D AMERICAN V OLUNTEEII; published kyeuy TUiTn9D AYMOIINI^ 0 dy John M. Bra**® 11 * •• ■ S rS o T ™» r O.cD*r fe, m .„Wo Lo.S?.W.n? Cents, if not , paid within the year. These terms wifi ■bong : !’ idly adhered to in every instance. No snb ‘ scription discontinued until' all arrearages are ■ paid unless at the option of the Editor, f AnvEaTiSEMENTS —Accompanied by the cash, . “ and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents [" for each additional insertion. Those of agroat [ ter length in proportion. | Jod-Piuntino—Such ns Hand-bills, Posting [ bills, Pamphlets, Blanks; Labels, &c., &c., exo- I cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. IWtnL WnBN I AJI 01D, When I am O how soon It ill file’s sweet morping yield to noon, And noon’s broad,'fervid, earnest light Be shaded fn the solemn night! . Till, like a siory well nigh told, Will seem my fife—when X am old. When I am old, this'breezy earth . Will lose for me its voice of mirth— . The streams will have an under one Of sadness not by right their own. •> And spring’s .sweet'power in vain unfold . . Jn rosy charms—when l am old. When 1 am old, I shall not care To deck with, flowers my laded hair; ■’Twill he no vain desire of mine In, rich and costly dress to shine; Bright jewels and the brightest gold Will charm me not—when I am old. When I am oldy my friends will bo Old, nod infirm, and bowed’, like roo j Or else; thoir bodies ’neath the sod, *. Their spirits dwelling safe with God, The old church bell will long have tolled Above the re,St—when I am old. When l am old I’d: father bend, Thus sadly o’er each buried Thap see them lose the earnest truth, • That marks the friendship.of our j'duthj ’Twill be so sad to have them cold ■ Or strange to I am old! . When I am old- O how it seems Like the wild'lunacy, of'dreams, To picture in prophetic rhyme That dim, far distant, shadowy time; So distant that it seems o’er hold ( Even to I ain old!’ W hen I am old—perhaps ere then I shall be missed from haunts of men; P'eihi’ ly dwelling will be found 10'green and quiet mound, >y stranger hands enrolled dead—ere lam old.r ■ ild—that time is now, ' For youth sits lightly, on my brow ; My limbs are firm, and strong, and free, ’ Life has a thousand charms tot me; Charms that will long their influence hold Within my hoart-rere lam old. 1 1 ' , Ere I ,am old—o let toe give My life to learning how io live I Then shall I meet with, willing.heiirt ■An early summons to depart, ■' Or find my lengthened days consoled By God’s sweet peace—when I am old. Mwttllmm. bIVING- IlSr A BEEP CASK; OR, SALPETER vs. SALT-WATER. Kind readers, lam a, boy. Not “ one of the Vhoys,” but.a hard working, much-abused, and generally despised sailor boy. One who serves aboard 'a vessel in the double bap.icjty of drudge and go between. . If there is any complaint that the crew wish to make tb’ the, captain, the boy must be the tnessenger, and get well thrashed for his pains —and vice versa.- Bat l am getting offfny course, and that stern 6ld captain, [lu; public, will be impatient, and knock my head and a handspike together,<j?f I do not mind iny helm better : so here goes. ( The aii'turfm of 1850 andean emp y shot lock up found the to' ship as boy, on board the Ansa. “ bound for Havanna and a market’’(by the way I never saty the .tnaraet.) She was coin ' founded by a Civpt josiah Crabb. Crahb was be by name, and crabbed by natb're—a regular down East specimen' of nautical handicraft— but his crablike propensities,to pinch and cl mV did not show th'enVs'elVeS' until we were at sea some Itvo days. ... ; ■ The mate was a Virginian'. In fact a mem ber of one of the.“Jlrst families,” from thrift muoiriandid Stuc : at any rate he was the first southerner I ever sailed, under." He was a free, Apen-hea'rted .IVllmv,'like all his countrymen, and possessed a fiery spirh, that could brook ho language of the captain's that was not per fectly gentlemanly. Tlie crew was Abtnposcd of one Dutchman, mVo Frenchmen, one Portugese, two Spaniards in African cook and your humble servant. We shipped a second mate, but he quarreled -with the captain before we got to Sandy .Hook, and was sent ashore with the pilot. So . much for the Brig Ansa and her motley Cnhv, and 1 now for my yarn'. Some three days out, after we had got safety across the Gulf Stream, and were moving along With all sail set before a fine north west breeze, the captain tpdk it into fits' head that the men were too well fed, and that it would'make them lazy and unfit for duty. fit ifpite of the mate’s remonstrances and'the grumbling 6F the men, the order was passed to the “ Doctor,’' (i. e. cook) to give the men duff but once a week, and then minus the usual plums. We had been in the habit, of having .plain duff twice a week, and plum duff, or dough pudding, on Sunday. The men submitted, af ter some grumbling, to this deprivation, but the next day the order came that there should be no watch and watch in the daytime. All hands should remain on deck and assist in fixing the running and standing gear of the vessel, and in scraping decks, painting woodwork, &a. Now this Was the last straw that broke , the camel s back of patience among the crew, so they sot their wits to.work, ip devise some plan of getting to windward of the'old man, that is, the captain, in some shape or other, and of course they pitched upon me ns being the prop er person to carry out their good intentions. The first move was to demand from the cap tain a restitution of their food and privileges, and if that failed, they were to resort to strat agem to obtain,their rights. Accordingly, one morning, I marched to tho quarter-deck, and, bowing to the captain, commenced my har rangne: “ Please sir, the men want me to say that tihless you give them their lull allowance of grub, and let them keep watch and watch as usual, that they will knock oft' work, and you and your brig may go to—’’ I did not have time to finish the sentence, for I suddenly found myself sprawling in the lee scuppers; and my allowance of grog, in the shape of “ claret,”, was anything but short Xu fact, I may say that the supply by far ex tended the demand, 1 ,(3id not have long to ppnder oyer the matter, before the captain’s voice was ringing in ipy ears, ordering me for ward,—to which place X slunk like a cur with bis tail between his logs. When I reached the forecastle I was again met with abuse for not showing more “spunk and jaw” back to the pld maij. ' * Seeing that their first plan had totally failed, - the crew connected the following scheme, but I must first explain the stowage of the vessel, or the reader will not understandiwhat is to come. The provisions were stowed in a sort of lock er, under the brig’s cabin. It had been built fora powder magazine, but the captain, being , . • ' ' • • . ... _ ... ... .•, , . - - --' - ' • • .• . -, - .. . - ~ .. , a.. , . .. • • . ' '- - ~, ••: . ~. - • ~, ''.• ' • , . '-' - ... ::. .. . ... , . , . ',. . ..,.. , .?:. • -.,.: - • • ~.. •...,.. • , - . . .. • BY JOHN B, BRATTON, YOL. 44. afraid that hungry sailors wight take provi sions if in their way, had converted the maga zine into a bread and meat locker, so that these two indispensable articles would always be un der his own eye and custody. This looker was separated : from the hold by a thick oxen , bulkhead. The forcastle where the crew lived, was divided from the hold by a similar, one. and of course there was notlifn'g"be- tween- the crew and the provisions but tho two bulkheads and the, cargo, which whs. an assort ed one. and had been lightly stowed, to allow a free circulation of air. , Now tho men's plan was, to out- through the bulkheads,, open a cask of bread afld beef, and secrete their contents in the forecastle. The plan was carried out silently and slowly, for it took nearly two days to out the way through the bulkheads, and then there was only room enough for a small boy like myself to pass through. I succeeded in crawline over the cargo into the storeroom without difficulty, but in open ing the head of a bread barrel I made a slight noise, and I heard the captain say to the mate: “ Those infernal rats will eat mo of tho brig, Mr. Hiirkner. We must smoke her before wo stow any more cargo.” I heard what the captain said, distinctly, for lie.was but a few inches above mo. I got tho head off the bread and beef cask, and succeeded in getting all the bread and two ihjrds of the beef into the forecastle, before any accident oc- ■ currcd. It was a tedious.job, fori could carry but small loads over the badly stowed cargo.— My watch below had almost expired, and seven .bells was just striking as I started on my jast .trip to the beef oast. I got safely back to the storeroom, and was stooping over to reach a piece of beef,, when I beard the captain say again: “ Mr. Harkner, you had better get up anoth er barrel of beef at eight bells. The doctor says the last barrel is out.” . ;• Here was a fix. I knew if they caught me there, it would bo the last of Dickey the sailor boy. At the sound of the oldman’a voice, I got into a regular flurry, and the brig giving a hea vy lurch to windward, away I tumbled into the cask, head first ! In vain did I kick and twist to get out- r my arms were pinioned to my sides, and the cask could not upset, lor it' was well braced and secured..- : .. ‘ Here I was, in a pretty pickle,-.(no pyn in tended. ) The brine got into my eyes and ears, and the moment I attempted to shout my throat was filled with a delightful mixture of saltpe tre and water. I gave up a.tilast, and felt my self going~-*l thought of my mother and sisters —of all the bad deeds I had ever done, (it is as tonishing. what a good .memory, a fellow has when he is dying) but the worst of all was the idea of .being drowned-in'a, beef cask. Now, being lost overboardns n heroic and no ble way of. giving up the '.ghost, but, .being drowned in a beef cask, and dying with one’s heels in the air! Ugh ! I shudder now at the thought. Well; I went into, a dreamy sleep, to the spund of most.beanlifijl music,’ then all \vas bland,.until I found myself in the cabin, with the captain and mate-standing by.. . Steal my beef, would you ? you infernal young whelp !" cried; the captain, as soon as I .cau.e jb. “ Here dridk .thisgrogjJinigeLrcad.i to take.a thrashing^” - ";Ty ’ T!: I drank off the liquor, and felt considerably better, when die captain, as good as bis word,’ took me. on duck-, and ,■ administered- a round dozen with a stout rope’s end,.sent me up. to the main lop gallant Cross trees, to look out for squalls—and kept me there a whole watch. We arrived at. Havana a few days afterwards, and X escaped ashore, where, after skulking about'the streets for a week, I managed to get aboard a'homeward-bound vessel. I never saw anything more of (he Brig Alisa or her'commander, but the recollection of my dive into that beef cask, and .my- narrow es cape, made me shudder, even to tins day. How to malio a Cordon on Cloy Soil. The Ohio Cultivator describes the manner in which a gardner near Columbus, known as “ Old Joe,’! made a good garden on most for bidden soil: Joe’s garden was originally a compact clay soil, such ns predominates throughout a large portion of Ohio, and is the greatest obstacle to successful gardening, especially among farmers and’those who cannot afford to do things tho roughly, Blit not so with our friend Joe. His first effort, after erecting a shelter fur himself, and his flowers, was to trench a portion of his ground two feet, in depth, mixing with it course manure and other materials to enrich it, and especially to admit air into \t.. This wag a slow and laborious operation, but it was the only time vtfay ; and; by doing a little at a time, the whole was accomplished without much ex pense. and the result has been such a healthy growth of his plants and shrubs, and such pow er to withstand drought, ns to compensate ten fold for the labor. ■ Since this first operation on his land, Joe’s favorite application has Been sctiii dust, half rot ted, if to ho found, and in its absence mould of rotted logs from the woods. A good dress of -thCsc materials is spaded into the ground as of-’ ten as once in two years, af a cost fully double the expense of ordinary manuring. On my expostulating with Joe. one day, about his free use of saw dust, and asking for his theory about its effects, ho told me it was "to give the roots achance to This explanation was so sensible, as well as philoso phically correct, that I wish it could be-indeli bly impressed on tho minds of all owners of clay grounds, whether field or gardens. The great want of our strong clay lands, is not so much the materials for enriching hut to admit the air into them, or as Joe says, “to give the roots a chance to breathe.” Let this bo done, in con nection with draining where too wet, and deep plowing or trenching, and the average products of our gardens and fields would ■ be mere’ than doubled, and the effects of our hot summers and severe droughts would hardly be noticed. A Young Gourmand —The New Bedford Mercury says, it has recently been made ac quainted with facts in relation to a juvenile of this city, whose eating propensities exceed oven those of Dicken’s “fat boy.” Ho is 13 years of age, well formed, and weighs 80 lbs. Here is a bill of fare which he entirely demolished a few days since •by way of lunch, viz: 2 quarts of beef soup, 6$ lbs. peef, 12 biscuits, and a quan tity of citron ; having taken as a preparatory, half a pound of rasins, and 4 greening apples. On another occasion he devoured 2 largo sau sages, raw; 1 lb. head chcpso, 1 pint of scollops, raw, and 4 apples, before taking his regular dinner, which he enjoyed ns usual. By way of ordering lunches, he has been known to make way with, in two days, 100 doughnuts, 50 one cent cakes, and 4 mince-pies. A seven pound turkey barely supplied him for a dinner. Ha has no fondness for- tea or coffee, and never dnnks water at his meals. Unlike Dickon's “fat boy" he is not given to somnolency, and has never been caught napping over a “mutton piG» . Peace is the evening star of the soul; as virtue is its sun ; and-the two are never far apart. ENCOUNTER WITH AN AFRICAN LION. Returning toward Kurumgn, I, selected the beautiful valley .of Mabotsa lat.-25 Id south, lon. 20 30 ?) as the site of a missionary station, and thither I removed it* 1843. Here an oc currence took place, concerning which I have frequently been questioned in England, and which but for the importunities of friends, I meant to have kept in store to tell nly children when in my dotage, The Bakatla of the vil lage Mabotsa were much troubled bv lions, which leaped into-ibc'cnltlc-pena bv night and destroyed their cows. They even attacked the herds in open day. This was so unusual an occurrence that tho people believed that they were bewitched—“given,” ns they said into the power of the lions, by a neighboring tribe.”— They went, once to attack the animals, but, being rather a cowardly people compared to Bcchunas in general on such occasions, they returned without killing any. < It is well known that if one of a troop of lions is killed, tho others take the hint and leave that part of the country. So, the next time thp herds were attacked, I went with the people, in order to encourage them, to. rid themselves of the annoyance by destroying one of the marau ders, We found.the lions on a small hill about a quarter of a mile in length, and covered with trees. A circle of men was formed around it. and they gradually closed up; ascending pretty near to each other. Being down below on ihe plain with a native 'schoolmaster, named Me bahve, ii most excellent man,'l saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock; within the now closed circle of men, Mebalwe fired at him be fore X could, and the ball struck the rock on which Hie animal was sitting. Ho bit at the spot strilok. as a dbg does at. a stick or stone thrown at Kim ; then leaping away, broke thro’ the opening circle and escaped unhurt; The men were afraid to attack him, perhaps on ac count of their belief in witchcraft! When the circle was reformed, we saw two other lions in it; but we were afraid to fire lest We should strike the men, and they allowed the beasts to burst through also. If the Bakatla had acted according to the custom of the country, they would have speared the lions in their attempt to get out; ’ Seeing we could not - get them'tb kill one of ;the lions, we bent our fpot-steps to ward the village; in going’round tlie end of the hill , however, I saw one of the.beasts silting nn a piece of rock as before ; but this time he had a little bush in front. Being'about 30 yards off I took a good aim at his body through the bush, 'and fired hot If barrels intoit. The men then called out, “he is shot,, he is shot!”— Others cried, he’ has becn.sbot by another mar, too ; lel us gokto liiffl !.’’ I did not sec any onc.else shoot him, but: I sawthe.lion’s tail erected in anger i behind the bush, arid, turning tojthe people, said, “ Stop a little, till I load again.” When in the act of ramming down the bullets, X heard a shout. Starting, anddooking half around, X saw the hoh just in the act of springing upon .me. X was.upbn a little 1. jht ho' caught my shoulder as he sprang-,.and webbth came to the ground below together. Growling horribly close to my ear, 'he shook me as a terrier does a rat.. The shock produced a stupor similar to that which scenis to, ho feUy byra .mouse after the -Krai; ohakeiof a cat. It caused a. sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain or feeling of. terror, though quite conscious of.all that was happen ing. It was like what palicritspartially tinder the influence of olilorolonn describe, who see all the operation, but led not the knife. This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilating fear, allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast. This peculiar.plate is probably pro duced in all animals killed by the carnivora, and if sd, is si merciful provision by our benev olent Creator for lessening the pain of death.— Turning round to relieve myself of the weight, ns he had one paw on the back of my head, ! saw his eyes directed to Mebalwe, who was try ing to shoot him at a distance of ten dr fifteen yards. His gun, a Bint one, missed fire in boih barrels, the lion immediately left tne! rind at tacking Mebalwe, bit his thigh. . Another man whose life Iliad saved before, after he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to dpear the lion 'While he was biting -Mebalwe; ’ He left Mebal we and caught t lie man by the shoulder, but at that moment the bullets he had. received took effect, and he fell down dead. The whole was the work of a fen’ moments, andimisthaVeßeen his paroxyisms of dying rage. ■ In order to take out the charm from him, the Bakatia on the following day.made a huge bonfire over the carcass, which was declated to be the largest lion they had ever seen. Besides crunching the bone into splinters he left eleven teeth wounds on the upper part of my arm. A wound from this animal’s tooth resenijilcs a gun-shot wound, it is generally folio wed ttya great deal of sloughing and discharge, and pains are felt in the part periodically ever afterward'. I had on a lartaii jacket oh the occasion,, and I believe that it wiped off all the virus from the teeth tnat pierced tho flesh, for my two com panions in this afiray have both suffered from’ the peculiar pains, while I have escaped with the only inconvenience of a false joint in-my limb.. : Tho man whose shoulder was wounded, showed me his wound actually burst open" afresh on the same month of the following year. This curious point deserves the attention of in quirers.— Livingstone's Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. A Beautiful Comfabison.— Look at tW free, fall leaved: and swelling up in tho calm Blue summer air! Not a breath was stirring, and yet how it waves and rocks in tho sunshine.— Its shadows aro flung around it; birds sit and sing in its branches,' ahd' the children seek re. fugo beneath them. Human affections are tho’ loaves, tho foliage of our being; they catch ev ery breath, and in the burden and heat of. the day, make shade and motion in a sultry world. Stripped,of that foliage, how unsightly is hu man nature! •• Like the same tree' it' stands with bare and shivering arms tossing despairingly to Hoayon—a glorious fluttering of life and warmth before j an iron harp for the minstrelsoy of the wildest winds now. Horses Coats. —Lately going to the country to visit a friend of mine for a few weeks, I drove a very handsome horse, and a good one—but was always annoyed about his coat, ns it was more like a lot of bristols than a horse's smooth skin, and all the grooming he could get'would do him-no good. My friend, who is a great horse breeder and farrier, made me try giving him ■ a few carrots every day out of my hand, saying that he would! have a good smooth coat in three weeks—and ho was right, for in that time my horse had a beautiful, sleek and glossy coat, and all-from eating a few carrots daily,— He tells me it is infallible. , Married.— The enormous “Fat Woman” who was exhibited in Harrisburg some time ago, has recently been married to a St. Louis man by the name of Rogers. The “happy couple” are about oven in size, and together are said to weigh over 1100 lbs. • At the Bar.—lt. is stated in the papers that Ex-Gov. Pollock is now practicing at the Un ion County Bar. He left office much poorer than he rrem in. .. . “,OHB OOHNTBY —MAY IT ALWAYS- BE RIGHT—BUT BIGHT OB WBONO, OUB OOUKTBY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1858. THE CAT AND TUB EAGLE—A PAUL E- Lord Spcncor was kgrcat admirer of Dr. Franklin, and never missed,sending him a card when Ije entered a quordugof learned ones, at his table. The 'ast time ibatour philosopher en joyed this honor was in 17[6. just before he was •ariven from England by Lord North. Thecon versalion'taking a turn orii fables, Lord Spencer observed, that it had ccKainly been a very lucky thing, especially fog the young, that this mode of instruction bad tver been hit on, ns there was something in It;wonderfully calcula ted to. teach a favorite string with them, i. e.. novelty and surprise.. They would listen, he said.to a fox, when they Wpuld not to a father, and they would be more apt to remember any thing good told them by frff owl or a crow, than they would an uncle : or an hunt. But I am afraid, continued bis that the age of fables is past. .iEaop PhofdruS among the an ci.chts, and Fontaine and-Gay among the mo derns, have given us soCtnany line speeches from the birds and beasts; that I suspect their budgets are,pretty nearly £xhausled. The company his lordship, except Franklin, who was silent. “ Well, doctor.!’said librd Spencer, “what isyour opinion,on this sqfyject ?” Why, my lord,” replied Franklin, “I can not say that I ha.ve the liotioV to think with you in this allair. The birds And beasts have, in deed, said a'great.mgny wise things ; but it. is likely they will say a grefft manymore yet be fore they are done!. . Native, I am thinking, is not quite so easily exhausted as your lordship seems to imagine.” , , Lord Spencer, evidently confused, but with that countenance of plcasbro which character izes great souls when tKe&beet superior geni us. exclaimed—“ Well;, doctor, suppose you give us a fable? I know jyou are good at an impromptu.” .The.company all seconded the motion. Franklin thanked; them for thecom- pliment, but begged to*be excused. They knew, they said, lie could-fio it, and insisted he should gratify them, 't'injjing all resistance in effectual, he drew his . and after scrib bling a few minutes,-reached it to Spencer, say ing—" Well, my lord, sinjm you rfifl have it so, here’s something fresh front IhoAtrain, but I’m afraid you’ll not find i|.” " Read it, Doctor, rcaoiat!” [was the cry of the nobje lord and hisyrtendsl In a mood spiteful and pleasant/FrittddjjMbus began:— “ Once upon a time—heis||ns an eagle; in the full pride of his pinions,. wared over an humble farm-yard, darting , his. *fl|ry eyes around in search of a.pig, a lam]}; SR., some such pretty tit-bit, what shopld -ha-tehold but a plump young rabbit, as he 'thought, squatted among the weeds. ' Dmvn. at’ orjgj! ho pounced upon him like thuridcr, and heaVing/him aloft in his talons, thus chuokled (o-'ijinisclf with joy,— • Zounds, what a am ; what a nice rabbit Here this morning® bay. breakfast I” .His joy was but momentary, for the supposed rabbit happened Vo be' asfbut cat; who, spit ting and raging, instantiy&truck his nails and teeth, like any.wild .catyqualling with fury, into the eagle's thighs.-mijiang the blood and ■ -foitherefly atm ■.-o--, ——, .-“.Hold, held, for sake, hold!” cried the,eagle, his wipgs shivering in the air, with J lonnont. . ’ r • } , r • “Villain rc'orted the, oat,’ with tiger-like growl; “dare you talk of mercy after, treating the thus, who never injured you ?” “0, bless you, Mr.Xat,.is that you V' re joined the eagle, mighty complaisant; “ 'pon honor, I did not intend-it, sir. I thought it was only a rabbit I had got hold of—and you know vie are all' fond of .rabbits. Do you suppose, my dear sir, that if : I had but dream’t it was you. £ would ever have touched a hair of your head ? No, indeed :I am not such a-tool as all that cbmcs to. And now. My dear Mr. Oat, come lets be good friends again, and I’ll let you go with all my heart.’’ “ YeS." you’ll let me go, scoundrel, will you —here from the clouds—to break every bone in my body ! No. villain, carry me back, and put me down exactly where you found me, or I’ll fear the throat out of you in a.moment.” ■ • ’ ‘ Without-a word of reply, theeagle stooped at once .from his giddy height, and sailing hum bly down. with great complaisance restored the cat to his simple farm-yard, there to sleep, or hunt his rats and mice at pleasure.”* A solemn silence ensued. At a deep prophetic sigh. Lord Spencer thus replied: "Ah! Or. Franklin ,' I see the drift of your fa ble, and fears have already made the application. God grant that Britain may not prove theeagle and America the cat.” This fable, paraphrased in the Whig papers of that day, concludes in this’ why: “ Thus Britain thought in seveiity-six Her talons’ in a.hare to fix ; But in the souffle it was found. The bird received a dangerous wound, Which, though pretending oft to-hide, Still rankles in his Royal side,” The Time to MAnny.—Some of our exchan ges arc discussing the “proper time to Murry.” Our opinion on that point is, that a man should get married whenever he feels inbhned f has a cage for the bird, a good business, and good health to attend to it. The proper time for la dies is—whenever they can get a husband. DC? - When some of his courtiers endeavored to excite Philip the Good to punish a prelate who had used’ him ill—“ I know," said he, “that I can revengp. mya®f, but it is a fine thing to have vengeance in one’s power and not to use it.” , 0“ The police of New -York city made a descent, on Saturday week, on a fashionable gambling den in Broadway. Fifteen persons were arrested who held respectable positions in society. The place was said to be one of the oldest faro establishments in the city. |£7“ During, the late cold snap, an Irishman, observing some confectioner’s men at work, carting ice out of a pond, observed that there is nothing like making hay when the sun shines. O” The spirit of Daniel Webster was called up lately, in a spiritual circle in Northampton, Mass. He confessed he ,lmd made many mis takes in his social and political life while on earth, and in his dtclmanj.' 3C7 - Among the sufferers by the attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon in' the Rub Lepcl lelier was Mr. Hans, an American merchant. He died from a wound in the head, on the 25th of January. |£7“ A dandy with a cigar in his mouth en tered a menagerie, When the proprietor asked him to take the weed from his mouth, lest he should learn the other monkeys badd habits. [£7* A reserved merit gives at once a dispo sition to respect and hatred, and ah affable mer it a disposition of love and contempt. 0= There is a great.want about all Chris tians who have not suffered.' Some flowers must bo broken or bruised before they emit,any fragrance. ■ ,bt ,pn.~ FBAiiSLirr, . • , . . • . ~. . • . , • . . . , • • . ~. ~.. _ . • . . . , ! - •s•-, ' ~ . ... ' : 111; i l :: ... t t: :' s ' ''' '.'i ,—,.••••;...... ~... ,-',,.......- : ''•'•-..•- . • . - ~. .., ~ - t „i i . , ..... •, ~ ~.. .. . - .. _ . F 6. .-.- ...- ~„, • , •-..,,,,.-..„. '„ ....' . .t . - - . .i.' - ',. ... .t t , ip ~... . „. Exe outipns in France Execution of Ohsim'anif Fiebre —their behavior and appedraiice—imposing military demonstra tion, Jj-c. sc. 1 It will bo remembered by our readers that a bold and daring.attempt was.made against the life of the French Emperor on the 14th of Jan uary last; " The conspirators failed in .their at tempt,'but 14 innocent persons suffered death from tho explosion; of'the “infernal intended for the destruction of the Empcrorpma' Enipress. Two of the conspirators were execu ted at Paris on the 12th ult. The following ac count of the executions is given by the cones- , pondent of tho London Times: , j [Correspondence of the London Times.] . t Paris, Saturday,March 13, Six P. 11.—At half past live o’clock last evening, the warrant to execute the sentence of the Court.of Assize upon those convicted in the attempt in the Rite Lepelletidr, was received by the Proouor-Tscn eml. As I previously announced to you, that Warrant only included Orsiui and Piorri. ' Tho punishment of Do Rudiois commuted into penal servitude fur lifd. . , Since their,condemnation if was judged prop er to employ tho, straight waistcoat with the three convicts as a precautionary measure against any possible act of violence, cither on themselves or on those placed in contact-with them; Tho reprieve of Do Radio rendered that restraint no.longor necessary, and the Governor did nut delay a moment in giving orders to free him from it. Whet), the turnkeys who were charged willi tho duty entered De Radio’s cell they found him buried in sleep. They shook him once or twice before he awoke; when he opened his eyes and sat up on his pallet he stared fearfully at them, and fora moment ap peared bewildered. Ho thought they came to announce that'his last-moment had arrived,and ho reooiledfromtheirtonch. . ‘Don’t beafraid,’ they said, “don’t beafraid,” we are not-gbing to injure you. We bring you good news j you are to have a commutation of punishment ; and we are going to take off your camisole de force (straight waistcoat).” 'You need hardly bo told what the feelings of tho poor wretch were. It is said that ho hummed an air during the oper ation. If the execution did not take place yes terday, instead of this morning, it was in ho wise owing to the superstitious feeling about Friday; but it happened that the Friday of this week followed the Thursday of Mi-Carame (Mid-Leut,) and it was very properly felt to be improper that two men should die on. the scaf fold at tiiiTbamo time, in the same suburb,'and ho same streets that Were thronged with masks, revellers and mummers; that wilhinsight ol tho guillotine yawning for its prey the most fantas tic costumes should-figure; that file-joyous sound of horns and trumpets, and the jibus and 'Slighter, of those who were rolurningfrom festi vities prolonged till tho dawn, should contrast with the death-knell of Ihe prison chapel; that the Dcscea/e de la Couriille should pass side by side with the scaffold. For those reasons the execution was postponed a.day.. Since the triaLyou are aware that the priso ners were.transferred''from the .Cohciergcrio to tho condemned prison known as the; itonveau Bicetfe, in tho Place do la Roqnetle. In former times the place de la Greve, now place dePHo tel de.yjl]e,.was a spot where,-;cHjrdhals. were • callcd'- .flie Add of blood ; jfs pavement has teen many , times stained with the blood of the victims of I all revolutions, as well as of those.who have ial | len by the hniid of justice. Since the.complo- / tiop of the two prisons at.the extremity , of .the Kuo de la Roquefto, it is In front of those build ings, and in the small square which seperates them, that the guillotine is erected. The Rue de la Roquctte extends from the Place, de la Bastile to the Barricve d’Aunay on the external Boulevard,'close to the famous burial ground of Pere la Chaise. About halfway on the Icftjthe Rue Hopincourt joins it at right angles,’amd is continued on the .other side. From that point of intersection to its extremity nothing is cal-, eulated to inspire’’, more' melancholy thoughts than that street. You feel long before you em erge on to the Boulevard,that} ou are approach ing the great receptacle of the dead; more than half the upper part of La Roquctte is filled with the shops of dealers in tombs, headstones, cof fins, and funeral .garlands in endless variety. Further on; rise gloomily the two large prisons, and from , the prison to : the cemetery is little more than a step. The population in this part of Paris is dense ; the long streets ofßouilly, Picpus, Oharenton, and last, not least,.the fa mous faubourg and street of St. Antoine, with their many tributaries, converge to (ho place de la Bastile on one side, and the. Boulevard BeaumarcliiaSjWith the numerous thoroughfares, debouches on the other; . while the Rue de la Roquctte, as a mid channel, runs, as I have said, from the Bastile to the prisons. For th.d last-two nights the Placode la Roquetteandtho streets contiguous were covered with a. multi tude, who brayed the. intense cold and wot to .witness the execution; the crowds that held vig il the whole of .last night were almost beyond calcalatioh. ■ This morning the weather was bitterly cold, and the ground wet witii the show which had fallen. The sky was covered with clouds of a slate color, and under that dismal canopy dark gray mist, transparent like funeral crape, were drifting about. The streets in the more distant part of the city were deserted, but as you near ed the quarter contiguous to the prison, detach ed sergents-de-ville might ho seen moving' to wards the same direction, the occasional flash of bayonets in the gas-lightwns discernible, and nearer still, the vague mass, without former outline, and heaving to and fro showed that the awful moment Was approaching- .Now. and then a butcher’s or market gardner’s cart, with its red lamp in front, rolled heavily along, and with difficulty made its way through the crowd. Many of the.spectafdrs had brought their break fasts with them j they had their loaves under their arms, their pipes in their mouths. Some men were grave and serious, and spoke in n low tone of voice; others jested and laughed, and many observed that lire prisoners well de served their fate. About fifteen paces from the' gate of the prison tiio scaffold- was erected, and on it rose the instrument of death, the name of which recalls so many terrible associations. There it stood on the platform like a ladder without steps i the block with the hole for the. head to enter, at the lower end ; at the upper the heavy knife of triangular shape, with its edge like a razor’s j hard by it, the shell, for the body alter decapitation; and in front, iho bas ket for tiio head ; the cord by which the blade is kept suspended; tiio dismal glimmering of a winter’s morning—all presented a most hideous spectacle. ,■ At five o’clock the sound of bugles and drums was hoard in all passages issuing on the place do la Roquotto. In a lew minutes seven squad rons of cavalry were heard advancing, the men wrapped in their blue or while cloaks, and the dragons’ hemlets gloaming in tho lamplight. Tho.wholo of the 8d hussars, two squadron of heavy horse, .two squadron of mounted gendar merie issued from the side streets on the squarc- Thoy then wheeled round; and separating into several detachments, swept the Place and tho streets close to it, and quietly, but firmly, com pelled the multitude to fall back to the north side of tho Rue St. Maim, and the south side of the Rues Popincourt and Basfroid, whore they were kept at a respectful distance by two bat talions of infantry, supported by divers sections of cavalry and squads of scrgciis-do-villo. Tho place of execution was occupied by cavalry, ns well us the space which runs round both pris ons. In loss than half an hour numerous de tachments of infanfry, preceded by sprgens-do ville to clear tho way, took possession of all the AT §2,00 PER ANNUM points of Pan boiirg Si. Antoine, issuing on the Roquotto, and whoever cha red to pass in that direction was obliged to .show satisfactorily tliai he was going.on his lawful occupation. Tin aimed force called into requisition on thiaocca sion was calculated at over 5.000 men; they were under the immediate command of a gene ral of brigade. Precisely at 6 o’clock Orsini and Pierri were awoke from their sleep by the governor of the prison, who announced that their last hour was come. The Abbe Hngon, chaplain of the Eo quettb, and the chaplain of the Concierjetic, were present! I do not profess to give parti culars of what passed within the walls of the cell, but may observe that the wretched men appear ed calm when the nows, which could not have taken them by surprise,whs announced to them'. I am assured that they heard riiasa and received the communion with respect, if not deVolion. Soon oiler, they were taken to the room called de la toilette, (or. change of dress. It is not large. On the present occasion it contained, besides the chaplains and the governor of the prison, about thir!ypcrsons,tftoprincipalnmong whom were the greffler or clerk, representing the Court of .Assize, and the hussier or usher, who was charged with rending the sentence on the scaffold. The remainder were apparently P' lice agents. When the convicts entered the chambrc do la toilette they were placed at differ ent extremities of it, with their backs turned to each other, There were two assistant execu; tioners—one from Rouen, tho other from Caen —besides him of Paris. These lost no time in preparing the convicts tor'tho scuObld. During the dreadful operation Orsini. remained cnlm j! and, though he was not so loud or contradictory as during his trial,Piqrri was somewhat excited. The straight waistcoat interfered with his ges ticulations, but lie hardly ceased talking for a moment. When the executioner was pinioning him he asked that the fastenings should not be drawn too fight, ns ho bad no intention of es caping. ■ The cold tench of the steel oh his neck when the scissors out off his hair, so as not to interfere with the guillotine, for an instant ap peared tq thrill through him ; blithe Recovered himself when he found that his heard was left untouched. Ho thanked the executioner tor letting him die with his face as became a man. .When the hood to which the veil which covers the features of the parricide is suspended, was put over his head, he is said to have laughed, and attempted a joke about the ligm'e ho must cut. At this moment he turned his head, and perceived Orsini; he saluted him gaily and asked how he was getting oh; He was inter rupted by Orsini, who was himself undergoing' the same operation j with scrag /raid as if he were under the hands of a valet dressing for a paity, j , with the words, “Bo calm, be calm,my friend.”: ■Pierli’s tongue ran oh, however. The assistant, proceeded to strip him of his shoes, forin pur suance of the sentence, they were to proceed to ■ thq scaffold barefooted. The Irian appeared to hesitate; but Piorri encouraged him to proceed, and assisted him as much as ho could, still talk ,ing. The operation being over, and the toilette' complete, ho turned towards the. turnkey and asked to be allowed to embrace him.; This re quest was complied \vith. The moment of mo ving now came, and the Abbe Hugon cried out, “Courage!” “Oh! I am.not afraid—l am not, afraid,” he said, “wo are going to Calvary,” and iir a sort of feverish excitement he repeated to-.himself “Calvary, Calvary.” Orsini was, on the other hand, as calm and . irnnaaiLss excited, . jje spoke little; but when tho Governor of thopri-. son and some of the officers approached him ho. bade them, in a low tone of voice,far ewoll. Tho turnkey of his cell announced to him In. a time of regret that his last moment was come. Or- I sini thanked him for his sympathy.' His hair, was also cut away from his neck,, but he under went the operation without flinching. At the moment when the hood was.put oh his head, his face, w hich up.to that moment was calm and im passable, became flushed lor a moment and his eye lighted up. ; The prison clock struck seven j before the fast sound died away the door leading to tho scaffold opened as ql itself. The Abbe Hugon entreated Piorri to profit by tho few moments still left to.collect his thoughts, and assume a calrhcrattitUde. Ho promised to bo calm, and said ha should chant a patriotic hymn; and It is said that he actually began to sing tho well known “Mourir pour la Patrie.’* Leaning on the Abbe Hugon, he mounted 15 steps of the. •scaffold, still repeating the verses ot the song. Orsini was supported by the chaplain of tlffc Conciergerie, and his calmness never abandoned him for a moment. When he appeared on the platform, it could ho seen, from tho movement of his body and of his head—though covered with tho voil-rlhathe was looking out for tho crowd, and probably intended addressing them. But they were too, far off’. The gieflier. theft directed the usher to read the sentence of the court, condemning the prisoners to the death of parricides. Tho usher, who was an old man, over sixty, was evidently much moved at hav- ihg to perform this duty, ami ho trembled ha much from emotion ns from cold as ho read the document, which no one listened to. After tin's formality was terminated, Orsini and pierri embraced their spiritual attendants, and pressed their, lips to tho crucifix offered to them. They then gave themselves up to the headsman. Pierri was attached to the plank in an instant. He was executed first. The mo ment his veil was raised, and' before his head was laid on tho block, it is nflirmed that ho cried “ Vive I’Jlalie— Vtvc la RepubliqHe.!” Orsini was then taken.in hand. His veil was raised, and his countenance still betrayed no emotion, Before he was fastened to flic plank ho turned in the direction of tho distant crowd, and, it is sajd, cried Vive la France.” It was but five minutes past seven when the, second head fell in'the basket. A cold shudder rati among those'whoso attention was fixed upon the scaffold, and for an instant there was deep silencol' 'lt passed off, however, Very soon. When all was over, men went to their work,and' parties who. had gone together'to the spot from distant quarters of the town hastened homo to breakfast'. The morning was becoming clearer every moment. The troops began to move'its if about to biare. the ground. The-guillotine was lowered and taken off.- Tho crotvds grad ually thinned j some few groups still lingered about tho spot j but the cold was bitter and the snow began to fall, and in a few tyutrs the place was deserted. , , “"V Tho number ot deaths from tho attempt for which these wretched men suffered,now amounts I am assured, to fourteen. I am .just informed that Do Rudio is to be sent to London to give evidence against Ber nard. Paris, Sunday, March 14, CP. M—All con cur in describing the demeanor of Orsini thro’- .out the whole of tha terrible scene as contrast ing strongly with that of his fellow sufferer lie maintained, both in his cell and on the scaf fold, the same calmness, while his companion evinced the, most nervous and . feverish impa tience. The one went to his doom with a tran quil determination that would have been admi red in a cause other than the execrable crime for which ho died. The other affected tojoke and gibe, though .he offered'no outrage to any One. , lie did hi<? utmost to work himself into a sort of wild excitement, perhaps to prevent his thoughts dwelling on jhe fate from which there .was no escape, (frsini, it is said, de clined accepting refreshments on the morning of his execution: Pierri drank strong coffee, and partook of spirits, In presence of the in slrument of death it was the same. Orsini was still collected : I believe Pierri's singing was cut short only by the guillotine itself. Pierri is said to have written a great deal in the inter val which 'clapscd' between his condemnation and his death.. What these inco terent Writings were about I cannot say., ;. 1 j,; ■ ■X t, Orsini is said, to have written a respectfuMetb ter to the RrOoureur-Gc-neralj-acknowledgibfc the equitable and "honorable conduct, of'the court that'tried hiiid, and of the jurythat wund him guilty, as well as the perfect liberty ac corded to his We are told that hesoid. he should regfet'the quashing of the judgnienf of the Assize Court by the Court of Cassltioh, os in that case he would have lo be tried again and he was certain the rcSult would be the same. If he had entered an appeal jt was with ayieW to have a few days more at his disposal, to set tle his affairs, rather than from a hope of esca ping. ,He wrote to his family, two or three days after his condemnation, and while the ap peal was still pending, but he wrote with the' conviction of a man. whose account with this world was closed. He asked that his' remains should be interred in a decent ooflinr and- the prayer is said to be complied with. He left will, but in it there is nothing of a politicaT character. . 1 . NO. 43, Rudio was brought up on Monday (March 15) to hear the document read by which'Hie" Emperor commutes his sentence of death -td. hard labor for life. , ,! ■< .. . It is said that the heads of both .QrSini and Pterri were steeped in vitriol after dentb. thit! no prying Madame' Tussaud ob insinuating; ClaUdet night, would, or could photpgraph tho features, which may bp stamped upon the bati ners. of . Democracy in .future' times. '. Qomeae and Radio will be.shipped qlf at the close of the month on board the Adourfor Senagali and from thence they will .be transported to the pestiferous swamps of Cayenne, which are Itsa speedy , but as remorseless instruments -pf de strnction as the guillotine whichthey congratu lated themselves’ on escaping. The wife, ppd daughter of Rudio will be permitted 16 accotd pany him in hisexile. i The Ifat that makes the Gentlematf. Of all articles, of dress, says the Boslbn CouJ Her, none hasso much influence upob ihe-opin ion of: the public as the hat, -A, “shocking bht) hat” is the expression of the extreme, of disap. propatipn of the man who_ treats ■ it. ffo do not.think ah opinion of character fotindcff upon a fact of this kind, is absolutely to be re licd-upon. We cart conceive of a man’swear. ig a shocking bad hat;and being, a zen, an exemplary father of a family;, anhoncst man, and .even a Christian'." But we admit ihb prima facie evidence is against it. Look'at thti criminals in I he'dock : they are without a Sin gle exception persons distinguished by theira'd* ness of their hats. The first step-towardsße forming a convict is to give him a new hat. A new,hat excites in the first place, the emotipfi —it may be adeoeptive one—of respectability; The man who puts it on, feels like a gentleman ;, it (hay be a -mistaken feeling. He wallop the street with,the cbnsciousriess.of seeming yirt li ons,'.if not of being so. All great - know that nothing has a niofe, powerful ten dency to make a man good,lhan .to; consider! and treat him as such: and umversally, ; thq • man who wears a good hat is held tp” 6i> agood man; bntil the opposite is’ proved.'."^,‘cbhSta ble would never trresf a well hatttd mah oinf mete suspicion. He would Require tbe&athi Of at least tw>o .respectable witnesses.- Thecaso against hiin must be flagrant, of heavy dathai ges would be the cbnsequence of so rash an act. On the other hand, the wearer of a bad'hat! one knocked in at the “side, Jammed down at (bb-top:-filled with dust, because itis ihnbceiit of tire brush,;, worn in the rim down to the. smooth,; sqch a person is ti -just object,of : pah? • Ho'suspicion. He cannot help’looking fikb a miserable rogiie; a mere varlet.. -&e'&ciifcS along near the protecting fronts of- street shbpd ... —he shrinks Tr'otn notice; he can hardly Stand up like a man, in the. presence of men. ,If-he has a case in court, it .is sure to go agfiiftsE him, however clearly the law may bein his fg vor; If he carries about a subscnptioU-'papert in behalf of the most deserving charityvtho greatest philanthropists snub and refua'a -him. Who'would venture into the presence! of hia mistress, in such a hat. and not expect an. In _ slant dismissal. Who would dare to-put. the.; ' question to the idol of his idolatry, in such a ■ . hat? What woman of proper sensibility would not reject, without a moment’s hesitation, jthe suiter at her feet, whose bat was open fo. anR one of the above criticisms ?' Mr. Petcf Mag nus was quite right 10 be anxious about the I hat, cf which he said that tnonejf would,, not buy such another, when on his way to oiaKo proposals to the middle-aged,lady. A great mora| truth is illustrated in the story of this gentleman's wooing and its result, so well told in Pickwick. It then, a high social and moral duty not only to'give heed to our ways, hut to our hats. Ktarly a Htira too Mach; Slanley Smith. editor of the Auburn Amcri can, gives the following amusing anecdote' of his chase by and’ escape from a savage bull, du ring'a decent visit to i farm m tie neighbor hood of Auburn,, to witness’ a trial.bf mowers : That bull wasbneof them. ‘He wasfiion arch’ of all he could eat, chase, or gorc. Be(ntf deeply interested ift.lhoapplAcrop,.we wander ed put of the field in which the mowing was go ing on into friend Shotwell’s orchard. .Fat ana, handsome blood cowjs were laying about chewing their cuds, and utterly indifferent as'to. What was going on. We wandpred' op' frpiri tree to tree, ip the large prdhar.d:; ana, vvhiffa critically examining some very fine fruit,-weft suddenly and rather unpleasantly startled f&ffi our train of thought by the hello Wing of Mr. Taurus, Whoso majesty had been reeling, And of whose aueust presence ,We were Upa\vare. Ho elevated his tail, made tfifc earth fly with his ‘awful paws.’ and having thus manifested his hostility , and given tone, if not cpior, to his idea that we were ah interlope!-, made a plunge towards us. A moment’s view of otir antago hist was just ehoiigh. His eyes flashed fife ;he roared like a -bull ofßashari.” We did not at nil fancy the style of his horns ; they were as needles and about as sharp. He exhibited un mistakable desire (6 employ (hem upon us. Knowing that it was expected of us to re port the Contest trial going op in another'Held, we rcmeifibsred the prior and pressing intCreSth of dur friends, and set up a smart run. Sd did Mr. Bull. We scampered : he scampered-; ho made better time than .we could bettom out':— he gained on us rapidly ;.we could alraoSt feel his not breath on the back of our neck; It Was neck or nothing; rail ‘fence twenty rods off 1 ; bu|l within five rodsgive u{r for ‘goner no such thing; friendly apple tree With low bran ches ; clutched two of them, and lifted our precious body into the tree; Taurus arrived just as we cleared the ground !.: , Our enemy pawed around thetfree: bellowed after. the manner of ‘Boanerges, the son of Thunder,’glared at us. and finally walked ofi about the distance of three frees.- Thinking ail was right, we slid down . vertically,,arid ‘put’ far the crazy old rail fence. The distance from tree to bull, and from tree to Knee, was just about an even thing. ; But our assailant the movement, and at once the chase Was a hot one again ; hut this time wo distanced the ‘horned critter,’.and, scaling the fence, landed in a field of rye at about the same mbtncnt otir pursuer’s horns struck ihe top rails of the fence and'set them flying. Separated from the fence wc,i;caa a scoundrel alcCtufo that wc hope be will remember to his lust moments.” > " ffy” Were but human beings always that which’ they are in their last moments, then Should #e know,here already on earth.* king doth of heaven,-of beauty and goodness. , ( (£7* A mart named □ilkcr, has been arrested at Louisville. Ky.. for stealing a sow.arid mne pigs. This is going. the whole ,hcg—qnd 1 piga too. 1 . ' ; ' 3 K 7” The Cincinnati Pride Current estimates the total number of hogs packed there this sea son 446,677. This ia tjip largest number pack ed for ten years. The wholc number Of p'acV 'ers was 37. ! II
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