AMEMCM^OLUNTEEIi ' 'raßtnoEV icvisiw . miwiwat’ P r JToliii K. Biuttou. , r ' - 5 ' TE-EMS, Sobsorlption. —Orio Dollar and Fifty Cents, iiald in advance j. Two Dollars if paid within the year- and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year, These terms will bo rig idly adhered to ip_. every instance. No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will' bo inserted throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five dents lor each additional insertion. Those of a great tor, length in proportion. Jod-Frintino —Such as Iljind-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets; Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. farftraL OLD 91 EMORIES. IIT U. REBECCA OSBORN. tFith the azure sky above mo, And the springing grass beneath, . And the rich aridfragrant Bowers Around, me like a wreath : tfhus sitting ’neath the shadows Which the, wavy elm cast, t am. sadly thinking—. . Thinking of the past. Of a little merry maiden, Whose bands' of shining hair ' Foil softly o’er a forehead - Thao the Parian stone more fair. .... With her, laugh so liglit and joyous, . And her heart so wildly free j Tile Very soul of merriment, Unstained and pure was she. • Wo roamed the green bills, chasing .-The painted butterfly; 1 ’ dr, twining wreaths of wild flowers, As the sunny hours flow by.' ; We wore side by side when summer Threw her bright blue sky above. And the icy wreaths of winter Bound us Armor in love. . O, the many airy,'castle’s, . By golden pleasures gilt, In hope’s gay, rosy future, Our childhood’s fancy built. Our hearts wore light and happy, : i. ’ As wo-piotured future years— All but the recollection : Were effaced by bitter tears, 'O, childhood, suny childhood, How like a gladsome dream I 1 ’ But thy. fondest hopes are broken,’ Like the ripples.on a stream. The joyous sight of childhood ; Has forever fled my brow, : ‘Arid I often muse if Jennnie Is the; same bright creature now ; They toil me ’mong the lovely She boars the palm alone; Blit ’tis said the heart soon changes When it lists the flatterer’s tone. And I would not now behold her • ’Mong the gay and thoughtless,strain; Foi l know that we.can never Be-what wo were again. THE CHILD AND THE WIND. “Father, father, are yon listening,” ; Said the shepherd’s little child, « To that Wind so hoarse and hollow, ... As it howls across the wild ? “ When t hear it in the chimneys, : When'it' sweeps along the ground, ’Tis to me as if deep voices Mingled strangely with the sound. .« Now they, louder swell and nearer—; , ,Now they tall and die away ; . Can you tell me,.dearest father, What it is the wild winds any ?” -p ' . 4 “Nay, my child,.they are not speaking j Not a word the winds impart, But each sound the Almighty sondoth Hath a message to the heart. . tc And that murmur deep and awful, Couldst thou catch its voice aright. It might whisper, ‘Child, be grateful, ' Thou art safe, at home to-night. J . « While for thee rod Are burnetii. Sitting by thy father’s knee,, , > Many radou ships are tossing Far ateay on the salt sea. « Many mothers, sitting watchful, Count.tlie storm gusts one by one, Weeping sorely ns they tremble For some distant sailor son. “ They might tell of Him who boldeth In the hollOw of His hand Gentle breezes and rndo tempests. Coming all at His command. « He provideth our homo shelter,, • Ho profectetb on the seas; When the, wild winds seem to whisper, Let them toll thee things like these/’ Thus replied the shepherd father, ' And the child, with quiet mind, Had a thought of God’s great mercies, ■ As he listened to the wind. Mwnllnmnm. He Died Poor. I' “It was a sad funeral to me.” said the spea ker. “ the saddest I have attended for years.” “ That of Edmonson ?" “Yes.” “ How did ho die ?” Poor—poor ns poverty —his life was one long struggle with the world, and at every dis advantage. Fortune mocked hint all the while with golden promises that were never destined to know fulUllment.” . ' " t “ Yet he was patient and .enduring,” remark i'.-Tyed'ohe of the'company. - : : “ Patient as a Christian—enduring as a mar- H tyr,”'was answered. “Poor;man! ho was K worthy of a better fate. He ought to have Succeeded, for he deserved success.” H ‘ “Did he not succeed ?" questioned the one who had spoke of his perseverance and endu franco. ' ■ |i|| “ No, sir. He died poor, as I have just said, ye Nothing that he put his.hand to ever succeeded. t-V„ A strange fatality seemed to attend every cn |,V. terprise.” , 1 “ I,was with him.in his last moments,’.said the other, “ and I thought ho died rich.” r(f'' “ No, he has left nothing behind,” was re •“ The heirs will have no concern as to Iministration of his estate.” [e has left a good name,” said one “ and > something.” . ,nd a legacy of noble,- deeds that were in,the name of humanity,” remarked an- md precious examples.” said a third, .essons of patience in suffering ; of hope in iity ; of heavenly confidence when nosun ) fell upon his bewildered path,” was the tony .of another. ind high truths, manly courage, heroic ide.” . j hen he died rich!", was the emphatic dec ton. ‘‘ Richer than the millionaire who to hia long home the same day a miserable ;r m all but go d. A sad funeral, did you No. my friend. ,t ,was rather a trium- J P bnt C8 tho n- ' N ° r l - h ? burlal of • a human ifettadaU.?* lh ? coremo ! lla ’.attendance on the of an angel. Did not succecd-?- nts whole life was a series of successes WwmFy conflict he came off victorious, and TIClOr s oro ' Tn ' a his -brow. Any CTSPjng, soulless, selfish man, with a share of V “ay gather in liioney, and learn the art OT.keepmg it; but not one in a hundred can y con( l uer in ‘he battle of life, as Edmon ha3 conquered, and step forth from the liaSS ka of-men. a Christian hero. No, no ;he 1 10 . ?°? r -' but rich—rich in neighborly anil nob '“ celestial affections. And his SliSfin BY JOHN B. BRATTON, VOL. 45. heirs have an interest in the administration of, his estate. A large properly has been left;,and let them see to it that they do not lose precious things through false estimates and ignorant'de preciations.". ; " You have a new way qL estimating; the. wealth of a man,” said the one who had first sympa|hy for the deceased. . , ■ ■ “ I- it not the right way ?” he answered. There are higher things tb -gain in. this world than wealth that-perishes. • Riches ,of priceless value ever reward the- true merchant who trades for jvisdom, buying' it with" the sil ver of truth and the gold of He dies rich who can take his : treasure with him-to ihe new land, where he,is to; abide, forever, and he who has to leave all behind pn.whichhe has placed bis affections. dies poor indeed. Our-friend Ed monson died richer than Girard or an Aster ; his monument is built of good deeds and;noble examples. It will abide forever." The Attempted Assassination of Gen, Jark- son—A Bcmiuiscencc. .Most readers arc well acquainted with the circumstances of the attempt of a crazy man named Lawrence, a resident,of Georgetown, D. 0.,t0 assassin at eGen. .Jackson, while! ho" was President, and at the Capitol to'attend the fu neral services of Hon. Warren S. Davis, a dis tinguished member of Congress from South Car olina. The editor of the Savannah (Ga.j News revives the history of the event, which we copy for the benefit dl the younger portion of our rea ders, who, at that time, werg, hot on the field of political action : : • : •; The funeral procession, in which were the President heads of departments, foreign Ministers, Senators and: Representatives, was passing from the Hall of Representatives to the eastern portico.' , Gen. Jackson,, leaning on the arm of Hon. Levi Woodbury; then Secretary of State, was near .the head of the procession, imt mediately, in the rear of the mourners, among whom were several ladies of Mr. Davis’.family. When the mourners had , reached the portico, and just as the President : passed out of the green door leading to it, Lawrence stepped from behind one of the columns of- the pdrtico, where he had concealed himself, and instantly with out a word; presenteda largo horse-pistol with in three feet of the Pfesideut’s breast, and. ex ploded the cap. . Quick as thought Gen, Jack son raised his.hickory .cane and aimed a blow at the assassin's head, but, missing him, Law rence snapped the second pistol ‘ before he was seized and borne down to the ground by those near him. Gem Jackson, without retreating an inch, had raised his cane for a second blow,' when it was seized by those immediately around him, who, protecting him from further assault. With their persons, urged him to retire into the rotunda, which he vehemently refused to do. On being'informed that it was probably a con spiracy, and that'there niight be more than one assassin, he still refused to be led from the .por tico, and expressed his determination: to main tain his position where he stood. - Thc scime presented was most exciting, La dies fainting and; screaming—t Fe. crowd; cbm' ; posed of the distinguished men of the country, hurriedly gathereing around the president, sur prise depicted ,in every rush for the would-pe assassin, and the exertions of those who had taken him in custody to prevent him from being torn to pieces by the excited multitude—the Bable of voices—altogether made a most novel and impressive spectacle.— The Sergeant-at-arms having removed the pris oner, order was soon restored, and the funeral obsequies were concluded. The pistols used on the occasion were large horse-pistols, which were found to bo heavily leaded. The weather at the lime was foggy and damp, and the pistols having been loaded for several days and kept in his carpenter's chest, while he was awaiting a favorable oppor tunity for the accomplishment of his purpose, the powder in the tubes had absorbed sufficient moisture to prevent ignition from the caps.— To that circumstance alone, under Providence, the country ow'ed the preservation of. the pfe of President Jackson. ... WAX FIGURES vs. SIIAKSPEABE. A showman, named Ward, recently addressed the Cleveland Plaindealcr quite ah original arid forcible essay on the superiority of ah.exhibi tion of wax figures over the - performance of Shakspear’s plays. Here it is ; I’m travollin with a tent which is better nor hirin lialla. My show consists of a serious of wqx works, a panetamy called a. Grand.’Movin Diarea of the War in the Crymoar, comic songs and the Cungaroo,. little cuss con- tinues to conduct himself in the niost-outrage ous style. I started out with the idea of mak ing my show-a groat Moral Entertainment, but I’m compelled to Sware so much at that air jn furnal Oangaroo that I’m afraid this desino will bo flustrated to some extent. And whilo'speak ing ot morality reminds mo that sum folks turn up their noses at shows like mine, saying they is low and not fit to bo patronized by people of high degree. Sure I maintain that this is inier nal nonsense. I. maintain that wax figures, is more elevation than all the .plays ever wroten. 'Take Shakespccr, for .instance. People think he’s great things, but I contend he is quite the rov6rse to the contrary, What sort of sense is thereto King Leer who goes round cussin his darters, chewin hay and throwing straws at and lurfin like a silly old koot and makin a ass qf himself ginetally ? Thars Mrs. Macbeth, she is a nice kind of woman to have, ain’t she a puttln old Mac, her husband, up to slayih Dunfeun with a cheese knife, while he is payin a friendly visit to their, house, O it’s highly morality i spoze, when she larfs wildly and soz ‘gin me the daggers—i’lo let, his bowels out,’ or words to that efleck—i say : tbis is all strictly ispozo. That Jack Fawlsfaf is likewise a im moral old cuss take hlprhow'ye may; and Him lit is as,crazy as a loon. Thero’aßichurdThurd —people, think ho Is groat things, but I look upon him-in the lite of a monster.. Ho kills everybody ho takes.a nosljup to, in cold blood, and then goes to sloop in ids tent j Bimoby he wakes up and yells for a boss, so ho can go brf and kill sum" more people. If ho is not a til specimen for the. gallies then i should like to know ware you find urn 7 Tharo’s lergo who is more ornory nor pizum. See how shameful ho treated that highly rospoctorbie. injun gontle mun Mr. Otheller, makinhini for to believe bis wife was to thick with Gasheo. . Observe how lergo got Gasheo drunk as a biled owl on corn whiskey in order to carry out his sneakin do. sines. See how ho works Mister Olheller’s feelings up so that ho gozo and makes poor Dosdcmony swallor a piller which causes her ■ death. But I must stop; At sum future time | I shall continue my remarks on the draramer, 1 in which i show the vast superiority of wax Ag gers, silaix and other flxins iuaintorloctualpint of view. 07" Fortune sometimes is heaped up like the snow, and like the snow melts and thaws to nothing again. 07 Politeness is like an air-cushion—there .. .. may bo nothing in it, but it ceases your jolts D7A witty joguo, brought before a Parisian wonderfully, tribunal for a druken riot, one day, assured the Bencli that ho was not a drunkard, but in child- 07 A fellow found guilty, of burglary before hood, he was bitten by a mad dog, and ho had Justice Day; in Ireland, observed, -‘that, his ever since a horror of water. , fate was singular, as he lost by Day what he got '■■■, - ; by night." u^ - The man-whoso batter half told him he-<; „„ . . fore their, marriage'tlmt she was"worth 520.U00, K7*Here is a piquant extract: He kissed when she was worth $200,001), asjie found out ber. and promised. Such beautiful lips ! aftornwrriago, has forgiven her for the falsehood Man’s usual fate—ho was lost upon the coral sho toldhim, and pocketed.the,offence, ■ ■ | reefs. Hymn of the Marseillaise. : The Marsellaise was inspired by, genius, pa triotism, youth, beauty and champagne. Rou get-de Lisle was an officer of the garrison at Strasburg, and a native of Mount Jura. Ho wits ah unknown poet and composer. He had a’pleasant ’friend, named Dietrick,.whose wife and daughters were the only, critics and admi rerS of the soldier poet‘s song. One; night he was at supper with his friend’s family, and they, had.only coarse bread and a few slices of ham. ■ Dietrick, looking .sorrowfully at De Lisle, said, “Plenty is not our feast, but we have the courage of a soldier's heartl have still one bottle left-in the cellar—bring it, my daughter, and let us drink'to,-liberty and our country IV ■ . Thelyouhg girl brought the bottle; it was soon exhausted,-and De Lisle went staggering to bed ;. ho ; could hot; sleep. for 'cold, but his heart was warm and full of the boating of ge nius arid patriotism. He took a small clavicord and tried. to ’compose a song: sometimes the words were composed first—sometimes the air. Directly he fell asleep over the instrument, and waking at daylight, wrote down ,what he had conceived in the delirium of the night. Then’ he woke the family,; and sang his production ; at first the women turned pale,then they wept, then burst forth into a cry of enthusiasm. It was the s'ong’of the,nation and of terror. ’ : Two months afterwards, Dietrick went to the scaffold, listening to .the self same music, composed under his own roof, and by the inspi ration, of .bis last, bottle of . wine. ; The people sang it everywhere ; it flew from'city to city, to every public orchestra. Marseilles adopted the song at the opening and' close of its clubs hence the name; “Hymn of the Marsellaise;" then it spread all over France. ■ They sung it in their houses, in; public assemblies, and in the stormy street convocations. De Lisle’s mother heard it- and said to her son, “What is this revolutionary hymn, sung by bands of bri gands, and with which your namcis mingled?” De Lisle heard i( and shuddered as it sounded through the streets of Paris, rung, from the Al pine passes, while he, a royalist, fled’ from- the infuriated people, frenzied by his own; words. Prance was a great amphitheatre of anarchy and blood, and De Lisle’s song Was the battle cry. ■ There' is no national air that will compare With the Marsellaise in sublimity and power; it embraces the soft cadences full of the peasant’s homeland the stormy.clangor of silver and steel when an empire is overthrown ; it endures the memory of- the vine dresser’s cottage; and makes ithe-Frenchman, in'his exile, cry “La belle Prance!” forgetful of tho torch and sword and guilotinc, which have.made- his country a spectre of blood in the eyes, of nations. Nor can the foreigner listen to it. sung by a compa ny of exile's. Or executed by.a' band of musi cians, without feeling that it is" tht pibroach of battle and war. ’ A Touching.- Incident. Many touching incidents of the loss of the Austria have been - related,, and-many--an- eye has beeri dimmjd in their perusal :by the tear qf 'sympathy ; bdt the cerfaTHlyTllo most affecting that we have seen. . It is related by one of the rescued passengers: ‘ , “An English lady. who.cnme..on board at Southampton with her husband, bad three chil dren with her—a girl about five years old, a boy about three, and a babe in her arms. The husband had jumped, and as the flames grew : hotter and burned more fiercely, she took her 1 little girl, kissed her, and threw her into the water. She then took the boy, a fair, healthy little fellow, embraced him; gave him her last kiss, and threw him in. He struck on his bach and struggled very hard. • Rising, to the sur face three separate times, he calletl'out •tylamma’ each lime in the most piteous tones, then sank to rise no more. The floor woman then clasped her baby to her breast and jumped, in with it, kissing it repeatedly as they sank to the bot tom.” An Experimental Ducking, We have on record the particulars of an inci dent which occurred during the frosty weather we had'last winter. The trick was happy in its results, and a hint of it may do good in some other quarters. “There was a lively lass in a neighboring State, who had been married about a year and a half before to a ybung farmer, and she was very.much scandalized at her husband's going too often to the public house, and staying-too late when be was there. Several little conjugal expostulations having failed to produce altera tibns.- the lady in a moment of passion declared that if it oocured again, she would throw the baby, an infant four months old, of which he was very fond, in the. neighboring fiver, and herself in after it. Not dreaming that she would carry her threat into execution, a few days had hardly elapsed when the “Iron tongue of midnight had tolled 12.” before Mr. —— knocked at his own door. His wife let him in herself this ’ time, and without saying a syllable, walked deliberately to the cradle, snatched up the unconscious innocent sleeping within it, and rushed out of the house. It is hardly necessary to say that, the alarmed husband ran.hastily after, but so sudden and unexpected had been her movement that she had gained a considerable start, and the river being but a few yards from the dwelling,reach ed the bank bejbre he could overtake her. He was just in tithe to seize and save her from self destruction; but the poor little thing was alrea dy in the middle of the water, at that spot about four feet deep, and he could witness its struggles by the light of the moon. In an in stant he threw himself in, and grasping the nightgown which had prevented its wearer from sinking, brought safely -to the bank—Me caf ! dressed in little Poll’s bed clothes, exceedingly wet, and now mewing, piteously. : His spouse in the mean time bad regained! her own door, which was not opened till he hid plenty of time to enjoy all the comforts of his'situation. . Be fore however, he'’was,quite an icicle, admission was vouchsafed ; but the story of bis self-in flicted ducking having got wind, no further stratagem was pccessary to wean the swain from his symposium, thejbkes of "his bonvival acquaintances being, sufficient to prevent bis again-partaking of their revels. O* Love isa morning stream whose memory gilds the day. K7* The thinking roan bath wings the acting man hath only feet and hands. EOM “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BB BIGHT —BUT BIGHT OB WRONG, OUB COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, FA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1858. Wo wore walking in the garden! Now wo sat upon the jlilo j Not a word between us— We were musing all the while. The full moon was shining o’er us— Shining oh this world below; As I gazed I asked'with meaning— Will you. tell mo yes oiyio 1 . Thou our hearts boat loni and wildly. Boat together in one fund, And our eyes met, yet not— But our spirits.did commune. I heard a sigh like zephyrs playing O’er ASolian chords oft Voe: I listened, and I asked in. earnest, • Will she Tibll mo yes or.no ? A playful breeze blew hm'brown.fressos All against my .glowing choek ; I felt myself draw near apd nearer, Still, yet still I could not speak— ’Twas a moment full of gladness ' As only heaven can bestow j Then I asked the breeze imploring, Will she toH mo, yes or"no? There wo sat in solemn silence, : No sweet thoughts our lips could move i Why it was 7. What spirits held us? Could there be such po\?cr,in love 7 Doubts were banished, and I whispered As I found my courage grow j Her hand I pressed and then I asked her— - And she did not tell 1 \Vlio the Deuce \fas it. Brown tells us a Vermont istory, which, he says, is as authentic as tho best of the Post an ecdotes, and, certainly, nothing more Can bo re quired. A respectable gentleman in Windsor county, many years ago,' ambition to represent, his town in the legislature. Though a man of good character, and. every way able chough for the office he sought, he happened, as Aunt Peggy used to. say, tft have “ a great many winning ways to make folks halo him,” and was in fact the most unpopular man in town. ' Going to’Squire. X, adiinfluenlial man who,happened to be friendly lofhim, he laid his case before him, and asked Hi? influence, say ing he didn’t expect help'-.wilhqut paying for it, and deolaring.tbat ifhe could got X's influence he was sure to bo elected. ;<The .’Squire “put in his best jumps” for his man but when the ballot-box was turned another-inan was declar ed elected. The disapppintedkjandidate called out to know how the votes stopd, and learned that he got; just three votes!” f “ But I don’t understand it,” said he, turning to tho 'Squire with a chop fallen countenance.' “ Nor I cith er,” said the 'Squire ; “ I putin my vote; you put in another, but who in the d 1 put the third in is more than I cab imagine!” : Adam was a farmer; yvhijeyyet in Paradise, and after hisfall. commahdOdto earn his bread by the sweat of his jJbhJ thiehonest, up right and patient, was dkhdhis endu rance has passed into a proverb.': Socratcs was ■a farmer, and yet wedded to the glo - a farmer, and divides with''Prometheus, the honor of subjecting the bx for the • rise bf .man. Cincinnatus wash farmer, and 'the noblest Ro man of them all. Burns was a farmer, and the muse found him at the plough, and' fllied 'his soul with poetry. Washington Was a farmer, and retired from the highest earthly station to enjoy the quiet of rural life, arid present- to the world a spectacle of human greatness. To . these may bo added a host of others who sought peace and repose in the cultivation of their mother earth ; the enthusiastic Lafayette, and the steadfast Pickering ; the scholastic Jeffer son, and the fiery Randolph, all found an Eldo rado of consolation from life's cares and troub les. in the green and verdant lawns that sur rounded their homesteads. < Is told of Dr. Thompson, of Atlanta, a gener ous, good man, a tip top landlord and a wit; but he certainly caught it once. A traveller called very late for breakfast >-the meal was hurriedly prepared. Thompson, feeling that the -‘feed” was not quite up to the mark, made all sorts of apologies all around the cater, who worked on in silence, never raising his head be yond the affinitive influence of his fork; or by any act acknowledging even the presence of mine host. This sulky demeanor rather “ flea’d" the Doctor, who changing the range of bis battery, stuck his thumb in his vest arm holes, expanded the chest by robbing the room' of half its air, and said : “ Now. mister, dod darn.me if I haiut made all the apology neces sary, and more too, considering the breakfast and who gets it, and now I tell you, I have seen dirtcr; worse cooked, worse tasted, worse looking and smaller breakfasts than this is. several limes.” The weary, hungry one meek ly laid down his tools, swallowed the bite in transitu, placed the palms of his hands togeth er, and modestly looking up at the vexed and ' fuming landlord, shot him dead with the words following, viz :—•• Is—, what—you— say true?”—“ Yes. sir,” came with a vindicative promptness.—“-Well,-then. I’ra-bjest, boss, if you naint out travelled me." There was pos ted in the front door a small nigger, especially . to toll the way faring” man, “ dat he didn’t owe nuffin dar, sartin sure.” After he was fairly under way, Thompson was observed creeping 1 from an attic window, taking a prolonged rear 1 view of the steed and his rider with a four foot 1 telescope. It has been intimated that the Doc- - 1 tor hesitated many seconds between the choice 1 of the glass and a double barreled shot gun. 1 The New York police are engaged in register ing the names of all the voters in that city Among other difficulties which they encounter ed. says the Journal of Commerce, was that of determining what were tenant-houses and what were not. It was Anally decided that those should bo so considered which were ’ occupied by seycral families at the same time. In one tenant house in the Seventeenth Ward, says the same paper, the officers found fifty-one fami lies, comprising 107 persona,- and in another house forty families, comprising 118 persons ? Here is at once the secret of the melancholy in crease qf vice, crime and disease in that metrop olis, and they must ever continue to increase as long as grasping landlords, persist in erecting edifices in which people are obliged to wallow in filth like swine, huddled together in dark, damp and unwholesome apartments, where the relations that should exist between the sexes are held in constant disregard, jmdjvhero the minds of the youthful occupants'are early fa miliarized with every species of viciousness which the example and precept of their elders can suggest. What credit is there in all the marble palaces and costly edifices of which New York makes so great boast, as long as she contains a single one of these sinks of iniquity, where crime lies festering like a pestilence ! De li-cious. —An editor up in Minnesota says that bo was never happy but once in bis life, and that was on a warm summer’s day when bo lay in the laps of two blooming maidens, being fanned by a third, and kissed by ail three. YES OE NQI Farmers. A Good Tarn. How they Lii'e. Bo Uniter. life in London. A very distressing case occupied the atten tion of the Lord Mayor of Loudon the other day, which had evoked a large amount of pop ular sympathy, and the sympathy has found ex pression in very substantial pecuniary contribu tions. A young and handsome female, named Francos Johnson, who attempted to oomniit suicide six months ago by throwing herself from London Bridge, was brought up at the police station to answer for her conduct, and she made a statement which horrified all who heard it— In the endeavor to destroy her life, the poor creaturo has rendered herself a cripple during the remainder of-her existence, for she came in contact in failing with one of the buttresses of the bridge, and the injury inflicted was so se vere that she has passed the time that has since elapsed within the wails of the hospital to which she was removed alter being taken out of the water. She declared, in answer to the ques. tions put to her by Sir Richard Carden, that she had been driven to commit the desperate act by the cruelty of hoi - father, who had turned her self and the other members of his family out of his house and from bis presence, and that he had frequently desired her brothers to steal, and herself and sisters to adopt an infamous course of life, in order that he might be spared their maintenance. This statement was so revolting that the Lord Mayor could not believe it, and ho sent a message to tho father, a cutler in Grace Church street, requesting his attendance at tho court. The-rdply'was an impertinent one t—if the Lord Mayor wanted him, and had pow er to summon him, ho would come, not other wise. To give the authorities a legal hold on the unnatural father, tho girl was sent to tho work-house, and a summons was then issued for his ■ appearance. When the case came on fur hearing tho court was .crowded to excess, and on tho second examination of the girl, tho dis gusting and heartless conduct of the lather came ont'in still more painful colors, and. the feelings of all present wore socxcited lhat;tho barrister and the attorney bo had .employed to defend him expressed their regret .that they wore in any way connected with tho case. In the course of the proceedings the culprit tainted or pretended to faint, but the result was that ho was sort to prison for a month for refusing to support his offsprings This extraordinary in vestigation has formed tho subject pf leading articles in the London newspapers; and by her misfortunes the poor girl finds herself hot only famous, but with largo sums of money contribu ted towards her relief in all parts of the king dom. To show tho universality of tho feeling, it is only necessary to state that tho mem hers of the London stock exchange subscribed JCI'J'C towards her settlement in life. More brutal and disgusting conduct on the part of a parent to wards his child can hardly bo. imagined. And tho extent ol this man’s punishment for an of fence which lowers him beneath tho brute croa tion-j-for brutes nourish and protect their young —is one month’s imprisonment, with hard labor. Tins is the extent of the punishment provided by the English law for the refusal by a mail of means to support his own daughter, suggesting a life of infamy to her. —Boston Post. . Cabbage and Ditlo. v Wo have just now heard a cabbage story hlah-tgAwrUrCpalg,. ii;v,fan ou;tria£jgkt or. Joying readers “ Oh M t loves you like anything,” said a young countryman to sweetheart, warmly pressing her hand. ' ‘‘ Ditto,” said she, gently returning the pres sure. The ardent lover, not happening to be-over and above learned, was sorely puzzled to. un derstand the meaning bf ditto—but was asham ed to expose his ignorance by asking the girl. He went home;.and the next day being at work in the cabbage patchwith his father, be spoke out- - “ Daddy, what’s the meaning of ditto ?” “ Why,” said the old man, “ this here is one cabbage head, ain’t it ?” “ Yes, daddy.” “ Well, that ore’s ditto.” ‘‘Hot that good for-nolhin’gal!” ejaculated the indignant son ; she called me cabbage head, and I’ll be darned if ever I go to see her again. ”, Speaking out in Daeams.—A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch —a remarkably good paper,of its size by the way—tells the fol lowing in a letter from one of the springs : An amusing incident occurred on the cars of the Virginia and Tennessee road, which must be preserved in print. It is too good to be lust. As the train entered the tunnel, near this place, in accordance with the usual custom a lamp was bt. A Servant girl, accompanying her mistress, had sunk into a profound slumber, but just os the lamp was lit she awoke, mid half asleep, imagined herself in the infernal re gions. Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking, at the same time, the devil has got me at last.”— Her mistress, sitting on the seat in front of the terrified negro, was deeply moniflcd. nhd called .upon her—“ Molho, don’t make such a noise: it is I. be not afraid-” The poor African im mediately exclaimed—“ Oh, missus, dat you; just what I ’specked ;T.always thought if cber I got to the bad place, I would sec you dar.”— These remarks were utteicd with such vche rneuce, that not a word was lost, and the whole car became convulsed with laughter. D Zs" The Japanese made it a point when en tertained on board the American vessels to taste of every dish, also to take notes of everything. One of them drank a wine glass of sweet oil, and some oue being curious to know what com ment he made upon it. applied for an interpre tation, when it was found to read, “ this is the worst wine they have got. ” IC7” A wise man endeavors to shine in him self; a foul to outshine others ; the first is hum bled by the sense of his own infirmities ; the last lifted up by the discovery of those which he observes in others. The wise man considers what he wants, and the fool what he abounds in. The wise man is happy when he gains ins own approbation ; and the fool, when he rec ommends bimscll to the applause of those about him. O - (Lady reads Legislative proceedings,) “ On motion of Mr. Smith, the ladies were ad mitted to scats on the floor of the House.’ (Indignant lady hearer.) ,“A scat on the floor, indeed. The brutes! 1 should think the State had better buy chairs, instead of treating the Legislature to wine parlies on Black well’s Island. I wouldn't sit on the floor to oblige the Legislature nor the Governor himself, I know.” ' C7* A drunken vagabond in New Orleans made a complaint that he had been struck by his wife with the poker. It is much more like ly that ho was struck by the man with the pb kcr.. [C?” Demosihencs, that poor, stuttering son of a cutler, became the most famous oraior of ancient times. Virgil, the son ol a baker, was the most celebrated pf the Latin poets. Aisop, the sop of a slave, a slave himself, managed to .acquire imperishable fame. i (Cr* The secret of horse-taming is to Rarefy Lho atmosphere about the qaadruped. ; AT ?2,00 PER ANNUM To. Develope a Man Physically. The editor of the New York Clipper visited Morissey before his fight for the championship, and in his paper thus gives the following ac count of the training process under which the muscles of the prize fighter were brought to the most perfect developemenl. The free loveshort girls might find in this a remedy for the physi cal delects of their "affinities,” if not a cure for their evil morals: “As the system of training which he is now pursuing, differs considerably from that which we have previously described, wo give a brief abstract of it. lie rises at 54 o’clock in the morning, and undergoes a cold bath, having a couple of pails of spring water poured over him and wellsponged with it. ,lie is then rubbed dry with coarse towels, and after dressing slartsoff on a three mile walk, running an ad ditional half mile. Every other morning before thus selling off, he drinks a large glass of the finest sherry, with an egg beaten up in it. On his return from that appetite creating excur sion, he nses the skipping rope for twenty min utes, to exercise and strengthen the muscles of the leg, and finishes d-ith the dumb bells for a quarter of an hour. Eight o'clock has by this tinie arrived, and he goes to breakfast with an appetite by no means lessened by his morning exercise. At ibis meal he partakes of a cup of tea. and a broiled mutton chop. Aficr break fast, luMvalks 44 miles out to a house, where ho takes a glass of Murphy’s fine old ale, and a crust of home baked, bread. • Returning, he runs a mile at the: lop of his speed, and on reaching his hotel is well rubbed down,by his trainers.; lie thin, after changing his dress, commence,s with the weigh machine, and finishes the morning’s work with fighting the bag. Dinner hour, one o'clock, has now arrived, and,here a large cut or surloin of beef, or mutton, awaits Tiim varied occasionally with a broiled chicken.. lie is allowed but little wa ter, and after dinner he takes half a tumbler of sherry,With a piece of dry toast.' lie then washes his face and hands in a liquid prepared by his trainer, the object of which is to harden the flesh on these parts. He now starts oil on the afternoon's walk, of eight or nine miles, re turns, lists the bag for twenty minutes, and is well rubbed down. He diversifies this routine by sparring with Shepherd .Lawrence or Burns, and using the weigh machine. Tea at 0 o’clock, comprising a light broiled egg and a mutton chop or broiled chicken, and a single cup of tea. Afterwards he takes a rest for half an hour,and then amuses himself with rowing on the river foran hour dr. so. After again washing his hands and face in the liquid before mentioned, ho imbibes half a glass of the sherry wine, and eats a crust of stale bread before retiring for the evening, which he does at eight o’clock, again io rise in the morning and pursue the same course of exercise and dietetics. Be Pleasant. Do be pleasant—why can't you 1 .Will you feel any better for snapping,snarling,or growl ings You know you won't. .. If your heart is really a dirty dish, and ugly emotions and cross words were the uncleanlmcss, it would be 1 a good plan to geFilteih"aHlouf nS fust hs possi ble, but unfortunately tberecan be no such sud den cleansing of a loan's interior. The more objectionable stuff he throws out the more there I grows to replace it—"tis only smothering and choking that suits this case. Speak pleasantly then, especially to people in any respect beneath your-whether they be inferior to you in rank, learning power.,age, wealth, or only in sex, try always to be pleasant toward them whether you really feel good natnred or not. If you get your mouth open to twrow out a spike or adag gcr, shut it till you can, like the juggler, trans- i form the weapon into a flower. Oh. do be kind ' and pleasant, everybody to everybody, and the ' milleniuin will cbmcot once. Betting in Court.—They tell some tough stories about Wisconsin Courts of Justice, and we refer theni to the careful consideration of the Marines, but the following is vouched for by an eye witness, whoso ‘veracity’ is unques tionable: “While n case was in progress before a jus tice away up among the oak openings,a dispute arose between the defendant and constable in (regard to the time a certain arrest was made: One offered to bet five dollars and the other re sponded by drawing his sheepskin, and the mo ney was deposited in the hands of the ‘Squire.’ At this motneqt a villanous looking customer who was awaiting his examination for horse stealing, exclaimed in astonishment, “Wall, gentlemen, I’ve been a pretty hard customer in my day. I’ve drank whiskey at the revival and played cards in the pulpit, but, by G-d. I never saw betting in a Court of justice before.’’ The White Veil — A beautiful but strange custom prevails among the Japanese, by which the bride receives a disguised sermon as a pres ent from her friends. In our land the bride frequently receives presents of jewelry and dre.vs, but in Japan her friends 'give her on her wedding day a long white veil. This veil ,is long enough to cover her from head to foot.— After the ceremony is over, she carefully lays aside this veil among the things not to bo dis turbed. That wedding veil is at her death to be her shroud. What would our females think of having their shroud around them Ip partake in the dancing and other revelries ? Christian' Slaves.—The following figures show the number of slaves at the South who arc church members, and the church tjjey be- long to Connected with the Methodist Church, ' South, are 200,000 Methodist, North, in Virginia and Ma ryland, 15.000 Missionary and Hardshell Baptists, 175,000 Old School Presbyterians, 10,000 New “ “ , suppoicd, . C,OOO Cumberland Presbyterians, * 20,000 Protestant Episcopalians, 7,000 Cainpbellites, or Christiaan Church, 10,000 All other sects combined, 20,000 Total colored membership, South, 408,000 Father Murdered uy nis Daughter. —An occurrence of a truly horrible nature transpired in the town of Johnson, Mahoning co., Ohio, a few days since, by which an aged and respecta ble gentleman, named Robert Hamilton, lost his life. It appears that he had a daughter named Catharine, who was deranged, and that enter ing his room in the morning, and while he was yet asleep, she struck him several blows on the head with an axe, fracturing his skull and pro ducing instant death. She was at once secur ed, and sent to the asylum at Ncwburgl Where she now remains. - D3?”A model young lady, just graduated from a certain distant academy, remarked lire other day, “I cannot deceive how the young gentle man can drink to such a recess, when they know it is so oonjnrious to their institution.” [G?”Jano fears to walk ’mid flowers in spring, Tliougn cacti one fragrance distils. Because her nerves are weak, and all Tile plants are j hooting jiiniils. LAUNCH OF THE SLOOP OF WAR LANCASTER. Yesterday at 12 o’clock the United. States; steam propeller Lancaster was launched from* the Philadelphia' Navy Yard, in the prescribeof an imqiense concourse of our,citizens. 'Notwith standing the announcement had been madethat; the gates of the yard would not be open to tho public until 11 o’clock, a large' crowd , bad, reached the spot a long while previous to this time, and waited with great -patience for ad-; mission. A number of ladles and others, hav- i ing tickets of admission, gained access to the.* through the gate in front of the comman dant s house, and, by that time the public gen-' Orally were admitted, the dismantled frigate, Congress was literally covered with people, and all the accessible points in the yard and neigh •boring wharves were ajually alive with the cu rious mass. The river was here and there dotted with row boats, pleasure yachts, and smalt steamers chartered for ■ the occasion., The “receiving ship” was gaily decorated with flags, a string of them reaching from the bow sprit to the foremast, and thence to the mizen' mast, and down to the spanker boom, present ing a truly beautiful appearance. After view ing tho crowd in the yard, we made'out* way through a narrow door, which was guarded by; marines, into the house which covered the ship. The head of the ship was handsomely decorated.' the deck covered with carpet, rind 0 chairlwas,- ilaced near the bow for the accommodation of; ■ Hiss Lane, who had been chosen to perform the christening. Miss Lane was escorted, to tho; ship by Commodore Stewart, followed by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, friends and acquaintances. NO. M. Among the invited guests were Captain Carr, Win. Badger, Esq , George Plitt, Esq.. Major English,U. S. N., and a number of naval -offl- 1 cers. A few minutes before the launch'. Cpl. Florence, who arrived from New York, in the, .11 o’clock train, made his appearance,upon the. platform, and tho gangway was lowered so ns to enable him to get- on board. The Colonel was greeted on all hands with a warm welcome due to the representative, through whoso exer*. tions the navy yard in Southwark has been brought to its proper prominence and utility'.' The platform having been removed, the shores were knocked away, and the setting up of the vessel commenced. This was performed by several hundred men, who were stationed on each side of the keck and in gangs of from four to six, drove wedges under the ways, with rams made for the purpose. A few minutes sufficed to complete this labor, when the Inst operation before launching, the cutting away of the blocks upon which the vessel rested while being built, was commenced. These block's were eighteen in number, each being numbered, and as each block was removed, tho number was handed to Commodore Stewart, who crriced d correspond, 'ing number upon a piece of paper, and by this means he was informed everything,was cleared from under the wheel. As soon: as,the Hast block was removed tho signal was given, and the dog shores were quickly sawed asunder, the Lancasterraovcdfromtheynrd.flrstßlowly, but in a moment with swifter motion. Just ns she commenced to move an old salt jumped, upon her ways and took a ride nearly To the water’s edge, and then quickly leaped from his dangerous position. As the bow of the noble ship touched the water. Miss LaiVri broke tho bottle over it, at the same lime pronouncing the name Lancaster. The young lady stood in such a-position as to be seen distinctly bythose in the boat house, as well as those on. board the Congress and along tho wharves, and the act of christening was received with cheering both on board and among the crowd along the shore, from the moment the vessel started until the anchor was dropped In the stream. The scene as viewed from the deck of the frigate; with the ’ dense throng upon the stages and wharves, and the Delaware covered with boats of various si zes; was a most beautiful one. Soon after the anchor had been dropped, The commodore’s boat came alongside, and Miss Lane and the i other special guests wore rowed to the shore. I The rest were then taken off in boats belonging ! to the yard, with as much expedition as pbssi blc. The officers of the array-and navy and' the ladies were entertained after the launch in tho commodore’s building, one room of which ( was handsomely decorated for the occasion; • with portraits of distinguished personages and flags of different nations. Conspicuous among the portraits were those of Picsiden.-s Washing ton and Buchanan, and of Secretary Tnucey. The Lancaster was commenced on the first Mon day of the present year. Her drawings were made in Washington, and she was built under the superintendence of Naval Constructor Grice and Mr. Hoover, master carpenter of theyard. In model and,build she will compare with any vessel afloat. —Phil, hedger. -■ Eighteen Persons Poisoned at Dinner.— Mr. Muchlirahnn, his wife, two children, two servant girls, and twelve boarders were poisoned on Wednesday week while at dinner, by taking arsenic, which had been mixed with their food. Mr. M. keeps a public house in Second street. After the boarders and family had finished their meal, they wore all taken with severe griping of the bowels, and vomiting. A doctor was sent,, for, and immediately saw that this general ill ness had been produced by poison, and went to f’ork at once, administering antidotes; By q pod deal of industry and proper attention the patients were quickly bolter. The. result will not bo fatal in any case. By examination and chemical analysis, it was discovered that arse nic pas in (ho soup, meat, mid all the food.— The poison had been thus distributed by being mixed with the salt. The salt used in cooking had been taken from a pitcher on a shelf in the kitchen, close to a window opening on the back yard. On analyzing that left in the vessej, nr. senio was found, and it was evident, from this fact, that here was the origin of the mischief. As yet nothing has been learned on which to rest a well-grounded suspicion as to the perpe trator of this plot.— Hl. Louis Rep. A Poser.—Not long since wb chanced to be iresent at a dai.ee in one of the large towns in New England, and observed a young man who made himself somewhat conspicuous by his fa miliarity with tile best looking and best dressed * young ladies in the Hall, oftentimes soliciting the honof"oTa dan'co' wifh them, without hav ing first obtained an introduction. For some- time ho had been watching one damsel tn parti cular, whoso handsome face, expansive skirts■ and bewitching glances, had the happy effect In drawing about her any quantity of beans. Aj last, finding her at leisure, the young exquisite made a rush through the crowd of her male ad mirers, and In the most patronizing manner -re quested that ho might have the pleasure of a waltz with her. “No, I thank you,” sha-re pliedj l ‘l don’t like to waltz, it makes me puke.” A Cbntbnnartan.— On Sunday, October 10th, Mrs. Sarah Denton, relict of the late Ben jamin Denton, of Wilton, Conn., .reached the extreme age of 100 years. At the anniversary of her hundredth year, according to previous arrangement, a large company of relatives, ao-. quainlances, and others interested in seeing a person who has lived so long, assembled at the residence of Mr. Abbott to improve the occasion by appropriate religious exercises.—A'ortca/fc Gazette. " 1 [fy” The murder case which has occupied the Courts of Alabama at intervals for fourteen years, was finally decided last week. . In Feb;; 1844. an overseer employed by Dr. Chapman, of Henry county, in that State, whipped d slave to death, and was found guilty of murder-, but through some legal technicality, escaped execution. He has now been convicted of maur slaughter in the first degree. O’- The current coin, of life is plain sound sense. We derive a more substantial and- thri ving trade with that than with aught else.* [£7> \y c paint our lives with fresco. The salt and facile plaster of the moment hardens under every stroke of the brush into eternal rock. Xj~ A newly married roan' thus registered himself at a New Orleans hotel—"S. B. Jones and lady, on a blithe tower.” .. . HIT* Some writer says marriage is like eating an onion —you tbM liars and eat’again.. =
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