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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
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John B. Bratton.
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Cumberland Nurseries.
.8J miles East op Carlisle, ,
'Middlesex Station, oil’the C. V. R. R. is cion to
. tht : Nursery. -
fTfHE proprietor of the above N urseries, would
JL call the attention of all who wish to plant
trees, to his present stock of.
Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
PLANTS: VINES, &c., Ac., comprising as
complete a collection of fruits, of every class,
»is to be found in the State. And constitu
ting mainly; such sorts as sixteen years of ex
aerienco, and careful observation, have proven
;be very best for our locality. This latter clause
s quite too much overlooked by the inexperi
jnced, through their anxiety to gather new
things from other quarters, regardless of the
probabilities of deception, through dealing with
strangers, or parties of whose reputation and
correctness they have no knowledge; and who,
itevbn honest and careful, have not the oppor
tunity and experience to know, what is best adap
ted to this section of the State. He would call
especial attention to his extensive stock of heal
thy young apple trees for this autumn planting,
Krblcb ore veiy fine.
1 Kj”NOTE, laf. All selections for orchards
■eft to the choice.of the Proprietor, will bewar-
Banted true to name and combine the most vnl
fcible fruits for the place to be planted.
■ 2nd. No inferior trees, or unhealthy stock,
Kent out under class of good trees.
■ 3d. All trees for parties who cannot call at
■lie nursery, and wish them sent via Railway,
Brill' be selected with asmiichcUro, tts if the pur.
Khaser were present, and the trees packed so as
Bo carry safely to any point on the Railroad,for
Brbloh a light charge will be made.
B 4th. It is not the lowest price, or the largest
Band grow) trees ho strives to reach,
But correctness and healthy trees) are the two
■points he.professes to fill,
pf CAUTION. Ist. Beware of reports, and
glisten not to the reports that the nursery is
tfclosed, the stock reduced and such and such ar
iflolesuro not to bo had; as it now stands ; on
fOaearly forty acres closely planted, containing
|jncar half a million of trees and plants, in van
ipus stages of growth, including all the most re
piablo articles, old and new, as fast as brought
Santo notice. - Many of the now things are held
Binder test, until their qualities have been suf.
Eciently proven to warrant their further diasem.
lunation.
2nd. Think not that all trees represented to
to from Miller’s, are (roni the Cumberland
furaeries; for some persons have already been
mistaken, by supposing that because the trees
Were from Miller, they came from here; when
|n fact they came from other quarters.
t 3d. No person or party is authorized to sell
from tills Nursery, without a written autuoity
Prom the Proprietor.
: Catalogues noting the main stock will be fur
nished on receipt of two three ■ cent postage
stamps.
i Orders solicited, with an earnest desire to
jnsndor justice. Address;
fc DAVID MILLER, Jr.,
. Cumberland Nurseries, ■
. Carlisle, Pa. '.
•. f■• 31 K P.T. II.E N, CE* , " : -+ ■ •
' Judge Wafts, I
Judge Graham, J
R. M. Henderson, I Carlisle, Pa.
Lemuel Todd, <
W. H. Miller, (
• October 13, 1859.
Great reduction in prices i
At the Ladies’Resort,
RENTE’S STORE. According to our practice
'in the last i'cw weeks o( the season, we have re
duced the prices of,our immense and varied
[stock ol Dress'(roods to such points ns will in
sure rapid sales. Regardless of prolit wo are
idetorniincd to sell tlicm off!
Bcrages, Bernge Robes and Double Shirts,
Organdy Lawns, Grenodeans,
Bhallies, &c. Freil and Silk at very low figures,
Silk Mantillas at reduced prices, plain Silk Man
tillas very low in price, French Lace Mantillas,
Lace Mantillas, Taliyas, Points, &c.
whole of my stock is now offeringjifre
liided ' prices, proparaloiy to the close of the
season. All I ask is the attention ol the ladies.
Bivo mo a call, as I. (eel satisfied we can suit
my one both as to stylo and price;
-June 30. 1859. ‘ A. W. RENTE.
Wiio can Sell
AMELODEON. cheaper than I can ? By
paying $5 per month, you can get one ol
Ihe best' trielodeons in the country; at-A. B. Ew
ing’s furniture rooms,'where there will bo con
stantly kept on hand (ho largest and best'assort
mont of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ever
brought to Carlisle.
Vlf yon wish to see a good PIANO, call and
Examine mine. For purity of tone, neatness of
finish, tine touch, and low price, rioriocan equal
them. As lam determined fo sell musical in
struments to the people ot Cumberland county
cheaper than auy other person, call and exam,
fno mine beioro purchasing elsewhere.
HP” All instruments warranted aiid kept In
; opair. h ..
JOHN It, RIIEEAL,
West High! street, Carlisle.
May 5,1859—6 m
JOSEPH IT. STEEL, /
WATCH MAKER.
too lh Hanover street, a few doors south of the
Court House,
Having supplied mvself with a largo asaott
<S* menf ol WATCH MATERIALS,' Glass-
&c., I am now prepared toiopair all,
SaboKkinds of u f : y£;
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &C<f
that may bo intrusted to my caroFod the most
reasonable terms.- Hoping by sttit't attention to
business to bo favored with a. share of public
patronage. ,V: ! ; ' ,
Also, a fine assortment of) jewelry, = such as
indies’ Breast pins, Ear Drops, (gold and cam
eo,) Misses Breastpins and-Ear Drops, Box and
Glasses, Pins all sizes, Hooks, Pla
ted Chains, Lockets, Guards, Keys, &o. Also,
h large and (Inc assortment ot Gold linger Rings,
all'of which will boaqldlow. A liberal share of
public patronage,is earnestly solicited.
N. B.—l have; recently received a fine as.
(ortmetlt of Silver Hunting Detached Lever and
Leplne W^ c hcs,j»nd> largo assortment of sil
ver plated and-steel spectacles, which I can dis
posb ofcbiap.7;
, : : v JOS. U. STEEL.
Carlisle, Jy/ly If. 1859—1 y .
■ ■ I A'CARD.
K. SMITH respectfully announ-
JL/ cßsMijls old friends andformor patrons,
tbatbehii| returned from bis South-western
tour, wUhlja health : gre f atly Improved, and lias
tosumed Wectico in Carlisle. ■
Office % jfain street, one door west of the
Railroad l» e pbt, where he can 1 be found at all
houtSi-dayl a nd hight, when not out profession
ally. j . Oct. 27, 1859.
f'TIO BE lud’aT EBY’S Grocery Store, some
JL of. thvQioicost No. 1 Mackoral (withput
heads,) j n Carlisle. The public is
ittVitbd tdJjji wnd examine them and judge for
thflnwlTj,. ■ gel). 84. 1869.
Those In want of aMantilia
” w »%nd the largest and cheapest assort
cheap store of -
■ ■ J. A. HGMBBIOH, Jr.'
Amerimn
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.,
VOL. 46.
•fforfttfll.
“HE WILL NOT WOO AGAIN.”
s Twas but a word—a careless word,
. In pride and passion spoken;
But with'that word the charm that bound
Two loving hearts was broken.
The hasty wrath has passed away,
• But. bitter words remain ;
In vain she looks with tender glance—
He will not woo again.
/ *
No other love may light her path ;
No other move ms heart;
Yet changing seasons come and go,.
And find them still apart;
Her once bright cheek is paler now ;
His bears a trace ot pain;
Their days are weary, sad—and yet
He will not woo again.
They iheet as strangers, calm and cold,
As calmly, coldly, part;
And none may guess that tranquil mien
Conceals a wounded heart.
To him the world hath lost its light;
For her all joys are vain;
Nor hope, nor memory bring relief—
He will not woo again.
Alas | that love, long tried and warm,
Should wither in an hour ;
Alas! that pride o’er human hearts ‘
Should wioid such fearful power.;.
Oh I. weep thou not for those who die—
For them all tears are vain; ~
But weep o’er living hearts grown cold,
'! Who ne’er can love again.
BEAUTIFDL. STANZAS.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall.
Drop by drop fho spring rims dry;
One by one, beyond recall.
Summer beauties fade and die;
But fho roses bloom again,
And the spring will gush anew,
In the pleasant April rain
And the summer sun and dew.
So in hours of deepest gloom,
When the spring of gladness fall,
And the roses in the bloom,
Drop like maidens wan and pale;
We shall find some hope that lies
Like a silent gem opart,
Hidden far from careless eyes,
In the garden of the heart.
Some.swccf hope to gladness wed.
That will spring afresh and new,
When griefs winter shall have fled,
Giving place to rain and dew—
Some sweet hope that breathes ot spring,
Through the weary, weary time
Budding for its blossoming,
In the spirit’s glorious clime.
3ffisfHlanmio.
IAIVEAS.^
08, A SLiqui: MISTAKE.
:• ?r ihsstro. W. HAMER.
“ Are you-,in love ? I’ll prove it by fifty
things. 0, there's no use in denying it, Cot—
none in the world!”
“ No use in denying what, Ophelia ? for once
I am at fault in understanding you.”
‘•Now, Cotton Mather Royalslone. that is a.
—a—well, if it is not a fib, it is at least an
equivocation. I mean there is no use in deny
ing that you are in lore —deeply, inextricably,
mortally, dreadfully, in love. I’ve been- aware
of it —lei me see —ever since that first party at
Airs. Swan’s. Anybody with two eyes in their
head, ought to have made the same discovery.
You are-mortally in love with Rosahe Ander
son,” and the chatterbox of a speaker, viz:
Ophelia Stewanson. held her pretty finger up,
and shook it at her cousin meaningly, and sau
cily. too.' ' '
If a blush is any acknowledgement of a fact,
then Cotton Maiher Royalstone was in love, for
the tell-tale blood mounted even into his fine
temples, and he cast his eyes down and played
with his watch-guard almost as modestly as a
girl might have done. Anybody would have
joined Ophelia .Stewartson, and declared our
hero to have been in love at that very moment.
“ But Cousin Cot," pursued the girl in that
same teasing lone, “Rosa has gone away on a
visit toNiagafa. She won’t be back these three
weeks, but that’s no reason why you should
shoot, hang, or drown yourself; ho reason in
the world. Act like a sensible fellow, and for
that short space of time, resolve at least to for
get iter. There is no use in-jsedping one’s self
to death over what cannot be helped. Stay
here, and we’li all do our. best to entertain you,
I’ll sing with you, fish with you. walk with
you, read to you, and if need be, fight for you.
You won’t find a more self denying friend any-,
where, than,l'll prove myself to be. if you’ll on
ly stay here and be sensible and well behaved,
as a young man ought to be during the absence
of his lady love. I’ll even; write to Rosa, and
beg her for your sake not to slay 100 long
Now ain't I exceedingly obliging ?” and the lit
tle mad cap took her dress in both hands .and
waltzed across the room, and half way across
the garden, before her grave cousin, with that
grave, reverend name, Cotton Mather Royal
stone, dould reply or stop her. At length he
caught up with her and said:
•• I’ll stay and be sensible PJbelo; stay and be
euteftaintfr famously, if you’ll promise nib one
thing. Pon’t write to Rosa; I don't want to
be the means of curtailing her enjoyment In
stead of writing to her,.you may talk to me
about her; that, will do just as' will.” ~ ,
“ Agreed,”said the girl, “and now bear it
in mind, dear Cot, I shall exert myself contin
ually to be vastly entertaining. You, on your
part, are not to be love-sick in the least; you
are to be gtfave, sober, unexacting, and moSt ea
sily pleased;'you are not to mention “Rosa
lie,” or " waterfall,” or any other obnoxious
subject-during the whole time, although I may
now and then speak upon the forbidden theme
myself.” . ' . . .. !
Hold! hold!” cried Gotten. “ turn about is 1
fair play, I’ve-heard that doctrine preached i
from my childhood. I have no idea of pledging 1
my word that I will 'not talk upon any subject, t
while your tongue is at liberty to rattle away t
at will. A pretty restriction you would place
mo under, truly.- No. no, Miss Ophelia. I,de- |
/mur seriously;” and the young man, drew a
handkerchief from his pocket and wiped bis (
face. f *
‘Butl shall talk sensibly, you know; give
you good advice, &c. Indeed I expect I shall i
bo deeply and engrossingly entertaining, when
I touch upon .that subject, while you on the i
contrary! O, who has not heard of the ravings .
of a love-sick soul! Who has not, indeed.
The young man laughed a hearty laugh. '
“ Well, cousin Phele,” he said, “ you are de
termined, I see plainly, to have things all vour 1
own way, My best policy will be to yield as
gracefully as I can; but don’t be too unmerci- I
fill. If you are, I shall, like the lord of the for
est, break away from all constraint, after- i
wards prove more unlameable than ever. ;
•• Oh ! I'll be very discreet, indeed; never .
/ear me,” and’thegirl began her fairy-like dince ,i
again upon the green sward—a dance which
seemed an appropriate expression of her young
and happy heart.
Ophelia Siewartson was one of those fresh,
laughing. Hebe-like creatures, whom it does one
good to look upon. Carefully nurtured trom
her earliest infancy, she knew little of grief or
care. Life looked to her a sunny path strewed
with flowers. She coquetted and laughed un
til the dimples seemed playing bo-peep in her
full, rosy cheeks. . She had a word for everybo
dy and everything—a word which'sounded mar
velously like the sincere expression of her heart
but which, strange to say, never gave offence to
anybody, but always caused a laugh.
Colton Mather Boyalsione was—hem! Well
—they said they were cousins, and I, not being
'very well versed in their genealogy, am not pre
pared to disprove-it. May be they were cous
ins—cousins in thesixteenth degree. One thing
was very apparent—there was great affinity be
tween the two —whether of heart or blood, it
matters not. Cotton was just from college, and
for the present, was safely domiciled in the
neighborhood where Ophelia resided: He gen
erally escorted her to parties, and it was at one
of these re- unions that Ophelia professed to make
the astounding discovery that Cotton was in
love—dreadfully, indeed, in love. .
For days afterwards, Ophelia, true to her
promise, did her best to entertain him, but her
sly raillery was unceasing, and perhaps nobody
but Cotton Mayther Royalstone, could patient
ly endure it. But endure it he did—endure it
with a very good grace, and, gentle.reader, was
not this another proof positive that he was dis
tressingly "in love.”
The weeks of Rosalie's absence had nearly
glided away; she was expected home in a few
days, but, nevertheless, Ophelia came in one
day, and stood at her cousin’s side, with a very
serious, condoling air upon her sober face:—
•• Oh, cousin Col.” she said, •• I have just heard
something so dreadful! I'm sure you’ll cry
when I tell you all about it. Poor fellow 1 you
have ray sympathies—l give them to you be
forehand—it is really too bad.”
What is too bad?" said the young man,
wonderingly. “I cannot imagine what has
happened. Nobody’s dead, I hope.” .
"Oh, no! butoldMr Anderson—the strange
old mortal—he’s. thrown cold water all over
your matrimonial prospects, for sure.”
“.Why, what has he done?” asked. Cotton,
in u tone of surprise.
‘Why, ha isn’t going to let you marry Ro
salie—he’s going to object—prove obstinate, as
many an incorrigible papa has done before him.
I’m afraid you'll have to.make a runaway
match of it yet.’
To Ophelia’s surprise, the grave young man
laughed a short laugh over this piece of.infor
mation, and evinced no very great concern.—
But he kept on questioning her, nevertheless,'
“ It isn’t possible that the old fellow objects
to a clever young chap like myself, is it, cousin
Phele? What does he say against me?”/
‘ Oh, ho dosen’t like you at all. Cot, hS nev
er will consent to her'marrying you In'the
world/ , ‘ > .... .
The! yburig''mah hit' , his lips and "sanT more
gravely, while he looked into bis pretty'cous
in’s upturned face, “he'll wait until I am Aim,:
I suppose, before he refuses me bis daughter's
hand.” '
“ Ask him ! why it was all settled that you
were to ask him as soon as he got home, you
know.’,’
-‘No, I don’t know it, Phele; never dreamed
of it.” ~ ■ ...
■ ‘ Why, Cousin Cot!’
The young man still looked gravely down in
to the upturned face, and there was a iruthful
expression in.his eyes that surprised her.
‘ Why Cousin Cot,’ she began again, ‘ how
did you expect to gel the girl without asking
for her —you haven’t intended running away
with her from the first, have you?’.
•No, I don’t intend now to.run away with
her.’ " _ ' ' .
‘But -you'll never get her without. You are
a Freemason, and old Air. Anderson is hostile
towards the whole fraternity. He declares that
it is a secret organization for political purpo
ses, and that its tendency is the destruction of
our government. He would as quickly let his
daughter marry a traitor as a Freemason, he
says.-’
•Ah !’ said the young man, respondingly.
•And now, Cousin Cot, if you don’t run away
with her. how are you going to marry ?'
•I’m sure I don’t know,’he said, stroking
his chin thoughllully. ‘I look to you to enligh
ten me upon that point.’
•Weil, you’ll have to run away; I see no oth
er chance for you.’
•With who, Phebe?’
‘Why, how. provoking! With her you have
been so madly in love with all along. Won't
you do it. Cousin Cot ?’
•Yes, to be sure, I will—run with her To the
ends of the earth, if need bo.’
•I knew it. I knew it.’ cried the girl,,bring
ing her small white haqds together, T knew it,
although you just now said you wasn’t going
to marry Rosalie under any such circumstances
A fig for cirmstances when anybody is dread
fully in love.’
•Dreadfully in love,’ echoed Cotton.
•Well, it’s all arranged—l’m to go along, 100.
I always thought that it would' be fine fiun to
ho in a runaway scrape.’
•Certainly you are to be there, Phele, I
couldn’t get married if you were not present.'
and Colton Mather stooped over and look her
hand.
‘Yes, lamto be bridesmaid. But when are
you going to see Rosalie about all .this ? , .
•Never!’ said the young roan, emphatically.
‘Never, Cousin Cot! . How on earth can you
get married without letting Rosalie know it ?—,
I am curious to know.’
•Very easily. I’m thinking. It’s] little mai
ler to me whether she knows about it or not.’
‘Well, if she don’t know about it, who must
then V said the girl, beginning for the first lime
to feel that she had rattled on until she had per
haps placed.herself in an awkward position;
‘who is to know about your Wedding, Obusin
Cot?’
‘You-ryou only, Cousin Phele. If you will?
only enter into my plans, we can have a quiet
home wedding in spite of old Mr. Anderson’s
ill will to the Freemasons. Perhaps, after all,
he will lot his daughter attend as a guest. You
must be the bride instead of the bridesmaid,
Cousin Phele; that will obviate all difficulties.
That is the only important change I care to sug
gest in vour arrangements.’
The rich crimson blood rushed all over the
girl’s face and neck, and she drew her hand
away from his hastily, and held it to her eyes 1
•Me 1 nie the bride.’ she murmured; ‘and you
all along so dreadfully in love.'
Cotton laughed one of his peculiar laughs,
and took her hand again. .
-'j •Yes,’ he said, ‘all along dreadfully in love,
but never with Rosalie Anderson. That was
your own supposition, remember. Say, Cousin
Ophelia, shall we hove a wedding in spite of old
Mr. Anderson’s hatred to the Freemasons.
The blushing creature thought seriously on
the subject for a while, and then said, archly,
•it never .will do to let the enemies of Freema
sonry break up weddings in any such way. If
you can’t get Rosalie Anderson, why I suspect
1 shall be obliged to marry you myself. I had
nfirer thought of-kbitf wajr of getting out of a
-,4.T ,J -. 1 ——* • ■ - v -v. ■*• ■ ■«. •■■»— .<■ ■-
“OUB COUNTRY—HAT IT BIGHT—BUT BIGHT OR, WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA|
difficulty. To be Bdifc.’a home wedding will
look more respedlableSMian a runaway match,
and moreover, granthbother says that runa
ways never turn out tveu.’
The young mail drelr'
‘Old Mr. Anderson may-:)
wind. We’ll have, *' #et
Phelia, dear, and leave'
out. It was a happy M
difficulty thus. I only;,
may be hastened, fof’-yt
been dreadfully in lovo-’l
The wedding was has!
returned from the Falls, '
alstone:— MasonicSigtiti
Blessed pubh'oL darling public! bow it must
be patted and petted,and«uparcd and buttered
and humored and spoiled! Let not the preach
ers say a word that wilLsie displeasing to the
public, for.it is lender—-it is sensitive, it can
not bear it! Lctno patriot give a bolus to the
public, unless it be sugar,coated; for though
the public is very sick, ft'flakes no more medi
cine, unless by ncoidenf* And ye writers,
whom heaven has blessed' tirilh pure hearts and.
fruitful minds—whose pens are loaded with
thought—beware how yotlkifler your merchan
dise to the public ; for ifl.it should not just
please its dainty stomach! -it will curl its lips.'
slick up its nose, and consign/£ou to obliviou.
A few days ago, I stood'hi the office of a pe
riodical, the editor of always feels the
public pulse before be decides on publishing
any article, when a gentleman entered, ancTa'
conversation ensued, which 1 give word .for
word with the exception of names.
The editor was examininga proof of a wood
cut—said cut being a -representation of four
while men being flayed alive by Indians—which
was to appear in the next Slumber, when the
stranger thus addressed hidf!
“Are you, sir, the editor Pf the Tragical Ob-,
server ■?" 1
The four white men and-iihe Indians were
pushed into a pigeon: bole, he stranger was
stared at through a pair of spectacles, the rims
of which looked like the mouths of cannons,
and the eyes behind them, like balls about to
be fired; he saw the cannonballs roll fiercely
for a moment, and then he heard a sepulchral
voice saying, “1 have the honor to occupy that
position.” , ■ ■ . ,
•T have called, then,” said, the stranger, “to
see if I can make arrangements with .you to
write for the Tragical Observer?"
The mouths of the canons were pointed
straight at the stranger.and the balls rolled
very wildly, as the editor replied somewhat in
the tone which Mr. Native Talent uses when he
says, ‘tThat handkerchief, that handkerchief,”
“Well, sir, what can you do in-, tho sensation
line?" .
‘T do not wish,” said the stringer, “to write
in that line. I want to ptepaw’a'-series of sci
entific -'-V n -t
The mouths ofthe turned away
in disgust, as though ,e> x ’ stranger. was hot
worth shooting at,‘and were .pointed once more
at the four white meri and tho Indians, which
the editor pulled put of the pigeon hole, and re
marked: V ■
••No use, sir—rho use! The public don’t wanl
.hem—no taste for them.” •
“But,” continued the stranger, “would not
such articles raise the character of jour pa
per?”
“Yes,” replied he, “and sink my receipts.
[ tell you, sir, Ijyepare a paper for the public,
and I’m obligee! to publish what the public
want; The public—l hate the public. The
public, sir, wants blood, blood, blood ! Write
me some articles stained with blood from be
ginning to end, and I’ll give you your own
price.” “i’-i'V’.-;''
tT have never written a bjoody artiele. sir,
and do not think T ever shall; but the popular
taste for reading is improving, and I think my
■articles would be read.” ; ■ ; :
••Not at all, sir. The respectable papers in
ibis place have but a limiled.eirculalion, While
such as mine are making fortunes. Where
there is one reader for the Hotfye journal, Knick
erbocker, Harper's Monthly, find such periodi
cals, there are a dozen for mine..- Those papers
are full of talent —mine is fuli'of bipod. Look,
sir. at this paper,” takingup) the-last number
of the Tragical Observer, “see the names dfltie
stories, .‘The Man of Mystery,’‘The Ruffian
Rifleman,’‘The Bloody Spot,’‘The Swordbf
Vengeance,’etc.”
••But,’’ asked the stranger, “are not our peo
ple becoming more intelligent. 1 ’
"By no means. The people, read more, it is
true. But what do they read? Whyjustsuch
stuff.as you find in my paper. And,-tobecan
did, I’ll tell you, that if a man reads my paper
one year, and does not lose ail taste.for what is
improving or refining, he must bo-a salaman
der. Why, sir; when I first began as in edi
tor T determined to make an intellectual sheet,
but the public drove me from my position, and
I was obliged either to do wliat I nave done oy
starve. I began to deaf in sensation and car
nage, and though I have killed all true Isskd
out of my own heart, yet I have pleased ; thc
public, and made money rapidly!” f ■
"Well,” said the stranger, “I think I would
rath.cr starve.” ,
Once more the cannons were pointed-straight
at the visitor, and the balls seemed just ready
to go off, as the editor said:;. ■
“You may say so now, but you will soon ah
ter your tone—you will have to come to it; and
my advice to you,.and', to. every ydhng Writer
is. to seek popularity at once by—getting into
the sensation line /” , _
The stranger was discouraged and left. The
editor became again absorbed in the, four white
men and the Indians, and I sat dow|i to give a
hint to authors, about ye piiblic and tbesensa
tion line.—Home Journal
Boys, Help Your MoinaßS.—Wc have seen
from two to six great hearty boya sitting by
the kitchen stove, toasting their feet, and crack
ing nuts or jokes, while their mother, a slender
woman, has gon&lo.fhe wood pile for wood, to
the well for the meat house to cut
frozen steak fordjnner.' This is not as it should
be. There is much work-.aboufc the house too
hard for womenr Heavy lifting, hard extra
steps, should bo done by those more able.—
Boys, don’t let your mother dp it all, especially
if she is a feeble woman. Hull, prosy house
work* irksome enough at best. It is a long
work, it being impossible to tell when it is quite
done, and then on the morrow the whole is to
be gone with again. There is more of it
than one is apt td think. We wish some busy,
all day house-worker, the arrangement of whose
house is about os inconvenient as it can be, a
no uncommon state of things, would count her
steps for one day and let us have the result in
miles; let it be noted how inanjr times* she goes
into the cellar, to the wood P.He, to the pump,
up and down stairs, especially how many limes
from the stove to the buttery.— Morning Star*
[C7»A Connecticut paper, suggests that as'
the Republicans do nc& relish the prefix
•> Black," they may with .propriety change
their party name to Brown Republicans, in con
piderationof thsir Ossawijltamie champion.
fIURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1859.
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BINTS; TO i ItHUBS.
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BT -JOHir Bt^KLAP.
icr tpihim and said-
thistle his spite to the
Wing' of our own,
Anderspns entirely
mgbt to get over the
»Bk that the wedding
' know 1 have long
.ied. Before Bosalie
iphelia was Mrs. Roy
anti Journal.
Do Ittittwr.
A Scene at the St, Loais Fair,
A St. Louis correspondent of the Chicago
Press furnishes the following:
The most exciting accident of the Fair was
the grand run away, turn-over, and smash-up
among the fast men who were showing oft their
horses and sulkies in the ring on Thursday af
ternoon. About twenty-five horses and sulkies
were firing round the ring in the presence of
ten or twelve thousand persons, when one dri
ver ran into the gig of another one, which fright
ened his horse. : The horse bounded off at full
speed, striking several other horses and sulkies,
and starting them oil likewise. Within a min
ute the panic and runaway feeling were com
municated to almost every horse in the ring.
Gigs were smashed to splinters, drivers were
hurled headlong from their seats to the ground
and run over; some of them held on to their
reins, and were dragged along; one or two got
caught with their feet in the wheels, and were
hurled about in a frightful manner. Some of
the horses attempted to jump over the railing
among the frightened spectators. Others
plunged madly for the entrance and exit places,
and dashed their vehicles to pieces against the
sides of the passage way.
Just picture to your mind a score of high
mettled horses attached to carriages, all run
ning away proutiscously on the space of. an acre
.. —crashing against each other, rolling over and
springing up. plunging, kicking and squealing,
around and across the area, in pell-mell terror
and confusion, with portions of broken gigs
following their heels, with their drivers rolling
or dragging in the dirt among ll>e debris of sul
kies and hoofs of the frighiened horses; add to
this the rush of a hundred hardy men into the
ring, trying to stop the horses, many of whom
getting instantly kicked down and run over,
and the shouts of ten thousand men and screams
of five thousand women, and you can form some
idea of how the scene looked to the spectator.
In five minutes it was all over, and horses, men
and gigs had cleared the ring. Strange to tell,
no one was killed, though several received se
vere contusions, and few escaped without bloody
faces or soiled and torn garments.
Romantic Affair,
Thp.llomer (N..Y.) Republican narrated that
years'hgo a Mr. T., of that city, then a young
man, went to Albany to see some friends, and
while there made the acquaintance of a young
lady, a dressmaker in the family he was visit
ing. During his slay in that city he won the
affections of the dress maker, and .under prom
ise of marriage, accomplished her ruin, Mr. T.
left for his home,' after assuring the young lady
that he would return and fulfil his engagement;
blit, alas, his promise was not fulfilled—they
never met again. After months of anxiety add
self-upbraidings. Mr. T. returned to Albany to
see tho object of his affections and marry her;
he loved her, though he had so cruelly deceived
her. The dressmaker had left the city, and no
traces Of her could be found, lie ascertained,
however, that she htuKeiven birth to a .datjKh.-
jpv and afieh.Wuitmg^TOb’ticha' 1 ior'Tns rettfrfij
had left the oily of her shame. Aftera fruit
less effort to find her and his child, he returned
to his home. Many long years have intervened:
the young man has become a wealthy farmer,
and is surrounded by a happy and interesting
family. lie has been blessed with everything
to make him happy, blit ihe recollection of that
wronged one has embittered his existence, and
made life most miserable—and year after year
he has been untiring in his efforts to discover
her or the offspring of their unhallowed love.
The mother, after leaving Albany, married
in one of the river counties a mechanic. The
daughter remained with her mother until she
had reached the age of fifteen, when, in conse
quence of the ill-treatment of her step-father,
she left her home and obtained a situation as a
servant in the family of Mr. 8., of Troy—that
gentleman having formerly , been a resident of
That’ village. Soon after the young girl’s moth
er died, and having no relatives to whom she
| coUld look for sympathy or aid. she was per
suaded, to come to this city and reside in the
family of Mr. B.’s father. She accordingly ar
rived'here about nine years since, and five years
ago was married to a young man, a mason ' by
trade. Last winter the lady’s, husband was
employed to do some work for Mr. T. After
the work was completed, Mr. Ti visited the
mason’s, house several times fur the purpose of
I carrying; produce in payment for his labor.
’Mr. T. was impressed with the appearance of
'.the young man’s wife, and on inquiry ascer
tained where she was from, what her mother's
name was before she was married, &c., (the
daughter had, been christened the name of her
step-father.) and after a most thorough investi
gation he became convinced that she was his
long lost daughter! T.’s wife had never
known of his criminal love, and he dared not
reveal, it to her. For several months ho wrapt
the secret in his own breast, till at last paren
tal t) flection would no longer allow him silent,
and bp’made himself known to his daughter,
told his wife all, whq wise'y forgave him, and
conserited to receive her ns one of the family.
The daughter is happy in the possession of a
father's love, and will be joint heir of his prop
erty. Truly, '“ ‘
“Truth’s stranger than,fiction ”
Doctor’s Degrees.
Some years ago, the University, of St. An
drews, one of the most famous in Scotland
haring rather a lean treasury, resolved to re
plenish it by a new branch of commerce, and
announced that it would sell its Doctor’s De
grees at £2O apiece. Many took advamngc of
this liberal offer; and among the rest a certain
minister, who thought his services would be
more acceptable to his flock, were he possessed
of a handle to his name, put the required sum
in his purse, and went up to St. Andrews to
purchase the coveted honor. A man-servant
accompanied him, and-was present when his
roaster, having previously footed the bill, was
formally presented with the official parchment.
On his return Dome the new doctor sent for his
servant and addressed him as follows:
. “Noo, Sandy; ye’ll ay be sure to ca’ me
doctor; and gin anybody spiers, at yo about
me, ye’ll aye be.sure to say the doctor’s in Ills
study, or, the doctor’s engaged, or the doctor
will see ye in a crack, as the case may be.”
“That a’ depends.’.’ replied Sandy; “whether
yo ca’me doctor too.”
The reverend doctor stared.
“Aye, it’s just so,” continued the other;
“for when I found it cost so little. I e’en got a
diploma myself. Site ye’ll just be good enough
to say, doctor, put on some coals; or, doctor,
bring me the whisky. And gin anybody spiers
at ye about me, ye’ll bo sure to say the doctor’s
in the pantry, or, the doctor’s in the stable, or,
the doctor’s digging potatoes, as the caso may
be.”
DCT’It is perfectly well understood, or if not,
it should be, that almost any husband would
leap into the sea, or rush into a burning edifice
to rescue a perishing wife. But to anticipate
the convenience or happiness Of a wife in some
small matter, tho. neglect of which would ,bo
unobserved; is a more eloquent proof of tender
ness. This shows a mindful fondness which
wants occasion in which to express itself, and
the smaller tho occasion seized upon, the more
intensely affectionate is the attention paid.
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM
HARPER'S FEGKY TROUBLE.
TRIAL OF THE PRISONERS
Cook Committed for Trial—The Trial of Cop
pee Concluded—Sentence of John Brown-
Speech of the Prisoner—He denies any In
tention to Murder , or of Treason—Brown
Sentenced to be Hung on December 2d—Cop
pce Found Guilty on all the Counts'.
Charlestown, Va., Not. 2.
Messrs. Russell and Sennat, Attorneys from
Boston, reached here to-day.
CODE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
■ Cook was brought before the magistrate's
court, but waived an examination. He was
committed for trial.
THE TRIAL OP COPPER.
Coppee’s trial was resumed. No witnesses
were called for the defence. Mr. Hardingopcn
ed the argument for the Commonwealth', and
Messrs. Hoyt and Griswold followed for the de
fendant. Mr. Hunter closed for the prosecu
tion. The speeches were of marked ability.
Mr. Griswold asked for several instructions,
which were all granted by the court. The jury
then retired.
SENTENCE 0? JOHN SHOWN—HIS SPEECH.
Brown was then brought into , the Court
House, which was immediately thronged.
The Court gave its decision on the motion to
arrest judgment, overruling the objections
made. On the objection that treason cannot
be couimilted against a State except by a citi
zen, it ruled that wherever allegiance was due,
may be committed. Nearly all of the States
(we believe all) have passed laws against
treason.. The objections as to the form of the
verdict rendered were also regarded as insuffi
cient.
The clerk then asked Biown whether he had
anything to say why sentence should not be
pronounced, when
Brown stood up,'and in a clear, and distinct
voice said: .
“I have, may it please the Court, a fe>v
words to say.
“In the first place, I deny everything but
what I have all along admitted—the design on
ray part to free the slaves. I Intended, cer
tainly, to have made a clean thing of that mat
ter, as I did, last winter, when I went into
Missouri and there look the slaves without the
snapping of a gun bn either side, moved them
through the country, and finally left them in
Canada. I designed doing the same thing
again, on a larger scale. That was all I inten
ded. I never did intend to commit murder or
treason, or to destroy property, or to excite or
incite the slaves to rebellion, and to make an
insurrection.
“I have another objection, and that is, it is
unjust that I should suffer such a penalty.
Had I interfered in the manner which I admit
—and which L admit has been fairly,proved,
(for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the
greater portion ./'jfciho witriesfjss who:hayei testi
fied in this
of .the rich, .IW ih\elligent,;ihe
so called great,
either father,, molberfl>rqiifaißlst&±yrife t flr.
children, or any of that’pj.asjf'ab'd suffired and!
sacrificed what T have' in jjfiis fnterfefencfe, it
would have been all right.:' Every man in this
Court would have deemed it aii;aot Worthy of
reward rather than puivshment. This Court
acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the
law of God., I see a hook kissed here which 1
suppose to bo the’Bible, or at least the new
Testament. That leaches me that ‘all things
whatsoever I would ihat meii should do to me.
I should do even so to them.’ It teaches mo
further to remember those that arein hondsas
bound with them.’ I endeavored to act up to
that instruction. I say I apt yet too young to
understand that God is any respecter of per
sons. I believe that to have interfered, as I
have done, as I have always, freely admitted I
have done, in behalf of His despised poor, was
no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed
necessary that I shou'd forfeit -my life for the
furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle
my blood further with the blood of my chil-.
dren, and with the blood of millions in this
slave country whose nights are disregarded by
wicked, cruel and unjust enactments, I submit
—so let it be done. Let me say one word fur-1
liter. I feel entirely satisfied with the treat-1
mcnl I have received on my trial. Considering
all the circumstances, it has been more gener
ous than I expected ; but I feci no conscious
ness of guilt. I have staled from the first what
was my intention, and what Was-nut. I never
had any design against the life of any person,
nor any d eposition to commit treason, or ex
cite the slaves to rebel or make any general in
surrection. I never encouraged any man to do
so, but always discouraged any idea ot that
kind. Lot mo say, also, in regard to the state
ments made by some of those connected with
me—l hear it has been stated by some of them
that I have induced litem to join me, but the
contrary is true. Ido not say this to injure
them, but ns regretting their weakness. Not
one joined me but of his own accord, and the
greater part at their own expense. A number
of them I never saw and never had a word of
conversation with, till the day they canto to
mo; and that was for the purpose I have sta- 1
ted. Now I have done.” .. !
While' Brown was speaking, perfect quiet
prevailed. When .he had finished, the Court j
proceeded to pronounce the sentence. After a j
few preliminary remarks, in which he said no i
reasonable doubt could exist as to, the prison
er’s guilt, he sentenced him to be hung, tn pub
lic, on Friday, the 2 d of December.
Brown received the sentence with composure.
The only demonstration made, was with the
clapping of hands by one man in the crowd,
who is not a resident of Jetterson county. This
was promptly suppressed,and much regret vVas
expressed by the citizens at its occurrence.
the veedict in coppee’s case— guilt* on
ALL THE COUNTS OP THE' INDICTMENT.
After being out an hour, the jury in thfecaso
of Coppee returned with a verdict, declaring
him guilty on all the counts in the indictment.
: His counsel gave notice of a motion to arrest
judgment, as in Brdyvn’s case.
The court then adjourned.
Tire Nations Without Fins. —According
to Pliny, lire was for a long time unknown, to
some of the ancient Egyptians ; and wlieii.Ex
odus the celebrated astronomer, showed it to
ithem, they were absolutely in raptures. The
/Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks and several other
nations, acknowledged that their ancestors were
without the use of lire; and the Chinese confess
the same of their progenitors. Pomponius.
Mela, Plutarch, and other ancient authors,
speak of nations who, at the time they wrote,
knew not the use of tiro, or had just but learned
it. Pacts of the same kind are also attested by
several modern nations. The inhabitants of
the Marian Islands, which were discovered in
1551 had no idea of lire. Never w;as astonish ■
ment greater than theirs, when they saw it on
the descent.of Magellan in one of, their islands.
At first thpy believed it to be some kind of an
imal that fixed to and fed upon wood. The in
habitants of the Pfiillipine and Canary Islands
were formally equally ignorant. Africa pre
sents. even in our own day, some nations in
this deplorable state.
Obey your teachers.
, H costs us more to be kalsefable than
would make ns perfectly happy,
pi 1?" * aT >y n man become four-handed }
try doubling his two fists.
. iP7 o Il , oran k es can bo purchased for a penny
a piece, how much would a whole one coatt .
DC?" The poorest coward can avoid shaking id
his shoos by wearing boots, Or going barefoot.
p" ip? je ]9 T 0 ] ]*e a canal boat t Because
it is an internal transport.
New Proverb.—A thorn Intiiobnah Is worth
two id the band. .
NO. 22.
(£?* A man is moat properly said to bo <<rii>4
for anything” whob be Isa little mellow.
The custom of wearing the. hair iba long
pigtail is defined in California as CWna-tcars.
man Is so deep biit that a shallow
place may, bo found in him.
KF* Love, while it frequently corrupts .pura
hearts, ofteu.purlflcs the corrupt hearts*.,
. Mrs. Partington makes Shukespheresay,
“ sweet are the use of advertisements.”
Stow Fuii.~-ro *tole' a shot gunaroynd for
nali a day, and shoot nothing, or perhaps less.
The. light heart, like the vino, bleeds
most rapidly when warm.
richest man on earth is but a pan*
per, fed and clothed by the bounty of Heaven.
There is no objection to broils In a house
so that they emanate from the kitchen.
. An editor up in North Carolina says ho
is so poor that when two dimes meet in hispock*
et ho introduces them, they are such strangers*.
K?" A fine woman, like a locomotive, draws
a train after her, scatters the sparks, and trans*
ports the mails.
A youth, while gazing with wonder at'
tho mummies i;i the N. Y, Egyptian Museum!
thought he should much iiko “to see live ones. 1 *
E? - It has been well said of tho homo of tho
scolding wife, that ‘'lt’s a-bad house where tho
hen crows louder than the coot.”
A sailor looking Very serious in a Meth
odist church, was asked by tho minister if he
felt any change. “Nary red,” said Jack.
P 3?“ A man who dines at different restaurants
announces the discovery that in these places
tender meat is always very rare.
03“ “Do you know, sir, why Mf. filowiianl
has changed his politics ?”. Oh, yes, ho is one
of tho small beer politicians, and bfcer’will turn.
03“ A married lady in Loudon cb., Va., Is
said to weigh flVe hundred & fifty-three pounds;
Her husband is a great lady’s man.
p 3“ Dr. South says : “Tho tale-bearer and
tho- hearer should -he hanged up together—the
former by tho tongue, and the latter by. tho ear.
03“ Four things come not back.: the broken
word, tile sped arrow, the past life and tho neg
lected opportunity.
K?” “ I’m all heart,” said a military offleerto”
his comrades. « Pity you’re not part pluck,”
said his superior in command. ■ ,
03“ What is (ho difference betivcon a bufebor
and a young lady 1 Ans.—The former kills to
dress, while tho latter dresses to kill.
D3 1 ” “ That’s very singular, air,” said a young
:lady to a gentleman, who had just kissed her.—
“ Oh my dear Miss, I will soon make it plural.”
\Cy~ Night brings out stars, ns sorrow ehowi
us truth; we can. never see the stars till we can
see little or naught else—and thus is it with
truth; ,
03~ “Married people, >> says Dean Swift, “fot ;
being so closely united,,are. but- the apter to»
cooswlqvjng, as knots, the harder lheyar<j.pul}- -
SouUietn fdends.afa.npder'Uio'.ims ’
S Cession that," ifa genuine Tanfc'eo were
WWift P»lo horse, ho wbnld bohter-liiiß;'t^ :i;
swapklorsos. , ‘
y.OSPT A gentleman once asked a company of
little boys.what they wore-good for? One -lit
tle fellow very promptly answered:—“We are
good to make men of.”
03“ Idleness is the mother of mischiof/tha
moment a horse has done eating his bats, ho
turns to and knaws down bis manger, and what
is true of horses is equally true ol hion.
' 03“ A Philosopher was asked from whpm he
received his first lessons of wisdom. “Frorq
the blind,” ho replied, “who never fake a step
until they havo.first felt tho ground before them.
, 03“ Aunt, Betsy has said many good things,
apd among tho rest, thaf a newspaper is like a,
wife, because every man should have bno of bib
own.
K?” There are in the city of Pittsburg, five
courts presided over, by twelve judge?, whoso
united salaries amount to thirty-one'thousand
dollars per annum.
03“ “ Oh,” said a miser, with some twenty,
thousand dpilars, “I am afraid'l shall come to
want.” “Never(ear,’’said a friend,“yon want
a ii(tlo tho must of any man I know." ;
03“ A lady friend of onrs says tho first time
she was kissed, she felt like a big tub of rose?
swimming in honey, cologne, nutmegs, and
cranberries.
KS~A clergyman in Lynn, Mass., was-re
cently detected in stealing books tfom a Boston
book store. He owned up and returned all be
had stolen.
03“ A moral debating society “ oht weifi” i?
engaged in a discussion on (ho following ques
tion : “If a husband deserts his wife, which la
the most abandoned, the man or tbe woman 7
D 3“ That was a smart boy who owned that he
liked everything that was good, with the exeeps
tion of a good whipping. The same hoy liked
a good rainy day—too rainy, to go to school, and
just about rainy enough to go a fishing.'
03“ Learning is not offensive in a woman, if
sho only preserves a gentle and thoroughly fo.
manine disposition. Somo one has very signi
ficantly said that jt does not matter how blue
the stocking? are, so the petticoat Is lung enough
to cover them.
OT" There is not anything gained in economy
by having very young and unexperienced sorv.
ants at low wages. They break, waste and do
stray more than any equivalent for higher wa
ges, sotting aside comfort and respectability.-' .
03“ It is perhaps a suspicious circumstance,
(hat if a young lady has a long nose, it is ah
most invariably crooked. It has to bo bout
slightly aside to admit ol her being kissed, so it
grows away.
03“ One of the sex writes rather spicily, “thaf
though few American ladies live in idleness, tho
majority work themselves into early graves,
giving men an opportunity to try-two or three
in the course of their own vigorous lives.”
Oy An Irishman meeting a countryman in
quired hisname. “Walsh”saidthegentiomsn.
“Walsh,” responded paddy, “are ye from Dub
lin 7 I know too ould maids Ihcro of that name;
was cither of them your mother 7” ; , *>-
cy “ A chap walking along the street seeing
a lawyer’s office, walked in and inquired a—
“ What do you keep to sell 7” “Blockheads,"
replied.the lawyer. “Pretty good, business I
guess, I see you’ve got only one loft.”
ny What strange creatures girlti are. Offer
one of them good wages to work for yon, and
ten chances to one if the ohf woman can spate
unv of her gills; hut Jest propose matrimony,
and see if they don’t Jump at he cbanpo
workings li/e-timo for their victuals and clothcyi
oy'«John said a father to his son, one day,
when he caught him’sharing the “down” offhls
upper lip, “don’t throw your shaving water ont
whore there are any barefooted boys, for they
might get their feet pricked.”
qy A lady had just swallowed a petite glass'
of wine, as a gentleman In company naked fora
taste. << It la all gone,” said she laughing, “un- ’
less you take some from my lips.” I should bo
most happy,” replied the gentleman’, >■ but I
never take sugar In my wine.”
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