- ■-; ''' V . '' M JOUN B. BHA'I'TON, VOL. 37. ilocHcnl. mi?-- 1 tfrom t|ie Sunday Ledger. A. Fragment. ! :. v ? . s u'-.' »V ALEZINOSS TOCKO, in. / {.•(/.’ i saw ndow-drop, cool and clear, I . Dance on the myrtle spray: . -Fair colors dieted the lucid tear, , , JiUe those which gleam ami disappear -7 :■} M<' When showers anil sunbeams play , ri V .bo I cost athwart a glance serere, * ? f‘‘ ‘And scorched the pearl awoy. A * tieh on a slender, polished stem, a ftaatanl Uliygrow J - ft. 4 tto the petal* many a gem • f-irfe* tellltered a native diadem of healthy morning dew; 1 v fc bftsx of lingering winter came, • •*,\V V And snapped the stcW in two. f jpalrer than morning’s early lear, jAI? , Or lily’s snowy bloom, e&Viv*' J* beauty In its vernal year; - feay, brilliant, fascinating, clear, !K&WjV t And thoughtlcsrofilsdooml SfegSi, l)«atb breathes a sudden poison near, ||||3Se; And'swccps il to the tomb I 3S&ta«uantmi». fix From Iho New Monthly Magazine. L THE CAPTIVE. £ A "Tragic Scene in a Private AtadAouse, DV TUK LATE M. O.'LEWIS, E6Q. I We ere enabled lo present to out readers a literary 1' ’iosily—a mono-drama (hitherto unpublished) by , i late M. G. Lewis, popularly known at Monk. wis. It was written at a lime when, by his‘Monk,’, t ‘Tales of Wonder,* his ‘Castle Spectro,* «tc.,lhe j Lhor had established himself the undisputed sever* -n of the realms of terror. It is not our purpose re to enter the question of the Ulcidry merits of r. Lewis’s dramatic productions, nor would We ..nave it inferred from our silence upon thosubjett, j kl wo think slightingly oflhem; but as evincing a Kowlcdgo of slogo effect, and the power by such ians of exciting interest, surprise, and (chiefly the thor’s favorite object) terror, they are scarcely sur* ln the present instance, however, ho has overstepped the legitimate boundary of his dominions, and trenched upon the territories of This the mere reader will acknowledge.— Sfrey, therefore, who have witnessed any of the pow «fful performances of the representative of the ‘Cap. U,{e ( * (Mrs. Litchfield) will readily.conceive the inw nression that must hpvo been, produced upon the audience by the acting of the piece.' , ’ The first performance of the ‘Cwptivo* is thus an* lll&kpunceii in the Covont Garden playbills of Tuesday, 23,18U3. - - . llllgMAllcr which (i. o. after the comedy of‘John Bull,* ||S|bcn lo ho acted for the 10th lime) ‘will be performed IgSHbr* the first lime,* a new mono*druma, or tragic IBBcene. called ‘The Captive,* to bo performed by. Mm. The overture and music composed by Busby.* notice la from the Biographic Drd ■‘•The Captive,’ mono drams, by M, Q. Lewis,per- at Covont Garden, March 22, 1803. It con* eaSßjslcd ur.Sy of one scene, acted by Mrs. Litchfield; ||SU the author had included, in this scene, alt the of a madhouse; imprisonment,, chains, stnrva* fear, madness, &o.j and many ladies were thrown fils by the forcible and affecting manner, of the ■r’-m**' ~h7,V j TUB CAPTITB Sftiiieene reprucnlf a dungeon, in which it a grated ~: 4 0or guarded by ttrong bart andchuint . i/i the apqpper part it an open galleiy leading io.tht cellt ... and melancholy niuaio. The Captive is -i- r >a»oovercd in the altitude oflmpelcae grid ; she is In 41 her oye* arc fixed with a vacant sure, and |fl)t hands are folded. . ’ • . »»*ttTlor a pause, the gaoler is seen passing* through gallery with a lump; he appear* at the -;v>M«to and open* the door. “The noise of the bar* M&SmMlng rouses the Captive. She looks round eagerly, seeing the gaoler enter, she wavs* bor band and relapses Into bor former stupor. gaoler relinquishes a jug with water, and * loaf of bread by Her aide. He then prepares ttroraSTlesve the dungeon, and when the Captive seems atTnulw on n.|ih>K•» •«•«««« oxcilo W" com- she rises from her bed of straw, clasps his ! rpf.ild, and .ink. ut hi. foal. Tho muaio coa.o. and 'iui;. •• Slav, aaoler. .la)-, and Ktar my woa I , :■]"* , She ia not mail wlmknoula In IhflSt' • For what I'm now ln«> well 1 know, , Anil what 1 was. and what shmild be. ■ '■■■lXi-t .. rii rave no more In promt despair; My l*nxnn«e shall he calm, tho* sad, , But yet I*ll flrnily. truly swear, . ; j. I am not road I (kissing Ait Aand) I am not road! . to leave her; she detains him, and con* In tunes of eager persuasion.] --’■.ti wfe. «A tyrant husband forged the lalo •' Which chains me in this dreary evtt S ■'r ?-- , My fate unknown my frieniis l»««all— (■'•V/J-’-w-* • Oh! gaoler I haslo that fata to tell I ■/oh I hast# my father's heart to cheer; •His heart, at once, will grieve and glad . 'To know, though kept a captive here, ' 1 am nor road I not mad! not road I" . music, while the gaoler, with a look of ■contempt and diabcliof, forces his hand from her ~ leaves her*. Tho bars arc heard rcplac, : >-"Tng.] •• He Bnillea in scorn t 11c turns tlie key I He quits thu grate I—l knelt in vain I mill—atill—llls glimmering lamp I seel* V (Music expressing the tight growing fainter, ai (he gaoler retiree through the gallery, arid the captive vatohea hit departure with eager looks.] *“TI« lost I ami all la gloom again I** okivtro and wrapt htr garntnla mart floaty retind htr.) •• Cold—bluer onto | No warmth) no light 1 LI To I all thy comfcru nnee I hod : 'V Yet here I’m chained thi* netting night, Vu/nty) Although nut mad I no, mi, no, not not mad I" ■ • [A few hara ol melancholy mutle, which aha | n . : tityrupt* by exclaiming tuddenly,] »w* ••’Tlaeurc a dream I—aome fancy vtlnl tfPMMdTw) I—l, the chlid of rank ami wealth I F/ Am 1 the wretch who clank* this chain, •'M " Deprived of freedom, friend*, and health ? , • .r.n, Ohl while I count liioao bleulnga (led, . * • Which never more my hour* matt glad, , , How aclioa my heart, how burna my bead t ' | ktrttl/ katHlf and putting htr hand /breibly But’ll* not road-no’tia not mad l” ■ -•StSbW remain, fired In till* attitude, will) a look of fa»ft:illl llm muilo, changing, oiproceoa tliat romo vIMM-melanoholy roOoollon haa peered aorota her S , “Mychlldl bW bare of muilo, after which aim repeal* with ihergy.] v My child I M.t’Vr Ahl bfest thou not forgot, by thlf, * Thy raoUior’a face-thy mother*, longue f , J** Tf” She’ll ne’er forget your parting Idas, Nor round her noik now foal you clung; ' ■ Nor how you auod with her to stay, , ) . that ault your alro lorbadl Nor how-nvuh s look of itrror.) 1 »/ ni drive auch thought* away; 4m ‘9 k*Uo » hurried voice;) They’ll make mo mad I—they’ll hake me mad I, „ fMyaiue- fi*#Meap»aoeede,»ri»* nmtlaneholy imlU.) ,V/t V Hla roly lips, bow aweet (hay ainllod I * ‘ " !' ills mild blue eyes how bright (bay ahone, -iM- Waa never born a tovllar child 1. > a rudden burtt rfpaultnuttgritf approaching to frtnkpi . ?S. And art thoa now foravar gone T ; ■#s* And moat I never aee tboe moro 1 My pretty-pretty, pretty ladl tntrru.) 1 will ba froo'l ‘ y i''ißiidtavonngiiforct l*atf«t#.)Nnbar (hi*door I ii " 1 am not mud I lam eel mad I [She Palls exhausted against the grate, by Iho bar, of,which she supports liersolf.j Sho lerousod (>ora heb stupor by. tend shrieks. tatinug ef chiins, &c.J « Hark! Hark!— What mean those yell*. tho'io arias 1 ““** ,■ ' (The noise grow* louder.) Uls chains soma iferioui madman breaks I" . tTho madraaii it eoon lo rash across the gallery with a blazing firobrand-io.bla -band.] ’.••Hocomesl-lies hi# glaring eyes I" , '' (The madman appears at (ho gate, which life en* doavora to force, whilst she shrieks in an.agooy of terror.] : ’ ' Now, I—now Imy dungeon bars bo shake'll Help] Helpl ' (Seared Asr erl« Ms madman gaits the gait-) ■ ' [The madman again appears above, is seized by his keepers/with torches; and after some resistance is dragged away;] , "Hal gone!— 1 - . , . Ohl fearful woe* Such obtains to near! such tight* to see I Aly brain I my brain !—lknow, 1 know -I am nut mad, blit toon than'bet Vca !— aoon I lot 10, yout^*—while I apeak—— t Mdrk yonder demon's eyo-balla glare!.' , 1 He teet me I— now with a dreadful-abrleVV He whirls a scorpion high in air I Horror I—The reptile strikes his tooth Deep.in ray .heart, so crushed end sad I Ah— laugh, ye Hondo {--1 feet the truth I 1 ’Tlidonel 1 i'is done t {vitA a toXfttArisi.) I'x'MAD t’X HAD 1" (SMe daaiis kernlf infrenty upon Ihi ground.) The two brothers cross the gallery, dragging the goaler; then a servant appeal’s With a torch* condutt ing a father, who is supported by., his youngest daughter' They are followed by servants, with torches, part of'whom remain in the gallery* Tiie brothers' appear at the gale, which they force the goaler to. open; they enter, and; on seeing the bap* live, one is struck with sorrow, while the other ex* ! presses violent anger against the goaler, who endea vors, to excuse himself. -.The, father and lister enter nnd approach.the cuplive, offering .to raise her, when she Haris up suddenly, arid cyek .thorn with a look of (error. They endeavor to make her known (o them, but. in vain. . She shuns them, with fear and aversion, i\nd taking some of the straw, begins to twine it into a crown,'when her eye falling on the gaoler, she shrieks in .(error and hides her face.—- The gaoler is ordered lb.retire, and obeys. Tlio fa tlicr again. endeavors (b awake her attention, but in vain.; He covers his face with his handkerchief which the captive draws sway with a look of sur prise. -Their nopes. are excited, and they watch her with eagerness. She wipes the old man's.eyes with her hair, which she afterwards touches, and finds It wet. with (ears, bursts into a delirious laogh, re sumes her crown of straw, and after working as it oagerly, for a.moment, .suddenly, drops, it, and re* mains motionless, with a vacant stare; The father, &c., express (heir despair of her recovery; the music ceases—nn old servant enters, loading her child, who enters with a careless look; but on seeing his mother, breaks from the servant, runs lo her and clasps her hand—she looks at It with a vacant stare, then with an expression of excessive joy, exclaims, *my child!' sinks' bn her knees, and claspa him labor bosom,— The. father, See. roiso'their.bonds to in gra. liludc for tho return of reason, and the curUlu falls slowly lo solemn music. *|t was never r«pv«toii. .. l-knew a gentle girl whose eye was bright with the light of her kind heart, and whose lips were wreathed with the smile of happiness* The flow ers of spring are fair, but she was-as falrae tlieyi Kind friends rejoiced in the sunlight of.hep-.pree ence; and her voice like so'mo sweet bird of'idelo dy, filled (he ear with untold delight. Yet while the sun of hope shuno with beauty, she was called to depart from this world of sorrow, where, she had spent so many hours of pleasure and of pain. She had gone like some transient cloud,'’Which a rude blast has swept over, and it had- gone forev er. Friends who had delighted in her prosperity in life, now looked on that cold form still beauti ful in death, for the last time. She was borne lo the grave and laid in the narrow house where all must one day bo laid. A plain headstone alone marked the grave in which slumbered what was once the beautiful form ST a.gentle girl. And who would not thus nleT Who would re main in the cold world, till disappointment had blasted all their hopes 1 Surely;the fato of the Early Dead is a blessed one. They have gone lo the haven of eternal rest, where disappointment and sorrow can never enter, and the rude hand of time can make no impression. It is a sad thing for young persons to think of death, to think that they must give upall their pleasures and enjoy ments of this world ; not thinking what pleasures there are In the next, or whai unalloyed happiness is in reserve for the pure beyond the grave.' Sigo. Dram, lßl9i .To many persona it seems a email thing to sit down and prepare matter for the periodica) press; but let thoso unexperienced with the pen, and whose brains have never been trained to systemat ic labor, attempt to .furnish intellectual food and recreation to their fellows, and they will soon re alize that mental labor la the most destructive to health of all other toll. Were one to grub up tho slumps out of the earth, or sling the sledge ham mer twelve hours a day, he would be able losland the drudgery with less injury to the body and soul than half tho number of hours devoted to mental employment, In the way of writing matter for the book or newspaper picas, 'Those pithy articles which constantly appear in> the periodicals of the day, contain the very essence of mind or thought, and such literary gentlemen as are the best al Itemising are the very first whose constitutions are broken down.— Scott'i Weekly Paper, Uelhodtiti Accused and Acquitted* In an early period of the ministry of the Rev* John Wesley, fie visited Epworlh, in Lincolnshire, where his father had formerly been minister, but found the. people greatly opposed to what they considered his new notions. He tells us, in his journal, that many persons were convinced of the Importance of the truths he delivered from the tombstone of his father, some of whom were con veyed in a wagon to a neighboring Justice of the peace to answer for, the heresy with which they were charged. Mr. Wealy rode over also; when the magistrate asked what these persons had done there was a deep silence, for that was a point their conductors had forgotten. Al length one of them said, •» Whv, limy pretend to be better than other they pray from'morning to night." He .sited, “but have they don. any ‘hfng beside. V> >• Yoe, .lr,” eeld an old men, •• An t please your worship, they hove converted my wire, lill she wont among ihom, she had such o tongue, end-now sho Is ne quint as a lamb.” “ Coity them beolt, carry them bubi," replied the Jueliee “ and Ist them convert ell the scolds In the town 1" Truth.—'Truth ia alwaysoonelsioni with Itself, and needs nothing to help it out ( it is always near at hand, and eita upon our lips, and' ia ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas, a lie ia troublesome, and eels a man’s invention on the reek, and one trick needs a groat many more to make it good. Though wo may have a hard pillow, yet It is only sin can plant a thorn in itt end even though it may;tae.bard and lonely,yet wemay havoowoet sleep and glorious dreams upon It. > It was when Jacob was laying with a stone for a pillow, that lie had glorious visions of the. ladder reaching to Heaven. *tllS ttAULV ttBAD. Drain Labor* ‘dtittCOUNTRY—HAY ITAXWAYB BE RIGHT-BOT EIOIIT OR WRONa,OUR COUNTRY** CARLISLE, .PA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1851. THE POWER OF KINDNESSi : “Tom! Hero!” said a father tohlsboy; speak* ing in tones of authority. The lad was at play. He looked, towards his father, but did not leave his companions. “Do you hear me, sirl” spoke the father more sternly, than at first. With an unhappy face and reluctant step the boy left his p|ay and approached his parent. ** Why do you creep'along at a snail’s pace V said the latter angrily* “ Come quickly, 1 want you. - When I speak, 1 lofitciobe obeyed iristanv ly. Here, take this note to Mr. Smith, and see that you don’t go to sleep by the‘Way, Now run as fast as you can go.” V- ' The boy took, the note. There was upon his brow. He but at a alow pace. “You.Toml .Is that doing asT ordered t la that going, quickly 1” called the father when he saw theboyoreepingaway. “Ifyouare not back in half an houfi'l will pon|sh you.’* ; - But the words had but little effect. The boy’s feelings.were hurt by the unkindness of the pa rent. ' He experienced a sense Of injustice; a con sciousness that wrong had heen done him. By nature he was like his father, nromfand stubborn; and these qualities of his mind were aroused, and he indulged in them, fearless of consequences; **l never saw such k boy," said the father, speaking to a friend who had observed.the occur rence. “My words scarcely made on htipressioh on him.” “ Kind words often prove most powerful*” said i the friend. Tho father looked eorprlaed^ “Kind words,** continued the.friend* “ayelike 1 the gentle rain and the refreshing dewfy.bul lish* i words bend and break like, the angry tempest.—-; 1 The first develops and strengthen good aneetidnsi! while others sweep over the heart in devastation,' and mar and deform all they; touch. Try hltfii with kind words; they will prove a hundred fold: more'powerful.*’ . . ' '• The father seemed hurt by !he reproof; but If left him thoughtful,, An hour passed aWay ere' his boy returned, At limes during.bis absence he.was atigfy.al the delay, and meditated the ip-1 Diction of punishment. * But.the words .of.jemon atraneo. were, in his ears, and he resolved topboy them. At lasMbe lad came slowly In tVjt.U.h cloudy countenance, and reported the'result of his errand. Having.stayed far beyond hla lime, he looked; for punishment, and was prepared to rcr celve if with angry defiance. To his surprise, after delivering the message he had brought, his father ins’ead of angry reproof, and punishment, said kindly, “very well, my son, you can go out and play again.” The boy went onl but was not hnppy. Ho had disobeyed and disobliged his father, and the thought of this troubled him. Harsh words had not clouded his mind nor aroused a spirit of reck less anger. Instead of joining his companions, he went and sat dotfn by himself, griSving over his aot of disobedience. As he thus sat he heard his name called* He listened. “Thomas, rty son,” said the father kindly— The boy sprang to his feet, and waa almost in* slanlly beside his parent. “ Did you call, fatherV* . -“I did ray son. Will,you lake this package to. Mr. - Long for m$ t” ’ There was no hesitation In the boy’s manner. He’looked pleased at the thought of -doing his fa ther a service, and reached out his hand for the package. On receiving it he bounded away with a light step. ... “There »s power in kindness, said the father ns he sat musing, after the lad’s departure. And oven while he sat. musing over the incident,thei boy came back wilh a cheerful, happy face, and said— “ Can I do any thing else for you father V* Yes, there is a power in kindness. The tem pest of. passion can only subdue, constrain and break; but in gentleness there Is the power of the summer rain, the dew and the sun shine. . _ The Boy the Father of the Sian* . Solomon said, many centimes ago: 11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it bo right." Some people, seem to think that children have no character at all. On the contrary, an. observ ing eye sees in these young creatures the signs of what they are likely to be for life. When 1 see a boy in haste to spend every pen ny as soon as he gets it, 1 think It a sign that he will be a spendthrift. When I see' a boy hoarding up his pennies,and unwilling to part with them for any good purpose, 1 think it a sign he will bo a miser. When I see a boy or girl always looking out for him or herself, and disliking io share good things with others, I think it a sign that (he child will grow up a very selfish person. When 1 see boys and girls often quarrelling, I think it a sign that they will be violent and hate ful men and women. When 1 see a little boy willing to taste strong drink, I think it a sign that he will bea drunkard. When I sec a boy who never attends to tho ser vices of religion, 1 think it a sign that he will be a profane and profligate man. When I see a child obedient to his parents, I think it a sign of great tuluro blessing from bis Heavenly parent. ■ • And though groat changes sometimes take place in ihecharaoter, yet,as a general rule, these signs do not fail.- Ker«r Get Angry* . It does no good. Some sins bsve a seeming compensation of some sort; bul anger has none, A man feels no ,bettor for it. It is really a tor ment ; aßd when the storm of passion has cleared away, It leaves oho to see that he has been a fool; and he has made himself a fool In the eyes of oth ers, too. An angry man adds nbno to the welfare of society. Heated passion mokes him a lire brand, and U is a whnder If ho does, not kindle flames of discord on every hand. Without much sensibility, and often bereft ofreason, he eppakolh like the niotoing of a sword, and his tongue is an arrotv shot out. Ho Is a bad element in any com munity, and his removal would furnish occasion Tor a Jay of thanksgiving. Since, ikon, onger ia useless, needless, disgraceful, without llie 'sast apology, and found only "In the bosom of fools, why should it bo indulged at all i Ean-Hmos.—The custom of wearing csMinge is slid to have originated In this way— ly among the Hebrews. Arabs and other nations, the oars of tho slaves were bored to stgnUy tno obligations of tho servant to hearken to the com mands of his masters Kings wore afterwards in vented, to denote tho perpetuity of his bonds, as the servants who had their ears bored were ser vants forever. Thus, ear-rings were the badge of slavery.** If a woman does not receive a compliment in gopd part, depend upon It, you have expressed yourself in a very bungling manner. There are few women who do not know every charm that they possess, and they are ever ready to appreciate any flattery of it. A compliment should always be indirect, so that the pleasing allusion must be drawn by Inference. |f U-U groSa, pointed M d met, It wounds ihesshilbiUUeit o,r creates a sus picion of ridicule. J- Tbe Pyramid* of Egypti The number of those now standing is between forhTand fiAy. They are,all in what is called Mid. dloßgyphond arc divided into five groups. The WiUsfc remarkable of these groups as containing tho (ijrefrlargcßt pyramids, is in tho vicinity of’Ghizeh, not far from Cairo. Tho loftiest of this group is that Of the Cheops, so called from the name of tho prince by whom It is supposed to have boon built! It covers a spaoo of more thun thirteen acres of ground. Its parpoddlculer height is 480 feel, thus making it the highest work of man in tho known World. Suppbs. ing this pyramid to bo entirely solid, which, how. cVor, It is nut, as has of late years been discovered, Its cubic contents would afford material sufficient for building tho fronts of a mw of houses, fifty feet in height, and ono yard in thickness, whoso length would' bo thirty-four miles t According to Herodotus, 100,000 mon wore employed for twenty years, in its construction. Tho remaining pyramids are of smal. ler dimensions; but they are mostly all, nolwith* standing, of immense magnitude. . They ore not all ofstone, some of them being of brick. Tho purpose for whish these remarkable edifices wore constructed is involved in mystery; even in remotest antiquity tboir origin was « realtor of debate,-and nothing certain was known with respect to them or their founders. Most probably they wero oneo a species of tombs'and temples; and may bo considered as room umemsof tho religion and piety, as well-os of the power of the Pharaohs. , S-X ~ ■ In tht Climate of Europe* Th6s(Twho have read the ancients with attention, conclude that the degrees of cold aroat this lime much Idas severe than they were formerly. The rivers t)W. Gaul, namely, tho Loire and the Rhone, were (egolarly frozen over every year,.so that fro (pienllylnholo armies, with their carriages and bag gage, fonld march over them. Even the Tiber froze at Ropic; and Juvenal says, positively, that it was rcquUlfe to break (ho ice in winter, in order to come at thetfyater of the river. Many passages In Horace sqppoSp of Romo to bo.full of ice and snow. \pvm assures us that tho Black Sea was fro. ii'n annually, and appeals for tho truth of this slate mcCt to the governor of tho province, whoso name he njontlcme. Ho also relates several circumstances pqpcgilyng that climate which at present agree only ’wiln*. Norway and Sweden. Tho forests of Thrace VndTattnonia were ftill of bears and wild boars, in HkVmt&incr as now tho forests of the North.! The hdrlhflfcb l part of Spain was little inhabited far the same cause. In short, all the ancients who mention tho clipialo ofGaul, Germany, Pannonia and Thrace, speak o<U os insupportable, and agree that the ground wav covered with snow the greatest part oftheyear, being Ipbspable of producing olives, grapes, and most other Obits. It is easy to conceive that (ho forest, being cleared away, the face of tho country culti vated, o!nd tho marshy places drained, the. moist ex halations which generate cold must be considerably lessened, and that the rays of the sun must have a freer access to warm tho earth. Tho name thing has happened in North America, since the Europeans have carried there their accustomed industry. The history oflho North loavo us no room to doubt that there have been vast forests cut down, and single means extensive marshes have been dried up, ana coincrlcd Into land fit for cultivation.—Selected. • **" A CROCODILB'BTORTf* __ •- A Wo Sad some talk, tho other day, wlt>i onopT thol very ftttv survivors of tho Egyptian expedition underl Sir Hat pit Abercrombie, who has lived to obtain the Egyptian medal, fillyyears after it was earned.— What’a mockery to wait until (here were not, per haps, (on olive in the country, and llibn award thorn medals! However, to our story. When tho brigade under Sir David Baird was marchlngop the eastern bank or the Nile, towards Cairo, a number of strag. jrjors Cell behind, unable, from fatigue, (u keep up with the main body. A roar guard, was consequently detached to protect tho.slrsgg)ers and keep them to gether. One of (hem, a Highlander, however, be oamoso exhausted, that his comrades wore obliged to leave him to hislatc. Ho had not been long alone, when ho saw a large crocodile waddling towards him wilh a very portentous aspect* Poor Donald eyed the monster es It approached him, with feelings of intense alarm, and, although almost unable to walk, ho mastered up hie little remaining strength, and abided the onslaught of the enemy. Ae the unwleld ly brute was slewing himself round to seize him, Donald dexterously got astride on its back and kept his seal. He at once drew his t>nyunel, (for ha had parted with his musket,) and every time the animal turned round Its head (u blto him, ho pricked it se verely behind its foreleg, or wherever hooouldmako tho steel penetrate.. How long (be contest continued Donald could not well tell,.but ho thought it on age When the rear-ghurd reached head auarters, the • general 1 , bn being Informed that Donald had been loft behind, immediately dispatched a corporal's guard to bring him in., On coming up to Donald, thcro ho was still astride of his Bucephalus, which- was by this time nearly exhausted with tho wounds inflicted by the bayonet. The musket soon accomplished what tho bayonet had begun, and Donald was brought into camp little the worse for his extraordinary en counter. and was over after known in the regiment ’ oa the Crocodile Dragoon.— North British Mail , Til* Charms or Lire.—There sro a lltoutand things iivfhis world to afflict and sadden—but oh! how man; there are beautiful and good! The world teems with beauty—with objects that gladden Iho eyoond warm tho heart. Wo might be happy if wo would. There are ilia that wo Cannot escape—tho approach of dis> ease end death, of misfortune, the sundering of early tics, and the canker worm of grief—but a vast ma jority of the evils that bosel us might be avoided.— [The course of inlomporanco,lnterwoven as it is with '.all ligaments of society, is one which never slrikoe but to destroy. There is not ono bright pago upon tho record of its progress—nothing to shield it Oom the heartiest execrations of.tho human race.. U| aboujd not exist—it must not. Do away with all this—lei ware como to an end, and lot friendship, charity, love, purity and kindness, mark the inter, course between man ond man. We are too selfish, if if the world was made for us alone. How much happier should we bo woro wo to labor moro earnestly to promote each other's good. God has blessed us with a homo which is not dark. There Is sunshine every where—in tho sky, upon tho earth—there would bo In most hearts if we Would look around us. The storms die sway, and a bright aun shines out* Sum* mor drops her tinted curtain upon (be earth, which Is very beautiful, oven when Autumn breathes, her changing breath .upon It. God reigns In heaven.— Murmur not ot a being so bountiful, and wo osn bo happier than we are. An Excellent Custok.—ln Munich, Germany, all boya found In the streets asking alma are taken to to asylum sstabllshcd for the purpose. Soon as they enter the doors, and before having been cleaned or their dirty clolhoa removed, a portrait of each one is taken, representing him in the same form as when found begging. ‘ When the portrait la finished, ho la cleaned, and presented with a now and neat suit of clothes, After going through a regular course of education, appointed by tho director* of the asy am, they are pul to learn a trade, at which they have earned enough to liquidate all their expenses from tho first day they entered tho institution. When this Is completed they ore dismlssed’from the Instl. lotion to gain their own livelihood. At tho same time the portrait taken when they first entered, ie presented to them, which they awoar they will pre. ■ervoae long *• they live, In order 'that they may remember the abject condition from which they have been redeemed, and the obligation* which they are under to the institution for having saved them from misery, and giving them the means of feeding them. lelvcsTor the future. Such an Institution might do good (n (bis country. A Black Bum Beard.— There Is a negro living near Palestine, Illinois, who Is the father of fifty six children, has burled,epven wives, and now, at the age of men thgu flO yeirs ]i courting for thß eighth wife. * From (he Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. . THE EHD OF BYNGARI. Nations, liko individuals,havo. thoir youth, Uiclr manhbod> and tficif old ego; and *o, 100, hayo races of. men. ,\V© do pot know a more striking instance of (his is presented in the history or tho HongarflpP 4 • ‘,! The Magyars were originally on Asiatic tribes ana, ( form a branch of the Finnic race, as is proven by their physical characteristics, not less than by their langnago. They first appeared in Europe at the be* ginning of the ninth century. Their career, until llio fury of tho onset was spent, was one of incessant victory. Armed with hows and arrows, and mounted on fleet horses, they wore invincible by any force that Europe could muster. They swept up tho Dan. übe like a destroying whirlwind, until their tcrrilo lot’ich extended from far below Belgrade to far above Vienna, so that not only what ia now Hungary, but vast territories contiguous to it, owned their,away. From this contra! seat of power, they soon spread their ravages on every side. They Invaded Italy, (hoy thundered at the gates of Uomc; they oven car. ried their war-cry into (ho heart of Franco. For nearly (wo centuries, the Magyars were (o Western Europe, what the Turks subsequently became, a race as hated os (hoy were feared, a nation of warriors whom nothing could oppose. , But the horsemen, whom the fpudral chivalry ofi Franco and Germany could not resist, Christianity [finally subdued. ■' Tho first Magyars were heathens. They haled the Franks aftmeo of a hostile race, but they haled them worse as believers in a different re. ligion. When, however, holy missionaries, disre garding the perils that Would environ (hem in (he midst of savage heathens, penetrated into Hungary and preached in the tumultuous camps of- tho wild conquerors llio* peaceful doctrines of (he Gospel, a mighty change took place. The whole nation was, as U were, converted in a day, A single generation saw the Hungarians transformed train Pagans into Christians.- With tlilrgreat .change, came more peaceful habits. -The Magyars no longer warred on Western'Europe with religious fanaticism as before, but rather sought'to be on terms of amity with them and to imitate the arts of peace. Gradually return ing, therefore, within Iho boundaries of their central kingdom, they confined themaclvos to the groat plains of Hungary and to tho contiguous territories. Their princes began .to intermarry with tho princes of Western Europe; the people Assumed more or less of (ho habits of oivitizalionnind Hungary became, by llio sanction of a neighboring potenate, on ac. knowiedged Christian kingdom* Thus had passed the first period of the Magyar race, that of its fiery, impetuous and collossal youth. Abbut A. D. 1000 it entered on tho second term of its existence. A robust, yet tempered manhood was its destiny for five hundred years succeeding. Dur ing tills epoch it was (ho great bulwark of Europe agdinst Sacracon and Turkish invasion. Occasion- the Hungarians warred on their Chris, liart brethren; and more than once they allied them. selvcsTor a period, and in self-defence, to the Ottoman 1 hordes; but, in the main, they were true to the cause I df Christian Europe, and the chief instruments ini tepclling the assaults of Moslem fanaticism. Like! a mighty breakwater, thrown forword to moot the! first fury of tho tempest, they withstood, for cenlu-j ties, the wor of the advancing surges and the dsth . AIL the angry lido. Their gallantry in the field was only equalled by their sturdy Independence el home, ' Inheriting from their ancestors asortofrudo con sliiutional monarchy, under which the people elected all the minor officers of the State, (hey maintained these privileges when absolutism reigned everywhere else on tho continent, and When England alone shar ed with Hungary the benefits of real liberty. From tho fatal edict, by which tho.diel invited the house of Hupsburg to occupy the vacant throne, dales the decline of tho once mighty Magyars. Since that period, their territories have been narrowed almost constantly. Tho aim of the Austrian monorchs bad been to destroy (ho national feelings, and strip tho people of their ancestral rights; and (his basoschcme has been persisted in, regardless of tho heroic sacri fices mode by the Hungarians, on frequent occasions, to save the Empire. In a measure, the treacherous plot has succeeded. The Delilah that tho Magyars look in has shorn them secretly of their strength; and hos, in our own day, delivered them over to thb ha tred of the autocrat, tho true Philistine of Europe; Their national independence has sunk into a-mere shadow since the last fatal war. Kossuth and a fow other sanguine patriots may still hope' for the resus. citation of this gallant people; but we fear their doum, like that of the noble Polos, ia sealed, and that the time of (heir extinction approaches. Their old ago ia at hand, if not already oome. In a century or two, at iho utmost, they will probably bo lost sight of, in surrounding population. Such is tho fate of; nations.'. Itulns of an Ancient California City* Antiquarian* will feel deeply interested in the dii covory of vo«L region* of ancient rulna near San Diego, and within a day* march of Iho Pacific Ocean, at the hood of the Gulf of California,! Portion* of temple*, dwellings—lofty atone pyramid*, (seven of these within a mile square) and massive granite rings, or.oircular walls round venerable trees, columns and blocks of hieroglyphics, all speak of some an* dent race of men, now, forever gone, their history actually unknown to any existing families of mao* kind. In somo points, those ruins resemble the re* oontly discovered cities of Palcnque, &c., near the Atlantic or Mexican coasts; in others again, llie' monuments of Phoenicia, and yet In many features they differ from all 1 have referred to* 1 observe that the discoverers deem them to bo antediluvian, while preeonl Indians have a tradition of a groat civ* Mixed nation, which their, ferocious forefathers utter*, ly destroyed. The region of tho ruins is called by the Indlahs the “Valley of Mystery.**— Wilmer'o Chronicle, Ttte Motiur.— A. writer beautifully remarks that a man’s mother is. the representative of his Maker. Mlfortune, and even crime, set up ho barriers between her and her son. While his mother lives, he will have one friend on the earth who will not listen when he is slandered, who will soothe him in his sorrows, and speak to him oftljppee wlion he is ready to despair. Her afleo lion knows no ebbing, tide. It /lows from the pure fountain, ..... It is not unfrequenlly the case that when we have attained the thing wo had intensely longed for, we find ourselves disappointed, or at least much deceived in tho amount of happiness we had anticipated, and on the other hand, that the circumstance which we had dreaded for.years, when It arrives, has frequently been found to have lost all tho misery wo hod in our ideas connected with it. Ljttlk Tiiohnb.— The sweetest, the most clinging ofibclion is often shaken by the slightest breath of unkiudneas, as the delicate rings and tendrils of the vino are agitated by tho faintest air that blow* In summer. - An unkind word from one beloved, often draws blood from many a heart which would dsty tho little axe of hatred, or tho keenest edge of vin diotive satire. .Nay, the shade, the gloom of tho face familiar and dear, awakens grief and pain.— Those are the little, thorns which though men of rougher.form may,make their way tbfough them without fooling much, extremely incommode persona of a more refined turn In their journey through life, and make their travelling irksome and unpleasant. Gold Water.—l? Is said of tho oolobratod Pli ny, “that he considered It a great absurdity that mankind should bestow ao much labor and ex- Renso, in making, artificially, .such a variety of quore, when nature bad supplied to. their hands a drink of so superior a quality as water.** You Can deceive a dog and make him drunk once, but there you must stop, you can never catch him agtlfi. Alas! not so with mao. AT 5200 PE ANNDB': O gr tir it» yffjgs-; Want or a Pursuit.—A man w.itlioiila prb(fonr. j Inant inclination Is not likely to bo either asbfUldt happy, He who is everythingis nothin J. * { r Genteel People.—'Tho young lady who .lets'belt mother do the ironing. Tor fear of spoiling hot tiahdo. Thomiss who wears thin shoes on a lainy day c .%o4 * tho young gentleman who is ashamed tabesee? walking with fua father. . , . , ■ An Aristocrat.—An innkeeper 1 nJf o r Iht-a r oTTn tJ on being abk’ed what meaning h® attached, to tho term “Aristocrat, *’ replied, ‘‘any man who has more money than mo, Is in my estimation, anarislocret*” Marriage is not like tho hill Olympus, wholly efesK without clouds. Remember thb nightingales which sing only sorao months in tlio spring; hot commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs, as It their mirth were turned into love for (heir yoaof ones. Legislating is an employ mcntcaleuloted to give aft Individual an appetite aa hearty as that acquired by I digging In a clay bank. One of the prominent Her* 1 rleburg hotel keepers says lhaUhemembore boarding at his establishment eat twice as much as (hs'regtf lar boarders.— Exchange. A DEAUTtFoK Sk.vtiMk.vt.—Somo ohehae, said?— •» The heart of woman.draws lo itself the lpveof,othj crs.asthe diamond drinks up the sun’s raysqnlytq return (hem In tenfold strength jind beauty;”-:" - Goofi Breeding is a guard Upon (he tongue. The misfortune Is, thhl we put It on and off with oaf find clothes and visiting faces,'and do not wear It Wbetft It la moat needed—at home! ; Plain Talk.—Sky* a plain but powejfcl Writer, of our dayjel parents who halo (heir offspring rear them to Inherit wealtfarfand before long they will beslunjf by every vice, raoked’by lU poison, and- damned by . I(a penalty. The is no less troo than oijhttdoij ana is just nie 1 y as It Is wholctome. Paint.—'fho-jEVepoh Government have recently ordered, paint,-used in public bnlldU Ings, shall Jioncofotfjrbe mkdo of while of line, anq not of whilo lo , »d t 'is wliUe lead Is believed to be pet* nicloutWnedlth* • • • A Good Reply.—When Dr. Doddridge naked hid little daughter, who died early, why everybody seem* ed to love her, aho onswered, "I cannot tell, unless it bo, because 1 love everybody.” This was not only a striking, but very judloloos reply. ‘ r ' Sense.'—Want of sense rondure some people nato, while'wisdom makes them firm; since that which would be obstinacy In a wrong cause become* firmness In .a right one. To discriminate between the two la often difficult. . ; ■ i (Ej*A man cannot possess anything belletlhatt 4 good woman, nor anything that is worse than.a haft one. •'l'-i' .The Stage.—Horace Greeley says that the stags U a bygone affair—that tho newspaper, the-lyoeum and the public meeting have supplanted It. It in now no longer a power, n former of opinion#,; or anuer of the multitude. (jj»Tlio social feelings hope not been unaptly com* pared to a dark heap of embers, which, when lepavwt ted, soon languish, darked and expire; but, plated together, they glow With ajuddyond InUnse hoftti , ’ Tea and CorFEß.— One. of (he most. romarkftbfo facts in tho diet of mankind, ia Ibo enormous Con sumption of*tea Upwards of 600,000,000 pounds ofthoso erdoles.are annually consumed: b/ (ho inhabitants of the world. , (Tj*Lat it be impressed on your mlndsMot it'bd instilled into your children—that the Liberty of,the Press is Hid Palladium ofell your Civil, PolUicalana Religious rights.— Juttiui, Tub Royal Standard of England Is thirty feel long and eighteen foot deep. Itisofstrongly wrought fine silk, and was'msoDfkotured by Mr. Milit at'd CoalofXQOO. , r. Yankee You.no Ladies who go out West as sehooK mistresses, are not ofmuch use. Instead other people's children, they soon get to teaching their own. . > . ;.... An Editor In tho Western perlofNew Yorklslri a bad fir. Ho dunned a subscriber for his subscript Hon, which ha refused to pay, and threatened, to flog the editor if ho stopped the paper. A bad ( fir, t^uly^ Fighting Is to an Irishman what a IhunderguU to nature. It may knock things about for a, season, but it never fails to purify the neighborhood of 111 feeling, and bring about a sun.ihiny calm that Is ms soothing to tho combatants as a shower ia to Jund. d OC/'To learn Is to practice, to think Is the-deedl knowledge is the means, and wlsdomtbe end. Tub group of statuary, otderod by Congress of the sculptor Grcenough, emblematic of (ha early >aotf dement of our country, is nearly reedy for,shipment* The artist will receive $20,000.. . , OTlfin a dark business wo percslvo.God to guUfru us by the lantern of his providonoo, U Is good to fol* low the light close, lost wo lose it by lagging bph|nd.| Gentlemen walking In tho streets with canes 'or umbrellas, should carry them on their shoulders, for then they may got an opporlnnliy of pulling out tbq eyes of persona behind them. ; Iv your wive be of opinion that absolute monarchy l , Is belter than conslllullonal government, bo.reslgaeqj you cannot say your sovereign was not of your choosing. • . '' t Much of what a man lolls you In tho hour of af fliction, In sudden sogor, of any outpoiiring or thef heart, should bo secret. In his craving for sympathy,! ho Use spoken to you as to Ids own soul. * ... . } A Curiosity.— Among (he curlosltioi to bd eshlh<* lledaltha World's. Fair in London, Is,a gentleman who belongs to one of the second families of VtrglpUt flU*Pooplo never improve after msrr|sf».. ;Thilp glrlehal's Insolent to her parents’, will bo very apt ($ giro "slibs" to her husband,. v : .1 Girls, never run sway from your parents lllNyon, sro euro (he. young gentleman you elope wllh don't Intend to run sway from you, Thlt advlcd is ( worth* o year’s sobsoriptloh, but wo give It grads. 51 A touno ladt, who had boon severely interrogated' by an ill.tempered counsel, observed; on leaving'tbtf witness box, that she never before fully understood*, whsl was meant by eras* examination. Cloth,— Tho arl of waving cloth i* laid by Dk mocrilui to have been suggested by .lbo*pid«rwwr ing i)(a Web. U was known in of who laid to (ho King of Sodom, “ I will not (ekV from tho thread of (ho woof even to a shot) UlohefT loii thou ahouldit any, X have made . Abraham ilcfy," Pcorup who are always talking of sentiment, hav* usually not very deep feeling*, The lets water jou have In your kettle, the sooner It begins to ttfakbv nolle and smoke. ' " ’' V ■* Tiibrk cannot bo a more'gtorloua object in oreaUdti than a human being reploto with benevolencei-medii (ating In what manner ho may render himself morel acceptable to hia Creator, by doing more good to Wg creature*. A Youno Musician, remarkable-for bia.tnodetly and aincerlty, on hl« first appearance before (he ptil{) Ho, finding ho could hot give tho thrills effectively, assured the audience, by way of applpgyi l|»alfto trembled ap he couldn't snake* , , Skorkt klndneas done (o nuoklod U is bteufl as ssorst injuries are datestlble. To be ]flyVrjefr£d. good is as god-like, as lb bo Invariably syntfOTt Dolictli Wniti are we most likely lb ft*»f IM«y«bW*f The bsaierikego le the ttiiby wsjr< v 1 ’- 1 •’» I A rtttM coat often eorers en fnlblerable fcoli b»*. I never conceals ons. > -5 V 2 , 'i • .v. Ntii 35. . ;
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