-American IB Holuutccr, a ‘ ~ BY JOIN B. BRATTON. VOL. 38. actual. VBB CROP OP ACORJfS. Mr lyj>u h. aioouaitCT. *Th«r« earn* a man io day* ofotd. To bire a Place of land for gold. And urged bit auit In accent* ineak, •/Oita caop alonk {sail I seek ; That harvest o'er, my claim I yield. And to Ha lord resign the field." The owner acme mUglvibga felt. And coldly with the atranger dealt. Cut found hie last objection rail, And honeyed eloquence prevail, So took the proffered price In hand, ' And lor one crop Icaaed out the land. The wily tenant aneered with pride, . 'And anwed the spot with acnrna wide'; At firat like tiny ahOnta they grew, £hen broad and wide their biancbea threw, ut tong before thoaeoaka aublime. Aspiring, reached their forest prime, The cheated landlord mouldered lay. Forgotten, with Ilia kindred clay. O ye who«« yeira unfolding fair. Are fresh with youth, and Ora from care, Should vice or indolence draira The garden of your souls to hire, . No parley hold—reject the amt. Nor let one eced the aoul pollute. My child, their flrat approach bew are: With flrmnraa break the hishMons enare, Leat a< the acorn* arnwr and throve Into a aim-excluding arrive, Thy aina a dark o’er ahadnu mf tree. Shut out the light of heaven from thee. ' fWsrccUnncotia. A PATCH OR HATH KNEES AND GLOVES The following from Iho Boiton Courier, la one of the ctovereat essays We havo met with for rmny a day. Smilar in style, it is nut inferior in point, to Franklin's beat; When I waa a boy it was my fortune to breAlh, for a long time, wh a some writer* t. rtn the bracing •It of poverty. My mother—light lie the turf upon the form which once enclosed m r strung and goiitle spirit—waa what ie coiniuunly euiled an ambitious woman ; for that quality, which overturns throne* And sepplanU dynasties, finds a legitimate sphere in the humblest abode that the shadow of poverty ever darkened. The struggle between the wish to keep up appearsnee end the pinching gripe of necessity, produced endless shifts end contrivances, at which, we ere tofd, some would emlfe, and some to whom they would teach their own experiences would sigh. But Ist roe ndl disturb the veil of oblivion , which shrouds from profane eyes the hallowed mysteries of poverty. On one occasion,lt was necotiary to send me on an errand to a neighbor in bolter eiruumstanoes than ourselves; and it was necessary that I should‘be presented in the best possible aspect. Groat pains were accordingly taken to give a smart appearance to my patched and dilapidated Wardrobe,and to con. osal the rente and chasms which Hie envious tooth of lime had made In thorn; and by way of throw* ing over my eqipment a certain savor and eprink* ling of genllMty, my rod and toil-hardened hands were enclosed in the unfamiliar casing of a pair of gloves which had belonged In my mother in days when her years wore fewer and her heart lighter. I sallied forth on my erratid, and on toy way on boontered a nftinh tddnr «nit tly belonged to a family which had all our own own dragging poverty, end none of our uprising wealth ol spirit. His rags fairly fluttered in ibc breexe; his bit was conarruoted on the most approv. bd principle of ventilation, and his shoos, from their venerable antiquity, might have b on deemed a piir offovsil shoe*—the Very uno on whldh Shout shuffled Into the ark. He was an impudent vorlcl, whh a dare-devil swagger in his gaii,-of* I’m us good »• ydd 1 learln hUeye-lhe very whelp to throw at a wel dressed horcsin.m, htcau o he was well dressed : to (ckr a boy's ruffle*, neoauso he was clean. As soon as he saw me, hiu eye deu-cltd the prm’ioil Incoo iistenoiee which clnricterixd my costume, and t •• king hie by Iho ahnalders, turning mo round with fjo gentle hand, and surveying mu from head to fool, excTihhod with a scornful laugh of, derision, ‘ A patch on bothknttt andgliibii oaf* I atill recall the sting ol wounded feeling, which *bot thtough the at those words _ To parody a cute* brated tine of the immortal Tuscan— 1 Thai day t wore my glovei 116 mors.* Dal lbs lesson,«o rudely enforced aaok deep Inlu fny mind; and, in after li lo» t limvo had frequent bcotiioa lo makes practical application of the words of my ragged friend, when I hive observed tbs prue lioal inconsistencies which so often mark the onn duel of mankind. Wtieo, for htaUnoe, I see pirents oarsfulty provi ding fur the or nuincntal education of their children, furnishing.them with teacher* in ro'ttiio. dancing, end drawing, butglving no thought to that moral and raligioaa training, Iroin which (he true dignity and permanent happiness of life can come, nbverfetching them habits of eell-iaorifice and sclf-dfrolpline and control,.but rather by example, instructing them in evil speaking,* in uncharitablenei*, in envy, and in falsehood, 1 think, with a aigh,of (As patch on both knfi and gtovee on. When 1 see a family In cold selfish aolilude, not habitually warming their houses with a glow of hap py faces, but lavishing that which could furnish the - hospitality of a whole yeur; upon the profusion of a •ingle night, 1 think of the patch on both kneti and glivoo on. . • When I eee a boose proiilselt fUrhlahod with sumptuous furniture; rich curiums, and luxuriuos carpets, but with no books, of none but a few tawdry annuals, 1 am reminded of (AepeteA on both kneti andglovto on. When 1 eee the public men cultivating exclusively those qualities which , win a way to office, sad he* fleeting those which will qualify them to fill honor ably the posts to whioh they aspire, I reeall the patch on both hneei and glaoeo on. When I eee men sacrificing peace of mind and health of body to the insane pursuit of wealth, living In Ignorance of the character of the children who are growing up around them, culling themselves off from the higheet-and purest pleasures of iholr natures and .so patenting their humanity, that which wa« •ought as a means; Insensibly comes to be followed da an end. 1 say lo myself, *A patch, on both hneeo and glooto on. When,!'ape thousands squandering for selfishness •nd ostentation, and nothing bestowed for charity ; when I. eee fine ladies besetlned end bejewelled, cheapening (he toils of dress makers, and with harsh words eiiibitluring the biller breed of dependence; When I see the poor turned sway from proud bouses, where the ©rumba of tables would be to them a feast, I think of lAs jiofrA en AotA hneeo andglooet on. On Education.— We may assort that in • hundred ,man» there are more than ninety who ere what they are, food or bed, uaefiil or permoloue to eooiety, from the Instruction they have received. It ie on eduealion Ihit depend* the great difference observe bie among them. The least and moat impreoeptibia impreaeaune received In our infancy hare eoneequen eea very.important, and oflong duration. It is with lhaae fleet Impreasiona, as with a river,«hoae waters we can easily turn by different c'anals, in oullo opposite courses, eo that, from the Insensible direc tion the stream receives at its source, it lakes differ* ant directions, and at last arrives at places far distant from each other; and with the same facility we nay torn the minds of children lb what direction we please. t A bashful young lady In town, Intimates that when she gels married sho means to take otiloio. form* * They have strawberries and green peae at Sava* nab. The latter ware yelling at eight dollar# per Can You keep a Scored •Dorothy,! aald lohabod, pale, and trembling, to hie wife,‘Dorothy* I hare a secret, and if 1 thought you would keep it inviolable, 1 would not hesitate to re veal it to you ; but, O, Dorothy, woman!’ ‘Why, Ichabud, It must certainty, be a secret of great importunes for you ate in a woful agitation. You know, husband, you can place implioito confi donee inyuur wile. Have t ever givenyoo occasion to doubt uiy fidelity 7* ‘Never, Dorothy; but the secret I have to com. niuniujie la one ol .mure than ordinary faithfulness and ptudence to prevent you from divulging it. O dear.! I sbuddur when I think of it!' I ■Why, husband, do you know' how you your lips tremble,and your eyes roll? What is the mutter, Ichubod, surely you cannot mistrust the confidence of onewhoavowed at the altar to be fuiilbful to you. Come, unbosom* yourself.* •May ! rely on your fidelity V ‘lchabud,you know you may.* ‘Well, then—we are both ruined!—undone—l have coinniiued.iiiurdt-r!' . ‘Murder.’?* •Yoe. murder!—and I have burled £Mma( tbe foot of u tne in the orchard!' ‘o,awful! lulmbod, comm tilled murder! Then indiod wear® ruined, and our children with us.* . 1 elm bod lull the room, and Dorothy hurried off to a neighbor's. ’ Mrs. Praiile observed a great change in Dorothy's countenance, and In her gt-hcral-appe-irunco ; so i gteal as to ouuro her tu'enqiiire into the cuuao of' it. *O, Mrs. Pr ittls,’said Dorothy,! oin the most mis criblu of woman ! lam ruined'lqrevor I ‘Mctoy! Duroiby.how gloomy you look.! 'What has turned up to make you look so dejected 7 Why, you sigh, womup. Tell me the omse.' ‘I wish I iniglit Mrs. Prattle; but tlm occasion of my unhappiness is a secret which 1 mu not permit* ted In divulge.' *O, you m «y tell me, Uorortiy, I sh ill never speak of it again.' 'Will you promise never to roves 1 it to any person living?' 'You know, Dirolhy, I never Ull secrets.' •Well, Mrs. Pratllo— I scarcely darv soy it—my husband has committed murder, and’ hurried him at the toot of (he tree in the orchard! 110 lntd me .of it himseirs Fur heaven'a sake don't name |i to any one 1 •Murderlndeed, indeed, Dorothy, yon have reason to think yourself ruined II pity you from the bottom of my heart!' ' Dorothy went home weeping and wringing her hands; and' Mrs. Prattle,-leaving her dough half kneaded and her infant crying in Hie cradle, hasten* ed to hold a tele-a-tele with a Mrs. Teltalt., Soon after thle confab ended, the report of Icltabod’s h«v« Ing committed murder' became general, end the disclosure of the fad waa traced to hie wife D»rothy. Process was . immediately issued ogainst him by a magistrate before whom, and in (tie presence of a multitude of uuzione spectators, ho gave the follow, ing exp enutinn j ‘My object,’ said Ichabod, 'in the course I have pursued, was to test my wife's cap ibility of keeping a secret. 1 have committed rounder, imemuoh as I killed a toad, end hurried it ul the (hot of a tree in my orchard. How fanny wife is capable of keeping a secret, lisa been sufficiently proved ; and with re spect to the murder, those that fed an interest in it are ot liberty to inspect the body. First o t April* ... , . , just aa wo wore aoout leaving our office yesterday afternoon, an urchin came lo us and enquired 'are you the man that reports for the papers 7 If you are. officer W— s<ys you had better come to Hughes* Quay mid gel the particulars of that horrible suicide that look place IhU morning ' Not wailing In hear more, sit'd thinking that otlr fhemJ W—a wished us lo receive the pinicul.ifa Irf vdv.tnQi* of ill other*, we imuiediituly started with alt po»*ib!<‘ despatch lo proouro the particulars of Urn horrid o'tsalr»piiy.— . When wo reached Hughe** Quay, w« were almost out of breath, and with null* book and pencil in bund we began In' enquire ftoni the eager crowd on dm warflhe cause ul'lheussvnihfago, who (he party was that had committed >uicldo, where the body was. dec. An old gentleman stepped up to.us,and auid'strag. er, the budy ol iho t/rilottuu.i(o young lady that comrifttiid uuicidb this morning is tying- in thero.' pointing to a small Iraina house near (lie head of the dock,‘with windows and doors shut, and the 'Coroner h.sb< en sunt for to hold an inquent.' We of course being all inxiety, mold acarunly retain our impa Hence, and wem about lo proceed lo Jump (lie fo> ce end endeavor to giin admittance in ilia roar of the house, wl.en some one erh dmil ‘here onmee the Coro tier.* Wo desisted, and sure emingh tlturo was the Coroner, aim' at out of breath, endeavoring to sum* mon q jury. After a considerable time, a Jury was sworo. ond off (hey started, we among the feat, to .(he boose lor, the purpose of Investigating the oause of (he unhap py death. The coroner waa a little puttied how tn act when he reached the house, and found It so securely fastened, but after consultation with the Ju.iy, it was determined to break the door in and en ter ; just so the door wee about to be opened, e little buy cried out that • window abutter in the yard was opened, and the window 6p. The coroner, jury end ourselves, Jumped (ho fence, and, oh, horrible to re. I ite, whan we reached the window, what a eight met our anxious gate—theta lay on the floor a fe male with her throat out from ear to ear; a death like stillness prevailed for nidfb (liana nllnute, when the Coroner, (fallowed by the jury entered the win dow, and proceeded to examine the corpse, when, lo their uttef astonishment, they found that In reality, It was ortly e woman uf straw.' The ebfoner.Jury and ourselves, left without, uttering one word, and for (he balance of the d»y, U appeared as If somA one was whispering la our esrs; April faol,~~Balti‘ nibri Clipper* A Fsihjsnsbts Colt*. ••flow do you do, my dear 1 . “Putty well, thank you.*’ [They kiss.] “How have you been this age 1” “Putty well—how have you beont” “Very well, thank you. 11 “Pleasant to*day.” “Yea, very bright—but we had a shower yea* tHday,” ... *»Ar« ail your people well P* “Quite well, thank ynu; how Is yours V* “Very well, I’m obliged lo youi” “llavnyou seen Mary lately V* “No, hut Pvp'arbn Susan' C ' “You don't aay so! la ah'« well V* “Very well, 1 believe,'! [Rising.] “Do call again aoon." “Thank you—l should be pleased income, but you don’t call on me once in an age.” “Oh, you should not say so; I'm sure Pm very good.” “Good day. 1 * “Mill you go 1”. “Yes Indeed, I have seven oatls lo make.” “Good day.” Young ladlee who are accustomed to read news, papers ere always observed to posses* moil winning ways, moil amiable dispoeUione, invariably make good wives, and always select good husbands—a fact. Tnc following is now being debated before the TUleiudlem Lyceumi ‘Which causes a girl the most pleasure—to hear herself praised, or another gsl run down.* We shall inue the decision in an extra. A tittle boy end girl, the first eight and the other five years of ego, arrived In Utica, a day or two ilnoe, having come from Ireland alone. We once heard of a dog who had a.whlslla .which grew on one end of hie tail, lie alwaya called him, •elf when wanted. OUR COUNTRY—B»Y IT itW4TB BI RIGHT—BUT RIOUT OR WRONO, OUR OOUNTRT." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1852. . From thv parry County Democrat.- jgethqr in a sombre company. But presently* you Mr. Editor The ehelosed beanliful lines, see serose the fields the dark grey streaks streloh wlth moob other Interesting manuscript netet as i"g like lines of mists, from the green bosom of yet submitted to the public eye, came into.my poe- .lhe 'alley to that spot of sky where the company session al the deoeeso of their lamented am,or— of olonda is loitering; and with an easy shifting of Those whose privilege it was to have enjoyed an 'he helm the fleet of awimmers oorae drifting over intimate acquaintance with him, will teocgnlae you, and drop their burden into the dancing pools, the gifted pen of the late H.P ,Eeq. Ho was and make the flowers glisten, and the eaves drip one of the most eceentrio, if not extraordinary men | bounty. of his day. The details of his chequered hi.tory, I The cattle linger ■till, cropping the neweome though full of incident and interest, I will not dwell grass; and childhood laughs joyously at the warm on. and to analyte the structure of his mind is. I ram:—or under the collage roof, catches with eager confpßd. a task beyond my daring. To his nearest aar, the patter of Us fall, friends he whs. to.his last moments, an unsolved 1 ' p««ee •it~Home» mystery. His-'perception! were quick, strong 2nd Ii Is just as possible to keep a calm house as a accurate, and so skilled was he in the knowledge c | ean house; a cheerful house, an orderly house, and reading of men, that his judgment seemed at- aa a furnished hoobe, if the heads set- themselves must infallible. He was singularly warm in his Vo gO . \Vhere (s the, difficulty of consulting persona! attachments—indeed friendship with him .eadi other's weaknesses as well as each other's was unparalleled devotion, and 1 scarce need add, wants; each other's tempers, as well as each other's so true is human nature in this particular, that he characters 1 0 >, it is by leaving the peace at home was a terrible l"e—relentless and unsparing t°*'to ohtsce, instead of pursuing it'by'system, that ward those who had the temerity to cross his path. , ao many houses are unhappy. 1 It deserves notice, His knowledge of the geography, history, re* {also, that almost any one Ca n be courteous and pa sources, politics and men, of, this State, made him tieat in a neighbor’s house. If anything go wrong an oracle, whose answers were as eagerly sought or bo out 0 f t |me t or be disagreeable there it is and Implicitly relied on, as hy the ancient Greeks ma de the host of, not the worst; even efforts are were those uttered by the Pythian god from ihe ma da l 0 excuse it, and to show it is not felt; or, if Delphic triphod. He was an earnest, silent lover felt, it is attributed to accident, not to design; and of Nature and a true poet. After reading the fol- ihis ia not only easy, but natural, in the* house of lowing lines,! need not say to you, that in his soul , friend. I will not, therefore, believe what is so was the feeling. In his heart the melody and at his natural in the house of another, is possible at home, command the languaga to give sweet expression but maintain without fear, that all the courtesies loathe poetry of his Nature. W, H. M. of social life may be upheld in domestic societies. A husband, as willing to be pleased at home, and as anxious to please as in his neighbor’s house, and a wife as intent on making things comfortable I everyday to her family, as on eel.days to her! guests, could not fail to make their own home hap* py. Lei us not evade the point of these remarks by recurring io the.maxim about allowances for temper. It is worse than folly to refer to our tem per unless we could prove that we ever gained any thing by giving way to it. Fits of ill-humor pun ish us quite as muoh, if not more, than those they are and it actually requires more ef fort, and inflicts more pain to give them up than would be requisite to avoid them. WHY DON’T lIB.COHBI The sky is clear, the s.lara are bright, And gently wafts the breeze; *Tis nature** own most lovely night, • A paragon “f eves, , Why don’t he come t *Tw«s such a night we first exchang’d Oor constancy and faith, *" He “loved me for myae/fS* and I Pledg’d him my latent breath; Why don’t he comet . Thf» promise that he rnsdfe In me When lasi he said farewell, Moal sacredly* I'm bum, he’ll keep, 1 know he’ll come full well I Why.don’t he come 1 . 'Tie midnight now, and oh! 1 feel An intense fearful dread, A something speaks to me, and says Ha’s number'd with the dead* Why don’t he come 1 Oh! Lady you'll hehold no more - The idol of your love; His body’s in the deep blue sea, His Spirit soars above; He’ll never, never, come! Tho* many years have pass'd away, And he is in the tomb, The maniac al ihe lalllce sits, . And cries “why don't he comet * ' Why don’t ho come t” . UiUBIS ■\r v ~ Thy cultur’d mind,.which cannot fear External beauty's change, Secures, in pleasant bondage, friends . That time calirio»>Mr«ngt*; Thou tiaat an unpretending one, - Who promised, and he will Re.nmtther thee, when 'shades of night Inspire the •• Whippoor-will . *T|a ours to meet—ho, ne'er again ! In woe, nr yel in w«*nl; Bui, still, forever, thoughts of thee Shall o’er my senses e'eal Thv face, thy form, familiar voice, Thy words arranged with skill, Shall mingle with the riighl-ory of The plaintive "Whip-poor-will! 1 * Glad and exulting in the weight Of friendship’s burnished chain, Forth on the world, alone, 1 go, To meet thee—ne’er again! . But when the spring-time’* eten’ing hour Sleeps, hallowed, on the hill, I*|l not forget to think of thee. And list the *• Whip-poor-will!” Tils dawn dp spuing* ir ik. Mtavkt" I love to trace the break of Spring step by Hep; I love even those long rain storms that sap the ley I'orifesnes of the lingering Winter,—tftal me t the snows Upon the hilts, and swell the mountain brooks;—that make the pools heave up thefrglas ay cerements of ioe, and hurry down the crashing fragments into the wastes of the ocean. 1 love the gentle thaws that you can trace day by day, by the stained snow banka shrinking from the grass; and by. the gentle drip of the collage oaves. 1 love to search out the sunny slopes by a Southern wall, where the reflected sun does dou bln duty to the earth, arid where the frail anemone or the faint blush of the arbutus, in the midst of the bleak March atmosphere,, will touch ymirheart like a hope of Heaven, in a held of graves ! _ La* ter come thosft soft smnk} dfiys, when the patches of winter grain show green under the shelter of leafless woods, and the last snow-drifts reduced to shrunken skeletons 6f fee, He Upon the Aloflbof northern hflis, leaking away their life. Then the grass at your door grows into Inc color of the sprouting grain,and the buds uponthelilacs swell and hurst. The peaches hloom upon ihg wall, and.the plumbs wear boddires of white, 4- Tho sparkling oriole pinks strings for M* hammock mi the sycamore, and the sparrows twit in pajts. The old elms,throw down their dingy flowers Jnd color their spray with green; and the brooks, wiers you throw your worm or minnow, float down wsole fleets of the crimson hlossnma of the maple, / Fi nally, the oaks step into ihn opening quadrlj/e of Spring, with grayish tufts of modest venure, which, by and by. will he long and glossy Imves. The dog wood pilches his broad, white tent,jn the edge of the forest; the dandelions lie almy the hillocks, like stars.ln a. sky of green; and thciwUd cherry growing In all the hedge rows, without other culture than God’s, lifts up to Him, tnank fully. Us tremulous white Anger. \ Amid all (bis, comes the rich rains of Sprinr.— The affections of a hoy grownup with lean to water them; and the year blooms with flower!,—. But the clouds hover over an April sky. llmldly— like shadows upon Innocence. The showers cine gently and drop daintily to the earth,—with n\w and then a glimpse of sunshine to make the drops bright—like so many tears of joy. The rain of winter la cold, and it nomee in bit ter Bonds that blind you; but the rain of April steals upon you coyly, half reluctantly—yet lovingly— like the steps of a bride to the altar. It does not gather like the etorm clouds of Win* ter, grey and heavy along the horizon, and creep with subtle and insensible approaches (like age) to the very zenith; Hut there are a score of white* winged swimmers afloat, that your eye. has chased as you lay fatigued with the delicious languor of an April, eunt—nor have you .scarce,noticed that a little bevy ofthoie4oatlng clouds M grouped to* ▼bless' of : tli« -Arctic Night, The following thrilling passage occurs In the report of Or. Kane's Lectures upon the late Arctic Expedition in search of Dr. Franklin: “The lecturer drew a vivid picture of the mar vellous scenery snd the wild life of the pntar re gions—the strange noise of the breaking of the ice —n»w like the whining of a puppy, then like the calls of distress, and then again like booming can non. The ice, generally about five feet thick and much resembling glass, which before was level, la now piled .up in ridges, and as the masses are forced upon eaoh other, every variety of noise in* creases.. Now; low and plaintive; then Shrieking wildly, gradually rising to a climax of fearful in tensity, under which all language ceases, and (hen dying away into Hie softest cadence—noises sn marked and oftentimes so regular, that they were regarded ai d called the pulses of the Ice, and from these voices of the Ice they were generally capable of Judging of its movements. Entering Baffin's Bay, and ■J 1 r X t . r ,bcd .upon the *•}, J Mujptll! The ice voices,have been renewed with fearful in tensity, the air ia fitted with shrieks ami howls.— The ice is In great commotion. On comes the crest, The crushed ioe. piled high by the meet log of die fl wm, giadually nears the brig—all feel the trembling mothm—the. vessel trembles from tlm f «rre qf (he continued shock. On it came, now only six yards fr.-tn the vessel—no word is uttered —now three yards—now aix feet. All wait with trembling lips, when suddenly the noise and mo- tion cense. They wait for the movement to he re newed, but no renewal came, and five moniha af terwards that immense ridge was still there, and (he vessel also there—a monument of God’s pro tecting care and man’s weakness,” A Fat Woman In a Tight Place* Tbe following interesting trifle is an extract from a letter from a corpulent lady on her way to Cali fornia. She is undoubtedly “seeing the elephant,” and we pity her:' VOur cabin has two boxes In it called berths, though coffins would be nearer the thing, for you think more of your latter end at sea a great den). Ontof these Is situated over.the other like two shelves, and these together make what they call a siaie room. My berth is the uppermost one, and / have to ollmb up to it,.pulling one fool on the lower one, and the other away out on the W.\sh band-stand, which is a great stretch, and makes It very straining—rihen 1 lift one knee on the berth and roll In.sideways. This is very inconvenient for a woman of my size and very dangerous. Last night 1 put my foot on Mrs. Brown's face, as she laid asleep close to the edge of the lower one, and nearly nut out her eye; and f have torn all the skin off my knees, and then 1 have n Urge black spot where 1 have been hurt, and my head is swelled. To dismount ie another feat of horsemanship only fit for a sailor. You can’t sit up for the floor over head; ao you have to turn arodml, and roll your legs out first, and theft hold on till you touch bot tom doroeWhere,.ahd then let yourself down up: jight. It Is dreadful work, and not very decent for a delicate female, if the Stewart happens to come in wheft you are In the act In, this way. 1 don't knot* which Id the hardest t? get in or get out of rf befth—both are the most difficult things in the world, and I shall be glad when 1 am done with It. lam obliged to dress, in. bed before I leave it, and nobotiy who hasn’t tried to nut on theit clothes lying down, can tell what a t,aeK It is, Lacing etaya behind your back, and you on your face nearly smothered with the bed clothes, and' feeling for the eyelet hole with one hand, and try ing to put the lag In with the other, while you are rolling about from aide to side, is no laughing matter. Yesterday 1 fastened on the pillow to my bustle by mistake, in the hurry, and never knew it till the people laughed; arid said the sea agreed with me, I had grown so fal; but putting on stock ings is the worst, for there ain’t room to stoop for ward; bo you have to bring your feet to you, and stretching out on your back, lift your leg.till you can roach it* and then drag it on. Corpulent per sona can’t always do this eo easy, I can tell you. It always gives me the bump, and takes away my breath. You will pity me, if you eould conceive; but you can't—nobody but a woman pan tell what a female suffers being confined In a berth at sea. Old but Good.— Soon after theCopernioansya* iem of Astronomy began to be generally under stood, an old Connecticut farmer went to hie min. Inter with the following inquiry: (•Doctor, do you believe in the story they (el) about the earth moving round the sun V’ **Yes, certainly," . “Do you think it's according to the Hqly Scrip* tores! . If it's true, how could Joshua have com* misnded the sun.to stand still.V* •‘Umph I" quoth tho doctor, scratching his head, (Joshua commanded the eun to stand still* did her : . , “Ves.” “Well, it stood still did (t not I" . ••Yes." “Very well—did you ever hear that he ael it go< IngagalnV* ’ A clear coßioleaoe la a sure card. DRBAOFUL CONDITION OV BUKtOPB* | ENGLISH LUXURr. , The late European new* bring* sad account! ofi Few men of ue, whose three are pasliod to rdpob* destitution iooehiln portions of Europe. A corres* lican{airaplicity, have any iVsdmopnl pondont writei that the rumors or the potaible change of wealth and splendor that' surrounds' many of 'the in the corn laws of England, have been received with English nobles in Ihoir princely residences;' Atria* the utmost consternation in such of the dorn grow* i tolligont American, writing from England, describes ing districts as are in position to export. Upwards j some of these things. of 300 ships in the Block Sea, and » still greater The Earl of Spencer’s homestead, sbsot silly number at Conslinople, are lying idle; and in mites from London, comprises ten thousand seres Constantinoplo extreme anxiety was manifested, at * tastefully divided into parks,mesdows, pastures,wood* the last advices, on all-hands, for the first whisper and girdens. His library, called the finest private of the projected changes in Gneland.no merchant libnry in the world, contains fifty thousand volumes, venturing lu freight a vessel until something positive Extensive and elegant stables, green-houses and ebq* was Known. . This was.fell more, says a letter from set stories, gaino keeper's house, dairy- bouse, dog Trislrie, on account of the fiivorablo state'of the* kennels, pot tot’s lodge, and f*rra . booses ( without weather, and the probability of quick passages.' I number, go to complete tho establishment. Run* Famine, it would.uppear, isjbreatening Germany Idredsof sheep sod cauls' grass in lbs parks spool in earnest. The accounts from Poland are most I the house. / disheartening. In the Carpathians, people are liter- The Duko of Richmond's home farm at Greenwood, ally starving. There is no bread at all. The.in* {sixty miloa from London, consists of twenty three habitants are snid to be living im a loop' of some 1 thousand' acres, or over thirty five square kind, which they call ‘reitkamuka.* a compound ofi And this la In orbwad England,-which hab«p*o{m\a fat and milk; or they, cook a sort of thick oaken tion of sixteen millions, and an area of {(fly Ihqui* pap.something,in appearance liko the Italian polenta'! and square miloa* or jpsl thirty two millions qf sores,' this they call •ciilniha.'. and bat in the place of giving, were the land divided, but twoserea to each in. bread. ‘Aa in all times of great want, crime and habitant. The residence of the Duke is a perfect pal dissipation of all kinds come In swell the list of hnr* ace.' One extensive ball is covered with yellow silk rnrs, it is not surprising to losrn that something pictures In the richest and moil costly tapestry, very like anarchy is raging in the districts most The dishea sod.upon the table are all of porcelain, affected by famine. - The nion callous ond desperate silver and gold.. Twenty five race horses stand la got at tholr fiery Branlwoln oflho country, and liio stable, each being assigned Id the cars of a sped* murderers and robberies of the weak and defence* ial groom. A grotto near the bouse, lbs Isdied less naturally succeed. In consideration of the high spent six years In adorning. An aviary is supplied* prices of potatoes, concurrently with the general I with almost every variety of rare and elegant birdp. dearth of provisiuna, the Government of the Grand Large herda-of ciltlo, sheep and doer are spread Dutchey of Hesse has forbidden tho consumption of [over Immense lawns. potatoes In the distillation of spirits. • | The Duke of Dovonthiro's place at Chataworth, ... •- *nv other, in toe Troubles and b*d government hnvo superinduced the afflictions. The bumble classes being deprived of all heart and energy, says a correspondent, have left the fields uncultivated for miles, lest the rude hands of aome t'atcfnl eoldlery should seize or die troy the fruits of their labor, ‘ The consequence of this is something very like a famine in many parts ol Europe.' The W«r*Horse In Battle* Among the many end varied incidents of the hit tie field, not tho loan ia ihe. conduct of that noble' animal, the war hone. Some,on losing their riders, will ilill continue llioir evolution* with the corps to which they belong, or get u fresh rider, or ore ar rested by tho swill messenger of death. Olliers plunge madly through the field, treading down all before them, many lying wiili their legs broken, unable to rise, nnd looking piteously fur relief. 1 pul several of these poor creatures out of their misery by shooting them through the hand. There was one noble sniuml reKlmg.on hi*' luunches, with his fore togs extended, and his hesd erect, m iking reposted but ineffectual altompt* to rise, his Mud lo<* . ware shalteird by a cannon ball; thinking to terminate hi* suffering more speedily, I placed the mutate of oi my piece close In his fnreheid and fired; I wa* 100 close, however; the ball rebounded from the bone myself in (he thigh slightly. Another beautiful black horse, very richly aoomil. red, wii standing like e stilus, ami his late master, an officer of the French cuirassiers, lying dead near him; we wondered In see him no passive; and one of our men mounted and' urged him forward, when the first step was taken, down cmiio both together, the luckless rider measuring his length .tipon the ground amid the derisive shoals of Ms comrades.— On examiMHihm it was found that one of Iho fore -9ly 1 iVkprnf”ca mimTlivlT; afufsVtie •innd up there wee no appearance of « wound, nor did miy blond eacnpo (Inmgh tho p«rt was much •wnll-n.— Lir.uUnant Morris'* Recollection* of Af«/i fury Service, Increase of Population* We ace some,eat Imatos cmnpu'ing the increase of our pnpulilion at the rale of three per cent, per an nuin. The miller need not bo involved in any controversy fur (he censua returns every ten year* gists'* fair hii*i» or cilcnlation. Three per.cent, per annum will amount to the ordinary ratio of one third in'ton ycura—noar enough at least for Statis tical purposes. But the prospect which Is hold out by the moat reasonable calculation oftho growth of this country in population • and recourses, may welt startle the observer. Leaving but of the account the addition* which arc made every year to the aggregate ol our population by emigrants, from Europe, the natural increase of our own penple may afford the basis of an estimate which could not he applied to any oilier country. We are bound to bo the moat populous und most powerful of all HVlng nations. This is our deatioy. and it ia our responsibility also. Kossuth has made his mistake only In point of llino, We ere a power on earth, and such a power that its presence must have significance. We cannot abnegate our being ; but ha due to our dignity (hat we rnlao not a hand except to control, and (hat ut onoo. No em pty vaporing, no bravado, for this American pimple. Wo hold uur own against the world, and will do fl, come what may.— Baltimore American, tewing Grass Seed* Farmers, as well as other people like to make good bargains. Some of the wor-l bargains they make is with themselves. For eiample—to save nve dollars ol seed they loose twenty dollars of hoy or pislure. By way of experiment, and (u exhibit the advanta ges of a good supply of iced, the writer showed in the spring of 1850 a piece of ground to grata, at tho ruto of one bushel of olovor, and the anno quantity of timothy. In less than two months, the field af forded* prodigious amount qf pavlurago—full twioo at much through the season, by estimate, aa ordln ary good pastures. The year the grass wee allowed to grow for hiy, which hue just been out and drawn In, (7 mo. 10,1851) and the product wai found to bo three and « half, tone per acre. Where can we And a permanent pasture or meadow that will do (his 7 The wail was of ordinary ferillily only, nr would not haveyielded mure.Uian S 3 bushels of oorn per sore. The amdUnt of pasturage afforded by (he Second growth of this grass field fiilly warranted (ho belief (list a ton and a hulfperaore might have befcn again cut,'making five tons' of luy (for acre In all, for'one year. The hay proddood where plenty 6f grass seed is aqwn, Is of much boiler quality than where ihe els Iks stand thin on the ground.— Albany Cultivator . What a Morins and a Child!— A Mrs- Brown and her son are in Jail in Cincinnati, od the charge of poisoning tbe husband and father WqolCkop or Onto.—Ths firmer* of Chin have received Nat season, over tbres million of dollars for the wool crop. Till following toast, given at a celebration of Washington** birth dayJn Charleston, wss received with repeated cheer* t Womah—Her natural place |i, between engela end bloomers, without wing* and without pantaloons. Ws heard of s rich man ones who wai badly in* lured by buing run over, 'll Is'l tho accident,’ aaid he,'that I tnltid ; that isn’t the thing; but the idea of being run over by an infernal swill oart makes me mad.’ •John,* said a sohoolmaatsr,’you will soon be e man, and will have In du buaineae—what do you auppoau you will do when you l»t>ve in write letter*, unleaayou loam to apall bettor i* ‘Oh, sir, 1 thall put easy word* In them.* At the Old iudlea* Sewing Circle, iaat Friday eve ning the members got to talking about temperance, the Math Liquor Law, dec. Said Mre. Fridgod:— “Fur nine mortal yeare I slept with a barrel of brandy} now, thank* to Gough and Provldencu, ,! sleep with a wen/’* . . 1 “Well,** paid Aunt Gyles. “after all, for my part I’d rstherjleep with a barrel of brandy than lie clone Uh*ae cold winter nights. l * ■ Mr*, fridged frowpfd. AT (2 OS PER ARRBMi Jb said to excel in magnificence* any other. In tß'tf I kingdom. The Income of the Duke le one irilltlon of pounds a year,and ho is said to spend Hell.’ la thu grounds about the homo ero kept four. Imndreff head ol oalUo end fourteen hundred door. The kiloh* on garden contains twelve acres* end is filled .with almost every specie* of fruit and vegetables. A veil aboretum connected with tbo establishment is design ed to contain a sample of every tree tfaei There is also a-glass oonsorvatory,3Q7 feel Id length* 113. in breadth, end fly-Aeriir-bolght,-covered by seventy six thousand square feet of glass, end warmed by sown miles of pipe, conveying hot'water. One plant was obtained from India by e special measeo* gcr, and it voided at ten thoueand dollars." One of the fountains near the house playa276 feet high*—eeld to be tlie highest jot in the world.' Chatewort contain' thirty five hundred acres,but the Duke owns ninety eii thousand acres in the county of Derbyshire.—* Within, the entire is one vast scene of paintings, sculpture, mosaic works, carved wain*, coating and. ell the elegancies and luxuries within the reach of almost boundless wealth and highly refined taste*. . CHARITY. Trust not to each teeming tongas* Aa moat weak persona do; . Bui alill believe that itory wrong*' Which ought not to be true. Laught**.—Somebody hat described Lapgbter ad a “liiculiy bestowed exclusively upon men,” end on* which there {>, therefore, a eort of impiety in not exercising aa frequently aa we Can. One may day* with Tilua, that we have “loil a day*" If it shall have pissed without laughing. “An inch of ie worth an ell of moan in any stile of thd'tnarkat* SlHtiTSflrmV'or ifl'eeoa'consttler laughter ao asaanlTot a part of their devotion,that they call upon their prophet to preaerve them from tad facet. Tit* Now York Dutchman I* not far from the fad in (ho "human natur" aapeclUkeo below: Wo ullvlook down'* ort somebody. The mah'of bullion look* down on the ahopke-per, the shopkeeper on hi* clerk*; clerk* lorn up (heir- noeas althe me ohanloa, while meobanioa are.above Mtoclaliog with hod carrier*; teamlreMfl* won’t spank toraddian .ped dler*. while (he reddiab firle think il low end vulgar lo apeak In he little hussiee what kepi -(he crowing clean. Who the letter "look down” 00 wp have not learned, although there ie no doubt that they consider themselves "far above" somebody.— Queer,lsn’t it? Ir you ahnuM see a man digging in snow drill ,wlth the expectation of boding valuable ore, or planting on (he rolling billows, you would say at once (bat he waa braids himself. ' But in what reaped doea'lhta man differ from you while you sow the seed* of Idle* nea* and dissipation in your youth, and expect the frulta of age will be a ghod constitution; elevated if* feotlona, and holy principles. "Tula* it nn truth in men," said e lady Iti comp*; ny; "they are (ike muiionl imitrumenta, which eoiind a variety of tonea." “In other word*, Madame,” aside wit,,who chanced to be present, "you believ.o that all moo are Xyrn.*" A modern Writer aeya i "Perhaps y on cannot 'gild refined gold, or paint the lily,* but very Impure gold will gild anything else, end paint up a toad obtirha paaare for a bird of paradiae, tvinga, tall fealbers, and all included." A Wirt in Troool*.—"Pray toll mo, my deaf, what ia the cause of thoso Ultra V* i‘*Oh, sueh a disgrace!” “Why, what disgrace 1" ■. , “Why, 1 have opened one of your leilefa, ahrw posing it addressed lo tnyee|f. Cortalnly'UJdck* . ed more like hfra. than Mr,” '-V “In that alii What harm U lheto inaWlfe’d opening her huaband’a letters V “No-harm in itself, put the ContenU, aueh disgrace!” ‘ ' “Anything dlereapeolfal to my wife t'* * , <‘oh ho. . Il la coached in (he most respeblfdl and ohaate language* . But the Contents I" r - -i Herrnhe wife buried her face In her faandkef* chief and oorontenoed sobbing aloud, when tha husband eagerly, caught up. the letter sod com menced rending the epistle that had been the rodana of nearly breaking his wife's heart. It waa a bill from the printer “for nine yeqra subscription I” ' lUtioiul.—A hub residing In a Naw .England town at some.distance (Void a near relative, received a message one cold evening in November Ip hasten to his residence as lie was in a dying elate. tVbert he arrived lie wsa told that bis reason bad entirely ten him. The sick man presently turned hiebeadi ■aying in a fsint voice: , ‘Who is ibsl?* He had been informed thatll wae his near relative who, had been sent fur. •ObT said ho *bo most be bold. Make blea t good warm toddy.' ' : ‘•'■•t -•1 guest be ain't qreiy,* said Ike visitor i *bt Ulke very rationally.* young main at Niagara having been crowd in love, walked out to the precipice, loerii 'off - hie doilies, gave one lingering look at the gn)f bvpeaih him—and then ,wont homo. Hie body wap, found next morning—in b«d, ~ ' ■' CC7The man who was injured by a burst 7 ui* ilsuse, is recovering. f';\ Right.—‘Ansei Westfield, Mste.,\hae been bound over in (he sum of 93.00, for. ptoputln# the publication ofa notice of the death of a person •till living. . , J . CCfTho battlo of Lexington, «t which'the first Revolutionary bloodsheds moisted : the greet* .pod. »f that ancient town of the Old. Ray fileto. April JO, 1 1716, will be celebrated this year. la.NewYprk, eni the occurrence of Its anniversary. 11 1 The Chinese have a saying, that an unlucky word from the Umgd* earitidt bd brought back again by a ooeob and tU homti n •».>T.t >i• , • NO. 46.
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