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DKEAJI HOT BUT WORK.
Dream not, but work 7 Bo bold I bo bravo I
Lot hot a coward spirit crave
Escape from tasks allotted!
Thankful for toil and danger bo (
Duty’s high call will make (boo flee
The vicious—the besotted.
Think not thy share.too great;
Speak to thy post, erect, elate; ■
Strength from above is given
To those who combat sin and wrong,
Nor ask how much, nor count how long
They with tho loe have striven I
Wagd ceaseless war ’gainst lawless might ;
Speak out the truth-act out the right—
Shield the defenceless.
Be firm—bo sfrong—improvo tho time—
Pity tho sinner—but for crime,
Crush it relentless I
Strive on, strive on, nor over deem
Thy work complete. Cara not to seem,
But be, a Christian true.
Think, speak.and act ’gainst mean device j
Wrestle with those who sacrifice
The many to the few.
Forgot thyself, but bear in mind
Tho claims of suffering human kind;
So shall the welcome night
Unseen o’erlake thee, and thy soul,
Sinking in slumber at the goal,
Wake in eternal light 1
Mimllamim
From the Nickerbocker Magazine.
JETnA : A THRILLING TALE.
Among the wondrous sights on the earth, the
volcano of JEtna will always hold a just pie
eminence. Renowned by past and present his
tory, sublime by its elevation, its form, and the
awful secrecy of unknown terrors which lie
concealed within its bosom, the Sicilian volcano
will al\vays bo viewed with the deepest, the
most solemn awe.
It was with such feelings and such thoughts
as these, that I began to ascend the volcano on
the morning of tho sth of May. 1849. I had
left Catania on the day before, m order to visit
this wonderful spot. I did not wish to glance
carelessly upon it—no : for to me there was nl
was something reverend, something almost di
vine, in connection with this great mass of up
heaved lava, which led the to look earnestly at
its rugged sides. I wished to ascend, to view’
from its summit tho fairest regions on earth;
to glance down, down into these unfathomable
depths where fire, fire in all its terror, forever
dwells, forever struggles!
It was with slow steps that T ascended the
cone, after the patient and hardy ponies had
been dismissed. I had been an invalid, and the
fatigue of climbing up the steep and rocky de
clivity might well have daunted me. , But after
many rollings and many bankings, I was able
to attain the summit.
Tho.summit! Good heavens! can I qycr for
get the delirium; the- transport; of Joy, which
the boundless prospect there awakened within
mo ? Can I ever forget tho glimpse which I
first caught of ainficglories and all the horrors
of nature mingled together in such fearful uni
son 7
Far away on one side spread the fertile plains,
the green meadows, and the gentle valleys of
Sicily. There were streams glancing and flash
ing in the sun as they wandered to the sea, with
ten thousand labarinthian turnings lakes whose
glossy surface showed not a ruffle, not a ripple ;
there were terraces upon the sides of a hundred
hills, where vineyards were planted, and where
the trcllsicd vines passed along, all green, all
blooming; there were groves of orange trees,
amid the flashes of phosphorescent light in a
midnight sea; there were long avenues of cy
presses, t>f acacias, of noble trees of many
kinds, amid which kingly assemblages at times
could be seen the noble summit of some stately
palm, as it lowered on high above the others.
■ And the sea—the wide, the boundless, the
deep blue Mediterranean—there it spread away
On the other side, as far as eye could reach,
spreading away os far as thoughts could run
glorious as
‘The dashing,
Silver flashing
Surges of San-Salvador.'
But turn aside—and there beneath, far be
neath, lies an abyss like that of which Milton
has sung in sublimest mortal strains.
I paused upon the brink, ond, shuddering,
X gazed down—down! The thick and funeral
volumes of tortuously-ascending smoko came
seething upwards os from a cauldron. It es
caped from a myriad crtviccs in the rocky, pre
cipitous sides; it poured forth from behind
projections, and united with the vast mass
which came sublimely upward from the unfath
omable depths.
lienee, upon the sandy, rocky edge, where
sulphur, and crumbled lava, and pmnio-stonc,
were all mingled together to form a horrid soil,
hero I sat and looked down. From the scene
beyond, from that glimpse of earth, which made
it seem like heaven; from that vision of all that
was moat lovely and all that was most over
powering; to turn and gaze into a volcano’s
awful depths—what a change !
Involved in a thousand thoughts I sat there,
thinking myself atone,'when a sudden grating
struck 1 my car. I was startled exceedingly,
and turned around. The place where I had
been sitting was a peninsular projection of the
cliff which'formed part of this infernal chasm.
"Upon the narrow strip of land which joined it to
tko other clifls—upon the isthmus—l saw a
mud-looking, middle-aged gentleman approach
me.
Ho was dressed in plain black clothes, and in
his hand he held a light stick.
*1 beg your pardon. Signor,’ said ho. in a no*
hto manner, and with great aoflncss of tone; ‘I
beg your pardon for Intruding mmlf upon
your company. But it is not often that I ace
any visitor so far up.’
‘My dear sir! I beg you will make no ex
cuses,’ I replied ; *1 was just admiring this
econo below.’ ;
‘Ah ! yes, ’tis a glorious sight.’
•Glorious! say, rather, a terrible one.*
•Terrible, perhaps, to you ; but bo not sur
prised if I say that to mo it is lovely, absolute
ly lovely !*
And as ho spoke a smile of bewitching beauty
crossed his features.
•I suppose your tastes arc different from those
of many people, Signor. 1 have not such feel
ings. But may 1 ask you ifyou arc often hoi*o?’
•Oh, yes! I live hero,' ho replied, waving his
stick around. *1 live here.’
I thought that lie meant mo to understand
that his homo was on the mountain, where very
many villas arc situated.
‘And I nhould suppose,’ I continued, ‘that
you are often on the summit ?’
*Oh ' yes, I am here always.'
'Always! what a strange fascination it has
for you V
*U has! it has V said tho gentleman. ‘Oh !
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
YOL 41.
a fearful’—-and his voice grew loud and hollow
—-n terrible fascination!’
I was silent.
‘I will tell you,’ said he, sitting closely by
my side, and turning his eyes full towards mine.
•I do not wish you to inform any one. Pro
mise roe that you will not.*
I had not noticed his eyes before, but I saw
now that within their depths there gleamed a
strange and sinister light.
I promised him ; and at the same time I un
easily drew back further from the edge.
'Well. then Signor, ’ said he, ‘I am king here!
X rule Mount 2Etna!’
•Yes I’ I answered, a little alarmed at his
words, and attempting to smile.
‘Yes! I-am king here. In me you see the
being who causes the lava to pour forth, and
overwhelm the regions below. I have lived here
for centuries. The spirits of the deep obey me;
sec!’
He leaped up from the ground. There was a
fearful Arc in his eye, his nostrils were dilated,
his pale face became as white as marble, and as
bloodless, save that on cither cheek there glow
ed a deep red spot.
•Seel 1 he shrieked wildly and Imfdly: spirits
of the deep, arise! Ha I —yonder—see them!
—they are coming—in clouds—enrobed in thun
der garments—sec!’
I leaped up from the ground; I gazed at
him- •
He threw off his hat wildly, and it fell far
down in the abyss. lie flung off his coat and
threw it away.
‘Signor.’ said I, in hope that a mild tone
might make him calm, ‘Signor, the winds obey
you. Let us go.’
■Go? Where? Is not this my home? Is
not this my palace 1 Saw you not my servants 7
You nrc my guest ■*
■Will you not sit down and tell we about
your home 7’ said ly shuddering.
•No ' there arc secrets that enn never be spo
ken. Can yon understand (hem ? Who arc
yon, a mortal, that youjlare to ask ?’
I walked slowly towards the narrow passage
of land—the bridge. But he saw me, and stood
upon it. 1 could not go.
‘Can this all ho pleasantry 7 1 thought I.—
An awful thought passed thro’ me, which froze
niv hearts Wood.
Pleasantry! There ho stood, my wild com
panion. his eyes blazing, fixed piercingly on me.
his hands clenched, his mouth foaming every
stnue in his body worked up. He stood screa
ming. laughing. Oh God ! 1 was alone with
a maniac!
■You arc to.go with me,’ he cried.
•Where 7’
‘There. I have come to carry you to my
home.’ He pointed with a cold, snaky smile,
down toward the unfathomable abyss whence
ascended the terrible column of inky and suffo
cating smoke.
I gazed at him : for there was some element
of fascination in his glassy stare, which forced
me. compelled me. to gaze. There was a cold
smile upon his lips, which were all bloodless,
and disclosed, ns they parted, his mouth and
tightly-fclmt teeth.
‘There is mv home—there ; and I have come
tS take you with me. Ha! ha! how happy
you will be! Como!’
JkiJl.l j*az(d:' while jrnyJicar^tbrobbnLffitb
slowniut terrible pulsation.!
' He advanced one step Inwards me.
I looked all around. The anell was broken
which enchained my gaze, I looked all around
at the blue sky above, nt the scorched #arfh
around, at the horrible chasm beneath. There
was no hope. Oh ! could T but lean Mic snare
which separated mo from the main cliff 1 Could
I but do it- but I could not! There was
no hope!
‘What! do you not answer? ho cried, sud
denly lashed into fury by my silence, and
stamping his foot in phrenzy unon the mck.—
‘Do you not answer? Then I must cafry you
with me!’
The maniac sprang toward me !
With all my energies roused info frantic ac
tion. with every sinew braced, and every mus
cle contracted. I planted my foot backward
against a small angular rock which nroieefed
above the loose, sandy soil, and endeavored to
meet the shook. W ith a wild scream -which
arose thrillmgly into the air, bis eyas nU blood
shot,his mouth foaming, on bo ennio. Tie s*ruck
me—his as arms surrounded mo in a fearful
embrace, his liot bronth come burningly unon
my cheek. I stood firm • for desnair and nil
the bitterness of death, had given no place to
fear and I'mudit}’. but had bestowed unon mo
the coolness of one in an ordinary situation/ T
threw my left arm beneath bis. mv right-T pass
ed over his neck and around unon his back, thus
seeking to press him to the earth.
I was a moment of horror such ns no mortal
tongue could ever tell. A struggle with a ma
niac ! To bo on a small surface of a rock while
three thousand feet beneath lav the abyss of
untold horrors ! At this hour, mv heart beats
more forcibly, even ns I think unon the time.
Thus we stood breast to breast face to face,
—the madman and I—ho with ht« arms encir
cling mo ; I seeking to savemvorlf. Tie nrcss
cd me toward thoedge of the cliff. ITo blunged
his feet deep into the ground • be laughed mock
ingly, and screamed, as ho tried to destroy me.
But against that rook mv feet were flrmlv
braced’ and I held him tigbtlr, and T pushed
him. and I sought to hurl him from me. Hurl
him from me * —as well might the hungry tiger
bo hurled from his prey.
Oh! the agony of that struggle I T know
not how long it was. but to me it seemed like
man}' hours. The wild eyes of the madman,
glared at mine all the time, and I found it im
possible to look away. His fearful face, all
white, ail ghastly, was upturned toward mo. ns
he shouted in his fiendish, mocking laughter.
‘0 Heaven 1 Oh’ horror’ Can this, will
this endure forever?’ cried T in the agony of
my fear. The maniac howled with derisive
shouts. I felt that I was growing weaker.—
But ho was a madman; and would he grow
weaker also ? A thousand thoughts fled thro’
me.
Suddenly tho maniac gave one fearful nhmgc.
ft was with tho strength of a giant that lie seiz
ed me. He raised mo from my feet. Tho rock,
tho saving rock—l had lost it: I was gone.—
T threw my arms high into tho air anv mv
scrqam of terror ascended in unison with tho
maniac’s mocking yell.
•Down! down! to tho bottomless pit! To
the homo of Hro and brimstone! To the end
less horrors of burning lakes '* ho screamed as
he gave a bound toward tho edge of tho cl lIV.
•Inspired by a sudden gift of sunerhumnn
fitrea rth. by a partial possession of even a mad
man's power, J caught him by the Mrnnt nod
oven on the very edge, even when in sigh' of »ho
abyss. I sprang back. I bore him back I bro’t
him to the ground. Falling heavily unou h*m
I hold hfs throat still id a florae grasp while his
own anps were wound rightly around mv nco’c
and his legs ground mine. T felt Ills hot breath
from his open mouth as my check lay pressed
against his face • t hoard him grate harshly,
and drew my head violently away, as ho Bought
to seize me with his sharp tooth.
Incur frantic struggle on tho ground, wo
rolled widely about, and the dust from tho sul
phur and from pumio-stonc ascended around us
lin suffocating clouds. I was half insane. I was
"OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS RE RUTRIGIIT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
:■ ','s. -
struggling for life. I caught up a handful of
fine choking dust, and rubbed it violently over
his open mouth. It went into his nostrils and
lungs. He gave a jerk forward in agony.—
Amid the clouds of dust around, I could not sec
where wo were. He held me by the hair ns he
sprang; a mordent after, and a fearful force,
was straining there, holding my head down
with irreslstable force. Another moment, and
I arose ; while wild and high arose the shriek
of the maniac, os he fell down—down—into the
abyss!
THE LIFETIME OF MAH.
When tho world was created, and all creatures
assembled to have their lifetime appointed, the
ass first advanced and asked how long ho would
have to live?
“Thirty years,” replied Nature; “will that be
agreeable to thee 7”
“Alasl” answered tho ass, “It isnlongwhile.
Remember what a wearisome existence will be
mine; from morning until night I shall have to
bear heavy burdens, dragging corn sacks to the
mill, that others may eat bread, while I shall
have no encouragement, nor be refreshed by
anything, but blows and kicks. Give but a por
tlon of that time, 1 prayl”
Nature was moved with compassion, and pre
sented but eighteen years. The ass went away
comforted, and tho dog came forward.
“How long dost thou require to live 7” asked
nature. •
“Thirty years were tog many for the nss, but
wilt thou bo contented with them 7”
“Is It thy will that I should 7” replied the
dog.
“Think how much I shall have to run about;
my feet will not Inst for so longa time, and when
I shall have lost my voice for barking, and my
teeth for biting, what else shall I be fit for but
to ho in the corner aud growl i” Nature thought
be was right, and gave twelve years.
The upe then appeared.
“Thou wilt doubtless, willingly live tho thirty
years,” said Nature ; thou wilt not have to la
bor as tho ass and tho dog. Life will be pleas
ant to thee.”
“Ah not” cried ho, “so it may seem to oth
ers, but it will not bol Should puddings ever
rain down, I shall oxcito laughter by my grima
ces, and then be rewarded with n sour apple.—
How often sorrow lies concealed behind a jest!
I shall not be able to endure for thirty years.”
Nature was gracious, and ho received but
ten.
At last came man, healthy and strong, and
asked the measure of Ids days.
“Will thirty years content thee 7”
“How short a time 7” exclaimed man. “When
1 shall have built my house and kindled a fire
on my hearth— when the trees I shall have plan
ted are about to bloom and bear fruit—when
life shall seem to mu most desirable, I shall die.
0 Nature, grant mo a longer period.”
“Thou shall have the eighteen years of tho
ass besides.”
“That is not enough,” replied man.
“Take likewise the twelve years of tho dog.”
“It is not yet sufficient, ’’ reiterated man;
“give mo more.”
“I give thee, then, tho ten years of the ape;
In vain wilt thou claim more.”
Man departed unsatisfied.
Thus man lives seventy years. The first thir
ty are his human years, and pass swiftly by.—
Ho is then healthy and luppy. He labors
cheerfully, and rejoices In his existence. The
eighteen of the au c^^3Mfi|T 4^urdfJ!j 4 upoq.hiy<-
don is'hcap6d tipob'blm, he carries fhqcorn tbat
Is to food others; blows and tricks are'tho To
wards of bis faithful service. The twelve years
of the dog follow, and he loses his tufcth, and
lies down In the corner and growls. When these
are gone tho ape’s ten years form the conclusion.
Then m«n, weak and silly, becomes tho sport ot
children. —Translated from the German.
Loan EtLENDoaouoii’fl Powers op Ridicule.
—He had no mean power of ridicule—ns play
ful ns a mind mere strong than refined could
make it; wlulu of sarcasm he was an eminent
professor, but of the kind, which hacks, and
tears, and flays its victims, rather than destroys
by cutting keenly. His interrogative exclama
tion in Lord Melville’s ease, when the party’s
ignorance of having taken accommodation out
of the public fund was alleged—lndeed, was
proved—may be remembered na very pictures
quo, though, perhaps, more pungent than dig
nified. “Not know money? Did ho boo it
when it glittered f Did he hear it when It chin.
Iced?” On tho Dench, ho had the very well
known, though not very eloquent, Henry Hunt
before him, who, in mitigation of some expected
sentence, spoke of some one who “complained
of his dangerous eloquence.” “They do you
great injustice, sir,” said (he considerate and
merciful Chief Justice, kindly wanting to relieve
him from all anxiety on this charge. After ho
had been listening to two conveyancers lor a
whole day of a long and most technical argument,
In silence, and with a wholesome fear of length
ening it by any interruption wlatever, one of
them, in reply to a remark from the judge, said:
“If ft is the pleasure of your lordship that I
should go Info that matter.” “We, sir,” said
tiie Chief Justice, hove no pleasure in it any
way.” When a favorite special pleader was
making an excursion, somewhat unexpected by
his hearers, os unwonted to him, into a pathetic
topic—“ Ain’t wo, sir, rather getting into the
high sentimental latitudes now?”— Brougham.
Scales of Justice. —A lady once consulted
Dr. Johnston on the degree of terpitude to be
attached to her son’s robbing on orchard.
‘Madame, 1 said Johnston, ‘itall depends upon
the weight of the boy. I remember my school
fellow, David Garrick—who was always a little
fellow—robbing a dozen orchards with impuni
ty ; but the very first lime I climbed up on an*
i>lo tree, for I was always a heavy boy, the
bough broke with mo, and it was called a judg
ment. I suppose that is wbv justice is repre
sented with a pair of scales.’
Revengeful, —An Irishman lost bis hot In a
well, and wns let down in a bucket to recover it;
the well being doup, his courage failed him bu
foro he reached the wafer. In vain did ho call
to those above him j they lent a deaf our to all
ho said, till at length, quite in despair, ho hol
lowed out, “By St. Patrick If you don't bo after
drawln' mo up sure, I’ll cut the rope I”
Snook’s mother and old Mistress Snubbs were
talking about little babies. “Why, said Mis
tress Snooks, when I was a baby, they put mo
In a quart pot, and then put tho lid on.”
“And did you livo 7” was tho astonishing In
quiry of Mrs. Snubbs.
“I'huy tell mu 1 did I” was tho very astonish
ing toply of Mistress Snooks.
“Well, did you ever?—and Mistress Snubbs
fell to knitting like ono all possessed.
There aro in tho California Legislature sovon
ty-flvo marriageable bachelors, thirty-eight who
rejoice In tho possession of n wife, and uno is a
wuimver. Thu ago of the oldest member ol tho
Legislature is forty-six | that of the youngest
twenty-throo.
••Jack,” sai 1 a coal merchant, “what kind of
a morning Is it ?”
• i V.*ry cold, sir.”
“Did it freeze Inst night 7”
“Raise tho price ot coal four shllllngsaton.”
• Gpd help tho poor,” said Jack.
There are two things that modest men should
never undertake—to borrow money and study
law.
Ono act of bonufloouco, or act of real useftil
ness, Js worth all tho abstract sentiments in the
world.
CARLISLE, PA,, THURSDAY/AUGUST 24, 1854.
■Breach o( PromSe ( Case.
Yesterday morning, directly after breakfast, I HoW de'igwini He. first feeling of winter
we stepped into Squire Anderson's olßce, ns he lh “ “ l "' i ’• Wtmta throng of tranqui
requcsled ns to do whm'hqleft, to read his Utlog and off u «ionato thoughts accompany Its
papersand use his writing materials if wh should rsVUing* B Oh* d wheo °tho° leaves
have occasion to do so. ore driven in troops through the streets, at i
As tve sat reading a .ncjfipapcr, a • nighttall, and the figures of the passers-by hur
cntcredt who, by nis appearance, indented that ry on, cloaked and stooping with the cold, is
he might belong to the order ‘outside barba- j there a pleasanter feeling in the world than to
rians.’ . ) enior the closed and carpeted room, with its
He walked up to tjic barofcjuslice with a firm ■
step, and inquired, as ho ciyightour eye:
‘Arc you a magistrate ?’*, •„ - ■
Wishing to practise some for'the purpose of
getting our hand in, just to see how'it would
seem to be a magistrate fora, little while, were--,
plied: * t v ;
‘We don’t profess to bo anything else bu£ a
magistrate. Just at present. \
•Well, I called to see about alitllelore scrape
—a sort of a breach of promise.’
‘Ah! Who’s the gifted,ssthario?’ we in
quired. ‘
•Oh, a young roan in pur Neighborhood,’ ho
replied. '
•Well be kind enough to state the individual’s
name. The new code on J
me to put the question, and nepessary for you ,
to answer it: ~ v I
•Well, it’s me—John Bpthwick—if you must,
know.’ •
‘All right: now for the girls’ name ?’
‘Miss Sally Du gal, sir.’
‘Now, John proceed and slate your case as '
briefly as possible.'
•‘Well, you seo I became acqttpinlcd with Miss
Dugol*—
‘Was she handsome—faultless in form and
beautiful in expression. •£? . .
* Yes ; Mary was just as good looking as any
girl in the neighborhood.’ < .
‘No matter these questions do not come under
the new code—proceed.” >?■
‘Well, you see, Squire,’ 'that I've
been courting Sally for the hurt year;-went so
often 'long towards the last I lost w good aitu
situation, at eight dollars a month and board. 1
didn’t care much about this if I had only got
Sail. But the other day I thought I’d close
the bargain, and asked her to have me ; but she
spoke right up and said she wouldn’t have tnc,
nor never would. Nowt'WanUoknowSquirc,
if I can’t bring suit against herfor damages—
to say nothing-.about breach ofpromiso.’
‘O, yes, certainly, you can institute proceed
ings, of course you can.’ '' \ • *
‘Well, do you think I could get anything ?’—
said lie. "
•0. yes, most assuredly/ we-feblied.'
•How much do you think I could gel
‘Well, sir, I should think, hy your story,
that you would be very apt to get mulcted in a
pretty heavy bill of costa/said we laughing,
finding it impossible to keep a straight face on
any longer. ;
The Allow turned on hishccklookihgfurious
remarking as ho was about lcoting-7‘you Vc a
magistrate, I guess—m a homi>*~~Dayton Em
pt re. _, *•’’ h- ,
An Arkansas Poet.— An “original cofttribu
tor” of llm" Fayetteville (Ark.) Independent,
furnishes fpr itsicblumns the 'tyllovdpg “gCm bl
poetry:” ‘
*, ■ M’nttum Wrj^-Traudla,-
/cd />ora the jormon expressly'top' gruyhams
maggys/n, bylfeubott,-' • ,/J - •
The weathergroso quite warrum. And the swot
rules I ridden from my lied and neck and arrums
and boddy clean down to my feel, and jvet
is cvry slick of close, which spiles my char
rums.
i aoz jane, June, the wethers mighty hot
and blio iez icubcn thata a s.utaiu fact,
and jano sidu like a bllen cofy pot
and her solo seemed la hard pain rackt.
sc2 I jano epoae a mad K 0 hroot boast
should run at you and opo his mouth and put
his pizen teeth upon savedgly, at least
0 inches Jest above yer little foot I
jano sez, you wood boat him roubon that I no ;
suz i, i .wood uiiip him il'i had to follor
him clean to the rio grand In nioxico
ide beat him with a club and juakc him hol
lar.
jano lookt at mo so sweet, i lookt at Jano,
and wo both felt considerably nonplussed
wo was both happy ’nough to go Insano
wo set thoro and for a short time bussed f
A Beautiful Incident.—A naval officer be.
ing at sea in a dreadful storm, his wife was sit
ting in the cabin near him, and filled with
alarm for the safety of the vessel, was so sur
prised at his serenity and composure, that she
cried out;
*Mv dear, arc you not afraid ? How is it
possible you can be so calm in such a dreadful
storm V
Ho rose from the chair, dashed it to dock,
drew his sword, and pointing it to tho breast
of his wife, exclaimed—
‘Are you afraid ?’
She instantly answered’No.* .
‘Why,’said the officer.
‘Because'’ retained tho wife, 4 I know this
sword is in the band of my husband, and he
loves me too well to hurt mo.’
‘Thun,’ said he, ‘remember I know In whom
I believe, and that bo who holds the wind in his
fist, and the water in tho hollow of his hand, is
my father.
A Scotch Rkcounition.—A Scotch woman,
when on her way to Glasgow, mft two young
sailors, one of whom abruptly accosted Iter—
' How arc you, good woman ? How have you
been this loup; time 1 ’ ,
Looking with surprise at tho young roan,
whom she did not remember to have seen be-,
foro, she said— ■*»
‘I canna Ray I ken you, air.’
•Not know mo, old woman! , lam tho devil'a
sister’s son.’
ye the devil’s sister’s son } hcch. when
I lake a better look of you, moit, hut you arc
like your uncle. 1
“Can’t Answuu. —Jim Wilson is a lazy
scamn, was never known to do n day’s work In
his lire) und noboay could ever Una out how
Jim succeeded In the world, though many arc
of the opinion that ho docs a little stealing oc.
caaonally. Jim was well known to the old po
lice, and so was never arrested, being allowed
the freedom of the city. But the new police
coming into ofllco, like the new Pharaoh, they
knew not Jim, and so yesterday ho was ‘pull
ed.’ by one of the rccemly. appointed ofliccrs,
ns a dangerous and suspicious cJiarnotcr. Be
ing brought before the Recorder, the first ques
tion (he old mnu’nsk'-d. *Whal do you do for
a living I' rmhersiartlcd Jim : forbe it known,
that quest ion hud never been pronounced to him
biforo: however, after o moment’s relleotion,
nouiing daunted, boldly replied Jim, ‘lf your
honor please, f can't answer that question,
•Why so ?’ inquired his honor. 1
'Because, ns how yon soo, I can't answer it
without erhntnafitig myself, and tho constitu
tion of the United Stales expressly dc
■Never mind wljnt the constiluHon declares
it has nothing to do with the vogrant aot: I
shall send vou down for thirty, days, James
Wilson, and may tho Lord havomoroy on your
soul.’— N. 0. Delta.
The First Feeling of Winter.
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shaded lamps, and its gonial warmth, and its
cheerful laces about the evening tublo I I hopo
that! speak your own sentiment, dear reader,
1 when X proler to every place -and time, in the
j whole ,calander of .pleaß'ure l a winter evening at
homc~thu “sweet, sweet- horned of childhood,
['With its unrcserved-lovo and its unchanged and
I unhieasurcd endearments, We need not love
, gaily the less,; - Iho light ftjldtuuaic and beauty
of the dance will always breed, a floating delight
lit the brain that has'not grown dull to life’s fl.‘
net- influences i yet tho pleasures of home,
though serencr aro deeper, and' I am stif*b that
the world may bo searched over in vain lor a
scene of joy so even and unminglcd. It is a
beautiful traitol Providence that the balance is
kept so truly between our many and different I
blessings. It tjvero a nileancholy thing tcfsco ,
the summer depart with its superb beauty, if
the heart did not freshen ns it turned in from i
its decay to brood upon its own treasures. The
allectlons wander under the enticement of all
the outward loveliness of nature, and it Is nee. 1
ossary to unwind the spell, that their rich kind- 1
ness may not become visionary. I have a pas-;
sion for these simple theories, which I trust I
will bo .forgiven. 1 indulge in them as people
pun. Thbyrtp'o too sbadoway for logic, it is
true—HkVfho wings of tho glendover, in Keha
ma, gauztftike and (limy, but (lying high withal.
You may not grow learned, but you will surely
grow poetical upon them. I would ns leave be
praised by a blockhead as be asked the reason.
PLOnicni*Tunß. —The advance in the science
offlowcrs is a page in the progress of the coun
try. It is not a mere fancy, plaything ami a
toy. The great culture, the improved varieties,
toe better Knowledge of the habits and adapta
tions of the flower, the gathering Into onr own
latitude of so many of the vivid and brilliant of
other lands, all these havetendedrand are work
ing every hour, in the same good deed : to at
tach many men, men of determined mark in the
word’s enterprise, to their homes—and ho ob
serves human nature superficially who doisnot
see that they anchor safely who cast it at home.
The great progress made in Floriculture is an
indication that thcland la in the ownership of
a contented and abiding people—a presage to
•the state of immeasurable good. Men do not
twine a floral wreath around the house that is
but the abode of the wayfarer. —N. T. Courier
oml Enquirer.
A Cpot Customkr.—An old chap residing
near here, wljo might be classed as of the* genus
• Scalawag / who was too lazy to werk, but pick-1
cd.opa living by pettifogging and other means
more or less equivocal, was caught by a ncigh
'bor \vith. a rail on his back, which he just ap
propriated from said neighbor’s fence* for fire
wood. ‘Hallo l-jtou old scoundrel!—what arft
you stealing my fence for?’ was tho salutation
no received from • the owner. The did fellow
{.timed roantl, rested,one end ,of, tho rad on .the
ground; olid replied, Vritliout the least embar
rassment : ,‘X ain’t‘suchan almighty sight o/rfcr c
than you ore, yon meddling old fool!’ Then,
deliberately shouldering (ho rail, ho carricd- it
home.
California Gold Productions. —Tho San
Francisco Herald, In noticing tho falling off In
the shipments of gold dust for tho first six
months of the year, aa compared with the cor
responding period lust year, amounting losl,
253,1)94 less, remarks that the mines have un
questionably-yielded more abundantly tho pres
ent year tlnuti the lust, and this diminution in
the shipment of gold must result from some oth
er cause than a falling off in the production of
tho precious- metal. A variety ol causes, tho
Herald *suys, have operated to diminish the
exports; r
We have Imported - from abroad and paid
prices than ever before, and the con
sequence is, wo had less to send out of the
coufifry to pay our debts. Leaving out of view
the sums transmitted by rcsients in California
for the support of their families and friends at
the oast, It is evident that our citizens would
only send abroad such an amount of gold as
would pay for what they 1 port. JftSry im
ported nothing, they would export no gold, al
though tho mines might ho yielding infinitely
jiottcr than ever. Tho shipments o( gold dust,
therefore, fnust not bo taken ns an unvarying
criterion of tho product of the mines. Wo
have now a mint of onr own in constant opera
tion, and, by means of its agency, tho surplus
of gold dust over and above tho amount requi
red for export, is being rapidly converted into
coin, ond added to tho circulation of tho State.
Wo find, therefore, tho fulling of}' in tho ship
ments of gold an evidence of our prosperity,
rather than an Indication, as several of the jour
nals at tho cast are disposed to regard it, of tho
exhaustion of our gold Adds.
(CT Clergymen, in old t>mcs, were wont oc
casionally to employ comparisons, in perfect
good faith, which, to our more refined cars,
would seem grotesque, if not irreverent. IVu
have heard of n uuuislep who introduced into a
prayer the following odd comparison 'Oh I
Lord, thou art like a squirrel in the wall: thou
sccst us, but \vc cannot see thee.’
C 7" An elopement took place in Williams
burg N. J., on Monday night last. Tbb parties
moved In fashionable circles. Tho lady Is
about 80 years of ago, beautiful, ami tho wife of
a merchant doing business In New York. The
gentleman resided up town in New York, and
bud boon In tho habit of visiting tho lady for
sumo time previous to tho elopement, while the
confiding husband was attending to his busi
ness.
0?* Solid comfort may bo copiously derived
of tho following sources i a qulot conclonce—
health—liberty— one’s time one’s own \ or if not,
usefully, Innocently and moderately employed
by others—a ireudom from inordinate passions
of all kinds—fthablt of living with one’s income,
and saving something for exlnordinnry occa
sions—an ability arising from rational economy
to defray all necessary and expedient uxpenccs
—a habit of good humor, and aptitude to bo
pleased rather than offended—o preparation tor
adversity—lovo of one's family—slncirlty to
friends—brnevolonco to mankind—and piety to
God. >
(£7*onoof the excursionists to tho Upper
Mississippi says .'—Our driver was asked if it
was healthy on tho prairies? ‘Yes,’said he.
‘people never really die on them, they keep
living until they gradually dry up. ond then
blow away. Sometimes, if they want to die as
they do in the Bast, they move out of town and
go down to the river. '
[£7“‘Caplain, what’s tho fare to St. Louis?’
‘What part of tho boat do you wish to
cabin or deck?’ ‘Hang you cabin,’ said the
gentleman from Indiana, ‘I live in a cabin at
homo? give mo tho best you’ve.got.*
wind up a watch to keep it going,
but when wo hear of a merchant ‘winding up'
his allairs, wo arrive at tho sage conclusion that
his time has nearly come, or more properly,
that he has ‘stopped.’
AT 82,00 PER ANKUM.
NO. 11.
There’ll do Knowing how or When it is lo
Happen.
This is a saying among young ladies, in regard
to meeting their fului'C husbands.' We can tell
a story to bear them out. It is nowsomcyeara
ago since Mr. E.. a respectable inhabitant of
Brighton, whocarricd on the business of a plum
ber and glazier, died; leaving behind him a
widow and a daughter. Mrs. E. gave up the
business, and removed to another part of the
country, London, wo believe. At all events, a
.few montlis back, she was in a great metropo
lis, on a visit to some friends, with her daugh
ter, now a very beautiful young woman. As
the mother and daughter were passing one day
through the Strand, they were overtaken by a'
violent storm of rain, which compelled,them to
look aboutfora place of shcltcr» m)d*n'onopre-|
senled itself more fh'eL porch
of a large mansion, the nature of rwVnph at' the
tlrtio was not known, to lhe J fair-rdljgces r but-'
which was, in fact,, tbq-banking house of S. S.
and.P.', one of the : most -wealthy firms. Here
the ladies took their station, but had not been
there long before" the door of the bank opened,
and a young mah of genteel appearance present
ed himself, and begged that they would step in
until the violence of the storm had passed. The
ladies accepted the offer, and were escorted by
polite conductor into an inner room of the
establishment. What passed there it is not in
our power to say. The conversation, we may
presume, turned upon the ordinary topics, the
weather, the incidents of the day ; but what
ever tho conversation, it was agreeable to'all
parlies. At length tho storm subsided —tlie
rain ceased : and tho ladies rose, and with many
thanks to their young host, withdrew ; but not
before he had sncccccUd in drawing from them
the address of their London residence. Nor
was it long before he availed himself of thip in
formation, called, and obtained permission to
repeat the visit, which he did again and again ;
until after a certain time the young man declar
ed his attachment, made proposals for the hand
of the young lady, and was accepted. The pa
rents of both parties were favorable lo the union,
and a few days ago. the London papers an
nounced tho marriage of the eldest son of Sir
John Paul, of the firm ofS. S. and P.. to Miss
E., the daughter of the late Mr. E. of Brighton.
The days of chivalry may be gone, but those of
true gallantry and disinterested love null lost
while the human heart beats.
Predestination'—‘Do you Micro in predes
tination ?’ said the captain of a Mississippi
steamer to a clergyman who happened to be
travelling with him. ‘Of course 1 do.’ ‘And
you also believe that what is to be, will be V—
‘Certainly.’ ‘Well, Inm glad to bear it.’—
‘Why 1* ‘Becase 1 intend to pass that boat a
hcad in fifteen consecutive minutes, if there be
any virtue in pineknots and loaded safety valves.
I So don’t be alarmed, for if the boiler aint to
burst then it won’t.’
Here the divine began putt mg on his lint, nnd
looked very much like backing out. which the
captain observing, ho said: ‘I thought you sold
vou believed in predestination, nnd what is to
be will be.’ ‘So I do, but 1 prefer feeing ali
| tic nearer the stern when it tabes place- 1
j4R:acr,B.'-;‘'$ 7 ho. J- in
quired a lady leflaher of a-lubberly boy,'who
haddaloly joined her class.
- don r t knotr’ said he.
I ‘Don't khow? You ought (o ho ashamed of
yourself. A boy fourteen years old J 'Why
there’s Dickey Fillon—he's only, three, he can
•tell, I dure say, come,here Dickey, who made
you?’
’■‘(lod, 1 lisped the infant prodigy.
‘There 1 said the teacher T Knew he would re
member.
'Well, be ’oughlcr’ said (ho boy ’taint but a
Utile while since ho was made.’
•Mows Candor than Politeness. —A "no
tion” seller was offering Yankee clocks, finely
varnished and colored, and with a looking-glass
m front, to a cor min lady not remarkable for
her personal beauty.
•Why, its beautiful!’ said the vender.
•Beautiful.indeed ' —a look alii almost fright
ens mo said the lady. *•
‘Well, martn,' replied Jonathan,' ‘I guess
you'd belter buy one that hain’t got uo looking
glass.’
A Father's Advice. —‘Jeems, my son, keep
away from the gals. Ven you fifj>.von coming
dodge. Just such a critter as 'that young \m
cleanin’ the door on the other side of the street,
fooled your poor daddy, Jemmy, if it hadn’t
been for her, vou and your dad might hAVe been
m Californy (mulin' dimpns, my son,..
witty Dr. Smith, it is sard; that,
preaching before king Charles, hev saw that
monarch asleep : hy stopped short and hi a loud
and altered tone of voice, three times called out,
‘I/Ord Lauderdale his lordship stood up, and
looked at the preacher, who addressed him with
great composure—“My lord 1 am sorry to din
turb your repose, hut I beg you not to snore so
loud, lest you should wake the king.’
(nT* A couple of Bowery b’hoys being caught
in a thunder squall on the bay. Tom who was
very much frightened, said to his companion In
peril—‘l sny.Mose, can you pray ?’ ‘Nut a bit,’
was the answer; ‘what.’ says Tom. ‘can't you
say a prayer of no sort !* 'K’ot a word* was the
reply. ‘Then, 1 said Tom something must be
done and'(hat d d quiql^,’—A. Y. Mirror.
(£/• General K/cpokoitchylzki. just the sort
of commander to bo patronised by old Kick,
has received the command of the (Ifih corps of
the Russian army. His name is like a violent
sneeze, but the Turks may find tbatit is not to
bo sneezed at.
A "Greene” Pun.—The Boston Post's guil
ty of the following airociy : Some negroes cs*
enped from jail at Mariposa by boring holes
with an auger. Other prisoners were placed in
the same room before it was properly repaired,
likewise escaped, by the nigger auger route.
A Prediction nv Jin. Cau/ocn—Theßev.
Theodore Clapp, the well-known clergyman of
New Orleans, at present sojourning in this
State, in a communication to the Rev. Thomas
Whittemore, refers to Slavery and tlUl Fugitive
Slave Law, and to a remark made to him by
the late Mr. Calhoun, not longbeforo his death.
Mr. Clapp says the distinguished statcsnmn.on
one occasion, said to him, “Slavery cannot live
tong in the United States. It will have run its
race by the end of the next one "hundred and
fifty or two hundred years. Slayp labor is too
expensive to lust long. In a populous commu
nity it must over be disastrous; not only in its
bearings on tlioir pecuniary interests, but also
in many other respects. ’Because, in such a
stale of society, free labor is fur the cheapest,
and will consequently bg preferred. According
loan eternal law ofllonveu, in the long r»».,
the mosfexpensivu and" iinpropilimm forms of
labor must bp everywhere mijjercedcd by the
Icastcostly ahd most efficient.” —Boston Cnron.
inT* Mrsi Partington advises all young per
sons aflliotloncd with preparation of the heart,
to. apply the talaractof mustard to draw out
the inspiration, and she says she has never
known a failure where this device was followed.
nnb (orik ; :
fip" Order Is Heaven’s first law. ._• - ~ r.:
is tho destroyer of happiness;
DP" Experience is the mother of science;
oP"There aro 88 iron foundries in . JPlttss
burgh.
DP* Bad manners generally lead to bod mor
als.
OP* Never ridicule what you cannot under
stand.''
DP" Flatter no man and permit, no man.to
latter you. • ■' ‘ / r
DP* What is Worth doing at all Is-worth doing
well. o •
DP* Artificial atono is now manufactured in
London.
OP* Expose not tho faults of yonr parents
and friends. ’’ , -
DP"Ho that rcfnsctli Instruction despises
his own soul. •
QP* The capltol of ’tho Bank of England is
£14,508,000.
DP* Nows Items are scarce just now, and of
Jittfo Interest. 1
DP* Never loose your self-respect—4f that bo
lost, all is lost.
Riches generally paralyze noble and gen
erous exertion. ‘ ■'
Dp* Gen. Ncy, son of Martial Noy, died re
cently In France. r . -
DP* Tho hotel keepers in New Torkhavo re
duced tboir prices. 1 - -
DP* Have a place for everything and every
thing in its place, • ’
DP* 15000 persons havo foil victims to Jho
cholera nt Barbadoes, W. I.
Op* lie diligent in thy business, and strictly
upright In all thy dealings.
DP" Tho grain crop* in England and Franco
arc excellent and abundant.
CP* July 13 tho thermometer stood at 105
degrees iu the shade at San Francisco.-'
OP* Cold neglect of friends, when In poverty,;
is more severe than poverty itself. ‘
DP* A single family in Sangamon county, UL,
own 17,000 sheep, ol good blood.
OP* Those who wrong others generally slan
der them to cover their own infamy. , (
DP* Spanish,proverb—Man is tow; woman is
fire ; the devil comes and blows.
CP“ The great American novel. “Tho
Lamp-lighter,” is very popular in England.
DP* Onr exchanges from all parts of tho coun
try complain of tho excessive drought. . >
QP” Monkind may bo divided into two class
es, those who cheat and those who cant.
Qp”Judgo Bronson positively declines' to
stand as a candidate for Governor, of New.
York.
tG 5 * Mr. Prescott, the historian, is now en-,
gnged on a history of Philip tho Second of
Spain.
UG'Tho contributions to the Washington J
Monument, Jor tho month of July, amountedto*
$B,BOO.
n_P“ An apothecary In Salem has written over
Ids floor—All kinds of dying fluffs for salo
boro.”
QG“ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, tho poet,
ms resigned his Professorship of Belles Lettres
ii Harvard.
-0G“ There aro 72 hotclca In Boston, and tho
amount of capital Invested in them is estimated
at $4,000,000.
.•QG~* John Higgins, confined on the charge of
horse stealing, escaped from the Gettysburg
Jail on Friday last.
KP*" Ol nil tho different specimens of the hu
man character, tho tattler and talebearer is the
hJi^’cpntcmpjtlblo.- 1 A. . , -N
.££7* There ore '.about 2,000 girls' fn Albany;
who olifafn their scanty support from working,
with their needles/
£7“ Tho higher man. Frances fa the arts,
sciences and truo Christianity, tho nearer ho ap
proachca to (lie sublimity ol God. ' „
OP“A fiorao is now being exhibited in Etf
gland which la twenty-on© hands high, and
weighs twenty-one hundred lbs.
A. B. Hamilton has commenced tho pub
lication of a Dcmocintic campaign paper at
Ilarrilburg, called The Platform.
KT** Boys aro wading across (ho Ohio river at
the mouth of the Kanawha. It is (lionght that
tJic river has not been so low since 1838.
A strong mind well cultivated—a noblo
ami generons heart, good morals and sound
health, aro of more value to man than all tho
gold of California.
Store up the truth, O, woman { Be char
itublu unto thy fallen sister. Imitate not tho
stags that chaso from (holr herd their wounded
compuion.
ITT* Hon. Fayette McMullan, of Virginia,
member of iho present Congress, was robbed of
$l,BOO in Hanover county, while on his way
homo from the seat of Government.
C 7“ English papers mention with regret “that
there is a necessity for seeking subscriptions to
relieve tho low oslnto of a living cclcbrity—tho
benevolent Father Matthew.* 1
The editors of the Journal of Health fur
nishes tho following satisfactory answer to
the question, what la Cholera 7 “Cholera Is
the exaggeration of Intestinal. vermicular mo*
lion." Very clear. • •
tty* Bo slow to chose a friend, and slower (o
change him—cortooua to all, scum no roan for
ids poverty, honor no man for his wealth.
Ix 7” Saw-Duet Pills would effectually enro
many of (lie diseases with which mankind are af
flicted, if every individual would raako his own
saw-dust.
tty* A.Mayor out TTest has determined to
jit half ofthe dogs in his city, and tan their
ijdus with the bark of tho other half.
Qy Some “fast” youngsters wear blao coals
'and brass buttons. The bine Is indicative of
heir feelings, the brass of (heir manners.
[ET-Tho reason why so few marriages tiro'
happy Is, because young ladies spend their
(lino in making nets—not in making cages. 1
CE7* Wo may forgive Ignorance, hut not pre
sumption. Uo who has nothing to eay, should
say nothing.
CP* The Danville /kru&hVcn says that the boy
who denied the right of his father to whip him
because ho was «« darned old foreigner,’* Is
supposed to bo the founder ol this now order. -
ITT* Physicians rarely tako medicine, law
yers seldom go to law, and ministers steer clear
ol other parson’s churches. Editors, however,
read, all the papers they can get hold of.—
Enough said.
The man .who madonn Impression on
the heart of a coquette, has become a skillful
stone cutter.
OT" Vanity is’so constantly solicitous of self,
that, even where Us own claims are not interes
ted, It indirectly seeks the aliment which it
loves, by showing how little is deserved by oth
ers.
CfT" The young lady who oto a down peach
es, half dozen apples, the same number of peal's,
three raw tomatoes, and a’half pint- of pjnma,
niitifn a half day, «nys film knows “fruit.alnlt
wholesome.”
07* A gentleman meeting ono of his.friends
who was Insolvent, expressed grout concern for
his embarrassment, “.Tou nro mlafakcn, my •
dear air,” was the reply|<‘*tla not I, '(lardy '
creditors who are embarrassed.” , ~ , •
Take enro,” rcccomonded a father to
his children, “when youflpd yourself la tho
presence of persons who 'Bfee you for tho first
time, to display only tho best qualities of heart
and mind. They will always Judge you under
this first Impression.” That father knew Tho
.world.