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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<q., where ho had boon known forty
yoarsi This last dale Was out by the brother of Mr.
D. and the first by his grandfather. It is impossi
ble to ascertain tho age of this animal, for tho first
date appears to have been cut after bo had attained
bis full size. Ho inhabits a meadow at tho lower
end of tho farm, and rarely loaves il except when ta
ken lo tho mansion. Ho appeared to be in excellent
health, and was as lively as others of bis species are
generally reported lo bo. Talk about your old bo
gies, here’s ono of cm' certain.
When Tom and lack Aral entered the place
whore ideas are ‘ taught to shoot,’ the teacher call
ing them up, according to custom, said to the for
mer—
“ Well,my fine lad, what isyournamo i”
•« Tom,’.’ promptly answered ihojusenilo,
“Tom J” said thoJeacherf'Mhal doesn’t sound
welt. Remember always to speak (ho full name,
You should have said Thom- as.
Now,my son, (turning lo.lho other boy,whoso ex
pectant faco suddenly lighted up with the satis
fiction of n-xiQW-oomprchended idoa),“ now, then,
will you tojl mo what your name U 1”
"JaeJi'as /’’ replied the lad, very naturally, and
in a tonp of confidant decision.
Interesting,. Scenk,— An interesting sccno look
place in the House of Representatives, Washington,
on tho 27th nil. The House was in committee of
the whole, on tho Indian appropriation bill, and when
about to rise, a crazy man oroso in tho gallery, and
proceeded to road a pronunciamont or sermon to the
members of. tho House. All eyes word instantly
directed lo dial point, and although (hero wore cries
of * order!' ‘ turn him out!’ the orator seemed to
gather new inspiration as h« preceded. The Chair
man ordered (ha officers to remove tho disturber, and
they rushed lo tho galleries for (list purpose, but they
found it no oasy matter.. Ilosloully resisted,saying,
‘ I’m a man, and won’t bo pul out,' ond it was not
'until Mr. Giddings, who was acquainted with
him, wont up ond quietly led him away.
A sailor being about to sail for India, & citizen
asked him whore his father died 1
“In elpwrcck,”
“ And whore did your grandfather die V*
** Aa he was fishing a storm Srose, and he, with
his companions, perished.”
“ Ami your great grandfather 1” ,
Ho also perished from ahipwreok.!V*v,
1 ** Then, if I were you, I would tosea.”
' ;*« Pray, my philosopher, where did your fajhor
die.” *
u My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather
died in bed." . , „
“Then if I were you, I would never to bed,
retorted the aoii of Neptune. **
A Hound Bill.— Toro presented his hill to his
neighbor Joe, for pervlco rendered* The latter
looked it over and expressed much surprise at tho
amount. ... , ,
“ Why, Tom, It strikes me you have made out
a pretty round bill hero, oh!”
.“Pm sensible. It’s n found one," .quoth Tom,
'•and I have comb for tho purpose of gelling it
B.jiiarod !”
llvcry'body is making mmin/, except tho New
England manufacturers, who aro groaning about
bard limes, and yd an haihliug new mills.
Marriage la a desporato thing. The frogs of i
Esop wore extremely wise, they had u groat mind |
to Bdmd witter, but they would not 1 loapr’lnto tho
well, because th6y could nolget out again.
I.' ' Nogttt Seailmeti'fd*', .* {
There is nothing more amusing than (ho* corrus
cations of wit and humor which .characterise tho
sablo children of Africa—* 1 those Imager of, God cot
in ebony I”, No. matter, wberia you find them—it is
ail tho same, “nigger will bo niggot”—.whether, in
groups on tho corners of tho streets, “ whore dttrktj/t'
most do congregate” —around tbo hearth In Sam
Jonsing’s collar, or in the sacred desk. It is rich—
so uniquo,andso peculiar to hear a genuine sable di
vino hold forth and giVo out his notions of things tem
poral andspiritual. 1
FathorS., who whilom did tho expounding la .the
colored Methodists in our city, was “on? of ‘cm”—
andof “most excellent’fancy.** Il was rich to hear tho
old saint “Jo up” the preachments in h(s quaint stylo.
“ My bredren,” said this sable divine, in ono of his
exhortations,“lub an* charily go togeddor liko ayoko
of oxen; and jest you hitch on religion 100, make,a
spike team on’l on* dey will poll togeddor beautiful
|y_and carry-you to hebben, when you gib up do
ghost, jest as slick as-ilo—au* when you got ta tho
door, of .dal bressod place, Peter will cpmo an* open It
an* let you in—l’so g’wln \b soy, Toro you knocked."
li o n—this dingy preacher said it behooved bis people
to bo satisfied with their lot. " Last week,” ho con
linuod, “ 1 heard one of my flock grumblin’
was made' brack. 1 tol* him do story ob Mirsm,
wfaon ihean* 'Aaron fooa* fault wid Mosbs* wife
'cause she was on Ethiopian—an* bow do Lord
struck disVcr Mlrara, wid lep'rousy for it. Guess sho
got white-nuf den I”
Touching amusements, ho (old hia flock that’lie
had no objection to them If they did not carry U 100
far. They might have select parlies, he said, “they
might sing, hat not tho dcbil’s songs, fur if doy did
dat, Tor day wore aware what doy wore about, do fid
dle would bo brought io, den do chairs an* table clear*
cd away, an* ’twould be —
“ Cross obor, up an’ down!” _
Tho quaintest thing of all, is this old fathers opin
ion of religion without faith, which ho likened to
“ bcok steak widuut pepper nor sail!"
JVeio Orleant Paper, i
Uovr oar State vraq Named*
In ono of a series of entitles called “Dealings with
tho, dead," in tho Boston Transcript, wo find the
followjng :
" Whoever coveted iho honor of being the creditor
ofrova||(yjbund a williDit-cnsinmof-.in-CharlfiS-LliC.
second. In ICSI tlial monarch, m consideration o(
T 10,000; duo from him to tho estate ol Admiral
Penn, convoyed to William tho district nov# called
Pennsylvania. Ho himwlf would bavo given it the
name of Sylvanis } but tIViP”«-io*' lBlcll on prefixing
tho name of grantee. Full powers of legislation end
government wore bestowed upon iho proprietor. The
only limitation was a power to the Piivy Council, to
rescind his l»wa within six months after they were 1
laid before that body. Tho charter boars dale March
4,1081. JIo first designed to call his domain New
| Wales, and nothing eavciKltio Philadelphians from
being Welchmen but an objection from the under
Secretary of Stale, who was himself a Wlechman,
1 and was offended at the Quaker’s ptcaumpllon.
Conditional Foroivness.—Dr. Ashbcl Green, in
his Autobiography, tells tho following-anecdote : A
clergyman in Now Ragland bad a negro by the name
of Jack, who had a deadly quarrel with a neighbor.
Ing negroby the name ofCuffy* Jack fell dancer
ously ill, and his master urged him to forgive CnflV,
Jack said that Cuffy was very bad man, and lie emihl
not forgive him, •• 1 101 l you, Jack,” said bis master
« iijai you must forgive him, or God will nol forgive
you. ” “Woll Massa,” said Jock “il I die, I will fpr
give him; hut if\ Uve, Cuffy must take cart.'*
- Such, ia human nature ; il is to bo feared there oro
100 many uJ»», —•— n<~u i~.i-.-j-J •- **»<*.
language of this poor negro, dcciove themselves with
a kind of forgiveness of their enemies, or of those
who have injured them, which is nol more sincere or
deep. As there is counterfeit repentance,so is thcra
counterfeit forgiveness,
How to oc Merry.—A companion that Isfchoer
ful, and free from swearing and scurrilous dis-
worth gold,l !ovo such mirth as does not
make friends ashamed to took upon ono another
next morning; nor men, that cannot well bear it,
to repent tho money they spend when they bo
warmed with drink. And take this for rule y you
may pick out such- limes and such Companions,*
that you may make yourselves merrier for a little
than a great deal of money ; for, u tls the company
and not thochargo lhalmukoa tho feast. 0
Youthful Neglect.— Waller Scott,- In a nsrrative
of tiis personal history, gives tho following caution
to youth : - '
If it should ever fall lo tho lot of youth to peruse
these pages, let such roadcis remember that it is
with tho deepest regret that I recollect in my manood
the opportunities for learning which I neglected In
my youth that through every part of my literary ca
reer, 1 have fell pinched and hammcicd by my own
ignorance j ond would this moment give half llmrop.
ulo(ion I have had (ho good fortune to acquire, if by
so doing, I could rest iho remaining pari.upon a
sound foundationer learning and science.
Cry Ex-Scndlor Honnegan has been placed under
bonds to answer to the proper authorities for the
fa tiling of Ids brollior-in,law, Copt. Duncan. Ho con
tinues lo suffer tho most intense anguish do account
of tho unfortunate occurrence.
The Notional intelligencer gives a tabular
statement of tho nomborofOeaf and Dumb, Ulind,
Insane and Idiotic persons returned by the Seventh
Census of the United Slaloa* Tho aggregates
are as follows j Deaf and Dumb, 10,103; Blind,
9,702; Insane, 15,705, Idiotic, 15,707. ’llie
need of sustaining tho public Institutions for these
helpless beings, will be bettor than over under
stood after such a showing*.
Herb is a paragraph evidently written by a Lach
lan ■-
In tho list of (ho premiums awarded at. a country
fair, a reporter gavo under tho head of V Sheep—best
fine woolcd buck, John Buck ;** and under (bat of
“ Domestic Articles—Beat bed-comforltr, Mias Har
riet Sheldon.” ■'" ‘
Tr you love others they will love you. If you
spook kindly to them they will apeak kindly to
you. Love Is repaired with love, nnd hatred with
haired* Would you hoot a sweet and pleasing
echo, speak sweetly.and pleasantly yourself.
' Mr. W. O. Hickok, of Harrisburg, has invented a
elder press which is believed will supercede all pres,
sea now in use. (wo men can produce from
eighteen to twenty barrels of cider pof day., Air. 11.
intends having it patented.
JlazlUi used to say, ho would like welt enough
la spend tho wholo of his life in travolllng&broad;
if ho could any where borrow another life to spend
afterwards at homo.
Important t 5 Holders or Land Warrants.—
Hon. J. E. Heath, Commissioner of Pensions,
slates that, where a parly dies before tho issue of
his land warrant, under tho act of 37th September,
1850, tho right to it dies with him, unless there
heti widow or children who aro minors at tho time
of tho passage of the act. If ho loft a widow, tho
application way, bo renewed In her name i or, If
nooc, then in the names of such minor children.
If tuoro bo neither widow nor minor children, no
right vests In any one. Tho act of 22d March,
1853, la silent as to the right of tho widow orohlN
dronlo renew tho application if tho parly dies
before obtaining tho warrant. . If tho claimants
dies after tho issue of tho warrant, tho title there
to rests in tho heirs in tho bamo manner ns real
estate; and can bo assigned only by those wh6
’could convoy a trast of land descended from tho
ancestor, ' -
at & oo m aNStiSi
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#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<l iU*«
a woman." The great orator certainly coold not
have been a favorite oftho fair sex.
A Fact.—Thoio fanners who hesitate about Ihtif
ability to take a newspaper, aro requested to keetf
ono lion moro than usual. Tho proQla will pay all
costs.
Tiicrb was a man who is ad anxious tonhiia
noise in the world, that ho toK orders when fa*6 died
to liavo hia akin tanned and made into a drum, *
Mrs, Steeles says, tho boat vegetable pill thathaa
been invented, is Uio apple dumpling. Fordestfoy*
ing a gnawing at the stomach, it Is the doty pUI-to
bo relied on.
An Irish woman was killed by her husband, while
in a stalo of intoxication, a few.dsys since in New
York. The bruto had slairipod her face almost to*
jolly with his boots.' Sho dlcdlo (ho greatest egony.
Tuebb is a man out wpst so forgetful of faces, ffapat
his wife is compelled to keep a wafer sltlrek on tbo
end of her nose,that ho may dislingtrlify Jrer Iron
other ladles; but this docs not prevent him from ma*
king occasional mistakes. . ~
Now’a Iho lime Tor Pic-nlct»
To be liap|J£, bo good. Our experience.'
Breeches of Trust.— Trowiera procured pn lick.
A abort walk, after arising in the morning, will
shako of sleep, end prodace other good to iVe animal
economy.
To repeal what you have said in social Irilotoopraft
Is sometimes s sad treachery ; and when 'll la'not
(roacliorous, il iipfien foolish.
Plentt.— Marriageable girls In <6wo.
Oit, Cheeses *—One hundred and thirteen milllona
of pounds of chocs were manufactured In thd UnlM
Stales within iho last year.
The old Gorman itefarraod dliriroh in Lancaster
was built in 1753. Il lias stood nearly 100 yetfe,
and is removed,'that a larger bdildlag man beer*
ectcd.
Flowers are blooming In all directions’. • '
Be temperate In nil things, and Jove your God, you*
country, youf wife and littlo onci. 11
Tub Physician! of Schuykill county Chafg? thirty
dollars for a night visit. • , <
Tub potato crops are abundant In the west of
Ireland.,
Doing a alotf busiriesi—lho Irish that donated'
vortiso. ■'
The Knave or Hearts.— Wo hear that in Parle,
on a late occasion, two girls wera fined and iropris*
oned for saying, "(hey could never All Id love with
f/ouis Napoleon I” " ,<r ‘ ■
A man boasted that be once h#4 R brother yvbtJ
was a reeolationory hero. It came out that the par*
son spoken of waa long on the tread mil), 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,
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