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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,