. kvehv luontoi-r hobkikd Er, :• joiin It. !T B H'M SV qnnnoiiPiiorf.— Oho’X)QW>na'l’ifty Oontf>* ia?d in ndvboco'f ItvdTOliai'silpnid wUlunllio yorirj and Two' DpllatWnd, Eiflj! OontMf not .mld wllliln Uw. yonr. .Those toms jpH■b.o.tlt-, Idlv adhered to,ln' every, inftan.ee... Tfov,Bttb aerlntion discontinued until nil erronrogos.nto paid unloss, nt IliO option of IhoMilor. 1 . A^VEBTraEMKMrfI— Accompan»ca by tlio.oAan, ond not exceeding iono square, will bo’inserted throe times for One Dollar, andtwonty-flvo cents lor each additional Insertion,Those tor length in proportion.;. - ‘ JoD-PciNTiNo —-Snoli as Hand-bills, Postlng blllfl, Pamphlets, Blanks, cufedwlth accuracy ondttf.tUo-silorfOßt potlco.. TUB GODNM IABSIB. 'gbo blosabmedlntho; country, ■ ■ where flimny summer flinga .■.■■■ jlor rosy;arms abont the bhrtb, • And brightest blesaings brlngs;, ... • Health was her sole Inhoritancey f Andgraco her only dowdej 'A ■X never dreamed the Wlld'TVood "Contained ad aireot o flower. .‘ ’ ; far distant from the city,-- .".A '-y' And’lnland from tho sea, - • Jtfy liisslo bloomed in goodness,; * ■ VAs jiura as pnrd Could bo? ;: • - ; .*Sho coliglit her dewy freshness,' > ■ - From mil and. mountain bower, t . Tnovur dreamed:, woodj'/**,;" •,* sp sweet a flower* •$. * ■ . Tbo Mlubowimust hare loot her/ • - Somoof Its airy,grace,,, - * Tho wild rose partcd.,wHh a blush :' ; That nestled bn ficr-fabev */- ■ ■ Tho sunbeam got entangled, la : • ' The long waves of her bolr,r» -.Or abo hud/novofegtown tpbo - So modost ond so fair; ’- , Tho early birds havo tnuglit-.hor _• , Tlielr'joypns matin song; , And sdbio of their soft immcence— SboVboon with them so long*, r And for her now, if need ho,, •; ; . Pd part with weftlthAh&'poworV. 4 I novcr’droaniod tbo wild wood ; *,. Oontaluod-Bo sweet a flower.; ;• A OEM. r Once fropt a cloud a drop of rain Pell trembling fn.ftio sea, And vyhdn slio saw Jthp wide-spread main . Shame Veiled pof modesty, • *t What pittco In thls'wide aea have 1 1 -\Whatreom la loft ?6vmo t ‘ Sure it worb better that I die, Inthlfl immensifyt” - Bat while her self-abasing fear Its lowliness confessed, A -shell received and welcom’d hef, And press’d her to Its breast. • And nourished there, tho drop became A pearl for royal eyes— Exalted by Its lowly shame, And humbled but to rise'. - Himllnnmifiv BEPIiTATfG.V IS JiOT CIIIBACTEB. ««Strive to bo worthy,” wid an old clergyman to avoung man; “It Is bettor to have character than reputation.” Rarely oto'great troths so •pithilyjput. # If-reputation was Teas frequently confounded with character the aims of theyonng VnSuld bo nobler, men'moro virtuous, society •altogether bettor. Forroputallon I*often false,, which character can never be, Tho. ono la but i «h%m,-tho"Other a living fact. Reputation Is I what men think of usj character Is what wo ■’roal/y are. • f " lot too many prefer tho shadow to the sub stance. To enjoy tho report of tnon,ovcn when undeserved, Is sufficient to satisfy the ma jority. llouce. Instead of striving to bo really Worthy, thousands Intrigue only to appoaf so. They shlno In tinsel when they ought to wear real gold. They try every art to bo thought rich, or fashionable, or cultivate!, neglecting, very often, tho means which might mako them what they wish. They wear out their lives In pursuit a delusion. They practice keeping up ap pearances till they confound tho ahnm with the reality, tho shadow with tho substance, forgot ling that tlio world soon pierces through theft tnask, discovers what they ore, and despises them for false coin. , - u Take the case of a young lawyer, Who; in stead of mastering Ida profession, trusts to a fil ial facility of words, and thinks to roar to emu nonce and fortune withoiit assiduity or other teal merit. lid gets, perhaps, a sort of reputa tion by practicing In pettifogging cases, but ho never rises abovo this; and at tho end of tpen iy years ho Is nq further on tho road to fame {HsIJ Ho ftas at first.' Tako the more trading politician,* u ho, Instead of socking to establish a name for statesmanship ; prefers what ho thinks tho easier paths of cunning and corruption, and who, though ho may secure some poliy ofilco, Hover becomes truly gj ont » though ho may jug gle himself Into a Heeling reputation, npvcr loaves behind thd fame of tt Wob,sto|* or a Clay. TpMFtho plduslblo, but Incompetent merchant, vfho, tho’ he’ may for a while obtain credit, fi nally collapses, recording to alt tho world xvlmt a bubble he has been. Wo mlgbt.go thro’ life In (ho same way; wo might select examples llbhl Cfoty class and profession, and tho result would always bo tho samg. Sooner or Inter tho char latan Is foufiil out, bo his stage-tricks what they may. Reputation cannot stand. In tho long run, against character. llonqsty Is (ho best policy oven In regard to one’s good name. To bo,not tosoom,la wiser, even lor tho “ children of this world,” titan to seem and not to bo. If a man has really no el evated aims, If ho cares not to bo worthy for tho sake of virtue Itself, it will yet,pay Him bet tor, permanently, to bo truo and good than mere ly to put on the semblance of it. Huntington the forger, appeared, for a while, to thrive on evil. Dishonesty, lit his caso, was ostensibly lucrative. Hut where Is lie now? Where nro all tho forgers, ember/,lore and other false dia. nionds of (ho financial world / Tho honest,who have plodded along, and who are spending tholr old ago in comfort and honor, oven when not In luxury, linvo no'cause to complain that scoun drols have prospered more than themselves. But the hire of more worldly success Is but a hose motive at best.. Truo manhood socks no bleness for its own sake; aspires to bo. not to seem j Is prouder ot character, oven when un appreciated. than of reputation, if undeserved. In proportion as men are real coin, # ami not counterfeits, they scorn to oqjoy credit for wbst they have not. “ Paint roe,” said Orom. well, “ wrinkles and all.” Even on canvass tho great boro despised falsehood. Professional Advice, A jockey haying onco consulted Harrison Gray Otis m a horse ease, the latter sent him a bill of twenty dollars for advice. The cliqjit expostulated, but Mr. Otis explained to him so fully and so blandly the reason of such a charge —how ho had spent years and years in study, find thousands on thousands on fitting himself to advise in such matters, that the jockey was obliged to capitulated and pay the bill. Not long afterwards Mr. Otis was standing in tho street examining a horse that ho thought of purchasing, and seeing his client passing, call* cd him up and asked him what ho thought of tho animal. The jockey set his hat aslant, ox. nminod himon all sides, pronounced his opin ion of him dogmatically, and then held out his hand for a fee. It was Mr. Otis’ turn now to expostulate, but It was all in vain *, our jockey recounted (o him at what cost of time and mon °y ho had lilted himself for judging horseflesh, and ended by saying : “ Come, como, Mr. Otis, professional men must bo paid ; my charge Is only twenty dollars." Mr. Otis appreciated iho joke ana paid the bill. ■\*> r?i 'o .^-■•■■:':-t‘‘-'--’'.: .BY, (TOXIN B/ BKil'iOW.’ • V.ot. 4i. Tlio Sermon on.lie'Mount. j^TKo-dplivcryof, tKosonfibri on the mount.ls probably the most : stVilcingVcsaiople of ;moral courage wMchtbo world hagicversefcn. " There arotyfo circUmstancesVwhlcUrcnderlhc occa sion which it whs dcHyeri&-very o^traortli nftry^^irHt/it.waara'Veryvpublfe^ccasion.*-- A vast multitude from* alrooat every part of the tho-Southern provinces tind QalilcOilbe Northern, : tvctc repre*, seiitcd. ' So wei*.;thO.'Wester'd ShoresoftheJol^nrarid many distant; oUiea and. townsr . Frtm all thiazide extent of country. a vast iuuUitudo, attracted by the fame of tho Saviour’s miracles, had Assembled lo hear what this professed messenger from | heiiyert ha Ato-shy*' ‘ i.,'; Again,.it whs probably, tho’ übl ccrlainly, n very.earlyoccnsionpernaps the first on which tUb gospchwer.e'to.bo an- ; ijyjhjs'discourso, 'contain-. ing,‘as.it docs f .Bo;.plam,anU.spjicificto exposi tion of .the false notionsijf religion then prevail/ ing, the Saviour.must bare known- he was lay ing which, was to result in his destruction* ‘But did he shrink ? Did’hohold back-?, ‘ Did’ hit conceal or coyer over'onosingle obnoxious feature of the truth*? Hbknejv: tbat tho report of that'meeting must bespread to every part of the country. ■ Asho looked around upon biff auditory, he must have heenv hero one fVorp orGalilcan Village, there an other from' beyohd Uic. Jordan and. again; ti third whq would carry his report to distant Je rusalem;. and yet, thus completely exposed, in stead of . attempting to soften or , conceal, ho •brought out all the distinctive features of pre vailing .error, and * pontrasted them with tho pure principles of His spiritual religion, with,a plainness and point which were exactly calcu lated to fix them-ip.tho memory, and to circu late them most widely throughout the land.— Abbott's Cornerstone.-. ~ - GeUiog- Uscd to it. .“Somewhere about hero,” writes.? Southern correspondent', “lives a;-small farmer of such social habit, that his home intoxicated was bncq an unusual .tiling.” ‘ . HiS wife urged* him in vain’ to sign the pledge. , /. /. . . : * .?• Why you see,” ho would sny, “ 111-sign it after awhile, bat I don’t like to break right off ofc onco-; it ain’t wholesomq. ‘The best, way is to get used, to’a thing by decrees, you know.” * “ Vcry;wcll, old roan;” his ; helpmate would rejoin, •Jscb now if. you. dod’t fait-into a hole one of thesse days.vvnilc you,can’t take care of yourself, ahdbobody ficar td help ybu out. - Sure cnbhgh.aslf to verify Ihe'projihccy, ns ho'rcturncd homo drunk 6ho day,, be -fell into a shallow Wcll/ahd after..? deal of useless scram bling, ho shouted fop tho * 1 light bf his eyes” lo comcand help him out.; . k . '• “Didn’t! toll you so?” salti th’o good soul, showing her’cap mil otrer(ho edge of tho.para pet? “ yoa’vo got into'? hole at lost, and Us only lucky I’m In hcnrijlgy Or you might have drowned.: Well,” she continued, after a pause, letting down.tlio bucket, Vlbkfa’hohb” • '' And up became,'higher at caoh turn of the 'windlass, unUPihn old . lady’s' grasp slipped [Vom the hundleTdow-n ho went iov the boilora' again. This occurring more than once, made the temporary occupant of the well suspicious. “ Look hero,” ho screamed In a fury, at tho last splash, “you’re doing that on purpose—l know you arc.” ’■ “ Well, now, I am.” responded the old wo man tranquilly, while winding him up once more. “Don’t you remember telling mc-its* best lo get used toothing by degrees? I’m afraid if I bring you right up of a sudden, you would’nt find it wholesome.’’ Tho old fellow could not help chuckling at tho application of his principle, and protested he would sign tho pledge on the instant, if she Would, lift hiqi fairly out. This sho did, and pocked hiib bit to sign the pledge os wot as he was. “ fob ybll flee,” sho added very emphatical ly, “ if you ever fall into the ditch again, I’ll leave you lhar—.”— Knickerbocker. Till! Printer’s Dollars, Tho printer’s dollars 1 Where are they ? We'll suppose ono of them is in Somebody's pocket in Philadelphia, another is in Boston, a a third is in New York, a fourth in Baltimore, while a fifth is resting sccurly In some city or town of the west, A dollar hero tind a dollar there. Scattered all titar tho country, mile upon mile apart: how shall they bo gathered ? Tho type .founder has his hundreds of dollars against the printer; tho paper maker, the building owner, tho Journeyman and all assist-* ants to him in carrying on business, each have their; demands, unfortunately hardly, ever so small S 3 a single dollar. But tho mites from here and there must bo diligently gathered in, and very patiently hoarded, or tlfo wherewith to discharge tho largo bills will never become very bulky. Wo imagine tho printer will have to get bp, (in address to Ida widely scattered distant dollars something like this : Dollars, halves, quarters and all manner of fractions in to which yotraro divided, collect yourselves and como homo ! You arc wait ed ? Gombinalfons of nil sorts of men llirii help the printer to be your proprietor, gather in such force, and de mand with such good reason your appearance at his counter, that .short of a sight ot you will nnpeasothem. Collect yourselves, for valua ble ns you are in the aggregate, single you will never reprty tho cost of gathering. Comb hofnb then! Como in hero in singe file, that tho printer may form you into battallions, and vin dicate his credit.— Ex. Ak Ajiriiioan in London.—Tho North Antor loan Ilovlow tolls tho following good story i A countryman of ours o/ somewhat rudo ap pearance walking Jn tho Strand early In May saw his favorite dish of strawberries and cream blushing at him from (ho counter of a restaur ant. Lntovmg, ho carelessly called for a bowl, to tho marked surprise of several persons pres cut, who know tho extravagance 0 f tho luxury and rightly presumed tho American was Igno* rant at what coat ho was putting himself. Ho had not Mulshed Ills repast before tho curious looks of tho company suggested his mistake and aroused nil his latent prldo. ** What is to pay?** Inquired ho ns ho laid down tho dish, not with out a lowering side look at tho wiseacres who waited for his chop-fallen aspect when (ha vic tualler’s reply should (all upon his walling oaf. «»A guinea, sir." Tossing down tho coin from a not ovovftill purso, and bridling up with ku air of assumed Indifference, “ I’ll lako another!” was tho American’s only rejoinder. OCT' Neither men nor women become what they were intended to bo by carpeting their progress witli velvet; real strength Is tested by difliculUcs. (Jy" Keep your soul always in ft slate to do sing that there bo a God ; and you will never doubt it. fty* Aristippus said ho liked no pleasure bul that which concerned truo happiness. K 7" As many days as wo pass without doing some good, ore so many days entirely lost. :> Vr/.V-i.. ]'■ ;v- *. nlwayatell the molhcr.br her ; boy.— The urchin who draws back fists aml luiiges his playmnte if be looks 6t questionable mother/ giro ipay toed him, and clothe him; and cram* him •wUh sweettneats, and,cod* him. with promises’; but if shegets mad, she fights. She' will pull him by'the jacket; she will give him a\km>pfc: pri the back; she will f drag him ,by. the Uair,; She will call him all sorts- of wicked'names, while passion playsAvcr' htr face fri jambent flames that curl and writhe out af tho comcr.bf her eyes. • And wo never scoThc coartcous Httlo fellow, with smooth locks and gentle manners—in .whom delicacy docs' not detract from courage and manliness—but wc say, .“that, boy’smoth er isa trim lady.”'Hor-words and her .ways are soft,‘loving and'quiet..’ Ifahe reproves, her language is ; ymy son, v ,not “you. little, wretch* you. plague of my life,, fou tor meat,; ‘you. {jcacrfp'J". . ' V; ._. ...- • She hovers befoyy hitn as tho pillar of \ight before tho wandering Israelites,and her..beams orp reflected in • his face.- To Wth the word mother is-syhbnyraous with .everything .pure, sweet and beautiful- - Is ho on artist,? :In:,pf ler life, the face ihatwilh holy radiance Chines on Ins canvas is that of his mother.- 3mlles, : and soft, low, voice, will bring her Imago freely tp his heart; -“She la-like my mother,” will bo the highest tnecd in bis praiso.J :llor' even when 'the hair turns silvery and the eyes grow dim, wijl (lib majesty, of that life and presence, desert" him’.- ButV tho ruffian molhcrrr-alaa.! that there arVsuch—will'form tbo nlfflau char acter of a rohri.* ..There ta nVdispuihjg ths fact; it shines'ln thb face of every liulcchi\d. Thpcoftrsbbtbwh ing woman,'wilUiavo coarse, vicious, brawling, fighting dnldrcn.- 'SHo ; wVp cries on. every , W casionl “HI-' boV your. cars—l ! ll slap your break'your'ncck,” is known aSthor- her children as if* h£r unworn anlyj manners Vrcrb displayed in t)»J public street.'• - : •* f •' ' ’ " Standards of Female Scanty. One of tho most cdrlous and unaccountable facta Is tho dlflbronco of tasto and.opinion,.in various parts’of tho world. In regard to what constitutes (hb special and predominant element of human beauty.’ Tiniithb Chinos©' admires 1 only tho form that, Ja fattest and ooarscsU-tbo eyes must bo jmdjland flat,.(ho nose short and Cars long—-and tho foot uselessly small.* In Spain, some of tho women perfume, their hair with sulphur, and soak .their-black Curls.Jn » strong lyo to make then* rod. Amopgdjio In dians of South it Is bcautfftd to havo a flat face,—and they nearly smother tholr in fant? by sitting on their faces when, (hoy are first born, to-fiatten -their features before they lose tholr softness In another tribo on tho sonic continent, it is beauty ro have-the leanest of lanthorn-JHwa ami tho : thickest of . legs. The lubabitanls of Macassar paint their tecty black, grcoa,'hfldrod j and tho exquisites of that coun try extract tholr oyo-fcbth for thojnuposc ofin secllng false cues of gold, silver, or pinchbeck. In the Jfrirlanncss Islands, U is superb, to have black teeth and whlto hair- t/crtalb .Tartar irlbcspmbroldQ.rdhelr ar,' French wom en stitch tholr boots, and .Arab beauties prick ihclr lips tift they bleed, and then Insert black potyder In (ho wounds.. In Greenland thoyonlb ini misses tattoo thclr chins will) colored mdil, spreading from the nntJcr-Jip doAvmvards. In India, (hoy carvo upon faces representations of flowers—ornamental scars. - Thcroisnowoman, therefore, who, judged by some ono or other of (ho woild’s many and diverse standard, who Is not beautiful—different persons fixing tholr ad miration on very different forma of beauty.— For ono man, there Is but ono thing that touch es him—beauty of (ho eyes; for another man, beauty of forehead ts the only charm, Ono looks for beauty In a nose, a second for beauty of hands, a third (or beauty of feet. Corporal Punishment. A special committee of tho lowa State Tea chers’ Association, consisting of Josephine S. Dorr and Kosa L. Foss, havo, after maturely deliberating on the important subject, como to tho conclusion that, in some cases at least, “sparing the rod may spoil tho child.” The manner and means of chastising a refractory pupil, to which the committee give preference, arc thus explained in their report: “ When applied, it should bo dono vigorous ly, thoroughly, and effectually (tho italics arc ours:) tho. instrument, tho good old-fashioned birchen rod..or ns that cannot bo procured In all parts of lowa, tho kind of wood is immate rial." The object of corporal punishment in this way and style, tho Committee informs us is “ lo produce a salutary effect. Wc heartily coincide with the Committees,in (ho object sought to bo attained by n vigorous whipping with somo kind of wood, but wo aro still ot opinion that, there arp morp effectual ways of managing children Every blow which a parent gives n child, and every lashing inflic ted by a teacher on a scholar, hardens tho heart of both punisher and punished. Tho seeming necessity of birchen rods proves the incapacity of tho teacher. (C 7" All medical men unite in declaring that nothing is more beneficial to the health tharj hearty laughter ;* and surely our benevolent creator would not hayo provided, and made it a source of health and enjoyment to .uso it, and then havo made it a sin to do no. Tho prevail- of tho mind should bo yet dcrioua ; but thert arc times when relaxation and enjoyment aro proper for All. Resignation.— A certain old lady, who has been famed for sour looks, and not very sweet words, totalling tho accidents of life, was ob served to become tary amiable. "'Whatbon ny changes Ims conic ovcf you ?” said a neigh bor. “Why,” tho transformed, "to tell you tho truth, I have bam oil my lifo striving for a contented mind, and have finally conclu ded to sit down contented without it.” tty? “This must ho looked into,"asllidSpCf]h od child said to his father's watch. (£/“ An Albany paper says—“Wo onco saw ft lady faced so tight, that, while stopping to pick up a pin, her slays gave way, and aho turned three somersets. By* There is a chop in this city, with hair so red that when ho goes out before day. ho is ta ken for sunriso, and tho cocks begin to crow. Oy* A minister approaching a mischievous urchin about twelve years old, oml laying his hand candy upon his shoulder, thus addressed him— “ My son, I believe tho devil hos got hold of you." “ I believe he has too," was tho significant re* ply. m John," said o master to his head appren tice, as ho was about starting on a short jour ney, “you must joccupy roy place while I am absent.” “Thank you, sir,” demurely replied Jbbn 1 , “bull’d rather sleep with tho boys.” “OUB OOUN' : •'I 'ct. ,Dr;' Johnsonused lo excellent thing to Ghcouragc cluiareii t&jrcpcat to some brolherorsistcr r pr,ploy&ate, whatever of. im pbrtartce they had- sccb or hpaWi This would fix it indelibly;bn theiif.owri mfim. He relates that bis tnoiher, afterbaying tu him the ,'futuro joyd'of r tho him' to go tb the gardncrandteU U.pv£r-to him. greats will find this.a mpsfc jnlcrcsling and profitable lessor).- : Xct ’ilfcm;bir;jiSncoarog€a to tell tb others, the have Its tcncd.tho exercises pf .tho SabOTth and week day School, or: seen or heard} that i|_wortby. to; bq impressed on their owhtninds. and the.ciidcfc;wiU in van* OUB nftys. will.Sx firmly in their own will cultiyalq'a habit of oh feemtioh\and attention to nlb.lhuft is transpir ing arpandlhcm j.it : wIU-give them 1 an intelli gent interest in ,«ibh. f i)lherVsoqtety, always to listen dr Id •felalc; v Whiit'fdiyMW cresting; be sides it wilMlelp-tpbind, parenwand children in a'more intimate b’crtid pf vsociftTailcction, by | nrntuklly rcP ca t’ n g to cbch.,oUftr what cacti , may suppose may, be Of the other. | V;’ Ideas 0/ tuclf, 'Wo nbticb.ln many of’ourexchangcs the cu-, rlouaapplication:pf ; Jhq, wbifd ” ond | ! “ lucky/’ whicirto tha thihkenvjTiust, at once afford,- byßUch-ridicutbus appßCMlon, food for, merriment,,'.Example ' of; ibo ifbllowing kind Vaye rccently drawn.our.attention, to this sub ject': r t \-i . In:Nrw-Ortcads Vtnan fell from tho mast of a riyer.'was wben lils Widow bxclsmqd*& : ' r * ' VDliiwashV ho Ipcky bis neck, obd ftjrpsdof himself!” LWe scorn another paper White, living iu'Venice, Pa.", ■WM-'wcmly-murdcrcd in hla.owa bed by some wl&lcd to get his morioy. The editor hflds.-’ibftt, Mr. White depositedih/a mpncyVn bank (he day be fore so -Mr. .Whito wftS luejiy ip loslng-npth ingbut his life. • ■ V -In Ohio a hbuso^Mj|pt ; long ago set fire to, and-a Mrs. among the ruins while’asleep. was away from homo that night,‘ pb'3 ;tbe- reporter says very naively, “lucky for Mr. Kw bo did not sleep at home that nighf, for then he might have fur* tlicr cause of sorrow by sharing fate of his poor lady/’ Wo fimkamrther instance of £ negro while taking homo bis fashionable misU&s 1 new bon net, gets run over and .killed.' j£ho bonnet is Uninjured, and tbe lady “well, it is lucky ho saved my The bonnet was about 520, and who was killed was -worth perhaps sBoo^- Poor people havo.a hard time . In tins liCtle world of ours.’,; Even in mattersof rpligiQn there is a vast difference between Lmrps and Dives, asihe following anecdote,‘'sent us by a friend, will'vividly illustrate . j • Old Bill C—hadr attended; a. revival, arid; in common with many btycrslhc was con vened and wards pno of his neighbors reeling home from tbb'.court ground with a considera ble brick in bis'liat. : / “Hello,- undo Billy,*’ safd-.tha, friend, “1 thought you had joined the church J” . “So I did,” answered Uncle Billy, making a desptrato effort to stand still—•“ so I did, Jeems, and would have been a good Baptist if they hadn't treated mo so everlasting mean at the . water. Didn'tyou never hear about it, Jeems 1” “No. How was ill” “ Well, then, I'll tell you all about it. See, when wo come to the baptising place lhar was mo and old Jonks, the neb old squire, war to bo dipped at the same time. Well, the minis ter tuk the ’squire in fust, but I didn’t mind that much, as I thought it would be list as good when I cum; so he led him in, and after dippin’him under, ho raised him up mighty kccrful and wiped his face and led him out. Then cum my turn, and instead of lifting mo out like ho did the ’squire, ho gave mo one slosh and left me crawlin’ round on the bottom like a damd mud turtle V 3 To the Editor of the New York Evening Post : I enclose the following for the benefit of your correspondent who reads your paper for Us jokes : During tho severe cold of last winter I had occasion to make a journey to tho West by rail. The road was in shocking order, having settled in many places in such a wav as. to recall to tho bruised and battered travellers vivid remin iscences of the corduroy roads of tho oldcu time. One night, as roost of us had succeeded, after long effort, in gelling into a doze, wo suddenly cAmc upon one of these “rough places,” and were jolted and tossed about at such a rato ns to put at defiance oil furthcr*cf!6rts to'sleep.~ “ Tins cold weather is had,for tfio track,” mutlcrcdono of the weary ones thus uncere moniously aroused. “ X don't know about tho track , growled out another in tho corner, hut its devilfish bad for the JlMjirw.” 0. A correspondent of tho Genessee Farmer re lates tho following funny way of catching rats ; » ' “ I b'tirfk my corn-crib bH posts about eigh teen inches high, rondo it rat*propf by pitting abroad boarder sheet iron 6n‘(no tip .of tho posts. Making everything secure against tho rats except tho granary, and have (his rat proof except at ono ortho back corners. Here,whore they will like it best, make a nice holo with a spout 5 inches Jong qn ih'o duUidp, they can go in and out And cat a pleasure. Then, if I think tho ra(s aro 100 numerous, I take a bag after dark, and slip tho mouth over the snout on tho outside of the granary. Then send •Ben’ in nt tho ollior door with a light, and tho rats and mice will all run into tho bag. Then slip tho bag off tho spout, and slap it unco or twice against tho granary. Turn out llio dead, and in an hour or two repeal the process. After all aro killed, gtop up tho hole till new recruits ar rive, which catch in tho same way.” pAssroif.—A pnaalonato person is aUays In troublo—alwaya doing that vdiloh ho regret# ami |s ashamed of, In Ida calm reflecting mo* monta—fiUvnya unannoyance to hi# boat Wends, and confbsscdly Ids worst onomy. Tho Indul gonco of passion, by parents especially, lias ft far reaching, a most pernicious influence. A parent who cannot govern himself is totally un fit to govern Ida children. A frotftil, poovlah mother will make her children llko herself, and nothing loss than a mlraolo can prevent it. An angry word, followed by a blow, goes far to fret and provoke, and sour tho temper of your children, nnd such a course should over bo avoided.- K7* “ What is tho heat altitude for sclf*do fenco?” nfiked n pupil of a well known pugilist. “ Keep a civil tongud iiVyoUr head,’* wad tho reply. filiiiit OH WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” JULY 30,1857. A Hard Tase. A Railway Joke* Funny Rat Trap. Evil Shaking. , Tho following anecdote is.rclatcd of tho late excellent J. J. Gurnoy, by one who, as a child, was often one of his family circle:. 000 night—l remembered it well-—! received a severe lesson on the ,sin of evil speaking. Se ven;! thoughf.it then,and* my. heart'rose in ; childish anger against him who gave it; but t had not lived long enough in this world to know how-much mischief a child’s thoughtless >talk may do, and how often it happens that talkers run off 1 tho straight lino of truth. S. did not stand very high in my esteem, and I was about to speak further of her failings of temper. In a few months my eyes caught a look of such calm and steady displeasure, that L;fi topped short. There was no mistaking the meaning of that dark, speaking eye. It brought the color to my face, and confusion and shame to my heart. I was silent for a few moments, when Joseph John Gurney asked, very gravely : “ Dost thou know any good thing to tell us of her?" ■\ I did hot answer; and the question was more seriously asked ; .“Think ; is there nothing good thou canst tell us of her 1" “ Oh, yes I know some good things, but—” " Would it not have been better, then, to re late these good things, than to have (old us that which Would lower her in our esteem ? Since there is good to relate, would it not bo kinder to bo silent on the evil? •• Charity rejoicolh.not m iniquity," thou knowcat." Delations Between Electricity and Photo graph?. The modem discoveries in reference to light ond electricity are certainly very startling.— These two agents hAvo long been recognized as having many points in common, and some re cent discoveries of the electrician sCcm to estab lish a still closer link between them. Some years ago, tho German electricians ascertained that if a coin or a medal were placed upon a smooth glois or mcUUc aurfacc K and then clvarg «l with electricity, a change took place in the polished surface, which could be delected by breathing upon it, when an exact copy of tho coin or medal became visible. The Germans attempted to Ox these mysterious images, but failed. Mr. Grove, tho well known English electrician, has taken tho matter up, and has been more successful. After thoroughly clean sing two plates of window glass, and coating them with tin foil, he placed an ordinary prin ted handbill between them, and passed a cur rent of electricity through them for a few min utes. On detaching the . glasses, they exhibited, when breathed upon, .the most perfect fat simile ol«the haml'billa.’Criri to tho fibrous lex lute tfic paper, tlft-whole.having an etched or frost-appearance. By exposing the glass to the Wiporof hydroflouric acid,‘‘thcso images wete, fixed by being actually etched. In another ex ptrifficut, a word wis cut'out of while letter paper and similarly 'transferred. An attempt to convert these improssioiw into nholograjins was also succcsslul. A pl ftle on which the ;n -viSiWo'imago was impressed, was immersed in a niimtos in -fthc ordinary method of preparing a photographic plate. On sobscqacntly oeingexposed to tho light for a Tow pcconda, and treated with & developing agent, (lie letters came out with perfect, dis tinctness, tho rest of the glass having been pro tected by clccln'cization from tho action of light. Manufacturo of Uio Celebrated Russian Leather. In the production of the well-known Russian leather, the hides to bo tanned—whether wet or dry—aro first laid to soak for three days and nights, in a solution of potash, to which some quicklime is added. The potash used is mado of tho common elm. which is said to bo prefer able to any other, if not essential (it is not puri fied, so that Is of a brown color, and of earthly appearance. About four hundred and thirty two pounds of this and seventy-two pounds of lime, servo for ono bundled skins. Asthny have no other wav of ascertaining the degree of cauclty of tho alkali but by its effects on the tongue, when (hey find it weak, they (ct tho skins lie longer in tho solution. When the skins arc taken oftt, they aro carried to tho riv er and left under water for a day and night.— Next, two and a half gallons of dog's orduro is boiled in as tnucli water as is enough to soak fifty skins ; but in (ho winter time, when tho orduro is frozen, twice that quantity is found necessary. Tho skins ore put into this solution when it is about as hot as tho hand can bear, and in this liicv remain .one day and ono night. Tho skins aro tlicn sewed up so ns to leave no holo; in short, so as to bo water tight. About ono-ihird of what (ho skin will Contain is (lien filled up with tho leaves and small twigs chop ped together of tho plant called bcarborry, which Is brought from the environs of Soliknm skaga, and tho skin is then filled up rfiih tfa ter. * Thus filled, they ore laid one on the other In a largo (rough, ami heavy stones upon them, to press the infusion through Of life skin about four hours—tho filling up being repeated ten limes successively, with (ho same water.— They arc then taken to the river and washed, and aro ready for tho dying—(ho whitest skins' being fa'd aside for tho red ami yeflow leather. The skins aro softened after dyeing, by being harrassed with a knife, tho poiut of which curves upwards. Mrs. Turlington on Weddings. “I like to'’lend weddings," said Mrs. Part ington, ns sho camo back -from one in church, nnd hung up her shawl, and replaced tho bon net in the long preserved band-box. “ I like to see young people come together with tho promise to love, cherish and nourißh each oth er. But it is a solemn thing, is matrimony—a very fiolirdn thing—where the minirflcf* Combs into tho chancery with tho surplus on and goes thro’ tho ceremony of making them man dnd wife. It ought to be husband and wife, for it isn’t every husband tbat turns out to boa man. I declare I never tflmll forget rilicnPou! puttho nuptial ring 6h thy fln£cr ana said, t.Wfih my goods I thee endow.’ IXo used to keep a dry goods store then, ami I thought ho was going to give mo tho wholo there was in it. 1 was young and simple, and didn't know till after wards that it meant only a calico dress h year." lO* Tho saying that there is more plcasur6 in giving than in receiving, is supposed to ap ply chiefly to kicks, medicine ana advicA, DT7*Whcn an orafoi* raves about lovo of country, half tho timo ho means lovo of talking and tho other halt lovo of tho pocket. tL/* Trefcs with double tlowcrs aro 100 often, tho emblem of friendship—there is plenty ol blossom, but no fruit. DZ7" Why arc potatoes and corn liko certain sinners of old ? Because, having eyes they sea not, and having cars they hear not. ID- Wo complain of tho ungrateful. Lotus imitate nature, who gives everything to man and expects nothing. AX 32,00 PEE ANNUM. NO. 7. Elopement in Dish life. Just ft week ago, when New York was under the utmost excitement consequent, uj)oo the scene of riot and bloodshed, enacted the night previous, in. Williamsburg, also, a scene in which bloodshed resulted, not between charap tors assimilating to “ Dead Rabbits” and such |ikpi, but pmpng persons of the highest respecta bility and standing in.ljio.busmesscommunity, as well os thosocial circles of New York. The affair grew out of a young taaa attempting, to elope with a married .woman, when he was pur subd the who, in the heat of pass : ion,-rbj)ca(cdiy stabbed the young man with a bowle knife, until it,was supposed hoiyas mor tally wounded.' -Tho.,affair occurred between three and .four o'clock on Sunday morning, the 24th ulf., without any outcry having been made, and there has'since been an effort fo sup press the facts from the gossipping world.' Wo give the facts below: ’ Mr. A is.a heavy merchant in New York, ; and'bis residence for some time past has been in Williamsburg in tho aristocratic portion of I the city known as the South Side. Ilfs wifi? is ' a beautiful and accomplished woman, belong- 1 ing to a wealthy and highly rcspcc.tablo family 1 In New York, and was looked upon by her bus- ! band as everything that could bo desired in a ' partner for life. The third person, Mr. D., a young man do- j !ng business in New York, is also, of high stan- { ding. ’ • i Some three months since, tho wife of Mr. 8., formed an acquaintance in a broadway saloon. The two frequently plot at the same place, nntj Anally became ardently attached, and feeling ; that they would Wunhappy if they separated, 1 the ladydccidcd to abandon her husband and ! children and clopo with her lovtr. Early on , tho morning of the 4th was fixed upon to con sumato their designs and carry their plans iiitti , execution. . . i , l « The husband had received some’intimatidh or ] the step his wife was about to take, and .nl- , though he could not credit the rumor, decided to he fully convinced of its truth or falsity. On the morning in question, Mrs A., left the house, and, meeting a carriage, she immediately sprang into it. when the driver proceeded to. wards the South Tenth’street Retry, Tho husband was nottr convinced of his wife’s perfidy, and, overtaking tho Carriage, wrenched open the door and immediately Commenced an onslaught upon the youttg.man with a bowie knife, and did not desist until he had inflicted a dangerous wound in tho neck, several on the arm—one of which will renderthe arm useless— ; and also a severe gash acrosd his stomach.— i During (he melee the young man discharged his pistpl, the ball grazing his adversary’s forehead and causing a slight wound. The carriage was turned back Ip tho house, the young man removed to a room, pnd the fam ily physician was called in to dress wounds. At this stage of the aflair tho two-gentlemen recognized ’each other- as intimabf*busiitcss friends in New York. , i \ , -. • that he was not aware o£ Rio relations existing between Mr. A, and tho lauyvoj' ho .would not for the world have taken thw step. Mr. A. was sorry fi* his rashness, and regret ted (hat he had not allowed his wife to leave without molestation. I, Tho plijsicion was of tho opinion (hat tho wounds would provo fatal. A consultation was deemed advisable, and Prof. Parker and two other skillful surgebns were sent for. Tho consultation took place that evening, and it was decided that there was a chance for rccov cry. The wife was discarded, and proceeded at once to her friends in New York. Paring the day tho father and brothers of tho lady visited Mr. A. and after having heard the version of tho affair, did not blame him for the course be had taken. The wife consigned tho custody of tho three children to her husband, after which ho gener ously pave her the eldest boy. The injured man still remains in Williams* burg, ana is In a fair way of recovery. MUBDUB MOST FOUL Prom (lie Solemn hanging Of a homo thief by a band of regulators, or tho shootlhg ofa politi cal opponent foran offensive expression of opin ion, to tho killing of two old persons fof 1 the sake of n Ulflo motley, if, fays tho North Amer ican, n considerable descent’ln cHmo, though, perhaps, not so grout as an unreflecting public may Imagine, There is always 86/119 Jtictntiyo to (ho sacrifice ofltt/n/an 1/fe whonpref ft fs ta ken by ♦lolonco. The atroclou's act of killing a man in a political dispute Is excused by tho perpetrator as done, in an ungovernable rage, and tinder provocation. Tho robber, on tho other hand, who breaks into the farm housefuls the aged farmer and his wife,and steals thomop oy ey cnreiulfy hoarded up, is stimulated by (lip appetite for plunder. In either case a murder Is committed ; ami,ns (boro nro few robbers who desire to kill their, victims, while there are many geiueol b/awlprs who stand ready with n loaded pistol or n bowio knife ii> in/fict mortal wounds on sllghtprovocntlon, perhaps, niter all, (lio fat ter is more ofa nuisance than (ho former. But there is something revolting in n murder committed for mere plunder, and however wo may reason on tho subject, human naiurp stands aghast in horror ol it as tho deepest atrocity in all the dark catalogue of crime. More especi ally in cases like tho murder at M’Koesport, Al- county, do wo shudder to Urul relatives ofthe poor, vfitlma,conspiring in. tho fatal plot to obtain money at such a dreadful coat. The telegraph informed our readers on Monday that tho three wretches who wore arrested ns tho murderers of (ho Wilson family, have been con victed of tho deed. It Is eo me to witness the execution ofa wonpra, Hint; ppssibly nfcmatp, (juAntbTTK Jones', who is among tho convicts, may escape In this casojbut such mercy is a great wrong upon tho community. If over a 01 iminal deserved hanging, she certainly does; and wo hope that no medium sympathy will bo invoked in her behalf to secure her immunity from punishment. She was the niece ofMr. Wilson and Ids aged sister. Thpsq two npor old persons havo given her shelter oi thalr farm house many a time \ and ouly n few days bolero tho murdor she had boon staying there, haying no where eltto (9 go. She It was who found 6f)( tho fuel other linclo having saved nn some hun dreds of dollars .wjifch I\o, kept, house.'— Shojoft his hospitable roof to Consort with rob bers, and aid in tbolr desperate scheme of plun der. She appears, from tho revelations jnado upon tho.trial, to havo boon an utterly abandon-, od wretch. Her brother, was in tho gang and saw her practices. Tho nnmlerwasdollboratp ly planned, as she confessed. In pursuance of tho arrangement, she wont with her horrible as sociates. at tho dead hour of midnight, to hop uncle’s house, knocked at tho door nod sought ’ admission. Unsuspectingly, tho qld nranda-i scondod and let her lu. SUo has told; us that there, under tho rooflo which she was wolcom -1 «d, she stood by and saw her undo and mud 1 murdured before her oyos by (ho men " hom sio had guided thoro, to commit tho. deed, bno •llowml lliora wlioro tl 111 WW«“ ,S' C „n cl; nmi shared it with (hem, and thou they Ml cs cnjioil. Knspluloii wuh Aaliiiiwl ujioll lior HB soiliM IUo mufUc( was dlsoovctoa. It v»« known, that sho had been stnyingiAt fho'honso, arid her jreckleps character and destitution or moans snppliod.tbp motives*'; She ,was met go fng in a different dircctlon to tbat sho had catcd When sho first loft her uncle, and hereon, tradictory accounts of herself increased tbo sus picion. Shq dddhpr'accbinpllceit Were alsfl soon.taken. . Sho, confessed her .par ticipation and fold the qtory* 1 ; If over. o' set- .of criminals deserved hanging,,sbo _arid the twp men who have been convicted with her, do bp- ’ yond all doubt.' |flio atrocity of the deed ox- Coeds Anything bt recent date.— NortH Ameri can. . SABI. HOUSTON In tho political downfall of. Sam ;tlouaxoir, every man may read his fate, who lias any in clination to abandon the principles and demerit tho organization of tbo democratic party. Thcro was a tjmo iVJiqn his nityjio woij honored brfd re spected by every 'democrat throughout .tho ion. Hfs name was. orid of Influence—ho was tho first choice of thousands of true men for tho Presidency. But in ap evil houy ho Joined tho Know-Nothlpg boqspfrajoq? nftd ftfl’m fbat day Ida career has been downward! ■ Wo. now find him tbo candidate of tbo dark-lantcra people for Governor of Texas; • Disoppolntod-ainbitloa has had all fo.do wftli ; 'aspiring become president .of (hp UnltqdSfatos,tbo poq pie refused to elevate him tb that poB|Uog; ca.} gor to Join any association, no matter,what jtj| principles were, provided It gave him office—ho sundered tho sympathies that bonnd him to tho pcopio, ho went over to tho Know-Nothing party in 1854-’ss—then in tho pride nnd tqat .State* that,-will,ho, chrohidpti everywhere and known to all. —Easton Jlrsu*’ , The C6uuon Sense or the CabinW.— Therd ' Is onq ( fiiingTor which. Aft. fiuphnnan’s cabinet dfp- eminently bard, common sense! wb ,aro '.using no.ipqly exphcsllops, wo knptv; hut (hey arothopo which bust convoy- blit 1 incaning. They ore thosif which have been adopted by tho unpretending nia§ac3 to fconvey an idea of Ihpt, pletygpV man’s-composition which is fnosl essential tq success 'ln any undertook, A- sound uJjprpxj kpun judgment Is ctnibontlycharqpteristjp.of the present cabinet; and that |s Avfitii is needed in the practical working of oiir government. There was more sense, more real hard sensei in Attornoy-Gpocrolßljick’s ppinlon delivered in the Thompson claim'thati In any similar do cument wo have over sden. There was a homo? spun manner and stylo about it whicb.wap truly refreshing. T( was a n?odol paper Ilcon-not a « black rcpUbUoaD Air. Black Wrolo to be understood. Ho, om< ployed language (not to conceal, but) to mak§ plain his ideas, ‘ . .. / What wo have said about Attemby.Gcncral Black’s papers is also true of Secretary Cobb’s* His circular ft-om the. Treasury Department, da ted April 15tb, is unsurpassed for clearness of Ideas,-and lucidnoss of .stylo. Tbq ,papcrs of which Wo speak arc a-study/or yotmg men,, os tho .principles of their eminent authors.pro,fnos£ wortliy of ndoptloq by tho rising generation.’— Jl UllcdgevUlc (Ga.) Nnton. I Afraid op tub Chinese Wbafons.—The London Times alarms itself dreadfully the ’ sidcrcd legitimate id warfare. Ilsoys: “ Is there anybody so foolish to suppose, ttjaji (ho Chtneso will not poison ererybosorohestpf ten, preserved ginger, sweetmeats, chow chpw: marmalade, or anything else that is exported from China for the use of foreigners ? Wjebftv Move honestly and truly that tho destruction of human life in this country and America, from tho use of poisoned tea, will bo (bo most fearful calamity that has ever visited tho two countries in tins century. It will kill more people in England than were killed in the lt will destroy moro human life in the frnTted States than our Wats, tho yclldW p]r TO cholera. People continue to dt-ink teaTOn think there is no danger 1 It tvjll bo $ foiaj mistake. Watt until tho cargoes of tea now on their way to American ports arc landed. Those who dream that we shall escape poisoned tea had belter preserve (he extracts from the Times. We havono doubt that dur warning articles about (eft-will save thousands of lives in (his country. Wo wish alt ffould take life tfflfninif in time.*’ An attack upon our persons from an enemy so secretly introduced wopld not only destroy forever tho.(eh trade, but it would \*ry ,pearly finish all ino drinkers. ‘not sef why tho Chinese should poison everybody's because ho is in a hu/F with Jphu Bull. A CnT haman can certainly ( bo discriiylaaMpg in;hjs wtath enough to [('now his friends from liiscne*- mita., We {ho JTimes js anilous.tpjpvd n blow dt tho tea trade in tho Uhitcq.Stalcs, to* gcthcr .with England, that John Chinaman may be tho sooner brought to terms through tho do* flcicncy ohhis, income, Irom tho lc4*driuking “ outfiijlAbarbarians. Sun. " t Tuo Death of Young Stowe.—Tho Munches ter American Ims {ho particulars of (ho (loath of youog Stowe,son of Professor and Harriot Bco chorSlowc, by drowning, at Hanover, N. 11., on lb Oth Inst. Ho went info tho with so£- orni of his classhinles, to bathe, and after being fn ,n f\jw minutes befcahio exhausted {ind cried forhoty. Ilfs roo/ii male and flhgfher j-Quijg man hastened to his relief, but thoirciTovtswcru unavailing. Stowe suuk but ou6o, and remain ed under water twenty minutes before ho was taken out. Life was not then extinct, but h« was 60 far gone that h'o ci'pired, fu a fqfy •nicnts, Hu was drowned only about four ijoas from tbo shore, and his body could, ?ocn when lying ijt ttiq bottom. His remains-word carried to Andover In chnrgo i of a comhiftico of students, consisting of ono from each class. — Tho deceased was nineteen years pt age, a flo9 scholar, and a youth of much promise. MoCkstY.— A modest young lady desiring a leg of a chicken at the table said : '* Ml take the part which ought to bo dress ed in drawers!” -. # . n. A young gchtlcmah opposite juimcdiatciy said: , “I'll take part which' ought to wear th 6 bustle!” ... , . !Itfrtsh6rn tVos immediately administered (0 the lady. it/* “ Well, Pat, which is tho irty' 16 iur % you Kno’fr thy home was Pat ?" •*O, I guessed }t.”, ~ * j “ Thin, bo tho holy poker, jf yp’ro so good at gucssin’ ye’d .bcther guess tho way to Bur liDglcfh.” Harry, did you ask Ilicksforlhomoncj “Ycssir-cc?” “Wlmtdidhosay?” • . 9 , Nothing, ho just kicked me into the road. “ ThaiVnll he said.” tnf-An Irishman was sued hya doctor‘ W (ho Amount of his bill for medicine and alien dfluco, nnd Toddy being called upon to Btalo wliy ho refused to pay, replied: ; '•( " Why .should I pay for such sluiU Tho ’medicine was of no use to mo ; sure and he sent me two emetics, and divil lift 6uc of them could ■I kapu on my stomach 1 . n