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A CONSTANT DRIPPING WILL WEAR
1 ' A STONE." ' 11
OF all the proverbs, none better-la known
Then a “ constant.dripping'wiil wear a stone;"
Wo mark its truth in pcaeo or Inslrife, •
In oach ebb or flow of the tide oLlifo,
Tlio Fust by Jts tales this lesson bath shown,
filial aconstant dripping.wlU wear a : alono,"
And the Future loo,spile all wp may say, , .
Time's constant dripping will soon wear away,
Look well at that buy with the laughing eye,' ‘
Hark, hoar how his song on the breeze swoops by;
The.future to him sccins open nod fair.
A garden offlowers without a care,
Of a noble name, and deeds of truth ;'
Of ono who in life shall bo all his own,
But a " constant 'dripping willwcat a'stono?*
Full Boon will (tio cares of (ho cold world come,
And sorrows will darken bis onco bright homo,
nia-youthful ho|icp, liko llio bubbles that swim,
In their graceful pride bn.lhn gcblel’s brim,
Will Hide from his heart atone breath of care,
Nollcavirig a trace of their short life (hero;
And weeping', he’ll Stand in : the world alone,
Tboi'tcanstanl dripping'is wearing (ho stone,”
Time haa drawn its lines on his open brow,
And tho (Ilcisurofi.of enroll are worthier now,
He (nrnslo the Past, bul-tho friends of old,
Aro mouldering fast in (lid churchyard cold.
.There aro qpnelo loyo him ; ; no heart to prove,
By its generous deeds, its-wealth of,love j
And ho sinks in. (ho.grave unwept, unknown,
soi thd “ c'dnptonl Gripping haa worn the slono.”
.a^tacttiHitcotts.
WATERLOO.
This famous balllo field lies about ten miles from
Brussels. It was a cloudy gloomy day, that I loft
I ho city loviait this spot on which the fate of Furopc
was once decided. I stopped a moment to look at
tho house where tho ball Ivas held tho night be Toro
(ho battle, and from tliO thoughtless gaily of which
so many officers were summoned by tho thundering
of cannon to the field of battle. Before rcacliingitho
Held, wo passed through tho extremely beautiful for*
rest of Soighie* composed of tall beeches,' and which
Byron,'by political license,has changed into tho for.
cal of,Ardennes./Ardennes Is more than 30 miles
distant in an opposite dlrcction.bul still it was-mnro
classic than Soignics, and so Byron, In describing
tho passage of the British array, through it on their
way .Id tho battle says;-
“And Ardennes waves above them her green Iqavcs,
Wet with.naluro’a tear drops, ns they pass—
Grieving, if aught inanimate o'rc grieves,
Over the unrfiluming bravo—alas!
Ere evening to bo trodden like tho grass,
Which, now beneath them, but above shall grow
In its next.verdure, when this fiery mass
Oflivlng valor, rolling on tho foe,
And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold
and low. 1 ’
At length 'wo came to (he small village of Water
lon, «vhd taking a guide wandered over the field.—
Not to. weary one with confused details, conceive a
largo undulating pUin with two tldgcsTislfig oiil of
it, lying opposite to each other, and gently curving
-in Iropi the centre. These opposing ridges arc mere
elevations of ground, separated by a shallow valley,
varying from a quarter to a half a itillo In width.—
Standing on ono'ftf those curved ridges, along which
the English army was posted in two, lines, the other 1
ndgo or elevation of ground fqccs you, along which
French were drawn up. The main rend from Bros,
eels to'Genappo, culs dircclly across this valley, and
tiirough these ridges, in the centre of (ho field. On
the extreme fight is llie chcaulcau.of ilungonmoni,
a farm houeo, with an orchard surrounded by a high
wall in the shape of This defended
Wellington's right. The centre rested its loft on n
small house called La Uayo Bainto,while the left
wingediended larlhcr on to onoihqr -firm house,
called Ter, U llayo, .Thus fortified on bo|h extremi
ties, and in.llib centre, the allied forces awaited the
approach of the tho opposilo rldgc.,,, Fif
ty fuUt lUoUsaodmen were drawn.op for tho slough,
let; oo one side, k mile and a. half, in length, while
Boqaparl brings to lJiq battle seventy, five, thousand
Fsonctunon. Uick of the French lino is a house
called La Bello Alliance, near which Bonapait placed
his observatory.
Tlils was llSo position. of the fi«ld, and such the
strength of the mighty armies that stood thirty
years ago, on tho tnuintng of the 15th ol June, look
ing each,other in the faces. Two uncunqucrcd gen
orals wore at their head; and tho fate of Europe the
stake before thorn. As 1 stood on the mound.reared
over the slain, and Junked over the field along which
the grain waved as it waved on UTo day of that fierce
battle, a world of conflicting emotions, struggled in
my heart. One moment the magnificence and pomp
bf this stern array converted it into a field of glory
—tfip ncjU.lhc conception of llto feeling that agitated
the bosoms of thesp two military loaders, qnd terrible
results depending—oil Eurbpo liongtng In a breath,
lass suspense ' on tlio battle, imparted to it q moral
sublimity utterly overwhelming'; tho next fierce on
set, the charging squadron, tho melee of horses and
riders ; tho I'ilfing df mangled companions before
the destructive fire; the roar of artillery and (hr;
blast of the bugle, and braying of trumpets, and rol
of drums t siid the tossing of plumes and banners,
and wheeling of regiments, and shock of cavalry,
changed it into a scene of excitement, and daring,
ond horror, that made the blood flow back chill and
dark on tho heart. Then came the piles of (lie dead
and tho groans of tho wounded, whole ranks of or.
phans, and whole vjjlogcs.of mourners, till a half ut
tored 'woo to the warnpr,’ was qhoHod by tears pf
compassion. , . ‘ l , , _ . . I 4
Thirty years ago Wellington stood whore I stood,
and surveyed the field over which tho two' mighty
armies were manamvcrlng. At length, at this very
hour (eleven o'clock) when I am gazing upon it, the
cannonading begins and soon rolls the whole length
of tho line. Yonder on the extreme right, Jerome
Bonaparte with 12,000 men descends like a moun
tain stream on Ihocbeatoau of llougontnont. Column
after column, tho dark masses march straight into
tho deadly Gre lhal opens In every direction. In
perfect order and steady front they press up to the
very walla and thrust their bayndts through the door
itself. At length (ho house takes fire,sod the shrieks
of the wounded who ate burning up, rise a moment
over the roar ofslrife, ond (hen naught is hoard but
tho confused nolso of battle. Slowly, roluallantlv,
those 12,000 surge back from the Wall—l2,ooo did
1 say 7 No, in this rapid half hour 1500 have fallen
to rise no more, and there in that orchard of four
acres, tho bodlosaro scattered, rather piled,besmear'
od with powder and blood. Between me and them
fresh columns of Frorich infanlry, headed by u long
row of cannon, that belch forth-their fires every few
moments,come steadily up (o (ho English squares.
Whole ranks of living men fall at every discharge,
but those firm squares neither shakp nor foullor.—
Tho earth trembles as oannoh answers oanhbn, bury
ing tboir loads in solid masses of human flesh, (n
the midst of this awful moloo, tho bravo Pioton
charges homo on the French, and they roll book like |
a wave from the rock—-but a bullet has entered'his;
temple,'and'ho satis back and falls at the lioad of
his followers. And yonder, to save their flying In
faniry, a column of French cavalry thruw themselves [
with .the ocean's mighty swing on Jlio, foe, but those
fust squares stand rooted to (ho ground. Slowly and 1
desperately thaf daring column walk,their horses
pround and around the squares, dashing at every
opening, but In vain. ‘ . ,
And now from wing (6 w)og U is one wild battle,
and 1 soo nothing bat the smoko pf oanngn, tho tos
sing of plumes, and tho soaring of tho French eagle
over tho charging columns! and I hoar nutyjhl but
Iho roll of the dram, (he sound of martial mnsiq, the
explosion of artillery and (ho blast of (ho buglo sound*
ing (ho 'oh&rgo. Therostands Wellington, weary
and'anxious. Wherever 1 a square has‘wavered* ho
has thrown himself into it, ctidcring on hla men.—
Bui now ho 1 stands, and surveys the field of blood,
and sees his posts driven < n > ,hia army exhausted, and
exclaims while he whlpcs (lie sweat from his brow.
“Would to God’lhal Bluchor or night might come."
Tho nobloGordon- stops up to him'bcgglnghlm not
tostand ho is exposed to tho shots of tho one.
my, and wlillo ho is speaking a bullet pierces his
own body and ho fulls. Bonapaktb surveys tho Hold
with savage fcrocicily and pours fresh column
on tho English infantry. For four long' hours has
the battlo raged and the victory wavered. But look !
a'dnrk objectsmergcs from yonder wood,and stretches
but into the field. And nnw there are banners, and
horsemen, and moving columns. The Prussians arc
coming. Bonaparte secs them, and ■ knowing that
nothing/ can-'Hiuvo- - --him bnftho’ 'dcslruclTdri' of
tlio English lino before they arrive, orders up tho old
Imperial Guards, that had been kept aloof from the
battlo oil day. Ho addresses thorn in a fow.ficry
words telling them that all rested on 'tUcir valor.—
They shout ‘the Emperor forever I* till lt\o sound is
heard even to tho British lines.
Willi llio impetuous Ncy -at the .head, they move
in perfect order and beautiful array.down the alopo.
The elorm of battle is hushed. No drum, or trumpet
or martial strain cheers them pa. . No bugle sounds
iho charge. In dead silence, and* with firm and
steady steps they Como. The allied forces look with
indescribable awe and dread upon Iho approach
o( those battalions (bat had never yol been conquer*
cd, . But the momentary pause is like the hush of
the storm ere it gathers for a fiercer .sweep. The
cannon opens ot once, and whole yanksofiho gallant
band'falMiho a snow wreath from the mountains,
yet (hey falter not—over the mangled forms they
pass, and with steady, resistless,,forco, come face to
face with their foe. T(io lines, reel, and toller, and
sway backward. l The field seems lost—but no, that
awful discharge on their bosoms-from (ho rank of
men (hat seemed to raise from Iho ground, has turn
ed the day*—the invincible guard slop as if stunued
by s terrible .blow. A second discharge and they
wheel and fly. The whole English lino now advance
to (lie assault. Look at that mangled column—how
that discharge of artillery has lorn its head and car.
ried away half its number.
’Tls over! that magnificent army that formed In
such beautiful order in .(ho morning on tho heights,
is now rent and Iho fugitives darken iho Hold. ’Tls
night—but the Prussians, fresh on tho field, pursue
tho flying Iho long night. Oh! out where the thunder
of distant cannon comb booming on tho midnight
air 1 Death is dragging hie car over (ha multitude,
and tho'vcry heavens took aghast at tho merciless
slaughter.'*— Ifeadty.
Woman's Rights*
David Hale, late editor of thp,“ Journal of Com*
mcrco,” once wrote a jeu d'esprit on the “ Rights
of women/’ in which ho showed that the balance
of wrongs wasdeoidedly on (he side of. tho men.
“ When the .simple question of superiority is at
issue, the men always have to give up. If ladies
and gentlemen meet on the side walk, who has to
turn out 1 If there are not seals enough for oil the
company, who has to stand up I When there is
danger to face, who lias to go forward I If there
is curiosity to gratify, whogoes'.bohind I If there
is 100 much company for the first (able, who eats
at the second 1 Who has gfwajrs llio,right.hand,
and the most respectable position V’ We could
mention a hundred other cases in which, on the
simple question of right, everything is yielded to
tho women.
But (hero arc many cases in which (hocondition
of tnon is still worse. For instance if on any
public occasion, a pew at charch'*or a seat any
where, ho occupied by men ever so respectables or
aged, a smirky little beauty trips along and pro
sents herself at the top of the .seat, and they must
all jump tip and clear out as thongh Ihey had been
shoi. Especially ought it to be noticed, that when
matrimonial negotiations aro to be. made, (bo
whule burden of performing the. delicate, apd often
very embarrassing part of,making proposals U
thrown upon (he men, while the women no,
no, no, ns long as (hoy like, and never say yes,
until they have mind to.
Noble Sentiment*
This is on agreeable world after id). If wo
would only bring ourselves to look at* the subjects
aropnd us io their truo light, we should sco beauty
where wo behold deformity, and listen to harmo
ny where wo hoar nothing but discord. To bo
suro there is a great deal of vexation and anxiety
19 meet; we cannot sail on a summer cotot forev
er, yet, if we preserve a calm oyo and steady hand,
wo can so trim our sails and manage our holm, as
to avoid (ho quicksands and weather 1110 storms
that threaten‘shipwreck. Wo aro members of one
great family ; wo nrn (ravelling 1 the same road,
and shall arrive at the samo goal. Wo breathe
the same air, are subject to the same bounty, and
wo shall lie down.upon tho bosom Of our common
mother. It is not becoming, then, that brother
should halo brother; U is not proper that friend
should deceive friend ; it is not rigtn (hot neigh
bor should deCoivo neighbor. We pity that muh
who can harbor enmity against his follow; ho lo
ses half tho enjoyment of life; he embitters his
own existence. Let us tear from our eyes the
colored medium that invests every object with the
green hue of Jealousy and suspicion, and turn a
deaf ear to scandal 5 breathe tho spirit of .charily
from our hearts; let. the rich guehings of human
kindness swell up as o fountain, so that (ho gold
en ago will become no' 1 fiction, and Islands of (he
blessed bloom In more than Hyperion beauty.
(CT Quakerism is favorable to longevity, it acorns*
According to lato English census returns,'tho aver
age ago attained by merabora of this peaceful sect in
(jroat Orilian, la fifty one years, two months and,
twenty one days. Half of the population ,of (ho
country, as Is seen by (ho samo returns, dio before
reaching the ego of twcnly-ono, and the ovorogo du
ration of human life the world over, is but thirty-three
years; Quakers, therefore, livo a third longer (nan
the rest of ua. Tho reasons ore obvious cimufch.—
Quakers are temperate and prudent, are seldom in a
hurry, and newer in a passion. Quakers in the very
midst of tho week’s business, (on .Wednesday moroi
ing,) rotlro from the world,and spend an hour or
two In silent meditation at (ho mooting bouse. Qua
kers aro diligent, they help ono another, and the four
of want does not corrode their minds,, The journey
of life (0 them is a walk of peaceful meditation. They
neither sudor nor enjoy intensely, bdl preserve a
composed demeanor always. Is it surprising that
their days should bo long in the land ?
Spitti.no.— I Tho Now York Mirror Bays tho fol
lowing ;
Spilling Isa vilo American peculiarity. Wo are
a nation of spiltors. If tlio naan in tho moon were
lo visit us, ho would think Hist wejhad all boon
lasting something vary, oifoneivo, or that wo woro
all affected by sorao loalhesomo disease of ihosal
ivary glands. On our farryboata ono is sickened
by the condition of tho floor. Many monspll
about so often,at any rato; if nny 'spcclaloxoiio*
. raont or ombarrasemont arlstb, ihoy indroaso tho
frequency. Tho spilling along tho strout'is ludi
crous and disgusting, what if every third man*
was scon occasionally vomiting' at tho curb slono!
This would bb but a stop further in tho progress
of indecency. (
Woman’s tliaiiT*. —Thoro is lo bo a 1‘ Woman’s
Rights Convention’’ in Ohio, tho 86th of this month.
Wo** go in" for'woman’s rights. Every woman has
alight to a haabahd and a baby. Perdlliontd be
tho man who would deny her Ibis inestimable blessing
and inalienable privilege I
"om IT : M-WAtTS >E BipilT— SOT BIGHT OB' WBO»d, Gift. COOftBT.
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY,. JUNE $,
AMEBICAN STATESMAH’S WIVES.
FKUALS iNFUIRNOB AT WASHINGTON.
Il is said that- at every European court, the la(J|os
are adroit politicians. ■ Washington Is the govern*
moot metropolis of our free country, and experience
shows that thu rule, truo.in olhor r caflcs, applies with
striking truth.in,our own- lam not prepared to
pronounce against the. I bolioyo it
operates advantageously, and it is quite certain, that
no bad results hove yet attended il.' The influence
exerted by (ho ladies upon Washington politics is
groat of course, end’ many ’ interesting anecdotes, if
the subject,wcro'nol nlllto'aacrcd and se'erot, might
bo cited in proof of il. A beautiful and intelligent
woman discoursing upon public mon and measures*
is always euro to havo listeners and' followers ; and
il may bo called a pardonable vanity in' ayonng,or
oven a-veteran'member, to excel in debate when ho
sees the gallery blazing with a conslcllalion of bright
eyes. It is lrjio, wo-ihavo no Do Btool and no Roland,
but tho-pagos of iporo than one of our daily papers,
and tho several departments of tho governments, at
test equally tho eloquence and the tfifluonco of the
ladies when they choosp to figure in (ho arena of
Slate affairs. More than one intelligent and virtuous
woman has provided for her husband, and her sons
by tho graces of her conversation and her faCinatiorts
in the social cirolb. Society hero is an’element of
tho first- importance to public men, separated from
their own homes, and avorso.to tho dissipations of a
gay and crowded capital.
Hence it is,‘that tho female character, illustrated
by tho intellectual, accomplished,'and experienced
woman, accustomed to tho Ways o( fashionable, life
in Washington, and preserving Us winning purity in'
every vicissitude,exercises on almost resistless sWay,
Hence il is that a lady.may wield a most potent In
fluence when oven the veteran politician would plead
in vain. A lady, who has spent her .lifu in Wash,
inglon, could wrilca most attractive.history of irion
and of events. Mrs. Madison eiimvcd.hor husband
many years, and to, tho lust retained r lho freshness
and tho vivacity other mind. In her old ago, il was
gratifying to sec how sho was waited upon by high
and by low. Successive Presidents, made her a sort
of household divinity, and attended upon her. wants.
She was one of (ho links that united tho dead past
with tho living, present; a sort of contrast between
the customs and tho opinions of another ago, snd tho
advancing impetuosity of our own. Sho died two or
three years ego. Tho widow' of tho polished ond
powerful Alexander Hamilton is still alivo. I saw
her at tho last President’s loveo, looking remarkably
venerable and well—an object of profound and ro~
spcclful interest to all. In tho . crowd of beauty,
ambition and youth, by which sho was surrounded,
sho seemed to bo, as il were—indeed sho was—the
typo of another era living among her own posterity.
Her husband, the confidante and companion of
Washington, of tho elder .Adams, and of lho groat
men who stood on the threshold of (ho nineteenth
century, and saw tljaf (Government .launched into
being which in flfly yoare'has- become tho political
marvel of tho world. Sho knew thesemlghtyinlol*
(eels, and doubtless in her own day, bloomed qmong
Iho lovelies! of (ho social circle. She has seen them
rolirc, one by one, from Iho busy stage of affaire
(heir high resolves, their god-liko aspirations, their
bright hopes,' their ' fears, their rivalries and (heir
enmities,—all quenched in the impenetrable “ gloom
of Iho grave." Her own great loss—«tho sad, tho,
sudden, iho world regretted death of llib bravo, do.
quonLand.learned Hamilton—iho master sorryw
ofher career ; and ‘she seems lb have boon spared to
experience (he wholesome truth how kccly a great
notion cm cherish the memory of its devoted sons.
It is no longer a party that reveres the example of
Hamilton [ his great abilities have led their impress
upon tho nation; and if somo'orhls opinions haVd
bccii tested and'discarded, many more have been
approved and adopted. Mrs. Hamilton is now ninety
five years of ngc.
Do you know that Mrs. Henry Clay has never
visited Washington ? Her domestic character seems
to hove been formed for the quiet shades of Aehland{
and although her woman’s heart beat high when sho
saw “yonng Harry with'hisbeavcr on^ f * In tlib midst
of tho greatest events that have rbsdq his’ ndme 'im»
mortal, yet by lief'tl«rbltfl»idgß ! bf hbmo and fireside,
wero*lo bo preferred, ‘Now that ilia.statesman is
Wasting away, her presence would alleviate bis suf
ferings and prepare him for his final reckoning.—
But now she is too old to come. She could not bear
the toilsome journey from Lexington, and she r'o.
mains, as it were, a watcher for tho fatal new?.
A few days ago sho sent him a*boqucl of (lowers;
but when they reached herb they wore faded—a mel
ancholy evidence that both the giver and the rccciV*
cr were fast hastening to that bourne whence no
traveller returns. - Tho old man held it to )iis lips fur
a few seconds, and said will) inournibl pathos, “ the
perfume is almost gone 1" But not sb with his feme.
That wilMivo forever green in tho memory of rrtan.
Ilia physical frame will decay, but hi* groat history
will nover bo forgotten. Of hlin and of hio pluco, In
the regard of men, in the dim future,'lt may well bo
said:
■•Voti may break, you may ruin llio\n«o Ifyon will,
Dut (ho scoht of the roses will (tang round II still."
Bdi.i.?roo Concert.— An eastern editor hna
hern favored with a grand Frog Concert. Ho
transcribes iho recitation as fellows :
“ Rung do nong—kung lung;
Kao de hung, to koo,
, Tltlori, titter! koo,
Tiltori, llliorl nong,”
PfiH Chorus.
Bung dekung—kick a ku!
To to vveo noun do koo.
,iSWa Soprdno.
Tiddory pode Wo do kbm,
Pe de weel, pe do weet J i
. Chbruto/JJaaa Voicct.
Kung, kung, trata kung, , i
Bigggory Jum,do kum de boo,
rrce-'lhad Sola.
Tr—a—aloweot!
Weetcrry deo S
The effect was (roly astonishing; the dtara
blinked, and the balmy zephyrs stopped to catch
tho enchanting melody.
Tnncß hundred and. four Tavern* are licensed In
Lancaster county, twenty-two in Columbia, ond the
others in the several townships and boroughs—num
bering from one to seventeen in each. “Strangers
and travellers,"in Lancaster county, have np difficul
ty in finding asnfficlcncy ofhouscs licensed Tor their
accommodslion ( whatever the “entertainment'* may,
be. r
A Modil VVifb.—There ie a woman in Indiana
on tho Wabash river, who toltos it into her head, and
sometimes practices, (while her old man has gone to
town,) plowing, nursing and fishing, all at once.—
She first yokes an ox and her cow to the plow—then
puts her twin babies Into the corn basket and sds
pends ilon a tree—then lakes the boll offlheoow and
attaching it to the ond of her fishing polo, which is
.stuck in tho ground at tho .water's edge ; sho then
commences her plowing around the field; at every
revolution she gives tho curlal cradle a. send, which
lasts until she gets round again, at; (ho sterna time
keeping her oars open,so that when any rash member
of ihofinny’tribo swallows tho hOoknho may hoar ol
it, for under her arrangement? tho calamity. is an
nouced by tho. ringing of the boll.
Our Informant says that sho'is a pattern of tho
kind they havo there/
“John, slop your crying," said on enraged Cither
to his eon, who hod kept up an Intolerable “ yell” for
tho past fivo minutes. ‘.'Slop,' I say, do you hearth
again repealed tho fnlhpr after a few minutes, the
boy still crying. 11 You'don't .suppose I can clibko
tiffin a minute, do you,** chimed Iri tho hopeful ur
chin.
' ’ '■ Doctor 80/ks«
Tho folly of dabbling in medicine is very pleas*
antly hit off In the following liiimorous piece:
“ About four years ago I was happily married to a
very prudent lody, and being of the same disposltJ
ion as myself, we made □/very prudent couple.— !
Somo time after bur nrnrl/go my wife told mo that'
doctors bills were very high, and, as wo could not
always expect to bofrob'frorn disease, she thought
it best to purchase sofiio doctor’s bbbks, ‘and thus,*
said-eho with a smily, ‘ wo can steal their trade at
once. This 1 agreed to, and made it my particular
business to attend dll auctions of books, in order (o
buy medical books at tho lowest rale. In fihb/lnj
less than 'twelve months I\had bought a couple'of.
* Dispensatories,’ 1 Buchan,s Family. Physician,* two
or threo treatises on Iho art of preserving health, by
different authors; seven treatises on the diseases of
children, and 1 divers-others of the greatest nolo.—
My wife spent all tho time she could spare from the
economy of her household in studying thorn, and ob
soon as my store was shut up in the evening, 1 edi
fied myself wilh a few receipts from my Dispensa
tory.
‘“As soon os spring arrived, my wife informed rao
sho found it positively enjoined by some of our
writers, that wo must swallow a large dose of cream
of tartar and brimstone, to bo taken every evening
fortli'roo weeks, in molasses; (his Iho whole family
cbftplicd with: I, who being the head of (ho family,
to bo first; my wife, my brother Dick, who lives
with me, my son and my daughter, my negro boy
and Iho servant maid. This cliro wo oil wont
through to the entire satisfaction of my wife, who
had dhc pleasure to find ho* medicine hod Iho dosit
cd qficol.
'j. * 1 Soon otter this (ho contagion of reading medical
oooltV spread through all my family, and ecarco a
day-' passed but some 'of llienf made uso of some
mc'dicino nr other. My poor brother Dick, after lio
pormission to road my boohs, had accquircd a
dejected countenance, tho cause of which 1 could
not conceive. At last ha broke silence ;* Brother,’
said he, (supposing that I had read more-than him*
Bclf # )‘fcol my putso;'l think I have too modi blood;
had ;I not belief gel bled 7 you.know that If too much
blood gels Into the head It produces apoplexy; iho
symtoms of its appearance, says Duchan, are, remark
able redness in tho face, and you sco that is exactly
(ho case with me.* I could not but laugh at him iho
was indeed red in’lhe face, bat such redness as in
dicalcd (he very offspring of hoalth. Opr maid, from
an education at a country school,had learned to road ;
she earnestly requested her mistress to lend her a
doctor book to read on Sunday afternoon. This
reasonable request was granted ; but poor creature !
being not of the fairest complexion in (lie world, sho
in a little\vhilo bccamo quite low spirited, and find,
ing my wife and mo alone one evening, sho came in
and ventured to express herself thus: * La! mistress;
I am concerned and afraid I shall got tho yellow
jaunders, as I begin to look yellow in the face*.—
Decency prevented my smiling for a while,*but when
she had loft Iho room 1 could not but enjoy a laugh.
My negro boy io, always eating roasted onions rot a
cold, but as ho cannot road, ho has luckily escaped
every other disorder. Ono night as wo wero about
goirtg to bed, my wife desired me In (ho most serious
manner lint if sho should over bo taken With a luck,
cd jaw lli-lt I'should rub her jaw with mask, as she
was convinced from comparing tho arguments of a
variety of authors, that (hie was (ho best remedy.—
I (old Iter there was no danger of such an event, ns
Iliad Dr. Cullen’s word lhal.il seldom allocked fc
males't imleed, I t»m-convinced Ural a locJi jawed lady
is a rxtra avit in tertis.'
“ Hitherto our family medicines wore used with
confidence and satisfaction on ail sides, (ill I coneid
creel ono day (hat a family Without a doctor, had
consumed more medicine in ono year limn my father's
family used lo do with the advice of o physician in
six years. But one day when my wife told mo she
thought it would bo well enough to weigh our food
before wo cal u. lest wo should oat 100 much or too
Lite, and ilia I Saucuorioua advised it fur good reasons,
I got such n disgust to our schema that 1 resolved
gradually to abandon It. 1 am now convinced of
tile, truth of a saying of a rational medical writer,
•onq-.or more things must happen to. every human
body— to live temperately, to uso exercise, to take
physic, or bo sick.’ And I am pretty certain that
ifl and my fimily persevere in the twvr former cours
bs ( wo need not bo in danger of tlio two lasi.”-’ •
Cinnamon Trees,
iThoroaro many Cinnamon Plantations in llio
vicinity of Colombo. The cinnamon trees or shrubs
aro planted in rows; their height does not at the ul
most exceed nine feel; the blossoms aro white and
eOnscless. l,rom the fruit, which is smaller than
an acotn, oil is obtained; when the fruit is crushed
and boiled, iho oil swims at the lop; It Is used Tor
lightening, mingled with cocoa-nut oil. The cin
namon harvest takes place twice in the year, the
first l called the great harvest,, irqm April to ,luly ;
the second; the little harvest, from November till
January. The bark is pulled off* t iho slender
brandies with a knife, and dried lit the sou, by
which process it acquires n yellowish or brown
color, and about tbo thickness of a Card board.—
The fine cinnamon 6il used in medicine is obtained
from the cinnamon itself: it is shaken in a vessel
of water, in which it is steeped for eight or ten
days; the whole is (hen thrown into a still, and
distilled otrer.a slow fire; on the surface of the
water thus obtained, tbo oil, after a short time,
oollccis* and la removed with the greatest care.
G«luantrt Down South.—A correspondent of the
Now Orleans Picayune, who was on the; steamship
Mexico, bound for Corpus Clirimi, clnoniclcs the ful*
lowing incident : ,
Among the pasaongors on board aro a young
German and bis sister, who aro on their way to San
Antonia to join (heir mother. Tha boauly, modesty
and respectable appoaranfcoofthb young girl; who Is
about sitloon, attracted (ho attention of aoibo bener
olcnl gentlemen) who woro ,Burprlsod to loam that
aha was a deck passengers and hqd no berth to sleep
in. Her brother was questioned on (he subject, and
replied that ho had barely money enough to got to
San Antonin, and could not- afford to take o oabin
passagoTor Ills sister, A purso was immediately
made up to pay for a Xjnb'm, and tbo young
girl taken aft to tbo ladies* cabin; but Capl. Pluco,
hearing of tlio circumstances, sailor-likc, said she
should hnvo a cabin passage free, and gave (d tho
young girl tbo money which was made up fur tho
pprposo.
RAi/.noAU SonscniPTtoNs.— Tho borough council of
SunbUry, Pa., has authorized a' subscription' of 895*,•
000, to the Susquehanna railroad, and 825,000 to tho
Sunbury ond Eric Railroad—tho latter, provided tho
work It commenced at that place within one year.—
Tho'subscription to (ho Busquoliartna railroad was
entered by tha Chief Burgos*, on tno books of tho
company, on Wednesday, last.
Dkmociiatio Unit/ —Wo‘cordially ro-ooho tho fob
lowing sontimcnls from, the Now York Aattonoi
Democrat: i • • •
“ There will bo no more quarreling among Demo
crats, when our standard bearer |>uv boon named at
Baltimore. Nyhan (bo nominations aro made, ail
divorfilV'of sdnlimchfnfl to who is “our first choice"
w i|| onth 110 will bo llm. nominee of that body, ami
nobody olso. 110 will bo more than that r He will be
the President of the United Slates for four yean from
the fourth of March next.
A WottD to Jiova.—Stiok to your trade, boys,
pm) learn how to work, if you wish tp bo truly in
(lcpuiulcnl., . There is'no mo>o nitiublo, ojghl than
n half-learned mechanic Applying for work, :Ho
is always at tho foot of tho hill, and labor as ho
may, unless ha bccoraco porfocl in hi 9 trails ho
Iran never rise.
A.Daughter’* Marriage*
Tho departure of a eon from beneath Iho paternal
roof does hot present any spectacle of dcsolaiifin,-?-
Masculine life has, from infancy; an individuality, an
independence,.an oxolism, bo to eay, which is csson
dally wanting to female existence. When a son
abandons his parents, to create for himself a separate
interest, Ibis separation causes bat littlo Interruption
in their mutual relations. . A man marries, and stilt
maintains Ins friendships, his habits and filial aflcc
lions. Nothing is changed in hia life { it Is only an
additional tie. His- departure is consequently a
. more simple' separation; while the; departure of a
: young girl,become the wjfo of a fow hours, is a real
desertion—a desertion wit h oil its .duties and fool.
Ings still fresh abqut'it. In ono .word, tho son is a
suppling which has always grown apart from the
trunk; while the daughter has, on the contrary,
formed art essential part of It, and to detach her from
her place Is'lo mutilate, the tree itself. You fiavo
surroundodher youth with unspeakable tenderness
—tho axhtailUt* (ondarnesa of your paUrntl tnd
maternal hearts; and she,in return, has appeared to
pour forth upon you both an equally inexhaustible
gratitude; you loved hoc beyond all the world, and
she seemed to cling to you with a proportionable af
fection. Out ono day, one ill-omened day, a man
arrives, invited and welcomed by yourselves; and this
man of your own choice carries off to his own do
mestic oyry y'oUr gentle dove, far from tho soft nest,
which your lovo hid made for her, and to which
hers had clung. Oa the morrow you look
around, you listen, you await, you seek for
something which you cannot find. Tho cage Is
empty ; tho tuneful linnet Iras Hewn ; silence has
succeeded loJls melddious warbtings; it docs not
como as it did only on the previous morning, flutter
ingils perfumed wings about your pillow,andawaken
ing you by its soft caresses. Nothing remains but a
soil calm, a painful silence, a painful void. Tho
chamber of tho absent darling offers' only that
disorder which it is so melancholy for a mother to
contemplate; .pot (lie joyous and impatient disorder
of occupation, but that of abandonment. Maidenly
garments scattered hero and there; girlish fancies
no longer prized: chairs heaped with half worn
drosses; drawers left partially open end ransacked
to their remotest, corners; a bed-in which no ono has
slept; a crowd of charming trifles, which tho young
girl loved, but which tho young wife despises, and
which are littered over tho carpet like tho feathers
dropped by the linnet, when tho hawk made tho
timid bird its prey* Sadi is tho depressing sight
which wrings tears from tho mother's heart. Nor
Is this all: from this day she occupies only tho sec
ond place in the affections of her departed Idol; and
oven that merely until tho ho ppineva of maternity |
shall have taught her. whom she weeps to assign to
her ono still lower. This man, this stranger, tin.
known a fow months, it may bg but a few weeks
previously, has assumed s right over Directions which
were once almost entirely her own \ d few hours of
fleeting, and it may bo of assumed tondcrncesj have,
in a great degree, sufficed to efface twenty years of
watchfulness*'of- care* and of self obnegation; art!
they have not only rent away her right lobe Iho first
and best beloved, but they liavo also deprived her of
the filial caresses, (ho'gentlo attention, and (he
adored presence of tho heart's idol, whom aho baa
herself given to him for life. Nothing is left to the
mother but the attachment of rcßpccl., Alt the warm
emotions aro engrossed by (ho husband, to whom
his young bride owes alike obedience and devoted,
ness. If aho loves him, she leaves hefr homo without
regret, to follow ills fortunes to the end of the wOrjd;
if she docs not love him, oho will perform Iho same
duly, with resignation. Nature and law dliko Im
pose tho obligation on her, and her won heart must
decide whether it will constitute her joy or her (rial;
but in either case tho result to the mother is tho
same. Nor can {hat..mother reproach her for this
painful preference, for she has,reared her in tho con.
viclion of (ho necessity of marriage; aho lias herself
offered to her its example in her own person; Heaven
itself has pointed it out as a duly whoso omission is
culpable; and, therefore, far from venturing to wish
(hat (ho lost one should rcsloro to her all Iho tender
ness which time andliabH to with
draw from her husband,-tho mother is bound on tho
contrary, to pray that they may every diy become
dearer to each other, even at tho expense of her own
happiness. This is the misfortune of the mother's
last blessing.
Government of Schools,
In our reading Iho past wcok,wo have thought
lliis article woith scissoring for our own readers.—
Order is tho first thing in every school. "There
should bo a ported system of order,* soul fur every
student, and every student at his scat, unless absent
fropi it by permission. In ordinary cases there
should boTio going out allowed during school hoars;
there should bo a recess for recreation, nnd ventila
tion of rooms, which should occur at least onco In
(ho fbrenoon and afternoon of each day. Tho-atccn.
depey of (ho teacher .should bo maintained with
firmness, yot with kindness ahd respect rather than
otherwise; remembering that mind is acted'on by
motive,‘matter by-power or force; nrfU as a founda
tion will not riso higher than its source, so llig mor
als and deportment of the pupils w ill not rise higher
than those of tho toucher. Lot llioso who have bden
accustomed to severe and arbitrary mooes of correc
tion try it and see if it will not produce a bolter effccl.
Let (heir condition bo cheerful, throw ofiumoroso*
ness and irascibility ; bo familiar, Come down to a
level with the humblest of their pupils, and a spirit of
ambition and zeal will bo Inspired in the hearts of
the youth, and tho cause of education bo advanced."
The Miser and ilia Treasure.—A misqr having
amassed a largo sum of money, by denying himself
the common necessaries of life,'was much ombaras
sed where to lodge it in security. After much con
sideration, ho fixed upon a pernor in a; retired field,
where ha deposited his .treasure, in a holo which he
dug for (hat purpose. Tils mind was now for s'
oment al ease; but ho had not proceeded many
babes bn his way homo, tWion his anxiety returned,
ho oould-not.forbear goingwtok to See that every
thing woe safe. This ho repeated so often that ho
was'Observed by a man who was looking over a
hedge in an adjacent meadow. Ho concluded that
something extraordinary mast bo tho oocailon of
these frequent visits, marked tho spot; and coining
in tbo night and discovering tho prize, carried it
away. Early Ihonqxl .morning tho miser renewed
bis visit, when finding his treasure gone, ho broke
out In the most bitter exclamations. A traveller who
was passing, moved'by his complaint, inquired the
cause. i. ~
“Alas!" replied (ho miser, “ I have sustained a
most irreparable loss. 'Boms villlon hss rAbbed me
of* sum of money which I buried under this stoned
“ Burled," returned, (ho traveller, with a look of
surprise; “why did you not keep ll |n your hodsr,
that it might bo ready for your daily wa'nts? 1 ’
“ What I" replied tho miser, with an air of sston.
ishmcnl and indignation, “do you imagino 1 so little
know (ho valuo of money? on tho contrary, 1 had
prudently resolved to lay it by ond not louch,a sin.
glo shilling of It."
"If that was your resolution,* 1 answered the travel
ler, “you havo only to pul this stone in plaoo of
yopr treasure, and it will answer ail your purposes
just os woll!"
Kossuth's Fauilv.—A Vienna correspondent of
(ho London Times says, in regard to Kossuth's
family t~
U having been found impossible to ostablislrn case
against Musd»mcs Meer.lonyi and Rnllkay, (hoy havo
boon liberated, and aro now residing In (ho Hotel
National, in tho Lcopoldulndt. Tho Austrian Gov
ernment .ha* tt length omno, to the conclusion (hat
nothing is to bo gained by detaining Kossuth's rola
tions hero, and accordingly, tha vvhulo family—some
seventeen parson*, 1 boliovo—will bo ponnittod to
quit lliiq country on (ho Ist of May.
feflggT" Miss Sollio Ward, tho oolobialod Ken
ucky holla has gone to Europe. “ ShVe all my
(fancy paint," &c.
AT |2 Off PBU Mllflllv: •
4DQT9# illl a 23« a«.
- The fourth of July combs on Sunday.’'
Real friends arc ghost* abd
what many people talk of bat few Met BIW/'
"Ifc Sweden, when a man gets drfl&k'fW ibblWd 1
time, he loses tho right to Tote.' v
Jodoe Baldwin, oflho Virginia Court 6f Apoofctb«
died at Staunton, on Tuesday of last Week* ...
The National Frco 1 Soil Convention Is appointed
to bo held at Cleveland, Ohio, on thb‘ fourth, of Au
gust. ‘ ’
It is complained ofShakspepro that lib dbncccwt
rily murdered Hamlet. Bbt.hb.haa paid for If«VA
groat many Hamlets have biurdcrod Shakipcare!"•
The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance
the State of Va., decided ogainat ■ tile Maine .
ilaw. at ila late session.. . - , . ; ; ,. 4 .
A thief broke into a book store al MllWaoklb/tf
day or two since, and stole dollars' worth' Of
DIOLESI - ....
The Whigs of Maryland, in Contention, hays de
clared Fillmore to be tboir first choice ftr the rrest*
dcncy.
A lake, one hundred mites in clrcamfcrcoce/bcrtL
(oforo unknown to tho whites, hap besn 'dlscovsrta
within 15 miles of St. Anthony. - •
Dean Swift.said with much troth :* u ll is QseteM
to attempt to reason' a man out df a'tiling ho Was
never reasoned into."
On tho 22d ihst.,Gov. Doutwolll of* Mdss.,‘si£&dd
ic new Liquor Dill, passed' by the Legislature, and
will becomes law In alxty days. • . -• r ■
The office hrSborUTlbr Now York city end dottß*
ty, is said to yield oh income to Mr. Csrnley, the
occupant, of nearly $lOO,OOO per annual/
OiiNinuflsEs aro beginning (o bo-constructCd df itbflf
in They aro said to be Ilghlcf,slroOgs'
than those of wood. (
An exchange down east, notices the rbtiirb dT m'
friend from California "with twinly thousand dollprV
worth of experience sod sixty two contain dssb>"
Major Richardson, tho author of WacouitA AtUT
other literary works of equal merit, died of orVaiptr*.
las, last week, at hia residence in tho city ofNtovf
York.
There Isa negro In jail in Troy, N. Y., likltied
Woodin, arrested in Lanslngbargbn Charge of girsorf
Imccny, who has two white women after bltaveadb’
claiming to bo hie wife.
Women aro like houses, (ho longer tireyreihaia
"to let," the more dilapidated, they become. To keep
either from going to destruction they ehouldbd darly
occupied.
A telescope comet was discovered oh (he lb lb tosb
«t tho Cambridge Observatory, by G. P. Bond, whlfeh'
is (ho eleventh or twelfth first scon by bias' Uefoftf
information had reached this country,
IVyoa want every body to know whsrtt ydn Ails/
what you aro doing, what you want done,'add < ’21b#.>
cheap you aro soiling every thing, frora &' < ddcdto Ip*,
an anchor," advertise. i
The National Intelligencer announces tHe sp.
pointmont of Wm. Hunter, for many years ddhoSCteff,
with (ho State Department, as Chief Clerk of tbatj *
Department, In place of Wm. S. Derrick, deceased. ■
A writer in tho London Times estimates that ftanf'
182 G to 1650, thcro have settled in tho United States
1,549,351 Irishmen, of whom 250,000 have sines' 1
died, leaving 1,209,351 still olivo. The number set'
tied in Canada, is about 150,000.
A gentleman popping hi* head (brotigb •* tailor**
shop window, exclaimed—‘'What o'clock'if itjijr
jour lapboard 7"—upon which ho lifted u/> hi* lap*
board and struck him a blow on thb bead, arfawerldf,
“it has juat elrucb ooo." • :
Mrs. John Quincy Adams waa married in.theyca*
1804, boro tier husband ihtoe sons—George Wash* ;
Ington, Juhn and Charles Francis, of whom the bat*
tor U (ho solo survivor. George died unmarried, end
John loft several children, who reside in the hbtotf
of their grandmother.
A gentleman of New Jersey soya '(bat on tba first
of May 1851,;ho had 10 hens, valued at 9*.
and lhal-tho coal of (heir Toed till May Ist 1659'. wan
88.47. They produced eggs a(nounllng to 891.63 V
and all of them arc still alivo, so that hla clear' pfpfiV
are 813.15 for the year. »■,
The N.O. Pichyuno publishes a letter from Il»»
vana, winch slates that four respectable cltikenf hate
been condemned.by a Military CommlsaloA for hat*
tng in their possession a patriot dig# and fourolhcri
woro condemned for not attending a ball in htonof
of tbo Quean. They woro all sentenced to .5* trans
ported to Cuota.
According to the Doaton Poal* life amoatof of
"material aid" received by Kossuth during hlaTlftl*
to Massachusetts, was from 815,000 to $18,000.' 1
A commlUco of llio Virglnnla Legislature lilt'
reported against the’ adoption of the Maine Liqfaor
Law. y ' ......
CCTNovor laugh at those who do not dreat at Welt
as you. They may know a great deal mote limn
you do. . . •
Tub proprietor of a forgo* not retpsrkabfe for Oar*
redness of language, but who, by honeal induralrr*
had realized a comfortable independence, bblng call*'
od upon at a social meeting for a toast, gatb-*-‘Soc*
cos* to forgery.*
Mr». Partington toys she did not marry her eeff*'
ond husband because she loved the roaleaot, bot jual
because ho was tho sieo of her. first protf otor, «gd
would come bo good to wear hla ofd ofptfie* noil. ,
Tho Catholics of Pittsburg are building a Calhf-*
drol, to cost 8130,000,with a steeple 339 foet'hlgb.
It is to bo 220 by 190 feel in size, and will teal 10,*
500 persona. ~ ,
A «on of Brin cautions llio public agsloil barber*
ipg or trusting his wife Peggy on his aCCoulas he Is
not married lo her. ‘
K. S. Dusslc, near Orleans, Orange county,
last week mortally wounded his own soo f «'
man or 31’ years, who had offended him by groan
language. \ ’ 1 ”' 1 •
Tii* Nashua, N. 11. Gattitt ipjfy Kate ■V. P?®J#<
the gjrl who threw her child out of the
winter, has been sentenced to (he Stale Prison fqf
life. She plead guilty.
Warren Felcli.of Walpole* rs. 11. hat beet} Carried
to the Insane Asylum,at DraUlcaboro, raving mad—
a victim of llio epiritual rapping*.' ,
CAt.oMEf. is said to bo an ihfaltiblo tftmedy for lb®
blio of a mid dog. Cleanse tho Wounds .*• soon
poasiblo with soft water and caslile soap,’then apply
a plaster of morcuripl ointment.
Tiik Rov. Mr. Gccenf has been senloneed in Phil*
odolptiia (031 months imprisonment on Iwp.bi/lscr
iudiolment for awlotlling, lie pleaded guilty. ,
(tjToarson D* RoSdlog, the Whig .candidate al
tho lust election for Governor of California'Jurboeri
appointed Indian Agent In that State, v
e.’l
A young man residing near Sobuy)kHkQ*TJH*«s9ft'
Ilia fool week with an and bled
TtiEitE were 17 deaths from cholera at Now;p£|'
loans during tiio week ending tho 15th inst. ' ,
A* salmon weighing eight pounds was caught So
tho ilvor, near Williomppurt, pa. last week.
t Tiir Legislature ,of Maryland has pastad'.floillj/
the bill prohibiting tho. circulation of ; foreign, atopu
notes in that Stale after the first of October ae*|..
TucCatholio population of the United' Stats# is
1,999,000. ,
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