ERIGAN VOLUNTEER. .m: iiiadiS 'bVEnv innnsDAT mousing by John 11. Bi alton. teems,. ■ bsobiption.—One Dollar and Fifty Conta, In advance i Two Dollars 11 paid within the and Two Dollars and. Fifty Cents, if not within the year. These terms will be rig-; idhered to in every instance. ; No sub-, lion discontinued until all arrearages,ate unless at the option'of the;Editoiv ‘. | ivßtttisEstENis— Accompanied by the CAsi(, lot exceeding bC;inacrted i times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents aoh additional insertion. Thosoofagreat jDctlrinproportion’. V *'", •••* ' D-PniNTiNO —Srfolr as ITand-bills, Posting- Pamphlets, Bllirik'SrDabola,. &0., &c., oxo b with .accuracy and at the shortest notice. THE ELOPEMENT. [ley, locked mo up in an upper room, And took away the key, Mise I wouldn’t marry one vt never suited mo. lid not know the femalej they had,clearly seen locks were never made to keep irl of seventeen. had a gilded cage inviotv, I .thought the bird,secure, . mded by the guard of powder, I every awful lute, hover thought of counter plots my one like tae, ittle Icne'tv frhit I could dare love and liberty. . wtfftfed the to “many rich,” ft&indfttl of the means— >upW;tae with wealth and aga lilo I was in my “teens.” »eing otherwise “ engaged,” coaxing could prevail, i preferred to please myself id >wouldn’t be “ for sale.” ight Was dark, tho window raised— iW could I answer no ? . n that might be tho only chance, id Charley teased me so. Iroad station being' near, jarriago waiting by— such an opportunity— mt could I do but fly. leing fond of solitude, ■ md for mo no charms, < , I could knot a silked cord reach a lover’s arras, lolvod therefore,”.! would not stay he imposed upon, , while they thought they had me, ■J/Mlvaa “ gpirii—going—gone.” DEEDS—NOT WUBDS. it , A poor old man, with garments torn, - ” * And flattering in the gale, Came to'my door one wintry day, . And told a piteous tale. Of hunger, cold and misery. And craved my friendly aid, I felt a glow of charity, - . And Biting answer made. Ah, sad indeed it is to want, For raiment and for bread ; Go, go in peace, may thou be warmed. Arid bo thou clothed and fad.” Msk He looked at me, arid shivering Said, as sad ho turn’d away, _ fpii®-' “May. you ne’er know (lie suffering. " That has been mine to-day j And feel that: riot more sympathy, . • Though in soft accents told, |L . Can loose the grasp of poverty, ghiold from winter’s cold; Sl Ne’er learn to murmur bitterly, In some Sad'hour of need, * . HER*’. Kind Words arejbut a’mockery, „ ' Mmllmmß. A Touching Letter. “OUC tpore unfortunate Gone to her death.” Ife®bn. Tuesday’morning, in Cincinnati, a house s#jAM ju.f ama was-destroyed by fire.-, All we. in-. I lies but one barely escaped with 1 their lives, ving lost, all their, effects. A young man Iging in the house had his leg broken by be ; thrutvn from a second story window to the ound. The landlady, with more presence of ind than discretion, rushed into his apart jnt, and dropped him to the pavement he ath. as he was engaged in throwing out the '•re.,, . the flames had been subdued, a young named Josephine Ellison could not be md, immediate search was'instituted, le body of that unfortunate girl wap •ed in the rear building blackened-and i by the ’heat and perfectly lifeless, ith * wap ■ caused .by the : inhalation of ire—her position and appearance evin it she had struggled hard, but mainly, man.egfess frotii the building, and elude •adful death. TH6 following fragment :ked iip, as we learn from Wednesday s rctaf,*in one,- of the' £ rpomSi'and is sup i have been written by the poor girl who in the flames. ■ >ay Moiinino.—O, home!’ magical, all \1 .word, home ! Oft have t wished for one that I could return to after a long , when, as how, wearied and perplexed iny cares of this cold world, 1 could find ■nt there and be welcomed by kind i— be greeted by those I have known in ■nt childhood. But alas! these joys are jriine—l have heard others talk of their prv. ;y{home and aristocratic palaces, but I S- , Wishndt for those, nor could wish for. a proud ' ,j>alaco,for my home, only for an humble oae; Igf; not this. - : .';Tjiave never known a -kind father a or mo* t ittSS'care, a sister’s or a brother’s love.— |||feT«Sie have all been lost by r tae.. My infant not guarded by a mother s hand, or S>Mlfm?infant lips taught by a gentle mother’s to £*C3l6i^»i».jrer , to Hod. ■I am all alone without a ' friend in the worldi for I have an insurmount i"' 1 obtei barrier between -mo .and all that is gdod .;?nd plitb. I can .never associate . With those «v' .SvKti are redpeoted and esteemed. My home is de haunts of the abandoned—my com vre the depiaved ones whose vices are with oaths. , ... . ■S have I heard others say this is a gay all it? hellish excitement and all its •luxurioushess, but God has said, ‘the Sin is death.” > They do not think of ,en they come to die, poor, forsaken and their health is gone, even their Inanions will forsake • them, and leave die in the hospital, and be buried m ■r’s Field. It makes me wretched to iat this may soon be my fate, . A. few iort years and I will be forgotten by 10 now call themselves my friends, but .eivo naught for their ■ friendship. Too we I seen the look of pity mingled with gm cast upon me by those who think me far eatbitbero. They too, hove often laid their dk Upon my breast and swore . by the God ithatgave them life that they loved me; butlit tle'dO’tbey know how I .regarded their false -vtbathsi'e'vV* . T ■V; 1 J have met kind and generous men whom I have liked very much; yet when-t think- un 'fler what circumstances .1 have met them, I ■fcabiiqt think of them with a pleasant thought, 'bat remember them with a bitter feeling which ; triakfeame miserable. 1 shall soon leave this ; and I hope to find a homo where I will happy, will try to forget many, many \Mjgngs, and look upward to pat my trust in, : 1’ iWmy Father which art in Heaven,” and He will desert me, although earthly friends may pterifoi BY JOHN B. BRATTON. YOL. 45. / Pacific Policy of Penn. The case o I 'William Penn, is perhaps the fullest and fairest illustration of pacific princi ples in their bearing on the intercourse of na tions. His colony, though an appendage to England, was to the Indians an independent State. They know no power above or beyond that of Pehn himself; andJhey treated his colo ny ns another tribe or nation. Their king had himself expressly abandoned those Quakers en tirely to their own resources. ‘ What I said Charles II to Penn, on the eve of his departure, c. venture yourself among' the savages of rt ortn America! Why man, what security have you, that you will not be in their war-kettle within two hours after setting your foot on their shores. «Tho best , security in the world,” replied , the man of peace. 11 1 doubt that,-friend William , I have no idea of any security against those can nibals, but a regiment of good soldiers with their muskets and bayonets; and I tell you before, hand, that, with all my good will to you and your family, to whom I am under obligations, I will not send a single soldier with yon.” “I want none of thy soldiers; I depend on some thing bettor.” “ Better! on what I” “On the Indians themselves, on their moral sense, and the promised protection of God.” Suih Was the course of William Penn; and what was the result ? In the midst of the most warlike'tribes on this continent, the Quakers lived in safety, while all the other colonies', act ing on the war-policy of armed defence, were involved almost incessantly in bloody conflicts with the Indians. Shall we ascribe this to the personal tact of W-illiam Penn? Shrewd ho doubtless was; but tho success of his policy was owing mainly, if not entirely, to Us pacific cha racter. Penn was only an embodiment of his principles, and the efficacy of those is strikingly exhibited in the fact that Pennsylvania, during all tho seventy years of her peace policy, re mained without harm from the Indians, hut suf fered as soon as, she changed that policy, the same calamities with the other colonies. A.Happy Some. The first year of married life is a most im portant era in the history of husband and wife. Generally, as it is spent, so is almost all sub sequent existence. The wife and husband then assimilate their views and their desires, or else conjure up their dislikes,,and so add"fuel to their prejudices and animosities forever, after ward. _ ■“I have heard somewhere, says the Rev, Dr;. Wise, in his "Bridal Greetings,” “of a bridegroom who gloried in his eccentricities, lie requested his bride to accompany him into the garden a day or two after the wedding. He then threw a line over the roof of their cottage. Giving his wife one end of it, he retreated to the other side.and exclaimed : “Pull the line!” “I can’t,” she replied. “Pull with air your might!” shouted the whimsical husband. But in vain were all the efforts of - the bride to pull over the line, so long-as the husband held on the opposite end.. But when he. came round, and both pulled at one end, it cameover with great case. . “There,” said he, as the dme' fell from fhe roof, “you see how bard anil ineffectual; was ourl;iior.whca-K3.£Ullea-ii>^ Other ; but- how easy and-plcaSant it is'wben tve both pull together.,'. It will be so, my dear, through life. If we-act together, it will he pleasant to live. . .Let us, therefore, always pull together.” In this illustration, homely as it may be, there is sound philosophy. Husband and wife must naturally bear and concede, if they wish to make home a retreat of joy. and bliss. One alone can not make home happy. There must bo union of action, sweetness of spirit, and great forbearance'and.love in both husband and wife, to secure the great end of happiness in the domestic circle. ■O5-Miss Judson, the heroine of tha Anglo' African elopement which caused so much com motion about six weeks since, arrived in town yesterday on her way. homeward, having boon to Indiana, in company with, her brother, and | advertised Joe for a divdrce. Joe hadn’t any money to take him there to plead his own case, and, time being up, ho was repudiated, and his bride made a free woman. She was just in the nick ol time, as the statutes were immediately afterward amended so as to cut oft - all such ope rations in future. Indiana is no longer the ha ven of domestic difficulties. The poor discon solate darkey is now aloho again, and, althongh he is said to still wander oh the shore by moon light, looking for his love to. return, he will no. ver bo able to embrace her again. The operation is all unnecessary, ns the gin was never legally married to the nigger. It tne ceremony was performed on. this . side, it was illegal, because the marital connection of black and white persona is not only contrary to law, but the functionary who officiates in such a un ion is liable to severe punishment j and, it tuoy were married on the other side, it was illegal, because a license was required, which , was not obtained. She says that they were married on this sidej.by a negro preacher who lives in Oann *lllo effect ol the affair is of the most salutary nature. The publicity which has been given to it has brought it into notice from one end of the Union to the other, and the amiable Judson is as famous as ho can possibly desire. We mil venture the assertion that it has AboliV tionism and amalgamationism in a position that yohrs of reasoning and argument would not have effected.— Detroit Free Prsss. « Take a Cuaib.”— An Englishman stopped at a public house late one night, and was lucky in,obtaining the, only spare bed. Presently, When ho Was oii the point o£ retiring to rest,, a Norwegian lady also arrived, intending to spend the night there. What was to bo done t■ Like a gallgnt Englishman as ho was, ho immediately offered to give, lip his bod to the « unprotected female,” who was mistress of a little English. “ Many thanks, bnt what .will you do air f”r -<• Oh, I will .take, a chair.” At this,answer the lady blushed, darfed-out of the room, and in, a few minuted her carriole was driven off in the darkness. What could bo the moaning of it?rr- The landlady soon after looked into the room, with a knowing sort.of look at the Englishman. Ho subsequently discovered the key to the enig ma. i The lady thought he said “ ho would take a share I” and was, of course, mightily offended. So much for a smattering of a foreign language. Doubtless from that day forward, she would quote this incident to her female , friends ns an Instance of the natural depravity oi Englishmen. Anecdote or the Bbitisu Qdeeh. —Frankß. Fay,; of Chelsea, who visited Europe last sum mer, delivered a narrative of his travels, in a lecture to the Chelsea Library Association last week. In the course of his lecture ho related the following anecdote of Queen Victoria: “Tt Is reported that her Majesty has a sweet little temper of her own, and that her carasposa, like a prudent man generally retires before tho storm, and locks- himself in his private cabinet until tho sky is clear and, sunshine again illu? mines tho classic shades of St. James or Wind sor. After one of' these obnlitlons, the Quean gave a “ thundering knock” at tho door of tho room where Prince Albert had taken refuge, and upon being asked, ‘who’s there?’ responded, ‘ The Quoep!’ ‘ The Queen cannot enter here,’ responded tho.hon-pocked. After tho lapse-of 1 half an hour a gentle tap was heard upon tho door, ‘ Who’s there ?’ asked Prince Albert.— ‘ Your Wife,’ responded Victoria. '< My wife is always welcome,’ was tho gallant reply.” Steam Doctoring. Some years ago, a-bill was up before tho Ala bama Legislature for establishing a Botanical Medical College at Wetumpka. Several able speakers had made long addresses in support of the bill, when one, Mr. Morrisotte, from Mon roe, took the floor. With much asssumed gravity, he addressed the House as follows: Mr. Speaker,—l cannot support this bill un less assured that a distinguished friend of mine is made one of the professors. He is what that college wishes to make for us-r-a regular foot doctor, and will suit the place-exactly. He became doctor in . two hours, and it only cost him twenty dollars to complete his education. He bought a book, sir, and read the chapter on fevers, and that was enough. He was called to see a sick- woman once, so he tucked his book under his arm, and off he started. She was a very sick woman, indeed, and he felt her wrist, looked, in her mouth, and then, turning to tho husband, asked solemnly, if, he bad a sorrel sheep? , , “ Why, no; I never heard of such a thing,” said the man. V Well, there is such things,” said the doc tor, nodding his head quite knowingly. “.Have you got a sorrel horse, then f” . “ Yes,” said the man, “ I drove him to mill this blessed morning.” 1 “ Well,” said the doctor, “ hemust bo killed immediately, and soup made- of him for your wife.” The'woman turned her head away ; and the astonished man inquired, “If something else would not do for the soup ? The horse was worth a hundred dollars, and was the only one he had.” “ No,” said the,doctor, “ the book says so, and if you don’t believe it I will read it to you— (Here, the learned doctor read—“ Good for fe vers—sheep sorrel or horse sorrel.”) “ There, sir—ain’t that plain enough ?” “ Why, doclor,” said the man and his wife at once, “ it don’t mean a sorrel sheep or horse; but”— • “ Well, I know what lam about,” interrup ted the doctor—" that’s the way we doctors read it, and we understand it.” ■ The House was in a roar 1 Now,- continued the member, unless my friend, the sorrel doc tor, can be one of the professors, to which his great talents certainly entitle him, I must vote against the bill. . This blow, it is needless to state, effectually killed the bill. Never Say Fail. The great secret of success in life is never to give op. If we were to leave a legacy to our children, and had nothing better, we should bequeath to Them os their motto “ persevere." More is lost than people suppose by want; of well directed energy—we do not mean that en ergy which comes by fits and starts, but a ceaseless! untiring tenacity of purpose; assisted by sound common sense in the affairs of life,- - Your weak-minded men, who give up at the first rebuff, are good for nothing. Great souls only , achieve immortality by dint of untiring perseverance'. Look at Columbus he Olteen ■discovered a 'world. See. how-. Washington toiled, vear.aftor -year, amid, constantly recur ring disappointment. laboring,- too, under the want of money and the suspicions of Congress ; .but'ho persevered and- our .Independence was achieved. John Jacob Astor- says it tfras more difficult to earn his first thousand dollars than to amass all tho rest of his twenty-four mil lions. He means really, that the habit of en terprise, activity and perseverance, which ho found necessary to earn his first thousand dol lars; remained afterwards' tViih him as a habit, and assisted by'capital, easily achieved his enormous fortune. ■ ‘Most of pur-'other rich men -have once beeinpoor like him- - Do not despair, therefore. Let your watchword be “ never say faiU’ Rise superior to your fortunes, and you will yet be great and rich. fln Instance of Remarkable Coolness. The Knickerbocker Magazine picks up a good many good things. In the December number we find a story which runs thus: , “Judge 8., of New Haven, is a talented law yer add great wag. He has a son, Sam, a graceful wight, witty, and like his father, fond of mint juleps and other palatable fluids- The father and son were on a visit to Niagara Falls. Each was anxious to ‘lake a nip, but (one lor example,' and the other in dread of hurting the old man’s feelings) equally unwilling to drink in the presence of each Other. . . •Sam,’ said the Judge,, “lll-take a.short walk—be back shortly.” “All right,” replied Sara. After seeing the bid gentleman around the corner, he walked out quickly, and ordered a iulop at a bar room. While in concocto, the Judge entered, and (Saro just then being back of a newspaper, and consequently viewless, though viewing) ordered a julep. The second was compounded, and the Judge was adjusting his tube for a cooling draught, when Sam stopped up and taking his glass, requested the bar tender to take his pay for both juleps from the bill the old gentleman had handed out to him. The surprise of the Judge was only equalled by his admiration for his son’s cool ness, and.be exclaimed: “Sam, Sain,—you need no julep to cool you /” ” „ Sam‘allowed’he didn’t.” Liqdor Licenses.— ln England, they license houses, not persons, for the sale ot drinks, fhe Justices of the Peace in their respective dis tricts thedt once a year to grant licenses to such new houses as may have been built for iuns or taverns) at a rate proportioned.to tbo rent, but never more than 15 guineas ($75) to renew ox hired licenses, to hear ComplainU against thoso houses where , the conditions of ffle Ktonscj when these complaints are substantiated by a reliable witness, the license to sell ale or beer only, is two guineas. In the most respectable and orderly houses, and those whore the most business is done and the largest license fee paid, permission to hold a constable's commission is never refused to any respectable publican, who acts as a constable in his own house gratuitous ly. His staff of -office generally hangs up be hind the bar. Tannino Deer Skins.—The method usual ly practised in preparing deer skins for market is as follows: The skins are placed in a barrel of water with, enough ashes to make a weak lye,. They remain there until the.hair comes off easily with a graining knife, and they are then grained. They are then hung up to dry until bard and flinty, and then they are Soaked in rain water with a.little soil soap; the water being about blood warm. To dry them ring ing is resorted to, and after this process* tha wrinkles are pulled out by the, hand. They should bo next smoked with rotten wood or saw-dust, in a long trench; fora day or so, the skins being placed loosely in a box or barrel and again washed in rain water. This process is repeated two or three times and a very Well tanned skin is tha result. Tho Mobile Register suggests the name of Hon. George M. Dallas for, the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1800. ..:i i “OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT.ALWAYS DB.I^nT— DOT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY,. , , . . -'Jff'f \ . - v ' ‘ ’ fj f* CARLISLE, PA., THpSDAY, TOCfl 3, 1859, THRILLINGJNCIDENT. MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE ELECT—B XTRAORDINARYtjIBVEL. Women often present presence of mind and the power of sclf-control. wqder circumstances of imminent peril, whiohf&m almost foreign to their* nature and bcyonirthe endurance of a delicate physical organization, A striking in stance of self-command, bj'ja latly whose fears must have beca and whose life of affluence had. grobaiSly never before giv en. her nerves any severer-hfest than'hf-incident to the vexatious of dotnes£{c cares, is given in Chamber’s Journal forOctybcr. Wo copy the adventure, promising by ftay of explanation, that the lady was the daughter of a rector, re siding in a quiet Euglish fajontry village, and, was upon the eve of marjl , ia|!e: ‘ , • • The wedding was tO‘ :Ahj>J«nprroW-oT that on which our adventuirihnppciu'd. Grand preparations were made, fOwtho, wedding; and the rector’s fine bid plate; ind the costly gifts of the bride, were discussed With-pride and pleasure, at the Hart anAlteunds. in the pres ence of some strangers iwhwjiad come down to a prize fight, which had, &Kcn place in the neighborhood. i,v|b : i That night', Adelaide, ,who. occupied a sepa rate room from her sisleri stfeup late—long af ter all the household bftd.nAifed to rest. She had a long interview with her Hither, and had been reading a chapter to ,wfiich. ho had direc ted her attention, and had jrickcd up her jew els, &o. She was, consequently, still dressed when the church clock, toll ctfcjmidnight. As it ceased, she fancied sho hearts noise like that of a file; she listened,'butsbould distinguish nothing clearly. ' It might have been mado by one of the servants still about, or perhaps it was only the creaking of thesld trees. She heard nothing but thiwighing of winter winds for many minutes ofte|ivarda. _ _ . House-breakers were in primi tive Thyndon; and elect, without a thought -of fear, presumed She was gazing on a glittering st&of diamonds, de stined to be worn.at the wedding, when her bed room door softly WpCriCd. She turned, looked up, and beheld' a 1 tan, with a black mask, holding a pistol lidSffl*: hand, standing before her. ,• ’■ i; . * ~ „ She did not scream, fow be&thought was for her father, who slept in thff next room, any sudden alarm might be for he was old, feeble, and suffering ficm'liyoKcomplaint. She confronted, the robbw bold®'and addressing htm in a whisper:—You arc.’conu 1 ,” said she, " to rob us. the awful guilt of murder. My fathef:4«P#ext to my room; and to be ’startled' 'fronithii&sTeep would kill him. Make no noisoTbeg-qfe’OU-” , . The fellow wos'aslOnisnedffid cowed, - ■ , “We wont make atiy noiBW be.'rcpliea sud denly, .*.* if-you 'Adelaide drow’J.back - ,him- take her jewels—not they were pre cious love giftsj rematK.ing-Jrthe same time, that two more. 1 masked ruffiEpa stood at. the balf-Opcned door- .As* he loofeth,®; jewel case add wMcb trdm-tbe tabloi d® demanded her nnrse.iShe ’SrlathcrSdoom,'- live; and leave in stantly that‘she should ‘‘ I will' bring yon whatever yofftfTOSb, and you may guard mo thither; and'kilitrieiif 1 play false to you.” . The, fellow consulted his com rades, and after a short; .’parley they agreed to the proposal; and with a pistol pointcd.at her head, the dauntless girl crossed;the passage and entered the old rector’s room.; i Very gently she stole across the. and . removing his purse,,watch, keys and desk, she gave them up to the robbers who stood at the door; The old man slept peacefully and Calmly, thus guarded 1 by his child, who; softly shut the-door, and de manded if the robbers were yot.Salisfled. The leader replied that they should be when they had got the show, of the plate spread out below, and that they couldn’t let her out of sight, and that she roust go With them. In compliance with the mandate she followed them down stairs to the dining-room', where a splen did wedding breakfast: had been , laid to save hurry and trouble' on the morrow. To her sur prise, the ’fellows—eight in twmbetyw.ere as sembled—seated ■ themaelves. jhSd'-prepared to, make a good meal. They otaricdlher to get the wine, and cut up her own weeding cake for them; and then, seated at the bead oftho table, She was compelled to preside atl this extraordi nary revel. They atei drank, laughed and joked; and Adelaide, quick of ear. arid eye, had thus time to study, in her quiet way, the figures and voi ces of the whole set; When the repast was ended and the plate was transferred to the sack, they prepared to de part, whispering together and glancing at the youpg lady. For the first time Adelaide’s cour age gave way, and she trembled j but it was not a consultation against her, as it proved.— The leader approached her, told her that they did not wish to harm her —that she was a 4 ‘Jol ly wench, reg’lar game,” and ’ they wouldn’t hurt her, but she must swear not to give the alarm till nine or ten o’clock the next day, when they should be off all safe. To this, of course, she'.was obliged to assent, and then they all insisted on shaking hands with her.—- She noticed this ceremony, that one of the, ruffians had only three , fingers on the left hand. * Alone, and in the despoiled . room, Adelaide faint and exhausted, awaited the first glehni of daylight, then, as the. robbersidid not return, she stole up into her room, undressed and fell into'd disturbed slumber..- Tho‘-Consternation of the family next morning titay-bo imagined; and Adelaide’s story was still more astonishing than the fact of the robbery itself. Police wore Sent from London, and they, guided, by Ade laide’s lucid description of her midnight guests, actually succeeded in capturing every one of the gang, when the young lady had no difficulty in identifying and swearing to the ‘‘three-fingered Jack,” being the guiding clue of the discovery. The stolen' property was nearly all ,recovered, and the old rector always declared and with truth—that he owed his life to the self posses sion and judgment ol his eldest daughter. The only ill effect of the great trial to her nerves, was a disposition on the part of the yonng heroine, to listen to midnight sounds, and start uneasily from troubled dtwms, but time and change of residence soon effected its cure. A Practical Pjunxee.—A western paper contains the following advertisement: « Wants a situation, a practical printer, who is competent to take charge of any department in a printing and publishing housb.' WonW.ac cept a professorship in any of the awflemies.-- Has no objection to teach ornatnCntal painting and penmanship, geometry,- trigonometry, find many other sciences. U particularly fimtod to act ,as pastof to a small evangelical church, 6r as a local preacher. Ho wohld have ho objec tion to form a small, but select dais of ing yourig ladies to instruct in Hhe highest branches. Jo a dentist or chiropodist ho would hd invaluable, as ho can do almost anything.— 'Would board with a family that is decidedly pious. For further particulars inquire at Brown’s saloon.” • Bohmtfft jactlJbont tbe Body. There are about 200 bones In Ac human body, exclusive of the teeth. ■ The bones are composed of. animal and earthly materials, tho former predominating in youth and the latter in old age, rendering, the bones brittle. The most important of these bones is the spine, which is composed of twenty-four small,bones, called the vertebra), one on top of the other, curiously hooked together and fastened by elastic ligaments, forming a pillar by which, the human body is supported. ' , . The bones are moved by the muscles, of which there are more than 500. The red meat or beef, the fat being excluded, is the muscular fabric of the ox. There are two sets of mus cles, one to draw the bones one way, and ano ther to draw them back again. We cannot better describe the muscles than by comparing them to iine claslic thread bound up. in. their cases of skin. Many muscles terminate in ten dons, which are stout cords, such as may be seen traversing the back of the hand, just with out the skin, and which can be obsefved to move when the hand is opened oVsh,ut. Every motion we make, even tho involuntary one of] breathing, is performed through the agency of. muscles.' . | In adults there are about fifteen quarts of blood, each weighing about two pounds. This blood is of- two kinds,, arterial and venous. The first is the pure blood, as it leaves the heart to nourish the frame, and is of a bright vermillion color.: Tho last is the - blood as it runs to the heart loaded with the impurities of the body, to be there refined, and is of a purple hue. Every pulsation of the heart sends out two ounces of. arterial blood, and ns there are lrom'7o to 80 beats in a minute, a hogshead of •blood passes through the heart every hour. In fevers the pulsations ars accelerated, and con sequently death ensues if the.fever is not check- ed. . The stomach is a hoiler. if we may use such | a figure, which drives the human engine. Two sets of muscles, crossing each other, turn tlje food over and over, churning it up in a gastric juice till it has been reduced to the consistency of thin paste., This process requires from; two to four hours. . Emerging from the stoma'ch the food enters the small intestines; where it is mixed'with the bile and pancreatic juice, and converted into chyle; These: small intestines are iwenty-four feet long, Closely packed, of course.-and sur rounded through their whole length with small tubes which are like sockets, and drawing oil the chyle, empty into a largo tube named the thoraic duct, which runs up the back and dis charges the contents into thp jugular vein, whence it passes to the heart to assist in form ing the arterial blood. ' ' The lungs are two bags connected with the open air by the windpipe, which branches into innumerable small tubes; all over the inside of the lungs, each terminating in “a minute air cell. The outer surface of these air. cells is full of small, capillaries, infinitely small veins, a thin membrane only dividing the air from, the blood; ■ # The impure portion of the 'blood, is £orboi)ic i f^idr.«!i!chiasav^^iicag«i^nhW' r farnir r t than for. blood, passes through this membrane to » gaseous state, combines with .the air in the air cells, and is expelled with the .next respira tion. Meantime the oxygen of, :the air unites with the blood and becomes purified; then passing into the heart being mixed with chyle, it is forced through the body as life-giving and arterial blood. The skin serves an important purpose in car rying off impurities of the system. It is tra versed with capillaries of the body. It is also perforated with' countless perspiration tubes, the united length of which' amounts to twenty eight miles, and-which drains away from three' to four pounds of waste matter every twenty four hours, or five-eighths of all the body dis charges. Tho nerves are another curious feature of the animal economy. They are however but little understood. They act as feelers: to tell the wants of the. body, and also as conductors to will tho muscles to act. They branch out from the brain and spine over the. whole frame in infinitely fine fibres, like 'brandies or twigs to trees. ’ A Weighty Han Gone. : Coroner O’Keef was yesterday called to the bouse. No. 844 Broadway, to hold .an inquest on the body of a man of gigantic proportions, who died soon after 12 o’clock, on Saturday night. For the last fourteen years Mr. Asher A. Skillings has resided at the above number, where ho has kept a shop for the snjo of fish and oysters, lie was a jolly, good-humored man, and consequently made friends with al most every one with whom he was brought in contact. He has always been very corpulent, but during the last seven years rapidly increas ed in size, so that he was able to walk only a short distance at a time. According to the testimony of Edward MoFadden. who had long been in-his employ, Mr. Skilling, two and a half years ago, weighed 460 pounds, and of late hisweight, although appearing almost in credible, was six hundred and seventy-eight pounds! His health was generally very good, but about two weeks ago ho received informa tion that the promises so long occupied by him wefotoTjc pulled down, which rendered it ne cessary for him to move. This seemed to trou ble his mind very much; he fell ill, and grow ing worse, died as stated. Three prominent physicians made a post mortem examination. Most of the internal organs were healthy, hut evidences of intemperance were apparent. The physicians, after finishing their examination, decided that death was caused by diseases of the fiver, and a verdict to that effect was ren dered by the jury. Mr. Skillings was unmar ried, 39 years of ago, and a native of Portland, Maine. , The physicians making the post mortem weighed some of the internal organs-—the liver weighed 16i pounds, and the heart 2 pounds 7 ounces. The fat on his abdomen was sixteen inches in depth, and on the chest 7 inches. N. Y. Tribune.- . Women in Italy,—Marriage considerably ex tends the liberty ol the female sex in every class of the community in Italy. A young unmarried lady soon alono three yards from home, in any town of Italy, would bo looked upon as having brought the deepest disgrace on herself and fa. rally. The extraordinary boldness and culpa bility of the action she had committisd of appear ing alone, oven at the threshold ol her father’s house would moot with universal reprobatlbii. A girl belonging to the upper ranks of .life IS practically a prisoner till she matrlos. Unless accompanied by’ father, mother or Mother, she may not be seen outside the house., according to the rules of fcrbpf iety. Even unclot such cir cumstances, the Same stem tyrant enjoins that she should show her features but raroty to the public. I'rotn society, too, she is quite oxclu. dod; neither in.tho moniing/dei, nor the even ing dance is shp porinittod to display hot charms dud grace’s. A porpottial watch is kept Upon her actions, and otory lino she writes and every lino she receives is subjected to rigid scrutiny. Jho girl belonging to the humbler classes ol so cioty shares, also, in agroat degree, tn the same restriction on her liberty. AT i2,ooPHlAt^p^.: The Month of February. The gifted Prentice speaks of February as “the Benjamin of year," the child of-vIS hoary age, in travail of whom the soul of: the mother departs. Around its cradle; wail the bleak north winds their melancholy dirge: . And calling, of summer o cr, Of flowers Whoso bloom hath fled. Of streams whoso muSio soon must bo : An anthem for the dead. ..Amid the drear desolation of the past month there.come to cheer us lender memories of the past find joyous hopes for the . future. Though February is the symbol of earthly decoy, it is also the type of immortality. The year goes down to Us wintry grave, but, beyond it are bright and glorious assurances of another spring, of "summer’s crimson-tinted eves, and autumn with its harvest moon again pour •ing its (treasures into tile hfpof.ettrth- It con tains the germ of another life, and Of the eter nal revivifying influences which in the great cycle of ages “lake up the wondrous tale of God’s benificence and power, Within the ice bound current of its veins are the de licious dews. which in a few weeks will rise to kiss the vernal sunbeams and “die upon the kiss.” ■ Within its cold and repulsive bosom are stored the seeds of flagrant flowers and velvet mosses which the amorous breath of March and the blandishments of coquettish April will, warm into being, to offer up perpetual incense to that shrine where sits the awful majesty of Omniscience.' As night wakes intodifo the bright stars, which pale before the garish day, so this dark winter month prepares us the bet ter to enjoy the 'prattle -Of.the. infant bps of spring, when they' open in the unfolding rose-leaves, or its soft and lovely smiles as;its violet eye uncloses tO the song of birds, and the choral hymn of re-a Wakening nature: The year has its wintry pallqnd its sepulchral lone liness, as life .has its sorrow, sin, and misery ; but beyond time and' eternity, there still ex, istskhat abounding love; which chases away the flee tong shadows of care; and; in return for eveiy vanished dream of eartbly hope, sends theWh exchange of-an assurance of immortal ity beyond'the, grave. ; If,then there is any sad ness mingling with the sfghs. of the departing year,' keep steadily in blind the moral which it inculcates. .As our years fade away like snow: flakes, though summers hud between them ; ns wo drift down the stream, of time to the great ocean of eternity;, when our day of life sinks to its evening close, and wo fir® prepared to ren der our body to.onr maker, wo are cheered _by die assurance that there is a hereafter; and that ihe soul, upspringing from decay will exist brever— , Unhurt, amid thb war of elements. The wreck of matter and the finish of 'worlds. Mimnlactnre of Carpets. ,An cxammnitipn\)f ordinary relvct carpets stipws that the back, instead of presenting the same pattern ns the front, —’Which theingram does,—apparently: a web iOf nothing but Win - ,|,|M > in Inis way is of/comparatively new and has contributed more than anything else, to the great reduction in the price of such fab rics. . In these carpets, the wool is all.worked to the front, and the hempen threads all thrown upon the back; hence they,can bo manufac tured at a greater economy than the Kidder minster carpets, in-which, though they also have a velvet furfacci the thread is _comed from back to front, and front to back. The latter description of fine carpets are necessarily made of fine wool, and consequently arc. much the softest, wear longer,,and do not. whiten m the -seams. But. on the other hand, they cost con siderably more, nor. can they be made with so many colors, being woven on a Jacquared loom. The finest European carpets are. made at the Gobelins, Paris, to Which the famous manufac i tory of the Savounneire has been transported.-i -> The royal Wilton carpels are also very beauti i ful. In these, the pile is raised higher than in t the ordinary Wilton. All Wilton, Kidder* i minster and velvet carpets have the pile cut, i In the imperial Brussels the pile is raised above i the ground, and the pile of the figure cu ** but the ground is uncut. In the ordinary Brus ' eels, the pile is left uncut, both in figure and ground. The costly rugs; exhibited at carpet stores, on which the figured ore deliniated al most as.delicately as in a painting, arc not wo ven ; but the threads are laid horizontally, one by one, as straw in an ostler’s cutting-box, so that their ends from the pattern, arid they are then pressed tightly* and the surface shaved even. Hearts Hearts are of several kinds, and of widely diflerent natures. First there aro walled up hearts, and these aro of two kinds; about one kind, the wall is high, and strong,- and to surmount it is a work of extreme difficulty ; but if you can get inside, you have entered Eden. Fragrant, and sweet, and fair as the vision seems in dreams is that enclosed garden, and it is- worth hard labor to gain admission there. The other was a wall as high and strong, and full as hard’to get over ; and; when at last, with torn flesh and dislocated Joints, you have scaled.,in, you wish you ha'dn t, for there is nothing inside but rocks and cold wa ter, ■ The trouble with these two descriptions of hearts is, that ,’tis impossible to distinguish the one from the other until you have almost worn yourself out in mounting the walls. , An other kind of heart is that which, having noth ing to fence it in, lies open to the passage of all men and cattle— a waste, unfruitful field, of no use t» anybody, and less to the owner. Hut there is another kind of- heart —a rare creation, but a real one —whose wall is low, and almost hid by flowers. The birds make their nest in it, and sing as they swing upon its swaying twigs and festooning vines, ■ Beyond the wall, itself a thing of fragrance, beauty, and joy. lie the enchanting gardens., Delightful bowers in vite the way-worn traveller to entir and repose. Spirits ofdove and beauty beckon the sad and lonely ones to the feast of soul, and a charmed light and glory hover in, the whole joyous air. This is the true type of heart. , (C/*'fhc following sfc cicellctit hints to far' mors; - . ' Toad 2 ate tto teat prbteclioti of tabhage against lice. , . , ■ Sulptcf is invaiilablfc In preserving grapes, etc.., frbn\insects. , , • j , Of feeding cpm, sixty pounds ground go ns far as one hundred pounds in the kernel. Corn-meal should never bo ground very fine, os it injures the richness of it. , . Turnips of small sixb contain more nutritious matter, in proportion, than largo ones. Bats and other vermin are kept away from grain by the sprinkling of garlic when packing th Mohe}'expcndt(f in (frying land, by draining or otherwise, will be returned with ample Iptcr “tociircscratched.on homes, *ith warm soap. suds, and then w.tf. beef bnne —two applications will cure the wort ■ Timber, when cut in thit Spring, and exposed to the weather with the hark-on, decays much • sooner than if cut in the fall, We transfer the folldwiiig article frefe Journal oj Comhurci to OTr mendUlo.the aUentloW&f onireittVe* ■ ' FrohibUory'legislation as applicable to the bio of intoxicating Ilgnots. has proVed a signal fail; are, at least In populous commiinillesi' ujti*r lira lit this, matter has rnnitateonrae, and wO havo'onoo more to retain to Brtt-pribclplee, U may crop Unquestioned whether there been a positive retrogression M respects, the use qf-alcobolic beverages, directly attribntablo to the violent agitation of the public mind on thiy subject, and the consequent reaction. Certain, ifiSj'jthat > n beany instancesall ordinary barriorsj irectod py.spclqty for. its protection tvotbli dp- . Sfrnctlvd Vice; havd boda swept iwaysTbottejß dinanceb have been annulled, publto sdntunbrt dolled. Not a few, breaking loose fhnaajl moral ns weiras ISgSTfeitfrlmifrUave dlllbep. ately abandoned ihomselv'ea to the most deba sing appetites, so thot now probably habits oj : lntemperanco.aro,ai.wldeipread and devastating as at any former periods * ... ‘ '•'v .Surveying tho’lioldfronttliß stona-polnt, soma of the moat noted tomporancondvoMtto.SOenj do .bo gathering up, tbelg shattered^ferpos.and giving their energies a move practical direction. We observe:that Edward S. Delavan, for mmiy years President of tho State Temperance Socle;, 'ty, has prepared and.given wide circulation to a pamphlet on tho adulteration of llqtiors,—a sUp iect which at once oommofids itself to the con sideration ol every philanthropist. To such a® extent has the science of cheoilstVy been maqo available of late years, for the pVosecntlesr pf this notations business, thnt dealeM ingenuine liquors have almost boon crushhd put fruin the competition, and thousands of miserable victims; under the delusion, that they are drinking. Or least nothing worse than rectified spirits, are plunging rapidly into delirium. •• There appear, ■to bo no doubt ithat mortality, fiiinr this:sourc? - ■is advancing at a-toariul ratio, especially among tUe’labofing classes,’ whose knqWledguastoxho , effect of an habltnaiuke of druggeddiaufn*.i» too often only acquired through a Wretched ex perience. Mr. DolaVan is’assuted by 1 “medical men advanced in life,” that the effect of . using intoxicating liqnor now, is much more fatal than thirty years ago. Then, liquors were core; parntiveiy pure. Tho" alcohol In them was the onlv ingredient With which the Constitution baol to contend; and the same ntholibt bf drink which might formerly have been indulged with compat ralive impunity for a long period, would BOW produce intemperance and disease In but a trac tion of that time.. The-aulhor ttf-t.be pamphlet before us .endeavors to establish the alarming truth that “ among nil tho wines for commerce now .lor' sale and' use in this country, such an article as tho pure, Unmixcd jiUfce Of the grape, is almost if not.altogether unknown.’’ ■ He re fers to tho printing of recipes for making-conn torloit liquors,of every description, the price of one series, , designed for Western trade,-being five dollars,—wines, bhthdy, tllta and gin, bo : ing made at pieasnt-e froln common, whisky.— Tho statement is made on the authority of Prof. , C. A. Lee, of New York, that a cheap Madeira is made hero, by extrdfeting thb oilk from com mou whisky and passing it throbgh a carbon.—r There are immense establishments Id this city, he says, devoted to this branch of bhamess.—r Prof. Loo further says: “The trade in empty wine casks in this city with the Custom. House mark and certificate, is immense! tho same casks I being replenished again and again, and always accompanied by that infallible lest of genuine* nesa, the Custom Hondo certificate.” There if also In this neighborhood, it Is statbd, an exten* sivo manufactory of wine baSks, whloh are made so closely, to ImitWe the fot-elgt!; ttS tb deceive experienced dealers. . T.- '' : Hiram Cox,M. D., of CiHctnnaji, IS Quoted as having.analysed in that city sixteen lots of wine,' of different Varieties; tvlilch did. not con-; tain one drop bl the julcb of the :grape. _ Too basis of the Pott wine, lor example, was diwteft sulphuric acid, colored with elderberry juice, with altim, sugar and neutral spirits.. The oa sis'of. tho Sherry wine was a sort of palo inall. suipjiuHo- acid from the biUor almond pu, vmh a percentage of alcoholic spirits irotq brandyr Thb : basis of the Madeira was a deoocnojrol spirit* of-JJi; rnaica rum,ste. .PresidentNoU|in^l^^Jjft ' '^b^BtmffiWonf ota house Whidh had ilfiapphded jjdjinbfat, re* suiting in the discovery that mttnjr hundred fels of elder llad been purchased during tho previous year, but .none of winei J-ct nothing but wine had been ibid. Many Other similar facts are .recounted, and extensive quotaflOpd made from 1 foreign periodicals and other antho. i-itieS, showing that adulteration is practised both jnEnglaqd and France, to nn oitent not readily, prdited, This subject should receive: more .earnest atf ; tentibn; for it Is npparbnt that the bvlls of Intern; peranbo ate becoming-fearlbily aggravated by the substitution of poisofaous compounds for the alcoholic liquors formerly- used; ■ and the word ing classes, who arc tho stoniest offerers, ne.d to bo better informed ns to the trim character of their stimulating ; beveraeca. , Leglalationj too, can be employed with advantage in this el-; rection. Oqo consideration entitled : tp some weight is, that indirect encouragement will thug be given to the manufacture of pure wtUbs Itom native fruit. . M 38. A young' medical student from Jlfchigad. who had been attending lectures in Now YorK for some time, and 'considered himself exceed ingly good looking and fascinating, made A deadly onset on the heart and fonuoeofa bloom ing young lady who was boarding in the samb house with him. After a prolongued siege the lady surrendered. They were married about three weeks since* • The- swne afternoon after the wedding the ‘young wife’ sent for and exj hibited to the astonished student a “beautiful little daughter” three and a half years of age. , “Good heavens! then you were a widow. exclaimed the astonished student. ■ -Yes. my dear, and this is Amelia, my ydun gest; to-morrow, Augustus; James, and Reuj sen will arrive from tho country, and then I shall have all my children together once more. . The unhappy student replied not a word; his feelings were too deep for utterance. ; • The next day tho, other darlings, Strived; Reuben was six years old, Jamesnine,find Au gustus a saucy boy of twelve. They were de lighted to hear they had a ‘new papa, because they could now live at homo, And have all tba playthings they wanted. The‘new papa,,as soon as he .could' speak, remarked that Augus tus and James did not mukll tfeSfemblb,Reuben B "“wSf'no,” said the hSppjr first hUsband was quite a dllfcrcnt style of mad from my second—cofnplciitin. temperament, color of hair and eyes —all different.” .. This was too much, lie had -not bnly mar ried a widow, but drag her third husbSnd, Una tho astonished step-father of four children.; ■ ; “But her fortune,” thought hfe, “tnltt will make amends.” - / j. Ho spoke of hef foitiirife. .- l' “These are hiy trtfcurfea.” said > She; in -the Roman tndtron Style, pointing to herchildfeit.. The concfeit fvas bow buite taken out of .the Michigbnder, fvhS, finding that he had made a complete goKfc oilt of himself. dt bnce retiredto n farib ib his native State; whfere he could have a ohaticc to render his •.‘bbyS udeful, analmjake theft sivtat for the deceit pkCused tlpofl him hy their mot ufcr. A Fonosfnii. MutisM.—A bletgyfoah of thb olden time, the Rhv. Mt. Patter, of Princeton, Wd bbeh for .year? the liabit.oi. prayinff for the British Government-.. biii at lhe of tho eventful Bovolution, ho, together,with *>»« other clergymen of that day, W *L op %* e JLj? tho oppressive measures of Epgjand. point er, by a strange absence of bath, long after America bad beep defj»red *p danimdent fell back npon ins nsual prajen-a « Wo bCs'oeeh thee to blessth(> and and,all (bo royal family.” j P* U ?N evident embarrassment and voxallSn, ho idded. <• Pshaw I -pshaw t It was tho Continental Con £raw ideant !V ‘ . > ire you a skillful mtfchaqic?’ ‘ iei, air.’ ‘What ban you makbl’, tOb,nlewst ahylkihg mmy line.’ t Ctin you make a devt il V • Certainly—just piit up jour foot add 1 will split It In three Second*. I tever'M* i Chap in iny life that fttjuUW Itss kltbratiCtii’ taftitfititf ttliiftorrr A ftonlibn to Young Men.
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