Aiiurkon ■SK Uoluntfff. •..■A BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. , 40. , Lottie a I. From the Wavotly Magazine. whv i love: her. I love her not for bonus’s blush, That clothes with fading charms the cheek, •r That youth and health may cause to gush, ]]) And captivating language spook ; If/ For ’ncatb it all lliera lives a soul, Jj Whoso fadeless charms surpass Iho whole. I ■ 1 love her not for graceful airs |i' That lure Iho oyo with soulless art, one my thrall to deeper snares, of the heart; I fool (ho silken meshes press, But ne’er would make their power less. I love her not for sums of gold, Whoso music charms the raiser's oar, For treasures richer far unfold From e'en onp sympathizing tear, Which speaks a heart that deeply fools, And oA my wounded spirit heals.. 1 lovo her not for noblo birth. That traces back a proud descent To some progenitor, whoso worth From ago to ego is kindly lent. I am content—the brightest flower May bloom to grace a hidden bower. I lovo her not fur ought beside The lovely soul that dwells within; And while I stem life’s fleeting lido, And round mo sounds earth’s battle din, Oh, may her weal bo ever mine. And love’s sweet chords our hearts entwine. And when our bark has reached the sea, By life's fierce storms no Inngot driven, And skims the flood, eternity, 'Tis then wo hope to enter heaven, And sing together songs of lovo, As ransomed souls in realms above. O* ,bDT DIE WEEP I Oh, let mo weep! the trembling tears Flaw freely from my bursting heart! Koch blasted hope. Ouch lurking four Doth bid the silent tear drops start, j Oh, let mo weep! since weeping bears The sorrows of my soul away, And light my brow of anxious cares, With jay’s serene and gonial ray. Oh, let me weep ! nor deem mo weak, Because the loir drops dim my eye; When of mv woo and grief I speak, Say not t am womanly. Oil, let mo weep 1 affection’* fount Shall leave (ho loypd one's early tomb, Until each soul shall upward mount, And with its Maker ever bloom. Oh, let mo wee p! and chide mo not Because I waked the tear (hot slept; It cannot bo thou hast forgot, That thy Redeemer, Jesob, wept! AVTUMN. Of all the seasons in the year, Autumn is one hold most responsible for the gift of the others—in it are combined (ho sweet treasures of Spring—the full richness of Summer, and the barren blast of Winter. Although blio smiles not in the pure delicate (low ers of the vernal gems, and her winds move not like «of( sighs of (ho spring zephyr, yet tier flowers are brighter, richer and deeper, a profusion on every forest path and road side—and the clear sweep of her wind breath has mournful and spirit-swelling sound. Although her sun warms not like the direct rays of the summer nrb, and her vines bend not like the graceful and fell-leaved borders of the summer stream, and her torrents never murmur as the moun tain rill, yet her hazy sheen beautifully o'er veils ouch field and lull side, her grain heavily sways with the plump filled kernel,and her crag sent fresh ol has a sublime music in its sudden rush. Aulum has a lofty destiny in the gift giving and varied seasons. Enthroned with Ujo offerings of Spring and Summer at her feet, she is proud in (ho conscious power of securing them from the blasting gripe of Winter, proud in the gcorgeous foliage (hut no other season can drape, and thrice happy in the self-denial of laying all aside, to meet the crushing slct.l and driving storms of the succeeding mon archs. On every mountain height, and richly down the rocky sides, up the valley, and over the plain, floats Autumn’s banner of purple, green and orange, the shades blending, yet broken at If i thousand rain bows had fallen from the sky, and lay crushed upon tiio forest trees—no army blazonry, no plumed and spear gleaming host ever woke' the grand in the free and tufty soul like the pompous and bannered Amumn. The mighty clouds pile on towards (ho west.— Their heaving and gay shots, burnished with the gold of the setting sun, reflect down upon nature till all glows as if lightouby (he flames of burning worlds. Those are (ho triumphal trappings of Autumn, but her most glorious triumph is whfcn sho places her ohaplol oflouvcs back upon (ho bosom of (lie Earth —when she yields her stately (lowers,and the strange wild music of her gusts and torrents, and when, with ■ subdued, humble, self-sacrificing spirit, she lays down her signs of royalty and unarmed In si lent gloom and loneliness awaits the crftfahco 6f her stern successor. How much of (ho Christian this ought to teach us I—willing to ripen, protect and cherish (lie ef forts of those who before us have tried the narrow path of morality and Christian virtue—and still more willing to lay down the triumphs of world docked rewards, ana sink Into the grave of cold forgetful ness. EARLY MAIUUUAGES. A great deal lias boon said and written about early marriages, and many sensible and experienced indi viduals have warmly recommended (ho custom.— Hut, early marriages, os understood by these persons, does not moan the marriage of children; a mistake into which so many in theso days rail. Tho evils of these premature marriages are lasting and serious. They are well sol forth in an article frooi the pen of a lady in a recent number of the Christian Exam lncr, from which we make an extract, for the special consideration of parents whoso children ore approach Ing a marriageable ago,and for such young persons tie are in foolish haste to enter the bonds of. wed lock : ’ ' ,# lho other question wo would have urged upon the sox, relates to early marriages. Wo loavo to tho physician—who, however, .Is never thought of in connection with such events—tho whole matter of physical consequence. But the torriblo result of a sure maternal incapacity for the moral training ofo child, cannot bo exaggerated. And she who at 18 would bo at all qualified for tho full responsibilities of a mother, would bo a more rare phenomenon than any In the annals of intellectual precocity. Repeatedly it has boon our experience, In tracing out the history of sobo-Fallotf oroaturo singulaily woywaM. wsong headed, and perhaps wrong hearted to find that thisi individual was the oplld of a child I Tho mother had boon married adder seventeen*!— Tho mystery was solved. The Infant had come Into tho World to bo almost exclusively under the authority and management of one, who still needed several years of training before she wab lit to rule anywhere. Wholly Ignorant of human nature, her own character undeveloped, her temper Unsubdued, her experience nothing, nor childish dread oflhoughl or oaro, and the love of oxoUomont still clinging to l|or, not ypl sated with the pleasure of mere girlhood, she had Imagined that simply to bo a mother, bra’l with U dignity and knowledge enough for the oflltfo, Bho Usd scarcely a vague Idea of tho solemn tospon aibilities of > her new office, or conception of the oaroe with which that miraculous flower the human soul, should bo watched and tended in its urifolding. To,her the infant was a charming plaything, a live dolLto be dressed—or somolimos an annoyance and a burden. Wo feel more on this subject than wo can express: Wo used to wonder as much as we dared wonder at anything, why fools wore permitted to become mothers at all; till wo observed how tho children of very intellectual women wore sometimes mismanag. od, while tlidso of worthy unthoorizing, even weak mothers, grow up in wisdom and goodness. Dut as a general role, early marriages naturally and obvi oo»ly_muet-b»~r ~V;;^^ once', t'dcmoiency, and fatal mistakes of the girl- * mother—to say nothing of tho general unreasonable, hasty, passionate severities of tho boy-father, dated with being already head of a family!” First Rate Story for Lawyers. It is very probable that every lawyer of any note, has heard and road of the celebrated Luther Marlin, of Maryland. His great effort in (he case of Aaron Burr, as well as his displays in the United Slates, will not bo forgotten. Trifles io tho history ofgcni. us are important, os wo hopo to show in tho story. Mr. Martin was on his way to Annapolis, to at tend the Supremo Court of tho Stale. A solitary passenger wos in (ho slogo with him, and, as the weather was extremely cold, tho passengers stfon restored to conversation to divert themselves from too much sensibility to the inclement air. Tho young man know Martin by sight, and ho was also a lawyer, the thread of the talk soon began to spin itself out of legal matters. ‘Mr. Martin,’ said (ho young man, ‘I am Just on. lertng on, my career os a lawyer, can you tell mo tho secret of your great success 7 If, sir, you will give, from your experience, the key to distinction at tho Bur, I will—’ “Will what 7’ exclaimed Mr. Marlin. 'Why, sir, I will pay your expenses while you ore at Annapolis.' •Done. Stand to your bargain now, and I’ll fur nish you with the great secret of my success as o lawyer.’ The young man assented. 'Vory well,’ said Mr. Martin. ’The whole secret of my success is contained in one little maxim,which I early luld down to guide roc. If you follow U you cannot fail to succeed. It is this: Always be sure of your evidence .’ This listener was very attentive—smiled—throw himself back in a philosophical posture, and gave his brains to the annalysis with true lawyer pa licnco, of‘always bo sure of your evidence.’ It was 100 cold a night for anything to bo made pecuniarily out of the old man’s wisdom, and so the promising, adept in maxim-lcarning. gave himself to stage dreams, in which fie was knocking and push ing his way through tho world by all powerful words, 'Always be sdre of your evidence.’ Tho morning camo, and Mr. Martin, with his practical student, took rooms at the best hotel in the city. Tho only thing peculiar to the hotel In tho eyes of the young man, was that the wire bullied and the etceterae of fine living seemed to recall very viv idly the maxim about tho evidence. The young man watched Mr. Martin. Wherever eating and drinking were concerned ho was indeed a man to bo watched, especially, as ho was immod crotcly fond of the after dinner, after supper, after everything luxury of wine. A fow days were suffi oicnl to show (ho incipient legalist that'ho "would have to pay dearly for his knowledge, as Mr. Mar (in seemed resolved to make the most of his part of the contract. Lawyers, whether young or old, have legal rights and so the young man began to think of self protec tion. It was certainly a solemn duly- It ran thro’ all creation. Common to animals and men, it was a noble instinct to bo disobeyed, particularly where the hotel bills of a lawyer were concerned. The subject daily grow on the young man. It was alt absorbing to the mind and pocket. A week elapsed and Mr. Martin was ready to return to Oitlimuro. and so was the young man, but not in the same singe with his illustrious teacher. Mr. Martin approached tho counter in the bar room. Tho young man was an anxious spectator near him. ‘Mr. Clerk,* said Mr. Marlin, my young friend, Mr. , will settle my bill, agreeable to enga gement.' Tho young mao said nothing, but looked every' thing. ‘Ho will attend to it, Mr. Clerk, as wo have al ready had a definite understanding on tho subject. Ho is pledged, professionally pledged, to piy my bill,’ hurriedly repeated Mr. Marlin. * Where's your eoidence V asked tho young man. ■Evidence V sneered Mr, Martin. ‘Yes, sir, 1 said the young man, demurely. 'Al ways he sure of your evidence Mr. Marlin. Can you prove (ho bargain 7* Mr. Martin saw (bo snaro, and pulling out his pocket book, paid the bill, and with great good hu mor assured (bo young man ■You will do, sir, and got through (ho world with your profession without advice from mo/ Sllkery ot irio Skies, Me. E. /Vferiom, in a communication published in the Now York Courier and Enquires says : " On Friday 14th inst., tho high atmosphere, was brilliant during bright sunsltinc with asubstaneo re sembling white floss silk. Some of tho floating silk was in masses of the size of a hank of floss silk of (ho shops. When tjio sun shone brightly on those floating bodies'they roromblcd falling stars, such was the lustre upon (heir surfaces. 1 saw oho of these l» Broad street, Now York, that had a thread attached to it near a hundred feet in length, it was about tho size of tho thread of tho largest spider. 1 was enabled to obtain a small portion or ono of thoso floss bails, which was intercepted by tho limbs of a small bush it was passing ovar. It Is vary while, and of must delicate and beautiful fibro. A correspondent writ ing to mo from Virginia, a few days since, says the inhabitants of a mountain town in that Stale witness ed what they denominated a shower of falling stars in (ho day lime. The objects they supposed to bo falling stars or meteors may have boon a substance like that seen in our atmosphere on the 14th, above described. A few weeks ago wo rocoivod accounts from California, that the atmosphere (hero was filled with cob-wobs flying high In tho air. There are wonders everywhere—ln the high atmosphere above us, in the earth beneath us, and even in the dual wo trample under foot, fur some of (bis may have worn a crown and swayed tbosooptro ofa monarch. Buoh Is Nature—such nor harmonies, such her beauties.— Weil may it bo aaid.'bow beautiful our Eorlb.V^ Southern Method of Cooking Rice.— Wash it thoroughly In water, have a pot of water (twoquarts for every halfpinl of rice) boiling—add salt at dis cretion, put the rice in and stir ll while boiling, lot it boll for four minutes, (some say ton or fifteen,) then f our off tho water os close as you can, without,sllrr* ng the rice, sol tho pot on so/no coals and cover it up, lot it remain twenty minutes, then.dish It up.— Each grain, by this method, will bo swollen and soft, without having lost Us individuality, and the dish will bo light, palatable, and nutritious.; Those who r refer a sodden, starchy, porridgo-Hko moss, may boll I longer, and nogloot la elorfm It; A very delicate and nice breakfast roll it. made In Georgia, by mix ing hominy, boiled soft, with rice, flour and milk, in a ntiff bailer, to which an egg and salt may bo added. It Is kept over night In a bool place and baked, so as to bo brought hot on to the breakfast table. (Ej* One day as Judge Parsons w’as jogging along on horseback over a desolate road, ho' camo upon a log.hut, dirty, smoky, and mlsetablq. Ho stopped to contemplate the too evident poverty of the scone. A poor, half starved follow, with uncombed hair and uoshavon beard, thrust .hss head through a square nolo which served for a wlndow,with—'lsay, Judge I am t so poor as you. think mo to bo,, for I don’t own this ore land.’ ** OVtt OUNTRY —MAY T ALWAYS BE RIdHTOR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY/* CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY), NOVEMBER 17, 1853. The Tree that Never Fades, “Mary,” said George, “next summer I will not have a garden. Our pretty tree is dying, and I won’t love another tree as long as I live, I will have a bird next summer, and that will stay all winter.” “George, don’t you remember my beautiful ca nary 1 It died in the middle of the summer, and we planted bright flowers in the ground where we buried it. My bird did not live as long as the tree.” “Well, I don’t see as we can love anything.— Dear little'brother died before the bird, and I loved better than any bird, or tree or flower. 0 ! I | wish we coaid have something to love that wouldn’t die.” The day passed. During the school hours George had almost forgotten that their tree was dying; but at evening, as they drew their chairs to the table where their mother was sluing, and began to arrange the seeds that they had been gathering, tho remembrance df the tree came upon them. “Mother,” said Mary, “ you may givo these ecoda to cousin John; 1 never want another gar. den !” “Yes,’* added George, pushing the papers in which he had carefully folded them towards his mother, “you may give them away. If 1 could And some seeds of a tree that would never fade, 1 should like then to have a garden. I wonder, mother, if theie ever was such a garden 1” “Yes, George, I have read of a garden where the tree never dies.” “A real garden, mother V* “Yes, my son. In the middle of the garden, I have been,told, rons a pure river of water, clear as crystal, and on each side of (he river is the tree of life— a tree that never fades. That garden is heaven . There you may love and love forever.— There will be no death—no fading there. Let your treasures be in the tree of life, and you will have something to which your hearts can cling without fear and without disappointment. Love the Saviour here, and he will prepare you to dwell in those green pastures and beside those still wa ters.” BEST THINGS, DV FANNY FERN. 1 have a horror of “best” things, come they in the shape of 4hocs, garments, bonnets, or rooms. In such a harness, my soul peers restlessly out, asking “if Ibe 1.” I’m puzzled to find myself. 1 become stiff and formal and artificial as my sur* roundings. . °f a ll the best things, spare mo that inflic tion of a best room.” Out upon a carpel too fine to tread upon, books too dainty to handle, sofas that but mock your weary limbs, and curtains that dare not face a ray of sun light! Had 1 a house there should be no “best room” in it. No upholsterer should exercise comfort, or children from my door sill. The free frcsh’air should bo welcome to play through it; tho bright glad sunshine to lighten and warm it; while fresh mantle flowers should woo us visits from hum ming-bird and drowsy bee. For pictures, I'd lopk from out my window upon a landscape painted <by the Great Master, ever fresh, ever varied, and never marred by onvrous “cross lights;” now wreathed in morning's silvery mist; now basking in noon’s broad beam; now flushed with sunset’s golden glow ; now sleeping in dreamy moonlight. For statuary, fill my house with children—rosy, dimpled, laughing; now tossing their sunny ring lets from open brows; now veiling their merry eyes in slumberous dreams, ’neath snow white lids; now sweetly grave, on bended knees, with clasped hands, and lisping words of holy prayer. Did I say I’d have nothing “beat Pardon me, Sunday should be the best day of all the sev en; not ushered In with the ascetic form, or length ened face, or stiff and rigid manners. Sweetly upon the still Sabbath air should float tho matin hymn of happy childhood; blending with early songs of birds, and wafted upward, with flowers’ incense, to Him,whose very name is Love. It should bo no day for puzzling tho half devoted brain of childhood with gloomy creeds, to shake the simple faith that prompts (he innocent lips to say, “Our Father.” It should bo no day to ait upright on stiffbacked chairs, till the golden sun should set. No; the birds should not bo mote welcome to warble, the flowers to drink in the air and sunlight, or (he trees to toes their little limbs, free and fetterless. “I’m so sorry that to-morrow is Sunday !" From whence does this sad lament issue 1 From under yuur roof, oh, mistaken but well-moaning Christian parents; from the lips of your child whom you compel to listen to two or three unintelligible sermons, sandwiched between Sunday schools and finished oil at nightfall by tedious receptions of of creeds and catechisms, 'till sloop releases your weary victim! No wonder your child shudders, when the minister tells him that “Heaven is one eternal Sabbath.” Oh, mistaken parent! relax the over strained bow—prevent the fearful bound, and make the Sabbath what God designed it, not a wearisome, but the ü bctl and happiest day of all the seven." Puxsllug a Doctor* Or. M., an army surgeon, was very fond of a joke, (if not perpetrated at his own expense,and had moreover a great contempt for citizen ofltcera, who wore renowned m(yo (or their courage than their scholarship. One day at moss, when the decanter had per formed sundry strange and novel perambulations of the table, Captain S., a bravo and accomplished officer, and a great wag, remarked to (ho doctor, who hod boon very eovero In his remarks on (ho literary deficiency of somo of the new off.ccrs. “Dr. M.,aro you acquainted with Oapt. G 1" “Yes, I know him well," replied (ho Doctor; “he is one of tho now sol. Dul what of himl" “Nothing in particular," returned Captain S. “1 have just received a letter from him, and I'll wa ger you a dozen bottles of old port that you can’t guess in six guesses how ho spoils cat." “Done," said tho Doctor, “its a w'ngor." “Well, commence guessing," said Capt. S. “K, a, double t." “No." “K, Q, to." “No; try again." “0, a, double I, o." “No; you’vo missed it again.*’ “Well, then," returned the Doctor, “C, a, dou ble l." “No, that's nol llio way; try again—it’s your last guess,” “0, o, g, h, I.” “No, that’s not tho way, you've lost tha wa gor.” - “Well," said tho Doctor, with much polulonoo of manner,” how does ho spell ill” “Why, ho spells it o, a, t,” replied S., with tho utmost gravity, amid tho roars'of (ho moss. Almost choking with rago tho Doctor sprang to his feet, exclaiming i “Captain S., l am too old a man to bo trifled with in this manner.” Poktov.— Tho bpe through many a garden roves,hums tho lays of courtship o'er; but when he finds the flower ho loves, ho settles there and hums no more. CUSTOMS OF the: fegbb islands. I A’work recently publißhct) in London, entitled; ‘Crulso among tho Islands of tho Northern Pacific,' by Captain Ersklno, contains some spirited doacrlp- 1 lions, of the habits and customs of tho natives of that 1 region.. Tho captain visited the Samoan Islands,' where tho'mlsslonarlcs publish a newspaper in tho native language, whoro ho found tho inhabitants very peaceable, and so little disposed to war that, wore they attacked, thoy would probably praclico tbo in junctions of tho Peace Society. Very different from those inoffensive folk, and affording a striking con trast to them, aro tbo inhabitants of the Fegco Islands, among whom cannibalism prevailed until quito re cently* and is still far from unknown. Lying of£lbe shore at night, you will hoar a drum boating tap aAap, tap a-tap, tap^a-tap—it is the death drum of a can* nibal feast. Not only do the Fogeans eat their prls onors taken in war, but tho same horrible doom awaits tho wretched victims of shipwreck. Vainly may.tho stranded mariner present himself as a casual traveller requiring.hospitality—the hungry villagers delcctfwlinl they torm 'salt water in his eyes,* and springlike tigers on thoir proy. So habitual indeed has been tho practice, that tho missionaries say tho Fogoan language contains no word for a simple corpse but llio term used implies tho idea of food, Just as wo might havo no other word than mutton to describe our sheep. It is oven assorted that at periods of scarcity families will exchange children for (his hor* rible purpose. Cut tho ordinary mode of obtaining a supply in lima of poaco is by kidnapping, and as the nosh of wonon is preferred to thul of mon,lhcso raids generally fall upon tho softer sox. We shall quoto ono narrative from the many horrors related by Captain Erskino, because the noblo conduct of tho English woman in somo degree mitigates its re volting features. Thakombcau, tho chieftain of Bau, having to givo a return banquet, has surprised and captured fifteen women who oamo down to tho beach to pick shell-fish for food. ■ 'On Sunday, tho 39th of July, 1849, tho hollow sound of the awful 'lai,' or sacred drum, boro across (ho water to Viwa, the intelligence that a cargo of human-' victims had arrived in Bau, and a native Christian chief, (1 believe Namcsomalan,) who bad quitted tho capital to bring the information to tbo shuddering ladies, whoso husbands were absent at Bau, in Madalwood Bay, in Vanua Leuv, on (heir usual annual meeting, the whole of (ho circumstan ces of the capture. In tbo course of the day, reports as to tho intentions of tho authorities wore brought over, bat in tho evening came a definite one, that all wore to bo slaughtered on (ho morrow. 'And'fhcn was enacted o scene which ought to bo ever memorable in tho history of this mission. •On tho Monday morning, Mrs. Lylh and Mrs. Cul vert, accompanied by tho Christian chief above men. lloncdj embarked in a canoo for Bau, to savo tho lives oflho doomed victims. Each carried a whale's tooth decorated with ribbons, a necessary offering on preferring a petition to a chief, for even in (ho exciting moment, Ihoso admirable women did nut neglect tho'ordinary means of succeeding in tlioir benevolent object. - As they landed at tho wharf, not fur froni-lhc house of old Tano, tho father of Tha kombarfj and in this instance too person to whom they were to address themselves, the shrieks of two women then being slaughtered for the day’s enter tainment chilled their blood, but did not daunt their resolution. They wore yet In time to eavo a remnant of the sacrifice! Ten had boon killed and eaten, one had ditfd of her wounds, the life of one girl had been begged by Thakomhan’s principal wife to whom sho was dowered as a slave, and throe only remained,— iRegSrdiJSS ofaha sanctityof the place, boued’ to women, they forced themselves into Tanoa'e chamber, who demanded with astonishment at their temerity, wliaf these women'did therb 7 The (y adopted oliarabtor, answered for them, (hat they camo to solicit tho lives of tho surviving prisoners, ot the same time presenting (ho two whale's teeth.— Tanoa, apparently still full of wonder, look np one of these, and turning to a messenger desired him to carry it immediately to Novindi, (tho executioner,) and ask 'if it were good. 1 A few minutes were pass ed in onxioos suspenno. Tho messenger returned, and 'it is good, 1 was Nuvindi’e answer. Tho women's cause was ; gained, and old Tonoa thus pronounced hie judgment—‘Those who are dead, are dead, those who nrc alive, shall live.’ With their three rescued fellow creatures these heroic women retired and al ready had (ho-satisfaction of experiencing that their daring efforts had produced a more than hoped for effect: A year or two ago, no volco but that of do 'rision would have been raised against them, but now, on returning to Ihctr canoe, they wore followed by numbers of Uicir own sot blcssjng them for their exertions, and urging (hem to persevere.’ Medals of bumano coddles and whit not—how trumpery ore such decorations compared with a memory like this ! But cannibalism is only one phase of the general blood thirstiness of llicso savage Islanders. When the king builds a house, a man is burled alive at the foot of each post, to insure the stability of tho edifice. At the (loath of a chief, one or more of his wives aro invariably strangled, and tho chiefs themselves, when grown old or infirm, ore buried alivo, (heir wives in such oases being previously pul to death and thrown into tho gravo to make a bed for their doomed lord. Tho women, indeed, often made U a point of honor to die In (his manner, and reject (ho efforts of (ho missionaries to save (hem. In order that canoes may bo fortunate, they aro frequently launched over the bodies of living slaves, as rollers. Thoro aro instan ces ofall those oUrocilica In (ho very Interesting nor. relive of John Jackson, an English sailor, Who lived a'prisonor in those Islsnds for two years, and they are amply confirmed by the captain’s own personal observation. Bat, in Jackson’s homely language, these horrors are too revolting for quotation. v , Tho object of Co plain Erskino’s crulso was the en couragement and protection of commerce, and wo regret to loam that tho whilo trappers ot those boss aro 100 often disgraced by treachery and cruelty worthy of tho Fegco Islanders. A principal article of traffic is sandalwood, and the foulest moans are sometimes adopted to obtain it—natives of one island being kidnapped and carried off to out it in another, whore (hoy oro then abandoned to their fate. Tho mate of a Sydney vessel boasted of having shot six men, os ho sailed along the coast of Eromaogo, one of the now Hebrides, merely in order to spoil the market for those who might come after him. In 1631, the commander of a French vessel, to obtain facilities for trading, permitted an island chioftocook and oat the body of an enemy on board his very shin. What wqnder that in a subsequent dispute with his ally ho wsß'himself, together with tho gioalor part of his crow, subjected to a like fate 7 The white residents, moreover, are in the habit of purchasing and maintaining female slaves—the common price being u musket, and (ho missionaries complain (hat oven Christian women are sometimes thus bought, and, of court), fsorchcd, into concubinago, by English men. Such pldrsons are by law amenable to Ibo courts of Now South Wiles, but the distance or pro lixity of (ho necessary proceedings render the juris diction almost nugatory. Enkrqv and Victory.—' Tho,longer I live the more I am cortaln'that tho groat aifibronco between men —between the fcoblo and the powerful—tho groat and the insignificant—in energy—invincible deter mination. A purpose onoo fixed, and then—death or victory! That quality will do anything that can bo done In thla'world; and' no talents, no clroum alanoos, nb opportunities, will moke a two-legged creature a man without it.— Buxton, CCj* A' Persian philosopher being asked by wbal method ho ocqulrod bo ttfuolt knowledge, pnsworod, by nol bolng prevented by shame (Vom asking quo*- lions when I was ignorant.* (TT Tho idea of happiness differs wilhAlifforonl odoplo. A fortune hunter once wrote to a friend t— “Congratulate mo,- Horry, for I am tho happiest bo. Jng In the world, X married yesterday, and will soon reach the econo oflorrcßtlal bliss—lots of mon ey and a fool for <t wife.” A Liolc Bade* Four lawyers practiced in the same oonrt in North Carolina—their names wore Hilmon, Swine, Dews and Dodge. While the last named was making a speech in a cause, the first three wrote on a strip of paper an epitaph, and cast it directly before Mr. Dodge whore ho must necessarily see it, as follows: Hero lies Dodge, who dodg’d all good And he dodg'd a deal of evil; Who, after dodging all ho could, He could not dodge tho devil. Ho raised the paper—read it and instantly composed tho following: Hero lies a Hilmon and a Swain, Whoso lol'lot no man choose ; They lived in bin and died in vain, And tho devil got his Dews (duos.) A Legal Anecdote.— Tho following anecdote used to bo related by the Hon. Jeremiah Mason, of New. Hampshire, and it is said to have occurred at Portsmouth : Thord is a well-known custom prevailing in our criminal courts, assigning counsel to such prisoners as have no one to defend thorn. On ono occasion, the court finding a man accused of theft, and with out counsel, said to a wag of a lawyer, who was present, 'Mr. , please withdraw with tho prisoner, confer with him, and givo him such coun sel as may bo beat for his interests.’ Tho lawyer and client withdrew, and in fifteen minutes the lawyer returned into court alone. ‘Where is tho prisonerP asked the court. 'Ho has gone, your nondr told mo Id give him the best advice I could for his interest; and as ho said bo was guilty, I thought the best counsel 1 could offer him was to 'cut and run,' which ho look at once.' Triumph of Learning. -—Mind constitutes the majesty of man—virtue his true nobility. Tho tide of improvement which is now flowing through tho land, Hko another Niagara, Is destined to roll on downward to tho latest posterity; and U will boar, then, on its bosom, our virtues, our vices, our glory, or our shame, or whatever else wo rosy transmit as an inheritance. It, then, in a great measure, de pends upon the present, whether the moth of immor ality or ignorance and luxury shall prove tho over throw of the republic; or knowledge and virtue, like pillars, shall support her against the whirlwind of war, ambition, corruption, and tho remorseless tuulh •of lime. Give your children fortune without educa tion, and at least half the number will go down to tho tomb of oblivion—perhaps to ruin. Give them education and they will accumulate fortunes ; they will bo a fortune to (homsolvos and to their country. It is an inheritance worth more Alban gold—‘for it buys (rue honor—(hay can never spend or loss it, and through life it proves a friend—in death, a con solation. “Woman Sraßßs.” —Darnum is a thorough going T lolallor. Ho oven wants the ladies to givo up their Tea, and insinuates that they can get T’d as well upon that as upon draughts of stronger stuff! Hoar how ho came down upon the fragrant plant from which our most delicious table beverage is distilled, at tho late World’s Temperance Convcn lion.in Now York : “Tea has tho nervine property, and wo eco its ef fect upon women when they go to tea parlies. Tea patties ore. -when they have taken around a strong cup of tea, just drop in, and you will And thorn so garrulous and talkative that you would think that tho ship which brought tho lea from China had brought (ho language also.” (Cf“ I ask again, what is happiness 1 It ain’t be ing Idle, (bat’s a fact—no idle man or woman ever was happy since tho world began. Eve was idle, and that’s the way sho got tempted, poor critter; employment gives both appolito and digestion.— Duty makcq.. pleasure doubly sweet by contrast. When tho harness is off, if the work ain't 100 hard, a critter likes to kick up his heels. When ploasurk is tho business of life, it ceases to to pleasure ; and when it’s all labor and no play, work, like an un* stuffed saddle, cuts frfto the very bona. Neither la bor oor idleness has a road that loads to happiness —ono has no room for tho heart, and (ho other cor rupts it. Hard work is tho best of tbo two, for that has, at all events, sound sleep—the other has rest loss pillows and unrofroshing sloop ; ono is a misfor tune, tho other is a ourso, and money ain’t happi* noss, that’s os clear as thud.— Sam Slick. Tho “Slalo of Matrimony” has at last been bounded and described by some out West student, who soys: “It is one of tho United Stales. It is bounded by hugging and. kissing on one side, and cradles and babies on the other, its chief productions are population, broomsticks and staying out lute at night. It was discovered by Adam and Eve, while trying to find*n passage out of paradise. The cli mate is sultry (ill you cross (he equinoxial line of house-keeping, when squally weather seisin with such power os to keep nil hands cool as cucum bers. For the principal roads loading to this in teresting State, consult tho (fret pair of bright eyes you run against." Do not bo afraid ot diminishing your own hap piness by seeking that of others. Ho who labors wholly for (ho benefit of others, and, as it wore,' forgets himself, is far happier than the man who mattes himself tho solo object of all bis affections and exertions. Quito a comfortable period of a man's life, la when ho has a pretty utile wife, one beautiful child, more ready cash than ho well knows what to do with, o' good oonsbionco, and not oven in debt with tho printer. Man.— Man is like a enow bull. Leave him in idleness against the sunny fence of prosperity, and all (ho good that's in hint molts like fresh butler in hot days; but kick him around and ho gather's his strength with every (evolution until ho grows to an avalanche. To rriuko a figure In (ho world, yutf must keep moving. (fj’Old Squire B——-was ©looted Judge of the inferior Court of some county in Georgia. When ho wont homo his delighted wife exclaimed— 'Now, thy dear, you are Judge, what am I 7* 'The same darned fool you oilers was,' war tho port reply.' EoiToaiAi. Lira.—A newspaper may bo destroyed at night. It may light d cigar, it may Curl a lady's hair. Ah, only think of that girls. Ao editor's thoughts, completely, sweetly, exquisitely wreathed in your rich tresses, and—yes, nestling down with you in your midnight slumbers, gently to guard and peacefully keep watch over your happy dreams.' dl/’Saxo gives tho following advice to the rising generation : In going lo'parlios Just mind what you’re at, Oowaro of your head, and tako core of your hat, Lost you find that a favorite eon of your mother Has an ache in tho ono and a brick in other. Education docs not commence with tho alpha bet. It begins with a mother's look—with a fa thor'a nod of approbation or sign of reproof—with a sister's gontlo pressure of tho hand, of a brother's noble act of forbearance—with handfuls of flowers In groon and daisy meadow—with bird's nests ad mired but nol touched—with creeping ants and al most imperceptible emmets—with bumming boos and glass boohivoa—with pleasant walksinshady lanes—and with thoughts directed in sweet and kindly tones, and words to mature to aolsofbono volonoo, to deeds of virtue, and lo the sense of Oil good, to God himself. AT $9 00 PER ASRUM awO sniM. Help the poor. Time ie money. An evil lesson is soon learned. Debt is the worst kind of poverty. A quiet tongue shows a wise head^ Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. An idle brain IS the devil’s workshop. Anger dietb quickly with a good man. With the humble there is perpetual peace.^ A little body often doth harbor a great soul. “Haste not, rest hot,*’ was the motto on Qoetha’a ring. Wo know well only what has coat ns (rouble to learn. About $75,000 have been subscribed to the Get* tysbog railroad. Meddle not with the affairs of others, but attend diligently to your own. As soon as ago shall have strengthened your limbs and mind, you may swim without a cork. It is said* that the “pillars 1 ’ of liberty are stuffed with the feathers of the American eagle. Lucy Stone, at last dates, was lecturing to “ young men” on intemperance and the use of to* bacco. c It is but fair that he who entreats a pardon for his faults, should be ready to grant one in his turn. The man who pul on a “serious frame of mind,” finds that some of the limbers are not well Joined. The devil is always most busy with thosp who aie the most idle, if they don { l work, be wifi. A mind uncultivated will run (o waste, as sure as a neglected garden will be full of weeds and croples. Fishermen, it is said, possess oxtraorclfhafy medical powers, for they never attempt to cure a fish until it is dead. Charles Dickens computes that one-sixth of the English people gain their Ilvblfhooif irbin too trade of the Uuiled States. The roan who “couldn’t contain himself,” was found, upon inquiry, to contain about a quart of the fluid extract of corn ! Punch says he once saw a father knock down his boy, and thought it the moat striking picture of “sun-down” ho ever beheld. ' A toast given a few years ago for the shoe and leather manufacturers of Danves: “May they have all the women in the country to shoe and the men to 6yot.” Happiness is not ih a collage, not a palace, nor in riches, nor in poverty, nor in learning, nor m ignorance, nor passive life; but in doing right from light motives. The dog who always, runs down In too areas whenever he sees a fiatisage wagon has heeh pur chased by the humane society, who supposes bis barb is good fo t medical purposes. There dre now surviving about fourteen hundred Revolutionary pensioners, dll o t whom are regular ly drawing- their pay from the Treasury of the United Stoles. God pity the man or woman who has nothing to dot idleness is the mother of more misery and crime than all other causes ever thought of, or dreamed of by the profoundesl thinker or tbe wild est theorist. “If you marry,” said a Roman consul to his sob,' “let it be a woman who has judgement enough to superintend the getting of a meal of victuals, taste enough to dress herself, pride enough to wash be fore breakfast, and sense enough to bold ber guo when she has nothing to say. A.temperanco society among tho clerks At Washington, has been started. You may disbelieve, but you should never con tradict a lady. Make not your opinions tho criterion of right and wrong, but make right and wrong the criterion of your actions and principles. People who “ fall in love,” generally injure themselves for life. Injuries to the ribs are per petual. Images of Saints arc seen in every Russian house* but In houses of 111 repute tho law requires them to bo veiled. A married German Jody near Lancaster, lately threshed twenty shocks of wheal in oqo day; aHoc which, tho neighbors wore thockcd by her husband thrashing her. Tho penalty for keeping open PublioJHouses on the Sabbath, Is $4, one half of which goes to the Informer, Tho man who couldn’t “trust his feelings,” is supposed to do business strictly on the cash prin ciple. ‘ “Old ago is coming upon mo rapidly,” as the urchin said when ho was stealing apples Iroih an old man's garden, and saw the owner doming fu riously, with cowhide in hand. The Russian clergy arc ignorant and immoral. Tho priestly office is regarded as a moans of esca ping slavery, and (ho priests pass nearly half their lives in a state of intoxication. I If you dofi’l wfsh lo got ongry, never argue with a blockhead. Remember the duller (he razor, the moro you cut yourself,” Thanksgiving in Kentucky on the 2ilh of No vember. This is iho (ouih State (fio'r observes that day. Over two-th/rds of tho merabdrs of thq next Con grosa will servo for (heir first tune fn that capaol- !□ Belgium, there is a nunnery which contains nine hundred nuns. What a sum of waited lift! > Tnonly-tfvo or thirty pounds of blood, is the usual quantity in a common sized body. Indis-rubbor tires for couth Wheels is the last now Invention. ' Haunted houses—ln which there arc half a do zen good looking gals. A London Pliyslolan if moA wouldwoat their beards in winter, eoro Ihtoala would no out' 4 offashion. " it The middle aged lady of respectable connedtlod* “who never nursed a. (roe or, flower,” has.gone Soqth, to tftarry the blacksmith by Whbln *tho last link was broken,** - 1 The gentleman who “burst Into tears” on read ing tho description of iho happiness Of married life, has been, restored to donsclouaqess by being hooped by.’a’weeding . A young man without money is like a steam boat without fuel. He can’t go ahead. t Among the ladles he is like (ho moon on o cloudy nighty he can’t shine. .'IHi ~1/ ' NO. H:
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