■i. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY joliii 0. Bratton. o,,n,onirTio!f.— Olio Dollar and Fifty Cents, bild in advance ; Two Dollars it paid within the voar and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not wild'within the year. Those terms will bo rig idly adhered to in every instance. No sub scription discontinued uotil all arrearages are paid unless at the 7 option of the Editor. „, Adveetisesikiits— Accompanied by theoAsn, and not, exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for One DollaiVand twenty-five cents ior each additional insertion. Those of agrcat ter length in proportion. i Jod-Fbintino —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels,, Ike., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. From the States* STRAY THOUGHTS. BY W. SEAMAN BEARS. You and I, funny creaturesr are we.not ■ Hero to-day to-morrow—where 1 Ever changing this our lot, , Joy or sorrow, case or care— Thus we journey on through life, , Meeting, parting, friends and foes, Mingling in the daily strife, •Sharing in its bliss and woes— Going, coming, Till we die; fever roaming, You and 1.- Von and I, funny cr.oalnros —do you doubt Remember this when next wo meet. Doubtless, then you’ll find it out, . . As we,pass upon the street;- Do we smile as brothers should t A kindly glance from but flie heart. And drop a word, as oft we could, Thus allow a manly friendly part ? Daily meeting, ,- Passing.liy, . ’ Never greeting, You and I. Ton and I, funny creatures—soon tome Tile heart’s last thr.ob will come and go. And your own will. Cease (b be . A source 6l life where pleasures flow, :. Then, smiles that given now, will form Tlie iris o’er the boundless sea. Where friends Will gather throhgh the storm, Reflections there of tbeo.and me— .. Whilst all alono , V Thosc lbrms wjji lie,- That once were known As yon’and I. , THE MODERN.. ftELLB. Tlie daughter sits in the parlor, . .And rocks.on her easy chair, She is dressed in sijks and sntiris, 1 And jewels are in her hair ; . She winks, and giggles, and simpers, , And simpers, and giggles, and winks; And though she talks-but little, Xt’s.vastiy more than she thinks; Her father goes clad in russets— . All dirty and seedy at that; •Jlis'coat is put at the elbow, i And ho wears a shocking, bad hat. He is hoarding and saying his dol ars, . So carefully,'day by.day, ; "W hi to alio on her whims arid fancies Is squandering them all away. , ' She lies in bcid of a morning Until the hotp- of noon. Then comes down snapping and snarling Because she’s called too soon. Her liair is still in papers,. Her cheeks still dabbled with paint— Remains of last night’s blushes ■ Before she attempted to,faint. '' ■ ' Her feet so vcry littlo,; ’ Her hands so very white, Her jewels'>o very heavy, And .her head so ; very Jight; Her color is nmde of Though- this she’ll.never own Her body is mostly-cotfoh, • And her heart is wholly stoned She falls in loyo with a fellow , Who swelltfwith a foreign air; .He marries her for her money, , She marries him for his hair.. . One, of the very best matches; Both are well mated in life . . SheVgot a tool for a husband) . And. he’s gbt.a fool fdr a wife. ? Mxmlkmm,. Can I help yon ? x Cah I holpyou? Just say the word. .There jspoaks tlm whole-soujcd, whole hearted map— o the man wlioso very shadow is worth more-than the body, souKand estate, personal and spiritu al, of two thirds of our human race bearing the name. How he lifts the-despopding spirit of liis brother. All day lie had met with cold eyes, cold smiles, cold wolds, cold bows, and cold o -sympathy. Men fly him because they Have heard lie was’ unfortunate. I’ll lend you ten' thousand if you are worth fifty j if you’re -1111- lortnniitc —I am very poor inysell—would help y.pu- could iiave' 1 done so three. days ago, or three liours ago—hut positively hav’nt got three fonts, nor shan’t be in possession of that aiiiouut while— —your misfortune lasts. ..If,your old aunt dies, or your old Uncle, or in fact anybody Who niay choose to leave yei/a -fortune, why just call upon mo; I’ll manage to have a little , change on hand/ ... . ■i But look! yonder c6mo9 a broad-shouldered, frank-brpwed man, who meets-, his.popr brother with a heavy slap on the shoulder, arid can 1 help you Ij-just say the word. ■'.'Don't be afraid AOIV, what’s ypur trouble ? Oritwifh it, aftd if Jouidlikea Utile cash 1 just say so.- -Don't be downcast; what if you have failed in your cx . peetntions once, twice or thrice 1. Ilav’nt so.mO nfbst successful merchants done the same thing? made tlie same mistakes 7 .And where would they have' been if they hadn’t found friends 7 Como, what do you want—how much? Ho don’t clap his hands in Ilia pockets with a, ptyx like frown that .says us-plainly as if hp had bawled'itout.in your Car, rip entrance hero.— lie isluot one of those’dyspeptic; cross-grained, . surly, monied machines that-squeezes a six ponoo till it squeals, and reads , a newspaper with a greedy, voracious eagemess, tor feat lie' shall not got hie fwp.centa worth. He lives for something else, that man, than gain. His pass port to heaven is written pri his face, his religi on bn the hearts of, the downcast and aorroW-s jpg; in the homes ho-h’aa niado happy by Jiis ; benevolence. , “Can T help yon 7” . Write the words in golden letters, for they are oil ly heard on rare' occasions, The .'sneer, the scorn, the doubt, the ' refusal—they conic with,every nightfall' and sunriaing. Niggards grow like mushrooms, but angels are scarbo. Niggards can never look lieyond themselves— their own Conifort, their own convenience ; no matter'who starves next door, they scatter cur ses in [discouragements, and blight over, God only knows how many,.gentle hearts.. They never say,V*Cap I help him V s but “he's down', let's kick him. •> ' .■Butthe angelic ministry of those helpers to humanity, men who believe'they .were entrust cd with power the gods might envy, lliat they -might be used lo aorao good, purpose—what shall we say te.them? howgiye, them the praise ■ luey merit /. , Good, whole-souled, generous man, the angels and‘.God himself smiles approv al when, with his-beaming eyes- and hopeftil words, yon said to the dispirited brother. < n the world isn’t more than’ nalt a man, and the world wants entire mfihi— a,ul b 0 ll! >ppy- -And you shall have .reason,; tosay it was a good thine yon resolved to.marry and refused to be a soli tary. beer drinking, pipe "smoking bachdfor' if you succeed as well fi, your'cflhrTs „ s h IIS - once a young man like you. is now simply old, contented and comfor(ablc._ Life laZ/™. A gentleman of this city owns a dog.-that knows a tiling or two. Our friend’s dwelling has by the process of grading, been left high above thestreet, andThc careless carrier-boy of ten leaves the Sentinel at the' foot of the stair case, instead of taking it.to.thp top. The dog has been taught to go down after, the .’paper, and search (or it 1 when missing. /He invariably brought a paper back, though he was some-' tjin.es absent a’long, time. A -neighbor, who lakes both the Sentinel and .News, missed his Sentinel, 'and became quite’ wroth at what ho supposed the delinquency of. our carriers.— Talking ;to; the owner of the dog about the mgtler, the latter: assured,-him that.his paper came regular. It was suggested that perhaps the dog might be responsible; being watched, he was seen to run to the neighbor’s door, wlicrc Sentinel and News, touch' ins nose to ono and then the other, pick up the Sentinel, and rtm homo, with it Milwaukia Sentinel. . BY JOHN B. BRATTON. YOL. 44. AN APPEAL TO FARMERS. We commend, for the consideration of the farmers in the vicinity of our town, the follow ing extract from a communication of an intelli gent farmer in Bucks county, relative to the employment of laborers during the approaching winter. The suggestion applies with equal force to till persons able to furnish work to any of the thousands who have been thrown out of employment by the present financial,crisis, and who will be.reduced to want and beggary be fore next Spring;. The most substantial chari- ty, the most effectual relief that can be offered to the destitute, is employment; and this should be duly considered by every one who in tends interesting himself in behalf of the suffer- ing poor. The author of the annexed commu nication appeals to his fellow farmers, who are blessed, yiih abundant,crops and all llie, neces saries, of life, and ttrgbs each One to do his part in the great work of benevolence. Much can be done in the manner suggested; Lot cabh of our farmers consider”that in the present emer gency he owes a duty to society from which he cannot well shrink—let them avoid a selfish spirit and enter upon a work of, (rue benevo lence. We give the extracts : And, fellow-farmers, the question is present ed to,us, .who stand, as it were, on the ilfiore-of the grent disaster—shall we stand coldly aloof and witness the ruin, not only in worldly pros perity, hut in body and’mind of our fellow creatures ; or, shall we make an earnest endea vor to afford relief ? " .. ' . In this connection two groat facts are pre sented to.our view: First—where is the farmer of energy and enterprise-r-in ol her words, where is the true American fanner, who hasnbtmany plans and improvements that he has only, wait ed a favorable opportunity to carry out ? . It may. be here a swamp to drain, or there a piece of land'to clear of its trees, bushes, oristoncs, or a . mire of rich dirt-to cart to the neighboring fields, or tnhny other tilings—any of which woold. in most cases, add'hundreds of dollars to. the value of the land, besides filling the minds of theOwncrs with that honest pride tind pleasure, which arises, from the creating, instead of destroying of resources:" Tlie other fact is one which we, who never knew a stint in the main of food can hardly realize. , This .next winter, in all probability, thousands of 1 able-bodied men Will suffer for the want of the barest necessaries of life—and still worse, many will go to their homes only to meet tlie snpnli entions of their.liltle ones, and thus, to the tor ments of,the body, add the agonies of the mind. And,-’worst of all, who can wonder il’, under the pressure of- Smili circumstances, and sur roundedby such should forget •their manhood, or have their moral fcenSe üb scored, and hereafter he willing to take that as a gift: or as a spoil, which was not vouchsafed ! them jh return for offered.labor, -y, .... ' Numbers of men can doubtless be found in thOcities who-would he glad' to hire foy wages lower than .for! many previous years. !And gt ■ this that, in view of the lower price of produce, their board will be of dess account than usual, and -what more favorable .opportunity .coidd farmers haveto carryout their contemplated improvements,? There is-hardly a farmer but could rind profitable employment tor an extra hand from now' until.next spring—some farm ers for perhaps two or three.'" And when we remember that, while so doing, we are not only benefiting ourselves,'but at the same lime doing an act of mercy to others; and probably, also, pr i C . Ve . n^ JIS Imic *’ oP pauperism and crime wlucb.n state bf°destitution cannof fail to pro dticc the evils and expense of which we must* share. In view of. all this, can .wc hesitate in our, choice? Don’t be a Eaclielor. Young man, don’t-liven crusty bachelor, it is not good for you. It will neither improve your morals, your health, nor your beau tv. l — as you can imiko it convenient, and as you can shape your affairs to support a wife. But when you marry,.don’t fall ni lo’ve whh a face instead of a woman. Hetriember that com mon sense is a rare virtue; much better than silver, and gold and fashion. .Don’t court and marry cr'rijjline and money ,hags, simply be-’ cause it is crinoline or gold iri plenty ; hut look for souiid, practical sense in a woman first; — that is the touch stone to try her other qualities in Intelligent Dog-. 1 A ROMATIC REALITY. TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. An old man, whose few remaining hairs were whitened by age. was retailing in Fifth street market place, brief chapters is aohequered life, his travels and experiences in foreign countries, his trials by land and sea, his. hopes and wish es for the future. Twenty years ago, or thereabouts, he left Lancaster Pa., W'ith ho particular object in view except to tad Himself of the oppressive ills of poverty and want. Without means to sup port liis wife and three children, with little or no enjoyment, he abandoned homo and friends to chance hazard of the world., elsewhere, in hopes dame Fortune would smile more pleas antly. At Philadelphia he shipped on board a vessel, for Liverpool, as a hand before the mast, and made two or three trips in that capacity, back and fonh across the Atlantic. Finally, on the last voyage, he left his ship in'a foreign port, aiid remained, there for several yours, en gaged in various pursuits that offered a preca rious living. Tie sailed up the Medileranean,. visited the Holy Land, came back to Liverpool,- and again shipped for his native country.— Through some ill starred circumstance, he did not reach his home hilt.-.after’ bii'ffeting. about for-a year or more, finally, brought up in a South American boat, where he rcihained for several years, engaged in-trading, and various other occupations that yielded a fair Jiving.— 7 The gold excitement on the Pacific carried him thither, and he went,up “the golden Sucrninen; to” with high hopes of prosperity. A year’s experience there brought with it more frowns than smiles of fortune, and he left the Eureka State for. China,aigain as Sailor. From there, he shipped, in another vessel- for New York, where ho arrived several -months ago, infirm, almost worn out withilife’s trials and troubles, and sought amongst bis .old friends his wife and child. With many doubts and hopes, he visited Lancaster, where he had left them, but found no kith or kin to receive him- His wife had died dong years before, and one son had soon followed her to the grave. With a heavy heart, a future before him as blank as the unspotted page, he wandered r forth again; little heeding life, nor caring how soon its “fitful fever”'olos: cd forever, , Chance directed his fobtstcps’to..Cincinnati.' in his weary round, and chance, or a guardian spirit, .'or fate, prompted him to relate hts ad ventures to a half a dozen listeners in Fifth street yesterday, and amongst them was a young mechanic, a cabinet maker,*on his way to his hoarding .house -to dinner, who;listened with marked attention; and who found on fur ther inquiry, that the venerable old gentleman, was his father! The son wtys.Tmt a small lad when the parent left homo ; but'ljo had 'heard - enough of his history, tbknbw.that the or belore him was indeed his parent, of'whom he had.hut a dim recollection personally. . He grasped the old man by the arm with, hearty, good will, look‘him. to .his boarding house and. provided hitii with food and I'aiiilentratVtrwjir smooth his footpath to the grave kith kindness .and tlcvb.ion. , . - Deterjninaiioja of Purpose. The earnest man wins_ way. for himself and earnestness and truth go -.together. Never af fect to he other than yod. are, either richer.or wiser. Never be- ashamed to gay,“l do not know;” men, will then believe you when you siiy •*! dp know:” Never bo ashamed to.say, whether as applied to time or money. “I can nbt afford it,” “I cannot afford to waste an hoar in idleness, to which you 'invite me.” “I cannot afford the guinea, you ask me to.'throw away.”’ Once establish yoinsclfi and yonr mode of life, as what they really, are, and your’ foot is on solid ground, whether for the gradu al step onward, or'for the sudden spring over a precipice. . 1 From these maxims’let us dedace another—learn to say ••No,” with, decision, “Yes,” with caution , “No,”’ with’.decision whenever it, implies a promise. A promise once given is a bond inviolable. A man is al ready of consequence in the world when'it is known that -we can implicitly, rely upon them. I ‘have frequently seen’, in life, a person pre ferred to a iong list of applicants, lor some im portant chargewhich lifts him at once into sta tion and fortune, merely -because he has. this reputation, that when he.says he knows a.thing, he.’knowti it; and, .when he says he will do a thing, he will do, it., Muse, gentlemen, over these maxims ; you will'find it easy etiriugli (6 practice them, for when you have-added them together, the sum total looks very much like a- Scotchman. — Sir'E. Jiulwcr Lyiton. ' ■ A,: Guilty Conscience. * One of the most memorable passages ever ut tered by -Mr. Webster,’ was jn ‘vindication of the authority of conscience and of Providence, oh a trial for a dark ahd-mysterjous murder.^— ‘■The guihy solil cannot keep its own secret, it is false to itself, or rather it. feels an irrcsismble influcocifta bp,true to itself. / It; labors; under, guilty possessions, and knows-not.what to do with it;'. Thehuirian heart was hot made for the residence of such an inhabitant. It'finds itself preyed upon by a torment which it does not acknowledge to God or man. ; A vulture is devouring it, and it can,-ask no sympathy on ■earth ; The secret which the murderer posses ses. soon Cuffies to possess him; and like the evil spirit of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads; him whithersoever it will; - He feels it, beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure.,. He thinks the Whole world sees it in his face, reads it-ia his eyes, and almost hears its.workings in the very si. lenco of his thoughts., ft has. become bis. mas ter. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down hid pb’urpge, it cdhquers his- prudence.. When suspicion from without begins to enibarras him and the net of circumstances to. entangle him-, the fatal secret struggles with’still’greater'vio lenceto burst forth. It must be confessed; it will be confessed ; there is tie refuge from con fession but suicide; and suicide, is confession’. ORATORY In [poking over some old pipers a day or two since, we stumbled over the. following ex tract from.a speech, delivered by Henry Clay before the students;of the New York State and. National. Law School, : Speaking of the art of extemporaneous speaking he said;-: : ' ‘,‘T my. Success in LifiTto one single fact, viz; that. at tlie ag'e-6i 27, I : commenced and continued for years, the process ofdailv reading' and speaking contents of some liisto rical and scientiQqal, book. , Those.oil-banded efforts were some'imes modem a corn-field, it. others,in the ibrest,'not unfrequently in sonic distant barn,-with the horse and .thu ox for j my auditors. It is to this early practice of the art of all arts that I. am indebted Jbr" the pri mary and leading impulses that stimulated me forward, pud have shaped and moulded tuy en tire destiny. Improve, then, young gentlemen, the superior advantages you hero enjoy. Let not a day pass without exercising you! - powers of speech..' There'is no powerlike that of ora tory. Ctosar controlled men- by oxciting their “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT —BUT BIGHT OB WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1857. fear. Cicero, by captivating their affections and swaying their, passions; The influence of the one, perished. With its author; that of the other remains to this day.” • ' THE BIGHT HIND OF A WIFE; A New York editor says lie had an introdne tidn last - week to the heroine of- the following sketch : Mr. —i , a merchant, now residing in Philadelphia, who formerly lived in : iother an extravagant style, was in the habit every Mon day morning, of giving his wife a certain some of money for the table and other household ex penses of the week ; he'never mentioned his bu siness to his wife, and she deeming him fully capable of attending to his own affairs never in quired.into them. • About five years after her marriage, through some slight mismanagement, and tlic rascality, of his confidential clerk, Mr. — suddenly broke, and his fall was men tioned “sympalhizingly”-on ’change, and, like all such matters, there, all sympathy ended.. — The merchant kept the affair a secret, and the first intimation his lady had of it, was a news, paragraph [n the Ledger. Shortly after din ner was over, on, the discovery of the startling fact, Mrs, requested her husband to re main in the parlor a.few moments; as she had something, to say to him. She then left the room, hurried up stairs, and Shortly- after re turned, with a,splendidly bound Bible .in her hand. Handing it'to her husband she'said “ George,.the day after biir' marraige, you gave, me this.prccibns booli'as a token of 1 your love, and as a rich fountain to look to in the day of trouble. Its pages’have been precious to,me ; and ns-your brow looks, sad to-day, I now return it to you, that you may glean from it some consolation in the hour' of gloom.”-«- She then left the room. ; The merchant opened "the'book carelessly, arid a bank bill fell out.- lie picked it up and glanced at its face, it . wns,a'slo. He opened the book again, and another note Of the same amount before him.. He opened kjtt the first page, and continued to find an X between eve ry two leaves, till he arrived at the commence-. ment of the book of Revelations. -He wps sav ed, could commence business," and had-a capi tal of £9,000 . ’ ■ “He rang thebell, a"servant appeared I .' ’ “Request ydnr mistress to crime to mcimmo dialely,” said the .merchant.' r? ■ ■ . The lady obeyed, entering (he room will something between a tear and a smile. “Kaie! Kate! where did you procure all this money?” ■■ . ! “ This is the weekly sardngjif our household expenses for the last five years.”,was the mod est reply, Every week T pat tenTPiit of the twenty dollars which you gave me iqlour iii.ble bank that-wheiva day of trouble came upon us, wo should have; something to save us from the’wolf-” . ’ ■ . 1 .■ ! ;' 7 , . “ Rut why put it.in the Bible, Kate V *' Because it is a good bank, one which will not. suddenly byeak,” replied the lady., i. • ■ 'l lj, ftuligtittid husband. clasping.her to his heart. And so she is. Docs anybody doubt-it. /.■' Ope,of the great secrets.of-health- is:a light I and it Js a great self-denial when one I is tired and hungry’ at the close of the day, to cat''little dr nothing. Let such a«one take leis urely a singlecup of lea and a piece of bread and butler, and he will leave the table as fully pleased with himself and all the world, as if he had eaten a heavy meal, and bo tenfold better for it the next morning. Take away two men uiider circumstances,'' strong, hard working men, of twenty live years ; let one take his bread and butter with a cup of tea. and the other a hearty meal of meat, bread, pd talpes and ordinary it cctcras, as the last meal of the day, and I will venture to affiim ihat thc tea-drinker will outlive the,-other by thirty years.- ~ *...■• Remarkable Instance of Heroism. The Rev.' Mr/Scudded, of Indiarin a letter to the Christian liitelUgenceri gives the follow ing instance of heroism; called forth by the In dian mutinies: Let Americans never be ashamed that En glishmen are their- forefathers,;.. England is a noble country., Her sons are, heroes aiid her daughters heroines. This rebellion has brought out deeds that deserve to bo associated with those valorous notions which we, with throb; bing pulses, read in, hisjory. In one place a lady and her husband (led in their carriage.— stood upright. She took-the reins. She lash ed the horses through a band of milliners, while he. with cool aim,-shot dead one who (seized the horses’ heads, ahd- another tylio climbed upon the carriage behind to cut him down. On they (led, till again they, found' themselves among foes, and a rope stretched across the road made further progress appear impossible, True to herself she dashed the hor ses at full .'speed against the rope, and as they,' bearing jf'down, stumbled, slie, by rein,and whip raised them, while her_husband’s weap ons again freed them from those who succeeded in leaping upon them, llq, was wounded, blit both escaped with their lives. In another place a young Indy, the daughter of an officer, shot.seven mutineers before they killed her. A captain, pressed by hjs sepoys, with his good •sword slew twenty-sis of them before he fell ! The light of the Moon. As the moon axis is nearly-perpendicular to ,he plane of , the ecliptic, she can scarcely have any change of seasons. Cut, what is still more remarkable, one half of (ho moon has no dark ness at all, white the other half has two weeks of; light and two of darkness alternately ;.thc inhabitants, if any, on the first half, bask con stantly in earthshine, without seeing the sun, whilst thoke of the latter never sec the earth at all. For the earth reflects the light of the sun to the moon in the same manner as the moon dobs to the caVth'; therefore at the ti’mo.bf con junction', or new moon, her further side mdst betnlighterted. by the sun and the nearest half by the earth ; and at . the time of opposition or full moon, one half of her will be enlightened' by the sun, hut the other half will be in. total ‘darkness. To the lunarians the earth -seems the largest orb in the" universe: /or it appears to them mordf than three times the size of the Sun, and thirteen-times greater than the moon does-to us—exhibiting similar phases to,Herself, but in a reverse order; for when tho moon is full the earth is invisible to thftp. and when the moon is nety, they will see the earth full, The face of the moon appears to us permanent, but to them the earth “presents very different ap pearances,' tho Pacific and Atlantic oceans, in the’course of each- twenty-four hours-, sucois-1 sively' their attention; The moon being but tire 1 fiftieth part of tho bulk .of our globe, and with- j in 238,000 milespf Us, may be brought by a . proper, telescope, which magnifies 1000 times, to appear "ns she would to the naked eye she only 250 miles off. , , lt is easier to declaim against a thousand sins'in others,,than to mortify one in ourselves.- light Sapper. Last Pond Looksi ■When a lady (we are talking of a lady in the full height and breadth of fashion) has got her bonnet- and gloves pn, and is perfectly ready, with her parasol in hand, she always goes back to the looking glass to fake a last fond look.” Upon our asking “ dear, handsome duchess” if this was not the tmth.-and the beautiful truth, she had the charming candor, to state, “ Yes, my dear Punch it is the truth, but not all the truth. No woman, take my word for it, is sat isfied with one look. At least I .know that I am not, for (and here our duchess laughed, ns though she was pleased with herself and all the world) I don't mind telling you, I invariably take four, (our good ones. The first look in the glass is for myself, that’s, fair ; the second jis for-mjt husband, that’soothing but just; the third is; for my friends,' that’s only generous ; the fourth is for my rivals, that’s human nature. If the last look satisfies me. then I know it is all right, and I assure you I never take any P'wich. Tlie-Doom of the World. . What this change is to be we dare not even conjecture, but we see in the heavens themselves some traces of destructive elements and some indications of their power. The fragments of broken planets—the descent of meteoric stones upon our globe—the wheeling comets welding their loose materials, at /the solar furnace—the volcanic-eruption in our Own satclile—the ap pearaitce of. new stars, arid the'tjisrippcarance of others—are.all foreshadowS'of that.impend ing cdnvulsiori. tb which the system Of the world is doomed. Thus-placed on a planet which is Ip burned up, and under, heavens which arc to pass away ; thus reading, as; it were, on the cemeteries arid dwelling upon the mausoleums of former,worlds, let us learn the lesson of humility and wisdom, if we have not. already been taught in the school of revelation. . . ' ' [North.British Rcvicxo. . Dagucrreolypes by JLiglitning. A countrywoman has recently arrived in Paris from, the department of Seine ot-Marne, who should be presented to the- Academy of Sriioncrs. This woriian was a short time since watching a cow in an . open field, when a vib lent storm arose. She took'refuge undcratree, which at that instajrt, was struck by lightning: the cow itas killed and she was felled td the earth senseless, where she was soon after found, the storm having'epased with'the flash that felled her. Upon removing her clothing, the exact imago of the cow killed by her side was fourid distinctly iriiprcssed upon .her bosorii. This'curidus phenomenon is not without precedent. Dr. Ffankllh mentions the ease .of a man who was standing in the door.of a house m a thunder storm, and who was looking at a tree directly before him, when it was struck by lightning. . On the man’s breast was left d perfect daguerreotype of the tree. In 1841 a magistrate and a miller’s boy were struck by lightning near a. poplar tree, in one of the provinces of France; rind upon the breast, of cach wcrc foiind-spots exactly rescrribling the leaves of the poplar. ' At a (pooling of the French Acadcriiy of. Sci- enccs, January Sth, 1847. it was stated that a /woman of Ltigand, scatcdat a window during a storm, was,suddenly shaken by some invisible pow er. She experienced no inconvenience from , this, but afterwards discovered that a blossom, apparently ton) from a tree by a lightning! stroke, was completely imaged upon one of her limbs, and .it remained there till her death. . In September, 1825, the brigantine II Botin- Servo was anchored,!!! the Arniirp Bay at.the entrance of the'Adriatic Sea. where she was slrugk by lightning. In obedience to a super stition, the lonion sailors had attached a horse shoe to this miz.cn mast, as a charm against evil. .When the.vessel was stfuck a sailor who was seated by. the mast was instantly killed.— There was no marks or brnsics upon his per? son ; but the horsa-shoq was perfectly pictured, upon'his hack. . ' $. Spanish brigantine was once struck iri the Bade do Zamo. ‘ Five sailors were at the prow —three of them awake and two of them sleep ing. One of the latter killed and upon undres sing him, the figUresdl, pfain ! and well-form ed, were found under his' left breast. Hiscoro-- radcs declared that they were not there before his death ; but their original'was found in,the ( rigging of the vessel. But the most singular facts connected with this singular affair, are set forth in the report of . the physioian. Dicap ulo. who says : “After, undressing the young sailor, we found a band of linen tied,about his body, in'which were, gold pieces arid two par cels done up in paper. The one on the right side contained a letter from -Spain, three guin eas, and two'half-guineas; the other, a letter, four guineas, a half.guinea, arid two smaller pieces. Neither the pieces, the paper, nor the I'ncn presented the least appearancc.of fire.— But upon his right shoulder were six distinct circles, which preserved the natural color, and appeared as though traced upon the blacx skini These circles, which all touched at one point, wereof.three.different sizes, and exactly corres ponded with the gold'plcccS in the right side of his bclt.'’—N. Y. Eoening.Tdost. .Immense-Size of the Pyramids. ‘ ; A United States naval chaplain who has re cently visited the great pyramid of Chneps in Egypt, says that he walked around it, ; wgdin'g in the deep sand fourteen hundred feet before he had passed pno of its sides, and between five and six hundred fcqt before he had made the ci ircuit. ITe says, take a hundred New York churches of the ordinary width, and arrange them in a hollow square twenty-five on a side, and you would have scarcely the basement of this pyramid: take another hundredand throw their material into the hollow square, and it would not bo full. Pile on thestone and brick of Philadelphia and Boston, and the structure would not be as high or solid as this greatest work of man. One la3 - er of blocks was long since removed to Cairo for building, purposes, and enough remains to supply thp demands of a city of half a million people for a century, if they were permitted'freely to'uSO it. How a Colored Speaker Shirked the Question’. In olio of the smaller citlfc'.of the colored population held meetings tp discuss' the propriety of celebrating the' anniversary pf West India loinrfncifmt ion‘, August 1. At 0116 of these meetings a very conservative gentleman •was exceedingly surprised to see somp .'-fair sex." rising and taking part in the, discussion, After two or three of the sisters had; “freed, dar mines” on matters under debate, he sprung up in a greatly excited state, and addressed .the audience : “ Feller’ ditizens! ‘TEf I’d aspoSed datde ladies wood he. to take a part in dis yero discussion—(sensation)—fef.lM a node ’at ladies could jine in this yerc debate— (all eyes turned on tlie, speaker)—ef I’d hcleev cd for one moment feller citizens, dat do female sect wood dar raise dcir woicein dis yere meet in’ I'd—feller citizens—(‘Wot! wood you’ve a" did, cf you’d node it 1’ shouted two or three.of the stout-minded sisters, as thp. whites of their eyes flashed on the speaker)—l’d—(scratching his wool)—Jf’d nbrung.ni]] wife along wid me.” Here thodiscomfited orator dropped in his seat, completely exhausted: PIN THIS UP! There are some things which should bo “stuck up with a pin,” over the tire-place. The fol lowing advice, by 11. \V. Beecher, is one of them. In his sermon on the money crisis, ho says:—“Take care of yourselves. In the first place, every man should take care of his body. If your body fails, your energy is gone. It must not fail you. Yon want food and sleep. Sleep is to a man’s brain what the rain is to our cisterns, with this difference—that, bur cisterns hold a supply for several days, whereas our brain holds a supply for one day only. ‘Sleep over night is tile shower that fills it up. We owe it as a duty to ourselves to see that this central power bo not exhausted by sleepiness. It is a duty to sleep enough. A man who can not sleep may as well stop business, and put business in the hands of the doctor. Ho who broods over yed hot plans will end Ids days in a lunatic asylum. Both sleep and food are greatly under .the control of the will.. They must bo treated ns yon treat refractory children, who refuse to eat when setting out upon a.jour-' ney. If they say,‘l, can’t,’you pro to 1 say, You shall, you must I’ Thenbowarb of sub-. Stituthig stimulants for nutriment. ..This limb is one which will make ton thousand men go' down to a drunkard’s grave.' Do without bran-1 dy. 'Brandy may take you through, but it will bo out of the wrong gate. Beware, too, of nervousness. A hot brain,is like a now candle put into a hot candlestick. It burns off at one end, and melts off at the other, and is all gone in a moment. Don’t talk too much. It is won derful how much a mail may talk himself away.. Men talk of their troubles going up Broadway —talk them over going over the ferry—talk in their houses. Meet yodr friend with a cheer ful face. Do not make a reel of your mind, to 'wind and unwind your business upon every day. .Never let New York cross (lie ferry with you. Never let it cross your threshold anymore than you. would a wolf. Best yohrself at your hune.' leave your business behind you, and change the current Of your life .every'night in company 1 with yonr wife and children. If ncceSsiiry ,go home to a bath. It would do you good to bathe every day, some of yqu. Bathe in music. Try that. If you have no piano, no hand of chorded instruments is half s'o sweet as the voice of an affectionate wife and the prattle of children. Don’t go home to burrow in your bed as an imal burrows in the earth’’, to hide yourself. If you have been in the habit of riding out, don’t sell your.horses. Ta);b your ride as you have been accustomed to—riiorning, afternoon and evening. Love recreation. Be ware of unsociaplijness, Now is the time. to. let the bucket go down’ fo the very bottom of the well of friendship, and let it bring up coo) ing draughts. ■ w Kopolcon at Waterloo. Napoleon when ho .had soon (ho 01(1 Guard i'ccbil, felt his groat heart sink. Several times he chaiiged color, and looking bn the Hold with that wondering gaze that seems to expect to banish some hideous vision, ho panted for breath, and caught at his .words for utterance. “The guard! the guard!” said he: “its snnt Tnctej.'.” (they are.mingled in a heap!) It is , said that at. :this, awful moment .the officers around him bhabfvcd siith a gloom come over that expressive face of passion, that they ex pected him every moment to yield to some sud den burst of fury and desperation. Ho had met himself wiili Wellington, and, like the too daring. ,Hotspur, his long career of glory had been frustrated In a single Held. They, even I Bay that ho wanted to plunge‘with his horse I amidst the crumbled guard, and perish with his I gl6ry. But .Burtrand, or Soult—for the fnith I is.attributed tobotb alternately bydifferent wri ters—laid hold of the bridle, and turning the horse 'round,'exclaimed,. «Ydnr majesty must not go there; the enemy are already fortunate enough.’ 11 Those who sdy that lie fled from the field do him injustice; they forget the man they are speaking 0f... When he had seen (he battle'lost, bis army in a tangle' of coniusion,. not a regiment, not a company 'together, what had 1 he to do but to . return with the wind to Paris ? But before ho flees took aMiim as ho fakes his last long look at the terrible ground 7 Can it be possible that if is be, Napoleon, tlie con queror of Kingdoms, the world’s hero, greatest of men since Ctesar, who has been defeated, crushed, annihilated in one battle ? Is be the fugitive? Is that, touted army bis? '.Whitt! ■bis? Where are'tho proud eagles that seemed to live (lioniselves as they gave life tb those stalwart grenadiers whose long, gray arms lifted them up into the air? What is file drum doing now to innate the soldier’s heart 7-. It is torn and.silent on the field, so is flip nrm'thnt used' to boat it so gaily.. Where are the closed col umns that formed a rampart about their leader as he moved along? Where is that solemn, measured tread that shook the earth' as ton thousand, foot came down upon it in harmony and awe 7 / tool: at tlie mighty spirit'as ho contemplates .the scone of desolation. Is this, the end of so ■ many battles and campaigns ? Is this the re sult of so many virgils, schemes and enterpri ses ? lias he wasted a long life of action for this ?. Is it for this ho porvorted.tho revoiutibn, and bartered the liberties of mankind 7 Oh.it was a terrible fall to soar so high, and then to dropdown suddenly like a wounded bird shot by the fcwler! Who shall paint that maddened look ot grief ahd woo as ho sits crumpled liaif up on bis chargor, whoso priddof glory is gone, like his master’s? JNoble animal! Look .'look! how he stands up in the air paralyzed, with shartio I for he carries Napoleon, and has never learned to (lee f >. . EvefeU’s Hjfrfcnltaral Jd’drdssV . .Wo have received a copy of Hon. Fdivard EvefcUlS'agrtcfilfurar address, delivered befoVe the New York State Agricultural Society hi Buffalo, on Friday, October 9th, If is truly an eloquent production. The followingis the clos ing paragraph :•; Nature’s sced-lintc is solemnized beneath the vaulted sky; silent (il'tv.s and gentle showers, and kindly sunshine, shed their sweet influence on the teeming soil; springing .verdure clothes tlie plain;.golden wavelets, driven by the west wind, run over tlie joyous wheat-field; the tall maize floiints fn her crispy leaves and nodding tassels: while wo labof and while wo resf, while we wake and while wo sleep, God’S Chemistry, which wo cannot see, goes oh beneath the clods; myraids and inyraids of vita! cells, fbrmenf with oTaUiontal life;',germ and stock, and loaf and flower, and.silk anti tassel, and grain and fruit; grow up ftom the common' earth ( the mowing machine and the fbapor—itoutc rivals of human industry—perform (heir gladsome, task ; the well-piled wagon brings homo the ripened treas ures of the'jW;, tlie bow of protofso fulfilled spans! the foreground of the picture, and tho gracious covenant is redeemed, that while the earth fepiojhetli, summer and winter, and heat and cold, and day and night, and seed-time and harvest shall not fail/ ■ ;* The Boys. —Henry Ward Beecherin a letter to (he Independent , has been devoting an essay to boys, .lie says : f‘ The real'lives,6F boyaare yet to be*written. The livds of pious and good boys, ivhieli nnrieh the catalogues of oiir great publishingffifciciics', , resemble a real boy’s life about os much as a chicken.picked and' larded upon a spit, arid J ready.for delicious eating, resembles a free foiyl in the fields. ■ With sonic few ■ honorable ex ceptions, they are impossible boys, with in credible goodness. Apples that ripen long be fore their time are cither diseased or worm-bit ten.” ■ . ■ •. „ AT S2.OOPER ANNUM, NO. Joun Randolph. --Randolph was in a ftiv-’ ern, lying Ob' a'sofa’ in the parlor, waiting for the stage to'dbiiib to: the, door; A dandified, chafi stepped into the room with a whip in his hand, just dome from a drive and standing ' bp! fore the mirror, iirrailgcd' Jiis 'liaif and collar, quite unconscious of the presence of the gentle-' man on the sofa. After attitudinizing awhile,- lip, turned to go put, when Mr: Randolph asked,; him, ‘‘Has the stage comp V ■ “Slage, Sir! stage .’’Said the tbp,‘T'vc no thing to dp with it Sir.” ’ “ Oli! I bog your pardon,” said > Randolph'; quietly. •/ Ijfhqu'ght ydii ibifiTtlic 'driver,!'- — 1 ExcHangc young gentleman, named Hull, weht out shooting,.at HitchcOßkyille. Ot„ a fewdays since, and was bSiliercd bv a grqy squirrcl that dodged around a litnb whenever he aimed at it;. Getting out of patience, hb let Uy into the top at random, and hit—not the squirrel, but Khby named Demiting, \vlin was in the trpp,.getting chSstuUis. The Winstead Herald says: “you’d better believe that patch of Woods tya'i a howling wilderness (or the the nest 15 nim< utes." OS’” An agent for the American flihlc-Socie ty,.in perambulating one of out sUhtirbanloivtib for tho purpose of making a (roe distribution of Bibles ter the destitute, called pn.aTainilywhQso household effects did not boar evidence of carp and thrill and.made the’ usual' interrogation— ‘‘Have you a Bible in your liotlse ?” Thobead of the family replied, “Yes;” whcrcupon.fhß agent wished to sop it, apd gflof,a search, t|m only, voslago found' was two leaves; wbiph tho honselioldor present ed to the agent wltfi thbVb mark that ho was not aware that they wore up near .out. • . . t C-T" According to a calculation recently made by M. Poullit, it is found that the’ qiiahf(ly' of v ■heat which this earth receives IVoni fho sunlna year, is'equal to tlib combustion of astrdhyof coal the diameter of the earth anil seven jeep inches thick. < ■' ca3tcdi(or says,- “If we have ofiended any man irt the-short but brilliant course of our career, let him send us a new hat and say nothing about it.’” - , , Speaking of lions—that was an idea of She hard-shell preacher, who-was discoursing of Isi’nicl ip the den pf lions! ' Said he! ' There he sat all night, looking' at the show for nothing; it didn’t cost hira-a-cent I’’ ICT Great cry and little wool—an Elhiopi an infant just borne, ■ ■ . 4 Worried in Spite of Tiicmsclr'es. Old Governor Saltonstall,of Connecticut wljO flourished sqmo titty years since, .was u. mop , <5( some humor, as well as perseverance ‘in effect ing the ends ho desired. Among other anec dotes told of him ‘by Now London people, Iho place where ho resided, (s the'foUowing ir "~ "== Of the various sects which have flourished for their, day nltd' thfefl' coascd to eiist, was ebjiu known ns tho Kogorsites, so called from the!? founder—Jojih or Toni or porno other' Kogcrs—- who settled not far from the. goodly town afore said. . . . ; i „ ■ • The distinguished tenet of the .sect was -tho, denial ol the property, and scriptnrality of the iorra of marriage; “It is not good for ulan to bo. alone.” This they believed, and also that only wife-only should •< cleave "tp her husband,” but then this should bo a mattcrof agreement mere- - ly, and the couple should come together as main and wife, dispensing with all forms of tho mar* riago covenant. The old governor used jre» fluently to ball upon Pogers and talk thd nahti ter over with him, and endeavor to endeavor trt convince him of (ho impropriety of living with Surah as ho did. But neither John nor Sarah would give-up tho arguments. '. It was a matter of conscience with them—’ they were happy-together ns (hey What use then could a ft/erp matter of form h.eil—, Suppose they would thereby escape scandali were they not “ bound to up toe cross;'' 1 and live according to the rules (hey jifofelsS The governor's logic was powerless.' 1 1 He was in the neighborhood of John duo day,’ and meeting with him, accepted atr invitation to dine with him. Tlie conversation, as usual/ turned upon the subject. a “Now, John,”says' tfih governor,after wlbtßf , pause, “why will you not marry Sarah? jlayo you not takeri her to be your wedded wife I” ', “Yes, certainly,” replied Jolib, “hut mb' conscience will not permit me td marry hor, fu the (nrm of Iho world's people.” - - “ Very well. But you'love her ?” . . ' . "Yes.” ■ ' “ And cherish her as bone of your hone'; Sfra flesh of your flush 7,” . ,■ “ Yes. certainly I do.’’ . “And-you, Sarah, love him and obey him/ and respect him, and cherish him ?” . . ' ■ “ Yes.” Then,” cried the Governor, rising/." in tifO name of; tho laws of God and tlib wealth of Connecticut, I pronounce you to- ho husband and wife.-” ■ Tho ravings and rage of John and Sarah of no avail—tlie knot was tied' by file lii'ghebf authority in tlie State. ' , - ■ The Action of the ScaV That ever restless mass of water, called (lib sea, or ocean, iffthc great agent in producing thq physical changes of ihe,globe. It is the only workman who never rest--nhvays 'work ing, always toiling, for the good of man. It is continually wearing away the rocks and beached of portions of our coasts, and carrying the matter omynrd.in its currents in other places/. Tlie motion* of the waves produces a Silling nc'J liofl, and only the heavy matter Bills to thd bottom, while light alluvial soil and small Safld is held suspending in tlie upper'strata of tho. water. We.cati realize the' force of the-waves in wearing a coast by remembering that in d hurricane the force of tlie waves' are equal to tv pressure of forty tons * ‘T wish t were a turkey-dove, A-scttingdn your .knee. I’d kiss your,smilin’ lips lovb, To all e-ter-ni-tce.” .-KT* Wc have no desire to'be acquan:tcd\ifftfr ; ho baohelor.who. perpetaled the following":— Nature ifhpflrtifil ifi her .ends! r '!. ' " JiThen she Bade ttjaft tfte stftiiigbsfi: In justice, then, tb’make amends; ' ’ , Made,,ifb'man's : tong’uelKelongcstji,.,