( MBRICAKXOLUfTEEE. fOBWSHKD EVERT THURSDAY / ORfltHO BY' jobn B. Bratton. TERMS. Sdbsoriptios. —Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, Id in advance i' Two Dollars il paid witliintlio ar; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not Id within the year. These terms will bo rig ly adhered to in every instance. No sub ription discontinued until all arrearages are jd unless at the option of the Editor; Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, id hot exceeding one square, will bo inserted tea times for Ono Dollar, and twenty-flvo cents r eaoh additional insertion. Those of ngroat r length in proportion. Jod-Printinq—Such as Hand-bills, Posting 11s, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &0.,&c., exc ited with accuracy and at the shortest notice. a: THE MAIDEN’S PBAYBB. he rose from her delicious sleep, • And put away the soil brown hair, ;nd in a tone as low and deep ' s love’s first whisper, breathes a prayer; now-white hands together pressed, blue eyes sheltered In the lid, Ided linen on her breast,. swelling with the charms it hid. . ora her long and flowing dress ipod a bare and snowy foot,. > step upon tho earth did press ) a pure snow-flake, light and mute j ion from slumbers, soft and warm, i a young spirit, fresh from heaven, >wed that slight and matchless form humbly prayed to be forgiven* rod I if souls unsolled ns these; id daily mercy from thy throne— upon her bended knees, holiest and our purest one i ith a face so clear and bright, deem her some stray child of'light; with-those soft oyes and tears, z after day in her young years, kneel and pray for grace from theo, lat far, far deeper heed have we I tardly, if she win not heaven," Our wild errors be forgiven I MY FIRST LOVE. .aaiden once I chanced to know, With beauty superhuman; r voice Was gentle, soft and low— 'hat “ excellent thing in woman.” traced together mduhtnin streams, nd when the stars were shining, talked 1 of poetry and dreams — Their mysteries divining. !R'- felt the fate no grief could-give i r [ ■ Like passion unrequited, ' |p;\--.>A.nd that I could no longer live P’S'.' '■ Unless we were united T p&Jfc. breathed ray love—her hand I pressed— While she, her eyes averting; tfe.lletnrhing the pressure, and confessed That she was— pnly flirting. IP JtaellamoM. Blopeinent, with, a Tale to it. BT C[TABLES L. SMITH. . |f|Sihe other evening, as I was returning at a i’jSte hour from a visit to a friend's, a singular venture occurred to me, which I shall hereby was passing an ordinary looking house, in iMaffiobsoureStreet of the city, and quite loudly Ev:' : :Stiiatling “Oh, no, X never mention it, when story front window was suddenly ■Kf--‘V?ait a moment, Charley, and I will soon Hpioie ready,” .■ 1 ’ 1 " ' , head of the maiden uttering the deolara ■ tum^’was-then-withdrawn* but not until I had I' r. she was young.-and the possessor of. ffi/!. ;;f'^Retdy C ? U wait a moment, Charley,” X re-_ B’n'ilpiated, in a.mnsirig, manner, and. endeavoring to obtain some clue to what was occurring, an what was meant by thosQ Worda.* .. . “I havn't the slightest idea wh6 the fair tn - ~ coenolt is. but it seems that she knows me. or she wouldn’t address me.by my familiar name. ", , ■ * But roy. wondering aloud was suddenly cut £short, and greatly increased to niyself. the reappearance of the maiden at the still open W Everything still ?” she inquired, in the ~ r most musical of whispers. . . o « rt , in^ V “Awfully glum," thinks I. looking around, f ’ 4nd responding aloud, “perfectly. . >' , “Are you sure that no one is coming . . £/ > ..Quite sure. The loafers in tins wicimty C ‘ all gone homo, and the watchman of Hi' course is asleep in some door way. Perfectly H .... SSST fSip one end of the street to the other ; pe “lhen : womay as well proceed now, as to » Wtlonger.” came in a soft whisper from the m mystifying unknown. Can you catch J«l*fea'(ch the bundle; catch the bundle,” I itipeated-.-not knowing what to say, but finally W’- r . implying at a venture — |9L ,i*.„“Of course.” .. i , --The bend of the maiden was momentarily i' Withdrawn, then appeared again, and in con -Btp& -ftexion with a somewhat extensive bundle, Sf, .Which I now understood, she intended mo to “catch!” I caught it-a bundle of clothing T. .and’valuables, as.l readily concluded, and stowed it away undey my arm as quietly and knowingly as if I had known “what it was all ■f.H ! ' •• vis no one coming,” again asked the fair 7 . incognita, in a low and tremulous whisper, $ albeit strangely musical, as she leaned forward 1 andftooked down upon me. ' one,” ' . • Ilk <ij*£nd everything is as sa&aow as it will he ft. , afrariy other time V . K;;’.,,“Evidenlly-—everything is safe, including tlio |®;///?c6umry.-’’ • . , „ : -“Tory well—l will descend. While I was wondoring how- on earth this I??. last feat could bo accomplished, the fair un fe b known threw a rope ladder out of thowindow, W. ■' .nd commenced making the descent .“. Had I not better come up and help you f P ! < ' T-inmiired, mechanically, rather than by reason of idea how such assistance could bo given. k > , 1 do not speak so loud, or wo £ ' be oveVheard.-’ was the whispered re leponse: “I can come down as well-or better- Thlfair unknown was already passing over ~ the window, as I saw by a hasty glance up ; Wards and then —I did not venture to look u[i, 1 Skin for fear she wasn’t dressed in ‘Bloomers, S t h" t the moonlight might injure my eyes.«l WeaAicd tho unique ladder, until a crowd of „lh,nline in expansive power, came down over ‘ W bead’, and then retreated a few steps in or der to reinsure the dimity within, fall and free descend. She soon reached terra firma—or rather, the sidewalk. ‘‘Ob, dear,” she began, turning towards mo /L-butinst then was heard the cry of “thieves , ro bbcrS— help !” within the house, and I be can to tremble apprehensively for the cause. 6 yfjg this fair enchantress a burglaress, or a 4'V companion parlieeps eriminis of burglars 1. -I (Shuddered at the thought. •V The fair woman was more alarmed than my self, /Hastily seizing my arm—the other one, ; w- the arm disengaged from the bundle—she led bi-; ?• > • me hastily away. Ilcr face was pale her form hifc . /trembled from head to foot with emotion—l BMi- didn’t hardly know what I was about, so grea- Fry> was I influenced- by a reflection as to the figure I was cutting-*thu3 running away with ‘a woman I had never seen before, and a huge i //.hundlc under my arm! i • p 'StvWe are discovered,” murmured my com- a mm ra BY JOHN B. BRATTON. YOL. 45. panion. “My only apprehension* is that we shall be pursued and separated before the mat* ter is accomplished.” I stole another glance,at my companion, and saw that she was one of .the loveliest brunettes I ever gazed upon in my life. Moreover, she was young, evidently not more than sixteen or seventeen years of age; and her face seemed a mirror of child-like confidence, purity of feeling and love. . In an instant more I felt that was the mystery in which I had become on igno rant actor, I was ready to . trust her to the We hastened rapidly down tho street, but not more than ten or a dozen rods form of a man was seen approaching, while there was some faint tokens of a tumult at the house we had just left. - We hurried on, passing the gentleman we bad seen approaching, and who soon “struclr up” the same tune I had before been exercising my lungs with, “Oh, no, I never mention it,” &c. .. .. " ’“Good heavens !” exclaimed ray companion, the instant she listened to the “car piercing” notes of whistler No. 2—“ what means this ? that is—’ ■ She suddenly paused—just as we were pass: ing beneath a gas lamp, which shone full upon my features —and exclaimed; “You, sir—you are not my Charles —oh! great heavens !” , “No, respected Miss-rl am not! hull nat- ter myself—” The maiden was already on the track of whistler No. 2, and therefore I did not finish my profound remark. She soon overtook him, seized him and caused him to.pause, while I stood looking upon them, with the bundle fran tically clasped under my arm. A retrograde movement was commenced, and the maiden and the young stranger were soon in my immediate presence. , . ' , , “Oh, sir,” began the fair being, as she took my hand and looked lip into my face, “you will forgive me the mistake. ,1 thought you were Charles, my Charles !” and she gazed admiringly and devotedly upon him. “An elopement, eh?” I asked, smiling, at the mistake. > . . The young gentleman bowed. “And the signal of my arrival beneath the window as agreed upon,” he .added, “was a few notes whistled from that tune.” I understood,the mistake in a moment, how I had happened along at just the witching hour of the intended elopement, and chanced to whis tle the signaling tune.. Not to dwell upona simple and every day matter, I saw the parties United in wedlock, and the next day, had the pleasure of reconciling to the overr joyed young, conpje, who had already com-, menccd domestic life .with every prospect of not haying “paid too dearly for the whistle*” ;; A Cot Item. The reporter of the Philadelphia North Ame rican recently stumbled updh o professional rat catcher and speculator, from whom he gathered some curious faotsirclative to the art m'ais are *put,' wpich it seems is’ to furnish amusement for.lht)> inhabitants of the city of brotherly love. The' rat catcher says he is.the proprietor of a pi k.'in which regular exhibitions of rat-fighting are'given three times a week. The average consumption of rats.in this pit is about a hundred and fifty p?r week. The rat catcher knows all the spots in the city where rats are most abundant, and there are his traps regularly set on every night Jh the year. Ills best results are obtained at the bfeweneSi the liverv stables, and around the old and dilapida ted quarters of the city. He boards every for eign ship immediately upon her arrival, and during the first night generally captures every rat that finds a harbor among its timbers. Sometimes as many as a hundred are caught on a single night from one vessel. The trap which he uses—-a patented article —is an oblong box, open at both ends, and baited with roasted cheese, sprinkled with oil of carroway. Walking in to seize the tempting morsel, Mr. Eat steps upon a sliding trap which lets him down into a grated apartment, and then resumes its former position to accommodate the next customer. After one rat enters, the box fills rapidly. Sometiriies rat merchant s supply increases much faster than the demand, and he accumulates a stock of a thousand rats, which he feeds with dead pigs and other offal. Sometimes ho sells to the Bew York pits, and and a week or two ago received $5O for as ma- lively rats B ” the Philadelphia ope rotor has made n decidedly “good thing, po cuniarily, out of his novel trade, and-besides two good brick houses, owns a building which rents for §350. and has $4OOO, invested in slocks all the proceeds of rat catching. He has followed the business from childhood, hav ing been taught its mysteries by his fathei, who was a Scotch rat catcher. Pumpkins. The old method of cultivating pumpkins with Indian corn is not to be recommended. It is much better to grow both crops separately, as each requires n peculiar mode of treatment, which cannot be accorded where they arc grown together,.without considerable extra expense and care. For pumpkins, the best soil is that in which there is aliberal admixture of silicious earth, reposing upon a substratum of sand. It should bo deep, and reduced by working to a fine tilth. Such a soil, well manured with old compost, in which there is a liberal quantity]™ clay, will, with careful tillage, almost invaria bly produce good pumpkins. Tho hills should be a good distance apart, rarely less than eight feet, aa the trailing habits of the vino require much room for their expansion, and for tho perfect maturation of the fruit. Botli before and after the first and second hoeings, ashes should be applied, say half a pint or so to each hill. Oare. however, should bo taken to pre vent its coming in actual contact with the plants during their earlier stages of dovolopement, as the alkali of the ashes is too powerful for them, and would prove injurious if not fatal in Us ef fect.— Germantown Tel: Agriculture—Uow It may be Improved. - 1. By adopting a higher standard of educa tion, both general and professional. 2 By a more thorough cultivation of the soil, hy which its fertility shall be increased, and permanently maintained. ' . *3 By a more general introduction of im proved implements of husbandry, by which farm and household labor may be more easily and more economically performed. . 4. By impVovmg the breeds of domestic stock, and rearing, only those animals which are tho best of their respective kinds. 5. By growing only those roots, grama, ana fruits which are tho most nutritous and ino most productive. , J 6. By pursuing that particular branch ol husbandry .which gives the strongest probabili- ] ties of success, having reference to climate, soil, markets, and amount of .foreign and domestic competition. ' • . 7. By making the business of farming at tractive to educated men, and the farmhouse and all its surroundings pleasant to refined taste and cultivated manners. From Ball 1 s Journal of Health . . Sleeping Together.. I( a man \yere to seo a quarter of an inch of worm put-iu his cup of coflee, he could not drink it, becajise'-ho knows the whole cup would be impregnated. If a very small amount of some virulent poison ho introduced into a glass of' water, tho drinking,of it might not produce in stant death, but that would not prove that it was not hurtful, only that there was not enough of it to cause a destructive result immediately. TVe sicken at tho thought of taking tho breath of onother tho moment ft leaves the month, but that breath mingles with the air about the bed in which two persons-lay; and it is rebreathed, ; but not the less offensive is it in reality on ac cpunt.of the dilution, except that it is not taken in its concentrated form, but each breath makes it more concentrated. One sleeper corrupts the atmosphere oi the room by his own breath ing,but when two persons are breathing at the same time, twelve or fourteen times in each min nte, extracting all the nutriment from a gallon air, the deterioration mu*st be rapid indeed, es pecially in a small and close room. A bird cannot live without a large supply of pure air. A canary bird hung up in a curtained bedstead where two persons splct died before the morn ing. Many infanta are found dead in bed, and it is attributed to having been overlaid by the pa rents; but the idea-that any person could lay still for a moment on, a baby, or anything ol *«• of the same size, is absurd. Death was caused by tlie want of pure air. Besides, emanations, leriaVand more or less solid, are thrown out from every person—thrown out by the processes of nature, because no lon ger fit for life purposes, because they are dead and corrupt— f but if breathed into another living body, it is just as abhotrent as if we took into our mouths the matter of a sore or any other excretion. . • , Tho most destructive typhoid and putrid fe vers are known to arise directly from a number of persons living in the same small room. Those who can afford it should therefore ar range to have each member of, the family sleep in a separate.bed. If persons must sleep in tho samo bed, they .should be about tho same age, ■and in good health. If the health bo much un equal, both will sufftwvbut the healthier one the most —the.invalid- suffering lor want of entirely pure air. . • ; - , So .many cases are . mentioned in standard medical works whore healthy, robust infants and larger children' have dwindled away, and died in a few months from sleeping with grandpa rents, or other old persons, that it is useless to cite special instances in proof. it:would:,bo k constitutional and moral good ■for married persons to sleep in adjoining rooms, as a general habit. It would bea certain means tof. physical ihvigoration, and ofad vantages in other directions, which will readily 'pecur to the feflcctiyo reader.' .Kings and*Qtiochs and the highest personages of courts have separate apart-, nifhts. It is the bodily emanations collecting ■nrfd concentrating under the same cover which aro r tho most, destructive of health—more de structive than the simple contamination.of an atmosphere breathed in common. Tlic Seven ancient Vfondcis. These were: hf Rhodes, built bo Ceres, .A. D, 288, ocoppyinff twonfy veals’ in making; - It stood- acro/s tho hai bor of Rhode-* sixty-six jeers, andywaj tbon 'throw? down by an earthquake. It was bought by a Jew from the Saracens, who loaded nine hun dred camels with the brass; .. , ' 2—The Pyramids of Egypt. Tbo largest ono engaged three hundred and sixty thousand work men, was thirty years in building, and has now stood at least'B,ooo years. .. . 3 The Aqueducts of Rome, invented by Ap pius Claudius, the censor. ■■ q—The Labyrinth of Psalmetichus, on the banks of the Nile.containing.within one contin ued wall one thousand houses and twelve royal palaces, all covered with marble, and. having only one entrance. Tho building was said to contain throe thousand chambers, and a hall built of-marble, adorned with statues of the Gods. . . . s—The Pharos ci Alexandria, a tower ot Ptolemy Fhiladelphus, in the year 282, B. o. It was. erected as a light-house, and contained magnificent galleries of marble—a large lantern nt the top, tho light of which was seen nearly a hundred miles off; mirrors of enormous sizes were fixed round the galleries, reflecting every; thing on the sea. A common tower is now eroot e<V— I Tho*walls of Babylon, built by order of Semiramis, or Nebuchadnezzar, and finished in oho year, by men. They were of im monse thickness. _ , 7 The Temple of Diana, at .Ephesus, com pleted in tho reign of. Serving, the sixth King of Romo. It was lour hundred and fifty feet long, two hundred broad, and supported by one bun-, dred and twenty-six marble pillars. Ah Eloquent Extract; —“ Generation after generation,” says a fine writer, “have telt as we feel, and thefr lives were as active as our own. They passed away like a vapor, while Nature, wore the aspect of beauty as when her Creator commanded to bo. Tho heavens shall bo as. bright over our graves as they are now around our paths. Tho world will have the attractions for our offsprings yet unborn that she had once for ourselves, and that she now has for our chil. dren. Tet a little while and all this will bar e happened. The throbbing heart will bo stilled, and wo shall be at rest. Our funeral will wind its way, and the prayers will bo said, and, our friends will all return, and wo shall ho left be hind in silence and darkness for tho worm. And it may ho lor a short time wo may be spoken of, but tho things of life will creep in, and our "mimes will soon be forgotten.’ Days will con tinue to move on, and laughter and sbr.g wilbbe heaid in the room in which we died; and the eye that mourned for us will bo dried | and ghs ten again with joy; and even our children will cease to think of us, and will not remember to 1 lisp our names: Then shall wo have become, in the touching language of the Psalmist, ‘forgot -1 ten and clean gone out of mind.’ The Corn Grub.— Tho corn crop has several formidable enemies to contend with, and among them Is the grub, which sometimes literally de stroys whole Helds, and frequently damages the crop serious!}'. One of the best and most judi cious remedies—perhaps the best over suggest ed—in the application of sail as soon, as the plant makes its appearance above ground, pre pared and used in this way: Take one quart common salt and three parts plaster or gypsum, and apply about a tablcspoonful around each hill, and it will be found to beasurcprotection. The mixture should not dome in contact with the young plants, as it may destroy them. This method has been tried over and over again by somo of the best farmers qf Pennsjivania, De laware and Jersey, and when properly applied, has never failed to bo perfectly successful. Wo hope our farmers who have reason to fear the depredations of the grub, this season, will try this mixture, leaving a few .alternate rows of corn without the salt, and communicate to us the result. [£7* A school boy, of about six years of age. approached the master with a bold look and self-confident air, and the following dialogue ensued: & “May I bo dismissed, sir ?” “What reason have you for'trtaking p tbe re-, quest, Thomas?” “I want to take my woman out a riding, air.” ' “ OUR COUNTRY —MAT IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT EIGHT OR WRONG, OUR OOUNTR CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1859. From the Presjo*>., The Three Fighting Men of Eu rope, As many of our readers, may desire to have their memory refreshed, as respects the three sovereigns who have plunged Eijrbpo into war, we shall rapidly sketch as miialrQ.f tiieir public and personal history ns will dp.[this, without causing weariness by over-minutchess of detail. FRANCIS JOSEPH, EMPEROR Op AUSTRIA. Francis Joseph Charles. Ej&erorol Aus tria, was born August 18jh,18S0. His uncle, Ferdinand I, abdicated pn December 2, 1849, and this young gentleman ascended the throne, ns next heir. As is too common™ Europe, (he rouag Emperor commenced hisiSgn by issuing i proclamation to his sub4CCtB;- Under this rule, Austria Was tdOTlr froedom and a constitutional monarchy was to be reformed-the people were to have equality of government, on the baSis of true li berty, and on the bnsis.ol.dhbtrcgMal participa tion in the representation and legislation— Scarcely was his signature dry .on this, docu ment, when he closed the nation*! rcprcsenta. live assembly-met at Krcmsier Cancelled the. ancient constitution of Hungary,:«ubslituting a new charier which,, being a dead htter, was withdrawn in eighteen rtonthp}.calledl on the aid of the late Emperor of Russia to crush all vitality of Freedom in Hungary, and, under Radktsky, suppressed all altempts in Lombardy and Venice. ThusefulGllmg the memorable saying, . #4rwnL,«« »* “He made a solitude, and called it peace, the Emperor of Austria showed'Jits real mind by asserting for himself as mujh autocratic power as the Czar has ever cserCife Hei made his ministers accountable, cot-totfhe law, but personally to himself. ' SompfowTAmcessions he appeared to make to the masses, m m Austri an Italy, his will is supreme. ho has substituted his own personalstommand fop the wholesome restrictions of ihelaw- fie has, maintained an immense army, evim m time ot the greatest peace, at a cost so vo* that theua tional resources have been greatly injured. Loan after loan, each at ruinous rates.'have kept Austria in difficulties, and finder a grea weight of taxation. His latest jfeanoial mea sure, since the war with Sardinif commanced. ■was to suspend, the payment oyagpci.e by the Bank of Austria, and to create fictitious money by the.issue of assignats. In lBs|. he returned the service done to, him in the aupjfrcss.on of the Hungarian rebellion, by taking pa&wilh Franco and England against 'Russia. ; Ever smcohis accession to the Throne, he has treated his I ta lian subjects with great t y ranny. . In their dis content, they looked for aid to tfee Sardinia, and the appeal, which has once, more made France a combatant on Italian j'’ l ’ probably drive the Austrians pubjof ■ Italy .has [o be decided now by force df arnk Francis Joseph is said lo be well informer, hold, sche ming, and unscrupulous. In Argil, was married to a Bavarian prinVcss. I n Ahe i private relations of life, his conw.Ct.iS:Saia ai. ways to have been highly ,: V victor. mtANUEp, ■ •1020. His mother was in: AusWrai "princess, ond his father was the lath' Eingii®tAßLES Al bert. 'Brought; up under, VicttorEmanohl, thetf bearing thjiucpl Duke of Savoy, went largely into sncietjf borc a com mission in. the army, and was wc'-tnownnsa keen lover of field-sports. In 184?, he, married the Archduchess Adelaide, of Austria, since dead. When the French Revolution of 1848. caused political commotion in Italy, the Pope actually taking the lead as a political regenera tor. King Charles Albert raised the banner of Piedmont, and, a few days after the Austri ans were driven out of Milan, proclaimed he War of Italian Independence. All through the campaign which: followed, Victor Emanuel spiritedly fought by his father’s sMe o.id grent- Iv distinguished himself, on ■*-. * lO the battle of Novarra, when ar mv was defeated. That very evening,, Charles Albert abdicated, and Victor Emanuel bo fame King of Sardinia-whioh kingdom really Sdcs not only the island of Sardinia, but also Piedmont, Savoy, the Lomellma, and Ge noa, nil in Italy. Charles Albert retired to. Pnrtueal. where he died soon after* .. * LitUe was expected from Vtcrbß Emanuel, the‘pupil of Jesuits, and son and husband of Austrian Princesses. His subjects rather dis trusted him, and, for a time, he nadTo encoun ter many internal difficulties. Austria ofiered him the Duchy of Parma, if he would repudiate the Constitution, to which he had sworn, with his father, in February, 1849, but, ho refused the bribe. Genoa proclaimed ft Provisional Government against him, but hq' speedily put down” Emule. After lh<f.: beginning of 1850. when the Sardinian Parliament ratified the peace with Austria, public Ce ask ing t he natiouaUndepcndenco of ffiskffigdOm in temporal matter,, said to have become independent of the Papal See in spiritual matters also. Jn January, 1855 Re formed that alliance with France and England, against Russia, which Jed to his sen and was warmly adjust the terms of Peace! after Um Crimean Warf Austria strong- Iv obicctcd to Sardinia being refeOHlcd there ly oDjcctca w » w#s o vsT(ilcd, on the by a t lmv i n p fought Sardinia had earned aficht to have a'voico on the tcrprjs of poace- It fs known that, in the discussions, Sardinia Sardinia wore Bohdated, as fa o f| ri nco Napo involved, by he rc«M 0 of Sardi . nia’ K EmTnuel, a boldvand dashing erf of ffisafieffionln Italy. afd°partlf to bif av»^'''.7on|ustria ffir the defeat at Novarra, in March, LOUIS NAPOPEON, EMPEROR OP THE FRENCH. Biographical particulars relating to Napo leon Illi are so well known by newspaper rea ders! tba[ it «oms nearly superfluous to give T,nms Napoleon, born afc.tne lu forks, in Paris, April 20th. 1808, was tho so cond son of Louts Bonaparte. King of Hol land, and HortenseßeauiiarnaM, only daugh ter of the Empress Josephine. After the fall of Napoleon I, the Bonaparte, family had to live out of France.. Louis Napoleon, with h.s elder brother and mother. lived m Switzerland when the Revolution of J l ' M Philippe on the throne of Franco. In the fol lowing year, Louis Napoleon, and Jim brother went to Italy, where both took .part in an in surrection at Home. The brother died the same vear. From 1832 to 1835, Louis Napoleon, who, by the death of his cousin, the King of Romo had become head of tho Napoleon fa roily devoted himself to study and produced several works, political and military. His Manuel sur I’Avtillen'e” has been highly spo- ken of by military men, and we believe that it is now used ns a text-book nt Wfst Point. In 1836 took place LouiS Napoleon s un successful attempt to get up a revolution at Strasbourg. He was sent out of the country, and was recalled from the United States by the alarming state of his mothers health. In 1838. being driven out of Switzerland, on the demand of Louis Philippe, he went to reside in London. In 1839 he published “Des Id ecs Nnpolicnnes, a fine translation of which has just I been issued by the Appletons, at New York. In 1849 he made that unsuccessful descent upon Boulogne, which consigned him. a political prisoner, to the Fortress of Ham. In 1840 he escaped to Eng land, where he remained until the Revolution of 1848 recalled him to France, and soon placed him in the Presidential chair there, bln De cember 2,1851, in consequence (his apologists sav) of a knowledge that bis opponents medita ted a heavy blow at his authority, he executed the coup d’etat, which overthrew the National Assembly, and caused his election, first as Pre sident for ten years, and next as Emperor, with succession in his family. He was proclaimed Emperor od December 2,1852; and immediate ly after married Eugenie, Countess de 1 coa.— His recognition as Emperor was immediate on the part of the United States and England, and rather tardy by the German Siales. influenced by Nicholas, of Russia. Napoleon had his revenge, soon after, when he persuaded ling land, Austria, and Sardinia to make an alliance against the Czar, which caused the Crimean war, and the defeat of Russia. That alliance was as unexpected as the more recent compact which France has made with Sardinia against Austria, which is said to include Russia also,- It remains to be seen whether thi? new condi tion of affairs will not disturb the friendly rela tions hitherto existing between England and France. That great changes arc on the taps wo cannot doubt. Austria. Cries havoc, and Ids slips the dogs Or war, and no one can say where or how ii will end a’he sympathy of the nations goes strongly witli Italy—so long crushed, so wrethchcdly misgov erned. Justice demands that Italians, not Aus trians, shall, rule North Italy- Varieties. Qjf- Qf which sex is, the post-ofllco? The mail sex, .. KfT "Without a rich' heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. it is easier to bo wise for- others than for ourselves. ■ tU“ Nature has tometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of man’s own making. O'?” He who masters his passions, subdues a fearful enemy.. np- A man of philosophical temperament re. aerobics a cucumber—for although ho may bo completely cut up, he still remains cool. K?- Keep your temper in disputes. The cool hammer fashions tho red-hot iron into any shape needed*., • • • - Wh'at’s the UB e,” said an’ idle fellow, ii'of« nten’a yvbrking hWiseU .to, death fo; get a ; - pnr merits procure ns the esteem of men, of sense, and our good fortunes that of the. , ’ ’ Q-y Good humor is the blue sky of the soul, in' which every star of talent will shine more clearly. , O'?”lnsults are like counterfeit money; wo can’t help their being offered j but wo needn’t take them. The paths of virtue, though seldom those of wordly greatness, are always those of plea santness and peace. Never marry a man because he is hand some ; ho will think too much of his own beauty to take pride in yours. « Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weakness.” Beecher says there are many persona who think Sunday is a sponge with which to wipe out tho sins of tho week. A roasted Onion bound on the wrist over the pulse, will relieve the most inveterate tooth ache in a few minutes. tXPTIio Utica Telegraph chronicles the elope ment of two young moii, aged respectively 15 and 16, with two young women aged 14 years. Tho average ■ income "of the'‘Mexican. Church is twenty-live millions a year, while the revenue of the national government of tho re public is only fifteen millions. QJ-There is this difference between happi ness and wisdom; ho that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but ho t)iat thinks himsoll the wisest, is generally the greatest tool. A general convention of tho colored vo-. ters of New England has been called to meet in Boston on the Ist of August, to take action in reference to the presidential campaign of , 1860. [CyTho Presbyterian church at Cortland, New York, has suspended ono of its most re spectable deacons for attending the meetings of Henry Ward Beecher, Theodore Parker and other sensation clergymen. wy How intoxicating is the triumph of beau ty and how right it is to name it queen of the universe I How many epurties, how many slaves have submitted to it. Blit alas! why is it that what flatters bur senses almost always deceive our souls! try “ Mary, ray love,” said a not very atten tive husband to his wife, at the dinner-table, • •shall X help you to a piece of the heart 1 •• I believe*” said she, “that a piece ol a heart was'all that I ever got.” 0” Lucy Stone says “there is cotton in the ears of men and hope in the bosoms of women. Lucy has put the cotton in the wrong place this lime. [jy “Miss, may I see you home?” said n young man to a flirt. ■ <No, sir.’ was the short reply. “Oh, I don’t mean now, but some rainy night, when I can’t go any where else.” rrr "Come here, my little dear," said a young man to a little girl, to whoso sister he was paying bis addresses: “you are the sweet est thing on earth.” ■ . . “No, lam not,” she rephed artlessly: “sis ter says you are the sweetest." The question was popped the next day. rry- a remarkable story is told in the Provi dence Press about a man i« Manloville. the wheel of whose wagon sustaining a load of six ty hundred, is said to have capsized directly over his head, without seriously harming him. A man with such a head would make au excel lent Black Republican. The Bidle.— Out of it have come all pure moralities. Forth'frora it have sprung all sweet Charities. It has been the motive power of re generation and reformation to millions of men. It lias comforted tho humble, consoled the mourning, sustained tho suffering, and given trust and triumph to the dying. Tho wise old man has fallen ifsleep with it folded to his breast. Tho simple cottager has used it for his dying pillow; and even the innocent child hasi broatli -1 od his last happy sigh with Ins fingers between | its promise freighted leaves. , AT $2,00 PER ANNUM Household Hints and Helps. Tt is not cosy to find a person who docs not like a dish of good coffee: nnd yet more limn Iwo thirds of that , drank daily is execrable stuff. Some unknown friend has favored us with some notes on coffee and coflee making,, from which we extract the subjoined', hoping our readers will be benefited thereby: . The roasting of coffee is an operation of con siderable nicety; more, perhaps, depending upon it than upon the variety of the article it self. Coffee is roasted by the dealers, in hollow iron cylinders or globes, which are kept revol ving over a fire. As the first effect is the eva poration of a considerable amount of water, If the vessel is closed this is retained, and the cof fee roasted in an atmosphere of its own steam. This is not thought to be the best plan: and if the operation be carried on at homo,, it is re commended that the coffee belirst dried in an open pan over a gentle fire, until it becomes yellow. It should then be scorched in a co vered vessel, to prevent tllo escape of the aro ma ; taking care, by proper agitation, to prevent any portion'from being burnt; as a few -charred grains communicate a bad odor to the rest.' It is important that just the right temperature should bo attained, and kept. If the heat be too low, the aromatic flavor is, not produced: nnd if it be too high, the rich oily matter is dis sipated; leaving only the bitterness and nslrin gehoy of the charred seeds. The operation should be continued until the coflee is sufficient ly strong. It may then bo taken from the fire, and allowed to cool without exposure to the air, that the aromatic flavor may condense, nnd be retained by the roasted grains. Coffee is very apt to be over, roasted, abd even a slight excess of heat greatly injures its properties. To prepare the coflee, it should be roasted and ground just before using, no more being ground at a time than is wanted immediately. Of course, the finer it is reduced, the stronger wilf be the extract from a given weight of cof fee-one fourth "more soluble matter being ob tained from coffee ground to the fineness of 'flour, than from the ordinary coarse powder.— If a cup of good coflce.be placed upon a table, boiling hot, it will fill the room with its fra grance. Its most valuable portion is thus lia ble to be exhaled and lost. Hence the same difficulty is encountered as in tea making: boi ling dissipates the much prized aroma, but a high heat is necessary to extract the: other im portant ingredients of the coflee. It should therefore be steeped rather than boiled—ah iil lusion, and not a decoction being made, Some make it a rule not to suffer the coffee to boil, but only to bring it just to the boiling point.— Yet a few minutes boiling undoubtedly increa ses the quantity of the dissolved, bitter, cxhili rnting principles. " Here are a few hints for making choice cake. Washington Cake.— Beat together one quart I of milk, and one ounce of butter; when about lukewarm, pour into them.two pounds of flour, adding a cent’s worth of yeast; three eggs, and a tnblespdonful of, salt. Place the better in pans, let it stand over night, and the next morn- I ing bake it, in a quick oven three quarters of nn hour. . ■: /, . sugar;* t?rjKeggsf. arid livo:o^<lhree Sorgo ; tablejpponfulsof milk; &d; nlOo n fiolf’pnunS; dfiMidhs.’ After it-.is tWoughlyworkcdlogethef.putlhe dough in-. ■ to the pans, arid raise until, it becomcsdight.— Bake it in a slow oren. . ( Sponge Cake. —Take throe quarters of a pound of white sugar, and pour one half tum bler of cold water into it, and set it over the-Ore until it boils e'ear; beat up seven eggs, the whites and yolks separately, and after the su gar and water has'cooled, add the yolks, stir ring them well; flavor with the peel of a lemon, and add the juice of the same; add the whiles of the eggs, and then sift in one half pound of (lour. This cake has the advantage of remain ing moist and spirited longer than other sponge Cake. _ Our lady renders, who take pride in good pastry and desert, will thank us for the follow ing excellent recipes for puddings. They are worth the whole price of the Volunteer tor one year:—, linked Bread Pudding. —Xlalf a pound ol stale bread crumbs, one pint and a half of boi ling milk—poured over six eggs, beat light, and added when the milk cools—a quarter of a pound of butter, a quarter of a pound’of brown sugar, one nutmeg, and three quarters of a pound of currants. Melt the butter in the milk —beat the eggs and sugar together—and butter the dish in which the pudding is to be baked. Indian f.adding.'— The ingrcdientsarcOne pint of molasses, six eggs, one quart of milk, half a pound of suet, one teaspoonful of cinna mon. and six cupfuls of Indian meal. Warm the milk and molasses together : beat up. and add in the eggs : mix the suet with the meal, and pour in the milk. Slice in a few apples.— Bake in a pan. Baked Rice Pudding. —" Boil the rice until it becomes perfectly soft; then add to.it half a pound of but-.er, the same quantity of sugar, one nutmeg, and ns much wine and nutmeg as you prefer. Beat in also four eggs. Bake in a dish. Baked Indian Pudding.—Take three pints of scalded milk, one handful of wheal Hour, three eggs, and as much Indian meal ns will make the whole thiok. like belter for. pancakes. Add one gill of molasses, nod salt to your taste.— Bake three hours. Fate of the Apostles, Matthew Is supposed to hove suffered martyr dom, or wag put to death'by the swrrd at the city of Ethiopia. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alex, andria, in Egypt, till ho expired. Luke was hanged on an olive tree in Greece. John was put in a cauldron dl hmnlng-bil. at Romo, and escaped death; Ho afterwards died a natural death at Ephesus, in Asia. James tho Great was beheaded at Jerusa lem. , . , James tho Less was thrown from a pmnaele or wing of tho temple, and then beaten to death with a lullor’s club. Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Ilie rapolis, a city of Phrygia. Bartholomew was flayed alive by tho com mand of a barbarous king. Andrew was hound to a cross, whence he preached to tho people till ho expired. Thomas was run through the body by a lance near Malipar, in tho East Indies. Jude was shot to death with arrows. Simeon Zololes was crucified in Persia. Matthias was first stoned and Ihen bohoadfd. -Peter was crucified with his head downwards, Paul, tho last and chief of tho apostles, also died by violence. 0= Honesty, frankness, generosity, virtue blessed traits ! Be these yours, my boys, and we shall not fear. Y«ti will claim the respect and love of all. You are watched by yourel ders, Men who are'looking for clerks and ap prentices, have their eyes on you. If you are profane, vulgar, theatre going, they will not choose you. If you are upright, steady and in dustrious, before long you will find good pla ces. kind masters, and have the prospect of a useful life before you. Calincourl returned from New jfork yester day, where he Ims been attending a Reeling of; Afoerican seronduls —Wise; Carlincourt ona* several,other members ,of the profession, .were present. The aeronauts compared nftttS as to the improvements they had respectively tnade in apparatus, and gave to cach’olhcr the bene fits of their experience. Among oilier things discussed was the project of John La Wounjaid to cross the ocean in.a balloon. We untlcmtana that the gentlemen present were Unanimous', in the opinion that the project of Crossing the ocean was entirely feasible, but they think Mr. La Mountain’s apparatus impracticable. Car lincuurt is very sanguine in the belief that the Atlantic may be crqse.odjina ballpen in two’ days: hesays'lhcncoSsiaryappitatus would’• cost $25,000. . ’ The ferial machine In the course of construe- 1 tion at Lansingburg. N. Y., by Mr. La Moun tain, is fast approaching completion. In epea- . king of it, the Lansingburg Gazelle has the -■ following:, “The balloon will bo 05 feet in did-., meter, and when inflated, the car and balloood,. will be 100 feet high. There will be employed 2350 yards-ofLsilk—wide China —the best ever used for such purpose. The silk was put irt oil last Friday. Six miles of cord will boused in the next. The car or boat is of unique con struction; and very,strong. It is 19 lent long, 16 feet long, 4 feet'wide, and 20 inches high- It was built in Nc/ York city, and is capable of carrying 12 men in the very roughest sea.' The boat will bo in this village within two • weeks. One hundred and fifty thousand cubic „ feet of gas will be required to inflate the' balloon . giving it an ascending power of three and a half ; tons.” —Utica Herald, 13(/i inst. ’ NO. 50. Hucsllons That Need Answering. . Did the man who fell asleep- hurt himself more than if lie had fallen when .awake 7 ■. Was that girl in a cross and spiteful mood , when she cast ctoigß.lier eyes and hove a sigh? Did the man who plowed tho sea and after- '■ wards planted his feet on his native soil, over - harvest,tho crops 7. . . Did ever any ono sec any flour made ol tno wild oafs which people sow in their young IVas it a police officer or a deputy sheriff that arrested the Hum’s attention 7 Don’t people figure some in long measure when they work under the rule of barley corn 7 • Was the reign (rain) of Caisar anything like a freshet 7 , , ... Was that person in a stormy mood who hail ed a friend 7’ . . Was that vessel fitting for war when she shtp- t pci a sea 7 and was said article a green land swell or an old salt 7 , ~ Was it war time when you found your healtn recruiting I , . . _ a' Ato wo to infer that.a person is a vender ol carpenter’s tools who is plain (piano) spoken, whoso, words cugnr,much, and who squares lit!# accounts regularly 7 ThePuinoaorliv or Eauso. — A writer sayss In 1844, a French soldier was forced to qnittno service, because lie could not overcome his vio lent repugnant disgust towards; animal lood— Dr Front, whoso testimony will bo more con vincing to (English readers, know a person on ■ whom mutton acted as a poison:—“He could not oaf mutton in any form. The peculiarity' was supposed to bo owing to caprice, but tho mutton was repeatedly disguised .and given to him unknown, but uniformly with tho same re. suit bfprodiicingviolentvoniitingnnddiarrhcea. And flora tho severity of.lho effects, which were, in (act, those of a virulent poison, there-can bo . little doubt that if thoiisoot mutton had boon persisted in, it would soon have destroyed the life of tho individual.” Dr. Pereira, who quotes this passage, adds“ I know a gentleman who. has repeatedly had an attack of indigestion at. ter the use of roast mutton.” Some persons; It is known, cannot take coffee without vomiting i others are thrown into it general inflammation it they cat cherries or gooseberries. Hahn rafales of himself that seven or eight strawberries would produce cbnvnlalops:in him. Tissot saysho could hover swallow’, sugar without voroitibg.-r- Many persons are unable to cat eggs; and cakes pr puddinea. hnvhta.cggs in their Composition, produce serious !ißtutbances in they are induced to eat them under false assu rances. . irjp- Tho Now Ifork .correspondent of the ■ Boston Journal, describing the country seats that lino the Bloomingdalo road between Now Tork and Harlem,'says': ’ . One of these commands attention from aim no pass by it. ’ It is near Seventeenth street. It seems to be the abode of’wealth and taste, and i( situation, beauty, of grounds, eleganeq ot scenery, and all tho appliances that wealth and liberality can command, can bring peace and ioy, this house must be the residence ol purity and domestic felicity. The house is a largo , wooden edifice, painted a dark color. Ibo mounds are very large and commanding; they , are laid out with great tasto; the vines,, tho flowers, the singing birds, thc-«rgo green houses and conservatories, the graveled walk, tho shade trees, tho hand of care seen-m all ■things, indicate tho thrift and wealth of the owner. . It is tho country homo of Bon. Daniel E. Sickles. Its owner is on trial for its me at Washington.-. Tho present occupants of that splendid residence are his guilty wife and her broken-hearted riiother. Ax Affecting Poem.—The following poem, the genuine: cflusion of a person in affliction, has lately.been found in manuscript: - Poor Jonathan Stow , Away did goo All on the ragiri mane, . . With other males All for to catch wales. And nero cum back again. • A bachelor is a follow who cuts himself nff from a great blessing for fear of a trifling annoyance. He rivals the wiseacre who seemed himself against corns by having ins legs ampu mtod. In his selfish anxiety to live unencum bered, be only subjects himself to a heavier burden; for the passions, that apportion ter every individual the load that ho is to bear tbioiigh life, generally say to the calculating bntobclor, “As you are a single man, you shall carry double.” . ■ ' A lady wrote with a diamond oh a pane of glass, , ’■ ~ ' “God did at first make man upright, but he—" ~ , To which a gentleman added, , „ «» Most surely had continued so, out she O’ What is the matter with you, Jack ?’ <■ Why, there’s a new girl come out with twen ty thousand dollars a year, and I went yesur-' day and engaged myself to Fanny, who has on ly fifteen thousand.” dJrial fi'ttfightioh'. The wind bioo hi, The billers tost, All hands was lost, - And he was one, A sprilcly lad Nigh 21. ny There arc two languages that are uni versal—the one of love and the other of money. The girls understand one, and tho men the oth er, from Cauton to Niagara. ny- Never ride in a fine carriage, and keep a score of servants, while your widowed sister trudges on foot, and toils for her daily bread. tT7“ It is a pretty saying of an old writer, that men. like books, begin and end with blank leaves— infancy and senility. ITT' A ‘ price paid for a good newspaper, is. liketho” seed sowed in good ground, it brings a thousand told its value. ITT* Politeness goes a great way. Henry W Beecher says, “an impudent clerk oan do almost ns much injury to his store as tho ne glect of the proprietor to advertise his goods. Two significant facts. Qy The wives along tho Mississippi never blow up theirhusbands. They loaveil all to tha steamboats, which aresurotodo it sooner or later. .
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