-S ■3S®CAW~YOLUNTEER. rCOLIBncb EVERY THURSDA-T MOENLSQ " ' jopu D. Bratton. TERMS —Ono Dollar and fifty Cents, brfd jn advance; Two Dollars if paid within tho Karj and Two Dollars and 1 ifty Cents, if not baid within the year* Those terms will ho rlg- Wly adhered ,to in every instance. No subscrip tion discontinued until ail arrearages are paid unless at (he option ol tho Editor. Advertisements —Accompanied by tho cash, itpd not exceeding ono square, will bo itisorted three times for ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents fljreach additions) insertion. Those of ft great -6r length in proportion. • Joq-Piuntino—Such ns Hand-bills, Posting, bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &a.» &c., exe cutod wlth otcumry and at tho shortest notice. |soetirul, CRUSH HOT TUB FALLEN. DT ELEANOR ROWE. *The drying up of a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding soaaofgoro. ' Crush not the fallen ! bo thy hand Stretched forth to alfi ihcm-r-not to smite; • Lovo’a imoulder’rlng coal,by kindnessfann’d, ; ;WUI aooh make rusted virtues bright; • And gen'rous deeds may yet reclaim Tho Erring- from the depths of shame. JPorolmncc when first their course begun, IMmo Fortune shower’d her gills benign; .And bright hopes, tu the future hung Their rainbow hues o’er each design, VVhllo (Jure, with hasty hand, afar .Wts-scat’ring seeds their peace to mar. ' Perchance In youth, e’er vice beguil'd ; lllgh aims their fearless breasts inspir’d ; "While loving friends upon them smiled, , And rare success their ardor tired, Ah I au<\ kind words revives tins yet, Though thou urn heart would tain forget. ' Crush not the fallen f bitterly They may oft sigh, they may oft weep; Over an 111-starred destiny, Shed hopeless team when others sleep; ; Their joys, hopes, bruis'd ulUu-.tious, all, Now shrouded ’ueatli one dismal pall. Crush not the fallen I the proud sneer, Angry rebuke, nr harsh command, Will only the more deeply sear A harden’d breast; while manners bland And accents mild, oft moist the eye. And ut’mnce choke beyond repl\. Crush not the fallen ! from thy breast Expel Compassion's numerous toes; Sweet Pity comes—an ungel guest Willi balm to soothe life’s poignant woes ; Sent down—((trough feeling souls—to ideas The sorrowing—the comfortless. ftlisccllaiirmifr? " A LOVE CURE. A Sketch From Life, ■I BY (HU FAMILY PHYSICIAN. T had already had some skill and notoriety in niy treatment of pulmonary complaints, and travelling north one summer fur health ami rest, I slopped a few weeks at a beautiful little Village near the St. Lawrence, where I was known. •I had only been in the village two days when -- ■ I', was called in to see the young daughter a'VcpUy* funner by the name of Sum- '.tllaSuimncr had been the belle of the coun ty, and though only seventeen, hei marvelloiiH ■’ beauty had already kindled a quenchless fire tlie heart of many an unsuccessful suitor to ja»gnjer favor. colliding mid al oncciiloy * fid and modest, arch, yet innocent, full of wild W . spirits, yet utterly devoid of coquetry—to see her was to love her. ‘ •„ I found the peerless girl, whom I had re membered from the summer before as buoyant and rosy with health, pale an wan ns a summer cloud, apparently in the closing stages of a de cline. A careful investigation into the state of her lungs convinced me that hers was a menial rather than a physical consumption. I stud [' ied lier case carefully. watched the various cx ?[•' prwwions of her speaking face, and at Inst came to thy conclusion that her malady was one \'j 1 purely of heart. Of unrcqmtted affection ! I could not think that—beautiful and good as she was. The %’\' x case was a difficult one. Tenderly and gently I probed every sounding, hut could arrive at no conclusion. Tims much I discovered—that she possessed no particular regard for any one V. of the youths far or near, whose name 1 could B® l hofd of. And notwithstanding all my of forts sheseemed rapidly declining. ,v. v , I made minute inquiry into all her past life. and of her mother, but .so cautiously as not to lot my motive be apparent. 1 learned that she spent a lew weeks of the winter preceding ’Wlh an intimate friend in an adjoining town, . and from that time had begun to lade. . .To that town I repaired ; but by the closest ilKriilry of one or two friends in that place 550M1d ascertain no clue to her illness. To all fbk."#W'aina alike she had been friendly, but SoHnfeg more. Twr clergyman of the church which she had attended—and she had been exceedingly regu lar and devout in her attendance—was a young one much given to study and seclu sion* and one who refused to mingle in any manner in social gatherings. She had consc . quontly seen nothing of him, except while ho WAS officiating in his pulpit. I had made a pretext to call on him, and found him a man altogether made after the model of what might be the highest aspirations of a true woman's * heart. In fact, all the unengaged young la dies of his parish wore well nigh crazy about him. But to all alike he accorded nothing but ' friendly greeting: and leaving them all, sought the privacy of his own quiet study, ; He was eminently handsome, and. added to tall, manly form, and beautifully chiselled ‘ he possessed a benignity of expression .. was nearly divine. had much conversation with him, and a. ;'fj|flHy>ng other things, I casually mentioned Ida /vMB? inUT ftn( l h° r evidently dying state, cnlarg ' yjs|SHL*omcwhat on her beauty and goodness. color deepened somewhat as ho assented remarks, and expressed his own regret SSB unlil fato ; but otherwise he mani- emotion. before I‘left him, that it was U 7™ mto B ' YQ l ,rutt y parsonage a mis y. Stuart. To her clear, blue veined temples* the same ,taiiant bipod speed with fenVfnl force. I had scon enough. 1 now knew her disease, MdUKftt probably its remedy. I instantly wroto ft note to Mr. Stuart, merely say ing 1)..,, would save a life, loss not a moment BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL 41. in hastening to , (the name of the town.) I will await you at my lodgings. ’ I signed my name, and despatched it by a private messenger. Sooner thaft I expected, the young clergy man was at ray hotel. ’ I had prepared Ida for n conversation with tho clergyman, specifying, however, no ono in particular. I led him to her chamber, saw her blush and start for joy and happiness. What then and there transpired, no one but the great searcher of all hearts, and the two of ins choicest handiwork thus brought together —a dying girl and a minister of hcavcn-can an swer. I left them alone as long os I thought her weak state might bear, and when I opened the door I found him silting beside her bed.hcr slender hand fast locked in his, and his soul beaming eyes pouring life and love upon her. My eyes tilled with tears as I caught a sight of her radient face, so full of peace and serene bliss and life, but the tears I shed were the tears of joy. My patient, with almost one hound, regain ed her health and strength and the glorious representative of Clod’s ministers upon earth, changing his mind upon the subject of matri mony in favor of the ‘right one,’ is now one of the few truly happy men on earth, happy in life marriage with one every way congenial with him, and every way worthy of him. 4»sww to a Want. * Wanted.—A young man wishes to obtain board in a respectable private family where his moral deportment and example would be con sidered an equivalent. Uefennces required.— Address H.. drawer 6.3, F. O.’ Dear Mu. Editor. —l lind tjie above mod est advertisement in this morning's Leader , and as it meets my most urgent want.save one, (n husband) permit mo to respond to the young man's ‘want' through your columns. I am a widow, ful. fair, nixi not forty.’ sole guardian of two daughters, unsophisticated lieings, born and nurtured in the ‘pincy woods’ of Maine. My family is‘respectable,’ none of its members having been sent to the State Pris on or Congress: and private,’ none of my fam ily having held ollice. tho’ a distant one did run for assessor. My grand.parents sought this country at an early age, actuated, like Mrs Partington, by o nisi re to ’worship God and cheat the Indians after the dictates o( their own consciences aud the customs of the times. ’ My daughters are artless beings, as yet un contnminaUd by western recklessness and dis sipation, and to them the companionship of a young man of ‘moral deportment and exam pie’ would certainly lie ‘equivalent’ to whal be might ’hoist in’ in Che way of board. Most happy shall I lie to welcome this young man to'the ‘comforts of a home,'on condition that,,always intaerving his ’moral deportment and‘exam pie/,he shall attend iny innocents to lectures, fairs, and prayer meetings, crock the butternuts, and huldt .tho silk 'for winding, teach Matilda Jane graceful yet ‘Moral cleport ,ment,’nml aid Hannah Ueimms in ' mastering '* Love Not/ Should occasion require, ho will be expected to wipe the china (wpitc wijbgold bnndsi) and polish the door knobs. • ■ Ip,addit|qn..lO .onliniiry-.board^ho-niay-‘-Ex pect sausages for breakfast on Sunday morn ings, nud fried potatoes on Wednesdays. Truly yours and his, Marie Antoinette Carlton, Widow. 78 Hulumcr st. P S —This voting man will nut be tolera ted in -taking the spoons/ Sam Slick s Wise Saws. Hope Is n pleasant companion, but an unsafe friend, lie II do for a truwlhng companion on a pinch, but he is nut the man fur your bank er. Take your dally bread and be thankful, but don’t pray lu the l.ord to lay up for yon the loaves for years (o come, to make jon Heh.— Many a man has died alxmt the time his great baking of bread came out of his oven. A woman who « antsn charitable heart,wants a pure mind. The measn'-e of a female’s judg ment must be her own feelings : and if she , judge harshly her feelings are not delicate. Her I experience is her own. and If that is adverse, it ought at least lo impose silence. Innocence is not suspicious, but guilt is always ready lo turn informer. Thinks 1 to myself, a man may he President and no great .shakes either, for, nfier all, he is onlv the lead-horse of a team. !Io has got the go in him, that’s all : hut he ran t hold hack, uhich is n great matter. both in statesmen and horses. For. if he slacks up. he is rid over by those behind him, and he gets his neck broke —he must go or die. Work ! Earn your own pork, and sec how sweet it will bo. Work, and see how well you will he. Work, and see how happy your fami ly will be ; for, before you know where you are, instead of repining at Providence, you will find yourself ottering up thanks for all the nu merous blessings you enjoy. ‘lt’s no use talkin’. ’ When you arc down, poverty, like snow shoes, keeps your feet fast and undents your rising. A man can’t hope agin hope. BiU of Wisdom If (here be no faith in our words, of what use are they I Honors come by diligence, riches spring from economy. 'rime Hies like an arrow, days and months like n weaver’s shuttle. Past events are as ch ar as a mirror : the fu ture ns obscure ns mmish. Doubt and distraction on inrlh—ihc bright ness of truth m heaven. The generations of men follow each other like the waves of a swollen river.* To correct an evil which already exists is not so well as to forsce and prevent it. By a long journey we know a horse’s strength, so length of days a man’s heart. Do not anxiously expect wimt is not yet come: do not vainly regret was is already past. The spontaneous gifts of Heaven arc of high value, but the strength of perseverance gains the prize. If there be a want of concord among mem bers of the same family, other men will (ako advantage of it to injure them. Of all the delicate sensations the mind is ca pable of, none perhaps, will surpass that which attends the relief of an avowed enemy. 07* Eucatfon Is a companion which no mis , fortune can repress, crime destroy, no enemy ullonato, no despotism oushvvu. At homo, a frlumlj abroad, an introduction i In solitude, a solace i ht society, un ornament 5 U chastens vleo i It gives ut onco a grace, an ornament to genius. Without It, what Is man / A splendid slave, an unreasoning slave. .i. n 7" Sl !“.^* I,TA, * ~ “ 0 Bn y s If »ho ain’t (lend, nl l °; t h " r Vllnl “ Ilio man what llor f to IUI ’ WU 1 hllr - I>oor e> rl . w ° <» ul fur CoimTEumTH.—Glris with hollow chooksand hll bosoms. Such kind of things novoc como logothor naturally. Mako a nolo, and don't, mistake cotton for plumpness. * “OUR COUNT At —MAY IT ALWATffc BE RIGHT —DCT RIGHT OH WRONG, OUR COUNTRY. " WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT A MOTHER! BY ALICE HAWTHORNE, What Is Home without a mother, What are oil the joys wo moot, When her loving smile no longer Greets the coming of our feet f The days seem long, the nights ore dreary, And time rolls slowly on; And, oh ! how few are childhood's pleasures, When her gentle care, is gone f Things wo prize are first to vanish { Hearts wo love, to pass away, And how soon, e’en in our childhood, We behold her turning grey ; Her eye grows dim, her step is alow. Her joys of earth are passed j And sometimes o’er wo luarn to know her She has breathed on earth her last. Older hearts may have their sorrows, Grio/k that (prickly dio away, But a mother lost in childhood Grieves the heart from day (o day. We miss her kind, her willing hand. Her fond and earnest care $ And, oh ! how dark is life around us ; What is Home without her iJiero ! A Tale of tbe Heart, The following affecting story is related by the Uev. 11. Edwards, of England, in a work recently published. It shows tlmt( the most determined pridcofpnrpo.se cannot always con quer love, and that tho latter emotion, secretly encouraged ; sometimes preys upon life and produces death. There are those who laugh and sneer at such a stale of things, and attri bute such effect to weakmindcdnesH. All hearts however arc not constituted alike, and the an nexed simple tale may be regarded with sym pathy by some readers: The daughter of a country curate in Hamp shire, being reduced by the death of her fath er to the hard necessity of seeking some mode of subsistence, could llnd no other limn going into the service of an oh! female friend of her mother, as her maid. Amelia (that washer name) had received from her parents tho beat j education. She was handsome, had a very pleasing fig- ( ure, was sensible, disccct, reserved and of very 1 modest deportment. Unfortunately for her, a young gentleman of good fortune, who was a friend of the family with whom she lived, fre quently visited at the house. The master and mistress keeping but one footman, poor Ame lia, who generally assisted in serving the tea, had thus an opportunity of seeing the young man. and fell in love with him before she was aware of that sentiment in her heart. When she did perceive it, her reason induced her to 1 oppose it. and she made ineffectual efforts; for I purpose; so violent were her struggles, tint net health was seriously affected by them, fgr mistress, who loved her tenderly, after having consulted seoerJ physicians in vain, sent p# to the house of a friend at twenty miles d»? taPco to try whether change of air would bo of any service to her. The. absence of the ob* Sect of her affection, no doubt contributed to h(£ recovery. She returned to her mistress, and having the same opportunity its beforu n ber. ptiMltmnKSviTcd. ' FihiilyresofvcU"toconquer it, or die rather than give way to tin attach ment in spite of her, she relapsed into a deplo rable state of health. Tho physician not be ing able to discover the cause of her disorder, thought she must be effected by some deep sorrow, and pronounced her in danger. Her affectionate mistress entreated her io intrust her with the secret; -and to induce her to do so, told her the danger she was in, and promised not only not to betray her confidence, but to do her utmost to obtain the means necessary to ber cure. Overcome by the affection of her unstress, she acknowledged her passion, beg ged her to conceal it from the object of it, and received with resignation the news of her ap proaching dissolution, which would at last de liver her from an unfortunate passion that all her etlortshad been unable to vanquish. Her mistress could not help informing her husband of tho discovery. They began to sound the young man upon the subject, and finding, by degrees, that he had observed the merits of Amelia, they prevailed upon him to pity her situation, lie consented; asked to sec her (she being previously prepared for it by her mistress; 1 and ho soon entered into conversation with her. tcstifUd the greatest desire to see her health re-established ; and even went so far os to say that if she could re cover, lie would bediappy to marry her.— •Marry me!’ cried she. raising her arms, and fixing her eyes upon him, ‘Marry me!’ and throwing her head back, instantly expired. Amusing Duels. A work on ‘Duels and Duelling* has recently been publised in Boston, which contains fur more amusement than one would expect to find in such a volume. The cose of Major llillas and Fenton, in Ireland, in which the former gentleman was shot, is an illustration. The judge in summing up the evidence, said to the jury: ‘(jcnllcincn, it Is my business to lay down the law lo you, and I will. The law says that killing a man in a duel is murder,and I am bound to tell you it is murder: therefore, in the discharge of my duty, I tell you so; hut I tell you at the same time a /hirer duel than this I never heard of in the whole course of my life!’ Two physicians, by the name of Mend and Woodward, fought in England, and tho latter slipping, his opponent exclaimed —‘Toko your life.’ To which the prostrate Ualcn replied, ‘Anything but your physic.* •Uld Put,’ one of tile heroes of our ievolu tion, was very odd also in his ideas of the code. He agreed lo meet a British officer at a specified place and hour, without seconds. When tho Briton repaired to. the spot ho was greeted by a shot from ‘Old Put,* lying in perdu about thirty rods olf. While ‘Put’ was re loading, the officer approached mid asked, ‘What arc you about to do ) Is this Dio conduct of an American officer and man of honor?* ‘What ami about lodol* replied tho general. ‘A pretty nucstion lo put to a man you intend to murder! I’m about to kill you; and if yon don’t bent a retreat in less time than it takes old Heath lo hang a tory, you arc a gone dog.’ Tlic officer /led. The old wolf hunter accepted another chal lenge from a British officer. At the appointed time and spot the officer found him seated near a barrel—apparently of gunpowder—smoking a uipc. file asked the Englishmen lo sit on tho other side of tho barrel, and remarking that ■there was an equal chance for both,’ set fire to tho match. Tho officer retreated in a hurry, when Old Put laughed at him, saying—‘You arc just as brave a man ns I took you to bo: this is nothing but a barrel of onions to try you by; but yon don’t like the smell.' (H7* A lawyer, the other day, wont into ono l of our barber shops to procure a. wig. Ih Ink ing the dimensions of the lawdor’s hem! (he bov exclaimed, “why how long your head is sir V “Yea,” replied our worthy friend, “wo law yer’s must have lon t; heads!" The buy pro ceeded with his vocation; but at length ex claimed : “Lord, sir, your head is os thick ns it is long!” Blackalonc mizzled. CARLISLE, APRIL 5,1855 [From ihii Cin&nnati Catholic Telegraph.] Inleicjiing Correspondence, Between a Protestant Young Man and a Cath olic Young jpfuft/ itf/tb were engaged to he Married, mttilQuarrelled about their Relig ion. } The Catholid Telegraph is permitted to pub lish the following letters, ‘with the consent of the young Indy Interested;*- The lady was ed ucated at an Ursulinb Convent, and the mar riage adjourncd£by the annexed documents, was to have taken place on New Year’s Day. • *4' , Doc. 1, 1854. Dearest —The mutual regard which 1 1 am so happy td’jknow.cxists between us, and 1 the exchange of Sdcrcd vows which I ardently expect will be the result before long, give mo oourage to consult with you on a subject which, is of the- first importance, and one which my relatives arc pressing on my attention. Among the obstacles t£ /happiness, there arc none so likely to produce discontent as a want of union in religious scaftments. •If wo oiler our devo tions at the] Alter in religion, ns well os love, you must lie aware, dear , that it will cement in wonderful degree our hearts. Do you think, theqlUiat you could worship with mo in the Prc|bytcrian or any Protestant 1 Church ? Inblifr happy country, nil religions arc alike, and ydur-gooa sense must assure you that forma of fedth arc of small inijwrtuiico, provided our lives be virtuous. Moreover, dearest, wo njuifc. -’jjot overlook, in marriage, i those less Bcntiriiental but more solid consider-' ations which hkvo reference to the prosperous , condition of vyowUy cpmfort and respectabili ty. There is; os .you arc nwnro, a very deep rooted antipathy to the faith in which, with out any fault ofypurs, you have Iwneducated, and it would scrjdusly intcreferc with my suc cessful pursuibmr business, were I to contract so close an iutinmey with a person professing I Roman Catholi^a. Should you fri&olvo, however, a* I have no doubt you will; io worship the same God only in another ire will both acquire a sym pnthy and tho consequences of which I will be truly d&jtoblo and most propitious to i our wclfafo. t|know that, in n matter like J this, you will Ttigh to consult your friends,tho' | their consent, yda know, is not at all impora i tivc; yet, in ordfer that you may do so with freedom, I givo;»ou my full consent to make known my scntiwcnls privately or publicly,as you may thinlA -proper. Though you may call this a busings letter—it is so dillu-cnt from our usual correspondence—and laugh at my scrlousncss.yct iaball expect pour answer with great anxiety. ’•* .n tho meantime my heart is ever yours, and your image is daguerrootyod upon it indelibly by love’s own warm smiles, and with life tidi lity to the original. Believe me, d< irest ■, to be ever yours, in life* and death ■ ! . Dec. 3,185 i. Drau I received your letter just ten. i minutes since,'and my judgement tells mo to answer at ohte.’yilhout any consultation, bo : cause none is hdfled. When you asked mo to 1 give you my hcatt and its affections, I consent* ed, because I admred and. respected and loved ■ y°m Jjnt I_ at tho ifomq liirfemTorto yoSTvSy souTand us eternal hopes. Had your asked me to make such a sacrillcc as that, I would have refused not only to you but an archangel, could any such bright spirit pro pound a like question to me. Remember, dear , that religion with us Catholics is not an opinion at all—it is far more, even, than a log ical conviction~-)t is faith, which is grand and powerful in proportion to the divinity in which It trusts. Such Pa my idea of faith’ but I do not pretend to I>ua theologian. Now, dearest , I could no|pvitho«i a horrible contempt for myself, fium*ader God to win a husband even m accomplished os you, and the only one to whom I have pledged vows of love. 1 would bo guilty of an enormous crime, if I were even to pretend to a conversion in which my un derstanding and heart had no part. Every idea of honor wliich I have learned forbid such a prostration of my character. You could not even respect mo yourself, could 1 be so easily induced to desert my hopes of heaven. Could Ibe faithless to God and faithful to man ? 1 knew, dear . that you did not agree with me in my religions sentiments, but I never thought of requiring from you such a heavy obligation as you would impose on me. But T must argue the question with you: for , though you are a lawyer, I am not afraid of | entering into a little controversy with you ; so i now look grave, for I am going to lecture you. I You say, dear , that ‘in our happy coun try oil religions are alike.’ Well, granted; wby then can’t you relinquish yours and join mine? Wouldn't that bo as reasonable as for mo to relinquish mine mid profess yours ? But you place it on the ground of expediency—on the unpopularity of our church. Well, you ; need not change yours : you would do wrong to abandon your creed mid unite wilii mine, j unless you firmly believe in it. As for the smites of worldly prosperity, though I would not uselessly disregard them, yet a true-born American, with a projicr estimate of her honor, would prefer the rags of poverty, sooner than clothe with silks a dishonored and violated con science. Your own good sense and enlighten ed mind will convinCO you, dear , that I am right; and I am confident that your reply, which I will expect with anxiety, as you do this, will remove thin thin mist from the bright eyes of love, whoso light I hope will ever beam gracious in our lives. Tours truly Dkau Mias ; I most candidly acknowl- I cdg« that your letter Ims greatly disappointed (me. I thought that your superior intelligence ; had risen above all those antique and musty opinions, whoso projKT period was the middle ages and their proper locality in Spain. I hare now and then observed among Catholics, educated like yourself, n strange fashion of as cending above the realities of life on the airy pinions of what you call faith. - lint such theo ries do not advance a professional man—do not j roof a house, or supply the necessities, much , less tho elegancies, of a home. I thought. 6n J this account you would readily enter into my j views, but you refuse to do so. Well. I will abandon my request. lam too much devoted to 3 r ou to allow even a ihlJercnco like this, se rious and most important as it is, to weaken the love which unites our hearts. You ladies, and you are the very first among them all, dear , contrive occasionally to introduce such exalted notions into your beautiful heads, that to remove them would ho us easy as to attempt to chain the zephyrs, or rob the violet of its perfume.. ‘Well, then, in conclu sion I must inform you that f have read your letter to the family. It would be Improper to deceive you on the subjtct of my parent’s opin ions. Their attachment to the Presbyterian faith Is great; and tbo.iden o£ union with a Catholic, even with yw|, whom they know so well, and highly respect, darkens their counte nances, and distresses mo very much. They have, however, renewed their consent, but they require us to ho married hy a Presbyterian clergyman. This, dear ■ ——, I agree with them In asking ns a right, because it is a duly I owe them nqt to distress their hearts nor do. | violence to their religious principles, by per*.' mitting the ministry of a Catholic clergyman. As your church, dear , does not consider such marriages invalid, you can have no ob jection to this arrangement, which will unite us never again to part in life. Understand, dearest, that 7 am compelled to consider the ministry of a Protestant clergyman only indis pensable to our union. Dear Sir ; —I shall not ask you to 'do any violence to the religious principles of your pa rents,’ nor will f consent to have anp offered to ingie. When I consented to marry you, I was not aware that your father and mother, with ‘their religious principles,’ were included in the agreement. The care which yon have 'taken not to offend your parents, cannot be greater than that which I must observe not to offend God. The tone of your letter betrays the spirit of your love. It is not a rosy spirit, as poets and lovers have described it, but a spirit hedged round with thorns. I think sir, as I am still free, I had better remain so. You will And some one who will readily consent not to 'do violence to the religious principles of your pa rents.’ If I consented, sir, to be a slave before marriage, by surrendering my rights of consci ence, I feel quite satisfied that I would deserve to be something worse than a slave after mar riage. I had little thought that this would be the finale of so many pleasant day’s, words and letters. If you should feel it as much ns I do, (fur I care not to conceal my emotions,) you can have recourse to that world which you fear so much for consolation. As for mo,I will try to forget a lore which was so unworthy that it refused to be appeased except by the sacrifice of honor aud conscience. No more from, Not long since a young English merchant took his youthful wife with him to Hong Kong, China, where the wealthy couple were visited bv a wealthy counle were visited by a wealthy Mandarin. The latter regarded the lady very attentively, and seemed to dwell with delight upon her movements. WhOn she at length left the apartment, he said to her husband in bro ken English, worse than broken China : “What give you for that wifey-wifo of yours ?" “Oh,” replied the husband, laughing at the singular error of his visitor, “two thousand dol lars.” This the merchant thought would appear to the Chinese rather a high llguro; but he was mistaken. “Well,” said the Mandarin, taking out. n book with an air of business, “s’posc you give her to me; I give you tlvb thousand.” It was difficult to say whether the young jnc&hant was more amazed than amused; but the very solemn air of the Chinaman convinced trim that he was in sober earnest; and he was compelled, therefore, to refuse the oiler with as much placidly os ho could as sume- j, Xh^MwulAruw Jip-ww,. contfwicdjppxssa ms bargain. “f givoyou seven thousand dollars,” said he; “you take ’em V* \ The merchant, who had no previous notion of the value of tho commodity which ho had taken out with him, was compelled at length to inform his visitor that Englishmen wore not in the habit of selling their wives after they were once in their possession an assertion which the Chinaman was very slow to believe. The merchant afterwards had a hearty laugh with his young pretty wife, and told her that j he had just discovered her full value, os ho had that moment been offered seven thousands dol lars for her- \ very high figure, “os wives were going” in China at the time. [Harper's Magazine. A French medical journal has an article on tho arsenic eaters of Europe. Doison, deadly in its effects when taken in large doses, is eaten in minute quantities by the peasants of Austria, parti ;ularly females, to increase their flesh and give roundness to their limbs. The practice of eating arsenic also has tho effect of rendering them more enduring, and facilitates respiration in mounting steep ascents. Arsenic is often j administered horses in Vienna, by the grooms | and coachmen of the Austrian capital. They i mix a liberal pinch of the powder with oats, or, attach to the bridle a fragment of arsenic as large as a pea, wrapped in linen, and when the horse is harnessed the saliva dissolves the pois- ' on. The glossy, round and elegant appearance of valuable horses in Vienna, and especially the | white foam about the mouth, are generally due to arsenic wliich, os is well known, increases) salivation. It is also given to cattle intended, for fattening, but is said not to increase their! weight, though it adds to their size. The ill , effects of this poison do not manifest themsel ves till the practice of using it is slopped, and then emaciation follows, which no nourishing food can prevent. A writer in the lost number of Chamber's Journal, furnishes a very interesting article up on “The Moj>t Popular Plant iu the World."— lie commences his observations with the remark that some of his renders may not be prepared for the fact, that tobacco, though not good for man or beast, is lire most extensively used of all vegetable productions, and next to salt, the most generally consumed of all productions whatever —animal, vegetable, or mineral—on Ciie Taco of the globe. In one form or other, but most commonly that of fume or smoko, it is partokfli of “by saint, by savage, ami by sage." There is no climatu from tho equator tothopole, in which it is not used; there is no nation that him declined adopting it. The consumption of the article in (treat Ilritain has j greatly increased during the past decade, and , I during the last thirty years it lias nearly dou bled. From the statistics adduced by the wri ter, there can be no question of the correctness of his statement, that “tobacco is the most pop ular plant in the world." , Dec. 9, IBM, This only proves that of all animals man is Iho greatest tool. To b.uiiKs Awkwaui»i.v SireATWJ.—The edi tor of the Eufflishtroman's Domatic Magazine . warrants tho ollloucy of oithor of tlio following 1 methods of replying to gentlemen when they pop tho question : I. Especially recommend ed (o blondes. Pause, sigh very soft, thou open y«nr eyos with n good deal of womlur (of course you have been trying to make it out, and can't,) look your lover In the face, and say, " What— what cun you moan, dear Alfred V* If (no Inst words nro spoken with a Iltllu tromblo, ho much tho better. It. Vory suitable for brunettes.— Give a start, Dash a glanco at the questioner, turn aside, and bo unable to speak yoiiremntion; ono hand pressed high upon your bosom will j express this ollbotually. li. Sato in tbu bands ot anybody, and gonurally considered a clunchor. Burst Into tears, covering your face with your hands. If you can’t cry, droop your head upon tho inquisitor's shoulder, ana murmur, “Oh, William.'* •!. For “merry grigs** and idea lU ;tIR girls, It U enough to soy “No!” pout, shako tholr shoulders, and look pretty. Your devoted . , Dec. 12, 1864. Yours, &.c. Value of WiYcn in Chinn, Arsrnlc Eaters. A Popular Plant, AT 32,00 TER ANNUM. NO. 43. The Emperor SUholss. Tho New York Herald, of the 16th ult., con tains several articles on the probable effect of tho death of tho Czar in European politics, the general tenor of which favors the opinion that the result of that event will be a termination of the war. "Wo moke tho following extracts from tho Herald’s editorials: The present habits of the Emperor wore mark ed by the most levcrish activity. lie would rido, walk, superintend a sham fight, and hold o review, all in the same day. He travelled in cessantly, passed over at least 1,500 leagues every season, and wore down tho strength of til who were attached to his person. The suddcncss of his end was to bo expected either from political causes, as has frequently boon predicted, or from sheer physical exhaust ion. No frame could long resist the unnatural amount of exertion, both mental and bodily, to which tins extraordinary man subjected him self. Ho was iu his 59th year at the, dale of his death. The Czar is succeeded by his eldest rod, Alex ander Ccsftrvitch, Hereditary Grand Duke.— Ho was born on the 20th of April, 1818, and 'married in April, 1841, Maria, daughter of the late Grand Duke Louis It. of Hesse, by whom he has four sons. For England the death of Nicholas is a most fortunate event. It seems indeed quite providential for the British empire. Ou whatever terms the peace be concluded— whether Sebastopol is dismantled or retained, whether the Greek subjects of the Sultan be come subjects of the dzar or not—it is quite clear that England is saved from n peril winch to say the least of it, was very formidable.— Not so much on account of the men whom she was losing in the Crimea—she could aflbrd to lose two or three such armies without ruin: but from the loss of prestige which defeat would have involved. It was fast becoming common to say that the power and might of England had passed away, that she had ceased to bo a first rate Dower. And however injurious these assertions may have been in reality, it cannot be denied that events were affording an ample justiflcaton of them. Wondcrfnl Freak of q Snake—Extraordinary Circumstance. The Albany Evening Transcript of Monday says, mast nil of our readers have heard of the celebrated “Killkcnny Cats,” who fought with such desperation that both were eaten up by 1 theothcr ! Granting that they have, and grant ing the story to be true, wo bare to chronicle a story equally as wonderful, and which, in consideration of our granting the cats story to be a fact, we wish believed as implicitly true: Mr. John Gebhard, Curator of tho Geological Booms, well known for hi» penchant in the study of Natural History, recently made an experiment with a snake and mouse with jhc most wonderful and extraordinary results.— His snnkeship was some eight feel long and proportionately large ; like oil of his race he did net masticate, but swallowed his food whole,. bo the article of provender large or •amall. Mr. •of -an- Inquisitive turn of mind .determined to test tho fact wheth er in the process of dcglution tho snake roan- I aged, by some unknown process, to masticate its food, or whether it was bolted whole. Accordingly, a mouse was procured and placed in the cage with the snake, which at first did not appear to notice it, allowing the animal to run aoout, leap over its body, and cut un other antics in its haste to get away.— In a few hours, however, the snake apparently ••smelled a rot," and felicitating itself upon its I good fortune in thus being fumisbod with a delectable morsel for its supper, began to move about with evident gratification, eyeing the in finitesimal lump of life with inward delight.— Soon, by the use of most potent charming pow ers,the moyse sat upright, gazing at “lord and master" with irresistible and evident delight. This, however, was dangerous past-time, for suddenly the Bnakc.making n dart at the mouse, took it in its extended jaws, and merely wink ing its glaring eyes, swallowed the animal as easily as would a child a sugar plum, and then curled itself up into its listless, indolent way. Mr. G. believing that the mouse was forever “gone from his gaze,” paid no more attcntion -1 to the snake until the next morning, w hen go j ing to look at it he was surpriM-d to find a . mouse running about the cage, having I lie ap- I pcnrance of being saturated with blood ' f Upon looking at the snake, a bole was found in iu body, near Us tail, sufficiently large to allow of the egress of the mouse, and from the 1 freshness of the wound it was evident that the mouse swallowed alive, hod eaten its way out' This being the only hypothesis upon which to base a conclusion, and not being certain, Mr. , G. determined to watch, apd sec if the snake would again attack its diminutive though life loving prisoner. With patience did Air. Q. keep a vigil over the box. until his suppositions were verified, the snake again swallowed the mopse, whiqji eat its way out of the body a few inches from the place where it had before regained daylight! Sixteen limes was the ex periment i epealed, but the seventeenth tune the snake was so completely perforated that in the attempt to again swallow the mouse, and giving a sudden twitch of the body.il was 1 tnapped in twain. The mouse died the next 1 day, but the snake lived a week after. Axecdotk Fuji tjik Times. —In (hear (inn* when religion and politicos are so intinmUly i connected, the following aimccdutc of General Jackson, while President, comes home with i stunning force to the many gentlemen of the •cloth* who evince unmistakable dc-siik? for med filing In politics. It also shows the Olfi Hero’s views of duty m reference to clerical office hun ters ; A Western minister of the Gospel Applied to [ him for office. He was told to call again, and in the meanwhile, the President ascertained his 1 vocation. 'Arc you not a Christian minister? 1 asked Jackson. *1 am. 1 the candidate replied. •Well,’said the President, ‘if yon discnargc the duties of that office, which is butler than I can confer, you will have no time for any other. I advise you to return home and attend to that, without seeking any additional responsibility, that you may lie enabled, hereafter, to give a good account of your stewardship.’ i Italian Womkn. —The women of Italy know but Utile of those restraints which deli cacy, modesty and virtuu impose on American females. An Italian lady, wuo token a liking to a young foreigner, does not cast down hr* eyes when ho looks at her, but fixes them on him with evident pleasure. She will gaze at him whenever she meets him, in company, at church, at the theatre, or in her walks. She will say, without ceremony, to a friend of the voung man’s:—“Tell that pontlcmon I Uko him.” If tho man of her choice feels like sen timents, and ask “Aro you fond of me?” she replies with tho utmost frankness, “Yes, my dear.” , How is your husband, dear ?” asked one lady of another. “0 ho Is In a very hud state,” was the reply. «« And pray, what kind of a stole Is ho In I” persisted the other. *• In the Stale Prison.” - •• [Fn/m the Philadelphia Bulletin*] . Dtsceat upon a oambling Dowc---4 Htuvj Haul! Between 9 and 10 o’clock, last night,A of tho Socond-Ward police made a descent upon a gambling house in Ghesnot street, below. Tooth, and captured tho proprietor and flomt' twenty-five or thirty of tho visitors to tho estab lishment. Tho circumstances Were briefly u'> follows:—In the course of tho evening a atrdri? \ ger went to the ofllco of Alderman Enuerahd made oath that a certain house on tho north-; side of Chesnut street, below Tenth, was kept as a gambling house, and that he had been fleeced of 6700 the night previous at the estab- ■ lishment. Upon this, information a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of Lieut. Wood, of the Second Ward. .Lieut. Wood and Sergeants Toy and Whartnaby, with a posse of' men, making in all fifteen, repaired to the plica; indicated. Two men were Bent ahead with In structions to give a concerted signal'to thoso upon the outside, when their services wero ’ needed. These men found tho front door un- * fastened and went inside without hindrance. \ Tho others became tired of wailing for toe promised signal, and the whole-party entered tho house. They found theentry and parlor*' in darknesss, and they groped about tlio house - for soma time without thq inmates being awaro of the intrusion. It was finally discovered that something was going on in tho back room on tho second floor, ana thither the force proceed- _ cd, taking caro to place guards at tho front ’ and rear doors. Upon entering the -room TV ' furred to, it was found to be occupied by • be tween twenty-five and thirty persons, all biisi- ' ly engaged In playing coftls. A Faro Bank was in full operation, and tho implements of. that business, and fifty dollars in cash, wert seized by the officers. The party at the’ tabid were generally gentlemen who occupy respects blc positions in the city, and their consterna tion may be Imagined. Some madcan effort to get out of the windows, and other* triadc a bold dash for tho doors, but at every point tncy were headed oft, and npt one escaped.. . .. Bribes ranging from ten to fifty dollars wero freely offered to be allowed to run, but the offi cers were virtuously obdurate, and tho entitt party was compelled to accompany the polico to tho Second Word Station House. Each offi cer took a gentleman upon cadh arm, and id that order the march proceeded without stir or excitement. The visitors to the house wero , fined by Alderman Enue, and each was also re quired to give hail to keep tho peace-'. They were then discharged. The keeper of the Faro Bank was held for further hearing this after noon. ' The house in which this arrest was made it very elegantly furnished, and is quite a fashion able resort. It seems that a supper is given there at 11 o’clock caclr night; those, familiar with the establishment say that had tho policy postponed their vislit until that hour, the haul , would have been twice as hcar^ BISTORT OF THE MARSEIIIES lIUIXi Tlio Marseillais presents notes of tho song of glory and tbo shrieks of death; glorious as tho one, funeral like tbo other, it assures the coun try while it makes the citizen turn pale. This in its history. There was then (at tho time of Hie French Revolution, 1780,) a young ofDccr of- the artillery, in tho garrison of Strasburg,named Itougot do Lisle. 110 was bom at Louis le Saiu nior, in the Jura, that country of revelry and energy, as mountainous countries always are.— Ho charmed with Ins music and versos the alow dull garrison life. Much lo wqucfct from bis two-fold talent as musician and poet, ho visited the house of Dictrick, an Alsatian patriot; on intimate terms. In tho winter of 1792 there was u scarcity in Strasburg. The house ofplctrick was poor and tho table bumble, bat (hero tras always a welcome foe Rougot de Lisle. Once when there was only somo coarse broad and sli ces of ham on tho table, Dictrick looked frith calm sadness and said to them—“ Plenty is not seen at onr feasts, but what matter if enthusiasm is not wanting at our civic fetes, and coorttgo in our soldiers* hearts. I have-still a bottle of wine in my cellar. Bring It,” said ho to hi# . daughter, “ and wo will drink .to liberty and our . country. SlrashurglsSooh to have its patriotKj , ceremony, and De Lisle must bo Ihspired to ptOi , duco one at those hymns which convey to. tho souls of the people the enthusiasm, which sag* gested it.” They drank —Do Lfslo was a dreamer—hi* heart was moved, his head was heated. Ho wont staggering to his chamber, endearoringhy degrees to And Inspiration in tho paipltationsof his citizen heart; and on his small harpsichord now composing tho air before tho words, now tho words before tho air, combining them so In timately In his mind that he conld never toll which was tbo first produced, tho nir or tho wotds, so impossible did he And it to separata tho music iVoni the poetry, and the fooling from tho impression. He sung everything—wroto nothing. Overcome by the divine inspiration, his head fell sleeping on Ids instrument, and ho did not awake till daylight. The song of tho overnight returned to his memory with ditlicui ty, like the recollections of a dream. HoWfofo' it down and gave It to Dictrick, who called to gether some musicians who were capable oJ tX*. ecuting Do Lisle’s composition. Do Lisle sang. At the llrst verso all countenances fumed polo —at the second, tears flowed; nt thoJltst, enthtN siusni burst forth. Tho hymn of tho country was found. Alas! It was destined lo be tho In mn »( terror. The unfortunate Diotrick went a few months iiflornards to the scaffold to tho sound u| the notes first produced at his and from the heart of his friend. The new snug, some weeks after, was sting at Sfrnshnrp. It (lew from city to city. Marseil les adopted om onothsr point of view, if ho would correct tbo fulso lm-- presshm and obtain a true ostiumtti. Ho must be n learner us Well ns u tenchcr. The remedy, thou, for this narrowing tundener of elementary instruction, or, 11’ you please, &. all teaching, is private i/udy.—Ohio Journal of Education. .ID* An old Dutchman who had recent!/ joined tho temperance Hocicty, was taken sink, and scut to tho doctor to proacribcforhmi.who ordered him to take nn ounce of brandy per The old dmn ovcrhauUd his arithmetic, and found in the tabic of apothecaries, weight, “eight drams make one ounce.” “Mine says tho dutchman, “dat ish dc dcmpcrance for mo. I didn’t get but sis drama before, and now I gets eight.” Marriage Certificate. —“ You say, Mrs. Smith that you have Jived with tho defendant for eight years. Docs tho court understand from that, you arc married to him I” “In course it docs.” • “Ilavf you a marriage certificate! 1 * •Yes. your honor, three on’em, two gals and ahoy.” Verdict for tho plaintiff—call tho next case. ID" 41 1 cannot bear children,” said Mrfl; Prim, disdainfully,. Mrs. Partington looked over spectacles mildly before she replied—‘per haps if you could, you yrold lika them bettor.*