&imMniin-**kaV inta>siiAY_ itfoßSmo- dt Jolsil 11.1* 1-J1^(>ll ‘, ■ ! "' teems. ,r ' ■ ' : ,™ni J_Ono Dollar and Fifty Cants,' ndranco’l Two Dollars II paid within tlio GSi aid TWO' Dollars and Filly Cants, if not S wUhinllia year. 1 - These lormo will, ho rig: id!y oddared to Id every instanco. No sub icrTplion discontinued imtl a'l arraan'gos ara paid unless at the option ol the Eililor. 1 ADTEBllssnrsTS— Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding- end square, will bo Inserted Zoo times for One Dollar, and twenty-live con s tor each additional insertion. Those of ngroat, bills. Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c ; , &o, exo oulcd with accuracy and nt -tho shortest notice. fottiffll .1"“”.. ' p rom Home Journal. ’’ • ' inE &UAIIDWS IN THE VALLEY. dt n. 1. n.Asa. There’s a mossy, shady valley, " Where tlio waters wind and now, Arid the dairies sleep In winter, • 'ifontli a coverlid of snow, And violets, bluo eyed violets, • Bloomln beauty In lho‘ spring, And tlio sunbeams kiss the wavelets, Till they sectulo huigh and slog. Sut in autumn, when tho sunlight Crowns the ccdar-covcred hill, Shadows darken In tho valley, •Shadows ominous and still 5 And the ydllyw leaves, like banners Of an EKln-hoat, that’s fled, ' Ting'd with gold arid royal purple, Flutter sadly overhead. - Ami (hosts shadows, gloomy shadows, Like dim phantoms on the ground, Stretch their dreamy lengths forever On a daisy coveted mound. And I loved horj yea, I loved her, , Cut tho angels loved her too, So she's sleeping in the valley, 'Neftth tho sky so bright and blue. And no slab of pallid marble, Hears ItB~whtto and ghastly head. Telling wanderers in tho valley , Of tho virtues of tho dead. But a lllly Is her tombstone, 'And & dew-drop, pure and blight, Is (he epitaph an angel. . Wrote in, tho stillness of night. And I’m mournful, very mournful, For my sou! doth ever crave For tho fading of the shadows From that tittle woodbind grave. For tho memory of (ho loved one, From my soul will never part; And those shadows in tho valley, Dim tho sunshino of my heart.’ THE POET MBS. ?Wpurfda Bills, are tinged with gold, The evening horn* dfawinz And yet, near yonder cloud, behold"' ~"" Tho lark, Is soaring in the sky I Why is ho (here at such an hour? • The twilight croups tho valo olong. The drowsy beo now quits the flower, Tho thrush hath closed his vesper song. I heard him o’er tho waving corn, Herald (ho dawning of tho day, And now, on fluttering pinions bomo, Ho chants Us parting roundelay. Hark 1 how the little minstrel sings, Among tho golden clouds of even, ’ While tip ho springs on trembling wings, As If his spirit were In heaven.. Is it ambition calls him there, - There prompts so sweet a song to flow f •*Ah I - noV no. ?tU all for hdr ’ Who nestles In tho valo below. For her ho mounts, the clouds among, - For her attunes hts melody—. Anil thus, ray iovo, expressed In song, Is all that I can give to thou ( Histtllnnfona. IDE WOOD OF IDE CROSS. I norcr hoard of our Lord's cross having boon made of elder wood. The common idea, legend, or tradition, that prevailed formerly, was, that the upright beam of (he cross was made of cedar, (ho cross-beam of cypress, the piece on which tho Inscription was written of olive, and tho piece for the feet of palm. Tho legend concerning the wood of tho cross is very curious, and may bo analysed as fol lows i When Adam full sick, ho sent bis son Seth to tho gato of tho garden of Eden to beg «t tho angel some drops of (ho oil of mercy (hat distilled from tho tree of life Tho angel re plied that none could rocelro this favor till five thousand years had passed away, llogavo him, however, a cutting from tho tree, and It was planted upon Adam's grave. It grew into a tree with three branches. Tho rod of Moses was afterwards cut from this tree. Solomon had it cut down to mako of it a pillar for his palace. The Queen of Sheba, when she went to visit Solomon, would not pass by it, as she said it would one day cause the destruction of (ho Jews. Solomon then ordered It to bo removed buried. Tho spot where it was burled was afterwards dug for tho pool of Bethsaido, and the mysterious tree communicated tho power of healing to the waters. As (ho time of tho Pas sion ot Christ approached, the wood floated on 0 ° r and was taken for tho iprlght beam of fho cross. See this curious ™‘" longlh In tho - Gospel of Nl. S#J?r»V * lO “kegonda Aurca" at the feasts X .i b 0 Discovery and Exaltation of (ho Cross', t,U f*ni tl » a ona# forloa of tho Levant," p. 102, and Uldron's “ loconogmphy," p. 007, Bohn's edition. ■’ I think, however, (hat I can explain tho ori - 1 1». Thosfjon put to Rubl by bis poor pa rishoner as to tho cross having been of elder wood. IBs question may havo sprung flrom n corruption of an old tradition or legend regard ing not our Saviour, but Judas his betrayer.— •ffudaa Is said to have hanged hlmsolf on an elder tmo. Sir John Maundovlllo, In his description Jerusalem, after speaking of tho Pool of Sl !*oe,tddsi ./‘And fast by It Is still tho older tree on which ’JOaas hanged himself for despair, when lie sold *a cross. In Sir Jolra MaudoTlll's time a spot was pointed outnt Jerusalem, as tlio spot where Iho tree grow t J' "o tlio west of Jerusalem Is a fair church, •wnoro (bo (rco of tha cross groTr.’*—P. 175 ’ And ha speaks of (ho wood of (his (rco os wmn*aaco boon used os a bridge over Iho brook t'jdron, (p, ICO.) Henry Maundroll describes u C . onron i lliat v ,, ° v,BUod * ftbout kalf on . u m* distance from Jerusalem« -/‘I T *? Bfc which most deserves (o bo noticed in «, is (ho reason of its namo ami foundation. It 10 l'? . l“ " l 0 ">»t neurlshed the V‘ s , 1 tree, that yielded the Umber, •list made the cress. Under the high niter von ,-«nho o tro n o*stjS.” °“ 8 r '> u “»'v"««"- «.Tlion remark, asaftlond, (hat oven If U Jr 01 " 0 1” l 0 footf robust health, you oat at. much. At this sickly looked a llt • ■o indignant, but (ho next moment ho fooled °* n » *°d replied, ««I llkb your couvbrsatlon »»!? toil w * mt *»n earth Is a roan to do &*&)** ■ two dollars and a half a 'lhe.niab.of ;Uuunaa, nhicli °“ uuls *™)t.ujion liio reason. BY JOIDJ B. BRATTON. VOL 43>. BE.IUTIFDt SENTIMENT. A man without religion is at best n poor-rep rebate—tlio foot-ball of destiny, with no lie linking him to infinity and the wondrous eter nity that is within hiinl But a woman that is without it is even worse— : a flame without heat; a flower without perfume. A man tuny, in some sort, tic his frail hopes and honors with weak slilfling ground, and tackle to his business of tho world; but a wo man without'that anchor which they call faith, is a drift and a wreck. A man injiv clumsily continue a kind of responsibility or motive, blit can find no basis on any other system of right action .than that of spiritual faith. A man may craze his thoughts and his brain to thought lessness in such poor harborage as fame and reputation may stretch before him--a woman, where can she put her hope, while passing through trials, storms and tribulations; if not in heaven ? ' And that sweet truthfulness, that abiding love, that enduring hope, mellowing every scene of life, lightening them with the pleasant est radiance—wlien tho world’s cold storms break like an nrmy with cannon, who can be stow it all but a holy soul tic to what is stron ger than on army with cannon ? Who. thot has enjoyed the love of a God-mother, but will cchoc the thought with energy, and uallow it with a tear 1 The worldly being has no points where di vine grace can rcach him ! Take away the ob ject of his ambition, and he is soured: add to it, and he becomes intoxicated. Send him sickness, and ho only writhes liken wounded snake. But tho unsealing of the human heart, by cutting off its earthly objects of love, luma the foundation of that love direct to Heaven.— The bereaved soul looks its Heavenly Parent in the face because of its chastisement. Sacred indeed, then, is that heaven-lire whose presence gives happiness on earth, and even whose ex tinguishment serves to open the vision to the eternal glory ftud reward of Heaven. THE DEVIL'S CHAIR. A letter from Manchester, New Hampshire, in tho Boston I*oxl, says that at Amoskeag Falls the Devil’s Chair is visible, in consequence of the low water in tho Mcrrimac, which lias not been tho ease for mony years : bottom architecture. forms tho bed of tho river. No mathematical measurement could calculate this furniture more accurately, nor could any chisel cut it more srooothely limn the water has. The tradition connected with this chair is, that the devil used to frequent these parts, and made that particular place his scat, from whence ho used to amuse himself by tormenting thcln dians with such diablerie as stopping the salm on, shad ond eels that used to frequent .these waters, driving them back down the river, drinking up all tho water of tho river, or task ing it all into at the falls, and casting it into Tho air, and thus occasioning the long rainy days. . . TV ;*■ > They were rid of him at length in this wise: Paasaconnway was rt giant among the Peni cooks. He was more to them than Hiawatha to tho Dacotnhs. He was a sort of Jupiter Motor among his trilie, and was prevailed upon by the prayers of all good Indians, and driven by repealed injuries, to remove his evil spirit from his throne. lie did it to the eminent sat isfact on of all time, ond is entitled to the thanks of the Amoskeag Water Power Compa ny: for if he were here now, drying up the wa ter, it would cause infinite mischief to all this machinery now running here.” THE PRESENT QUEEN OP GREECE. The Queen is a woman of 35, who will not grow old for ft long time; her cnl/ouporiif will preserve her. She is of a powerful and vigo rous constitution, backed by on iron health.— Her beauty famous fifteen years ago, may still be perceived, nllhougl, delicacy has given way to strength. Her face is full and smiling, but somewhat still and prim; tier look is gracious, not affable: it would seem os though she smiled provisionally, and that anger was not far ofi. Her complexion is slightly heightened In color, with a few imperceptible red lines which will never grow pale. Nature has provided her with a remarkable appetite, and she lakes four meals every day, not'to speak of sundry inter mediate collations. One part of (he day is de voted to gaining strength, and tho other (o ex pending it. In tho morning the queen goes out into her garden, either on foot or in a little car riage, which she drives herself. Sh« talks to the gardners, she lifts trees cht down, branches pruned, earth levelled: she takes almost, as much pleasure in making others move as in moving herself, and she never has so good an appetite as when the gardners are hungry.— After the mid day icpast and tho (blinking siesta, the queen goes out riding, and gels over a few leagues at a gallop (o take the air. In the summer she gets up at three in (he morning to go and bathe in (he sea at Phalmmi: sheswima, without getting tired, for on hour together.— In (lie evening she walks, after supper, in her garden. In the Iml] season she never misses a waits or a quadrille, and she never seems tired orsatisfied. ScniPTURAL ush op tub wonn Forty.— I This numeral, which occurs so frequently in Scrip ture, ond in places where its introduction Is apparently at variance with passages that pre cede ond follow it, Is, in (he East, constantly used as a general term; implying ‘many,’ or an indefinite number, ns wo use the word ‘score,’ or a 'dozen or tw:.* A ruined palace at Persepolis is called ‘Cliclralnat,’ or ‘the for ty pillars,* though it lias but nineteen standing, and when perfect had 200. Tho Arabs also use *ono thousand and One* in a similar man ner. Thus Moses was in tho Mount 'forty* days, meaning many days. .The Israclits lived many, not ‘forty’ years in tho wilderness.— Hus meaning explains humorous difficulties in scriptural history;* and Persians, Arabs ond lurks, still use tho term 'forty* in this sense. tip*. A French writer has recently published fln interesting work on tho subject of suicide, in which ho enumerates among tho causes, drunk* enness, wont, misconduct, insanity, domestic grievances, love, quarreling, pride. Jt is nioro common gmong niales than females, mul In ccn ires of population than where the people arc thinly scattered. It i$ more frequent in un married and widowed persons, and occurs very ln youth. In Franco there is one suicide in every 18,461 inhabitants. The number is at Its muxirnum In the north, dcoroaeca in the cast, west and centre, and Is least In tho south. More suicides are committed hy day than by night, and more In summer tlion in winlc>.—• Among ftbo aged suicide is practised, though quite rarely. IC7* The historian 4s tho sovereign censor to decide upon the renown or Infamy of his fellow men—ho is the patron of kings and conquer ors, on whom it depends whether they gJjaU live in after ages, or »mj forgotten ns their an !« >p ?«r® ; r ° ro l^cm * Tko tyrant may oppress wh lo tho objcct.of his tyranny exists; but the historian possesses superior might, for his power extends ciruhc/oud lUograi o. THE VEILED PICTURE. A story is told of two orlist lovers belli of whom sought the hand of a noted painter’s daughter. And the question, which of the two should possess himself of the prize so earnestly coveted by both, having come to the father, he promised to give his child to the one who could pamt the best. So each strove for the maiden with the highest skill his genius could com mand. One painted a picture of fruit, and dis played it for the father's inspection in a beau tiful grove, where gay birds sang sweetly among the foliage, and all nature rejoiced in the luxuriance of bountiful life. Presently the birds came down to the canvass of tho young painter, and attempted to eat tho fruit he had pictured there. In his surprise and joy at the young artist’s skill, the father declared that no one could triumph over that. Soon, however, the second lover came with his picture, and itwas veiled. “Take tho veil from your painting,” said the old man. “I leave that(o you,” said tho artist, with simplicity. The father of the young and lovely maiden approached the veiled picture and attempted to uncover it. But imagine his astonishment, when, as lie attempted to take off the veil, he found the veil itself to bo tho picture! We need not say who was the lucky lover; for if ho who deceived the birds by skill in painting fruit, manifested great powers of art, ho who could so veil his canvass with a pencil as to deceive a skillful master, was surely the great est artist. Tim Fatal Flower. > Travellers who visit the Falls of Niagara, aro directed to a spot on the margin of the preci pice, over the boiling current below where a gay young lady a few years since lost her life. Sjie was delighted with the wonders of the un rivalled scene, and ambitious to pluck a flower from a clifi where no human hand had before ventured, ns a memorial of the cataract of her I daring; she leaned over tho verge, and caught n glmpse of the surging waters far down the battlement of rocks, while fear for a moment darkened her excited mind. But there hung a lovely blossom upon which her heart was fixed; and she leaned in a delirium of intense desire and anticipation over the. brink. Her arm was outstretched to grasp the beautiful flower which charmed her fapey, theturi yielded to thenres- HUIC a shriek she de scended like a fallcn%\iA shore and was borne away gasping in dcaiu.*^ 3 *®^ Ike Marvel. . Adzacklv.—A minister was passing a field in Starkee County, a few days ago. in which a boy was ploughing some stubby and rooty ground, at which he swore very wicked oaths every few paces. Ho remained on his horse until the profane little teamster came up to tho fence at the end of his row? when, ho accosted him: •aty hoy. couldn’t you get along with Vour ploughing without swearing so wicked?*,. ,-,.*Hqvdamn it. or.jau ’ r ~.-- •, . At it tho spectacled dignitary went, the loam hearing a strange voice, moved on rather briskly, which at every sticking point nearly ierked him out of his boots, and finally tossing ins hat in one direction and his specks in an other, while he would exclaim at every such trouble, ‘Why I never saw the like.” until he had repeated it about Forty times, when the boy become Impatient, took bold of the plow with— * ‘Get away, you old fool—you might as well swear os to tell so many d d lies about it, constantly saying you never saw the like, and seeing it all the lime.’ £7"’ Here Is an Englishman’s idea of Marcy. A correspondent of one of tho London papers has met him, and writes as follows : "I must not pass in silence one remarkable man, who rolled Ihrough.lho assembled crowd very much like a bear, ond tho crowd fell awoy from ns If he were indeed such. This was Governor Mar cy. I looked at him with much interest. He is a remarkable man, and carries tho evidence m lus appearance. The awkward and some what, unwieldy person, tho large and shaggy eyebrows, give one. ot first, an idea of sturdy obstinacy. But, on closer look, we discover the other trails, ondarc puzzled by the strange mixture of courage and cunning—as if the heads of a hull-dog ond fox had been run to gether. To this add a twinkle of humor, and you have the outer man. A Maine man, (not a Maine Law roan,) once had occasion to call upon Gov. Marcy, ond po ked into his room unannounced. There hesaw a pair of cow-hide shoes, tied with leather strings, sticking over the edge of a table, and, supposing them to belong to some Irish door keeper or Janitor, called out to know ‘when old Marcy would be in.’ Tho ‘stogas’ stirred not, but agnilfvolcocxpccloratcd, ‘here isold Mar cy, what do you want with him?’ ** Gbkrrous.—-A writer In the Burlington Sentinel says that in one of tho back towns of a neighboring Slate, where it is the custom for the district school teacher to "board round,” the following incident 6ccurrcd,and is vouched for by high authority : A year or two ago, an allotmcat being made in tho usual manner .for the benefit of .the school mistress, it happened that Iho proper lion of one man was Just two days ond a half. The teacher sat down tu dinner on the third and was beginning to cat, when tho roan ol the house addressed her as follows : "Madam, I suppose your boarding time is out when you have eaten half a dinner, but as I don’t want to be mean, you may eat, if you choose, about as much os usual.” . W hat is this Prior op Ducks? -A gentle man was asked *Whnt is the price of ducks?* when ho confessed he could not tell. Ho had been out that very day with his wife, and she purchased no fewer limn three ducks. Firstly there was a ‘duck of a dress;’ secondly, a ‘duck of a parasol:’ and thirdly, a 'duck of a bon net.’ The first was made of Ocnoa velvet, tho second was trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and tho third n magnificent hunch of ostrich feathers. The united cost of the throe dtioics was $275, so that the ducks had stood him no less than $9l and a few shillings apiece. He supnosesduoks were in tho market cheaper, hut for himself, when ho hears his wife mention the word ‘duck,’ he trembles from bend to foot, for ho knows at once that it means something In ordinately expensive. K 7“ Presentations nro getting quite Com mon. The captain of a canal boat out west has just been presented with.a service of five years in the penitentiary, in consideration of the distinguished ability with which ho plun dered a passenger and then kicked him over hoard. man may possess the ability to ac complish much, but. without assurance ho will accomplish little. tiZF Truth is a plant wjlhin tho human heart which isUoo often neglected-And remit ted to wither. ! K7* Never loose your dignity. “OUR COUNTRY— HAT IT ALWAYS BB RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OB WRONG, OUR-COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA./ THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,185 G. 'IIB. EDITOR I’S/iT A SIN? An Impudent propounds the following Questions lo ft Inodest editor out west: When a lady gfctslßtaUecl In the gutter That mna Jna.nopMpns street, (Like a fly (hai ls fitrdnd£d in butter,) And Jia*s to uncbvcriifr fectj As gently the Called liflfll fiho, - And gives It a graceful sweep; Is n follow to blame When ho chances To give her ahkicsla’ppcp-7 Just to soo if thoyfronlilck or they’re thin, Mr s Editor;Jsß tjsln 7 Or when n phirapbowVp’s uncovered With Loco, ♦Whoso whftenpwliko'full blooming lilies, Contrasts wlth-tMiipsoon tho face, flotreiwlb flower, (If I may bo allovlc{t ; so to speak.) Should a fellow be oflhpkjd It he’s curious Within (bo laco mfohjci to peep 7 Just to judge ofi-ithe.^rdntents within— . Mr. sin 7 TnE BWJiIIN JAPAN. Tn Japan there exlstsfl very ancient frater nity, enjoying a:very lfgh degree of. respect.— It is that of tWhUncj ages and conditions, and which owes it£}orjgln to the following clr cumstanecs. on ancient Emperor of Sapan fell dCeplytlrupyc with a young prin cess, who hitflpassion'wlth the same ardor. the lovers were per fectly happy irt Other's society, hut that happiness was by tho death of the princess, and so .dccp.ims the grief of her lover that he became blind dint of weeping (as is the popular belief ).orsicrhapa from some other cause. Tn order .to, (fohsolo himself fortius double Infliction; with a view lo immortalize the memw-y of the object of his passion, ho instituted/a -fraternity in which none were to Ikj received but blind persons.— That society exists at-lhc present day, but its members arc never sccfylo beg nbout the streets or at the church dooM.; os in Europe. During several centuries this society continued to exist in a very flourishinglbondilion, but at present it is only composed —priests and other persons connected with the service of the temples. . It fell iijto, decay in consequence of the birth of another of blind persona, into which ore admitted :os members no others than persons of higs or station, who may have become blind. This, too, owes its origin to a remarkable event, supported by better historical or at least much less apocry. ‘V* the former. At one period of the history ol was tom by internal divisions, a General command' ing tho armies of on&of the two claimants to the throne having Ixlcn defeated and made pris oner, the conqucroiyjwho had a high opinion of both his integrity and military talents, was de sirous to attach him.-to bis cause; (ho General replied, “All thatt;can - do for you is to tear out these two cyesr which excite me only lo your ruin. I canjmfc turn them toward you W i tho execu ted, must be by the President of the Supreme Court of the Empire, who sits at Mea co. This council sends into tho. provinces su periors. whose cilice is not dissimilar to that of tho visitors and dclimtors of' tho religious or ders in the Church of Rome. Tub Pbootikm of Life.—Mon rejoice when the aim is risen j they rejoice Also when it goes down, while they nro unconscious of Iho decay of their own lives. Men rejoice on seeing the face of n now season, ns ot the arrival of 000 greatly desired. Nevertheless, tho revolution of seasons Is the decjiy of human life. Frag* mqnts of drift wood meeting in tho wide ocean continue together a IHtlo space, thus parents, wives, husbands, children, friends, ana riches remain with us but a Abort time, then separate —and tho scporatlon Is inevitable. No mortal can escape tho common lot { he whomoums for Ids deported relatives has no power to force ; them to return. One standing on tho road would readily soy to a number of porsons-msalog by, I will follow yon. Why, then,, should a person grlovo, whon Jotmioyfpg tho same road which has boon assuredly trodden hy.all our forofath ors? Lite resembles » cataract rushing down with irreelstablo Impetuosity. Knowing (hat tho end of life Is dentil, every right minded man ought to-pursue thnt/which Is connected with hnppluoss and. ultimate bliss.- Tub Obavr or tub BEtovKi).—lfow pleasant Is tho spot to tut whore rests tlia remains of a clear friend or rolalivo In whoso society wo onco took so ranch delight- Tho mother loves often there to retire, ami while standing bosido tho grave of her beloved child, to call to mind tho scene of by-gono days, when the loved one, now reposing In silence in tho grave, smiled up on her, and called her by tho endearing name of mother. Tho lather spends hours In looking hack to (ho Umowhonho know Ids promising son, whom none knotvbut to lovo, was tho Joy of his heart nnd the object of his greatest care and solicitude. Tho husband nnd wife hero come to meditate and mourn over tho loss of n departed companion j nil, fVom tho nearest rela tive to tho warm hearted and sorrow stricken friend, hero resort to meditate on the happy sea sons of (ho past, ond look forward to tho tuluro, when they too shall bo laid beside those whom they lovo and with (hem enter another state of being; . ttT* Poetry, says Pickens,, makes Hfo what .lights nnd mnsin do tho stage. Strip the one of Its.false embellishments, and tho other of Its illusions, and what it Uwro tygl in either to Uro or wo lor, Visit to tie folate of tlic Saltan Jmlr Ahmed. Presently tho blear-eyed guide with the an gry voice returned from within; rcicosed us from tho importunities of certain forward and inquisitive youth, and motioned ns to doll our slippers at a -.stone step, ah rather line, about 12 feet distant from the palace wall. Then en sued a long dispute,.in tongues mutually unin telligible; about giving up our weapons; by dint of obstinacy we retained our daggers and my revolver. The guide raised a door curtain, suggested a bow.-r(rtd I stood in the presence of the dreaded chief' ills appearance was that of a little Indian Rajah, an etiolated youth,’ 24 or 25 years old, plain and thin-bearded, with a yellow complexion,- wrinkled brows and* pro truding eyes. Jlis dress was a flowing robe of crimson cloth, edged with snowy fur, and a narrow while turban - tightly twisted round a tall conical cgp of red velvet, like the old.turk ish head gear of our painters. Ilfs throne was a common Indian Rtirsi. or raised cot, abdutfi feet long, with back and sides supported by a dwarf railing. Being an invalid he reseed his elbow upon a pillow, under which appeared the hilt of a dutch sabre. Ranged in double line, perpendicular lo the Amir, stood lho /court/ his cousins and nearest relations, with right arms bared after the fashion of Abyssinia. I entered the house with a loud 'Peace bo among you!’ lo which 11. 11. replying graciously, and extending a bond bony and yellow as a kite's claw, snapped his thumb and middle finger.— Two chamberlains forward, held my . forearms, and assisting me to bend low over the fingers,,which, however. I did not kiss, be ing naturally averse to performing that opera tion upon any but a woman's hand. My two servants then look their turn; in tills ease, af ter the back was saluted, tho palm- was presen ted for a repetition. These preliminaries con cluded. wo were led to and seated upon a mat in front of tho Amir, who directed towards us a frowning brow and an inquisitive eye. Some inquiries were made about the chiefs health; he shook his head captiously and enquired our •errand. I drew from my pocket my own let ter; it was carried by my chamberlain, with hands veiled in his Tobe, to the Amir, who, af ter a brief glance, laid it upon the couch, and demanded further explanation. I then repre sented in Arabic that we had come from Aden, bearing tho compliments of our Dalunh or gov ernor, and that wo had entered Ilarar lo see tho light of 11. 11/s countenance: thisinforma lion concluded with a little speech, describing tho changes of political agents in Arabia, and alluding to the friendship formerly existing be tween the English and the deceased chief Abu hakr. The Amir smiled graciously. This smile.'TmflsVoWTfi.’dew L„ was a relief. We bad been prepared for tho poet of affairs ip the palace was by no means re-assuring., A paragraph, about (ho Amir Ahmed will amuse our readers: . “Tho Amir Ahmtd is alive to ihc fact that some state should hedge in a prince. Neither weapons nor rosaries arc allowed in hia pres ence; a chamberlain’s robe.acts as'spittoon. .Whenever anythingirgi.vcn to or takeft from him his hand must.be kissed. Even on horseback two attendants fan him with their garments. Except when engaged on the llaronio visits which he, like his father,pays to the streets and by-ways at.niglit, ho is always surrounded by a strong body guard.- Ho riacslo tho mo.sque escorted by a dozen horcsrmm.- and a score of footmen with guns and whips precede him. By his side walks nn officer shadm.* him with a huge and heavily fringed red satin umbrella: ; from India to Abyssinia the sign of princely ; dignity. Even at hia prayers two or throe cho sen malchlockmcn stand over him with lighted fuses. When ho rides forth in public, he is es corted by a party of fifty horsemen ; the run ning footman crack their whips and shout ‘Let! Let!‘ (Go! Go!) and the citizens avoid stripes by retreating into the nearest house, orl running mto another street.” MoUlo was a saucy, witty mlschlorous girl at all times, but doubly so on horseback, nigh spirited, handsome and graceful, she rode as though she had a West point (raining. David Downy, who was a soft-voiced little fellow, was constantly by her side. Though not afraid to follow Molllo ovci (ho fences, yet somehow ho always blushed when ho raised ’his gentle oyes to hers. Pointing over (he field, he timidly said, os though ho possibly had some meaning in it—“ there’s the Parson’s, Moljlo.” The wicked little mimic only pointed herrldlng-whlp to a garden-patch, and said—** (hero’s parsnips, Davy.” Drops of perspiration stood on his. forehead, like tho early dew still on (ho grass, but perse* vorlng ho said—“l don’t doubt my ability to provide for a wife, and tho’ you nro so young, I know you could manage a household.” << Certainly, and my husband beside; I’d have his beard grow the most approved stylo by my correct and tasteful eye, if I had to scissors it Into shape; ho should wear (ho coat 1 thought becoming, If I had to putapadlock (hrodghthe button holes and fasten him in. If, in (ho sum mer, when 1 wanted to (ravel, ho perversely in sisted It was too hot, and pleasant enough at homo, 1 would not squabble with him; but un known to him, I’d kindlo a rousing Oro in (ho collar Airnnco, open tho flues, nud beat thn house until Ids stubbornness would bo forced to iwtako himself off to cooler quarter*. - Oh, most positively suro and certain,*! could manage : him, I toll you, and tho biggest kind of house- 1 hold.” ' Said cxcltod Davy; “ You may oven lather and shnvo off my beard, whon 1 gotono; I’ll not Interfere with you spending your summer ot tho north polo, if yon Wish; I’ll submit to any num ber of padlocks or any kind of lock, if you’ll only consent to wedlock,” - Molly only sold; “Now Davlo, when wo aro married, don’t forgot a)I this promising.” Enough for happy Mr. Downy. (Ivor (ho parsonage fenco they Jumped In fox-hunting stylo, oud In her ridlng-drcss, tho mod-cap Mull was married. Tub Mkiicimnt’s tnri TrnANT.— Ono day a tyranical emperor went, to tho out side of tho city unattended. Ife accosted a He accosted a nian sitting under a tree as fol lows ; • ■ • “What sort of a man is tlip empereop of the country ? Is bo a tyrant or a just man ?” ' “Ho is a tyrant,” said tlmman. , “Do you know mo ?”sald Uio emperor.. "No.” said the man. Tho emperor said, "I am the emperor of the country." ’ Tho man was frightened and asked, "Do you know mo?” "No,” said the emperor. Tho man replied, "I am tho son of a certain merchant; every month, during the space of three days, I become ipad. To-day la ono of tbofiodays.” Tho tyranilaughcd and said nothing more to him. ■ : 0 Xy*To enjoy to-day, atop worrying about to-morrow. (D“ Repentance is not to bo measured by inches or hours. u [£7“ Music is beauty to tbo car, as beauty is music to the eye. Saddle Courtship. AT $2,00 PER ANNUM. NO. 12. Tho Tronhlcsome Pig. John Lcland was a Baptist minister of great celebrity, some years since in eastern Now York and Massachusetts. He was once called to attend a council in a .troublesome cose, in which the offender pro fessed extreme anxiety to do what was right, if lie could only be made to see what he ought to do.’ After a long time spent by different mem. bersof the council, in vain efforts to enlighten him. John Lcland arose to speak, and all were intent to hear his words : "This ease,” said he. "reminds me of a cir cumstance that occurred, just ns I had moun tedmy korso to come to meeting. In looking around I noticed that a pig had broken into one of my lots, and threatened to do much damage there. I got off my horse at once and hastened to the place. I first found the hole where ho broke in, and then drove him very carefully towards it. Ho snuffed and grunted, and Seemed anxious as a pig could posable be, to get out, and'mademany desperate efforts to get out where it was impossible. But when he reached the hole, ho bolted by it with all possible speed and began again his furious efforts beyond. I drove him several times to and fro, but every time he shot post the hole in* great haste and began with tho most remarkable pertinacity his efforts to get out, where egress was impossible. At last I became tired of this sport, and gath ering some good seized stones, I sent them fly ing at him. This had the desired effect! The first that hit him enlightened his mind at once. He squealed as though ho had been nearly killed, and making one straight run for tho hole, was grunting outside before I had lime to hit him again. The story savs that the offender who had lis tened attentively during the discourse, rose at once, saying that ho now saw tho hole, and went out by a hearty confession without the application of another stone. Grace Before Meat. —A Texas paper is responsible for the following : ••One of our slock raisers, in hunting some cattle on a cloudy day, not long since, got be wildered and lost in the prairc: tho weather came on stormy and thick, so he could not tell what course to lake, and wandered about three days without a mouthful to cat. About noon on'lho third pay it cleared up a little, and he struck out for a house he saw a long ways of!. On reaching it, and making known hia hungry condition, tho householder—who was a par son—expressed his warm sympathies for him, and told him to sit down, that dinner would be ready after a while. When dinner was an nounced, “our hero,” suiting the action to the word, was promptly in a seat, and as prompt ly began making himself |jcrfcctly at homo u irii u wSiiitn his reach. At this crisis, tho of the house interposed with: • Stop, slop! wo arc in tho habit of saying] something here before we cal.” Our hero filled his mouth nearly full and without stopping or apparently noticing par ticularly what had been said to him, replied: ‘•Go on and say whatever youd—n please, you can't tusn my stomach now.” Talb Beauing.—Never repeat a story, unless you arc cc'.tain it is correct, and even not then unless something is to be gained, either of in terest to yourself or for the good of the person concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked practice, and he who indulges in it, grows more fond of It in proportion as he is successful. If you have no good to say of your neighbor, nev er reproach his character by telling that which is false, lie who tells you the faults of Others, intends to tell others of your faults, and so the dish of news is handed from one to another, un til the talc becomes enormous. “A story nev er losses anything,” is wisely remarked ; but on the contrary gains in proportion as it is repeat ed by those who have not a very strict regard for truth. Truly, “the tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” • RIXD WORDS. As stars upon a tranquil sea, In mimic'glory shine, So words of kindness in the heart Reflect tho source divine; O then be kind who’er thou ort. That breathest mortal breath. And it shall brighten nil my life, And sweeten even death. A Sextuple Bond.— There is an old, grey pussy cat In Newark, who has recently had an addition to her family, of six kittens, all of which are joined together near the hind legs. In lifting one op you lift the whole, like a bunch of bananas. This interesting goup of fclinity seems to live very harmoniously logclh cr, with the exception that neither one can tell which is its own tail! These latter appenda ges arc so twisted and Interwined that even the grave and staid mother cat herself cannot un ravel the mystery, and hence the kittens quar rcl occasionally. A Singular Fiibak of Lightning. —The Exeter (N. 11.) News Letter states that, on the Blh inst.. the lightning struck a pine tree in the fluids of Judge French, came down (he (op half way, without doing damage, and then shat ton'd in pieces the bottom half and scattered them for twelve rods around, so quickly (hat the top half full down straight am! lighted on tho stump, and stands up ns slmfght as a can die on tharsliimp! It is supported partly by splinters stuck into tho ground. The tree was about forty feet high. Economy op not Shaving. — A correspon dent furnishes the Boston Transcript with the following statistics of shaving:—"Suppose a man commences shaving at sixteen and contin- ues the practice until he is sixty, it will be found that he has shaved 15,700 times. Going to the barber’s, stopping and reluming, can not bo estimated at less than half an hour, which, at ten working hdnrs a day, will con sume two whole years! At six cents for each timo the amount will bo so42—enough to build on ornamental coltago or pay his board for four years I'* ■ K 7" “There be goes,” said Mrs. Portlnglon in tho legislature, as a member stood up for the llflh timo to speak on a question. 4 ‘There ho goes, like a soda fountain, and just as fluidly as water. Now, Inane, mind him, and see if you can’t become a speaker of the house of rcprehcnsiblcssometime. I declare!” contin ued she, as a new burst of eloquence reached her car, “it docs seem ns If the mantle-piece of Panic! Webster had fallen into him—ho is so bright.” tO* Franklin was on observing and sensible man, and his'conclusions were seldom incor rect. Ho said that a newspaper and biMe in every house, and a good Seoul in every district— all studied and appreciated as merited—arc tho principal supporters of virtue, morality and civ il liberty. . O* Words arc little things, but they strike hard. .Wo wield them so casliy that wo’arc apt to forget their hidden power. Fifty spo ken, they will fall like the Hunshlno, the dew ana fertilising /rain, but when unfilthy, like the frost, the hail aud tho dosob *' * tcropcst f . 1 A CLEKicjAtu AifEcroTE.—Soinft thirty-fire or forty years ago, a clergyinan.bf the old'' school, somewhat oxcentric, came to SoleOi, from the country, to exchange desks with end of the brethern hi the ministry. During the Sab bath noon intermission be said to his.daughter, ,*Tm am going to he down; if St