..?f i..r iVM Itw-'i u :V* I -i I'n ;r^;V : ■ - f ' ; i'sv :X/M* r.rv«' ,-t. . u tc'V-ei. :ai e-- ;i u ;»• L__l ioB i.r BBATTON; cttcal. THE SILENT JLAND. A'tolco from the shlspl Land, , ■ V, AjVoico frbm tKo spirit shore, 1 . . ,.A Ibvfawcellone,'like, tho night,wind's sigh* ' yjilat pallolh forpvoc.raoro,— ' s 1 . ' ' , Como lo that happy strand—, Como whoto Iho sighs and wcupinga coasc, i ~v > iComp.lp Uio silent Land'! '’Cotoofb ft|o.silent Land,— , r . , l ‘‘ " ‘ ,s Thou' Hast lingered long alone, , ■" ‘' ■' And thy weary soul on its ceaseless wings ’ No 'resting place hath known’; - r - Bul'cotno where tho breath of peace ' Is sweet on* the shadowy strand, • f, And fold thy wing from its weary flight, Far in tbo Silent Land !” A form from the spirit shore, . f - . A-forn\ from the Biloni Land;—. '• / . A pale, sweet farm will) a radiant.brow, ~ beckajwilh : sbadowy hand; ~ jr " 1 Bofl'toarfulcyes that upon mo[gleam, .Like stars.through Uio midnight gloom, iglldo with a noiseless tread JDown lo the silent tomb,' And. my spirit hoars that call, ..-jr.fl -^Midlhu.weary cblmoflifo, *’ And I see tho footsteps softly fall ■ ’• sld its sounds of torrent strife; "• ’ Lead on,load on, polo'phanlohi form, « . Wilq thy dim and shadowy-handi \\ ‘‘r/pllow fast In.thy guiding path, .Oi ♦ lu , f^i ( j l ’ Into the Siltrtl.Land, , L[nto my home of rest, t Wlicrp the. weary soul la blest, i Qh I. .roy spirit doth rejoice to fled far and peaceful strand. And I-go with joy and trustfulness, f’. Into,the Silent Land. 1 jatdceuancoua. A FEW WORDS TO. I* A RENTS. Tho relation that you sustain to your children one ofgrcal Interest and importance. You are ihoir natural guardians, and upon tho judicious and faith ful discharge of your trust depends, in a groat mens tiril tour own future poaco, and tho usefulness and respectability of your offspring. Have you conaid ei'ed Ibis; you habitually acting in all your parental relations with this great truth before you 7 If so.yon .will cheerfully, welcome any suggestions 0 Iculated to assist you in your arduous but grateful task. Wo lay no claim Id any superior wisdom, (bough we ha\‘o had some experience; but having liad’occasion' '{o prepare advice on this important subject for pno whom wb love and respect, who has assumed new'and important lies, our readers who ire blessed with children, will not deem it intrusive If wo remind you also Of the principal elements of I Parental strength. We begin with a Correct Life., and wo intend to embrace in this term your public and private.Hfo. Uis tho pride of children to Imi-| late tho actions of their parents. Your children will imitate yon." It your manner, arc o(Tensive | your Conversation boielorooa or impure | your temper Un governable, you will, in, elmoal every instance, find your children in all Uioaorespects, minature editions Sfypriraelyeo. Tlicro arc exceptions, but tills is Ilia • general rule, if you wish your cliildrdn to eel cor “ecHy-mel lliom an example worlhy You cannot commit a greater Tolly than lo punish a «bi(d rdf conduel Induced by your own inJiecroliono. ' Let your Disoiplin bo adapted to llio Physical and Mental peculiarities of your children. It would bo ee wise for you To inaial that each child should oat the same quantity of food, or study the same boohs, ta that in the government oT your household Ilia ,«mi penalties bo fulled Upon the young end old, (he doolie end die, wayward, the gnod add the bad. Boon children are honefiltod by the judicious u.o of tbo/od. while others would ho nearly turned by any cofpofal punishment. Learn then lo adapt your disciplinary measures lo tho loroporomonU nnd hab ile of lb«». over wlipm you are placod. Lei your Word bo law lo every member of your family.: Ifyou makc ii|Coneii)orolo throats or hasty promiaea,that ore broken, your children will eoon bo taught lo hoW yeur vortcityin light estimation, and if-mtoll, threats or. protniaee are enforced, the acnaea of.lnlhillc. that- follows will bo fatal to your influ. enoo. Boprovo .mildly hut firmly—in‘sorrow,not i i anger. 1 We once aaw a pale, sickly mother, who waa troubled with a way wan) child, and, too weak lo correct it; burst Into tears, exclaiming—‘how can my child lease 11a dying molhor)’ The lilllo girl, about fise yeara of ago,'suddenly became tractable, laid Its head ell The maternal besom, raised up lie oyee and said," don’t cry mamma, end your pot will bVrfdmfiriri:" ' A child has sympathies et a mticli nitfi entfof ego then is generally ahpposcd. Never threaten—ley down your commando firmly, with proper appeals td lire budding sense of your offspring; out lot punishment ofoomo kind bo certain to follow disobedience! Lot every child understand tltal you will do id votl lay. 1 _ a *». 'Allowjour children proper Recreation. Lot them VliVo their playmates, playgrounds, artd pUjOilng** •tld 1 assign' them Iheir sessions of recreation. Do rtof oil inch occasions restrain their fro he or (heir filnlift'lottff nil U not prejudicial lo health or morals. The fdew that lomollirtcs obtain on this subject are perfectly redlColobs. Those who attempt to eilnrt ihChbbHeiy df old age from- lisping,' laughing child, boo'd; are taking' measures to crush the noblest dc tcToperncbls of Homan naluro. DicUohs, the grcal analvabr tofllie vouthful heart, has pul an end to the regime‘of the brute conalrainl of the ‘Squccrs, and, tHC fbrclng-process of the‘Doctor Dlimbcrs, and I •how how lire child con become-Iho friend of its fnltruelof ln'tho etlnchmcnl wliloli sprung up ho. ’tween David Copperficld, nnd llio good earnest, lov. views of Labor. Do not lalyour dhndrth>UhlioSn tliat they degrade themselves when lltcv caffi tficir bread, hut on the contrary, 1 satisfy flrirtnlhal only theao are Holy Independent, who have with •OodVbWslng, tho obllily of taking caro of thoijtsolvee.' Whatever may be yoor wealth, suffer nol you children lo grow up m idleness; lot your •one end daughters begin at an early ngo lo make themselves useful.. Teach the girls all the routine nf hoo.okoeping, nnd your hoye the prlnoip oo of do tneelic econom"-, comfort nnd order. Lot them have a place (or cVbry thing, and let every thing ha In lie rilafco, and never allow a servant,lo do any thing for (hem, which they can ae well do Ihomeolvoe. Tills li a dotv'you owe lo your children end lo the world, hv oo soling you make bees end no drqnoo. ■' Glvk general attention lo Ihclr menial nnd morel Education. Give them llio advantages of a good School, a good library, and a good nowepapor. Lei them habitually observe llio Sabbath, and go to the house of God! Permit them lo join in auoh bonovo-| lonl enterprises as arc adapted to ihoir years and vbnr moans, ihd lot their oliorlllcß bo extended from Ihclr own little resources, that they may learn that BUcll-glfis are hut laid op at interest above. Do nol coerce attendance, et.church, but by gentle mesne make It a ploaaurc, for lima only can il load lo profit. Bo tho mild monitor.and gonial companion, llio abater 5f all in* little joys, 4nd the consoler of all the nor rowo which flit o«or|llio spring of life, like llio cloud shodows o'er the ripening field of golden grain, with, oul honding llio blade, however dark and heavy they appear. , 1 ' ' Extent O' Minnesota.— Minnesota territory is BUlml to bo about four limes as largo’as ibo Slate of Ohio. IU length l> six hundred and soventy-fivo miles from northwest to southeast. Tho centre of tho.,territory, la about 1200 .miles, In a direct lino from the Atlantic and the Vaclfio oceans, 000 thou, •and miles from the Gulf of Mexico, sod three hundred miles from Hudson's Day. From the Cdncor j (N, n.ystQtcaman, Mtty 58, visit to Kate Virginia Poole, in the Now' Elampal>lro , State, Prison*. ’lii the Now Hampshico State prison is confined a young female, whose apnearance and address at enlists sympathy, v Her fconntehancohaslhe ‘trllbSS expression of qne unstained even, by, tljo 'consciousness'of qrirpe. The unaffected manner in’which she reveals a story of wrong atid'outrage, sufficient lb’make every heart bleed for her, is enough to make any one who listens to her hislo ry,cry out 'against , such, a blot .upon justice and humanity, as hpr strange and cruel incarceration. She has. been indicted for tho crime of infanli cido, and judicial sentence has placed her within tho walls of,the prison for the term of her natural life, there, to have every sentiment of principle, and all.the delicacy of her in the debasing contact with felons and malefactors, > She is a native of Glasgow; In Scotland—hav ing no relatives in this country save an aunt, who was unable to assisthbr in hor wretched extremity, Her’downfall was ©ffirpted-underclTcumstancoQ of atrocity, that cry most loudly' for vengeance on its guilty author. Her arms, neck and person aro scarred with wounds received in defending her self from her diabolical’aggressor, and her ruin was only accomplished when she wae drugged into insensibility. < -With the innocent evidence of her fall in her nrms/she was excluded from the house of the only relative she had in Ameiicp,.ond bearing it away with her, she sought in a manu facturing city, shelter'for herself and babe, while she could, with the labor of her hands, find hono rable support.* 1 This was anything but tho course which would ( have been pursued by one conscious of guilt. In a city of strangers— a mother, bot net a wife— what could bo expected t All doors wore closed against her. She could give away her child ; but a mother's heart revolted against it. Product of shame though it was, and born to infamy thobgh it might be, she clung (o it ae all that was dear to her in her extremity.- Finding every avenue to 1 employment closed to her in ono city, she fled to another. It was night when she left. , Heartbroken—.only bound to life by the claims which bound her as a mother—she would, under other circumstances, have sought the welcome * refuge of suicide. With these feelings called Into a most harrowing exercise by the loneliness and misery of her situation—looking at the babe a that slumbered on Iter breast with the brand of in* famy born on Us brow, is 5i a wonder that a mind thus tortured was swept beyond iho bounds of consciousness 1 Tho Hindoo moll>cr, who bursts iho bond of nature by. flinging iter infant to the gaping monster of iho Ganges, has no such pica as lay In iho broken heart and frenzibd brain of Virginia Poole. I leave her own lips lo tell her story. ■ ' ** I* do not recollect anything distinctly,” she says, “ after 1 entered the cars. Tho lights, the crowd, and tho motion of the cars, seemed to con fuse mo. Ido not think I shoirld have remem bered anything, if the - weight of the child, which slumbered on roy lap, had not reminded me of its existence and my own situation. At last, a cloud seemed to thicken about me, and everything seemed to look while that met my eyes. Tho child itself seemed like a feather, and appeared to float away from mo unconsciously. It did not seem to fall, but to rise ; and I thought 1 could see it for some moments afterward.” Now, who, in tho name or common justice, sees anything in this transaction which should not have been Instantly absolved by that ennobling feature in the administration of justice, which permits certain mental conditions to annul reapon elbllily for crime 1 Where wore those, when this poor girl stood arraigned for her life, whoso study and profession it is 16 understand and make Intel ligible to a jury these subtle conditions*! Why was not some voice raised, that justice slumber not both on the jury-bos*nnd the bench, while this thrice-outraged sufferer was permitted to go down, undefended, from a scone of \yrong, despair and frenzy, to that grave of character and self-re spect, a Slate prison l , Said I,“ Do you think hpd for your child, the ordinary feelings and natural love of a moth er V* ..She looked me full in the face, with eyes gushing with tears nt the question: “Sir, I would gladly have laid down ray.own life for it. 1 could have given it away wh)le in tho full jnnsclous ness of niy condition } but.l resolved towork my self Into the grave before my child should have been separated from roe. Do you think, sir, ( would part with that without which life would have been an intolerable burden V* Then, she added, with deep emotion—“ Thank Heaven, it was asleep the fast t remember of it, and I think It never awoke to upbraid mo with a single cry I” Much Wisdom in Little. —In Hunt's 'Merchant® Magazine, wo find a great deal of practical good sense, but the followlug advice to young men Is par ticularly excellent • Keep good company or none* Never bo idle. If your bunds cannot bs usefully employed, attend (o tho cultivation of, your mind. Always spoilt' tho truth. Msko fow promises. Live up to your en gagements. Keep your own secrets, ifyoixhuvo any. When you speak to a person look him m ilid face.— Good compiny and good conversation ore tho very sinews of virtue. Good diameter is sbovo all things olso. Your chsracior cannot bo csaoclially injured except by your own acts, 1 If any ono speak evil of you, lot your Ufo bo so that nono will bollevo him.— Diink no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever - live, misfortune excepted* within your income. 'When you retire to bed, think over what youjiavo boon do ing during tbo day. >< Maks no haste to bo rich if you would prosper. Small and steady gains give good competency with tranquility of mind. Novcr play at any gamp of chonpo. Avoid temptation, through fear you miy not withstand it. Earn mon ey before you spend it. : Never run in debt, unless you sco a way to gotoUl again. Do not marry un til you aro ablo to support a wife. Never speak ovtl of any one. .Do just before you aro generous. Keep yourself innocent, Ifyou would bo happy, Save,when yoiS aro young to spend when you aro old. Road over tho above maxims al lcasl onco a week. , . Touch Stories.— Ono Editor says: u a friend at our elbow says there is a piece of road, not two miles from here, so narrow, when two teams meet they have both logoi over the fence be fore cither can pass.'! Another: u A Californian writes that they hove fireflies so largo In thallnloroaling Stale, that they use them lu cook by. They hang the kellies on llioh hinder legs, which aro bent for the purpose like pot hooka. Groat country that.” A third: , , , “There Is a journeyman tailor m Boston whoso nose is so Tod, that ho can sow tho finest work in the darkest night with no other light that that sflbrdcd by his flaming proboscis. Ilia head is quite bald from tho either of carrying 'building material’ in his hut.” ' : (jj*A cniHl of broad, pitcher of walor, and thatch ed roof, and love, there is happiness for you, whether tho day bo rainy or aunny, It is Ibo, heart that makes the liomo, whether the cyo reals on the po tatoo patch, or on a flower garden. Heart makes home precious, and it is tho only thing that can. If you wish to bo a favorite of tho girls, generally attend to their’wants, that Is give them rifles,bandy iind'raiains; talk ami ,latigh about love affairs, and keep on the off side, that is, (|on!t commit /ourself ,10, any ono In particular, and you will bo lionized to your heart's content until you become an old bachelor. dun COUNTRY—-MAY IT ALWAYS DE niOKT Oil WHONO, OUR. COUNTRY. CARLISLE, TA., TlltißSl)AY,'JU]N T E 10, 1853. THE PARTISAN. 1 ‘ - A SKETCH or THE SOUTHERN STATES. _ ,Tho exploits ofFannon, the partisan of Randolph-, would'make a body of facli more interesting thai any tale of fiction., 'Ho' Watt a reckless bloody-minded as the Hounds of Hayli. Bat ho hid that instinctive ’lone and bcoring. ; of tmt kopl tho people within.’ tho motes and ‘bounds orjns own dospotic'will. Ho and his parly were ono lay resting .themselves by a Spring j -loanging-hero and there on the green gross under the shade of the tree*. Ono of his subordinates, a big,Strong man, had get mad with him. 1 His rage .had been boding m htn for several days; and somo fresh,afronl at tho spring caused his anger to become ungovernable—.ho drew his sword and rushed at his captain, swearing ho would hill him. Fannon, had stretched his slight form on tho.awordi and was resting wUh>his elbow on the ground, and his hand under His head, His de voted followers were around him; ho hoard tbo click of their locks aslhcy cocked their rifles. ,*Lil bimalonol” cried Fannon.in his sharp,qujck tone. Ho lay still; calm and self-possessed, with ms keen dark eyes fixed op theroging nontenant,os ho made a tremendous plunge at his 1 breast." 'BuVwhcn Ibc stroke came, its object swerved- a snake, and the b-ifllod rhon-plunged liis bwWu into the ground. Quick as lightning, Foonon’s sharp blade passed (hibugh his gigantic frame. Thus, and thusj 1 punish those who disregard my authority !” and hia eyes sparkled like a serpent’s. The man sauk to the earth forever. 1 • . • Achilles had hlsXanlhas; Alexander had bis Bu cephalus; M’Donald had his Selim. Fannon was a man of blood like tbcin, and like them liO'had his favorite and trusty chargor; and Fannnn's m aro was worthy, of her owner, or “oven a bolter man.” Ho called her the Red®oo, from her resemblance in ! color to a door. She was * rafro animal—fled, pow erful, Intelligent, and docile os a lamb—and her owner valued her, I dare say above king orcountry, or tho life of his follow man. Slio boro him proudly and fearlessly in the bloody skirmish or quick re. treat. When ho stood In tho noisy councils of his partisans, or the silent ambuscade, the fiiithfal bruto was by his side, ever ready to boar him", whereso ever 'ho would. Down on tho erst siddlof LiUlo Rivor, the partisan and some four or five of his followers, ono d»y cap lured a man by.tho'namo of Hunter, t a political op* punent, from tlio country about Salisbury. This was a sufficient cause ofdoath, and F«»»oon ibid iho man. that ho would hang him. Hunter was evidently a man of the time ; but what could Im do, alone and defenceless, with a dozen biller enemies? It was a I case of complete desperation. The rope was strong, land a strong old oak threw out its convenient branches. Fannon told Him that ho might pray, for, his llmo had como ! The poor man knoll down, and scorned absorbed i in his lest petition to a throno of mercy. Fannon and his men stood by, and IUo trus ty mare stood among them with the reins on her nook. They began to bo impatient for the victim to finish his devotional exercises. * But they soon discovered that there was more Lopes of earth Ikon Heaven in Hunter's thoughts; for ho suddenly sprang on Fannon's mure, bowed his bead down on her powerful nock, pressed his heels ou her flanks, and darted away like tho wind. The rifles were levelled in a moment—“ Shoot high ! shoot high !" cried Fannon, *' save my maro. Tho slugs all whistled over Hunter's back, save one .that told with unerring oim, which loro and shat | (ored liia shoulder dreadfully. Ho reeled on the sad. die and felt sick at heart, but hope woe before him, death behind, and lie nerved himself race.— On heaped. Through woods, ravines, and brambles, did that powerful maro carry him, safely si\d swiftly. , 111. antmU krU- In pursuit. They followed him by the trail qfblood from his wounded anuum«. Ho came to Little River; there was nd-Iord; the bank was high, and a deep place in the stream before him. Cut tho foe Came—he drew the reins and clapped his heels to her sides, and that gallant mare plunged recklessly into tho stream. She snorted as alio rose in Iho spray, pawed Iho yielding wave, arched hor beautiful mine above the surface, and I skimmed along like a wild swan. Hunter turned | her down stream In Iho hope of evading his pursu ers, and she roared nnd dashed through tho flashing water of tho shoal, like lightning in the storm cloud. But Fannon was on the trail, and rushing down tho bank wilh all the mad energy that Iho lossof his favorite could inspire. Hunter turned the maro to the opposite bonk ; it waa steep—several feel of per pendicular rock—but she planted hcrscll on lire shore at a bound; and then flow over tho interminable fo rest of pines, straight and swift os ai^orrow— Inal admirable mare !• t On ond on did that generous brute bci»r ho mu af ter's fooman, till the pursuers were left behind. Late in the evening Hunter todo Into Sal isbury, had the slug extracted from his shoulder, and after lingering sometime from iho effects of the wound and excitement finally got well, And that gallant marc, that had done him such good service, ho kept and cherished till she died of did ago. —from '.he Southern CiltMen. Instruction and Amusement.— lnstruction fcamuso •mont aro more commonly blooded than the worm is generally apt lo imagine. Uninstruclivo amusement may bo offordod for a moment by passing jest or • ludiccrous anecdote, by which no knowledge is con voyed lo the mind of (ha hearer or, (ho reader, but the man who would amuse others for an hour, either by his writings or his converialion, must tell his hearers or readers something that they do not know or suggest to them some now reflection upon llio knowledge they have previously, acquired. Iho more the knowledge boots upon their pursuits, or upon their interests, the more attractive it will bo, and the more entitled lo bo called useful. Lift AND tixisTtNCE.—' T*ho more lapse of years is not life. To eat and drink, and sleep—to bo exposed to Iho darkness ond tho light—lo pace round Iho milt of habit, and turn through Into art Implement ol trade—(his Is not life. In all this but a poor froc lion of the consciousness 6f hUrtnnlly is awakened, ond the sanctities still slumber Which make it worth while to bo: Knowledge* truth, lotto, beauty, good-*, ness, faith alone Can give vitality lo (ho mechanism of existence. The laugh of mirth, .that vihratee through tho heart—the tear that (freshens the dry waters within—the music that brings childhood hack —tho prayer that calls the future near—the doubt which makes us meditate—the death which startles ub with misery—lho hardships yvhich forces us lo struggle, the anxiety .which sends m truth—are Iho Irbo nourishment of our national beings. Grammar.— “ Obed, why is n kiss a passive verb?" '•« Cos, when I kissed Cicely'she didn't do nothing." “ Delis, when is a kiss a noun ?" *• When 1 can hoar it smack, sir/’ “ Zadok, when is kiss a transitive active verb I « When I pass one to Dolly after a smart ooumo, •Ir.” ~ Shade of Murray 1 what an ago ot progress wo livo in. The St*. Louis Evening Nowa notices the fact (hat tho steamer Cataract loft tin) wharf in that cily, and went up the Illinois-river to Peru, In twonty.lhreo hours and forty-seven minulcs. Tho C. a passengers wore Irnnsfcrrcd to a canal packet boat, and wont through to Chicago in eighteen hours and fllty-nvo minutesjadd to this tho average lime from Cliiea* Co to Now York, (forty hours,) nnd tho time will bo in’threo days and cloven hours from St. Louis, 1 |io quiokcat trip ovor made.' ■ ! • ■ Coincidence.— When Louisiana bccamo a Slate, a bines twelve pound Spanish gun was forwarded, among other, trophies, to Washington, as properly to tho Federal GovonunonL , When Lloul. Hunter took Alvarado, ho captured a gun, tho exact counter part of the former,.oven lq tho minutest marks end ornaments, tho dale of. oioll bolhg'l74o. Tho two sisters so long mid strangely parted aro now united ogdlh, in tho;ll8lh yiarof’tllllP sgo, nl out Na jtional oapltol.‘^ : ‘ ! f ’'' ■' --i ’■ A ToablUoff Incident* -: . - I Wo hoard yesterday pf ono of -the most touching | and sorrowful incidents that; in thowhplu.courao.of our life, wd have been called, upon to record. Anagbd mblhorj a woman of seventy yoard.left her homo in‘ the Emerald Isle some ton weeks ego, to seek tho abode ofbor children, who aro now reel dents of Louisville., After a' tedious passage, and tho trouble incident to q long-journey, she reached this city from Now Orleans last Monday night, on board the Alex. Scott, and soon sho was surrounded by her children. Her son was tho first to see her, and ho hastened to ipform bis sister of his mother'd arrival. They mot—(tho mother and the daughter) In ono long embrace; which only ended as the infirm mother sank with excitement to the floor. Sho : had swooned away in the rapturous enjoyment of-hoholdingonCo more a daughter so long lost to her. She pronoun ced a blessing upon hor. children, and then fainted away. Whcnovor'rostofcd to consciousness, the’slghl of her children and tho pleasing recollection of their presence, would overcome her with emotions, and again and again sho would faint in their arms. 1 Physicians w«* called to Ut- bli), her no relief. For two days she continued in this condition until worn out with cxpiloraonl, exhausted nature gave way, and tho mother .now “sleeps well” in the green earth of. her now made home. How strange, how sorrowful 1 and'h'ow’louching, aro tho incidents of life.— Luuiwillt Democrat, « Dm I Ever Col. Wallace of tho Philadelphia San t ‘-perpetrates tho following ; " Our telegraphic reporter, G. W. Johnston, picked up a beautifully embroidered garter, yester day.- The fair Salisbury who claims if, can prove properly at our office, and recover it, Tho ownership wilt bb awarded as was that of tho lost glass slipper to Cinderella, by actual adjustment of the found ono, and comparison with tbo ono in the lady’s possesion. A commiltc will attend from 10 to 13 A. M. t this day. Carriages will sit down facing South, and lake up facing North." A Fact.— Nol long since in South Cnrolinn, n clergyman was preaching on the disobedience of Jonah, when commanded to go and preach to the Niaevites. After expatiating for some lime on the truly awful consequences of disobedience to the Divine command, he exclaimed in a voice of lhui)Jor U>«< poaaod through cwngrrj>Bllon Jlko an ctpolric shock— u And are there any Jonahs herol” * Them was an old negro present, whoso name was Jonah, who, thinking himself called upon, Immediately , rose, and turning up the whites of lua eyes to tho preacher, with his broadest grin and best bow, very readily answered— “ Hero bo one, massa I** A MaUiiotii Fish. —A correspondent writing from Bloomfield, Nelson county, Ky., gives a description of a largo'fish caughl in a mill dam near (hat place. It was the result of a Mr. Bodino's angling—an oc cupation which, if followed with aueh success, would aoun bring In a fortune ; for it scorns that ho refused largo Bums “ fur the whale.” This term la applied to the fish by our correspondent, who goes on to show its aplncas by the following i ” It was alx feel one inch in lenglh, and thirty-eight and a half Inches around tho largest part.” The bowels Contained " an eight day clock, two trace chains, a small cook, ing stovo, half a dozen beaver hats, a paper of nee* dies, and various other articles.” Wo suppose ” the other articles” aro tho fixings of tho clock, tho men who lost their hats In tho sea of bowels, and the stove pipe. Our devil says be knows It’s all a lie, fiir Timramrxameu mv fish to bo drowned l-Louisville Democrat. The editor of the Burlington, (.N. J.) Gazelle, had an Introduction, a few days since, to a venerable tor loiso, winch bore upon its shell Iho initials of a rest* dent of that township, who died long since, purport* ing'to have been cut in the year 1774, two years be fore the signing of tho Declaration of Independence* There may bo some ground for Incredulity in the matter, were il nol for (ho fact that the same animal boars the initials of another citizen stjll living,.out in 1820. The lorloiso was found on the Turin of John C. Deacon, R > #990 Ktt9 23990* Wa^m—iho;wcathpr. • £ Our town— bcaatifarty In Town—Spring fever. Ice oreau is In good demand. Flea limb of the year la toi i bite. , ; Unfortunate— dot asTistont editor* (the scissors} aro mining I v - Ir time, U money, Yaitkeo clock pedlers must bo rich. ■ ■ •) ■- j A Mrs. Dyer of Allegheny city drowned he/self on tho 19111 uIU , r • • A good horse never stumbles, nor a good wifo ncror grumble*. v The Chester doonly -Bank will Aohfrfaifc' of an entire new flaw. . It tB-eaid that the Hebrews are about locsUb]irt a eyua'goguu m“Vf'aaningw)tt.' ( - Ever* seven' minutes a child Is born In London and every nine minutes one dlc»» •• Ciuiutv begins at homo"—and, we are eorvy to say,generally enqs there. - • A Vnnkci baa' ihVoolcd « macblao, for fagging boots by steam. i Ann who wish to bo rich, must spend 'taifJVarf they earn. . ” ' ’ ' v * - • Small notes ere prohibited in Alabama,by or tbo last loglslsturd. . . When you go to drown yourself, always pull off your clothes, they may fit your wife's second; boa* baud. Tub largest clipper ship In the world, Kit rat'd, 14 now building at Boston. Sho wilt twister 3300 i*i Ibo Wheeling bridge case, the Supreme Court h ivo ordered the dofondeols to.pay tbp ppstSitiqonai ling to almost $15,0001 ' Wmkn Socrates was ashed whether it were heller for a man to got married or to liVel stogie,'he'-rm plied himjo cither, and ho w|l! lt**** Cicero said,—"no animal l* m*»* f«a»,i»|«i..1 ♦Mr. Drown, I owe you a grodge, remember that.* *1 shall not bo frightened then, for I never knew ybo to pay anything you owed.* A man is never IrrUriovably rained In bis prof, pccts until ho marries a bad woman. The best Qccompainmcnls to a man ia * fond add amiable wife. , .. Tiiet say that Mis. Swiisholm’a baby look* Ukd Daniel Webster, Favo4s ere written In the Band—inj*irie« od mar ble.. . :: Loos out for Spring diseaaes. Co careful >«lia< you, oat. - ; Westward Ho.—The Juliet (III) Sthtintl .aajt (hat otcr seventeen hundred Ceatna hare place bound for California and Oregon Within (ba last three weeks. Mott of them wefo ffotft Miohl* gan end Northern Indiana. An absent minded gonllcrtlan intending lo scratch hit head In church, reached over and performed tbp operation for an aid maid in (bo next pew.' He die. covercd hla mistake when he found hlmseffdeAmdAnt in an action for breach of promise. . ’ •* - o The bladder of a musqulfp hat lately been brought to light, containing the tout* of fifty mlsftrsj arjlh (ho fortunes of aa many printers, and not quite half full. Death from tub Dite or A Snake,—William Wright aged 9 years, eon ofJoreiqlah C. Wright, of Cambridge, Md. died on Sunday laal from Ibe bite of a black tnako. 110 waa billon about nloo,dayi pro* Clous to hla death. An Anti-Slavery CoVcnlloo in boston, oothe 3tilb nil., pul forth bitter denunciation* againal Daoial Webster, churchos, &.C. Well, it (ahoi all bind* of pooplo to mako up a world. 11ai*j*jnkks it nut in a cottage nor In « palace, nor in riches, nor in poverty, nor In learning, nor in ig. noranco, nor la passive life, but In doing right, fVom right motives. beautiful. Oh, if Wo wore a poet. About 900 persona—two thirds folnalqs—aro etai* >luyod at tho cotton factory in Lancaster. - Efforts are being made to got the AlkinoiXtaw through thq Canadian Parliament. - ...... , , L - ? .Bricks for Building aro now brought frotu'Chtatco toNow York ,T. N. B.—This line concludes the column, i.. T . .V*.