AMERICAN VOLUNTEER * POJBU9HED KTEBY THOU SCAT MOBHIKO BY John JBratton. TE K JIS . -a.mimiriioN.—Ono Dellai'And Fifty Cents, Two Dollars if paid within til o ' ai “. and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not y »?J«itliln the year. Those terms will be rig , {dip (Shored to -In oVery instance. No sub ; nrintion discontinued until all arrearages are “aid unless at the option of the Editor. P Advertisements —Accompanied by the cask, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted three times for Ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents tor each additional insertion. Those of a great tor length in. proportion. ■ ■ JoßrPßinxiNo—Suth as Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c.,&c., exe cuted with accuracy and at . the shortest notice. |Mral LOVE'S LAST GRIEF. nr FiNLEr johnson. '• .Now fare thee well, my own beloved; Death’s stamp is on thy brow, His hand is plucking from thy cheeks, . The blooming roses now; Ah I bitter, bitter is the pang, . Dark fate has left, for me, -ri’: 1 To know that soon the grave will bide, Thy loving form from mo. Ah I little thought this heart of mine, 1 In pleasures golden hours, That they so soon would, fade away, Like summers fragile flowers j . And as I pressed thy velvet cheek. And calmed thy loving fears, I little thought that I so soon, . Should be in grief and tears. But ah 1 too soon the'spoiler camo . And marked thee for his pfey,^ And where ho touched bis withering hand, Soon faded to decay; Then Wort too fair and beautiful, Within this world to dwell, And angels now have welcomed thee. Their anthems loud to swell. • O, when they told this throbbing heart, , That thou alas! had died, I cursed the cold formality: ' Which kept me from thy side. Bnl whon I-flew on love’s qwn wings, •And by thy bedside,prajed, . And wept.fo think that Ihey reiusod To let me give thee aid. And as I stood convulsed in grief.. I wildly, o’er thee bent, And prayed and - wept, aind wept and prayed. Until my breath was spent ,T- And as I saw thee, robed in white, , • In awe I held my breath, — My God ! My God I, I would have died. Too woo thee hack from death. But fare thee well, toy own beloved, ' I know that tli6u*nrt blest. No earthly woe, no dream of pain, Shall haunt thy peaceful breast; Thou hast but fled to. realms of bliss, A mansion to prepare, Where I shall join thee, dearest one, Thy endless joys to share, : 3tiorrilanatuo. From, Lifejn,lusiraicd, HOW TO EARN A HOME. The Other evening T came home with an ex tra ten dollar bill in my pocket —money that I had earned by out-of-hours work. The fact is. that I'm a clerk in a down-town store at a sal ary of $6OO per annum, and a pretty wife and ibaby to support oat of it. -• _I suppose this income will sound amazingly .small toypdr two a.pil.three thousand,dollar of ftce-holders,' but neverthOlDtis wc contrive to.iivc Very comfortably upon it. \Ve.live on one floor of an unpretending little house, for which We pay'slso per annum and Kitty—my wife, you;II understand —does all her, own work, so that we fay up a neat little stini every year.— I’ve got O’ balance of two or three hundred dol lars at the savings bank, and it is astonishing how rich ! feel! Why, Rothschild himself isn’t a circumstance to me! Well. I Came home with ipy extra bill, and showed it triumphantly to Kilty, who of course Was delighted with my industry and thrift. . • • Now, my love," said I, “just add this to our account at the bank, and with interest at the end of the year— Forthwith I commenced casting interest And Calculating in my brain. Kitty was silent, ,and rooked the cradle rnusingly with her foot. , “ I have bieh thinking. Harry !" she said af ter a moment's, pause, “ that since you've got this extra moneyVwe might afford buy a hew rug. 'fin's is getting dreadful shabby, mv dear, yoti must see." > ’I looked dolefully at the rug; it was worn and shabby enough, that, was a fact. “ F can get a new beautiful velvet pattern for seven dollars.” resumed tiiy wife; “ Velvet—seven dollars!” “ Well, then, & common tufted rug like this Would only cost three," said my, cautions bet ter-half, who seeing she couldn’t carry her first Ambitious point, wisely'Withdrew her guns.” “That’s more sensible," said I. Well, we’ll see about it.,"' ' ■ “ And there’s SnOlfy;- thing I Want," con ffh'ued trty wife, qmtting her hand coaxingly on tiiy shoulder, ’“ and it's not at.all extravagant, either.” , , •* Whitt fa it ?” I asked softening rapidly. I saw such a lovely silk-dress pattern on Canal street this morning, and I can get it for six dollars. Harry 1 ft’s the cheapest thing I ever saw.” ' “But haven’t you got a very pretty green silk. ?” “That old thing! Why, Harry,.l’ve worn it ever since we’ve been married.” “ Is it soiled, or ragged ?” “No of Course; but who wants to wear the same green dress forever? Everybody knows it is the only silk I have.” “ Well, what then ?" , “ That’s just a man’s question,” pouted Kitty. “ And I suppose you have not observ ed how old fashioned my bonnet is getting!” “ Why, I thought it looked very heat and tasteful since you put on the black velvet win ter trimming. ’ ‘ “Of course —you men have no taste in such matters.’’ ■• ' ' ■ ; ~. We were silent for a moment; I m afraid we both felt.a little cross and out of humor with one another. In fact, on my journey home. I had entertained serious thoughts of exchanging, my old silver watch for a more- modern time piece of gold, and had mentally appropriated the $lO to furthering that purpose. Savings blink reflections had come later. As we sat before our fire, each rapped in thought, our neighbor, Mr, Wilmot, knocked at the door. He was employed in the same store as myself, and his wife was an old family friend. ' “,t want you to congratulate me.” he said,’ taking a scat. “I have purchased that little cottage out on the Bloomindale road to-day.” What! that beatiful little wooden -cottage with the,piazza and lawn, and fruit garden be hind ?” exclaimed Kilty, almost.enviously “Is it possible V’X cried. A little cottage home of mv own, just like that I, had often ad mired on the Bloomingdale road.-had always been the one crowning ambition bf my life a distance and almost • hopeless point, but" no less earnestly desired.' “Why. Wilmot,” said I,‘“how did this hap pen ? You’ve only been in business eight of ten years longer than I. at a salary bnt a trifle larger than mine, yet I could as soon buy up a Mint as purchase a cottage like thalV’> “Well," my. neighbor, “wo have all working t,o this, end for years,. My wife has darned, patched, mended, and saved—wo hS T o lived, on plain fare, and done with the Jimcrinm BY JOHN B. BRATTON. m. ’44: cheapest things.; But the magic charm of the whole affair was that we had laid aside every penny that was not needed by actual positive want. Yes, have seen my wife lay by rcd-cop pers, one by one. “ Well, you are a lucky fellow,’"said I with a sigh. . „ “ Times aielmrd, you know, just now; the owner was-not what you call an economical man. nnd he was glad to sell even at d moder .ate price. So you See that even “ hard times have helped me!” When bur neighbor.; was gone, Kitty and I looked meaningly at one another. “ Harry,” said she “the rug isn’t so bad af ter all, and my green silk will do for a year -longer, with care.” “ And a silver watch is quite ns good for nil practical purposes as a gold repeater,” said I. “ We will set aside all imaginary wants !” “ The ten dollar bill must go the bank, ’’ said Kitty, “. and I’ll economise the coppers, just as Sir. Wilinol did. 0, how happy she will be among the roses in that cottage garden next spring. Our merry lea-kelUe sung us a cheerful lit tle song oyer the glowing fire that night, and the burden was, “Economy and a home of your own, amid the roses and the country air !” “THE WIFE’S MISTAKE.” BY OBEY MARlOtf. It is very beautiful, the history of the ‘Wife’s Alistake, 1 and I have no doubt such cases are and such an example may be profitable. But let me i ell a tale on the other side. My friend Merie Vernon was a bright, at tractive girl, well educated and intelligent, and as good as she was, intelligent. She. married according to her choice. I might, if 1 had the power, and were inclined for it romance, instead of a straight forward story, tell of the first mutual attraction, and the conclusion to which she and Harry Dale were irresistibly drawn, that they were made for each other, and could : not by any possibility go through fife except together. I saw them when they met, twice accidentally, and lo him unexpectedly, and I built a whole romance on his start and blush of pleasure, and his'animnled greeting. (I wish I could have seen the same th|ng ten years later.) Well, time went on; they were mar ried, and every one argued the most sunny life for them. Both well educated, cultivated, and with similarity in taste, even their religious feelings in harmony ; on one point only-was there any difference. His early life had been a hard discipline, and he had never knotvh the charm of a pleasant, borne and social inter-, course; It is desirable in married life, iii order to per fect harmony; that the education and habits of ife of each should have been similar. Well, asT said, they were married, the wed-, ding journey, was over, the wedding visits re ceived and paid, and then Harry threw himself back into his profession with ihe more zeal for the time he had lost, His wife entered into his pursuits and intcresis, devoted her evenings to him when he could be at home, helped him to Iqok-for authorities;-'or took her- work’or;.book;; and sat quietly Ay, while ho knotted his brow over knotty cases. . She Had expected some sympathy in her pur suits also; not much- time given to her,hut some help now and'then, advice as to reading, refreshing discussions on topics of interest. Evening after evening, week after week, she watched and waited, but, there was always something of more importance, dr very often engagements out, in which she could not share. There was aiways the best reasons in the world; no one could question his propriety, hut there were always reasons. ■ . So she learned to plod on by herself; helped her husband still when she could, read as she might, turning over what she had read in her own mind, for wont of sympathy in J the communication. Still she said to me, “next year,” and “nex/ year. Harry says, he will not work so hard; he will haye more time.” I smiled inwardly at her woman’s faith, and said to myself, “next year,- and next yeah will never come, my dear child." You can break a few threads easily, but let me wind around you the habits ol many years, (I wear yards,) and it will take more strength than you have to break them. Henry grew renowned in his profession,made himself famous : but he paid dearly for his re nown. Years gathered on his head : . they had position, eminence, wealth, but no home.. Ho was much engrossed, and, gtndually, even his wife was in.liis way when he was reading arid Writing. So they spent their time asunder. They gradually withdrew from social life. Sometimes she went out alone: but she grew tired of that. Sometimes she invited friendsjo her her house ; but when he cither excused himself entirely, or submitted to the interrup tion With d very bad grace, she gave nip even that. The fact is, that like many another, he mistook the means for the end. and made , that which should have been the means of supplying his wants, the aim and object of life. • , ■ While Merle was still nursing the delusive hope of the “next year," his locks whitened.with his toils, and the silver threads grew more plen tiful among her dark locks. By that, time she had almost learned to live alone, and it had been wise had she learned the lesson earlier. I heard a friend say one day. in her hearing, “I don’t believe in polygrmy: a man who is wedded to his profession ought not to take another.wife.” Merle looked as if she understood it— (But not a word she spake,) One day the secret came out. A friend said to Henry, --You ought to give yourself more time; you work too hard at your age.” “Ah.” said he. in reply, • ‘There is nothing else for me. The fact is. my habits are fixed, I am not. good far anything else, I don’t know anything else; and I suppose I shall work on till I die.” There was the end of all my friends beautiful hopes. He had unfitted himself entirely for domestic and social life, and so chose tolireand die. Quite too common a cose. ~ Merle alscrthad made a mistake ; or rather, if she had made a mistake, it was early in life, and one not easily rectified. Mill, Insanity iind the' Dungeon, The sad consequences of vice were never more strikingly exhibited than in the following para graph. which we copy from a late' New Or leans letter. It is truly a melancholy case, and it should prove a solemn warning to per sons tempted to depart from the path of vir tue: ■ “The grand jury of this parish has found a bill of indictment against George W. Harby, who several weeks ago, shot H. C.’II. Stone, whom.ho charged with seducing his daughter. The bill was found on Saturday last; The trial will probably, take place in the course of a inOnth on Six weeks. Public; opinion scents to be that-the homicide was. totally inexcusable, and that young Stone has met an.unmerited fate. ,‘TJhis. ifj,-a, truly melancholy case- Tho [at her is comparatively on. old man and hercto jbro stood well in the community as: a, teacher o( youth; nowhu is immersed in & dungeon, nnd charged with murder. Stone was just en tering life with peculiar advantages, was pros perous in business, and surrounded by a host of confiding friends ; now a cold grave enwraps him. The daughter is'young, and highly edu cated ; was beautiful and greally admired; how she ism maniac, it is said, and her future hap piness gone.” Entombment Alive in India. A writer in Household IVords gives an ac count of his “Wandering in India; ” . At Agra he was introduced to Lall Singh, in whose garden was discovered the remains of a . former residence. Of this he says: “In sever al of the niches, (in an underground room) were little lamps, such as are burnt upon the tombs of Moslems, and a hookah and a pair of marble chairs were found in this subterraneous apartment, of which the sky was now the roof. Whilst examining the walls I observed that, upon one side, there was a ledge about six feet high from the floor, (and carried up lherelrom,) and about a foot in width. This ledge, which was of brick and plaster, 1 resembled a huge mantlepicco, and was continued from one end of the apartment to the other. I asked the Ra jah the reason of such a structure in the apart , ment. He replied that he did not know, nor could any of the workmen account for it; one of them, however, took a piok-axe and dug out a portion, when, to my surprise and horror? I discovered that in this wall a human being bad been bricked tip. The skin was still upon the boties, which were cbvered with a costly dress of white Muslin, spangled all over with gold : around the neck was a string of pearls; on the waists nnd ancles were gold bangles, and oh the feet were a pair of slippers,'embroidered all over with silver wire or thread: such slip pers as only Mohammedan women of rank or wealth can afford to wear. The body resem bled a well preserved, mummy. , The features were very distinct, and were those of a wo man, whose age could not, at the lime of her death, have exceeded eighteen or nineteen years. , The head was partially covered with the white dress. Long black hair was still clinging to the scalp, and parted across the forehead and carried behind the ears. It was the most hor rible and ghastly figure that I ever beheld.— The workmen appeared to take this discovery as a matter of course; or rather to regard it on ly with reference to the gold and silver orna ments upon the skeleton, and it was with great difficulty that*! could prevent their stripping it forthwith. As for the Rajah, he simply smiled and coolly remarked: ‘A case of Jealousy.— Her husband was jealous of her, and. thought her guilty, and punished her thus ; bricked her up alive in. this wall, with no room io move about, only standing room. Perhaps shb de served it—perhapS she was plotting against his life -, perhaps she was innocent -, wlio can say ? Hindoos, as well as Mohamedpns, punish their wives in that way. 1 ‘You mean to say that they used to do so in former times, previous to British rule in- India-; but such o' thing could not occur in our lime? 1 ‘lt does not occur so often its it did, but it does occur sometimes even in these days.. How do you. know what happens in j-hc csUblishtneat ;o£ A-wealthy na rive? Let lis'look a little further into the wall. It strikes ino thaf we dhnll find-some mote of them.. Orders were given accordingly to.the workmen to remove, with great care, the whole of the ledge ; in short, to pml away its entire face. This was done : and how shall I describe the awful spectacle then presented ! In that wall there was no less than five .bodies —four besides that already alluded to. One of the number was a young man, who, from his dress and the jewels of his finger-bones, must have been a person of high rank; perhaps the lover of one, or both of the young women, for ho had been bricked up between two of iliem.— The others were evidently those of confidential .servants: old women, for they had grey hair. They possibly had been cognizant, or were sup posed to be cognizant of whatever offence the others had been deemed guilty of. The sun was now shining brightly on these ghastly re mains, covered with garments embroidered in .gold arid silver. The air had a speedy effect on them, nnd, one by one, they fell, each forming a hoauof bones, hair, shriveled skin, dust. jew eK. ana finery. The latter were now gathered up, and placed in a small basket, and sent to the Lallah. Their value, possibly, was up wards of a thousand pounds. How many years had passed since that horrible sentence had been put into execution ? Not less than one hundred and seventy, or perhaps two hundred.". Talc'Of lovo. About six months snice ; an elderly lady of property, living in Brooklyn, N. Y., who bought her fashionable wares at a celebrated drv goods house in Broadway, New York, be came ena'mored of a handsome yOung mar? who attends there. After many visits she decided to Invito the young roan to her magnificent hoqso in the city* of churches. She told him she wanted to see him on tnattefs of-gravest importance. He blushed, and more out of cu riosity than, admiration ho consented to visit her. The young man was dazzled at the mag nificence of the house to which he was invited, and was entirely lost in conjecturing for what, purpose he had been brought thither. Thela dy; after giving her guest somd vinous refresh ments, proceeded tg narraje the fact of her long observance of 'His respeciahle conduct, adding that she had inquired of his employers , and found him to be a highly moral and worthy young man—worthy of a better situation in so ciety. She confessed that she had become en amored of. him, not of course for his physical beauty—hut for his moral worth, and- finally wound up by oftering him her hand in marriage. The lady was on the shady side of five and for ty, while the lover was not twenty-two snui mersold. ' The latter was in love.-to'o, with:a handsome young lady in „the millinery depart ment of the same establishment where he was employed. Ho finally refused, notwithstand ing that she had some $30,000 which she could place in his bands. After several interviews, the widow gradually won the young nian’to her views, and finally, ho consented ip and did mar-, ry her. After the marriage site refused to make oyer her real estate to her husband, and . this displeased him. About a week ago the -‘Bene dict” thought he'would take a trip to the coun try, to see a few friends. His wife consented ; bht in a few .days, ho not returning, she con cluded her bird had flown. She started in pur suit of him, ond-learned that the young- lady had accompanied him in his flight. , The old la dy arrived in this city',-arid consulted with an experienced detective; who put her, after some inquiries, :on. the track of the guilty- pair, who had gone further west. The wife says she is now prepared to give him full con trol of all her property, if he will but return alone to his home. —Chicago Daily Union. NoimiEiiN' Slavbihit.—Francis Briggs;, of Windsor. Mass., has beensent to jail in default of 52.000 bonds, to bo tried for brutally-heat ing his half sister, a little girl of three years,- who was bound to hint by the overseers - of the poor in Savo}-. three years since. The person of the girl was partially exposed at the-exami nation, and it was a sight that almost beggars description. , , O'" Idleness begels poverty. "our country—mat it always is jromt—but right or wrong, our country.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1858. May I tliou month of rosy beauty! Month when pleasure is a duty ; Mouth of maids that milk the kinc— Bosom rich and breath divine : •Month of bpes, and menthol flowers; Month of blossom-laden bowers; Month of little hand!, with.d'n'isics, .Lover's-lord, andpbet’s prajscs; Oh, thou merry month complete— May I—that very tiamcja sweet'! May was maid'ih Olden tiiiifk, And is-slill in Scottish rhyhjes : May’s the blooming hawthoip bough; May’s the month that’s langtiing now. I ho sooner write the word, ' Than' it seems os though it heard", ■ And looks up arid-laughs at (no, Like a sweet face',.rosiiy ; Like an actual color bright, -. Flushing fcom.tho' paper’s while ;- Like a bride that knows her'power, Startled in a summer bower. If the rains that do ns wrong, Como to keep the .winter long. And deny us the sweet-looks," I can love tlieo, sweet! in books— Love thee in the poet’s pages,. "Whore they keep thee gruenfor ages; Love and read tlieo, as a lover Roads his lady’s letter over, " Breathing blessings on the art : "Which commingles those that part. There is May in hooks forever, May will-part.lroni. Sponsor iiovgr; . May’s in Milton—May’s in Prior— May’s in Chaucer, Thomas, Dyer; May’s in all the Italian books; She has did and-.modern nooks, Where she sleeps witli hymplijijnd elves In happy-plaoes they call shelves, And 'will rise and dress your.roomg Writh thick with blooms. Come, ye rain's, then, if you will, ’ May’s at home, and with mo still; But come,- rather thou, good iyeather! And flnd ns intho fluids together. GOOD MEN OUGHT TO BE POLITICIANS. Does the production of twelve hundred mil-' lion pounds of coi.ton fulfil the destiny of this continent in the order ur. Providence? Why* though our population were to double inn year, and the roar and rush of bnr vast machinery were to silence, the music; of the spheres, and our,wealth were.enough to.buy all; the world, our population cotild not bully history, nor: all our riches bribe'the eternal Justicijpot to write upon qiij- brows, as with fiery finger the Au tumn is beginning even now to write upon the woods and fields, Jchabodl . Ichabod! thy glory is departed 1” - 1 , • There is occasion enough tor reminding you bf the solemn necessity of this puliljg morality, because it is upon the class ybtif,: represent — upon the educated and intelligent 1 men of tills countiy—.thjtteiw -just dwtopem>(^feHep.end^.' cs, govern. ~Sl!teSiJy; tnie, oxct-ptin' those niro instances wheremass es of men act underThc inspiratidn-ofa'moral sentiment. In this qountry the masses vote : but a few men govern. There is a, power be hind the throne ; so, behind the convention there ,is a caucus ; in the caucus There is a clique, and the'chque is controlled by personal influence. Masses of men are the hundred hands of Briareus—but the bands: are only it hundred servants of one brain. As the elemen tal forces which could cleave the earth are but the supple servants of science? so human action, which makes bistort’, is-the willing minister of genius or intellectual power. lX Here is our pop ular republic, tossing through time in ceaseless agitation,, smiting n barrier,now hero, now there, with an. overwhelming .force, as the sea crushes obstacles with a towering ninth wave; but, whether working good or ill; that tossjng myriad of men never loses for.a moment its. in stinctive loyalty to intellectual Even so the ocean—thundering with wrath on continental shores, or rising with soft flood up inlet, creek and bay, its Oozy fingers touching all the .banks with fruitfulness and bloom— whether wrinkling the globe , with billows, or sheeting it with silver calm, it is not lawless in its coyest motion, but yields forever to the su borb and irresistable persuasion of the riioon. I Have we no interest that the.controlling force in this country shall be a moral force ?■—that it shall conspire with the great, idea of Liberty, and not degrade and destroy it 1 The theory of our institutions is our pride. But it is a pit iful truth that our public life has become sy nonymous with knavery. If a politician is,in troduced, you feefyonr pockets. It is shame ful that it is universally conceded that the best men, themeii.of intelligence amt probity, gen erally avoid politics, and that the-word itself has cpme to mean something not to be touched without defilement. Consequently, what good men will not touch, bad men will. It is under stood that bribery carries elections; And the Presidency is the result of an adroit process of financial engineering. ■ I haveinysclf been shown a handful of bank notes, publicly displayed in I the ante-room of a Legislature, and sagaciously told : “ That is the logic fdyTegislatprsi” Meri : i think they cannot afford to Congress, and they pay other men to do their duties tq the State—forgetting that we can have- nothing done without paying,tor it. 'and that if we hope I to enjoy the best government in the. .world, we miist pay time and labor, each one of us, and | not suppose that'the couniry wiJI govern it self, not bad men govern it well.. Remember, tliat the greatness of our coun try is not in its achievement, but in its prom ise-rn promise which cannot be fulfilled with out that sovereign moral sense—without sensi-1 live national conscience. If it were a question of the mere daily pleasure of living, the grntifi-.| cation of lasto. opportuniiy or access to the great intellectual and esthetic results of human genius, and whatever embellishes human life; no man could hesitate a moment between tbe i fullness of foreign lands in these respects, and the conspicuous poverty of onr own. What have we done ? Wo have subdued find settled a vast domain; we have made every inland rivr er turn.a mill : and wherever, on the dim rim of the globe, there is a harbor, we have lighted in with an American sail. Wo have'bound-the A tlantic to the Mississippi so that we drift from the sea to the prairies upon a cloud of vapor: and we are stretching one hand across thefion tineqt to fulfil the hope of-Columbus, in a shor ten way to Cathay, and with the other, wo are grasping under the sea.to clasp the. hand of the old continent, that so the throbbing o( the ocean may not tosses further apart, but bo ns the .Ijeating of one common pulse of tlfc'world. I; Yet these are results common to all national enterprise, and different with us only in degree, not in kind. These arc but the tools with which to shape a destiny, Commercial, pros perity is only a curse, if it bo not subservient to moral and intellectual progress: ’arid our prosperity will conquer us, if we do not con quer our prosperity. i [CT* Cnpt. Alex. McKowan, an old shipmas ter of Charleston, S. 0., died on Tuesday. MAY. jit lEinn nusT, nr GEOKGB W. conns 0 A Disiinionist—Tlie Progress of Hie JVnliAn 1 . Mr. De Bow recently delivered a lecture in ".'Charleston, and one of the public journals of that city aaystlhat he spoke of “disunion as the haven of our rest, and our ark of refuge.” We trust that this will prove a mistake, or an ex aggeration. Mr. De Bow is one of the most accomplished men of the South. lie is thor oughly versed in the statistics of the Republic, and was, if we remember aright, officially con nected with the preparation of the Inst census. That he, therefore, should be a disunionist, is more remarkable. He has had an opportunity of watching the growth of our country step by step, has been able to witness through the me dium of facts and figures that have been Sub mitted to his consideration, the onward and gigantic strides of this mighty Republic, and ho must have kindled with national pride when contemplating the probable future. We are among the youngest of the nations of the earth, and we are also among the mightiest! The old World which at first looked on with increduli ty, and occasionally indulged in a doubt or a sneer, has already admitted its error, and now concedes that the great Republic of the - West has not only attained huge proportions in less than a century , but the prospect is, that a cen tury hence, its position and resources will far outstrip the predictions.of theoVildest imagina tion. Scarcely a year goes by, in which n?w Territories do uot knock at , the door of the Union for admission, while the active, and in dustrious and the enterprising from various por tions of the earth, are by hundreds and Thou sands,, constantly directing their footsteps hith er, as to the modern land of-promise. But the other day, comparatively speaking, and Cali fornia was interblended with the 1 national do main, and already a mighty empire as connect ed with the American Confederacy, has risen into existence on the shores of the Pacific. But tf few years have gone by, since Texas was an-, nexed, then a sparsely settled and compara tively obscure portion of the globe, mid now, how wonderful the change! New Mexico, too, one of. the latest of our accessions, is rapidly rising into importance, .while the■ youngest ,of our Territories exhibits extraordinary- vigor, and holds out many inducements.to the bold, the energetic and the persevering. -And this within the space of a few years. It is indeed difficult to recognize the fact, that the Declara tion of ludspendetice was promulgated only 82 years ago. And if we measure the future by the past, whtjt is likely to be our condition 82 years bonce? It is probable that the child now lives, who will before his mortal career Sliall.be hronght-to-a-elose, witness of Mexico, the 'annexation of'Chba.'and tliencquU sitioi) of the greater part of Central America! Coming events cast their shadows before, and the indications evidently point in the directions alluded to. our population already amounts to at least twenty-six millions of souls, and accor ding, to Mr- Darby, in IOSO, oflcss than a cen tury from the present, time, it will amount to 290 000,000. These figures are startling,.but they arc based upon the progress of the country thus far,'and are as accurate as possible, ac cording to the nicest marhematicalcalculations. future? Who Piay, in the .slightest degree of confidences predict our probable condition, when i again four score years and (en shall have rolled away ? And yet, tinder these circumstances, and with such a prospect, we find intelligent, educated, observing and enlightened individu als, speaking with distrust and despondency and talking of disunion as an “ark of refuge. ” It i| indeed difficult to realize this singular and almost incredible inconsistency. Mr, De Bow, as already intimated, is familiar with all the details of the nation. lie has been compelled, in the preparation of the' last census, to sift and winnow the wheat from the chatf, to condense and elucidate an immiinsc array of figures, and to spread before the world in a very able com pendium, such a picture of national progress, national resources, and national strength, as was never exhibited before under similar cir cumstances. To suppose that such a man, af ter having compiled such a work.would become a.disunionist is, we repeat, almost incredible, and we can only indulge a hope that theaccom plished statistioan has been misunderstood or misreported. 'Theorists, visionaries, ultrasand madmen, may, occasionally utter treasonable sentiments, and with comparative impunity-, but when an enlightened practical man indulges in such language as we have quoted, the fact is calculated to excite comment, induce inquiry, and elicit expressions of regret and surprise.— | Phila. Enquirer Simplicity. Among ninny other definition, Mr. Webster gives the following to the.word simplicity: “ ArtlesSness of mind : freedom from a propen sity, to cunning or stratagem : freedom from du plicity ; sincerity: plainness ; freedom from,.ar tificial ornament.” Now, let any one analyze these terms, and then apply them to . human character, and what can make a creature of Qod~a rational, intellectual, immortal creat ure-v-more loVely than simplicity? We go a step, farther, .and ask, .what is there so engaging in woman, so fiscintiticj;, so charming, as sim plicity ?—artlcssncss or mind 1 How sweet and becoming to a fair one whose face is the in dex lo the heart 1 No cunning craftness, no Stratagem, no studied concealment, but, lilt write, ,pufp unmixed waters of the pelncid lake, un ruffled-by the winds of. heaven,'you can look fo the very depths of the heart aitfTSce nothing to detract from its beauty. No duplicity, but un alloyed sincerity ; no display: no artificial ,6r nament, by winch the real defects and deformi ties of character are hid from the eye of the su perficial observer. Header, if you were asked, what is the most desirable quality of a woman's manners, of dress, and of address, would-you -not answer simplicity ? In thus responding you would only uttec the sentiments of every well rcgula ted mind and every honest yet, is it not strange that women so often misappre hend the real sentiments of the sterner sex ? To look abroad upon society and mark the manners of the fair one would be led to think that the idea but too generally prevails that women regard art, concealment, and ornament, as essential to perfection of character. Hence the affectation we often meet. Hence the dis play of costly ornaments, the exhibition of gau dy trappings, the rude attempts lo improve the beautiful finish which has been imparted to the human face by the hand of the Crealori : Simplicity! How this quality attracts the admiration of the gopd 1 • • She is a child of na ture 1” This characteristic at once secures your confidence and affection. Such a one can be trusted; She is worthy your heart’s love, and will not fall below your high estimate of real worth. ! 0“ They have a nice way of spending Sun day at Columbus, Ohio. On Sunday last, a race took place between a man and a horse for $lO. The man was beaten, but hot exactly fairly, the horse having broken from a trot into a gallop. OCT" It is reported that a footrace is soon to be run between Ike Shultz, of Louisville, Ky., and J. M. Oslin, of Warren county. Miss. The match is to take place near Vicksburg, and tha, slakes are said- to be $l,OOO a side. • | A. a. . A A., i ft? -A ' ’ JV" Jlt # Since (he day when, according to the sacred record, the l '' Talent” was hidden away “under a napkin,” and kept useless for any purpose whatever—and doubtless long before the period of that record, also—have Talents' been abused and wasted and misnamed,- misunderstood dr undervalued, 'The lesson given for man’s in struction, to which wo allude, and which 'was put in the form of a parable, is the best illus tration o( what talent is in reality, of the csti motion in which it should be held and of (he manner in which it should bo made to fulfil its design. It is an attribute or condition of the human mind, which, in whatever degree confer red on different individuals, is given for the purpose of useful application and improvements! and the results of mental effort,.are at once the only evidence of its existence, and the only ob ject of its bestowal. Upon all men lias the Creator bestowed .cer. tain mental abilities, which are intended ns in struments of industrious application, to Work out useful and beneficent purposes. Therefore, in every human being who does not belong, to the unfortunate class of cmbecilea, docs this gift of talent, from the hand of his Maker; ex. ist, either in a condition of active employment, or in a dormant, undeveloped state. The fact that it is not always apparent, is no evidence that it does.not exist in every man andwoman of sane mind, biit only proves that the individ nal, either-for want of proper training, or by reason of his own obstinate and indolent nature, has grossly neglected to fulfil the duty assigned to him as an'intelligent being. The feebler kind of natural abilities are very often neglected, wasted, and for want of culti vation, finally die .out, white the most brilliant natural gifts are perverted, abused and destroy ed. Bat the most common of all wrongs com mitted by men against their mental powers, is a misunderstanding or misnaming of what is or is hot, in the'true sense, talent. .-'Wo have said that the best evidence of the existence of this gift—though not always the only evidence—is the fruits which it produces ; and we farther add, in the majority of cases that .what is regarded and denominated talent is, in 'truth, only the development of some mistaken notions, Or ra dical moral defect in the man. Wo often hear an individual spoken of ns a most “talented” person, who is possessed merely of n certain re. dundancy of-confused ideas, which are forever exhibiting themselves in a flood of wonty upon any and every subject, most often in the form of criticism upon the actions; opinions, or appear ance of other people, or. about certain-condi tions of fitness and beauty among things, and sometimes in the-shape of suggestions, Vvhich are, in their incoherunoy and absurdity, equal to file gloams’of thought which dart throughlhc brain of a maniac, and for any practical appli cation qnitoas valueless. Such a person is of. ten marked by his associates os a man of “ nni. vorsal talent,” which is, in fact, ahpnt the same as.if one would say, a man of ho use and no ac count whatever. Parents are frequently, very frequently; in deed, deluded with the idea of the astounding “ talent” of their children, which is, alter all, either the common-place development of mental action, producing results quite wonderful when compared wilh.thc .vacant gaze and thoughtless smile of the feeble piny thing which theyromom bor as an infant, or else the pert and obtrusive Outbreak of sonic Imitative iacully, which had much better be restrained or corrected than fos tered and admired. We very o/ion see young men—and some men too, who arc not so young —regarded with a kind of nwo or deference by their deluded relations of account of the “ re markable talents” they are supposed to possess, when in fact the only decided qualifications they own is to humbug and deceive, without even intending to do so.. There are three de lusions very common among men, some think they ate hover going to diet.others that they will certainly, some day or other, become im mensely rich ; others again are quite happy and content with a firm Inith in the immaculate piety or transcendent abilities of some near friend or relative, perhaps the last delusion is no worse titan either of the others, bnt.it is also none the less absurd. Again, thero.aro certain duties to be perform ed in this world, which are, in reality, by no means to be regarded in any of their aspects, ns beneficent boo’hs to the human race, but rather as unpleasant necessities resulting from (he Im perfect condition of society; yet success in these pursuits is always attributed to what is absurdly termed talent, while the qualifications for other pursuits, the most useful and most benign, are not only not rated ns coming undoi ng; denomination of talents, simply because they are quiet and.unobtrusive, but are ooiisld. eroci very plodding, common-place circumstan ces in life. ’ • The (rue and only “man of talent,’’ is ho who honestly, faithfully,-and industriously fulfils the duties assigned him in life. Ho id not (ho man who is confused and uncertain in his thoughts, unstable and vacillating in hfs designs, forever planning great ontorprisos, wishing for impossi bilities to assist him in their cousumation.who is full of advice and counsel for every one else, and always ready for any and every employment which may relievo-him temporarily from the to-' dinm of hfff legitimate duty. Some men there are, who never successful at anything, arc ex ceedingly worthless, or exceedingly unfortunate, it is hard to say which; hut probably they are more frequently found in the former than iri the latter Of these conditions. There is an erroneous opinion, very prevalent, that “ talent’ v 'ls7 v fn the main, confined to those persons whom circumstances have called to the pursuits.of writing or public speaking; and a ;,raan’s abilities and Worth are gauged by (ho number of pages ho may have written for pub lication, or the number of harangues he may have delivered to delighted (or wearied) audi ences I This error, ho doubt, proceeds front the general and foolish desiro to attract atten tion and win the applause of our fellow men.— Writers and public speakers arc certainly not without their uselitlh'ess in’.sbcietyand to the recorded tifftughls of great inch and their ac tions, us given in authentic history, is the world jof tlio present ago indebted in a great degree for its wonderful pre-eminence in sciejipe and civilization; blit in view of the host of writers who live by (heir occupation and the compara tively small amount of benefit they confer, it is a question of serious doubt whether the class may not bo evenly balanced between a very great blessing on tlio one hand, and a very groat nuisance on tho other. Tlio exact sciences mid the advancement o! the useful arts, present the best field for file display of genuine talent. Hie man who has invented the most useful mechanical contriv ance or made an important discovery in chemi cal science, or evolved a long hidden and ea gerly pursued astronomical truth, Ims, beyond question, used the talent committed to his trust, to vastly greater purpose than cither the drone, who has carefully kept his “hid away under a napkin,” or the mental spendthrift, who has frittered his away in the production of idle and vicious literature to enfeeble or corrupt the i public mind. ■ . . i There is also another talent of vast import-1 aneb and usefulness in the world; it is that which prompts men to seek after, to possess and to cherish above all things, sound discrimina tion, jierfeo justice, and kind consideration to ward all men, in all conditions of lithras rulers, exorcising authority without oppression, disci plinc without tyranny; or as subjects,practis ing deference without debasement, faithfulness without hypocrisy, industry without eye ser- V *Bilt these homely truths, evident enough to the reflections of any one, will never be univer sally admitted while the vanity of men delights eo muchan the world's applause, and the weak- AT $2,00 PER ANNUM, NO., 50. TALENTS. ness of woiftan prompts hoflo siranlafo'ftomosf trffling traits in fho character Of man;‘and to ground lier Complaints of grievance tiphn thp fact that she. is. to softie extent, debarred by law, tbo privilege of fifoking horself useless, ri diculous and. offensive. , (£)bbs ani 017” Two slaves were sentenced' to be hung in Columbus county, N. Ci, last Friday, but early in the morning the Governor granted »; respite to one of them for one month; This was sent oft by a locomotive express, but tin fortunacly it ran off the track, and arrived just thirty minutes after ih'e execution hnd : taken place. ■ " ' . O” Accounts from -different sections of ihc country. South and, West, state that the fruit nns been seriously injured by-the cold Weather of last week. O” The citizens’ of St Cloud/Minn., have bought a new press for to re place'the one iatefy d(strafed by the mob. O” Mr. Charles Wentworth, ah actor of note, who has been converted.fCcpntly was bap tized by immersion, at New York (not last Sun day. , , , K7*-A German named Lewis Dean, who be longed in New York, was instantly killed on the 28th, by falling from the spire of. the /Epis copal Church in Fairfield, Ot. . ' 0“ The Hon. Caleb Cushing has purchased a square of ground in the city of WnshingtOD. and presented it to St. Andrew’s, fipiscopal Mission, for the erection of a charitable institu tion projected some time since by the Rev, Dr- Ilarrold. O” The city authorities of Salem,"MasS., have commenced prosecution, under the liqupr law, Against'the lager beer saloons in' that city. ; Several girls who . attended. them were, pn Thursday, fined 310 and costs, and sentenced** to be imprisoned twenty days in the House of Correction. ' , , ' ■ : . O'"Why is it,” asked a Frenchman of a Switzer, “that you Swiss always fight fpr money, wliile we French only fight for hobor?” “I suppose,” said the Switzer, "that both fight for what they most lack.” O’ A gentleman taking an apartment, said to a landlady, “I assure you, madam, 1 never left a lodging but my landlady shed tears,V ‘‘l hope sir,” said she, “it was not bcOauae yOti went away without paying.” 0“ A brother and sister hamed' , aged! respectively 10' and 13 years', word frozen tO' death at Oskosh, Wis., on the 23d ult., while sailing on the lake. . a ! O’ The Rochester Union says' that peti- tions are in circulation asking Gov. King to re prieve Ira Stent until after the trial of Mrs-Lit ties, or until fall. Also lor a commutation of the sentence of death to imprisonment for life.’ O’" The highest price paid fur domCsticlabor in Chicago, at the present, time, is 86',00 per month, and in that vicinity, for farm labor,BW and $l2 per month. ■ ■ , o => The Jersey City Gns Light Company,will on July Ist, reduce their price from 83 50 to $3 per 1,000. . .. , O’ How could yon make a lit in person fat ? By throwing him out of the window he would come down plump. ■ ■ . \'.t a O' O” ‘What was the use of the eclipse V asked, a young lady. “Oh, it gave the suit time for reflection,” replied the wag.. '* • XT? The man who was 'filled with emotion, * ladn’t room for. his dinner. XT' A . poor jilted Wade says: “Woman's love is like Scotch snuff. _ You get one pinch and that’s enough’.*' Whereupon a darkey of more sense, as well as soul, responds: ' “Woman's lub; likclngy Rubber,, , . It stretch de more, de more youlub her.” 'IC7”Mr. Stanton, the great English chess player, ha? indirectly declined accepting the challenge of Paul Morphy, the cha'mpiCn Amer ican player, because it is proposed* that tho match bo played in New Orleans inStdajJ of Europe. ICT” “ilia, what is hush ?”asked a little hbyj “Why, my dear, do you ask ?" “ Bicaicaj 1 asked sister Jane what made her dress St ink but so all round like n hoop, and she said cush.” Jacob Svyipes, a German butcher resi ding near Detroit,, eloped with the wives of, n farmer named Fulmatr and a man named Sny der, on the 2Gtlrtilt. Cy ‘‘Have you finished both those bottled of port without assistance. Mr. Gulpimt ? 1 ' -in quired an indignant spouse. . "No, my ; dcari-i ; had the assistance of a bottle of Maderid.’Vwas the reply. Dy Wo lately heard of a housemaid, who, about to leave a family rather unexpectedly,; and urged to give a reason for it, simply said; “I can't stay, the ladies speak such bad gram mar?” . A wren .'—A now wortr is advertised under the ominous title, ‘A Woman’s TA'oughls ahout Women. How could any publisher, have un dertaken anything so uncharitable!’ [ty One hundred and eighty-eight new mem bers were added ts Rev. Henry Ward Beedher’a Clinrch. last Sunday. His congregation num bers 1,375 persons. Oy Bev. Isaac B. Scott has been nOh’tcncikl to the penitentiary from Giles'county, Va., for a lerm of three yi'ars, for passing counterfeit money. . . [ty it lihinan head covercd’with mud.wflS picked up on Walnut street wharf, Philadel phia, on Wednesday last. .■ -.-•'Dy Gen. Concha, the Governor General of Cuba, is sairf to hav6 resigned, to prevent his being turned out. , [ty P. Henry Aylelt, of Va, and A. C. Gray, 0f.1M., havu been appointed by the President, visitors to West Point Academy for 1858. ; (ty San Francisco is supplied, with ice from' Stitka, in Russian America, ns New Orleans Sat with the same article from Boston. . ,Dy ThcrC are 27 theatres iff Parts: 23 in London, and 10 in New xbrfc. ' Dy-It, js said there Word 21 rainy days in May. 1867. - . - .[ty It has been said with justice, that tho most solemn of birds is an owl, the most Solemn of ass, and the fnost solemn of men an as? tod'.'-r- ()y The prosecution against J. 11. Tucker, late President of the Mineral Bank, at Ciiiriber and, Md., for embezzlement, has been aban- doned- (£7* A man that breaks his word bids others be false to him. JiMPun-JiuxT.—Duniol Webster well says I siiy it is employment that makes people happy.. Tliis groat (ruth ought neyor to he forgotten jit ought to bo placed upon thb,titlo page of every book on political economy Intended for Amcri. ca, and such countries as America. It ought to head the columns of every farmer’s magazine • and mechanic's magazine. It should be pnjr claimed everywhere—notwithstanding what wo hear of" the usefulness, and I admit the useful ness o( cheap food—notwithstanding that the great truth should be proclaimed, every where;.; snould bo made into a proverb, if it could, 1 that’ 3 where there is work (or the hands of men there.!' will bo work for their teeth. Where there to, employment there will bo bread j and in a Conti.' , try like oiir own, above all others will this troth 1 hold good j in a country llkd'obrs where with p great deal of spirit and activity among ttt e masses if they can llnd employment, there bio, ■ great willingness lor .labor. It they can obtain fair compensation for their labor, they will have good houses, good clothing, good food, and the means of educating theta children from fholrla* bor •, that labor will ho. cheerful, and they will i he contented and'happy people.' ’
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