Amiricati W o luntccr BY JffHN B BRATTON. YOL. 38. SUottical. KEEP COOL* BY GEORGE. W. .tloilT. Is a Hon in the way 7 1 • v '• Keep cool ;> > Toil film you respect his pride, Bbt, that you njoy go ahead. He must please to aland aside. Keep cool; Does ho rouse and show his teeth 7 Koepcool; \ ■ Tell him you'enjoy the laugh; Give nsingle lightning glance, . And he’ll dwindle to s calf. Keep cool. ' Are you hampered by the blues? Keep cool;' • When you And your conscience clean, With your hands and brains at work, .Nol a devil wilt,bo seen. Keep cool. llm A Bbylock loft you lliin 7 - Kdßpcor)!; He’s the loser—don’t despoir; Now thni your eye teeth ore through. Keep your temper; grin and bear. Keep coo).’ Does a villain a]andor you? - • , Keep cool 5 Its can never DU hie mark. Since his nature is so 'mean, Letthe snarling puppy bark. Kocpcool, Should tho Prince ofSerpents hiss,- Keepcnot; Shew him truth's old honest whip; When ho sees you hold and firm, Von will rind that ulTho'U slip. Keep cool. Can't you stand upon your sense 7 Keep cool; Queer (hat you should think you can! /Prudent pebpiu fathom sonso - With a golden plummet, manl ' 1 , Keep cool. Cannot you reform the world 7 . Kcoptonlj Olily Ane thing you can do— - Give a brave heart to the work; Heaven wants no more of you. .Keep cool. Lot things Jostle as they will. Keep cool 5 . .Seize the (ruth with hi>art and band— Ho that rnleth welt himself, Can the universe withstand. Keep cool. Sttfftcenntteotm. THE SUE PRISE. An Incident of the Mexican War* BT UATTAWANNAU. II was on.the 3d of June, 1847, that Col. Mclntosh left Vor* Cruz for the main army then at .Puebla, with a (rain carrying a large amount of funds In gold and silver for (ha use of (he pay, subsistence, end Quarteimastcr’s Departments. He had not pen elralod into the interior more than fifteen miles, when he mot with, a most determined resistance. He immediately apprised Gen. Padwallader, then at Vera Cruz, of his position, and the necessity of re* InforeemonU- On iho 10th of June, that General, witira fbroe of five hundred men, came .to the as* ■(stance of-Mclntosh. at “Puente da los Vegas,” where ho assumed the command, and at noon on the lllh took np the lirie of march for!” Pucnta Naoio* nil” ortho National bridge, five and a half miles distant, whero he designed encamping for the night. It was becoming dark when the vanguard arrived at (he east end of the bridge, and it was about 11 o’clock, P. M., when the roar guard passed over. Duriog these three or four hours, our bravo troops were receiving (he fire of their murderous assailants without permission to return It.* This was a severe lest for our n6w troops. The details of (his dread* ful and bloody night have never yet been placed be* fore the public. I shill not attempt to record Its horrors. I merely gita an' account of the following singular incident: A litllo after midnight, when all . was quiet a> death, save 4he moaning, of the wounded and the heavy breathing of (he (oil worn soldier, a single shot was heard. The report oamo from the direction of the picket ed Iho bridge and appeared (0 proceed from a distance beyond it, and to (he right of the fork overlooking the bridge, and tho circuitous road approaching U. All who have been in actual sor vico in a campaign will at once imagine the excite tnent of the alarm. A ahot fired near-a camp. es pecially where (he enemy ia known to be in the vicini ty, Is always a signal for tho troops to jump to ’their foot, and the companies or regiments to form in line, and 11 stand at case," wailing the report of the officer of (he guard, whose duty it is to ascertain (he oouae of alarm. This was. ordinarily tho csto during (he -campaign in Mexico, but (ho present was extraordinary in (ho highest degree. We were, in a measure encompassed on all sides by a ruthless foe. They hid bluer revenge to seek, and (heir thirst for gold was strongly templed. Hero were two strong and marked characteristics of (ho Alex lean made keenly active, impelling our enemy lo put forth mo?o than his usual pertinacity of pur* pose. They had already spread havoc In our ranks. Borne of our bravo comrades lay 'dead near us, and others wore suffering severely from mortal and so* roro wounds. Our troops, too, thirsted for vengeance, but there was lltilo prospect of that strong feeling being gratified. The inaccessible 11 choppers!,'* its thorny thickets and rooky fortresses, woro at this time sufficient barriers to protect thorn from (ho American rifle. S6ircoly hid the sound reverberated among the lady mountain knobs and died away in (he distance, ere our gallant follows were in the ranks, awaiting tho summons to meet the foe, or to return to their stone paved couches. An elootrlo shook would not havo brought thorn (n their foet sooner then the supposed discharge of a Mexican "cscopel." Being on duly { proceeded to ascertain tho oauso of tho alarm. I first wont to the picket on the bridge and interrogated tho corporal on duly there, but failed in obtaining anv explicit informa* lion from him. After making all tho inquiry possi- Me, with no bettor success, 1 returned and reported the fruitless result, when the companies wore egtin ordered to rest on their arms. Again wo were wrapped in slumber, save those Whoso duty it was to waloh. Nothing was hoard but (he firm and measured tread of tho officer whose duty it was to go (he rounds and sse (hat all was well. Matters were not long in this condition when the stillness was broken by (ho quick tread of per sons approaching, and making inquiry for the officer of the guard, who soon stepped forward, saluted tho officer, end reported that he had under his charge (wo American soldier! who had voluntarily surren. dered thomsolvcs to tho pickets near tho river and In tho direction of the fort. Tho officer then made inquiry and received tho following explanation from tho soldiers: ■ One was a cavalry and tho other an Infantry sol dier. They had both loft their respective quarters, which woro wldo apart, nlono, for tho purpose of going to tho Uio Antigua, to slake their thirst, which was oxtromo. The infantry man was cau tiously armod with his musket; the dragoon im prudently ventured so near the enemy unarmed.— They mot near tho river bank, each supposing tho oilier to be a Mexican guerrilla. Both challenged at tho same moment. Neither answered. The in* fanlry man raised his mushot and fired! His now ferocious' antagonist bounded ' forward—for they wore, when they first met, but ft few paces apart— and clasped his victim with what ho intended should bo the grip of death. The struggle was long and desperate. No eye was upon them save the H All seeing Eye." The darkness was great—made ox* tromdy so by (he proximity of the surrounding mountains and thickets, Tho highl was calm, and thd water as it dashed against the rooks, rolling and Xoaming along on its rough ..course, was the only element that appeared to disturb the perfect stillness which surrounded the horrid struggle. The stars twinkled in the blue vault above, but their glimmer ing although'beautiful, was faint, and instead of dispelling the darkness sprved in increase it and add to the sombreness and desolation of the novel sccno. When tho strength of both was well nigh spent, an exclamation which .1 cannot recall to my mind, came from one who was about- to be overcome, which arrested the'attention of his antagonist, and caused him to desist, explanations were hurriedly made, and the return to camp, and surrender to tho guard the consequence. Tho officer oi the guard directed them to the sur. goon. Tho infantry man’s shot, which had been tho cause of tho “alarm,” had laken effect in the fleshy part of his supposed.enemy's arm, and it was bleeding profusely. - They went away rejoicing at their happy escape. I never saw them again.— Whether they,lived to*meet tho foe, and pass through the.fiery and brilliant conflicts which shortly en sued; and to return' to their ewcet native hills td gladden the hearts of their friends and enjoy, tho delights of home, or were permitted by an inscruta ble Providence td pass through the danger to find a grave upon & bloody hold, and in an inhospitable clime, is of course unknown to the writer, who has thus briefly penned tho facts of whiob ho is cogni*. zant.— N, Y. Journal of Commerce, A Soldiers Privileges* . ,1{ is&vell kqown (hat “Old Hickory!.* was equally popular ia tho army and among tho people at largo. No man over lived in Ibis country about whom so many characteristic anecdotes Imvo been rotated, by those who were among liis persona) friends. Below wo give two of these, which we do not remember to have seen in print before: Several years ago, an' officer who was one of (ho most distinguished of his grade inthoservicooftho United Stales, on his way. homo from a dinner par* (y, on a certain occasion, was attacked so violently with vertigo, (hat he became impressed with, (lie idea that the ground was rising up against him, and that (ho fire plugs were after him in hot haste. Un der these circumstances, he determined to conceal himself in afnondly gutter, and wait until his ene mies had disappeared. In this condition ho was found, and, of course, one of tho numerous troop of office hunters was found ready to communicate to Gen. Jackson, (hen President of (ho United Slates, the fact that tho gul)ant defender of Fort;- had been found drunk in (ho street. Tho old man stood for a moment reflecting, then turning to his informant, said—“ Very, bud conduct,- sir, in Iho Colonel. ‘ But, by the Eternal! he hat done fighting enough never to araio another tober breath in his life." Ever afterwards, it was (ho recognised right of tho veteran Colons) (0 got drunk as often as.ho pleased, provided be kept himself out of sight About-(bo same period, the la to Major Gibbon was Collector, of the Port of a southern city, to which office ho had been appointed by (he elder Ad-, ams. Of course (he Major was a Federalist, and ope of General Jackson’s political opponents. Da* ring (lie struggle of (ho American Colonics for in* dependence, Major G. had distinguished himself on severs! occasions. Ho had commanded a forlorn hope under Mad Anthony, at Stony Point. After tho inauguration'of Jaeklon as President, tho Major, who was as bitter a politician as he had been gallant as a soldier, in an excited discussion about polities, declared that “Old, Hickory” was “4 d d scoun drel I” The speech was promptly reported to the President,, by. one of-hie-friends, who-supposed a vacancy would be certain.' “Well, whet of tl 7” wae Jackson’s reply. “ The man t oho commanded d forlorn hope of Anthony Wayne, has a full right to curse anybody he pleases!" The Flight of Time* In reference to (ho flight of time, Dr. Spring once dosed a discourse in the folio Ming graphic language: “1 shall never address (his audience again. 1 shall never again meet (horn but at the bar of God. That interview seems indeed far distant. Bui it will be soon as time, with his osgio wings, shall have flnished tho little remnant of his short career. ‘After death,- the Judgment.* We die'; bol intervening ages pass rapidly otftr those yvho sleep in the dust. There is no dial plate (hero ori which to count (ho houre of lime. No ionger Is «(. (old days, months, or years ; for tho planets which mark those periods are hidden fronf their sight. Its flight is no longer noted by events' perceived by (lie senses ; for tho car ia deaf and the oyo is closed. Tho btfeifitsd df life, which wakes at each morning and ceases every night goes on above them, but to them all is silent and unseen. Tho greetings of joy, and tho Volho of griuf, thorevolulion of.cmpircs and tiio lapse ofages, send no sound within that narrow coll. Generation after generanion are brought laid by thdlt side; (ho inscription upon their monumental marble tells the (jonturlos that have passed away; but to tho sleeping dead tho long intervals is unobserved. — Like a dream of tho night, with the quickness of thought, tho miiid ranges time and space almost without a limit; there is but a moment between tho hour when tho oyo is closed in (ho grave, when it wakes in judgment. A Scene Among tub Brokers.- Tho Boston Post relates the following history—which, of course, can havo no application to any of tho brokers in this region: Two brokers, A and B, were travelling together, and, during the journey, traded In stocks, in which operation A shaved U enormously. Ono morning, after B had become conscious of his singing, ho told A ho had had a remarkable vision during tho night. “ Indeed," says A, “ what was It?" ‘ Why," replied B, “ I dreamed that I was dead, and was cast into the dominions of the Evil Ono—tho Black Spirit considered my case, and assigned mo a position In a very worm corner of his dominions. Others of our acquaintance and profession 1 saw present, and hoard doomed to various degrees of suffering; tho docket was nearly cleared, when an unusual bustle was manifested by tho attending fiends, and upon looking up I saw ono of them lead you in, and heaid him announce your name to the clovon-fooled chief, and relate a brief sketch of your character. Tho Judge seemed puuled what to do with you—he ordered the fiend in whose charge you were, to repeat a portion of yoqr history, when, after looking with an unaatis. fiod gaxo Into some of Iho deepest pita around him, Satan suddenly rose, and with an air of groat defer ence said, ‘Mr. A, you may take uy chair 1" 11 It'* my nature, and I c»n'l help It," i* only llio oxoubo ortho ignorant, or tho indolent. Every ono ehould know that ill that la natural la not excellent: and, on the other hand, ahould be encouraged, be came help la never withhold from alocere looker*. Seme of the moat paaaionalo men have become ex ample* of patience and equanimity. , _ Bx Patient ano PxaaivxaiNa—All that have ob tained for thomaelvea great and permanent reputa tion*, have won and aeoured it by patient and pane verlng labor; by treating lime not aa waalo land only lit for atubble, lint oa a true oatale, of which no corner la to be 101 l uncultivated. To enjoy to-day, atop worrying about to-morrow- Next week will bo Juat aa oapablo of taking oaro of Itaolfa* thi* ono I*. And why ehouldn’l 111 It will have eoven day* mote experience- , Eloquent Veiht.—A silver oop having boon vo. tod lo an officer bnco for ooma action, n dinner was given to oolabralo it, and after tho cloth had boon removed, tho whole assembled company wafted with interest lo heat tho eloquence that should aU tond tho presentation. Tho President rose, and throating tho cup to wards lha officer, said; To,which the other replied, taking it up with pleasure, and examining Hi . “la this the tnug V *OU ft COUNTRY—MAY 1 T ALWAYS BK RIGHT—BUT CUT OR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY** CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1851, From Arthur’s Home Gazette. LOVE VItOHANGING. BY FANNY FAtBB. A lady, in reply to a message from her lover who had been cruelly maimed and disfigured in battle,, said, “Tell him that while, ho has body -enough (b contain his poul, 1 am his!” Forsake him 7—while his manly heart Is beating in its frame; Disfigured though the mortal part,'' I'll lovo bim still .the same. The same 7 oh no I but better, now That sorrow is hit owp Since suffrlng pales his lips and brow, The'light from mine hath flown. Foraokohlri? Doth the lily dio When'lash'd the waters crest? She turns it to her loving oyo, And slips it into her breast; Turn from him 7 Doth tho viuo.forsake The tempests} veil oak?. • From its broad-arras ifdoth nol bleak,- Dut groweth o’er the stroke. Come to me, lova—l’ll wipe away 'i* ' The ttoMnist from thine eyes; Of thee I dream, for thee 1 pray, “ ' My spirit to thee flies... Coroe to me, love—thou shall forgetjj, ’ ' - The strife, tho battle's roll. Thine, If roinuiue a fragment yet, To hold thy noble souV . A •• Verdant” In a Cotton BXIII* A raw, straw halted, sandy whiskered six fooler —one of Ilia purely uninitiated, came In recently from Groone with a.load of wood for a factory com* pany. Nut satisfied with contemplating tlio “ po etry of motion ” at a safe distance, our hero must needs introduce himself between the cards, to get a nearer view. This move brought his “nether habit ments '* into dangerous proximity to the gearing of of (ho next card, and “ thereby hangs a tule.” “You, I say] She goes pooly, don’t she, Bos 7" said Jonathan, Inquiring I}*,' “She don't do anything else," responded the stripper. “But you must bo very careful how you move around amongst this hardware. 'Twas only last week, sir, that a promising young man from Oxford, a student at the academy here, was 'drawn into that very. card, sir, and before any assistance could reach him, lie was run through and manufac tured into No. 16, super extra, cotton warp yarn.’ 1 -. “1 s—s—wow ! 1 believe yucr jokin’ {’’ stuttered Jonathan. ' “ Fad, sir,” continued tho stripper; “and'his dls. consolato mother came down two days ago* and got five bunches of that same yarn, as raelanahqfy xof les !'* . ;-pf'.-V •' . “ By the poker, that can’t bo true !” .V-!, . * “Fact, sir, fuel! and each of his fellow students purchased a skein apiece, to - be sot in lookoU{"ahd wore in remembrance of departed worth !'* . - , “Is that a fact npw? Was ho.really carded, spun, and set in lockets?" A sense of personal danger hero shot across our hero’s mind; he began: to retreat precipitately with out wailing forsn answer. But there was hot much room to spare betwixt himself and tho of the card.behind. Another step backwards comple ted Ihe ccrcmony of introduction. . His uuwhispera blca being of largo “ calibre,” tho process of snarl ing them into a hard knot was no ways slow. . Our hero “gave longue" inslanter. “Oli! Murder! Let go—you hurl! DUat your plcler! Let go! Aint you ashamed! Get out! Lfet alone, on ,m»—eap!t.j>(i l-n*do I*! ijyj.*-. - * Tho card slrippoV'tßrew'ofl' (ho Lett, but (he mo mentum of the cylinder kept It revolving, and our hero, supposing it in full operation,’burst out anew. “Oh, stop her! stop her, do; 1 aint well,and I orler bo at homo. Father wants (ho steers, and mother’s going to bake! Slop tho larnal mashccn, can’t ye 7—do! Aint yo got no fcolin’for a feller in distress 7 Oh, dear! I'll bo carded and spun, and made in lockets! Jo—ru—-sa—ldm J How 1 wish I was to Groone!" , Tho card wee shipped, ot last, but Jonsthtn’s clothes were so tangled in the gearing, that it was no slight task to extricate him, and it was only by culling out (ho whole of tho “ invested territory,” that ho was finally released.— Yankee Blade. . A New .Way to Pop the Question* 11 Sally,” mid a green youth, in a venerable while hat and grey pants, through which hist Jpgs projected half a foot, perhaps more—•"Sally,-'before wo go into ihis ’ere .Museum, to see-the Enchanted Horde, 1 want to nz you somethin.” • •• Well, Iclifthod, what is it?" ** Why,' you eco this ’ore business Is gwino to cost a hull quarter a ; pieoe, end 1 can’t afford to spend so much for nuthln. Now, of you’ll say you'll have me, darn’d ef 'I don't pay the hull on't myself. .1 will!” Sally made a noncommittal reply, which Ichabod Interpreted to suit himself, and ho strode up two steps at a lfmo,‘and paid tho whole 0(1*1. Musical Catechism.—Wo find tho following ofloat in the papers: " What is a slur?!’ "Almost any rftmark otfe singer makes. about another.” ” What is a reel?” "Going out of (ho choir Co oat some refreshments daring sermon liriio.” " What is called singing 'with an understanding?' ” "Marking lime on the floor with your fool.” ■ " What is a staccato movement?” ■ "Loavlngllie choir Ip a huff, because one is.die satisfied with the loader.” ” What is d swell?” “A professor of music who pretends to know everything about tho science, while ho cannot eon coal his ignorance.” “ Mind Your Own Business.—To 101 l a man to bli face to mind his own busjpqss, would bo considered equal to knocking him down, or as (hq Frenchman said, "horizontalizlng bis perpendicularity.” And yet It is ope of (ho simplest rules of right conduct, and one of (ho most useful that mankind oan.adopl in their Intercourse with each other. There It a groat deal of the Paul Pry spirit in tho human heart, or wonderful inquisitiveness in regard to the personal offairs of friends snd neighbors. This fault makes more mischief In the community than almost ony other cause, and creates moro malice, envy and jeol onsy than can be overcome in u century. Let every man mind his owii business, and there will no(-bo half the trouble In tho world that there Is at present. Spaniards Leaving New Orleans.—Two hun dred Spanish residents'of New Orleans have left, or are on the point of leaving that place, In conse quence of the recent riot there creating apprehen sions for their personal safely. They are repre sented to bo among the most industrious and Inof- Tensive of the citizens of Now Orleans, and the Press tliere advises them to stay, as they now need fear no further manifestations of violence., A Speculation in Itch Oihtmbnt—This bicats all Yankekdoh.—Two brothers went into o spe culation. Ono went through Georgia to buy a farmland shook hands with all the farmers and children on tho route.. In about two weeks, the other followed with an itch ointment and found a groat demand for his remedy. A brutal teacher whipped a llttlo boy for press ing tho'band of a llulo girl who sat next him at school; after which he asked the child, "Why he squeezed |tho girl's handl “Because,” said (he little fellow, “ft looked so pretty, 1 could not help It.” What punishment did the teacher deserve, Tiisr declaim most against the world who have most sinned against U; as people generally abuse those whom they have most injured, Good company pnd good conversation are ths very sinews of virtue. : V • Sulvcllzation* Whithersoever wo go, We meet with the sniveller* He slops us at tho corner of tho elreet'lo entrust us with his opinion. Ho fears that the rtorals and in telligence.of the people are destroyed by thoolootion of . some rogue to office. Ho tells ns, just before otiurch, lliat the last sermon of some'transcendental preacher has given the deathblowlo religion. and that the waves of atheism and the clouds of palhoism are to deluge and ddrken the land; In a time of general health, he speaks of the pestilence that is to be, . The' mail cannot bo an hour late, but ho praU ties of railroad accidents end steamboat disasters. Ills fears that his friend, who was married yostor* day, will ;bo a bankrupt in a year, whimpers over the which lie then will have to endure. Ho Is ridden with everlasting nightmare, and emits an eternal wall. Recklessness ‘is a bad quality, and so is blind and extravagant hope; but neither is so do. grading as'inglorious and inactive despair. We . object ,to| the sniveller, because he presents the anomaly of a-being who has the power of emotion without hostessing life. His insipid languor is worse than (amid strength. Bettor that a man ihbald, whine. Tho man who has no bounding ‘bad buoyant feelings in bln), whose cheek never Hushes at anticipated good, whose blood never tingles iuid fires at (ho. contemplation of a noble aim, who has no inspiration and no groat object in life, is only fit lor the hospital or band box. - Enterprise, confidenco and a disposition to boliovo (hat good oan be done, on indisposition to believe that all good has been doon—these constitute important elements In the character of every roan who la of use to (he world. ‘ We vvanl no wailing and whimpering about the absence of happiness, bat n sturdy determination (o abato mi.ury.—Sunday. Globe. Largo Boots* An amazing pair of feet appeared in the bar room of. an ambitious inn, late-one evening, Ihe owner of which inquired onxiously . for the boot jack. The bell rang m , rvoualy f .ond, in a moment a keen Yan kee, illustrator of Day do Martin’s best, popped into tho rotrtn. .• “Bringmo a jack !” exclaimed (he man of great “iinderstending." " ; The Waiter involuntarily started forward, but ohancing'to get a glimpse of the boots, he stopped short, end after another close examination, and with equal twang and emphasis, exclaimed: “ 1 say yoou, yoou aint goin* to leave (his world in a hurrvj you’ve got 100 good a bold on the ground. *Wan’t bootjack, eh 7 Why, bless your soul, thor4 aint a bootjack on airih big enough for them boofe! 1. don't believe that a horse can got ’em.offl’jp l ' !jMy stars, man !*’ cried our friend of the big feet, “What’ll I do? I can’t get my bools off without a jack". • *VI Iclltcou what I should do," replied the Yan kee, “iffyoy wore mine, I should walk back to the fork of the road, and pull ’em off, (bore. That'll fetch *em, 1 guess." O Excitement In Baltimore* . The most intense excitement exists in Baltimore, in reference to (ho Christiana murder. A 'meeting was held, at which tho Mayor presided, and decisive tcsplylions wore adopted, declaring that unless the right* of tho South under Iho fugitive slave law wore respected, the South would ho driven to tho adoption of measured for her own protection. We havo long said (hat tho safety of the Union depended upon tho faithful execution of thia law, and wo ore now more forcibly l-onvinced oflt than ever. ■ tjdftfhi i “ Knickcrbookcr,” gives (he following graphio do. scrJption of tho habits of (ho'Dutch housuwives, in tho oldon times, ofNew York.city— “The gland parlor was tho sanctum sanctorum where tho passion for cleaning was indulged in with, out’control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting tho mistress and her confidential maid, who entered ,it once a week, for tho purpose of giving it a thorough cleaning, and putting rights—always Uklngthe, prccau: lion of leaving llicir shoos al.lhe door, end entering dcvoutcdly in.their stocking feet. After scrubbing the floqUsprinkling it. with fine sand, which was curiously stroked into angles, and curves, and rhom boids With thn broom, after washing tho windows, rubbing and polishing .tho furniture, and putting a now bunch of evergreens In the fireplace—the .window shutters wore again closed (a keep out (lie files and (ho room carefully looked up, until the rev olutions of limo again brought round tho weekly cleaning day." ■ -i i - . . New Variety o* Swfcrr Potatoes.— A gentle* man residing in in South Alabama writes to a friend in Louisville concerning a variety of sweet potato sopposod-’to be from Peru. Ho says—"it is ullo gethor different from and much superior to ony va. riely ofthis root hitherto kno,wn. . It- is very pro* duclivc, and attains a prodigious size, oven upon the poorest sandy lindtand (ho roots remain without change from the time of taking them out of the ground uotiMho following May. Tho plant is sin. gulurly-esiy of ouMivaliun, growing equally well from tho slip or vino, the lop of vino of the full grown pli&l.being fcJnarkobly small; the inside as white as snow. Il&dryand mealy, and tho sac charine jifinoSplu contained'resembling in delicacy Ibo flower of the fine virgin honey.” Pa, whit’makos the people go to hear Col. Bigler, If they hsvo nil got (b bo patln Irons? Td'be pulin irons, Summy. whal do you moan ? Why, tho papers say that at his groal-spoooh the other dayfthe entire audience was chained to the spot, v \ : . * ■ ;. * .. . Susan, '.hat-boy I believe will bo tho doaUTof me. Take bimjawsy. A Colq^Firb.— One cold night a jolly old fellow who had putaken rather freely of flip at tlio tavern, started, fin home In a sleighj end On the way was upset and jfynfl by tho side of the road. Some per* •one passing the same way a a short.time after.dis. covered ll»,old fellow in a silting posture, holding his feet upjlo the raooni ejaculating to some invisi ble person!" John, pile, on the wood, Us a thunder* Ing cold nfchl A oounlVy clergyman, being opposed to of the basrt-viol In church service, was overruled by the congregation. The first Sunday it was brought Into use, he nnnokmosd the psalm as fol* lows {—♦‘To praise God, we will now fiddle the 46th psalci, second pert, abort ynelre I” **Hoiv ptire you”, said , a young snob to a me chanic, lisaivy-were crowding in at the Tremont Temple tohonrJennyLlnd, "how dare you come to hear (ha Nightingale without a shirt collar?” « k Hbw could 1 have a shirt collar, when ydu? mother has not pepl homo my wash ing V' waa iho reply.. The editor of the Indiana Jeffersonian. gives the Ibllowing police: . “Our purse is lost! The finder ie respectfully requested to return it, being,careful, not to disturb tho contents, which, wore a brass rule, a piece of loaf tobacco nicely twisted, and a very good lea ther string.”, ’ , Senatorial and Editorial Uioontre.— Ejc Sen ator Turney, of. Tennessee, had a Mr. White, editor of the Independent, at' Winchester, of that State. Turney slapped him in the flioe, and White drew a knife, when Turney hollered. Iv from our youth up wo.ltavo borne a good ehor actor, no one whopo -good opinion is worth having believes 'the evil reports w|ilqh may bespread eon. derning us. • . ■» ’ J ' Cold bathing, pyro water, plain diet, a clear con. soienop, and s clonn shirt, are Indispensable tq health and hspplness. ' • . ‘ political. Who wastes the I*ahUo Money 1 Tho Governor's organ makes a groat parade of figures, in a lalo number, to prove that the present administration; has-been the moei economical ono In tho world. Tho Governor's brother should have rocol- Icclod that the Auditor General’s report will explain all this; end just for their edification, wa have col lected V few items which go to show u v>ho itolethe eela. u . . .T.oke for example tho two last yearsof Gov. John ston’s administration, 1849 and 1850, and compare with the two last of Gbv,«Shuhk*s, 1846'ond 1847 omitting the yoar 1848, about one-half of which fell under the administration of both these Executives, Gov. Johnstonentering upon tho duties of the office in July of that year,-when Governor Shuok’s official career terminated. . Wo will begin with the expenses in the Executive Department. Wo quote from the Auditor General’s official report: • ' 1849.— Expenses in tub Executive Department under Gov. Johnston. Governor of the Commonwealth, $3,000 00 Secretary of (he Commonwealth, .. . • 1,700 00 Deputy Scetr'y of tho Commonwealth, 1,000 00 Clerks, : ' * 3,000 00 Contingencies, messengers, postage, stationery, fuel, light, dd.d to th. ilhktn, fund. -■ Keeping up the Oetoiloiit y Gov. Johnston's organ labors io.kebp up tho deceptive gams commenced by lie waster at Lancaster, when ho said a less,amount bf..Taxei had been paid by the farmers under bis admlnis* tration than under his predecessor, The last number of his paper contains a table, purporting to give the amount of taxes collided from .each county, evidently designed to carry the impression that the taxes for 1649 and 1850, were less thatl' the two previous years. Unfortunately -for. purpose, we have the PROOF, under the signal lure and seal of the Auditor General, showing that the taxes in the two last years have been greatly increased. The table given by the American does not show the amount of taxes ASSESSED. U only gives theomouni collected , at the rime lhe anr nual report of the Auditor General was mads,' which was in November last,—Jnt>ed»gohM , » Sophistry df Gqv« Jokniton*4 Admlfllilrtfi- tlon« _ /. In older to make it appear that JebMtoif has paid a large amount of the State debt* hie edi tors and . his orators add to the recorded debt all appropriations which have been madp by law and paid out of the Treasury since July 1848, for de mands existing prior to that time. As well might we claim credit for Gov. ShunkV administration for the liquidation of similar, claims in the years 1845, ’46 and 47—rWhieh, if added'to Hie.-amoont paid during those* years on the recorded debt", would make more than double the amount paid under the present administration. ‘ The truth is that no particular credit can or should attach to any Executive for the payment of demands against the Commonwealth. He has little or nothing to do with it. The State Treasur er has exclusive control of the public funds, and to him belongs the honor of taking gpod .eare of them and paying debts promptly. GoV. Johnlloo has done nothing in this respect more.than bis prejr deceesors. In fact ho haa done less; for with all his boasted skill and with more means at com mand, there has actually been a leu amount of the public debt paid off within the last three years than was paid under Gov. Shank’s as is fully proved by the Auditor General’s certificate in the present number of our paper.— lb. $ll,OOO 79 622 77 820 00 318 50 Johnston a Oefanlter* 3,750 00 2,672 86 Johnston very solemnly proclaims that hs ha# paid off some.atx hundred thousand dollaraof tbd public debt. Before he came Into power, ihersJ sources of the Slate were ample unoer Democrats rule to pay the expenses of. government; the inter est on the public debt, and over $500,000 of the principal. During two years of Johnston’s admin istration the taxes have been increased to the amount of $343,398 47. There has been ah liW crease of revenue from the public works of $397,-* 509 31; besides this, according to the Auditor Gfa Derails official report, there have been receipt* frpnji, other sources amounting to $666,316 11} matym* a total $1,306,133 b 9, received In two years, hj Johnston's administration over and above that re* oeived by Shank during the same period of tied*.' From this sum lake (he $659,133 98, said to bav« been paid, and it shows Johnston to be a defaulter to the amount of $647,000 91. - ' $11,453 02 _ If Johnston had acted honestly, and taken a* much care of the resources of the Commontyealtlf as did the lamented F, ft. Shonk there Wo.uld hart bMft s idaetleiß of vintr tirn mtllfnna nf ik'a BBir debt instead of the small euro- of s3sB,479'‘ffcf which is the actual reduction under Johnston*'—- West Chetlcr Jeffenoman, . Johnston a Swindler! Johnston was installed Governor on IheSCth of July, 1848. In coming to Harrisburg‘tb'assnihe tho duties he charged the Stale and reoeived'tSff travelling expenses, or Senator. From. Die 96U> July to the 10th of October, is two months end e.' half, and yet Johnston charged tho Cnounoqtreallb,' for one Quarters salary for that time! Seven.Huh-' dred and Fifty Dollars. Hie legal salary for thrf period was Six Hundred and' Nineteen Dollars.—a 1 He therefore swindled the State but of the balartoa as will appear by the following receipt; , $750. Treasury OfvtcE, Sent. 1,1845. Received from A. Pluraer, State Treasurer, sev en hundred and fifty dollars, for one quarter's Spl-’ ary as Governor of Pennsylvania, due 10th'Oct. 1848. AuDitoß Genirap’s brrtov, ’ 7 Harrisburg, Sept. 10, 1851.‘ • 5 ' • ' I certify the shove to be at true copy* of the original, on file in ibis depart ment. . ~ Witness my hand and seal office,, the day and year aforesaid. ' ' . JNO. W. HAMMOND,, For B. Barks, Auditor Bin, ’ ‘ Add to the balance $l3l 60, the $BO reesiv'edaa travelling expenses to be instilled Governor,'so* we have the sum of Slfil 60 which the Governor, has tank in his pockets, and swindled front, lb*, tax payers,— lh. . . I.iT Tits People Remember. —That Opyemsf Johnston voted for a bill appropriating mors’ than Three Million! of dollars to private corporations; company and State works, and that Oqv. Ritqfft in his message, said that such economy (as Jqlip ston displayed) would Inoreasa the State deb| m four yearn to over 440,000,000. Let the People Remember..— That the taxes on real and personal estate have been incrvoisd, W two years, under Johnston’s admiptafratfod, asaila a quarter ofs million of dollars. , ... 1 . Lbt the Pboplb RrMeMßin—'That 6dVa>n6 f Johnston made strenuous efforts last Wtntsr fond# anoiJUr million (o the Stale debt by the iiSosoffo* lief notes. . Lbt trc Pboplb Rimbmbir.—That the etpatr ees in the Executive and Blate Dfepartracntsef Pennsylvania, have Increased, in tsvd years, 1 under Johnston’s administration* Two Thousand Oitf Hundred and Elghly-isve Dollar* and Cents. . ■ . The news from varioos sections of the CottmetT* wealth speaks truropet-tonguecf in behalf of thd people** candidate for Governor, the true working) man 001. Bigler. The attempt to ridfodie'Ciw Bigler's pretension?, because lie was apoorhoyj is recoiling with great opponents,,and the attempts of Goy, tcj mafto people tojlleVe that ho 1* paying offtbb,suir debt, la fast opening the eyes of the people, as the 1 following extract from'a letter from Lehigh'wHtf testify: : • “1 have no doubt It will bo gratifying for yon Co' hoar that “LUllo Lehigh” Is buckling on the armor of Dompofaoy, with tho determination of teaching Gov. Johnston •better* things than to take to ktif the merit of paylpg off tho. State debt. Dole ft as ho may think we are in Lohlghj fte ftnow very well that not one cont of ; the State debt Hdr'b&ny. or ever will bo paid off, that did not dome’ ottt bf the pooplo’a pooketa; and largeaaliW •Hbbenatckr are, we think they are too well oratmnea with (be •one man power,* to afford muoh .aMietanee lug off the Slate debt.” a < •> T- Tt »a o oper aSNoST No. te. Ji WM. F. JOHNSTON-