< v ririm llnhlllti'iT • !✓ -v* 4 l/A / A // A'A/ ♦ ■! ■■ BT jpp B.; BRATTON. m. 39. IPoetfCKl. THE OLD LOO HOT. Br a. siNcLim, esq. Down by tho Hirer our log but stands, Where father and mother onco dwell, And tbe old door latch that was worn by our bands . Aqtftbo church wherein we knelt. Years! years have past since that happy time, nut the riser keeps rolling along, Anil the rippling sound on the mossy hank t» singing the'same old song, Cnoaos—Row, row, row your boat, Gontlydown tho stream. All that's past Is gone you know, Tho Allure’s but a dream. There stands tho tree wo used to climb, And the mill with its rolling din, And the old wbarf boat there it used to float Where the school-hoys used to swim. High grass grtfw* on tho master's gravo, And the river keeps rolling along, And tbe birds and Clio bees, tho blossoms, tho trees, Are sioging the same old song. Cuoßua Row, row, row (he boot, Gently down the stream, All that.s pest is gone you know, The future's but a dream. TIME AEO LIFE. BT C. ». STUART. There it s dark and mighty aoa Which rest less rolls its lido, And countless rivers silently, Into 111 bosom glide ; That «ea is Time I upon its shore, All gloomy with -the past, What wrecks of ages, evermore, Life*! rlvor-stresms shall oast. Thera, shivered in the sand, are slrown, The proudest works of art; There, pyramid and ephynx o'orlhrown, Of dust and mould are pirl; There, beggars sleep embraced by kings, And there, all silently Beneath oblivion's awful wings, Nations and races lie. O dark and mighty is that sea— The restless tea of Time— Its waves, unto Life's river streams With solemn musio chime ; And phsntom men and nations tread Its grim and gloomy shoro, The living to the land of death To welcome evormoro ! JRtactHnnrotm. BOTH SIDES OF THIS PICTURE, 11 In ths boy sicUT" asked Mr. Lindloy, with a look of anxiety onJ alarm, as.bo entered iho room aod mw bis young and beautiful wife Billing by llie ‘■ids of her sleeping Infant, weeping moal biUcrly.— “ la tbe boy slot 7" 44 No," answered the affected lady, " ho ia quite wolK” 44 Then what la the natter, my dear Emily 7 What ecoaalonathis flood of tears 7” Mr. Lindlcy sealed bioaeir beside bia wife, aod look her hand while speaking., 44 1 am Worn out with this perpetual confinement," answered Mrs. Llndley ; 14 this unvarying round of dbll domestic caro." >• pirpiiual conflnr.mcnt. mjr Hear?” qald Mr. Lindtyr }did you not Bpeud yesterday witn your mother; end lake a drive into tho country the day b:lore t' Come, dearest, dry up your tears, and lie on 4p an Interesting book I have brought homo with mo, purposely to read aloud io you.” Your book would bs but a poor substitute Tor •0010ty, ,, said Mra. Ltodloy, who still eat with her leal inclined, looking the very picture of sorrow and discontent; “ I am suffering for society—suffer ing to mingle with the world as I used to do.”— After a momentary pause, she continued, “Sophia Was In just now, dressed so beautifully—on her way to Wbitewell's party. All the world will bo there— poor I exoepiedt M A fresh gush of tears called a.: pew for tbe use of her •» kerchief." | »♦ Young-ladies have little else to do than attend parties," ioid Mr. Lindley ; •• we, happily, have bet-, ur engagements, end more precious pleasures." “ Married ladies seem no more confined than am*, gt« ones," said Mrs. Lindley, who toomed to have • f-d only the first part of her husbabd** remarks.— M Mr. Book snd Mre. Southwell, and indeed ail of my friends ate to bo at Mr. Whliowoll’a to night.— No qns bat myself is in bondage. Every one be side* me ean havo a nursery maid, ond all else that is necessary to roako-lbora comfortable aod happy.' “ Laui sorty that wo cannot havo a nuraory maid sine*you think it would conduce to your happiness; tbottgh, fbr my own part. I would rather that my dear Emily should havo tbe charge of our darling boy than lo entruet him to the oaro- °f tt,, y hireling that could 4» funod." _ . ~ ~ Again the firet parlonlj of what Mr Lindley cold seemed le meet the e.r of .hi. wife. Her .o,o= we. never b«reh—never loud —but 11, certainly did nui ioand very .woolly •> in • kind ef lew gouer.l .he replied,—‘•Some goollemen choose to tlilnli they c.n .fferd bet very little to m.ke » wife happy- Mr. Lindly dropped the hand ho hidl till then ho d In bin, end tiling walked the floor rapidly. Ho did nut whl.tle-lio did not sing-bet he met mode l be a tos of . tune audible, as ho inhaled and cihslrd the air between bis scarcely parted lips. After some ten or fifteen minutes spent in this manner, ho sud deals sehud tbs volume be bad mentioned, and seal* Inc blmwlf "Of* ihn lump, began to turn tho loaves, h&ni'bito Mrs, Lindley neither spoke nor moved. Iter hqad rusted on her hand, apd bor eyes sought ilia carpel* by* na to #r . fcll * r ° r , hcr fcQ , lOg fW ° r °Tho hiffhlv exalted to permit them longer to flow, me dKufbed hgsb.nd found hi. book . vein "" our “i ■id after twirling tho lo.vor « few minute. l ho loft the room.' Ton next moment bio wife hoard tho street door close behind him. Thoo indeed came a flreoh flood of Wore. This, ■he exclaimed a. aho covered »*i i"' W ••'Thi. in the .ymp.lhy ho fool, for mo . Mrs. LI • leV'W*.now wrought op to potfeot agony. InfUnl at till, ntornent awoko, end elapsing hun to her bosom, she cried .-•• Vos, dealing, your father • fooling. atnsuoh low.rdoyout poor molhot, that to avnid*hor iodipiy, he io. .von willing to loose yoo, d,^'| y .h'h'.°ono“, l oloo'i infant eradl.d in her erms. Hue mplbpt indulged hetsolf in looking hock on tile B j|ded .oenoe of hot youths or rather hor unvaried fifo t for hor youth was yot in all of its froshnpss snd beauty. Her. fteodom from cate—from oonfinoeiont _the patliM-lha bjUe-lho conoorts-lho drives ell 00010 updn bor; « While memory covered with flower*, Restored every rose, but accreted lla thorn; Io the retrospect, iho pleluto wee .11 b ”e hln "' n ’ w all gltdnpMt sod what vya» her present tot- Mow gr4t;Wlho Contrast 1 No v«tioiy ; nu m>lj hirwy* aro,twlyti n * perpetual rQuod of patty hou.rh'ld^r.V.end"h.)pln« tofts“J ■idc or lit hor arms*, yoW dark did a disturbed im.glnalion render the review I Bho thought eed went until oho verily b.liov.d hotsolf the moil wretched wom«n .livo 1 while el the bottom of .11 lair.a ftolinflordliploaeuto .g.lnsl her husband, .» f-hd w.."he wilful causa of .11 her trouble., F«" e.lyan hear Mre. Lindley indulged her ooS u thMO pretty s.m.h mu.ing, »"■?»»»*■ Sbd regret., when the cloak. iu a nolghbotmg ■lroet, striking Hid hour of nine, aromnd hop. >• Where can- George bo 1" oho cried. She fait ala™, and I.ying'hdr again .looping nfanl in Iho crddle, ■he went to tho wlodowi end thence to the deer, to turn if be wore coming. The street wt. guile 1 ■till, not a f001.1.p to bo board, and with conflioling ft.lipg. nbuMoalcd,hetraif bjaldfl ll.f cWld. Oj. ho Is cruel,' 1 thought .ho," whop. pan ho bo, in hi. offloooT«b|M.l Oh, that bo would come. On the whole Mrs. Lindley was not only a ra lional creature, but a reasonable and reasoning woman, and tho period had now arrived for a revulsion of feeling. Other'views began Co proaonl themselves to hor mind. Ilia I, m'ybelf, that am cruel!” thonghl she, “ how happy wo might have boon this evening bad . . . I not driven him from mo! How (oodor be waal and i? • . . - .... I how kind, to purposely road to mo !Ho io willmg • W ' Bl ’ a ,P r ° m J Bo rrom r ?',F ro .' 1 V on '! ,is to forego his society for I m,°rko ! ond‘oaC“ g l L‘" n 7 i , ,orearf ° f Wrlh ’ d^i Ba *' Bh,U “ bo 8 H U«bto. r bo'Jt ? . » “l"” d °- -Mo.l aosorodly, Lacy, if it bo anything conaia. ovor brilliant, tmwovor ga“, whom fteraaomTAutTe ‘S' 'f 1 "”' lndc ° d ’ “ bo lKal 1 “ ba " rolin 1“ l8h ny or other, thoro was not suffered as enjoyed? Did I ,m .. , . . , . , , , . over attonii ono in which I did not son or hoar oa.- , ‘A' a VA, "S wh “‘ l w f." • 1 “ ln * al ’ 80 pmaaodlho workings of euvy, or jo.lonay, or coo- in/' 17 ' "“f/faaoyon on that point today; tempt, or ridicule 7 In auoh scenes did I not ox. b . 18 of mEoilcly more importance. So, oay pcrionco quite as much pain as pleasure, unless in. o f'r„n „ * t i. » . .. . . deed I could socore tho individual attention of George. m „Ti? s? ! 1 °* m ,»° Jf r °J“‘ 10, II Ib l °° And now bo is all my own. and I drivo him from rauch J a leap m the dark, to say yes to mo r What did I not oddnro when doubtful whether My '‘“f. k u° W ". 1 ”° uld ho loved mo 7- whether ho would oak mo to bo bis 7 w ,f n • lo ***■ What wore my thought, when bo once .aid to mo, Howard ii you pay Susan “ that with his proaont forluno, ho abuuld not dare lo r s tr a a , ask the woman that ho loved to unite bar fate with J H “ W •» what baa Susan Howard dons to his, on account of tho privations aho must undergo " A, T J ' o ' , I'”® “ B “ ,n ' l „ bcr lh *' Oh, did I not think that with him for a companion y°“ ■“ m «tmg anch a request 7’ tho most bombls establishment would bo a paradise 7 u n „ , r PPOS ° t /° U ' snd th.l no self douial would bo severe 7 and now «" n UBh ?' tball am Ida wife, I drivo him from mo by cruel h J ™"" 0t B , eo ” b f- s I,o° ‘s' daaB , hlor ° f ■" ropininga. Oh whom can ho bo 7" ’ hono.l rospoolablo blacksmith, who haa always sup. Again she wont lo the window_l„ the door, but F IT, °"h B ‘!f n h ‘ S d " Ug 'T in vain; no husband was lo be scon or herd. How ' duc “. 11 “", ll >» 1 " « renter thorn ornaraonls gloomy, how dosolalo, did hot cornfortablo and well ,0 bool oooioly in oar land, futni.hod parlor appear, a. sits now onlu.od it. ”0 !’• . "°' v absur f'r *°. u tulk ’ f rad ’ »“ f™ lla ™ cried she, "what sunshine would hi. smile shod ,7 Tr “ h , I th.nk society would around! but I have displeased, grieved, wounded, and m 1 A ■‘’A 8 t, 7 0U ' JO .“ ‘P " , , trod “ co a forced idm from mo 7" ■ ana blac smith’s d.uglitor lo grace lie utroloa.’ Never bad an hour in Mrs. Lindloy’a life dragged „ L“ ,T 8hl ’ L “°*’ r ° r ’ ”°‘«i‘!‘ 8 ' a ° d "'E 7,““' itself .long so eluwly ss the preeenl, Ad it was noli J 0“ “ T *r B " r ',l" nnliUfter the clock had .truck ton that tho well 3 . S r'T known footsteps of her husband mol her listening iui, Ho»°A“ and bear1 ’ wl " com ' ,aro ear. With a bound aha mol him in tho entry. V \r” ' " , , „ „„ » ’■ O, m, dear George, how glad lam you am l .Vh h b f, "u ? 8 ''““"‘I 08 ' ® h ,° cotnc •» 6 b / | doubtless does well enuugh for llio station in which Ho'r husband made no di.tinot answer, entered the ' ‘ ,w r ra !! ,C8 ’ and wbia h she is assigned to Gil, a. the parlor, sod ad.sncmg to the mantle, reeled I,ls o|. , ”' ro ° r To h[ * raeal,anlo 1 bul a 8 " 011 88 bow upon It. and loaded hi. head upon his l.snd—l * ho “r d 7 d "? B l ul 0 ° ul of h<!r B P bc "’ ,n I Hi. countenance was clouded, yot moro in sorrow m ?i°nm'A BU , CI ° , . . I than ancor i lam sorry, Lucy, lo hear you express such son- Dearosi George, will you forgive mo 1” said the ' Ura "“ B - Wh “! bB, ? ” C ’ ! l,a cbild , ,Bn “ f a rc !’ ubli : trembling wile, while .ha twined her arms m hi. J" eovernraool: to do will, such nice distinctions 7 m, d fo“ylro P rA r |,",'' J r "" “ W ‘" ,0U , “■>“ tho aecidan" Tier,one or 7.^l,"'TM.^ono t. Vn. i.viu i j ~ • , f „ of llio chiof bcauiics of our republican inalilution, X oa, Lainily, 1 can do onythmer you ask of me. . . / .. “0, Guorgo, don’t apeak so coldly so sadly. Alas I hat , I grant, to every man and woman tho power 1 have made you very unhappy.’’ |to become the .mh.leot of Iholt own fortune. To bo >. v .. u c* i e » <■' 3 • . . Bomclhtnc or noiUtn?.' b ‘ I®'"' I'’ 1 '’ fur 1 fo ' r J ,O “ r n0 , ,0rl •?"' mc ’All that Bounds very well for your politicians, and make. aori ' i,! ' :B y °“ ” r ° Unabl ° chaB ' rull y >° will doublles, have a vor, good offool in elect,onoor. ur% ~i < i . ... , , purposes; bul I have do ambition, because I Hi ’°’ my ro>l h “ Bba " d7 live under a republican government, lo become so A . /“ PP °" r ”?T° r “'l™ ach,,B ' ,inB l.ery republican in my loelings and ...nciatioo.,- me .1 a not an. Smc. you loft mo Hr I. ev.nlng,” , T| , 0 J 6 J liaMoo , 0 f nnciely should bo ob.o.vod, 01.0, sbo addod wbtio a faint smile strove to cba.o .way L hal would j, booomo ~ 3 ho gathering tear.-’’ since you loft I bad ample , So „ ,| lould Lucy ,„d H#i| lo y ever will. Tho time for rcflecUon—for rclrospcclion. I have ro. 'm... j- ,„ J„, „ * J A • _ i _ _ . , , . r , , , i Ilia aislmctton belwcon Vico ana virtue, ignor vtowed my married and my .mglo hlo. sod ray m 0 „ c0 , nd i„ lo m 6cnco , aonnol bo 100 pied, drawn, grafted, my ch.ldt.h perversenos. tcrnghl have „ ~ j foar i B wou|d bo to 1110 cxclu.ton of many caused mo Iho most biller so f-uobradinfrs. . _ . • . J , a . . a , “ , r ■ who now swell iho list of our would-be aristocracy. you never know a panj hko that which shut through : .-t .1 . ■ . r ■*. 3 , . , , while the admission of our worthy blacksmith and mv heart when Iho thoiiehl struck mo. that the proat ■ - • . , . 1 ~ n f f , ■ i, e 1 lus inleiligent family would, more than compensate Dtspensorof even a might free mo from care as bo had fo , . iC0I “ of lllom / froedpoorebarlulto, basking ftom mo I,u.band and; .[low can you, F,ed, preai.t tu that which you child I ! cannot loteivo myself—but oh. sov that < ■ ! r , -, , \.. - 6 • ’ j k ‘ ,ak know is so annoying lu yuur family? llio very or ® lVo m ° j ,f, .. T . idea of having a girl like Susan Howard associated ” Forgivo you, dearest Emily. have noth,eg lo wl „, „ it ia “ 00 fe ulllb | in bo ondur cd.’ forgjve ,f yon w,l only bo happy. ” r , ol a ocdi „ 6 , y you[ pro j u dicos are s 6 “U, 1 am most nappy—b ossed in bavin? such a » , . b . f . r 4 , . bn.li.nd Tkl. hi,,..' bt,.„, h,‘ “,.1-hW. iHSlift -UO,on_ asking M,.v mo all my joys cannot bo crowded mlo one slalo or w j(h consistency, give the required promise.’ period, and Ido think I can never regret tho giddy .ft lhol j 9 your decision, further argument is uso ploasuros of youth, while in possession of those so | OBH ; but you know my feelings towards her, and the much more precious. Henceforth it shall bo my wc | como # |, o w ,u bo likely lo receive from mc ' pleasure to strive lo make you as happy as you 1 mike mo, and to educate our boy as much like his father as possible. O, say once more lhal you for give me, for depend upon it, I can never again bo so foolish, so cruel, so wicked." Tho husb.md bent forward and imprinted a long kiss on tho forehead of the supplicant. She looked up, and his eyes beaming with lovo and renewed confidence, gave her perfect assurance that all wae forgiven—forgotten '■ PREDICTIONS FOR 1653, Accordingly (o llio Almnnoc published in (ho United Stales, the present year of our Lord, 1853, it to bo an eventful one. We extract from the said Almanac the following sagacious predictions— Through the whole course of the year, whenever the moon wanes, the nights will bo dark. On several occasions during tho year, the sun will ho up before certain people discover It, and set be fore they have near finished their day's work. It is quite likely that when no business Is doing, many will bo heard to complain of nani Umo Out it it equally certain tbol all who hang thorasolvos will escape starvation. If m**n work for nothing and board themselves, they will find plenty of employment. 1 If bustles and hoops go out of fashion, a church pew will hold more than three ladles. If dandies wear their boards, there will bo loss work for the barber; and he that wears moustaches, will have something to sneeze at. Whoever is in lave will think his mistress a per fect angel, ond will only find out tho truth of his suspicion by gelling married. *1 hero will bo mors books published than will find readers, ond more bills than will find payers. If the incumbent of a fat office should die there will bo at least on© dozen pair of foci rosdy to stop Into one pair of shoos. If a young woman should happen to blush she will bo apt to look rod in tho faco without tho nso of paint; if she dreams of a young man three nights in succession, it will bo a sign of something; if she dream of him four limes, or have tho tooth sobo.lt is ton to one she will bo a long limo gelling either uf them out of her head. Many people will drink mow strong liquor, than will bo necessary to beep them sober; and take mow medicine than will bo requisite to tho enjoyment of good health. . ~ Dinners and entertainment will be given to those who have enough at homo: snd the poor will receive much advice gratis, legal and medical ozooptsd. There will bo a tremendous noise all over the country when it thunders, ond a tremendous dust kicked up occasionally by coaches and horses. Many young ladies, who hope for it, but litllo ex pect it. will bo married, and many who anticipate 1 that glorious, consummation, will bo compelled to wait another year. . - Politicians will make foolp of others, aqd women with pretty faces will make fbolsof both. There will bo a great cry and no wool, —both at Ilia alio.ring of pic*. *n d »"• ™? lln e Finally, there exists but little doubt, that 1853 will bo ■ most monderful yesr, far surpassing in in. torest all that hovo preceded it. Aovkrtibemsnt ExTa*ORmNAHT.— TIio ingenuity of advertisers is teiod lo the utmost In March of no. vel way* of attracting tho public attention. Tho fallowing from tho advertising column* of Iho Louis villa Journal, 1* good in Its way t Horrible !—Tho other morning just after dinner, about tho limo tho people wore going lo bod, a email boy' about thirty year® old, only daughter of an old maid with three orphan children, who IWo opposite tho poet office on the aamo oldo of the way, (they don’t llvo thoro now) were alarmed by hearing a dumb man crying murdor, and looking out they aaw a blind man pooping Into a window, whoro a no arrood man was boating hla wife, whop a no logged man run In and kicked tho dog through tho aide of the houM, slightly killed’ two food, pigs,lhM too l»w hatched a diy or twfo after that. Tlw “” n Blariod off for the doctor, who had gone In Webster « i Daguorroan Gallery, No 476 Mela flrcot> have the side of Ills face taken. “OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE fIIOUT—BUT RIGUT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY,” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1853 31 Story for tljc iCabico. TUB DLACttSBUTII’S DAUGHTER* OT KATE GLENMORS. '[lave you soon llio member from C , Fred 7 said Lucy Preston to her brother, the day after his arrival in Washington, where she had been spend ing a few weeks with her father, a distinguished member of Congress from one of our Now England States. •No. Who is he, and what is ho like?’ ‘Hia name ia Howard ; and I hoard father say il.ia morning, ho wua ono of the moat talented mem bora of the Homo. Ho ia certainly ono of tho most perfect gentlemen 1 over mat/ •Howard? Oh! I wonder if ho has any sisters.’ ' Yes, several. One of them was hero with him during tho early part of tho session, and judging from tho quantity and quality of praiao Uvishod up on her, aho must bo a paragon. Sho will bo hero ( again soon, as aho ia expected to grace Mrs. L 'a party to morrow night/ •I roust manage to got on introduction to her/ •I think 1 can effect that, afl her brother his prtyfrtJ I* ni# —III. nnn f M fTI VqallV Cjiri* oua to aoo one who cxciloa such unqualified admire, lion/ f 1 Mrs. L 'a apocious drawing rooms wore al ready filled with tho elite of the capital, when Lucy | Preston entered accompanied by tho talented and accomplished Mr. Howard. Grave statesmen and politicians had lain aside tho care and dignity of stale and office, to partici pate in those fashionable follies whloh so invitingly promise to afford relaxation and amusement ; and well wore those promises flulfillod, at tho radiant faces of boauly, and majestic manhood proclaim ; as they here surrender themselves to the oxhileraling sounds of music, and keep time and pace with its voluplous swellings, or they join themselves to that merry group, where wit and humor are the presid ing geniuses. While perchance, some, more intel lectual in their tastes, find a deeper source of enjoy ' mont in the discussion of graver topics. Lucy’s eager eye look In at a glanco the gay as sembly, then wandering inquiringly from ono group to another, to distinguish if possible, tho star which reigned pre-eminent; but oil secerned to her alike gay and beautiful, and she soon, lu tho fascinating eloquence of tho gentleman on whose arm she loan od, half forgot her womanly curiosity and the prom • isod introduction ; whon tho announcement of Mr. Preston and Miss llowara, oxctiou uotii «uri« •»%, , and astonishment. Tho suppressed murmur of sd* i miration whloh greeted their entrance had scarcely subsided, wh'Vi hor astonishment was suddenly i changed to I lib deepest chagrin and mortification 5 , for there, in the slater of the moo aho so much ad mired, and tho acknowledged favorite of tho most • refined circles of tho capital, sho behold dodo other limn our blacksmith’* daughter. The following Christina* witnessed a merry parly assembled beneath iho roof of our worthy black smith, and Lucy Preslon—now Mrs. Howard, (ho bride of the blacksmith's sou—rejoiced in the beauty of those liberal institutions, which a short year be- fore sKo had hold io such contempt. ‘The distinction* of society should bo observed, Lucy, else what w»N lt become ?’ whispered bred Preston to his sister, on this merry Christmas ove "'"oil, Frod! will ,cm no.cr forg'uo m, foil, 1 You have already punished mo quite enough.’ ‘Yes, slater dear,.only I wished to enquire what reception Iho blaoksmllh'a daughter would receive from the wife of the distinguished member of C— 7 ‘You are positively 100 had. There, Susan Is cal ling you; go, try and bo civil on this your wedding night at least.* One must needs labor hard and sharpen his wife tocarvo his future with skill. A dull knlfo will no sooner dissect a turkey with elegance, than stu pidity and lack of energy will obtain success in life in any undertaking. A gentleman who had by a fail broken ono of his ribs was mentioning the circumstance and des cribing the pain ho felt. Ho was asked If the In jury he sustained was noar tho-vertebra 1 “No, air," replied ho, *‘ll was wilhinn/eui yards nf the Court House, FIGHT WITH A JAGUAR. A correspondent of the Galveston News ‘gives the following account of a fight -bolwcsn Mr. Abaolotn Williams, who la about seventy years of ago, his wife, and an onormos Jaugar or Tigor, which occur red about tho Ist of December, at Mr. W's. resi dence : Tho tiger was first discovered on tho premises of Mr. James Drake, who lives on the north portion of Jefferson County, whore it entered his inclosooro, attacked his horses and {tilled ono, besides wounding two others* While tho tiger was committing its depredations it was discovered by Francis Drake, son of tho proprietor of the promises, wbo fired a shot at it wounding it in the side, but not danger* ously, when It m&do Us escape. Tho next day while Mr. and Mrs. Williams were silting in their honso, (the rest qf llio family being absent) they wore star, lied by a strange noiso In tho yard, in front of their house. Mr. W. on going out, discovered bis dog on* gaged with a tiger, when ho seized an ox yoko and aimed a blow at the 'varmint,'but missing it, struck his dog. The dog then got away from tho tigor end retreated. In an instant tho tiger then sprang up* on Mr. Williams, and soiling him by llio hand, jerked him about twenty feel. Tho old gentleman finding himself In tho 100 pow erful grasp of the wild animal, courageously deter mined lo give it tho best rough and lumblo fight within his power, and, having no weapon within his roach, he scitod the tiger by his throat with (ho other hand, and throwing his whole strength for ward, crushed tho tigor to tho ground, both falling sido by side. At this lime Mrs. Williams came to tho rescue with a gun, which sho snapped at the tiger, bui (hero being no priming in the pan, it did ( not go off. Mr. W. then, with ono arm round the tiger, and tho other grasping Us throat, with an effort disengaged himself. Tho tigor discovering a nov adversary In tho person of Mrs. Williams, sprang at her, and attempted lo grasp her head within his jaws, while it struck and lacerated her breast with Us fore paw. She tried (o avoid the' monster, but was foiled lo the ground. Tho tiger I made another grasp at her head, his upper tooth | penetrating at tho lop of the skull, and sliding along | tho bone, pooled off tho skin till they mot the lower | teeth, which penetrated on the right side of her face. In the monniif"®. M— jv*kv again, and giving tho tiger a tremendous blow, caus ed it tu leave Mrs. W., when it leaped into the house 1 and got under tho bed. Tho door was immediately j closed and the monster secured. Mr. W. was ox-I hausted from the effect of his wounds, from which I the bluod flowed in a stream ; but not so his belter I half. When she saw (heir mutual foe attempt to I lake possession of tho house, sho determined to fin ish llio battle, and notwithstanding the (severity ofl her wounds, her dross almost entirely lorn from her 1 person, and covered with blood, sho deliberately took tho gun, and shaking some powder from the barrel into (ho pan, sho placed (he muzzlo into ono of (ho openings which llio logs of (ho house afforded, and fired with a steady and deadly aim. Tho tiger was | killed. When subsequently measured ho was found , to bo IS feel from tho lip of its tail lo the extreme of ils nose. During all (ho time the fight was going on.no ono but (hose engaged in it wore within hearing.— Mr. W.’s nearest neighbor lives about three miles off. However, as Mrs. W. was washing the blood from her person, a neighbor came riding by, and qlormcd at her appearance, inquired tho cause. 'Dio heroic old lady, unable from (be loss of blood lo spqak- oomijiul to the dead lindv of the liver, wonderful, and they are now recovering gradually from their wounds. Mr. W. jokes about tho tiger fight, and intimates that llio old lady was most cn -1 raged when tho tiger look possession of tho bed and ! house. It need hardly bo added that Mr. Williams is a brave man. Ho fought tho British at New Or leans, and subsequently llio Mexicans in the cause 'ofTexas; but this last fight perhaps is the most l singul.r (.fall Ills wife, in intrepidity and daring, l is worthv of him ; and the two, together, are of that 1 courageous class that have encountered forest wilds and frontier dangers the pioneers of Christian civ ilization and of American institutions. Tit v. ('nKATinN rkseatii us.— Hero is a speci men from Difhfna' Household IVords, of the way great ini hs ni.iy be dressed up in a facetious garb:— f “1 have heard of some little ephemeral insects —ODlinalfulie—billions of which they say could dunce hornpipes on a needle’s point—trillions of I which could hold mass meetings on the prickle of a gooseberry—so small are they. Yet each of the infinitesimal entomological Lilliputians might pos sess a trifle of a hundred legs or so; and who shall —y wbwu Jooaput fuel nain and pleasure—heal and cold—as wo bigger animals 00. i ne;uu»oiiv.. -r life with ephemera sometimes readies, but seldom exceeds a minute. Within the sixty sec onds they live and die, and strut and fret their fifty pair of legs upon their vegetable stage. Within a minute they act the part for which they have been cast by tho Great First Cause—within the minula they seivo as rivets or links of rivets, or something microscopically small, but not despica ble, in tho Great Chain that binds all Nature to agree. If some of them bo such strong, and vig orous, and abstemious insects as to live to (he pro digious age of s minute and a half, they must bo looked at Try (ho young animalculm—the spruce fellows some twenty seconds old or so, as aston ishing centenarians, patriarchs of the cabbage loaf —sages of grass-blades. When they die, perhaps they are boried In great pomp and state In (no porce of a strawberry—tho funeral puff-ball being | drawn by four earwigs, and all the topi-places on tl»e neighboring spear grass being at a premium; or perchance they dye Ihelr venerable green locks purple-black, just as they are on the brink of the tomb, thrust their feeble lege into light boots, man acle their trembling antenna into primrose colored 4 nd, oriili buia oiiflly nocked on their pal sied old pates, hobble up and down some Kegent streot of a daisy—some Uurlington-orcado of an apple-pip, leering at tho damsels who are carrying homo Queen Mao’s Court dress In a cob-web band box, How immensely superior are you, Mr. Lemuel Gullivor, looking down on those o million times diminished Lilliputians. How many feet you have to look down upon those tiny things.— How strong a microscope you must have to bo able to discern oven an agglomeration of a hundred or two of these Insecl-thlngs.” Wust tiiev Eat.— lt appears l>om the published statistics that the people of Now York oily, devoured during the year 1859,0n0 hundred and Qyo thousand bullocks, and three hundred and twenty three thous and sheep. For iho pleasure of doing so, they paid more than five millions and a half of dollars. (£j»Our devil io perfectly delighted with Iho idea of high topped bools being adopted by the ladies*-* (Jo says that as fur as his observations have gone, they aro certainly beneficial, and arq a leg.aoy that they wore entitled to long ago.* An exchange says that an old shoop gavo birth lo a lamb in Cambridge, last week, belonging to a widow lady with sii logs and fino wool all over her head S If you wish to increase the size and prominence of your eyes, just hoop on account of al) thomooey yoq spend foolishly, and add it up al the end of a year. JA woman In Now York, named Hotter While, mot a man at dusk on Monday evening, in an open street in that city, knocked him down and ilQod his pockets of $2B. Dread and Batter* Mr. Jordon waa a bachelor, on tho canny eido of forty, and consequently waa subject to tho lender mercies of boarding houao keepers. Circumstances had kept Mr. Jordan an inmate of Mrs. Wiggins' boarding house for a long timo,and Mrs. Wiggins is a lady of one idea—namely, economy. Her ex* poriments in economical philosophy, and phllosopb. ical economy, were, for tho mo&l part, brought lo bear upon tho stomachs of her boarders; as 'villlcs' Is the principal Horn of oxponso in mediocre boarding houses. Mrs. Jordan had been startled by somo of the aforesaid experiments, bot ho had borno with patience tho present and certain ovil,'rathcr than fly to others ho know not of,' until ono day, when but ter was scarce and high, Mrs. Wigging bit upon tho economical plan of spreading with her own econo mical hands tho butler upon tho allowance of broad she dealt out to her hoarders, excusing herself for this interference into their affairs by stating, in tho blandest manner, (bat sho assumed that (ask cheer fully to savo them (rouble. Mi. Jordan obiub id tea raUior laid upon Uio eve ning of this new dodgo— sat down in tho presence of all (ho other boarders, and received a slice from Mrs. Wiggins, wbo bad gono through tho ceremony of spreading it before his eyes, Mr. Jordan eyed the broad inquisivoly, and began to turn it from side to side, and scrutinize U closely through his rpcola. clcs. •What’s tho matter with your broad and butler t 4 demanded Mrs. Wiggins. •Nothing, nothing/ replied Mr. Jordan,still turn ing his piece, and prosiling in his scrutiny. •I'm positive, Mr. Jordan, that you do see some thing. Now I want,* said tho lady, her face becom ing flushed with excitement, T want my borders lo tell mo right out when (heir villlea don't auit. Now, Mr. Jordan, what is it 7* Mr. Jordan laid down (ho slice upon his plato, raised his spectacles to bis forehead, and replied, with groat deliberation— Mrs. Wiggins, (here's nothing tho matter with the broad, I assure you. Gut Mrs. Wiggins, and hero Mr. Jordan glanood mischievously down-'the long vista of atienlivo faces, *1 have lived in this world eight and forty years, and I find myself this evening such a simpleton that I can't tell for my life, which side of my bread is haltered.—Literary Museum. Unman Strength. Among tlio' Afnbs, the Persians and Turks, you do not meet w illi those uudorsised, tickely, conaump- I live beings which ore so common in Europe; you 'do not meet with such pale, sickly looking counte nances; thoir complexions are bright and florid; they are strong and vigorous, able lo ride a hundred I miles a day, and capable of performing other most I amazing foals. 1 remember seeing a most sinking instance of their powers. A band of men from the Himalaya mountains, had come to Calcutta, for the purpose of exhibiting strength, end they wore indeed perfect Sjnisons. Their size struck mo with admiration.— 1 know nothing that I can compare to them; but perhaps some ofyou have seen tho statue at the bot tom of (ho stairs at Somerset House—it is Hercules leaning on his club, is about seven feet high, looking like a being capable of executing tho most difficult task—and suah men wore the athlutco. Wo selected fivo moo on board the Glasgow, a similar number from ono of the regiments, and like wise (Vom an Indiamen, all fine, picked men; and' yet upon a trial ol strength, it was found that a Himayalan mountaineer was equal lo two and throe quarters of the strongest Europeans. They could ana x. ...vj uuM-tiov uccu uuuur cumrui, i dm con vinced they could have crushed him to death. I felt them, and I never felt such flash In my tile ; It ap peared rolls ofmusclc, and yet none of these men over lasted spirits. I did not say that drinking water was (ho cause of this; but It serves lo prove that abstinence from intoxicating drinks is perfectly compatible with the possession of groat bodily power. — Buckingham’s Lectures. dj’Cliarles Jones, the preacher thief, made an attempt to escape from Hanford jail on Friday mor ning. He was caught, however, notwithstanding his declarations that tho Lord said ho might go.— lie had stolen a hat and coal from ono of tho other prisoners before attempting to cscapo. Sbunbng ftnauns. The Ulble. There ia no book like lire Bible. Uia tho great at, noblest, and beat of all books. It lias at c m dialled wonders in tho world. It has exerted a ire nondaus influence upon mankind. W hen all things ilso have crumbled to tho dual, and passed away, it ias still maintained itself, arid cicrlcd a power (fiat ——k* nMilmatcd. It Is qprccious book, because It points out tho way to cicrftll mo—to a ma> beyond the grave. Read it then, study if. Linger over its pages. You will never regret it. When everything that you may have, shall bo taken from you, its divine teachings wilt cheer you. Whon friends abandon you and destruction threat ens your path, its consolation will not forsake you. When you como to the bod of death, that trying moment when tho spirit is about to wing its flight to its eternal homo, it will point to tt Heaven boauti ful and bright, to a place of happiness and joy.— Then, oh then, cherish tho Biblo. Love it and make it yout inscporablo companion through Ufa. The SaUlialh. Tho Now York Times very happily discourses of tho day of rest in this wise > “Tho rost of (ho Sabbath, is «» necessary aflor (he engagement of (ho week, os is tho night’s rest after the work of tho day. To tho ono wo go Instinctively, forced by fatigue. It is wall if wo observe the oth er, impelled by moral oonsidorxtions, before suffer, ing the penally attached to its violation, of which no instinct gives us warning. After six days of ta bor our strained muscles need a season to renew ihair olaaiioiiy—our irrsiablo nerves to recover thoir normal slate—our fettered spirits to resume thoir cquinaniinity. A simple change of necessary labor does a groat deal; the entire cessation of all that is unnecessary does still more. Tho fitting devotional exorcises of tho day aro calming and soothing, and productive of that healthy stale of mind with which it ia dcsiroablo to enter upon tho duties of tho suc ceeding days. Tho Influence of ths Sabbath on tho week’s (umuljpus cares, Is like oil poured on a stor my sea. Stretched out over tho harrying crowd of daily engagements, like the rod of tho Prophet over the Red Sob, it piles tho waves upon either sido, and wo pais through them dry-shod. ■■Ohday. moat calm, moat bright! Tlio fruit of this, the neat world's bud ; Tlir nmlursomont of supromo delight. Writ hy a friend, and with hla ulooj ; The clinch of time; caro's halm and bay Tho week worn dork but for thy light ; Tlio torch doth ahow Iho way. The Pence of Go<l< This "passolb all understanding.” H cannot, ihoroforo, bo defined j ll refuses lo bo held In tho vice of oqr logic, or bo subjected to (ho Iron pressure of our metaphysical systems. It comes to tho soul through tho a* snuo of the sensibility, and not thro’ tho intellect or tho will. Tho knowledge of U is derived from tho experience of tho heart rather than from any other process of the understanding. Pence comes from God I 03* Ho that would pass the latter part of his life with honor and doconoy, must when he is young, consider that ho shall ono day bo old, and lay upl knowledge for hjs support, whan hie power of acting I shall forsake him, and remember when be Is old that ho has once been young, and forbear to animadvert | with unnecessary rigor on faults which experience only can correct. AT W OB FEB JTSHUI 4MHW awh JSnlw. The most corrective punishment is Uindnetfc. A lively companion—The jomping loOlh*tfchSl War is murder set to masta> Never play until your work la done* F ooliahneas—try log to drown grief in whiskey. The worst of men often give the best of advice* Uncertain—The weather sod Lancaster Bank Relief notes. Legal—To prove an alibi, is to prove aHe £y«— witnesses. The tongue may apeak the loudest, bnl the Heart the truest. Three Absorbing Wants—Poverty wants some 4 things; luxary, many; aid avarice* all things. The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money. Queen Victoria has sent an order to Cincinnati for twenty-four sugar cured hams. The tree on the field of Waterloo known as the “duke’s tree, 1 ’ has been oat down. The Mormons have several places of Worship in Philadelphia. The worst ose a roan can make of bis money is to spend it for rum. Name no one man—These wotda spelled back* wards are the same. A Frenchman lives in a garret that be may af ford to bo a dandy in the street. Boys are like vinegar, the more “mother” that is in them, the sharper they become. A substitute for wild dock—a black legged chicken stuffed with mackerel. The now fashioned bonnets are pronounced to be a bare faced invention. There are 2,090,300 Roman PaikoJ»*» la t/«a UniloJ OIQU‘B. England hae “annexed” another slice of India to her possessions. Ajax defying the lightning—a drunken husband returning to a red headed wife. A bill is before the Ohio Legislature to proven! (he emigration of colored people into that statSi Gold and silver coins of the French Empire bavtf been issued. George Cantwell has been sentenced to fifty years imprisonment at St. Louis, for tho murder of his wlfo. Tho population of the United States has /acres* sed three hundred and thiny>seven per cent, dor* ing (ho last fifteen years. If e week's board comes to five dollars, VvhSt will a load of plank amount to 1 A deal mole than you image in ail likelihood. Have the goodness to pronounce this little word; It is the original Mexican for oounty curette.— “ N otlaaomanitatoopixcatatains I” Everybody should possess six shirts, oho om brolU and a home. The former lo keep in com fort, and the latter out of printing offices, When a member of the Camden Laay Club fcele like gaping a 1 iltle« be baa lo employ a boy to poll his mouth open- The citizens of N. 0. Ore regaling themselves on nutmog melons, plums and green ooro. There’s a good limo coming for us, too. Cincinnati is about sixty-four years old. Its first name was Losanlville, which, in 1804, was changed lo Cincinnati. The pay of a Russian CJolohel 1$ aboOl ssteß hundred dollars a yoar{bat, after twenty-two years 1 service, ho is entitled to a full retiring pension* There are eight colleges under the supervision of the Methodist Church, with properly ami funds of the amount of $491,063. “Uarnum Is trying to gel half a dozen whlgt, to put in a case at the museum, to represent the ‘Se rious Family.’ ” A new paper, manufactured entirely of stravt has just been discovered. Perhaps, (he most ap* r ~ r .i. (o fMirp/una u can be pot lo will bd for men of straw to draw and accept ineir ottie *l^ “You aro at the very bottom of tho hill,” said tho physician to a sick patient, “but I shall en deavor to get you up again." “I fear 1 shall bd out of breath before 1 shall reach tho top*' 1 was the reply. A country contemporary undertook to cat A splurge the other day,as he for a “prize tale.” A farmer dent hluj a tight)/ curled sandy pig's tail and demanded the cosh* Tho following was found In the pocket of 4 suicide—no inquest was held. “Why la a rhino ceros after swallowing a tiger oat, like a Romati swordsman t Because bo ia glaa-he-alc-her, u Mr. Clay ooco refused, at a dinner, to .take pre cedence of Gov. Jones, of Tenn. “Noj” said (be groat Kentuckian, “you aro a greater man than I am: you beat J. K. Polk, and 1 could not.'* Man is a dupeable animal. Quacks lq medi cine, quacks in religion and quacks in politics* know this and set upon that knowledge* There is scarcely any one who may not| like A trout) be taken in by tickling. Tho man 100 poor to lako his county pdper Wi* in town the other day. Jerusalem* but ha ffM>' “soaked I”—at an expense, 100, sufficient lo pay,p whole year's subscription to his county paper, . Youth is a glorious Invention. Whilo th>g|rid chase the hours, and you chase the girls, (bo month* seem to dance away, with down upon their feet.. What a pity summer is so short! Before yoti. know it, lovors become deacons*and romp* grand* mothers. It is very well lo leave something fqr those Who come after ns, as tho gentleman said who threw a' barrel in the way of a qonstablo who was chasing him. ’ ' When winter does not sot in boftfttf the holy days, be sore It will bo a short one. The sigh m almost infallible, end the reasons for it eery pblfe*-- eophicai. .-.I Du I one foleo step, one wrong habit, one eorrtfpt companion, one loose principle, may wreok\kll. your prospects, and all the hopes pfthose who love you« , A Frenchman proposed to commence a schecl. in Now Orleans, and hearing (hat there was* gottf. opening for a AigA school, took a room ip p fou|( atory house. t ‘ , A couatry surgeon who was bald, waa,cmf;tssU to tho house of a friend, whose servant Wofo'a Wijg, 1 After bantering him for a considerable lime lm» doctor said* , '*’ • v ’ “Youseohow bald 1 am and I don't ‘‘True, air,” replied (he servant, Hut bn eppfy bain requires no tliatohV” . f p I I .k X.' NO. 3t
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers