V AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ' i PUDLiapBD BTBttT 2gSxmsDJ&' MOBNINO ' \ * By John B. Bjratton. ' - . T-EHIJ'S.i SußBbaipiabk.—OnVl>6UaT.itkd Fifty Cents, bald In advance ; Tyro DoUarsif paid within tlio ‘ l ' yeair’j and-Two. Boltons and Fifty;Osßts,:if not £ ' terms VflUbe rigld v ; 'fyadhored to ln every instance. Ko subscription r QlacontlnuednintU all arrearages are paid unless C httbc pptloi£,of tho. Editor .; » v. ’5 ApvebxisEmexts— Accompanied by.tbo Cass, 1 ", * for one Dollar, and.twenty-five cents ' 'TQr’eachjrtdditlonalinßortion. Those ©ra greater length In v. - • Qa Hand Bills, Posting- Bills, Pamphlets, Blanhff, LoholSj&o., -fcto.,exc cuted with accuracy and attho shortest notice. :' ffotfoal. ' ‘ For the .American Volunteer. ; . MEASURE EOB MUSIC. DX MAJOR PATTBK, P. fl. AUUr. IVriUenin ahswer toihe popular Melody, entitled v -"Oil C^.Me, 1 Pet Names,Dear.” V \ ‘ !^TcBl ; tfiSoiet.names, door, my blossom”— -K ; ** niy. throne.” i , n doar, / vv^{ K'i,j l Aaj<‘.idol divine,” • , Whoso braw.is-my altar, . ' ‘ .Whoso is my shrine. , Veal I’ll calltheb pet names, dear, V My darling”—"roy dove”— ■ « My joy” and “my jewel”— ; ' “My life” and “my love.” ' "I'll seek for pot names, dear, . *Tis sweetest focal), «My bird” and “ray bright ono” ' . “My angel”—“myall.” Carlisle Barracks, Pa., I Sept. 14,1854. f 1 HO3IE.AM. FBIEMS, DY CHARGES SWAIN. •Oh, there’s a power to make each hour As.sweet as heaven designed it, Nor need wo roam to bring it home, Though few there ho that find it*, Wo seek, too high for, things close by,' .. And lose what nature found us; For life hath hero no charm'so dear As homp and friends around us. - We oft destroy the present Joy For future hopes, and pmiso thorn; v ‘.- ,v * . ... While flowers as sweet bloom at our feet, •. ; ““ If wo’d but stoop to raise thorn*, - Tor things afar still sweeter are, ; - ; When youth’s bright spoil hath bound us j' But soon wo’ro'taught that earth was nought Llko homo and friends around us. ~ Tho friends that speed In' time"of need, - When Hope’s last reed Is shaken, -To show us still, that, como what will, « Wo are not quite forsaken; Though all were night, if bottho light* -’ From altar crowned us, ’Twould-prove the bliss of earth was this— Our homes and friends around as. 'tectllatieom the; A WOE Is B RX D’ilr. rnosr tub mss. op A'Jlate rjltaicrAN. Itwas evening—tbo evening- of : a shinmer Sabbath.’*' The sweet hush of natyrja unbroken sound of busy life,'harmonized b‘ut ? with the oppressive stillness which ” bervodwl thG chamber whither my footsteps were. ’ * bent. ' It was oa the, ground flporo/'n pretty «• ' Its open wiudo.wa overlooked a garden where tasto and beauty-fttfgnedsdpremo— a‘ second Eden which extended with a scarce perceptible delineation to the very margin of a stream, whero'it was bounded by a white picket, and by a hedge of low trimmed shrubbery, over which thecyccaught the flashing waters os they swept on, glowing in the crimson radiance of •the sunset. - I entered the house and stopped lightly along a carpeted passage, tapped softly at thadoor of tho chamber of sickness—aye of death. •Welcome, doctor,’ said the silvery voice of a lady, who sat by a low couch, partially hung ' with white drapery. ‘Welcome 1 tho dear suf ferer is noW in a quiet slumber—but must pre sently awake, and oncof her first enquiries will bo for you.’ •Kowis your swccfLucy, now V .X. ‘She has been quiet and apparently comfort able all day. It Is her Sabbath, doctor, os well as tho worshippers who go up to the earthly courts of Zion. Oh! shoadded, while the sun light of joy irradiated her features, pale with long vigils at tho bedside of her sweet Lucy, ‘Oh 1 how full of consolation is tho scene of moral life and suffering, of earthly bitterness, of expiring hope! 1 ‘Yes, my dear friend,’.!replied, ‘your cup of affliction is indeed sweetened from on high. I have seen death to-day clad In the robes of ter ror. lie took from my hopeless care a victim all unprepared even after a long and faithful warning; and the reconciliation of Hie sad struggle, the terrible anguish vanquished, the fierce triumph of tbo conqueror, and the pierc ing wail of exhausted nature, haunt my memory still; and even in this earthly paradise I can not forget them.* ‘Andfa poor Edward goncatlastlo his dread account) Oh, how feqrful!’ and tho gentle lady covered her. face and wept. . some time elapsed. I lingered at the conch of Lucy till she should awake, and taking from the stand a small though elegant copy of thu bihlo, I opened the silver clasp, and my eye Caught the simple inscription of the fly leaf:— “To my Lucy—a parting gift of Clarence,” I had designed to;rcad a portion of tho word, but thought was for tho time engrossed. I had known Lucy May from her infancy, and she was scarcely leas dear to mo than my own daughter. Indeed, they had grown up like twin blossoms, and were together almost every hour of the day. Seventeen summers they both had numbered—though Lucy was some months bluerno brother or sister had either of them, aud bunco tho intensity of mutual love.— ineir thoughts, their affections, and their pur suits wore in common. They called each other sister, and their intercourse honored the en dearing name. And Clarence—ll,o river of this little volume In my hand who was ho 1 Clarcncoilamilton rr,„Jn?,, 0r b “‘ wtlily friend, and ft SmJlTlf'n" a . U t, ; c lolt y Unities nnd cn dowments oC the heart, and intellect, nevdrrc i“ c “l in tin. vigor of life and early manhood.- To him had Luoy been betrothed for more than a, year , and ho was new absent from tho village, though wo trusted that when each snn rose that its setting would bring him back in answer to our cautious summons. Especially had hope and expectation grown withia our hearts, on that evening, yet had not a word been. spoken on tho subject of tho * widowed 'mother of the lovely Luoy. At length, however,-sho raised. herhcad,andobscrvingtho open volume in my hand she said in an assumed tone of cheerful ness ‘I trust Olarcnco will como homo this eve ning. It is now— , ' 1 ‘Olarcnco 1* said tho sweet patient, opening her dork eyes and looking eagerly around. Her eye rested on her mother nnd myself, and with a slight quiver, and a sad smile, sho said, “ho la not como,” • ‘No, my darling, ho is not yet como; but there Is more an than hour to tho closo of tho day, and then—’ v‘Godgrant ho may como, 1 said the maiden, .and sho added with ‘if it bo Ills holy Will. Oh, doctor, my. kWhticar f^ CQ d, your Lucy'is wearing away faßtfis ebo notl and rr: BY JOHN B.‘ BRATTbiN. VOL 41. then, observing the emotion which I attempted to conceal) oho said, ‘hut I am better fco-day, ntn I not 1' Where is Ellen—why docs.eho not come 1 * Her mother turned tin enquiring glance upon mo as I took the thin white , band of the young girl in mine, and marked the feeble' but regular beatingS'of the pulse. ‘Shall I send for yoilr-daughlcr,-,doctor V she asked.' -■ ; v • . • * r I acquiesced, and in a fcrvminutcs.EUeh was her. face hidden on the besom !of her ‘sistcrl* 1 ** ,• ,/ ’ : ■ my sweet sister,* finicl Lucy, *your Ibtfor'has told mo that T must leave/ and her .voice faltered,-‘my ovm-;dcar mother, and—— ’ but she did not utter "the naiad of hcrldver; for. at that"moment tho'voioe of one of the domtfer ties was distinctly heard saying • ‘Hoirfebme. Mr. Clarence ia-come. Now God bless my dear young-lady.’ Lucy uttered a scream of joy; and clasping Ellen around tho neck, murmured, “Father in Heaven, X thank Thee!” and then fainted with excess of hess. Her swoon was brief. She rccofbri’cT inl most immediately, and her'foco.waa radiant with liappipess. Clarcrifte ITamil|6h; was lits studies at a distant College, and tho letter srhich.sum monedv-him to C- , had scarcely-intimated danger jn tho illness of hia betrothed.- It had been delayed on the wnjyittfdbbut half the time of its journov had bring the eager, anxious student to tho where his heart had stored its affections, and ‘centered its hopes, next to Heaven ; for Clarence was more than a no . bio-hearted, Kigh-souled man; he was a disciple of Jesus Christ ;jpid he was getting himself to Unn npoStlo o| his holy religion: He had near ly completed hiß&jucse of studies, ind was then 'to bo united tcPtlfrj beautiful Lucy May. • k months -hfcfdro the Sabbath* evening of •whroawo in health, and with was performing her dc- a Sabbath School Teacher.— Returning _homc ~abo was esp6scd-to a sudden storaj'of.ntln, and "took colj. Her constitution, ’pathral^ v affected, add con- RumpUon, foo of youth and beauty, seizedupon Jfen as jthothcr.Tictim for its mighty hqtycaiia&of'drathlr type bf her disease'waVmild.hut withia three weeks it had asSunted a fearful character, and’ now her days were evidently few. * * ioanly face, as ho entered tho little ho. had .spent so mgDy, hours, in exqu{sife;-hajlpinesS_. .‘’He had alighted from the stage just reentered ■ theyitfage, resi dence of Lucy. •• ■•••’ ’ As Mrs. Mayentercd^he- ; thc smile on his lips fadpd,-for a sad tale to his heart.'-’ - ‘r-y,-;- r r *.;; ‘Clarence,'deaVCiarehec, you have tiie L trcl- -u-; is Lucy Why', is foCO‘deadly , iPtdeJ. .'Oh,say is sho hot dangerously ill? tell mo’-yßnd a thought of misery entered Ida heart; ! slio my God, my Father in Heaven, strengthen dying-Himi now,; dy ; '■ ‘KayMriny, ingly, ‘Lucy lives,' and we must hope for the best; but benot alarmedif you see her face oven paler than my own. Are you able to bear tho sight now 1’- . ' There was hut little consolation to his fears in.the reply .of Mrs. May. r Lucy .was living, but there was an anguish in the expression,*— ‘hope for the best,’ and ho said hurriedly, ‘oh, take me to-hcr at once,-—now,* and ho pressed his hand on his throbbing brow,and then sink ing on his knees, while Mrs. May knelt beside him, he entreated God, in a voice choked with emotion, for strength to bear the trial, to kiss tho rod of chastisement, to receive the bitter with the sweet; and prayed that the cup might pass from him, even as did his master in the days of his incarceration and anguish. Ho arose and with a calmer voico said, ‘I can see her now.' At this moment I joined them, with Lucy’s earnest request that Clarence should come to her at once. We entered the chamber just as Ellen had partially opened a blind, and tho last rays of sunlight streamed fairly through in tho room, and fell for a moment on tho while chock of Luoy, rendering its hue still more- snowy. Alas! Clarence; ns his earnest eyes mot those of his betrothed, —her whom he had left in tho very flush of perfection, of youthful loveliness— now how chanced! His heart sank within him, and with a wild sob of anguish he clasped her pale thin fingers, and kissrel her colorless lips, kneeling the while at the side of her couch. •Clarence, my own Clarence,’ said tho sweet girl, with an effort to rise, which she did, sup ported by his arm. lie spoko not—ho could no't—dared not speak. •Clarence,chocrup,my beloved,’ bather for titude nnd all she could do was to bury her face in her lover’s bosom and weep. ‘Wo did not attempt to check their grief: nay, wo wept with them, ond sorrow fora while had its luxury of tears unrestrained. Clarence at length broke tho silence. ‘Lucy my own dear Lucy ! God forgive mo for my own selfish griefs nnd ho added fer vently, lifting his tearful eyes to heaven, ‘Fath er give us grace to bear this trouble aright,’ and turning to me, added, ‘Doctor, oh ! # nray that wo may havo strength to meet this hour like Christians.’ ‘When tho voico of prayer ceased, all feelings were calmed, but I deemed it advisable to leave the dear patient to brief repose; and Ellen alone remaining, wo retired to tho parlor, where Clar erenco learned from us more of her illness, of her true condition, for I dared not to delude him with false hopes. ‘Doctor,’ said ho, with visible anguish, ‘is there no hope?’ , ‘Not of recovery, I fear, though she'may lin ger some time With us, and bebetter than sho la to-day.’ • ‘Then God’s will bo done,’ said the young man, while a Imly confidcncolightcd un his face, now* scarcely less palo than that of hia^betrothed Lucy.. Day after day (ho dear girl lingered, and many sweet hours of Clarence and Lucy pass together ; once even sho was per mitted to spend a few moments in tho portico of tho. house, and as Olarcnco supported her, and saw a tint of health overspread her check, hope grew strong in his heart. But Lucy doubted not that she should die speedily, and happily this conviction reached her heart ere Clarence came; so that the agony of her grief in prospect of separation from him had yielded to the blissfhl anticipation of heaven, that glorious cmno whero she would, cro long, meet those from whom It was ‘more than death to part.’ ‘Dear XiUoy,’ said Clarence, as they stood gazing on tho summer flowers, ‘you are, better, love. May not cur Heavenly Father yot spare yqn to mo,—to your mother, —to cousin Ellen, —to happiness t’ ‘AU, Clarence, do not spend of this. It will only end in deeper tytterness. I must go, and Clarence you must not mourn when I exchange even this bright world for tho paradise of im mortality.* ;* our 1 cou-Vtbt—Siat jt alttats rb our, I, 1854. ■ ; ;< 'V . ' mmt^ There Is aqnaint grata In this lyric, perfect in its klnd> characteristic of the, song written of ,tho time. It Is Iroma entitled “Anllbur’s Recreation In Music” .by Bichacil Allison, pub-' llshcd In.lCOO;" ‘ ‘ . There Is a- garpon in bcr'liicd,,' _ 'WlVorfs rosea grow, ’' A heavenly paradiso.ls 1 > Wherein all ploasantlVtiitß do flow* Thord may buy, . TUI cU^jy ; Jipo do^cry* ‘ Tlitiae ch ortle a ‘Of Which when jicitlalroly.laughter shows, >2 ; ’ They look Uka rosebuds fUlcd with snow j Tet these no peer nor princtf maybny, TUI cherry ripe themselves no cry* *" Her eyes, li]cc.nngc!s,watcll them still Her brows like bended.bows, do stand,. ; Threatening, with,piercingfrowns to*kill All that approach with efts or hand,. Thoae'aacred cherries to conic nigh, > Till cherry ripe thcnisolvespo Cry, Dow George Eortetat ■ Gorge must have donesomctlsihg very naugli ty, I imagine vdu arc thinldngiprhewouldriot. have forfeitedhis dinner; 1 will tell you all, 'about it, and then you camdcCiOp for yourself .what to think in regard toit.- ';. . r Mrs. Dudley was sitting at hsr table writing, and George wa%by the windowjtcading'atfqSvs-- paper, when dinner was fctiffbVihtol.' lloitnjnc diatcly said to his mother 'JI am not going td.haVoJW dinner to -* > S' '• • - ‘WhyhotVf - -• 1 i ;• ■ •‘I hard forfeited it.’ • ** ••‘Forfeited it I’T-repented his -mother in sur prise,‘how have you forfeited it??’ ;• •I- spit twice' when I went Mown to the vil- ■ lagc.’ - • • V.- •. : . «Why’shottJ& that occasion me loss of yoUc dinner {' ' ' v, v’.! fre quently, and was rtbj:.only"cntirtly\mucc.es3ary/ but was of dyer-, work, which is (Jeorgb had found it very difficult to. this diabifc, 1 . and often forget his iHQ,U\cr , l ß?htstrhCtionB and wishes in regard to.it. Ho no' ordinary effort was so IB d 1i p dofermin ed to punisb himsclfin a would help, him to remember; w-Ohildrqn arc .well'air t ways have ft good.hppotjt?, flhfflif is something, •of atrfat^dchy'ih^haelveßitsimUffeCtlion. I supWStf,George Ihought-jf HJTIUt hungry all the afternoon ift would rcurindhim of the oc ;casi6iuofit,•'and i&ake lihnyayth more, careful infature^' l ,^.^',.. i -' y . GeorgeV mother never jhinMW TVercjffJdrch by deriving them o/fooa- Tlrc/alwaya lived simply, ana she considered it better for -tJujg to eat regularly, and did not wish them to plaofr too high a value on (ho pleasure to he derived from it.,, It is a great blessing that our heaven ly ha* madp it a source of enjoyment to partake of the food ourphysical natures require; but tbc moment wo cat merely because of the pleasure it affords, we lost sight of the Into ob ject tho nourishment of our bodies. I think George will soon overcome his bad habit, because no is earnest. ‘Where there is a will there is a way,’ is an old proverb, and ns true as it is old. Nothing good or great can be accomplished without cllort, and the strong er the determination required to make the cflbrt, the greater vigor and firmness acquired by suc cess. I do not imagine any of the children who hear how v Gcorgc forfeited his dinner vHll respect him tcssffy.his self imposed discipline. Neither Wiltyou be respected less for nay effort you inako'to subdue what is wrong disagreeable. Bo in earnest. If you fail in yoVpfirst effort, ‘try again, try, keep trying.’ A iJnsinc.'g-Liko CourMlp. There is a story extant about iflyo minutes, courtship between n thriving Mid Busy mer chant, of a watering-place in Higland. and a •Indy, for whom, in conjuction with n deceased friend, ho was a trustee. The Jjuly called at his counting-house, and said ihnO her business was to consult lu’m on tho propriety or other wise of her accepting an offeror marriage which she had received. Now. for the first time, oc curred to the Bristol merchant (lit idea of (his holy estate m his own case. 1 ‘Marriage,’ said he, listlessly (turning over some West Indian correspondence!, ‘w(jl, I sup pose every body ought (o marry.Hhough such a thing never occurred to me btfoic. Have you given this gentleman an affirmative answer ?’ 'No.’ ' *. 4 Arc your feelings particularly crmVgcd in the matter V _ r ‘Not particularly.’ ■. ‘Well, then madam,’ said ho, It ruing round his office stool, ‘if that bo the cos >, and if you cotdd dispense with courtship, for which I have no time, and think yon could bet comfortable with mo, I am your humble servant to com mand.’ f There were people who thought {that thclndy had a purpose in going there, bilt, if so, she, prudently disguised it. She said/ she would consider tho matter. The Bristpl merchant saw her out with tho same coolness/is if she was merely ono of Ins correspondents, and wJjcnsho was gone five minutes, was once pioro immer sed in his letters and ledgers. A day or two after, ho had a communication fro In the lady, accepting Ida offer, very considerately’ excusing him from an elaborate courtship, and leaving Idm to name tho ‘most convenient day.’ They were married. Speed and Endurance op tub ' Reindeer. —The reindeer is possessed of considerable speed and endurance; but what lid,ls capable of performing in harness, seems nofcrio bo_ neon* ratcly known. Travelers of late ycars’havo, with a single deer, accomplished a distance of one hundred and fifty miles within less than nineteen hours, eight miles an hotu*. •. But this was over a difficult lino of country; and l|vo interference therefore, ss, that under moroTo* vorablo .circumstances the animal could have got over much more ground within. thM time. It is on record, and there may bo & great deal of truth In thostory, for ftportrftUof deer, together with that of |tW SUU preserved In the palaco ofDottfoghom,' thftv oh one occasion of a sudden eruption of tire,enemy, an officer wad dispatched with the Intelligence, with a reindeer and sledge, from Union, on the Gulf of Bothnia, to-Stockholm, ft distance of nearly five hundred English miles, which dis tance was performed within ibVty-right liours, but tho. faitliful animal, lamentable to Bay, dropped \lown dead ou its arrival in'tho capi tal, ’ • j wf* O-r 'V i. . Three hundred and thirteen, yeafs.flgo, Pizar ro was irinrdored in his own house... A writer in, Blackwood thus notices tho event.'. ‘They that take the sword Shall pcriahbytho sword.* By th'6-s\Vonl ho had risen 5 : bytho. sword hois lo perish; not, on some well, fought battle-field, with shouts of but in blade. In bis own fair ofKings, tho gem of the sprung up, under ids rapidity, for Pizarro, seemed energy lo ail about assembled at the houao of ‘Amalgr o’a Son >'pTotrf ted his death.'lt wasonaSunday in June, : ls4ly at the hour, of dinner,-that they bum!-into; .his apartment with .cries of‘Death'to A number of were with wcteirnperfectly.armcd and deaeftedhlvni'esca ping by tho windows, and his half brother, Mar* tines’do’’ Afcantora, two 'pages, and hs‘ many cavaliers, were all who ‘atoßd/brWard in defence of their chief. They soon fell, overpowered by. numbers, and coveted with wounds. ButPi: zarro was not tho man to meekly meet his death.' Aiono'j ’without armor, his cloak around oho arm, Ms good sword In Ids right hand, with a vigor and interpidity surprising at his advanced, 'ago, tho old hero kept his, cowardly assailants' 1 atbay. - ; • } - -‘What,- ho I’‘hocriod»;‘fraitors|,-have.you como to kill me In my own hoyso ?*, And as ho apoko, two of his oncraloa 101 l beneath his blows. Rada,’ tho chief of. tho' conspirators,' ‘ impatient of tho delay, colled' out: '»Why. are wo so long about it? Down with tho tyrant,l’ taking ono of ids companions in arms, ho thrust him against the Marquis. Plzarro Instantly grap pling with his opponent,' ran him through with Ids sword. But nt that moment hd received a wound in tho throat, and- reeling, ho sank on theflooP, when the swords.'of Rada and several otliers wero plunged into Ida body.' <«tasut’ exclaimed the dying man; arid'tracing a "cross' with hla bloody flngor on tho floor* ho bentdowd ■his bead to kiss It, when a stroke more-friendly than tho rest, put an ond.to his existence.. ' ~ Tub Last Poxt.—Putman for ‘August has an' article on the Last poet Out, in which several specimens aro given of- tho*ncw stylo poetic.— Among the rest, herb h a portrait of tins JJkIU ro'dm Bello \ : “Her,hair was brown or golden, v . It changed as fell thdligUt, . •:\i Her bodice scarce could hold in?* • : / licr'bosom’fl heaving while, '• k / Her’oycs'woro gnyaiid merry, ■• ■ “-V. As,a fountain in tbo shade, - ,* . •*-. ‘ .Andhervoico whssweet andcherry, '-’■•V As the thonghts that.it conveyed.*' !v. Tills delicious creature godson to dance, tond' i having probably oaten too much chicken salad At supper, tho oxerdso does notngreo with her, lor her appearance colls forth from the poet* an, inquiry os to the Btatb-olher heftlth. - - < “Thcti.eho with timid peakces,'”. '■, . *. lips off sweet 6a rhyme, ■ 'Jlcnhtiil—-'Thoao’Easlom dances ' \' r ‘ill suit our ‘Wostorn clime \ - Could yOu—H might relievo mo—‘ . (I rose upon the hint)— .. , A glass of wotdr. give mo’,' * IV'ith nglass ofßnANny ‘ Thoßovlowcr presumes tholastpoolhasßccn oftbaMicy .which a/tei* several very*;,gentle and, tender ver -308, Concludes in tlihrmcJapdibly strain ;. / i ' ; Draw too a mugofboor, Jirotliof, •’ 1 < And Mother f hrawltpdldl InsnlfdtV,by tho poet, an editor 'oCP.nfnmn perpetrates the following, which £jo entities. THE ANOKI OP XIIfiAWKMDMV.v ‘ " I met her at tho Ghipe BO Room?,-' She wore a.wreatlilofffißes/.'...; She walked in bciatyilko tho-tpeM, Iter breath vmllUo'^wcekyoSica. I led her through tho’fesliyo llqll. Her glance was soft and tender-; She whispered genflyin my car,' “Sayl Hose —Aist’trriua a. deader t” PjtF.TXT Kb an tub MAhi£.’~l was in com pany (he other night, a number of ladies being present, when a young man proposed a conun drum, which bo read in the -papers. It was this— ‘When is n lady not a lady There was a pause—‘Give it up,’ said all round, when to the infinite horror of tho whole party, the querist exclaimed, ’ ‘when she’s a little buggy* ' Nobody laughed—some were demure, some indignant, and some nodoubt inclined tq scratch —the querist’s face a little. He was disappoint ed. Fumbling in his pocket ho pulled out o paper, which, consulting for a moment he ejacu lated, *O,l beg yoqr pardon, ladies, I made a mis take. Tho answer is, ‘When she is a little su/- hjV I knew it was some sort of a carriage.’ - Goon.—ln company, an English lady, half jocularly, of course, attributed a very polite readiness for wine to the fair daughters of Erin. ‘I believe that in Ireland,’ she.observed, it is quite customary for a lady, it she only catches the eye ofta gentleman earn earnestly directed to hcr*at the dinner table, to say,—‘Pdrt, if you please.’ Vromplitudc ia tiro order of tho day. * Yes,’ replied the Irish lady, not over pleased with tho insinuation, and determined to repay it with interest—“and the promptitude takes another direction in yourfiouutry, madam.* ‘How do you mean V ‘Why, when an English Indy finds n ; gentle man’s eye upon her at tho table, I understand she averts her countenance, and blushing, says In her gentlest tones, —‘You must ask papa.” Itai.ian Indolence. —A letter writer says: Hundreds of men in Italy arc employed in paint ing ‘Madonnas’ for (iio cottages of tho peas ants, little daubs of Virgin Mary, the house hold gods of a superstitious race. Vast fields of lint and hemp may bo seen in most parts of tho peninsula, but tno laborers, who for ages ought to have been busy converting their pro duce into garments, rope and sailcloth, have been building palaces, culling marble, and studying paints. Every’ ono possesses a bad picture, but an fil-furnlshcd house; a head of a ■Dante, but scarcely sufficient clothing to ap pear in open day. While our middle classes enjoy the luxuries which reproductive industry places within their reach, tho admirer of aesthe tic excellence’south of the Alps knows nothing ot tho comforts of home. > Daring ho may lounge in tho galleries where Guido do-, lights tho cyo; but in the evening ho returns to n dreary room in some old palazzo, where by tho light of a glimmering candle, ho gropes his way to a tottering cradle and a crazy bed. Ho maybe able critally to examine tho_ master pieces of ToUnn; hut ns a man of business hb is on a par with tho Chippoway, [£7* Sap, Cresar Augustus, why am your legs like an-organ grinder U ‘Don’t know, Mr, Sugnrloaf, why is they?’ divided length-' thia was raised about eighteen inches Hia eyes werefixed upon us, ;frnjfl tongue played In and out of ‘ his continued 1 hiss* Aiming at IrW tficad, I fircdat hinjTrith a double-barrelled gun - , fwithln four paces, and blew his head to pieces, indappearedstono dead,* *bnt upon, pulling him laUrto .stretch hjtn out, he. wreathed coils, and lashing himself om ih full length,* mowed down the high grass in'aUvdircctions. - ,. This . obliged, mo to stand clear, for his blows were terrific, and the thick est part ofhis body ■ was as largo as .a .ipao's thigh. Cutting some sharp.pointed stakes,.! Wailed till be wasagainquiet, wlicn'X suddenly. Elnncd his tail to the ground with my hunting nifc, and thrusting the pointed stake into the hole,l drovejt deep into tho ground, with tho butt of my rifle. The boa madc'sobc'objection to this, and agtun commenced his former mus colar.conlortions. I waited tiltthoy wereover, and having provided myself with some tough : ropo, (a species of creeper,)! once more ap proached him, pnd, pinning his throat ground,.tied the rope through tho incision, and the united ekbrtiqns ot myself apd three tnfcn hauled him out perfectly straight; .1 then drove a stake through his throat, ana pinned him out, : He was fifteen feet in length; and it required our united strength to tear ofl‘ his skin, which shone with a variety of passing colors. Ori •losing his hide ho tore dway from'lUo’Blakes; and although his head was shivered .to atoms, and ho had lost three feet of his strength of neck bylhe.ball having cut throughibis part', which separated in tearing ofl the skin, still lie lashed and writhed in frightful convulsions, which con tinued until l left him, hearing ns'my trophy his scaly hide.* ; . . •' 'WnrcDja Poetry. —Talking ofTpbotry an nc- . qnaintanco [who, f6r a-whimsical-reason, was 1 formerly known among his friends as “Count 'rcmurkcdto ua one day I— “lnevfcr 3 tried ray hand nt writing poetry 1 Imt once. -I i .had bad"Juck at the first attempt, - a perseveroing. man \ got dlscdurogbdi* .The , case was this: ■ When! was a siijdeiit bt Durt-' , mouth, Jn triy Junior ysar I' bollovo, when thto day camp xjpupd for .reading '/compositions be fore the class, X prepared myaolt with a ‘poem.* < Being rather partial to/blank verse? as the mote ,i stately kind of poetry npd os X supposed a good deal easier.than rhyme verso, IThnd written a , poem. after tho'manner[a long way, I (lord say',] of BryafiPfl.Thanalopsis* "When It came to my tnrniox&d,J[ got up android off the lines in •a full sonorous voice, and apt down’ with the - 'Conviction that I-had made an inpression oVch Epoh,the prQ6y:old professor,,tmd should get w handsome coxhphmcnt for my pains. Tho Pro fessor, having looked over the rest of tho com positions; and ■ commented-on their'verbal beauties and defects as was his custom,-coma at last tprmno, upon wblch.bo observed, in a very , -grave man,tier —‘Younginan Ihavo no particular fault <6 find with this essay, except as to your , too frequent uao of Cutlets' winch yop have hemput-aidbe J>pgl*nlEg oC A sTi.rs-2inc> This you should, knbu&ls not exceptin poeiry’r-Thv boys lni/gj/cdj i nqd' I—-was /dis couraged attempting poetry again.'’ |*^-'Cimibw i ’lScEWE.—Cant- Uugcrmr, W flic of his Voyage wMcflcl, T76s,*'givca iho following description of a curious piscatory scene: *Onc morning, in a calm,' when near the Hebribcs, all hands were colled np at three In the morning, to witness a battle between sever al of the fish called thrashers find some EWOfd: fish on one side, and an enormous whale on the other. It was in the middle of summer, and the weather being clear, ond the fish being close to the vessel, wound a fine opportunity of wit nessing the contest. As soon os tho whale’s back appeared above iho water, tho thrashers, springing several yards into the air, descended with great violence upon tho object of their rancor, and inflicted upon him the most severe slaps with their tails, tho reports of which re sembled the reports of muskets fired at a dis tance. Tho sword fish, in their turn, attack ed tlu> distressed whale, stabbing him froin bo low ; and thus beset-on all sides and wounded, when tho poor creature appeared the water around him was dyed with blood. In this manner they continued tormenting and wound ing.lmh for many hours, until we lost sight of him; and I have no doubt they, in the end, nc- v compltshcd his destruction. |£7* Horace Orccly, it is well known has ,ta -1 ken to fanning. Last year, when in Massa chusetts attending tho poultry show, lie bought half a dozen pure Cochin China eggs, 1-10 a doz en, whiqlj_p reduced him six ugly ducks. An editor from’Slalnc however, fared still worse.— lie bought half adozen eggs of ‘a new variety,' which the dealer assured nim would .produce •very rare birds.’ So they did, for they were put under tho very best hens, ond in duo lime come out—‘what do you think?’ ■‘l could not guess,’ said bis friend, —‘what were they!’ •Land Turtles , and vvliat was worse, as soon ns they were hatched, they seized upon (lie old hen, and such a equalling never was heard in any other hen’s nest. Quizzing a Quizzen. —A professional gen tleman of our acquaintance Ims hanging In his room a lino largo colored engraving of a quad ruped, vulgarly known a? a jackass. Not long Since a friend of his dropped in, and slopping before the picture, gazed intently upon it for a moments and then sung out abruptly, and as ho imagined, very wittily : ‘Halloo, doctor, is that your portrait V 'Oh, no,’ replied the doctor, coolly, ghat’s simply a looking glass.* The anxious inquirer suddenly discovered that lie had some business down the street, and departed. Tarioa gives tho following ns a translation of ono of (ho songs of tho Hilo boatmen;— . “Look at mo with your eyes, O gazelle,, O gazelle I Thu blossom of your checks Is dear to mo *, your breasts burst tho silk,of your vest} I cannot loose tho shawl about your waist {it sinks Into your son waist. IVho possesses you is bloat by heaven* Look at mo with your eyes, O gazollo, 0 gazollo I Tour forehead Isjiko tho moon; your face Is fairer than 'all tho flow ers of tho gardoui your bed is Of diamonds 5 he Is richer than a King who'can sloop thereon.— Look at mo with your eyes O gazelle, O ga zelle! 1 ' " * liyTla Is a foolisrti husbandman who 1 neglects to sow his seed—and ho Is an unwise man who neglects to Inform tl\o public of his business and hlswhorcabouls. Those who do not under stand it may |ihvc strength of .mind, but little distinctness of vision} they do not think olthpr clearly Or logically.'. They may reason acutely, but nro unsound philosophers. IIoifEST.—A toper after staggering over the bridge at* Cambridge, plftrcd the gale keener .double tdll, for ho said he must have walked over every hlguk twice,, A little or tho same honesty, would funko the •whiskey seller return him the money ho pafd for tho liquor ho got drunk on. .?*>, - ■- IS*, J ' ‘‘ -.’-1 . lira kti MR tar,tj»fce tCP*" Anger res Uie bo3dhi ! i>l tooij» ' HP"To err _- t . ia! rapidly* mark. - . ; t •',;. : ._ r _..X‘:. r ,. r^ ; B^<4tyMgQ^ f^.i£ i - GP“ Tho peach crop wljl fco fl ? season. ~;, <^:- I fV‘** > "■ r CP" Feat: 6o DP" A now regulation pcrmitsihel enlistment-' of boys from 10 to 20 In tho'Navyv: ' DP*Tho virtue of X the virtue, of adversity (a fqrtitude/v. \ : Dp-Tlio Grape Crop in the ißlflnd of jladeira> istliis year’said to bo a total fWlnre;-^S •'• ■* DP" Seneca says, to,-triumph over sions, is ol all conqueststbojudatglorious/,’ tim Western papers mentiottihb' defeat ol Cpl. Bciitonwlth dcop.regret»<. .f. r 'DP" Congress.appropriated ' $1,500’ bh tho} Army bill for a sword to’. BrevciMaJor general. John Wobd. V ’. } /./V’. } ( ' / the Market—Pretty girls-and peach-/ es. Both nrd dCar : and singularly. BW«et---cs^. pccially.tho.foKmftri^’• o- • /VS r.js. you want to dispose of :yonr.landsby; your merchandise advantageously,; freely' in.lhb, Voluntfir t _ _. _ ‘'V/IV-V-**:-.' first appearance bf Asiallc.cholera; on this continent, waa lu Quebec^.Lower ■'.Oaa-K uda, on the Bth of June, 1882 v: t w.’i-/ -* : V-; The Ptfst Office bill appropriated $B, 000 together with $2,344,404 fromtbe Trepan*' ry to cover deflcloncidsin • vV.'. courts'havo docid«l/tliAts'mwrltf v s'ano who pays tho printer - before.- .making bls) Will. .. . amount orcapltaV" Invested la this book business in Boatotf -is not less ; tlian'?B, •' 000.000.- , x . ■ IE?" Tho pungency of.pleasure isns as the foam that mantles round its brlmznuftC. ", . ■ ;;;■ , KPT It Is said that every child of Queen via./ * toria costs Iho English gaverhtncht $500,000: yearly. . ■ 1 • 1 ••> -V. '• ■ ,'t “ltft’mfth empties"* hlH.purc|jnloJiUhcad, d o.op o v c on 1 akeiLaway,, from him'.” " "C 3*-' • -V ''r-'T/I-V*. • • lE7*TJicro is thSa paradox In pride—ft make*, some men ridiculous, but. prevents others front hccomfng.so,, ‘V. KP“Boforo you attempt to commit sulcldo take a cold both. What people term despair Is' very often dirt. , CP* Tho most important« Act” of tho seven months’ session of tho into Congress, was iho act of adjournment. • ... • .. DP* Pick-pockets aro so numerous In Massa chusetts that tt is said they will sopu put up & candidate for Governor. DP* Tho Cincinnati editors call each other puppies. Wars and scoundrels, Tho effects of eating pork and drinking whiskey. DP* To make a speedy match shulnpyonr’ daughtci and abuse her lover. Parents will benefit themselves by pasting this uj>. OP*Mcn feel best when least “dressed up”— women when most so. Tho two institutions aro l as different ashollyhocka and umbrellas,.. ; DP“ Col. Benton fas announced his inlentiph of “stumping” It through Missouri, with tho. view of securing his election to the-Senate. groat statue of 'Washington, or-< dered by the State of Louisiana, is completed and has been shipped for its destinations ■< ’ ftp-Georgo B. Clark, of Buffalo, bos sold tho fast trolling maro “Bello of Saratoga” for tiro thousand dollars to a gentleman In Now. York. v DP* Morrissey, tho prize fighter, was recent ly married at Albany totheduughtcrofaStcam boat Captain. Uo ought now to become a do cent man. IIP" There arc 13000 marriageable girls in tho factories at Lowell. It Is pleasant In this world of misery to know that there 13000 men yet to bo made happy. • DP*Many women powder their faces that their skin may seem white, It is as a poulterer Hours nn old hen, that it may pass for a tender chicken. DC?"You cannot fafhomyourmind. There is a well there which has no bottom. Tho mbro yon draw from it, tho more clear and beautiful will be. DP" Tho city authorities M Boston have de creed that all tho names of non-residents, who come to Boston and get drunk and arc arrested/ shall bo published. DP* A man must educate himself. College learning is often worse than useless. Franklin, Burns, Chnnlfy, lltUonhouso, Ferguson, fee., were self-taught. Let men learn to think. OP* Tho newspaper is a law book for the in dolent, a sermon for tho thoughtthl, a library for tho poor. It may stimulate the most indif ferent, it may also instruct the most profound. K 7” It is said there are not ton citizens la. Kbunsburg, (Pa,,) who wo not forolgners or tho sons of foreigners. An eligible alto for Know-Notldnglsm—over tho loft, tt?" Jenny Lind- harf once more abnotmeod her Intention of retiring Anally from singing In public, and it is said' she will return to this country to remain permanently. E 7“ A Gorman woman passed through Pay ton, Ohio. on tho lift, having with her tlx cblli dron, all boys, bom at tho .same time, They woio six months old, small but sprightly. OCT* It Is so dry up In lowa that (ho steam boat people have Co aprlrtklo tho rivers to keep tho dust from choking tho water wheels. Sosa? drought that. - CT** A PuNurso Letteb. — Ur. C.i To avoid all proceedings unpleasant, . I bog you will pay wbnt Is duo t If you do, you'll oblige m< al present) Ifyou don't, thou I'll oblige yout . [£7"Pld any ono ever know of a woman on King her buabaud to unccossary expenses, who I® thoroughly acquainted with his wsoutß&fe’ ami mndo a confident of all fils' bUslncES^^^ Tho host of men may somothnos flip Into the gutter, but It Is tho worst only who is willing to remain there. - ; v. safe