ass-s XmEMCAN VOLUNTEER. fODLISBED EVERY THURSDAY jIDBiJtNQ Dt John B* Bralton. , TERMS Hudsorirtioh. —Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, Said in odvanco; Two Dollars if paid within the roar and Two Dollars'and Fifty Cents, if not Lid ’within the year. These terms will ho rig- Mly.adhered to in every instance. No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the .option of the Editor. • 1 Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding ono square, will be inserted throe timesforOno Dollar, end twenty-five cents (or each additional insertion. Those of a great tcr length iiPproportion. •’ Joh-PhiNTiNQ —Such as Hand-bills, Posting bills, Famj-lhlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exo cufod with accuracy and at the shortest notice. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor is Proprietor . lB- 1859. Disgusted with liis Party. Stephen F. J. Trahue was the-Know-Nothing candidate for Congress in the eighth district of Kentucky, and in that capacity made an elec tioneering tour through ttie.counties composing it. After thus associating with his political lAiehds, and ascertaining their opinions and feel ings, fie Withdrew from the contest in disgust. £ o d joined the Democrats. In a letter to the voterA oftheVlistrictVheaays: ' “ This opposition party I regard as but.a faction, having no measure of public policy —no motive or feeling to aoiuate them other than hate to Democracy and hope for office—and so I have charged ihroughout the district —a fac tion which, if successful, will be powerless for good, and only powerful for evil. Regarding the Democratic parly as the only truly national party of the country, and the only one capable of fighting successfully the many factions .of the day. and the Black republican party pnrtic. cularly. I believe it to be the- duty of all imp constitutional national men. and the people of the South especially, in the present and ap proaching crisis of I’B'GO, lo sustain that party. Hence to it my help and support shall accord ingly be given- In my canvass throughout the district, I endeavored lo present my views ful ly, and which I regard as truly national, invol ving the best interests of the people of the whole country, as well the naturalized citizen as the native born • and when I found those so recent ly the loudest in their protestations of adhe rence to American -principles now the most wil ling to wholly and shamefully abandon them, I resolve to retire from the canvass, leaving those true men who have determined to support, me to am as they may deem best for the good of their country. Cavalry Depot, Carlisle Barracks, I August Bth, 1859. J At a meeting held at the Barracks of the Fer manet Company of the Cavalry Depot, the fol lowing resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That fhc non-CommissiOned officers and privates of the Cavalry Depot most respect fully sympathize'with the family and friends of the late Capl. James B. M’Cartnet, well known by all, and universally respected for his gentle manly. bearing and general deportment, and deeply regret, that in the prime of life, one'so young and universally beloved, should have met with such a sudden and melancholy a death. , 'Resolved, That a copy of the above proceed ings be furnished the :edifors of the Borough, with a request to be published .by the same., D. A. MURRAY, ■ Serg’t. Major, Cavalry Depdt. J. -POWELL,. -■ q: M’. Serg’t.', Cavalry Depot. W. H, WTCOFP, Superintendent Clerk. At a special meeting of St. John’s Lodge, tfo. 260. the following resolutions were unani mously adopted :■ Whereas, We have heard of the sudden de cease of .our beloved brother, James B. M Oaut- Net. and as it is fitting that we should give expression to our feelings on this melancholy event. Therefore— . Resolved, That we bow with due submission to the Divine Will, we cannot but regret the death of one who was bound to os by the clo sest fraternal lies. Resolved, That in the death of brother M'GartNf.y.Si. John’s Lodge has lost an active influential member,'Masonry one of its most ar dent supporters,.and his friends a cherished as sociate. . , Resolved. That we deeply sympathize with his bereaved parents in their affliction, and hope they may find consolation' from that source where alone it is to be obtained. , ' Resolved, That these proceedings be publish ed in the papers of the borough, and a copy Bent to the family of the deceased GEORGE Z. BENTZ. WM M.: PENROSE, JOHN A. HOMERIOH, GEORGE WISE, JOHN D. GORGAS, Committee. 017“ At a Special Meeting of the “Sum ner. Rifle 'Company,” held at their Armory, on Monday evening. August 8, 1859, the fol lowing preamble and resolutions were unani mously adopted: Whereas, In the mysterious ways of a Di vine Providence we_ are called upon to mourn the death of our companion in arms, and first officer. Captain Jambs B. McCartney, who, in the vigor of manhood, with the prospect of future usefulness, and in the full tide of fntlita- ■ ry renown and success, has been suddenly re moved from our midst. Therefore it is Resolved , Ry the members of the "Sumtiev Rifle Company, I '' That whi e we bow with meekness and submission to the will of Almigh ty God, as manifest in this,fearful dispensation —knowing that in.his hands ‘'all things work together lor good," yet we cannot but. deeply regret the sad calamity which has deprived hun of life—his parents of an affectionate and obe fiicnt son—his company of an able and efficient o (jj ce this community of a promising and useful member; fi'Hng the hearts of relations and friends with grief and anguish at the loss of one, who, in the morning of life, was univer sally beloved and esteemed.- , . Resolved. That by his death, we are deprived of the valued services, skill and ability of our commanding officer, whose name and memory shall be treasured as one ever ready to sustain, direct and encourage his comrades.an ornament lo the military profession, and prominent among the citizen soldiery of this Commonwealth. Resolved. Thot in this, the hour of their sad tereavement. we otter to the afflicted members of his family our warmest sympathies, aim con dole with them, the early decease of him. wno Was at once, the pride and slay of his family. Resolved. In token o.f respect 10 ihe memory of the deceased, that the Armory bo draped m Mourning. and that we wear the usual badge ot mourning for the period of sixty days. Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions bo transmitted to the family of the deceased, and that they be published in the papers of the C ° William Holmes, John B. Alexander. Jacob .Sclimohl.Thos. H. Ramsey, John P. Brisbane, Wm. Marlin, Committee. Blackberries and Huckleberries. Hun dreds of. bushels of these fruits are sent daily from New Jersey to New York city. Black- Wies bring from ®2 to S 3 per ’ bushel, and suoklebefries from 82 25 to 84 50. K?“Tlie receipts into the United States! re - tur ,v for Iho last three quarters ot the tiscal J oar Mdlng on Ist Julv, from customs, lands; and Miscellaneous sources, were $88,580,000, $BO,- ’’W more than Mr. Cobb’s-estiuiatos.- inierifflii BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 46. THE CHOICE. There’s beauty everywhere I go, - There's beauty everywhere— Amid the country woods and lanes. And the city thoroughiare. The rising sun is beautiful, And radiant in its light; V The moonshines out in splendor, '-“•Midst the stillness of lho night. ' The city domes vise bold timid . , .'Surrounding scenery, Like conquerors with glory crowned, Returned from victory. The ocean waves dance merrily, -Likadiamonds sparkling bright* . The mountain tbps are tipped with gold, s , Bathed,in a flood of light. The birds sing sweetly as they fly .Amid the greenwood frees; The busy ants are toiling on, And merrily hum the bees. There’s music to the soul in this, There’s beauty everywhere, In summer or in autumn, Oi the springtime of the year. . There’s heauty.in the winter, When the sn'otv is.on the ground. When north winds whistle shrilly, . A.nd icicles are found. When Christmas comes again once more, And absent friends return, And gather round the social hearth To see the yule log burn; When mistletoe and holly deck Our walls in robes of gtuen; Oh, Christmas, is as happy a time , As any 1 have seen. But there’s something far more beautiful Than aught that’s mentioned here, Than city, country, wood, or grove, Or seasons of the year— ' More beautiful than ocean, The mountains, or the vale, The sun in all its glory. Or the.moonbeams shining pale. ■ Oh, the brightest beauty in the world Is a kind and gentle smile Which from a loving heart proceeds, And gladdens earth awhile. It cheers the sad and desolate, ’Tis sunshine to the soul, , It sheds a ray of kindly'hope, A wounded heart makes whole. Oh, could I choose a boon IVom Heaven, I know what it would be;. a-s. Not honor, riches, glory— • But a loving heart for me. THE BEGGAR’S DEATH, By SCHUBEBT. The beggar on his lonely bed, In wretchedness is dying; And yet, effulgent on his head, A crown divine is lying, Como, quiet onVttt and silent grave, 1- His limbs forsaken pnver; He' lays On you'his wanderer’s stall', ■, :';Hi's is over. . On riches, honor, pleasure, strife. No trust of his is centred ; ■He hastens naked from this life, . , As naked it lie entered. A Christian man, ho dies in bliss. When kings may l|g forsaken; A treasure beyond price is his, - A faith in Christ unshaken. Hough is the bier on which he lies, On pauper help depending; No funeral pomps for him arise. No purchased tears descending. Into the common earth his frame, In careless haste, is buried ; And in his grave obscure, his name Is now forever buried. y u t God, for his great day of grace, Is that poor name retaining, . The mute entreaties ol that faro Not, like mankind, disdaining. He whom the princes ol tho land On earth were coldly spurning. Will soon be at his God’s right.hand, In zeraph glory burning. My God I if ’tis thy wise, decree That here in want I languish. May I, like Lazarus, in thee Find comfort in my anguish 1 May angels bear my soul, like his. From this poor world of sorrow. To endless plains of heavenly bliss— To an eternal morrow. Mmikmw. Woman’s Patience. ' It is pie-ominentiy in woman that this virtue of Patience is exemplified, as indeed hdr sphere gives more occasion for the passive virtues than lor active and noisy heroism. Often it is given to her to sutler, where it is given to man to toil; and too often does woman suffer without due sympathy from that sterner nature whoso very toil she sweetens with her gentle assiduities. — The noblest pages of heroism and of martyrdom aro unwritten, save in God’s book 01. remem brance; for who could write the Patience of a wife’s devotion, of a mother’s love, in seeking salvation for her house ? Where there is one Miriam to lead tne song of the exultant host, there are a thousand Mary’s living in obscurity, pondering in their hearts the promised rcilunip tion, and through ignominy, and disappointment and delay, and sorrow piercing like a sword, still magnifying the Lord, and waiting, for his salvation, beside the cross and at the door of tho sepulcher. Where there is one Deborah to arouse the tribes lo battle with her war-chants, there aro a thousand Hannahs, who with silent but agonizing prayer, wait upon God, and who bring their Samuels to his altar ns the sacrifice of'love, and faith, and hope. The mother of tho great Augustine, who for fifteen hundred years has so largely moulded tho creed ol the church, the devout Monica, had in her own household tho most bitter trials. Her husband, a proud and sensual Pagan, hating tho cross, and hating her lor having embraced the cross, would not only annoy her by all manner ol hea then orgies in the house, but being a man ot most violent temper, would turn upon her the iury of his passion. Especially did he seek to thwtirt her religious influence over their sop. He brought up Augustine in pagan schools, and even allowed him in the vices ol the imc,s Bnt through all this Monica was so gentle, so kind, no meek so patient, so faithful, that at length she softened the tiger to a lamb, and Inar hus band before he died acce|itcd the aith o Christ. But his evil example outlived him in his ’ and Augustine, at twenty, boamitul in person, brilliant in intellect, bad all tho ;' e ™g L sea of his father's fiery nature, stronghentd by fndulgenco, and now lelt without tBtlu * n '’ Monica had’given him to God; she '."“ l ' od divine truth along his path from inf “"®y "P, ward; and clinging to ttie unlading promises o grace, sho (ollowed him still with her pa'iont love. One day she stood before her pastor ii the tears streaming down her careworn olk-ok, •and besought him to use his influence to re ckiiin her son. “ Wait,’’ said tho man o( God, , » watt patiently t tho son of these tears cannot P °Now a popular teacher of rhetoric—Augus- tine leaves Carthage, Which ho had found a “ caldron of unholy loves,” lo seek Ins fortune at Milan, the court of fho’ompire. There, while winning applause as a rhetorician, he pursues the same godless and dissolute life amid the gayi ties and dissipations of the capital. But bis mother followed him across the sea and into strange lands j and for thirteen years of his man hood, she carries this great sorrow of an apos. tale son, waiting upon him in love, waiting upon God in faith,”saying, “I will see him a Chris tian yet before I die.” At length Patience has its perfect work. Before lihe dies, Augustine lives. And as her star of hope, which hud been the only light of his stormy seas, sinks to its peaceful rest. Ids sun arises to illumine the church of God from age to age. Air and Sunshine. “Pure sir for the lungs and bright sunlight for the eyes” is a physiological-maxim which should nevey be forgotten. ‘ On this subject the Springflelu iiepuolican has some very good re marks. . It says:—“ When, the trees about a dwelling shade the ground so thoroughly that the grass and shrubbery Will not grow, and the rooms of the house have a constant air of damp ness and gloom, and the outside gathers moss and mold, it is time to make war upon the trees and open a pathway for the sunshine and warm air. If it were not for Jhe beneficent visits pi the hot winds from sunnier spots occasionally, such homes would be as noisome and fatal us tombs. The vital statistics of cities show the sunny side of the streets to he the most healthy, notwithstanding the insane efforts made even by the inhabitants of cities to exclude the little sunlight that attempts to reach them; and we have no doubt that the statistics of country re sidences would show the same general fact. A certain amount of shado is essential to comfort, hut when it-reaches the point of excluding sun shine altogether, it. becomes a positive evil. — When wo talk about opening windows and doors, wo know what the exclamation of tidy house keepers will bo. Flies are a nuisance, we con fess, multitudinous, disagreeable and dirty; dust from the streets is insufferable, and faded carpets are a daily mortification. But alter nil, are not.rosy cheeked and lively children,'and vigorous and cheerlnl women, more ornamental and more essential to the comfort of a family than the best preserved colors in the.worsted work or entire immunity from the annoyance of flies 7 Let ns welcome the visits of the health air and sunshine, and look out for the essential conditions of vigor and cheerfulness first'of all, and if matters of mere show must be sacrificed, why, let them slide.” Power of a mother's Love. . A "writer in the Boston Times describes a visit to n penitmthiry at Philadelphia,'dud gives the following sketch of an interview between Mr.. ScatteVgood, the humane warden of the prison, and a young man who was about to enter on his .imprisonment. Few will read it without deep emotion: . We passed on to the ante-room again, where we'encountered a new-comer,'who had Just reached the prison as wo. entered. He had just been sent op, for ttvd years on a charge ot em bezzlement. • 'V -i, r, -V- He was 'attlred in the latest style of fashion; and possessed all the nojicka/cacc and careless appearance of a gentleman rowdy. He twirled his watch chain, looking particularly knowing at a couple of ladies who chanced to tie present, and seemed utterly .indifferent about himself or the predicament he was placed in. The warden read his commitmept, and addressed him with s , •• Chut'les, lam sorry to see thee here.?’ « It can’t be helped, old lellow.” “ What is thy age. Charles ?” “Twenty-three.” “ A Philadelphian ?’? “ Well, kinder, and kinder not.” <i Thee has disgraced thyself sadly.” « Well. I ain’t troubled, old stick.” “ Thee looks not like a rogue.” “ Matter of opinion.” . “ Thee was well situated?” ’, “ Yes. well enough.” “ In good employ ?” Well, so so.” “ And thee has parents ?” yes.? s •‘ Perhaps thee has a mother, Charles ?” The convict had been standing during the brief dialogue perfectly unconcerned and reck less, until this last interrogatory was put. Had a thunderbolt struck him, he could not have fallen more suddenly than ho did when filename of “mother” fell on his ear. He sank into a chair—a torrent of tears gushed from his eyes —file very fountain of his heart seemed to have burst on the-instant. Ho recovered partially, and said imploringly to tho warden, “Don’t you, sir, for God's sake, don’t call her name in this dreadful place! Do what you may with me, but don’t mention that name to met” There were tears in other eyes besides the prisoner’s, and an aching silence pervaded the group which surrounded the unfortunate con. vict. A Chaiuhno Cbeatdbe. — A young clerk has been for the last four years employed in Ihe counting-house of Paris, a merchant, in the Spanish trade. This latter lias a niece brought’ up in Spain, and an orphan. She is not beau tiful, but refined and intelligent. At bails which she attended here, the past winter, escorted by her uncle, she danced but little; the truth being that sho was seldom invited, except when tho young clerk chanced to be present and offered tho civility of requesting her to be his partner in a quadrille. It was thus that their acquaint ance was made and ripened, A fortnight ago the clerk obtained permission from Mademoiselle Frbricia to demand her hand in marriage trora her guardian, his employer. Tho latter seemed surprised, and received the proposal with coolness. However, alter a long consultation with his niece, lie gave his consent, and the marriage took place as soon as the ne cessary formalities could bo accomplished. Two days subsequently, at breakfast, the young brido, observing the discontent of her* husband at being obliged to return to his busi ness so early in the honeymoon, said, “Well, don’t go to-day. Don’t go any more I” “ Not go to tho counting-house, my love I That is easy enough to say, but ” “ It is easy enough to do, also.” “ Indeed! how so?” ,“ Nothing m ro simple in the world, I have a million and a half of fortune I In my appa. rently.modest position I determined to choose a husband with a good heart. Do you blame mo ?” The gentleman’s reply is not recorded. There is a receipt to ho found in a book called the Farmers’ Receipt Book, to secure horses and other animals against the attacks of flies, which we republish at this season in hope that cartmon, back drivers, and others employ .ed about horses, will bo induced to try its cfli- two or three small handfuls of walnut leaves, upon which pour two or three quarts of cold water; lot it infuse one night, and pour the whole next morning into a kettle, and let it boll for a quarter of an hour; when cold it will be (it for use. No more is required than to moisten a sponge and before the horse goes out of the stable, lot those par a which are most Irritable, bo smeared oyer with the liquid, viz: between and upon the oars, t(io neck, the flank, &o.— Not only tho gentleman or lady who rides out for pleasure, will derive benefit from the walnut leaves thus prepared, but tho coachman, the wagoner, and all others who use horses during tiio hot months.” If on any occasion ynur wife should exclaim to you “now tumbleovi,r thecradle and break your neck, do V'-don't you.do.tt. “OCR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE jIIOIIT— BCT RIGHT OR WRONG, OCR COUNTRY".” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1859. Amusing Binuder of a Milesian Female— Stephen Girard’s Wardrobe. We heard a storyof.Milesian stupidity yes terday, that bangs Banneker. outstrips in point of absurdity anything cVeT narrated by Charles Lever, and has. the additional merit of being true.. , ’, As everybody knows, one of the objects of public interest in thi's.jpity is Girard'College. Few strangers, who have the necessary leisure, lake their departure without first seeing it; while scores of people explore its entire resour ces and appurtenances,.?; Perhaps the most cu rious feature of the institution is a room con taining many of the personal effects of the char itable millionaire. In this room is exhibited a large portion of Mr. Girard’s wardrobe, inclu ding Itnee breeches, shoe buckles and other ar ticles-not at present in yoguc, ami upon-which most people look with no inconsiderable inter est. ■ A few days since a-pafty of Friends, com prising eight persons, male and female, made their first visit to the city. They inspected the Mint, Fairmbunt park, and other places, at once, devoting the last day ,of their stay to a leisurely tour through Girard College. They first" went over the grounds, and then, saw the pupils, the schopl Tobias, the dormitories and playrooms. They ihemasked to boshbwn “the room where Stephen’spld clothing was kept.” Their escort here.? we forgot to mention, was a recently engaged female- domestic, rather fresh from the sod, who prbfejssed to know how to do “everything, and a dale besides.” Milesian female listened to the’;, request to be shown “Stephen’s old clothing, ’’ and. remarked ihat “nothing wus aysier.” - She conducted the par ly to the fourth story of- the building occupied by Professor Stevens,-; She brought seats for her guests, and then Spread beforelhem several pairs of pants, a good deal the worse for wear, a number of vests in like condition, and two coats, one with a c awi.hammer tail, and the other a dress coat that had been converted into a “bob.” , • ■ . The visitors handled the garments with great veneration, expressed ..themselves .freely as; to Friend Stephen's taste -in personal apparel, commented upon the'stitching of the button holes, the cut of the unmentionables, and final ly retired, greatly gratified at having ocularly examined ‘ Friend Stephen’s wardrobe.” As they descended the stairs the party passed the open door of a sleeping room, ip which Mrs. Professor Stevens, was itakihg a siesta. Mrs. Stevens saw one. two.three and finady eight peop e, coming down line Stairs of her own pri vate dwelling, and wonpered what was meant by the intrusion. The|servant girl, however, saw them to lire their_ thanks for her politeness, inexhibiting Stephen's,wear ing, apparel,, and tlienitroturned to her mistress. “Who were those people, Biddy?” asked Mrs. Stevens. ■ '.•-'-■jK. •' “Mighty nicepeopledtidado,ma’am. They’re afthcr lookin' ai Mr, SlOven's ould clothes,” ••Wt:}.Stevens’old / “Yisma'am; sure they itxcd to see ’em, an I tuk ’em up into the garret and showed them Mr. Stevens’ ould breeches and the like of ibim.” v ..h. ;-’V, • • iWrs- Stevens sn.w' ftow’- ipotters.Stood ana laughed until the tears; came. The worthy Friends, wo doubt not. will do the same thing when they learn that, the blundering Irish girl, instead of gratifying their desire to behold the garments worn by Stephen Girard, had treated them to a view, of Professor Stevens’ cast oft clothing. These exotics make stupid blunders sometimes, but we doubt if so singular a niis apprehension as this was ever before recorded. ■ . Philuda. Paper. How delightful it is to contemplate the Hea vens ! They are stretched out as a curtain to dwell in !” Not only as far as the human eye can see, but beyond the remotest boundary which the highest telescopic power can reach .does the ethenal firmament extend? , We can find no limit,,no.boundary., Millions of - miies may be traversed from any given point of space, and still the heavens appear illimitable. And with what gorgeous splendor and magnificence is that curtain adorned ! In every direction it. is studded .with worlds, suns and systems, all harmoniously moving in perfect and undevia ting obedience to the Almighty will. The soul in such a contemplation is absorbed. Earth ceases to hold us with its silver chain. The mind, set free from grovelling pursuits, mounts up, as on the wings of ah eagle, and soars away through immensity of space, surveying and ad miring the innumerable revolving orbs, which like so many ‘'Crowns of glory," and "diadems of beauty, bespangle that firmament whose an tiquity is of ancient days, and which so power fully attest that the hand that made them is divine!”' The immense distance of fixed stars claims Our attention, and awakens the roost en rapturing feelings in the mind. Reason is competed to give the reins to Imagination, which tells us there are stars so distant that their flight has been shining since the creation, and yet, amazingly rapid as light travels, no ray from them has yet reached us! "The hea vens truly declare the glory of God.” and, in beholding such a display of glory and beauty, we are deeply impressed with its manifestation of the power of the Creator, who. sustains, up holds and preserves such myraids of ponderous revolving bodies, each in its orbit, moving in unerring obedience to His will. . Ministerial Difficulties. A clergyman in a mining village not far from Kicarton, in .the course of his pastoral visits called at the domicile uf a collier in bis parish. Inquiring of the woman he saw, and whom he presumed to be the wife, if her husband was at home, she answered: "Deed, no. sir, he sat his work.” ‘-Is your husband, my good wo man, a communicant ?” "A communicant !- He's naething o’ the kind-he’s just a collier! Astonished at the ignorance displayed, the min ister could not avoid ejitcu'atmg. "Oh. what darkness!” The collier's spouse, understand ing the language literally, not.figuratively, was also somewhat astonished. "Darkness, little ye keno’t; had ye been here before we got that extra window in the gable. ye would scarcely have been able to see your finger, afine you. The pastor sighed : it was his first visitation of his flock, and their ignorance certainly deman ded his prayers. "I must, my good woman., put up a petition for you here. petition !—bide awee; nae petitions will be put here sac lang as lam in the house; but a e term we're gaun owre toNewb.ggmg. and then ye may put up as m my o'them as ye line. Novel Wedding —On the o.hult.,in Kan kakee township. Jasper county, strange wedding took place between a Mr. Win. Has kins and Mrs. Anna Mead. The I bridegroom was seventy years old. and ibe bn e was g ing closely on the same delightful period of re stored juvenality. But this is not the strangest part of the story. They had been man and wife twemy-seven years before, and were then parents of five children. At that time they separated, the husband marrying another wile, and the wife niairyihg a Mr. Mead. ■ Each los ing tile second hand partuer, again met as wid ower and widow, and were married as above staled, The Beauty of the Heavens. Christian Heroism. It is easy to die on the battle field—to con-, froqt death there. There earthly prizes are won—stars, bright honors, are glittering amid the sulphurus smoke; there earthly, passions are to bo gratified—my sisters were wronged, my mother butchered, my little brother’s brains dashed out against the wall lomi inan.and could believe the story told of our countrymen —how each, having got a bloody lock of. the murdered woman's hair, sat down in awful, ominous silence, and after counting the number that fell lo cach man’s lot, rose to swear by the great God of Heaven that for every hair they would have a lifer Amid such scenes, with; passions boiling, vengeance calls for bluod. hurling me like a madman, on the edge of steel; and where the shouts of charging comrades cheers him on, the soldier is swepHni blazing-guna-and brlstiing bayonets, in a whirlwind of wild excitement. Bpt to he pining in a dungeon, and never hear the sweet-voice of sympathy; to groan and shriek upon the rack wc-re cowled and shaven murderers are as "devoid of pity as the cold stone wads around ; to suffer as our fathers did, when calm and intrepid, they marched down that street to be hung up like dogs, for Christ’s crown and kingdom, implies a higher courage, is a far nobler, manlier, holier thing. Yet thousands have so died for Jesus. Theiis has been the gentle, holy, heroic spirit of that so'dter boy, whose story is one of the bright incidents that have relieved the darkness of re cent horrors, and shed a.halo of glory around the dreadful front Of war. Dragged from the jungle, pale with loss of blood, wasted to a shadow with famine and hardship, fur away from father or mother, or any earthly friend, sorrbunded with a cloud of black incarnate fiends, he saw" a Mohammedan convert, appalled at the preparations for his torture, about to de nounce his faith. Fust dying, almost beyond the vengeance of his enemies; this good, brave boy had a moment-more, to live, a breath more to spend. . Love to Jesus, the ruling passion, was strong in death ; and so as the gates of heaven were rolling open to receive his ransom ed spirit, he raised himself up, and canting an imploring look on the wavering convert, cried, "O, do riot deny your Lord I” A noble death, and a right noble testimony .—Guthrie. Socking Information; “Can you direct me to the——Hotel ?” iri quireda gentleman with a carpet bag, of a hor ly Hibernian, standing on the steps of a rail road station. “Faith,” was the reply, “it's jist I that can do 'that same. You see you jist go up that strate, till you come to Thaddy.O’Mulligau’s shop. Then—” . “ But I don’t know where Thaddy O’Mulli gan’s shop. os you call it, is.” , “0, faith, why didn’t I think of that. Well, then, your honor must keep on till you git to .the apple,yvpman’s standi on the corner of the bflck'H®dwhiil”iB, ond kapF'lhat dii' the right. I and go till ye gel to the sign of the big watch, and mind you don’lrfiill down thereaway : then you kape on a.little farther till ye come to a big tree, and after that’ you turn to the right or left, but by (he bones of St. Patrick, f don’t know which.” ; The traveler turned m despair to a long, lank Jonathan, the same inquiry. “Maybe y’ou’re going to put up there?” querried Jonathan. “Yes, I intend to.” “Did you come from far oft ?” “Yes, from Philadelphia,” was the impatient reptv ; “but can you tell me where the—” “Got any more baggage ?” said the impertur bable Yankee. "No, this is all.” said the traveler,.convinced that the only way to directions was to | submit to the questioning.. “Going to slay long?”' "Couldn’t say,” was the reply, in rather a crusty manner. "But I’m in a hurry and would like to be directed—” “Wail a minute. I reckon you’re a married man, ain’t you ?” “No,Tam not : and now I won't answer any more till you have answered.” ‘.-Well, squire, said the Yankee, coolly, "I’d like to oblige you. but the truth"is. I have never been in the totVn before mystjlf” "->■ In less than a minute," a carpet bag with a man attached, was seen hurrying away from that vicinity. He didn’t find asking directions of any particular advantage An Elopement. —The Albany Journal of the 3d inst., says: “ A music teacher, by the name of Ponlton, was dismissed from an educational institution at Fort Edward, some lithe since, for incompe tenov and ‘indiscreet’ immorality. As if to demonstrate the wisdom of the managers of the institution, ho eloped, (leaving his wife and children, a few nights since.) with a voting Indy of.that place, a formerpnpil of this institution, and took lodgings in the hotel at Moreau Sta tion. The brother of the young lady, living some distance from Fort Edward, hearing that something was wrong, followed up the fogi lives, and reached their ‘lodgings about inid night. The brother found his sister's room va cant and the Professor’s door looked. On for oiitg it the Professor was found in dishabille, and the young lady in hysterics The witness es of the scene thought the Professor should be awarded a suit" of tar and feathers; but he was taken to jail, and the miserable girl toibcr home.” ■ The Journal says: •• Wo announced the imprisonment of the Musical Professor who eloped with a young la dy, formerly, or at the time, a pupil in a school at Fort Edward. It now appears that, after his imprisonment, the young Indy s friends de termined to withdraw their complaint', so ns to secure his release from jail, that they might in fliet upon him the more summary punishment of a coat of tar and feathers. Hts friends get ting wind of the- plot, prepared to thwart u , and when the prison doors were thrown open that the scamp might be handed over to the ex ecutioners. the agile Professor availed himself o a fleet horse, which was provided for him, and at once escaped from the meshes of the law and the coat of tar and feathers!” Lafayette's. Visit —The most delightful recoiled ions of my earliest childhood are those of the visit, of General de Lafayette to America. The splendid pageant of his entrance into this city is indelibly imprinted on my memory ; ns is also the being held on men’s shoulders in the Park, after viewing, in nil its pompous length, the procession, to behold the benevolent and beaming countenance of one whom I had been taught to revere. Afterwards, too. the honor that I, fc|t in being taken by the hand by this great and brave man, my heart healing proud ly the while beneath the ribbon badge which I wore, stamped with his features, and with the words. “ Welcome to the Nation's Guest." Oh, happy day for me! thrice happy and glorious to him things NOT to do.—When a horse kicks you you. and you feel a strong disposition to Kick the.horso in return— don'tyoudo it* 1 AT $2,00 PER ANNUM A Matrimonial Affair in New Orleans About six or eight months ago. Miss 8., a handsome and accomplished young lady of the Third District, was engaged to be married to Mr. P., a'young man qf \vcallhy and aristocra tic family. The day arrived, and a large num ber of guests .assembled, but hour after hour passed away, and the bridegroom came not. The officiating clergyman, the bridesmaids, the musicians, and the magnificent “spread" of eatables and dainties were all ready, and all vainly awaited the arrival of the person whose presence was indispensable to the completion of the festival. Finally a messenger arrived with the information that Mr. P. (who by the way, was a minor.) was in durance vile: that his fa ther had not only forbidden the banns, but had the candidate for matrimony under lock and key at that very moment, he (the e'dcr Mr. P.) being umvilling-lhal his son shbukl-nmrry ab a lender age, and also unwilling to consent to an alliance n'ith the B. family'. The elder Mr. P. soon discovered that to sim ply lock Ins son upon the day the latter had set apart for his wedding, was not altogether a certain method of preventing the,wedding, and therefore trumped up ah errand for him to the City of Mexico. The junior Mr. P. arrivedtwo or three weeks ago, having, in the meantime, attained liis majority, and at once claimed the fulfilment of a promise made by his sire before his departure, that upon his return no opposi lion should be urged to his union with Miss 8., in case he should still desire it, after an ab sence of six months. . The old gentleman acqui esced, and the dwelling of Mrs. B. was again the scene of preparations for a grand wedding. A few days before the time fixed for the mar riage, Missß. went out under pretence of shap ing and came back no more. Where had she gone ? What had become of her? The moth cr and lover.were distracicd, and made frantic hut fruitless efforts to discover whither the bird had flown. It was suspected that a young man of ,ihe neighborhood, who had long been,a pas sionate admirer of Miss B-. was in the secret of her disappearance, and her two brothers very soon discovered that she was quietly living in his house " Tile mother speedily confronted the young man and demanded her daughter.— ■•Your daughter is at my house. Madame,” was the reply, “ and she is my lawful wife. I have been your son-in law ever .since lhe,lBlb of last April.” They had, it seems, married privately, and though a desire on her part to re taliate the practical joke of thcP family, had not assumed the relations of husband and wife, until the opportunity for .carrying out her plan presented itself. A Slrnngc. Affair. About five years ago a womart. hailing from Alabama, took: up her residence in New York with a mulatto child, which she represented as being the offspring of a favorite servant'belong ing to her deceased husband. She was appa rently in easy circumstances, and. was .soon married. ller husband bolds a, respeotabje po sition as book-keeper in a large mercantile house in New York, and the two have lived happily together, and two children hlivo. been born io them. A few days ago a free colored man from St. Louis applied to the City Court for,the necessarytproceedings to he taken to re cover possession of the chi'd-referred to, alleg ing that it is his by this woman, who he stales is his divorced wife. The .woman denies afl knowledge of the man, and denies the truth of his statement in every' particular, and further more says that she never was in St. Louis, where he swears that she formerly lived. The applicant for the child says that ho can prove his statement as soon’as he can get witnesses from St. Louis, which he promises to have here next week. The child is about seven years old, and the claimant says he supposed the mother and chi’d were,in Europe until quite recently, and-gives litis as a reason why be baS not claimed the cbi'd before. . Transplanting Large Trees. A Paris correspondent of the Boston Travel er gives the subjoined account of a mode of transplanting large trees now in use there ; •■Large trees'are daily seen riding through the Cham'ps Elysees. which are to take the place of o'd and decayed ones. It is a strange sight to see a tree fifty or sixty feet high, with a trunk two feet (!) in diameter, in full foliage, moving up through the Boulevards on wheels. I. have been astonished at .the size of some of those trees that f have seen riding by me. and my curiosity led me about a mileoutside of the city to see the process of taking them out of the ground, which is as follows: A circle is out round the tree about three feet from the trunk and at a depth of about ■five, through rootsand earth.,, The earth which adheres to the rooi is covered and bound with brush and ropes to keep ah together, and then large chains are passed under the whole, and the ends brought above the Surface .of the ground. It now being ready to be removed, two heavy, strong planksarelaid down outside of the hole to receive the wheels of the wagon, which is made of solid iron, and a skeleton bo dy of only two side pieces,’which .connect the fore and aft wheels : the front wheels having an axle-tree passing from one side to the other, while the hind wheel's arc hung like those upon many railroad cars, having one open space, ard strengthened by a heavy cross-piece of iron, which can be removed at pleasure. Over each wheel is a windlass to hoist by crank. Now. being ready to, take lip ihc tree, the heavy cross piece behind is removed, and the-vehicle is backed upon the planks, and the trunk of the tree now stands up through the midd'e of the skeleton body : the ends of the chains are made fast to the. wind asses, and eight strong men. two at each crank,.wind’ up the chain and swing the tree, root and earth, to the wagon, put in the cross-piece behind, attach from four to six horses, and drive oft- The tree is low ered into the earth in the same manner that it is taken out:’’ . ... , . ' . Royal Deaths Death has been busy in the royal families of Europe, (luring the present year. The King of , Naples, the King of Sweden, an Austrian Arch duke, a Princess of VYurteinburg, the Prince of Liechterstein, a Tuscan Archduchess and some others of royal blood, have died within a few months, and now, we have'intelligence of the death ol Queen Sicphanio, of Portugal. Spea king of the latter deceased Queen, the Philadel phia Bulletin says: : “It was only in May of last year that the il lustrated journals were Oiled with descriptions of the marriage of this young Princess, the marriage In' procuration, look place at tier in, April 291 h. 1838 : the bridge stopping in Eng land for some days, as the guest of Queen tori., before going to see her *u»tand. She was the daughier of the reigumg P j- u | y wTISSr 5 ' 6 !™” 1,1 ' portrait"indicate considera We Luty. and'.he has been described ns a la- , dv of many charms and much intelligence. , i or of the imbecile Oscar, of Sweden, for hoih of whom all ihocouns of Europe have late ly worn the trappings and the suits of woe. The London Globe of a late date, thus speAßs of the world-renowned horse-tamer.*" . ~l l Although Mr. Barey’s process has be a secret, and although such' persons nswerd interested in it, simply because -it was a secnSfef have been sifted from among bis admirers. Ibtfed , who remain so still cannot fail to admire matte and more, the more they see of him, that won. derful combination of moral qualities which has enabled him to gain so extraordinary an asocri’- dancy ovcr a large Scction of the brute crerilion.; . The ill-used tone in which Some bf his formcri pupils speak of him, and, the whole process is. very explicable, after watching such an exhibit . tion ns that we saw yesterday. What he docs V is simple enough, and may be told in half-an bour's lesson; but lo practise it is necessary (d possess the courage, coolness, and equability of temper with which Mr. Rarey is endowed in so remarkable a degree, The performance of Thursday look place in the Alhambra, Leiccs tcrsqnare. Therenowncd “ Cryiiscr” wasfiist exhibited, and bis docility shown off%i a Varie ty of ways. An animal with no unusually vi cious tricks was then introduced, to enable Mix Rarey to give a practical explanation of the pro cess of “ laying down” a horse. This opera-, tion is supposed by some to include the whole science of itorse taming, but, as Mr. Rarey took' care to explain yesterday, this is a great mis take. Every motion he makes is’a part of the system, for everything he does is done in thd kindest possible way. With a view of engender ing a feeling of confidence in the.equine mindi In “laying down" a horse Mr. Rarey stands at his near shoulder, and with a gentle pal in duces him lo raise his near fore leg. as lie would I for a blacksmith. With the greatest alacrity, but with the utmost gentleness, he then, slipd the loop of-nstrap round the hoof, and-fastcu3 T it up by wrapping the strap round the thigh.— The horse is now standing on three legs, arid is powerless for mischief. On .the first opportuni ty. Mr. Rarey attaches another and a longer strap to the oil fore hoof, and passes the end through the belly band, holding it In his'right hand, while with his left, (if the horse is a bi ter.) lie keeps the oil reign gently tightened, 50 that the horse’s mouth can never he nrische vious. At llie first step that theanitnril notv makes, Mr. Rarey pulls the strap attached to' the off hoof, and the horse falls on his knees,’ ( (the arena is twoJeet deep in straw,) and now let.him struggle how he will, he is conquered; He trftiy rear as wildly ns he likes ; Mr.'Rarey’a iron right hand never slackens its lipid : both his front legs arc fast, and the wildest staliiod that, ever breathed is obliged to give up at last, and resign himself to circumstance by lying down altogether. How it Is that after.this sira‘ pie operation the beast gets up tame remains a great marvel. Mr. Rarey explains it by saying that he. (the beast,) has now become convinced that he, (Mr. Rarey.) is the strongest animal of the two, and considers jt futile to straggle any more; but this supposes reasoning powers of a ~ much higher,order than we are in the habit of. attributing to a brute of any kind. Mr. Rd-‘ rey’s whole system, however, is a proof that •- •• horse nature” really is a, much higher thing than-wo are in the habit of supposing. This . operation, though an important part, is very far from being the whole of Mr. Rarey’s sys tem. In everything the animal is treated with • : the most patient kindness—persuaded, never, forced. If any object frightens him.it is al ways shown tq him, and his nose stroked with it. In harnessing a horse a common mistake is to conceal (rani him things which frighten Mr. Rarey does exactly the reverse—makes bun . examine everything. In leaching a horse to follow his master, some men pull him. This,' as Mr. Rarey says, is leaching him to resist.— This principle pervades his whole conduct; kind ness and persuasion—these are his watchwords. While still a secret, the wonderful horse taming., process was looked upon by every one ns a mi racle,apd Rarey as‘-‘the most remarkable matf. of the age.” Now that time has shown the process to be effectual—now that wc have found 11 to be a more humane system that , tbe kinda cstffieartcd man had ever thought possible—it would be foolish indeed to begin to slight its value, or to forget what the world owes lo tho ■man who has done nearly, if not, quite, ns muclf to lesson physical suffering as any that hare yet been born. NO. 10, The Hon. Riohard.Rnsh, a distinguished citizen of Philadelphia, died at his residence in that city, on Saturday last, iu the 79th year of his.age. lie was the son of Dr. Benj. Rusb,- ono of the most celebrated -physicians of the' early era of Plplade phia, and, in his time, ope of the leading men of the colony of Pennsylva nia- . He represented her in the Continental Congress, and was one of the signers of the’ Declaration of Independence. Mr. Hush was educated as a lawyer, but, like his father, pub lic affairs claimed the largest share of his atten tion, during his long, active, and useful life. Born in the year 1780, Mr. Rush, at the early age ot thirty-seven: was appointed by Monroe Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to England. At the termini-' liop of Monroe's Administration, he was chosen by President Adams to fill the highly important position of Secretary of the Tieasury, being with Adams and Clay in the division of parlies at that time. .He served out his term with credit to himself: but as the politics,of the country changed with the expiration of Adams’ administration, we do not find Mr. Kush prom inent again until’near'the close of President Jackson's second term’.,when he was appointed special agent of the United States to England*- to ,take charge of the Smithsonian bequest., Aficr this.mission. Mr. Rush did not again ap pear in national politics until the year 1847,- when he was appointed by. President Polk min ister to France. He was in Paris dming the' period immediately preceding the events which resulted in the revo’ulion of 1848, but upon a change of political allairs at home, consequent . upon the elevation of General Taylor to the- Presidency, of course a change look place in the diplomatic service, and Mr. Richard Rush re tired. finally from national aflairs. in which ho had been so long engaged. At the Philadelphia consolidation banquet of the year 1854 he was present, and delivered a speech, He was. also a participator in the great meeting held at the' Chinese Museum in that city in 1850,10 en dorse the Compromise Measures, at which Mr. Buchanan presided. Awful Catastrophe.—On the night ofthO 13th ihst,, the Wife of Jordon A. Jackson, of Biandon, Miss., hod occasion to raise the win dow of the room in which she and her husband slept, when Mr. Jackson, awakened by the noise, seized his gun, and tinder the belief that a robber had entered the room, shot his wife dead. Electuipied LAntES. —At thcChapel Royal, during a thunder-storm on a recent Sunday, several frightened ladies, fearing the effects pi lightning upon certain steel circumference, which fashion had girded about them, actually detached these (hinge: ous appendages, and walked away, leaving their hoops in their pews. A Scan of Houses fou Napoleon. -Tha handsome pair of jet black horses, lately owned bv Mr. Sanderson, of Soiiimcrville. N. which attracted so much attention at northern State fairs, have been sold to the Emperor Napoleon for $4:000 try- A census-taker once called ujiptf'the mother of a family in California, and asked bet wasn't eunuch of measles to go round ! its- One of the most telling doscriptionp of ■•forlornily” wo have hoard, was that of a hoy n/10 asked a Boston police officer for shelter lit tbo'Station House: “See, Captain, first my fatlier died, and my mother married again, and then' hij* mother died and my Hither married again, and sumo how or other 1 don't seem to have no parents at all, nor no homo, nor no nothing. • The wheat crop of Southern Kentucky this year is said to be the largest ever grown. tilt, BABEF, THE lIOBSE TMBfi,
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