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You say that you do love mo still, With soul that cannot change, And yet you seem so cold and chlll-f ’Tis surely very strange I ’Tis said that those who love cannot Treat ns with scorn, you know ; And often in each dreaming thought I won ler if ’tis so. X never see the ivy cling Around the giant oak, Undaunted by the* tempest’s wing, Or scathing lightning’s, stroke, - But woaian’s love and constancy Are brought to mind below I And thus as oft 1 think on thee, . r L wonder if ’tis so!. . In every walk of llfo I;mark Affliction’s tendrils twine— The same when clouded skies are dark, ■ As when the sunbeams shine ! And .vet tlmt pne.whose cheering smilo With me through time should go, i have not found, and all the, while. I wonder ififfis.so.. Thou aayest that dark suspicion waves Her fancies in thy brain I ’ And I can aeo thy spirit grieves O’er.all her fancied pain; Yet is there caiise that thou should’st drinl That poisoned fount of wo ? Cun'nil bo true that we may think ? I wonder if ’tis so ! Forbear, then, to deceive me more— Ye act but for effect; . Ye “wish ine well,” while still ye pour : .On me your cold neglect! Ye wish for my success, yet deal ; Its surest, deadliest blow! ’Tia not such love as you should feel— ,l wonder if ’tissoi- * The wing of thought may darkly brood O’er many a baseless dream; ' And, wrapped in holy solitude Still shutout heaven’s beam ! Deception’s garb, they say, can hide ' Such crafty deeds as flow From wily hearts or wounded.pride— I wonder if’tis so p | Injustice seems to strut along, Or sit in pompous pew; And feel absolved of all its wrong With one proud prayer or two! And yet, methinks, heaven cannot give That which we want below; And we must die as we will live ! I wonder If ’tis so I ’ —, MWlanmia. Breach of Promise. nr a URTinnn atiounev- ' It is possible-! Rose Leavitt exclaimed I, as I saw a lady, whorii I recognized as oneof the beautiful heiresses qf Boston, enter ray of fice. , • “ I dare say yori are surprisedbut my bu siness is of a strictly legal character ; so you need not waste any exclamations upon the eyont.” ~ - . ; Rose Leavitt was a beauty and an -heiress, but she was a strange girl for all that. Her father had died when she was about six teen, leaving something like a million to be di vided between her and two brothers. Charles and Henry Leavitt were .ranch older, than she, and both of them had long been settled down as quiet, orderly business men. They were respectable in the fullest sense of the word, and were never known to be errated in the slightest particular. c ■ Rose seemed to be cast in another entirely dif ferent mould from that in which they had been formed. At school she had been so wild, that neither master nor mistress could .control-her. She would havdjjier own way— a peculiarity to whic|v I am sorry to say, very many young la dies are addicted. ’ • For the proprieties of life—l mean for those set formalities of life, which pass as such in tho world of fashion—she had agovreign contempt. She hated dandies, hated belles, hated pianos, fhusic! books, French and German “methods in. fact, she seemed strikingly disposed to live out her existence after the dictates of her own fancy, of her caprices, as the reader may-choose to regard it. She passed into her twenty.first year without having done anything .to callthe attention of the world at largo to her. Her Whims had only been manifested in the school room, or at the home of her eldest brother, with Whom she resided. She was now twenty-two, and was in a fair way to become historical, as I shall inform the reader; Of course Rose had a profusion oflov- always find them thick as snow flakes at Christmas.; But Rose very summarily disposed of this crowd, by selecting from them one who was certainly a very superior fellow.— He was not rich; and had not been ,very for ward in his attentions, until it was plain to him, and all, the world, that, she had taken a fancy to him. Charles Carpenter was poor, but he Sincerely loved the wayward girl, and .would not have bent at her shrine, if he had not loved her. Then Rose, after she had secured him in her tods, as the spider does the fly, seemed a little disposed to play the coquette. Now Charles Carpenter had .not assurance chough to deal with a coquettish heiress., Ho was not a man of the world. Ho was conscious of the Vast dif ference in their social position, and whop ' she began to flirt with another, he did not resent it; but seemed toregard.it as a change of senti ment on her part, to. which ho could offer no reasonable objection. Calmly yielding to the fate which denied him the bliss of being loved, ho let concealment like a worm id the bud feed oh;his.dmnask cheek.” . 1 Rose flirted. ,A.new star had risen in the Armament of that circle in which she moved, in the person of Mr Sampson ,Dcelo. Ho had Iptely come from Baltimore, was the son of a merchant prince, owned a fine estate on the Rappahannock m Virginia, with two hundred negroes. ' Rose flirted with -him, add Mr. ; Sathpson Deele - wasi as constant as the needle to.'thc pole. ' soo P tne flirlatiou assumed a more, serious as pect.. The elegant gentleman was ever by her side, and she never failed to Smile upon him Poor Carpenter gave up all .for lost; and never intruded upon herprcsence.’ ; ..For.about three months Mr. Deelo had clung to her, and then it was whispered that ho had proposed and been accepted. Rose’s brothers were in ccstaoies. They had been fearful she would throw herself away upon a poor fellow like Carpenter; and both of them declared-it was the quest sensible thing they had ever known her to do; inasmuch as they did not ef fect much o( her, in the matter of matrimony. fIMI Selling a Dk'unjcbn Man rqn Pisseotion. —Some nights ago,.says the N. : 5?. Tribune; a number of young men, while, on their way home, came across a seedy looking individual", perfectly insensible Iromthe cfiects-of- liquor,' stretched at full length upon- tho sidewalk.— Their funds were quite exhausted; and how to “raise tho wind” had for some time been a matter of discussion. -A proposition to bag the drunken loafer”and sell him to the doctors at the medical college was agreed upon. A bag was procured, the inebriate slipped into the sack and borne upon the shoulders of the party to the college. The doctor answered the sum mons at the bell and demanded what was want ed, When the spokesman said, “Doctor, wb’ve got a ‘stifl’ for you." The doctor asked but few questions, and paid" §5 for, the “stiff" that being the sum required.. The sack, with its contents;, was. deposited in the hall, and tho fellows had taken their departure, when the loafer, who had;been throWn in rather an un comfortable position, attracted the attention of the doctor just as ho was about closing the door. • He at once perceived that the man was alive, and again opening .the door, hallooed to Iho young fellows, who lingered on the walk, telling (hem that the man was alive. “All right,” said tho spokesman “ you’ve got him now, and you can kill him when you want him.” Ihedoctor saw that he had been sold, and pock eted tho joke. . 1 E Sculpture op Habit.—Did you ever rnnnt h Ji le sc i ll P‘ or . ■ s,o «’ l y human countenance? It is not moulded at once. It :is not struck out at a single beat It is pain fully and aboriously wrought. A thousand blows roughcast it. Ten thousand chisel.points u * atl rt P er^ in.the.fjne touches and bnngfout the features of expression, It is a work of .time ; but at last the full likeness conies out, and stands fixed forever and un changing in the solid marble. Well, so docs a man under the leadings of the Spirit, or-the (cachings of -Satan, carve out his own moral likeness. Every day ho adds something to the work; A thousand acts of thought, and will, and' deed shape tho features and expression of tho soul—habits pf love, and purity, and truth -rhabits of falshood, .malice, and uncleanness, silently mould and fashion it, till at length it, wears the likeness of good or evil. ICT” Dean Swift, in preaching an assize Ser mon,.was severe against the lawyers for plead, mg against their consciences. After dinner a young counsellor said severe things against the clergy, adding, he did not doubt, were the devil to die, a parson might be found to preach his funeral sermon, “ Yes.” said Swift, i‘ I would, rao-mng ” " S due, as 1 did children tliis liMrirnn BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 44. I had heard all about these things as matters of gossip. I pitied poor Carpenter, with whom I was well acquainted ; but the wealth, position, prospects and magnificent ex-peotations of Mr. Sampson Deele could not be gainsayed. “ How is Mr. Deele ?” I asked, when she was seated. ' ! “ He.is a knave !” replied she, smartly. I was utterly astonished at this ebullition of feeling. • • i- ’ . “Read that letter, Mr. Docket, it explain my business in a lawyer’s office.” I took the document. It was from Mr. Sampson Deele. From it I learned for the first time, that the engagement between the parties had been broken up. It appeared that she had formally dismissed him. The letter was a striedy business document. If he had (written anythinifmqre delicate ; if he had remonstrated as a lover against his banishment, he had done so before this was penned. In this ho laid aside the character of the lover, and assumed that' of business looking out sharply, for his material interests. The substance of it was that the writer would prosecute her for a breach of promise, if she refused to marry him. . “ What shall I do, Mr. Docket?” she asked, trying to laugh, but I could observe the trepi dition that filled her mind. “ Really Rose, this is bad business. Why did you banish him ? I can conceive what a terrible misfortune it must be, to be exiled from your presence.” “ I banished him because he is. a knave. I can prove that he is a gambler—a professional gamester.” “ That will not be sufficient.” “ I feared not, but one thing is certain, I will never speak to him again, let the consequences be what they may.” “ Have you committed yourself ?” “I have:” . ■ , “ Has there been any letters ?” -’ “Yes, he has everything in black and white.” " Bad, bad, Rose.” “ I knew that, or should not have come to you with such an affair.” I questioned her closely-as to all the particu lars of the affair. Mr. Sampson Deele could have no better case, so far as things wont then. Itlooked just as if everything bad been done by design ; and, before the interview was finished, I was satisfied that'.ho was a scoundrel; that all he Wanted was my fair client’s'fortune. But Rose was: completely in his power. 'For two or three days I fretted’over the case, and decided to go to Baltimore myself.— Enjoining upon Bose the strictest secrecy in regard to my movements, I departed It would take much space to relate ttie iiidcidents' of mv search in Baltimore, besides it would spoil the story ; .therefore 1 withhold them. Oh my return, I hastened to Rose and de sired her to send-for-MK Deele. 'He came and impudently stated the grounds of his claim to the hand of the heiress. “ How,much will buy you ofi, Mr. Deele ?” I asked, with all appearance of deep anxiety. Well, sir, I don’t wish to prosecute the.la dy.. If she has ceased to love mc. it is not my fault ; but it is not right that I should be a sufferer by her change, of statements.- She is worth, I am told,some three hundred lhousand dollars. I will not be hard with her.. Glveme onfc-sixth of her fortune, and I will return ,the letters.” ' v... ‘“ No, sir "r “ Very well," said he, arid body rose to de part. ,■ -V :..; ■’ “One word more do you think your claim upon tho lady is good ?!’. “ Undoubtedly.” , I f. “ Wait a moment, then, and I will convince you-to the contrary.” , “ I opened the door of an adjoining room, and Rose conducted a lady who had come from Bal timore with mo, into the apartment.” “ This lady -Will be an excellent witness for' the defence,” I remarked., “ Thunder !!’ shouted he, as he seized his hat and rushed from the house.:' Rose threw horself on the sofa, and faun-hod till I thought she would go into hysterics—the crazy girl !, In a word, the strahge lady was Mrs. Samp, son Deele, wife of the aspirant for Rose’s hand and fortune, whom the wretch had deserted sev; eral years before.. So much for my visit to Bal timore. . Rose rewarded Mrs. D. for her trouble, and it was a profitable journey to her. A bout a year after, Charles Carpenter was made happy by receiving the hand of Rose, and, lam.plea sed to add, she has made a very steady wife. A Soil Honeymoon—Yonth and Crime. , Charles Albaiigli was recently tried, convict ed, and,sentenced in Cleveland, Ohio, (or rob bing the mail. Tlio Columbus (Ohio) Gazette says Charles Albaugh is only 20 years of age, and the events of the past few months will (ill an im portant chapter in his life’s history. On Christ mas day lie eloped with his landlord's daughter, a Miss German, in her lOth year, went to Alex andria, Pa., and. was married. An effort, was made to keep the affair secret, but it was disco vered by the girl’s parents, who were highly-in censed at thuir daughter’s imprudence.' On (ho 28th,of January, Mr. Prentiss, tho.U. S. Mail Agent, arrested Albaugh upon a charge of robbing (ho mail. Ho was taken to Cleve land, tried, convicted, and sentenced before the U. S. Court, and upon reaching Cardington, on his way to the penitentiary, the young wife came aboard the cars to bid .farewell'do her con vict linsband. The meeting was a painfully af fecting one. She begged. him to keep up his spirits, to make a firm resolve to do his whole duly while in prison. She vowed to stick to him though all the rest of the world should for sake him; for said she, “ Charley, ivo are both young ; we have years, of happiness in store for us, and when your lime lias expired, wo can go to some other land where the offence will'not be known, where wo can live happily together, and earn airhonest livelihood.” . The poor girl nerved herself to the task, and as she wiped the tears away from the cheeks of her young husband, sho never whimpered. The car was full of passengers, who, witnessed the scene with tearful emotion. Tho conduc tor, who, at the request of the officers, had kindly delayed a tew moments, to give tho young couple an opportunity of mooting each other, at last notified them that ho could delay no longer; and the whistle gave notice that the cars were about starting. “Keep lip your courage like a man, Charley,” said the. fair he roine, and as she kissed his chock, she turned to leave linn, but overpowered by her feelings, that she bad thus far kept under control, sho toll fainting in tho arms of the bystanders, who carried her gently into tho station-house, and tho cars rolled over the rails with increasing speed, to make up for tho detention. A Hard Witness. ■- The following dialogue, which occurred seve ral years ago between si lawyer and a witness, in a justice's court, not a great many thousand miles from this place, is worth relating: It seem that Mr. Jones loaned Mr. Smith a horse, which died while in his (Smith’s) pos session. Mr. Jones brought suit to rocover.tho value,of the horse, attributing his death to bad treatment. During the course ot tho (rial a wit ness (Mr. Brown),was called to tho stand to tes tify as to how Mr, Smith .used the, horse. , Lawyer—(.with a bland and confidence-illyok- ing sinile) —“Well, sir, how dobs Mr. Smith ge nerally rido a horso 7” Witness—(with a very merry twinkle in his eye, otherwise hnperturablo)—“4; straddle, I believe, sir I” .y- ! : Lawyer—(with a scarcely jliwccpfible flush of vexation upon Ids cheek, bniL.atiU speaking in his smoothest tones) —“But, si&what gajt docs he generally ride ?.” : ' Witness—“Henever ridesiffl? ffito, sir.,His boys ride all the gates.” \ , Lawyer—(his bland smile gone and his voice slightly husky)—r“ bht how 'docs lie: ride ’when in company with others V> . , ....... Witness'—“Keeps tip if- tits horbo-os able; it not ho goes behind.?’ ; Lawyer—(triumphantly; arid in perfect tiny.) “How does he ride when alone, sir ?”; ; ... Witness—Don’t know—never .was with hiin whori ho was alone.” ■ Lawyer—“ I have dime with yori; sir.” .. This last remark .Of tho .’disciple.of Blacksionb given in that peculiarly fearful whisper; indica. tive' of suddenly checked and fcmpotarily sub dued anger and mortification—anger at the im perlmbation and knavery of the witness, arid mortification at his .fotal'failure to elicit any thing beneficial to his client. Hoboritlhues to aver with many emphatic' expletives, that Brown is tho greatest scoundrel alive and hasn't sense enough to answer a plain question correctly; A. MOnEL Reception. Speech d Hint to il lq. deni Speakers'.— Aniutefestiug.ihoideritis rela ted of Gen. Washington’s visit to Salem, Mass., during his second Presidential term. Magnifi cent preparations woro riiado for, his reception at Salem. From a great distance around, all the people came out to welcome the Father of his Country. The'military..were out.in full forco and put bn their inbst'riiartial airs. Tho soldiers of the Revolution made their rippoar ance iri largo numbers to meet their old Com mander: All thb women and children of Salem and the region round about; were collected to, getlioi to add! to the importance and grandeur of the reception. A'committee : of reception was appointed,, and oria of its, members, who ,chanced to bo a Quaker, was selected to act ns spokesman for the occasion. A- groat speech was perhaps expected for the occasion a long speech, exhibiting their distinguished'visitant as immeasurably “ above all Greek, above all Roman fame.” :• . ■ ; ■ “ Well, at the appointed tiriio, Washington rodo up to the town, whore he was thus’addresscd by tho principal spokesman! “Friend Washington, wo are glad to see' thee, and, in tho name of the people, wo give theo a hearty welcome to Salem.” - This was the entire speech of the Quaker ora tor, arid Washington said it was more grateful to him than any with which be bad been honor ed on his journey. ■ Would that the speakers and writers of our day consulted tho wishes and interests of those for whom their efforts-are ■ designed, ns ivellris tho public generally, by a clbsor.npprOSimation to Quakcr-liko brevity, simplicity, and sinceri ty' . A Disappointment.—A capital story is told of a young fellow, who one Sunday strolledinto' tho village church, and was electrified and gra tified by the sparkle of a pair of 'brilliant black eyes, which were riveted upon lus face. After service lie saw the possessor of the'witching' orbs leave the church alone; and emboldened by her glance. He ventured to follow her, bis heart aching with 'rapture.- He saw her look behind, and fancied she evinced dome emotion at recognizing him, • Ho then-quickened,bis pace, and sho actually slackened hers,'as If to. let him come up with'her—but we will permit the young gentleman to tell the rest in his own way : “Nobio young creature !” thought I, « her artless and warm heart is superior.to' tho bonds of custom.” ‘ • „ ‘■l reached wjihin a''stone’s throw of her.— She suddenly,halted, anil turned her face, to wards wie. My heart swelled' to bursting. I reached tho spot where she stood. Sho began to speak, and I took oft' my hat as if doing rev erence to an angol.” “ Aro.you a pedlar ?” ” • “ 111 y dear girl; that is not my occupa tion.” .... “ Well, I don’t know,” continued she not very harshly, and eyeing me very sternly. “ I thought when I.saw you in tljb .meeting house, that you looked like tho podhVr who passed off a pewter half dollar on me about three, weeks ago, and so I was determined to Uecp an ej’oon you. Brother Jake has got homo now, and says if ho catclies the feller, he’ll wring his neckfor him; and X ain’t sure but you’re thogood-for nothing rascal after all.” . O 3 Avoid an angry man for a \vhi.lc, a ipji icioqs one forever, “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT AIAVAT3 BE "RrCtIIT—BUT RIOIII OR, WRONG,, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1858. . Many years ago, when a boy uf seven or eight years, there was one thing'which I longed lor more than anything .else;'pil'd which I imagined would make me supremely happy. It was a jack ; kni(e. Then' I would'■ not be‘obliged to borrow father’s every lime: I wished' to cut a siring or a stick, but could whcltlc whenever I choose, and as much as 1 pleased. Dreams of kites, hows and arrows, boats, &e., all manu factured with the! aid of -that shining blade, haunted mo by da3 r and night. It was a beautiful morning in June, that my father called me, and gave pie leave, if I wished, to go with him to the store, I was delighted, and taking! his .hand, Wc-started. The birds sang, sweetly on .every bush, and everything looked so gay. and beautiful, that my heart fairly leaped for, joy, 'After pur arrival at the village, and while my fathbr - was occupied in purchasing sohte articles in a remote part of the store, my attention Was'drawn to a man who was asking the. price of various jack knives which lay on the counter. . As this was a very interesting subject to" me, I approached', intending only to look at them. I picked one up, opened it, examined it; tried the springs, felt the edge of the blades with rny thumb, and thought I could never .cease.admiring their pol ished surface; Oh ! if it were only mine, tho’t I, how.happy I should bej. Just at this mo ment, happening to look up, I saw’that the merchant had goue tb.phange a hill for ,his cus tomer, and nb’one was observing me. For fear that I might be tempted' lb jrto wrong, I started to replace the knife on the counter, but ah evil spirit whispered,,’Put itV.in your pocket; quick!”' Without stopping to think of the crime or its! consequences, p hurridly slipped it into my pocket, andas I did so, felt a blush of shame burning oil, mycheek '• Out the store was rather darkvknd no one noticed it, nor did the merchant miss the knife. - | We’soon started "for, h'oiiwri my father giving i niein parcel to carry.,' .As >ve .walked along, I my thought continually rested on tile knife, ; and I kept my htind,in my pocket all the time, from a sort of guilty fear that it would be seen. This, together wiih.carryingdhe bundle in my other hand,' made iti difficult for me to’keep pace .with my father.; lie noticed it, and.gave me a lecture about walking with my hands in my , pockets; ' - ■r, .', ■ . Ah 1 how. different were ; my thoughts .then, from what they,were; when passing the same ■ scenes a few hours before, ,T!ie song of the birds seemed joyous no longer, but sad and sorrowful, as if chiding me for my wicked act. I could nqt look my father.hi/thc face, forThao heedless of his precepts, broken one of God’s commandments, and become a t/iie/. As these thoughts passed througliVmy mind, I could hardly help 'ci-yingp but’ cpiffoilcd my feelings, and fried to think of, the good limes I would have with my knife. I could hardly say any thing on my way home," and '•thyfather iliink ing I was cither tired or siclt, kindly took my burden, and spoke sootliiiigiy to inc.-liis guilty son. No:sooncrdid.,>Vse reach liome; than I re treated to a safe place, the house, tq,try the stolen knife. I hriitpSed up a'stick! and 1 was whittling it, pcrfeclly’tleliglUed-"wifTi, the sharp blade, which glided tilrougli thewoodaV most of itself; when-auddonlyi heard tile dem, • <w-j fectly > ’OTerniy,'hcaHr‘g!^{b^w*yfitg* i fully’at me, ’■ The stiofc'dropped fronl.iriy hand, and with the knife clasped invibc oilier, I pro ceeded into 1 the house;h I saw hyliis looks; that roylfather had divined all; I foriild him sitting in his arm chair, lookmg'vcry pale. I walked directly-to his side, arid; in w low, calm voice, ho asked me"where I got thd knife. . His gentle manner and kind, lone Went fo uiy heart, and I burst into tears. - As soon as' nvy voicewould allow nio, I iriade W full confession; •• lledidnot (log me, .as,some fathers wdU'ld • have donef but reprimanded me in ; such a manner,' that; while I felt truly penitent for the;deed, t loved him more than ever, arid promised - never, never to do the lilcq-again, tn my Other’s company. I then returned to the'store, rind on my knees, : begged .the merchant’s pardon,;pnd prbrirised. never again to take what was not tuy.own. •My father is’long sincc.dvad and never do I Ihihlc of my first, theft, withqu.t' blessing,,the i memory of him whose kind 1 teachings and gen tle corrections have iriade .Hj,thus far.,ip my : life, arid forcver'j’ my last Rural New Yorker. - Wb nil remember the dolightfbi descriptions which,ready writeis gave of-the territory com •prised within- the> limits of (lib.State.of Texas. It's health, salubrity and beauty, may be nil that the poets delight to paint j.hjtf on .its magnifi cent plains, and in its illimitable forests, m o ani mals, such as toads rind-frogs,; arid »‘sucli small deer,” ofo which Goldsmith never dreanied in his Animated Nature. A laterivritor thus speaks oftho reptiles of Texas: , '.-o'.- ■ • The battle are riot the whole occupants of the prairie, byany, means. Droves of wild: horses are not unfroquent, and deer are in,'countless numbers, the small brown wolf is quite.com. mon, and'jfou occasionally get a’glirnpso 'of his largo black (brother.- But Texasds the paradise of reptitlqs and [creeping thirtgr. Battle rind moccasin snakes are too numerous qvqn tqshake. tf stick at. .' Tlie bite b(' the former is easily cured by drinking'rnw whiskey till it'prodnces intoxi cation; but for the latter Iberods-nb curo. The tarantula is a pleasant institution to gel into a quarrel with... Ho is u spidor-with a body about the .size of a lien’s egg, and hig logs-livo orsix indies long, coveted with. hhirf Ho Jibs in cat tle-tracks ; and, if yo'trsße hfmVmovo out ofhis path, as hiabitd is absolutely.cdrlain-‘doath;and he never gets out of the. way, bntcanjnnip eight •or ten feet to inflict hisdeadlybit'e.y. Thenihero is the centipede, furnished with' an uniiriiitcd ■mniiber of legs, each, leg'Jbrihed with a claw, inflicting a separate wound. If he walks over you at night, yop will have cause to remember ,him for months to coinb, ns its wbund 'js of a particularly poisonous nature, and is very diffi cult to heal; The stinging* lizznrd is a lessor evil, then sensation of its wound" being likened to the application of a red-hot iron do the per son ; but one is too. thankful to escape with life to consider tlicso lesser evils annoyances. But the insects! flying, creeping, running, digging, buzzing, stinging—they an} .everywhere. Ask ,tor a cup. of water, and the rejoinder,in our camp is. “ Will you have it;Vvith a hug dr with out/’! "The horned frog is one of.the greatest curiosities here, and is perfectly; harmless. It, has none of the cold slimy qualities of his nor, thorn brother, but is frequently made a pot of; Chameleons are innumerable,'.darting oyertho prairie with.inconceivable swiftpdss, mid under going fheifpecnliar of tbo ob ject under ..which they may "buy.. ,;i’ho woods on tbo banks of-tbo bayous aro pcij'eqtly alive witli mocking birds, most beautiful,' mid feathered game is very abundant apd- very lame, and is scarcely over sought, atloi:'.'. .The :only variety that I have seen are qnails,, partridges, snipe, mallard, plover and prairie hens. ‘ ", [C?" “ I say,. Sambo,"Jocs ; you' know what maks de corn grow, so fns.t tvlijctf you ,pu( do ma nure on it?” “ No, I ; don’t know, ’cept it makes do ground slrdng'for' dc corn.” 11 No,. I-just tell you : when de corn begins to smell de manure,-it don’t like do 'fninery, so it hur ries out of do ground,hud gets up as high as possible, so it can't breathe bad uif.”' ' The Stolen'Knife lieplilcsof Terns. I AA/ a r A A 9 h] ■ B. u * B I H ■, Wj b An Arkansas 11 Noalis.” In a recent lour through one of the wildest and most sparsely settled regions of Arkansas, says a correspondent of n New York paper, 1 arrived at the ferry at Cache river. A little log house grocery stood on the near bank, about fifteen steps, from where the Hat lay, tied to a snag in the edge of the water. Scveraljiear skins, deer skins and coon skins were nailed up to dry against the walls of the grocery, hut the door was closed, and no barkeeper, ferryman, profiler person in sight. I .halloed' at the lop of my voice some half a dozen times, but no one answered,. Seeing an advertisement on the door, I read as follows: , “No.vns.—JEf ennybody dims hear artcr lickcr or to git Akross the River, They kin ges bio This here Horne and ef i don’t cum, when my wife Iletsey up at theHous heres the Horne a biowin shcle cunv dawn and sel the* ticker or set cm Akross the. river itiie guino a Fishin no credit when, into aw a from Hocme, John wilson. N. I}, them that cant rede will hev too go too the house artcr Betsey taint but a half thar.” In obedience, to the “Noatis," I took lhe blowing horn, which stuck ip a crack of the Wall close by-the door, aiid gave it a “tool” or two, which reverberated far around .the’caue and swamp, and in a few moments was answer; ed by a voice scarceiy-less loud and reverber ating than that of the-horn—it seemed to be about half a mile up the river ; in about fifteen minutes a stalwart female made her appearance and asked ifT wanted •‘licker.” No, madam, T want to cross the river, if you please.” , •“ Don’t j-e.want some licker fust?'! “ No, madam—don’t drink—never touch li- quor.” “Never tcich licker! Why then you must ■ be'a preacher, an’t you?” . “ No, madam, I’m only a Son of Temper ance ; I wish to go across the river, if you please; do you row the boat ?” ‘• 0, yes, I can lake you over in less than rio time. Fetch rip yer boss !!’ . I obeyed, asking, as I led the horse into the boat, “Did your husband write that advertise ment on the door there 1” “'No, sir-cc 1 Schoolmaster Jonos write" that. John Iriun’t got rio lanrin '.’’ And the good woman rowed t{ie boat safely across the ugly stream, and hariding her the ferriage fee. I bade her good - morning, beliey ing then as I still do. that she was one of .the happiest women and host wives I ever saw perfectly contented with her lot, because she knew - no belter.' ■ ; Reins of Kapolcon in tiic Louvre, A Paris correspondent of the New Orleans Pieavue thus writes: “ Tho next most attractive, I may say deeply interesting. feature of the Louvre' is the Salle de l' E’nipcrctir, a largo room devoted exclusive ly to the articles used by the Emperor Napoleon ■ while living, Among those are; different suits entire of coat, vest; and trowsers; his, saddles, swords, rifles, pistols, and dagger; the coat he wore at thif battle of Marengo ; the stir rups and bit of hi§.bridle used in the battle of Waterloo; the hats',hq woi;ejn the campaign,of XfBl4. and'during liis exile, in St.; Helena; life chicfKiiseSWßis ileath; tied atlSti Meter ip y.a, f if*?’* q'f - j ting desk and larrn-ohair pfguilt; nndTgrcert vcl- I vet; the bed he slept upon durinjgseveral of his most rifemofableVcarapaighs ; tho small oak (a hie (one foot by three) which he ate from in his campaigns'; his, mathematical instruments ;'his favorite books; his chess board; his watch, slopped at twenty-five minutes past five; his cane: his candlesticks, (fine gold.) with the candles as.left, nearly consumed ; his gold snuff ;bpx; bmkfast service, all of-pure gold, with black handles, except the saucers, which are gilt,china; his carver, and fork ; his toilet-set, all gold; his perfume hollies, with some of the contents still jij them ; and many other reminis cences of the greatest interest-. The two hats we saw-had l ' evidently seen hard service—the rims,- which had been -taken hold of. by' the lijnd, being very greasy ; l)ie hat he wore’whci In.exile at St. Helena is a round one, shaped ex iactly like those worn at the present day; excepi thstnit was soft, like felt; tliis one was excee dingly soiled Morjtin, TJie Mlcmrin. Daniel Morgan was ,a .wagoner in (lie French and Indian war. Ho was once insulted by one British officer; rind sovcrely.punishod by anoth er; (or which bo vowed vengeance; : At thefoo. 'gining of Iho .Kqyolntionary war be raised a comprinj of 'riflemen which he drilled to perfec tion, and instructed in the" keen,'unfailing aim ol the backwoodsmen. At (lie battle of Sarkto ga, seeing the day was going against the Ame ricans, by.the reason of the extraordinary skill and energy of Gen. Fraser; with his Scotch di vision, lie resolved-lb resort to the only-measure conceivable to .arrest,the tide of battle that threatened to overwhelm them. ; Snmmqningtd Iris presence the best irfarksman in his cominand, whoso aim rias never known to fail; he said to him : “ Murphy..do.you see that officer on the iron-grey horse 1 “Yc s, sir,” was the reply of the old soldier. Morgan rejoined, with an al- most faltering voice, “ then do ;yonr duty.”— Murphy ascended a , tree, cut away (ho interja'. ced branches with his hatchet, (this whs a,part of their variegated- anrior,) rested his -'rifle in a sure his.opportunity-, and as soon as Gen; Fraser had, in his.ammatort movements, come,within practical range, Murphy fired, and tho gallant General fell mortally wounded,' be ing shot iii-the ebritfo of iiis body. That fall decided the day'., , The 1 .’enemy soon gave way; and Saratoga became immortal. But Morgan, the rougli soldier, was a'man of.tender feelings, and lie almost went at the deed, and always said it troubled him because it looked so much like a kind- of assassination of a bravo arid noble officer. , • To Sai.erAxus Haters.— At a late convene tion of dentists, it was asserted that the main if hot the solo cause of the great increase of de fective teeth was theuseof saleratus and cream of tartar in the manufacture of bread ; and Dr. Baker fully agreed with lire facts olfered in proof,.adding the result of some experiments made by himself. He soaked sound teeth in a solution of saleratus, and they were destroyed in fourteen days 1 We here have the opinion of men whose talents, time, and zeal are given to dentistry/that saleratus and cream of-tartar in bread are a chief causo of. ruin to teeth.— Now will those who know this fact go on eating all that conies in their way, without inquiring what it is made of?~[Neto York Presbyterian. Another Spurgeon:— During a late revival at- Langi ango, Missouri, a lad 17 years old, who had acouired sorae notoriety in the town as a theattliflH performer, joined the Church and pre pared himself for the minislry. Ho has recent ly been licensed, and has enlered on bis clerical duties, and so wonderful are his powers that the whole community is in eestacics with his efforts. When he preaches the church is crowded : per sons from till tlie country rouhd.'about flock to' hear him, and the oldest veterans declare that they never, before listened to such thrilling elo quence. The name of the "boy, preacher" is d. B. Fuller. • • AT $2,00 PER ANNL’N Capital Receipts. ■ Wo have tried several of the following reT. ceipts, and find them to bo excellent. We are .indebted to the Genesee Farmer for.most ot them. There may he among them some that the most experienced housekeepers may not have entered upon their list of home enjoyments. Fcmon Cheese Calces. —One pound of sugar, broken small, six eggs, leaving out the whites of two, the juice of three fine lemons, and the rinds of two grated, and one-fourth'of a pound of fresh butter.; Put these ingredients into a pan and boil them gently over a slow, fire until as thick ns honey. Pour it into a small jar and tie it down with brandy paper. • One teaspoon full is sufficient for a choose cake. It will keep good for, two years. Soda Cake, —One pound of flour, throe eggs, three toaspoontulls of. carbonate of soda, half a pound of butter, half a pound of raisins, half a pound of currants, one-fourth of a pound ot lunij) sugar, some nut-meg, and candied lemon peel. Mix the above with half a pint of now milk. -You may; add a fablespoonful of brandy or sherry. Tea Cakes. —Six teacuptul.ls ol flour, two ox. bolter, two ounces sugar, two tablespoonfulls of yeast and one dunce of caraway seeds; dissolve (ho butler in lialfa pint of new milk, let it heave half an hour; then stir it.lightly till well mixed: half fill your fins, and let them rise until quite full, then bake in a quick oven till brown. Delicious Drop Cake.—One pint of cream, three eggs, and salt; thicken with fine rye till a Spoon will stand upright in it, and drop on a well buttered iron pan, which must be hot in the oven. They may bo made thinner and baked in buttered cups. Dough Nuts. —One pint bowl of raised dough wet with milk; knead in a teacup of sifted sugar, two eggs, and a heaping tablespoonfull of but. ter; let it rise again, roil arid fry; fresh chopped orange peel is the best^sdasoning. Cocoa Nut Cakes To two grated nuts, , add equal weight of powdered white sugar, the whiles of three eggs well, beaten; makb them ■ the size of a half dollar, and bake on buttered tins. ■ ‘ 1 Di-cad Coke Five teacups well raised bread dough, three heaping cups of sugar, two even cups of butler, five eggs, a glass of brandy and a’nutmeg; fruit as you like. . Indian Cake.'— One cofleecup buttermilk, one do. sour milk, one tcaspoonful saleratus; salt and three eggs. Make a tolerably thick baiter of Indian meal, • Assets of a Nebraska Bank. The Macomb Eagle is some on “ wild cats,” The editorof that paper has been at great labor and expense in procuring the assets of a Nebras ka bank, and thus speaks of it: , : We have been to a vast, amount of labor and expense in collecting an inventory of the assets of a Nebraska Bank. We will not mention the sum we have paid for the information given be low, less it should bo considered apocryphal.— It will bo apparent that it entailed a great ex pense on us, and had we not been able, to use Nemaha in payment, it would have swamped us as Uat as that “currency” is. The assets wo ;fduiid to be as follows : One wild cat; ' !., Two large wild cats, ~: Seven young; wild cals.. * 'Third ' . . '..*' .: - ! Tiro did wild cats. ; . .. ,'Morc Wild cats. '" , **: '**' y y..-. Thirteen small wild cats. _ ■ , Niye hungry wild cals. , :■? ■ Skip, of wild cat Stretched out to dry. Alot of wild cats. Nine wild cats tied together. One wijd cat with Ins-head shaved. . Some more wild cats! Wild cats laying about loose. Nine very small wild cats tied up in a rag. One patriarchal wild cat showing his teeth. Taws of defunct.wild cat preserved in whis key.. • Scratches of yriltl cat on brandy cask. Tails of three wild cats. Lock of hair of wild cat. WILD OATS. , • Never be llaurhiv.— A humming, bird'met a Initlerlij-, and being pleased with,the beauty of its person and glory.of its wings, made an offer of perpetual friendship. “ I cannot think of it,” was the reply, ‘-as you once spurned me andcallcd mo a drawling dolt.” Impossible,” exclaimed tho humming bird.' “I always en tertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you.” “ Perhaps you do how,” said’ the.othcr, "but when 3-011 insulted me 1 was a caterpiller. So let me give 3-011 a piece of advice—never insult (he humble, as they may some day bccoriie 3-0111- superior.” •A Lawyer Puszi.Kn.-T-Tlie Hartford Conn.. Ooufant states, that, a few days since, in the course of a suit then progressing in that city, a woman was testifying, in behalf of her son, and swore that he had worked on a farm ever since he was born: - The lawyer who cross-examined her said, “ You assert that your son has work ed on a farm ever since ho was burn ?” “ I do.” “ What did dle do the first" year ?” "lie milked The lawyer'evaporated. ■ ■ IC7* The newspapers seem to know every: thing. . Hero, nbw, is. a recipe thatmight. be used to prevent infectious grief at some fundr als.— ' > . In peeling onions, put n large needle ball into your mouth. The needle attracts the oily juice of the bulb, and any number may bo peel ed without effeclinglhe 03-03.” . A Dangerous Eajn.—'Good morningneigb bor Snooks ; a fine rain we bad.’ “Yes, neighbor, delightful.” “If it comes warm after this wd shall have everything started ouf of the ground directly.” “ Heaven forbid—l have two wives under • iC7?.Madain, you said yonr son vras a law yer —has he much practice!” “ Why. yes, sir. he has a paaotice—of smo king cigars.” DCT* A Buffalo broker being inquired of the other day in regard to the health of his sick child answered in tears: “Very ill—wouldn’t give two per cent for is life.” • KIT* “ I thought you were born on the Ist of April,” said a Benedict to his lonely wife, who had mentioned the 21st its her birthday. “ Most persons would think so from the choice I made of a husband,” she replied. KIT* An exchange notices the marriage of Miss Angelinc firaham, daughter of’the great vocalist, and adds “ Wo congratulate the bride groom upon his privilege- of reposing, cvAron earth, upon A. Brahain’s bosom.” 07 A paper out West Has for its motfo, “Goodwill to all men who pay promptly.— Devoted to news, fun and making money." o* If you want to know whether a tree is hollow or not, ax it. • Co- -Bang jf : O’ If you wish 16 increase the, size and, prominence of your eyes jus t keep an account of the money you spend foolishly, and add it up at the end of the. year. (£7* The following incident occurred within , ’™ its 0 u“ kittle Pike,-’.’ not many days:— ‘‘ A* ell, Bill,” said one convey to another,"“l understand that you and a lot of other fellers have been to tlio Poml a‘ iisbhi.’ W hat’ll thunder did you get?” “ S posin I tell? Well, ns for mo, I cot a de >j , a lllr nshin’! Bob kctcht a heavy cold, and Jtm.got the worst kind of. a drunk !" HO" have no desire to’be acquainted with 1 the man (beyond all doubt a bachelor) who per petrated the following: ’ r “ Nature,- impartial in her ends, •When she made man the strongest, In justice, then, tb make amends, Made woman’s tongue the longest. NO. 40. BO“ Scarlet fevei* fs prevading to a .consider able extent in Lehigh county. ■ 0“ There are twenty-one companies of Uni ted Stales troops in Tertas, numbering 2,036 men. , DO“ A proposal to bold a State Convention to reform the Constitution,of Maryland is. being agitated. , ■ i BO' Of the GG banks, in Illinois, only 39 are ■ doing business—the remaining 27 having gone i into liquidation. ; ; 00“ A wildcat, weighing thirty-eight pounds, was caught in Unity township, Westmoreland county, a few days since. ' [O' Rev. Setli Ilowcll, a Presbyterian clergy man, committed suicide a few days ago, at Ox ford,.Ohio, by hanging, - BO* It is estimated that lottery tickets are secretly sold, illegally, in New York city to tho amount of nearly §750,000 a year. . ’ O* There is a Cypress trcc;in Concordia) Parr ish, near New Orleans; La., the trunk of which measures over GO feet in circumference. BO- The steamboat Eliza Battle, Was", dfes-'. troyed by fire, a few days since, on the 'Tom big bceriver, Alabama, with a loss of-thirty-■ nine lives. ' . [CT* Senator Hammond, of South' Carolina, has. it is said, one of the largest landed estates of the South, his “farm” comprising!l,OOtfacrcs. O" John Dean, the late coachmadof Mr.' Bolter, New fan oft and' mttrrried Miss Bolter, is ffdtf a marker irt the public stores in New York. ", D3 ?=> Mohammed Pacha*, Vice- Admiral in the navy of the Sultan .of Turkey, arrived at. New,. York in the steamer Buropa; qu Satuaday eve ning last. O’ Mr, John Forneyhongh, of Fredericks burg, Va., it is said, has made • successful ex-* periments this winter in feeding horses andstock with Chinese sugar cane. K 7” A man was stabbed in Boston 1 a day or twt/ since,'dud singularly enough, the krtifo passed exactly between the heart and liver, withopl torching either, or any vital artery, : • O’-According ,tq Judge Busscl, of New York, persons having no license are not indict able for selling liquor on the Sabbath; The Sunday law he seems lo think, only applied to licensed houses 1 ■ O'The Due do Brabant, a very'extrava gant nobleman, is getting a service of plater manufactured in England, the whole to bo of gold, excepting (he dinner plates, which*.are to be silver. The cost of the set will be upwards of £40,000. O’ An infant child of Mrs. Hanson, of jPal myra. Me., was smothered a few days! since, while Us mother was riding a distance of'only, two,miles. Anxious to keep.the child from ta king cold, they wrapped it, up to close as Id . cause its death, ' ' OCT” The Supreme Court of the United Stales' owner -of the Springs,- is crifUled ttt a (fact, pT; ninety-three thousand acres, and valued at more -dban, two million dollars- So says the iVarrenton Whig ' (C7f It.is said that excellent salt js matiufac- : tured at the ,Sult Springs,-,in Lancaster county,. Nebraska, equal to.the best qualities manufac tured in any part of the world. The water 1 from which the salt is made y ieldsfrora; forty-' live to .fifty pounds to fifty gallons of water. , -j 1C7 1 A boy named: Sterner, Id yrarsold.liv-: ing in South Whitehall township,. Lehigh coun ty was bitten by a mad dog, a few days, The Lehigh Register says that hydrophobia is prevalent among the canines in the country, and that numbers of dogs, cattle, and boys havel been bitten. .> I . ‘: O t O'’Gen. Wm. Walker arrived at New Or learis on the 3d, and has taken his old qua'rtcrs. Gen. Jlcnningsgn is also there. General Wol-, ker, voluntarily gave bail m the sum of S4J)OO, to appear before the court oit the ItliMonday in AprlF, to answer the chajgc of breach of’the' neutrality laws; • A few days ago, Mr. John Wentworth.' Afayor of Chicago, ID.', was atlnckrd and se-. vcrely-bcatcn with a biofjory cane in the hands' of T. J. S. Flint, on account of some statement: in Wentworth's paper affecting Flint. Mr-. Wentworth's right arm was crippled,’ which prevented him opposing an effectual resistance.-' O” A colored man named Joseph Sanders, died in Buckingham Valley'. Bucks co'.; a, few days ago, under circumstances which led to tho belief that he had been poisoned.. His wife, and a colored man named Rice, between whom an improper intimac3'. was supposed to exist, have been arrested on suspicion of having caused the death of Sanders. - . . , . O* A letter from Havanna says, tho ravaged 1 -• of fever and small-pox are very great there, and. have rapidly scattered the strangers sojourning ; pt the 1 place. The fever is very severe; also, - among tho shipprhg.'and from-present Indica- (he residents do not expect’ to' her free from Ibis terrible malady during the rest of the year. ' ' ■ " V"'-' K7”A fire occurred at Newport’, R. 1., re cently. at which the hose, burst, and there was • a cry for something to blind it with. A lady who was near promptly offered them one of her skirts, and the stream of water was soon doing effective service again. That lady, should have been made an honorary member of the Fire De-, parlincnt. . Perhaps she was. - - 0“A woman named Dorothy Davis, 86 years of age, who resided with her sister at No. 13 N. 13th street, Philadelphia,,was litterly roasted to death, on Tuesday morning last’,* by iter clothes,. Hie furniture of her room, dc., ta king lire from a candle. Her sister, Susanna Davis, was also badly burned. Both .’were old an infirm. They were members- of the society of Friends, and .formerly lived in Chester CQtm ty- ' KIT"The “Regulators” in Nobis county, In • diana, have arrested seventy-six counterfeiters,' and four have already been convicted and sen- ■ teheed to the Penitentiary. Tho.“Rcgulafor3”, ■ have recovered to thc.amount of 310,p00. have, broken up two mints for coining bogus money broken up one bank, with press, plates, and everything necessary for issuing counterfeit bills, and found 340,000 of spurious banknotes. Verilt— “ Why,’. , Siab, I’m astonished,” said a very, worthy.deacon, “didn’t we take ~ you into the church a short time since ?*’ “ I believe so." hiccupped Siah; “and be-, tween yon and me, it was a little of the darnd- , cst ‘takin in'you evcr.saworlieard of.” j 577" ‘ ‘ Mamma! mamma! here’s a hair in the bread.” ■ Hush! no it ain’t my child, its only .a. corn ( “ Like that. Who the mischief ever seen nils 1 on a corn silk before !” , ' ' . H r
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