Cowfei'let ns pull the curtains down,
lay tho work aside,
aji'i(|gjathor up the playthings
■• ’"N-n’vo scattered far and wide;
dace the lamp upon the stand,
ido'the great arm chair, > !
ring the last new magazine
id cut tho leaves withcaro.
icnp the coal upon the grate—
loves a cheerful fire—
>vv the names dance merrily,
leap.up high and higher!'
lace his slippers on the nig,
i set his dressing gown j
ipa wilt berthed and cold
in he comes bach from town,
let mo batho your glowing chocks,
. make your hair look neat,
iut your bright pink apron on—
•o, now, you’re clean and sweet 1
it down on the little bench
t grandpa made, and see
dll you’ll be while good raamnpi
and lay the cloth lor tea.
. kettle sends forth its hum,
biscuta are so light;
he’d come, it seems to mo
rather late to-night t
wasn’t that our gate that clicked
irrahl” shouts little Will,
■e I’ve time to tell hira hush,
bouudling o’er the sill.
papa’s come!” he shouts again,
climbs up for a kiss; >
lapa’s turn I Oh, papa's turn I”
iea his litilc sis.
•ppy group (hat live and love
ip that humble cot;
. .ho dwell in palaces
dttight envy them their lot.
"Sc*
CW LOVE FORGET?
i.
i' , Forget thee! If to dream by night,
/, And muse On thee by day—.
If all the worship, deep and wild.
{OTjf ■> .A poet’s heart can pay—, '; ■ ‘
!' . If prayers in absence breathed for thee,
If"' ‘ To Heaven’s protecting power—■
j . If winged thoughts that flit to thee,
v>’.. - A thousand in an hour—
A, ' If busy fancy blending thee .
With uli my future lot—
-1 If thou call's! tliese “ f orgetting,” thou
i 'lndeed .shall bo forgot.
■ dForget thee! Bid the forest birds
.Forget their sweetest tune j ■
Forget thee! Bid the sea forget
To swell beneath (he moon; .
p’-l' , Bid (he fairest evening flower forget
j 1 To bring refreshing dew i .
... .'.Thyself forget thine .own dear land,
, Its mountains wild and pine j
Kt > — pU,'rget Lnicb;;C)id fan!ili.ai'.fite-pi ■ ■
, 7i it- Baoli long fcracmberc(l,siiot—
;, When these things are fbrgot'by thee,
; .. .: Then shall thou be forgot.
jfitSEpep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace v
calm anti fancy, free—
'O’or God forbia thy gladsome heart
- , V,Should grow less glad for me.
\ sTef while that heart Is still unwon,
-. . Oh, bid hot mine to rove—
But Jet it nurse its humble faith,
And uncomplaining love. .
If these, preserved for patient years,
‘ At last avail me not—
Forget me then! but ne’er beiieve
Timt thou canst bo forgot.
it
J
i v -' Clmuncey Lewis and ’the Boy Soldier.
fa °y fif teen years of age was standing be-
the door of a;Connecticut farm house with
?sv)'-a little fowling piece upon his shoulder, while a
j ■' '-matronly looking woman was standing in the
i' j ; door-way and gazing with moistened eyes upon
'him. ,
'[ “6d, my son,” said she, “but remember
v when, amid the smoke and heat of battle, the
life: sentence in the blessed book I have given you.
0 ■ ■‘the merciful shall obtain mercy.’ ”
-■ “I will not forget it. mother,” he replied,
H —‘-bitt our company is. waiting, aud now fare
-1 'Wett!”
b f°’ ray son,” she kissed him as she
?fand may he who has. for two score
. jjgjjftfetohed over the mother, protect the
pf smoke hung over and enveloped
Bunker’s Bill. A no
p : hie looking man, in J.i ic uniform of an American
& general fjvas slowly retreating his face to the
p ~ foe. ,Tbt» sharp report of a single rifle, was
p/ : - beard, add Warren fell! A young soldier—al
Ts.' most a hoy, sprang towards him and lifted his
head ; at the same instant a giant grenadier in
' the with
■ Ipveled bayonet.
V; . to'^fafri/an old rusty.bone pistol from bis
breast, presenl and fire it at the approaching
. fpe,,w!iS,but the work of a moment. The gre
,joBdjfj,%!l wounded, and seizing the sword pf
.Wafrep. which had fallen from his grasp, the
. ran and raised it over the red coat
him.
6* pause when the sword is up
a'*ow *t h* f»H slowly to his side, apd
“i/ifiilp®,win,away and strike not ?
the injunciion of that mother,
I ~r- whoiiltwo months ago he left in the open door
. *■ of the farm-house. <• Remember, my son,amid
J’ i! 'thh"heat and smoke of battle, 1 the merciful
'.'■y 1 , ifball obtain mercy.’ ”
t v? tide of battle had swept like a whirlwind
the plains of Trenton. The British oaval
fl^ry-hadbidden with irresistible force over a do
" acbment of men and boys; terming a portion j
<| ihe left i wing of -lhe American army, and
idhg the dead and dying lay a boyish soldier,
(unaed. aud with his right arm broken.
A-merciless pony of Hessians were ranging
er .l he-field murdering and plundering those
ho bad fpllen. They approached the boy sol
ij*,- jvho daunllessly awaited the impending
»th, and one of them drawing his sword was
jut to, plunge it into the boy's fjido, when a
red, coated grenadier rushed between I
. ■ the boy and the murderous Hessians, and struck |
•■ - iW the weapon.
~*• Hold ruffians I that boy spared my life at
■ ; Sunker.Hill, It is my turn,” and raising him
in bis strong arms, he bore him from the bloo
- : f'dy : Boil-lo a/place of safely. ;
: j.rlt -Ah 1-hpW'these parting words of bis mother
f'jigain lang-tbrough .his brain and made sweet
musio inl biß Soul. <• Remember, my son, when
\-V and heat of battle, that ‘ the
j mercifiilshall obtain mercy.’.”
;';;Xt6 ! ;tiser ; was forgotten, and when a little
.:pnow‘'linah two. years ago, I stood above and
v' upon the calm features of the aged boy
ifaMWer, whose life had peacefully gone out, like
Uw.'Ust flickering of a candle which has burned
. i dpivn in its socket, I thought of ihose words,
»in imagination could see the parting of
cr and son at the old farm-house eighty
years ago.
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[ONE SCENE.
tC7“ A balloonist gives out that he has made
the following discovery ;
“I lake a bar of brass, which, when weighed
on the earth’s surface, actually weighs fifteen
pounds. When I ascend to three miles up in
the atmosphere and weigh the brass bar, it ac
tually weighs, by a spring balance, only seven
and a half pounds; and again, five miles up,
positively only three pounds and a quarter.
VYhat is the cause of this?" The want of at
mospheric pressure on it, and tho sun’s attrac
tion, which becomes more apparent the nearer
we approach its orbit.
A lady, when told that Mr. Beecher was
about to-deliver a lecturp pn Burns, suggested
the ‘equal necessity af a- lecture on “ scalds,”
Mr. Beecher is so constantly in hot water, that
ho ought to be pre-eminently qualified to han
dle such a theme.
ilm f r i r a o (ante it.
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
YOL. 45.
Mrs. Partington’s Genealogy,
“Why do fools make, such a to-do about their
four fathers ?” ' said Mrs. Partington to the
school-master, who was asking her genealogy.
She stopped rolling out the crust for a pie, as
she spoke, and with her hands still upon the
rolling-pin, she looked at him over her. left
shoulder. “Why should folks try so hard to
find out about their four fathers, when it's full
as much as many want to do to find out that
they have had one? The schoolmaster ex
plained that people were looking more to pedi
gree than formerly. “Looking more for diddle
de-dee 1” exdlaimed the old lady, giving the pin
a vigorous and emphatic roll as she spoke.
“What makes the difference how folks get here
so long as they arc here ? Why am I any bet
ter, now, because my great-great grand
father was one of the Juggernuts that left
France on account of their religious notions?”
Here was a mine opened for the genealogist.
He never once dreamed that the antiquated came
before him could have had a grandfather, much
more than she could have descended from the
Huguenots. “Are you, indeed a scion of that
illustrious stock,” said he, delightedly,“whose
sufferings and fidelity to their profession are
monuments to their memory ?” “He did suf
fer terribly, pbor man,” replied she, “towards
the last of it, with neurology in his head, apd.
as you say, was faithful in his profession, for
a more honest tinker never soldered a tea-pot.”
The school-master was floored by a simplicity
that looked not to ancestry for glory, depen
ding upon its own intrinsic excellence for repu
tation. And who would not, in the days to
come, rather be that estimable woman standing
there in time’s expanse, holding that rolling
pin, than the grimmest Huguenot of them all?
That pic beneath her hand becomes food for
gods—-the rolling pin a golden sceptre.
Peace.
How beautiful is peace—at the home hearth,
tri society, in the nation, over all the earth.
Obliterater of feiids, tvasherout of blood stains,
and uniter of earth's races in loving bcother
hood. Six thousand years since Cain smo'te
his brother at the altar, the earth has travelled
with war, and in blood. The only landmarks
spared by the ages, have been trophies of the
precious conquest. .Ruin and terror have swept
our hills and valleys and seas ; and humanity,
born with such a noble and glorious visage, has
walked a perturbed and terrible spirit, in this
earth garden and paradise of God. Peace,
which should have been the companion of n>hn,
and the inspires of Joy, has only Hushed at
bright and wide intervals through the clouds
and storms of earth’s life. But it will not be
1 ever so. The war of humanity with itself—its
suicidal strife—estrangement from its original
nature, and from God. canuoi'always last.
The unnatural war among men. societies and
nations, must cease. Slowly arid certainly ihe
cloud and tempest,'will roll back, unveiling the
clear and serene.sky, and humanity, self bound,
like Prometheus to the rook, will Shake oft the
wiir.cdme to.all the earth, for-God' has sent •
token and given promise to it. Then shall the
.dove fly om from the human ark. over the wide'
sea of earth’s ruin, plucking the olive leaf, and
the bow of promise shall be hung in th'eheavens
that the waters of war’s desolation shall no more
cover the earth.,— Ex. ■
la Memory of Courting Days,
Courtships are thd sweet and dreamy thres
holds of unseen Edens, where half the world
has paused in couples, and talked in whispers
under the moonlight, and, passed on, and never
returned.
One of the saddest and mokt suggestive sights
we ever saw, was the worn threshold at the end
of a grass grown path, with neither house nor
hearth beyond. Nature had done what she
could to make that threshold beautiful; she
had persuaded a straggling vine, reddening with
roses along the way, to garland it, but still, it
was a sad thing .to look at. There , was so
shelter beyond : no nestling place for love arid
hope: the roof had gone down in fierce surges
Of red flame, and so, on the one side as on. the
other, it was wide, wide world. : ~
The old threshold seemed to us a dial, upon
which human sunshine went and came until the
day grew dark and cloudy. We thought of
the feet—the little feet in red shoes—that pat
tered over it like the summer rain; we thought
of the couples that, perhaps-, stood there, when
there tycre lintels beside the threshold, stood in
the mild moonlight, when hand stole into hand,
one broad and strong, another plump and fair.
We thought of the cheerful errands . that had
been borne over it, when the glad feet cleared it
with a bound, or just touched it and glided into
the small summer day of home.
And it. seems to us—that worn threshold—
like the days of courtship. Sometimes there is
a paradise beyond, and sometimes desolation.
Gold Eaten by Turkeys la Arkansas.
. We find the following in ji letter from a cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, who
writes from Wesley, Arkansas:
About two weeks ago the wife of Mr. Calvin
Evans, living in Madison county, Arkansas,
killed a-tame turkey of the yellow stock, and
on dressing the gizzard found a lump of yellow
gravel which attracted her attention. On exa
mining it she could not determine what it was,
therefore she concluded to keep it and show it
to her husband. She did so, and it proved as
much a curiosity to him as it had to her. They
preserved it and showed it to their neighbors,
who generally give their, notion of it as being
gold or something of a metallic nature.
Hr. Evans therefore determined to carry it
to Fayetteville and have it tested, which he did.
and the lump proved to be worth thirty cents
pure gdd. It was about twodhirds pure me
tal. The general opinion is that there is gold
in Arkansas, especially since they find out that
turkeys are eaiing it. It has been the belief of
everybody that Arkansas contains mineral
wealth. The above account is one that can' be
relied on. for Mr. Evans is a man of strict truth
and he is a -preacher’ of the Hard shell Baptist
denomination.
It is said that since the discovery, Madison
county is in a high state of excitement, and
that all of Mr. Evans' neighbors are killing
their turkeys, and “prospecting” for gold in
their gizzards.
Mules vs. llorscs,
The mule, in some parts of the country, is
taking the place of the horse, to a great extent,
and if our farmers would make experiments to
find the relative value of the two, they would
adopt the mule to a much greater extent than
they have done heretofore. We should try to
have those animals which will cost the least for
raising and keeping, and do the moat work, ns
far as'Sve possibly can; and in order 10 do this,
I know of no better plan than to learn the ex
perience of the farmers, through the agricultu
ral papers. I think mules are preferable to
horses in several respects;
1. They are much more easily kept than hor
ses- They eat less than horses—are better
able to sustain themselves on wild . pasture—
will stand harder treatment, coarser and infe
rior fare, and do not give as much trouble.
Their bill for shoeing and doctoring is not half
so much. The cost of raising a horse; till it is
three years old, is variously estimated at from
,3535 to 3585, and of the mule for the same length
'of time, from $2O to $3O, and sometimes even
less.
2. They are more easily disposed of, in lots
at any time, at good prices: prices ranging
from $9O to Sl3O, and in some places, good,
large sized five year olds, bring from $175 to
$2OO . ' ■
3. They are fit for service much sooner than
horses. At two years old, they are generally
considered capable of performing labor, while
the horse is not for at least a year later.
4. They are almost entirely exempted from
disease, and such diseases as they are- liable to
are easily cured. The horse, being excitable
and ambitious, is easily urged to a much grea
ter amount of exertion than he can bear, espe
cially so with speed ; but the mule, being calm
and pertinacious, is able to resist all the simu
lants to over-exertion.
5. They live to a much greater age than hor
ses, having been known to attain the age of
seventy. They are strong and good workers at
the age of twenty-five to thirty years, or more.
Theavetageof the mule is twice that of the
horse.
If mules are managed ptoperiy in Breaking,
not one in ten would be stubborn. In plowing
corn, &0., they do not bleak down hear as
much as horses,— Oenesee’ Farmer.
The Pedigree of Queen Victoria.
Who is Victoria ? . Victoria is‘the daughter
of tbc.Duke of Kent, who was the son of George
the Third; who, was grand-son of George the
Second; who, was the cousin of Anne; who
was the sister of Williaiirand Mary ; who were
the daughter and son-itl-law Of James the Se
cond; who was thesonof Jamesthefirst; who
was the grand daughter of, Henry, the Eighth ;
who was the son of Henry the- Seventh ; who
was the son of the Earl of Richmond ; who was
the son of Catharine, widow of Henry the Fifth;
who was the son of Henry the Fourth : who
yas the cousin of Eiehard the Second; who Was;
.the jgrandson'of-jyward lhg,Thijd; ;,who ..was
tliaaiOn of Edward
son of Henry the Third ; who was the son of
John ; who was the son of Henry, the Second ;
who wag the son of Matilda; who was the
daughter of Jleury ihfpFirsi; who was the son
of William Rhfos-r'W'no was the son of IVil/iam
the-.Conquefor; who was the bastard son of the
Duke of Normandy, by a tanncrV daughter of
Fulaisb. And this is the pedigree of the Queen
of the Isles, her ascent and descent. Wo traced
it with the history id our hands. How impor
tant the lessons here taught—we mnsfall meet
at last upon a common level. The best of lis
will one day meet upon a common spot, and
that spot the grave, which levels all distinction;
And this is the history of earth ; and though,
thus far, there has been a series of rapidly
changing events, h constant succession of new
'characters and new scenes in the drama of life,
it is still the history of earth, and of earth’s in
habitants.—Atlanta, Ga., Intelligencer.
Evergreens.
Tho evergreens constitute a class of shrubby
plants more suitable for the ornamental front
plots of dwelling houses, or for approaches and
lawns, than for gardens, because, although the
green of leaves is pleasing in winter, when other
vegetation is dead, these trees are very exhaus
tive of the soil, often prevent the sun from get
ting to the flower beds or borders, and keep the J
ground in a litter with fajlcn leaves, when heat
ness is desired. Many species of evergreens are
now cultivated in grounds and gardens, but.
those which are most generally -esteemed for
ornamental plots or ■ other limited situations,
are the various tribes of laurels, alaternus, ar
borviue, holly, juniper, and box. With proper
care, any of these may be lifted and transplari
ted into situations more .agreeable to the eye.
either at the beginning of September or May,
when young shoots are preparing to but-st forth.
The plan is to dig all round them, at a distance
equal to the compass of the, branches, sinking
the trench to a point beneath the sole of the
plant, and then lift them.bodily with i he whole
mass or ball of earth around tho poets. A hole
must be prepared for the reception of the roots
and ball, and when placed in its new situation,
fill in the rest of the hole with fine earth, lay
ing the rootlets straight, and packing in all
neatly to the surface. A copious stream of wa
ter should then be poured from a watering pot !
upon the newly placed mould, round the stem
or trunk: Ibis carries the particles of earth to
the rootlets, surrounding each with its proper
nourishment, and giving solidity to the whole.
MOTHERS.
If any thing in life deserves to he considered
as at once the exquisite bliss and pre-eminent
duty/of 'a' molher,,it is this—to watch the
dawning disposition and capacity of a favorite
child ; to discover the earliest buds of thought,
to feed with useful truths the inquisitiveness of
a young and curious mind : to direct the eyes,
yet unsullied with* the .waters of contrition, to a
bounteous Benefactor; to lift the little hands,
yet unstained with vice, in prayer to their fath
er which art in Heaven. ; But, so it is; the
child, as soon as it is released from the bon*
dage of the nurse, and needs no longer a careful
eye to look after its steps, and guard it from
external injury, is too often surrendered to in
structors, some of whom are employed td polish
the surface of tho character, And regulate the
motions of the.limbs; others to furnish the
_ and accomplish the imagination ;
while religion gets admission as she Can
sometimes in aid of authority, and sometimes
in a Saturday’s task or a Sunday’s peculiarity,
but how rarely as a sentiment! Their little
hearts are made to flutter with- vanity-, encou
raged to pant with emulation, persuaded to con
tract with parsimony, allowed to glow with re
venge. or reduced to absolute numbness, by
worldliness and cares, before they have ever fell
a sentiment of devotion, or beat with a pulsa
tions of sorrow for an offence, or gratitude for
a benefit, in the presence of God. Believe me,
mothers, you have no right to expect that the
sense of religion will be infused by tho laborsof
others. When parents have ceased to be teach
ers, religion has ceased to be taught."
CT” There are 84 Railroads in the State of
New York, coating $137,000,000.
“omi oountrt — mat it always bb liiont— but |moiit or wrong, our country."
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1859.
The Volcanic Eruption la the Island of
A correspondent of the Alta Californian,
writing from Honolulu; under date of February
12. gives a vivid account of the great eruption
of the volcano,’Muna toa. lie says: "
“ On Sunday, January 23d, at 4 o'clock, P.
M., without any of the usual premonitory phe
nomena of earthquakes, subterranean sounds,
or sultry weather, the lava burst out some three
thousand feet from the summit of Itfuna Loa,
or ten thousand feet front the level,of the sea,
and,before morning the lava had run d;distance
of twenty-five miles down the mountain side. -
This eruptiorHs declaredly old residents to
be greater in volume, and more msglijfloent in
appearance, than any previous one that , can he
remembered. At Lahaiha, a distance of over
one hundred miles from the crater, ohtSunday
night, the 29th January, the volcnnd;was : dis
tinctly visible, illuminating one third of the
heavens like that of an immense ahd neighbor
ing conflagration; and from elevatcd.|jositidns’,
that the shoots of liquid flame couldvbe seen at
intervals, as the immense cauldron boiled and
bubbled.” , The den was lighted -up With the
rcßeotion of the flame everywhere ? within one
hundred miles of the crater, and thecoasting
vessels enjoyed the advantoge without,the pres
ence of a jail moon. Lots of dejd fish were ob
served floating about in the neighborhood of
the Islands, both before and since. ;ihe com
mencement of the eruption, and the inference is
that they were killed by the submarine fires or
heat connected with the volcano. We Of Hon
olulu, have experienced? a sensible change of
climate, which, fact is also attributable to the!
eruption. By? last ;accpnnts, not far fromone
thousand square thileS.of the island of'Hawaii
must havgbceU covered, by the burning lava.
' West sidO of Muna
Loa, a hew (hater at Hvoilo eight
hundred, feel there, from
which ejected
in immense jets frogt to fifteen hun
dred feet high, and falling,oyer, the sides* poured
down towards thesea,-Thlsjt reached on the
31st ult., at a place /OalleUnWainanalii, about
twelve miles io, the wcstwaVdiof Kawaihe, and
40 miles from the crater,' Here it destroyed a
native village and a fine grove of'cocoanut
trees, running out into the sea' two miles and
cm irely filling the. lilthi harbor. - j
Tile hamlet were roused
from the.slumbeis df-midnight 'by; the' liquid
fire, and had hardly time to save themselves.—
At this point the stream is not only two hun
dred yards in widthi’and by last accounts had
cooled over on. the Surface, so that one can walk
over it at the risk.; however, of breaking thro’
the thin crust into; - thustiU flowing sifcam be
neath. ■ Where the: fire ; ,mcels water,' a very
splendid sight presents ilselfr old occaji hissing
and spouting like a hoge 6ca.serpent, and?con
stnntly sending up ?clouds;,bfi,steam! (thd cas
cades of water. A secoifd"stream-hisstarted
from the crater, flccou_hsfrfe run
ning'ddvjih parallel ,wilfi the-fi&tflawri'■ ■>;
constantly Keven bp eight : sue*
cession, and llns may do ihe same.
Wp in touching
upon iliesubjeqt pf %dicfi'jii;esSr-ist. Because
it is rather a delicate so bjebV by intermeddling
with which we might stir up resentful feelings
where we would prefer smiles; 2d. Because it
being a subjeol-not strictly within ouf editori
al province, wo might hazard "being told so in
rather rough terms, “ It is none of ybor busi
ness "3d. Because fashion is a capricious
nymph, who will not amend 1 until she pleases,
and wrhen she changes, it may be for the worse
instead of the better; hence we stand aloof;
4ih, and finally, because we do not fancy spen
ding our ink in vatn, as would be the case in
this instance. f
It will, however, be no deviation from our
rule merely to suggest to the ladies that the
present fashion of sweeping hoops so material
ly modifies the.relative distances between the
wearer and other objects, as to make it impor
tant thatdadies should modify and aniend their
former notions of distances. To explain our 1
meaning. A lady in former times might very
justly conclude that her position wits; a safe
one when standing two leet from a fire, while)
the introduction of crinoline requires that dis
tance to be at least doubled. ' Forge fulness of
this has caused some painful and even fatal ac
cidents. Nothing is-more frightful than a bla
zing dress with an interesting woman inside of
it, and especially if that dress bo so construc
ted as to defy the application of the ordinary
modes of extinguishment. Lady Lucy and
Lady Charlotte Bridgman, daughters of the
Earl of Bradford, have recently fallen victims
to. this fashion. Surrounded by all ithe luxu
ries of high life; gay, bright, and happy • little
thinking of danger, their light and .gossamer
dresses, sweeping beyond their reach, are sud
denly in a blaze: scarred with,burns, l and ago
nized with pain, they linger for a few days, and
then become tenants of the tomb! Surely we
may dt least warn our lady readers: that the’
present fashion is a dangerous one wftfaout un
usual caution. —Presbyterian
Indian Ouiuages.—From the Waco (Tex
as) Southerner of the 23d ult, we hate the fol
lowing account of Indian outrages os the Iron-
ler: , j
“ From J. M. Norris, Esq., of Gates villo, we
learn some of the particulars in: regard to. the
outrage committed last Week bp a bind of In
dians in the upper portion of Bell comity. The
Indians were first discovered on the mountain
points along the Cow-House. They chased an
old gentleman named Perryman, and Charles
Crtiger, formerly of Houston, the former barely
escaping with his life alter losing horse.—l
Mr. Cruger escaped himself, but the Indians
got six.horses from him. He reported some
sixteen 'lndians in that hand. They next found
a hoy some fourteen years of age, went up to
him, and accosted him with tlie Usual Indian
salutation in broken English, stripped him of
all bis clothing: and while in the act their at
tention was called to others of their compan
ions ih pursuit of another white man. a Mr.
Pearce. They left the boy and joined the chase
after Pearce, and the boy made good his escape.
They overtook Mr: Pearce and butchered him
with their knives. They then went on to the
house of Mr. Riggs, and called hid) and his fa
mily «%t, and talked with them a while. Mr.
Rigglsturned to go in the house, when they
shot him and his wife, killing them both on the
spot. They took Riggs’ two children, good
Stout boys, who resisted when ordered to fol
low. They whipped the boys, but one would
not go. and they left him, doubtless thinking it
unsafe to waste, much time with ,Ipm. The
other boy cominued his efforts to leave them,
falling oft the horse and. resisting them in every
way he could until they also; left him. The
particulars of their treatment of these two boys
were given by them to the neighbors.”
C 7” Judge Stump, of Baltimore, recently
said to a jury—“ let no one talk to you about
this case: I suppose your wives will, but you
must soy nothing to them about it." This
Judge may bo a very good lawyer, but he evi
dently docs’ht understand human nature.
Hawaii.
Ladics! : dpjmfcj.
Shocking Affair iu Monongahela City.
A Husband Shot by Hib Wipe.—Monohga
bela City, in Washington county, was tho scone
of a very distressing occurrence on the 81st ult.
Says the Pittsburg Chronicle, it appears that
tho wile of Captain. Bentley, ot that place, a
young and beautiful woman, is subject to peri
odical attacks of Insanity, during which, for her
own safety hud that of those around her, it was
necossnry.tb keep a close watch upon her ac
tions. Yesterday morning, while laboring un
der oho of those attacks, she tried in some way
to get possession of her husband’s pistols, tho
same which be uses when in command of his
troop, the “'Ringgold Cavalry,” and procuring
powder and ball.'loadud jhom. She then os
conded to the garret, and was followed by Mr.
Bentley, who wits fearful lest she might.do her
self bodily hartm Just as he reached the head
of the last flight of stairs, Mrs. Bentley presen
-ted one of the pistols at bis head, and discharg
ing it almost immediately, the hall entered the
neck, and passing upwards through his jawbone,
lodgodin the opposite side of tho mouth. The
unfortunate gentleman’s injuries are very se.
vero, and blit little hopes of his recovery is en
tertained. His jawbone and teeth were shat
tered to pieces, while the incessant, bleeding
which followed, renders it almost impossible
that he can survive his injuries.
Mr. Bentley is an estimable gentleman, and
stands very high in the opinion of nil who knew
him. His lady was formerly a Miss Van Voor
his, daughter of the late Daniel Van Voorhis, of
Washington county, and an accomplished and
intelligent woman. Some throe or four years
ago she attracted, a good deal of attention bore,
as.well from her feats of equestrianism at the
State Fair, ris from her brilliant yet judicious
driving in tho ring on (he same occasion.. She
is, unfortunately, subject to fits of insanity,
which recur every liyo years, and are very vio
lent while they continue. On the last occasion
sho was thus attacked, she was, wo believe, sent
to Harrisburg, whore she soon became conva
lescent, and it was the intention, to-daj’, hut for
the unfortunate aflliir above narrated, to have
placed hot in the Western Pennsylvania Hopi.
tal. The occurrence was a most unfortunate
one, and has Ailed tho entire community where
it .transpired with unaffected sorrow. .
Poor Bicbard’s Maxims.
Tlio. following, from tho pen of the groat Ame
rican philosopher, Dr. Fmnkiin, should he prin
ted In letters of gold, and 'hung up in every
schoolroom, side with tho usual a-b, o-b, dog
latin, and other nonsense with which'our chil
dren's minds are crammed, and which seems to
bo the rule in our modern system of tuition.—
There will conic a time when a Professorship of
Political Economy will be considered an abso
lute necessity to eVefy school. But that time
is not yet. But hear what poor, Elchards says i
I. Plow deep while; sluggards sleep, and you
shall have corn to soil and keep.
2; Pride iS as loud a beggar as Want, and a
great deal more saucy.
8. Sjlks and satins, scarlets and .velvets, put
out the kitchen tire.
d;'DiUgohoe is the mother of good luck.
5. Pride, breakfasted' with Plenty, dined with
8. Extravagancc ghdimptovldenco end at tho
prison door. , ,s ? - .
T. It is easierto hitild two chimneys than to
keep one in fuel. * '': .
8. If.you would know the value of money, go
and try to borrow some., - .
'9. The eye of n master will do more work
than both his hands.
10. What maintains ono vipoiwonld bring up
two children. , ,
11. Ho that goes borrowing r'eiurns sorrow
ing. • ,
12. Rather go to bed suppericss than rise in
debt. ■ i
13. Sloth, like rust, consumea fatter than la
bor wears." 'r'.iV.*
14. A life of leisure and a life of lazine.ss are
two different things.
15. Three removes are as bad ns a fire.
16. Creditors have better memories than debt
ors.- •
17. The rolling stono gathers no moss.
18. If you would have your business done,
go; if not, send.
19. It is foolish to lay out money in the pur
chase of repentance.
20. Buy what thou noedest not, and it wil!
oblige thee to soil thy necessaries.
*’ A woman who loves unsought, deserves
the scorn of the matt she loves.”
A wortcrn lndy : thus, comments upon the
above; -
“ Heaven forgive mo! but may tho man who
penned that, never, see another bonnet ! May
no white dimpled arms over encircle his cravat,
or buttons vegetate oh bis shirts. May no rosy
lips ever press his moustache, and the fates
grant that bis dicky-strings break short off every
morning. May no woman’s heart learn to bent
faster—except with indignation at the mention
of his name, and may his stockings always need
darning.”
Wo feel greatly-inclined to say Amen to that
prayer, horrible as would be tho condition of
him in whoso behalf the Indy’s fervent pfayer
might bo answered. But wlien'"tho 'indignant
lair one adds:
“And when his nerves are ail unstrung by
disease, and his brain throbs with pain, as
though an earthquake was brewing in it, may
ho have nothing in his sick chamber but boot
heels, and see not one inch of muslin or call,
co.”
We must hold back our assent to the male
diction, and dare wager our gold pen against tho
largest nugget, California or Austvailin ever
produced, that herself would be the first to
hasten to tho poor wretch’s sick chamber, and
with those tender ministries which reveal the
nature ol woman, tenderly soothe and nurse tho
afflicted one.
Secret op Beauty.— The editor of “ Life Il
lustrated,” in commenting on Bayard Taylor’s
description of tho unusual beauty of Polish wo.
man, discloses the secret of their good looks, as
follows:
“There girls do not jump from infancy to
lady-hood. They are not sent from the. cradle
directly to the parlor, to dress, sit still, and look
pretty. No, they are|troated as children should
be: During childhood, which extends through
a period of several years, they are plainly‘and
loosely dressed, and allowed to run, romp and
play in the open air. They take in sunshine as
does the flower. They are not loaded down,
girded about, and oppressed every way with
countless ft-ills and Superabundant flounces, so
as to be admired for their much clothing. Nor
are they rendered delicate mnd dyspeptic by
continual stuffing with candies and sweet cakes;
as are the majority of American childreri.--
Plain, simple, food, free and various exercise,
arid abundance of surishine"; during the whole
period of childhood, are the .secrets ol beautv
in after life.”-
' tif '
. Mistake ii a FoNEExi.-tAbont tho end of
last month, tho following sllignlnr niistnlco was
made at Dole, Franco i—Twopeipons had died
at the hospital of that town, and were to be bu
lled at tho same time. The deceased were a
young girl and a sotdier of tho garrison. Both
coffins being placed alotig side of each otbeiv
they were So confounded that tho young girl
was accompanied to her last homo by a platoon
of dragoons, with military honors, while tho
young soldier covered with a white pall of flow
ers, pious emblems of purity and innocence, was
borne on four feminine shoulders, and followed
by a procession of young ladies .reciting pray
era.
Dt7 > Now is the time to plant (reds. i
AT £2,00 PER ANNUJI
Correct Information.
To show how utterly groundless is the charge
which the Opposition editors make, that Le
comptonism controlled the recent Democratic
State Convention, we quote the following from
the Pennsylvanian, for the entire correctness of
which we unhesitatingly vouch ;
“In the Platform ol Resolutions reported by
the Committee to the Convention, and adopted
WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOICE by that
; body, containing one hundred'and thirty-three
members, and representing the County Con
tentions respectively of every county in the
State, nothing whatever was said for or against
Governor Packer. It was found to be utterly
impossible, without the slightest reference to
any supposed principle involved in the Lccomp
ton controversy, to bring a majority of the Del
egates to the point of consenting to endorse his
course and conduct. Consequently, it was
thought best to say nothing whatever, about
him, leaving him a chance in the future to re
trieve himself. But after the passage of the
resolutions, a member of the Convention, first
apologising for certain indefensible conduct of
the Governor’s, offered a general resolution in
his behalf, on which a ballot was taken. On
this vote, by yens and nays, thirty-seven , per-1
sons voted for the resolution, and of these; a
majority were what have been called Lecompton
Democrats ! Of the two nominees for the post of
Auditor general, the one, Richardson E. Wright,
was what has been called a Lccomptonite, the
other, Jacob Zeigler, was what has been known
as an Anti-Lecoroptonite.’ Now. of the twen
ty-seven voles received by Mr. Zeigler, a ma
jority were what have been called Lecompton
men, and of the votes received by Mr. Wright
a considerable number were of those known as
Anli-Lecomptonites. Mr. Rowe, who received
the compliment of n unanimous' nomination,
was cither uncommitted on the question, or
else was possessed at one time with the Anti-
Lecompton view of theiold [dead] Lecompton
issue.”
Mr. Turney, of Westmoreland, one of the two
Anti-Lecompton Democratic State Senators,
and who was a member of the Convention, vo
ted against, the resolution proposing to endorse
Gov. Packer!
The Dief Court Crier.
In the most beantitul town in North Carolina,
where have been born ahd bloomed her fairest
daughters, and whore for a number ot years
shone in undimmed radiance the brightest in
tellects which have ever ornamented and blessed
her—in the court house which has so often boon
graced with the elegant oratory of a Gaston, or
startled with the flashing wit or bitter irony of a
Stanley, the following very amusing, incident
occurred: • ' .
An old court crier, who had grown gray in
the cause and as deaf as a beetle, was in the ha
bit, of calling the names (which he generally
,m«spgpyL^get J ,wrong).from: thoi. sepbnd story
window bilbo court house,Jh'sucha stentorian
voice as to be board l with distinctness, lor a
square of more. On one occasion, in the cohrsa
of a very serious and somewhat Important ault,
the presence of a witness, named Arabella
Hanks, was needed. The crier, like a parrot,
sat noding on bis perch, when ha was aroused
from his slumber by an orderirom the Court to
call the witness. Looking anxiously at the
Judge, with-bis band at bis ear, in order-to
catch tho sound correctly, he said i
‘• What, your Honor ?”
“Call Arabella Hanks,” said tho good na
tuted Judge.
Still in doubt, tho poor crier arose from his
scat and said, with a much puzzled look :
“ What, your Honor ?”
>'Call Arabella Hanks, crier, and delay the
court no longer?” said the Judge, much provo
ked.
The old crier, thereupon, with a countenance
Indicating both doubt and desperation, proceed
ed to the window, and in his loudest voice called
put:
“ Toiler Belly Shanks! Tailor Belly Shanks!
Taller Belly Bhanksl come into court I”
It is needless to say that the seriousness of
tile court room was convulsively dispelled! and
quiet was restored only to bo again disturbed
by the laughter caused by the crier, who, in an
swer to the Court as to whether or not the wit.
ness answered, said, “ No, your Honor;, I don’t
believe there is such a person in the country,
for I’ve lived here forty years, and never hoard
of him before I”
Salk at the Residence or the late Phjlip
Babton Kev.—The administrator’s sale of the
furniture and household effects of the late P.B.
Key, was commenced at Washington on Friday,
McGuire & Co-, being the auctioneers. The
Star says that at the hour, a number of carriages
were drawn up before the house on C street and
indoors a good assemblage, the ladies, largely
in the predominant, was gathered in the parlors
or streaming up anddown the staircases. Some
disappointment was expressed by the ladies, in
the fact that the house was more plainly fur
nished than was anticipated, especially the low
er rooms. The furniture of some of the upper
rooms, however, made amends in its solid ma
hogauy respectability.
Mr. Key’s chamber fronting on C afreet, was
furnished with rather Spartan-like simplicity—
a plain bod, medium sized cbeval glass, small
mintlo clock, &c., and the wails adorned with
a single print—Fanny Eilslor.
. In the chamber above tin's, a curious group
were overhauling the contents of a small closet,
which held the military (captain’s) equipments
of the deceased—a pair of old-fashioned brass
horse pistols, a handsome sword, and on alower
shelf a hat-box containing the wcil-remerahcred
“ Montgomery' Guards’ 5 cap worn by him when
in command of that company. In n recess by
the closet stood a fine rifle, with barrel sights.
In the nursery, much attention was attracted
to a beautiful minituro house some five feet in
height, and which, with its tiny green blinds/,
carpeted rooms, and curtained and glazed win
dows, must have been the marvel and delight of
the children for whom It was procured.
To Pbevent Convulsions The following
curious mode of preventing a convulsion, com
monly called “a tit," is given in the Charleston
Medical Journal and Review in a long article on
the Treatment of Epilepsy, by Wm. M. Cornell,
H. V., of Boston i : ’
I have employed various means to ward off
an epileptic attack for the time being. Stretch
ing the muscles powerfully wiir generally pre
vent an attack; for example, when the aura
commences In the great toe, or lit the log, strong
traction or elongating the toe,w stretching the
muscles of the log will carry the patient oVor
the threatened attack for the time i or, when the
patient has premonitory symptoms of an attack,
opening the jaws as widely ns can bo done, and
placing some hard substance between the tooth,
to keep the mouth open, will have the desired
effect,. I have had one patient who’ by taking
Bty advice, carried a piece of iion with him for
a year, fitted for the purpose of expanding the I
jaws to their, utmost capacity, and keeping them I
thug expanded. When ho has felt what he calls
the “ little spasms," which have Usually boon
tho precursors of the groat ones, or thd •< fits”
ho has immediately drawn from bis pocket tho
iron wedgo, opened his month to the utmost i
width, and placed tho wedge between his tseth. i
He then becomes quiet, goes about his business, i
or gives himself no further trouble about the i
convulsions, rind has nonet” <
BZ/fEacess is the pickpocket df time. . ' ‘.
ID*. Gratitude is a feature much admirei,
but rarely seen.
ID* There is healing in a smile, and laughter
is medicine to the mind. (
ID* No man has a right jk) do as. he: please?,
unless he pleases to do rights . , r
...ID”Most men,employ the HWit part of their
life to make the other miserable). ■
ID* Pride sleeps in a gilded crown, bill con
tentment reposes in a cotton night cap. -
ID” The crow thinks her own bird the, fatt
est. .. ......
NO. 44.
lD*Fast men, like fast rivers,, are generally
;he Shallowest.
317* To Cure Dyspepsia—Spade your own
garden.
ID* The man who plants a good tree' is a
public benefactor.
ID*Changeable—The weather.'
ID* Doing well—Thbsa who advertise in this
Volunteer.
ID* True worth, like the rose, will blush at
its own sweetness.
ID* Laugh at no men for his pug nose, yon
can't tell what may turn up.
ID*ln demand—garden seeds. The wcath-'
er is rather unfavorale to gardening..
ID* If honest men are the salt of the earth,
pretty girls may be said to be the sugar.
ID* If you call a man ungrateful, yon say
everything.against him.
.ID*lf you beat me, I’ll cait out the sill,
diets," says the drum.
ID” It is the fault of youth, that it. cannot
govern its own impulses.
ID” The tongue is a woman's sword, and
she never suffers it to rust.
ID* Time obliterates speculative opinions,
but confirms the judgment of nature.
ID” They dp not easily rise in the world,
whose talents are suppressed by poverty.
(D* Labor lost—an organ grinder playing at
the dour of a deaf and dumb asylum.
ID* Out west they divorce husband and
wife, if cither party snores so lotid the Other
can't sleep.
The piospccts for an abundant wheat
crop, in the Western States, were never more
promising.
ID* Filial adjournment—Both branches of
the Legislature nave resolved to. adjourn on the
14 th inat.
ID* The farmer whose pigs got so lean that
they could crawl through the cracks in their
pen, stopped their fun by tying knots in their
tails.
O* Ohamberahiifg, if we may credit ihs pa
pers of that place, is curted with as. worthless a
set of negroes as can be geared up this side of
Africa.
KT - The Odd Fellows all oyer the country
are making eittnsife preparations to celebfafe
the national jubilee of the order on the 26tb
day of April. . , :
XJ~ There is tin Bid maid out West so tough
and tbfinkled. that tb'ejr use her forehead to
grate nut megs on.
tD” The Governor of Massachusetts has ap
pointed the 7th of April as a day of iaktiog, hu
miliation and prayer.
, 3C7* The hoy who was Kicked by a shanghia
rooster is, recovering; The fracture is: not so
great as to justify amputation. .
Ky” The oxen out in lowa live so long that
they have to put sticks on their horns for this
wrinkles to run out bn. Fact!
Ky* It is said that no than who has paid reg
ularly for his newspaper, has ever been. Known
to be bitten by a triad dog. .
IC7” Ridicule is a weak weapOn/tvheh levelled
on a strong mind. But common inch gib cow
ards, and dread an eknply laugh;.
Cy* Definition of DarkhesS—A blind darkey
in a dark cefiar at midnight, with a dark lail
tern, looking down a dark hole for a black cat:
(C7* the Americans residing in Paris, Franco;
celebrated the 22d of February in a magnifi
cent style. •
O’ Iteallh is a toy that we play with much
as a child docs—for the pleasure; seemingly, w
breaking!!. ■ • ■ ,
O’ Why is'tho last act in Hamlet peculiarly
Irish? Because it begins with a funeral and
ends with a fight: ' ■
' O’ By talcing revenge, a man is Buit even
with his enemy ; but, in passitig by it lie is his
superior. Mark that. .
O’ The slowfesl advances .to greatness are
the most secure. Sudden rises are often atten
ded with precipitate fulls. ✓
O’ There is a purple half to a grape,, a mel
low and crimson half to peach, a sunny Half to
the globe, and a better half to maij.
O” The best cure for trouble Is labor—the
harder you work (lie less you think. . Whoever
heard of a woodsawycr committing suicide?
O’immense swarms of grasshoppers were
visible in many parts of Bucks county fast week.
O’ Mrs. Sickles is said to be in great distress
of mind: but whether for the “ dead dr the living
man” the papers don’t state.
O’ A tool in high station is like a man on
the lop of a monument—everything appears
small to him, and he appears small to everybo
dy.
O” The BindooS believe that after death the
soul must pass through seveti transmigrations,
into the bodies of .different animals, before ills
finally judged by Brimmii.
C?" it’s the little troubles that wear the heart
out. It is easier to throw a bomb-shell a mile,
than a feather—oven, with artillery,. Forty little
dobts.ol a dollar each, will cause you more trou
ble and dunning than one big one of a thousand.
tET - Bo careful how you conceive too gob'd
an opinion of a woman at first sight, for yon see
not the ivomah truly, but her ornaments. Faint,
patphes ptid fine dtesses ate to hide defects, for
beauty, like truth, is always best plainest.
O' A young wife remonstrated with her hus
band, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct.
" My dear,” said he, “ I am only tike the prdi
gal son—l shall reform by-and-by.” •• And I
will be like the prodigal son.-too,"said she, '• I
will arise and go to.my father’d house,” and oft
she went.
DC7“ A Revival has been going on at Balti
more for some time, and increases in force’as it
progresses. It has now reached the rich and
fashionable classes, as well as the lowest strata
of society. Several prominent desperadoes bars
apparently become converts, and have exchang
ed their revolvers find botvie knives for Bibles.
K 7” A Bridegroom pardoned—Leroy Evans,
of Caroline county, Va., was recently neoteric!cd
to one year imprisdnrileUt fit the county jail, for
Swcaripg that the young lady he married was
over fll yedrs of age. When she wasn't. The op
position of the lady's mother to this match caug.
led this exposure and imprisonmenttb tbagroom.
A petition to Gov. Wise, and the extreme youth
of the prisoner, procured a pardon;
+ I7se or KnowledOe^—Some men think that
the' gratification' of curiosity is tho end of know
ledge; sbUio the love of fame ; sontei the pleat
sure of dispute; some the necessity of support,
ing themselves by knowledge; but the teal use
pt all knowledge is this, that wo ahohld dedi
cate that reason which was given us by God, W
the use and advantage of mafi.
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