D. A. BITEHLER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOL. XVIII.-44.1 From the National lent. • BONGS OF LABOR—THE HUSKZittil • •ir o. vorrnso. It wu late in mild October; and the log* autumnal Had left the summer hirtest-fielde all green with The g BB B shop unets beil =nen, tearing all the woodlands gay With the hues of sllllllllBil rainbow or the mead ow flowers of May. Through a thin dry mist that morning the emirate broad and red, At ffrst i Miless disc of tire, it brig - Mena as it Yet, ev ents noontide glory fell chastened and sub- dned On the cornfields and the orchards and softly pic tured woad. And all that quiet afternoon, slow sloping to the night, It wove with golden shuttle the haze with yellow light ; Slanting through the painted beecheet it glorified the hill, And beneath it pond and meadow lay brighter, greener still. And shouting boy■ in woodland haunts caught glimpses of that sky, Flecked by the' many tinted leaves, and laughed they knew not Why ; And school-girls, gay with aster dowers beside the meadow brooks, Mingled the glow of autumn with the sunshine of sweet looks. From spire •nd barn looked westerly the patient weather•cocke, But, even the birches cm the hill stool motionless u locks: No sound was In the woodlands, pare the squirrel's dropping shell, And the yellow leaves among the boughs, low rust ling se they fell. The summer grains were harvested; the stubble fields lay dry, Where June winds rolled in light and shade the pale-green waves of rye; But, still, on gentle hill-slopes, in valleys fringed with wood, Ungathered, bleaching in the sun, the heavy corn crop stood. Ilent low by sutumn's wind and rain, through husks that dry and sere Unfolded from their ripened charge, shone out the yellow ear; Beneath the turnip /ay concealed in many a ver dant fold, And glistened in the slanting light the pumpkin's sphere of gold. There %%naught the busy harreaters, and many a tweaking wain Rare *lowly to the losig.hanuflomitajoasint bask and grain; Till, rayless as he roar that morn, sank down at lest the sun, Ending the day of dreamy light and warmth as it begun. Aud lo ! as through the weatern pines, on mead ow, stream, kind pond, Flamed the red radiance of a sky, sot all on fire beyond, Slowly o'er the Eadern ses-bltdrs a milder glory shone, And the sunset and the moonrise gees mingled in to wee! As - thus into the quiet eight the sunart lapsed a way, And deeper in the brightening moon the tranquil shadows lay, Prom malty a brown old farm-house and hamlet without name, Their milking and their haw-tasks done, the mer ry huskers time. swung •'er the healed-np harvests, from pitch forks iu the maw, shone dimly down the lanterns on the pleasant scene below The growing pile orhusks behind. the golden can before, And laughing eyes and busy hands and brown cheeks glimmering o'er. Half hidden in a quiet nook, serene of look and heart, Talking their old times o'er, the old men at span, While, up and down the unhuoked pile, or neat ling in its shade, At hide•atd•scek, with laugh and shout, the hap py children ',loyal. Urged by the good hod's daughter, • maiden young and fair, Lifting to light her sweet blue eyes and pride of soft brown hair, '1 he master of the village school, sleek of hair and smooth of tongue, To the quaint tune of some old Nadine husking ballad sung: Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard! Heap high the golden corn ! Nu richer gift has Autumn poured From out her lavish hum ! Let other lands, exulting, glean The apple from the pine, The orange from its glossy green, The cluster from the vine. We better love the hardy gift Our rugged vales bestow, To cheer us when the storm shall drift Our harvest fields with snow. When spring tinier:sine with flower and bud • And grasses green and young, And merry Bobliului, in the wood, Like mad musicians sung, We dropped the seed o'er hill and plain, Benwith the sun of May, And frightened from our sprouting grain The robber crows away. All through the long, bright days of June Its ;rover grew green and fair, And-waved in hot midsummer's neon Ile soft and yellow. hair. • Arid now, with Autumn's moonlit eves Its harvest time has come, Wa pluck away the frosted twee. - And*/ ths.treasurs home. There, rlehin than the Able, gift' Of golden shorten; of old, 'Sub hands the broken grain shall sift, Audit:Maul its meal of gokL ' Let vapid Idlers foil f 4 slUt Around their emilly latirat Gives us the bowl of camp and milk By, homereptro,benuty poured. Where'll the wide old. kitchen *rib Sends up_ its smoky curls,. Who will not th - arlirridly inlay - And bless our corn id girls I Then shame on all the proud and vain,' ' Whole folly laughs to morn ' The bleising,of the Yanitee's . "' • lib weabh j orgolden corn. • I.,et Mirth withheld tier goodly root, ' lokmildew Wilk, the le, , ,Give to the wane the orchard's fruit. ' • .The what-field, to the fly: 'Bet, let the raid old crop adorn ' The bilk; our fathers trod ; dbillkestmlor Hie golden oorn,. 0 0 1411eP Per thinks to God! BMINO, blockhead's so me the argument, 'rho only logio be min sent, His minor irul bis major; "Pia to confer your hoed a worm , Insestigator than your puree, To maims with s wager. PARABLIV FOR LAMS. Naomi, the rising and. lovelydaughter of Salathiel and Judith. was troubled in spirit, becauscot theimpeoaeldng Wet •of trumpets, she would-be compelled to ap• pear in her plain. undyed stole, while some of her young acquaintances would !ppm in blue and purple. and fine linen of the land of Egypt. Her mother saw the loom that appeared upon the face of the lovely girl, and taking her apart, related to her this parable : A dove thtut made her com plaint to the guardian spirit of the ibathisred tribe : "Kind genius, why is , it that the home voiced strutting peacock spreads its gaudy train to the sun, dsaaling the eyes of every beholder with , his, richly huinisbed. neck and royal crown, to the astonishment of every passer by, whilst I, ip my' plain plu mage, am overlooked and forgotten by all 1 Thy ways, kind genius; seem not to be e qual towards those under thy kind protec tion." The genius listened to her complaint, and thus replied : will grant you a train similar in rich. ness to that of the gaudy bird you seem to envy, and shall demand of thee only one condition in return." "What is that!" eagerly inquired the dove, overjoyed.et the prospect of possess ing what seemed to promise so much hap piness. "It is," said the genius. "that you con sent to surrender all those quailies of meek ness, tenderness, constancy and love, for which thy family have been distinguished in all times." "Let me consider," said the dove. "No, I cannot consent to such an exchange. No, not for all the gaudy plumage, the showy train of that vain bird, will I surrender those qualities of which you speak, the distinguished qualities of my family from time immemorial. I must decline, good genius, die conditions you propose." "Then why complain, deal' bird 1 Has not Providence bestowed on you the qual, ities which thou values( more than all the gaudy adorning. you admired ? And art thou discontented still ?" A tear started in the eye of the dove at the mild rebuke of her guardian spirit, and she promised never to complain. The beautiful girl, who had entered into the mo y w'tli Ileeperimd - deeper emotion, raised her fine blue eyes to meet her mo ther's gaze ; as they rolled upwards, suffu sed with penitential tears, she said in a subdued tone, witha smile like that assum ed by all nature, when the bow of God ap pears in the heavens after a storm : "My motber, I think I know what the story means. Let me be your dove. Let me have that ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, and I am satisfied to see others ap• pear in rich and gaudy apparel." Tug FEMALE Tioresa.—No trait of character is more valuable in itfernale than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be made happy without it. It is like the flowers that spring up in our path way, reviving and cheering us. Let a man go home at night, wearied and worn by the toils of the day, and how soothing is a word dictated by a good disposition ! It is sunshine falling on his heart lie is happy, and the cares of life are forgotten. A sweet temper has asmoothing influence over the minds of a whole family. Where it ie found in the wife and mother, you ob serve kindness and love predominating over the natural feeling of a bad heart. Smiles, kind words and looks characterize the ch ild ren, and peace and love have their dwelling there. Study, then, to acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is more valuable than gold, it captivates more than beauty ; and to the close of life it retains all its fresh ness of power. Tits Harry GIRL.—Ay, she is a happy girl—we know by her fresh look and buoy ant spirits. Day in and day out she has something to do, and she takes hold of work as if she did not fear to soil her hands or dirty her apron. Sucb girls we love and respect wherever we find them—in a palace or a hovel. Always pleasant and always kind, they never turn up their no sea before your face or slander you behind your back. They have more good sense and better employment. What are flirts and bustle-bound girls in comparison with these? Good for nothing but to look at; and that is rather disgusting. Give us the industrious and happy girl, and we care not who worships fashionable and idle simplitons.—Boaron Pose. HINTS TO Y OUNO lADIRIL-If any young woman wastes in trivial amusements the prime season of improvement,which is be tween the ages of sixteen and twenty, they thereafter regret bitterly the loss when they come to feel themselves inferior in knowledge to almost every one they con verse with ; and above all, if they should ever becomemothers, when they 161 their inability to direct and assist the pursuits of their children, they find ignorance a se yen, mortification, and a real evil. Let this animate their industry, and let not a modest opinion of their capacities, be a dis couragement to them in theifendeavors af ter knowledge. A moderate andetretaad ing, with diligent and well dftected appli eation, will go, further gum.a. ,mere lively genius, if attended with that impatience and inattention which too often accompa ny quick parts. It is not for want of ca. Dimity that so many women are such tri ing, conspanionsi so ill glialified for the friendship and conversation of a sensible man, Of for the task of governing anti instructing a family; it is often from - the neglect of exercising the talents which they really hive, and from omitting to cul tivate a taste for intellectual improvement; by this neglect they lose the sincerest pleas ures, which would remain when almost e very other forsakes %scum, of which neither fortent nor ago can deprive them, and which would be a comfort and resource in almost every possible situation in life. It has been decided by Lord Denman and *other judges of the court of queen's bench, that according to the new law of England,'a marriage with the sister of deceased wife is absolutely null and void; and as a matter of course all the children of each a marriage ate illegitimate. GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY Inns latirearcas.-o.lt is a moat painiol spectacle in families where the mother is the drudge. to see the daughters elegantly dressed, reclining at their nee, with their' driwings, their music, their finer work. and their reading—beguiling themselves in the lapse of !rums, days.anik weeki , and never dreaming of ihilr but, as a necessary ,consequence of' a ne glect of duty, growing, weary of their use less lives. lay hold of every newly invent ed stimulant to rouse their drooping ener gise, and blaming their fate, when they dace not blame their God. for having placed them where they are. These individuals often tell you with an air °fat/acted corn passion (for who can believe it real i) that poor dear mamma is working , herself death : yet'dix sooner do you propose that they should assist her. than they decl i are she would never be happy if she had only half so much to.do. . Tee W,urs.—lt needs no guilt, says a writer in Chamber's Journal; to break a husband's heart : the absence of content, the mutterings of spleen, the untidy dress and cheerless home, the forbidding steely' and deserted hearth : these, and other name- WWI neglects, without a crime among them, have harrowed to the quick the- heart's core of many a man, and planted there be yond the reach of cure, the germ of dark despair. Oh ! may Woman, before that sight arrives, dwell on the recollections of her youth, and cherishing the dear idea of that tuneful time, awake and keep alive the promise she then so kindly gave. And though she may be the injured, not the injuring one—the forgotten not the forget ful wife—a happy allusion to the hour of peaceful love—a kindly welCome to com fortable home—a smile of love to banish hostile worksa kiss of peace to pardon all the past, and the hardest heart that ever locked itself within the breast of selfish man, will soften to her charms and bid her live, as she had hoped. her years in match less bliss, loved, loving and content—the soother of the sorrowing hour—the source of comfort, and the spring of joy. Goon Bvit.—There is hardly a greater perversion of the meaning, of a phrase in the English language, than is contained in the words so often used at parting with friends--" Good bye"—words which have in themselves _Ammo. uo...signifien tion whatever. In the olden than it was customary, especially among pious people, when parting from those they lo ved or respected to commend them to the protection of God. The phrase in French was "a Dieu"—to God--anglice, "adieu" —and used by thousands Without a knowl edge of its meaning. And the old English form of expression, "God be with you"— a most solemn and beautiful phrase when taking leave of a friend, is altogether dis carded, and "good bye," a most vile cor ruption of this phrase, has usurped its place. TEMPTATION.—To resist temptation once is not a sufficient proof of honesty.— If a servant, indeed, were to resist the con tinued temptation of silver lying in a win dow, as some people let it lie, he would give a strong proof of honesty. Hot this is a proof to which you have no right to put a man. You know, humanly speaking there is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome you share his guilt. Wno can tell the value of a smile! It costa the giver nothing, but is beyond price to the erring and relenting, the sad and cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It dis arms malice—subdues temper—turns ha tred to love—revenge to kindness, and' paves the darkest path with gems of sun light. A smile on the brow betrays a kind heart, a pleasant friend, an affectionate brother, a dutiful son, and happy husband. It adds a charm to beauty, it decorates the face of ,the deformed, and makes lovely wo man resemble an angel of paradise. WRITE IT IN OOLD.—The great compre hensive truths, says President Quincy. written on lettere of living light' on every page of our history are these:-Haman happiness has no perfect security but free dom ; freedom none but virtue virtue none but knowledge; and neither freedom, nor virtue, nor knowledge, has any vigor or immortal hope, except in the principles of the Christain faith, and in'the sanctions of the Christian religion. - Ssamort.—Here is an eloquent sermon in a single paragraph: "What I spent, I wasted—what I lent, I lost—what I gave, I have." 'Treasure the golden moral, gen tle reader. Hons.—How sweet a thing is the lore f home. It is not acquired—it is a feel - Mg that has its origin elsewhere. It is born with us, brought from another world to carry us on with joy in this. It Mulch es to the humblest heart thatever throbbed. Lase YR/M.—Some one has said "there is a reason, or all things," and.this reminds ta that the younger portion of our readers may wish to know why this is called leap year. Well. By the calendar, every 4th year has 866 years, one being added to the month of Febtuary. The .Wendar of the Roman Emperor, Julian, made the year 365 and.one fourth days. It was found, how euer, there were some minutes less, which in the course of centuries had — mide a dif ference in the astronomical equinox of a bout ten days. Pope Gregory XIII. in 1532, corrected this error by suppressing ten days in the calendar; and to prevent such a discrepancy in future, he establish ed one day every four years. We believe it is generally understood that the girls Wave agreed to adopt as their motto for the coming year, "Come and take me." So look out, boys, and "when found make a note," as Captain Cuttle says. A BRIGHT votrrn.---"Tommy, my dear, what areyou crying for I" said a lady to her little boy who had just returned from church. "Because the clergyman says we must all be born again, and I'm afraid I shall be borne a girl next time." "FEARLIVBB AND FREE." ftens die St. Louis &met& AN INCIDENT BEFORE MARRIAOt.'- Walkersi celebrated exchange, in Lou. iseife. is the favorittlyditirt of the cititemd of Att'btirr.taid iii gentlemanly proprie. tor "joys a Popularity there, which Would almost . elect him thavernor of the State, if hi iiicialdbilt - iinfilit to ran'c'or UM nirce. Swamps, of canoe, go to Walker's, and he takes, them in„' but sometimes he puts them tam.i...a case of the latter kind was, re hied tops the other day, which deserves to-be ebronieledi A yoing genithunan arrived in L. about two walks • since, on a matrimonial visit, s ir and of arse hp donned his suit to visit his do , lie made his call, arranged all the pm !Outdo/1440d a delightful after t,”l men slid veiling ;tipped a . hOneyutl lira from the of his fair initeorata at Part ing.and s . down to his lodgings at the eslPhime. The wedding was senor the next toy, and the happy young dog al tripped , scatinoYed up by anucipa. Lion, that . wooldiavegueieed, to have seen him, t hwhml, Mercury-like, wings to his heels On hie way down he observ ed that th light • was still burning in -"Walker's,' and the law- placard at the door, of , :tre (rte., in the shell,” was too tempting it invitation, at that interest ing period, to be stoically passed by, so he thought he ould just step in and taste . a &Min, by in of inrigoratintilideiiiiiis. He entered, a ten war railed for, serv ed, tasted, and 'ached down with a glass e of the propriete's c hoice madeim. The general good fe gof the young stranger was measurably tightened. lie turned to leave, and, as h was the last customer, the barkeeper folio ed him to the door, to lock it alter him. kt that moment a jolly crowd came around he turner, singing, oPicsyuno Buttes cone to town." The bilikeeper, knawbg the crowd was making for W.'s, and itbeing already af ter midnighvdtsaired to [Out them out; on he politely p urried the young stranger' through the_( or, slammti it too,, locked it, put the ba r cross, and etreeted with his lamp up a . Presenly there was a tremendous pping it ti s front door, but the barkeeps satisfied flat it was the noi sy company lie had barrel out, rolled him self up in the\ quilts, and turned over to take his . 4 win ' uJim,wrill y open thiuloor, you fool !" shouted one o he crowd with stentorian lungs.. i 0I *int no fool,! ;rumbled Jim, Ile' he pulled the co ring Uglier around him. "Will you o thts (toar ?" was yell ed again. ..I won't--tha Itlit,"growled Jim to himself, in an an ei, ad off be dropped into the land of dome Ile slept as it might be supposes (a atelier would, who was listening to theat ing of Chapulte pee. An amusing scene vii transai l i g all this time on the outside. 'he young stranger, in hastily passing tlbugh the portal, brushed up one of the Its of his new coat, and the barkeeper, in totting one-half the door, securely fastenesthe coat bud in the opening. Supposing of course, that he would observe it, ani instantly release him, he stood still, quilt', for a moment, and the noisy party /wounded him. "Stand aside, stmngr, and let ,us in," said the foremost of thparty. aI would like to do i, gentlemen," was the reply' "if I could, tit upon my word; just at present, I am ukble to comply." "Well, we'll help yof" said another, and seizing him by the ern he slung him, mi nus the coat tail, out nin the pavement. -Here was a veryfinepeamtforwinuall fight—but one of the pity perceiving, the difficulty at a glance, Irfered With a thou sand apologies for h impetuous friend, stating that the torn Talent should be paid for, do. and off d to lend him hie own coat until the ruing. This de struction of the weddi garment Was very unfortunate, and the ng stranger lost temper at. the idea of ng so awkwardly fastened to the door b a barkeeper, but what was his further r, to find that a package of money, am nting to $5OO, in tended to bear the ex set of hinoselfand bride to her future ho ~w as in the coat. tail pocket, and , like i tened in thedoor. He did not exactly li whether it was eat crowd into a t such an amount .t the doofppeth Yriagt certfficate prudent to let the p i knowledp of the fact was in but poeket,but he told them that his 144 Oti this they would res. was in the wedged-up announcement. vo 'ant, or tear the nder garments in y they assailed the s. They were eir fruitless efrorta fists, by subatitu a battering rim, erect, inquired the .lunteered tb visit 'a prem ixes, and deman e wedding ,gement warren.: cue the precious doc tails of their combine theeffort, and accordi barred portal in the Propuing.to follow up of assault with feet a. ting an awning post , when a watchman in .1 cause of trouble, and the leer of Mr. Wal have the rear of the • coat released—this a itchy started. 7 -1n dens haki s small the, groom, ck ted reeeivote weir; ictimise - the bar. , bq keeping him ng of the door losing in the iron don, but it was trolly agreed fo r aid- I the meantime. the .oul c!tuous of condolence ring , whichaiveral ani paitaell, that they woul I , keeper, when they gat up till day-light 1. Th behind, and the shock o hasp, aroused their at too late 'ming the trou opened the door, nd fastening the gain. The out . no use ; they, up the trophy, •n establishment, .ver its rescue.— . package of too- The barkeeper, on b le, had quietly descend pushed out the coat-tail entrance, beat a retrea siders stormed, but it terefore, concluded to bear it along to some and hold a jollificatio The owner recovered ney, and wished to ret in no mood to part wi before they sopa the lady named ed to heal all ditrerene rated, drink the health in the recaptured doctrint and fill out an order for a new weddi(suit. Thestran ger was forced to yie and we need not add, dial ho got home cry late the next morning. The day had grown d before the victim was able to visit his hie, and of course she pouted a little, Mon his promise to assign it saffielent 01113040 at thi wedding, the arrangement wee allowed to proofed, As he.patuntsed,no did. he faithfully rehearse tha.4lreue facts. and, pledge „his firrgiving young wife &whet-would hereafter try and keep hit tail•out of stioh.night serapea ! Saxarrttuz fraskr.....l. young. lady.. en dowed with the most delicate nerves, men tioned one evening, to t lhw frielde astern r bled in h'er"dritwiitg iamb; that hid 'a' Mirror of the' "The militate of this flower, said she, "gives me the vertigo." The . iiiiiveritation••wea , literniptairhy visit of a fairfrieintivrhe wale going to *bap sad wore a roan! bud her' head dress."-:- Our fair heroine turned pale directlY, toes ed her arms. and fell gracefully io ,a syn. cope-upon the atusauturo. , "Utbat•strange derma, susceptibility. J. What a Mem and impressible organirstforry criellthe spectators. For heaven's sake, madam, go assay i Don't r oad see that yod have caused this sputa 1" "I t" replied, the as tonished lady. "Yes, of course, it is the perfume of the rose bad in yitir.hitir."-Q-. "Really, ifit is so,I will guilty flower—but judge before you„ isur t ence,'" The flawer, detached from thellesul drum. was passed rum. hand. to hand among ,the spectators, but their solicitude, soongave way to a different emotion. rhefaial bud was an art mil , one.- B la ckwood. story wile told me, with 'an asiatttance that it was liteyallY true, of a gentleman who, being in want of a wife advertised fury one, and, at the time and place appointed, was • rust by a lady. Their statiola mlife.entitled them to be so called, and the gentleman es well u the lady was in earnest. He, however, unluckilS, seemed to be of the same o.itt ion as ging Pedrd Was with rega to his !rice, Queen - Mary of Arragon;thatihe wab •not so handsome as she might be good, and,the meeting ended in their mutual dis appointment. Caddis advertsed a second time, appointing a different square for the place of meeting, and varying the words of the advertisement, He met the same lady—they recognizd each other-- could not ehootebut.stuile at the recognition, and perhaiii neiiher orihein . could choose . but sigh. irou `will anticipate the event. The -persevering bacheldr, tried, his lot it third time in the newspaper, and, at the third place of appointment met the equally per severing !putter. Atthirrairmitrak-neithor could help laughing. They began'to verse in good humor, end the conversation became so agreeable on both sides, and the cireamstanees appeared so remarkable, that this third interview led to a marriage, and the marriage proved a happy one.— Souihey. Lows PHILAPrz.r 4!gif ever may . be said 0 f his talents ,as is a clever man. lie is ihe riehtiit iti;',rer? eign in the world, so far as his private es tate is valued. I was, was shown who .7 , streets in Paris inherited by him front (All is XIV, the annual rent of which alone would be a princely fortune. In the midst of these stands the Palace ltoyal, the prop erty of the King, inherited from his royal ancestors under, the title of the Duke of Orleans. His whole income Alum lands and tenements is equal to about a million and a hay pounds sterling, or more than saver; MILLIONS of dollars per annum. It was from one of the windows in his own , sPalace Royal,!!. whinb•ww.wgiated out , to me, that the marquis Infairettei; ifier - tbe three days' insurrection, publioly annum cad to a waiting multitude that Louis Phil. ippe was chosen King of France ; that be himself had sworn allegiance to him ; and that he hopnii-Plein-and-the would deceit him, with his liberal princi ples, and with him . peace and proeiterity. Louis Philippe is a very popular King. He so manages his immense estate as to make it useful. Indeed, he is'but a bank for public advanlage. He employs six hundred' servants in his different palaces, city and neumty, - andlives'eoninant em ployment to four thousand laborers in im proving his lands. Besides these, he em ploys many. artists . MGR TRVIIIIONT 17111 FAVOR Or CIIRIrr. tawrrv;—An exibange says—Chancellor Kent was professor of religion ; and very recently a 'communicant in the Episcopal Church; and it-is worthy of remark, that within the past year, Chief Justice Spen cer, Mr. We'bster and Mi. Clay have all partaken of the - communion of dui, same Church—Mr. Webster hevinj received the communion shout a year fume from ate hand of the Rev. Mr. Southard h. Calvary Church, N. Yfirk, without any" allusion to the fact 'being made in the publle press.— The public testimony, of tour tit the'great est intellects of the ago-::-afid all within the same year—to the great troths of Christi anity, is well Worthy of note; and cannot fail to arrest the attention and entisidera tion of all who pause in the midst of the present to reflect upon thefuture. Naeousom was *great. friend: of peace, and.lo. brit:4.2l)4tW.* universal rice.. in Europe he , employed the most energetic means. He eschewed negotiation as -un worthy a horn, and determined to conquer it! He devoted a large portion of his life to this object, and expanded, in his vigor ous attempts to "conquer a peace," miry millions of treasure and millions of lives. He was unsuccessful in his efforts, and, to his great astonishment, peace to Europe was secured only by his own captivity ! Mr. POLK seems anxious to follow the example of Napoleon in restoring peace to a continent. He is prodigal of the lives and fortunes of the people, yet there is . no promise that his efforts will be attended with success. "Give me more money and more men ," ho exclaims, "and I will give you peace; 1 will conquer a peace." —Boston Journal. , but they were ini—Oley HERE ' S A CHANCE, OIRLS.—The is a place in New Hampshire where they nev er have any old maids. When a girl., reaches twenty nine, and is still on the ladder of expectation, the young fellows club together and draw lots fur ker.— There's gallantry for you. Three ladies of our acquaintance wouldstart immediate ly fur the Granite State, tint they are past the age.—. City Peps. EMU OVTDONL—Prorenor Simpson has diseovired a new soporific painTre ventinragent which bids fair to banish the sulphuric ethe . It is the perchloride of Fornzyle. Ij4. said to be more rapid, and more safe t tan the. former agent and in every way preferalaie to it. It has been tried with success both in obstetrics and surgical cases. COLOONC CATIIUDKAL.—There is some thing startling to the mind in the daring conception of this edifice. Its length was designed to be five hundred feet, and its breadth one hundred and filly. At the west end were to be two enormous towers, sarmountedby 'spires, reaching up to the height of five hundred and thirty-six feet. Whit Otholo.of- the building was to be pro fuselyornamented with the most delicate scniptnre. It is now in process of comple tion.- • fILIIR BURNING OF WATKR.7—TWO centu ries fifice, a man would have been drown etl WitCheiraft had ho hinted at such an Pitimphrei Davy first suggested that rnoti mi ght be riven, from failure of titherfitel,' separate the hydrogen in wa ter for cOnsimption. The gags for burn hqg consists of hydrogen and carbon. Mr. /Obeid, Of Bruseels, has by a decomposi tiOn 6f water secured the hydrogen and by an ingenious process mingled with it the ' Ofopt* quantity of carbonic acid gas, thus forming a burning fluid. Ito says that a very trifling quantity of oil may thus be made to yield a light for twenty hours e qUalling that of ten tallow candles. We ehell hear more on this subject. The re sources of chemistry are only . partialiy de 'pepped. ;_. RIOUT.--Mt. Speaker Winthrop is do . ing good work at Washington, in clearing out of the Capitol the restaurant and other drinking places Which have been maintain ed-there dnringt-previous sessions, for the members of the House, Mr. - Dallas did the same for the restaurant attached to the ftatioi. wait tline.sgo, ke.aisTANT wee hats been invented for Orbs o catch beaux. - : Th4srnanufacturer com lame at a deunkrid la so ravenous You `ntiiji; hilbott 'UMW to slay It man withhis aword.ot'a tibial. to take lifb by false aceutration tilt you cannot make a dog tear his Jean Paul_gives thisftrausise advice, which, if complied with, would prevent much embarrassment and misery.: "Girls should talk to their femaleiriends 11111 hough a man overheard them) and with men a s though girt' were present." When Mason was preparing the ease of A. K. Avery, and hid ac ebout2oo witnesses, , o to lee The legal gentleman seul word that he was engaged and could not be isderrupted.-- "Hut dm man is a witness, a minister." "Call him up," said . Mason. "Well, sir, what can you testify I" "I have had a vision;,; iwo angels have appealed-to me and told me that brother Avery is 4439—' 1 "Lot them be summoned," said . . Mason, and resumed his.work. -- • . • A man i a temperature is generally about 98 Fahrenheit. A. scientific , friend ob. serves that, to increase this teetrairature, all thari7t necessary Is to pull his Mese. 'Tam cartTaat. sur - --Professor Madler, . . of Dorpat, Ronda, has been led by various observations and calcuistione to the con elusion that the Pleiades or seven stars form the centratgranp._ around which the solar system with sill its orbs and. the in finite worlds of the Milky Way. all revolve. The star Alcyone he takes to be the central sun and calculates its distance from us to be 3.200,000,000.000m00 miles. The light of this sun he estimates to require five hundred years to reach us. A young lady, 'at-an ekandeation in grammar, was asked why the noun “hack eller" wits singular. She replied ittutie dietely, eillecatise it's very singular: they dou't get cnerried."?, A pertrori beingaislted, what was meant by the realities of life, anawered.—“Real estate, real money and a real good dinner, which could be realized without real hard work." On Sunday-, a lady called to her little boy. Who' was tossing- marbles on the side walk, to 00014 latplho *MSC. Dont you know you ,should n't begin there, my son . I Going) die bock Yard. if you want to play marbles—it it, Sunday." .4.14'e11. Yea.— But ain't it Sunday in the back yard, moth- The'epeed with, ovhich electricity trav eli'on' 'boppertVl a ie eaid to be about 288.- 000, miles a secondr-a speed which would carry it round tlte - world 40,000 times an Wejtre exceedingly sorry to say any thing ilgainst the ladies, but we have late ly heird thievish reports about them. It is currently reported,and generally believ ed of the whole sex, that they do not scru ple to hook 'each - other's dresses. A French child said to the parish priest: ..Why is it, ray father, that we ask every day for our daily bread, instead of ►{eking our broad for every week, for every month, or the whole year ?" you little goose, ao as always to have it truth!! .4 °Emus will always ' work its way through." as the poet said when he saw a hole in the elbow of his coat. MR. EDITOR :—The communication of Vindex, which appeared in your excellent paper of the 18th ult., in reply to mine of the 15th November, will compare very fa vorably with his former one for inconsis tency, ambiguity and egotism. He has permitted his vindictive feelings to get the better of his judgment, and consequently , indulges (for want of better argument) in i a strain of language beneath the dignity of! a gentleman. He has shown himself to be a man whose manners need cultivation, and we do nut feel disposed to continue discussion with one so devoid of politeness and common courtesy. There are one or two points in his last communication to which we shall briefly advert,and then bid him a final adieu 1 The profundity of Yindex is made manifest in his remarks. on the "constitutionalprerogative" of free dom of speech. After quoting my re marks on this subject he goes on to Ur* "a pretty constitutional prerogative, in deed, that grants a right and power to con demn that right at the same time ! There is no such Wunder in the spirit of that in strument." No ! but Vindox has- been guilty of a most egregious blunder. now a 'constitutional prerogative' could grant a right and power to condemn that right, is another new idea—another "rich scintilla . j tion," that Vindex's imagination has been throwing off. Now, according to our im; • ; pression, it is the Constitution that grants the right, and Vindex will liave to mks" himself more familiar with that Conatitu-, ; Lion, before he again attempts to call our constitutional rights into question. But what is the reasoning of the sapient Yin ; dex in regard to this subject. "What ! al low men the right of voting according to. their their pleasure and opinion, and at the same time empower others to condemn them for so doing !" Now, according to Vindeses logic the Democratic tariff-men of Penn- sylvania had no right to censure or con- demo George M. Dallas for casting his vote in lavur of the Tariff of 1840. And. : yet they had the right, and the Constitu tion granted them that right, and they ex- . ereised it properly when they condemned him for this act of faithlessness .to Penn sylvania interests. Again, if the President, in the exercise of thai power granted to him by the Constitution, should place his veto upon an act of Congress, generally. . desired by the people, would it (the Con stitution) also act as a gag, to prevent them from expressing their disapprobation—to compel! them to be silent ? No! instead. of acting as a gag, it protects them in the free expression of their sentiments. And in investigating, exposing, and condemn ing the motives and. principles by which Vindex and his coadjutors were actuated, we have not transcended the power and right granted to us by the Constitution.— His absurd reasoning led us to exclaim in the language of one who considers hithself a greater than Webster, "Lord save Its•-•. here is wisdom !" But Vindex in endeavoring to get out of one difficulty only falls into a greater One. When we said, in our first communication, that they were. actuated - more by smniuk motives than love fir the glorious princi ples of the party, we meant exactly what • we said. We did not predicate this asser tion upon mere supposition ; and how far ~. we were correct we can easily perceive (roman examination of the language male toted by Vindex in his last coininunica- . tion, He has admitted, in the most une quivocal terms, the cause of their "devia tion from the ticket." Here is his own staternent,and we give it in his own words. "Now, in the mune of all the 'saints to the calendar,' how could a salutary effect be produced or an inducement for sacrifice be taken advantage of, when your conciliatory . epistle did not issue until after their alight - personatobjections had been carried to 4.4 4 - . ballot box ?" What slight personal ob- jectious ? Why, the very cause of the 4se.- cession from Mr. Sadler.' Here we bare a candid admission from Vindex, which fully establishes the asssertion we made. that with him it was nu longer a question of measures, but men ; and that with bins principles were subordinate to private pre- . judiee, We do not deem it necessary to enter into any explanation, in refirreuve to . the salutary effect that might (hereafter) result from calling attention to the puerili ty of their effort on this occasion. WO knew that "those slight personal objections had been carried to the ballot-box," (to, quote Vindex again) and we knew the re sult of their worshiping '-idols" not recog nized by the county convention ; and Vin- dex has only exposed his "greenness," by inferring that our remarks were intended • to affect an election whirl' had already in- • ken place. Nor do we deer it necessary to defend the county 'convention from the , base insinuations of Vindex. That they are usually composed of men actuated by as pure and honest motive as ever Vindex , possessed, we have not a single doubt. The tneed of praise that has been awar ded to the York Springs disiriet, has proved , very, exceptionable and offensive to tho very sensitive and irascible Vindex. And the spontaneous land cheerful manner in which these expressions of approbation have been tendered front all parts of the county, has only rendered him the inure • petulant and irritable. Vindex should re- member that these expressions only show how their attachment to, and support of, Whig principles are appreciated ; ; and while they need no incentives to induce., them to do their duty, they are not to be , influenced to forsake the principles of their .. party, by any of Vindex's "slight persons' objections." What kind of nicht! Vindex is composed .' of, that renders bun aspiring, we do not positively know,blit believe thatit is brass! ' 11 we examine him by the same stand ard that he sets up for others; we wilLfitut,,, • that he who runts the most about tyranny— and oppression,is, when ..Dreas'd in a Ind° brief authority, Most ignorant of what be 't , most amaurod,” the moat likely to become as tyrannical as a Nero or a Caligula. We feel satisfied that ..the result of the' impolitic and reprehensible course puffin% ed by Vindex and his colleagues, will serve as a warning to those who have predate. " tions for other candidates than those put ' in nomination by the county convention,' and will induce them to lay aside all pri. vale feelings and prejudices, and , support the whole ticket with that cheerfulness,' and zeal that characterizes every true Whig.' We now take our leave of Vindex and hirprinciples,..and shall nut notice alt his future conunurtirationit, lot by. ko* et ~,, ing him any further through bill tine remarks, we should rende r O W "more ridiculous than the * Knight of 14‘.. 7 ' Manch by fighting* weatitenepekr A Dec. 27th, MI. COL?I'RYICATID TWO ,DOLLARS PRA'ANNUM,,,t NEW SERIES-NO. 34.
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