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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
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job■> B. Bratton. .
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yoVtif a(.
“DON’T STAY LONG.”
A look of yearning tenderness
Beneath her lashes lies,
And hope and lOv.o unutterable
Are shadowed in her eyes,
As in some.deep aud’unrutlled stream
Are clouds and summer skies.
She’s passed to early womanhood,
From dreamy, sweet girl-llko.
And crossed the rosy threshold, but
To find herself a wife;
Oh, gently should he lead her steps
-Along the path of life I
-And as she clasps her small white hands
Upon his arms so strong,
How often, like a summer sigh,
Or a sweet pleading song,
!She whispers .with the parting kiss:
Beloved one, don’t stay long.”
•It’s almost always on her Up,
Her gentlest parting words,
‘Sweet as the fragrance from rose loaves
. When by soft zephyrs stirred,
-And lingering In the memory
Like songs of summer birds.
And in bia.beart they nestle warm,
When other scenes amid;
He stays not till she weary grows,
And her fond eyes are hid
In tears which lie in bitterness
Beneath each veiling lid.
And oh, how many hearts are kept
By that loyo-uttered song ? ,
There’s scarcely onewho on life’s wave
. Is swiftly borne along, .
But what has heard from some dear lips
These aoreet words—“ Don’t stay long.”
- KJILIEITY,
When you meet with one suspected
Of some secret deed ol shame.
And for this by all rejected
As a thing of evil lame;
Guard thine every look and action,
Speak no word ot heartless'blame,
For the slanderer’s vile detraction
Act may soil thy goodly name.
When you meet with one pursuing
Ways the lost have entered in,
forking out his own undoing,
Witli his recklessness and sjn;
Think if placed in his condition, ,
Would a kind word bo in vain ?,
Or a look of cold suspicion
Win these back to truth again ?
if Hid'd are spots that bear no flowers,
-Not because the soil IS' bad, ’
But the summer’s general slißWeffl
Never make their blossoms glad;
Better have an act tjiat’s kindly
, treated sometimes with disdain, •
Than by judging others blindly,
Doom the innocent to paiH.
Mwelliiiifeus.
Killing tM,-
Cr—nßV. B. F. TATLOtf.
' Time is tho meekest and mildcgLJtrid J6t th'e
most slandered■ stld abustil of all created
things.
They charge him with forgetfulness, while
he is always reminding them ol the pgst in his
twilights, and his sweet Springs and Autumns.
They make him out a Vandal, though he Wa
kens, the young tree that lay asleep at the roots
of the old, and gives the world a young ttfoori
in an old moon’s arms. They say he is' a foe
to the pencil and the graver, though with ar
tist hand he azures the hills we have come over,
and guilds the vesterdays we haveexpanded.un
tilthose look like curtains lot down from hea
ven in a roll, and these like the days we dream
of in Paradise.
They declare him “grim,” though he opened
a blue eye in a Violet, “that went into society”
only a‘morning ago, and smiles ■ in .a pair of
them, in a willow oradlfi over the way. He ri
pens the clusters o( the old vintage ; he endears
us to old books: ho blesses us with old friends.
They arc not content with the libels, and so
they paint him as a bald scythe-bearing bid
harvester.
That inlaying the cheeks of youth with the
leaves of red roses, as time docs—that building
a temple with a handful of acorns, if you will
billy have patience to wait for him—that soften
ing of the pulse of age down to the dying point,
as he can—that ripening into diamonds of to
day, the rude and smutty coal of yesterday —
these are no work for a poor, palsied, old hus
bandman. :
W ho has not heitrd in his timg, a pair of lips,
that “cherry ripe themselves did cry,”- talk in
the coolest manner imaginable, of killing Time?
Just as if he had not been their owner’s “next
test friend” ever since she was born—qlothing
her with beauty as with it garment.-nnd strew
ing her path-with blessings. Just as if the
hour bad not come with thousands as fair as
due,, when-they would have surrendered the ro
ses of York and Lancaster,only for a little.while
with Time—whet? they would have pleaded in
earnest tones lor the rudest of .bis moods, if he
would only linger.
Killing Time! When he has filled the heart,
And crowned the brow with jewelry—great, no
ble diamonds of days, and glorious circles set
around with hours- .He lavishes upon us from
childhood to maturity, all his treasures uf beau
ty, and strength, and opportunity, and lest we
should love him too much, and cling to him too
Closely, he-gcntly takes away from us, almost
Without our knowing it, gift after gift, that We
-toay "not bo encumbered with the “Impedi
ments,” as Cmsar caUed it —the baggage of life,
on the journeys we must, by and by,be taking.
He thins bur tresses, and turns them gray,' and
Stittf Snd white, and we come to think it is
about as well as the dark locks we wore once.
He takes away the springing step of youth, the
firm tread of manhood, and makes us love the
Sweet repose of home. Wo begin to think as
much of the-twilights as we did of the moons.
Then ho loosens a little the silver cords,and the
broken pitcher returns no more to tho fountain,
and the wheel is out of repair at the cistern,and
wo are ready to gov-- -
But' time, against -whom wc have plotted.
.lives on, and tho golden hands upon the dial of
heaven must stand still, ere.his great missions
of beauty and mercy will be ended.
An Editor’s Amdsbnent.— lt does a body
good to have his pride flattered once in a while.
•We realize the benefit of it once a year, when
the assessors come round and ask how much
money wo have at interest, how much stock we
>havc in the public fluids or in banks; and'vari
ous other questions that are supposed to be put
qqljr to the “solid men. ” If there is anybody
around', we sfraigten up slightly, expand our
corporosityVarid.in as heavy .a chest tone as we
can command, w.o apsjy.er: “About the same as
last year,” . They know, well enough what that
is. So,dp we.
amfiiraii
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 45.
MfieiMiial Bliss.
It is all, folly for girls lo expect to be happy
without marriage; every woman was made lor
■a mother; consequently' children are as' neces
sary to their peace of mind as health is. If you
wish to behold melancholy and indigestion,look
at an old maid; if you would lake a peep’ at
sunshine, look iii the fapeof a young mother,
‘Now I won’t stand that;' replied my aunt, ‘I
am an old maid myself, nod. I’m neither melan
choly npr indigestible: My piece of. mind I’m
going to give you in a minute. I would, never
touch a baby during my existence except with
a pair of tongs, — and sunshine ,
indeed ! Why, they are worn to fiddle-strings
before they are five and twenty. When an old
lover steps in he sees his grandmother , instead
of the little Mary who used to make him feel as
if ho should crawl out of the toes of his boots.-
Yes, my mind is quite made up about matrimo
ny. But as to babies—sometimes I think, and
then again I don’t know —on the whole I count
'em a decided humbug.. Its one sided partner
ship, this marriage; the wife casts tip all the
accounts. -
The husband gets up and pays his devoirs to
the looking glass, curls his fine head of' hair,
puts up’an jmmalculntc shirt bosom, ties an ex
cruciating cravat, sprinkles hisiJiandkcrchier
with cologne, stows away a French roll, an egg.
and a ciip'of cofiee, gets in an omnibus, looks
slantindicular at the pretty girls, and makes
love between the pauses of business in the af
ternoon. The wife; must hermetically seal the
windows and shut out the fresh air, and sits
.down, grasping at the table, more dead than
alive, to finish her breakfast. Tommy spils a
cup of cofiee down his bosom ; Juliana has torn
oil the strings of her school bonnet: ‘ James
wants his geography covered: Eliza can’t find
her satchel; the butcher wants to know if she
would like a joint of mutton ; the'tuilkmaii
wants his money : the iceman wants toSpetik
to her just a Bihrute: the baby swallowed a
beam ; the husband sends a hoy from the store,
his partners will dine with them, the- cook left
all flying to go to her sister’s dead baby’s
wake, and the husband’s thin -coat must be
ironed before noon.' Sunshine and young mo
thers! Where’s my smelling bottle!’
look More yon Kiel;,
A minister recently, while-on his Way to
preach a funeral sermon in the country, called
to see one of his members, an old widow lady,
who lived near the rode where he was travel
ing. TfeeokJ lady had just been making sau
sages, and she felt proud of their.’ they were so
plump, round and sweet. Of Course she insis
ted on her minister taking some of the links
home 10 his family, lie objected on account of
not having his portmanteau along. This ob
jection was soon overruled and the'old lady, af
ter wrapping them in 4 rag, carefully platted d
bundle in either pocket of the preacher’s capa
cious coat. Tims equipped, he started for the
funeral. '
While attending to the Solemn ceremonies of
the ■gVaVb. Some hungry dogs scented the sau
sages, and were not long in tracking them to
the pocket of the good man’s overcoat. Of
course ibis was/a great annoyance, and; lie Whs
several times under, the necessity of-kicking
those Whelps away. ; The obsequies at ’the;
grave completed, 1 the minister and congregation
repaired, to tire church whore the funeral dis :
.course was to be preached. .
Af:cr the scraion Was finished the .minister
Hiilted to make some remarks to his congrega
tion, when a brotlier, who wished to have an
appointment given out, ascended the steps- of
the pulpit and gave the coat a hitch
ip get fits atterition. The divine, tliiiikhlg it a
dog having a design upon Ids pocket, raised bis
foot, gave a sudden kick, and sent the good
brother sprawling do.wn the steps.
You will excuse me, brethern and sisters I”
said the minister; £onfuSttdly and Without look
m'g at ih'e Worl< he had just done, "for I could
not avoid it- I have sausages in my pocket,
and that dog has been trying lo grab them ever
since I cam'e upon'the,premises'!’,’
Outt readers m'ay judge of trie effect such
an announcement Would have at a’ fu'httfdtl.
The Shy Bachelor’s Manuel;
My suggestions involves n'odhio'g loss than the
writing of one gigantic book by all the ladies of
Great Britain put together. When I propose is
a Hand Book of Courtship, written by all Brit
ish Wives, and edited with-nbtes, by afi British
Daughters.. ■ Tho magnitude of my own' idea
absolutely takes away my breath—and yet, tho
executioifiof it is so unimaginably easy, that tho
Hand Book might be ready for publication in
six months’ time. I propose that every married
.lady'in'tho country shall write down, tho exact
words (for surely her affectionate heart must
remember them,) which her husband used when
ho made his offer to her; and that she shall then
add to the interesting report of tho offer illus
trative particulars of tho circumstances under
which it was made, and of the accompanying
actions (if any) by which tho speaker emphasi
zed tho all-important words as.they.fell front
his lips. I would have tho returns, thus pre
pared, collected as the income tax papers are,
With {he mos't extreme care and tho most honor
able secrecy. They-should be afterwards shuff.
led together in. baskets, arid distributed, bob by
one, just as they happen to turn up,-among the
unmarried ladies of tho country, with tho fol
lowing brief foi'mulaof fwo.guestionsattgOhed:
Flfst, wo did tho form of offer "presented here
with have proved to ,ho a satisfactory one in
yoiir case 7 And if not, will yon say in what
particulars you think it might bo improved ?
Seboftd, wotilct the afibbftijim'ij'i'ug actions, by
which tho offer was pressed on tho kind atten
tion of tho individual addressed have especially
inclined yon to favor it with a suitable reply !■--
And, if not, what improvements in the,way of
addition orsuppression would yob he disposed,
in tho strictest confidence, to suggest.? When
the ne.c’essary answers to-these ■ questions had
been givo.n, X would have tho papers again coK
looted, on tho same income-tax principlo, and
would immediately set tho printers at work.—
Tho Married Ladies’fieturns,should form tho'
text, and tho Unmarried Ladies’ Returns should
bo added in tho form of notes. No names or
addresses should appear anywhere. - Tho book
should ho bound in virgin white, with orange
flower decorations on tho back. Itshonid bo
printed in rose-colored ink, and it shonid bo is
sncd.lo tho world from a publishing house esta
blished for tho purpose in Doctors’Commons.
What an inestimable Bachelors’ Manual this
would he !— Dickens’ Household Words,
An honest farmer, having a number of
men hoeing in. his field,' wont out to seo how his
work wont on. Finding ono ol thorn sitting
still, he inquired the cause.
Tho man answered:
« I:thirst for the spirit.” ■
“Grog, ypu mean, I suppose,” said tho far
mer, “biit if the Bible teaches you to thirst af
ter tho spirit, it says also—“ Hoe! every one
that thirstoth.”
' tS^ - The happiest man in the world is tho one
with just wealth enough to keep him inspirits,
and just children enough to make him indus
trious.
A country editor thinks that Columbus
was not entitled to much credit,for discovering
America, (or the country is so largo ho could'
,not wall have missed it;.
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bomb.
After all there is no place like home. Oh I
what volumes there are in that little word.-
Arouml it olnsters alt the recollections of infan
cy, childhood, manhood; father, mother, sis,
tors, brothers, husband, wife, children, all that
is near and’dear'bn earth.’ What .would we
have been-but lor .the instructions received in
that delightful spot—the only Oasis on the des
ert of life? No matter whither our footsteps
stray, or under What circumstances we taoy be
placed incur life Journey Iron the cradle to the,
grave, .whether in poverty or .wealth, on the
land’or the sea’, in sickness or health, instinct
ively the heart (urns toward the dear spot .we’
call home, and longs to bo with the neap and
endeared ones, of. earth. .And yet, hear, dear
and lovely as •is oUT earth-homo’, it is but the
faint’foreshadowing'of the homo, that awaits us
in that glorious land where skies are eVcrcleat;
fields ever green, ,and oho Unending day bright.-
ens the scene ; for added to all the chafms’lhat’
encircle and make’ honie attractive’, there we
shall, in the homo, to which wo are all hastening,
heelernally remitted with those whom we loved
on earth, and the redeemed of ail ages, angola
and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, and
the Savior himself, to enjoy unending bliss
throughout all eternity. .. ..
A Beal Native. 1
The ignorance of this country among, other
wise well-informed English folks was curiously
illustrated in tho case of General W—(a
good fellow, but bogus general,) who visited
England a few years-ngo. Having occasion to
pass'a few days In a provincial town, which
boasted its literary coterie, he received an in
vitation through an acquaintance from Miss
Blue Stocking to attend a soiree. . The general
of course went, and being a line, handsome,
agreeable fellow, be was quite a lion.
In the course of the evening, Miss Blue, who
had managed to secure hjs undivided attention,
tapped him.piaj'fuily with her fan, apd said:
•‘Do yo« know that you are a naughty man?”
■ “How so, madam ?” asked the 'general.
“Why, for deceiving us all so; but I shan’t
teflon you of course; only every one in the
room has not seen as ranch as I.” The general
became nervous and thought, of course, that bo
must have committed sumo terrible faiix pas ;
but as the lady seemed kind and forgiving, ho
determined to probe the matter. “My dear
lady, I am very sorry if I have been guilty,of
any dereleclfon; do tell me, that I-may apolo-.
gisei.” “Oh 1” said Miss Blue, “it’s; only pre
tending to be an American.“ Pretending to lie
an American! But I am ah American, madam.”
“ Yes, perhaps you live there 1 but you ore not
a native, you know.” “On my honor, madam,
« real live native ot the State of New York.”
“That will do for the compahy to think, gener
al,” said, thp literary lady, “and of course I
shall undeceive them; blit you must know !
had a very distinguished American gentleman,
who was a native,tolunch withmothis morning,
and I Was'so sorry I Could hot have him to
meet yon to-night; but he was not at'all liko
you. His raven hair curled in siich beautilul
ringlets around his, head, and his complexion
was dark—very—darltJ—a perfect Othello of a
fellow.?' i, , '
“A.niggei-/” thought Ibe general; ahrt bog
ging our lady Cot to expose bis liltltr -rbie, in
trying
bprneVahd'enjbyed bis laugh, " ■'
God.— There is A God I , The, herbs of the
valley, the cedars of the mountains hlesS Him,
the insects'sport in his beams. . Tho.eiephat 'sar
lutes "htnf With'the rising of day, the birds sing
Him in ihC.foliage, the thunder proclaims Him
in tho heavens; the ocean declares. His immen
sity,- man alone has said,,“There is no God,”.
Unite in thought at the same instant the most
boaiitifui object in nature; suppose you see at
once aIL the hours of the day, and all tho sea.
Sons of the year; a morning of spring andmorn
ing ot autumn; a..night bespangled.with stars,
and a night covered with clouds; meadows ena
melled with flowers, forests hoary with snow;
Bolds gilded by the tints of autumn; then alone
you will have a conception of the universe.—
While you are gazing bn that sun which is
plunging under the vault, of the west another
observer admires him emerging from the gilded
gates of tho oast., By what inconceivable ina.
gic does that aged star which is sinking fatigued
and burning-in the shades of evening, reappear
at the same instant fresh and humid wittiltho
rosy .dew o,f the morning 7 ■ At every instant of
tnb day tjio glorious orb is at oneb .rising—re
splendent at noonday, and sotting in tho west;
or rather our senses deceive ns, and there is,
.properly speaking, no oast, or south or west in
tjl’e worldl y Everything' reduces itself to a sin
gle point, (fbm whence , tho King of Day sends
forth at once a trifle light in one. single sub
stance. Tho bright splendor, is perhaps that
which nature can best produce that is most beau
tiful; for while it gives us an idea of, perpetual
magnificence andresistless power of God, it ex
hibits, at.the same time; a shining image of the
glorious Trinity.
Use Plentx of GnAvy.— Dr. Dixon, in q late
number of the Scalpel, in' ah' .article on “ Diet,”
assumes tho position that “tho use of oil would
decrease tho victims of consumption nine-tenths,,
and that this is the whole secret of the use of
cod-livor. oil, 'find quotes.the following summary
of observations on this subject, made by Dr.
Hooker: '; ■ t , .
.1. Of all tho persons between tho ages' of fif
teen and twcnty-lwo than bne-iith
oat no tat meat.
2. Of persons at the ago of forty five, all ex
cepting less than one in fifty, habitually use fat
meat; , ■.
3. Of persons who, between ■ the ages of fif
teen and twonty-two, avoid fat meat, a few ac
quire an appetite for it, and'live 'to a good old
age, while tho greater portion die with phthisis
b'efprotbirty-Dvo. .
.. 4. Of persons dying , with phthisis, between
tho ages of twelve and forty-fivo,'niho-tehthsat
Tea'a^,'h'avoineyer used fat nioaL , *;•,»
' Most individuals who avoid fat mcat.also use
little butter or oily gravies j-though many com
pensate for this want, in part, at least,.by .a free
use of thbs'o aVti.olctf, and also milk, eggs, and
dafiobs sabcliarinp’ snbsfsnoes..- 'Bbt con
stitute an imperfect' substitute for fat meat,
without which sboner or later the body is almost
sure {o 'show tho' effects of deficient' calorifica
tion.
Hfr tirsf A’gaVn'.—The following is £ pretty
good-take off to the'“SensatiOn stories,” the Ist
chapter of which is frequently .inserted in jour
nals aaan advertisement. Tito man who indited
it can take our hat :
The Eibst -.Kiss.—“Ani I really - dear, So
phia ?” ";I- whispered and'nressed my '.bungling:
lips to her rosy mouth. She did,hot,/say yes ;-
she did not say no ; but she returned my kiss,,
add the earth Went from under my ; feet.: my,
soul was no longer in; my body,’.l touched .the
stars : I knew the happiness of the seraphim!
The above is all of, this deeply, exciting story
that we can publish'. . The, remainder will bo
found in the New York Blower of July Ist,
which has Tour million -more/subscribers than
there are inhabitants'll! the,'world ! - Korn Kob
writes for it—P. Knutts writes for it-r-Tad
Pole writes for it, and is sold every, where in
the world and out of it. ' r • •
One Sunday a lady called. >to her-little
boy, who was tossing marbles on thesidewalk,
to come into the house. Don’t you know - you'
shouldn’t be out there, my.son f Go into the'
back yard if you want to play .murblcs—il itf
Sunday.’! “Well, yes. Bat ain’t it Sunday in
the back yard, mother 1”
“OUR COUNTRY—MAT, li ALWAYS BE RIGHT—JIUT RIGUT OR WRONG,•''OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY i, 1858.
1 T’other dayasT.was twining
Rosesfur a crowntd time mj
. ’ What, of all things ’midst' tfe hcap>
Should I light oh, fast-asleepl
But tholfttlcdesperate'elf, f
, ’ The tiny traitor. Love himself!
1 By the wings I pinched him [up
Like abee Land in a cup , j
y. Of my wine Tsank him, . ]
And what d’ye’ think I did, I drank him.
Cdith. I thought him dead n®ot l«l
There he lives vrith tenfokLsw ;''
■ And now this nmWcnt, wiihjßis wings,
I feel him tiokling.my heart-|ti ings.
. - . Sfcsm Battle at West Mat.
The.oorrespondept of the Pbsf thos refers to
Gen. Scott, and to a sham fight’ among the ca
dets at West Point, during the Jreccnt review
exercises:
, Gen. Scott was present and renewed the ca
dets,'superbly dressed in the unjjbfm of a lieu
tenant general,, and looked, wha.twc Indisputa
bly, is, .the most illustrious' livinKihilitary lead
er of the.age. At half.past 8 o’clock, we were
attracted to the grounds again Lyra delicious air
from Trovalore; played by the'-band. While
all ears and hearts were engrossed with the mu
sic, bang went a mortar, speeding a shell thro’-
the air at the rate of a mile a swpnd, more or
less, and describing a fiery parabola along the
horizon, as it ffew, until it fell upon the works
of Port Clinton; which was the inanginary cita
del of a band of British outroge'rs.-Five mortars
were in, a battery manned by carets, and,every
few minutes the utter darkness tWjis penetrated
by volleys'of these fiery missiles.’ Presently a
fire-ball was' discharged "so as % fail a little
short of the fort, and by its light jevdal the sit
uation and 'conditioa. ofthe enemy .and his
works; These.balls, though not larger than a
good sized base baU.-burned fpr. twenty min
utes, or more, so brightly as to make the line of
attack' idislinctly ; visible and/illuminate the
whole plain. The discoveries, which the. light
enabled the beseigers to make seigjSd to awak
en fliem to .activity. Volley sof grenades were
fired to clear tho walls where;the imaginary
red coats were trying to’ repiir imaginary
breeches in their works the shells, five at a
tjnie, fulling like Satan’s devils; ."“with hideous
ruin and combustion’’ down, ambng the outra
gers..' At,ten the drums beat tpmparters, and
in ten minutes not a cadet of Soldier was ’ to be
■seen, except/the sentinels at tbeir posts, while
the roads wefe gradually cleared bfthe retreat
ing visitors. •' • j: ,'
Separation of Dickens nntliKls-Vfirc.
: Charles Dickens and his wife h'bvfc separated.
The 'Hcraid’fiLondhri correspondent Intimates
that the cause of/this tcrminatio-V of ahappy
married life of twenty two bicom-
oftemper,/as
with /Miss
Tertian, a young actressy well known bn tire
London and Afanchestei; boards, who -has assis
ted him in the recent Which
have beep got up’for the charitable-purposes in
certain circles of iondon society. The implica
tion of the. correspondent is, that Mrp. Dickens,
who is conceded to be a woman of, spotless life
and character, took pfienoe at the frequency of
young lady’s visits at her house; The corres
pondent adds t .
Dickens docs not get much sympathy, the
public generally deciding, as it does usually in
such- cases, in favor,of the lady. "Mr. Dick
ens’s daughters reside with the father; but his
son; Chajfes, sticks to his mother.
Some years ago, you inay/have heard, Miss
Burdett Cimtts offered to . take Mr. Dickens’s
son (Charles) then a child, bring, him' up and
provide for ninft with the understanding that
she could have the privilege of educating him in
the fnith of- the Church of -England. Boz not
only accepted the; otter at once, but formally,
withdrew.with ail his family, from the jjnitari
tarians, where he bad been a constant attendant
and worshiper for many years. •ThsTwaS'look
ed on, and justly,’ by Mr. -Dickens's friends as
a very great Weakness, and furnished material
for many, a 6on mot, that no. one could so well
portray the hypocrisies and time serving pfoth
ers as he who spoke from experience.”
A late London letter has thefellowlng;.
V Though the Household Words stillcontin
lies its weekly course, the household of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Dickens is at sixes and Sevens;—
There’s’ division ’between my lord and my la
dy)’ and 'a mensaiat tho 6’ is to be the order of
the separation.' The daughters side with pater,
the son with mater.. The wife of a certain M.
P. who/upset Lord Pam, and, his ministerial
crew, the infatuated, correspondent of Orsim is
said to bo mixed up in .the, afiairi; |Do i na,l
write, and.not asT do’,’is evidently ( the motto
of the author of those pretty little- and -highly
moral Christmas books;”
SloEMONisir.—Thurlow Weed says, in .the
Albany Journal:
“ >VitMri ,6'ur recollection, Mormonisoj-was a
speck, not bigger than a man’s band. The
original Imposter, Joe Smith,.came.to the wri
ter of this article, only thirty-two .years ago,
with the manuscript of bis Mormonj Kble, to,
be printed. He then had but one follower, (a
respectable arid wealthy farrowrof the town,
of Macedbn,) who offered himself as security for.
the printing..... But after reading, a few chap
ters, It seemed such a jumble ,of- unintelligible
absurdities, that we refused the work, advising
Harris.not to mortgage his farm and beggar
his family. But Joe crossed over the way to
our neighbor Elihu F. Marshall, and got his
•Mormon Bible’ printed.”
- AustballAhHbat. —Tie Sumpter (5.0.)
Watohrtktt publishes the following extract frdm
a private letter, dated Adelaide, February 18.
1858. : ...
I can nsaufc you we have nearly been rotated
alive; we .have had ten days and ■ nights of the
hottest weather remembered.for several years
past- ■ The heat at, noon in the shade was 136
deg. to ■ 146- deg., according to situation, and
during the night it was never less than 94 deg.
to: 106 deg. in doors. The hot wind never
ceased blowing, and the innumerable deaths
ifrom coup de solid have been appalling in the
extreme." . •
A Sigh op RAih.—When the odor !df flow
ers is unusually perceptible;, rain is" anticipa
ted, as the air, when damp, conveys.the.odor
more effectively- than when dry*.. 'Damp air be
ing also A bettor conductor of sound than dry,
the sound of mills, bells, and railways are bet
ter heard before rain.
- Baldness.' —The Poston Post says that
brandy applications ate reoommendcd'fbr bald
ncssi continued externally unlilthe hair is wpll
Saturated, and afterwards taken in generous
quantities internally, to clench the robts. ■ 1
MID SWAIIOWm
ry LEniGH nuNi.|
BoUnitccr.
WONDERS OF THE BEE-HIVE;
SWARMING.
One of tho most curious things we have to
tell about the,bee is th?.process by which fami
lies or stocks of. becs a fe lt,Would
be a problem difficult of solution forgone igno
rant of the mode. Ucre is a family .consisting
of one mother, and her, offspring; .the former
living seVerii years, 'While tits -common bees arq
short lived. She cannot bear tire presence of
rivals in her hive; her own departure would oc
casion great commotion: she is utterly unable
logo out alona-and lay the foundation of a new
Colony ; . and ten thousand. bees. without, her
would not be able to produce any brood or keep
their number good. And against any scheme
of colonizing is the strong instinct,that brings
the foraging bees directly back to the old hive,
and tho persistence with which they .cling to
their stores of honey and.their brood comb.
But God has given them other instincts which
come into operation at the right moment, and
makea certain number perfectly willing to aban
don their liome and fellow-workers, nevermore
to return. . Early in tho summer, perhaps,
sbbiit the time some of our readers receive this
number of the Agriculturalist, the hives begin
to be uncommonly full of inmates, and prepara
tions are made for swarming. Royal cells.are
constructed; and the occupants are nicely eared
for. This is for the benefit of those who are
left in the hive, for the mother bee is herself
going to emigrate with a large number of work
ers and drones. Perhaps scouts are sent out
beforehand to see if quarters can be secured in
the neighborhood for a term of years; such at
least is the opinion of eminent naturalists. -■ At
length, on a pleasant day, and usually, not far
fronvmid-day, the occupants of the hive are
found to be in a great commotion; some.of
them ore filling their hogs with honey, and oth
ers ' are loitering around, like people in the
streets of a city when a regiment of soldiers Is
expected to come along. By-andby, with a
great rush and whirl,, they pour put of the hive
as if the house was on fire,and fly oft in a'cloud,
and settling down in.a' cluster on the branch of”
an apple tree, they speedily come to order and
consult as to the next step. After remaining
there an hour or two, if not taken care of'they
will start off in a bee-line for their hew Rome',
which may be miles distant. ‘ While Clustered
oh the tree they may be handled without inju
ry, as’their abundant supply iof food makes
them docile, and if then provided with a home,
they may accept the, oiler of hospitality and
forego their, own plans., . Sometimes, instead of
pausing at all, or hovering around in 'circles,
they dart away at once in the directionof their
new home. . Sometimes also in apiary; theyare
glad to take possession of an empty hive, if ope
•stands ready for them, and if it is wefi stored
with comb, it iS' ail tho better, and more at
tractive. In some places the attempt' has been
made to arrest the flight of swarms by the ring
ing of bells, the beating of tin kettles, and sim
ilar nniseaj but this probably has no effect up
on them, and the custom may have arisen at
first in the yillagcs where the discovery of^a
l lTie owriers might look to it and be. able to iden
tify their own bees. . , “ ' .
. The swarm’ of bees going out in-thisway is
able lomaintain itself. The'. workers are pro
vided 'with food for . several days, andpap at
once .begin the manufacture of combs; ipd as
soon.as new ceils are made the mother-bee Is’
ready to lay eggs in them, and prepare for ah
increase of population. On the other hand,
those that are left, behind have abundant store
of honey and of comb; the brood in the cells
are'maturing every day, and from the royal
Cells they may be sure of at least one queen, to
take tho place of the one that left. Should two
of these come to maturity, however, there must
either bo a duel between them, or one of them
must go off with a second swarm ; giving way
to her rival, and still further reducing the
strength of-tho stock.'
It is supposed that those who have gone from
the hive in this natural fever lose entirely the
instinct which had before impelled them to re
turn to the old home, and readily ’adapt them
selves to their ■ new hive, whethef ft. is placed
two feet or two miles from the old aland. v
We leavp the subject for the present, with
this, perhaps the greatest wonder. It is to the
bees as if Queen Victoria, with a portion of her
subjects and as much treasure as could be
caught up hastily- in their hands, should some
day leave iheir homes, their gardens, their pa
laces, their all, and take ships for Altstrifiid, td
found there a new kingdom, entirely separate
from the bid. But in these instincts, and in
ail the wonders of the hive the hand of God is
seen, Wo'admire these things most as exhibi
tions of His workmanship and providence and
wisdom. His hand is seen in tho structure of
the bee; His controlling power in the.impulses
by which it is led to act. The'cunning work
of wax, the economy in tho use of material, the
treasuring up of stores for winter's use and for
human comfort, the harmony and industry of.
the workers, and all the curious things which
have been observated for centuries, turn our
mind froin Nature to Nature’s God. He dnly
is from age to age ; but all His works praise
him, and messed be His-glorious name forever
and aver. —
All these things "are made'for man. Domin
ion is given to our race over every beast of the
field, and everything that creeps Or flies. And
fOr what end is’ man made in the image of God?
and why has he received authority UnJ poitct ?
Is it-th'at he may bo like“the brutes that perish,
indifferent to God. forgetful of his Maker's willt
or like the horse and' mule that have »}b under
standing, whose months must be held with hit
tuid bridle ? Nay, but ra’ther that hb triay eve
rywhere read the revelation God has made in
Nature, as well as in Scripture, and reverently,
in a meek and childlike spirit, may. letfrn .‘‘ to
think the thoughts of God,” and do his pleas
ure. Herein is human greatness —herein can
roan be made like his Maker.— Arneficdn Agri
culturist:
Sighs op a Good Apple Chop.—Some years
since, an old gentleman' entered the Orchard.of
his neighbor, in the month of May, when the
trees were in full bloom, and the trees generally
tilled with blossoms. After making a circuit
of the orchard', ho remarkedWell,T‘aee
that you are to have but few apples this year."
Pointing to one full of blossoms—“You I will
have none on that tree.”- Pointing to another,
Equally full—"you will have. a peck on that.”
Then to anothcr—“You may have five bushels
on that.” Keepings note of bis remarks, it
was found in the autumn that his predictions
were correct. On inquiry for' indications, he
said that red apple-blossoms indicated fruit,
and .while did' not. The general redness of
the blossoms' tbik season is a good omen.
Portsmouth Journal.
Ar PitciiONa. —We fancy that all our afflictions
are sent ua‘directly from above; sometimes'we
think it in piety and contritiop, but ; oftonor in
ihorospneas and discontent. It would ,bo well,
however, if wq attempt to trqco file coupes of
them; we should' probably find, their origin in
some region of the heart which we had never
well explored, or in which wo had' secretly de
posited oiir worst indblgoricbs. Tho clouds that
intercept tho heavens froih lis, come.net from
the heavens, but from the earth. .
Value of Sheep to The Farmer.
Sheep are profitable to the fanner, not ■pb'ly
front the product Of Wool and mutton, but from
the tendency which their, keeping has to im
prove and enrich his land for all agricnUurat
purposes - / They do this:
L ily,the consumption of .food refused by
ofbjer,Animals, in summer; turning Waste vege
tation to use, and giving rough and bushy pas
tures a Smoother appearance, and in time erad
icating wild plants so lhaf good , grasses and
white clover may take,their pl'a'ces. In this re
spect, .sheep, areaf especial value to pasturcs on
soils too stbep or'stony for the p|oW. In win--
ter, the coarser, parts of the hay. refused by
horses and cows, are readily eaten by sheep,
while other stpok will generally eat most of that
left by theso/ahiih'als. , .
For these reasons, among others, no grazing
farm should be without at least a small flock of
sheep—for ft has been found' that as'largo a
number Of Cattle aqd horses Can be kept with as
Without them, and without any injury to the
farm.for other purposes. A small flock, "’e
said—perhaps half a dozen to each horse and
Cow would be the proper proportion. A varie
ty of circumstances would influence this point :
such as the Character of the pasturage, and the
proportion of tho Same fitted and desirable for
tillage.
, 2. Sheep enrich land by the manufacture of
considerable quantities of excellent manufo,.; A
farmer of long experience in sheep - husbandry,
liiought there was no manure so fertilizing ns
that of sheep,-and (of which there is no doubt,)
that none dropped by the animal upon the
land, suffered so little by waste burn exposure.
A.German agricultural writer has Calculated
that tlie droppings from one thousand sheep
during a single night, would manure an «6r?
sufficiently for any crop. By using a portable
fence, and moving the same' from time to lime,
a farmer might manure a distant field with
sheep, at less expense than that of carting and
spreading barn manure.
The value of sheep to the farmer is much en
hanced by due attention to their wants. Large
flocks kept, together are seldom profitable,
while small assorted flocks always pay well, if
fed as they should be. To got good fleeces of
wool and large.hcalthy lambs from poor neglec
ted sheep, is impossible. It is also trne, that
the expense of keeping is often least with the
flocks that are always kept in good condition.
Tho eye and thought of the owner are far more
necessary than large and irregular supplies of
fodder. . Division of the flock and shelter, .with
straw and a little grain, will bring them through
to spring, pastures in far better order than if
kept together, with double rations of hay, one
half of which is wasted by the stronger ani
mals, while the weak of the flock pick up hut .a
scanty living, and. oftentimes fail to get that
through the whole winter. '
We commend this subject to tho considera
tion, of our correspondents—it is one which
needs greater attention on the part of the far
ming public.; »
Neal, in his “Charcoal Sketches” describes a
character, who'speaks bfhimscif something as
follows; ‘ ;
; “To my notion, this ’ereisa hard case. 1/
I tries to mosey along through the World with
out sayin’ nothin’ to nobody, it won't do; liv
in’ won’t come of itself, like the man you owe
the money to—you are obligated to step and
fetch it. If I come fur to paddle my tubqui
e.ly down -the gutter of life without bumpin’
agin the curbstone on the one side, I’m sure to
get around on the other; or to be' upsot some
how. H I tries little. speculations, such as
boning things. I’m aarlin to be cotched ; and
if I goes pardoherai os I did with Tipps, it
won’t do —he’ll spcckilate and bust, ana ,I’m
sure to be smashed up and sifted through.”
Singular Attempt to Murder.— Great ex
citement prevails in .Rappahannock county,
Va., because of a brutal murder. It occurred
in Washington Rappahannock county; ’ The
wife of James J. Johnson, a respectable man in
easy circumstances, was persuaded by tho lat
ter to drink a giess-of lemonade which he had
prepared for her. She tasted it, and told him
it was bitter; ha then told her that he had put
aloes jh ft;’ and. that it was good for her health."
She drank' it, After which he mounted his horse
hn.a rode off. ..In’tt' short time after his depart
ure, her shrieks attracted the attention of per
sons in the neighborhood, Wfiq. repaired to the
spot, but it was too late. The,fatal drug,had
performed its work. Johnson Was attested.
K/7 5 “Pfank,” said an affectionate lady the
other day, to a prominent Young America, “if
you don’t atop smoking and reading so much,
you will get so' after a while that you wont care
Anything about work.'!,
’‘‘Mother,” replied the young hopeful, leis
urely removing a long cigar, “I’ve got so a'
ready.” '. ~ , .
IC7” “Eliza, my child.” said a very , prudish
old maid to, her pretty niece, whp would curl
licr.hafr fn bcautiful'-ringlets, “i( the Creator
had intended your hair to be curled, he would
have done it hijjnsclf." „ ,' . _ „ , ,
So ho did. aunty, when I was a he
thinks I am big enough now to curl my hair
myself.”
O” ‘"SHow much did yees ask for than but
tons?” inquired on Irish custimer. .
“Fifteen cents-”, •
“ Til give ye thirty-siyin." . .
“I didn't say fifty—l said fifteen,” replied
ihe .honest dealer-, , „ ’ ~ ,'
Bedad, an I'll giro ye fin cihts’, thin, ’ was
the pfo'mpt reply.
O' Snwly,” says .young Jones,, "any one
who knows JioVr to go round n corner collld al
so square the cltele!’’
[O'Boys hre like Vinegar; When tlrbre
is milch mother in them £hey are always sharp.
0“ Life is full of contradictions —but women
take very good care that wo shall never hear the
last of it.
. O’ Philadelphia tradesmen are singing a
dolorous song entreating the fashionables,before
they-go to the country for the summer, "pay
oh pay us what you owe 1”
0* GeiT. Haskell, the distinguished Ten
nessee orator, has again been released from the
insane asylum* at Hopkinsville, Ky.
O* A Virginia paper describes a fence down
there, which is.made of such crooked rads that
every.time a pig crawls through ho comes out
on the other side.
WssTlfonEilAND County.— The Democrats,
of Westmoreland county held their Convention
on Tuesday, the 15th, and nominated Hon.
Henry.D. Foster, for Congress, by
Alex. McKinney, Jho. Hughes and Wai. Wm.
Huston were appointed conferees from In^i
Armstromr. with instructions to use all
honorable means to secure Mr. Fosters nomi
.natiutt.
52,00 PER ANNtfM,
NO. 3.
Sndly Unlorlanute.
(ibtibg tmti
, 05-When /a a ;candle liko a tombstone 7
When it sitsjip for a late husband,'
O'?” When men .meet, they iis(oh to oho ah -
fherj women and girls look at each other.. ,
KF* As you use ycnr'fathcr, so yonr children
will use you.
. .[CF - All is sugar to the vain—even the praiso
of iools. , . i
D*?” There .is.h policeman in every man’seou
science—even though you may not always, find
lath oh the beat.
, DF~ Bayard Taylor gays, that at Aleppo thqy
hayo.a hospital for cals, founded by a rich, cat-,
loving Mtisschnan. , ■
tt?”,Tho name of sausages in Gorman ,is>
» u'Unt That is decidedly tho best rtaluo wo
ever lieard for them.
■ *l . ■ ■<
, OFTAhidy at JXobiloi having 166 t her teeth,
found them in tho craw of a turkey, after.killing,
seven turkej-s notguilty. • - . •
py The bist Wo oVeir had when WO Wont OibK '
Ing, was the bite wo took along.
KF* To make nt si?;
or, eight womctl nOw-a-daJ-h, into a common
stage coach. '
I ttF", A,young nian without money, amoOgdar
dies, is like thermo bn on a cloudy night—hb
can’t shine. . "
, ttF” An auctioneer, vexed with his audience*
Said : a mean fellow—mean as dirt—and
foel at hotnc in Inis company.” >t i '
, CTF" They who drink away their,estate drini;
the tears of their, widows, and the very blbo'd'6f
their impoverished children.,
. OFi Troubles aVo like babies—they grow. big*
ger by nursing. Don’t moot troubles half way,
for they are not worth tho compliment. . .
“ Arp you tho mate of tho ship J” asked
an priiigrnnto('.tho,copk.,who was au Irishman,
“No, sir. I’m tho rjian that cooks the mofc.’*;;'
KPT Franklin seized lightning by the tail;'
held it fabt, nhd tiiuned it. Morse put clothes on
if, arid taught it how to road and write and do
errands,
All WJjo have meditated on fbb '# of
governing mankind have been convinced fjiafc
the fate of empires depends on the education Of
youth.
OS” Upon 11)0 marriage of 'Miss 'Wheat,, of
Virginia, an editor hoped that her, patli might
be.Jlpwery apd that she mi£ht never ho thrashed
by her husband.
Come hero and tell me,what the foursea
aons nfe 7 Young prodigy answer?, “ popper
mustard, salt, and vinegar; them’s what mother
always sedsona with-.’’ . r
• itJT An eminent lawyer, Who, bps given muciy
attention to the subject,of, the police of
York city, estimates the number of dead bodies
taken annually to be four hundred.
dP’’ There are two things which will Wake ua
happy in this life,' if Wo attend to them. The
first ia, never Co vex ourselves, about what yvq
can’t help ; and the Second, never vex ourselves
about what;We edn help.
K7* Pencil has a portrait of “the next embaSh.
sador to Naples.”. It ia a seventy-four found
er, behind Which stands an English tur wit fib is
hand.on the fuse. Gunpowder diplomacy, that!
OS’-“.lPan earthquake were to .engulf Eng,
land to-morrow,”''said'. Douglas Jerrold, “ tlioi
English would manage to meet and dine some-;
where among the iiibbiall, just to celebrate thoi
event.”
OS’* Before J-ou marry a lady For her money,
consider what ah encumbrance you will find
your wife, in the event of having spent all shd
was wortlu — Punch. . ‘
CC?’’ At Lyons they manufacture a. species of
silk for ladies’ dresses so thick and stiff as tp
obviate the necessity of crinohno. Thocostiof
such, a dress is about twelVo hundred francs’’
• D 3” In , Germany ohesnut frees are.-planted
along tho railroads, which yield the villages ,o
large income, as their frnit is manufactured into
starch. When America gels, economical, one
railroads will bo lined in the same wap.
; RP~ “Mr. Green, when yoh said thorn was
too much American Eagle in tbo speaker’s dis
course, did you mean that it was a-lalon-fedf
production,- and to what claWs of the speech diet
yon especially refer ; >
C 7” It is said that a Canary bird Which re
cently died in Brooklyn, (N. Y.,) was twenty
six years Old.; ‘He had been blind for a
was bald-headed, and his feathers, wero bleach?
ed almost white. .
. 05?” A sturdy-looking man in Cleveland, a
short tune since, while busily engaged in cow
biding a dandy, who had insulted his daughter, -
being asked what he Was doing, replied: <‘Culi
ting d Swill,” Chd coiiliniied hls'athusement
without fcrUiei- interruption-. - '
. C?” The World shows its appreciation of tho
labofs df gieat reformers by an abundance of
stones —ditiiiiilg theln as hiiSsiles at the bodies Of
these “tilnalibs” While alive, and heaping then)
as monuments aboye the hones of lliosamo “fa
natics” after death.
tt?” A rich man one day,asked a man of wii
what sof( Of it thing opulence’ Fas. „ ", „.,,
. “It is a thing,” replied, flic philosopher,
“ which can .gird a rascal tbo advantage over-an
honest man.” ”
. .KfA- gentleman at .a tpusipal parly, where
the lady was very particular not to liavo tho cons
cord of sweet sounds interrupted, seeing that
tUq.urOjivas going oqt, listed a friend, ip a yfb.ht
per/“flow lie could stir the lire without-inter
rupting tho music !” “ Between the bars,” was
•the reply. ' - '. •
03?” At tho paper mill oMVilliam Clark &.Cd;,
Northampton, a bale of rags was recently open
ed, which came from il)e sceuo.pf, tfio - ,Criiuoah
war. ’ Pilloye cases, sbfcgis, shirts, bandages,"
surgical aprons, I‘eUinants and parts of clothing,
stained with blood', loid of suffering and sor
row.
05?” j£n enormously fat woman, who has rqi
coutly been exhibited about the cqunfryv htlt
been married at JSt.Xpuis, to a tiian almost ‘ds
i big as herself, named p'ogers. The happy; oou-v
pie weighed together, nearly twelve Ijnndred;
pounds, and if their happiness cijlKii/! their si£o,
they must enjoy married life prodigiously. ■ •
A little urchin in the Sabbath School lit
G'-T-rr, .was few Suqdays agp, “ jyhat
pur Savfour.said when lie know Judas, had fau- '
trayed-hinvi” , , , •*,.
. The urchin scratched his head a few moments,
and gravely answered, “Eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty!” The teacher smlledi
The HodeicHusdand.—Mrs. Smith lias Com-.,
pany to' dinner, and there, are not Strawberries
enough; and she looks at Mr. S. with a sweet,
smile, and offers to help him (at the same time,
kicking him gently with under f.l(h
table) ho always replied; “N o, 1-thank you, my
dear, they don’t agree with me.”
CGT" A chimney built in .1793, in an old houda
on King street, Northampton, Mass,, on being,
taken down s lew weeks since, furnished bricks
enough to build three modern chimneys, an un
dorpining to tpo house,, a, cistern, e(glit piers,in
fhb cellar, and a drain throe hundred.feetdong,’
besides a wagon load sold and a lot on.hand,’ ,
. . i • , >• .
SalamAnder Piety.— A Methodist propeller
entered a Presbyterian meeting and £naeled
down by the red-hot steep, with his overcoat on.
Tho prayer was long, but the good man stood it
tjli .nearly baked, then rose, look off his coat,
and kneeling down again, muttered i ' •;'
“Now, brother, here’s at you for ail night
this neat.” . .
A Rustic Poet sends the following poem
on a “Squirl,” remarking that be is aware ttrat
the last lino is a Wile too long, which bo nays is
npt bis fault *’ — '
<< Tho Squirt Am a very Nice bird;
And has a busy talc, , , :
He shmollnfes aits Open a lint.
And sometimes on a rale,
. And Gothors nuta in the Summer so that
his Winter stock won’t fall. • 1
OS’” If wo hold not still at tho sling of a bee,
or of adversity, the sting breaks off andremtdhs
In the flesh. . ■
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