AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. funiisnED' BVBaT tbousdat morning bx Jobn B. Brattou. terms, SoßSflitiPTios. —Orib Dollar and Fifty Cents, bald Id advance; -Two Dollars St paid within the voaW end Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not Said within tho. year. Those terms will bo ng fdlv adhered to In every instance. No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages arc fcald unless at the option of tho Editor. • Advebtiseurnts— Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted 'throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents lor each additional insertion., Those of a great tor length in proportion, . ’ don-FniNTiNa—Sueli as TTanu-bllls, Postmg 'blllß, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at tho shortest notice. ftotilral. SUSSniNE OF TAB AEABT. 'Oh! don’t go sighing through tho world. There’s sunshine all tho way : If you’ll but do the acts that o’er Koflcct the blessed day. It glistens fn the grateful tear, That flows for kindly deed, And quivers in tho voico that sobs Its thanks, for help in need. And oft it*spoaks In radiant stnilus, At tones, tuned in the heart, And glldcth o’or the page of life With beams that ne’er depart. it dwelloth in tho loving look, That answers to our own. And swollelh up a spring of joy To selfish taste unknown. It smooths tho ragged ways of life. With carpets, soft and light, Woven of conscience free from frowns, And Impulse acted right. It cheers tho darkest hour on earth— Steals under sorrows deopi And oven smiles above tho path That loads to dreamless sleep. THE fANEEE LOVER'S SOLILOQUY. As thin as a hatchet I've grown, And poor as Job’s turkey, by golly I stand, like a scarecrow alone, Sad victim to love’s melancholy I I feel most confoundedly bluo, Ufa’s rose is turned into a thistle ; My sweetheart has turned out untrue, And sacked mo as slick as a whistle ! Though lively and keen ns a rat, And playful as any young kitten, She hag got the sharp claws of a cat, And has abow’d ’em to me thro’ tho mitten. Of our village girls she’s tho hollo, And plump as a partridge she grows Her lips for two cherries would sell— Her checks aro as red ns a rose! Like (wo bran now dollars her eyes, •Her nose is turned neater than wax, Her bosom with Venus’s vies, Her hair—it is liner than flux. I courted her day after day, In tho hope her affections to wjn, But ray trouble is all thrown away— Li)tb a iool, I have beon taken in! Lam laughed at by nil of our folks— They expected a wedding to follow, She turned out a tarnation hoax, Her heart, like a'pnmpkln, Is hollow ! As thin as a bean-pole I grow, And crabbed and cross as a bear, My heart—it Is lovo-crackcd, I know— I shall lie down and die in despair} Htetwtatniia.' UpilMO ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Thus, under this heading, discourses the ed itor of the New’ Orleans Christian Advocate, in a laic number of his paper: Our renders have heard of wooding on the Mississippi, gambling on the Mississippi, and even blowing up on the Mississippi. A trip on that famous highway introduced ns to whnt is not less than any of these a peculiarity—liquor ing on the Mississippi. Did you ever, reader, salt caUle on a lick log. or give vermifuge to a score of little ne groes on a plantation? Unless you have done both, you cannot conceive of a morning liquor ing scene on a Mississippi steamboat. It lakes the first to give yon an idea of the relish and the second of coining up to it one by one We rose early, and by accident drew a chair on the guards, where a full and inside view of the bar presented ilself. The bar-keeper knows the habits of his cus tomers singularly well. At certain times ho Strolls about—at others is constantly In attend ance. Like a surgeon, who, before going into an operation, has all Ins bandages, and line merits, and knives arranged and in reach, so Iho barkeeper did. Wo saw him do it. Here the sugar and (he ice, and there iho pick to break oil more small pieces from he lump when needed. The slop-tub, just under the counter,’ Tor passing tumblers through, is replenished— the corks arc drawn and fitted in easy—the fau cets m order. If, peradyenturo, a weak stom ach craves it, a lemon Is cut and laid by the squeezer. All ready, ho wipes oil Iho board bgain and again. Here comes a man in shirt sleeves, dry as a fish—takes a pull at the big bottle—goes back to bed. Nest one fills up the glass to taper point—works his lips together as his hand touches it—turns it round on the bottom— Stops it an appreciable part of a second, just before the final lilt into a dry and thirsty abyss that doubtless had swallowed a cotton planta tion in detail—seemed to see prismatic beauties ho held it sunward. Down it went, slow and easy. Took his chair near by and looked Mioughffully out on shore, vro wondering how innards feel. A man below the ordinary stature, but thick wearing calico pants and a loose linen coat leads the way with- two others, ono lookimr .seedy, tho other careless. They agree after consultation as to tho dram-don't seem hard to suit, and it works like a charm. They draw , two chairs close, qfbilo the third sits on the railing in front, and laugh and talk boisterous ly till breakfast. Next an elderly gentleman—looks rather shy —he is quick in his movements—has the change toady—wipes his mouth and is gone. A young man neatly dressed and hat on, saunters up and says, ‘•Cock-tail,” or some thing with a tail to it. Did you ever see a ccok-lall fixed up? It requires two glasses, hnd mixing requires ft genius. From ono to the other glass, right, left, left, right, up, down the sparkling fluid falls in a lengthening curve. It actually serins to rope—the liquor docs. At Inst it rests in one. It was a curiosity to glance at the gentleman who ordered that extra arti cle. lie toyed with it till wo feared tho foam that had been gofrmp with such effort,.would subside before ho got it down. Thev come thick and fast now—fortunate foresight in tho bar-keeper to have everything wlicrc hocanlay his hand on it. Young men eomo, very.young men, andmen old enough to better. Wo saw no father tauc up Ins ;son. They do these things apart. Ih some coses wo gainfully suspect that ft member of the Christian Church, feeling away from wit nesses and restraint, was indulging in on old appetite. ii .. r n _ n( l awhile a deck-hand would come to «c side-door near, and pulling out a bag with 8 0t a dram without ice, or sugar or JJ!lriahmci um^utci * lcao were most* variety iu all this dreadful unity is not BY JOHN B. BRATTON, VOL, 43, ; the least interesting fact. One comes for the. liquor and nothing else—gels it and gocs. ( An other likes the place, lounges about,, is in no hurry, and orders the dram .with an air of in difference. Tho concoction is not strong enough for this man, and ho says something to the bar-, keeper, who sprinkles something into it; that man throws down the drink at a gulp and throws a glass of water after it as though ho, had swallowed fire. One takes it apparently for his stomach’s sake sake, and don’t want to get tho taste of it on its woy there. Another seems to wish his throat was ns long as a fence rail, that he might tnsto it all the woy down. The ardent and pure stnfl is good enough for some, while others coax and combine the ele ments in every variety. (t A little popper to make It hot, A little ice to inoko it cool; A little water to make it weak, . A little brandy to make It strong i * A little sugar to make it sweet, A little effort to make it go down.” Verily, temerance has this strong hold of her enemy to take—a Mississippi steamboat. Dob and Charley. Bob and Charley grew side by side, Uko two fine young saplings In a wood, for some years. After awhile, however, the brothers wore sepa rated. Bob went to a large city, became a mer chant, grow rich, lived in a lino house, was a Bank Director, and an Alderman. His younger brother, pursuing n more modest but equally manly and elevated career, seldom met Bob du ring sonic years, and then only briefly at their tattler’s house, when there was o family gather ing at Thanksgiving, or onwomo other similar occasion. Once, when I chanced to see these young man together, thus I remarked that, while tho sisters of each clung around the neck of the unassum ing, but true-hearted, right-minded Charley, at his coming, and lost no opportunity-of being with him, the repellent manner of tho older brother hold more or less aloof, though none failed in polite observance towards him. Ego tistical and pompous, bo seemed to regard those about him as an inferior race. As hU brother and I sat talking together near a table on which wero refreshments, ho actually had tho rude ness (o roach between us foraglass, without tho slightest word or token of apology, with his arm so near his brother’s face as almost to touch it! Tboro was moro of shame than indignation ex pressed in that flue, Ingenuous countenance, when it again met my unobstructed gaze, and I thought I detected a slight tremor in tho sen tence ho uttered next In tho order of our con versation. Before my visit that day was at end, I found myself exceedingly embarrassed as an unwil ling auditor of a political discussion between Bob and his father which grow, at length, Into an angry dispute, little creditable to a least the younger of tho two word-combatants. As I stood In (he hull that night, awaiting my carriage, 1 saw Charley advance to the door of tho library, opening near, and knock lightly.— Tho voice of his aged father bade him enter. Opening the door, tho young man, taking bin hat quite off, and bowing almost reverentially, said only, “I bid you good night, sir,” and'qul _Qi|y closed it again. When they turned towards "me, thufe* was almost &• w omhu’aT' softaoVr hV eyes that would have looked undiramed upon (ho fiercest foe or deadliest peril. Think you tho Recording Angel flew tip to Heaven’s high Chan cery with a tbstomouy of (hat day’s deeds ami w onls 1 ’ “ Once after fids, Charley hud occasion to visit (he city where Bob resided. Breakfast oyer at bis hotel, ho sallied forth to call on Bob, at his own.house, attend, subsequently, to other matters. Uo was shown info an elegant drawing-room, where the master of tho mansion sat rending a newspaper. Without rising, he offered his hand, coldly, and before inviting his visitor to sit, took occasion to say that bis wife’s having an en gagement to spend tho day out of town would prevent Ids Inviting Ids brother to dine I As Charley descended tho steps of his broth er’s stately mansion, at (ho termination of his brief call that day,'ho silently registered a vow never again to cross his threshold, unless Im pelled by Imperative duty. And yet Bob is not only a rich merchant, an Alderman, and a Dunk Director, but a man of fashion I (£7* Money Is a queer institution. It buys provender, satisfies justice, and heals wounded honor. Everything resolves itself into cosh, from stock-jobbing to building churches.— Childhood craves pennies, youth aspires to dimes, manhood is swayed by tho mignty dol lar. Tho hlackmsmilh swings tho sledge, the lawyer pleads for his client, and tho judge de cides the question of life and death for his sala ry. Money makes the man, therefore the man must make money, if lie would be respected by fools, for the eye of tho world looks through golden spectacles. It buys Brussels carpets, lace curtains, gilded cornices and rich furni ture, and builds marble mansions. It drives us to church in splendid equipages and pays tho rent of tho best pew. It buys silks and jewels for my lady—it commands tho respect of gaping crowds and insures obsequious atten tion. It enables ns to bo charitable, to send Whies to tho heathen, and relievo domestic in digence. It gilds the ragged scenes of life and spreads over tho rugged path of existence 'a velvet cerpet soft to our trend, the rude scenes of turmoil ore encased hi a gilt frame. It bids care vanish, soothes the anguish of the bed of sickness, stops short of nothing save the grim destroyer, whose relentless hand spares none, but levels all mortal distinction, and teaches poor, weak humanity that it is but dust.— Thus wealth pauses on tho brink of eternity, tho beggar ami the millionaro rest side by side beneath the sod, to rise in equality to answer the final summons. Rowland Hill rode a great deal, and by cxerciec preserved vigorous health. On ono oc casion. when asked by a medical friend what physician and apothecary ho employed to be ni roPliod—“My .physician has J"T bccn a ll0 ™. and my apothecary an ID* The woman who undertook to scour tho mods, has abandoned tho Job owing to tho ngh price of soapsuds. The last that was heard of her, she was skin ling the seas. [D*Thc Lookport(N. Y.) Courier says a Dutchman went into thoNlngro County Bank on Monday to make a deposit, having a num ber of Spanish quarters among Ida funds. Tho teller politely informed film that they could take them for only twenty cents. The Dutch man looked up in astonishment, and said: "I save ’em because do bills break ; note by tam dc silver break too. u IC/MVinchcll, tho humorist, tells ft story of a‘dog which undertook to jump across a well in two jumps. There arc a great many peo ple just like that dog—folks who think they can jump across a well in two jumps. They that undertake it usually “bring up" down in tho water. DCTThcro is a great dlflcrcnco between talk ing ond acting. Tho men who promise tho most and talk the loudest, nro tho men wl\o flinch at the moment of need, and turn a c6ld shoulder. ,i Slnrlin Luther. A coarse, rugged, plebeian face it was, with great crags of check bones—a wild amount of passionate energy and appetite ! But in bis dark eyes were floods of sorrow, and deepest melancholy, sweetness and mystery were all there. And often did they seem to meet in Lu ther the very opposite poles in a man’s charac ter. He. for example, of whom Richter had said that his words were half battles, be. when he first began to preach, sulforcd unheard-of agony* “0, Dr. Staupitz,” said be to the vicar gen eral of his order, "i cannot do it. I shall die in three months. Indeed, I cannot do it.” Dr. Stanpitz, a wise and considerate man, said, upon this: “Well, Sir Marlin, if you must dlo, you must; but remember that they need good heads up yonder too. So preach, man, preach, and then live or die, as it happens.’ 1 So Luther preached, and lived, and he be came, indeed, one great wlmlwlnd of energy to work without resting in this world: and also before he died, he wrote very many books —books in which the true maw was—Tor in tho midst of all they denounced and cursed, what touches of tenderness lay ! Look at the table talk, for example. Wo sec in it a little bird, having alighted at sunset on a bough of a tree that grew in Luther's garden. Luther looked up at it, and said; “That lit tle bird, how it cowers down its wings, sleeps there so still and fearless, though over it arc the infinite starry spaces, and the great blue depths of immensity ! Yet it fears not—it is at home. The God that made it too is there The same gentle spirit of lyrical admiration is in other passages of his books. Coming home from Lcipsie in the autumn season, he breaks forth in living wonder at (he Helds of corn. “How it stands there,” ho says, “erect on its beautiful taper stem, and bending its beau tiful golden head—in it the bread of man sent to him yet another year !’’ Such thoughts ns these are as IHUc windows through which wo see into the interior of the serene depths of Martin Luther’s soul, ami see visible, across its tempest and clouds, a whole heaven of light and love. He might have paint ed, he might have sung—could have been beau tiful-like Raphael, great like Michael Angelo. As it was, the streams of energy and modesty and energy met in his active spirit. Perhaps, indeed, in oilmen uf his genius, one quality strongly developed might force out other quali ties. Hero was Lmhnr, n savage kind of a man, ns people thought him—a wild Orson of a man—a man whose speech was ordinarily a wild torrent that went tearing down rocks and trees—and behold him speaking like a woman or child ! —Records of the Great. Napoleon in Dcalb. Death had marvellously improved the nppcnr-' ance of Napoleon, ond every one exclaimed when the face was exposed, “Ilow very beauti ful !”~for all present acknowledged;, that they had never seen a finer or a more regular and placid countenance. Thebeaiitybf life delicate XtaXiau.|siM«m > pa&qt Ur*highpsUriud/ \SkJtsfr. the exquisite serenity of their expression/was In the most striking contrast with tho recol lections of his great actions, impetuous charac ter, nnditurbulcnt life. /Vs during his eventful career there was’much of the mysterious and inscrutable about him, so, even after death, Bonaparte's inanimate remains puzzle and a mystery, for notwithstanding his groat sufferings and the usual emaciating elleut of the malady that destroyed him, tho body was enormously fat. The frame was as unsus ceptible of material disintegration oa the spirit had been indomitable. Over tho breast bone, which is generally only thinly covered, there was a coal of fat an inch and a half thick,*and on the abdomen two inches, whilst tho omen tum, kidneys, and heart, where loaded with fat. Tho last organ was remarkably stand and the muscles flabby, in contradiction to our ideal associations, and in proof of thcsccmimg paradox, it is Impossibly to be a very grcai man with a very little heart. Tho scat of the malady of which he died was his stomach, which was ulcerated all over like a honey comb. Several peculiarities were noticed about the body. Jlc appeared at some time to have had an issue opened in the arm, and there was o slight marie like a wound in the log. The chcsi was not ample, and there was something like feminine delicacy in tho roominess of the arms and smallness of tho hands and feet.— The head was large in proportion to tho body, with a fine, massy forehead. —Lit Miscellany. react), How beautiful is peace—at the home hearth, in society, in tho nation, and over nil the earth! Obliterator of feuds, washer out of blood-stains, and uniter of tho world’s races in loving broth erhood ! Six thousand years—since Cain smote his brother at tho altar, tho corlh has travailed with war, and The chief landmarks spared by the ogeff have been trophies of fero cious conquest. Ruin and terror have swept over hills, and valleys, and seas; and humanity, 1 born with so noble and glorious visage, has walked a perturbed and terrible spirit in this erst earth-garden and paradise of God. Peace, which should have been the companion of man, and tho insplrcr of beauty and joy, has only flashed ut brief and wide intervals through tho cloud and storm of earth’s life. But it will not —it cannot bo forever thus! Tho war of hu ; inanity with itseli—its suicidal strife—its es trangement from its original nature, ami from God. cannot always last. Eighteen hundred years ago, ono came upon tho earth, heralded by angels, who song, “ Peace on earth and good will unto men.” And tho prophecy of thntsong must fiilly Como to pass. The unnatural war among men, societies, and nations must cense. Slowly, but certainly, the cloud and tempest will roll back, unveiling tho clear and serene sky—and humanity, self-bound, like Prome theus to his rock, will shake off tho vulture which tortures it to agony. Peace will come to all iho earth, for God has sent a token, find given promise of it. Then shall a divine-dove ily out from the human ark, over the wide sea of the world’s ruin, plucking a fadeless olive leaf, nnd the bow of promise slmjl be set in .tho heavens, that tho blood of War’s desolation shall no more cover the earth I Died at tiir Post op Dutv.—lt is said (hat the engineer in charge of the train which was precipitated in the Desjardin's Canal, near Hamilton, O, W,, whistled “on brakes,” and while endeavoring to avert the catastrophe, went down- with the engine. Instead of at tempting to escape at tho first warning, he re inatned at the post of’duty, and sacrificed his life in a noble effort to save, others. ID” "Jock, did you carry that umbrella home that I borrowed yesterday ?" ■ “No, father; you have often told roe lay up something for a rainy day, and na I thought it would ram bolero long, 1 have laid tho umbrel la up." O*A gentleman advertising for a wife says: “It would bo well if tho Jody ,worO possessed of a competency sufllclcnt tb secure her against' excessive grief, in case of Occident occunng to her companion." "OUR COUNTRY—KAY IT ALWAYS RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” ; _ '■ 'tit- • ■ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 9,1857, A SinbbotASlriplinj.' “Once upon tt time’Vn, big, strapping, awk ward youth, fresh frppi Vermont, entered the Bummer Academy aV.Byficld, Maas., for a share of education, wbj.cU is doled out at this temple of Minerva, ab prices. At that lime—wo know how it is at present— the boys and girls were kept in one apartment, only the middle; them. One day, this Vermont stnpling,. who had just been helping one of the girs through a hard sum lie was cute on cyphering—thought it no more than fair that he should;tako 101 l for his valua ble services; accordingly ho threw his stalwart arm around Ibo and gave her a sly but rousing smafclc, which startled the whole assembly.,. ; ,J}\ “Jedediah Tower,Epmo up hero!” roared the preceptor. ' ’■>«,£* The. delinquent apfeitird, his face glowing with blushes like a red hot warming-pan, and looking as silly, as a^ubny-' “Hold out sir !” said the peda gogue. *Tll teach to’act ,thus in this institution.” The huge paw was attended in a horizontal line towards the inslraptor, who surveyed its broad surface’ with- p fpSlbcnmlical eye, calcu lating how many strokes of his small ferule it would take to cover number of square inches which it contn|i)^cl. “Jedediah,” at lengtnVho said, “this is the first time that you hw been called up for de linquency; now, sir, you will say that you arc sorry for what,yofcbavo done, I will let you oil' this time wilhoutpanishracnt.” “Sorry,"‘ cxcliiniett ihb youngster, striking an attitude of pride tmd indignation; “sorry! No.sfrf Xam /And X will do jest so again cf I liev a chari&V- So; puton, old fuller, jest as hard as you llac. -By the jumpin' Jc hosiplmt! I’d stand Jiefc and let you lick me till kingdom kum afittp I’d be sorry at that— by thunder, I would)?'— Boston Post. Truth is PowEßf* Sbmo men say that “wealth Is power," that “knowledge Is power." AbOVo*Vf(ftu all, I would assert that ‘‘Truth is powpri" ' cannot pur chase—talent cunnot'Jflfhtc—knowledge cannot overreach—authorlfyvoinnot sllonco lier: tKy all, like Felix, trorabfeat her presence. Fling her in tho most tremdmoua billows of popular commotion; cast horltito. tho seven-fold hunted furnace of thoiymril'iivroth: she mounts aloft in the ark upon tho sagfuit of tbc dohigo—she walks with tho Son bfGod untouched through the conHagratlon. Sun is tho ministering spirit which sheds on man file bright and indeafnioti hio principle ot life, Bght and glory, which is given by his mighty Author to animate, to illu mine and to insplrotho immortal soul, and which, like himself, itfsame yesterday, to day, and forever.'.* *"AVhon wealth, and talent, and knowledge, and Authority—when earth it self shall have passed away, Truth shall rise,- like tho angel of Mapoah’s sacrifice, upon tho flame of nature's funeral pyre, and ascend to her sourso, her heaven aqd her homo—tho,boJ som of tho holy and ifebrnal God. • Factory Life. —Thjo Boston Bee has tho fol lowiDg--dcmr>p<ion Factory Life of Norths brn “operatives" s <f Thoro is sickness, loss of constitution, tint! lingering disease, brought on by tiio modes ot factory ]|fu —by its -eeriHnbmont, and contact with unwholesome .dust—by tbo .fll-roolllatad fllpoplngj Apartments <)f tbo operatives. - Tbo natural oflbot of lifo In A, factory I* to tako (ho color from the cheek, to give a pale, worn, ami sullen look, to produce disease incident to fho female sex, and hasten into activity any constitu tional predisposition to disease. From careful inquiry and examination of tho operatives them selves, wo tint! tbo following result. Oi Uvetity tlvo persons averaging twenty-one years, twenty said thoir health was not so good in tho factor)* as before—in another caso, fourteen operatives of fifteen examined, declared they suffered by working in tho mill, In still another ease, nine out of thirteen op eratives answered their health was not so good ns it was before they went info tho mill. In ono weaving-room ot twenty-four persona, there wore fourteen whoso health had boon injured. Tho general rulo deduced from careful exam inations is that of 111-health, ascribed to causes connected with tho inill and tho boarding house.” A SCKND AT EDWARD EVERETT’S LeCTCRE at Ai.bavv.-A letter, alluding to the eulogy of George Washington pronounced by the Hon. Edward Everett, at Albany, a fow evening ago, says; ••I cannot soon forget tho'seeno on tho stage last evening. In the spacious pulpit of the church of the dislingulsncd clergyman and au thor, the Rev, Dr. Sprague: at his side were Judge Conkling and the venerable Nott, who more than fifty-throe years since melted the heart of the people over tho grave of Alexander Hamilton. On the stage, tbo Chancellor of the Regents of tho University, Mr, Lansing, and Governor King sat together. On tho other side, Mr. Fillmore. Immediately in tho tear, Philip Church nnd John Miller—in thorp day compan ions of Washington—and in front the great orator. , “Mr. Everett introduced an eulogy on Ruftis King, which was felicitously expressed. .Ho did not forgot—ho never does—to allude to tho fortunate men. whohrutlivo health and bright mind could recollect how the Father' of tho Country walked and talked among men. Scene after scene, character after character of history, like pictures from tho pencil of Mneauley, pass ed before tho audience, and tho national heart beat high, and tho fire of patriotic feeling sparkled nnd shone. from, hearts whence party had seemed to have crushed it out.'/ - (£7” A short lime since, a young maty by the I name of Tanner, in Memphis, Tenn., of most blameless life and •ttknncra, was assassinated in tho street at night. 1 It was not known'that lie had an enemy in the world, and no motive of plunder could have prompted the deed, as bis person was not robbed of tho moat trilling possession. A deep, dark mystery enshrouded tho assassination, which Is now being lifted, to reveal a new phrase of social shame and crime fatally mistaken in its aim. A duo has been obtained which promises to develop the fact (hat young Tamar was killed by mistake for another man—that other man, (he husband of a wife,for whom the assassin had conceived a passion; mid the murder was to remove tho hus band IVom between him and his guilty love 1— A negro man was tho tool selected to commit tho murder. He mistook tlm man ; and poor Tanner fell instead of tho doomed husband.— Such is life ! Look Out.— When a stranger-oilers to sell you an article for half. Its value, look out. When a note becomes due. and you don’t happen to have tho necessary funds to meet it, look out. When a young lady has “turned the first corner,’? and sees no connubial prospect ahead, It la natural she should look out. When you find a roan doing more business than you are, apd yoti want to know the rea son, look at tho advertisement ho has in the newspaper, and look out, , Look out for ndn when the almanac tells you to, and if it don’t come, Why you can keep looking out. "I Wish Ton Success.” A very kind wish. If sincere, but when the wisher is one -who can give substantial aid, yet substitutes wishes, ho is mistaken in what he says. lie docs not wish success, otherwise ho would take, as in other things, the only mode to secure it, namely, his means and personal influence. Were every one to answer similar ly, the collector would have on his book some five hundred wishes, which accomplish no oth er result than defeating the object, for should you not already know it, it is time that you bo apprized of a secret, viz; if you wish to kill : any benevolent enterprise for Christ and His Church, do not oppose, it directly, for that might excite the energies of its friends, and might lead to the supposition that you were close with vour money, but “wish it success" and do nothing, say to the object “bo warned and filled,;ond give it not those things which ore needful for it, decline any agency, keep from its meetings, and you will, os far as you can kill it oflectualy. You will not bo blamed, for did youmot “wish it success, and always speak favorably of it ?” A similar result may be attained by “feeling for its wants.” “think ing on it,” “intending to do something,” but be sure you do nothing, or if the collector should call frequently, give him something, and for the remainder lei him take your feelings. lie will not trouble you soon again. If all others do as you do, he must abandonen the work in despair. You feel! But how do you feel ? five dol lars worth ? two ? one ? Dr. Johnson once told Boswell to “beware of these feeling men, for,” says ho, “they arc apt to pay their debts in feelings.” If, however, debts are so paid, what will such men do with charities?”—Le gion or Feigned Excuses. Funny Theatrical Reminiscence. Billy Williams, tho English comedian, now deceased, was one of the best natured men alive, ami although without education; a capi tal comic actor. Billy was a regular Cockney iu his conversation, and paid no attentions to the rules of Murray’s Grammar. An amusing conversation between him and William E. Bur ton. the theatrical manager, is thus related by a friend of the parties : Billy sat in bis usual scat, and was endeav oring to make himself agreeable io those around him. Burton, who delighted in quizzing Bil ly. made some enquiries of him relative to a horse belonging to Mr. Hamblin, which seem ed to arouse Billy, and ho thus commenced his reply : “Now Burton, I'll tell you all about that 'orse. You see when 1 first arrived. I said to Amblin—‘Tom, I wants an ’oiso, I'avc always been used to have an 'orse, and I would like to ’avc one.' 1 “Billy,’’ says he, ‘you know Mazcppa. he has earned me a great deal of money, and I will not permit him to bo misused, but if you want to ride him, you may. and my Bingo man ager, Tom Flynn, will go with you to the sta ble,’ “So down , I goes to tho stable, with Tom X>lydn,Jix»l r 4old<<he man. to-put. Iho. saddle on him.’* - . . ' ' j “On Tom Flynn V* says Barton. 1 “No on tho r orso. So after talking to Tom Flynn awhile, I mounted him.” . ••What, mounted Flynn V* ' , “No, tho ’orso. and tli?n Ishook hands with J him, and road off.” ... “Shook hands wilh the horse, Billy ?” “No, d—n it. with Tom Flynn, and then I rode ofi up Hie Bowery, and who should I meet in front of ihe Bowery theatre but Tom Am bUn. so 1 got olf, and told the boy to hold him by the head.” “What, hold Hamblin by thtlicad I” “No, the ’orso, and then we went and had a drink together.” “What * you nnd the horse?” “No, mo and Amblin, and after that I moun ted him again nnd went out of town.” “What! mounted Hamblin again ?” 1 No, tho 'orso, and when 1 got to Bamum’s who should bo there but Tom»Flynn— he’d ta ken another 'orse and rode out ahead of mo, so I told the 'ostler to tic him up.” “Tie Tom Flynn up ?” “No, d-n it, the ’orso, and wo had a drink there.'’ “What! you and the horse ?” “No, me and Tom Flynn. Now look hero. Burton, every time T say ’orsc.tyou say Amb lin, nnd every lime I say Amblin you say ’orse. Sow I’ll be hanged if I tell you any more about it.” Billy fell his dignity insulted, nnd no coaxing on the part of Burton could induce him to fin ish the recital. Snoonvo Stabs.— There is a man who, when the stars are out above, and municipal stars are complacent below, rigs up a telescope at tho corner of Park Place ami Broadway whcrcw.t'i to study astronomy, at sixpence a squint One night, as he was getting under way. two Irish “gentlemen” were seen taking on obser vation of his movements. Both were members of Mayor Wood's body guord, formerly known as policemen. “Jemmy” said one, “whatin tho wurruld is our fellow nflhcr with his machinery V* “What, ye spalpeen ?” whispered tho other, “sure and can’t ye see that it’s an air-gun-can, non that he's got! He's afthcr shooting stars, ho is.” “Hadn’t wo better bo getting out iv the way, then ?” inquired his Iricnd. “Sure on it’s not us,” was the answer.— “Didn’t ye Ivor hear of shooting stars ?” By this time the telescope man had arranged his instrument nnd squinted through it up at the stars. The policemen gazed up likewise, in wonder. Just (hen, by an odd chance, a large meteor shot down tho sky. “Bedad, ho hit it! lie’s fetched it down,” cried both the Paddles in a breath. “Sure and that's tho greatest shooting I Ivor saw in my life." Oihlpiirn Stoi.kn nr Indians and ItaAns. —Some months since, tho Western papers gave a thrilling account of tho loss of a child which had been carried oft by a bear near Man itowoc. No traces of tho child have been dis covered, and tho excitement was about dying away, when on Wednesday of last week, in tho same locality, a Mr. Woodward, living near Sandy Bay, bad some difficulty with an Indian whom ho had fed nearly every day during the past Winter, and kicked him out of doors.— The next day his little girl, three years of ago, wnsatanding near the house, when an Indian sprang out of the thicket, clasped her in his arms, and bounded away through tho iindcr bush. Pursuit was commenced immediately, but up to Saturday without success, though Information had been received which, it was hoped, would lead to the recovery of tho child, an Indian ond a sqnaft- having been scon tho day after tho abduction carrying a child which was closely wrapped in *. blanket, ond was cry ing bitterly. » tt7"A backwoodsman saw a lady at a piano; and sung out: “Jim, jis oomo here. Tarna tion, if hero ain’t a woman pulling music out of hcrchist 1” AT $2,00 PER ANNUM. A Double Mistake. A Paris correspondent tells the-following sin* gular story: A very amnfiing historiclte is told of Count M., a young gentleman of fortune, his wife, and a young man who may be designated as Mr. A. The latter, a simple clerk in one of the railroad offices, and the Count arc cousins.— The Countess, a very beautiful and rather con ceited woman, lived unhappily with her hus band. For more than a year past she has been under the idea that young A. was desperately in loro with her. Every look the gentleman cast upon her when they met. every pressure of the hand, every new .vest, every fresh growth of moustaches—was interpreted as an evidence of ardent, though pent-up One night quftd late, Mr. A. heard a ring at his door.— Upon opening-it, to bis great amazement be beheld, in his nocturnal visitor, the fair Count ess, attired in a traveling dress, and carrying in her hand her jewel case. “ Henry,” said she, throwing her arms around his neck, ,r I have come to requite your long and faithful attachment.” “ What attachment ? I don’t understand you !” “Your attachment to mel I have read it in your every look for months past. You love mo! My husband is a monster. Lei us fly to some distant land.” “ Nonsense, ma’am 1 I love yon! I never dreamed of such a thing! You must have been dreaming. As to flying to some distant land— you know very well that I dm an employee, de pendent for bread upon a modest salary. How the deuce arc we to live in your distant land, I should like to know.” "Here are my jewels. Our wants will be trifling—” “Pooh! Pooh!—yon don't want roe to live upon other people’s diamonds, do you ? Let me beg of you to return immediately home.” . The l&dy sobbed and ought to have been tempting. “I cannot,” she said. “It Is too late. I seized the occasion when the Count went to’the Opera this evening, to write a letter avowing all—my love for—your passion for me—roy flight with you. By this lime the letter is in his hand, and if I go back he will murder mo.” *' Zounds!” ejaculated the gentleman. “ You mean he will murder me!” Here was a prettv business to be sure. The lad} r wept and the gentleman burst into a cold perspiration. It was now two o’clock in the morning. Presently a sharp ring was heard at the door. Poor A. turned pale, not doubting that his enraged cousin had come for “ satisfac tion. ” Nerving himself to the effort, ho hid the Countess in a closet, and went to the dDor. It was the Count who had pulled the bell: but, instead of being in a violent rage, he only look ed anxious. “ Henry,” said he, ” I want you.” “ I am ready,” was the stoical reply. " That’s right, old boy ! I knew I could de pend on you- The facts aro these: I went to the Opera, this evening, and ought to have been at homo at eleven o'clock ; but as X was leaving the theatre, some friends met me, insisted on niy rapping with them, and hate ktpt mb until this moment. You know what a jealous fury my wife is. You must go and make my peace with her.” “.Then you have not been home?” “No.” What a load was off poor A. *a heart ! ** I'll do my best,” said ho. ** Go and waH for mo at the Tortoni. I will rejoin you in an. hour.” Off went the husband, and as soon as he was safely at a distance. A. quickly conducted the Countess to her residence, relumed to his friend, and Roily slapping him on the shoulder, assured him that “it was all right.” The unconscious Count went home a happy man—and bo ended the adventure ; but it may bo supposed that the lady now entertains anything but a tender sen timent towards her husband's cousin. Do not Plant too Thickly.—lf you oro about planting ornamental trees, or shrubs, think first of the size they will probably grow, and then sol them, so that as they grow, they will have the needful room to develop their beauty. Remember that If you plant thickly, Intending afterwords to thin out, that you cre ate at once a tendency to a tall, slender, Unnat ural growth, which no after thlnnlngcan reform. Ornamental* trees, when first planted, should never bo nearer than twenty or twenty-five feet of each other, and then, In ten years, every oth er one will require to bo taken out. Shrubs, growing nafnrally six to eight foot high, with a diameter of six feet, should not boplantcd near er than from five to slxfedt. How mitch Timothy Sbeu to an Acre.—lt is a well known fact, that If you do not sow grass seed, weeds will occupy the spare ground. It is. therefore, desirable to sow just as much seed as when tillered out. will cover the entire surface. If clover Is to bo sown with it—as is a common, but erroneous practice, because they do not ripen together then twelve quarts of timothy to an acre is sufficient. If tho meadow is to bo seeded with timothy alone, use not less than half a bushel of clean seed to an acre.— Ohio Farmer- Things I Likr to See.—l like to see fifteen or twenty young men parade themselves in front of the meeting-house on the Sabbath, and staro at tho ladies as they pans, it shows thoy uro fond of making observations, I liko to see young ladies laugh and play at religious meetings, it shows they possess fine feelings and take an interest-in serious things. I like to see young ladies wolk out late at night, it shows they are not afraid. I like to see ladies place themselves at a door or window to make witty remarks on people as they pass, it shows they are always minding their own business. I like to hear young ladies slander each oili er, it is a sign theincliaractcrs stand fair. TIIUH POI.ITKNR3d. Ho; Who has a heart plowing with kindness and good wiU towards Ins fellow men, and who le guided in tho exer* else of thefle,feelings by good common sonso, is tho true polite Wh. Politeness dobs nbt bonsist in wearing d whlto silk glove. and in gracefully lilting your hat as you meet an ncqvtaintanco *. 5t does not consist in artificial smiles and flat* terlng speech, but in silence and honest desire to promote tho happiness ■of those around you : in tho readiness to sacrifice your own comfort, to odd to tho enjoyment of others. ICT'lt was said of an eloquent prcaolter, that “his congregation, apprehensive thot his dis course was drawing to tt conclusion, wo r o in continual pain.” It is much oflner the case In these days of long winded sermons that pain is produced by on apprehension that tho dis course will not corao to any conclusion at rill.— Wesley thought thirty minutes long enough for a good sermon, and too long fora poor one. IC7"” l iVcll, neighbor, what's tliomost Chris'- linn news this morning 1” fold a gcnvlhman to' his friend. . „ . “I have just brought a barrel of flour for a poor woman.” . . ' , “Just like you I who is it that you Imvo made happy by your charity, this lime? ’. : J-Chapter on Puddings." : 7T /'Plum Pudding—Toko ft loaf a ; day fltwufe • bremi;;aiid quart dfJiniHc ;.*& mixed jnvtbtf imortnnghi&p milk should be scalded,- if overnight,t he rpiHc should becoldJ;. PaAs it', thtbugfa, a‘ ’ Colendar, add six or dghtcggsrfcwo ~ pounds±filLrasiQ 3» spice and sugar to .youc taste. , ; r< ■ Boiled Plum Puddings without Eggs-~Pojat over twelve crackers, after tliey arc broken, ono quart of milk, let it stand over- niglit, Strain It through a calendar. Thoncxt rooming, odd a quarter of a pound oLsuit, a pound of raisins, half a pouna.of entrants, a littlc saU.tfida tcacupful of molasscsi -Boil it three or four hours.- To be catch, a rich Sauce. NO. 43. Marlborough Pudding —Six large kduh ip pies, stewed, six • eggs,;fiix ounces peel of o lerooh, grated; the juice of two Icm. ons, two milk biscuits; rose water if you please. Use eight eggs. If the blsciii(R- nro omittedf-’r Bako in deep plated, Willi h richpultpjXste, and a thick edging., .. • Marlborough two. qtfffr/S’-B sour apples, after they artslewOd hhd fltrdiil&F, put one half of a pound of butter, Sugaritoybht taste, peel of two nnd juico of three Icmona-vr? When cool, add thirty-twoeggs, onc;qunrt of cream. Do not put these, "puddings "into Iho paste until just as they .arc sent to the oven: i The apples to cither of these receipts Btay-bo grated or chopped exceeding 'liac,-instc&d.tl£ stewing them. Perhaps the flavor is a little belter. • . -.-^r Marlborough Pudding vnthnut Urn<m~sit ounces of sour apples, grated, six eggs, eight ounces of sugar, four ounccs'of bntifer, a plrik of good cream, one glass of wine, two nutmegs. Marlborough Pudding —Twenty fourVppTei?, one and three quarter pounds of Bugruv-coo pound of butter, four plrjin biscuits, of rose water, peel and juico -of four lemony, nutmeg and cinnamon. ' " “ / ‘ Cocoa-Nut Pudding—One ■ pound -pf- grated cocoanut, one pound of sugar, one quarter pound of butter, twelve eggs, leaving put si* whites, four spoonfulls of rose water; four-df cream, the rino of one lemon, and jnifcc of.ttfd. Break the nut and remove the black skin care* fully, wash the pieces in cold water, and Wipe them dry. Stir the butter and dugar to”* cream, adding the rose water aud ercoro .grad ually. Beat the eggs well and separately*,-'siir them into the butter and cream, then sprinkle in the nut. Bake in a deep dlsti thith paste. Bake it one-half hour. it when baked. ~'' l' k Thrilling Scene,’ 'v * The Now York Commercial ddcertiserioiii the following thrilling talo: Last fall, a woman residing In tbo viclnltydf ■Worcester.was picking blackberries Ift. a.held near Che bouse, having with her her only, child, a bright oyod little'fellow of .less than a’year old. The babe sat upon the ground amusing Hfcolf with grasping at clumps of yellow Wcedthat ' grow within reach, and eating berries brought him from time to time by his mother. The latter at length, intent upon gathering tho flno fault, [ 'sed around a rock which hid , her child faom v»cw. She was- about to return to him, when, bearing him laughing and*crow ing la great gloc, and thinking ho roust bV) sale as Jong as ho was so happy, sho-remalned a little longer where sho was. , t •;-Z Suddenly the little voice ceased, and aftec,*. moment’s delay the young mother stepped] iipbrf tho rock and looked over, expecting' to ace bnbo asleep; instead of which, ho was sitting perfectly motionless, his Ups parted, and his widu open eyes fixed with a singular expression’ upon some object which at first sbo was driablo to discern. -• But who can her horrorwheu.tm ; closoraomHny*ahejSitaUcd,Bome fouror flvo : . foot from her inranEfeattlcsnako, with hpr , glittering eyes fasfonSrupon his, and nearing him by an almost imperceptible motion. : Tho sight of hcr.darling’s pdrifso nearly paril-* lized her, that for an instant sbo half boHotfed (ho dreadful fascination had extended to her seif| but tho certainty that, unless she wajtlio instrument of salvation to her child,, ho was in ovjfably lost, in some degree, restored ’her power. She glanced wildly round for something that might bo nso'd as a weapon, but nothing appeared, and already tho venomous reptile had passed over half tho space which divided him and his victim. Another moment and ail would be lost. What could bo done. ■ ’ • In her hand oho held a broad tin pin; Bmb springing from the rock, quick as thought alio covered tho snake with It, and stood upon it to prevent Us escape. * Tho charm was broken—the child moved to ono sldo, and began to sob. At the same llmo tho mother recovered her voico and scroomod lor aid, retained her position until ft arrived, when tho cause of her tcirlblo fright was des patched. ffy' A Big Blast took place recently at tho Holyhead (Eng.,) Harbor Quarry, by which about 120,000 tons of Slone were brought down and broken Into masses. Tho charge which was in four chambers, consisted Of, £160,000 of powder, which was find by means of a vol taic battery. About £500,000 of pbwclcr'sro used annunJlr at these quarries; and arc employed, . - Both Disunion!—A Correspondent of thh* Now York Tribune says r 1 “Wo come at once to the expression ol a Ann conviction, blunt as it may seem, that this Uhiod Is not worth saving, nor this government.worth preserving, upon tho basis of tho doCtrino'of thb inaugural, backed by the coming decision oiiho Supremo Court, to which tho President, by 1 In timation, fclenrly points.'' - ;o E!7“ There is a negro woman in Virginiayrtyf ms no cars, and yet can htro distinct!/ hf ipcning her mouth. -' ■ CZ7* When it happens that a man caunqfc bfrar a Joke, it’s not because he ia weak In th6’ Uck, but in the place above it. . ' ftJ7“oh, my heart, if thou desiresl ease ipi this life, kfccp thy secrets undisclosed like 1 th 6 modcat roSebdcl; take warning from lhe lovely flower, tfhich, by expanding ita'hUhctiohiddcd «. beauties, when in flull bloom, gives its happj ntss to tho winds. 0“ Friendship is a silent gentfertiah that rnakte no parade! the truo heart Uorripipc on the lounge. 1 . ‘ 1 Youno WfPß.—“Oh, I’ro eb glad youlficb birds ; what kina do yoy most admire f” Young Husband.—“ Welt, I think a .•good turkey, with plenty of dressing, is about ,i« nice as any.’’ 1 • IC7*To one who said, ”1 do not bqlicvo’thopo is an honest man in the world,” another re plied, “It is impossible that one"man should Know all the world, but quite possiblb that 6nb may know himself.” ■ A Wealth* Client.— By ,the report of (lie Secretary of tho Treasury, WQ perceive that Government has brought 1200 suits during tbh prescnt-Cctitury, against $6,213,000. In all these eases the concision of the suit has been that tho defaulter hasdi'ot been dead or Insolvent; and government has had to p«y the costs. . f ■ DittoATß CaCb.—Three cups of flour: ffni dip of Ipitttr : one mid n liolf cups «ugU; i o'no cup of criam : ivlnlcs of Art eggs ; tcaspoonful pf salfloratus ; half a nutmeg, Ot tho Juloo and rind of half a lemon. * • To Clean Black Silk. —Take an old clove, boll It in a pint of water for an hoim-r* Thcnlct it cool. and. when bold, add a mtlfe m6ro water, and sponge the silk with tno liquid 7 .
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