I •'-.*• • :■.:■•■..■ ... <, OUR XT; VOL. 47. ’ . ■'• - : ; ■ .'.■ ■ ; ■■' ; ; A MIiITMT! ATV VniJINTTfIfR .'r. . . . . ihe aevelanA J^alndiciler: ■ : icr. : /\''^-i'}isMfmW^OlM^Watuti-. jHJjjUiNlJjl.lt. BlodeqihWf Knelling Qrotrad&-»Tbe Boela- Hdiiibl* B.Brde^Mpoy poDusnsD BTEnr inunsDAr moiwino nv Cdck.'FlgW*-i‘Bladenaborg Bbteg, '&6. ■QuVTCh:derB that'in r #~rfeue JTOHK B. BRATTOH. or two tig) |aT6 an?crfoant , SunuciPTiox.—One Dollar and. Fifty Cents, paid ®visnT.3BUßSTB thocABn,niid oot exceeding onb square, will ,bo inserted three thafc it * inet its at of sorae times fur One Dollar, and twenty-five cents forenoh I person, or, UO)^ s Unkn6wn.!’- additional insertion;; Those of a greater length m .The truth COneeraSTOttie matter seems mm to , ns Hand-bills, Posling-fcills, ; *(h,; wwateS trith H£a vo Sou Bq BL Boo] B“ Gfl Hton m* o B^e Kn Hid ■u Bn Hhf B< Hr SiORCOKTOVB.* A SONG OP THE HUGUENOTS. I>r. T, B. UAOAVUSY. Oh! weep for Monbontirar; Oh noop for tho hour Whoa tho children of darkness arid evil had power; When the horsemen of Vftlbls triumphantly trod, ’ On the bosoms that, blod for their rights end their, , flyd. , ’■ ’■ ■ Oh! Weep for Moncontour. Oh’ weep for tho slain .Who for faith and for froedomnlay slaughtered in , .-vain;’:'' ‘ ’■ Oh I weep for, tho living,; who linger to bear Tho renegade’s shame, or the exile’s despair. brio look, crib ,last look, to tho oots ami tho towers, To' thbd-owsof our vinos, and tho beds of opr flowers. To tho ohurphWuro tho bones of onr fathers decayed,' Where wbfondly hod deemed that our own should -ho laid,, . . Alas two must leave thee, dear dosoloto home, To the spearmen of Dti, the shavelings of Homo, To tho serpent of Florence, the-vulture of Spain, To the pride of Anjou, and the guile of Lorraine. Farewell to tßy fountain, farewell to thy shades, To the song of thy youths, and the dance of thy; ■'maids, ‘ ; Ter tho breath of thy garden, tho hum of thy bees. And the long waving lino of the blue Pyrenees.: Farewell, and'forever. ’The priest and tho slave, May raisin’the halls of the free, and tho bravo:, Our hoafths wb abandon ;—orir lands wo resign; But Father, wo kneel to no'nltar but thine. . is a. village of.. Franco, about twen ty-five miles N. : W. ofPoictiors, 'ln 1660, Colligny, he loader of. tbo Huguenots, was defeated bdee by r eury HI. .when Duke of Anjou. THE GOLDEN SUMfiE Dia With a warp of sim-thrcada golden, * And a weft of purple rain, • Nature, tta iti seaaona olden, Weaves thoSummor’BrObo again* Even brighter, richer; fairer, Grows*the marvel of her 100 m,,. Ab she adds to, grace the wearer, fruitful wreath and floral plume.^ . From 6*ef Woos, with song and sheen, \ How the wchry Keaxta within iig *. -.Froahcniin of grecnj . How the eoul her. wings uncloses, Soars all flordid oaro above, As from lips of opening roses Pours the perfume-breath of love! % When- tho glossy waters quiver, • Shaken by tho wandering breeze, Ann in arm upon tho river Dance tho shadows upon the trees ,■ ■’And while winds and waves and-waters . Thus in Earth's grand gala play, Shall not we, hor sons and daughters, , Keep our Mother's holiday?. Yet, fair summer-transient poem 1 : Of on opio ,broad ond grand,—r Typo of tho eternal poem liifoi in Life's own Fatherland I What are all thy vales, Juno-lighted, JVhat this Earth with sin-tcars stained. To that Paradise unblighted, Adam lost and Christ regained?. Never storm the glory palloth, ’ . Never comoth want or woe/ In that world, from which there falleth But a gleam on world's below. There, among tho boworis immortal Ambueod, Turks no serpent guile j Through the Eternal Eden's portal Pass nought that can defile. 3Mtm(lnnma Dr. Livingston’s Explorations. In the Geographical Section of the British Association,, a,very, interesting paper, by Dr. Wvingatono, was read. Wo subjoin a few extrilCtsV;- “In thoupper part of the lower shire, in the highlands- and in the valley of the Lower Shire, :there is a somewhat numerous popula "on._ The • people generally live in villages id in hamlets near them. / Each village has s own chief, ond the chiefs in a given terri fy have' a head-chief, to whom they owe me sort of allegiance. The paramount chief : one,portion, of the. Upper Shire is a woman, he sites of their villages are selected for the 3st part with judgment and good taste. A •earn or spring is near, and pleasant shade jes grow in and around the place. { Nearly, ory yiUage is surrounded by a. thick, high idge of “'0 poisonous 'euphorbia.' During e greater part of the year the inhabitants old see an enemy through the hedge; while would,find it a diffioult mattortoapo.thcm. f shooting their already poisonous,' arrows rough the tender branches, they get sinear- Wtth the poisonous, milky, juice, and in-, sf most painful if not fatal wounds. ; The natant dripping of the juide of the bruised anches prevents the enemy from attempting force his way through the hedge, as it de jys the eyesight. The huts are large, re strongly, built,, with higher and more iceful.roofs than any we have seen on the inbesi. Many of the mOn ore intelligent king; with high foreheads and .well shaped ids. , They show singular tastes in the os ishingly varied styles in which their hoir irrangod. Their, need necklaces are really tty .specimens of work. ' Many have , the jor andmiddle, as Well os the' lower pdrt ;he ear bored; and have from:, three to five gs in each ear.- . Tho hole In' the lobe, of ear is large enough to admit one’s finger, I some wear o piece of bamboo about on h long in it, ; .Brass and iron bracelets, .bpratcly figured, are seep j and some pf vineh sport from two to eight brass rings each finger, and Wen the thumbs are_ not ired, .They wear copper,.brass, and iron igs on their legs and arms; many hove nr'front teeth notched/ and some file them til; they resemble, the .teeth of a saw. The per lip ring of the women gives them a re- Iting appearanceit is universally worn in ) highlands. Apuhcturo ismade highup the Ijp, andifc is gradually enlarged until S pelele can' bo inserted. Some are very go. Oho. we measured caused the lip to project two inches beyond the tip of the hose;. w hon the lady smiled*.the Contracted muscles elevated it [oyer the,, eyes. “Why dp the wo men tteir'these those things?” the venerable chief, Chinsurdi, was asked. ■ Evidently surprised at snch a stupid ques tion, ho replied, ‘.'for beauty! They .are the only beautiful things women have; men have beards, women have none. " What kind of a person would-she be without thepolele? She would not be a woman, at-all with a month like d man, but no board.” They seem to be an industrious race. Iron is dug out pf the hills, and every . village has one or two smelting houses; . and. from their own native iron they make excellent hoes, . axes, spears, knives, arrow-heads, &o. They make, also,; round baskets .of various' sizes; and earthen, pots, which they Ornament with plumbago, said to be found in the Hill Coun try, though we, could npt learn exactly where, dr in what quantities; the only specimen we obtained was not pure. At every fishing vil lage on the banks, of the river Shire, men Were busy spinning bouse, and making large fishing nets from it; and from Chihisas to the Eako, in every village almost, wo ■ saw men cleaning and . spinning cotton, while others were weaving it into strong cloth in dooms of the; construction, all the processes being exceedingly-slow. This is a great cot ton-growing country; The .cotton Ts of two kinds, “Toiyi nldnga,” or .foreign cotton, “Tonji cadji,” or native cotton. The fdr mei 1 -is of good qualify, with a-staple three quartersof on inch in length; It is perennial, requiring to be.planted, only, once in three years. The native, cotton is planted every year in the highlands,-is of short - staple, arid feels mprc'like wool thancotton. Bveryfam ily appears to own a cotton, patch, which is kept clear of woods and’grass. Wo. saw the foreign growing at the lake and. in- various places for thirty miles below’ the cataracts on the Lower Shire. Although tho native cot ton requires to be planted annually in the highlands, the people prefer it because, they say, “it makes the stronger cloth. It was re marked, to a number of intelligent natives’ near the Shire Lakelet, “you should plant plenty of cotton, and perhaps the English will come soon to buy it.”; “Surely the country is full pf cotton,” said an elderly man, who was a trader and traveled much. Our own obser vations convinced us of the truth of this state ment. Everywhere wo saw it. Cotton patbh cSoffrom two.to throe acres were seen abreast of the cataracts during 'the first trip, when Lake Tamandua was discovered, though on this journey, on a different route, none wore observed of. more than half-an aero; They usually contain about ;a quarter of an aero each. There ore extensive tracts on the level plains of both the Lower and Upper'Shire., where salt exudes from the soil.' .Sea island ’cotton, might grow well there,, as, on these the foreign cotton becomes larger in the staple. The’ cottori-srowcra ’.hero never 'have - their crops cut on by frosts. There are . none. I Both kinds of i cotton require but, little lobor, I none/of that severe.and kilUng. tqil, requisite in, the, United States. The people, ore great well. -Thoy gi'dw’ Jiwg'aTer dn lnrge quanti ties, preparing ridges for itfrom three to four foot.wide,.rind aboutlq-ifoofe, raise maize, rice, .two kinds, bfr millet, beans, sugar-cane,, swept potatoes, ’ yanis, ground nuts, pumpkin,, tobacco, and Indian hemp. Near Lake Nyrissa we sow indigo seven feet, high.” .'-;. The Lost Child Found. On the afternoon of tho;9tb ult,, a female child of Mr. Manly, of Hawly, Wayne county, aged five years, was out lit play with other children; and failed in finding her way home. The family soon misaed.her, and immediately repaired to the spot where the other children had last .seen her, but she had gone and could not bo found. The report of her being lost sprfead"rapidly .through the: town, and. very soon a large number of neighbors were enlis ted in the search,' Night came on, and still by aid of lamps the 1 search .continued,; and when daylight appeared hundreds of others joined in the exciting task of finding the lost child. Thus, day and night, they, examined creeks, ponds, valleys and. mountains in vain for her, and not until the following Friday was there anything discovered to indicate that she syas alive. After a ceaseless search of five days and nights, and when many of the relo tives and neighbors had relinquished the tire some duty for-.want of strength and hope, the nows came that certain children .in passing along a wood road early in the morning, a few miles from'Hawly, had heard the cries of a child far off in the wilderness. ..This revived the failing hopes of parents and friends, and speedily encouraged many to . resume the search., X’ate lii the day one of the party was working his way through a dense thicket, mid in a small opening a few feet off,, discovered, the little' girl sitting on a flat stone, nodding her head, and fast in the embrace of sleep;-** The sight sent an electric thrill through him of mingled joy' and fear, and after a moment’s pause he walked up;and took hold of her, when she screamed terribly,- but upon open ing her eyes and finding that she was hot- in the grasp of some wild animal, she clung to the ;man, though a stranger, like one in the spasms of death.. The child had worn out or lost,, in wandering ever, stones' and through briers, her shoes, Bonnet and all except the tattered remains of her thin dress, but she tvas alive, and that 1 was enough. The rejoicings througout Hawly over her safe return homo can better be imagined than 'described. On her way home she refused.to talk, more than to say, she was, hungry,-and Having had nothing but.berries'.to oat tor a long time.' : Eepeot pp 4 Speech.-t-A',correspondent; of the iPlaiU&ts Satiny gets off the following: ; Many years since, ‘when‘the New ‘"xoii, Tribune wap a good old line Whig journal, a gentleman in western New York'was a sub scriber to it; but,.vyhen Groely.turned hisaf tention to all softs of “isms,” especially abo- 1 litioniera, hefieolined reading it. . When ari extra,' containing l a' voluminous speeoh by Horace Greoly, . was sent him, he saw thecap tion, placed it on ( tbp shelf of bis, library, aqd did not condescend to read U. “ V . - On the 4tb of July the, patriotic Citizens turned out on the square yvitn an old iron cam non'.which had not seen servico for years, load; ed it and sent for the old liher'.fo.Vittiess the' effect. ".He was a'man' of influenceTh the place, and; previous to the off, he said: ' y , ~ :/ “Hold on, boys, till Iconic back.” ■ He went to his his house 1 , wrapped a pound of good powder in Horace Greely'B speech, re turned, placed it in the muzzle, and, it home, exclaimed;" “Lot’s hear what Greojy’s got to say I” Adromendous report and on .explosion fol lowed ; the gun burst and the fragments rent the air—the smoko cleared off, and to the as-, tomshmont of ftll.noiody way hurt! To keep pies' : and , cakes from moulding, send to the Volunteer office for a couple of printers; This should bo attended to while the dainties ate yet fresh. ■ 3tAßfeNSßririo, June 1MT860,. ; " Pistols and Coffee for two.' As-Larii alone on the classic ground I Ban take cftfCtfirittho pistols do no barm, and.the,coffee,is harmless anyhow... place, so noted for its polite and refined fiftn-ders, is about five, miles, from the city, fresh and'handsome, in full livery of green; adorned with flowers, rind should blush., in its beauty for-the scones it has witnesssed; Herb, in a beautiful little grass plat surround ed by trees, forms, .made after the image of God, come to insult nature rind defy Heaven. In 1814, Edward Hopkins .was tilled'hero in a duel;- This seems to have been , the first of these fashionable murders on . this duelling ground. • ’; In 1819, A. T. Mason, a Upitod States Sen ator, from '.Virginia, fought’ with' his sister’s husband, John McCarty, here. McCarty was averse to fighting, and thought there was, no necessity for it ; hut. Meson ’ would fight; McCarty named muskets loaded with buck shot, and so.near together that they wqnld hit heads if they fell on their faces.- This, whs changed by the seflonds to loading with, bul lets, andtakuig twelve feet as the distance, MasOn wns-killed -instantly, rind McCarthy; who had his collar bone broken, still’ liVes with Mason’s sister, in, Georgetown. His hair turned so gray soon aftortho fight asto cause much comment. He has since been solicited' to act as a second in it duel, but refund Sir accordance with a pledge triade to bis -wife soon after killing her,brother. ■ ' ; , : In 1820,.Commodore Decatur was killodin a duol here by Commodore Barron. At the first fire both tell forward and both lay 'yJilb their heads within ten feet of each'Other; and', as each supposed himself mortally wounded, each fully and freely forgave the other, still lying on ,the ground. . Decatur expired in a few days, hut Barron eventually recovered. In 1821, two strangers, named LegaandSega appeared here,; fought, and Sega was instant ly killed. , The neighbors only learned this' much of their names from tho marks on their gloves left on the ground. Lega was' not . hurt. ’ In 1822, Midshipman Locke,was tilled here in, a duel with a clerk of.the Treasury Depart ment named’ Gibson. The latter was, not hurt. In 1826, Henry Clay 'fought (his sec ond duel) with .John- Randolph, just across ,the Potomac, as Randolph preferred to die. if at dll,, on Virginia soil, received shot, and then fired his pistol in IKVair. .. This was in accordance with a declaration made to : Mr. Benton, who spoke to Randolph of 1853, Davis and Bidgway fought here; Bidgway allowed his antagonist to fire without returning the shot. ' . . ■ Many of the names I could not get in lull, and shine other, duels were indefinitely given by the “olijeat inhabitant,” for whose courte sy I am-much indebted. My informant was an eye witness to many of these beastly re cofltres. In, fact, these little seem to be enjoyed by The Bladenaburgors quite, as much ns a regetta would bo at Cleve land. When there is a lull in these sports, a sort of amphitheatre is erected in the village, one mile from this ground, and frequently one or. two fighting cooks are entered : for single combat or duels. • These fight for quite as well-grounded cause, never ending_ in blood less battles, and they never kiss and make up. When I took the cars at six this morning, my friend Stevens,said I must he sure and make a note of. the “Bladensburg races,’“so l very gravely,' while waiting on my coffee, asked the bar-tender how often the ‘‘Bladensburg races’’, occurred ? “Never but sa'cl * 16 ' “and I hope they never will again. ■ v ’Uy, hew is. that?” I.innocently inquired, by the Bladensburg races they mean the race Pt the American soldiers away from the UtM n soldiers, in the last war. My father ran so ar in one day that.it took him two weeks to get back,” said,he- Mr.-Stevens may make up his mind to come out here in, the morning. Any : distance oyer three hundred rods Isnan t object to. My Wood is up and-1 am ott. . AoManKilled in Presence of 'Wife, —Says the N. 0. VeUa, of July «h: ■ , : It appears, that George Sohwarger, a peace able and hard-working young man, •who be longs to Creole ijngine Company, No. 9,' .wa® sitting -with,his;young wife’, to whom be had been recently wedded, on the steps of a house at the corner of Tonti anflXapoyrouse streets. Third 'distriot,When, at about half past 8 o’olook bh; Mondayn’ght.a youngman named John Benoke passed by, and, looking np at Mrs; Sihwaxger, remarked >n;a loud and m-. suUing mahner, "There’s one tof my wives.” , The indignant husband leaped to his feet, and retorting. With the exclamation; “You’re a l” slapped Ben,oke'across the face With the book of his hand. Benoke instantly drew a knife'and thrust ,it into. Sohwarger’s side, up to the hilt, and then made his escape. SoßwhrgeF'staggeredhnck, and fell '■into the arms of hiq terrified wife;-' He was carried homo to the corner of Bayou road and Broad streets, and died at ll! o’clock yesterday mor ning. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, ’Lieuten ant Mazeret succeeded in arresting Benoke, and he ie how confined in the Third District dock-up, ‘ ■ 1 , L liOt, about son of a,respectable indeed, so strong was 8 brought up before |ct wasrandered, hoi last. circumstance, to-; Ijiiit cttjiietto light, ,ten- rest-' fowasiramcdiatelyar fore Caleb ;Goftfcawortb, .testimony..'was gbten to ihe.Peaca in committing jtfhty Jail' in this' town,: lUrdorat the next Court this euspioion thfit -the jury,- hut vrasi and sUortlyaftortl left the vicinityv ■”' t’ ether withhthei 1 ': ed to strengthen:! 1 ihg upon -thedad; j restedand broughi Esq,,.where 'sufiTov Warrant the Justlct the -accused tbtl to await his trial; of ABsi*esl. ( v; : T, ,'.V Since his? wminillali .wo understand that young Lot has con®wd to havingmurdered itho little boy How®i , . !: '3!Ko facta as detailed to us are BubstantjlHy those: It scorns that ,tot went to thb .pa®>te to look for the cows, and William Howard follOwecl him. at which; Lot bsca’mo offende»ridiold,him not to follow : him ' '^fthis time Lbt.wps sitting! on the fence; fellow did not.heed: what Lot had toldd/pA,; and, got over or thro' ; the fence andcontimied to follow Lot. ; They had not gone far wnra'fiot picked up nliick.-; ory grub* its it is good sized stick— and with one blow struek the little follow to, .tba.grpundle r that wasi given/but it waaisumoieht to crack the-.skull;- and' Completely bjeb|£ in the left" side of his forehead dyer the eyßi'So that thedoetpr Syasj readily/ablei hr pickfbn't ;of thb ; b'rain, several.; I pieces-,of; bone .tpatfjiftd;,heen ; driven in-, upon lit.,, lOf. course, instantaneous; ■ for, as itWas narrated,hii us, the boy fell on his back and did After the murder, it seems that Lot lofftlfeyictim in the field, but in a short time pack and dragged or. car ried the body . distance, and deposited it under the tree .top brush whore, it. was subsequently fodha.' fßetween the spot where aiolot of blbodwaa found hud where the tatt*!. der was whore ithe body was deposited,.wore two, high logs, over winch the body’must have gone, aha it waq ■uusfhjt which settledthd'oohwfatiba firmly bn the minds of.the jury that litthSHoward could not have heen.kiokedi by. a ;; horte,-and afterwards haye brawled/foi the bragh-Wbod/'and .that;, afford of fhh child I after death.had ensued;;:, Young liot, as we hove s.aid before, is about fifteen years old, and very, strongly built.— What reasons, beyond those above, stated,-led him to perpetrate the awful crime of murder, that induced hihr to take the life of a little boy only. five, or sis years of .age, we cannot con ceive. From all accounts it seems ■to have been a most unprovoked, and -wanton act.— Indeed it is seldom, that'such a wicked sacri fice of human life occurs, and we hope that it may bo a. long, long time;ere such a thelan.- oholy event comes -within our province as a journalist tb.chronicle..; ; , The Chfllips 6( life, ■There are a thousand things in this world to afflict and sadden; but oh! how many that ore beautiful and gbodl 1 The- world toOms with beauty—and objects which 1 gladden the eye and warm thp heart. We-might be hap py; if we would." .There are ills that we Can not escape—the of; disease and death,' of misfortune, the .'sundering of earthly ties, and theitoanker. worm of grief j but a vast inaj.orityiof the. evils that,besot us might bo avoided. . Thoonrso •of ' intemperance, in terwoven as it is withnll the ligaments of so ciety, is one , that neirer strikes®at to destroy. There, id not one bright page upon' the record of its progress, nothing to shield it from the heartiest execration of, the human race. -. It should; hot exist—it ought-not. Do . away with all. this, let Wars -come to an end, and kindness mark,the intercourse: between man and man. Wo are too selfish, as if the world was made for us alone. How much happier would we he wore we to labor more earnestly to. promote each other’s good. Godhasbless-- ed ud with a home that is not dark. There is sunshine everywhere—in the sky, upon the earth—-.there would he in -most hearts, if ,we would look around ns. '' • u#"- | . ,The; storm, dies away’ andy a bright sun shines oat. Summer droops her tinged cur tain upon earth, whicih Is very beautiful, even wheii autumn breathes her -changing breath upon it. . God reigijs' in heaven. Murmur not at a Being so bountiful,: and wo can.,live happier than we. de. 1 ’’ Conflict between Two Boa “Constrictors. —Two large rock ,■ boa’constrictors ‘belonging to: Wombell’s -.collection; 1 ; at present at; Ply* month, were, during the hours of exhibition, placed in a glass cose for thypnrpbse of being fed; , : A rabbit was put intoUhe case, and one of the boas, immediately - made: for tlioj prOy. The rabbit .however,, eluded\the fangs of its enemy ,hy a. sudden jump, and.®? enormous shako,-instead of dealing- its deadly blow , on the poor rabbit, 1 ' fastened! on the other boa; which,'finding itself assaulted,immediately assumed the defensive in the determined manner. .Boa .No. 2 struck boa No. 1, by which it had been assaulted! with its fright ful'fanjgs. The' Struggle was how fiercely maintained on both -sides. »,The twomonsfers writhed and struggled in one another’s grasp, and.hoth seemed; intent'.on-pressing by its restrictive coil,the life out of.iits, opponent, This' struggle was at last terminated by tho keepers, with theassistanbe of several gcntlc men.but not -before one of the combatants was so,seriously woiinded'that fears are enter tained. that the consequences may prove ! fatal. ■ , , Paper. tSP' T'om, during his lastVur to Niagara, in, company with, Smash', -saw hn Indian hew-, inga small piece of timber, witha viow to ma kingoahes. , V, “Pray, sir,” said Smash, “ to what tribe do you belong?” “ The Ohip-a-way tribe,” replied the Indian without looking up to give his interrogator one smile.-: ■ ■: BSTA Dandy who wanted tlia inilk pnaafid to him at a hotel, thus, asked for.it- Band, lady, please pass your opw down .tins way. The landlady thus retorted: 1 TYaitcr f< take this cow down to whore the calf is bloating.’’ Moat m : vniqm, oub. country/’ ]• .Amah never kndwßjWlwt bp has read un til-be baa either ,it or written dbout it.- Talking 1 and filing art digestive processes whioh'AT6nbs;oTutoly essential to the mental-wnaUtution'.of’the' man who devours many hooka. : -But it, is not every man that can talk. .TalkingJmplies, first, of all,, a rea diness on the'partof the speaker, and next, a. sympathetic listener; It is; therefore,:as a digestive process, the most difficult, if it is the most rapid, in, its .operation, Writlngis ;i different affair; a inan may take his time .to it, and not require a reader; hocan bo his own reader.: - -It is. an easier, although more formal process, of digestion than talking.. It is in eve rybody’s power; andSoyerybody, who. reads much makes more of .less nge.of it, because, as Bacon 'says, 1, if-he does hot write, then he ought to have extraordinary faculties to com pensate for-such neglect. -It is in this view: that we ore Understand the complaint of a -well-known author-that he' was.ignorant'of a certain . subject, and the means'-by which ho' was to dispel his ignorance—namely, .by wri tihg on it. ■ It is inthisyiew that the monito rial system of instruction.has its great. Value —to the monitors itis/the bciit BQi;t of teach-, mg. It is from the same point of .view that Sir "William Hamilton used to lament the de cay of teaching ns. a part of the education of Students at the universities. .In.the olden time it, was necessary to the obtaining of- a dejriee- that the graduate, should give evidence; of liis capacity as a teacher; and in the very' titles of his. degrees as a magister and doctor,, ho was desighated .a teacher. " “ A'man never knows anything,Sir William used to say,; /‘untilhe has taught it in seine way-or other —it may be orally, it may be easily,* it may be writing a book.” It . is’a grand truth and points a fine moral. Knowledge is knowledge, says ,the philosophers; it is precious for its own sake, ;it is an end to itself. But nature says the - opposite. Knowledge is hot knowledge .until we use it; it is not ours until we have brought it under the command of the groat so cial faculty, speech; we‘exist for society and knowledge, is hull-until•'we. givo it expression, and in eo ,doing, make it over to:tho social in-' stihot,— Blackwood... , 1 ~ - f-i t , ... *.-1 - • ■ ■. •• A Beal Poem.-—"W"e hardly know when moonlight and-love have been niore beautiful ly unitod than in this beautiful verse in a late poem of Geh. &eo. P. Morris: ’ -“ I Ipyo the night ;when this moon [sheens bright . On flowqra that drink the dpwj .. r; When easbados shoptas thestars peep oat j. OProni boundless fields of blub. But dearer far than moon or star, ’ ; Or flowers of gaudy hue, ~, Or murmuring thrills of mountain rills, * I love, loro, love-—you.* !^Exchange* Some spiteful fellow, not having any .imisio in his soul; wrote tho following as a set off- to I the above: v. : u.v / : ■ 1 “ Xlovo tTio sight-, when tin; foam Sheonawhito 1 Ou tiigcrofaiubfirhutt; ■, . ' When Switzer isbbbsb compels the Bneejo 1 ‘ f./i-.Srom.ncso&olilandbluo; , Buffar more dearthon lager.beer,. - . :Or potent Switzer—wfiew ■ ' Or muster spread on the. brown rye broad, ? I lovo, 10-vo, love—you.'! ' V, 6p,a' correis | ponddnthfifip'Cduptry dip following instance of the intelligent affection between two Golden Woodpeckers. His hired man brought in a male bird, apparently with’ no other injury than a broken wing : ■ We let it run out at, the door, when it forth with proceeded to a burr dak about twenty feet from-the west end of the house, and ascended it, till reaching a hole, in which the woodpock er family, have some of them raised young ones for three or four years past, ...In about two minutes after the lame bird poked its bill into the whole, the female—there sitting on her eggs —came out, being called,forth by the peculiar low note, from the broken-winged male hoiv in distress. .In about five dr seven minutes after this interview and interchange of low notes, and reciprocal billing, with the evident purpose of explaining the state of the case, or cause of lameness, the female bird camp out and the male bird passed into the hold, In on houror-less, my wife saw her brine a bunch of; currants to the hole, the wounded bird on the inside stretching and taking them from Her bill; and this process was repeated ly-seen during the three succeeding days.— My little girl states distinctly that she saw both-birds fly out from the hole yesterday, which was the fifth day after the accident to the male bird occurred.' In this remarkable .case the sexes changed offices, noting vicariously, or for one another, in the accidental circumstances of their trou ble. They also indisputably displayed .the sower—call it what you wili--of explaining ndividual distress, and agreeing upon the best course of action with regard to it,- and to the continued -performance of her natural functions of setting, etc., for the perpetuation of. their species. , , - Politeness at Home. --Always speak with politeness and deference to-your' parents and : Wends, Some children are polite and civil everywhere except at home, but' there ore coarse and rude/ Shameful! ; Nothing: sits- so gracefully upon ■ children, nothing makes them so lovely, os habitual re speck and dutiful deportment towards their friends and superiors. " It makes the plainest face beautiful, and gives to every common ac tions nameless but peculiar charm., . * “My soni hear the instruction of thy fath er, and forsake not the law of thy mother, for they shall be ah ornament of grace to thy head, and chains of gold about thy nook.”— [Pfov. i. 8, 9.] ; BQys A storekeeper, a few days since, pur chased of an Irish woman; a quantity of but ter, the hithps of which/ intended for,pounds, he " weighed ih the balanoe and found want ing.” Sure, it’s yor own fault if they.dre' light,’? said Biddy in reply to the complaint of the buyer, " for wasn’t it a pound of soap that I bought hpro myself, that ;I;hfid ,in the other end of the scales when I weighed’em.”, , ; E7”,A dandy negro stopped into a store to buy some potatoes; butbefore purchasing bo delivered, the. following on, the pature of the foOt : “De tator.h'e' aiir Uermtahjy , PW dm no medionmeerity in de tar. De exterior,may: appear remarkably exemplary, while de inferior am totwtt nega tive ; Bein’- os datyon wends on voor own responsibly, why, without suokum loeiition, dis milled pusson takes a peek.; fftp- An opposition paper/ in noticing a re-1 cent demonstration of its party, says “the-air was rent with the anouti of three hundred peo ple.” After which-wo suppose the band ployed “Boot hog or die I" Somebody says to dream of soap beto kens a combat in which you may oxpoct jto get lathered. *•" * ' ti' CS.■ j'.’O 1 ■ Thefollowingircmarksoftho'■ Pittsburg Poat.a Douglas paper bofore ahdsince his nomination, are worthy the attention of all true Democrats: ; ■ There is ho State in the Union where a suc cess is more important to the Democracy than Pennsylvania. In our State the Democracy have had greatlosses. Our Congressmen, with two. exceptions, are against ns. Wo have lost one United States Senator already,'and. it de pends upon; the course of the Democracy now' whether wo may not lose another. If Penn sylvania is to give the weight of her great in fluence in favor of the National’Democracy; , hereafter, we ■ must hannonize fall' conflicting interests now. It is certain thpt the paalaHg of a Democra tic vote' by Pen'n%lyama will render the elec-; tidn of. a: Democratic President almost certain' in November. It is also certain that by-a united Democratic vote we can carry the State against the Opposition. ■ It is; then, most important that the Democ racy of Pennsylvania should take time for a .careful consideration Of. their faction..; There is plenty of time for fair discussion, and ah honest.atid hamoniona settlement of the ..dif ficulties which Pennsylvania is; hot ready to have an ultinialUni' thrust upon her now., Jt is stated thhtfthe National Demo cratic Douglas Committee is about to issue an address, in. whicH.the'polioy of the party is to be fixed, defined and designated. ’ .We depre cato this. • So far as Pennsylvaniais concefn ed. suoh action would be hasty and improvi dent.,,.'- " r - ... . In, this State the Democracy has a large stake. We*Tiavo a Governor and Congress man to elect; and a Legislature who will have tlie choosing of a.Unitod States:Senator,: in place of Mr. Bigler. . The Democracy would regret exceedingly that .the State should be given over to the Republicans for the?o offices, on aoconnt of any difficulties which has arisen on the Presidential question; ■ On the nomination which have.been made, and still are to ba mado within the local De mocratic organization of the State, the mem bers of the party have ho.differences.of opin ion.. -As one man'they desire that Pennsylva nia shall, enrol herself for the Democracy;— We believe that she will do, so if the issues of the presidential difficultyare hot prepipitated upon us by top hasty action. It is not desira ble at the present time that theNdtionnl Com mittee shall, take upon itself: to decide any thing for Pennsylvania, Letthe Democratic organization of our State arrange its own af fairs. The question of the electoral ticket has hy no moans; hepn.decided.' The action of the State Committee was but recommenda tory The subject is,yet under consideration; In his recent reply to Mr. Yaux, Mr. Welsh, the Chairman of the State Committee,'says: “ Whether the Committee ‘will undertake to place other names upon the - electoral or prefer to submit the, whole: matter to. the State Convention which, formed them, both tire questions for future and de- In view of the fact, that, Pennsylvania has ,to;; much. at. stake, besides' the Presidential question, ills important that time he taken to fully enlighten the voters aS to the best course ‘by which Union and harmony may be secnrecE The people want no .questions hastily and ar bitrarily decided for i them. by the National Committee or any other body. Give the Democrats of Pennsylvania time to reason' together,'and we have no doubt that thcy wiil mrango all matters which now ap pear intricate and difficult, according to the rules of the organization, and in such a man ner as shall give to the Democracy a united and overwhelming force this fall, . : There is ayight and 9, wrong course! If we jursuo the right one we shall he successful, jutthe other will lead to.inevitable defeat.— ’ Let moderate and temperate councils prevail, and let every Democrat be prepared to cast his vote both in October and November, so as to add strength to the party. Gems from Plutarch.— lf tears become any one when dying, it is him whom laughter did not 1 become when living; seeing ho saw that which made death ,a; thing, to, bo wept over at hand, and suspended above his head. How closely did this weeping follow upon that laughter! . To the eternal tribunal of .fhe just Judge our appeal is safe: He will rescind the urn just'judgment. , , ■ ■ : > " In all good studies ! delighted; but was specially given to philosophy, and poetry, which even, I neglected *n process, of time, being delighted with the holy; scriptures, in which T perceived a hidden sweetness .which I once despised. Poetry I reserved for orna mental purposes, : As truth is.immortal,- so a lie lasts not, feigned things ore soon discovered, as tho hair that is, coinbed and set with great dilligcndo is ruffled with a little blast of wind... The craftiest lie’ cannot stand before - the truth ; everything that is coveredis soon uncovered’; shadows pass away; and the native, color of things remains, ■. No man can live long Under water; he must needs come forth and show the face which'he concealefl. ;Desire and strive to die; well,'which cannot ho without living well. ,-Tho rest commit to God, who brought you into this world un asked, but who, when you are ohout to leave it,’will not'introduce you to his kingdom un sought, ' 1 '.' The MisEti Outwitted.' —It, was, observed that a certain covetous rich man never invited any one to dine with him. ’‘T lay a wager,” said a wag, "I get an invitation from him.” The .wager being abqoptod,'he. goes the next day to the rich man’s house', about the, time he was known to sit doiyn to dinner, and tells the servant that ho must then speak with his master, for that he could save him a thousand pounds. “Sir,” said the servant to his mas ter, “here is a man in a groat hurry wishing to speak with you, who hays he can save jou a thousand pounds.” Out came the master. “What is that you say, sir—that you can save ine a thousand pounds ?” , “Yes, s.r, I can- ! But I see .you are at dinner, Ivvill go.myself and dine, and ball: again. _ prov, comw in and take dinner with me.” “Sir. J , shall'he. troublesome." ‘.‘Not' at all.”, The invitation was accepted. As soon as dinner was over,:“Well, sir,”, said;the man of ,the house, "how to our business. , Pray let me I know how I am to save a thousand pounds.” ‘‘Why, sir.’v said the other,’ ‘-‘I hear you. have j a daughter to . dispose p£, in , .“I have." , “And that you intend to portion her ; with ten thousand pounds;” “I do so.” “Why, then; sir, let me have her, and I will take her with nine thousand,” . . ■ „ The master of- the house rose in,a passion, and tariied him out of doors in a hurry. • WaSf A woman' sixty years old recently com mitted suicide in. North Bennington, Vt., by hanging herself to her bed-post.. Js©“ Angor is like rain, which break itself upon that on which it falls. J.’v'.rf.-T-* r i. tl oIH 'if' ' ivn '7 Mit Jltot . lo €on#r.; f.-N:;- The Pcfieeuifoa flf' Chiiitlaand’ tte Tnik* . fob floniniom. ... j, Ai.i! .y • - i - 'HO ' ' Tho recent nows from. Europe shows that* once tmwerfuiTurkey hoa become: effete; and that the empirois. on. the brink of dissolution.. It consists of ihhrt ' hßterogenbns materials than even the: Austrian; empire;'and "nothing' can Save’the'Sick Alan from going the way of all flesh. I( is the Government of the .Sultan cannot control these various, pop* ulntionSi. or -maintain law " arid •order , among themV England and Frianco a foyr years ago. waged war with Kussia to moyent that eolosi sal Power swallowing* up Turkey; buthoW England and-Frapoa; with ProSsia', Wili.pniM . with Russia ihretpedy the disolders of that unhappy country. V > r Austria, topi,the nearest neighbor -ef.To'P* • key, will probably also havo tl Anger: in pie'if the other Pdwerswilllet her, TheOhly solution -of the question at which Powers arc likely to arrive, is. the partition of the country o la Poland, Of oohriiflj ttt s king the lion’s share. Were’ft not;for,tbfl, fears of tho IVcstorn; Potters} whd dread, W * steady progress of the Russian empire in their direction, theCzarwouldmakeshort work of the troubles in Turkey. He to put down Hungary in 1849, because ho oop- 1 eluded it would bo'a natural ally of XurkeJ : againat''binn and ; he knew that the freeddnt and indebendehce of Hungarywould beabar* tier in hia waytotheWeat; and thatifcwnuhl, -be-much, more easily absorbed some ;day:«kf other as an humbled, enslaved'portion of .A broken-down' empire, than: as:-a proud,--prom porous, independent, and freenation,:wha would ’ fight to the last rather than -submit - their necks to the yoke of-despotism. Be* sides, the independence of Hungary; woulJbe a dangerous example for Poland, ' There con be little doqbt that:in due time; the.-Rassian empire will add Hungary and Turkey to Pw land, unless some revolutionary outbreak: in Central Europe should kindle into activitythe - elements of freedom, and arrest the igiant.bf the North. His long-coveted prize is Conatan* tinople. Give him that, and he has a fulbrnnt for his lever, by which he can moYe the West v of Europe at will.—AT. Y. HereM. i; :l ; Owoin of “Hail Coiumbia.”—ln the Jlee* ollcctions, of Washington, lately published,;!! is stated that the song of “Hail Columbia^ 1 adapted in measure to tne'President’s March, 1 was written by dbseph' Hopkioson, of delpbio, in 1798, At that. time war with ' France was expected, and a patriotic feellngj pervaded the community. Mr. Foxj. a woung . and actor, called upon Mr. Hopfiinßop ‘ one morning -and said, ‘‘Xo-morrow eyeiiiiig has been appointed for my benefit at tlihlpfcdg. htre.. Not a eraglo bos has beon takenyajml ' fear there will be a thin wtitb me some the “Preaidient’a March,” I fcel sute of afull ‘ house. . Several people about the theatre have attempted itebut they have come te the elusion that It cannot be done, .Yet I .tbinlT 1 you may succeed.”. Mr. Hopldnspn retired ! to hia study, wrote the firstyersoand ohorusj ■ and'submitted theih to .Miral sang them to, a harpsichord hecompammont; The- time and- the words harmonised.. if he song was soon finishod.and that evening, O actor received it.' The next morning wards announced toat Afo Fox -weiila give*! a hew patriotic song. The hoiiso yrad crowded—the song was. sung—the audience was delighted—‘eight timeslt was' calledjfof and repeated, and when- sung the ninthtxiiia the whole audience stood,up add joined in thb chorus. Night after night ‘‘Saif Columbia’* was applauded in the theatre; and in a feet days it was the. universal song of the hoys in our streets. Such; was the origin of out 1 na-> tional song, “Hail Columbia.” / The MqdernElijaus.—lt'is not welt at; ways to look on the. shady side of There are nien who eamointoexistenceunder a shadow, and the shadow” has dodged then* lives, and all ' that is bright nndpiiro add beautiful takes the sombre bile of their owh fancies. Their religion consists in bemoan? ing the evils of/this world, in lamenting thd gradual decadence of good, and in regarding all homo evils and foreign complications as “signs of the'times.” They are the Elijahs who retire, into the wilderness of their owil contemplations, saying, “I even I only, aid left,” unconscious that all the time there Ore not only the “seven thousand who have'not bowed the knee unto Baali" but that inuM> tudes everywhere are obeying, the gospel call; They are the Jonahs sitting under the gourds of . their own security, amazed that the j udg* mehts of. God do hot descend upon a guilty world. These hypodondriaca are seldotn be found among the earnest workers,•who seek to leave the world bettor than they fotthdl it, : but among those who see its < evils,:and sit by with folded hands; . . A Situation Vacant.— Some years ago jt black man called oh a’clergymah in Wcsterh Now York, avowed himself a fugitive slays, and asked for food and shelter, which c was freely accorded. Two of three persons cogm* zant of the fact, called in to see the runaway nigger, when the following dialogue “ S'pose you hod pretty bard times down South—lickings a plenty {” '■ “ No—l ncver waswhipped.” ■ v u ‘‘Wasn’t—well, you had- to work pretty hard ?” ; ' : “ My work was very light.” “ Guess your clothes wasn’t very nioaJ.j “ I wns always well clothed—-I Was a good servant;"' ' ' “Eockon your victuals wasn’t uncommon, fine?" ■ ' ; “As good ns I desired, , , . ■ “ IVoll 11 should give it as my opmfim than you .was a mighty .lug t tool, for Tunning away from such place a3fhia,jUstfor.thOßak.p I shifting for yourself,” ... “Gentlemen I my place down South is ya> cant Any of you can have it by dpptjing for it.” A HioHirATHAM; ODTtvutiii).— ** Stand and deliver,” wore the words addressed to ataaloi* traveling on foot by a highwayman, whose brace of jnstols looked rather dangerous thsa otherwise; " "■ a “ I’ll do thatwithpleaaure, ,, waB thoreply, at the some- time, balding oyer to tbe ( out* stretched hands of the robber, apursq wel^ , stocked; “ but," oontinddd ; he, “ suppose you do mo a favor in return/- 'My • inonds "would laugh at me were I to go home irndtelltheof I; was robbed with as. muoh patienca-M.ia lamb ;s’pcmo you fire Vout tint bulldogs right through the crown of my hatvit ’will' look 1 something, like a show ofreaistanco." p - -q His request was aooeded to ; but hardly had the smoke' from the disqbai'£e pftheWeapdn* passed away, when' the 'twlor pulled- out a rusty old horse pistol, and in his turn politely : requested the thunder-struck highwaymaa-to shell orit everything ; his pistols pot omitted,: about his person. , , JJ®f* The total length of railroads InGerma nj, at the close of the jeat; 18511, tras 5,949 miles. - QMMA ,a- Jr.i#P i KIT# rrori. r , T v , T f-ur'rs'inh ■*s je :