-American IMuntrcr.
BY JOHN B, BRATTON,
VOL. 40.
IDOttfCßl’
prayer,
{grayer,!• (lio Inoanso of the soul,
' The odor of the flower;
And rises &• tho waters roll,
To Ood*s controlling power !
Within'tho soul there would not bo
. This infinite desire
To whisper thoughts .In prayer to Tfaoo,
Had’el thou not lit tbe fire*
troy er is tho spirit speaking (ruth
’ To Thee, whoso lovp divine,
Steals gently down like dew to soothe,
’ Or like the sunbeams shine,
for, in the humblest souls that lives,
As in tho lowliest flower,
Tho dew-drop 1 back His imago gives,
The soul reflects His power!
Al night, when all Is hushed and still,
And e’on’ soft echo sleeps,
A still small voice doth o’er rao thrill,
And to cacirhoarl throb leaps;
It ie the spirit pulse which boats
Forever deep and true,
The atom with its Author meets, "
As sunlight greets the dew.
THE lUSABOIT WHY,
"Why does Kale look so pale, mother 7
Why aro hor arms 00 small 7
jWby docs slip never smile, mother 7
Why do hor eyelids full 7
Why docs sho walk alone, mother,
As if sho had no friend 7
Why does she sigh so ofl, mother?
Is she so near her end 7
Why does sho breathe so quick, mother 7
And start as if it shocked hor,
To hear the quiet rop, mother,
Of Smith, the village doctor 7
Why does be come so oft, mother 7
Can ho prolong her days
By leaving pills and gifts, mother,
And singing love sick lays 7
’Twas but the other night, mother,
When Kate lay noor my heart,
She urged mo lo be good, mother,
And said wo soon must part.
She said she was to go, mother,
Away from homo and mo,
And leave papa and yon, mother,
To dwell near by the sea.
Is it Jordan’s stormy banks, mother,
Whore she is to bo carried 7”
“Shot up, shut up, you little brat—
She'e going' (0 be married V 1
jUJlscclljiiKom
■ x Translated Tor the Evening foil.
Speech Delivered by Victor, Hugo at the Drove of
a French Hefngce in the Island of Jersey.
In tlio last days of April iho French refugees in
the isle of Jersey followed one of (heir comrades lo
iho Held of final repose. Victor Hugo had been re
quested to pronounco, in (he name of all, (ho last
farewell. Ills discourse was as follows! '
Citizens 1 . The man to whom wo Have eomoto say
the last farewell. Joan Bosquet, of Furn ol Garonne,
Was a noble soldier of democracy. Wo have seen
him, an indexible exile, waale away sorfdwfully
among or. A yearning for homo was gnawing at
his heart; ho foil that the recollection of all ho had
left behind him was slowly poisoning him ; he might
have soon again his absent friends, the beloved places
—his native city, his house. Ho had but (u ssy a
word. That execrable humiliation which M. Bona
parte calls amnesty, or pardon, was offered (o him ;
lie honestly rejected it, and ho is dead. 110 was
only thirty four years of ago. And now, there ho
lies.
I wilt not add praise to this simple life,’to this
grand death. Lot him repose in peace in this ob
©cure grave, where (ho earth will soon cover him,
tfnd whence his soul hat' gone to seek the eternal
hopes of (he tomb.
Let him sleep hero, this republican : and let the
people know that (hero ore still proud and pure
hearts devoted lo its cause. Lot the republic know
that men will perish rather Ilian forsake her. Let
France know that men dio because (hey can see her
ho more.
Let him sleep, tills patriot, in (ho land of Iho
stranger! And wo, his companions in condict and
in adversity—wo who closed his eyes—lf his native
bity, his family, his friends, ask us 'Whore is ho 1'
wo will apswer, ‘Dead in exile! 1 ns the soldiery,
when thb name of Latour d’Auvcigno was called,
‘Dead bn (he field Of (lopof I*
Citizens I To,da£ fh Franco aposlaoy is Joyous.—
The old land of (he 14ih of July and of (he 10th of
August assists at (ho hideous spread of (reason, and
■t the triumphal march of traitors. Nut one de
worthy action which is not immediately rewarded.
t A mayor breaks (ho law—ho is made a prefect ; a
1 leldior dishonors his flag— ho is made a general; a
priest sella his religion—ho is made a bishop; a
judge prostitutes justice—ho is made a senator ; s
prince, an adventurer, commits every crime, from
the base trick which would shame a pickpocket, to
the cruelly which would make an assassin shudder
and ho becomes an emperor. Around and about
theso men aro (ho sounds of (riumphial music, bou-
3 nets, and dancing, sddrosscs, applause, and genu*
uxions, Servility comes lo congratulate ignominy.
Citizens! These men have lliqir festivals; well,
-Wo, too, Into ours. When one of (he companions of
our banishment, wasted by homo sickness, exhausted
by the slow fever of old habits broken up, and af
fections lacerated, gives away at last, and dies alter
to tho dregs all tiro ogonioa of pro
scription, wo follow his bier covered with a black
cloth; wo como to the side of his grave; wo, too,
kneol, not to success, but to tho tomb; wo bond
over our buried brother, and wo say to him j ‘Friend,
wo congratulate IhooJbeosuso thou hast .been Tail*
.ftotf.wo congratulate.thao .because IhuU hast been
,gonerpiuand intrepid | wo congratulate thee became
(IiQU baqt fyeon faithful i,wo congratulate thoo because
tiled hast offetod tip to thy republican faith the Iqal
bredthdf ifyy body; i|ib last ppisallPn of thy heart J
Wo Congratulate thoo because thou bust suffered ;
We. congratulate.thoo' that .thou aH dead!* Then
Wd false ©Ur heads again, and wo movo away, our
hearts full of a sombre joy. Such aro the festivals
o Y®*^ e *.'. This is.lho. austoro and.soreno thought
which, is at the bottom of our souls; and In tho
presence ofthls sopuloliro, of ||iia griof which seems
w - mR,* *ho piosonco of this appoar
itncp of annihilation, wo feel ourselves strengthened
Id our principles and in our oonviolitfns. Tho man
whoso mind Is made up never treads more firmly
• l ' 1 " “Sb?i I “,*i' S r ln ? 1 “ r »«• lomb. And our oyo.
fixed upon llio do.d bodv, up Q n ibi. bomj who hi.
: f.d.d ,ws». upon ilil, .f.sdqw whiob hn.vanl.liod.
ll, "‘ Which is lm-
Diorl.l, end Ibsl.wlilob i. clornsl—Liberty and God.
,yp>, God . .No.oi: .hould a. tomb bo clo.od until Ibis
grpat, this living word has fallen Into it I Tho dead
claim It, and wo are not tho men to refuse U. Let
the free and religious people amongst whom wo live
understand well that the men of progress, tho men
of democracy, the men of revolution, know (hat the
destiny of tho soul is two-fold. and (hat the abno’ga.
(ion they show in this life proves how profoundly
(hov.roly,upon another. •
’ .Their faith Indhls grand; and mysterious future
Resist* even tho repulsive spectacle which thoen-
Catholic tjlorgy has presented, since tho sco*
ond orDocombor. At this moment, Roman papism
startles (he ftanlan conscience. Yes. Isay it—and
my heart is full of bitterness when 1 think-of so mnch
abjoclncss and shame; those priests who, for money,
Tor palates, Tor crosses and mitres, for (bo love of
temporal goods, bloss and glorify perjury, murder
snd treason—those churches, where Te Deuma are
sung in honor of crowned crime—yes, these churches
and these, priests would bo enough to shako the
strongest convictions in (he firmest souls, if beyond
the church wo did not see a heaven, end above tho
priest a God. And here, citizens on the thrcshhold
of this open tomb—in the midst of this thoughtful
throng which surrounds this grave—the moment has
come to sound a solemn word, that may take root
and spring dp in every conscience.
Citizens! At this present hour—the fatal hour
which will bo marked in time to come—the prlnci
plo of absolutism, tho old principle of the past
triumphs alt over Europe. It triumphs as it should
triumph, by the sword,(lie oxo, and the cord; by
massacres ond-muaketry ; by tortures and (ha scaf
fold. Despotism,(hat Moloch surrounded by human |
bones, celebrates her fearful mysteries in open sun* ■
light, under (ho pontificate ofa Haynau, a Bonaparte 1
and a Radotzky ;in Hungary,tho gallows; in Lom* 1
hardy, (ho gallows; In Sicily, the gallows; in Franco,
tho guillotine, transportation, and exile. In tho Pa
pal States alone—l cite tho Pope, who colls himself l
le roi de douceur— in the Papal States alone, in the
lust throe years, sixteen hundred and forty patriots
(tho figures are authentic) have perished by shooting
or hanging, without counting tho innumerable many
who are buried olive in dungeons. Al this moment
tho continent, os in (ho worst periods of history, is
oncumberod>wi(h scaffolds and corpses; and if, when I
(he day comes, revolution should seek to make for I
herself a flag of (ho winding sheets of (ho victims,
(he shadow of that black flag would cover all Eu
j rope. This blood, which is flowing in.streams and
in torrents—all (hie blood, democrats, is yours.
And yet, citizens, in tho presence of this aaturnalia
of murder, to (ho presence of those infamous tribu
nals where assassins sit io the robes of tho judge, in
the presence of ail these dear and sacred corpses, in
(he presence of this dismal and ferocious victory of
reaction; I declare solemnly In the name of (ho
exiles of Jersey, who have given mo tho authority to
do so; snd I ssy it too, In the name of all rcpublio
an exiles—and not one true republican voice will
contradict mo—l doctors before this coflln of an
oxilo, Clio second one we have lowered Into tho grave
within ton days, wo the exiles, wo the victims, we
abjure, Ibr the groat and inevitable day of revolution
«ry triumph, all feeling, all desire, all idea of bloody
retribution.
The guilty will bo chastised; certainly—they will
bo, all of (hem and severely ! This must bo, but
not one head shall fall, not one drop of blood, not
one splash from the scaffold shall slain the spotless
robe of the republic of February. The head even of
the brigand of December shall bo respected with
honor by the progressive. The revolution will make
a grander example of that roan by changing his im
perial purple for the Jacket oftho galley slave. No,
wo will not retort on the scaffold by tho scaffold.—
Wc repudiate tho old senseless law of retaliation.
The Ijw of retaliation, like (ho monarchy, is a part
of (he past; wo repudiate the past.
Tho death penally, gloriously abolished by tho
republic of 1848, re-established odiously by Louis
Bonaparte, is abolished by ns, and forever. We have
taken with us into exits the sacred doctrine of pro*
gross; we will faithfully bring it back to Franco.—
What wo ask, and wish of (he future, is justice, and
not vengeance. And besides, the sight of slaves
drunk with wine sufficed to give (he Spartans a die.
gust for intemperance, so it is enough for us repub
licans to see kings intoxicated with blood, to have
forever a horror of scaffolds.
Yes, wo declare it, and wo call to witness tins so#
which binds Jersey to France, these fields, (his quiet
Nature around us, this England which is listening
to us. -The men" of •ho revolution—whatever (he
Bonapartist calumniators may say—wish (o ro-entor
France, not at exterminators, but as brothers. We
call to witness our words, this holy heaven which
glitters above us, shedding thoughts of peace and
concord upon our hearts; wo call to witness our
dead brother who lies in (hat grave, and who, while
I speak; mufrrteffl in his shroud, ‘Yea my btrohers.
fpjccl death ! I have accepted it myself; I would not
huvo it for others. 1
Citizens! These thoughts aro in every man's
mind, and (am only tho interpreter of them. Tho
day of bloody revolutions has passed : far what re
mains (q bo duho (ho indomitable law of progress
will suffice. And, moreover, let us bo tranquil, eve
rything combats for us in (ho great battles wo have
still to fight—battles, whoso evident necessity docs
not disturb tho serenity of (ho thinker—battles, in
which revolutionary energy will equal (ho despera
tion of monarchy—battles, in wliicn might, joined
with right, will overthrow violence allied to usUrpa
lion—superb,glorious, enthusiastic,decisive battles,
the overt ofSvhich cannot be doubtful, nnd which
will be tho Tolbiace, the Hastings, and the Aualcr
titzoa of democracy. Citizens! tho epoch of tho
dissolution of Iho Old World has arrived. Tho law
of Providence has condemned tho old despotisms
Time, the shadowy gravo-diggor, is burying (hem.
Each declining day plunges them deeper into noth
ingness. God Is throwing yqare upon thrones os
wo throw spades full of earth upon a coffin.
And now, brothers,.as wo separate, lot' ua.sll9.ul
(lie ory of triumph ; let us shout tho cry ofawekorv
ing ! ft is near tho grave that ono should spoctk'of
the resurrection. Yea, indeed, tho fuliirb, and Im
pending future, I repeal it. promises to us tho victory
of (ho democratic idea in France ; the future prom*
iscs 1/ us (ho victory ofthoaooial Ides. It promises
more, it promises that in every climate, under every
sun, upon every continent, in America as well as in
Europe, an end shall come to oppression and to
slavery. After the hard (rials wo aro experiencing,
what wo want Is not only (ho emancipation of this
or that class of men which has suffered loffg, (ho
abolition of (his or that right—all this wo shall havo,
but (his is not enough. What wo must have, and
what we shall gel, never doubt ll—what I,Tor my
port, from the depths of this darkness of exile con
template with rapture—is tho deliverance of every
nation,tho enfranchisement of oil mankind I Friends,
our.sufferings give us a claim upon Providence.—
God owes us a reward. Ho is a faithful debtor—we
shall rccolvo it. Lot us then cherish a manly faith,
and make our sacrifice with gladness. Oppressed
of all nations, offer'up your wounds. Polos offer
your misery—Hungary, offer your gibbet—ltalians,
offer your cross—heroic transported brothers .pf
Cayenne, of Africa, offer yntir oh'alns—eitles, offer
your proscription—and thdu ! O martyr, offer thy
death lo thd liberty of tho human race! Vive la
nxrf/SLiQUB I 1
Tub FuritEss or France.;— An oxtypet of a letter
dated al Dieppe, gives tho , following description of
tho personal appearance of (be Empress Eugenio:
“The Emperor and Empross'arriyod hero yesterday.
Their, reception was not particularly enthusiastic.—
The Empress is by no moans agrevt.beauty, bul ls
much moro swooMooklngaqd graolmip thshsho has
been represented. Sho is blonde, without octal5 ono
of thoao complexions suffused ,with plqk all over, and
her. hair'ii light antf colorless. Bhowas yory simply
drossedi.a good bfomplo' for (ho llies Jherd, tyho
are very muofj over dressed. Aa totfio Emperor,his
countenance jtfsl answors'to what is known of hjs
character, but his face cannot bo said to bo on In*
significant one, 1 as his enemies represent It to bo,"
Tho darkpy who grossed his feel so that ho would
not msko o ho wont to stoat chickens,
slipped from tho hen rbopt into tho custody of tho
owner. lie gavo a reason for his being there, *Dat
he only cum dar to eeo of'do chickens sleopod wld
dor eyes opon.’ Ho was cooped^.
A roon died, of apoplexy the alhor: day in Mlohl-
B RO ' T|>o next mornioffilho ootpner hold an Inquoil
when Ihe following ;»ordlolw«irolurnedi , ‘Died
.from a riafutlon tor<me. bCttf. etcßk,o}ffhi cold po-
fried , . . t ’ r
"OUR OUNTHT—MAV T ALWAYS HE niOfITOR WRONO, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1853.
Earnest Words*
| Wo find them roeprded in boohs—wo road and
| are impressed by (hem—wo. mentally. ejaculate,
i "Blessings; on those who writa earnest words'; and
breathe deep thoughts into the hearts ot tho young
and undecided, at.lho beginning of their pilgrimage.*
Wo hear them from the lips of parents and teach
ers, wo wonder If they will bo heeded by those to
whom they are addressed, or whether they arc mere
I sounds, destined to dip upon the oar and bo forgo l
l ton in on hour. Those earnest words are the fruits
,of experience and affection. Wifi the young believe
j this 7. Will they heed the yoico'of warning, the
yearning of affectionate hearts, .
Earnest words are hoard from the pulpit—words
fraught with tho stupendous truths of mortality and
pardon of guilty men. Are these words hooded 7
Men spend (heir lives In epoakirig them. They who
go about from house to house breathing them. -
Earnest words aro sent forth through the period,
leal and newspaper presses of our country. Words
of warning—words of admonition—words of hope
words of lovo.
Let thorn still go op their mission. Liko seeds
thrown from the hand of tho husbandman, some
doubtless "will fall upon stony ground"—some 1 will
spring up, but wither when the noonday sun shines,
because they have no depth of earth : while others,
falling upon good ground, shall bring forth, some
thirty, and some an handrod fold."—Madison ((7a.)
Visitor .
Startling Feat,
A Paris correspondent of the Now York Times
gives llio following account of the latest qmuaorocnl
devised for the wonder loving Parisians t
The feat of jumping from a balloon, the jumper,
sustained by an India-rubber rope, was duly perform
cd on Thursday, It was Ihd most stupendous ex
hibition of daring and address that llio Parisians
have ybl been permitted to Witness. From one side
of the car of the balloon hung the India rubber cord
descending 150 feet, and then returning end being
fastened to the other side of the car. It thus formed
a strong loop. The athelete was dressed as Mercury,
his body, from the neck to the small of the back,
was enclosed in a frame work which enabled him
to endure (ho suspension without wrenching or dis
location. Tli rope passed through on oylol in the
middle of (he book, placed so that ho was hold in a
porfcl equilibrium. When the balloon had reached
an altitude double that of the supposcd.claslicity of
the cord, the voltigcur appeared on the edge of the
car looked over, shut his eyes, and drove off in the
space. The eyelet slipped along the rope so that the
first rso feet wore a positive fall through the osr
without any resistance or break. The rest of the
way was an elongation of (ho rope. It stretched
four limes its length, making in all & descent of6oo
feet, accomplished In two seconds. After having
attained its lowest point the rope contracted once
perhaps 200 fool, and inoo descended again. There
was no farther rebound, and no oscillation, the vo|-
tigeur lay calmly cradled in mid air, and probably
spent the leisure ho was now permitted to enjoy in
recovering his breath and contemplating the pros,
pcot. The aeronaut above now commenced at the
windless, and gradually wound his dangling friend
up again. In four minutes ho climbed over the side
of the car, having made the fastest time that any
human being has ever achieved, except such os
have been shot from cannon, as Baron Munchascn
said ho was, I think. 600 feet in two seconds at
the rale of three miles and a half a minute. Wo
ore wailing now to know what wilt bo done ncztO.
Laws of Health.
"Between Llfo and Death llioro is frequently bot-Uie
thinness of a shoo."
Trilo H> (bo above reflection may appear, It is a
terrible truism, involving a whole catalogue of dis
eases, orphanage, sorrow, poverty, aod a host of other
oalainillcejof which.lho careless world rarely dreams.
In a more extended sense, the tenure of our existence
may bo said to depend upon the simplest of causcg,
a more breath of wind, the rolling of a pebble, tiro
direction of s passing cloud—in fact upon every
I variety of natural change, apparently of tho most
| innocuous character. Dut these aro accidents to
, which humanity is subjected for some wise purpose,
and over which wo have Utile or no control. Dut
deaths from natural causes are far less rare than
from causes brought on by our own folly, hardihood,
recklessness, or sell indulgence. Tho laws of high
health demand tomperato living, abstemiousness,
both in eating and drinking, plain food, an avoidance
of all stimulating drinks, early rising and early re.
tiring, daily ablutions of'(he Whole parson, dally
exercises In (ho open air for a couple pf hours, on
fool or horseback, a steady control of tho passions,
and Intellectual studies which stop considerably short
of mental exhaustion. Some of these laws wo are
ppna/anlly violating, either from our condition in
■ life, ol for reasons less excusable : but wo ore sui
cides lo dll intents and purposes when wo neglect
such piano rules as all can readily observe, and upon
which a good condition of health mainly depends.—
Tho decrees of fashion should never bo allowed to
sot aside tho faws of right reason, and sensible per.
sons wilt always prefer a clumsier appearance of the,
feet, and AoarsAr If more seasonable and appropriate I
garments, earlier hunts, exorcise, and plainer food, I
to the obanCo*-o/'oofde, consumption, physical debil
ity atfd a ptamsluro death.— Arthur's Home Oaxelte. (
'lcb among SitAKens.— ln tho oourso of a do*
bato in the Legislature of Now York, on applica
tion for .special grama of power, in holding tho
property made by tho Shakers of Niskoyuna, in''
this State, the following rules or orders said to bo
tho principle requirement of tho Spiritual direction,
became public.
Contrary to order lo enquire info any bargain
lhal the deacons have made.
Contrary lo order lo go to church with slna on-
Confesaed.
Contrary (o order io go out among the world or
among families, without permission of tho elders.
Contrary to order to shako hands with a world's
woman without confessing it.
Contrary to order to shako hands with the world
unless they first tender tho hand.
Contrary lo order .to play ;with dogs or cats.
Contrary lo order fora brother and sister to ride
Icgeftieria a wagon without company.
Contrary to order for a brother and sister (o pass
each other on the stairs.
Contrary to order for a person to go out the door
yard after evening mooting.
Contrary to order to have right and loft, shoos.
Contrary to order to p'aro the heels of shoos on*
der. '
Contrary to order to read newspapers in dwoU
ling houses, at any time, unless indulgence is
granted by the elders.
Contrary to order to fold (he left thumb over the
right, in prayer, or when standing up. in worship.
Contrary to order to kneel .with tho left.knee
first.
Contrary to order to put tho left boot or shoo on
first.
Contrary to order to kneel with handkorohiofin
land. ' ,
A wag observing a fellow steal a flab and pul U
under his jacket, which.was too short loconocal (ho
lliofl, haloood (q tho ptirfoiner to wear, In future, a
longer jacket, or steal a shorter flelt* }
.A man always .loves another man's wife, bottle
than his own, in order to obey the porlplurca,
whioh saya: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
.“.Why don't you limit yourself 1” said a physi
cian to an Intemperate person; “set down o stake
that yop will go so far and.no farther."
“So 1 did,” said the. toper; “but I. set it aq far
off, that I always got drupk.before l.gollo.U.”
(PTQsn. Cass, it la laid.iliasbflen offered the Alia
sion to Franco.
!;r- , Girls wbo wont Husbands*
yirlf,yoU wank to got married, don’t you? Ah,
’tfh&t a natural thing it is fur young ladies who have
a hankering for (he sterner sox! It is a weakness
has, and for this reason she iscalled the
.worker sex. Well, If you want to got married,don’t
ror toascieoco sdljo act liko'fools about it. Don’t go
Inldjtt fit of tbo'mps every lime you see a-hat nnd”a
palr ? of whiskers.’ Don't gel tho idea Into your heads
must put yuurselfin tho way of every young
man in tho neighborhood, in order to attract notice,
for if you don’t run niter the men they will after you.
Motklhat. ‘
. A husband-hunter is the most detestable of all
yoofig ladies. She is fall of starch and puckers, she
pulton many false ajrs, and she is so nice that she
appears ridiculous in the eyes of every docent person.
Blnfnfay generally bo found at meeting, coming In,
of about the last one, always at social parties,
and invariably tokos a front seat at concerts. She
triei'to bo the belle of tho place,-and thinks she Is.—
Po<s girl \ . You aro fUling’yoarsolf for an old maid,
juat(as store os the Sabbath comes on Sunday. Mon
wilUfiirl with you, and flatter you,'simply’ because
it, but they have nO more idea of
making you a ynfe than they have of committing
suicide. If I was a young man I would have no more
to do with such fancy than I wbnld with a rattle*
snake* '•
Nfciw, girls, lot Nolly give you & piece of her advice,
ond;blio knows fiom experience that if you practice
it jrou will gain the reputation of being worthy girls,
and'stand a fair chonco of getting respectable bus.
bands. It Is all well enough that you learn to lin
ger (ho piado, work embroidery, study grammar, etc.,
but tlon’l neglect lolling grandma, or your dear moth,
or leach you how to make broad and got a meal of
victuals good enough for a king. No part of a
hoqfekcopcr’fl duties should bo nogtoctcd, if you do
riot marry a wealthy husband you will need to know
JioWv to do such work, and if you do, it will bo no (Ms
advantage for ypu lo.know how to oversee a servant
girj,;arid.ihslrucl her to do these things os you would
have them-done. In the next place, don’t pretend to
bo What you are not. Affectation is tho most despi
cable of accomplishments, and will only cause eensi.
blo.tteoplo to laugh at yon. No onohul a foul will bo
caught by affectation—it has a transparent skin,
easily to bo seen through. Dress plain, but neatly.
Rotricmbdr that nothing gives a girl so modest, be
coming, and lovely sn appearance, os a neat and
pia|n dress. All the flummery and tinsel work of
thq.drcssniakcr apd milliner, are unnecessary.
If you are really handsome, they do riot add to your
beauty one particle, if you are homely, they only
makd you loos worse. Gentlemen,don’t court your
faces, and jewelry, but your own dear solves.
Finger-rings and falderals may .do to look at, but
thoyodd nothing to the value of a wife—all young
men finow that. If you know how to talk, do u
natprotly, and do nol.be so distressingly polite as to
spoil all you say. If your hair is straight, don’t put'
on the 'curling-tongs to make people believe yon have
negro blood in your veins. If your neck is very
black, wear a lace collar, but don’t bo ao foolish as
to daub on paint,' thinking that people ate so blind as
not to see it, and if your cheeks are rosy, doo’lapply
pink'sauDors, for tho deception will bo detected and
become (ho gossip of the neighborhood.
Finally, girls, listen to the counsel of your moth-
ask their advice in everything. Think less
of fashion than yon do of kitchen duties—less of ro
mances than you do of the realities of life—and in-'
sleao of trying to catch beaux, strive to make your
self worth being caught by them. NELLY.
Doing .Favors,
Thie ls a world*whcroindividuals ore endowed
with different gifts, with varied powers and capaoi*
ties, consequently it is in the power of tho lowliest as
wollatofthe loftiest to do a favor. But there ire
•omo who confer (ho'slightest favor, boil in gift or
loan, with such an sir of I don't.** n( to, but I sup.
pose I must,* lhal tho receiver, if sensitive, would
heartily wish lo say,‘please do not,' bill an inmate
sense of politeness Veeps (ho lips barren to simple
thanks. Others delight lo do good, and ore constant,
ly in the performance of some kindly deed, but un.
fortunately (hey love to 101 l of their favors us well os
to receive them, ond they connol give away a pic- ;
syuno's worth without laying the whole neighbor
hood under obligation lo admire their goodness and
liberality, while the unhappy recipient ofsuch favors
is made everlastingly to remember thorn by such
questions whenever (hey meet with the donors,
especially before company, as i bow did ynu like (hat
so and so 1 gave you 7 did it suit you 7 is it all gone?
won’t you like some more? it was tho biggest.halft
hud left,’ etc., clo. So that of such a giver I bid you
beware, lest your good breeding fail you, when 100
late to make restoration, and yoursolflargelv in such
on one’s debt. Such chains aro galling from the fad
(hat they are 100 minulo to be broken.
But (hero ore a class of persons who give simply
because their largo good hoarl is overflowing with
the milk ofhuman Kindness, and they give to gratify
1 (heir own love of benevolence, and to do goad, lo o.
boy tho injunction ‘freely have ye received, freely
give.*
A favor from such an ono is doubly blest, the spirit
WTth which it is given hallows (ho gift, whether it be
large or small. And such an ono seldom refers to
favors, (ho giver forgets, and hjs sensitive nature
shrinks from heralding his own good deeds, or hear
ing them reported by others, it is sufficient, ho his
done what ho chose, and is thankful for the privilege,
ond has no retrograde thoughts of what he has done,
but heart and soul are full of what ho can do, of what
ho purpoeclh still to do.
Office Holder's Grammar.—The following oficc
dole of (ho dork examinations at Washington wo ftnd
in (bo Baltimore Patriot :
The eccentric and rather venerable Col. D. was
called up. Mr. Examined—Well, sir, will you bo
kind enough to tell us whbro you were born, and from
what Bute you wore appointed to office 7
Col. D.—l was born in Old Virginny, sir, and 1 was
oppoinled.from Old Virginny, sir. *
Mr. Examiner.—-What is your age, sir.
Col. D.—My ogo, my oge, why, sir, mj hiod is
silvered with ago sir— 07 last August, God willing.
Mr. Examiner—VVlml wad your occupation before
you came here, sir 7
Col. D.—l was a planter and a gentleman, sir, be
fore I came hero.
Mr. Examiner—l presume you are familiar with
the elementary.rules of geography, arithmetic, and
grammar, especially the latter 7
Col. D.—JEvidently I'ovldontly i air.
Mr. Examiner,—facetiously—Can you decline your
office?
Cul., D,—My. office, like yours, sir, is a very com
mon noun, ofdoublful gender, in the possessive case,
agreeing with us understood, and both governed by
salary.
Mr. Examiner—Rule air.
Col. D.’—Ono’nbun governs another in the posses,
live.- ’’ ■
Listening /Examiner—iWo are satisfied, Colonel,
with your knowledge of general principles, and yoa
Will no doubt bo permitted to continue to discharge
the duties oTyonr'desk.
- Tut Rcißofi wnr.YouNo Wquknarb OALLEnSriN*
.BTERs.— Amongst .our industrious and frugal fore
fathers, a maxim (hat a^youqg.woman should
hover bp.married until sho had spun fur herself a
comptolo set of domestic linen. From this custom
It wnathal. lhoy Wore colled spinsters, on appellation,
Which they, still retain, in all legal proceedings, a),
though,nowadays ij would bo very,difficult to find
a woman entitled |o (ho.name.— Englith Paper.
The,other day,.a small boy came {paring by our
offico wilh iiis rags fluttering in tho .wind, his face
smeared with molasses, and a shingle flourishing In
his hand, while ho was shouting to another boy,
abuut the ,aipo of,a, ppppof box, who stood nearly a
quarter ofa rtjlJp the street r 1 *Ols I Oil) I Dll) !
git as mahy boys'as Even you can, and odme up (ho
street as sooh. as evsr ■ you can, foe there's. ■. a great
hogait ffr’Jssset' busted
—Dusted all to smash I* ,
BEAUTY ABLBBP.
OF T. C. MOORE.
Dark lay her eyelid’s jelly fringe
Upon (hat cheek whose roseate tinge
Mixed with its shade, like evening’s light,
Just touching on (he verse of night;
Her eyes, though thus in slumber hid,
Seemed glowing through the Ivory lid,
And as 1 thought, a lustre threw
Upon her lips, reflecting dew—
Such as a night lamp, left to shine,
Alone on some secluded shrine,
Mhy shed upon the votive Wreath
Which pious hands have hung beneath.
EXCELIiBST.
t TjJ. Canal street Switchman, a contributor to
the New York Times, writes the following good
“As for advice, I doubt whether anybody
newspaper editors excepted—get eo much of it,
and care so little for it, as do publishers. Many
of them can tell good stories w their experience
this way :
“A number of years ago a brace of very virtu
ous and somewhat elderly ladies, formed them*
selves into a committee to remonstrate with an
old prominent publisher respecting (he character
of the books which he Issued* Bulwor’s novels
if I remember rightly, were the special objects of
their indignation. The worthy bibliopole was at
first taken aback by the vivacity of their assault;
pul in aa a plea in mitigation, that the greater
portion of his publications, were unexceptionable
to even the severest criticism on the score of mor
al character.
The ladies looked dubiously over their specta
cles.
“Have you read this—or this—or this? be
asked, pointing out the titles of works in Theolo
gy, and History, Biography, and Poetry, and ev
ery department of Literature which graced bis ex
tensive catalogue.
Not one of them had the committee perused.
“Then, perhaps,’* hinted the publisher, “you
are not certain of the character oi the works you
object to, perhaps you have not read them 1”
“Yes we have,” answered the spokesman; “we
know their character perfectly well; wo have read
every word of them. Why will you publish such
objectionable works!”
“Madam,” replied the sly bibliopole, with a
bow and a smile worthy of Chesterfield—“we
publish (hem for ladies like yourself, who will
never road anything else.”
A rejoinder equal to that of Dr. Johnson to the
lady who said to him. Oh Doctor, I am so glad
that you have left all (he naughty words out of
your dictionary.” “Madam, replied (ho gruff
Lexicographer, “you have been looking, I see,
for them.”
Why ts It so 1
If females were disciplined, trained, on the gospel
plan, adorned in modest apparel, guided In life’s gold
en path, seldom if over would our oars be pained with
heart rending recitals of fallen virtue I Iloro lies the
fault, t)ie guilt, the murder 1 Mothers suffer
Hltlo ones to sport on destruction’s brink,.to
coats of fire in their bosoms ! In early infancy, pride
is fostered: They &ro tipped off in lino clothing, flirt
about in gay and fashionable cpsturoe, trinkets add
gcw.gaws, mingle with (ho giddy—attend parties of
pleasure, the durioo, (he nightly concert snd revel;—
sad are gallanted by unprincipled, licentious young
men. Those' are stepping stones- to disgrace and
'ruin! 'Con.a man take fire in h{a bosom and his)
clothes not bo burned 7* /
Beware,'leal thou mourn at last, when thy flosl
and thy soul is consumed—and say : ‘how hove j
listed instruction,and my heart despised reproof.”
Beautiful Sketch. —lt was in the evening of
a beautiful summer day, lhal I strayed into the si*
lent graveyard of our little village, where 1 wit*
neesed an affecting circumstance, which time or
change can never efface from my memory.
As I wandered among tho moss-grown graves
and broken stones, I yvaa suddenly arrested by ob
serving a little girl befuro mo, whose actions un*
perceived by her, I was watching. She was
kneeling beside a little mound of earth covered
with grass and flowers.
. Shortly after 1 had arrived there, she ceased (he
occupation in which she was engaged,and kneel
ing beside the tomb with upraised eyes to heaven,
her fervent lips poured forth in ardent prayers, her
feelings and affections to her heavenly father.
Raising herself from her position, T saw hor
hang a garland of flowers upon (he marble tomb
stone, wrought into (he words— I “My Father's
Grave."
These simple words, so eloquent of feeling, bo
full of thought, coUld not but add a fresh sartptity
to the spot.
A Goon Scriptural Name.— The Richmond timet,
of Saturday, relates the following r
A gentleman traveling in a section of country
which afiall be nameless, stopped «l the house of a
pious ofd worpan, and, observing hor fondness for a
pot dog, ventured to ask the name of tho animal.—
Tho good woman answered by saying that she call
od him ‘Moreover.'
‘ls not that a strange name?’ inquired the gentle,
man.
‘Yea,’said tho pious old lady,‘but I thought it
must bo a good ono, as I found it in tho Bible,’
‘Found it in (be Diblo !' quoth (ho gentleman.
‘Pray, in what part of tho Bible did you find it 7*
Tito utd lady look down her Diblo with tho utmost
rovorcnco, and turning to tbe text, read as follows :
‘Moreover tho dog came and licked his sores.'
•There,* said aha triumphantly, ‘have I not the
highest authority fur the name 7*
They have arrested n young woman in Ohio, for
abslrncUng money from (he mails, and it has pul
Mrs. Partington alt la s flurry.' When she was young
—and she ain't old author— sbo used to abstract
money from her do.ar old daddy, and when aho mar
ried/coins, than aho 'used to abstract money from
him, and they never put her in prison for it. Ilejgh.
bo! and she went off in a soliloquy, wondering wbat
(ho women's rights folks would do next.
Sraoxxor Wit.—A,stroke of wit, accompanied by
a delicacy of insult, was played off by a lady, who
was engaged shortly to be married. The intended
bridegroom, perceiving her talking for a consider
able lime, and with much apparent pleasure, to an*
other gentleman, said to her, will bo revenged-of
your Infidelity, and show the letters which you have
written to mo.* "1 have nothing to blush for, except
the direction.’
In a Fix.—'Mother,,l shouldn't be surprised ifour
Katy got choked some day.* ‘Why? my son.Vßo.
cause liar beau twisted his arms around her noek,
(he other night and if she had not kissed him to lot
her go, ho would liavq strangled her.'
Just too Late.—At (he'oloae ofa temperance meet.
Ing in,Paris,Canada Weit,a ayoung
woman to append her name to the pledge, saying j
•Will you not give mo your name, Misa V ,
•No. sir,' Was the quiok reply, *1 haVo promised it
to another gentleman.' * ’
of t|»e thirty one Govornprs of the Slates,
the Whigs hava,al,ihlq lime,four—Clifford,of Mu«-
sobliusetls; Fairbanks, of Vermont; Brown of Flb'r-
Ido, and FuTowoll.or Wisconsin. Vermdntl is the
only Slate wbbso Legislature nu ified, tho i Fugitive
Slave Law. -- * *
'.,0. 1 ' I, ' ’ ' - ;'■
vpfmMF
©noa jihb shoe.
Aim high. '
Strive to excel.
Have Hope, Faith, Lope.
Open—Dickinson College.
Parsimony is not economy*
Jack frost will soon he Mere*
To innovate ip notto reform.
Difficulty la a severe Ins'lraoto^
Be not over anxioas for {nonpar.
Religion says,—love all, none.
He that trastolh in hie r^chppphpii jUJ* ■
An honest men is the noblest work ol
Good order is (ho fonodalioii gQbd.lUager
Look lo year fuel. Winter’* a-obmlbg IxlblV
long. .
Never tell folks you can go ahead of *em bat
do it.
. What is libe/ty without wisdodi aW witboaK
virtue?
Justice is itself (be great stahdlrig policy of eivlf
society.
The (rue core for one-half of bamfcb CQtlafdiMj
is employment.
“Ashland” was sold on Tuesday^jLa|f*
It is of no consequence of what .parents' a' nftlSf
Is born, so that he be a man of merllr - ’ -
No one is boro without vices, and be latbejbeat
man who is encumbered with the leairt, * ■
The harvests in Italy end the podtb of Ffintfe
have been seriously deficient this season.
The Dutch government has opened the rfola&a
Islands to the commerce of all the World. :n,TCr
Tho Empress of Russia is a distinguished'
diewoman, as la also the Ex-Queen of Ftapee.'
Mr. William Hall, 103 years of age, a soUlfcf
of the Revolution, was in Pittsburg last week i' 1
Yale College has existed one hundred
three years, and educated alp Ihoasand^lpJapyfc
Manchester, Eng., with a population of 400,000,
has only three newspapers, neither pftb.em
Two weeks ago there was one million twoktln-'
dred thousand dollars in the Bit
Louis.
It is rumored that a celebrated Phrenologlsf
has been invited .to examine the “head of flawglO-'
tion.” ‘ --
Tho Chinese insurgents punish smokers ofopibttf
by beheading, and those who use lobapoo by tbf
bamboo. •
Francis Pigg, of Indiana, has run aWayfVottf
Mrs. i'ißgand four little Piggs. The Post say
ho is a Hpgg,
The quantity of ale and spiiltuous liqhorf pnw
duced in the United Stales, in 1950,excedded,8ft
-000,000 gallons.
Rage and phrenzy will pull down roofd Jb half
- an hour, than prudence, delibera(loo,aihl fbrtligfat.
can build up'in a hundred years. "/
Narrow circumstances are the most' powerful
lelirnulents .(o mental expansion, and the early
f frowns of fortune the, best, security .fpr ;her Jtaal
smiles.
A Toast-*Newspaper borrower's—l\f B y tbelrt
be a life of single blessedness, may thbir palb' be
carpeted with cross-eyed snakes and their olffhts
be haunted with knock.knepd tom dais. * r
Boston, they say, Is the richest cityTo the worM
in proportion to lid population. ]f its taxable pro-’
perty were equally,divided, every BostonlaojSfquid
nave fourteen hundred and forty dolJar/3.
That was a good remark of SenacW when fad
sad—“ Great is he who enjqya hisGai'thapWtress
jf it were plate; and not less great iS thb’ rfisn tq
whom all hla plate is no more than eanlfcfttyaiel”
Thera is a Journeyman 'failof in -Boston: ftbeM
nose is so red, that he can sow the finest Work m
iho darkest night with no other light thamhtft af
forded by his flaming proboscis. HfaheacTlsqpllfl
bald from the effect of carrying ‘Vbuildhig mata*
his hpt. '*' • -
dr. Co*, speaking of persons yvho piofesstodo
a great deal for religion, without really possessing
any, says they resemble carpenters, who
built a ship in which other people were rived* on
though they were drowned themselves; ' V v
Haunted Houses,— Copses that Jceri’ a half
dozen good looking servant girls. The ’ spiTfls
manifest their presence after mldnlgftl,-fay certain
muffled raps on the kitchen door. To eieroUfl
them, chain a dog near the area gate.-
A Collfornltfn writes (haf they have fire-rffes so
large in that interesting State, that they use theta
to oook by. They set the kettles on tfaeif .binder
legs, which are bent for Iho purpose like not hooka.
Groat country that.
A Courteous Gentleman.—“< do notirlsh to
say any thing against the Individual^dqestlon,*'
said a quiet man, “but I would merely remark, |n
the language of the poet, that, to him, ‘truth Is
strange, stranger than fiction.* ”
Quito a comfortable period of a mao’* Bft, fs
when he has a pretty little wife, ons'bewuliftjl
child, more ready cash than he well knows wfafci
to do with, a good conscience, and qot,sten Ja
debt to a printer.
An Irish Foolmjn, who got a alteration In ifra
West End of London, on entering a room where
.ihcra wee a vaso of gold-fiah, ciolalnied, “Well,-
thie is tie first time that I o*or saw red her rings
alive 1" , ,;T
Cowles, in his excellent history of Plantente
lioea the virtue of Hemp, lime lnoonrlnonllyr<«Bt
this gordage ships ate guided,' belle, are rang: We
are corded, end rogues are kept La awe,' v
,A, .Barber Polopanraloonad youlh,teoantiy.vnat
op a.yisiuo hla.gtandipol.beriin lho.counlry.iand
aslonlahed her very much by wearingauoh •>Dalak<
ed ttowsota away from home.” irrtrvr*
Hale Worn on iho heade of a disoonrse-Uha
bucket that hung lh‘ ‘‘All'a v>ell, w and ®HnC
of the man that burel Inio (ears, aro eaM toWvtßa
last curiosities fou\id. ,'”n . ' ' / “*■' i r.** n*vv
who prefer the language dr the
m pd to that, of the soul. .They ate, very ffkn those
who are IndtlferanV to the .eight of a eldwpight,
and who lutr to ahexhlbllidh of;hrowbrkeL
Dpbbs aava (fiat everybody might bo minabdfo
if they Would only take peine.'’fn blVcpEn,
grdatnen is at eMly Uauglit'tfß lhe r mbaMw
Young folks ioli whai they dbj oid : ohoe, Wh'at
Uiey- have donej foole wlint they will do*
Reasonable mon aro tbo best dictionaries of con
verbdliona. •' - } ‘ : ‘ - v*. i n ViLu
Abentimental chap in Rhodo Island iWends (o
peliiloo lo Gdngrees at iti next stnlon,
lo improve •ftbllcto* mo
that (bo ‘'course
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