BY JOHN B; BBATTOTI. YOL. 39. Dortttnl. THE UlbL-WUEEL* DT ca&unoN dissbum Within the mil! wheel's dripping cave How flics the while and gloaming spray, In music falling on the wave Thai dances dn (bo open da;! How cool Iho eddies of Iho stream, Jd Us; bbals rotarning slow Aboattho black and ronghened boom, Whose mosaey feel are far below I j The mill above is racked with noiao, And gray with clouds that ever fly; And now l hoar the miller's voice At bore and there the workmen ply. X hear Iho wagons round tho door, The din of bargain In tho hail; The wheel beneath tho raftered floor Groans 00, tho willing slave of all. Unhoadful oflho summers wind, That o'er (lie tovol water skims, Unhecdful of the frosts (bit bind With iey blades Us dripping rims; Nor ever alsgka its measured sound, To think of ell it has to do, Dot patient, (urns its endless round, As if its* will were endless, too. By nighUbo water gale is drown, Within (bo wave the wheel is still, And wailing for Iho lingering dawn, (treats beneath the lonely mill. Sleep, busy wheel—a respite ask When nil thy daily work is dono ; And would thy fixed and endless tosk Were less the imago of my own 1 GOOD NIGHT. Good night is but a little word, Yet beautiful, though brief. And falls upon Iho gentle heart Like dew upon the loaf— Love's farewell note of tenderness Upon affection's chords, Tho elssp that knits the d lily chain Of kindly deeds and words— A verdant olive branch of peace Upon our pillow prosl, Shedding its graceful fragrance round, Before wo sink to rest. A kindly wish that each msy dwell In undisturbed repose, Until the morn her robe of light Round every sleeper tbiows. Then scorn not thou this little word Of Peace and enmity; It is s link in Love’s bright chain, llow small soo'er it bo. From tho I’hiladelplila Inquirer. the bdkned steamer iienby clay. I was a passenger from West Point, accompa. nlod by my wife and lady friend, on board the Henry Clay. VVhal pen can fittingly describe— what trnagt nation picture —or pencil paint tlio terrific Boones of horror, wild agony, separation and death, which spread around that ill-fated steamer in the hour of its destruction 1 The circumstances of that hour can never be ef faced from my memory. In recollection 1 shall through life aland amid the dead and dying of that moment. The images of molhora'in their despair —of infancy in its weakness—of strong man in his inability to save, shall ever pass vividly before "(jt what ghastly shapes of horror—of pallid, dying women, men and children—of households made desolate—of hearts crushed—of wives in their widow hood—of helpless children in their iad orphanage, must over haunt those men, who in the heal of a wild passion for paltry gain orglory, will thus abuse Heaven’e blessings—thus through wicked recklessness become the murderers of their fellow-men. At a moment when the passengers (lulled into security by the indifference and false representa tions of the officers of tho boat) were in rapluto, viewing the landscapes, rich In scenic beauty, which nature, in the profusion of her bounties, had spread before Jliem— when the fond mother, after long absencafrom homo, was anticipating with that hope arid joy which only a mother’s heart can feel, tho pcJlod which should soon Join Iter to her children—when the hosbandt strong in his man "hood, was hastening to that place which contained his much loved wife and the babe of her bosom at a moment when betrothed youth in Imagination wore carried by tho inspirations of the eooncs and lovous circumstances which surrounded them, to that period, when at the altar, they should consum mate their long cherished, soul-absorbing hopes— when the lender, trusting babo saw in its mother a smile tho assurance of its freedom from harm. At this moment, seemingly all Joyoue, the wild cry t'the boat’s on fire” in tones of utter dismay, ofdesp end heart-rending agony, burst from every lip. Picture if you can tho scone—volumes of black suffocating smoke, lollowed by fierce flames, spretd *vor tho decks, encasing those destined travellers in dark and awful gloom. All hopes of extinguishing the fitowas aeon to bo lost—the boat is now turned shoreward—what shrieks pierce the ear! what dismay colors ifib soul as the world tc oods, and eternity draws neat! Now the work of destruction—and tho harvest of death begins. In tho agony of wild despair, husband and wife, pa rent and child, youth and old ago, urged by the flame which overtakes them, plunge madly into the waves, sink and pass into the elprnal world. Tho boat now roaches shore-, its officers, careful of their safely, ate at its bow—recreant to their trust in this os well as in their previous conduct—they forsake the burning vessel, snd in safety reach tho ehoro. and are seen no more. Ai lo roy own position and that of my wife and friend, unable to awim, I aaw my life drawing to its close, and mom than all, In imagination, I saw eur aeon to bo orphaned children inflowing their father and mother to the grave. Pother, mother, brother and sister stood before mo arrayed in the liabilitnonte of mourning, and yet my calmness did not forsake mo. .... , Wo were on tho hurricane deck, in the stern el (ho boat—all escape out off by tho smoko and flamo-tny wife fainted! What hoSrt would not sink 1 A sense of the nearness of tho consuming flames called back her courage. She displayed it with a woman’s fortitude. My first care was to aeo to it, that those two moiAcra, on whoao lives so - inoeh depended, should not ho separated from mo —that ovop in death, which seemed Inevitable, my duty should bo discharged—at tho same time feel ing if it should, under Providence, bo otherwise, (hat our safety depended on our calmness, notion, and tho encouragements nnd counsel which each might exercise anti suggest toward the other. 1 passed them over tho rolling lo tho deck be low, and then followed. Finding ° lee-ward side of tho boat, covered by smoke, he flames fanned by the high wind, fast ovoMalung u», and oven now driving frenzied numbers over tho railing lo ihe watery grave beneath. Iho pas sage lo tho windward side closed by unhappy be ings pressing on lo death, prevented our escape, except through the. cabin windows. We reached the guard on tho outside the railing abaft the wheel house, and here, with consuming fire fastapproach? ing us, and the resistless waves dashing at our feet, we.as calmly os possible, look “counsel to gether.” Who can form any. jost conception of oar feel ings 1 Standing, as we did, in (he midst of pierc ing shrieks of terror—wild prayers to man and God for help, meeting us on every side—whilst Just before us lay the helpless infant in the midst of (he flames burnings —and beneath us, scores of unhappy creatures, sinking beneath the waves, and passing to “that bourne Irom whence no traveller returns." In this positron we saio—we felt noth ing but Eternity. We stood upon its confines— in a moment the plank upon which we rested was to be consumed by flro, and we with It, or else the sad, no less fatal alternative, death amid the waves which rolled at our feet. The fire pressed us closer, and threatened soon to fold us in its embrace. I attempted to pass on the guard outside the wheel-house to the forward part of the boat. The path was but a few inches In width, overhung by the outside covering to the wheel. I found it impossible, and falling only saved myself from a watery grave by seizing the rail at the point where I had just left it. Now the fire became insupportable, nod I consented that my wife should attempt to avoid thefiamo by treading tho same dangerous path, from which I saw no result save certain death* With a farewell 1 com mitted her to the care of an Almighty hand, and saw her with firm step tread that narrow path.— Our friend followed her in equal safety, and com* milting myself to Him, who alone was able in that awful moment to sustain me, pressed forward.— Our hope wosVhcn wo would reach (he forward part of tho whee)*houee to pass along the railing to shoal water. When my wife reached the end of the wheel-house the fire flame flashed in hor face —at that moment a board was handed from shore —I stood and saw her sink beneath tho water, and was about to link in death as 1 had in life my fate with hers—when she rose to the surface, and gain ing the board was taken to shore. The other lady of my charge followed, was driven by the fire to the water, and was in tho same way rescued. I followed, met the flame, passed under and into the water, and was saved. We turned from shore, to see tho place where wo had just stood—the wheel-house fell into the devouring flames; miraculous deliverance I Pro vidence suiting lime to circumstances for our I safety. We were among the last who forsook the I boat. ! Now as to the terrible scene beforfcos, and same i of the incidents of mournful interest occurring un der my notice. I may relate one or two: 'Hie deck of the boat is under tho sway of the consuming element—suffering humanity clinging to (he rud der, guard and slays—awful suspense! How slowly the boat to rescue seems to near the spot— they are sinking ono by one—wild cries of “baste, 1 * ‘■haste, 11 “save them, 11 “save them,” are carried by the wind in solemn, agonizing tones across the water. The boat reaches the spot —but for many 100 late—they are in the presence of God. Did 1 not weary in the recital of heart-rending scenes I could furnish incidents for a volume, and would then fall far short in my attempt to describe tho terrors of that hour. 1 cannot close this liastllj r i«pa»cU statement without referring loan Instance of the display of nobleness of heart which is not always met with even under trying circumstances. A mother, clinging even in death to tho rudder, is taken off dead. I helped to Carry her to shore, and, almost without hope, tried to resuscitate her. A boy who had seen only ten summers, and who had reached shore by swimming, naked and al most exhausted, called for his mother fo approach. Oh ! that they who were the guilty cause of This wretchedness had seen as 1 saw that lace, had heard him as 1 heard, as he dashed himself In the sand allby feel, in intense agony, scream, “That's my mother;* 1 “that's my mother.*’ She died, leaving her boy an orphan naked and penniless. A grief stricken mother stobd among the rescu ed. Her first impulse and care was for hor son— a lad eight years of ago, whom she left on the deck —now as she looked, she beheld that form, stand ing with outstretched arms, amid raging, curling flames hemming him in into destruction. Now the flames encircled him, and with screams wild and terrific, ho plunged Into the devouring element, her eyes glared, her heaving bosom and form be came almost convulsed, and tearing her clothes! from her form, she stood a maniac before mo, and I was with difficulty, prevented sharing in the fate of horlost son. A faithful Newfoundland dog had rescued a child, a light-haired girl, and had placed it at tho water’s edge. I observed it making its way to ward the boat, where she had left her mother, cry ing in lender voice that name— mam—ms. 1 look her to my arms. She resisted me In my determi nation to save her from the death she bad, through that noble instrumentality boon spared. 1 sought in vain to find its mother, and as I was placing it in my wife's arms for cafe, and If needs be, for adoption, Us almost frantic mother seized It, ex claiming—“my child I” “roy child !” 1 cannot withhold my testimony that the awful result, emanated from wilful recklessness, and that a terrible degree of responsibility rests upon the officers who indulged a desperate spirit of gambling at so infinite a cost. j Some of the sufferers, ourselves among others, reached tho Aetor House. It was filled to over flowing. Wo were all worn, wet, half-dlsrobcd and weary, Messrs. Coleman & Stetson, with a freedom which exposed the impulses of warm, sympathizing hearts, tendered the house and their servants, and his family room at our disposal.— Every thing which could contribute to our comfort was pressed upon us. When about leaving, wo called to pay our bills. It was not the value of tho amount, but the spirit and manner in which their kindness was display ed, which affected us—they refused any compen sation from any sufferer by tho Henry Clay, lo these gentlemen belong tho happy reflection that they possess noble natures, and will ever bo onli i tied lu tho heartfelt wishes for their happiness and v prosperity by the sufferers from the “Henry Cloy.** ir r The Fool’s Reproof* There was a certain nobleman, says Bishop Wall, who kept a fool,to whom one day ho gave a stall, with a charge to keep ll till ho should meet with one who was a greater fool than himself. Not many years after, the nobleman fell sink, even unto death. The fool called to see him ; his sick lord said to him— •l mutt shortly leave you.’ ‘And whence art thou going?’ said the fool. •Into another world}’ replied his lordship. .‘And when will you come again 7 within a mbmh 7’ •No.’ •Within a year 7’ •No.’ •When then 7' •Never.' , , , . •Neoer.*' said the fool,'ihd what provisions hast thou made for thy entertainment theft, whither thou goost 7* •None at all.' •Not' said the fool{ 'none at all! Here, take mi staff, for with all my folly, 1 am not guilty of sucl folly as this.* When a young lady solemnly doolaree .lhal eho never will be married, it Is perfectly safe to assume that she will not—unless she gels a chance. •loon COOIITRT—MAT it ALWAYS BE MODT-BOT lUUIIT OK WKONO, DDK OOBKTKT." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1852. Flaying tho Plano, and hovr it Is Done. Tho other evening, wo were at a party of a friend of core, and among the lot was a gay Miss,, who bad juat returned from boarding school, when, after many lolioilationa and apologies, aba seated herself at the piano, rooked to the right and then to Ihojeft, loaned forward and then backward, ond began. She placed her right hand about midway the koye, and her loft about two octaves below them. She now put off the right to a brisk cantor upon the treble notes, snd her loft after it. The left then led tho way back, and her light pursued In like manner.*— Tho right turned sod repealed its movement, but the loft out run it this lime, hopped over it* and flung it entirely off tho track. It camo In again, however, behind tho loft, on its return and passed it in the same style. They now became highly incensed at each other, and met furiously on tho middle ground. Here a most awful conflict ensued for a short space, when the right whipped off all of a sadden, as wo thought fairly vanquished, but wo wore in error in that; Jack Randolph cautions us, it had only “fallen back to a stronger position.*’ It had mounted up two hoys, and commenced (ho hole ofo rattlesnake. This had a wonderful effect upon tho loft, and placed the doctrine of snake charming beyond dispute. Tho loft rushed toward it repeatedly, bulsoemod invarl* ably panic struck when it come within sjz keys of It, and ns invarlobly retired with a tremendous tout down the boss keys, continued its assaults, sometimes by a zigzag movement, but all its attempts to dis lodge tho right from its strong hold, proved Ineffect ual ; it came close up to Us adversary and then or* pired. Any one, or rather no one, can imagine what kind of noises tho piano roado during the conflict. Certain it is that no ono can describe them, and therefore wo shall not attompt it. Tho battle ended ; Miss Jane moved as though she would havo risen, but this was protested against by a number of voices at once. _ “Ono song, my dear Jane," said Mrs. Small,‘you must sing that sweet Utile French air you used to sing, and which Madam Piggisquasbi is so fond of.’ Miss Jane looked pitiful at her mamma, and her mamma looked ‘sing' at Miss Jane; accordingly she squared herself for a song. She brought her hands into a ospus this lime in fine alylo, and they scorned to bo perfectly reconciled to each other ; then com menced a kind of colloquy; tho right whispering treble very softly, and loft responding bass very loudly. The conference had been kept up until wo began to desire a change upon the subject, when our oars caught, indistinctly, some very curious sounds, which appeared to proceed from tho lips of Miss Jane; they ■coined to ho a compound of a dry cough, a grunt, a hiccough, and it appeared to ua oa interpreters be tween the right and left. Things had progressed in this way for about fifteen seconds, when we hap-| pened to direct our attention to Mr. Ross. His eyes , were closed, his head swung gracefully from side to side, s baatn of heavenly complacency rested on his countenance, and his whole mao gave irresistible demonstrations that Jano’s music had made him feci good all over. We resolved from this contemplation of Mr. Ross’s transport, to sen whether wo could er. tract from the performance anything intelligible, when Miss Jane made a fly catching grab at half a dozen keys in a row, and tho same instant she fetch ed a long dunghill cock crow, at the conclusion of which olio grappled at as many keys with the left.— This camo over Ross liko a warm bath, and over us like a rack of bamboo briars. Our nerves had not recovered until Miss Jane repealed the movement, 1 accompanying it with the squeal of a pinched oat.— This throw us into sn ague (it; but from respect to ,1.. ~.f—— . —— A nur nnalsinn. She DOW made a third grasp with her right, and at the same lime raised ono of the most unearthly howls that ever issued from the throat of any human being. This seemed tho signal for universal uproot sod de struction. She now threw awoy all reservo. and charged tho piano with her whole force. She boied it, she chwcd.sho scraped it. Her neck veins swell* od, her chin flow up. her face flushed, her eyes glaf. cd. her bosom heaved ; she screamed, she howled, alio yelled, she cackled, and was in tho act of dwelling upon the nolo of a screech owl, when wo look the St Vitus’s dance ond rushed out of the room. ‘Good, ness !’ sai d a bystander, ‘if this bo her singing, what must bo hor crying V Tlio Dnody Flghllni; the Sqnatter« About thirteen years ago, when iho now flourish ine villago of Hannibal, on iho Mississippi River, was but a " wood yard,” aurtoundcd by a few lints, belonging to somo hardy ‘squatter#, 1 and such a thing as a aioamboat was considered quite a sight, the fol. owing incident occurred : . A tall, brawny woodsman stood leaning against a tree, which stood on the bank of the river gating at Borne approaching object which our readers could easily have discovered to bo a steamboat. About one hour elapsed, and tho boat was moored, and tho bands busily engaged in taking on wood. Now, among tho passengers engaged on board this boat, both male and female, was a spruce young dan. dy, with killing moustache, &0., who "f” 1 upon moll in, «n Imprc.lon upon llio °f i'!™ young lodic, on board, and lo do llil», lio lliouglil bo Lsl perform aomo l.oroio dead. Obaorrmg oor .mialtcr friend, bo imogined llm lo bo o fine oppor tunity to bring biraaclfinlo oolico | ao, aleppmg mlo lb© cabin, ho said i •Ladies, if you wish to enjoy a good laugh, step out on the guards. I intend lo frighten that fellow into file who elands on tho back. Tho ladies complied with the request* and our dandy drew from his breast a formidable looking bowio knife, and thrust It into his belt, then taking a largo pistol in each hand, ho seemed[satisfied that all was right. Thus equipped, ho slrodo on shore with on air that seemed lo soy—-Tho hope, of a nation : depends on me. 1 ' Marching up lo the woodsman he , "•Found 1 you at last, h«a I? Vou are the very . mao I have been looking for these three weeks. I Say your prayers 1’ he continued, presenting his pis- I lolJ,‘you’ll mako a capital bamdoor.and 1 shall drill Iho key hole myself!’ . . Tho squatter calmly surveyed him a moment, and then, drawing back a atop, ho planted hishuge flat directly between tbo eyes of lilt astonished antsgo oiet, who in a moment was flondering in the turbid waters of tho Mississippi. n , . E.ory passenger in iho bo.l by Ibi. llmo colleoled on lb. guards, nnd Ibo .bout lli.l now woni up from the crowd speedily restored the crest Mien here to his senses, and as ho was sneaking off toward the boat, was accosted by tho conqueror; •laay. yoou. neat lime you come round dn ling key holes, don’t forgot your old acquaintances. Tho ladies unanimously voted the knife and pistols to tho victor. __ How Indigo I* Prepared. The Indigo Is a shrub-like plant, two or throe root high, wilh dclicslo bluo grcon losvos, wliioli, at tho harvest time, about the month of August, arc cut off clots to tho stem, tied into bundles and laid in great wooden tuba. Plants aro then laid on them, and craal stones, la cause o pressure, ana then water is poured over them, and aflcr a day or so tho liquor Wins lo ferment. In this process of fermentation lies the principal difficulty, and every thing depends on allowing it to continue just the proper lime. When the walor has acquired a dark green color, it Is poured offinlo other tubs, mixed wilh lime, and stirred with wooden shovels till a bluo deposit separ ates Itself from thq water, which is then allowed to run off. The remaining substance, tho indigo, is then pul into Hnon bags, through which the moisture (iltors; and as soon as the indigo is dry and hard, it is broken into pieces asd packed up. Indigo is cul tivated in the Boast Indies lo atcoiisldorablo extent. it You want a flogging, that's what you do," said ■ parent to an unruly son. “ 1 know it, dad, but I’ll try and got olong without i(,"'aaid the Impudent brat. Spunky.—The girls in Northampton have been sending a bachelor boquots of taosey and worm* wood. Ho jiaya he don’t care; he had rather smell them than matrimony. HOPE AND LOVE. B 7 WINTHROP MACKWORTB PRAED. One day through Fancy's telescope, Which is my richest treasure, 1 saw dear Susan, Love and Hope, Set out in search of Pleasure. All mirth and smiles 1 saw them go, Each was the other's banker; For Hope took up her brother's bow, Ad 4 Love, his sister’s anchor. They! rambled on o'er vale and bill, Tfley passed by cot and tower; Thrbugh summer’s glow and winter's chill, Through sunshine and through shower; Hot what did these fond playmates care 1 For climate or for weather I All scenes to them were bright and fair, 1 On which they gazed together. Sometimes they turned aside to bless Some Muse and her wild numbers, Or breathe a dream of holiness On Deauty*s ooiet slumbers; “Fly on." said Wisdom, with cold sneers, “1 teach my friends to doubt you;*’ “Come back," said Age, with bitter tears “My heart is cold without you." When poverty beset their path, And threatened (o divide them, They coaxed away the beldame's wrath Ere site had breath to chide them, By vowing all her rags were silk, And all her billers honey, And showing taste for bread and milk. And utter scorn of money. They met stern Danger in their way, Upon a ruin sealed, Before him kings had quaked that day, And armies had retreated: But he was robed in such a cloud, As Lnvo and Hope came near him, That though he thundered tohg and loud. They did not see or hear him. A gray board joined them, Time by name, And (.ova was nearly crazy. To find that ho was very lame, And also so very lazy; Hope, as ho listened to her tale, 'Hod wings upon his jacket ; And then they far outran the mail, And far outsailed tho packet. And so, when they had safely passed, O'er many a land and billow; Before a grave they stood at last, Beneath a weeping willow; The moon upon the humble mound Her softest light was Hinging, And from the thickets all around Sad nightingales were singing, ••I leave you here," quoth Father Time, As hoarse as any ruvon; And Love kneeled down to spell the rhyme Upon the rude stone graven; But Hope looked onward, calmly brave, And whispered, “Dearest brother, VVVro parted on this side the grave— vironr meet upon tno other. THEY HAVE CARRIED AWAY PAPA. Aa tho cprs in which wo were recently (ravelling Halted ala elation, our attention was arrested by a beautiful little girl, apparently Icaa than (wo yeara of ago, who wm looking from one of tlio windows of a house standing but a Tow feel from the track. 6ho was wuilmg mofll piteously, and on her sweet, wan face was painted deeper sorrow than wo had over bo- 1 Toro aeon un Uio face of an infant such as (hie. All tho wlulo she repealed, with a pathos indiicribably mnuruful, ‘they have carried away my papa—when will they bring him back V Presently a lady, whom wo instantly recognized as a former acquaintance,came from the bouse, and entering tho car in which we sat, look a scat near ours. ‘Did you observe a child at the window f she ask. ed, when the (rain had again token wings. ‘Yes,’ wo replied ; ‘and with deep interest.* •A fortnight since,' rejoined our friend,‘llio father of that little girl set out for the gold region. Shotwos always amused at seeing the cars pass ; and the morning fixed upon for her fathers departure, as the heard the train approaching, climbed to her accus tomed place, and, clapped her hands lu groat glee. I witched its coming. 1 At that moment tho father and mother entered the 'room, the former with a forced smile upon his fo»* and tho latter palo and tremulous with sup* pressed emotion. One pressure to his fond heart,one fervent kiss, end tho love pledge was only replaced at the window,with b low, 'God bios* you, my darling Ernie—good bye.' 'This was evidently tho fust intimation to tho lit* lie ono of her filhcr's intended departure. At the words she turned quickly, and with a half Incredu lousoxprcaaiun from the window,surveyed his person, and sccclng that ho was really equipped for a journey returned his parting salutation. 'Good byo, Papa, good bye.* 'Another moment and the advcflltlrOf had entered j the oars, winch wore beginning again to move for-1 ward. Tho young wife and mother turned from the | spot whoio the long farewell had been exchanged, and ro onlred her dwelling witli streaming eyes.— Instantly tho child appeared to comprehend that her father's absence was destined to be, not ss usual, a temporary one { tho gay smile fled from her lolclll* goni features, and stretching her liny arms, toward* her father, who, from a window, was casting behind a longing look, she cried in lisping accents i ‘O, please do coma back, psps, and take mamma sod Emlo.* , . , ‘Ths father, who hid hitherto succeeded In main lofaing external composure, Was seen to withdraw his gaze, and press a handkerchief to his eyes. •The child hap scarcely smiled since. On the ap proach of tho cars she always lakes her place at the window, from which no Inducement can draw her, and watches with eager eyes till she finds her father has not yet come, when] in a lone of sadness truly • {Tooling, she reposts, ss you just now heard her, •They osrriod away my papal when will tboy bring him back V •Her appetite has failed ; sho has grown pale snd thin, «ud whether sleeping or waking, her thought* aro constantly with her absent parent. Her mother has decided to take her from the scene* which so con. •tantlj remind her of her affection as the only moan* of restoring her health and spirits.' •Lovily, affectionate creature,' wo could not help exclaiming, as the narrator ceased, 'may the beloved one, his labors abundant, blessed, at no distant day, be restored to theioyeofhls home.* Wuisirns or tub Lion. —Tho wishers of the Hon like iltoas of the common oat, aro from point to point equal to the width of the animal’s body } from being concocted with the nerves of the lips, they Indicate llirooth tho nicest feeling any obstacle which may present itself to the passage of his body j t hey pro vent tie rustle of leaves snd boughs, which would irivo warning to his prey if ho were to attempt to iiass through too thick a hush; and thus in conju. ncturd with tho soft cushions on his fuot,|and the tur on which ho treads (the retractile claws never com jog Inicontact wilh the ground,) they enable him to ■toa) towards his victim with a stillness greater even than (hat of the snako, who creeps along In the grass and is not perceived till ho is colled round his prey. —Scraps of Na{ural JFttiory. An affectionate Irishman ones enlisted In the 75th regim.enl In order to bo near his brother, who wss corporal IntheTGth. Playing Truant. Wo never knew a boy who waa in the habit of playing truant and wasting tho golden hours of youth, to become a grest sod distinguished man. _ Most often tho idler of early Ufa is Iho laggard in the world's race. Hippy tho boy whom parental or friendly caro, saves from this danger of youthful days. . 41 The reason why truancy is so serious an evil, is not (he loss of a day or (wo at aohool now and then, —or any other immediate and direct conciquenoo of it. It is because it is the beginning of a long course of sin, it loads to bad company and deception, and to vicious habits; it slops the progress ofpropai a . (lon far the dalles of life, and hardens (ho heart, and opens tho door for every tomlalion and sin, which, if not closed, must bring a man to ruin. These are what constitute its dangers.” Those words, written by a learned and good man, it would be wise for every child to ponder well. Tho fairest day would not then entice them, the merriest companion persuade them, nor tho hardest lesson frighten them from tho path of duty- The Lion’s Fear of Qian* Lichtenstein says that tho African hunters avail themselves of the circumstance that tho lion docs not attempt to spring upon his proy till bo has meas ured (he ground, and lias reached the distance of too or twelve paces, when ho lies upon tho ground, gathering himself up for tho effort. The hunters, ho soys, makes a rule never to firo upon tho lion lilt he lies down at this short distance, so that they can aim directly at his head with tho most perfect cor. lainly. He adds, that if a person has tho misfortune to meet a lion, his only hope of safely is to stand perfectly still, oven though tho animal couches to make tno spring, tho spring will not bo hazarded if the man has only nervocnough to remain motionless as a statute, and look steadily in tho eyes of tho lion. Tho animal hesitates, rises, slowly retreats some steps, looking oarncsllyjaboul him, lies down, again retreats, till having thus by degrees quite got out of what ho seems to feel as tho magic circle of man's Influence he takes flight in tho utmost haste. Yankee Ingenuity—The iVay to Surmount.o OUDonlty, A correspondent of tho Scientific American de- ' scribes an interesting method adopted by a Yankee of East Dorset, Vermont, of transporting limber , from tho Orenn Mountains. Tho gentleman referred to had contracted to toroish tho Western Vcrmoni Railroad with 3*2,000 lies and other limber. As the only place for which ho could gat tics and timber was throe miles distant from the railroad, on tho topn of tho Green Mountains, In a place Inaccessible by any feasible road, his friends and foes joined in the prediction that it was impossible for him to fulfil the i contract. Ho ascended through a ravine to the mountain’s lop, and there gathered in ono vast pile 32,000 tics and other timbers. Then tho question arose with every ono by what meins is all tills to be conveyed to the railroad 7 Only a few weeks of summer weather is allowed to accomplish it in,and nothing but rocks and gullies Intervene. Surely ‘ne cessity is the mother of invention.’ Ho goes to work and builds a small substantial spout or flume of long narrow plank, atrclching from rock to rock down the mountain gorge. Here it rests on a rock, there high on tho branches of a tree, and there again high er in tho air, it threads across tho valley supported tike a telegraph wire. In four or five weeks the throe miles are completed, all built in a most cheap and substantial manner. A small stream of water is inmod iniA « iltim*, «i»d Iwnnly men go iiiorlly to work dashing in the heavy lies and limbers; away they fly as on the wings of a dove. In four summer days that pile 0f25000 tons of lumber is convoyed r without cost from the Green mountains Jn Peru to i the Railroad in Dorset. Tlio flume still standi, and the thousand of acres hitherto worthless can now bo cleared of lumber and fuel, and will make the furious of tlio proprietor. Deforo and After-Alarrlnffo. Wo find tho following anecdote going tlio rounds of tlio papers with as much freedom at l hough the editors wore willing to admit that it could not bo otherwise than true : ‘Dear Mary, do you lose me7’ ashed Dr. Beeson, of the pretty Miss Milaoo, a few weeks before roar rlage. ‘Ay, bettor than Ufo, bolter than homo. You are my scry soul, parted from you, I should wither apd decay like tho fiowera in autumn.' Said the Doctor in reply—‘l swear you are to me an angle j none to me so beautiful as you. May my tongue clcavo to tho roof of my mouth if it ever crossly speaks to you.' After tho Doctor had been married about six months, tb© following conflib might have been beard between him and his wife : •Mary, why don’t you gel up 7 You aro decidedly llie laziest woman I ever saw. There's scarcely a bit of starch In my dickey—but it's no use talking to you. 1 don't believe yon'd wash your face, If it wasn't for shame’s sake.' •There you go again, you cruel brute—always fly* ing st me. 1 lead tho life of a dog, and I will go homo to my mother.' •Go, and good riddance to bad rubbish. •Don't talk to me, air. I won't aland it—l’ll show joq” and his wife jumped out of bod, and caught up a cricket to throve at the old gentleman’s head.— Tho Doctor ran down Blairs at 2 40 pace. Tub Model Widow.— Tho model Widow would I weir her veil up on any account. Thinks her complex ion looks fairer than over, in contrail with her sables Sends back her new drees, because the fold of crape ' on the skirt • isn’t detp mourning enough.’ Sicad aslly refuse* to look in tho direction of a ‘ dress eM I» for ono week! wonders If that band* omo Tompkins, who passes her window every day. is Insane enoutfh (o think she Will ever marry again . fa fond of drawing off her gloves, and resting her little while hand on her, black bonnet, thinking U ma» bo .Uggoillro of on oorly .pplicollon for llio ■imo. Conclude, lo giro up llio lonelmc.o of liou.o hooping, end try hording ot o liolol. Acoopl. Toropkin'o Invilollon lo ■ ollond llio children . con corl, 1 (Jnll '» mU Tommy.) Tommy 1. do lighted, and Ihinh. Tcmpkin. • o very hind grnllo man,’ to give him ao much candy and so many bon bons. Ills mamma begina to admit certain hltlo alleviations of her sorrow, in tho shape of protracted conversations, walks, rides, calls, Ato. [Sho cries a little, when Tommy oaks her if sho hasn't forgotten • to nlsnt flowers’ in a certain cemetery.] Tompkins : comes 1n and thinks her lovelier than over, smiling through her tears. Tommy it tent out info Me gar. 1 den to mak* putty dirt piet /'(to the utter demoli. 1 tlon of a now frock and trousers,) and roturna very ‘ unexpectedly, to find hie mama’s ebooks very rosy, ‘ and lo bo tossed up In the air by Tompkins, who » declares himself * Ais new ptpa Fannt Fern. rrTK romantic and sentimental young gentleman whoso dark moustache was somewhat ostentatiously hung out as a sign ‘of apparlmonta lo lot in an upper story,’ while promenading Broad slieel ons day. nicked up a thimble. He alood for a while medllt- Unit upon Ihe probabla keenly of the owner, when ha praised it lo hi. lips .aylng, -Oh warn Ih a the l.irohaak oflhs wc.rar,' Just as ha hjd fiol.liod a bi e negro wanoh looked out of Iho window andl ..id. Look hoall, bo.a.Jlll yon ploa.alo lul^‘|“ l l'. , ” bl “ ? b mlno up lo do onlry—l Jlal now drap 11. The Unt Ah Immediately fainted, and wap earned home on a shutter. A raw Jonathan, who had been Raxing ' B"' don in Brooklyn in which warn several marble alatuea, exclaimed —“ Just see what a was e. here’s no leas Ilian six aoaro-orowa in this little lon fool patch, and any one on em alone would keep tho crows from a five aero lot. An exchange pap.r aay«. the roo.l dignified. gloti-l ona and lo.oly work of nalura la woman, Iho next is mao, then Berkshire pigs- M UM TTO.AHRIB NO. 11. juht S3nJJO. Somebody lota off tho following, on the marrlifi of Mr. John Ruih to Misa Sarah Canter: ■■ When Cupid did bit maiden banter. On Hymen's course Intake a brash, At Bret she went It with a Oaalsr, Out now alio joes It tvltb a OutA." Mortautt Amono PnraiciANi.—Within c fair days past, Dra, Parrish. Stewart, and Hunter, thrift well-known and higbly.ealcoraod physicians of Phlla* dolpliia, ha Vo died. It ia said that a proliy pair oT oyea are (he best mirror a man oan shave by. 11 Zaotly ao, and it ia unqealiooably the Clio thai many a man has been shaved by them." The obelisk of tho Washington National Mona* moot, now rises. 113 feet above the surface' of tbft ground, and the collections of tho month aho# ■ gratifying increase. Tho turn readied in July fi 93,167,68. A controversy Is going on tha Catholic journals, as to whether tallow candles may be tried instead of wax in the church rltutal. On Saturday week, tiro negroes, who confessed to having murdered Mr. fames Horrslon, in Mclntosh couty, Ga., wore tried by a meeting of oiliMos, found guilty, and immediately hung. „ Don’t call mo a boy!” said a “ fast” yo'dtb the other day in our hearing. " I’ve worn a stand Op collar these four years !” Joshua R- Giddinga has been renominated for Congress in Lake and Ashtabula counties, Ohio, the Free. Soil Party. During a row in Baltimore on Saturday fctgM week, a woman was shot In the face. Louis Napoleon is having his basts placed In the public markets of Paris, with imposing ceremonies. The British army, in Ireland, st present,-Consist/ of 21,500 men. To rkuovs Dust from tub Ets.—lmmerse lha ilTcclcd rye in a vessel of clear water, and then apidly open and shut it a few times, when the dust nil bo washed away. There is no money better laid oat than that which mlribulca to domestic enjoyment. dloagcd gentleman duiing tbo summer months. Two signs wore once opposite to oaoli other frf Philadelphia, thus inscribed: " James SAott,** and “ Jonathan Ftil.” One thing is quite clear, that whether Fortune be noru like IMulus, or an angle, it is no use abusing tor, one may as well throw atones at a alar. (Ey'A fellow in Wisconsin has sued lor a divorce, because Ins wife hugs him 100 hard. He thuuld purchase a griitly boar for her companion. (£j* A fast philosopher says that love is like lb* measles, all the worse for corning so late iff life. Girts who hesitate will please lake notice. Four negroes wore killed by lightning on Tuesday* it Lexington, Miss., while taking their dinner,'du» ing a thunder storm under a tree. It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing! but ruled by prudence. When Milton was blind he married a ahrew. The Duke of Rockingham colled her a rose. I em no judge of colors,'said Milton • but it may bo to, for I , fool the thorn* diily.’ A foreign correspondent says, pithily,* To Ot scnbo the cities of Iloly in short phrases 1 would gay that Venice is a spot to dream in, Romo to study In, Naples to visit and Florence to live lo.’ A man at llic north recently collected s I«rgeaocf/« once to see him crawl into a bottle. After tollllDgbhi cash, ho apologized to the audience for disappointing them, but said it was impossible to perform the fosl| as ho could not And & bottle large enough. A Maine editor says that a pumpkin somowher® in that stale grow so Urge that eight men could stand around it. This is something like a man who aaw a flock of black birds so low that ho conld shake a slick at them. Sharis when scalded, make an excellent diet for sick animals. When a horse has been fed high fol somo time, a change to a diet of mashes for two of three days, will often do a groat deal of good* A young gentleman recently found himself Id company with three young ladles, and generously divided an orange between them. •You will rob yourself.’ exclaimed one of the dam* sols. , •Not at all,’ replied tho innocent. ‘I hate three or four more in my pocket.’ •Mother,' sa id a follow the other day, 'ls there ally harm In breaking eggshells?' •Certainly not, my doarj but why do you dak 7* •Cause 1 dropped tho basket just now, and tee what a mess 1 am in with the yolk!' '• Well, Torn* does your g»l continue to love you ?'* “ Yes, more than ever. Why she make* me pre sents.” What has she given you lately T” “ Oh, she made mo a present of my picture, which | paid five dollars for before 1 gave It to her." When travelling in the care, always take a seal in tho roar of a fat geniolmon. In ease of collision be breaks the burl wonderfully. Degrees of Drunkenness.— lf Prince Albert word drunk ho would bo culled eluted} if Lord Xrlslain wore drunk ho would be called elevated j If Mr.'Plum, the rich merchant, »er* 'drunk he would be called inebriated} hut if s workman be In liquor, it would bo said that tho nasty beaet wae aa drunk as a pig. — Punch, The men who thought he could learn to make bools by swallowing “starry coblera,” has just gi)t out a work In which ha attempts to prove that by eating frnpa you will acquire a knowledge of waltzing. Queer old customer, isn't hel A major of militia in Pennsylvanian who had re cently been elected, and who was not over burdened with brains, look it into his head on tho morning °f (ho parade to exercise a little by himself! The Held selected was his own trap dooe. Placing himself in a military attitude, with his sword drawn, ho ex claimed : _ , . ‘Attention, tho whole J Roar rank, three paces march !’ and ho tumbled down into the cellar. His wife, hearing the noiao occasioned by falling, came running out ond asked ; ‘My dear, have you killed vootself?* t ‘Go In tho house, woman!’ said tho major; 1 what do you know about war V gj* A young and pretty girl stopped Inton'storo where a spruco young man who had long been en amored, but dared not spoak, stood behind the oounelr selling dry gooda. In order to remains* long as possible, she,‘cheapened’everythin*, and at- Js«» she said, . . , •I believe you think I am cheating you. •Oh, no,’said the youngitor,‘tome yea sraaiwsys fa *WeU,' whispered the lady, blushing ai' shslaid in emphasis on tho word,‘l would not slay so long bar gaining if you wore not so dxah.' Mr. Webster.—' Tho floslon Courier Indicate* that Mr. Webster will du nothing to promote,Goo. Scott’e election. It think* Mr. W. has been shame* Sully treated by the Whig parly, end that he might lust ns well Itavo been tho candidate of the Whigs iu 1841) as Gen, Harrison. i • ... • • A genlliman who did not frost to his menaorv* wrote In Hl* poekel book:— u I niulliM ■arrwd when 1 g«t to town.” '
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