<• '■•v AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. pddushed bveby tjiubsday moknxnq dy JOIIIIB. Bratton. TEEMS. Sdbsobiptioit. —One Dollar and Fifty Cents, nald In advance; Two Dollarsil paid within the years and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These terms will bo rig idly adhered to In every instance. • No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. * Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Those of agreat ter length in proportion. Job-Pbintino —Sucli ns Hand-bills, Posting bills) Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c.,&c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. putfiral WUiT KATY REALLY DID, Oil, Katy, dear, yon know you did, At midnight’s silent hour. Steal softly through the moonlight. To this my pleasant bower : And hero beneath.its vines and loaves, By blushing roses hid. You met the man you love, Kate, You did, you know you did. ■And hero you leaned upon his breast, , His arm was round your waist, Your hand was looked in his, Kate, And when ho stooped to tastu - The nectar that Was on yonr lip, , How gently was ho chid— You loved to hear his whispered vows, You did, you know you did. The moon was in the sky, Kate, , The stars were watching there, The gentle breath of Summer night ■' Was sporting in your hair ; X listened to your words, Kate, Though soft and.low they fell, I heard them every one. Kate, And if I would, could tell. But never fear mo, gentle one. Nor waste a thought or tear. Lost I should whisper whiit X heard In any mortal ear. I only sport among the boughs, And like a spirit hid, I think on what I saw and heard, And laugh out, ‘Katy-Did.’ I sit among the leaves hero, When evening zcphrys sigh, And.those that listen to my voice, I love to mystify. I never tell them all I know. Although I’m often bid, I laugh at curiosity, And chirrup • Katy-Did.’ I would not make you blush, Kate, your innocenge'l know— . I know your spotless purity Is like the virgin show.;:' Ahd yet you’d betWiihjotiiKate, Although you think you’re hid, Steal to my bower by moonlight, As once you know you did. Two Hours with. Brigham Young* A CONVEHSATION BETWEEN HORACE GUKBLET AND.THE SAINT OF SALT LAKE. From N, Y. Tribune, Aug. 20. Salt Lake Citt, July 13,1859. My friend Dr. Bernhisel, M.C., took mo this afternoon, by appointment, to meet Brigham Young, President of the Mormon Church, who had expressed a willingness to. receive me at 2 P. M. We'were very cordially weloonSed at • the door by the President, who led us into (he second atopy* parlor ofthe largeptof bis houses, (he has three*) where ! waaintroduced, to Hcber Kimball, Gen. Wells, Gen>Ferguson. Albert Carrington, Elias Smith, and several other lead ing men in the Church, with two full-grown sons of the President. After some unimpor tant conversation on general topics, I stated that I Had come in quest of fuller knowledge re specting the doctrines and policy of the Mormon Church, and would like to ask some questions bearing directly on these, if there were ,ho ob jection. President Young avowing his willing ness to respond to all pertinent inquiries,’ the conversation proceeded substantially as follows: H. Q.—Am Ito regard Mormonism (so-called) as a new religion, or as simply a new develop ment of Christianity ? . B. Y.—Wo hold that there can be no true Christian Church without a priesthood directly commissioned by and in immediate communi cation with the Son of God and Savior of man kind. Such a church is that of the Latter Day gaiota, called by their enemies Mormons; we Jtnow no other that even pretends to have pre sent and direct revelations of God’s will. H. G*—Then I am to understand that you hegard all other churches professing to be Chris tian, as the Church of Rome regards all church: ea not in communion with itself—as schismatic, heretical, and out of the way of salvation ? B. Y. Yes, substantially. H. G.—Apart from this, in what respect do your doctrines differ essentially from those of our Orthodox Protestant churches —the Baptist or Methodist, for example ? B. Y.—We hold the doctrines of Christiani ty, ns revealed in the old and new Testaments, —also in the Book of Mormon, which teaches the same cardinal truths, and those only. H. G, —Do you believe in the doctrines of the Trinity? B. Y.—Wo do; but not exactly as it is held by other churches. We believe In the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, as equal, but not identical —and as one person [being.] We be lieve in all the Bible teaches us on this subject. H. G.—Do you believe in a personal devil — a distinct, conscious, spiritual being, whose nature and adts are essentially malignant and evil ? B. Y.—We do, H. Q.—Do you hold the doctrine of eternal t'tfpfShmdnt ? .. . B. Y.—We do; though perhaps not exactly as other churches do. We believe it as the. Bi ble teaches it. H. G,—l understand that you regard Bap tism by immersion as essential. Bi Y.—We do'. . jj. G.—Do you practice infant baptism f B Y No. H. Q.—Do you m.akeremoval to those valleys bbligatory on your converts ? jj. y. q’hey would consider themselves ag fcrieted if they were not invited hither. We hold to such a gathering together of God s peo ple ag the Bible foretells, and that this is the ilace, and now is the time appointed for its consummation. ~ , , _ ,H. G.—The predictions to which you rcter have usually, I think, been understood to indi cate Jerusalem (or Judea) as the place of such fathering. , , ~ • B. Y.—Yes, for the Jews—not for others. H. G.—What is the position of your Oburch frith respect to slavery ? .. . . B. Y.—We consider it of divme institulion, Cud not to be .abolished until the curse pro nounced on Ham shall have been removed from his descendants. , ' . ... H. G.—Are any slaves now held m this Xer fitory ? B. Y—There arc. ... . H. G.—Do your Territorial laws uphold sla very? , B. Y.—Those laws are printed—you can read for yourself. If slaves are brought here by those who owned them in the States, we do no favor their escape from the service of those own- Cl*8» H. G.—Am Ito infer that Utah, if admitted to a member Of thO Federal Union, will be a Slave State? 0 , B-. ¥.—No; she will bo a Fr«B State. Sla- A mm ran BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 46. very hero would prove useless and unprofitable. I regard it generally as a curse to the masters. I myself hire many laborers and pay them fair' wages; I could not afford to own them. I can do better than subject myself to an obligation to feed and clothe .their families and to provide and care for them in sickness and health; Utah is not adapted to slave labor. f H. G.—Let me now be enlightened with re gard more especially to your church policy; I understand that you require each member to pay over one tenth of all he produces or earns to the Church. B. Y.—Thatjs a requirement of our faith. There is no compulsion as to the payment, Each member acts in the premises according to his pleasure, under the dictates of his own con science. "" • e 11. G.—What is done wilhr the proceeds of this tithing? B. Y.—Part of it is devoted to building tem ples and other places of worship; part to help ing the poor and needy converts on their way to this country; and the largest portion to the support of the poor among the Saints. *H. G.—ls none of it paid to Bishops and other dignitaries of the Church ? B. Y.—Not one penny. No Bishop, no El der, no Deacon, or other church officer, receives any compensation for his official services. A Bishop is often required to put his hand in his own pocket and provide therefrom for! the poor of his charge, but he never receives anything for his services. H. G.—How, then, do your ministers live ? B. Y.—By the labor of their own hands, like the first Apostles. Every Bishop, every Elder, may be daily seen at work in the field dr the shop, like his neighbors; every minister of the Church has his proper calling by which he earns the bread of his family; he who cannot or will not do the Church’s work for nothing is not wanted in her service; even pur lawyers (point ing to, Gen. Ferguson and another present, who are the regular lawyers of the Church,) arepaid nothing for their services; I am the only per son in the Ohurch who has not a regular call ing apart from the Church’s service, and I ne ver received one farthing from her treasury; if I obtain anything from the tithing house, I am charged with and pay for it, just as any one else would ; Ihe clerics in the tithing store are paid like other clerks, but no one is ever paid for any service pertaining to the ministry. We think a man who cannot make his living aside from the Ministry of Christ is unsuited to that office. lam called rich, and consider myself worth $>250,000; but ndt a dollar, of it was ever paid me by the Church or for any service as a minister of the Everlasting Gospel. I lost nearly all I had when we were broken up in Missouri and driven from that State; I was nearly stripped again when Joseph Smith was murdered and wo were driven from Illinois; but.nothing was ever made up to me by the Church, nor by any one. I believe I know how to acquire property and how to lake care of it. 11. G.—Can you give mo any rational ex planation, of the aversion and hatred with which your, people are generally regarded by those among whom they have lived and with who‘m they have been brought directly in con tact?'.-',,.. .. - 8.-Y—No olher-expinnatioh than'is 'afforded by the cruoiflctiou of Christ and the kindred treatment of God’s ministers, prophets and saints in ail ages. H. G.—l- know that a new sect is always de cried and traduced—that it is hardly ever deemed respectable to belong to one—that the Baptists, Quakers, Methodists, Univergaiists, &c., have each in their turn been regarded in the infancy of their sect as ofiscouring of the earth; , yet I cannot remember that either of them were ever generally represented and re garded By the older sects of their early days as thieves, robbers and murderers.. B. Y.—lf you will consult the contemporary jewiah accounts of the life and acts of Jesus Christ, you will find that he and his disciples were accused of every abominable deed and purpose—robbery ’and murder included. Such a .work is still extinct, and may. be: found by those who seek it. H. G.—What do you say of the so-called Danites, or Destroying Angels, belonging to your Church ? B. Y.—What do you say ?. I know of no such band, no such persons or organization. I hear of them only in tho slanders of bur enemies." H. Q.—With regard, then, to the grave question on which your doctrine and practices are avowedly at war with those of the Christian world —that of a plurality of wives—is the sys tem of your Church acceptable to the majority of its women ? B. Y.—They could not be more averse to it than I was when it was first revealed to us as the Divine will. I think they generally accept it, as-1 do, as the will of God. H. G.—How general is polygamy among you'? B. Y—l could not say. Some of those pres ent (heads of the Church) have each but one wife; others have more; each determines what is his individual duty. H. Q.—What is the largest number of wives belonging to any one man ? B. Y.— l have fifteen; I know of no one who has more; but some of those sealed to me are old ladies whom I regard rather as mothers than wives, but whom I have taken home to cherish and support. 11. G.—Does hot the Apostle Paul say that a bishop should be the husband of one wife? BI Y.—So we hold. We do not regard any but a married man as fitted for the office of bishop. But the. Apostle docs not'forbid a bishop having more wives than one. H. Q.—Does.not Christ say that he who puls away bis wife, or marries one whom another has put away, commits adultery ? B. Y, —Yes, and I hold that no man should ever put away a wife except for adultery—not always even for that. Such is my individual view of the matter. I do not say that wives have never been put away in our church, but that I do not approve of the practice. H. G. —How do you regard what is commonly termed the Christian Sabbath. B. y.—As a divinely appointed day of rest. We enjoin all to rest from secular labors on that day. We would have no man enslaved to the Sabbath, but we enjoin all to respect and enjoy it. bßigham's appearance, &o. Such iSj ns nearly ns I can recollect, the sub stance of nearly two hours’ conversation, where in much was said incidentally that would not be worth reporting, even if I could remember and reproduce it, and wherein others bore a nart; but, as President Young is the first min ister of the Mormon Church, and bore the prin cipal part in the conversation, I have reported his answers alone to my questions and observa tions. The others appeared uniformly to deter to his views, and to acquiesce fully m nis re sponses and explanations. Bespoke readily, not always with grammatical accuracy, out with no appearance of hesitation or reserve, and with no apparent desire to conceal anything, nor did he repel any of my questions as imper tinent. Ho was very plainly - dressed in thin summer clothing, and with no air of sanctimo ny or fanaticism. In appearance, ho is portly, frank, good nnturcd, rather thick-set man of iflfty-fivo, seeming to enjoy life, and bo in no particular hurry to got to heaven. His associ ates are plain tnen, evidently born and reared to a life of labor, and looking as little like crafty hypocrites or swindlers as any, body of men. I ever met. The absence of cant or snuffle from their manner was marked arid general; yet, I think I may fairly say that their Mormonism has not impoverished them—that they were generally poor men when they embraced it, and are now in very comfortable circumstances—as men averaging three or-.four wives apiece cer tainly need to be. If I hazard any criticism on Mormonism generally, I reserve them for a separate letter, being determined to make this a fair ' and full expose of the doctrine arid polity, in the very words of its Prophet, so far as I can recall them. Ido not believe President Yourig him self could present them in terms calculated to render them less obnoxious to the Gentile world than the above. But I have a right to add here, because I said it to the assembled Chiefs, at the close of the above colloquy, that the do gration (or if you please, the restriction) of woman to the single Office of child bearing and its accessories, is an inevitable consequence of the system here paramount. A Broad Hint, An anecdote, illustrative of the Irish wit of Irish “jarvies,” is going the rounds in Dublin. Mr. is a man of. aldermanic proportions. He chartered an outside car the other day at Island Bridge Barracks, and drove to the Post Office. On arriving, he tendered the driver a sixpence,, which was strictly the fare, though but scant remuneration for the distance. The jarvey saw at a glance the small coin, but in place of taking the money which Mr. - held iri bis hand, he busied himself in putting up the steps of the vehicle, and then going dp the well at the Wck of the car, look thence q piece of carpeting; from which he shook ostentiously the dust, and straightway covered his horse’s head with it. After doing so, ho took the fare from the passenger! who. surprised at the de liberation with which the jarvey had gone thro’ all these proceedings, asked : i ‘‘Why did you cover the horse’s head ?” To which the jarvey, with a humorous twin kle of the eye, and to the infinite amusement of the approving bystanders, replied :. “Why did I cover the horse’s head—is what, you want to know? ’Well, because I didn’t want to let the decent baste see that he carried so big a load so far for orte little sixpence!” It should bo added, in justice to the worthy citizen, that half a crown immediately reward ed the witty jarvey for his ready joke.. The Sea Shore In the Mama. The lime is almost at band when the “sea son” at most of pur popular watering places will close. The keen air of the mountain resort will warn the sojourner to-leavo; the now deser ted halls at the frequented springs will present no mure attractions, tho ramble of the tourist will be” ended, and the very few weeks allotted for the annual rustic -pilgrimage of fa'shipn, will ! It is to bp rpgrelted that the time which cum tom has apportioned for summer recreation is so brief. For the invalid now to return and ex change an invigorating ocean or mountain breeze for the sultry and oppressive atmosphere which usually prevails in the city during this and the coming month, may be very prejudicial to him. The short period of the general “ stam pede” may also bo neither convenient, nor its bustle and crowding very agreeable to every one. The Sea Shore continues longest and latest in the season to present its natural attractions and genial atmosphere to the invalid, Wo have the advantage of having near us at least one delight ful sea-side resort which is not made lonely by desertion even in the month of October; and which is very accessible, and unsurpassed for its accommodations and splendid dashing surf. During the month of September, the water at Atlantic City is known to be warmer than at any other time, and the increased means of re creation for those whose diversions lead then) in the healthful pursuit of either finer feather, the shooting and fishing season then coming on, add to the many attractions. The dryness of the air, for which Atlantic City is remarkable, continues through the autumn, and the place is entirely exempted from those sea-fogs which produce so much inconvenience at most either resorts on our coast. • Sea bathing may be advantageously contin ued, through the month of October. On the subject of bathing late in the fall, Dr. Bell, in, his learned works on bathing, makes the follow ing remarks — “Even when the weather becomes cool, and the temperature of vhe water is undoubtedly lower than during the summer, it is a matter of experience and observation that some persons prefer the autumnal season for their bathing.— They allege that the shocks is greater and the reaction correspondingly prompt and more de cided. . Hence we may infer that the more ro bust and sanguine, qpd those whose ailments are associated with, if not kept up by consider able excitement of the general system, or even of a particular organ, may find their advantage in autumnal bqthmg. Were this latter more the practice, not to Say, the fashion, among us as it is in England, and- to n limited extent in France, the full hygienic as well as the thera peutical effects of sea bathing might be partici pated in by a much larger number of persons.” Beside the bathing, the ever pure air from ihe sea continues during the autumn as temper ate and as balmy as it is at an earlier season.— So we admonish those who are still enervated, or who have been detained at home during the tempoary flight of fashion from the metropolis, that there is still time and a place to enjoy all the beneficial and rational pleasures of the shore. Med. and Surgical 'Reporter, Aug. 20th. Death op an Aetlst and Playright.— The Charleston papers announce the death of John Blake White, who was near the comple tion of his seventy-ninth year. The Courier “To his pencil we owe ‘The. the well-known ‘Camp of Marion,withmcher pieces—including the two battle pieces of Eu taw and New Orleans, which now adorn the Senate chamber in Columbia, and were presen ted to the State by their patriotic author. Ano ther piece was presented to President Jackson— with these exceptions, the products of Mr. White’s pencil remained in his possession. Ho He was early addicted to the muses, and was the first native of this city who furnished a play for the Charleston Theatre. He wrote in all three plays, which were produced on this stage in the flourishing flays of the ‘Old Thea tre?, A. shoemaker received a note from a la dy to whom be was particularly attached, re auesting him to make her a pair of shoos, and lot knowing exactly the stylo she required, ho dispatched a written missive to her, inquiring whether she would have them Wroimd or Esq. Toad.” The fair one, indignant at this specimen of orthography, immediately replied, .« Kuelhro.” 1, • t ■ “oua country—may it always be; lught—but bight or wrong, our country.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, .SEP A Visit to Bobinson Crusoe’s Island While oh board the ship Golden Rocket, ly ing at Greenwich Dock, we were permitted by Capt. 0. N. Pendleton to examine his log hook, in which he gives an account of his visit to the Island of Juan Fernandez; (Robinson Cruesoe’s Island.) The ship was on her last passage to this port from Boston, and had on board fifty, five passengers, (twcmy ; fiveof whom were la dies,) who intend to make California their fu ture place of residence. Getting short of water, Captain Pendleton decided to slop at Juan Fer nandez for a further supply, and therefore, shaped his course thither—the Island being nearly in his track. At six o’clock on the eve ning of March 24, they doubled the eastern end of the Island, and at seven’ founded to off the bay of St. Joseph, af the'head of which the lew inhabitants notf remaining on;the Island are lo cated. The facilities for loading water at the Island, Capt. Pendleton represents to be not very good. The casks must bo taken on shore and filled, rolled back iuto tbb water and par buckled into the boat. While the crew were at this work, the passengers rambled off in dtQer ent directions to. make discoveries. The Island is 25 miles long by abou t four in breadth. The land is very high, rising in rugged, precipitous peaks, one of them; called the Tuncue. 3500 fee't above the level of the sea'. The peaks are generally overhung with clouds. The valleys arc exceedingly fiTlilo. : the grass growing to the height of six or eight feet, : Figs, strawberries, peaches, and • cherries abound .in their season. -The Golden Rocket was there in the season of peaches, and the val leys arid hill-sides were full ;of trees loaded down with delicious fruit. Capt. Pendleton bought four barrels of the inhabitant's, and the passen gers about as many tnore. Strawberries flour ish best in December and January. There are three remarkable caves in the sides of the bill facing the harbor, about thirty feet in length; twenty-five in width, and about the same in height. The inhabitants now number but 14. of whom Messrs. Day,and Kirkaldie, from Val paraiso, are the chief persons ; they have been appointed overseers ef the Island by the Chilian Government. Formerly' a penal colony, num bering 500, was. located here, and the oaves above mentioned were used by them, but the project was found to be impracticable, and (he cohvicts were taken back- to the main land.- The Golden Rocket anchored on the opposite side from . that upon which Selkirk lived, and there being a' mountain to. cross to reach the Robinson Cruesoe abode, no one ventured to make the journey. The best landing is on the eastern side, but the waterjs twenty fathoms deep at the head of the bay, and in some places so .bold is the shore that a.bpat tied by her pain ter and drifting to the limits, would be in 75 fathoms. • An immcnse : nUmber of goats are running wild over the island; and an abundance of fish.are taken on every coast. The waier is obtained from a number pf never-failing fivulei& trickling down over thetrollks from the cloud capped mountains,; , : V A Marriage at .|||aUou in ' o'clock, ]ibe -maTHiße-oFimffl&iffiMteod, I daughter and Mr. Archer 4ndcr?onr of ,yi^iiiia, ! was solemnized, at the residence'of the bride’s fath er, in the rue Beaujon. V The beautiful and im pressive ceremony of the, Protestant Episcopal Church was performed by the rector of the British Embassy, of whose congregation Judge Mason’s family have been members since their residence in Paris. The Rev. Mr. Latnson, Rector of the American Episcopal Church here, was a witness to the marriage, together with a few ladies and gentlemen, friends of our Minis ter’s family. ' The wedding was a quiet, unostentatious af fair, characterized throughout by the utmost simplicity and good taste. • The company was, I believe, exclusively American, and among those present were Mrs. General Winfield Scott, Sirs. Commodore Stewart. lion, Mr. Enstis and bis bride, late Miss Corcoran; Mrs.' J. Ridg way, Mrs. Riggs, of Washington; Col. Critten den, of Kentcuky ; Lieutenant Pegram, of Vir ginia; Lieutenant Kelton, of Pennsylvania ; Dr. Spencer, United State's consul at Paris ; Messrs. Calhoun and Wilboi-, secretaries of the United States Legation; and several others,' whose names I did hot learn. I mention these as for ming part of a brilliant and distinguished com pany; The bridesmaid was 'Miss Sarah Ma son, a sister of the bride; the groomsman was Mr. Powhatan Clark, of Virginia. ..The toi lettes of all the ladies who assisted were re markably tasteful and beautiful: such dresses as are only to be seen at a wedding in Paris, the centre of all that is refined, chaste, and ele gant in woman’s attire. I regret exceedingly that 1 have not the aid of a lady’s pen to de scribe to your fair readers some of these toi lettes., I should, doubtless, make numberless mistakes were I to attempt so difficult a task unaided, and consequently content myself with mentioning that the lovely bride herself wore a white muslin dress, with seven flounces, edged with Valenciennes, lace, each flounce trimmed with an entredeux and edge Valenciennes. — Her veil was white tulle, falling to the feet, a material which has taken the place of lace on these.occasions. Her head was encircled with a wreath of orange blossoms, and she wore, at the ceinture, a boquet of the some flowers, which is the mode at Paris morning weddings, ns con tra-distinguished from flowers worn on the bo som when the ceremony occurs in the evening. The entire costume was simple, tasteful, and elegant. The Misses Mason were also dressed in white, ns, indeed, were nearly all the ladies present. - Immediately after the ceremony, the newly-wedded pair left Paris, on a bridal trip to Switzerland Smothered to Death in' Wheat.—^ A canal boat was being loaded with wheat from Giles warehouse, in Wecdsport, New York, on the 6th ult., by snouting it from the bottom of 5 bin twelve feet deep, when two boys, mimed James Grogan and John Daily, aged respective ly about twelve and ten years, seeing the wheat rapidly settling into the centre of tho bin, tho t it would be a flue source of amusement to play in it. Accordingly both at once jumped-into tho rapidly settling centre, and no sooner had they struck the wheat than they began to go down with it, and the surrounding wheat to cave in so rapidly that they could not extricate themselves. A smaller hoy standing by gave the alarm, and in a moment a workman jumped in to rescue them, and actually got hold of them before they were below the gram, but they went down so fast and he with them, that it was with the greatest effort on getting hold of the sides that ho got out himself, and ran to shut oft the flow of wheat, which was the work of a moment. Tho alarm wasgwnandall bands rushed to their rescue, hut they bad been carried below the level of tho gram, and after about fifteen minutes of tho most strenuous ex ertion they were exhumed, but not till life was extinct in both cases, They were found stan ding straight up, with their hands by their sides and hats on. • . Milwaukee Sentinel, 10 Hi ult. gy Now wheat is soiling in Muscatine, lo wa, fill CO cents per bUshcU TEMBER 8, 1859; .. An Awful Retribution. U: me time .last Spring, a company of Pike’s Peakcrs left Grayville, Illinois, for the Kansas gold regions. While traveling through the In dian country on their way out, one of the com pany, a young man of desperate character, from the vicinity, of Grayville, named Haynes, de clared his determination to shoot the hist Indi an he met; and unhappily, during the day, they overtook on the prairie, a defenceless squaw, when ho, in mere wicked wonlonness, leveled his gun and shot her dead. His companions were horror-stricken at the blood-thirsty deed, but they felt that they had no power to punish him. The tribe to which the squaw belonged was not far distant when the deed was perpe trated. They discovered.her lifeless body, and saw at once the manner of her death. . They pursued the party of Illinois Pike’s Peakers, and in a,few hours overtook them, and demanded to know who had committed the murder. The company of five or six Pike’s Peakers found themselves surrounded by nearly two hundred enraged Indians, who threatened to immolate the whole party if they did not point put and give up the murderer. To save their own lives, they gave up Haynes to their vengeance. He was taken by the Indians to a distance, while his companions tarried on their route to sec what would be his fate. After a. while the In dians returned with their victim literally Uayed alive. They had skinned him from head to foot. The wretched being was still alive when brought back-to his companions. He lived in great ag ony long enough to tell how he had been tor tured,'but was soon released by death from un speakable sufferings. St* Louis Democrat. A Fatal Mistake. Daniel Steel,a hard-working and frugal man, recently purchased a little farm in Wayne town ship, and with his wife and family was work ing hard to clear it from debt. On the 29th of July, the hogs were in the corn, and Mr. Steel and' his daughter were racing them out—the daughter handing stones to her father to throw at the intruders. Mrs. Steel saw there was dif ficulty in expelling the hogs, arid running to the fence, near which some of the swine were approaching, she proceeded to let down the bars. Mr. Steel hearing the bars, with excite ment seized a large stone which his daughter had picked up, and quickly threw in the direc tion ol the noise at the fence, under the impres sion that it proceeded from the hogs which he could not see through the weeds or high corn. The missile struck the unfortunate wife on the temple, from the effects of which blow she fell to the ground in an insensible state. The force of the blow on the temple had been so great that it had literally driven out the eye, which protruded in a ghastly manner. Mr. Steel and his daughter were nearly frantic when the reality of the fatal mistake was felt. The poor woman was conveyed into the house, and sympathizing neighbors soon arrived—but all efforts to restore Mrs. Sleel to animation and reason were wilhtfuJ'flvail. nor could the physi cians render the desired relief. She continued in a singular state of unconsciousness, until lho 37tb ult.i when reason: dayvned upon her for, a /brief interval, Succeeded by a relapse widely ter minated in her death that evening. , N. J. Guardian. Jin Item for Mechanics,. We have frequently called the attention of our mechanics to the importance of making their business known through the, medium of newspapers. Yesterday we received a letter from a,gentleman residing in a distant town, who desires to make an arrangement with our boot aud shoe dealers for the sale of a new and useful article, from which we quote as follows : “I have looked your papers through in hopes of finding the names of dealers in boots and shoes in Harrisburg, but was disappointed.” Many of our mechanics make a great mistake in not advertising their business, and keeping their names and locations constantly before the people. As we said on a former occasion, if you are a hatter, make your name so farmihar to the public that when a man looks at his old hat, and says to himself, “I must have a new hat, ”he will think of you. If you are a tailor, make yourself so conspicuous that a man will think of you every lime he brushes his coat. When a man looks at his old boots, iti muddy weather, and says to himself, “I must go and buy a pair of water proofs,” have your name so familiar to him that he will think of you and your place of business just ns soon as he does of his boarding house when he is hungry. It is the same way with everything and everybody who advertises extensively. Their names be come familiar to the public, and are associated in their minds so ranch with their goods and articles, that all who want what they sell are drawn, as by instinct, to their shops and . stores. —Harrisburg Tel t A MrsTßiiious Circl t M3tanok.—A corres pondent writing to us from Fulton township, in this county, says that on tho evening of the 25th ult., while seated on.the front steps of the house of Mr. J. D. Webster, tho family was suddenly startled by the furious barking of the dogs. I'he gate was opened, and what appear ed to be a tall, uncouth looking female entered. Our correspondent advanced toward her, en deavoring to keep the dogs from her, which he was unable to do, until aided by one of the ser vants. lie asked .her several questions, 'which she did not answer, but suddenly darted out of another gate, loading to the spring, then climbed over a largo gate in the outer yard, and from thence into a corn field. While thefamily were engaged in searching (or the intruder, they heard the neigh of a horse, when Mr. Webster and his brother started in the direction of it, and just as they reached tho end of tho lane where the horse was tied, the woman sprang out of tho corn-field, got upon the horse and rode rapidly away! It was evidently a man in woman’s clothing, who was either on a marauding expe dition, or trying to play off a prank. Emcasler Express. gy A Yankee lad, whose father was a far mer, went into tho barn to play a short time ago, and being detained prisoner by a thunder storm, he fell asleep' on a bag of guano. The old gentleman when the s'torra was over, went into the farm-yard to look after his son. and met a giant eight feet high, coming out of the ba^Hcllo ! who arojyou ?"£hc cried, “what ate you doing hero?” • •Why, father.” squeaked the Qolmh, “it S me, don’t you know Tommy ?” ... “You!” the astonished parent exclaimed; “why, Tom, how on earth did you get stretch ed so long in so short a time?” “Why, father,” replied the boy, looking down upon the gaping old than, “I slept upon them bags of guano yob put in tho barn, and that and the lightning together has done tho busiltesss.” (ETC Elder Monger, speaking of the time when ho was a boy, says it was the custom of tho children, as you passed a school-house, to make a bow. But in these latter days as you pass a school house you must keep your eye peeled or you will get a snow ball or bnck-ba ,at the aide of your head. - AT §2,00 PER ANNUM Diamonds, in the Arts. It is not only for the purposes of ornament (hat diamonds are employed, they are most useful for some purposes in the manufacturing arts. Discolored diamonds are reduced to pow der, and there are many operations for which they are indispensable. Fine cameos and some precious stones are engraved with the diamond. It is employed for cutting the glass for win dows. The point used for this purpose is trapezodial shape, weighs about the sixtieth part of a carat, and is usually set in a wooden handle. The edge is a natural one, and could not be given to it by art. From .the high re fractive power of the diamond, it is sometimes employed to form minute and exquisitely accu rate lenses for the best kind of microscopes.— In respect to the general operations of the lapi dary or jewel cutter, they could hardly be con ducted without the aid of diamond dust; for the usual'modeof cutting and shaping precious stones is to hold them against a very small me talic disk or wheel, which is rotating with great velocity, and to moisten the edge of this'disk with oil and diamond-dust. The exceedingly hard particles of diamond-dust enable the disk to cut the stone or jewel. The rays of light easily pass through other gems, but in the dia mond they are refracted to the surface, and this refraction occasions its superior brilliancy. Cure for Lumbago. The following amusing, though somewhat painful incident, actually occurred at a farm house, not a great many miles from the village of Copelown, C. W. All are subject to. the ill.s of the flesh, and Mr.--—, a worthy imtl highly respected man, was very severely afflicted with that painful complaint, lumbago: so much so, indeed, that he could not stand erect, and could walk with great difficuly. As is c'otambh.in such cases, it was thought desirable to rub the afflicted part .with some spiritous compound ; and' that the application might ,bb the more ef fectual, the good man was sat with his back to the fire, while the good wife gave sweet rclitf— now applying the spiritous oil, now warming her paliri over the cherry blaze, and again cha-' ling the afflicted part. While thus engaged, it unfortunately happened that, without the good dame observing it, the spirit upon her hand took fire, and she, with a magnetic pass, at once set the old gentleman’s back in a blaze; — I'he clients produced tvere. akin to the miracu lous. He bounded up with a new-born energy; he yelled and rushed round the house, uttering a string of expletives totally unworthy of a deacon. Fortunately, the fuel that had sup plied the fire was soon exhausted. Tired and sore, the good man was put to bed, and, we are happy to add, cured of his lumbago, and has never.had it since.— Exchange. Rattlesnakes and Whiskey. . Wo do not unfretjuontly see it stated that this thing and that thing will euro the,into ol ratlle snakea.' Now, from personal observation du. ring a residence of tiro years in one of tlio Southern States, low down on tho Mississippi, tho writer of this article feels warranted in say. i ing that but little reliance la to bo placed upon i , any bscepti; what is denominated the’ “ whiskey: v This bns r been. Southern -remedy for the past twunty or thirty years. No other section of the Union-can compare with theSoulli in. regard to the number, variety, and size oi its reptiles; and it is safe to presume (hat more persons are bilten'there than in all other sec tions of tho country combined. The invariable ■<« cure” is whiskey or other intoxicating spirits. Before this remedy was discovered tho tobacco cure was resorted, to; but this is too harsh a re medy, and, if taken in sufficient quantities to overcome poison, it is liable to throw the patient into violent spasms. There can be ho intoxi cation until tho poison is counteracted, ho mat ter how large the quantity administered, no more than if water instoad.of spirits.is given.— Tho certainty of this remedy should'throw all unreliable onus—and nearly all others that have been named as such—aside. It may bo assum ed jrs correct that what will cure tho bite of poi . sonous reptiles in one locality will cure it in another; hence the whiskey cute, from its relia bility, should supersede nil others that have boon tested, and in this way many valuable lives may bo preserved. Persons who have been bitten by rattlesnakes usually become excited, and their blood, if not already heated, is sure to be so soon. In this way the poison, interming ling with, tho blood, circulates with surprising rapidity. throughout the system. Active and I powerful, then, must bo the treatment in order to rescue the patient from immediate death.— Wo have known persons to become blind' in twenty minutes after they were bitten, and in such instances it required over a pint of liquor to relievo them. In no case whore either whis key or French brandy has been administered befoho the patient was actually'dying did we ever know this remedy- to fail. Hero in tho North, where poisonous reptiles arc comparatively scarce, rattlesnake bites have usually terminated fatally. The most skillful physicians have been completely baffled, after resorting to all tho remedies of tho materia irtedica, and their patients given up to die. But there is no reason why the fang of a rattlesnake should be more dangerous than tho bite ol a Now Jersey mosquito. In case you are bitten, then, resort to the remedy wo have named.— Wo do not approve of drunkenness under other circumstances, but should you ever-be so un fortunate as to bo bitten by a snake by all moans got “gloriously drunk,” and the sooner you do so the sooner you will bo “all right.” JV. y. Express. Sheep in Texas.—There is a sort of mania just now, about sheep in Texas. The start made a few years ago by G. W. Kendall —and his' success, after going througir all the phases Of ill-luck, losses, and discouragements—w hich porseverenco overcame —has induced many others to establish great sheep farms in that State. Maj. William Leland, one of the pro prietors of the Metropolitan Hotel in New York, is one of the number who has followed the lead of Mr. Kendall, with every prospect of success. There is, beside the fine wool-Hocks, cslablish cd in Texas, a constant and large importation of the coarse wool sheep of Mexico. It .is esti mated that a fourth of a millipd of Mexican sheep have, crossed the line into Texas, since the first of 1859—and the number is constantly increasing. These Mexican sheep are crossed with Northern stock—and make a valuable pro goby, both for wool and mutton. A Righteous Sentence.—George Ander son, the negro arrested in Columbia some weeks since, charged with committing a most brutal outrage it pun Mary Connelly, a white girl of between eight and nine years of’age, in Salis bury township, near the Gap, was tried at the Quarter Sessions in Lancaster, and convicted. Tho counsel for the prisoner endeavored to prove an alibi, but failed. The jury, after an ab sence of about ten minutes, returned.a verdict of guilty, and the villain was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment m the Eastern Pen itentiary—the extreme penalty of the law, IT?" An Irish tovor has remarked (hat it is a croat pleasure to bo alone especially when you have your swato-hoart with you. We Don’t Bbiieve It.—Last winter, it is said, a cow floated down tho Mississippi on a So of ice, and caught such a, cold that sho yielded nothing but ice-crcum over since. • s ' 3 a e rcat country for jokes, and wo baVe just our o no tljat la too good to keep, - harly tit a morning there were added to our „ rn P a ”y 01 travelers a pair who looked very much like rumways-itho gentleman a Very .tall, T b . on ® d fpocmon of the ,<■ ha!f-horse,.balf-: him Qtot c ass ’ a *ho lady a lair match for Among the passoageu, from Napoleon, Ark., JS a solemn-looking goi>i e man who all along hna been taken for a preachy. About nirio o’- clock this evening I was conversing with this “reverend” individual when a stdp! pod up and, addressing him, remarked— ■ We’re going to have a wedding,» nd would like to have you omciate.” ' NO. 13. “ All right, all,” ho replied laughingly, aD d wo stepped, into tbo ladies* cabin, where, wr o enough, the couple stood waiting. There had boon some kissing games and seven ral mock marriages gone through with during (he evening, and I supposed this was merely a continuance of tho sport; and so thought the t( preacher, ” who, I could see, had a good deal ot humor in him, and ivns inclined to promote general good feeling and merriment. Tho couple stood, up before him, (a good deal more solemn than was necessary in n mock mar riage I thought,) and the “preacher” asked the necessary questions, and then, proceeding In tho usual way, pronounced them “husband and wife.” . - ■ There was a good deal of fun afterward, and when it was over I loft (he cabin—and so; did tho “ preacher,” who remarked to me that ho liked..to see the young folks enjoy themselves, and took a great deal of.pleasure in contribu ting to their fun; but he did hot understand why they should select him to act the preacher. > Just then some one called me'aslde, and the old gentleman stepped into his state-room, which was next to minoi /When I returned the door stood open, and the “preacher” stood just in side, with his coat and vest off and ono boot In his hand, talking with the gentleman who Ijad played (ho “attendant,” and who, as I came up, remorked-r- “ Well, if that’s the case it is a good joke, for they are in dead earnest, and have both retired to the same state,room.” The old gentleman raised both hgnds as he exclaimed—' ... Good heavens! you don't fell mo so!” and rushing, just as ho was, bopt in hand, to the State-room Indicated, commenced an assault upon the door ns if lie would batter it down, ex claiming at each lick — ■ “ For heaven’s sake don’t, I ain’t a preach or!” , . ■ JTho whole cabin .was aroused, every state, room door flying open with a slam, when the door opened and the Arkansas traveler, poking out his head, coolly remarked— : " Old boss, yoii’ro too late '.’’—Henderson (Ay.) Democrat. ' ■Guhjous Facts about the Sexes. —lt is a singular la'ot, says a writer iu one of our ex changes, that even after death, nature respects tlie inherent modesty, of women, for wheiS drowned she floaje on her face, and a drowned man upon his back. The noblest part ol a hu man being js the head; but the man’s head is liable to baldness j woman'is. never bald. The man’s face is.often made repulsive on account of a harsh growing beard; and so covered with sordid hairs, as sometimes scarcely to bo distin guished from the face of a brute beast; in wo man, on tho.other hand, the lace always remains pure and docent. For this reason women wore, by the laws of fho twelve tables, forbidden to rub fheir cheeks, lest hair should grow and ob scure the - r blushing modesty. But the most evident proof of.the innate purify of tho female sex is, that a woman having ohoo washed, is clean, and iflsho wash in second water will not soil it j but a man is never clean—though lie should wash in ton .successive waters ho will cloud and infect Ihein all. ’ " Exhaustion or Talk.— How long the lirmpof conversation holds out to burp bptwoen t\yq. persons only, is curiously sot down in the follow ing {passage from Count Gonfallionier’s account of his imprisonment: , . ■ 'r Fifteen years I existed in a dungeon ten feat square! .During six years I had a companion, during nine X was.alcno! I never could rightly. : distinguish the face of him who shared my capf tistlty ih the otornal tivllilht of-;ohiv«M, flrst year-wo talked incessantly together; wa related our past lives, our joys forever gone over and over again. The next year wo com-, municated to each other our thoughts and ideaq on all subjects; the third year wo bad no ideas to communicate; we were begintiing to lose the power of reflection. The fourth at the interval of a month or so, wo would open opr lips and' ask each other if it were possible that the world went on as gay and bustling ns when wo formed a portion of mankind'. .The fifth we were silent. The sixth ho was taken awayA-I. never knew, where—to execution or liberty; But I was glad, he was gone; oven.solitudo was bettor than the pule, vacant lace. One day (it must have heed a year or two after my companion loft me) the dungeon door was opened, .and, whence pro recoding I knew not, tho followingwords wore uttered; “By order of his Imperial Majesty I intimate to you that your wife died a year ago.” Then the door was shut, and I hoard no more i they, had flung,thia groat agony upon mo, and left me alone with it. I . • , {i , All OLD lIORBE AND ONE STILL. OLDER;.—W ( O i find tho following gtiing the round of ,our ex changes : “ An Old Horse.— The editor of the J uniafa SentiuoJ notices the demise, of celebrated horse, which had attained tho incredible ago. of forty-one years. Tho horse was formerly in tho possession of Gen. Jackson.” Wo have, in Sunbury/a black horse,not dead or dying, but “alive and kicking,” now forty two years old. Old Bob is the property,of Hugh Bellas, Esq., ot this place, and performs his duties as faithfully as any of his race. Ho is in harness almost every day and looks as if ho might ,bo good for a, dozen years more. A, history tjfliis “life and adventures” would, ho doubt, form an interesting chapter. Old Bob was formerly owned by one Of the ’ Messrs.' Totter of Cqfitro county,. Pa. From Mr. toiler ho passed inlo.the handsjof iJr.-Jas, King of Hollidaysburg, now of Pittsburg. Froth , Dr. King to Wm. Barr, of Gaysport, Blair co., who disposed ot him to Thos. M’Doweil.nowof Harrisburg, in 18-12. In 1810, Mr. M’Dowell sold him to Dr. Uodiguo, then of Ebonsburg, Cambria county, who sold him to Mr. Bellas hia, present owner- About twelvp years ago, wb drove old Bob, .than .thirty, homo from.Ne'w Berlin, in a sloigh, at tho rato.of ten miles per hour. Everybody knows “ Old Bob,” who is now ono ot the institutions of the, place, Mr; Bellas informs us that.his.teeth are good, and since ho owned hihi, which is about 12 years, ho has been fed every winter on bard corn. ' Sudbury American. The Tioebs of Singapore.—A tiavelling cor respondent of tho New Hampshire Patriot, Says: w “ The island ot Singapore lies at tho eastern ond of tho Straits, and is tiycuty-iivo miles long by (oiirteeh broad. Tho moaning of .tho word Singapore is the Place of Lions, which for a long lime has been an inappropriate terra, since lions have become obsolete, and their place be ing supplied by tigers. A considerable number live in tho fall grass andjunglu in different par(s ol tho island, but tho great part swim over from tho peninsula, from which it is separated uy a strait a mite wide. IVhcn pressed by hunger, • ns they often are, they swim over to tho island, and concealing themselves im the grass and thickets, watch tho Malays and Chinese when they go to their Holds to labor, and springing i upon them, strike a single.hlpw Qii tho back of ' the neck, which produces instant deatli by break . toe it. It is stated in books and newspapers, and upon inquiry I was told it was '™o by‘ho most respectable inhabitants, (hat between throo and four hundred Chinese and Malajsaro kilied every year by those ferocious monsters. While wo wore wailing at Singapore the arrival of Mr. Ward our Minister to China, a largo tiger waq killed! and We body brought into the town for the Inspection ol the curious. Though a largo reward Is offered by the government of the is land for every one taken, whether dead or alive, besides which tho skin is worth $5O, yo progress has been made towards exterminating them, el even diminishing their number;” . ■ OCT" The subscription price of the London , Daily Times is forty dollars a year. Nona ot ; the London dailies cost less than thirty dollars per annum, and some of them arc as, high fifty dollars’. A Good Joke,
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