AMERICAN YOLUNTEEIi. t>DIIU3HED EVERY THURSDAY. MORNING DS Joliu JS. Bi-attoM. TERMS SunsoniPTioN.— Oho Dpllariand Fiftj Ccnts, in advance; Two Dollars if paid witluntho year; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, !! not pnfd within the year. These terms will bo rig idly adhered to in every instance. Ifo sub scription, discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. 1 Advertisements— Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted three times fbrOne Dollar, and twenty-five cents (or each additional insertion. Those of agreat fer length in proportion. ■ .. • -Jon-FniNTiNO —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &0.,&0., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. JffOW BEAUT F (: OR the inspection of the public, in the More room formerly occupied by John G. Wil V : liams, two doors cast ofßhoads’Warehouse.a ' . large and complete stock ol GROCERIES con jaaansisting of Sugars, Codecs, Teas, Molas ffiffises, Fish, Salt, Spices, China, Glass and Pickels, Preserves, FRESH CAN Oils, &c., all of which arc ireshand i&WolI selected, and to bo sold as low as similar S'Gooda can bo bought anywhere outside of Ptul- r ad Eggs, Soap, Rags, Beeswax, -Drica E’ Sr ml, &c., taken in exchange for Goods. K I would respectfully invito all to give me a Beall and examine for be jjtz. Carlisle, Oct. 28,1858. rrcsli Groceries. THE subscriber has just received an addi tional stock of Fresh Groceries of every kind at reduced prices, to which ho invites his friends and customers. They embrace in part the following: ' , . ... Teas of every variety and-best quality. Rio, Java and Maracaiba Coffee. Roasted Coffbe. . < Crushed and Pulverized Sugars. Refined and other Brown Sugars. Superior Syrup Molasses. Orleans Molasses. 1 Spices of every kind, pure. Starch, Farina and chocolate. Maccaroni, cheese and crackers. Tapiaeo and Sago. . ' Indigo, Saleratna, Soda and Cream Tartar. Mustard and Corrander Seed, as well as all the other articles belonging to a well estaidislied Grocery. v- ' Carlisle, Nov. 1858. " , . . - WINTER ARRANGEMENT! CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAIL ROAD CQ’Y CHANGE OP HOURS. v - N and dftor Monday, October 11th, 1808 trains wilUeavb as follows, (bun 's cxccpccd;) For Hafrlsbnvs. Ul Train. 2d Train. ve Chamborsburg, 8.25 A.M. 2.16 P. M Sbippcnsburg, 8.65 .“ . 2.40 “ Newfille, 3.27 “ 3.18 “ Carlisle, 10.00: ; » 8.58 « Mechanicsb’g, 10.32 “ 4.30 \ Harrisburg, . 11.08 “ ... &- 02 For Chambcrsßmrg 1 . Ui Train. 2d Train, xe Harrisburg, 8.30 A. M. 1.00 P. M. Mechanicsburg, 0.10 “ 1-26 Carlisle, 9-60 “ 2.12 ‘ Ncwville, 10.80 “ 2.47 «• . . Sliippensbnrg, 11-02 “ .3-23 idfiltt Charaborsburg, 11-30 “ B*oB . leave Harrisburg l°, r l PI ' I \ ft^® I P.^ a blfenn’a Railroad, at 8.10 A.Mi 2.15 P.M; 6.25 iSp.m; and 12.00 night. By Reading vta Lebanon ■feollay, IlailrnaJ ,■ At 2.25 pm. v..-. ■ . , .. ■tPor Pittsburg, 8.40. a.m : 1.00 P-™- a " <ls - LU Km.- For Baltimore,:B.3o a.m. and 1-45 p.m.. ■Tor Trevorton and Williamsport, at 1.00 p. m. jpiad 8.45 p. m. Train on Bauplun Rond at 1.30 Paros from Harrisburg, Mecbamcsburg, Oar- HsMjShinponsburg and Chambersburg, will be *s legs when paid for Tickets at, the Of in when/paid in the Cars: _ _ . Q. N.LtJLL, Supt. d Office, Chambersburg, t October 7. 1858., 1 Meat Ciittci's. IOZ. Meaf.Cutfers and Sausage .Staffers. Iso, a aery largo assortment of Butcher. , Stools, Cleavers, ;Steol-yards,&c., just id and for sale at very low prices, at the lardwaro store* of the subscriber, East treet. do, Nov. 11, 1858. Fiirm Bells. 1 subscriber has been appointed agent for imberiand county, for the sale of thcceic- Greencastie Farm Bolls, and is sclling very low prices. . Thoj'havc been sold the State and give satisfaction to all ■o tried them. Also, on hand, some ot metal Farm Bells, and every-thing else farming and mechanical line. All to bo ho cheap . • lie, April 22,1858. =•' Bar Iron. IAH LBS. Boiled and Bar Iron, of the 'UU best brands, all sizes; Steel of is at the lowest market prices. AH Iron ‘ed to bo cood or the money returned. JOHN P. LYNJi & SON. de, Oct. 28, 1858. . Kails, Kails. thousand I:oga heat quality Of'Nails.— i are propaied to sell, nails of the ver} lality, and at the very lowest price— in want of nails and building materials , wbuld?do well to call before purchasing else- I'V./' whoto..'" fcv.. ' WUv.. W 1 (Sb. 3,1858. “ pursj'JPurs. ■ stock of Fuvs arc Ait new, bought for from tho manufacturer, and will bo astonishingly low prices, and SCO them before purchasing else fMflffliSi. CHAS. OGILBY. 1858 . * J. P. LYNE & SON, North Hanover street. Cranberries, ,E OU, (assorted) Raisins, Currants, Clt , Ketchup, Pickles, Buckwheat, and oth iles suitable for the season, just opened trion Ball 39 Grocery and Tea store, and »by J. W. EBY. ; *mber 4,1858. ,cdar & Willow Ware. (CETS. Market, Travelling, and a vari of Fancy and other Baskets. (e» Ware. —Tubs, Buckets, Measures, painted and other Buckets, Pails, Bcd ’.ats, Brushes and other necessary house Brooms, known, as the best Broom in rny other market, are for sale only by icrilior. All articles in our lino are of ,'the lowest cash prices. '4,1858. - J. w. EBY. Baskets for ladies, teeth and hair J; Broshes, Soaps, cologne, Extracts, for sale by 1 . WH. BENTZ. v-'v .vNovetnh »er 1858. 4, : ■ ,■ - 1 — ■ jTNOLD BAND CHINA, in setts of 46 and 55 Granite and common ware, iS-.W'gMlllfcfc for sale at the new Grocery of /.N.mi’4, ISSS. ■ WM. BENTZ. iPJUHNING FLUID, Pino Oil, Whale Oil, JE>’ tamps. Soap, Concentrated Lye, Tallow, Adamantine and Sperm candles, for sale by ’A ? ZWov. 4,185 S. WM. BENTZ. KEEPERS and Dealers generally, supplied with lino Liquors at less than city 1 .places by WM'. BENTZ. :;'^,j6» r ligl°, January 20,1669. linmran Soft be tby pillow my darling. That bears thco in slumber to-night; Sweet, bo thy dreams, till the morning Wakes thee to fairer delight j My precious, my innocent darling, ■» My loving, my beautiful one, God keep thee from sickness and sorrow. Till lilo’s little journey is done, «T “Is the editor within I” . “ Your servant, sir.” ■< A package. Charges, thirty-eight cents.” Happened to have just that amount. Paid expressman, and then, with a nervous hand, proceeded to examine the mysterious box.-j- The edver is removed, when our eyes, are glad dened with the sight of a fine, fat turkey-. The next thing brought to ilght was a bottle of cham pagne! and the next and'last, a huge demijohn, marked “ O Tar.” What in the world is.o Tar ? It must mean Old Tar; but what in the world induced any one to send us cither old or new Tar. We havn’t got any wagon, and for. getting up a. bonfire.,for.:theibencflt.Ofit , Republicans; we are not in the humor. We have it. Wo will sell it to the livery man—• Called on liim and he said ho did not use tar, but grease on' his wagons. Brought it nack to the office, in not a very good humor, stilt won dering why it was sent to us. Kosolved finally to draw the cork. Did .so. It wasn’t tar. S’ftielt of if. Knew by the smell it wasn’t tar. Tasted of it, and became fully satisfied that it wasn’t tar. Tasted again, and then drew up a resolution declaring, in the most emphatic terms, that it wasn’t tar. Tasted again, and then entered the resolution among the regular proceedings, to make it sure that it wasn t tar. Tasted again and began to feel happy. Tasted again, and felt very happy. Tasted again, and soon became very rich and resolved to give our cottage to a poor widow and purchase the ele gant mansion- over the way—to donate om office to Jabe and buy out the New York Led ger. Gave the “ devil” a $2O gold piece lor Christmas, and promised him a round hundred tor New Years. Bought a 55,000' pair of nags and a sleigh'cnshioned with scarlet velvet, and decorated with gold and pearls. Ordered from the south,-a darkey driver and postman, whose laces shone like a glass bottle under direct sun ray. Went over the “Union” and told Fred to send every poor family in town a barrel of Ju lean Mills" flour, and nameless olber articles to render them comfortable. Bought all the wood in market and ordered it sent immediately to the aforesaid, poor families. Gave each of the clergymen in town a thousand dollars— adopted fourteen orphan girls, and fifteen orphan boys run' around and paid all debts (what printer on earth done that?)—kissed (before wo thought) a pretty girlwho called to wish us a merry Christmas ( somebody looked unpleasant when this happened}—settled the-matter by, ordering a thousand dollar shawl, and a set of furs cost ing an equal amount—put on our slippers (ima gining that wo heard music,) did hoar music. To r somebody came near being kicked out of bed.— Alas I we had only been drinking ’.—Sandy Hill Herald. HENRY SAXTON, A Methodist preacher well known for his uncompromising hostility to all intoxicating , drinks, had made an appointment to preach in , a neighborhood notorious for its intemperance. It was generally understood that his. remarks were chiefly to be directed against the besetting sin of the district in which he was to preach, and several of the bullies had given- out that they, intended to whip him' if he touched on what they meant should ground. The day arrived, and the preacher appeared on the stand. A large number of his friends froth adjacent districts, hearing of threats against him. had come to the meeting, in order, if necessary, to protect him from violence, but the preacher had no in tention that any of his friends should fight on his account; -lie was able to do his own right ing. Accordingly on mounting the stand, he had thrown oft his coat and vest, and up his shirt sleeves, displaying the arm and chest of a Hercules. He said he bad heard there were several men present who had ihreatened to whip him ; that ho had many friends present who w.ero able and willing to protect him. Ho said he did not like fighting, bur if .there must bo fighting on his account, he would rather do it than have his friends fight for him, and ns he did not wish the services interrupted, he would prefer that it should take place before the meeting was opened. “And therefore, said he, “if there is any man here who thinks he can'whip me and intends to try it. ho will have the goodness to step forward, and I will flax him Out with as much case as t now lift broth* er Smith ;.** > saying while ho seized a preacher who stood by his side and who was a small sized man, by the waistband of the breeches, and lifted,him from the floor, hold him out at - arms’ length with ope hand. The exhibition prevented any demonstration on the part of his enemies, and the meeting proceeded without interruption. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 45. v TO MY LITTLE DAUGHTER. nv O. D. SrEWAUT. What were the light of the morrow, If thou sbould'st not waken again— What but a cloud and a tempest, And sadness and anguish, and pain 1 The curls on thy brow are our sunshine; The light o( thine eye is our joy; The smile on thy lip brings us gladness, And pleasure unmixed with alloy. Surely the angels my darling, Will watch thee in waking and sleep, .And God in Ijis infinite goodness, The way of thy footsteps will keep ; Tenderly, lovingly, bending, Shield her, good angels, to-night, Sweet be her slumber till morning Wakes-hor to dearer delight. , THE SPEECH OF LOVE. Yon ask me, love, to sing ol you, Dear heart I but what, and why ? Songs are but skilfnl-woven words That tinkle unto certain chords. Words cannot show my burning love. My spirit’s secret (ire; I fry to speak, and make if plain About my pleasure and my pain: But speech and song expire 1 . There is more eloquence in looks, , More poesy in sighs,' Than ever yet in speech was framed. Or any song of poet famed, . Though lit at ladies’ eyes. Then bid mo sing of love no more, But lot me silent be ; For silence is the speech of love. The music of the spheres above; That best beflffoth thee 1 0 Tar! The Printer’s Christmas. A Plnckv Preacher. . C 7” Mrs. Partington says she was much elu cidated last Sunday on hearing a fine concourse on the parody of the prodigious sop. O” Why are the darkies of New York gen erally a debased class ■ Because .they live in debasement.- “Stolen—A Vnlnable hohr!" Under this caption the Philadelphia Evening Journal hits oft hclassof persons -time Stealers —inn most graphic style. These despoilers are not an unusual class in our town, ns else where. The remark has been made more than once since this great world was set a-rolling, that time is precious. It waits on no man. On singing maidens and fighting men—on flower gardens and battle fields—on joy and sorrow— hope and despair; love-and hatred, the night falls, and the sun rises, with unsparing regu larity. . The minutes are very precious, every one of them. We cannot afford "to let them drift unheeded by. The current widens and quickens for eternity’s ocean, and we are afloat. There is work to do, and not more than enough time to do it in. Let sin and shame and.sorrow be upon every one of us who wastes this heavenly treasure. If any mortal be willing to incur the fearful responsibility of sloth, his be the settling ac count ! But a weightier and graver charge is against him who squanders: the time of others. He is more than n spendthrift. He is a' thief. Earthly law cannot reach them. He is often genteel and respectable. He wears flue clothes and uses choice language. The fragrant, atmo sphere of a good reputation surrounds him. His lips distil honey and breathe melody. He drops gently in when the muscles are all strain ed and the brow burning with the heat and toil of the day. He is delighted to see you. Was passing by,and thought he would just see haw you are coming along. Have nothing new or important—have you?. Thinks a great deal about the.weather, says all he thinks. How busy you are! dont stop ! And then an irregular fire of reminiscences, reflections, speculations, prophesies, and hear says—all very sapient and surprising, no doubt —Untillhe brain reels, and the nerves quiver, and the patience oozesmut in great angry drops of perspiration, and common courtesy becomes a heroism,, and from the troubled soul goes Up a sigh for a lodge in some vast 'wilderness, 'an inaccessible attic, with only one door, and that bolted on the inside! n We shut up in. grated dells those who rob us of our money or goods. Wo knock down those who rob us of our reputation, or forever “cut” and shun them. But we can do nothing with those who steal our time. We are at their mercy. Will they not pause On bur threshold, and consider well before they turn our door latch? , - '■ Superstition in Gebjiant.—A letter from Berlin (Prussia) thus speaks of the superstition which prevails among.tho peasantry of Germany: The German peasantry, by the way; always huddle together as close as possible. . I have rarely seen an isolated farm house in Prussia. Intelligent men inform mo that this custom is not wholly, of even in great part owing, as I at first supposed, to a stcial feeling, but mainly to a superstitious, childish dread of being alone. It seemed to me incrcditablo; but further obser vation compels me to believe that at the present day. the common people of Germany arc as su perstitious and credulous ns negroes themselves.; - WUqlics.andShosts-stlll; pljiyithdir’, port In-tlio popular belief,.and hill the door sills in Berlin are protected against their evil machinations by the talisraanic powers ol potent iron horse shoes! And yet Prussia is a land of . common schools, where every child'is .obliged, to learn how to road and write, and,is supposed to grow up into an Intelligent man or woman, but somehow they contrive to mix in an amazing proportion of su perstition with all that they learn. A few days since I Was present at a pleasant, social gather ing of Americans and Germans, when just as we were sitting down to lea the servants discovered there were thirteen of us. Fatal number 1 If we all sat down, some one of us would never live to see .another morning 1‘ Our host was a man of sense, and above all such ignorant folly; but the servants refused to be-pacified until a good natured Gorman offered to wait and save the company from .the consequences of that fa tal number, a This superstition prevails every where among the common people of Germany ; and is sometimes to be met with where least expected. Farming in Germany.— An American travel ing in Germany says the road from Berlin to Loipsio passes through a beautiful and highly cultivated ci unlry. Tho land is generally cul tivated,by small tanners, who either own dr rent it. The principal crops are rye and potatoes, and indeed these may be said to be the staff and sole support of the peasantry. Occasionally, as one is whirled along at tho rate of. twenty five miles per hour, never faster, a patch of bar ley, or rape seed, or millet, or mustard, may bo seen, but potatoes and rye are os seven to one. The land is cultivated in long, narrow strips, and as the eye rests upon the landscape, with its diversified colors, dark green of tho potatoes, the bright golden of tho rye, (now in ear,) the yellow flower of the mustard and tho pale pinky red of the grape, the effoct is most beautiful.— Waving in all their bright glory under the radi ance of a warm July sun, it looks like n carpet of most brilliant color's covering tho glad earth, and when the summer wind plays among the growing crops, thoir colors ehango like tho shift ing beauties of tho kaleidoscope., There are no ugly worm or post and rail fences, or hedges, except along the roads, to mar the beauty of the scene, and stranger still, never a house in the midst of the cultivation. Tho people all hud dle together in villages, largo or small, accord ing to the extent of arable land around thorn. little Graves. Sacred places for pure thoughts and holy meditation, are the little graves in the church yard, says a writer. They are the depositories of the mother's sweetest joy—half unfolded buds of innocence, humanity nipped by ■ the first frost of time, ere yet a canker worm of corrup tion has nestled among its embroyo petals.— Callous, indeed, must be tho heart of him who can stand by a little graveside and not have the holiest emotions of the soul awakened to thoughts of that purity and joy which belongs alone to God and Heaven—for the mute preach er at his feet tells of life begun and ended without slain : and surely if this be vouchsafed to mortality, how much purer and holier must be the spiritual land, enlightened by the sun of infinite goodness, whence emanated the soul of that brief sojourner among us ? • How swells the heart of the parent with mournful joy while standing by the earth-bed of lost little ones ? Mournful because a sweet treasure has been ta ken away—joyful, because that precious jewel glitters in the diadem of the Redeemer. Antiquities.—Ninevah was fifteen miles by nine, and forty round! with walls one hundred feet high, and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was sixty miles within the walls, which were seventy-five feet thick and three hundred feet high, with one hundred bra zen gates. The Temple of Diana was four hun dred feet high, and was two hundred years in building. The largest of the pyramids is four hundred and eighty feet high, and sii hundred and sixty-thrcc feet on one side ; itsba-o covers eleven acres. Three hundred and sixty thou sand men were employed in its erection. The labyrinth of Egypt contains these thousand chambers and twelve halls. Thebes in Egypt, presents ruins twenty-seven miles round. It had one hundred gates. Carthago was iwcn t.vfive miles round, and so was Athens.—Art journal. --.Tsaaaasi “dtnt COUtfTRT—MAT IT RIGHT —B[JT BIGHT OB WEONG, OUB COUNTHT.” < CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 185 D. ■ : V'v-i;--. - ■ : Col. Smith {'a' the Jones Family. Well, after darlc.',l ; put.np with a first-rate, good natured iblluw that I wot at the billiard .table. I went Ifi'ptid was introduced to hi* Wile, d tine, lit Woman, looking as though she llved-on iaffin’, heyiaoewaa so Hill of ftm. Af ter a while, after,we/d talked about tor girl,.and about the gardebnnd about the Weather, income three or lone children laffln* nh'd skipping as merry as was wo fcan'dlo lit, but I could see that thisy, wore fine looking fellows, and I started ior 'nilf saddle bags, in which I had put a lot Of sugar candy as I went along. “Como here,”:..«ild I, “you little rogue; come here and felloe whht your name is.” The oldest came tjf toe and said; <■ My name is Peter J ones.” ■, - “And what's yoUpnamo, sir?” “Bob JoneS.” T? The next said was Bill Jones, and the fourth. said hiS'bdme was Tommy Jones. X gave 'em sugar candy, and old Mrs. Jones was so tickled that shV laughed; all the time., “ Why,” says IfffljMrs. Jones, I Would not take a good deal;them, noys, if I had ’em, they are so,beautiful and sprightly.” « No, ,J soys shej ,** I set a good deal on 'era, but wo e(joU femftoomuch.” • “No, no,” says-I, “they’re well behaved children, and tiy gracious,” says I, pretending, to be startlcdbyp rcsemblance between the boys and tbcir fidtiorpand l looked at. Mr. Jones, “X never did’jieo any thing equal to it, says I, “ your dwn kyes, month, forehead, and perfect picture.of hair,’sir,” tapping the eldest on the pate. ’ . I thought MrSi Jones Wpnld bavo died laffin,’ at that, her arms fell down by her side, and she shook the whole ,house. ■ “Do. yo.u.think to, Mr. Smith 7” said she looking towards Mr. Jones, and I thought she'd go off in a tit. .- “Yes,” says I, “IJdo really.” . • “ Haw, haw, ,haw;lp says Mr. Jpnes, kind o laffin’,,«you are me now, with your jokes.”. '. • _ _ _ ■< I ain’t n jokin.’fat ’.all,’’, says I, “ they arc handsome children,,and do look wonderfully, like you.” . Just then a gal brought a light in, and I’ll be darned if the little brats didn’t turn out to bo niggers., every one ofr?Cm, and their heads curly all over. * Mr. and litis. ..Jones never'had any children, and they potted them niggers as play things. I never feltao streaked as I did when I found out how things stood. How Major, Van-Doiin Felt whf.k the . Oamanches Snoi Eiir;—The Port Gibson R«- ■unite has been showier la private le'tter from the above gallant, officer, 3 'ia native.of Clerborne County, Miss. The jatterwas a member of his : family, and hiaT recent desperate conflict with the Canfaheh’cs.he says: “ I charged- a- party of Indians during (he. battle, which lasted (about an hour, and after' shooting one of themygot shot my self—onc.hr*' row entering my arm a little above the wrist’., and lodging near ihel-elbow : another entered my right side, passedAhroiigh the upper part of niy stoinach.-rarighig upwards. cut the low er part of: my left long, and catne out at my left side. When ! ptmcd lho arrows from me, the blood followcdnimf *-weary of service and 7 wine from adrunkard’sthnkard, It was sub lime to stand thus- on the’brfhk'of the dark abyss, and the contemplation was awful. I was doubtful for some; time if.l should survive I had faced death often, but never so palpably before. I gasped in dreadfuli agony for several hours, but finally became easy, and am now well. My noble, faithful horse, sprinkled with blood, stood over me where I fell, and looked the sympathy he could not utter,; and if I had died there.-would not have been friendless. If several soldiers had:hbt came to us as I was shot, I would have been stuck as full ;of arrows ns Gulliver was by the Lilliputians, and my best friends could not have picked me out from among a dozen dead porcupines." The Gentry. Theodore Parker, in his lecture on Washing ton, last week, repeated the following anecdote, related to him by an old soldier, who vouched for its truth: At Cambridge. Gen. Washington had heard that the colored soldiers were not to be depen ded upon os sentinels. So one night, when the pass word was “ Cambridge.” he went outside the. camp, put on an overcoat, and then ap proached a colored sentinel. “ Who goes there 1" cried the sentinel. “ A friend,” replied Washington. “ Friend, advance unarmed, arid give the countersign,” said the colored man. Washington came up and said “ Roxbury.” “ No, sar!” was the response. ■ “ Medford,” said Washington. « No, sar!" returned the colored man.' « Charleston,” said Washington. ■ The colored man immediately exclaimed— I tell you, tansSa Washington, no man go by here ’out he say • Cartibridge ’ ” Washington - said Cambridge,” and -went bv, and the next day the colored gentleman was relieved of all further necessity for attend ing to that particular branch of military duty. Air Impatient JunvitAN.— -The following anecdote is reported as authentic: The District Court in one of the northern parishes of Louisiana, was in session: ’twaa the first' day of the court; time, after dinner.— Lawyers and others had dined, and were sitting out before the hotel, and a long, lank, unsoph isticated countryman came up and unceremoni ously made himself one of ’em, and remarked : “Gentlemen. I wish you would goon with this court, for I want to go home; I left Bet set'a looking out." ■ “ Ah!” said one of the lawyers, “ and pray, sir, what detains you at court ?” ' , “Whv, sir. said ’the countryman, “I am lotchcd ‘here ns a .jury, and they say if 1 go home they will have to find me and they mom’nt do that, as I live a good piece.” • • What jury are you on , asked a lawyer. “What jury f” ' “ Yes, what jury ? grand 0/ traverse jury ? “ Grand or travis jury, dad fetched if I know." “ Well, said the lawyer, “did the judge ch&rsc you?** “ Well squire,” said he, “tho little fellow that sits up in the pulpit, and kinder bosses it over the crowd, gin us a talk, but I don t know whether ho cnirges anything or not. 0”Tho Michigan Legislature has put its foot into it” by voting six hundred and fifty acres of land to Mrs. Rogers, because she pro duced four little Rogerses at one and the same time, ft libs set d precedent which’ may cost the State thousand's of acres of land. The De troit Free Press says that Mr. Job Burnhap. of Sumpter. Wayne county, had applied to the Legislature to divide its favor. His papers sot forth that Mrs. fiurhliap “ had giVerf birth'ld nine children at, four births, three of whom were born ten months after marriage, ’ that he is a poor man. therefore, prays for n donation of land ns in the case of Mrs. Rogers; [C7” “We don’t indulge in such horrid anti cipations.”- as tho hen-pecked husband said when the parson told him that ho would bo joined to his wife in another world, never to separate. . - 4 A ' . 4 mb' 11 I * r A A A*»» 1 J%lf J%ll EVENINGS AT DOME. . The long evenings arc new here. Those who hata attained to years of maturity, look back upon the evenings at home as the most delight ful part of their early life. In the home of the opulent, ho part of the day can be So delight fUl as the Winter evening. From their suroptu ous evening repast, the family withdraw to the parlors which are enlivened by the glow of the fire, and the brilliant light of the chandelier. ••Now stir the fire an<Tclose the shutters Let fall the curtains, , wheel the sofa round. Father and mother are seated in *he ensirsi chairs ; before them are placed the books they like best to read. The little ones have their toys and story books. An older, loving sister, reads to them; tells fairy-tales, and helps to build block houses. ; I have no sympaihy with those hard hearted people who would banish the little darlings from the family circle. They are the sunshine and joy of .every household. We need the in fluence of their pure innocent ways, to bring us back to the paths from which we have wan dered. When they are tired, each receives a good night kiss, and the nurse lakes them away, that they may rest their pattering feel and wea ry bodies. Part of the evening is devoted to music. Pleasant happy evenings at home, are at tainable by others than the wealthy. True, the parlor may bo small. It may be unadorned with paintings and statuary. No gilded mir rors may reflect back its cheerfulness. The windows may be unostentatious shades. But the fire • burns as brightly; on the table in front of it stands a solar lamp, surrounded with books, magazines, and papers. The chairs ■may be easy, even though' they arc not cnsb*. toned wiih.velvct. As the weary father seals himself in one. arid surveys life quiet scene bis heart goes out in thankfulness that he has a peaceful home, loving wife and sweet children, to comfort him when the cares of the day are over. The gentle wife reads aloud to her hus band. ‘ The little ones amuse themselves, receiving ever and anon an approving smile from their loving father. When their bed timeepmes they kiss him good night; then kneeling at their mothers knee, repeat “Our Father who art in jtfeityep.’' Precious babe, in long years-after, when that father and mother arc cold in death, perchance the memory of that evening prayer andifiomo’s hallowed associations may save thee in the hour of temptation. -Tba home still more humble comes l|)o weary Vahoref,- Toil may 1 have hardened his hands, hqt'iove has softened his heart. Parlor, dining ;rp6th,and kitchen' are Comprised in oner but ’sifbnaan's ingenuity, when guided by love, often .brings order out of chaos.. The cooking stove ;j|':bnghtly polished. ' The:chairs stand round (the room in solemn dignity". ■- A t otic side of the !thom the table is drawn oiiton a heat, white cloth the evening meal is spread. In the .cen tre burns a tall candle, displaying, to the best advantage, the housewife's proficiency in the culinary department. Perched on a chair, up at the window, arc , iwoAlittlo -ones,. rdwkps»h" to sbe if papa is coming. In the cradle, baby is crowing, and-stroking the -kitten. which-lies' ' sleeping in her lap. In, a little While .the tv cl ■ ' come step is heard, and,the‘door opens to re ceivo the expected one, smiles and kisses greet his entrance. After tea, while mothei clears away the ta ble, rind puts things - in order, the little ones entertain papa with an account of baby’s cun ning ways and pussy’s playful capers. When the little ones are hushed to sleep, tho mother seats herself, work-basket in hand, that she tuny either make new or repair the old clothing for her children. Her husband rends aloud, either from the weekly newspaper, or a book (tom the circulating library. Their joys are very simple, but, to them, sincere and gratify ing. Perhaps no time is more trying to the wid owed heart than the long winter evenings—the glowing hearth, the bright lamp, the easy chairs and interesting books, bring vividly to mind the loved ones now no’more. One other there is, for whom tho long winter evening is naught but a renewal of heart-aches —the ricgleclcd wife. At the tea table she ex erts herself to entertain her husband, and tries also .to interest him in her plans for the chil dren. Butin vain: .the moment the meal is swallowed, he seizes his- hat to rush down street. ■ ■■ His wife lays her hand caressingly upon his arm, says timidly but lovingly, “Won’t husband rest upon the'sofa this evening, and let his wife read to him ?” He carelessly shakes off her hand, and says he has an engagement. She stills the tumultuous beatings of her heart, follows him to the front door. As he goes out into the darkness she lays her gentle arms about his neck, rests her head upon his shoulder and with deep sobs swelling in her throat, says. ••Come home early, my dear husband.” If he is not very hard hearted he will give her a cold kiss, and say, “My dear, the night air makes you shiver.'' Then he will walk oft, thinking how hard it is for a man to have a wife who has the hysterics. When mamma comes back to the parlor the little ones think her eyes must be weak. She soon perceives that she is watched. Then comes the ogonizing thought that tho’ her heart may break, she must conceal it from her children. In contributing to their happi ness, she for a long lime lorgets her wretched ness. But when they have gone to their slum bersi the consciousness of her desolation and desertion unnerves her quite, and in the bitter ness of her heart she cries aloud. “If my hus band cannot make a companion in me, why did he marry me?" Couldn’t Understand, “ Ah, Pat. Pal!” said a .schoolmistress to a thick headed urchin, into whose muddy brain she was attempting to beat the alphabet—” I’m afraid you’ll never learn anything. Now, what’s the letter, eh ?” “Sure, an’l don’t know, ma’am,” replied Pat. , - “Thought you might have-remembered that.” “ Why. ma’am?” •* Because it has a dot over the top of it.” “ Och, ma’am, I mindo it well; but sure, I thought it was a speck." “ Well, now remember. Pal, it’s I.” “ You, ma’am ?” “ No! no! not U. but I.” " Not I. but you, ma’am—how’s that 1” “ Not U. but I, blockhead !” “ Och, yis, faith; now I have it ma’am.— You mean' to say, that hot I, but you are a blockhead!” - *• Fool! fool!” exclaimed the pedagogucss, bursting with rage. “Just ns you place,” quietly re-ponded Pat, “ fool or blockhead- -It'S no matter, as long a* you are (reiio own it!” Ky-Schoolmaster—“ Bill Tompkins, what is a \VidbvT ?” Bill —“ A wilder is a married woman what ain’t got no husband, kos he’s head.” Master —•> Very well. What is* a widow er?” BUI —“A widderer is a man what runs ar tcr widders.” AT $2,00 PER ANNUM Future Equality. Wo stand upon common ground. The Great Leveller will knock at your door, Sir Million aire, « well as at mine t and wo must both open to him, whether we bid him welcome with our hearts or not. Roll along, then, In your chariot, nor heed the poor pedestrian who drags his blistered feet over the hard side walk. Stop not at tho imploring voice of the ragged mendi cant. We are all travelling the same way, and shall ultimately reach the same inn—the grave. *< There the wicked cease from , troubling, and the weary.are at rest." .-The weary!, is there not consolation in the assurance 7 Courage, then, storm-beaten joueneyors over the desert of life I Toll on yet a while amid trials and tears. The goal is at hand—your home—your haven of rest! Docs the man of this world, who has laid up .stores for many years, and spoken peace to his own soul, afflict or oppress you 7 .Forgive him! He is your fellow traveller to the land of souls—he. will soon stand upon an'equality-with yourself.— His treasure’s cannot bribe tho • HI gold may soon become cankered, and his fine gold be diry. Let not the rich .be unduly elated, nor tho poor unduly depressed; for in tho great commu nity of the Dead there is nothing known of ine quality. Let the proud bo humbled at the thought, and the humble lifted up- Conic, neighbor, thy hand! We will trudge along life's uneven road together, if you please, and encourage each other so to live—will it not bo tho better way 7—that when our summons comes to depart hence, tt We go—not like the quarry-slave, at night Scourged to his dungeon—but sustained and ' soothed ~ By nn unfaltering trust, approach our gra'-o, Like one who wraps the drapery of his conch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.’ Cause of the first Murder. —We are In formed in Sacred History, that Cain slew Ahel because of the preference shown to the sacrifice of the latter; but we have no intimation given us of the reason lor that preference: There Is, however,, an Oriental Tradition still extant.' which accounts tor it in this wise. It says that Cain and Abel, having each of (hem a twin sis ter, as soon as they became marriageable; Adam proposed to them that Cain should marry twin sister of Ahel and Abel the twin sister of Cain; alleging ns his reason for this proposal, that ns their circumstances obliged them to marry their sisters it was proper that they should marry those that wore seembigly the least rela ted to them. To this proposal Cain would not agree, and insisted on having hitf own twin sis ter, because she was fairer than the other.— Adam, displeased at his disobedience, referred the dispute to the decision of the Lord; order ed his sons to bring each ah ottering before him; and told Hiein that the offering which had the preference would be a declaration in favor of him who presented it. On the offerings being brought, and that of Ahel accepted, Cain, slim, ulaled by jealousy and resentment, as soon ns they came down from the Mount where they had been sacrificing, fell upon his brother and slow him. • i . , The Sons of MaTta.in the Western States appear to be distinguishing themselves by some They.only parade at nighti'and then ' march' tfiroughHlie Streets in the long flowing robes of the ancient. Knigliis of Malta, with face masked. &d. One of these took place in Cincinnati!'.' On- the feast of Olives. The Commercial of that ; city'thus describes the show: ' -Some two hundred Sons, arrayed in gowns of flowing white, their heads smothered in black cowls, waists encircled with girdles, formed a spectacle of ghostly solemnity. Tramping the streets with slow and measured tread, re sponsive to mournful dirges played fay accom panying bands, they seemed a cohort of dead mi'ii resurrected frdnf’the grave, and doomed to perform expiatory pilgrimages by midnight marches upon the earth. The while surplices of the apprentices mag nified their persons enormously. They looked to be sixteen feet high on bn average. The re galia and uniforms of tlic officers were exceed ingly bri liant, relieving the awful gravity of the ghosts who formed the main body of the line. They consisted of blue dud crimson with gold trimmings, the Greek hcmlet with waving plumes completing a very tasteful ensemble.” Clay and Randolph. Mr. Olay'was the speaker of the House of Represen;ativcs. John Randolph was address ing the House, or rather the Speaker, in earnest debate, on one of the political questions of the day. To illustrate his views on some point, he cointnenced drawing,a picture of an ambitious young man of questionable morals, aspiring af ter distinction, and began to give a sketch of his singular career tn life, when the Speaker in terrupted him, and called him to order, on the ground that his remarks were personal. . Mr. Randolph disclaimed all personality, and ap pealed from the decision of the chair to the House. The House, of course, sustained the Chair. Mr. Randolph rose, and resumed his speech in his usual pcculiar voice— .* “ Mr. Speaker, I was drawing a picture—' the Speaker has "applied it to himself—and the House has confirmed the application'.-' when peals of laughter from every side again arrested his speech. Oh Lord, Wo Thank Thee. Mr. James Lord, of Pawtucket, has invented and patented a machine for addressing news papers and periodicals, which at a very mode rate rate of speed. addresses sixty per, minute with the name and address of the subsoriberon the paper,— Ex. Mr. Lord is now engaged in the invention of a machine to. bring in the names of new sub scribers. The machine carries a leather bag in which to put the funds collected. The machine when perfected will, it is thought, bring in new subscribers at the rate of forty per hour. Before Mr. L. turns out the machine, won’t he bo kind enough to hitch on a sort of improve ment for makjng delinquents pay up ? Such a concern would pay well just about now.— Worthington Times. Should Mr. Lord “hitch on” the last men tioned improvement, ho can put us down for one "masheen,” and if it works well, we’ll take half a dozen. Howie Knife This murderous weapon received its name from Col. Bowie, a gentleman by whom it was invented, or tirst used. Col. Bowie distinguish ed' himself in the war of independence in Texas. He showed great bravery in several battles and skirmishes, and was killed with Colonels Trav is and Crockett, in an attack on the Alamo, in San Antonio. Colonel. Bpwic lived in Louisiana, but was by birth a Georgian. He became notorious in, theSomh West, on account of a terrible duel which he fought with Norris .Wright and oth ers on a bar of the Mississippi—one of the bloodiest rencounters of the kind on record-rin which he was wounded, and two men were kill ed. He is reported to have been a mbit of da ring and of great mobcular pdtferrf, and tm more than one occasion to have roped and rid den an alligator. . Paddock, the famous English prize fighter. is about to visit litis country, probably I on professional business. [Fro'm the Hew I'ori Evening Post.] ,j Horrible Mao HI Ift* Fork. a tAoko womam borlbs Ay -Aky W.Tgg SRoxt 'of HER MOTHER, TO 'GOT nto MONET. ... One of the most shocking and unnatural brimes which have 'dipgratfdd Our rity,sipce tho; Go'uldy butchery, was dna'ctedin Elizabeth street, fast week. A youVig Wobian attsckjia her mother With an oit«, which she btifiedin' her skull, for the purpose of obtaining thejial- Iry sum ofHfiy-fiVcthllars! . Officer; Wade, of the fourteenth wprd, wait ; patrolling his beat about half-past five in the. morning, when he heard the cry 01, tmirdef, fol- ‘ lowed-by stifiW groins, lie rilshed into ton. housb Whence theories pWOeedei, (No. 251. Eliz-. abeth street, in tho rear,) and saw an aged col ored woman lying on the Boor.corercd witp' blood, and an axe buried ta her skidl. A yqung , woman wasstaWding oVer her,wno had, wen., etifling hW groans With bed-clothes. , Medical nssisinnCe was immediately called, and the yotmg woffian atresled.—She was con : veyed to the Sussex Market prison;and gave' the name of Anna Maria Bosley confessed the crime, and gavel toe following ad count of llit causes which led to ft. : , She was married about three years ago tq John Cajay, and the and her huspind with her mother, Lydia Bosley, a widow, for,• some time; but Cajay was awbrtblessandio temperate inan, who lived oh his mother-in* low, and did nothing for his own dr His. wife's support. Mrs. Bosley dcterKiineu not to apt- . mit to such conduct, and told him. he tpnsl sop* port himself or-leave her house.He chose ’> latter cbnrSc, and left His Wlfb. who has. sinci been supported by her ihblh'cr. yXhis bccurreil over a year agb; „ Soon after her husband .left her she irttttjb the acquaintance of one Elijah Martih, color ed man, twenty .trt&ts of ,4gc. With whom, ritt known t'o her feather, she Has for several months becii bri terms of Criminal Intimacy. At last, a few weeks since. Marlin proposed. , that, they should take roofea together, and leave the mother, whose presence was a check upon ’ their-intercourse, tie said, however,’that be had no htonfejr, and Anita- replied that _she had ufane, and asked how thby should obtain it. ••That," replied Martin, “dan be easily done. The old woman fails got money: just,' put her blit of the way, and take it. and no- , bodv will ever be the'wiscd for it.” NOJ6. The daughter listened to this hbfnble sugges tion. and not long since they obtained arsenic,, which she put into her tholher's lea.. But the tea, was blade so bittci- by it, the niother sus- , pitted something was wrong, and took' it to 4 : physician, who analyzed it, and easily detected ti e poison. , Martin iifgcd Alina hot to be dlsCoufaged fay , this failure, hut to take a surer method to des patch the business. One night he took Iter to a theatre, and was out until midnight, using all the arguments he could master to prepare her mind lor the Crime. He told her to take ° an aXe and commit the tnurdcr whilfe her moth er should sleep, and to foakc sure work of it; • that she Would ticvcr know who did it. Anna at hist consented; and at the lime spec ified, got up. took tile tlic. and struck her moth er while she was in bed sleeping. The first blow, trussing the skull, fell Upon the jaw, cut ting it in a frightful ihanhtr. Tho old lady leaped.from the bed tind screamed, when the inhuman daughter again struck her, felling her to the floor, and then buried the axe in her head, where it remained efrttll the bfficer arriv- ed. . . i • ■ • The prisoner Mated the brutal details of her crime unmoved, until shecame to the struggles of her victim, and her own efforts , to strangle her with bed clothes, this scented toafftci her considerably; but her bearing; oh Ilia whole* was that of stoical indifference. . V Marlin was arrested at the house ofhis moth* er, in Clarkson street, and also locked Up iti Essex market prison'. The victim was alive at ten o'clock in the forenoon, but her recovery is believed to be ita pdssihle. . , Mrs. Bosley had only $55 in }ier: possession: (£7” A singular and malignant disease has apf peered in Providence, and some cases has prov ed fatal, : The .Providence Post says of it: "It commences as a little dark redspotolf the face or hands, with, perhaps, a stinging' ft* pricking pain, on which spot there soon appears a pustule, or vesicle seated on a hard, inflamed base, in which is formed a stougtl of charcofll blackness, where mortification Cotllhiences.-A- The cases arc attracting tho earnest attention iff the physicians. The only tfletitUal ttlode of treatment is said to bc, to hum itife pftbplc odt in its early singes .with a hot iron Or with causj" lie. Tnvicwof the rather undefined nature pi this disease, we would suggest that it is emi nently desirable, if any one is troubled with 4 pimple swelling, of an unusual character, that a physician should bo at once consulted before it is tampered with. Although (hero is no catlsb for general alarm, a disease of this malignant type cannot be checked too early.” A Thrilling Revolutionary Incident.— Mr. J. T. Headley is publishings weekly tell gious paper, “The Diary of a Chaplaiti in the Army of the Revolution.” From it we extract'', the following: “At the Battle of Bunker Hill, as the British were advancing through Charlestown to the at tack, a soldier entered a bouse where the hus band lay sick. His Wife flrtfs young tfntf B’ea’u!- tiful, and hearing the soldier in the next room, went out to meet him. He immediately ad dressed insulting proposals to her. Being an grily repulsed he attempted violence, when her screams aroused lice sick husband frotp bis beef- Nerved with the sudden excitement, he leaped up. and seeing his.jwife struggling in the arms of a British soldicrf ran him through the body. The man fell hack on the floor, and as his eyes' met those pf his destroyer, he shrieked out,‘my brother.’ The recognition, was mutual, and with the exclamation, T have murdered my brother,’ the over excited invalid husband fell dead on the corpse. These unhappy brothers' were Scotchmen. One had emigrated to AmeTv ioa, several years before the other had joined the British array, and after a long separation thus met to perish together.” “ Mr. Smith, you said you once officia ted in the pulpit—did you mean by that that you preached ?” - , “ No, sir: t held the light fbr the man who did preach.” , , ’ „ ■,. “ Ah, the court Understobd you differently. They supposed 1110/the discourse camC direct ly from you.” v “No, sir, I only th’rCw if little light on it.” Mr. Brown called in at a neighbor’s, and was urged to take supper, which he did, the old lady all the while saying, “I aUV afraid, Mr. B'roWn, yoff will not make a supper: you have eaten nothing ; do cat some more.” After he had stepped out, he beard the old lady say to her husband, “Why, I declat'e. I should tnink Brown had not eaten ah 'j thing fbrn month.” 1C?” An exchange paper says: .“There 1* nothing like nature, nB developed’ in',feminines : for no sooner does a female juvenile begin to walk and notice things, than it takes after its mother, and wants a baby. It is almost in credible how tpuch of matter and feeling is wasled'on fag babies and squint-eyed Dutch’ dolls. (£/=■ It is stated that rt’ydiiiig lady on Boston Common, dressed 1 in’thecxtrciilc of fashion, was mistaken by some, boys for a circus-tenG and they actually crawled some distance under tho canvass before they discovered thbir mus-take. ITT” The jailif of Wythe county 1 , Tn.. has a hen which lays two eggs a Idby, regularly, and one day .in December laid; tUgter-tooq'of which contained’ three yolkS’! “ Some" hen, ttibll • [C7“In Easton. Pa., a lady gave, birth to', a 'male child’, a few days ago, thb head 1 , cats, arms, stomach, and lower exlremiti& of which, are the exabt counterpart of those of ah pliant.
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