If Bt JOHN B, BRATTON. i VOL. 37. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, Siublishod crarjrThunJay, at Carllale.Pa. by JOIJh B HMPTOW, upon ilia following condltlona which willbo titty adhered to: Hfet J*-TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION , ' Hafyroronb year, In advance', '' 2n months, hi advance ■ , • iShaNpJubicrintian takcmfor a loss term than slxmoninsanu STlWiUiton'llnuance permitted until all arrearages are pa w, priceofsubscripiion &£WjuWrtqulrsa of all those who do not pay in advance. «HTSB OF A.SVBBTISIMO. _ square, one insertion, • • • • • • $ square, two Insertions, . . • • • SS&PM square, three Insertions. . * •, 1 "“ «SSSrT subsequent insertion, per square, • • • 3a 'JfflfiSniboral discount will be made to those who adverlistby or for threeor sit months. Theofflc'cof the American Volunteer lain thescc* rPenAftory of James fl. Graham's new stone building, in South street, a few doom south of the Court Houso, where MjftefaFbaving business aro invited tocell. - CHILDHOOD* ST DiTtD toATB9, CliiMhnoil, awed ami *unny childhood,' VVilh tin careless thoiighllta* air, ‘ Like ih« verdant. Unplo.l wlldwond, Wants Ilia training hand of ?are. 6cc U springing nil around us— Glad to know,anil quick to lenrn ! Asking questions that confonml us; Teaching Icisonsin its turn. Who loves not its Joyous revel, Lcnping'liglitly on the lawn, Upon the kiionfrlnng.the litvel, Free ami graceful qs a-fcwu 1' tm Let U ravel: it Is nature^- Giving in the little dears ; Strength of limh. and hcalthfulfcatures, Fur the toll of coining years. ■- He who checks a child with terror, Stops its piny and >llll*ll* song, Tf1.,1 alone commits nn error, But a great and moral wrong. Give it play, and never fear It— Active life is no defect; Never, never break Its spirit— Curb it only to direct. Would you dam the flowing river. Thinking it will c*n«e to flow? Onward it must gn foryver—, Better teach it whore to go/ Childhood is a fountain wel|lag M > . Trace Its clmncl in the sand. Ami its currents, spreading, swelling, » Will revive the withered land. • • - :«Wi- I 0: t&,':•*«=' ms ».** Childhood Is the vgrnal season; i Trim And train the tender shoot: l.oVe is to the coming reason, ' * Astheblusuiii lo'tUu fruit. Tender twigs tire and folded— • • .Art lu nfttur«J»ettuty lends? thildhond easily is moulded ; ■ Manhood brcaks;hut seldom bends. jWifiiceUancoiiA. BRANCH T. ARCIIBnj 1 |S|3ivrUF,SIDFNT OF TUB FIRST TEXAN CONgEFES. lawl*-^‘ iinrv or t'Xlri’.onlfiwiry genlbbToo prefoutid In ! llßLihouglilaa eloquent ; jfl Speech ; a man of finished 1 ■BFwdncation, a graduate of lliQjJfl/sl college bn the I |Hgbontinent? a,i)i?n pfi.V gf .family’! '*iili 1 HKjtthe moat oolished conrtesyW£msiPpereon Ilia very 1 i?Siyno of grabs; dignity .-VtnWoinmand; his heart w(llt llitr inextinguishable fires of an !?■ ’ambilion as honurnb)J> ; . as; it ;- w,« ardent; ami ■ with a perseverance that no obstacle.conltl chrctt 1 * ‘I and no mil overweary; temperate, brave, chlval i , fpn,, and rigid as a stoic In his ylhiqs; in fine, a 'lSsnan blessed by nature vvilh lhc blmcesl gifts, WHif'X nd cursed by custom with but a small fault, yet Withal, utuuccetrjiil in life; such is the strange of our present sketch, for such was Branch ig|||St, '/fa pDV.niafeiiais are largo but our space limited, IgMJei us enter at once upon the scene which we on purpose as .an example, imtar wa ‘, i n tlte yard of Powhatian conflifiaunr, lit the Stalb of Virginia, at the fall term of 1830. • Oh the fitsffcy ° r the session an immense circle l of ilslonors'ffirhi bo »e<Sfl,eaibetin|J.aroti'nd two , Interlocutors, who.jyofc vigorously contesting on 1 ■pome political problem of tho times. The dispn ■ »w'ta Were citiltingly contrasted. Gelt. Crump, a -•mall, ph’p’tl'-lcatured gentleman, with piercing ,1 3»rk eyes, thin. lips, and n nose like the et)gles ' »b.kk, wee eoo), sarcastic, and stinging as a wasp. There thight be‘toad tho history of a doien duels in the sneer that writhed like a snake in its coil ' ■' • atoned the corners of his mouth, as every,sepergie ' i? t «bto io’dtted through bis teeth with .Mori .of shrill r"* and menacing hiss. .He never seemed to foraol s / if ohb instant that ho Was lire most famous dead tho! ?r. Col. Atelier, limn only twenty . otic, atftfjtiEt half hie opponent’s age, was eager, 'nplmalfd, and dogmatfibbul yet,respectful, ..His, • 1 Vo®B foiled’ thd rich tones of frankness and sin cbrlWv and the fire of a fine enthusiasm lightened It Ills hlear blue nyo. He gppeated conscious oihing iti the pni.vetse Of thought or feeling honor, honeotj and truth. Tlte debate in dm ie progressed: _ t Col. Atelier, your last 1 assertion mgro/tnlouit, lake it," said Gen. Crump, and lift upper lip ed with ineffable disdain. .rclicr turned pale, a» <U corpse, and then his ir changed to lltohotimson of fire; hut he re d with wonderful Hlchness, and in accents so .ilia,-,bey pounded m a thrilling wbUper— Gen. Crump, did 1 understand you to use lliu ii t* gratuitous” as applicable to my asßer ■ I used that word," rejoined Crump, and he his keen eyes on the oilier as if ho Would nlny i with a glance. The look was a guoi» mur der throw his entire soul into one stern sen be— I “Then I demand of you as a man and a . . , # w..licman 'W' retract that unjust and offensive add fifty more of the kind before I rc llisSfciol that,” said Crump, with a snoor, and, turn pluon hla heel, ho remarked—”l am going to MSy room at tho hotel to wail fur your cotnmuntoa fKoon, if you have any. for mo.” Col. Archer's friends gathered in clusters Ground him, enlroaling that, be would not sacrifice H life to tho bullet of a duellist whose aim was Viure and deadly as tho lightning of heaven. At ’• Ifinirih. vexed with lltoir impertinent interference, .h« fairly shouted, In a terrible voice— : >• Coaso, or noVOr mbro friends of mine I 'fprhodla thousand lives, and oyery life tho du ration of a thousand ages, 1 would throw them ill away rather than lose one mlnUto of stainless honor 1” ~ft is impossiblo to.convey even n feeble idea ,of * the lofty intensity of trUih with .which Itu uttered ; the phrase 14 ono minute of stainless honor.” It i ' was' ns if ho had said— 44 Honor ,1s the bravo tain’s life, and to take that away, is the only • Surdcf—to defend It ihe.nil-alonlng virtue t’» > 7 A formal challenge was soon passed and ao^ A .jJLntetl, end tho meeting waa arranged to transpire ‘ A iJS sunrise tho next morning* on the summit oka, hill, twb mites west of PowhaUanoJ| At the time and placfc designated, a throng collected to witness the combat. Crump and Archer had both arrived afdaybreak, and saluted each* oilier boldly through -the little' haze of twi? light. . With Iho first golden glimpse of the son the principals were stationed nr position WUjHMr seconds ; and all hearts in the miiliUOde Vibrated with'a strange, feeling, almost of fear ? so'deter mined and deadly were ; lbe countonanccs of the two foes, although the expression bn their faces individually was very diiferent. Crump's visage wore the scorching sneer of a devil sure of his prey;.but' the blue eyes sf Archer seemed-stir l . charged with, the lightning of manly wrath. His ! look said—.*‘.l wilt kill, yet only to save my hon or!*’ . . *'■ : ■ The word being! given, the two pistols roared simultaneous.'.'Archer’s bullet grazed' Crump'd left temple, but his own right arm fell shattered to his side. V ; . • “Ha M have winged my game !” cried Grump, in tones of mocking triumph. - Yes;- but 1 have still a wing’remaining at yourBcrvfce7*’6!ToinT r his other a y rm in the face bf his enemy, anJ nuiimnmwi additional, round;. 1 . wehpone of death were loaded and % took their places. Archei" most have suffering an, agony of pain. Deads pf cold sweat rolled from his forehead ; the blood stream*, cd down from bis wounded arm, and stbiid in puddles about his feel, his lea-lures were while.as marble—so whitu thm ho might have been mista* ken for a.ghost; ami indeed.there appeared to be every, reason to .suppose that he really would be a ghost ,at .the next, explosion of Crump's pistol. Vet,-he gave no evidence of fear, , Lpbking his antagnnlsiffesoluiely In the face exclaimed’?— . Ccncral, -' 'ou now hnve.every advantage.' 1 am. forced by necessity .to use my left hand, and, if ybif were nol'a-coward, you wpuld do the same:**' • , : Quick, as thought Crump changed the weapon from the right hund to .the-left, and Immediately the word .to fire was - At the sound of the pistols both enemies fell. Archer had fainted from loss-orblood, the effect of,his previous wound, but. Crump was shot through the heart. . In 1832,Col.’Archer emigrated tpTexas, where herose so rapidly in popular favor; that on the breaking: forth of the revolution ho was bltosen president of the. first Congress,Which met at ban Felipe on the 3d of November, 1835. He fought liUo/a lion in all the fierce battles of that most ferocious war, and was.engiaged,besides in sever* al private combats of. bis own, in.all of which ho proved victorious. ' . ; *- ; A . splendid opportunity now seemed fairly opened, for the gratification of that lofty ambition, which, had burned in the depths of his soul so long; but, in an evil hour for himself, he'was persuaded to enter the lists against. Sam Hods* loti. .- The ttVo tftnVaesed the country nl .iho same lime, encountering in debate almost every day. It was,literally a war of giants, for both were ♦-sons of thduder *'. on the stump. Dot each possessed eloquence of a character thotoyehly unique and different from the blbeH __ Theif minds .were polar opposites. Archer' waft all jmpetuosi ly, passioK and splendor— coming down*on‘ the audience as ii’weft* out of heaven, like a blazing eyes. Hnsion-rMombled a plan>i rising opt of the sea, slowly, gradually; perceptibly, and grow ing brighter every Instant till he illuminated earth, ocean, and s&y, , „ t . i. ■ •. Archer’s argument camo in masses, like moun tain slides, Houston’s was a complicated, net work of gcldon wire, that entangled and wound around the heart and drew it into his hand. Archer clothed truism in a garb that made thorn like paradox, and dashed patadoxos in your face as if ho were dealing blow? with a sledge-ham mer. .. Houston insinuated hls> opinions rather than urged them. . i* Archer’s flight Was far, tho .loftiest—soaring into regions qf thought where few cared io follow. Houston* never left-the common fields and fire sides, where all were at homo. . Archer’*-attiiudes and gestures had much of grandeur} his very air seemed to announce— *• Behold, now, 1 urn . going'to thunder!”“ But Mousion’s manner wds (hat of,a. loving boy to his brothers* and said—“ Opnm, Hus play**’ ' As striking a contrast developed'itself in their intercourse with ihb’jVpofile. . Archer’s courtesy was that i f a high-loned ohiValroits, gentleman of the *■ Old Virginia ’’, school 5 hut Houston’s was precisely that of* the ** crowd *’. .>vith, whom he mjngled* pnd assumed, pro hai vice, to ;ihn special occasion Thomie vtM./ttpiUr Ttindni , eyet on Ms throne of state, the sceptre never out of his hand; the other, multiform, million faced, Jlrolcut, becoming, without« metaphor, all things to men. The issue of such n contest,could not, long re main doubtful. Houston Won by immense ma jority *.»nd t,o render Ms case more hopolessv Ar cher loot Ills temper and sent his rival a chal lenge, 1 . . . »■ “Tell Oof*. Archet,’* Raid Houston, 'With a smile, addressing the bearer of the hoHllo note, “that 1 hove renounced the trade of war.except in defence of my country. [ have fought all my life up hill, and 1 do not intend to fight, my way down. Uut if Col. Arcjier is> possessed by the doiupn pf Imvlo and must hill somebody, l am ready to give him a commission, under the great seal of slate, to hill uiid scalp every Camanche in themroliiear* This answer was reported. It flew over the country In a fortnight, increasing every where the popularity of Houston, bulabsolulely annihilating Archer, * SUch waslho political,end pf Branch Ar* oher. lie became misanlhfopici melancholy,-rind never.recovered from the eftbeta «f ihnl.Mqfunl. In enumerating'hia virtues nt the outset of this sketch, we said that the subject had but a single fault, which line already sufficiently appeared, In the shape of. excessive sensibility ns to the so called point of honor » He was cha teau ideal of chivalry nt pneo realised anti,exaggerated. And nowlel the quotation.of on eulogy from his more successful rlVal closo this fragment.— “Archer,” said 1 Huston to a friend, “is the only man .1 ever knew who never .uttered a foolish word or did a mean thing.*’—jS’irnf/ay . Verification of a Dream.— The Boston Tran* script, inenllons as a.well authenticated fact that a young lady in that oily had n frightful dream on last Salurday night two weeks, that her absent brother had bpen killed, and sho saw hie body dreadfully mangled. Sho awoke, by her cries a lady who slept next her, to whom she related her dream. The lady endeavored to Boothe her fears* and finally persuaded her to retire once more to bed, and try to forget the dream. The next Mon* day morning the young lady received a.tolegraph |o despatch, npn«tnoing that her brother, a, brake, man on the Western railroad Imd fallen from the cars one of the freight tralnß, and been run over and Instantly killed. The accident happened at about two o’clock on Sunday morning, precise ly the time of the dream. = An old' maid is liken jug without a handle; there’s no takihg hold of her. • Thoiyoung man that picked lire look that be* longed itothoelephant’a trunk,has been Sentenced to'thrco inoDlhshardlaboroniho canal. * OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS DK RIGHT*-BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY ” Carlisle! > pa:, ny-im. A AIBRRY HEART. •fts well to have a merry licatt, Hbwcver aliort westay; There’s wisdom in a merry heart, What’or the world may say 1 ■ Philosophy may lift Us head, Ahd find out many n flaw, Uni give nto the philosophy That’s happy with a straw I K lift but brings its happiness—.,' *0; , It brings us, wc are told, t What's Hard to buy* though rich onca’lry,. Wlthall their heaps of gold!:' . Thep liugh away—lot others say Whal’er they will of mirth; 1 Who laughsthe moat tuny truly hoist v lie's got the wealth of earth I ’^here ; « Beauty in rf meTrylaugiir''’. » • • A moral beauty too- ; >, lishnwa the heasfs an honeatjjpafi. , That** paid each mnn'hlsiliie. ■' t • And lent a share of.jwhafs to • ' ‘ Sle of wisdom** fears. •» / do (ha chock loss «nrro'twipc»k,.\ ' The eye weep fewer tcdrS. . The sun may shroud itself in clwfflj* V' It flints a spirit to clioer tlie dark, . . It's aunltghc is witlifn 1 Then laugh awny, let others say • Whnt'er limy will of ntirlli; ■! Who loughs tho most may truly hoBJI He's got (ho wealth or earth I ~-,*. BKBTCU OP WESTERN LIE'S* COL. ARCHIBALD TELtu The .on (he docket was called, ahtWhe plaintiff Mood ready.- ll was .thalrdnu] been in litigation for five yours. Gl?n. Smool o/ose for (ho defendant, and remarked -th an overbearing* lone— , > • •:! “ Our witnesses -aro absent, and therefore I as mand that the ctiso'bo continued until the next term, in course." . ' ; 41 Let tho proper affidavit bo filed, fdr not till then can I entertain the motion Cora continuance,” was the mild reply of'the Judge. ; , ■ **‘Db you doubt my word as to'the-facts ?" Gen. Smool oxclolmcd, sharply, and involuntarily raising his huge sword cane. . “ Not at all," replied the Judge, with his Uandtsl smile ; “ hut the law requires that the fuels Jd/itilp* Ing a continuance must appear oip tiro' 7 court has no power to annul tho law, to see It annulled." ’ The judge’s calm and business like tond ond man nsr only served to irritate tho bully, .and ho retorted, shaking his‘sword cane in tho Qlceciioh of tho bench- - ' . ■ ; . i Whatever may be tho law, T t for one, will not leirn the principles from the lips of ah upstart dem- and coword I" Judge Yell’s blue eyes shot lightning ; but ho on.' ly turned to the clerk and said quietly— " Mr. Clerk, you wilt enter a fine of $5O against Gen, Smoot,- as.-l see him minkd on my Jacket for gross contempt'of court; and bo sure you issue un immediato execution.’’ lie had scarcely opunclalcd (he order, when Gen. Smoot was seen rushing towards him, brandishing his sword.cnnc, all his fentures' writhing with mur dcroUs wrulli, and pallid as a corpse. Evdty-glance was fixed oo tins countenance of tho Judge,.|pr all wished to know how ho wyfld brook dio coming, pliock of Utb duellist's fierce assault.— But nnncl.howoVei{ could detect Ihaaliglilcsrclmnne 'W.Ulfi.MlfwiMrjpcu,. Ills clieetßgTWW' hclUicr rcd ndr while,' not a nerve seemed, to tremble; his Calm eye surveyed the advancing^'with os flttfo signi of per turbation as a chemist might show scrutinizing the cffcrvcsenco of some novtl fTiixluro. Ho Bat perfect, ly still, wllh;that slight staff of painted iron iti IM right hand. ,»**• Smoot ascended the platform, and immediately aimed a tremendous blow with his enormous sword cuno, full at tho head of his fuo. At that blow five hundred hearts shuddered, for all expected to. sco tho victim's skull shivered into atoms. Thp, general os. loniahjhcnh tbqn. may 1,0 concclycd,.(vllcn they bo* held .the little iron staff desbribra quick curve, aS the great sword cane flew/rdm .Smoot’s fingers and fell with a loud clatter altho distance of twenty feet In the boll \ Tho baffled bully uttered a ery of wrath wild asithal of some wounded'beaslr'bf.proy, and snatched his bowlo knifo from his sheath; but ore it wus well poised for tho dcsperolo plunge, the little (run stuff cut anollier a ‘curvt ond the big knife fol lowed tho Word cane, lie then hailiiy drow.a re. volvlng pistol, but before-ho-had UmeSlo'touoli the .trigger, his arm was stricken down powerless (o his side* - And then for the drat time did Judge Yell betray perceptible emotion. . lie stamped his foot tilt llio platform shook* beneath It, and shouted la trumpet tones—, ' “Mn Clerk, yod will blot out lids rufflan’s.nnmo as a foul disgrace from ilia roll bf attorneys. Mr. Sheriff, lake the criminul to jail." *2*l)o latter officer sprang to obey the,mandate,and immediately a scene of contusion ensued that no pep might describe. T|io bravoosand myrmidon friends' of Gen. Smoot gathered around to oUstfuqffthjQ slier ifl’,whilo many bf the citizens lent their opportune aid to sustain the authority of the. court. /Menaces, ‘ sbroatps,'horrid curses, crossing, steel, alternate cries of rage apd pain* all commingled with the aWful ci- ' plosion of firearms, blended together a vivid idea of pandemonium. Out -throughout all tempestuous strife, two Individuals might bo observed ns lenders in tile Whirlwind and riders of the storm. -Tho‘fl6w i judge used his little iron oano with terrible efficicn* cy, crippling limbs yet still, sparing life; while *• Good Nulured Dill Buffium" Imitating (ho demon cy of his honorable, friend, and disdaining the cm* ploymcnl of either knife of 'pislol, actually trampled and crushed down all opposition, roaring at every furious blow—" this Is the way .to preserve order In court,’* a sentiment which ho accompanied with pools of wild laughter. In loss than two minutes the parly of the judge triumphed, the clique of General Smoul suffered disastrous dulcat, and the bully him* seif was borne away to prison. Such was tho “ debut ”of Archibald Yell in Ar kansas j and from that day his popularity as a man, 4* & ‘jddgo, ns a hero,'and us a politician, went nn rnpidly. and brllliqmly, Increasing till It eclipsed all | the oldest and.most powerful names.,. >VithJn the first year of his emigration l»q bc.duno ft candidate 1 for tho governor’s chair, and notwltholoudlng the 1 bitterest opposition, ho was elected by nine tenths ot the number of voles polled. j;A* l|iwend pf ; .his term ho canvassed for Cohgrcsl, and again swept the S|/»tc, like a hurricane, lie continued to sorvp with sue ■ oosa in tho supremo.councils of tho nation until tho period of Ilia war will. Moflco. 110 then ».ign«t, hurried homo lo Arkan.a., end ral.od » .ORinienl of volunteer cavalry, wilh which ho made oil powiblo dispatcli for tho scene of action.^ Tho writer of tho present sketch saw him on ms lino of marolito coalesce.with, the grand army of oo ca'patidn, end novor will ho forgot tho evening pn.iod by (he light of hi. ho.pilnblo comp fire on Rod lily, eri.wilhin tho limit, of T0x0... The prophooy of hi. farowoll word. ring, .till in my era.with mournful distinctness.' „ ... “ I go,” said ho, with a look of fire, and In tones 6f thrilling emphasis, “to make ft fame that shall bo coextensive .with tho length and breadth ol the Union, or toextinguish life Itself in a blaxo of glo* ry V* V a.lTqkopt his word: ho did both. Ho arrived on the gory arena In llmo to witness- the magnificent storm of tho grosl day of Buena V|sln j and whore Is tho true child of American birth that cannot name the throe transcendent stars', of chivalry who felt quenched In blood that day 7—nyo, who fell, but as they fell shed a parting sun burst of everlasting sun* light over that field of glory and of groves! •Hardin! Clavl YellB— Ntiah'i Meeunger. ■ ■ Why doea rtio cook make more noiae (ban the bell “ Because one roakee a din,bftl tbeother a dinner, 11 * OVR ASPIRATIONS. nir SAnAit g*, oaylev. A>., : a njan is ntft only Useful but praise worli y&'-‘-Ho.6hpuld be Ambitious to: please—to .sho'er pgftatdeference for oursuporiord—lbsho\V i onrselfres s klnd, gontlo and, cheerful,—to gain | frieiMtfby showing ourselves friendly—to mako dufsyiyes useful la roprovjng the wayward—in the fallen—in doing the work of making ihe’ntirid the belter for our having lived in it. . (tar aspirations nro ever toward the infinite; ahdjtlonr hearts aro dedicated to the good and tru^Urie 'should rise bjghcr and higher toward tho) of a nmn in Christ Jesus. '■ 1 -.flTigre'ds no state where |ho mind caivrest, wb aro'tlrer thinking, anil if oiir thoughts (low in a pure channel,- then they widen and deepen and we r ro over-expanding aijd receiving new irlbnta* * rioa o bask in. God lias given us enough of cvl dono tovihe ( boun(llessnefiB of his.goddncss to aalh ly the roost desponding. ■ T e>,natural world with, its rich ‘ waMoty ;of :>y; with its countless beauties and its. por feci adaptation to rmr fvnnls niul needs, nil con spirt to confinp our .confidence in ihe gdodncss df its g and good Author. » this is one .of the most trilling evidences of goodness, Tho.nohle, O'od-like frilnd -lhal.has beengiven to man as ri seal of lhi> Divinity with in him—the thirst for a spiritual, life beyond' the pres[nt— the former lb look forward id the mirror bfji lliat pas: lokc pvel Jdls in that better land; tho Christjiin hope phsinins In. life arid gtvbs.a calmi’peaceful. fiori through tho vnllny of shadow*,tbdse are •9 of goodness that cannot bn. mistaken of* ’lt’d. .Otir souls. aspirators! Wlmf are ] When In lift?'and health, and when Wends (ntl na, ’we feel only ihe suiifehinQtjfjlJti and wo&sk in our security. Bui when ibevjlfiys of dnrnpss come, and w« look in vuiti forbid from an MiJiOf flush, then wo.oall for assistance where ii cai.ohly bo found. *We look.pl the dprkru'Bß of tHo tomb, nnd mir faith, if U be tiic-C.hrisimn faitfi sheds a glorious illumination.. Ohr. souls havaosked of light from the valley of Madftws and we IfaViSaecu it only.faintly.— Buhm the day of adversity when.our souls hnvo ! •needlof Btrcnfftlj,Ahen wo find it equal to one day. ; I'lMiQqiis a.sOjblimb beauty In the death ofnehris illari| - gather about, him are, left calmly, arid the loved are sweetly smiled .upon and me soul beckoned by-angels is wafted to the resist the weary spirit. - - . Dplli! wliat is til It is only an event in the ;lifoj(yon us by our Father in Heaven. •Shallall thaunakos us God-like did*; Shall tjio souls ns plnraon for an immortal oxtyfcncn bo lost amid tH(o|re c k of the body ? prayed for an oNifllnce in the with the just raatwperfect—wc have f( filth had en lere* within the veil nnd ahfpfflni’tVncn been given us. J\\e have searched arid they are aure-p-and whether in life nr death we will say, OurVather, thy will be done, we are thine and ha*boon crowned with thy goodness mu wotfill lrust thee still. * can pass through tho dark valley in the, hoptyof meeting the love d nnd lost of earth. We can took calmly at the grave that is to keep our while the spteit*has ! leli tor a “FesTflence with those wlioVave gotiObeforc. , On die pinions of faith our souls ascend, nnd an illu mination from that land that hath no need of (tie light of the sun or moon, sheds a halo of light and the darkness nl tile tomb. Huavenßiol -po fir distant as We sombtimes conceive iHb bo. < The shepherds oh llio plains of Jndqa heard the heavenly hosts, nnd the soul that lives in the perpetual sunshine of the glory of that better land, shall Tool himself In the presence of the blest con tinually. Tljcn, let our llvos bo a practical commentary of thb divinity of our religion, nnd when we shall bo*called'to tho world of perpetual pence, our no evtl,;.bnt. an illutpimitiou (V m 1 of Rod shall shed a sweet rudipnc over the valley of shadows, nnd a voice sweet as jho music of angels and gentle n» tho breath of heaven, shall bo heard, saying, child come home! ~ - ■ An Invitation —h wns jobsmed that a cpftiiln rich mftn never invited any ono to dino frith him.. > ” * • * - ; »‘nl- bet n wager,” said u wag, “I ogh get an aalitm.” ■ < being accepted, ho goes llio next l*jnan!fl houso nboul tho time ho s<l tolls tho servant he emifil apeak ter ithmodiately,. for ho could save him Ahp.mind pmmd®;,. . v.♦ “SI?* 1 * said- tho servant.to his master, “hero is a man.in n great, hurry, who says he savo you h thousand pounds.” . , Oulcpmo the funster. . “Whirl is that,.sir, you can save mu o thous and pounds!” 1 * “Yes, sir, I can, nut I sen you arc at dinner, 1 wilTgo myself and dine, and call again.” »•() pray, 9ir, oomb. in and take dinner whit me.”- • ' “I sha!l Hd itoußltaottm.” “Nbi aulli", 1 ' - The,invitation wm accepted. Aft soon as din ner woii over, aiuTlho family retired, tho convey- sntioii.wns rusumnd. - “Wall, sir,” said tho man of Aim house, “now lo yogr. business, Pray let me know how lam to save a thousand pounds!” “Why, sir,” said tho othur, “1 hear you have a daughter to dispose ofin marriage.” •“I have, sir*” •*• • *• v ' -r • 1 ' “Anil -that you intend lo portion herewith ten thousand pounds.” .‘0 “I do, sir." ; .-t •* “Wily, then sir, lot mo havn hc7, and I will take her nl nine tlummand.” An old fellow being visited by his pastor, the Inttor assured him that ho‘could not ho n good Christian .unless ho took up ills daily cross— ■wiietest ho oaughl.up Iris wife* and began lugging heraheul tkqjoom. . m at (he Into Slato Fair, ‘wins BiPrtilfHUh affivp dollar hill in.ltis pookut. A onnjmiltnewuitihcnft look him in clmrue and nl ton cents n sight. After the shnvir w*>B* oV(, r» i l 'leaked nut that tho five dollar, hill irj|ids pocket was a bill for fivo dollars due. his washerwoman! Away up in Vermont, n long, llmo ago nn Irish “help" had spoiled n lot of randies hy lotting Ihein fall into n hogshead of min-wntor. Tho pallcnco of her mistress gnyo way entirely under the djMfttor, nnd sho rollred lo ho 7 room in n pns* slon.Whllo trying, unsuocossful.ly, id calm her oxcttml feelings* by taking violent oxorclso In the rocking chair, on odor morn penotrnting limn agrceoblo assailed her nose, ami caused her to ex "* V; n Didgol, whnt Is ihd matter n ° u pjothen' mn’nm,” replied Dlriget, ** 1 oqly pul the candles il> tho hot oven for dhry !” A' I .‘dandy in Broadway o few morning elnco accosted the old bellman ns lollowa—.*» You tnke all sort* of treph in your cart* don’t you? 1 ■“Yes; Jump in, jump In.’* tVa niay lio Happy Yot. {. ! r - Ah i dearest drive those ten re away, Which alnlh thy fading 1 check; Free thy sweet lip from sorrow’s sway, t And words of comfort speak ; . Banish.(he past, and with mo vow ’ Our Borrows to forget;. And bo hope’s star our now— . Wo may bo happy yet. • The caro, Relieve me, llial chshroud* •• 1 Thy check’s nnco cheerful rny, Gives me more pain lhan.aU.lho clouds >;•} Tliul darken o’er ohr way*;*'. * Then lei lljy,dear Ups sipllp. v sgajni. s Smilo as when hratAyo* r niCl, Sunshino. must idwiiys follow rain— Wo may bo happy yet. 't'hcsc clouds 'that o’er our bosom* lower* i- To-morrow .may depart; ?, Why should wo tjicn, 'nosih sorrows power, * Wear out the buoyant heart. Sun.of tny earthly heaven, then?' Shino ns when first u s mol— Aii.’l .dearest, dry iby.'.lcars again* Wo will be happy yet. . N Tbcto ttrb victories mure pruscworlhy then prow ess over snatched from the ftifrinuuinod battleground —conquests more-valuable lb in provinces and sub: jeetcii million*. Achievment 4, incomparably mun 'Worthy than lho?e which - have sulficed to .give (be departed hero a niche, in ihtMoiiiple of Fume Ihyit* your cxerlionsj- and promisb a higher and'more cn during reward. These consis' in thm. mastery o passion, of selfishness, and of sin—in the conquest of yourself. The glory and results of such a triumph will be Immortal 1 Young men I (»e emulous of such distinction. ' Seek out. and enter the fn Ids of glori ous enterprise before you, subdue and govern your* self,. Instruct ignorance. Support weakness. ’ He lieve want. Pour contempt.on 'ice,-and cherish es teem fur virtue. Comfort the afflicted, and staunch the tide of, grief. He that wins such victories and performs such offlccs, is heller than the mighty, or he that takelha cltyj nnd though.it may he dilßcult to realize it now, tho result will prove that ••Tim dryirift up n tinple tear, lia» mnro Of lumect fame.than slio.liiing •onsof gyre." A ftojuxes tx Hr. at. Lip*.— The Welchman re cords tho following, as having.-rccently occurred in the neighborhood 0/ Cardigan: ’’ '' “Twonly-lhfce years'aao 0 young .moil named David Evans, having paid Jus addresses to a maiden in tho vicinity%f his nntlvo town, nt the fnbulh of tho 'i'ivy, was dispatched to attend to. his duly as a navigator “ on tho raging main.’* / Ho alartcd from Cutdilf accordingly, in a vessel nafned tho Ueikcley, which, in about a week after departure was wiecked, and*ull on board were plunged Into a watery grave. For no less than twenty-three years it was supposed that David Evans, hod perished with hia comrades, but he last week landed at Shccrncss from Australia, where ho had been quietly, hut rapidly, accumulat ing cash in the long interval that had elapsed since bis exodus from iho ■country; and it was then ascer tained that, in consequence of a qunnel with the captain oUljo. Berkeley, ho had loft tho vessel a few days ta-’iihq fatal disaster which hod con signed lipr and. )ier. the .deep,- On TWimn* arrival'''hf.Caraignnf fils first enquiry was for Ido dorly loir, and he learned (hot, fully believing in bis demise, she had. hcoQmqthc'wlfo of a favorite suitor who bad tacitly ibis llfu and loft.her free to accept tbo her fonnyr faithful inumtirato now ptomptly nm'le' Iter, and which we need scarcely sty,’ was 1 l onco accepted, and the marital rites in two abort days were celebrated. “ Here comes (ho sogers, Aunt,” cried llio nt the door, "hero (bey come in their bear skins!” 'ln their Imre skins!" said assho look ed out, of thu window into* the cold, towards the weathercock that had looked obstinately east f»r throe days, much to tho danger of a return of her rheumatism, which an oast wind always induced —so much that she had declared her determination to move in tho vicinity of some Catholic church, whoso vanp always points one wny—“in tjieir bare skins,-'sich. a'day us this! Highlanders I guess." . Csho hastened lo (he door, and ft company with huge and hldcops caps wore then march Ing by. She saw that she was sold. “ Ah,”, said »he, V lids is one of tho horrors of war—to go looking ho; and s’pflSo ono of them poor creatures should fall down—hois so (opheovy his heels would go Up in tho air like a corns! ;l'r witch; nnd nil Ids brains would mu down into Id* heed. - I can't hoar to look nt ’em." . Shn closed lh * dour carefully, blit stood in (he entry nnd heat (hue to the music till it had got'far past Ilia hou-o.— Palhjimlcr. A Ilian Jack, —Tho Boston Post, which is nl wnys.n dump card among newspapers, has the fol lowing, good one t—A number of well, dressed boys were oncodormenllrig a drunken sailor, who was in .vain endeavoring to kicp them off wlth-a broken spado handle, which hn wits.using Tor a club,.when a gentleman called put to them; " Boys' if Jack is high, it is rather iow business to lie making (fume of him."- Jack, whoso wits were nn sharp as n diamond —(the principal difficulty seemed.to he In the light ness of his feel, or the unsteadiness of thn fit-mind under.lhlmi,.which made bis easiest mode of progres sion to bo on all fours) —Immediately responded : “Then wo.arc oven. f I’m high Jack lo their low 1 gome. But clubs (s trump—nnd the dcaucoUin mo if I don’t heal ’em yet to my heart's content. , ( - Co Lon. or litoiiTNiNn.—Tim color of.Hghtning is vurlo i-lv ••range, White ami blue/ verging to vio let. Its Uuo appeals to depend’on tho intensity of electricity,arid height in thu atmosphere. Tho more electricity there is passing through the air In ft given time, the whiter and monulnzzling In the light. Vio let gild blue colored lightnings ftrn observed to be discharged from storm cloud# high in the atmosphere, whore the air Is refilled. t<i . t - r ( ~ , The mtiskot that kicked the hoy over hn# hern ar rested, nnd mado lo give bail. Tim plea that it was “cocked" ul ihe lime, was ruled out of Court. His Princiclks.— •‘Feller bllizcns,’ I .said a stump orator.lately, in Wiscomdh,’ who'woS. running for a seol In thu I.cglolniuro—” Fellow citizens, if you elect mo, my opnmdtinn to nil sorts of banks will l> sn strong (hat it will break the track of n-herd of Uuffidoes. v ole.inocs may pour out Ihalr lava, re ducing cities lo smouldering ruins—caithqunkos may cugul|di In tho vortex of premature destruction large nnd populous isles—cataracts may disgorge their rqueous contents, making nature tremble with tho ccnlinous eiibrt—the thunder’s stroke may prostrate the mightiest monuments ever raised hy tho combin ed old ofntt rfitdhrhor—the glaring flash of lightning may rend the sturdy oak of the forest, and make tho iron hearted quake with fear; hut do you think, fel ler citizens, that all this would make me vote in fav or ofn Bonk! D—m door ofil." A Indy , who had exhausted Jlio voeohulnrly of nnmci for her nunkcrous daughters, named the.last, “ AnU-so-forlh." Down oast somewhere the limes are so hard that the “ fellows " cannot even nov (heir addressee to the “gals.” “ When 1 am a man," is the poetry of childhood “when I was young,” is (ho pootry.of old age. Comino at it.— “ I didn’lmy I imw him dn U, but 1 buw a cout and bat, and panUioona about (bo apol where Uie article wn atolcn, and Ml be dorony cal if he aim |n*om now V* , ST CHARLES SORAft. THo lidrsl Herd* f AT$2 00 rEMNNUU. ; NO. 25. Boiling a Watertnellon* Some lime since, a lady of Ph.iladelphia»jhay« Ing received spme company, ordered UiecOOkito serve up ri largo watermellon which she had, jp« purchased in the market, al a specified time In the evening. -Time rolled on, and the period came, and passed, in which the aforesaid mellon waa to have been served; and the mistrcßs looked anx lously’towjtrda the door, cvefy minute expecting Betty with tho mellon. Finally, as her anxiety, hould no longer bo kept within bounds of silence, she fang’ tho bMI| and presently a round-faced, rosy checked, dumpling shaped sort of, a,ptfduy, whose appearance betokened a grten ’uh from the Emerald Isle, thrust her Open. countenance Irt at a nnrrow.updriurobetween ihedoor'and'-tllff'door jamb, and gave notice of her appearance by.ask* ing her mistress, . -..‘i- 4 * '' „**iW what would you ho after.havin’? 1 * J •! .' * ' ♦♦Why‘don't, you bring up the tnellon, as I or dered you I* 1 asked Jho mistress; “An 1 faith, anMt’s gone.’* ; V ’ **Gone I. gone where t” . »*An’ troth, an’l pul it in ytx pnt to 6»7e,,an*. faith, anM h’lave the witches hev taken it Up the chainney; for the craiher’a all gone : Tito Two Travellers* The following story of a noble ’aOl of Jibmaci* v Jt/ is from the,interesting Garmon talcs of Krumach- J ’ ers ' * .-••••• * # Two travellers onco rested on their, journey st-an., inn,'when suddenly a cry arose Unit there Was a fir# hi tlio-vllliigo. • One ol llio travellers Immediately pprang upund ran to oiler his assistance*“ Bui Ilia other strove (o dvtuin him Buying,;. . •* Whyehould you> waste your lime 7 Why con- . corn ourselvca aboul strangers ?’* . { ills iViond, however, listened not lo his remonstran ces, but hastened to tho fire, the oilier following and looking on ul a distance* . A woman,rushed out of Ihn burning hnuso, crying, ■ n “ My children \ rhy children I’* When the stronger heard lids, he darted Into 111* house among .tho burning timbers, while the flames raged fiercely around him. “He will surely perlshl” cried the spectators,' ; , But after.a short lime, behold, ho edmoTorlh with scorched hair,-currying two young children in hia. nrm»*?aiid delivered them to their mother*- She Cfn*. .braced'the infants, Mid fell at ilia stronger*! feet, but ho lifted her up and comforted her*' The house aoon foil with a terrible crash. > ' . An the stranger’ and hia companion returned to the inn,'tho latter Said, , - “ Who made thee risk thy life In such dangerous attempt -• " ■' ' - “Ho,” answered the first,” who bids mo puljUie seed into the ground, that it may decay- apd btipg forth'the new fruit.” V *• “But If thou hadst boon buried among uts: ruins t” - : 1 f His companion smiled and said, , '• Then should I. myself have been tho seed.*-* - < /■- T/ii' Sludiki, Fetpars for Winter*;, . 1 Tho hoarsewinds aro already ringing a tofulem to the gay season, and tho surly hlaal of .winlpr. will a<mn ho hero, with his reign of terfortovios* Who nro unprepared. Fanners have a great.deal to dn to got ready for his approach, and no oppor tunity should be neglected to have overythlng r ln readiness. As.tliQdttys aro, short, ea/ly lipittg !• important 16 success, that aninVafairioy be’fod lit season, and everything ready to commence labor as soo/i as It is light enough to See fo'wolkjmndu brisker action may be homo lhanin thehot.days, for if. it produces a little fatigue, the long.night* of vest will.recruit and invigorate the system. •• Trees that have been newly sol, should be prp tecled by heaping, up tho earth nronnfl them'to keep the roots warm, and support- the .tree,against the winds; for if left swlnolng in thb winds, when the ground is soft it will be loosOncd In’the and the water will nm down around them. Which with thn frost, may destroy them. K Thosewho object to fall transplanting, probably do not art their trees well. We haw set many trees from the last ofSoptemhor to Decemher,and neVbr. lost one act at this season, . Carefully protect? Wees from cattle, or they will destroy thorti whon ;feed is scarbe. o ,* • • v -/ -> " , ■ .■ ■ ■■ . A DK*cmi , TinN or Love.—Love Is like tlio davit’— •enUtic.lt torments.. v* Like heaven—become It wraps (ho soul'ln bliss.'* Like salt—because Il ls relishing. i - Like i» woman—bcoaUunlicro is no gettmg rid of lut. • i.. I’ ' • . - Like popper— open use It often sols one on fire.' il Like arcijio—heeamd it la tlio death of a mon. •;?* Like a ship—became it guides ono to tlio wished fur port. ’•« . * .• ’v: • Likes prison—because It often makes a man tnl£ crnble. Like wine—because It'makes ns happy. Like sugar—because U;ls sweet. Like ii man—became bo Is.heM to-day and lo.morrow* . Takk Ca*r (3»rU.—“ Well, Frank Isn’t she fect creature *'* r.- u Why, 1 think eho would do, if she— M •• If wlml, Frank 7” • ' ‘ • 1 “ If sho didn’t cal'onieni f* tJon’-r onto Caui-oanu.—Edwin Dell, Baq.,Tor* morly editor of the Hagerstown Torch' Light, writ, ling from Ban VntncUco to,a friend in Virginia auyst— v . I rcgrel,(shotiicl this ever reach you) tjwll cannot give you inoro cncourugoiiivnt than J ahall be re qmred to give. Sincerely and Iranklyt'l cannot ad* ' vise you to come here. You may succeed—o( you ■nay. fail-(ho failures being ten to one in pYUporllun to the successes. Tlio gnat mass would bo glaU to an homo, if they bud ninnoy enough to carry lh«?l buck.' 1 know you well, and I have an indistinct knowledge of things here, nnd If you piah my.pd* vice, will tell you to slay where you are and be COf|; tent with your lot. two brothers. Montesquieu, who linyo besp in 81. Louis prison Fur koiiu lime forfinurdcr, liavo sailed For Franco— llio one, who comlrtftled (lie t'ecd* having been pardoned by tl.o OovernbrSn IhogM urul of insanity—the other having been Found not to hays participated. *' 1 ‘- r, i “Cimon,” aalil Hob, '• what are yon doingnow-a day# For a living ?” ‘ ; ‘ '''-'i •'Nothing particular, I'm llio owner now." ♦ ♦* Owner of n ship I What ship 1" ‘ • , ' u Sloward«Ai;» at Sam Joinin'*cellar •*V ' ,uri Alova lorn swain broke a, wiili' boob* VUh‘llls •* heart’s queen," somewhere up In NcW B •hire.'. ‘ ,'. • / ‘ * “ Ncow whatJeJo yon ,wl»h, Sally l h demanded Jon athon, with n lender grin of expectation. il ' ! "1 wish I was bb handsome," replied tho Falf domaol— >"bb Quern Victors I"- , “Jerusalem \ what a wish I" replied Jnhnothinfj “wlicn you're hnridsomo *nuff now. :• But Jl'll lell‘ybb> wlmt 1 wished, Sally. l.wlsh you were looked (0017 arms and the kcj. was losll", *.• A lady, much pestered by newspaper borrow ers, very truthfully remarked, the bther day, that people might a* well nsk for a jrlotq of buller every week ns Torn newspaper. 1 ! * . 11—I . • • « 11 II .»•••» I-Hi Jenny Und »ro noyf Q(T»,»d ijlitjhjr Philadelphia maikel. .. .... a. q , 9yo Whnl l» that iwhloh no on* wlab.t lo' wiahua to loan I ’ A bald pale*. Waaatt
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