M JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL! 37. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, , Is published every Thursday, nl Carlisle. 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Como, soft Bleep I Blit thy balm my hot eyes meet, . Of tlio tune night's heavy stillness, Of Iho loud clock's ceaseless bent, Of the weary thought of liliirss, . Of the room's oppressive heat— Bleep tlio in oblivion,deep, Thatiiiy weary, weary brain, •May bavo rest from all its pain ; Cumo, oh, blessedness again. Come, sod sleep i - Come, soft slocp!. l.nt this weary tossing end, - Let my anguished u-ntch be ceasing, Yet no dreams thy steps attend, - - When tlmu.hring'st from pain releasing. Fancies wild to rest may lend House of waking misery deep. Calm as dentil, n|i. on mu sink. That my brain may quiet drink, Amt neither feel. nor. know, not think. Came, soft sleep 1 X HAVE SOMETHING SWEET TO TELL . YOU. DT MRS. osooon. 1 baVo something sweet to 101 l you, . Hut tli'e secret yon must keep: And remember, if It isn't rigid ■ I am “ talking in Iny sleep, v Fori know I am but dreaming, ... When I think your love fa niino’, - And I .know Hint they nro bnl seeming, . All.lho hopes that round me shine.' Bn remember when I trll yon ' - tVhotl cannot longer keep, We rue none of ns responsible . For wbat wo say in sleep. My pretty secret > coming t Oh. listen with your heart, .And yon shall hear it humming So close 'twill make you start. O. shift your eyes sneariicst. Or mine will wildly weep: , llwvoyout (adoreyou! hot - *M am talking in my sleep I" ißtoceliaiuoiw. TUB SCHOOL MISTRESS* BY HRS. Bt M. SKVMOUB* “The school niH’am’s coming, tho school ma’am’s coming,” shoiltuil a d» zen voices, al tin* close of a lull' hour’s fallhful watch to catch a glimpso of our teacher. Mvery eye wn« turned toward her with the moSl scrutinizing glance— for the children us well as others always form an opinion of a jmraon, particularly of their teacher, ui first eight. “How tall.uho is I” exclaimed one. “Oh, don’t sho look sWootl” cnVd another.. •* 11 o', 1 iiin’i afraid of ht*r* nof.a dorvn lift* her,” tried Ih'o big boy ”of the school. “ Nor I either,’.* cried tho big hoy’s ally, “I could lick her uasy enough, couldn’t Jou, 'J’oiu I” “Yes, and 1-V\ill, too, if she goes U» touch me.” •* Hush, she will hoar you;” cried one of tiio girls, iiy this time she hud nearly .reached the dob/, round which vve were clustered, and every eye whs fixed upon her fare with an eager, yet half bashful gaze, uncer tain, as yet what verdict to pass upon her. ‘•Good morning, thildfen,” flic said, fn the kindest voice in the world* while her fuco was lighted with the Kwsetasl smile' imaginable.— “This is a beautiful morning to commenco school, is it not 1” •» I kn >w I shall lovo her,” whisper'd tf little pot in my ear. Wo all Allowed her fnlo the school room, hut Tom Jones and hfs.ally, who waited until the rost weru seated,* fl'nd then esmo in with nswng- J.;*;- goring, noisy gftif, ami a sort of dare-devil saucy swv look, as much as to say, “who cares toi you 1” g- Miss Wostcuft looked at (hem Kindly, but np §F poared not to (lolii'o them further i after a short prayer and reading i fchnnter fn llio R’tblo, 6hu ■pf- ptiffied round tfi'o room, ami made some inquiry of '-*V each one in regard to themselves and their stud- k-:-'- ■' ics. ’ , ‘* And what is your ni’me ?’* she asked, laying •> her hand on Tom's hWd, while ho set with his . hands in his pockets,.winging his feet backwards l f und forwards. » “Tom Jones,” shouted hb at tlio lop of his voice. “ How old ore you, Thoniaat!* she naked. “Just as old agin as half," a'ristVdred Tom, with a saucy laugh. “ \Vhat do you study, Thomas 1” “Nothing.” . . “.What books have you 1” “ None.” ‘. Without oppearing to bo at all disturbed by fils replies, Miss Westcutt said, “l am glad I have one or two Irfrgd boys in my school; you enri be of groat assistant to me, Thomas, and If yob will stop a few initiates after school this after noon, wo will talk ovbr a llulo plan I have form ed. K This was a to all', and* particularly to h Tom, who could not comprehend how he could ■ he useful to any ono, and for the first time In his ■ life he felt that he was of some impOifande in the ■ world. He had had no honto.(raining? no one It ever told him that he cottld be of any mo of do B any good in the world. No one lovdd him and of R course he loved no ope, but was one of those who |R believed he had got to bully his way ihftulgh the aßworld. Ho had always been called the “bad ” at school, and he took a sort of. pride and in being feared by the children and : #W ri S? ed j!| tho ‘wcher. M . Westoou at once comprehended his whole haracler, and began to shape her plans accord* 5 h ® mainulnod that a boy, who at 13 ° W m * h ??' 4lr J rß =™J among hi. echoo. ~i|oll°vv.. n. capable of being nmdoeomethlng l fbr I orelofo o nil Influence bed eonepired ftiake him bad, end perhaps B de.p.raio character by biinging opnosilo Influence, to work upon him, SMV* 10 € ff c * l eho m “»‘ «"« coin his oonfi ■~|»flonco, which could not be done hr a boiler way Vs|o , a n making him fool Dial oho placed confidence him. When school was out more than half the echo!, jtfus' V B lingered nboitl the door, wondering wliauMla. Weslcott could bn going to Bay to Tom Jones. K m had often bocn bW io remain after school; hut it was always to .receive a punishment or severe lecture, and nine tiroes out of ten ho would jump out of the window before half the scholars wore out of the room ; but it was evidently for a differ ent purpose that he was to remain now, and no one wondered what it could be more than Tom Jones. ••Don’t you think, Thbmas, that our school room would be a groat deal pleasanter if we had some evergreens to hang around it; something to make it cheerfull” inquired Miss'Westcott. •* Yes’m, and I know whore l ean gel plenty bflliem.” 9 so “Well, Thomas* if you will have some here by eight o’clock (o-inorrow morning, I will bo here to help you.to put them up,,and we'will give the children a pleasant, surprise ; and here are some books 1 will give you, Thomas; you may pul them In your own drawer, they are what 1 want you to.study.” "Btil I can’t study geography and history,” exclaimed Tom, confused. . “ 1 never did.’’ . : “That is the reason why you think youcan nol,” replied Miss VVcslcotu “I inn quite sure you can, and yod wjll love them I know.” . “Nobody ever cared whether I learned or not before,” said Tom with some emotion.’ ■ “Well, 1 care,” said Miss. Westcott. with earnestness, * 1 you are capable of, becoming a grand.and good nun; you are now forming your character for life, and it.depend* upon yourself what you become. The poorest boy in this coun try has an equal chance with (ho wealthiest, and his circumstances are more favorable for be coming -eminent, for he learns to'depend upon himself. 1 will assist you nil I can in your studies, Thomas, and I know you will succeed j remember .that ! out your friend, and como to me in bvefy difficulty. • Tom .Jones had not been brought up, he had come up, because he had been born into, the World and couldn't help it ; but as for any mental of moral training, ho was as fruitless of it ad d wild bramble brush of a pruning.knife. y Ills, lather was an intemperate, bad man, and his mother was a totally inefficient woman. At homo he received nothing but blows, and abroad nothing bulabuse. Ills bad passions were therefore all excited and fostered; and his good bnos were never called out. 110 always expected that tiis teachers would hiito him, so bo whetted anew his combative powers to oppose them, end ho had made tip his mind to turn to tho .“new school ma’am” out of doors. When, therefore, Miss Westcott declared sho was glad to have him in her school, ho was amazed ; and that she should manifest such an interest In him, .and give- him a set of now books, was perfectly incomprehensi ble to him. Miss Westcott understood his posi tion and character, and determined to modify them. Sho felt (hat ho was equally capable of good ami bad -actions, (hough the bad now pre dominated. She knew that Ids active mind must ho busy; 6no might us well think of chaining the lightning as bunding down by force that wild spirit to his books. She would give hifn employ ment, but such as tt'ould call out a new sot of ideas and thought*. He must fee) that lie was doing good to others and fur other’s Sake, ami that he was not guidcd-alone by his own way ward will.und yet there must be appearance, of restraint upon him, he nmel choiiae to do good. .Torn Jones .went homo that night willrn hew finding in his breast; fur the first lime In. his life ho frlt that ho v was capable of rising above his present condition* and becoming something great er and better limn ho was. I|is mind became intmdiited with hew and strange emotions, and like u mighty river turned from Us' course, his thoughts and energies from that hour sought a hew direction. '('ho next morning ho was up ’with tho dawn, and when Miss Weslcotl arrived at the school huuso slto found Tom Jones there with his ever greens. •■Good morning, -Thomas,” slto said kindly, so yotl are hefe beforo mo; you must have risen early, ami liavn found sotno beautiful ever greens; and now if you will help me hang (hem, we will have all tho room arranged by nine o'clock.” if l havo Urnttght a hammer-and some nails,” said Tom; “I thought wo should need some.” “ Yes, so wo shall; I tfm glad you thought of it,” replied Mies Westcoff.- ..That d.ty every scholar looked amazed to see Tom Junes actually studying hia hook, and to hear him answer several questions correctly, and they were still more conluunded, when at recess Miss VVestcott said t “ Thunjadf yob #ill t;iko care of (hosti little 6hildrcn,‘ will you not, and seo that they do not get hunt . You must be their protector.” Quo would as soon have thought of selling a wolf to guard a lloek of lambs, ns Thomas Junes to uko care of the little children,' “ Well,*” exdlalmVd fcfa'm Kvnns, I n<’vdr Saw such a school nf.i’am in alTlho days of my life; did you Tom I’* A “No, but I wish 1 had, and I would havo been b different boy from wlmi I nm now, but lam going to study now, and {earn something. Miss Wcslcoli says I can, and l am duil’rminud to try,” roplie.d Torn.* , 1 was astonished to observe the cfTt*cL that Miss WcstcoU’s treatment of Tom had upon the schol ars; they began to consider him of some import ance, rind to feel a sort of respect for him which they manifested, first, by dropping.tho nlcltnulnu Tom,'and substituting Tommy, which revealed derldfnly u more kindly feeling towards him. tn leas than a week, Miss VVestcott had the school oompletcly under Control, jot it was by lovo mid respect that' sho governed, and not by any iron rule*; sho. moved among her, scltolnrs a Very queen, and yet sho so gained their confidence and ealeotn, that it did not seem to thorn submiss ion to anolher't will, but the prompting of their own desire to pluasti. One glarlco ol bar dark djfo Would have qUelled an insurrection, and one tfmllo made them happy for a day. Julia Wesiuott taught school with n realization of tho fesporieibilitios resting upon her, mid sho bent her energies to fulfill llmm. Carefully and and skillfully slip uAlodlTm) llio souTb'door and gave a learching glanoo Within, In order to under* stand Its abilities, and then shaped her course ac cordingly. The desponding amt Inactivo sho en couraged; the obitinate sho subdued;* to tho yielding and.fioklo sho taught a strong solf-reli- Knee, Sho encouraged the ono rain drop to do dll tho good it could, and tho rushing torrunl dhu turned whofo U would ferlilUo rather than dovas (ale, Tlroib’ rtfo In every school name dormant oner gioe, which if aroused, might shako the world. There an) emotions and passions, which if let loose, will, like the lightnings of heaven, scatter ruin nnd blight,'biil if controlled,'mtry like the el einent become the messenger'of thoughtk to the world. In lira! head you call dull, mby 110 slum hetlng passions like some pent up volcano; open that closed orator, and see if there does mil belch forth flames which your oWn hand cannot olop. • "• • * » ' • • Julia Wosteotl understood human naluro. She rondoiln eludy, ns every leadlibr might,to Sire rooted out error nnd prejudice from tho minds of her pupils, showed them Hire evil of sin und beauty of virtue, the udvunlugos of education, nnd the consequences of ignorttneo} taught thorn their own capabilities nnd responsibilities, and ehe adapted hot Ihaltuotionlo capacities and nccossi- •oun COUNTRY—MAY I.T ALWAYS BE RiailT—BUT RIQHTOR WRONO,Ot/R COUNTRY” CARLISLE; PAs, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1850. ties. And thus shb went on, year after yearj scattering good seed into good ground, and she reaped an abundant harvest,. From many a hap py home and high place come a blessing upon her, and there id no one who breathes her name wjlh a greater reverence, or remembers her with niore grateful affection, than “Toni Jones,” who has.filled with ability one of the highest, judicial offices in tho Union,and who freely acknowledges that lie owes his present character pnd position entirely to her treatment and instructions. . Truly “he that goeth forth Sweeping, bearing precious seed, shall come again rejoicing, bring ing his sheaves with him.” A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR* ' There was onco a child, and ho strolled about a good deal, and thought of a groat number of things. Ho had a sister .who was a child too, and his constant companion; ; These two Used to Wonder, all day long. They wondered*at thd beauty of tho flowers; they wondbrod at tho height and biucncss of tho sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water; they won- 1 dcred at tho goodnesi and potycr of Gob, who mttdb 1 tho lovely world. . ■ I , They used to say to ono another, sometime*, 5 sup posing that all tho children upon earth wero io dioj would tho flowers, and tho waters, and tho sky bo! sorry?' They believed they, would be sorry.. For,'I said they, the buds aro tho children of tlio .flowers; I and tlio liltlo playful streams that gambol down tho hill sides, aro (ho children of the water; and tho smallest bright specks,' playing, a( hide and sook in (ho sky all .night, must surely bo tho children of the stars; and they would all bo grieved to ace their play mates, tho children of men, no more. Thuro was ono clear shining star, that used to como out in the sky before tho rest, near the church spire, above the graves.' It was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than ail tho others, and every liighl they watched for it,'standing band in hatftl ul a window. - Who over saw it first cried out " I see the stor 1” And often they cried out both together,' knowing so well tvhcri it would iia'o, and where. So lliey grcw to bo such friends of it, that, before lying down in thoir bods they always looked out once again to bid it good night ; and when they were turning round to sleep,' they used to say—“ God bless Hie star!" But while sho was still very young, oh, very young, the sister diboped, and enmu to bo so weak that sho could ho longer stand in .tho.window- at.night,' and then the child looked sadly out by himself, and when ho saw tho star, turned round and said to the patient pa lo faco on tlio bed, ** I see the slat!” and then a smilo would come upon tho.faco,'and a litllowcnk voice used to say, “God bless my brother and tho atai !” And bo the time came, all 100 sooj)l when Iho child looked out alone, and when there was no face upon-tho bed j and when lliera wm a little'gravo among tho.graves not there before! and when the alar made lung toys down towards fifth, at hb saw il tlimugh lilt leafs. ' Now Ihesb rays were so bright, and they sccitird lotiiako each a shinning way train earth to heaven, and when Iho child wont lo his solitary bed, .lie drCumed. about the star} and dreamed that,lying where ho was, he Saw a train of people taken up that sparkling road by angels. And tho slur, opening, showed him a great world of light, where many more, such angels waited lo receive them. All these uiigels, whp.wejo wailing, lurhed their beaming eyes upon the paj)|ilo | Who woro r curf»ed iff* into the air; end some edmb out from the tong runs In which they stood, and full upon the people's nooks and kisSed them, tenderly, and went away with them (low'll avenues of light, arid were, so happy In tjifir company, that, lying in his bed, ho wept for Hut there were ninny angels that did not go with them, and among them one ho knew, 'flic patient face, that once hud lain upon Ilia hod, wan glorified and radiant, and his heart found out his sister among all the host. : Ills sister's nngcl fingered near the cnlNnfco of the star, and said to the leader among thuau who hud brought tho people hither— ** lu.my brother come?” . And ho said “No." Blio wos turning Jiopofulljr away* when (ho child stretched dot his arms, end cried M O, sister!, 1 out hero! Take mo!” and then she turned her booming eyes upon Mm, and il was night, and the slur was shining into the room, making long raysnlowu to* wards him as ho saw. it through his lour*. From that hour forth, the child looked out upon llio star as upon tho homo he was lo go to when his Himo should come, and ho thought that ho did not belong to earth alone, but to the star 100, because of his sister's angel before. There was a baby born (o boa brother to tho child, and while ho was so little that ha never yet had •pokan a word, he stretched his tiny form out ou his bed and died. Again tho child dreamed of tho opened «lor,,nml of tlie Coirfpany'of angels, and the train of people, and .the rows of angels with (heir.beaming eyes ell turned upon those people's faces. * Said iiis sister’s angel to (lie leaden “Is my brolhcf.comi)?” j/'XntT ho aaid, J oNot that one, But another.’* As tho child behold his brother’s ongul in her arms, ho cried, “O, sislor 1 lam hero! Take mo!” And shu turned and smiled upon him,* and the star was shinning. ./ \ 3l IU grew to bo a young man,'arid was busy nt his hooks', when ah old servant chmio to him and s.iid: . “ Thy nmtlici is no more. I bring her blessing on her darling son.” Again at night ho saw the *tur, and all tho former company. Bald bin slslor’s angel to tho leader '• Is my brother cmnu 7” , And ho b.iM i “Thy mother.” A mighty cry of joy weiil fmlli through oil the sidrs because tho mother was reunited with her two children. Ami Ini stretched out' his arms and cried, “O, mother, sislor and brother! Imi hero! Take mo!” And they answered, “ Nut yd, 1 ’ and the star wua shining. . - t . . _, •. Ho grow to bo n man whoso hand was turning grey, and ho was silling In his choir by the fuesidc, heavy with grief, and with his faco bedowed with tears, when,tho star opened ngoin. Said Ms sister's angel to thu leader f “ In brother coma 7” And ho sold, “Noy, but Ms maiden daughter.” And tho man who had boon the cl Ml, saw his daughter newly lost, to him,* a celestluk creature among thoso three, and sald.t' - •» My daughter's head is on my sister’s bosom, and her arm is round my mother’s nook, and at her feel is the baby of old limo t and I can hoar the parting from her, Gao bo praised I” 1 And tho star was shining. Thus tho child.eamo lo bo an old man, and his onoo smooth faoo was wrinkled,'and his steps were slow and feeble,-and his back was_ bon). And one Uiglit as lio lay upon Ids bed, Ms.children standing around,'ho cried, as' ho had cried lung ago, “1 too tho stun” They whispered to ono another,“Ho.ls dying!" And ho said,’ “ t ammy ago Is fulling from mo like a garment, and I movo towards tho star as a child. And O, my Father! now 1 thank thee that It has so often opened lo receive those dour once who await mo !** ... , ,• s And the star was shining, and it ahlnos'tipon his grove,— Household Words. Jewels, , I'he pos'seaeron lalinl creates more wishes than U gratifies. Ho ovurcomclh the enemy' that oVcrconiClh Ills otvn angel'/ It is bettor to live remote from fear and bondage, with but ono freeman, than lo bo with multitudes a [slave. 1 Vanity httß may silly tricks 5 dpspolifem, many cru el dovicoa; love, many, strange ways i> but fully constant. Horn tliii Ontario Repository. Y*ou. approach the stroam about midway I ,/ Uom* and tVomcfr* TROUT FISHING. from the source and iu termination. hi a .mill pood, j If there haa over been a more .touching end elp. A benevolent Providence hat bestowed upon man on d (here you Teach,the spot whore tfio largest trout q UGn t cutogtum upon the char|ria of homo; and ite a variety of p.|»clti« and pow«„, i„ the plopor ex- 'nnd < ,0 " ,0,t tr.K.ur., wota.n, ilnp i. confined in tin. crciso ol winch a vast amount of happiness mav be (into,.was caught. , .There is tho. very log and T - t V, :*T i, ■. . . indulged.. Theta are many objects mien wbiclMho th ° aame root «maiaipV «UH. It was. by. a tree , following extract, frofn the Christian Enquirer, it has poweiaofmunraay bo severally employed.and pro. ffblch had fallen brook, the roots of which not been our good lortunp to meet dace happiness to him. • There is one which com-/ wo *° |p the water and a d^ep.hole uOdofnonth. You, “Our homes, yvhot is their corner-stone but the bines the:exercise of all the faculties of .tho iniiiriiA 0m °» n bur’ how carefully. you tppprpiicheif that spot, y|rlne,of w.oman, and on what does social well being the moral powers of tho fioul and the affections of ‘•rid.afler emitting upon your bail, (t,hal wop a deltfr rest but our homes? Must wo not trace all tho heart. This is trout fishingi Tho reasoning B ‘ on chlldhopd but It w*®- common,) you threw blessings of ciyltizcd life, tp tho floors of our private powers are employed in selecting the proper time and y°«r hook Into the eljearp close by the root and let dwellings?' Are not our hearth atone* guarded by place to seek tiio trout, in choosing tho best way of 81 down beneath. You'saw the great grey fol* {ho holy forms of; conjugal, filial, and paternal love, approaching them without being observed, end in }9 W ,dar( out,Beizp tho bail and take it under |he log. tho corner,stones of. church and stale,, more sacred presenting tho kind of food most attractive to their You wailed a IhUo while for him to take it arid then iha n cither, morb . Xel our taste. Tho .imagination is exercised in a sufficient yot* began to pull. At first tho resistance you met temples crumble, and our academies decay; let every, degree—for what fisherman' aver caught as many , 1 , wa f Bf> B reat » you .thought tho log, and not tho public edifice’, pdr balls of justice, and our capitals fish as he imagined ho would? The energy and .?•» > ou r hook, but a sudden jerk assurred of stole, ,be )qT9<ict) with tho diflil J but spare ouq steadfastness of purpose of man’s riaturp are display- : ? ou ,*• • ro *y l W A B b°ld ol it; and then the j loniCß> - Lot no.eocialisl. invario them with his wild ed, for wlml fatigues are riot ready to bo borne, and . str i u filv o began.. You brought him to the lop of tho plans D f cpmqiunity. ...Man .did not jpvonl, and he has.hot the patience of a fisherman passed into a ! water, and us you saw hoW large ho was; pnd bo.ip cunriql improve or abrogate them. A private shelter proverb? Tho benevolent feelings of tho heart find ‘ BaVa K e y *J® floundered, your heart leaped Into your cover In two hearts dearer 16 each other than all an opperiunity of being, called into action j for next m ?rilh y° u ,w l( l * ,u blood tingle through your, ( n t| lo world; high walls to exclude the profane eyes jto the. pleasure of taking- life' (rout tho fisherman* y°. inB }° y° ur vc fy fingers ends. . You succeeded in of every human being, seclusion enough far children . finds a pleasure in giving them .away to bis friends,!' ‘ )r . ,l |gmg him ashore, when you cnrgerly seizeq. film tb f C g| ibut mot her. is a holy, and pecrilujhame—-thl* Tile tfoneclenco iu.brought into requisition arid finds i 1 '!V“ . hands, removed the. honk .froiri hia. mouth, I hbpie} and bora is the birth place of every virtuous a satisfaction in the reflection, that in na much asjl P‘®® e( * h»n ;° n your, willuw siring, (tho luxury of a | fnvpalsci, of every secret thought.. Wore the church is knorhi that the largest t/oul eagerly devour the ! basket.wes (hen unknown,) and tbcn.he Was safe. As i- an j t j, o 8 ( a | 0 must come, for their prlgin and their Smaller ones,* by withdrawing some ol* llio ; former ‘Y 00 ! n °w step njiop (fiat log qns shafis. .it, you support. Oh! spare, our, homes! . Thu Jove wo «*• from the stream, the lives of many of tho Jailer are., l lwo oul “‘lA oul u Pd- r un down.tho qtream; porlenCe. there gives us our faith In an infinite goodf* spared, and tho crime of piscacide is avoided. And | 0,10 Blo P*» trims around, looks and Inugn.s at ness»the pririty .and distn(crested tenderness of fitima tho aircctiuns ore constantly kept alivn, fur .’ho heart ’ y° u * .. ‘‘ink not you over saw tfiat trout before ;ho |„ our foretaste and our earnest of a belter world.— of-tlio fisherman yearns over tho trout; os tho heart i lB 1 !° * ,nca l descendant through miny generations j n ( j, O relations there established and fostered, do we of a mother yearns over her only son—it clings to tJ *'“‘at one, wliicli ytfu sought hut Allied jo wirj, but find the chief sqlaco and Joy ofour.eiristcnce.' What them with a devotion which defies all change ofclr- I* ooo paycnl* und brothers you s|e,w. •as, ho looks f r j o p(i a deserve tho name, compared with those, whofii cunislaiides, season, or place, wliiclt U P OW y° u . bo unconsciously to fiimsclf, but not to a birth .right gave us?. Ono mother is worth a thou. ' cancl/1,,. „„r „Va, . . iTvouXtA. . °"» ,r “S. 1”“" Nor fau-MiuoU ul.uvow." • , ua you slew nifl ancesior., no now .Una. looro man twenty mtlmato companions. Wo who have ployed. tho prido of fi.hliood and tho- vigor of youthful 0 „ lho ~m , , |, oa rth, i,nder tho lighl. of th. ,amo ■licngth, and mock, at your bonded form, your , m ii ol . wh „ dalo back to lho >amo .ceno and mm whitened head, und worn out lied.-,. A hula lunhcr orinnoccnco and Imps, in nhosa vain. run. tha.amo down tho Stream yon coins, to, another rpot wlnoh blood, do »o oot find that .year, .only rotka moia wa. tho .cono of an intere.llug e.ci,l. 1 hojo woo , Icred Bnd moro Important lho Ho that bind. t1..~ a log lying across lho brook (it. Is there still) partly Coldness may spring up, distance may teporate/dif covered with brush, and abovo it a tteo whoso bran- forcnl , here , may divide i but tho.. who can loro dies hung down nearly to the water i t was a capi- anjt |,ing, who eonlinuo In love at all, moot find that tal hole lor trout, and you know it. You throw out lho monda whom G „ d h imaclf gave, arc wholly on. yoor lino and it became entangled in the branches i iko any w 0 oa „ c ho o .o for our.d.c., add ttiy.,l the ol the. troo ] with great diHrcully you dclaelied tt, y Carn ing for theso ii tho strongest shark in oar ex when it caught again upon the brush below. Hits, pj r ing affection.’' too, at unfastened, and tho hook sank In b tho very spot you wished. lii a moment a largo trout seized It; ami at the same moment you pulled —brought hinfto tho top of the water, when ho full *IT. Your hook caught in the log and broke, and it was tho only ono you had. a When you found tiio trout wsa gone, your hook broke, arid-you had no ether, perhaps you did'nt swear some ? If you did iidt, there w.itp a trial, and. trfiim'pb of your ,virtue over temptation. . Perhaps ybu wore a jiioua hoy but did swear; if so, il'is well .that you visit that spot and rupenrof the sin, and Injvo one less to answer for. A little further down you come to the place \jhcro Hid stream makes into lho pond—and (here lies the log exleudiiijr into the pond -on which yon used to run, to throw lmo as far possible in* to tlio water. Once the waters had risen; arid funs, tupd (ho lug from its moorings, but this you did not Bccfnrid fn yotlr eagerness yop run out, when lho log rolled accoutred as you ypere ybu plun ged tri, and narrowly escaped drowning. Xs y?u traverse thaso familiar places you cull to mind a vi-| sit you once made iiraoarch of. trout upon the occa* slim of tlio #lcknoss / r 'OY a beloved .meinficr of yodr ; ' . jl wuo.hcr.-Hjsf llliiesif? nml her delieato'appetite could relish only thib swcui llefli of the (rout. You look yotlr rod and anrighl (<• obtain soine t bul lho fallen rains had swollen (he (dreams an that (hey would not bile. ■ You traversed (ho stream up and down, throw your hook into the accustomed places where you had never failed before, lull you could’ut get one. Vim remained there till dark, trying (bo places again and again in tho vain hope of getting at least ono (rout—even a little one for her who loved thou) so well, and who needed thorn mi much; and then with a sad heart and a weary limh you wended your way homowards, and when you had Arrived there, you did liol, as when success ful, throw down your rud at thefdoor and mu in tn display, tho trophies of your skill, but you carried it ground and put. jt lu.lts >vonJjßd'plpco by the trooii dud, and then you ootno irt and wiih a faltering uc* cciilg Siiid you could not get any to-day, but that you wnuld go again when you hopcii you would have but ter luck. By this stream you recall (ho plana for the future there formed by you—for that was tho eta of hope, ar\d th? Intervals of trout biting seasons wore sou sons of mpdilatiou.. You.|pic(ured to yourself (he attainment ol desirable objects at cerUiu periods of lifo. now.look back and sou tbo wholu pathway strewn with those hopes unatlnincd —or if realized, (hoy came, at a period of life when you had survived Ihp enjoy .them. .Y° u n,,i y have obtain u;) wealth, but it came at a lime wlicp yod had. out lived lha ability lu oujpy it, or the loxuiios wliich, ii could bring. Vau may lUV9. received tho nppUtHo uf men, but it camo wfion you hud become In a men sure indifluront 1,9 their ouhiipue. and when (huso for whoso sake then you chiefly ,dealre(j it, woro gone' {and you were solitary and could not impart oven the 'pleasure it did.bring.' -You may have luvod uudpos sesaud the object of your luve-j byt it.'Was nnt her , who had been the strirligbl of your boyhood, ami it was at.n period when (ho freshness and fervor of youthful tooling hud passed away forevef, When llie poetry nfyouug days which cast its wileliing charm urtiuml everything, had ceased to bo; it w.is a love i moubured by prudunue ; controlled by discretion,— | Here, too, you trace the outline of the ' history of your youthful associates. Some of them whom at that time you deemed your inferiors have outstripped you in tho attainment of desirable objects of life: others who . wcro tlien deemed your superiors M the] glory of whoso noonday carmsunkin dim eclipse, M and many of thorn you find gone to. their resting place. You stand upon that spot surrounded as. it wore/wllh tho groves of those you knew, almost lh« , only atlrvivnr. of a generation that lias passed away. ■ duo sad.cold Wijrd comes, back, like a .knoll, respou* sivo to ypiir Call—dead, duad, dead. Tho old ffmili., nr faces which greeted you on your way to and from that spot, are to bo seen no more. Yoiir fnco.ns you now see it refluotod In tlio water before you, is not lho face the looked upon when you were young. It Is welt (hot yoh fiavo viVjlcd .this spot and recalled theso reminiscences of youthful days. You have hod a sermon more eloquent than over (ell from (ho Mps of man—more impressive, than tiro pages of Inspiration may have been upon you. . You have boon baptised Into n communion withsacrod feelings. You havu gathered in a harvest of holy thoughts and henceforth for a little while at least, you will go on the journey.of your lifo a wiser, but nut a guyor , I man Tho Injunction of scripture .which requires .ns lo 1 loVo'our nvighhur.as ourselves is more than fulfilled, for every [isnetman who resides in the vicinity of .a trout stream laves his neighbors mure .Ilian himself. Trout,fishing then is uri employment which has no thing of ah'evil' in it, and Is prodifcllvo only of good to man and. Ms fellows. It is a. pleasure ranking among.the earthly enjoyments, and which will not ■jiiit.ic of u wrung while ilic man Is thudeni* ployed; if* Adam could have been engaged in trout lishing ou’n certain occasion, and his wife near by holding bailor carrying tho basket, that mischief 'never would have been done. A terrestial paradise Can scarCcly bo conceived,of, which should not have ofish ldled with .(rout in it. Thai'of itself would constitute a paradise lo some man,'and nil the glories 6f(cailh if gathered together would not make one without it. Alahomut inado a great mislaka in the formation of his. It is evident ho had never visited Caledonia, or Keltic Creek,' or Hamilton County, fur if hu hud,'the great counterfeiter would as soon omitted his llucein as hts haunts fur trout, i' ■ Poets have sung, painters have sketched and nov elists havct'dil’itcd Upon tbp beauties of ( naluro in jls loftiestaim lowliest aspects. But they havo never said ono word of a fisTi pond. The loviicsl object in natui';, Much ever, brightened the eyes dr gladdened tho licart'jof-a fisherman, is a collection of a clear 'cold walif jil tho fool of hills; so higli that tlio sp.n can f»'- chTft ufily at toil tn tho. morning' and .feaves It at Ilf 1 , and those hills covered with pines whose (Ranches last a dark and perpetual shadow upon tho mill wnterf beldw.; On one'oido of tho ’ pond, tho, banks liTgli and terminate abruptly, and water beU>W shouldho tjlodntking piano of those trout that hnvu became vcncreble lbr theft adpj/.ud si io. At one end «»f the pond iliero should be a dum and at- tho end of Ihut.pn. old s<mo milty which don't go. -The sight would be the lovli* cat upon which tho ey.O could rest. The falls of Ni agara iii’jy bo grand, : ai»d wo have'ston'd at their hqso mid looked Upon tho grout cataract with a feeling akin to that of awe; wo havo cast our eyes upon tho clear green waters below,-and a feeling of delight Was awakened)' beoiuno wo ,h«|ieVed the speckled b.mulios were lurking i\i (heir besom. Dul when wo discovered u huge siurgeon, borneupoiillicshoulders of a man who’d jmd captured It, that leeling of plea suro was destroyed, lor we know that no trout were to bo found there. .The troql constitute the u'ristuc racy of fish, and il Is not on spoukthg terms. nO'r docs it havo a visiting acquaintance, .whli a slur-, genn. ~ Trout fishing is an employment which commends itself to men of every condition In life, of every age and of every seel. Aro yon young and has nature bush bountiful In (he bcstowincnt upon you of Iho graces of person, seek,frecqucnlfy lhu J “6l|lly brqriku'* and you will find that the healthful exorcise shall add an elasticity to your limb, u glow to-yuur cheek) and a firu to your eye. . - . Aro you a lover, and has the idle of your nlTec lions mucked your prayer; and spurned contempt oualy from her (hu olferiug of your heart? Grieve nut at tiiis unexpected (urn to your affairs, but re pair straightway to tho forest and woo tho beautiful nymphs of the waters, and you will find'O Consola tion and a joy lo which you have hitherto been a stranger.', Vou may find tho nymphs coy and shy at first, but you will, by continued efforts win their regards, and draw them toward you with the strong cords nf atfechon. You will be richly repaid forull your toil, and will,valuo your prizo lhe more because it has been dilfieult to win. You will soon learn to forget tho first idol of your affections whlcliyon lost, in thu. second which yon havo won; und ft'bounty of Kprsbn had -nltMotiunu, yon will havo 110“ cause to regret (ha change. Tho sweet nymphs of tho wu* (ere will thru their largo block, winkles* oyes, liquid with.expression upon,you,mid they will bestow ujimi you smites which shall betray the possession of teeth rivalling the pearl in whiteness; not tel upon lliu guld pUlo of tho Dentist, but us tho hand of nature formed them, and which Iho Infernal implements of de'iiUlry never havo touched’. t . Are you a henpecked husband,'nnd.does tlip wlftj of your clioieo, but manhood's aversion, diversify your life with alternate fits of ** silent thuildor" and Caudle showers? Dear your head meekly, and in, alienee to the sionn, and “ return not railing for rail ing," for beside their being scriptural authority against It, the chalices aro that in a conflict with such wcaponsyou may be beaten, from air Inferiority of skill and want of practice. Lot tho. storm rave oil, and ns soon as it has subsided bcluko yourself to tho (rout streams and you will soon forget thatyoU cvol* had a sorrow, if not a wife. 'What If a recur rence of these vislta but Incressos tho violence of tho storm ? You,can boar it, and omi console your self with (ho reflection (hut though your bunb is at homo, your undidole is .by the brook sldu. Adjure yoiir homo entirely you cannot, for you havo sworn to protect one who lives there, but you* have not sworn to slay (here all tho whilu, nor have you sworn you would not seek a relief from your troubles. And there by the streamlet, with your led In the water, slid the ruin pouring upon your head, and the imis qliildcs biting si your checks, you wijl find a balm idf ft |i w,.umls, and in the fulnes sof gratified enjoy mont yen will fuel that thbro Is nothing in tho future to hopo fur,or the past lb rogref. . Reader, did you ever, when o child, hnvo a homo in llio country, where a mounlolq stream flowed hard by, fil ed with the speckled beauties ? Go to that spot after tho absence of ypare, and when the cares and sorrows of llfp have lliajr snows upon your head and strewn their weeds ornupd your heart. Seek not the old, familiar faces of yoqthful companions; you will find them gbno or changed. Sock not tho habUiitlons of men ojico freqbentod by you, these 100 you \yiil find’ removed or destroyed— but go the mountain itrcam, for the hand of lime which presses heavily npun man and (ho works of man, glides harmlessly over the foco vf nature, and you will find the stream leaping along as Joyously os ti used to leap.’ As ymi approach tha bonks, you listen for a moment for familiar sounds slilko ymir , ear . j) lg tho sumo, sweet, silver music qf falling , waters, which many years.-ago.waj so grateful to your heart; for the waters havo not grown old, . though you have, and they danoo along a* glsdly 1 nhd as merrily us they did when you lislenod la thsm “la Life’s morning march when the boiom wus 1 Timing It,—A minister in (lie* Highlands of Scot- Hind found one pfhls parishioners InloXloalod. Next day fib c.»llcd to reprove him for U. 11 It is very wrong to gel drunk," Said the parson. V I kan Unit," said the guilty person, “bui 1 dimia drink ns mcrklo as you .do." '* Why, sir, how is that?" •• Why, gin it please ye, dinna ye at lake a glass o’ whiskey after-dinner?',’ “ Why, yes, Jonimy, I take a glass of* whiskey after dinner, merely (o aid digestion!". . .“.And, dinija yo take a glass o'whiskey toddy every- night when ye are gangin'lo bod 7" '• Yes, to be sure, I take a Tittle toddy every night [0 help me sleep.'’ - u “ Well, continued the parishioner, that's just four* I l?on glasses a week, and oboyl silly every month.— I only got paid once a. month, end then if I'd take sixty glasses, it wad mnko me.dead drunk for a week, Now yo sec llio only dlfterunoo la Unit ye lime It bol ter than 1 do." * , In youth, study to. liva well, in ago .to die well fur to dip well la to die willingly, , Why isa sermon like a-hiss? Because li only fwe htadt and nu . * 4T |2 00 PEKAIiNDB. TJOi 9. Caught tn Ihe Act* f ■, Wo caw a funny flpcclttclo.tlid oth©r day, '' A\l«f ton omnibusses, with (heir litre fr«lshj, Wofe about aloriingon a pic nio, wh?n a yoiln£ wbmari ran heft'- lily up anii taid./oa g.entlqmfln ©flfie.pjirty, who had Just, seated himself cosily, by tbo aide of a pretty girls . , .■ . - ► t •V- > VjHere, air 1 wont,to Itinow what right you Hava (o be going to picnics, and your wife and child at homo 7'* . :,. .. j . .... , - t “ (lush, Mary,” whispered the gonUeman* hastily getting out of the.omnibus, “hush, the people will hoar ynu.V • . . v•. •? “ Who cares If they do? \Vby didn’t you tiling of .the people, or of mo, or your child, instead of run* nirtg off to piemius, with other women ?-* *• Well—there—now—don’t— ’* t . * j- ' ' » But t will though 1 Apd eo.forjou, Miae, if you over dare to look nt rpj hqabahd again, I’ll—” i ,;V'l’don’l look at him, nn’tttu»'! tremblingly replied the poor girl \ “I ihdiight.ho.waa a ; einglo roan tahea he aaked mo to gn,oit,q pic,plo with him.” ; . v’ Sofoy.have .Argun ypurdidoo^vljate-yoo, *ny ,nrife I; ‘‘yau ,begun your dldof#,’ liaro yois?. So, bo,': I*ll give you a fewon, which you remember— (taking him by (he ear) —noijy tyalk homo with mo!” , Tlie pgor /ellowr writhed and implored, but Jim bet tor huff Jicp.l her.hold pud yyalfcejl him qff home. the laughter jind jeera of the wliblo party ringing in his carH,nt every step, , v. » Wo wouldn't l;nve stood in (hat poor follows bools (Imt day, no not for the privilege of listening to tlia best sermon ever preached.— Spirit s f |A« Times. " 'i’lio editor of tlio New ( York Mirror haying hjikU'.t) dial the editor of the New York Herald id boauty, the latter oflora to.bet a thousand dollars that ho is handsomer thao the Mirror men* Ueuno.ti days: % , t ... ,ij “ We moan to - lake this bet—that fco wilt come nearer to tlic great statue of the Apollo Bel* vnlcre, In the jinlgnirnt. of iwelve’.of ihe best artists in Now York, than our contemporary* who. Calls us an “Ogre”—an “ Ogre V—daily, week-* ly, and monthly. And |n ordet.to.piakb |he be I, more complete,,mid as It Juts been lately intro*, ducud in Buruum’s hotel to he stripped to the naked truth to make philosophical experiments*, we are perfectly willing to go before a committee, of these twelve artists, selected as .a Jury*.to Jm stripped side by side with Hiram Fuller, to. fesl* which of us oames nearer to the great model of Apollo,.and that (ho one who doea come nearer shall.have thn money, to he distributed among the. poor of New Vurk. Will he accept, our propo sition T” ; This-is a fair proposition, but if it be accepted, due notice should bo given in’order that‘people, might. bn.YO time to leave the. city - before these knights of the quill were “ unrolled.” 4 l.oaiiig and \Vlm»lng* : ( The Albany Journal—the .ojgan of Senator Seward—has a.somew.hal lengthy, article admit*' ling that there is. *• alienation and estrangement ” between hlm.pnd’President Villiqof?,. and threat*, tun not to support his administration unless ho adopts with the cilice .to which he has.fallen heir* 1 the muasurpo of,the (jalphin .Cabinet, and tlndi : cates the Taylor policy {' otherwise that Journal i docs-not, lo,.udnionisli Mr. Fillmore by. 1 alluslun Io.M the .perfidious course end IgnorolnK ■ ous fato’l of John Tyler* The Stale Iteglslerf— the, paper at Albany—Copies the whole from the Journal, and very cooly remarks that- - 1 • I *‘Tho, following article from a contemporary,- yxpjpssing diniruat of President of tlio longest tried arid truest .Whigs in the nation, nml foreshadowing* hostility to his administration, svu doubt not will strike.our readers, os it lift* us, with no little surprise." , .The Keglster remarks further, that It lm« no. doiiln the high powers with which Mr. .Fillmore is clothed will be ♦* diHoreoily used to restoro peace and harmony, and compose, the unhappy, differences that now unfortunately divide ohd Ufl irnotlhe Union., Wiiliout.surrendering his own. Judgment, he. will call to his aid the wjse coun-, scls of iho great und good men, of.whom, fotlu-s nately, there ate not a few at hand, In shaping hi* cburstrpf action.’* ... , i n ~1 We shall sra what we shall see, ■ The, two, wings of Federal Whlg’gcry— the Flllmorewlng, and the Seward wing—are now looking daggsra points at each other on occount of the spoils, and an open rupture may he anticipated before * great while. This Is the etalo of the .case—th* losing’and winning gomo—ln Nrtv Yotk,,and. here in Pennsylvania we shall have, tna pame. scone between the Johnston fdotjons —or else wo ato greatly mistaken In our reckon ing*. ‘ . ■i . Time will determine whether we are right ‘bf, wrong In our prod’otlon,— Lancatitr fnUUigbncer. . “There U lomethlnk In the misfortunes of our besi/ friends that Is not disagreeable," suld a Fronch phllVi oNophur. "An English ono any*: “For oho wltb,- sincerely pltici our misfortunes, (here are a thouttkntl who sincerely halo opr suocau." A tin drinking wiloh Lank plnconl Buncombe r«- (^n)|y, J *nd I llio woman who won (ho ptiio dloooud of no ftwci thin 19 cupo. r
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