"' : -. BY- S. B EOW. CLEAEFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, ' 1858.; VOL. 4.-JTO. 33. -1 .1 3 FADELESS IS A LOVING HEAET. Sunny lines may Jose their brightness, Nimble feet forge their lightness,- Pearly teeth may know decay, Raven tresses turn to gray. Cheeks be pale, and eyes be dim. Faint the voice, and weak the limb. Eut, though youth and strength depart, ; Fadeless is a loving heart. .Like tuo little mountain flower, -r. Peeping forth in wintry hour, . i .When the summer's breath ia fled. And the gaudier flow'rets dead ; So, when outward charms are gone, '. Brighter still doth Mossoin on, Despite Time's destroying dart, Tho gentle, kindly, loving heart.- Wealth and talents will avail, When in Life's rough sea we sail, ' Yet the wealth may melt like mow, -Andrwith wit no longer glow ; Uut more smooth we'll find thesea, - And our course the fairer be, If our pilot, when we start, He a kindly, loving heart. . Ye in worldly wisdom old. Ye who bow the knee to gold, Does this earth as lovely seem As it did in life's young dream, Ere the world had crusted o'er s feelings good and pure before? I re yc sold, at Mammon's mart. Too best yearnings of the heart? Grant mc, Heaven ! my earnest prayer) Whether life of ease or care Ee the one to me asigued. That eaeh coining year may find living thoughts aud gentle words Twined within my lsoin chords, And that age may bat impart P.ipcr freshness to niy heart. LIFE AMONG TI1E HILLS. "Who is George M'MulIen 1 Ask any oM settler up in Wayne county, Pa., and he will tell you that he is one who pitched his taber nacle in that wilderness a long time ago. I like him, and it seems to me that .your read ers would like him if they knew him. I have eaten of his savory meat, and blessed him, but not of his venison, lor George is not now what he once was. A man who has passed his six tieth year, is not as sprightly as at twenty. . lie cannot bring his ride down to as true an tt!n, nor as actively pursue the deer, as when in the vigor and strength of manhood. But he had a comfortable fireside, a plentiful table, m and a warm heatt. I took a fancy one pleasant winter's day to visit bin), having heard of his f.ime as a.Niw . rod. In company with a friend we sot out for his mountain home, eleven miles distant. We followed up the valley of the Lackawanna for eight miles and then made a turn to the left, pushing towards the Moosic mountain. Did . your reader ever hear of the Lackawanna ? It ia a be utiftil stream, pure and cold from its mountain springs, which sparkles as it dashes along the mountain's side, to commin gle with the Delaware. Paradise did not con tain a more lovely river. It was lull of trout while the trees of its native forests stood upon its hanks, and before the invention ot man had found out so many ways to dam its current, and by means ot vile substances cast in it from saw-mills and tanneries, to drive out and destroy Its spotted inhabitants. I knew it when it flowed in its pristine beauty, and w hen in every deep eddy lay the speckled trout waiting to make a dash at the fiy, and many a fine one has my own line drawn forth in days that are past, and a great bloss'u:g they were to all wb were skilful enough to take them. It is sufficient to s;y lor the credit of these waters that trout lay there, for this dainty fish never inhabits anybut the purest streams; imd nothing can exceed in beauty of natural scenery, the valley- which contains the Laeka wann.i. For eighteen miles up that valley there' is" a gentle descenl,.wiih hih grounds upon either side. On the east a range of mighty hills skirt the stream; on the west the foot of tiie Moosic mountain. Dee, elk, bears, panthers, wolves, end Other wild game were once in abundance here and tilled the un broken forest. , It was up in a mountain glen about four miles west, that George M'Mullin took up his abode. lie is a man ot commanding aspect, more than six feet in height; and, having en joyed the benefits of a goyd education, he cleared himself a little farm in the wilderness and occasionally instructed a winter school, lie not only taught the young idea how to shoot," hut was himself a good shot, the best in all that region. The young looked up to him with admiration when they saw the bears and panthers which his ride laid low ; and he kept a mighty good school. The young learn ed a great many things of him. I hope none learned t swear; for occasionally George would pwear a little when things did not go right with him, but he has, I hope, repented and 1-roken otr this wicked habit a long time ago. But the young ideas did learn to shoot, and - any one who could put a bullet near that which George had shot into the ring was privileged to be on very good terms with him. George loved a fearless and brave heart as he loved his child. " But he was not fond of having neighbors, lie preferred a solitary home far up in the mountain and away from all human habitations. So np the moun;ain we went. The beaten road extended only to within a mile of his 'home, and we had to push our way through a kind of wood road till we came to an open tpace, and there we beheld one of the most beautiful and commanding bites which the taste of an old hunter could have Selected. The barn was by the road, an.l forty or fifty rods off in an open field, stood the house. We saw a man chopping wood in front and hailed him to know if Mr. Geo. M'Muliin lived there. Yes," was the reply, what's your will 7" "Ur will," I said, "is to put Kate Into the stable and then go into your house." So in we went and foind a very hospitable welcome. Among the numerous incident's of his life tha old hunter related the following : He had jnst recovered lrom illness, when he took his gun and started down iaAee woods, thinking that he might porhaps see a deer and thus se cure a saddle of veuison. lie did not put on - his belt, containing his tomahawk and knife, for he was not bent cpon a hunt ; though it as the usual custom of the hunters to go thus armed and equipped. He depended on his gun and a small pocket knife with which he might bleed his gaaie if he should prove successful. After proceeding a littlo war bo heard a one like the crashing of a treo which had li,f JD.v th? CJ0tc of "other and was sha V. L .ie ,nd- Pre9e? he distinguished i to be tU screech of some animal, tod ad vancing nearer, ho discovered a hear and a panther fighting; and with curious eyes watch ed the duel. - A panther is sometimes rather au ugly customer and so is a bear.. "When Greek uieets Greek, then comes the tug of war." It was so in this instance. The pan ther made his attack bv springing about twen ty feet upon the bear and putting his claws ana teeth into i s neck and back. Brum had no means to repel this attack but to lie down, bring the panther over her, and with hei hind feet to rake the panther down with powerful ciaws; wnereupon the panther screeched and sprung off, beating a sudden retreat to a little distance. Then old Bruin would right herself up again, and the panther would .make anoth er spring cpon her back, and repeat the pro ceas as before. A panther has been known to spring twenty-four feet at a single bound, and at the same time leap to strike a tree twenty feet from the ground ; and, like the cat, it always takes its prey with a spring. The old bear was quite in commotion while dealing with such, an adversary, and stood her ground the best w iy sho could. How the combat would have terminated is more than we cau tell. Whether, like some who discharge sev eral rounds of blank cartridge at each other and then shake hands and retire from the field with honor bright, these duellists would have thus separated, is a mere matter of conjecture. Another force interposed to change the natu ral order of events, and that was a bullet lrom the rillc of George Mc.Mullen, Much struck the panther in the body just behind hc vital part, and therefore only gave hira a severe wound. No sooner did the panther receive the shot than he left the bear, and thought he would try George. lie, rushed upon him with eyes glistening with rage and was met with a club bed rifle, the steady gaze, and the terrible voice of George who yelled, and the ueigh bors say, swore at the wild beast to keep him at bay. The panther to escape the eye of his adversary, kept coursing around him s;baut ten feet off, to gain hisb;ick lor the purpose of making a spring. - But the. hunter stood his ground and wheeled at every turn. It seem ed a long time and yet was probably but a short period, when the bear came to his relief, and drove lull at the panther. Well done bear, thought George. I'll now load my riile. Un!oitti.iaiely in his haste, he put in the ball without having first charged with iowder, though ho thought at the time that "all was right, lie had no sooner primed his piece, than the bear, having driven- away the panther, came at him. His gun flashed; and ho then clubbed it and yelled, as in the former case, till hearing a noise, he looKed in another di rection and saw the bear's cubs descend from a tree near at hand and make oil'; and then bruin took her leave. The secret was out. The panther wanted a young b'.-ar lor his dinner, and the old bear was defending her young ; and when the ene my panther fled, she ' thought it her duty to pitch into her enemy man. The brave, old hunter who had gone into brittle without his side weapons, was quite astonished ; and he thought that either his sickness, or that terri ble encounter, had caused some of his hair to assume raSier a whitish aspect. In fact, he was never so scared in his life. I!e began to think that he had lived throi gh the measles only to be ea'en by a panther, and his bones picked by a bear. But he escaped ; as he did on several other occasions, which it might weary the reader lor iuu now to relate. I re joice to say that he is still living, a hale old man. Dad Morton-. There is an old chap in the State of Vermont, who is known as "Dad" Morton, and is famous as a story-teller, lie relates a great many yams, some of which are of a Munchaiisenish character, though by fre quently narrating them ho has brought himself to believe that they are indisputable facts. I had been talking with the old man of the sen sible maimers and customs of our forefathers, and their success in doing the busiuess cf life, when he broke out: I'll tell ye, them ancestors of onr'n didn't do nothin' hallways. But there's an awful fa'.lin' oil sense them times. Why in my time when I was a hoy, things went on more eco nomical than now. We all work'd. My work was to take care of the hens and ehickings, and I'll tell yer how I raised 'cm. You know fc'se a very fhinkin' child, a I Pas a thinkiu' 'cept wheu I'sj asleep. Well, it came on me one night to raise a big lot of duckings from one lien ; and I'll till ye how I did it. .1 took an old whiskey barrel and rilled it up with fresh eggs, and then put it on the south side of the barn, with some horse manure around the bung-hole. The old critter kept her set tin' and in three weeks I heard a little peep.' The:f I put my ear to the spigot, when the peeping growed like a swarm of bees. I didn't s:iy anything ti the folks about the hatching, for t'.iey'd all the time told me I was a fool, but the next mcrnin' I knocked the head out of 'the barrel and covered the barn floor, two deep, ah over, with little ehickings. Xow, yottmay laugh as much as you please, but it's true. That's so." Axecdote of Audubon-. The great natural ist was on the look-out for the red-headed wood-pecker, and was very anxious to obtain a specimen. Seeing one fly into a hole in a tree a long way up, he pulled off his coat and climbed up w ith that energy of his which nev er failed him. Pulling and sweating he reach ed it at last, and putting in his hand to seize the bird, to his great dismay a snake stuck his head out of the hole and hissed in his face. This was so unexpected and frightful, that Audubon let go his hold, and tumbled to the ground more dead than alive. His compan ion came running up to him, and seeing the naturalist was not hurt but was dreadfully frightened, said to him : "Ah ! you are very much frightened, doctor - "No, sah," replied the doctor, qnite offend ed ; "but if you want to see von badly scared snake, just go np dare !" Freaks of Cold. While our past winter was one of the mildest within the memory of man, it was very different in Southern Europe and some other countries, where frost and snow are seldom seen. In Italy, the river Po was frozen over at Ferrara, the first time in the present century. At Constantinople snow fell lor 14 successive days, and in all the Isles of Greece snow and frost were common. Snow also fell in the Island of Malta for the first time since "1812 ; and on tho shores of the Mediterranean and throughout various parts of Asia Minor, enow was seen for the first time in half a century. A TALL JUMP. "Hclloa, Charley !" shouted Ned, as he hurst into my room, in the attic of a 2,50 boarding house In the Bowery, on the first day of April, about an hour before the bell was expected to ring for dinner. "Well Ned, whats the row ?" . 'Nothin'. How much money have you got?' 'Only about firty. Why?" 'Nothin'. Lend it to me, Charley." " Thunder! I lerit-yor. thirty last night." . I know it I've got thirteen of it yet "I'll t II you what it is, Ned, I've only got this fifty, and if yon get i one of your ben ders, and spend it, I shall fie hard up here till "What in the name of stewed catharpen legs are you talking about 1 Give mo the pictures and you shall have haif. Come fist over, and come along," said Ned. I gave Ned my wallet, and followed him down into the street. "Which way, Ned ? Where are you bound f " But ho went off down towards Chatham Square like a locomotive on trial. I followed in his wake about two rods astern. On he went through Chatham street, along Park Row, down Bowery, till he came opposite Trinity Church, w hen he stopped, and, after gazing up at tho tall steeple for a bout five minutes, he deliberately pulled off his coat, and handed it to me to hold for him. Next off came his hat and vest. I- thought Le was crazy. He pulled off his boots, and a crowd began to gather about us. Ned took out Lis watch and handed it tome. The rush to the spot was such that in three minutes Broadway was blocked up. 'What's all this? What's going on V in quired a dozen eager voices. "Gentlemen," said Ned, 'you see that o pen place up there in that steeple right where the bell hangs ?" "Yes f yes !" screamed fifty of the crowd ia auswer to the question. "Well, gentlemen, I'm going to jump up there !" - - "You cin't do it," instantly came from twenty ol the bystanders. . , "I'll bet he can," said an old gentleman be hind Ned, whom half of the crowd Knew as one of the richest merchants in Pearl street. Ned looked over his shoulder in astonish ment. The old merchant smiled and nodded his head.' . Good !" shouted Ned ; "I've got one back er. I thought I'd have-to go my small pile a lone," and lie pulled out his wallet. "I'll bet two to one that you cau't jump up there," taid a man coming close up to Ned, with his fist full of -bills. Three to one !" chirped another. 'i-our to one!" shouted a third nerson. Five !" "Six !" "Seven !" and fifty sporting men crowded around Ned. "I'll tell yon what it is gentlemen," said Ned quietly, ! haven't got much money, but I'll go it as long as it lasts ; so iust choose your stake-holders, and let's be at it." lhat matter Was soon arranged, and the bet ting went on, from two to seven to one, till Ned's wallet and mine were drained. "Thunder!" yelled Ned, "I wish I had a thousand. - Here, Charley, giWo mo my watch I'll put that in. Give me my hat ! coat! vest ! boots ! I'll bet" "Hold on !" snid the old merchant, "hero's two thousand dollars, put it up. If you win, we'll divide." The two thousand was put np and covered, and the crowd began to be impatient to see the jump. 'Gentlemen," said Ned, very gravely, "I have never been up in that steeple, and you know I might go slap into some confounded iron thing that would hurt me. N ow I should like if a halt dozen of you would be kind e- noug'.i to po up with me before 1 jump, so that I can see where I'm going to lijrht." - That's fair," shouted the crowd, and off went Ned, with a committee of eight, over, a cross, and np into the steeple. The crowd was watching the open space by tho bell, and in a- bout three minutes after the party entered the church, Ned's cocoa nut .was seen bobbing up and down in the beltry like a dandy jack. It was evident to all that he jumped np there ! "Sold, by thunder!'? said the two-to-ono gentleman, and sloped. Taken in and done for! exclaimed sport ing gentlemtn number two. "Give it up !" v eiled four-tp-one, and cut stick. "Fairly won !" sung out everybody, in cho rus; and as Ned made his appearance in the street, the crowd gave iiita three cheers and dispersed. The stake-holders handed over the money to Neil, and we-adjourned with the old merchant to his store, where he made a fair division of the winnings all round, after which the old fox told us that he had an idea in his head once of trying that very game. American Inventors in Aistria. Of the European nations who have paid particular at tention to the progress of the American peo ple in aits, sciences and manufactures, we must certainly place tho Austrians amongst the first and foremost. Since 1S42, we find the American-railway car almost exclusively on Austrian railways. The. outside connec tion oh locomotives has been extensively adrpt- eu in mat country, long oeiore the prejudices in favor of the inside cylinders were removed. In 1853, the first river steamboat for the Old World on American principles was construct ed for the Danube. Since that, two immense boats, of fifty feet beam, and eighty-two feet outside the paddle wheels, have been built for that river, on the model of our lamented Steers, and engines furnished from New York. Morse's electric telegraph has from the very start monopolized the Austrian telegraph wires, and there is scarcely a large farm in that extensive empire or a large manufactory tbat cannot show some evidence of American ingenuity. At this moment a balance dry 'dock of the largest description, on'the Amer ican principle, is constructing at v enice. The timber lor that dock is furnished entirely from this country, and almost all the mills on the North river which have been standing Still for months, are now busily employed in the sawing and shipping of that timber. The main part of the machinery for that dock is also being constructed in New York. There seems to bo hardly an American invention of importance that has not found its way into Austria, and it is a matter of surprise and grat ification to the American traveler visiting Aus tria that the home talent is so much appreciat ed in a conntry which has been almost a stran ger to us, and of which, as a general thing, we have so imperfect a knowledge. Jvu York Herald. - A GLANCE INTO TIIE U. S. SENATE. - From Life Illustrated. Did it ever occur those wiseacres at home, wbx nod approvingly, over Congressional speeches, and cast in their votes for patriotic "Smith," or "Jones," at election time, how easy it was to be a Senator? Why, who couldn't assume an. air of diplomatic' dignity if he were comfortably seated in a big arm chair, with a pile of ."documents" under his nose, a pen behind his ear, and a big inkstand yawning at his elbow J ; : , .-. Don't I wish a grateful public would send me to tho Senate!, Wouldn't I astonish the Speaker, and. horrify tho Sergcant-at-arms t Wouldn't I throw all the musty old papers un der the table, establish a vase of roses on tho desk, among the ponderous State records, and sketch the bald pates in my immediate vicinity all over the blank margin of the Globe, when some prosy old orator was talking everybody else to sleep. And then, nothing easier than to make a "star" of yourself in the national halls. Bring in a glaringly impossible bill, say some thing personal, wear your haif on your should ers, and turn down your shirt collar a la Byron, and you will te sure to succeed ! As for the speech making, thatjs simple enough. Stare through an eye glass at the "Ladies' Gallery" until some girl comes in lovely enough to in spire a hickory log. then iumn tin and rattle off something spirited, no matter what, so that the "great American nation," "giant of the West," "march of civilization," and "patri otic spirit," come in often enough. Shade cf Cicero! wo already hear the applause that would be sure to ensue. Good gracious ! what a pity it is we belong to the crinoline department, instead of being privileged to wear w hiskers and patent leather? Does the Union know what a loss it has sus tained ? However, we came here for the purpose of commenting, not upon what mi'g.'i have been, but upon what is. And it is a fact that the Senate gallery is crowded to suffocation this morning. We look despairingly at the dense ly packed masses of humanity, and are about hopelessly to retreat, when the polite usher darts forward with "I can get the lady a place, sir, in a minute. This way, please." ' How he does it we haven't the least idea, but in a moment we- are engineered into the front ranks, and a' six-footed Vermonter is ousted from his seat to make room for our multifarious skirts. Poor fellow! how vexed and disappointed ne looks! but, then, isn't it his bouuden duty to make way for the ladies ? Well, upon our word, this same Senate is a cosy, comfortable place. How handsome that row of variegated marble pillars are, and how benignantly that full length portrait of Wash ington gazes down on the scene below. W bat a prejty carpet the nation has a ground of viv id crimson dotted with a shower of golden itars and what a graceful festoon that would be above the chair, if somebody would only dust the huge gilt eagle at the terminus cf the folds! That is Vice President Breckinridgo occu pying the Speaker's chair. He scarcely looks old enough to be the second officer of the Re public ; there is hardly a silver thread in his dark, luxuriant hair, and the furrows have not yet begun to plow bis massive forehead and fine square face.. At yonder desk, to the right of the chair, sits brave old Sam Houston, the hero of count less battle-fields. You would recognize him almost anywhere by his outlandish style of dress and eccentric appearance. Every gray hair on his head is at war with Its next neigh bor. A neckerchief of scarlet silk is tied carelessly about his throat, with the bow some where under his ear,while a gay blue silk vest, spotted with ye!ow, entirely hides his linen. Ilis fingers are blazing with huge rings of every hue and pattern, and he is whittling away at a slip of piue-wood with an immense jack-knife, while another Senator talks to him in a low, anxious voice. Sturdy old. Sam Houston! w'ouM there were many like thee in our na tional councils ! Leaning against one of the richly veined pillars is tho portly figure of John P. Hale, the acknowledged wit of the Senate. He is a favorite with every one ; even the fiery South erner can not but smile at his genial jokes, and yield to the charm of his perfect good humor. The snowy harvest of years is already gathering on his head, bul the fire of his eye and the flexible play of his lips still retain the energy of youth. - There's nothing like laughing at people in a good natured way ; and the profoundest de hater in Congress doesn't receive haif the at tention tbat is accorded to Hale when the floodgates of his iaillery are opened, and his ban viols fly like sparks all over the Senate Chamber ! Mp.s. George Washington Wtllts. The Atlantic Cable The preparations for the new expedition to lay the transatlantic tel egraph cable are now completed. In the dock yark at Plymouth, England, tho main bulk of tho cable, to the length of 2,200 miles, has been stowed away in gigantic coils during the winter, and a full staff of electricians, under the direction of Mr. Whitehousc, have been engaged in working messages throughout its entire length, and generally proving the elect rical fitness of the cable to the fullest extent. The result of these experiments has been in the fullest degree satisfactory. It has been ascertained that cigTM words per minute can be accurately transmitted through the whole length of be cable. To many unacquainted with the practical working of submarine lines, only eight words per minute may appear to be but a poor result after all, though it is such an improvement" in the rate of transmission as not many ventured to anticipate who saw the cable worked for the first time last summer. DisTi.vcuisntD Dkatu. Dr. J. K. Mitchell, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons in the State of Pennsylvania, died on Sunday night, April 4th, at twelve o'clock, of pneumonia, in the city of Philadelphia. This is, we believe, tho only case, in the United States, where a Grand Master, whilst in the active duties of his station, has died. The event is one of deep interest to the members of the fraternity. Female Hobse-Thief. A few days since, Mrs. Julia M. Dewey, was tried at Oswego, New York, for horse-stealing. She was con victed and sentenced to three years and two months imprisonment in Sing-Sing Prison. The beauty of the fair criminal bad no effect nponth stony hearts of ;th jury, - CELIBACY. . "Single blessedness" is rapidly on the in- crease. It threatens to become an estaiuisucu "institution." Marriage, and the family re lation, are in danger of being superseded. These and similar ntterances bare become one of the prominent topics of the newspaper press. In all our large cities the disinclination to marry on the part of young men is frequently spoken of, and written about. And it is said, truthfully too, that just in the ratio that men incline to batchelorism, rowdy ism,debauchery, and crime become rampant in the land. This is a subject of great importance to all, and of fearful interest to generations to come. It requires no extraordinary reach of thought to comprehend that the natural and inevitable result must be, sooner or later, the genetal de moralization of both male and female, and tho ntterdisorganization of human society. With out the maintainance of those domestic asso ciations and duties, which are known only where the marriage institution is made sacred, no society ever did or ever can exist above barbarism or savagism. To arrest this downward tendency of tho race, two causes must he corrected. Y'oung men must be trained to live, move, and have their being, without those blood-inflaming and soul-palsying poisons, liquor and tobacco, and young ladies must learn to be useful as well as showy. On this latter clause of our text we purpose to expatiate very briefly, and then leave the matter, for the present, to the reflec tion of those whom it may concern. It is notorious, all over the civilized world, that American females are unhealthy, and that the tendency to disease and infirmity is constantly- increasing. The daughters, as a general rule, are more infirm than their moth ers, as their mothers compare unfavorably with their grandmothers. There is no theuic so much written about, talked about, lectured about, as sickly American women' and girls. Even the medical journals and daily newspa pers of Europe are frequently comparing the health and stamina of American females wiih those of the females of Great Britain, France, Germany, &c, and always to the disadvantage of the former. And they seem to aee, not without reason, one of the leading causes of the ultimate degeneracy of the American peo ple, and the final overthrow of our Republi can government, in the fact that the vitality of our females is running down. ' . Young men cannot be ignorant of those things. They are, and must he fond of the societv of voung ladies. Nature and instinct, and reason, and custom incline them to mar ry. But with the thought of a matrimonial alliance comes the thought of everything ex cept beds of roses and domestic joys. So far as courting goes, all is pleasant euough ; but with marriage is associated . the idea of doc tors, nurses and a greater or less nnuiber of Bridgets and Katys and Marys and Ellens. Instead of a helpmate, a wife to cheer him in the arduous pathway of life, and take charge ot the houshold affairs, he dreams of delicate nerves, tender stomachs, falling hair, decay ing teeth, and spinal irritation. He anticipa tes, as well he may, a constant monologue a bout pains, aches, bad feelings, morbid sensa tions, as the prevailing music of the fireside, lie thinks of ever-recurring bills to pay. He knows the chances are against him of marry ing a patient to take care of, instead of a wife to enjoy. Now men are just as selfish as women are. On the whole, we think they are more so. The young lady who supposes that any young man "on the face of the earth wishes-to marry her for the sake of nursing her through life, makes a great mistake. There have been, indeed, "marriages of sympathy." But Hea ven sanctions not,and nature abhors such alli ances. If young ladies advertise themselves as pret ty play-things, young gentlemen will take them at their word. If in their actions, and by their manners and accomplishments they declare themselves -3irtable and courtable, but unmanageable, young men will so understand the matter and act accordingly. They will be ready enough to dance and frolic with those they do not respect. They will make them selves agreeable to those they cannot love. They will play court where they cannot think of marrying. Whenever they find their at tentions are beginning to be taken in earnest, they will seek other society. They will not, of course, give -the reason for this, and the young ladies will of course wonder 'why don't the man propose ?" Young men, we repeat, will sport and amuse themselves with young ladies vhom they neither love nor respect. But if they do re spect them and could love them, they are frightened from a . proposal to marry by tho sad evidence of infirmity, which cosmetics, false hair, artificial teeth, and expansive skirts are unable to conceal. Hence they rather avoid all approaches to intimacy, and often abandon the company of those that could be healthy, and who would be good wives, and seek amusement in less respectable society amid more del asing associations. The young ladies of America have it en tirely in their power to arrest this giowing evil. Let them make themselves healthy, and prove their capacity to be useful as well as ornamental, and they will not ho long in the matrimonial market. Let them snap their fingers at the fashions ot London and the fol lies ot Paris, and act like sensible human be ings. Otherwise, they are neither fit lor wives nor mothers. The "State of Matrimony" is one of the Ig nited States. It is bounded by a ring on one side, and a cradle on the other. The climate is sultry till you pass the tropics of housekeep ing, when squally weather sets in with such powers as to keep all hands as cool as cucum bers. For the principal roads leading to this interesting state, consult the first pair of bright eyes you run against. Thomas Allibone and Thomas A. Newhall j ;T,,i;f,i Ut- th Jl.i!:irli-!ihia Grand Jury, on tho charge of conspiracy to defraud j the stockholders of the UanK 01 renro) nama. Mr. ChailesMcKeone entered bail for the for mer, and Mc. John Welsh for the latter. The suit is prosecuted by foreign holders of a bill of exchange lought of Newhall by Allibone, and which proved worthless. Old Mrs. Darnly is a pattern of household economy. She says she has made a pair of iubi l:it for fifteen vpara hv onlv knittinw new feet to them every winter and new legs j to them every ther wintsr. i LECOMPTOXO.NCE MORE. ' A correspondent of the New York Tribune gives a graphic description of the scene in the House at Washington, just before the great vote was taken by which Lccompton was kill ed. He says : Active among the throng were the leading Senators on both sides, of whom Mr. Bigler was particularly conspicuous in his efforts to strengthen the wavering and reclaim tho err ing. I did not notice any Cabinet officers on the floortthis morning. Their inteaferenco on previous occasions has been so much noticed by the press that I suppose they have grown shy of showing themselves. The Shaker's nerves or his temper were evidently out of or der, lie rapped with uncommon vehemence, in his efforts to subdue the buzz in the House. 'Gentlemen w ill come to order I Gentlemen will take their seats ! Conversation Is too loud in tho hall ! The Chair will call gentle men by their names il tuey do not take their seats!' Still the buzz continued. Groups gathered around Stephens, and around Mont gomery, Grow, Gilrnerand other leading men. Again the Speaker rapped and eluded Lis un ruly flock. Nothing could keep down the excitement. Some ordinary business was hur ried over until the hour of 1 rrrived, the hour for taking up the Lecompton question. All eyes were turned to the centre of the hall, to the scat of Stephens, who was already on bis feet, looking at a distance like one of the pa ges a little taller than his fellows. He paused a moment as Col. Harris of Illinois, his death ly pale, corpse-like countenance looking still whiter and more ghastly from the blackness of his beard and hair, was brought into the ball and placed reclining in his seat, a striking speotaele of energy a id resolution triumphant over disease and suffering." A noble Democrat truly, is Harris! Well may his friends be proud of him ; well may all true friends of Republican Liberty be proud of him. We hope his life may be spared. He deserves the crown of laurel from the world, a crown of glory, should he bo called home. Certainly patriotism, when pure and lofty, like that cf II an is, must go far in making up a claim to celestial bounties. The responsibility of keeping open the Kan sas excitement now lies w ith the friends of the President in the Senate. As Mr. Douglas said in his speech, on Friday, when the Crittenden amendment was before the upper house cf Congress: "The House had amended tho bill in such wise that it now accomplishes two great points one, that it settles this Kansas excitement; another that it recognizes tho right of the people of Kansas to lrame their own institutions. Why, then, not all nnito arid vote lor the amended bill, and thus settle the Kansas question ? Vote for it, and tho right of the people is recognized ; vote for it, and State rights and sovereignty are preserved; vote for it, and there is peace in the country." We shall see now who are the agitators who desire to keep a sectional issue in the field. The Americans, Arti-Lecompton Democrats, and Republicans. say with one accord, let Kan sas settle the matter, legally, equitably, peace fully; one hundred and twenty votes spoke thus, in the House, when they declared in fa vor of tho Crittenden-Montgomery amend ment. Nobody says nay but the President and his friends. They must shoulder the res ponsibility, the people will it thus. When asked hereafter who are the oppressors that tried to fasten upon the people of Kansas, in stitutions that they repudiated, the answer will be. Buchanan and his supporters! When asked who are the factionisti that keep alive . sectional issues, arraying the North against the .South, endangering the peace and perpe tuity of the Union, the reply will be, Buchan an and his supporters. Little people are very much given to imita tion. Some boys have a fancy for hens, and take a delight in clucking and crowing hen fashion. Others imitate the barking of dogs, the grunting of hogs, &c. Down under our window is an old case, belonging to Van Ara burgh, we l'licve, bearing upon its sides the words, "Trained Animals." We were some what surprised, yesterday, to discover in that cage two young gentlemen, aged, perhaps, seven years each. They were playing "Daniel in the lion's den" one boy taking the part of Daniel and the other ot an "orful lion." Dan iel was brave ; notwithstanding the roaring of the lion, he walked bravely np to him, and, af ter a scuffle, snccccded in reducing him to sub mission. Lion played Well until his conqner or commenced the jaw-stretching operation, and then he gave in. "Ho-ho!d on, Daniel," he made out to exclaim, "I won't play any more oh ah oh !". Scene closed with lion club in "paw," driving Daniel out ot the den. It was decidedly rich. Exchange. Three eminent Western cities--Cincinnati, the largest inland town in the United States; St. Louis, the emporium of the Far West ; and Dubuque, the chief city of Iowa and the bus iest place on the Upper Mississippi held their Charter Elections on Monday. Each of these is usually "Democratic" in politics, and usually gives a large majorrty on that side at each Presidential Election. Yet Cincinnati has now gone anti-Lecompton by some 3.000 majority a clean sweep ; St. Lot:is (in a Slave State) has chosen tho siraight-out Free Soil ticket by about 1,000; while Dubuque, usually two to one "Democratic," has elected a "People's Ticket" over the regular "Demo cratic" by 500. Dubuque never failed to swal low anything laleled "Democrat," before, and lick her chops for "more of the same sort." We respectfully submit to Mr. Buchanan that Cincinnati has given an authentic cxpositioa of the Cincinnati Platform, and that it sus tains Judge Douglas to the letter. Xev York Tribune, Jlpril 7. The Great Revival. There U not a city in the United States, excepting perhaps New Orleans and the Pacific cities, where daily prayer meetings are not held and the religious ' interest expending. Tho nnmler of converts are counted by thousands. Since the day of Peniicost, no such simultaneous and extensive an awakening has occurred. Tho secular pa pers are full of accounts of the meetings, while the religious press occupy column in merely aggregating the result of the good work. The revival originated among laymen tlu: meet- . ings are conducted by them and the masses are attracted to them. It is notable that ec tarianism has disappeared alraostj an intense universality of feeling and sympathy having i. j , . . .... , meirca aoun toe parui;ou wtu-, uu rusea church organization into one vital, glowing mass. ... --. .
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