mmmfttn «i ilotunttcr. ‘ BY JOHN B.DBATTON. rJOLVSS. 3d oc mm. ' : MT BIRTHDAY. ' ‘B» THOMAS MOOIIS. ‘' "My birthday”—what a dlfTrent sound 1 i-.'. • That word had In my youthful years I ’ t each lima the day comes round, lets’white iurnarks appears! . When-flrst our aeaoty years are told. It aeema like pastime to grow old; Arid,’as Youth count* the shining' links ' '-That'Time aroundhim hinds so fast, Pleased with the task, he little thinks - How bard the chain will press at last. , Valh Was the man. and false as vain. • ’ ’Who •ald”were he ordained tordn , Bis long career of life again* • ~ ,Hi would do all that ho had done.” Ab, ’tie not thus the voice that dwells ' |rt sober birthdays, speaks to me, ■Par'othofwJso—of time it tells, lavished unwisely, carelessly. Of counsel mocked; of talents, mada. ' Haply Aw, hlghßind pure designs,' ■ But oft, tike Israel's 1 neense, laid .Upon uuholy.earthly shrines; Of nursing many a wrong desife; j ~ Of wandering after Love too (Ur, ‘And taking every meteor fire - That crossed my pathway for his star. All this it tells, nnilcould 1 trace . Th* Imperfect picture o’er again, ■With power to add, retouch? efface . .The .lights and shades, the Joy and pain, How little of the past would stay! • How quickly all should melt away— All-but (hat Freedom of the Mind, Which hath been more than wealth to mo ; Those friendships, In my boyhood twin’d, . .And kept till now unchangingly;. And that dear home. that saving ark, . - Where Lovo's true light at last I’ve found* Cheering within, when all grows dark, And corafurHess, and stormy round I jfWaceluwcoiwh From-(lie Philadelphia Enquirer. SOCIAL TREACIIERYJ Or* the B«tr«7«t ot Private Confidence* ••Oil I colder than the wind ilint freeze* . Fount*, that but now In autiahinv |>l*y'U .1* that eooßaaJieg pang which suizes . The.(rusting bosom when bolraj’d."—Moore, There ere rimes and seasons in Che Ufa of almost every. one, when .the heart unbosom* itself—if we may nae the expression—anxious to communicate its most inmost thoughts to some kindred spirit, aod tliusloexeUe sympathy, if not lo.obtain coonccl.— There sre few,indeed, who have not somo confidant of the qn.iel aodraociai hour, aomo ono.to whom' eve ry secret may bb revealed in a spirit ol utter frank* nen.and with a firm reliance, that such an evidence of friendship and esteem .will not bo violated. And thus too In families.. .Among friends end with nebr and dear, relatives, alt the ordinary restraints of con* venation.arc. thrown aside. Every action ‘and mo tive it revelled, and a'porfaot reliability ia felt, that such revelation will be held ae sacred. .In the multitude of cases it is r so, The confidence of social life ia rarely, betrayed, although there ore sad excep tions.:-We can conceive of-no enormity: mors cul- pable, more deplorable than a' revelation of the trusts of friendship, and of the character alluded to. To steal into the confidence of a fellow beinp,ofa friend nr neighbor, to win upon his feelings and worm out his secrets—all undor-lho mask of friendship—and then -to betray those secrets to the world—nay, ti exaggerate and pervert them. Is a species of social delinquency and wickedness, from-whloh oil who are truly high minded and vlrtuou* ««.•»-■»»**•*<* horror. It Involves the donblo.guUlof treachery and hypocrisy. it perverts the holy privilege of friend ship to the basest stabs at the victim, when.ho not Only least suspects, but when ho leans I nnd relics open the baee and guilty hand; as that of. an advisor and companion. But, there is another description-of «oclU treachery, which is far more common. We allude to the disposition which per vades so generally; to listen to the frank and unpro meditated remarks.of-aoolher— remarks made in his own family circle, and thus on privileged, If not hallowed'ground, tnd then to go forth and repeat them. ; The repetition, too, is often made lo an, un kind iplrll. The manner Is changed or misrepre sented and thus what was meant in jest or playfol. neat. It convarled Into a serloaa matter, and la made the ainseol Irritation and ill will. > The Idle tattlers ofttha JtoQNwhb are ever on the watch for - tome hasty remark, and who eagerly catch it up, and bear It from car -to oar; are,not only common nniaanccs, but t they are worse. . They are'the disturbers or quiet and happy homes—they are the fomented of discord and disunion among friends—they are cither the thoughtless or malignant causes of scandal, calumny,-bitterns** and feud. ' Alas! how many of these are to bo found, not only In every groat metro- Ht.ibul in evsry little village. They hasten from door to door as If bent on mischief. The slightest whisper of slander Is magnified Into aomoihlng aeri. ous. and thus by nods and shrugs, tnd strange tor rolees, reputations are trifled with; character* ere ■•sailed, and household circles rendered miserable. Should It not bo rogorded os a duty on the part of those who afro admitted to the confidence of friends and famUle*. who ara made partlea to I their accrete, and before whom many things are saW not Intended for the general etrsof the world—ls It not the duly on the part of all sUoh.to avoid the repetition, even of harsh remarks, or the betrayal of any tingle dr-1 oumalaitoe that was evidently made known In a eplrlt. of confidence T la It not a hearties* and treacherous occupation, to rspbal language that war meant only | for the private car, especially if the repetition bo | calcnUted to Injure the reputation of the original | utlerer, or to wound the feelings of another 7 is u | not the policy, as well of benevolence, os of wisdom, to afford is much pleasure poislblo in this world,, and Inflict as little pain 7 ' t - If we cannot say something kind and generous ol those with whom we ml* and mingle, had wo not better hold oar tongue* end remain silent 7 II we •annot brighten the reputation of those immediately around us, why should wo engage lo the unpleasant task of sullying and darkening 7 All have errors and Infirmities, and all, therefore, are liable to mis takes. It is impossible to keep watch and guard upon ourselves ’at all moments, and while there arc miny* moreover, who are quick, impulsive and thoughtless, and who indeed, often say things which they do not really mean. It is cruel, therafoio to take advantage of such, to gain their confidence and enjoy tholr friendahlp andyet abuse .bothto -their disadvantage. The dcaraal lice, the moat sacred attachments,the holiest bonds, have boon sundered by this species of wanton - hypocrisy ot;d baartlesa! treachery. Tho little things of Ufo sto often preg. i n»ot with mighty conacqooncet. A.rpmark.maoe| in confidence, end repotted In . °' tn.llgn.nl .plrlt-n.y. if tepeeted .1 .11, "HI open (he dope for mleoonelructlon, end lend lo mleunder. .lending th.l ye.n ° r nricr effort will not fully re concile. .Nothing wounde, eo deeply ee the ellgbl or .unmerited oeneuro ol . friend. Nothing renklo. eo ■keenly In tho hum.n'heetl, .e . belufor inrpi.Blcn thet one .whom wo hero been la llio hebii of lru * l !"* with oonfidenootfor . long period, end of whore («llli, «<5 ..wl|l. .nd elnoetlly wo ncrotcnletl»inod_a SoohUiee e.ld or. done eomolhing, either celool.led to, de.tr ny ,thn kindly feeling .1. blow, or . to throw A euipleion upon his conduct fororor.efter. And yet (hie le the biller froll trenchery. ii»«L»k Sa» or Sr-AViB.—A negro lateral children wore aold < J°M , b° ro „g' few diye ego, el prioei ringing from «7U lo *B.ll. The Ooldaborb* Patriot 'eayai . ...... “They wore Iho ohlldron of a Irco negro by the name of Adam Wynne, who had purohaied Iholr mother, hla wife, protloua to their birth. * b'» conaeoaonlly hla ilevee.md he hating become In tolrotl, they were aold.forhladebla.. WA oortnelle la’it rpio butlt frpm wl)loh each yqungJJian plncka a flower, add the thorn* are lc|a fertile huabind. The.Lagead o t tho DaVll’s. Bridge* ,'X FRAOMINT, PROM JOHN C. SCTIAAD’B FIRST LXCTBHX ON BWlttttßtAND. . The Devil** Bridge Is In the. valley of thp Heuss bn (he roqd ofthc St There are now.two fridge* on (he. spot. The . new one was built with S coun try,'l often heard the saying that'there must bo seven Jews to cheat a Yankee.. .Those Swiss herds, men could bool the Yankees. They cheated Ibo Devil.. ; But that is not all.-.. The old gentleman, whcn. hc sa,w ho., was, cheated, got. into a rp°*t tremendous anger, and resolved to destroy bis work again.. He went to the top qf tile mountain, took a tremendous rock on hia shoulders, and' came down again with tho intention of crushing the. bridge to pieces. But, oil, calamitous circumstance! oh Ins way he met with an old woman, who, when she saw tho old gen tleman coming along, made tho sign of the Holy Cross, whereupon the Devil got so frightened that ho threw off the rock from his shoulders into the river, and ran away ns fust as ho could. I cannot guarantee (he.authenticity of this.trans action. I was not present, but 1 have seen on im mense rock in the Rcuss, which is called the Deairs Rock to (ho preaent day. Adam's Pali* t Mr. While, the temperance lecturer, during. hie vianano inooite last spring 1 turn mo nn.ow...* dote in one of Ills addresses, to illustrate the Influ* ohco of o had example in the formation of habits ruinous in their effects : . Adam and Mary his wife who HvrfFln one of tno old Slates, were very gbpd members of iho church, good soil of folks any way, and Mary thought a great deal of the minister, and tha minister thought s good dual of a glass of good toddy, ; . • Whenever the minister called to. make Mary, a visit, which was pretty often, she conlrivcd-to have him a glass of toddy made, and the minister never refused the "toddy. After awhile AdanVgot to fol lowing the example of the minister to such an extent that he became e dronhoid—drunk up otorj thing ha hid and all ho could get. Mary nod ho became very poor in •,consequence of hie following the min* ialer’a example ao closely, but tha good minister | continued hia visits, and poor Mary continued still ( to give the glass nftoddy. , One day he culled In ] I and told Mary that he was going away for a week— should return on Friday—and handed her a book containing the catechism, and l"ld her when ho ro« turned he should expect she would be able to answer some of the questions. Mary says yes,and laid the book awny very carefully. But Mary like a good many other church members, thought no more of her’ book until the very Friday that the good minister was to-return. ' ‘. , , . . •What shall I do.’ says aheiUba mini, er la t* be herb to day and I. hove not looked, in the book he pave me. • How can I anawor the questions 7 *1 can tell Adam, ‘giva mo a quarter eud let mo go uteri. Smith*, cud-gel oom. good rum, end you con .newer hi. question, with toddy. Mury look the .dvlco—goto Adorn « qu.tlor ond o jog, ond off ho ilorted., After bolt 1. gilod, and on hi. w.y bock. Adorn concluded to tn.lo the rum. On. loot, brought on another, until In stumbled over a pile of rec|ia and broke the jug and lost all the rum. Out Adam managed to alogger 'A. icon.a. ho gel In Hid Ijo'n.c. Mory loqulrid onxlouoly for the belli, of rum. 'Whore U the bet lie of tom, Adorn V Poor Adorn managed to item, mer mil'lhol ho hod olumblcd over o pile of rooko ond broke the bottle ond loot the rum.' Mary woo •in o fix—Adorn drunk—th. rolnlotor coroitlg—the . tom gone-ond the qunollon. unlearned. ‘But horn comoo Iho mlnletntl It would nt do forth, men of 1 Cml to ... Adorn drunk.’ fo oho, for the wont of o 1 belter piece to hide him tent him under the bed. By * Iho time ho wo. fairly under, in com.. Iho 1 After sluing a few moments ho asked Mary If she ‘ thought aho could answer the question. •How did Adam fall t* , , Mary turned her head, first one way, and then another, finally she stammered onl: •H aftllovera pilo of roeki!' • . Il was now the ministers turn to look blank, but ha ventured another question. ‘Whore did he hide biiwelOjlet hia fall • '•Upder(Aefcerf,slr'’’' , , There. Adam,jfou oiqy.eomp opt, ho .knowfi.aii good,minister reared—not cyon Welting for a glass of toddy. . The pcoro(« “I noticed," aaye Franklin, ,“a .mechanic among i a number ofolhoia el work on a holioe oracling uni a little way from my office, who alaraya appeared to , be in a happy humor, who bad a kind word and a cheerful omilo for ototy one he mqt. Let the flay bo ever ao cold, gloomy or aonleia, a happy ami|odano. ed like a aunboamon hla happy countenance. Blear, log him one morning, 1 naked him to tell me the aacret ofhla con.linl happy,flow ofeplnl. "No ao. Old, Dr.” ho-rcpllod, I*l have,got one pf.tbp beat o Vitya,end.when I.go,(o wotkahoMweya of encouragement for roe, and when,l go bonvMhC ?no'r. me with a .mile and ktaa. and then lea ia euro lo bo toady, and oho hoa.dono on rpony |(ltlo thing! to ploaeo 1110 through thp day. t|tal 1 oanpol find it in my boon lo ony on unkind word to nny ■ body." What on influence than hath women over the heart o( man. to aoflon .lt apd moke it the four.- 1 tain of pore, omollone. Speak gontly,,lhcni a hoppy ' atnlla end a (rind,word of greeting, alter the lpl|i pf > Ih, day ale over, opal nothing, and go far toward ■ making ahopio hoppy andipeaooful. , ; rrt-BcoU. ao.ckcellent.for wearing. when,«)eo^! too tiplly and too neat, the tqg|on bqunbed by a gcn, llemao’i coal tall, aoUupqn men ,qe ftall.paUO PRO? gun birtela-maklog them go off. “ OCR COUNTRY—HAY IT ALWAYI IE RIGHT DOT 110111 OR W,OKO, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1852. A Story to r Boys* It I. related ol a P.r.Un molli.r, th.t on. ([lt Jog hor’aon forty pieces of-ellvec a* hi* portion, she made him swear never to lelf a Ho, and said, 'pq my son, 1 consign thee to God, and Wo *1*““ °°* m ®? l again till the day of judgments ' ; Tho yooth wont away, and the parly he travelled with was assaulted! by robbers. One feljoip. asked the boy what be hid got, and ho «»«d* Jfortyr l J? ri are sewed up in my garment.’ He laughed thinking he'jested. Another asked him the same question, and received the same answer. 1 ’ . ■■ ■ ‘ At laal the chief called him Rnd{ aalcea <>ltn : U»®. same question, and he. said, 'X have, told,two of your people already that I have 40 dinar* sewed oj) »n my clothes.' . - Ho ordered the clothes to be Tipped open, and found the money. 1 . . ~, •And how came you to toll this?* said he. i>e* cause,* replied tho child, *1 woold’nofbe fatso to my mother, to whom I promised never to tell a lie.’ ‘Child,* said the; robber,‘art thou so mindful of thy duly to thym°ihoral thy yepra, and am I in? sensible at tny ago of the duly I owe to my God 7 Give me thy hand that I may swear repentance on it.* Ho did so, and his followers were all struck with the scone. •You have been our leader in guilt,* said they to tho chief, *bo ths same' in the path of virtue; and they instantly made restitution of spoils* and vowed repentance on the boy’s hand. There Is a moral in this story, which goes beyond the direct.influence of the mother on tho child. Tho nobio sentiment Infused into tho bresst of the child is again transfused from; breast to breast, till those who feel It knows not whence It came. .. Mra. Magazine. A Bear Story* A young man, formerly. attached lo this office, probably by a love of adventure, as well os,the hope of pecuniary'profit, struck out from the boston .paths of civilisation some eight months sincp, and became all at coco a hunter and trapper in tho wljdsof Wls. jConsio, somewhoro In the vicinity of Lcuch Lake.— IHo has written a letter to his friends In this city, I full of the incidents that usually characterise a bor. I dor life, and from among them, wo aro permitted lo l wpj- •Jmy.e-iia.is. "soma.in a har fight.” A few duys previoos to the dale of Ins letter, no struck out from camp, shout, ton miles into thawH dcrncss in quest of game, ant} cqmo suddenly upon "signs’ of bear. Following the unseen Bruin,.ho traced him to a cavern in Ihosidoof a Blufr.ana directly set about building a fire at the mouth of the cavern. Having no/weapon but a single barrelled shot gun, and a small,knife, ho was but slenderly equipped forari encounter with a foe so formidable, when in close quarters, as a bear. However, load ing!)!* plecoheavily wilh buok shot,ho waited what should come forth. Sp had not wail, for presently out came a cub, which ho Immediately despatched, opd‘inexperienced as ho woe, without taking tho precaution lo ro load, ho busted himself iin skinning his victim. ’ ‘ ’ I While engaged in performing this opesalion,out came another member of the family, of site and dig* nity sufficient to entitle him lo the appellation bf •bpar.*. Approaching opr young hunter, hq had mm in a characteristic embrace, before ho was,aware or llio existence of so affectionate a pcivouagp. After a severe struggle, during which the young man was terribly scratched and, wounded, ho. succeeded In plunging his knife Into one of tho animals* oyps.— This only solved to infuriate the vreature still more, and the rover would not have been able lo write his Wilt, llio low or bipod, l|.e bear rdaxcil h>« i'o»•- Ti.o young mun Wa. ‘a a1g1.1.10 aeo. Ilia Nothing was lorn to shroda—hls hands, face and arms wcrei horribly scratched, nod ho was olhsrwlio severely brulaed* Leaving his gun and h.a roe. He .n.neged after a long time to orawHo tho namp where bo no|V remains hmt w achieved by any msn.W- of The Girl* otf.OnUfpml** Some young follow, writing lo hi. .lelor in Zanet. vllle. Ohio, Mjit . •'ll 1. o r.ro Itool In Ihl. country lo enter a houio / by the pretence of . Indy, where, in.te.d ' f n floor cV».r.5 with dirt, Inna* vou *co U nicely carpeted with coffee naail/elUched togetherl and then to eoo in what, trim order they keep their cupboards, whIUl wo «® n » miserable housekeepers, that ,w* arc, pile every thing PST“iSn ST»“ f fi »' r 7 br^ , - o‘p’ 0 ‘ p ’ ESssMass?#«fe of no time. Men ere eoixod with tho eeroe hallucl n.lion In regard to female ba.uly, C bewildered Don Quixote when ho Invested a red faced, tub ahap, ed oily woooh with the comellnoe. and olletnuor a Venuil An .old maid waa lately .married in eur neighborhood, whtf hid; no doobl, boon tinging why den*l the men propbloT’ for tholael twenty yoate. . She.waa red haired, .quint eyed and, frecUlod-aana teotn and Bane money-ln churl, aho had ebqulaa llllle proluaalona lo beauty at tho old gal whoao Imaband had lo practice Ulaalitg ,iho cow .a year, be fore lie could e.ctow up hi», cuurygo l ( u ,giyo lior a smack." trrPolilenot" dpca muoli In lmiln?»a. Ail iqnpu donl plerk can, do mofo lnjiuy,ln l o,.lsro||un lu ownol’i neglect to ndverllpo liU goodir, t . rpyU la a complaint a«lml many young mlnU larvim, wMMH' ,h»WMW .'P'.'tl*; W liurli «r« In iht p®*». , n , . pal Preservation. A Wonder) Tito following tor; nierestiog story is token from a Devonshire (Englat i) paper: "Dudloigh Saltorioi has boon Iho scono of a most thrilling incident. Ex Utile children, on Wcducs. day morning, got in i a boat on tho. boacb, and a mischievous' boy ; ahi red .it off.. boat drifted away to sea before ll t children were missed. Ter* ribls was (he agony < * the mothers when they knew it, A number of non went off iri all directions; every boat was on the lookout until ftr into the night, baylight returned qn 1 still nothing was heard about them; they were l?st either in the expanse of the wild ocean', or bur/cd within its insatiable depths.— A Plymouth fislie/mon fishing cSrly in tho'mbrning saw something flatting in the distance; bo bore down to it, and discovered it to bo a boat, and in tho bet* tom the six children, ail huddled in like, a nest of birds, fast, osloop, God having mercifully' granted litem that solado after a day dritrror arid despair.— lie took them aboard, feasted them with broad and cheese, and gliddenod their .despairing hearts with a promise toUko them lipmo.. Between threo .and fopr In, the afhrnpon tho fisherman was eoeq in, tfyo oiling with (hi boat astern, All eyes were turned toward him; tie best spy glass in (he lownwas rub* and again, and at last they fairly made out.that it wai the identical boat., Tho nevps flew through; the (cwn, the mothers came frantic to ths beach, for there were no childfcn discovered in the borjt; none to bo aeon in the sloop. . Intense was the agOny of suspence, and all ’ alike shared It With tho parents. At laatdhs boat came in, add the word went round 'theypro qafe,’ and stout hearted men burst into tetrs, women, shrieked with joy, and became almost frinlio with their insupportable hap* piness; It waslindced a memorable day; and a prayer* eloquent for its rough sincerity, was offered up to Almighty Qod, who, in his infinite mercy, had spared these innocent children from the perils and (errors of the sca'during tlioHearfal night. Ftvi of these children wcio under five - years of agej the sixth Is but nine years old. 1 ’ Contagiousness o^CrltttC* Dulwer in one of his novels makes (ho following just observation on (he contagiousness of crime i “It may ;bo observed.that (hero are certain years. in. wUlnk, «n-.*> ***'•*'' 11 1 _ ‘ 1 . 1 _ ■ , crime comes Into rogue.. It flares Its season, and then burns bat. Thus at qno time' we have burking, at another, swlnglim—now suicide is in vogues■ now poisoning trades people in apple dumplings; now lit-, lie boys cut.each other with penknives; pow ,®P.W?? 0 . n soldiers abbot lhair, sergeants'. Almost every year there is one crime peculiar to It; a soil of annual, which overruri the country,but does not bloom again. Unquestionably, the pres* has a great deal to do with those epidemics. Lei a newspaper give an account ofeomo outlf the way atrocity, that has the charm ofbeiog novil, and certain depraved minds fasten to H, like leech*. ' They brood over and resolve it; the idea grows ub a horrid phsnUsmalisn monomania;, and all of a sudden, in a hundred different places, the one seed sowk.by the leadpn types, springs* up into foul flowering! But If tho first reported aboriginal crime has been attended with’ impunity; how much more doss the imitative faculty cling to it. 11l judg ed mercy, falls, not like dew, but like a great heap of manure oo tnp rank deed.” The Plague* II it stated th it much apprehension it foil in Now Orleans of the i pproacli ot a new disease which Is called.lho plagu;, and is now said Id bo -prevailing in souio of the Weil India Islands. Wo see by Ibe papers that a disease called by iho., sumo namo ,ha» made ils appearaoca ' r* t ZZT. TmOno r efi U IT 1 W h c IH - or Vl is I ho same diabase as llial which goes name of plnguo in the Eaal is not Biased. ■ *hc Boston Mcdiwl Journal alludes to Iho subject as certain, from tlio accounts received both hero and England, that the true plague has been (reduced into Madeira, and the work of death has been appalling. THo question has frequently been BkUaled: will ih-»t dreadful disease ever reach this continent V I‘hero is a reason to believe It will; the wonder is wlty il line not been already. Our com mercial Inlerlouno ie catenate, with ration" P*tl» of Africa and Iho Aaiallo olioro of Iho Mediterran ean whore.tbit Brent abonrge ii never dend nor dy ing, but limply repoeing from ono period to another, like, fatigued giant,to gather etronglh for a renew al of •laughter. Shnnld It enmr, it may bo hoped there will bo found more acieoco and a otrongor barrier of Medical skill to moot and diaatm it of Ha torrora, that baa boon oalilbiled In tropical climitoi, or In tho filthy aoourgo inviting regiona of Mon lorn Turkov,' Pliguo apporlaina in the Araha in lute ago! and where (ho aamo condition of thlnga cxiila] na characlortEca their model of life, their anclal con dition, and the abaonce of all common venee effort, lo avorl or nrreat 11, will have an abiding foothold. . M*nuf«etnre of CbmWa* - - lt)»* irra*u«L nomb manufacture in tho world la In Abardain.aooilandj.il l« iha» or M.w** llowoll & Co.' Tl ,or# * ro 36 furi)ao<* for prepMlpg horn* nod tortollo shell for Die combs, and no eaa (ban 120 Iron acre* presses arc continually going* In stamping them. Steam power la employed lo out t|,o combs, and an engine of GIljT hoiso power la barely aufflclanl lo do the work. Tho coarao coenba are aumpod or oul-lwo being cut In om dlijil a lime, by a machine invented In England in- lo*o. Tho fine dressing-combs and all email loolh combo are cut by fine circular , saws, corps a? fine. as.to cut 40 teeth lo the apace of one Inch, and Ihey rdtolse 5 UOO limes In • minute. There aro 1039 varieties of combs made, and the aggregate number produced of all these different aorls of combs, average upwards o| IQOO groaa weekly, or about 0,000,0,t)0 pnnuolly; 6 nni.nlily that;lf laid together longlhwaye, would extend about 700 mlloa. The annual consumption 1 of ox horns la about 730.000. tho annual consumption of hoofs amount* to 4.000,000; tho consumption of tortoise shall and boffalo horn, although not ao largo. Is coirespondingly valuable; oven the waste, corn; poirid of horn shavings and parings of hoof, which, from Us pllrogentxed, composition, bflcomoa evalu able material'in the manufacture of pruaalatei of polish. Smounta to 350 tone In the year; the broken combs In tho various stages of manufacture average 150 or 70 gross In s week; tho very paper fpr packing i coats $3,000 a year. ' . t - A hoof undergo®* eleven .distinct operation* before 'll become* a finished comb. In this greet comb, i factory, there are 456 men and boys employed, and IC4 Wooten—ln all 090 hands. The company com menced boalnesa twenty year* ago. on every email •cale, being much smaller tban-lho smallest work* in England. By \\ni determined ranee,and shrewdness which is characteristic of that pooplo.lhoy h.v. «lml .lied of “I* lT hr ." Britain. ’' There Is a temperance society and s libra ry connected with the works. Th« M*n and lUe Vin*« In ono of ih'« o»rlj voir. .(lor lb. cro.llon oClh. »mli), m>n bilgin'lo plml i vino, ind.B.llnuw it, Bn *\vhat pl.njo.t Uiou, .oh qf t|io )’ »fU ill" prince of demon*. I Liuiiln very often .lipwMV bright > A vino! 1 replied tbo man. . oKl Üb'ilng. o..iW. | i.Ppl.; n. ; urn,.nd ; Wh.l^j.-o g .rU«pf Sor o bo thorough!, know i to th. 1.. t« i from Uto ptodoed n.1,t,01d whlol. 611. feSSiswaJKi iLfh. k»d w /~» a«etph«rHim out ’teil l. HM lipp.brf «?r .1n0.,t1..r when n b -T d I'libl rr.^rr: whulo iparv! Spmo.njcn wear an overlaying barren ho rraoiublo. an P jen j^ b iWft |i owo d «- ■■■..•.■ «« ih 1 only anlff, and Ullar, and Bniffßcr from IK4 jhroal tho mire. J n .. , .. . • louuardt. pr.nt beet, prodgeoaomp wU»IUInff% »«"•? Th mouol 0 f California ‘ gold dual received »l oßcliln«Uon,p« If thoy wero.laugnlng, wood, lh «f n tt( j 0 | p |,j tt Mini from N.*Vnrk during iho y«arl rr nono -.ooh coma. good. Tho mart Who cannoi \ h ® olnoly wn.i Tbo mini noniumw laugh If only.ill for •lroMpne*MrtllWW» * r *P?[ * .nnually oboul acton hundred. ind hta.wh9lt.Hft.ln.lWdj > .UKW 1 i MK* 1 ffl a odd. in Uo operation., gem. <} r ’ , * > *■ ' ■; •- • T.bb fashionable; young lady. She sits Id the lighted parlor, . • , Andtwaila for the lardy beaux; . Sbo plays, with her little , ' And trots with her little toes— • ‘ She ialls for Her Spanish poodle. 1 Sbeoalls for her China fan} 1 She kisses herloog oarqd puppy, And wiahes il was a man. Her mother atays in tho kitchen, Dressed in her eparao.attire.; - . _ She k s freezing over tho,lces, And rpasting over tho fire. ‘ She's making some', nice confection, 1 Some delioato kind of treat il Of oream. and various jollies. For her daughter’* beaux to oat. Hard of Hearings 1 1 have a ■mall bill •gainst yob/said & pertina cious looking collector, ai he colored the store of one who bad acquired the character of a hard oust. omer.,, ~... . i. ~ i . .., ‘Yes, sir, a lino day indeed/ was the reply. 'l am n'ot'spcaklng of (ho weather', but of your bill, ’ said Peter in a loud key, ’ ‘lt wouldbo boiler if we had a litllo rain/ ' ‘Confound the rain/continued thq collector, end raising his voice, *havo you'any money 'bn your bill.* ♦Bop yqur pardon sir; 1 am a little hard of hear* ing. ■ I bavo made it a rule not lb loan my funds to strangers,and I really don't recogonizo you.’- - ‘l'm collector of Iho Daily Extinguisher, air, and have a email bil( against you,* proaialed the collector at the lop ofhis voice, producing (he bill and thrust ing il in Iho face of Iho' debtor. • *1 am determined to indorse for. no ope ; you may pul your note in your pocket book; I reply, I can not, realty cannot indorse it/ ‘Confound the endorsement! Will yon pay it 7' ‘You'll pay il ho doubt, sir; but there-is always somo risk in these matters, you know; so I must decline it, sir/ . • t •The money most bo rhino lo day.* 'Oh, yes—ninety days—but : I would not'endorse it for a week; so clear out of my store; It's seldom I’m pressed for an endorsement, | ) y friends— not force mo to put you but, leave the premises]' , And the bill wae returned to the Extinguisher of Hccr, endorsed 'so confounded deaf that ho could not understand. , * .; . r I k! ’ Onr'bonntrjr- In 1792,' iho ebrnor alone of bur present Capital aL Waahlnglon,was lald;i At'lhal time Oen.Wash ington, in whoso honor Iho new soal pf. government was named, officiated, years" afterwards, vjfc t on the 4lli of July, 1851, the corner atone pl an ex tension of the building wde UTdj’and (ho Sccrotary of State made an address, In the course of Which he presented a sketch-ofthe comparative,Condition of our country at the,two periods, • •- ~ Then wo had fifteen Slates, now we navp thirty,• one. . , ' . Then our whole population wasthreo millions, now it is twenty three. , '■ Then Boston had eighteen thousand people, now it has one hundred and thirty slx.lhousarid. ' * Philadelphia had, and yet, el til thing., tl it that wjiicli it the 1c.«1 ,n »"> P°* er of nbj indivldu.l lo ta» bo will elteln to. Men, i pint, and 1011, lind pldli and intrigue, and ruin .out and body . for aucoaaa In thoir enlorptlati, booauto limy know and feel tb.t Ui.ut.ou lli.l .occr«.l l .l (hay will ht judged by their.fellow.. To be eueee.i. ful ln : any tiling; it at once to pul the aeal of popular approbation ,lo .11 llio.lepeby which .uoee.a wa.) touched. To fail i. at onto to ellgraollM all tlioaa al'cp. a. tho rc.ull of Hie moat liopejeee nl.upitjily or frantic madnoa.. E.polionce iell. oe Ih.l.ucce.. I. freijnenlly alltincd by. the-niereal teeid.nl, and that failure re dapendopl liCoiylie upon tbo edlory of chance, lhal, wUh.amalignant influence, be.et.oTery onlerprl.ej' for'ina.mucil a. in e jodrney through a wilderness lo a given point there I* but ono right path, and a tl.ouiand wrong once, so llio chances of failure in llio accomplishment of any result arc far more numerous ihan’lho chances of success. But, says the world, If a nun lie clever and Intelligently caicful end learned In whet he eels about, he will be successful. , \lnto tho lap of tho Indolent and the sensual forlbno seems delighted to shower her golden streams. ' Around IhMrows of the non.mlolllgont, and almost tho fsldut, sho anpeani ever onalous to wreath the laurel of fame. • The dishonest and the tricky a™ generally upon the,best terms with soci. olv: and lfa msn possesses not one particle of genius: him.oif ho 1 generally find, that fate, fortune, provi dence-call it what yoil will—plate, him in lame oomfortsble position in which ho can command the resources of genius in others, and reap the benefits, [low many men do wo see with high Intelligence, morels that maybe cnl(od heroic, abundance of In. formation, and full ofthe largest capacities forjjood to themselves and to others,who fall in every thing. Success Is an accident, therefore wail for It quietly; and If U come, welcome It; but not eilratnganlly, for it may go again; and recollect, that If upon ob* ssmtton you find that l|mio whb havo beaten you to the race of life, and are fcuccessfui in the stum, menl of worldly objects, while you arc free from be ing so, are not such as you can esteem, and hat their ways arc not your wsys, thank the stars that you are not among them. 'rr:> fiif AT 00 PER AltoTO. ; IS 'J -V A, Woman'in California* V*. We Imvo before ut.says (he 'Boston Traveller,* . private letter -from & lady, though 4 bard.‘Working woman, In California. li would ihtereitour reader*, we havo no doubt, as U hoe os, ware we at liberty t 6 publish it entire. Wriier npptS&Ts to taurant or eating house, in a mining village.- ’Among her visitors sho accidentally' discover* tho>eoh bf.krf old Connecticut acquaintance, knd ’finding, he'kaif endeavoring to induce -Ms father add' molhbr'tovisU California, she wrilea'thie letter to enCouragtfthoni forward. After an inlrbdueiory efplanlilinn*dr.whdf she was, and- where they bocamO acquainted vtitb each other, she good on (b say 1 . '-t •I have made $19,000’ worth of pies—about'onb third of this has been ’deaf profit. - One god my own wpod'ofT the mountains and chopbfcd’iV and I have never had so much es a child to' uko k. step for mo In the country.' SH',ODO-1 bakcd'id obd little iron skillet, b considerable portion by a dartf? . fir*, without from tho brtrillwy eon. But now I have a good.cooMng stovo.in which. 1 bike fddr'pica al a lime, d comfortable cab\n v j!qr*/ poled, and a good many ‘Robinfcon Crusoe* comiorla 1 about, rnc, which, though they have, coat nothing , ybitheyiriako'my plnco lodk habifalitb. l alitfhtve my wood hauled and chopped. I bake on in^ aver* I age about *2OO pica per montlvand cleaf.flßlp,-— ,1 This, in California, is not thought much,’and yet, in reality, few in comparison are doing ep -I have been informed .thorp are some women, in ®n£iS town clearing 850 per week at washing, and I can-- not doubt it. There is no labor so well paid 8» ? woman’s labor in California. It Is hard’ wo?k .tw apply one’s self Incessantly to 'loll, but a (W’yciW will place you above’want, with a handsome fnde* * pendency. ! 1 intend to leave off work the coming! 1 spring, and give my business Into the hands ojViny aislor-ln-law. Not that 1 ani rich,'but‘ I need, little, Vnd none lo toil for but myself. ’ '1 expect to homo some time doting (lie present year, for a short ’ visit, hot I could not be long content away frdm thtf • sonny •clime pf this yellow land. A, lovelier of. more hcallhv climate could not be, and when F gjl ,• a few friends about ’ riib, I think I shall be fifarfy . happy again'. 1 suppose ’’C. Cv B. has dsteflWtnhd f face of the country to you a hundred ' limes j-ao I # north by the cold of another winter;. If f.oq do rql come, I should,bo obliged if you could find tiepp \9j write to mo occasionally.- ' . Your old ftlond, ■ L. . mmnnJLE oHo sought tOjitt* t duoo Robert to desist from l(io attack uponhlabroth or, bdi Robert steer'd that If lie, Cufd, Intdrferfed, nb weald kill him’loo; Bythia : time; Andre# haffr*’' (reated behlnd his counter and coold gotpo He e.tclatmod iff.his.brother Robert, wjab with you as a brother, don’t kill mo,” Gut the infij**, riated assailant waa daaf(o every appeal and a word ho would kill him. A’ndrew't'hcn- told liltrt* llial ft® hod a pifclol, but Robert replied with an bath, lhal,t ho waa a cowird end dared nolusoit. Allhji point 3 Robert soiled his brother by collar and preaaaw him against tho wail will) one ItteVad, ab’d With thV ho had retreated to the wall and could not If pip it, for lie waa rotflinod in l)ia cramped position, tbo firm grasp of hi® assailant. Undor tbeae cirepnj stances ho drew his pistol, and, placing it cloiol® the hcadof Robert, fired. The latter fell back, bnl„ the wound did not produce immediate death. H® lingered till the next morning, when he expired. II appears that Roborlhad recently, before he mtiMr* the attack, swore to toko the life of hi* brother* arid B * that And row had been apprised of the threat—henc«r< wo may presumolho.reason of Ida being armed wuVf a pistol, the case was examined before Judg® Thomas on ’yesterday, and the Court remarked,* after hearing tho testimony, that it would be hard |o.cou* o ceivo of 1 a more complete oaao of jualSnabia homi cide. Evon construing the law with the rigor against the accused ho must..■OH bo ne.h»lai • fully Justifiable in lliocouraa ho had taken. H« did : nol takb life, nnlll ll became absolutely neoearity for him.to do ao, in order to prcaerio ms oj?n, i IPG* 1 accused wai consequently discharged. , .1,. ;J » , • [Lexington (Ky.) StaUman. ~ , UACT EriTAPM FROM OLO ToMMTOM* U* D. Haro Uei the body of Alexander McPherioti, ; WII9 extraordinary perion;-* - Uo waa'lwo ynrda in> » •toekinf: roe!, fid'kopt.hl, dl<*» rid i», , ;< . AUliob»iileof Wdloiioo, !•:! ••■> .Thngullei a And oarrid which [> faUc; Iht Oil con.- '"• “"'"r (ravs It. True modesty is aihained to tfnytnlpf Jh%v la repnonthl to right reason; false U.aahim*. cd opposite to tho humor, Of llioso with wliom the party ionverses. True taodw 1 ly avoid* every thing that is criminal ? false modeslfj everything that ie unfashionable; the Jailer Is PP«J t general, undetermined Inallnoi—the former Is that Instiricl limited and circumacribed by Ihoruwppr prudence and, morality. ■ • > my Inck" «*clalme etory m»n wliw*hr roeeit WUH « misfortune. An IlalUr. po«l00M»0ld; Id a fil of despair,Had Ho been bred • would Have, boon born without heads- Ah aubEent rbymo tlifld** beauty into four pn bb follow* t liong end Yizy* Littloand loud, Fair and foollib, Dark nnd proud. Death or WAflinNoToii'a IjAit Pali. Alexandria, on the 23d ultimo, Mr.'S.muel Hlllob, on old and highly ro.peot.d olU.on or thal p 1.0., who Wan of thoeo who boro-lbo-., pall al th« fa-, n.r.Uf W.aliinglnn *“. >,7IS'- Vf?^w 0 ," ■ 1 ‘fg celebrated,fta ibq Birth of Thl« gentleman ia apohen of In tho hiffhaal tdrtoo. for . fnng llfo.9« integrity. Ho f ,a unlvera.lly ... tepn).dby aM wljoltnew him. , , A Rxaaoit —'Snobbe,' .aid ’ Jllri.Snpbbo to W Imeband, tho day after the ball,‘Bi\obb., why did you dapo.Vitb pvory’ lady Jo the hall tail night before T °°Why, rnydiar'" .aid tho devoted filtobhe, *J IM only prmotiainf what wo do'.at tho table, tciotring fho baelifor thp.lael.* . „ „ p ~ nTMta! Swleahelin declare. that: I'lhe.Ooll «(..»“• linTon ‘Ann Corr«.-Mr. N. P.WIW. i«n