, AMERICAN YOLUKTKEK, rePtWnED ,?vpav, xauttSDAY-morniko nt John tl. llraltou. 'T-E S <3nn.nn«rio!t —Ono Dollar and Fifty Cunts, paid inadvance., Two MM-, and Two Doibirs and Fifly C*Ws, if cot paid within tilo 'year.' Tboso tones wHI l>°rJg 4dly adborbd to in overs' instance. /No sub ‘SorttrtlondTacontinncd' until all anroaragos arc paid unless at the option of tbo tailor. _ AnvEnTisEMENra— Accompanied by the, Cask, anil not exceeding ono square, will bo inserted throe times for One Dollar, and twonly-flyo cents iof. each additional insertion. ■ Those of a fires t tflWteßgth in proportion. - S ■;'Vpß'l , ni.NTiNO—Such os Hand-Bills, Posting blllSi Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &0., &b.; oxo cutod with accuracy and ot tho shortest notice. |sortltnL TAB TBDTU DOTH NEM DIB. Though kingdoms,"states, and empires tail, And dynasties decay i . Though cities crumble Into dust, . And nations dio away; Though gorgeous towers and palaces In heaps of ruin He, tVhloh once wore proudest of the proud, - ■ Tho truth doth never did ■ffVll moum not thoisllcnt past— Its glories aro not tied, Although Its moo of high renown Bo numbered with tho dead, -TVb’ll griovo not o’er what earth has lost j It canuot culm a sigh, •OFor tho wrong alono hath perished—- Tho Truth doth never dlo 1 All of the past is living still— All that Is good and (rue; * Tho rest has perished, and It did Deserve to perish too. The world rolls ever round and round, And time rolls over by; Andjho wrong ta over rooted up, But Truth doth never die I' m HOME NOEL. Sho dwelt apart from early youth, In gcntlo household ways; Contented with her mother's smile, And with her father’s pralso. Hera was “ tho graco of quiet born,” Of fancies gay* and pure; 0/ trusting lovo (hat could obey. And strength that could endure. Beauty from simplest actions rose, And hnrmpny from strife; So did her kindly spirit fuso Tho elements of life. Hera was the hand that freely gave, The ready smilo-or sigh, Tho cheek that true to fooling flushed, Tho bright and upward byo. A stranger came, ho look'if and loved, 110 whisper’d at her side;. - • Tliero fell a shadow on her homo The day he claim’d his bride. And well sho kept her vows, sho turn’d The prosp of life to song; But all too high that strain for earth — And it was hushed ere long. * Sho died, ere lovo was fully told, As dies a flower in Spring; lost, nor heaven gained ( ' A falser, sweeter thing. 1 /Ay,'hundreds like her live and die, V '' ;ld > Epgland’B household bowers; are tho hearts that feel “ Such angels yet are ours.” 3filsrtllnntm DEAfil OP CICERO. ♦ Marcus Cicero having got safe to Astura, em barked, and with ft fair wind arrived at Clrcii. When-tho vessel was again about to sail, ills wavered, ho (Uttered himself that matters ia,m\gUt ycl lake a more favorable turn; ho laml !g*otl, end travelled about twelve miles on Ids way Wto Hoino-. but. his resolution again failed him, a and ho onco more returned lounnla tho sea.— I Being arrived on the coast, he sill) hesitated, re mained on shore, and passed the night in agonies 1 of sorrow, whioh wore interrupted only by mo moratory starts of indignation and rage, tinder (hcao emotions, ho sometimes solaced himself with a prospect of returning to Rolno m dis guise, of killing himself In Iho presence ol Oc tavius, and of staining the person of that young traitor with «ho blood of a man, whom ho had so ungratefully and so vilely betrayed, Lven this appeared to his Iranlic Imagination eowo Uegroo of revenge, but tho fear of discovered before ho could execute his purpose, the pros pect of tho tortures and'indignities ho was like ly to suffer, deterred him from this design { and being unablo to take any resolution whatever, ho committed himself td his attendants, WnS car ried on board of a vessel,and sfeoredfor Capua. Jfcar to this placo, having another villa, on (ho Bhoro r ho was again landed, and being fatigued with tho motion of tho sea, went to-resh but his Servants, according to Iho Btiporstltioh of tho times, being disturbed with prodigies and unfa vorable presages, or rather being sensible of • their master's danger, alter a little repbso awa ’ Hod him from his sleep, forced hllh Ihlo Ms lit ter, and hastened again to embark. Soon after they were gone, Popilius Bronas, a tribune of tho legions, and Iloronnius, a centurion, with n party who had been for Somo days In search of thj«*prcy, arrived at (ho villa. Fropliius had tccoivcd particular obilgatlbhs from Cicerb, having-boon defended by him when tried upon a criminal accusation t but those wore times, In *liich bad men could make a merit of ingrall* jade to their former benefactors, wlioh It sorvccl to Ingratiate them with those In power.. This officer, with his party, finding Ifio gates Of the court aud the passages of tho villa shbt, burst them open | but missing the person they Bought far, and-suspecting ho.must have taken bis Ulghfogaln to tho sen, they pursued through on avenuo that led to tho shore, and camo In Bight of-Clccro’s litter, bofbro ho had loft tho walks of his own garden. On tho appearance ofamilltaryparty,Cicero perceived tho end of his labors, ordered tho bearers of tho litter to halt { alid having beoh hitherto, while there were any hopes of escape, distressed chloQy by tho perplexity and imloci slon of his own mind, ho became, as soon as ids fate appeared to be Certain, determined and c »lm, In this situation, ha was observed (o stroke ids cbln with his loft hand, a gesture for which ho was rutV s vrkablo In Ids moments of thoughtfulness, and when least disturbed Upon tho approach of the party, ho put his bead from (ho litter, and fixed his eyes upon the trt. hUDo with great composure. Tho countenance of a man bo well known to every Homan, no\y Worn out With fatigue ttUd dejection, and disfig ured by tho neglect of tho usual ajtonilon to his person, made a moving spectacle oven to those who camo to assist in his murder. They hur tled away, while the assassin performed his of fice, and severed the head from.pis body. Tims perished Marcus Tullius Cicero, in (ho CAth year of his ago. • DRATH OR POMPBY. Achillas, with a fow of hta attendants, cnmo on board in ft small boat, delivered a message from I’tolcirjy,' inviting Poropoy to land. In tho meantime, sorao Egyptian galleys, with an in* tendon f to secure him. drew near to his üblpi and tho wholo nnny, with tho Icing nt their head, jvero drawn out on tho shore to receive him.— Tho sizo of the boat, and the oppeqrnm?o of tho oqnlpogo which caluo on tills errand, soomod dlsnroportloned .to tho rank of Pompoyj and Achillas made an apology, alleging that deeper tosaols could wot go near enough to land him on (hat shallow part of tho const; Pompoy's friends endeavored to dissuade him from accept ing of an Invitation so Improperly delivered j but ho answered Uy quoting two lines from So phocles, which Implies, that whoever vistit a khig, though he arrive a free man, ihust become hi* •(«t»c. Two of Ids servants went before liim into (ho'hont to receive their master j ami with this Attendance ho put oil’from the ship. _ii wife, Cornelia, nud Sextus, the youngest oi ids sons, with some other friends; remained! i 2 8«fllolontly lunnblod* by tho preoed '“fi'WtokCs of fortune, (defeat nt Pharsnllo,) BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 44. anxious for (bo future, and trembling under the expectations of a scene which was acting before them. Soon after (ho bargo had left tho ship, i’ompoy looking behind bira; observed among (ho Egyptian soldiers, a person whoso’ counte nance ho recollected, ana sold to him —« Suroi ly, fellow soldier,* yon and I have served somo- Whofo together.” While ho turned to speak these words, Achilles bcckoped to: tho; other soldiers, who, understanding (ho, signal to put tllo Roman general to death, struck’ him with (heir swords. Pompey was so much prepared for.'this event, that ho perceived tho whole of his situation at onto, and sunk without making, any straggle, or uttering one Word. This was done in tho presence of tho king of Egypt and of his army, who were ranged on a kind of am. phithcatrc, formed by the shore. The vessel In which the unhappy Cornelia, with hci' family, was left, and the litllo squadron which attended it, ns if (hoy had received a signal to depart, cut their cables and fled.. Thus died Pompey, Who, for aboVo thirty years, enjoyed (ho reputation of the first captain of tho ago. 'Tho title of great, originally no moro than a casual expression of regard, from Sylla, continued, in tho manner of tho Romans, to ho given him as a mark of esteem, and a name of distinction. Ho attained to more considera tion, and enjoyed it longer than any other Ro man cltizdn; and was supplanted nt last, because, for many years of his life, ho thought himself too high to bo rivalled, and too sccuro.to bo shaken In his place. His last defeat, and tho total ruin which ensued upon it, was the conse quence of an overweening confidence, which left him altogether unprepared for the first un toward event.- Tho impression of his character, oven after that event, was still so strong in (ho minds of ids enemies, that Caesar overlooked all tho other remains of (ho . anqnishcd party to pursue their lender. DEATH OF BRUTUS, As, from the signal now made, it appeared to Brutus and the small company who attended him. that the camp was still in possession of their own ppoplc, they thought of making their wily thither ; but recollecting that the greater part of the army were dispersed, they doubted whether the lines could bo defended until they could reach them, or even if they should bo maintained'so long, whether they could furnish any safe retreat. While they reasoned in this manner, one of their number, who went to the brook for water, returned with the alarm that the enemy were upon the opposilc bank j and saying, with some agitation, 44 Wo must fly.” Vcs,” replied Brutus, «• but with our hands, not with our feet.” lie was then said to have repented, from some poet, n tragic exclamation in the character of Hercules; "0 Virtue! I thought thee a substance, but find dice no more than an empty name, or the slave of Fortune.” The vulgar, in their traditions, willingly.lend dieir own thoughts to eminent men in distress; those of Brutus arc expressed in his letter to Aitfcus: " I have done my part, and wait for the issue, in which death or freedom is to fol low.” . If he had ever thought that a mere hon oralflo intention was to ensure him success, it is not surprising he was not sooner undeceived. Being now to end his life, and faking leave, of the company then present, ono by one, he said aloud, ‘‘That ho was happy in never having been betrayed by.any ono.no had trusted ns n friend.” Some of them, to whom ho after wards whispered apart, were observed to burst into tears ; and it appeared that ho requested their assistance in killing himself; for ho soon afterward** executed this purpose, in'company with one Strato and some others, whom he boa token aside. This catastrophe,'ns usual, set (he imagina tions of men to work ; and many prodigies and presages were believed to have preceded it. A spectre, it was said, hna presented Itself in tho night to Brutim, when he was about to pass Iho Hellespont, told him it was Ins evil genius, and was to meet him again at Philippi; that here it accordingly again Appeared on the eve of the late action. Brutus was then about thirty-seven or forty years of age. Next to Cato, he, of nil the Ro mans, was supposed to have acted from the pu rest motives of public virtue. EXCESSIVE DRESS. Tho consideration of dress ns a mirror Sn which it way be said to reflect tho moral con dition of the individual or the community, has never hud much serious consideration.* More (hah two-thirds of our race arc like floating corks, the blind creatures of all conflicting so cial currents, with little or no consciousness of action ns it should bo regulated by moral prin ciple. A plethoric influx of money, from com mercial and other pursuits, is sure to breed tho rankest kind cf luxury, which carries with it a vicious propensity to excessive dressing, and this assumes SO many morbid variations, as not only to insult art, to parody nature, but even to expose that sacrcdncss of personality la wo man which hasjbccn spiritually purchased for her by tho religious growth of ages. Out of brutal idotitary to fashion, or a degrading con cession to tho carnal tins of tho time,'women out too frequently poison our social atmosphere by immodestly roublng their persons of that chaste and becoming drapery, which is as en nobling to the wearer ns it is beneficial to the beholder. Tho person- of every woman has a fnofal dignity, a religious import, which can only bo vindicated and maintained by being be comingly and modestly attired- Whether in tho street or tho boudoir, this solemn (ruth should not bo IbrgOUctt. Men but (llUo dream that, in wickedly stimulating o love of dress by their overflowing pockets, and out of au insane vanity fur display, they arc busily engaged in infusing poison into iho moral roots of society, which must shoot forth sooner or later into tt forest of the*most terrible and blasting evils and obscenities.; Sensuality and vanity arc in every community interlinked like two vipers, and arc not only born out of, but arc perpetua ted by a misapplication of wealth.—Crugon. CAUGHT IN A TRAP. • Wa *n lole ty . l ! mt a strange event occurred m the village of Ilampignollca. France. One of 11.0 inhabitants hud dug n pit for Ilia purpose of catching a wolf, nnd after covering it’ put on the top, to attract the animal, a living goose Anotherinbabitant of the village Saw from a distance the goo.se. The obscurity not permit, ting him io distinguish the trap, ho approached and fell to tho bottom of the pit. The pit was eight or leu feci deep and the aides were perpen dicular. Great was his astonishment, npd f;rcalcr yet was his embarrassment, at finding limsclf in llmt position: and it was not until after having for sonio time called lor help that ho resolved patiently to wait for daylight nnd meanwhile innke.himsclf ns comfortable ns pos sible. Hut hardly hnd ho (nlccn this resolution when ho felt a heavy weight fall on his shoul ders. This was a wolf, which, attracted by tho bait, had also been caught by tho trap.—• You can easily imagine tho fright of the unfor tunate man. At length day broke ami to (ho poor companion of tho wolf it seemed iimo fur it to break, for tho night had appeared to him terribly Idng. Tho owner of the trap canio early to see what ho hnd caught, nnd foundlds neighbor in tho nit. IXo drew out tho unfortu nate man more (lend than alive, hut ho was less generous to tho wolf, which ho killed notwith standing his exemplary conduct through tho night. ! <§> '*oo7l COUNTHT—MAT. IT ALWAYS■ Bjf —BUT EIGHT OE WRONG, OUE COUNTRY.”- Mnn-oMYnt Bnrtal nt Sta mid on Shore, The burial of tho dead at sea is at all times an impressive and affecting ceremony. At tho shrill piping and floarso cry of tho boatswain and bis mates—“ All hands, bury tho dead> ahoy I” the Officers collect on the quarter-deck, and tho men, with tho boatswain nt their head, In tho waist i though with features not very ex pressive of gjlef. or pity, with a respectful and rather serious air in their rough; weather-beaten faces and sturdy bearing, as affecting, perhaps, strictly according with tho solemnity of tho occasion, as tho sobs, or it may bo, tho silence, ofa few near i datives, among a crowd of thought less, rcsticas, indifferent spectators on shore. — Tho body of tho deceased, sown up in his ham mock, with a shot or two to make ft sink, is now placed upon a plank, one end ot which rests at tho gangway, tho other upon tho shoulder of a couple of shipmates. The chaplain then steps forth, or in his absence one of tho officers, and reads (ho burial, service. At tho first w.oyds— “l am (ho resurrection and tho life”—officers and men uncover their heads; tho hum of tho busy and peopled deck for a time ceases, and nothing is hoard but tho voice of tho Quorter master, more impressive than silence, chanting at tho wheel his wonted ee Pott a little,” “Stea dy, so,” at times, to tho steersman. At tho words—“ Wo therefore commit his body to tho deep” tho body is launched from the plank 5 a sudden plunge is hoard; if sinks to its unknown and fathomless grave; tho ship passes carelessly on, like a bird shaking a feather, unconsciously from her wing; (he hum of its busy inmates, and tho hoarse brattling of the spoaklng’trumpct once more break in upon (ho silence ; and tho | dead is for tho time forgotten, and, perhaps, re membered no more. The burial of a seaman on shore is, unluckily for. tho more grave and scri. onsly disposed spectator, opt to bo attended with certain mistakes, and other incidents of a rather humorous diameter; for a sailor no soon er. leaves (lie ship than ho really seems to leave his wits with it. I was tho other morning Invit ed by ono of the Lieutenants to accompany him to one of the small lonely rocky islands, flung like a chain across tho entrance of tho bay,-and witness this, to me, novel ceremony. A few foot of earth had been thrown out from tho side of a hill at a short distance from the shore, and to this rude snbstiluto for a grave, tho coffin was borne on handspikes. An attempt was made to form tho mourners, to tho no great number of ten or fifteen, into a kind of strag gling funeral procession, but without much ef fect. There Was a constant stepping out Of tho lino to discover what was “ going on ahead and stumbling and jostling of shoulders, and grazing of heels, with at times a querulous, and to say tho least of it, hard word. Tho coffin having at length-been laid in Its rude grave, and the earth hastily filled in and heaped over it, the Lieutenant ordered thopv to gather round, and commenced reading, in a chnplain-likc manner, tho burial service. There was no groat atten tion, on the part of tho spectators, for they could not bo called listeners. Ono follow, with his hands thrust into (ho bosom of his jacket, might bo spied, spitting through his teeth, and looking forth, with a critical eyo, upon tho sea and ship, as if, forsooth, ho had never seen either before; anothci busily adjusting tho knotot a bit of rope yarn upon his old rag of a tarpaulin; a the leather belt of tho waistband ofhis breeches; a fourth deliberately helping blmseli toacomfort ablo-quld of tfbacco; and perchanco, a fifth sending forth a careful eyo around the Island;*!!*,’ by good hick, ho might detect some lurking va gabond of n Greek with a drop of liquor about him, to begot for love or money. Atthowords —“ Wo therefore commit this body to (ho earth —dust to dust, ashes to there was a sudden start and bustle in (bo whole company, and each catching np whatever of (ho earthly kind lay near him, and one,. I noticed, n stone of some two or three pounds weight, throw it upon the grave. Tim burial service finished, I supposed tho ceremony was over, but it scorned tho moat important part remained—which was to sol tho edge of the grave carefully around with green twigs and pebbles, tb the exclusion, no doubt, of all evil spirits and witches.—Jhio nyrmmx. Mr. Toodles in Beal Life. • As Copt, Ruffin and a gentleman formcrl}* connected with the press were passing along Fifth street, near Race, about 12 o’clock Satur day night, a lady opened a window abovo them and called for help. {.'What !s tho matter ma dam V 1 asked the gallant Captain. “0, sirs," was the reply. “ there thieves in the house. I am alone, and I beg you tocomo to my protec tion.” * Most certainly,” replied tho Captain. "Have you seen the thieves? Do you know they arc in tho house 1” “ Yes. sir, they arc in the entry. ' I heard them talking. Tho dour 5s locked sir, but hero is tho night-key {throw ing it out.) They aro in the entry now, and I beg of you not to leave mo until you arrest them.” The Captain shared his weapons with the cx-local editor, who ,sttfod boldly by biin, and easily unlocking tlio door, they threw it quicklyopen. There was tho villain! They caught him arid pulled him into tho street.— “Hello! hello!” muttered tho thief, “what do you—hie—mean, thus—hie—dragging a man from his—Bio -own htmfio!" • Your own house! you dan’tcomo that, my dear fellow.”, said the Coplain. “Stand up—youVo not drunk." “My friends,” sputtered tho intru der, ‘‘you’nnnisiakcn in tho man; I tell you that! am—" Hero tho lady at tho wiridott gave a scream. which she followed with—“Bbt him go 1 let him go 1 grncipus Heavens, it is my husband /” It appears that this Mr. Tood les No. 2, had gone homo very lato pretty well overcome vVlth liquor. • ,110 mauagea to get in side Iho door and closo it after him, but tho dark and the effect of tho brandy upon his brain confused him, and ho could n6t tell Which way to proceed. Ho was debating this question to himself, when his wife, sleeping abovo, awoke, and like a timid lady ns she is, instantly camo to tho conclusion that thieves were in tho house. —Ciucimta/i Times. (£7” Tho local editor of an excliartgfi. publish* es a punning market report, in Which ho states that “ tin .plates ore fiat, lead heavy, iron dull, rakes nob much inquired after, champaign brink, rheubarb and senna are drags, starch is stiffening, and paper is stationery. There is no lifa in dead hogs, bub considerable animation in oldchocso.'’ (O-If you arc in a hurry, never get behind a couple that is courting. They Want to moke so much of each .other, that they ‘ woulden’t move quick if they were going to a funeral.— Get behind your jolly married folks, who have lots of children at homo. If you wish to get along fa«t. But it is best to bo a little ahead ofelthor of them. (C7*limo is thocradloofhope, butlhograve of delusion. , Time is tho. stern corrector ol fools, but the salutary counsellor the wise.- Wisdom walks before It, opportunity with it, and Uepcntenco behind. Ho that luis made time Ids friend,' will Imva little to fear from his enemies: but he that hath made lime Ids ene my, will have little to hope from ids friends. . “ Go Mauht,”—Tho most beautiful flowers are thoso’which are double, such as double pinks, double roses, double daldins. What an argument is this against tho chilling deformity of shield bedsteads) “Go marry, is written on everything beautiful that the eye rests upon— beginning with (ho birds of paradise,'ana 1 leav ing off with apple-blossoms. « CARLISLE, PA.j, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1857, IDE DEW. “ Mamma,” ,aald lUtloTeobol, « "VVliilo I am fast asleep, i. The pretty grass and lovely flowefa Do nothing olso but weep.' « For every morning, When 1 wako, The glistening lio Upon each tiny blado of grass. And in- each oyo, ft I wonder why thq grass and flowers, At night bccomo J aosadj For early thro* their tcdrs.thcy smile* And socra all day ao- glatU “Perhaps *tis when tho sun goes down, They fear tho-gathering shade, And that is why they dev at night, Because they aro airijld. “Mamma, if I should go and tell Tho pretty'grass atTd'flowors About God’s watclifnJ lovo and caro Thro* tho dark midnight hours. I think thoy would no longer fear, But ccoflo, at night, ! ‘tp woop ; And then, perhaps, thUy'd bow their hands, And gontly go to steep.” “ TTlmt scomclh tears to you, my child, ta tho roirQahlhg'dety- Our Heavenly Father sypdeth down, Each-morn and evening now. “Tho glittering drops Of pearly dew, Aro, to tho grass and flowers, TYlmt slumber, thro* thq silent night, Is to this Hto ot ohrs. ; “Thus God remcmberl; all tho works Thot ho In lovo halh;toado 5 . O’er all, his watchfulness and caro, Aro night and day displayed.” . The Dead Babp. l>o not bend over that.’little cradle so hope lessly, with such passionate^grief. See a tear Ims fallen on the marble chqek, and dimmed its whiteness: think thee, bstwvvcd mother, no slam of sin shall over wring’a drop like Urn l from those gentle cydf. the pallor on the velvet cheek of (hat dead, innocent one,than the blush of shame that might, God knows best, paint it a fadeless red, hereafter.- Belter the chill of that fair brow, because,in heaven, the sister brow, (the spirit) Wears a crown of glory, than the manly forehead,.stamped with cares, crossed with toiling thought, or, mayhaps, branded with dishonor.'; BeKer tlio helpless, passive folding of those little hands, than the uplifted ami that might smite a brother to the earth; for think, mother, every Cain has once been pure, as lovely perhaps, ns that dead babe of thine. God takes in mercy ; ho £avo thee an angel, and he has called it home a little before— Around thee, there will henceforth ben spirit babe, folding its little wings by thy side, and comforting thee when thou art in affliction.— How sweet, thy soul is loosed from the bands of earth, to feel the soft arms of a little child, wafting thee lo the eternal mansions. ; > ..Ko...usc lor TwwjErs.vj-: On Iho morning, of the meteoric shower im 1833, Old Peyton who intended'roa king ao early start .to hi? work, got up m tho rm'dst of the display. 04 going to his door, he saw with amazement. th<l sky lighted up with the falling meteors, and ho Concluded-at onoo tho world was on fire, and (hat the day of judge ment had come. He stood for a moment gating \n speechless terror at the scche, and then with a yell of.hor ror sprang out of the door into tho yard, right into tho midst of Iho falling stars, and here in his efforts to dodge them be commenced a se ries of ground tumbling that would have done honor to a rope dancer.' Ilia wife being awa kened in tho meantime, and seeing old Peyton jumping and skipping about iho yard, called out to him to know what ip Ihemmob’scnsohc was doin' out that, dancing 'round without his clothes. But Peyton hoard not—lliojudgmcnt, and long back account ho would hSvo to settle, made him - heedless of all terrestrial things, and his wife by this time becoming alarmed at his behavior, sprang out of bed and running to the door, shrieking at the lop of her lungs— • Peyton. I sayPcylon: wbatv do you mean, jumping about out thar? Como in and put your trowsers on.’ . - • Old Peyton, whoso fears had near overpow ered him, fhinlly answered as he fell sprawling on tho earth— ' ‘Trowsers, Peggy! what the h—lPs tho use o’trowsera when tho world’s a fire.’. Getting to Heaven ky’ Woy of New. Orleans. The Philadelphia correspondent of tho New York-Dispatch gives tho folloSMng; . •A few days since, a young than who had long been attached lo a church, and whowas about to loayc’for New Orleans, came to bid his pastor farewell. ‘ And so you arc going to that'de generate place New Orleans, are you V Said .tho pastor* • Yes, sir, but I don’t expect to be in fluenced by any extraneous pressure of nay kind,* responded the young man with'consider-! able earnestness. 'Well, lam j;lad to sec you so confident. I hope tho Lord will guide you. But do you know the temptations which exist there!” ‘Not particularly, sir/ ‘Well,’! do'. You’ll find wanton wdmcnln tho guise of Paris, tempting tho very ckOt; and , rare winte and drdei'u drinks ; and you’jj find fine compa ny, and night brawling, ahd gambling, and dissipation, and running after tho lusts of old man Adam.’ ‘Still, air, I hope to combat these successfully. ’ ‘ I hope you will, my dear Christian brother, was the reply. * I hope you will, and lot mo give you tins much for your consolation in case you should fall from grace.— Tho ttrftptcHs woiao tlian tho sin, and tho greater tho temptation,' the more merit there is in resisting it. Tho man who goes to Heaven by way of New Orleans, is sure to have twice as high a place In eternal glory 1 as Ho who reach es Paradise,throiigh thblpiiot poytala of Cornice ticut’or Pennsylvania. ' Gbktlbubn' and TUBir Dbdts.—Tho late Rev. Dr. Btutton, Vicar at Sheffield, onfcosaldio Iho late Mr. Pcech, a veterinary surgeon, “ flir. Pccch, how is it you,have wot called upon me for your account V* f “*Oh,” said Mr. Pccch, “ I never ask a gen tleman for money.” • " Indeed,” sold tho Vicar,” then how do you got on if ho don’t pay ?” • • r “ Why,” replied Air. Pocch, " after a cer tain time I conclude that ho is not a gentleman, ami then I ask him.” [£7" The other day an old |adv ruahed into Ilia garden in search of her daughter, on being told that tho young lady had goup there with a “rake.” ’ •• (CT’Whcn Fctielon was almoner to lioula XIV., hla Majesty’was astonished to llnd one Sunday' instead of a numerous congregation on ly him and the priest. " What’s tho reason of this f”. asked tho king., “I caused it to bo given out, sire,” returned Fcuclon, ” that your, Rli\|c«ty did not attend chapel to*day; that you 1 might know who cmno to worship God, and Who to (latter tho king.” iSM? Tho railroad excursionists, whoso movements for tho last few weeks have been duly chroni cled, were welcomed to Ohio by Gov. Chase in person,' whoso "address on that occasion is spo ken of os.exceedingly felicitous. His address elicited the following brief but very interesting reply from Gen. Cass: “ I have listened with deep interest to the ad* dress by your excellency in your reception of tlio strangers, who have just landed on the north bank of the Ohio. “Of oil persona on earth, .none more than myself can appreciate these passing scones.— Within a fe'W feet of where wo now stand I land ed more than half a century ago, a poor young adventurer, seeking in this land of promise to commence rny first enterprise in.life; this to mo was iho land of promise of my first trial— of my first sacrifice; hero commenced my ca reer in life—my hopes and my /ears, “Your excellency may judge, then, that there could be nothing more strgngo*than the Ohio of the past and the Ohio of to day. The circumstances under which I now find myself awaken sensations of more than an ordinary character. Here was my first school—l left this spot a scholar—T come back now a teach er. I went out to tight the great battle of life —I return with it fought. The result is a glo rious illustration of the popular character of our institutions. The poor boy has represented the people in the hign places of the land, and ns representative of the nation has been her minister before kings; no other nation presents such spectacles. “ Hold on, then, to the popular character of the government os to a ship when night and tempests come. No such prosperous land can be found under the sun; our lines have indeed been cast into pleasant places. “Fifty-seven ago all the 'Northwest Territory contained only 30,000 people; now its limits include 0,000,000. The man is now living whoso axe felled the first tree of these forests, and there arc men now alive who will not pass away until the United Slates has at- , laincd a population of one hundred millions.— The triumphs of the past are wondrous- From , a land without cultivation, without schools, without internal improvements this has become a State, both porsperous and powerful! The ■ vessels which traversed the beautiful river flow ing at our feet were the ‘"Kentucky ark 1 for de scending, and the keel boats for return. Fifty one years ago I was a young man, representing this county in the legislature of this stale,when those pioneer steamboat builders, Messrs. Ful ton & Livingston, made a proposition to our State authorities to establish lines of passenger and freight boats on the Ohio, propelled by steam against the current at the rate of 4 miles per hour. The proposition waS laughed out of the legislature as impracticable. I was a young fogy then ; I am an old fogy now. 'Tf it had depended upon us pf that day, the magnificent enterprise of steam navigation would not now bo startling us with its grand achievements. 1 “ 1 have just jassed over the magnificent! railway traversing the mountains, dividing the East from ihc West; a work Romo could not 4 ] have constructed even in her palmiest flays. TbCjthzuxb&sJbecn-When<a horseback-trip •toßaltimore required 20 days; now it is ac complished by steam railway in near that many hours- - ■ • ‘ ‘t :* ' V The allusions .of your excellency -to the Puritan settlement at Marietta were happily, made. This was the second step in tho march of that progressing race, whoso powerful influ ence is felt in the land. “ Tho first landing wes fit Jamestown, the second on the north side of this river. Im provements followed in their wake. “They have dilluscd learning here .with a liberal hand, Iho best mark of human nature.” Good Backers.—An Incident of Spiritu alism—A long bearded customer recently en tered a spiritual bookstore in New York city, and applied for an agent. lie proposed to take a largo quantity of books to Ills, part of the country. “ away out west,” where ho represen ted that he could soon sell them, as ho was as sured by the “Invisibles.” Tho cnicrprising bookseller was of course delighted with this prospect of a sale;, bnt his enthusiasm was somewhat dampened* when tho long bearded gentleman remarked that ho had no money, and wanted the looks entirely on credit. *w\io you responsible?” was the natural inquiry of tho merchant. “Perfectly.” “ What evidence of your reliability can you furnish?” “1 hare tho best of backers—men whoso names you know well.” The merchants countenance brightened.— “Very well,” said he, “let us see your pa pers ?” Thereupon the customer presented the follow ing document “ 3 'o whom it may concern : —Wo tho under signed, having been acquainted spiritually with Mr—■ —, of , Wisconsin, for many years, recommend him as perfectly reliable, and would not •bo afraid lo trust him lo any amount. Gkouob Washington, Thomas Jefferson, llknuv Clav, Thomas Paine, John Milton, and others. Through Jane D— ——, medium.”' Tho bookseller remarked that tho backers were good if the medium wo? reliable ; but he thought, on the whole, he Would prefer, lo keep the books. The customer thereupon denouno cd tho bookseller ns an impostor telling him that ho did nob’believe his own doctrines, and that the spirits would expose Ills duplicity to the world. Of this ho felt assured by the spirit of prophecy within him. Tho bookseller was not convinced. Modesty and Wit.— Yesterday a good look ing fdlqtf frftS arfaigned before our politic court, charged with having stolen a watch. It was Ills first error, and he wad refldy to plead guilty. The judge addressed him In very gcilttct tones, and asked him what had induced him to com mit Urn theft. Tho young man replied that, having been ‘unwell for some time, tho doctor advised him to toko something, which ho had accordingly done. Thojudgo was rather pleased with tho humor of the thing, and asked what had led him to select a watch. “Why,” said tho prisoner, “I thought if I only had- tho time, that nature would work a euro!” [G?"A teacher, asked d bright little girt. 11 Wlmt country is opposite us on thoglgbo?” “ Don't know, sir,” wan the answer. ■ "Well; now,” pursued tho teacher,’ "if I wore to bore n hole through the earth, and you were to go in at this end. where would you come out?” "Out of tho hole, sir?” replied tho pupil, with nn air of triumph, Tho teacher gave it up. K 7" Visitors at Niagara Palls will remember d BtvlcoußQ on the west aide of Goat Island, cal led tho "Riddle Staircase.” Borne one uaked a friend of ours why It was called by Hint nrtnio, <t Because U wound up tho bank,” was tho an swer. ” ’ ' Ceil. Cass’ Speeds. AT $2,00 PEK ANfftm NO. 4. THE LIGHT AT HOME. Tholight at homo! how brlght.lt beams When evening shades around Us fall; And from the lattice (nr it gleams, To love, and rest, and comfort calk When wearied with the toils of day, And strife for glory, gold, or fame, How sweet to seek the quiet way, 1 Where loving lips will lisp our name Around tho light at borne ( When through the dark and stormy night, Tho wayward wanderer homeward hies, Bow cheering is that twinkling light. Which through tho forest gloom ho spies! It is tho light at home. Ho fools That loving hearts will greet him there. And safely through his bosom steals Thojoy and love that banish caro Around tho light at home! Tho light ftl hoMM'-whon ere at las! It greets Ihb seaman through tho stoVtn, Ho feels no moro (ho chilling blast That beats upon bis manly form. Long years upon tho son have fled, State Mary gave her parting kiss, But tbo sad tears which she then shod Will new bo paid with rapturous bliss Around tho light at home! Tho light at home i hew still and sweet It peeps from yonder cottngo door— The weary laborer to greet— When the rough toils of day are o’er I Sad is tho soul that docs not know Tho blessings that the beams impart, The cheerful hopes and joys that flow, And lighten up (hchcnvicst heart Around tho light at homo 1 SUMER RETREATS. Tiro tlmo is now at hand when many of the citizens of Philadelphia will bo packing up pro* poratory to leaving the city for some iashiona. 010 watering place of resort. The following which wo find in our city exchanges is a very timely affair, and suits our ideas exactly and as perhaps some of our citizens may be in a similar stale of mind, it may prove wholesome advice. It says that when the thermometer reaches 80° a great portion tlcc to what arc called “fashionable watering places,” where one is packed away in closets to sleep ; fed at a table with hundreds if not thousands of oth ers, liko a herd of swine or beeves, and subject ed to os silly and senseless and health destroy ing a round as Iho evil one ever concocted.— How singular it is, that people will “bleed” at Newport and Saratoga when they go about homo with their pockets tightly buttoned ? How singular it is, that men and women con sider a quiet, cool, refreshing home and confer* table meals a bore when the thermometer is up among the nineties and yet pay any price to be huddled, and crowded, and starved and almost sit upon at a “fashionable” watering place.— Fashion is the despot that makes many slaves: fashion the termagant, the wanton Iho unmiti* gated tyrant!, For our part, wo love quiet ru- I rality in summer’s time. There is discomfit* 1 ore to us in bricks and mortar with a high 1 thermometer, there is agony unspeakable in J long piozz’cl .holelsjjtu-sand-banks .hcatcd.by ' ih6 kotlcsfof hot suns,"yea; cvcn-tboJ-thb roar of the surf, may drown every other noise. We delight in ruralily delight in a-quict little ham let in some grassy vale or upon the banks of some shining river. ' There it is. that wo can roam about with book and fishing rod, and' catch ideas or,fish, os. circumstances favor. To crowded hotels at watering places to those who like that kind of life. For us, the quiet cottage homo, or Iho spacious and airy mansion to the town. The Verdant Groomsman On no occasion do people seem more prone lo commit blunders than at a wedding. The fol lowing funny incident actually happened in a neighboring town. In the midst of witnesses, the clergyman had jnst completed the interest ing ceremony which binds, in the silver bonds of wedlock, two willing hearts, and stretched forth his hand to implore the blessing of Heav en on the union. At this point, the grooms man seeing the open hands readied out, sup posed it was the signal for him to surrender the marriage fbc, which was burning in his pocket. Accordingly, Just ns (ho closed Ins eyes in prayer, ho felt the pressure of two sweet half dollars upon his pntms. The good man hesitated, appallcd-at the ludicrous ness of his situation, but coolly deposited (he money in his podket, and proceeded with his devotions. . Original Anecdote of Jlunlf! As Lord Crawford and Lord Boj’d were odu day walking over the lands in Ayrshire, they saw Burns plowing in a field hard by. Low Crawford saidto Lord Boyd, “ Do you roe that rough looking fellow across there with the plough ? 11l lay you it wager yotf Cannot say anything to him that ho will not make a rhyme of.” “Done,” said the oilier, and immediately going up lo JliO hedge, Lord Byron cried out liaagh r\ Burns stopped at once, leaned against (ho plough, and surveying the assailant from head lo foot, ho quickly answered — “It's not Lord Crawford, but Lord Boyd, Of grace and manners he Is void— Juki like a hull among the ryO, Orica ‘baugh 5* at folks os they go by.” The wager was of course won. Mocdolo o I Scan Swill. A main and woman one night, in d violent storm, knocked pretty steadily at Deo n Swift's door, and at length foused him frbtn Ids slum* bers. Ho rose, and throwing up the sash of his chamber vNndbw, baked what llfey could want. They answered they wanted to bo married ini* mediately, and colled for-that purpose. “ No, but,” soya tho Dcon, “ can't you till morning f it {s now onoVclocki” They stated soniourKpdt reason fot proceeding -without do* lay. Tho tfoan found it id vain to parley.— “ Well,” said Iho Peon, Still kcfcplng’his head out tho window, and talking with tho bride and bridc.groom m tho street. V if it must bo so I’ll marry you-now: Attend! “Under the window in stormy weather, I join this man and woman together ; Let npno but ns, who made tho thunder, E’er put this woman and man asunder." DC?*There is a man in Cincinnati in possess* ioq of a powerful memory. Ho is employed by tho Humane Society to “ remember the poor. ’ tO"* There Is n mule near tftllinglasM, Ireland, thiU is 1)9 years old, Tho reason of his living so long, is tho fact that hois too “stubborn to dici” . . (Tv* Lucy .Stone, in a lecture in Bangor, Maine, recently said;—“ We hear of hompeok* cd husbands, but nothing about rooster peeked wives. ” KT' Why Is n hungry boy looking at o P mS * ding in a wok-shop window liko a »v»W hm-»o t Because ho would bo better If ho had a bit in .his mouth; • .Want of:an Architect. There is a story on,record of an architect re pudiating any cpmftctlon with ’tho building fra ternity in'tho fcaso of tho loto eminent and taf ontod Mr. Alexander, tho architcct’of Rochester .Bridge, and soveral other fine buildings la tho couuty 'of Kent. Ho was under cross examina tion, in a special jury causo at Maidstone, by Sergeant—afterwards.. Baron--Garrow, who wished to detract ft-omjho weight of his testi mony, and who,after asking what was his ninic,. proceeded thns s • “ You are n builder, I bollovo V* “ Wo, sir; lam not a builder—l om‘nn archi tect!” ‘ ■ “ Ah, jvoll ?• - Architect or builder, builder or architect, they nro much tho same, I suppose 7” “I bcg'your, pardon, cannot admit that j. 1 consider them to bo totally dliTereatt” “Oh, indeed J perhnpa,you will state wherein this great difference consists 7” ■ ' . “An architect, sir,.prepares tho pl/ins, con ceives tho design, draws ouUhespecitfcatiotfft— In short, supplies tho mind. Tho builder la merely tho bricklayer or tho carpenter, tho buil der In fact Is tho machinor-tho architect’tho power that puts tho machine together, afcd bels It going.” • “ Oh, very well, Mr.' Architect—that will do f And now, nficr your very Ingenious’ distinction, without a difference; perhaps you could Infohd the Court who was tho architect of the Totter of Babel/” - ; r , And now mark the reply, which for pronlpt.' nessjnud’ wit, is perliaps not to bo rivalled in tho whole history.of rejoinder : -. L “There was no architect, sir—and honco tho con/uaton/” . Trials of Speecli-Hakipg. Squire r recently aspired to represent his place in the next Legislature and, in hopes, of obtaining the nomination, he seizes all, favor able opportunities to address .the million. A. few nights since there was caucus at the school-, house when ’Squire. J. —*- ■ delivered oho of his flowery speeches, which terminated whnt os follows. ‘ .. .• “ I say that the inolicnablh. rights of a man arc paramount to- all others, and he who cannot' put his hand on hfs heart, and thank God that nothing is rankling wlthib, deserves to lie in a bed—in a bed—l say gchrl tlemcn. he deserves to Ho In a bed —in a wri—V 5 “With cracker crumbs in it 1” shouted tho, shrill volcco'f a person anxious (o .round tho! period. Tho laugh was tremendous, and it is doubtful if the Squire gets the, ’ It is supposed that, the crackcr-crumb man id tho father of a small faiflily, and has experien ced the delights of such a bed. A Valuable Table. Few readers can be aware, until they have had occasion to test the fact, how much labor or research is often saved by such a table as Iho following: 1007—Virginia settled by'lho English* 1614—New York settled by tho Dutch. • IG2o—Massachusetts settled by Puritans. IC24—-New JcrsQ/'Settlcd by the Dutch. 1028— Delaware settle*! by Swedes and Finns. 1635—Maryland settled by Irish Catholics. 1630—Rhode Island settled by R. Williams* 1039—North Corolina settled by English. . 1670—South Carolina settled bylluguenoti; 1682—Pennsylvania settled by Wm. Penn.. 1732—Georgia settled by Gen. Oglelhroptf 1701— Vermont admitted into lho Union. 1702 Kentucky “ “ “ 44 1792—Tennessee 44 4 1802—Ohio ' 1811—Louisiana * 1810—Indiana ‘ !* 1817— Mississippi “ \* 1818— Illinois “ u 1819— Alabama “ 4 ,* 1820— Maine 44 ** 1821— Missouri “ 44 1836—Michigan 41 * 44 1830—Arkansas . *' " 4 * ' 1815—Florida ’ '• u • 1845—Texas 11 41 44 1840—Iowa " 44 44 *• 44 1848—Wisconsin 11 44 44 44 u 1850—California 44 '•* 44 *} II VI It v» II M M it " “ **; •& , Tiis Sadbaxitimxib for Man - .—God may ho . worshipped at nil limes; amid Sabbath #sseiri-, , blics or week-day convocations; when’ tbdj&V. sing sun awakes the earth to praise* (he Creator, or when the shadows of evening, ■ . veiling the earth in quiet repose, beckon man , to contemplate the varied ocnificcncO of (ho.. 1 great father of mercy ; at mid-day, as by Dim- ‘ id. bowing with his face toward Jerusalem, •*? while the world Was bustling around hidi; or - as by Jacob, wrestling in prayer alone ih ’tho ; desert at midnight. The sacrifice of spiritual worship need not bo deferred to the old or \o the new of the moon, to the time of the feast of. Tabernacles or of rcnlccost, to the season bi Carnival or of Lent The spirit of worship may make all seasons sacred seasons ; all peri ods festival periods to God; all hours hours of > prayer. Tub U.vivKnsE.—Suppose the earth to be H ball of one foot in diameter.' On that scale or proportion the sun would bo one hundred feet,. in diameter, and the moon three inches. 'The ’ sun would bo (wo miles front us, (ho mborf W feet—Jupiter 10 miles from tho Sun,.and H«v dlic! dO. Tho liigh'ctft mbWtnlnS on the faopof tho rarty would bo, bnO eighteenth of an tocßTfi ' hoighlh. Man would bo an imperceptible dt- ' om. . , * OCT* A young man who was desirous of mar. vying a daughter of a well-known Boston mor- 1 clmnt after many attempts to broach thq subject . to (ho old gentleman in a very stuttering 'man ner, said i “Mr. 0 are yon willing to toMcMet too • have your daughter* Janb-t’» , “ Of course I am," gruffly apd quickly, repli ed tho old man, “and I wish you would get - some other likely follows to marry the rest of! them." O* “Pa. do they have any' cold iVeathef up in Heaven ?” “No, my son.” » • “Then i don’t want to die yet ftwhile.** “Why not ?” '< “Cnuso I couldn’t use toy riefr ekdlcd' there !” , Politics.—Wendell Phillips, in speaking of our national aptitude- ftif politics, says that if you put an Amerfeatf baby six: months old on his feet, Uo will Utlmfcdiately fl&y, “Mr. Chair man I” and call tho nc*t cradle to order. ‘. tC?* An Embroider. being charged with steal. Ing a wagon, swore ho had it over since it WaJ f a wheel-burrow. . , , DyA toaobor asked a bright Ifttlogftl— “ What country is opposite usontho globe/” “ Don’t know, sir,” was tho answer. “Well, how,” pursued tho teacher, “11 I: wore to boro a hole thrrMgh tho cavth and wero ] to go In at (his end, where would you oermo out?” • A « Out of the hole, sir V* replied the pupU,with an air'of triumph. 07* Sidney Smith was onco examlng some flowers in a garden, whon a beautiful gtrh .ooo! of the party, exclaimed i “Oh, Air. S.* (his pea will never como to,perfection I” “ mo, t'lioh,” haler .Sidney, gently (qkingber hand/ and walking towards tho plant, “To ioaclpdf-’ focllon to tho poa.” IE?- Tho Uonlon folk, tiro talking of Indlollog (liu Slit'dlcor of llm loivur liiiiiioli of tlio ilnMiw clitlHiilln l.oglslnftira " for (looping « (Jlnonlorljr. house.” tJ3T"IVny uro poi° foca 0,, d corn like certain winner* of old 7 Because, having eyes they 800 not, and having oars thoy hear nor. 1 , > m*” When tho Irishman flrnt tried poaooen ho, liked (heir flavor, but tho seeds lay bard'ln his stomach. -y <1 It «4
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