TOM, JUW?P A )C;* 0 v .^: v ; ~ * TERMS. '• Dollar and Fifty Ccnta, biWteSSSSe!; Tiro Dollars if paid within tho • Scjirrand Two Dollars and EiftyCente„if not . naid within. tho ytidrt ■ The So. terms will bo ng idly adliorOd to In ©very Instance. .Noaubscrip-I i Hon discontinued until all arrearages nro paid : uqloss ottha ; option.of ,tho Editor. . • AprKaTißEMENrs—rAccompaoicd hy tho oasrt, \ fln( j not exceeding one square, will be Inserted ; th’roo llmos for ono Dollar, and twcnty-fiv'o denis foreach additional Inscrlloh.' Those of a groat, bf JeOgth In pfoiiortidn; . jdb-PiUNTiNG —Sudh as Itand-bUls, Posting. Labels, &c., &c.,cxe. eutdd, tffth accurary and at the shortest notice. ; ; bvn osiitmiooD. hr OEO.' PRENTiOE. ,, T}s sad—yot sweet—to listen “To the soft winds gentle swell, Atid think wo hoar tho music knew so well; if© gozo;out on. the oven • :,Arid;tho bouhdleSS.flulds of air, And feel again our boyhood wish To roam like an angel there 1 * 'rirtro tv,wftUra constantlv. All that ho docs is “becsu “worth}* of a man of honor.” When •Mdtjas carried you at a gallop for a whole stage, j think ho will demand his fee. Ho dc ’’ISSI? his horso, uncovers Ids head politely, ■ tßWjfllddrcsalng yon in his tlgnralive language, yhw you a good Journey. Ton will have to CtWWin back to givo him tho money ho has how llttlo you may givo him ho will n&Mllsfonatrato. That would not bo beacullea, It iflOflil not enter into the idea of honor of tho Magyar*to (io either eager for gain llko tho Gcr- like the Wallach. lie works hbdojMdy like a man who has a family to sup* brings to tho village tho grain of Wbhih-his wife will make him broad, and homp of"wp,tcb his wlfo will spin his garments. In tbi* fining, when ho has well employed the dish'd smokes before his door, carrcsslng bis tbOnWacho. If ho is master in his house, ho does not the | with kindness those whom ho calls Ids people. Ho is gentlu, like all tho strong. Hu neityr 111 treats his wife, never subjects her to Tttge labor. She knows that she has In him a ‘actor, and she receives from Idm dor names : ruzam, my rose j osll t«n my poarl. The tago, lull of motaphuTS, like all tho ago, contains a great many oxproa ;(ml. It contains, besides, a great illto forms, that are addressod to friends, to guosfs. If you stop in n will sco one of the inhabitants, e whoso door you may havo sta. If, advaiico towards you, fnko off )(Tor yon hospitality. When you rlil address yon Ids thanks in a dls- Ich ho will call down upon yon Iho jf heaven. All this with a wonder- dignity which only belongs to * raco havo a natu-1 P u l“ them on a level with tho i undresses them, whoever ho may 1 a rcßQrvo of language which I cultivation i ft CfWW pWMantry would nnver oomo into thole 1 has endowed thorn with an cosy which gives force and vlvacliv to Ihft OhpretWon of Their aontJmonts. Whofhor thpjwrwsjoy or gi ve vent to anger, tho words nW:«Wl9po.iwly from their Ups. To welcome a an enemy, they Undanabundonco °X9 I f*mW?‘ J ,9P Jlh ‘ }to -- ll »onio8t polite phrases. nnorgotio terms. It la ‘true their fan! gtjftgothem marvelously. Poetic'and mo 1p410u»,,U )a' not the loss capable of expressing tn 6 mo«Vihanly sonthnonts. Oerlaln tormina, lions which mark tho plural givo it sdmotimosa chirahlor of harshness, whllo, from tho abnnd «o)66 of Vowels, U is usually very sort:. Ac -cdrdlng towhat he wishes to express, the Ilnn .ghHfthoanpby laying stress on one or another ■JdlsbWemploy at will a harsh or a harmonious Ungdagß^; l l than onco admired tho olovatlon ofiflttMA&d sontimonts intlicso mon whomtholr nlono Inspires. Tho Hungarian peasant Is nsttflly,sober of words; ho never becomes fa miliar, but ho is frank and loyal, and if ho re. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL 41. cognizes a friend in you, he will open his heart to you with sincerity. Yon will-then bo si ruck' with tho expressions which/Will escape- him, with the Buntimonta that ho will utter without an Idea that ho ls strongly captivating your at tention, and it will bo ci\sy for you, In your turn i to excite in him lively emotions.. It is that there are, In tho hearts of this nation, noble chords,-which vibrato to the first contact of an elevated aentimept, a generous idea. The Way Id gel on in the World. A working man, some time ago, published bis own biography, one ol the most interesting lit. tie volumes that has appeared during the present century. It is as follows; “It may to some ap pear like vanity in mo to write what I now do, but I should not give my life truly, to mil It. When tilling a cart with earth on the farm I never stopped work because my side ofthecnit might be heaped before the other side, at which was another workman. I pushed over what I had heaped up, to help him; so doubtlesshe did to me, when I was lust and lie first. When I have filled my c’olurhn or columns of a newspaper with matter for which I was to bo paid, I have never stopped, if I thought the subject required more explanation, because there was no contract lor more payment, or no possibility of obtaining more. IVhen 1 have lived in a barrack room, I have stopped my work, and taken a baby from a sol dier’s with, when she had to work, and nursed U for her, or gone for water for her, or cleaned another man’s accoutrements, though it was no pari o| my duly to do so. When Lhavo been engaged In political liter ature an« travelling for a newspaper, 1 have gone many miles out of my road to ascertain a local fact, or to pursnu a subject to its minutest details, if It appeared that the public were unac quainted with the facts of the case i and this, when I had the work, was most pleasant and proiitublo. When I have wanted work, 1 have accepted it at any wages I could go I, at a plough, in farm draining, stone quarrying, breaking stones, ot wood cutting, in a saw pit, ns a civilian, or a soldier. In Londpn I have cleaned out a sla bio, and groomed a cabman’s horse for sixpence. 1 have since tried litcruluro, and have done ns much writing lor ten shillings as I have readily obtained—both sought (or and offered —ten guineas for. But, if I had not been content to begin at the beginning, and accepted shillings, I should nut have arisen to guineas. I have lost nothing by working; whatever I have been doing, with pen, I have boon my own helper. Do you wish to imitate? Humility is always the attendant of senses folly alone is proud. A wLe divine, when preaching to the vonths of his congregation, was wont to say, Beware of being golden apprentices, silver journey men and copper masters. The only cure for pride, is sense : ami the only path to promotion, Is con descension. What multitudes have been ruin ed In their prospects by the pride of their hearts? Away, then, young men, and away forever, with self-foppery and empty' pride, idle habits and expensive associates— I 'stoop to conquer.* Sink (u spirit and rise in opulence. Be faithful in n few things, and he made ruler over many'.— Pen. Mag. ICxoei.ac.vt Advice. —On Iho subject of be havior in company, Leigh Richmond, gives the following excellent advice to his daughters j “Bo chueriulf.be. no giggler,*bo-,serious not dull. Ife communicative, hut not forward. Bo kind but not aorvilo. Beware of silly, thoughtless speeches: although you mny forget them, others nlll not. Remember that God’? eye is in every place, and his car in every com pany. Beware of levity and fnmilnrity witli young men ; a modest reserve without affection, is the only safe path. Court and encourage ! serious conversation, and go not into intelligent company without endeavoring to improve by Iho intercourse permitted you. Nothing is more unbecoming, when one part of the com pany Is engaged fn profitable ami interesting conversation, than that another party should be trifling, and talking comparative nonsense. CCT'ItFNnT Ward Beecher, in a late lecture iluijvL-icd at Hartford, Connecticut, thus raps the “Know-Nothings’* over ll e head : Ho opposed the Know-Nothings, and said that tlic idea of danger to American institutions from the influx of foreigners was as absurd ns would be the belief that the wafers of the At lantic ocean could bo turned to milk by empty, ing I nth them all the milk pans of the country. “ When I oat chicken,” said Mr. Beecher, ** I don't hdrome chicken. Chicken tecomet me!" So it is, ho continued, with the Irishman and | Iho Gonmn wht* pour into lids country—they | come to the digestion of a young republic, which “swallow* them ns foreigners, but turns them into Americans.” He thought there was infi nitely less to foar from (ho industrious and bar dy Irishman who cornea among us with hispick nxo and spado, (nan there was from (he corrnp. ting Indmmcoof those “degenerated sons of not degenerated sires who, born on American soil, think it needful to go to Europe to got an education, and after travelling over tho contl. nout, and misrepresenting all that is American, come hack to their native land tilled with su premo disgust of everything American, and af fected admiration of monarchal customs. Those snobs were 'veil described In John Randolph's reply to one oftholrown kind in Congress, who twitted the sarcastic gentleman from Roanoke on Ids “ homo education”—to which Randolph responded (hast “ Tho gentleman reminds mo ot the lands about tho head waters of tho Mo nongahola, which are poor by nature, and cultl ration baa entirely exhausted them I” C7~ A young author oi llvo-and-thlrly years of ago had prepared, two years ago, an elabo rate memoir ot Mr. Rogers, (be poet, and was only waiting lor (lie poet’s death to give It to the public the next day in tbo columns o) a widely bj read Journal. Mr. Rogers is still, happily, alive. Tho youth who had prepared his life, in expectation of his friend’s death, has boon nearly a year in his grave. 07“ A Quakeress being jealous of her bus. band took occasion to watch his movements rattier closely, and one Sunday morning actual ly discovered tho truant hugging and kissing tho pretty servant girl while seated on a sofa by her side. Broadbrim was not long in discover lug (he tacu of his wife ns site peered through (he half open door, and Hiking with tho cool ness of a general, addressed her; “Betsy, my wilb, thee had hotter quit thy peering, or thou will cause disturbance In our family.” Tho effect was electrical. What a monotonous llfo doca tho follow- Ing epitaph, fYom an English tombstone, evince: “Departed this life, my obedient,wife, With whom I lived without quarrel or strife j Thirty lung rears In marriage she spent, Without calling on mo for a single cent.** tho Uttlo troubles that wear tho heart out. • It is easier to throw a bombshell a mllu foatlior—oven wllli artillery. Forty lU tio debts of one dollar each, wjll cause you more trouble and- dunning than one big ono of athousand. cling to tho chosen object v«.. i\ oart ,i,{Q a possum to a gum tree, and you can t separate her without snapping strings „„ C ?r n, ' na> ,u “ vl "E 1 portion of liir '“"''i! 01, I ' mll,cr «f your affliolloiw.— 1,10 "° n 'olWoff »o lovo wlioro other, will .no nothing to ndmlro, and when hor fondno.s I. onoo fii.tonod on a follow, It .Holt, like gluo ond tuolna.c. In a bn.hy hood >r “OOR COUNTRY—STAY' IT ALWAYS DE RlGtlT—-BUT RIGHT Oft WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” TM legion of,Honor. Napoleon used ito say—‘Of all tho Orders that have ever been created, either in ancient or modern times, there is not one which has been of such advantage to its founders as tho Legion ofDonor. It is my handiwork,n«d my masterpiece.. No one, cither now or jn, fu ture daysi con dispute my right to the glory of founding it. Tam indebted to it for more than half my victories.’ Napoleon stated what was perfectly true. The hope of obtaining the cross has been the parent of incredible acts of valor, many of. which are still unknown to the world. Here is ' one, among Others, which a thefiV estadron used to take particular delight in relating: Jn the course of the night which preceded the battle of Austcrlitz, one of my brigadiers wa gem! his watch with one of his cotprades that fie would gain the Cross of Honor the following day. In fact, in a brilliant charge against su perior forces, he penetrated the enemy’s squad rons, killed live mep with bis own hand and carried off a standard, lie’was covered with blood, especially on his face, the only visible part of which was his eyes. As ho was re turning to bis regiment the emperor met him and said: ‘You hqvc done enough for once, my friend. Go and get your wounds dressed.’ The kyigadier, wiping his face with the flag he had captured, replied to the emperor—•! am not wounded at all,'sir. It is not my blood which you see, but that of your enemies.’ Napoleon, delighted at this answer, said—‘l make you marchnl .des logis, (quartermaster,) and I confer upon you the Cross of Honor, The most singular circumstance in this af fair is, that the moment when the brigadier was thus recompensed, his comrade with whom he hod belted his watch.arrived, wounded by a pistol shot, which had been fired at him by a general officer, whom he brought as prisoner, and whom he presented to the emperor. ‘An other Cross of Honor,’ said Napoleon laughing. ‘lf things go on in thin way I shall cither have to suppress the Order, or decorate the whole of the army.’ ‘I Acwktep my llnsbaml Waiting.’ How much of moment is conveyed in these words. ‘I never keep my husband wailing.’— How much of life is lost in minutes; how much of happiness, by not being ready to enjoy it: how much of prosperity, by being ‘five’min utes too late.’ Wc heard these words uttered by a Indy, whose decision of character, whose readiness for duty and whose prompt performance of it, gave us an assurance that whatever there might he of adverse fortune in her husband’s future lift, hp'Conld always rely upon Iho helpmate God had given him ! There was an energy in her look. that told she knew a wife’s duty and would perform it. Wo shall pot soon forget that event —wt shall bear in mind the future bf that couple, and wc venture to say, that dark ness nor despair can never drive happiness from that home, so long as that God-spirit reigns there, for it was the voice of a true wo man’s heart that spoke, and that was a God spirit. - • . Ifcycry wife, could but Urns speak andacU. hov/VnpTdfy would ihe** world navuTicc.' How* many husbands have been ruined by waiting ; Erccious moments of time, too, in the life of' a usincss man; and the nevcr-rcady wiJVbns step by step, broken the characteristic Blxmip lilude of many a husband, and withyk'nis bus iness energies, until ruin comes imotT his busi ness, and his home.— Would a wife wish pence of mind, and blcss> ings at home, flowing frdfn the prosperity of the husband, let her constant aim oc to be able to say —*1 never keep my husband waiting.’ The Winter of the Heart. Let it never come npon you. Live so that the good angles may protect you from tins hor rible evil—the winter of the heart. Let no freezing influence freeze up the foun tains of sympathy and happiness in its depths, no cold burden settle oat its withered hopes like snow on the fndiOower; no rude blasts of discontent moan and sbrick through its des olate chambers. Your life path may lead you amid trials winch for a time seem utterly to impede your progress, and shut out the light of heaven from your anxious gaze. | Penury may take the place of ease and plen ty, your luxurious home mny be exchanged for & single, lowly room—the soft couch lor the straw pallet—the rich viands, for the course food of the poor. Summer would pass you by with scarcely a look or word of compassion. You may be forced to toil wearily, steadily on, to earn a livlihood, you may encounter fraud and the base avarice which would extort to tho last farthing, till you well nigh turn in disgust from your fellow beings. Death may sever the dearest tics that bind you to earth, and leave you in fearful darkness. /That noblo, manly hoy, the sole hope of your declining years, mny ho taken from you, while your spirit clings to him with a wild tenacity, when even the shadow of tho tomb cannot wholly subdue. But amid all, these sorrows, do not come to the conclusion that nobody was ever so deep ly afflicted as y6u are.and abandon every sweet anticipation of ’better days’ in the unknown future. Do not lose your faith in human excellence, because your confidence has sometimes been betrayed, nor believe that friendship is only a delusion, and love a bright phantom which melts away from your grasp. Do not think you arc disappointed In your expectations and baffled in your pursuits. Du not declare that God has forsaken you, when your way is hedged about with thorns, or re pino sinfully when he calls your dear ones to , tho land beyond tho grave. . Keep a holy trust m heaven tho’ every trial bear adversity with forljtudo, and look upward in hours of temptation and suffering. When your locks are white your oyes dim, and limbs weary, when your steps falter on tho verge of Death's gloomy vale, still retain tho freshness and the buoyancy of spirit, which will shield you from tho winter of the heart. ’ C7* Tho following- paranraph wo clip from tho rogular report dr tho Conn. legislature:— ‘Bill to tax geese, cats and bachelors. Mr. Harrison was opposed to tho bill taxing bach elors. There was a lax already (aid upon a goose, and any man who had lived twenty-five years without getting married could bo taken under that section. A Miluos Pigronh.— Tho Terre Haute (Ijid.) American flays, that tho country there abouts is literally swarming with wild pigeons. On the’evening of,the Uth, about 5 o’clock, a Hock near a mile in length and about 1 00 fbet deep, passed directly over our city,- making a nolso audible at a great distance. [C7* \ ■ rag picker in J?an Franslsco, while U’ftrJng out the lining; of an old trunk that had been thrown from the Orcaoent City Hotel .dis covorod twenty $2O pieces snugly fltored upon their edges. 'Some former owner of the trunk had : doubtlcBß placed thorn there for conceal ment. CARLISLE, PA.,; TIIUKSDAY, APRIL 19,1855 Tlic Lion# Strength, The strength of the jiqn.is. very great. We are informed by t?rl .Spdrrrtian, that ‘this ani mal was once seen at too Cape to take a heifer in his mouth, and* though' the legs of the latter dragged on the ground - , yet.sccmed to carry off with the same. eaaa.RS- a cat does a rat. It likewise .leaped over a broad, dike with her without the least difficulty. 1 A buffalo perhaps would’be too cumbersome for this beast of prey.’ notwithstanding his strength, to seize and car ry off with him in this manner. Twq yeoman, upon whoso voracity I can place s6me confi dence, gave me ; tho'following 'acdount :-‘Being hunting near Boshtes-m/m River,'with several Hottentots, they perccivfed q Hon dragging a buffalo from the plain to i 0. t ncighoring woody hill. They, however, soqn forced it to quit its prey, in order to wake a prize of it themselves; and found that this wild beast had the sagaci ty to take the buffalo’s large and umvieldly en trails, to be able the more easy to make off with the flashy and more catablcparl of the carcass. The lion's strength, however, is said not to be sufficient alone to get the better of so large and strong an animal as the'buffatd; but to make it his prey, this fierce brcatarc is obliged to hove recourse both to agility and stratagem ; insomuch that, stealing on" ihc'buflalo, it fast ens with both its paws upon the nostrils and mouth of the beast, and keens. squeezing them close together, till at length. the creature is strangled, wearied out, and dies. Buffaloes which had escaped from the . clutches of lions, bore the marks of the blows of the animals about their noses. •’ Thtfliori itself, however, risked its life in such attempts,especially if any other buffalo were at hand to rescue that which was attacked.’ A. traveller once had an oppor tunity of seeing a female buffalo with her calf, defended by a river at : her back, keep for a long time at~bay five lions',iwhich'had partly sur rounded her* but did not daro;lo attack her.— I have been informed, ‘from very good authori ty, that on a plain to.the east of Kromme riv er, a lion had bepn gored arid trampelled to death by a herd of cattlc.-.having. urged prob ably by hunger, ventured to attack them, in broad daylight. ’ —This the reader will,perhaps, not so much wonder at when he is informed, that in the day llmo. and. upon ari open plain, 12 or 1C dogs will easily .get the better of a large lion. , ' A S.VAKR Cojin AT.—Cqmbals between the rattle and black snakes arc certain if they meet, and the black snake ispwith’ l rare exceptions, the conqueror. , Upon seeing each other, those animals instantly respective atti tudes of defiance, ami display the greatest dif-. ferenco in their organization.' The rattlesnake coils itself up. ready for an attack or defence; the black snake, being a, .constrictor, moves a bout from side to side, and Is in constant ac tivity—naturally exciting each other’s pas sions. The rattlesnake finally settles down in to a glowing exhibition of animosity, its fangs oxpo.scd.its rattles in constant limitation. The black snake, seemingly conscious that the mo ment of strife has cojKCy how commences Cir cling round its enemy, ibovihg so swiftly, that it seems but a gleam Of dull light; the* rattle snake attempts to fuHg.w,tho movement; soon pair; then it is that (ho blackanake darts upon the back of the heck of its deadly foe. seizes it betweermts teeth, and springing upward, en velopes the rattlesnake in its folds. The strug gle, though not long, is painful; the combat ants roll over in the dust, and get entangled in the bushes; but every moment the black snake is tightening its hold, until the rattle snake gasps for breath, becomes helpless ana dies. For a while the black snake still retains its grasp: you can perceive its muscles work ing with constant energy; but dually, it cau tiously uncoils itself, and quietly betakes to I the water, where recovering its encrgy.it dash-1 cs about a moment ns if in oxullion, and dis- , appears from (he scene. I Yocko America iv School.— A little inci dent occurred m one of tho schools in West Lynn. Muss., on Wednesday, says the News. which is. perhaps, worth relating. One of the classes was reciting, and the teacher asked a little American girl who tno {list man was. Site answered that she did not know. -The question was pul to the next scholar, an Irish child, who answered 'Adam sir,’ with apparent satisfaction. ‘La.’said the first scholar, 'you needn't feci so grand about it, he icusu't an Irishman.' Death op a Vrtkrav. —Wm. Holliday, a revolutionary soldier, and one of the guards wfyen Maj. Andre was executed, died in Dela ware county. N. Y., on the 23d ult., aged 104 years. Mr. 11. had been thrice married; had 13 children. 80grandchildren,150great-grand children, and 17 groat great-grandchildren— making the sum total of his posterity 2GI. (CT* Tho Kansas Tribune says: ‘Perhaps Lawrence is the only city in America whore a majority of the Indies wear bloomers. During a pleasant day they may bo seen in all parts of our place— not walking out for the novelty of the ihifia, but making calls and pursuing their ordinary avocations, without even sus pecting that their ooalutnc was attracting unu sual attention: and, indeed it docs not: The ladies consider them far more convenient than the street-sweeper; and they ought to be the beat judges. 1 o*Dne of our citizens was thus accosted by his landlord: ~ ■As everything ia on iho rise, I feel it my duty to raise your rent.* •Sir.’Raid the tenant, 'I feel truly grateful, for times arc so hard, that it la impossible to raise it myself.' The landlord slid. A Kkottt Point Sbtti.kd.—A caviller in our vicinity, the other day. says the Lowell Courier, tried to nut clown his opponent with this question: ‘lf Noah did send out a dove that niever returned.whore did it go to!* ‘Why,’ retorted the unyielding antagonist, *1 suppose somebody shot if.’ you mean to insinuate that I Ho. Birl* exclaimed a fierce looking mustached gen tleman to a raw Yankee who hinted some slight skepticism to duo o’ his toughest state* meats. ‘No roister, not at all—only it kind o’ strikes me that you arc tarncl saving of the truth.' K 7" In the days of the patriarch,a woman’s conduct was the index of her heart. When for inHliincolhc father of Ucbccca asked her if she would go with the servant of Isaac, she imme diately replied, l ‘l will go.’ Had Rho been a a .daughter.of the nineteenth century, she would have.answered,‘Pshaw ! BQ with him . Why Mr. Isaac must bo-sick! Go with him ! Go with him! Of course *t won’t/ and then she would have gone with him. ‘CT-'An Irishman named Barns, In Chilli ootho recently ‘died ns the fool dietin’ 110 bought half ft gallon of whisky and drank it, then laid down, and in a few minutaj was a corpse. Not more foolish, perhaps, than thou sands who dio lingering deaths from the 'bite of the worm of the still.' iiliilSß Oar Coontry In 1731 and la 1855, How striking the contrast between this coun* try as it waa seventy years ago, and its con dition and prospects to-day: In 1784, there was scarcely a nation in Eu rope that thought it worth while to form a treaty with the United Slates-,; in 1855 the United States take their place,among the four principal powers of the globe.' Then, ouf dc. , fenceless merchantmen were an easy prey to the corsairs of the Mediterranean: nou>,our Govern metit, by our diplomacy and influence, is Open ing toils commerce an ancient empire on the opposite aide of the earth, which has for count less ages been firmly dosed against the whole world,-' • ■.Seventy-years ago. there were thirteen feeble republics, on.thc eastern coast of North Amer ica, with all the petty jealousies of contiguous rival States, inflicting injuries upon each other by hostile legislation; to-day they arc n pow erful confederacy of more than thirty Stales, stretching from the-Atlantic to the Pacific, all their' ‘commercial interests blended and har monized by one superintending IcgTslaturc.and protected by onb central preponderating power. In 1784, the people of tho thirteen Stoles had 1 "achiovcdmotliing but their independence and contributed nothing but tho free government” but their solemn purpose (o enjoy it. To-day they ore a people blessed with institutions guaranteeing the greatest liberty, reviving and protecting all the arts of peace, agriculture, commerce and letters, expanding over a con tinent,subduing the farthest recesses of nature, spreading far and wide the fruit of civilization and Christianity, holding forth an example to which mankind may look for light and encour agement.—^Ckrirstuih Observer. Office Begging—Corwin’s Advice. | About three years ago, a young man pre sented himself to Mr. Corwin for a clerkship. Thrice was he refused; and still he made & fourth effort. His .perseverance and spirit of determination awakened a friendly interest in his welfare, and the Secretary advised him, in the strongest possible terms, to abandon his purpose, and go to the West, if he could not do better, outside the Departments. 'My young friend,’ said he. ‘go to the Northwest; buy ICO acres of Government land—or if you have not got the money to purchase, squat on it and get you an axe and a mattock: put up a log cabin far a habitation, and raise a little com and po tatoes; 1 keep your conscience clear, and live like a freeman; your own master with no one to give you orders, and without depending up on anybody. Do that, and you will become honored and respected, influential and rich.— But accept a clerkship here, and you sink at once all independence, your energies become re laxed. and you, unfitted in a few years for any other and more independent position. I may give you a place to-day, and kick you out a gain to-morrow; knd there’s another man over at the White House who can kick me out, ami tho people b-and-by can kick him out, and so ' wo go. But if you own an acre of land, it is your kingdom, and your cabin your castle— yqu nrc a sovereign, and you will feel it in the throbbing of your pulse,and every day of your Mmj would aSsaroimraf your thanks for having thus advised you.* Cernrocs Statistics.' —Some statistical gem*, us declares that ‘more money is expended in the United States fop cigars than for all the com mon schools in the Union.’ A wag, who {s un doubtedly a lover of the weed.seeing this state ment going thro’ the papers, gets off the fol lowing: It has been calculated that the cost of wash ing linen that might just as well be worn two days longer amounts to enough in this country to more than defray the expense of the Ameri can Board of Foreign Missions. ( The expense of buttons worn on the backs of I our coats, where they arc of no earthly use. is equal to the support of all our orphan asylums. The value of tails to dress coals (of no value In reality, for warmth or convenience) Is actu ally greater that the cost of our excellent sys tem of common schools. It lias been estimated that (he value of old boots, thrown aside, which might have been wom at least a day longer,is more than enough to buy a flannel nightgown for every baby in , the land. Also that the cost of the extra inch on the tall shirt collars of our young men is o nual to the sum necessary to put tho Bible in the hands of every one of the P&tigonian giants: and last but not least the great amount of cot ton that tho fair sex use for artificial 'tempta tion balls,' amounts to more than would defray tho expenses of building fifty cotton mills. A Negro Killed dt Wolves. —Report says that a few days since a negro man belonging to Mrs. Boston. a widow lady residing in Rog ers Prairie, Mndfson co , Texas, went cut Into the woods to chop timber, and did not return. Search being made for him, a piece of one of his legs was found near tho spot where be had been chopping, and five dead wolves. It is supposed that he had been attacked by o gang of tilcse annuals, and that ho bad killed five of them with bis oxc before they # had destroyed him. 1H7 ,, 0h, words arc mighty things ! who can stand unmoved before them ? They melt or burn, they warm or scorch, they bless or curse. ; Sharper limn a two-edged sword do they fall from the bps of anger and scorn- Sweeter than honey from the honeycomb, dear os tho joys of homo, do they drop from tho fond lips of love. A blight is on society—barrenness and desolation reign—poverty, disease and death bear sway—pride, impudence, luxury and meanness exist chiefly because the great doc trine of immortality is practically unrccogni ted. ItRUBUDsn Tins.—When the devil has any odd job to do, ho always looks about for some idle man to do it; and whenever any great crime is perpetrated the police—sagacious fel lows !—invariably look nmongthe idloand dis solute, to find the criminal. Persons who are always usefully employed, are never troubled by the man with tbo big stick, and have no oc casion to keep their courage up, when passing a grave-yard after dark. A good conscience is a safeguard against all tbe machination’s of the devil. (£7* If our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live singlu when there was not a woman on earth, how criminally guilty arc old bachelors with the world full of pretty girls. Let young men think of this. (£7* The Scotch papers make tho following announcement: “uled at Abbotslbrd, on tb; 7th inst., in h{s 85th year. Peter Mathicson.tlio old and faithful servant of Sir Walter Scotland for nearly thirty years hia coach-man.” (£7- An antiquarian called ftt tho Museum to find tho skull of Cromwell. Of course iho Mu seum man had it. Tho ono shown, Gowover, tho antiquarian said was too small, as Crom well had ft largo head. 'Ohsaid iho Museum man, ‘this was bis skull when a boy.’ AX 52.00 PER ANNUM NO. 45. Igriniltoral, (From the Germantown Telegraph.] Trtatment of Fruit Trees. Mn. Editor :—I herein propose giving you the manner of treating fruit trees, particularly the peach and plum, so as to make them bear, and if-suitablo to appear in your well prepared columns,.you arc at liberty to use it. The following treatment of fruit trees was Communicated to me. by a lover of good fruit, who has taken great pains to have plenty of fruit, and that which is good. In the begin ning of the month of April, take a handfull of rock salt, and put around the roots, close to the trunk of the trees. Then leave the trees until the first of May, when a good coat of lime should bo applied to the bodies of the trees. At the same thne, make a strong decoction of hickory wood, ashes and water, by boiling them to gelher, and-apply Una plentifully to the roots of the trees, by pouring it around them ‘while in a boiling slate. This will kill the worms and insects, or prevent them from injuring the trees. After trees have been acted on a few limes in this manner; the bark becomes smooth er, and the knots of young trees which arc found particularly on the plum, will disappear. The trees grow more thriftily, and bear double the quantity of fruit the/ would without the ap plication. . It is often a complaint among many far mers that their peach and plum trees will not do any good, but if they will try this simple application, their complaints will cease. One of my neighbors who had several plum and peach trees and who had tried various ways to make them bow, without effect, determined on , cutting them down; but after some persuasion, last spring, ho was induced to give this mode a fair trial. Tho result was that his trees were loaded trilh good fruit, and instead of having to buy, he had considerable to sell. Let each of your renders try it, and see if it does not prod nee the desired effect. 23d Word, Philadelphia. Preparing for Large Crops. We hare already alluded to the importance of farmers bestiring themselves the approach. ' ing season to make their farms produce large crops. As it is a maxim generally established with them 'tomake ha/ when the sun shines,’ ( they trill readily aco th« importance of this ( when grain commands the prices they are now receiving—nor is there any probability of a material diminution in price for some {imo to I come. The prospects of a bloody and pro tracted war in Europe, would seem to point to America as the producer, for the time, of the bdligcrant nations abroad. A judicious and wise fanner will prepare for the times, and without impoverishing his soil, put his farm under the best system of tillage. A lew days since, one of the most successful and enterprising farmers of Bucks county in formed us that last year on ground he had manured in the spring his com Reduced 75 bushels per acre—and on the same quality of soil without manuring, it did uot average 40 buShris'per acre. ’He considered himself well paid for manuring In the extra yield , and he iff at present engaged in manuring all the ground he intends to put in with com in the present season.—-UerA* County Intelligencer . Cfienp Compost for Manure. Haring received the credit for ttro years past of having as good pieces of com as any in our neighborhood, and attributing our success mainly to the use of a simple handfull of cheap compost, dropped in each hill before planting the corn, wo give you a statement as to how wo form it. Supposing a load to contain about twenty* live bushels, we take two loads of muck man ure from our hog-yard, one load of wood ashes, and three bushels plaster paris. Woik the parts thoroughly together with a hoc or shovel. Our corn ground having rccemd a coating of mapurc before plowed, the harrow follows the plow length wise of the furrows until the soil is well pulverized. We mark one way for the hills with a shallow furrow of the plow, and then draw a chain the other way which shows the place fur each bill. The comport gives the corn a good start, and the manure helps it out. We haVc also, fur the two year's past, soaked our seed corn in a strong solution of tobacco water, and have not been troubled much with worms.lct it remain in the solution from twelve to twenty-four hours. Wm. E. Cowles, Can ton, Connecticut.—Country Gentleman. The Black Raspberry. Editors Rural:—t have often wondored why farmers do not cultivate a greater variety tpf fruits in their gardens. In addition to what "is generally cultivated. 1 would mention the black raspberry—a small fruit, well known In moat parts ol the United States. It grows wild by the sides of fences, edges of forests. Ac..but common as it is. ami delicious as is the fruit, but few think of cultivating it. 11. Perry, of Porter, Ims a fine lot of twenty-five or thirty bushes, which for the past three seasons have yielded a good supply for ins own table, some for his friends and neighbors, and also to dry for future use,and richly paying for the lillfo trouble they cost. He took them from the for est in the fall of the year anti planted them In iiis garden. Tins any ono will see is attended with no expense and very little trouble. It may bq done In the spring. They may be set along the sides offences, ns this situation appear to I bo most natural for them, Give the black rasp, berry a trial and you will not regret it.—John Sibloy, Wilson, New York March, 1855. (Rural Mur Yorker. OiiArßs AKO Winks. —ft is stated in one of our exchanges that during the present year there will probably be raised a grape crop suf ficient to make 000.000 gallons of Calawaba wine. The demand for that artjele far exceeds mich a product. According to a paper pow before us. if the product slated above were doubled every year for five years to come, the market (br datawaba wine would not be over stocked# Until there shall bo flvo millions of acres planted in vines, the price of wine cannot, bo reduced to a minimum In tho United States. A genera! cultivation of the pure grapo is the 1 best "Main law*’ that could possibly be pro* posed. WiNTF.nKn.utnGttAiN.— lf you have any fields of wheat winter-filled harrow them with a light harrow, and roll afterwards. This is the ouly .eficctunl,treatment.-: Select a timu when ‘tho ground is sufficiently dry to prevent, injury ;lrbm the horecs, and \vo shall bo disappointed if you do not derive the most striking benefits from these processes.— Farmer. To Teu. Good Eggs—lf you desire to be certain that your eggs ore good and fresh, put , them id water. If tho butu turn up they are i not fresh# This is an infallible rule to aistin- I guild) a good from- a bad egg, 'i (Dbhs nnii v.t (D^ : A little pot|is soon hot.' (D” A wager is arfool’a argument. - ‘fo" April shoWera • \- Ip* South is thotim^toiservi ititiJtyrtiJ C7*A very poor look out: A jail ) DC7* Two wrongs will never shake Aright* y Op" Emigration to the WesVfhiASpri&ghttyr been very great. ' ‘ • ■ .X' ’;>-i (£7"Envy iaa sin that 1 comlnonlycsrri63 : ite f own discovery and punishment.-.;- : *1 IC7" Of tho 3,000,000 seamen 1 m tho 'world* ’ 200,000 belong td the United States. . • icror 64,000 voters In Connecticut; only 3000, it is stated, are adopted citizens.' 7 DC?" The number of Banka in the State of J New York is 280—capital 884,076, 022. - 7 ICT Tho average'passage of vessels York to Australia is about 120 day4. ;; -- j - ' IC7* The new reapingjnachinc.that triod". a few days since, was honorably acquitted. 1 J (£7* Why is Sebastopol like q dose btaijtt t ' Because'it is bard to take. *•••-' lO* What tree is It that is ,bf great ,oso la history 1 The date tree. ■ , DC7* If a boatswain marries docs his wife,M* ’ come a boatswains mate ? ‘ D ZT When are girls apt to catdh hro T When th IC7"Tho young lady who took the eye-of everybody, has been arrested for stealing. ‘, DC?* When is a man' over head and ean In ; debt ? Always, until bis hat is paid for., ' The total number of officials in (be Brit-. iah Posi-ofllce Department, is persons.'' IL7* Business is exceedingly , depressed, and. monetary affairs are very stringent in .CalUblS The Supremo Court' of Ohiolately dU vorced thirteen couples. In nine cases the fin nialo applied for the dissolution.' •. > -•> {£/“■ A quaint writer has defined; time to hk “the vehicle that carries everything into - noth ing.” [C7* “ Capital ” • punishment—To : bo hung - around a girl’s neck till yon ere dead, dead* - dead. IH7* The barber who dressed the head; of;a:: barrel has been engaged to fix up the locks of a canal. ,i •; - • . .. (£7 “Thou sbalt not steal. ** Bccoileet thi» is one the ten commandments—and let OUf . nood pile alone! - . _ (£7 Fidelity., good humor, and .complacency, of temper, outlive all the charms of a fine face*, and make Us decay invisible. (£7 Dobbs says he would have died of chol era in August, if It had not been foronc thing! “ the doctor gave him up.' 1 07 •• Bo you drink bale in America 7 M talc*. cd an English cockney. “No. we drink than* J dcr and lightning,” said the Yankee. (£7 A blockhead—a fellow who has not sa* ■ gacity enough to sound the depth of hisovnti mind and detect its shallowness. (£7 “T am an Owe Nothing,!’ said a nrigb* . bor, as he paid up his newspaper bill. many of our subscribers can say that 7 Arborist. {£7 A Texas exchange says the earth is to kind in that Slate, that “just tickle her with & hoc and she will laugh with a harvest.” . (£7* A rascally old bachelor asks—"what la the moat difficult operation a surgeon can per form. To lake the jaw out of a woman.**” 07 A lot of fellows went on a deer bunt the other day. in Arkansas, and in less than -three hours captured fire girls and ft worottt. 07 The Masonic Grand Lodge of Massaebcu setts has in its possession a lock of Washing, ton’s hair, which is carefully kept io a golden ' casket. XT One friend asked another why he roan* ried a little wife. ‘Why/ said he, ’‘l thought you had known that of alt the evils we should choose the least. ” . . • XT Mrs. Partington says sho has noticed that whether (lour was dear or cheap, she had invariably to pay the same money for half * dollar’s Worth. XT A member of the lazy society, feeling * fly alight on.his jolly.ml nose, instead of brush* ing it ofl, petitioned Congress to have the insert removed. XT A Yankee in lowa has taught ducks to swim in hot water, and with such' sutiCcss that " they lay boiled eggs. Who says this is not to" age of improvement ? • .1. XT' now many poor women arc • there eon- * denmed lo wash, mend, bake. boil and fry theif '• « bole lifetime, who would never find out they had a heart, ezdept they fell iu love with it 9': XT* ‘’Roy.” said a visitor at the house of.* friend lo hi.s little son, '’step over' the way end.. see how old Mrs. Brown is. The boy did tho . errand, and on bis return reported that Mrs. ’ Brown did not know howo/asho was. • * - XT* It is refreshing lo come across a gttn like the following: The first Bird of Spring, Attempted to «tng: But ere he sounded a note, Ho fell from the limb. Ah, a dead bird waahlm f The music had/its in his'throSl. ' XT” “Bridget, where’s the tea-kettle?’"— “Please marm, Mr. O’Neil, the new boarder, is washing his.feet in it.” The last seen 6f Mr. O’Neil, he was going down tho front step, about six inches in advanceof-an empty coal scuttle. ; o* A most interesting sight to see, is. that of a young lady with “lips like rubies." and. with “teeth of pearly whiteness,", and with checks that have stolen tho “deep carnation of the deathless rose," with her mouth fuUofgin* J gerbread I Op" An editor out west gives the following' notice; —‘*Our purse is lost J The finder ft re* ’ spcct/uliy requested to return it. being earefhl; not to disturb its contents, which were a'brut rule, a piece of leaf tobacco nicely twisted, (uadi a very good leather siting.” 327* The author of the following original con* umdrum is now confined in a calico straight Jacket —his feel in a wooden-box. and his head' l in a honey comb poultice: When is a lotct Jus tified m calling his sweet heart honey | When; she is iiee-lovcd. ' K27* A western paper, says we’re got a poet out here, that's some pumpkin’s. My Phebc is the sweetest gal , That ever peeled 4'tatef, Bo fair is she that all the rest • ‘ » From spite and envy Ual6 her t , w If over 1 should richer grow- And have enough to feedbori. r .# : j I’d to tho parson hie and (pitch < To Hymen's alter lead her. , . 'o27* Say twice without a mistake., Piper’rt peaepek peeked a, peek, of popper'out 1 ofa pewter platter; if Peter Pipers peaeodtf 1 peeked o peek of penper Out of a-'peWtor.'pUfr Ut, where’s tho peek of popper j- peacock pecked. • t, ( j^ 027“ Wanted, at this office, ft b.ull'deg of color except pumpkin and milk, of rcspectamn : size, snub nose, dropped care, abbreviated fetya , stituttoo, and bad disposition—vn» ckn etittd i when called with a raw boeftteakptod wfl&jSte the roßowbospits tobacco juiceejt^i.VtW and steals the czehauees. ~ .. . r> . ri ,s Hirer.-