Ainnicflu 181 Holuntecr M JOHNS. BRATTON. VOL. 37 I THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, fell pubilitißd every Thursday. ot CarlUlo.ro, l.y JOIINB. • upon tho following conditions which wtu do ' , rigidly adhered to; thumb or bodbcru’Txom_ For one yonr, in ar/ranccj l 00 For six months, in adooucs • -i.mnnlli* and No subscription token for a leas term \\ ® n _ffLVsrc paid, Ho <1 scoutinuanco permitted until u *J l nr^*} .~i,uf subscription Twenty-five pur nnv^ndvauce. 11 will be required of all those who do not payin novau HA.TBB Of ADVERTIBIWO. . . 5nl story (If Jntnoß 11. Oralmin', miwutomi l.iiilr np. lii Smilh f Mi'iiivor at rent, o few doors south of. tho Court House, >vhero [ having business nro invitedtocall. |)oe tic at. AN. IRISH MELODY. BY D. F. M’ca&TUY. •• All 1 sweet Kitty Nell. rise up ftnm your wheel— - Ymir nent little foot will ho weary of spinning;. Como, trip down with me tu ilio sycamore tree — , HalfUms parish is Uwru.aml Hie dance is beginning; Tlic sun has gone down, but tho clear harvest moon Shines sweet biklcool on Die clow- whitened valluy, , While ulllhu air rings with the soft lovlrfg things; Each Utile bird slugs in the green shaded alloy/’ With a blush and a Smile.Kilty rose up the while; Her eye in the glass,'as she bound hur hair, glancing, •Tls hard to refuse when a young loVcr sues-- • Hu sho couldn’t but choose logo uiflw the dancing. And nnw.on the green (ho glad groups are seen, Each gay-hearted lasswilh the lad o| his choosing. Anil I’ot, willimit fail, lead# out sweet Kitty Nell: . • Somehow, when hu asked, she infer thought of refusing Now, Felix Mngec puts his pipe to his kneo. And with nourish so free, sets each couple In-motion; With a cheer and a bound, the lads pnltci the ground— Thamaids move nroumtjuat liko swans on the ocean. .Cheeks bright ns Dio roso-lbcl light ns the doe's— Nmvcnyjy retiring, now boldly advancing; • • Search the world nl| armind. from the thy to the ground, No such sight can bo found as au Irish lass dancing I Swept Knt** I who cntibl view your oyea of deep bluo Beaming humbtly through llielf block Inslica ao miblly, Voiir Ibir turned arm. heaving hrrtaal, romled form— Nor feela hia heart warm, uml hla piilieabeal wildly 7 I'oor Palfenla hie heart, o» ha Rosea, depart. Subdued by the mnarlofauch painful, yet aweel lovo; The light Ipnvea bin eye. oa ha crira with a algb. •• Dane* ligh\,far my heart tt ««a under your feet love. Tine wuna of kossotii. At the time when all was lost lo Uio Hungarians, and each hud lo sock his own safety in (light, Gov ernor Kossuth and hia lady, who hud accompanied l.cr husband throughout the war, thought it bust to separate, in order that one;of Ilium, i( possible, might save their lives, fur the sake of their children, who liud been left under Uio protection of (heir grandmother.. Tli«-Guvern»r determined lo remain will) hia brave udieefH, still will) him, and share Iheir fiito. Aludamo K. informed her husband and u fonuilo friend, Uio wife of un otViOcr, wheru she should endeavor to seek s-.foty l and us every mo* meni TrnHprud'.’u'« l this.delic'iu iady'qoiukly dollied, herself as a beggar; her husband gave her hit* signet ring and the seal of the Governm.mt of Hungary, Ihul these might bo a passport for her in the event of her meeting with those who .were friendly lo their cause. Without any clothes except (hose on her back, she qgmimmccu' her sad and fatiguing journey on fool. Slid travelled long, , experienced nil kinds, of hardships, privulions and dangers. When stopped hy tho'Aiudrhu) or Russian gu irds, sho feigned, extreme old age, and said she was in search*ofa little grandson* who Imd gnl lost in the war; so they lei her poet* llulo knowing the value of the ptito they*had in llieir bloody hands. , . ■ Thus eho continued on until sho reached an extensive pasture country, uninhabited, cxcepl by herdsmen, almost as vuid of intellect-os the herds they guarded ; hero sho > sought place. These poor.serfs made her’ afresh bed of straw, covered her will) clean, sheep skin, and led her with their brown bread, and there sho remained three months, during which tiinu Winter hod come on, and having but liltlo ouveriiig/you may % cosily conceive how intensely she must-hove sufierod;—* Gov.. Kossuth had sont fur his children that ho inight toko loavu of them, and give thorn his last blessing; they were brought to him by his mother, and again token to their lionfo. . The Austrian executioner, (llaynau) had lung since commenced his bloody work. Kossuth and those with him, fled .(•ward the Turkish frontier to the fortress of Wld don* , - * . We cannot enumerate all tlio Sufferings, losses and anguish experienced hy these unloflu'tmla men in their {light; must of them, h'owover, reached Vvidden.’ They were rfu sooner there,, than their first thoughts were of Madame Kossuth; and her fliund, the wife of Ihu oilir-cr to whom sho had com* muniuated the place of her intended concealment, determined to sock and find her . if sho was still alive. Sho sat out on her weary journey, habited in as singular guise no that of Madame Kossuth— as a beggar—and thus she passed the soldiers and guards of tho enemy, until she reached tho hiding^ fila.co.of her friend, who hud been the companion of tor youth and happier days; and now -they wuro to encounter now dangers. lv -The herdsmen built them ft liltlo carl, and gave ''Lf tlicm a horse, as Madame. Kossuth, worn out by unxtoly, privations and sufferings, was no lunger lito to walk; tho roads had now become almost ipassible, narrow/ and slippery on the sides of the contains; one false step would have plunged them iwn into an almost bottomless abyss—but with o gallows in their rear, end tholr husbands before cm, hope gave them courage, and onward they ont. Wo know not what length of lime they pc* iptod in thoir journey, ns It was in winter, and ey had often to conceal themselves in clefts of oka and overhanging mountains, from the scouts ' tho enemy, it must have, boon along and weary, to, and, when discovered, they passed for beggars, id oskod for broad Iron* their bloodthirsty foes. They ultimately readied the town of Belgrade, here they expected lo find their husbands, and a rminalion of their suflbringe. Imagine, then, tholr otlinga of disappointment, when they learned that )t a Hungarian wo* there—all had boon removed Shumlu. Whqt was how to ho done?. They ere worn oul, and could proceed no farther. Hope on had forsaken litem.. No husbands to embrace, ) friends to welcome them. They decided to row themselves upon -the humanity of (ho Surdln n consul; they knocked at his door which was toned by the consol himself. Two beggar women ood before him, the pictures of misery and woo. e asked them what fhey wanted. They answered food and shelter.*’ Ho requested them to oomo in hen the offioor’s lady introduced him to Madame oijuth, wife of the President o( Hungary. Ho mid not believo it until sho took from her bosom o signet ring and seal of the Government of Hun. What followed oun easily bo sonjeotured; wore received and treated according lo their by the kind hearted oonaiil; and after they were auffiolenlly rested, ho made known thoir case tll ° rrinco of Scrvia > who sent them his carriage an escort to takn them to Shumla, „ The ‘ was terribly cold, and the roads as bad as '|^ could bo, but they ultimately arrived in safety. • *««•»■ l’»i>er. 11l i <3o® I A DiALoauf—“ Wliy, Chntloy, how wo)l you ; 100k —1 novor saw you with ouch good olothoo I boforo." 8 i “Yes, Sara, so it to—-I was down nl Washing tm when tho Galphin pioneji ,wna taken from tho Treasury—that accounts for it." ~bVIP BOBIW HOOP; | POPPING THK Q,UKSTION» Wlio ha# not In 000 form or another, laid op in Tfio,following ib Iho " confession” of un old bacho tho store house of memory, some of the deeds of da* j l o r, w jj o describes himself as being now so dried up, ring oiid devilily, of this bold outlaw, ohd his , w®| r 3 r 'that ho is lilllo bettor than a mummy, and expects, men V And who especially, that !»«• BOfno of these duys, to be blown away into dust. Ho beautiful sylvan pictures in which they aro grouped J * • . • j j. n,i by Scott, with Shprwobd Forest ft*, a back ground,'advises all young men to got married, and tells them In “ Ivanhue”—will not pause with us bt tho grave'how to manage the courting. Tho old follow speaks of Robin • Hood, thus described by a traveller, in a jjj s 0 ono 10 knows, though ho has a touch of the -<•>■* »■ ** of Huddersfield, in the very centre of a densely pop- notwithstanding ho pretends to have been so aufaitr ulated manufacturing district, is to bo found ail that! “ Now, gentlemen, this going a courting is nothing remains of the Priory of Kirk less, famous us the bu** to bo afraid of, if, like me,' one understands how to rial place of tho most rcoowncd.of tho English Ills- do it. I.don’t moan to boast, but— tho fuel was—in toricul Romance, Robin Hood ; and truly, if sylvan |my young days I was up to a thing or two.- In tho seclusion and setnory of the most romantic beauty, ; first place, give,mil that you aro u marrying matt ! can give fitness to a tradition, time worn and honor* |lt will smooth diflluuitics wonderfully.' Brothers ,cd, then is it that which marks out Kirklcos us tho j will invito you to dinner—mammas ask their duugh* resting place or tho gentle Robin, indeed and happy; tors to'slng your fnVorito songs—your opinion will (ms; for, notwithstanding its proximity to .those Ic- bo asked on all points, and if tho family have a coun* viiillmn establishments, in which is manufactured ( try scut, you can go there every Saturday night, and cloUiing for a world, it would seem us if the genius ‘staytill Monday the summer through, without spend of progress had paused in respect before tho outlaw's ing a Sou market* You've no idea, sir, what on easy grave, having forborne to brush away'tho dew drops \ thing love making becomes undersuch circumstances, from the' grass, or to disturb, tho sylvan solitude' A walk by moonlight—a Chnnco meeting at early where tho darkening elms dud sombre yews wuvo| morning iri the garden, or a summer afternoon to their branches like funeral plumes over his tomb.— gether in tho alcove, docs tho business.. To 101 l tho This'interesting relic occupies an elevated situation ' truth, I never capno so near going as whon 1 spont n at the'western extremity of a noblo terrace, winding' weak in tho country with a bridesmaid 1 had waited' round tho brow of o hill overlooking the beautiful on'i' there was u porch almost buried ih honeysuckle, valo of Gulden, where tlio long and broad avenues of , behind tho house, and adjoining tho garden; which oak and elm stretch awny into solitudes so unbroken, '.was a perfect Paradise.' Tlioro wo used to sit, and that were it not for tho evident euro taken to' fence : ono day, if it hadn't been that tho old 'gentleman out nmu, tho destroyer, ono might bo disposed to woke from liis. nap and throw up tho parlor window, question whether human feet had trod those glades, just as 1 had got his daughter's' hand, in mine, tho .since the bereaved band returned with sad looks and question would have popped itself. solemn tread, from-depositing tho body of their bp-1 “You stare; but 1 repeal, it would have popped ioved leader in Us lonely rcsting.plac®; and although . itself.- Tho fact Is, between ourselves, these things the shrill whistle of the locomotive does occasional* ; become astonishingly ,natural, quite fts if ono was iy awaken tho echoes of tho' valley, iho iron mon-, brought up to them from a child. Don't trouble stcr preserves a respectful distance from the hallow* yourself uhoiil how yon look or what you shall say eel spot., y . —tho best thing you cun do is not to think of tho Thu grave is guarded by an iron railing, and al* mutter at all, but make at unco, and then llioughlho stone which originally, covered it was re* the business iy soon over. There aro a tliuusand moved, in consequence of portions haying been bro* ways to pop tho question, as there are a thousand ken tind.carried qtf, by visitors, the inscription upon ways to make love. Bomo do It with oaiy iinpn,- it is copied upon lho : present stone J—it is as fol- donee—sonic choke tor words and slick fust—Homo lows : ' - deliver u set speech and look for a clean spot on tho " Hero undorncad dis lati stain • Lai Uubord, Earl of- Huntington ; Ner arctr ycr ui hie to gcud, .. An pipil Kauld im Rubin llcud, Sic Uiluwz us In an hiz men, Vil England never si ngen."-- . [Obill 21 Kal, Dekembris, 1217; From the commanding height of llnf terrace is seen Dio, silvery Culpur sweeping in mazy- majesty thr-mpii umbrageous woods, pleasant meadows, ami Mr pastures, while in (he uMrcmudistancc, the hor izon is bounded by Ilia dark. fissured sides of the hills of Blaekslono Edge, stupendous walls ofnitluro's rearing,- tuguurtl an amphitheatre of vordaftlbcauly. Seen ul sunrise from hence, those hills are crested by coronal rays; al nounlido the duygod appears to be bathing in a sm of glory us his face is reflected in (ho waters of the Cahlor; while at even lido he ap pears to retreat behind the hills through his puhieo of clouds, clothed inn mantle'of rosy, light. Dili who eon describe the soft beauty of a tnooulil scene from this eminence, as soon slid fell iu-lho baltnly air of-uu English autumn eyenftlg, - with the soft fueling of repose which it induces in the spectator to c-jeh glliupnos of the distant lur.dsoapo (|tr*H«aJ«vDn* : ' trees with (heir uinWowned foliugd; mark the flush ing lines of silver which ever and anon light up (ho quiut dowy. river;' la list to tho voices of night as they sound in (ho rising, breeze, sweeping through the avenues and Joining in concert with .the louder mar of tho rushing wicis in the river, below, These .1110 indued enjoyments full of rapturous feeling for thu poetic.mind. Leaving tho gravo by ti path over the park, thu traveller finds himself ut Ihcsidc.ofa holding brook, which mcniidors' eompluinply through tho grounds from west to cast, and finally ,into the river Caldor. Crowning the slope winch descends somewhat ab ruptly to this stream, which still retains the name of "Nun's Brook," there is a fine avenue of beeches, which was no dbubl intended to give shelter and shade to these sisters of tho house who should sock fn Its long drawn vista u place of meditation’; and there is nu question thnttho margin of the brook was frequently trod by (hem for a similar holy pur pose. .There is a narrow bridge which crosses the stream, which gives access to .wba£ was once the gate way of the Priory, although.it now loads only, to certain farm buildings and offices, attached to tho modern hall, which was built in tho reign of James tho Ist, out uf the materials of (ho old. Priory, and stands in thu Park above. An engraving of tlio Priory .ruins'ln Slukcly’s Itinerary shows that at tlio time a largo gateway, with corner lurrcllstof lino character* was still stan ding | but this has disappeared, and nothing of the kind is now UUsluudiug except a low postern with its moulded atono jambs and door of oak studded '■with largo headed nails. , • > ' . Tho lodge or galo h'tuso is in excellent preserve*. lion and is on several accounts, unit of tlio most in* tcrosllng portions of Ilia buildings. It is not of largo dimensions btii liio ll;icluiq»« of .it? walls, Us windows of extremely narrow lights, divided by muilions, and two timber gables, uno of thorn well carved, and both in excellent preservation,give tin mislukoablocvidoucoofila having formed au original portion of thu Priory. It is in a chamber closet nf this gate, .house, t(ial tradition declare? Robin Hood id have expired; Tlio chamber in which it la said tho outlaw drow Ids lust bronth ,fs ofrsmall dimensions, mid, tho window is still pointed out through which his trusty friend apd follower, Little John, at hie inaslor'a request, shot o’h arrow,‘to mark by Us full tho plucu of his grave; and verily it was no unnerved arm that drew the bowslring.whloh could send ah arrow tliat distance, for but fo\v in those duyo could bo shnal. No ono can contemplate tho situation of this an cient Priory, nestling hi a sheltered hollow uponllio margin of a fair brook, in whoso clear waters its lurronia wore rclloctcd and .surrounded by forest clo thed hills, without, acknowledging tho truth of tho. tradition axiom , which. allmiuUd to tho clerical fathers of England an exquisite laslo and Ono appro* elation of tlio beautiful in their choice of conventual sites.'* Time About- Two Yankees were strolling in the woods without any arms ,in their possession and observing a boar ascending a Iroo with its large- paws clasped round tho trunk, uno of them ran forward and caught tho hoar’s paws, onu in ouch hand. 11a instantly called out to his comrade t “Jonathan, I say, go homo nml bring, ms some thing as fust sa you cun, till 1 kill (ho varmint.— Mind, don't stay, for I'm In a fix." Jonathan ran ofT as fast as ho could, hut was an exceedingly long time returning. During the inter val the bear made several desperate attempts to bile tho hand of him who held It. At length Jonathan ouino back. “ Halloo, Jonathan, what the ddqce has kept you 7" Jonathan replied : , . »» Well, I’ll 101 l you 5 when at home, breakfast was about ready, and 1 guessed it would bo as well to wail for It." ... ■ , ••Hero now, Jonathan,” said' his companion, "come you and hold it, and I’ll kill tho arlttor lu n suited the bear's paws, and held the an imal while the olhor could kill it. “ Well, Jonathan, liavo, you got hold,of him 7” “ ] guess 1 have, I ’, replied Jonathan. “ Very well, hold him fast} I gnoss I’ll go to din* nor.” An orator at a Free Soil mooting is.said to have thundered forth this M noblo sentiment.”, “Mr, Chairman, if I was a Blames twin, and : my brother wo? on the other side, I'd out tho ruaoal off.” 1 Over whelming applause. : * OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS DE RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OR WRONG,OUR COUNTRY** CARLISLE, PA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, M. carpel to get down'on their knees—and some glide into- it gradually, like a hawk narrowing his gyra tions boforo ho stoops—the poor girj silting beside hfm all tho lime, her heart floltcrihg in her bodice like a frightened bird. I've heard ufonc or two pour sinners who popped the question in the street. — .There's only oho way mure certain to insure a refit 'sal, and that is (u propose n,Jellcr. , A woman—7* let her love you as site will, is always frightened when she seriously thinks of leaving her patents to trust her all with a comparative si range?, and if you jgivo her lima to look at these matters coolly, len to one shu'lt give you a denial—l am on old man and have seen tho world, and let me tell you the girl who yields in tears, oti a moonlight evening, vvpbld write* a.civil refusal ur equivocal answer tfib next morning oiler breakfast. And then what a fool n lover makes of himself on paper! I read some Idlers (ho other day—tho gods forgive my'slim.for writing such. “ It’s u mistake, sir, in llieso matters to lend the young u helping hand—alt they auk is (o be left alofie, and if there aro any meddling yotinpMcis itbutit, have (hem put to bed or drowned, it don’t matter which, so they'ro out of the way. Only give fair play,kick yoyr liialali, making aunts Ip tW^bucb,’Siid—my lileon il It-lljo'moat demur* will find a way ofboing understood, even if, like old Sir. Isano Nowlon, they have to make love With.their feet. It may camo rather odd at firsli but they will sot looking into each other's eyes, until, by and by, thoii hands will steaj into each other, and so, getting copier and.cozier, llio question, when they least ex pect it, will pop out like a cork from a champogno bottle. It will pop'itself. Au lutorcstiug Stof-y, *» t|»y bread upon tlio waters, ami after many days It will return to thocj” this Is a Scripture trulli, which; like uil truth, hits been verified a lliuusurid times. The following story may servo to Illustrate the verity of this text. Allow mo to premise that my story is a true one in all particulars : Some thirty years since, a lad of one ol our East ern Stales, about ten years of egc, was sojit by his employer to curry a basket, heavily laden with wares, to a puichuser. While staggering under its weight up a somewhat sleep hill, a gentleman of about thir ty years proffered his assistance, and beguiled the Icdioußiices of.the way by pleasant anecdotes, gobd advice and kind words. They parted—fifteen years passed away—the senior of tlieso two, now ncaily fifty yoars of ago, sal in his study with melancholy countenance ' and heavy heart. Ills door opened, and his ynung and fascinating daughter, just bloom ing into to announce, that a gentleman desired to ecu her father. “Show him in, ipy darling daughter, anil do.you, my- child, Icavo-us to ourselves." . Sho obeyed. ..The old gentleman entered. “ Well, sir," was his salutation, “liavo you consid ered my proposition 7” • / “ I have, and happen vvhut'may, I .will not force or sway, by any net of mine, (ho will of my child. Shu shall bo left to her own freo choice.” “■Then, sir,lp morrow, by three oMoek, your pro perly must go into thu hands of (ho. shorilf, unluss you Ijud some friend,to pay tho twcn'ty.lliuuaand dol lars,” Tbitpho said with a sneer, and coldly- bowing {eft the habso. |Tlio poor falhor’u heart won racked.— “1 ant a beggar—-my daughter \n homeluts—l Imvu no froind to offur assistance in this hour of. my se verest trliil.” ' In tlio midst - of these bitter l rcftccllbnp, again his daughter entered, introducing a genllemuu of sumo 28 yoars nf ogc—a stranger. _ “Am lin the presence of Mr. 0,7” was.his open ing remnrk ; which being slTtrmiilivolytinaworod, ho continued by saying that, ho was a bUCCcsHful mer chant of Now York, had heard of tho misfortunes of Mr.U., and camo on purpose to ask thoumouhtuC his liabilities, that ho might loan tho necessary funds to relievo Ills Wants. - Nor was Ifu. sliockcd at tho mention of tho largo amount of twenty thousand dollars, lie handed him his ohcck, which yvas duly honored—thu father was once muru a happy man— tils daughter was not houseless-ho had found some friend to ‘pay, despite thu snoor of his hard hearted creditor.” ,• n Hut, pray,sir,” said (ho ngUalcd father; “to what am I indebted lb; this munificent kindneus from an entire granger V' *' “Perhaps you have forgotten,” was the reply, “that sumo eighteen years since you aided ft friendless boy, of (on years of age, to carry ..his loaded basket up a hill—that you govo good odvico'ond- klndlv words ? lam that boy. 1 followed your advice—f ImVo liv cd honestly—l have gains J wealth—and now, after many-years, t-liavo come to return to you, kind sir, the broad whiohyou then cast so freely upon the wa tors.” ■ Parental Teaching*, If parents woiijd not.lrusl a child on (he back of a wild horao without bit or bridle, let them not per* mil him to go forth into the world unskilled in eelf government. If a child ii passionate, loach him by gentlo and patient mqam to curb hie temper. If he is greedy, cultivate liberality in him. 11'ho (a «el fiah, promote gonorotdly. If.hoib sulky, chormhlm out uf it by encouraging frankness and good liumor. If lie la ignorant, accustom him to exertion, and train him so as to perform even onorous duties with alacrity. If pride comes In to make Ida obudiupue reluctant, subduu him, either by counsel or dioipline. In khorl give your children the habit of 'overcoming Ihuir.busetUng sins. Let (horn acquire from expert ence'thst confidence in themselves which gives n«* curily to the practised horseman, even on the buck of a high etrting steed, and they will triumph over ll|o difficulties and dangers which bead them in the pullrof life. , ’ TUB tfOfe'i'llt “ More copy, sir." “Oh! ye—ye—yes; cliL'wbeitdid you any/” • 41 Moro copy, sir.” * ° Tho devil, you do! How much do you wnnl?” ' -- 44 Four slilke,- air,'* . ; . . - ; • “Jeremiah,‘iUrlhg bdl tlib tonclrlHb exchanges scarce—no murders, thefts, or seductions—that's right old boy; sco if llio screw -is right adjusted, tho crank fastened, und tho gudgeons well greas* cd.’V , • 44 All right, sir.” • r , 44 Well, commence.’*' ■* ' i* , 4 * The, night was dark and fearful,” ■ ' Tom cala went mowing by, . Tliblr discord lillcd my car full ~ j .01-inournTul mclo put. ; 1 llo‘w wistfully'Wo. gozo out, f •• - DuCsink back in deep ddepnir* 1. There’s u misty, foggy, haze out, ... A.nd I see no *• Techno ” there. . “IJqld tip, Jefoniiah, Iliat’s entirely 100 caf-cgoricul! Xller tlib gbage a little; there, Ihal will answer. All rcudy.**-: ' ‘ l : - t- •-f • i Push (ho boat from the shorS, ” Tho winds are blowing free: ; Steady, now, wo bend the our, And pull out for the sea. Tho sun,is rising-in (ho oast,, As woman’s eye; ... f Tlib paid moon looks above (helices, Like a pancake in the sky. M Slop! stop! that’s a mighty leap from (lie sub lime ! Turn a liulo'slowcr i ~‘\ ’Twos night, und tlib gloomy darkhcfes hud libr ebbn veil mifurled, And nought remained but gua lamps to light Qp this • cro world, . . Tho hoaiens .frowned. , Her .twinkling-orbs, with silvery light ■ * . Were all occult, on t'other aide a thunderin' big black cloud, Pule Luna, loo; shed not her.beams upon tho motly groups. Which lastly were standing round liko new, disbam . • -j fled troops;. A death liko stillness o’er prevailed o’er lovee, lane, .•■ml street, And|tlie whole cturiialjclty from the Vido ( .Porcho to - Bfcmcn; umJ from tho .brink clar out loCump Bprin|v^—wlioro they drink bo much beer on Sunday, and waltz wusscr than Waterman's boss in* tho circus—seemed for all the world jist asifitwas wrapped up in her winding Sheet. " Pul' Mp tlio confounded - It don’t work 1 , right* , 1 don’t bcllevo t)io< limoii in right. tu.night; look in tho almanac and sec ;•— Lauii Heville. Why Women nfro Unhealthy* Ma ny of (ho physical evils—tho want of vigor, the inaction.of syclcm, the languor and hysterical olfcq lbns~--whfch arc so preya cut among-(he dolicqtu young’women of tho present day, may b'o traced lo'u want of well trained mental power and well cxcrcis. ed self control and to an absence of fixed habits of employment jjKeul cultivation of tho intellect— earnest czerci.it> of tho moral powers—the cril.iryo ment oftlio mftu! by tho nrqiilrcinent of knowledge, and llio.sjrciigtljcning .of its capabilities for*effort, lor firmness, for endurance of inevitable evils, and for energy in combating such as they may overcome, are the ends which, education has to attain; weak* Haypifce j o&rmt*y.- ..Tho.powor f>f tho. viind over the body is Immense. Lot that power bo called forth; lot it be trnincd amJ exercised,- «nd vigor both of'mind and body will result. There.is a-homely, unpolished saying, that it is better to \Vear out than to.rust out; but it tells a plain truth {.fust consumes faster than use. Belter—a million times bolter—to work hard even to tho shortening of existence; limn to sleep and cal away this precious gilt of life, giv ing no other cognizance of its possession. Newspapers. W. C. Bryant, speaking of newspapers, said:— “Books nro the precious'metals in masses—news papers coin (hem for general use, pul them into the moil convenient forms, and pass them from hand to hand.” “ Newspapers,” ho said, “ are the ushers of books; why would know when a book was published but fur (ho friendly information of tho newspaper?” Ho added “that ho had been sometimes tempted to regret (hat (bo wise, witty, nr eloquent things which appeared in these “folios of four pages,” os they are culled by Cowpcrj should not bo Inscribed on more durable tablets, instead of going the next morning to wrap parcels or light kitchen fires; but ho was fully satisfied with (heir fate, when ho reflected (hat they had first been rend.by thousands, and whatever was good in them had passed into (lie general mind.” Industry* Every young man should remember that Clio world always.has anil always will honor Industry. Tho vulgar ami useless Idler whoso energies of mind and tidily nro rusting for the want of exorcise, the mista ken .being, who pursues amusement as relief to his enervated muscles, or engages In exercises lli.it pro dueo no nsulut and, may look • with scorn, bft tho hi -Iforur engaged. In • his Kill; tint tils sebrri is praise ; his contempt /s oli honor. Honest industry will se cure tlio respool of tho wise .mid (ho good among .men, and yield tho rich fruit of an only conscience, and givo (hat hourly Half uespecl which is above all price. Toll on; then, young men and yotfng women.' Ho diligent In business. Improve (ho heart’unU.the mind, and you will find *» tlio well-spring :<>f unjdy litenl ln yolir own souls,” uhd secure (ho confidence and respect of all ihcso whoso respect is ' worth on effort to üblain.- A Lucky Mistake.— When tlio surgeon wud at tending the w.uund which confined mo,'he told ms a diverting story of a young. Swiss soldier, a recruit, who when his regimentals wore making, hud pro cured a-round iron plats bordered with holes which he desired the tailor to fasten, on the Inside of his left.breast, to prevent his being shot through tho heart. The taller, being a humorous fellow, fasten-' ud it In the fart of hidbreechto, and the’clothes being Dcnrticly on his buck, when hc. Wus ordered to Inarch into tlio field, bo had'no opportunity to get Ids awk ward mistake rectified before ho found himself en gaged hi battle; and being obliged la fly before the enemy, in endeavoring to gel over a thorn badge in his way, he ‘uaforltjimlc)y «ldck Tasl tJ)I ho was overtaken by the ctlemy,'of whom, oh'coming np, guvo him a push In |ho breech with his bayonet, (willi n» friendly design,) but it luckily hit on tho iron pinto, ontf pushed tlio young sqldior clear out of tho hedge. Tills favorable clreuriintanco made (he Swiss honestly confess tliattlio tailor had more sonio than himself, and know better where his heart lay.- Memoir* of Mr-Mttinj Oruce. A Sronv or tub Bishop op New Jaruiv.—Di»liop Douiio was travelling on the New Jersey railroid a short time ago, and haying loft his seat to refresh himself, -when, ho returned found It occupied by a. sluVdy looking, farmrir. -Tim bishop laid (Up formed ho had got into hlsjscQl; to Ulrich thd farmer ropll*' cd, that one soul was as good as another,.and advi* sod him to lake the next, one. •• d„ know who 1 am 7" said the bishop in & dignified manner. t - ' f " ‘ Mo, I don't," replied (he farmer. •* Well, lom*Dishop Donne," .. (| it ■“ exclaimed the fanner, 11 what 1 thel Pu* s'oyilc 7" • Thereupon, the Bishop wont to tho other end of thocof. ' «« Duthe every dayl" exclaimed the window Smash, pipus, as she drbppod the flat iron upon the horse shoe, and looked bur*nelg|ibor;Rnnbi right in the eye, .. Why, yon don't lull I I never used to think of stripping my Jeems and giving him a right good wash hot four 1 limes a your, once in UiO |unimcr. imoo in the fall, mice in the winter, end once in tho spring I* Howsmnever, some children ketch, dirt sooner than others/’ * ' the Li All. ‘ l ■ i' . _ Mrs. Opib, In her excellent treatise on lying, —.—tt-.-::,■, says, “ all persona In theory consider lying a most There is.a man in the Now, .York penitentiary, odious, mean and pernicious lt .-who has' had twenly-saven wives.' 'He is ju|»J been well.said that there is .no.iulo without an .ihiriy*snc years or age, and has been engaged in exception, and it was our misfortune, In our the matrimonial stale business since he was sis* travels some years slripo, to meet with nifi exce/7- j eon .— J^x,.Paper. lum to Mrs. OpieVrulel*! The creature webllude. -, h** ’J* to was eiophniioally lit,’- Prince'dr • V/titj mtimat.d it 1-In Inland and Wole., "„:ii : f i^T: r ’' "to au r tz. * - «■>»- ° f ihe r b r n t„r ua " y nor a liar of convenience, m] interest, nor fear, enormous sum of 835.000.000. ■ nor, yet a benevolent liar,'for Mrs. Opio thus! Want of prudence Is 100 frequently the went classes the different grades ot liars, but.a wanton, 'of virtue,-nor : is theft ,oiiearth a more powerful unprincipled violator of the truth, a mUrderei- of advoc&to fon vlcellhan poverty. >*>/■• S, ti milk, so prone .was tre to il. Lying was his ele-1 ia rapidly destroying the mbnU 'lie revelli-d in it, and knew no enjoyment K l * I 1 ;.i J that;gfe\v ! not dul of it. The natural modes of Louis Phlllippe is troubled with the dropsy 1 , lying he had exhausted in infancy and boyhood, limy say.' if he is, he will never be so great a and now arrived at maturer age, his ipyentivb swell 3s , .v genius led him front dUcovery to Jiscovery In the' „ p lanl[ roain , dro being constructed in men, "dammJ art," until despised mistrusted, unite- „ f tho Slata of | ndiana aa > \ a j ea M, (tev.tjd tuttl degraded, Ito roamed the elree sof h e ' l|r axchangeB . They are already numerous in native lud ß a. living verification of the eenti- Naw Yo ,k nnd lha other eastern Stale., end are ment'ihat. •’ • . rapidly taking the place of alone turnpikes in aU ••' /host eypry direction. . ’. Bai/tjmorV: Moruis.e—A* *rfot- occurred lafcf week, in which several pertums Were ihol—two or thtee seriously, * - r Liebig, the eminent German chemist is coming lo (he United States for the purpose of gtving-leo* lures, . m-. "Dishonor wolts on perfidy.” Unlike the extravagant but innocent lies' of Or Longbow, hie were of the most maiigndnl.charafcter-'UUered'genorally against the peace and reputation of-ethers., T/ict/_ were the lies of ihc slanderer. • Age nor sex were spared by hihi;' !llia victim was singled out from ■ the com munity as the practised huntsman edicts the noblest deer in the herd,.und as unerringly as the fata) bullet curries death to the devoted animal, so certainly did his lies carry sorrow and distrrss to 11)088 against whom (hoy were uttered.. The feputaiion of the*pufe aftd lovely-waft his deglli mnte prey. He took a fieiyl-liko pleasure In cbv,» only traducing character, until the victims of. Ills falsehood were glad to steal, crushed in. spirit and broken-hearted, to the grave. Innocence and purity ,lled fropi him-lillilgliied as if from tho pestilence. A*baneful infiuenco accompanied him wherever ho wont. As llm Opae carries death to all who come within reach of its poison* oils atmosphere, so did he hy his pestiferious pres ence, blast and destroy all with-whom he came in contact. At length he diedf arid as the terrified villagers lowered Imn to hift Until resting place, they held , their breath in anxious dread 1 until the clods had completely covered his hateful corpse* lest even his death should prove a lie. Years afterword, when passing by the liar's grave, we were particularly struck with the fact that no grass grew' upon it, and when, subsequent ly, in order to,‘make.room for the foundation walls ; of a nis’w church,*Ms rehraius were* removed, it whs ascertained that even the loathsome prave-1 worm had refused to feed upon bis untruthful ear-1 curs, Thus perished the liar. When in alt his naked deformity, he stands before the tribunal ol .|t:bovab,ir the fiercest oiupqtingft of Omnipotent Wrath lb I! hot on his bcatf, for whom hro they re- lf “vengeance bg mine saiib the Lord,’* bow shall lie* escape the (strible relributiortl— Though he cal) qnihe.rodk.4 and mountains to fall upon hlin lhey'ftnlnlbbnjido him from the im pending wrath. —JLancaslcr Gazelle. -,;• 't ' , r Tito Portsmouth Journal of tho follow ing! 'V • y ■ ■ /. An old gentleman In n neighboring t6wn missed from his vines sumo luscious grapes, which ho sus peeled his.gnrdner had appropriated to Ms own use. “ Wife, wife," said ho, vwhal has become of the grapes?", ’ * . • • 11 1 suppose, my dear, (ho hens have picked them off," was her moderate reply. > Huns—hens—some two legged hen?, 1 gucßs," said ho, with some impetuosity, to which she as calm ly ropljcd; 11 My dear,did you ever see any other kind?" Tins Famm.V op iiik N«w PkKsidkmt.— The domes tic relations of President Fillmore have become n (homo of remark by the curious. lie is blessed with a must excellent wife, who is peculiarly well qualified for tho high station which she Is about to adorn; and two children*—a son and a daughter. The son Is a young man not over t wenty, of the genuine rcpubli can stamp which characlorizcs”lhe country boys of Western New York, lie has just entered upon the profession of the law. The daughter is oil accom plished young Indy, about 18 years of age; and now engaged, wo belieVc, in - tlio honorable employment as a teacher of a public school in Buffalo. The tai lor fuel is something fur a Republican people to boast of; and something to pul tlio dainty daughters of our would-bo arislueracy to the blush. liutohery of tho liiiliuut nt CJcnr Lake. A fofgn body ,of Indians af Clear Lake have been slaughtered b'y/n detachment of (mbps from tho United Stales Garrisons alSoiumuvnnd Bene cia. Wo lako thn following history cf fliovrhulu olfuir irutn tho Aha California :,, ; . * • . Last summer, however, n stubborn family In* dlan olfcrcfl an Indignity to'thu wife of ('me Kel sey ,\vho ln\d resided in thn country tumb nine 1 yours, for which he was taken before a magistrate and sentenced to receive ono hundred lushes. Af ter this punishment, on tlio eatnu day. \vu are in formed, Kelsoy sought the wretched oflVnder and laid him dual! at ;hlp fcei,,sUonling :i»lm in thu presuheo of several gentlomeh/who rotnonslralod with him on the barbarity of tho deed, 110 woe afterwards murdered, as was also a brother-in law, by the Indiana lit the neighborhood. Mince then topualed nuts of violence have been visited upon lito natives, and our readers will rdmombnr '■ tint accounts ;whjeh ,wq published o.feW months since of outrages bomtnilieil in Sonoma and Ntlpn, by n party of dospurnto whilo men. Thu Indians were driven to the mountains, nntl subse quently inado depredatory incursions upon; their old masters, driving away, cuttle,-uml indulging their, natural 7 propensity to steal. Complaints wore made—doubtless the accounts of (heir con duct highly oolorod—to tho garrisons ct Bnncoin and Sonoma, and on tlio Ist of tho month an ex pedition was fitted out against them, composed of a detachment of Infantry jrtid b Company of Dra goons, under cbimnnnd of Lieut. Davidson, (75 . hi all,).with orders to proceed against the Clear Lake Indians, and exterminate, if possible, the tribe, | The troops arrived in the vicinity of the Lake, and oaino unexpectedly upon n body of Indians, numbering butween two and three hundred.— They immediately sufrmindvd (hem, ifndaoilio Indians Jaised'a shout of defiance and «item pi ad to escape, poured in a destructive fire IndißorimU nately upon men women and children. " They fell,” says our informant, Mas grass before the scythe,” Little or no resistance was encountered and the work of butotfery Was of short duration. The shrieks bf the slaughtered victims died away, the roar of muskets ceased, and stretched lifeless upon the soil of their native valley were tho bleeding bodies of these Indians—neUlier safe nor ago was-spared;.it Was the order of extermi nation Tearfully obayed. The troops returned to the stations, and quiet is for the present perfuoilv restored, Women Dubssbd in oorrcspondonl of a Detroit paper, writing from Heaver Island, Liiko Michigan, stales that tho women have com menced dreaslng In pants; • The wrlter*aaya they I*‘ look comical, but not bad/’ ■ AT $3 Hi) PF.h ANNUM. ©atfetfe#. Horace Grbblev lias' won the Sllver'Caff offered, by Y» B, Palmer, for the’beat essay on .>• . i ... , n . Drowned. —Mr; Hayes from Lancaster, Pa.', torn drowned in Trinidad Bay, California, In May Inst ' Men are always .murmuring at the hardships of this world,.yot how they dredd.fb leave it. ... The most important part of every man's educa tion, is that Which he givpa himself. . ~» . n Gen. Toni Thumb weighs two pounds less than ho did a year. ago. • . . . A while gunpowder, said to be more powerful than the black, has been' manufactured In land. It is composed qf chlorate of potash* loaf sugar, and.prpssiate.of potash,: , I ;•••• • ■ , VVnu B. Astor, the heir of John Jacob Astor, has been fined $25 by thejuity of New'York, for not removing filth, from the rear of his houses. Spoiling A good Workman.— Some thirty years ago, a Mr. Mynders, of Seneca FMU, remarked; to a friend. Who \vatf residinyfViiilh him, “Look atf ihat.’young man, just passing—he Is the bes? I woikmon In my shop, and I am sorry to say that tin is now going to make a fool of himself, by leaving a good trade to study law." That young man, Millard Fillmore,.is now Prbsldant of ths Unltpd Stales, * . \ , , Education And ToDAcrfe.—lt costs more lb gratify a penchant fdr tobacco, than it does to ed ucate all .the children in theJU.niterf States.. Host* is it with ruhi, gfn, whiskfey, bird a thousand other strong drinks fyhioh .faruiity man's nature j, ; The limb Congress is wasted by (he long speeches of members. *!i is suggested that the oodt of speech.'Over ono column b w * pMd'liy tile irifember'who makes* It. This would materially curtail its dimensions. r If the spring pul forth no blossoms, tn summer there will be ho beauty and in autumn no fruit—' &/, if youth lid irllTcd atfay without itapVovementV riper years' will bo contemptible, and old age mis erable. . , . V »*«. * ..| 4 . ;• * “Ma, that nice young nian, Mrl Sauftting, Itf very fund of kissing.!' “ Mind your searb, Julia;' who told you such nonsense!" *» Ma, 1 had it from his own lips." <. . , » , ■... ... “ I am like Balaam," said a dandy on meeting a pretty girl in a passage, “stopped by an angel.".’ '* And 1 ani like (ho angel," said she, “stopped by un use." - Fourth or Julv Toast.—“ Old Dachelorr— Leaflcea trunks in a garden of rosea. Each dwelling is to lliom a suggestion; each , bird's nuat,a standing admonition*'' . | Mrs. Margaret ih‘. her' Mis hundred and fonnli year, died at Circlpvjlle, Ohio, a few 1 , days since. She emigrated to this country from Scotland about the time of tho Hovutulion. , fVarson, the inUrd»Teroflii",wite and Milldren/- in M.issaohtiseltS, it 1 is safff bos confessed that lib! employed n' niani.ftitr $5O, to murder them, but did not commU.ihe deed himself. , . • .. 5... •An Officer named Jones, \vas attempted to bb thrown overboard by two runaway negroes He sr« rested on a boat; but, pulling both In the water, one was drowned, wliilu himself and the other swam ashore, . . * 1 Lb’sl year,a few days’befotfe'thA cholera visitetf* Lnyfayeite, la., ami its prevalence there, the' muscle* in the canal were found floating on the top of the water, dead. The same fuel has been nuiicecTthis season, and it ia feared the diseasd will again prevail in that town.' . ; > A Capital Tomato Recipe. —The following* has been landed tons as the recipe of a good* Jinuse«wife for preserving or curing tomatoes so rffoclunJly (hat ( |hey may he brought out at any' time between the seo’sonsS'goe'd as new *V with precisely the fliwoT of lhe oritfu l ial’