AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. R£ ;■,,' ■ r ■■■' f. ‘ ... ,■.. Dollar; and-Pifly Coots,. adrapco j TwQDollaraJf paid within the *y»o Dollars and Fifty, Cents,- if mot ■pitoltblatim year,.., yheso terms willbo tig- Kty adhered to in every instance. . Noeubpcrip- all 'arrearages'.are paid unli'ss^Vtho' option ol tho'Edltor.' by the cash, aft'dmot. exceeding brio arjuat-b. Will bio inserted tbMo'times for ohe Dollar, 1 and twenty-five cents forofibh additional Those of a great- propfirtioii. as. Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c.> &c., exe cuted Wita'accuraryandal (he shorteat notico. r;' |toetifnl. THE PJSSIKtT FEJI(I. ! shall nol dio,” she said, vnOaJtn lying, : opon-eycd, ■ fctill smiling when (ho morning rose, vd-'Sbailing at bvon-tfdo. It .was .not Death, whoso hand * A,bqvo ray eyelids drawn, my seventeen childish years, *: ' And made a now world dawn. t) golden world I 0 wondrous World! i *.*fiy.heart looks back arnaso '\jjSon those gone-by years, and forth -uloto tUecoralng tlays. ~..j. i. *i i ~ . ,t) mother! was it.thus, and thus, filial when.my tathor came * jT6u hld.youf burning taco, and cowered * ;:J BlnshlUg,' but not with shame 1 •Add, mother, was il thus/ny, thus, r//Thatwhon my father said i Thoso.word®—it seemed an angel’s voice jr> Wakening the newly dead? tNp. death—'Sweet life! Shall I arise, And,walk, soruno and strong, ‘My, toother’s household ways, and sing 1 iEy mother's household song? l'stahd by Aim, as yon stand By my dear father’s aide, •And hfear, as you hoard yesternight, ,/ »Dearer,tho wife than bride i —strango.oh! passingslrango, to tbinlc, ‘ If ever there should bo ■f’br.mo, grdwn old, ft fond.arm’s clasp, *' '-'Mother, ns I clasp thee I -0 toother, mother, hold mo close, .»T Until these tears run dry 1 •God, Thou wort very merciful, !,, .Thou wouldst not let mo die I' [ b-r [ .. Hisctllanmis, TllE WdSUmVOMAS. I pi UXS. OA.ItOI.IHE SOULE. Sri declare I have half a mind to put this bod ■ qbllt .Into the , wash to-day. It really don’t *' need to go either, but I believe I’ll send It down;** ;! “\yhy will you put it in, Mary, if It does not nfccd to go?” asked her good old aunt Hannah, In'her quiet but expressive way. •“Why yon see, aunt, wo have but a small . vrash’ 10-duy} so small that Susan will gel , , through by orio o’clock at the latest, nod I shall •' haVo to pay her just tno-same, as though she >V worked till night, so ..“Stop a" moment, dear,” said the old lady, lit «Optly, “stop a moment aud think. Suppose ypu.wcrq ip the situation that poor Susan ia,ob liged.-you toli mo, to toll over the wash tub six days out of the seven for the bare necessaries of life, .would you not bo glad to get.through once' Ih a while before night, to labor for -' yotiVaplT find family, or belter still, a few gJ;;- hbufa.to rest T Mary, dear. It is a hard, hard td'eani her hot tbo poor woman bur half dollar. This Is tho fourth day in succession sho has risen by ~ candle light and plodded through tbo cold here and there to her customers’ houses, and toiled, away existence.- . Let her go at noon If sho gets through}' who;knows but what sho might hare coino .from the sick couch of somo loved one, - and that sho counts.the hours, yes, tbo minutes, till sbo.can return, fearing,over sho moy dome one too lato. Put It back on tbo bod, and sit dowi) herb while I tell you what one poor wa*.h ’1 envoman endured, because her employer did ns you jvould to make out tbo wash. And tbo old 'U lady took off her glasses, and wipodMho tear !& dtops'that had from some causo gathered In her aged ©yds,'and then with a tremulous voice re* iajod tbo promised story. £?*• oThcro never was a more bllthsomo bridal thaif that of Adallno Rolnigh’s. There was ne ;s£- vdr’Ja maiden who went to the mnrrlngo altar with .hlghor hopes, or more blissful anllclpa |®F tlpnp.—Wedding thp man of her choice, her SS£ heart ilko a music gush from the land of light, h© wlio was dearer to her than her existence, a young, talented, noble.fellow, one of whom any woman-might bo proud, U was no wonder that r"\ • tu’orn seemed a golden waif from Eden. Few Indeed have a sunnier life in prospect than she &..■;> kadi - And for ton years there foil no shadow |r,’ on jlicrpath., Her homo was one of beauty and' ’ taro lufcury—her husband tho same kind, gentle, .Idrlngmun os in tho days of tho courtship, win eiftg laurels every day In his protession, adding £‘- CQy copforts to his homo and new Joys to his I - Brbfllflc —and. besides these blessings, God bad ”- - glVch her another—a little crib stood by her bud •Idoi its tenant a gOlden-halred baby boy, tbo Imagq.of its noble father, and dearer to those ■ wedded lovers than .ought else earth could of* ' fetr* : ‘«*TJut I must not dwell upon tboso happy ft days; mv story has to do with other ones. it **■ WM with thorn ns oil it is with others; Just when , tbo'cuji Is sweetest, it Isdashed away, Just when tire-beam is brightest the clouds gather. A so rte*tof nilsfortunbs and reverses occurred with starttiug- rapidity and swept from them every 'tiling, but love and their baby boy. Spared to ono anpthcr and to that, they boro a brave heart and In distant city anew their fortune* Well 'snd-slrongly did they struggle, and at length once moro to see the sun-light of prosperity •hfnb -hpoh their homo. But a little while it ' ' * ' tho shadows full. The husband td lay for a month upon a weary rubbing not only with mental but but oftentimes lor food and juedi thut she could do, tho wife porform- Ithlul hand. She wont from ono ther till at length she who haa worn opd pearls upon her bridal day, toll wh-tub the scantiest living. Long Ight aho would rlso every morning ir.the dear opes of her lovely homo, ill many a kiss upon tho Ups of her don and sleeping boy,start out in the \ow, and grope her way to tho too j y» gloomy kitchen, and toll there at ..mi . rinsing, starching; notunfro deep in. the drifts, to hung «s^ t^i.frotu ‘ ev i ,n before she had J'‘S 1l " ca - Apd when night dul ' ,lt ’ "ho woud again grope n “ l , 4 .. ann l 4 ,4ow - tier ellonllme. much n %^. o , n ' o *. for h>»hh»hw4 Wig, v ,° f I 0,,?! 0 to •'"'diovpn (ho flro kjfCESLr J?"i 1 " 4 °i Mth'yvhat 6, flhlloring “".I 4 ?™ w ”“" r ,h ™. fearing ovoS o' 0 ‘V 5- 11 * tool Ibat'for six ' , h°yor«n>Y the face Of lior h SPM-°. r i l( ; r c ,hiM, "ovo by lamp light excont H”w Bl»d ahawonldli.Tn hicn WIBMW once In a while had » small ivaah cam S'k wlntof morning, a» she was prepar '".Wtl r^K' 1 breakfast and, gelling everything nnLdy hefrtrn alio left, her husband called her to th.dwdaide. - . .VAdhf ’- raid,he in almost n “I wont MlWfyiHj ll -*ry « nl > get homo early to-night—ho homo,hoH)re sundown, do, Ado.” she with n choked utter ■'fflwflhlry; Ada. I havo a strnngo desire to by ann-llght—to-dny Is Friday— 'l Bo| m It,Since Sunday—l must look .tjpmljfonco again.** ’ ; fetd worse, Edwnrdl” nskod thoanx iouilf, fooling his pulse as ahe spoke. f. BY JOHN IJ. BRATTON. YOL 41. ‘No, i\o, I think not, but I do wont to boo your faco once more by sunlight. I cannot walt'till Sunday.” • . Gladly, would sho tarry.by his bedside UU tho sun-light would have stolon thyougli their, litllo window—but it might not bo. She was ponnl loss/and in tho dusk.of, tho morning must go labor. Sbo left him, sweet kisses given and ta-. kcn| anff swoet words whlspered iu Ibq sweetest IqjKTloncs. Sho reached the kttchun’of ner employer,’ and wit!) u troubled faco-walted for tho basket to bo brought. A beautiful smile, played over herwan taco os sho assorted itscoh tents.’ Sbo could get through easily by two o’clock, yes; and if sho hurried, pcrha]rs by ono. Lave and anxiety lepl now strength to her weary arms 5 and five minutes’after tho clock struck ono,' sho hung tho last gu'rmcht on tho lino, and wa« justaboutcmptylng her tubs, when tress came in with a couple of bed, quilts, and saying, “as you had a small wash to-day, lino, I think you may do these yet,” left the room again. -A wall of agony, wrung from tho deepest fountain of her heart, gushed to her Ups. Smothering it ns best she could sho again took up tho board, and rubbed, rinsed and hung out. It was half past throe when again she started for homo —an hour too late /” And tho agod narrator cobbed. “An hour too late.” continued sho, after a long pause. “Her husband was dying—yes, almost gone, lie had strength given him to whisper a few words to the half frantic wife—to tell her how lie longed to look upon her face, and how that till the clock struck two he could see, but after that, though he strained every nerve, he lay in the shadow of death. Ono hour she pillowed his head upon her suffering heart, and then —he was at rest. “But for the thoughtless or drudging exac tion of her mistress, she had once more seen the love light (lash in her husband’s Oycs, and ho have looked upon her who was so dear. “ Mary, Mary, dear,” and there was a soul touching emphasis in the aged woman’s words, ‘•be kind to your washerwoman, instead of stri ving to make her day’s work as long as may bo, shorten it, lighten il.” /‘Few women will go out to daily washing unless their moans are terrible. No woman on her bridal day expects to labor In that way; and be sure, my niece, if constrained to do so, It is the last resort. That poorwotoan Whoring now so hard for you, has not always been a Washer woman. She has seen bright, gladsome hours. Shu has soon awful trials, too. T can Vend her story in her pale, sad face. Ho kind to her; pay her all she asks, and let her go home os early as she can.” “ You have fiuihhed in a good season to-doy Susan,” said Mra. Morton, ns thy washerwoman, with her old cloak and hood on, unteied the pleasant chamber to ask her pay. “Yes ma’am that I have, and my heart, ma’am, is relieved of a heavy load, too. I was so afraid I should bo kept HU night, and 1 am needed so at homo.” “Is there sickness there?” said aunt Han nah, kindly. Tears gushed to the woman’s eyes ns she an swered, “Ah, ma’am, I left my little baby most dead this morning; ho will bo quite so to-mor row; I know it, 1 have seen it too mony times; and none but a child of nine years to attend it. 0. I muni go, and grasping the money, the hard earned money that she had toiled fur while her baby was dying, that when dead il might have a decent bhVbud, she hbrricd to her dreary hopic, _ ■''■.Hi''-'- - t . Tfiorfollowod her, the young wife who had never known a sorrow, and the ngctl matron whoso hair was white with trouble—followed her to her homo—the homo of tho dmnkaWl’a wife, tho drunkard's babes. She was not too Into. The weo dying boy yot knew its mother,, yet craved a draught from her loving Irons*..— Until midnight she pillowed him there, and then kind hands took from livr tho breathless form, closed the bright eyes, straightened tho tiny limbs, bathed tho cold clay, ami folded about it the pure white shroud. Yes, apd did more.— They gavp what tho poor so seldom Imvo. time to woep. <• O Aunt,” said Mrs. Morton with tears In her eyes, ns having seen the little coffin ed balw home to his lust homo, they returned to their own hnppy ono, it my heart blesses you how much more must poor Susan’s bless you. Ilnd it not boon Tor you she would havo been too late—the baby would not hnve known Its mother. It hns been a sad yet holy lesson —I shall nhvnjs now he kind to the poor washerwo man. But aunt, was the story you told me a title one—all true. I moan 7” “ The reality of that story whitened this bond rbon it had aeon but thirty summers;- and the nemory of >t has been one of my deepest sor- rows, It Is not strange that I should pity the poor washerwoman—Adalino and aunt llannah nro ono and (ho eamol” Miner Morals (or Married Feopii. "The lost word " is the most dangerous of infernal machine. Husband and wife should no more fight to got it than (hey (should strug gle for the possession of a lighted bomb-shell. Keep an Epictotoua in your dining-room, to read while waiting for the completion of your wife’s toilet. Married people should study each others' weak points, asskatersdook out for weak parts of the ice, in order to keep off them. Ladies who marry for love should remember that the union of angles with women has been forbidden since the flood- The wife is the sun of the social system. Un less she attracts, there is nothing to keep heavy bodies, like husbands, from flying off into space. Wives, be lenient to ihc martial cigar. The smoke always hides the most disagreeable part of l)ic battle. The wife who would properly discharge her duties, must never have a soul 'above buttons.’ The liberties of England havo been won by mutual concessions. tat the husband, who would acquire the privilege of asking friends to dinner without notire, remember this when his wife hints at a new bopnet. Tho wife's want is tho husband’s opportunity. Notwithstanding the assertions of mathema ticians. the marriage-ring isn circle which hus band and wife hove the problem set them of making all square. Don Y t trust too much to good temper .when you get into an argument. Tho Indians pro duce fire by tho rubbing of the driest sticks. Sugar is the substance most universally dif fuso tlirough all natural. products. tat.pmr i;icd people take a pint from this' provision of, haturo.' Oy-«Pelor, what aro you doing to that boy?” qald a Bchoohnnatdr.'. ‘ « Ho wanted to know if you take ton frpm seventeen how many will remain 5 so I took ten ol'blH apples to show him, and now ho wpnt« I should give ’em back.” V Well, why don’t you do It 7” “Cause, sir;' ho would forgot bow many is tort.” • A pious old gopllomun told his son,not to go, under apy .circumstances, a fishing on tho Sabbath; but if ho did, by aH nioans to bring homo tbu.flsb.’ lE7*Villany that is vigilant, will bo an over-' match forVlrfuo If sboibimbors at her post) and bonce It isthqt a bad oaußoimtuoflon triumphed over a good ono. 11 1 K!7" rpyeiilofs rarely fail pf .their reward.— •Jenkins invcnlcd a new style of lock picker*, and waßrewarded by ft 44 situation 1 ’ at the Jail 'for a couple of years. Tho brightest, hopes tho earth can cherish, Aro always first to fade away 5 Tho loveliest things are first to perish, And lifo itself Ib but decay. Still suffering tries tho human soul, , While patient firmness hopes rcloaso, And urges lo a heavenly-goal, Where nothing is but endless peace. Then faint not on the thorny road Which many a weary foot bath trodi It lends thee to a blest abode, It leads thco to thy lather, God! A THRILLING SKETCH, In 1798, or about twenty years after Boone’s .explorationof the country, and whilst Ken* tucky was yet knocking at the door for admis sion into the Union, the red men resolved to make yet another effort to exterminate their.foe. j A block house which served the double pur* I pose of fort.and dwelling,-was the habitation 1 of Boone and his companions- Fearing a de cent of the Ravages, from various premonitions of danger, known only to the experienced hun ter,—he sent two scouts, named McLel lan and White,.to learn if possible the destina tion of the savages. After proceeding a long distance, they ascended a bluff prccipitnously steep on the one side, and fenced by jutting rocks on the other, whence they had a broad and extended prospect, and on another side ran n deep and rapid river, on which side they found themselves in dangerous proximity to their enemy. Beneath them they beheld a large number of squaws and wigwams, the us ual indications of an Indian village, and in the open space, they observed the warriors painted in their war pattern, evidently showing that their mission was of blood, 'They determined to remain and watch the movements of their enemy, and for this purpose concealed them selves from observation, till forced from their hiding place by their water being exhausted, of whicli they had but a scanty supply. Mfc- Lellan went in search of some with two can teens, and had not proceeded far, before he dis covered a beautiful fountain gushing from a rock near the base of the bluff. Raving pro cured the much needed element, he returned to his companion, and they determined to get'a supply daily, and continued to do so for sever al days. One .day White went to the spring, *md after llUingj'lns vessels apd refreshing him self with a copious draught. he laid down fits rifle and sat on It,, and child like amused him* self by looking at the wonders of nature beau tifully exemplified In the bubbling fountain.— This man educated in the midst ot Indian cun ning. whoso every sense was sharpened to the utmost acuteness, was thus amusing himself, when he heard footsteps, ami sprang to his . feel just in lime to see and bo seen by two ■ squaws, the older of whom raised the war erv . which he knew, if repealed and heard by tbo i band would be certain death; he sprang upon , them, and seizing both .by the throat plunged i into the stream with them with the intention of drowning them. ' This ho very spon accom i plished with the elder, but her companion be ing young and vigorous, struggled, with her captor with and-wWviieortyicx-’ 1 hansted he heart! her With horror,utter exclar I mat ions . in- English'. To rcsthih 1 her’ from drowning, and bear her up the ascent to the 1 summit of tnc bluff to his companion.'was the work of a moment, where whop sufficiently re- 1 • covered, she informed them that herself and father settled on the present site of Wheeling and were taken prisoners by the Indians, who soon put her father to death, and treated her with the utmost barbarity. In the mean time the Indiana perceiving the body of the woman floating on the river, and recognizing the print 1 of the while man’s fingers on her neck, ap proached the bluff shouting their war yell.— The scouts advised the girl to return to the 1 Indians and consult foY her own safety, by tel ling them how tbo affair happened. She re ' plied, I would sooner die in the presence of the ■ while man. than bo the slave of the Indian.— •Give mo a rifle and see what T can do.’ But this they could not do —vet they were deter mined to sell their lives as dearly as possible. As before described, on one side they were shielded by a rock, and with unerring accura cy. they shot several of the bravest and most daring of their foe. One point was accessible, from an impending cliff which overhung the bluff, and in that direction was the rifle of Mc- Lellcon pointed, with finger on trigger, wait ing for a sufficient part of the Indian (whom he espied making the attempt to surprise them from that quarter,) to appear above the rock to form aTarpet to aim at. At last the savage, with upraised tomahawk and exulting yell.was almut to make the leap nbd spring upon his foe, when the flint of McLellan’s rifle hung fire.— McL. lowered his rifle and was about replacing it with a new flint from his pocket, when ho spw the Indian, whoso shout of victory was turned to ono of pain, fall headlong into (he chasm beneath, but shot by whoso'hand ho knew not. Several others shared the ■ same (ate. and in n similar manner. At iho ap proach of night (he Indians withdrew, and tho scouts were congratulating themselves on their success so far, and wondering who their un known auxillory was, when they beheld tho rescued girl, rifle in hand approach them.— This at once accounted for tjio prompt and ef ficient aid they had received. She informed them that In the early pan. of the conflict she succeeded in surprising one of (1)0 braves asleep, and had possessed herself of his rifle and anut nltlon. Determined to leayo under cover of tho night, tho girl volunteered to act as their guide, when to their disappointment apd dismay,they found their retreat cut off by a of In diana. atatioped to Intercept their progress.— Tho girl 'cautioned them pot to maifc tho slightest noise, and to remain stationary—sho left them and shortly returned and told them that sho ha*d succeeded in putting them on a false trail, and they could now proceed. Thny had not pope fhr when they w cr ° Manned by tho bark of a dog—again tho girl gave them the injunction to remain still, with tjio infor mation that they wero noflir ,ln tho' centra p thousand warriors—but' to trust to her. ,At length they got ctyar of tho village, opd qftqhr cd thpblock h(iusp in safpty, to the sur prise of all, tho girl was found to bo sister ip ,ope of Boone's .companions. £7* * Why.’ said a gentleman, in the couyso of an argument on tho price of putty, it is as plain rva that two rtnd’ Uvomako four! ‘That also X deny.’ retorted hla antagonist, ‘for 2 and 2 made 22.’ The gentleman settled several in ‘olios in his hoots, and politely offered his op ponent his hat! Ity Tho following despatch went through by telegraph a month or two sinco: Char lie,and Jnlja met at 8 ’« yesterday— quarrelled and parted forever—met again this tnorning. and parted to meet no more —met ( qgain this evening and were married! Pajin it. —A female lyriler sayp: ‘Nothing Nooks worse than'darned Allow qa to observe that stockings winch need darn ling look much" worse than darned ones—darned |iftboy don’t. v -■oViO cilT M ’ C * 41 OUB- OOUNXHT—i^AT'it. ALWAYS BE ItlOlt 1 ! —BUT EIGHT Oil, WEONQ, OUB COUNTET.. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 31,1855. FORTITUDE. 1 flood Advice* ■ In nlecture nnqn-tlio .‘‘lrish Emigrant, 1 ! re cently delivered by Robert 0. Barry; Esq., be fore the. Irish Suoinl nndi'Benevolent Society, we Bnd the following passage. 16 contains inuclref sound advfto, appropriately and pcrli nentlv expressed : :. ' . ■ * ‘Aa an l, to tho soil •of my country 'each - and every emigrant who .brings with him'n reputation for.honesty. in dustry nnd sobriety, poor,though he may be. Thanhs to God, however,-poverty is not yet de creed a crime. And to thg.newly arriyert IrUh emigrant, in all candor,'l, would say, neither slop nor-loiter on. the seaboard; rather seek a homo in the healthful airftf. the country, of go out to the fertilp and mogniftcant regions of tho West; clear away thfl forests,erect habita tions, and diligently .cultivate. tho earth. If you have mechanical genius, seek without de lay employment: ifa laborer, look at once for work; you can obtain it if you try. Whatso ever your calling, be hot/die; for it is a truth ful apothegm that idleness is the parent of all rice— ; ‘•Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant, Let tho'dcad Pafit-burv its dead; Act! act! in the living Present, Heart within, and’God o'er head.” Be frugal and temperate, With spendthrift hand scatter not to the winds the wages of your daily toils, and thereby . become dependent on the public charity, .'edtuaie, educate liberally your children,-for tho v road of preferment in this land is open alike for the lofty and the j lowly; ever bear in mind that knowledge is far, more desirable than, instil not yourself nor suiter others to infnaj into their youthful minds, the poison, of religious bigotry. Enjoy your own sectarian your own church*, and ‘kneel at ihp-altvruf your child hood’s faith 5 interfero'riot, nor intcrmcdlc with, the politics or reUgigh of your neighbors, for the American people< arc extremely scosi* live on these topics; 'cschifcw political and sec tarian discussions for thes “ape in truth pro ductive of no good; bo mindful of your own af fairs and look not after t|ic business of others, thereby preventing dVseord and ill will. Avoid all private (eiids t aud shUn public commotions; keep steadily in view tho'vlisgraco and punish ment attendant op vloldtityta of. thp law: draw closely around you, by /kind words and deeds, your family. your /riauwjand all with whom you.hmy be' brought iiUcontact: intermingle freely 'with our pcopld;.]earn ogr manners, hab its and customs: bccotne|as it were, in mind, heart and soul nationalised, and yon cannot fail in winning your .their respect, es teem and confidence; £ndiribove all things • ‘To thine own selftbc irue ? And it must follow d&tjic night the day Thou const not, then hfrjfalso to any man.” Plowing -ttithfjili p limits. P. T. Barnum hds piV elephant upon his farm nt Bridgeport. Copu , which ho uses to plow, and work on llie yfcrfn generally. In a rote to the editor of thclAmcrlcan' Agricultur ist. he descries his operations ns follows: ••yhc elephant has b&* at work on my farm a little’, <mtt y sub-coil 'plow arift <TriVfcS*it 'dohm'from'sfxlec’rt' (9 twen-‘ ty-emc inched,in a tight hard sward, and moves so fast and easily that It is hard to realize that he has anything attached to him. lie walks nearly twice as fast as a horse, and plows as correctly as the best broken team in the world. IJis attendant sometimes rides him. and some times walks by his side, while another man holds the plow. He also draws carls, stone boats, (drags) foods wood, piles timber, picks up stones, and makes himself generally useful about the farm. As for tlic profit of farming with elephants, I hove not taken that part into codnsicration.and probably shall not, though at a ‘rough guess,’ I should think, all things, considered, oxen, horses, or mules, would be quite as economical on a farm as elephants. But of this, I leave the public to judge for themselves, when I in formed him that he eats three pecks of oats per day. and about two hundred pounds of hay The one I use is as docile os a cow, yet this is not always the caSC.” A BKADTIFDJ. SKETCH. It was night! Jerusalem slept as quietly amid her hills arf a child upon the breast of its mother. The noiseless sentinel stood like a statue at his post and the philosopher’s lamp burned dimly In the recess of his chamber. But a darker night* was abroad upon the earth. A moral darkness involved the nations in its nnlightcd shadows. Benson shed a faint glimmering over the minds of men, like the cold and inefficient shining of a distant star.— The immortality of man’s spiritual nature was unknown, his relations to heaven undiscovered and his future destiny obscured in a cloud of mystery. It was aflhis time that two forms of cthcri a) mould hoV(!rcd over the lapd of God’s chosen people. They scented like sister angels sent to earth upon some embassy of love. The one wok of majestic stature, and in the well formed limbs, winch her snowy drapery hardly con cealed. in her erect hearing and steady eye,ex hibited the highest degree of strength and con fidence. Her right arm was extended in an impressive gesture upwards where night ap peared to havo placed her darkest pavilllon; while on her left reclined her delicate compan ion, in form and countenance the contrast of the other, for she was droop'ng Uko the flower, when nnmojutened by refreshing dews, and her bright but troubled eye scanned the air with ardept but varying glances.. Suddenly a light like the sun flashed out from tlio heavens, and Faith and Hope hailed with exulting $oogs tbo ascending Star of Bethlehem. Xeprs rolled away, and the stranger was setn in Jerusajem. lie was a meek, unassum ing man. whoso hoppincas seemed to consist in 1 acts of'benevolence to the human race. There; worp deep traces of sorrow on his countenance, though no.ono khovv why ho gr|ovcd for, ho liVed In tho practice of every virtue and was loved by nll tho good and wise. By and by it was rumored that the stranger worked pH fa des. that tho blind saw. and the dumb spake, and thread IcapM -’to life -ftt nis touch, that ,when.ho commanded, the ocean moderated its dialing tide,'Arid the very tliuqdcrs articulated : —ho la llib Son of . God. , Envy awafied him with tho charge of. sorcery, and the voice of itnpiouajudges condemned him to death. , Slowly and : thick guarded ho ascended tho hill of Calvary. • A heavy cross bent him to ! tho earth. ; But Faith leaned upon his arm.nnd . IJopo dipping her pinions in his blood mount ed to tlio skies. , .[£7? John Doolittle says. if a Inw wap made .to.makc folks return thing* that they can t nay for. JiO'WfmdcrH how it would act with delin quent boarders 1 ft Apt 4Wt> Si-ow. — -I say, little feller, giro nio a cliaw, of tobocker 1* ■ ‘I never ohewed any !’ . ... ~ •Oh, you*ll dry up- \ou ro awo-fool. Jto fore I tvas os old as you, I smoked, chewed and drank rum, . lain of tho world, 1 am. rT-n 1 M- r j3' 7s * { . i !. i r ° 1 - 1 v ' >J I DNIftUE. STATIONS.; Such of our readers as arc fond'of the. Iran*; scendental.may admire,the following, which we take froninn old English novel: _ A writer has comparea worldly friendships to ourshodoW. end ft bctt<ii f comparison was nevey madefor while we walk in sunshine • it* slicks tp us, but.tho moment we enter the shadp it deserts us. ' " ' ’ . The purcst-ntctal is produced ftort the ’hot test furnace, and tho brightest thunderbolt from the darkest storin’. 'V ■ ' . ■Toimaginc that mere beauty is sufficient to keep tho mari’iago .hpnd unbroken, without heart and intellect, which, alone, can knit it Ormly together,' is to attempt weaving a gar* land of tloWcrs without their stems. No one can improve in company for which he has riot respect! enough to be under .somc' restraint. ' _ . ■> * . . A good education is a belter safeguard for liberty-than a standing pfrmy of severe laws. In yotir language be plainvcdmijly, Ijoucst, natural,’clear, sliort arid sententious. 'Delibcrate wilh caution, but act with decis ion. and'yield with graciousness or oppose with firmness.' Brave actions are the substance of life, amj. good sayings the ornament of it. The trials of life nfc the tests which ascer tain how much gold ithdro is in us. **!■■ One to-day is worth two to-morrows. • Innocence is a flower which withers-when touched, hut blooms not again though watered by tears. Youth writes hopes upon the sand, arid ago advances like the sea, and washes them all out. Profit is tho crown of lpbor; fbr to be lowly bom, if not base born, detracts not' from tho beauty of Nature’s freedom’, or an hpriestbirth. Nobility claimed by tho right of blood shows simply that our ancestors deserved what \yc in herit. Laziness travels so slow that poverty soon overtakes her. An old maid is like sn old boot,' of np use. without its fellow. Whoever is courteous,honest, frank, sincere, truly honorable, generous and candid, is a true gentleman, whether rich, learned, or a laborer. Jokes, the cayenne of conversation and the salt of life. , , The pebbles in mir .palh.vrcary us, and make ua foot-sorej more than the rocks which only require a Bold efiort to srirmouht. Maxims to Guido n Young Hail. Keep, good company oraone. Never be title. If your hands cannot be pso fully employed, attend to tho cultivation of your mind. - Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Have no very intimate friend,s. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person look him in tho face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all things else. Never listen to loose or idle conversation. . You had be( ter bo poisoned in your blood rhifn frf yoftr priiASlpTca.' V- —' 1 T .~ w . ■ Your character cannot be essentially .injured except by your own acts. r w Ifnriy one speak evil of you, let your life be bo virtuous that none will believe him. Always speak and act in tho presence of God. Drink no intoxicating liquor. Ever liv.e, misfortune excepted, within your income. When you retire to bed. think over what you have done during the day. Never speak lightly of religion. Make no baste to lie rich if you would pros per. Small and steady gains give competency with tranquility of mind. Never play at any kind of game. Avoid the temptation, through fear that you may not withstand it. Earn your money before you spend it. Never run in debt, unless you see a way to get out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. Bo just, before you arc generous. Keep yourself innocent if you would bo hap py. Save while you arc young, to spend when yon arc old. Never think that which we do for religion is time or money misspent. Always go to meeting when you can. Headline portion of the Bible every day. Often think of death, and your accountabil ity to God. • Read over the above maxims at least once a week. —Gazette and Courier. Dew Drops .of Wisdom. Happiness, is a bird that owns no cago byt Llic bosom. Diamonds arc often not only dug for, but worn, by slaves. Women should resemble the moon in every thing but Us spots and Ua mutability. The real value of friendship consists more In what wo feel than in what wo inspire. In the colander of happiness, time is reckon* cd in minutes: in that of unhappmes, it is reckoned in days. t know of no homage mom worthy of the Deity than the silent admiration excited by the contemplation of his works Poetry is delightful as a pleasure, ns a busi ness it is distressing. Tho laurel is a flno or nament, a bitter and baneful aliment. Tho fruit of tho spirit. like those of the earth, ripens only after it has felt the fierce heals of semper and tho epUing blasts of au tumn. I njeyor knew a man .who deserved to be well thought of himself for his morals, who had a slight opinion of tho virtue of toother spx in general. . There are two eventful in the life of a woman: one, when slip wonders who slip will have; the other, wlw Wpndere .who will hoy’p |iqr. Grpat liko folio books, admirpd, put' rarely brought into use.' ttJs.Um' lighter ,talents, like duodecimos, arp ih constant give aipro pWppyrc and >vprk ipprogopd. * ■ • ’ • One fault willfully committed authorizes tho imputation of many more. When the car Is opened to pcqusations. accuscrp will not want: and every one will come with stories against jv disgraced person, where nothing can bo said In his favor. • • ’ • [£/*• My sou,* said Mr. N., ‘how could yon i marrv aii Irish girl V I < •Why, father.’said tho son, ‘l’m notable to ; keep two women—if I’d married a Yankee girl, T’d had to have hired an Irish girt to lake enroofher,' , | , -T—r. —;,. " . 1 twilight wiicn'.iho'iioiimt or bcllai** on the oir dear, cxchuimd Uu urchin, who resltf upon him continually-" was chewing a green apple,‘l’ve swallowed a | ~ ;• l, .. know*noO)ing. ■ ' 1 ‘A Hpow-nolhing V ‘Yes, ho is gWin* mo tho gripp.’ : , rrrrn "in it : ( .1 I' l AT 82.00 PEE AKNDM. N0.,51. A SPlßnill ,BEVElOP!ll!5T. ; At a Ihshio'nablo'boarding house ihthla’city , some spiritual manifestations have 1 lately transpired, which have excited the most intense interest among the ladies arid gentlemen, who reside there.’ 1 Without'deflmng tbo locali ty or mentioning the lady’s nahie woo isjat the head of th? establishment; let it be Sufficient to stale that the house d centrally- situated, and ; patronized by jnany gcnlletnaiuv 'fellows still enjoying o‘state ofSingloblisseaness.' ’ ! TWo yoUng men. clerks'ln stores down town, I’-who 1 ’-who have-roomed together, for some . time, w‘?pe startled ope itfghtapqut three weeks 1 ago by aii uWisuai.noise in thorobm 'os though , some heavy article Were moving across the Odor. 1 PcrCcWing!no person in the chamber,add know- 1 ing that they hadlockpd thedooruponrttiring, , after'some nervous and. tremulous emotions they ; fell asleep. In thc’morning tllpir first thought 1 ! was tolobkarbuud'the'rCoin.' nnd to their sur prise tho trunk'Whlch wdalbocvcningprevipus 1 I under the bed had deliberately traveled out and , i posled-itself up. against’.the door, which they | found; as they expected,.locked on tue inside. 1 I At breakfast table, amid an'awful stillness, tho strange freak Of the think was recounted to 'the large-company• of boarders? the young men who opcupied.the room manifesting a high state of excitement: “It unexpected oc cuircncennd’someof tho ladies shuddered at the rpcital. The lady, however, who keeps the’ house (-who by the way is a spiritualist .to the back bone) cooly remarked t)iat it was caused by tho ‘•spirits,”'and that a friend wished (i communication with one of the young then. A few days elapsed and thc &ame marvellous thing occurred again and bgum four or five times.— By this time there was some.commotion, if not more, among all in the house, except the matron of the establishment, who solved it all by' the ••spirits.” A few more nights intervened, and :to the terror of the young men, the bed in which they were'sleeping parched from its 1 place into the middle or tho room. No sleep tho rest of the’night for them. They trembled 1 nil over_«nd made the very bedstead shake.— This riew manifestation incrcasd the excitement, and furnished themes for midnight meditation. Very soon after ibe bed sallied forth ogam, went bump up against the wall, ovenurning tho sink, and making the stillness of the night hideous with noise tremendous. This .was the climax of the “spirits,” and the climax for the young men. ' After tho story bl last night’s revelations and | commotion had been tuld attho breakfast table, it was proposed that the young men should vis it, that evening, a celebrated medium In the city, accompanied by Otto of tho boarders, in order to ascertain tho meaning of the various strange movements in “thatchamber.” As the light of day merged into the shades of night, tho party started for'the enchantress’ abode, and she made known to them that the spirit of I a friend of one of the young gentlemen had ap peared at night. In the way described, by raov-! ing the articles in tho room,.desiring by this means to manifest his presence so as to nave a future communication. The spirit signified its intention to renew the visit.: The young men rclurncu home satisfied, and related tho inter view. A half hour passed,in .*ohvcfaation upon this'cxtrabrdinary development, when a gentle- Tfianremarkin njatTmwt»bed-nrw»y ia worctnr the point; , f HiB remarks astounded tho two fated indi viduals by unravelling the mighty and- almost ghostly inystcry. He stated that in company ,with an associate he had, at different times, cn- 1 tered the room; coiled around the handles of I tho trunk'aud the castors of tho bedstead, a | thin stout cord, drew it under the rug towards the threshold of the door, then fastening a horse hair to the cud. passed the hair over the threshold into the entry way, and at night, by a steady hand, made trunk and bedsteaa come forth from their retreats. Some one doubling that it was done in this way, the experiment was tried, up stairs, before a large gathering of the boarders, to the entire satisfaction of all interested. The young men in question gave in the joke, and promised to bo good natured, and use the occurrence os an incident to be re lated when any one colled for a pood story. [ifosf. 2Vuu. Anecdote of Sir. Jefferson. Mr. JciTerKSon’a great height and alcndcr fig ure exposed him to much ridicule from his op. ponents ; his sobriquet with them was “Long Tom and when his famous project of the sub stilution of Gun Boats In place of a Navy was adopted by Congress, and ,tho attempt made to put it into practice, the cannon, disproportion ably large, with which cachof the ill-construct ed craft was burden, oblainced, in contempt, the name of a “Long Tom.” Nothing could present a more singular contrast than the fig urea of Mr. Jefferson and Gen. Knox : the one very short, and os thick as he was long—the other.lnnk and lean, and unusually tall. They happened to meet one morning on the steps ot Gen. Washington's lodgings, in Piiiladclphia. l The two, gentlemen approached from opposite directions, and arriving at die same moment, a contest in mlqucttc took place between them. The Gen. at the head of the army, and full of its chivalrous politeness could not think of pas sing in before the co-cuual bead of the deport ment of State; while the civil officer of govern ment was equally averse to lake precedence of the military; and they stood for some mo ments, each drawing back and waving the oth er forward. In the midst ol this spmowhat en tertaining scene, came up directly in front, the notorious Jud”o .Peters, the greatest wit of his day. Perceiving how matters stood, and cast* ing a sly glance from one to the olher.bo push ed.boldly between them, exclaiming as he pass ed t “Pardon me. gentlemen, If fa my hasto I dash through Thick and Thin. A Happy Temperament. Tho Albany Knickerbocker looks on the bright side of life's diorama. It has achtcr- ; jpg word for every body. Here is one of its i brevities: "Life is madp up of changes. A moment ago d patih of sunKnine tested like n smile up o,n bur paper,and everything round was bright; 'now thfl page is overcast by * shadow, apd tho street ,without looksdpll and dork. So Js thy of fife. hopoainga dt.our path, ami tho ofpromfwj spans It as ah arch of I'gold'; to-morrow disappointment sits' Within the heart, and lowering skies fall like tropes qf angels around us. There is notluhg'stend fast in this life—no .anchor that is immovably oxed In tUp sands of Tipic. Tho . waves of chance nfid circumstances arc stronger than all the enhfes of love, or intc-cst, or hope, and our baric drifts forever about among them, like lost 1 souls wandprirg unceasingly upon the banks of Styx. Life is fufl rif vicissitudes pod chancs even us iad is full of pei\f)s- Jlappy is Hint man who can’t adapt himself to All'cir cumstances,.for with him' there is neither sun shine nor.MhadQwvhut n tempered brightness, tl)At can .bo only with tho rays of a jnan deceive you, trunk him not again’: if.he strikes ypu him Hko ampkc —if you are able. ' ' f f; [; '-iiJ-'A r^Th6«BrTOareBbontto«laWhappSll»l*ta tho praoticcpf on ojdj physiqiw ;<)( bjr;(S qhiw* nnco./'ll illustrates ino ludtcrousminnnvtho urns of disease wil! chive uishinto tiuuairwhrii the trutE RwinwTripyra. • i - 1 , , • Deacon B. ! was W reiy good- man, 1 and a very fair firmer. Being coiliitituUonpUy; eciisittyo to tho cold, it was his ouatocfi, ia wU to wear two.pairaof thick wollcn Etpckipga at tho samo time, having, of course, two stockings on eacb toot, i ; i ' j.!- :'.,--., .etc st’Tcw' One day he was etarttedoa.-puttin?oti-hia, eeoond boot to diacoTer that it waa quite 1W; possible to pllt itch! 1 TWa Wes the '.j£ markable ante he bad foudd'hot tlie'leait dip Acuity Ih getting, o'd IMother.:-.lnulnfm, but pulled off the Hrat. ood perpciTed al . once W»sj One fOot.'opprarcd nmbh amancrthaiVth^t^^, was aufflcwntly alarmlhgt ■' Ho l concludedfit' ono6 that bt had becq.bitltn in the foot,’ par-; haps, by a rattlesnake, apt! tbatthia was tho J cauec of iu.swelling so frightfully, . ... - •Run quick Ihr the doitor. fjaid he, groaning ‘ with apprehension, '! am afraid' iVa : all ortir. J with me.' Tell bits' to cotno itflttiEdiatElyo- It • t a matter of, lifo and s!cath.* • —l* * 1 Catching her husband’Balftftn.th.? good^|To/ hastcried witb>U Wed to tho doctor,'ana two.. him that herpoornushand was it* a dreadful v state, and- might sot *ho alitro .when they got , ! Of course the D6ctor 'made all hastoto the^. Deacon's dwcUirtg. ' ' ' .Arrived there.lieiounjl the poor ipftn So^9¥ i ., ing . hfa ,” doomed limbina raosl_wpo;l>c-goqe ? ' manner. . ‘ '•' ' **" ' * ' .‘Doctor, 1 said h«, ‘I have sent for you.lhongh t I don’t think that you can do much for .n j am afraid with mo.- • ' * What’s the matter inquired tho. Poo tor ‘Just &ok at the foot. Doctor. -Sco-hoty. it is swelled, tris ncdrtytwico aslai^plbo other, and it’s keeping on swellings-• •While 1 my wife has toon groq~;X*yipwntchcd at JprtJW larger. 1 ' \ ", This’was, undoubtedly, a Bgmcnt of-lhft - * Dpacon’s imagination, for, certainly,,t.ho ; Ijiph > was not a particle larger than w^?nhi|Vofc^^- ; ported. t *Lct me see it,’ said the Doctor. ' ‘ Uo .pressed upon Jhe swelled , llijjb, and «•' thought it felt rather peculiarly.'. . T. *1 can form no opinion of-ittill4hc stockings arc stripped off,l said ho. v ‘ He accordingly-proceeded with great care td ■> pull oft the first V , ‘I always weartwb;’ cxclnimcdthc Dcacoa;_ as hd marked the Doctor’s look ‘of Surprise." ♦And how many roorc?’ queried; the latter,.; $ as, after taking off two, on? was found moining. *" .• .. _• _. A light flashed across the Deacon’s darkened mind, as, -snatching the limb fVom the Doctorr - ’ lie hastily proceeded to strip the other foot. •?. It was os ho anticipated. _Tho. two • pair of stocklngs.had been unequally distributed-rbno t having been placed on ouo foot, three on the other. Hence the increased size of the lit* ■■ ter. • • , r > j The good roan waa-so-clatcd-at-this wonder ful escape from danger, that he ordered bottle of bis best currant wine, ip which hp a drank so many-health? thpt hfl| pecatpc a. Uttl.o;, obvious. '* . . 4 Hnolty Tell, There was an itinerate preacher in Weat.Tcn- ' ncasec, who, possessing considerable natural ’ cloqucnac, bad gradually become possessed with.;’ ’ the idea that he was also a great Hiblical sdhol-- ; ar. Under this delusion ho would very fre quently, at the elope of hip sermon, ask *aoy 1 member of his congregation, who might have n •knotty lest’to unravel,'to speak it, and ho __ •would explain it at once, however ttiiidh it knight have troubled dess distinguished divines.’ On - this occasion in a largo audience, ho was par-. > ticularly pressing for borne one to propound a text. No one presuming to do so.bo was about , to sit down without an opportunity of showing his learning, when a chap by the door adnoun* tarot’ which he desired to bo enlightened -upon* -j The preacher, quite'animatedly', professed 'hid _ willingness and ability, and the ’congregation was in great excitement.' ' ' ‘What I want to know,’ said the outsider, is ‘whether Job’s turkey was a hen or a gnbl bier !’ . , . The ’expounder' looked confused, and the. - congregation tittered, as the questioner capped tho climax, by exclaiming in a loud voice, *1 ' fetched him down on the first question.' From that time forward the practice pf ftak- : log for ’difficult passages" was avoided* God and the Infidel, Suppose there is $ person to whom you have given existence, who depends entirely upon you for his station; position, prospects, tho means ; of living, the air he breathes; the food ho cats, the very muscles,sinews, bones, flesh that com* plot© his body, the facilities that form his mind; the sense of honor and dishonor, right and wrong, pleasure and pain, who dovotcdall these ■ gifts to your bitterest and most inflexible ene my—whom you have in spite of himself saved from the inevitable consequence awaiting Lis madness, and reinstated with more glorious prospects than he possessed before', of renown • and happiness. Suppose such n person, when ; when you spoke, discredited your, word that bo hod no faith in your honor, or intentjoh?, aqd that ho was resolved to act as he pleased with* ■ consulting your wishes on any subject what- > ever In tho remotest degree. Would , not such conduct convince you that such a person's na ture was so radically vicious and dcpravcd.that ■ left to itself, it must become thoroughly irre deemable 1 Yet w hat more can you. dp thoii yoo have done to save him 1 Kindness has bccrl ’ exhausted. What remains but severity, to prevent bln example and corruption from ruin ing others! Suen is a faint resemblance of tho > ease between God and tho iniidcl.— Margcai* (£/*■ An exchange paper gives the following very plain statements; which we commend to tne afflicted: “There is a class of men la every comtnunw ' ty. who go about with vinegar faces because . somebody feels above them, or because they apsf not appreciated os they should be. and who ’ have a constant quarrel with what they calf 1 their destiny. .Wo hate such people* They,’ area nuisance and a pest. These men hate., usually made a grave mistake ip tho estimation ; of their abilities, or aro unmitigated asses.— Wherever this fault finding with one's condition : or position occurs, thc.ro is always want of «lf» . respect. If you aro a right downclever fellow* wash the worm-wpod off your face, and show good deeds. If people ‘feel above you,’ why ' not return tho compliment and feel above them* ■ If they turn up their noses because yop art v mechanic, or a farmer, or a clerk, turn your •, nose a nolo]i higher. If They swell thpj pass you m Swell, yOufsrff. r DeUver ’ up from whlpnirig fools whpKo Wuad.llhjs' mV’* bjes teeingJiow pcPplp abusCtheih 1 , nmg bpcaußQ spcipty will pot take them bytlio \ cpllar drag them . K / M 'I. 4 CoNtjpqnniw;—What tunc is that which fa dies never call for 1 XYhy'thc Rnlf-ioQi'i. ' Why is a kiss like a rumor ? Because it goes from mouth to mouth. • '• Why is a four-quart jug like a Ipdy’s sij#« - sjvddlo ? Because it holds a gal-on, {gallon!) When is a lady’s neck not a'ncck ? Whenlt is a little (bear!) 1 ‘ When is a'hcdstcnd not a bcadstcad ? When ’ it little bug gy. * ■' V ,’V* When is music likt* vegetables? Wl\cn there. ’ qro two beats to the ■' ‘ ' c ;*> ICT* “What havo'you doheto farther human-; S regress V asked n sententious philosopher one ay of Jenkins. Jenkin’s ruply was oloar And' decisive. ' “Tve produced seven boys and two girlß^lf.* Tho,philosopher departed, and for '-the .fleet > tithe in his !
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