AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. M k EVERY THURSDAY MOBBING Br Jotau B, j I ¥ |l|| ' ' TERMS. ’ '^nsenrpiios.—One Dollar and Fifty Cents,. ?n advance i Two Dollars if paid within the ' aSd Tot Dollars and Fifty Gents, if not 'Spaid’within.tlio year. These terms-wifi be rig- CadlV adhered to in every instance. Mo sub- discontinued until oil arrearages are SSlnaid unless at the option of the Editor. jSBB", advertisements — Accompanied by the cash, lHland no t exceeding pno square, will-bo inserted HRilhroo times for One Dollar, and twenty-five Cents HFffqr each additional insertion, Those of agreat ■B 'tor.length in proportion. B ' Jod-Piuntino —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting- E ibills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c.,&c., exc |F vented with accuracy and at the shortest notice. fnXml WISHING. BY JOHN Q. SAXE. ‘Of nil the amusements of tho mind] From logic down to fishing, . '/There isn’t ono that you can find - 1 So.very cheap aa “wishing!” ■A very choice divcrtion, too, If wo but rightly use it, And not, aa wo aro apt to do, Pervert it and abuse it. I wish—a common wish indeed— Jly purse was somewhat fatter. That 1 might cheer tho child of need. _ And not my pride to flatter? -That I might malto oppression reel. As only gold ,can malv« •** Afltf break the tyrant*!? rod of Steel As only gold can break s. J wisii that sympathy and lovo. And every human passion. That has its origin above, Would come and keep in fashion — That scorn and jealousy and hate, . And every base emotion, Wore buried titty fathoms deep. Beneath the waves of ocean. “ 1 wish that friends were Always true, 1 And motives always pure; ‘‘ I-wish the good were nut so few, X wish the had were fewer; I wish that persons ne’er forgot To head tho pioils teaching; I,wish that praolicihg was not. So different from preaching. I wish that modern worth 1 might ho Appraised with truth and-candor; I Wish that innocence was freo From treachery and-slander; I wish that men their vows would mind, TliatrvonieU ne’er.\vcro rovers; I wish that wives were always kind, And husbands always lovers. I wish— in flnc—that joy and mirth, <<And every good ideal, ~ May come ero while throughout the earth, To bo glorious real, Till God shall every creature bless ' With snpremest blessing, And hope to bo lost in happiness. And wishing be possessing. . THE HARVEST HYMN. God of the rolling year! to Thee Oiir song shall rise, whoso beauty pOurs, In many a goodly gift, with free And liberal'hand, onrautumn stores: No firstlings ot our flock wo slay, No soaring clouds of incenso rise, But on 1 thy hallowed shrine wo lay, - Our grateful hearts in sacrifice. Borno on thy breath, the lap of spring - .Was heaped .with many a. blooming'flower And' amiting-auinriicr joyed to bring , The sunshine and the gentle shower; Tho.autumida rich luxuriance now, The ripening seed, tile bursting shell, The golden sheaf and laden bough, , The fullness of lliy bounty toll. No menial throng, in princely dome. Hero wait n titled lord’s behest. But many a fair and peaceful homo Hath won thy peaceful dove agnesf; No groves of palni.onr fields adorn, No nirytle shades or'orange bowers, Bnt'rustling meads of golden corn, And fields of waving grain, are ours. Safe in lliyfewtjvtho landscape o’er, Our flocks antTherds securely stray. No tyrant master claims our store. No ruthless robber rends away* No fierce volcano’s withering shower, No fell simoon, with poisonous breath. No burning mm, with baleful power. Awake the fiery plagues of death. I'.' A WIPE’S DOWER. Hl* A RETIRED ATTORNEY. -v-i-,Every body who knew John Gordon knew him to be one of/the meanest and most con tcinptible men thAt ever was permitted to walk ' the earth. His brother Peter was not a whit better—so that it would appear that meanness ran m the blood of the. family. , John was pretty well off, so far ns this world’s goods were concerned. His property was sill invested in a building which had cost him about thirty thousand dollars. He did not marry until he was forty—probably from the fear of incurring unnecessary expenses, and when finally he did take a wife, it was'only as be would have taken him a housekeeper, a ser vant. .. . 'Mrs. Gordon was a poor woman, and had been obliged, to work very hard for a living.— Probably she married on purely prudential con siderations, for she could,not possibly have lov ed, such an abortion of a man as John Gordon. She look cafe of her husband, and was in every respect an obedient and faithful wife. All she received inieturn was the meagre support which her husband’s.house afforded her. When they had been married some three years, John was taken sick; and lingered along for a,year; during which time his , wife was an excellent and devoted nurse.. Her whole aim seemed to be to discharge her duties to her lord with fidelity. She had made a bargain with him, and she performed her part of the contract with scrupulous exactness. • One day I heard that John Gordon was dead It.was a small loss to the community, and I could not think of pitying bis wife, for her dot would ojrtainjn ameliorated bv. his depart ure., Sho would be entitled to one-third of . tho, iuaotno of his real estate, which, for a poor woman as she bad been, and baring no luxuri ous taste to .gratify would be a prindcly for tune. i ... i I neither thought nor heard any more of John svGqrdon or his ; wife for two months when a fewoman appeared at my office and introduced ijißself as the latter. Mine is a very bad-case, Mr. Docket,” said |phß,.scating herself by my side. ||. “ Indeed, madam, I thought you were : very Comfortably provided for. You have one-third Iff the income of your husband's estate,'or about |»thousand dollars a year.” that I am not to have this,” she aajMflied gloomily. to havajt?” Gordon has taken possession of the , M«tp. declaring that it belongs to him. Ho says ir.y husband sold it to him a few weeks before he died.” U “ How rould that bo ?” f'Peler showed me the deed, and says it has ■ peon.recorded.”> ,|’■ i -< ■ . , . “ Does he ? So much the better for you, madam. The law gives one-half of his person- v; ... ; . ‘ it for one "dollar,” interrupted Mrs. Gordon, , .. _....., • 1 ..... , , ..: ~ . • ~. ....,,. _..•::. .....: .. c n BY JOHN B. BRATTON, YOL. 45. “Ho couldn’t sell it without your concur rence. Dia von release your right to dower in the premises?” ‘No sir; Peter says I didj'though, and shows me my name, duly witnessed, oh the deed.’ ‘Didn’t you sign it?’ “No, sir.” - ■ Thcn it is a forgery ?’ ‘ I suppose it is.’ . “ You arc confident you did not sign your nanie to the deed ?” “ T am. very sure I did not, and for a very good reason.” • How’s that ?’ “ I cannot write; I never even wrote my name. I was brought up in the country, where girls did not get so much schooling as now.— My folks were very poor, and I never had n chance logo to school,” replied Mrs. Gordon, with some confusion; ‘Did your husband know you could not write ?’ ' ‘No, I never told him.* , I dismissed her with the request that she would call the next day. I went at once to the Registiy of Deeds, arid found that Mrs. Gordon had told a straight story. Her miserable, con teniplibie husband had given her property to his brother in his last days, so as to cheat his wife! who had. cared for him in health and nurs ed him in sickness, of her just claim, upon his eslate! ‘ . ■ He was a villain ! I need not say I felt a deep interest iri the cose of tny client, and re solved to bring matters to an issue at once The next.day, when she called, she directed me to her sister, by whom it could bo proved that Mrs. Gordon could not write her name; who had seen her make her mark often, within a very short time. cr *-\. The person who professed to have witnessed the.signature of Mrs.' Gordon was a clerk iri the office of Peter. My first move was to' take steps to arrest him on ri charge of fraud, and to sue his employer for my client’s share of the rents,' which he had just collected, and which be had refused to pay over to her.' _ When I had proceeded thus far, I received a visit from Peter Gordon. “ What do you mean, sir ?” he asked rather sourly. “ I mean to get justice for the widow.” “Her husband was worth nothing, when he died.” ' “But his wife has one-third interest in his real estate.” “ It was sold tojne, and she signed away her right to dower.” “Did she?” ‘Ccrlaiiily she did.’ “ Did you see her sign.” •To he sure I did ; so did my clerk.’ ‘There is a warrant out for the arrest of your clerk ; and I have some hopes that he will turn Stale’s evidence, and convict his principal.' He started back with astonishment .and ter ror. , ‘I—I don’t understand you !’ he stammered out. ‘Dqri*l trouble yourself about it, Mr. Gordon, you 'trill understand it ail in dhe lime.’ ‘For God’s sake don't arrest my .clerk.;. Ho will be the ruin of me,’groaned he. •You should have thought of that before,’! said.’ ,' ‘ You don’t mean to .say that everything isn't all fjght about my brother’s aflairs ? Be cause; if it isn’t, I-will make.it right, you know,’ ho whined in supplicating tones. •You say* you saw Mrs. Gordon sign that deed V • ‘Well—rip, not exactly ; but.l supposed she signed it.’ . ‘ Yon don’t know she did’t.’ ‘ How should I know ?’ ■ . ‘She can’t write ! She rever even wrote her name in her life?’ I pressed;the rascal closely and made him, acknowledge that his clerk had signed the name for a consideration. I would have caused bolh of them to be sent to the State Frisian, if Mrs. Gordon had not begged mo to spare them. As it was, I secured the entire income of the estate for my client, and charged my bill to Peter, who was but 100 glad to pay it. Jefferson’s Ten Rales. 1. Never put oil till, to morrow what you can do to day. , ,2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.. i*j 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4, Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride cost us. more than hunger, thirst and cold. 6. Wc seldom repent of. haying eaten too lit ;le.' 7. Nothing is . troublesome that wc dp willingly. 'B. How much pain the evils cost, Us which have never happened. 9. Take everything always by the smooth handle. ; 10. When angry, count ten before yon speak if very angry, a.hundred. o“The following litllo incident was related to us by a friend, who .vouches for its truthful ness: A teacher in a neighboring Sunday school was examining a class of little hoys from a scripture catechism. . The first question was,'“Who stoned Ste phen ?” Ans.—“ The Jews,” Second question—“ Where did they stone him?” Ans.—“ Beyond the limits of the city ?”' The third question, “why did they take him beyond the limits of the city ?" was not in the book and proved a poser'to the whole. It' passed from head to 1 foot without an an swer being attempted. At length a' little fel low, who had been scratching bis head all the while. iuOiiing up and said: “Weli.T dont know miles? it wns to get a fair fling at him." • E?” Wo were shown, at Pleasant Ridgo, by Dr. E. P. Bonclielle,ono of: the most Interest ing geological curiosities. It consists of aspe cimeh of rook of the primitive order of forma mation, andof the pontmdral order of crystall zation, containing in its centra a globule of wa ter movable and visible.. The water is, if there is any truth in geology, one of tlio oldest drops of water in the universe, far more ancient than the waters of the flood of Noah. To. use tho language of Dr. Bncliolle, ‘.‘lt is a drop, of the waters that covered the face of the groat- deep, when the earth was without form end voids in other words, tills Iltlio drop is a portion of the first water that was created during tho six days of Genesis; and became entangled among the particles of the rook during fho art or process ot orystalization. Tho rock being primitive, or tho first of creation, the water must also bo pri mitive.”—Eutaw {Jlla.) Observer . . “I say. friend, your horse is a little con trary, is ho not?” ■ ! “No sir-oo l>‘, j “What makos him slop, then?”, i “Oh; he’s afraid sonic b o dy. J \vi\l say ‘whoa,* and bo shan’t hoar it.” * TASTINGS OF PDNCII. In his “.Three Chapters from the Book of Unntj’i Punch,cleverly sets forth tho virtuous Indignation arguments against any great im provements. Under the caption of ‘‘Cant, in 1809,” he says— , ' “We regret to observe, that the ridiculous project for lightning the streets of this metrop olis With what is afieotcdly called ‘Gas,’ is oh; taining both notoriety, and support. We are heartily ashamed of sensible, constitutional En glishmen who can lend themselves to such atro cious folly,' .What do the quacks and humbugs who promulgate this nonsense profess. To illu minate this mighty city with a fluid, from a chemist’s bottle, an invisible something or noth ing that is to be carried through miles of pipes, and which they tell us— crcdat Judaus,— -c-an. be turned on like watcr.at any point, and at a moment s notice. And John Bull is to be ask ed to pay for this-.y C g i jo pay for a tiling he cannot -. ven sc( , Not r f hfi jg thc w - ge man wo take him for. But besides, this‘Gas’ ‘ is admitted to be poisonous in the highest de gree, and no human lile.can endure in it. And this abominable stuff is to be carried through our streets, and into our houses, to spread mal aria and pestilence. It is, moreover, of a most explosive character, and there is not the slight est doubt, that should persons be insane chough . to use it, not a day, not an hour will, pass but some fearful blaw-up will hurry persons into eternity. , We can only say, that should minis ters ever consent to allow the experiment to:be tried near the palace'of our beloved and revered Sovereign, George the Third, the paler patria, their heads should roll upon a scaffold on Tow er Hill. Another consideration is, that the general use of gas will diminish that of oil, the vested interests of the opulent and worthy mer chants engaged in the oil trade will be damaged, and tho gallant tars now tossing on the ocean in chase of whales will .be discouraged. Let the admiralty think of this, and whether these arc limcs.to ruin the reserve fund of our brave navy.' We hear, too, that contrary to all re ceived notions that an Englishman’s house is his castle, the minions of, the gas associations are to have ingress to our dwellings to, adjust the juggling machinery for measuring this pre cious humbug. Aro the. days of Watt. Tyler ■ and the ship money forgotten ? . We trow not, and we venture to predict that in another year we shall hearno more of the unconstitutional dangerous, cheating, impudent, imposture, of “Gas.” . We give the “Advice" in- Hot Weather,” in full, because.of its excellence: “Allow nothing to worry you: Refrain from reading the debates. Keep as cool as possible. Enter into no arrangcments.with an Irishman. Fat plenty of sallad. Pay a cabman his fare sooner than dispule with him: Order no more meat than you want for theday’s consumption. If you have occasion to consult a railway guide sooner thari dojt yourself, pay some one to do it for you. Avoid going near a tallow chand ler’s shop. If a blue stocking, or .a blue bottle torment yon, sooner thpn enter into a contro versy. with her. .or him. go into another room. Cold meat is better -than hot. Shun public .dinners. Walk on 'the, shady sido.of the way. Be very careful how you trust yourself to a sunstroke or a five act tragedy."- Be prodigal even, to your enemy, with ihe Wenhiin.' Keep dear of concerts, classical quartettes, matinees, soirees, re-unions, thes dansaiites, or chdntan-. tes, private parlies, ‘a few friends,’and all great mobs whatever. Allow no man, if you can help it, to tread upon your corns : but better to bear with the pain you have, than put your self to any violent exertion in resenting it. Should y.ou'be button holed by a red-haired friend, you shouldn't look at him oftener than, is polite, or absolutely necessary. Walk twice the distance rather than'get inside .of a, red hot oven of an omnibus; in the latter case, you will be infallibly baked alive. If tiny letters come with the printed super scription, “On Her Majesty's service,” without meaning-any disrespect to her Majesty, or sur lily refusing to do her a service,don’t open them as they will only annoy you with the remem brance of neglected duties, or work on your tender feelings by some pathetic allusion to un paid taxes. Better not call on affectionate cousins. Close your lips tight against London milk and German metaphysics, as well as eve rything that is sour or likely to sour you; Ex ercise the same wise obstinacy with regard to unripe-fruit.* It is as well to keep out of a butcher’s shop, and all pastry cooks.unless you have a partiality for flies. Give up .the idea of going to tiie lop of St. Paul’s Cathedral until the weather is considerably cooler. . Avoid all theological hair-splitting maters of -metaphysi cal mysticism, Spurgconisms, parish squabbles and Puseyite scandals until the cool of the eve ning. Wear old boots. Don’t attempt the Herculean task qf putting on your gloves, snp posing:your hands are laboring under the usu al influences of of tbo weather. Oonnt;ten,and look at an oyster (at least) twenty , times,- before yon venture to swallow png. Babies,' that are addicted do crying, should be kept at a distance, as their music,if especially continued, is rather apted to spoil the sweetness of one’s disposition. If you feel you are getting peevish open your waistcoat. - Before leaning back,, see that there is not a ‘stick him alive, oh’ behind you, on which ypur head may adhesively re cline. . Finally; 1 flirting is dangerous. Too much verdt is .relaxing. . Tight clothes are a nuisance./.Agricultural speeches have,at 92° in the shade, a tendency tp madness. And above all, be extremely cautious what pastry you eat, and what light literature you read, during the brain boiling-and all your joint-hot roasting weather. ■ - ■ N. B. Elbow no bull; and don’t ,cross the path, much less the temper, pf any unatniable looking dog.” 1 ' Tho Very Latest Yet. During the sumnier of ’4B, says tho Knick erbocker, corn being being very scarce in the upper country and one of the citizens being bard pressed for bread, having worn thread baro.tho.hoapltality. of his neighbors by his ex treme laziness, they thought it.an act of justice to biiry him. Accordingly ho was carried to ■tho place of intormet, and being met by- one of tho old citizens, tho following conversation took place': , ' ' , “Hollo, what have you got there ?” , “Poor old Mr. S.” ■ “What are yoipgoin fo do with him ?”■ . “Bnry him.” “What, is ho dead ?” “No, ho is not dead, but he might as well bo, for ;ho lias no. corn and is too lazy to work lor any.” • ‘•That is too oriiol for civilized people. I’ll give two bushels of oorn myself rathor than see him buried alive.” Old S. raised tho cover and asked in' a drag-- glng tone i ; , “Is it shelled?” • ; “No, bufyOii can shell it.” “Drive on, boys.” • ■ - A little child in church observing tho minister to bo very vehement in his words and gestures, cried out; “Mother, why dp’nt they let tho man out of the box ?” . . i O'Pod skirts and rod shoes are tho latest female agony, ‘'otrn. cotTNTnY—mat it always be bight—bui uiariTOit wrong, oub country.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1858. THE‘TWO ARMIES. ! AS Life’s unending column poufs, Two marshaled hosts arc seen"; — Two armies on the trampled shores That Death flows back between. One marches to the drum-beat’s roll, The wide-mouthed clarion’s bray, And bears upon a crimson scroll, “Our glory is to slay.” One mores ffi silence by the stream, With sad, yet watohful cj’Cs, Calm as tho patient.planot’s gleam, That walks the clouded skies.. \ Along its front no sabres shine, No blood-red pennons wave; . Its banVior bears the signal line,' • ‘Opr duty is to save.” ’ For thoso.no ucatlrbed's llngSi;U)£Lil iaile ; At Honor’s trumpet-call, , With knitted brow’ and lifted; piade In glory’s arms they fall. For these no clashing falchionS.bright, No stirring battle-cry; V'-<r the bloodless slabber calls by night,— ■ Each answers “Here am I; For there the soulptof’s laurelled bust, The builder’s morbid ptlcaJ.^ The anthems.pealing o’er theiSdost, Through long cathedral aisles. For these the blossom-sprinkleil tuff ■That floods the lonely graves, When spring rolls in her sea-green surf , In flowery foaming waves. , , Two paths, lead upward front below, - And angels wait above, - Who count each burning flow, , Each falling tear of Love. Though from .the Hero's blccdiftg b?tast Her pulses Freedom drew, • • Though the white lilies in hot'crest Sprang from that scarlet dew'. — While Valor’s haughty champions wait . Until their scars are shown', Love walks unchallenged through the gate, To sit peside the Throne 1: How to',Obtain-tho Attention of Pupils. Most persons have Witnessed’,'with delight the joyous burst which atlends the dismissing of a school on e fine summer day.\ The buoy-, ant spirits of childhood-repressed with so much difficulty during the tedious hours of the school room, may then be seen to explode,.os it were, in shouts, and song, and froliefais. the little urchins join in groups on the playground, and arrange their matches of sport ftp! the occasion. But there is one individual who partakes of the relief afforded by the moment of dismission ’ whose, feelings are not so oJjyiQushs hissympa. thy. I mean the teacher -hirodrffesfh'o siuhped With the hum and sufiocated' v'vitli th'c olo.sencSS ofhis schodTroom; day, (himself against a host,) in ’icimtrcflfling pem lerice. exciting indifference to action/ striving to cn li ven.s 1 11 pi(]l(y ,n ml labot-irrtf' In- jspftcii obsli, pney; -and Whoso.very been, confounded by hearing the,some dull less on repeated a ,hundred tinies by - rote, and only varied.by various blunders of the reciters. .If to these mental distresses arc added a dclicn'e frame of body, ambitious of somelngher dis tinction than being the tyrant of childhood,'-the reader may have some slight conception of the relief which a.solitary walk in the coo) of a fine, summer evening allords to the head which has ached, and the nerves vPhich have'been shatter ed for so many hours, in- playing the irksome task of public, instructor. ■ What strange mockery to speiflc of the pleas antness of teaching! Happily for dir purpose, however, it need not bc rcalizali-' lho tyranny and tears, the dullness and distractions may all be dispensed with ; and enjoyments of the high est and purest kind, mutually shared,. by the teacher and the taught; be made to occupy their places. It is thus with seme, and there fore it may be thus with yoii, arid with a)I. — The fact is, there are conditions of happiness in a,school as wollas.in every situation in life; and. if these conditions bo not .observed, neither place nor comfort can be founiTTvitlmi its pre cincts. Permit mo to enumerate'some ofthem. The first is; Ability to govern(by moral means. In ajohtfol.it is of course necessary to, resolve forme, but this is not all that is'necessary to attention. Children are, to a much greater ex tent than is generally supposed, reasonable and intelligent beings, they are just as much influ enced by motives as adults ; end they’ must bo influenced.very-much in thoisamo way,- Now, if a teacher disregards this "obvious truth, in sists upon instruction, which his pupils do not understand; he must expect to reap the reward of his folly, in the uneasiness, vexation, and perplexity which such a course will inevitably bring upon him. Nor is tjris all; by so doing, he at once chokes up the spring of-some of the highest enjoyments Of whicb.the human mijid is susceptible. All .children love intelligence, especially ruch as will make them appear intel ligent in the eyes of the public. Exercise of this kind of intelligence or that which is univer sally grateful: the interest, the exquisivencss of the enjoyment depending upon the number of minds that .can be influenced; the perfection of dormant characters 'bf the influence itself; and the dlfficoltieajibiflh-Jrave been surmount ed, the skill that has; been exercised, ' the amount of mind which has beenbvoughtto bear in the attainment. Now this particular, kind, of gratification, the able teacher enjoys in tlie highest perfection. v . _ - ,■ , His school in the field of bjspnlorpriso: ,in; proportion to his skill and ingenuity iri'lnflu: encing human nature, is- the extent of his suc cess : and m that success he finds immediate and rich reward. To lead, simply'by his oWn mind, a hundred other minds in willing cap.tiv-! ity; to turn every and rcatless , ness of childhood to the accomplishment of his own matured plans andipurposes, and (o’do all this without crushing the buoyancy of one spir it or checking the..flow of gladness in any-.one - heart, is a triumph and a joy abundantly com pensating the toil and care by -which,it has been affected.. It is-not enough. to assert for a time even successfully, your claim to unquali; fled attention. It must bo maintained , under of circuiustance. Now* this cannotrbe done by: the mere exercise of-will; however strong that will may be. _- You must now therefore, endeavor to ascertain by wftat means you can gain a habitual ascendancy over the minds of the youpg.,- Every orie must -have noticed the different-degrees of influence exerted ■ by diflercntundividrials under the same circum stances. Endeavor to convince your - pupils that you are their fViend,th&t you aim at, their improve; ment, and desifo their 1 good. , It will, not take long to satisfy them of this, if you are so in re ality. Rcmembtr, Itowevcr, that a meredeciii ration of being their friend-will be very far from proving you to bo such in.reality or convincing tl|cpi of it. You must prove it to them by showing a greater regard for their wplfaro than for your’ own case.' In brief; lovo them arid that will go a Jong way towards gelling their ; 1 & ff* ' ,A //k '■■■ ■ ■ ■ 9 B H '- B B 'IB B' B* - B • •B ✓ B / ■■ B* undivided attention. Their attention once at tained there will be no difficulty, in obtaining their improvement and that undivtdcd.attcnlion which will be necessary in the school, room.— The great object in ft teacher should bo to get his pupils to know themselves; and to attend to the particular duties enjoined on them. - In conclusion, a teacher should strive to convince his scholars that ns they will pay attention to their studies; so will they improve and will be prepared to act the part allotted'to thetq in fu ture life, and be intelligent,' respected and es teemed in the community, also by their atten tion and industry in the school room, they .will lay the foundation of .future usefulness and greatness, will bo esteemed and respected nb, community, and that self knowledge is natural to all, and nothing discerns the truth quality and disposition's o( a mind than self-knowledge which all'should bo taught." ‘ . The iZtltrancc of 'Lahe^^- Visit to Provo\ Advice from Salt Lake tq.Jnly 3d hayoi been received. The army.enteitgd .that city pn.tlie 26th, the column extending'tehinilSS in leiigth, It was all day passing through tlie city, and not s soldier left the ranks till the army got outside to the temporary camping ground. A.corros pondent of the Now .York Times says: The scene was magnificent 'and cheering to Gentile eyes, but cxcecdingly hiimiliatingto the few Mormons who witnessed it—men who had repeatedly prophesied “ in Ihd name of Israel’s God” that the army should never enter the val ley, andjWhose private conversations and public speeches for months past have been full of bravo declarations of their power and determination to see that the prophecy was fulfilled. In the army tho facilities, of the Mormons for defence against the troops is a topic of general mirth, and especially-the defences in Echo Ca non, understood to have been planned by Major S. M. Blair. There are in this army many offi cers who served in Mexico, all of whom declare that Echo Canon, even had it’been crowded with with Mormon militia, would have presented not a quarter of the difficulties th Gen’l. John-, son’s command that were so brilliantly overcome at Cerro Gordo or Molina del Kay. The heights of the Canon and its deep dells consti tuted nothing more nor less than a trap (or troops, for they would require far’greater-jo-; sources to defend them than to assail. " The army lies encamped on the. Jordan,., si retching for a mile or more along its banks.— Gen. Johnston, on the 28th, made a reconrioi. sanco, with a view of selecting a site fora mili tary post, which ho is to establish. ’ During the absence of tho General, the com mand of the camp on .lordan devolved hpbn Col. Alexander, of tho lOHi' Infantry, under whose orders the troops moved Tuesday to Brigham’s Canon, 12 miles south'of the city, and on Wednesday C miles further to West Crook Canon, for tho purpose of obtaining tho necessary feed for their great herds, the grass in tho valley being qnitcinsufficient. Tim army will probably remain in its present neighborhood —its permanent locations are decided upon and designated. Gen. Johnston manifests a consid erate desire that lyis command should; income mode the' people as little hs phssihlo. And, al though every foot of land in tho territory still oolongs to tho U. States, he (s not disposed, to deprive tho citfEphs of.-lhelr'pastnro range-for cattle., They do, not give him credit - for any . such sentiniepfj but some 'of their indi-- cato (ho bitterest and inost captions spirit to, ward'him, speaking of him ns a “d—d hound,” &c., because ho did not go.at once with tho en tiro nrmy to some point distant from tile city. The correspondent visited Provo, 48 miles south, where tho great body of the Mormons nro at present ’congregated! There he found some living in houses, sonic in tents, in wagons ami lodges. Brigham Voting’s house here, is a/ spuare block, with a close fence around it, and no windows to the street. ■ 1,1 The Gentile stranger witnessed a novel scene as lie walked down tho inner front of the range of family “ shambles,” amid the din of crying children “too numerous to mention,” as he passed the long row of booths standing side’ by side, each with a wile at its door. I should he guilty of an unpardonable sin of omission did 1 fail to say something in regard to tho appear ance of Brigham’s spirituals. T had very little opportunity, however, of observation, as I found myself within the precincts of the Pro phcl’shomo sanctuary by accident, and was.n.ot warranted, therefore, in pausing for inspoclion. Such glance ns I obtained, however, showod nie that Brigham is a man of some taste, and that his spirituals are generally fine looking women; some of them, indeed, quite pretty, and nil of them, sofar as I could judge, intelligent. I suppose I saw in the shanty “ quarter” some 30 ■women—but whether they were nil of them wives of tho Prophet, or whether these consti tuted ills entire household, of course I am not informed. The general impression here seems to ho that ho lias nearly or quite fifty wives He only claims to hjivo 40 children living, hav ing had 47 altogether. This, doubtless, is-the highest figure he can claim, ns the t Saints’con sider a largo number of children subject of pride and boast. These wives are ailHheir own servants; and the nurses of (heir own children. To seo them silting under.(ho overhanging caves of. tho shanties just at dark, with llieir numerous children hanging around them, all crying, chattering or teasingjit once, was cer tainly'suggestive of a foundling hospital. , TUE 3PIUITUAI, WIFE SYSTEM. I was curious to know whether thoso women wore happy in the strange life they led, and a glance at their faces impressed mo with the con viction that theirs was tho happiness of stolid iistlessnoss, an .existence in which ail the higher and holier sentiments of refinement and affec tion had boon sacrificed upon tho alter of fanat icism/ Tiiiy scented to mo to bo virtuous— willing, pei’haps, and resigned—but neverthe less unhappy victims, of self-inflicted tortures,' by which they lipped to merit saintly reward.— .To a few of them, perhaps, these remarks would not apply, Some of tho younger females ap peared: thoughtless or reckless, but the elder; who wore educated in circles whore woman was queen, rather titan vassal slave, wore their chains evidently with inward mnrmurings. Among the latter, I fancied I could distin guish her whoso name had been secretly com municated to mo by a mutual friend, us the one whoso eyes had long sinco been opened to the ;dograda’tion ofhorcpudition.nnd who was look, ing forward ' with earliest anticipations to tho hour when site can safely claim protection and abandori.thc association witli polygamy. I did not attempt to .converse .with any oi tho ‘sisters’ in Provo in pogard to tho institutions amid which they live, for wo Gentiles are watched with jealous eyes, and could not have introdu ced tho Subject without making trouble for tho partnership wives as well ns for ourselves. A, po it pie of. young Cal i font ian s (hero on business, the other day, ventured a little at tho common est’gallantry to tho younger wives bf an aged Bishop, who sported eight, and, were suddenly brought up short- fatherly husband with sundry Significant and forcible intimations that tho Itmios in question were hit wives. Onr gal lant, took tlioiliipt.and.subsided, missing tliero aftar tho refreshing boquots which gentle hands had placed in,their rooms day by day. I an) quite satisfied that all we have hoard of fpinaio misery and dogrogadatlon, as tho result of polygamy, is true. I do not moan to say that every wife who shares her lord’s afibetions with half a doson: others, lives, a life of con. scions misery—but that tho general tendency of the system is to make woman an inferior being,’ | deprive hor of tho courtesies accorded to tho AT 82,00 PER ANNUM gentle sex under more fortunate and to make her a soulless vassal, instead of the refiningelement and pleasing ornaments in the speial circle, diflusing a cheerful radiance arid genial warmth. How can it ho otherwise when her' natural affections are continually sifted, crushed or outraged, and she flnds'liersclf one of several servants, rather than (ho companion and helpmate of man 7 X have conversed with quite a number of the brethren hero and at Pro vo npon.this subject. They talk about it with the utmost coolness,- challenge us to' present Scripture proofs against the propriety onpoly gamy,.and argue its advantages with enthusi asm, claiming it to be a religious duty to raise up childtcn td the Lord, and enforcing this du- JjUirtholr public discussions and'sermpns in .language which would disgrace a brolhcl. Ido not believe they are all insincere in this. That many of them are, I.must believe, so long as I Jmow.thcm to bo'nieh of strong sense in regard J^Ujthermafters; hut the masses of the people I have* met rather seem to me'to.hnve been willingly blinded —to havo.scbooled them selves into tho belief that they arc performing a Veliglotis : duty in carrying out the disgusting system of polygamy. ’ • TORTRAIT OP BUOITIEII BRIGHAM. Ho is a man a little above tho medium height, somewhat inclined to corpulency, with a dull, bullet looking sort of a head, sandycomplox ion, and an exceedingly sensual-looking mouth: When walking in tho wind ho , usually wears .a pair of green goggles. * With these upon his nose, we would naturally fake him for tv coun try. schoolmaster, who had wielded the birch years enough to acquire a chronie back ache.- Without theni, he looks thcwilful,unrestrained anil vulgar mam of the world, who has just lost a heavy stake at a rat tight. Far bo it from mo "(o, caricature tho man—X have no such .inten- fieri. Ido not moan to charge him with any of the vulgarities shadowed in his face, for I have not Inidisuflicioriti'opportunily or observation to he able to judge of iris tastes, in such connec tions j but tho language employed above will give a clearer idea o( his expression of counte nance tlian any other! can employ; Ho is affa ble in his manners, exceedingly kind, b"t pat ronizing, to his associates and infeiiors,,easily excited at limes, and always aping tho dignity of. royalty, with a riiock gravity that is ludicrous to tile nnawed beholder. Tho order of bis mind is low and vulgar.— He is not a bgieiau, and is easily cornered'in an argument upon almost any question with which any ordinary skillful opponent is familiar. Elder Taylor of Now York, formomorly editor ol the Mormon, is far his superior in personal appoaj-rincp . arid intellect. : Such is Brigham Young as ho appeared before your correspond ent. , . : A Good Text, dpt not op the Brni.E.— That was a strikingly, intelligent person, who called upon a sign, painter to have .a Sunday school.procession banner painted, and said : Were goin to have a tear!n time with onrFounh o July Sunday school celebration, and our folks wants a banner.' ; Well, naturally enough, responded the pain ter, “you ought to have oue. What will you have paifttcd.cn it 1 i Wnl. I dn now ; wcorl to hev a text o skrip ter pain led onto it for a motto, hadnt-we ? • - Yes ; (hats a very good idea’;' what shall it be I - ' ' - ; ■ ’- Wal. I thought thiswoukl bo about, ns good *as any ;Be sure youro go ahead ! - It is fair 10 conclude (hat,fie had not ‘search? cd lhc Scriptures attentively. - ICS“ Jenny, said a landlady to her help, the other, niornihg. Jenny, was there -any fire in JlieTtUchen last night, while you were sitting up ? Yes marm, said Jenny ; there was a spark there when I went down, and I soon fanned it into a flame. ■The landlady looked suspiciously at Jenny, but the innocent girl went on scrubbing and humming,‘Kaly Darling.’ 0" Two young misses, discussing the qual ities of a young gent, were heard at it thus : I like Charley : but he is rather girlish. lie hasn’t the least bit of beard. ; I say. hd has a beard, but he shayes it oil - . No, he hasn’t neither, anymore than I have. I say; he has; too. and I know it, for it scratched my cheek the other tlay. No gainsaying that. Jealousy regularly-cs lablished forthwith. . - ■ - KF" “Slocum, how is it to-day—can you take that note up.’/” “I’m sorry to say that I can’t—never was so' crainped»in all my life.”: j “By the way, you aio always cramped, are yon not t” : *a> “I am sorry to say that 1 am; and yet there is a natural cause ipr it.” “And what is that 1” ■ Why, I was weaned on "green apples and water-melons.” [Connecticut spruce young man from this city, was riding out into the country a few days since, with his “gal,” and as the sun was hot ho stopped under the shade of n treo to let his horses breathe. —The ‘sketers’ were very’ thick and big, and Bcimis, thinking to have a little fun, called out to-a farmer at.work in. the field : “Ilnl/o, sir; what do you feed your mosquitoes on V ‘Wo feed cm on iitt/e city fellers and bosses. ’ Demos whipped up. Fact. —Hartford Press., JK7” A lawyer asked a Dutchman ‘in court what ear marks a pig line! that was in dispute. “Veil, he has no car marks except very short !C7" The editor of one of our exchanges has grown melancholy, and took to writing pcotryi —Here is a-versefrom his pen addressed to a young lady whom ho. fell in love with, hut who rejected him on account of his poverty : “ Now if I could your hand diskiver, I vow I’d swim the Maumee river, And to win so fresh a bud. J’d’wade up to my neck in mud. 1 ’ An honest son of Erin; green from his pcrergrinaiiona, put his head into a lawyers of ftce and asked the inmate— ' . An- what do you sell here ?" Blockheads." replied the limb of the law “ Ooh. then, to bo sure," said Pat. “it most be a good trade, for I see there is but one of them left.’’ O* A traveller announces that ho once be held people “minding their own business !’’— This happened at sea—the passengers being too sick"to attend to each other’s concerns. The man who threatens the world is al ways ridiculous.; lor the world can go on with- Out hUn, and in a short time; ceases to miss him- . . - [C7» “ None of your unkind reflections,’' as the old man said to the Looking glass. ; OC7“ Monsieur Oodiirdl the celebrated (nronant made a most successful balloon ascention at Buffalo, on Tuesday last. ■ (C7* A catastrophe occurred dt a chnircfi-m St. Catharine. ego. One of the largest kind of hooped fe males, after sailing up .tile aislo iri splendid stylo, without accident to cither hcrselfr oh-her worshippers, attempted ; to enter'd piw.'but when the immense mass'had’been squeezed half way through, it ‘•stuck, fast.”/ and allTW.tf lotts, kicks, squeaks and contortions of the fair occupant,, were unavailing to movojthe concern. The sexton—‘who is a colored man—and one or two of the church officers, perceiving her diffi culty, resolved < to relieve the • distressing crea ture; butitwas.no go—she could neither bo got in noront; go firmly was' slid wedged in. They tugged, and pulled, and heaved, until the sweat slqod in large dropp.upon tlicirfofehcadk. and wenttricfciihg down their noses in asbeau fiful a manner ag’the oil ran oil of Aaron’s NO. 9. beard, and whcnr.thcca?eappbarcd lomdcSpcr-, ale almost to hope for relief, .shorts of cutting away a good maiij’ feet'of'the peWj the colored ‘ gentleman’sfacc suddenly lighted up with-tno idea, ••let’s cant her,, boss—let’s .cant her!" and the poor thing, despite her expostulations, was canted accordingly, amid a universal laugh from the congregation, and thus relieved from her troubles. • ■ ;-/r, [C/“ As Deacon A , on. an entirely cold ’ morning, m old times, was riding bythe house of his neighbor B—-, the latter was chopping Wood. The nsunl salutations were exchanged, the severity of the weather briefly 1 discussed, and the horseman made demonstrations of pass ing on, .when Ins neighbor detained.him with ‘■Don’t he in a hurry. Deacon, r Wouldn't yon like a glass of good old Jatuacia, this mor ning ■ ■ ‘•Thank yon,’ kindly said the old gentleman, at the same lime , beginning to dismount with ail the deliberation becoming a deacon, ‘I don’t care iff do.” , ■ •‘Ah, dent troiibio yourself to get Dea con,” said ( he neighbor, “I merely'’asked for information. AVc haven’t a drop in the house.” A qiiaek doctor wentto sec a child. Ho looked at thp patient, felt its pulse, shook Jug head, heimned thrice and took a scat, rose again, henlrricd. shook his head ominously, felt the patient’s pulse, and cast his eyes at the pa tient, “What ails my child ?” asked the fath er. “I don’t know.” replied saddle-bags.. “Can you do nolhhig for him 1” breathed the anxious sire. “Nothing.” was the response, “but,’.’ added the distiller of roots and herbs,! “I have some medicine that w ill throw hiin into fits, and then l oan cure him, for I am a pcrlcct. tigcr.cn ills.” . . '' . ■ O” Some women look well at all times, just; ns well at the wash tub as at the piano, and ngt\ because of any especial niark of beauty, but a, general neatness and fitness of all tilings oil hand about them—but another with a fair face, perhaps, may put on the costliest silks, apcl, bedeck herself with diamonds and jewels, and bo hardly passable—and why ? ; Not from-’.any marked defect of form or features, but- an en- •’• tire want bf taste in making up and puttingoa.- things. ' 1 ■. [O” A riiischicvoits boy, having got possess ion of bis grandfather’s “spectacles', privately ’ took out ihe.glasses, and when thq old gentle-■’ hian put them on, finding he.could not see, qx clainicd “Mercy on me. I’ve lost niy’ sight!”’. but thinking tho impediment to vision might < be the dirtiness of the glasses, took them off to ■ wipe them, when,, riotpfeelmg them, .he, still, more frightened, cried out, “ Why, what's come -. now,? Why, I've Tost my feeling too•' Tiic origin of the pugilistic phrase ‘lam,’ ’ is discovered in the following passagtf from" ; Scott's “Pevefil of the Peak,” chapter 42Lte*'In short, tho'tumult thickened, and the word be gan to pass among the more desperate, ‘■Lmnh’ ■ tham lads; lamb them, ' a cant phrase- of the'" lime, derived from the fate of Dr.Dambe.an-, aslrologer-and quack who was knocked on the;, head by a rabble iu a riot in Charles the First’s ’ lime. ” ' 1 ■ ‘ . '-. - " ■■ Cy” A young lady at a ball, was asked by a lover of serious ppotVy , whether she had seen “Crabbo's tales ?’’“,lVhy no,” she answered; i "I didn’t know lliaf crabs had tails.” beg-j your pardon, Miss',” said ho, :T mean have you read tC.ralibc’s.Talcs ” “Ami I assure you, sir, I did pot know that red crabs, or any other. ■ crabs had tails.” : ! O—Do you think you arc fit to die,’’ asked , a very zealous Christian mother, who went to., prayer meetings live times a day,of Iter poor.no- ' glcctcd child. “I don’t know,” said the little ' girl, taking hold of her dirty dress with her -.- dirtier lingers and inspecting itV “I guess so, if I ain’t too ijrf-ly.” O’" “Will you please permit a lady to occu- , ,py this seal ? asked a gentleman to another, tho other day in a railroad car. “Is she an ;advo cate of women’s rights 1” asked the gentleman who was obliged to “vacate.” “She is," re plied lie who was standing. V Well, then, let her take the benefit of- her doctrine, and stand up.” , , Rfr" A Frenclmian being about to remove his shop, bis landlord inquired the reason, stating; at the same lime, that it was coiisidered a-very good suind for business. The. Frciichpiah re-: plied with a shrug of the shoulder,“Oh,yes, he very good stand lor dc. business ; ,by gar, mo stand all day, for nobody coino to make'mo move.” . ' ; ' [Cy* Not long ago Spriggles elcctrified'n'par- ‘ ty ivho were telling largo stories, by stating that-he knew,several thousand; individuals .to -occupy one bed for an entire season. The mys tery vanished, however,when Spriggles explain- , cd to them llmr. the bed alluded to was an oys ter bed. 0“ “I am terribly distressed,” said a cler gyman of indifferent reputation for sincerity, to a rough neighbor, .“.to hear you. swear so.” “Ob. don’t let that disircss you,” said the neighbor; "I swear a great deal, and you pray a great deal, but neither of us mean anything bv it. BZf The tombstone of a sweet girl.blind from' r <er birth, bears this inscription: “There is .no ' light there,”. The tomb of a child.' of . three •ears, lias inscribed upon it—‘.‘Went in tho uorhing.” " , : K 7" Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, -thus; hits the fushiaa_at_low„nccUed. idresses. lie says: “It is.supposed that angels do not .wear - <1 res.-iC.s. Our - iashiopaljlo. ladies-are. getting-*., more and more angelic every year,’’ ,- O' 1 Wonderful things are done nowra-days.’ said Mr. Thinnings; “The doctor, has given ) Pick’s boy a new lip. from his,cheek“Ah'!’ k 1. said the old lady, many’s 'the time I’ve known a pair taken from mine, and no very painful op* oration, either.” - - O” “Have you finished both those bottles of ' port without assistance, Mr. Gulpitut ?”■’ in quired an indignant spouse. “No.ipy dear, i I had the assistance of a bottle of Maderia," was' the reply. ’ ' .1 ■ . . . . XT’ One dajy at a': farm house, a wag saw ah • old turkey trying to cut the'strings'of soma 1 ■ night caps that lay on: the ground, to bleach- > “That,” said he, “is what I call introducing cotton into Turkeyl” ’ . ' ~ , , KIT* The best way to strengthen agoodreso- iution is to act ns you resolve. If you resolvo . to repair an old fence, it strengthens the reso lution and fencs:tbo,-to commence at once. '(C7“ A new stove has been invented , for tha comfort of travellersit is to bo put under , the feet, with a mustard plaster On tho head, which draws the heat through the whole sya- 1 tern. ■ ■ 1 E 7” The following is a good hit on ladies’ armor: ' j . .When first \vodid to maidqnsjjtreqli Their hearts alone they case in steel, * But'row more caution they display, ' And wear steel armor all the way. (Dbbs .nab (Bobs. /2
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