AMERICAN VOLUNTEER 'fcoßtlSllED ETEBT;.*HOttBi)AY HOBSUIO BE JoUii B. BraUoii. . . teems . ■ - • SnnsonnTW*.—Ono Dollar and tatty Cents, T feafd in advance ; TwoDoliars.if E ajd within the i« fceir; and Two. Dollars-and ,Pifty..Conts. it not : tmid within ‘ho year. These, terms lyill.bo rig idly adhered-to in every instance.- No sub scription discontinued until all.arrearages are paid unless at the option of the. Editor. ; . '. Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one will be inserted jlirop times for One Dollar, and twcnty-llvilcortls tor each additional insertion. , Those of agreat ler length In proportion. “ 1 , J od-PrintiNO—Snph hs Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe cuted with accuraoy and at the shortest notice. ftortltal THE GUBL UP EOIDES H4lB, I hare a little treasure. More beautiftil to mo, 'Than aught ot gold or silver, Or brightest gems I see. ; s Tis not a costly jewel— and.fino a tiling of value, ■',7 To other,hearts than mine'. And it priceless, ; More precious tar than gold; ilore beautiful and lovely, . . Than earthly, genis are told. •’Tis not in Iron enffera Aly treasures safe,l keep* - &nd though I prize itjiigldy, 1 often o’er it.wecp. in a closely - folded paper,, And laid away withjeare-^ .Lies a little sunny ritiglehtj A curl of golden luiir.' ■ With beauty once it shaded A lair and lovely brpyy: •;'' . And though long years have Wasted, , Mothinks I see it now. , How oft my fingers pressed it, : , And twin’d it.o’er and.o’er, JV.lt wet w ith tears of .anguish; '.'Such tears can.flow no.more — iFof the angels came,and culled him To live .with them above, Willie my. heart, ivas alfo’erflowing With a mother’s earliest love. Then, O! how sad and lonely IVas .everything to : me; Ilia playthings all were gathered, ■ for those I could, not see , Wo put away his.cradte, With bis little cushioned chair ; * And uiy hcirr, like them ivas vacant, .• ■d?or hope had withered there. - - In the dark cold grave we laid him; Where the weeping willows how; And of him this precious relic ..Is ail that's left me now.' ■•ls it slrdhgV that I should love it, ‘ And guard it well,wilh cure; • Tiiis little giossj- ringlet. This curl of golden hair 7 PASSIM AWAY. »t C. BWAI.V, Look froin tlie casement—look and tel! What’s passing, mother dear; Since dawn, I’ve.heard a funeral bell, . Slow pealing on my ear ; And now; there cofnes tlie solemn fall , t)f footsteps sweeping nigli; Iloolt down the street, 1 hear their feet. Some funeral's passing hyl The mother gazed with anxious face, But nothing there was seen, £keept each old accustomed place, Qnd what had dKlwjrfl thin."- '' Mlhiiamejnt yet.doar mother,.stay?, --vpairSicy' - I .’ '■ Strange soundw ave on thd'air, j T'p'—o ' Likc.angels singing on their way; ■*<’ - Orvoices deep In pray op I .". Oh, lift my pillow high—hiofohigh— .. FsorT am hunt and Jew Jlolp mo to look npGjTthc sky* , And bloaa them eKo / . , The mother raised her daughter’s head,* But no word could she speak; . The hope that from her hosom fled. Left tears upon her cheek. The night looked thro’ the easement old, . And saw a cheek so pale— - A form so wasted, thin* and cold— . No skill might there prevail;; But that which, conquers Death yet beamed Upon her wasted brow; And sweet, as though an angel dreamed, The sufferer rested now ! . Ah, wUo the mothers grief may tell ? • . Or \ylio may com/orf bring ? Vet, high above the ftihernl bell She heard.the angels sing i ■MiMmimis. The-Spanish Widow. •BY DR BALLAC. Thbrc fifed iff the province of Galicia a lady W perfectly beautiful, that she was called by all travellers, and indeed by all who beheld her, the '‘Flower of Spain.” With these excellent charnis she possessed all the Virtues'which so rarely are to be found united to' such extreme personal loveliness. She had, therefore, 1 piany Wooers, but especially a Certain old knight of Castle, as coarse in mind as he was ungainly in person. Being very wealthy, he fully expected this beautiful creature would gladly become his Wife! the more particularly as she was of poor —though well born parentage. But she prefer red, to allow her affections to' rest on a young gentlemen of small estate, but amiable charac ter, and being married to him, they retired to , the provinccs, and<spent,three years of as per fect happiness as is permitted frail mortals l to enjoy- At the end of this period he was obliged lo go to Madrid bn the business of o lawsuit-; and was unfortunately murdered on the way. leaving his unhappy widow with one little hoy, uw.'i” r <v r , Btrn 'gbiened Circumstances.- t. he ,,° k ! i '!! eh 1 "gain proffered his hand, which she decidedly rejected : he neiiher respected the saoreduess of her grief nor her forlorn state, but. molested her so continually with tetters and presents, that, but for her fa therless child, she would have been content to (dicl JAt length she determined to withdraw" ib /some remote village, to free herself from this Odious persecution. A few days before the tifiic gliq had fixed on to remove to her country ; lodging, her servant, Maria happened to obfcri „ door of the closet in her mistress’ bed-room/ When out fell the dead body of a man ; and the police being .summoned by her-shrieks, they of Castile, though his countenance was so lackencd_nnd distorted as to appear scarcely human. It, was evident that he had perished by poispn • antj as the,unhappy Indy could give no account of the niattcr.’in spite of her to fair, and unblemished reputation,’she was thrown, in.qpi-iKonashis murderess. Thcper- S lv"!v^ e • md; n ljf l crcd the. deceased knight was generally knovvtj, hut, was now at tnbuted to, a dishonorable cause arid the murder Of her husband never having been cleared up s>nsidorad by .many persons as .guilty of both crimes, and the whole province was Chocked' that so beautiful a creator should have tpus brought disgrace upon her sex, and upon human nature. At her trial, the court was crowded to excess, and ns the Indy had nothing to cjler bu t assertion of her .innocence, thoseic yapt, Maria, having ;suddcnly disappeared, thq pupho ndyocato .proceeded to .pass sentence of death. It was the custom in those days for a woman, who had committed murder; to be first strangle!}, and then burnt.iii tlie market place; American BY JOHN B. BRATTON; TOt. 44, but* before this sentence could bo .pronounced, a witness was moved,by remorse to Come forward ' n Aj er behalf, ■ This was the servant Maria, who had hitherto been disguised in the body of the court. : She stood on ono of the benches, and earnestly entreated- to be heard.’ She then, confessed that she had been prevailed on by the bribes and promiaesbf the old knight of Castile, who declared ho intended lb marry her mistress, to secrete him in the lady’s chamber,' but sol emnly declared she knew no other cause of his death except that on .one of the shelves she had placed some sweet cakes mixed with arsenic to poison the rats, aiid that the knight, being ra ther gluttonous, might have eaten of. them in the dark, and so .died; At this ; prbbable ex planation, the court was instantly moved to de clare; the lady’s innocence with one voice. She, reviving a little at the noise, and being told of i this providential. discovery, only clasped her ) linnds and thcn jii a few, words,'commending her son to tile guardianship of good men, ex-I claimed,"! can never survive the shame oft this -tinwoi thy. reproach,” and, with a deep sigh, expired on the spot. Sally’s Advice to Girls, ( Girls,_you want to get-married, dpn’t you ? Ah, what a natural tiling it is for young ladies to-hwesucl. a hankerin' (or the sicincr sex,—. Well, If you want to get married, don’t for con science sake, act like fools about it. Don’t get into a fit of, nips every lime you see a hat or a pair of whiskers. Don’t get the idea into your heads that you must put yourself into the way of every young- man in the neighborhood in or der to attract notice, for if you den’t rim after the men, they will run after von. Mark that. A husband hunter is the. most detestable of all young ladies. :She is full ofslai ch pdekers: she puts on many false airs, and she is so nice Uiai .sheappears .ridiculous in the eyes of even* •decent person.. She may generally be found at the mooting, coming course, about the last one; always at social parlies, and invaria bly takes a front seat at concerts. She,tries to be the belle.of the place, and she.thinks she is, I oor girl I You are fitting yourself for an old maid, just as sore as the; Sabbath comes on Suiiday, Men will fiirt with, you, and flatter you simply because they have no more idea of making a wife of you than committing suicide, it 1 was a young man I would:have no more to do with such a fancy girl than 1 would’ with a rattlesnake. , 1 ; Now, girls; jot Sally give a |>icce of her ad vice, and she knows from experience if you practice it you will gain a reputation of being worthy girls, and siand a faircha'nceof gelling respectable husbands. It is well enough for you 10 huger the.piano, work eiiibroidct-y, slu u\ gt'auimar. &e,, but don’t neglect noor grand ma or your dear mother; teach yourself to make bread and get a meal oh victuals good enough lor a king; no part of a housekeeper's .-duties' should be. neglected ; if you do not , get a wealthy husband, you, will need to know how : u as you would have thein uono.- Ahectatiou'. is iho most despicable' ol all aC( ?9Wtll' ii bmenUr, and wilbonlyiop'ußC'Sensible people to laugh at you, ' -;|id:bnctbijit gfool will ren tsfc in, asrly>tp, .Dress plain but neatly. ’ KemembcT lhaf no thing gives 'a gjrl ;J so f'rndtlestr becoming.'and lovely an;appeAr^ncc dress.. All the nurpmpry and tinsel.. s \V)brlc f of the'.dressmaker and miHmer Are Unnecessary. 1 ’ If you ore teally hahdSome. fhcv do not add to yotir beauty one par'ticlb:*;’ify6u arc honiely they only make ..you 'look. : worse; Gentlemen don’t touiH.your faccs.and jewelry, but your own dear sctve£. Finger rings and fOldcrbls miiy dfo’tb look at, I but they add nothing to the vahieof a wife—all young men know that- If von know how to talk do it naturally; and do riot be so distres smgly nice as Ip spoil all'you Say. If your neck is black, wear a lack collar, but don’t be foolish enough to daub on paints, thinking/that people are so blind as not to sce .it ; and if your cheeks are not rosy, don't apply pink saucers, for the deception will be detected, and become the gossip of the neighborhood A Kick “ Sell.” In 1838 I cariie to Rochester, and was there when that sublime fierce was enacted'on Mount Hope. . A vvhg at Mount Morris found a quan l|ty of bears bones, which he palmed "off as the bones of 001. James 'Boyd and company, of Re volutionary Celebrity. .-The military look it up, and completed the humbug. A pompous.fune ral was .’planned, and Govo Seward invited to dchyer the, funtral address.,,; The cheat was dis covered by sonic of the Rochester faculty a day or two before its consummation, but such was" their fear of these military mobocrats that they kept the secret to.tberhsclvefi. ■ Never had .poor Bruin such a poiupcous funeral. Jt is supposed that seven thousand persons followed in procession.; j Gov. '.Seward ; was particularly eloquent on this farcial occasion. Rellow-citizchs,” said he, in his exordium, •‘there is a history contained in the mouldering bones deposited in that ririi.” lie was right.. There was a history. Not of battle, blood and Indian' massacres, but of devastated,corn .fields,' murdered porkers, and unhlial cubs ; a theme as fruitful and diversi fied if not as spirit stirring and as interesting. In a few days the secret leaked Out—the joke was to , good to keep: editors wrangled, doctors -quarrelled, the military swore, but they had no redress ; they had been most unmercifully snki, and to this day you cannot touch an inhabitant ol .Rochester''in a more tender place than to ask nim.if he inade. one of the beer precession to ■ r ll /, ’ or 'I lie was particularly edified with Goy. Seward’s oration over bruin’s sacred remains, —rSuffato Repblic'. Excessive Eating.— ln a letter to Lord Murray, Sidney Smith says ; ; ' ; • ‘„ y ?" ar ®> I herfK.attending more to diet happineks! l ”n°the jouThouM weight' of d wh In rrlr i ,- Having ascertained the weight of what I did live upon. I found thnf between 1° and 70 years of ageT had eaten arid drunk 44 one-horse wagon lodds of meat and drink.mpre than would have preserved me in hfeand health. . The value of this mass of nour ishment is considered to,bo worth, £7,000 ster ling.' It occurred to me that I must, by vora city, have starved to death more than 100 per-' sons. This is a frightful calculation, but irre sistably true—and I think, dear Murry, your wagons would.need additional horses.” r .Pm'??** 1 y° ur heart,”, said a considerate lather to his son, “for,you are now going among spme fascinating.girls,” “ I had much rather steal theirs, said the unpromising young man. .P* “- I .°™ all heart,” said a military officer said M«T ad “’ y°"' re not part pluck,” said hja.supenor offleep in command. ttiPT l^*icrc 13 a IPan in Hampshire so mean that ho was caught stealing acorns from a blind ' [Ffotn ihc Boston Traveller j A Talking Bird.. VYe saw the talking bird, Mine, at his house in Trembnt street,, No. 74, a few days since, and were much dstonished . and pleased. . It is difficult to give an adequate description of him. He is about the size of the American crow or blackbird, although a little heavier, llislength ;from the lip of the bill to the end of the tail feathers, is about twelve inches. - Hehasaycl low bill one inch in length. His plumage is re iparkably beautiful' when it glistens in the rays of the sun. is very rich variegated purple and green. The wings arc nearly black, with white bars near the ends.’- The feathers on the head are very short, fine and (hick, and resem ble the richest gloss of dark .velvet. Jlehas a | beautiful lappel of bright yellow extcnding.from' each side ot his head to the nape of his neck:— ! 1 here is also, a small yellow" oblong mark on *each sideof his head. Ilis legs and claws -arc yellow. Ilis tongue is long,* pointed at the end. broad in the throat and flat; thus differing from that of the parrot, which ik rbund, short and somewhtft curved. Mr. James Mann, the well-known taxider mist, informs ns that the Mino-birds, so'called, are natives, of Java, and that they arc rare even m that island ; moreover, they seldom talk. They have a great appetite, and will :cat.vora ciously cooked dr raw meat, bread, potatoes and fruit, although.they appear to relish simple meal and milk. , Mr. Mann possessed a Mino bird some years ago which could whistle and imitate different sounds, but could not pro nounce words. '. • - ' r .The bird Alino, in Treraont street, (he pro perty of Mr. J. Chesley, has a fine tenor voice, and shows what may truly be termed intelli gence. We have seen several persons looking admiringly at him, and have heard him say, in the most distinct manner, after gazing intently, apparently listening to the conversation, “Mv name is Mind.” After waiting some time ns if expected a compliment to be .bestowed, upon him, he raised his beautiful head and proudly said.“Mino is. a pretty bird.” If-no person offers any words of praise, he'jumps about his large cage.a few times, turns his back to the astonished spectators, and indignantly and erii phaticaliy says, in a sharp tone, ‘‘(to away! go away !” He then gives a loud and hearty guffaw, exactly like the “ha-ha-ha!” of a hu man being. , , Of course, everybody ' laughs ■at the ’ droll' bird, and .the,the droll bird laughs again, and says, “Good morning.” When he sees his ad mirers disperse, he tolls them in the plninst lan guage to “shut the door.” -If.heis asked his name in an affectionate manner, he willimme rliately reply, “My name isMino'; how do yon dof When he hears several persons convert ’smg earnestly together, without laking-anyW .tice of him, he exclaims, “What arc you lallt ‘ingjfor?” Thew ords are so suddenly spoken, : and the sound so, clearly resembles a human voice, that one is really inclined to reply that it; is none of your business. But Mi ho' is po litOj well educated, and very amusing, although ho is Vain and fond of flattery. ■ There js; n.car the Tokulk Diggings, In Cal., a hotel that-was the .scene of'an incident which gave rise to no .'little merriment. It appears that on nn.occnsioh not vely remote, its iaiid iord was presented, by his;big-.wily, with a fine twelve pound specimen of a, California baby; and this event coming to the ears of a wag, he circulated the story that-the host had found a •twelve pound chunk,' which ran like wild lire through tiic place, and caused no small degree of excitement. ' ■ A few weeks afterwards, ns the story goes, a miner from another quarter, having heard of the twelve pound chunk, arrived lit this hole], and made application to the landlady for lodging. Her husband being absent, she attended to the guest, when;the .following conversation took place, whiclislipqra bo prefaced by the remark that the story had exploded several days before his arrival, and the, landlady had enjoyed the •soil’ with the rest. , ■ ‘ It was your husband ma’am, wasn’t if: who got the twelve pound chunk?’ ... • “He.h?d soiite help,” she replied, laughing: ‘Yes, I suppose so I Where was ho digging?’ . “Oil, that’s a secret I”, ‘Tos, I-siippboo it is,’ replied the miner, ‘ho tliinkq'he’ll get another chunk (liofo, don’t lio?’- i. ;‘1 don’t know what Ae.thiqks, but I know he won’t.’ . ■' '-i •X should think if not probable, although it is possible.’ “So they say.” The miner here paused arid awhile, at last af ter setae reflection, ho said: ‘I suppeso the chunk’s gone,-ain’t it?’-, ' . ' ‘Oh, no! it’s in ..the other room, would you like to see it?’ . ‘Well f should'—but ’faint layin’round loose, is it ?’ .‘Not exactly,’ replied the landlady; throwing open the door, (for there it is in the cradlsj’ . . The miner bent over, when a pair of chubby fists were.extended, and giving (lie jolly landla dy one look, lie' asked' to bo directed to his sleeping-placo, and next morning. loff for parts' unknown. One's Motiiee. —Around the idea of one’s mother, the mind clings with fond affection.—, It is the first dear thought stamped upon pur infant hearts, when soft and capable of receiv ing most, profound impressions, and all the af ter feelings are more or less light in comparison. Our passions and our wilfuiness may lead us from the object of our filial love,; we may,be come Wild, and angry, at her coun sels or opinion ; but when death has stilled her monitory voice, and nothing but calm memory remains to recapitulate her,deeds, affection, like a flower beaten to the ground bs a rude storm, raises up her head and smiles through her. tears. Around the idea, ns I have said, tile mind clings with fond affection ; and even when the earlier periods of our loss forces memory to -bo silent, fancy takes the remembrance, and twines the imago of our departed parent with a gar land of graces, and beauties, and virtues, which we doubt not that she possessed. “ Anotiieii Kansas Outrage.”—news paper :n Kansas publishes flomc execrable dog gcred verses, entitled “Why don’t you take ™ p aP e r?V and credits them “By N. P. Vtilts. Rut. although the poetry is nothing to brag of, the sentiments “do honor to the head and heart” of the worse than plagiarist who charges them upon the sparklinggenius of Idlowtld. The final stanza - embodies a great truth in a stylo not the most attractive:— ‘ I‘or ho who takes the papers And pays his bill when due, Can live in peace with God and man And with the printer too.” ‘ DC' ” Comp here, and tell mo what the. four seasons are? ’ Young prodigy answers, “Pep per, mustard, salt, and vinegar ; them’s what mother always seasons with!” ’ ■ O” Good morning, Jones—how docs the world use ypu?”—“lt uses mo' up, thank you.” ' C 7” Surely soma people must know them selves—-they never think about anything else. “Offll COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS .BE RiGHT-BUT BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MRCH 25, 1858. Du, could there in Ibis world bo found ‘ Some little.spot of happy ground, Where Village pleasure might go round ':'ti Without the village tattling; '■ • '• How doubly blessed that place would be, Where all might dwell in liberty, ■ ■ ' Free'from the bitter misMy ' r 0/ gossip’s endless prattling. • . i ; If such a spbt were ircally knowu, • . Dame peace might chum it as her oivuj ’ And in it she might flxMier throne • £ Forever and forever. There like a queen might rci-m tlncl live, •. While every one.wonld soon forgive / . T The little slights they might receive,. 1U And be offended never’. - T *Tls mlsohief-makers' tbat remove Far from our heart’s I hi; worth ol lov I ,',' And leads all to disapprove : ’ What’gives another pleasure. >*• s' ■They seem to take one's part—but when <: They’ve lifcard our cares, unkindly then ,4 They soon retail' them all again, c Mixed with poisonous. measure, ■' Arid thoy’vo sUch a cunning way V Of telling ill-meant tales j they say j , f Don’t mention what I piay,” . ' ,I wbntd riot tell another;” . ' Straight to your neighbor’s house they gq, Karrafiug'crerylhirig they:know, And break fhe.peace of high and low, ; Wife, friend and brother. ’ % Oh, that tha. riiischict-iriaking crew ■; Were all reduced to, one or two, I And they were painted red or blue, i . Thatiovefy one might know them! t Then would dur Village soon iorget, ■ To rage and qtiarrdl, fiiriio and tret, And fall into an anrgy pet ' With things so much below them. For if is a sad, degraded part , N To make another bosoni;smart, ; :' And planfa dagger imtbo heart . j-j. Wo ought to,love arid cherish j \i Then lot us evermore bo found In quietness with ail around,' y .While friendship, joy and peace abound, i And angry.feelings perish! - Scenes in tie Streets cf. Paris, DUIUNG THEHEVOLUTIOK OF 1848?' While ibis-scene passing at t lje Chamber °f Deputies, wild work, was going oni’ irr ft her parts 6f the city. I-returhcd at due o’clock. Fr6ih,lh(>Modeleine to Lille, ithat rnagnificcpt rahge ofstiTcts prekonlcd a scene .of destruction.- , Laige trces whicbjsha* dt*d the cut down'.to form bhrri ers across Every .pillar was pver turnra.- an‘ ailaclc on a guard.ffousc which stood,-Jby,. the Madeleine. . Happij»«he soldiers were no longer in it. or they woulckbave perished tod. Blows on blows made the Ikiards Uy, in .every direction-', ..Doors, and windows .were smashed through,' aijd; then the'whole building set oii lire. . - , ,7,7 ... At the llotel of the late Minister I saw post „ w&A „r a J? e ß Par J'", < ; nt 10 'et' inmicdialely.’’ mounted on a alone to speak;; The. people fan,, around to meet.-him., He annnnifoed ilje order I of thedny, add flmshcd by shputiuf. rsTo the ,I'mlerica ' and (6 the-Palais ,Koval Arimi tional guard replied, telling .'the.,.pcdpjo td go but to go-with order, for, without order thev could,not have liberty, ■,T I was much amused to see the hiogical trans formation which many shops w'oi-e undergoing. 1 he.signs, which but yesterday had made their glory, that such a shop was patronised by the King qr some member of the Royal Family were instantly painted out. by. their owne<h Or torndpo'nby the people,. .Thd Rbyalarml in nil forms ofg;uilt and bronze descended to the , “ P.vvhat a fall wa,s there!” Royal ity. had suddenli'become cheap, and. every one Wished to cast off the.imputationofhaving any thing,todo with-it., 6 . But lo!, a triumph*] - procession approaches, A taotley, crowd,.looking like one of EulsUff’s regiments, came up the street, some bearing ■ trophies, a soldier s hat, a gun, a sword, dr a cockade, andon the shoulders of others a large gilded armdhair. It was the throne ! • Thepeo pie had precipitated theniselves into the Palace by.dne ffoof aTniost as soon as the Icing had es- : caped by another. They carried off'the throne IhOy marehed on tvi.li it to the place of the Bastille. ~On that memorable spot, where has been reared a column id commemo ratethei Revolution p( 183(1,and under which rest the bones Of the victims of the Three Days the throne Of Louis Phi.ippo was burned'to ash es. ’ I now went to the Tuilorieai ; The work of fighting was over, but that of destruction was still going on. I should think there wope Sev eral thousand people in,the palace. The win dows were thrown open to the top story, and the clothing and lighter furnituretpssed out Old coats and pantaloons streamed'‘■like baii jnerS ip the sky.” Books were torn ,to pieces, and thousands of leaves'and papers were flying in the air. Some dressed themselves in the court liveries’ which they found, and* appeared on.lhe: balconies,.looking like harlequins. It was a-grand masquerade given at the King’s expense: many of the people were in' the attic; Some on the reof, wliere they had fastened their flag in triumph ; others discharging thef?gu'ns in the air, while all the' time the palace bell rung:a peal of victory. ; . I passed around to the Place ,du Carousal, in the rear of the palace., The people had got to the kitchens and cellars, and were drinking of the wine, ’perhaps to his majesty's’health.— These'uninvited guests drank as freely of the royal bottles as if they had all been kings.— Bonfires in the courtyard werccbnsnihihg frag ments of, carriages and ifurniture, which’ were tumbled without ceremony into the flames.-. Yet with all this destruction there.,wa§ no rudeness.or attempt at personal violence.. The people were civil and merry in their work, — And I could forgive this momentary indigna tion and revenge to men whose friends had been shot in cold blood the evening before. When the people first burst into’ the Palace r ard, some excited by the conflict, rushed to lay violonthands oh thesoldicrs. “ They have killed my brother,” cried one, “ at the Palais Koyal. I must kill someone.” ‘‘lf you. kill any one,” replied a national guard, “ theh you will kill your brother also.” The sublimity of this sentiment instantly disarmed his revenge. IC7”Mr. Darden, of North Carolina, wh° died last year, was 59 years of age. "lie was ,7 feet 0 inches high, an'd at his death, weighed .a fraction over 1,000 lbs. , To 1853 ho was quite active, and labored ; after.when, his fat increas in ig, ho was hauled about in a two-horse wag on. It required 134 yards of flax cloth, a yard wide, to make him a coat; 16 yards of cambric were required for his shroud, and' twenty-four yards of velvet for his pall. fty An Ohio farmer who find driven his wagon eight miles to market in Cincinnati be fore daylight, upon stopping heard the crowing of a'cock; and upon examination found'four of ibis'chickens roosting on the coupling-polo un derneath the body of the vehicle. MISCIIIEP MAKER; .. . . —— I B ff 7 jfc S B I 1 B I I B (lx fMAr ■ Jw* 4* %Ik WS' <$ ANECDOTES OP. STOMP SPEiRISG. The system of canvassing and electioneering as it is carried on In. the Southwest, affords much that it is amusing as well as instructive. We find in the “ Editor’s Drawer,” of Harper for December, a rich joke said to have occurred in a canvass in Tennessee, between the Hon. Cave Johnson and Major thistavus A. Henry. As the story runs, Major If., in reply to il lusion of his opponent as to his maimer of sha king hands, said ; - . *. “ I will iell you a little anecdote , illustrative of the peculiar Ch ciiohecring abilities of ray honorable friend in his intercourse with Our in telligent consiitucnta. We were canvassing in a remote part of the district, and, having an appointment io speak near the house of a very influential Squire, we spent the previous night at house together, tt Was well known that I the Squire controlled all the - voies-in that pre* j cinct, and his better half controlled him, so that it was all important to get on the right side of her. Wc had agreed not to electioneer with the squire while we staid with him ; but I did not think this forbade me to do my best with his family. So. I rose about davbrcak the next morning, and, thinking that. I should make friends with the mistress of the house by bringing water to cook the. breakfast, I took a bucket and started off tor the spring. • I was tripping oft on a‘light fantastic toe, 7 -singing merrily as I went along, when what on, earth should I see, as I .looked into the barn-bard, but the old woman milking the cow, while my honorable friend, with his face rudy with morh mg exercise, and his .long : lccks streaming in the breeze, was holding the cow by the tail! I Saw in an instant that he had the start of me. I returned to the house discohifitled, and aban doned all hope of a vote in that region.” Ibis reminds us of a good thing that occurr ed .in,Marshall county,.in this Stale. . A young Fillmore orator, who was aUo editor of the Fil lmore organ in that county, made a speech at the little village of Chulahoma, in the course of which he charged Mr. Buchanaii with being in favor of “squatter sovereignly.” The speaker on the opposite.side was the Hon. J k W. C., a distinguished member of the Legislature, and in the course of his reply, hc.td'rnp.to his oppo nent and inquires, “ Did you say Mr. Buchan an was in favor of squatter sovereignty “ X did/ 1 replied the Fillmore man., “ Why' you don t call this squatter sovereignty-, do- 3 r ou says Mr. C., reading somclhipg from. a'docu ment. “Of course I do,” was the 5 reply.—’ ‘‘ 1 hen,*’ says Mr. 0., turning to the audience: “ allow me to inform the gentleman that what I have read is from Fillmore’s Lockport speech.” It is hardly necessary to say that there wi s no great number of Fillmore votes made there that day. It is said that ever afterwardsoiir editor orator Was remarkably particular how he an swered questions put to him in debate. Senatorial Sketches. lc !j vo ty.W tho ie . • following sk'&qh of Davis, -: tyr-tlfe way, sup- J find> to bo aroughback woodsman—a s ®P ca l cer ihclCui/otu calibre; but all li ** e * fl PP car ance .ip the-Senate, were acVce- Ably,surprised.; He 1 is .tali, well dressed m neatly fitted black clothes, is -closc t 00 ’ npp9 a rs -very gentlemanly.— When ho addresses the Senate, it is in a low, well pictured voice, in, modulated' tones, which often seem musical, and in a slow, but flowing manner, the words distinct, • but seeming to melt in each other,, and in words which bear signs of great effort at a ■ good choice; some t lines of a want of taste, but never of a. want of. pains in their selection. Ilis gestures are easy, mough sometimes rather awkward, ns he is so tall. In speaking, his manners arc. unembar rassed, and though sometimes full of enthusi asm, arc never violent. Ho evidently aims at logic rather than eloquence. ■ He is considered as the ablest Debater on the Administration side, in the absence of Douglas. Nord Napier, at the last levee of;the President, gave his opin ion of several Senators ih the following words, which are valuable as characteristic of his lord* ship, as well as conveying .the general opinion of the public in regard to. the men he mention cd, He said ! *“Qi the Senate, Air. Seward is the most as tute politician—Air. Hunter ihe profoundest thinker; Air. Davis the ablest debater, and Air. Sumner the deepest scholar.” Senator, limiter is well.described by his lord ship. At the head of die Finance Committee of the Senate for the Inst foufyearshehas brought out measures and reports which exhibit a pro foundity of thought and research which is itself highly creditable, whatever may be said of their direction. In the general course of debate, he takes but Jittle part, but what he says is; al ways to the point. A : s his attention is almost always centred on’ the dry detail of finance, he seldom gives the Senate' an; opportunity to wit ness his powers ; but when ho does, his speech es iire received: with the deepest- attention.— Few who heard his -remarks on the death of Brooks will forgot their solemn beauty, and their delicate, appropriate’trr&uto to the merits oven we allowed that ho possessed, and the deprecating manner, lather than words’, by which, while Senator Ifuntor was speaking, pur thoughts were kept far from the one act by t which all the good qualities,of the deceased arc now covered by the dark veil of obloquy. Influekce of Soko.—Most-of ex perienced the luxury of tears when listening to an old ballad. We know an pld man, who, haying lived a long career of vice and crime, was at length banished from the country ; and who while undergoing his period of banishment amid the wilds and jungles of a distant land, heard m the summer eventide a sweet voice, singing in his own language the very song which had lulled him to ,his infant slumber, when he knew crime by name, and knew it on ly to abhor. It had been sung, 100, by the cradle of an infant sister, one who had died young, and was,now in heaven;' the. mother, too, was ijo more. Butthespng—the old song had not lost its influence. Back came trooping upon liiih.ltieold ineinorics-which had so long slumbered down therein the unconsumcd depths of. his heart; the mother and the father; the household gatlysing; the old school house ; the time-worn church, half hidden hy the old yew trees, where he had heard the bible read, all came back upon him ns fresh as it were yeslcr day, ho gave vent to a flood of tears. And then the old man grew calm, and his latter days were his best days; and when the term of his punishment had expired, Ho came back to his father s land, and there in that old village grave yard, amid whose grassy, hillocks he had play cd and gamboled, and where the mother and her htt e ones were sleeping, ho laid down his weary limbs and sank peacefully away into a common grave.— Eliza Cook's Journal. . . C7* A young lady at a recent fair pinned to the bosom ol her dress one of,he placards which exhibitors have fastened to their, wares when wantio keep ‘hands oft’,* Sho was wearing a low-nccked dress . • Singular Phenomena, I* or some time past wo have, noticed in onr exchanges accounts of the appearance in various quarters, of meteors of unusual size and appear- pn Friday the 12Ui ult;, anout five, V. M., persons residing in the North Western part Washington coiiiity* saw meteoric balls darling I through tho lioav6ns.dnd exploding at intervals' with trenicndohs reports shaking the- houses and causing some to believe that they bad’ been visited by an carthquakoi The same phenom enon was seen nt tho same time at Wellsville, Ohio, and in Beaver co., Pa. Last Thursday morning the 18th, about 9 o’- clock, somo persons at work near Wharton fur nace, in Wharton township, this pounty, saw. something of. the same hind. They describe it as having been a Mn£o of fire, of a triangular shape, about forty feet wide and a hundred yds. Jong. From thdYearof this issued balls of the, about (bo size ol a man’s head, and smaller. Almost immediately after passing, tlic men, it exploded, with u noise to which the report of q cannon is said to not at nil compare, causing the earth, as they snj*, to shake-under their feet, One gentleman who was standingnbar the boil cm s says.dhey rung so loud as to almost deafen I him. This phenomenon was seen by C. Ogle, I Jackson Itavbaugh, and Samuel Wadsworth.and 1 the explosion heard by John. Worthington,Esq., of Redstone Furnace, Alert. McDowell,Stephen Leonard, James Minor, and indeed b} f every person in the. neighborhood. We have been furnished these facts by a gentleman of intclli- . gencoj who was present, in whoso voracity we •place the utmost confidence. The same morning, at the same.timcj a large meteoric ball was seen North west of our town,- moving South west with, great velocity.: This did not e.xplodc. It is described as a largo ball of fire, from which a tail protrude.— It was seen by several of. our citizens’. 1 [Fayette.co* Genius . ■ us.of an old pulpit anecdote-at mbuted to Rowland Hill. Two strangers pass es the church, in which lie was prcaQpino% en tered, walked up the aisle, and finding no°seat, stood for a while and listened to the sermon.— Presently they turned to walk ’but. , Before they reached ihe door the preacher said, “ But I will tell you a story. 7 ’ ■ This arrested the strangers, and. they paus ed, turned again and listened. . “ Once there was a man,’ 7 said the speaker, “who said that if he had all the axes in the world made into one great axe, and all the trees 10 the world made into one groat tree, and he could 3’ield the axe and cut down the tree, he would make it into one great wliisp to thrash those ungodly men who turn their backs upon the gospel and*6top to hear a story. 77 Ihcstrangers thought they had heard enough to satisfy I heir, curiosity, and • resumed their walk in the street. ;v* POOR-JERSEY. A New Jersey Justice of the Peace was trav elling wnha friend in (he Western partof Ohio, ■ and anally came jto quitean: unsettled region;— Latc m the day. the two -travellers reached a 'PSSyold man was away, and the old woman promptly; rerogibut the grown up daughter put m a good wwl for the good look‘ mg men, and her mother finally consented.— After supper, as they .n-ere all sitting by the the, (he old woman began (he talk • ' t“.ls pose, strangers, you’re from Connecti cut, or some such Yankee place ?” nni ft 1 '? 110 ' ? 3a ain >” a “'d Ike Justice, “ we’re not Yankee, by any means.” “ Well, where did you como from, then ?” We are from New Jersey, madam.” , ■■ W o?‘';yeTf" dy! ’’ 6aid the °W woman. J THE AGE OF OUR RACE. . T^ 10 s "Vfttco of the earth to the depth of n ome eight or ten miles; is composed of rocks. These Srsr m lO rcn !i ai,,s ° f nnirnai;i and v i ty Hiousand species of them whjeh differ from any living species, have been disinterested, yet "no human remains are found among them until the loose soil-ahivium™s tnhe nf’ ' r ■" C 1 sod '? universally acknowledged animals art 0 r nt °v Sm ' , lhe ranains of other animals arc found several thousand feet below !' ,* l '‘ cc "'iulotiie remains of man have nev- Und n° °"’ as 01,0 hundred feet below the surface. But if man, had been in existent when other animals lived, whose remains are harabr™ r Ch 3 ) In’s remains would also haic been found there, for his bones are of iho lessTil r‘ C 1 tUr ° • Stl . leirS ani consequently no less hkply to resist destruction. • . THE rfltE-STAK. - There must, fio something without at which we may gaze as at a fixed polar star, a light that is raised above the misty clouds of this world ; not a sign of our own painting, to indi cate what we believe to be the right road, but One set up by him whose word is a “lamp to win n'frm a " gh ; tp om ' P ath -” The holy wll of light must be made known unto us.--. Otherwise we hve < as in a land of revolution, whore the.old government is abolished, and a new one not yet re established: where every one consults his own views, and inclinations as to what he shall do or omit to do ; where one becomes a murderer, with the best conscience, and another with an equally good one takes the booty to himself. A BLACK CLOUD. A blade doud makes a traveller mend his pace, and mind his home ; whereas a fair day and a pleasant way waste his time, and that stealeth away his affections in the prospect of the country. However others may think of it yet X take it as a mercy, that now and then some clouds come blewcccn me arid my sun and many times troubles do conceal my com forts ; for I perceive, it I should find friendship m my inn ; in my pilgrimage, I should soon for get, my a athcr s house, and my heritage. TRUTH BEFORE FRIENDS. _ Among the fiercest opponents of John Huss, the Reformer of Prague, was Paletz, once his intimate companion and bosom frieijr. Some persons sought to persuade Huss to follow the example of those who took sides with the Pope, and to join-ins old friend Paletz. To these cn treaties IluSs replied : ■ “JP/tldstis my friend; and truth is my friend : both being my friends it is most just that I ■honor truth, in .preference." O' A poor girl drove a donkey laden with turves, into Eniskrllen, and! having disposedbf them, she went into a shop to purchase some articles, leaving the animal at the door. A g&llunt officer of the 57th, who happened to be passing shortly after, called out indignantly for the removal of the obstruction—“ I say. girl, what makes you keep your donkey on llur pavement ? Remove it immediately I” — “ Well, sir," said the girl, in apparent good humor, “ if you had .stayed at homo, 3'ou I would not have found raison to fall out wid I your brudder. ” I AT $2,00 PER ANNUM NO. 4 GOOD. iFT- man °* ad ln homea|mn, was. standing in Court street, a few days since) de vouring a doughnut, when he was accosfbd; by one of a half-dozep genteely dressed city idlers with : ‘Just oipejdpown f> ‘Fans, gii 0s sl harm great place this, ain’t it, yeou ?’ said the coun tryman. “ Tis ?o, hub; how’s'your inarm?” : asked the city, buck, bent on sport with greeny.' : ‘Wall, she’s piirly well, she sent mo down on business;’ <She did ? What kind of business are • J°n °'li 7 , 610 " nn f° d >«o to come debwn ' irm " nn ', / f’J 0, ' nd and Hti'l a half dozen of the biggest foies .in Bostin and bring .’em no ' country, to edicato ’em, and I rather guess I’ve got my eye on - ’em, noow:> said the strangef ' taking in the whole crowd at a glance/ The ; : next moment ho had the curbstone to himself when bo quietly finished bis doughnut. ’ • , t . O “ A ™“ Kecucits—Captain Wallen ' started down from the Dallas to Vancouver to bring up a..party of recruits to. tight the iocomo- .- hi o Indians. Ho stopped tor tho night at the Cascades, m the house of an old man called “Undo Sammy,’’an inquisitive old fellow,about D cighty-six and deaf as a haddock. After sup per, the old man and woman, and Wallen drew draw tip chairs around a blazing wood Are. Ttia ‘ old man immediately commenced applying- t hb ' brake, (good expression lor pump ')■ " 100 g ° iu ’ deow, ‘ ,0 1110 - voitc. tC ‘ rOCI UitS 1 ’ replrca Wallen > at “>p of w 8 "‘Hey?’ ‘Alter recruits!’ roared Wallen again. - - ‘Can’t hear ye?’ . . ... . 1 Ja(J y moved- round, and- putting her motith to the old man’s ear, shouted in ?, voice that would have done credit to Stnntev ' after he’d got a little in years: St ° n * or -lnd-X-/nd ■ A Goon Un—Wo, heard the other day a : '- capita! anecdote of a witty clergyman, who is oncomto: • COn?0 0H ’ SeCOUd ,n a Jocul«.. As one day ho was passing down ono of the streets of a largo village in,the State, where’ h- ■ was settled, ho was observed by some waeaian ' hangers on at a public house which ho was an pleaching. One of who fellows,’knowing that the reverend gentleman was a ‘hard case’ at a joke, said that ho would bet them drinks for all hands that he could head Mr. H r. ‘? 0 ?. e ’’ ™ as tho rcs l lonse from a number. . ' V; As Mr. H. came opposite the merry group, the proposer of the bet called to him. Mr. ,S:i halted and drew h’ear, whereupon the confident chap thus addressed him.; ■ - “Mr. Hi——. we have a dispute boredfaooW : importance, which we havoagraedytQ leave to you as ono competent to give a correct decis- - ion.” . “Ah ! what is it.” “It is in rotation to tho age of the dovil; wifi you fe/J us how old ho Is?’’ Lucas. “Gentlemen,” said the imperlurable minister “how can you presume mo to he acqpiinted' w,th mafters of that sort ? You must keep jour own family records I” F yuur „..?’ 110 . t V' l ', is(or '™ nt about his business and the vanquished gentleman went in and treated free- /iirt, /uu- im& /nnrg. t£?*Tho Clcvcl’d Register,makes the following good hit: ‘Whether QnoenVictoria’s red pet ticOats will become a fashion In .America is yet to bo known. It is certain,.however, that tho attempts of somo 'of her m‘ate predecessors to introduce their red caaU inta this country did not succeed.’ An lrisb magistrate having occasion .to write the word ‘usage;* cdnlfiv.ed to spoil it without using a single letter, of .tho original Whfn „" S im >’ r P T ? d orthography was ‘yotestfeft. When some remarks were made on similarleafs. he averred that nobody could spoil with .pons, made from (he quills of Irish geeso. Q5”Dr M., coming out of a coffee house, J. p~—, « perfect stranger to, him, begged him to lend him live guineas. ‘Sir,’said the doctor,‘l dm surprised that you. should’ apply to mo for such a favor; nilio-do not.ktiow you V ■ ‘Ob, dear Sir,’ replied ‘it is for thntivory reason, for those who do won’t lend mo a far thing.’ C 5” The most astounding instance ofaman’a regard for Jds lyord was recently given hyaman who killed his Wife, whom he did hot like. )\ hen askod ‘why he didn’t go off and leave her, instead of.killing her,’ he replied.jocosely, that ‘ho had promised on the weddidg day : to Ji):e with her until death should part them, and l.e wasn t the man to break his word 1’ Ono of our contemporaries disposes of t|ie Virtues oi; early rising ns follows: Wo have . .Watched (he Says) those fellows wiio are 'early ‘ risers, and as a genera! thing they are the first chaps who go to tiie groceries ofai morning. It •• is all moonshincabout tho smartest and greatest ■ men being _ the .early risers. It might have been, so in old times, hut now-n-days when you see a chap moving about very early you may bo oof- ! fain ho is after a drink.’ Kr" Old Rodger was Vlsitingp friend who had a remarkably fine little gill, about'three years' ‘ old, famous for smart sayings. . As usual she ; Was shown eft - before our esteemed friend; ' ‘‘Wliot is papa?” said. Uio ‘parent,'in order to bring out the precocious reply;' ’ ■ , “Papa’s a humbug,?’ sniddio juvenile. “I declare,’.’ said old podgel - , “XoeVar.intny life saw so young a child with so maturo a Judge- , mont.” .. ’ 1 —" ‘ ; To make hens lay, perpetually—hit Ibettt well directed blow on too head with a club, , ■ Mrs. Pnrtingtop inquires what kind of ‘ razors are employed in shaving notes. Mr. Pic . respectful!} informs her that they are generally raisers of money. , , . , B3“-My hoy, What does your mother do for a iving?’ wo asked af a little bare-foofed urcliiu ■eSterday: She eats cold'vicfuals, sir.’ 03” A merchant lately advertised'for a clerk who could bear confinement. ■ Re received'ad nhgwer from one who had been in jail 7 yenis. C?” “Did you pull my nose in earnest sir?” “Certainly I did, sir.” “It is Wolf you did, lb* I don’t take a joke in that way.” . .• - A hen-pecked husband says that instead of himself and wife being one, they ore tomoho ' is 1 and he is U. 03” ‘A woman is at thp bottom -'or’ I ' all mis chief,’ said Joe. ‘Yes,’ said Bill, ‘and when: I used to get into mischief, my mother was attha bottom of rao.” 7 ‘Zounds, fellow!’ exclaimed ft clioloftb old gentleman, to a very phlegmatic matter-el--- fact person, <l'shall go out of my wits.* • , , ‘W’cll, you Won’t have far to go, said 'ttib' ’ phlegmatic man. * ~ Sj?” ‘Oh, Mr. Grabbles!’ exclaimed ayonhir mo.theri ‘shouldn’t you film to have a family of rosy children about your knee?’ ■ . . ‘No,' ma’am,’ said the disagreeable old bach-' olor: ‘l’d rather have a lot of; yellow boy a fa * mi' pocket;” - . , 1 A young lady had a parasol carried away ’ Irishman, who returned U ivltli the compliments ■ “Faith, Af fas, an* if yc was’as strotigas handsome, a'hurriCitnO couldn’t have snatched ‘ itfrom ye.’ . . : 03*” Two men, Joseph Sparks and OscarPlinf. wore assailed in the suburbs ofPaltimoro afew njghfs ago By /> gang ofshanlderjiitters. ‘Flint was knocked down and rpblied.hut his coMbaiU ion escaped by flight. Wheii the scoundrels hit iiint, sparksJleiu. • (GT Downing, flic great oyster purveyor oir : - being.aaked if ,the hard limes had afflicted Ui# business on New, Years day, replied: “ Not at ‘ all; yer see: I gin out that anybody what did not have oysters onlns table would be consid- . cred dead broke; and the. conseqnenob was ’ that X sold more oysters than I ever did afore.” A lady was recently teaching a boy to : spell. The boy spelt “c-o-l-d,” but could*nbt ' pionounce it. In vain his teacher asked him to . think and try. At last she asked him, “What ' do you get when you go out upon the Wot pave niont on a rainy day and Wfst your feet? <T gets ' a lickings* , , . 6
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