BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 39.
poetical.
SIT FIRST LOVB.
BT W. W.^URNBT.
Tho tropic winds more softly breathe
Along tlio blue of night,
And mcm’ry'B shadows risu and wreathe
la tho ooebantod eight.
They rise, the beautiful, tlio ftiir,
Prom dim oblivion’s sen,
And wear the form they used to wear
iu life'a serenity.
Tho sweetheart of my schoolboy days,
ilergeptlo girlish form,
The nestling roses on her cheek,
So beautiful and warm;
Tho dimples round her dewy mouth!
Her tender look of lova ;
Tho music of her gentle voice,
Like whispers from above.
The long dim avenue of trees
That lad beyond (ho town ;
The glimmering of the village lights
When night was coming down ;
The graveyard, with Its solemn tombs,
Where silently wo trod.
As though a foot-roll could disturb
A soul that slept in God.
The little parlor and the light
That waved upon the wall;
Tile warmth of every mule caress—
-1 well remember all
The clear brown eyes, the glowing cheek.
That nestled to ny breast,
As though it.never more could seek
A dearer place of rest.
1 sit beside I lie window place.
Where wo sat long ago,
And dremn 1 hear Um k mdly words
I never more can know ■
The wavering of the fire light
(s shadowed on the wall.
But hy my aide (he vacant chair
Bermuda me ol it oil.
We may ho wiser since that time.
And I have learned to smile.
A nd call them schoolboy n idle dreams,
To flatter and beguile;
But are we bettor in out hearts,
Or happier now, to know
The girlish plight and schoolboy vow
Wore broken long ago !
PjCstortcni.
I'ruin 111* London Times.
kNGLANJ AND TUB Ut ITJD STATES
History supplies but fow inslunccs of many Stales
pljiUoally distinct, yol linked together by a perfect
community uf race, of language, of cusluma, and
social institutions. Those lew instances, however,
have boon very remarkable. The most prominent,
if not the only, up to modern limes, have been the
Greek and German races, bath of ily:m under some
mysterious law, which made a common character
itself the slirnuloas of separation and dispersion.—
Each of Iheao races has performed a great part In
the economy of civilization, which would not have
been so well performed had their genius tended more
to political unity, to perfect uniformity of laws, to
conquest, ur any oilier form of national egotism. —
Conquerors and slutssmon not less able and success
lul have endeavored time after tunc to construct out
of the copious und splendid mulcnrls around them a
Greek or a Gorman unity, but the grander the at
tempt, the more conspicuous the failure : and Greek
und German to this day remains the name of races,
oot of Stales.
Both IhoßO groat instances seen likely to be
eclipsed by one which bids (air to occupy ibe same
prominent ntaco in Uio liiatory of (ho whole world
aa (lie Hellenic .«<>• oiu ... -*—* ’"tr"*.- ’' ' ' ' l '
was limited to the shores of the Mediterranean.
The English language, carrying with it no small
part of (he goniua and traditions ul tins country, is |
the dominant longue of North Americi. of Anstra j
lia, and many other regions which may one day bo
tbo seals of populous and powerful Stales. At pres
ont no other Ungu igo and national character pre-,
sent the same appearance of diffusion and projnga- ,
lion. Germans and French, not to speak of lessor,
nations, are absorbed and aa>imil ilud into the groat ;
English staple of the United States. Indeed the day ]
is not far distant when the language wo speak will
bo tho chief medium of communication throughout
the Atlantic, the Pacific, tho Indian and the South
ern Ocoana { and wherever the weary emigrant seeks
to rest tho solo of Ins fool, ho will find himself com
pelled to change the language ot his fathers for ill .1
ofduoon Vldorla anil President Fillmore. Diaap.
pointed, then, as wo arc of rfhity and conquest; wh
aro at least sure of seeing our race tho most numer
ous, the most diffused, the most powerful in the
world, and of exercising an influence far beyond the
scope of Emperors and Clara, beyond the roach of
Cabinets, and the orgaiiintion of armies. Whatever
may befall community that people these little
isles, it will bo a consolation that wherever wo |«
whether following goin or flying oppression, wo shall
everywhere And our own country, hear our language
in every port, and everywhere discover that wo have
changed the clime, bui not the generous freedom,
tbo industry, tho literature, the worship of our own
native land. . . . i
II 1. Iho proapocl of lho,o expand,ng »"<l
ing nflliiitios that imparls bo mooli micros! to tho
mutual l,o.piuli.ic. oltowu b, Brins I. .nd
citizens lo tho diplomatic representatives of tlto mo
le, Stale.. Wo Itavo lotiily ooon not only tlto British
Mitti.lor, but also a dit.tiogui.hcd merchant of tin.
metropolis, rongniftcenlly entertained at nioto than
000 oSy of tho United Stale, and it I. ntivv gtown
up into o custom, not easily to bo broken, that the
American Minister should receive hero a hkowol
com* m our own prinoipal soot, of commerce end
maunfacturo. London, Manchester, Liverpool, B.r
raingbani, uud other cillo., a. occasion may oiler,
offord tho American Ministry an opportunity oI
hearing and returning tbo expressions of Hut conll
donco and rrlsndahip. and that sense of a common
interest, wbioh aro foil by every rational person on
bolh Bidet of tho Atlantic. Nor would those foottvl.
ilo. bo so popular, or tho opooobo. then dcl.vo.od bo
lialoood lo with auob interest, wore It not for tbs
almost business character of those oooaolono. A
more Interchange of political tonl.mcnt betweentwo
nations wilb lilllo to bind lltoin beyond mutual ro.
spool end affection might Itavo a poetic "hataclor.
but would novor grow into a custom. It is that
business character, that evident prospool of odv.n
logo, that constant toforonoo lo co ™ mor °'“‘
wbioh dopnvoo those festivities of a sonll menial
" aract.r, but also give, thorn * far more sou.,bio
End "minting oigoiQooooo. In truth, those interna
tional banquets colobralo not on historical rocolloo -
lion, hot i future full of promioo. Ever mnoo epoch,
■0 deplorable in tho oyos of politician*, wbioh vio
lently removed tho United Sloloo from the logoi pale
of this realm the actual connection between tho
mother country and Iter Tran.allsnllo colonic* had
boon closer and olosor. It htto now alto nod ot:
that our Gooralon Blaloamcn Dover drolmt of.
tho relation of England lo Scotland or Ireland, of tho
metropolis to the provinces, of town. to reunite, is
not moro iotimalo and bonoftolal than llial of tho
British Isle* to tho United Stoloo. Tlto vast und for
tile territory lltoro brought under oulltvotion by our
kinsmon supplies our Inorooslng population boro
with tbo raalotlal. of lobor and the moans of oil.t
„uboal wlticli limy must Itavo long conned lo
f .nd multiply. Wo contribute the bono and
*°now witlmut winch tho plonlor and tho colonist
wmtkl’ iTcvcr have encouragement In ponolralo the
„ould never tm t 0 drain tho oworap
‘"‘l oovo half a oonllnonl, in m.o brief generation,
and cover nan telegraphic wirca.
T n S«d lo°to »u Hint Jf Athens and L.cedmmon
iSrS
S?p”.o, and- daring ambition of the one 0.51.1 d
k. tho population, tho territory, tho warlike opirlt,
and atom institutions of tho olltor, could nut fail to
carry tho wltolo world before thorn. Tha
protect lioslilo to tho poaoo end prostority of mo it
Eind, end mlnUlorlng ooly lo national vanity. A
far grander object, of more easy and more honorable
acquisition, lies before England and tho United
Slatce.and all other countries owning our origin and
B P® a k* n g our language. Lot them agree not in an
alliance offensive and defensive, but simply novor to
go to war with dno another. Lot them permit oao
another to develop as Providence sooros to suggest,
and tho British race will gradually and quietly at
tain to pre-eminence, beyond tho reach of mere poll*
cy and arras. Tho vast and ever increasing inter
change of commodities between the several members
of this great family, tho almost daily communication
now opened acrU, not one, but several ocoans, tho
perpetual discovery of now moans of locomotion, in
itself now bids fair to bo supplanted by
nn equally powerful but cheaper and maro convcni*
onl agency—all promise to unite tho whole British
race throughout the world in one social and com
mercial unity more mutually beneficial than any
contrivance of politics. Already, what dooa Aus
tria gain from Hungary, Franco from Algeria,
Russia from Siberia,or any absolute monarchy from
its adject population, or what town from its rural
suburbs, that England docs not derive in a much
greater degree from the United States, and the
United States from England T What commercial
partnership, what industrious household exhibits so
direct an exchange of services ? All that is wanted
is that wo should recognise this fact, and give it all
the assistance in our power. Wo cannot bo inde
pendent of one another. Tho attempt is more than
unsocial; it is suicidal. Could cither dispense with
tlio labor of tho other, it would immediately loso the
reward of its own industry. Whether national jeal
ousy, or the third for warlike enterprise, or the gros
ser appetite of mercantile monopoly attempt the
separation, the result and (he crime ore the same.
,\Vo arc made help meets for one another. Heaven
has jmnod all who speak the British language, and
whnt Heaven has joined let no man thiuk to pul
asunder.
TUB IRON GIFT.
A LGORND FROM THE PrBNCH.
There once lived in Scotland, three poor black- ____
smiths. Their habitations-were situated in the •• I believe, captain," said tho doctor,' 1 1 never
mountains, which surrounded the pretty town of told you ray adventure with a woman at my board-
I erlh. Though they labored incessantly, they ing house, when I was attending the lectures. i
could scarcely obtain a sufficiency of the coarsest “No lot’s have it," replied a short, flabby, fat man ;
food: and frequent and sorrowful were their pray- about fifty, with nervous temperament, and a very |
era that God would send them some little portion rcd toco. |
of the bounty which so many enjoy without merit; “ I boarded at n hiuso in which there wore no
or that their lives and wretchedness might end to- foma * oB except the landlady and an old colored
gethor. Labor and prayer seemed to them alike , 00 “! l.—" . — " , . , . ~ 1
Irultless; misery appeared reserved for their lot. I 1b« cipU.n by way of requesting Jura to go on
° l i7w l oJkfna h of n !h o . f i, forl;l '!r’ I,rom /,' ed by 11,6 1 S "“ i Often fell Iho wnnC of remain eooioty to .often
other ‘On ° minds,) they said to one an- ■ ( |, O Bovoro labors of deep study, and dispel the ennui
y ! rs "I 1 * n ° th 'ni>; let US lorn to , 0 whlch I waa ao bjeoi_" |
the evil spirit and ask his favor.’ “Well!" i
Scarcely had they pronounced these impious “Rut as I feared that forming acquaintance with
words, when a voice was hoard behind them:— the ladies might interfere with my studios,! avoided
‘At midnight, at the Blackrock mountain, I will them all—" I
await you. If you have courage to meet me there, i “ Well(
fortune is yours. Remember midnight.’ 1 “ One evop/ng, after listening to a long lecture
Speechless with terror, the brothers gazed upon on physical anatomy, and afi-t dVw»cciiug * u ra a
each other. The youngest at last broke silence: negro, Oitlgued in body and mind, I went to my
‘My brothers, do you hearl Shall we go?’ I
‘We will obey!’ exclaimed the elder, ~ t V ° ’ ~ ~, , , , J
On the approach of midnight thev bent their 1 T nl ~ n- ° ,h ? haM ’ look , a Urg ? lam £ ,
steoa lowarda iho , 5 * U l j " 1 r went directly into the room, it being then after 1
. P 8 l °w ari iB the mountain. As they drew near n », ]n .L » 3 .6
it, tuey heard the ringing of an anvil, but saw Well 1”
nor Bm | ke ‘ With ‘error they ad- .. i p | jcc j t j lo |i g |,t upon tho table, and commenced
ancon lo discover whence the sound proceeded, undressing. I had hardly got my coal off when my
i hoy reached the end of the path. The noise of attention was attracted to a frock and a quantity of
a thousand hammars resounded ; but on looking petticoats lying on a chair near the bod— ’’
around, they saw only a solitary man at work. “ Well I” '
‘I awaited you,’he said, ‘and was forging for “ And o pair of beautiful smell shoes and slock
you. This product of my labor is yours, upon ing* 0,1 11,15 floor- Of course I thought it strange
one condition. If at the end of nine years, yon and was about lo retire—but then I thought os it
do not return it to me, or ihe value it has* pro- was m y ro,)in 1 bad at least a right lo know who
ducod you, you will lose both body and sonl, and WM in my bod-"
Death by OrnclAxlou. alI your possessions shall vanish from tho earth " Evacily so, said the captain, and wcl .
In various counlries crucifixion has been a mode A whim sometimes impels me to benefit mortals' ,ook 1,10 wonl Ho ‘ l 1(1 l *‘° bed. and
of initialing capital punisbinenl upon transgressors. endeavor then to prnfnlbv this fJift nf Iron • with a trembling hand drew osido tho curtain.—
A mong the jow. it was some tiling spoken of us bang- So saying, he gave lo each a mass of wromrht noaven., wlu.l a sight ! A young g.rl-I sliou d
log. It was a cruel and disgraceful death to die, as Ikon, and then dismissed them ° O,l nn l* L ’ — of about eighteen, waa in there
Cicero says in his oration against Vorrcs: —-‘ll.e The brothers nrrivrd „i i,„ ‘ , , , . asleep—” i
worst possible punishment." Uioian calls it and u,i i . f . . nlhomo ‘ nol murb pleased m Well'.’l"
other ancient writers speak of it In the same terms. V *' e °.J ent of llie,r J'^rney. quesiinning whe- « A , 1 gazed upon her, I thought I hud never;
ll was in use among the Persians, tho Crocks and , g . promised much, and not doubt! ng ihnt witnessed anything more boaniiful. From under,
Iho Romans, with peculiar refinement of torture, le V 6 ,0,1 ld r . olu . rn 11 al ‘he appointed time. They < ncoth a lililo night cap, rivaling the snow in while
according lo iho laslc of Iho people of the degree of e . et T thinking of their adventure, and mur- 1 ncas, fell a stray ringlet over a neck and siiouldcrs
j guilt fur which the victim suffered! Kit to has com- in,,rln S as usual at their ill luck. jof alabaster—" [
plied n groat many facte respecting ibis dreadful awa koning next morning, they were about ' “ Well :; o..ui r*-' 1 "
'punishment, which cannot bo road without deep emo lo commence their daily toil, having almost for-1 “ Never did 1 look upon a bust.more porl.-ciy
lion when wo remember that this was tho death of S ols ™ lhn disappointment of the previous evening. f utmcd. I look hold of tho coverlid and sollly pullco
I our Lord Jubub. Horudutus says I lie I Darius cruci- ben suddenly litey perceived three inrrotn of tmld, 11 l ' invn —’ . _ . . „ '
J fled three hundred persons after tho seise of Babylon which had replaced the masses of Tron Their " WeR said the captain, “ Make haste. I
Alexander nailed two thousand captives lo as many j»y was unbounded. ’ “ She liad nn a night dress, buttoned up before, |
I crosses by iho sea side at or the capture of Tyre Immediately they laid plans In nniov their but softly 1 opened the first two buttons
1 The Romans scourged U,s criminal' before U.oy era- wrnfth. In a short Ume .h i , “ W.H f B.d the c.pUm ■■ how ...
eified him. Thus they treated onr nrs.lnr. finent palace, will, a retinue reaaUn Mlsndor l “ then, ye go. . 1 wh.t e stgh. m gsre npon
filn! lt Tr dtrl h tl | lh " punishment from the Forgetting their promise lo the wizzard, lo return “ wKLL '“ r 'he espuln, lam in sus-
Romsns. Ihe uprtgl.l beam tvas lot into the ground ,ho value of his gi ft, they passed their lime in „„ 1 ...
“ h "‘ " K , t r ", i ’ < ’ d "L' y “ I r “ ,l0 " ,!d !° pleasure, without thinking of the future. Nine P "VVl,ought I was taking a moan advantage of her.
sometimes through hl.Vel a'lle" ,n™“oftnn'’ho "mi yei "' [ 011,,|) awa J in and tho most extra- so I covered her tip, seized my eoal and beota, and
... ? . . • . . , , v ant inoulrroncp. W enl and slept m another room!
The wcrc'somehmes crosa by col d 7. .... ul the close of their term at length arri ved"ITS A 1,1 K!'’ shouted i|,„
A tableldeelarmg.be crime was placed on the topi I I"-wtzxard, punrtllal his appointed hour, ap- j,imping up ...d_h.ck.ng over his chair
of the cross. Tho victim died under Hie most fright- nl midnight, at tho palace, a, din the midst I-H-, certainly .
ful sufferings, so groat dial even amid Iho raging splendid banquet; and while ail the guests |
pussiuna ol war, piiy was sometimes excited. The i "©re nppnlled, ill ns addressed me brothers :
wounds in themselves were not fiiul. A raging fc-1 ‘lho last liour is aboullo strike! what have
ver suon sets in, und iho victim complains of a throb ’yon to return to me!'
bmg headache, intense thirst and pain. When mor- [ They were dumb wiili terror! An infernal smile
iificaium ensues, as is sometimes the case, the euf played upon tho features of tho tumpUr. He
pain, lul Ins anxiety and scns% if? n f»*roal ration arc' A horrid tumult (tiled the air, us the ministers of'
excessive, hiccup supervenes, his skin is mo-btened the wizzard’s vongoanco swept away his victims,
with cold, clammy sweat, and death ensues. The | 'Phis is the moral of the Legend :—that those
duration of life under llicsc agonies varied with the who, by the iron toil of others, become possessors
constitution of tho sufferer, and the stale of the of great wealth, should not squander it upon their
weather. Uoith was hastened by the heal of iho nwn pleasures, but cause it lo yield its value for
sun and the exp .sure of the eld night air, but it , ho benefit of those who wrought it.
did not ordinarily come lo end tho wretchedness ol ,
Iho victim, mini ho had hung for 36 or 46 hours A Thr ,,,| nK Adventure*
wourv hours ! Kusohiua says that many of tho . _ . , . , . . , - , ■ ,
- I- . . 3 -{• i ■.! .i A merchant wishing to ceiobrain Ins daughter s
tn-trlvrs m Lgypl, who wero crucified with llieir ... ~ , , b , r . *
l,c.d. d..n.:;1 1 perished by Itettgcr. This i. prob-! celleelPd a party of her young compan
■ bl. . m.st.ho, a. food would net have contributed , lo ' l, i llll T !’«■ »'«""B ' nuol ' ha P
to 11,0 support ol life, bad tbo victim desired lo cal; pinoss lo the youthful bride and bet chosen one
but tho st a lemon l proves that the martyrs must have | ' * er ' a ‘h er gazed proudly on Ills lovely child, and
hung for amuo time before they expired. Richter [I* 0 that as bright prospects for tho future might
states-that sonic survive on tho cross for three, four, open for the rest of his children, who wero playing
und even (or nine days. | ainoflj tho guosts. Passing through tho hall of
Our blessed Lord is believed to have died in about, the basement, ho met a servant who was carrying
six hours from the time of being nailed to the cross.' a lighted candle in her hand without a candlestick.
Ho gavo up tho (Ihost. Ho hid down hh life.— (Ho blamed her for such conduct, and wont into
Tho historians spook of him as if ho yielded up his (j lO kitchen to see about tho supper. The girl
breath when his work was done. Dut a dreadful floon returned, but without tho candle. The mer
death it was lo die. And for us I j c j, nn i immediately recollected that several barrels
of gunpowder had been placed in iho cellar during
the day, and that ono had boon opened.
•Where is your candle?* ho inquired in tho ut
most alarm.
‘1 couldn’t bring it up with me, for my arras are
full of wood,’ said the girl.
■Where did you pul u?’
•Well, l*d no candlestick, so I stuck it in some
black sand that's in a small barrel.’
Her master dashed down (be stairs, the passage
was long and dark, bis knees threatened to give
way under him, his breath was choked, his flesh
seemed dry and parched, as if ho alroady felt (lie
suffocating blast of death. Al the end of the cel
lar, under the very room where his children and
their friends weio revelling in felicity, ho saw the
open barrel, full al the lop; the candle stuck
loosely in the grains, with a long rod snuff of burnt
wick; this sight seemed lo wither all hia powers;
the laughter of iho company struck upon his ear
like a knoll; tho music commenced above, tho feet
of tho dancers responding with vivacity. The floor
shook, and tho loose bottles in tho collar jingled
with tho motion. Ho fancied thocandlo moved—
was falling; with desperate energy ho sprang for
ward—but how to rotnovo it! iho slightest touch
would cause tho rod hot wick lo fall Into tlio pow
der. With unoqualcd presence of mind ho placed
a hand on each sido of tho candle pointed toward
tho object of bis care, which, as hia hands mot,
was secured in tho clasping of his fingers, and
safely moved away from its dangerous position.
When ho reached tho head of tho stairs ho smiled,
al his previous alarm, but tho reaction was 100
powerful, and ho fell into fils of tho most violent
laughter. Ho was conveyed to his bed senseless,
and many weeks elapsed ero his nerves recovered
sufficient tone lo allow him to resume his business.
••Was il for crimes that I have done,
do groaned upon the tree 7
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
Arid luvo beyond degree."
The Emperor of Austria*
A Idler from Vienna gives the following account
of ihu Emperor uf Austria:—“The Emperor, al
Ihougli ll>u youngest sovengn in Europe, is one of
llto must remarkable for cool judgement and appli
cation to business, lie risos every morning ol 6
o’clock even in winter, and is novor in bed more
than four or five hours. As soon as ho loaves his
bod room, ho goes into his cabinet, where ho gives
audience to civil and military functionaries, and
enters into the most minu'o details of the reports
they make to him. Ilia manner is dignified but
cold, and Ilia -face is rarely illuminated with a smile,
bat there is pover anything harsh M his language,
oven when expressing himself with the greatest de
cision, and his decisions oro always remarkable for
the strong principle of justice on which they are
founded. As soon os ho has breakfasted —and this
occupies only n|fow minutes —the Emperor has con
ference with his ministers, whom ho frequently as
tonishes with the knowledge that ho displays of
every branch of their departments, and for which
ho Is indebted to the Information ho has received
from subordinates. Ho listens calmly, on groat
matters of stale, to all they have to advise ; but if
ho has made up his mind on any point, from previ
ous and mature deliberation, no argument can induce
him to change it. Like the Emperor of Russia, ho
is in the habit of visiting, suddenly the borracks,
and the public schools, whore ho Inspects everything,
tastes the food, to bo certain Hint it is of good quail*
ty, tnd interrogates the soldiers and pupils, to ascer
tain if there are any just causes of complaint. In
the evening, after the public official duties of the day,
ho withdraws to his cabinet, whore ho roads his cor
rcspondonco, makes notes of the business to bo ex
pedited on the morrow.and, as already staled, retires
to rest at a late hour.'*
Lkoal Anecdote. —In the hoot of an August af
ternoon, Mr.G., a lawyer out West, who is some
what energetic in speaking, was ‘summing up 1 with
his usual zeal on behalf of Ins client before Squire
Paine, and a crowd of spectators then and there as
sembled- While G. was pulling in his‘biggest licks,‘
a quizzical chap got behind him, and wont to tlckl
ms his car with a straw. The justice liked the joke
and kept still. G., supposing it was flies, brushed
first one oar and then the other, but persevered in
his speech, amid a subdued littering. Finally, asG.
happened to bo pressing some novel point of law to
the Justice, his friend behind pul (ho‘flea in his ear’
a little more sensibly. As G. brushed his hand at
the fly a little more fioroly, the Justice burst out
into a laugh. bringing his fiat al
mostlin contact with the head of the mogistrato, re
buked him as follows: •
•Your honor may laugh —but such is (As late.
•I've three cents loft,’ said a loafer, ‘so I’ll buy a
neper with It.’ ~ . , ,
1 ‘What paper will you buy V said a friend, curious
to learn the literary taste of his acquaintance.
•A paper of tobacco,’ was the toply.
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT ntOUT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 84, 1853.
Human Bodies Found in Guano.— From ll»o ship
Brandscompt, unloading Peruvian guano at Loilh,
there woro exhumed tho remains of ihroo persons,
evidently Peruvians, buried in tlio guano, and which
had apparently not boon disturbed in the process of
loading tho ship. Tho remains illustrate a curious
properly in tho guano in preserving bones, hair, and
clothes, whilo completely decomposing flesh. It is
not known when the bodies woro originally interr
ed, but the bones woro all found as entire as if they
had boon preserved in a museum; the hair remained
upon tho skull, and tho clothes woro very little do.
oayod.— North British Mail.
A country surgeon who was bald, was on a visit
la tho houso ofa friend, whoso servant woro a wig.
After bantering him for a considerable Lima tho
doctor said :
“You soo how bald I am and I don't wear a
wig."
“True sir,” replied tho servant, “but an empty
bojn requites no thatch.”
(£j* A Gentleman told a lady eho was wondrous
handsome; she replied,‘l thank you for your opin
ion and wish I could say as much of you.' You
i might. Madam,' said ho, 'lf you (old as big a lie as
I did,'
Somebody in my Bed«
ST W. J. JONES, ESQ., OF HARRISBURG, FA.
COURTING,
Thi o is rather a delicate subject. wo know, but
then, we dare soy. a subject bearing this bead wilt
be read, by the ladies as quick us any thing on
which their eyes c .n rest.' And it is for their benefit
that we ate now writing. There is something in
ilmii'. w'b nave'juat rt’trd int , vt
how the ladies do up theso things in ftome, and
which may offer them some hints. _ __
A Roman lad vw ho lakes a liking to a foreigner , ~
does nuL cast lie/ eyes down when l.c look, a! I.or, I A ' ranchman propa.cd lo commence a .cl.ool m
but file. them upon 1n... long w.,1, cvid.nl plc.uro | N.w Orlcn, and her,ng that lh.ro wa. good ope
.'.l g„J .limn alone, whenever .ho rnecl. n |n g lor a high school, look a r00m,... four .lory
him in company, at church, bI the theatre, or in her. house.
walk. She will aay without ceremony lo a friend, r , ewiB n ()UBC . who wns’senlonccd lo the Penilon
of the young man.“tell that young man! I,Uo ■ |j ar y for fifteen months. Tor counterfeiting, escaped
him.” If the nun of her choice feels the like sen. (rom ltlo Danville jail on Saturday night last,
limcnt and asks-" Are you fond of mo 7 rho ro- i J _ ___
plies will) the utmost frankness, \ C *n,^ n , )t ° loin* I One of the most agreeable things in the world Is
riieic, Nidi is coining a 10 | ’ • a finally to attempt lo bo polite lo a strange Indy at a hotel
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The ladies of Rome do not seem to bo at all pcrwishuns into do navy . , ,
troubled with any undue rcs’rainls of delicacy and; 'lldr, now, you’s 100 hard for die colored mdivi
modes! v They soy what they think and act ac- dual. , . . . , . .
cordingly Onll,. con.rary U.o An.or.can lad... ( 'll ... Noah, n.ggcr, when he look Hem bed
arc bo model and ba.l.fu', Ih.y 1.l all Iho good do ark.
opportunities elip through then’ ° O / A youth with a turn for figures had five eggs to
are blushing behind a fan. > anything boil, and being told to give them throe minutes each,
Now wo iliink it beat lo split iho difference. The m
Roman ladies go rallicr 100 fast, and American
ladies a little 100 slow. Oui advice is that you lake
the ‘ platform,' the • compromise,’ and unite the two. _
Medium ground is generally safe, fiul don I forget
that lime is flying. _ 7*1,0 |.* o b niar y number of iho * American Far.
lioliloaa I.ion* I mcr.” bas the following rccipo for rendering bools
Nol many years since ihcre lived in a small village um j 8 |, 009 walor-froof, which llio Editor soys ho has
somewhere in llio Slate of Pennsylvania, a “ crook lr j cl j perfect saccoss i
tailor” by the name of D .who was in the I .. 'i‘ a k o one pint of boiled linseed oil, two ounces,
habit of going around lu the farm houses, cutting I Q f beeswax, two ounces of spirits of turpentine and j
and making clothes lor the farmers’ eons. Ho l»«*i [ i wo ouncoa of Burgundy pilch. Lot them bo oaro-|
an apprentice, who was very unmanageable at times, mo | lC( ] over a alow fire. With this mixture
und who, to bo “ revenged” of his employer, rosolv- new B i, oca a nd bools are to bo rubbed in the sun, or
cd to got him a “ licking.” | at a little distance from the fire, with a sponge or
One day tho tailor wan ai a farm house making
clothes, and al llio same time try ing to ”
The funnor oskcd tiro boy if Mf- 0- ~~ 1
sometimes keep sumo of the cloth for himself.
- Yes,” said tho boy, who wanted to have some
snort, "ho ‘ cabbages’ a groat deal; and when ho is
oLoulto do it. ho makes three raps upon tho table
with his shoots.” .
•'Ah—very well; I’ll watch him,” said tho farm
"'some fow dayo passed away wllhoul an, nutiea
on tho narl of tlio farmer al llio linnsacllon. of Mr. |
0 until lio look down a fino pioco ol cloth,
from which to out a ooal. 1I» monsurod and ;n™ut
ed. then his lips moved as though ho said," I II havn
n plooo of yon," and down canto throe tops.
Nemo of lhai 1” exclaimed tlio larmor, watching
him closely; “I’ll li«w none of that.”
.. Nano of what said Mr. , utterly astonish
° d |‘.you ore* cabbaging,’ and I’ll have no such
thing done in my bouse, and especially Irom my
clo'h." .. ~ r.
“ No. I am not," said Mr. U —•
“Yes, you are j and you shall go out of my
h °n B tf this lime they had clenched each other, hut
neither eould gel the advantage. They stopped to
train breath, and wont at it again. Ilia lime the
farmer whipped his adversary. Tho* both sallied
tin Ilnur accounts, and Mr. D , ul> ~ , ,
While walking along Urn road, the tailor asked
his apprentice how ho looked whllo fighting tho
»Trolly bold," answered tho boy. "I think if
you would go bank and try It again you could whip
you think so 7" said the tailor, foollnp very
bravo 1 " I helievo 1 will go back and whip him.
So hack ho wont to meet the farmer, but this Unto
ho got whipped a little worse Ihon before. Again
ho netted the boy how ho looked when ho wee fight.
I'"" Oh, you looked furious,—bold os Horn yos, you
looked no bold as thorn lions yonder In that field.
| "You fool I" aaid Mr. D , “ they are not
1 lions, but shetp. u , ..
1 •'Well, anyhow” replied tho mischievous urohln,
i “ you looked just like them.”
Hbavv Failure.—Joseph C. Dates of Boston,
has failed. Liabilities $300,000.
AUSTRALIA,
A paraplol baa recently bean published in Now
York, containing in a brief form, interesting Ififor
mation rospoctiog this new gold region. Regarding
the first discovery of gold in Australia, the paraph*
1 lot says;
I The firft discovery of gold in the now region of
| Australia has boon attributed lu a shepherd boy who,
after selling his gold to tbo oily, returned to seek fur
more, but was followed by others, and is supposed to
have boon raurdorod. Dr. Cluttorbuck saw as early
as 1849, native gold in tho workshop of a watch
maker ot Melbourne. Sir Roderick J. Murchison
had given his opinion that gold existed extensively
in Australia ; but it was not fully developed or made
known until February, 1851, when it was found in
abundance in Brisbane counlryjylng about 100 miles
northwest of Sidney, the chief town of Now South
Wales. At this period, three blocks of quartz wore
| discovered, weighing about 324 lbs., the product of
! which in pure gold was 106 pounds, and was sold
in Bathurst for £4,240 sterling. In September fol
lowing, cold, was *‘ rlan “‘v«l» found alan in the colo
ny of Victoria or Port Philip. In this district was
found tho largest lump yet discovered, and caHod tho
“King of the Nuggets," from Forest Creek, Mount
Alexander, and weighed 27 lbs. 6 oz. 15 pwls. This
was a massive lump of puro gold, of a fine color and
measured 11 inches in length and 5 in breadth.
Tub Power op Kindness.— Tho power ofkindnoss
is groat. Mon whom no blows could move, no pun
ishment quail, have bent before a kind word, mild
tone and gentle manner. A blow hurls the exterior
but merely enrages the more. But above all things
it is pleasantest to hoar kind words when a person
is sick or suffering, or when bowed down with care ;
when almost in despair, then
“A little word in kindness spoken,
A motion or a (oar,
Until often healed the heart that's broken,
And made a friend sincere.”
Whilst, if you experience bad treatment, it sinks
deep into 1 1 1 0 heart, and limn itself scarcely can ef
face it Crum your mind.
“A word —a look lias crushed lo earth
Full many a budding flower,
Winch hud a enu'o but owned its birth,
Would bless lilu’s darkest hour.”
Then be careful how you speak friends. You may
future devclopcmonls may show you it was unjust.
Bo careful. It is easier to lose a Iriond than lo make
one. Treat others kindly—speak kindly.
•‘Then doom it not on idle thing
A pleasant word lo speak ;
Tho fuco you wear, tho thoughts you bring,
Tho heart may heal or brouk.”
Do you know tho difference between a mason and
an nnti-masun 7
Yes, sar, I boliob I duos.
Well, what is it 7
If my brains 101 l mo the (ruf, an’ it never foils,
mason is do man what lays do mortar, an’ do anti
mason do man wiiat carries do hod !
(j ■j' A convict, named John Geiger, committed
suicide in the Montgomery country prison, on Mon
day night, tho 21st ult., by lying a cord around his
throat and thereby producing strangulation. In the
morning ho was found lying on his bed, with his
arms on his breast and ins loot crossed, and died
! JUIJIPUi.dQ Ho was co_n_vjclcd
commit murder, in tipper Hanover township, and
was sentenced lo eight years solitary confinement.
balualjlc Receipts.
Wulcr-Proof Bools and Shoes.
brush. This operation should bo repealed (without
wearing them) as often os they become dry, until
they are fully saturated, which will require four limes
brushing; by .this, the leather becomes impervious to
wstor. The bool ur shoo, thus prepared, lasts much
longer than common leather; it acquires such a
pliability and softness that it will never shrivel, nor
grow hard, and in that stale is the most effectual
preventive against colds &.o. It is necessary lo re
mark that shoos and boots thus prepared ought not
lo bo worn until they become perfectly dry and
elastic ; as in the contrary case tho leather will bo
come 100 soft, and, wear out much sooner than it
otherwise would."
Cure tor a Cold
Tho following excellent recipe for « cold is going
tho rounds of tho papers;—' Take throe cents worth
oi licorice, and three cents'worth of gumorabic j
pul thorn into s quart of warm warier,- simmer them
till thoroughly dissolved; then add three cents* wortfy
of paregoric, aud a like quantity of ontiroonlal wine’
Let it cool, and sip whenever, tho cough is trouble
sumo. It is pleasant, Infallible, cheap and good.—
Ila coal ia fifteen cents.
An Anliiloto for poison.
Mr. Porter, of New York, lomo lime since, swal
lowed a largo quantity of corroaivo •üblimato through
mistake. Fortunately for the sufferer,* bottle of
sweet oil stood on the same shelf from which ho bad
token tho poison, and ho seized and drained it of its
contents. Tho effect was instantaneous. Tho action
of the mercury was arrested, and Mr. P. has now
nearly recovered. «
Soro Lips.
Cold cream for acre lips, la made by mixing two
ounces of oil of almonds, ono ounce of spermaceti,
one drachm ol whilo wax, and moiling them togeth
er, adding roio water to perfume (hem.
Bleeding from the Nose.
To prevent the above, there are several methods,
vix : By applying alcohol atoepod in lint, which is
a moat energetic styptic, or by Inserting carded
cotton wool rolled up, which should bo pul Into tbo
nostril until It Is well filled. It must not however,
be 100 lightly rolled, or the blood cannot ponolrsto 1
the Interstices, nor too loosely, or It will do so 100
easily, and the hemorroge will conlluo.
000 a nno 22n00.
Depraved conversation corrupts the best morals.
Venture upon nothing till you have well con
sidered the end.
There is more fatigue in laziness than in labor.
He who follows two hares is sure to catch
neither.
The error of an hour may bfccohfe the torment
of a lifetime.
Beauty gains nothing, and homeliness much by
gaudy attire.
Which has ‘corned*the most people, tight biota
or Cock-tails 1
The man who was charged with electricity baa
been acquitted.
The latest—Barnum is trying to secure the
shadow of the man in the moon.
A brandy fourth proof until
you fall through a show window.
Ducks county Is infested with mad dogs.
Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is
the best bred in (he company.
Opinion is the guide of fools, but reason and
prudence conduct wise men.
Fools easily discern the faults of others, but At
the same time forget their own.
The surviving sister of the poet Burns is now
in her 82J year, and enjoys good health.
The table turning experiment has been all (hs
rage to New York city for a few weeks past.
Perfect confidence between parent and child Is
a seven fold shield against temptation.
•Capital punishment,’ as the boy said when the
schoolmistress seated him with the girls.
An old song—nearly nil our exchanges have re
vived the old song of ‘delinquents pay up.*
W hen you want a warm bath and can’t pay for
one, just pull your neighbor's nose, and you’ll
soon bo in hot water.
1 lie Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum at
crease in the Stale of * * tl “
The tailors, blacksmiths and bricklayers of N.
York have joined the general strike for higher
wages.
M. P. Fillmore, son of the ex*Prosident, it is
said, will form a law partnership in the city of
Now York, with a son of Mr. Coiwin.
The notorious prizo-fighter, Chris. Lilly, who
killed McCoy some years ago in New York, is
keeping a gambling house at Panama.
A beautiful badge of solid gold has been man
ufactured at Boston, which is to be presented to
(ion. Pierce. It lias on it the seal and device of
the Cincinnati Society.
A resident of San Francisco, writing to a friend
in Boston, says he had a turkey for his dinner,
weighing 11 J pounds, and that it only cost him
$l6.
Tho OllitK'tjO of ««- —• ' a-- vt
■~ furan cno legal traffic in Intoxi
cating drlnLs. Southward the Alamo Lawwends
its- way.
David Fender, “ popping tho question,” in a
letter, concluded thus : • And should you say
• \ es,’ dear Mary, I will truly be your D; Fender.*
A miser gels rich by seeming poor; an extra
vagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
From the census reports, wo learn that the av
erage wealth ol eacli person in California is only
$•238, while the average throughout (he rest of tbo
Cm led Stales, is Q3&G. Cold hunting does ttoi
appear to bo very profitable after all.
A late German wrilor says that the people of
tho United Stales can burslYhoro steamboats, and
chew more tobacco than any other five nations ia
the world.
The Crystal Palace, Now York, is getting
along slowly. Tho workmen havo reached the
vh’ud aioiy. SuU vhoy \\iej tiavo Uready
by tho day appointed lor opening the exhibition.
Longfellow, in his proso tale of * Cavfloagh,*
culls Sunday (ho golden oinsp which binds to
gether the volume of the work.
Louis Napoleon recently bought for the Em
press a piano, exhibited at (ho London Exhibition,
for forty thousand francs.
A law suit has recently been decided in Colum
bus, Ohio, in favor of Joniah 13. Sturgis and Al
onzo W. Anderson, against Nicholas Longworth.
of Cincinnati, involving land worth about2so,ooo
dollars.
Gov, Bigler has vetoed the kill for a new rail
road froth Philadelphia to Lancaster. He thinks
it will impair the income of the Stale from her
main lino, which tho proposed road was to run
parallel.
Tho triumphs of truth are tho most glorious,
chiefly because (hoy are tho most bloodless of all
victories, deriving their highest lustre from (be
number saved, not of tho slain.
There is an interesting ooaplo In Cincinnati,
who have been engaged to bo married for the last
five years, but no time had occurred within that
period when they were both out of prison at the
same lime.
Mrs. Harris says that if eho could get married
forty limes, site should never have another ‘ dar
ter/ Cause why—when boys lose their ‘charac
ters/ they can got thorn back again—girla can’t.
The old lady has evidently looked around.
The Illinois Negro Dill, which has become a
law, prohibits the entrance of colored freempn into
the State, under the penalty of being sold Into
slavery, and authorises the admission of slaves, If
brought in or sent by their masters.
Force of habit—a doguorrootypist taking the
Cicturo of a deceased person, told him not to mo?e
ut to look in the instrument, and wink as much
as ho pleased.
Inquisitive.—A certain young lady would Übe
to know whether the vtLUtua of a ‘vrohlolo* wear
punts. Who knows!
Mane Doctors.— At the annual commencement
of the Jc/Toraon Medical College, on Wednesday
last, tho degree of Dootor of Modlolno was con*
furred upon 233 graduating students.
Large Hoo. —Mr. Nathaniol E. Warwick, of
Middletown, Ducks county, slaughtered a hog on
tho 22d ult., which, when dressed, weighed 835
pounds.
Promising. —Wo lorrn from a Western piper, that
Ibo Editor, Mr. Hogg, latoty led to the alter a Mlaa
Little. Wo trust .that tho Little Hoggs resulting
from this union, wilt form a (tfer>a'ry family, and
find tho pen profitable.
The nun too poor to lake his county paper was
In (own tho other day. Jerusalem, cot hi, vu
'soaked V— at an expense, too, suißblent to pay a
[whole year’s subscription to his county paper.
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