VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER PUBLISHED EVEBV TIIUKSD.ir JIOIiNINO DV JOHN O. BRATTON. TER MS SußScri’TiON.—Ono Dollar and, Fifty Cents, paid n advance: Two Dollars if paitj within the year; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not.paid within the year. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to in Hvory instance. No subscription discontinued until nil arrte*>ragcs arc paid unless at the option of the. Editor, t ‘AnvKnriaßirKNTS—Accompanied by thee Asn, nnd not exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents forcrioh additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. Job-Printing—- Such ns Tlnnd-bills, Posting-bills, Piunphlots, Blanks. XiaLcla, ;: often earns in one day more than her husband does in a week. She goes from house to house with baskets on her arms, or wooden articles carved with a knife; hut this .trade is only a pretext; her object is to get in; her profes sion is to tell fortunes, sell love charms, con jurations, and specifics for all diseases. She speaks English fluently, and among the daugh ters of Eve there are few who resist her de ceiving words. In fine,- she is much' more' intelligent than her husband; but she makes, in too many instances, a deplorable use of her faculties—she is accused of separating wives from their husbands, and corrupting young girls, when it is made, worth her while to do so. The complicity of these pretended sor ceresses in certain criminal eases, is, unhap pily, toowoll established. A few years ago, two married English women fell in love with the same man, and they several times gave sums of money to a gipsy woiuitn in order to get from her philters and enchantments. We do not know whether it was this charm or any other that acted, but they succeeded in captivating the common object of their affec tions. The husbands had scarce learned of this intrigue ere they, wore both poisoned by i, their wives. The gipsies are in certain Cases a criminal race, but they, are not vicious; the men are not drunkards, or the .women licen tious. By a singular contrast (and the char acter of the gipsies abounds in contrasts,) the same creature who readily .serves as a go , between; who forms and favors the most cul pable intrigues; who mutters tempting words in the maiden's ear,'is herself exempt from those weaknesses she encourages in others for. the sake of gain. She corrupts without being corrupted ; she seduces, but takes care not to let herself be seduced. Those who only look at appearances will be tempted to smile when we speak of gipsies’ honor; but although the women readily indulge in licentious dances and improper languages, they stop there.— Differing from the hypocrites of whom tho Gospels speak, they care little about the out side of the cup being soiled, provided that the bottom is of. pure gold. The birth of an ille , gitimate child is a. rare event among the gip sy*. This conjugal fidelity everywhere dis tinguishes-the Boms and the Juwas from the, other peoples of the earth, from' tho moak civilized down to the most sevago. Though jinturallyjealous, a gipsy will noffeel alarmed at seeing a Christian court his wife, provided that ho is rich, or in a position to servo him, for he knows perfectly well who is being de ceived. It is before all in this singular race that ho can study the distinction between purely mntorinl chastity and virtue: the Juwas are chaste, but they are not virtuous. Resis tance with them is only a limit, hut, then, it is impassable. I had pointed out the half sovereign ring worn by oho of tho women of tho band; this Juwa, still young and passa bly, pretty, had encouraged tho advances of a farmer’s lad. The poor fellow, having his head • turned, had employed his savings to purchase. this toy, which was offered ns a pledge of .love, and accepted, for tho gipsies never refuse anything. Emboldened by his success, the young man awaited thq Juwa on a desolate road at the moment she was return ing from fortune tolling, and familiarly passed his arm round her waist. Any one who has seen a bird of prey rising from the ground at tho approach of a party of school-boys, can form an idea of the Juwa leaping over a hedge, while overwhelming tho Gofgin with reproaches. She confided everything to her i ■husband, who -laughed os ho repeated tho 1 story. ■ ■ Tho chastity of tho gipsy woman has two 1 ramparts: love and hatred. Hoc hatred is 1 for the white race; her love (and she can 1 love.) for tho men of her own tribe. A girl 1 of 13, being asked one day if she would marry < a gentleman, put on an air of disgust, and i shook her hoadt “But supposing,” the speak- 1 or laughingly added,. “no one was loft in tho i world but you nnd a Qorgio of your own ngo?” < I would marry him,” she replied, “but I > should detest him.” I SOLDI EH PRINTERS. They take ‘possession of an Of ice and make their Mark The boys of the lowa Regiment found a Se cession press lying nroud loose, jipon tlloir.cn trnnco into Macon City, the editor thereof having vamosed. Regarding it as a great ‘■ waste of the raw material,” Frank B. Wilkie was installed as editor, and a half dozen of the volunteers detailed as printers of.the con cern, and forthwith a regimental newspaper was inaugurated. The first and only number contains the salutatory and valedictory of the editor, a proclamation by the Colonel, an ac count of a flag presentation by the .ladies of Macon, and the ceremonies of raising the same in the camp, with notices of speeches by O’Con nor and others on the occasion, besides sev eral spicy editorials and.a-valedictory by {he editor, mostly addressed to the proprietor of the printing office. Here is the valedictory: Johnson, wherever you are—whether lurk ing in the recesses of the dim woods, or fleeing a fugitive on the open plain under the broad canopy of heaven—Good bye 1 We never saw your countenance, never expect to, never want to, but for all that, old fellow, we woh’t bo proud; so Johnson, good bye, and take card of yourselfl • We’re going to leave., you,' Johnson—going to leave you without as much ns looking into your honest eyes, or claiping your manly hand, and even without so much as giving utteranSb to your face of ‘ God bless you.’ We're right sorry, we are, that you didn’t stay with us and attend to our domestic and other affairs, and not leave every thing, to skulk away, and lose yourself never to return'. Oh, Johnson, why. did you—how could you do this ? Johnson, we leave you to-night—we’re going where bullets are thick and musketoes are thicker—we may never return—if we do not, old boy, remember us. Wo sat at your table ; we stole Latin from your “ Dictionary of Latin Quotations;” wo wrote Union articles with your pen,.your ink, and your paper; we print ed them on your press; our boys set ’em up with your types; they used yourgalleys, your Shooting sticks,’ your ‘chases,’ your ‘quads,’' your ‘spaces,’your ‘rides,’-your every thing; wo drank some poor whiskey out of your bot tle; and how, Johnson,, after doing all this for you, you won’t,forgot us, will you ? Keep us in mind, remember us in your evening prayers, and your morning prayers; too, when you say them, if you do say them ; and if you put up a petition at mid-day, don’t forget us then; or if you wake in the solemn stillness of the night, and implore a benison upon the absent, remember us then ! Once mure, Johnson—our hearts pain us to say it—that sorrowful word—but once more, and forever, Johnson, good bye! If you comp our way, call. Johnson, adieu! Judging from the subjoined, paragraph, the “ boys” were a jolly sot of fellows: Strange( —lt is not often that one entersa printing office conducted under precisely the circumstances of the one in which The Union is.now being issued. ■ .Mon in -uniform stand at®the oases—a row of gleaming muskets,in stacks.is before the,door, besides which paces a,.sentinel with a loaded piece—the editor’s table is ornamented with a revolver, five bot tles of—well—Something to sustain a droop ing spirit weighed down by the responsi bilities of his position, (editorial,) and the dangers Of war, a meerschaum, and a pile of ancient exchanges. Military uniforms hang around the walls, bayonet sheaths litter the floor, revolvers and bewio knives bristle in every belt; and, in short, the. only resem blances to a printing office are the click of types and the familiar music of the. press. \Ve hope that our friends hero will not fail to call and mark the peculiarities of this new re gime. Insanity and the Turkish Bath.— At the meeting of the Cork District Lunatic Asylum, Ireland, on Wednesday, May Bth, a very in teresting report was road by "Dr. Ilowor, resi dent physician, on the working of the Turkish hath'in the Asylum. It was introduced on his recommendation, aided by the inspectors, Drs. Nugent aiid Hatibel, approved by the Governors, and sanctioned by the Privy Coun cil. The experiment Ims been eminently suc cessful. Since the opening of. the hath in January .lust, one hundred and twenty-four patients have been suhirutted to its action.— Out of these, ten are discharged cured, while fifty-two are improved and improving. Sixty remains unchanged, being all cases of many years'standing. Dr. Powers says; “ I can not conclude this report without stating, as tho result of my limitod.exporionee, that such a provision should constitute an appendage to every institution whore many persons are congregated for a lengthened period within a confined space. It seems.to me to possess a power of compensation in a degree for the absence of pure air and exorcise; andit seems to mo a Turkish bath should form a part of every union workhouse and government pri son, and all similar establishments.” Tho following is. the rationale of tho effect of the Turkish bath in cases of insanity: “ Any one conversant with those suffering under this disease, earning fail to perceive, that there is a peculiar odonof the mostdisgustimyjharaetor emanating from their persons, anj||a|st pro bably exhaled il from the skin glands and follices. Now, this nfii%(irise from an unhealthy state of tho blood,i-whfch must exercise a dolotrious influence Vh‘‘ : £ho system generally, and on tho organs connected with operation of tho mind in particular,'and any means which* effect the removal ofjthe vatiatod humors and other aooretionsNmust benefit the disordered intellect, and nrolmbly afire tho diseased and tainted system where other means have failed. I have found that active and oven violent exorcise, powerful sudorifies, and hot bathe have failed in cor recting this unhealthy action of the skin and its glands.” A Rose om a Cherry Tree.-— The Provi dence IW soys that about' l three years a"0, a citizen of that place found in tho woods a very small wild cherry tree, a more shrub, and thinking it possible to make something of it, though he hardly guessed what, trans fer! ed it to his garden. It has grown rapid ly, and is now about fifteen feet in height. Rut what is most astonishing in relation to it, there appeared upon one of the smaller of its branches, about seven foot from the ground, a few days since, a beautiful white rose of the “double” species, about two inches in diame ter, and having every appearance of tho cul tivated garden rose growing upon its natural stem, the only difference being that the rose stem, which ascends from a branch of the tree was not much larger than a pipe stem, passes quite through the rose, and is seen at some distance above it. Near to this stem, on one side, is another, with leaves as in the'formor case, resembling the rose leaf more than tho cherry, and on this is a’ beautiful rose-bud, nearly ready to open itself to our gaze. On the other side- is still another stem, but un mistakably a legitimate shoot of tho parent cherry tree—the loaves bearing but slight re semblance to those on the other stems re ferred to. “OCR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." cm ,OF CURD. Cairo stnnds'on'tHo east band nf tho Nile, opposite the beautiful island of Koda. The town is about thr.ee hiilfts in length, and one and a half in width, and is separated by im mense piles of ruins, and by an aqueduct after tho Roman style, into an old and new Cairo. Old Cairo is said to mark tho spot from which the Israelites took their departure from Egypt, and opposite my hotel window is the Isle of Iloda, on the shores of which, according to tradition, Moses was found. The city retains its Oriental character) and in this respect is unique. Tho streets are so narrow and the eyes of tho houses project so far over their, basements, that persons can step from one house to another. This peculiarity of archi* tccture is adopted; to secure coolness in the hoatof summer, and also to afford better means of escape in time of danger. , The superstruc tures of the buildings are of brick, of a dull rod color, and when plastered externally,which is quite common, their appearance is.exceed ingly gloomy. The ground floor is usually occupied by merchants and mechanics, and the upper apartments serve as residences.— Most of the shops consist of small square rooms, in front ,of which,, on a shelf, and around the casements of the door, the articles for sale are exhibited., The city isdivided into quarters, according to th"o nationality and religion ; belief of the inhabitants. These are separated from each other by large wooden gates, which are closed at night, and kept by a porter within. Thus the Copts, Jews, Franks, and Turks inhabit distinct districts of tho town. As in London, Amsterdam and Rome, tho Jews’ quarter is remarkable fer its filth, and tho old clothes and second-hahded wares in general, which constitute tho chief articles for sale. The Frank quarter is in happy contrast with the other sections, and displays an air. of order, energy and thrift peculiar to European mer chants. The wealthy' Ofiirene tradesmen dross in rich and gay costumes after the Turk ish fashion ; they display their goods in a tasteful manner, and evince much tact and humor in their intercourse with'custbmors.— Their business is principally retail, and be yond the necessaries of life they deal in silks for male and female attire, in fez caps, irt ele gant colored silk shawls for girdles and tur bans, in coverings for stands and tables, made of silk and embroidered with gold and silver, and in splendid uargeolehs, chihoucks, amber mouth-pieces, and tho boat Stamboul and Tat takia tobacco. One thing strikes me, as singular in this Eastern city, and that is the crowded state of the streets ffoiii morning till night, and the great activity'of the people. Broadway is' •not more frequently blockaded than the prin cipal thoroughfares of Cairo, and it is a;com mon occurrence for donkeys and camels, car riages and carts, together with multitudes of pedestrians, to bo jammed in 'so effectually that escape is made with difficulty.— Sen. J. P. Newman, in N. I”. Methodist. St. Paul's Clock. —Have you ever heard (if the great clock of St. Paul’s, in London? mld-idfiy, in^tlio : .roar of business, yvhen carriages, and carts, and wagons, and omni buses, go rolling through the streets, how many never hear that great clock strike un less they live very near it I But. when the work of the day da over, and the roar of busi ness has passed away—when men are gone to sleep and silence reigns in London : —then at twelve, at one, at two, at three, at four, the sound of the clock may be herd for miles around. Twelve !—One !—Two ! Three!—Four! How the clock is herd by many a sleepless man! That clock is just like the conscience of tjio impenitent man. while he has health and strength and goes on in the whirl of business, he will not hear his conscience. He drowns and silences, its voice by'pliinging into the world. He will not al low the inner man to speak to him. But the day will come when conscience will he heard wheater he likes it or not. The day will come when its voice will sound in his ears, and pierce him like a sword. The time will come when ho must retire from the world, and lie down on a sick bed, and 100 k detail in the face. And then the clock of conscience, that solemn clock, will sound in nis heart, and, if ho has not reyented, will bring wrotehodneos and misery to his soul. Oh, no! write it down in the tablets of your heart, without ropontonce; no peace.— J. T. Rule. A Fable pen the Young. —Two.springs, which issued from the same mountain, began their course together; one of them took tho way in a silent and gentle stream, while the other rushed along with a noisy nnd rapid current. “ Sister,” said tho latter, “at the. rate you move, you will probably bo dried up before you advance much farther, whereas, for myself, I shall probably be navigable within two or three hundred furlongs, and after distributing commerce nnd wealth wherever I flow, I shall majestically proceed to pay my tribute to tho ocean. So farewell, and pa tiently submit yourself to your fate. 1 ” Her quiet sister made no reply, but calmly de scended to the meadow below,' and patiently proceeding on her way, she increased her strength by numberless little rills, which she collected in her progress, till at length she was enabled to rise into a considerable river; while tho proud stream who had tho vanity tfi depend wholly on hor own sufficiency, con tinued a shallow brook, and was glad, at last, to be helped forward, by throwing horsolf into the arms of. hor despised sister. But One Way. —Nothing is lost. The whole past is engraven on our hearts, as on an im perishable tablet. With tho mind beclouded as it is in this world, wo may ho able only to descry tho great events; but if not in this world, then in another the mist will bo scat tered, and wo shall bo able to road our lives over again, just as, they have boon spent.— Thoro is but one method by which tho painful memories of tho past may bo removed. Tho heart that is washed in the atoning blood of Christ has in His grace an antidote both for siu and sorrow. “Tho blood of Jesus Christ oloansoth us from all sin.” His iovo sanctifies sorrow, and makes it and tho memory of it a real blessing. Thoono who hasynado tho Sa viour his trust, and who is seeking to live as' lie lived, has nothing to fear in tho utmost activity of memory. But ho who has tho guilt of his sins resting on his own soul, has rcaso I to tremble. In some dark lane of life, in som! hour of gloom, or in tho last dread conflic, his sins may meet him again, and overwhelm i him with tho recollection. Or, if he oscaj) in life, memory, which hns recorded all, wi I bo faithful to her trust, and woo be to the soil that had to answer for itself in another worj). HQjUA man asked another, whom he v about to help to some chicken, whether] wished a log or a wing; “It is a mattes perfect indifference- to mo,” said tho other, “And infinitely more so to mo,” ropliodit carver, laying down his knife und torkn resuming his own dinner. I SUE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1861. CARL THE HUMAN HAND. Issuing from the wrist is that wonderful organ, tho human hand. “In a French book, intended,” says Charles Bell,,“to teach youqg people philosophy, tho trapil asks why the fingers are not of equal length:'’ The master makes the scholar grasp a ball of ivory, to show him that tho points of tho fingers 'a rp then equal. It would have been better had ho closed the fingers upon the palm, and then have asked whether or nSt they corresponded. This.'difference in. the length of the fingers serves a thousand purposes, ns in holding a rod, a switch, a sword,_n hammer, a pen, pen cil, or engraving tool, Small of which secure hold and freedom of action are admirably combined.” i , On the length, strength and perfectly free movement of the thumbs-depondsi moreover, the power of the tinmen hand.,, ' To the thumb, indeed, has been given hbpegial name (fbf lex,) from a Latin verb, jneaning to bo able, strong, mighty, because; of, its strength; a strength that is necessaryto the power of the hand, being equal to that of all the fingers. Without the fleshy ball; of the thumb, the power’of the fingers would be ofno'tivail, and accordingly the large ball formed by the mus cles of the .thumb,is the ..special mark of the human hand, and particularly that of a clever . workman. The loss of the thumb, almost amounts to the hand, Conscripts, unwilling to serye in the army of France, have been known, to disable themselves effectually by cutting off the thumb oftho right hand. The loss of both thumbs wousd'reduce a man to a miserable dependence. ; JJdr should we over look another peculiarity; "Were the tips of the fingers and.thumbs bony, instead ofboing covered withi flesh, mahy/tliings wo readily do would bo absolutely impossible. We now take up what is small,, epft and'round, as a millet seed, or even a panicle of human hair. So exquisitely prehonsime are the human fingers. The nails are often of special ser vice; perhaps always in yvorks of art which ■fequire nicety of exeentidn. Their substance is just what is needed;they are easily kept at the precise length which answers every purpose; had they been placed on the tips of the fingers, there wojlld have been a loss of power, but their position jnsures their highest efficiency. An interchange pf power for velo city, which takes place in' the arm, adapts the hand and fingers to a tbejisand arts requiring quick'- or lively motions.' In sotting up the type of this page, there have been movements on the part of, the compositor of surprising rapidity to any ordinary observer; and the execution of performers oh the pianoforte, as well as on many wind "instruments, is often astonishing. These hre.wnong many instances of the advantage gained by this, sacrifice of force for velocity of movement. The Voices of IlEAyfepf.-r-The land of si lonco surly extends no fa rther than the gates of the hoavenlf city. ill is life and activity within; but from the wi rid so, populous with thoughts, and words, arid songs, no revelation penetrates through the dark, silent land which lies botwea us,, arid thorn. Our friends are there. Stars so dialaf ijfcpitt. Us that their light whiolf began «ii»oo- Ims not yet reached us„:are none the less worlds, performing their revolutions, and occupied by their busy population of intelligent spirits, whose history is full of wonder. Yet the first ray denoting the ojiistenpe of those worlds has never met the eye of the astronomer in his incessant vigile. ; b. The' silence of the departed will, for each of us, soon,-very soon, be interrupted. En tering twnoiij;' breaking shadow and softly un folding, tight,, the border land, we shall grad ni&Mawate to the opening visions of things uns'eeri jand eternal, all so kindly revealing thOmadlvea to our unaccustomed senses as to make us say, “how beautiful 1“ and, instead of exciting fear, lending us almost to hasten the hand which is removing the vail..' Some well known voice, so long silent, may bo first to utter our name; we recognize, we are safe. A face—a dear, dear face—breaks fourth amidst the crowded linos of the dissolving sight; a form—an embrace—assures us that faith has not deceived us, but has delivered us up to the objects hoped for, the things not seen. 0, beatific moment, awaiting every follower of them who, by faith and patience, inherit the promises, dwellers there “wither the Forerunner is for us entered.” —Family Treasury. ■, -, .. ’ " TUE' - JJLE jsd tue HCordish Chief.— Some ye'afra since, the chief of one of those robber tribes wliof infest; the mountains of Kurdistan, robbed a traveller of his Bible.— On returning to his home, he felt some curi osity to knovf what that book contained; and sending for his Moullab, bade; him rend it.— The Moullah did so, and was bidden to rend it again, and then a thirdij.timo. When he had firiiilhcd', the old chief ex claimed, “ That book is true, must bo true ; henceforth I will not read the Koran; but this shall be my book.” Jle kept his word; and from that day bcgrtn to teach his tribe by Iho. Bible.. In course of time ho accustomed them to meet onoo every week, when ho read and explained it as well as ho. could. Then he got a church organized, the qualifications for membership in which, wcrpl ‘that the persons desiring to unite.with it, held the Bible ns the only guide; that ns far aswas or could be known, their lives agreed,.with its teachings ; and that they were never known to quarrel with their neighbors or violate any known law. On a due examination into these points, members were admitted. This has now been steadily going on years, and who shall say bow ma'n^Rlsshall owe their eter nal salvation to the once robber Koord ? This statement Is given on the authority of a missionary, among the Armenians, who was lately sbjurning among us Miss. ■ Bear with the Little Ones. —Children are undoubtedly very troublesome at times in asking questions, and should, without doubt, bo taught not to interrupt conversation in company. But, this resolution made, we ques tion the policy of withholding an answer, at any time, from the active m.hd which must rfnd so many unexplained daily and hourly mysteries. They who have either learned to solve these mysteries, or have become indif ferent ns to an exportation, are not apt to look compassionately enough upon this eager restlessness on the part of children, to pene trate causes and trace effects. By giving duo attention to those “troublesome questions,” a child’s truest education may bo carried on. Have a little patience, then, and sometimes think how welcome to you would bo a trans lator, if you were suddenly dropped into some foreign country, where the language was for the most part unintelligible to you, and you wore bursting with curiosity about every strange object that met your eye; nSyTho Hartford Cdnrcmt states that the costof fitting out troops, up to the present moment to the State of (sbm.oct.cut. ...eluding bounty money, provisions, &c., is over six hundred thousand dollars/ NAPOLEON AND UIS MEN. It takes a great man to know the importance of little things, Tho attention bestowed by Napoleon on the smallest details of military organization, has always seemed to. us an evidence of his talent scarcely inferior to Au sterlitz or Marengo. No general knew better than Napoleon that tho efficiency of a soldier depends, first of all, of his being in perfect health and splendid condition. He tried ,to ,bring up his troops to the condition of pugi lists when they fight for the championship To this end several things are essential, the chief of which are, regular and wholesorah food, regular sleep, dry and warm feet, and no powerful stimulants. ' Napoleon always insisted upon every soldier having two pairs of good shoes, and a good blanket. Every thing else could he extemporized or dispensed with, but these—the shoes for tho march and the blanket for the bivouac—could neither bo extemporized or dispensed with. When the occasion occurred, Nopoloon demanded of his troops the ihost tremendous exertions; but the admirable health resulting from his system enabled the soldiers to endurp fatigues which would have killed ordinary men. It is also to be observed, that this consummate general was careful to give his troops a rest propor tioned to their exhaustion, the very instant it was safe to do so. There was nothing in which Napoleon showed more forethought and good sense than in tho management of recruits. He know that young fellows, accustomed to the shop, the field of tho desk, cannot change their ha bits to those of the soldier without great risk. Consequently, ho was as careful and tender in managing his now troops as mothers are of their young children. He inured them to the hardships of war by degrees. Their first marches were only ten pr twelve miles a day, with frequent days of rest. Tho officers whp led them from their native provinces to tho distant scone of war, wore charged to.make the march a pleasant series ef lemons in the' military art. Sometimes, when the quarters were good, when the exigency was not pres sing, they would haltfor ton days,and undergo a daily drill of eight hours. The consequence was, that men who wore raw recruits when they left, home, arrived at camp trained and toughened soldiers. ' A single week of careless handling, irre gular sleep and, food, damp lodgings, wet feet, or over fatigue, will half spoil and demoralize a regiment of now troops. But lot them be cautiously and wisely cared for at first, and they soon become hardened and efficient. The Forests of the Sea.— The son. has its forests as well as its barren grounds. Wo seb the sargassos, or a sea-Weed, in htigc prairies spreedlng over areas as large as our continents. That of the Atlantic tropic covers a space, according to Yon Humboldt, of seven times the areaof the French Empire; and we know that every in all that “ oceanic medow” is the home of a host of living oroa turea. In other places, and over regions as widens the tropics, the palm of the sea, the kelp; throws’up its graceful stem and beauti ful loaf; whilst about the equator, ns well as in those glaoial regions around .our northern polo on the rich vegetation of the . bed of the' ocean, graze the walrus and the dugo'ng, and. endless colonies of creatures dwell amidst watery forests.— Blackwood. . . Iloir Much was a Penny a Day? —Much better wages than it sounds to us. An agri cultural paper says that in the time of Christ, a penny was about equal to *l5 of bur cents, and as money was ten times as valuable as now, the penny a day was as good as 150 of our cents; so that the man who worked in the vineyard for that, got ns good wages as good men now generally, have in harvest time.— The gift of the good Samaritan of two ponce to the . landlord for the care of the man who fell among thieves, in addition to the raiment, the oil and wine; was equivalent to about S 3 of our currency, which would probably pay for his board two weeks in a country tavern whore board was very cheap. A Cure for llvdropiioiua. —One of our ex changes publishes the following relative to an alleged remedy for hydrophobia; “A Saxon forester, named Gastoll, how of the venerable ago of eighty-two, unwilling to take to the grave with him a secretof so much importance, has made public in the Leipsio Journal the means which ho had used for fifty years, and wherewith he affirms he has res cued many human beings and cattle from the fearful death of hydrophobia. Take imnic diately warm vinegar or tepid water, wash the wound therewith, and. then dry it; then pour upon the wound a few drops of hydro chloric acid, because mineral acids destroy the poison of the saliva, by which means the latter is neutralized.” r.ufir.—When Charles V. imperiously re quired the Confession of Ausburg to bo aban doned,and gave the Protestant lenders only six months more in which to.make up their minds, finally, the cause of the Reformation was thought hopeless. But Luther exclaim-, ed;—“l saw a sign in the' heavens, out. of my window at night; the stars, the hosts of heaven, hold up in a vault above me, and yet I could see, no pillars on which the Master niade it rest. But I had no fear it would fall. Some men look above for pillars, and would fain touch them with their hands, as if afraid the sky would fall. Poor souls! Is not God always there?”— Dr. Gill. Sunlight in Houses. —The following fact has been established by careful observation: That where sunlight penetrates all the rooms of a dwelling, the inmates are loss liable to sickness than in a house whore the apart ments lose its health invigorated influence. Basement rooms are the nurseries of indispo sition.- It is a great mistake to compel hnmfln beings to reside partially under ground/ There is a defective condition of the air in such rooms, connected with dampness, besides decomposing paint on the walls, and the es cape of noxious grtses from, pipes and drains, I All school rooms, ospocily,.should bo open to I the sunlight, yet, as a general rule, they are darkened like a parlor. I Dress and Merit. —Girard, the famous 1 French painter, when very young was the ' hearer of a letter of introduction to Lanjuin ais, then of the council or Napoleon. The voting painter was shabbily attired, and his reception was extremely cold; but Lanjum ais discovered in him such striking proofs of talent, good-sense, amiability, that on Girard s rising to take leave, ho rose, too, and accom pninod his visitor to the ante chamber. The change was so striking, that Girard could not avoid an expression of surprise. “My young friend” said. Lanjuinais”, anticipating the in 3uiry, “wo receive an unknown person accor ing to his dross—we take leave' of hinvaooOr diug to his merit."' A ton of perfect pain can be more ea sily found than an ounce of perfect happi ness. ROMANCE (IP A PLANTER. Never too Late to Mend.—A corresppm dent of a paper published fit Brooklyn, la., says that about fifteen'years ago, a Presbyte rian clergy man of New York had a wayward son. Before ho was seventeen, ho became so reckless and unruly, that his father conld no longer control him. Ho left for the city of New York, where he became a clerk in a drinking. Saloon, but his character was too bad to ho retained there. . He next was a bar keeper in a theatre, but was dismissed. He went lower, And still lower, until lie slept in empty cellars and the' wharves of the city, a perfect nuisance and a disgrace to tho race. . At this stage of his career, an old college mate—for our hero was a graduate of one of tho best colleges in the State of Now York— : determined that?he would hunt him and make one more effort to save him. Ho wontto Now York, and after a week of diligent search, witli the aid of the police, ho found him.- He washed and clothed him, took him back to the country, and by every inducement that Could be hold out to him, persuaded him to try and bo a man. Ho made the effort, And was successful. ' . Tho friend who sought him' oht, and who' saved him, wo are well acquainted with.— They both determined to come to .Tennessee to teach school. They soon reached here, and with the high recommendations they brought,- soon obtained good places. The .reclaimed son of the Presbyterian clergyman, within sixinohths after Ins arrival, married an orphan girl worth §40,000 in cash. She had a younger sister and ti brother, who each had equal amounts. The sister soon afterwards died, leaving one-half of her estate to our hero and his wife, and the other half to her brother, thus increasing his estate to §00,000.. When the Mexican war broke out, the brother enlisted, and made it will Ic'aving all his estate to his hrothor-in-law (our hero) and his wife, in case lie never returned from the war. He, like many other of oin- noble youths, was killed at Buena Vista. Thus our hero came into possession of tho entire estate of tho family, which'at first was §120,000. Ho is now one of tho richest planters of Middle Tenncssfeo, and does not live twenty-five mile's from Nashville. Grumblers. —lf yon find a main disposed £o complain of the coldnessdf.tlio; world, bo sure you will find that he has never brought any thing into the world to warm it, but is a per sonal lump of ice set in the midst of it. If you find ft man who complins that the World is all base and hollow, tap him, and he will probably sound base and hollow. And so in the other wav, a kind man will probably find kindness all about him. The merciful man, as a general thing, will obtain mercy. Ho who bas always had a kind excuse for pthotrs, who has looked at the brightest ‘side of the case—ha who has rendered his paw don and his help whenever ho could, who has never brought his fellow man into any strait by reason of not helping him—will find.that the mercy he has bestowed flows back upon him in a full and spontaneous spring. He will make a. merciful world by the mercy he himself shows. j ■ Queen Victoria. —The rumors of the ad vancing lunacy of hor Majesty Queen Vic toria, would seem to derive substance from the announcement of the Gazette tie France, that “Dr. Schoelin has been sent for to Lon don to attend a consultation of French and German,physicians on the state'of the Queen’s health, which, it seems, is such ns to give rise to uneasiness/’; Another journal learns from Berlin that the Prince and Princess Royal, with the little Prince William, are going to visit London about the middle-of July, the object being to “procure a_ salutary emotion for Queen Victoria.’’ A Parliamentary ex planation is looked for in England. BSBuANew Hampshire editor was Antely robbed while traveling. How much t* thief made by the operation may be. discovered by. tlio indignant epistle bo immediatoljJsOljt to/ bis victim, returning pocket-book: •* ji: ' > “ You miserable cuss, ,-jrocket book. I don’t keep no such.’ For' a man dressed as well as you was to,go .rouijd with a wallet with nothin’ in it but a Idt aESiews paper scraps, a pair of wooden oosjiip, two newspaper stamps, and a pass from a railroad director, is a contemptible imposition on the. public. As I hear you are an editor, L return your trash. I never rob only gentlemen.” * . « How Ci.erc.ymen Came to Wear Br.Arft,— In the year 1524, Luther laid aside monk’s costume, and henoefo th dressed according to the fashion of the world. Ho chjg.o black clothes; consequently the color Ims become the fashion of the clergy. His reason for choosing this color, was, the Elector of Saxony took an interest in him, and now and then sent him a piece of black cloth—being at that time the court fashion, and because Luther preferred it, his ,scholars thought it became them to wear the same color as tlioir master. From that time, black has been the color mostly worn by the clergy. How to Live Well. —Good meals at mod erate intervals, and the stomach left to rest between. Sohto interval—an interval of ac tive exorcise is best—.between books and food. A leisure hour foif dinner, and cheerful con versation after it. A short nap. for those who need or like it after dinner. Light occupa tion in the evening—literature or correspon dence. With m'ore or loss social intercourse, music or other recreation. Those are each I and all highly desirable; but the most indis ponaiblo of all is strenuous and various exor-1 else. ' I Quaker Toast. —This is from me ami mine to thee and thine. I wish when thud ami thine coino to see mo and mine, that mo and mine will treat thee and thine as thou and thine have treated me and mine. ' This is anew version of the old compliment I which runs somewhat after this wise: I wish thee and thy folks loved mo and my folks, as well as mo and my folks love thee and thy folks. Forsure-thero never was folks, since folks was folks, that ever loved folks half so well as mo and ray folks love thee and thy folks. fCT'Fnn is the most conservative element of society, and ought to bo cherished arid en couraged by all lawful moans. People never plot mischief whon aro merry. Laughter is an enemy to malice, a foe to scandal, and a friend to every virtue. It promotes good temper, en livens the heart, and brightens the intellect. Lot ns laugh when we can. SZT"A quaint writer of sentences says, “I have seen women so delicate, that they wore afraid to ride', for fear the'horse might run away; afraid to sail, for fear the boat might overset; afraid to walk, for fear the dew might fall; hut I never saw one afraid to be mar ried,” ■ KILLING CORN/ R. C. Randall's article on the Culture of Corn, in the Rural Register, from which wa made several extracts, closes with the follow in'; paragraph; • .. One day while hoeing in, bur garden’corn field, of a quarter of an acre, wo sat down'a half hour and studied diligently the' cbaraotei 1 of the rootlets every where about us radiating from the corn stalks, from one to three.inches ■ above the surface of the ground. It occurred to Us that Nature designed them for some-.; thing else than mere ornaments; and that if the requisite material for their full develop-’, ment were supplied,- they might become foots; ' and add something to the tigof of the stalk; So, in order to make one experiment a fam; tost, we set to work with our hoe, and to each , alternate hill we drew up the earth, covering., the shoots to an average depth of eight inches! After an interval of two weeks, we’ found; upon examination, that wo had a sot of vigr (irons top roots, giving extra support to the ’ stalk, and imparting an extraordinary, de gree of vigor, to its growth. Nearly every stalk thus ‘ billed up’ afforded an extra ear, grew one-fifth .''taller than those not hilled, and the grain ripened several days Caffler. Hence we have ever since argued - that'it is good economy to ‘hill up’ corrij but, wo would remind the farmer that it is a dangerous prac tice to run a plow or cultivate, so near the stalks as to disturb the regular roots. A very ■ simple and efficient cross-bar cultivator can be arranged, so that, with alight dip on eitlioj side, the two outer shares will throw sufficient carih to the stalks/ without disturbing the roots. ~ 0"”An eloquent negro ora for thus conclu des an account of flic dcntb'of a colored bro tlicr;~"Do' last Word dat ho was hcord to say, de last word ho was speak, do last word he was known.to utter, do last word hb eber pronounced, do last sylablo ho ebhot 1 hoabed, do last idea ho eber ejaculated ; yes, my brcddcrri, de berry last word ho eber was known to breavo forth, sound, or articulate; was, Glory !” Such amplified perorations are Sometimes to bo hoard from orators of renown. Explosion or an Oil IVei.l.—A rather sin gulnr explosion occurred at an' oil well a short distance from IVollsville on Saturday. It seems that the Swell had been bored a considerable distance, when suddenly an explosion took place,, forcing the tools out of the well, nnd throwing ft volume of water about forty feet above the surface of the ground, which still continued at last accounts. Fortunately, no, person was injured, but the Well will have to be abandoned for the present. CSfAgar said, “give mo neither poverty nor riches,” and this will ever be the prayer of the wise. Our incomes should be like our shoos; if tod small, gall and pinch us, bat if too large, they will cause us to stumble and trip. "IVcallh, after all, is a relative tbinjy, since bo . that has little, wants less,- and is richer than ho that has niuch, but wants more. True contentment'depends hot .ujpmt what wo have; 'a tub*was large enough for, Diogenes, but a world was too little for. Alexander--. , ■ > „ (CV Lady Isabella Finch, daughter of thd Earl of Winoholsea; Was lady of the' bed chamber to the Princess Ariielia. Lord Bhtb, one evening, having no silver, borrowed-a half crown of her; he sent it back next day, With a very gallant wish, that he could give' her a crown. She replied that, “ though he could not give her a crown, ho could give her-a cor onet, and she-was very ready to accept it.” When Erskino was appointed to gno coed Dundas ns lord advocate, the latter of fered him the loan of his silk gown, f‘ For the short time you Will wont it, you bad bet ter borrow mine/’ “I have' no doubt,’* said Ertkino, “ that yourigown is made to Jit any parly, but, hoiyoser Short my time may bo in office, it.shall bever that Henry Era- ' kino pat jm the’ abandoned habits of . his pros/ dccosshr/’ -y ; ( J :0“ “.Pappy, can’t the».zoolog^al rooms to see.thocamom/le fightftho rhinosorua cow?” ’ i ' ” “ Sartin, my son—hut don’t,get your trou sers torn. Strange, my dear, what a taste' that boy 4ms got for natural history,, isn’t it? -N'J longer than jesterdny ho had eight pair of fom cats hanging by their tails from the clothes lino.” JC7 4 A cooper, finding. considbraßlo difficul ty in keeping one of the heads 6f a cask he was finishing in its phtoe, put Ins son inside' to hold the head w[> After completing the work nmclr to his satisfaction* ho was aston ished to find his boy inside tire cask,- and with out h possibility of getting out, except through the buhgholo. ICT'A. 11. linger, Esq., of Hagerstown, lias equined his oolord boy, eighteen years of. ago, arm made rt present Of his services to Col. W. H. Irwin, of the Seventh Pennsylva nia Regiment, for an indefinite period, or ns long as the war may last. figyft is believed that the Mern’miin case will come up' before the United States Dis trict Court in Baltimore, at an early day,'rti the Deputy United States Marshal; hasbeen summoning witnesses to appear before tile Grand Jury. j- blind man. led by a dog, while wan doring in the streets of Paris, had his dug I seized by some one passing; instantly upeu , in" his eyes, ho gave' chase, and, overtaking the thief, cudgelled him severely; after which' ho closed his eyes and fell to begging again.' O’’A rough individual, whoso knnwnlcdga I of classical language' washot quite complete* had been sick, and on recovery was told by‘ his doctor that he might have a little animal food. ‘No sir, I took your gruel easy enough,'; but hang mo if I can go your hay and oates.’ PIT”A lawyer being asked what Was tho : reason the reason the rebels run away When- ' over a loyal foroo approohes them, replied, professionally, that he supposed it only anoth er Dread Seott case. O*A man named Brown, aged 41/ residing at Dagenham, Mass, starved himself to'death a few days ago, under the delusion that God forbade him eating food and drinking beer,: _ BQyThat was a wise nigger, who in speak ing of the happiness of married people, said, ‘Dat’ar pends altogether how dpy enjoy them selves. JCT’A wag recently appended to the list of market regulations in Cinolnhti, ‘No whist-' ling near the sausage stalls. [C7*Tho pleasantest things in the world are: pleasant thoughts, and' the greatest art in life is to havo as many as possible,' V 5? Jp I m i 5;