'that two thirds may expel’a member; Don’t you ilfink that they can put into* the penilonliary u fellow who makes tho ulienipt? (Laughter.) ‘ Ho rvcouliumled to those Who have ever had* this in contemplation, to'read Burr's trial, and they will see that treason onh be : cqtmuit(ed with out a man being present at-the thud.I'* 1 '* When per- < sous go to Nashville U> liold-a cunvciiiion. he " should advise, them to read extracts from Jack-- son's messdigrt of 1833. When the'people of the- 1 Stale of Tennessee, where is Jackson’s grave, have not forgotten : thoirduiy, they will drive - the traltofs.into the Cumberland river. ,!> (la believed in spociM Providence. Washing jtnh.hadlwo horses sliot from under him,-and' Gen. Jackson saved tho Union In 1833 j mid Con. Taylor will savo it how, anti Ills name wlllgo.’ beautifully. to posterity, The Union must be saved and .will bn saved.' Cot gentlemen carry, on their schemes—tho great mass of Southern people nro right, lip-said in tho name of tho* people of tho good old North State—this Union’ cannot bo dissolved. 'J'liose “whom God has joined together, no man cun put asunder.” j “Now Vork by Gas LighU“ ; A Fahihunadlk Oysizu Saloon. —Tho oyslor cel*’» '%• lars, with U.wir bright lamps casting broad gloams ; of light across the sired, uro now in. foil -lido, and* every instant sues-.them nwalluw up at oue-door a parly of rowdy uild half drunken young men,on ihoir , Way to the iUeuiro, the gambling house, tho bowling ' saloon, or the brolhul—or most likely all In turn—* • while Quulhor is vomiting up iho other stair way, having already swilled their fill of oysters and bran*' dy, and garnished their recking mouths each with on atrocious aogar, which tho bur keeper, recommends' as “full Havered.” If wo step down one of these wide' , entrances wo shall see l * long counter, gorgeously ■ i decked with-Crystal decanters and glasses, richly/ i carved and gilt, : snd the wall ornantented with.a yo*' i lupluous picture of'A nuked tho i more seductive from being exquisitely painted. Be* i forp lha lose marble bar tie ranged 'some dozen or i score of individuals, waiting their turn far liquor—' I while on,the other side, a man with his shirt alcoves 1 1 rolled up snd his face In a fiery glow, stems to bo t milling Jong ribbons of jnllp out ofs tin cup. At JhpJ i other end of tho room Is a row of little..stalls, osoli . filled UP with its gsi*burner,‘ils rod curtain, jls hlllo ta blo and voluptuous picture, shd all occupied •wllU InVlif sutsrs.p Xj« (ho.rear of these boseiwswi rung© . of larger apartments called “prtyate rooms, ,r%vberb msn and women onior proinlssuo'iblyi est, drink and*. make merry, and disturb the whole neighborhood; v with llislr obscene and disgusting revels, prolonged fur beyond mid night. Tho women, of course, orb all of one kind—but among the men, you would find, If you looked curiously, reverend judges anti juvenile delinquents! plotia dull devout hypocrites, and undis*h' . guised libertines'and debanolisus. Gamblers, and fancy men, liigh-Oyers and tpoouios, genteel pick‘ d pockets and burglars, oven, sometimes mingle in lint ‘ ■ detestable orgies of these detestable cavoroij pnd lhb - shivering policeman who crawls sleepily by al>\ii©r-i dead of night, mechanically raps ids bludgeon upph tho pavement sir ho hoofs tho boisterous mlrtU below,; may bs reminding a gravofuncllohsty of iho oily,/ that it.is Urns lo go homo U'hls vtlfo and children , after ihe discharge of Ida “arduous public duties. . If you will properly regulate Hio quantity arfVrhM' 1 - you eal. you may luatjigo a lllllo—hey.’ttgqod deal in the quality. ~ ■ • ' . * ■ * v._ The. HuyftrUna, new in Nuw .York, ha»e an uddreai vfcry übly wi'lUeh, In,which the peat and*' fireaent position of Hungary la atiitcd ; and earueat thanka are' rendered Tar aympallly that her‘el-/ weyi been uxlendcd to them by the eilUone of thle*'* country. ’ ■■■ ■ * n -p, ( ; . Ridicule muat boa. 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