VOLUNTEER.. UptiaUED EVERT TUUBBDAT UOBNINO BY ' r \ jolin H. Bratton. TERMS a.-gottiPTios.—bno Dollar and Fifty Cents, ?/£. Advance; Two Dollars If paid within tho ,rl l and Two Dollars and Flrty Cents, if not C fi witliin tho vear. Those terms will bo rlg- S‘ tt dhoted to In every instance.. No subscrip i n discontinued until- all arrdarogoa arc paid toss at the option o i the Editor. • ,; ADVEaTiamiEKTs— Accompanied by tho cash, j not exceeding one square, will bo-inserted Irco times for one Dollar, and twcnty-flye.cents orcacb additional Insertion. Thoscofa groat. Floncth in proportion, .Such as Hand-bills, Poallng- Uls PamphlolSy Blanks, Labels, &c., &c.,cxo utod with acdurary and at tho shortest notice poetiral. LITTLE THINGS, BT EDWARD STILES KGB. <«From little things tho thoughtful glean Lessons of highest wisdom.” kittle baby, on wife’ knee, . Smiling sweetly, pleasantly ; Little boy, upon the floor, ' Turning books and pictures o'er ; Little girl, with golden hair— ■' Imago of her mother fair: If you owned these lov’d things three, Could you deem life misery ? Little wife to lovo and bless— Littjo children to caress ; Little care, and little strife, Such things make a happy life. Little heed for wealth or fame— : Little hate, and less to blame ; If these little things were thine, Could you, would you, e’er repine ? ••_* • * * * * 111. Little baby, called away— Far too pure on earth to stay ; Brother, sister, soon aro prest ’Neath the sod in dreamless rest. Dear, things lent—not fully given-r -, We have angets three in heaven ; Rightly tne\vcd, the chost’ning rod Ever points us up‘to'God. I-’;. Changes crowd'this world below— Death is passing to and fro ; , Joys arc fading : —hopes soon fly *, . ' Friends, must leave us—lov’d ones die. Small things these, if we live true ' To the home Faith has in viewj— If wo cling to Truth, steadfast, Little way to Heaven at last. Little way to heaven on high— Little children in the sky ; Little joy to bind us here— ' .Little cause for sigh or tear. ’Little things like these might win ■'om ways of sin; lay bv day, the “better way.” miimijj. A. JOKER. C. BURDICK. (csfrom where I live dwelt ■\body —or at least, so I is a good man now, and (C the evil deeds of his itrangcv*. - is denominated a “prac jgh he never meant any in caused much mischief no occasion, when he bad loped jn a while sheet to i started to the roadside mise, and frightened the iso was smashed up .and cvcrely injured, with, and argued with, £6 could hot be made to his pranks. Sometimes across the sidewalk and ms; ho would ring folks sk them if they had plen- ig. he called the doctor out , midnight to tome and attend a man who had ery bad tits. The good old doctor arose and plowed Sam till’- they canto to Adam Snip’s Stic domicil, and hero the Joker called up the jtlo bow legged tailor, and the moment Snip Iked Ins head out of the window, Sam cried: I'hcro, doctor, is a man-who makes tho worst t you oversaw!” and with this he ran away J left the doctor and tailor to settle the roat . This was a' serious business in one sense t it set the whole town in a laugh, and Sam | b delighted. ’ . _ Hat Sam’s last practical joke was near at nd. At the edge of tho village lived a man med Jerry Smith.., llo.wos a stpno worker trade, and os strong os on ox. One even 'Jerry’s wife had been to see o neighbor, d in .returning sho had to pass over a place icrc the road was built along upon a sort of )rass, 'wlth willow trees upon each side.— hen she entered her house phe was pale and imbling, and dank into a chair almost out of cadi. , ‘What's the mattcH" asked her husband. •I've been frightened’,” gasped tlio woman, soon ns sho could command her speech. Where?” Bub how? !Out by-tho/willow trees-. An ox,, with at horns • and fiery eves, came out at us Iking on h|s hind legs!" •By,thunder, it’s Sam Peabody!” exclaimed ry. “Ho killed nn ox this morning.” •| knew it was Sam as soon os 1 had time think,” returned the Wife, “for his voice s plain; but I was so frightened at first that ked to have fainted."' tferry was angry, ft did not suit his fancy I'Seo a defenceless woman thus treated, lie tok his hat at bpco and went over to a small use on the opposite side of the street where cdhis partner in business, another stout,iron rded man, named Oco. Tyler. “Look here, Tyler," cried Jerry: “SoinPca dy is out In the willows, rigged up in his ox in, frightening poor women. Como with 0 and wo'll punish him." Tyler hesitated not a moment, but taking s hat ho followed Jciry over to the other ouso. In, the first place Jerry took a fire oard, and with Borne marking paint he paint -1 out a flaming placard, with letters largo nd distinct. Then he got some of his wife’s losses, and bade Tyler put one of them oh.— “Per," said he, “if ho sees two men coming ho nay jun.’J I' *■ * : ' ■ f ' The dresses were tlirown on’ after a fashion, nd pined the men* lonned each brio’a bonnet.' Thby then procur 'd ft lot of stout cord, and taking tho flr*board ihey Bathed forth.' 1 As they approached tho. vilfows, they began to giggle and twitter in iducaking ioncs* and the fearful non* lescript made lift appearance. With ft,low. leep bcllowing’lt; walked into tho road, and Hood directly In front Of tho two pcdcstri ms. "Oo oo oo oo J” bellowed Sam. "Mcroyi” screamed Jerry. ’ “Ahsouaoooo I” ; **Sav9 Tyler. . ■ Tha oi-hidg approached another stop,'Ana lerry lcapcd forwftrd ahd seized It, and on the next womfcnt Tyler was hy.his side.. "Now, Mr. rcabody. 1 1 reckon you’re safe," altered Jerry, giving nun A. grip like ay lee, "Don’t—don't!” cried Sam* "Don’t what?" "Don't hurt mel” Jlmetirau BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL i%, “IVo wont hurt you if you keep quiet, but if you make any resistance you’ll run the risk of getting your head broken.” Sam know that it was Jerry Smith’s wife that ho had frightened, and ho knew that Jer ry could handle him as a child. He begged and- prayed, but to no purpose. The two stono-cnttCrs backed him up against one of the willows, and then proceeded to bind him to the trunk of tho tree. They lashed his hands be hind him, then lashed his ankles together, and then they bound him to tho tree at the shoul ders, waist, knees, and feet, and they did it se curely too. After this they took the fireboard and placed it against tho tree nbov.o his head, securing it by nails which they had brought for that purpose. “Mercy!” shrieked Sam, “you aren't a goin’ to leave mehcrel” “Yes air,” answered Jerry, “you’ve had your share of joking long enough, and now we’ll have ours. I would rather had you lie my wife as you are tied than to have had her frightened as you came near frightening her. Mind you, Sam, wo only mean this for a joke.” And with this, the two men went away.fak-1 ing no heed of the Joker's cries and protests- ( tiona. But they did not go far away until they i were sure there would be no more passing on that road foftho night. | On the following morning, Jerry set thenews i a going of Sam’s present situation, and in half | an hour after sunrise, a hundred people were | collected around the willow tree. There stood Sam just as he had been left the night before, shaking and shivering with cold. The ox-skiu had been fixed on so ns to fit him nicely, and he did really look like an ox fastened up there, lie had sewed up the hide so that his legs and arms fitted into the skin of the ox’s legs and his own head Was where tho original caput had ' been, while tho homs arose majestically above j the whole. Just above him appeared the broad firebonrd, and it bore tho following announce-1 iiicnt.in characters which could be read with case , even at a great distance ; I (, This x is Sam Peabody . the great joker. And this is one of his own jokes in which he got trapped himself .” Jerry took down the board and let Sam read it, and then nut it up again. “ITa! ha! ha! Vot a joke!” cried ono. “Ho came out here in that rig, to frighten poor women!” said Tyler. “Sam, how’s beef 1” “I say Sam, can’t you give us a hornV ’ “What a long tail !” “Who ever seed a hox vear boots aforcl" These,’and like exclamations issued from the crowd, and all the while poor Sam was begging for some one to come and take him down. “In the namoofjnercy,” he groaned, “wont somebody let mo gol” “Can’t think of it yet,” returned Jerry Smith. “Your joko is too good to bo lost. You must have taken a good deal of pains to make that dress fit so nicely, and I should think you’d wont folks to sec it.” “By jingo,” screamed little Adam Snip, go ing close up to tho victim, “you have a worse fit now than I ever had ! Shan’t 1 send foi* .'r ‘ ' At this the crowd laughed upronously.— They would have had pity for any one else in town, to have seen him in such a situation but for Sara they had none, lor they knew forycars he had been annoying all whom ho could; and how, he was caught in a trap of his own mak ing, they thought it best to punish him. At 9 o’clock nearly air the inhabitants of tho village were out there, and by this time Sam began to cry, Even Jerry was touched now, ond going up to the victim, ho said: ‘ “Now, Sam, I’ll let you down on one condi tion : Promise that you’ll never attempt to perpetrate a practical joko again?” “I never will.” “Of any kind or description. You 11 never annoy a human being again, if you can help it?” i “ Never-never. 1 never will, so help me God!” So Jerry untied the cords, and m a few mo ments Sam Was free. He was too still to run, and for a while ho could walk but with diffi culty. But Jerry gave him his arm and help ed him to his own house, and there let him re main until the crowd had dispersed. Towards noon Sam went home, and for over a month he stuck closely to his shop, never ap pearing in the street save when absolute neces sity required it. lie kept his promise faithful ly, for to this day he has not attempted to per petrate another of his practical jokes. And people love him now, for bo is ono of the jolli cst old men in tho country, and his presence Is sure to dispel anything like tho sulks and blues. Girl Accomplishments, ' “ American girls pass from pantalets to par lor fixtures, without any duo regard to physi cal development. Wo have sometimes said that no woman’s education is complete until sho can ride, and shoot, and swim; but this will shock tho propriety of some folks, so wo shall not repeat it now. Over a year ago. our daughter Jennie—then just turning of fourteen —came homo from school sick. Her mental excitement in holding her place in class, had overmastered her physical energy, and f(jr long weeks sho vacillated between life and death— On her partial recovery wo put a veto oh her re turning to school for six months, pitched her algebra to tho dogs, and bought her a gallop, ing pony, and at tho end of her probation she was a bouncing loss, as some fifty thousand visitors at tho last State fair caii testify, who sow her in tho saddle at tho head of the Fairy Light Guard. Our good friend, Mrs. Kulan,of Richland county, gives ns a lesson of the same sort. She says girls should bo out In the open air, take ficc exercise, etc. That her daught er, naturally a weakly girl, assisted her topick apples and dry them, to the amount of eighty bushels, and that, by such exercise, she is now ns healthy ns any you will find; can, jump up on a colt and manage him perfectly well. [Ohio Cultivator. Bending, nnd Bon to Bend. By reading, a roan does, ns it were, antedate his life, and makes , himself contcropory with tho ages port. And this way of running up beyond one’s real nativity is much better than Plato’s pro-existence; because hero a man knows something of tho state, and is wiser for it; which ho is not in thcothcr. In conversing with books wo may choose our company. Ino render has os it were tho spirit essence in a narrow compass; like on heir, lie is born—ra* ihcr than made rich, and comes into a stock of sense with little trouble ol his own. However, to bo constantly in tho wheel, has neither plea sure nor improvement In it. A man may expect tg grow stronger Vyoatirig, as wiser by always reading; too muen overcharges nature, and tumq more into disease than noupsjimcnt. It is thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and gives health and vigor to the mind. Neither ought wo to bo too implicit or resigning to authorities, but to examine before wa assent, and presrve our, reason in Its just liberties. To walk always on crutches, is tho Way to lose tho‘use of our limbs. “OUR COUNTRY— The Upright Man of Business, There iS no being in the world for whom I feel a higher moral respect and admiration,than for the upright man of business. No, not for tho philanthropist, or the missionary, or the martyr. I feel that I could more easily bo a martyr, tban a man of that lofty moral up righteousness—and let me say here distinctly, that it is not for the generous man that I feel this kind of respect. Generosity seems to me a low quality, a mere impulse, compared with the lofty virtue I speak of. It is not for the man who distributes charities—who bestows magnificent donations. That may do very well. I speak not to disparage it. I wish there was more of it; and yet it may nil exist with n want , of the true, lofty, unbending That is not the man, then, of whom I speak: | but is ho who stands amidst all the interest 1 and perilous exigencies of trade, firm, calm, disinterested and upright. It is the man who can sco another man’s distress as well as his own. It is the man whose mind his own ad vantage does not blind for an instant—who would sit as judge upon a question between himself and neighbor, just os safely as the purest magistrate on the bench of justice. Ah! 1 now much richer than ermine—how much rich [ cr than a train of magisterial authority—how much more awful than the guarded pomp of I majestic truth! Yet it is the man who is true I —true to .himself, his heighltor, and his God— -1 true to his conscience; and who feels the slight ’ cst suggestion of that conscience is more to him I than the chance of acquiring a hundred estates. A Modern Solomon. Tho other week, says a British contempora ry, the spiritual guide of a Tyneside congrega tion, which meets in a chapel bearing the name of the patron saint of Melrose and Lindisfarno. was informed by one of his fiock, a pour wid ow woman, that a pig to whose sale, when fat tened, she was looking forward with no little anxiety as the sole means of paying her rent, i had been stolen, and that she suspected a ccr -1 lain Irishman of her acquaintance to have done 1 the deed. Father , one of the worthiest men alive, promised to do everything in hi# power for its restoration, and went about it as follows : Next Sunday he took a stone with him into the chapel, and laid it down beside him during the service. That concluded, lie took it up, and, remarking that he supposed his hearers wondered whnt he was about to do, told the story of the widow's loss, and added, “I am now going to throw the stono at tho head of the man who stole the pig," (looking hard at the saqjp time at the suspected Celt.) — lie lifted his hand, and made ns if he were go ing lolling the stone; when the iqao, taking guilt to himself, dodged aside that itjnifiUt not hit him. “Let the pig bo restored instantly,” continued the priest; “or depend upon it worse will come of it.” Next morning tho widow, to her great delight, fouiftl her protage in the sty. The First MAfmuflE—Adam’s Wedding. —An English Journal, the Britannia, has an amusing article' under the head of “Adam’s Wedding.". Tho editor says that he likes short i>iiA iwAblrAdilaa-'wAcd jdn ■ sible man—be fell asleep a bachelor, and awoke to find himself a married man. He appears to haye*“popped the question” immediately after meeting Ma’amecllo Eve: and she, without flir tation or shyness, gave him a kiss and herself. Of tbat'first-klss in this world wo have bad. however, our own thoughts, and sometimes in poetical mood have wished wo wore done; the chance was Adam’s and he improved it. We like tho notion of getting married in a garden; it is in good taste. We like a private wedding,, and Adam’s was strictly private. No envious beaux wero there, no croaking old maids, no chattering aunts, and grumbling grandmothers. Tho birds of heaven were minstrels, and the glad sky shed its light upon tho scene. 0 ! speaking about the first wedding,-brings queer ideas into our heads, spito of scriptural truth. Adam and his wife were rather young to bo married ; some two or three years old. accord ing to the sngesl speculations of thcologists— mere babies—larger, but not older -without a house, without a pot or kettle —nothing but love and Eden! Siioounq Cask ok Insanity.—A letter from Vienna, in the Zeit, of Berlin, contains the following: “An event lias just taken place here which has been much talked of. A clerk in a merchant’s office whilst working at his desk, felt a sort of presentiment of coming danger, which led him suddenly to return home. Ho there found his wife in bed, as she had been confined of a son only three days before. She was dressed. Her eyes were haggard, and her looks animated by fever. She said to him, “Its well that you came, for I will now roast the goose, which will be ready at once.” At tho same moment the clerk htrtrd the cry of a child in the kitchen. lie rushed to the spot, and found the new born child tied up, and ly ing on the frying nan. Tho mother, taken suddenly with the milk fever, had mistaken her child for a goose, and was about to pul it to death. The father happily arrived in time to prevent such a catastrophe. Little things. —Springs are little things, but they arc sources of large streams —a helm is a little thing, but it governs the course of n ship—a bridle bit is a little thing, but see its use and power: nails and pegs arc little things, but they hold tho largo parts of large buildings together; a word, a look, a frown —all are lit tle things, but powerful for good or evil.— Think of, this, and mind tho Utile things. Pay that little debt—ills a promise, redeem it—if it’s n shilling hand it over—you know not what important event hangs upon it. Keep your word sacredly—keep It to tho children, they will mark it sooner than any one else, and the effect will probably bp as lasting as life. Mind the little things.' To Kebp Eaoa.—During a long voyage to South America, it was noticed bow fresh tho eggs continued to bo. Tho stow&rt was called ou for his secret. lie said that fts ho purchased his stock, ho packed it down in small boxes— raisin boxes—nnd afterwards, about once a week, turned over every box but the ono out of which ho was using. Thiswasall. Thorca sou of ids success is that by turning (ho eggs over, ho kept tho yolk about the middle of the albumen. If still tho yolk after awhile finds Its way through tho white to the shell, nnd whoa it does so, tho egg will spoil, lions understand this fact, for they, ns is well known, tutn over their eggs ou which they set at least daily.— Country Qenltcman, Railuaod "Wit—Among the jokes which have been got oft during tho detentions occa sioned by tho deep, snow, is tho following, clipped‘from a Vermont paper: “Madam,’,’said the day or two sineje, “your boy can't pass at half fare—he’s too largo.” “He may be too largo now,” re plied the woman, who had paid for a half tick et, “but ho was small enough, when ho start ed.” Tho above dialogue was heard on Dio Ruth land and Burlington railrood. The joke may bo appreciated when it is known that the tram bad been delayed all night at a by-station. --MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —BUT RIGHT,OH WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1850. 1 '. V ' Tho Slat that Ocms'i|e Evening Shy, The star that corns tho opening shy, And lights tho woudOrcr’s lonely path, Tho flower that droopsllß modest eye, And shrinks before thtytouipeat’s wh\th— Though each in vain innftscek to vit^ With youth in Ueauty’ft charms arrayed, Tho star shall set, tho llwvor must die, And like them beauty too will fade., Theto is ft star whoso briflhterrny Is sl)od athwart tho hus\an soul, ' ' To drivo tho clouds, tho, i&ist away, And guide tho pilgrim id Ids goal. Religion's star, whoso gobtle sway Extends beyond this vide of tears, Thy power the gravo, obey, And Death tho conquered conqueror tears. There is a flower, whoso rich perfume, By (Jod to erring inortAjs given, The winds shall scatter rqpnd (lie tomb, And wait in triutnph hafck to Heaven. Love is Hie flower, whoso iloaves when riven, Mure precious in their r.l)m Jip, Than all the stars that risdat fcVoh, To sluno like torches ii|\thc sky. How a (lOaker Colleclct Near (lie close of tho last] knight of tho shonrs ami thiq his avocation in PhlludolphU on by un adroit scoundrel,,nj n suit of clothes on credit, at ed without paying for thorn*, too poor to lose tho debt/) others of his cloth ho had, a) alternative. Tho account books and soon forgotten.' Somo years afterwards he rfts examining his old records of debt and crot H, profit, ami loss, when his attention was uttrac Bdto this account, t and all the circnmstancoa atto iding it came fresh : to his mind. Suddenly anjodd thought sug. | gested itself to him. ,» j “ 111 try an experiment, 1 ” wW In* to himself, 1 “ perhaps I may succeed in pitching tho rogue ] and gutting my pay.” h j Ho immediately advertisement I in substance as follows, wblcl hu inserted iu the . Philadelphia Gazelle .*• ] tt jf j C > win ,was in PhitadoU ) pbfa about the month of ir —> in the year 1795, will send Ins address tf jho editor ot thin | paper, he will hear ol somotllpg-to advantage. | Printers in neighboring State rar<x requested to copy.” -l£ j Tho latter clause "was Insured from a vague suspicion that the rogue had ween up his abode j In New York. Having Insftrtcted tho editor j not to disclose his ammo tojiho rogue if he I , should: cull, but to request latter to lenVe Ida address, tho Qndker patviirtlywaited the 1 , result of his experiment.. In tf'sli'ort time ho was informed by a noto from-jllie printer, that tho individual alluded to in tlj!u advertisement, having arrived from New Yoris.inight bo found at a given place In tbo city. Sho tailor lost no time’ in preparing a tranacriptCof his account, not forgetting to charge ‘ iutert|l ‘.frojn (Jm time tho debt was contracted. Taking a constable with him, who boro a legal propiss suited to the occasion, bo soon arrived at'jho door of the lodgings of tho ’swindler. • Tip (Junker now ■rang tbo Mil, and when tbo'sdfrVaut appeared, requested him to Inform the gcrilcmnn of .whom ho was in search that a friend Lished do fcneak ;wßi liltnr-atr titerabtftv~ ’’ftVu | summons, and soon tho debtor and' creditor wore looking each other in tho /" “llow dost thou do?” klm Quaker. ’ “ Perhaps thpu dost << I believe I have not had th acquaintance,” politely anawcrc “ Dost thou remember pure clothes several years ago of a forgetting to pay for them V ’ a i , “ Oli no,” fluid (ho gentieraai ly ; << you niust bd mistaken in cannot bo mo (hat you wish to “ All! John, I know tbco r< art tho man I wished to see. (his very moment (he waiscoat Thou must acknowledge it w and well mado, or It would not so long.” “ 0, yes,” said the gondemat douly to recollect himself: “I« tho circumstance to which y< yea, I had intended to call and hill before leaving Pliiladoiphi depend on my doing bo. Iha take possession of a largo am which has fallen to me by will, advertisement which apprised fortune.” Here ho handed to tho Qua paper containing a copy of th tho history of which wo have g Quaker looked at It With pc continued—. “Yes, I seo thou art in luc rnand is a small one, I think ! payment boforo thou earnest in largo estate.” Thq proper signal hero brouj into tho presence of (ho partlc: was particularly astonished nt of, this functionary, who ini me execute his part ol tho drama. “What I” exclaimed tho ro tone, “ you surely haven’t sue “ Yea, I have,” replied tlx thoo should bo thankful (hat n happened,to llioo.” “ Como into tho houso,” said ing hlmsdlf fairly caught, “ co pay you if I must.” Tho throo wont into (ho hou Dio slippery gontlcman having amount of tho bill, paid It in having signed (ho receipt,pine of Dio debtor, with feelings eu dily imagined. Tho swindler the first lime glanced at tho \ which it was composed. 110 \ ho catno to the last clrnigo, wtii ocr/i’jiiig,” when ho broke fort “Hello! what’s this? Fo That’s an odd charge in a tnilo cheating mo I” “ Oh, no,” coolly replied tl Is all right. I havo charged publishing tho advertisement mo.” Hero (ho swindler uttered ho exclaimed, “Do you nwa, you caused (ho publication of Jb “Truly I did,” replied the ( provoking coolness. “ Then you toll a Ho in it,” tho roguo. “Convince mo of that,” * “ and thou wilt flud mo real fault.” “Yon said that I would •* my advantage if I would come “ Thou art mistaken,” initn ed tlio Quaker j “I only pr should hoar 'something to adv not to tho advantage of a pee an old debt 7” “ II J catch you in (ho strce dlor with an oath, and (ho dr givo you such a cowhhling ai breath in your body.” “Nonsense, now,” said th< realty intondost to do anythin; woutdst not wait for that opp> The roguo.w^sjc9nlplctoly .1i coolness of/thq’Quaker, and and almosttfMnflou, '*’l4 “Now,” Btt’liT'tho QuakqrJlood naturedly, “lot mo pro nluca .ifiadvice. when next toKMnow suit of clothes, t|idnliad&t-!u3ltorn6(lHomi)tto cheat tho poor fdrtqVJ'JAft.t&y Wm'ftnliflly, for tliou wilt tliy consctonob-*not (llSttrb'"thoo, and thy sleep will bo flwootaudrofrcsilug. Farewell.” life in n Powder Mill. Biclicra thus describes a visit lo Hie powder 1 Thc Xc w York Tr,hunt of Friday week, in mm a t UGunHIDW, near L°nd°n : noticing thc earthquake at Jeddo, says thal Ja ,ln this silent region, anmi whose ninety sev- 1 p an j s ft volcanic country, ami that ever since en work places no human voice ever breaks up-, it hnB been known to Europeans earthquakes on Uic ear, and where indeed no human form is ! i iavc f rom time lo lime occurred there: and no seen, except in the isolated house in which Ins longer ago lhan last year there happened one -allotted task is performed,there arc upward of in which the town of Simoda, our treaty port -two-and fifty work people. They area pecu- j n Island ofNiphon, was greatly damaged, liar race, not of course by nature, in most ca- ftnd n R uss | an f r i ga to then lying in the harbor SCS. but by the habit of years. Iho circum- totally disabled. Jeddo was reported lo have stances of momentary destruction in winch suffered somewhat from that shock ; and with thoy live, added to the most stringent and nc- ou t putting implicit reliance in the extent of ccssary regulation, have subdued their minds thc in j„ ry mfiictcd by the present one, we may and feelings to the condition of their hire. wc ]| believe that it has been very serious. There is seldom any need lo enforce these reg- Tn lho CJLSa 0 f earthquakes in Japan thc in itiations. Some terrific explosion, hero or in jury done is almost always aggravated by fires. , works of a similar kind elsewhere, leaves a hxed rommon every where on such occasions, but to 1 mark in their memories, and acts as ft constant whi( . h , ho j apancse nrc peculiarly liable from warning. , - i the excessively combustible character of their Here no shadows of a practical joke i mj],i j n gBi which, with the exception of a few Of animal spirits ever transpires-no witticism, niK .j t . nt stone castles, are built of wood, with no chagng, or slang. A laugh is lies or heard . w indows and partitions of paper, and covered a smile seldom seen. Even the work is earned w j tb varnish, which makes them still more on by thc men with as fesv words as possible, j combustible. and thq.se uttered in a low lone. Not that any Jeddo is a great city ; all thc princes and no body fancies that mere sound will awaken Hie bles of the empire arc obliged lo maintain cs •spirit of combustion or cause an explosion lo t a blishmcnts there. It is possible that a hun take.placo, but their feelings arc always kept drcd thousand houses may nave been deslroy subduod. If one man wishes to communicate but tho nllpgctl i oss of Hfe jBi wo i lopPi I>X . anything to another, or ask for anything from n pgcratcd. The Japanese houses are not of a somebody at a short distance, he must go kind lo crush thc inhabitants by their fall, mid i there ;he is never permitted lo shout or call {j IOSC w ho perished must either have been bwal i ou t* . ! lowed up by the yawning earth, or have lost I•. There is a particular reason for this last reg* {j, c , r ]j VL , s | n {j lc flames or iu thc crash and con illation. Amid all this silence, whenever a j\ (S j nn incident to such an occurrence, shout docs occur, everybody I.non s that soiVie | xlie most recent accounts which we have of i ilmminent danger is expected the next moment. from persons who actually saw it, are and all rush away headlong from thc direction p,ven by Herr Hendrick f)ocfi*. who re-1 of the shout. As to running towards uto of- silll>(1 jn j a| ', nn i rom 1707 lo 181 ft. during! .fer any assistance, as is common m all other w i,i,*h he t« we nr three limes visited Jeddo, cases, it is thoroughly understood that none an ,i ibat of J. I’. Van Overmccr Fischer, who can be afforded. wml lo Japan soon after Ho.fi* led it; and 1 An accident here is immediate and beyond (} , a( nf J)r- Philip Frans Von Siebold. who was remedy. If the shouting be continued (orsome n( j,. ( |,j () f ol i r years after Fischer. In his “Rec* time (for might be cirowirg in a river) ro n cl . l|))ns of Japan." Dooll describes a terrible that might cause one nr two of the boldest to jsrv ncC nried in Jvddo in IKIiG. while bo return; but this would be a very rare ocem- W nsmlhonly. It began at a distance from rcncc. It is by no means to be inferred that , t j u . j nn wherc tho Hutch lodged nl about 10 in the men are selfish and insensible to the penis t j lo Tnormnß . At 1 the Hutch took the alarm pf each other :on the contrary, they have the nmJ \ >ipun l 0 p ftC k ;at d they lied. -On run greatest consideration fur each other, ns well as Ul t,, i|, c street, ” sn\ s Hoe If, “we saw cve fortheir employers, ami think ul tho danger to r y t j lin p | n flames. There was gnat danger in the lives of others, and propei tv at slake at all ( attempt mg to escape by running before the fire; times, and.more especially in the more danger- wo therefore took a slanting direction through ous bouses. Iho proprietors of thc vai ] ,ous a street already burning, and thus succeeded gunpowder mills all display the same consider* in rcac },j nR an oiien field. It was studded with ation for each other, and when ever any im-1 p (C of princes whose dwellings had I provnunt tending to lessen danger is made by i brpn ,i ( . s troycd, and whose wives and children one, it is immediately communicated to all oth* i j Jftd thither for refuge. We followed their ti«.. The wages of the men arc good,,and thc I cx!un pj c nn j marked out a spot with our Dutch hours very short; no artificial lights are ever s> yy ( . j, ad now a full view of Uic fire, and used hrThe work. They leave the mills at half* ncx(T \ fiC c anything so terrific. The ter past threo o’clock, winter and summer. rors of this ocean of- flame were enhanced by the heart-rending crieaVf tho fugitive-women, and children.” This fire raged till noon the next day, when it was extinguished by a fall of rain. Thc hotel of the Dutch was on fire within five minutes after they had left it. Tl\e I palaccs of thirty-seven princes were destroyed. I The weight of fugitives broke down the famous KiyovA>*?H mert which runs'through the city and from which nil distances throughout thc Empire arc reek* ontd ;) so that beside those .burned to death, many were drowned, including a daughter of i tho Prince of Arvn. Twelve hundred lives were : said to have been lost. On this occasion the Dutch visitors were greatly aided by a wealthy Japancse merchant, who sent forty men to as sist him in removing. lie lost his store, and a ware-house containing 100,000 pounds of spun silk. Yet tho day after lho fire, with a spirit not to bo outdone even here in New York, he was engaged in rebuilding his premises. !; Bad Debt. ntury, a Quaker c,\vlio exercised Taa imposed up .contrived to got afterwards olop- I'lie Quaker was t like 100 mapy irently no other & placed on bis r l t ’ The New Orleans Courier says this is a Young | American motto: “ Pitch in. 11 The hopefull Juvenile can never sec-miythlng which promises i to be good, whether it |s devoted to the gratifl- I cation of. the palate or to some other pleasure, without obeying his national instinct ami pitch* Jhl Vinn- f W WOSBWfimV from hla mothers arms, ho pitches into all kinds of amusement and mischief. At school ho pitches into every thing except Ms studies. At college ho pitches Into cards, yellow covered ; literature, and fast horses, uml, although, when j he graduates hutuay pretend to study a profes-! siou, (ho first thing he does he pitches into pol itics or matrimony or both. If the latter is hia ’proclivity, ho does not wait to inquire whether the maiden of his choice is a suitable compan ion for him, nor oven whether he can maintain her In decency and comfort. He only knows that he is in love and because he is so alllicted he pilches into wedlock without much icgaid to consequences. Though generally milking a shift to get along in the world ami to spend a , happy life, ll’O seldom wholly recovers from the had elfects el being a little 100 fast in the begin ning. If a fine speculation, ofl’eriug to pav one, two, or three hundred per cent, is proposer!, mn national juvenile is sure to neglect his ciphering and pilch into it blind fold, lie scorns to leel his way any where, apt I* light or wjoiig, innM needs follow his instincts. This dashing deni may-care disposition is shown oitnei in the joung man’s movements and aberrations Hem elsewhere. Ho chooses Ins parly sometime.-, aller dno deli heration and si am [ lines 1 1 oin the example <d Ids parents, lull much olienei fioin mere capiicu. He will generally bo found on the side of the pmty which makes the greatest uproar and Is loudest in its pielemdous to supe rior patriotism. His own stupidity often load-* him to suppose that all men whose heads are grey, and w lio aie on the w ini ry side ot titty, are necessarily old fogies ami not abreast with tliu progress of model n a Hairs. He tire hr seizes with avidity upon any new political dogmas, and incontinent 1} pilches into the ranks ul any new paity which may an.no. ac«v ‘ ly Inquired the, jot know rao.V honor of your 1 onr hep. msing ft suit of poor tailor and red Die Quaker, blushing slight tho person. It ind.” ry well. Thou 'hou hast on at mode for thee. 3 of good stuff tavo lasted thee ; appearing slid i remember now I allude. Yus, rattle that little , and you may o come here to unt of property See here is the mo of my good ,er a New York advertisement, ren above. The fact gi'atlty and , hut ns my de imisl insist on osscsslon of thy it tho constable Tho swindler ho appearance lately began to Sin Walti.b SroTT H Ami' K to iiis Son CilAlii.F.s. —“I cannot too much impress upon yonr mind, that labor is Dio coiiilirioti which (Ind has imposed on ns in every station of life. There is nothing woitli having, Dmt can be had w ilhout it, from the bread w bleb the peasant wins with thojswentjol his brow, to t he sports by which Die rich man must get rid of bis ennui. The only difference between them is, that Dio poor man labors to his appetite,— the rich man to get an appetite to ins dinner. As for knowl edge, It can no mole be planted in Dio humaji mind without labor, Dmn the field of wheat can bo produced without tho previous uso of the plough. There Is, Indeed, this dilfeioiiee, that circumstances may so cause it, that another shall reap whnt Dio fanner sows; but no man can be deprived, whether by accident ormlsftir tnne, of iho fruits ot Ills own studios : and the liberal and extended acquisitions of knowledge j which ho makes, nro nil (or Ids own use. La bor ray dear boy, therefore, and impiovo (bo lime. In youth our steps are light, and are ductile, and knowledge is easily laid up. But, ! if we neglect our Spilng, our summer will be use- ■ loss mid contemptible, mir baivcsl will be chaff, , and Dio winter of old age niircapccled and dc»- j elate. , . Again : “Head, my dear Charles, read, and reap that which is useful. Man differs from | birds and beasts, only 'because be has Die means of availing himself by Dio know ledge ac- , nuired by hjspredeco.vmiH. The swallow builds ( the same nest which its fathei and mother built, j and the sparrow dors nut improve by the expo- ■ rionco of Us paronisj Dio son of tho learned pig,- if It had ono, would bo a more brute, only fit to make bacon of. It is not so with Die human | race. Our ancestois ludgd in caves amt wig- ( warns, whore wo construct palaces for tho rich, and comfortable dwellings for the poor \ and j why Is this but because our oyo ts enabled to j look upon the past, to Improve upon our an cestor's Improvements, and to avoid (heir er rors? This can only bo done by stud) ing bis tory, i»nd comparing it with passing events.” Biuutt or a Utiumona Ltru. —The beauty of a religious life is one of it* greatest rccom mendations. What docs it possess? Peace to all mankind—it leaches us those arts which will render us beloved and respected; which will contribute to our present comfort os well as to our future happiness. Its greatest orna ment is charity—H inculcates nothing hut love and simplicity of action—H tenches nothing but tho purest spirit.of delight; in short.it is ft I flyfllom perfectly calculated to benefit f/ic heart, 1 improve the wind,'ami cn/ig/tfcn the under | sfuiiJiug. no in an angry mo 7” Quaker, “and Ihlng worse has .ho debtor, (ind ie iu and I will 0 together, and ascertained the ill. Tho tailor d it in tho hands 1 as may bo roa iook it, ami for various Uoms of yahl nothing till lifch was for “ ad- advertising / ’s bill- Youaro i Quaker, “ (hat jco the cost of ice Just showed horrid oafh, ns t to tell mo Dint ‘(advertisement? tiaker, with most Ickly retorted Id tho Quaker, f to confess tho rar something to herq;” dlutoly respond mlsod that thee intngc/nnd Is it tajlor to oolloct ,”sild thoswfn post rape, “ I’ll will nbt leave a Junker, “if thou ifThat sort, thou tunlty.” t-plusßod hy tho nppd spoocliloss Pilch In. i As a w ifo and mother, woman can make or I mar i Im* fortune and happiness of her husband • ami children ; and even if she did nothing else. Minly llih would he a sullic.icnl dvMniy. IJv her thrift, pi udt nee ami tact she ran secure lo partner ami herself a competence in old age, no mailer how small their beginnings, or how ad veisea fate occasionally bo theirs. Hy her cheerfulness she can restore her husbands’ spn ils, shaken by the anulies of busiiuss,— Hy her tender care she can often restore him to ! heallli. if disease has seized ujion hi.s overtask ed powers. Hy her counsels and her love, she can' win him fnnn had companj, if leiuplniion. in an evil hour, has led him astray, Hy hei example, her precepts, and her sex’s insight mlo diameter, she can mould her childien. however divirse their dispositions, into good and noble men and women. And hy leading, in all things, a ti tic and beautiful life, she can leline. elevate and spiritualize nil who come w ithin her reach, so that, with others of her sex emulating and assisting her, sho can even tually do more lo tcgencrnlc tho world than all i i lie statesmen or reformers that over legislated. ] She can do as much alas ! perhaps even more, lo degrade man, if she chooses it. Who can estimate the evil that woman has the power to do ? As ft wife she can ruin her husband hy extravagance, folly, or want of nlfeclum. She can make a devil and outcast of ft man. who I might otherwise have become a good mcmlH-r !of society. Him can bring bickerings, strife 1 and perpetual discord into what has been a I happy home. She can change the Innocent ! babes whom Ood has*entrusted to her charge, j into vile men and even rilcr women, aho can lower the moral cone of society itself, and thus I pollute legislation ftt the spring-head. Sho can in line, become an Instrument of evil, instead of an angel of good. Instead of making flow ers of truth, purity, benuty. and spirituality spring up m li*T footsteps, till the whole earth smiles with lowliness (hat is almost celestial she can transform tto a black nnd blasted desert, covered with tlie scorn of all evil pas- Mims, ami swept by the biller blasts of ever lasting death. This is what woman can do for tho wrong ns well ns for the right. Is her mission a lullo one i Has she no “worthy work,” as has become the cry of late I Man may’ baic a haulier task lo perform, a rougher piiili to travel, hut he has nunc loftier, nr more influential, than woman's.— IVovum's Avocnle. Tiir Ameuu'an Eatii.r:.— Thoodoplion of the white-headed eagle of North America as the representative emblem of the United Stales, was a source of much annoyance lo Franklin. The philosopher denounced “this bird of bad moral character, winch does not get ita living honestly. Besides,” said Franklin, "lie is a rank coward: the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is. therefore, bv no means a ptoper emblem for the bravo and lion* cst Cmcinnalus of America.” This bird how ever, la not so great ft coward as FrunUUn de scribes him. Perhaps the p;rcal philosopher's chief objection to it lay m the circumstance that“lhe little Aing.bird” wna bold enough to attack the rcprcscnlallvo adopted by th»Jto* public. If so. it went to confirm his utter <!«♦' testation of the very namo of ktug, which no carried even lo the choice of notional emblems. 07" When vmi coato l«*» oi»wi ,an > • or to . lay aside nil hlmrp nud moroso hninors, and bo pluasanl, which rmtlro you acceptable, “»d l iho bi-IUT died >our cud. AT $2,00 PER ANNUM, NO, U. THE EABTDQUAKE IN JAPAN, Wlmt Woman Con Do. . A. Slfange Caneh : The NqwYork Timft of. Thursday an* nouncca the' death, in the City- Hospital, of Lieutenant, Hooter, and lhatfpsperi gives* sketch of bis life. Hunter graduat&at J5T«t Point with distinguished: honors,-enured'the navy, and soott took rank as ‘ passed midship* man. At Philaddphia, whilegaiinji; from : hotel widow d beautiful face at an opposite window - attracted his-attention, at* tempted “too get tbi Udy’a attention.’ For this Miller, Jntftb er-in-law of the lady, chtdleiiged 'flimtet, and os the former was a “dead .shot."-able to snulf a candle at ten paces, the fall ofdhq-laUer was considered certain. They inct, and JQiDcc Jell dead at the first fire. Qca. Jackson thcn (J 830) dismissed Hunter from thp service, and’Ko, fled from the law 1 , seeding refuge'after awhltdinihe house of Mrs. Griffiths, New Jersey 1 , whertf bo wooed and won her daughter. ment bad subsided, HuAtcr hadji-jrasottal 3a* terview with President Jackson, which cd m his restoration to rank in the navy, with his back pay. After scrving.in the Med!terra* ncau he relumed, and on- tho bp^hy&.OOti°f the Mexican “War he was put-in of the .Scourge, and'ordcrod to to"lo’Alvaradoand watch proceedings there. ‘Uo'fcrrir&r <nf‘3U varado in tho night." whichtfas three thousand'-sevcti hundred thropaaUd guns, the force of theficourge-bcing, fifty«fiy# men and ono twcnty-iwb ’pbunderi summoned the town to surrender i that he had a fleet outside and-thousand tnen ready to reduce tins toyvn 'to, aaheS. ~ThO city capitulated, and Comiriodore’Pcity ed tho next morning to see Atherican :r Wl* ors waving orcr tho city. This exploit S&dng clearly in disobedience of order?, Uunlqv dismissed from the squadron and sent On his arrival at New York he was refeirtil br a public ovation,received 4‘- varado Hunter, and was presented wilH-a 1 tiful sword. ‘ ‘ * f . . Secretary Mason then put him irt ‘ 66mffiHhd of the Fancy, and while acting; &i : Pdrtef,' fits accounts fell $lO,OOO short, and ha. HMvdfc; missed the service. Commodore I uncle, and Senator Clemens got on adt of Cod* j gross passed balancing his accounts, sonnl influence induced Prvsidcpt reinstate him. Put in command of "ihe/Bqiii* | bridge in January, 1855 : whifeorl tho .ofwU | inn station, betook ntnbrago becaufift.'Cofatttor , dorc Sautcr would not send him |o Paraguay to interfere there in some difficuUsea, b«frW#n the authorities of that place and .tho y&mencni i Consul, and weighed fmdhbr and camtLnome, | thus incurring the penalty of detUk fbr.fbOCrtSiK jof leaving port without orders. Forthphfe 1 was Increty peremptorily dismissed tho r ß«Sdcfij | his friends not even succeeding In getting Jdta a trial by .court-martial. Sincelhgn.be, | sided,in New* York, a broken-down .man«.lys hair rapidly becoming gray and h{s! piiijd'and j body wrecked. He leaves a wife ind daagfite^, I who aro in Spain. • ' A Bicli “Sell.'.’ r- A writer in 'the tiufiafo following Interesting reminiscence, Vhlch m*t be remembered by some of our readers 1 : '. < " V In 1838 I came to Rochester, ondVai o tber« when that sublime farce was enacted oivJMpinc Hope. A wag at Mount Morris’ found a quan tity of bear bones, which ho palmed olfas tm. bones of (Jol. JatheS Boyd find* Mrnpafiy.m Revolutionary celebrity. military tobkrft up, and completed the A funcml was planned, and Gov. Seward to deliver the funeral address.' Thb dbea&'wftty. discovered by s6tnc of the Rochester 'faculty day or two before its consumaUori, -but: sath U'-nS thdr fear of these - ihililar* mbtacrats thaA they kept the secret to Ncycr.'haa poor Jlrtim such l a' pompous'; funeral.'' "It is supposed that seven thousand person*followed iu procession. Goy. Seward was particularly eloquent Vdlhis-farcVol occasion., “bellow cUittmS,” Bald he. tii lua ctomlom,. ♦ «. Vditovy contained in tbb Wulitrtrtg bones deposited in that urn.** lie was right. There teas t histprj*- Noi of battle, blood and Indian massacres, bpt of devastated cornfields, murdered porkers, and unfilial cubs { a theme as fruitful and divrtsK tied, if not as spirit stirring and intetaStirig.' - * In a lew days the secret leaked out-r-thp jpje* was too good to keep, editors Wrangled, Al ters quarrelled, the military swbrp, but had no redress, they had been most unsctt(* fully wlii, and to this day you cannot tOut&aii inhabitant, of Rochester in a more tinder pltei than to ask him if he made oiio d.f the bear pro* cession to Mount Hope, or if ho fras particular* ly edified w ah Gov. Seward's oration over Biil in’s sacred remains. IlEArnm. Sbstimkst. -Shortly befonj Uh departure of the lamented Ilebcr lo India, ho p readied a sermon which contained this beauti ful illustration : . c “Life bears us on liki the stream of a migb-, tv river. Our boat at first glides down, the narrow channel, through tho playful murmur ing «f the little brook, and the winding of iti gr:is>y borders. i The trees shed their blossoms overoar young lu ads, the flowers on the brink seem to pffer themselves to our young hands; Wo arehappjH m hope, and wc grasp eagerly at the beauties around us. hut the stream hurries ua on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and fnahnood i,S along ft «ider nnd deeper flood, amid objects mofq sinking and magnificent. . Wo arc animated by the moving picture of enjoyment and indps-. try passing us: wo ore excited at mere short-, liven disappointment. The storms bear ufl on, and our joys awl griefs tfro alike left behind’ us. Wo may be shipwrecked, wo cannot bo do*,. Inycd: whether rough or smooth, tho river hastens to its home, till the roar of IheoccaxHJ in our ears, nnd (ho tossing of tho Waves Is bet f nealh our feet, and the land lessons fronti ont eyes, nnd the floods arc lifted up”abound nnd Wc lake our further voyage where there Ut no witnesses save the Infinite nnd Eternal.", „ lie Eqi al tq tub Cams,—When a crUlabpO u >ii, and (ho emergency requires moral* cuiingo (o moot it, be equal to Iho rcqntremanU. of the moment, nmf rise superior to tho obsta-r clos In your path. Tho universal testimony of men, wlmsu experience exactly coincides with, yours, furnishes the consoling reflection that ililllcnltios may ho ended by opposition* • ThOre'l Is no blessing equal to tfio stout heart That magnitude of danger needs nothing more than a, greater effort tlian ever at your hands. If yoji. are recreant In tho hour of trial, you are the worst of recreants, nnd dcsorvo no compassion,. Ho not dismayed or unmanned when yoashCmd. bo bold, daring, unflinching and rosolnto. lTho r cloud whose tlireatmilngmurmursyou fear and dread, Is pregnant with bloating, and*, I he frown, whose sternness makes yon nhudder 1 and tremblo. will, ore long, bo succeeded bj./H.i smile of bewitching sweetness and benignity.—* Then bo strong and manly, oppose fQpCU to open difficulties, keep a firm reliance on your , ability to overcome tho obstacles {'and trtlll Id rrovidonco. •• -• • * £7** There is a fast boy out ii> Madison.-tha' canitol of Wisconsin, who, if ho gcts.no baqk«_ sis. will scarcely fidl to reach Congress br lfii" Penitentiary, ond of these days. , ‘ Uis school tenoher, n young Indy, was -pro*', sccutcd by his parents for pretty severely, vrclt* ; ing the young rascal's bach for his cdSrfuol.. - 'plie case wont up to court, ond the thc'iury was in cllbct “served him right*, . . - \Vo give o portion of the; boy «jwfimdnj* thbwit ol which mcn« . -I iwkod hcr.to do • for nm,ima«hril-«..i Irwdic sum)" asked' Iho ediihicl 11 for the defendant. • • • •♦To subtract nine from twenty-tight, t -, • j “Couldn't you do that without her ossiSl* anoc T” ••I suppose I could - ; hlit the arilhrtictio said-« I couldcuH subtract nine from eight wlthoiit.; hoi rowing 10. und I didn’t know where tho d 1 to borrow H-"
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