\ . . . "0TO COUNTKY-MAY XT ALWAYS »E 1 VOL. 46. HICAK VOLUNTEER. IBUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY JOUJI B. BRATTON. TERM SV , . iPTioN*-~ l Ono Dollar arid' Fifty Cents, paid ccj.Two Dollars if paid within tho ycarj i Dollars and Fifty. Cents, if not paid within . These terms' will bo rigidly adhered to in itaiicc. No subscription discontinued until rages aro paid unless at tho option of tho [f!:w- '■> ;ADy^|iTl3EliENTS—Accompanied by tbc cAsil, and lO9t;i!picoeding one square, will bo. inserted three , '»Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each 5 addi&S&il insertiou. Those of a greater length in wxisa—Such’as Hand-hills; Posting-billa, fPpittshl£t3, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ac., executed with , ||t • III; As I rnniagcd through the attic, List’niug to the falling rain As it paltered on the shingles ; And against tiie Window pane,— c over chests and boxes,' Which with dust were.thickly spread, T in the farthest dprnor, What was oucc my trundle-bed. lartiii . M, ' $$ Sbtiln j «/ ' A •oraV v v ’ 'cracn "Awv, lio u '*4 , 1 /A ) ,c«V# ? THE TRPDLB BED. > Can, , - -t'- umlcr. " ■/ow j. ■;>.,)•■ I'drov it from the recces tatoirc.-, cr fi it hadrcmumod ko long, #-U while the music i 0t ‘ **y mother’s ypico, in soug, ■ sho sung in accents I since have often road: . tw sU, my dear, lie still and slunjbcft aijgcjs tb-y bod/ . ■; w, enriri; ; He I listened, -recollections That X though beeij foprgot, imo .with #JJI the of Hushing, thonging to the spot,* id X vrflwjcrod back tochildhoud, Co. thoeo worry days of yore, lon'X knclt beside my mother, }y this, bed upon tho flo op. •n itwoswith hands so gctt(iy laeeduponfoy infant head,' it sho taught toy lips to utter larofully the words she.said, - ■or can they ho forgotten, loop aro they in iPcm'ry driron: allowed bo Thy nanio,,o I’aijicr.i ;hcr! who art in heaven.” :«h<> taught ojo; then she (told 1 ita import great and deeji ; jr which I learned to utter, ' V Now I lay me down to sleep." ip it. was with hands uplifted ; , ■nd in accents >oft mid niild f - .. -t my mothep asliod "J3ur Pathiw ~ ■ do Thou bless my child!''. , STB 1 “'” ; v : ■ \ ’bavo passed, and thatdoivr mother j> ncaththoeod, .• i tru^fc "VA xkithobogpoof &ocL . ’ • > ! I that scene ut summer twilight. ' - aa v in Hod, . - w it comes in all Ualroahncss ■ , .' : ihnpVV^cu-I«‘co ,e?y t/uudiu-bed. OFF WITH YOU, AW. Sc off with jou, now i don't I know ' - vtTliat it*a only cajoling you arc,. like the rose's soft glow, I glances more bright than thO;Star V*. •uc .that my-waist is but small,.'. I my ringlets may curl like the vihej . am hot an angel at #U, .. r , . . am £ the least bit diviuol off with you, now; don’t I see i*ro deluding fegra cyb until ,cl*sni7 cep may bo bounding andfroo, > I'm.not in.thb least liko d fawn! ims ever the mothpd,,we know, so Adam ia Eden began, losoms wore sure to.bo enow, necks ?e?6, the swanl ' tlor 1,0 °£ you, rtow>. till yon learn iminr woo liko-a plain hearted youth; -' IL. your heart, if you love mo, discorn, b win you must yoo mo with-truth. u 'jn you uro over so rife-c-p ; - you promised to love mo all hours, - » t x as each of us had life. ; * W^l®kellflneano. tnmJ ■ lr. : Tlie Dead letter. Slip-lay in her coffin there so beautiful, so fealm;_ sp'holy, that it seemed as if ssro wore hltcrhig a silent prayer to her Father in Hea fSK.-tal; would open her eyes at its close. dead that .die in the Lord; im their labors/’ said the grave leaking in subdued .tones to (ml no .one .coflld jook hpon nit which the spiritValeßßprice measureless journey toward without foith that she at least ; She’ uttered do complaint months’ illness, and when her is gently .announced by him )'rcd to tier spiritual welfare nod, she only said, “It is itdll,” arting came, she pressed her moved her lips slightly as her ’too was hold for a moment id in utter weariness of life, on her pillow, di,edi »nd wade was the impress of & holy it°, as lfsr epirit returned ;o bt I '/ .tfocp T iful and ovflßrJjJesged J}eitoa mister, ns he too looked tor , and as the mourners bent' !iitly, a little boy of some srs came into the roocj.arid iround, approached the satin couch where his sister was _ Reaching with both his side of the coffin, he drew ; ho could see his sister’s truest'but almost inaudible ‘Mary f Mary 1” But Mary hoar hipi,, too pro-occupied to answer. . Ifo sank quietly taking up a which, unjrom the coffin,’he rose, il?ain with a convulsive ef mnd as he'dropped this flow ngam whispered 'Mtiry I" tent answer was! returned;. , r , ,ho stood for a . few m 2. jheuts tosewbltug at the side of the coffin - the Jfßjyef for fhe'dead and the dying went oh ■ himself up, but tins time ut-’ teMd pp.ppuni pnly reached out a little band fid touched'her cold face; in that touch ho eiped. to-fecoiho a wtflatiop ,of death, for, ii uttering n shrill,. sharp scream, ho fell ,to the flSor Taking him iUp, wo carried hfm'iftbtot'tlio crowd of mourners, some of ' \ ..whom, having seen what occurred, wore weop pihg,; othersivtho had not, were frightened at i alono and apart, sat the fair her hair all too’ soon. mixed fJSSSWW in the; summer months, it W fallen upon her head as she watched by i of her child. We placed tho Li/ I 1; ■ little boy in her arms, and, as she pressed him to her heart, she pointed to an open and crushed letter lying on the floor at her side. Her face was haggard, there was no tears in her eyes, and she rooked to and fro with the movement with which despair sometimes tries to cheat the moment of some part of its bit terness, “Bead I read 1 it came from the Dead Better office, contained ,a trinket, and therefore was saved; the others are all de stroyed ; it has killed her.” I took up the crushed letter, smoothed it out and read. ' Affection warm as the sun I which.draws the cactus flower to life, senti ments, noble, holy, warm, such as love draws from a good man, but alas 1 misdirected, ns a}| ‘he others probably were. In that week's bill of mortality, the fair girl made oho, of the fifty-nine cases of consumption, but she 1 died of a dead letter. And he came back in all the fullness of life, in the fullness of a manhood which love had made noble, and found for his embracing—a new. made grave. *.** * » » They’ have a profound interest, these dead letters! They bring with them mystery, mel ancholy, and a brooding sadness, and we have to thank thoni for many a dreamy reverie, as well as for incidents ludicrous and sorrowful. Their deaths, like others, often end friendship and love; and affection grows cold from fan cied neglect. Who has lived many years, in this sin-married'paridise and not known the importance which may attach to a dead let ter? Anna S——, a’dart-eyed sylph, how in heaven, let lis: hone, if there bo one for the [ suicide, loved ana was loved again. Her lov er, in search of those smiles of fortune which would enable hint to wed, went to the South, Be wrote to hoi- with love's, eiwn eloquence, but the letters miscarried, and reports reached her of his' Southern goyety, Stung to the soul by his apparent neglect, she married ano ther, and too late learned the madness of the act, jPoor girl! she breathed chloroform and death together, .and followed her letters to the tomb,—/Vancw (lopcuit, Knickerbocker Mag azine. SJraflge jmt Tr«e ioye Story. In 1847, there lived in the town 1 of Land ahut, Bavaria, a young'mechanic named Lou ’s *— who had just arrived lit the' ago of twenty-one years. ■ .He became acquainted with a young’ woman, the' daughter of a’weal .tity citizen, noted 'for her.beauty, and many" Accomplishments.- The. .two were soon deeply in love with each other; and were living in the blissful anticipation of soon enjoying a I world of happiness in wedded bliss; The matter was mentioned to the girl's father, who became very indignant at the pnestfnjption of the young man, who was poor, in asking for the hand of the daughter of one so wealthy as he, The yoqng man was driven from his house, and threatened with pWvuohal violence ishoujd h® retirra, With a hoirrowful. heart, «,nd his eyes wet with tears, Louis bade adieu to Season, for such was the young .girl’s name, and sot sail.for America on the 13th of ; April, 1848, in the ship Calais. The ship was out two weeks, wildly tossed m many a rolling billow,, when, one dark, stormy ‘ night, ■ th° 27th of April, 1848, she was struck by an English vessel, and in Less than twenty min utes, sunk to the fathomless depths of the' ocean, carrying several of the crew and about forty passengers “to updheovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns/' Just as the Vessel was' going down, Louis S. alld John Hershberger, who. in the voyage’ had hecojue intimate personal friends, plunged into the bnpy deep, and fortunately got .upon A large plank and wore quickly carried far f°W “>« scene of disaster. The English ship ’ hovered around for several hours and gather- i ed up,a number of the Galois, hut Louis and Hershberger had, in their frail bark, got be yond hailing distance, and the vessel went oh her way without them. For thirty-six hours, they were on this plank in the middle of the ocean, enduring all the horrors of anxiety,: hunger and thirst, when they, were picked up by the since ill-fated City of Glasgow, bound for Philadelphia, where they arrived on the Cth of May, 1848. Hershberger hired With a barber in Philadelphia, and Louis S came on foot to our neighboring county of .Stark, where he worked two, months, and then came i to this county and commenced work at his trade, as a partner in an established shop. He was a very line workman, sober and in dustrious, and soon gained the confidence of I his customers and neighbors. The result was i that ho soon had all the money ho needed and some to loan, which he was always careful to ’ put in safe hands., fn the year 4850 he made the acquaintance of a farmer's daughter, of this county, and on the 29th of November of that year, he was married to her. Ho contin ued to prosper, and in 1852 purchared a fine farm, and wont,to farming.- In Juno last his wife died,. leaving four * children—two 1 boys and fwo girls—to battle tho storms of life without 4. mother. News b,ad been taken back to Germany of the loss of tho Galoiaand most of the passengers, and among them Lou is and Young Hershberger. The girl, Louis’ first love, was sorrow-stricken with tho sad nows of Louis’ supposed death,- for she still hopfe’d fhat fofttine would favor, then! so that they might pmrry at some time. “Hope springs eternal in the human breast,” and it was this that strengthened the young girl to bid farewell to her lover, arid pray to Heaven that ho njight safely be carried oyer the path loss oceari; but when the sad nows of his death ■ reached her ears, she was for many months almost frantic, tho rosy huo of her choek gavo way for a death.like palor. hud he*.friends feared that they would soon have to follow hor to tho grave, ■ Time, however, had its effect, and she finali ty apparently forgot tho cause of her troubles. Manywerp .tho suitors that applied for. her i » ut rofu80(1 them all. In'the year Hershberger, who was a' scholar and a nno.wnfcer, wrote a letter to a friend in Ger many, giving an account of tho voyage, loss' of tho vessel, and rescue of himself And Louis b—. ibis letter was published in a paper in Germany which ■ fell into tho hands of the faithful girl, by which shelcarnod that Louis had been saved; but whether ho was yet liv ing, and if living still true to her, put in great suspense.. Her father died in 1856, leaving her a largo fortune, fa July, 1859, she was in a store in the town of Landshut,. aad while w.ai%g for the merchant, who was engaged, to sell her some goods, she picked up a copy of Dor Deutsche m Qhio, a paper published by Raby, of Canton,'formerly of this county, and in it noticed the death of the wife of Louis S r. She concluded this was her old lover, and immediately she began to make preparations to sail foiKAmer- l oa n ~ seek him out. She arrived in,.this country at the house of: Louis on the 21sf of ooombor, and On tho. 10th of Fobruarydbey n ? ha PPy hy being united in marriage at the house of tho bridegroom. , : f. . . Holmes-Cpunty (Ohio).Farnier.?\ ■dp? A yoijng lady of;eightoen, named Miaa; Holon Piko, while dancing at i, ball at Tit bore, N.Y., last Friday evening a week, sud denly fell dead upon the floor* A Bream of Home. One of the finest passages in Dr, Hayes’ 11 Arctic Boat Journey,” is in the 28th chap ter, undor’thfl head of ‘J Thoughts of Home/' The Doctor was onp visit to# spot where some weeks before he hod talked with his compan ions of home, and sohemed-for the deliverance of the party from their icy prison, The snn was no longeron sight to warm the sky, and to put a glow into the heart of the wanderer. “Iho moon had usurped.his place; and her silver face sCemcd to reflect nothing but thp coldness of, the ice-fields which lay beneath her,” Dr. Hayes thus describes his experi ence at this time: . “ I looked on every side with a yearning for something outward to lighten the heavy weight which oppressed ihy spirits; for dark er times, and times of greater responsibility, I knew were near at'hand ; but desolation and the silence.of death were, everywhere around me, and better than ever before, better proba bly, than over again, I felt what it was to de pend upon one’s self and God. Then came a reaction, which will be readi ly understood by the intelligent reader. I arose from the jrock upon which I had been seated, and again fixed my eyes upon the sea. The stern silence which had been almost mad dening became a Source of inspiration.— In the reflux of thought which followed, I for got the cold moon, the leaden stars, the,frown ing cliffs; the desolate waste, the chilly gla c*dr, forgot my loneliness; and I was back again in tho world of life, and power, and ac tion; . .The frozen sea grew into a fertile plain; the hummocked ridges were resolved into walls and hedges ;.and a southern panprama of sun ny fluids spread itself before me. A crack which meandered to tho southwest, which had recently opened to the tide, and from which -■ vorpd the fljusion, Glisters of Jiitle ojoc^s.suggested herds of cfttt&e ftud of sheep, larger masses were ponyerted into trees; and a long bank Of sijo.\y, whose vertical wall threw ft dark shadow oft the plain, was the margin of a dense forest. \ Farther away, a pinnacled berg became a church, with spire and belfry; another wore the appearance of a ruined castle; while still further to the south west, where 1 tiie stream seemed to discharge .itself into the ocean, stood a giant fort, under whose bristling guns lay .a fleet of stately ships. 1 • - . Around all that I saw wore clustcred-homo | associations, and' objects which, years before, had suggested to my boyish mind the serious purposes of life; and,l turned away with re newed strength to fight the battle through, and with renewed determination to beholcf again i those scenes which my’imagination had group ed together on the desolate sea.” Maxims of Washington.- - Uso.no reproachful language against;any curses nor revlliugs, - lie not too hasty to believe lying* reports to the disparagement of any one.' In your apparpj h.e modest, and endeavor to accommodate nature rather to procure admiration. Associate yo.nfself only with men of good (juality, if you esteem ymjr 'reputation','for it is hotter to bo alone than in bad'company, . Let your conversation he without malice or envy, for it is the sign of a tractable and com mendable spirit; and in gases of passion ad mit reason to govern. 1 ■ Use not base; and frivolous things against grown and learned men ;■ nor very, difficult questions or subjects among the ignorant, nor things hard to be believed. Speak not of dclefti} things in time Of mirth, nor at the table; nor of melancholy things, as death or wounds, and if others mention thorn, change, if you can, the discourse. ; Break not a jest when none take, pleasure in niirth. Laugh not loud, nor at all without , occasion. , Deride no man’s misfortune, though , there seems to be sonic cause. ■ Be not forward, but friendly and courteous —the first to salute; hear an answer—and bo not pensive when it is time to converse. Keep to thp fashions of your equals, such as are civil and orderly, with respect to time and place. . Go not thither when you know not .whether you shall be welcome or not. Reprehend not the imperfection of others, for that belongs to parents, masters, and supe riors. Speak not in an unknown tongue in compa ny, but in your own language, and that as those of quality do, and not as the vulgar." Sublime matters treat seriously. Think before you speak; pronounceqotim perfectly, nor bring out your words too liarsh ly, but orderly and distinctly. Gavuliug Ladies.— -At the last Chantilly Races, a lady well known in the . fashionable circles at Paris, inoculated with the English passion for betting on horses, lost 15,000 f. Her husband, ignorant that she hgd any stake in the race entered the grand stand in great glee, having won 20,00Qf on Black Prince. Observing his wife did not partake of his joy at this good fortune, he offered to share his gaiqs with her, upon which she, avowed her loss; _ Like a kind husband ho immediately paid it, saying; however, “I must take a house for you, Madam, in the codntry; there is no question about that ; and never lot me hear of yopr betting again.” In England, women who possess an independent fortune bet like men. The daughter of a groat English poet, Ada) the solo fruit of his unfortunate mar riage, fell a victim to her passion for betting. Having 1 staked an amount of $BO,OOO on the Derby, she lost three-quarters of it, all her personal fortune. It was her ruin; her hus band, inexorable, allowed her a small pen sion,- upon which she retired to an. estate -in Rutlanshiro. Six months after, this exile, the the poof lady died of despair. - A Model Farm.— The Legislature has pass ed a bill ineorporating a company to establish fl nfodel farm in the vicinity of Philadelphia. It will be located either in Chester, Delaware or Montgomery county, as eligible sights in dll of them have been offered; The object is to effect tin improved mode of cultivation, and to bring about reforms in agriculture, for which purpose, in imitation of similar estab lishments in Germany, a .limited number of young men will bo received ns pupils.- A Bo tanic Garden will be attached to it, contain ing an extensive and scientifically classified collection of growing plants, capital stock is fixed at §50,000, which is considered ample to put the farm in operation, ■ Every county should have a similar establishment! Js@“ Patrick’ gave his testimony in the riot casef “Bejabers, the first man-1 saw come at me 1 was two brickbats.” S&* The Russian Government has ordered a steam fire engine from this country; for use at St. Petersburg. ' “ Ma, if you give me an apple, I will be good.” , “No; my-ohild, you must not be good for pay—you ought to bo good for noth - CARLISLE,, PA,, TBUBSwIaAFRIE 5, 1800. ■ 'Benjamin Franklin attributed hi» succors ■ as a public man, not to histfl tents or his pow ers of speaking—for these were but moderate i —but to r his known integrity, 'of character. ■ “Hence it-was," He says, ■“tbtrt j had so much weight with my fellow-citizens; I was but a bad speaker, never eloquentfsßibjsct to much hesitation in my choice of, words, hardly cor root, in language, and yefe£gehorally - carried my point.” Character, creates confidence in men in high station'as well ns ih hpipblolifo. It was said of the first Emperor Alojandof of Russia, that hispeg(pnal character was equivalent to a constitution. Rdring tlia wars of the Fronde, Montaigne waSsthe oply man amongst the French gentry who kopt his gates unbarred; and it was said of ,him, that his personal character was worth more to him than a regiment of horse. That character: is power, is trne.in a much higher sense than that knowledge is power.' 'Mind without heart, intelligence without conduct, cleverness without goodness, are powers in their way but they may' be' powers only- for mischief! We may bo instructed!of..amused by them; but it is sometimes ns difficult to admire them as it would bo to admire. the ddxtcrity of a pickpocket or the horsemanship of a highway man. Truthfulness, integrity, and goodness —quahties that hang not on any man’s breath —form the essence of manly character, or, ns one of our old writers has it, “thai inbred loy alty unto A r irtue which can serve her without a livery." • When Stephen of Colonna fell into the hands of bis hasp assailants, and they askod.him in dori3ion, “Whcre is now your fortress?" “Here,” vras his bold reply, plac ing his hand upon bis heart; : It is in misfor tune that the character of the upright man shines forth with the greatest lustre; and When all else fails, ho takes stand upon his integrity and his courage ’’ 4fl WpJjeojne,; Jjord puffin-in, in: his' “bettors ffoiji High hatituchs,” tells the following stoiy.'of Mr,' Fitzgerald, p, surgeon, who-accompanied him m his yacht voyage to Ipeland': ;■ •; ■ 4s tor Fitz, hc'becamo quite the enfant gate of a neighboring Faidily. . Having unluckily caught cold;- instead of sleeping in the tent, ho determined’tO'dfeek shelteV a solid roof tree,, and; conducted:, bjr ous.gfiido, Olaff, set put on his pony at bed time Jn search .of a * . The next morning ho reappeared so unusually' radiant, that I" could not help inquuung nbat good fortune had, in the mean time, befallen him; upon which ,110 .gave me such,an account of his Jash night* s reception at the farm that I was almpst tempted do bundle tent and, beds down the throat of our irritable friend Stokr, arid throw myself for the futurc upon the.hospitality of the inhabi tants It is true, I had/road. m Van ffjroil. of sQmetUing pf tho kind,, but until nipyX .never fully believed it; ihe doctor shall toll Hs ,®\vh. Stbryi “No sooner, said he, *‘had I presented my self at. the door, and made, known my errand, than I was immediately welcomed by the whole fjateHy, and triumphantly inducted into the guest’ q.uarM > ,«v#2rything the house could produce was sot before me, A.nd the whole so ciety stood by to see that lenjoyed myself. A? I f h&d just dined, an additionalrepast was I no longer csscbtiai: to iny happiness; but all espiapgtjon w.as useless, and t did my best to give them satisfaction. , ' ‘ 'lmmediately on rising from the, tjtbio, the young lady of. the house (old, Van; .Troil says if is either the mother or the daughter, opine [ h £W grown up, who perform’y’this | office) proposed by signs to conduct ifie jxy-jfiy apartment, Taking in one hand a large plate ot skier, and in the othev a bottle of brandy, she led the way through a passage built of turf apd stones to the place where J was to sleep, Ifaying watched her deposit, pot with °ui» misgivings, for I knew it was expected that both should be disposed of before morn ing, the skier by my bedside and'the brandy bottle under my pillow,-I was preparing to make hm* a polite bow, and to wish her a very good night,-when she advanced toward me, and with a winning grace < difficult to resist, insisted upon helping mo off with my coat, and then proceeding, to extremities with my shoes ana Stockings; As the most critical part of the proceedings, I naturally imagined her share of the performance wouldconclude, and that I should afc last be restored to, that privacy which, at such seasons* is generally considered appropriate. Not a bit of it. Be fore I knew where I was, I found myself sit tmg on- a chair in- my shirt, trowserloss, while my fair tire-woman was engaged in neatly folding up the ravished garments on a neigh boring chairi ■ *; She then, in the most -simple manner in the world, helped me in the bed, tucked mo up, and having .said a quantity of pretty things -in Icelandic, gave me a hearty kiss and departed. If/* he added, “you see' anything remarkable in my appearance it is probably because-r- • J “This very morn IVo. folfc tbo! sweet surprise OC unexpected lips on. scaled eyes,” -by which ho poetically; imitated the pleasing ceremony which had awakened him to the du ties of the *day, I think it needless to subjoin that the Doctors 'cold did not get bettor so longasho remained in the neighborhood, and that had, it not been for the; daily increasing nre of his looks, I should have began to* bo alarmed at so protracted an indisposition. The Wife: of a: Kentuckian on a Yisit to Boston, Elopes from her lldsband.— Last Fall the wife of a gentleman in Kentucky came to that'city to visit.two sisters, one of them residing at thO South End and the other ™neighboring; city. She remained during the Winter, nmj a. tew weeks since the hus band came aftor her. Upon his arrival he was i surprised-to learn that she had become a be lie iver m' spiritualism and was a medium. He made arrangeijjetjts for their return home, his wifo and after $ final V| sit to yer suburban sister they came to the residence'of her sister in'Boston, for the pur pose of staying a day or two prior to their de parture. . - - Soon, after reaching the house she loft her husband in the parlor, apparently to go to the kitchen, and' immediately wont out of the house. 4* she'di<J UOf return,- ha madoinqnh rics which,satisfied him ; that her flight had peon premeditated, and that she had become the companion Pjf a njan with whom she h(id. formed an acquaintance in spiritualistic cir cles- Information' was given to the Chief of Police, who at on'oe interested himself in the case, and ho has obtained good evidence that slio has not loft the city.-The.woman, whoso photograph liashpou placed in the hands of the police by her husband, is young, very good I looking, and fond of dross, the deserted hue-1 band is a professional man, and a gentleman j apparently of intelligence and character, A MatE child was born in Stanfield, Mass achusetts, lately, healthy and well formed, with“a well, defined-pair of soft whiskers,' stretching from ear to oar." The child is now five' weeks old, bright and lively, with a grow ing hoard, Spettss Ib‘ tip. A Good 'Whitewash. —This is a subject upon which tho public require “ line upon line and precept upon precept." Whitewash is one of tlie most valuable articles in the world, when properly applied. It prevents not only the decay.of wood, but conduces greatly to the healthiness of all buildings, whether wood or; stone. Outbuildings and fences, when not painted, should bo supplied opco or twice eve-' ry year with a good goat of whitewash, which should be prepared in the following way:— Take a clean, water-tight bfl.rr.el or other sui table .cask, flnd put into it half a bushel of lime. Slack it by pouring water over it, boi ling hot, and in sufficient quantity to cover it five inches deep, and stir it briskly till thor oughly slacked. When the slacking has boon effected, dissolve it in water, and add two pounds of sulphate of zinc, and one of common salt. Those will cause the wash to harden, and prevent its cracking, which gives an un seemly appearance to tho work. If desirable, a beautiful cream color may bo communicated to the above wash, by adding throe pounds of yellow ochre, or a good pearl or load color, by tho addition of lamp, vino or ivory black. For fawn color, add four pounds of umber— Turkish or American—(tho latter is, tho chea pest,) one pound,lndian red, undone pound of oommpn lampblack. For common stone col or, add four pounds raw umber, and two pounds lampblack. < The wash may. be applied with a common whitewash brush, apd will bo found much su perior both in appearatncb and durability, to copupon whitewash; OSSf* There is a Story told of a good minister at Montague—Bov; Mr, Moody—who has been most liberally furpishod by nature with that very necessary Ppjwpdago to a man’s face— his nosey It is said that, while at a public i dinner on a certain tinie, a gentleman, who I sat opposite to Mr. ML, thinking to got off a good joke at his expense, remarked in a loud tone: , ’ “ Mr. Moody, there is a fly on the end of i your nose." i This throw tho company into a ropr, fortho tone of tho voice convoyed tho impression that ' tho ond of tho noao was so'far frorp Mr. Moo dy that ho would not know a fly was on it un less told, But Mr. Moody completely turned tho tables by remarking, in his cool, dry Way: Well, Mr. , you are nearer the fly than I am; wont you please brush it off?”, Tho laugh that wont round tho table at this sally of wit was perfectly uproarou's. A Biiii. has passed one brdpeh of the Now York Legislature to prohibit “sacred” con certs and other public exhibitions on Sunday; The Legislative Becord, Tho State Legislature have much trouble with the printer ,of their Legislative Record, for which the.contract to pixy seven dollars per page, hut which is so managed as to cost a much greater sum. The Committee appoin ted to investigate tho matter reported to the Senate on Monday, that tho contractor, Mr. George Bergner, of the Harrisburg Telegraph, had entirely disregarded his contract, filling the ‘ Record” with dead and unauthorized matter, for which he had been paid by tho State four, six, eight, and oven nine times, at the rate of seven dollars per page. They From the beginning of the present session to the 14th of March, inclusive, five hundred and thirty-six pages wore published, while up to the same date in the year 1859,.0n1y three hundred and pinpty = six pages wore issued, making an excess in the present year of one hundred and forty pages, 4 largo number of public and private bills on the files of both Houses have been published, without the au thority of cither-branch of the legislature?— Iho exact number of pages of unauthorized matter it is impossible for your Committee to determine; but had all the matter published by the contractors been ordered by'the Legis lature, there would still be an excess of about fifty pages made by the rejmhlicalion of yarir ous bills and resolutions in different portions >of the Record. Over sixty five bills have been duplicated,, and in some instances they have been published three, four, and five times.— Iho act relative to proceeding on mortgages and recognizances is inserted six times; the supplement to an act to enable joint tenants, tenants in common, and adjoining owners of mineral lands to manage and develop’ the ■somo, seven times; arid the act to authorize I the least of the Ilempflold railroad nine times. Your Committee also.find that the contrac tors have published. much matter that was specially ordered in another form to the pubr 1 lie printer, Including in this arc the report of the Commissioners appointed to revise the , Ponal Code, And tho bills Accompanying report, making more than thirty-eight pages; Washington’s Farewell Address, making three pages; and the fepott of tho Superintendent of Common Schools, making five pages. The Contractors have also inserted, in many ‘ln stances, in , the body of the proceedings, the bills ponding before the Legislature, and, in some cases, they have detailed them, section by section, as they were approved or rejected. , The Senate,-by a unanimous vote, adopted a resolution directing the accounting oflicors to withhold pay for all matter published in the Ricord not regularly authorized. ‘ Horrible Affray.; 'Demi' -.£*&■ I.ITICAL QUARREL, Considerable excitement has, grown out of Jio carrel and death of two parties to an af fray arming from a political quarrel in Jeffer son City, Missouri. The parties, named Do.- zior and. Hughes, had.several times threaten ed eacjpother, but nothing of an unusual char acter occurred until on Monday, the 19th ult. which took place in a lager beer saloon. The bt. Loins. Democrat says :, ; “ Two or three shots were exchanged hero, Wfi Hughes, who had walked backwards through the saloon, reached the rear window pnd drew his bowio knife and inflicted a stab on the right breast of Dozier, plunging the.ih strumont several inches into the unfortunate njgn. ; Hughes dropped in the saloon from the effects of a bullet which entered in the vicini ty of his heart. Dozier then fired another shot, which took effect a little below the oth-! er. Hughes expired in a few moments. As he fell he uttered the words: “ Tell my wife and children that I am killed—l—." Dozier walked into *the street, and was asked by a friend if ho was hurt, 'lie said ‘not much,’ and proceeded towards the Virginia Hotel, walking arm in arm with a friend. Ho soon felt the effects’of the stab and remarked, “ I have killed him, and I believe he, has killed mo.” As he said- these words he fell, apd was carried into. Matthews 1 , drug store,’ where he died in less than five minutes." ■ Both of the men wore married and hfl-d large families.- ■ & WHITEWASHING, Cor, of ike Gemnanio’wii Telegraph . Canonizing tha Martyr*. Tho Ohio Abolitionists hold a wake at Jof forson, Ashtabula county, on the 16th inst., to commemorate the execution of Stevens and Haslett, tho proceedings of which were report ed for the Cleveland piaindeater, Owen Brown, Johfi Brown, Jr„ Coppio and Xtodr path were present, We append a few ex tracts from the report, which will bo found interesting! . J arrived at tjiia noted village at 8 p. m„ and began to take notes, I should'think the large majority of tho men’ wore a narrow blaolf ribbon around tho neck. On hearing the people speak flippantly of tho Black String Order, I inquired and was told that this was an. armed organization for tho resistance of the Government in efforts to take’the Browns, Owen and John. Before sundown I was in troduced to the rover Rodpath. Soon after, tho band came in from Andover playing the MarsoillaisO, Entering the court house I found it packed, Tho meeting was opened by prayer, the band played, and aftor this John 'Brown, Jr„ was introduced. Re road a fare well ballad of Hazlott, entitled “ llarrison ; s j?q.rewell to his Mother.” . Harrison was his assumed name, which he afterwards regretted to liavo assumed, as it cut off all correspond ence with his friends. He next gave a’partioular story of Stevens, whom he represented as a model man. Ho once got angry at his officer in the Mexican war, drew a pistol and shot at the officer. Ho was condemned to death, but his sentence was commuted ,by PiOrce to two years on a ball and chain. Ho eventually severed tho chain With an axe, and fled to Kansa, assuming the name of Whipple, and soon became a leader in tho Free State party,'' Ho exhibited an iron shackle taken off from a prisoner by lV{'r. Stevens in Kansas. Tho Dred Scott decision came then, declaring that a black man had po rights which a white man is bound to respect, [The Bred Scqtt decision contains, no siich doctrine,] Stevens then concluded that ;> •slaveholder had no rights, ns sucl); which he was bound to respect; Ho then joined my father and went to Missouri, and I helped him liberate those sl.ayps gnd take thorn to Canada. The band played the Ufarseillglae and James Redpath was introduced, He said ho was given to study primitive character by-ohatochizing children. Ho asked a little boy a few days since what ho was am bitious of doing when ho became a man?— " Shoot Governor lyise.’t was his prompt re ply.. “That boy," said Redpath, “is ray candidate for the Presidency in 1880, but don!t tell him of his prospects, for politicians will hover around him and serve him like a maple-tree— tap him and draw all the sweet ness out of him.” He'said ho bad given the public timely notice of the Harper’s Ferry raul, which was- unheeded. ■ He. now,.gave notice that ere many moons the struggle would open anpw. ° . Mr. Coppie, a brother of the executed Cop pio, vygs ceiled and appeared. lie is a sleit dor yoifng man fl f 20 years or'so,' He said a word or two and sat down. ' John Brown rose ond said Mr. Coppie was ( not well, and that ho had left Town because it was thought that a new requisition was in lowa that was not ini perfect, and . that ho had bettor leave. But Canada was thought by the best of counsel to, bo no more safe than Iowa; and under these circumstances where should he go ? ‘(To Ashtabula county, said many voices.) “Thank God for that." The eyes of the world were how on Ashtabula county, and though he had not the folly to suppose he could withstand the United States, yet he would stand by those mon to the las*' (We'are with you, shouted many voices.) The mooting closed with , music, Origin o,p Sherry ConnLEßs.—The Boston Post says: “Burton—the l?ite AVilliam ll. invented sherry cobblers, 'ft is related that when an actor in Philadelphia, ho frequented a famous resort for theatrical personages and their friends, known as “Dickey Itarljourd’a.” Juleps, but then recently imported from the South, were the popular tipple on the warm Summer daj's, but Burton am} his English friends, of whom Dickey was sia qld one, es chewed them as too heating for d lengthened sitting. , A decoction of sherry wine, hot wa ter, sugar, and lemon peel, a favorite English drink, had been introduced by Dickey, and soryod well for Winter evening sociality, but on the approach of warmer weather a colder substitute was needed. In this dilomna, Bur ten suggested the use of ice instead of hot wa ter, and Dickey was called nnop to try his hand at the new decoction, The result was a yinops, cotip d’ eiat, and the ootorie of bibulous wits-were required to name the new nectar. Burton at once suggested that as Dickey had • in his own country established,:his fame and fortune ns a cobbler, the name Should bo ap plied tQ his last.;* joband forwith the chris tening was consummated in “ Sherry Cob blers” all around for the party. The article at. once met with public appreciation, and cobblers universally supplanted juleps for the heated term.", “I’ll Tell Pa When he Comes Home.”— One of our citizens, who has taken some pride, for several years in cultivating a full crop’ of' hair on his face, was called away from homo on business some time since. . While, absent • an inexperienced barber spoiled his whiskers in trimming then), which so chagrined him that he directed the barber to make p. clean job of it by shaving whiskers and 'moustache both off. The barber obeyed, and our friend's face was as smooth and delicate as when in his teens. He returned home in the night.— Next njorijing his little girl .did hot recognize him’ on. witting up. Looking over her moth er, and seeing, as she supposed, a stranger in the bed, she remarked in her childish simplic ity I —-'Mister, get out of herb; I’ll toll my pa on you when no comes home,' L . Old Baciielotis. — An exchange says: ‘Tf our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live . single, whan there was not a woman upon tho ' earth, how criminally guilty arc old bache lors, with tho world full of pretty girls!” I Tho Savannah News meets tho railing ac cusation: “Ever since tho days of Adam, old bachelors have boon tho butt of everybo dy’s ridicule. Wo protest against it.. There is a vast difference between Adam and tho old bachelors of our day. Adam could afford to marry—many bachelors of our day cannot. What with crinoline, five hundred dollar shawls, diamond bracelets, and pin money, it is no small undertaking at this ago of tho world. Eve had; 110 choice—it was Adam or nobody. She had no ono to flirt with. See ing no other means of tantalizing her husband —a feminine peculiarity from that day to this —she got him in a scrape by eating the for biddea.frnit. ’Old bachelors aro criminally guilty,’ aro they? Give ‘old bachelors’ tho sainoy banco Adam had, and our word for it, a majority of thorn would put bn matrimony in no time." I- ' * ; . GES, FOSTER IN PIIIUDELPDIJ, On Tuesday of last week, “ GdVbrnot” Hbk* BT 0. Foster arrived, in Philadelphia, and put up at the Merchant’s Hotel. • In the evening’ ho was serenaded, ond the Keyetone Club upon him in n body, The President of the Club, Col. MoOandlcss, i» a few brief but eloquent and appropriate remarks, intrm duced-Gen. Foster to the assembled hmltituda of his friqnds. His appegramie was' greeted with prolonged and continued cheers, Gem ■ oral Foster responded as follows: 1 qp pniLADEEPinA : T con fess that I foofextremely-grateful for the kind reception, given me to-night. lam compara tivoly a stranger among you, but I hate ol- ’ ways felt a deep interest jn tie prospsritynf ’ the people of this city, in its manufactures - . and in its commercial greatness. Every act • of my life, public or private, has always‘been in behalf of the interests of tho great metrop olis of my native State. [Applause.]' - ? - This call is unexpected. In coming here, t supposed I should not bo, seen, and f should, retire to rest. . I did not certainly expect to meet so many of my Democratic friends as are here assembled, notwithstanding : the in- . clemency of tho weather, which will neepssa* rily preyont me from detaining you long! . 1 have received the standard of tho Demo cratic party to carry through the coming can vass. It is for yop to say whether if shall be ' to victory op not. But if that flag is stricken down, J will be stricken down with it.— . [Cheers,] It is, I repeat, for you to shy what the result shall bo. Dike soldiers you must enlist for tho war, and determine to carry the daf? to victory. . Gentlemen, I must again return niy thahke for the kind manner with which you hate rm poived mo to-night. Wo are told that my obmpetitor was traversing every Ward through- . out the oity. I can only say, here I can comb. ’ [Cheers.] Wherever the people may meet - they will hear me, and if the Opposition are ;■ victorious, it will bo over ourbodies. [Cheers.] I expect to meet you before the canvass is over, to discuss tho great issues of the day.' ’ , Personally, I have the' greatest regard for -' my competitor. He is a gentleman,' find with him I have no personal issues. I will make none and I desire that my friends will makb • ndne. If you are not able to carry this elec tion upon high National, and Constitutional- , grounds, I don’t want it to 'bo carried at-alDi : [Applause.] Upon those principles, we wilt' > carry this canvass through. And let me say that much depends upon you in the way the : preliminary battle which is to be fonghthere m May, shall bo decided. That is to toll upoU ' the. State and National campaign to follow;—' • It will tel! more upon the destinies of tho ■ Democratic party than any election ever held. [Avoice —“We’ll lick them, sure!” [Cheers.] If you rally to your flag in the Municipal con- . tost and carry the election, and thus elevate the standard, to you will belong the honor of ■deciding the contest in the Fall. . I know that you will do it. [Cheers.] 1 feel that there • arc none here to-night but who will turn out • when the time comes and do his duty like a man. , , • ' • 1 simply come forward to thank you for your flattering reception, and not to. discuss the is-' sues involved in the canvass, because I did, not expect to bo called upon* Let mo say that I will bo at the head of the battle, and, phtij the time comes, farewell. The close of the address, was followed by ■ loud cheers, the firing of cannon, and strains' of thrilling music. A CiriiTitf Ratification Sfeecu—Attach upon FoitEipNEBS, AND CATHOLICS APPtABIH UP at a Republican Meeting I On Saturday evening, the 17th inst., the Republicans or “People’s party” of Philadel phia held a grand ratification meeting in thrit city, to endorse the 1 nomination of Mr. Curtin; The meeting was large and enthusiastic, and was addressed by Mr. Curtin, and others.-;-' Among the speakers was David Taggort, a prominent Competitor for the Gubernatorial nomination, who endorsed the Republican candidate in the following language: ■ “ I S° ahead of the distinguished arid elo quent gentlemen who are present to-night, to say a few word? to show you that I am for Andy Curtin all the time [cheers and ap plause] most zealously, most earnestly. And why should I not be ? He never entertained political sentiments that l am not, willing to advocate. Ho never upheld a doctrine that I am not willing to uphold: In 1840, whan I was not legally a man, we went, together to" old Harrisburg; Four years later wo fought side by side for the great American system, ■ under the glorious banner of, Henry (hay;— [Loud and enthusiastic applause.] ' As an American I feel proud of the thrill that that■ name sends through mo, and that banner would never have trailed in defeat bod. it not • been for the ill-advised and deceived hordes that wereprecipitated upon ms from across the ocean. I only allude to that portion of, them that do not cat meat on Fridays , [laughter arid' applause,] and have not been long enough iri the country to* know that the modern Demo cracy oi these United B‘ate.s of Airierica meant only freedom for trade and pot for men. Ape plauae.J I suppose some of you have beSfft of the mistake thri Democrats of Indiana made two or thrcowcars ago, when they fixed a bar-' baoue for n Jfriday, [Laughter,/ “JTh'at da' ; you mane,” says a big Democrat from Ireland; ; “ by roasting beef on a day when two-thirda of the Democrats daront oat mate?” Wo cbnfmerit is needed upon the abhve ole- I gont extract. It carries with it its oWn pro-’ per rebuke; Wo advise our friends to cut . orit the above remarks and paste them in .their pockol-Tiooks—they may bo useful for i futriro rAferenoo ! Tho editor of the Spirit of the Timti ' writes from Charleston the following deaorip- ; tion of the Hall where 1 the Democratic Con- , vention is to assemble t. The visitor at Charleston regards with no little interest the Hall of the South Carolina Institute, in which the Democratic National Convention is tq be hold on the 23d of April next. The audience room is spacious, admi rably lighted by long windows q'n throe sides, ‘ and is capable of seating 2,500 persons'; A stage occupies the end, and there' are galler ies upon three sides. There ore also convc- , niont private room's on both floors, and easy access is had to all the different apartments. The ceiling is beautifully painte’d in fresco by no loss an artist than the brother Garibaldi; The entire hall has been recently, fitted up , with special reference to the meeting of the Convention. Whore the multitudes will bo lodged and fed, is a question of considerable interest. The greater part of the available Space of the principal hotels and bodrding houses has already boon engaged, and those' - who apply late will faro badly; Neverthe less, extensive preparations have been made for the accommodation of visitors, and all that ; can ho done for their comfort will bo; ‘‘h'.'v V’ iieeS^ NO. 4.1
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