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from ihe Wavcrtcy Magazine,
THE MEETING.
s Twas a garden deserted and dreary?
.Neglected, and dreary, and old,
Where (lie beautiful sunlight lay weary,
, Id billows and ripples of gold,
Whore tho tremulous sunlight lay weary,
On tho'slimy and damp garden mold.*
flowers hung wearily downward,
, And wept for their sorrowful fall,
And only the mnk weeds looked sunward,
And lifted their heads over nil,
And tho Ivy crept stealthily onward
And coyorcd tho uiolderlng wall.
There once was a beautiful arbor,
Bedecked with red roses, and white.
But now It was only a harbor
Of creeping things fearing tho light.
'A crumbling, tottering harbor
Of spirits, and demons of night.
Yet still wound a beautiful river,
. Through banks of tho dark gloomy green.
And still with a tremulous quiver,
Tito birds hovered over tho scene
On wings with a light joyous quiver,
Tho birds darted over tho scene.
There once, in a sufnmcr gone over,
T sat with a being so fair,
Tbo bulterilies left the soft clover
To dance In her light waving hair,
And tho birds (hat were swift flying over,
Flow down to the waves of her hair.
And that summer night, as, faint-hearted,
1 lingeringly hade her adieu,
I whispered before wo had parted
If both of our hearts rcnmfncd (rue,
A year Irora (ho time that we parted,
We’d meet in that arbor anew.
’Twas just ns the sun was declining,
A year from that sad parting day,
J entered the arbor repining,
A garden so fair should decays
I entered half sadly repining, ’
' Her garden should over decay.
I waited till slowly descending.
The night-star sunk down.in tho west,
And bright rosy sun-clouds were blooding
Their light on tho still river’s breast;
When, over my calm forehead bending.
One cold kiss upon It was pressed.
I turned then, for how could I merit
A kiss like the one (hat she gave |
But nought did I seo but a spirit
As cold and as clear as the wave *,
For the form that 1 saw was a spirit,
And a loved one was cold in tho grave.
Hisfrilantmia.
THE FLIGHT AT STILLMAN’S BUS.
X WEBTSQN JUDGE’S STOUT.
fa wo wore smoking our pipes After supper,
the Captain said, “I reckon you'have been
under ll re before, Judge.”
“ Oh', yes I I was in the Black Hawk war.”
“ VVuro you nt Stniniau’fl Run, Judge
asked tlio Doctor.
** Even so, my friend. I participated In that
brilliant affair.” »
“ Well, then,” cried tlio Captain, "yon arc
' tho first man 1 ever found willing to own up that
,\!ho was there. I wisli yon would spin us (he
Judge. I would like to hear that tnlc.”
». Well, boys,” commenced the Judge, " I
■ was living In Fulton county (Illinois) when tho
fu#s with tho-Sucs commenced, in tho spring of
1852 { and when Governor Reynolds called for
volunteers, I raised a company of about fifty
mounted men, and joined the bnllnllon com
manded by JMiOor Stillman, who was ordered to
protccttho frontier, which was then about where
• Ogle and Carroll counties are now. After stop.
‘ ping some days at Dixon’s Ferry, which was the
only settlement in those quarters, we marched
out one One morning—tho I3(h of May, I think
' —to scout on (ho head of Old il/un’s Crook,
since called Stillman’s River, which puts Into
the Rock River, opposite (o what Is now called
Byron, In Ogle county. Tho party consisted of
about 276, well mounted and equipped. There
-was little or no discipline, and although (ho
men were stout and hnidy, principally farmers,
and well skilled In the use of the rifle, they were
not trained to act together nt all. However,
they were all fierce fora fight, and calculated
that they wore well able to whip Black Hawk’s
• rwholff bana If they could find him.
‘‘.Major Stillman, though supposed toho a skill
ful commandos, took no precautions against a
surprise, though It was generally thought tho
Indians were not far off. However, wo sawnono
of them tho first day, and wo camped for the
night a mile north of Grand do Tour. Well,
the next day wo pushed on again, and my com
pany being among tho best mounted In tho com
tnand, wo wore put forward in tho advance. I
never had boon in that section before—which
was a perfect wlldacrncss In fact, without a
white man’s dabln from Dixon to the State lino.
Game was very plenty, and tho men wore con
tinually crocking away at tho deor and tho
pralrlo hens, Just as If there llaa been no enemy
about—but they despised (ho Indians too much
(o tako any precautions. I tried to keep out a
few scouts In tho front flanks, but it was no uso.
I could not keep them there. Thdy would soon
bo off on tho track of a doer, or bo nslcop under
a tree, and I bad no moans of enforcing my au
thority—they were just as good ns I w*s, and
tyould ouly obey my orders when It suited them
• ijto do so.
' ■; ’■’O'""'! nlghl wo cnmo to Olil Man’s Crock
• and crossed It tint It wo, o deep, muddy .(room'
svlth noft banka, and trdublosomo to ororfs bo
Iwo doHdudod to camp tlioro. Tim whole hatta
■Hon had oomo up, and,had commenced lo cot
.ready to canq>—some making Urea, oomo pitch
ing tents, some picketing their horses—but nq
.sentinels or spies out any where. Just at this
tlmo, ii small party of Indiana wore soon on a
Jlttlo rlso of ground about throe-fourths of n
'lullo from tho oncampmonta Directly our men
uogan to mount, without orders, and start oflfto
Attack tho Indljvhs, shouting and yelling. Tho
officers, at first, tried to slop them, but as they
fiald no attontlon.to their orders, they joined In
ho pursuit Also, till fldmo forty or lifly of tho
■ troops wore scattered Along for a mile or so, in.
chase. I confess I was fool enough to join In,
•And- Awny wo Svont, ■ hcltcr skollor, over tho
■prairie; being bettor mounted limn tho Indians,
.'our men came up with thorn after running two
or threo miles, and shot throo of them just by a
;smali grovo of timber. • - •
" Well, gonlloiuou, Justbehlnd tills grovo old
Umck Hawk himself, with perhaps u hundred of
his warriors, was campoifj and seeing tho con
fused way in which wo wore sitting out over tho
.prairie, ho charged right out upon us.
• ‘ VA perfect panto onHuod, and overy man rnti
on his own account $ yes, gentlemen, straight
• coat tails wero tho order of tho day. It was a
regular hatllo of tho spurs.
Our horaos woro so much quicker than those
• *ho Indiana had, that we got to tho camp with
out much lost, hut tho troops there hearing tho
galloping of our horses and tho yollrf of tho
rotors, took fright also, and thinking that tho
wnolo of Black Hawk’s band of seven hundred
ftff 01 m. WM 1 w P° n thorn, they began to tramp
nn.?‘i *, camp was broken up in haslo,
arms, ammunition, provisions mid
o ythlng else, tho battalion commenced a dls-
mttkm
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL, 43.
orderly flight toward Dixon. Such a scene as
it was ! They say that onp Kentucky Colonel
Jumped on Ills horse without stopping to un
fasten him from (ho stump to which ho was tied,
and taking the said stump for an Indian holding
his horse by tbo bridle, tuua addressed bis cap
tor: »Don’t shoot, good Mr. Indian I I am
Colonel Brown of tho Illinois Volunteers. I
surrender at discretion I*
“ In attempting to cross tho.crcok In tlie dark
ness, many got mired down, and the men were
so much, delayed there, the Indians overtook
them, and hero a fight occurred. The officers
made an attempt to rally the men, but the panic
was so general that few would stop. All I know
of the matter Is, that when I reached the camp
I found it broken up and deserted 5 so I pushed
after the crowd until I got to the creek, which I
managed to cross, and found Captain Adams,
Major llackolton, and ilfnjor Perkins, trying to
rally the men. 1 joined them, and with whot
few wo could muster, wo made a stand, and
fired upon the Indians ns they came up; but wo
were soon overpowered. Adams and Perkins
were killed 5 my horse was shot under me; and
if I bad not had the good luck to get hold of n
stray beast, 1 should, ns Hkoly os not, have left
my hair nt Stillman’s Run. As it was, we
never drew bridle till wo got to Dixon’s Ferry,
where wo alarmed the Old Ranger, Governor
Reynolds, with the news that our detachment
was cut fo pieces by Dl.ick Hawk, w ho was alter
us with his whole army. Our whole loss was
eleven killed, while the Indians lost eight.
“Black Hawk’s band made a good booty,
however, for they captured every tiling wo hud
at the camp 5 and the Kentucky Colonel, when
ho got to Dixon the next day, swore that old
Black Hawk was seen with his (the Colonel’s)
two ruffled shirts over his deer skin leggings,
with a volume of ‘ Chitty's Pleadings,’ stolen
out of his saddle-bags, hung round his neck;
for the Colonel, It seems, hud been riding (ho
circuit when he was summoned by the call of
patriotism to take up arms. Much ridicule was
put upon all of us who had participated in this
affair, but unjustly I think, for how could you
expect undisciplined militia to do any better. I
always joined in the laugh, and allowed I was
badly scorod 5 but Col. Brown and some others
who stood upon tbolr dignity, got so laughed at
they could not bear to hear the name of Sfill
nfiin’s Run mentioned. The Colonel, in parti
cular, always wonted to fight if anybody spoke
of the affair, so (ho wags used to send strangers
[ to him who were seeking for information about
I the Black Hawk war, and many queer scenes
I were said to have taken place.
Some time after, at Chicago, during the
land speculation, n demure looking deacon from
Connecticut, who was very anxiously inquiring
where to locate some land claims, was advised
to apply (o Col. 8., as n gentleman u-ell versed
In such matters. « You had better ask the Colo
nel particularly about* Stillman’s Run, near,
which there are abme find lands, which ho is
well acquainted with.’
“The gentleman In the white cravat accord
ingly sought an Introduction to the Colonel, who
received him In a grandiloquent strain peculiar
to himself. ‘ You could not have applied to a
man bettor qualified to give you that sort of In
formation, sir. I do know this northwest very
thoroughly, sir. I knew it long ago, when }(
was in possession of the wild aborigines, sir. Is
there any particular part, sir, which you wish to
know about, sir?’
**‘Why, yes, Colonel; (hero Is a region I am
told you nro well acquainted with, and to which
I wish you to direct mo. Can you Inform me.
Colonel, where Stillman’s Jinn Is ?’ - -
“ The Colonel was a (nil man, and ho drew
himself up to tils full height, folded his arms,
and casting a ■withering glance on the astonish*
cd deacon, thus repeat i • Yes, sir, I can; It la
on the lI——II fork of D 1 River!’ ”
From the Waverley Magazine.
PAUL CARLETO.V.
" What is not doing to-day, Is not done to
rn orrow.”—Faust.
It was the evening of Paul Carlton’s birth
day. Ho sal alone before tho biasing wood
(lre dreaming, idly nt first, Imt after a time hi:
thoughts ran hack to (ho olden time when he
was a child, looking confidently forward to this
house,around which every pleasant association
clustered in anticipation, nnd which was to see
all his grand purposes accomplished, so many
dreams fulfilled.
All his life-long hp had been a droamcrj al
ways putting oil’ till to-morrow what should bo
done to-day. Genius was stamped unmistakably
on Ills handsome face, bat ho was indolent and
would not net to-day t “ to-morrow will bo tho
better time,” ho thought, and tho noble struc-
lure ho was to raise, tho wonder of the world,
was not ovon planned, and ho was stilt specula!*
Ingt now that his manhood was upon him, ho
felt for (ho first tlmo that his early youth had
been wasted.
Ho saw himself a child again by his father’s
knee In tho summer twilight. lie kit again tho
sweet south wind upon his chock a? It came over
tho rlverj ho heard tho katy-did* making their
sounds, and the murmur of the beach trees by
tho road-side) ho saw tho moonlight on his
fathers brow, and an earnest look upon his lip {
ho saw tho volume of Qootho’s poems upon his
knoo open at tho pngo ho had been reading in
tho sunset light \ and ho remembered tho spirit
volco which seemed to whisper to him as ho lis
tened to those beautiful word paintings, "Bo
thou, too, a poet." And his father’s words
tvoro not forgotten s
*' My son, unless you master this bad habit of
reciting short and imperfect lessons, ft will boa
source of regret to you In after-llfo ; you arc al
ready behind most boys of your ago, and in a
few years, unless you Improve them, you will
fhul yourself outstripped by boys many years
your Junior.”
But the warning was unheeded, and tho father’s
prediction was lulllllcd. Every lesson was Im
perfect, and Paul’s time was spent In rambles In
tho forest, on tho river, and In dreams, glorious
droanfs of coming fame, while tho boy’s golden
moments woro gliding away foreverj and his
answer to his father’s repeated expostulations
ww Invariably tho same, •« Tlmo enough yot.”
„ -T.?? rs nwa y nnd tho Idlo child became
land ?i fc a f ° n l ?/ tll ° flrak universities In Eng
mloicn™ 11,0 wi,hln Wa
Indolence had become confirmed, and ho no
compll.hcd nothing, with many iS, , °
his younger classmates pass hlni bv In tho nmn
«ncr distinction, nml Ido lip. cmlU on-tlmc
when ho thought of Ids father's warning hut
"tlmo enough yot.” ho thought, "Icanwln
ovon now. I will begin to-morrow, nnd lot him
laugh who wins.” . 1
But his college life closed up, and while others,
whom ho had regarded In oovllor years with con
tempt, woro loaded with honors they richly
merited, because nobly earned, bo barolyescap
ed disgrace. Yet they woro his Inferiors In in
tellect, but ho lacked energy and porsorornneo,
and ona glorious dream of his boyhood, faded j
wo will, not say his future looked tho brighter
booauso of tho shadow rogret cast over tho post.
Angry with .himself that ho had failed wiicro
ho had' foudly hoped to win, ho determined to
show to tho world that his talents woro of tho
.first order j and ho bad only lo commence Im
mediately and porsovero to do tills. But his
father’s wealth dotorrod him irom acting imme
diately upon his plan, and ' months rolled away,
and ho could nor determine which profession
would show him In tho best light to tho world |
and (ho days and months woro woven Into years
and lie was still speculating,
On the night In question ho was as far from
his purpose as oyer \ and for ttio first time In his
llfo lie asked himsojf (ho question, “ What have
I Accomplished ?” From his childhood ho had
looked forward to (his hour att ono of triumph.
Between him and that sunny, hopeful period lay
nothing but dreams { not one noble deed. Ho
had wasted bis best years, and ho could not re
call them. A few wildly sweet poems was all
that remained to hirii of the years now gone, ond
not one of them wore fhlahed. Oh! for but
three years ol that wasted time!
Paul Carloton sat in the flrellgh't till It died
away, and ho heeded not the darkness. The
midnight wont by and still ho sat there, not
dreaming} no, ho was awake now. Tho Hither
had watched that dreamy light in his boy’soyes,
ond sighed that it was there. But it was gone
now, and tho light of. a noble soul shone out
trom their clear depths, and resolution was
stumped upon tho finely chiseled lip.
The morrow’s sun found him a worker. He
commenced a review of his studios, and ho was
not ashamed to begin with tho books ho neglect
ed In his childhood.
Two years passed away, and ho advanced so
rapidly (hat ho astonished oven himself. Ho
(hen left his native hind for Germany, and com
menced a course of study with several others,
under an able master.
Three years was added to his life when ho re
lumed to England} and on tho anniversary of
his birth-day ho sot again In tho same spot
where ho sat live years before; and with what
different feelings did he review those years that
lay between, ilia heart beat high ns ho thought
of tho future. Now he was not as hurried to
mingle with the mass on the stage of life, con
scious that ho was prepared to cope with all.
Years passed away and Paul Carlton’s wildest
dreams were realized. Stop by step ho pressed
Ills way onward, and all gave wny before his
master mind. Ho was beloved by many ond
admired by all j ho became one of the most
brilliant stars in tho literary firmament; and
when old age came, lie heard with joy the songs
composed in his boyhood sung with rapture on
the banks ot tho Rhine, and among tho hills of
Switzerland, nud his name pronounced with
blessings.
A f« w years before his death ho was asked by
a young man for the secret of his success in life.
Uo answered by relating tho history of his early
life, and added, “ A in«n may have talent, and
ambition, singleness of aim and fixedness of
pti-poso, but If lie put off (ill to-morrow what
should bo commenced to-day, live he os long as
he may, his life wIP bo a failure. ./Mark (his,my
son, ♦lV’hnt is not doing to-day, is not done to
morrow.’ ”
A MEXICAN IDOL
Having expressed a desire to see their god
Montezuma, my j'oung guide led the way lo
the house where the famous deity is kept. This
is (he most cherished, and probably, the only
one retained of all their ancient heathen gods.
It is grea ly in rogue in a dry lime, when it is
brought forth from tho sanctuary, and with
dancing and other writes, they invoke it in fa*
vor of rain, but whether it has ever been able
to bring refreshing showers lo the parched earth
is a question open to discussion.
We picked up one of the head men on the
way, who ageompanied us. We ascended a
ladder as belore and 1 entered a small and badly -
lightcd' room, where we found a shrivclcd*up
old entirely naked, except a small cloln
about Ins loins and moccasins upon his feet. —
Master James made known the object of our
visit, and told him we were not Mexicans, and
would neither injure nor carry away their god,
..which necessary., as none of that
race are permitted to look upon it. A confer
•once was now held between tho man that ac
companied us. the old keeper, ond an old hag
of a woman who had como in in the mend time,
ond in a few minutes wo were informed that we
could see Montezuma.
The old woman was despatched to bring it
in, who returned nficr a short absence, carrying
something in her anna, wrapped up in an old
cloth which she placed carefully on the floor. —
The cloth was then removed, and their favorite
god stood betore our eyes. I was much disap
pointed in its appearance, it being a much ruder
nflair than I was prepared to sec. I had ex*
peeled to see something in Imitation of man or
beast, but there was presented to our sight an
object that neither resembled anything upon
tho earth, in the heavens above, or in the sea
beneath, and I fell that it could hardly be sin*
ful in the poor ignorant Indians to fall down
and worship it.
The god of Montezuma is mode of tanned
skin of some sort, and the form is circular, be
ing about nine inches in height, and the some
in diameter. The top is covered with tho same
material, hut the lower end is open, and one
half is painted red, and the other green. Upon
the green side is fashioned the rude representa
tion of a man’s face. Two oblohg apertures in
the skin, in the shape of right-angled triangles,
with the bases inward, ore the eyes ; there is
no nose, and ft circular piece of leather, fasten
ed about two inches below the eyes, represents
the mouth ; and two similar pieces, one on-each
side, opposite the outer corners of the eyes, are
intended for tho cars* This completes the per
sonnet of tho god, with the addition of a small
tuft of leather upon tho lop, which is dressed
with feathers when it is brought out to bo wor
shiped upon public days.
The three Indians present looked upon it with
i the greatest apparent veneration, who knelt
around it in the most devout manner, and went
through the form of a prayer, while one of tho
number sprinkled upon it a white powder.—
Mateo, the Indian wuo accompanied us, spoke
in praise of Montezuma, and told us that-it was
God, and the brother of God. After contem
plating this singular spectacle for a few min*
utca, wo withdrew, quite astonished at what we
had seen. Who would have believed that with
in the limits of our Union, in the middle of the
nineteenth century, there was to be found sue!
a debased form of heathen worship
Tub Wheat Choi* in Illinois.-—Wo have for
weeks past examined our country exchanges
with great care, and have boon industrious In
our Inquiries ol Individuals, endeavoring to us*
certain the true condition and real prospects ol
the growing wheat crop of the State. The re
sult of our rending and Inquiry may bo briefly
summed up. The crop is a /dilure— ln many
districts, containing each two or throe counties,
an entire failure) In others there is a prospect
of tho growth of the usual yield from tho area
sowni In others Again, a half n crop may bo har
vested t hut nowhere, ns wo.can learn, are (hero
any fields that have wholly escaped Iqiury.—
[.Central Illinois, from Logan county, southward,
soonis to have suffered most. In the two ex
tremes of th’o State, tho report la moro cheer
ing j but, unfortunately, thoso are the localities
In which only ft llttlp winter groin is sown. In
; 1° noart ot tho wheat growing district, tho win
,tcr has done Its work—never before so badly.—
“ discouraging account to send abroad j
‘ “ *» miiorlant (hut tho facta should ho
known—tVucogo Tribune.
N .-‘-
o |l AH O V ,, — Itl n co " nl y Circuit
Conrt, recently, a colored limit was on trial for
Inroony, And a small white boy was called as o
wilncea for the prosecution. ' Tho traversers
counsel asked him s
H Doy, (to you know tho nrilunt of tn oath t”
Witness replied, « Yes, sir, to swear nglu tho
nigger.* 1 • ■ • • .
Traverser's counsel—“ ThatlwlU do—awoaV
him—that la tho boat definition o| a gUto’a wit
ness’ opinion of tho naturi of nn oath I oror
hoard.”
A roar of laughter followed from tho bar and
spectators, and tho cneo proceeded.
1 (tv** Tho rhlnd’o eye Is perhaps no hotter for
tho full radiance of truth, than is th* body's
for that of tho suu-.
“OUR COUNTRY—BIAT IT ALWAYS DB’BI&HX-r-BOir RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
Carlisle, pa., Thursday, may 7, m
THE CAMXX OF STABS.
Of the army of stars that stand guardnround
man’s dwelling place, .some four or flvtf thou
sand aro visible to the paked eye ;'.lhcse'arc the
nearer lines of the wonderful armament, resting
within the scope of the sliort-sightcd human
organ of vision. But let it be imagined that,
while man and this ponderous earth hang upon l
nothing in the void, as they do—balanced by
the Almighty hand—these four or Jive thousand
stars arc drifted away to join their companions
in the milky none; and next, let it’ bg further
conceived that they do not stop even there; but
that they and the milky zone;then float on
ward, .deeper into the ‘ far-stretbhirig, realms :
then the entire form of light would'be,gathered
up as it was removed further and. further into
smaller and narrower From a
wide, long stream it Would first $e dwarflcd
into a narrow patch; and last it would be a
fllroy something, scon and yet not. seen, cheat
ing the sharpest eye, and floaiihgjicverthclcss
ns ft dream of vision Hardly beyond its reach.
If, however, a large telescope were now directed
towards this "dream, of vision,'* itwould again
become a vision as large.-perhapsy as a four
pcnnrpiece, and,os thff.faintest whiff or curl
cloud that the eye ever the blue
canopy of a summcrVday. TKo stars would
all have been absorbed into the " and
this galaxy would then be seen withtpt instead
of from within. It Would be contemplated os
a curious miniature, hung upon the black, walls
of space, instead of being surveyed as a glori
ous surrounding panorama. Such, then, is the
remote and external aspect of a star galaxy.
Sir William Herschel/ound that a star-group,
consisting 6f five thousand individuals, would
have been discerned in the midnight heavens by
the help of his large four-feet* wide telescope, ns
a faint speck of light, if three Hundred thous
and times as remote again as the nearest star
in the firmament. . As, therefore, numbers of
j such faint specks of light were visible to tbc
glance of this noble instrument, he inferred that
I those specks were star-galaxies thus tar away;
■ that they were really star-groups, so for off that
light-beams could only flash from them by a
passage of close upon ft million of ydirs. Tlio
recent discoveries of-Lord Ross have tfono a long
way to confirm the sagacious deduction of the
illustrious astronomer of the eighteenth centu
ry. In his still more gigantic instrument, many
of Sir William Ilcrscliel’s faint specks are now
seen as glorious stars clustering round
each other as bcoi In swarm. '• The Le
viathan telescope of Liftd Ross, which has ac
complished this most'imporlant result, opens
the enormous pupil with, something like an
eighty thousand ,cyo'penetrating power, and
pierces os-far again mtotcmotcnesS as the great
telescope of Sir William Ilcrschel did-1 Still it
seems only to have carried human visipn
paratively trifling and unimportant step nearer
to the Hounds of universal space; for there,
upon the new horizon which its penetrating
glance brings ifilo’stghfc, fresh specks of starless
light loom as intractable and irresolvable to its
powers as the old ones Were. j
The veteran philosopher, a very
high authority in these'matters, after V delib
erate consideration of all the circumstances con
cerned, hng ptycedhis bcly-Tupon record in the
pages o T- coshwi, that*some - ef these tfptck*- re-,
veal themselves to,, thir observer by means ofj
light beams wlifch started from Ahem millions
of years ago. And so Lignin, in all probability,
still larger telescopes, that would discern stars
in these specks, would fetlll find other specks
beyond them which have never yet presented
themselves to human vision.
Such Is the universe which astronomical sci
ence now calls upon the intellect of mankind to
recognize; a scheme in which star-systems,
each composed of myriads of orbs, are as num
erous as the stars themselves aro in the glorious
firmament of night, and in which tho star-sys
tems aro distributed through an expanse that
flashing light cannot cross m millions of years,
although it can circle round the earth, Seeming
ly so vast, eight times in a second ! To an in
telligence that has been made capable of fathom
ing these depths, and comprehending these re
sults, the universe really presents itsclfas "un
finished” or "infinite/* "Infinity” properly
means that which is not finished or bounded
(Infinitum) With the scope of human investiga
tion or research.
Anecdote op Fox.—l saw Lanordi make
the flrst ascent in a balloon,.that had been wit
nessed in England. It was from the Artillery,
ground. Pox was there with his brother, Ge
neral P. The crowd was immense. Fox hap
pening to put his hand down to his watch, found
another hand upon it, which ho immediately
seized. “My friend,” said he to the owner of
the strange hand, “ you have chosen on occu
pation which will bo your ruin at Inst.” “0,
Mr. Fox,” was the reply, •« forgivo.mc and let
mo go. X have been driven to thld course by
necessity alone; my wife and children arc star
ving at home.” Fox. always *.tender hearted,
slipped n guinea into the band.ond then releas
ed it. On the conclusion of the show, -Fox
proceeded to look what o’clock it was: "My
watch is gone!” ho exclaimed. •* Yes, answer
cd General F., “I know it; f saw your friend
take it.” “ Saw him take it, and ir.okp no at
tempt to stop him ?” u Really, you and ho
appeared to be on such good terms I didn’t in
terfere. — Rogeru.
A Judicial and Jowotoua Hint.—General
D : was more distinguished for gallantry in
the field than for the care ho lavished upon per
sonal cleanliness. Complaining, on a certain
occasion to the late Chief Justice B— of the
suffering ho endured from rheumatism, that
learned and humorous judge undertook to pro
scribe a remedy.
“ You must desire your servant,’/ ho said to
tho general, “ to place every morning by your
bedside a tub three parts full of worm water.
You will then got into tho tub,*nnd having pre
viously provided yourself with a pound of yel
low soap, you must rub your whole body with
it, immersing yourself occasionally in the wa
ter, and at the end of a quarter of on hour, the
process concludes by wiping yourself dry with
towels, and scrubbing your person with a flesh
brush.'’
“ Why,” said the general* after a few min*
ales' reflection upon what ho had just heard,
“this seems to bo neither more nor less than
washing yourself!”
“ Well,” rejoined tho judge, “ it is open to
that, objection I”— New xorh Times,
Wno Stoned Stkitikn ?—The Buflolo Dem-
Oofttt narrates this good > Rtojy• of one' of Iho
miniature men, vulgarly, colled children ;
A teacher in a Sunday school in K- , was
examining a class of little boys from a Scrip
turo.catechism. The first anesUou'was t '
, “Who Atoned Stephen ?"• -
I Answer—“ Tho Jews.”
Second ques. —“Where did they stone him ?*'
.Answer-—" Beyond the limits of the city.” ,
The third qucslfon-^ 4 Why did they- take 1
him beyond the,limits of the city?” was not
in the book, and proved a poser to the whole
class j it jiniscd from head to*foof without any
answer being attempted. At length a Uttlo’fel
low,.who had been scratching Ids head nil the
while looked up and said 1 ; ■ . I
VWcll, I don’t know, unless it was to get a
fair fling at him;" 1
it lift
A Ficlilloni Thief.
A philosopher has said, ‘-Take away interest
and vanity from the heart of man, and human*
ily la perfect.”
M. Charles Edmond, author of La Floren
tine, relates apropos of the vanity of our nge, a
little story of Heinrich Heine.
Heinrich .Heine, when very young, set out
one fine morning from Hamburg, and started
for Germany.
He arrives one evening at Manheim, enters
the fnuberge of the Golden Lion, and finds, in
the dining hall, a man with white hair and a
respectable appearance, digesting his dinner
by reading a newspaper. From time to lime
he sighed heavily.
Heinrich Heine moved (remember he was
very, young,) and asked or the unknown, the
cauSe of his grief.
“Ah, monsieur!” ho groaned, in reply, and
ordered a bottle of Johtmmsbcrg.
Our two Germans drank together ; Heinrich
Heine renewed his question ; and the unknown,
who was always sighing, suddenly yielding to
the desire of removing from his heart on cnor
mous weight, said to him :
“Listen to me. My name is Muller ;lam a
very-rich merchant of Nuremberg ; 1 have two
hundred thousand livrcs income, an adorable
wife and charming children ; my health is ex*
ccllcnt, and I am the most unfortunate of
men !”
“How is that ?”
“All! (Another sigh.) How to make you so
terrible an avowal! I have committed a crime
in my life—l have stolen !”
“Rich as you are, what hinders you from re
storing the sum you have taken ?”
“There does not pass a month that I do not
give, in charities, in pious works, the double,
the triple, the quadruple of what I have pur
loined ; but the claw of the vulture docs not
leave me a moment of sweet repose.”
“And how has a man like you been able to
yield to tho temptation of theft ?”
“A vertigo. I had the honor of dining with
the Duke of Nassau, at his chateau at Bibor
ich ; the prince, who has a very particular con
sideration for mo. placed me on his right, and
wo talked during the diniicr, of one thing and
another. ‘Monsieur Muller, 1 said the duke to
me, *how is Madame Muller 1* ‘Your high
ness is 100 good.’ ‘And the little Mullers ?’—
‘Very well. But your highness docs me too
much honor. Tho Duke do Nassau places me
on (he footing of a flattering familiarity.*
“Suddenly I saw shining before my eyes a
little silver gilt spoon. What passed in my
brain I know not, but at Ihe moment when tho
duko turned his head, I; stretched my hand
slily.along the cloth, look, the spoon, and put
it In'mv pocket. . ’
“Tins, sir, is what I did at'tho house of tho
Duke do Nassau.” -
And Mr. Muller, wl\!0 had just finished his
third bottle, tumbled oft to sleep, and. in spilo
of his remorse, snored like, a bass viol.
Some days after this conversation. Heinrich
Heine mode inquiries in regard to this man—
He wag truly M. Muller, a merchant of Nur
emberg,'.possessed of . two hundred thousand
francs, incomc.-iiD.was surrounded by a largo
family, but—he had never dined at tho house of
the DU he do- -Nassau. — Ho had 7 Ofily-tn*«ntcfi
the Table of tho spoon to pursupdc people that
bo was the friend of a duke. ‘ "• • 'V-
P/QCf/cal Preaching.
Colored ministers often excel in those quali
ties in which many of their white brethern
arc specially deficient—pungency and direct
ness; and the following sketch of a sermon, for
whose accuracy the editor of an exchange gives
his personal voucher, is a good illustration of
these important qualities : .
Dropping into an African meeting house in
tho outskirts of tho city, wo found the sermon
just commenced. The topic seemed to be the
depravity of the human heart, and the sable
divine thus illustrated his argument:
“Breddern, when I was in Virginia, one day
do ole woman’s kitchen table got broke an’ I
was sent into do woods to cut a tree to make a
new leaf for it. So I took do axe on my shoul
der, and I wandered into the depths of de for
est.
All nature was beautiful as a lady going to
do weddin’. Dc leases glistened on do maple
trees like new quartcr-dollars in de missionary
box, dc sun shone os brilliant, and nature look
ed as gay as buck rabbit in a parseloy garden,
and de little belle round do ole sheeps neck
tinkled softly and musically in tho distance.
I spied a tree suitable for do purpose, and X I
raised do axe to cut into do trunk. It was a
beautiful tree. Dc branches reached to dc four
.corners of dc earth, an’ raised up so high in do
air above, and do squirils hop about in do limbs
Uko little angels flapping their wings in do
kingdom of heaven. Dat tree was full ob
promise, my friends, just like a great many ob
yo«-
Don I cut into do trunk, and make dc chips
lly like dc mighty scales dropping from Paul’s
eyes. Two, three cuts I gave dat tree, and
’las, ’lwas holler in de butt!
Dat tree was berry much like you my friends,
full ob promise outside, but holler in de butt! ”
The groans from the amen corner of the room
were truly contrite and aflccling, but wn will
venture a small wager that; that was tho most
practical sermon preached in tho ett}*, on that
day at least.
[£7* XiCigh Hunt was asked by a lady, at
desert, if ho could not venture on nn orange.—
"Madame, I should bo happy to do so, but I
am atraid X should tumble oil.”
Jamshid was tho first person who wore rings
on his fingers, and these he wore on his left
hand. When asked why ho did not ornathent
tho right band, which is the superior, ho an
swered. ‘‘sufficient for tho right is the orna
ment of being right.” Tho old gentleman who
supposed ho could stop a rnl-holo with tainted
cheese, has just been overtaken by another hal
luncialion, vs., that young women can bp kept
from knowing “What’s what," by sending
them to boarding school.
A young clerk undertook to commit suicide
last week uy shooting his daguerreotype. He
wos unsuccessful, however. This is the third
ottempt ho has made on his life within the last
three months. Cause—broken sleep, brought
un by intense devotion to a young lady With
auburn ringlets.
[C7"“Tho ladies of Germany have an odd
way, too, of keeping their skirls from under
their feet. They put a b'clt-oflcn rt plairf,
leather strap—about the hips, on inch or twp
below the Waist, and draw the dress up a little.
The strap holds it.’ If a lotjy Is going out on
the .dirty mrtet in bad weather, ten to one you
will see her produce froin a pocket the invaria
ble old leather strap, catch up her garments
just out of the reach of the mud, and. fasten
them so. By this contrivance her hands arc
left at liberty, and her olothcs protected. '*
tL/" “Why don’t you hold up your head'as
I do ?" asked an aristocratic lawyer of, a stcr-.
ling old fanner. 1
“Squire,” said the farmer, “ look : at that
field of grain. You scd.that all valuable heads
I arc.bowed down, whilcthoeo.that havo nothing
lift them stand upright.’’ -
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM
An Agricultural Governor.
Governor Wright, of Indiana, says nn ex*
change makes pretensions to great agricultural
science, deep skill in all the mysteries of grain,
roots, manures, &c., but really knows nothing
about the subject. On this point, the Wabash
Express tells tho following hard story :
Not many Springs ago, his Excellency, in
company with another distinguished citizen of
Indiana, was riding In the country. In pass
ing a beautiful field of grain just begining to
head, the Governor reined up his horse, and
burst into rapturous admiration of the wheat.
Quoth Ned, “Governor, how much will ihat
wheat yield to the acre ?”
“Oh, from seventeen to twenty bushels.”
“What kind of seed is that from, Gover
nor 1”
“Common Winter. That is the best for this
soil.”
"You arc tho President of tho Agricultural
Society, are you not, Governor?”
“I am, Sir.”
“Delivered Ihe address before the Agricultu
ral Society of New York, lost year ?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“You are the author of an eloquent passage
about the cultivation of roots and lops *”
“A mere trifle, Ned.”
“Well, youarc the only ass T ever saw who
could not tell oats from wheat!”
A certain farmer, one of the Governor’s con
stituents, who had a profound admiration for
his talents and practical knowledge, wrote to
him for advice as to the best method of impro
ving his slock of sheep. The Governor’s an
swer was instant, brief, sententious, sincere.
Got-a Hydraulic Ram—better than the South
down for mutton, equal to the Merino for wool.”
The Express adds : “If this dosen’t settle (lie
question, we have a pumpkin story in reserve
that may cast some light upon it.
Ulan Only Smiles.
Nothing on earth can smile but a man !
Gems may flash reflecting light, but. what is a
diamond-flash compared with an eye-flash and
mirth-flash ? Flowers cannot smile. This
is a charm which even they cannot claim.—
Birds cannot smile, nor any living thing. It
is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness,
and joy—these three. It is the light in the
window oCthc face, by which the heart signifies
the father, husband or friend, that is at home
and waiting. A face that cannot smile is like
a bad that cannot blossom and dries up on the
stalk. Laughter is day and sobriety is night,
and a smile is the twilight which hovers gently
between bolh, more bewitching than either.—
But all smiles arc not alike. The cheerfulness
of vanity is not like the smile of love. Tho I
smile of gratified pride is not like the radiance
of goodness and truth. Tho rains of summer
fall alike upon all trees and shrubs, But when
the storm passes, and on every leaf hangs a
drop, each gentle puff of wind brings with it
something of thfc nature of tho leaf or blossom
on which it hung, the roadside leaf yields dust,
the walnut leaf bitterness, some flowers poison,
while the grape blossom, the roSo and sweet
briar.lend their aroma to the twinkling drops
and send them downed perfumed. And so it
is with smiles every heart-perfumes ac
cording to . Its nature—selfishness is acrid,
Jride, bitter, good will, sweet and fragrant.—-
lenry JFard Jieecher.
Peace.—How beautiful is peace—at the home
hearth, in society, in the nation, and over all
lh« earth! Oblitcrator of feuds, washer out
of blood stains, and uniter of world’s races in
oving brotherhood ! Six thousand years—since
Cain smote his brother at the alter—the earth
has travailed with war. and in Wood. The 1
chief land-marks spared by the ages have lyjen
trophies of ferocious conquest. Ruin and terror
have swept over hills, and valleys, and seas : and
humanity, born with so noble and glorious vis
age. has walked a perturbed and terrible spirit
in this earth-garden and paradise of God. —
Peace, which should have been the companion
of man, and the inspirer of beauty and joy, has
only Hashed at brief and w'do intervals, through
the cloud and storm of earth’s life. But it will
not—lt cannot be forever thus ! The war of
humanity with itself—lts suicidal strifo—its es
trangement from its original nature, aad frojn
I God, cannot always last. Eighteen hundred
years ago. one came upon the earth, heralded by
angels, who sang, “Peace on earth and good
1 will unto men.” And the prophbojr of that
song must fylly come to pass. The unnatural 1
war among men,societies, and nations must!
cense. Slowly, but certainly, tilt cloud and I
tempest will roll back, unveiling the clear and I
serene sky—and humanity self-bound, like)
Prometheus to his rook, will shako off Uio vul- 1
lure which tortures it to agony. Peace will
come to all the earth, for God has set a token,
and given promise of it. Then shall a divino
dove ily out from tho human ark, over the wide
sea of tho world’s ruin, plucking a fadeless olive
leaf, and the bow of promise shall bo set in tho
heavens, that tho blood of war’s desolation
shall no more cover the earth.
A Good Siiot.—-Among the most active ami
daring of Marlon’s men were Robert Simins and
William Withers. They had been sent togclh
cr on some confidential expedition ; while rest
ing at noon for refreshments, Withers, a prac
(iced shot, was examining his pistols to see if
thny wore in good order, while Sirnins sat near
him, either reading or in a reverie. “Dob, M
said Withers, “if you had not that bump on
the bridge of your nose. you would be rf likely
young'fellow. Do you think so ?’’ said Sim*
ina, listlessly. “ Yea, said Withers, “I think
I con shooO>ll that ugly bump on your nose.—
Shall I shoot 7° 4 ‘ Shoot!” said Simina; and
crack went the pistol. The ball could not have
been better aimed; it struck the projecting
bridge, demolished U forever, and henceforth
Simina was tho ugliest man in the army.
A RoDDkri’s CXvk—DiacovEiijV op oukat
WkAltii.—lt has been known to a very few
persons in this city for some time, that a dia*
covcry of great wealth hag been made in the in*
tcrior of Kentucky, (m the line bT the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, by a,poor family ftho
forocrlv lived in this city. Tho discovery was
made,by a young man while.plowing in the
field, about six month since. As ho was plough.
Ing leisurely along, the earth auddcnly gave
way under Ida' feet, and ho wn3 precipitated
into an intmertfio cavern. Much injured by (bo
(all, tho young ipan in casting alxml him lor
some means wherewith to got ot|t, discovert!
rtumbera of iron safes an d tilrdng boxes, which
upon investigation were found to contain gold
and silver com,’ jowclryand other valuables to a
fabulous amount. The plantation upon which
dll this treasure was found does n6t bclohg to I
tho fortunate discoverers, who only lease (he 1
properly, and from' motives; oT acoutily they
Itavo kept -the sccret.of, thuir good fortune to
themselves,'. Ancmineutlegolgentlemanofthis ,
city is about interesting himself to secure (he j
fortunato family in thbmVnoruhlp of these groat ,
treasures, the result of.whoao.labors in oouuec* <
tion with other particulars, wo will give in a i
few days.— Louisville Dmocrqf t April 1 ith.
i£)trhjßf .Giib (Bnk.;*
BibtH'DA? op, tub Pbbsidbkt.— On the even
ing of tho 28d alt., .President Buchanan waij
so-onaded by tfie Marino band, bd tbe,occasion
of the 66th annivcrAary olhisbirtb*day_ ...
DS7T Seven hundred emigrants passed through
Cleveland, Monday, en route fbr the tVeat.
. [£7" George Vail Snodgrass, of tho Bordell
murder case, has gone West to locate*;
German society In Chicago, hprabcfr
ing eight hundred members, are about to start
for Kansas to form a oily and'ecltlemont.
Qp*Hrs,. Margaret McFarland, of Baltimore,
came to her death on'Saturday morning last, in
conseqncnco-of having ,takofa a dose of arsenic
in mistake for mngnosWl • - - -• • ---
NO. 47.
motion is to bo made, in araojrith or
two, in the, Siiprenlo .Cptirf, scyv York;. Jo*, 'dis
charge Lewis Baker and his confederated ih juo
I Poole murder case, from fbcir.rcco^lzUnccs*'
OS'* George VTv Johnson,.one, olthodargcsi
sugar planters on (bo MiS3fSßJppl,' bcIoW, f Xvexv
Orleans, died recently, leaving ahostatevaladd
at $7,000,01)0.' • fie has, by his will, manumitted
all his slaves, 1,200 In number vr-;:'.
In a suit brought In tlj.o'pfnciptiof| Courts
by one Hoover, to recover money fro&’torib
MeUvillo, alleged to have been lost by gambling,
tho jury returned verdict for plalnlltf tor Uio
sum of $2,210.
EET-Ronbcn, a slave boy, Is to bo hung in
Caroline co., Va,. for attempting to murder his
mistress, Mrs. Clift, near Port Royal.: *
E£P“ln Patrick Henry cb\,Va., the tobacOo
plants are nearly all killed by tho cold, and tho
wheat looks very unpromising. . i
RF~A mechanic in Hartford, Conn.,'named
Carlmill, was walking out with his wife in jfbac
city, when tho latter suddenly brnty a Jffpoq
vessel, and tho blood gushed from her mouth In
a stream. Her husband at onco supported her,
but she died in his aims. . , , ’
“ Union,” tho Kansas correspondent, of
tho St. Louis Democrat, sayst “Kansas will
have a population of one hundred thousand bona
(Ido settlors before emigration ceases in 1857.,
Massachusetts qrtgionfos more thanlii)
share of scandal. Tho Rev. Mr. Farrington, a
Methodist clergyman at Cohassct, is now on
trial by a Church .Council,.on charges of not
only a criminal nature, but disgustingly so. His
accuser is a member of his church.
CP" Tho expedition of Berryman found
no rock along the line of the proposed telegraph,
but \ soft bed of minute shells. Tho greatest
depth was about two and ono-thlrd miles. Thd
most wonderful discovery was, that for more
than thirteen hundred miles tho bottom of the
ocean is an almost unbroken plain!
[Ey” French papers state (hat Devlsimo, (ho
celebrated armorer, has invented an explosive
ball, which will kill and instantly tear to pieces
tho lion, (ho tiger, boat 1 , or bven (ho whale.
Biddle Roberts', Hsu., has received tho
appointment of District Attorney for Western
Pennsylvania, vice Shaler, resigned;
Samuel W. Black, Esq., has been ap
pointed Chief Justice of Nebraska, Vico Under
wood, resigned.
CE7* Tho weather at tho South is as unseason
able as it is hero. At Savannah, bn Friday,
there was a heavy frost, and ice was fortndct.at
Augusta. Snow fell also on that day near At
lanta, Ga. The Now Orleans papers of Tuesday
last speak of frost tbero, and snort 1 in different
portions of Mississippi.
lE7* A livery keeper in Albany, Now T6rk»
finding it difficult to collect a debt bt a gentle
man in that city, ordered his roan to draw (ho
hearse up in front of lb© debtor's house, and if
any of the inmates of tho house spoke to him,
to present tho bill. The scheme was successful {
tho bill was paid, and the hcarto returned to ltd
quarters.
A horrible murder, was commuted at
Grcencasllc, Indiana, on Friday of last wcelc.
Somo two woeks ogo, a man, namo unknown, \
married a lady of respectability of that neigh- \
borhood, andwllfblly murdered her by striking H
her on tho head with a Are shovel. Ilfs OhJofct
was to possess himself of hot* estate; Thoinrtr
doror was arrested Immediately.
By A fellow In North Carolina; having bceH
pat In Jail for manying thirteen wives, recently
made his escape. A gentleman afterwards rp
cdgnllod him, and an&lofis' ft) secure the reward
for his apprehension. Invited him io dinner, ana
then slyly flipped out in pursuit of a constables
but gloat was lifa on his return to flea
tlmt the ctilprlf had absconded with his own
wife!
Qy Mr. John Henry, of WcalmotolafiiJ, V*.»
aat week, shot a wild goose measuring six feet
icroß< the wings.
K7**Tho Sardinian Government renews Its
demand to (ho present Administration, for In
. demnity to her subjects who Were sUffercre frotu
• tho bombardment of QrcytoWn.
Qy Thomas Crawford, tho celebrated Ameri
can sculptor, Is hopelessly 111. A Idler fi-oftl
Paris, under data of March 29th, says ho Is be
yond all human aid.
CC7“ The Legislature 6f Now York has pasied
a now law for licensing the solo of int6ilth)(lo£
liquors. It creates a Board of foclso In .each
county to grant licenses. No storekeeper licensed
allowed to soli liquor to bo drank on the pre
mises. No liquor to bo sold tb Dprfo
persons complained of as hau/thaf aranltardS.
No sales of liquors on Sunday, and everjt peti
tion for license must bo signed by at Idut 20
respectable freeholders.
Qy Groat excitement prevails In Knoxville,
Knox co,, 111., gfpwlng out of an attempt by
Andrew J. Mcßride, a iplfllhatis't and ficoluro,
to produce abortion on Elizabeth Jones', s young
lady who resided In his family, who became a
convert to his doctrines and tho victim offals
pasSiontf. lie administered drugs liber undpr
(ho pretended direction of the spirits, and sho
died. Mcßride has escaped.
DT’A new daily paper, called the Staiii,
made its appearance fa ifash/ngfob bity lost
week."
Qy A groat freshet occurred last week bn tho
Kcnnobco river, In Maine. Bridged, hjodeJ,
&c., wore carried away. '
Qy The wife ,o t flic ifon. fcoboft T. Obrirad
died, recently, at Philadelphia, after a protract
ed illness.
Indian hunting In Florida la. a very un
successful business. The troops who went fa
pursuit of tho rcd.sklnsonlysadcieeaoaln catch
ing the—monads!
A. good bopk and a good woman arc ex
cellent things foil (hose who know how Justly to
appreciate thuir value. There arc men, how
ovof, v'ho Judge both from thb beauty of thelf
covering.
, A strange affair, fcsulflng In (fio possible
ueath of three persons, took place about two
miles' Iroto Kddyvillo, lorta,. oh tho 10th ult.
As one ol tho Westofn Stago Company's cbschl-s
reached (lint point. d passenger by tho name Of
Jos. Foltorsonjr., from Joliet, Illinois, In whoso
previous appearance nothing singular bad been
observed, dxcfolmcd, “Why did yoti kill my
cousin?" With a pistol and a difk.kniTo.ho
(lien commenced a most terrible onslaught upon
the passengers, mortally wounding Dr. Tlmmoh,
ol KnoXvitlo, Muflori county, and a fcontlenian
of Montgomery county, Ohio, nnd sovbrolyio-'
Jurlng.o Mr. llylawdor, of Jasper county, lowa.
Ho waif oh entire stranger to all (ho parties In
jured, and insanity oqly can bo assigned for the
commission cl tho net. ...
Cattle fl-Ow
d gentleman who came tyfroih Conertfd, yc«qr
dnv. (hat many cattle nro dying (Vbrt slnrvollOn
lu‘that town, The hoy irf entirely consumed,
ami none can bo pnrohaaod in (ho vicinity at
any price. Some of tho farmers have cottvo into
I (bo city for corn (o keep (heir stock alivo. Jn
several .towns In Cattaraugus county, cows oro
said (o bo- dying for want ’of food. The snow
slin lios upon (ho ground, (ho roads afo buhost
impassable, and as the hay, straw and grain nro
exhausted, (hero Is no alternative fortho Ihtm
ors but to su(Ter tludr catlto to dlo. This la &
sad state of things fur this season ol tho Vehr.*-
Buffalo Courier, 22d. • • • ,