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BY JENNY GRAY, 1 only speak thy-name with tears, J Tis very seldom heard — I cannot breathe to careless oars « That once familiar,word i” - It sweeps across my stricken soul AS the blue waves unceasing roll By gentle night winds stirred, ■ When (ho wild tempest in its wrath Hath left on record of its path.. I cannot breathe the name in crowds. That fell like evening dew; tlpon my heart when sorrow’s clouds Were far between and few; And though my sky Is all o’ercast, And griefs come crowding thick and last, 1 I know the heart is true— That made my pathway once so bright, Though .jbfpudod now in deepest night, My heart' has closer clung to thee ■ As fickle friends grow cold, . And does thine own still turn to mo E’ori as in days of old 1 Oh I deafer far the consciousness That Oho firm fripnd my way will bless, Than countless hoards of gold,— Aye I dearer than the costliest gem That decks a monarch’s diadem. ... The brilliant light of other days Will cheer my way no more, Tot still there beams some lingering rays From memory’s treasured store ; ■ A softened ray—benign and mild, Like that which guide a wandering child Back to his father’s door, And gently binds him to Ids homo, And quells each wayward wish to roam. • Wy weary soul still turns to Him Who never yet deceived, ■ When all in Earth and Heaven looks dim, And the wrung heart is grieved,— t For, phi in this dark realm of fears, The treasured trust of weary years Should not bo disbelieved, — A lofty faith in human-worth Is all.all that binds the soul to earth. Mlmllmmm. i [From Dickens' Household Words.'] BLOWN AWAY. The' manner ip which capital punishments are inflicted, is almost ad varied ns the man ners and customs of the varioits Batiohs of the globe.. In England, criminals are hanged, in France they are guillotined, in Spain they are garroted, in Italy and Austria they are shot or beheaded, in, Russia they, are broken; on the wheel, in Turkey, they are bowstrung,in China Tthey are disposed’bF’ih’m'ahy araimgslr the American "Indians they are tomahawked, mid in some remote lands they, are said to be sometimes baked and eaten 1 but in no country save India has the punishment of death from (he cannon’s mouth been carried into effect, It It is one of the institutions of Hindoslan ;,. and like most others of the land, is barbarous-and horrible. , • , Until the middle of. last year, this extreme penalty was regarded rather as.a tradition than tx fact, although men with, white, beards some times alluded to it as one of the spectacles which they had witnessed in their younger days. The massacres of May and June, how ever, at length restored this terrible Ncmesian rnstruraent of punishment, and it soon became familiar over the length and breadth of India.' As far as the shortening of physical agony is concerned, to bo blown away from the cannon’s iViOuth must be regarded as one of the easiest methods of passing into eternity. Pain can have no duration ;. and as the criminals who itaeet tli’tfr death in.this form are most indifferr Cut to their fate, its abolition even upon grounds Opposed to humanity might be safely recom mended. To men of keen Sensibilities the few minutes preceding the, execution must appear like cycles of torture; but to brutes—like tlife Savages of Cawnpore and Delhi —they can have few terrors.- I had for a, long time believed that Bbm'baiy would have beert spared the horrors of such a spectacle; but about noon oh‘ the fifteenth of October, it became known to the Government 6ffices, that there would be a military execu tion that evening. Two Sepoys had been de tected in a conspiracy, and a Court Martial had sentenced them to bo blown from the cannon’s month. . I was on the parade ground long before the nointed hour to witness the terrible scene. Philo the; troops were assembling, ample Space was afforded to the spectators for obser vation and reflection; anti perhaps never did the eye of man rest on such a magnificent pic ture. The sea,, far .as the,cj’e:could reach, lay fc’alm and still as an island sea which had never felt the ebb and Dow of tides. The distant ghauts and the adjacent hilts were tinted with dyes of gold and purple. The island of Bom bay itself seemed submerged in depths of yel low radiance; it lay, in fact, like a sptek of darkness, in.a sea of amber, so rich and mellow was the sunset’s glory. The far-off hills seem ed robed in purple, and on every side the land scape was one of repose and beauty. The gen tle waves of the Arabian Sea, as they rolled in broken murmurs upon the yellow sands—the lofty palms as they swayed to and fro, breath ing a music all their own, and the hum of a city, numbering upwards of 750,000 : souls, raised thoughts in tlio human heart wonderfully at variance with the awful scene about to bo cu peled. , About half past four o'clock the military be gan to arrive. Gun after gun made its appear ance, and took up the position assigned to it. Out of every gateway from the fort, Europeans and natives were pouring on to the esplanade in hundreds, and from the native town, every al loy, street and lane were disgorging ther thou sands. AU seemed anxious to behold two trai tor Sepoys blown into dark eternity. Their crime was known and the stern and compressed lips of ovary European present told how well they deserved their doom. The manner in which they had been detected in their nefarious designs was subtle and complete, and reflected much credit on the deputy commissioner of po hce and his assistants. Three times had amer- Ciful Providence defeated the plots of the muti- KSf rLotV' m f y - arrifal of European troops from remote colonies; and while the fourth plot was being brought to maturity, the two Bnminals were seized. The times demanded that a terrible example should bo made, and the Worn of tho men \yns speedy, five o’clock, the whole of the troops in the garrison had taken up their position on tho esplanade; As the parade was formed, it been pied three sides of a square. In the centre of what may be called the base lino, wore the nr tttlery, with five hundred sailors of the Honora ble Company’s Navy on their left, and about tho same number of,Her Majesty’s Ninety-fifth Hc§ni}Ci)t on (lie right. ’The right amj, left . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , , . „ . , ... . , • . , , . . ... . , . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . . - . .. ~.•. . . . . . . . • . . . . . . BY JOHN Bf. BRATTON. VOL. 44. sides of the square were composed of the. Sepoy regiments of the Garrison, against which were placed six guns, three on cither side, loaded, levelled, and laid; tjioarlillery inen having their matches lighted,'ready, to blow the three-native regiments to pieces,had a finger hut been raised. Between the six.guna were placed, at right an gles to the basement of the square, the two guns to which the prisoners were to be fastened The gunners were all men of the Royal ArtillcfyV and the position of each seemed gauged to a’ hair’s breadth. It was evident that they were new to the work ; but their quict and compos ed manner showed .that they were, quite pre pared. Immediately behind the twb giihs, the' guard, with the two prisoners In the centre, was stationed; :. p - ; i -As the hour of five struck, the stillnebs be came. awful; .every feeling.iand fapulty.;^.as strung to its utmost tension, and thebcating’of hearts became audible. The Spectacle was One of quiet horror, there being hone of that exeite mcntwhich is to be met with at a public exe cution in any other part of the world. ; The na tives of India are not a demonstrative'race, and they . looked on with an appearance.of stolid in difference. The handful of stern and determin ed Europeans had, moreover, overawed them, and there, was but one feeling predominant— fear. Aihongst all the assembled thousands, a murmer could not' even bo heard—a-whisper, would almost have broken the stillness. The. officers rode along tile lines resolved and silent. So noiseless was their motion, that even the champ of their horses’ bits and the clank of their sabres jarred upon the car. While tho clock was yet-striking, the Brigadier commands, ing the garrison rode in front of the two execu tive guns, and it seemed for a moment as it all sound had died a.Way. . The sentence of the court-martial was then read to the prisoners in the Hindustani lan guage, after which they were ordered to prepare for death, They were stripped of their regi mental jackets, and marched between, files of their European guard to the muzzles o( the two guns. The rill Kavildar, one of the two, was a noble looking man in the noon of manhood; fall and’stately.; His mien Was erect ahd dignified until the men of the Royal Artillery laid hands on him; Then he seemed to feel that his hour had come; a.shudder shook his frame, Iris jaw fell, andhis ivory white teeth were disclosed. • While the two men Were being bound, not a syllable was uttered by the. assembled crowd, but a rattling of steel along the lino gave notice that thcEnfleld rifle were being prepared for action. At-the word “prime’’—and when the ominous chck of the lock fell upon, the car,; the Tenth Native infantry visibly shook. It was evident that they did not know but that next moment the rifle might be brought to shoulder, and levelled against their front,. r. / • Simultaneously with the loadingof theinfan try, the guns to the right and left of the crimi nals were turned straight upgf?i the native regi ments. They were loaded to themuzzlc With cannistcr and grape, and the gunners stood by the touch holes With their matches lighted. Qn the ramparts of the fort four sixty-eight pound ers were also laid and ready. , • *"Bythis'XimiJtli9 : ‘prfgo'nciWW#<f the two guns. There was a-moment's.-pause, which was broken by Captain Bolton of the Royal Artillery, calling out, with a loud voice, “Let all retire from the two guns except, the. two men with the port fires ; at (he Word ‘Fire,’apply the match.”. There was probably a ■ pause of two seconds’ duration ; -then the word “Ready !”. was given by Captain Bolton. The gunners took but a moment to. blow' up their matches, but it seemed a) long, long time. The two prisoners and the two artillery men stood out in bold relief, immovable as statues. The nwful stillness was at length broken.-. The word “Fire 1” rang out clear ns a clarion note from the lips of Captain Bolton. Next mo ment the earth shook ns if a volcano had opened at our feet. The guns were -enveloped in thick clouds of smoke," through the white wreaths little particles of a crimson color were falling thick as snow flakes. The particles were the prisoners blown into atoms. ' When the smoke cleared, a score or two of half naked then, each with a broom and asmall basket were scattered over the plains. They wOrc the sweepers, picking up the fragments for interment, and robbing the crows of their morning repast. As the sun dipped in a sea 6t gold the artillery limbered up, the military marched to their lines,and the crowd dispersed. Those who witnessed the impressive scene will never forget it. The Europeans were scarce ly one to d thousand —in fact,they could hardly ■ ‘ ,be seen amongst the my raids of Asiatics: but all appeared as cool and confident as \jr they had been a{ a review in Hyde Park. Ahd yet there was scarcely a man present who had. not been sleeping with a loaded revolver m his bed clujgibcr for months, or who would .have ex pressed the least surprise if his sli/mber had been broken any night by,the raltlo.of musket ry, and the roar of artillery. So long had we ; all been sojourning in the valley of the shadow ; of death! , As distance lends, enchantment to the view,it. is possible that the spectacle I have endeavored to dcscribe may be denounced by a class of En glishmen ns cruel andinhuman; butthey.ought, before condemning, to pause and reflect on the enormity of the crime, which the men who were executed projected. They had plann'ed the de struction of every European -man, woman and child—on the island of Bombay, ■ . ■ How Macaroni is Made,— Conceive, says the Boston Advertiser, of a table of very thick plank. Through this is made - a hole shaped like a funnel—largo on the Upper side of (ho ta. bio and tapering down to the size of the inten ded macaroni on the under side. The funnel shaped hole is lined with molnl for smoothness. A piece of largo wire, of the size of the hollow muisJV# 1 , 10 >3 bold upright in the thrmi Un - n , el i ) ‘ v 0 small cross bar passing through it fi to side of the funnel. Tlio lower end of this upright wire, being oven with u nio n' ond of sho5 ho funnel-arid in the centre of it, has thus a circular space, or pmpfy rinr around it, through which the'dough is to nafs and take its macaroni shape. On tlio (alilo! around .the funnel, is placed a-strong metal hoop, wide like a chcose-iioop, which is tilled with the woll-ltnooded, waxy dough. On this mass is brought down a heavy weight or a screw, which forces it through the funnel, the upright wire piercing a hole in the middle of it, and the cross-bar dividing it into halves as it passes down. After ithas passed the bar,how. over, the tapering of the iunnol forces together the edges of these halves, which immediately ro-unito, and the mended tube grows thinner and thinner, till it takes its perfect form and is sues continually from the lower side of the fa ble, whence it is taken in lengths of a yard or moro and hung up to dry. HIT” A dramatic author wont to see his owii play performed, aad expressed his surprise to a friend on the thinness of tho house. “ I sup pose,” ho ■ added, ‘‘its owing to tho war.”— “No,” replied his' friend* “ I think it must bo owing to the piece.” Steam Wit.—At a recent railway festival at Cleveland, in honor, of Mr. John Durand, tho tallowing striking sentiment was given : Our Mothers —The only faithful tenders who never misplace a switch, ' • . Bnlwcr on llic Destruction of Jerusalem. A few weeks ago Sir E. BulWcrEyttbndoliv ored a lecture in Lincoln,.Which' city holms for I ii number of; years represented in Parliament, bn‘ (lie - early history of Eastern nations'. Ho gave' an outline of the history of tho Babylonian, Assj’rain, Persian, Egyptian,iGreok and Jewish nations, and closed with jlib following powerful hud dramatic description of (lie destruction ol Jerusalem by Titus ~.Six years after tliabirth of ohr Lord, Judea rind Samaria became a Roman province, tinder subordinate governors, the most lambus of whom Was'Pontius Pilate. These governors became so oppressive that the Jews broke but Ihtp.robel.llon; and seventy years alter Christ, Jerusalem was,finally besieged byTitns/nftbf wards Enipci'orot Koine. No tragedy on- tho' Stage has the" same .scenes of appalling toifor as' are to_ bp-found: in'tbb liistdry of ,thla;seigo.-W The city at the.dead liest War with cnch.otluu—all Uio elements of civil liatrpd. hatlbi-oke loose—tho strriefsjjvera slippery, with flip hlopd- of, ~ citizonSr-bf other slaty briithef—-the; granaries wore, set on flrg4- famlno wasted fhOso Whom; the ‘sword' did hot slay. In the'midst of those civil nitissacf ds; the Roman AHnioa appealed before the vvplls of Je rusalem. Then for a short tirtio the%Val. fac tions united against, flie. common ' fob; they werqmgain' the gallant countrymen of Ravid and Joshua— forth and scatteiod thp. ea gles Of Romo. But this triumph was briefk the ferocity of the ill-fated Jews soon .again W.asted' itself on each other. ;Aiid Titus marched ,oht-r encampod his armies'Close by the wallsk-htid from the Heights-flip Roman.generalgazed with awe oh the strength and splendor ot the city ol- Jehovah, , , ■ Lot us hero pause—and' take, .ourselves, a. mournful glance at J erusaloin, as it then, was. The city was iortifiod by a triplejivall, save on one side, whero it was protected'by deep and impassable ravines. These walls, of the most solid mas.oniy,,werb guarded by stvongtowers,: , opposite to,-thq loftiest of these’ towers Titus, had encamped. From the height of that tower the sentinel; might have scon slretchcd.bolow the whole of that fair territory of, Judea, about to pass fropr the countrymen of David. Within those walls was the palace of the kings—its roof of cedar, its doors of the rarest its, chambers filled with tho costliest tapestries, and vessels of gold, and silver. Groves and gardens gleaming with fountains, adorned- with statues of bronco, divided the courts of the palace it self. But high above all, upon a precipitous rock, rose the temple, fortified and adorned by Solomon. This temple’, was as strong without as a citadel—within more adorned than a palace; On.entering, you behold porticos of numberless columns of propbyry, marble and alabaster,- gates adorned with gold and silver,- among which was the wonderful gate called the Beau tiful. Further on, through a vast arch, wasthe ; sacred portal which admitted into (lie interior of the temple itself—all sheeted over with goldj and ovcrliung*y-[f vine tree of gold, the branch es of which wore as largo as a man, The,roof of the tomplo, (iven on the outside, was set over with golden sflkes, to prevent the birds settling 'there and defiling the.holy dome. At a dis tance, the whole temple looked like a mount of snow, fretted with golden pinnacles.. But alas l asupdor by an, inexpiable 'crime, and iho Lord of Hosts did riof fight with Israel. But.tho en emy is thundering at the wall: - . All around dho" city arose immense machines, from which Titus poured-do'wn nitglity fragments of rock,,' and showers of firo.. The,wails gave way-rdho city .was entered—fho temple itself was stormed.—. Famine in the meanwhile liad made such havoc, .that the besieged were more like specters than iiving mon j they devoured the belts to their swords, the sandals to their, feet. Even nature itself so perished away, that a mother devoured her own infant; fulfilling the,awful Words of 'flie warlike prophet who had first led the Jews towards the land of promise—« The tender and delicate wotiien among yon, who would-not ven ture to set the solo of her foot upon tho ground • for delicateness and, tenderness —her eye shall bo evil towards her young one and the children that She shall bear, for she shall cat them for want of all things Secrejly in the siege and straightness wherewith thine ene my shall distress thee jri thy gates.” Still, ag if the foe and the famine was not scourge enough, ciiizens smote and murdered each other as they met in the way—false prophets. ran howling through tho streets —every image of despair completes the ghastly picture of the fail of Je rusalem. And now the temple was set onflre, the Jews rQaliing through the flatnes to pcrisli amidst itsfiipins. It was a calm summer night of.August; the whole hill on which JfiflS# the temple was one gigantic blaze of fire '—the roofs of cedar crashed—the golden pinna cles of tho dome' were like spikes of crimson flame. - Through the lurid atmosphere all was carnage arid slauglrter i the cohoes of shrieks, rang back from the hill of Zion and the Mount of Olives. Amongst’ tho smoking ruins, and over ’piles of the dead, Titus planted thestand ard of Home. ThriS pero fulfilled the last avenging prophesies—thus perished Jerusalem. In that dreadful day, riieii still were living who might have heard tho warning voice of him they crucified—‘Verily 'I say. unto you (ill, .these things shall come upon this generation. * * * 0 Jerusalem,'Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest-them that are sent to thee, * behold your house is left unto youjHaolatc!’’ And thus wore the Hebrew Scattered over the fade of tho earth, still roaming to this hom‘ thoir mysterious identity —still a living proof of these prophets they had scorned or slain —still vainly awaiting that Messiah, whose divine mission was fulfilled 18 centuries ago..upon Mount Oaivaryt” 0= An Irish “gentleman” had occasion to visit the South, some months since. When he returned, he remarked to a 'friend that the ■Southern people were very extravagant. 1 Upon being asked why so, lie remarked ■ that, where ho staid, they had a Candlestick worth eleven hundred dollars! vWhy, how in the wprld could it have.cost that much?” inquired the friend; Ooh, it was nuthin more’n a big nig ger fellow a holdin’ a torch for us to ate by f” ET*‘Pompey,. did you take that note to Mr. Jones ?” ; ‘Es, inassa.’ ‘Did you see him ?’— ‘Es, sar,. me (lid.” ‘How ho look V— ■‘Why, inassa,'he looked pColy well, ’sidering he is so blind.’ ‘Blind ! what do you mean by that ?’ ‘Why, inassa, when I wasin do room gibben de paper, he asked me whar .ray hat was, and perhaps you won’t believe me. but, massa, it war on do top oh my head do hull lime.” Montgomery county (Va.) Star says n°g cholera,is on tho increase, and that 600 hogs have died of it in tho South western; portion.of that county. No remedy lias, as yet, been found cilcotuai in • stopping the rava gea of the disease, and it generally proves fatal in 10 or 12 hours. . / OCT” It is said that hoops may bo so construc ted as to serye for tents and in a case of q show er, all that a lady will have to do will bo to touch a spring, and in a moment she will find herself ensconced (like a snail) in a little house of her own.' , - CT” “What would be, dearest,” said a gen- Icman to his sweetheart, “ if I were to 'press ho seal of love upon those sealing-wax lips?” ■ li’shpuld' be stationary, sir.” • , “ OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS DE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OIV WRONG, dUR COUNTRY.” ’' ‘ •/ V",, CARLISLE, TnUjlSD|Y } JUNE 10, 1858. From a volume just published iifijondon, of vary viewing poetry, entitled •< TliVllivulct, a Contribution to Sacred Song,” UylTliomas T. Lynch. In silence mighty things are svfejSght— ■ Silently bnilded, thoitght .ontlfpiigbt, " Truth's tcfiiple greets fhesla - ; ■ And, like a citadel iyith (Otvef§'‘ The soul, with her subservienlaiowere, • Is strengthonodisilentl} - . >» Soundlossns chariots on the a’rwiv, . ’ The'saplings of the forest gi'oly ** * Tdtrees of mighty girth) '.li , ■ . :Eooh nightly atar in silence bums, And every day in silence . ■ The axle ol‘the earth. The!silentftost, ivitlrmighty himii. Fetters the risers and the land S?. . AVith uuiVersarcbain ■ , ' And smiMen by fho : silent The chain, is lobsed,. the yiyers'|[tn, . The lands aro freo again. ; !,.• jJv.xiazv.pAv;.' -r|rr, ■ .yTbo first weddingr-what a funngltiub" thpr must have hadi, This occurred abodMie eighth day- of January, in" ,(lid year'.onofaliout six :thousandjyoarß.Binc.e;,, flow I prestoe all will want to learn how everything Ad it ty’as thd first wedding,'evorytliihg ho ori ginal! In novot/StyiO: I must with tho daya.ot courtship; nnd.aa. it wtjswiot very, lengthy; (as all should, lie,) ,X have i&t much to write on that score. QiVo'day bohig|hll the time that was nocessarytto -get".through jjje-.prelimi narics to thoConsumthalipn of-thohVuptuaj He —rl - havo . forgotten. the' precise, I wgtjagb Jlrt Adarti nscd.Jn addressing-Jliss Evejinthis del-'; icate subject—tfor it- wns'.a Img-tirniiigo, and hiyjnomory is. somewhat trenclieroifej hut one thing X can.nssure you of, that Miss jßyedid not say no. Hiv, when slip meant yds. Afid did .not want ttnio to consider about the proposition, or the transaction wouldjhot: have boeiyconcluded in one-day. Finally all the vows hjitj protesta tions of unending, undying love were made ns they Wertnsented in a shady bower iuljho garden of Eden. . . ■- I. .{f-,.; , It;was a beautiful day. The sun tose in un clouded splendor, tp‘gladden", With IB! refulgent rays,"thb primeval wedding day. (The .sweet-, scented flowers Were/ ih .lull bloomjf the white, rose, emblem of purity, decked thediordeis of tho'gnrdon.j tlio violet,lily,mid winding honey suckle, displayed Tidily colored leatjss.in their most altrabtiyb forms Jon this nioraeiitous.morn. Momentous it lias proved fo millionjiVf human souls; for if Grandmother Eve had only coquet ted our v.orierable.Grandfather A (lain, he might have been doomed to wander to aniSjfiior spliero to win his lady love, iiutjiho was not-,wise (or silly).enough for (hat, and yomigjjlr- Adam had not learned as yet the.flattoriesffif fulsome, desceptive language; and -both bom; sincere, tlioVr days ot courtßbip.We.ro- necessarily abort. There was Jio Vring maniiria tii. approval frbmf Slid tb'e-y: •Mreidifeltevdd >: df; A wp/ld ‘df jt^Mte-Von-that score., &b'or6aliin"g i pfopbWrc;TOc^ t oifaHnfa, to disturb the sconeno cold-hereftp'd bachelors 'to chill thb bfmosphbro j m> lUnlt-lJrtiiijig, maid ens to disturb tlio atTangcnienfs ,- ’uo nii-schtL-f, making hrionds to ..try, their' ci|ißsta6oy : :- no ri vals to excite jealousy; no lovpr’s; qtmrrbis to settle, 'to make them better frien'dit nfferwards. " The bride was extremely young—oiily one day old—a little too young to suit tlio fastidious tastes Of .ilie gentlemen now-a-days, and rather too ertrly lor the ladies ol the present age to un dertake the management of domestic affairs, -without a housekeeper,, and I am certain Ido not know. whore Mrs. Adam could have pro cured one, by the extreme total scarcity of do mestics, and ns her intended was satisfied with her attainments, ail would be right. I presume it would not bo a groat undertaking to superin tend thb culinary department, us Adani bad not time as yet to manufacture a great variety of cooking utensils, one of the miglily'tronbles ol a housewife; (how I wish all gentlemen, be fore they dare wed, had the same to do, and I am certain ho would nol grumble at-the scarcity of dishes^rl.wonder,if Congress could not pass a law to that effect 7) The parlor was arranged With taste but stop!’they had ’np residence erected yet; they wore still in delightful Eden. ■ But.tho woddjng—that is' what I liave'at- tempted to describe. , There stands that youth ful pair, wi th hearts warmed Into a living, life, by the first, best, purest,-holiest feeling, of hu man: nature. And now they aroVprepnred for the: ceremony which would- maiciJ them one.— In thbs'o days Of simplicity and 'economy Mr. Adam had not to trudge away miles to a. clerk’s office :to procure a license, that, 'cost one half-dollar; lor I opine lie tmd-npnoto give;— but,'.speaking to his bride thus, —“Art, thou willing to become niy wife;-for theb and'thee, only do i: love; % will .be constant and 1 true while life lasts—wilt thou bo my helpmeet and lawful .wedded wile !” I : could not distinctly , hoar all of the trembling bride’s response,; but a slight inclination of the head /and a few low murmured words constituted an affirmative; I did.not hear her say she would obey her lius band, and X do not believe she said, any such thing. I believe that to bo nvmodern innova ticmlnoompafablh with the letter of l|io com pact. To love devotedly was all that was re quired of them, and ns this was the first ({ted ding, all subsequent ones should pattern there from. Ihavo not the remotest suspicion iu-my mind that Mr. Adam styled himself the, 1 ' Lord of Creation,” and told his. blushing bride, — “ Thou must obey /” or he-would .-'.undoubtedly have missed securing his fair'bride, with (he snug little, fortune of one half of creation, and then ho would have been doomed to ivander and wander on with no resting place;' I verily be lieve ho spoke in this manner f {‘Mrs. Adam, do just ns you please, and I’will ‘dothoWime ; for in this way we will insure bur lasting felicl-. ty.” They required no officious clergyman to perform the ceremony, lengthened in proportion to their foes. Their vows, were uttered be neath the canopy of Heaven; then the bond was framed which naught but death could sev er. The feathered cboir,perching on the hedge of Paradise, burst forth in one long glad song of praise. . ■ , - • The ceremony concluded, they had no carri age-ride with railroad speed, oyer hill and dale, but tenderly lie clasped her snow-white hand,' and, leaning on his arm, they promenaded down the bordered walks to the ,ncli collation 1 prepa red for the occasion by the hand of Nature.— There was no costly, wines served in golden goblets ,on silver plate,'but the pure crystal brook was all they wished for to quench their thirst, and the delicious fruit, hanging on every branch, constituted their only nourishment, There intruded no-teasing friends or unwel come guests to map their felicity. But all alone they wandered from bower to bower ; egotistical they already wore (as all. newly married persons are.sure to become) they,real ized that now their happincssSyas without alloy. Kindred spirits united for life'; (ruo, pure lovo dwelt in each, heart, and they wore supremely happy; .. - Their example has , been followed-by every omr, (too fast again—nop every one, but nearly every one) of (ho human family since; hut-only varied in form to suit circumstances. As there wore no papers—that is newspapers -published-then, their bymcnial notice was hot published; but if there bad, I presume (bo following would bo a fac simile of (lie notice: •Mmuiikd —ln the Garden of lOdon, of their free Will and consent, on the Blb day of Janua ry, in the year of the world one, Mrl A'llum, SILENCE. The Firfit Weddinj Hi Si I . 9 S '9 In ra . S' g m ■ J%r if:4r Jlr sw Jlr 7 /Sr <#> aged throe days, to Miss Eve, aged one day.-; Tlio groom and brido are Immensely wealthy, their marriage portion consisting of the whole world. A long lift], joy unbounded, and innu- merable blessings attend thorn through life The ‘llbtirctl Plijsiciait.” It appears that Dr. James, the “retired phy sician, whose sands of life have nearly run out,’’ has retired and run out from the scene'of his labors, leaving behind him a disconsolate police and an unhealed world. Not even £ his famous Cannibis Itulica, or East India .Ilenip, which had saved his only daughter from the grave; was aide to arrest the mysterious’ prowess by which his shadow grew less and less, until -It, entirely disappeared; IBs “Sands of life,” he has, however, converted into sands of gold,-and the possession of one hundred thousand dollars consoles him from his cgliiphlspry flight froth the gbitics bfNew Ybrltt;■ The “retired physi cian” is not the only masquerade in which the departed Brown—his real name—has figured, lie was also H. Monsett, who changes mercury into gold; lie was Professor James T. Horne,who advertises that ho will show anybody the why to make §lOOO a year, if not more, upon the receipt of a certain sum in postage stamps, yyhioli, coming duly to hand, the applicants arc seiit a recipe for the manufaolure of artificial honey, and tlieng/it to- sell it. in any county, winch the dupe may select, the two costing §5. The enterprising Brown is also Madame Julie Mcllville, who has lately received from France some splendid cosmetics. These fa'cis. have been brought to light by the New York police, who are now.in eager pursuit of the retired and retiring physician. It appears that there was no Cunitibis Jndica m the ipcdicine of Brown, but -merely a.compound, of liquorice, slippery' elm, decoction and honey , costing sixteen cents, .bp.ttlc and all, and- for which ho charged S 2. Ills ‘Regulating and Purifying Pill’ and ‘Ex cior Ointment of India,’ were made on the same principle, and sold for ns ninny dollars as' they cost him cents. The most magnificent of his cosmetics, ‘Themilk of Roses and Extract of Elder Blossoms.’ turns out to have been a mix lure of magnesia and alcohol, costing him about eight cents-y-pricc $2 a bottle. It remains tp. bo seen unijfer what new disguise the ‘retired physician’will make liis next appearance be fore the public. A , Snake Story. An officer of the American Army told litis anecdote of his experience,.while professionally in Florida, during the war there: “ One day,” said he, 1 -I shouldered my gun, and I went in pursuit-,of game. In-passing through a swamp, I saw something a few feet ahead of rue, lying upon the ground, which had every.appcarance of a log, it being some fprly feel in length; and about one fool in dianietcr. So positive was I that it was nothing but a log, .that I paid no attention to -it; the fact is, I would have been swprn befpre a epurt of justice -that itWas a leg and nothing else. You see, I had-never hoard of snakes growing.,jo sucli huge and the fact is,.X- ueytr should have believed it, if I had. ' : f‘ >VcIl,” lie continued,-.“bet ween me and the Ipg. (ns I took, if. to bo.) was (i miry place, whioji wits necessary for me to avoid. I there fore placed the butt end:of my gun on the] ground ahead of mo, and springing upon if, li right on top of—what do you suppose.!” . * V A boa constrictor.” said one, .‘■No.”' .“ An anaconda, “N 0.",, ■ “ AVhat eould.it have been ?" said a third “ Just what I supposed it to be—a log,’ said the wag, saiil another. The Goat . Processor. . ;Dr. Cooper, of South Carolina, was one of the best natured old gentlemen Hint ever lectured to miabhevioiis boys On one occasion, when he entered his lecture room, he found the class all sealed with unwon ted punctuality, and looking wondrous grave. Mischief, it was evident, eyas the cause, and ft whs apparent they were prepared for a burst of laughter as the old doctor waddled,along up to the professor’s chair, for there sat . au old he goat, bolt upright lashed in the chair. But they were disappointed of their fun, for instead of getting angry and storming at them, he mildly remarked: . ’ V Ah, young gmtlemen ! quite republican. I see, in your tendencies—fond of a representa tive goVcriHricnt—elevated one of your own number do the chair, hey? Well,' it is all right. I dare si)gi the present incumbent can fill it as well as any of you—may listen to his lecture to-day.- Goodbye! Don’t feel sheep ish about it !” Tlionins Jefferson’s Fullicr, Peter Jefferson’s physique is described by Mr,- Rancjall, as follows He was a man of gigantic stature—plain,and adverse to' display—he-was grave taciturn, slow to make, and not over prompt to accept advances. He was one of those calmly and al most sternly self relying men, who lean on none —who desire help from none. And he certainly had. both muscles and mind which could be trusted. II q could simultaneously head up (raise from their sides to an upright position) two hogsheads of tobacco, weighing nearly a thousand pounds each. lie once directed three able-bodied slaves to pull down a ruinous shed by means of a rope. After they had again and again inade the effort, ho bade them stand aside, seized the rope, and'dragged down the struc ture in an instant. Traditions havecornedown of his continuing his lines ns a surveyor, thro’ savage wildernesses, after his assistants had given out from frrainc and fatigue, subsisting on the raw flesh of game, and even of his carry ing mules, when ail other food failed. O”0nc of the best looking girls in a certain seminary, is a red headed girl from Vermont. Out of the compliment to her hair, they call her “the torch of lovo.” Rather mere poetic than complimentary. • K7=My German friend, how long, .fiavc you been married? “ Vel,’tis a thing dat I sel dom don’t like to talk about; butwen I {locs, it it seems to be so long as it never va’s.” O” Our “devil,” says a country paper, wants to know how many “sheets” there are in a “token” pf love 1 A. short time ago a man became so com pletely “wrapt-in thought,” that ho was tied up, labeled, and sent off on the first “train of ideas." - ITT” “I wonder what-makes my eyes so weak,” said a fop to,a gentleman. “You needn’t wonder—they are in a weak place,” re plied the gentleman. • [C7* A student of medicine in 'Michigan, hav ing courted a girl for a year, gild 1 got thb iui(- tcn. turned and 'sued ’licr'faf her for the' visits bo pniddicr. AT $2,00 PER ANNUM Ladies and Foot Folic in Germany. A Writer in the New York Times, in speak-' ng of the rural life in summer of the better classes in Germany, Says : It is not half a dozen limes in summer that we enter a house, though we pay. a visit every day. In pvery garden are two or three bowers, and all sheltered so as to be safe in sunshine and in' shower. You enter a gate by ringing a bell, which admonishes a servant of your arri val. Far away, ifhero you see no one, he pulls a bolt, and a gentle push gives you admittance. Tlie Indies are sewing, or. rather embroidering nnd( chatting in the summer-houses, and there you go and sit or walk at your pleasure. If you stay to tea, the tea, or more often collee, is taken upon a rude board, table, Without cloth and without ceremony. We say the ladies are embroidering. Wp. have never seen a Gorman lady sew on any occasion. .Seamstresses are cheap, as well as cooks, and \yo, have no fault to find with the custom of employing them: bu t we arc beginning to surprise these far-famed German housekeepers, and models of industry, by telling them .that the American women, ex cept a few ultra-fashionable in cities, work some ten minutes as hard ns ladies of the same class in Germany. When wo tell them what Ameri can women really do—American ladies—they* raise their hands and roll their eyes in astonish ment. It never.entered their heads (p imagine that a lady, even in any.country, actually wash ed, and ironed, and baked. *• llow is it possi ble,” they, exclaim; “for a Indy to do such things?” The women in northern Germany cpin, ami the* German women, everywhere, knit, knit, kn.it, forever. . They need" such quantities of stockings-and'linen, where they wash so sel dom, and "Oh,” they' say, "how can people live and have the fuss of washing every week ?” Why, it almost kills them (6 think of. it. But though they have not the fuss of washing every week, they are much-more afraid of soiling a great quantity of clothes lhan.lhose Wlio endure this fuss oftener. In answer to our inquiries, and in accordance with Onr experience, the cusv tom is to give each person one clean sheet a month. The upper one is secured to the quilt all round. We have never been furnished with more than a quart of water a day and one towel a week for personal use.' In the same kind of family in America, they furnish a clean sheet every week, aiid a clean towel every day for the same price, There are no such people in Ger many ns are scattered all over the hills and val-. leys of England and America—gentlemen far mers and tradesmen, whose wives and daugh ters are ladies, as cultivated and refined as any city' ladies, and a little more so ! Here, the people who live in the country and in the small villages are all of the peasant class, entirely without culture or polish; When we are among them, we see, every morning, wo-, men go forth with hoes' and rakes on their shoulders, or driving oxen with the goad slick dri theirdiands, and .the "haw, buck," and "gee lush,” in their mouths. They look more toil worm and degraded than Indian women, of wlioth they often-remind us, and southern slavcsvcap,.has:opo,yyprsojot_cxc.ept hi the .slave, mart; and the fearing of heart strings, tvhicl: (ho : buying .and soiling impose. Here, - they oannot oven hope for this change. They’.can not pass from one little province to the Other, without paying a larger sum than is required (o pay (heir passage to America. ;A man born .in Nassau may go to America and have something left to begin with there, for what lie would.have to pay to make him a citizen of Frankfort, twen ty miles from his birthplace. If he is rich enough to go there and iivo'fifly years';without business, and Ins children are born there, it makes no difiereuce, they-must pay the price, before they are admitted to the marvelous priv iloges of the free oily'of Frankfort, The ASolina Harp. A correspondent desires us lo give tiim some particulars of this instrument, and directions how to construct it; and ns tlie summer is com ing on, and ils melancholy music may find many who will enjoy it during the hot season, we give the desired information for the benefit of all ourVeaders:— This instrument consists of a long narrow box of very thin pine, about six inches deep, with a circle in the middle of the upper side, of an inch and a half in diameter, in winch are lo be drilled small holes. On this side, seven, ten, or more strings of very fine catgut are stretched over bridges at each end, like the bridge of a fiddle, and screwed up or relaxed with screw pins. The strings must all bo turn ed to one and the same note, (D is, perhaps, the best,) and the instrument should be placed in a window partly open, in which the width is exactly equal lo the length of the harp, with thosash just raised to giye (ho air admission. When the air blows upon these strings with different degrees of force it will excite different tones of sound. Sometimes the blast brings out all the tones in full concert, and sometimes it sinks them to the softest murmurs. . A colossal imitation of the instrument just de scribed was invented at Milam in 178 G, by the Abbe Gnttoni. Iln stretched seven strong iron . wires, tuned lo the notes of the gamut, from (lie top of a tower sixty feet high, to the house of t Signor Moscate, who was interested in the sue- . cess of the experiment, and this apparatus, called the “giaitl’s harp,” in blowing weather yielded lengthened peals of harmonious music. In a storm this music was sometimes- heard at the distance of several miles Scientific American. tC7"“ Well, Jack, did you deliver that nice sage?” "Sarlain Missus.” ... To Col. Tnrlclon himself ?" “ Sartain Missus.” “And what did he sayjf” “ He put duck in do wallet, and say he much obliged." O” “ Pooh! pooh !" said a wife to her expi ring husband as he strove to utter a few part ing words, “don’t stop to talk.” O’ An editor out West says "if time is mon ey,” ho would like to exchange a little of his for the “hard." K 7” A lover wishing to concentrate his ardor into one burst of passion, exclaimed, “ Oh, Angelinc Augusta, I feel towards you like the burning bush that Moses saw, I’m all a fire, but ain’t consumed.” 0= Borrow not your neighbor’s newspaper, nor lounge about stores and barber shops to steal the reading of one: but go to him that hath it to sell, and buy for thyself. K 7” “ Father, how many days aro (boro in 1858?” said a young hopeful ip his paternal an cestor. “ Why, 305 s of course,” was the re ply. »No there ain’t; forty ol llioai ait Lent.” , FaiiV's Kvns. —A Spanish wrilcfspcakmgof rf.lady’s block eyes says—" They were mourn ing for the murders they committed.." The history of the imperial family Of Austria is a striking illustration of how often the gcat cst events are the offspring of small •accidental., causes. A Count ,of Switzerland once met, Whilst on a sporting excursion, a poor priest bn his way to administer the sacram’cnTfo parishioner. Uis progress is arrested by a a brook, just at the moment when , the .Count with his retinue arrives. ‘ Respectfully he offers his own horse lo the priest, humbly it is acccp - led, and the next day returned. God forbid,’’ exclaims the-Count to the messenger, “ I should ride li horse again which carried 1113' savior; t bestow it on the church and the priest.” This poor priest becomes the chaplain rind the confident of the Prince Elec tor of Mentz, and his influence prevails first spiritual Prince ,of Germany ttr propose • he pious horse-lender to .the assembled electors of his cinpirc; Ash/s military powers promis ed lo be useful at a time when Germany wasin fcsled by numberless petty way-laying knights, and his want of power gave no reason for jeal ously, lie was accepted; and thus Rudolph, Count of llapsburg, became the first though least powerful monarch of' ChjjjStendom;- — Though a wealthy Count, he was apoorPrince. ; He had, however, a treasure in his daughters, if Inch he disposed of in that prudent way; which enabled him, with the assistance of his princcly sons-in-law. to deprive Ottocnr. the King of Bohemia, of Austria. 'This dukedom had been seized, after the decease of the last Uuke.of-the NO., 52: house of Babensburg. by Otlocar, and was ihf vam demanded by Rudolph..' Otfocap Was twice defeated ; and his death on the field of battle secured the family of llapsburg in the first possession, th 6 archdukedom of Austria'. Ills successors pursued the' same prudent and marrying, way,-..and. acquired by these means •he kingdom of Bohemia, Hungary, a numbop of sinallcr provinces, and, finally, Uie vast Span ish monarchy, tiff Charles V., the most power ful monarch of Europe, dared lo aspire,'three hundred years afterwards, to universal monar chy. Without 'a distinguished character, with out even Ihe loyeof (hose nations, and in spite of continual revolts, this family not only extrac ted itself from imminent dangers, .blit rose froth Is";frequent downfalls more powciful ihan-bo forc. '■ ■On liia lirst trip by land,' to sec his father IhV Boston-, he was bothered nlnioatto death by the abominable inquisitiveness of the New England tnvernkecpcis. ' ■ Neilhcrman nor beast could, gravel among , them in conifort.- No, matter Junv wet orwea ry, how -hungry or thirsty, the poor traveller might be, lie. was not-to expect an atom of re freshment,frpin the silly publicans until their most pestiferous curiosity was first gratified- And then Job himself could not stand such questions as they would goad him with.; such as whcic ho came where lie might be a gout —and what religion he might he'of— and if he was a married man—and so oh, After, having been leased prodigiously in this way for several days, until at last the bare sight;of ti public house almost threw him into an ague,he determined to-try (lie following remedy at The very, next tavern; Soon as. ho alighted from his horse.he desired the tavern-keeper to col lect his whole family, wife, children and ser vants, every soul of them ; for he had some thing vastly Important to communicate--'All being assembled and Wondering, what ho had to say, lie thus addressed them: “My name is Benjamin. Franklin. I am a printer by trade. I live, when at home, in Philadelphia. In Bos ton I have a father, a goodold man, who taught inc, ivhen I was a hoy, to read my hook and say my prayers. I have ever since, thought it my duly to visit and pay my respects to such a father: and lam on (hat errand to Boston how. This is nil that'l can at present recol lect of myself that 1 think worth telling you. But if you can'think of anything clse-thal you wish to know about mo, T beg you Ip out with it at once, that I may.answer, and sb.givo you .a.n. opportunity 'to get me something,to,eati foy I long to be'pn my journey that T may return as soon ns possible to "iny fntnily and business, where I most delight Ip ho.” ■ 1 : Forty thousand sermons against idle curiosi ty could hardly have driven it so effectually out of New England ns did this little squib of ridi cule.— Weem's Life of Franklin. ' As most of our fair readers have a fourth fjo-., gcr, and that linger is liable to be caliednpnn or is already used for consecrated service, ; ir is. worth while to give the doctrine on the subject ; “•The wedding-ring-finger is the fourth'. An ger on the lett hand. Why this particular dig it should have received such a' token of,honor and trust beyond all its congeners, both in Pa gan and Christian limes, lias been variously in terpreted. The most common explanation is, according lo Sir Thomas Browne, “presuming therein-that a particular vessel, nerve, vein, or nrlcty, is conferred thereto from the heart;” which direct vascular communication Browne shows to be anatomically'incorrect. Macrobi us gives -another reason, which riiay. perhaps satisfy those anatomists who are not .satisfied l with the above. “Pdllex”be says, or thumlr (whose offices and gencial usefulness are suflic icntly indicated from its Latin derivative polleo, and from its Greek equivalent cmticheir, which' means‘as good as a hand,’) is too busy to be set apart lor any such special employment; the' next finger to the thumb being but halfprotcc-' ted on that side, bcsics having other work to' do, is also inelligiblu: the opprobrium attached' lo the middle finger called mcdicus, puts it en tirely out of the question ; and as the little flhr ger stands exposed, and is moreover, too puny to enter the lists in such a contest, the spousal 1 honors devolve naturally on pronulms; the wed ding linger.’ In the British Apollo, 1788, it is‘ urged that .(he fourth finger was chosen from its being not only Jess used than either of this' rest, but more capable of preserving a ring from. 1 bruises ;• having this one quality peculiar to. it self, that it cannot bo extended but in company, with some other linger, whereas the rest may lid stretched out to their full lenglh and straight ness. . One of the most mysterious and daring oc currences-wo have over hoard of took place at 1 the residence ol Wm. Echols, Esq., of this city',' on Wednesday night last. - The house was. entered'during the night some unknown person or persona, every door about tiro bouse, inside and out, left wide open, and every room visited. Most of tbo rooms were looked—tiro two outer doors having' been locked, and the key of one of them removed " just before the family retired for fbo night'. '1 be room occupid by (woo( tiro ladies oi'tho family was entered—various drawers'taken out and rmmnagcd-=articlos of apparel scattered over tbo door, and some oven removed to the other .rooms; and a largo travelling trunk carried out, which had been examined, hut, strange t 6 say, nothing taken away. A package oflettbik' was taken from (ho trunk, several opened; arid one of them torn info two or three pieces, and loft on theground. Miss E. lost a heavy gold ring from her linger, which site is confluent was taken by the burglar, from her vyhilifsho was still asleep. Wind is mysterious about this 'occurrence Is that nothing was stolen except tlioring, although many articles of value were in somo _of the rooms; watches, bracelets, and-other*jewelry was exposed, which might Jmfd been taken with case. Bat nothing of fiio kitid was disturbed. It may possibly have boon a burglar id search of money, and who was not wfitfng to.put up witii anything oiso—but thieves aro not usually so choice as to rotaso small articles ol value, such as gold watches. Wo have heard It .suggested, and (Ilink it possibly, (rno, (hat it was Iho work of a somnambulist, for it Is haul to boliovo that n sano man, wide awake would attempt so bold an exploit, and that 100 ou a. bright moonlight night— Huntsville, Alp., Jtmer.,Jtlay Bth. ini’ Why are sheep the most dissipated and infortnnate of animals'{ Because they gain jol in their youth, frequent the turf, arc often blacklegs, and arc universally fleeced. Origin of liio IFopsbnrg Fnniity % Idle Curiosity Crirctl. llTtltlins-Kiiis-Ology. A Romantic Burglar, i
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