fipwKfc.il : :John l^Briittoli._.;,.. ~; r i FiflyCcntiA Sald-wlttito,tho..yow v ThQso-torois.winbenmfr f y fldhqra exe cuted Withaccuracy and at the shortest notice. |6nrtiral; 'Jfrroih ikt-XjWtUvillt Tourndl, ’ , r AWiVAWAY. 1 TVlin THE bbidai. veil. l!" 0 ' W'iiinf'A. 1 - heeve's. ’’v? 4 * "*•>" ■ And tlio prango garland tuir, , _.V , For the smooth young broi ls cold and palo , ' That wo destined these to wear. ‘ ' AUd'the slender form Is still and low, Which tee thought would he thismight Arrayed in those robes of spotless snow And docked with thdse jewels'bright. ■ Wrap,her; form’!* l the winding sheet,. Aril'a rosorbud white shall rest -, {Of her own puro lifa an emblem sweet) Oa her cold and pulseless breast. ‘ tier punriy, Iricka' wo will leave its ff 60 As in by-gone days, tyhen she.tossed them back in girlish glee fair and smiling face. DhV.ihcaaway,with,the bridal veil And- the orange garland fair, Fop tho smooth young brow is cold and pale ■That we destined those to wear. •Arid the crimson Up grid eye of blue . ;Ko longer oflovcmay sponk,,. Amdigbnc is tho. trembling, wild-rose hue ■That played qa her pearly cheek. The angel bands in the world above Have welcomed a sister homo, And bright-ls she ,In that land of love, Where tho ills of earth ne’er come. Away, away with tho flashing gems And.tho bridal robca of white, For hot brow is girt with a diadem, -And her robes nro liko tho light. But tbero ls one whowiU'aoo her rest' In her silent .beauty there, With speechless woe in his aching breast, And a look of ronto despair. Uo will Como with joyful heart to claim His lovely, and. youthful bride? lIq.MII go again, but not as he' came Wllhasoulof joy.and pride. . lie will go with a weary, weary heart To mourn far tho treasure tied, To bear in his breast grief’s poisoned dart. And wish that ho, too, wore dead. k , Oh, joy for tho young bride, pure and bright ‘ With tho angol legions blest. But woo for him on whoso soul tho blight Of a mourner’s grief doth real. - jfc'tllanmis, AN ADVENTURE IN A TUNNEL A PERILOUS POSITION. : /:h' A frightful accident which occurred n few weeks kincb to some of the workmen employed in Moor Tunnel, on the Lancas • VS? * ter and Yorkshire Railroad. England, reminds iC «a pfairadvcnturo, as related to the editor of lilitaXJook’s Journal, not long ago, by ti per son ia the employ* 6f.the telegraph company.— He bad been engaged in the inspection and re.* pairof the telegraph wires and their fixings, which are subject to many accidents, and ro ■ quire constant looking after to insure their in tegrity and efficiency. Even when carried - through tunnels, in gutta percha costings cm* bobbed In leaden tubes, they ore liable to acci dents from passing wagons, or, in winter, from lumps of ico falling down thesides of the shafts and damaging the tubes. It appears that one day the door of a coal wagon had got loose in the long tunnel of the railway, and dash ing back against the sides ol it, had torn the tubes, and even cut across the wires in many " places. The telegraph, was, therefore, broken; it could not be worked, and several workmen • were sent into the tunnel, to execute the ncocs- ' sary repairs. The person who related the fol ' . lowing adventure acted in the capacity of in , c , ancotor, and it was necessary for him to visii tno .workmen, ascertain the nature of the dam l ngo liad been done, and give directions or *- tho spot ns to the repairs, the necessity for com ptcUn'g brhich was of the greatest urgency. .. *1 know Very well,’ said he, 'that the tunnel ;;$sL was of- great lengch—rather more than two ‘ ‘ tn^ca long—aud that tho workmen, who set in tho morning from tho station nearest. , x entered it by its south end; so I detor ’ to follow and overtake them, which I ' i/ihould doubtless be able to do somewhere in 1 tunnel, where they would bo at'work. I * :ifM accompanied, by a little dog which trotted bphind at my feet. After , walking about a mile, I reached the entrance over which frowned Ihoefllgy of a grim lion’s head, cut in stone. *Thero were, as usual, two lines of rails—the tip lino and the down lino; and I determined to Walk along the former, that I might see before . the approaching lights 6n any advancing train, Which t. should take care to avoid by stepping on (6 the opposing line of rails, at thesamotime that I should thus avoid being run over by any train coming up behind from the opposite di direction, and which 1 might not see in lime to avoid, I had, however taken the precaution to ascertain that no train was expected to pass along tho upline, over which I was then pro ceeding, for about two hours; bull was aware it could notbo depended on, and therefore I rc ,X solved to keep a good look-out ahead. Along the down lined knew that a passenger tram ' ;,-$7 was shortly to pass—indeed it was now due— ,: l butby keeping tho opposite line of rails, I felt ' , I was safe so far ns that fnpt was concerned. •'4 ‘I bad never boon in n tunnel of finch length .."as this before, and I confess' I felt somewhat 1 when llio light which had accompn mo Bo 1C France, began to grow ’.'fttntcr and fainter. After walking for ft short :4WancQ,,r proceeded on in almost total davk '■Wlli Behind mo there wna the distant light » m at tho tunnel’s mouth, before me, ‘penetrable darkness. But by wajk- I’ w Sht line I knew that I couldn’t mhp and tho rails between which I walk rmcu l occasionally, touched with my ca to keep mo in the road. In a short uiftblo to discern a seeming spot of i 8 r *dually swelled into a broader ut a till a great distance before mo, and lio light to bo tho opening of nearest \ ««|r;lt was ft mere glimmer amidst the thick WJffjdtoOSt palpable darkness wliich envelope) on. I heard my dog panting at raft heels, and tho Bound of my tread ro-cchq edjmij tho vaulted roof. Sava these sounds, pe3®l silence, reigned. When I stood still to ■ 11*6$, i heard distinctly tho* loud beating of , my-hcart. '—A Startling thought Buddcnly occurred to „ TOV'What if a goods train should suddenly thro' tho tunnel along tho lino bn which proceeding, while tho passenger train ■' '.fcbwfluo, camo on in theopnositodirection. I ' hjsd.'not thought of this before: and yet I was .•wirothat the number of casual trains on a /IftiU-frcqucntcil railaoud. is very considerable ■ particular seasons. Should I turn back— /roach. tho mouth of tho tunnel again, and wait till tho passenger tiftiu had passed, (when I • could then follow along tho down lino of rails, .n /.'Va* T./. Introrttn BY JOIIN B. BRATTON. : ;4l. knowing that no,other train whs likely to-fol lowit for atlcasthalf on hour.*'* •' * * r: ! •*But theshaft down which the light faint ly streamed; was nearer'to mo than the mouth of the tunnel, and I resolvedi therefore* to make for that point, where there,'waSi'l knew, ample room'outside of both lines of rail to candle mo to- stand in safety nntil the 1 dotm train had passed. ;SoI strode 6n. : But a low hollow. , murmur, arfif of remote* thunder, and then a distant scream which seemed to * reverberate 'along tho.lunnql, fell upon my cars—doubtless the passenger traid which I had been expect ing entering the tbnnds rotuUh. - But looking ahead'at the'sameHimc,' I' discerned, thro’ the gleam of daylight at the bottom of the shaft towards which I was approaching, what seem ed a spark of fire, vlt moved; Could it be ono of thelaborer* of"whom I was in search? It increased. For an instant Ilost it. -Again! This lime it looked brighten ; A moaning, tinkling noise crept along the floor of the vault. I stood still with fear, for the noise of thO train behind me was rapidly increasing, and turning ah instant in that direction, I observed'that it was in full sight. I could no,, longer disguise from myself that I stood full in the way of an other'train; advancing from' the opposite di rection/- The light before me was the engine lamp. Itwas now brilliant as-a glowing star, and the roar' of the wheels of the train was now fully heard amidst the gloom {-for It came on with a velocity that seemed, to.mo'lerrifflc. “A thousand thoughts coursed thro’my brain on the instant.. I was in the way of the mon ster. and the next moment might be crushed into bleeding fragments. 1 ;; Thb.cnglnc was al most upon me! I saw tHo-gleaming face of the driver, and the glow of the furnace flashing its lurid light far along the lower edge Of the denso volumes of steam, blown from the engine chimney. ‘ In an instant IVprostrated myself on my face, and lay there; without the power of breathing, as I felt the crigine and train thun dering over me. The low-hung ash-box swept across my back ; I felt the heat of the fUrnacc as it flashed over me, and a glowing cinder was dropped near my hand : but I durfit’not'niovc. I felt na if the train was crushing over me.— The earth vibrated and shook, and the rods of the wagon wheels smote into my cars with a thunder which madenio fear their drums would crack. T clutched the earth, and would have cowered and shrunk ifalo it if I could. There was not a fibre of my body that did not foci the horrors of the moment, and the drcadfulncss • of the situation. But it passed; With a swoop and a roar the break-man, the last in the train, flew over mo. When I raised my head and looked behind, the red light in the tail was al • ready far in the distance. As for the passen ger train, U had also passed, but I had not hoedodit; Iho’.ithad doubtless added to the tcrrifllc noise which for some time stunned me. “I rose up and walked on, calling upon my dog.' But no answer—not eo much as a whine. 1 remembered its sudden howl. It must have been crushed under the wheels of some part of the train. It was no use searching for Irby lit*, tlocomnnion, so I proceeded, anxious to escape from the perils of my situation. I shortly reached the.shaft which Iliad before observed. There was ample room at either sidcof the rails to enable me to rest there in safety. , But the. place "was Cold n’nd datnpT ftifd alrcanfeof Wo-' ter trickled down' the side of it. I resolved, therefore, to, goon upon the doten line; but the tunnel being now almost filled With smoke ond steam of (he two engines which had just passed. I deemed it prudent to wait fora snort time until the road had become more clear, in ease of any o'.her (rain encountering me in any farther progress. The smoke slowly eddied up. the shaft, and the steam gradually condensed until T considered the road sufficiently clear to enable mo to proceed in comparative safety. I once more, therefore, plunged into the dark ness. *• I walked on for nearly half an hour, grop ing my way? tny head had become confused, and my limns troubled under me. I passed two other shafts, but the light which they ad mitted was so slight, that they scarcely seem ed to do more than make the “darkness visi ble.” I now supposed that I must have walk ed nearly the whole length of the tunnel: and yet it appeared afterwards that I was only half way thro* it. It seemed like a long day since I had entered. Hut by and by a faint glimmer df lights danced before my eyes ; and as I ad vanced, I saw it was the torches of the work men. and I soon heard their voices. Never were sight and sound more welcome. In a few minutes more I had joined the party. But I fcltqulte unmanned forthe moment; and I be lieve, sitting down on one of the workmen's tool-boxes. I put my hands over my eyes— really could not htlp it—and buiot into tears. AfKODOTB OF TtiRVeKUOF CatVF.nLASD. — The following anecdote is related of the Duke of Cumberland, brother to George the Third, who commanded the English at Fontenoy and Cnlloclin. On one occasion the Duke noticed the distinguished and honorable conduct of a SLiartermastcr-ficrgcant, who had risen from ic ranks, and he made him, as a reward, a present of a commission in his regiment, lie was received at his mess, not With congratula tions on his promotion, but with coolness and unkindness. lie immediately spoke to the Duke, and told him he was not satisfied with his charge, from the way his 1 brother officers looked upon him, and he would prefer being reduced to his former position. The Duke re quested him to attend the--next morning’s pa rade, and there. his grace walked arm-in-arm with Che late quartermaster-sergeant in the most friendly way befbre the whole regiment, much to the chagrin, but perfectly 'to the cure, of the “members of the mess.”' Therefore, the once despised was received with courtesy and respect’; Others in command might, by,their example, rule the conduct of those under.them by a like rebuke. ££y" Mrs., Partington is still alive and kick ing. Tho breaking of banks. douT appear to impair the old lady’s good humpr in tho least. Hear her bn the. spiritual doctrine of Free Love; , - “As to free love dootoringB,”aAidMrs. Part ington, “wo don’t know 'much about ’em, but it seems to mo they nccd'nt cause much fear where any lovo exists at all. Where hearts beats responsible to each other, and where they arc mouldered together by early love and plen ty of children, depend upon it, no frcolove doc tarings can do ’em any ntwin.” The old lady stopped hero, like ft Cnclsca ferry boat at the dron, stirred,her too,slowly, looking vacantly at the picture of tho corporal, the model of military political and conjugalconstaiioy, while Ike tested the cut’s sternutatory powers by fil ling her nose*with pulverised bread crumbs. (C7*Thc St.TjOuis Republican says that a few days ago, a man and his wife, in that city, were engaged In arranging a separation. ', I’ho principal'adficulty was tho baby, which tho woman tearfully bogged to bo allowed to keep, while the man angrily rcfhifcd. At length, the wife almost, throw the child iqtp tho husband’s arms, and exclaimed, ‘Take it, I can soon have another!’ Taking babies to churoh is rightly term ed r “crying sin.” v * TEE DID COTTAGE CLOCK. OTi, tho’old, old clock,, of tho'houseliQld stock, ' Was tho brightest'thing arid neatest?' Its handfi though'old, had a touch of goldjT-' And its chimo rang still the sweetest, / > ’Twas mrionltor too’, though its words wriro few, : Yet they lived though nations hltered } ; And Its voice, still strong, warned old & young When tho voice ;of friendship faltered. ; “Tick,”- “tick,’* it said—''‘quick, quick to bed, For ten I’vo given warning j • Up, up and go, or else, you know, s Y ou’ll never rise soon in the morning.” A friendly voice was that old, old clock. As it stood In tho corner smiling, And blessed tho time with a mOrry'chime, Tho wintry hours beguiling? • But a cross old voice was that tiresome clock, As it called ot day-break boldly,, -■ - . When tho dawn looked gray o’er the misty way, And the early air,blow coldly ?, , ‘‘Tick,” “tick,’.’ out of bed, For five I’ve given warning? - You’ll neverhavo health, you’llnever got wealth, Unless you’ro up soon in tho rooming.’* • Still hourly fho sound goes round and round, With a tone that ceased never; • While the tears are shod forjttajirlght day* fled, . And the old friends lost forever, - Its hearts beat on, though hearts aro gone - That warmer beat and younger ; Its hands still movo, though hands we love Aro clasped on earth no longer. ‘•Tick,” “tick,” it tho churchyard bed, , ■ • v Tho grave hath given warning-^ Up, up, and rise, and look to Iho’sklcs, Aid prepare for a heavenly morning.” 1 A FOUTBNATE KISS. Tho following little story ty Mfos Bremer, is famished to SarfotV* Magazine. For Its truth and reality, she says she will bo responsible;. In tho University ot Upsala,ln Sweden, lived a.young student, a lonely, youth, with a groat love for studies,.but nithout tho means Of pur suing them. Ho was poor, and. without connec tions. • Still-ho studied, living’ in great poverty, but keeping a cheerful heart, and trying not to look at the future wliibU looked so grimly at him. His good hnmoraud good tpiaHtfcß made him belbVcd by his young comrades. ‘ Once ho. was standing with some of them In the great square of Upsala. prating away an hour of lei sure, when the - attention of the'young men be came arrested by a very young and elegant lady, who, at the side of an cldorly one, walked slowly over tho place. It wasthedauphtcrof the gov ernor of Upland, living in tho city, and tho lady was her governess. She was generally known for her beauty,and her goodncss.and gentleness of character, and was looked-upon with great admiration by the students. As the young men now stood gazing at her as she passed on like a graceful vlslop, one of them exclaimed: • | /‘Well,lt would he worth something to have • a kiss from such a mouth.” The poor student, the hero of our story, who was looking intently on that pure and.angelic face, exclaimed, as If by inspiration, “Well, I think 1 could have It;” • “What,” said his friends In a-chorns,- “aro you crazy t do you know hor ?” /. “ Not at all,” he answered;“ but I think she I ftskcd^ieA” ’•* What, In this place, before alt our eyes V fl “In this place, before your eyes.” “Freely?” , “ Freely.: , ‘ “Well, lf she will give you ttkißS-lu that man ner, I will give you a thousand 'dollars,” ex claimed one of tho party. “Audi.” “And 1,” cried three or four others j for It so happened that, several rich* young mon were In tye group, and bets ran high on so Improbable an event | and'tho cliallcngo was inado and accepted in less time than we have taken to relate it. Our hero—my authority fella not whether he was handsome or plain; I have my peculiar rea sons for believing that ho was rather plum, but singularly good-looking at tho same time—our hero walked off to meet tbo young ladyyApd. said: “M'n/rolein,my fortune Is in your hurupV She looked at him Irf astonishment, hut arrested her steps. Ho proceeded to state his name and condition, his aspirations, and related simply and truly what had passed between him and his companions. Tho young lady listened atten tively, and when ho ceased to speak, sho said, blushing, hut with great sweetness? “If by so little a thing so much good can be effected, it would bo foolish in mo torefnso your request?” and sbo kissed tho young mnn publicly In tho open square. Next day tho studtßt was sent for by tho gov ernor. He wanted to see tho man who had dared to ask a kiss from his daughter In that way, and whom ehohad cpnaontcdto kiss so. Ho received him with a severe and scrutinizing brow,butaf ter an hours’ conversation, was so pleased with him, that he offered to let him dine dt Ida table during Ids studies nt Dpsala. Our young friend how*'pursued Ids studios In a manner which soon made Idm regarded as tho most promising student at the University. Three years woro not passed after tho day ot (lie first kiss, when tho young man was idlowcd to giro a second one to the daughter of tho Governor, as ills intended, bride. Ho became, later, one of tbo greatest scholars In Sweden, ns much respected for Ids learning as for his character. His works will onduro forever among tho works of science.; and IVom lids happy union sprang a family well known In Sweden tho present day, and whoso wealth of fortune and high position In society ore regard ed as small things compared With its wealth ot goodnuss and love. Lifr.—The editor of tho Newark Mercury sagely remarks that life is made up of change. ’ A' moment ago a patch of sunshine rested like o smile upbn our paper, And everything around was bright 5 now the pflko is. overcast, .by u shadow, and the street without looks dull ami dark. So in'the affairs of Life, To-day, Hope slhgsat out 1 path, and tho Bow of Promise spans it as an arch of gold. To-morrow, Disappoint ment sits within tho heart, and lowering skies fall like the tresses of angels around us. There is nothing steadfast in this life—no anchor ihdt is immovably fixed in tho sands of Time. The waves of Ohanco and Circumstance are stronger than all tho cables of Love or Interest’, or Hope —and our barques drift forever about upon them, like lost souls wandering unceasingly upon tho banka of the Styx. Life is full of vicissitudes and change, even as tho sea is full of pearls. Happy is that man who can adopt himself to circumstances, for with him there is neither sunshine nor shadow, but n lemnered brightness that can bo compared only with tho rays of twilight when tho sound ol bells is on the ojr, rests upon him continually. (CTMjOsI yesterday,somewhere between sun rise and ■ sunset, two golden hours, each Bet with*sixty diamond minutes.- No award is offered for they arc gone forever. XT A young man without money is like the steamboat without fuel. Ho can’t go ahead.— Among the ladies ho is like the moon on a clou dy nigut—ho can’t shine. I Xy* A Schoolmaster asked one of his boyfl, ia a cold winter morning, what was the Latin word for cold. The boy hesitating a little. the master said, ‘What, sirrah, can.t you tell* ■ *Ycs, sir/ said tho boy, ‘X have at at my ends** “obr ooosinV— AtwitSßr hiarir. on wno.vo, mm oobnmit.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1855 ABMDTJPijfi&TOM. Tho 'most bea\it® nT»'d;Attectlng Ihcldei»t wo knoiK assoclated wlth a sblpwrcclr,’js tbo fol- lowing c ,! The. 3 -through tbo deep'' sand and long.grass;>o patiently'walking at all other, times j -ho.,Bhares Vjlth such putrid fish as they find-to oat j,.they lie down and wait for him when the rough carpenter,'who becomes his es pecial ft-iond, lags behind.*,.. Beset,by lions .and tigers, by savages,,.by;.thirst and hunger, by death in a crowd of ghastly shapes, they never) —oh, Father of all mankind, thy name blessed i for it! —forgot this., child* ; Tbo captain stops exhausted, oud'his faithful coxswain goes back ! and is soon.to sit down.by bis side, and neither oftho .two shall bo anymore beheld until tho groat last day ; but, aSthja rest go on for their lives, they take tbo them. The car. pen*' " ** ’ 1 pouter dies of polsopouaberrics eaten in star vation ; and tho steward, succeeding to the com mand of tho party, succeeds to tho sacred guar, dianshlp of tho child. «r God knows all h$ doogibrtlio poor baby. Ho cbecrfhlly carries him Inlf-fe arms when ho him. self Is weak’,and llli -how, he feeds him when fcc himself Is griped with wjint; how ho folds his ragged jacket around him, Jays his little warm face with a woman’s tenderness updn his sun burnt breast, soothes hini'-ln his sufferings, sings to him as ho Ijmps along hnmlndful of Ills own parched and bleeding feclv , Divided for a few days from tho rest, they dig a grave in tho sand and bpry their good friend tho cooper—those two companions alone In the wilderness—solitary wilderness —and tho time edmes when’they are bt*th 111, and beg their wretched partners In despair, reduced and few In nOmbenl)6w,'to watt by them’ one day. They wait by them One day s they wait by them two days. - Oh;tbe morning of tho third theymoyo' very softly abdutdn .making their preparations fortbo resumpfithief thelr-joumey, for tins child Is sleeping by'the tlro,.ohd it is agreed wlth-ono consent that, ho shall disturbed until tho last-mordcnt, Tlid moment comes; tbe flrois nnd tho child is dead. • . ■ * HU falthftil friend, the steward, lingers but o ’Hie while bohlnd bini..' His-grief is great.— Ho staggara on for a few days, down in the wll: derncßS, and dka. Bntlie shall ho reunited In his Immortal spirit—wJiftjCan doubt It ?—rwlth the child, whero ho and IJtn poor carpenter shall bo raisednp with the wotjla, “Inasmuch ns ye have done It unto the least of-these,-yo have done unto mo.” VvA. ' i~ i -vT - ' '■ ■ ;'C‘.i c, -- - UPS • The sojourncra at our city - ’ hotels are famili ar with the modest tone in which the words “ New York lltrald,”‘ ‘‘ Tribune,” " Times,” “ Baltimore Sun; M ** Intelligencer,” “ Union, ’* &c., fall,upon their'ears from a respectable el derly gentleman in, the newspaper line. At break of day you may ilrid hiimat the railroad depot, with his bundle of these “ maps of busy life. ” At' breakfast _lliacho- Is. at the hotels ready to cxchango hls commodities for ready cash ; and again as midnight draws near you will still find’him pursuing tho cron tenor of his tray, pressing his sales. We have observed him for many years going’ regularly thro 1 this routine.- Many wonder if ho ever sleeps. If .Mctenial vigilance is the price of lcbcvty,”‘hc ia'chtilicd to the largcsttlmt may be had. A curiosity is often thanin&tcd to know his histo ry. Some say that he has by dint of such un tiring indhstry and perseverance laid up some thing handsome for a “rainy da}'.” Ono morning, as the Hon. Lewis D. Camp bell, of Ohio, was passing from the breakfast room at the “National” with his morning mail, this veteran news-vender mot him at the foot oftho (light of steps near the office. Iliscyo caught the title “Cincinnati Gazette” to a pa per in Mr. C’s hand, and with a peculiar ex pression he remarked— “Ah, the old Cincinnati Gazette?” Mr. Campbell halted,observing.—' ‘You have it not in your package?” “No, but I took it once.” Mr. Campbell. “When 7” “In 1828, when Charles Hammond was ed itor, and I was in the firm of Carrington and Wells, wholesale merchants, Slain street, Cin cinnati !” • . ’ Mr. Campbell. “I recollect tlfo Arm, for I was then a printer’s boy in the Gazette office, and faithfully thro’ the wintry storms earned the paper to you, We arc the living monu ments of the ups and downs of life.” Hero a -strange expression passed over the countenance of Wells, and Mr. 0., fearing that he might awaken unpleasant reminiscences in connection with bis change of fortune, left, with a “God give you success» yo«r’,encrgy de serves it.” How illustrative of the changes of fickle for tune ! The carrier of the news of that day to the wholesale merchant; is now a member of the American Congress, and the wholesale mer chant now carries, the newspapers to him.— Nat , Intelligencer . 1 .: \Cr-A young ladv, whoso name was Patty, being addressed by Mr. Cake, accepted him on condition that ho should change his name, do* daring she would newer consent to bo called “Patty-Cake.” D y “Is that clean butter ?;’ asked a grocer of a boy who nad brought to mark et; “1 should think It ought to be.” replied the boy, ‘for marm and Stiff were more than two hours picking tho hairs and motes out of at. B - “Jem. did you ever double tho Capo of Good Hope 1” “I expect I have." “When 7” ... “Last night, when t put my arm arouud the capo thus belongs to the dress of a young lady that I have good hopes 8f making Mrs/ Dusen* berry. . ' vy A Into English writer says - that the only day an American devotes to “relaxation is the day than ho takes medicine. *• ITT" General happiness can havo no other basis than tho universal law of justice and loro. (C7* Life is moat wearisome when it la worst spent.. . 1 ry* “Tho man tljnt has notmusloln his Sole*' —Tlio'individual who don’t wear creak ing boots. , ______ Which side of ft horso invariably has tho roost hair on 7 The outside. iiiiiilii ‘Lctmo sleep,’ said : my companion half-pet tishly turning fromipy couch.’’' ‘Lot tno sleep/ The words haunted mo fofhours How often has tlio wish been breathed in this Wcaryworld—*Ob, let mo sleep/' The man. .whose, conscience'lashes him hr ■ misdeeds—evils committed and unrepented of i ones, as ho drops his head into his thorny pil* 1 low—‘Let me sleep. With sleep comes obliv- ; lon.’ • The mourner who has seen some bright and beautiful one fade from his embrace, like a summer flhwcr, nipped by a too 1 early frost, bows his head above the pallid face of the pros trate form below him, and sighs in the agony of his soul—‘Let me steep 1 sleep with the loved one whoso smile shall never welcome my foot steps more.* ‘Let mo sle6p/ says the traveller, who, foot sore and weary has toiled long in the world,’and seen hopes perish unfulfilled* joys wither ere they friendship which no thought enduring, 6bangiOg hue like chame leons and rainbow premises, fading and melting into‘colorless nir—‘O, let me sleep for I am weary/ .".V^ The rosy-chcckcd child, the bright-eyed mai den, the thoughtful-matron, those for .whom life puts on its finest aspect, its most endear ing smiles, all have periods, in which they long for.slccp, for tho oblivion.of ■ all caro. hours in winch the waters of Lethenjay flow darkly and deeply over them. There comcth a sleep unto all—a sleep deep, hushed and breathless. The 1 roar of cannon, the deep-toned thunderbolt, tho shock of an earthquake, tho rush of ten thousand armies cannot break up the still repose. With mute lips and folded arms, one after another, the ephemera of earth sinks d9Wn into darkness end nothingness. No intruding footstep shall jar upon their rest, no disturbing touch shall , wring from them tho exclamation, ‘Let mo sleep/ •■y I *, i i Hr.B-Sanborn,of Andover, writes to the Boston Medical and. Surgical Journal quite an, interesting letter in favor of wearing the heard.! Uo tubes the ground that the custom of shav-1 ing the beard among nations of men is always | attended or followed by a marked deterioration in the physical organization, not only of the. existing race of people, but of the race to come, and quotes examples from history to support his conclusions. He soys that the aboriginal inhabitants of our soil and climate were once brave powerful and numerous; but.lhcy waged “ war against nature by uprooting the beatd from their faces and consequently grew jhoto: and more effeminate with every generation, until thev.hccamc.an ensy prey to their enemies and arc’themselves uprooted from the face of the earth.. He cites the Chinese, too, os a people, who have been shorn of their locks and of their strength together, till, as a nation, they have I only a mere nominal existence; ond-hc says of I the Abrabomic race, whose creed it is to pre serve unmarred‘the corner of their, bcania,’ 1 that ho never saw a case of pauperism, prema ture physical debility, or premature -disease, among them. Ho says; “ The habiA'»f shaving is not of ‘origin di vine,-as thouFAßds seem to thiak, but quite the reverse.- The.indent patriarchs; the holy prophets, 1 Christ and his disciples, and the ear lier and.probably'purer Christians, deemed it ft violation of tho laws of their nature.' Alex ander enforced it’upon Ilfs army that they might thereby gain ft bloodier conquest. The nobility of Spam adopted it through courtesy to their beardless prince. The mass were of course subjected to the humiliating process, but expressed their repugnance to the outrage in the well known proverb—‘Since we have lost our beards, we have lost our souls’—that is. ourselves, our identity. We are rather soul less slaves, than the men our Maker made and designed us to be.’ Dr. Sanborn concludes with calling upon every freeborn son of America to shake ofl all conventionalities which oppress humanity, and especially such as insidiously tend to vitiate and depress the true manliness of man, and he implores all mothers, sisters and wives to sec ond these cflorls and exercise their good taste in creating ami sustaining such purely Ameri can habits and fashions, as will to the end of time render them aud their descendants more excellent in all the rolatiops of lifo. Tho eccomric 11. 11. BnecKCNitinoß, one of tho Judges of the Supremo Court of Pennsylva nia, when a young man, was challenged to fight a duel, by on English officer, whom bo answered as follows: “I have two'objections to this duel matter; (ho one is test I should hurt you; the other is Just you sliould hurt mo. I don’t sco any good It would bo to mo, to put a ball through your body. I could make no uso of you when dead for any culinary purpose, ns I would a rabbit or turkey. I am no cannibal to feed upon tho floah of men. Why, then, ahoot down a human creature, of whom t could mako no uso t A buffalo would make belter meat. F orlhough your i flesh mlght'bo delicate and tender, yet U wants the firmness and consistency which take and re* tain salt. At any ratc.lt would übt db fota long sea voyage. You might mako a good barbecue, it la true, being of tho ualuro of n raCoon or op passum f people are not in tho habit of barbe cuing anything that Is human nott. And ns to your hide, It Is not worth while taking Off, Do ing little better than a two year old colt I S< , much for yon. ' « As to myself; I do not like to stand In the way of anything that Is hurlfhl. lam under tho Impression that you might lilt mo. "his being the case, I think it roost advisable to stay lii tho distance., If you moan to try your pis tol, fake stftno ol^cct,a tree or a barn door about my dimensions. If yon hit that, send mo word, and I will acknowledge (hot If I had boon In tho same place, you might also have hit mo.’ ICT’Tho darkies, DqcslickS says, aro all built after tho same model; hand like a shoul der of mutton, teeth while as milk, feet of suita ble dimensions for ft railroad, and mouth big enough for tho depot; havo all got six toes on each foot, skull like an oak plank, now like a split pear; the. back extends inwardly four inches and a half. ■ (C 7" ‘Guilty or not guilty V said a Judge to a native of tho Emerald Mo. 'Just os ycr hon or plazcs. * It’s not for the likes o’ mo to dic tate to your honor’s worship/ was thorcply. (tT* There is nothing like courage in misfor tune ; next to faith in God, and in hii overrul ing Providaico, a man’s faith in himself Is his salvation. O" Tho poorest business an honest man can engage ia is that of politics for tho sako of its reward. O" Wrintod, an intended bride who Is wi ing to begin housekeeping in the same stylo which her parents began. D Zs* When a man has a great deal of fault to find with a newspaper which ho never fails to readmit is a sure sign that ho has not paid for 1 it. People seldom find fault with their own property. ,11. i'.•« <cd.thp daughter of a .most ItcauU* 'fulyoang lady,'evidently rclhftd and intelligent They journeyed onwofd toward Geneva, chat* ting cosily together, when suddenly jthc old gentleman recollected that he wished to get his money changed at the Geneva Bank, and to en able him to reach that place before the close of Bank hours, he proposed that young Wright [should take bis scat beside the beautiful daugh ter and allow him to mount Wright’s horse and hasten forward. Ardent Qud half smitten by the charms of thwyoung lady, Silos gladly ac cepted the proposition, and leaping from his horse, allowed the old man to mount and make olfwith all his earthly possessions, money in cluded, without a thought. Rapidly the hours of Thalabawcnt by, while these two young and gifted beings pursued their course, quite leisurely, it may be surmised, to wards their journey’s destination. On.arriving at Geneva, Mr. Wright drove to the principal tavern left the lady, hut then for the first tune, a shade of anxiety eroded his mind for the safety of his fine horse and his money. Ue went toall the other public houses but could hear of no such man o-s he describ ed ; ho beat up to the quarters of the cashier of the Bank, and learned to Insadditionol concern, that such a man had called at tnc bank and en deavored to get some money changed, which lie had declined doing, ns the notes ha presented were counterfeit 1 Our future statesman then came to the conclusion that lie had made a crook cdstart in life. About fifty dollars worth of oldiurmturc, a dilapidated wagon and a span of worn out horses, for anew wardrobe, fine horse ahd ftvo hundred dollars! Ayo, but then there was the pretty daughter—but her ho could not keep afl personal property—without money he hardly .wanted a wife. 110 was at his wits’ end and had just concluded to make the best of a bad bargain, when the oUT man made his appearance with horse and money all safe. It turned out that the money which the Cashier had thought to bo-counterfeit was not so, and the mistake had given the old man (In trouble to go some distance to find an.acquain tance who might vouch for his fcspeclabnily in case of trouble, and this occasioned his mys terious absence. In the sequel the beautiful daughter became afterwards the wife of-lbc tin e statesman. — Detroit Advertiser a \jy* tVhcn you see n woman wearing a black c'rdjio dress with eight tiouncca, you may safely divide lien mourning Borrows by the same fig ure, which.will whittle her actual grief down Iq olmost nothing. Fashionable widows make happy mourners.. Ak Apt Illustbaiiok. —Thd Cincinnati 0.) Gazette tells ub that at tho’mcctlng at the Merchants* Exchange, on Friday evening, to doriso means to extricate the Chicago Railroad from its temporary difficulties, o terrier dog entered the hall, and alter listening a few min utes, flew round briskly in trying to catch lils own tail. The waggish President of one of the olcKroads (Mr. L. If.J remarked, that "the dog’s movements were a' good ‘lllustration of the present situation of all the Railroads; they are laboring hard to moJtfl hofh ends mccf.” • 0“A young Indy who r had not received ns much attention from the beaux ns her female associates, said to her lover, *1 told them 1 would wait until the chaft had blown off, and then I would pick up the wheat.* ttSr-LKssiNQ "Tbo most agreeable of all companions la a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an opprcsftUo greatness —ono who loves life, and understands tho*'use of Itj obliging alike at all hours; above oil, of a good and steadfast ns an anchor. For such a ono wo gladly exchange the greatest ge nius, tho most brilliant wit, tho profoundosl tldnkor.” A Tftxns Reply.— A keeper of • gambling house bylng nilced of what trade ho was, truly aasworod, that ho was on /rery turner . Uy When you go a Ashing, bo Bu r° “take abilo,** before you start} or you may not gel ono niter. - ' tv* 'j t GexUea£ Dawsons !ng la a synopsis of iho bllloffcreri by M^''- Dawson* or Pdmayfc seUatofr' HbartJ&’iil&ihSsfeicl' SIW w#**-’-. ThofirflfiaQfiUoriproyldtejil^tim^mja^p^^- ', who la the' Ijoad of a family/or.^hai^^m^a: . at tho'age bf.twonty-ondyoafj, to enter one hundred andslxty appropriated public laridS, ni tfio reo expiration of flyo'yco&-ftofttfio''d^^^ Second settlor provides cant shall make affidavit before tho MglrtOTtfiftF} he dr sho is the head of: a family, or ono.yedrs of ago, and that ths‘ J made' for his or horexcluslVoittb' a^>.b«a6p*'/ and those spcciajly'toonlloned;.) 'That hOipOr.r tent shall bo issued therefor, nntUtlioexplnstlot» •>• of five years from the date of entry, apd'npoa,f proof by tiro witnesses ihatth? person. rnaJupe:: Bach entry, or his heirs, have resided nppn andj/ cultivated edicl land, apd have alienated bopart ;i thereof. That in case of the death of cr and mother, JeaVJng ’an infant;cbllior,WUH. , dron, iho right and fee BlmUiuimre fothelrpoiß oflt; and the executor, • I may, within two years after the : death Of Iho ' I surviving parent, sell tho said lands for the •cflt of said infants, and for ho other purpose*J Thb purchaser . ncqulrcsabaoluto title,'and 1 ur> entitled to the patent.', • •' -d; /. a Tho third section provides,,ilwt»bft:rt«»wJ shall note all applications on tbp tract bookS.j u - The fourth section provides,that if it shall bO;r proven, after duo notice to thospUcr, that, , person-making the. settlement shall hay© a»an-,. ddned tho said entry-for.more than six monurtj at any time, sold lands revert tottdgoy- section provides that any Individual; nbw a rcaldent of any one of the Stales orTer-; litoHosi'and not acltjzen, bufai;thetlmtf oftho: passage;©! this act shall :havo filed Ms tion of Intention, and shall become a citizen Of‘ the United States before tho expiration of tbo Qvo years, shall be placed upon'ah equal footing, with tho native-born citizen; ~J : . , • ' Tho sixth section provides thaf.no Itfdiwdaak shall bo permitted to make more than that tho Commissioner of thcr General Ijatid Of*. flee shall Issue tho necessary rule? and regxUa-, tlnns to carry tills act Intp effect} tors and receivers shall receive the same fees* as they would receive if (he lands Were entered, with money, one-half to bo paid by tho applicant at the time of leaking tho application, and other half on tho Issue of tho certificate;that; the locations shall bo confined as'hear fisbraC-' tlcabloto alternate quarter scctloni., This act, shall not bo construed to Interfere vMtn cmptlon rights. - That pcMoniownlhgleSStbaa’ one hundred and sixty XCTcraay eater of »e/ public lands, at tho rate ofToUrtcen .dad Che half cents, adjoining their land, a quantity wblcby, when added-to their owiijitvil^tnako 1 bne hnn«' dred and sixty acres.. . -.1-.'. Pollock, following Bight.-> Those who should k'noyrbcst tel! ris ihit° Oov. Pollock will follow itrih t foolstcpir of f lug i “illustrious predecessor"; upon' the subject Of hew bank charters. ; "Wo hope this is BO, • and ifit is, it will be o jastvnidication of tbd. Democratic crccs, and n.merited compEmchl to the sound views of Shlmk arid Bigler pn this, subject. Gov. Pollock will d 6 liimsdf credit ', by such a tribute to on honest and sound prin*!l crple of his political antagonists, and we shall ‘ I be glad to bo equally generous In going out; of* I out party to say a political antflgbhfat Id rights 1 if ho prove true to the cause of the people bn; this subject. ” n ’’ * ' . ■ In a time like this—amid the wreck of for- : tunes, and the crash of-fallurcs—with the list, of dishonored bankrupts swelling to an alarm—; mg extent on all sides. It* would • perhaps bo thought too wild for any Executive to create ’ new* subjects of credit arid Speculation ;■ but* wo should perhaps be grateful, that, in this; evil day of clamor, prejudice and bigotry, into" which by some unkind fate, we have fallen, our opponents do not again propose some such tern-.' porary relief*, as have heretofore been char laclcristio of them—a new expansion of the cur rency by a national bank, or a general .bank*.' ruptlaw to out tho whole debt of reck* lew adventurers. t If the dark , day is inauspi*.* clous for- the success' ofour partly wo' Shall— rejoice in the vindication of ita corrCct pics, and in the prosperity of our country by their results in other hands.' -Star of the North, few of tbo things wo owe to “foreign ers” are thus eloquently summed up In the.Mi-'* cent great oration of Hon. George Bjuecaorrj. to the Now York Historical Society: “Our.Jand is more tbo recipient of mon of: all countries than of their ideas; AnnihlUato the past of any one leading nation of the world, and our destiny .would have bcc# changed* , It aly and, Spain, In the persons of tJolbmbns and. Isabella,Joined together fortho great discovery that opened America to emigration and com merce; Franco contributed to itslndcpendenco; the soareh for the origin Of the language wo’ spaak carries us to India { our religion is froin, Palestine; our hymns snng In our churches* sonio wore iirjt heard in Italy, errdo In tbe d«~ serts of Arabia, some on the banks of tbe fen- *, phrntes; our-orts cqme from Greece, our Juris-' >rudohce from Homo, our maratlmo code frdtZL liiißsia; England taught us tbo system of repre-> sentntlvc government t tho noblest republic of the United Provinces bequeathed to ns. in, the; world of (nought, the great Idoa.of the’toleration, of ail opinions—ln tho world ofoctifan, the pro*. Ilfic principle of federal unloh. Our. country , stands, therefore, more than ahy Othtr,'ftS fbo. realization ot the unity of tho race.”' \ ' Cdrtoos Cdstom. —Tho cansca for which 4' Mahometan woman may ask ly laid down in the Koran; and her evidence Is sufficient, bccanso tho Mohomelah lafc' supposes’ that a woman must bo violently ogrieved before' the modesty ol her sex will allow her to’appoOr: in public with such an application. So careful Is tho law to spare her feelings, that she. If not oven required to recount hor Injuries,unless of her own free will; oil sho has to do is to place? hor slippcis reversed, that is With the «ole>pp ward, before tho Cudl, ond. the case |s finished) tho divorce Is granted without further,lnquiry.’ Okttino Jfioir.— On a ‘Mo ascension of an mroimut, n gentleman requested to bo sllossd to accompany him to tho serial regions. “Am yon good tempered?” oakod tho mronant-’ •*! believe so—but why do you ask (he question!” l **For fear wo may/all otil on iho.woy I** • t C7"A young woman, on alighting from,*, Bingo, propped a ribbon from her bonnet In tho. bottom of the coach. “ Voulmvolcfl ypurbow behind,*' said a lady passenger. “No I havn't — -he’i pone a fishing I” innocently- replied thq| damsel. b There are several ncwsnppers and period icals in this country under the editorial charge’ ot ladies, and since the explosive nature of cot ton.Hah been demonstrated, it may'be Indy said that every lady controls a mogasitte. -* ’ 1 rJ Ak Ancient Pigment.— Alcohol was Arab inventedand used to etalh tho checks of the ladies of Arabia, nine hundred and fifty-year* ago. -Kow-a-days, it perform same office for gentlemen's noses. ■ i ■ Maine haw being styled a “blue law” by an opponent, ho was told that its ob ject was to prevent people from getting ‘.blue. 1 i oiy“ A young lady scolding-her beau for not sending her tbo,pair of new shoes ho promised her, writes in tho'p6s(crlpt ns follows:—,*‘P« S. Them sbuz ort to bo on hand (H and .the rekellcction on ’em stix out about aicct. t , tty* A wife cannot make homo comfortably who fdcars,’ and *my loves,' and 'nets* hot husband, yet don't sew tho buttons dn Ida shirt, or tape on his drawers. k . ’ ET-Pr. Horr says that tho nearer mon aria ftuuiahed, the moro cowardly they become. If this ts so, thou courage is but another haroo fbr pork* while tho prowoas of ourmtdor geuorala should not bo attributed to tho lire pluck in their hearts, but tho ( frl«d pluck* la their stomachs I l£y“ A man cannot bo gcncrally admlrtd. if Ids merits are above the general comprehension!