Am menu BY WAN D. BMTTON, VOL. 39. 3P o client. MttfltllLE LIFE, me no( that he’s a poor mao. That Mb dresa is coarse and bare, Tell tne tiol his daily pittance Is a workman’s scanty fare; TelHde not his birth is hombie, That his parentage is low; Ws actions! Thfitls all 1 want to know. ta his word tq be relied on! Has hie c,la,act<;r no blame 1 * *s, n * ( * are n ° l ho’s l°w born u, 1 no ' wl >n»be Ms nemo. vv ® o ‘ < * he from an unjust action u, t rn away wi,h ®oornfo( eye 1 Would he then defraud another. Sooner on the scaffold die! Would he spend his hard grained earnings On a brother in distress 1 Would he succor the afflicted, And (he weak one’s wrong redress ? i ben he is a roan deserving Of n»y love and my esteem. And I care not what his birthplace In the eye of many seem. fcet Hbea low thatched hovel— Let it be a clay built col—. Let it be a parish work-house— In my eye it matters not. And if others will disown him, As inferior to their caste, Let (hem do it—-I’)] befriend him As a brother to the last. .SWfifCtiUincoiis, Editorial Correapondeoco of tho New York Exprean. THINGS AT HAVANA, T«« Couwrnr and the City — Spasiahds— Ckkodes—Chinese, die. Havana, April U, 1853. Cuba improves upon acquaintance. Nature has been so bountiful and beautiful here that a stran ger forgets the exactions and oppressions of gov. ernment in the freedom and luxuriance of the earth. We have our coffee or fruit at 60r7 In the morning, though this is not the season for the best pines or fruit at breakfast, if we wish, at nine or half-past, at which hour tbo merchant has been at his store, and a vast amount of business has been done on the Keys and in the warehouses; and fruit at dinner, which is from 3 to 5 o’clock. Gariy in the morning the sable sons of Africa come in from the Country with tiro backs of their horses covered with huge straw baskets filled with oranges, melons, cocoas, and other fruits of the Island, and they make day light hideous with their street cries. The negro, at home, often has mel ody in his voice, but here ho is boisterous, noisy, full of zeal and activity, and without anything like “the concord of sweet sounds” in his external nature; out at sunrise he is often a very hard work er through the long hours of the tong days. The beat and sun which makes an American pant and fly for shelter to the volonte, the shady side of the narrow streets, or wherever bo can find it, the negro seems to revel in. He is the most vociferous llule body' in (own, is merry as the smiling morning* works hard, has his plays and friendships) if a slave, he hopes to be free, if free, he hopes (o be rich, but, in reality, not very fre quently reaches the one or the other condition.— There are reasons for this which 1 will note here,, after, but one of which, let mo sny now, is his passion for holiday show, his iovo for gambling, and the general knavery of those around him, and In (he exercise of which he does not seem to bo at bU deficient. The bulk of (he heavy out-door la bor is performedhy the negro. Ho literally strips (o (he work, and?a straw hat and thin pantaloons are very often his only clothing. ’Tie pleasant to hear them hoisting in find out the ships’ cargoes, but more from the novelty ol the songs, and the seemingly hearty good will of the laborers, than from any other cause. As I write, scores of them are under my windows, bearing from tho ware house bolow, immense quantities of sugar on odd* ly constructed drays, with very small wheels,over which are spread board platforms, nm) on whten each horse drags his jililo load of two boxes of StiffoT. Tho negro purlers best enormous burdens on their beads, and would hardly stagger under a box of sugar, judging from the loads I have seen them carry for very long distances, and with a skill of balance quite astonishing. A new experiment in Labor is being made hero under a contract to deliver six thousand Chinese Laborers upon the Island of Cuba. Twelve hun dred men of the 6,000 have arrived last month, but by tho confront one-third of tho number are to be women, though I believe it is in direct contraven tion of Chinese law, as of Chinese custom, fur women to leave their owncountry. Nevertheless, the bargain has been made, and upon tho follow ing terms: Tho contractors, Iho principal of which is an English house here, have agreed to deliver these six thousand persons to tho purchasers here for $125 each. Tho employer contracts to pay them four dollars a month for eight years, and tho Chinese arc to be fed plentifully, but in n specified quantity, upon bread and moat. To distinguish them from tho slaves of tho /aland, thoy or o not to bo beaten with a whip, nor to bo compelled to work in a field. Thoy will mostly bo employed in the sugar-houses end upon In-door labor. K those laborers oro wiso and saving, they may be free from all engagements at tho end of eight years; but it will bo the policy of the masters to got thorn in debt, and thus keep thorn longer than tho proscribed period, or to persuade them to renew their engagements. ] have seen many of these Chinese. 1 hoy are mostly stalwart and able bodied roon, many of them with very Intelligent faces, very cleanly, and all of them dressed after tho peculiar fashion of their country. For several evenings past, in tho vicinity of tho oily, purchasers of those men have been selecting them from the droves and pens, ca bins, and enclosures in which they have boon con fined since thoir arrival. Is not this a species of tho slave trade, and a very bad one for English, men, who boast of so much humanity, to beenga ged In 1 . , This morning 1 have been to the Corro, or Mountain of Jesus, end for a few miles beyond, to see (ho Island from its hills ond knolls of land.— Tho views are magnificent, and a true artist, oven if ho had travailed tho world over with Iris eye for hoaoly, would recognize In all his voyages but few scenes more imposing. Tho air is fragrant with the aroma of delicious fruits end flowers, and the eye gazes upon an uninterrupted sea of green. Tho Palms and Cocoa trees rise from the valleys and swells of land like masts from tho ships on the blue ocean. Noble groves of trees appear In the distance, with green corn and vegetable plants all around, Tho number of flowors acorns to bo endless, and in all tho extremes of variety and beauty* One's eyes do not weary in looking upon tye Palms, nor would they, it scorns. If they watch ed the gradual spreading and circle marks that tolls you of thoir ago, and the upward progress of every year. A bbtanlst, fond of his art, would revel In snob a climate. Tho florist would almost find flowors ready made at Iris hand, while the Now England Farmer would gaze first in wonder - r r . . 0 ° ee Pi ncfi soil, which needs no human re- InU SS. 1 * Bec ° ad ly ‘he products of such a wi.il *“ e ®hiee, too, are brighter and clearer than wim tie, while the clouds, when the sky is not all clear, are tinged in ail the prisms of the rainbow, i miaa the long and pleasant twilights of homo, ,L.'l S(a ?, boarn brighter here, and in early ■prri the night atmosphere rg as genial and safe 2*“ I °, ar B «mniere. An evening on the Plaza, i n the music from fifty performers there, each evening from eight to nine o’clock, with hundreds on the we Ik, and as many more on the outside of e cifcie->-ihe ladies all in summer dress, and bonnet(e*s,and the men all in thin apparel, sneak* practically of what the climate ot Cuba really i 9, an do not think it possible to exaggerate it. ... n I" 0 country, as In the city, the houses are, ike Joseph a coal, of many colors. Blue and yel low, however, predominate. No people could possibly show a greater passion Tor gay colors, and even in the country, where the face of all nature is so rich and imposing, you sea the rudest imitation or trees and plants painted on the walls. Almost every great house has its frescoes, and where there is wealth and taste some of those are very beauti ful, but to such casestfie work is mainly from the hands of foreign artists. The substantial dwel tings, in their structure, frequently remind me of what I have scon in Northern Europe, where the outside show is rather after the fashion of tho dwellings in the city of Si. Petersburg or Moscow. I he hot sun upon all this mass of paint, gives it a peculiar appearance. But within doors, (novelty and strength are the main features of all you see. The bulkWs seem to be bomb-proof, nre-proof, and as The floors of any really good house I have seen would cost more than the walls of any house in New York, and (ho walls of a large and fine house more than * handsome building, well finished, in the States, the floors are marble or brick,cemented, and built to last for a thousand years. The walls are dou ble and triple the strength of our own, and are also mostly of stone filled m with brirk and mortar, strongly cemented. The ceilings are from twenty to thirty feel high, and one floor is about all that ta usually used for the family, and on this floor there is often the voUnle, the horse, the carriages, and frequently the shop. There are no fire places or chtinnies, or at most but one, charcoal being the only house tuel. There is, however, but liule finish or furniture, fitting up or beauty, within doors. 1 i>e marble or brick floors, without car pels, a table or two, and half-a-dozen rocking Uhatrs, now and then a piano, almost always a spittoon, makeup the usual indoor comforts. The bed-room has its very thin maitrass or perhaps a quill spread upon a plain col bed, its one or two cotton sheets for a coveting, the mosquito netting, which is a necessity hero, always acceptable, glass, washstand and wardrobe. Nothing beyond, and nothing more is desirable in such a climate as , [his. My chamber window is six and a half feel high, and is nearly as long. It has two huge in side shutters, one of which lias only two panes of glass and the other none* but glass is not needed here, and 1 rejoice even in all the night air I can coaX through my iron grates. And such houses are very c )Bi(y, and upon some of them, owned by tho rich Spanish merchants and mechanics, one, two, three, and even four and five hundred thou sand dollars have i no n cases they flft «p .marly a whole square. All the windows look out upon the streets, and within, some of the best rooms, built upon a line with the street, look for leas comfortable than our barbers' shops at home. Tho very best people here, Spanish or Creole, seem tome fifty ora hun dred years behind us in the comforts of living, and I In humble life, and often with the wealthy, the raodooflmng is shocking for its exposure, filth j ! and parsimony. | The fortunes of many have grown as rapidly 1 hero as in the States, and some have sprung from as humble life. Some of this class started life in on humble way, lived in their shops, spread their table and oat, os is very common here, in the very doorway loading to (lie streets, spread ing their beds at night where there wares are sold during the day. Tho floors of earth* or stone, or brick, the swarthy skins of the inmates, the mixture of race and color, the palpable dirt that meets tho cyo everywhere —makes the spectacle a most oninvit. tng one; but (tie Spaniard may grow rich in his snug quarters, and if close enough and laborious “nyonh, ho in eoro lo grow rich ill 1110 end, Tho | Catalans who come here from old Spain ore often among tho mmi industrious; but some of the rich est men of the Island, / am told, are Creoles.— The prejudices of the old Spaniards against tho natives, and especially of the Spanish soldiers, are marked and obvious enough to bo observed oven by a stranger; but all grades of tho while race seem lo keep tho African in what is called his true place, except that there is much less prejudice fttjainel those sablo skins hero th-n u .i.* maveholdlng Slates, The African pnd Spaniard labor harmoniously in the same shop, upon tho same work honoh, and behind the same counter. In the tobacco shops, of which there arc more than a thousand huro, (hey aro often thus mixed. So on tho tailor’s bench, they cross their legs togeth er, and in a proximity which would shock tho nerves of some of our Northern Abolitionists.— Upon tho Island I bolievo the black and while races arc about equal, but in tho city, as on tho plantation, you see very many moro of blacks Ilian whiles. In town, beyond the city walls, on tho coast, and in tho country, (hoy follow you likcl dark clouds along tho clear sky; and should they over know or foot their strength, and dcsiro more freedom than (hoy possess, they would provo pow-1 erful for revongo or defence. Infinitely worse is tho condition of slavery hero than in tho United States—not from any disposition lo bo craoi or unkind, but from a want of knowledge os lo tho true, proper domestic treatment of slaves. K. D, A Curious Tho Syracuse Star is re sponsible for the following; •*ln llio Stale of Ohio (hero resided a family consisting' of an old man by iho name of Heaver and his threo sons, all of whom aro hard “pale,” who had often laughed to scorn the advice and en treaties of a pious (hough very eccentric Minister who resided in Iho same town. It happened one of Iho boys was bitten by a rattlesnake and was expected to die, when the Minister was sent for in groat haste. On his arrival ho found tho young man very penitent and anxious to bo prayed with. The minister, calling on tho family, kneeled down and prayed in this wise : “ »Q, Lord, wo thank theo for rattlesnakes: wo thank tlioo because a rattlesnake has bit Jim. We pray than send a rattlesnake to bite John: send one to bite BUI, and one to bite Sam; and, O, Lord, send one of tho biggest kind of rattlesnakes to bite (he old man, for nothing but rattlesnakes will over bring the Boavor family to repentance!’” ftj* -My dear,' said aa anxious father (o his bash ful daughter of sixteen, 'I Intend that you shall bo married, but 1 do not Intend (bat you shall throw yourself away on any wild worthless boy of tho present day. You must marry a mao of sober and mature ago; one that can charm you with wisdom and good advice, rather than with personal attroc lion. What do you think of a lino, intelligent, ma ture husband of fifty 7 The timid, meek, blue eyed little daughter looked In the man’s face, and with (bo slightest possible touch of interest in her voice, answered, ‘1 think two of twenty five would bo bettor, pa.’ “our country—may it always CARLISLE, PA., THU; POOR MAN'S SONG. WINTER NIOIIT. There's a cold that cannot pierce 19 ; There's a frown oocli heart may bravo There's a woo that cannot reach u«— They are thine, O dreamy grate I There are loves that weary never; There nro tics ne’er coldly rlv’n ,* There are seats that never wrong ua—- They are thine aioots, sweet Heaven Earthly settrn Is changed lo kindness; Earthly want to boundless store ; Earthly moans are turned to music— On a not far distant shore''. Ke’er a traveller's Up confirmed U; Vol 'lie writ, fn promise fair ; Sian and scrip have long been ready-*- I’Vo (Jio tioarl lo journey (li ore! a new machine. Purser Ramsey, of* (bo navy, Is one of tho boat companions and at tlio same lime greatest quizzes Ibal was ever Instituted or Imported. Though small ho is powerful—ln fact, In the way of fun, ho Is, to uso on expressive phrase, • a whole team and several over.’ Il is not many years since l)»al a number of m W blades, college students on a ■ river bond,’ wore carry. ing on a general crusade of frolic in Now York One evening, slier a turn around Hie city and having pretty thorougly exhausted the amusement resources of the village, t/toy assembled in a well known aa. loon where any rjaanlily of people like themselves' were gathered. Everybody appeared to bo busy ex cept one plainly dressed, quiet looking Individual, wljo sat alana and appeared to bo ruminating on the' vanity of human affairs, Our youngsters, at the instance of their loader, instantly surronnded the ! stranger and commenced to quiz him. ffo listened quietly to their jokes, entering into the spirit of the entertainment heartily, o nd appearing to bo what his tormentors took him for,am innocent, unsuspici ous person from the country. Presently, as they stood at the counter Uking some refreshment not wholly approved of by Father Matthew, the country gentleman, loosening his tongue under the influence of ‘ whiskey straight’ began to communicate his private affairs and objects in visiting (lie city. 4 You hainH none o’yoo hoern tell of my sister Sally's sweetheart, liov yon V ' No ! ’ shouted they all. * Ramsey's his name. He's in the naval vessels ho Is. Ho takes koare of their rocks, you know.—’ Wole, he's sister Sally’s sweetheart and min o is Sue Nubbins.* • Gonllemen, Miss Nobblns's lioa/th P ‘ Thank you kindly. I’ll take mine .'whiskey straight and spripg wsler. Well, Suo and I wants to got hitched tarnation bad, but you boo wo ba'ini got not no tin. Old dad Nobbins bo says (in and matrimony works together like mashed turnips, and says, ‘ Zebediah’—that’s my name’— ' Gentlemen, Rev. Mr. Zobodiili’s health ” * Thanh you kindly. I*ll lake whiskey straight and spring water. ‘Zebediah,’ Bsyahe/ymt aint got no tin ; you can’t have Sue. When you git a party smart lot o’ tin you can got Sue.' ' Gentlemen, old Mr. Nobbins’s health I’ ‘Thank you kindlg D t *" —-r,—• - -~i. wj- «tw to work, and you know wo amt Tools op our way. 1 sludiedand worked) and thought, 1 and f got an idee at last. Its mighty hard Work this thinking, aint it. It don't hurt you any, gents.— No? Wulo, I thought so. So 1 just come down hero with my machine to show it to sister Sail’s sweetheart Ramsey, who is in the naval ships, you know, and I calkiialo ho’ll soil it Tor mo right away.’ ‘ What is it 7 A machine to mako psalms 7' ‘ No, it aint, nor himes neither. I don’t mind telling you—you sro such simple looking chaps— you wodld’rtt hurl a fly, you wouJd'nt, won ld you ? No—l thought so. VValo, you see, I’ve got up a machine to make bank notes out of this fuz you see growing on rail fences, and Tve got another machine to travel by itself, in and out, bewriggling along the fence, you know,and il just picks off the fuz and packs it awoy as clean as s scraped shoal. 1 ‘ Gentlemen, the fuz picking machine and the fuz bank notes 1' • Thank you kindly. Straight this lime, if you ploaao. If you chaps Ml call al my stoppin' place to morrow 1*1) show you tho machine, end if you have any fenco rails for sole, with foz on 'em, why maybe I’ll bargain for ’em. There’s my keerd. Good night, genie—l’m bound to turn in. Don’l furgci. If you ecu eister BaM*s swcceihoerl Ramsey, who Is In iho naval ships you /“*' 4mU b, ‘" •'*** “»<**•, you V Amid a chorus of laughter and noisy salutations, the inventor of the fuzbank nolo and rail fence pick ing machines departed. • Where's his card f Lot's see it 7'said Iho crowd, gathering eagerly around their leader. 'Sold, by Iho Gods I' ho exclaimed, holding the Card up. It was passed around- Tho crowd broke op in alanlcr, looking remarkably down in Iho mouth. Tho word* on iho card were: “Purser Ramsey, # V. 9* Navy.’— New Orleans Picayune. Thackeray tipon Female Society. Mr. Thackeray Is, by no moans, a universal fa vorite among ladies •, yet no writer is more their champion than ho. In one of tho Messrs. Appfo totk's late republications of his former works, oo curs iho following passage; “One of tho great benefits a young man may derive from women’s society, Is, that ho is bound to bo respectful to them. Tho habit is of great good to your mortal man, depend on It. Our edu cation makes of us tho most eminently selfish men In the world. Wo fight for ourselves; we push for ourselves; wo cut (ho host slices out of the joint at club-dinners for ourselves; wo yawn fur odtaolvos, and light our pipes, and say wo won't go out; wo prefer ourselves and our case; and the greatest good that comos to a man from woman's society is, that ho has lo think of somebody be sides himself —somebody to whom ho is bound lo bo constantly attentive or respectful. Certainly, I don’l want my dear Rob (o associate with (hose of tho other sex whom ho doesn’t and can't respect; that is worao than billiards—worse than tavern brandy-and-wator; worse than smoking selfishness at homo. Rut I vow 1 would rather see you turn ing over the loaves of Miss Fiddjecorabe's music book all night, than al billiards, or smoking, o; biondy-and-waler, or all three.” Onr Vots.— Within Iho last dozen year# the Gov error of Massachusetts whs twice elected by a majority of ono. A recent paper says that a single vote Bent Oliver Cromwolllo tho Long Parliament, Charles Sluarllo the scaffold, revolutionized England and made Groat Britain ftco. Ono vote gave us Iho tariff of 1649. and ono vote njndo the tariff of 1840. Ono vole gave us Text*, and made war with Mexico, ond purchased California, turned thither tho lido of emigration, end will change tho destiny of thfi world. Those who are in the habit of excusing themselves from attending elections. In the belief that and veto will not make much difference, will do well (o treasure up those facts, and not under their ndueneos. A Donouon without OmoKrtß—Tho pood people of Bunbury ecem to bo in a queer predica ment, Last Monday was the day for the election of borough officers. But on account of neglect In giving tho requisite notice no election xvaa hold. Consequently they wljl have no regularly elected authorities for ono This will ho « very awkward elate of affaire. itQHT—fiUT lONO, OUR COUNTRV. 'SLAY, MAY 17, 1853, Soltloijny of a Pleasure Seeker. av r. n. oooss. ■■Upon Xout li..n Ihl, trutli m«>- rIM- Nolhlug that altogether dlee, Sjißcea man's just detiioies." j S»i in the morning, and a beautiful sunshine ! Ooee the sun shine so early T I have seldom bad an opportunity ofobsorving* bot errch appears lo be the fact. I hero is no sunshine In my heart, however, rahaw I that is sentimental. jgAnd yet, la veritable earnest, what Is the human Mine, If I have one, has never been much occupied. Love, with mo, has evaporated in a sue. cession t>f fancies, and friendship has been the mere gtegarlobs instinct. I have known many beautiful women, for each of whom \ haVe professed a personal interest that passed almost with the words. Whai na of *xT t,lQt e ,iUor ' n g frost work of sentiment ? yiihiog. Not even a drop of tno nndylnjr thirst. Last and least of that graceful band was Ef/a—the Ella fif the last evening. How Charming she looked in her exquisitely arranged costume ! With what a queon-liko dignity she car no ker Jewelled bead 7 And yet her character is Ve n *‘ She has no positive Quality, unless a gift of fUlcry can bo termed such, wlml does she moan by saying mine was a glorious manhood? It must have been some pretty phrase (hat she picked up accidentally. r I What constitutes the true glory of manhood 7 • Purpose achievement, dovciopcmcnt. And I have hod n purpose—to kill lime. I have achieved it, 100. My past ilftj lies behind mo—murdered—dead. A ghastly grin is on its skeleton £mvs. Its vjyyinl eye sockets glare ominously upon my path. There io no gift in its hand, no vigor in Us muscles, no pul sation in its heart. It is dead, but not buried. That would b« too groat a blessing. The lesson it failed to leach mo in passing, it utters now ; waxing elo quent in its male worthlessness, in its amply *nd unpitying silence. And that cadaverous deformity is in manhood, my glorious manhood 7 Poor Ella! Yet it is a male to thy womanhood, perhaps. Womanhood ! That word is the embodiment of a beautiful truth ; yet what do 1 know of U 7 Noth, ing. except through my mother, and Mary, sweet. cousin Maiy, who had the nobility to reject me. Uow well 1 remember tljo time I f thought hoi words were bitter, and I said, halfdneeringly, “You should ere Una lime have unlearned contempt.” “I hove no contempt for you,” she earnestly re plied { ♦•! think your capabilities are the noblest, the loftiest; but forgive me il 1 say they are misdirected —perverted.” Dear, blessed Mary 1 She was poor, and I had the effrontery to remind her of the advantages xny wealth might furnish her. I shall never forgot the ftuiol sadness with which she answered,‘Dear Frank, I think much more of you than your possessions, and yet—good byol’ I saw her but seldom afterwards. Ido not think she was happy, J havo (ho authority of oho of ho, miimsto Friends for believing that her whole life war a struggle, which death sJuno crowned with victorya , But it is so. That is past. She is now a bright an gel before the throne of the Eternal. She lias drank of the satisfying fountain. She has now no Jlngord ing heart ache> no life long aspirations to meet sn syropalhiee with a loftier humanity. God bless her! Her delicate intuition was in mo the capacity for much (list wss mure generous and noble* Is that destroyed 1 Is there not Within n»- fluoiice that BliaTf'yA?'*irflftlV , ' , nflj''Vflia*i*f , rotglii havo been, that shall rcsioro to mo some portion of my nobler and purer self 7 The lost angel of my youth sccma even yet to whisper hope. The dead past points with its shadowy finger to a living future.— It shall not point in vain, Mm, Smith’s Philosophy, Dear mo I bow expensive it is to bo poor. Every time 1 go out my best bib and tucker has lo go oa. If Mr, Smith was worth a cool million, I might wear a coal hod on my head, if I cliooao, with per feel impunity. There was that old nabob's wife at tho lecture tho other night, in a drcaa that might havo been made for old Noah’s groat grandmother. She can afford it. Now iflt rains knivea and forks I must sport a ten dollar hat, a forty dollar dross, and a hundred dollar shawl. If Igolo a concert 1 must lake tho highest priced seal, and ride there and back, just lo Id “Tom, Dick and Harry” aco that I can afford it. Then wo must hire the moat ex pensive pew in tho broad aisle of a lip top church, and give orders lo tho sexton not to admit any strangers into it who look snobbish. Then my liltlo children, Nupoluon Bonaparte and Dunna Mario Smith, can't go to a public school, because, you know wo shuuld'nl have lo pay aryVlung. TpOn.if Leo I» bu/ • pmp*r of noodle*, f havo to get a little chap to bring (hem homo, be-1 cause it wouldn't do fur me to be eoen carrying a bundle through tho street. We have lo keep three servants where one might do; and Mr. Smith's coats have lo bo sent to tho tiler when they need a button sowed on, for the looks of the thin;. Then iff go lo the sea shore in summer, 1 can't lake my comfort as rich people do, in gingham dresses, loose shoes, and cambric sun bonnets. My senses, not 1 have lo bo screwed up by ton o'clock in a Swiss muslin dress, a French cap, and the con tents uf an cntlr? jeweler’s shop showered over my person; and my Napoleon Bonaparte and Donna Maria can’t go off tho piazza, because (ho big rocks and little pebbles cut their, toes so badly through their patent kid slippers. , Then if Mr. Smith goes a fishing, ho would not fur tho Ufa of him dare lo put on a linen cost. It would cost him his reputation. Why ho never goes to the barn yard without drawing on his while kids. Then ho orders the most ruinous wines and dinners, and feeds those white jackets, till his purse is as empty as an ogg shell. I declare It Is abominably expensive. I don’t believe rich people have an idea how roach it coats poor people to live. Fanny Fkrn. Character for thcYoang. Character is everything to the young, as It is (ho surest moans of success in life. It is boiler than the most ample fortune t it is bolter than honorable pa rootage; it is better than tho parentage of rich and powerful friends. A young person of established character, of virtuous principles, of good conduct though ho bo poor,and loft to his own unaided efforts, will rarely fail to make a way for himself in (ho World. Ho may bo assailed by misfortune, ho may lose bis lioahb or fall Into advoros circumstances, and so bo embarrassed and oppressed In his course i but as a general rule, U cannot bo questioned, that a fair character, a character for Intelligence, virtue and worth, Is the surest pledge of success in life. For many year* I have boon accustomed to watch, with groat interest, the fortunes of (ho young in their progress In life, and long since have I oomo to the settled conclusion, that in so far as success is con cerned, whether in the learned professions, or In Ul9 ordinary business of men, character, virtue, intelli gence, a well regulated mind and heart, Is of higher value than heirship to the richest estate, than all out ward advantages whatever- Such an estate, such advantages are apt to inflate with pride, to lead (o Imprudence, lo idleness and vice, and where this is (ho ease, it takes but a short time lo squander a fortune and bar, every door to respectability and happiness. Out character, I ropoal.novor fsils.lt mokes friends and subdues enemies, creates fund*, opens tho gsUis of opportunity, draws around Us possessor patronage and support, makes him a sure am) easy way to wealth, to honor and happiness. Tho Norwegian Colony In Potter ooonty, Po., established by 010 Bull, already contains 700 in* habitants, and owns 140,000 acres. 010 Bull baa a superb Norwegian collage there, and proposes to establish a polytechnic school for tho advance ment of tho arts and sciences, Richard Smith, a journeyman Cabinet maker, at Leicester, England, lias 26 children ! Lolmitfcr A Cbapteron llonssaKesplng, Jb I never could see the reason why our smart hbuse UMpan matt, of nocMalt;, tjo X.nllppe., 1 unco bad 100 misfortune to be domesticated during the sum* mcr months with one of this genius. , lo afo floen tl,e adventurous (older wuuid have dared to ply his canning trade in mre. Carroll's premises. Nobody allowed to sleep after daylight beneath her roof. Even her old roos ter crowed an hour earlier than the rest of her neigh, bora . *Go ahead' was Written on every broomstick about the establishment. She gave her husband his breakfast, buttoned him U P I* 1 ,. ® °vcrco«l, and put him out of (ho front door with Ilia face toward the aloro, in less time than I have taken to tell it. Then sho snatches up tho six little Carrolls, scrubs their faces up and down, with out regard to their feelings, UU they shine Viko a row of milk pans. ‘Clear the Was her motto on washing and Ironing days. Bhe never drew a long broalh UJIJbe ——*. .uuj Vsio lumcu uuv\um upwffiua again, trriu every article of wearing apparel, sprinkled, folded, ironed, end replaced on (ho backs el their respective owners. It gave mo a stich in the side lo look at her! Muwcf. As to her 'cleaning days,’ 1 never had the courage to,.witness one. I used to 110 under an apple tree To (ho orchard, till she was through- A whole platoon of soldiers would not have frightened mo so much as that virago and her mop. You should have seen her in her glory on ‘baking daysher alcoves rolled up to her orm pits, and a long check apron swathed around her bolstor-liko figure, (ho groat oven glowing, blazing and spark, ling, to a manner very suggestive to a Isxy sinner like myself. The interminable row of greased pie plates, the pans of ‘Rough and Ready’ gingerbread, and pots of pork and beans in an edifying stale of progression ; and Iho immense embryo loaves of brown and wheat bread. To the innocent Inquiry whether she thought the latter would ‘rise,’ she sot her shining arms akimbo, marched up within kiss ing distance of my face, cocked her head on one side and asked ‘‘lf I thought she looked like a wo man to bo trifled with by a loaf of broad 7” The way I settled down In my slippers without a reply, prob ably convinced her that! was no longer skeptical on (hat point- Saturday evening was employed in winding Dp everything that was unwound in the house, the old cplry clock included. From lhal hmo till Monday /horning, she was devoted to her husband and her | {SabbaUijcal exercises. All I havo to »ay is, it is Jyipcd that, she carried soma of the fervor of hef pe culiar employments Into those halcyon hours. iFov y^oiMitketpmi. Fish must bo put into cold or boiling water, ac cording to its firmness of flesh ; for instance, turbot, salmon, mackerel, &0., should be put into cold water, while plaice, whitings, haddocks, and such soft flesh ed as well as crimped fished, should ho pul into boil ing water. The reason is obvious: by putting flaccid and watery flah into the water cold, il is rendered still more soft and watery { hat (ho boiling water seta it and renders it firmer* on the other liana, Iho cold water ponoiralos and softens the fish that is of a firmer texture, and makes it oat more lender and delicate. Keep the water skimmed while tbo )'ish is cooked enough when it loaves the bone easily. Bo sure to wash and clean your fish welk in frying fish) having washed il, dry it thoroughly in a clean cloth, thon flour il well, or whisk il over with egg, and dip it into broad crumbs before frying it. Be sure your pan is very clean, and that your fat (of which there should be enough tu cover the fish) boils boftite you pul the flah in. Fry fish quick ly, of a light brown. Some like fish fried in baler —as good a batier as any, is a little ale and flour boston up just as you are ready fur U—then dip the flah in before frying it. Pul plenty of salt in the walct (a which you boil flsh, and a slick of horse, radish, excepting mackerel, with which you boil sail, mini, paracloy, and fennel. Sugar Cokes—Berman Cushion Work one lb of flour with six oz. butter, into crumbs, add a little sail, one pound pondered sugar, one ta blcsponnful powdered cinnamon, one loaspoonful | allspico or cloves, two or three grofed lemon rinds, five yolks of eggs, four lablcspoonfuls of white wine, sdd a little cream if necessary to mix, and make the whole into a mass. Roil out balls m the hands and flatten them Vo about three quarters of an inch thick, and bake in a moderate oven fifteen or twenty min u(«». on Un iVimU ftootnd—loo»«n nnd torn over* and lot Ibem cool on Iho tin. When cold, stow thorn away In light canister* and (hoy will keep for any length of time. Lamb Soup. Take n nock and breast of lamb, wish it, and (0 ouch pound of moat add a quart of water and a loa epoonful of salt. Pare and slice two onions, two carrots, four turnips, two or throo potatoes and a bunch of awcot herbs. Add all these lo the moat after it has boiled one hour. If in tho proper season add three or four lonulocs or half a dozen ochres,— When tho vegetables are done, take out (lie moat, and add some flour mixed lo a smooth paste with a litil j water. Noodles or dumplings may be added, as for beef soup. Somo thicken limb soup with a little rico put in the pot with the lamb. Scale and clean, cutting open no more than is ncccsaary- Place it In a keltic of cold water, with u handful of salt. Lot it boll slowly, bot it should bo well cooked, about a quarter of an hour to a pound of fish. Skim it well, and as soon aa done, lift it carefully into a napkin lo absorb tho moisture, and wrap it close- Send to table on a hot dish, garnish with horseradish and curled parsley, or boiled egg* cut in (lugs, laid round the dish. Indian Meal Donghnnls. A (cs-cup and a half of boiling milk, poured on two tea cups of sifted Indian moat. When Uis cool add two tea cups of white flour, one toe cup of but ter, one and a half of sugar, one of ycoal, and (wo eggs, with a Übicspoonful of cinnamon or a grated nutmeg. If not sufficiently stiff, add equal portions of wheat and Indian meal Let U rise till very light. Roll it about half an inch thick, and out it into small dia mond shaped cakes, and boll them in lard. Frisnp Editor.—Observing a number of valuable receipts in tho Volunteer, if (hoe thinks this worthy of thy notice. It is at thy disposal: Doil about one pint and a half of milk, put the broad in a pan, pour the bulling milk on, and covet it closely lo keep in the steam; when cool, math It very fine, boat three eggs light, add also a largo lea cup of raisins; boflaa plum pudding servo up with good ©ream, or soy fancy sance. Indian Bfeal Mart Cakes. Stir info a pint of sweet milk, three well beaten eggs, add a little salt, and half a oupof butter, with enough sifted Indian meal lo make a thick batter— Drop It from a Urge spoon, upon buttered tins. Bake then in a quick oven—when they are lightly brown ed they are done. Send (hem (0 (be (able hat, and oat them with butter. 801 l two cups of hominy very soft, add an equal nuantUy of sifted Indian meal, a loBipoonfu! of salt, half a tca-cup of butler, and three eggs, with milk sufficient to nisko a thin batter. Beat all well to gether, and bako in wafflo Irons. When eggs can* not bo procured, ytast U a good substitute,—pul a spoonful in the batter, and l«t U aland an hour to rise. Fi N.VT Fx/I.V. To Dress Flsli. To Boil Fresh Salmon. Boiled Bread 7adding. Indian Bfeal Waffles, ir*o 00pj»'jinrpx ■ js -i) t a mm mm mm . Tho bod chamber of N.polrtn.alßl-!!*&«, li now a stable, eod ibo room In nUohhttmUwdhl. laal la u.cd for thtcihlog and wloiotrttfc Mint, Tl.am.a Near, and Patriot FittJttaliJ, Catrrictid in Wow York of having murdered their Aim, hin been sentenced to be hung on the 17th June, A gentleman in CintfnnaU ha* gWett \be tiitilie trmes of that city end Covington one t&OOiind dol* lara to aid them fo maintaining thefr recent demand for higher prices. Mr. Robert Gardiner died it tow.ll,tiTtA-tHU week, flora taking forty grains of powdered npid&fr* given by apothecary's boy in mistake far tbabtlb. Drops of water Constitute the ocean. Qrelai of sand make the moonteio. Good actions la small, i;.^ , L 5 gelher, would make his pocket book co!Jsp*s iritk' joy. Ho ncode u. Send your share. Tha ‘hen fever’ ja raging eiletiiWoW tn Eoglini. Punch has a portrait of a Shanghai rooster, Ibokfaw down with contempt upon a full growtTesiDeHeop- 'I had rather not loho a horn with yoUv* Slid I loafer to a boll, W he insisted op treating him' Id' two, and the loafer got quite high I Several vessels have rocontJ/ arrived la N. Fork from foreign countries, laden with article* for tb* New York Ethibiiion o( the industry of all Nation*. Praise is eo pleasing to the mind of man, Ihil it la the original motive of almoat all our action*; Some of the public houses at Niagara Falla open for the season on Monday next. Com. Stock lon baa boon elected President #f (hi Weal Jersey railroad company. Theodore Parker calie Now flatnpiblre "the larxf of poor relations and cheap tomb atones.'* At Charleston S. C., on Saturday, lUa thamo&a* ter stood at 87 in the shade. Jaa. M. Porter gave a parly to (be Easton bar, lately, in celebration of ibe 40th anniversary of bin admission as an attorney. Judge Bragg, of Mobile, declines a reflection to Congress. Madame Alboni, it is said, goes back to Europe in a few weeks. The Mount Holly Jail at this time coDtsin* bat six inmates. When docs a lady wish (o win more (ban BfTVd beaux at once ? When the tries to fascinate, (faateti eight.) Some men have neither oyoa nor ear* for tnythfef beyond (ho sphere of their own Corofork and htloV -00(9. The overland emigration from Ibo Wo*lbfo£(*btf to California and Oregon, during (be present estepD, is expected lo exceed that of any previous /ear* Ik is estimated that at least one hundred thousand head of cattle will accompany the emigrant*. Professor Lciblg.snys the Augabarg Gazette, tnacfn a narrow escape from death, recently, while lecturing before the “Royal Family." $ bottle assistant.' Mrs. Meagher, tvi/b of the distinguished Jeiih 9X4 lie, it is said will leave Liverpool la (bo lilies pits) of this month, for Now York. She will bo scoots' penied by Thomas Meagher, Esq., M. P., father of the Milo. Honest.—li Is slated that Horace Grtaly baa (y paid about seven hundred dollars* being tbo prlo* cipal and compound interest of a debt owed by bis fatbor, who died many years ago in poor oiroan stancos. Thu State Cxnau—Tho amount of tomuge fttftet. ed at Pittsburg this aeaioo, on the canal, it over 43.000,000 of pounds, and an increase of toil of 920,* 2f3 — a very satisfactory increase. A little giri died in Now York, on Tuesday, wboM death was caused by the unnatural exertion of tamp, itig the rope two hundred limes without slopping* Guano—la now scarce and high, OonscQuence lit tlo will bo used by otlr farmers. It is said to rate ae higli as $6O per ton for the best quality. The Now York Times boldly avow* that Several merchants and monied men in New York are en gaged (secretly, of course,) la the alive trade* John Dealt, a mao of Intemperate habile, Ml (bund dead on « Urta Ja Adams OoUPty (J)b dibit day. An empty flash was by bis side. Citizens of Si. Louis who spent the season in Min* ncsola, in (ho Summer# of 1651—52, stale (bal wJlb* in a range of twenty mites of St. Paol, they coasted not less than from fifty to seventy five lakes, while others from (here state the number to be macb Ut* gor. These lakes abound in dab, and lie filled with water ns clear as a crystal. Judge Thomas, an old and respectable citizen of Mount Vernon, Ohio, committed suicide on the 2d lost., while laboring under montsl excitement lie was the first U. S. Senator from Indiana, and ths, author of the celebrated Compromise Isir Whlcfr' Henry Clay carried through Congress. The Wilmington Politician says there Is » eal belonging to a lady living in that city, over forty years old. It cannot boar its mistress to be oat df its eight for a moment. It is staled that the grind jury of Tazewell eons* (y, Virginia, have presented the Legislature of lb«l Stale as a nuisance'. This is returning the liw •uo pUguo the inventor*," in a most extraordinary manner. St. Paul, Miocsols, which five years sine* wjti but a amnll trading post, has now over 4,000 Inbib* ilOtllß. A few days ago. 30 Choctaw Indians, men tndf women, sailed (rum Mobile for Boston, en routs fbf tbo Crystal Palaco exhibition. Tut Last Act of Ruffian Dnronaii.—Tb« joonf Countess Telokl, arrested In 1851, >• being cooesnu cd In tho Hungarian revolution, ha* reoeall/ DMA privately oaocuied io her prison* Man Kitum at m« Drotiur.—A fatal affray od* ourred a' few day* ago In Greenwich township# Berks county, a short distance from the Lehigh coon- 1 ty lino, in which Gollloib Krcesly killed his brother Gideon. , , Caors in Viroinu.—Tho Fredericksburg HsraU . stales that tho effect# ofGuano ato quite visible pfc several crops of wheat between that city and .. ■ylvanla Coett House. Land that scarcely worth the seeding, looks as though or twenty five bushels might be gathered the ap* preaching hsrvoat. Enormoos Fiis.—According to (he report oTQam* titroller Flagg, of New York oil/, the atbowA of foot paid to iho Corporation Attorney and counsel for the year 1853, besides certain prequlillea uplift* eluded, amounted to the enormous aum of asvraty one thousand two hundred and ninety six dollar*' > and Ihroo conta. Tho eum exoeeda.lba aggregtlft., salaries of tho Governors of thirty States. Tua N*w Uav«n Uaii.road.—Besides the damagM this corporation will have to pay bn acoouttb Of lh* lato disaster, tv will suffer from Ibn loss as the number of passengers through «***■>.2Wi York to Boston has fallen off from tho trwjft W , two hundred a train down to twanly J.' dy name through in tho train An engine baa been thrown Rom jh« iato calamity, by the gross %!}£ lander, who left bi» post to light * ••I** ‘ Transcript. ti NO. 50i
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