I_ ’ "OTO COUNTRY-MAT IT ALWAYS BE BXaHT-BUT, Manx OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY - mINO vt .A GREAT MAN’S ADVICE TO A YOUN ' ON.. It was in the year 1758, long bcf , t '~ of Independence, that Colonel V Fifty Cents, paid as ho Who was to become the d within the yoaV; American Republic was the " lon discontinued until a branch of the Yoik 3. at the option of the a request to parta’ ’’ Mr.Chnmborlay - 'A*’ i mpnniodhy the cash, and ; Virginia, who' At’ I o, will ho inserted three orG( ] n'i ]n ~nw I twenty-fire cents foTeanh ~v r i hoso of a greater length in P rcsm |t? J Kikl "SSBlpppr try on’ jtr ‘l ans Hand-bills, Poating-billsl oth' o> | 0< " iilr. jilhols, .to. ito., executed with f- ,j rot- II; t .»^^wW^BgU rlLl shortest notice. lc “l Wh' gBP ptfitnl. ~ . " .ssed There’s a Wf’ , al fI(V : a Wav ■ f ckr • nieffl ■ Aui reman v> ,7 s ’. f It was a r -'dial) ' HHH' In U' , davo , „ ■HK Who ." iil 1 r >entl ' - Ho' o ntvt)- coi HUH:" ,T .T inven* ■> Witn' v- who r <g - along k|HB t . fl j p° nV ' n:llj A the ' , rlc of l>- ..-.A yer _ I nine’ ■wiofaa—•••“ ,i ciness.l -t poet" -ring ho -aildron ‘ > for ou" ! l a|i|ii; .i, tell o r ,ic genth into. v dn > roconei 1 y° l«hj |POTi» men.—” siiilr oi inert mm) - Urst to iiuin- ■'■ '. -o -them' hiiii treating' F" 5 ? while ye KBh&Iv ..■■•■ o with m- SHraffifeyy ■■• ". -ring to t' ' SHEWS- ' dl you b- ’ ,vay by a a - the' fire i r .artgrmvir ' to it:' W ..ctcnt kno- I , gond ch . soou his W 'I.HW ,U .utofsosor 6 s to his fp niountni' -aching Jiis aitA , and for'so" IlfflßH ' .iild scarce* ' SV, PMP f -■ wlicn ho ’ .ist his to" ,'iV ■■» -ad forward ‘'Mb y, ho murt" meet " gui r ' 9Bn all IBI n Mni m .H■§' Mt YOL. 47. ERICAN VOLUNTEER. rnUSIIED EVERT TnonSDAT MORNING BT JOHIV B. BRATTON. terms. iStflPTiOTT. —Ono Dollar nml Fifty-Cents, paid ranee; Two Dollars if paid within the yoaV; wo Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within tnr. Those terms will bo rigidly adhered to in Instance. No subscription discontinued until •oarages are paid unless, at the option of.the —Accompanied by the carii, and: coding one square, will bo inserted three p r ftrt<y sollnr,'and twenty-five cents for each idl insertion. Those of a gtoatet length in .iiN'Tr.va —Snoh ns Hand-bills, ots, Blanks, Labels, <feo. Ac., executed with 5 y and at the shortest notice. a There’s a Will There’s a Way; ;J v/ixe <i' ■ Si' Aul tenian inan, aut J'uciuitu It Was a noWo Rowan, In Romo's imporinl day* Vfhn heard a coward orouker, Before tho battle, pay: 4t They’re safe in snob a fortress.-; There fa no way to shako it—" "On ! on V f exclaimed the hero, <l I\UJind a way, pr make it 7” la Fame your aspiration? Her path is stoop ami'high; In vain hq socks the temple, ••Content to gaze and sigh : . The shining tlironq is waiting, ■ 13ut he alone oan take it Who says, with Roman-firmness, “ J’M Jind a way, ovinahc itJ ” . Is Learning your ambition ?, There is no royal road: Alike the peer and peasant Must climb to her abode; Who feels the thirst for knowledge, In Helicon may slake it)' If he bus still the -Homan will To find a icoy, or liut/cr iu Are Riches wortli tho getting? They must bo bravely sought; ■With wishing and with fretting, • The boon cannot he bought; To all tiro.prize is.open, ■ Hut only ho oan take it. Who says, with Roman courage, rtijind a way, nr make it ! ° In Love’s impassioned warfare; The tale has,over been 'iit victory crowns the valiant, Tho brave arc those who win ; hough strong in UeautyVcusMo A lover still may lake it. r ho says, with Roman flrmncs’s, ril jinil it or mnl'v it} HtWlnrirnn#. 'fllE'lidlT (IF Ilflllß, ■ oiler to returning towards bis homo- distant lands, and'. ™- happiness and- hope.— years had passed since,he had soon bis rand-mother, andtlrS'thoughtof so soon ■ing them again gave wings to his foot.— ilo lie was still upon the mountain which hod' to cross Mbforo reaching Jiis native vil o, night came on ; and for some time it was lark that ho could scarcely see the staff in hand; and .when ho .descended into the l°y ho lost, his way, and wandered back rds and forwards,' till at length, in deep row, ho murmured to mimsclf, “ Oh that I dil meet with some follow creature who. aid guide me hack into the right roiid, af nll my useless,.efforts to find it ! With at gratitude I would repay him!” So say ho stood still, and watched for a guide, rile he was -waiting, uncertain which Way turn his stops, lie saw gleaming inthodis icp a feeble light amidst the darkness, and tbeams cheered him as it flickered in the hm. “ Hail 1” cried he, “ thou, messenger -bst 1 Thou tellost mo of the neighborhood some .-dwelling-place whore I can obtain Iter, and food, and repose.' The glowing ms of the morning sun have never appeal” 1 mo so gladdening ns thy feeble ray now shines before mo,” lie went with stops towards the distant light, expoct tch moment to see tiio man who bore it. • was only a- “ Will-o’-tho-Wisp,” which, ' its rise from tho marshy lands, hovered he stagnant pools. He, however, lyan on, beguiled by it, till ho oatno to the bank of a river. Just at that, moment ird a voice behind him crying, “Stop, i wish. to_ hyoid death 1” . lie stood ami round him. It was tho voice of a fiah , who called to him from his boat.—: said ho, astonished, “ should I not the friendly light? I ani a traveller T o_lost my way.” “ Friendly light, do 1 it?” returned tho fisherman, “it is •eaohorous vapor, that lures men to do '-! See how unsteadily it gieariis, production of night and darkness 1” m o^o , 10 flickering marsh-light ox- The traveller thanked tho fisherman iservation with heartfelt gratitude ; ' astonished, and said, “You ought ," r ‘ lO was who so ordered it •S man s^m y f boat u P on thifl river, strive to m,'- S i l,r ?* ,1 cr tnan in error. Then tho kmd-heaHod Che*'' 6 " g r i'the traveller in tho road to his fiithor’s ‘hg. Ho the path pointed out, ! and soon saw tho welcome light of) -lining with a bright and steady ray mbly dear to him from tho many dan id difficulties ho had gone through bo ding it. Ho knocked ; the door was and parents, brothers' and sisters and his_ neok, kissed him, and wept joy at his return. -A young man, rather verdant and rn mtimental, while making himsolf intor tp.n young lady the other evening by \ from the poets, to other choice and :traots added this: loro’s no place like homo.” • you really think so t” said the young r es I” was tho reply. i,” said calico, "why don’t you stay ‘ r devil says that if his girls was to language to him, thoro would have explanation, or he would leave the tanter, and stay away too. iro ono friend is content and glad' Jed by the other, equal nobility of is required by both, in the one for ition, and in theother for not being •iat s my impression.” as the prinfc a pretty girl when he kiesod her. t s is a token oi my regard," replied losing his ears, 1 “ |Wral [.loif.V 0. fiAXIj:, “What the beautiful flower is to the earth gratitude is to the heart of man.” It is the incense of love, arising from a soul touched by divine goodness, and 3 softened by the acts of kindness shown by him from his fellow-men. It is the delicious bloom of spirit.that would spend itself in thanksgiving to. God—acknow ledging in tenderness, from the heart, the blessings and favors) received. Like the gen tle drops of rain, and the warm rays of the sun which fall upon the earth to give nourish ment to the plant; and by which means the fields in spring-time are clothed with rich ver dure, so gratitude gives nourishment to the affections for truth, and clothes the character with heavenly beauty, ' It makes life sweeter lunlcr every circum stance—filling it with scones of ecstacy, and driving away the scenes of grief. Our bur dens are made lighter; our trials more endu rable. The ungrateful 1 man neverfinds a real friend to sympathize with him in his hour of sorrow while ho who is grateful, finds all along his pathway, those, whoso hearts are in sympathy of his own—comforting him in his scenes of sorrow, and mingling their joy with vi- I .’' 8 seone s of gladness, lot us feel the obligation that wo owe to God, and to one an other ; and let our hearts swell with gratitude to all, according to the kindness ahown.Us, and we shall become bettor fitted for thislife. and bettor for the,life that is to come. Life and Death.— Life and death, what awful words, and yet how lightly they drop from the bps. ■ Wo utter them as if wo had not constantly before us tho solemn warning “that m the midst of life wo are in death ” We wander along tho highways of our mortal existence, either heedless or unconscious that wo are pursued by a shadow which will go wherever wo go. Wrapt up in ourselves, wo adore tho present, regardless of tho fact that however glittering it mry appear to our sens es, it is wreathed in mists, that spread dis ease, and pain, and death, on every side of “Floating down tho bnrront of timo to tho lomh, Wo hallow too muoh tho flowers on its aide." ’ •,^ ftrson Peters,’ who was a good l S a n ag ’ ° nC m, marriod n Mr - Partridge to ! VI i H !i B !\ 00- Th ® P arfl nts of the bride re quested that ho would wind up the ceremony with a short prayer, which he did in the bl owing words: “ God bless this Brace of Partridges.?’ KT” Modesty is tho mopt beautiful orha uiont that graces tho formofwoiuan. CONTROL THE AFFECTIONS, A GREAT MAN’S ADVICE TO A YOUNG It was in tho year 1758, long before the war of Independence, that Colonel Washington— as ho Who was to become tho founder of the American Republic was then called—crossing on military business a ferry of “ Pamunkoy, a branch of the York River,” was stopped by a request to partake of tho hospitality of a. Mr. Chainborlayne, the owner of a domain in ' irgmia, where thb Colonel’s name was hon ored. _ Tho strict Washington insisted on Press itig forward, hut tho Virginia Amphi tryon Jtvould take no denial, urging, other/omptations, that ho would introduce his fnond'to a young and charming widow, then boneatji his roof. This was a Mrs. Custis, agc-4 twenty-six, who had married a gentle man ■who was both n colonel and an eminent ly successful planter. By his premature death Mrs. Custis “ found herself at once a very, young and among the very wealthiest widow's in tho colony." Col. Washington came to dine and remain ed to woo. lie was fascinated by tho widow and marrying her, never lived to repent thd stop. The now' Mrs. Washington hail a step son, whose son, .Mr. George AVashington Parke Custis, is the outlier of certain “Me moirs” of the great niari, just issued, and ho and his sister w;ere adopted bv Washington This young lady,' “ Nelly Custis," when six teen, and after her first ball, had told her re vered guardian, that she cared nothing for “tho youth of the present day.” Tho sound and sensible advice then given by. Washing ton, at. that time .President of the -United States, to his adopted daughter, is of univer sal application to those who, as she then was,’ are unengaged: “ Love is said to bc.nn involuntary passion, and it is therefore contended-that it cannot be resisted. This is true in part only for, like all things else, when nourished arid supplied plentifully with aliment, itis rapid in its pro gress : but let these be withdrawn ami it may be stifled in its birth or much. stinted in.its growth. For example, a woman, (tho same may be said of the other sox, )all beautiful and accomplished will, while her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn tho heads and sot the circle around on fire. Bet her marry, and what is _the consequence ? Tho madness ceases, and all.quiet again.. Why? Not be-’ cause there'is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an ,end of hope. Hence it follows that - love may, arid therefore.ought to bo, under the guidance of reason ;. for although wo cannot avoid first impressions, we . may assuredly place them 1 under guard; and ray motives for treating on tlm subject are to 'show you—while you re main Eleanor Parke Custis, spinster, and re tain the resolution to- love -with moderation— the propriety of adhering to the .latter reso lutions, at least until you have secured your game and the way by which it may ho ac complished. ‘ Wb9n;t»«t%o is liesi.nfl.iiig. to kindle,Cmb yflnr he!U'tgrowingwarra;|>fo'pouhdtheso ques tion to it: Who. is invader? Have l a com petent knowledge of him ? la he a mart of good-character, a man of sense?' For, Ijo as iflurdd, a sensible woman can, never be happy with a fool. . What has been his walk of life? Is he a gambler, a spendthrift, or adrundard? Is hiafortuno sufficient to maintain mo in the manner I have been accustomed to live and my sinters to live, and is ho one to Whom my friends can have no reasonable objection ?' ff those interrogations can bo satisfactorily an swered, there will remain butjmo more to be ashed: That however is an important one : Have I sufficient ground to conclude that his j affections are engaged by me? Without this the heart of sensibility will struggle against a passion that is not reciprocated—delicacy custom,'or call it by wliat epithet you wifi,’ haying precluded all advances upon your part! J-lic declaration, without tho most indirect in vitatibn of yours, must proceed from the man to render it permanent and valuable; and no thing short of good sense and an easy unaf footed conduct can draw tho lino between pru dory and coquetry. It would bo no great de parture from the truth" to say that it rarely happens othorwisoi-.t'haii' that a thorough-pla ced coquette dies in celibacy, ns a punish ment for her attempts to mislead others, by enonuragingjlonlcs, words, or actions given for I no other purpose than to.draw men on to] make overtures that they may bo rejected, Gratitude. LADY. The road along which the man of business travels in pursuit of competence or wealth is not a macadomized one, nor does it ordinarily lead through, the pleasant scenes and by woll springs of delight. On the contrary it is a rough and a rugged path, beset with .“wait-a bit” thorns, and full of pit-falls, which dan only bo . avoided by the exercise of watchful care and circumspection. After each day’s, journey Over this worse than corduroy turn p ke, tho warfaror needs something more' than test. Ho requires solace and ho deserves it. Ho is weary of the dull proso of life, and .a thirst for the poetry. Happy is tho business, man who can find that social and that poetry athome. Warm greetings from loving hearts, fond glances from bright eyes. ■ . f The welcome shouts of children, the thou sand little arrangements for our comfort and enjoyment that silent tell of thoughtful and expectant love; the gentle ministrations that disencumber us into, an old easy sept, before we arc aware of it. These and liketokons of affection and sympathy constitute the poetry,’ which reconcile us to the prose of life. Think of this, ye wives and daughters of business men.—Think of tho toils, tho anxieties, the mortifications and wear that fathers undergo to secure for you comfortable homos, and com pensate them for their trials by making them happy by their own fire side. • Tlnuealtiiiness or Hot Bread.—When will our good house Wives learn the science of preparing and setting forth only healthy food? Hot broad and salaratus cakes ought to bo in dieted for murder in the second degree The mg has published sumo very interesting and" useful facts in relation to the digest! m ot'iood in the human stomach,; deduced from his ex periments with St. Martin, the man with an enlarged bullet hole it his side, through which can be seen all.the-processes of digestion.— j 'ln speaking of the nutritious property of fari naceous food, and thb proper state in which it is most easily digested, he gives the following excellent advice: ' . ° “Hot bread never digests. Boar this in mind, reader, if you are accustomed to eat the light and tempting biscuit at tea, or the warm, loaf that looks so appetizing upon the break fast table. After a long season of. tumbling and working about in tKo'stomach, it will b(£ gin to ferment, and will eventually be passed out of the stomach,as an unwelcome tenant of that delicatourgan, but never digests— ncVor becomes assimilated to, or absorbed by the, organs that appropriate, nutrition to the body. It is a first-rate dyspepsia producer. The above is truth; as it has been repeatedly proved from actual observation through the free side of Alexis St. Martin.”, Let trs ns Joyful.—A little mirth mixes well and profitably with both business and philanthropy. How stupid life would ho, both in labor and leisure, without that gaiety within us which responds to the cheerfulness and beauty around us. Nay, its main cur rents run all the deeper, as well as fresher and purer, for the-light trills of joyousness J™ laughing and flashing, flow into them. Ihe rivers would stagnate into pools if the rivulets ceased to play. Philosophers and men of business save their souls alive, and keep their intellects fresh and healthy, by mingling their mirthfulnoss of youth with the soberness °£ a S® ’ even fun and philanthropy are often found in the same character,. A tall girl, named Short, loved a cer tain big Mr. Little; while Little,littlethihk •ing of Short, loved a little lady, named Long, lo make a long story short, Little proposed ami Short longing to bo even with Little s short comings. So short, meeting, Long, threatened to marry Littlobeforo Long, which caused Little in a short time to marry Long. J ■^ I was once indulging in the very, intellectual occupation of sucking eggs raw and reading a newspaper.—By some mis chance ho contrived to bolt a live chicken, ihe poor bird'chirrupod as it wont down his throat, and ho very unconcernedly remarked, i>,Y the powers, my, friend, you spoke a little . C-^P osire 0 sire and strive to die well which cannol ho without living well, TherostcommittoGod, who brought you into this world unasked, hut who, when you are about to leave it will not introduce you to his kingdom unsought. CT'Many who would not for the world ut tor a falsehood, are yet eternally scheming to Produce false impressions on tho minds of others, respecting facts, characters and opin ions. . ‘ CT’ Many a man keeps on drinking till he hasn t n coat to either his back. or his stom ach. 0“ Shallow brooks and shallow old men and women pass their whole time in babbling. Tho greatest fool in tho world—one who is ashamed of the truth. v C7* A wise man endeavors to shine in him self; a fool to outshine others. Ip-Bo slow in choosing a friend, but alow ©rm changing him, * ID-Of no worldly good can the-enjoyment be perfect unless shared by d friend.- 'v t l ie e^ oatfl st ornament, and good sons© the best equipag©. A Thonght for lonng Mon. More may to learned by dovotingafowmo | monte daily to reading, than is commonly sup posed. I‘ivo paces may be read*in fifteen minutes, at which rate onomaynorsuotwehty six volumes, of two thousand pages each, in a year. You say you have none to guide you. ihe best scholars and men of science will tell you hy far the most valuable part of their education is, that which they have given them selves. Volumes have bceii filled with the bi ography of self taught mem Think of Frank *V i° P r * 5 Ijinne, the shoemaker ; ot John Hunter, the cabinetmaker; of Iler schel, the musician ; of Donald, the .weaver ; of lurner, the printer; .of Borritt, the Black smith. i Love learning, and you will bo learn* ed. where there is a will there is a Way. Begin at once, take Time by the forelock, and remember that it is only the first step that costs,- and having' begun, .resolve to 1 learn something every day. Strike the blow, and avoid th e weakness of ( those who spend half of life in thinking what they shall do next. Always haw a volume near you which you can catch up at such odd minutes as arc your own. It is incredible, until trial has been made, how much real knowledge may bo acquired in these broken fragments of time,* which are like the dust of gold and diinonds. Easiness Men. CARLISLE, PA:,-THURSDAY, OCTOBER U, 1800. The First Steamboat, in the" World. A ;Iffxington correspondent of the,Louis ville Courier, claims that the world is indebt ed to Kentucky for tßfstoamhoat. Ho writes as follows: “The mention of Captain D. M’Cullough reminds us of a pleasant little interview with that gentleman, and a peep at his rare collec tion of antiques. , He has in his possession the remains of the cngine that was ev er used for the propulsion of a boat on water. It consists 1 of the piston and various other most important parts. ’ This engine was built twenty years before Fulton made, his first voyage on the Clermont, from Now'York to Albany. Its inventor was Edward West, an ingenious watchmaker, Who constructed’the boat and engine, teuft'had a trial of their qual ities upon the Town, Fork of Elkliovn, in the presence of a large concourse 'of interested spectators. The remains’of this little engine were preserved in tile family of the inventor, and finally came into the possession of Oaph M’Cullough. Thpy'were deposited in a per fect state in the museum of Transylvania Uni versity, but curious /persons borrowed them, and several , of the pieces of machinery'.were lost. There are enough remaining, however, to indicate the character of this early attempt to render steam tv&l'trollablc and .efficient agent of commerce*/science,- and art. How humble the beginni%and ho-w mighty the re sult. Who could have foretold, that Jay, the magnificent destiny,,of the invention? Yet there are those living who Witnessed the first made experimented who now daily soo the leviathan-locomotive rushing on its career of demon .strength alopg. tho very hanks of the little stream upon whoae;placid bosom, steam, the. giant of the ago,-first/lifted its energies in work of annihilifttipg tiino and space: venerable lady -.who died in this city but a, low days since at the advanced ao-o pf ninety-two years,.remembered-distinctly the day and. all the incidents attendant upon West s lannch of th e fust steamboat in the world, _ Hr. Benj. Jtp.v/Dudley, the veteran surgeon,, was also an eye witness of the same interesting and important event. So there can bo no possible question of the'priority of 1 the discovery and successful operation of ‘Ed ward West. Let honor bo done to the Ken tuckian. . • C "P‘v. M Cullou Kh has also in liis posses sion the first machine ,for cutting nails over invented; and thia is likewise the product of Kentucky inventive 1 , genius, 'flic Captain is a gentleman of learning, cultivation, and so cial manners. He lives to-day in tlie house Whenr ho was born,.and such is his attach ment to the old home roof that ho will allow _ot no alterations, and prays to dose his eyes m eternal sleep where they first opened upon the bright and beautiful light of day. In this busy work-a-day world, where the home affec tions are too slightly regarded, and we break .r “ iw da th,lt 8ho " ld unite us to. the scones loved memories, it is & nd he k'nnd,thore. a .spot kept A ThriJlinf%oi/ v 'story.. The settlors of Miune found, besides its rod faced owners, other and abundant sources of annoyance and danger. The majestic forests winch then waved where now is hoard the hum ! of business, and where now a thousand villa-, gos_sfand, were the homos of innumerable sava S<> animals. Ofterf at night was the farmer aroused from sleep by a muse ZZt ° h that briliu was storming the sheep pen or pig-sty, or was laying violent pavvs upon some unlucky calf—and often, on a cold winter evening did they roll a large 10-t against the door, and with beating closer around the fire, as the dilmal howl of wncTt f ® oh ? r d th ™ u s h the.woods. The wolf ardlv of "l? fe T c,OU9 ' blood-thirsty, but cow ardly of all, rarely attacking man, unless dri wi?h b tho C ?f 0 I “ n s or i nnd seeking his victim with the utmost portmaeify. The incident A residontpf that place, Mr. II wns Zn!! U r Umn^ Dff ? Sed in follin S frees some dis f™m tho . house- His little son, eight yeais old, was m the habit, while his mother was busy with household cares, of rlinnih"- ami‘often 10 d anfllv00(Is around the house? and often going where lus father was at work. M l oir d ftH ,lfter *i ' 0 f had robbotl tho trees of fllnl . P’ *.' 0 fath P r loft hia work sooner odM W St f^ cJ f ° r homo - Just on tllo edge ot tho forest ho saw a pile of leaves— without stopping to think what had made it, n, ! ! t y r l !m ° Ved the leaveß - when, what was his astonishment, to find his own darling boy lying there sound asleep. ’Twas but the work of a moment to take up the little sleep er, put in his place d small log, carefully re p ace the leaves, and conceal himself among the bushes to watch tho result. After wait ing there a short time, lie hoard a wolf’s dis tant howl quickly followed by another, till the woods sermed alive with thofoarful sounds the howls came nearer, and in a few minutes a lmge guant, savage looking wolf, leaped in to the opening, closely followed by tl/whole The leader sprang directly on the pile of leaves, and in an instant scattered them in every d.root'on. Sooifet he saw thodoccp t on, his look of fierceness-and confidence changed to that of most abject fear. lie shrank back cowed to the ground and pas su oly awaited his fate; for the rest, enraged i f s t u PP° se(l chc at. fell upon him, and tore him to pieces, andulevourcd him on' the spot. When they finished their comrade, they wheeled around, plunged into the forest, and •disappeared ; within five minutes of their first appearance not n wolf was to lie soon. ,_Tlio fnd r 6ssea tl,col,ild to his bosrim, and thanked the kind Providence which led him there to save his dear boy. The boy af and P f^T lnS 4l i ll ho wns wear y. had laid down wo r^ 8 '!! 0^.- 11 “ that situation the i™ hnd P? u , nd h™ and covered him with leaves, until ho could bring his comrades to the feast; but. himself had furnished the re past.— Woodworth's Cab. Lib*., i B®*A neighbor of mirij-fetnissod corn from . his garner, and his suspioM.. rested upon a reckless fellow whom overSody called " lam.” k °P t i#’ti,Rambor over the n 'l) ninln ga wo (t-hpuso, toward which the chamber, was accessible by a laddotv The victitAi ftbisihidnight "thef * ,j Grn } lne d to Bi tisfy himself concern- j ing the identity of the thief, made a tempora ry bod upon the kitchen floor, and lay down to watch. About the hour when “church/ yards yawn” ho yeas aroused from a partial / slumber by the rattlipg of corn ■ overhead, I when ho suddenly called out ot the top of his / voice, , . “Sami” , ■ “ Hollo I” responded"ih(j f entire ly off his.guard by tbmifydd&MlJ “ Don’t fake more thap a bjlshol I” " Then I shall hare to pour it out; for I've got two in the bag already I” Bread Making in Spain. m yself about two leagues from Se ville,-m the, pioturosqub village of Alcala do los lanndoros—or bakers—as.almost all the bread consumed in Seville is made there, I determined to know how it was made. No traveler who over trevela the south of Spain ever fails to remark, “ how delicious the bread is I, It is white as snow, close as cake, and yet very light. The Haver is most delicious —tor the wheat is good and pure, and the broad well kneaded. ' . . ■ A. practical 'demonstration is hotter than hearsay or theory. J will not content myself with the description of the process of mailing, but went to* house of a baker, whoso prot ty wne and daughter I had often stopped to •look at, and they were sorting the client, on very low stools in the porch of their house. It was a pretty picture; their dark, sparkling eyes, rosy cheeks and.suowytceth ; their hair always beautifully dressed, and always orna-i montcd;with natural flowers,from their little garden m the background; their bright col ored- neckerchiefs rolled m at the top, showing tneir nccks;. their cotton gowns with short sleeves ; their hands scrupulously clean, and so small thafcmany an aristocratic dame might have envied, them; surrounded by panniers lilled with wheat, which they took out a hand ful at a time, sorting it most expeditiously, and throwing every defective grain into ano ther basket. When this is done, the wheat is ground between two large circular stones, m the way it was ground in Egypt two thou fi^ n d yfcars ago—the rotary motion being giv en by a blindfold mule, which paces round and round with untiring .patience, a boll .be ing attached-to his neck, which, as long as he is moving, tinkles on; and when ho stops he is urged to his duty by “core. mula,” from some' one within nearing;' When ground, the 1 wheat is sifted through throe- sieves; the last i being so lino .that only the pure flour can pass ! through it—*it is of a pale apricot color. | IJie bread is made of an evening, andaftori sunset, I returned to the baker’s and watched i Ills pretty wife first weigh tho flour, and then ; imx it with only just sufficient water, mixed ' with a little salt, to make into dough; A very small quantity of leaven is added. Tho Scrip ture says X “A little.leaven loaveneth tho whole lump hut in England, to avoid the trouble of kneading, they. put as much leaven Oryeast in one batch of household bread As in Spain-vrould last them a week for tho six or eight donkey loads of bread they send eve ry night from their oven. When the dough was 'made, it was put into sacks, and carried, on the donkeys hacks to the ovens in the cen tre of the village, ,so as to bake it immediately after it was kneaded. On arriving, the dough was divided into portions weighing throe pounds each. Tho long, narrow, wooden ta bles on the trussels were then placed down the room, and,'to my surprise; about twenty men came in and ranged themselves on one side of tho tables. A lump of dough was , handed to .the nearest, which ho commenced *o hw •'JS'Bhbw. who did the-glime, unit so on successively till all had kneaded it, when it was soft as new putty,. and ready for tlid oron. Of course, as soon hands the loaf to his 'ia given to him, and so on till thKwbdletotjithtl-l ty of dough is kneaded by thornnil. The baker s wife and daughter shape them for the [oven. Some of the loaves are'divided into small ones, and immediately baked. The ovens are largo, and not heated by fires under them ; but a quantity of twigs of the herbs of I sweet marjoram and thyme, which 'cover the lulls in great profusion, are put in the oven and ignited. They heat the oven to the ex tent required; and as the broad gets baked the oven gets gradually colder, so the bread is never burned Ihey knead the broad in Spain with such force, that the'palm of the hand and second joints of the baker’s fingers are corcrcd with corns; and it so affects the chest that they oahnot work for more than two hours at a time. They can be heard at some distance, ns they give a kind of giitteral sound—ha, ha as they work, which the3 r say eases the chest! Our sailors have the same fancy when hoist ing a sail. , ' I have kept a small loaf -of Spanish broad for several months in a dry place, and then immersed it. in boiling wafer, and rebakbd ii, and loan assure my readers that it was neb ther musty nor sour. MBfisas Mode of Enjoyment. Tho state of society in Arkansas was ex ceedingly rough several years since. Wo hope and believe it has improved latterly. Iho most frightful tragedies were enacted very frequently, and the people scorned to think nothing of them, A dangerous cutting scrape was regarded as n rather comical at lair than otherwise, as witness tho following which is substantially true: Two desperadoes met at a tavern in Helena on ° They wore named Tom Sorogs and Bill Pike. Says Scrogs; “ How’s things ?” Peart,” says Pike. “ Hoard you said you’d bleed mo next time wo mot,” says Scrogs. ■ “ That's me,” said Pike. And two bowie-knives flashed fiercely forth. Iho follows had carved each other pretty briskly for , ton or twelve, minutes, when, as Pike’s ears had been shaved off, and his’ ab domen bebn several-times punctured, it sud denly occurred to him that he had .enough of it, and hq-struok his colors: |. AV hat fl all this ?” tremblingly inquired a stranger, who had entered just as the ficht ended. b Oh, it s of no ’oodnt,” says the landlord, ■an -ethenal creature of Bomo 'two lumdrcd and fifty pounds weight, and with a face of barn-door proportions, “ ’taint nothin’. Some ot the boys have been enjoyin’ theirsclws a hitle, that’s all! Won’t you hist in a little pizon,stranger?” and the gonial landlord set out a black bottle and yellow bowl of.hrown sugar. Curious country, that Arkansas, several I years age. I i A JtjDgE but no Lawyer.— An attorney brought an Action against a farmer for having callon him a rascally lawyer. An old hus bandman being a witness, was asked if ho heard the man call him a lawyer. “ I did," was the reply. "Pray," said the judge, “what is your opinion of the import of the word ?" . “ There can bo no doubt of that,” replied the follow. .“ Why, good man,” said the judge “ there is no dishonor in the name,- is there'?”, “I know nothing about that,"answered he, ‘ but this I know, if any man called mo a lawyer, I'd knock him down." /‘Why. sir, said the judge, pointing to one |of the counsel, “that gentleman is a lawyer, and that, and I, too, am a lawyer.” “No, no," replied the fellow’; .“no, my 1 k “ w! “ r »»» For the Inst three years I have fattened from three to four hundred head of hogs eve ry fall. These hogs are purchased in small lots of different persons, during the months of July and August. About the first of Soptem-j her, or as soon as the corn is roasting, I fence some three acres, where they can have access to the water; they are turned into this small lot to begin with, and the nest day the corn and most of the stalks will have disappeared, depending, Jf course, on the number of hogs. Every othdfedny, until the last week of Octo ber, there is added to this lot some three acres of corn. For convenience, and to save time, tho Vahderaark patent fence is used; the panels are made of poplar or pino boards, ten feet long, four inches Wide, With strips of oak lath, three feet ten inches long, io hold, thorn together; wrought nails are used, (two and n! half.inches long,) and aro well bent over and J clinched. Two hands with a yoke of cattle i and a wagon, can haul twonty-six panels ofj fencing at a load; and it takes but a short j time to increase tho lot ‘Trom threo to■six acres, or from ,six to nine; and so on until you have hogged down as much as you wish. Tho. hogs aro thou placed in small lots, and tho corn is husked out and hauled to thorn. Last fall, I turned .ray hogs into the corn field on tho 10th of September, after having weighed them all; they wore taken out on i tho Aid of October, weighed, and placed in a small lot. During this , time,. that is from kept. 10. to Ootobor 28, they ato down forty acres of corn; and estimating it at forty bush els to the acre, tho increased weight of tho hogs, at four eouts a pound, just paid forty cents a bushel for tho corn they had oaten. Some two days after, or'about the 25th of October, I selected out of tho lot one hundred hogs, weighing or averaging two. hundred pounds eaoh; these wore placed in' nine large covered pons, with plank floors ami. troughs and fed as follows: The corn was ground-up, cob. and all, in one of the ‘‘Little Giant" mills; steamed and fed'at- six and nine, A. M«, twelve, m., tliroo and six, p. in,, or fiv© times a day, all they could eat, and in exactly one week they word weighed again, tho corn they had oaten was weighed also; hud calling seventy pounds a bushel of corn and pork, as before, four cents, (gross,) it was equal to 80 cents per bushel for corn. The weather was ■quite warm hero for tho season, of the year. The first week in November, I tried the same experiment on tho same lot of hogs, and the corn only .brought sixty-two cents per bushel, tho weather being colder. The third week; month, with the same lot of hogs, corn.' Pfoughjt 40 cents, and tho weather still gob-' tirtg colder. The fourth week same as above, corn brought 26 cents ; weather still colder, f his lot of hogs was sold off at this time, and another ,lot put up, which had heenfod in the lot on corn in the cob. This lot was weighed i and fed as above, the five weeks of December, andi.the corn'fed twenty-six cents .a’ bushel;, the weather. : bdmg the-samo aa 'tbe I .last.A-TheAohrwas tiifrAafriim ’4 tho ■ _ • - - tjiat time thp theniimnetcr stood rdf zero. This same 4gtfWns tried again, and just held their own • ■the thermometer being below zero, sometimes as low as ton degrees. From the above experiments pay as a gene ral tl"n« to feed corn to hogs, after the mid ° f, November, unless, the price of corn should fall below that of late years—B., Duncan's Falls, July 20. , „n[ f'i W f ho r° meots , ? up v ' e "' 3 exactly, in re n T dmS ’ r d W stpio%5 tpio % in- accordance with the known laws of physiology. When the weather is comfortable.- animals lay on fat, if they can obtain sufficient food, as a I store of fuel to moot the coming cold of win ter; but when the weather is very cold, the carbon of the food (fat,) fs burnt to sustain , r ace stock under shelter, and we have artificial mild weather, in which they will gam flesh. Such experiments show the har mony which exists between science and prac tical experience.—Eu. 0. JT.] Waterloo the Day after the Battle. On a surface of two square miles, it was as certained that fifty thousand men and horses were lying! The- luxurious crop of ripe gram which had covered the field of battle uas reduced to litter, and beaten into tho earth; and tho surface trodden down by the cavalry, and furrowed deeply by the cannon wheels, strewed with many a relic of the fight. Ueuilets and cuirasses, shattered firearms and broken swords; all tho variety of military or naipents, lancer caps nud Highland tonnots • uniforms of every color, plume and ponori:’ musical instruments, the apparatus of artille ry, drums, bugles, but good God! why dwell on tho harrowing picture of a foughtou field ? —each and every ruinous display boro muto testimony to tho misery of such a battle. . * * * * * Could the melancholy appearance of this scene of battle be heightened, it would bo by witnessing the researches, of the luring, amid its desolation, for the objects of their love" Mothers, and wives, and children, for days were occupied in that mournful duty; and confusion of'tho corpses—friend and foe in tornnngled, an they wore often rendered tho attempt at recognizing individuals difficult, and m some cases impossible. * * j n many places -the dead lay four deep upon each other, marking tho spot some British square had occupied, exposed for hours to the mur dering fire of a French battery. Outside, lancer and cuirassier wore scattered thickly on the earth. Madly attempting to force the serried bayonets of tho British, they had tallen in tho bootless essay by tho musketry ot the inner files. Farther on, you trace the I spot where the cavalry of France and Eng land had encountered; chasour and huzzar/ were intermingled; and tho heavy Norman horses of tho Imperial Guard wereintorspors-j od with the gray chargors which had carried I Albyn’s chivalry. Here the Highlander and tho trailuor lay, side by side, together; and I tho heavy dragoon, with green Erin's badge I upon his homlet, was grapplingin death with I i tho Polish lancer. * * * * I j On the summit of the ridge, where the ground was cumbered with dead, and trodden fetlock ! I deep in mud and gore by the frequent rush of rival cavalry, tho thick-strewn corpses of the Imperial Guard pointed out the spot where Napoleon had been defeated. Hero, in col umn, that, favored corps, on whom his last chances rested, had hoeif annihilated, and the advance and repulse of tho Guard was traceable by a mass of fallen Frenchmen. In the hollow below, the last struggle of. Franco had boon vainly made; for there tho Old Guard attempted to moot tho British, and af rally tlm ° * cir dls °rgamzod companions to BS5"“ Two old friends met, not long since, af ter a separation of thirty-five years. “ Well Tom, says one, "how has the world gone with you, old hoy? Married yet?” “Yes and Ive a family you can't match; seven boys and one girl.” “ I can match it exact ly- was the reply, " for I have seven girls and 012® Ky, Feeding Hogs. A Rather green sort of a well drossed'ln dividual, walked into an Albany golqen the other dav, and stretching himself'up to hie lull height, exclaimed in a loud .roice: “Whored the Looos 1 Show me a Loco; gentleman, and I will -show you a liar.” A largo number of quiet gentleman were present, and in an instant one of them stood inquirer in a Warlike attitude; “I am a Democrat, sir.” You arc 7” quorried the inoroduloaa grocnoy. _ “Yes, sir, I am.” , “Well, just step round the corner, and I'll show you a fellow who said I couldn’t find a Democrat in the ward 1” •Couldn’t Tool lliM.—Soon after the. tele graph was put in operation on the lino of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in Martin county, one of the natives stepped into the pf hco and wanted to know, the price of pork in Cincinnati. In a few moments the answer came, with thirty-five cents for the informa tion, but the Hoosior was too smart to be caught in that way. and replied: “ Oh-no, Miv Telegrapher, you can't foolma that way. I'm not so green as you think I am. That darned' tickin' thing of ydur'n hain't been out of this room; I watched it all the time." jß@“ A darkey preacher arose to announce his text as folio!™: 1 1 “In do fust pistol of Olorer, second chap,' I ter, and twphundrod and ninety-fust worse—” I “ Hold up, Doctor!" cried one of his hoar-' / ors; “yon'vo got in da wrong book, von mean (do pistol of Timothy, I sposo f" The preacher hesitated a moment, with a very profound look, and said: ™ UBt oavo in time, though’ ynmcJ/" dat tCXt Iv;as somß wliero along d« mo^g?^ aSt ° r ’ h ° W d ° y ° U Sell teef this “ Why fourteen cents a pound; how much! will you have ?” “ F T Hur . too l n °h f Have you a heart V* No, just sold it.’' , “ ) VoU > 1 just knowed you couldn’t have a heart, and ns fourteen cents a pound for beef* onf n ?tZ eUt a f l * r , th * W seen running tor him mark * t ' house > with » shinbone' a£ A n 1^° n mo . n s?r> J*o.displayed A pe euhar kind of on in liisbutton-hole, inquired of a waggish friend, ” Sir, will yoil tell’me' the name of this rose I” “ The roply . It must bo the rose of Castile” (epet steel;) : is tho difference between a mAh rt° ol u, ln hlB . hon<l nnd a akillful pugiJt h's bl oo6 bI ° WS lusnosff - < ‘ nd the other know* & ladder with Twenty.fonr Bonndj. An English duke -walking in hisgarden ono day, saw a Latin copy of a great work on mathematics lying on the grass, and thinking it had been brought , from his library, called some ono to take it back. “It belongs to me, sir," saidtho gardener’* son, stopping up. “ Yours I" cried tho duko. “Do you under stand geometry and. Latin ?" . , “I know a little of them,” answered the lad, modestly. Tho duke having a taste for the sciences, began to talk with tho young student, and. was astonished at the' clearness and intelli gence of his anewhrs. “ But how came you to know so much j” asked the duko. | “One of tho servants taught mete read/'; answered the 3ad, “One docs not need to know anything more than iJi? iwtnty-four fcfv ter? in order to learn any tiling else one wish*, os,” hut tho gentleman wanted to know more about it. “After I learned to read," said the • boy, “ tho masons came to work on your house* I noticed the architect used a rule and com passes. What was tho meaning and use of that? I asked, and they told iae there was [ a science .called arithmetic, I bought an ar* | ithmotic and studied it through. They theft told mo there was another science callod ge-. omotry. 1 bought the hooks and learned'go-, praetry. Then I found bettor books about tho two sciences in Latin. I bought & dictionary and learned Latin*. X hoard there was one still hotter in French, I got a dictionary and learned French, It seems to mo wo can loara anything when wo know tho twenty-four let ters of tho alphabet." They are m fact, tho ladder to every soi» ence* But how many boys are content to Waste their time at. tho first two or three I rounds, without pluck or perseverance enough : to climb higher. Up,up, up, if want to know more, and see clearer, and you take a high post of usefulness in the world. And if you are a poor boy, and need a little friendly en couragement to help you on, be sura if you have a will to climb, you will find the way, , I just as tho gardener's son found it afterwards in the Ducke of Argyle, under whoso patron* age he pursued his studios and became a dis tinguished mathematician. Stone's Mathe maticial Dictionary—for Stone Was this young gardener's name—was a celebrated book pub* lishod in London somo years ago%—*-Jsa!chunoe* ' During tho sitting of a Court in Con* ncoticuti not long ago, on a Very cold evening a crowd of lawyers had collected arbundtha open tiro that blazed cheerful on the hearth in the bar-room, when a trareler entered, her numbed with the: cold; hut no otta noted .to give him, room to warm hia ahins, so he re* mainod in tho back part of the room. Presently a smart young limhof the law ad dressed him,-and ■ tho following dialogue en- I--, .< foulook like a traveler?" jjM.X RuppoafiJuam; X. camo. all the way > ISLon,-'- frort Wisconsin 1' I”Hat The }"SnnS one pair of legs I" “ Wal, I done it anyhow.’* “Did you ever pass through hell, in anr of * your travels?” . J 1 “ Yea, I’ve been through the outskirts” “I thought likely. Well,, what are the manners and customs there? Some of us would like to know." , ” you'll find thorn much fcho saßi* a* in this place—-Me lawyers set nearest VieJireS* I Cautious men'use Avoids ob (riflemen do bullets. Thor say little, llho S’s T 4 ?"* B os( ? d *° 8° right to the fcarKiS Xhey let you talk, and guide wi tint hair eye and face, on and on; till what you say eon ba | answered in a word or two, and then they launch out a sentence and pierce the .matter to the quick, and are. done.. .You never know when you are with them. Your conversation ■ falls into their minds as rivers fall into deep chasms, and' are lost from sight by its depth and darkness. They will sometimes surprise you with a few words, that go right to the mark like a gun-shot, and thon they are si* lent again, as if they were re-loading. NO. 18.
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