By TFeaver & fJHmore.] VOLUME 2. TDE STAR OP THE NORTH 1 puUuhed ei/ety Thursday Morning, by Weaver A (tllMiut. OFFICE — Up stairs i,i the New Brick building on th* south side rf Mi in stmt, third square behw Market. TERMS : —Two Dollars per annum, if paid j within six months from the time of subset*!- j Ling ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid , within the year. No subscription received | tor a less period than six months : no discou- | tinnance permitted until all arrearages are | paid, unless at the option of the editors. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square, i will be inserted three times for otic dollar, ami ' twenty-live cents for each additional insertion. <t liberal discount will be made to those who ad- ' vertise by the year. FLORENCE VANE. IT nil Ml 1 PENDLETON COOKE I loved thro long and dear'y, Florence Vane My life's bright dream and carly Hath come again ; I renew in my fond vision, My heart's dear pain, My hopes, and thy derision, Florence Vane. The ruin, lone and hoary, The ruin eld Where thou didst hark my f'ory, At even told, — The epo.—the hues Fdysi.ni Of sky and plain— I treasure in my \i.-ion, Florence Vane. Then wast lovlier than the rocs In their prime; Thv voice exeell'd the closes Of sweetest rhyme; Thy heart was as a river Without a main. Would 1 had loved theo never, . Florence Vans Bat, fairest, coldest, wonder: Thy glorious clay 1-ieth die green sod under— Alas ! the day ! And it boots not to remcipbcr Thv disdain— To quicken love's pale ember, Florence Vane. * The lilies of the valley 15y young graves weep, The daisies love to dally When maidens sleep; May their bloom, in beauty vicing, Never wane Where thine earthly part is lying, • Florence Vane. Written for the Star of thn North. .Perplexities of a Man with a Family. ET "EXPERIENCE.'' CHAD V. "Well, my dear, what do you think of my joining the Odd Fellow's Association I" said 1 to Ella one day. "Ob. Mr. FOR, don't think of tush a thing, J. beseech you !" "Why, my dear, I fee no harm. A great many of our most respoctahle tncu belong to it; and my connection with the society will ■ certainly help my practice.'' "Oh, it's horrible to think of it. There you'll be gone 'till midnight, and I shall be here almost alone." • "And so you often are now, for 1 am fre quently called out at midnight." "Yes, but then I know where you are." "And so you would if I was at the lodge." "But I wouldn't know what yon was do itig. There you'd get into bad company,— might become intemperate, or—Oli, indeed, Do ctor, ' can't endure the idea. The thought of such a thing sickens me." "You know. Ella, that I always mean to act for the best, and I do think your fears are unfounded in this matter." "Indeed I'm sure they're not' And then I're heard Mrs. Simpson tell what awful • times they have at the lodge." "But Mrs. Simpson can't know any thing about it." "Ah but she does. Her cousin Agatha hits a neighbor lady who's heard Mrs. Edwards tell all about it. You see Mrs. Edwards wouldn't agree that her husband should he • come a member of the lodge until, lie prom ised l" tell her all the secrets. Oh, it's terri ble, the way she tells! There they have a great goat, with awful, ugly, twisted horn-, more than a yard long, which all the mem bers must learn to ride. And then Mrs. Ed wards says she once peeped in the crack of the door at the loilgo room when no one was in, and she declares upon honor that there was blood upon the floor. She says too that her husband actually often smells of brim stone when he comes homo from the lodge Oh ! and she says he talks and groans terri bly in his sleep, since he's become an Odd Fellow." "Oh fie, Ella, this is all old women's gos sip !" "No, indeed it's not, for mother says she don't understand these secret societies, and declares there's something mysterious about them. And then you should hear Mrs. Ed wards tell how expensive it is to join thorn. Why she used to dress herself and her chil dren in the very richest style, ami they all had the appearance of very wealthy people. But since her husband has become an Odd Fellow, she don't have hall the finery that she used to sport. She declnres he gives her almost no shoping money, and she can't see how they'll get along." "But, Ella, remember that Mr. Edwards is now paying fortlio neat house in which he and his family find so pleasant a hoinc." "No, but it's not thero that his money nil for Mrs. Edwards says so, and mother says the thinks there must be something j mysterious in these secret associations." Ce n Pern the Hungarian patriot, is dead. BLOOMSBURG; COLUMBIA COUNTY. 'gA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1850. ' LETTERS TO .MOTIIIJIS. . * V Nr.*. J. Dear ladies and kind matrons, since wri ; till? Inst ;o you I am somewhat discouraged about giving the promised series of letters litis unpleasant to work without a hope of I accomplishing something, and there is so I little hope of influencing n mother, by any j advieo) to adopt any system with her ehil | dreu. So much has been said on the sub ject—the most solemn considerations hive been so much urged and dwell upon, with so i little effect, that it appears like talking to the wind. But my last "ieitcr to country grils" brought tne to a dead stop I felt like one who, in walking, come suddenly in contact with a stone wall. I might beg of girls to treat their mothers with love and respect, but when I know these mothers have taught them, from infancy, to disregard their wish es and disobey their commands, what great hope can 1 ha\ e thai the grown girl will read ily unlearn the lessons of her childhood ? The lack of filial respect has become a na- ! tional characteristic with lis. America is no- ! led, over the civilized world, for disobedient children ; and the cause ol the evil lies too J deep to be generally remedied in three gen erations. This cause is the want of pity leal and intellectual strength in mothers. Onr women are celebrated for their fragile health and beautiful dependence on thn stronger sex. There is no country, I know anything of. .where women are so petted, so flattered, so protected as in America. Thcv arc shut tip inclose rooms, artificially healed, with noth ing to do but study bow they may still forth- i er compress and distort their diminutive, an gular forms, or else confined in hot kitchens, concocting rich gravies and pastries to des troy 'heir own and their friends' digestive organs. They arc pale-faced and feeble— pencil and protected to death, without oner-- gy or self-reliance enough to- command the respect of tl eir children, any more than the strength to give tlicin healthy existence at fir.-;. No reformation can be wrought in the mode of managing children that <loos not commence in the physical and mental edit cati-n of mothers. The woman who eats a rich supper and sleeps .ill night in a c!o-e room, will get tip in the morning, irritable, nervous, weak—quite ttnahlo to bear the noise of children, who are nervous and irri table front the same causes, or boisterous, with a greater degree of nuiinal spirits. The irto'her knows well enough it is Iter duty to make her children obey, to restrain their pro pensities to vice, to study their dispositions, and cultivate their virtues : hut how is she to do it. with her head throbbing and the blood struggling sluggishly throngh her veins ? She may have read all the Mother's Maga zines, and -Mother's Companions, and li.-t --onedton hundred sermons and lectures upon Iter duties and responsibilities, but bow will that cure the dyspepsia and the hack ache, the head-ache, a pain in the left side, and a goneness'in the right? I'ntil nil these are cured the mother is not able to bear the noise and trouble of the children A father considers his duty performed if he spend his time in accumulating wealth fortliein, while personally they remain strangers to each oth er. His attention is altogether taken up with the affairs of his counting ruom or work shop, which his wife knows nothing at ail about, and which he thinks it a point of hon or to keep from her know ledge, until bunk, tupicy forees him to confide his secrets, or his death leaves her an easy prey to some swindler in the shape of an executor or ad ministrator. lie is in equal ignorance ot l.er department of labor—ihc management of the house and children —unless when it is foiccd upon his notice by petulant complaints. Tliey are not a help-mete for each other—not uni ted in sympathy of pursuit: but in some sense arrayed in antagonism. But it is not my present business to trace the intricacies of ike conjugal relation, but only to uieii'imi this arrangement as one that deprives cliil- | droit of the careful superintendence of lath- j ers. It is not good lor man to lie alone, neither is it for woman. The father and trio- j tiler of a family should lie united in '.he go- ; vernment of i\ ll should be a part ol eve ry father's business to spend a considerable i portion of time with his children. It should ! be a mother's duly to understand the lui-i uess upon which her own and her children's support depends. VVe know no business in j which a sensible woman cannot assist her husband, if not by active co-operation, at - leant by sympathy and advice; and a mode- J rately silly woman will gain common sense by a persevering attempt of this kind.* This common sense will aid her in managing her children, while a division of tho't and labor that would give fathers a pari of the busi ness that is now left to mothers, and g'ne mothers a part of theirs iti tutn, would great ly tend to obviate the weariness of a trend mill existence, such ns so often falls to tin lot ol both. The mutual sympathy in each other's pursuits, and beating of each other's burdens, would lighten the cures of both— produce more harmony, uiid command more resprct from their children. Children are keen observers No one can exercise a prop er control over them without possessing n goodly sfiaro of their affection and respect.— To gain this, one must generally deserve it, at least it would bo easier to deserve it real ly, than to keep up such asesmingas will win aiiyl preserve it. If a woman is inferior in mind, or ir. moral qualities—i( her hus band or any one else treats Iter as a toy—a doll—a tiling to listen to petty nonsense, or tut upper servant to make puddings and pies. Iter children will catch the spirit, and treat her likewise Let a man take airs of eupe I riority townrds |(f s wite and she submit to t the— acknowledge herself inferior, either ! by slavish Submission, or petlv bickering a bout her consequence, and she loses her dignity in presence of lie- children. They : will not respect, will not obey her. It is very easy to trace the laxity of paren tal authority in this country to the absorbing pursuit of money that occupies the minds ol men—the want of physical education ol wo men, and the place assigned them as iutel Icclual inferiors. Those who can remedy these evils w ill do much toward training up children in the way they should go: but tlicy will never be so trained until they are rente died. CTIII.IJRJ:\ WILL TALK. We heard a very amusing anecdote rela ted, says the Bn.-tou Museum, a lew days since, of a gentleman possessed of a some what prominent probocis bein invited out to take tea with a handsome young widow, having the small incumbrance ol about forty thousand dollars and a beautiful and interes ting little daughter of about five years of age. The littln girf—(whom wo shall take the liberty of calling Mary.)—altlro' much beloved by till who knew her. had the habit of speaking aloud in company, and.com menting on each ami every peculiarity that, any of Iter mamma's guests might have ; ami the charming widow, knowing this fact.took lit li Maty !o oi esi eon the af e noon in ques tion, and gave her a lesson,somewhat in the following manner : "Mary, dear, I have invited a very partic ular friend of mine to come and take tea with mo this evening, and as he has rather a long nose, I wish to warn you against speak ing ol it in his presence. Ho is the most sensitive upon that point of all subjects,— therefore, if you aliude to it in his presence, yon shall most assuredly be severely repti mamled; but on the 'other band, if you will sit up in your little chaw an,l be a lady, you shall have that beautiful frosted cuke I pur chased of the baker this morning." Little Mary made the requisite promises, and was amusing henelf with her abundant supply of playthings, when the long nosed friend arrived. The eoriip'iments of the day having been exchanged, a i l the topics ot the day fully discussed, the widow, with one of her blu: dust >milcs, invited Mr. !.' . into the adjoining rootn to partake ot die choicest dainties ot the season, with which the table was bouiililnlly supplied. As they w ere passing out of the room, leaving little Mary to amuse herself as best she could, the little cherub hastily intercept ed tlieiri at the door."and archly looking up into the sparkling and animated countenance ol her mother, exclaimed: "Mother, dear, ain't it most time for me to have in\ nice frosted cake fur not snying iiotj 'king nbo't t.'.is grntkn m's long nose The widow (aimed and the long-nosed gentleman is sliil a bachelor. ( liaptcron Printing. 'Can't vou print me a bible?' said a good I old lady, wlio a short lime ago came into a printing ofiice in this country. 'Certainly.' said a man at the case, who i was dappling ui the types liken hen picking lip corn—cctlainly, madam, but not j.i.-tai present; it will take some time to do it.' 'Oil,' returned the lady, 'for that manor I am in no great hurry—any time to-day will answer.' 'To-day !' said the printer, in astonishment, \ 'why. madam, you don't think—' •Oil yes,' said the good woman, scaling j herself on a bench, and taking out her knit- I ting, 'I can wait just as well as not. It is only about one o'clock now, and I 'spose you'll get it done by tea time.' 'What! print a bible in one afternoon ! Why. inti'm it would take me and my devil | a whole year to print a bible.' 'Oh, my gracious!' exclaimed the old lady [ starling up in astonishment—'you clout have j the Kvil One to work for you, do you V 'Toil OIIU ! Yes, he's evil enough, the l.i z'y 'log.' •I wouldn't have hint to print a bible for 1 nie on no account. I shouldn't believe u| word on't if lie did ; for he's a liar and the fa- ! ther of lies.' ***** Forgiveness. My heart was heavy, for its trust had been abused, its kindness answered by foul wrong, no turning gloomily from my fellow men.one summer Sabbath day, I strolled among the green mounds of the village burial place, j where I was reminded how all human love tind hate find one sail level and how snorter , or later, the wronged and wrong-doer, each with nieekened face, and cold hands loU'eil over a still heart pus the threshold of the common grave, whither all fovlsteps tend— w hence none depart. Awed for mysell and pitying my race, one common soirow, like a mighty wave, swept all my pride away,and trembling I forgave ! —./ (S. tVliittier. WELL ANSWERED. A Quaker who was examined before a court, not using any other language than "lliee," "thou,'' and friend." was asked by the presiding Judge— "Pray, Sir, do you know what we vit here for ?" "Yes, verily do I," said the Quaker, "three of ye for two dollars each a day, and the ial one in the middle for one thousand dollars a venr." Truth ami ntpht—Gojjnn;! our Country. Where srni ei ig peace and j l-nty dwell, And health and jocund ylee ; Few hearts coi ceive or tongues can tell ! Why war should ever be. J But some ihere are so prone to strife, So prompt lo pngnaiii coil: j That id! iho business of their life | Seen s tumult and turmoil: i And rather than sit down in peace And crunch to rea-on's laws ; They'd fight lor leathers droped from geese, | Or go to cull- for straw s. ] Alld this to prove; two snrlv clowns, Were le "ling home o- e nighl From alehouse, with their sappy crowns Soaked, in a satining plight. And all thee azure tinted sky i Spread out its dear evpnnee, : And -.dWie glittering Irani on high ! Seemed o'er their head- to dance. Quoth Clump to Clod, I'll tell the what— j I only wish that I ! As much good pasturr'land had got As 1 can see blue sky. I Quoth Clod to Clump, then f should like Thy wish lo heat by far. And have, m prove a weal, thier right, | An ox lor every star Oh : but says Clump, to feed them all, What pasture could b • f n n I. Enough says Clod, tor great and small, I'd feed them on thy ground What; ami without rriV leave, say- Clump All tlint I would, -ay- Cloddy. Quo h C' In in ;i ilien i!.u- in y hide shall thump Or I'll will blimp iiuy body. So lo it they went, both Clump and Clod, As last as fis' could lag. Till both la, sprnllinjr on the sod, And scarce a fi.-t could wag Now where's your oxen, Clod says Clump, And w here, says C.'10.l viuir ground— Both sides, w hen carcass raised oil rump, lu vain for boiii looked round. Then shaking hands, they cursed all jars, And ali deceiving eyes. That looked lor oxen Iroin die stars, Or pasture from the skies. Bachelors and 'lurried .ilea. Bachelors are -i\led :>v mmrl'vl icon who have put their fool lid . it. .souK ' 11." . er lected beings cheerless vagat>i. !-ut half a pair of shears, and many other i nlli g li lies tire given iliciri. while o.i the oilier luttul they extol their own state as one ol such per fect bliss, that a change from earth io heaven would be somewhat of ailoublltil good. If they are so happy, why in lime don't they enjoy their happiness, and hold their tongues about it ? Wiiat do half of llio men who gel married gel married for? Simply that they may have somebody to darn lueir stockings, sew* but tons on llieir shirts, and lick tho babies.— that they may have somebody as a married man once said, 'no pull off their boots when they are a little balmy." Then these fellows are always talking about die loneliness of bachelors. Loneliness, indeed! Who is petted to death by ladies tvith marriageable - daughters, invited lo ten illld lo evening par ties. and told lo "drop in just when il was convenient?'' The bachelor. Who do girls get up sleighing parties, boat excursions tinil pic-iiics ior ! l'lio bachelor. Who lives in clover all his days, and when 'tie dies has llowers strewn on his grave by till die gills who couldn't entrap him?—the bachelor Who strews flowers on the married man's grave.'—his wi low? —iota bit ol it; she pulls dow ii the tombstone that a six weeks griet lias set up m liei heart, and goes and gcis married again, she does. Who gets to bed early because time hangs heavy on his hands?—the married man. Who has wood' to split, Imiise hunting and marketing lo do. tho young uiies to w ash, and Irish servant gills lo look alter?—the married man. Who is taken up lot healing Ids wile?—he mar ried man. Who gets divorced?—the mar ried mn. l'ina ly. who hue gut the Scrip tures on his ride .'—the bachelor. i?l l'aill , says, and St. Paul knew w hat he was talking about —110 thai marries dors well, but thai does not marry, does batter.' A V. osterH fork Packer. The keeper of a boarding house in Now Orleans, finding that a tall Buckeye wus ra- ] titer severe on Ids corned pork and oabbago at dinner, after helping his ravenous guest the third time, threw down his carving koile and lork. and addressing his western Irieml, said: "I beg your parboil Mr ; I don't like to be inquisitive, bill I -liiVdd like to know il you didn't spend so.no lino at ill 3 pork packing business in the West. You appear to bo an adept at it, you do " Texas'voice is for war. The Legislature is very warlike oil the subject of Santa Fe jurisdiction. A commissioner is about to start to organize the counties, backed by live hundred Hungers. This is pretty good Tac king, and as Santa Fe litis been placed by the United Stales Govei lOicnt under the jnrisdie- I lion of the mi itury government of the ter ritory. which of course will exert its author ity, tho Bangers stan ! a chance of seeing some service, unless tlu-y are peaceably in ist rite ted. At pre sit it it looks something like a row. rut mule was fancifully said to bo tho memory of tho heart ; but, ants for poor human nature! hearts are more loan sus j peeled to have wondrous short memories. | From the Fi etich vf Mcty.fir the Boston Museum. AN ENVIABLE BEFOItdtITY. BY A Mil ED UACDELET. j The father of ivvo pretty daughters, re i ! ding in B , received the oilier day n j letter from hie nephew, a merchant hi li . i The letter terminated thus: | I have received the minatures of my two I cousins. Marguerite and Maria. 1 never | have had the pleasure to see them, having resided in H since my boyhood, but I feel as lltouglfthe portraits are correct like j nesses. I "expect to reach Havre in the first ; week of October, am on my arrival, with your consent, I will claim the hand of the ' beautiful Mar—' Here, the end of die name was torn, and I it was impossible to know which of the uvo j cousins was to bo happy one, Maria Margu ' erite. Till then uflectionate and kind towards each oilier, the two si-iors now began to quarrel, each ono insisting that it war a part of her name which had been destroyed by the broken seal. The father was using all his influence to calm the excitement of the two girls, when a servant Arrived from Havre uiiuDunciog thai his master would reach Paris by tho e vetitng train. The servant being closely questioned re vealed that his master had lost all his lor tune, and was uiSicted with a Ir.ghlfnl pro tuberance upon Ids left shoulder. The iwo sisters at once determined to re main single (or ever, rather thtfn marry a de.ormcil ami mined cousin. The expected guest finally arrived. He was cordially received by his uncle, who at once communicated to him the incident of the torn letter, and inquired his intentions. 'lt is my cousin Maria, that I wish 10 mar ry,' replied lie. 'Never, never,' exclaimed Mara ; 'I tun contented with my present sta e. and wi.-h to keep it.' 'Miss,' replied tho cousin. I have adopted the customs of the country where I have so long resided. Here, when a y uunjf man is refused, he withdraws I rem the world, as a useless being.' •lie kills himself!' exclaimed tho other sis ter. the kind hearted .Marguerite, •lie doe-,' replied the cousin in a tono of deep sadness. 'Poor cousin !' said Marguerite her eyes filled with icars •1 am well aware.' continued the cousin ( •that my deformity i- repulsive in die eye of a woman, hut in time we can become used to anytliii g. i know also that my po: n. i iry conditio iis not brilliant. Having engaged very young in the diamrnd trade, the only kind of business in 1! . I lost all ni) lather's fortune ; but I have gained experi ence. lam young, active a il industrial! these qualifications are riches ilirnelves.' •Yes, yes, deformed and ruined!' muttered | Maria to herself. • Poor eoiisin 1* sighed Marguerite, a id site • then added: 'My cousin; I also have been j refused !' 'By whom, pray V 'Why ! by you, sinco you prefer my sis- | ter' What would you say, then, if I should a-k your hand!' '1 would bog my father to spare the life of his nephew.' 'What,' exclaimed the hunchback, 'you would consent, dear Marguerite, to—' •To save ynurlife, I would not hesitate a moment.' 'Very well: toy daughter,'said the fa'her. affected by ibis scene, 'you are not spoiled by romances.' I have but a small fortune, but I cannot abandon my brother's chit I in misfortune. I take him for n son-in-hnv. Where there is enough lor three, there is c noiigh for fom.' The cousin threw himself at tho feet of I Marguerite saying: 'You have saved an unfortunate being from despair and death.' Mingncrile extended her hand to her con sin and assisted him to i; •>. 'Well, my sister must ii ive courage,' mar- j mured Maria ; as for me. 1 will see all dc forntod and ruined cons'lis hung, before I throw myself away upon them.' The cousin retired to make his toilet and change his traveling dress. The uncle and his daughter seated them selves at the table and waited for their i guest- The young man soon re-appeared. What was the surprise of tho two girls, on seeing entor an elegantly young man with out the slightest deformity, who immediately j embraced Marguerite, and placed before her a basket: •llero is your dowry,' said he. The basket was tilled with diamonds! 'This is what 1 have brought from Bom bay to this place, to o(Ft to the cousin who ' should accept me wilh my poverty and dis figuration,' *" Great was the joy of Marguerite, and slrjtngo to say. Maria shared llio happiness of her sister. It is true, that Maria was fond of her sis- ! ter and did not despise diamonds. A western editor, in praising the girls of I his district; says they occasionally ride a tamo wolf to meeting. A report of the sudden death of General Bern was telegraphed from Southampton to Liverpool just before the Europa sailed. PROTEST. Tlio fallowing protest against l ibe- infa- I mous Reading Reading Railroad hill was . presented in tlie House by Mr. Beaumont in I b half of its signers : i "The undersigned, in view of the passage ! nf the bill entitled 'A further supplement to i the act entitled an act to authorize the Gov , error to incorporate the Plti'n lelphia and r Rending Railroad Company, appro* ad 4th of j , ; April, 1833.' beg leave to submit the follow i I j inj reasons and protest against the pried- I pies embraced in the said bill. In the first ! i place we rognrd said bill or act as being in , ! direct derogation to the Constitution of the I , \ United States, and nloof the Constitution of | i this Commonwealth, inasmuch as in the 10 it I I ! section of article first of tho Federal Constl- j , i ttllion, it is declared that no State shall pass | 1 ex-post facto laws, or laws impairing tho oh- ! j ligation ol contracts and in article t.inlh nf . 1 the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and under , ( the head of 'Declaration of Rights,' seven ; teeuth section, it is also declared, in accor dance with the Constitution of the U. Stales. I that 'no ex-post facto law, nor any law im pairing contracts shall he made bo hof j which Constitutions the undersigned have sworn to support before entering upon their I duties of legislation. They furthermore con sider the act aforesaid as partial and immoral j | in its effects, because, while it recognizes j the claims of tlur- debtor, and shields and \ protects hitn fiom the necessity of payrrtg : ! his debts, it sets at nought the rights and i I claims of III® creditor, and completely dis- | selves, to all intents and purposes, those ties ' j and obligations hitherto regarded us sacred j I by all civilized nations ; ami as subversive { i of those principles of good faith that form ! the basis of ail good government and well ordered society, and as calculated to soil the ' proud motto of our Slate, -Virtue, Liberty & | j Independence. i "The undersigned, therefore, in order to j vindicate their position in ibis behalf, enter; their solemn protest against the passage of 1 litis act, and de-ire that the same may be e.i- j i tered on the journals of this House. I A Beaumont, John Cessna, J C Seotiller, DUB Browcr, j D Stew aid, B G David, j E C Trone, Writ Briudie, J I la-lings. VVin H Sender, Sauetei Marx, W J J.u-k o t. ! W J ALuri-on, J R tMcClintock, Urn Henry, H Williams, A 1 Meyers, J Bl.n l;, J tt B Aleek, S Ruuiuson, U Simpson. J E Gritiiu. j E ivlowry, jr., JF Ab-CuHoch. ,.♦*. Marshal >'ey s Death Scene. Tito vengeance ot .lie allied powers de- ! ,i,iixnteii some victims ; ami intrepid Ney.tvho [ nad well nigh put the crown itgaiti on Bona- j pane's head at Waterloo, was to be one of j litem. Condenfticd to be shot, lie was led to j the garden of Luxembourg on the morning j of lb* 7.1t of December, aid placed in front I of a file of soldiers, drawn up to kid him.— One of ilie otiicers stepped up to bandage I.is eye-. Inn lie repulsed him. saving, ' Arc | you ignorant thai lor twenty-five years | have bee.i accustomed to taco I o.lt bull and bul let !" lie then lifted Ills hat above Ins head, 1 I and. with the saute calm voice that had stea-j died his columns so frequently in the roar and tumult of battle, said, "I declare,before God ami man, that I never betrayed my conn try. May my death render her happy. Vive la Fiance!" He then turned to the soldiers, and. striding his hand on his heart, gave the order. '-Soldiers lire!" A simultaneous dis charge followed, and the "bravest of lb ■ brave" sank to rise no more. He who had j fought fine hou'red buttles for France, i ot one agains her. was shot as a trailer! As I lock ed on the spot where he fell. I could not but sigh over bis bite, True, ho broke his oath of allegiance—so did others, carried a-vay \ by their attachment to Napoleon, and tho en j thusiasm that hailed his approach to Paris— ! 1 still bo was no traitor. EXAMINING A WITNESS. j "Sir," enquired tho Attorney of a burly | I Dutchman, "What color was this hog when j ; you fir-l knew htm?" "Veil, ven I litsi became acquainted wid i do hog. bo was a vorrv leelle pig, and he j . was don a vile hog, but ven ho got to be j ' older, ho got to be kind nf sandy like, and j I should don call him on do whole a sandy | I hog." | "What car marks had ho I" "Veil, ven 1 first became acquainted wid | de bog, he had no very particular earmarks, ! except a very short tail." "Take your seat, sir," said tie Attorney, j "We'll call tho next witness." j Governor Wright, ol" Indiana, has ordered j ; tho following appropriate and patriotic settli- , | menl to he placed upon the block of marble ! from that State for the Washington monu*l menl : " Indiana known no North, no South ] — j nothing but the Union." CSf Why is lie a brave man who first ale fan oyster 1 Because none but the brave de ! serves the fore. ! jy Why is a prudo like a lucifer match 1 j Beoauso ho goes off at the first touch, but not . I at the second. jy Why do ladies use Babbitt's Cythere an Cream of Soap 1 Because they would be Cylherea, all but AerGieece. I > tVHis greatness must needs fall which is not founded in goodness [Two Dollars per Anium. NUMBER 4. j THE If APPIE.SI DAY op JIY LIFE. j The indents cerlnml)' made a great mis | lake in not choosing Niebo for the Goddess jof Mnr.iage. Hymen is by fur too jolly ;Le |is all smiles—more of tho hyena than the crocodile ; whilst Niebo is just as she ou®ht <o he-all tears. There never yet was" a j marriage thut was not a perfect St. Stvithin aff.iir. No one—unless lie have the soul of ; 21lila per- lta, thoroughly water proof—should think of going to a wedding with less than rwo pocket handkerchiefs; and, even then, a sponge is heller adapted to to the "joyful occasion." Men take their wives as they j do pills, with plenty of water—excepting | indeed, when the "little things" are well g'lt II a kind of matrimonial barometer j were kept in each lamiiy, and its daily indi* , cuiious as to the state of tho weather at the ,i first-side accurately registerep, we have no doubt that on the average being taken the following results would be arrived at:— Before Marriage, Fair. During Marriage, \V e t Alter Marriage, Siorroy Me.erologically speaking, it would be high ly interesting could we arrive at a know!- ; edge of ;he exact amount of "doo" prevail* [ "ig during courtship. Nobody can feel ; more linly wretched than on the happiest | day ot his life. A wedding is even more melancholy than a funeral. The bride | weeps for everything and nothing. At first j she's heart-broken because she's about to | leave her Pa. and Ma; because she hopes ■ and irn-ts Charles will always love her: and, i when no other excuse is left, she bursts into tear* because she's afraid he will not bring ; the ring tvith him. Mamma, too, is deter mined to cry for the least thing. Her dear, | dear girl is going away, ami she is certhin' j something dreadful is about to happen ; and, j goodness gracious! sho's forgotten to lock | the dining room door, with all tho wine and pln'e on die table, a-nl three strange grven* grocers In the house. At church the °\vator j is laid on at eye service; indeed; the whole j party look so wretched, no one would im ' agino there was a "happy pair" among them, j When Papa gives away his darling child, he I does it tviih as many sobs a3 if he was han* J ding her over to the fiercest pofygamist since v Henry the Eighth—instead of bestowing her I on one who loves his "lamb," regardless of : the • mint" sauce that accompanies her. The bridegroom snivels either because cry* j ittg'i- catching, or because he thinks he ought for decency's sake, to appear deeply moved; and the half-dozen bridesmaids are suro to | he all weeping, because everybody else , weeps. When the party re'urn home, how* 1 ever, the thoughts of the breakfast cheer j thenn up a little; and the bridesmaids, in ! par,icular, feel quite resigned to their late. As if they bad grown hungry by crying, or the tears had whetted their appetite- they I drown thei'r cares for awhile in the wnite soup Uirecti. The champagne goes off, nnd j goes round. * * —Then tho fatlu r gets i tip, and after a short and pathetic eulogium upon the virtues of thirt "sweet girl," whom he he "loves as his own flesh and blood," thumps the table, and tells the company that •any man who would not treat Iter properly . woithhhe n scoundrel.'' Upon this every one present turns round to look and frown at tho wretched villain of a brid groom, and then they all fall to weeping again. But so strong ly has the feeling set in against the new son in-law, that it is only by a speechtul of the I deepest pathos, that he can persuade the eampany that lie has not the least thought of murdering, or indeed even assaulting his wife. At last the mother, bride, and bride maids retire to say "Good bye," and have a i good pry nil together no stairs. Then the i blessing and the weeping begin again with renewed vigour. Asa' Yanxhall, they seem j ft keep the grandest shower for the last. I The bridesmaids cry till their noses are quite i red. and their hair is is as straight as if they j had been bathing.—And when the time j comes for the happy pair to leave, in order I to catch the train for Dover, then the mother, j father, sisters, brothers, bride, bridegroom, | bridesmaid.- and every soul in the house, all l cry—even down to the old cook, "vt no j knowed her ever since she were a baby in | long clothes"—as if the young couple were about to be "transported for life" in the lit* I era! rather than tho figurate sense of the | term— Punch. niNTS. j When I see a man hanging around the store, shop or tavern, or loitering about i homo, beonuso has nothing to do, lam apt | to ihiuk he likes company better than work, I and is unwilling to work for what he can I earn, that he promises to work for moro persons at a timo than would be best, and (hat he.conld find tiiose in his neighborhood who would bo glad to hire him to Work, in | order to obtain their just demands. I am ' apt also to think, too, that he owes for soma j pig, bushel of corn, a few pounds of pork, house-rent, other necessary, which on quar ter day will look rather squally. But I am apt also to think, if he becomes punctual in paying these little debts, faithful in his busi ness, not extraordinary in his wages, punctu al in all his promises, and rendering him self to his employers to the best of his abil ities, that he would be apt to find his busi nrss on the increase, wages improving, less sauntering, a hit;: demand forirt* labor, and increase in his pocket, a sweeter nap at night, a pleas anter wi r e„ and withal—and what is best of all— a clear conscience Boston Cultivator. .rfSSiP Who didn't Valentine's day I
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