I AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERT TUORSDAT MDRWNO BT joint B Biattou. ' M ■ m m Subscription.— One Dollar and Fifty dents, paid in advance ; Two Dollars if paid within the ybar; and Two, Dollars and Fifty Gents; if not paid within the year.. These-terms will 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 square, will be inserted throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents lor each additional ter length in proportion. Job-Printing —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets; Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. FIRST AID EAUU LOVE. How Sweet, when yoarg have passed away, With all their joy and pain. To wander back o’er memory’s track, -. To childhood’s home again,- To dwell on scenes of happiness, ' So like to heaven above ; To live in recollection o’er . Our first-and early love. ' Fond memory often brings to us- Those happy, happy jiours; > • When love,lay pure in bur young hearts - As dew’ in folded flowers j When wo enjoyed life’s pleasant dreams. As quiet, calm and deep, As if (lie soul 'was gatherednp Beneath the wings of sleep. -Though time’s srfift wheels have onward rolled • ' -And crushed beneath their weight, 'The joys arid pleasures of this \vorld. The rich, the poor) the great; . SYet scenes so dear, so.lull of bliss, ■ As in our childhood bloomed, - Can never, never,.whilst there’s life,'' Bo in the past eritpm’d. Our-chi idhoodts first and. early love, It was a blessed thing We each found then a hidden mine, A warm and gushing spring.; Si, mine from which wo gathered oft, ’, , Bright gems that would not.fade; A spring, where waters, pure and sweet, Our longing thirst allayed. -Then, though. long years have passed away, And stolen from thy brow A wreath of beauty—still my lovo For thee is stronger now; For, childhood’s scenes, so-full of hlisq, So like to Heaven ahovo, Shall always bring before ray view Our pure, unfading, love. Mmlhimm. , [Fromthe Presbyterian.'] A VIS I T T O D E LHI, We are indebted to George 11. Stuart, Esq., for the subjoined well written letter from the Her. Jqhn-'S. Woodside, if missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Ghuroh, giving an in teresting account of a.visit to the city of' Delhi —a name, with that of Oawnpore, rendered but too familiar by its inhuman atrocities. ’■ Dehiia Doon', India, January 25th, 1858. ‘ My dear . Mr. Stuart— Returning- from the. late meeting of our Mission at Arabella, I di verged from the direct road to paya visit to the famous, or perhaps I should say infamous city of Delhi. It may not be uninteresting to vou to hear something of the state of : affairs there at' the time of my .visit,, and I therefore purpose devoting this letter to that, subject. My rea sons for the journey were. (I".) 'A'.’natural de sire to see the various objects to which'my at tention had been directed with such intensity during the long dreary months of the seigo..— (2.) A wish to scesome friends who had over and over again invited ,me to visit Delhi and share their hospitality while there. , (3.) I had. been appointed by the Mission a member of a ' Committee to lake measures for the collection of 1 destitute orphan children for the purpose of -bringing them under Christian instruction, and I thought Delhi a good field in which to oper ate. , . . INDIA MAIL-CART, Accordingly, on the evening of the day on which our Mission broke up its session, I left Amballa by mail-cart, bound for the ancient capital of the Mogul empire. The distance be, tween the two. cities is 129 miles. This we performed in fourteen hours, which in‘lndia is considered very, rapid travelling. The •mail cart, however, is anything but a comfortable conveyance. It is constructed in the rudest manner, being a sort of-oblong iron box, sot ■ upon a pair of shafts and wheels ofthecor.sest i manufacture, without springs or any other ap pliances that would tend to the coir fort of the traveller It is true, there is an, iron railing across the centre and around the edges of some, by which the passenger is enabled to hold on ; but in some oven this is wanting. Thee.-: t has accommodation for two passengers besides the driver and groom. They sit two before, with their faces to the horse ; and two ' .hind, with their backs to the others. When, the cart is raised, it forms an inclined plane, sloping, back wards, so that the party on the 1. >.ck seat finds it rather difficult, even with the help of the iron rail by his side and behind him, to keep his position. It was ray lot to ride behind; and I assure you during those fourVen hours I had | little comfort, so far the cart went. My fel low traveller, whom-1 had never met before, was an officer of tiie Delhi army. ■ He was I: timatcly acquainted, with seve. I,of my miss ionary brclncrn, and cons quenily we were at once on terms of cordial familiarity. He gen erously offered to exchange seat with mo at the end of every other stage, but I soon found that he was very much fatigued, (having travelled for several days in the same way,) and I there fore preferred holding on to my own birth. It was a lovely moonlight night, the road most of ,the way excellent, the horses, when once start ed, went at a furious pace, and, notwithsland ing ray position onf the back seat, the night passed pleasantly, and at eight o’clock the fol lowing morning I reached ray . destination in safety, and with very little sense of fatigue, 11EMNANTS OP THE OAIINAOE, The first part of tho Journey presented little that interesting, hut as w? approached Del h.. I could see by the light of the moon, the mud walls,and charred timbers of '.-nn d do- P bpula , (d vd'ages ; the places that tv d been ' repacio “ s Goo jur 3 , who plun dered the Europeans m. May ..Inst. These wretched creatures had evidently been in league with the mutineers before the Delhi massacre ofthe Hth nr lw® Dal f n f revolt ’ on the mor ning fmm ■ ?n May ’ they rushccl ftruct ln r V Wh gCS J ’ oinin the £®ueral de struction. When the avenging arrav marched S,t tbe >S ity ’ d , 0 ™ tb ° Xh i thelr inhUvl 105 ? vllla S cs were destroyed, and .tuetr inhabitants scattered to the four winds— mfd^h aP r°? C - hcdoloser ’ the Hid^of t,I C road Rl?^ t | ad i o . ming fields ‘' rero stre wcd with the skeletons of horses, bullocks, and.camels, affor a!ng sad evidence of the havoc which the war ’?*“ ma ™ among those useful animals. The 'Donpa.of most bad been picked clean by thovul turc,.the jackal, and the pariah dog; but many seemed , almost intact, the skin having dried P,™ 1 " the boncs on.the side exposed .to the sun. f|l9 u Ej}lho inward parts had all been carried fr’ . f-bo numbers of these guant remnants of tno jato carnage quito astonished me; and I felt ' var , ls an awful'scourge. even to the poor niJ n °- a - so patiently minister to tho ecessities and' caprices of man. But how « ™° ro t°. think of the numbers of ’intent upon each other’s destruc th4t must have fallen! What havoc sin nas made among God’s creatures! When TERMS. fMrnl. We entered by the Lahore gate of the city, and the first object that met my gaze, as 1 pass ed in, was a European soldier in (he act of be labouring with a' good thick cudgel an unfortu nate native who had attempted to pass into the city without a^permit. . This was at' once, de-; mohstrative of the .power that now held sway within. From the Lahore gate we passed 'do wo the Urdu, bazaar and Chaudui chouk, two wide streets, or rather continuations of the'same street, about a mile in length and thirty yards, wide; and I was.droppcd from the mail-cart at.lhe.Lahore gaie of the Palace.; My friends were quartered in apartments immediately over, this gate, and I soon found myself with them at a comfortable breakfast, in a room on the third story, and which commanded a magnifi cent view of the interim- buildings of the palace on the one side, with the river in the distance, and the city of Delhi on the other. ■ I was rath er shocked, however, when my hosts pointing to some stains of blood oh the wall, told me that the apartments we then .occupied, were the same in whjoh had .lived, and in which he, his'daughter, and Miss Clifford had been murdered on the 11th of. May last. These were among the first victims, of the blood thirsty.mutineers; no, not the muti neers, for these helpless ladies were murdered by the people of the Palace, who, when the mu tineers entered Delhi, at once, commenced the work of destruction ! and death, showing that they were all prepared, and only awaited the first move on oho part of the army, to enable them to carry-amt their bloody purposes. Eve throughout .this calamitous season have the Mohammedans shown the most savage-thifst for blood.. In another part of the palace cf)olo suro forty-nine ladies and children were massa cred in cold blood ten daj-s before the outbreak. During this massacre the king satin it, state op posite a great gateway which opened on the scene of the slaughter, and one of his sons was, the first to fire on the wretched victims. , The very day qf my arrival, I wcnt'all over the ground that had been occupied by the En glish army, and examined the positions selected for the breaching batteries, &c. I then exam ined in detail the effects of their fire on the dif ferent parts of the defences. It is only on the ground itself that one can obtain anything like an adequate idea of the difficulties to be over come in such operations as were carried on here, and after seeing all I was mmazed ,Rt the boldness of that handful of Europeans in at*, tempting to enter Delhi. The most formidable, and the numbers of the-defen ders of the city were at Ictfst ten to one of the attacking army. The English artillery had, however, done . tremendous execution. The Cashmere and Moree Bastibns were heaps of rubbish, and all along the side of the city ex posed to the fire, there was f -.rful evidence of the havoc made by the breaching batteries.— •Iho guns of the mutineers had suffered very se verely. Very.few of.them were left whole. So well directed had been the English fire, that a great many of the guns were rendered quite use less—their muzzles being, knocked off, their stau nob ions broken, or their carriages destroy ed. During the Six days after the English en tered the city, their-, uaition was most critical. Many of the Europ.; t soldiers gave themselves It? f dnnk ’, as . ", e enemy,' knowing their th.rst for such things, had left large quantities c , la!l ’P a S no . &o ; at every, corner, had tn a h tC l St !' Cet ’ ?“/• eTen llouse nfler bouse I b °! Uemed lor - In these parts of the , t'rriW is” f evc 7 where show even now how t-rnblo the struggle must have been. THE CITY DESERTED AND DESOLATE. Some houses are in ruins. And all along I “ St , reetS bullct nterks on ,he'walh! ap g ele-r n! i t SC “b th ? sta '' s m the firmament on a i * ? h . t; 11 was not these marks of a0,..0 ,..0 Operations that struck me most. It was the gener.l appearance of this immense city.— nen the English army entered at one side the inhabitants (led at the other, leaving every louse empty. I believe only a few wretched cringing Hindoos remained - behind. The, vast mass of about two hundred thousand souls fled •i 3 ,. 1G P' aco - carrying whatever' they could with them. Tho.wholc city was then systemat ically plundered by the army. Indiscriminate robbery was prevented as far as possible, but it was difficult to prevent the wild soldiers of the Punjab from gratifying their natural thirst for plunder. Hence, although prize agents wore ap pointed to collect all property, to bo equally di vided apoong the soldiers, there was, neverthe less a gre.itt deal taken by private individuals. Even during the period of my visit, which was nearly three months after the assault, the prize agents and their hands wgro busily engaged in digging,, and otherwise searching for treasure, In consequence of tho desertion and plunder ot the pity, its aspect was most melancholy. I walked through, long streets apd could seenoth ing but desolation. Occasionally a starved looking.cat would bo seen crawling over ,a Hat roof, or stealing round tho corner of some dark alloy.. When I thought of all that had been en acted withm those accursed walls during the previous six months, together with aft theonor indies that had been committed- thpro. from tnn,c immemorial, t felt that' its present desola tion was but the award of justice for' all that , . . .k ! 1 ... '., . . - ..... ‘: -,r,--,. '. : ' , : , .... .[; .. . . . 'l'. '''. 2 : r 4.- . . ; BY JOHN B. BRAXTON: VOL. 44. “ shall violence be no morn heard in our land, wasting our destruction within our borders.?”; Never,-till “salvation be our walls, and praise our gales.” Such were my reflections on ap proaching the blood-stained suburbs of Delhi. About five miles from the city, stands Badli Ki Sera, the place where the first battle was fought, on the Bth of June. The position held by the mutineers was a most advantageous, one, but nothing could resist tbo impetuosity of the British charge. The cowardly Sepoys, though in overwhelming numbers, here aban doned sixteen guns and fled pell mell into the city. 1 was particularly struck with the, ap pearance of the trees on 'each side of the road. Nothing but stunted remnants, despoiled of their foliage and smaller branches, are any where to be seen ; ns if some tremendous storm had passed over, destroying everything in its . course. The branches had been cut for fire wood and - provender for elephants,, cammels, £o. . Passing Badli Ki Sera, we came; in full view of the ridge on which .the English picqucts had been placed, and the ground in therearoc cupied by the camp during the past summer; and.in the distance rose’the minarets and domes, turrets and palaces of the city.,. Our road lay through the Subzi Mandi, a large straggling suberb of alternate gardens, surrounded by high stone walls and low’ flat-roofed houses.— Here was the scene of the principal conflicts— the twenty-eight battles that were fought pre vious to the final struggle in September. The [ walla and houses were. everywhere destroyed, the trees were felled, and everything around gave evidence of the terrible passions that had here been let loose. This suberb had invariably given cover to the mutineers in their attacks on the English position. They had over and oyer beendrived put of it, but as the English were n pt in sufficient strength to retain possession of it, it continued a source of annoyance to the end'. It was in one part of this suberb that the fourth assaulting column was defeated on the day of the assault ; but this circumstance was of little moment, as the other three columns made good their position within the city Walls, ■_ MUST IMPBESSIONS IN DELHI its wicked inhabitants had done. ' T visited the house that fob nearly forty years had been oc cupied by the Rev. Mr- Thompson, (Mr.Cald tfvell's father-in-law) and in which his wife and ■two daughters were brutally murdered. I saw the fqpt in which my guide told me Mr. Thomp son used to “ make the'Christians,’’and the little chapel in which he preached many a, ver nacular, sermon. as few could preach. Around these premises I found, portions of our tracts and brooks strewed in the mud, but I could find no trace pf any native Christian, or any one of those who had lived in Mr. Thompson’s fami v-. I felt sad to look upon these, the only re maining emblems of the mi "don so long con ducted there; but I knew that it was easy for pur Heavenly Master to raise up even there abundant witnesses to the truth a: it is in Je sus. ■ Mr. Woodside here gives an account of a magnificent Mohammedan mosque, with its blood-stained marble pavements, and promises further details of his visit in.another letter. Female Beauty. The ladies of Arabia stain their lingers and toes red. their eyebrows black, and I heir lips, blue; -In Persia they paint a black streak around theineyes; and their faces with-various figures; •; The Japanese women guild their teeth, and those of the Indians paint' them rod'. The pearl of the tattoo must, be dyed black 1 , to be beautiful in Guzurat. The Hottentot woman paints the entire body in compartments of red and, black. In Greenland the • women color their faces with.blue and yellow, and they : fre quently tattoo their bodies by saturating threads in soot, and: inserting them through. Hindoo females, when they wish to appear particularly lovely, smear themselves with a mixture of saf fron, tumeric and grease. In nearly all the islands of the. Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the I women, as Well, as the men, tattoo a great va riety of figures on.the face, the lips, tongue,and the whole body. In New Holland they cut themselves, with shells, and keeping the wounds open a long time, form deep scars in the flesh, which theydeem highly ornamental. And an-: other singular mutilation is made among them,' by taking off, in infancy, the little finger of the left hand at. the second joint. The modern Persians have a'strong aversion to red. hair; the Turks, on the contrary, are warm admirer. 4 of it. ..In China small round eyes are liked,and the girls are continually plucking t' eir eye brows that they may bo thin and- long; But the great beauty of a Chinese lady is in her feet, Which, in childhood, are so compressed by bandages as .effectually to prevent , any further increase in size.,. The-four small toes are bent I under the foot to the sole of which, they firmly adhere: and. the poor girl-not only endures much pain, but becomes a, cripple for.' life.— Another mark'of beau ty cOnsis f ; in, having fin ger nails so lopg that cas. :,of bamboo are nec essary to preserve them from injury; An Afri can beauty must have small eyes, .thick lips, a large flat no.;0, and a skin beautifully black. ' In New. Guinea , the nose is perforated, And large pieces pf.wood or bone inserted. In thonorth west Tcoastr. of; America-,' ; ar> incision;^®itljah two inches in length is made in the' IbwerAip, and then filled With'a wooden plug. In Guinea the lips are pierced with thorns, the heads be irig inside the mouth, and the points resting on the chin ' ’ ° Eyil Speaking, , The fo'llowihg anecdote is related of the late J. J. Gurney, by one, who, ns a child,was often one of his-family circle t One night—rl remember it well—l received a severe lesson on the sin of evil speaking. Se vere I thought it then, and my heart rose in chilling anger against him who gave it; but I had not lived long enough in (his world to know how much mischief a child’s thpbghtless talk may do. and how often it happens that talkers I run off the straight line of truth. S.— did'not stand very high in my'esteem, and was about to speak further Of her failings of temper. In a few moments my eye caught a look' of such calm and steady displeasure, that I stopped short. There was no mistaking the meaning o» that dark, speaking eye. . It brought the color to my face, and contusion and shame to my heart. I was silent for a few moments, i when Joseph John Gurney asked very grave- i •y— : . . “Dost thou know any good thing to tell us'ol her?” - I did not answer; , and the question was more seriously asked— .“0, yes, I know some good things, but—”. “Would it not haye been better, then, to re late those good things,, than to have told us that which would lower her in our esteem?— Since there is good to relate, would it not be kinder to be silent on the evil ? ‘Charity rejoic eth not in iniquity/thou knowest.” Jin Indian Wedding The Nebraska City News of the 3d insf.,con tains a long account of a marriage of a Pawnee Chief to a blood royal squaw of the Otoe.tribe. The bridegroom ysns-named. Whitewater, and the bride, Wabrniush-pe-shingn. We extract the following : : , “The Chieftain’s daughter was elegantly dressed in a red flannel shirt with deep blue calico border; a checked apron, a summer-killed bufialo robe and'a white felt hat. Her jewels were magniticeijL From either auricular do : pended bright ornaraerits'of brass, tin and cop per., • We must .not forget to mention that -Miss Wah-mush-pe-shinga also wore a 'red petti coat,’ embroidered according to a design of her I own, with porcupine quills, representing a des perate dog-light. Her entire' wardrobe could not have cost less than six thousand dollars Fontenelle money. . The bridegroom was attir ed in all the magnificence which his yank and wealth demanded. He wore a standing' shirt collar, a medal soldier coat with brass'buttons, and an elegant pair of Spanish spurs, while,his stalwart loins were admirably clothed in an an cient coffee sack. Altogether the app'earance of both the bride and the groom was appropriate to their high sphere in life. The most sumptuous feast awaited theguests at the residence Of the bride’s father. • It was spread in a camp-kettle, and suspended over a fire that burned in (he centre, of that princely lodge. It consisted of young- dog .meat, very tender, blue' corn,"and old' dog' meat, beaver tails, and mule steak, fresh -fish and sugar, making altogether one off ho most- pallatable and nourishing compounds that, ever graced a royal camp kettle. Thehoni spoons of ooci-, dental luxury seldom conveyed to the educated palate viands more tempting and delicious. As for drinks, corn whiskey, made of red pepper, tobacco plugs and rain water, together with molasses, and sweetened coffee, made .up the list. ■ Among tho distinguished persons' present, wo did not fail to notice the six Mesdamcs Petana sharo, tho wires of that eminent who is now at Washington, visiting James Buchanan on official business; Also. Sir. Whitccow, of tlie Omaha principality, Mr. Big,Soldier, Esq. Wildcat, and the lion. Short-tailed Elk. “.our country—may it always be ItfanT-AriuT right or wrong, our countri".” CARLISLE, PA./ THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1858. ■ Prom the Nett) York Dispatch now HE CAME Ti) BE MARRIED. It may be funny, but I’ve done.it; I’ve got a rib and a baby. Shadows departed—dyster stewS; brandy cocktails,cigar-boxes, bootjacks, absconding shirt buttons. whist;,md dominoes. Shadows skirts, band boxes rib bons, gaiters, long '.stockings, juvenile trump ets, little willow chilirS, cradles, bibs, pap, su gar teats, paregoric, hive syrup, etc., etc. I’ll just tell.you how.’l got caught. ; I was always the darudest. most lea custard,'bashful fellow you ever did see; it 'was kinder in my line to be taken with the shakes every time -t saw a pretty gal approaching mb; and I’d cross the street any time rather than face one ; ’twash’t .becaOse I didn’t like the critters, for if I was behind a fence looking, through-a knot hole," I couldn’t look at one long i hough. Wed,- my sister Lib gave a party oho. night, .and I stayed away from home, because I Was too bashful to face the: music; I hung ’abound, the house whistling 'Old Dan Tucker,’ dancing to keep my. feet warm. , watching the 1 heads bobbing up and down behind, the window curtains, and wishing the thundering party, would break up, so I could get to try- room,' I smoked up a bunch of .cigars,.nnd.as.it was getling.lalc nmd mighty uncomfortable, ! concluded to shin°*up the door post. ...No sooner said t han done, and I soon found myself in .bed. : ' (Now, 1 : says j, ‘let her rip ! Dance till yohr wind gives put!?’ And cuddling over the, quilts,'Morpheus grab bed hie. J I was-dreaming of soft-shell crabs and stewed tripe, and eras hiivihg a good .time, when somebody, knocked at tlie.door and. wuke me up. • ‘Ka,p,’:jagain.;l lajd low. ‘Rap, rap, rap!’ Theiil heard a whfspcr.and I knew there was a whole rafc of- girls putside-. ‘Rap,. rap!,’ Then Lib-sings out,- ‘Hack, are you there? - ‘Yes,’says-’I.;: Then Paine a roar of laughter. ‘Let .us..in,” says she.;, it won’t,’ says I. Then carile another i laugh. T?y thun der ! I began to get riled. out, -yoirpet tiooated scarecrows !■’ I cried; 'can’t ypuiget, a •hiSau without hauling a fejjbw ‘put of. bed ? ‘ I won’t go home with yb,u —I won’t—so you ratify clear out!’and th;-iwing a boot-at (lie door, I felt better. Rut presently, obl.mortal buttons; I heard a still, small voice, very much like sis,-, ter Lib’s', and it said: .‘JackVypu’H. have'to got up.'for the girls’ things are in there!’ Oh. Lord what apiokleil. thinkbf inejn bed, alb covered, with shavyls, mufis, bpnnets and. cloaks, and twenty girls waiting outside the door to get iii! If I had stopped to think I should, have pan-' caked bh the Spot. - As" it was, I rolled out ariibng the.hbnnet-wire.arid ribbons in a hurry. ‘Smash!’, went the millinery :.in every direc tion. . I had to dreSs in the dark—for there was a crack in the door,; and the girls will peep— and the way, I fumbled about was death on straw, hats. ‘The critical jntfinent catno.,. I opened the door, and Ibund inySelf right among the women. ' ‘Oh, my Leghorn!’ cries One; ‘My Bear,darling winter velvet !’■ cries another, and they pitehed iii—they pulled nip <ljiis; way and .that, boxed my ..ears': and’pne bright-eyed" little; pieoe-4Sal—her name wai^- put heV arms right around : my- neck andjriaaetj me right on' ;my lips: -Human nature coiiUt.iiot strimi that. :and I gave her.as good, as she.-sent, P-jlt was (he ifirst time l ever got a taste', nnd.'it'was ‘power ful good. I ; believe I could -havekissed that that gal from Julius’Cmsar to' the Fourth of July; -‘Jack,? said-she, ,‘We are sorry to. dis turb you, but won’t you see me home ?’ ‘Yes,’ said I, ‘I will.’ I did do.il, and I had another smack at the gate too; After that, we took a kinder turtle-doving after each other, both of us sighing like a barrel of new cider when we’ were away from each other. . ’T was at the close of a glorious summer .day —the sun was setting behind a distant hog-pen ; —the chickens were going to roost—the bull- 1 frogs wore commencing their evening songs— the pollywogs, in their native mud-puddles were preparing themselves for the shades of I bight--and Sal and myself.sat upon an anti- I quated.backlog, listening to the, ..music of na tare, such as tree-toads, roosters and grunting ( hogs, and now and then (lie mellow music of a I distant jackass was wafted to our ears by the gentle zephyrs that sighed ‘among-..the niullon stalks, and came heavy laden with the delicious odor of hen roosts and pig styes. The last lin gering rays of the setting sun; glancing from the buttons of a solitary lioroenian'shone thro’ a knot-hole in the hog-pen fuli in Sal’s face, dyeing her hair, with an - orange pcei. jiuo', and shqvyipg off my thread-bare coat to ba‘d advan tage—one of my arms was around Sal’s waist, my hand resting on the small of Iter hack—slip was toying with my auburn locks, of jot hldtek hue—she was almost gone, and I, ,wa's ditto' She looked like a grasshopper dying with.the hiccups, and I felt like a mad turtle choked by a codfish ball. ‘Sal,’ said I, in a voice musical as the notes of a dying swan, ‘will you have me?’ She turned her eyes hcavonward.olasped me by the hand; had an attack of the'heaves and blind staggers, and with a sigh - that- drew her .slice strings, to, her palate, said; ‘Yes !’ She gave clear out then, and squallpd in my lap— she cork-screwed and curflumuxed and rolled i Eds.-Pres, in it. -1 hugged her till ! broke my suspenders, and theh'her breath smelt of onions that she ate a week before. -Well, to make a long story short,'she set' the dayi and iyp practised for fpurweeks every, night lio>v wp would walk jn- I to,the room to be married, till we got' so we could walk as graceful as a couple of Muscovie ducks. That night the corapanyand the min ister came, the! signal was given, find arm in arm wo marched through the.-crowded, hall. tVe were , entering the parlor door, when dotvn I went slap on thn oilcloth. pulling Sal after ine. Some cussed fellow, had dropped a banana skin on tho floor, and it floored me. It split an awful hole in my caSsihjores.right under my dross coat tail. It was too late to back out, so clapping my, hand over, it, .we marched in and were spliced; and taking a seat ! watch- ed the kissing the bride operation. My grooms, man'was tight, and be.kissed her till I Jumped to take a slice, when, oh, horror! a little six year .old imp had .crawled behind mo, gnd pull ing my shirt through the hole ip niy pant's had pinned it to the chair, and in jnmping'up/I displayed to-tho admiring gaze of the astonish ed multitude a trifle more white muslin than was pieplant; —Thc-woinen-gigglcd, the, men roarcd. and I got mad, but was finally put to bed, land there toy troubles ended. :G6dd night Sam and Sambo, two ‘‘bands” on a.farm, had a holiday, and started for some fun in the woods, xhoyisoon oanio to a, bear’s cave, deep among.the’rooks, andlightcd only by one hole above. They looked in and saw tboyoung oubs at the bottom of tho cave, and the: mother gone,' It-was decided that Sambo should gain and seize the dubs,-while Sam kcptgimrd with-, out. Sam was a, little negligent, and the old bear had lime to squeeze into the whole. : Sam seized.Jter by the tail and held, on dike grim death.- “What for you make it so dark up dare, Sam ?” cried out Sambo. “ dolly,' if do tail come loose, guess you’ll know.” ' A story has boon told of a hypochondri ac gontloman of rank and fortubo'.in Ireland, who laucios that ono of his legs Is of ono relig ion, imd (bo other of another.' .llii not unfre quontly puts ono of his unfortunate legs outside of the bed to punish it for its religious errors. • • • . . • - : . .- ''. : : - ... -:•'•.. .. • . . . .. .., •: • ' : ~ ....... , . . s i. 1 • " : . . ): . r.. :.*: . ' • . . . . . -. z , „ . . . . • , J , . I { . . . . . , ~. , ~ : ~, t 5 .. The Ntew Liquor BILL A SUPPLEMENT 7*o an act to regitlafc the salt of intoxicating li quors, dpprpvti 315/ of .March, A. D, 1650. [As passed both Houses.] Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate dnd House of Representatives ‘of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly meti aiid it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Same, That applicants for brewery or distillery license shall hereafter pay therefore the several amounts fixed by the third section of an act to regulate the sale pt intoxicatingllquors, approved March thirty-first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and titty-six ; Provided, That the same shall in no case be less than twenty-fivo dollars, except in case of persons,- whoso annual , salca are less than one, tijpus^n^^oljaw^who shall pay fifteen dollars,tlip see-, tion arorjggjilj^o,^ vato pf, llcunso'by repeal : ■ ' &E&V license to vend any iptoxiCftting|ii4pprs, bj’ tbequart or greater quantity, with or without other,goods, wares, or merchandize, shfUl hcreaftqrj pay’theretor ty pcr conf. less than tho sßverftl amounts fixed by the twelth section of an act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, approved Mlirch thirty-first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six: Provided, That the same 1 shall ih.no case be less then twenty-five dollars; and the provision in said section, that such sum j shall in no case bo less than fllty dollars,‘is here by repealed. - . ' • i Suc. 3. That all hotels. Inns and taverns, shall be classified and rated according to the es timated yearly sales of liquors authorized to be sold therein, or in the house intended to be oc cupied for such purpose, as follows, to wit : in ajl cases where such estimated yoarlysales shall bp ten thousand dollars or more; such hotel, inn. or tavern, shall,be rated as of theflrst class.and the, sum to be paid for license shall be four hun dred-dollars; when more than eight and less than ten' thousand dollars, as.sccond class, and pay two hufidred and fifty dollars ; when more tlmn six and-less th .n eight .thousand dollars, as third class, and.pay one, hundred and fifty dol lars; when more than four and less than'six thou sand dollars, as fourth class, and; pay one hun dred dollars; when more, than two and less than four’ thousand dollars, ns fifth class, and pay. fifty dollars; when.more than one and .loss than two thousand dollars, as .sixth class, and pay thirty dollars; when more than flvoiiunclro'd do!-, lars and-less than one thousand dollars, ns sev enth'class, and pay twenty-five .dollars; when less tha«. live hundred dollars, -ns eighth class, and pay fifteen dollars; Provided , That in Phil, adelphia ana Pittsburg no such license sliaU bo granted for a less sum than fifty dollars a year; nor io any other, city or incorporated borough for a less,simi- than twenty-five cjollais a rear; and the estimated yearly sales of all applicants for such license, shall be assessed, as provided j In the fifteenth section of an act to regulate the j sale of intoxicating liquors, approved March thirty-first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fllty-six. Sec. 4.- Tlint licenses shall bo granted for the keeping of pitting which shall authorize' thc aale of-no intoxicating liquors, oxpcpf do * mestio wines, and malfond brewed liquors, and persons so licensed, shall be classified and rated , 'according to the provisions of the twenty-second . and twenty-third sections of an nct'to create'a sinking fund,and to provide for thbgradnal and e certain extinguishment of (ho debt .of (ho Comr 1 monwealth, approved ApriJ\enfh, AnnoDomini' , one thousand eight, hundred and forty-nine : Prodded , That no such license shall bo granted in the'cities of Lancaster or Pittsburg, foraless ; sum than twenty dollars, nor .elsewhere, for a less sum tjian ten dollars, j Seo. 5. t That licensed vendors of vinous, J spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or.any of 1 them, or any admixtures thereof, either with,' ( of without other goods, wares and merchandize. I except brewers and distillers, may hereafter sell piny of them which they maj'be licensed to sell, I in any quantify not less tl/ffn one quart; and li- J censed brewers and distillers may hereafter sell /■such liquors'as theyare licensed,to manufacture I and, sell in any quantity not less than one gal-. I Mn.* Provided, That tins net shall .not. be con strued to prevent a brewer-otherwise qualified I from receiving a retail license, in* addition to I his license as brewer, and under tho same pro. visions as ih the case of eating-houses. ■. Seo.-O. That licenses to vend tho liquors aforesaid, or any of them,.shall bo granted to citizens of the United States, of temperate ha bits of good moral character, whenever tho rc qnircmoiffs of the laws on tho subject arc com plied with by any such applicant, and shall au thorize the applicant, to sell the liquors aforesaid for one entire year from tho date of his license : I Provided , That nothing heroin Contained, shall prohibit the.court, board of licensers or commis- J sioners, from hearing other evidence than that i presented by flic applicant for license: Provided ■ further* after hearing evidence as afore- I said, the Court, Board of licensors or Commis i sionm’s, shall grant or refuse a license to such applicant in accordance with tho evidence: And provided further, That If any person or p'ersons shall neglect or -refuse to lift his, her or their license within fifteen days after the same has, boon,granted, such*neglect or refusal shall he deemed a forfeiture of said license, and such person or persons selling vinous, spirituous or malt liquors after the expiratinu-of the. fifteen days, as aforesaid, shall bo liable to. prosecution .and conviction .in tho proper court,-as fully and otlectually as if no license had been granted to .such person or persons. ■ Sec. 7. That no license (o Vend the liquors aforesaid, granted, under this or any .other-law of this Commonwealth, shall bo transferable,‘oi confer any right to sell the same in any*other house than is mentioned 'therein, nor shall any. bar or place where such liquor is sold by loss measures than one quart, bo underlet by tho person licensed to soli thereat; but if the party licensed shall diq, remove or cease to keep such house, his, her, or their license may be trans ferred by the authority granting the samoi or a license be granted tho successor of such party for the. remainder of tho year, by the proper au thority, on compliance with the requisitions of the laws in all respects except publication, which shall not in such case be 'required : Provided , That where any license is transferred aa'aforo sald, no payment, other than fees, shall bo re quired; nmLwhcro a -license.is granted under this section, for a portion of a year, the party licensed shall pay therefor a sum proportionate to the unoxpired term for which the same is granted. “ - .-•Seo. ffr .That manufacturers and producers of cider and domestic wines, and bottlers of ci der, perry ale, porter or beer, not otherwise en gaged in tho sale of intoxicating liquors, nor in keeping any tavern, oyster house or cellar, res taurant or place of amusement, entertainment or. refreshment, shall bo allowed to sell fcho same by tho bottle, or domestic wines and cider by the gallon, without faking out license: Provid •edy That such liquor is not drank upon tho pro mises whore sold, nor at any placo. provided by such seller for that purpose. Seo. 9. That license to sell domestic wines, malt or browed liquors; may hereafter bo grant ed to tbo.kccpcr of any fiocrhouse, theatre or other place oj amusement, otherwise qualified to receive the same : Provided, That use of a room or rooms in a hotel, as a concert room or theatre, shall not preclude the proprietor thereof from receiving a hotel license if ho shall have and keep tho .accommodation for a hotel, required by tho act of March 81, 1850: And provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to tho cities, of Philadelphia or Pittsburg. ... Sko. 10. That trie petition of ah applicant for eating house, or fetal! brewery license need uot hereafter em brace the certificate of citizens, re -1 quircd by the. eighth section of an act to regu late the sale of'intoxicating liquors, approved March thirty first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, nor shall publication of such applications bo hereafter required; but such applications shall be tiled with.the clerkol I the court of quarter sessions of the proper coim-. ty, except in the county of Allegheny, and the prayed.for, granted by the county trea surer; and the bond now required in such cases shall bo tifst approved by the district attorney and county treasurer and their approval endor sed thereon. Sec. 11. That any unlawful sale of vinous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admixtures thereof, or any sale thereof in an impure, vitia ted or.adulterated state, shall do deemed a mis demeanor, and upon conviction (hereof flio of fender, shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, with the coats ol prosecution, and upon a second or any sub sequent conviction, shall, pay 1 a fine of not less th.nh twenty-five, nor more than pne hundred, dollars, with the-.costs of prosecution : and in case.of a second or subsequent conviction', the" court may, in its discretion, sentence the offend er to imprisonment not exceeding three calendar months; and In case any such offender Convict ed of a second ,or sqbsequent offence is licensed to sell.any such liquor, such license shall he deemed forfeited.and.void, and no person con victed of a second or -subsequent offence shall be again licensed,for two. years thereafter: Pro t?idcd, That this section shall nofbc construed ; to repeal any act or part of an act punishing ; such .unlawful sale, ‘..except the twenty-eighth section:of .an aet to regulate the sale of intoxi cating liquors,approved March 31st, Anno. Do mini one thousand eight, hundred and fifty-six, which is hereby repealed. Seo.'l2. - That no prosecutor orjnformcr ii any prosecution for the sale of intoxicating li quqr shall receive any portion of the fine Im posed-on* the defendant in any case where sucl prosecutor or informer is a witness for,the Com monwealth ; and in every case of the conviction of rt person returned by a constable, such con stable shall receive two dollars, lo be taxed in the costs, . • .. Seo, 13. That no person who keeps in his store' or ware room any hogsheads; stand, casks or liquor pipes, or who keeps a grocery store, shall receive license to vend intoxicating liquor by loss.mcasuro, than one quart; and constables are hereby required to make return of all per-' sons engaged' In the sale of spirituous, vinous, I mail or brewed liquors in their respective dis-1 tricts, who shall have in their places of-husinpss j any of the articles aforesaid, naming them and , the location of their respective places of busi . ness; and If any such person shall have a license to Vend.such liquors by less measure than one quart, fhc court may, on Investigation, revoke the same;.but such persons may.-on complying] J with the Jaws on the subject, obtain license to / I sell by no less measure than one quart.', f Sec. 14. That in Philadelphia, nil applicants for Ilconso.fo sell intoxicating liquors by any measure less than one quart, shall, appear before the commfssionors.pf said city, between the first day of ATay'and the first day of June in this year, and during the month of March in each I subsequent year, and make and sign airojith or affirmation of the amount of their' respective sales of liquors and rofroshments.at their rcspcc f five .bars, to the best of their knowledge and belief; and said commissioners are..hereby'au thorized toadrnimsrorsuch oaths or affirmations, and rcqiiirod to flltTflie same in their office,* and rate and classify each applicant in. accordance therewith :. Provided , That any applicant for a license for a place not previously licensed, shall he rated and classified by them for the firs), year, as they may deem just, after considering fho lo cality of .the promises, for which license is ask ed, and they shall make out a correct list of all suph applicants, with their names, places of bu siness and the class in which they are respec tively placed, and furnish the same to fho city treasurer, who shall advertise the same'biicc.a week for three weeks in two daily papers for which service each commissioner shall receive, the sum of twenty-five cents, and the expense of advertising the same, provided it does not exceed twenty-five cents in each case to be paid by the applicant. : Sec. 15, That every applicant for license to vend intoxicating liquors in tho cify of Phila delphia, shall file a bond with the clerk af the court o.i quarter sessions of.said city, in accord ance with the tenth section of an act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, approved March I 31st, Anno Domini due thousand eight hundred and. fi/ty r six, which shall bo approved by the [•recorder of said city after justification of the bail .before.him before license can in any case be graiited: And provided further , That enpli applicant, on .his bond being so approved and filed shall receive from the clerk of the court of quarter sessions a certificate of (ho fact', which certificate he shall produce to the city Treasur er; and on the production of (he same the city Treasurer shall collect the amount of the tax for winch lie has been assessed by (ho city commis sioner under the provisions of this net, and give the applicant his receipt for tpo same; and on the .production of said receipt the clerk of the court of qunrter-sessions is hereby authoriz ed to issue to such applicanta license ; and no license shall issue unless these provisions be complied with i Seo. IG, Tii.it keepers of 1 drinking saloons r shall bo licensed, in (ho city d( Philadelphia, (o i to. sell such. liquors on.tho promises described in i their license, as licensed keepers of hotels piny I lawfully sell; and all keepers of licensed eating i houses, in said city, shall have the same privil ege as to-their sales, and all keepers of eating i houses and drinking.saloons, in said.city, shall pay for such 'license-ot the same rate paid by keepers, of hotels'and taverns, in said city, to bo ascertained in the same manner. ' ■' Sec. 17,. That applicants tor license to sell intoxicating liquors, in the city of Philadelphia, shall not he required to file any certificate of ci tizens heretofore required, nor shall any publi cation of such applications bo required. Seo. 18. That the clerk of the court' of quarter sessions shall not charge or receive more than one dollar for any license, nor more than one dollar for any frame and glass ho may furnish therewith, lind nicse foes shall- include all his compensation lor tin-mailing, preparing and filing tho bond required in any case. Sec. 19. That tho ninth, sixteenth, seven teenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first soolions ol an act to regulate tho sale of intoxicating liquors, approved March 81, A. D. 1850; bo and tho same arc hereby repeal ed, so lav as relates to tho City of Philadelphia; and that tho mode of assessment provided in flic 3d section and the provisions of this act shall not apply to said city. . Sec. 20. ThatyHjo county treasurer, and the associate judgerPof the court ol common pleas of tho.county of Allegheny, shall hereafter con stitute tho hoard of licensers for, said county, and said hoard shall determine the amount (oho paid for license by each applicant under this act, and under an act te regulate the sale of in toxicating liquors, approved March 81st, Anno Domini 1856, as prqyided in tho act last men tioned, except so far as tho same is hereby al tered, supplied or repealed s Provided, No mom, her of said board shall receive more than two hundred dollars for services rendered in any one year, ns a member thereof. Seo, 21. That tho mayor’s conrf of tho city of Oarbondale, shall have powjir to grant licenses under tho provisions of this act, and shall have tho same further powers in relation'thereto, as are by this act or otherwise conferred upon the courts of quarter sessions of tho several counties of this Commonwealth ; and in cases of eating -1 houses in said city of Oarbondafo, applications shall bo fifed with tho clerk of said mayor’s court; and (ho licenses granted by (ho city trea surer, and (ho bond now required iu such cases, AT $2,00 PEfcANlfUar. NO. 4 1 Washington, ns every bodj- knows, was very methodical: and ho was particular to have mat* tors about which a dispdie might arise, V nut in writing. ’ The article below is copied from one of his “papers.” and is both characteristic and amusing. It is an agreement with hisgaf* doner, who, it appears, was in the habit of get- ‘ ting “ tight• • . : “ Articles of/agreement made this (tvelfih ■ day of April, Aiino Domini, one thousand sev. • cn hundred-ami eighty-seven, by, and between George Washington Esq., of the Parish ofTru- ■ ro, in the County of Fairfax, Slate of Virginia ,' on one.part, and Philip Baler, Gardener, on the other. Witness, that the said Philip Baler, for-' and in consideration of the covenants herein hereafter nientionend, doth promise and agree to serve the said George Washington for the ■ term of one-year ns a Gardener, and that ho will during-the.said time, conduct himself so; ■ berly, dilligenlly and honestly—that he will faithfully and industriously perform-all and' every part of his duly as a Gardener, to the best of his knowledge and abilities, and, that he • tvill not at any tiriio suffer himself to', bediai t guiscd.with liquor, except on: times, hereafter . mentioned. , *- In consideration of these thlnps beifrgwcll, and truly performed.on the part of. said Philip 1 • | Bator, the said George Washington, doth agree, to allow him {the said Philip) the same kind, and quality of provisions as he has heretofore' had, and likewise annually a decent suic’o?' clothes, befiting a man in his station;' to con- ' sist of coat, vest and breeches a ivorJnngjack- i I et and brccclies of homespun, besides iwo whilo 1 shirts, 8 cheelf do , two linen pocket hahdker* . chiefs, t ft-o pair of linen. overhalls ; as many 1 pair of shoes as are necessary for MmVlbttt'.i' dollars at Christmas, with which he may he-, I drunk four dajrs and four nights; two dollars at Easter to effect the same purpose; two ddl-' fars at Whitsuntide, to be dnink two days ; a 'drain.in the morning and d drink bf grog aft dinner at noon. ‘ ‘‘For Hie. true and faithful performance, of all and each part of these things, the parlies,' have hereunto set their hands this twenty-third ' day of. April, Anfio Domini, 1787. •• ; ,i Pim.ip Bateu, his X mark. / ■George Washington. ET" The most dangerous kind of bat that flics at night is the brick-bat. ..OT Sixty .thousand' dollars worth ,of palm leaf hats are annually manufactured atNashual New Hampshire. : ; t ‘ • fc?” Neither wealth nor . birth, bill; mind on- Iy» should be the aristocracy of a free people/' • f ,tC7” We may . escape the curse of others, when we do wrong privately, but We cannot avoid the reproaches of our own mind. BIT" 1 A; Western editor, in speaking of a steam boat explosion, says that three persons were “ slightly ” killed. CC?Tf “money makes (he mare go,” what a fast travelling old jade John Jacob Astor's must have been—if ne;had one. IC'” Remarkable—that so .much money has been stolen by railroad officers, and that so few are in the State prison; ‘ ■’ *' y-U. 1C?” In what docs the American Indian.differ' from the modern lady ? The one U'koops in tune of battle : the other /loops in tunc of peace. IC?’ Why is a petticoat government stronger 1 now than formerly, ? Because it’ is irdh hijopi ; ed. 0”“ Gently the dues arc o’er me stealing,’* 5 as the man said when he had five bills present- 1 cd to him at the same time. • 1 , ■ [ DC? - The young ladies down east cottlphutv that the gentlemen are so poor that:they can’t' even pay their addresses.. . ,;, , . ,; ; DC?",They declaim most against the world who have most sinned against it ;.as people gehi' erally abuse those whom they have injured. , ~ , K 7" There are people who have learned,' nst the poet exhorts them—“ to labor and to’wait”’ 1 —but unfortunately they wait a great more than they labor. Dv 5- J. W. Grey, editor of the Cleveland. Flaindcalcr lost the sight of one eye, on Friday last, from the explosion of a percussion cap/ - which his little son was firing from a toy fpth. KZ?’ After asking your name in the 'Stat'o. b? Arkansas, the natives arc in the habit of ing, in a confidential tone: “ Well.-now vvliab wer ycr name before yer moved to these parts ?"’' O’ Some Genius has conceived (ho idea to press all the lawyers into military. ser-. vice in case of war;: because llieir charges, are so great that no oho Could stand them. ,■ ■ jD“At a wedding, recently,' which'topic place at the alter, ’when the officiating priest; put to the lady the homo question,' ‘‘wilt tlioit have this man lo be thy .wedded husband ?’ , slio dropped tire preliest courtesy, and with addi*- tional grace, replied, “Ifyou please; sirl” ; JIT” A western editor wishes to know wheth* cr the law recently enacted against the harry* ing of deadly' weapons applies to doctors who carry pills in llieir pockets. BIT” It is thq opinion of many 'who profess to be well informed in such mailers, that the pfoa pcct for peaches and other fruit has nbt Been , better for many, years. -V - KT'.A dentist having failed to extract a tooth from a lady’s mouth, said: ■* The fact is.tnad am, it is impossible for anything had; to arm? from.your mouth.” ■ ~ fC?” An Irishman and a Yankee met at a'.fav.- ern, and there was but one bed for them, i 017 retiring the Yankee said he did not card on which side ofthe bed ho took. “ Then," said Pat, “you may take the underside." .■ , 017” The Leavenworth Ledger says that the' prospects for an immense emigration toKapsaa this spring and summer are highly gratifying. tET” Judge Loring, who was recently remov ed Irom olßco, by the Governed'of‘Ma&aidhu selts, is said to have received the 'appointment of Sub-Treasurer ot Boston. slmll bo first approved I}- (ha d/ef«cta«&f#e» of said court, and the dry treasurer; ahdi f&j* approval endorsed thereon. - , Sec. 22. That the 14th, 26th, 27tb and r a2d‘ sections of an act lb regulate the sale of tn'feS-? icatmg liquors, approved May 81st, A.D.’IBOO, •°sokl lel nny acts or parts pf nets confllct ingrtcrowith, or supplied hereby,'so fUr ns thd' sajno conflict or are supplied,, are hcrebyjSg. pealed: Prodded, That no license heretofore granted, shall be in any way Invalidated by tho passage of tliis act i and nil provisions of said, act not hereby altered, supplied or repealed;' shall apply na.fuily to llcenaos .granted under tins act ns under the act aforesaid; that (hope., nnlty impend under the 28tb section Of said' act; shall bi ho case escccdtwodollarSfrrMeh' shall be paid to the treasurer ot tho school dla (not where such conviction is had, by thetnait istrnte collecting the same. , . ; . . Sec. 23. That licenses tnayhe granted un-- der this act, at the first term of the proper court after its passage, or. at any special.orqfljquriicd 1 court hold within throb months hereafter,and in such cases the court may dispense with the publication heretofore required! Sec.'Jl. That the tenth scctioh of the act approved March Slst, 1866, shall not be belli or. Construed to authorize judgment to be entered ' against the obligor ih tile bond therein provid ed, for a greater amount than the fine and costs prescribed and imposed lor nhy offence Work. Ing a breach of flip condition of said bond: Provided, .That tho obligor of obliged fh any such-bond where judgment lias bceh entered against him. Tier.or them, for the whole amount of the bond, shall bo and they are hereby, re leased from the payment of the said judgment! Whenever the fine and costs prescribed and im posed for such offence shall have been paid. A Cilr/olis Document, Witness: Qeomk A. Wasiiisciton ■Tobias LiUli.. (£H% imb (Bubii- I
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