AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ■PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING By jolun B. Bratton. .TERMS! - StTMotiipTiON.-r—Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, Jjatd in-advance 5 Two Dollars if paid within the. year? : dfid Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not fiaid within the year. Those terms will bo xigVd y adhered to in every Instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements — Accompanied by the Cash, ttnd hot exceeding one square, will bo three times for oho Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Those of a greater length In proportion. Job-Printing— Such as Hand Bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. .ffottifal EEART HISTORY. On£C upon a time, a niaiden Sat beneath a hawthorn© tree, And hcr lovcr close beside her, . Murmured vows of constancy. Fairer, sweeter than the blossom, ■ Hanging over her was she, And hot heart, within her bosom .Throbbed and moved tumultuously both were young, and fond and foolish; . rich, the story goes 5 Ma was pround, and Pa was mulish. Great their loves and great their woes, feo they klssod, and wept, and parted, 5 TSwearlng to bo over true. /fibled-tho maiden broken hearted 7 y Was the lover falthihl/tbo 7 Pshaw! she wed a wealthy banker, (Slander, whispered she was sold,) And no, city dames outrank her, Wlthhdr pocket full of gold Queen at every ball and party, Decked with laces and jewels rare, Looking fresh and hearty, Reigns the victim- of despair. Ho—confound the lucky fellow— f Took a widow thrice his years; Fat dnd forty, ripe and mellow; ■With a brace of “little dears Big plantation, servants plenty, Splendid mansion, pomp and case, Cured the boyish love of twenty, >; Thot incurable disease. Loam from this, ye dotting lovers, In your anguish, not to break .Anything of greater value, ...Than the promises you make. Bioaria wore made to put In motion Bltfdd that otherwise would cool •, llMeaabre, profit and promotion, t V\Graduato at Cupid’s school. PARODY’ Drayman, spare that whip ! l ' Don’t touch me on the raw. That harness galls my hip— Don’t tug so at my jaw. In vain you urge my speed— In vain you soundly flog, TouknowYkn broken knec’d, And cannot faster jog. . That old familllnr-lash, Prom whips fff groat renown, .Cut once a mighty dash — I’m glad its now noxE nnowN. Then, drayman," spare that stroke— ♦ Dont cudgel mo, I pray, • That double knot’s no joke— 'Would I could bolt away I % grilling Ikridj From Sharpe's London Magazine. A LEAP FOR LIFE. DV WILLIAM DURTOX. After my discharge from tho* hospital at Ila ▼ona, I shipped in tho American barquo Indo; lJaptaln' Kbtfbrt Jj—- bound -tb' and then round tho Horn to' tho Western coast *of North America. She was a large vessel, of some seven hundred tons rogis tdr, with a handsome poop, top gallant forecastle and all other points of n flash ship. • The captain was a native of Jersey, and tho crow wore a mix ture of Americans, British and Spaniards* with a sprinkling of woolly-heads, or “snow balls,” as jve called the negroes. Wo had not been a week out, ore very groat dissatisfaction prevailed among tho crow, for the captain, with unaccountable perversity, did not allow ns half enough junk (I. c. salted beef) to our meals 5 and even what wo did get, was what sailors call “oW horse,” viz : hard, tough, lean, stringy stuff, devoid of nourishment. Tho usual allowance of junk on ship-board la one pound and a half for each num per diem; but lam sure wo did not gel more than half that quantity.— Tho captain used to come on deck every morn ing, and stand by the steward as ho weighed out tho junk from tho “harness cask,” to seo that wo did not get an ounce over what he had order ed, On tho other hand, this captain allowed us thrice as much grog as la usual. But sailors, although very fond of rum, can’t Hvc upon It j and throe quarters of a pound of “old horse,” and a few rotten biscuits, quite alive with “wee vils/’ was a poor day’s ajlowanco for a hearty follow. Our firstmato ofter remonstrated with tho cap tain on his cdnducl, and plainly told him that tho men would not submit to it; but the only reply the captain ado was to toll. him to mind what ho was about, or ho would “break him and Acre him np/’-~moanlng that ho would send tho mote forward as a common sailor, and* work him to death. At length, after a long and fierce dis cussion in tho forecastle, wo all went aft one morning in a body, and complained through the carpenter, ns spokesman, that wo had not enough <o oat. Captain L listened without Inter ruption,and then coolly turned round and said— “ Steward, go down into tho cabin, and bring my pistols.” Wo looked at one another In silence. In a couple of minutes tho seward returned with tho pistols, and, with a face ns pale as death, handed them to tho captain. Tho latter coolly placed them both on full cock, and laying them side by sldo on the top of tho binnacle, crossed his arms, and glared round at every soul of us cro ho spoke. “Now, rtlon,” cried he at length, between his tooth, “all I’ve got to say Is, that you aro mis taken If you think you are going to got tho up per hand of mo. lam yonrcnptain,and tho law gives mo power to do what I like. You didn’t ship to bully mo. Go for’ard to your duty, and tho first man that hesltatof’, or gives mo any jaw, I’ll shoot him as I would a pigeon!” Wo tumbled to the forecastle In a body, and for hours after, tho captain walked tho dock big with his achievement. Wo had light baffling winds Tor many days, and tho temper of tho captain grow perfectly savage. By-and-by came a calm and ho was a complete madman. Ho stormed and swore from morning to night, and “hazed” us all, from tho cabin boy up to tho mate. Onr allowance of meat was worse than over, and ho stopped grog altogether, and put us on half allowance of water, under pre tence that ho feared to run short If tho calm lasted. But when a broozo sprung up at tho ex piration of four days, our allowance remained tho same—half moat, half water, no grog I Tho sailors grow half desperate, and curses both loud and deep wore handled from mouth to mouth, and indistinct menaces muttered. ■ By-and-by it grew whispered In tho ship that tho captain had had bcoup-de-solcil, or sun stroke before leaving Havana, and that bo bad drank freely of brandy ever since, and was consequent ly really insane.to a certain extent. This would explain his ponduct, and wo all wore Inclined to acoopt It ns tho proper solution5 but the captain had certainly never yet committed any act which would legally bo hold proof of Insanity j for all that ho did, although highly cruol and tyrannic al, was within tho bounds of that fosrful amount of almost irresponsible power that tho law al lows to son captains. Wo had boon throe wooksont, when it was my morning to watch on dock. Six bolls (7 o’clock) had Just boon struck, and I was engaged colling eway tho lino of tho log, which had boon hovo by BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL 41, order of the mate, then In charge of the dock, when Captain L- — unexpectedly came out of the cabin. I noticedthathebadowild, nervous look, for ho ghncod around and aloft, fust as a man might do when suddenly aroused from a dream. “What’s the course 7” he abruptly demanded of the man at the wheel. ‘‘South east by east, sir.” The captain then • stepped up to the binnacle and looked atthc compass. Turning round with an oath, he struck the man a blow in the mouth that knocked him away from the wheel, and thundred— “Fou take the spokes in Jiand I You know no more about steering than your mother I” (Such were the exact words, for I distinctly remember them.) The poor fellow, who was ode of tho best helms men in tho ship% took hold of tho spokes again, the trickling down his chin, and muttered, “I was steering to a haira-breadth.” “What’s that you qay 7” “I say I was steering as well as any man could and you’re a tyrant, captain.” Tho captain’s face grow black with passion, and tho light foam flew from his Ups, as he screamed— “Mr. Jackson, clap this follow in irons ! No, seize him up—make a spread-eagle oi him! I’ll teach him to too thojrmrk!” The mate, Jackson, in vain attempted to soothe (he madman, who compelled his officers to “seize up” the unfortunate sailor—that is, to lash his wrists to the shrouds, with his back bare for pun ishment. Tliis ip called making a “spread ea gle.” I dare not dilate on the sickening scene that ensued. Suffice it that the captain with ins own hand flogged the man most brutally in pre sence of all hands, and not a soul of us dared to speak. That night we all signed a “round robin,” that is, a paper stating a grievance, or petition, with the names written in u circle, so that not one can be pitched upon as the ringleader—addressed to the chief mate, stating that wo all felt that our lives were not safe intho hands of the captain, as ho was obviously Insane, and requesting the mate to take command of the ship, and place the captain in confinement. We sent this to Mr. Jackson by one of the boys, and in a quarter of an hour the mate came forward^ “Men,” said ho, “do you know what you arc about 1 Yon are in open mutiny—and you know what the penalty for that is. For God’s sake let us have no more of this. Captain L is captain, and, his will is law. We must all sub mit to lt;^. - W.4ro f to do my duty strictly, I should show/Vtlfis,” pointing to the round robin, “to tbercaptain ; but I don’t want to make matters worse. Let us got to port, and then complain as you please. Hulf'oryourownsakes —and for my sake—don’t mutiny.” .Wo all respected the mate, and his words made a great impression. We consulted together, and the prndepcc of the majority overcame the fierce Impulse •of.tho holder spirits. It was, however, tacitly understood, (hat If matters grow much worse, wc would risk the dreadful penally ot mutiny by seizing the captain? for we now con sidered ho was undoubtedly insane,although the mate acted rightly enough in holding aloof at present, ns the captain had not yet evinced Him self incapable of managing the ship. Whether any whisper had leaked out in the cabin, through the steward or officers, I cannot tell, but the coplain undoubtedly suspected wiiat had passed. At noon the next day ho camo_ on deck, with a double barrelled grin in his hands, and deliberately loaded It with ball, tumour., pnfAf once. When he had don 6 this, ho .called all hands aft, and in a language that sufficiently io jji.c^mcl v ,front Ijs-wUcLducoherpnoy, th&t-’ho was undoubtedly insane, ho addressed the crow wind ing up*\vUh tho words— “ You tliink to got 'the upper hand of mo, do you 7 You will mutiny—you will take the ship away j(Vom me?. I’ll make an example—l’ll show you whom you have to deal with! Mr. Jackson, let those two men ho seized up this minute, for I'H nuke spread eagles of ’em sure as I live.” Ah he spoke tho captain pointed to two of the nearest men—one an American, the other an Englishman. These poor fellows looked round at their messmates, and seeing how undecided all were, they suddenly sprang into the rigging— running aloft for safety. The captain's eyes glared like a wild beast's and seizing his pun, he shouted— “Conui down this moment, both of ye, or I'll shoot ye!” They saw the threatening movement,and heard the command ; but this only caused (hem to run up tho rigging higher and higher. Twice more the captain hailed them; and then ho raised his piece, and quick as lightning, levelled and fired. A burst of execration from us all followed, for the ball had struck the Englishman, and broken his leg. Ho fell liko a wounded bird into tho main tpp, and screamed in agony. “Oh, Godf what hove you clone, Capt. L-— 1” exclaimed the horror-stricken mate. “You have committed murder I” “No. I have not,” answered tho captain. “I ordered tho follow down, and If ho won’t obey, it’s mutiny, and tho law will justify me in killing him, or killing you cither —so mind wbut you say.” 'The mate turned aside, and when one of tho oldest seamen whispered in his car—“ Say the word, sir, and wo will clap the madman in Irons,” ho only shook his head, and burle'u his face in his hands. Meanwhile tho American, a fine young follow, knowm by tho soubriquet of “Boston Bill,” had ascended to tho royal yard, and was looking down on dock to seo what course matters wore talcing. Tho captain, not satlstlcd with disabling one man, at this moment pointed Ids gun at him, and hoarsely ordered him on dock, threatening to shoot him it ho refused. “Como down, man, for heaven's sake!” re peated Ibe mate. “lie will flog me If 1 do, nir.” “Yes, I'll flog you, sure enough,” yelled the captain. “Then I will die before I come down I” Without another ward, tho captain commenced taking a deliberate aim, and hall a dozen voices shouted to tho man whoso life was In this fear- Ail Jeopardy,— “Jump overboard, Bill, or you arc a dead man I Jump for life 1” In an Instant tho sailor ran along tho footropo, and clung to tho royal yard-arm to looward. Tho alternative was Indeed horrible. If ho descend, od ho would bo flogged—lf ho remained ho would ho shot—it ho leaped overboard from that dread ful height ho ran tho risk of being dashed to pieces If ho fell sideways on tho water, or of be ing snapped by a shark or drowned, lot him fhll which way ho would. Tbo captain shifted his aim and his finger was on tho tj-lgger. “Jump, Bill, jump!” screamed his messmates, and his resolution was taken. Ho would leup for life I Lowering himself from tho yard-arms with bis hands, ho pointed feet downward, and clovo tho alrwith tho velocity of a cannon-ball. A second or two, and ho bud disappeared in tbo curling gruon sen. Tho pont up excitement of tho crow found vent at this .moment. One party rushed on iho captain, and disarmed ami bound him, while tho rest put tho holm down and throw tho sails abnok, to stop tbo motion of tho ship, and sprang to tho falls of tho quarter-boat to lower away to pick up the American, should ho riso to tho surAice. A breathless pause of very nearly a minute ensued, and then wo behold tho bond of tho sall omorgo at tho distance of a hundred yards \ and being a capital water-dog, ho struck out boldly for tho shin, and amid a loud hurra was picked up. Ills ‘leap for Hfo* had boon succossAd. Tbo other poor fellow who was shot aloft was lowered on deck In a allng. 110 was moro In jured by tho fall than by tho ball Jn his leg, and died tho same night In extreme-agony. - i . “OL’B COUNTRY—if AY IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT—-BUT BIGHT OB fITIQNO, OUR COUNTRY.” The mate now consented to take command of tho ship, and Captain L> was closely con fined till we came to port. By that time he was raving mad, and he died within three days after being conveyed to the hospital ashore. An Indian Ceremony Among tho many curious ceremonies charac teristic of.the California Indians, one of the most interesting and imposing, is said to be the ‘‘Feast of Gympsum”—which celebrates the introduction of boys to manhood. On tho oc casion of this ceremony, due notice of the feast having been given, and invitations extended to neighboring friendly villages, all the youths who havoattained the requisite ago are confined within the dwelling of some chief, and obliged to swallow n-.decoction of gympsum or stram onium, sufficiently strong to destroy all power of muscular action and sensibility for an entire night. The female choir of the village then as semble around the tent, decorated in their gay est dresses, and surrounded by a body guard of old men, one of whom acts as director of the : proceedings. The younger men and invited guests enter the ring, divested of the greater part of their clothing, profusely ornamented with feathers, and covered with alternate stripes of black and white paint. Tho director then makes a short speech and commences dancing. The entire choir bursts out into a song by no means unmusical, and‘all the men within the ring proceed to follow’ the example of their di rector in a scries of steps which set at defiance all conventional rules for the poetry of motion. At the close of the song, the old men puff from their mouths a volumcof wind towards heaven, and with a loud howl the dancers retire to re cover breath. Three nights are spent in this manner, with the exception that after the first night the youths, who have recovered from their stupor, are allowed to participate in the dancing. On the first day after their recovery from the effects of the medicine—which effects are said to re semble somewhat the delightful sensations pro duced by the of the Arabs—they are presented with water and paint, and after hav ing performed ablutions ami painted themsel ves, arc led into the field ami taught the myste ries of planting and harvesting—also how to construct the various kinds of lodges, and how to ensnare the different species of game used by them for food. They are also daily lectured upon the “arts” of war. theft, and deception. This instruction continues for three days, dur ing which time they are inducted into a now and higher stylo of dance. On the third day they arc lectured upon religion, the creation of the earth, and the history of the human race, and are then dismissed to the liberties of man hood.—lfojfon Journal. Ancctlolc of Parson Brownlow. TTc once heard an anecdote told of the Par son, which, if true, clearly shows that what he thinks is right, he will endeavor to maintain.— It is said that he was once notified by one of the greatest pugilists and bragadocias in Tennes see. that if he attempted to preach again at a certain place, he would bo taken from the pulpit and publicly whipt in the presence of his con gregation. The persons present knowing the ,mpn who had thus threatened the Parson to bo .n-deaporate fellow,.advised him not to preach. They were requested not to give thcmsclrcfflmy trouble, as ,Uo.,woabLaVbcmd-to .the.tnjtf.flsr him self. '• , ‘ Sunday morning came, and so did the Par son at tile appointed hour, and took his place in the pulpit. Upon looking around, lie saw the follow who had threatened him, with a num ber of his friends occupying . a portion of the church near the pulpit. the usual exercises by opening the Bible which lay upon the desk—ho then removed from his right coat pocket a revolver, and placed it at the right of the word of truth—then another to his left; he then drew from his bosom a largo and heavy howio knife, and laid it across the leaves, to prevent the wind from turning (hem. This was an argument which forboded certain results: his opponents were so perfectly amazed with the beginning of the sermon, IhaKtlwy conclud ed it best not to interfere with him, and it is said that no set of men ever got such a scorch ing ns did some of his congregation upon that occasion. Cost of thk Mammoth Cavk.— Colonel Cor gan, to whose family it belongs, was a resident of Louisville. Ho went to Europe, some twenty years ago, and, as an American, found himself frequently questioned of the wonders of the Mammoth Cave —a place he had never visited, ami which, at home, though living within nine ty miles of it, ho had heard very little. He went Incrc on hia return, and the idea struck him to purchase and make it a family inheritance.— In fifteen minutes bargaining he bought it for slo,ooo—though shortly' after he was oflered $lOO,OOO for his purchase. In hia will ho tied it up in such a way, that it must remain in his family for two generations, thus appending its celebrity to hia name. There aro 1000 acres in the estate, —though tho cave probably' run* under the property of a great number of other land owners. For fear of those who might dig down and establish an entrance to the cave on their own property’, (a man’s farm extending up to the zenith and down to the nadir,) great vigilance is exercised to prevent such subterra nean surveys and mcasuremcnlsas would enable them to sink a shaft with any certainty. The cave extends ten or twelve miles in several di rections, and there is probably many a back woodman sitting in his hut within ten miles of the cave quite unconscious that (he most fash ionable ladies and gentlemen of Europe and America, are walking without leave under his corn and potatoes 1 Dignity or Trade.—Wo liko to see a man, no matter what business ho may bo engaged in, to have a respect for It. It elevates labor, and ennobles trade. Tho other day, In tho neighborhood of tho Park, wo encountered n tall, dignified looking man, in a long seedy frock coat, buttoned up' to tho chin, with a glossy silk hat, presiding at an npplo stand. Somo how or other his manner, his “stylo” struck us. vWhttt Is tho prlco of these apples,’ wo asked, pointing to a pile of red ones. •IVo shall have to charge two cents for those, said ho i ‘they are superior article» but thoro is an apple,’ ho added, ‘and of a good quality, that wo put younta cent I’ ‘Shade of Commerce!’ Uo couldn’t have said more nor in a more pretention manner, Ifho had boon offering tho rarest goods In Stewart’s marble palaco. Ho was very far from being what Mrs. Partington terms 'non pompos u’en lit.’ Tocno Amkuioa. —ln his lately published vol ume of lectures on “tiro moral aspects of city life,” Rov. E. 11. Chapin says—“ There aro young men whoso solo conception of enjoyment is concentrated in tho word “Fast”—who grows fast, tivo fast, go fast on tho road to destruction, with tholr own folly for a locomotive, and cham nalgno and brandy for tho steam power, convert ing themselves Into liquor casks, propphg up door posts, hanging over railings, and startling tbo dull air of night with rickety melody and druken whoops. There are othqrs, half fop and half ruffian, who dlvjdo tholr tlmo between the. lUvorlto racer and tho pqt pugilist, and whoso Idea of a mlllenlum, probably, would bo that of a protracted Fourth of July.” CARLISLE, PA, TfIUESDAY, JULY -13, 1854, fidelity. Ono cvo ofbeauty, wtion fho sun Was on the streamer Guadalquivcr, The gold converting,'oho by one, The ripples of tho mighty river 5, Beside me on tho bank was seated A Seville girl with aubnrn hair, And eyes that might }ho .world have cheated, A wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair! She stooped and wrbtp’upon the sand, Just os tho loving sun was going. "W ith such a soft, -small, shining hand, I could have sworn *twas silver tinning. Her words were three,' and not ono more, What could Diana’s motto be 1 The Syren wrote upon tho shore— “ Death, not inconstancy.” And then her two largo languid eyes So turned on mine) that, devil take me, I set tho air on fire with sighs, And was tho fool she choose to make me, Saint Patrick would have been deceived, With such an eye and such a hand; But ono week more, and I believed As much the woman as tho sand. THE RECONCILIATION. A PLEASING SKETCH. ‘Well, I think it is.likely; but don't tease | me any more. Your','fcrothcr has married a ( poor girl, one whomlTorbado him to marry : j ami I won’t forgive hitri/if they all starve to-J golhcr.’ • j This speech was addressed to a lovely girl.; scarcely eighteen; !>6atltiful ns the lilv that, hides itself beneath tho.dark waters. She was parting the silvery lookk on her father's high.; handsome forehead,' her own was a, miniature, and pleading the cause of her de- j linquent brother, who.hfld married in opposition j to her father’s will, and had consequently been i disinherited. Mr. Wheatly was a neb old gen- resident of Boston. He was a fall good-natured old fellow, somewhat given I o mi n 1 1 1 and wine, and satin lus arm chair, from morn ing till night, smoking his pipe, ami reading the newspapers. Sometimes a story of his own exploits in our revolutionary’ battles, filled up a passing hour. 110 hr.d two children, .the dis obedient son, and tljfl beautiful girl spoken of. The foud girl wcn^.'ph‘pleading: •Dear father do forgive him : you don’t know what a beautiful girl no has married, and— 1 ‘I think it’s likely;'said the old man: ‘hut don’t tenke me, and open tho door a Utile, this plaguy roomsmokes so:!.. •Well.’continued EJlfin, ‘won't yon Just see her, now ?—she is so good, aud the little boy, he looks so innocent.','-.' - ? ‘ ‘What did you sajJ ; interrupted the father: a boy ! have I g grand child ? Why, Kllen. I never knew that before’! but I think it’shkely. Well, now, give mo tby chocolate, and then go to your music lesson,!'* Kllen left.him.. Ttioold man's heart began to relent. i ‘Well,’ he went was always a goad hoy, a little wilft'wjsfio College, but I. indulged him; and hV always was gqpd’ to'hrs old father, for all; lint bo disobeyed me, by marrying this poor girl; yet Cos my old friend and fellow soldier, -TpmJ&nm.T- used to.say, we waist forgivoo, Poor flmjgiVt-allmy 'e&vimifa w!Schatevcr- be«oh3gJ jot mm.- df I cbiud buir-flnd bim or one of his children ! Heaven grant that they are not suf fering! This, plaguy smoky room, how my eyes water! If I did but know who tills girl was that my Charles has married : but I have never enquired her name. I’ll find out ami— 'l think its likely.' Saul the old man. Ellen led into the room n beautiful hoy. about two years old. His curly hair and rosy cheeks could uot but make one love him. ‘Who is that ?’ said the old man, wiping his eyes. ‘That—that is Charles’ boy,’ said Ellen, throwing one of her arms around her father's neck, while with the other she placed the child on his knee. The child looked tenderly up into his face, and lisped out, •Graml-pa, what makes you cry so ?’ The old man clasped the child to Ins bosom, kissed him again and again. After his emotion had a little subsided, ho bade the child tell Ids name. ‘Thomas TThoncr rally,’ said the boy, T am named after graml-na.’ ‘What do I hear ?' said the old man ; ‘Thom as Homier your grandfather?* •Yes,’ lisped the boy, ‘and he lives with mo at ’ ‘Get mo nvy cane.'said the old man, ‘and come; be quick, child.’ Tiny started offal a quick pace, which soon brought them to the poor, though neat lodgings of his:fion. There ho beheld his old friend, Thomas Bonner, seated in one corner, weav ing baskets, while his swathed limbs showed how unable ho was to perform the necessary task. Uis lovely daughter, the wife of Charles, was preparing their frugal meal, and Charles was out seeking employment to support his needy family. ‘lt’s all my fault,’ sobbed the old man, as he embraced his friend, who was petrified with amazement. ‘Conic,’ said Mr. Wheatly, ‘come all of yftn home with me, we will all live together, there is plenty of room in my house for ns all.’ By this time Chorles hod come. lie asked his father’s forgiveness, which was freely given, ami Ellen was almost mad with joy. ‘Oh, how happy we shall be ! she exclaimed : ‘and father will love our little Thomas so, and he’ll bo your pct, won*t ho, father ?’ ‘Ay,’said the old roan,‘l think it’s very likely.* •Fashionable Folly.—Wo observe that tho New York flishlonablos are endeavoring iq out do each other in tho cos/ftnesj of their evening parties, and It la said that a lady’s dross that Cbata less than on« thousand dollars, is consider ed quite n mean affair. * There is nothing more vulgar than tho at tempt on the part of American ladies to imitate tho fluhkylsm of tho rich trades-folks of Eng land, who, being shut out of aristocratic circles by blood, undo thorn’jn extravagant waste of dollars In nil their entertainments under tho de lusion that they ore thus elevating their social position, A rich butcher of London, wo observe, astonished tho natives recently, by appoarlngin his carriage In his shirt sleeves, with a coachman and footman In elegant livery. Now ho was a manofsonso compared with tho vulgar mob of fools who spend their money In laces at ono hundred dollars per yard, to bo crushed at an evening party inudoupof silly women and young gentlemen in white kids, who never earned an , honest dollar, and-nro ashamed of their grand- 1 1 father if ho happened to bo a worthy soap-boiler or mechanic. There Is nothing so foolish ami weak as tho conduct of tho “Upper ten In our largo cities, and no glass Is more immeasurably and Justly dfsplecd. / Tho -whole time of mana glng mothers and Intriguing daughters a spent in making a salo of their ofßmnng and thorn solves to tho upsfurt rich—while to sustain their folly fhoir ftthercfrfo coining their ooncionco Into dollarsln Waft street. Tho happiness grow- Inc out of thosofhatchos Is easily measured.— Tho noble son or noble daughter of an honest flirmor outranks in worth and greatness a whole ballroom,full of such tinselled, brainless ana heartless creatures. i Story of Circumstantial Evidence. Some years ago, I went especially to Clotp woll assizes and accidentally witnessed a trial which I never shall forget. A wretched man, a native of that county, was charged with the murder of his neighbor. It seemed that an ancient fued existed between them. They had met at a fair, exchanged blows ; again that eve ning they met at a low pothouse and the bodily interference of friends alone prevented a fight between > them. Tim prisoner was heard to vow vengeance against his rival. The wretch ed victim left the house, iollowed by the prison er, and was found next day on tho road side, murdered and his face barbarously beaten in by a stone so that ho could only be identified by his dress. The facts were strong against i the prisoner ; in fact it was the strongest ease | of circumstantial evidence I ever met with.— As a form—of his guilt there was no doubt— the prisoner was called for his defence. He call ed, to tho surprise of every one, tho murdered man. And the murdered man came forward. — It seemed that another man had been murdered —the identification by dress was vague, for all the peasantry of Tipperary wear the - same de scription of clothes—that the presumed victim had got a hint that he would Le arrested under the White Boy Act—had fled, and only return ed with a noble Irish-•filling of Justice, when he found that his ancient foe was in jeopardy on I Ins account. The case was clear; the prisoner was innocent. The judge told the jury it was I unnecessary to charge them. They requested I permission to retire: they returned in about I two hours, when the foreman with a long face handed him the verdict of ‘guilty.’ Everyone was astonished. ‘Good God !’ said the Judge, ‘of what is he guilty ? Not of murder, surely V •No mv lord,’ said the foreman, 'but if he did not murder that man, he stole my mure three years ago.’—Dome/ O'ConnrU. rn.riT Zkat.. —Xo man was ever scolded mil ot his sins. Th£ heart, corrupt as it is, »ml he. ' cause it is so, grows angry if it he not treated with some management and good manners, and 1 scolds back again.', A surly mastiff will bear per-: haps to be stroked, though ho will growl even j under ttie operation, hut ifydu touch him rough- j ly he will hitc. There is norgrnce that the spir it of self can counterfeit with more success than a religions zeal. A man thinks ho Is lighting; for Christ, and lie is fighting for his own notions. He thinks ho is skillfully searching (ho hearts of others, when he is only gnmfying the malig nity of his own; and charitably supposes his hearers destitute of all grace that he may shine the more in his own eyes by comparison. When ho lias performed this noble task, ho wonders that they are not converted: ho has given it to (hem soundly, and if they do not tremble and confess that (Tod is in him of a (ruth, he gives them up ns reprobates, incorrgi hie and’lost forever. But a man Njat loves me, if he sees mo in an error will pity vie, and en deavor calmly to convince moot* lt,'xjnd per suade me to forsake it. If he has great and good news to tell me, he will not do it angrily, and In much heat and discomposure of spirit.— It is not, therefore, easy to conceive on «hat fgfovpd a minister can justify a conduct which proveejba.t ho docs not understand his errand. The absurdity pf iKlvbnld certainly strike him, If ho were not hlmsblf dohided^Coirpcr. AilfcnLoo.—ln the parish,of Stathblane, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, a singular storr is told ’of a -Jog of. wood.- ,A|>out orib jfuudrcd yijaririig&yfft'hi .tfemembortsHto hartf acyVcd ns a* prop to the end of a bench, in a school-house, near the church. It was afterwards used by children, who amused themselves with carrying it to the top of on acclivity, whence it rolled to the bottom. It afterwards lay years on the wall of a chursll-yard. At last if was ap propriated by an old woman, a pauper, who lived in a hut by herself. For about twelve 1 vears she used it as a scat. After her death. 1 one of her neighbors was employed to wash the ) clothes that were found in her house: fuel being , scarce it was laid on the lire to beat water fur j the operation. Not igniting quickly, the wash erwoman look It oft the fire, and proceeded to cleave it with a hatchet, when lo ! at the first I stroke it burst asunder, and the floor was eov- j err’d with money, coin? consisted of crowns. J half crowns, and shillings, of Queen Elizabeth, j James the First of England, and Charles the First: a few gold coins were also found. Vi loahity.— Wo would guftnl the young against the use of every word that is not per fectly proper. Cse no profane expression—al lude to no sentence that would put to the blush the most sensitive. Von know not the tendency of habitually using indecent and profane lan guage. It may never be obliterated from your hearts. When you grow up you will find at vour tongue’s end some expressions which you would not use for any money. U was one you leared when quite young. By being careful, you will save yourself a great deal of trouble, mortification and sorrow. Good men have been token sick and become delirious. In these mo ments they have used the most vile and inde cent language imaginable. When informed of it, after a restoration of .health, they had no idea of the pain they had given their friends, and stated they had learned and repeated these . expressions In childhood, and though years had ) passed since they had spoken a bad,word, the early impressions had been indellibly srtnfipcd upon the heart. Think of this, ye who are 1 tempted to use improper language, and never 1 disgrace yourself. philosophic and self-possessed ship captain was passing through a church-yard at midnight, when a sheeted ghost rose up behind a tombstone, and approached him with menac ing gestures. The ancient mariner coolly raised his slick and gave him a over tho head, asking him “What ho meant by being out of his grave at so lato an hour ?” I A Qua.vdaut. —To sit on a sofa between two pretty girls, ono with black eyes, jet ringlets, and rosy checks—tho other with soft blue eyes, sunny ringlets, and red cheeks and lips, and both laughing at the same time. Wo know of nothing more trying to one's nerves, unless it be to have both hands in the dough and a flea up tho leg of our trousers. Tub First Quaker Pun.—Not long since a ‘Friend,* who rejoiced In tho name of Comfort, paid his devoirs to 0 young and attractive Qua ker widow named Rachel ll.—Either her grieia wore toe now, or her lover too old, or (rom some other cause, his oflbr was declined. Whereupon a Quaker IVlond remarked that was tho first modern Instance ho had known where •Rachel refused to bo comforted.’ The anec dote is remarkable os being tho first Quaker pun on record. ny “Mrs. Jones,” said a gentleman ono day last, summer, when railroad accidents wore so numerous, too lady whoso husband was a brakes mau. “Mrs. Jones, do you not fool worried about Mr. Jones while be is on tho cars In view of the many accidents that are now dally occur ring?’* “No, not at all,** replied tho conton-, led lady i “for If ho Is killed, *l know I shall bo' paid for it, because Mr. Williams got forty dol lars for his cow that was run over by tho cars a few days since.** • [£?* Brandy applications aro recommended by a Western paper for baldness, continued ex ternally until the hair is well started, and af terwards in generous quantities internally, to 1 clinch the roots! AT $2,00 TER ANNUM. NO, 5. The Tnnkee in Hell. Burton tells a capital story of ‘Tho Yan keo in the Infernal Regions.’ Ills description of some of the characters he found “down be low,” is laughable In the extreme. Nebuchad nezzar, the king of the Jews, he describes good nt “all fours,” and particularly expert in the preparation of “salad.” The introduction of (ho Yankee to his infbrnal mqjesty i» peculiar. ‘‘How d’yo dew, folks,” said the stranger, pulling away nt a long sogar ; “is the boss devil at hum 7” His majesty looked sulphur and saltpetre at the intruder. (‘Reptile f” he exclaimed in a voice of thun der, that rumbled and reverberated in the depths of a pit without bottom, “who are you that dare intrude upon our sacred privacy 7” “Whew,” said the stranger, “don't (oar your shirt! why what on earth is the use of goin’ off half cock in that way 5 Why do you jump for afore you’re spirred ! (here aint such an almigh ty occasion for you to get your dander so awfhl I m, jist as if you was gain* to burst your biler. 1 Seem’ that your climate’s rather of the warmest, ! it would only be doin’ the civil tiling if you jist j said, “Mister, too the mark, and take your 1 hitlers-” “Worm, hence to your appointed place In the yawning gulf ! (here, in the hottest flame—” “Wall, I guess not ! M drawled out the man, with impurtnrahle calmness. “I’vegot my tick et, Mister, from the regular agent, and 1 don’t choose a berth so nigh the injino!” Ixw’Strt Kssrntiai.. — If you arc not pos sessed of brilliant talents. 3-011 can at least he industrious ; and this, with perseverance, will compensate for the want of intellectual gifts.— The history of almost every really eminent man. no matter in what pursuit lie has signalized himself and served mankind, abounds with proofs that In industry, full as much as to go : nius, have all really great human achievements 1 "been attributable. (treatscholars, for instance. | have not been merely laborious, but they have studied both methodically and regularly, they I have had for every portion of the day its proper ami allotted study, and in no wise woulu they : allow any one portion of time to he encroached 1 on by the study to which another portion was I especially devoted in their fixed plan of action. flow to Chouse a Wife. —wficn ft young woman behaves to her parent s in ft manner par ticularly tender and respectful, from principle as well os nature, there is nothing good and gentle that may not bp expected from her, in whatever condition she may be placed. Were ! 1 to advise a friend as to his choice of a wife, my council would l«i, “look out for one distin guished for her attention and sweetness to her parents,” The (Uri<i,.of worth find affection in dicated by such behavior, joined to-thc habits of Jlity and consideration thereby contracted, being transferred to the married slafo, will not fail to render her a mild and obliging compan ion. Anecdote op (iinnoN,—Uno of the drollest occurrences in the annuls of gallantry is related 1 of Gibbon, the historian, who was short in stat ure, and very fat.' One day being with the beautiful Madame dO- Crouzaa, he dropped on | his knees before her and made a declaration of his lovo in tbo most passionate tonus. Tho as tonished lady rejected his sml,rtnd requested him to rise. “Itiso, Gibbon, J beseech yon rise.” Mr, Gibbon still “Jiff. Gibbon, will you;imvoUie go£dgc t up ? 1 cannot,” • Ho was fo'dTotto . rcgairr*ma' foot Without assistance, Madainq dc Crouzaa rang (ho boli, and said to bor servant “Lift up Mr. I Gibbon.*? ■ . . j \ Sour Primers—The November number of Ilnrper’s Magazine has a scene between a fresh caught cockney and a New York Market wom an, which is the heat Punchiana for six months. The " oman is standing » ill) her hands under her apron, by a pile ol huge pumpkins, and looks ns saucy as only a New Vork market woman can look. The cockney is poking the biggest pump kin witli his rattan. (’ockncy.—“l ’opc you don’t call them large happtes ; they ain’t half as large as we have them in Hold llenglAud.” Market woman.—“Apples' Them ain't ap ples. Them is only huckleberries.” No Me vns ok Srri’oiiT. — Miss Man Killiwee i was called up, and informed by the Recorder that an ntlldavit had been made against her. in which aho is charged with having “no visible moans of nupport.” “No rmMe means of sup port !” echoed Mary, and thereupon she drew up her nolhor garments, so ns to expose a woll developed limb, and triumplumjty exclaimed, “Don’t you call that a visible urtfans ol support, Mr. Recorder/” Wo need scarcely add that the Recorder blushed, ami summarily sent Mary to the work-house for thirty days.—A’. O. Delta. man wishes to bo graceful, he must begin his practice before his bones and habits are formed. Learning to dance after thirty has only one thing more difficult, and that is to forego a pipe after you arc sixty. Shave on Resiun. —The’clerks of the Bank of England, following the universal example, lately began to embellish their lips with hirsute ornaments, but the directors soon pul a - slop to I the fashion, and ordered them to •‘shave or re- I sign.” It is said they preferred to shave. | Distinctions. —A Trench Abbe trnvellincin ! a stage was asked bv a young clerk, a would be wit and atheist, if he knew what difference there was between a priest and on ass, and upon being answered in the negative, said that the j priest can icd the cross on |ris breast, and the j ass on his back. After the laughter had sub sided, the Abbe asked if the clerk knew the dif ference between ft clerk and an ass. * •No,’ was the reply. •Nor I,’rejoined the Abbe- Toyrntwo Proofs or Regard.—l have a re gard said Tltmarsh, for ovory man on hoard that ship, from iho captain down to the crew—down ovon to tho cook, with fattoed arms, sweating among tho saucepans in (ho galley, who used (with the most touching affection) to tend uj locks of his hair in the soup- [l7* Mr. Mollo'vfly on being osked tho other day by a yonng beggar, who wasn’t so bad to look at, for alms, mistook tho sense of tho word and gave the girl a one-horse embrace. If there is one weakness more than another in Mollowfly's nature, it is to mistake a pretty iMiss. To molt a lady right into a boquet, just praise her feet, her bands, chest, her eyes and her hair. She Is as fluent as rectified spirits and ns smooth ns tho oil of roses about that time. For melting calico, you must touch her weaknesses with a finger of praise. [O 5 * At a social party, one evening, tho ques tion was put, ‘What is religion V ‘Religion,’ replied ono of the party, ‘ religion is an insur ance against lire in tho next world, for which honesty is tho best po/t'ey.’ A Glorious Uelio.— Tho Syracuse Journal says that a banner which was stretched across Sallnn Btroot, fVom tho Corinthian Hall, during tho sitting of tho Old Soldiers in Convention, was the same used as the fjeld flag ot the battles of Plattsburgh and Sackotts’ Harbor. The gal lant Colonel Pike was wrapped in Its folds alter be was mortally wounded at Little York, » was his winding sheet. Tho blood-stalns of nls wounds are still to be seen upon It. MnmttkSf "Cot Loose Again, Mister.~j4frie&& of ours, who is a most tfeebinplished salesman, and who is kept ray Busy mono of the up-town dry goods houses, was complimehted, nOt/ong since, in manner and form as follows, to wit: , He had a countryman in tho store, fcnfl was showing him a very hhndsoino pi6ce' of ladies* . ; dress goods, not with any great hope of selUngT:‘ it; still, there was some slight chance, and no*; sides, it is necessary—so otlr friend avers—l6’ keen constantly in practice. ; So he dashed ahead in finfestylo, praised th 6 richness of the pattern, extolled the texture of the fabric, held it up to a faVorablOlight, avouch ed for its ultra fashionablcncss; and, in .short; let Ijjpso a torrent of eloquence, in Which it trad difficult to distinguish which was more flatter ed, the taste of the admiring rustic or thoqual ity of the magnificent mottssclinc* Butdlcin’d eye flashed with gratified pride at the compli mentary allusions to himself, and unconcealed astonishment at the development of beauty ifl the goods, and fluency irithesilcsrh&h.- Catching our friend by tho arm, ho. (de claimed, ‘Slop right here one minutO.S’ anti dashed out of the store with two.or three rapid . bounds. Grosdcnap stood,,a little,’bothered, holding the bolt of goods across Bands, just ns though ho had ‘frozen’ in the attitude in whicli ho bad so thoroughly impressed the rural gentleman. Meantime this last mention ed individual whisked two bouncing girls out of a carryall which stood in front of the store; and half pulling, half pushing them, brought a them up in front of him of the fluent ttmgfie': , ‘Gals! stand there—right there, now, Mister, cut loose again 1 /just leant the gals to hear you!* It is almost needless to say, in view of thtf peculiarity of the circumstances, that our friend was utterly overwhelmed with his emotions, and for once in his life failed in his utterance — to tho great disappointment of tho father and both daughters.— Montgomery {Ala.) Mail.- “Go it, Ou» Sorrel!" —“ln my boyhood days,” said tho narrator, ‘I used to reside with an old aunt, in tho country, who was ’ strictly .. pious, went to church regularly, and made hid also’follow the same Christian practice. Among those who attended tho church regularjyi wasa man known among all tho villagers by tho ftp* nellalion of ‘Old Joe.’ Old Joo, m addition ; to'. being ft strict chnrch-goerand devout Christian,' flic passed for the latter,) was something of ft sporting character—dclightod in frequently in dulging in horse-racing. His Toronto, nag ho calk'd ‘old Sorrel,’and ho would at any limo put up bis ‘pile’ on *o!d Sorrel,’ against any other animated horse-flesh in tho neighborhood. • Well, as I said before. Old Joe attended church frequently, and occasionally, like many others, used to indulge in a ‘nap* during the sermon.— While thus luxuriating one Sunday—the divine putting in the big licks —spreading himself.as tonishingly—and just at the moment tho latter was indulging in one of his loftiest flights, Old .100, doubtless dreaming that he was on tho track, and participating in an animated raco* sung out, in a loud voice—‘Go it, old Sorretl Go it, bid Sorrel!' Jt is needless to say that Joe’s unconcious exclamation brought the house down. Sober countenances, that had never in dulge! in a smile, were distorted with laughter; 1 old women ‘snickered,’and young girls, with i cambrics up to their pretty faces, indulged in sup pressed giggle?. What added a zest to the inci dent, was the fact that the minister bad if most brilliant voryiillion-tintcd bead of hair. ‘Old .Sorrel,’wasn’t bod, and tho crowd took" tho force of it.”— N. Y. Mon. Mag, . A Fowl Question. —At the close of a lecture on physiology before the evening schools a few nignts since, the lecturer remarked that any one was at liberty to ask questions upon Hu*-' _ subject—and that he would los he was able. A young lady with much ap- I parent sincerity, remarked that she had aqtfcs lllon to ask, though she was not certain that it 1 was a proper question; she would, however, venture to use it. It was as follows; .‘lf oho hon lays an egg and another sets on itaud hatches out ft chicken, which’ ha* is the imOthcr of tho chicken ? * . . The lecturer said, ‘I;will answer you in Yan i»e uesdon u. ~1(a li I pretty, white, genteel, native pullet, seta on ofl egg of Oriental extraction, ana hatches a great homely, long-legged, splinter .shanked, Blab sided; nwkward-gaited Shanghai, would yon, if you were that,little white pullet, own the homely V ' ' . •No i wotdduVsald the young lady. ‘Very well/ said the lecturer, that settles (ho question, for it is a principle in physiology that all hens think and act alike, in aJU essen tial particulars. Tub Milkman.—Jinks, the Hastings milk man. one morning forgot to water his milk.— In the hall of the first customer in his round, the sad omission flashed upon Jink’s wounded feelings. A largo tub of fine clear water stood on the lloor by his sido; no eyo was upon him, and thrice did Jinks dilute hismilkwith a largo measure filled from the tub, before, the maid brought up her jugs. Jinks served her, and went on. While ho was bellowing clown the next area, his first customer’s footman beckon ed to him from the door. Jinks returned, and was immediately ushered into tho library.— There sat my lord, who had just tasted tho milk. ‘Jinks ?’ said his lordship. 'My lord !’replied Jinks. ‘Jinks,’ continued his lordship, ‘I should fed particularly obliged if you would hence forth bring me the milk and water separately, ami allow me the favor of mixing them myself/ ‘Well, my lord, it’s useless to deny tho thing, for I suppose your lordship watched mo while—” •No/ interrupted the nobleman. ‘The fact is, that my children bathe at home, Jinks, and the tub in tho hall was full of sea water, Jinks. * i Sensible to the Last. —lt has long been ob served by medical writers, llmtdeafh is frequent ly preceded by Insanity. This reminds us of a case which occurred ninny years ago In A Phil ndelphin court, where n pretty young widow was In danger of losing two-thirds ot her bus bind's rsMtoi his relatives grounding, thoir claim on the alleged insanity of tho defunct.— i It may be ns wolf to premise that tho presiding 'lodge was not only convlval but also very gal lant. «< IV'hnf were your husband’s last words I” in quired tho attorney, Tho pretty widow blushed, and looking dowit replied, “I’d rather not toll,” “But indeed you must ms'um. Tour claitn may bo decided by it.” Still blushing, tho widow declined to fell.— At Inst n direct appeal from tho’bench elicited the information. “Ho said, “kiss mo Polly, and open that other bottle of champagne." Wo know not whether It was admiration fbr tho deceased husband or tho living wife that In spired tho Judge at that Instant, but ho at onco cried with all the enthnslam of conviction, “Sen sible to tho last.”—-JJlacksfons. 07" An Irishman having lately boon put on trial for somo olfonco, pleaded not guilty { and tho Jury being In, tho prosecuting attorney pro ceeded to call Mr. Furklsson os a witness.— With tho utmost innoconco, Patrick turned his fhco to tho court, and said > “Do I understand, your honor, that Furklsson Is to bo n witness fornlstmo again ?" Tho Judge, said, dryly, “it Booms so.” “Well thin, yonrbonor, Inlaw guilty, not because I am guilty, for I'm ns inno cent as yor honor's sucking babe at tho brlst{ butjlst on account of sovJngMlsthcr Furklsson** Bowl." Wo clip (ho following from the Boston Hof eld as a specimen of tho excitement created by tho‘lnto Dog law i* Mr. Enniron op the Boston Heralds— Tha what 1 witch two assk yo Is whoathor stricbnlno wot the nblooco gives to (logs wont plzon tho houman beans after tho sassongors has boon fri ed. Pleas to put in tho paypors how this Is, fUrlflrlod strlohnlno Isplsoa I go ag{a Basson gors. YoursUl pltoned, A Axttt Bor.'
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