* pOTiLijnri) evkry rnonsnAY lionNinc; DY ■■ '■ ' John It. Bratton. •’ TEAM'S;.', qiiDHOnipTloN'.—One Dollar and. Fifty penis, bak 111 advanc?,!.' Two Dollars 11, paid Wfthto tho, SK add two Dollar's and Fifty Punts, 11 noi Lid within tlio year. Thoso lorms will bo rlg- Mlr adhbred to in ovory instance. No sub acrlotlou discontinued until all urronrages aro bald unless atthp optionof tho Editor.' 1 .Anvumtsßiictiys—|Vocompanled by, the cash, and not exceeding one square, will bp,lnserted tbrao limes for Ono,Dollar, and twenty-five conls (Qb‘,eaobnddUlpnal.'lnacrtion. thoseorngreat '°dlm-?niiitiud—Such ns Hand-bills, Postlng bl’lls. Fhmpblcts. Blshlfs, Labels, &o ; , tut., exo bn’lcd will) accuracy and at. the shorlpst nolico. |soflirnl OltAmd OIBER. CT'jtARLT WAHtIEK, browing older, growing older, Father lime becoming bolder. Bolder far than ycrtrS ngo Never loiters, never lingers, Mniltir.g, with Ms skinny Ungers, Shall wo call him friend or foe i browing oilier, growing older, Notvtlie ffrdifof paislon moulder, Vision's of my youth aro flown } fcrom tho chainhelu 6/ my being, &1I ita earthly .guests are fleeing— Soon, my »o«i (hou’lt be alone. , Weary heart, t,hou>rt growing older, Art, Indeed, becoming colder— Dead to earthly Joy or grlefl From thy limbs «6 pulsy shaken* il'ast anlhcicrit warning taken Of the scro and yellow leaf 1 Growing older, growing older, Memory may now unfold her Treasures, time!’Han beautified, Till the hour my soul, immortal, Leaves its clay ut Heaven’s portal, Like a garment thrown aside. Growing older, older growing, A# (lie river, near flowing, Fuels (lie impulse or (lie sen, So (he current of my being, ’Neath t%l eye of the All-Seeing, Loses in'Eternity. 3&tettllnntons. THE DOUBEE RESCUE; on, TUB STJIENOTII OP LOVE. "A dreadful nigbt—o, n dreadful night!” munuurud the ypung,wife with a shudder, as screening (be paub uq(b her hand from the bright firelight, aliO urtuifiptodr but in Vain, (o penc. (rate (he storm and durktidss without. “ God grant be may bo near,” and with Ibis heartfelt petition she turned from (lie window; seated herself snd took up her knitting. Glwicrlul, homelike was ihu aspect of that humble apartment. Near (lie (ire, whoso brisk blaze filled (ho room with a ruddy glow, nnd streamed fhr (ip the wide chimney, sung the waiting tea-kettle; while a neatly spread supper table occupied Ihu centre o( the floor, which was scoured almost to snowy whiteness. The face of the only inmate of the dwelling, (be fepiald, njxivo mentioned, wore on anxious, troubled, expression. Ever and anon, the rude blast rattled tbu latch on (ho outer door, she paused in her work, and raised her eyes full of hope and expectancy, then, when only the groan l ig of the neighboring forest liecainel her lis tening oar, signed, and again strove, by atten tion to her employment, to coniine bur thoughts, and calm her apprehensions. Slowly nod distinctly (he tall chick at the back part ut' the room, told tho hniir of eight. The young woman put aside her task, nnd once more weal to the window. The tempest had not in the least abated, but'tngcd with tho fury nf a ' rfiofMind uncaged lions, and seemed still in. I creasing. Fearful indeed was that evening's! eferm-jital warfare, over that bleak Canadian plain ' '• Vef ho comes nn<t_niy husband. Sfcrcllnl llruvun hcfHeml u« !*’ Tears gathered in the net of the gentle, demoted wife, and fell like run upon her agitated bosom. For some mu aieiih she stood indulging their flow, until her heart, like a lightened .ship, rose to its wonted place upon (he billows which had threatened to overwhelm it. Hope repeated bor whisperings i on«l, In innv ghiution, the young «ih* beheld the sturdy form <d >icr beloved, liodly breasting tbo ulotin, nml »trp py step nearing his homo in safely. Al r>*ady she soemod pouring Air him the fragrant, Naming beverage, and listening to Ids expros ai«ih of thankfulness fur surrounding bless. tups. Slits turned to the table, rut another slice fr,>m a lost of Inviting appearance, nml laid it upon the already laden plate. After replenish i/)£ the (Ire, she resumed lier seat before it, and fraud into tbo writhing flames, that hastily em braced the fresh fuel, aijrifevith n scrpenl-liko hiss swallowed the snow fluffs, as they dropped Into Its red, open Jana. The minute hand o( the clock had traversed bdf Hu* distance around the dial plate. Tbo evening was fast waning, but the absent one was absent still. About noon of that day ho had left home, on foot, intending to transact hind in n village live miles distant, and return by nightfall. At Mint time no signs of an immediate storm were apparent, but as the day drew near its 'davi, flio clouds began to gather thick and lieuey, an I the snow to fall in huge, feathery ( ikf.l. faster and faster l< descended, till jvll flic air seemed filled hy one mighty nvahuioho. I 'roo hours had passed, ami the storm-god in “li ids terrible fury was yet abroad. At length, calmness could bo maintained by the waiting wife no longer. Hono and trust •altered, died within hur bosom. Starting from her chair, she paced the floor, wringing her Mads in agony, though her eyes wero tearless, •"d her pale lips mute us it sealed In death. »«itj|y oho endeavored to persuade herself Into lliu bullet, that the fierceness of tho storm had Invented her husband from leaving tho village ~"*>o could not bo deceived. He would novel }Vl ,ftr dy abandon lier thus to loneliness ami - ‘^.ertnlnty—no I tho assurance was all n, b»ubfed, (hat tho cold and tho tempest had Jy’oivcred him on bis Way, and ho bad sunk ««»/d Iho Ilrliw snows perish. No wonder Hmt her cheek bbinebud to marble hue, and her •yes grew wild with terror f ' Suddenly alio pauses, while ©very feature speaks desperate resolve. Sec, oho hurriedly envelopes hersulf In clonk mid hood, and now frith flan step movoy toward (ho door. Upon "lint was die determined I Study sliowill not cxpoßo that (Vail form to the atrlic Hint rages without I Thnt wore un act of insanity f Out yeaj alio lifts (ho latch, uncloaos tlio <U)t>r. On the Inatant, a furious gnat drove a Portion of tlio snow which had accumulated “g’diiat tho panels to tlio opposite aide of tlio r oom. Unable to compote with Its rngo, tlio "gonlacd wild shrunk back, with a low, tromu. wus moan; and applying her whole strength to |l>o door forced It again to its place, between lujrsolf and the rough dements without. 8110 waited bnt a moment, howevorj the next •no had rusbel forth, closed tho door behind was plunging wildly down tho snow, 'died path. Tho sldrni wad over, tho clouds beginning to break, upd Tot down tho mys of tho moon, whoso brtmd dish had just risen *bovo tho horizon. But whllo (ho snow had 'onsed to full, tho cold hod grown moro intense. *nil (lie wrath of the wind was nothing apont. Madly It, swept across tho extended plain, inverting It in, aspect la a stormy sea, where 'jim-creitud'waves chase and dash upon each Jr l * r * like wrangling demons. Onward toiled • BollhiVy'female, through tho mil lii. C ki . 8 flriow willed,wax consequently bulrtg f i-J* u d against hori though an occasional blast, cor than tho others - , compelled hot to halt for Q ,ip«S, ~er * AcO * n * ,or IVft «.*u T* 1 ® 1 * * ,or slondor form, swaying to and If It I 1 *!? 00n a Riding sapling, seemed as ‘imusl bo borno down, but affliction, deep, BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 43. all powerful affection buoyed her up and led her forward. It was a dreary waste over which she had to pass; no cottage window sent forth ft cheering glcnni; only n snow covered plain find barren trees, in (he distance, could he seen. Nopow or could have summoned human nid to the spot; the direst shriek ol distress would have been wasted on thw »ir. And now, when nearly a mile lay between her and home, the wife felt herself exhausted, and benumbed hy cold to n degree that she could proceed no further. The sharp winds pierced her garments as if they had been but a robo of muslin, and put to the torture every fibre of her frame. Her limbs refused longer to obey her will, her breath was gone, her very heart’s blood seemed turned to Ice. She tottered, fell, and the same blast that boro her down, wrapped her in a shroud of snow. But exerting herself to (he utmost, she rose to her leet again, for her last glance had tested on a dark object a short djjdanco in advance, ami possibility o( its being him she sought, nerved her to make one more effort. Fixing her eyes upon (he object uhich had attracted her attention, she struggled forward,ami reach ed It just ns her last remnant of strength was expended. it was indeed herhusluiml. He had contend ed with the elements, (111 chilled, wearied, nnd almost breathless, then had sunk down in (be path in order to recover himself for a further i effort. Ku thought of perishing hud passed (be strong man's mind; hut no sooner did muscular, action cense, than the lethargy which but for | timely breaking had ended in death, was upon him. All sense ot suffering (led, gay colors floated before his sight, and the sound of the angry blast seemed sweetest music. , lie sat with bis feet drawn up, and Ms head bowed upon his knees. How long he had re ninined thus he knew not, « hen the voice of his wife exclaiming, 4 ‘ Thank God wo die together”’ sounded faintly in Ids oars; nnd the same in slant ho felt her prostrate form nnd eneirc'ing arms. These quickly roused him to a sense of their situation, and that sense warmed the con pealing life-current, and sent it lightning-liko through its channels. The knowledge of the danger, the certain death to which his Idolized companion was ex posed, and from which lie alone could save her, at once raised him above Ihc power of f.iiigne nnd cold. Starting to his feet, he folded her insensible form-to his bosom, and boro it toward their home, as if aim had been* the merest in. fant. Tile blast to him was hut n zephyr, (ho snow drifts but unresisting air. Ife paused not until (ho coltago was reached: where tho wife was presently restored to animation, and both to happiness. Each had saved the other from rt fearful death. Life In n Drop of IVoler. Clear and transparent It lies before us, vainly our «yc endeavors to discover the least evidence ot life, or t»io smallest creature, in that uhich seems in iltmlf too small to contain am living ■ object; o( oui mouth is »(i ong enough \ to agitate it, and a lew rays ol the sun are Mil j fleient to convert it into vapor. But wo place (lus drop ol water between two clean squares of glass, beneath the microscope, ami lo 1 n bat lile suddenly presents Itself; we scarcely trust mu senses. The lillle drop has expanded Into a* largo plain, wunderliil shapes rush l&ckivimK and forwards, drawing towards and repulsing I each other, arresting plucidly.an(Lrockinglh(*(n<. selves, ns It thuy wero cradled on the waves of lan extensive sea. These arc no delusions j ! thej- reol living creatures, for they play with, eacu other, they rush violently upon onj ano ther, they whirl round each other, they free and ! propel themselves, mid run from one place in order lo renew tho same game with some other * little creature, or madly they precipitate them selves upon one another, coiubnt ami struggle, 1 I until the one conquers nnd the other is subdued, j or carelessly they »w ini, side by side, until play fulness and rapacity j* a\»aliened anew. One sees that these I ill |e ereut ures, w hicli Ibo sharp 1 est eye cannot detect u ilbout the aid of a im. croscope. ure susceptible ol enjoyment and pain; in them lives an instinct winch induces them to seek and enables I hern to find suste nance, which points out and leads them to avoid . and to escape the enemy stronger (ban them selves. Hero one tumbles about in mad career and drunken hist, It stretches out its feelers, 1 beats about with Its tall, tears its Icllows, nnd Is , as frolicsome as if perfectly happy. It is guv, cheerful, Imps amt dances, rocks anil bends about upon the little naves of (ho water drop. 1 There Is another creature; it does not swim 1 about, remains upon the same spot, but contacts 1 itselt convulsively , ami then stretches itself pal. pilatingiy out again. Who could not detect in these motions the throes ol agony f And so it is; lor only Just now it has (reed itself (rom ihu j jaws of a stronger enemy. Tho utmost power* lus It exerted In order to get awny, but he must i have had a tight bold, severely wounded It, for 1 only a lew more throes, each becoming weaker , and more faint, it draws itself together, stretches out its whole length once more, ami sinks slow, j ly lo the bottom. It was a death-struggle—it i has expired. On one spot a great creature lies apparently quiet ami indifferent. A smaller one | passes carelessly by,nnd liken flash of lightning ' the first dashes upon It. Vainly does the weak-j ur sock to escape its more powerful enemy ; he j has already caught It, embraces 11; (bo throesnl 4 (lie VunqiiKlied coare—it has become a prey.— ’ This Is only u general glance at the life in a wa. ter drop; but bow great does even this already sliow (lie small! how womlrously does every-' thing shape itself allbin t(nil ol which no bad , formerly out I ho least conception! Tlif Vicissitudes of Fortune The vicissitudes of human life me very Hi range. In 18110, President Taylor, then a colonel in the army, wrote a letter to General McNeil, who hud just been appointed surveyor of UoHlon. from which we make the following extract: ‘*l am fully aware that it is Impossi ble for ns to pursue any profession—pnrlicu laily (hat of arms—for tlfiecn or twenty years, without forming a strong attachment to in va rlong ways, and of course, must abandon them with coriHhiciahio rcluoinnco; but there are dreumsmHc™ whlol, „|, m ,1.1 reconcile u* to Jo StT 1 .J',T V in 0 " row " <*<m. but Umt of tile community, CoulJ [ net n civi II npiiomtraum n» rc-nuplnhlu, witli Imlf llio emolument attached to it that there is to the one yon have received, mul where I could be lo cated ho ns to superintend the cducniioiiof my children, I would resign forthwith; for after nerving twenty-two years and upwards. In the army, all of this time on duty, with the excep tiou of a few months, without being stationed two years at any one post, during (hat tune, I begin to think that I need repose, but as I do not possess influence to procure a civil ap pointment of any grade. I consider my doom ■ Hxcd.”— Pklimtslphia Ledger. (£7* It hta often been rqjnarkcd that chil dren will frequently ask questions, which even tho wisest nro puzzled to Answer. “Mother,' 1 exclaimed Charley, “how big was I when you was a little girl Wasn’t that a poser. (C 7“ 'How do you like tho character of St. Paul 1‘ asked n parson ot Ida landlady one day, during a conversation about the old saints ami the apostles, ‘All, ho was a good, clever old soul, 1 know—fop he onco said, you know, that wu must cat what is sot before us and ask no questions for conscious Buko. I always' thought I should liko him fop a boarder* 1 The fioynl Palace at Madrid, If the head that sleeps beneath the crown is K p . . . . V - uneasy, it is not because it is laid upon its nil-1 *'V? 1H a s ' m Pl° song,' ’liß tjpc; low in comfortable lodgings. Crowned brads I , ™ns,. nro nerer o»t'r-Hlce, generally look out for the brat quarters and the I Aml . rrt 111 "T "" d scalier through pretty head ol Queen Isabella of Spain has cer- 1 „, A l ' uU ' P" ,cl ' ofg™d adttjSc* tninly a most magnificent sheller. Her suburb I K '" ' lsU ' n - pompous fi tehtr, and learn palace is one of the finest in Europe or rather' 1 r N ' vor 10 P o " s ' ° r much refiotvtl ! in the world. It is an undisputed model ofar- I For wheel is on thtturn— chilcctnrnl taslc, hcauty and grandeur, and its A "‘ l sim,c 6° u l> afia SMi*6 b down. Jhe SrinimrAle™ “ trc " lil y >o " 11, , c ° f [ ' Arasf amonnTof : m? r evl-'T 1 I“ ‘ £2 each wav and? e' , Pnor ' m '''r' ? C '"’ g 4,0 «c'"™iber. then, add nevCrSpurn mntonrv fo ,1, T , s "r fnn r , " u ',' l , nl " ln ? f I The one whose hand is hntd and brown , masonry. to the height of 100 feet. Ihe rustic F or i u , :o |,i-„i v »„ , m :*■ J'-. wZo S ci B ? nit ' l ,“ nd lh V vi l ,ll<, i r "“'-K is ® f j And yon ara l.ljy tocbW! Sown, wlutc (.olrnenar stone, winch glitters in the} J J < ,>*. ,»$ ; sunlight hkc marble. The architecture is n i Another thing, you will ogrtlp— * combination of lonic and Derick. It contains j The truth may bo as ivcJ/*Confyssed— a small but splendid Corinthian chapel, a libra- i That •* Codfish -Aristocracy^-!.;' ry of n: arly 100,000 volumes, and has one of the , Is hut a scaly thing d£bjyj£ i* finest armories in the tvoild. Onr picture is And though the fisheslargdshdsmall drawn from the most favorable point of view, i May seek the little ones JoWown, and the* proportions of this remarkable edifice , Vet fishes all, both givat amlfcnmll, have been faithfully presented bv the ni list. J Ar« going tip and coming*2fown. There arc several other fine buddings in Mad- I ’ ..wjL, rid, such ns (lie Chamber of Deputies, the Pal- ■ our livcs nre Ml of chance imu change, nee of the Councils, the Post Office, the Custom ! And change, yon tnoWi nj'iVcversure ; House, tlic Pnlacio de Uuonavisla, ami n few I -' n,i ’iwere a doctrine neu''<tocljstrangc, churches, but the city, with these exceptions. 1 That places high arc mos^gifrirc. is not particularly remarkable fur beautiful. And though the tickle god may.fi'milc, nor lias it nnv ancient uiifioes. The recent And yield the sceptre crown, dntcofits becoming die Spanish capital (under I' l '' on L v f° r tl-le while—- the* rdgn of Philip 1f.,) fully accounts for this. I,nt K° ts U P» copies down. During the sivnv of the Austrian dynasty, •„ M . ~ ~ , '• 'r • i which Unit'd nhon t , com (try ami a li.tr, the ' ""T "»« f? 1 : >™ T , only impel-,ant buildings trcclcl wore con- "■*»"* .mg more UimltjKmniis and pence vems. ami these were far fin,„ lieing nmaiimi- 1 lm ' reCo,m S, cnd tal sir,.Cures. Yet Mail,-id has verv miicl. 10 _, A l "' 1 ' inlmat the Iraveller. os ,t has a peculiar ami 1 ''l" "/ I"" 10 ° r l ra M dc ’. -e u.uqiie phvsioßumny of its own. And this in- A " d hl "'° l ?„ c “ rc , on wll ?'f { ou f,wn ' teres, in the capital of ihe nation may he some- *'"s'lT ■ V °" SC ° “F~ what enhanced when the fonner |owe- ami " hile you are only CODIIQg down, splendor of the Spanish people is rcmernbeicd, ' " •' jTn-"*G which have been wauling for centurus. The PfOnflCnCCt picMmt critical condition of tho nation seems lo | There is something so ijcrnarknble in the forctokui a still grcnlir decay of its national march of empire ns respeclslthe Uniccd Stales, strength. that ho can but see .a vvisC,o(i!fcr in the material arrangements of the '■ cartly-cqnivnlent, wo j think. 10 a special and pa r tlfeiilftr Providence The Atlantic border is ofigi’anite or of sand, the soil yielding renumetatvQb 1 bnly to hardest toil and patient industry—ttiid even the better hinds of the interior little diminu tion of labor forests u ore to he chared away and abundance required long u nrs of privation nnd • What a great contrast be.lwccn all this and 1 the great pioirio country at, Hio west! Tlu-re a twelve month of diligcncc'ijbmy gladden the fin m«r with visions of r broad.facrcs of fertility unsurpassed on the face of aljdhe-cnrlh. 1 Numhei less examples might.bo cited in illos tniuon of the rapidity of settlement in that ivi'huni world, and tho ultimate secret of this ( mntennl growth is in the fertility of the prairies and the ease of cultivation.’ 'lluge lakes and a 1 net work of railroads could nb't make Eden out of a desert. U is tho-often rich sod tlml has 1 built the steamboats and'jTtlh'y.uls and cities of the west, anti nearly au lip* been accomplished I since tho youngest volet ut IUo polls was a babe j.ijMh^.cradkvr'Uf^VV Let us suppose fhit had | tho order of thingsA^W-suppose (hat* thV great prairies,' w/tb.’all't imfr attraetfvo .ebamo-j 1 tin's tics, imd hecu.placcd-nlong, tbo-Ailanllc. I mid that ns you wcnt-yicstwhrd and crossed I the Allegheny mountains,’the country had pass ed i.ir into granite soil and sand hunks. The swarmmg millions would linvc been crowded ' along the sea board, with little or no lompia- ! imn to “ pull up stakes" and journey towards j sundown. Dors it not seem a marvelously wise 1 nu-nt of the Creator that the population of the land should for ages he restricted to a relative ly hmd region, that thus they might be trained 1 into ingenuity of machinery and manufactures before the gales of ihc West were efluctually un ha rnd ? 1 Ur) ond the ferlde prairies there id arid desert —and bejond that again there are fertile vnl- I leys, seemingly isolated Irom all tho world.— i We can concern! of nothing short «f religious I ' zeal, mingling wah amt appealing to man's in- | s mctH. {pci haps even to grossness.) that could 1 rapidly people such a country ; and may we 1 not believe, without any presumptuous reli- J nii.-e on ihe overruling of Providence, | that Monnouism had a peculiar mission in that, regard I Further Wist bej ond IhcUocky mountains, J s' ill lay a realm o( untold beauty and fertility. The tide ofli/e must eventually ovcrllow nil in* ten cuing hairier*, yet ii would Hccrn that Inti nite Wisdom sought an earlier opening of ihc rignm that looked out upon thePacillc. Part ly by [Mirchare partly hy conquest, the Anglo- Saxon slock supplanted tho indolent Spanish Mexican ; but unusual attractions were essen tial to the settlement of the region acquired.— Gold wos discovered in California, and a mighty nation seemed to be born m a day. Great earn vans crossed tho desert—ships doubled Cape Horn —the Ist hums of Darien became a high way rivalry opened the Nicaragua route; and what ever wc may say or think of recent events or existing complications Central America will lie aroused from the slumber of indolence, for Civ ilization and Liberty must girdlo llio cui'lli.— Christum Ainl/utMulyf, Dominie Drovn’s First Hiss. lie hrul readied the mntnre age of (he and forty without ncr having taken part in tins labial exercise. One of Ins deacons had a very chartping daughter, and for a y<nr or two the Dominie found it very plin.snnt to call upon her three or four times a week, In fact the neigh borhood said he was “courting" her. and very likely he was. though he had not the remote-a suspicion of it himself,. One Monday evening he was silting as usual hy her. u hen a sudden idea happened to pop into his bead. “Mis* Mary.” said he. “IVo known yon a long lime, ami I never thought of such a thing before, but now I should hive you to give me a Kiss. Wil! you?’’ “Mell, Mr. Drown," replied she. arching her lips in a tempting way. --if y<* think »l would net he wrung. I would ha»e no object ions." “Let usn.sk fl blessing lirsl." said the good man, closing his eyes and folding his hands.— “For wbal \ve pro about to, rccct?q, the Lord mitlfe' us' thank Jnl. Mr f /-The chaste salute was then given* and then warmly returned. ’ "Oh, Mary, that was good ~ ,r cried the Dotni* i tile, tlectnlled by n new sensation. “Let us ( have another, and then return (hanks.** I Mary dni not refuse; and when the operation had been repeated, the Dominie ejaculated in a transport of joy: • Fur the creature comforts which we have now enjoyed, the land lie prnisul. and may they be sanctified to our temporal ami e ernal good 1" History says that the fervent petition of the honest Dnmiuu- was duly answered; in less I Han n month Maty became Mis. Brown. •‘To .Molliers will) Narrlßgpnblc Daughters.” 1 I'mkr this somewhat suggestive caption, «c , find a communication in the Vicksburg IT/iiir. pii-porling lo come from a gentluimn desirous of "marrying somebody's daughter," coninm- , ' a good deal "f sense. wlitcli applies to other | localities lx Hides Vicksburg, As ii touches upon nmitcrs which him* occupied some consul crnble attention of !q(c, nnd refers In n growing evil m this country, we hnve thought it worth , while to give our renders the item (It of n few | paragraphs from it, which ibev c«n make the’ , most of. or not, just ns they please. The vein i of satire which i nns through it is well deserved J in many quarters throughout the South. ] Our hero describes himself ns "passably good I looking, neither drinks whisky, chews lohacco. ! nor smokes cigars ; nnd )ms n credit in his bank-book, sufllcient, with economy, to pay | his tmanl nnd dry goods bill for nt least one year in advance. This is the saving (if seven I years' labor, just half tho time the good Pair!- | arch labored for firo wives—the writer wants , but one. lie also has a clerkship worth 5800 : per annum, and is twenty-eight years old. ami as the Tennessee horse jockey sasy, ‘‘sound in • wind nnd limb." In a community where labor is respectable, nnd where the industrious man 1 ami busy housewife, nnd not tho idlernmi pink saucer Miss, nro the gentleman nnd Indy; with such a capital nnd future prospects, the most tiund votary of ilymnn would have nothing to fear in kneeling before tho altar and plighting vows with one beloved : hut hero, where the music of (he spinning-wheel is an obsolete idea, and the dusty hnignus nnd rough hand uf I oil. are pushed aside by patent leather, and kid gloves, and pomatum, and the "balm of a thou sand dollars," preferred ns hair nnd hkm pre servatives lo tho sweat of the brow that earns the bread, a man who, with such means and prospects, would commit matrimony would be esteemed by those who have “»*een the ele phant," as cither a foul or a madman: for it would take the half of his bank-capital to nay house-rent for a year, and tho balance to hire servants In do what the bride would most cheer fully do |f it was only respectable: but tho do ing of which would lose lar cnstc. and Indies of “ton" would not visit her—nnd that would bo awful, you know!" £7“ The other dny a young Indy asked n preen, young clerk of a dry good store if ho hud hose. ° */Y C m ® omo 'P>"etty garden hoes.’ . * * . said the maiden; *1 mean stock* mgs for Indies.’ ‘Ah, said tho counter hopper, yea ma’am hero they are—very fine.* ‘What's the price/’ •Seventy live cents.’ •Kutbor high.' •Yes,’ said tho clerk,‘they reach above the knees.' The maiden vainoused and tho reporter took out his Balaam book. ft!/ 3 ’ A worn! sawyer becoming vexed with with )iis saw thus exclaimed : “Of oil ihosaws I ever saw, saw I never saw a saw os this saw saws.” tt7*A Iqcly never knows how young she .looks, unliltme has had her portrait painted. “OUU COUNTRY—STAY IT ALWAYS BE. RIGHT—BU* : RIGHT OR WRONG, OCR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1857. COM OP AXD COaifKß DOWS, I I.vkm/e.voh op Cirr Dr. Scott, i the eminent [ tilling heroic t fie Mercantile Xtbrury Associa tion of San Fiancfsco. Ills view of Dm influ cncc of city life an yontji widely dlilcr from many who have treated of Hie Bu£jcci, but arc well worthy attention : ••The country rtml the village may bo the befit place for the birth am! early training of youth ; but it Is in the excitement of the city that the highest developcmenls of mind (hut arc made. The powerful minds tha’t have wwayed the depilates of mankind, though not commonly bom in (lie,* gnat city, have gener ally gone to reside (here, to feel, that activity which would draiy out their, strength, ami to find a theatre pmUhl«f°r their talents. Our men of letters hityo their homes in or near our largest cities. Ilmne.nyhoso authority is great in nil matters ol mere literary experience, says that‘a great city is the fit re-tldonoe for a man of letters. 1 This is true. In (hocountry there may bo leisure, buMhcrc will be aVont of im pulse for Intellectual pursuits. The mind lan guishes in the midst ol a. wilderness. ’Tis better, in Che development of (idclleot, to dwell in the midst of alarms, than reign In a horrible solitude. The mind without conge nin) spirits stagnates. ‘lt the rust of decay,’, as the immortal Chahucr says, ‘hy its mere distance from sympathy and example.” .See his politv of cities. It is the presence of libraries (md* of litermy men. and under the pressure of Intense excitement, that the hu man mind ordinarily comes,forth in its great est power.” Tjii< Dirl'BitKNp;.—Young girls like balls, young men liko belles, brokers' like bills, to pers Ilka bowls, and cardinals like bulls, by changing-a voweh all tastes arc suited* ,TJic Condition of -tli'c Grave 0/ Jefferson. Tho Southern Argus, published at Norfolk, The gospel is preached to the people regu- Va., makes a strong appeal to the patriotism of I l Qr b’- ovor l*'c country—religions papers . • * . ~ , ... I and magazines arc circulated in families and tho country,- m n Into arl.de, m winch ,t gives 1 mnny lunblc pcrsons 80t „ 001 l 1)c . a description of the deplorable condition cf i fore the world—but notwithstanding all this. MonticellO, the grave of tho greatest and most l and more, observation leaches us that rascality Illustrious statesman tho country has over pro-1 abounds in all classes of society. Petty thefts dnecd. It i 3 most discreditable to the Aincri- ! can people that such revered and consecrated ens. duckn.com. and other eatables. Strolling spots as Mount Vernon and Monticello’should : vagabonds, dealing in counterfeit money, and be so neglected and abandoned. The Southern I diseased horses, are all. over the country.— j j Gamblers, traveling and local, and resident *® , * . rogues, are all on the alert. Pious villains. But there is another object of much infer-, with faces ns sanctified os the moral latt*. Are I cst near which merits particular , keeping false accounts and swearing to them, notice. Monuccllp, residence of Mr. Jvf- for the sake of gain. Whiskey shops arc sel ferson. has unique beauties. If it had not been -ling by the smull, in violation of Ihe law. — his residence, it would still he a spot for the' drug stores arc training up drunkards in high traveler to visit, who is fond of Miolding see- ! 1,/e. and n/lbrdmg facilities for Sabbath drink nery which the pencil of a mortal cannot copy, j j ng u liich cun be had no where else. The rich '.•n i . not l,n( * trla kv Q description of it, but; are oppressing the poor, and the poor arc con mil advise all to seen. Our ohjact is to cull lent fo live in rags and idleness. Country dea* attenlion to its present dilapidated condition, era in produce come to town and exact two pri* and we feel authorized todo so. although if. has > ecu for all they have to sell, and tho owners of passed away Irorn the family of Mr. JcfleiKon j real estate in towns aro asking double rents, to mlo the possession of one who is a stranger ■ the injury of business, and the growth of . i towns, Ranks and corporations, intended for » hue slowly wending up Me steep ascent, the public good, have their favorites, and are along (be circuitous carnage way on the edge j pa , li/xl in the distribution of favors. Families ol he mountain, when nearly on the summit, j persecute and envy each other. Individuals an old bnok nail, in the grove near the load, , (dander their belters. Persons of low origin i attracts the notice the IrnvtUr. and, upon pul on airs, and fal.sel\ r pretend to-be more 1 im|iiiry, the carriage driver tv-11l yell him that than they are Cheating and nusrcprcscnta ii is the grave of Jellerson. lAfclftrt walk con- ' tion are the order of the day, generally. In duels hmi to that (whom do vyq, o/lbnd by say-, polnics there is very little patriotism or love of 1 mg H.) hallowed spot. Hallowed in name, de- ( country, while demagogues seek to mi.slead, and se« ruled m deed, llicsnjpll enclosure f> filled bniM up their own fortunes at the hazard of i nit' rank, noxious weeds, the slabs \yhich rov-1 ruining the connin'. In religion there is more I jt i ic gnues of the members of the family brn- 1 hypoency than grace, and the biggest scoun- : kun and htrcvud around, the shofkfibove the ( ditls living crowd into the church, with a view mourns of the sage himself hacked and hewn, | to clmik their rascally designs, and more dice- < and the table that told who vlcpfbencnth. lorn tunlly to serve the Devil! Tn a word, rascality < from Us niche and borne fur. fur away. All 1 abounds among all classes and in all countries, (his m ihe very pntwijne of the thousands of (The Devil is talking abroad in open day-light, gvlhinl youths hho aixi di inking at the fuimlain i without the precaution to dress himself I And * that sage supplied. A few drams less, a few .ifi be present generation of men could see them- i cigars less would enable them to hoard a fund si Ives in the Gospel Glass, (hey arc as black as ■ that would bund anew tho wall mound ilus «a- 1 H C U —Knoxville H'liu*. i cred spot, nndVdurn the grave of their benefnc- i 2. , tor of the immortal author of the Deda.utjon | Tb\as RKmi.BS.-A writer thus speaks of 1 of Independence, (let imbeciles doubt that !}, .. ... , * 1 with a monument wot thy of his fame and illns- 1 ,c of Texas : , trntiveof their patriotism. W\- leave this work I ‘ The rattle are not the sole occupants of the 111 their hands, ami fed sure they only need us I prairies by any means. Droves of wild horses l suggestion lo accomplish it. , are not tin frequent, and deer arc in countless 1 “A short drive from the grave-vaid. brings numbers.’ The small biown wolf is quite com tho traveler to Monlicdlo. once the resort of the t mon. and you occasionally get a glimpse of bis , bright and beautiful,'the wise and the great of( black brother. But Texas is the paradise our land, hospitality then its only ngn-bonrd. | of reptiles and creeping things. Battle and perfect order its chief ornament. 'The contrast j moccasin snakes are 100 numerous even to shake between the Monlicdlo of JdUrsnn and the a stick at. The latirantula is a pleasant Insli ( Monlicdlo of isas grea' as the contrast t*«ti°n to get into a quarrel with. He is a spt ! between the sage and its present owner. An dcr. with a body about the sire of a hen's egg. I intentionally rough road brings the visitor to an, l his legs five or six inches long, and covered 1 the gale of this Meca, and his faithful e>e« are i wbh long enaise black hair. He lies in cattle ) greeted with the sight of a rough board nailed ’ l ™cks. and if you see bun, moveoni of bis path. | to one of the majestic trees in the yard, on ' and be never gets out of any one’s way. but can which is inscribed a caution against all visits to ' .i' km P <scbl or ten feet to mllict hm deadly bite, the grounds. Perhaps no one has a right to m- 1 T ,K ;n fbere is the centipede, furnished with an I rude upon the privacy of a family. and the pur* 1 nnlimiud number of legs, each armed with a chase of this spot by any individual may have olnw - ni “ l vach claw infliciing a separate wound cllcotually placed it beyond public inspection, t be should walk over you at night, you will . tbut (here are some privileges which, by almost | have cause to remember him for months to [lmiWSsT&msdrtt; the pubhVare alUttcd I { coroc * as tbo 1 wonml is of a narlicularly poison ju/even at ihc.expcnso of ft single individual, ) O,IS 'JatprOrand difficult Id.‘heal.. .The if. that Individual in so. simple, so rain, or so I stinging J/zjtordis a lesser evil, the sensation of ' avaricious as to uomteot h/mseff w/th them. ‘ I i'H.wjjpndfielrtg.hkened to the application of n ••No man ought to hhv* bought Monticcllo I fed bot.fran to (he person; bu’orjo is too t/iaftk exclusivcly for himse/f, and the present purcha l u j escape with life, to consider these lesser ser deserves the intrusion of the public ns a f evils But the insects.' flying, punishment for bis pride or averice. It ought creeping, running, digging, buzzing, slinging, to have been converted into an asylum for the they are every where. Ask for a cup of water, support of ibe Piofes'.nr, who. after long service * ni, d I lie rejoinder m our camp is, "Will you fur a small compensation, became incapacitated j have it with a bug or without?” by age ur deseuse from discharging the duties' of Ins sinl inn, and 100 nl;en lingers out the resi due of bis life m penury. Moniieelln. miihih* to nmlaiifhx, would make a splendid Chelsea Hus- fm ptlnl." A Marvellous Story The Ilockpott (N. V.) Itc/mbHc baa Ibe fob Ipwitig, which comes under (be head ol "mar vellous,” if nuo : "About lliruo years ngo, a gh I whs walking on (he beach of (bo lake, north of (Ins place, with a young mnn (o whom shu related a non del Ini dream ol (lie previous niget, in which it was iwealod to her I hat she should Hud a largo sum of money upon (lie shore. The young mun I was |o Imre ball for assisting her in (lie search. J Di icclly t hoy came to a dead bod}-, wfiieh, Ituin ill appearance, and (he sizu ol the head (nearly m large us a bushel basket) bad evidently been in Die water some lime. ••At Dio sight, they both fainted away, bul soon recovered, and venturing to examine it, discovered about il « belt containing n huge sum of money in bills—lbis they counted and found Die amount us staled. .< Thei tinned the body to prevent disco'cry, and also Ibu money, which they agreed ml to diblurb loi Direc weeks. At Die expiration ol the time, Die jmmg man relumed to the [dace ; the money was minting. His companion ac knowledged she bad taken it, ami would take care of it until be was twenty, which would bo in three years. «• As Die time has expired, lie demands Ins half which slm answers liy den\lug the wh’olo state ment, The young man (ells a friend, and il spreads like w iidllie. Deport suj s, a large com pany of men aimed with spades and shovels, are to. day looking for the bones ol Die hurled stran ger. ’The excitement has been very much In. creased hy Die tact that a propeller wan wreck ed there threu j ears ago, and that a gentleman, supposed to bo a Spaniard, a stranger to the passengers who were saved, was lost. "Soino parties, formerly rather hard up, ro. port says, h ivo been very flush of Into, spocn l.hng very largely in real estate and making n great slum' generally. "I.atkii.—U’ci just learn that bones answering to (he fact of the Imrlol have been discovered in Dio woods about u half a mile from Dio beach." An Emtou’a VAUmicroar. — t)no of the fra ternity who appears to have become disgusted with the profession, assigns (lieso reasons for vacating the editorial chair i '• TJio undersigned retires from Iho editorial chair with tlio complete conviction Dial all is vanity. From Dio hour lig stalled his paper to Dm present time, ho has been solicited to lie on overy.given subject, ami can’t remember having (ol»| a wholesale truth w itlmut diminishing his subscription list, or making an enemy. Updor these circumstances ol (rial, am l haying a tho rough contempt lor himself, he retires in order to recruit his constitution." o*Not long since, a youth, older in wit than years. after being catechised concerning the power of God. replied : “Ma, I think there ia one thing God can't do.” "Wlmt is it ?” eagerly inquired the mother. “God can’t make Hill Jones* mouth any big ger, without sotting his cars back.” Ov" A ‘bright child' asked its mother where he should go when he died. ‘To heaven, 1 trust,* said Dio mother. 'Shall I have anything to eat there 7* •Yes, love, you will bo fed with the bread of eternal life.’ - ‘Well, I hope they’ll put lots o' butter on it,’ concludcdlhc youngster.) .. ; • j "< 0 M) H ' I i l I Bascnlily Abounding. V ■ OlllClXU, I.KTTKII KHUM WaSHINU —Tin 1 Ihllshurg <nm>(te slates that ihf blowing Idler from (ten. Washington hasnev or befoie been published, ll refers, a? will l»t flieii. to the adoption of ihc present Cunstitu linn of the L'niled Stales, and i.t highly inieres ling. Mnr.vr Vkunok. April 3d, 1788. J)enr sir .- I have received your letter of I lie 13ili nit. My noL ncknowledgcmg the reccp lioii of tlie printed vocabulary must have been an omission. lor il came safely to hand with tbe manuscript one. Your respecting the instability and ourbeneral Government is very just ; not only apparent in the instance's which you incnl'on, but have for a long time strongly our National transactions. This, in myojmrmn, Is a power* ful argument for adopting flic proposed Consti tution, even if it was less perfect than it is. and while a Con-liimional door Is left open for amendments. »lienevcr they may be found nec essary. I (lunik you, my dear sir, for vour informa tion. icsjncimg the opposition to the piopnstd government in the country west of the Susque hanna. Notwithstanding the rancor am) 'Wily of tin opponents in l’enns\lvnn’m. I trust lhat thoy arc. generally speaking, persons o( 100 little importance, and of too characurs, U> endanger the general welfare of the Dniun by extending their Influence toother States, or even any further in their own than to a few count ies or over persons whose char acters dispositions and situations arc comfort able to theirs. » How the important Question will lie decided in this State is yet uncertain—opinions arc va rious. am) 1 can sny nothing upon the subject from rny own knowledge, as I but very rarely nde nil my futiii, and am wholly indebted to the public papers ami those gentlemen who vis it me for any information which 1 have—how ever. from everything I can collect. I am still eonlldent oi its adoption here. I am, Dear Sir, 3 our most obedient and humble servant, Gkougb Washington. (Jen. Richard Duller. A (loon Katkh. —An elderly fat gentleman, in discussing a warm breakfast at an inn, called tho walling boy—“ Donald, bring me more bread ; I cal a good deal of bread lo my monk.** Donald answered with much simplic ity, “Ay. plonsn your honor, ami you eal a good deal of steak to your bread." A Ooon Ficu.ow,—A man ceases to be a “good fellow” the moment lie refuses lo do what other people wish him to do. How true this is. Tho young man who treats nil hands when asked lo “put tho parly through,” is “a clever fellow;” while his friend, who declines to fool away his money on had whiskey, is “a mean cuss. 1 ’ What a queer world this is ! O* ‘ Do you knoyv theprisoner, Mr. Jones ?" •Yes. to the hone.’ •What is his character ?” •Didn’t know he had any. 1 ‘Does he live near yon ?" ‘So near that he has spent only ss. for fire wood in eight years.’ XT” “I embrace the opportunity,” as the fellow said when ho kissed the girl In thodark. “Wo are liable to deception.” as ho cxcMimed, when ho discovered it to bean ugly old nig ger AT $2,00 PER ANNUM NO. 35. “I know a free that seven men chopped at for seven weeks, and then they look a notion to. go round and look at (he other side. They travelled four days and then came to a party of forty who had been chapping at it for four months and it was not cut half through yet I” Tom said— “l remember that well. Ft was* on oak, and live million hogs weio fattened yearly on the acorns that fell from it I” Joe said ••The tree was afterwards cut down and five hundrid sawmills have been working on it for., two years, and it is now half cut up yet. Two, new towns, live bridges, and nearly a thousand. barns have been bmlt with the lumber it h&fi produced. The chips made in colling itdowd, when closely heaped, measured four- million'; cords and have supplied two furnaces wlttf, charcoal for the last two ycais I” Jack said —.-, ,l , ••Deacon Brown afterwards dug oat loo 1 stump and turned the place into a pasture field, lie kept so many cows on it that bo. made a million pounds of butler and nearly as much cheese every year !” Now came SiicU-m-tho-mud’s turn. Draw*- ' mg himself up. he said •‘Wa’ll I dunno how many pounds of buttci* and cheese Deacon Brown makes yearly. But 1 do know that he runs the live hundred saw mills Joe mentioned, liy hutlermilf: power /” llkadr axd Hats.— At a recent meeting of the New Yoi k Academy of Medicine. Dr. McEl* heran gave n lecture on Ethnology, which is re ported in the Midical Monthly. By means of a monumental illustration, collections of cra nia, statutes, and coins, he traced tho Celtic type back through Italy, Greece. Asia Minor,, and Egypt, and asserted that tho Americana’ were of Celtic and not of Anglo-Saxon origin,- w Inch he pretended to prove by their history of • emigration, their language, their &»• He gave statistics, furnished by several; of the leading batters, dentists, and hftir-dcal* * cis of New York and other cities. One hatter of New York, who sends to uT parts ofthc ITn um, reported that Virginia and the western r ales require larger hats than the other states. ' New England heads arc of about tho same size ■ as those of the Now Yorkers. The Irish Ore ■ larger than those of any race in this country. The Celtic head ia'a long oral, as is obsemd' * amopg the Irish and Scotch. Tho English.,- head is afco long, but not so uniformly oral 4a (he Irish. The average American head is a'' long oval, exactly the same shape, but smaller 1 than the Irish. It is tho most easily jilted, because it is the most regular formed, and be cause the hat blocks arc made to suit the na tional form and size The Germans have small* or brads than the Irish, but they wear larger hats than the Americans. They have very ir ngulur funned heads, approaching in in lingular square, broad and tlal behind afid, flat on lop. The gnat breadtn between* tho ears lluows the hat mil of shape, so that tho brim is turned up in front and behind, unless, the hat is especially made to lit. Several old manufacturers and retailers assert that the American hind is diminishing, and that th<s vest cm slates, colonized by foreigners, have the largest siz.es. Tin: So.uiLbt Fkvi:ii.—' The following reme dy for the scarlet fever is recomiDCndtuby Dr, f.lndsley. of Washington, os the tfctflmont which Ims been resorted to great success In Dr. Sclmceman. physician to the King of ifunover. We give it. rather for the benefit of our medical men tlian for others, for in a tndt-' ter of such importance, and involving conse quences so serious, too much care cannot 4)0 exercised. From the first day of the illness, and as soon , as we are certain of its nature, the patient, must he nibbed morning and evening over Uifl whole body with a piece of bacon, in suett (jf manner that, with the exception of the head, acovmngof fuiis eu-ry where applied. In order to make tins rubbing in Minu-wlml cast e>-, it is best to take a puce of bacon the site of the hand, that we may have a firm grasp. 4>n (tie soft size of tins piece, slits uro to bo made in order to allow the oozing out of tbo fat. The nibbing must be thoroughly perform ed. and not too quickly, in order tbit the skin may be rpgulnrly saturated with the fat.*- Tho beneficial results of (lie application aro'soon . ob\ ums : w ilh a rapidity bordering on magic, all. eien the most painful symptoms of the diB-’ % case ore allayed : quiet sleep, good humor, nn«V. ; (lie appetite return, and (hero minims only the ' impaiiencu to quit (lie sick room. As Tsiuan* Stiiuv. A country Dcmocral lately ruling on the cars in Indiana, determined lo iet>( the fashion reports, took the vote on tbo tiam UimsvU. He burned through the cars with paper and pencil asking tins one and that for whom they voted,‘some said Ihichanan, some said Fremont and some said Fdlniorp.—• Al lasi he come to a white crnvatlid, black cotUul, demure looking individual. •■Sir,” said he, “who do yod go for.’* “My friend.” answered tho saintly' lic'rson age. “I go for Jesus Christ.” The Democrat looked over hia paper, “SiP,” said lie, “there is no such a candidate running. , If there is. 1 \iill bet you a hundred dollars no don’t gel fifty votes in Indiana !” [£/*• A vouvig Cincinnatian, whoa Cow months, since fill nHr to a fortuno of fifteen thousand dollars, has already been fleeced out of six thousnrid by gamblers. Tho sooner tho fool ' gets rid of the balance, the sooner he will feel relieved. Gkttino'Tinnos Mixud Up.—A boy with : ragged trowsers and rimless chip hat, rtnin jn* ■ to Ur. Fullers' Drug Store, with a dipper mhi*i hand. “Doctcr, mother sent mo clown to tho . sholicary pop qukUer'u blares, cos bub « sick as ll,a dilk™H..vllhllwplckn. chM li .nd»ho wants a thimUa n.ll of polly goll.c In this, tin tinner, cos wo lia'nt M ‘ a * tho kmi , pup's got tliuMno witters mt. Got any I , IX7* “Faith, and yonder Is the dlvih Pat*' rick,” said a son ot Erin, on first seeing* laU* • road engine. “Och, it is only a steamboat, •hunting the water,” replied his companion.' * ■f ■' Slbcriarf Sledge-Doss; i These dogs are said la resemble the, wolf—td hare long, pointed,. noses,sjmrpjmfl upright ears, and long bushy tails; color va*. rious black, brown,, reddish, brown,, white and spotted. They vary alsodn size ; but a good, sledge dqg should not bo less .tbpn two feet fiefr-’ en inches high. Their howling is lhatofa, wolf In the summer they dig’Abies Id ttio ground for coolness, or lie in thb 1 water" id cs-' cape the mosquitoes, which in those rcgiorisarO* not less troublesome than one of Pharaoh’# plagues. In winter, they burrow in the snoiv, and *'c curled tip, with their noses covered bffi their bushy tails. The preparation of these, animals for a journey is carefully to bo atten ded to. For a fortnight, at least, they should 1 be put on a small allowance of hard food, to’ convert their superfluous fat into firm flesh.? They are also to be driven from lento twenty miles daily : after which, Von Wrangel they liav'e been known to travel a hundred: miles a day without being injured by it, ~ ‘•We drove ours,” he says, "sometimes a£ the rate of one hundred worst (sixty.si* miles) * a day.' 1 Their usual 1 food is fresh fish, thawed* and cut ift pieces: and ten frozen herrings ftHfc said to boa propcr J; daily allowance for each, dog. A team consists commonly of twelve' ‘logs : and it id of importance that thcj f should' be aernstomed to draw together.' The fore-t most sledge ha« usually' au additional dogl which Ims l>ten trained ns a Icader. 'On .thp, sagacity and docility of this leader depend,’tho quick and steady going of the team, afl'Welr ns the safely of the traudlcr.”— N. V.- Journal' of Commerce. Big Stories. A lot of young fellows " i re trying their skill at telling big stories a few days ago. Among the mnncTous stories told on the occasion were the following hard ones : Rill said fp- \
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