BYJOHN B, BRATTON.
3O.
IVew and Clicn,. Store.
THEadbscfibers respectfully'annourjce lb tho
citizens of Oaflisle and the Surrounding counlrJV
thaV'they have just Opened in the' store room ad
joining ibo fctore of Mr. J.'.Gi Carmbby, and di
rectly opposite Monger's Confectionary store, in
North Hanover street,'a splendid assortment of
Dry Goods, consisting in part of
Cloths, Cassimcrcs,
Casslnets, Saitlnets and Vestings; a great slock
Goods’for Men and Boys’ wear, Mous.
1 delaines, Lawns, Ginghams, Bareges, Alpaohas,
Barege da Laines, Calicoes, Checks, Tickings,
.. ipuslins, flannels,:table and toweling drapers, ta
ble cloths, umbrellas, parasols; ribbons, stockings,
and silk handkerchiefs,
laces, edgings and Hnsertings, 1 cap nets, tarleton,
swiss, bookf mull, jaconet and cambric muslins;
an elegant assortment of
. Cheap Bonnets,
of the most fashionable kinds', Palm Leaf, Straw,'
and Braid Hats*
GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE,
Carpet chain, hardware, &c M somohandsomeand
cheap carpets, together with a variety of Goods in
oiir line, which have all been laid in allow prices,
and wilt be sold cheaper than can.be bought else?
where,.
We respectfully invite every body lb call and
judge for themselves, as wo are determined lb oi‘
fer great bargains
J. L. STERNER & CO.
April 4’,’ 1850
Spring undSiunsiicv Dry Goods,
At the. Cheap Wholesale and Retail Dry-goods
Store of
ARNOLD & LEVI,
WHO nro now opening the largest, handsomest
and cnedp'csl assortment of Spring and Sum
mcr Goods ever brought to Carlisle, among whicl
will bo-found a beautiful solectioh of
Ladles Dres^jßaoiis,
now styles; plain, changeable and striped Silks; Bn
regesv Silk Tissues, Hcrugo do Laihes, Lawns, Lin
en Lustres, Mouslin do Lnincs; French, English,
American ayp,d Scotcli G’.nghamsi French and Eng
lish Chintsee; Figured, striped,-hared & plain Swiss
and Book Muslins; Linen. Cambric Hundkhcrchicls,
French Worked Collars, Thread and Cotton Laces,
and Edgingi. , v.. ? .
Bonnets & . Ribbons,
of every kind, quality and price. Farr.sols & Sun
Shades, a very handsomp apartment.
D OMESTICS'.' b OMESTICS ! 1
Our stock.of Ddmebtftß can not bocxcclled (his side
of Philadelphia. Purchased previous loihe
in cotton, wo nro.enabled ,to sell, 20 per cent; ebenp:
or than those vkhd purchased ihta spring. • Wo have
Muslins, Tickings, Checks, Osmtburge, bleached and
unbleached TdlHo Diapers.
CAItl’bTS! CARPETS'! ,
The largest assortment ever brought to Carlisle,
which we are determined to t sell j() jier cent, cheap
er Ihanlhfc sdme .quality can be purchased elsewhere.
Mattings, Floor and Table Oil Cloths. . , ..
Riots d" Shoe s, for Men, Buys, Women and Chil
dren. • / T
, Stypty r n T Groceries! ■ euclV oa Sugar*
Coftbo, Teas, M>)]iiBBea, 6to.,'very, cheep, -
Persons wishing to purchase g,oodi..pnd, cheap
gomls, will do well {p coll and examine oUrcitenafve
assortmcht before purcbiuHng elsewhere.
Carlisle, March 28, 18fib,
Tim Big Gun litfs commenced Firing!
tiIfAKI.LS OGILUV Inis Commenced, and will be
; receiving for .some days, his brilliant nml vnrv
extensive stock 61,
Fresh Spring., ,
and particularly invite* nil those wflo v i*h to luv>
thcio cash' out to ti good advantage to giu- him a cnfl
before, purchasthg rTao\v!We,.fi» he is tlcirnttlnrcl tu
distribute a great ninny gogd bargain* jhlq eprljig
and'aummor. HU etock'consists in nan of aln too
lot of fresh , * .
cloths, caVs^eSks,
Saltinctta. Tweeds, ICy. Jeans, Velvet Cords, Denver*
teens, linen and cotton Drillings, of every color and
price. A general'slock of Tickings, Checks, bj itch
ed and unbleached Muslins, Sheeting, Toweling,
Osnaburgs, Drillings and nagging In greet variety.
” Xtadlos Dress Goods, .
euch as Silk", Latins, Lawns, I,lnert LuVe™. fn prodi
variety and of the latest importations. Frcneh;Scotr.h,
English and American Ginghams, nf various BlyIva;.
Chintzes and Calicoes, a large and r;hen*{J I6f; a great
assortment of Lares, AeUings and Edgings; the best
stock of Hosiery and Cloven that has been in Car
lisle for years; no stork of liibbonaand Bomif/sliko
ours; p.largo lot of Parasols and Sint Shaded well
calculated to ploaso the ladies; and hundreds of other
nrl.cies to please both ladies and gentlemen of the
most refined u«tc.
CtttptU.~ The largest slock of Three FI. Impe
rial, IngraiU, Venetian, Girthing and other Carpets.
. Boots and Shofa'.-^ Mens, Ladies, Boys, Girls and
Childrens boots and shoes, In every variety, and very
low.
Grdcerki, —A largo assortment of Fresh Groceries,
such as Colfoo, Sugar, Tea, Spices, tic., Congress,
Cavendish, Roll, Hand, and Cut and Dry Tobacco.
Gome otto, come all, and secure pretty mui cheap
goods nt the lowest prices, and. where you can have
a stock of goods worth selecting from.
Carlisle, March 21, 1330,
A CARD.
OWENS & RICHARDS,
Fhom Philadelphia.
rpHE undersigned would moat respectfully inform
X the cilisehs of Carlisle and its vicinity, that they
have opened a
Marble Yard
in Carlisle,in South'Hanover street, a fowdooraeoulh
of .the Court House, and nearly opposite A, & W.
Honli’s store, where they will he happy to wait on
those who may favor them with a call. Having pur*
chased a large stock of Marble fur cash, they ora do*
tormined to sell lower than any,other shop this aide
of Philadelphia. They have some moat beautiful de
signs for
XKKoawhentSi Hoad Stonas> Mnntols,
and every thing else .In their lino of business, which
they, will be pleased to show to any, person that may
bo Wanting them,
authorised agente of Mr.'Robert
Wood, of Philadelphia, and will furnish from hie
manufactory all varieties of Iron Railing for the on*
all other, purposes, at the
BhorUHrt no co and at Philadelphia price.
r l n ,h ° r manufacture all hinda of
1" Sill •• 8te P'i and I'lnlforma,
&0., at tho ahorto.t notice oml on the moat roaaonabla
terms.
Having had gi?at axporionco, and being employed
in ba.bc.lal.apa of Philadelphia, ih.y ,% ihjrofote
enabled in manufacture tho moat fchionablo work
and ro.poclfully a.k a ahnre of the patronage of Onr.
lisle and the surrounding country*
Carlisle, Fob. 31, 1800—tf
JOHN WILLIAMSOS/ ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW-Offloo | n thst house
of Mies MoCinnls, nearthb store of A. & W.
Bents, South Hanover street.
Carlisle, April 1, 1850—ly . •
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ond story of James 11. Orahlun's new stone building, in South
Hanover street, a few doors smith of tha Court House, where
those having business are invited to call.
THE VOLUNTEER.
CARLISLE, THURSDAY, 9Ut», IBob.
•John B» Bratloii, Editor ond Prr»i>rletor»
AGENCY,
it?* V* B- PALMIER, Eaq., Isoiir’ authorized ipcnl for pro
ouriag a.tvortiseiiicois, receiving subscriptions and making
colloctionsfur the American Volunteer, at hisolUce. N, W.
cornural Third and Cliesnut slrcuts, Philadelphia.
For the Amcrlcna Volunteer.
KNOW THYSELF.
In all ages of the world it has been one of the
most prominent characteristics of man,' to judge and
puss opinions, not so much upon Ills own actions; as
upon those of others. There has always baen'somo
thing repulsive ond forbidding in the thought of self
examination.' There exists in the human heart a
strange, mysterious power, which seems to dqny ail
entrance to its possessor. The mind, of man loves
to roain over thu broad fields of fancy,
“ And bending a pinion for the upper sky
To mate with the purer csBunr.es of heaven.
It lows to burst maunder the massive chains that
hind it to the dull and uninviting-present, and wan
der back omjd the scene* of other days; to hold
sweet converse with ihe-mohiimcnlal piles of depar
; ted greatness; to hark to the low mqun of the temp
est as it sweeps through the deserted hulls oi some
.moss covered castle ; it loves to rob lime of Ids prey,
and snatch from his destroying hand the'relics of
the p«at(-to pry into the secrels of the dark and
misty future, ft bends llaelf. with Untiring zeal; yes,-
It woitid tear from it that wondrous, mysterious veil
that screens the destiny of nation?; it would read
(he-thoughts of the Eternal, and understand the In
tentions of Jehovah himself.
But mark you, w|th what reluctance it stoops from
tls.eagle, flight to.enter the world k.Uhin, to examine
its history, and to proclaim its thoughts. .There arc
d*»»k traces ' upoq the'fico of that history—stains
(hat we would gladly efface forever; wo would that
thev would sink quietly away into dark and silent
oblivion { wo lote not the memory of those past but
tormenting- scenes, it seems but to render our ex
interne© mure miserable;,the mind, when rcmcm
bronco of such .-scenes rises, before, it Jikn liidisoiia
phanlbms that will hoi dowrif recoils back upon itself
and startles as if at destruction.
It has been said that the in h n who would bo emi
nently useful-lb his r«co;'ii)Usl understand. its neces.
sides.-. But Is this ail? ipualho not in the first place
havo a perfect knowledge (at least so’* much so' d» It
is possible for him to have) itf himself. ...
Without Ibis; wilhout the power'to examine his
owo heart, to mark tho-tendnncics of its desires and
passim;*', lie must he n mere automaton, which ewes
it« every movement to the wise workings of the art
ful juggler. - , . .
Volumes, are,contained In that simple sentence,
‘•Know Thyself;” the more we reflect upon it, the more
do we see in it of (ruth nnd power; it I# the way.
’board (hut directs the traveller to immortal honors ;
the narrow gate - through which every true sun of
science must,puss; it is this alone that cun take
from dea|iny a l|iq powqr of its invisibility, ami bids it
cmno forlli, that wb may.ltjbk and .be satisfied.,.
1 Tito man who obey* this mandate, and acts In
i tu its direction, possesses a shield that will
i üblhbs fifin from many oj* tho poisoned shads to
which mortals arc exposed.; ho will possess a power,
that will act when oilier*shall be of lint little avail;
ho wild havo an armor invulnerable to Ills foes; up
on it their mGsikt may rattle, but shivered jn nlo.
cea, hiirmlvsH to the earth limy will fall. .Tljo days
ol chivalry are past; Hit- path of wild ‘romance is
now but seldom trod; the wandering minstrel no
longer celebrates in flowing stialns the heroic
achievements 0.f.1h0 pteel clad knight; the daring
yoea» of those days are now handed down frqni the
gray headed sire as illustrating (ho spirit of yore.—*
But wu. live in anew era—this is Iho ago of atom
reality the man that would riso to (mnor and' dis
tinction must grapple, hand to hand wi.lh his/oo ) no
flights of fancy or wild soarings of the Imagination
can. now- give him'a lasting reputation J they may
for a time strew hi« pathway with flowers and throw
around him u mantle that wilt, fur a brief period.of
lime,screen his weakness from the vulgar gaze, but
ere long this false trapery will be torn from him, and
In his naked ugliness ho Will appear the object
of pity and contempt. . Ho that would act well hie
part in ilia great battle of life must be a mart who
possesses (his lirel and leading principle of true grout*
was. He must know that motive power by which
lie ucls, and must learn to tamo the wild risings of
liis will into quiet obedience; ho must first learn to
kftow himself,’to understand the ” mo,” before he
attempts to pry. Into the deep secrete and nature of
nlhcrs. ' The man who .makes hi* own nature the
object nf etnso and profound study, (for (he slmly of
one's own mind am) disposition is so, full of intricti
cics ai)d deceptions, thul it requires the very closest
attention and must profound thinking to mactsr li.)
possesses the surest key to thu hearts of others; he
wields n power that no one can resist. Upon (he
roging sea of life lie may bo tossed; the foam crest
ed billows may threaten each moment to engnlph his
fragile bark ; ths wild shriek oftheatorm may sweep
past him, but proudly he can look upon the iumnlt
of the elements, and with calm and fearless heart
bid them rage on ; the. upheaving ocean yielding to
(he fury.of the blast, brings noHerror to Mr heart;
for .the slur of his destiny yet' glimmers in the' dls.
tanco; and whilst dark and ominous clouds lower
aroud him, and the muttering winds shriek wildly ns
they sweep oh, a still small voice whispers In his
oar." fear not mortal, for thy talisman is the watch
word of Immortality ; by it thou shall conquer."
Wouldst thou have lume’sohoioeatgarland—wouldst
thou have the laurel wreath entwined upon thy brow?
then " know thyself.” Lot thy own nature, thy own
heart, be thy first.study; learn for what the God of
nature has intended thee, and when you have found
this, you have the great secret of success.
Look abroad upon the world—see (he changes that
are continually taking place in the fortunes, and af
fairs ofmcn; 10-dßy this man Is engaged In one
kind of business, to-morrow In another, arid thus he 1
goes on, hever continuing sufficiently long in one
pursuit to allow (he dust of Ibrtuno to settle on him. 1
As you see him act, so thousands of others have I
done and are still doing ; they are never content—
why not? Simply because they have never learned 1
to kpow, themselves; they have studied, or rather
attempted to study, the character of almost every '
one they, have' forgotten the,most impor
tant pmr.l of oil, vl* sto know themselves. Here is
wheroTdriurto hides herself, and until mruvjearns to'
knnw this, hor secret retreat, he must be the child of
misfortune and disappointment.
■The bill to divorce Edwin Forrest from bis wife,
whloh'.passod the (louse on tho 10th lhst, ; by a vole
of 49 la'4o—was'defdated in the Senate by o vote of
15 to l&. .
* OUR COUNTRY' —MAV IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY”
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1850.
poetical.
THE DADT’S SAD CASE.
How hard is the fortune of nif womankind—
Forever subjected, forever confined I •,
The parent controls us until wo are wives.
The husband us tho rest of our h>cs,
If fondly \v« love, yet we dare not reveal,
But secretly languish, compelled to conceal;
. Denied every comfort of life to enjoy; ’ ■ ,
We're shamed if we're kind, and wtTer blamed if we'ro
coy. .
ECHO t
dir the Gentleman**.Sad Case.
Uow bard ia tho fortune of,silly mankind,
To Hits frailties and foibles of woman still blind?
W« are miss-led ami bride-led until we get wives,'
And thon we are sad led tho rest of our lives. ,• 1
Though Monied, and tbough henpecked, wedaret^tcom-
And secretly languish In exquisite pain ; -
Denied the prime blessings of life to enjoy,.* .< •' :
We're abused if we're kind,- we're blamed if wo'rocoy!
af&mcritiattcotfff.
From (li« Boston Poati
SIR, A SECRET MOST IMPORTANT.
SY 11. HASTINGS WELD,
** I*ll tdl you wlmi ti in, Uur.cy,‘l're no business
here.’*
“I enmo f.r business, you fur pleasure.”
“ True, but it was for a day, and you have made
a week of it. Hero I am, twenty-five miles from the
cllyVi « .. ... ' ,
- ”Ah awful distance, truly, jtlinl yoq may accom
plish on the railroad In forty-tiro minutes.” ■, •
" Yes, but I might viiptweij be' with the Khan of
Tnrlary, is hero, inasmuch as nobody at homo knows
of- my visit to this city of spindles!-*
“ VVo will bo back to-day—-this hour if yob
like."
“This hour we must, |f at a11,".-and in a short
time we were shooting over the Boston and Lowell
Railroad. It-was the last Iripfor the day, and when
tvo reached (ho city it was nearly or
i Baggage I had none, oo J.rqfuscd the importunities of
a score of liuckncy coachmen, and fooled it alone up
to Levered street.
“Very mysterious,” I overheard a. knot of men
say, at the corner of Barton street. •
“ About twenty-live years of ago,** said, one of the
group at (ho corner .of Vernon street. “Just-my
oge exactly. The body was found in the water yes
ierduy,” said another.-. “ Indeed, and do they know
it w«o ho,?”. “Yes, by his clothing J, the face was
so terribly' 'disfigured that his' friendscould not re*
cognise it.*’ ' ...
Another case of suicide, thought I. Well, I shall
know ul| about it.when I gel home ; bul l stopped
sguin, before a store in Green street, where a' man
wpe,reading fronflho evening paper, aloud, a .para*
graph about Hie suicide j the name I did nol-hoar.
••-A young map of respectable
and moUcat to timidity in his manners, and el Irre
proachable private character. No possible reason
except temporary insanity, can bo assigned for
the deed. lie has tell u wife and iwo chil
dren.” . ~ , ■I. .1 ,
“ Poor felloiy!’? I. sighed, ofcd pushed on. Let me
see—-the tenth hour is poised, and my hclpmule
though a very good woman in tier.way, will not fail
to give me n pretty uflectionato bit.of a lecture.ftr
rny week*# indulgence of a truant disposition,.. Bit
ter though onoli a visitation may be, it is no prgvoou
five ol,appetite—and I look (hq precaution lo drop
into an eating house, thus to lakomy.wil'e’q. lectures
on a full stomach. ..The curtain drawn upon ine, I.
was 100 busy for a few,moments to notice anything
out of, the four feel-square box in which I was dis
cussing a pretty substantial supper. Presently, appe
tile somewhat appeased, I became less occupied hi
creature comfort, a rid involuntarily listened to llio I
conversation 4 «f two persons from whom I was di
vided by the low partition. •
“Ho must have been intemperate.”
“ No, lie Was not.”
"In debt, then.”. 1 ,
“1 was acquainted with him.” .-•■ «■ *. i ~
Aud 1 knew that -voice, but X. could .not immedi
ately, recollect whoi-o it was. ,Uu proceeded, .
“I was well acquainted with him. . |J O was re
markably economical—prudent to a fault,'yet very
. bpncvotunl—acutely sciuiblu to the eufferinga pf the
unfortunate about him—very sein-hivo— yearning for
sympathy in his sombre moods, and always,anxious
to impart his pleasure to those about him, lib would
deny a friend, or even a mere acquaintance, no
thinfr.*;. - - .: j 1 , - ;
My picture to the life, thdught I, os 2,nibbled at
the lost fragment of flesh an.a drum slick* • -Hope
my good (cclings will never load mo to suicide. Paid
my scot and exit, Just ns.the eulogist of-lho dead
emerged from his cell.-
.. When 1 reached ——- alrcol, a crowd Was turn
Ing into it. I joined (ho tail of th<t throng, and hea
ring a discourse on the universal topic, the suicide,
w.bndurcd which of my neighbors it was. and wish
ed 1 had Jiuid iil.Ln'wolt until, at least, “ seven of
(ho nine days of wonder ” hod passed over. ■ But,
thought 1, out of evil, good may come—and, upon
(ho whole, 1 am glad ho lived in this street. My wile,
from the circumstances, may bo acquainted with his
family, undjiherc will,’of course, bo a diversion of her
attention Irrnn my delinquencies. - Wonder if she 1
has heard of it 7 If not, sucha delightfully Inter- 1
csting and authentic pi«cc of news will bo an excel- ,
lent peace offering. , So thinking, 1 turned down a
court— m»do a circuit, and reached my dour before
(ho crowd. Took out my key, entered (he hall, and
put my hand upon the sitting room door, which stood
an inch. ajat. Unusuil noises there made mo hesi
tate.
“ Will they bring him home to night?” sobbed my
rib— end then aho burst into a fit of outrageous weep
ing, which would have prevented tho of
her hearing - , had a reply bean attempted—timUll thp
women, of whom 1 suppose by the sound there tnuii
have been h doicn at least, accompanying her,.but
in a more dutiful, end regulated and complaisant
pitch;, .11 , , ' . . r - •
Her old hysterics again, thought I. Hang
eho’s loo.eompnesioniito—she could hardly wocp.wllh
a bettor relish fur thyself. A Upon tho outer door
—uml ns 1 looked out ol tho side lights, I saw tho
whole posse of olmriliihlo neighbors, Idlers, nnd oth
ers. who upon any mournful occasion crowd them
selves forward, solely because .they tljink nobody et
such a time will have the norvq (a kick theni back.
Ono of the women brushed by mb to open the door
—ln walked the clergyman as pioneer—(hen (hero
was a rush of Some half dozen of ths crowd—(hen
came a coffin. 1 stopped, for no word but bolted fur
tho kitchen stairs. At the head stood thoonly mem
ber of my kitchen cabinet—a dusky wench, who the
momunt I came near enough for Ilia light of ths
lamp she held, to fair upon my features, sat up a
howl,- ami rolled down with the light backward. She
hardly touched the floor, but bounded up again,and
made her escape at n bsck window, taking the sbbli
with her, In bo sure, I suppose, for an aperture to
creep in at, on her return.
1 began to have my misgivings, and sat down in
the kitchen to consult myself how to act In the di
lemma. A man descended the Stairs.
*, "Can you tell mo,sir, whose body they have brought
to the house ?’’ (
“ Yes—it will k||l his wife—she .fakes ori shook.
Inglyi"
“ But who.was he 7"
“Who?”
“ Yes !—who 7“, ■
“ Beautiful family—pity It was broken up.’*
“ Will you 101 l mo who Is the drowned man or
typl 7" • .
“Why, don’t you know 7"
' X caught up tlio tongs, , , • . .
,"It is Mr; Albert Easy—and I expect I’ll have to
make a coffin for hi* wife too—poor womnp.”.
; " Upon miy honor, my . friends have done well to
drown end iTftke preparations l to biiry nie, without
my knowledge,V. v
Thrptigh the Royfcrand Pastor, my wife wao appri
sed of my actUal.existenee, the coffin and tho .corpse
to tho contrary the care of
the family physician; sho escaped death from the
surprise-pan'd thrqugh- the grief I- had given her,
the joy subsequent upon Its removal I-escaped
upbraiding..- Tho clothes the defunct , wore were
onco .mincr-tiiat was a fuel ; but I. had made-him
a present, of them but a week .before, without'my
yvife'a knowledge, for, in such disposals of properly,
I have found it safe to consider her my left hand, and
to obey tho scripture injunction, not to let the left
jiand know what tho fight hand doelh. Tho corpse
removed tB a city building, 1 haslbned to find Bur
ley ; detailed the whole affair, and ended by telling
him I held him guilty.
‘•HowV’ .. . ..
. 11 You pursuaded me off and would not even hear
of my notifying my family of the journey.”
“I expected to return ,tho -same. day, but, young
.man, I alidlT, for wliatyou have Buffered Inyobr own
person end-(lint of your wife, you twain being,one
flesh','amply compensate you.”
" I won’t hoar of such a thing.” ;
.• ” Yes, but you will; it.boats mo nothing, and as
J it will vaally benefit you, I shall import to you a ss*
I crot.’t i
■ I stond nil otteni, thlpklng-1 wee about to.hear of]
ah anticipated rise or fall of comp stock, or of some 1
other • mode df making money,- known only to the
knowing open.' ,
“ During my acquaintance with you, I liavo die-,
covered your entire ighornneo of one of the most i
slmplo but useful things in the world; nay It is in,,
dispensiblc lb-prosperity ; and would have anted you 1
the whole‘Of your late relaxation, if put in exorcise,
when I asked you to leavo the city, unprepared.”
” Well, and what la it?” 1
” The monosyllable NO, oftenpr necessary to your
friends llisn yoUr enemies. The lallor knowing,
and suspecting (tint yoo know. tho relation In which
you.mutually-stand, seldom give you-opportunity to
deny them'.anything; but friends do every day.—*
Slop and sup with mo and—”
»‘NOi”
'X'ite Indians of C«llforptft>
A .Mr. Delano writes to the Ottawa (III.) Free
Trader ns follows: j ;*>;* . f' ■
Near each rancho is generally ft-village of Indi
ans. They ore dark skinned, ncorly as dark ob : a
negro, covered with dnat, living upon .acorns, wild
fruit,..and fish, They have nothing oflho.nbblo
bearing of the Indiansoabluf the Rooky Mountains
—they seem to be only.a few degrees removed from
brutes. Their dwellings resemble almost Exactly
largo coal pits where wood la chaired ; u pit is. dug:
in lhe.ground, a circular frame work Is built, and
this is covered with dirt six or clghl'fcol high, with
a smalt hole at (he base to creep in and out of, and
onolhcr at the top to lot out the smoke. You will
always see numbers of men sluing on the lops of
their hives sunning themselves, while the squaws
arc generally engaged in preparing their acorn
Booty'or in ; weaving baskets and pans, in which
they arc very ingenious. They make them perfect,
ly watertight. Their acorns are dried, then pound-,
cd fino aif^h-mixed' with somo kind of berries*
making a kind of. bread which, is. by no means'
unpalatable, pul it requires a man with the courage
to-oat-iw* ratilbabakb, ,to-tastu It. In-fact, a man
must crbss.Uie Plains-bcforu ho can summon resolu
tion to cal especially after |colrig them prepare it.
The men'. in spearing salmon,.of
which there is the finest hero 1 ever saw, and very,
abundant. They.-ore now frequently-employed in
tho mines for a mere trifle, and. such generally
contrive to get a-slnrt,nnd a fcw-gatrlchtanmigh
to buy a coat and. pantaloons, but silica the* rains
have sot In I have seen hundreds of (hem wading
tho streams fur fish, or traveling oh (ho,plains
naked, and paying no moro regard to the wdt oliitly
storm than dumb boasts. In (he valley they are
now inoffensive, as tho number of whiles overawe
them, but in (ho mountains, they sometimes give
tho miners trouble, and same collisions had taken
pjnoe.: Those in tho mountains are Ireschcroun and
unsafe, and *will ho .until (hoy become acquainted
wjth (heir Anglo Saxon neighbors.
An exchange paper tells.the following racy yarn:
“At Morrow, a.gioondooking man got upon the oars,
lied a largo cur dog. lie hod with him to the iron
stanchion of the hindmost Car, and deliberately look
,hi*.Boat among,the Judies.' A way bounded-(he. iron
horse with his uruuJ apoed, to the no small wonder*
ment of, the countryman,'who -bod hover .riddan an
fast before. Arriving pl-Fonlor’s Creasing*, ho
walked-, back .to In lion lookal'hi* favorite animal,
and Me surprise may be imagined, when ho found
only, tho head of llic dog attached to the ropo with
which ho hnd fattened Mm. After being perfectly
satisfied that the dog was dead, ho merely uttered,.
“Well, this is the only critter, (hat could boat that
dog'ruuniii!“
rnECKnENTs.—Some people—not a few neither, arc
great sticklers for precedents. Wo find tho properi*
sity existing in every' class of society, from the illit*
cr«lo laborer, to tho learned member of Congress
With'vcry (cw exceptions, nil commonco searching
for precedents, when they think of going about any*
thing now—on indirect admission (hey have little
confidence in themselves. .Tho illiterate peasant
looks for precedents In his occupation, to his father
and grandfather, and works and. manages as they
did. if his “illnstridnß predecessors”., wont'to mill
with, a horse, putting the grain !ln'one end of the
bag, arid a stone in the.otjior to,balance it, ho ” fol
lows in their footsteps,” and gocn to null In tho samo
manner. ■ 110 has the authority of precedent, If his
predecessors chopped wood at llwj.foolnf n hill, which
they wiohod to make iiso' df at tho opposite foot; and
•o carried their wood to the lop of tho hill, anil rolled
it down, he manages in' tho samo .way—he hot &
precedent for so doing—the venerable precedent of
his great grandfather dml father. Aunt Melly Bul*
lortub always sweeps her house with tho wing of o
goose—her. mother, did so,.end .her grandmother too,
and it must bo. the right way.> Go through some
sections of our country that have been settled fora
century, pnd yon wilt sco numerous firms, bparlng
evidence of declining health and general debility.—
Such farms arc managed by procc'donta.
C.uiir for a Kino Won?!.— Tho editor of tho
Phnigh, the Lanin and'the Jnvil, furnishes the
followicg receipt, which ho says Is infallible for
iho cure of tho ring worm : ‘‘ Hnnt a shovel to a
bright red—cover it with grains of .Indian corn,
press theimwUh a cold -flat Iron, they wilt burn to
n coat, and exude an oil on the eurfneo of the flat
Iron, with Which rub the worm, and nftor one or
two applications it will be kill as dead as Julius
Cmaur,” ’ ' ; • -
Wim.s madr ok case was recent
ly tried by Judge Lewis, which involved a ques
tion ns to the validity of a wijt made op Sunday,
while the testator, wab, In danger .of Immediate
death, dr entertained a well grounded belief that
such danger existed. Tho court decided the will
to be valid} and, that if a will were made on
Sunday, under no such pressure, tho court would,
in the absence of proof, presume that circumstan
ces of necessity existed to justify the ocl.
When Judge Fetors was Speaker of the House of
Assembly, one of the , members, In crossing the
loom tripped on the carpet and fell down. The house
biirst Into laughter, while the Jurigo with the utmost
gravity .cried, “ order, order, gentlemen; do you not
sbo that a member is on the floor 7"
n —n
Auskncb of Mind.— A gentleman while shooting
In Tennessee, put (ho wadding in,his clothes, and
rammed himself,down In (ha ridn instead.. Having,
howeverilert his enp on, he won instantly shot to
the top of n pine tree, into the society of a racoon
who explained to him his mistake*
. ELOQUENT EXTRACT. 'i
Ati Evening iVallcvrltU tha Children*
BY KLIHU BURRITT.
.And the evening, is beautiful I'ind the betvene
■re full of stars, mirroring their silvery facer in the
snow; and the still woods aro jewelled with ice*dia
monds.'and waiting waveless the rising moon. And
the Noithern Lights, like Zephyrs zoned- with rain
bows, are waltzing on ,the pearly; pavements of the
polar sky.. ; ' And lhe>inouutains {ike waves of * sil.
vor aoa, rising heavenward to greet the stars | and
tlufsky like a sea of molten sapphire, with.-Us gol.
den. tressos drooping fondly on (he brow of the
mounltunu.,-.,1i is.-beautiful.: too beautiful to shut
out of our sight.; Lei us all go out doorjvand retd a
in the album of the heavens. For
this firmament above is the great album of the Crea;*
lor, and the suns aro the syllables and the slat's are
the letters; with which ho registers his handiworks.
And the first man, on the first evening of this
new creation, looked up. into the sky*rects?d and
tiled to r,eud the jlldminnlc'd manuscript of his ma*
ker. And the generations before the flood, gated at
(these same stars; and men that saw the evenings of
nearly a thousand years on the earth, lookedup at
these same golden eyes of heaven) which now look
down on us; tfnd they culled them by name, and by
their light Ijliey drove their flocks to new. pastures
in the bid,world. And when (be founUlna of the
great deep. were., broken up, und tho- windows of
heaveh- were opened, and the floods came, and a Jung
night of darkness, (ho good msn In (ho ark romom*/
bered (lid stars that-studded the firmamenLin hUr
boyhood's time tndMhe namcs<they.werc'-cal)cd byr
among the lathers of the human race. < • And when |",
tho deep, block clouds rolled away, they shone out
of their old places in tho-sky. upon .him, and he fell
at home again, though flouting over (ho shoreless
waste of waters, without compass, churl, or helm.—
1 here they werc.jiisiaa UieyAvero set in tho sky In
l J ,c morning of creation: Tho woters that had
Washed from the earth every trace of man’s ezis.
(once, find hot quenched one, of the “ lessor lights**
or heavcmor .mDvttl lnt.hjxlr from Us place. . Tho
splendid OrloVi iud;nol losV a-jewe) from his belt;
neither the deluge nor.the dnrknoo Itad• •* loosed his
bands. * |lb walked the iOtpo King, and wielded tho
kame sceptre ortiorig the Stars this evening, as In the
first evening llya't (hantlod the earth; The fiery
Bute!ftuese shone with the same red brilliancy, and
thei sharp eyed Rlgol gl'uwed.ln.thc left fopt,.a coles
llal diamond of) tho first wtflor. Tliorir weia llio
Ulllo Flciadpsi and'ilie groat Dog-star, and the long;
Scorpion, trailing its gems along the aoullierti aky j
und tho eleven stars (hat the young Joseph saw in
his dream; and the 'seven stars which the first born
child of Adam saw fn hjs infancy,. Those were
Aome stars to Noah; they wera all that was Jbfl of
the drowned world, (hat ho had seen and loved in
his youth. Ho knew not whither tho sailless, un.
ruddered ark had bomb hlm t Mhb IdllVsl mountain
on the earth was buried deep beneath (ho waters;
everything had been swept away hut the stars which
he hud learned by name, perhaps in the tent of his
grandfather, Methuselah, who remerpbered Adam.
And he fell liinisvll'at homo.
Now, my young friends, a deluge will never come
iiguiu (o bury out of sighlrlhis green, peopled world;
but storms will come, und winds wilt come, and you
may drill fur away from the home ofyotir childhood.
And what makes that homo ? If all your relations
and friends should go with you to far-off lands, and
live with you there, would you not have loft behind a
great deal of your home 7 Yos ; you could noUake
with you the old home-tlead ; the elms and the oaks
under wlilch you playe r Ibo WJIs yoii climbed in
summer to see the sun go down in the wesli or in
the winter with your sleds; the brook Iliat"purled'
through llio ihoudows; the mountains looming up
in iho distance, like huge cushions of green velvet
for the sky; iho fields ol nlternato'groen and yellow
and the fur oft'.wnods. . Dut begin now lo look up
into this blue world above; to inake these star fields
a pari of your homo; to bring these, glorious con
stellation# into the circle of your acquaintance; 10.
cull'llioni by riame, to associate them with alt (he
objects to which-your homo afftictions cling, and
you may carry your homo with you iho world over.
Orion, Arcturuw, Bootes, Virgo, the celestial .com
panions of Jab, Noah and David, wjll bp yorirsjin
ovary placo aml every condition; •ucouaiiitanoes,
neighbor* to your paternal homes. It may be your
loyo tooce blit a little spuqo of the.earth’s surface;
und to know but little more of iho geography of the
earth aham what you learn from your mup. But
here you may study (ho geography of the heavens,
and sco'every •eolcsiialterritory it describes. With
out going o mile from your father's door, your eye
may travel over worlds that arithmetic cannot com
pule, nor geometry measure. Your eyes can do
(his, and when you have renohed the extrema limit
oflhelr vision your thoughts niny go on forever in
(to Iho worlds beyond. Young friends, sopjHJso you
[spend a half hour evorjr bright evening out |n the
open nlr, in dpnroprjating those brilliant oenstella.
tions;, in bringing thorn within Iho home circle ol
your acquaintance. '
Th« Changes or Salvation.—TJio first Universal,
its pruauher in Boston, and perhaps in tho United
Status, was the Rev. John Murray | and tic was at
first Regarded with kind of horror, as lt'he wcre
scarcely human. One day passing slung the street,
ho encountered a woman procuring p pitcher of
wntcraltho street pump, and, feeling thirsty, ho so
licited the favor of e draught. ’fills wits readily
accorded ; and on handing him the pitcher* the
woman pcrccivud-wbo tho gentleman wni •» •» You
are Mr. Murry, sir> I believe,” . “ Yes, Madam.”—
” Pruy, sir, give mo leave to ask you one question.”
''Certainly, with all tny heart.” “Do you really
and sincerely bcliovo, Mr. Murry, that everybody
will bo saved?!’ Applying the pitcher to Ins lips, and
thoroughly quenching his thirst, he politely returned
it and then uldwly-nnd deliberately replied : •• Mad
am, If God is willing, and you hare no objection. 1
think they will.” J *
True The eloquent nnd thrilling re
eponte of Koisnlh to the SuUnn’t domond, (hat he
ohonld renounce Jila religion and embrace Moham
medunitm, is worthy dl a Lmlior, nnd of being re
forded among thosemernorublo taylnga dial in timet
of trial have been uttered by llioso ,whn- have been
encouraged and - tnalainod by Mho unfaltering (rutt
inspired by lilt Christian faith, "My answer doe*
not ndm.il of heallnlion. Between death end shame
the obtden bun hoitbtr.bo duMont nor rfilfictllt, Gov
ernor of Hungary, nnd elected In that high place by
the confidence of fiHetn millions of my countrymen,
|f know well what I owe lomy country evenln exile. J
Even at a private indhridaui, 1 have an honorablei
path to pursue. Once governor of a generous coun-1
try—l leave no other heritage to my children—they '
aboil, at least, bear tn unsullied name. God'% uill
b» dom, lam prtjnrtd to tlit,"
'A DnioiiT.'GißL.— 1 “ What are you doing, there,
lane?” ,
M Why, po, I’m going to dye my doll’s pinafore
red.’*.- -
“ Rdt whnt have you to dye It with 7"
u Beer, pa.”
“ Beer / Who on earth told you that beef*would
dye red 7" ! :
“Why ma said yesterday (that l| was beer (hat
made your nose an red, and 1 thought that I—*“'
“ Here, Susan, take this child to bed.”
A Siiavxr Cur.—The .advent,of Augustus into
the mysteries of matihuod was oelohrMod by a
visit to tho harbor. Tho motions ofshaviug having
boon performed upon him, ho stood cOmplaconllv
stroking his chin in admiration bofofo the glass.
“Whnt did they charge you, my son?” said his
mnlornol parent,.viewing him with brooming pride.
the solfli" nil n nUarlCr * motllor “' Uiat,# replied
“Why,” sold 'tho dsmo, “I ihoucht children
wer<} done for halfprlcd.” 1 B • •
adjusting bis hat, the young man mix*
Lt MOD PEkANltilll
TUB music TBAOHBO*
OY PRANK MBRTALP.
At twenty-ohe, after liaviriggradiiated
College, .and been admitted to the bar, I folihd 1
myself very comfortably established In * ariall?!
but handsome suit of rooms In one’of bur’lead*
log southern cities. I soon, began to deal quite >
at .homo. : among- \ho\war.m hearted i
and became Well known as a lawyer and a private t
Individual, •• .'<• i ; , .1 ’
, i.observed that about nine o’olock. every.njorh;
ing, a yoking lady passed my offioe.-i She wsa
sometimes attended by a young jnan, wbose.face ,
was Stamped with the unmisiakeable sign of eon*
sumption. >. She-wps, aa-l '
ho generally held her arm, or relieved her of a -
roll of music, thal she al ways carried* l She waa -
not at. all .striking, but, on proved i
extremely pretty—very lovely—of that stylo, psu* .
ally denontinaied joafr
she passed regularly,:). Gnce I waa eiandfhgtel
my door, when-a whiff of air .blowing awgy .jher ■,
music, eho stooped to pick it dp, ; bdt 1 saved, hpc,,
the trouble, and was rewarded by. a sweet smlUb
After this, whenever 1 was In she passbdj
she bowed* At last her walks Ceased, for a
weak, and I saw nothing-of her till one bibrning; •
a* 1 was anxiously watching for her, she.again
appeared. Her cheek was pale, her atep. slower
than usual, and she was dressed In- deep mourn*
, 1ng..1 never saw (he young man accompany her
Again.. ■;. ■,f : - N Vi :: .v. '
How many stories I invented,for her hlstom
First, she was a girl going to school, qnd hr* ,
companion an admirer—what scho6i*girl hid ever
so serene a brow! Next a young'widoW'—but •
why did she so regularly pass as If to sbrois’em*
ploymenil Then, a moditU-zho\> what (dreSs
maker was ever so refined, anjdhowi sccountfbp >
her roll of muele, and her former attendant V N.ol.
I only perplexed and provoked myself by endear*,
orlng to ascertain who and what she was. An
Unexpected Incident disclosed all this lb me;
One morning, shoot tv. year after her assuming
black, she was passing atohg rdUter faster thair
usual,.and tripping over alstone, fell to the ground,,
with a’scream of pain, I rushed out, raised, her,
and asked her what I could do fop her. .■ i , .
•; U I fear my -fool is. sprained,”she replied*
“ftnd as you are so kind as to ask roe* i
will be much obliged If you will call a chaise.!*;
madam,** I- replied/ , In the
meantime, pray, oomo into my office.**
As she was unable to walk, I lifted her in, and'
laid her on a eofa as gently as pqssibleVbuVahf r "
could not repress a movement of pain.' - ' ” /}
“ Pray, remain here,** said I, ** I will'eftmmbii'
my house-keeper.and call a carriage',’); p • • »■
When the brrived, hb pronbtntfed'thk '
anolo not to be sprained, hut broken. 'Shesighed'
and said, 11 1 am.sorry for ihAU a*it will-preyent
■my touching for some lime.. Is the chaiseißhe
door^’*
She could Aet rise withouti9sisiaQCb,'and y^K >>
evidently in great pain. The surgeon apd.'l aq**
companied her to her boarding house, and I was .
made, glad to have an invitation to call"the nexil
day. I did call and repeated my visits again end
again. When- more familiarly acquainted,'!
learned from hci’ own lips, her luetory.\s-s n
Alice Hastings, even when I first- know jjtef*
was but twenty, yst she had been marrl?4'ri**rlj!,
three years. Her father, a Tiefr merchipt, J 'hadv.
suddenly failed, and she had' bpen cempolled to 1
seek her livelihood as she beat parent’
haying died of a broken ihoart soon after bis*
failure. . She had finally ‘married « poor authors
* to whom ahe hadb.een,very piDch'aUached. 'jSbe
helped'him lo Siippott'-tbenfselves by ; teaching
music, and'thalwaB..v/hnt' , barried her• past mr •"
office ao regularly, ■?, Her husband, naturally delF*;
efttf*, was continually writing, and it was with:
difficulty olio-could prevail upon him to quit bla> ,
pen at midnight,- Her first and only child died,
apd her husband, by overtasking nia strengths
, become a victim to consumption. Hiabook waa'-
ul last finished. She said that aheknew that It
Was imperfect, but that there was so moch beau*
ty and originality in the plot, ao much delicacy•
and vivacity in the stile, that, its defects .were.-. ,
more than compensated by Its beauties. He ssnt....
It to ths publishers; afler a week of palnful suar'
ppnse.it was returned, accompanied by a note,' ,
pointing out ita woisl defect#, and eiiilrely pass
ing over the merits. ‘ ■•• ,
When he had finished this cruel letter,'he felli
with a deep groan to (he ground, the dark' bloods
fiowigg from 1 bis parted tips. He had broken '
n blood-vessel, In .a few hours he wer no > '
more. • ‘ y ; f ■■
,“As;you knew, Mr;-Marvale,** she,sald whvr\
sbo had concluded her story, ‘*l donlioued giving
music lessons till this aotiident put ii.out of my.
power.” ;f > \ >*>• ’ V *« ,i-
After Some lime, the fair patient re*; ; ■
cover, and at the end l ;of six Weeks the‘splints*
were removed from the delicate foot* Alice; was
now able 1 IoJ wnlk; She expressed fa .desire to .
resume her lessons at once. 1 felt that the mo
ruent had’cortie. - * m ' ■ ,<!. vi-’-i •.
' »• I cannot see Any necessity for this,” 1 aald,i :
“and It'grlevoa mo 10 think that you are thus
resolved to 101 l for your daily bread. * >\ ♦
“ Uut 1 have.no other resource*—l act from ,
imperative duty,” she replied, elighlly blush
ing. ‘ , -■ . * ) .. f . V!l. - - .
“ But will yod triisithla to me; end allow-me'.
to make nn arrangement more aatlsfactory. to my- .
aelf at least.” , . J
She turned away her face, which was suffused
with blushes, I gained courage. V ' J -
“ rthlnk I can. ; May I try V* I continued.
41 Yes,” she resumed, hiding her face.’
I rnught her hand, and proceeded.
*• You give me full permission ?”
“1 do,” still faintly speaking.
“And yeti willnol relrafct !”
41 No—never.*’ ' r * - v.o-f’i
~ All was over— !■ caught her in my arms, andl *
hissed her 1 more thnrt once.sssurlngher lhalJ[ <r i
knew but ohe way, and that was by accepting tno.
in marriage; , ■:•*••> ••' ;
In a few months we were united
Petermn'M Magazine.
CT’Tho Now York cUjptptripromlftonolWi 51
Kaioh or oiiouOdlng diao|ofttir«» td ho’mod* in lhH‘
plttco •horllj*. Mooay advanced to hide theme, dto.v. /
Stood from andtr I
If you tlonlT with to fall In late keep nwayfrom, 1
oallco. You can' no moro play with thaglrla without -1 •
tualof your, hoatt, than you oan play pi, roulatw - >
without loalng your money.; At Dobhf nary jually
obaetaoa, the heurl-alrlnga of a woman,llka Ihalan.
Urllla Of a tine, are ajwnya raaohlngOut foraomev ‘
thing to cllng-10,- -Tha aonaaqnenoe la, that'kaTaHe I
you ara going, you ara >• gono,”,llka a duo loggai;
•lota at a attest auction -it
i- Tin
iera. la only ono living woraa HundgnoYanoai ..
ond ,Uwl la oonpoil. Of nil 1 jolt notably, fouli in
oVorwlaa fool la thy worll. You ihny oauao Idliila ' '
lo philoiophlao—you may ooUi donkiya WroYeid' '
thlallea—but don't ovor think of drlaihif'Wmmon 1 ■ ‘
■enao into tho hand of a conctiilod. puriun. 1 ,, Thny. l
nro «o l|npro|Tn«blo lo nrgomonta aa Gibraltar Ta to
npplo tlumpllnga, ■ .* ‘I v.
Aovico to NowspAmi
boiler tiki ihii paper, •U, your neighbor Ve ttredW' J
landing. and think*, if you woaldiMUmirlM'UMl
prlntura would bo ju.t two dollata better able to,. *
I mabo a•• bellei " paper,'. : ' *
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