VOLUNTEER. i nT I ‘ 8? KvWWiI I!® I wp.-Dpllffii If.paid,within the ■nd , ?wo)lMlw* an 4 fifty Cepta, If not F/t 'Adhered ib la averyinstanco.-. No subscrip* W2?«Bdnlii)iw Labels,’ &c;, &c., exo tJitcd with accnriry and, at the shortest notlco ■pttflfat i'he Lonely Heart. BX lAUAII. SIICKSIT 'jtoy tell mol om.bappy—and I try;to think’it true ; : tticy «ay cause to weep, .•> • ■m My sofrbws aW Bp ibw ;• - ; That initbc'wUdurnbSs wo tread, . Mroo Ik* favored lot; i ify petty griefs all fantasies, Wodld 1 but hCed (hem not. it may bo so : thpcupof Jifo Has many, a better draught* Which those who drink with pijent lips Have smiled bn while they quaffed. K may bo so; I cbnnot,toll What others haVe to bear, But sbrry I should be to 'give Another heart my abate. "They bid mo, to the festive board, I go a smiling guest, Their laughter and their revelry .Aro tprtato.to.tny breast; They call for music, and there comes Some old iamiliar strain: I dash away the starting tear, . .Then turn and smile again. trire Poor Man's Grave. Dt ELIZA, COOK. Wo table pall, noVfi'v]t)g' v pliimo, Wo thousand lof’ph-ligms to Illume— ' ’ No parting glance, hohenvonly tear, Is seen to fall upon the bier. i. Thoro .is not one of kindred clay, . To watch tho coffin uu ha way, No mortal form, no human breast, .Cares whore the pauper's dual may rest. 'But one deep mourner follows there, Whoso.grief outlives the funeral prayer; ' He docs not t>lgh, he does not weep, But will not lea-o the aodluss henp. ’Tls ho who was the poor man’s mate. And made him more content with lute— .. The mongrel dog-that-aUarcd liift cruti, la all that stands busidc Jils dust. i; HisnllaiiEDiis HIE IS DYING. I The following.ls sublimely beautiful and pa* (hctic, and'could' been dictated by q heart that' has 'experienced nil the bitterness that it therein expressed. , Who the author la, "wtTlinow not,"but suspect it is an extract from some.bdok. If any body cuirlread> itlwlthout moisture in .tjufujyes und stones In Ibq throat, •• they are worthy„<»f ntarbie. _ * h| nt-mo.—l|u‘sh! she is dying I The sun-light streams through) the plute'ghiss win- 1 -slows—the room Is fragrant with the street breath of the AIr- 1 L ean !|:iiet^—roses.a nightlngulq’-wopld stoop .to r„ Worship* Cope Jussaiulnfs, and camolios \jritli •Jillwir targe glossy leaves,- v 'Through (he open casement steals tiio faint, 'musical tinclo 01, playing fountains f and the ; Jlght, tempered pleasantly by rose curtains of [embroidered satin, kindles up gorgeous old [jjwuliug* with a hullo 1 bright, ns,a rainbow. ?It [is »a If fresher cunshlno wye falling earthward on the bower of beauty. The canary sings In his gilded cage—her ca nary; and thu mocking bird raises his clour notes higher and hi. her. on thu perfumed air. Why do you clench your hands until the nails draw tho rich, rosy blood through the thin qniv crl ig skin I Why do yon grind your teeth to gether, and hiss between that one word, hush I If# a beautiful home. I am sure, and that lady with her head upon her bosom, is fair as any dream-vision of the painter. Surely, nothing could be purer than that | Inroad, .high’ brow; nothing brighter than those golden curls. And she loves you, too! Ah! yes, anyone .can read |hat. In the deep violul eyes, raised no tenderly to your own. Ah! that is it: your young wife loves yon. She linked to yours tho existence of an an when she knelt beside you at tho marriage *ltar and placed her hand in yours. i For twelve tong golden sunny months an an gol-has walked or sot by your side, or slept in your bosom. • You know It I No mortal woman ever mode \j*our heart: bow.before n purity so divine! No earthly embrace ever filled your soul with the glory beyond tho stars; no earthly .smile ever sho’no so unchangingly above all noisome things os your earth-worms call cure and trou ble. She it an angel, and other angels hare been singing to her in long days of this pleasant June time. «< Hush,” you say, but you can’t shut the an them note's of heaven from thoaq unsealed cars! Louder, lighter, swell tho hymns of the seraphs; brighter grows tho smile on your young wife s lip*. : , . .She whispers “dearest I’m almost home, and rou will come by and.by, and, I«m going to ask God to bless you!*’ But you cannot hear it— you tiwftUrtriy,4Uid lhosWg4eurs : guther In tbo rtlojct OVQB, ..Tow had,held her, there on ypur boiot* nil 4ay—all riighii nroyoiMlrod 1 Out Veil dan t cloaer-rclosor ydu cUspUio alight, tnlr figure's you pl-ess your lit»a to the cold brow—Carrie Is dead ! , What la it to you-that tho sunshine is bright; what that Mi 'Ohecrtnl rays .full *on tho broad lands—one' InndrMWhat is it—nbw that she «an walk'Cn thorn hd more 1 Anil.whM. Is dualh —lier death? F«w (people kflu\r hcf.. no .Tlco president must bo, choson t(J fill her plucoi’ no nation will, tfalso, a monument to her memory! Bui shd’wiu yours i great Gt?d of- ours —your •HI v, . • No, yowr»,tvnd God's; yonf.yoar of joy Is over ■nd ■fluxeats nbtV op his bosom id neiiven., k gravd’for her. Spring flow- and the greep grass smiles wUh dftfsfcM'and;V»pletB. V(Vu,gb there, And ■lghhndpny, and’jbk GodWyontobmsycdme bom©l' and vs hen hd answer contort, yourproitd heart’rtstVltp lit,bitterness, anilwlththo bold, srlelcetl whrds upon your tongue, you pnuse.for your guardlari Angel looks down frombeaven, anl - \ r I • 11, -I/-., 1 ‘ 'I Prcdchmiin Wcfni into an mating hmisolo wartn hiahnndfl.'i'The ptoprlc:. tor axkcll fiiin what'ho would like U) Ukij.>* 1 ♦Ahythirir thptybu pleoao/ was Uwj reply. ‘Wbuld ybu llkd io lake sotUo roast gooose \ woane/ : ■' ‘■* The! Frenchman made a jjood dmnttykna was about to 'go. when the eating house koepd* asked Win Tor Mb pay ment. ! ’ ♦WhaPifoM! exclaimed thb Prttoohnian: I, ha&e called Tor .'nothing. Y6u naked me til' will t-ko this knd if I will takethut. and I 'my If 'you please. The landlord, pltaied kith his address; let'himoftV lloj 'told- a friend -of hie good (brtnho, who to come , the same game/but with'Wy din'erent sudeoss, fdr he ■was kicked out of the doors. *Tho first mnh wa*an original/ said tholkndlord, 'butyotiaro an iropofitor. < . CT* If'you wish to get-“teeth Inserted,” go »od »Ual fruit Ghetto they keep a big bull dog! PIj ‘ j $•: 'lf i:j'll!’ 3.1) I V, jr!.- menrau BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL 42. KIND IVOBDS. Kind words cost but little. Any one but a confirmed cynic ought to be oble to dispense i them at pleasure. They make nobody the | poorer. Like the widow’s cruse the slock need i not be exhausted even by constant using—yea, > better than the widow’s cruse, the slock in creases tho mom it is dtawn from the fountain A t kind heart, which is the only true source of kind words, is a perennial stream. No win ter’s cold can freeze it. no summer’s drought C4n dry it up. Through all seasons it pours out its life-giving Hood, making glad and green whatever it- touches, gurgling and eddying round with inward joy because of its offices of love. One would think that kind words, dif fusing gladness, as they do, through the hearts of both donors and receivers, would be the common currency in life's intercourse. Even the employer, who has hundreds at h:s beck and call, might aflbrd to lay aside his Oriental majesty, sufficient to Speak to his underlings a word of recognition: journeymen and appren tices would not render themselves menials jeets by putting nfT their reserved rights atti tude, so as to speak te their employer with deference and respect: clerks and salesmen need not consider dumb solemnity or waspish < rudeness essential to their calling: and last, but not least, their steamboat and hotel clerks, and railroad conductors, might, perhaps, occasionally, without' too much condescention. afford to give a civil an swer. We are o great people in this country, certainly. Everybody is so oppressed with a consciousness of his inherent dignity, that ha fears to compromise it by the exercise of com mon courtesy. ‘•A little word in kindness spoken, A motion, or a tear. Has often healed ihe heart that’s broken, And made a friend sincere.” k Happy dome. In a happy home there will be no fault-find* , ing.no overbearing spirit—there will be no ( , peevishness, no fretfulness. Unkindnesa will , not dwell in the heart or be on the tongue. Oh, the tears, the sighs, the wasnng of life, and health, and strength, end time —of ell that is , most to be desired in a happy home, occasion- * ed merely by unkind worths. The celebrated Mr. Wesley, remarked to this effect, namely that fretting and scolding scemid like tearing the Utah from the bones, and that «c have no more right to be guilty of this than we have to I curse, or swear or steal. In a perfectly happy home all selfishness will he removed. Even as | ‘•Christ pleased not himself.” so the members of a happy home will not seek first to please lliemselvcs, but to please each other. Cheerfulness is another ingredient io a hap py home. How much does & sweetness ema nating from a heart frought with love and kindness, contribute to render ft hpme happy. How (attracting, how soothing is that sweet cheerfulness that is borne on the countenance of a wife and toother. How the parent and ‘child, the brqther and sister, the mistress and servant, dwell with delight on those cheerful looks; those confiding’smitcs that beam from fponV tfiW Wc‘, and bqrat fropVlhc inmost soul >brthb?c Who are pear ana dear.' ! TlOw it 'hastcrtd thi/return 1 of the father— lightens , the ,Chre of the mother—renders it 1 more easy for youth to resist temptation f and. ; drawn by! the cords of offectlon. how it induces them with living hearts 10 return to the pa rental roof 6. that parents would lay this subject to ho*rt, that by untiring efforts they would so far render home happy, that their children and domestics shall uol seek for happiness in forbidden paths. married Flirts. One of the worst features of modern fashion* able society. is a disposition to flirt, existing among married people of both sexes. The wife arrays herself in silks and saiin*. loads her fin gers and ears with jewelry. and rigged in floun ccs and laces, lavs scige to some poor puppet arrayed in broadcloth, who has more money than brains, nod very little of either. On the other hand, the husband plays off his tricks in turn, and flirts with ihe reigning belles until the smell of fresh paml and the exhibitions of maudlin and puerile nonsense sicken him ofl the truck. In some respects this is quite harmless and beneath notice. Inothers.it becomes highly important and demands radical and immediate reform.. Social life has much to do with our national character and movements. As are the people so will be the nation as ft matter of course, and if there is rottenness in «o called “high society.” it will taint the whole mass. This is a growing evil. It has increased to that extent, that half the heroes and heroines in our popular novels arc representations of this class. One of the characters jn Fanny Fern’s lute book is an offender of this sort, and-we have no doubt she has many prototypes in so cictv. , It is n self evident truth that married people have no IniKiuess to “flirt.” This uifpKwiUon. once indulged, the green-eyed monster takes advantage of open doors, and finds an cosy an cess. The husband and the wife have, by Ihe most solemn vows, devoted ihclf lives and their all to each other’s happiness and.those who ar ray tlicmselvcs for the popttW rye more than for those who are I heirs, and.theirs only by the marriage relation arc traitors. Another thing. Flirtation carried on by married, not only destroys the sanctity of wed ded lhe to a degree, hut is vastly de structive of common virtue. What roan that beholds such exhibitions can have the least faith. In thas love which Ts fabled to exist around tho family hearthstone. ~This,.ls no trival matter, li Isppo.of t!tc ( rddlehl evils ol* society. Tt lsa fosWr at the fpuUdatloh of the sftclar unless d.Htroycd in Its, Inclptetiby/will rpt dpwn’th? whole system The tflstlngn&dilhg diflofencp between heathendom ahd civilization ia ,tlio marrihge relation. Ut niopW how that relation is affected by false morality and 4 falsu system ot'livlng.-Ving W(Q.) Nonpr'th ; Wotn.b lUvirnw ReAtmtf.—On Tuesday Uhl. Mr. John Roe prosecuted the shopmato., Robert Lond. for assault and battery. While (htfcmnnlalnt was ilndtr examination; liiC-Ibl- colloquy took place between him apd J thb defendants counsel: . « '“Did Vou not call my client here, fctid defen dant, a/oof/’’ ■ ‘ J ‘l ; did.” J ' •. “Why did you; air?” v i“I decline to answer that question. ; ' “Why do ydil decline to answer it* 1 ” ap J tkts to tho court to punish you for yonr bqn* iutiiaoy'.' Top ought’to bo lined Tor contempt; I'll let yOu know-that you can't call tny client aTool giring your reasons for it?” “I don’t* linow that mV reasons have any tldrtg lO do with the caso.- 111 ••I'll let you kdowThcy'have. Nbw. answer the question."' * • - 1 ; “Well,‘if I must. I must.' 1 1 said t thought ho was a' fool, because hb didn’t know better than to hire such a chucklehead as you to do; (end him.” ; 1 ' ! , , Tho counsel dropped the witness ana lot the, question of contempt pass. “ oan COUNTRY-—MAY JT ALWAYS SB RldQt' OB WRONG, OCR COUNTRY.” Chtcrtnlntsi. None of your sour-crout faces that would turn milk quicker than a thunder clap in Au- i gust. Wc.iike to see a vissago as bright and t clear, as a summer morning- None of your I cold, December, storm lowering, brows, dark J enough to require lights to see one's way along. I No elongated, sallow* nail-biting countenances, i No' moping- and sighing, and whining, and 1 grumbling, as if this world contained nothing 1 worth living for. Sighs and groans and mopes arc only checks to the wheels of prosperity and pleasure. Take these away, and the car rolls along smoothly and rapidly op the railroad of enjoyment. Then brighten up, look cheerful and Smiling, drive off the blues, and sing as mcrily oa the lark. Cheerfulness give you a good appetite for your and prevent your being fright ened by the apparition of ft doctor’s bill. Your work will* bo done up almost before yjm think of it. and the hours will ily nearly bis fiat as you can count them. Everything around will wear a smiling lace, and the world will meet you with a thousand charms on every side. We have seen it stated that a man who whistles will do more work in an hour than a grumbler will in a,day.< This is the opinion of a philosophic mechanic, who says that cheer- j . fulness is the best paying commodity that can , be brought into a shop. The birds sing, the i flowers smile, tho trees clap their hands, the ■ hills rejoice, all nature is cheerful and happy. Then why should it not be so with men!— i Cheerfulness is'a ‘•philosopher's alone” thot i will turn all things tagold. Try It, yegrum . biers, and see what a cheerful spirit Wi\l do for you. in the way of health wealth and happi ness. The way to secure happiness is to be happy in its pursuit. No Place Like Home. A well known literary gentleman in this country, recently retnrned from a seven years’ travel m Europe has the following eloquent paa«ago m an article of much discrimination and merit: lii our absence we have had an opportuni ty to see much oflhe past —much of the moql tring remains of other and distant clinics— uch of old castle ruins, of walled cities, of [ fortified towns —much bearing the footprints of I ) the ancient Romans, of the earlier Britons, and , I latter Saxons—much of ancient excellence *n 1 I the line and ornamental arts, in painting, in I i sculpture, in architecture —old cathedrals, j 1 castles and towers--much of the matchless'skill I and genius of the masonic craft in ages living | only in the record of history, or the mists of I tradition. And we have seen much of the present, much to excite our wonder, to gratify i our tastes, to enlist our sympathies--much to j admire, much to deplore-—much to mark the progress of civilization, of Christianity, of re-! fiUemehl—and alas! much also, to mnr the beauty of the whole. We have seen tho mas* sivo strength of England—twandered thro’ her overgrown cities, her green fields and fairy parks, her halls of fidencih of arli of learning ( —have seen her nobility and her beggdrs—hhr 1 Wealth, tind . her ‘aoverty —her of strep gUiAibl hLT.evifivncM.tif ilecb^J" Wehavb seen lroland jn htr native richness and her so cial misery: Wales id her tidy industry and picturesque scenery? Scotland in her momJiiy and thrift: France in oil her, beauty, and lux ury. and gilded licentiousness. We have .seen , much of the organization and social condition of European society: of .different forms of gov ernment: of the achievements of modern art and Science, and learning, and skill: much of the beauty and grandeur of nature: of rivers and lakes, and hills and valleys, made classical by historical association, or the magic charms of romance, much of Alpine scenery, of lofty mountains, with their crests covered withe leninl snows, mid buried among the.floating clouds of heaven. We have seen all this, and more—more than at a single sitting we can call to remembrance, or. have space to name: and, we havo comeback to our own native r land, thankful that we live in a free land, and that onr lives were cast in no other, and ih the Ann conviction, that in no country under the broad canopy of heaven, have the whole people so much to thank God for as the people of these United Stales." Jews Witne- sing for Christ The Christian world has been scandalized within a few years by the bold attempts of cul tivated skeptics, hko Francis Newman, to iln peach the |K?rfeqtion of the Saviour's character. One must pity the moral obtusencss of such mcni who seem overtaken by judicious blind ness.-so that while the light shineth itf dark ness. the darkness comprehends it not. In contrast with such moral debasement. It is cheering to note how Jewish prejudices hre gradually abating, and candid and honorable Jews are admitting the moral sublimity of the Saviour’s life. The laic Dr. Noab, of New York, gave the following testimony : •• Jesus preached at all limes, and in all places, m and out of the temple, with an elo quence such as no mortal has since posspssod. ft has, been said, with some commendation I bn what has been called my liberality, tna't I I did not in a former discourse term Jesus of I Nazareth an imposter: I. hare never considered i him as such; the imposter generally aims at 1 temporal power, and attempts to subsidise the I sick and weak believer, and draws around tym persons of inlluenco whom he can con: rol. Je sus was fret? t’rom fanutucism: his was a quiet tmbdudng. rollring faith. Uo mingled with the poor, communvd.with the Wretched, avoid ed tlio rich, and rebuked the vain glorious. In dm calm of the evening, he sought slul cr in llw included grpvps of the Olivet, or, wandered pensively oil the shores of Oahleo. He sincere ly belleVcd his mission; coUrftd no one. Ildllcr ed no one: pointed and severe in his denuncia tions,.he whs calm and subdued in his religion. , ■Thesq arc not, thp of, an jmpOs-. ter’ but, admitting tha 1 ’ Wgiyc u dilfren! »h* tcrproi ation to' Ids mlssltoi. when one hundred ami tlfty millions believe in, Ips.dlyimiy, ami w’b bco around ,ns abundant evidence of tlm ; Happiikfw; gobd 'faith. diSVd government. Anj liberal feelings whioh'sprlhg from Ills religion; What right has any otic to call him an impos- 1 t CT?_that religion is calculated to inakq 'mankind happy, cannot be a false olie.* , Dr. Raphcal, the elegant scholar and tlo quent Rabbi, speaks in a similar strain : '■ '•lf you are desirous hf knowing the opinion of a Jew, sayj ofa teacher in Israel, respecting the against apd the condemnation of the Master from Nazareth. I do not hyaitato to tell yqn that I, do not by any means Tccil bound to"ldentify myself, orniy brethmi jm; faith; tvlih, these proceedings, or to, upiibla that, cortdenitifttioti: I. ns a, Jew. do say that it ap pears to bio; Jeans bednrno the ripilm ol fanat icism combined with jealousy and luslofpnw cr In Jewish lieirahiihs. even. oß.jn laid-agg. Hubs and Jerome of Prague. Latimer and Itjdj lev, became the victims of fanaticism combined with Jealousy and lust of potvtjr in Ohrlatjan hierarch: and while d ‘and the Jcws. of the oresent day protest against Jesus of Natartth, wo are far from reviling his character or derid ing hid precepts, which t« for the most phrt , those of Moses and the prophets.’’ . CARLISLE, PA.,'-THURSDAY,. FEBRUARY 1, 1856. lift: at West Point . Tho cadet sleeps iti the: barracks in a room with pne other; at; half post fiva io the winter the reveille dwakensnini; hcjifamediatcly d rises. doubles' ap his blanket ana matreds; and places thetmbn the hcad of his Iron bedstead, ho studies untili»Cvcn [O’clouk;,at that, hour the drum beats for breakfast, and tho cadets fall into rank and. proceed,to the rricssliall.—- Twenty minutes is - ' the usual time' Bpeht at breakfast. Guard’mountingt f UikcB place at half past seven, and 24 men on guard every day. At eight .©’.clock .the bugle again sounds, the professors dismiss their respective stations, the cadets 'foiw tank’s opposite tho barracks, and march tbMitiner'. Between 11 and I o’clock a part of the carets arc occupied in riding, and others in fencing, daily. After dinner they have .until two Vclpcb for recrea tion. and from 2 to 4 6’cloCkHhe bugle sounds and they go cither to battallioip or light artil lery drill* - ~ 7 This exercise lasts an hour-and a half. Alter that they devote ,the pame lime to recreation until parade, which takes, at sunset.— After parade, they'form into, rank in front of the barracks, and the battles of the delinquents arc read by oh officer of .thoi cadets. Supper cornea next; ond. after.supper.recreation iill,B o’clock, when the bugle call to quar ters, apd every cadet muBt' f ‘V« found in his room, within a 'few riiimilfia. ‘at study, and must remain there thOs’employed until half past nine. At half past nine the bugle sounds —this is called rtalppt jmd.ftilcn the drum taps,, and at tpn cyefy cadet must be in bed having his light extinguishfed, 2nd must irmam there till morning. . If. touring the night, the cadet is found to be absent his room more than thirty minutes and does-pol give a satis factory account of’hirnsell,,charges are prefer red against him, and ftoia cbifrt martialed. The use of intoxicating diipk and tobacco I is strongly repudiated ' sp areiplaying at chess wearing whisker*, andt a. ( gyfiat many other things. The punishment to tvlitch the cadets •are liable, are privnlibh of fcCl'cation, fee. . ex tra hours of duty, repninaiidrf, arrests, contine menl to his room or lent; confinement m pris on. coufinenienl in dark prison, dismission witli the privilege of resigning, and public dismis sion. ' " J ' v .‘ When a man's life la heroic, and his name has passed inlo history, the world wants to know him personally, intimately. The 'grave and reverend chronicler,’* passing over his be ginnings. presents him abruptly in his fall- ; grown greatness : men render the admiration earned, but the sympathetic emulation awak- i ened Is concerned to know how he grew into i his maturity of excellence. This curiosity is I not an .idleness of. the fancy, but a personal in-1 terest in the facts that springs out of those as- { piralions which putevery man upon the fulfill-' ment of his own destiny. How came this i name to cxcoU—what was in him—what hap-, poned to develops it? “Some men aro born, great : ,some achieve greatness; some have 1 greatness thrust upon them.” How came this I man by it ? Is it within my reach also 1 and, | by ; what means? History provokes us with] such queries as these ; Biography answers (hart. Doctor Elisha Rent Kane is not quite tbir* ty i four years old. yet he has done more than circumnavigated the globe; he has visited and traversed India. Africa. Europe, South Ameri ca, the islands of the Pacific, and twice pene- 1 trated the Arctic region to the highest latitude { attained by civilized man. He has encountered j the ejclremest penis of sea and land, in eveFy . climate of the globe: he has dischargid in, turn the severest duties of the soldier and the seamen : attached to the United States Navy 1 .as a surgeon, he is, nevertheless, engaged at j one time in the coast survey of the tropical J ocean, and m a month or two, we find Dim ox-1 pluring the frigid zone ; and all the while that Ins personal experiences had the character of' romantic adventure, he was pushing them in | the spirit of scientific and philanthropic enter- j prise. j As a boy. his Instinctive bent impelled him to the indulgence and enjoyment oi such ad- ■ ventures as were best fitted to train him for the WOi k before him. His collegiate studies suffer | ed some poslpdneraenl while his physical quail- 1 ; ties pressed for their necessaay training and 1 discipline. It was almost in the spirit of trn- 1 ancy that he explored the Blue Mountains of! Virginia, as a student of giology, under the, guidance of Professor Rodgers and cultivated. . at once, his hardihood of vital enetgy and thn.se elements of natural science which were to quali-! fy him for his after services in the field of phy-1 Sical geography. But. In due lime he returned j to the pursuit df literature, and achieved the , usual honors, as well as though hts college slu- 1 1 dies had suUcitil no diversion —his muscles and I ! nerves were educated and his brain lost noth- ■ ing by the indirectness of its development, hut 1 was lather corroborated for all the u*cs which it has served since He graduated at the Uni versity Pennsylvania—first, in ilscollegialc. and aflerwatds, in its medical department. His special relishes in study, indicated his natural drift t chemistry and surgery ; natural science in its most intimate converse with substance, | and llie ,rymtd\al art in its most, heroic function, i Ho went-out from hia.iUmo Mater a good clas-; ,'s'iml -BclibTtfra* good mineralogist. aa-j tronbnicr' and surgeon. But he locked, or ' thought' ho locked;-robustness of frame ond soundness of health- Zic* solicited on appoint ment in the nuvy, and upon his admission, de manded active service., ije was appointed up on the diplomatic staff as surgeon to the first American Embassy to China. This position gave him opportunity to explore the Philippine Islands, which he effected mainly o*. fool. He was the first man who descended into the cra ter ol Tael; lowered more than a hundred feet by a bamltoo rope from the over hanging chtf, and clambering down some seven hundred more 1 through the scoriae, he made a topographical! sketch of the interior of this great volcano, col i lected a bottle of sulphurous acid from th*. very ( mouth of the crater ; and. although he was j drown up almost senseless, he brought with him | his portrait of this hideous cavern, and llie j specimens which it afforded- | Before he returned from this trip, he had as- \ cendid the llimulu) us.und tnauguht ed Greece, i on foot : he had visited Ceylon, the Upper Nile, and all the mythologic region of Egypt: tra J versing the route, and making the acquaint- j ance of the learned Lepsisus. who was then pro- I seeming hls archaeological researches. At borne again, when the Mexican war broke out, lie asked to be removed from Philadelphia Navy Yard to the field of a more congenial j service; bui the government sent him to the j Coast of Africa. Here he visited the slave fac tories, from Cape Mount to the river Bonny, and through the infamous Da Souza, got ac 1 1 cess to the btracbons Dahomey, and con-I 1 traded, besides, the Coast Fever, from the ef fects of which he has never entirely recovered. From Africa he returned before the close of the Mexican war, and believing that his consti tution was broken, and his health rapidly go ing. he called upon President Polk, and de manded an opportunity for service that might qrowd the little remnant of hia fife wlthochietc mutts in keeping with his ambition : the Presi dent, just then embarrassed Dy a temporary non-intercourse with General Scott, charged . the Doctor with despatches to tho General, of great moment and urgency, which must be qamed through a region occupied by the ene my. This embassy was marked by an adven ture so romantic, and so illustrative ol the Character of the man. that we are tempted to detail it. , On his way to the Gulf he secured o horse in Kentucky, such as knight errant would r hove chosen’lor lus companion and a sharer of Jus adventurers. Landed at Vera Cruz, ho asked for an escort to convey him to thecupitol. but tbl* oltfoer in coinmAnd hftd no troopers to spare '—he must wait- or he must accent, instead, a baud of called ilm Spy Com tmnv who hud taken to the business of treason and' trickery Colonel, form your line for the charge- And no of Taw nmtcnaU the British Quarterly: Rtf- down theV went upon the enemy ; Kano and vjew gives this Inplruclive calculation i-rrA bar ljiB » ft nurit Kentucky charger ahead. Under of iron valued at 85, worked into horse shoes, Brtt ,. d j llg x \}* principle that sends a ullow can to* worth 810 '5O : needles., 8355 penknife aio though a plank, and at that momentum blh'dcs,«S,2Bs ' shirt buttons. *221480 * bah through ,tlm opposing force, and anco springs of'watches. 8260.000- • Thirty*' lun ,j„g to engage after bre .king then' line, he odd poumltflof irortJmvc been wftaoMPto.Wro fouud fairly surrounded, and two ol tho upward of one hundred and eleven, r nfilcs In cnom y giving him their special attention. One length, and'so fine was’the frobio, that a part 0 f therfo Aos disposed of In an, instant by rear of It was converted, in lieu of lionfo hair, into a j d s. his horse, 1 who, with a blow of ms fore foot, barrister’s wiir. . „r flared bis man; iand wheeling Buddenly. thfl • ■ 1 •’ “ 11 1 1 . ■ .. i Doctor nave the other a sword wound, which ■ XT' Nathaniel Shelly woocomplaining Hist J™' . externa) iliao artery, and’put him some pno had in»uM hint, by uoodlng a letter opened su bje6t 6f tho Dolor'S dndolcd to ‘Nat Shelly; Bc S' anting l military 1 iurgery waa ttle yonhg Maximilian.- '>yhy.’said a friend. I dop tBM aimning brief moWlcrroiniiltd with a try from tho Inaulllnp aboiit that. Nat wan abhivlalion for *«»“ «_ ..Vooprrmidor." Ivyo pf the offl- NalhamcK • , bu . ccr i mode a .ijash for an escape. tho Doctor Ws tapSdeiiee !bl “ptlild Uwitha -Gnat' them,'hot Am jafo up chase.- Newspaper Patron^--rTo all rWkom it may Concern* , Tliis thing called patronage.!#a queer thing. It ia very correctly rjjmarketl'oy some one. that it ia composed ofuamahy colojra aa the rainbow, and is as changeable at the t’Uc* of the chamc. Jon. ' * One man subscribes .for* pfiiper, and pays for | it in advance—he goes homo.reads it the year] round with the proud sat'idaciioii that it is his own. Ho hands in-ap advertisement—asks (he price and pays lor it—this is patronage. Another man aay#—“put.my mime on your list of subscribers and goes off without as much us saying pay,once. H/A#k# yon to ad* vertisc—but say# nqthing.abopt paying for.it. Time passes—vpur paticoeq Vs exhausted, and you dud him-; -ho flies Into tt_pu«sioa—perhaps ho • •. • ■ >■ jcueii&ft aAaffiber foj sOtbC tlmo'/ jto becomes dirtja of ft., and. wants d •'chang'e. 'Thinks hd'.wunlo another 'Journal— gifcsiC up, .ood.yod »bad nnmo..--Ono of bis papers,!# returned, to .you* marked ‘‘refused.” Paying for Uls among his last-thoughts. After a time you look over his accounts and send him a bid of “balance duo.”. Bat he does not pa) it—treats you with silent contempt. This 100 some call patronage. . Another man Jives near you—never took your paper—U Is too small—don’t like the paper, don’t like its principles—too Americanism too Democratic—its leaders 100 strong, its tales too dry, vice verso, or something else—yet goes regular to his neighbors and reads It—finds fault with its contents and disputes Its positions, nnd quarrels with Its type or paper.,) Occasionally sees an article he likes, buys a paper per quar ter.’ This, too, Is patronage. Another (nnd bless you it dodsuagoodtogee ouch a man) says:—‘-The year for which 1 have paid is about to expire; I want to pay you lor another.” This is patronage, ‘but ah, how rare! 1 Another man subscribes—wants you to give it to him on advance terms; be gets it regularly every week, reads It carefully, and will always praise ft time he sues you. as being a good, ■paper, wishes you success, .l*pes others will subscribe-and encourage it, feels.disappointed If It In Issued irregularly, and is tho first to com plain of Its non-appearance—all this he Can do; yet he never dreams of paying unless you dun bin;, and then,with good promise# he will put you off. This la too, very common patronage. WoMiffir op Dtfpbubnt Nations. the. women of different nations ore different in their mental and affectionate constitution is appareht to the most casual observer. They arc as various in their natures aa'hre the clim ates and physical characteristics of the several countries of their nativity. ATI 1 human beings are indeed the creatures of circumsmiwcs sur roundin'/ and developing them. The following on tho English. French. Italian and American women'is irtgenions. and we have fid doubt J many of oul* Waders will consider it'dlserimln ating and' just : , VThe English' .woman is res pectful and proud: the French tyqman is gay and ngfecrti>lc- the Italian is passionate: the I Americans sincere and-affeCllonatc/ ‘With an j English woman. love is a principle' with a, 1 French woihan it ik cimric6: SvilH'an Italian it lis a passjon: with nh American it is a Renti iflent. Ue js to an English woman iau idled jo French; qo hubiis with an Italian, and is wed dill to dn. American.. An English wo man is anxious to secure a lord: a Pronbn wo* man a companion: ah -Ttflllau A mericmi a husband. The Englishman respects, his Indv r tin? Frenchman csteum} Ins compan ion; the Italian adores his mistress; the Amer ican loves.his wife. The Englishman at mght retdrna trt Tns 'hoiikc.* while the Frenchman gpC-T to his bniiin’iditnent; 7 . the PaHnri th nis rttrtwt,, faud tho AlncnoahHriJils home. When bn En r ghshimm is sjqV bid lady. visits him;, when a Frenchman, is. sick, his companion pUM hunt when ah Italian issick hiK.nus’-rosH smba over : him: vrhcnbiv Alncricnn is sick hto'wiftMutrsc# him:.!-Thl*. English woman Instructs her off spring,. a French woman teaches her progepyc an Italian rears her young, wnue sn- Amencin cklucates Wchlld. •’ ui: j | A SKETCH OF TUB LIFE OP EB. KANE, DT DR. WILLIAM ELDER. AT 82,00 PER ANNUM NO. 35, When he retamed, he found his ruffians pre paring to massacre tho prisoners. As he gal loped past the young officer whom he had wounded, he heard him cry, ‘‘Senor, save my father.” A group of the guerrilla guards were dashing upon the Mexicans, huddled together, with their lances in rest. He threw himself before them—one of them transfixed his horse, another gave him a severe wound in tho groin. He killed the first-lieutenant, wounded the sec- i ond-lieulenant. and blew a part of the Colonel’s I beard ofi' with the lost charge of his six shoot | er: then grappling with him. and using his [ fists, he brought the parly to terms. The lives j of the prisoners were saved, and the Doctor re- ceived their swords. As soon as General Onona could reach bis son. who lay a littlo distance ! from the scene of the last struggle, the Doctor ' found him sitting by him, receiving his last 'adieus. Shifting the soldier and resuming the surgeon, he secured the artery and put the wounded man in condition to travel. The am- bulance got up for the occasion, contained at once the wounded Maximilian, the wounded second lieutenant, and the man that had pre- ftared them for slow traveling, himself on his titer, from the lance wound received in defence of his prisoners ! When they reached Puebla, the Doctor’s wound proved the worst of the party. He was taken to the government house out the old General. In gratitude for his gener ous services, "had him conveyed to his own house. General Childs. American commander at Puebla, hearing of the generosity of his pris oner. discharge! him without making any terms, and the old general became the principle nurse of his captor and benefactor, dividing hm attentions between him and his son. who lay wounded in an adjoining room. This dllneHS of our hero was long and doubtful and he was reported dead to his friends at home- When he recovered and returned he was employed in the Const Survey. While engag- ed in this service the government by n* cones- pondenco with Lady Frunklin became commit ted for an attempt at the rescue of Sir John and his ill starred companions in Arctic discovery Nothing could be better addresstd to the Doc , tor’s governing sentiments than tins adventure The enterprise of Sir John ton exactly in the i current of one of his own enthusiasms—the scr i vice of natural science combined with heroic , personal eflort : and. added to this, that sort of , pairtmisin which charges itself with its own ' full share in the execution of national engage i ments of honor : and besides this cordial na -1 sumption of his country’s debts and duties, there was no iitile force in the appeal of m no ' hly brave spirited woman to the chivalry of the 1 American navy. He was * bathing in the tepid waters of the Gulf of Mexico, on the 12th of May. 1850." when he received his telegraphic order to pro cced forthwith to New York, for duty upon the Arctic expedition. In nine days fiom that date he was beyond the limits of the United Stales on his dismal voyage to the North Pole. Of this first American expedition, as is well known to the public, he was the surgeon, the I I naturalist. and the historian. It returned dia- | appointed of ita main object, after a winter in • the regions of eternal ifce and a fifteen month's ; .absence, v 1 ' “ ‘ 1 , Scarcely aljowing himself a doy to recover f from thennrd.shipS of tJjts cruise no set on foot 1 (be second attempt, from which he has return ed, after verifying by actual observation the long questioned existence of an open sea beyond the latitude of 82°. and beyond the tempera ture, also. oflo0 o below the freezing point.— His ••Personal Narrative.” published early in 1853, recounts the adventures of the first voy age, and discovers his diversified qualifications for such an enierpnse. The lust voyage occupied two winters in the highest latitudes, and nvy yea is and .a half of umuUTiintted labor with the risks and respon sibilities nuvndant lie is now preparing the hi-lory for publication But that purl of it is which best re|Hirls his personal agency, and would most justly present the man to the read er. mil of course be suppressed. We would gladly supply it, but as yet this is impossible to us. Ilia journal is private property, the ex tracts which we may expect will be only 100 shy of egotism, ami his companions have not spoken yet. as someday they will speak, of his conduct throughout the terrible struggles winch together they endured. To form anything like an adequate estimate of that Inst achievement it is to be recollected dint his w hole company amounted to hut twen ty men. and that o( his corps or crew he was the commander, in naval phrase: and whenwi are apprised that his portfolio of reentry, sketched on the spot in pencil, and in water colors kept fluid over n spirit-lamp, amounts to over three hundred sketches. wc have a hint of the extent and variety of ihu offices he filled on this voyage. He was m fact the surgeon, sail ing master, astronomer and natural.si, ns well as captain and lender of the expedition. This man of all work, ond desperate daring and successful doing, is in height about five feet seven indies : m weight, say one hundred and thirty pounds or so, if health and, rest i would out give him leave to fill up bis natural | j measure- Ills complexion is fair.lns hair brown, and bis eyes dark gray, with a Imwk look. He I is a bunter by every gift and grace and instinct 1 that makes up the character : nn excellent I shot, and a brilliant horseman. He lias es caped with whole bones from all his adventures, but he has several wounds which aie trouble some: and. with such general health ns Ins most men would call themselves invalids, and live on furlough from "II the active duties of I life; yet ho lias won the distinction of being the first civilized man to stand in latitude 82° 30' and gaze upon the open Polar Sea —to reach 1 the northernmost point of land on the globe— I to report the lowest temperature ever endured he heaviest sledge journeys ever performed —and the wildest lilo that civilized man has successfully undergone: and to return alter all to tell the story of his adventures. The secret spring of all this energy Is In his religions enthusiasm -discovered alike in the generous spirit of his adventures in pursuit of science; in his‘enthusiastic fidelity to duty, nnd in his heroic nininiainance of the point of honor jn all his intercourse with men. In his deportment there is that mixture of shyness and frankness, simplicity npd faslidi ousness. sandwiched rather than blended.which makes the man of genini. and the monk of in dustry. He seems confident in himself but not of himself. IBs manner is remarkable for celerity of movement, alert attentiveness quick ness of comprehension, rapidity of utterance and sententious compactness of diction, which j arise front a habitual watchfulness against tnc betrayal of his own enthusiasms. He seems to fear that lie is boring yon. and Is always dis covering his unwillingness *no sit” for your admiration- If yon question him about the official acknowledgements ot bis services by the British and American governments, or in any way endeavor to turn him upon bis own gallant achievements, ho hurries- you away from the subject to some point of scientific In terest which ho presumes will more.concern and engage yourself; or ho says or d ocrf “""Jr thing that makes you think ho is occupied j with his own inferiority in son™ waiter your conversation presents to him, Onei i« o bligfcd 'to Struggle with him tt» ™mt^ntbo toruiof reaped which hh character and a- * is over.’ajfeftling ofdlwpppintment rcmiibstSr ihb fkllhre in your efforts to ransack the rnutl as you wished, and to render tbbtrlbute which you owed him. . i ; v, We wish’ wc coUld he kurd ihftt he Will Ao£ in his forthcoming work, giro u& -the ,dram* without its hero; dr tfe widHhVakbedittan and its hero had a chronicler worthy da'ife would be were be not theprincipal dbsrftdUr in the story. ~ • ' ■ ‘ r. V. Dr. Kano's Narrative of tho ezpedition,.qoir preparing, and in the process ot publication by Messrs. Childs & Peterson of Philadelphia; WIU embrace the important discoveries made in Ihb frozen regions far beyond tbereach'of-all tfcb predecessors of tho American exploringpyrty. and their perilioua adventures, crowuca yritn ' romantic incidents, which, in the language (ft the Secretary of the Navy, “tibt onlycxdito our wonder, but borrow a novel grendfearftasi the truly benevolent consideration which imi mated and nerved him to. bls tosk. 1 * [Graham's Magazine, February, 1856. ' EMINENT 1 AUTHORS, - Dp. Qdinct.—He is one of the smallest ' leg ged smallest-bodied, and most attenuated cm* pcs of human form divine, that one could ; fliyl n a crowed city during a day’s Walk. ,'Andif one adds to this figure clothes that - are not fashionably, cut nor fastidiously adjusted* ho will have a rough idea of De Quincy. Qut than bis brow, thaLpushcahiaobalnisive hat id'the back part of his head, and bis light grey ttrek, that do not seem to look out, to be turned ward, sounding the depths of his imagination, and scratching out the most abstruse jogic.bt l something that you would search a week totfod the mate* to, and you would bo disappointed, Dc Quincy now resides at Lasswado, aroma*- tic and rural village, once the residence of Walter SCott, about sevCn miles.from Edin burg. Scotland, where an affectionate daiiglP ter watches over him, and Where bels UkP wonder of the country people for mifol round. • •j Jkkold.—Douglas Jcrold. a well knowncon , tnbutor to Punch, an editor of various 'pbbli' > cations, is a man about fifty years of og%,~aßd ,■ in person is remarkably spare and diminutive. . His/ucc is sharp and angular, and hia 1 of i a greyish hue. He is probably one Of thcmOb® ■ caustic writers of the age. and, with keen sen . Mbiliiy. Jic often writes under the impulse bf • tho moment, articles which his cOolcr jutlgj > inent condemns. Although a belietcr in by i dropathy, bis habits do not conform tt> thirex ’ icrnal application of Adam's ale. His- “Cap* } die Ix*cturcs” have been read by every one. - ; In conversation he is quick at retort- 1 -not il« wavs refined. Uo is a husband and a grand s fniber. The Hon. T. B. Maoaolat la short in stat ure. round, and with a growing tenderfdy to nldermanic disproportions. Ills bead has tjic same rotundity ils his body, and seems slock on as a pin bend. This is nearly the sum, of Ins personal defects : all else except the voice i winch is monotonous and disagreeable) is CO 1 * tamly in his favor. His face seems literally instinct with expression ; his eye, above all. full of deep thought and meaning. As'be walks, or rather straggles, along the streets,he ■ms m a state of total abstraction, unihind^ M of all lhat is going on around him, and sole ly occupied with his own working mind. You cannot nelp thinking that literature with him is not a mere profession or pursuit, but that ;: it I has almost grown a part of himself, as though historical problems or analytical criticisms were a part of his daily and intellectual food. Bailky.—A correspondent of the New York Trttmne. writing from Nottingham, England, says—"l have seen Bailey, the author of -Fes* tus. His father is proprietor of the Notting ham Mercury . and the editorial department rests with him. He is a thick set sort of ft man. of a stature below the middle size, com- I plexion dark, and iq»,years about cight-and uhirty. Ills physiognomy would bo clownish liu expression, if his eyes aid not redeem hisowtl , features. He spoke of Pcsius, and of its fame in America, of whlch-be proud— - In England it iiflj only reached its third edition, while eight or nine hare been published in the United States. ” Lama utikr.—Lamartine is—yes, ladies,posi tively—a prim looking man. with a long face, short grey hair, a slender figure, and a suit of black. Put a pen behind his ear, flftd he would look a ■•confidential clerk." Givchis fade more character, and ho would remind you ot Henry Clay. lie has a fine head, phrenological!/ speaking—large and round at the lop, with a spacious forehead, and a scant allotment of cheek. Prim is the word, though. There is nothing in lm> appearance which is crer 80 re motely suggestive ol the romantic. He is not even pale, but as fur a rolling collar or ft Dy ionic tie. tic is evidently not the man to think of such things. Romance, in fact, is the arti cle lie lives by. and like other men, ho chooses to •sink the shop," at least, when bo sits for his (xmrait. Dumas, on tho contrary, la a burly fellow— Mis large, red. round cheeks standout till they seem to stretch the very Skin that covers them, ami ii looks ob smooth as a polished apple. His black crisped hair in piled high above bis fore head. and stands divided in two unequal mass es.one inclined to tbc right and tho other to the left. His eyes are dark, and his mouth sensu ous, boi not to the degree of vulgarity. His person is large, and his flowing mantle is red. lie in a gentleman to lay bare his throat and look romantic, not Uyronicslly »o. but piratl uillv. Yet he looks good humored, and liko a man whoso capacity for physical enjoyment is boundless. Ifis negro blood »s evident enough to one who knows he has it, but it would not be dcti cut! by one who knew it nut. It ap pears in the peculiar rotundity of ihe man.and all his parts. U crtB|»ed and heaped his hair ; it made him dress up In flowing red to have his picture taken. Gut his complexion is only a slmde darker than the average. The portrait reminds you fora moment of tho late Thomas Hamblin, the actor. . EdoeshSub Is nether prim nor burly. He is a man of Urge frsmo. over which a loose black cloak is carelessly buttoned. Complex ion light, eyes Wne, hair ones black, now pep per-and-salt. whiskers voluminous, eyebrops black and thick, goyd forehead, pnd lower face ample. This conveys no hotter idea of llictnoh’a appearance than a freftch passport. ' But the truth is. Sue's countenance .and figure hnvo none of Uiosc peculiarities which make a de scription possible. He looks like a Comforta ble-. easy, careless, elderly gentleman, takihg Ins ease in au easy chair and an easy coat. 'Ho docs not look on author—authors seldom do. — ! His air is rather lhat of a prosperous citizen.— Sue is only forty live years of age, but he lias lived fast and looks fifty-five. Lamartine is sixty-three and would psss cosily for-fifty three. Dumas is fifty, and poqld get credil/or iliirty-cight. ' \ - t COLORED DAOUKRUEOTTPRa.—U i* slated la the SaugertiW (N. Y.) TeltgrapK ibOX the Ret. L L. llilj, of tfiat place, baa n length perfect ed his discovery (br firing the color* of tb4 da guerreotype. and that be naa been offered s3o, a 000 for hip right in it. , Ue values it, however, at ten times that amount, and not too highly if he has actually succeeded in so-great an a ohierement of science—a question still open to serious doubt. AK Ao«o Pmsonkr.— An Italian newspa per states that a native of Savoy, who war condemned at the age of 41 to the .Trench gsl* leys for life, has just been liberated, at too ago of 121: It is said that he h*“» a little pro perty in Savoy, the interest winch ha« tan accumulating exactly MJp.ycars* ?I 0 0 ? low enjoys perfect health, although he jdoops so much that his face nearly toadies his knfees. “confidence" .roan—tha roan who thinks he can help a good looking servant girl to cord the bedstead without getting his bead brake by his wife- ; . - ; ■ • (CrSo necessary iafun to the mind, that * late philosopher says if you should build schools without play-grounds, nobody would get; bo vend short division in a Ufa time.