BY S.-'B. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, : MARCH 28, 1860. VOL. 6.-JW. 31. i LOST BELIEFS. '"" One after one they left us ; . . - - t -' " The sweet birds out of our breasts Went flying away in the morning : Will they coine again to their nests f WiJLthey come again at nightfall, , With God's breath in their sung? . Jfoon is fierce with the beats of summer, V And summer days are long ! : Oh. my Life ! with thy Upward liftings, . Thy downward striking roots. : Kipening out of thy tender blossoms But bard and bitter fruits, . In thy boughs there is no shelter For my birds to seek again ! Ah! the desolate nest is broken And torn with storms and rain ! FEBBTJLINQ ANNA HAWSES. "Buzz buzz buzz buzz!" Indeed I cannot stand this. You'll drive me quite crazy with your buzz, buzz, buzz ing. 1 must and will have silence. I find that plain, pleasant persuasion will not do; I shall be forced to resort to a harsher meth od. Now listen, one and all, while I assure you that the first scholar, young or old, miss or master, young gentleman or lady whom I ball see whispering without leave, I will lernle !" The teacher, Mr. Arthur Stone, closed his bearded lips firmly, and glanced about the old fashioned school room with a determined ex pression, as ho ceased speaking- lie evident ly meant just what he had said meant it in the face ol the stalwart young gentlemen, and pretty, witching, bright-eyed' girls around him. For a moment there was a dead silence among all, while every eye was fixed upon the hand some resolute face of the teacher. But in the little crowd of eager, up-turned faces, there was bnt one which his eye sought intuitively ; drawn, as it were, by some strange mesmeric power. Ono face, and one at that moment which was a pretty picture of piquant beauty, with its saucy, inquisitive blue eyes, which met his own fully and daringly ; its strawber ry red mouth, pursed up by the most provo king and daring of smiles, that said it as plain, ly as words could have said it, "You won't lerulu me, Arthur Stone, if 1 whisper ever so ranch." A sudden flash of anger reddened nn into the cheeks of the young man, and shot from the depths of his fine gray eyes, as ho said de terminedly, in answer to the smite of the red mouth and blue eyes, and the toss of the dain ty head "I repeat it; I will ferule the first scholar whom I see whispering without leave." . This time there was no mistaking it ; there was a perceptible motion of Anna Ilawkes' pretty head, an - nnniistakcalle light in her eyes, and a whole unbroken sentence wreathed about the curve of her lips, as she turned care lessly to bcr books "You can ferule me if jon choose." she said mutely, not believing that he would venture to do it. "And I certainly will," was the silent reply of the young man, confident the while that she would not allow him an opportunity of putting his threat in execution. But be was ill at ease as bo turned moodily to the arithmetic class from which bis attention had been drawn Ly the unusual contusion. Affairs had taken a disagreeable turn, an unexpected course, and whatever he might do, he could not better them. There was but one way for him. He must put a stern face on the matter. lie must maintain his dignity as a teacher, even if he was obliged to thrust aside his own wishes and inclinations. Anna Ilawkes, pleasant, witch ing, graceful Anna the one bright star that threw so much light on his arduous, tiresome duties ; the warm-hearted girl who had grown nearer and nearer to him as the dull, wintry days went by, till he had dared hope, silently but earnestly, that some time he might bo more to her than any one clso in the world, even if she, coming between him and his du ties, must be sacrificed. It was a miserable thought, and he greeted it with a long, deep drawn sigh. Not once during that forenoon, did he ven ture to look towards Anna's seat, or allow him self to pause anywhere in her vicinity, for fear his ear might be greeted by a provoking, odi. ous whisper. .Not once, I say, but I must ex cept the long recess, during which he watched her eagerly, as she bent over her slate, work ing out her algebraic problems apparently lost to everything around her. Two or three times he started from bis seat to go to her assist, ance, as she knit her white brow perplexedly, but a strange, new feeling, like pride, kept him back. He thought he had never seen her look half so pretty or loveable as then, as she sat there bending thoughtfully over her book, with one hand running rapidly and gracefully over her slate. Her dress of dark crimson cloth, with its full sleeves confined at the wrists by black velvet bands, fastened high in the neck, but in such a manner as to display ber full, whito throat, was strangely becoming to her. lie had never thought of it before, but there was a certain refinement in her taste that was truly pleasing. It was visible in ev erything sho wore the dainty cambric collar confined at the throat by a small, cameo breast pin ; the knots of black ribbon fastened about her luxuriant brown braids; the petite black silk apron, with its girdle of silk cord, and full large, dropped tassels, and the slender, shi ning little kid boots that peeped daringly out from the folds of her ample skirt. In all his life, Arthur Stone had never looked upon a lace or figure so pleasant or captivating. But as he watched her, she raised her eyesjto his face. In a moment the pretty seriousness which had rested so bocomingly on her fea tures was gone. A provoking smilo curled upon her rosy mouth, and went with a sudden rush of triumph over her whole face, dilating lier finely curved nostrils, and sweeping like ft sunshine over the blue of her eyes, making such rare dimples about ber chin, as one might have supposed to have been fitted by the cun ning fore-finger of Cupid himself. . Arthur Stono was vexed, but was too much a man of the world to allow the young girl to know how much she was capable of annoying him, and so after the first flame of petty an ger had died out from his cheeks and forehead, he said in a voice, the coolness of which sur prised even himself : "Can I be of any assistance to you, Miss ilawkes." "None, sir, thank you. I havo quite con quered my exercises alone to-day." Foolish fellow ! The very coolness of bis manner betrayed the secact which he strove to nide. There was little need of covert if there fi,an0thiDg to conceal- And so it was that Iw ,0ffnoon slipped unpleasantly away, and me afternoon came in Its stead. The teach er's rule so far was a good one. If Anna Ilawkes had not been present, Mr. Stone would have counted it a success, but as it was, he was in a constant tremor of fear. A raised hand in the neighborhocd of her seat and a timid application for assistance was met with something like an unreasonable frown. In a hurried and nervous way he pro ceeded to explain away the difficulty to the timid applicant, anxious to be free from such dangerous surroundings. Just as he was con gratulating himself upon his success, and was about turning away, a rapid whispered volley of words rattled past his ears. . He knew the source from whence they came as well as did ever' scholar that heard them. He could not pass thoughtlessly along. The dread alarm had como with such a sud den distinctness as to surprise him into an in. voluntary start. Every -pair of eyes were turn ed inquiringly and curiously to his face. He was forced into doing his duty. Tho heavy beard about his mouth was friendly to him then, for it covered a suspicious pallor that settled there as he turned about and rested bis eyes sternly upon the blushing, piquant face of Anna Ilawkes. She was the picture of in nocence just then, with her brown lashes drooped low upon her cheeks, and the pearly white teeth crushed cruelly down upon the crimson of her lips. -' "Miss Ilawkes, can you tell me who whis pered a few moments since ?" "Yes, sir." Tho white lids were thrown wide open, and tLe clear eye fixed firmly upon his own. "Who?" "I, sir." ' " "Will you oblige me by stepping this way a moment ?" He led the way out on the floor. "Yes sir, certainly." She followed him promptly, pausing beside the desk and resting one hand prettily upon it's top. "I suppose you listened to my rulo this morning " "Yes, sir." : "You understood it, too, doubtless '" "Yes; sir, perfectly." "Understanding it perfectly, then, you have been pleased to break it. Can you name my duty 1" "It does not admit of a question. Ferule me, sir." She commenced drawing a slender gold ring from her left hand. "This hand ?" she asked suddenly, looking up in his face. "We have plenty of time Miss Hawkes; do not nurry," he said, evading her question. "I have something to say to you." ihe leaned her elbow upon' the desk, and her burning faccnpon her hand. "I shall bo happy to listen to you," she said. "1 will trouble you but a moment, only to say that I regret more than I am. ablu to ex press, that i scholar whom I havo endeavored to treat with uniform courtesy and respect, ana in wnose advancement I had felt a lively interest, snouia by so glaring a misdemeanor. such an utter contempt of my wishes, avow a disregard lor me as a teacher and a friend Such a display is unpleasant enough if a mere child wilfully breaks the rules-of a school, but when instead, a young gentleman or lady so tar lorgets mm or herself, it is intensely pain ful. I assure yon that I deeply regret this." -Anna bowed gracefully as Mr. Stone ceased speaking. Again her white teeth were dented into her lip, while the brown lashes trembled close upon the burning red of her checks. "Your hand, if you please." - The little white haud was reached forth as if it were to receive a caress instead of a blow. As it lay so tenderly and trustingly upon the broad band of the teacher; he inwardly curs ed his stars. He called himself a brute, a ty rant, a knave, a monster. He had a mind to get down on his knees and pray for a big mouthed earthquake to come and swallow him: for a sudden flash of lightning (in the winter time) to melt turn into nonenity ; for a whirl wind to sweep him with its rapid, rushing winds from the lace of the earth. Strike that little dimpled hand with a cruel two-inch rule? aiuv. mtuvi will ajCj UII31C1 lb Willi es, instead. It trembled within his grasp, and about the mouth of the owner a little white line was islanding the redness of her lips. He ugm ne'd Kneel before ber, and ask her to give the pale prisoner entirely to him. It would be 6ts hand then, and no one could blame him for not wishing to injure his own property. . A thought struck him. ne might strike his own hand instead of Anna's. He could shield her and take the blow himself. He was in a mood for cracking every knuckle that he owned. He raised his ruler. Anna raised her eyes to his face. His fixed deter mined expression startled her. She would bear tho blow without starting, she thought, but O, she would hate him, hate him, hale Aim, as long as she lived! As the thought passed through her mind.a gay, dashing sleigh, drawn oy a pair oi nne norscs came ranidlv ut to the school house door. Lucky, lucky, Mr. Stone : tho rule fell harm. lessly on the fair rosy palm of Anna, and he turned his eyes toward the window, and ex- ciaimeu uurneuiy : "I ho committee, Miss Hawkes. You can take your seat now ; but remain to-night after school. Even for this interruption I should not feel justified in letting tho affair pass." "The last committee man upon earth that I would caro to see," exclaimed Mr. Stone to himself, as he bowed low before tho pompons young gentleman, known by tho cognomea of Dr. Wesley Barker, who rapped with his whip upon tho door said young gentleman being one of wealth and education. But the teach er did not care a fig for his wealthhe did not envy him or anything for his education his own was quite equal to it. But what he did care for was, that Dr. Barker was a great ad mirer of Anna Ilawkes, and in the present state of affairs he did not care about having rivals around. Everything went on smoothly during school hours, as it always did during the visits of the several committees, but the moment school was dismissed, Dr. Barker stalked across the school-room floor, and up to Anna Hawkes' seat. Mr. Stone tit his lips with vexation. His rival made his appearance quite in the nick ol time. He despised mean liness heartily, denounced it, but now in spite of himself, he stood and listened eagerly to catch the few words that dropped from Dr. Barker's and Anna's lips. , "I'll ask Mr. Stone to excuse me," he heard Anna say. "Which of course he will do," replied Dr. Barker. - "I am not so certain," was tho smiling re ply, as she darted towards his desk. -"I hope you ".rill pardon mo lor daring to ask such a thing, but Dr. Barker wishes mo to urive wun mm in bis new sleigh, which I am very anxious to do, and so I'd like to be ex uuaeu irum remaining to-nignt to take my leruiing,, promising to como early to-morrow morning." . Mr. Stono bowed and said, "very well, tnouga the words almost choked him. He secretly wished Dr. Barker and bis new sleigh in vnina, ana himself free from the vocation of school teaching. Ho thought as ho stood moodily by his desk watching Anna Ilawkes pin ner piaid shawl closely about her throat and tie under her chin the blue ribbons of her quilted hood, preparatory to ber drive with Dr. J3arker, that he was the most miserable man in existence, and that he would purchase a iarm, worK at snoveling on the railroad would do anything rather than teach another school. He had engaged already to take charge oi me village academy the followme SDrinsr but now he resolved that he would not do it no would throw up the engagement at once "No doubt she thinks mo a very brnte," he said to nimself, as the gay equipage went dashing down the street. Perhaps alter all, sno naa not meditated that ruthless attack up on his dignity and patience. Indeed now he thought of it again, the whisper was more like a sudden exclamation than anything else Yet he had not given her tho slightest chance lor an explanation, but like the executioner who loved his occupation, hurried her forward to tho punishment the dolt that he called himself. He had a very poor opinion of Ar thur Stone just at that moment. He was sure that he would like to horsewhip him. A fair counterpart of tho pupil's thoughts were those of the teacher. It was a dull. areary drive tnat Anna Ilawkes took with Dr. Barker. She hadn't the heart to-eniov it after tue louy ot tne afternoon. . "Ho thinks that I do not care for nor respect him," was tho thought uppermost in her mind, whichever way sho turned. "And this is the return I am making him for his kindnes to me all the interest he has taken in my studies, both in and out of school. O, if he could but know tho truth." "The truth !" the young girl startled herself by these words. And what was the truth She buried her burning face in her hands as sho asked herself the question. It was this. bhe loved Arthur Stone ! loved him better than life itself ! A cry of pain went from her lips, as the knowledge settled down upon her nearc. jsui wnat prool Had she given of this ? nat prool that sne was any other than a vain, selfish thing! None, alas, none ! Like any woman who is conscious of her power, she gloried in hers over Arthur Stone. But how was he to know that it was any but the glory of a fickle, heartless coquette, rather than that of a strong, loving, true-hearted woman, who L makes her power ft golden harn -about the heart, of therrTOan 'she loves, by which she draws him Jenderly towards her? How, O; how was ho to know this ? The thought was agonizing to her. : , l : She resolved at last to -go to him in the morning and confess her fault, humbling as it was. Ho should know, at least, that she held his feelings too sacred to wound them wanton ly. But in the morning she was sick and le vensh, scarcely able to lift her head from the pillow. She could not.see Arthur that day, and so she must contentedly wait for the next. Against her wishes Dr. Barker was summoned, wno croaked dubiously of a fever hangmgti bout her. Sho must bo careful, be very quiet and follow : his directions, he said, and he would come again in the afternoon to learn how she was getting along. He cams in the afternoon, but at an unlucky hour.- Anna sat back in the rocking chair bj' tho window, looking eagerly up the street. But while he paraded learnedly by her side, he saw a rapid red stain through the, whiteness on her cheek, and an eager light break out from the clear blue of her eyes. Arthur Stone was passing by tho house, and viewing with a scornful curl of the lip the handsome equipage of Dr. Barker. Ho did not look bevond it to the pale face bent so eagerly towards him, but turned his eyes coldly away , and walked haughtily down the street, while Anna sank back with a sigh into the softly cushioned chair. , Is ext morning she refused to remain away from school anotherday. Arthur Stone would say she was cowardly, that she feared the fe ruling, that she absented herself purposely, because ot tho misunderstanding on Tuesday afternoon, which she was too guilty to face again. She would goto the school though she dropped fainting on the way. Sho could not rest until her mind was unburdened of this heavy load. So she went pale and tremb ling at an early hour to the school house. "How he scorns me how he bates me !" she thought, as Mr. Stone quietly raised his eyes to her face and bowed a silent good morn ing as she entered the room. How could she ever face that stern, cold gaze, and make ex cuses for not keeping her appointment ol the previous morning ! ; - "I was too ill to como yesterday morning," she said, in a trembling, voice, "or I should not have broken my promise. Will this morn ing do as well ?" Mr. Stono glanced keenly into her face. The blanched cheeks and white quivering lips testified to the truths of what she said. ""Are you able to be here how ?" he asked in a tone ot voice that bad more of tender ness than aught else running through it. "Hardly, lou can ler ferule me, and I will go home," she said, while ' her cheeks crimsoned with shame. - . Mr. Stone bit his lips to keep back a reply which roso involuntarily to them. Again was that tender, whito hand before him waiting meekly for its punishment, now weak and trembling from illness. Did she think him a brute? Quite evidently from her action. "I-I regret that I wounded your feelings on Tuesday," she said, raising her eyes to his face. "I am thoughtless, 1 hope not heart less. Will you pardon me ?" The question was asked in a low, quivering voice,hlaf chok ed with tears. "Pardon you ?" Mr. Stone repeated tho words slowly, in a clear, emphatic tone.- ; "la it too much to ask ? You will not re fuse me you could not refuse me if you knew " . - "What?" - "How utterly miserable I am. I cannnot stay here here's my hand be quick let me go home!" ' - ' With a quick rapid movement, the teacher grasped the little, feverish hand that was out stretched to btm, covered it over and over with fervent and passionate kisses. "Forgive you," he said, while, his fine eyes grew deep and tender in their expression, "fOrffive VOU. ves. a thousand liniAn nrt fnn not be able to show you a millionth part of the iuvo wuicu i Dear lor you. f orgive you but I'll dare ask more than vnn rl:iro hnno norhans more than you care to hope that you will niae you win piace yourseu ana tnis sinned against, abused little hand in my keep ing. Tell me Anna, have I asked too much ?" The answer was faint and low that came from Anna Hawke's lips, but nevertheless it was asatifactory one,lor the sweet little mouth from whence it camo took immediate reward in kisses. ' So it all ended. And in a few weeks after Anna Hawkes becamo Mrs. Arthur Stone, mnch to the satisfaction of the woudering scuooi at iton. A Romeo and Jcxiet is Cuba. Romance in Real Life. Quite a romantic and melancholy affair took place in Cienf'uegos, Cuba, on the evening ol the 7th March. A young man (clerk in the office of Aveles & LeBlanc,) by the name of Carlos Ponfanti, ofcood family. and possessed of considerable means, has lor some time been under marriage engagement to a young lady by the name ol Carr, who is said to be the most beautiful girl in Cienfuesos The couple were anxious to consummate the marriage tie, but, in consequence of the oppo sition of the gentleman's friends, it was de ferred, although tho parties had proceeded so far as to have a house furnished and the lady's wedding dress prepared; but, finding their wishes frustrated, they determined, as they were denied tho happiness of living together in this world, to seek that desirable favor in another, and, in pursuit of this object, each took a doso of strychnine in coffee, on the night of tho 7th, at 10 o'clock. The poor girl died at 11, after having written a long letter to her friends, explaining the cause of her taking this sad step. She was buried this afternoon, arrayed in what was to have been her wedding apparel. Her father and sisters are almost distracted under their terriblo affliction. The young man was alive tho next day, but his death was looked for every hour, and he de clares, positively, that if the present attempt does not succeed, he will adopt such means as will. Iho event created much excitement, and great sympathy is manifested for both par ties. Their parents are half Spanish and half American. Miss Carr's father is a native of Philadelphia, and is at present custom-house officer at Cienf uegos. It appears that a little sister of the deceased was in the room when the poison was taken, and begged for some of the coffee in which it was mixed, but her wish was refused.' The young'man was the first to partake of the fatal drahght ; he then took an affectionate farewell of bis affianced one, both in life and death, and returned home. The girl drank, tho dregs and retired to', bed, but shortly, alter she called ud the famuy aod j:ave them the letters she had' written, at. the same f ri" 2 l ' J" '.i y . i . ' nr time iiuoruiing mem 'i me iaiat act. -. jjvery effort was made to save- her life, but without success. ne told tnem tnat if sno could not live with : him sho loved in this world, she wpuld meet him in the next, where they would be nappy, A , , . ; , A"Ssake" 'in the Mexican , Teeatt. A Washington correspondent makes a revelation which goes far to account for the cold shoul der given to tho Mexican Treaty in the Senate, in the face of so many strong recommenda tions for its ratification. The pith of . this story is, that at the eleventh hour it was dis covered that inasmuch as one of the provisions of thetTreaty established free trade between Mexico and the United States, we should be obliged in the event of its ratification to open our ports, likewise, to the "free trade of England, France, Germany and all other nations with whom we have treaties and guar antees in them that they shall be placed on the same footing with "the most favored na tions. V Tho Treaty, it seems, was soingeni- ously worded, that nobody discovered the flaw until it had been under discussion for days and days but when the discovery was made, free lraders as well as .Protectionists, we are told, agreed to lay the Treaty, without a dis senting voice, upon the table. , If this repre sentation be ; correct, the conclusion would seem to be irrepressible that tho makers of the treaty . did . their best to . do, sub rosa, a thing which they, knew could never be done openly and above board or also,if everything was fair and square on their part, the Adrain- stration, . the -I oreign Relation Committee, and the Committee on Finance, whose special business it was to study out the mystery, ought to have a patent for a statesmanlike penetra tion astuteness which it would be difficult to find a parallel for, anywhere beyond the area of the District of Columbia. . Making the Most of It. The remarkable advance in tho charge for board and lodging in Charleston, which is to commence a week be fore the meeting of the Democratic National Convention in that city, and to continue while its members remain in town, reminds one of an anecdote related of George the Second. That monarch was in the habit of paying f re quent visits, from England, to his hereditary Electorate of Hanover. . On one occasion, while on the way to his German capital,' he stopped, with his retinue, to. lunch at a small hotel or inn in a petty village. The host had nothing in the way of provisions except, bread and eggs, andtlie. Monarch .and his retinue partook, ot a light", repast of these. . Aa the royal party was retiring, the landlord present ed his "little account," which so much startled the nobleman who held the , purse, that be banded it to the King. It happened that his Majesty was notoriously fond ot money. He, therefore, flew into a dreadful rage, and asked the extorting landlord what he meant by charg- ng thrco hundred dollars lor a simple lunch of bread and eggs lor a dozen people. "Are eggs so scarce in this village ?" asked his Ma jesty. The . landlord replied, ;No, siro, but Kings are!" , Good Advice. He gave good advice who said: If you are in trouble, doh'f tell it to ev ery one you meet. Not ono In a hundred will sympathize with you. ; Some may speak a word of comfort, to turn away and ridicule you j but precious lew will laugh less freely, or engage with less earnestness in the business of life. Troubles, in nine cases out of ten, are like threatening clouds which soon vanish. They have a queer test in Washington to as certain how far a man is intoxicated. ; If he can -say "National Intelligencer," straight put, he - is considered, passable. When be sings .out "National Tcllinencer," it- U tuo't accessary for him to go heme. THE CARNIVAL AT BOMB. The following extract from a private letter, dated Home, February 20, 18G0, we take Irom the J ew 1 ork Tribune : "Saturday was the first day of the carnival Most of us Americans had never been in Rome before, and were impatient to witness and take part in a festival about which we bad heard so much. - The Pope, unfortunately, had in terdicted masking. This precluded muth of the grotesque display of costume and funny extravagance which we had expected to boo taking from the festival half of its picturesque ness and much of its spice. "For a week or more, the Corso had been gradually going through a course of transfor mation. Temporary balconies were erected in lront of every eligibly situated window, and where balconies already existed, (and they are in front of nearly all the windows commanding the street,) they were decorated with gaudy rugs, tapestries, and scarlet cloths, and from every window of the upper stories hung long draperies of crimson and gold. By the morn ing of Saturday the ordinary somber aspect of the street was changed to ono of sparkling brightness. ."At the corner of all the streets in the neighborhood of the Corso, huge baskets of confetti were exposed for sale. Boquets of ev ery grade of beauty and costliness from the full dress article, with its dainty camelias, and pink and white rosebuds, at three or four scu. di each, to the modest bunch of violets and bachelor's buttons, at as many baiocchi, were temptingly displayed in the face of the pass ers by, and out of every shop window hung great bundles of wire masks aud small tin scoops, which indicated clearly the kind of warfare which was about to take place. "At 2 o'clock the gun from Castle St. An geio announced the commencement of tho Car. nival, and almost immediately crowds of peo ple, on foot and in carriages, began to wend -their way toward the Corso, either to join the procession in the street or to sco it from tho balconies which they bad previously hired. "Our position was peculiarly fortunate. It was in one of the balconies of the apartments occupied by our young and gentlemanly Con sul, Mr. Glentfrorth, who, with his uniform courtesy, had early in tho season insisted that we should occupy it on this occasion. The house was directly opposito that of the French General, De Guyon, the commander of the forces in Italy, and near the open square at the Via Condotti, where one ot the French regimental bands was posted, which played at intervals during the afternoons of each day of the Carnival.- - - . - "With considerable tact, Mr. Glentworth bad placed his windows at the disposal of sev eral Northern and Southern families, who have been somewhat conspicuous in society the present season in Borne,' and the" entire front of His apartments .-was thus, lined-with a par terre of i living flowers,, comprising a number of the most elegant ol our countrywomen, who formed together a fitting representation of that beauty for which American ladies are so remarkable. Thoir tasteful d6minoes and well arranged toilettes made these balconies the most noticeable of all upon the Corso: as was proved by an almost incessant shower of costly boquets and pretty bon-bons, which was rained upon them lor three hours daily during the festival., ,: , . . "I will not attempt to describe particularly the peletnele of the carnival at Rome. ' You who have seen it will recall to mind the long narrow street crowded for its entire length with a confused mass of human beings in ev ery imaginable costume horses, wagons and carriages decorated in every conceivable col or, and every man, woman and child who make up the motley mnltitute, with hands filled with confetti, and each raised against its neighbors, and pelting them with all the earnestness of a desperate conflict; the street mud hidden be neath the debris of broken boquets and an at mosphere of chalk powder, and flying rose leaves hanging like a canopy between the niot- ly masses below, and the merry laughing crowds of beautiful girls and pretty children which fill the balconies above their heads ! It is the most amusing sight imaginable. The fun s so contagious that the old as well as young take part in it, and all are sorry when the gnu sounds for tho Corso to be cleared for the horse race,which concludes the day's festivity. Dreadful Affair in Arkansas. In Crit- don county, Arkansas, not far from Marion, and eight or ten miles from this city, lived a man named Robinson and his wife. On last Tuesday night but one,' February 21,' no one being in the dwelling but Robinson and bis wife, just as he was retiring for the night a shot fired by some person outside came crashi ng through the window it was well aimed, and the unfortunate man fell before his wife a corpse.' Strong excitement arose in the neigh borhood, and Robinson being a favorite with bis neighbors, a determination was expressed that justice should be done. Investigation led to the discovery of suspicions conduct on the part of the wife of the murdered man. So dark and damning were the indications of her guilt that she was arrested and placed in jail on Friday of last week The wretched wo man, overcome with horror and fear, sought to save herself by denouncing others, and made a full confession. She stated that she had formed an intimacy with a man whose name is not given, and wished ta marry him, aud for one hundred dollars she hired his brother to do the deed of death by which sho might bo set free from her husband. ' He per formed his task only too well." On Wednes day the two men implicated wero arrested and placed in custody. On the 1st mst., the ex asperated people dragged the criminals from the jail to the woods, and there hung them up until they were dead. The woman was reser ved, but was to bo hung on the d, as the pop ulace were determined that all who were con cerned in the assassination of Robison, should cumber earth no longer. Memphis jlppeal. Tho Charleston Convention will vote by States, each State' casting as many votes as it has in the electoral college ; but by a resolu tion adopted at Cincinnati, the Convention will bo composed of twice as many delegates as voters. Classified into Free and ' Slav States, the former will . send 360 against 240 from the latter. Beside these, the members of the Democratic National Executive Commit tee have seats on the floor of the Convention, but no votes. ' They are S3 fn number. More over, it is customary to admit distinguished members of the party to the floor of the house,, as a courtesy : so that the Convention will be composed- of about 650 members. SCENES IK THE LIFE OF A SHOWMAN. " "' ' . - - - - - BT ARTEMIS WARD. A showman meats strange sites, ne sees human natur as she ar, unmasked and without no close on, & bo must be stupider nor a ded kab hoss ef he dnzzent stock his branes with several kinds of nollege. The undersined won't boste. Ime an Arqcrican sitterzun. I go in for the fast sailin, snug bilt & full mand skuner United States, whitch runs herself, sho duz, and on whose decks 1 man is as good as annuther man, & frekwcntly more so, if he cond ucks himself strate. To use a Shakespea rian fraso, Ime nativ and to the manner born, & don't want to put on airs ciiuply becaws Ivo met with great sucksess in the showperfeshun (whitch I've bin into goln on twcnty-2 yeres.) My wurthy projenny tors was nnable to give mo a clasycal eddy.cashnn, & all I nose I pickt up "As I sailed, as I sailed," to kwote from Cap ting R. Kidd, the sellerbrated pirat. But thank Ilevn my sire and sircss gave me a good name, & I pint with fcelins of pride & plesuro to the fack that nun of our family was ever in Congress or on the New York perlice, or Ams hous Guvner. The ensooin sene in my check erd karreer is respectably submitted : I pitcht my tent in a small town in Injianny one day larst sccson, and while I was standin at the dore takin munny, a deppytashun of la dies came up & sed they was members ot the Cunkumvill Femail Moral Reform & Wimin's Rite's Associashun, and they axed mo if they cood go in without pay in'. ' "Not exackly," ses I, "but you can pay without goin in." . "Dewou know who we air ?" scd one of the winiin, a tall & feroshus looking critter, with a blew kotton umbreller under her arm, "dew you know who we air, Sux.?' ' "My impreshun is," sed I, "from, kursery vew, that you air females." "We air, Sur." sed the feroshus woman, "we belong to a Society whitch blecves wimin has rites whitch bleeves she is endowd with as much intelleck as man is whitch bleeves she is trampiled on & abuzed whitch will re sist henslth & forever the encroachments of proud and domincerinian." " , Dunn' her discourse the execntric femail grabd me by the koat koller & was swingen her umbreller wildly over my hed. ' - . , "I hope, Marm," ses I, starting back, "that- your intenshuns is honorable ? Ime a lono man hear in a strange place. Decides, I've a wife to bum." - : "Yes," cride the femail, "and she's a slave ! Doth she never dreem of freedom doth sho never think of throwin off the yoke ot tyrinny & thinkin & speekin & votin for herself ? Doth sho never think of theso yere things ?" : ".tSot bem' a natral born lool," sed I, by this time a little riled, "I kin safely say that Bhedusunt." ' ' " :' " ' "0 Tvhot whot V Screamed tho "femail; swingin Jier umbreller in the air, "O whot i the price that wuman pays for ber experience ?" "I don t know, marm," ses I, "the price to my Show is 15 cents pur individooal." " ' "& can't our Society go in free?" asked the femail. : ; ' . . ;" "Not if I know it,", sed I. , "Crooil, crooil man," she crido, & bust inr to tears. - - ' - "Won't you let my darter In ?" sed another of the exsentric wimin, takin me afeckshunitly by the hand. "O, please let my darter in, . she's a sweet gushin child of natur." , "Let her gush !" roared I, as mad as I cood stick at their tarnal nonccnts ; "let her gush i" hereupon they all sprung back with tho si- multanius obscrvashun that I was a Beest. "My femail friends," sed I, "be4 you ieeve. I've a few remarks to make ; wa them well. The femail woman is 1 of the greatest insti toosbuns of whitch this land kin Boste. It's. onpos3ible to get along without her. Had thar bin no femail wimin in tho world, I. sbood scarcely be hear with my unparaleled show on this very orspicbus occashun. She is good in wellness good all the time. O wooman, woo. man !" I cride, my feelins wurked, up to ft hi loetick pitch, "you air an angil when you be have yourself; but when you take oil" your proper apparil, & (mctyforicaly speakin) git into panty loons when you desert your fire sides, & with your beds full of wimin's rites noshuns. go round liko roarin lyons seekin whom you may devour sumbuddy rin short,; when you undertake to play the man, you play, the devul, & air an emfattic noosance. , My fe mail friends," I continued, as they was indig nantly leavin, "wa well what A, Ward has sed!" The Threatened War in CniNA.-The ap pointment of the Earl of Elgin as Plenipoteti-t tiary Extraordinary to tho Government of. China affords ground to hope that the threat, encd war may be averted. Tho voice of the-' English nation is undoubtedly for peace, and, ' accoiding to secret advices from Pekin, tho Chineso Lmperor is disposed to make every, reasonable concession. It would seem, there fore, that nothing was wanting but a skillful' diplomatist, free from prejudice and person ally acceptable to the Chinese, in order to se-, cure a good understanding; and such a man. we have in the person of the Earl of Elgin. In"1857 Lord Elgin was appointed special En- oy to China, on a mission similar to that for which he is now designated ; and, though the ebollion iu India -foiled his efforts at that. time, he was regarded by the Government of China with peculiar favor. - Thi nrire of a New York lfifrfslafor rjtrinn ." first quality sells at $30,000; middling $5,000; . inferior $3,000 that is If tho buffalo Courier tplls the truth when it sava vnfps r nnenl'V - j - - i purchased at the above sums, and that Sena tors and Assemblymen have their specified prico for supporting gives measures. ; The planting in Texas is said to bo either rapidly progressing or finished, as far as re gards oorn and vegetables. In the lower and western counties corn is already up. In Mid dle and Eastern Texas the ground has been in : fine condition, and has been broken up easier , and deeper than has been usual.. , , - , The swamp-lands in the suburbs of New Orleans are now being drained, and the eiti- zens anticipate thereupon a speedy extension , of tho city. . . , Seeing a cellar nearly fisishcd,a waggish fel- ow remarked that it was an excellent 1 ounda- : tion for a story. . , , . ' , There arc in Leavenworth. Kansas, one bun- dred and fourteen lawyers and judges. The Kentucky Senate rejected the bill pro hibitiDg the marriage of cousins. t 4--I: i A: