• I • ' v” 7; : - “ - ------- - -•— "■ ■ --- Smmmit IP Holunltfr MlJr"* o c i-’rii 1»> v BY JOHN 8: BRATTON, • VOL. 38, ssettcal. From the Cfcrmam the eagle and the swan* i .»> : 'fn£sxJxn." My tranquil lift it patted tho wave? among,’ Light ripples tracing at I gild* along, ’ And tbeocareo'tuffidd ride; at in Palate. • Rafleclt nty form unaltered at 1 petal - - ■ I - .me note. ;■- - ■ n *l*.® lOteftA.rif.tholfocks my.witd duelling !>ft»rih» ■ ■■•• ltyougb,thq air on the wjngs of the *torm,. Afiddaogbrsdnd combat*'tdart'on my prey. ' And trust pinion tba} bear* ma away 1 me «WaK. \Voti hy thercharm oTThojliut, Jn the tvnvo Of heavsnly harmony Idare to' lave:'' Vouched at hit feet, i litten to the lays. In Temp*’* vole, that echo to his praitel ' .t •' T® 8 _ , v , f parch at (he right hand <>r Jove on hfs throne. And the thandefbolt launch when hi* signal I* shown. And my heavy wings 'droop, when in slumber I lie. O’er the sceptre (hat sway* the wide earth from on hlghl TnafcwiK., •V* charm’s the lienven’s hliil arch, serene and bland, And odorous flowers ntiracftso to the land While, basking In tbn sun’s departing beams, • I stretch my while vying* o’er the purpled streams I . . _ t . tiw baoib. I exult in the tempest, triumphant and bold, When the nans of the forest it rends from their hold, 1 demand of the thornier—(he spheres when it shakes— 1C like me,' a wild Joy ih destruction it takes! TUB SWA*. Oit in the glassy tide the stars I rlonr. " ; And that blue neav’n the waves g)vo back anew. And dim regret recalls me to the homo - In higher spheres, reluctant whence 1 roam I TRB BAOLE. Wll i Joy. from .the hour that my young life begun, I hate soared In the skies—l have gafeed on the sun, I cannot strop down to the dust of the earth— Allied to the gods, I exult In my birth I TBB SWA*. When a calm death succeeds to tranquil life, Its links detachlhg without pain or strife, Aqd to my voice resfoies Its-nrimal power; 1«» dying tones shall hail the solemn liottrl THE BaOLE. Thti’anttl, like the plicenix, springs forth from the nyro. All (tec and unveiled, to the ikies to aspire. ■ - . To hail the bright vision that bursts on its view. And its yuuth-at the dark torch of death to renew t fttioceuantoit#. V. [fton Dickens* lloussbcld Words.] POISON SOLD HERB.. Two centuries ago poisoning was a science.— NoW, (hanks to a sluggish and “ never-minding” Legislature, (he art may be safely practised by the meanest capacity. -The exciting extent (o which murder has been recently done by poison* fills a colorqn of every newspaper, and furnishes a topic forgeneral conversation. Nor is it a new thing. A parliamentary return stales that in the ten years which snded with 1849—. without accidental pois* onings, which were countless—the appallina- nijm. ber ot 219 persons were murdered by poison (chief ly by arsenic,) yet the practical difficulties of detection were so great (hat no more than 85.con* wieifohrtoblr place; thuaout’of every three poison ers, one only could be detected, so easy is murder by-poison, and so difficult in defection. The mys tery is easy of solution, as we shall soon show*. A sporting friend, writes to us, that having shot away alt his powder the other day, he had occa sion to go into a rural grocer's shop for more,— While he was being served, there came in a little girl, who ended a long order for tea, Sugar, soap, currants, red herrings and flour, with the remarka ble demand—“and. lu-o ounces of arsenic." No comment whatever was made by the shop-keeper, who pulled a small blue paper of poison out of its proper compartment in a drawer, with iho same composure as he handed over (he packages of tea, sugar, currants, and flour. The Imlegirl jumbled them all into her apron and went away. “ Per haps," remarked our friend, “ soma of those In gredients are for a pudding." “Loikely,” answered the huxler, with a strong Derbyshire accent. ♦‘And should the blue paper burst, or a little mistake be mads by the cook, (hie whole family will be poisoned.** * r They should moind what they’re at.’* This was iho only life-preserver which occurred to the chandlefs mind—“ They should mind what they’ro at.** ’ His conscience was not concerned in the transaction; but if its dictates had been awakened, they would have been perfectly satisfied hy his knowledge of the fact that his customers were troubled with rats, and he Inquired no further. Tito spoilsman mentioned the several cases of poisoning which hpd recently occurred In various parts of the country—some accidental, some wil ful; but the grocer could gel no further than— “ They should moind what they’re a|.V It must occur, however, to every one, that while poisons are allowed to be sold as unrestrictedly as bread, the public—especially the humblest portion of it—even supposing them to be “minding what they’re at" with unceasing vigilance, are never wholly free from iho danger of having the doom to which they santenco vermin, transferred to themselves,either by accident or by vicious design. In all country places, life’s bane ia procurable more easily than many of Us necessaries.' The inscription over every chandler’s door nays that he must be “ licensed” to sell tea, roflbe, tobacco and snuff; but Ijo may sell arsenic without the smallest restriction. In spring and summer sea sons, tons and lons of that deadly material pass overlbo counters of general dealers in the agricul tural districts, to bo used either to prevent smut in wheat, to cure sheep of tcabbia or to kill vermin. Hence arsenic becomes as much a part of the stores of a farmer’s, shepherd's, or Cottager’s cup board, ns his family's food. It in by no means Uncommon to see a provincial druggist’s appren tice “weighing up** tWo-ounco packets of arsenic, ind dispensing medicinsa over the same courier— perhaps with the same scales! When the innu merable huklers are busy ot the same work at one end ofa douhlor, (heir wires are ofteh serving out Ktpoprles.to.customers at iho other. In this Way, it baf assorted by. modjcsl practitioners, that minute (Lofes ot poison gel. yvith.fqpd, pr medicine‘often*? than is Imagined. . The parta kers of such food fall 111, and the only pathology they can arrive;***'!* (hat Mthey have eaton’aopae thiqg ilfSgreed with (hem/ 1 though they never View whfd* : After the pojaoh htp Joft the shop, the risks in crease p hundred fold. Tflfeo the collar’s qase.-p- He lives in a small pottage; hla single cupboard, at fence thoreceptlcle of food and physio, contains in k broken.jug at the top ehclf, a packet of ar* aenin,. ,Tho label, if ever there was one, is torn away, or, U ihoro, onjnl.ol|!g|blo Vj (ho unlearned co{fpra family- Th)s Is the remains of the arsenic ho used in summer for hie sheep, or in spring to steep wheal-seed; It is put away, unknown by hie faintly and forgotten by himself. His child falls ill; ho Is at work; his wife ti fancies she has some cream of tartar somewhere, and that (a.good for a fever," She goes to tho fatal lug, deals out (ho .poison, and Immpdratoly kjlls her offspring. Aline inquest; a of accidental death is re turned. *nvle poor woman, throughout her em bittered Ufa, is tho victim to the want of legislative epaptmenta ip Hoi neighbors look upon her for a lime with a strange mixture of pity and superstitious undefined sas piolon. i 1 , f. v . For the oritnlnai, arsenic ia tbe most deadly, of ell drugs.to their victim, while it is the safest to themselves; j Besides, the numberless'feasible ex cuses they can .frame for having it in (heir posses* sion, it canibe administered with the least fear of detection. .:Oxklic acid disgusts the palate with a sweet acid taste; and, to .bo murderously effec tual, must be administered in largo quantities.— Not only the taste, but tho color and .smell ,of laudanum betray its secret at once. The favorite, because most, efficient, of the ibreo poisons of . un scientific murderers—arsenio-is colorless, flavor less, and innoderoue. Hence, In all recent cases of wilful poisoning, arSehlc has'been the poisoner’s drug; for hq Kas”arl enough to know, without reading blue-books, that the chances are two to one in his favor* TUB SIMOON. . The effects pf (ho simoon are instant suffocation to,every living' creature that happens to bo within the sphere of its octivily.and irmncdialeputrcfaclion of tho. carcasses of Iho dead. The Arabs discern its approach by on unusual redness in the air, and tljcy say they feel and-smell of sulphur as it passes. The orfly means by which any-person can preserve him self from suffering, by these , noxious blasts, is by throwing himself dawn with his face upon the earth, UII this whirlwind of poisonous exhalations has fitfsed over,-.which always move* at a certain height n.the'atmosphere. Instinct even teaches (ho ani mats tp incline their heads to (ho ground on those occasions. • • . The-Arabs of the desert call (hose winds Scmoum, of ' poison, and the Turks Shamyelaw; or winds of Syria, from which is formed Samiol. Their heat- is sometime* •ociccssivotlml it is difficult to form any idea of its violence, without having experienced it; but i( may .bo compared to Iho heat of a. large oven at (he- moment of drawing oat (ho bread.— When* (ho Wind .begins to.blow, thP atmosphere as sumes an alarming aspect. Tho sky, at other times so clear In lltia climate,-becomes dark and heavy; and the sun loses its splendor, and becomes ofa violet .color. Tho air is not cloudy, but grey and thlclr, and ia .In fact’filled with* on extremely subtle dust which penetrates .every where." The wind, ol wnys-light arid,rapid, is nol affirsl remarkably hot; but increases in heat in proportion as it continues. All animated bodies soon discover it by the changes It produces in (hem. The lungs, which a 100 refined air no longer expands, are contracted, and become painful. Respiration I* short and difficult, tho skin f torched and dry, tho body consumed by an Internal teat. Tn vain is .recourse bad to large draughts of water; nothing en’n restore perspiration 1 . • In vain is coolness sought Tor; all bodies Ip which It is usual fo find it, .'deceive'theVhand (hat (ouches thcrfi.— Marble, Iron and water, notwithstanding tho sun no longer appear* arc hot. Tho street* arc deserted and (he dead silence of night reigns :cyerywhcrc. Inhabitant* of houses and village* shut themselves up In their houses, and those of the desert In (heir Icnls or'in pits they dig, where llicy wall the termination of the destructive heat. It three days,-but if it execedr tbal lime it becomes insupportable.- Wd'to (h 6 traveller «uukrtses remote from she!. tor! lie must suffer all lls drDitTTOt-ewvii^iinoai^ which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most of (ho Wind increases tii* heat to such a'degree as tn cause sudden death. This is real suffocation ; Iho lungs being empty aro convulsed, the circulation disordered, ond- the' wbhto mass of blood driven by (ho heat towards the head and breast; whence that hcomorrhigc ot the npse nod mouth, which happens after death. Tho wind is especially fatal to those of a plethoric habit; and (hose in whom fatigue has destroyed the muscles ond the vessels. The corpse rompin a loop lime Warm, swells, turns blue, and is easily separated; all of which aro signs of that putrid fermentation which takes place in (he animal bodies when, (he humor becomes stagnant. These accidents are to bo avoided by stopping the hose and mouth with handke.robiefs; an efficacious method , likewise is that practised by camels, who bury (Irelr noses in (ho sand,'and keep them (hero fill (he storm ia over. 5 Another quality of this wind fa extreme aridity, which is such (hat water sprinkled on the flour evap orates in a few minutes. By this extreme dryness; it withers and strips all tho plants; and exhaling 100 suddenly the emanations 'from animal bodies, crisps the skin, closes! tho pores, and canscs tliatfovcilsh heat which Is (ho invariable effect of suppressed perspiration. Parting Soane between (wo Irishmen. : Irishmen generally speaking, nro not noted for any groat forethought, concerning their temporal welfare,-but in anything relating to the spiritual, (hey exhibit on unustial share of shrewdness, as illustrated In .the following case, which occurred on tho frontier of (he State of Maine, between Jemmy M’God and Pat MoGlarkin. Fat being called to visit hit dying neighbor, Jem my M’Geo, and hearing his last words of farewell, before “ shuffling off his mortal coil " ho donned his best suit of clothes, and smoothing hi* usually cheer ful phiz into unusual gravity, made his appearance at the bedside of his old friend. Upon meeting Jem my. Pal exclaimed : ' V Well, Jemmy, I understand tho doctors have given yo up.” . ’ “ Yis, Pal, Us most over wid mo,” “Well, Jemmy,’* sold Pat after a pause, “ye haven’t boon a great sinner 1 ; ye’ll go to the good place.’* * . - ' “Oh, yes, Pal—to bo shure I stole a bit of the government limber.” . “ Weil, farewell to ye,” said Pat, taking Jemmy’s haqd, assuming a diplomatic air, “.when ye rnioho (ho good place,.toll Ihfcm you’re well acquainted wld Pat McGlarkln.” . Hero Fat started for Ihp door, but, as ifsuddonly Ihipking of Jemmy's dishonesty in stealing tho gov ernment timber, he wheeled round to Ida friend, and seriously and earnestly exclaimed; “But Jemmy, if anything happen! to ye that yo should go to the other piaoo, just tell (hem ye don’t know a divil of* word about roe.',' . . T|lEOll* OP OOLbfe. John Adams pnd Dr. Franklin, discussing (be lljo ory of colds, Imane bed, at a country tavern, with on opqn window iptting in (he air upon them, scorns to ua of posterity bizarre. It seems, accord. »ng to Adams himself, (whose vtarktaro how going IhrpUgh tho press,) that at Brunswick but onolod ooUld be procured for Dr. Franklin. and him, in a chamber little larger than Uio bad; without a! chlm. ney, and with only ono small ’.The' win dow was open', and I, (say* A<lam»,>'who w«* an Invalid and afraid of the Sir in (he night, shut it close. “Oh,” says Franklin, “don’t abut’(hiswin dow, we shall be suffocated.” I answered I was afraid of tho evening air. Dr. Franklin replied— “ The air within this chamber will toon he,and in. deqd la now worse than that jvilhout doors.. Come, open tho window, and coma to bed, and I will con. vinqp you. 1 tudlovs you are not acquainted with my .theory of;polds." Opening tho window, and leaping into bod, 1 said 1 had road-hla letters to Dr. Cooper, in which he had advanced, that nobody over got cold by going iqto a cqld churc/i or any other cold ulrj but the (booty was so little poqsistent with my experience, that I thought it a paradox.— However; 1 had so much curiosity to Hear his rea son*, that I would run the risk qf.cdld. The Doe. tor then began to 'harangue upon air and cold, and respiration and ’perspiration, with which I was so much amused that 1 soon foil asleep, and toft him and his philosophy together, but I believe they were equally sound and insensible within a fo* minutes after me, for the last words I heard wore pronounced as lf|io WBi morp than half MloPjV? ’ . .* OUR COUNTRY—MAY I T ALWAYS H X RIO IfT— D u T RIOII TOR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY” CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1851. A Xilttlo Word* A little word in kindness spoken, A motion dr a fear, . . Has often healed a heart that's broken, And often make a friend sincere. A word—a look—has crashed to earth) Full many a buddinp-flowerv 'Which, had a smile but owned Us birth, Would bless hour. READING THK MERCEN- ARYLOVER. This morning I received a nolo from my affian ced bride, .Constance Graham, requesting- me to attend at tvvo o’clock that day at the honeo of her late ancle In Barley street, for the purpose of hear ing his will read, ' I had tho greatest pleasure in complying with tins invitation.--Though-Con stance Is the prettiest and most amiable girl of my acquaintance, I'had determined never to marry her while her unclo’Hved; he had frequently proclaim ed,her his heiress,-but ns frequently took offence at something or at nothing in her behaviour, and bequeathed-his wealth to a hospital,, prison, o t lu natic asylum. 1 felt quite easy on the present oc casion, for Mrs. Bates,. Mr. Graham’s housekeep er, had given me information that, only an hour before her master’s death, ho had told her he had handsomely provided for-Cohstanoe. I fell, how ever, that It was ray policy to appear ignorant of that circumstance, Constancy being very romantic, and Constance’s mothcf^bT^sdspicious, ’ At-lho appointed limelwalked into the drawing room in-Barley..streoJ;..lbe very few relatives of the old, geptlemap. were assembled. Thorn was Constance,-looking as Hebe might have looked if over Hobo had,worn cropo and .homhazinp ; y Con stance’s'motbe/. looked very stiff, cross* and un easy; JjiT elderly female coi\*up, and ft stripling nephew. I fea'red-none of them, I Knew that;Mr. Graham disliked his fine lady sister-in-law. despised tho'servility of his elderly cousin,'and dreaded' / the’frolics of his ' slrinling nephew. ‘I Sealed iftyfeelf by Constance, ftwjin a soft toria began to protest my affection and disin terestedness, .‘‘knowing the caprice of your tfncle, my,be^oyed^ , * I Rnfrf,- “| have ovory reason to con clude-that.l shall hear you are-disinherited; this however, will raomenl to me; I have enough for cdm/orl,.iliougb not .for.luxury, and as the song r k , ■'"Snil fijfefl ln;my lirart. Im Ij msrer fnrjffit, ■ ‘Tharjbe Wealth ofihetoUnge Is love.” ■ **l IVlr-.'jDfiillon,’* said Constance's mo tljor,' looking expressively sneering and shrewish,. 4 Mliai it is'fireUy \boll known that my daughter is the ‘sole riqTrsHof heruncle's wealth.*/ “Indeed madam t” 1 replied with a start of surprise, “I was not awn re that any surmise was hazarded concerning the contents of Mr. Graham's will.”:- • .!‘T a surmise hazarded,” sharply in terrupted lire elderly uonsln, “ that Mr. Graham was ,noJ In Tils'sehseajyKon ha made It.” . mind musVhe.brqth base and weak,” re turlcdConstance’s mother, “which could glvo cre dence to such a rumor.'* ■ -And forthwith a spnrk- two ladies, dur- 1 whispered to ..Constance a page of "Temple"hovr and intimate friend of the lato Mr. Graham; he was a handsome young man, and had presumed at one time to lift his eyes to Constance; happened the will, and we all became mutely attentive. Oh, what a [disappointment- awaited us! Three thou sand pounds wore bequeathed to Constance, (this was the old fellow’s idea of ahandsome provision!) Five hundred pounds to the elderly cousin, ditto to the stripling nephew, small legacies to the ser vants, and tho remainder of his wealth to found a cold water establishment for thn reception of those who were not rich enough to pay a gratuity for being half drowned. Temple read the names of the.attesting witnesses, and (hen refreshed himself with sherry and biscuits. As ho was a friend of the family, his presence was no restraint on con versation. . . “Thai will oqghl to be disputed,’? said. Con stance’s mother, looking very red, 4t l do not be lieve Mr, Graham was in his senses whoh he made it.” ”1 thought,”- said, the eldprly. cousin with a sneer,' “that tho mind must be both base and weak which could give credence to such a surmise.” • “Dear mammal” said Constance, “do not be discomposed? lam very wellcoritenled—l shall not be o portionless bride/* Constanco here held out lier delicate white hand le me—l affected not to see it. “My dear Alias Graham,” I said, “do not be lieve me so cruel and selfish as to wish to pluhgo you into poverty.?* “1 thought you said your income,was sufficient for every comfort,” remarked thestripMhgnephew. I did not condescend to answer h.iihj but contin ued; “No, Constance,"though ft breaks'-my heart to do so, I give you back your freedom* saying, in the pathetic words of Haynes Bayloyi “May.your lot in life bo happy, undisturbed. by thqught? of me I” I was just making to the door, leaving Constance looking more like Niche thanUebo; when Temple gaid, “I think (ho parly had bettor remain (ill.l have read the codicil.” ( • ; I reseated rayself.in amaze, and Temple,forth'i with read that the testator, being convinced llial he had received no benefit from tho cold wpter system, revoked and rescinded his legaoy r to" bequeathing the same to his beloved noloe’i Don. stonoo Graham. • “Constance ! dear Constance I”. I oxolajpacd 'in the eofteat of tones. Out Constance looked neith er like Hebe or Nlobe, but as stern and severe ns .Medea, ,1 then attacked Temple, “Is it legal,” I said, “toroad a part of a wiUT 1 --1\ “I read every word of the will,” ho replied,* “and, haying greatly fatigued myself by so doing, I trust that it was perfectly legal to refresh my self with a glass of sherry, before 1 read the podt ell,” - - - , • i:, Twasgolng l to utter some further remarks, when said, “Good morning,'MKJ Oltllton 111I 11 in .o looo'of -volpo which.left fjf-] ternative but to ooho lier oonded the stairs, pursued by n smothered' laugh: from the party in tbs drawing room, returned boms in very low spirits, and entered my adventure, or, rather, misadventure, in my diary, deducing from it this valuable piece of advice to gentlemen.in search of fortune: “Never belipvd thot-p wilTra eonoludod till you have Inquired'wheth’er any codicil to »t. —London Magazine . When a man has his mind onco enlightened mid 1 Kurified; when his moral ami intellectual faculties 1 ave fairly gained dominion over tile animat and ( sinful propensities of his nature, he f.nds in lljQ ( precepts of tho Gospel, precisely what his own reason would dictate. A good book should bo so rend and studied, that tho loading and prominent ideas may bp Ipcorpo rated.ipto or mode part of the reader’s intellectual self* os. Physical food by the process of digestion becomes part of tho body Into wbiclnl is received. Nothing site so gracefully 'upon children and makes them so lovely, as habitual respect and du tiful deportment towards their parents and supe riors. ; : A gentle heart Is like ripe fruit, which bonds so Ippr (baMAls at iho rperoy of every one who choose 19 pluck It, while harder fruit keeps out of reach, j PATINO AN OLD DEBT. A TRUK NARRATIVE, WITH A MORAL. A, merchant, very,, extensively, engaged. in com mcVcd. in bur Ailantio cities, died intestate; Februa ry 'TB, 18—, at the ago of ‘sovenly.fivo. Alter his death, .among his.papers a package df very consld cranio was found, carefully tied up and labelled as follows: . ■ ‘“(Notes, duo bills and accounts, against sundry porrfVris down along shore. Somo of thCso may be gotvy-suit or severe dunning. Bat the people oro pQOtt;; moBt of them havo flthormanVluek. . My ohiloftn w{|| do as they think best.'* Perhaps they will, think with mo that It is host to burn tho pack age bnliro, l ’ ' About a month nAor ho died tho sons met togeth er, When. (ho .cider brothor, tho administrator, pro duced this package, read tho. superscription, qnd qskttLwhat course should be taken.in regard to it. Another. brother,, a few years,younger than the eld est* amon ofstroftg impulsive.temperament, unable otThe moment. to express, hie ’ feeling by words, while lie brushed the tears from hie eyes with one hand; by a spasmodic fork of. the other towards the Qro place indicated Ins wish to have (ho package pat into (ho flames. It was suggested by onothor of the brothers that it might bo well first to make a list of tho debtor’s names, and of: the dates and amounts, 1 that they might bo enabled, as t(io intend ed discharge was for nil, to inform such as might offer paymont that their debts wore forgiven. On the following day they ngnin assembled, (ho list hod been'prepared, and all the notes, duo bills arid ac counts, tho amount'of which' including j interest, amounted to thirty thousand dollars, wore commit ted to the flames. ■* ' It was about four months after our father’s death, continued my informant, In tho month of June,(hat I was silting in my oldest brother's counting 'mom, wailing for an Opportunity to spank will) him; (hors camo in a hard favored, little old man,.Who looked ns (hough time and rough usage had been to.wind ward of him for seventy years. He asked me If my brother was not (lie executor. My brother answer, od that ho'wns tlio administrator, as our.fathcr had died inlcfitftlo;. . . • ' , " Woll^.said'the stranger, u I've come up from the tditotiy a debt owed the old gentleman.” • * MjTb’rbthcr requested him to take »-scat, being at that jnnment engaged with [other persons ; qt the desk?- The old man sat down, and putting on his glassy, drew out'a very ancient pocket book.and began to counl 00l his money. When ho had’fin tshctft ns ho sal walling his torn, slowly twirling Ilia thumbs With hl»‘old,groy, meditative eyes Cast dowp upon tho floor, he sighed, and 1 .know the money, as tho phraso rims, came hard, arid secretly wished the old man's namo on the forgiven list. -My brother was and psked him tho ordinary quesllonfn&ls iiame, resi dence, dtc. Tho original hundred and. forty dollars; il had stood t and .with llio interest amounted lo hundred dollars. My brother wcnl'itflns.desk, and sftci‘*e.viminlng ‘illo’ forgiven Hal attentively, a bud. den.srpijvlschlcd up his countenance, and told mo nnc«v The old mite's name was there, took a .scat'by. his side, and a between .them which I shall fruit. . /' said .he, payable ..,f,.wt«rc4t nas ever [paid i yourart^ not bnnnd Ip .pay this nolo; wo dan ttoybr recovor (fjo ,/ -7. " Bfr,** said the old man, U T wish (9 pay it-'IIf ie tho only heavy debt I have in (ho world. It .may. bo outlawed hero, but I have no child, and my old woman and I hope wo Imvo made our pence willr God, and I wish to dn bo with man. I should like to pay It.'* And ho laid hit bank, notes before my brntheVfTequeatmg him to count them over.’ ■ “ I cannot lako this money,*' said my brother. ‘ The old.man became alarmed. “I have cast simple interest for twelve years, and a little over,'* said hi. “1 will pay you compound interest if.yoo require,it. :Thd debt ought, to have been paid long ago;,but your father.waa,very Indulgent—ho know that Tfhad boon unlucky, and told mo not to worry about it.* • My brother then set (he whole matter bofore him, and talking.the 1 bonk hills, returned (hem to the old. book, telling him that, although oar fdlherljofl ho formal will, ho had recommended to his cljfdrtm to bestroy certain notes, due bills, ond other Ctldehces of debt, nnd release (hose who might bo logstly.’bpdnd to pay them. For a rqbmenl tho worthy old man appeared to bo stupefied. ■; After.ho had collected himsolfand wiped a few tears from his eyes, ho said;—From tho time I bearfl~of your father’s death, I. have'raked and pCropoJv'Bnd pinched to gal (ho money together for tho payment of this debt. About (cn.days ago I had mado op tho sum to within.twenty dollars.- My wife knew how mnch (ho payment of this debt lay on my.spirits, and advised tho to sell a .cow, and make up the difference, and gel the heavy burden nff my mind. I did so; and now what will my woman say ? I must got back to tho Cape nnd toll her this good nows. She’ll probably repost (he very words she need whon she put her hands oh my shout, ders as wo parted—“l have never yenp tho righte ous lorw'kbnor his seed bogging (heir brood.” Giv ing, each.of usn hearty shako of the hand arid a blessing upon our bid father’s memory, lie wont an his way rejoicing. “Tbtre,” said 'my brother, “your part of the amount would bo so much. Contrive n plan to con* ,'vcy to mo, your share of pleaauro derived from this .operation, and tho money is nt your Beryice,”• ■'* tho simple tale which I have told ns it was tolls me. To ndd the evident moral would bo an Instik to the reader. Croobl Licbson.—Peter of Leghorn, a Iqnrncd man of-the. a xtoonth century, had wit in common with learnodftnen, hofbro and since his limp, yet ho wos vory pni r. Ho was nevertheless .always in good hurrior.a «d merry. Obco in Tuscany, ho wished lb bq ferfjj 4-ovcr n river. Unfortunately, ho had .no ’ nd he said to the ferryman : '• , .‘ c Myl < cood : rnond, I hnvo no money to give you for ybdWlrouble, but you. lslutU have instead,b whole. some . , ‘ .’ J VAflcr iiopio grumbling, the ferryman conseplsd to . InUolijri over, and when they werp-on the other bsslrV jwmnded llio pronWasd payment.- ' •* i’rmkid.retnr, laying Ins hand gently on Uid/tiwi* ehouldoy, '* if;ypu dp «r|j|| otbera-as.yoo byvo dbno .with mo, you will gain. bill liillo by your Torry'boM; tq bo'prudent.'”,' And ho went calmly on ] iiiiryiißy, ( '| ' ; *•' • : -• ‘ A-Ximd Hit.— The , Clnojnnalll Times opens richly joke lolling lino. The. following once dolo ofe'sklnflinl, )• some; “A . cittnlrt light. Haled old codger .'of this oily, happened!in at Foster's Philosophical Instrument Manufactory, aTow days ainoo, where he wss shown tho Lord's Prayer, engraved in a space about Dip of 4 flvo ccnt i piece, with which h? was very much, ploaaed. Returning homo ho related tho clr cumitanqa to his family, and a prodigal (?) son comltfg into the silting room, the.following onauod : ■'* My. |dn, .Would you suppose that thd .Lord’s Prayer drfuld- bo engraved in a space no larger than tho area ofa half-dime?” “Well—yos, father, if a half-dime'!* as largo in every body's oyo as it is in yoUlrs, I think (here would'bp no difficulty In putting it on p^ul/our fifitts," . , , Ldtinmover. forget that every station in life 2s pecossary* tjiat onch deserves our respect; that not tho station itself, but the worthy fulfilment of Its dutios, 4908 honor to a man. Exercise,«lr, good temper, and temperance, are the principal-kouroestof growth, health, abd lon gevity.; •: • • r • . AN AWFUL EVENT. In 1806 occurred the awful: catastrophe of the Rossberg, in Switzerland, whpn the. mountain slipped and hupdreds of human beings, houses, ch'alelets, herdrf of cattle, farms and dairies, were buried in five minutes. The traces of this dread event; as .seen from the Lake of Lucerne, are so fresh,' that it id- difficult' to believe that it did not take place yesterday; (he otler ruin and desolation being still, mote strongly marked by the contrast with the smiling scene around.. One of the prints lhat inlerested roo was that representing the.incl dent of the sleeping infant in the cradle; floating down the lake, the balance of the little ark being kept by the house-cat, which remained at > tho child’s feet. The plnoid countenance of the un conscious sluroberer amid the surrounding wreck, and tho uneasy'looks of the poor cat, who gazed ruefully at the waves, would make a good subject for a picture. There are a thousand well known stories and anecdotes connected with the calnmtlous pheno menon; some Very teaching, and others relating to escapes quits miraculous. : Husbands were sepa rated from their wives, parents from theirchildrpn. Ono of the most affectlngis that’of a bridal parly which’ had just left the little church at Geldnii, af-' ter assisting at (he union of two lovers. The joy ous procession advanced down the street, preceded by. a. hand ofrustio musicians. Tn the centre, stir* rounded by their friends, walked the youthful bridegroom and his blushing bride* tho prettiest girl in tho village. They had been attached, in childhood, and every one. sympathized jn their happiness. The yoUng man carried in his bond the “boqnel do marriage.” * ■ About half way down* tWstreet lived an old dame the village schoolmistress, who had instruc ted the pretty .Katchon in.her childhood, bulwas too infirm to join tho .wedding train. ,/When they had reached the door* the young bride disengaged her arm frdm that of her companmn,;nhd whisper ed to him that she would be back in a moment, ran Into the house (o'embrace her old preceptress; During that inomehithe .catastrophe look'pUre! The ground suddenly gave way beneath the bridal parly, clouds of dost darkened the air. a torrent of. mud, mingled with stones.and rubbish, came flow ing dqwn from the mountain; and oil,was ruin.and desolation; The bridegroom Escaped without any more serious damage than lliat ,of being thrown down and stunned. * ' • Ho soon recoveredhis senses, and freeing him self from the rubbish in which ho waflhalf-huried, staggered, to his feet, Mabridal boquet still grasp ed in hand, and looked .about for (he house into which his beloved entered. It was gone!,, Every trace of the village had disappeared;'not a vestige of the old familiar scones of his childhood met (he eyes of tho. unfortunate young man; he rah wildly about from one heap of ruins lo'another,‘calling loudly on his bride, but there was no answer. He interrogated tho fcwbewildered/individuals whom lie met, flying (hey know, not where, or olso in search of their friends; lib demanded ,of them with frantic gestures’, whcthor'lhey hadsepn his Kalch enj-but mvonb'knew anything about her. [ ihd.nnbappy.ybunj:man continued h/k dlstfaplyd seaVcJu no eflofla' bOolrt Ilnducaiiim. to desist, orwVn.Mrn>away frorrj i tho fata] spot. Nighrhnd day, elljl carrying the fad mA remains of thp marriagd boquet,.Maspeclral form might; bo seen aninVfg (ho ruins, and his voldo calling on Ms lost one ih dcienls’of hopeless despair, and then with wild and feverish anxiety, as a gleam of hope that she would answer his cries crossed Ms disordered brain. At length his restless footsteps were heard no longer. Search was made for th'e'Unfortunalo bridegroom, and he was found dead beside a heap of rubbish; tho worn fingers of Ms right hand clasped tightly round a hunch of withered stalks and discolored ribbons. His weary search was; over; ho had. found his bride al last— Dublin Umver&UyMagqzine, Politeness of Paul* An old poet has quaintly called Jesus “tho first true gonllom&n Uial over broalhcd.” Paul's polite ness, too, must not bo overlooked, compounded as it was of dignity ond deference. It appeared in tho mildness of (he manner in which' ho delivered his roost startling and shattering messages, both to Jows apd boat heps; in his graceful. salutations; in his winning reproofs—(ho “ excellent oil which did not break the head;” in the dolicacy pf his allusions to his own claims and services; and, above all, in (he calm, self-possessed, ond manly attitude ho assumed before tho rulers of Ins people ond tho Homan ou thoritios.; In (he language of Peter and John to their judges, there is an abruptness savoring of their rude fisherman life, and filler for the rough cohoes of (ho Lake of Galliloo than for (ho tribunals of power. Dot Paul, while equally bold and decided, is.far more gracious; lie lowers his thunderbolt before his adversary ore ho launches U. His shaft is' 11 polished,” as well os powerful. Ills words to King Aggrippa—“ I would to God that not only thou, but also all that hoar mo this dsy, were both almost and altogether shell or I am, except these bonds”-a;b the most chivalrous.utterances record, cd tu history.. Ati angel could not bend more grace* fully, or assume' an attitude of more exalted courts* ay.— A Gjant.—The Ohio Sloto Journal gives on so count of a huge specimen of humanity, a giant, which it avers Is it giant, and one oft)io greatest living curiosities extant. :110 stands about eight feet high, weighing over four hundred pounds, with good proportions, and yot ho is abcardlcsa buy,and is still growing.. Ho Is a sight worth seeing, aril is only onoo.io an ago that.such a person is permitted to grow. A Fortuhatk Editor.— Tho editor of tho AdVn i cole, published at Bath, being about to start on a i ramble In search of “ health and vigor, both nf body ond mind, and subscribers fur the Advocate,” briefly i announces fact, to .hi.a readers, and (bon adds:' . “Daring our dbioneo pur paper will not suffer, but, II dn lbs contrary,’will bo mooli bettered.* Our belter holfi who. has .been pronounced by a competent judge, 1 dtp smartest man of (bo twp,'. will have jurisdiction over its columns. . Sbo U a staunch democrat, and decidedly opposed to the now inno. vatlon on female costume; nnd our only foar is, (hat when vi return our readers will insist opon our going agaln.” • ; . A .Cold Fi«e.—6no very cold night a jolly old fellow who had partaken rather fieoly of 14 flip/' at (he-tavern* started for,homo in Ida slelgh.snd on (he way was upset-, and :laft by the side of the road.— ,Some person* passing the same way a short lime after; discovered the old follow in a silling poatute, holding his foot up 16 tho moon, ejaculating to some invisiblo person, named John, "pilo on tho wood it's a thundering cold fire 1 GooD'CpMrAMy.~young men are,.ln general, but liula aware how-much thoir reputation is nf. fooled in tho public view, by (ho edmphny they keep. Tho character of their asaooiates is soon regarded, os .thoir own. If they seek tho society of tho worthy, It elevate,s them in tho’ public esti mation, as it is An evidence they respect others.— On tho aontrary; Intimacy:with persons of b a d character always sinks, a ypu.ng roan la the eye of . . . , Thotols nothing pufer.lhaW honesty-moOiiim sweater than ohprJiyr-*-noUiing warmer ,than lovo —nothing richer than wisdom—nothing more steadfast than faith. These united In one mind, form ll»O u purest, tho sweetest.' thojwarmost; dm Holiest, ths brightest and tho-most- steadfast hap plnosv. 1 AT S!OCPER annum; Perioral Appearance of Ld'nli Ifepotiioai' ,1 lihd .become. familiar,' (Baysacorrespdfidiiil) from busts and pictures; with the 1 appesrafiMyof Louts Napoleon, and if I had met him anywfyerb I should have known him instantly, without a protnpt cr. His general aspect, as the engravings represent him, is grave, square and heavy; tut son admits of a minute-end interesting study,'’as voll on account ofljia .strange fortunes asluspresonl position; . . , Louis Napoleon Is a liulo under si?c—say fiye fiot eight ‘ inches high—with‘rather broad and square; shoulders, a somewhat' thick neck; ahd aGermtm rather than a French head. His complexion and expression, his wido/acotlils ample fcrsjn, expanded at. the aides and rather lowered althe-forehead, all would liavo lcd me, Jiad I seen him without fhe knowing him, to say he was a Germah. flls‘b&ir id dark brown, his moustaches very massy, arid fed* ith brown; his cyo is -dafk greyish .blue, almost’ Covered by I lick and folded eyelids, and shaded jby heavy, fleshy eyebrows. His movements ofcTsiirt ple, natural and moderate, with a touch of dignity, and which is tlie more effective, as it seems suggest* ivq. of something, morebchind it. . . . On tho whole. Louts - Napoleon might paps ip & crowd as an ordinary man, unambitious aiJicart,* bound (6 no fame by fortune, consecrated to ho high' purpose nr achievement by Providence. T looked 1 intently at his countenance for.some Usee (bat might remind me of Josephine, whopo-blood hnU.lrf his heart, hut in vdin. I looked again for somblarico of Iho groat Nopolcon, of whoso lineage he It, whdso name, ho boars, whoso sooptcr bo all but wields. »It may bo fancy, yot I thought I could perebivo sonie thing of (hat sadness.so impenetrable, so fathomless, 'so mystical, which was characteristic of the Ffhper* lt is, however, alight, and has nbt tlie repulsive Asiatic gloom, which blackened and rendered lerr?- blo tbo clouded couhtensncb of the Corslcart* • il)n‘ the contrary, Louis Napoleon's face is decidedlyJ>e* ncvulcht, • his smile is pleasing, and the play of|iis features rather social and genial; yet there is a sad ness and a tinge of mystery about Mm likb (haiof & man (rained to disappointment and lilllo adbui (orned to hope, ona who has walked the world by himself, not refusing sympathy, nor yql dpigning to ask it; one who is accustomed to be looked on si a riddle, which hb would not or could not, splvo. 'lie does not look discontented, nor tho contrary,'neither h*PPy or unhappy, neither exalted-nor depressed. (Its general expression Is that pf possession, modesty, with a.n air, of .melancholy winch - IrrcslstaMy invites sympathy and bbgetd fa vor—the more, perhaps, because uf tho bTate'of pomp and power with which hp is surrounded,' and* which-he seems to command. I.csn very’easily* comprehend, .now, tho power, which’Louis.‘Napo leon exercises over a considerable part.of.ibft peo ple of France, in spite of dic diinoullies-of hiqjitaii- * tion, and the many lhings, good'or ill/wMeh he nas done, and which of necessity have oflcn fallen witb annoying emphasis upon (he clashing Iritwbsfs of •parlies, cliques and cabals.—Carr. N, Y* P^pift Wonxn JvNowiNO.—A young ladyof, thirdly r says tho Philadelphia Argus, while in.the&mkltry some yctfrsago, Stepped on a rusty nail, through her shoe and foot. The inflatoalida'Jind* pain wcrVof course' very and lock«JftW %ar' apprehended. A friend of the family, tfoWtifay. recoramondcd of a from ine'garden,'.and_poundcd fine, to the wound, U waa dpnq, and tjve effect w as verjTKen e fi p) 8a Soon tho 'iuflamairon began to keeping.on ilia,crushed beet, changing {( far » fresh ond as its virtue seemed to beoomeTrztoalred, a aperdy. cure was effected. Simple but effotoal remedies hke tbis should be known Tho National InltUigtncer .talcs, that (Jur'jnjlho - mondi of Seplembcr (ha number of CorliGcslerrienl from (ho Third Auditor's 10. tho Pensionij'ffieO'Was 0,657. From thb Pensipn. Qffico during thanmo month, 6,185 warrants were issued, making, mral). up to the 2d-instant, 45,7,t;!; Less number of warrants were issued duribgl.gigq.'Mat month, by reason of a portion of the forss.p£)tbe Bureau having been erqplpyed In posing; ; pp;pnd 1 performing other work, cppyenucnl on the churn in the chief clerkship:r; V* ExrEMMCNTAL v H*NCiN«.--,Tho Nejv.Vprk pdllce returns toll a queer story about an Ketch, named Colligon, only 13 year's pr»gf,‘who had his imagination so'excited by rea'ding thfcac counts of. SJlookoy's execution in tho. ndvfvpqftßrs, that ho thought ha would •* try it on ” hWMf o,iAc cordingiy, he procured a noose, fastened itoivaMain in (ho gurrcl, jpkfd his hood into it, ahtf "filing off, »■in the moat approved manner. Tho'HuUrtlha vcr. however, soon discovered (hat hangingl* tifng.. mg. The boose Was drawn so tight have beep immediately vlcticiied, bpl for that brought the .neighbors to llje rescue *Wnen out. down tils fece’Was black arrd blue, hU tongue protruding Trom'blf mouth, abd life very new cx. tlnol. '— , ‘ • ~ J ■ Thk Feed on Boston Common.— The Bofloft p&era . say that at tiro great dinner under tfie pivilliomon. the Common, during tti(r late jubilee,- plates pere‘ laid for 9500 persons, and more iNintnal toiimber were present. Mr.; Smith, the amount of meats,' fruit, &0., at follow*: MeatsfiOQO pounds, (urkles 100, tongues 100, pigeons iQOO, chickens 1000, lee.jsream 100 quarts, grapes .|poo~ pounds, pears 25 bushels, poaches 50 bushels, (be 6 tons, bouquets 4QOg v pigs'SfV, gcese«7s, docks Besides these there wore bread, cake* oranges,apples,- &c., of the quantity of which noeatlniate CAo bo made. There were two thousand silver tire same-number of silver forks on the tables f tho rest wero common articles. The fragments that*, remained, after all that had sat down had eatso their dinner, would be sufficient for 6000 persons. QCj*Th6 Governor of Massachusetts has appointed’ tlioiwcnty.seventh of November so a day of Thanks giving. The Boston Poit soya that there if an «m* dorstknding among all (he Governors of (heUnlon to appoint that day,for the observance of Ibo ißtfntr holiday. . • { ' / .' ;j i. ■I. b.vc 'or rwi of.D FAtmoNcd ArroriNsr* practising' in Indian*; fttafalad on signings oath balbns r Jtidg& B-, after it had boon dcaidad. The’Judgo rfppatljadly’ told tha unfortunate attorney (bat he VoUldJiaUd t» no other argument on iho obbs.‘ n But may jlblctao your honor,says (he advocate,I** 1 ** ybur honorwlll tpruinljr boar an argument i/ you hawj d*e*dec» wrong.” “No,” replied Ibp Judges 14 if yon desire* lo argue Iho oaae any more, take U |o Bio coffrT of erpora.” * Afay it please your honor,* I don’tae* where lo the devil. I'd go. to; for if.lhisaioiVAiAfurt pr.errorn > I.dpq*l Itnpw ,whero fp , 7 ~ Kiuiirm An'tdmn—A min' pmjng liiMitlf' o(T ii J. J, .Wood, from riUiy Wmii county,, Vi., wdi nrreilid a f«w d«y« ilnce In Riloigti.Mj’C,, on Iho charge of kidnapping two negrool, whom h« ■Uomplod to«ll. t. J,, , boo ; of iho boy* lip ofTired foraa)o.m»dirht» cif»pp; Iho otl.qr wi. impri.on.d to airaUlhoT(«lm of h.i owner, wlio.lt appoiti i. Mr, J; R. MclWnheV ofLynohburjr. Wood exhibited i bm'of ■old' fot lino boy. purporting toluvd boon ginn Mr. Mqßiir ido ororecor., Wood hod olirlnd from Roleigh hi* foro.n writ for hi< one.l, woo gollen out. HoWan noriocdundl irrooted. and It woo (hen'lhat 000 Aflha mvo ooehped, Mr. D’a icmnl, Bays iho Lynchburg li»d Uccn migalng Iwo p t three * } Wtaernber, ,T pays tho celebrated. Warier, ,‘nearing my falher say to my,motJibfi>bpif‘Muld you hpv6,tho pailonco (6 (q]| that same lljlng twenty times over V ‘Whyv*as/<Hho, •rn had told him bm nineteen tlraeo,labbofdHaro lost all my labor.” , ’ , , 1 A young post dul West; Ih desortbing heaven save, “it’s a world of bliss fenced in with fills.* 1 Whoru’s tho man who won’t rsjisnil :V ■*; >* .:• ! i NO. 20; -
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