AMERIO AN WLU N TEEft. pukisnED evshv «o«»rao »?• , John ». TEllilS • Ono .Dollar and Fifty Cents, liafdT ml vimoo j Two Dollars it pel.! withinthe w L and Two Dollars and Filly Cents, If not iul.l 'within the year. These leraia will be rig idly adhered; to In every, instance. No snh sorlpllon discontinued Ulilil all arrearages are paid unless af the option of the Editor. , • Advbrtisbmknt«— Accompanied by the cash, nml not exceeding one square, will bo inserted three times Cor One Dollar, and humty-five cents tor each additional insertion. Those of o great ter length in.proportion. Jon-PirtXTiXO —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting (nils, Pamphlets, Blank?, Labels, &c.,&c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. WOMEN MM BUSES. I dream of a red rose tree, And which of its roses three Is the dearest to mu I Bound and round, like a dnneo of snow In n darling drift, as its guardians, go Pbmting the tvoineti fadetl for ages, Sculptured In stone, on the poet’s pages; Then follow (ho.women fresh.and guy, Living mid loving, and loved to-day. Lust, in (lie rear, lice ihe multitude of maidens, fciiiiufies uuhorii. And, nil to one cadence, *They circle their rose on my rose tree. Dour rose. tliy term Is reached, Th.v leaf hangs loose nml hlearhedj Ucea pass it iminipoached. Slay, then. Hoop, since I cannot climb, You, great shapes ol (lie antique time! How shall I fix you, tiro you. treezu yon, Uroak my heart ut your /cut to please you 1 Oli! to possess, ami bo possessed ! Hearts that bout ’neftth each pallid breast! fiat once nf love, the poesy, the passion, prink once ami die!—ln vain, tin- same fashion They lirJe their ruse on my rose tree. * Dear rose, tliy joy’s nndimtued ; Tliy cup Is rul>y liintued, Thy cup’s heart nectar brimmed Deep as drops from a statue’s plinth, The beo sucked in by Hie livucmiili, So will 1 bury me while binning, (pleach like him at a plunge my yearning, ip’s in your eyes, lips on j our lips 1 Fold me fast where the cincture slips, Prison all my soul in eternities u( pk-nMiio, (indie me once! Hut no—in then old measure They circle their rose on my rose tree. Dear rose without a thorn, Thy hud’s the babe unborn, First streak of a new morn. Wings, lend wings, (or the cold, (he clear! W hat’s f.u conquers what is near, Noses will bloom n -r want beholders. Sprung from the dust where our own flesh roun ders. Wh it shall arrive with the cycle’s change ? A novel grace anil a beauty sti'ango. J will make an Eve, be (he artist that began her, Shaped her to his mind!—Alas! In like manner i hey circle leeir ruse on my rose tree. JOSEV'S DJIIV Sister Joscy’s got a baby, (She Is hut u ciilhl heiself.) And (ho baby is a bright eyed, Eanglifng, crying little elf. Well I mind the April morning— I was scarcely five years old Addle came with smile of gladness, And .i w ondtutis Ulo she told s How a finny, pretty'creature. To our molhor’n arms was given. ll«*w a white-winged un K el brought it From Its happy home in lie.uen. Mother called our It.itiy Joscy, i& Aik} *hc «,ih cm pet urn! ptidc ; i So cm; thought ol scolding JoseV, ‘ Wliun aliu punted, Ironuod or ciied. Only think how years crowd round ns, t Hiiuging tumble, bringing change— N’”«v th. if baby's gut u baby ! ii!> h» iiio! ain’t it very strange 1 Elicit a precious, winning darting, K.'es of softest, darkest grey, Hn e„s where blessed cunning dimples i’l iy hopoep the li\ dong day. You dim,ld hear him Inighing g.dlv mg like a little dove. If v*m were tile ero <■*<••.( lellnw, Josuy's baity you would hive. Jiliiifcllanroiiii, THE FORCE OF HUiiI.UTIO.V, OR, I'KTKK SWIiUJIIOI'KKIIS AOVENTUIB WITH A a.VjUCK. People af strong nervous temperaments are P'cat slaves to ih? n liitus and caprices of (heir imaginations; anil lienee, people of good hum* lid. but very culinary physical Requirements, a™jhc must subject to tins lyrnimy of mind | "ver mailer, Occasionally, n very culinary I *»n of person —Uial is, an individual of con i M'Uraldo mind, Iml whose menial cnpiicilies ore I miHiisiuined, ntul so partially undeveloped | f ™‘“ l 'da peculiar fact, in a must dis | lv j' sln g degree. No doubt (says ibe best phys 9 1 al niJl,,o ' , 'M;. ) m.e lmlf the ills that llesh is heir r f °' nrt ‘ superinduced by the fancy of the tm(. '•rer alone, Hundreds Imvo died by mere Nymplom.s of cholera, yellow fever, and plague, mdured |,y sheer dread and fear of those terri ble maladies. A case as recorded wherein n felon condemn* I'd to death by phlebotomy, bad Ills arm laid jure to the shoulder, ami thrust through a hole m a partition, while he was fast bound to the opposite side; tho hidden executioner upon the odur side, applied tho lances to the arm with n cli |k: the poor culprit heard the muddy stream and soon growing wcnUcr and faint 'r-lii‘fell into a swoon, and died; when the , 1 WR «* not a drop of blood hud been shed, n *Nrgi'oit having merely snapped Ins lancet upon ino arm, and continued to pour a small stream of water over tho limb and into n basin ! Another case In ‘pint’ was that of a Phila delphia amateur butcher, who in placing Jus incet upon a hook, slipped, ami hung himself instead of his beef, upon (ho barbed point.— fllis agony was intense—lie was quickly taken •down and carried to a physician's and so great was his. pain (in imagination:) that he cried ipSlconsJy upon every motion made hy the doc ■tor, in cpttiing tho cqat and shirt sleeves from about tho wounded arm! When at last the *nn was bared, not a scratch was there! The hook point had merely grassed along the skin, and tom the shirt-sleeve ! . I will not multiply the various facts extant proof of the force exercised by n misdirected Jiimginallou: but will mention one case so In •dicrotisly imposing ns to cause a pretty broad Jinnlo, if not prove otherwise interesting. Some yenVa ago, near the town of Euncnßler, ennsvlvnnia, there lived n cosy old funner named.SwclgliofTcr— of German descent, and decent, too, as his speech will indicate. Old | n,lu Swcighoflerlmd once served as n member 1,1 y lO legislature, and was ihcrcforc. Mm fool;’ *»nd ns ho had also long commanded a volunteer corpse of rustic militia, he could hardly be sup* Ppscd inclined to cowardice. Ilia son Peter 'os his only son, a slrapling lad of seventeen; 4 Polcr devolved the principal cares i fP" 11 °f the old gentleman's farm, and now hum • n n , ssistc * 1 by the old lady and her two -I . daughters—for it Is very common in the n.n loKL ‘° ami girls at work in Awed hanTs U^oll cxlm occasions by some Well,.one warm day, iii haying time, old BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL 43. I’ctrr nml young Prior wore 'hard nl it,' in the meadow, when the old man drops Ilia Seville and bawls out; '0! mine (jolt, Peter !’ •What s dr mailer, fader?’ answers the son, straightening up end looking towards his sire. ‘0 ! mine Gott, Peter !’ again cries the old man. ■Domlcr" echoes young Peter, hurrying up to the old man. J b 1 ■0 !’ mine Gott! der snake bite mine leg I If anything, in particular, was capable of frightening young Peter, it was snakes; for ho had once nearly crippled himself for life by tramping upon n crooked slick, which crampid Ins nude nod so horrified ihe voting man that he liked to have fallen through* himself. At the word snake, young Peter fell back, nimbly as a wire danci r, and bawled in turn - ‘Where is de snake? 1 ‘Tip mine irnwsts, IVer—O. mine CJotl!’ ‘Oh. tuinn Outt!’ echoed Peter. junior, ‘kill 1 him. father—kill him !' I ‘No n, no n: he kill me. Peter; come—come quick— get oil mine trowds !’ Hut Peter the yanuger’s cowardice overcame histihal love, while his fear lent strength to his legs, and Ire started, like a scared locomo tive, to call (he old. hurly Dutchman, who was j in * oi , bjs com menced ft dfcspCn.to struggle—the robber, n powerful and athletic ruffian, closed and seized his victim around the body. There was no e qualltv between the combatants with regard to strength, nnd although (ho old man struck often nml furiously with his knife, the blows were In effectual. and ho was thrown heavily on the floor, with the murderer above nlm. Even then, at that moment, Id* presence of mind saved this heroic gentleman. Ho found that the hlado of the knlfohad turned,and ho contrived to straigh ten (( upon the floor. The ruffian’s hands were already upon his throat—the pressure became suffocating—a few moments more nml the con- ! test must have ended; hut an accidental move- i merit o( his body exposed the murdeier’s side —the old man struck with his remaining strength a deadly blow—the robber’s grasp relaxed—and w ith a yell of mortal agony he lull dead across Ids antagonist. Horror-struck by the death shrieks of (heir comrades, the handitta wanted courage to enter that gloomy chamber which had boon already fatal Its so many. They poured an Irregular volley in. mid leaping through the open window, ran off’, leaving their lifeless companions behind. Eights and assistance came presently—the chamber was a pool of gore, and (ho old man. Hourly In n state of Insensibility, was covered with the blond nnd encompassed by the breath less bodies of his Intended murderers. Ho re covered, however. In enjoy for years his well won repijtnlion, nnd to receive from the Irish Viceroy (lie honor of knighthood, which was never conferred upon a braver nun. Fjik.moxt and Pisixinx.— In voting for Fremont, n portion of the North tenders lo the i South the issue of this Union or unconditional ! submission. If Fremont be elected he comes lin as the professed enemy of the South. No Southerner, without treachery to his section of ' the Union, can become a member of his cabinet. IjfA administration if it keeps the promises of till* canvass, must deprive tho South of all in terests in the territories, and harass and injure slavery in the Stated. Wo do not believe that any portion of the South will submit to his ad ministration. We arc sure that largo portions will noL Disunion, then, in the event of his election is inevitable. Such nn event Is a very remolo contingency, but let tho North and South prepare lo meet it. f/et us if possible, part peacefully, hot the North determine whether it will have several confederacies or ono. Let Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois see whether their interests will not bo promoted hy uniting with the Southern confederacy, hot Califor nia. (00. study well tho question, whether she will havn a Pacific republic, become tributar}’ to New Knglnnd or unite with the South. Let ns all look these contigencies fully In tho face. It is not ton lato for treason and Fremont to re treat, nor for the friends of tho Union to lash them from the field, if we will hut combine. Rut let no one indulge the fatal delusion that Fremont may bo elected and yet tho Union pre served. There is not ono single possibility of such a result. It is hard to keep it together even now* Then, it would fall to pieces with out even a struggle to preserve it. — Richmond Enquirer, GEOnOIAN SIIKI’IIERDfI AND TIIKIR lICLPEnfI. The dfljorenco between the European and tho Asiatic shepherd lias.olton beep remarked by Qriciitinl travellers, but probably In no country ,»>ro those moro striking ns they presented them* selves to M. Haxthauseri'(lvliAso travels wore recently published,) ,on (ho ro«d back 16 To/lls. X'jot’ only wore the shepherds of several (locks juv passed armed to (ho teeth and on horseback, nt .oven their dogs disdained tho cilice which, !!.iT r » il ,oa - or V l ttountrloa, .belongs to them, of uilvlng tho flock.. I<|vo or.slx noble hounds, of a mixed breed, between (ho gmyhopnd.nnd the wolb accompanied oaoh flock, bntonlv for the purpose ol protecting (hem against wil'd boasts. The humbler duties which flilMo tljo lot of our sheep-dogs are porfornicd by go { i(s, 'Theso at tend every flock of sheep, and fdrm n ring a round It In tho fluids., Within this (hoy compel the sheep to remain, butting at them whenever limy stray, and driving them back to (heir pro per quarters. On .their return homo, a stately buck-goat marches.proudly at the bond oi the’ flock, which follows him, with tho other gouts oti ol|hor aide. If the loader is detained behind from any cause, tho noxtgOnt In ago and rank instantly takes his place, ami becomes tho I loader. “OUR COUNTRY— MAT !T ALWAYS BE HIOnT-r-DUT RIOIIT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” ' : •’ -y CARLISLE,.PA!, TIIUItSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1856. TIIE SOIDIEII'S'WIFK. Ono of i!ic most striking cases of presence of mind nml pelf-possession, of Which we hove any recollection, same to It£ht orinjriut which look place some years since in Irvloqd. The story ; looks like a fiction, but we bftfo reason to be lieve U quite true. ■- Lr , A woman travelling along a road I Tho co | or , 8 lhe brought with .them ft largC'Mck, into winch „ lc hllir very like indeed, ami as to tho they quickly thrust the unresisting body, lhe «. Bn ft bastard Latin" theyBpaak.it is one of poor woman lay silently m her bod, fearing that tho most abominable dialects I ever heard. I her turn,.would come nest. Sllo-hcard low know this is rather shocking to one’s ideas of multcrings among tho men, frqm which she Italian women. I am sure I was prepared (o soon gathered that they were debating whether view them in a favorable—nay, in a poetical they should murder her too; as they feared she; ;figlitl .but amid all tho charms and excitements might have it in her powcr'to bctfny them. ‘ of this .romantic land, I cannot see otherwise. One of them said lie was sure that she-was The old'wrtmen-aro hags, and die young women fast asleep, nml that there was ntf occasion'.to aredirty, slipshod slatterns. Talk about “bright tremble themselves niuntj.but to; fliakc.RUrc of Italian Alft]^jil ,, Amongour lowerclasscs this being the caßc. one came to' the icdside * ,cro aro dvo to one good-looking wo- Willi the candle 111 his hand, and the other with horo - 11 is , no " s ® n “ •? °*I ,OCl “ a knife. Site kept her cyraaoscdL ifin sleep, “™ on . !t n p°P ,,, “"? n ,ha ‘ llvo , " 1 llh - "«t 'ho nnd had and. complete command?over hersdf ™H'‘ n ,Ul “ ta,,o “ “"T ,ho torror3 of ns not to betray in her countenance any sign nut'll is oll.on. iao n» to form. In form tho tljal she was conscious of what wta going on. Trahans excel us. Lftrgcr r haUirally The candlsjyns. paf^cQhr knife drawn across to hcrMhrofit.r the never taking that our ladies should persist in that rldi winced, or showed by any movement uf feature colons notion a small waist is, and, pat nccenUa, or of limb, that sbe apprehended'danger. So must bo beautiful. Why, many an Italian wo llic men whispered that she wasfipiindasleep— nmn uonld cry fur vexation if she possessed that nothing was lo be feared from*her, and such a wnht a# some of our ladies acquire only they went out of the room, removing the sack by tho lowest, palnfullcst process. I have which contained the Itody of the murdered nmn. * OU Pbt the reason of this difference, and can see How Jong must that night of honrr Imre seem- n ° otl,t:r than that t,)O Italians hare their glo cd to the poor Jono frightful* was j*® llB continually before them as mo ils stillness nnd dnrkmwij . of «»« «onca endeavor, to assimilate them-, mind which hnd enabled her so nstonishinirlv «clres to-them »whoroqs. our fasliloiraldcs have J to net & port lo which she owed Iter life, sTut- K ‘ I 0 * 0 f “f"' 0 ’ ~ ■ .i , Hi Iti o wlnuuns of (lie milliners’ slmna. Win*. / 1„.„,d htr through oil the trymg winch ir „„ 0 „ " 'J l " 1 '1 ) I ' l 0 5)1,0 ~ 1 ,, r l , not ''""-y rr,,n ; With » »h.. 1«. that t„ hr regarded will, l.er room at an nnaeasonaUc hour, but waned ,„„ tllu perfeolioa of harmonic, proportion, he till she heard all the family asMr for some lime : would )> e laughed mu ofihu city. It is n Maud she then went down, and said she believed she lug objection nguiust the tnatu of our women hnd overslept herself in consequence of being I the world over, that they would practically n*-' greatly tired. She asked where the pedlcr was I >"•« that a French milliner understands how nml was told that he was In 100 great a hurry they klmmiM he made better than Naluro her lo wait for her, but that he had loft ft sixpence «elf.— Heailley's tellers from Italy. lo pay for her break fast. She sat down com- I poscdly to that meal, and forced herself lo par take with apparent appetite of iho lood set be fore her. She appeared uncpnsclous of ibe eyes which, with deep scrutiny were liked upon llcr. When the meal was over, sho took leave of the family, and went on her. way without the least apneranco of discomposure or mistrust.- She had proceeded but a short way njhcn .slic was i Joined by two strapping looking' women. One look was sufficient lo assure her that they were tho two young men, nnd one thought to assure her that she was yet in their power and on the very verge of destruction. . They walked by her side, entered into conversation, asked where she was going, and told honhnt thcr road Jay the same way : they questioned her as to where she hnd lodged the night before, And made most minute inquiries about the family - inhabiting the house of entertainment! - Her answers were nuilo unembarassed. and she said the people of the house had appeared to bo dccQnt and civil, nml ha Dow Wolvej Cnptnro Wild Horses, Wherever several of ftjo larger wolves asso ciate together for mischief, there is always a nu merous train of smaller ones to follow in the rear,-and act as auxiliaries in tho work of de struction. ’l’wo huge wolves are sufficient to destroy tho most powerful horse, and seldom more than two ever begin tho assault, although there may bo a score In the gang, It is no loss curlousthaq amusing tp witness Ibis ingenious modo.ofattack. II there is no snow,or but a small quantity on the ground, two wolves approach in the most playful manner, lying, rolling, and frisking about, until tho too eruditions and un suspecting victim Is completely put off bis guard by curiosity arid familiarity. During this time the gang, squatting on their hind quarters, look , ’bn at a distance. After some time spent In this way, file two assailants separate, when one up. 1 proaches the horse’s head, tho other his fail, with a shyness and cunning peculiar to them selves. At this stage of the attack, their frolic some approaches become very‘lnteresting-- It is in rigid good eotndst; tho Ibrracr is a mere de coy, the latter is the real assailant, and keeps his eyes steadily fixed on the ham-strings' or fhujk of tho horse. Tho critical moment is then watched, and the attack Is simultaneous; both I wolves spring at their victim at tho same Instant) —one to Ids throat, tho other to Ids flank—and if successful, which they generally ore, the hind i one never lots go Ids hold fill Ihe'horso is com-1 plelcly disabled. Instead of springing forward i or kicking to disengage himself, the horse turns round and round without attempting a defence.' The wolf before then springs behind to assi-t the other. Tho sinews are cut, and in half the lime I have been describing it, the horsd is on his side, his struggles are fruitless— tho victory is won. At this signal, (ha lookers-on close in at a gallop; but the small fry of followers keep nt a respectable distance until their superiors are gorged, and then they take their turn un molested. Asm ani> rriKin Cows. — Tlio cunning am* keep cowa in Ihuir slnhlea. Almost every ant, Mil, belonging to one variety, bus n beetle in it who lives, rears a family, and dies among them, a welcomed mid honored companion. When (bo ants meet him, they stroke und caress him witli their arifeiinic j iu return bo oilers them a sweet liquid tint oozes out under bis wings, and j of which the Ilftlo topers arc passionately fond. I So great is (heir attachment to (be old con fee- ( Moner, (but they seize him, in limes of danger, I and carry him oflTfo n place of safety ; the con querors of an Invaded nation spare the sweet beetle, and, wlmt is more surprising, bis mag got and chrysalis, though themselves arc utterly useless, are as safe among their wise busts ns it they possessed (bo Incious honey. Other ants, again, keep countless nsplddes, dint sit on the tender green leaves of juicy plants, us of green meadows, ami suck away so lustily dial their 1 delicate little bodies swell like udders of cows < on rich spring pasture. At (hut season, the j ants have to feed their young with more delicate , food than their mv.i ; they stroke and caress , their tiny milch cows, gather tin) mitricions Hq- , uld that pours forth under their sagacious treat ment, and carry it, dtop by drop, to thuir nur- ■ utiles. , Tub Most BrAurirnt lUxn. —Two charming Voinun were discussing, ono day, what it is which constitutes hcanty In tho hand. They dlll’erud in opinion ns much ns In the shape of (hu beautiful member whoso merits they were discussing. A gentleman friend presented him self, and, by common consent, the question was referred to him. He* thought of Paris and tho three goddesses. Glancing from one to the other ol'jho beautiful white hands presented to him. which, by tho way, ho had the cunning to hold for some time In Ills own for (he purpose of examination, hu replied'at last, “ I glVo It up i tho.quesHon is too hard for me; but csk tho poor, and they will tell yon that the most beautiful hand in the world Is tho ham! which gives." Foolish Wonts.—lf a young woman wishes to have herself published as “fascinating, boun tiful nnd accomplished,” let her pack up her best clothes In u dirty towel, crntvl out of tho hack up-stairs window some dark night, nnd elope will) the man that feeds mid,clinics her .father's horses. It's a big price to pay forcom pKnicnls, hut it will bring them, just ns certain ns a rain-barrel will bring mosquitos. hi.fact# we never know a woman to make a very decided fool of herself, in any way, without enhancing tier charms two or three hundred por cent* by tho time her name got Into the papers. Inorniods I’aimtbr — A famous artist made' a [minting in which all the different nations of tho earth woro represented in tho. peculiar dross of tho country. Instvad. however, of .clothing tho Frenchman, dho t-ow him in his shirt, with a bundle of cloth midorhlsorm. Being asked (ho reason, bo replied s, vos then) Wp trojy nst, Eixkd Traits. -Ii is now dear (says tho New Haven Register) that ell-the monarchists and lories, in V.nropo and elsewhere, aro gainst ilic ek’dion of Mr. liucliaiiun, and in favor of il.c election of Mr. Fremont. This* great fact speak- volumes. Why are these things sol decease kings, Queens, nobles,pnd lories well know, that when Mr. Buchantpji* • elected tho Union and the constitution will bq- ’ preserved, tml tho republican cause of fqu»l rights and self-government will prosppr M heretofore. But if Mr. Fremont should uufor* ' tunalcly bo elected, he will fall rate thej.andii of dangerous leaders. Sectionalism will b4»Q*. con, uged, and will lend, to disunion and civil**- war, which will blast tho Inpea of tho frienda of ths democratic system. K 7" Three hundred Germans of the town elf South Bond, Hid,, who •hitherto intchded fa vote for Fremont, hava abandoned the fortune*; of that aspirant, end hoisted a Buchanan dag* * • [Boston Post* • Our German fellow-oilmens do not. remain long under tho black Hag of tho abolitionist*. * Tho N, Y. Daily News sayai- : » I "An entire German Fremont club marchW . i out of their headquarters .a few days sipqo.qp(| . , joined a good old-fashioned dcmocratlc'-to£ck.--r and Brock club, leaving their paid ofiktrd and paid speakers lo whistle for an*audlcnce. -No* •• intelligent Gertnan votes for Fremont and dll union. JMiltfnL