UAN VOLUNTEER. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING DT oliii B. Bvalton* T E li M S . iok.— Ono Dollar and Fifty Cdnts, icd) Two Dollars if paid within the ro Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not io year. Those terms will ho rig to in every instance. No aiib icontinucd until all arrearages are , the option of the Editor. ;ment3 —Accompanied by the cash, •eding one square, will bo inserted ir One Dollar, and twenty-five cents itiondl insertion. Those of agreat proportion. ino—Such as Hand-bills, Posting lots, Blanks, Labels, &c.,&o.,oxe icuracy and at the shortest notice. ib BLESS THE CIBIB. BY A BACHELOR. Alone I sit :(•? While phantoms flit •'through mem’ry’s ghostly halls. And trace each namo_ : In flick’ring flame |||p%Alohg the dusty walls. Those names nro old . As the gathered mould in the tomb of friendship buried i But they gleam to-night ; With mem’rios bright If girls that have died—or married. Their faded forma, Their vanished charm, 'heir dear eyes dim with weeping— ■ Of taunt me now With my wrinkled brow, tnd the lonely watch I’m keeping. The tender things That mem’ry sings [n the ears of bachelor boys, Oft start the tear, (When no one’s near,) Vnd they siglUjjr their quondam joys, God bless the girls Whose golden curls 'Blond with.our evening dreams 15 I *They haunt our lives t .Like spirit wives, j'Or—as naiads haunt the streams. If; They soothe our pains, ■ r'They HU,our brains' . . With, dreams of sunnier hours. U ‘ Goa bless the girls, p f God bless their curls, f *’ ‘/.-feed bless our human flowers GROWING OLD. Thou art growing old, my mother, g And thy brow fa mai ked with care, ‘ All furrowed is thy cheek, E4V. Once beautiful and fair; i t /.Thy soft brown locks are sadly changed, Chill frosts have settled there, » V| And touched with many a freezing kiaa, Thy gently flowing hair. * Thou art growing old, my mother.; g 11 As I catch thy half-drawn sigh, f Well Iknow that years of sorrow if/ ' Are passing now.thy spirit’s eye ; | ■ But with gentle light it bearaeth— Boamelh on me even yet, fffft With a love that neverchangoth, /i , Till the sun of life, is set. aSKV .S’t" ' . ' • 'f..,/ Thou art growing old, my mother, . %l s i Many of mir household band lj.* ' Have before thee journeyed onward, '■ - To. the far off “ belter land,” JJuf ttiy voice in tender accents ' Still ia falling on my ear, c Sweetly brightening my patbwhy, . Which without tbco was so dreitr. k,'' T}i9.u art growing, old, jnty.tnotjier, Ami around jjhy youngest, born , > gather—darkly gather— . Even in life's early'morn— . Btrt the blessed Savior apareth ’ i Tlioo to still protect, thy child, While the storms of sorrow hover— Hover o’er me dark and wild I jf' “ Thou art growing old, ray toother, fc, '■- Soon X feel thatthnu will rest ' In the “ land of thoXtercafter,” •bi', ~ In the regions, of the blest, W ifho will lovo me then, my, mother, ‘ , When the latest cord is riven 7 S? - ’ ' ' I,ct us pray that both together || God will take us lo heaven. v JSiscdlriiKOua; THE LOVER’S REVENGE. tM .' ■',* <■ Now I wish you to be honest with mo. I* ' -Mary : are the reports in regard to you and Al ii'- ihort Marsh true?:’ ' , , T ' “ Yes, Charles, they are. Mr. Marsh and I are to bo married in a few weeks.” _ . _ jßjff ,v •• False-hearted woman 1 exclaimed Charles fev- Gilbert, as ho leaned against the wall fpr sup- R-? ■ port;' ” You dare not say you love mm . It is § .hia mOney that has won you. You know that eVbtytplan of mine, for years, has beed made in to you becoming my wife; and now 'TOuican cooly cast away .and honest, faithlul V,.? : ijjeart, for a hundred thousand dollars, with the i_ ■. {appendage of a drunken, immoral husband.— .A%S Marv; you will live to repent this, and I Jr ' ',Bh»li live "to hare ray revenge —- •’ . K. •» Revenge !** repeated the maiden > * I nope, S in a moment of passion, you will not do any . tbing rash. You know I never promised to be • your wife.” - . . • T No, you never made the promise, and I see ' no w why you took this course. You was on '' ’ \he look-out for a better chancebut you have - allowed me, in your presence, to even plap the ' house in which wo should live, without a re-1 proof from you. You need not be alarmed; I ' ' fjhSfineuher shoot myself or your lover ; I will V • haytffc’sweeter revenge than that.” p: i .:j‘f,.Ob, Charles; it makes the blood run cold i; >through my veins to hear you talk thus. If "ilro'uolovc ■ mo, as .you profess, you .certainly wuhld not wish to ruin ray happiness. Wr . all pay hopes in life does not fy? i happiness, whatever I shall do in S® -Aheiliituro will not destroy it. Ii requires a fef ' gVilfui hand to aim a successful blow at the bap v niness of a selfish woman. No man ever had a rffiV i Searier love for woman than I have had for you, S'* apd l can hate as well as love. Do youunder- mo, Charles.. Why prolong tins interview ? It will do neither of you for the last time,” replied >rtr « mTnfin a milder tone, as he turned iSLwibe’door; “if you can bo happy in ■Sacw relation, after all ibe misery you havoj caused hie, God grant that you may be. * moment after, and the maiden was alone, ■a"/,’."-a’ month passed by, and Mary Foster was " ■ ; 'i tha wife bf the wealthy Albert Marsh. In the ■C V ,JS n iime,W poor lover had reached a distant ' Sty, hundreds of miles from the place of his na ,tivfty- ' Five years'passed away. In a large, magni ■ r flcently-furnishcd parlor, sat a young wife, with i her head resting upon her hand. It wasmid - : night and she was waiting her husbands re ■turn.' The hour hand passed along, and the V ~doekatWck one; it kept on its march, and % told the Itqurs of two, three, and four—still no i. ’' husbahdeame.' Finally, as the light began to ’ " -hrwtk-in the cast, his familiar steps was heard .VappfSsching. The,wife looked up in astonish mept as he entered the room. ,He hud returned ; hpttt*'|»bcr. “it was more than she had expeo . frkj&fa'' fe;,;; Albert,” she asked, ■•where have K':iypfteen all this long night ?” «i\j ..' shouldn't have-sat up, dear, ho said _t&sthe went towards the grate and rubbed bis 1 ; , .hands over the iirc. “It is going to beabeau- Imcrifciu BY JOHN B. BRATTON, VOL. 45. tiful day. Have you looked out at the eastern sky 1” The wife looked up again in astonishment. What could bo the meaning of his lender man ner towards her ? 1 “ Albert,” she said, “ tell me where you have been, and what you have,been doing.” “ Oh, not much of any thing,” he replied, ner vously, ns ho Still rubbed his hands; “ I’ve on ly been down to Uazlewood’s.” “ What, playing again 1 You promised me you would not go there any more.” “ I couldn’t help it. Brown was going in, and he urged me so fiSrdv-tbat I was afraid ho would think me henpecked ifl did not just step in for a moment.” ... ”1 hope you have, not lost, to-night, said his wife as a shade of anxiety passed over her features. •• Well, to tell the truth, ! have lost pretty heavily, and that is what kept me so late. I have been trying to recover It.” ' “ Still kept losing.” “ Exactly so, Mary.” '• How are you going to meet your losses ? she asked, as'her eyes filled with tears. “ Now don’t like a foolish woman, cry over what cannot be helped. I shall take my shares out of the batik. “ The interest of that, Albert, is all. I have had to meet our household expenses for the last two years. What shall we do 1" ' 14 Come dear, we won’t talk over it now. — Lot us retire ; we both need sleep.” They did retire, but there was no sleep for either. Poverty, with its grim visage, was staring, them iu the face. . Five years more were gone, and Charles Gil bert was again in his native city. “ Docs the widow Marsh live here 1” he ask ed, as a plainly dressed woman appeared at the door of a wooden block, at he had knoek “ Yes, sir, up three fljjfoitis of stairs, second door to the right.” . He ascended' the stairs, at the door to which the woman had directed him. It was opened by Mary herself. But change had come over her ! The beautiful girl he had left ten years before was now a pale, haggard, a care-worn looking,womon. ** The, Widow Marsh, I suppose?” he said, as she appeared at the door. It Is, sir; will you walk in ?’ she replied, as a faint smile passed over her features. , He >vas shown into o rppnvthat, served, tho widow as parlor, bed ; vooni and khcliep. • Two litile children .were playing In one corner, and Charles quicliiy recognized in their faces the likeness of the once beautiful Mary Foster.—* The room was comfortably furnished with rem nants of tier former jvealth. A pile of unfinish ;ed shirts on the table told him at a glance that j Mary’s needle supplied herself and children with 'food. He.took the seat she-offered, and then inquired—DoyotrMrs. Marsh, remem ber Charles Gilbert ?” • “ Charles Gilbert!” she replied.' I have not forgotten him. Do you know anything of I am the man,” he said. as. lie fixed bis keen blackeyes, upon hor.__ you /oigot 'tMVuur. ldsfc iHfervicW^'.j,:•>’W' / • ■ No,” she faintly replied, as her eyes fell upon the floor, and a blush overspread her fea tU‘vAncl von doubtless rcriicmber,” he contin ued “ that" ! told you I should have my revenge, and I have now come to obtain it.” . .. She looked up. Not a muscle moved; his face was stern and cold. ... ~ ~ T “ Oh, God, spare tne!” she said, •• havn t 1 had suffering enough, without you coming to su n e red,” he coldly re plied, “ and you have caused others to suffer too. You deserve a worse, a worse revenge; notwithstanding all your troubles, than I have a heart to give. Your life has.becn just what I expected it would be,” he continued, as, he opened a package he carried m his hand, and emptied a heap of gold eagles upon the table ; “ but ray revenge may relieve you. lucre, lake that,, and provide a comfortable home, for your self and children." Before the widow had lime to reply, ho was gone, and she never saw his face from that day. Charles soon returned to bis place of business, and a short time after married a lady who was all he once believed Mary Foster to bo. Mary was too much humbled, to scorn Ins gift, and with'it, she purchased a house in the country, where she comfortably supplied her ttle family by taking boarders.. . Peace like a Rivet. Awav among tho -Alleghenies, there is a spring si small that a single ox ip ft summer , day could drain it dry. It steals Us unobtru- . sive way among the hills, till it spreads out in the beautiful Ohio. Thence it stretches away a thousand milesrtoving on its banks cities, villages and cultivated farms, and bearing on its bosom more than half a thousand steam boats.” Tliis I have culled somewhere; 1 know not where, nor when. Yet with the bub bling fountain in my eye, and roaring Waterfall in my car, I say, “ Beautiful representation of a Christian's peace. Peace as a river . Like a river in the commencement, trickling from'some fissure in the heart, singing Us own song as it dropped from leaf to leaf, from ledge to ledge— now gathering itself up in a little pool, saying to its ioyous waters, “ here wo rest,” anon rushing on again to fulfill its purpose, and gam Us pa rent sea. . ■ Like a river in its progress, ever widening ana deepening from the “ ankles” to tho “ knees, from the knees to the “ loins,” from the loins to the “ waters” to swim in. a river that “ cannot be passed over,” receiving new tributariesontuo right and left, sweeping away as it rolls on Us healthful stream, the.dead and dying remains of past affections, and former lusts, and bearing on its bosom a thousand newly launched hopes. Like a river in its influence —holy, healthy, generating, causing a wide expanse of “ living green” to spread out on cither aide, making even the desert of the soul “ rejoice and blossom as the rose.” . .. Like a river in its changes—when the warm sun of righteousness pours its cllulgcnt rays on the heart that has experienced the rigors of a spiritual winter, and melts the cold snows and breaks the ice-bound streams: or when the showers of grace fall on the heart’s hill-top, then a blessed fullness pervaded all its course, many a “ crevasse” through which it pours its sancti fying slream. . . , Like a river in its termination— rolling into, apd mingling with the shoreless, blessed sea of perfect feme, where undulating waves never roll in strife or break in death. Long ere the great sea is reached, tile river of peace meets the great *■ trial wave,’ as it rolls itself inland, as it to hasten the hour of union, and give the redeerm ed soul a blessed sense, a foretaste of eternal le* licity and future joy. ‘ There the glorious land will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley, with snails, neither shall gallant ships pass through.’ Christian Evangelist. [D” The whole quantity of gold which has been extracted from the surface and bowels of the earth, from the earliest times to the present day is estimated at §9,000,000,000. • Franklin and Paine. When Paine was writing his infamous attack , on the Christian religion, ho submitted a part of his manuscript to Dr. Franklin, for his in- , speclion and opinion. The following is the an swer of- the great philosopher and patriot: Dear Sir:— l have read your manuscript ; with some attention, By the argument it con- ; tains against a particular Providence, though you allow a general Providence, you strike at , the foundation of all religion. For without the ' belief of a Providence that takes cognizance of, ’ guards and guides, and favors particular per sons, there is no motiveHn worship a Deity, to fear its displeasure, or ft> pray for its protec tion. I will not enter into\any discussion of your principles, thpugh.you seem ,to desire it. At present, I shall only give you -ray opinion, though your, reasonings are subtler and-may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general sentiment of man kind on that subject, and the consequence of printing this piece will be a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to olheis. He that spits against the wind spits in his own face. : But were you to succeed, do you imagine any, good will be done by it? You yourself may find it easy, to live a virtuous life withov.t the assistance afforded by religion: you have a clear perception of the advantages of. virtue, and the disadvantages of vice, and possess a strength of resolution suffi cient td enable you to resist common tempta tions. . But think how great a portion of 1 mankind consists of weak and ignorant men and women, and of inexperienced, inconsiderate youth, of both sexes, who have need of the motives of re ligion to restrain them from/vice, to support their virtue, and retain them in the practice of it until it becomes habitual, which is the great point for its security. , And perhaps you are indebted to her originality, that is, to your re ligions education, for the habits of virtue upon which you justly value yourself. You might easily display your excellent talents Of reason ing upon a less hazardous subject, and thereby obtain, rank with our .most distinguished au thors. For among us, it is not necessary, as. among the Hottentots, that a youth, to bo raised into the company of men, should prove his manhood by beating his mother. I would ad vise you, therefore, not to attempt unchaining the tiger, but to burn this piece-before it is seen by any other person, whereby vou will, save yourself a great deal of mollification from the enemies it may raise against.you, and per haps a great deal of regret and repentance. If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it ? X intend this letter itself ns a proof of my friendship, and therefore add . no profession to’it; but simply subscribe. Yours, B Franklin-. A Tale of Unrequited Love. The editor of the TJrcka Union relates, ns fol lows, how he once fell in love and “got the mitten:” , ... « ' •, ’ ... • 1 »We were never, Uind r reader, “desperately in love” but once, and that vfas with a red no, auburn, haired girl, with a frcckTedcotU-. plexiori', arid; who had but :tsr prelenliOns.to. beauty: fiut'llicn sha'liad suphreally'btiutiful: cycal draphqiiid'o’rbs~ through which-her soul. : in moments of tenderness, looked out with a passionate fervor, and, irt joyous myrth* flashed and sparkled With the light.of a thousand dew. drops,—diamond's, we were going to say,—but we never saw a thousand diamonds. Her name was Laura,—which, when breathed softly by a soft lover,'is a very sweet name, and her clear, riaging laugh fell around.you like a shower of silver bells. Moreover, she wore a dark, wine colored dress, trimmed with lilac colored velvet and black fringe, with a neat little white collar of fine lace! which is the prettiest of dresses, arid has the clfeot to make a very plain girl look absolutely charming. She never perforated her cars to hang thereby a pendulum of brass and glass: and the only-ornament on the little white hand, which needed one, was a plain gold ring, sacred to the memory of a maiden's promise. Well, one evening, it was the moon light in the summer time—wo sat alorib on the porch by the cottrgo door, holding that little white hand in a gentle pressure, one arm had stolen around her-waist, and a client sting of joy, “like the music of the night,” was m our soul. ■ Our lips met’in a sweet, delicious kiss, and bending softly to her ear, we whispered a tale of passionate devotion —we -rthc little red headed thing refused us . Ancient Sepulchre. In the primitive ages of Greece, the mhabr tants buried their dead in depositaries prepared for the purpose in their own houses; and vaults in temples were sometimes used in this way. But with the progress of refinement and better knowledge, the custom afterwards pre vailed of carrying the dead without the cities and interring them chiefly by the highways. Lycurgus, in this, as in most of his institutions, differed from the rest of the Greek lawgivers, for he allowed the Lacedemonians not only to bury their dead in the city, but, also, around their temples. His object was to remove from the minds of the youth the fear of.a dead body, as well as to destroy the superstitious dread, that treading on a grave or touching, a dead body would defile. Burning the bodies of the dead became general among the Greeks from whom, the Romans afterwards borrowed the custom. ; i I The ancient Jewish cemeteries are commonly situated beyond the limits of cities and villa ges. It was. indeed, the custom among other nations of. the East* as well as among the He brews to bury out of the city, except in the case of kings and very distinguished men. The Hebrews, generally, exhibited a preference for burying in gardens, and beneath shady trees. Largo subterranean places of interment were frequently to be found in Palestine; in some instances they were the work of nature; in some they were merely artificial excavations of the earth, and others were out out of rocks'. Numerous sepulchres of this kind are still found in Syria and also in Egypt. Tho Car thagenians buried their dead some distance from the city. The practice by the first Chris tians, of interring their dead in tho city of Romo, grew out of the peculiar circumstances, in which they were placed. They were buried in extensive catacombs, which have since exci ted so much wonder.— Philada. Inquirer, Youthful Training. A sound mind in a sound body is a great blessing, and one which parents should try to secure for their ohildrtn. Excessive mental exertion is bad for any, child. The physical system should bo the first object. If tnoordor of nature bo reversed, the mind, as well as the body, will suficr. It would often .be easy for a skilful parent to make a child a prodigy, but a judicious parent will never attempt it. Pre mature growth of mind will seldom, if ever, bo found to spring from a vigorous root. Wo do not doubt that many have sunk into an early grave through the unnatural developement of their faculties, and the excessive excitement of mental and physical sensibility, which is usu ally the eflcct of it. Let it be, then, the care of the parent to guide and direct, rather than to force into a right channel the immature mental faculties of the child; , * T ’ 1 ~ ~ “ova country—mat it amvats bb aiotir—but right on wrong, oun country. CARLISLE, PA., TttURSMY, JUNE 2, 1859. THE OSTRI#. t)f. tivlhgslbno, the African traveller, thus speaks of the ostrich.: The ostrich is generally seen feeding on some spot where no one can approach - him without being detected by his,wary bye, -VAs the wagon moves along far to the windward he thinks it is intending to circumvent hlmi ftd'ho rushes up a mile or so from the lejjtrartf,.and So near to the front oxen" that' biipi soijelimes gets a shot at the silly bird. Wl'iqii ho begins to run all the game in Sight, follow;-his. example/ I have seen this folly taken advantage of when he was feeding quietly in a yajlcy, open at both ends. A number of men would commence run ning, as if to cut off, his retinal from the end through which (he wind find although he had the whole country hundreds of miles be fore him by gbingtto tho olhefccnd, on he mad ly rushed to get'by the. men, and so was sppared. He never swerves from the course he once adopts, but only his speed. ,' When the ostrich is feeding, his pace is from twenty to twenty-two incheqj when walking, but not feeding, it is twenty-six inches: and when terrified, asih thocaso noticed, it is from eleven and a-half to thirteen;,and even fourteen feet in length. Only in Unerase was I at all satisfied of being able to count' the rate of speed by a stop-watch, and if I ntn not mistaken, there were thirty in tcn .sccinds ; 'generally, one’s eye can no more folloW-the legs than it can the spokes of a carriage v/hcel in rapid mo tion. If we take the abovyriumber, and twelve feet stride'fis the average pqce,' we have a speed of twenty-six miles ah hout^Jtcannot be very much above that, and is thofcfSro slower than a railway locomotive. - They, are,sometimes shot bv the horsemen ranking, a cross cut to their undeviating course, but) Yew Englishmen ever succeed in killing them, ' . * The ostrich begins to ,lay pftf. eggs before she has fixed bn aspot fbh a nest; which is only a few inches deep in the sand, apd about a yard in diameter. Solitary eggs, nnped by theße ebunas “lesclla,” are thugVfobfid lying forsa ken all over the cbuDtry.iahd; become n prey to the jackal. She n Spot, for a nest, and often lays jier .eggs in that of another ostriches?, that qsmanyaa .forty-five have been found in one nest.... pome eggs con tain small concretions ofho’matter-which forms tho'shell, as occurs also-(ft the egg"of the common fowl; this has, given iriab la’ the idea of stone? in thb eggs, Botlv male and female assist in inonbaiibtf ; but, the number of females being always greatest/ it isprbbable that cases occur in. have the entire charge, oUt- of the nest, find are thoughtlobe intended,as food for the first of the n.cvßy hatched,brtibd. till the rest come 1 out and'enable the whole to start in quest of I food,- ‘I haye several times seenhewly hatched young in charige of."a cocfc/;wjic made a very I gbod-attcmpt atappeafirig jTamq.‘m the plover fashion, m.orcltsr to draw off" }{ui attention of I pursuers. Theyoung,squat;'do.wn and remain immovable too small Io;>bn far,’ but at tain a wonderful degree of speed when about the Vlti-bmiiotfbe osser-! ted lhat ostnehes are polygamous. lbough they often appcar lo.bo sb. Whejji finds alb the eggs uneatable, from having been some time sat upon. “The mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she’d, find them all again, In fields of light above.” The death of a little child is to the mother’s heart like dew on a plant from which a bud has perished. The plant lifts up its head in fresh ened greenness to the morning light, so the mother’s soul gathers from ijje dark sorrow through which she had passed, h fresh bright ening of her heavenly hopes.; As she bends over the empty cradle, and in fancy brings the sweet infant before her, a ray of divine light is on the cherub’s face. It is her son still, but with the seal of immortality on his brow. She feels that heaven is the only atmosphere where her precious flower could unfold, without spot or blemish and she' would notvecall the lost. But the anniversary of its departure seems.to bring its spiritual presence neap her. She in dulges in that tender grief which soothes like an opiate in pain all her passions and cares of life. The world to her is no longer filled with human love and hope-in the future, so glori ous with heavenly love and joy,; She has.trea sures of happmess which the worldly, unchas tened heart never conceived. The bright fresh flowers with whichshehad decorated her room, the apartment where her infant- died,, are em blems of the far brighter hopes now dawning on her day dream. She thinks of the g ory and beauty of the new Jerusalem, wherotho little foot.will never find a thorn amqpg the flowers to render a shoe necessary. Nojv will a pillow be wanting for the dear head reposing on the breast of our kind Savior. And she knows her infant is there, in that world of eternal She has marked one passage m .that book—to her emphatically the word of Litc-now laying close ort the toilet table, which she reads daily.. “Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto mo; for of. such is the kingdom of Heaven.” t The very handling of the nursery is aignifl cant, and tho petulance, the passion, the gen* tleneas. the tranquility indicated by it are all re-produced in the child. His soul is a purely receptive nature, and that for a considerable period, without choice or selection. A little further on ho begins voluntarily—to copy every thing ho secs. Voice, manner, gait, everything which tho eye secs —the mimic instinct delights to not over. And thus wo have a whole gene ration of future men receiving-from us their life and immortality. They , watch moment —in the family.- before the hearth, and at the table; and when wo are, meaning them no good or evil, whenwo arc conscious of exer ting no influence over them, they are drawing from us impressions and moulds of habit which if wrong, no heavenly discipline can wholly re move; or, if right, no kind associations utterly dissipate. Now.it may do doubted, I think, whether, in all tho active influences of our lives, wo do as much to shape tho destiny of our fel low men is wo do in this single article of un doujictous iuflucnhgovpr children. Tiie Empty Cradle Unconscious Influence. DoUmtm - . The Slide of a Week Cctnrns after Twelve Years Absence, Tho Madisun Jlrgits gives the details of a ra ther strange history which had its denomnont in i that place a tow days ago. It appears that some , twelve years ago, a farmer’s son married a , neighboring girl—tho daughter of a very re- | spectablo family. They removed immediately to a distant place, where, they had been living but a few days, when upon liis return home one evening, the wife of a week was missing. She did not return that night, during which ho felt, of course, tho utmost anxiety, and in the morn ing ho started ini search of her. lie could only learn that she had taken the stage alone, which led to a railroad station, some miles distant. Ho followed, but at the depot, lost all traces of her. Ho wrote to her former homo, and pub lished notices in the newspapers—but could ob tain no clue to her whereabouts. Ho grieved in loneliness at her supposed criminal act, and to escape tho scone where his Week of uhsnllied happiness had.been followed by so great a grief, he removed to this then sparsely settledwilder ness. Ho here settled upon a promising piece of land, and in its Cultivation and the cares of life, sought forgetfulness, of the past. He suc ceeded measurcably-—lias filled offices of trust, and grown wealthy.. After a few’ years, his home requiring attention, ho married, but his wife lived only long enough to bear hinva son, and witness the first year of the little one’s ex. jstence. A few weeks since, ns the nell to do man of the world 'was sitting by his fireside, there entered tho house a woman, well clad, ot fill er form and twelve years older, but tiro pic ture of tho long lost brido of a week, and she was accompanied by a girl of near a dozen years. The .sober man of forty was startled, but asked the stranger visitor to be seated.— Then came her long and agonizing story. All was oblivious to her for tho first lon years of (heir separation. She could tell nothing, ex cept of one hour of returned reason, when the little girl beside her. his daughter, was brought into tho world. After that long time, fitfully, and at periods remote from each other, came back yeason and memory. She had wondered to a distant city, in a state of mild insanity! there she fell among kind people, and was in stalled in an insane asylum. After tire birth of the daughter, and ten years more spent within its walls, thoughts of her youth, her home and her husband came back. She slowly recovered! then visited her parents, learned where her hus band was, and flew to him. Be sure he clasped her in his arms, and they wept upon each other’s necks. Again going before tho altax.'they were , united, and she now presides with careful digni ! ty and case dyer his. household. Birds and Animals in Paraguay. ■ With birds and animals it is redundantly stocked* Bourdain has described upwards of three-, hundred, now species of the leathered tiibe, as Inhabiting the gorgeous woods and dense coppices of Paraguay. Game, of every kind is most abundant., The large partridge, tho small partridge, the royal and common duck) pidgoon and' teal, the snipe, the water ben, tho diver, tho wild swan, wild goose, wild turkey, the, grey and golden plover, the hawk, rdn enemy of all these,) the vulture, with his curved beak and talon, lording it over the hawk; apdtho;.eagle, w.UlhhiBjmp»rial.a\an^ n tho heart of:fcho.Tul}urc. . Disputing; supremacy eydhwrith tho tho king :df.vultures, tliostatelyordamcolorod bird, with, crimsoned, yet unfeatherep ample and .outstretched wings, with a beak jet Very great is the prerogative of this emperor of the tribes of the air, great almost hs was Fran cia’s; and you shall hear how the king of vul tures exorcises his sway. . With him, as with all tyrants, gorging, is the principal attribute, and gorging of: blood. When the vulture king smells a carcass from afar, or when he, pounces with his death like talons upon a living animal, the imperial bird, nurtured to savage ferocity by such repasts, fills his craving maw with flefih, and slakes his insatiable thirst with blood. All his subjects stand apart at a respectable dis tance, whetting their appetites and regaling their nostrils but never dreaming of an ap proach to tho carcass till their master has sunk into ft state of repletion. When the royal bird, by falling on his side, closing his eye, and stretching on tho ground his unclenched talons, gives notice to his surrounding and expectant subjects that their master has-gone to rest, up they hop in hundreds to the carcass. But the most remarkable of all. tho feathered tribe in Paraguay, is the parrot; including all the va rieties of tho family, from the cockatoo and guacamays, down to the little parroquot, not more than throe inches in length. Though green and yellow are tho most prominent colors in their plumage, yet the Indians with various dyes, so tinge their wings, pulling out tho-old feathers, and anointing the new shoots with im perishable colors, that you see parrots in Para gliay of all shades of plumage. ,So acute are theso birds, so exquisite thelr oars, so sagacious their perception, and so strong their imitative powers, that they will listen attentively for a few minutes, when a person is speaking, and then give both tho words and tho tone of the speaker. They will imitate the cry of a child, tho squeak of a pig, tho bark of a dog, and the mew of a cat, all so admirably, that it is impos sible not to class them as ventriloquists of the first order. In regard to animals, insects and reptiles, the soil of* Paraguay is prolific. There are the jaguar, the lion, the ounce, tho wild boar, the tiger, the monkey, the ferret, tho stag, the antolopo, abundance of horned cattle, hor ses, asses and mules. J • The boa constrictor abounds in the woods of Villa-Real, which are also filled with lizards, rattlesnakes, locusts, binchucas, beetles, mosquitoes andtavanos, with many others of other tribes too numerous to mention. Intensity of the Cold in Spitzbehcen.—No description can give an adequate idea of the in tense rigor of the six months’ winter in that part of the world. Stones crack with the noise of thunder. In a crowded hut, the breath of the occupants will fall in flakes of snow; wine and spirits turn to ice; the snow burns like caustic} if iron touches the flesh, it brings the flesh away with it, the soles of your stockings may bo burnt ofl* your feet before you feel the slightest warmth from the fire; linen token out of boil ing water instantly stiffens to the consistency of a wooden .board, and. heated atones will not pre vent the sheets of the bed from freezing. If those are the effects of the climate within an air-tight, tiro-warmed, crowded hut, what must they bo among the dark, storm-lashed mountain peaks outside! D 2?” ’SVlien Dr. Franklin’s mother-in-law first discovered that tho young man had a hankering for "her daughter, that good old. lady said she did not know so well about giving her daughter to a printer—there wore already two printing offices in the United States, and she was not certain the country would support them. It was plain young Franklin would depend for his support on tho'fproflla of a third, and this was rather a doubtful chance. If such an objection was urged to a would-be son-in-law when there were but two printing offices in tho United States, how can a printer hope to get a wife now, when tho recent census showed tho num ber to bo 16,067 ? A parsimonious old rip hail frequently boon annoying one of our coopers by bringing him most outlandish jobs of putting heads in old barrels, and staves to oid barrel-heads, han dles to old tubs, and tubs to old handles, but on Tuesday last ho capped the climax —ho (nut somehow procured a second hand hung-holo and insisted upon the cooper’s building a new barrel to it. AT $2,00 PER ANNUM Philosophy of light Digestion. In a dietetic point of view it would bo well for weak stomachs to remember that wild birds are more nutritous than their domesticated cou sins, and more digestible. But the white breast or wing of a chicken is less heating than the flesh of winged game. Other game—such as venison, which is dark colored, and contains a great portion of llbrin —.produces highly stimu lating chyle: and, consequently, the d'gestion is an easy and rapid nfiair for the stomach. But ihoughithq whiter meats bo detained lon ger in the stomach, furnish less stimulating chyle, and bo suffered to run into aceous fer mentation, their lesser stimulating quality may recommend them when the general system is nofin want of a spur. Meats are wholesome, or otherwise, less with reference to themselves than to the consumer. ‘‘To assert a tiling to hd wholesome, ’ says Van Sweden, "without a knowledge of a person's condition, is like the sailor pronouncing the wind to be fair without knowing to what port the vessel is bound.”' ■ ° . Dr. Doram. Sambo’s Sermon, "Strait am de road; and narrow am do pall that leadcff to glory. Brcdern, wo arc all dis sembled here tills night to hear the word aplaincd and monslrated to you. Yes, and I mean to splain it as clear as de light iff de libin day. We are all wicked sinners here below.; dat am de fack, my bredern ; and 1 nictin to tell you how dot cum. Adam was de fust man and Eve was de tudder. Cain was a wicked man, lease he kill his brudder Abel; T gucSs dis seems to strike your uuderstandin’, den, how de fust white man cum. When pain killed his brudder de mnssa cum and ho sade, ■Cain, whar’s your brother Abel? Gain say, "dun no, Mossa,” den he come back again, mity sharp dis time, and he say, "Cain, whar’s your brudder Abel ?” De nigger den got frightened', and he turn white ; dat am de way do fust white man come on de face of dis circu lutn globe. Now, let its sing, my colored flock de twenty elcbcht him, tickle her meclor.” The Late Fight .in Kentiickt.— Telegraphic despatches a few days since made mention of the fact of a fight between Messrs. T. T. Gar rard and B. F. Rice, opposing candidates lon Congress in the Sixth District of Kentucky. By the Richmond, Ky.i -Mcmcnger, wo have the particulars of the affray: Wo learn that a difficulty occurred in Boon villa on Monday last, between T. T. Garrard, the regular Democratic nominee' for Congress, and B. F. Rice, the Independent Democratic candidate. It secms.thnt Garrard, in a speech, reflected severely upon Rico, find his course in becoming a candidate, and Rice in Ids replyro torted bittcriv, giving Mr. Garrard ns good ns ho sent. Garrard replied, stating that Rice’s remarks ".were ns false as h —l.” Rice called hima“d—d liar, whereupon. Garrard drew a pistol and fired at Rice without touching him. A Mr. Gibson, son-in-law of Mr. Garrard, im mediately drew a pistol and tired three or four times, two balls taking effect upon Rice, badly wounding him, and a third upon a man by the name of Smith, who is thought to he mortally wounded,- the ball having phased through his nOhK : wounds are:;very sovcrp.-bniiire ; wS.Shsldered very dangerous. ThO.aflafris and where it will .end .wo cannot .v ; i. ' A Balcoon in tub Lake. —As the propeller Jefferson, Capt. Bond, was fussing Brio, about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, some five miles from shore, a large balloon was discovered about throe miles in the air, above Brio, travelling in a northeasterly direction. Captain Bond was looking at it through the glass, when he saw it rapidly descend to the and in a few min utes strike the water. Twcfrpnrjons wore seen in tho basket, and one of them waved a while signal for relief. The captain ordered the course ol the propeller to bo changed towards the suf ferers, and when a, short distance from them a small boat was lowered and manned and sent to them. One of them proved to ho Mr. Lynn, the editor of the £n'e Dispatch. They wore standing in tho basket, which was sunk in the water up to their heads. The small boat was made fast to the balloon, when a tug came out from Erie and took them.ashore. : Mr.,Kyle, the clerk 'of the propeller Jefferson, and to whom wo are indebted.for those particu lars, informs us that tbe wind was hauling the balloon through tho water at tho rate of about tlvo miles an hour, and it required considerable exertion for tho small boat to overtake it. Tho men in the balloon were quite jocular over the mishap, but as, they shook like the ague and were ns white ns sheets, their mirth seemed to bo of a rather ghostly character. Tbo propeller was about seven miles from them when they struck the water. The prompt action of Capt. Bond, Mr. Kyle and others on board tho pro peller, saved the lives of tho unfortunate aero nauts beyond doubt. Tho manager of tho balloon was the editor of the Dispatch , who has been on several aerial ex cursiorts before. The ascension was made In the presence of a large concourse of people at Erie. A tug had been engaged to ho in readi ness to go to tho relief of the aeronauts in case they struqk the lake, hut somehow it did not get started until the propeller’s small boat had picked them up. They were in tho lake half an hour. A correspondent ol the Wisconsin Chief thus sums up the characteristics of human ex istence : . “ All confidence is lost between man. and man. The bottom has fallen put of cvmrytbing. Shrewd business managers are choatinjf God in their professions, and the devil in their bar. gains. Ginger is made out of mustard, and coffee of chicory. -Young Hyson is raised in tho cow pasture, and Young America in the dram shop. Pure wines are made of poor whisky, and Havanas of herbs. Bascalily has become a virtue, and rot gut turned to vinegar Legislatures are marked as merchants mark goods, and tho peoples’ funds absorbed by cha ritahlc purposes. Governors are knocked off for $50,000, legislatures from $5,000 to $20,000. Railroad stock is down below zero. Caucuses are. “packed,” and young men electioneer on tho Sabbath. Fairbank’s scales have taken to swindling, and old rats soljing their tails to spike cannon. Jewsharps are palmed off ns harps of a thousand strings, and Democrats as • genuine Republicans’—sperrits of just men made perfect.’ ” K 7” A lovc-sick swain, desirous to indicate the extent and character of his love for the cm. press of his heart, exclaimed: « Ah, Miss Brown, my affection (or you is as strong ns—as —as—ns the butter they gave ns fordinnor!”— She was satisfied, ns she boarded at the same house. The bargain was struck, and they were married. - 03?” “Is the sense of smelling more pleasing than tho sense of tasting 7” was the question up before a western debating society in nbnr room. Uncle Joe was tho last to speak upon the nega tive, and all were anxious to hoar him deliver himself. Walking up to the barkeeper,die cal led for a hot whisky punch, and drank it oir with groat gusto; then, turning to his oppo nents, ho handed tho glass to Ida leading dispu tant, and thundered out: “Now, jmeff if. you varmint!” It is needless to add that-Unclo Joe “brought down the house,” and also the deci sion (or the negative. - \S~J~ Tito costume of the Spanish ladies has not been changed for over two hundred years. 1, MU«I Kovttu rn Mithi)i)ery. Tlio bright RunshV™ .md Wray air, thf . young frtsh gra.ss; c „^ t of overspreads laWn find field, buds of trees, bursting into leases attd'V«§. soins, rcmlnds.ua that "spring lime of year” lias fairly made its -entree for the season.- Amidst the genial nssbeiations frith tvhicli itq annually recurring visit is ever welcomed; we would direct the attention of our especially of pur fair country-Women, in lowtl, and country, to the rational pleasure and real’ advantages to bp derived from the mofc general and assidubhs cultUmllun of ornamental shrubs and flowers, and tho more choice, select varieties of fruits. , 1, i ■: These arcjgjjc cJicHtdicd.alil'.b as die f\rat ornaments of tKemsftifi s f''rtml tullivaled home stead, and the prized \fcws»rbs,of the garden and the field. Yet, how seldom do Wo find, even upon our bitter cultivated farms and gw dens, any systematic attention to the collection, and improvement of the choice and beautiful among them. 1 Exceptions, though compara tively " few, and far between,” wo are happy to record. But why sb fetv ? The hands 0( the Indies in the coim try where cuStbfn dots nift sanction, and necessity seldoni requires, tluit, they should participate in the more arduous and vigorous pursuits of life, may be more appro priately applied, with surpassing skill and suc cess, in the ingenious employments of the liglj-. ter ,and more delicate departments of horticul ture. The most refined baste and discrimina-, ting intelligence may there find tin ample field for its grateful exercise. None is-more inno cent, none is more congenial, or capable of be-, ing wielded to more substantial benefit when,, adopted ns part of the pursuits and discipline, of domestic economy—-none more conducive to health and cheerfulness—two indispensiblb rer, quisttes of real happiness in every condition and sphere of society. "Flowers arc God's smiles," said Wibcrforcc —and the fruits of the season are His peculiar bounties. Let them be enjoyed in that ever exlmustless munificence with wltioh' a genial climate and fertile soil reward the peer less deserts of diligent and skillful industry* As to the more immediate and substantial benefit flowing from horticultural labor and im provement—the production of fruits and vegeta bles in the highest perfection—they arc too fa miliarly obvious ,to require any argument, or even comment for their rccomcndalion. Jn tha • vicinity of nearly evcl-y largeand populous city, they constitute an important part of the rclia ble. prodnctive wealth of the community. Ripe and well chosen fruits, in their appropriate sea sons, temperately and prudently eaten, arc con ducive alike to the health of (he consumers and ,the prosperity of the producers. He who has ever regaled his palate, or appeased the want of natnre. from these juicy treasures of the tee ming earth—he who has tasted the delicious of ferings of the virgin Spring, or plucked the gol den mellow fruits of Summer, needs no dthcb conviction than his own gratified senses, of theif inappreciable excellence. The culture of flowersand ornamental shrubs is marc a matter of intellectual taste, and min isters more especially to the gratification of the inward sentiments and sympathies of our moral being than to the supply of our physical wants. But horticulture, or the art of gardening, while NO. 51. it embodies in itself a science of intrinsic inte rest, entitled to high consideration and attentive improvement, loading our tables with the sub stantial necessaries and delicate'luxuries of life, awakens inclination and supplies facilities for this more elegant department of industry.; and its progressive improvement in any community bears evidence of a corresponding improvement in refined and cultivated taste. Uow infinitely superior are these cultivated; embellishments, redolent with d thousand sweets, and blushing with as many vailed hues, sußused from the ready pencil of nature, to the most curious and labored decorations of art. . _ While we commend the whole subject to lhe fostering care and attention of our readers gen erally. we can but commend this branch ot.it to our fair young country-.w.pmep especially rr-.e bother they live within or without, the cd.rpdr i?dljdti}limils of- the oily. The cuilingw'n'd'i(i^ , .‘ T :>! ring’of beautiful flowers.the trainihgof theferiV/' der flexile vino,' the selection , of delicate fSil£ff: greens and aromatic shrubbery, is an employ? ■ raent peculiarly suited to.the Chastened feel ings and refined sensibilities. And our fair rea ders will remember that nature fans not strewn the flowers, the vines, and the ever-blooming verdure, which carpet tho earth and spread beauty with enchantment over mountain and valley, with lavish and unmeaning prodigality. She causes the rose and the jessamind, the wood bine mid the honey-suckle, to yield their deli cious fragrance for the comfort and happiness of man. If any of the ambrosial sweets and pristine beauties of the earthly paradise survive to the world, surely they are distilled from the flowers and revealed in their delicate hues. True ir/iig. A Nobt.e Skntimbnt.—Some true heart has given expression of its generous nature in tho following beautiful and noble sentiments: - “ Never desert a friend when enemies gather around him ; when sickness falls on the heart— when the world is dark and cheerless then is tho time to try a friend. They who turn from tho scene of distress betray, their hypocrisy .and prove that interest only moves them. If you have a friend who loves you and studies your interest and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his former kind ness is appreciated, and that his love Is not thrown away. Real fidelity may bo rare, but it exists in the heart. Who has not seen and felt its power ? They deny it who never loved a friend or labored to make a friend happy.’ O” A iran writing from Pike’s Peak says: I am going to leave these diggings for a better one. It is too much trouble to tug and pry,up the great big chunks of gold lhat weigh half a ton of so, and arc so thick lhat you cannot get them out without danger of breaking your legs, and lam going'up to'a ravine, where all I have to do is to go to the top of a high mountain and roll it down into the fiver. The country licfe is fine, but the windsarcawful. My boys got so light with caiing roots, that I can only keep them by me. by piling lumps of gold about as big as mallets, on their shirt tails.' as the little innocents sit down on the grass ti* play. Everything is grown here. I can raise ninety bushels of wheat to the acre. Oranges, lemons, arid all such colored fruits, grow wild here, while melons, ptars. apples, poaches and apple dumplings are so plenty lhat they ftnrf no market. Selloff and cojne out here, for you can get rich instantly. [C7“ A butcher presented a bill for tho tenth time to a rich skinflint. ' ‘•lt strikes me." said'the latter, that this is a pretty round bill.” ‘•Yes," replied tho butcher, ‘‘l've sent it around often enough to make it appear so; and I’ve called now to get it squared." O' A marriage recently took place in the jail of St. Francis county. Ark. A beautiful young lady was united in holy wedlock lo one' of tho three brothers who . have recently been' convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hung. -, • Puck's.Pkakeks. —Thousands of disappoin ted. disheartened gold seekers are returning from I’lke’s Peak. They are in a desperate' condition, and threaten violence, to. those wits' tern tpwns which encouraged emignifioif. Star vation!'murders and suicides are' the order of the day-at Pike's Peak. j ' : • ; 0!7” In Philadelphia, oh Monday oFlaStwcck forty-two fatherless boys, from six lo tCß'years of age, were-admitted ns ptipils in' Ui6 Girard College.' The College is now full. 037* The entire cost.of the Sickles trial to lira associated press of New York was 33082 29’; of which Sum 33100 was for telegraphic' tolls; The whole number of words telegraphed Was 152,000. 337‘ Snyder’s Foundry, at Mt. Joy, tamcAs ter county, was destroyed by fire on' Sildrilfejy week. Loss 58,000.