*■ py jolm P. Pratton.... Mi-nour :''. ! >V;JT'B.R'M'S\t ;,; ‘ '—V /■ ’’ A Dollar and FlftyCdnts, | •o&tddn advance j T^yo.Dollars If paldwithlntho yoarj and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within,the year., Those terms willbo rigid ly adhered to In every instance.. No subscription dlscontinnodinntil all arrearages!are' paid,unless at ttie.option of the Editor. . Anv^RTisEHENTS —Accompanied’ by the Cash, and.tyofe exceeding oho square,will bo:lnsertcd for t ono Dollar, and twdnty-flve.cents fdroich additional Insertion. Those of o. greater length In-proportion. ■ , , ~ ‘JoB-PniNTiNa—Such as, Hand Bills, Posting Trills,'Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exc- Ciitod with accuracy and at.thd shortest notice. ■ mirnl : j ■ Vtu* ■: : -.J;--,'-" - 1 '- MOW SOFTLY ON THE BBHISED HBIET. How softly on the bruised heart : . A word of kindnops falls, ' . ’ And to the dry ana parched son! . ' The moistening tear-drop calls \ O,Tf they knowwho walk the earth, ' ’Mid grief and pain, •;i The power a word of kindness hath, ,! : (.-’Twero,paradise again. The weakest and the, poorest may , ’ ' Tjie simple pittance' give, , ■ And Wd delight to withered hearts, , again,and live; Oh, wftat is life if love is lostl 1 If man’s unkind to roan— . ‘ Or, whaftho heaven that waifs beyond : ■ This brief had mortal span 7 As stars upon the tranquil sea ' In mimic glory shine }. So words of kindness in tho heart Reflect the'source divino 5 Oh, thon bo kind, wbo’er thou art,' ; That broathest mortal breath,. ■Aud it shall brighten oil thy life, : And sweeten even death. f . , From the Greensburg democrat, ■ “TEE STREAM I LOVED” . nr “3YLVU.” ’Twaa on its banks, in other years, When gay tho.fnturc seem’d, , Before my eyes o’er dlmm’d with tears, Behold life’s changing scones. That by Its tide ! gambol’d fr6o Prom' every sordid cate; • And Httlb'drcamod to sorrows see In tho futoro, bright and fair. , But,* oh I ■ how sad has been the change A few fleet years have made , Beside that stream, ray boyhood’s range, TVhord I so often strayed! • Upon Ua banks the fragile forms - , That wlth mo often played. Are long since sheltered.from the - And by its patera laid. And OHB.wUh whom I loved to stray, - At evening’s shadowy hour, To hear the zephyr gently play .. Through budding trees and bower. -*» Now in tho grave Ims found a rest Upon the streamlet's shore. Her spirit’s roaming with the blest} , Earth’s scones with her are o’er. 'Tho stream still ripples softly by, Beside her grassy tomb, That covers many hopes, while I ■ Must wander on In gloom., Miscellaneous. LOST AND WON OS TUE THIRD. SEASON. . «Toa; ho tkall propose this soason,-;*nd then 1 shall have tho gratiflcatlon, tho delight, tho exquisite triumph of refusing him. It will only servo him right-I*’ ' - Such was tho language of Florence Neville’s eyes, os she contemplated with no little satisfac tion, tho graceful reflection of her figure in the glass, baforo.whiqh she was attiring for the first ball of the season. Of whom was. she speaking? of whom think ing? . Why did that short rosy lip curl with such beautiful scorn as tho lust look was given at : tho showy, dreas, which hung in its laoo folds lijce flguro waa faultless, and his dancing just enough to sho>y It off, ho had ndnp of tho .charihlhg fluency “Florence! forgive mo if—” .*. “Ah, Miss Neville, I have boon looking for you everywhoro, and hero you are alone j” cried ono of Florence's gay train, tbo elegant Sir Perry Hope. “Oh, no, not alone,” said Florence, .rather annoyed, “Lord St. Clyde—why,whore is he—” The Earl was gone, “Florence, did Lord St, Clyde, propose to day ?” said Emma to her cousin In the evening. “Not quite, but os near as possible—l de clare I will never speak to Sir Perry Hope again!” Time I Time! can nothing stay thee! The season was passing rapidly, and Florence had four proposals j of course, she refused them, allbough they had not been tendered by tho Earl of Still sho said, “Ho shall propose before tho last Opera of tbo season.” Palo, languid, but still delicately beautiful, tho spoiled and potted Florence loaned back hi hor box, dead to tho strains of .the syreno—ro ga.'dless of tho adulteration around hor, and dlsr. gusted with everything Jn tho shape of galoty. Sho loaned back in hor chair and closed her oyes for a second; on opening thorn, sho saw a pair of dark oyos fixed with moro than com mon oarnestness on hor face. It was Lora St. Clyde—those wild oyos could only belong to him. i What possessed Florence at that moment? Sho j did not bow—sho did not smile—sbo merely I bont forward and whispered tho word of depar- j turo to hor chaperon •, then, winding her caeho-1 moro round hor, sho placed her arm within that of Sir Porry Hope, and lofl (ho box, Tht next morning Florence was reallyunwoll. Sho said ‘not at homo’ to every ono and began to tuno bor harp, String aftor string gavo way as sho draw thorn up. “Liko mo, poor harp,” sho sighed, “you are sinking, spoiling from no- 1 gleet.” | Suddenly tho door opened, and a visitor was |announced. “Not ntbomo,” cried Florence hastily. “Pardon -mo, for onco I disobey,” said a volco, and Lord St. Olydo entered. Ho con tinued :—“I have intruded, 1 confess, but It Is only for a moment. I como,Mlsa Neville, to wish you—to bid you adong—and perhaps a lost Ihrowolll” “Farewell!” said Florence, dropping hor harp key t “this resolution has boon suddenly taken, has U not?” “No,” replied tho Earl j “I am going to sock In Italy that happiness which is denied mo hero.” «Italy I” exclaimed Florence, turning hor eyes like molting sapphires, on tho Earl—“dear, bright, sunny Italy, my own fair land I” “Is it yours,Miss Neville?” said Sir Clyde eagerly. '• “Yes, my lord, Florence was my blrth-placo, and my homo for fourteen happy years.” Lord St. Olydo paused—nothing Is so awk ward as a pause in a ieh‘(i-icte ; ho fqlt this, and ' quickly rousing himself, ho said hastily: “I will not Interrupt you any longer. Faro- j well I—perhaps wo may moot again.” ’ ‘ “Perhaps wo may—good bye,” said Florence, extending hor hand i it was slightly, very slight ly pressed and she was alono. For a moment, sho felt as If the past wore a dream, but glancing on tho ground; sue saw a white glove—it was tho Earl’s I. Slip turned away, and loaning on a marble slab of a boautlflil mirror, she gazed at tho faultless reflection of her face. “Beauty! Beauty I”—murmured she—“pal try gift! since I could, not win Sir. Olydo!” And burying that young face In her hands, she falriv burst Into a passion of tears*. - . ; “X^Joronco(.my -own<. my idolized I” said a volco .oloao to hot., Bho 1 turned with a real, genuine, unartlflclal shrlok. i n , . Tho Earl of St. Olydo was ut hor fbot I •/ • • . : “Well, Floronno,”mnM Emma Neville (o Mm Countess - of. St. .'Olydo, dno ; day, “yoiy ’must realty give mo a lesson on proposals—how well ' CARLISLE, JUNE ’B, 1854. a* - ‘ ;-i you managed your husband’s— teach me your art.?*. , , . -1,- ‘VNo, ho, you are quite mistaken,” laughed, Florence j “nhurio-tibuld bo more surprised tt St. Clyde’s proposal tbah myself, for I had giv en him up. Art failed, my dear Emma, and nature gained the day in this case. Take. care how.ybu make 1 nets, they never onswer. Men are shockingly sharp-sighted now I” —London Court Journal, ■ . ‘ ■ ' The Spirit of Kindness. As vftj cost our eyes''over' ‘our fair domain, earth, how much do wb see of the goodness and love of our Creator.'; The -whispering, of. the breeze, the sighing of the , zephyr, the murmur ing of the " gentle, streams os it runs along in its quiet bed,'all conspire to show how much the goodness of God r is shown inovorymovingthingj tho : Sun, as ho sits in all his splendor, and covers the heavens with bis golden ;bcaroB,tho gentle brdczo, as it plays' among the trccsj.all whisper the same anthem~“Love.” : But how sad it is to look abroadamong tho human creatures that God .has made, and seo how Utile of the true spirit of kiudness.is shown to each other. How much of human woo and 'suffering there is in the world, and how much of it might bo allevi ated if man would but sympathise in his fellow man’s wbeai • Go to the criminal, Ih bis darkened coll \ re proach him fot'his crimes/show him the long train of’evil consequences.which must; Inevita bly follow hip ruinous course, and hctvlU answer you onlyln sullen looks, with no, feelings of re morse ‘ whatever; but speak 'ln gentleness, and what a change! The 1 hardened criminal who has not wept for years, would bow bis head and weep. Speak to him of his now sainted mother gone to share tho portion of the redeemed in Heaven j coity him'in the onus of remembrance back to the days'of his childhood, when she, knelt beside his little bed and poured out her prayer.for tho ..salvation of her darling boy to Him to whom she had dedicated hirn tyhile yofc, a'child, and the penitential tear will steal down the cheek of one - who; 'perhaps/ had not wept for years. . v . Gentle words will soften the hearts of those whoso consciences havh long been scored by crime'ordeep affliction. - If was not the “whirl wind” that moved the hardened triminal, to tears, but tho “still small voico”.of affection.—* Thus 1 wo see how much of the happiness of earth’s millions is derived tVotn'tho true - spirit of kindness, * a spirit which wo oh may exorcise. May wo in future, try to exercise this lovely spirit, and thus make the society in which’ we live happier and better. A GOOD ONE. Fora short story, tho following is tho best one wo have read since tho present whig legislature commenced its session: “Put out tho light,”— Shakespare,' u And then—get into bed.”— Jenkins, -’William and John occupied separate beds In tho same room. John was honest, but lazy.— On entering their room to retire for the night, John with, his usual alacrity, undressed and Jumped into bed, while William was pulling off his boots and deciding which side of the bed would most likely prove the softest. . After a few minutes delay, William sprang into bed, placed his head upon two pillows, and doubled himself up, proparatory;for a comfort able snooze, when what should ho discbvorwh. n. Just ready to' »* drop off,” but that hd had car#/ lossly left tho fluid lamp burning. •' Tho "discov ery gave rise to tho folllowing soliloquy i I «< ’Twont do to leave tliat lamp burning, v but of bbo vory.cohVihat-I hate -most wwfUUytttrgct out on the floor) but still inusjr be. blown out. I wonder if I can’t make John get out. I’ll try.—John I” “Hollo.** << Did'you over knowDanlel Hoskins, foreman of engine thirty-seven ?” , . “No. "Why?” “Nothing, only I didn’t know but yon know him,'. I saw by tho papers that his death was caused last week by Inhaling tho oxharogon flui dal vapors from a lamp that ho accidentally left burning in tho room. After tho fluid was all tho chemist said tho oxidal suction of tho wick so consumed tho ©nitrogen of tho lungs, that tho flidical vapors suddenly stopped tho inspiration, and tho heart consed to beat.” : John raised himself up in bod, gazed with a sternness Indescribable on tho reclining form of his room-mate, and in a stentorian voice ex |: ,« Why in. thunder don’t you blow out that lamp?”-’ -V.. “ tVVn, Sure enough,” was tho reply, “it is Well never mind, John, It’ll gb.out Itself In ft llttio while.” , - -“No It won’t go out Itself, in ft room whore I sleep***’ - And in a twinkling of a cat’s tail, John had extinguished tho light and returned to his as ho did so, “ I’d rather got up a dozen times, than to dio as Daniel joskins did.<*. . ' , . In the- morning John wanted to knew all tlm particulars about tho death of Mr. Hoskins, but William had no recollection of over speaking of it, and accused tho honest, fellow of dreaming. It’s What yon Spend. “It's what thceT spend, my son," said a sage old Quaker, “not what tnccll make which will decide whether thco’s to bo rich or no."— The advice was right, for it was but Franklin’s in another shape: Take care of tho pennies, and tho pounds will take care of themselves.— But It cannot bo too often repeated. Men are continually indulging insmall expenses, saying to themselves that it is only a trifle, yet Target ing that the aggregate is serious, that even the sea shore is made up of petty groins of sand.— Ten cents a day is even thirty-six dollars and a half a year, and that is tho interest of a capital of six hundred dollars. Thoman that saves ten cents a day only, is so much richer than him who docs not, as if he owned a life estate in a house worth six hundred dollars; and if invest ed quarterly, docs not take half that time. But ten ccnts.a day ig child’s play, some will ex claim. Well then, John Jacob Astor used to say, ; that when a man who wishes to bo rich, lias saved ten thousand dollars, has won half the battle. Not that Astor thought ten thousand much, but ho knew that in making such a sum, a man acquired habits of prudent economy,* which would constantly keep him advancing m wealth. How many however, spend ten thou; sand in a few years m extra expenses, and when on looking back,cannottcll,astheysay,“where tho money went to." To save is the .golden rule to get rich. To squander, oven in small sums, is* the first step towards tho poor house. . ; Luwokrods.—A young loss, who 1 bad went to camp-mooting and camo back full of tho revival which they had, did nothingtho following week or more but sing» “Shout I shout I wo’ro gain ing groundl” „ Sho had the tune so pat, that oil sho said woa but a. continuation with that song, nnd-not unft-oquontly tho rhymo was too long for tho tune. Ola Jowfor slipped in and took o hone off (ho table, and just as ho was making for tho door, she sang out— “lf you don’t go but Pll knock you down, ■ • - v . • Hallo, hallohdar, You'nasty, stlnkln’ flop-oared hound, o‘, glory, ImlleUvlav I” DCT" A ‘Western editor says,‘that If you want to fool as nice ns a hymn-book In a rod cover and good clasp, all you have to do is to run and pick a pretty girl up when you see her flrtl down in tlm .slivot. Ho frleddho experiment the oth er day, and Ims (bit full of jmnshlup, clover and (pur-story happiness over smeo.' ’ i i ‘otm couifrßr- The They sleep fathers sleep, • In the bound} They rest not ’nontlMMjyled wall, , That shades that -ground.' Nor where tho, peal, . Pours music-on Through th'o'dlm s%^vetydoor, And swells amid'us^??* Not whorothd-f isf la qf^'grooni" And spring flowers blqteoro fair; .Upon the graves men, . , whoso there, Where do hardy inen, * Who left tholrnatfVb shore, . To earn ttieirbrbhd'lnHlstant lands, - Beyond the Atlantic flrqar? . They sleep on many aj onbly spot, Where tho mighty Hrest'grow— . Whore tho giant odlfjf stately, pine;; , Adarkj lone shadpjfthrew. . j‘. The wild fowl pourii ItojWly £ong Above their grassy ifeves i ■■■::■ «r■ And iUr away, stilly night, la heard the voice obpuvcs* Anil tho breeze Is Tho forest boughs airfwv.g, . With mournful cqdonpdj'inglng, , Liho harpa by &gels^vymg. And lilies, nursed by wwjring dew, - Shed hero there blowzy pale?.. | And.spotlcss show-flow^Jlghtlybend ■ . 1 - Low to the pafislhg^p3^,“ V The fire-fly lights’her lamp - In that deep forest'giMvy 1 J Like hopc'shlcst light’wwr.hrrais the, nighty . And darkness of thej|\|j^r ; Tho mossy Its silent record kocjfcnf.' J Where, mantling in thejfuWt shade, •■'The lonely exile Yet deem him not by aftVor&'f 5 .Kind hearts havo;brcy ImPa prayer, And tears of Ashed By those who laid flero.- TUB LAND BEiO,\II TflE KITEK. ‘ Ttwas a lovely day. JiThc balmy breath of Jane wafted the rich fragrance of the-summer flowers, while the warj&lmg songsters of the grove chanted sweetest DK'iodica to their Crea tor,: God; andin their mditjncloilious strains, vied with all;created Natureih-rendering praise to.tho Fountain of all iblessings> x The .golden orb of day was just shaking behind the western wave, aha : its last lingering rays, as'-ihougk loath to leave the scenaT.still shea their haloNtf mellow light lupon it, lighting up the arch of heaven, and gilding thA .fleecy clouds with the tints of Paradise. The whole scene, is one of surpassing loveliness. ißut, kind reader, while your heart is filled wit! praise and love to the bountiful Giver of good go with me and learn to adore his richer love. ; Liltlc Ellnrwas dying. ■ Pain no longer rack-1 ed her weary limbs, under the touch of the icy hand of death the filler that for days had been drying the blood in.her veins, was rapidly cooling, and the flush was fading from her thin check: ’ The dying littliono was dearto many : Ikarbj; tlicirowas the grief too deep for utter ance,' and, in tho sllcnco of bitter, tearless agony, they stood around her dying couch, for they knew (hat departing..- 'Tho fothcrnnd jng bvdr thO form of the lovely child, watching 1 her labored breathing;. In apparent sleep, she had for some timobccnsilcnt, and they thought tiat it might be thus she would pass away.— But suddenly her bluo eyes opened, and a smile of hcayehlvswectncss rested upon her features. She looked eagerly forward at first, then turn ing her eyes upon her mother’s face, said in a sweet voice-^”Mother, see that beautiful coun try, beyond those dark, rushing waters. Oh, how beautiful! What is tho name of that coun try, mother?” . * *1 con sco nothing, my child,” said the moth- cr. .... “Look (.hero dear mother,” said tho child, pointing again, “can you not see it now ? See how those angry-waveadash against those rocks, and ob! what a beautiful country beyond—the sun shines so pleasantly, and I see such beau tiful flowers, and the birds sing so sweetly, oh! they arc so near mo now, I can almost touch them with my hand, and tho pcoplo all look so happy there. Ob papa 1 can you not see be yond the river I** Tcllrao tho name of that land.” . The parents exchanged glances, and replied together, “tho land you sco is heaven, is it not, my child 1” “Oh, yea, that is itanamo; X thought it must bo heaven. On, let roo go. But how shall I cross that deep, dark river ? Father, cany mo, will you not ? Sec, tho angels are waiting for mo on tho other aide.- They are bolding out their arms for mo. -Oh, father, take mo in your arms, and carry mo cross tho river. Imustgo.” A solemn awo pervaded tho room, as if they stood upon tho very verge of eternity; as if tho curtain was about to be withdrawn that con* Scaled tho unknown glories of tho eternal world. “My child, will you not wait with us a little longer,” said tho father; “stronger arms than mine will soon bear you across tho river. Stay with your mother a little longer. See how she weens at the thought'of losing you*,’* “Dear mother, do not cry, But come with mo and cross the stream: Como, father, riomo.— Angels are whispering in my cars; and 1 see a being standing upon tho" other shore who is smiling upon me, and; stretching out his arms to toko mo. Now hois coming down into tho river to curry mo across. I must got come with mo I’* And etretthinp out her little arms for a Inst embrace, ebc said—“ Good bye, fath er; good byo, mother. ' Don't you boafraid.— Helms come to cany iticsafcly across tho river.” And there were hcrjlast words. Gently did they lay tho"fair fonnj back again upon the pil low, and kneeling at tho bedside, those, grief* stricken hearts thanked God for this lesson of love,.and prayed for, resignation, saying, “The * Lord gavo and the; Lora hath. taken away; blessed bo tho name of tho Lord.” A Geological PaouLi.uiiTr.— An Ohio pa per tiays that beneath the town of Bryan, in Williams county, Ohio, there is ft subterranean lake, at ft depth of from forty to fifty feet, from wliich the inhabitants, for milca around pro* euro their waiter. The wells arc bored with au furs until the workmen arrive at a bed of solid luoclay two or three feet in thickness; this clay is penetrated by means of a drill, whereup on tho water immediately rushes upwards thro the aperture and fimds ft fountain with a stream one or two inches in circumference, raising tea height of irora eight !to fifteen feet- above tho surface of the ground. Generally, for several days after tho water! begins to flow, largo quan tities of fino white sand aro ejected, but the stream finally becomes entirely pure. No sea son or change of woiltlior baa any cflootupon these fountains, andf their source ih inexhausti ble.' Some of tho larger 'of them frequently throw lltltlu fishes forth from tho depths below, into the uimccustunuxl light of day. ;• •. - A GoooOmhn.—(The first Russian prizes ta ken ary vessels salttho very article wo propose pat upon.the tail of the eagle.— Vunefr. ■ iiltilii. )H WEONG, 001 l OOUKTBT.V' I have seen and heard of people who thought it beneath them to work—to employ themselves industriously at. some useful labor. Beneath them to work! Why, work is the great motto of life; and ho who accomplishes tho most J)y his industry, is the most truly great man—aye and is the most distinguished man. among his fellows too. And the man who.forgets his du ties to himsdf, his fellow: creatures, and bis God—who so far forgets tho great blessings of life as to allow 1 his energies to stagnate in in activity and usdessness, hod better die ; for says Holy Writ, “He that will not work, neith er shall'ho cat.” , An idler is a cumbcrer. of tho ground—a weary curse to himself, as well os to those around him. Beneath human beings to work! Why, what but the continued history that brings forth the improvement that never allows him. to bo. con tented with any attainment he may have made —of work that ho may have effected —what but this raises man above the brute creation, and under providence, surrounds him with comforts; luxuries and refinements, physical, moral and intellectual blessing?. The great orator,.the great poet, and the great are great working men; Their vocation is infinitely more laborious than that of the handicraftsman; and the student’s-life has more anxiety than that of any other man. Arid all, without the persever ance, the intentional# real industry, cannot thrive. Hence the number of mere pretentions to scholarship, or those who have not strength •and industry to bo real scholars, but stop half way, and arc snjattcrcrs —a shame to the pro fcsaitpi.' i ‘; Beneath human beings -to work 1 T#ok in the artist's studio, tho poet's garret; where the genius immortality stands ready to -seal* his work with a« uurtlivccable signet, and then you’ will only see industry, standing by his sfdr * ■ Bcncathhuman - icings to work! Why, l had rather that a’child of mine should labor regularly at the lowest meanest emplo'TucuL. titan to waste its lime, its body, mind android, in folly, idleness, and uselessness.- Better to wear out in a year, than to' mst out in a' cent tury.‘ -is;— ‘Beneath humap. beings to work! Why, whut but work has tilled our fieMsy clothed our bodies, bUUt our houses, raised Tiur churches, printed our books, cultivated our minds and souls ?,. “Work out your own salvation,’ 1 says tho inspired Apostle to the Gentiles. TDB'mKEE L:\WTEB. Yankee lawyers ppd doctors, thongh plenty . enough- -pow-a-d!js«; on tho borders, nsed to i have a moderate time of it. As it.wa'S pretty.?gonorally known that they J would not drink* whiskey, or fight when chal-1 longed, every bqfiy-hod Wi driving at them, I and they wore frequently drivim'to leave their \ stations, and find a more peaceable ono. Oc-1 casloually, however, one was found, whoso scru ples wore not so nice, and in such a'caso a bloody fight was sure to occur.' M# Henry emigrated-from Vonnontto a cer tain county scat in MißSo‘uri, tb; practlce law.— There was never a kinder cf more devoted man to bis profession.. OneOf tho leaders of tho cir cuit, however, was a drnhkch bully named Wil son, a man of graat hbyfiical ond pug nacity, aud *#er bo beaten two or throe tithes in forensic to drive Henry from the ppblicly an nounced his Intention; }tcamo,of courso.to tho oars of W s Intended' 1 rietJEK But hb reoeitfedif cool/y, andT court camerouhd, and. id Jn'ereaSo; tho-buJly'B animosity, the first cause tried was an Important one, in which Mr. Henry bad been detained by the government, and hlrasoU for the defence!— Great efforts were made on both sides, but the superior ability of Mr. Henry carried tho doy. Court bad adjourned for dinner, and as soon as tho judge had 'retired, and before tho lawyers generally, had left tho room, Wilson walked de liberately up to Mr. Henry and grossly Insulted him. liio' cool hearted Yankee looked h!ni deliber ately in tho face, and asked him what ho meant. Ho replied, to drive every d d yankco from tho circuit, and was going to begin right there. Mr. Henry loooked round upon tho throng, and mildly Inquired It this man spoke the gener al sentiment? If it was tho wish of tho bar that ho should leave the circuit, bo would go, but not without. Wilson replied, no ono venturing to speak, that it was his wish, and that his wish was law Id that ease, so the sooner ho packed up tho better. Hr. Henry now drew a double bar relled rifle pistol from his pocket, greatly to tho astonishment of tho crowd, who did not sup pose ho over learned tho uso of such things, and remarked that yonder candle had a long sunlT} aimed at it, Axil twenty feet distant, and shot ft off. Then, turning to Wilson, ho drew a sight on his watch key that hung dangling from his vest, and observed that ho should keep tho oth er bullot to shoot through tlia ring of bis watch key tho next time bo presumed to Insult him.— Tho bully turned awfly,. as pale as death, and not another word was said about driving off tho Yankee lawyer.—iS7oan’* Garden City. A New. “Balm of Gilead.” Mrs. Credulous issues tho following certifi cate through tboßclknap Gazette, and though it appears as an advertisement, wo publish it without fco or Toward, for tho benefit of her numerous relatives throughout thc-oountry: “I, Cordelia Credulous, have "been for many years suffering from universal debility, spino in back, tape-worm, rheumatism, and a long standing rebellious complaint, making m 6 ties puto costio betimes, ana Jhcsidcs these I have not felt well myself j so it was not long afore by all these diseases, I was brought very low, and ray most imprudent friends didn’t know mo, and tho regular faculties did not oxpoctmo to live from end to another. After years of suf fering and sorrow, Aunt Dorothy Tripnoso re commended as tho last resort that I should try a few bottles of tho Pictorial Acccilcrated Com-’ pound Extract of Gill over tho ground and tho syrup of Ignore and Huckleberries, end to be sartin to get thot which had tho proprietor on it, for hone else was genuine. I have taken three bottles and am a new cretur, and I expect by tho time I take six bottles more I shall get tho spine out of my bock entirely. I cheerful ly recommend this medicine to all, sick or well. Cordelia. Credulous.” “A Broth o? A*Bor.”—Tho Dublin (Ire land) Freeman states that Owen Duffle, of Monaghan county, is 122 years old. When 110 ho lost his soconu wifo, and subsequently mar ried a third, by whom he hod ft eon and daugh ter. His youngest.son is tfro years old, his eldest ninety. Bo still retains in vigor his men tal anil corporeal faculties,andfroqucnlly walks to tho county town, a distance of eight miles,.. K7“lt has been wittily said of the Sicilians, that no person could pass for a man of gallan try who had not got a cold, and was sura hover to succeed with his mistress unless. ho made love in a hoai'so voice. This arose from tho custom of serenading tho oqjccts of their pro (bronco during tho hours of night, by tho ex-1 ccutiou of vocal ftnd instrumental music un der their balconies. Tho Sicilians are a ba llon of poets; and tho lover who cannot cele brate his mistress’s charms in verso, would bo thought unworthy cf her attention. 1 • DC/*“You Sal, what’ o’clock ? and where’s tho chicken pio?” It’s eight sir.** :,r ! WORE 1 WORK! AX $2,00 PER ANNUM. NO. 52. Pat and the Clerk. Wc know of nothing in Mrs. S. 0. Hull’s “Talcs and Sketches of thp Irish Peasantry,” (one of the most natural and characteristic of all the books which describe the peculiarities of the Irish, in the “lower walks” of that unhap py country, that wo have ever' .enccsatcredi) that excels the following specimen; which sohuf months ago found a place in our receptacle, cut from an American paper printed at-'tho South. It is a striking/ illustration of “The pursuit of Knowledge, under Difficulties.’/ V A round-ioccd, curly-haired Hibernian inquires at the post office for a letter for himself. Bat the questions and answers ore more effective than the story, in detail, would bo j so wo present it as original ly given } 'f. “Pat.—“ Have youivcralctthcrfor mesdf?” v Urbane Clerk.—“ What name?” Pat.-r-“ .Why, mb oten name, awcoorse’; whose c/sc?” . Clerk (still urbane.) —“Well, what is your name?” ♦ ■ Pat—''Me name’s the same as mo father’s afore me, and would bo yet, only he’s dead.” Clerk (not quite so urbane). —“TVcll, what drtvou call your self 7" rat.—“l calls mesdf a gmtlemanj and it’s a pltyYhcrcatch’t a couple of os!” , Clerk dignity).—“Stand back!” Pat.—“lt’s “back” I’ll. stand when I gits my k-tthcr.” •* Clerk (sternly).—“How can I give it to you, if you don’t tell mo who you are, you stupid bog-trotter?” • ’ Pat.—"Thinis that what you’re paid for, pcoplethatcomcsfor their rights ? Givi*ici ; tli6 ktthcr, or by the whiskers o’ Katc •Ewmiey’R cat, I’ll cast me Vote agin ye, when \ •{ els me papers.” ! 't’Ufk (very nearly angry).—“You blunder- V blockhead, can’t you tell mo how your Icr • /fe‘addressed?” t -Pat (contemptuously)—“Dressed3 How should it bo dressed, bonin’a sheet ov paper,' like nuy other letther ?” • Cleik (decidedly angry).—Confound you can’t you tdl me who you are?” . ;Pat.—“Bedad, I’m an Irishman, bred adn .born, seed, .breed, and ginerntion. Me father was cousin to Larry Magra,’and me mother be longed to the Mooneys of Killmanaisv. . You’re an ignorant old spalpeen; and if ye’ll creep out o’ your dirty hole, I’ll welt you like anew shoe, and if you get any more satisfaction out of me, mo name is not Barnet O’Fltnn !” Clerk (mollifledJ.—-“Oh that's your name, is it?” • • And in, “shuffles” the let ters, “deals” one toßarriy, who “cuts.”—Har per’s Magazine' Ike Do-liottilnjß. A meeting 4f this society was held yesterday 1 evening. I Sam Lazybones took the chair. 1 BillLo&fersQ.n.waa tho vice president. The Secretary mado his-report. He observed, that at tho last meeting nothing had been done, according to the constitution of tbo society. , Jim Vacuum offered to makd a motion, but did not movo from his salt. Ho observed that it was the destiny ot man to work. Tho pres ent order has beenfounded for. tbo encourage ment of idleness/! A new member was waiting tobo initiated. ’ Tho President said,"‘‘Let him oomein.” f: Tho newmeniber was giving nx/tifo '' ,f '- The President nal laziness, and"desired the cajjdlclatb' fbr ad mission into tho order to-rcpcatif after him.— Tbo candidate waited till the Presidepthad fin ished, and then sJud “Ditto." ■ * The Vice President asked thocandidato wheth er ho would take a drink. The candidate nodded and opened his lips. “The Secretary will now read to you the rules of the Society,” eaid the President The candidate shut Iris eyes and fell asleep In an instant. “He’ll dol” said the President, approvingly. “Yes,” said tho Vico President; “he’ll, do nothing.” • •The member’s name was enrolled, and howns roused up to pay his subscription. Ho did nothing Qf tho kind. Nothing else took place. Nothing more was said. Nothing more was done. Wo know nothing more. Tho whole thing amounta to a mere nothing. A Dad Book’s Influence. If some purifying censor could go through the whole range of the vast compass of English literature, arnicd with authority and power to | expungcat pleasure whatever may be found inju rious to Christian morals, thcflrcsof Caliph Omcr would hardly be more sweeping. If any part of suohaworkocdoncwithsucccss.thcpcrform&nco confers a favor on tho whole multitude to whom tbc'Engliahta a vemaculcr tongue. Such a task of purification formany a book would be a greater miracle and ft greater mercy, than tho sweeten ing of the bitter waters of Alarah in tho desert, tbr tho famishing Hebrews. The poisonous in fluences of moral Impurity and error, go from tho book into the soul; they are not exhausted, like arsenic on'tho outer frame, nor conflncd to n limited period of time. They burn in the mind through eternity. They outlast tho fnuno Of i the author. Some men's sin’s are open before ■ hand, going before to judgment, and some foU lovi after . Tho accursed evils of a licentious i book, or of a profane and Infidel publication, \ especially if there bo enough of tho semblance ofgouiusinit tomakoit unmortal through ft lifetime, follow tho author into the eternal world. Sad must bo tho reflection of those who have ex pended tho powersof genius God lias lavished upon them, m providing perennial and perpetual fountafna of sin In its most alluring forma for all who como after. i 1 Some olarro was excited in tho maternal breasts of a village by tbo announcement upon tlio door or a now comer t “Children taken in three seconds.” It was soon discovered how ever, Unit ho was not a kidnapper, but a daguor rootyplst; 1 , K?" Tho Grant County Herald Illustrates fam ily, degeneracy, by printing tho followldg solilo quy of a member of tho Itlchoy ftunilyi ■ «My grandfather fought at tho hatllu of Bimkor Hill, my father was at Hull’s surrondor, and 1 run like li—ll on tho plains of Ktshwankio.” A Damieb.— At a dinner party, lately, tho following message was politely delivered by a UUlo girl to a wit of no Inferior ordor. “If you please, Mr. 8., mamma sends her compliments, and would bo much obliged if you would ftegfn to be funney .” ' ; Good.— At a party a few,evenings since, as a young gentleman named Frost was eating an apple In a qillot comer by himself, a young lady came up and gaily asked him “why he did not Share wllli her? Ho good naturcaly turned (ho side which Was not bitten towards her, uaylng t —“Hero, take it If Vou Wish.’.* “No, 0 1 thunk you,” she exclaimed, looking nt him archly, “I 1 would rather have ond that is not froil-hiilen /” land rati off to join tho company, leaving poor Frost with a thaw in Ids hoart. ’ ■' o^7“The last gift enterprise is tiio nnnounoo ! ment of one hundred thousand bundles of c /’ ira**s, urine nop ohanCOiJonO 'dollar.' The oflau* 1 I will probably cud itt smoko. .awn l/>w4 ' \ - - j -I _ \ K7"Succcs3 depends to”H« wio jdioWß h^olWftjlhmot-teto jmdont.-: ,_ , 0?* Queen Victoria was hora ontha 34th of: May 18X0. - Ijy Tho:BoUlhioroari»aro cbm,lalnbi ft? tho high price of beef. ' ; ' ;' ‘ ‘ , foundry has been opened up town td “cost • D9TAn object of interest,—a girt itwhptftf fe como Is $B,OOO a year. ** -* ; 1 *- ! "*' ** OS 9 " The Cholera is prevalUng in different sec tions of the country.;;. ; ,; ... oy How to .make a joitn it with . enterprising people. • f ' '■* *“*■ *' {Xj- Mr. Jeflfarton at tbeagd of 88 Declaration of Independence. -DuPont r elation of yours—put K?“ Tho colored. Free aro building a halHfa thttttowifr, K2!E x-Preaident FUhhorb v sta ' homo hTpaffelo from his tout 1 south*' «hn ; dates for Govomor of lowa," E?* When yon happen to haVOnoVdfrfne'r, no money to buy ono, just Sit ,down\and' cookery-book. Capital feast, of^lmaginatlon,.^ that -' 1 ./7 writers have, taker! thq. fronDlo • todeflno what a wife ought to bo,'wo may aS woTl add onr idea bn the subject to the general fired*. . A wife should- be, like, roast and ; nicely,dressed..’V’■ ' [£7” We arc quite convinced of - of in milking the .avowol/tbat no, pno desired the peace of the world more than he did — the 'Piece qf the world alluded to belng, no' doubt Turkey, ; ‘ ' ilr 7 < ' K7“Womoh nro like horses—tho gayer, tlio harness thoy.havo bn, the bettor theyfbolA’.W!d, - 1 got this from au old bachelor, who woa parly crossed in love. - - OF* People many, not so much for what they know of each other, as for what .they hope’ ta find. ■ c',i DF"In Utah, a man who- has not . more : thair two wives la rated a bachelor. f , .. y.y.j-1 tho BalUp,.number, * fifty vessels, all in the highest stato of ‘ carylng 2,880 guns and 82,114 men, ' " f. - TV*. Davis, sod of Gon. DavJs of Bucks county, Pn., has been appointed sectetaty - or New Mexico, by President Pierce.. ; <- OF* A good reputation la hotter-than a’fln>* coat, In almost- any. kind ,of wooing a fashionable.lady. . . V: , v £ri' OF* Tho French empress drives herself .outi in a carriago and four hordes. Sho handles tho ribbons with great skill. - ,*'V> DF“Bcaoty Is a great gift of-.fleavfen—not far’ tho' purpose of female vanity, but a great, gift, for one wholovesnnd wishes to be loved. ~ ; man who tried (o-sweeten h(9v!tea wih one of his wifb’s 'smiles has “fklloh‘back** on sugar. Nothing like first principles >Rcp* D3?“A sporting gentleman in HobllohkS offers cd a premium of $6OO (in tbo form of a bet) to any man in Alabama who can drive six..cats in ; harness, y J tjyTho oldest booljrtntho fj- 'Statosris'-a manuscript biblo In thcfiiosscssion of Dr..Witjr-, erspoon of Alabama, written over 100 Q years : I ago on parchment. r l-’-’y:. DFTashlon rules the world, ond d mbsi rannlcal mistress she Is—compelling people to*, 'submit to.tho most, Inconsistent thing linagina-'- , bio, (or fashion's sake. i* \* , 0F“ Govern thy life and thoughts; da if ihoi “ whole world were to sco tho ono and read, the. other. ‘ , ’ r ‘s. ‘, ‘ • • observed that prfeq sheep wore only fit and. prizo owttya’ to light them. ' 05“ In Siberia, tho greatest loxuriosjvro-raw, j:ats,. r Bccwrfl-up-ln,betttffl.oil» while In Japan> Utopod crocodile, flanked with-mohkey’s feet, thoiblght of 05“ An incorrigible w*g, who-.leat a minfS-“ era horad, which ran away cal rider; thought lib should haro" somo;iredlt-. for bis old In spreading the gospel / . ’ There Booms to bo longer a donbt/ that tho. Steamship “Olty of Glasgow” is' lbst'.'* v - Hopodeforredmakeththo,heart aiqkl . : "yr >' 05” Deaths -by to bo rife In all parts of the are too nu merous to bb noticed particularly,, . * r 0 . : ~ \ 05“ California has been making, rapid’strides"' In the science of ogricuUuro within tho last year or two. All accounts agree .that, with d tblera- % bio season, tho wheat of6p of that stdto now ‘ growing will bo In excess ,of : .thorrtdnts of tho ; population. . * ~ L ; *j • • y\ ‘ Ds“HusBiaiB tho groatcstcmplro in exteht that'over existed. U occupies vast regions of Europe and Asia, and forms nearlypno sixth of I tho habitable globe. It is forty ono times tho 1 size of Franco and, 188 times tho size of. En-.: gland. jr*.. Ds"’ An old maid wad hoard to exclaim, whilo r sitting at tollot tho other day—‘l can bear adver-" slty,l can encounter hardships, and- withstand > tho changes of flcklo fortune} but oh I to .livo<> and droop, and dlo like a single pink—l .can’t . endure It; and what's more I won’t.’ : 05" Mrs, Anna Cora ITowatt; (ho distinguish ed actress and antlioress. Is to bo married on tlio Oth of Juno, to WiA.F. BUchlo, Es<|., senior editor of tho Richmond jßruprircr a gentleman in all respects worthy tho guardianship of so amiable, beautiful and accomplished a .lady. Tho ceremony will tako place at Bovennwood, L. 1., New York, at tho mansion.of Mrs/ S. G. Ogden. , ik , ■ Skwifjoant,—A Washington clergyman, ft Sunday or two since, whftb stating a deficiency in tho collections, remarked that since Ilio lSsuo of three coat nieces tho revenuo. of. his churchy had decreased nearly ono-holfi , / j . , lumOßATJOH.—During tho flfstr (liroo , weeks > in (ho month of May, 420 vessels />um foreign • porta arrived at Now York, bringing to bur - midst4B,os-4 passengers. 05“ “I would advise you to pot your head In a dye tub, it’s rather rod,” said a joker to a sen- 1 '• dy girl. “ I would advise to pqt your’a Juto an i oven, It’s rather soft,” said Nancy. , ' K?" Ho who makes q question where there Is, no/doubt, must bo content with qn answer where , there is no reason. 1 , i K 7“ Never attempt to drive either religion or \ virtue into men. If. they won’t take the insti- • tntionin tho regular way, depend upon It that, it will do no more good than to preach meta physics to a cooking-stovo, or plain clothes for a girl who goes in fer the fashions. . C 7“ A young lady, says one of our exchanges,: ■ remarked to a male friend.that she feared that she a poor sailor. The gentleman ' : promptly answered “Probably—but I’m suro ' 6 you wouldmake an excellent mats, 1 * : . \ , j ' Qy Tho worst Mature Iq a fticb is his nosoT-wheu stuck into other people’s business. , i Is a singular fact Uiafc many. |qd|eamov- ♦.-? cr got beyond eighteen until they aro, say* that politonosa is Uko an.-. ; -' y flir-coushion—there may* bo nothing in It but;j(k. „ eases our Jolts wonderfully*; *■' ‘ (jy *«I foar God,’* said n nian of good'senhoV" ((And next to Him, 1./bar only the man who does.: not fbar UIM. ’ ‘ ‘ 1’ ' ' : ."’- ' [ETnHo that hath n trade, hail* dri Osfato \ and' he that hath n calling;hath a.placo of profit ufuV - ■ honor. . A plough-manon his logs is lilghol’ thWa/,, a gentleman on his knees. .. ~ - ff7“An Irishman being asked on a late trial, for a certificate of marriage, bared bla bead and , oxhlhltod a huge scar,'which looked ds though If might have boon.made with aflro«ahovol.*- ThO l . evidence was satisfactory.