BY JOHN B. BRATTON. YOL. 40. port uni. BONO OF THE LONE HKART. BY MRS. SABAH T. BOLTON. Tull mo not llial time can BOtcr Fond affection's golden chain, Toll mo not that wo shall'nevor Love as wo have loved again. When I left* my native bower, • 1 could joy to thoo Import, Now, porolionco, another flower Caste its fragrance o’er thy heart. Toil and csro could never movo mo, Nor could others blame or praise, If I know that thou didst love me, As thdu didst in. other days. Are tby promises all broken. Is thy heart do longer mine, la uffeclm’a mystic token Offered st another sbrino 7 Then, this heart that thou hast riven, Trembilng in its wild unrest, Still will wing (hy name to heaven, Asking that thou may bo blest. Yes, though thou hast coldly taken All (hat made life bright lu mo, Faded, wrccliod, alone forsaken, 1 will live to pray for (lice. OKI I TOUCH THOSE THRILLING CHORDS AGAIN. as bono bt DBUPeren. Oh 1 (ouch those thrilling chords agr.in, And sing that tong once mure, •Tie one I loved In other days, And used to sing of yore. When this heart was sunlight all and bloom) Anti free as wild bird’s wing, ’Twoa then 1 loved to hear iho song 'that bow I bid.thco sing, Thou eay’st It la a simple thing, And has no charm for thee, Oh S thou can never, never know, How dear it Is to mo. ' Thou cannot know tho memories That wako In ovory strain, Then smile, not at my earnestness, But sing ilo’t-r again. it was the first, the first awbol tong Of one who cared for mo, I learned it from the lips of lovo When stare wero on Iho sea. But tho tninstroi’e hand is cold and male, And silent is that lulo, And the hallow’d lips whence flowed that sang, Aro now forever mule. Ob ! many fond remembrance, Aio bloodied in that lay, And each toft (one wafts my full heart To tccnos in IJfo’s young day. Theft loach Ihesilvercordod lato, And sing that song once more, ‘Twaft dung to me by my beloved, ■ In happy day.yfyoTo. JWteccUnnroilo. A TEXAN RANGER’S BEST SHOT. tVilson otid Csmoron stood apart from tlioir oom pmions. With folded arms and thoughtful counte nances, they watched the shadow of the night steal ing over lake add chapparel. *An hour like this oeata a spoil upon my spirit,’ said Camcrou. *1 lovo to sco iho gUro on day fade away, and give place to the dim, placid twilight.' 'I have a similar feeling,* replied Winson,‘but I like night best when mare advanced toward the (.mall hours, and the moon and Iho stars arc brightly beaming.' Cameron mado no reply, and (ho parlies remained silent. Wilson was the first to speak. •Thai’s o heavy rifle of your’s,' lie said, glancing ot a weapon upon which Oambron was loaning. *1 dare say it has been of service to you in it’s time V 'No money could induce me to part with il, be cause I have proved its metal oh many occasions.— Did 1 over toll you of an adventure that 1 had once near Red River 7* ‘You never did. 1 should like to hear it/ said Wilson. 'Several years otro, resumed Cameron, 'I was hunt. Ing near brass Timbers, not tar ftdm Red River.— The Indiana wbrb (lien troublesome and unfrequont ly committed their depredations upon the frontier settlements, but I was fond of hunting and cared for (hem, willing to trust to my own courage and ingenuity in any emergency that might occur. F carried this same rifle*, and was called one of thu boat shots in the country. ■Many people said the piece woS 100 heavy fur fcnm mon use, but 1 accustomed to'it, and It didn’t fcbl bitrdonsomo to mo. and when I fired it was sure to do the right thing, fur wlnil onimil emild carry off an ounce and a half of load, skillfully sped on it’s errand 7’ ‘Having discovered Indian signs one day, I thought it best to change my hunting ground, and so pul a considerable distance between mo and the spot, and encamped on a wide prairie, bounded on the oast by the ‘Cross Timbers.' Nut long after this event. 1 was sitting an tho bank of a email stream, resting my weary limbs after a long and fatiguing hunt, when 1 was fired upon and slightly wounded. •I was fortunate onouglrto discover tho marksman, who proved to bo an Indian, of what tribe 1 do not now remember. I instantly shot him dead, and then perceived that ho was not alone, fur one of his brot h ren was with him, who mode good bis escape. Time passed on, and I was undisturbed in my amusements for a tong lime. 'One day not feeling very well, I returned to my camp sooner than usual. 1 laid down to sleep, but could not. I felt uneasy and nervous,and so atoso and went on the prairie. The grass was now very (all, and tho hot suns of tho season had dried >1 until ilwas crispy, and rattled as I walked through It.— I ascended a gentle ewfll and looked around mo.— Tho scene was a grand one. On one hand were the 'Cross Timbers* dimly soon In the distance, resemb ling a dense wall of wood built by human hands, while in every other direction tho praino stretched rwayod until lost in tho distance. Tho sun was getting low, and looked Ilka a sunset on (ho sea.— As my oyos, wandered from point lo point, Ihoy wore suddenly fixed upon a solitary figure several hundred yards distant, at the foot of tho long swell or roll upon whloh I was standing. *llo stood In an open space, and I at first wondered how that could be, as the grass was so high in ovary ulhor place, but. tho affair soon explained Itself.— More careful examination showed mo that tho soli. Ury object was on Indian, and his object In packing up the dry grass was evident, ho was going to liro the prairie I II was doubtless tho same follow that had escaped at the time J had boon fired on. Ho had discovered my retreat and was about lo rovougo himself In a singular manner. * 'The wind was blowing fresh towards nib, and if tho grass had boon sol on fire, no newer on earth could have savod mo, or the fleetest horso could not run fail enough to escape Its devouring flames. A. terrible dread of death came over mo. 1 stood llko one fascinated and gated at the preparations of tho savage. Ho atood at tho middle of tho open space he had made with a blazing torah in his hand. In numerable thoughts rushed through my mlpd in an instant of time. I was never so ooniftlololy paralyz ed arid'slupiflod before In all my life. power of i thought" seemed to bo Iho only power left mo, and. that war stimulated to an unnatural degree. The past, present and future, wore reviewed pud specu* Uted upon in that brief and broken fragment of lima in which the savage stood waiting for. the brand to barn more brighter before ho .thrustK-ihio tho grass; •Yce, my destiny was to bo burned I’Bomo hunter or traveler would find my body charred of blackened; and'othors after o time would pass my bones bleach* ing in the sun. ‘I shuddered, my eyes foil hot, my throat was dry and I imagined,that 1 fell tho flames creeping over mo. If it hod been danger that I could hovo bat tled with, or if I could have scon anjf chance for escape depending upon my own exertions, It would have boon different, but now all I - could do, was to stand and slaro tho moat dreadful of all deaths in tho fuco. ‘You must romorabor that all ibcso ideas and re* flections rushed through my mind in the shortest ap prociablo space of time, fur you must know that tho sudden prospects of groat danger from which there is no apparent mode of escape, imparl to (ho bruin a horrible faculty of thought, of which (ho mind at ease can form ho possible conception. *1 closed my eyes in prayer, and commended my soul to God, but it was impossible forme to close my oyoa against the one groat and absorbing Idop. in ray mind—that .of being burnt up like a vijp reptile that crawls ip the weeds. ‘My lips unclosed, and as they did so, my oyes rested-upon my trujty rifle, it was tho first limo I hud thought of it, for tho distance was great between me and the enemy, but now it looked like an old friend, and the only ono that had the power to sava me. ■I embraced the thought that the eight of my rifle called up—a species of joy which is nearly over powered by an antagonizing feeling ‘One chance still remained—a email chance it woe, true, but still a cbancc. acd dispoir cannot par ulyzo and subbduo tho heart, while ovdn one faint hope remains. I lifted tho Instrument upon which hung roy destiny. As my glanco ran over the in tervening distance, I fell how desperate indeed was my prospect of life, for a hundred good mockemcn might try their skill in vain In aiming at art object so fur off. Then I remembered that my weapon was uncommon calibre and weight, and would throw ft ball further than any I had over soon. I recollected also thot 1 hid loaded it that very day with uncom mon care, and for a long shot. ‘Tho Indian moved the torch, and was about to apply It to the combustible material, there Was no nine to lose. Tho rifle oatno to roy shoulder quick and firm, and 1 btoccd up my nerves for a Bloody aim, with a strong effort of tho will. 1 looked through the ‘double sights, ’ and tho muzzle covered the Indian s head. My heort flocmcd to e’op boatinz, held id tho grasp of that terrible suspense. It was P u [ ““ j nß i not—l , hcn lho riflo ®cnl on ounce ond a hair of load on its mission with a crack that was unusually loud and sharp, and a recoil which throw mo back a few paces. *Tho smoke curled away, but I dsrod not look. 1 hand slowly across my forehead, for roy brulctfvaß throbbing painfully. Every moment I cx pcclctf.lo bo greeted by a dense smoko from tho burning prairie, am! to hoar the hissing of the burn* ing flame, but nothing of lho bind occurcd, and I ventured to look towards lho spot whore the savage had stood with his torch, I look courage, reloaded my rifle, and hastily walked towards tho place. •I reached it—the Indian lay upon his back—the brand half extinguished, beside him, an ounce and a half of lead had passed through his head. I sank down • ovarpowared Hh gratitude, oodthe various emotions which such an incident was calculated to inspire. This was the greatest shot I over made, and probably shall never equal it agnin. Can you Wonder that I am attached to (ho riflo 7* •Not at all,’ said tlio Captain earnestly. *1 should never part with It, if il was mine.’ Winter Evenings* A winter evening Is like an orange fully rip?. It is partitioned into Irom three to six hours, accord ing lo our habits, each of which is distinct in its offices, and like 'tlio quarters’ of that favorite fruit, can bo peeled out without draining a drop from the others, Aud every hour is full uf juicy, luscious cooling minutes, that dcsolvu away into tlio oxpori. ences cf wise people, comforting and blessing on their way, as the oronge-pulp does tho palate of (ho schoolboy. A winter evening out may bo very profitable, and very cnlctuining, but at homo il is golden, and its winged hours urc dripping with humble joys. Lcctuics, concerts, Ac., ore very well in their way ; they nro a grout comfort lo bachelors and mistaken couples, who do not live, but board, and to truvullcrs sojourning for a day or two. But why families should desert their glowing fires and parlors warmed lo just tho desired heal is a murvut. Why a man of taste should cal dry broad and runcid butler on the soiled clothes of eating houses, is a wonder, when the table at homo smokes with hut dished and savory mortals. Why one should prefer the hard seals in a theatre, the b’hoys ‘hi lu’-ing m the gallery, and tho pit murmuring with crunched poa-nuts, thu ‘stars’ tearing tlioir passions to tatters, and the minor actors by tlioir ■nanerism offending the oar, and thoif unapt make up wearying tire eye like a bad perspective, before the same drama, taken at one’s case at homo, ilia curtain dropping for (ho apples to come In just when ho willow the tedious scenes shortened to his Inslc, and (ho company Just those ho loves best, ot none at all, as ho prefers—this, too, is a porpolual marvel Young mon should make much of tlioir winter ovoning. They nro (ho school hours appended to their business days, to that nano nood lack an edu cation. Some, indeed, have no evenings, and a sad lime they have of It. But there ore many who, In thfepo leisure evenings, have made themselves mas. lors\of one or two modern languages, acquired a familiarity with several practical sciences, and.ycry greatly enlarged the circumloronce of llioir.goncrul knowledge. An hour a day works wondflte for a l uurnor in any department, and a good hooKjvhli a manlj earnestness uf purpose surprises lilmkal the year’s end with the length of tho road travelled over. When one conics to appreciate the value of his ovo nings at humo, lie will know how highly to prizo the privileges that are alfurdcd by lectures, schools and libraries. Tj* Always look on Iho bright side of things.— You’ll livo longer, have bailor digestion, earn more wages, and bo ton (imos an popular among tho la-> dies. Ho who lakes this view ofllfoand things, Is about sure to livo in oiovor, stop into a very big for tune, and gn to (ho parson with tho prettiest piece of dimity this side of Jordan. 03* A sick man, ©lightly convalescing, imagined himself lo bo in conversation with a pious friend, congratulating him upon his recovery and asking him who his physiaian was. Ho replied—‘Dr. brought mo through.’ ‘No, no.* said tlio friend, 'God brought you out of your illness, not the Doc tor.’ ‘Wall,’ ho replied, 'may bo ho did, but I am certain that tho Doctor will ohargo mo for It.' fTj* A now married couple wont lo Niagara on a visit, and tho gentleman, in order to convince his dear that ho was bravo as wotl us gallant, resolved (o go down Into tho ‘cavo of tlio wind.’ Sho of course objected; but finding that ho was determined, aflbo tlonaloly requested him to leave his pocket book and watch behind. /tj* A friend gave us the other day a specimen of delicate Insinuation. Two follows wore quarrelling ope,day, one of thorn being darit.sUlnood. After sbtnp wrangling, a friend of Folrrkin slopped up lo him, and (old lilnMo (oil tho other follow ho liad nlggor blood in iiThls veins. ‘1 halo to do so,' said Fpirskln. ‘You osn {minuets,! taqkon,* ropljod the other. 'Look hero I* said Fplfskin, addressing his an n ?.*’** • a y. | lQthlhg pgin you or your blood— all I’vo got (o say Is this. If they*ll dig tlown four fool whar your graudfalhot was burlod, Choy’ll' find wool !' ' * , • ~ t “ OUR OUNTKY—MAY T ALWAYS BE ftldHT—DOtf-RiaUTOR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY/JANUARY 26, 1854. The SaoroOnesi of Tears, Thoro fs a sacreddcss in (oars. They oro not (bo mark of weakness, nor of power. They ore the messengers of overwhelming grief, of. deep conlri*’ lion, of, unspeakable love. If 1 there wore any ar gumonts to prove that man is not mortal, I would look for it in (be strong convulsive emotions of (ho breast, when (he soul has bcondeeply agitated, when tho fountains of fooling are rising and when, the (ears are gushing forth in crystal streams. Ob, speak not harshly to the stricken oho ‘weeping in silence? brook not tho deep solemnity by' rude laughter, or inlruaivo stops. Despise hot woman’s (oars—they ore what made her on angel, - Scoff not If tho stern heart of manhood is sometimes molt ed to tears of sympathy—they ore what elevate him above (ho brulo. I lovo to see tears, of affection.— They are painful tokens, but still most holy. There is a pleasure in tears—an awful pleasure. ' If there was none on earth to shod for me, I should bo loath to IIvu: and if no ono to woop over my grave, I could never dio in peace. The Brlda* Weddings seem to boos ‘plenty as blackberries’ In those days—and the custom of having the cole mony performed in a church is becoming more frequent every year. Irving, whoso writings abound in pictures, which, for delicacy, truth and taste, have never been surpassed, thus describes the appearance of tho bride on one of those interesting occasions; '1 know of no sight more charming and touching than that of a yc-ing and timid brido, (a her robes of virgin white, led up trembling to the alter.— When I thus behold a lovely girl, in the tenderness of her years, forsaking the house of her fathers, and the homo of her childhood—and with the implicit confidence, and (ho sweet self-abandonment, which belongs to woman, giving up all the world fo?*i mad' of her choice—when I hoar her in (hogoo#otd lah. gusgo of the ritual yielding herself Co him 'for bet |er for worse, for riober for poorer, In sickness and in health, to love, honor and obey, till death do us part*—it brings to mind (bo beautiful and affecting devotion of Ruth : Wither thou goost I will go, and where thou lodgosl I will lodge; thy people ,-shall bo my people, and thy God my God.’ Saporsiuiopg of oar Fathers, The Berkshire Eagle stales that as one of (ho citizens of Pittsfield was culling down a largo but. ton wood tree, a short lime sinco, ho found embeded in it a quantity of human hair and pieces of finger nails, enveloped in paper on vyhlcli was an illegible inscription. They must have been placed there half a century ogo. Thcro-was In the days of yoro a superstition that if a person suffering from tooth ache, cut his hair and noils on a Friday, envelope them in a paper marked with the date and birth of the sufferer, place them In a hole In a tree, and plug up the hole lightly, the pain|would not occur so long as the tree lived. This was probably, tho origin of ihc above mentioned deposit.— Boston Journal. Motto os a Bkidai. Ring.—A young gentleman ° f n ,° * ntc lject. and noble heart, was suddenly snatched by the hand of death from all the endear.', menla of life. Surrounded by everything that could i°h!r? ®*t* lonco pl* aB,, nt and happy-J wife that idolized him—children that loved him as they can love, and friends devoted to him ; the summons came and ho lay upon the bed of death. But a few short years to whom ho was wedded, placed a bridal ring upon his finger, upon tho inside of which ho had a few words engraved. Tho husband never would permit (ho giver to’road them, tolling her the day would cqroo when her wish would bo gratified, and sbo should know tho secret. Seven years glided away, ahd a day or (wo since, when conscious that ho must leave his wife forever, ho called her to his bedside, and with his dying accents (old her lha( the hour had at lost come when'sbo should see the words upon the ring sho had given him. Tho yonng mother look it from his cold finger, and thoagli heart stricken with grief, eagerly road the words, *•1 hove loved thee on earth—l will meet thco in heaven.” Advertising.—ld one of the proverbs of Solo mon wo And iho most comprehensive and satisfac tory exposition of (he philosophy of advertising, that over was or could bo written, viz : “There is that scallcrelh and yet incroaaeth, and there is that withholdelh moro than is meet, but it londelh to poverty.” And tho words of Paul to the Corialhians aptly express the same idea ; “He which aoweih sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully,” “My dear,” said an anxious father to his bash ful daughter of sixteen, “I Intend (hat you shall bo married, but I do not Intend that you shall throw yourself away on any wild, worthless boy of tho present day. You must marry a man of sober and mature age; one that can charm you with wisdom and good advice rather than person al attraction. What do you think of a Ano, intel ligent, mature husband of Afiy.” Tho timid, meek, blue eyed little daughter look ed in (ho man’s face, and with the slightest possi ble touch of interest in her voice answered— “I think two of twonty-flvo wobld bo better, Antmjoitv.— A lawyer and a doctor wore dis cussing the antiquity of (heir respective profes sions, and cited authority to prove his (ho most ancient. “Mine,” said the disciple of Lycurgns, com mences almost with iho world's ora—Cain slow his brother Abel, and that was a criminal case in common law.” ‘‘True,’! r»*j lined Eacalapius, but my profession is coeval with tho creation itself. Old mother Eve was made out of a rib taken from Adam's body, and that was a surgical operation.” I'nxQueNT Change or Diet.— Man is an omni vorous animat. This circumstance is both an advantage and a disadvantage. It enables him to sustain life for a short time on nlmostany aliment, animal or vegetable; but it likewise induces a necessity for a considerable variety of diet or fre quent change in order that ho may retain belli health and strength for a long lime together. Chemistry has not yet delected the reason of this necessity: and as the proximate elements of animal structure are found )o brfcod and water, as well as In milk, and various other articles, it does not appear that change should bo necessary at all. But it Is known to all graziers, feeders of cattle, sheep and other animals, that change is necessary and salutary for thorn; end much moro is it for man. At ono of our hotels a young and fully mous tached dandy from New York was scaled nl llio lea (able at rather a Into hour! when the barkeeper came in and took a seal opposite, Tho dandy dropped his knifo and fork, lipped back his chair, gazed at tho barkeeper, and exclaimed— “ Fellow I does the help sup with gentlemen at this house 1” *‘No sir,” was tho reply. “Whot, are you not tho barkeeper 1” “Yes, sir.” u “Well, a barkeeper is help as much as the scrub girl.” . “True,” replied (ho toddy slick, “but 1 did not ontor tho hull until I looked in and saw ihcro was a ucnlkman at (ho tables" Here tho conversation ended—moostaoh was fixed. Useful knowledge can havo no onoroios except tho Ignorant; It ohoriehds youth,delights the aged; it is on ornament lrL|i/dsperiiy t Qiid yioldscomfort in adversity. A Turkish Palace, | .The Sultan of Turkey is building himself a ' new* palace-one which, for extent and magnifi cence*.(Will .possess but few equals. It is thus described by i\xs Builder s “The structure is of stone and marble; the work manship is very common; the frontage extends along the Bosphorus, fVom Dolma Baklcho to BeSbik Tash,ond must have a facade of upwards of Ops thousand fuel; (he situation is exquisite.— Tho palaca is like a (own in extent. Tho chim neyipjoces are of crimson colored crystal and painted china; the floor is of china, and the basin of thsfountain is of enameled elate, exquisitely painted with flowers. The principal floor compri ses vest halts and apartments, fitted up In a most coatljStnanner in gilding and painting, executed by Italians and natives. The baths are fitted up With Egyptian alabaster. Tho roof is covered withJead; all the Sultan’s palaces, and only these, are.cftVered with that metal. Tho great staircase is lighted by a large skylight of crimson-colored glasf v The ceilings are generally low. Tho ha jeta ionlaing apartments for three or four hundred womdb. The palace is approached through a coslljUriumphnf gateway.” V ' ■ ■ How to get a Featherbed, , Xfifl. following extract is from Lover’s ‘Handy Andy’ :* ' ‘ln harrying off (ho small thing of a feather bed, Jock Tako, the bold burglar, showed tho skill of a higlrproclilidncr, f or ] ie descended tbo stairs back. wards. 1 ‘Backwards I* exclaimed Larry Hogan, ‘what was (hat for ?’ ‘Yen'll seo by and by,’ said Crogglns. IlcT. descended backwards, when suddenly ho hoard Ibo door open and a female voice exclaim ing! i ‘where are you going with that bed ?' *lftn going up stairs with it, ma’am,' said Jack, backward position favored his Ho, and ho be gunjlo walk up again. 'Como down,' said the lady, 'wo want no bed horo, maD.V ‘Mr. Sullivan ma'am, sent mo homo with it him' self,’ said Jack. 'Como down, 1 toll you,' said the lady in a rago, '(herd is no Mr. Sullivan bore.' ■ *Lhft£ your -pardon, my lady,' replied Jack. — Thooiturning around and invoking off with the bod,filr and easy. Well (horo was a regular shilloo in the house when** the thing was found out, and cart ropes would’nt a held tho lady for tho rage she was in. Arj Affecting Scene.— A few days ago, as Daniel Cullen was about to be taken from tho jail, in St. Louis, to the Stole penitentiary, to which he .had been sentenced for 09 years for (ho murder of hip wife, an effecting scene occurred, which is thus related: “Shortly before tho arrival of the coach, a wo daft bowed and decrepid with years, and bearing an Infant in her arms, entered tho office, hesitating* ly. Scanning the faces of (he crowd, her eye tell finally upon Cullen, and wilh a shriek of recognl lion, pain, and half joy, it appeared, she ran to him'and fell weeping on his breast. It wae bis motlior, come to bid him farewell, and show him his oWn child, for the last time. Tho scene was aniaiingonp. . Ttm raah, a X first, was ashamed to give way to his feelings, and for awhile remon strated gently with hia old mother as she fondled with-bioi. At last,however, nature could contain itself no longer—he feJJ back upon his seat and cried like a child. The marshal and jailor, with all' (heir familiarity wilh distrbss of (ho kind, found n difficulty In mastering their own promptings.— When the conveyance arrived, it required no little exertion to part the mother from her son." Anecdote of Mil. Webster.— Some years ago when the celebrated case was tried in New York between the old and now school Presbyterians, Senator Preston was employed. When he went back to Washington, and was giving his friends some account of (he trial, arguments, counsel, &c., be said there was one man employed from Now York, by (he name of Wood, and that when he entered on the cause, he looked as if ho was asleep. Webster, who knew Wood’s power, replied, “If ever you And him asleep when he is engaged against you, bo very careful not to wake him up." Bcautf.— True beauty resides in (ho soul. It is the form of goodness. How charming is this expressed In the following: “Spiritual beauty, and the sweet youthfulness which cleaves to It, unlike the fading beauty of the body, nevor de parts. Rather does It enhance with age, partici pating in the nature of angels, and is often love liest at the moment when the temple it has inhab ited falls away from it ruined and dismantled.— Tho belter it Is known, the moro ardently it is loved; and hence It is that at the end of a long life the woman who is possessed of it, though the rose leaves bo all scattered, charms her husband moro than at Arst." A clergyman, who had considerable of a farm as was generally the case of our fathers' days, went out to see one of his laborers, who was plow ing in the Add, and found him sitting upon tho plough, resting his team. “John,” Qaid Ho, would U not bo a good plan for you to hyyo a stub soy the here, and bo hubbiog a few bushes^, While the oxen are resting 1” John with,;a countenance that might well have become tho'clergyman himself, instantly repli ed— “Would it not bo well sir, for you to have a swingling boatd’on tho pulpit, and when they are singing to swingle a little flax.” The reverend gentleman turned on his heel, laughed heartily, and said no moro about hubbing bushes.” 000 of the best double puns wo have over hoard, says tho Yankee Blade, was perpetrated by a clergyman. Ho had just united in marriage a couple whoso Christian names were respectively Benjamin and Ann. “How did they appear dur ing tne ceremony!” inquired a friend. “They ap peared both annie-mated bennicfitted," was iho ready reply. Tho more Ignorant a person is, tho harder bo is to suit. Take you? scat at tho dinner table, and you will find (hat tho person who gives tho wait tors tho most troi&lo, will not bo an ex-govornor, but an ox*hod*carrlor, or an ox-wood-sawycr. Maks one Happv llaAnr,—Havo you made ono happy head to-tlay 1 How calmly can you deck your pllioW, how sweetly sleep. In oil this world (hero is nothing so swoot as getting a sun ray in a gloothy heart. Children of sorrow meet us wherever wo (urn. There is no moment that tears are not shod and sighs utlorod. dj* Tho most striking feature in tho history of Genius; is Us Tulonl, oq the contrary, is distinguished chiefly by its caution. Tho ono goes forth, totally regordloss of its costume, under tho impulse of a glorious prossngo. Tho other nev er outlets itself to -bo soon, until it has made bis its loilol, under Dio guidance of a becoming taste.— Simms. ■ ■ (EJ* A Yankee and Irishman riding together, passed by a gallows; ‘Tat,’ said the Yankee, 'give that gallows its duo. and where would you be?'— ■iFnllh that's easily knoa-n,’ replied Pal,' 'l*d bo rid lug to town by myself all olobo sure.' .'fhoYfahkoo was boat this lime. TUB GREAT BASIN. I The San PrancisCo Herald is publishing some notes of the trip of Captain Joe Walker, (he cele i orated western trapper and mountaineer, the first ?l aD over croBfl od the great cental basin which lies between the river Nevada and the Rio Grande. Lieutenant Beale has more recently tra- I versed Its northern line, and Captain Aubrey has recently penetrated through its centre. These reports will be looked for with much curiosity, in regard to this mysterious land, of which little is known except that it is supposed to be almost a desert, and at the same time to have bees once populously inhabited, for It abounds with the rel ics of ruined cities. Some of the natural features of the region des cribed by Captain Walker aro vast and wonder , 101. Ho found there a cataract the most slupend °“s'he world, mors than six limes the height i°* Niagara, and travelled some miles through iho | rocky channel of a subterranean river* I Ihe great cataract is on the Virgin river, about two hundred miles from its mouth. It falls in a clear, unbroken descent of more than one thousand i The river, some dialanco above, traverses | a pretty limbered valley, and then runs through a close canon. The current then becomes rapid.— The mountain seems to run directly across the river. At the fall the stream Is narrowed to thirty or forty yards, while the canon rises on either side In almost perpendicular cliffs to a height of two hundred feet. The pent up stream rushes on to the brink of the precipice, leaps over and tails with scarce a break, into the vast abyss beneath. Captain Walker describes the scene as grand be | yond description. About thirty miles above there is another mag* nificonl fall. Tho river plunges over the cliff, falling a distance of one or two hundred feel, and breaks in a myriad of fragments upon a projecting lodge. b Iho underground river is another great pheno menon. It is the country above the upper Virgin river, which is described to bo frightfully repul sive, barren, and split up into rocky fissures and deep ravines. Captain Walker travelled for a whole day down the bed of a sleep canon. Ho turned off into a lateral canon, which became so narrow that he could not got back again. For twoor throe miles the rocks actually closed over his head so that he could not seo the sky. It was like traversing an immense natural tunnel two hundred fool high.— It was undoubtedly the dry bed of a stream which emptied during the rainy season into the Virgin. Drift logs wore piled sixty feet high in one part of the tunnel. What a grand spectacle it would be to see a full torrent come rushing through that under ground channel and issuing from its mighty mouth. Another extraordinary feature of this country is the Dig Canon, which has boon (raced for upwards of three hundred miles, running through parpen, dicular banks enormously high, and washed up against the walls, leaving not a foot of slope be tween, as If the mountain had been cleft clear I deep down to make a passage. Tho Ponnsyiyauiti Railroad. Tho Advertiser, published at Plymouth, Ohio, in tho course of a well written afliblo, alludes in the following handsome manner to this groat improve, moot: “That tho Pennsylvania Central railroad must become a favorite route for Western (ravel,.not only because It is iho nearest to Iho J3asi, but for its ra pidity, safety and comfort, must bo evident to any ono who will take (bo trouble to examine for him self. At present, the groat proportion of travel from (ho West, passes over the Now York roads, but it has only to become khowh (hat the Pennsylvania route offers as inducements loss distant©, quickness, cheapness and safely to attract the groat bulk of travel which goes East by other ways. Even now, with (ho road incomplete, and all the links in the Western connection brokch, the amount of travel from Iho West Is astonishing. When these shall have been completed, the increase will bo Immense.’* Texas.—Tub GovEfirtoiTa Message. —Governor Poise has just sent in his Aral message to the Leg islature of Texas. Ho recommends an appropria tion of 6250,000 for tho establishment of a State University, and 6250,000 each fur an insane asylum and an asylumn for the education of the deaf and dumb. Ho approves in general terms of (ho Pacific Rail road bill, which has Just passed the Legislature, ob jecting only to that provision which allows the issuing of patents for the lands donated before the whole road is completed. Tho policy of appropri ating lands in aid of railroads ho commoodr forcibly, as peculiarly fitted for (bo ciroumslano os of Texas, whore land is abandon!, and whore railrocda, (hough their prospective volUo may bo iery groat, CanOol bo expected to pay largo dividends as aleck for some time to come, and therefore, this premium is needed to induce the investing of private capital from abroad. On Iho aubjeot of the public debt he is for Voi'y decided measures to compel the creditors to coino in and accept the Slate's scaling system, or lu have their claims barred forever. Ho pi eposes that ‘q law should now bo passed designating a lime when all holders of recognized claims aga Inst (lie Slate of Texas shall present (bom to the Treasurer, accom panied with releases of all claim against the United Slates, or on account thereof, in the form that lias i boon prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and approved by the President of the United Stales' or that (heir claims shall bo forever barred, and the holders no longer recognized as creditors.* This project has already been introduced Into the Logis laturo, and will probably pass. The Anthracite Coa». Trade —All the Ugfs of Internal navigation are now closed fur the season, and although the,several coal currying companies havo not made oubjin accurate lint yf tho tonnage oftho season, enough is known to enable us to stale dial the aggregate amount of anthracite coal sent (o mar ket from the throe principal regions is about 4,585,- 000 tons, showing an increase of only something over 50,000 tons on last year's production from tho same regions. This is at least half a million tons short of the estimated amount necessary to supply tho de mand. Tho Reading railroad wo presume will bo kept in tolivo operation during (ho winter, especially iflhoprico of coal shall materially advance, a thing 1 thought to bo probable. 1 Keeping Appointments.— lf there is anything un pleasant in tills world, it is to bo uompollud to bito I one's thumbs In a public place—or, in truth, in any I place ul all—while wailing in (ho hope (hat a friend will ovontnally fulfil u dishonored appointment . No person is cxcusoablo fur breaking an appoint ment under any circumstances save those embraced by sickness or death. If a man forfeits his appoint- f moots bo suio tho loss llio business you do with him the bettor for you. 03* A lady was onco declaring that sba could’nl understand how gentlemen could smoko. ‘lt cer tainly shortens their lives,* said she. •1 didn't know that,’ replied a gentleman. 'There is my father who smoked every blessed day, and bo is now seventy years old.' •Weil,* was tho reply, ‘if ho had never smoked bo might have bcon eighty S’ Tho Comio Almanac aaye, “it takes three springs to make ono leap year.” • Novor bo afraid of oololilng oolcJa from a allow or of curia.. (fT Governor Ligun, of Maryland, wa. luaum rated at Annapolis, on Wednesday last. AT $lOO PBB AHHSI ©boa nun ssitbf. L«t nothing Hand between you and yon* duly. > go^ QJOt lroa^*fl olliort fo Jo what yon ban do j&tt- Notbing ib Really Irboblosomo that He dffHU* lingly. Never boy what you do not wont, beobitte ft if cheap. Lovo your ohomiof. Never spend money before yoix barb ft. Any kind of character may procuroaman a ibabt bat goodness alone oan deserve an ftpltfpb* The two shortest word* to pronooQee ( yet and 110, arc tboso which demand tho idfiat PyihagoTus. A itroul many pooplo uro IiKS an ‘iDilljMnd.m prois’ which chime* exactly Tilth their own dp to ions, bul, a truly honoal prcitXmual di&br from tom*. body. . , GirJa always look ptoasod when matrimony, now bonnets, and sleigh rides aro talked about. Always doubt the sincerity of a girl** Jo fro When you eeo her wlp { p her mouth after you klu her* Guard against reading too much or too rapidlj. Read rather with attention; lay the book often down, impress upon your mind what you hare read tail reflect opon it. There is a man out west