EVERY TIIUKIiDAY UV - ’■' ,- ; Jobn B. Bratton, i . ... ’ 6do3Uiiiptionl—Olio DollaE and Fifty Conls, Wld In advance i Two Dollars II paid within tho Two-Dollars- ahd Pifty Oonls, If* not iWiWhin tl>o yc«r- These lorma will be rig- Idkadhered ta in ovory.instance. - No, sub icrlptlott discontinued until all arrearages arc. »a!d unless at (ho option of tho.lSditqr. , * AbvBttTiSBUENT3— Accompanied by the gash, and not exceeding dno square, ,w|U’ bo inserted, throe times for One Dollar, am* twonty-flvo cents korpnoh additional insertion. Thosoofagrcat stoHonglh in proportion. ‘ i JoD-FaiNTiNO—Such ns Hand-bills, Pofiting bllls. Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels; &0.,&c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notico. TEE MODERN, BEMiE. ; the Brothers Hutchinson} H should be'commUted to memory, and repeated occa. 'Jjlohftllj'O ■ . . ■ : r ** Tbo daughter sits‘in tho parlor, - her easy chair, - Shoe's clrtd 'in her silica and stains, 1 And jewels are in her hair} winks and giggles and simpers • . 'And simpers and giggles and winks, • "And though she talks but little, ’*Tis vastly moro than she thinks. kldr father goes clad in his russet, i And ragged nnd seedy at that. His coats aro nil out at tho elbow*— . Ho wears a moist shocking bad hat, Bo’s hoarding and savfng his shillings, . So carefully day by duy, ‘While sho. on (ho baux and poodles Is throwing H all away. -Sho lies n-bod In tho morning Till near tho hour of nooh, Then oomcs doivn snapping and snarling, - Because she was called so soon* Her Mr is still In tho papers, Her Checks sttll dnhlied with paint, Remains of her Inst night’s blushes, Beforo shu intended to mint. !sho doatsupon men unshaven ; . And man with the flowing hair, Sim’s eloquent over moustaches. They give such a foreign air. Sho talks oflndlan music. And fall# In love with tho moon. And, though a mouse should meet her, Slio sinks away In a swoon* Hot 1 feet are so very small, Hex hands so very white, Her Jewels so very heavy, Her head so very light, Her color is made of cosmetics, „ Though this she will never own, Her body made mostly of cotton. Her heart Is made wholly of stone, Sho falls fn leva with a fellow, Who struts with foreign air, JIo marries her forhor mono}'— Sho marries him for his hair; t)no of tho very best matches— Both arc well mated In llfof She’s got a fool for n husband. And he’s got a fool fov a wife! JELlsftllnnwiiß. - THE LEGEM OP THE STAfiVED RUCK. AY M. W. JAN'AVRIN’ Tn the Far West, where hronil rolling prai ries stretch awny fur miles m billowy iimlula* lions —where the hold, inoun olnoua dills rise •abruptly to the azure sky. crowned with dark Hrs and cedars—not far from ihe head waters or navigation oil the fllinoiK river, and lower- Ipg.up, from tho bank of.the stream, rises “Starved Rock.” h -'. ’ ' '■ ' : ‘ Its anils arc of dark grey stone, half veiled with clnmheiing wild vines and trailing mosses, assume old dilapidated castle, relic of feudal times, stands‘burled in the drapery which long ages have woven about it—and broken para pets of stunted cedars and (Irs frown threaten’ ingly upon the daring adventurer who attempts •to ascend its precipitous sleeps. A narrow, almost perpendicular path, on Inc opposite side of the river, is revealed ns von make a circuit of (he base of the clilf; and hero, he who would attain the highest elevation of the rock can as cend. There is a fugitive (ale. commemorating the events which gave this wild cliff so strange a •name, coming down to us from those early limes whcn'tlie red man was sole lord of rock and river and rolling prairie—a little record of <ho vengeance of the Indian race, and opnift re late ••The legend of the Starved Rofck. ’ Long years ago. the bravo and noble Indian Chief. Oronee. lender of a powerful tribe inhnb jliu the region adjoining that upon the Illinois, saw and loved the gemle maiden Utah, daugh ter of his rival chufioin. Oroneo was ycting and brave: at his beh hung the scalps of a bundled of his foes, whom ho had slain in ba tie fray: his orm was strong, his eye wns-kecn as the mountain eagle’s, and no warrior in the chase could bring the licet deer ortho fierce panther so surely as ho. Ulah was young and fair.'Wilh eyes like the evening star, and du*kv locks IUo the gather ing shades of night, Her heart went out to meet the brave Oronco’s, and when he told her his wigwam was spread with the softest fit's, and asked her to share it, saying he would, for her. chase the deer and.bring down the strong eagle in his flight—then she turned from her stern father’s lodge and went with the young chieftain. Nc-pow-ra missed his daughter from his Jodgc. When he camo back at night from the (toils of the chase, site sprang not forth to meet 'hhn; when he returned from the biUle-lleld.or mo deadly ambush,.exulting in victory, she camo not forth to sing with his braves the war songs of her race. The daughter of a chicf.oin was In the wigwam of his deadliest foe. He Could not brook the insult; and gathering his wld. fleet worrlorsabout him around the conn. C'Hlre, told tltem the wrong ho bad suffered, and bade them follow him for revenge. Day tiler day, night after night, saw them «n iho troll of the fleeing enemy guided surely by ino heavens above and the forest wilds be ticftth Westward the stars of night led their footsteps; and westward the sunbeams, reveal ing Woken shrubs, and trampled leaves and nwAse« In the tangled wildwood, gavo token llmt they were on tno right trail, I And westward too, fled Oroneo and his IrtVea, fleeing for life, and what was dearer him life itself to the young chief the safely of its beloved; and on the fourth day, the eagle jnto of Mte fugitives saw Jhe waving plumes of heir pursuers in the distance. Before them boso bold and high the huge rock on the brink pf tho Illinois—Whind them camo the enraged lather, with the fierce warriors of his tribe.— .Upon tho wind floated tho wild ones of ven jgeanco, and dancing,-over nearer camo those eagle plumes. , The pursued chief, with his dusky maiden and a small band of faithful followers, fled lo Urn rooky fortress—to tho lower of strength winch rose precipitously In their path. On, on. camo tho pursuers, with wild shouts and uneartby yclla—on, on, and nearer yet. until they had, reached the base of tho cliff, and then singing a lojtd war-song they rushed swiftly-up the narrow steep path. „ But tbo young ohieftnin’fl arm was strong, aodhla arrows swift and sure, and his braves yosqlvcd to fight lo the death; so. one after au. plhcr, as (hey-had almost gained, tho sumraitof fho clifl, were by their enemies pierced by tho Mncrnng Nhafts of the archers above, and fell back ihcloHß among their comrades below. And jheii failing In this attempt, with half their *uu lying bleeding and dying among them, BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL: 43. tho survivors closed in dark serried ranks around the base, and with sullen silence and invincible determination, awaited d lingering; death of their victims on tho gloomy, sterile fortress above. Day-after day the stm rose in the orient; wheeled across the burning heavens slowly to the western horizon, at inid-dpy. flinging.down scorching beams, and at twilight throwing long, lengthening shadows over water, wood and rolling pvario; but to those da the .high, cliff, no relief came. , • . Still, the withering sumbenma fell upon them, drying up their very life-blood; still those gi gantic shadows were flung athwart the back ground; yet deeper the appalling darkness of the dusky shadows creeping closer and closer about their hearts. They were starving I And there at tho very base of the rock, si lent and immovable as the firs which shrouded them from the fierce sun-rays, sat the implaca ble chieftain, surrounded by liis warriors.— Neither love, mercy or pity entered his flinty heart. His bitterest foe had stolen his fair est flower—his' only child, the daughter of a race of kings* had left bis wigwam for that of the enemy. Vengeance upon them both—the bitterest foe. the faithless daughter ! 1 While, wan, ana emaciated, they wandered about on the beetling brow of tho dill, like ghosts from the far-off hunting-grounds of their race. Strong warriors who had not 3 untied in direst, deadliest combat now sunk own likc*mds beforo the breath of famine. — Braves who would hove laughed more in deri sion at ihe arrows, or the scalping knife, now felt a fiercer, keener pang, than poisoned shaft or merciless tomahahawk ever inflicted. With the forests all around them, where herds of deer roamed free—with the rucr be- | nealh. where the silent trout glimmered thibugh its water, with flocks of fowls soaring above them, they were starving I The red deer left browsing in its leafy covert, and came down todrink the waters below—but no morsd of venison could pass (ticir lips—no drop of that cool water to lave their- svvolcn, parched longues. ’ Tho doer lapped up the crystal liquid of the river—snutled the coo) breeze, and then catch ing a glimpse in the waters of the dusky fig ures fliiting to and froon the rook above, toss ed their high antlers and darted away to the green woods again; the bright waters danced onward beneath with n wild, mocking freedom, as they bent down theij despairing eyes; and there below sat those dark, stern .wantors, grim and immovable. Oh. it was horrible. And then Ulah came to the brink of tho pre cipice. and with her long raven hair streaming like the folds of n rent banner upon the wind, bent over and pleaded with agonizing gestures and frantic entreaties to her sire, whom sho saw far. far below But never a lone of tenderness, a word of forgiveness, a token of reconciliation, went up from that proud, insulted soul*. He had cho sen the Indian’s revenge. Day by. day,- that- doomed hand thinned away, till at length famine alone reigned con queror upon the .smmmt of the dill. Day by day,they wasted ami at lust all was still. No ghostly forms wandered frcebly about—no wail ing voice broke tho silence. None of that fa te<l .band, save on<* of. tho besieged warriors escaped, and he.tiescending~.iu. tho .dmdeS'oh niglit to a shelving projection still far above tho river* flung himself down }plo the rushing water, where his' faithful squaw nwniud him in her light canoe and received him ns he rose.— Then .paddling silently down the stream, ahd thence 10 the shore, (hoy darted fleetly into the dark, dense forest, ami thus escaped to their tribe to tel! the dreadful talc. When nil was still, and forms were no more' seen moving about on tin* summit of the eh 11 ‘ the avenged clmfiam and his band asevndid The Indian’s wrath was appeased—his ven geanee had -indeed been terrible. There I hey lay upon ihe gray rock, those was’ed, skeleton like warriors, all sPurk and suli'.-aml (here too. the Indian ma'den had starved to death m the arms of her lover—her whi*e fare. oh. so fear ful to look upon ! —her lung, streaming hair alike her bridal veil and shrould 1 And now. it is said, full oft by Iho pale moonlight are seen wnn, ghostly figures gliding to and fro upon the clift’with dark plumes float ing upon the night-wind: and ever and anon, the spectral forms of the Indian maiden, and her dusky warrior-lover stand upon the brink and in low. willing voices chant their death dirge ere they go afar oft to dwell together in the Ureal Spirit's homing gum nth. And thus runs “The Legend u( tho Starved Hock!" Dealing WJili Thieves, The following true story is told of Jacob Slteafe, Esq., a merchant of Portsmouth, in former times: “A man had purchased some wool of him, which ho hud weighed and paid for, ond Mr. Slteafe had gone to the back room to get change for o note. Happening to turn his head while there, he saw in a glass which hung so ns to relied tho shop, a stout arm reach up and lake front the shelf a heavy cheese. Instead of ap pearing suddenly and rebuking the mairfor his theft, as another would, thereby losing his cus tomer forever, the crafty old gentleman gave the thiet his change as if nothing had happen ed, and then under pretence of lifting tho hag to lay it on the horso fur him, took hold of it, and exclaimed; ••Why, bless me, I must have reckoned tho weight wrong.” ••Oil. no,” said (ho oilier, "yon may be sure you have not. for I counted with you.” "Well well, vve won't dispute tho matter— it's so easily tried,” said Mr. Slteafe. putting iho bag into the scales again. ••There,” said he, ••! told yon so —I knew I wos right—umdo a.mistake of nearly twenty pounds—however, yj|{ don't want (ho whole, you nced’nt have ft “'I ft tako part of dt out if yop say so.” "No. said the oilier, staying tho hands of Mr. S. upon tho way to tho bag, "I guess I'll take he whole.” ° And this ho did, paying for dishonesty by receiving the skim-milk cheese for tho price of the wool. . On another occasion, Mr. Shcafo missed a barrel of norlc. A fow months after," a. man one day asked him tho question “"did you over find »nt who took that pork, Mr. Slteafe?" ■ "Yes,” wos tho reply, "you arc tho fellow! for nonet but myself and tho thief know or 'ha loss.” ' ... Tito fellow was detected by the shrewd deal er, who possessed tho valuable faculty of know ing when to be silent. inT*’ A Cincinnati editor sayp “thoro. aro a great many idle, shiftless women” in that city. Ili ro is a tine Held for the buuevolcnco of our sowing societies. . . Why built tho first houseT asked on ambitions school ma'am of a bright littlo girl op exhibition oho day. ; . r dld'”^° n t lniovv '’ nm ! aillt Hut. I guess Noah “Who do you think so, my dcarl” “Because ho Is the first ark-ltcot wurcad ofi” Raising tho Wind. Wind 'ls-an clement necessary to vitality.— While it is thus au indispensable agent of na ture; art and tho progressive intelligence of the times have adapted it to innumerable valuable purposes. ‘ The difficulty, In many cases, is to “raise the wind,” which, in a great" mensuro, and in ninny instances, depend on the ingenuity oftho operator. The last means resulted to lor this purpose of which we have hoard, is the fallowing; A fellow, disguised, ns a gentleman, so far ns good dresSand address favored the personation, rode up, a low days since, on n high-blooded and well conditioned charger, to the door of one of those accommodating gentlemen who are al ways willing to lend money on deposit, and who look on the laws against usury as being first among tho superfluities of legislation. Tho equestrian alighted and addressed the compara tively obscure Rothschild in (ho most familiar terms, calling him by name, and briefly and frankly telling him ho cnnio to borrow money of him—a small sum—Just fitly dollars, which he wanted for immediate use, and which ho; could not otherwise procure, tho bank In which lio deposited not yet bqfng open. 110 would pay it during tho day. and give ten dollars as a bonus, and five dollars a duy os long as it might remain unpaid. “All very fair,’* said Discount; “but what security?” “ My watch,” said tho man in search of money. “ It won't do,” said Discount. <• Well, then, take my riding mare for the time being,” said the individual who was hard up. “ I suppose that will satisfy you ?” “I cun accommodate you.” said Discount 5 “but, mind you, I shall put tho mru t.« livery till you settle up, and you will bo in for the ex penses.” “ Very well,” said tho other, “ It enn’t be much, even if they charge by tho hour, ns I have said already, I’ll ho In funds when the bank opens.” The terms of tho transaction wore drawn up nnd mutually signed, the fifty dollars were paid over to this moovrn Jeremy Diddler. and Dis count took his pledge to the livery stable. “ Hullo, there!” said ho on reaching tho sta ble door. “ Hallo!” said the master of tho house. “ Haro you got room tn your stable for this mnre/” said Discount. “ We’ll fry to accommodate her,” said tho other, cooly. lt Well, give her tho best In your stable,” said Discount, and charge yo4y price. I like to pay wtdl and be paid well; 'live and let live’ Is my motto,” “Ton arc extremely liberal and disinterest ed,” wafc the remark In reply { “ but pray give ymfrself no uneasiness about the mnre. Shod* mine, ami X (rust 1 shall never treat her In n manner that will draw on me the displeasure of the Society for ttio Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.” “Yours!” his Up quivering with surprise and astonishment. ‘•Mine!—yes, mine/” said (ho dealer In liorso flesh. I gave her to u gentleman to ride out not more than half an liourago, nnd. like a good customer, he paid mu live dollars In advance.” “ I have got an Idea,” said Discount. ‘•So have I,” said tho other, “I have got an idea that some person has been fooling you I” •• Pooling tno, sir! 1 shouldn't, cure about being fooled; but to be diddled—done clean out of s6o—why, Btr,.U’R too bad. but I’ll oflur of SCO more to. find. Hie. fellow, and.lf T calhfTfdhi fm gors fb Bilfoh I?biige ,~u Stutu will furnish him wlfli board anil lodging * thou gratia’ for seven years. But, ibver nilnd, ( when I take a deposit in lire, stock again, I’ll be amt! for usury, that's all f” Oar readers by this time see Hud (ho sharper hired the mare to make the raise, ami that Dis count, who had huen himself for year'* slurring, .jvaa for the first (hue in his life shaved.— N . O. Picayune, A Slight Mistake. Jim Ward is n conductor on the eastern di vision of the Ni-w Vnrk Central Railroad, run ning daily between Utica and Albany. " nrd lias been in the imphiy of the Centra) Railroad lor a long period of years- and is one of ihe ol dest conductors in ihocoiinlry. Invanab'y nc eomtnodaling and i*oltle. hr is particularly at tentive lo the Indies, and always manages to make himself a favorite with those of the fair sex who accompany' the trains under his direc (ion. The Buffalo Republic relates the follow ing anecdote of wlinl happened to Jim. because he didn't know a male from a female baby • A short time since, when a train under bis direction was on its way cast from Utica, one of (hose interesting incidents occurred on hoard the (rain, which add to the visible number of passcngeis, but scarcely «Vc*r increases the prof its of the trip. Ward as soon ns he discovered the condition of tho lady. Inis'led about and with the train rnnping forty miles an hour ftxud up n portion of the express car. and had her conveyed thereto. A physician by the namo of Beecher was on the train. His send ees were immediately put in requisition, ond m a short time Word had the pleasure of announ cing lo his anxious passengers that mother and hulie were ••doing as well os could be ex- pected under tho circumstances.' 'I he mother was a poor woman, amt as soon as it became known, Ward went around with a fiat, and in a short time a handsome purse was collected and Jim, with Ins countenance absolutely tillering oft* happiness, took it in to the mother. After here-appeared (ho pas sengers proposed that tho child should bo nam ed. No sooner said than done. Jim went, in and got the babj . with the consent of its de lighted mother brought it out, when It was proposed than it should ho named "James Ward” after Jim, and Bcecchcrnftur tho phy sician who Inul professionally at'ended the mother. U was adopted by acclamation, and amid a general shout of approbation the babe was named ■•James Ward Beecher. Jim. with a smile Of ill concealed delight, was lug ging oft’his little namesake, when some of the ladies requested to sto tho "littlo baby." It was passed from hand to hand among the la dies. all admiring (lie little bundle, but at the same time a general disposition to smile and stn|l handkerchiefs in their mouths, became manifest among tho women. Jim wondered, but ■ wondered in value, what this subdued laughter meant, until tho baba was handed to an old lady. She hud not had il more than a minute when she exclaimed: ! "Law, Snz J" “Well; what’s tho mailer," said Jim, fear fully. , "Why. tVs a go/ /" said tho old-woman han ding tho babe 16 Jim. , f i hen-rofto a yell of laughter, tho men broke out first, then tho women, then they broke edit together, until ono universal scream filled the car. Several gentlemen tnreW .then-hats and muftlerß out of tho windows, while Olliers, cn-' deavored. unsuccessfully, to "saw (heir legs oft." The women blushed and screamed ; iho men shouted and held then-sides. In the midst of this storm of fun and laughter. Jim'made his escape from tho car with tils ictualo, 'Jim Ward Beecher/and. for (ho rest of tho trip, stood on (he platform of tho baggage bur. rum inated on'the sudden changes mid initiations of Jiuman-lifa, 1 . , I (D"Wlicniaoliarkylike '* top?' When It begins to hum. , “ODR COUNTRY— MAT IT ALWAYS J3B 'RIGHT—DDT AUGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, Mi, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1857*. tub mm m Tin [ by Walter'scoir, “Why alts’t.thoirby that min’d- hall/ Thou aged carlo, so stern and gray / Dobd thou Us former |>rl(W,recall, . . Or pbn'der how It passedßway 4 ?”' ‘lCnow.’st thon not mo ?’.n deep voice crcd. <«So long onjuycd, bo oil Alternate, In thy ficlrio prido*. • - Desired; neglected and accused!. ' ♦•Before my breath, like smoking flax, Man apd'his.inarvols pass away; And changing empires wane and ; wax, Aro founded* flourish, and decay, <(Kedcam—tldno hours—the space Is brief. While in thy glass tho saud-gralpsaiiivor, And measureless my Joy or grief, When time and thpu’shalt partforeverl” "WHERE THERE’S 4 WILD THERE’S A W4P." Henry Burgeit was not quite twclyo years of ago wlren liik father died; aiid tnsl his tears fell when ho knew that his kind pnprt.wouid bo with him no more; he wept, if''possible, more violently,.W|iei| liirf.nfplhvntold hiin'Ctiey must leave the .pretty, cotjpge, tho only home they had everknutvn,' and that hereafter’Lb was to live with former Howard. •: *TV 1 ••Wcare poor,Henry/f shcßaid, ‘'very poor, and young ns you are, my boy. you.must now earn your own suppqrl.' But kebp Up a stout bean, you can do it. ; Flo bn those tears ! M and sho turned hastily that; ho "might not perceive the grief that was piercing her o\vn;«oul. Fanner Howard was a haul mo-iier. and a sorry time had poor Henry, during the long summer days that-succCcatd this, interview with his mother.' It wnu work, willrrio relax ation. from the earliest dawii.until tfic twilight had quite faded; . Often did. his courage fail, ami-despondency and indolence- urge - , him to stop, butiu stern necessity wos r oa:bim—ho tyiust door starve—and ; :henco he .kept at it, wearily enough to be sure, until th'd.last apple was in the cellar, the lfet car, of. com-In the crib, and all things secured ngalnstjhc winter, with the most painstaking thormigncSs. The winter, tardy os its approac|i,oppcarcd to Henry, came at last wiih,its thr<eo.month's privilege of school, and its even ings. that he might spend os-he with no spiders of huge heaps of com to hdsk, or vast tietds of potatoes to dig, looming up in the dis tance. ‘ How well those hours for,study were improv ed. or how highly prized, the bright light which the blazing pine splinter shed fruit); the attic window until long past tho limnvpf twelve, might tell; (A pine splinter, because the mis tress was o careful soul, and saved ( the candle ends to light" Henry- to bed.) Ilcf. advanced with surprising rapidity in his*&tdics, and uhat wonder? Ardent, persevering effJirl was never imsncccssful. When spring came, he was quite muster of the Latin gn|nrnar, and was beginning to read in thislOMuagc with some degree of ease. Tho snimntfv with its ■wearisome round of duties, could nit dawp.bia desire for knowhdge. Every, sptyc moment was carefully seized and‘seduloueu employed in his’Uiyuute study. . The winter cahu* again,, gleeful Kuct JfWlrybomidiyf nrriiy to 0;r the .cl«f*snnC(eo%'(Tfook-hfii)— 6nb Who had.Oflen.-ji.VmJ: him Tor hi/*, bashfulneas onri p)uln, i/ouiespt/n n{t, with every advan tage. had nmniermptedly pursued his studies. ••fin, hu.:how arcyod, Hal?* said he: “dont you wislrypn could read qlt that?* 1 triumph anllT holding Up a Latin Render, and spread ing his palm; completely over t4*c open page. — Henry kept his;own counsel, and.together they 1 proQeedudj.ownrd.s iho school house. Soon nft*er the opening of the morning exor-1 rises the class in Latin was called to ttie rcciln- 1 , lion bench. ! “Henry,” said the master. **t think you will not be able to go on will) ihc olass.von were in I tst winter, you must fall back.with the begin ners.” I should like to enter tho Virgil class, sir.’ ‘ Virgil class ! JNoncKcnKc; boy ! you could not read one word: Just-let mo see now,” opening the bonk nail placing It in |iis hand. * rimv'fur shall I reltd?” • A* Turns y<-n cnn.”- replied the twister, with, a sharp twinkle of Ins grey eyes and an iuvol H ilary snicugHo smile. Henry commenced, unhesitatingly to read mid had turned lltb* first, second and third leaves heforo the master had sufficiently recov ered from his surprise to check him. • ‘ .Slop, sir ! Where did yonlearn all this?” Ifuiry told him where. Taking,him by the arm. the master led him to. the centre of the room. and. placing his hand upon his head amd ; “Attention hoys; hero is ft greater conquer or than was Crc-ur or Nnpoltou. Give him a round: three limes three now.” Chcerly, heartily rang out that, applause, penctniling ihe furthest recesses of (hat time worn building making thu' windows fairly shake again. Wluit ft proud daymens that for Henry I How Ins In art leaped'and . almost Iwnnidod out of his bosom—how the boys shook his hand and enviul him.—howthegirls nodded and Winked their prvtiy eyes al him ho has not yet forgotten; mid although at tho present (line the laurels of a country's regard are clustering ttrick nlHmi his lirow, ho often isays. “That was tho victory of my life, ft \y#« at firmer Howard’s I learned to labor unliiuchingly for a given end.” i, • \\ ■ Children, this is no fancy-sketch,. , Such a lad os I have described really existed, and' from his example may we not learn to plant for. «m stives eU-vated stnndmds. and never give over until we have mustered every' obstacle and reached our niml It "la not always lessons to bo learned, or wood-piles to be demolished or tehuiU. There are had habits to govern, vicious ipclhiailoiis to restrain, selfish dispositions to be 'overcome —many, many Wrongs to bopgliud-' There is room fora life-long labor in our hearts. Up. then, thy young friends,* with ti strong purpose of life. Shrink not at tho slight difficulty.— Uemembcr that “whore there's a will there's a way,” and that ptmverancoift a sure guaranty of success- (£7-»»My dear I*ollV, Inm surprised at'yonr tns»o in wearing number woman'll hair on your Iwnd.” sold Mr. Smilli IQ tif« wife. My dear Joe. I am equally astonished that you persist in wearing another sheeps wool on your back, IMiorc. now." Poor Smlih^snrakca. Good Mannkrs.— A lady who had boasted hlgh'y at ft dinner parly of the good manners of her lit*lu darling, addressed )dm thus— •■ Charles, my-dcar, will you Uavosomo more was the ill-mannered reply of tho pet ulant little bliorub. ' “No!” exclaimed the astonished mother—. ~4 . ■ , • “No beans;lni " said.tho child./ • ; (p-ijt-l? enough to make onq.shudder (b read the primer’s advertisement, fora boy of a. I‘morar character,” when It Is well’known they Intend to make a "devil” of him. HarWage. . Katnro novor did betray the sou! that loved her; and nature tolls men and women to marry; Just as the young man is entering upon Jifc-~ Just- ns ho comes* to independence and man's as ttio crisis ot his being is to bo solved, and it is to be seen whether ho decide with thu good, arid llio great, and llib (roe, or whetherhuslnkandbe lost iorever—matrimony gives liltri ballast and a right impulse. War with nature 'oml alio takes a euro revenge. Tell a young man not to have an attachment that Is virtuous,'and he will have one that 's vicious. Virtuous- love, the honest lovo of a man for a woman lie Is about to marry, gives him an anchor for his heart, something pure and beautiful for which to labor and live. And (ho woman, what a purple light It shedi upon her path; It makes life nu tiny, dream, ho idle hour,, no painted shidow, no passing show, but sorqething.real earnest, worthy o( heart and head. Dut most of ns aro cowards, and dare not think so; wo lad; grace; we are of little faith; our Inward oyu is dim and dark. The modern young lady must many in style; the modern young gentle man marries a fortune, lint In the mcuuwhUo the girl grows into an old maid, and. the youth takes chambers—ogles at (ho nurserymaids, and becomes a man about town, a nnm whom it is dangerous to ask into your house, for his busi ness is intrigue. The world might have hud a happy couple; instead it gets a woman fretful, nervous, fanciful, a plague to all around her. Ho becomes a sceptic in all virtue; a conupter of the youth oi both sexes; u curse in whatever domestic circle ho penetrates. i£ven wordo may result. Site may bo deceived and may die of u broken heart. Ho may rush from one folly to another j as j aociiito only with the vicious and depraved ; 'bring disgrace and borrow on himself and all around; and sink into an cnily grave. Our great cities show what become of men and womeu | who do not many. Worldly fathers and mothers I advise not lo marry till they can afford to sup port a wife, uinl the boys wickedly expend dou ble (lie amount in low company. Hence it is, all wise men (like Franklin) advocate early marriages; tmd (hut all great men, wltli rare ex ceptions, have been men that mnnied young. Wordsworth had only one hundred pounds a year when ho first married. Lord Eldon was so poor that ho had to go to Clare market, London, to buy sprats for supper. Ooloridgcnml Southey wo can’t find-had any Income at all when (hey got married. Wo question at any time whether Luther Inul mor? than fifty pounds a year. We blast humanity in its very dawn. Fathers, you say you teach your sons prudence—you do nothing ol tho kind; your worldly-wlao and clover son Is already ruined for life. Vmi will find him at tho furo table ami at freelovo circles. Your wretched worldly wisdom taught him to avoid tho snare of marrying young; and soon— If ho Is not Involved in embarrassments that will last a life—hols ablaze (Mlow—heartless, lalae, without a single generous sentiment or manly aim} he has—“No God, no Heaven, in tho wide world!”-—//ome Journal. She Wonld'nl Marry a mechanic. A young man commenced visiting a young woman—appeared to be well pleased. One evening he called when it wnsqultclatc, which led the young girl to inquire \vhs*e it was ho had been. - , ’ “I had to work to night.” ./ “What! Do yon work foralivingl” she in quired in 'astonishment. ■ w the young man, ■. jT'dfsJ/ko the miln.ebf a mechanic,” and she turned lip her pretty- nose. ’. . ' ’• ‘ That was ilie fast (imo- tho young mechanic visited the young woman. He is now a wealthy man, and he has one of the bust of women for his wife. The young lady who disliked the name me chnnic is now the wife of a miserable fool—n regular vngiant «l>mit grogshops; and she. soft, verdant, silly, miserable gnl is obliged to take in washing in order to support herself and children. You dislike the name of mechanics eh ? You, whose brothers are but dressed loafers?— We pilV i nv gul who has so little hrnms. who Is ko \eidan'. so soft ns to thmk less of n young man for being a mechanic —owe of God's noble men—lljc most dignified and honorable person age of heaven’s creatures. Howaro. young la dp. how yon treat young men who work for n living. one day be menial to one of tin m vom.-i If For bet ter discharge the well-fed pauper with all bis rings j.welrv. brazcnnissand pomposity and lake to your nirections the cnllious-handed. inldligini and industrious niechariio. Thousand* have bitterly icgieited their folly, who Juno turned fheir nacks to honesty. A few ymrs hme taught ihein a severe lesson. In ilMsooiinirv.no num or woman shnotd bo ri's| o'led who will not work, bodily or mental Iv and who curl fht-ir lips lo scorn when intro d'lfvd m a hard working man The curse of God, ami every human being who (ins the least iiiiiinini of common sense, ever rest, upon such ladies, who despise the noble mechanics. Tub .Shadows ob ('Mii.i)imm) —God bless tiie Mule children ! IVv like (heir winning ways, their io-'V dreams! Nothing seems lo weigh down iln-ir Imuranl spirits: long mis fortune may fall to their lot. hut tho shadows it casts on lheir life-path arc fleeting ns the clouds I tail come and go in April sky. Their future may. nerchnnce, appear dark to others. I»nt 10 ilij-ir fearless gaze it looms up brilliant and beautiful as the wails of n fairy palace.— There is no tear which the mother's genilolmnd cannot heal, no anguish which the sweet mur muring of her soft, law voice cannot soothe.— TI o niirni. generous impulses of their nature have not been fettered niul cramped by the cold formalities of the world: tlioy have not yet burned lo vail a hollow heart with false smiles, or hide the basest, purposes beneath honeyed words Neither are they constantly on the alert in search mil Omits and foibles with Ar gus eves- on the contrary, they cxeroiso that bjeskid charity which “ihriiiketh no evil.” Urahtipi'Ll.y Said.— Wit is like tho jewel, precious m its sparkle and in its rarity. A really clever thing seldom occurs. When it appears it should be on record. Tho exhibitor of u sewing machine, now attracting every body's attention at the Capitol, had finished a trial of it at the Executive Hoorn, When tho needle,had evinced its power almost toannihl- j ft l,or—“Did yon ever.” said tho exhibitor, “did you ever, Governor, see a handsomer ma chinof” “Oh,yes," Instantly‘answered onr courteous Chief Magistrate, “'a pretty girl's bond.”* (£/•* A Danish writer speaks of a hut do mis erable chut it did not know which way to fall, and so kept standing. . This is like tho man that had such a complication of diseases that lie did not know what to dio of, and lib lived on. WV like, to see young women peep through tho windows, or tho cracks of hall open doors, to catch a glimpse of tho young men, and whonithey come In their presence to appear over modest—it is so admirable. • . 03"? An Athenian., who was lomo in nnofoot, joining tho army, was laughed at by tho sol diers on accountbf his lameness. "I am here to fight,” said tho hero, “not to rad.” ’ .ATS2,COPER ANNUM, ■4 Sew Way of Paying a Snbicriptlon. A correspondent of Iho Logrnngo Whig gires tho- following-amusing. account of tho way,a farmer was taught hO\V' cheaply ho could take tho papers. Tho lesson Is worth pon’dorlhg by a good many men wo *‘wolof.” • “You have hens el homo ot course. Well, I will send you thy paper one year for tho pro ceeds of a single hen for ono season $ taoruly tho proceeds. ' It seems (rifling,.preposterous, to imagine the.products of a single hen will pay tho subscription $ perhaps it won't, but I Uiako tho oflhr.^ “ Donel” exclaimed farmer B—— 5«I agree to it,” and appealed to me as a witness In tho afihfr. Tho farmer wont away apparently much ela ted with his conquest, bud the editof went on his way rejoicing. Time i rolled around, and tho world revolved on ltd axis, and tho suh moved In Its orbit just as formerly did, tho /armor received bis pa per regularly, and regaled himself with the In formation from it. He not only know tho affairs ofhfslnyn county, but became conversant with I the leading topics of tho day, and tho political and financial convulsions of tho times. Xfis children delighted, too, in perusing the contents of tlieir weekly visitor. In short, ho said, “ho was surprised at tho progress of himself and family-in general loformatlon.” Tin? Bor for tor Turns.—Wo like an ac tive boy. saya the Southern Organ, who .has the impose of the age. A lazy, plodding, snail paced chap might have got along in the world fifty years ago. hut he won’t do for these times. Wo live in an ago of quick ideas: men think quickly, speak quickly, cat. sleep, court, mar ry. die quickly, and slow cnaches are not toler ated. “Go ahead. If j'ou burst your boiler,” is the motto of the ago: and he succeeds best in every line of business who Has the most of do nr die in him. Strive, boys, to catch the spirit of the times: be up and dressed always, not gaping and rub bing your cys ns if you were fast asleep, bu* wide awake, whatever may turn up, and you may be somebody before you die. Think, plan, reflect ns much as you please before you act, but think quickly and closely, and when you have fixed your eyes upon an ob ject, spring to tho mark at once. But above all things, be honest. If you in tend to bb an artist, carvu it in the wood, chisel it in tho marble; if l merchant, write it in yonr day-book, and spread it in capitals in your ledger. Let honesty of purpose be your guiding star. A Worn in a Tooth—A medical gentle man of Ballymena, Ireland, was employed re cently, to extract a patient’s tooth. It was a grinder, of large size, apparently sound, and so Qrmly sealed that it broke in tho effort of its removal. On examining that portion of the tooth which came oft with the instrument, a very extraordinary worm-shaped living animal was found adhering to the centre of it. On be ing carefully removed without iqjury, it proved to be five eights of an inch long, lively as an eel. and of a blood rcd-coior, and about the thickness of ft woolen thread. On viewing it through a microscope of limited power, it ap peared to bo ringed or jointed in its formation. No legs were visible, and it moved by erecting its,body, arch like, in the. centre,'and projec ting either end at pleasure—for it appeared to have a head .at each extremity. One of the beads-wsslArgbr flat, and broad in * proportion to the creaturo’a size, with a capacious mouth, and two black eyes, set _vcry widely apart, and f projecting from tlio upper part of (ho bend.— ' The oilier bead was smaller, with a lengthened snout, and a mouth opening from underneath' A Sks'Siblk Gird. —• Some years since a young Indy, remarkable for her maturity and good sense, daughter of a distinguished lawyer and a member of Congress from Worcester county, was placed at a young ladies' boarding school in the neighborhood of Boston. Her nnallected manner and sprightlincss won tin* nllections of mat’v of iho young Indies, who were full nf kind offices uniil one due they in quired the occupation of her fjithiT. Our voting friend, perceiving tho drift of their inquiries gave them to understood that her hither was n sliO'innker. whin many of .hern were struck I with horror at her vulgar origin, and n change took place in their conduct toward her. She. however, though fully understanding them, re mained quiet. After awhile the father of the young lady visited the school. As ho was a good-looking man. and ns they observed the principal and oi herd (renting him with such deference and re spect. the scholars were led to inquire qI their instructress who ho was. and what was his business: and on being told that he was the fa ther of Miss (1., and that ho was a mem her of Congress, they made an attempt to renew their attentions ns formerly ; but it was too late.— She looked upon their conduct with such con tempt that they were obliged to keep at a re spectful dislarcc. while those who treated her kindly without repaid to her father’s supposed occupation were etcr after her favorites.—-Bos ton Jon nuil. (£7"“! say, friend, is there nothing to shoot about hero V’ asked a Kentucky sportsman of a hrtlu bov Boy—“Wa l , nothing just about hero stran get 7, but the schoolmaster is down the hill yon der—you might pop him over." Aw Oi.d CniOKBW.— In attempting (oenrven fowl one day. a gentleman found somcddllcd ly in separating its Jmnta, and exclaimed against the man who find sold him an old hen for a young chicken. “My dear,”- said the enraged than* wife, “don’t talk so much about the aged and respec table Mr. B , ho planted the first hill of corn that wnS planted iri town.’* “f know that,”said the husband, “and I believe (his hen scratched it up." Cumocs Kkp/.t. —Fontcnellc lived lo be near |y onu hundred years old. A Indy of nearly equal ngc, said to him one day in a largo com pany— “Monsieur, yon (md I stay bore no tong, thai I have o notion that Death has forgotten us." “Speak as low as you can, Madiuno," repli ed Fontcnellp, "lest you should remind him of of us.’* ’ OtT' The following items from Corbyn’a “Programme" aro also worth preserving : “Ever since you .have taken lo drinking," you're not moro than half a man, paid a tem perance man lo floating brother. , “Pact is you mean, I'm only a demi-John." (C7“Thc following arc said to.be infallihlo re cipes :—For preserving the complexion, temper ftturo, for whitening the hands, honesty, to remove stains, repentance,'for improving the sight, observation,, a beautiful rinp, tbo lioino cirolo, for impruving the voico, civility, the best companion to the toilet, a wife, to keep away moths, good Society.' :o“‘Dr. Johnson mnarkp^.that ■& habit of looking on the best side ?f every event is better than n thousand pounds, a year. Wlicn Fcne lon'a library was oh flro—“C|od t bo praised, ho Olfalniincd, “that it is riol the dwelling of some poor mail." > ;'I ; ISeandal In' WfaWagtiil.'j . q£ljra;P6- lumbus Statesman thus rdaica a little bit of scandilV- ' I-'!/, - ' “Quite.kn oiJrhy' of hotels.} of 'Congress,, who Jmd" bees auiLfor to Atfgtt the inauguration, amvedpathe early trail),, a day or two before, she. was qxptptaf,. , At her request she was immediately ehowij* Op to hef husband’s room, the door of which, ft eeeznjr, had accidentally been left unlocked. Discover ing this to ho the case on knocking and tofniog tho knob showerful,: The bed iin tho room, was untmnblcd, bat.sho recognftcd tho dolled garments of her husband lying abdut the room. Seeing a door ajar., communicating with .the next roorri.she thpught.hlsdoirotyy most bo in there; so sho pushed her explorations accord ingly. Tho consequence was- that she found herself in a lady’s bedroom, and Her Aumbar >ng husband unconsciously shoring,the‘Mrtu,- qus couch” of his fair'neighbdr. Her rustling pVcserico arsused the guiUypldepcra; hut WiiK put giving them to’recover from tfieirbbn fusion; she retired totbo office andorderedher sclf and‘-baggage back to ; tho depot; T under sland that a reconciliation has been' effected,* tho husband having persuaded the wife that be was acting under .imperative- medical advice, and that was the real cause of his baying scot for her.” ■ - ’ , ~ NO. 42. Sometime In tho mojith of September, I Bip' pence! up again at tho 'office, when who shomd> outer but out.old friend farmer B» ' « How do you.do, Mr V* said the editor,'. extending his hand, and bis countenance lit up' with'« binnd smild; chair Sir iahd bo-' seated ; fioo weather we have.” <* Yes, sir, quito lino Indeed,’* answered tho. farmer, shaking the. proffered "paw” ot the edl tor, and then .a abort alienee ensued, during Which our friend B—— hitched his chair back ward and forward, twirled his thumbs abstract-' : cdly, and spit profusely. Starting pp quickly#? ho said, addressing tho editorj. . i , «Mr. D—l havebroaghtyou tha proceeds of that-hen.” • - ’ **. ' It was amnslng-to see tho peculiar expression of tho editor as ho followed tho farmer down to tho wagon. L could hardly keep' my risible*' down. •* . > When at the wagon* tho farmer-commenced handing tho cditor N the produefsof tliohCb, which, on being counted, amounted, 4,o elgh-, teen pullets, worth a shilling each, apd a num ber of dozens of eggs, making In theoggrEgato/ at tho least calculation. $2 6U, fifty bents more -' than the price ot the papci;. “No need,” said he, “of roen-not taking a county newspaper, and paying, for It, too. X don’t miss this from my roost, yet I have paid 1 a-year’s subscription, and fifty cents over; AJL folly sir; there is no mnu hut can take a papery, it’s charity, you know, commences at homo.**' , “ But," resumed tho editor, “Twill p4y for what Is over tho subscription. 1 did not intend * this as a means of profit, but rather to convitico * you. I will pay for— “Notablt.ol it, sir; a bargain s ftbargaloV, and I am already slii-doutily paid »!!>•'‘ And whenever a neighbor makes the complaint ’ I did, I will relate to him the hen Story. Good ; day, gentlemen.” - , IC7" Some years ago, a young New* Engltn* ‘ dcr found himself in the back parts ofPcmttVV *• vama, ashore as to tho means of_ftvirig. i :lqu this strait he applied to a wealthy Quaker the neighborhood for help. , r ..^ “1 will furnish thee with work, and will PAT thee for it, friend, "'said the Quaker : built-’f|r 2 not my custom to give alms to one able tq labor 1 like thee.” ••Well, that’s all T want,” said iho Ttn&etf •of course 1 am willing to work.’ ; _* i 1 What can thee do, friend 1* •I will do anything to pet a little ttonty,to. helnroc out of my difficulties.* ■ , ’ ‘Well, there is a tog yonder.’ and there is *&- axe, thee may pound on the Iq’g with *bfT faeriit • of the axe. anil if thee is diligent and.flUtmqlj I will pay thee a dollar a day, V . , ’Agreed; I’d as soon do that as anything, else.’ . And so the youth went to work arid pouhded’* lustily with the head of the axe, upon the log 1 . After a time he paused- to take breath,:tfacu -’ he began again. : ' ■' - But after half hour-ho stopped, dbrjnr (i down the axe InipaticnUy, and walked saying; \S. 'i . . * ; ‘f’ll be hanged if I’ll cut wood ndtbohf Mb**- Ing the chips fly I* A Sbcrbt.—l will fell you a secret* .The, way to make yourself pleasing to others, Is to show (liat you cure for them. The whole world ' Is like tho miller at Mansfield, who *» cared for ■ nobody, no, nut ho—because nobody cared for, him." And (li-- whole world will'sorva yon so, , if you give them tho samo cause. Lot peopta see, tluueforo, that yon do care for .then, by l showing ilium tho small courtesies of life, In which them la no parade, whose voice Is to.osfjft to tense, and which show themselves by pace* y tionalo tones ami kind looks mid little acta of - attention, giving others tho preference in every tittle enjoyment at (he table, in the Qoldj wtUt* mg, silting and standing. A Sk.vsiui.b Fairer. a gentleman of wealth m thin city, (mi t who has never cared to m nglc much in fashionable society, recently to tletl 815 000 a year on a daughter who had marriid to hissnilsfaction. In spcaklngon tho subject to a fiiend tho other day. ho remarked that he was willing to do tho same by his cr daughters on one condition, (hat they roan* ned respectable, upright and industrious young men. 110 did not care how poor thcy-Wcrc* n • they were only of this description, and their characters would bear Investigation.' ilcreisfc proof that (hero arc some sensible fathers left m this comimmitv, though they happen to bfe weal.by men.—Af. V. Altos. Married at Last.—Wo find In the Nw York News the fullowfhg marriage notice: At Wilmington, on tlio £9ih of February* Aaahel L. Deers. of Albany, N. Y., and Miss • Ann Rider: their united necs are 124 years, and' the courtship commenced forty-two vears slncc. 1 A forty-two year's courtship! Why, during tint time we haro concluded oub war With England, and almost had. two more ; havqlnr;, vt-nted railroads and steam printing-presses hud a War with Mexico Invented the vlccina, telegraph: brought not spirit-rapping and dls? ‘ covered tho ftorth-UV&t passage; annexed Texas, and brought to light the gold of Call-' forma: have extended, our national area two qr t Ihice thousand square miles, find arrived at Such a point of civilhsaiion as Lo apppint -spt cinl comiplion and,investigating corhmiUcc? In Congress. What grqat results have be«V attained, all about ufi, during ihR years it has-taken the modest Mr. Beers to “pop the question !" K7-“Will you have a daily sun? Whyi you little scapegrace f How dare you inninq* ol« against n lone woman from home,, No in* deed. 1 guess 1 won't have a daily son 1 My poor old man used to complain most artfblly > when I presents! him a yearly-sou! A daily., son ! indeed ! Begone you little upstart iiqpV And the pld woman called for tho turkey-tail 1 fan lo keep her from swooning. A Ooop On k.‘—Tho following is reported aa having happened in Bristol county : A witty Clergyman, ah bid ac* quoin once of the name of Cobb, replied,: ‘I khow you siri f •My noniols Cobb, rejoined the man, who. ivoa about half seas over. •Ab: sir/ replied tho- Cl<sf&vman, *vbo .haffl (<* much of tho corn on. you That I did not fcca tho cob-* ' •, Hood never made a better nun, Hook, who.was walking with a friend, whet* they come to a 101 l bridge... . . • • * • "Do.you know who built ihis ( bridge, said, '' o <*No?" > replli)il riook, “but If you go fffor• yOu'li bo lollpd J" ' . • Somebody say a it l» belief lb die : than to live upon tho bard camiogs Of the uo-." suspecting. s $ T>
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