RIGAN VOLUNTEER. HIED EVERY THURSDAY MOBNINQ BY Joliii B. Bratton. TERMS. , iinioN. —Ono Dollar and Fifty. Cents, idvanoe j Two Dollars it paid within tho id Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not un (ho year. These terms will bp rig irod to in every instance. No sub disoontinued until all arrearages, are ss at the option of the Editor. ■tisements— Accompanied by the cash, jxceeding one square, will bo inserted ies for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents additional insertion. Those of a great hin proportion. ' . bintinq —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting mphlets, Blanks, Labels, &0., &c., exe-- *,h accuracy and at the shortest notice,' |WmL REFLECTIVE RETROSPECT. BY JOHN a. SAXE, ’’fis; twenty years, and something moro,- ■ ■ Since, all a thirst for useful knowledge, sX;took some draughts of classic loro «f&“l)rawn —very mild—at rd College ; fcYet I remember all that one . ' ||i*Oonld wish to hold in recollection; Wjma boys, the joys, the noise, the fun; |B|Sut nut a single Conic Section. jcolleot those harsh affairs, Pho morning bells that gave us panics; . soollect the formal prayers, l’hat seemed like lessons in Mechanics; ocollect the drowsy way ;h which the students listened to them, clearly, in my wig, to-day (Vs when, a boy, I slumbered through them, ccollcot the tutors all Is freshly now, if I may say so, any chapter I recall in Homer or Ovidius Naso, ecollect extremely well, : • Old Hugh,” the niildost of fanatics j roll remember Matthew Bell, But very faintly, Mathematics. edoilect the prizes paid For lessons fathomed to tile bottom; .las that pencil marks should fade !) I recollect the chaps who got ’em— to light equestrians who soared O’er every passage reckoned stony; ad took the chalks,—but never scored A single honor to the pony! ,h me—what changes Time has wrought ; And how predictions have miscarried ! . few have reached' the goal they sought, -And some! are dead, and some ard married ; .nd some in city journals war ; And some as politicians bicker; .rid some are pleading at the bar; For jury verdicts, or lor liquor. .nd some on Trade and Commerce wait, ? And some in schools with dunces.battle; .nd some the gospel propagate; And-the choicest breed of cattle; tnd some are living at their case; ■ And some-were wrecked in <tho revulsion;’ omo servo the State tor handsome toes. And one, I hear upon compulsion! hSllJjAmont, who, in his college days, Thought e’en a cross a moral scandal, ISHas loft his Puritanic ways, And worships now with bell and candle; IfiM.nd Mann, who mourned the negro’s fate, And hold the slave as .most unlucky, ■ ffiSNoW holds liim, at the market fate, ||||f' On a plantation in Kentucky I ~ i||sroM Knox, Who swore in such a tone ipS/r-It fairly might be doubted whether ||x:Tt : really was himself alone,. ■ • W y .' rOr Knox and Frobus together,— . ■fcjlas grown a very altered man, H And, changing oaths for mild entreaty, j^Hbfowrecommends the Christian plan,. , , T'”'"'- SreA-ina, for young ambition’s vow', envious Fate may overthrow it ! ■ 05?' Poor HauteX is in Congress now, Who'struggled long to'be a poet f Sir lx It carves (quite well) memorial stones, I Who tried in vain to make the law go; pn -'Hail deals in hides i and « Pious Jones” pA;. Is dealing faro in Chicago 1 fiv'-And, sadder still, the brilliant Hats, Once honest, manly, and ambitious, Mias taken latterly to ways, A # A Extremely profligate and vicious; IBy slow degrees—l can’t tell how r He’s reached at last, the very groundsel, And in Now York ho figures now ; s*; A member of (ho. Common Council ' Mmlkimm. ||f' 1 • THE LOVER DISGUISED; fer' , OR ’. I?--' Love Works Wonders. A SKETCH most LIFE. W' M v friend Torn has a natural a (lection for Kj!" dirt, or rather dirt has .a natural affection for Hr Tom! It is to him what gold was to Midas: K’hatever he touches turns to dirt. No matter ow ; white the cravat —no matter how immacu itC (ho vest, the moment that it comes within iicisphero of Tom’s influence, its whiteness is —it is immaculate no longer. Dogs.sweeps HApS' lamplighters never pass him wiihout lea* l-fvipg upon his dress unequivocal marks of their ■’"'presence. Once,- and only once, I saw him cross the street without encountering the wheels of a carriage, f opened my mouth to congra ■: tulatehim, and before I could utter one word, it was filled with mud. The careless block bead lay at my feet, full length in the gutter. S' 1 At my earnest solicitation, ho purchased a suit II? :: of precisely mud color. It was a capital idea. pi&;iio crossed the street three times; ho walked Ptf': half a mile, and returned, in appearance, at PJ , leasti unscathed. The thing was unprecedon . ted. True, he was welcomed by the affection* ate caresses of a dog that had been enjoying ill the coolness of a neighboring horse-pond; true, ipvv tie received a shower bath from the wheels of an fflfeliomnibus. But, to plaster mud on Tom’s new was “ to. gild refined gold—to paint the ! |i)ly,” “ Tom will be a neat man yet,” X said, ffi-i.’ssl witnessed the success of my plan. Jn about a half an hour it was my fate to StSMtiil*. ■* gentleman with seven stripes of green on his back ; it was my friend Tom ; he : jKd been loaning on some newly painted wm shoo-black declares that ” he can’t sec no blacking his boots when they never re- Hluck •” and Ms washer-woman, with a ~ regard for her own reputation, has rnmnelled to discard him, not from any Wpwifi bul as she declared with uplifted hands. if anv one should ask mo if I washed Mr. ■ ‘Slirrtitli’s^olothes,-what could I tell them 1 Bui ’ ‘‘There were very few things in this world with Which Toro could have more easily dispensed than the services of his washerwoman. * no "other amusement, one morning I Mrolled over to Tom’s rooms. As I ascended the stairs. X heard his voice in a very decided t o n'eV“ But it must be done and so there is on was the reply, “ anything within ' tha limits of possibility, but to make a coat in Ten" hopra—l will promise anything in the .world, but X really fear I shall bo unable to per ‘■j:-. ‘form-. •; ■;« if ? doublo your price would be any object.” t‘* .CJcrtninly sir, if you insist upon it; certain ty. 'f'l will put every man in niy shop upon it; , it'Shall be done in time. Good morning, sir." ■ The door opened and a fellow with shears -4{|d measures passed out. What could Torn be '4t>ing with a tailor 1 ..ri' .f, itv* Just the man I wanted to sec," he exclaim ■ <‘43. “ I require your advice upon a very impor ; ifSnt affair; which of these cravats do you think ’■ .' jploat becoming ?” and he spread before me some |*lf dozen, ot every hue and fashfon. inwrirati BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 45. “ Now,,what in the name of all that is won derful, does this mean, Tom ? A fancy ball, is ill? You have chosen an excellent disguise; your nearest friends will never know you. But ‘you cannot support the character; if you had taken that of a chimney sweep, now ; but that would have been too natural. Tell me truly, Tom, what docs all this mean ?” “ Why the fact is, Frank,” passing n hand through his hair, redolent of macassar. “ I have concluded—l think ! shall boa little more neat in future. You doubtless remember the good advice -you gave me Some time since ; it has had an excellent eftect, t assure you.”. Now, it so happened, that of nil the good ad vice! had ever given Tom,-this was the very first instance in which hetjad seen fit to follow it. So I could not attribute-the metamorphosis of my friend to ray eloquence. Who but a wo man ever changed a sloven to a fop ? “ Pray, where,are you going this evening,” I continued. " that you must have a new coat so suddenly?” "Going? nowhere in particular. I had. in deed, some idea of calling on my old friend, Mr. Murray; no harm in that, I hope?” Conviction began to flash upon me. “Your old friend, Mr. Murray; and his young niece, Miss Julia, has no share in your visit, I suppose ? . I heard that she arrived in town last night ?” . “Now,-upon my word, Frank, you mistake mo entirely. I did not know that she was in town last night—when I—that is, when I—l did not know anything about it.” “ And so you were there last night, too ! Really this is getting along bravely.” ‘• Why, the fact is, Frank, you must know, everything. I called last evening to see Mur ray on some business, about that real estate you know. I had no idea of meeting it woman there, more than a: boaconstric'tor—my beard was three days old—my collar ditto—and the rest of my dress in excellent keeping. I-became engaged in conversation, and somehow or oth er, I forgot all about the real estate.” “ And so you are going again to-night—and that is the secret of your new coat 1” “By no means; I wanted a new coat, and tailors are so long, ydu know. Do you think blue will become me ? . Blue is her favorite— that is—l mean blue”—,— “ Oh, go oh—don’t stammer—blue is her fa vorite color, isit?” . The fact is, Frank—take another glass of this winc-i-the fact is—good wine, isn’t it 1 been two voyages to the Indies—the fact, is, I suppose—l rather fancy—l am a little in love. Try some of that sherry.’ What are the symp toms, Frank—a queer feeling about the heart, and something which drives the blood, through one like lightning ?” ' “ Exactly 11 believe I have seen Julia—short and chubby, isn’t she—with red hair, and a lit tle squint eyed ?” “ Frank, I never did knock you down, though I have been tempted to do so a great many times; but if you don’t stop that nonsense, I will.” ‘•-Quite valient in defence of your ■ lady-love. Well, Tom, I will confess that ?he is a lovely' girl, and,to-mojrow I wilt come And learn your “success;■■'"So good morning.” “ Well, Tom, what success ?’’’■ - , “ Would you believe it 1. sho did not recog nize mo.” “ Not recognize you !” ‘‘ No. You know what a quiz that Murray is. As soon as he saw me enter, dressed in such a style, he came up, shook hands with me, and, without giving me q chance to say one word, introduced me to Julia, ns Mr. Frederick Some body. And would you believe it! the little witch did not know me. I think I should not forget' her so easily. Nor was that all. Mur ray said something about the fellow w'ho called there the previous evening—a, country cousin, he said clear enough, but an incorrigible sloven. And Julia said, he dressed like a barbarian— just think of that. Frank—a barbarian ! She shall pay for that yet. Such eyes—and she steps like a queen. Well, Frank, a clean collar does make a vast difference in a man’s appear ance. Lovely as Hebe herself. Terrible differ ence clean linen makes. The last time I saw Tom he was scolding his eldest son for coming into the drawing-room with muddy boots. The King Cup and Clover Blossom. nr i. w. Sanson. A white Clover-Blossom modestly lifted her head from the green Earth. Her pale cheek was almost hidden in the long grass. She was scarcely conscious of her own existence, and, would have bloomed unseen, but for her fra grant breath, which filled the air with perfume. High above her. head flaunted a brilliant King Cup. As the winds fluttered her broad yellow petrils to and fro, she seemed n golden butter fly, and not a flower. She did not see the White Clover blossom that slept at her feet. And there was a beautiful brown Bee Hint the King Cup loved. His wings were transparent like silken gauze, and he wore a broad glitter ing band of gold about his waist. But the Bee dared not for the King Cup. A tattling Zephyr came riding by on her invisible steed, and she whispered to the King Cup the cause’of the Bee’s neglect. He loved the unpretending Clover-blossom. Then the King Cup looked down to her feet and behold the Clover-blossom slept. Her pale cheek was wet with tears, and head bowed with sadness. She dreamed of the Bee. “ Vain aspiring creature !” cried the Cup, “what ambitious spirit. has. filled thee, that thou darest raise thy thoughts to him ! have selected ? Dost thou think be will deign to re gard thee; thou art seeking Daughter of the Dust ? Will he look so low as thqu art, while I allure his eyes ?’’ * Then the Clover-blossom timidly looked up to reply, but her bosom filled tvilh sadness, and breathing a prayer of forgiveness, she sunk at the feet of the haughty, flower. A musical murmur filled the summer air.— Nearer it came, charming the flowers, and hush ing the Zephyrs to rest—it was the Bee. _Bound and round , the lofty King Cup ho flew, while she delightedly listened to the musical mur murs. But they were not for her. With a hasty wing he left her, and dropped to the bo som of the sweet Clover-blossom. And the proud flower withered and died, hearing no voice save the sound of the Bee, as bo sung the song of affection to the unassuming but lovely flower. . , • Maiden! 'Tis not the proud, the rich, or the beautiful that win the love of others; ’tis the virtuous and the good. CT* Some of the papers are agitating the question whether politics and religion ought to be in any way connected. It is no use to argue that point. A man who has any religion will carry it into all the relations of life, and a man who has none, will bo pretty sure not to exhi bit any in his politics. op inn Wicked. —The affected gnyety of a wicked man is like the flowery sur face of Mount Etna, beneath which materials are gathering for an eruption that will one day reduce all its beauties to ruin and desolation. LOVE IN A TUNNEL. Many amusing anecdotes of Ventriloquists have been published, and many more told that have not been published. But we think there are few vcntriloquil incidents that will compare with one witnessed recently on the cars of; the Virginia Central Railroad. We have read an ecdotes of Nichols, Kenworlhy, Love, Sutton, Harrington and Blitz, but think the following actual occurrence will bear favorable mention, side by side with either. The cars left Charlottsville, Va., for Staun ton, at 12 M., and entered the tunnel, which is very long arid very dark, about half past I P. M- We had hardly been shut out from day light, when, a noise was heard in the rear end of the last car. The conductor arid several passengers, who were standing on the platform, entered the car with a view to discover the cause of the disturbance. But owing to the extreme darkness,nothing could be seen. While patiently waiting to hear the slightest mover ment, which might explain the excitement, a boisterous noise, resemblirig the sound produ ced by fervent kissing, and.at the same moment a female voice was heard exclaiming; "Get out, you brute! Let me alone! I’ll call the conductor! Keep your hands oft, sir! This is shameful!” : "Where is ho ?” cried the conductor, in an angry tone, approaching the direction whence the sound proceeded. ' “Here,” said the lady, .“this end of the car, arrest him 1. he insulted me shamefully—hero he is again ! Will you let trie alone ? I think it a burning shame that a respectable lady should be treated in this manner “Get in the ladies’ car, then 1 shouted a gruft voice. “You have no business here!” “She has a right here 1” replied the conduc tor, seizing the individual he supposed guilty of a misdemeanor. “You needn’t grab me,” said a husky-voiced old man ; “I didn’t touch her; I havn’t seen a woman in the car!” . The conductor seemed confused, and retraced his steps to the forward end of the car.— Again the voice was heard, apparently in the rear. - . “Here he is again, conductor ! Go away ! quit! let me alone! .this is shameful 1 Keep your hands to yourself, sir 1 I’ll leave the car! You follow ifyou dare!" : This language was followed by an explosion resembling the Concussion of two lips. All was confusion. The sympathizing passengers were all standing up, highly excited, but owing to the darkness and uncertainty which existed from whence the sounds proceeded, nothing was done. A noise like the rustling of silk was heard, the rear. door of the car opened, ahd then closed with a banging sound, making the extraordinary stillnes which followed fearful to contemplate, which Tearfulness increased to the conductor announced that the lady .must have stepped oft the platform, as there was no car attached. The cars were stopped by the Signal rope, and a lantern procured, when the passengers, headed by- the; cpndUctQryfwnpfed;WdjfjK -#d; tunnet.FVpeolmg: momentarily to discover the* remains of the;un-. .fortunate female. But-afler.searching-.b'ack.to the-mouth of lt>o tunnel, nothing waS found, and they sadly retraced their steps. Upon arriving at the train a passenger sug gested that the cause of the excitement be ar rested ; and in the cars went the party search ing every seat until they came, to a person, leaning,forward on the back ot a seat in front of him, apparently asleep. The conductor roughly shook the sleeper, when he raised his head, when, lo and behold, it was Wyman, the ventriloquist.' The party very reluctantly swallowed the un mitigated •sell.’ The.cars started and £ped on to their place of destination, having been der tained one hour over time. A-Sister In a Tight Place, AtN , oho Saturday evening, fatigued by bis long journey, a wagoner, with his son John, drove his team into good range, and determined to pass the Sabbath enjoying a season of wor ship with the good folks of the village. When‘the time for. worship arrived. John was sent to watch the team, while the wagoner went in'with the crowd. The preacher had hardly announced his. subject before the old innn fell sound asleep. He sat against the par tition in the centre of the-body slip; just against him, separated only by the very low pe tition, sat a fleshy lady who seemed absorbed i«Tjthe sermon; She struggled hard with her feeltbgs until, unable to controlthem longer, she burst out with a loud scream, and shouted at the top of her voice, rousing the old man, who, but half awake, thrust his arms around her waist and cried very soothingly : “Wo, Nance! Wo, Nance! Wo! here John.”—calling his son—“ cut the bellyband. and loose the breeching, quick, or she’ll tear everything to pieces !” ■ It was all the work of a moment; but the sister forgot to shout, the preacher lost the thread of his discourse, and the meeting came prematurely to an end ; while deeply mortified, The poor old man skulked away, determined not to go to meeting again until he could man age to keep his senses by remaining awake. Neck-twisling in Churches. There are practices tolerated in religious con gregations, which Christians, who are-jealous for the honor of their Master’s house, should utterly condemn. Decorum is the handmaid of devotional feelings, and for this' reason the house of God should never bo djsturbcd by the slightest approach to irreverence., “It is a part of my l religion,” said a pious old lady, when asked why she went early to church, "Ii is a part of my religion not to interrupt the re ligion of others.” And we belieye, if many a congregation made it a part of their religion not to twist their necks almost out of joint to wit ness the entrance of every person "who passes up the aisle of the, meeting house, it would be better for both their necks and their religion.— A gross abuse of religious decorum sometimes needs harsh medicine as a remedy. Wo give that adopted by Henry Olay Dean, who was at one time chaplain of Congress. The anecdote is from the Pacific Methodist: Being worried, one afternoon, by this turn ing practice in his congregation, Mr. Dean stopped in his sermon, and said — “ Now, you listen to me, and I'll tell you who the people arc, as each one of them comes in He then went on with his discourse, until a gentleman entered, when he bawled out like an usherer, “ Deacon A., who keeps,the shop over the way,” and then went on with his sermon. Presently, another man passed up the aisle, and he gave his name, residence and occupa tion ; so he continued for some time. At length some one entered the door who was unknown to Mr. Dean, when he cried out, “ A little old man, with drab coat and an old white hat: don’t know him—look for yourselves.” That congregation was cured. ' [XT A Cincinnati shopkeeper advertises “ la dies” gaiters that are much admired by gentle men. “OUR COUNTRY —MAT IT ALWAYS RB IUGnT—BUT BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY ' .v'-jV-,-' •, • ' j . CARLISLE, FA., iIIURSDAY, MAY 12, 1859. ■ii' i*,: .. ~1 .' . One day a lazy, fbmer boy Was hoeing-riofe the corn. And moodily. hW listened long To hear iWflinrier horn. The welcome blastwas heard at last, And down hejd.toppcd his hoe; But the good nStuVShoutcd in his ear— “My boy, your ro.w!” - Although a “htird''one’ l ,:wa3tbe row, To use a ploughman’s phrase, The lad, as sailors have it. Beginning wellH<K‘,‘haze’’—• “I can,” said;hfr;and;roanfully lie seized agaift his hoe; And the good.oldiman did smile to. see The boy hosMthis row The ladthethxViktpembcred, And proved theSntoral well. That persevcrchcbHo the end . At last will nbJt|y,tell! Take courage, mah. resolvc you can, And strike a vigorous blow; In life’s great field,of varied toil, , Always hoe, pntj'J.oUr row.' IDLENESS A|iD INDUSTRY. : Tho prevalence of. crime jh all civilized na tions during these Intteifdava. is truly alarming. It induces thc moralistic" mourn, the reformer to ponder, and the philosopher to inquire into causes, in the hope of lessening effects. physical writers content! that both intelligence and refinement, in theiromyard progress, elimi nate vices which were unknown to man— •‘When wild in woods the noble savage ran.” All this may bo verytfrub, as it' is also' pic turesque, but these thinkers should remember that the crimes of. savages, whether Goths, \ Huns, Arabs, N or ,A mcrican Indians, I have ever been sanguinary and brutal—Moloch their God and slaughter their pastime! Then,-, if wo go back to early ind even primitive times, wo shall find if recorded' that the deluge was sent to destroy mankind, “because the earth . was filled with violence.” So that the hearts of - men have always been evil, so far, we fear, as the majority are concerned—and the duty and delight of all who seek to benefit their race should be so to teach and legislate as to render evil odious and good attractive, to such a de gree that the latter should preponderate over the former—ever increasing in . influence, until at length the evil sbould-.ba ..comparatively un known. True—moderu civilization has multi plied the crimes suggested by avarice—also _by intemperance and eyery-ijjliase of dissipation. Intemperance, say the teaoheisand the clergy, is the one great cause of erime. This, to a cer tain extent, is corrects -sjiSti.if welook deeper into original motive,-, peradyenture, discover a primal cause fdh intemperance, in Idleness, that great social bane which more or i less afleots and afflicts alKclasses—as little per haps in the United Statons' anywhere, for we are proverbially a busy jgopl'e, aad the drones in own . hive. contempt :: : ' •<Ah;idla .brain iithc.^ewl.% ; Worksfiq^i fl v;-;f Aye; ii leads first tdtfie,' cpntcnjplationr and! then to the pommibsion As-for the Sy barite and fancied p}easlire of .the doke far niete it isall nonsense, and'only, quoted as an excuse for a want of energy. And then for the divine declaration that “in the Sweat ,of thy face shalt thou eat bread,” being regarded os' a curse, it is absurd, for in an enlarged it is a bles sing. We believe with Ijießev. J. W. Alexan der, that since soul and body are made for ex ertion, there is nothing inore conducive to cheer fulness, the result of their joint health, than fit employment. A house bereft of tenants goes to decay. A vehicle laid up without use rusts and moulders. A fine piece of machinery is never so safe as when lubricated and moving. Body and soul, mude for perpetual activity,, must work and work together, in order to bo in good condition. Wo say then—ask of nature an honest question, and she will give an honest an swer-—and show that thtpugh all her works, activity is perpetual, whether in the animal; vegetable, or minerable kingdoms—whether on land or beneath the wave—whether in the solar system, vivified into glorious light and action by the sun, with its whirling planets or its wandering comets—;or in the distant my raids of brilliant stars. As for the man, healthful, moderate repose is good, but unbroken quies cense is evil, and hundreds commit a sad error, when they abandon the honest and useful busi ness of life, under , the pretext.of. rest. ' Unless they have singular resources, in science, lelpra ture, or philanthropy, they sink into hebetude, weary of the everlasting holiday, let their hearts corrode with sullen thoughts, and sometimes fall a prey to evil habits or premature dotage. Philosophy, no less than religion, enjoins—un less where invincible necessities from, infirmity or. age clearly speak another language—that-wo should live working, and die in harness. Hence the value of a trade or cajling, ;and of working at it. Such labor lengthens life! The busy,man is merry, while the sluggard is sad, and perhaps our readers will find that the most complaining and unhappy of their,, friends. are 'those who have nothing to .do. ■ In contrast-industry produces happiness "and .virtue. It induces that noble spirit Of; self-reliance that is still more elevated by-faith in the most High. Industrv feeds and clothes a-family in .comfort, while idleness starves and degrades a wife and children with rags, tatters and beggary. In dustry sets an example of manly spirit to our sons and of domestic utility to our daughters, i while idleness brings both up to shame, con ' tempt, and crime. A want- of energy is, the i. insiduous suggestion of Satan, while Industry, 1 like cleanliness is next to godliness; ■ Every human being is in the pursuit of hap* piness. And every human being pursues hap piness not only in every purpose, but ,m every event of his life, as far as they can control it. And how miny fail in the.pursmt ? How ma ny break down in the passage* or maka ship wreck of all they adventured in the experiment* If the question were asked, Why, after so much expenditure of means and labors, do so many fail? tho answer may be readily given.. They do not properly estimate the process by which tho great desideratum is to jb attained. They adventure all upon the chance without provi ding for tho contingencies' they meet with on the way. So tho merchant that insures his goods, tho premium he as a mere nothing, when compared tilththo loss ho may sustain by accident. ■ How then can ho expect success who seeks his happiness in everything and insures nothing ? Voyager upon the sea of life, estimate at its propet value tho property you hazard in the adventure •-. Meditate every act: examine well every purpose, and look to tho result of each. Be sdre y our bark- is a safe ono and well insured, on,tho proper considera tion of fofthooming events and the preparation to meet them. To a practical mind tho precon ception of what may happen is not impossible, and in its study-of tho probable contingencies of tho future and provision lo meet them, there may bo a reason of safety that cannot be scou red-to any other way. HOE -iUoM ROW. The Pursuit of Happiness. BoUIUIffL the Winter of the Heart. Let it never come upon you. Live so that good angels may protect you from this terrible evil—the winter of the heart. Let no chilling influence freeze up the foun tain of sympathy and happiness from itsdepths no cold burthen settle over its withered hopes, like snow on the faded flowers; no rude blasts of discontent moan and shriek through its deso late chambers. Your life path may lead you amid trials which for a time seem entirely to impede your progress, and shut out the very light of heaven from your anxious gaze. - Penury may take the place of ease and plen ty, your luxurious home may be exchanged for a single, lowly room—the soft couch for the straw pallet—the rich viands for the coarse food of the poor. Summer friends may forsake you, arid the unpitying world pass you with scarce ly a word of compassion. You may bo forced to toil wearily, steadily on, to earn a livelihood; you may encounter fraud and base avarice, which would extort the last farthing, till you will nigh turn in disgust from your fellow beings. : Death may sever the dear tics that bind you to earth, and leave you in fearful darkness. ■The noble, manly boy, the sole hope of yonr declining years may be taken suddenly from you, while your spirit clings to him with a wild tenaoty which even the shadow of the tomb cannot wholly subdue. , But amidst all these sud trials arid sorrows do not come to the boriolusion that nobody was ever so deeply afflicted as ytju are, and aban don every sweet anticipation of “better 'days” in the unknown future. Do not lose your faith in human excellence, because your confidence has been betrayed, nor believe that friendship is only a delusion, and love a bright phanton which glides, away from your grasp. ' . Do not think you are fated to be miserable' because you are disappointed in, your expecta tions and baffled in your pursuit. Do not declare that Qbd has forsaken you when your way is hedged with thorns, dr re pine sinfully when ho calls your dear ones to the land beyond your grave, Keep a holy trust in heaven through every trial; bear adversity with fortitude, and look upward,in hours of temptation and suffering. When your locks are white, your byes dim, and your limbs weary, when your steps falter on the verge of death’s gloomy vale, still retain the freshness and buoyancy of spirit which will s hicld you from the winter of the heart. Singing Conducive to Health. It was the opinion of Dr. Bush that singing by young ladibs whom, the customs of society debar from many kinds bf.hcalthy exercise sbonld be cultivated, not only as an accomplish ment, but as a means of preserving health. — Ho particulqrly insists -that,vocal music should never be neglected in the education of a young lady, and slates that, besides its salutary ope trition in- soothing the cares of- domestic life, it j“I herb, introduce,; a fact,” says.;Dr. .Bilsh, wliich been subjected to me by thy pro- ; Passion—that is, the exercise of the organs of the breast by singing contributes ,lo defend them very much from diseases to which climate and other causes expose them. The Germans are seldom afflicted with consumption, nor have I ever known more than one case 6f spitting blood among them. This. I believe, is in part occasioned by the strength which their lungs acquire by exercising them frequently in vocal music, which constitutes an essential branch of their education., Mr. Gardner says: “ The music-roaster of an academy lias furnished me with an observa tion still more in favor of this opinion.. He in forms me that he has known several instances of persons strongly disposed to consumption,' restored to health by the exercise of. the lungs in singing.” In the new establishment of in fant schools for children of three or four years of age, everything is taught by the aid of song. Their little lessons, their recitations, their arith metical countings, arc all chanted ; and as they feel the importance of their own voices when joined together, they emulate each other in the power of vociferating. This is found to be very beneficial to their health. Many instances have occurred of weakly children, of two or three years of age, who could scarcely support them selves, haying become robust and healthy by this constant exercise of the lungs. These re suits are perfectly philosophical. Singing tends to expand the chest; and thus increase the ac tivity and powers of the vital, organs. Young Men and Young Women. There is good sense in the following advico to young men and women, which wo find in an article from the pen of Grant Thornburn, a man of ripe years and large experience : “ There is nothing to bo gained In dangling for a twelve month after a sensible woman, talk ing unmeaning stud—words without wisdom,— Toll her your wish like a man, and not like a blubbering school-boy. She will never trifle with your affections; and if there aru three grains of common sense in your nimckle carcass, she will bo yonr own before a month has passed. See the history of Rebokab, in Genesis, 24th chapter, 66th verso: When Abraham’s servant had concluded the preliminary ..contract with Mrs. Laban, oh the part of her daughter, to be come the wife of Isaac, the old man was anxious to get home, to show his young master the Sonny lass ho bad brought him; the old mother wish, od him to remain a lew days, to recruit himsolf and camels. He persisting, it was finally refer red to the daughter. “Wo will call the damsel and inquire at her mouth,” said the mother.— When Rebokah appeared her mother asked— “. Wilt thou go with this .man .1” Rebokah re plied, “ I will go.”. There was a noble girl for you, Mo tear starting from her black eyes ;no whining and simpering make believe, nor mock modesty; but what her heart wished, her lips uttered. Like an honest maiden, she replied, “ I will go.” Now, young ladies go ye and do likewise. When the man whom you prefer above all others in the world, says, “ Wilt thou go with mo 1” answer “ I will go.” By tho bye, Indies when you wish to read a true, sim ple and unsophisticated love story, just read over tho 24th chapter of Genesis. Value of Obsoivatioa. In education it is the samo ns in business.. Whatever you undertake, let it bo a lixed prln ciplowith you to keep on till you have accom plished your wishes. And hero a habit of ob servation will bo of great assistance. By obser vation is meant.tho paying at'ention to what is going on around us—making proper uso of our oyos. There aro thousands of persons who ne ver sao anything—that is, they shut their oyos to everything but tho mere mechanism of life— tho throo meals a day, dressing and undressing. But observation will show us a thousand facts that will add to our knowledge and experience. Note well (ho difieront characters of tho people you work with, of those you moot In your daily occupation, and you will sec tho striking differ ence of opinion which exists in tho human race. But in observation, ns well as in everything else, there is extremes: If a man observes eve rybody’s doings and does not tend to his own business nt all, then observation is of no value .whatever. AT $2,00 pfek ANNUM. Have 1 Come To This? flow painful must be the reflection of a young man, who.has enjoyed the privilege of society, moral instruction and faithful adVice, falling into the path ol abomination, and at last to find himself arrested in his wicked career by tho arm of justice, and about to receive tho penalty of the law for his crimes, while comparing tho past advantages with the present circumstances. Indeed, he may well say, “ nave I come to this 7” . ' This is hot an imaginary case. It so hap pened that tho writer of this was present when several convicts arrived at one of onr State Penitentiaries., Amongthomimberwasnyoung man, about the age of twenty-four years, of good appearance and well dressed. , On going info the prison, ho involuntarily ex claimed —“ Have I come V 6 ’this ?” Alas! too late to avoid the punishment justly due him for his crimes. , What instruction such a scene and such language are calculated to at. ford youth. It should teach them to obey the flist commandment with a promise to avoid vain pompany; and in a word, to remember tho Cre ator in the days of their youth. And to a pa rent who possesses a deep Interest in tho wel fare of a son just entering upon the' scones of active life; who knows tho evil propensities of the heart, and tho oxposodnoss of youth to the snares of tho.world, a,scene like this must oc casion a degree of anxious solicitude, lest on some future day ho should have occasion to hoar from that son the melancholy reflection, “Have I come to this . It is a singular fact, says a writer in one of our exchanges* that even alter death, nature respects the inherent modesty ol woman, lot when drowned she floats ,on her (Ace, and a drowned man on his back. . The noblest part of a human being is the head; but the man’s head is liable to baldness; woman is ncVor bald.~’ The man’s face is often made repulsive on ac count of a harsh growing beard, so covered With soiled hairs, ns something scarcely to bo distin guished from the face of a beait; in a woman, on the other hand, the face always remains pure and decent. For this reason women were, by the laws of tho Twelve Tables, to rub their checks, lost hair should grow* and obscure their blushing modesty. But tho most evident proof of tie innate purity, ol the female sex is, .that a woman having once washed is clean, and if she washes in a second water will not soil it ; but that a man is never clean—though ho should wash in ton successive, waters, he will cloud aud Infect them. . , The Suicide Dodoe.”-t-A man, callinghirar self Lamartine, is wandering through the West and raising funds, by pretending to commit sui cide. Ho lakes laudanum and sends fora doc tor and clergyman. They come to him and find a letter in his room in the most pathetic style ol suicide literature. He states that his poverty is the cause of the rash act. He is restored with difficulty, and sympathetic people raise a purse for him, and ho departs, lie raised $26 in this way last week at Dayton and $4O at Sandusky, and departed with a “ free pass” on the railroad to commit suicide,at some other place. Making according to a rjter, We pdblish'his receipt r , , , ■//'Co eight jgnl(qhs tKrce quar&pC^'iiracS< ; cask, shake well. andiaddtwo or three, spoonsful • of good. ycaat .cakes. IfA iiv summer,- place; the cask in the sun ; if in the winter, near the chimney, where it may he warm. In ten or fifteen days, add to-the liquor a sheet of brown paper, torn in strips. dipped in. molasses, and good vinegar will be produced. The. paper will in this way form what is Called ‘ihbtner,’ or life in the vinegar.. , .'Curious Anecdote. —The following remar kable anecdote is extracted from “An essay on the Science of Acting :” In the town of North Waltham, Norfolk, 1788, the Fair Penitent was performed. In the last act where Calista lays her hand on the skull, a Mrs. Berry who played the part, Was seized with an involuntary shuddering, and fell on the stage; during the night her illness con linued, but on the following day, when suffic iently recovered to ■ converse, she sent, to the stage-keeper and anxiously inquired whence he procured the skull/ Ho replied from the sex ton, who informed him it was the skull of one Norris, a player, who twelve years before was buried in the church-yard. That same Norris was her first husband. She died in six weeks; ; 0/7” A man living-near Nashville, who had been absent in Culifornia thrce years, on coming home recently, found a babe only three months o'd lying in theoradle. With a cruelty utterly diabolical, he at once cut off the infant’s ears to avenge his “wounded honor." The screams of the little sufferer called in the family, when the infuriated wretch learned that the child be longed to a neighbor woman who was visiting his wife. He had to flee to escape lynching. OS'- It was twilight. The sun had sunk be hind the western hills, and the bright rays which streaked the eastern horizon had disappeared. A lovely female, who had been but one short week a bride, and boon led to the hytuenial al tar with lively anticipations of future felicity, sat in a seclqdod apartment with her husband. She slowly moved her sylph-like form towards the partner of her bosom—raised her declined hand—and —slapped his face with the dish-cloth ! B/7”. The Windham (Conn.) County Tele graph says: ■ • “A few days since fifty-four black snakes, varying from two to five feet in length —making about a bushel—were dug from a bole in the ground, a mile and a half from Brooklyn Vil lage.” Much snake, that. C 7” Cellars should bo thoroughly cleaned out by this time. No vegetable matter should bo left to decompose and'Causo sickness, the meat stands should by all means bo emptied now, upon the asparagus bed, or where the pickle will do no harm. Be careful to keep it away from box-edging or trees and shrhbS, as if will bo the death of them in shoirt order, if it comes in contact with them. Bcsinkss.—To men addicted to, delights, business is an interruption ; to such us are cold to delights, business is nn entertainment. For which reason it was said to one who commen ded a dull man for his application. “No thanks to him ; if he had no business ho would have nothing to do.”— Steele. " ' K?" “But did I tell you what a time I had with my little Joe?” “No; what is it?” “Why, I was showing hlin the picture of the martyrs thrown to • the lions, and was talking very solemnly to him, frying to make him feel what a terrible thing it was. “Ma!” said ho, all at once, “O, ma! just look at that poor little lion way behind there—ho won’t get any I” 03?- •< Jamie," says one Irishman to anoth er, the first lime ho saw a locomotive : “ whal is that snorting baste ? " Sure." replied Ja mie. “ I don’t know at all unless it’s a steam boat splurging along to get to the wather.” K 7” The last style of hooped skirt is the self adjusting, double back action bustle, etrnscan, lace expansion, Piccolomlni" attachment gossa mer indcafrnctablo. It is a very sweet thing. , OP- Tho greatest work which thou cantdo Is even this—that thou educate thy child wpA....,, ■ Qy Tho heart —tho pendulum that ticks tha hours of life.. ; tty “ Anything in my fine 7” as the hang man said to tho sheriff. . 03?” Why is a pig’s tail like a' carving-knife 1 Because it is flourished over a bam. ,Ity Mynheer Drinkenoff makes a distinction thus : “Too much whiskey is too much, but 100 much lager boot is shoost right.” , K?r.Tho Albany Statesman gives a sketch of a lecture by a blind man, and gravely says, ho “ spoke without note.” ■ ‘ NO. 48. ■■ tty " That’s part of the sinking fund,” as a chap said, when a box of money went to tho bottom of a river.' man who ato his dinner,v?ij(».tho fork of a river has been endeavoring to spin h. mountain top. . ' • , tty A wag remarked the other day, with grave countenance, that “however prudent.and virtuous widows might be, he had seen many a widow-err.” . oy They that .deny God, destroy man’s no- ; bilify; for certainly man ill of kin to the hehsts by his body; and if he be not of kin to. God his spirit, he is an ignoble creature. 03?” It you are disqnicted at anything, you ; should consider with yourself is tho thing of, that worth that I should so disturb myself, and lose my peace and tranquility. Irene art so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their oWn.V;ompany, as fhijsa coxcombs who aro on the best term's with them selves. Qy An irritable, man lies like a hedgehog rolled up tho wVqrig way,, tormenting himself With his own prickles. 07” Girls, tho secret you dare not toll your mother is a.dangerous one j one that will bo • likely to bring you to sorrow. tjyOn ttip 28duit.,!Ir.Buchannn,President of tho United was 68 years of ago. , Q 37" Why is a pretty young woman like corn in time of scarcity 7 Because she ought to-be - husbanded. . . 05” What word, is there of five letters, from which, if you take away two, six still remain 1 Siily. , . ' 05” The hardest situation for a grumbler to so,in is to feel like grumbling, and have nothing ;o grumble at.' (Jsy A nia'rric'd monster said (hat ho dreamed .{hat ho had an angel by his side, and upon wa. icing found it was nobody but his wife. 05“ It is estimated that it would require ah least 05,000 artillerists to man all the;fortified castles and sea coast fortifications in the Union. 05“ A yourtg indy beihfe asked why she !dld not tend a party to which she had been invited,' replied, “ I t'Orgot all about the party and ate, oni’Ona fob btoAkfast.” 05* SlngVilaV how pionancW clothes make some people/, .for a Whole, month after the’ Misses Flirt got new Mantillas they were at church three times a day. 05” “ How beautiful,"said a young lady who roliged, “ does tho fabe'Of nature look after a showerl” “ Yea,” replied a fair friend, “but you could hot say the same of all faces.” 05” Why is an editor like the book of lie re lation ? Because ho is full of “ type/and sha dows,” and mighty voices, like the' sound of many waters, is over saying to him, “write.” 03" A young man named Gadsden, who had been for some weeks lit Pike’s Peak, having become utterly destitute and disheartened, blow ■ his brains out with a revolver. 05”“Buy a trunk, Pat,” said a dealer.— “ And for what should I bnr a trank I” rejoined/ Pal. - rt To put ydnr «t An’ gb noked Vf eiroiailncdPat. “ TMedeyii: ■ a bit dlTf!” Qs"’Vu , garily ot manners mayco-exist witty a,polished Mind; and. urbanity with, a Vhigar one. The union hl’boih constitutes the gentle man, whatever may bo the grado in Which it is found. ' 05” If a hundred thousand men go to Pike’S Peak this summer, it will take a.haridsomosum to give Iheih alroven ifao'defato re.mumoraflon. Only three hundred dollars apiece would lib thirty millions. ’ ITT” Many persons who have been to Flko’s Peak nro declaring In the papers that “it.iaono of the most shatdofhi hldnbugs of the day.”— Lot everybody Vrlkh Iho “gbld fever” take warn ing. OF” Self-love, in spite of all that has been, said against it, performs divers necessary offices in the drama of life, and, like friction in me chanics, is not without its compensations of good. . OF” The question “ Why printers do not suc ceed as well as brewers/” is answered thus: “Because printers work for the head and brew ers for the stomach, and whore twenty men have stomachs, but one has brains.”- OF” It appears by a tabular statement recent, ly issued byastatlsfitlnn, that four hundred and twenty-three persons have been killed in the United Slates and Canada, within the past year, by steamboat and railroad accidents. OF - A man named Russell, living in Boston; recently had a dispute with his wife about do, mcslic matters, and discovering that she “ had no faith in him,” wont into a bedroom stretch ed himself upon tbo bed,'and blow his brains out. OF” It appears from the official statement) made as Into as the 16th of February last, that, the military of Europe embraced four million of soldiers under arms. OF” It is extraordinary how many defects wo, can find in a friend after wo quarrelled' with him. The same ro.mark applies to a wo man after she has rejected ui. OF” The water that flows from a spring does not congeal in winter. And those soi|thnonlq of friendship which flow from the heart cannot bo frozen id adversity. 33" in ancient days tlio precept was, “Know thyself.” In modern times. It has been, sup planted by-tho far more fashionable maxim;— “Know thy neighbor and cvcrythlng : about him-” t£7” A sailor being naked how ho liked his bride, is reported to have remarked:,« Why., d’ye s’oo, t took her to ho ,oniy half of,me, os (ho parson says;,but dash mo, if she isn’t twice as much as t. I’m only a tar—she’safar-tar.’* K 7” There’s a man living near the Fails of Niagara, who is so hard of hearing that.it takes a sledge hammer to break a'eocrct to him. ~ Wanted — A,pair soissoftf, to cpt a caper,, The pot in'which a patriot’s blood boiled, The address ot the confectioner who makes trifles aS light as air. tty An outside passenger on a coach had his hat Mown over abridge intdtlie stream. ‘‘True to Nature,” said a gentleman who was seated beside him, “a baavtr natural)# takes to the. water.” V , , (jy If ydh are lost in a fog, you most likely to bo?” “‘Mist, of course,” says Brown, and vanishes. -> tty Why are ladies’ eyes, I,ike friends separa., ted by distant climes 7 Becariso they corres pond, but never mceh .Miss tong, a girl d’t quick and fearless wit, asked Jifoses if ho knew a certain young man. '•Know him 7Oh, yes I I ought to know him, I raised him from a pnp!” “Ah I” Miss Long, «I dld’nt know you wore so old a cur.” Moses wilted. - By A young woman ought, dike an angel, to pardon the faults she cannot comprehend t apd an elderly woman like a saint,‘because she has endured trials. (jy Poisoning seems to have become one of the “ institutions” of the age. Some twenty cases have boon reported by the press, in differ ent parts of country, with a month. iftbs tinfc (Bftbsr.
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