-American IB Holuutccr,
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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
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NO. 46.