, • • “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE EIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” ■. ■ ■ ' CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 89, 1860. II £ c% GAN VOLUNTEER et ei>v inonsDAY iionsisa by 1 ’’ JTOUX B. BRATTON. ' '*'s*!' f 3/ teems. ' . ; Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid ■ ? la advance ; Tfwo Dollars if .paid within the year; • and Ttrp Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within • - the yoar. Theao.torms will bo rigidly adhered to in V ihstance. No subscription discontinued until arreoragos aro paid unless at the option of the ■ auditor. ADrEßTrsEJrKNTB—Accompanied by the cash, and not •nawooding fbhb''square, will bo inserted three limber d.arfibJfar, and twenty-five cents for each* Those of a greater length in ... prdporiidn'ip|m^ ! ' ' 1 Jop-3? ns Hand-bills, Postmg-bms, Labels, die. &c., executed with ( v. shortest notice. ' ■ TUB STAB AND THE CLOUD. bV PROF. 1. 11. HEWITT. ~ *. ■ • f StahcVout of .'my light,” said a bright little star, that was bound on its way ; i,fjXcanhot ,ibe seen by the planet far, ■ "^^^ r^i^^i?^ u ’ 0^80u ' ro,m^r P uro ra y-” ■ 1 *^oo^jto {” said the cloud, there are thousands !t f h V^s they stand all alone; ihnwmm i out in this ocean of blue, confined to a zone.” ■ * shadow,” half vexed the star said, thc beautiful earth; c: accompanies the rays that I shed, a i waves dance in their mirth.” : 3. / the cloud jyitb a thundering voice; h K 'Mmtfmitfaiy * twingingjspark; the -fields and the flowers rejoice, 1 put old Sol.in the dark.” KlwM:. > fire will illumine the seas 'jpg®?:;tK wjcjj&s the firm mountain shake; * . f like you are now winking at mie, at river and lake.” speech made the little star pale, she shrunk info space; . • moUcd fast on the wings of the gaie, .. . jAnd tha-plue sky waB loft in its place. : some folks make a swell; ■l:.with Vapor, they toll their own knoll, burst from ano'eroharge of pride, ( > THE MIDNIGHT WIND. 1 BY WILLIAM MOTHEUWELI* . J , Jtfoarnfully I 0; mournfully : Xliis, midnight'wind doth,sigh,- jj * i liikrfj'some'swoot, plaintive melody „ Ofages long gone by I - - v ■lt speaks a. tale of ether years, that’bloomed to die, Offiuiyiy smiles that sot in tears,. ■ 'li joyoa: th,a£ moul Joriqg Up 1 „ -■ !0, mournfully . _ V inj} - 1 .- midnight wind dothmoan! - 4 somo chord of memory - , : ~ - ' dull, heavy tone: • . t-. • / of the mnohrloyed dead il : ‘ • ( floating thofcupen,«r . »„. ‘ jUk my fond heart cherished i \ ■« £ro death had made it lone. , ’ ■l|f' >• ,. v f ’ . , ' iJ /*%,'* Mournfully! 0, mournfully {£■?.midnight wind, doth swell •;With its quaint, pensive passionate farewell • dreamy joys of early years, yet griefs canker fell , : . heart's hloom—ay! wojl may tears at the parting knoll; i’’ * m * Tr 3l|ftillSE IN JUDEN STRASSE. ■ -j,j’- , -.*i i ’.•. - ■ - Tfte Reward of Integrity. ,v V S ; distinguished quarters ‘ cf,Fwhkfdrtiid-tho-Maine was the streetball cd Juden Strosse, or Jews’ street. Althodgh the city, it was quiet and ‘•■retired, andropresented hut a small number of Frankfort. V< : \ ! Ih oho of . the houses dwelt a Jew, whoso " lovo of indeGd, such a passion had . entered info his'soul—was under the full do mination of his honesty and integrity. These •■■were jewels winch ho prized far above the 1 atdnos with which his br»- thrbn : :EwJaco thoraselyes.for their . J that ho was not earnestly' seeking to provide against the fu- of fortune, and to lay up sotoothing’for'tho little ones whoskt around above air these was bn / of honor and justice, the loss of whibhi wealth and honors could not bribe, nor poyer- ; Hober Rothschild ■was a A* l ssW|SsS!?i.f°, r booh a man. . Stately as an wul beautiful as only .her. the wealth and brilliancy eyes and raven hair—-dis-, £ peculiar purple tint that neck—Sarah gotlja d as she was beautiful. a noa *' ftn d beautifully or fui'n'turo was #ll of A “ ade of rare old wood, ing its weight in gold. One "otbd to sots of different pattern "ho heir-looms of families I lovenshod, and who wore in the Jew’s closet, while' ie money they brought.— redeem them'. This closet exposed to strangers, and iful cups and plates was lips, as it was the admira ot Bon Hebor. They, in •ed gazing on the paint ; that enriched the'china, ir closet was thus foarloss mld have imagined that ly secure back there was mtainod princely inherit- Uamonds. This was the ’noted that the closest in ternal its existence; and ... , t , , >t the treasure that extra vagance, had pawned, and for which the Worthy Jew was receiving profits, but simply : those which had boon entrusted to his integ rity.to keep, .and for which ho would never bo pw4*’’..' - when the family were about to retiw/tofest, a faint knock was hoard at the ?P 6r tyW#fyb'answored by the master of the ; plain and simple in his ! W?-fi||*y* n S nothing, not even his cane ■ with which.to defend himself, appeared on the stops. ': ; His. person was wholly unknown IJow,1 Jow, ao,d it seemed that liia was oqual stranger, for ho was particular in i Wkzng for him by namo. [ - his visitor to tho room whoro ' sitting as ho loft Jior, in I front of tho famous closet, which stood with its wide gloss doors quite open. At first the stranger seemed half disposed to object to the presence of the lovely Jewess; but whoa she turned her superb head_ and aokhowlodged his presence by a bow, while her grave and se rene countenance relaxed into a smile, ho seemed content that she should stay and wit ness his business with her husband. This was soon unfolded. This visitor was a Ger man prince, who, for some political or person al reason, was. forced to floe from Frankfort. He had heard of tho purity and uprightness of'tho man with whom he had come to deal, and ha wished to place all ho had in the world under his charge, if would accept the trust. “ I wish only,” said tho prince, “to retain enough for my expenses to a foreign land.— Once there, it will go hard if a,prince cannot find something on which to exorcise his, wits sufficiently to obtain a living. If nothing of fers nearer, I shall shape ray course to that land toward the sotting sun, where, T am told, the distinctions of rank vanish, and where every man is as good as his neighbor." The Jew promised, asked when he would Bring Ids treasure, so that he might be able to appoint a private meeting to arrange their business. 41 1 have them here,” said tho prince, draw ing from beneath his vest a wide girdle. On examination, it was found to press apart with a secret spring, find its recesses, which were deeply lined with soft wool, was found a col lection of the most precious and dazzling stones that ever greeted the eyes of the Jew. Diamonds, whose lustre was like a star, ru bies and sapphires, each of which were worth a principality, were in turn admitted and commented oh, and taken account of. , It was past midnight when tho examination ended mid the accounts finished, ".Now,” said tho Prince, 44 1 would fain see where my treasure is'to lie, that, in case any thing should happen to you and your wife, I might know where°to seek it." 44 That is a precaution of only common pru dence,” answered the J ew. “You shall'your self behold it put in a place of safety, from which it will not be removed until your re turn, save by circumstances in which even the sacrifice of my life may be demahdefi,” _ The shutters were closed to, pi-even tall pry ing eyes._ Tho Jew and his wife removed the efima from one side of the closet, and then carefully slipping aside the panel, which had been so beautifully fitted that ho one ignorant ef the secret could have detected it, the girdle was lowered into a receptacle Beneath the .shelf. In a moment all was replaced, Tho prince bowed his thanks, shook hands with; his new friend, and was soon o» the road, fly ing from pursuit. Months passed into years, and th‘o Jew worked early and late. The beautiful Sarah watched the cradle of her children with a mother’s tender affection. Her ambition for her sons were not that they, should become groat, but good men; but she hoped they would become a little more, successful in life 'than their plodding,'laborious'father.' "■ Then came the terrible French invasion, and those revolutions which convulsed all Germany. Frankfort, Hamburg, and Bra men felt tho shock; and the poor Jews, hunt ed, pillaged of their wealth, denounced and persecuted, wore scarcely able to escape with life; while the horrible dry of 44 down with tho Jews,” prevailed over all ' other sounds, and'doafened the cars of the poor Hebrews themselves. In this time of alarm and confusions Sarah Rothschild kept a brave woman’s heart within her bosom. She did pot blanch from sorrow, but grow njdro gloriously beautiful and state ly than over. A mother and a wife, .she lost all sight of herself in heroic love for the dear, objects of her affection. The house was ran sacked and pillaged—everything of value was taken by the lawless French soldiery, who scornfully reviled her husband for keeping, such a magnificent woman' in so poor.a cage. Tho persecution did. hot cease here. Every Jew who put his head out of doors was re quired to take off his hat to the Christians; and if ho omitted this act of humiliation, he was stoned and abused. And the proud spirit of Sarah chafed to see her husband and the brave, beautiful hoys, who dared to rebel against the - multitude, receive insults and threatenings from even the children-of the Christians, Years went by. The Prince returned. Ho had seen both troubles and joyous times in the far country which he had flown to as a refuge; and now with renewed health and strength, .and a bravo, strong spirit that was determin ed to take life as it came, and bear on with out murmuring, he settled quietly down .near Frankfort, All jj.ro.und bin? were traces of the recent struggle with a foreign power; but ns the grass springs up elastic from the foot that treads ii down, so does a city or a nation recover itself after the oppressor has been trampled within its borders, ifiio (jernjan prince sometimes thought of the treasure he had committed ,to the Jew ; but ho knew what his class were' reported to have suffered, and felt that in those, times of extremity human integrity must fall before the absolute necessity that sjirroupd.ed the unhappy jews. Bo comforted hiniself that, at least, the high-bred and stately Jewess and. her husband might have been most es.- sontially bonefitted by the deposit he had baft with them, and thus the matter rested in his mind. . • , One morning, while the Prince was at breakfast, he was told that a person wished to see him on business. lie desir.od his pres ence in the breakfast room; and, on his en trance, was surprised and gratified by the flight of Jiis old friend, the Jew. “ I came," said ho, ‘‘to speak about the pro.- perty left witfffme." . . ** j h'* m ' n .d that at all, my friend," inter rupted the Prince, “ but come and take break last with mo. Nay, I insist »nd pray, do not mention the affair, J rejoice that it was there to do you service, in a time when you must have needed it so much. Sit down, and in this admirable coffee wo will drink away its remembrance altogether." ' The Jew took the proffered chair. “ Believe me, Prince, your treasure is all -safe, just as I told you, The. closet wgs searched again and again, qnd every seam examined without success. The fine old china, and, indeed, all our possessions were sacrificed to the plundering rapacity of the enemy; but, thanks to the- name’ of Israel’s God, wo were enabled to keep Secret the trust yop reposed in us. Yourpropflfty only awaits your orders to be restored to you as you gave it," - 7 Tho Prince wus astonished. ’ „ .“ I had scarcely believed in such virtue, my friend. You have taught mo that integrity may bo incorruptible; andh'onco tortn I shall have increased faith in tho dig nifcy ,J n< J purity of human nature.” r '®> A few days after this the Prince called ,at the house in Judon Strasso, and received his girdle with not a stone missing. In that very house tho children of Ben-Heber were educa ted in the principles of honor and justice.— Everywhere tho integrity of their father was sounded abroad by tfie Prince, who' deemed that his thanks and presents alone,were hot sufficient, The world board the tale, and the humble Jew received not only the trust but the companionship of princes and nobles. In all parts of tho commercial world men heard the name with veneration, and at this day his family are scattered about in tho grandest ci ties. in Europe, the mon'arohs of finance, the arbiters of the money market, the successful, because honorable, controllers of the wealth of nations. But though frequently urged to make her home in one of the princely palaces in which they dwelt, Sarah Rothschild passed her peaceful old days in the old house in Juden Strasso. When her sons, who were princes in their own right, and nobles by their coun try’s gift of nobility —given, too, to merit alone—when they visited her, she received’ them in. the same room in which they had re ceived their lessons of truth, and the stately woman rose up with a grace ond.dignity that would seem to belong only to a queen, and laying her hands upon their heads, would bless them in the name of Israel’s God. “ May thy tribe increase!” is the' heartfelt thought of all who know their worth' arid in tegrity. Such is a true sketch of the great house of Rothschild. W ould’nt own up.— Joe Stetson was a wild, frolicking. fellow, who spent most of his time in drinking and spreeing, while his wife, Pol ly, was left at homo to do the chores. Upon a certain occasion, Joe left home, to bo hack, as ho said, that night. Night came, but Joe did not. The next day passed, but about sunset, Joe came up in the worst. condition imaginable—his' clothes dirty .'and torn, one eye in deep mourning, and hisSfaoo present ing more the appearance of a piece of raw meat than anything'else, Polly met him at the- door, and noticing his appearance, * ex claimed : “ Why, Joe, what in the world is .the mat- tor?” “ Polly," said Joe, “.do you know long Jim Andrews? Well, him and me had a fight.” “ Who whipped, Joe ?” asked Polly. “ Polly, we had the hardest fight you ever did see.- I hit him and he hit me, and then we clinched, Polly; ain't supper most ready ? I ain’t bad nothin' to eat since yesterday morn ing." .; “.But tell me -who whipped, Joe,” continu ed Polly, “ Polly,” replied Joe, “ I tell you, you never did see sich a fight as me and him had. When he clinched mo, I jerked loose from him, and then gin him three or four the most sufficient est licks you eyer beard of, Polly, ain’t s»p per ready ? P.m nearly starved.” “Joe, do tell mo who whipped ?" continued Polly, _ , “ Polly,” said Joe, 11 you don’t know nothin' .'bout fightin.’ I tell you we fought like ti gers: we rolled and tumbled—first-him on top, then me on top—then the .hoys would pat; mo on the shoulder, and hollow, ‘ Oh, my! Wo; gougpd and hit, . nnd;toi:#.ujv. the dirt in Seth Ruhnell’S grocery yard; worse’ nor two wild bulls. Polly, ain't Supper ready? I’m monstrous hungry." “ Joo Stetson !” exclaimed Polly, in a tone bristling with anger, “ will you fell- me who whipped ?” “Polly,?’ said Joe, drawing a long sigh, I hollered. I” . Mind tour own Business,-*- Yes, if you would succeed in the world, mind your own business; let other people’s business alone} attend to your own business strictly; be prompt in business, and do your business in a business-like manner. Many persona waste time enough in looking after the business of other persons to grow rich upon, if ptoperly employed. Lot other men do their own work and you do yours. If you "are a farmer you need friends, neighbors and helpers, and you can only have them by rendering to every man Ills right—doing your own business and letting others do theirs. If a merchant, you must have patrons or customers, and you can only have them, by attending strictly to your business, and allowing others to do the same.' If a lawyer, a physician or a preacher, you can only succeed by acquiring a character for honesty, promptness, and sincerity of pur pose, and thid you can do by minding your own business, and doing justly with all men with whom you have dealings. Yes, what ever your occupation may be, learn to keep your tongue in your mouth and your hands fast hold of your implements of labor—mind your, own business and you will succeed. A Bad Character. —We always were award of the importance of preserving a good , repu tation for truth and honesty, but wo have mot with nothing lately, so well calculated to im press the disadvantages, of having a bad char acter upon the mind, as the following anec dote; ' - A mortal fever prevailed bn board a ship at sea, and a negro man was appointed to throw t.h,e bodies of those who died from time to tipjo, oyorljoard, ,Qno day when the Captain was on deck, ha sg,w the negro dragging out of the forecastle a sick man who was strug gling yioleptly to extricate himself from the negro’s grasp, and remonstrating very bitterly against the cruelty of being buried olive. ‘.‘What are you going to do with that man, you black rascal 1” said the captain. “Going tq throw him pverboard, massa, cause he dead!” , ’ “Dead! you scoundrel,” said the captain, “don’t you see he moves and speaks ?” .. • “Yes, massa, J know he says he no dead, but he always lie so, nobody never know when to believe him I” lif a Tight,Peace. —A well-digger at Du , buquo, named Norton,was about to fire a fuse, when his candle upset and set the train op fire, B° rushed to the bucket pnd signalled to "haul up," The man at the windlass made superhuman efforts, and had hauled Mr, N. within some ten feet of the mouth when the windlass broke. Fortunately Mr. Norton caught a foothold on tho projecting shelf, and thereby saved himself from faffing to .the bot tom. -But his position was anything but de-' sirflble, as he was in no way protected from tho explosion, while it was only by almost superhuman efforts that ho kept himself from; falling from the narrow standing place. There was no way* to got out, and ho was sure to be riddled with a shower of rooks that would rise from below. Thus ho stood, momentarily ex pecting that a terrible death would ensue; stood thus in an agony which cannot be ima gined. How long tho time was ho did not know; but it seemed ages rather than sec onds, until a sufficient time had elapsed to in duce tho hope that the blast would not ex plode. This proved eventually to bo tho case, although ho suffered a dozen deaths before tho fact became apparent. . JSTHo that gives good advice builds with one hand; ho that gives good counsel, and ex ample builds with both; but ho that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with, tho other. | “I Don’t Care if I Do;” In olden time, before the Maine laws were invented, Wing kept the hotfel at Middle Granville, and from his well-stocked bar fur ■nished “accommodations to manfahd beast.” Ho was a good landlord, but terribly deaf. Fish, the village-painter, was also afflicted in the same way, ,• ■ . Onp day they were.sitting by themselves in the bar room, Wing was beiunil the counter waiting for tho next customer, wflije Fish was lounging before the fire with a Thirsty look, casting sheep’s eyes occasionally at Wing’s decanters, and wishing most devoutly, th.at some one would come in and treat./. . A traveller from the South,, oh his way to Brandon, stepped in to inquire, jtho distance. Going up.to the counter, he said: “Can you foil mo, sir, how far ifSs to Bran don?" ■ ' “Brandy ?" says-the ready landlord, jump, ing up; “yes, sir, I have some”’ at the same time handing down a decanter of,tho precious liquid. V,*v , “You misunderstood me,” says the stranger; “I asked how far it was to Brandon? 1 ’ “They call it pretty good brandy,” says Wing. “Will you take sugar with it?” reach ing as he spoke, for the bowl aiVcf the toddy stick. The despairing traveller turned to Fish, . - “The landlord,’’ said lie,, “appears to. he deaf; Will you tell me how far it 'is to Bran don?”, V . ' . “Thank you," said Pish; “I dent care if I do take a drink with you 1” ) ■ ■ The stranger treated and fled:. The French Emperor. A Parisian letter-writer thus' describes Louis Napoleon oh one of ave nues of that imperial city: ; 1 “Driving a pair of splendid hays, attacked to a box wagon, with - the reins in his own hands, and handling them as though lie were accustomed to it, -without any outnders, equi ries, or guards, the Emperor. Napoleon came along the avenue.. Ho was dressed with a black overcoat, and a hat which was of a fash ion of its own. The points of his mustache look particularly sharp, and .his ‘imperial’ as though it had just-come from the barber’s. It required a steady hand and a quick eye to guide those dashing horses through the im mense throng of vehicles of every description .which filled the avenue, particularly as the driver, while keeping one eye upon tho steeds, was obliged with the other (A acknowledge the salutations which he recipyod on every side, add ho kept up 'a continual hewing. I consider myself a tolerable gQd| democrat, but I took my hat entirely from 7sJr bead as he passed. A great man is he; Ifo las been suc cessful, and, cm;jt as pseudo-philOsophera may about it, success is tho true re of great men after all. The Emperor ’glues,gs yet, no signs of age, (he will ,he 52 on/the 2(HU of April'next, 1 but looks as fresh: and young. I think) as. when I saw him, fivo ybnrs ago, bo fOro hohad Hit; wholo .wojgbtiviyf Europe bn hid shotilders; dbdTßU’rPopd-fd’dW^n^ 'Ms/tr- The Slrasbnrg; Clpcfc. •The clock in the tower of the-Gathedral of Strashuj-g is not only n jnonster in size, but is tho most wonderful piece of mechanism in-the world. It is 100 feet high, 30 fool wide, and 15 deep. About 20 feet from the bottom is the dial, bn each side of which is a cherub, holding a small mallet in his his hand, while over the dial is a small hell; ,tho cherub: on the left strikes the first quarter, and that on ' the right the second quarter. Fifty feet above the dial is a colossal figure of Time, with a bell in his left hand and a scythe in his right. A figure of a young man in front strikes the third quarter on the bell in Time’s left hand, and then turns, and glides with a slow 'Step around behind Time, when out comes an old man with a mallet and places himself directly in front of the great Reaper. As.tho hour of 12 comes, the old man deliberately strikes with much power, twelve times on the bell. He then glides slowly behind Time,, and the young man again comes put and takes his position ready to do his duty when called up on by the machinery. As soon as the old man has struck twelve and disappeared, another set of machinery is'set in ihotion, some twen ty feet higher still, Whore there ia a high cross with the imago of 'Christ'upon it. The instant.twelvo is struck, a figure of one of the Apostles walks out from behind, comes in front, turns facing the cross, bows, and>walks on around his place. This is repeated until twelve figures, representing the twelve Apos tles, as large a'a life, walk out, bow and pass on. As the last appears, os enormous game cock, perched on the pinnacle of the clock, slowly flaps his wings, stretches forth his neck and crows so loud as to be heard outside the church to some distance, and with life-like naturalness.. Then all is as still as.death. lE7” A Spaniard having stolen a horse from ah Indian, the latter convicted him of the of fence by . a very ingenious plan. Ho com plained to a judge, who had the Spaniard with the horse, brought before him. The prisoner swore that the aglnjal belonged to him, and he had always had it j so that the Judge did not find himself in 3, position to convict. He was even aboqt (0 r.otufn th.o horse to him, when the fhdi»n s,aid( “Ifyo.u will allow mo, J wijl proye the animal belongs tq mo." Im mediately ho pulled off his cloak, and cover ing his horse’s head, asked the' Spaniard of which oyo it was blind? Thp robber was much embnrr.ass.ed at the question, bpt, nev ertheless, not to delay the court, he replied at hflward, that it was the right eye. ' The Indi an, uncovering his hci}d, exclaimed“ The horse is jjot bjmd of either of the right eye or the loft." The judge immediately decided thgt the animal was the Indian’s. . I S@?" As we wore walking along the street the other day, wo noticed a crowd, of urchins standing around a' boy who was sucking a piece of candy. “I say. Bill,’’ said one of them, “give mo that candy, and I'll make it come out of my ears like Blitz did last night at the theatre.’’ Second youth shells over the candy. First youth very deliberately eats the can dy, (second youth watches the little follow’s ears,)_ and after drawing himself into every conceivable shape, ho said: “If I haint forgot the rest, you may have my shirt for a dish rag!” Charity—Charity embraces the wide cir cle of all possible kindness. Every good act is charity; your smiling in your brother’s face is charity; an exhortation to'your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to alms-giving, your putting a wanderer in the right road is I charity; your assisting the blind is charity; I your moving thorns and stones from the road I is charily; your giving’ water,to tho thirsty js I charity. A man’s good wealth hereafter is tho good ho does in tin’s world to his follcra man. When ho dies, people will say, What property has ho loft behind him ? But tho angels will ask, “’Whitt good'deeds has ho sent before him?" An Extraordinary Life. i , Mrs. McCabe, the mother of Mr. Alexander i McCabe, a well-known leather dealer of Cin . cinnati, died in that city bn Saturday last, at the extraordinary age of one hundred and six years! Tho Cincinnati Enquirer, in noticing her death, says: Mrs. McCabe was horn in 1754, which was one year before Braddook’s celebrated defeat at Fort Duquesne.' She was fifteen years old when Jfapoloori I was born. She had attain ed thp ago of .twenty-two years when the De claration oOangrican Independence was made. If President James Monroe or the Marquis Lafayette ware living, they would bo several years her juniors, (she was older than Alex ander 'Hamilton,, and approximates very nearly the age of Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1743. Mrs. McCabe wae old enough to remember the taking of Quebec by General Wolfe in 1759. She was verging on middle age when the American Revolutionary war closed. The memorable exploits of Frederick the Great of Prussia had not been performed when Mrs. McCabe was, born. When the first white, man came to Kentucky she was fifteen years old. She was horn a subject of King George 11. Since that time there have been three Kings and one Queen on the En glish throne, one of whom reigned sixty years, . , Tho population of the United States when she was born did- not amount to more than a million and a half. She has seen it increase to over thirty millions. Wo are soon to elect the sixteenth President of tho United States. Mrs. McCabe was thirty-five years bid before such an office existed. She was jjprh, before William Pitt became Prime Minister of Eng land, and before Marla Theresa became Em press of Austria, i Two such lives as Mrs. McCabe almost carry us back to tffe day when the Pilgrims lauded on Plymouth rock ; and three and ia-half of them roach oyer a lapse of time that extends to the dby that America was discovered by Christopher Columbus. Of the experience ot such a protracted life—of what she must have’seen in thaway of change —oiir readers can very well appreciate J Flirtation of Harmed in nocent flirtation of married women, is one of tho abominations of modern society, Even.a desire for promiscuous admiration is wrong in a wife. The love of one and his approval, should be all that she should desire. ; Let her be ever so beautiful, it is a disgusting sight to see her decorating that beauty lor public gaze; to see-her seeking the attention of senseless fops arblind her, and rejoicing in the admira tion of other eyes than those of her husband; Her beauty should be for, him alone/not. for ike-gaze of the fpols that flutter around her. There .is always among' the sedate and the wise a sensation of disgust, when a married lady attempts to ensnare. or entrap young men by profuse display bf .her charma, or, an unlicensed outlay oi-hbr smiles.;', She obarins and such smiles ardloathsomelta the indiffer ent beholder! the traiUbf thp' Sprpent is over them,.- - ■ ' .'J..-'' T?ie Perils of Ballooning.— Prof. Wells, the mronaiit, attempted to make an ascension ■ in his balloon, at Wetumpka,' Alabama, on . the 3d instant, and narrowly escaped death. The balloon having been inflated, he stepped into the basket and gave tho word “ let go,” and was not obeyed, but immediately after wards, when he was not ready, they did “ lot go,” and the wind blowing from tho west, tho balloon, with lightning speed, was borne up wards, he. swaying forward and hack, with but one foot in the basket. It first struck a wood-pile, then a fence, then the side of Coosa Hall kitchen, then the eaves of the kitchen, knocking off the shingles, and afterwards, tho eaves of tho Coosa Hall, when it threw him some feet from tho basket, and ho dangled in the air holding mainly by his hands to the ropes. With great presence of mind, on ar riving just .over Coosa Hall, while some eight or ten feet from the roof, ho swung loose from the balloon and dropped on the roof.— , Had ho not done this he would have been borne into the air, and a horrid death would have awaited him, as he was holding by his hands, whose strength must soon give out. A large crowd was present, anxious to see tho ascension, and all were greatly relieved when ho alighted safely. . . Dark Hours. —There are dark hours that mark the history of the brightest years... For not a whole month.in many of the millions of the past, perhaps, has the sun shone brilliant ly all the time. ' And there have been cold and stormy days in every year. And yet tire mists and shadows of the darkest hopr disap=- peared and fled heedlessly. The most cruel ice-fetters had been broken and dissolved, and the most 1 furiops storp) looses its ppwpp to charm. And what a parable is this of human life—r of bur inside world, where the heart works at its shadowing of tho dark hour, and many a cold blast cl)ijls the heart to its core! But what natters it ? Man is bprn a hero, and it is only in the darkness gad-storms that hero ism gains Its greatest and tlib best devlop mont, and the storm bears it more rapidly on to its destiny. Despair not, then. Never give up; while one good power is yours, use it. Disappointment will not be realized.; — Mortifying failure play attend this effort and that one—bgt oply, bo honeat and s,toggle on/ and it will work well. A Woman Voter. — Much amusenjept was created at the polls of. the Tljird ward, at a re cent election in Alexandria, Va„ by an. at tempt to carry “ Woman’s rights” into active exorcise. The wife of g yo.tor who was con fined to bed by illness appeared, and deman ded to cast her husband’s vote. Upon a re fusal she beca'mo cjuito irate, and in reply to tho jeers of some of tho crowd, seized a brick bat, and for a while cleared tho front of tho polls. -She was at length quieted and conduc ted away. The Bai,m for Broken Hearts. — A corres pondent of a Boston paper, writing from’Nat ick, Mass., mentions two suits for breach of promise which are pending in the court there. One of the plaintiffs is the eldest daughter of the Methodist clergyman, and sues a wealthy train and flour dealer, of Boston, for $lO,OOO araages. Tho prosecutor in tho other case is a citizen of tho Granite State, and brings! his action against a lady, now tho wife of a prominent citizen of Natick. Ho assesses ins j damages at $5,000. This.pair of breaches is ( creating quite an interest in the town. j fT7”It is doing some service to humanity to amuse innocently; and they know very little of society who think wo can bear to bo always employed either in duties or meditations with-' out any relaxation. I (C7* Doing nothing is so pear doing evil, that tho space between- thorn- is scarcely dis cernable; tCT” Good manners is tho art of making those around us easy. Whoever makes tho moat persons easy is the best bred man in the’eom pany* Useful Becipes. .Delicious Corn Bread. —Boil a tea-cup of rice. While scalding hot mix it with a little less than a quart of corn meal, four eggs well beaten, a tahlcspobnful of lard, a tcaspoonful of soda, a little salt, and' enough sour milk to make a thin batter. Bake quick. Domestic Cake.— Mix together 8 ounces of sugar and 6 ounces of butter, add 2 eggs; mix, and flavor with extract of cinnamon; add J of a gill of water, in which is dissolved half a teaspoonful of saleratus, then sufficient flour to have it rolled out and. cut in cakes. Pan close, and bake in hot oven or stove. Too muck flour will spoil either of these recipes. Spice-Nuts. —Mix together 1 quart of the best ipolassea.and J a pound of butter or lard; flavor with extract'of Clove—extract of Gin ger will improve it; then add, i a pint of wa ter iij which is dissolved 1J ounces of salerat us; then add about 3J pounds of flour. Moke the doe up in small round balls; put on pans, flat them slightly, and hake them in a mode- ; rate heat, I Jackson Snaps. —. Mix together J pound of butter or lard, and J pound of brown sugar; then add gradually one pint best molasses; flavor with extract of PijnCnto; a little extract of clove or ginger will improve it; add | of a pint of water or milk, and enough flour to make it middling stiff, Make the dough up in small lumps, put them on greased pans, and press them very flat, and bake in a mod erately hot oven or stove, Spanish Biscuit.— Mix j potind of sugar and 6 ounces of butter together, add 3 eggs, and when well beaten add J pint of water in which is dissolved J of an ounce saleratus; work this well in, and flavor with, extract of lemon, than add 14 ounces of flour ; work it in well, then drop the dough on greased pans, in small lumps; a little, distance apart, flat them slightly, and bake in an oven hot enough for bread. About Spading Garden Beds. Having; “laid down the shovel,” or spado rather, with which I have been digging.lip a plot of ground for autumn planting of straw berries, I. take up the pen to offer you some suggestions on the subject. Spading was probably the original method of preparing the ground for the seed—though the implement, no doubt, stood far back of its present convenient character; and thje same | process,; properly performed, now completes that work most thoroughly and ■The bestkoai/ to do it, is, a question #f gopje in terest-lO'all gardeners. ),] To 'commence; take a first spade full from the corner of the plot to be dug up, and placp ft in any depression of the surface; next invert two spadesfull in the room occupied by the first, and proceed diagonally across the plot. Push the spade in nearly perpendicularly, and lin .parellel rows, from six to eight inches apart, according to the nature of the soil.— Lift out'the earth, move carefully,,and' turn it completely upside down, so that the earth from below may lay on the surface; break all largevcldds, had remove stones,..if any, arc turned, to'light in the operation. Some begin at one side of the piece to'dig, and throw the first row taken out to the opposite side of the piece; but this requires more laboh without any special advantages. Lazy gardeners push in the spado at a large angle, and make wider rows, getting over more surface but doing the work less thoroughly— only half as deep; and leaving a greater por | tion of the upper surface, exhausted by the previous crop, at ,or near the “’top. Or they merely push, in the spade and givq.it a twist to loosen, without lifting and inverting fhe soil. It is rather an injury than a benefit to break every clod fine, unless the crop is t,q be planted at once. It is much hotter to lie as loose as possible, that the air niay have bet ter access to the depths of the spaded earth. Spading, properly performed, turns the soil upside down more completely than any other process,; burying this weeds to decay Instead I of again sprouting to plague the gardener.— In light lands, the earth is the richest at the bottom of the cultured soil; the juices of the manure having leached down the previous season, are brought by the spado ogam to the surface. The soil is more completely pulver ized, and the manure more thoroughly inter mixed, than by any other implement, and hence better prepared for garden crops. J. H. S., in Genesee Farmeri Grafting War. This being the season for grafting, we pub lish for the benefit of fruitgrowers, the old receipt for making grafting vyttS, tit the' .same time adding a new receipt recommended by a prominent agricultural journal. Thg old standard grafting wax is made as follows: “Three parts rosin, three parts beeswax, and two parts beef tallow, These are all melted together, and the mixture' is usually applied with ft painter’s'small brush or a wooden blade. It is frequently worked up like shoe maker’s wax by being softened with a little warm water,- and applied with the hand. Some also dip strips of cotton cloth, an inch or an inch and a half wide, into the hot wax, stripping it through between two pieces of wood and applying around the graft,” We prefer the first named process, The new grafting wax referred to, is made and applied .as follows : “Molt two ounces of rosin slowly so as not to make it throw off its ■spirits of turpentine. When it becomes per fectly clear, add a little less than an ounce of alcohol, mix well, and at once cork tight in a bottle, Add alcohol afterwards to make it a medium liquid, and apply with a small brush or wooden blade, Like the - foregoing, it is j said to form an air-tight covering, which is the object aimed at by all applications in I grafting.” The perfect covering for grafts is | that which will always adhere to the stock, and will not crack in the cold, high winds of spring, or run in the hot suns of summer. JBS5“* Tho New York correspondent of the Charleston Courier, in a recent letter, says: A rumor obtains very generally hero, that Hon. Daniel E. Sickles has experienced a change of heart, and that ho undoubtedly contemplates connecting himself with some church. His former' friends say that they I have noticed a marked difference in his con duct recently. At Washington ho leads n very different life from what ho once did in this city. Before ho loaves the capital, it is thought ho will malfo a public profession of Christianity. After thq,t, J doubt if ho will longer follow the vagaries of public, political life. B©* At a trial before a Squire, the follow-' ing queer colloquy occurred: Counsel—“ Didn’t you tell P—* to go to the devil?” ' WitnoBS-=-“I rather think I did.” C.—Well, did he go f" • W.—l guess not; but if ho did, he made a lick trip of it, for I met him the next day.” reflection of the sun’s rays in a 'mirror has been distinguished at a distance of twelve miles. • Dy“ Were you ever abroad?” “Not ex actly, but my mother’s maiden name was French." Cy,Lovers have more occasion thap any other class of persons to talk pathetically about the lost 'arts. ’ . ' . ‘ O'lt may be a question—Which has the most formidable horns, an ox, a buffalo, or a dilemma? O’ “ What do yon think of my music, fa ther?” ‘ Why, daughter, I’ve listened to your music as you call it, till I’m mew-sick myself,' Oy The Englhh House of Lords has 462 membersthe House of commons, 654 mem bers. Neither receive any compensation.' _ ICy All men engaged in the wild and feve rish whirl of business, intend to be happy just as soon as they can find the leisure. By You may bind men’s hearts with plea sant words more strongly than-bulls' horns are bound with ropes. ICy The late war in Italy lasted, a little • more than two months. It was declared May 3rd, 1859, and peace was concluded July 11th. tty We must not undervalue physicians.— Perhaps the fabrick of society would fall with out them—they are its pillars* - Oiy The women must think that we men are great robbers; we are all the while going ’ about, robbing them of their very names.. fly Any person, who,should resolutely set about it, could euro himself of mimicry, It needs a strong effort to overcome any lone set, tied habit. Dy The proposed Jefferson Territory em braces the region round about Pike’s Peak.— It is not safe to prophecy when it will be or ganized. O” Silence is more sociable than false spea king. A dog that we know is better company than a man whose language we do not under stand. ' , [C7” No other men are so intolerent as those who have just reformed, just as no’other roads are so rough as those that jiavo just been men l ded. . • ' ■ ICT” Spitting in a man’s face is a seriods off fence;, and he who indulges in that land of sport may have to pay a heavy; fine or retire for a time from active business. • A distinguished. French writer!says that he has; “ sacrificed everything upon the altar, of Liberty.” We suspect thaffhe alter ed his principles, Sunday Parade op jSundajr,- the 4th instant, the 23d anniversary of the New Orleans (La.,) fire department was cele brated by a grand parade of the' firemen of that city .and-8- few of the neighboring towns. B£sy“ A passed midshipman receives nearly twice as much pay as a midshipmen who has not passed. When away upon sea"servicep the former recoiyes $750 a year, the latter on l ly$400; ” ' . JBSyThe best .remedy for drunkenness, iri 1 its earliest stages, is to avoid entirely the pla -1 oes and persons that tempt you, and occupy - every solitary moment with sQme engrossing. • -subject. . JSST” Pliny the younger was the nephew and adopted spp of Pliny the elder..' Pliny; the elder, born A. D. 23, was a geographer 1 and naturalist ; Pliny.the younger, born A; D. 62, was an orator, historian and statesman.- Au editor of -oar acquaintance says, he' has an antipathy to disembodied spirits. Wo know he has, for he never comes across them without taking good care that they shall not remain,long out of the body. Authorities differ as to whether dr not B verbal agreement to sell is binding in hon or; some say it is not, because the bargain not being “ nailed,” and therefore not really exis ting, the owner had a right to change his’mindi D®* There are some great fools who are strangely lucky at games of chance. Such had perhaps better forego the exercise of their own judgment, arid regulate all their affair's by the throwing of dice. BSf” Clergymen’s sons being, as it were, raised on a pedestal for public criticism; their mistakes and errors are more apt to bo noticed and commented upon than those of other young people/ BS?* It is said that the sulphur used in rings, and chains, and broohes, made; of India rub ber, tarnish the gold In other jewelry when laid in the same drawer. It is, also, stated that the smell of sulphur in then* becomes at tiiries very disagreeable.- ' BST" A woman’s tongue is a sharp w'eapori •that she should never draw excepting in her. self-defence; and then only after the strongest provocation. That weapon, sharp as it is, is never so effective as when tempered with mer cy- “ Pa,”. said, a little follow the ottof day, “ was Job an editor ?” . "Why, Sammy?” - ; “ Because the Bible informs us that h6‘ had much trouble, and was a man of sorrow all the days of Ids life." tKSS* The usage of horse-markets in all coun tries has established the rule, that a horse is not to bo considered sold until one of three. things has occurred*- namely: the actual de livery of the horse, the signing of an agree-' raent, or the payment of earnest mono/. _ jjgy Every year wo should beoonl'e' more’ I and more painfully sensible of the dbsQlation I made around us by death, if sleep—the ante ' chamber of the grave—were not hung by dream's with tljo btists of those who live in tha other world* C@* A man -who cannot control his temper' should be subjected now and then to a little judicial discipline, fpllowed by solitary con finement in some public institution where a irioagre diet is wisely allowed to have'its qui eting and Subduing effect upon hot blood. Alleged Mdbdeii bt 4WoSi a tf.—A cop respondent of the Baltimore (Md.-) Sun, wri ting from Motompkin, Accoma’o county, Va.v under date of the 7th inst., says that, on the 24th ult., Thomas T. Budd, a “ worthy dud re spected citizen,” \yas murdered by Betsy Simpson, “ a loose' woman." The woman was arrested, and will bo' tried in May. fl©* What is celled “ p sharp.trnnsaotion” is recorded by an exchange, of a fellow in W nango county, Pa., who has profited in the following manner by the' “oil excitement’ 1 now prevailing so extensively in the western and northwestern part of Pennsylvania: He. bored a hole ip his land, poured a barrel of oil in it, Opd then called his neighbors to see ’ the large' yiold. The result was that ho sold his land for §2,000 in cash, pocketed the mb-' noy, oiled his boots and ’' slid," NO. 42.
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