A hut ic a n VS lotefttS; Ultl-tMtS’}, -j::f .•,.1 0 :.i ll H'-bY JOHN B. DBATIOS. 3B. poetical. THB SODLiiQIROe:. Tho played sweet music Wliilp ns on Gnstar day,' All licaritesfl from,the altar .> The heedless went away; , , ‘ ‘ , And down the broad aisle crowding,’ ■ ' TheysecmetTiifunernl train " < *i i -Who were burying thelrspirits Toths music or.lhatstrain. As I listened to the organ, : !•’•] And «nw them crowd along, i ; i ; I thought { hoard two voices ; .. „ •/. 1; Bnoaklngstr«ngely—hut not strong; ' And oho, It whispered sadly - "Wlllyoalso goawuyV v V;Bat the other spoke exulting—- . •» Ha—lhosoul-tllrgel hear It play I’’ ,llenr llio ionl-dirgc I hear the soul-dirge I • U Wasdrend’to hnarli play—. •. VVhjlo the fatnlslilna wont crowding- •! . Troin llio bread of (I fo away,; They were bidden, they wore bidden' - ■■ To Iholr Fnllinr's festal board; - Siit thcy All, with gleeful faces Turned thdlr back apop the Lord. - Yon hail thought tho church a prison, (lad you seen how they did pour - ’ With giddy, giddy faces from thd consecrated-door; There was angels* food all ready, Rut the bidden—whore were they? - . O'er tho highways and the hedges; ~ Ere the soul-dirge ceased to play I, Oil the soul-dirge I how it echoed Tho emptied aislo along, Aa the open streets grew crowded -With the full,outpouring.throng I And then again the voice*---- •• lint the soul-dirge 1 hear ll play I" And the pensive, pensive whisper “ Will ye also go owoy 7,‘* Few, few wore they that lingered Tofiipwllh Jkbiis there; And yvt, for nil that spurn him There was plenty- nnd tu spare; And now the food of angels Uncovered to my sight— ’ All glmlnns was the altar. And thechniice glittered bright! Then came the hymn Trisaglon, And rapt me up nn tiiph'** With angles and arch angels . To laud nnd magnify J I seemed to Const in hraven. * And downward waned then, With angi-ts chanting round me Good will mid puuce to inon I I may not tclj the rapture Ofo banquet so divine: Hot every one that thirsteth . Let him taste the bread nnd wine 1 Heat thn Rridv ami Spirit saying— • Will ye also go away?” Or go-poor soul I forever! •Oh the soul-dirge I bear U play 1 ** fEtiaceUancoua. a ra;ci for life A TALK OP TUB PKAItUES. .During llic summer of 16—, soon after the diflicnl* ty wilh tlvo Winnebago Indiana had boon amicably adjusted by a visit of thu chiefs to Washington, no oompanied by Governor Cassia Sioux Indian, while ojl hunting .near tho mouth of Root'Kivor, shot and soilped a Winnebago, which act he attempted to jus* tify by saying, that the. Winnebago had wrapped around Ills person the blanket of an Indian, who hid a short time previous murdered hi* brother. The Winnobatrnn* hooorno latHenao* -» and about two thousand of thorn assembled at tort Crawford, and demanded of Col. Taylor, the procure ment and surrender of (ho murderer. Tim officers of the Fori, apprehensive that now. difficulties might arise with (tiis factious tribe, if their demands were unattended In,concluded to,make an effort to obtain tho murderer. Accordingly, an pfficor was despa tched to demand Jilin of the Sioux nation, who immediately gave him up, and he wos brought down the river and confined at Fort Crowford. Soon after hit arrival at the Tort, the Winneb-igoes assembled again and in stated.upon an unconditional surrender, of the pris oner to them, which Col, I'ay lor refused to make, but despatched Lieut. R. and Dr. Eluiee, the surgeon of tho garrison, to, have a talk with them upon Urn sub. iael. .At tho conference,-the Winnebngocs .talked in a threatening and overbearing manner, and insisted (hat nothin? would satisfy them but taking (ho life of.the Sioux in their own way and by themselves,— At length, Lieut. R. proposed that the Indian should have a chance (or his life, in the following manner: Two weeks from that lime, ho Was to bo led out to the open prairie, and in a line with him, ton pacce off, woe to bo placed npon his right hand nnd loft, twelve of the moat expert runnora of the Wmncbngo nation, cadi armed with, a tomahawk and sculping iAI the lap oflho drum,tho Sirux should bo Irco In nUrt for the home Of hi* tribe, und tho Wlnnebsgoos freo to pursue, capture and sculp him, If they, could. To thia proposal tho Winnobugocs acceded 10 at Once, and lochied much pleased with the anticipation of great, eporl, ss well ns an easy conquest of the prisoner, whole confinement in tho garrison (luring tho two weeks, they believed, would prostrate what ever running qualities ho possessed.'. • I Their.beat runners were .Immediately brought In, and trained everyday, in full sight ortho Fort.—, Lieul. R,, who was something of a sportsman, ond | who had Warmly ohllsted In the cause of the Sioux, determined to have hla Indian in the heal possible trim. Accordingly, Dr. Elniso took him in charge, proscribing his dial, regulating his hours of repose, and directing the rubhing of his body wills flesh brushes twice a day, Immediately before ho wont upon tho parade ground,to perform his morning and evening trainings. In fad,so carefully was ho train, edand fillyft for the race of life and death, that ho was limed upon tho parade ground, Clio fourth o«y before tho race, sod performed (he astonishing foal offorly/ono miles in two hours, apparently without dky langih arrived, Thousands oflndions, French,' Americans, and others, hud assembled to witness tho scene. In fuel, It was regarded os n gala day by all, except the avenger of his brother Sue.— Lieut. It, on tho port of tho prisoner, ond the colt bartod war chiefs Wtr.kon.ahuloskeo nnd Pinotofv on the part of tho Winnobogoea, superintended the arrangement of the. parlies upon the , ground. Iho point agreed upon for starling, was upon the prairie, I a Utile to the north of Prairie du Chicn, and a few j voda from the residence then occupied by Judge | Lockwood, While the raco lay among tho nine mile Prairie, stretching to tho North, and, skirling the | shore oflho Mississippi. Tho Sioux appeared upon | the ground, accompanied by a guard of soldiers, who were followed by his twenty four antagonists, march* Ing In Indian file, naked, with the oxcopllon.of lho Indian breochlet. Their ribs were palmed white, WhM* their breasts wore adorned with a number of hieroglyphics! paintings. Across tho face, alternate stripes of white and black wore painted, in parallel lines extending from tho ohln io the forehead. Tho |uir was plaited into numerous thongs fringed .With bells, and laaiollcd with a red or while feather, whlie lholr moccasins wore corded lightly around the hollow of tho Toot as Well as around the onqlo. with the sinews oflho door. In (ho right hand, each car. tied his tomahawk, while Uip lefl ( grospcd tho shqath (hat contained tho scalping knife. , - ' The prisoner was about Iwonty-lhrco years of ago, a little uuder six feel In height, of a muscular, well proportioned, contour, and manifested In the easy movements of his body a wiry and agile command of. his muscular powers; his countenance presented a wan and haggard hnpearanco, as ho stood upon the ground, owing, partly to the rigid discipline ho had undergone In training, and partly to his having painted his face black, with tho figure of a horse, shoe, in white,upon his forehead, which denoted that he was condemned to die, wllh the privilege of muk* Jng an effort to save his life by nootnoss. Around his neck ho wore a narrow belt of wampum, to which W«. npiiondod tho .oalp ho hod loken liom Iho'Wln pobogo. floon after they had formed in a lino,Lieut. R* camp up and took off prto.of llio moccasins of the I Indian, and showed tho chioflhat.ho thought it con: I tainod alhinpiato of sled, and asked if (hoy objected j (o il;: to which they replied that he might wear os ( much iron as ito ploascd. < LicuL R., having noticed at the same time that tho I countenance of tho Indian presented a downcast and melancholy, appearance, requested Dr. Bullae to come forward, who, after examining his. pulse, reported that he was much excited, and that his norvcs'wOro In tremulous condition. Lieut. R. imraedialely tooh him by tho.arm and led him. out some distance in front of the lino, where ho asked him, through his interpreter,-if. ho was afraid to tun; .to which ha re plied, that he was hot afraid to run w.itli any Win. nebago on foot, but.ho wasafruid ho could.nbl outrun all the horses (hat were mounted by armed Indians. 1 Tho Lieutenant «aw at pnqo (ho cause of his alarm, i and informed hlm'lhal they should not interfere.— 1 lie intended to ride the fleetest horse upon the ground, and keep near him, and as he won well armed, would aoe that no horseman approached with hostile Inlen- : lion. . At this .announcement, (lie countenance of (ho Indian brightened up with a smile:.his wholo person seemed lifted from .the ground as he returned Co his position in (ho lino with u stalwart stride. . .. The, Chief and Lieut. R. soon after this mounted their horses, and look a position directly in the roar of.tho prisoner. Spectators were removed from tho. front, when Lieut. R.gaye the signal... The blow-had scarcely reached the drum, when the prisoner darlod from his antagonists with a bound which placed liimr beyond (ho roach of llio whirling tomahawk. When .(he race was tinder way, many ofhia antagonists fan with great fleotnoaa for a<■ mile, when the distance between them and the Sioux began to widen rapidly, showing the superior bottom of tho latter, acquired by (he discipline of the while man. ' At the end ofUvo miles, tho last of the contending Winnob.igoes withdrew from the chase; (hero was not an Indian horse upon (ho ground that could keep up with him after liohad gono the first half milc,ond at the,end of the fourth mile, Lieut. R., finding that Ills sleed was much fatigued, and the'prairie free from enemies, reined up. The Indian did not look behind, or'speok,-AB fur as he-waa followed or could bo seen, but kept his eye steadily fixed .upon tho ■•white flags that,had been placed ot'dislanecs of a half n mile apart, in order (hat ho might rurt upon a straight line.- • It waa soon after reported by the Winnobagocs, (hat ho hud been shut by ono.oftheir buys, who had been secreted by.ordcr of Wur-kon.sliuleakbc, bcnoalli. the bank of tho river, near tho upper end of die phiiricl This, however, proved not to be true. Tho boy had shut n Winnebago through mistake, who, like hiniscll, lied been treacherously secreted for the purpose of Intercepting t he Sioux, who, o few years ago, was present at a treaty made by; Gov. poly with the Sioux nation. 4 fie had hut recently acquired tho rank of Chief. - Ho requested Gov. Doty to inform him where Lieut. R. and Dr. Eluiso were at that limeand was told that both had died in Florida. -He . immediately withdrew from the Convention,painted his face black, and departed to (ho woods; nor.could ho bo prevailed upon to come into the Convention until.ho had gone ’ dirougli die usual ceremony of lusting and mourning fur tho dead. THE DEATH OP JOSEPHINE. Darkness and cloiidssurrounded llib pathway oi Napoleon. In vain ho dlrligglcdto retrieve Ins for* Napoleon w«a on exile, but in Ills retirement he did not forgot iho only being hoover really loved, lux I Josephine, Ila Immediately addressed- a letter to her. breathing the aajno spirit towards,her that ho had always manifested, rather , congratulating himself that his head and spirit were freed from the enormous weight of care, end Intimating Hint hereafter his pen should bo substitute for Iho sword. •• The world,” said he, “has as yet seen mo in pro. filo I shall now show myself in full. How munyi things I have to disclose ! IKw many arc the men. upon whom a false estimate has been placed? ' Ijiave heaped benefits upon millions of wretches J- What have they done in Iho end for mo?, They have be trayed me—yes, all. I except from this number the good Eugene and yourself. Adieu, my dear Jose Shine. Uo icsigncd, os I, am, ami never forget, end never will 1 forget you. Tarcwcll, Josephine. Nxpoi.eon.’V Upon reading these tidings so terrible, Josephine was overwhelmed with grief, imd Immediately an ■ wored his Icllei,—breathing the Xamolxpiril of do vollon to him who was once her husband, that had always characterized her noble heart} and entreating him to say but the word, and shu would fly to him. The remaining circumstances connected with her illness and death, wo give in the language of Mr. A ATow days after this loiter wax written, the Em ncror Alexander; with a nuinborofllluxtrlousguests, dined with Josephine at Malmalsun. In the evening twilight, the p.rty went out upon the beautiful town lu front of the house, for recreating. Josephine, whoso health, had, become oxdcdding y precarious through rare and borrow, being regardless of herself In devotion to her friends, took a violent cold, "ho next day she was worse. Without any very definite form of disease, she. day after day. grow more Joint and feeble, until U was evidential her final change was neorat bund. L , ' ~, Eugene and Mortens©, her most iiflcctronalo chll dren, were with her by day and by night. They communicated to her the judgment of her physician hat death was near. She heard the tidings wit perfect composure, end called fur a clergyman In all inlniatcr 11) her tlio Inat rlloo of religion. : Jual after (Ills solemnity, llio Emporor Alexander entered the room. Eugene and liorlonao, bathed in tonta, wore kneeling el their mothor’a aide. Jute, phlno beckoned-to the Emperor to opprneoh her, end eaid to him end her children, “I have atwnya dealred the heppineae of Franco. 1 did all inmy power to cohlrlboto to lit and I can aay, with truth, to all.of von now present at my laal mOincnle, that the Ural wife of Napoleon never cauaed a tingletear In flow. Bho dolled for the portrait of the Emperorl alio gazed upon it long and tenderly; and then fervently mooting It In her claapcd hando to her boaom, faintly I articulated the following prayer! ■ 11 0 God! watch over Napoleon while lie remaina In'the deaorta of title world. Mae! though ho hath committed groat foulla, hath ho not expiated them by great oull'eringt? dual God, thou beat looked into Ilia heart, and hatl aecn by how nrdent a dealto for useful nnd durable improvement ho wan animated. Deign to approve my leal petition; And may thin imago of my huaband boar rue wltnore that my with and ntv latent prayer were for him nnd my children. . It waa the SBtli of May, 1814. A tranquil aian mor'a day waa fading away into a nlnodloaa, aorone and boautirtil evening. Tito rnya of tho telling inn, alruggltng through tho fdllago of the oponwlnduW, ahono cheerfully opin tlio bed where the Empreaa woo dying. Tho voapot aong of the birds which filled the grnvoa of Maimaieon 'floated- sweetly upon the oar, nnd tho gentle apirll of Josephine, lulled to ropoao by llioae owoel 'anthems, Bank Into tie Inal aleop, Gazing upon the purltalt of the Emperor, alio exclaimed— "L’itlo o'Elbe—Napoleon I , nnd died. • Alexonder. na ho gazed Upon (lor life eta remaina, bural into tiara, nnd Uttered the. r ollowing affecting yet Inal tribute to Iter mommy t . . ‘ “Sho la no mote: that woman whom franco named tho honolioenl, that angel of .gondneaa la no more. Thooo who Itavo known Joaophmo eon never forget iter. Sho dice regretted by her offtprlng, her (Viende nnd her oonlotnpororleB." , . Four daye her body remained ehroudod inelato lor burial. During thia lime, more than twenty thousand of the people of Franco visited her bolovodromaine. On the Ud ofJuno.almldday, the funeral procession moved from Mnlmalaonlo Rue), whore the body waa dopoaiiod in a tomb of lit* village church.' fed eral aorviooa word conducted with the groalcal inag ninocnco, and the anverolgna of the allied armies united will! tho French in doing Itnnor te lint mem ory. When all had loft tlio church bul Eugene and “ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS DE RIQUT—DUT RIGHT OR W.RONO, OUR COUNTRYi” CARLISLE,'PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1852. liorlcnso, they knelt besido their mother’s grave, and for a longtime minglcd-thoir prayers and their. lonrsV- A beautiful.monument of while morblo, representing (he Empress kneeling in Iter coronation robe, is erect ed oyor her burial place, with (his simple blit affect ing inscription EUGENE AND HORTENSE ‘•Josephine; A. MODEL WOMAN. BV CLARA STELLA. ' The biography'of-the,Perfect Wbnuin has noVer been written. To bo sure, she departed this life admo years'agOibut (jicn suoit a modol of'cxqollenco should not bo’suflored .to- pass . forgollon, especially os the Instances of such characters aro. so rare, ■ I remember hor distinclly., Her Tuco wiib all-sun shine; not tho slmperingoxpreßsion whicli someltmes glows on-the countenances-,bf ‘aimablo.’.people,.but' the radiance which becomes (ho brow, when good hutnor-and good sense .hold undivided away.;..How many tests, of.her genuine, perfection rise before mo ! Sim wnnlcdsomo pocket mbnby-o’no 3uy, and know ing Iter'husband' was wqll supplied.with; tho.article, sho suggested tho desire,to .him, but was snubbed with tho rcplyjlyou can’t have it—l -have notes to pay, and what does a woman wont with.money 7,’— Sho.did hot whimper, nor cry.nor-fly lnto a-pasaion, nor tiller a-harsh, word', but simply answered, * well, dear, I will do the best I can without it.’ Hor'hus-. band grow strangely forgetful of herlitllo’wants; but she always, excused him on the score of having so much to take his attention. It was a grevipuashamo, however, the night he forgot tho apothecary’• raedi*. cine. The poor woman was sick, ant) had depended on being helped when ho'returned, by her physi cian's prescription ; but as ho hud an cnand round the other way, lie concluded it.would do just us well in the morning- bUf'no reproaches were uttered; she spoke'firtl aa pleasantly os though her commends Were all executed, and really by the force of her good humor seemed to disarm disease of its power.' for sho soon recovered. Then again camo hard limes—money waasnarce. , and notes could nut be discounted, and the husband ( of thcperfodl'woman fulled! AH'her ncquaihlan* ecs looked oh to eco if her serenity did not full—bat ( no!—like the ivy to the oak.siio still clung the closer , as the storm gathered and beat around her. Then she planned schemes for relief, and finally they sol tied down awhile In that most trying of all occupa tions, keeping *'a fashionable boarding house.* En vlous hdics, who weft? disturbed by petty trifles, notv shook their treads and doubted whether , tho trial was not ut hand. When old Major Fcsallo was an inmate, and two maden ladies who had tried ovary .boarding house in tho city, and hated them all, be* camo occupants .of her best parlors, and sundry young gents who weffl disaffected with every body and any thing but tho contents of their employer’s purses, filled every nook and corner bf the house,— | when the cook' grumbled and (lie chamber maid threatened to. leave, and the ,mcn called ,for higher . wages, after breaking the largo china dish,.tho land lady still wore the awoot 1 expression. Every body was good with her—to bo sure, there was pccuhnrt.’ ly In her family, but undoubtedly, they all moofwcll. If people were peevish, perhaps they were diseased for had been roughly used by the world—if maiden ladles had n thousand •unnecessary wants,and were ’ continual jgruinblefs,why_she.httd n, facultypfjronlng I their*respect, their confidence, and last of all their lovo! By’nnd by they rose again Intho world, and pur* chased a largo houso.nnd lived not extravagantly, but In most dignified retirement, just In tho suburb* of Iho city. But tho cultivated firoUa and flowers wore always but so many Intimations' of sonic sick friend whom & few nectarines, or gmpcKor rare fruit (niclii benefit;,and so they wore choicely gathered, and sent, not to the Horticultural exhibition, hut to | tho poor sick man or woman. The flowers, 100. made many an invalid’s apartment morofragranl and cheer ful. and tho early roses which her neighbors cuhiva. led for public admiration. wore sent Ui many, a poor inmate of a collage, and o wakenedtho most salutary influences In favor of human and benevolent , wealthy people. So tho Porfoci Woman had herVeward In Asrsof/.-and tho sereno counlonando was only an m dox of tho sunbeam afklndncsß which played around I ; Of course, aho boro Unavoidable calamities like a Christian J but ao have thousands of others—therefore her perfection did not consist In meeting such trials* but it was in Iho every day heal and piospiralion which causes tho perplexities of the hour, and drives so many off tho track of virtuous resolves, that she stood preeminently perfect . Her calmness, however, was not tho result of stoicism—her greatness was not tho result ofan.cssy flow of .life; her Blmiahlllly waa not traceable to a temperament where all tho stccl was omitted In her-composition I bht it was'a sweet.blending of all that makes female loveliness subdued, qualified and adjusted to meet every ,cir tjumslanbo and trial of life. Of course the, founda tion of such a character must bo religiously laid in the affections,her heart was trained to boar nnd>fqN i bear, to forgive and render good for , evil; and, who cares to know tho name of a creed which produces j such results 7 The perfect Woman died as she had lived. A sweet smilo rested on Iho features when.tho soul had 'gone mil of them,ns If tho earthly part was loth to i quit tho gcnllo spirit which had kept it company til) I the hour of release.. ■ The last in tho life, ofnur friend was to order some I linen bandages,now useless to her, to bo sent to dress tho wounds of a poor man In yonder hospital,' and j take,* sold she, with her Inst breath,.«that.bunch of Hamburg grapos lo cool his parched mouth. Wo had no limo to obey Iho summons, ore she was dead!. A marble slab lies upon her grave, nqd U)c Inscript ion reads thus: V Honored In life, lamented In dead).”' • When wo hear of vexing annoyances, when wo BCe eolfish tempera,when the luxurious frulls*nd fra crant flowers aro cultivated only for ologop.ee, wo do sometimes think of tint Perfect Woman, and wish some one had written her biography that wo m ghl show them a higher law of nature whoso promptings] will produce tush delightful qualities of the mind and heart; for wo f.*ol assured that such woman only nerd a model before them to Imitate like excellence, ~ Golden Age. ■ ' Aunt lluTTy’fl Advice. —Oil, girl*! aril J’o'nr af fections nn oula, poodle*, parrola, or Inp (log E—bill let marltimony alone. It’a llio liatdcat way on oetlli of getting a living—you never know when your work ie done up. Tlilnk of carrying eight or nina children ' through tlio meniloa, ohiokon pox, raali, imimpfl/ and aoarlol fever, aorno of 'em twlco over | it makoa my aiiloe aolio to Hunk of lt. Oil, you muy acrimp and aavo, and twlal and turn, and dig and diiivo, and Ocondrnlr.o, and die, and your husband will marry ageih,taka what you’ve saved to drcaa Ilia eccond wifo with, arid alio’ll toko your portrait for a firokoard,-arid-biil wbal'a Hits uap of lalkingi- I wiiVrnnl every one of you’ll try 11, Iho Ural you got | tlioro’a a, ayrl of bowllohraonl about it, somehow. . ■ , ' 1 i. Ann yoiM.-igo ftiCouplo of Dutchmen upon the hills of Luncsloijo had* dreadful falling oul nnout ono Hilling Iho other’s dog, for which ho sued for damages., They wore colled ln|o court, and the do* fondaol In tho.cftio woe iOiHf4 by Iho Judge, if ho '!**• Be eure him,' sold Iho 'Dutchijiah, l pul led him brbof it I * ‘ 1 J ' ' Tho plaintiff in tho onio woe then colled on to answer a few. Questions.. lie .was asHod s by the Judge what ho thoughl the dog was worth. • * . » Do sure,’ said ho;‘ do tog was Wort nothing, put slnco ho was so moan, as to kill him ha shall pay do full votoo of him.* , ; vi , . ... ~.i ~.r i j , RprfxtMi ON A. High, lived—*mode-i l^ouey““ a,,, Vdled. ,, . ' .I A BRETON WEDDING. Tho cuslCmfl arid exhibits of tho Bretons bcar a close and striking' resemblance to those of their kindred race in thoprincipaliiy of Wales. When a marriage in Lower Biittany has been definitely resolved upon, the.bride makes choice of a bridesmaid, and the bridegroom of a grooms-, man.' These accompanied by an invilcr, or “bid der,” as the personage.is called In Wales, bearing a long white wand, invite (he members of their respective families to thcweddlng. On so, im porlant and-solemn occasion, no one is forgotten, however humble his condition in life may happen to bo; and in no country inrtlio world are the ties ofkindrod so.strong'ns in. Lower Brittany.' consequenlly include a very largo circle; mjd U happens that the task of “bidding” very frequently occupies many days,- A \hbuannd per. sons have been known to assist at the wedding of a prosperous farmer. , • 1 On ;tiie Sunday'preceding' the wedding-day, cvery oro who has occupied' the invitation must send.some present to tho youthful pair, by one of Iholr farm servants, who has been very.carefully dressed, in order to produce a higli idea of thoir consequence. These gifts are sometimes of .con siderable value, biiVfor.the most part confined to some article of domestic use, or of consumption on tho wedding day which is usually fired for the following Tuesday. ( - Al'an early hour ofjhat'dayi the yddng.mcn as semble in a villago'near Iheresldencbof the bride, where the bridegroom meets thenii -As sbon’ as they arecoliected in sufficiently imposing numbers, they depart in. procession,.preceded by the baava lan, (embassador of.loVe,). with a band; of-which lliq bagpipe is a conspicuous instrument, to take possession ofliie bride. On arriving at,the farm, every'tiling, save the savage wolf-dogs, is ini the' most profound silence. - - Tho floors are closed,and not a soul to be seen; but, on closely surveying the environs <>l the homestead, there is sufficient indi- cation of an approaching festivity, chimneys and caldrons are smoking, and long tables ranged In every available space. The hasvalan knocks loudly nnd irepeatodly at the door, which at length.brings.te the threshold (lie hfolacr_ (envoy of the bride’s family,) who, wtih a branch' of broom in his hand, replies in] rhyme, and points out to some neighboring chateau; where, he assures the hasvalan , such a glorious train as his is aure lb find welcome on account of their unparalleled, splendor and magnificence.— This excuse liavlng.beon forseen* the hasvalan an swers his rival, verse far verse, compliment for compliment,, that they are.in search of.a jewel more brilliant than the stars, and that it Is.hidden in that “palace.” • The brotner withdraws Into the interior; but pre- gently leads forth an Bjjrd mairon, and presents horns thd only jewel which they possess. ‘•Of n verity,’’ retorts tho haavalan , “a most re spectable person; but it.appears to us that she is past her festal timoj we do not deny the merit of gray hair, especially when it is silvered by tig© and virtue; but wo seek something far more pro cions. The maiden we demand is at least three times younger—try again—you cannot fail-to dis cover jier.frqin. ihq, sjilondor which.her.,uncaual The hrnlaer then brings foilh, in succession, an infafitTn arms, a widow, a mailed woman,’and tho bridesmaid; but tho embassador always rejects the 'candidates,' though without wounding then feelings. At last ’the dark-eyed , blushing bride makes her appearance in her bridal attire, The parly then enters the.hoiisejandihoJiro/acr, falling on his knees, slowly utlors a Paler for the living, and a De Profundi* for Ihodcad, and de mands the blessing of tho family upon the young maiden. Then the scone, recently bo joyous; ns* soraes a more affecting character, and; (ho brotacr | is Interrupted hvsobsnnd tears. Thera Is always somo sad episode in connection with all these rus tiff bill poetic festivals in-Uritlany. ‘How many sympathies has nol.lhe following custom oxciledl At |the moment ol proceeding.to tho oliurch, thq i mother severs the end of tho bride’s sash, and ad dresses her; “The tie which, has bo, long united us, my child, is henceforward'rent asunder, and Inm compelled to yield lo anolher the authority which God {rave me over thee. If thou art hnppy—arid may God cverpranl it—this will be no longer thy home; but should miafqrtuno visit thee, a mother is Mill a mother, and her arms evor op?n to her chil dren.. Llko ilieb, 1 quilled my mother's side to follow a husband. Thy children will leave thee In their turn. When tho blAla nre grown; the ma ternal nest-cannot hold ihpm. ; May ,God bless thee, my child, nnd grant llieo as much oonsoln- Hon as ho-has grnntod me!” Tho procession is then formed, and the cavalcade proceeds to the pa rish churchj-.hql every momenl is interrupted in its progress by groups of mendicant-*, who climb up IhiTslopos bordering tho roads—which are extremi ty -deep and narrow—to barlhe.passage,by mesne of long briars, well armed with prlohly thorna, which they hold up before tho faces of tho wed illng-parly. The groomsman is a person appoint cd’ to lower these importunate' barriers; which he does by casting among tho mendicants small pieces of money. Ho-cxccutos his commission with good temper, .and very .frotiiiently with liberality; ;hut when the disttipoo is great, these fetters become so numcnma lhai his duties grow exceedingly wcari* somo and expensive. , After tho religious-ceremony opfticfl the fofisl{ which is ono Of the moat incrorilblo things imagin able, * Nothing can glvo on Idea of,ilia,multitude of guests, pf all'afina, nn -| "f «■»'>■«?! Uiny Tor,n a lively, variegotedii n °d confused fjicture, The Inhlfia having been laid out tho day previous, at (ho copnnri*, which nrn eroded in Ihn open air, nil Iho neighbors, and the invilod, who, have nny pjp lousibna lo culinary ntl/aro, rondy.wllh mlyieeuml assistance, ft is enrioua lo son them, in Iho Irina ihgalniospWo of tho huge fires,watching onrmnns joints of moot nnd other comestibles cooking in the numerous and vaal utensils; neverlholoss. however ' zealous they may he, i|rgro are few who do notde sotl their post when lira firing of guns pnd Ihn dia lent sound, of tho bagpipes anpounoo lire return..of Ilia wedding procession. ■ Tho newly married couplq are at tiro heads of lire train, preceded by pt|iea, tiddlers, and sln£lo slick'players, who triumphantly lead rho-wayj tho nearest relatives of Tho young pair next follows! then the real of thogucsls without order, rushing on heltor-altolter, oneb in tho varied.and pictures nqo.oosleino of t.ia UisuiclJ some on. foot, some on horseback, most frPt,uoully wo individuals on tiro sotrid hcasl, tin man seated Upon o.eluded pad Wlilblt serves as a aaddle.’and lire wife, with her ntm orounil hiswalsl,seated upon the cruppcn an ovorv-doy sight, not many,years ago. tnilho ru ral districts of England, .when reads »;oro,bad, and llioglg*ttnd taxed-carl unlnvonied. lliprnondl oants follpw tltoir lioels by hundreds, lo share lire romnanVof tho feast. ; .'"As soon as the confusion created by tho arrival of such a muliliiido haa eabshlpd,the guests place tlifinselvoa hf'lho'lohloS. Tliosb nro formed of rough -nnd ntufaw plabha, supported by slakes, driven into the ground, tho bfanohos constructed n fier the snmo fashion; and they arc rnisod in pro portion to/tho height of the tables, bo that you tony hnvo your ktieesheiwstor your plate and yourSoif; If in n rehTßfolon Wedding, you happen to bo sup* | piled wmisßuch-nri prllola—for« luxury of thisdc-, eor'mtinn haa. not rrnohod very far, into Uminpy; 1 the soup U oaten out of n wooden bowl, apt! urn meat: cut ,up and eaten with the hand* or, as the phrase goes, “upon the thumb,”. ! Every individu al; as a matter bf course, carries his own case or pocket-knife; the liquids are served in rude earth en-ware and each drinks out of .a cup apportioned to five or six-individuals. It is the height of civi lity to hand one’s cup. to a neighbor,, so'that he may assist,in emptying It; arid a refusal would be considercd-extremely rude and insolent,^ The husband and Iris immediate relatives arejn watting, and anticipate every one’s wants and wishes—pressing each to'lake care of himself; they themselves share in ho part of the entertain ment; save the complimßnts.vVhtch are showered, and tho cups of cider and. wine which civility obliges them to accept. After ca6h course music strikes,up, and the whole assembly rise from the tables. One party 'gels up .a wrestling match— the Bretons aio famous aa tbetr c.m\«Vn» In ftorn- l w.ali at this athletic game—or a malch.al.einglo stick: another a foot-race, or a dance; while tho dishes are collected together, and. handed to the hungry groups of mendicants ..who. aro seated In adjoining paddocks. : From the tables to rustic games, reels, gavottes, and jabedoos; then lo tbo tables again: and'lhey continue in this manner till midnight announces to the guests.!! is time to re tire. • ' , • /■ ...' . - The company having diminished by degrees, at length leave tho groomsman'and the bridesmaid the.only strangers remaining, who are bound to disappear the last, and put the bride *nd bride groom, with due and Iprbper. eolemhily, to vest; they then retire.singing “veni Creator.” In some districts they are '.compelled, by custom, to watch during the whole night in the bridal chamber; in others they hold at the fool of the bed a lighted candle, between tho fingers, and do hot withdraw until the flame has descended to (he palm of the hand. ' In' another' locality; the groomsman is bound during the w.hblo Jong night to throw mils at’tho husband, who. cracks (hem, and gives the kernel t’o Iris bride to oat. Tho festivity Which a marriage occasions.generally lasts three days, and, oh Friday, the youthful wife embraces the cbmpn niuiis of iici uiiiiunuou and pins tnem larbwell, aar ifeho never meant to return.; Indeed.from ilia pe riod of marriage, a new life oomrocncea for the Drclone, whose days of single blessedness have Ibeen days of festivity and freedom; hnd- it wreuld leesm that when once the wedding-ring has been {placed upon tho finger, heir only business is the care of her household—her only delight the peace of her domestic hearth. FILE YOUR PAPERS. Having occasion, a few days since, to look into tlio files of this Journal, published twenty and twonly-fiva years ago, we could-not but think of tho satisfaction.which every man would enjoy, in the possession of;such a record, A newspaper is tho daguerreotype of its time, and in ihoso diminu tive, dingy sheets, wb liad before ps our present village in full.llfo, as Ircxlsted a quarter of a cen tury ngo. The men ofbusiness, wfliuheirmerch nndise°and wares, and products, each eulogistic as now of.lheir slock in trade; the politician, zealous in the maintenance of (ho. right, centred solely in him. and his party; (he competition and strife, the rears,anfc. those who have lorig passed (he meridian, and are in the “sere and yollow leaf**’of age; and here 100, was tho rccord of the departed, whose affiliated successors are among us still. Tho newspaper it self, with Its grotesque aivertisemcnis and general typography, is'the impersonation of the mechanic arts of those days, and exhibits tho contrast be tween that period and this.. .... If every young man who lakes a newspaper now, wjll-filo il carefully, in his old ngo ho will not on ly have a substantial mirror of the'events ,with which he was coloraporary, to gratify his curiosi ty, but will have a record of important facts to bo obtained. from no other source,. The trouble.and expense of filing and binding your newspaper is slHil, and will bo well repaid.— Jamestown Jour. Estimate of Faalilounlile Happiness* The Duoficss of St. Albnns was a fascinating actress, of good common sense, who married, first a banker and limn a Duke. Sho had seen poverty ; in th'o most trying as well as the most tolerable of i its shapes, and was well prepared to judge of high Ufo by comparison. She.thus speaks of Uin her memoirs: . “Fow. persons have seen,so muck of the various aspects—l may say extremes—of life ns myself; and few; therefore, can be belter judges of the dlf- Terence between groat'poverty and great wealth; hut, after nil, this does not by any means constitute the olilef.ond moat Important distinction between the high and the low males. No; the signal, tho striking contrast, is not. in .the external circum stances, but in thd totally opposite minds ,of the two classes as to their respective enjoyment of ex istence. Tho society In which. I formerly moved was nil ■ cheerfulness—all'high spirits—all fun, frollo and vivacity. They cared for nothing, thought of nothing, beyond tho pleasures of the present hour; and to llioso they gavo themselves up with the keenest relish. Look at the circles in which I rtow move. Cah.nnytliingbombro“wea-| ry, stale, flat rind unprofitable;’* than their whole! course of life. Why, ono might ns well bo in the trendinill, as. toiling In .the, stupid, monotonous round of what they .cull 'pleasure, but which is, In fact, very cheerless and heavy work, Pleasure, Indeed! when all morrimeril,alf r hilorl‘y» indul gence of our natural ertioltdns, If they oft of a joy ous nature, ora declared to-be vulgar. There yan bo no cordially where (here Isao much exclusive ness and primness. No; all is coldness, reserve and universal ennui, oven where this starch noss of man Is unaccompanied by any very strict rigour in matters of conduct. Look, now, at those quad* rillo dancers in the other room; they have been supping;, they hnvo been drinking ns much oham-l pagno ns they liked; the band is capital; the men! ire yonng, and the girls aro prblty; and yet, did you ever see such crawling movements, suoli sol i-omn looks—as ifthoy worn nil dragging ihomsel vea tlirough thp,most irksomo.lask,in the world 1 Obi ..What a different .thing Was o.country dance In my younger days 1” ' ' ; Two anoTwo;— Plron, the French author, was Questioned by'n haughty police magistrate concern ing his profession. ♦•I am a poet, sir,” said Plron. “Oh, n poet?” ’sale) the magistrate, “1 have a brother that is a poet;” ‘‘Then, we are ovdh, H said Piron, “for 1 have a brother, who is a fool. 0 ; 1 ,A person who had some liulosmatlerlng of zoo* logical loro, said one day to,a novice that eroeo imrs'were often seep In ‘VOb» thtll’s noth ing," roplibd tlio novice, »'l*Vo Often zflen ivhhfca blubber, ' . Mexico is a queer place, One-half of the peo ple aro ox-presidents, and the other halfloalers.—- .There is but ono-Industrious roan In ino whole country, and he’s got the itch. Winkmc thinks after ho marries and betti.rs nswtr, he will bo eblo to meet, his creditors and SETTLE UP I .' ’’ • To Remove rnoM Line^.— •Jerk .an;edUor out of his shirt. -■ ii’ ■ When the fox preaches, beware of your gfeese. AT ROD PM ASSCM. KO. 35:'r ’ AN ICE PALiOB. The Ice Palaca of IW' BmnreBs ’XoVie.'of ■ ftd»* sfa, erected at St. Petersburg -t740, tnhut i been a' great curiosity.' It Was, as it ,were, oh* solid block of . ice, and of the followtngdiraen-. Bions—length CG. feel, depth 18 and , including roof, 2l feet* The palisade was eTTeef,. in length, and 86 feel in width, andihewhble.lti-, eluding pyramidical blocks at ehhfer'ehdt'made : eh ice front of 114 feel. The palace had windotity - the panes of which were slabs of ice* transparent* and gmooth as glass. .Those .windows were*of- > namented with transparencies, and illuminated. a¥ v night. . , J , Six cannons, regularly bored and tuTnedl mutfd entirely of ice, carriages included, -’stood ih’front ‘ of this brilliant edlfice of congealed Iwateiy.frqnad which quarter.lb iron balls were- fired, .without IhutQlirtß iTlk*i*.wel»-*tao moitara of WO, {from which 5 n ahell- of 86 lbs. was'discharged,— The grounds' were.ornamented wiih'dulphine/eftt an elephant of ice, spouting whteK Al 'nigh** 7 burning-naptha was substituted for the walbr r '*hd r the effect is said to have been very singular,tthej appearance, being that,of;a stream of; water. v To make this part of the exhibition paor.e remarkable? a man-was placed within the figure*. iwhoj .from time to time, blew through certain pipe 9, -BO ! ftB*to make a 1 noise like the roaring of an'elephant*, riOn the right of tho hoose.'atlaboot the hams dlblthie as the elephant, a bath was built, made- df-Tbußd logs of ice, like tho log baths deed in “This.:.baih, n says an author, ‘‘wastdore thin once actually heated ahd'irtedl”' '■' ' u :;r> , T. . ; The winter of 1710 excebdittgljp'cold, a fact which'suggested to the Empress .the. feasibil ity of the ice palace. It stood until (he Middle of MaTcri,.wKdn it began to melt—its ruips bping |ft ken to fill the ice vaults of the Imperial' palace.—. But the Empress of Russia Svas not’lhe'phly v dW-' son who took advantage of the excessive coltrof the year 4710. The seme kind’of'firmiserneot, though on an infinitely smaller scale,' wa£ tdken b.y,a!German, named Von Mcinert, who carved a lame lion at the gato of Holstien in Lubecki sev en TVenmengih,. ana no aid it so weir, “that a skillful carver.could hardly have done U better’ln wood. 1 * ’.The Hon.was surrounded by aidiulwark; ofice, on which were-placed five cannon,'* sßul«*s diet, and a watch-box, ail of too. v v*» INSANITY IN PRISONS. '• ’ i‘-J Uvj The moral and physical .condition of cpjnrlpUj has occupied, recently, much of the attention of physicians, both in this country and Philsnthrophy has suggested alterations iirarP‘ ous limes, in (he mode, of oorrboting criminal’tof-” fenders, with a view not only to soften undue sq*, verity of punishment, but also,to carry , oat.mote effectually the grand idea of reformaliorv lh,- the | criminal. The system of seperatjpn andnon'-th- ( terooarse of the prisoners, was intrdduced lntd thd penal code of Pennsylvania, from niollVoS'b'f ihV purest phiianthrophy. It ,has been in opbrfttiobi about twentyrtwo years, sufficiently Jong .to.wife bjish by its results the practical effects of tbe t cm . It ia contended that (hr long periods of lime, in close- and cohnned cells, tends to induce an Unusual amount of rabr tality and insanity among 1 the prisoners; Ahlf \ho‘s>TtVn» l^iTdirrirtm l pTfi;jayi c a\la ihennff*conai* lion, have come to, the conclusion (hat sbtne mo* dificaiioh in tlib length, of the sentence Is nedeVsa ry to relieve the seperato plan of objeelionb'whl'dfr appear to be so well founded. In the243l prisoners received into-the' Eastern Penitentiary at the close of 1648, the deaths have been 214, or nearly DO in the 1000 or about 9 per cent of the whole number. The sentences range from one to twenty-one years, the average dOra tionbeing three years. The feature which rab»< arrests attention is the very marked the number of deaths among the . while end-black prisoners. In 700 black convicts the deaths reach;* ed 141, nearly 18 per cent, of the while (ho annual mortality pf the colored ponqlsllpnjof Philadelphia is 3J per cohj: o| lhe‘total mortality. Tho mortality among the white priionefa watf about 44 per emit., while Hie hvefcge roorlMUy in the white population of tho city is 2,37 'iln‘thV Eounly Prison ihejdcath among the white prison* i ers were at the tale of 2i per cent., those of the [colored 05. Tho overage death of both colors itl the County Prison falls below thel, Penitentiary, where the sentences ore for longer periods; In a period of six years, with an average population of 300, 65 cases Of insanity have occurred’in. tho Eastern Penitentiary, and n large proportion of themwas developed in prisoners under Jong, sen-* tonccs. 30 were prisoners, sentenced for rnorft than two-years* 12 ior/3 years; C for between Bno and two years; and 1 for six months. ~ Jo ,the County Prison, whore tho sentences ore for shot* ter periods, the same striking difference is ekhibt-* led in l the number of insane, compared r \yhirthe Eastern Penitentiary, os Is shown in the rale df morlality in the respective prisons* - • These facts viewed in connexion with similar observations made in the English prisons, are don* sidcrod os conclusive evidence of tho.- tendency .of long sentences to produce insanity among ptlaqn* era "confined on the separate. plan; The whole anbieci is presented in an Interesting an ablb'fb p'ori, by Dr. Isaac Parrish* to tho College of Phy* aicians, and the attention of the Lcglslaluto should be directed to it* Humanity leaches, tbatrJnpro tecting society from crime, Ushojd bp. tlonp ‘with 03 litifo mischief to .the criminal ,aa is .cbmpau.bjc with its own safety.~jW/. 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