AMERICANVOLUNTEER.
tUBLISUED EVERT tUPRSOAT MORNING
. tjoliii 11. Bratton.
T E'llMS
«?uaaoßiPTiow.— Onft Dollar and Fifty Cents,
ld , Two Dollars if-paid within tho
SSS aSdTwo Dollars and Fifty Cents if not
Sd within tho year. Those; toms will bo rig
fdly adhered to in every instance. No sub
scription discontinued until all arrearages aro
Dflla unless at (ho option of tho Editor.
4 Advertisements— Accompanied by the cask,
and not exceeding one square, will bo Inserted
throe times for Ono Dollar, and twenty.flvo cents
-for eaoh additional insertion. Thoso of a great
er length in proportion.
» Job-Printing— -Such as Hand-bills, Posting
blils, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe
rted. With accuracy and at. tho shortest notice.
ffoeflral.
SPBINO IS COMING,
nr FRANK MYRTLE.
Spring is coming, Spring is coming 1
Don’t you hoar her in the rills,
Tripping gaily o’er tho valley,
Flying O’er the sunny hills I
Nature leaps to moot her coming,
With her teeming bab’Hng throng;
<Jladsomo Spring / with joy wo greet thoo,
With a choorfhl voico of song.
'Spring is coming, Spring is coming I
. She is in tho Southern breeze j
Merrily tho birds aro singing
Matins In (ho forest trees.
Modest violets*™ springing
From tho gladsome earth the while,
And tho butter cups and daisies
Greet her with a lover’s smile.
Spring is coming, Spring is coming !
Tiny leaflets venture out;
Torrents, that for months haVe slumbered,
Hasten seaward, with u shout.
Wanton breezes kiss (lie flowers,
Butterflies are on tho wing,
Blrdi have set tho day to marry,
And invited guests to sing.
Spring la coming, Spring is coming !
Joyous beats tho pulso of life j
Weary I '.oncs, almost desponding,
Start anew to meet the strife,
nature's bosom tbroba with pleasure-,
Spring has set the captives free i
Earth,-with all her teeming millions,
Chants tfi6 song of jubilee!
THOU ART CROWING OLD, MV MOTHER I
BY LTLY LEA.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
And thy brow is marked with cure,
Ail furrowed is thine aged cheek,
Once beautiful and fair.
Thy soft brown lucks are sadly changed,
Chill frosts have settled there,
And touched with many a freezing kiss
Thy gently flowing hair.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
As I catch the hall-drawn sigh,
Well I know that years of sorrow
Have bedimmed tby melting eyoj
But with gentle light it bearaeth,
Beamoth on mo oven yet,
With a love Hint never changeth
Till the sun of life Is set.
Thou art growing old, my mother j
Many of our household hand
Have before thee journeyed onward
To the far off “ better land."
But ttiy voice in tender accents
■ Still is tailing on my car.
Sweetly brightening n»y,palhwoy,
, Which without thoo were so drear.
Thou art growing old, my mother}
> And aronrfildby youngest bortL..
"Shadows gainw—darkly gathers.
Even Inllfu’s early mom.
But the blessed Saviour spurcth
Tlmo to still protect thy child,
While the storms of sorrow hover,
Hover o’er mo dark and wild!
Thou art growing old, ray mother.
Soon 1 tool that thou wilt rest
In the “ land ol Hie hereafter,"
In the regions of the bleat.
Who will love me then, my mother,
When the last life cord is riven 1
Let us pruy that both together
God will take uh sate to Heaven.
Hisrritannnia.
THE TAME SEAL.
AK nusn BTORT.
It la seldom that one meets with a more touch
ing recital, In reference to the brute creation,
than the following, which is quoted from au
Irish work:
About forty years ago a yovngaoal was taken
In Olaw Buy, and domesticated in the kitchen ot
a gentleman whoso house was situated on the
sea shore. It grew apace, becoming familiar
with tho servants, and attached to tho house and
hnufiy, it ployed with (he children; came at his
master’s call, and as the old man described, it
was ua “ fond as a dog, and playlul oa a kitten.”
Bally the seal went out to fish, and, after pro
viding lor his own wants, brought In a salmon
or n trout to his master.
lbs delight In tho summer was to basic In tho
""n, ami in the winter, to lie bolero tho liro, or
>f permitted, to creep into a largo oven, which
a' flint time formed (lie regular appendage of an
Dish kitchen. For (our years tho seal was do
mesticated, when, unfortunately, in that coun
try, ih, crippnwn —iv kind of paralytic affection
<)f the limbs which generally ends fatally—at
tacked some black cattle belonging to tho mas
tl,r of (ho house. Some died, others became
Infected, and tho customary cure, by changing
biuiu to dryer pastures, failed.
A <Mvitiu woman” was consulted,and this ling
assured tho credulous owner that tho mortality
among tho cows was occasioned by his keeping
: *n unclean bonstabont his habitation—tho harm
k less and amusing seal. It must he made nwuy
I w, th Immodlntely, or thooriupawn will continue,
Urn charms ho imnbio to avert tliu malady,
Gjo suiHirntUlous man consented to tho hag’s
proposal | tho seat was put on board a bout and
carried out beyond Clour Island and there com
muted to tho deep, to manage for himself tho
best ho could. Thu boat returned—tho family
retired to rent, and, next morning, a servant
awakened her master to toll him tho seal was
quietly sleeping hi tho oven. The poor animal
over sight came back to tho beloved homo, crept
tlirough an open window, and took possession
el Ids favorite resting place.
Next morning another cow was leported to bo
imwoil. Tho seal must now bo removed. A Gal-
Way fishing boat was leaving Westport on her
luluru homo, and (ho master undertook to carry
ofT tho seal, mid not put him olf till ho had gone
leagues beyond Lunls Botlln. It was done. A
day and a night passed. Tho second evening
dosed. Thu servant was raking tho (ire (or tho
Bight when something scratched at tho door —it
) v «a, of course tho house dog—she opened it and
Ift oamo tho seal,
I Wearied with Ills long and unusual voyage,
S ho tosUllod ids delight to find lijmself at homo
1 ““ihnn stretching himself before tho glowing
9 unuQrs on the ho foil aaloop. Tho mns
i *°r of (ho house was apprised of this unexpected
U unwelcome visit. Ip (his exigency the boP
a ] sino was awakened and consulted. Sho averred
9 hint It was always unlucky, to kill a seal, but
H “J'ggostod thnt,tho animal should bo deprived of
||* Rht and a third tlmo carried out to sea. To
H hellish proposition tho besotted- croaluros
S,, 1 " owned (ho house consentedj.and the oflbo-
H °nuto and confiding creature was cruelly rob*
8.. • °f night for which lie had resigned his native
lmnMi U iH Next morning, writhing In agony* the
8(h..l t , sou * omlmrlccd, taken outside
atli.. } lB,niu i, and for tho last time committed to
U“ u Waves,
■hm^i pnasod over and things become worse
SvrofnK ?, hcttoi*. The cattle of this truculent
■ died fast, and the Infernal old hag gave
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL, 43.
him tho pleasurable tidings that her arts were
useless, and that tho destructive visitation upon
his cattlo exceeded her qkill and care. On tho
oighth night after tho seal had boon devoted to
(ho Atlantic, it blew tremendously. In the
pauses of tho storm a walling noiso at times was
faintly heard at tho door. T.ho servants who
slept in tho kitchen concluded that the banthtc
came to warn them of their approaching death,
and buried their beads in the bed coverings.
When tho morning broke, tho door was open
ed, and tho seal was there lying on tho
threshold! “Stop, Julius!” I exclaimed,
“give mo a moment’s time to curso. all con
cerned in this barbarism.” “Be patient, Frank,”
said my cousin, “ tho flnulo will probably save
you that trouble.” The skeleton, of the onco
plump animal—for, poor beast, it perished from
hunger, being incapacitated from blindness to
procure its customary food—was buried in a
sand hill, and from that moment misfortune fol
lowed tlio abettors and perpetrators of (his in
human deed. The detestable hag, who had de
nounced the inoffensive seal, was within o fort
night hanged for murdering the illegitimate off
spring of her daughter.
Everything about this devoted homo melted
away; sheep rotted, cattlo died, and blighted
was the corn. Of several children none readied
maturity, and the savage proprietor survived
everything ho had ever loved or cared for. Ho
died blind and miserable. There is not one
stone of that accursed building standing upon
another. Tho property has passed to a family
of a different name, and the series of incessant
calamity which pursued nil concerned in this
cruel deed la as romantic ns true.
ONE AND TWENTY.
With youth the period is looked forward to
with bo v. uch impatience as the hour that shall ,
end our minority. With manhood none is look - j
ea back to wiih so much regret. ;
Freedom appears to the young man ns the
brightest star of our existence, and is never lost
sight of till the gaol lo which he has been so
long traveling Is reached. When the mind and
the spirit are young, the season of manhood is
reflected with a brightness from tlw future,
which nothing can dim but its own cold reality.
The husy/world is stretched out before our
boyhood like the exhibition of a mechanical au
tomata. We behold the merchant accumulat
ing wealth—the scholar planting his foot upon
the summit of the temple of fame —the warrior
twining bis brow with the laurel wreath—and
wo yearn to struggle with them for supremacy.
In the distance wo sec nothing but the most
prominent part of the picture, which is success ,
—the anguish of disappointment and delay is
hidden from our view. Wo see not (ho pale
cheek of neglected merit, or the broken spirit
of unfortunate.genius, or the sufi'eringa of
worth. But wo gaze not long, for the season
of youth passes away like the moon’s beam
from the still water, or like a dew drop from 1
the rose in June, or an. hour In the circle of
friendship. Youth departs, and wc And our
selves in the midst of that great theatre in
which wc have so long gazed with interest.—
The paternal bonds, which, in binding, have
upheld us. are broken, and wc step into the
crowd with no guide but our conscience, to
carry us through the intricate win(sngs.of.;tho
path of human life. The beauties of the pro
spective have vanished. The merchant’s
wealth has furrowed his cheek. The acquire
ments of the scholar were purchased at the
price of his health—and the garland of the
conqueror is fastened upimhis brow with a
thorn, the rankling of which shall give him no
rest on this side of the grave. Disappointment
damps the ardor of our first selling out. and
misfortune follows closely in our path, lo finish 1
the work and close our career. i
How often, amid the cares and troubles of
manhood, do wc look back lo that sunny spot I
in our memory, ihc season of our youth ; and (
how often a wish lo recall it escapes from the
bosoms of those who once prayed fervently that I
it might pass away. 1
From this feeling wo do not believe that liv- 1
ing man was ever exempt. It is twined around
the very soul—it Is incorporated in our very
nature, and will cling lo us even when parental
enthralment is broken, and when the law ac
knowledges the intellect lo be full grown, may
at the tune, bo considered one of rejoicing, ycl
after life will hang around it in the emblems of
sorrow, while it is hallowed as the lust bright
hour of happy youth.
SHERIDAN’S POTIONS.
In tho year 1805, on tho day when tho very
animated debate took place upon the celebrated
Tenth Report of Commissioners of Nava! In
quiry, the attention of a gentleman, who hap*
Ccncd to enter a conoc-houso near tho House of
ominous, was instantly fixed by {mother gen
tleman, whom ho observed at one of the tables,
with lea, and pen, ink and paper before him.—
For some time the latter sat alternately drink*
ing tea and taking down memoranda, and then
called to tho waiter to bring him some brandy;
when to the observer's great surprise, a half
pint tumbler full was brought. The gentleman :
placed it by him, continuing a while alternately
to write and drink tea; when at length, collec
ting his papers together, he put them in his i
pocket, and swallowing the half pint of brandy :
as if it had been water, and went out of the I
coilee-bouse. Thestranger wasso much struck j
by all he had observed, particularly at the fa
cility with which such a quantity of spirits was
taken that ho could not forbear to ask the wai
ter who that gen i lonian was. Thu man re
plied—“ Pshaw, don’t you know him ? Why
that’s Sheridan ; he is going now to the House
of Commons. M It will be remembered that in
tho course of this debate Mr. Sheridan made
ono of tho finest speeches ever delivered by him,
alike remarkable for keenness of argument and
brilliancy of wit, and this under the iuthu’iice
of a potion that would wholly have deprived
most men of their faculties.
I ho following anecdote of Sheridan was rcla
rim™ ° no S f r tho 01 , ( .u Bt aurviv ‘»G friends and
followers of Fox. I his gentleman and Sheri
dan had d ned together, at Bellamy's. Sheridan
having taken hmallowance, said, ns usual:—
•• Novv I shall go down and see what's doing In'
tho Housewhich in reality meant, and was
always so interpreted by whoever dined in his
company, “ I have drank enough; my H haro of
tho business is done; now do yours; call for
tho bill, and pay it." The bill having been'
settled by Sheridan's friend, tho latter, blaring
that Sheridan was "up," felt curious to know
what bo could possibly lie at, knowing tho stale
in which he had just departed. Accordingly,
lie entered tho House, and to his astonishment,
found Sheridan in a ill of most fervent oratory,
thundering forth tho following well known pas
sage: 11 Give them a corrupt House of Lords;
give them a tyranical prince ; give them a
truckling court: and let mo have but an unfet
tered press, and,! will defy them to encroach a
hair's breadth upon tho liberties of England !”
AprnopniATß.—-The following Is ‘traveling*:
A young married lody, whoso union had not
keen proUlle of ‘darlings* has suspended on tho
wall in her bed room, directly over tho head of
tho bed, a neat little picture, underneath which
Is the following quotation from Scripture: ‘Suf
fer little children to oomo unto me, and forbid
them not, for of such' is tho kingdom of hea
ven.’
“OUR COUNTRY" —MAY IT. ALWAYS BE I^GUT—BUT BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY."
“ A Chip from the Old Block.”
There is no disputing this fact; it shines in
the face of every little child. The coarse, braw
ling, scolding woman will have coarse, vicious,
brawling, lighting children. She who cries on
every occasion “I’ll box your cars—l’ll slap
your jaws—l’ll break your neck” is known as
thoroughly through her children as if her un
womanly manners were openly displayed in the
public street.
These remarks were suggested by the conver
sation in an omnibus—that noble institution
for the student of men and manners—between
a friend and the schoolmaster. Our teacher
was roirihful caustic, mirthful and sharp, his
wit Unshed like the polished edge of a diamond,
and kept tho “buss l in a ‘Tour. 1 ’ Tho entire'
community of insiders—and whoever is inmate
I with these conveyances can form tv pretty good
[ Idea of our numbers —inclusive of “one more”
i so well known to the fraternity, turned their
i heads eyes and ears one way, and Anally our
' teacher said ; i
“ I can always tell the mother by her boy.
The urchin who draws back with double finis
and lunges his playmate, if ho looks at him
askance. Ims ft very questionable mother. She
may feed him and clothe him and cram bun
with sweetmeats nnd coax him with promises,
hut if she gets mad, she fights. She will pull
him by the jacket: she will give him a knock in
the back : she will drag him by the hair ; she
will call him all sorts of wicked names, while
passion plays over her face in lambent flames
that curl and writhe out at the corner of lur
eyes.
“ And wc never see the courteous little fellow
with smooth locks and gentle manners—in
whom delicacy docs not detract from courage
: and manliness —but wo say. '• That hoy’s mo
[ iher is a Urn- lady." Her words and her ways
| are soft, loving and quiet. U she reproves, her
I language is • Mv son”—not you little wretch
j -you nlnguc of my life—you torment—you
scamp ! 1
*• She hovers before him ns the pillar of light
beforp the wandering Israelites, and her beams
arc reflected in his face. To him the word
mother is synonymous with everything pure,
sweet ami beautiful. Is be on artist ? In af
ter life, (he face that with holy radiance shines
on his canvass is that of his mother. Whoever
flits across his path with sunny smiles nnd soft
low voice, will bring *' mother’s” image freely
to his heart. “ She is like my mother," will be
the highest meed of his praise. Kot even when
the hair turns silver and the eye grows dim will
the majesty of that life and presence desert
him.
.“But the ruffian mother—alas! that there
are such—will form the ruffian character of the
man."
We wonder not (hat there are so many awk
ward ungainly men in society—that they have
all been trained by women who know not nor
cared for the holy nature of their trust. They
have been made biller to the heart’s core, and
that bitterness will find v«nt and lodgment
somewhere. Strike the infant in anger, nnd bo
will, if he cannot rcacli you. vent his passion
by bealing tho floor, the chair or an inanimate
, thing witlua his,rcach-.-Strikcljiin repeatedly
and by the time lie wears shoes he will become
a little bully, with hands.that double for fight
as naturally as if especial pains had been taken
fo<each him the art of boxing.
T/ip Cona/deralo Doctor.
A poor girl, who had just recovered from a
spell of sickness gathered up her scanty’ earn
ings. and went to the doctor’s office to settle her
bill. Just at ilu- door, the lawyer of .he place
passed iqlo I he office before her on a similar er
rand.
•• Well, doctor." said be. “ I believe T am
indebted lo you, and I should like to know bow
much. ”
“ Yes.” said the doctor, “ I attended upon
you about a week, and what would yon charge
mo for a week’s services, or whal do you real
-1 i/,c, on on average, for a week’s services ?”
j “ 0,” said the lawyer, “perhaps seventy-five
dollars.’'
I “ Very well, then, as my time and profession
arc os valuable as yours, your bill is seventy
j five dollars. ”
Tho poor girl’s heart sank within her, for
should her bill be any thing like (hat, how could
I she ever pay ? The lawyer paid his bill and
passed out, when the doctor turned to the
young woman, and kindly inquired her errand.
I came,” said she. *• to know what I owe
you. although I know not os I can ever pay
yon.”
“ I attended you about n week,” said he,
Yes, sir."
“ What do you gel per week 1
“ Sevcnty-gvo cents,” said slid.
“ Is that all ?”
*• Yes, sir.”
“ Then your bill is seventy-five cents.”
Tho poor girl paid him thankfully, and went
back with a light heart.
An old and rich man of my acquaintance was
once remarking to the dootor. that no one earn
ed their money so easily as tho doctor, or could
get rich so easily. The doctor reminded him
of tho many losses incurred, as they must visit
the poor os well as tho rich.
“Well,” said my old friend, “you must
charge the rich tho more, and then you can af
ford to lose by the poor.”
Not many weeks after, the old man was
obliged to employ the doctor for some time. At
tho Inst visit Ids bill was presented, and strong
ly resisted ns enormously high.
“But.” said the doctor, “yon know what
yon told mo, and I have only fallowed your ad
vice.”
Not a word more was said, but tho amount
wns.imincdlalely paid-
Hors asd Ono of tho Now York
Gorman papers has recently published an ex
tended notice of the I.npcr Beer manufacture.
Tho quantity consumed is astonishing. Doctor
Dixon, in his medical journal, tho Scalpel, is
cautioning tho public against its use. Ho says
that it nfteets the spine, and produces tho well
known “cowllko tread.” Ho charges upon it
a bloating affect, and a bad infiuenco on tho
voice. Ho Hunks that tho present excess will
Bhowitflell id the physical and mental condi
tion of the community.
The hop was once considered injurious, and
was not used in English malt liquors. Galen
and Dloscohdos condemned malt liquors. Sin
oloirsays they nro not suitable for tho sedentary
or tho corpulent. Doctor Dungliaon remarks
that they do not agree with (ho dyspeptic, and
that the corpulency produced Is not n natural,
healthy condition. Physicians generally agvco
that a largo and continued into of .such drinks
is Injurious. Tho nutriment of barley can bo
taken in soup or gruel. It is not necessary to
mix with it tho “ narcotic pop,” or tho fiery
alcohol.
If our hardworking men aro spending their
money (or that which injures them, it ia desir
able (hat they should bo enlightened. - Wo
should feel bound to warn them, if wd sow them
pouring down quarts, every day, of any herb
drink, or any fluid which must have some ef
fect upon tho system. It Is foolish to drink as
much of any thing, oven water, ns many drink
of lager beer. Ami. then, sixpence a day is
nearly twenty-three dollars a year. Why do
*no( our laboring men think of (his ?
'HURSDAY, A!
CARLISLE, PA.£
THE lIOCSE 0F Sioofi.M\(i.
There’s mourning ip the household—
There’s a wall on*fho olr of Night f
There’s a crushed and broken spirit—
Crushed when'ttulr hopes,were bright.
The fQU-doatroyor’atalssioncd,
Again the ftmd hqart’s.torn,
Again, from the arnl of affection,
one is born.
There’s joy among flio angels—
There's music in iho spheres— 4
Another has joined Their liiiraber,
She a whito;robo4 Won appears!
And there, in lior stunt-llko beauty,
She roams,' a bpfrfl/blcst,
“Whore the from troubling,
And the weary ai^. Jt rest!”
Look.at-tho Jrlght Side. |
Away with long fhccsu What is the use of
looking as if you hod tv icason ticket for a fu
neral < Can’t you ftndw belter name fortius
world than a''vale of tfers.” ami "scene of i
tribulation V' If you c4fi’t it will do you good 1
to read a letter which aJHend hasjuat furnish-,
cd us. It isfrom'nwlflLiri 'Massachusetts to |
her husband-Jo’California..' She dosen’t intend
to go through’ tho world'with an air os if
“Muffled dhimrvi&TO boating.
Funeral marches fb tho gravo.”
Here is the letter:
‘Mt Dear Husband A—As it is some time
since yon left us for California, I suppose you 1
would bo glad to hear htyv we aro getting along •
in your ausehco. I tun happy to say that wc .
are all enjoying very gotid health on tho whole, i
Just at present two of the boys have got the
small pox. Amanda Jaho has got the typhus
fever. Betscv is down with the measles. Sam
uel got hooked by the cop; the other day. ami
little Peter has just.choppcd oft’ seven of his
fingers with the hatchet* It’s a great mercy ,
that he didn’t.chop oft. With these;
! trilling exceptions, wc aro nil wt-U, and getting i
along nicely. You needn’t be at all anxious
about us. f -
•■1 almost forgot to say that Sarah Matilda
eloped last week with a Un-pcdlar. Poor girl !
she’s been wailing for th|laSt ten years for a
i chance, and lam glad shfi'agot married at lost.
I She needen’t have taken Hho trouble to elope
1 though. Sbc wasa’grcs'cater; and I find the
baked beans don’t go oftf near so fast now ns
1 they did. The way that girl would dip into
1 the pork and beans was K caution to the rest
jof the family. . '
j "The cow took it inlD'hcr head yesterday to
| rnti away, which wos'vciy fortunate, I’m sure.
| for the bam caught.lire hnd was consumed. I
was in hones that tho house go too, for
it’s vc»*y inconvenient, bht tho wind was the
wrong way, 60 it didn’t receive much injury.
“Some boys broke into the orchard the other
day, and stripped all the fruit trees. T am
§ lad of it, If they hadn’t,-1 presume the chil
ren would have made themselves sick by ca
ving too much. ;' ■ • .
“Hoping that you cnjpy yourself in Califor
nia an well ns wo do at diouic, 1 1 remain your
affectionate wifij.” .’si- . %r /r, - j. ...
Life’s Lasf floor#
■ Life’s Inst hours aro grand, testing hours—
death tries all our principles, and lays hare all
our foundation. Many jiavo aottd iho hypo**
crilo in life, who were forced to ho honest in
the hour of, death. Misgivings of heart, that
have been kept secret through life, have oomc
out in death ; and many who seemed all fair
and right for heaven, have had to declare that
they have only been self-deceived. A gonllc
i man of renown was on his dying bed, when a
friend, near at hand, spoke of the Savior. "Ah
to the Bible,” he replied, “it may he true : I
do not know.” What then arc your pros
pects ? he was asked. Ho replied in whispers,
which, indeed were thunder, “Very dark—
v buy dark.” “Hut have you no light from
ihe Sun of Righteousness i Have you done
justice to the Bible?” “Perhaps not,” ho re
plied ; “but it is now too late.” A mother,
who had laughed at religion and religious peo
ple, was seen to bo very restless ana miserable
on her bed of death. She decircd that her
children should bo called—they camo : in bro
ken accent she addressed them : “My childicn
1 have been leading you In tho wrong road all
your life, I now find tho broad road cuds in,
destruction, I did not believe it before. 0!,
seek to servo God, and try to find out the gale
to Heaven, though you may never 'meet your'
mother there.” Her lips were clofeed lorcvcr. j
and her spirit departed to its account, while i
(lie house-hold looked on terror-struck. Moth* I
or I Father! would yon die thus! 0, no.—
Then point to Heaven, and lead the way.
Thrilling Adventure of a Boy.
A lad named Tracy, M years of age, on Sal
unlay forenoon last. was passing through Colt’s
Meadows, carrying Ihe dinner of one of the
workmen of tho armory.and was passing along
were the snow was about a foot deep, when he
suddenly found himself going. down, down,
down, lie knew not where ; hut, louse l»s own
expression he thought he was ‘going to heaven
or the other place, sure.’ When ho struck
bottom he found himself ln five feet Of Water nt
the bottom of a forty foot tfdl, with a smooth
brick wall, all the way up; Fqrluuately. in
coming to the surface of the water, ho found a :
stout plank, upon which ho supported himself
for half an hour, calling for help but no help
came. Getting desperate, the boy out >vitli his
knife, and. while holding on with one hand to
tho plank, cut oil bis boots, torg o/l’.hla coat
and vest, and then bracing his back against tho
wall and his feet on die other side; Ire commenc
ed working his way up by inches. After
struggling in this way for half an hour, hesne
cecded in reaching daylight, completely exhaus
ted. but thankful to escape with his life; Ilia
escape from death wan remarkable under the
circumstances.-— llorf/ord Courant,
Uii’K Buead.— Broad made of wheat flour,
when taken out ot Uio oven, Is unprepared Tor
tho stomach. U should go through a change,
or rlpuu liutbru Uls oaten. Young persons, or
persons [u thu enjoyment o I good. health, may
cat broad immediately after being baked with
out uny sons! bio Injury from It; but, weakly and.
aged ncruons cannot out such without doing
harm to their digestive organs. Dread, alter
being baked, goes through n change similar to
tho change In newly browed beer, or newly
churned buttermilk, neither 1 being healthy until
otter the change. During .the Change hi broad
It Bonds off a largo portion of em boli, or un
healthy gas, ami Imbibes a largo. portion of
oxygen, or hoftlthv gas. Dread has, according
to tho computation ol physicians, pno-flfth morn
nutriment when ripo (bon when Just taken out
of the otoi). It not only has more nutriment,
but Imparts a greater degree of cheerfulness.
Ho that eats old ripe broad will have a much
greater flow of animal spirits, than ho' wohld
wore Jie to cut unripe,brood. Bread, ns before
observed, discharges carbon nnd Imbibes oxy
gen. One thing In connection with this fact,
should’ bo particularly noticed by oil houso-
VdVcß* It Is to lot the brood ripen whore it can
Inhale the oxygon In a purp' state. Broad will
always taste of tho nlr that surrounds It while
rlponhigt banco It should bo placed where (ho
olr Is pure. It should never ripon In a collar nor
In o bed-room.
iiliiim
'RIL 16,1857,
How (o Talk.
One might fancy, nt flrst thought, that nothing
is easier (except to a mute) than to talk. But
really good conversational powers, acceptable
to all hearers, form oho of the rarest accomplish*
moots. All can speak, but it is not every one
who can say any thing. It were impossible to
define and describe the thousand things that are
included in the attractions of pleasant conver
sation. Some are natural, others acquired, and
all may bo cither enhanced or defeated. There
is an anecdote of a gentleman of remarkable
erudition and talent, who was in the habit of
listening with the greatest apparent interest and
pleasure to the nothings uttered by a beautiful ;
woman. When asked how ho could endure such
nonsense, ho answered that ho “ liked to sec the
pretty fool talk.” It was not what was said, i'
but the manner, the varying expression of a I
charming face, the light in her eyes, and the
movement of her lips, that bound (ho old sago |
as with a spell- lie would have looked with ( j
quite as much intenlness into the eyes of a hand- 1
some spaniel, If he had happened to be a dogij
fancier. But fasten him without hope ol release
to such a senseless doll, and ho would soon
cense to admire her. Wo would not nak impor- '
(inent questions, but it, it not more than possi
ble that the ante-nuptial attractions of some |
other Indies have a hold quite as precarious?
He must be very ungnllant who cannot admire a ;'
charming face, though no wisdom issue from its 1 1
lips. Bui the old fable is re-enacted. The imo- j'
ginary angel betrays her weakness, and when the ’'
error is past recall, the former adoring suitor,]'
now penitent husband, finds he has miscnlculat-1
ed the permanence of the powet of Imagination. '
' She may bo all his fancy painted her, but fancy i
, paints are not fust Gblors. |,
1 Young women, however, arc not alono In Hie
lack of the essentials of true and lasting agree-,
ableness. Indeed, the proportion of young men
who me incapable of sustaining themselves with ,
credit in conversation, is very much greater
than the number of the deficient of the fairer
sex. They may be found ol ail types and cha
! meters i but are more commonly of the order
I Toots, or the class of which Sparkler is a ro
] prcsentativc. Their minds arc perfect vacuums,
and their words are but pnrrot-ltko repetitious
of the last fuihionablo phrase, or of their own
eternal mannerisms. They cannot talk, because,
having nothing to say, they aro incompetent,
like a pretty woman, oven to say nothing grace
fully. They rend works on etiquette, nro at*
fail to the Inst lashion in dross, visiting cards,
envelopes, ladles’ fans, and gentlemen’s mous
taches. At least they think they nro; but Tit
tlebat Titmouse is over evident in theirawkward
attempts to act ns If the chief end of man were
to keep up with the edicts of the tailor and the
dancing master. If it is a fact that wo arc re
quired thus to bo “ nothing if not otiqiicticnl,’*
there should be a college of ceremonies, like the
Chinese, and nn unalterable code of fashions.
Then one might hope to be thoroughly finished
at three score and ton, and ready to go out of
the world a most respectable admirable Crichton
nflor the Chinese model. But, for our own list
ening wo should still prefer Dr. Johnson, with
his big black thumb in the sugar, to any scented
poplqjay who keeps inviolate all the special
edicts of “gentility.**
K ot. however, that J ohneon was a good talker.
Bogging Boswell’s pardon, the giant roust have
been inept intolerable as a.constant companion.
talk, might, perhaps, bo agreeable j but in Bos
well’s reports wohavo the advantage over John
son’* • contemporaries. Nor was - Cfoloridgq a
good talker. “Did you ever hoartoe preach ?**
ho asked Charles Lamb. “ 1 n&yeti Jiearti you
do anything else,” was' tho wllmlyjfJTyjv No
man who monopolises tho con vorflatipA,sC brow
beats and dogmatises, is even tolomliw-ko'Clety.
Ladles may attempt it—hut at a rls&'iTTc have
seen old frequenters ol society diligently Striv
ing to escapu from the delightful talkers about
whom new comers clustered with wonderful
, eagerness. Tho veterans hail hoard the apeak- I
lug ladles out, long ago, and were perfectly '
( willing to resign tlieli [daces to those who lack- j
ed tbeir experience.
How to talk f It ia and always must bo an '
open question. It is easier to say how otic must
not talk. Not like a hook, for instance, (or that
is a questionable recommendation of one’s col
loquial powers. There is, indeed, no colloquy
in such conversation. It is a mere monologue.
Not politics—for partisan politics having appa
rently invaded (ho last hope of (ho nation—thu
Supreme Judiciary—no American should talk
politics In society, Lot ono sanctuary remain
I hallowed to true humanity and unsordid (homes,
i Not nonsense, except as a skillully Introduced
I condiment to graver dishes When then / Tho
‘hour ami the place must suggest the sulject,
( and the stores of yonr own furnish tho
I illustrations. If you have no such stores, yon
arc 111-found, and nobody would underwrite upon
| such a risk. You are sure to mako shipwreck
'o( yourself sooner or later. Ono only rule is of
I universal application. Don’t talk about your
self, and don’t speak ill or disparagingly of the
absent. Scant father to listen than to speak,
aim more to draw ethers out than to obtrndu
yourself| when you have nothing to say, bo
silent 5 and this deference to others will giro
; you Iho reputation of o good talker, though you
j speak seldom. -North Jvuncan.
Wkdstbu on Bvno.v.—Daniel Webster's
Private Correspondence contains his moral es
timate of the greatest point of his age. and wo
transfer it to our colums. In a letter dated
Washington. April 8, 1853, he says ;
“t have mtd Tom Moore's first volume of
Byron’s life- Whatever human imagination
shall hereafter picture of a human being I shall
believe it all within the bounds of credibility.—
Byron’s case shows that fact sometimes runs
by nil fancy as n steamboat passes a scow at
nnchgr. I have tried hard to find something in
him to like besides his genius and wit \ but
there was no other liKcablc quality about him.
lie was au incarnation of demomsm. He is the
only man iu English history for a hundred
years that has boasted of infidelity and of ot-cry
practicable vice, not included in what may bo ■
termed, what Ida biographer docs term, mean. ■
ness. Lord Bolingbroko, iu his most;extrava
gant youthful sallies, and the wicked Lord
Littleton, were saints to him.”
“AU that Mooro can sny is, that each of his
vices had some virtue or some prudence near
it, which iu some sort checked it. Well, if
that were not so in all, who could ’scape hang- <
mg 1 The biographer, indeed, says Ins moral i
conduct must not bo judged by the ordinary 1
standard.’ And this is true, if a favorable du.
cision is looked for. Many excellent reasons
arc given for his being a bad husband ; the sum
of which is that ho was a very bad roan. I
confess I was rejoiced thou, and am rejoiced
now, that he was driven out of England by
publlo scorn ; because Ida vines were not In Uls
passions but in hts principles. Ho denied all
religion and all virtue from tho house-top.—
Dr. Johnson says there ia a merit in maintain
ing good principles, though tho preacher is se
duced into violation of them. This is true. —
Good theory is something.- ‘But a theory of
living, and dying too, made up of the elements
of hatred to religion, contempt of morals, mid
deflanoo of tho opinions of nil the decent part of
tho public—-when’before has a map of letters
avowed lb ? If Milton were alive to recast cer
tain prominent’ characters in his great cpio, ho
could embellish them with new trulls without
violating probability.”
K 7" Maple augar, It la sold, will bo largely
mado all over tho country tho present season.
Glad to hear it.
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM.
NO. 44.
Position In Sleeping.
It is bolter to go to sleep on iho tight
for (lion tho stomach is very much in tho posi
tion of a bottle turned upsido down, and tho
contents aro aided in passing out by gravitation,
if one goes to stoop on tbo left side, tho opera
tion of emptying tbo stomach of its contents is
more like drawing water from a well. After
going to sleep, let the body take its own posi
tion. If you go to sleep on your back, espe
cially soon after a hearty meal, the weight of
tlio digestive organs, and that of the food, rest
ing on the great vein of tho body, near the
back bpuo, compresses it, and arrests tho flow
of (ho blood more or less. If tho arrest is par
tial, tho sleep is disturbed, and there aro un
pleasant dreams. If the meal has been recent
or hearty, tho arrest is more decided, and Iho
I various sensations, such as falling over a preci
i pice, or tho pursuit of a wild beast, or other
impending danger, and the desperate effort to
get rid ol it, arouses us; that sends on tho stag
nating blood, and wo wake in a fright* or tremb
ling, or in a perspiration, or feeling of exhaus
tion, According to tho degree of stagnation and
tho length and strength of tho effort made to
escape the danger. But when wo aro not able
to escape tho diyigcr, when we do fall over tho
precipice, when the - trembling building crushes,
what then I Thai is death I That is tho death
of those of whom U Is said, when found lifeless
in fheir beds in Iho morning—“ They wero as
well as they ever were the day before,’' and how
often is it added, “ and ale hrarlier than com
mon /” This last, ns a (Veqnent cause of death
to those who have gone to bed well to wake no
! more, we give merely as an opinion. Tlio pos
sibility of Us truth Is enough to deter any ra-
I (Iona! man from a late and hearty meal. This
I wo do know with certainty, that waking in the
I night with painful diarrhoea, or cholera, or bil
lions cholic, ending In death in a very short
time, is properly traceable to a late'largo meal.
Tho truly wise will tako tho safer side. For
persona who eat throe times a day, it Is amply
sufficient to make tho last meal of cold bread
and butter, and a cup of some warm drink. No
odo can starve on it, while a perseverance in the
habit soon begets a vigorous appetite lor break
fast, so promising of a day of comfort.— Hall’s
Journal of IfeaKk.
Presence of Mind,
This extract, from a reminiscence concern
ing a series of murders committed some years
since in France, develops a rare instance of
presence of mind in women. Wo will premise
that the murderer was known by the fact that
in sdmo previous brawl or scene of murder, bo
bad lost three fingers from one of his hands •
There lived on the outskirts of Dieppe, a wid
ow lady, by Iho name of Bcamnauricc. She
had no family, but with oncscrvam girl. lived
in a very retired manner. The cottage in which
she resided was situated about half a mile from
the city—a little oft from the public road.
Madame flaumaurice had been the wife of
an old officer of the Guards. She was an cx«
iraordinary woman in c*cry particular; hut
especially so in respect to a certain coolness of
character she possessed, in the midst of danger,
1 which, together with a large amount of moral
rcccntmurders mode, perhaps
on her mind than upon any one else in Dieppe,
olthough it-was naturally supposed the retired
situation In which she lived would have caused
her to be were feorAil,
About ton o’clock on thn night of Iho 30tb
of April, just ten days after the murders in the
Kuo Grenard, Madame Baumaurico went up
into her bedroom. Sho was suffering from a
nervous headache. She fell very sleepy, and
seated herself in a large arm-chair previous to
undressing herself. The lamp was placed on a
chest of drawers behind her. Opposite (o ber
was a toilet table, with a cloth on it reaching
110 the lloor. Sho had already commenced la-
I king ofl her clothes, when happening lo look
i around her. she saw something that for a mo-
I men I chilled her blood. It was the shadow of
a man's hand on the floor. The hand had only
three fingers !
She divined the truth in a moment—the as
sassin was there—in her house—under the toi
let (able. Sho mnde.not the least motion or
sign, but reflected two or three minutes os lo
the best course to be pursued.
She divined what to do, and advancing to
the door, called her servant maid.
•*Oh, Mary J” exclaimed she, when the girl
entered the room. “Do you know where Mon
sieur Bernard lives I"
“Yes, niodame.”
*T have to pay 5000 francs away very early
in the morning. You will have to run lo his
house and get tho money for mo.”
“Very well, tnadame.”
*T will write you n note which you will de
liver to him, and ho will give you bank bills to
the amount.”
Sho wrote os follows:
“My dear Monsieur Bernard : —Tho assas
sin of the Rue dcs Armca and the Rue Grenard
is now in my house. Como immediately with
some gendarmes and lake him before ho es
capes. ’
IIKI.BME BAfMAL'IUCK.
And without entering into any explanation
with her servant, she dispatched heron her er
rand. Sho then quietly re-seated herself and
waited.
Yes, she sat in the room with that man un
der the table for a whole hour. She sat there,
calm, cool and collected. She saw tho shadow
of the hand shift several times : but the mur
derer did not make any attempt lo escape from
Ins place of concealment.
In duo-lime the gendarmes arrived, ami JaO
ques Keynauld was arrested—not, however,
without a violent struggle.
I need scarcely add, that the most convin
cing proof as to his guilt was found, and in
duo titno ho was guillotined.
A Good Dog Story.
Tlio Ohio Statesmen, of Saturday, has tlio
following:
Bkmaukaulk Saoacity op aDoo.—A day
oh two since, Mr. Case, of thin city, having bu
siness at tlio house of an acquaintance a short
distance in tlio country, started out accompa
nied by his dog, a largo animal, crossed with
the Newfoundland and bull-dog. Upon arri
ving at tho door ho rang the bell and was ad
mitted by one of tho inmates, leaving his dog on
tho portico. His visit wassomowhat prolonged,
and before ho had completed his business the
bell again ranp. Supposing that imbiber gen
tleman was without, the gentleman ofthohduso
went to tho door, when, to his utter surprise he
found tho dog standing undn his hind Icct with
tho bell-knob in Ins mdulh. This was tho sec
ond opportunity tho animal had of witnessing
the process by which his master had gained
admittance into the house, and being tired of
wailing for his return, hb undertook by the
■ same means to effect entrance himself, or per
haps to bring his master forth,
>Vo do not remember of ever hating hoard a
i a nioro remarkable instance of sagacity in the
, canine species than Is afforded In the above. If
this is Inslnot, it certainly approximates VOS 7
closely to reason.
(£7“Oon Pierce wily returnto New llatnp
shire about tho middle of May next.
The Bat Tribe.
Tlio iaatKiimtePof <B^6ndon^B4r/«f/y/i , «-
v(ew contained an. Interesting article on tho
hob'ts, &o<» of rats. In which the instances given
of tßcir arid ingenuity, are
almost ifttoediblOr— ,
A single pair of rats, In tbroo years. If tindiir
turbed,-will have thirteen litters of eight each
at a birth, and 4b*-young-will begin littering In
the ratio when sixmoptfas old; so that a{ the end
of three years a single pair will hare multiplied
to 660,808. Calculating that ton 'rats oat as
much in one day as a man, the consumption of
these would bo equal to .that of 64,608 men. It.
is clear then, that if it wcre.not for the eltraor
dinary diminution In their numbers caused by
tbo ceaseless warfare carried'on against them
by dogs, cat?, polecats, otters, snakes, and be
yond all, human rat-catchers, the whiskered
vermin would speedily cause 's famine In every
part oi (1)0- world In which they are found,
Hats ate great travelers. Tho ship rat infesth
vessels oi all classes;- ds niany as five hundred
have been found in a single East lndfaman.—
Thojr greatest difficulty, whemon shipboard, la
that of procuring Water;, and'' they havo. been
‘known to ascend tho rigging by night, after a
1 storm, and sip tho rain fonhd In the folds of tho
sails. When on shore, ship rats are otceodlnly
fond of prime fruit; and by burrowing unadr
tho walls of gardens will help themselves to a
(asto of the choicest melons, strawberries,
grapes, See., that they Cab find. ■
Kata exist in millions la sowers and drains,
particularly where there is not a good supply of
flushwator. By burrowing In every direction
they do Immense harm to tbo brickwork of tbo
sewers, and frequently spollplpo drains by caus
ing them to dip at tbo Joints,-under which they
have excavated the earth. In London and Paris
numbers of professional rat catchers find, lucra
tive employment in hunting them in the sowers.
When caught, they arc disposed of oither’for
sporting purposes, for which they command-*,
ready sale in London at 76 cents por dozen, dr
they nro killed for thu lake of their fur,whichis
extensively used in gelling bp the unrivalled
« beaver huts” sold by Parisian baiters. .Tho
hide, also, is useful for making tho thumbs of
tbo best (so called) kid gloves. . ’ '
Rats olso commit great depredations In slanghr
for houses and knackers* yards. .In' the severs
fVosta, when it is impossible to tut upthobodies
of the horses, and when the outside flesh is too
hard for tho ruts to feed upon, they,enter tho
body and devour tho flesh from fhe inside; So
(hat when the thaw comes tho workmen And
nothing below the skin but o skeleton-, better
cleared of its flesh than If It had been done by
tho most skillful operator. When rats b%yo'SQ
other food they will destroy each other. M.
Majcndio placed a dozen rats in a box in order
to try some experiments; when bo- reached
homo and opened tho box, there were but threo
remaining. These had devoured the rest, and
left only the bones and toil.
These liltlo animals are Indefatigable in thb
pursuit of food, and hardly any amount of pre
caution can keep them from aplaco where they
know there is a supply to bo bad. Tho proprie
tors of bonded warehouses know this to tbelt*
cost. They ihfbst tho London Zoological Gar
dens, In immense numbers, have eaten their way
through the copper wire floor of tbo
Tho proprietors of the gardens havo-befcri Jcbm
polled In self defence to keep a pack of terriers
to hunt them, by whom as many as a hundred
I are sometimes destroyed in one night.
The propensity of tho rut to gnaw through
oven tbo hardest obstacles Is not merely a cm*
ving, but a necessity. Ills teeth are so
us to continually grow towards each other, ao
that nothing but tbo constant wearing away by
friction could prevent his Incisors ftom'posslnd
completely through his lips. A good'Sized
sewer rat can Inflict very severe bites, oven la
some instances enabling him to vanquish a ter
rier dog, or even a ferret.
There has boon Instances in which raW havq
become thoroughly domesticated like a cat oe
dog; and when tills is the case they render good
service by driving iVom tho premises all other*
of their tribe. One mode of ridding a house of
rats is to catch a single specimen, and fasten ft j
small bell round bis nock, tbo tinkling of wbltib; i
os ho npprooches tho haunts of his comrades;!
will frighten them away. An export rat catcher, '
however, familiar with tho habits of fair
will very soon cigar ft bouse r
\rribiiahls.,, j. t
•' In'Chlha, whoro flio excess.
| driven tho inhabitants to ©com
| clcs of food, rdfs aro eaten and
I luxury; and eases are recorder
crows, wlion short 0/ provlsfoi
I thomselros on tho mfs for?cMeni.. o
by cooking and eating them In the form of.boked I
pics, which it Is said have boon deemed qullo
dainty by the partakers*
One 0/ the roost Common ttibdos of ridding
promises or these unwelcome Inmates Jb that otv ’
administering arsenic to them* Tills, noVroverj **
is attended by very groat danger, fbr rata which'
have partaken of arsenic make at oaco for iho
nearest water, and if (hero be a cistern in 52s*
lioviso they are apt to polsoh it. Our headers KtW} ~
aware that a case ol this kind haa recently OC
currod at Washington, In which the Uvea of
President Buchanan and several of the most
prominent politicians of the day Welro plated In
imminent hazard by partaking of from ft.
cistern (he contents of which Lad boon* tbits
poisoned.
Character ot Mankind Shown by the time ot
Birth*
January.—Tie who is born In (Ids month,
will be laborious, and a lover of good wine, but
very subject to infidelity ; ho may tot) bfUH
forget to pay his debts, but be will be compldi*.
Rant and withal a tlno singer. The lady Wrii
in this month will be a pretty, prudent, house*
wife rather melancholy, but yet good tempered.
Feum/ARr. —The man born in this month,
will love money much, but the ladies more, ho
will be filirtgy at home but prodigal abroad.—
The lady will bo a humane and affectionate
wife ana lender mother., ,
Maiicil.—The nmn born in this month will
be rather handsome but will die poor. Thb
Indy will be a jealous, passionate cnaucr-box,
somewhat given to fighting, and ia old ago too
fond of tho Wile.
April.—Tho nmn who has the misfortune to
he born in this moth will bo subject to mala*
dies, ho will travel (0 his advantage,
tho ladies to his disadvantage, for he will mar-i
ry a rich and handsome heiress who will make
him what you no doubt understand. The la*'
dy of Otis month will be (all and stout, with ft
litllo mouth, little feet, little wit, but a great
talker and withal a great liar. . , '
May.—The man horn in this month will 09*
handsome and amiable ; ho will make his wlfo ■
happy. The lady will be equally blessed In
lnspect. . ■,
Jukh.—The man of this month will be of
small stature, passionately fond ot women and
children, but will not be loved in return. Tho
lady will bo a giddy personage, fond of. qofifefl;.
she will marry ht tno ago of twenty-ono, ana
I will bo a fool at forty.five. ,
I July.—Tho man will bo fair, ho will Buffer •
I death for tho woman ho loves. The female of
this month will bo passably handsome, with »’
short nose but One bust, she will be of a rather
sulky temper. . , •, t
August. —The man of this month, will bo»
courageous and ambitious, but 100 apt to,
cheat; ho will have several maladies, fthd, two
wives. Tho Indy will bo .amiable and twice'
married, but her second husband will cause
her to regret tbo first. .
Srptsubkh.—llq who is born in this month,
will bo strong, wise and prpdcnt, but too easy
with his wife, who will givobim great uneasi
ness. Tho lady, round faced and fair haired,
witty, discreet, and loved by her friends.
Ootodku.— Tho man bom in this month *lll
hate a handsome face, a florid complexlod*
wicked in hlB youth, and always inconstant.--
Ho will promise one thing and do another, and
remain poor. Tho lady will be pretty, »h£;.
110 coquettish, and sometimes a little too fond
of talking; sho will havo two husbands who.
will die of grief, she. will best Undtf why.
NovEMuen.-r-Tho roan will have a uiw face*
and bo a gay deoeifrr. Tho lady of this month
will bo IftrgO. liberal and Adi of novelty.
Dt-cKiiuErt.— Tiie man bom in this month 1
will b* a good sort of personage, though pass
ionate : he will devote himself to the army apd
bo betrayed by his wife. Tho lady will be am*
iablo and handsome, with a good voico. and
well proportioned body; sho will bo twice mar-'
tied, remain poor but honest,