. , .. • . , . .•• • • . . . --. „ . , . . _ . . . .. '7 ~ , . • [... ..r , ". . z-..). _ . - •.., AVM,.,' • ' -,. •._ - - --. ,- - -otv: ; , • 4.,• , ~-„, • - Ah ,i)I • ,L,. ~., , ...., • `fit )1, -' •a%,t....t s'g) ~., ..- ~..t..., s A ‘' r 1. ti te.W/q{',4, ' C , h. '. • , , . - V.." .• , • . .. , ' , • ...• I* " C.' ' ... ' , 4, < P, - . . , -....,,, •1 1 '.'t ~.< • ' 1 : 1 •fl) ..-`, it ':,\ . - 1 ,._, ~),„ . • *.,•• . .- ' . t 1 OP ...-. N., , . ' l. ' l ''' =fie`, , ',.tP•• i'' ' '' s ' ".:' ' \ . 4 ."' etloxi/VI -- ',..... 2, . 4P4 # .. . ' t ''-- t V ..4 1 ! ..1 !: 1 -I 'l '" F-- "1'LV.2.4N',..,....f ...-".•04,.. It . - • - • 0,• '''''•% 111 • , . - • . ' • wviit 1 - c7c. , c 4 .' , A+WT " '": <7...4*" '_4 , — .-..--. . 7 ... „ . , . , • ..r . •5 . . v- . BY E. BEATTY. 'kEilitbs, John W n, ATTOR N EY r LAW.—Omee; in the house of illiSslVlOGinnis, near the store or A & lY Beiuz,,South.flanever street, Penn'a. uplo 50 PITZSECIAN AND suzscrEopt, - Doct. H. Hinkley: OFFICE on Main Street, near the Post Of— ' Pico. Dr. 11. is prepared to use Galvanism as a remedialagent intim treatment of Purely dabs not guarantee succes from.its application to ' all or oven any of these diseases. Rel.& luur been given and cures effected in a number of instances, and may be in others..., March 27, 1850, ly. ' Cara. . ' FI R H w ill JAS. AIeCULLOUG iII give his nuendrifice in , the various blanches of his prolession, in town or country, to all that may fivor.him with nenll, OVFICE opposite the 2d Presbyterian Church and Wert's Hotel tafely - Vocupied by Dr. Polak - Carlisle, sept JESS Doctor Ad. Lippe, HOMOEOPATI - 11.0 Physician Office in Maih street, ill the house leFinerly occu• pied by P. B. Lechler. „ up 9"4ti - Dr, - 7 WILL perform al t lrEtt e f operations upon the Teeth that are requi red for their preservation, ONII as Scaling,. ',Filing, Plugging, &c.., or will restate the loss of. them, by kliserting Artificial Teeth, from a single. tooth o a full sett. Office. on I.'it ‘ t street, a few ours south of the "Railroad Hotel. Dr. L. is ab• •ent the last ten days of every month. lII.eVU'GL, Surgeon Dentist .ICJ informs his former patrons that he has a urned to Carlisle, and will be glad to attend to I a ill: in the line of,his profession. :leet3i Carson-C. Moore, A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the roetp: lately ocoupied by Dr. Poster, deceased. mar 31 '47 Wm. Penfose, / CP TORNEY AT LAW, vilt practice-inXX- the several Courts of Cumberland county. OFFICE. in Main - Street, in -the room-former -IF-occupied James R. Smith; " ATTORNEY AT—LAW: .Flas RG MOVED his.ofiice to Ctootem's Row, two oors Iroin Borkholdor's Hotel. [apr 1 GEO3EVGr, MGEI Jus'rtcE - CIF. 'll.-1E PEACE. OF FICE at his residence, corner of Main street and the Public Ssivare, opposite 13nritholder's in addition to the difttes of • Justice of the Peace, will • artend:toilllkinds of NiTiting; . ' such as deeds, bonds, inortgrigesi indentures, articles of agreement, notes, Bic. Carlisle, np v.Plainfieid Classical-Academy, .NEST OF , CARLISLE. The Eihlit4 Sei'sion will commence on .1110N DAY,'"Ofay oth, 1850. tonne Bence of inereaSing -'4 Watrondge large and, commodious brick - edifice' bagi been erectbd r rendering this one of the most desirable institutions in the state. The various departments' are under the care of competent, and faithlubinstructors, nail every_endeuvor will be made to promote the moral and intellectual improvement of students. The surrounding country is beautiful nod healthful, and the in stitution sufficiently distant front town or village to prevent evil associations. t; Terms—'sso per Session (Five Months.) For circulars with full information address K BURNS, Principal Plainfi rid 0., Cumberland County, Pd. aplo, '5O Atavville academy.' SELECT CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC F,p17001.-NEW VILLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, FA. WT 1$ confidently believirdlPt few Institutions A- offer greater inducements tostudents titan the aline°. Located in.the midst of a,contlitm: nity proverbial . tor their porality and regard, for the interests of, religion, this . Academy- can oficdluglly guard its members fronrevil and immoral influences. Adv - Xlitago. ' are tiled olfered . to those desiring to '.pursue the 'study of the physical sciences, surpassing those, of most similar institutions. Those having sons or-wards and wishing to send them to a seminary of learning, are re speotfully solicited to visit Newville, and jUdge' • of the advantages for themselves, or, at least, procure a eircular„contaitting full particulars, hy addressing, ,„,„, JAMEb U§TON" - --. \ , trvg 22 ly - Principal. . Extensive Ftittifellocns.. irmn." - -91,v01.,k,VE It would respectfully ell• call lie attention of House Keepers and the ptibliecto his extensive stock of ELEGANT IP Ult N-IT URN. including Sofas, Wardrobes, Centre and °the& ;I'ablos, Dressing and plain Bureaus an. it - 27tefy...otkir article in Me branch of business. Also, now on hand the largest as. sortnent of CHAIRS in Carlisle, at;the lowest prices. i)-7 - Colli made at the shortest notice G" and a Hearse pro i .d for funerals. He solic its a call at his cst Hello - tont on North Hano ver street, near Glass's HOTEL. N. B.—Fur niture hired .out by the month or year. . . Carlisle, March 20. 18.50.—1 y. • - ' John- El Lyne WHOLZSALL'and Retail Denler in w 7 Poroignand Domeitio Hardware, Paint, Oil, Glass, Varnish, &e nt the old stand in N Hanover street, µdisk, hairjust received Irma Now York Mid Philadelphia a largo addition to his foratcoMeck, to which the. attention of bny• ors is-Twine:3ml, 'as •he• is determined to 9011 lower than env othdr . liduso in.town. aprlP Lumber-Yard. TIIE subscriber, would respectfully inforni tho_public gouorally that lie has Just' opened a new LUMBER AND COAL YARD in West High street, a-font doors cant of Messrs J Ithonds'alVarehousc, where h . ° now htsi tid` . will keep constantly on hand s Vet rats assortment of all kinds of sea Boned pine boardi and plank and all other kinds of stall, all of which he will sell low for cash April 3,1850. JOHN N. ARMSTRONG Notice. . 'llll.l.Q . miesioniers of. Cumberland county doom it proper to inform the public, that the ste ed meetings of the Board of Commiesionora will be hold on. thesecond and fourth' Mondays of each montl)imi .which limo any persona having .busineas with' said . Board, will moot the m at, weir Mike in Carlisle.• • • • ' • Attest WM. RILEY, Cl'lt.. NOTICE. DAB R.ELLAS. Parasoie and Sunshades m ide,.eovered-and-ropttired, liy-the eubseriber at Ma Shop,.in East .Lontlior street, Car lisle.. Terms eash,•but prices low. WM . ..FRIDLEY. • Carlisle January, 09,' 50. •.• • Iron Iron. .. ; 10.'Ponn Hamann:id and Rollo& Iron, just re.. ' .coiv.nd , ac the clump Hardware store of thee nub= ~ scribal. in East High' street..- For node-.low-by... Fob. 13,1000. f • • HENRY SAXTON. • D yetrkg .-an a .. 8 couln g.. ; - , AATILLIANT - 4,,A1R; iii Lotit.hbr,trotai .. . 1 ,, !„- 7 -,• - mint.- the 9oliego, dyes LltlieVitnil Gentle. -"'" Inon's appnyreY, all'eoloisrand-warrtinta ell work phe alLtia99t9o., , ' IP rdere in hia line rospektully , • A fbrame' • g r h dff,air,rind in,good ordor, Emittiro of ,WAI. lli. PPNgost,,, EMI - ef .Pamity alrewspaper,-- Vievoted to '.l4,ter` fetes,. , aq ricultuke, (Polities, B usiness 'and 6e4eral lntelliq ence. - ..7 - , • , TNERE AIM TWD THINGS, SAITH LORD BACON,: VIIIGII MAKE A NATION GREAT AND PRESPEROLIIIk7, . . , , - • • '• - - '''' ,:Or.!,RTILE SOIL ANtrELISY WORKSHOPS,—TO WHICH, LET ME.ADD, KNOWLEDGE" AND FILE'EDOM.' 7 ,Bishop Hal 14,' ..... ~, . , . .. , .. .. . . • ~. , - . . . ,'tores ,51)ops, ANOTHER DEVOLUTION. AMU EL A . 'Hi BBARD, havi4burchas ' oil of Mr. Henry A Sturgeon, his stock of rugs, Miidicines .3r.c.. would respectfully so licit a share of the public patronage, at the-old stand, corner of-Pitt and High Streets, opposite the Rail Road depot.°'. , • Ile will keep constantly on hand; an assort ment of froth Drugs. Medicines, Paints, OHS', Dye Stull's, Perfumery, and a' variety of fancy articlei, which ho is determined fo sell low,— attention-to-the-busi-- , 'less, and particularly to putting ups,preseriptions. A liberal deduction made ler Physicians coun try Merchants, and Pedlers. Feb. 13, 1350• e Fresh Drugi,' Medicines, Ece, • • . • ~--,.7l. h ave just receired-froni Plrilndel- ` ~I 7 .- 4 — To pip!! and New York very extensive additions to my former sto'clt,ernbra7 cing nearly uvery article of Medicine now—ifis-nte, together with Paints, Oils, V4ishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps, Statiotiory, -Fine Cutlery,- -Fishing-!fackle,t- Brulies of alnfost every description, with an endless variety of other articles, which I arrk de-- termined to sell at the ypty LOWEST prices. All Physicians, Country . I.4lerchants, Pedlar and others, are respectfully requested not to pas the OLD STAND, us they may rest essure that every article will , be sold of a good quality reasonnble - terms:'--- S. S. ELLIOTT, • . Main street. Carlisle. 1 a , BO NEW_ ARRIVAL OF ; lit s oreign and 'Domestic Hardware JACOB. SENER 1a1.9 just received,Trom the eastern cities, and is now opening at the Cheap I lardwore. on North Hanover street, next door to G.Jass' - Hotel, a new assortment in his like, rsgelk Oils, Glass and Paints, - Copal, Japan and Black Varnishes, of extra quality, Nails and Spikes, • \Vale' best Bar Iron, Cast, Shear, Blister and Spag Steels, Locks, Hinges and SCITAVEI4 Planes, Saws, Chisels, Augurs, Axes, Knives and ForkS, Shoe Findings, &c. To which he would call the attention of the public. Ptrsons Wishing to buy will do well to oall. es we tire determined to sell at loss rates I .hareash. In - The:highest price paid for Scrap Ircn, and for Flax Seed. J SENER. novK , CheaiiTaking - ;STOPC., .GREAT BARGAINS!. IrrIHE subscriber, would respectfully inform his friends and the public in general„ that lie has removed hislarge 'and, extensive assort mottt or READY MADE. CLOTHING to fife room recently occupied aa a store by Geo. IV. Ilium'. on East Main street. direetly.oppo site Elliott's Drug Store, and within two doora, of Ogilby's store, where he.will'keep constant iram hod, all kindsof Ready Made Clothing, and everything pertaining to ge n tlemen's wara - _The clothing he offers for sale is mado p in his own shop, by experienced workmen, 'and under his own supervision. Ho feels pre pltre4to offer great bargains in .he Clothing, line, and to test this fact.heould earnestly in vite the ,rcitizens of this coun'ty.to give him a call and examine the quality, of'his stock and his prices, before purchasing elsewhere. He will tilscr,'as heretofore, continue to mako up Mi d lands of Clothing according. to 'order, and those who prefer,i(atieltnye, their meastlres taken, and. their garments made pp 'to their pleusment. ..AlwaXtr tin hand a'large assortment of Cloths; Casidtneres, Satinets, Vcstings, &e. Don't forget the place directly opposite El liott's store, and within two, doors of Ogilby's: NATHAN HANTCH. CUMBERLAND AND PERRY HDTEL. Carlisle, Vieille a. ripHE subscriber respectfully informs• 1f the citizens of Cumberland and Perry . counties, and the public generally', tlitAlie has ; 1 ,3 t,. taken that,large,. new and 'co modiour •Hotel,, ott,North Ifilri ver street, Car isle, known us he Cumberlan 8n 'ferry II tel, -Mid _recently ,•-A lit by II W'Or t. 3118-11 se is a neWlnidel ! e, Italy 'finished t. thblishment, is pleasently. eiumodTand is ford lied with .good bedding and qtlier furniture, and his, accommodations are such its to make it a convenient, and desirm _Etc stopping place. _IfiA.TABLE will be, fur nished with the best the market con afford, and hit/BAR with the choicest liquors: Hp has al ways on hand n large supply'ofFEED,'suitable. for alLitinds of Cattle, and good FEEDING LOTS, with other accommodations which can. trot fail to render it _a desirable stopping place . for DROVERS. His STABLING is exten. sive, capable of aedommodating about •76: bead of horses. He has also about 200 acres of good., pasture land for Cattle, %Lich can be had on reasonable terms. In short no pains will bo spared to render the utmost satisfaction to all his guests . , ' HENRY GLASS. Feb. 13, 1850.—;Gm. / Farmers! Save your Money, jrIAST IRON HORSE POWERS for two U three and four horses,. made entirely of, rat, that you can leave it in the weather . without the leak danger of injury. - Also, . Threshing Machines, Winnowing-Mills, Plows Plough Mould-boards, cutters; Points do Shears coastantly.on blind. You will save nioney, by calling bcfore,purchasing elsei,vhere, at the Foundry in East Iljgh Street, Carlisle Pa. augB3mos - F GARDNER. Fish, Fish, Fish TUST.received at the CheapFamily.Grneery J of the.subsiriber, a lot of No. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel,:ln whole, half of quartet barrels.— Also, 50 melts of round i4lum Salt, whieh he is detertairted,to sell at the lowest prices for .cash. fo 131 .J D HALUERT. ' FAIINPORS' HOT L. EAST HIGH STREET, CARLISLE, PA. TIIE subscriber,' hate •-of the "Stone Tay. X' ern." Walnut Bottom Road,) respectfully , informs his friends and the-public generally that he has taken that well known Tavern stand, in East High 6treet formerly kept by slrs Wunderlich,' and that ho is now prepared to accommodate Farmers, Pedlars. Travellers, and all others who mdy favor him with a call, in the most accanmodating manner. His stabling, which is largeland convenient, will be in charge of a careful Ostler. He flatters himself thet.frorri- hie experience • as an Inkeetier, lie-will be able to render gene ral entisiitenop, '• myl.3ni • 'CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN.— 1.1144 4'44 er*reiiM*4l I JUST. received a• genera • assortment of handsome Buffalo Back Combs, also, Imitation ?titrelo Combs; of beautiful patterns and in 'Tat variety. :,-LINEN SHEETING'S, &c.- • - Barnsloy - Slieetings, also, 12.4 Muslin Sheet ings, Pillow . Case - Linens and. Muslins, ,also Towelling-in groat variety just opened - • VINEGAR. . Pure dider Vinegar of excellent. qualify jtuit received by nov2B G W, HITNER. • Adams lc Vs's., Exprd6s. . is 'rigout for this Company. and all packages that are left at hie store wilt ho,tateaded_ to with-care and- dispatch; Tdie— Expreas leaves evry morning at 4 o'clock, and . , arrives at 4 P. M. ectl7 • , .T•W MART,IN. Queensware & Glass. A LARGE and genersl inieetian of these or: doles in ovary variety lias been added to our as , sortmeut. Also, a lot of. Cedar Ware, embrac ing_Titbs'Ofturns, .Icc., at mum low prices, at the Grocery Store or • • Marc • J W lin Y.. •. • • • • Lost, • ' ' • gleN • Satitrday • morning last, somewhere' int this Borough, a :pair of 'silver spectacles., in' a' steal case, one of the glossas-cracked.— • The•fi,nder will be litiainllrrawarded 1 1 •1 0 0 / 4.-•••• ing'thani at this office. • EGA:IISA Gno' lorjut. t ricoived and for Rule; by' bog ot retail•nt HUBBARD' feb.l3-50, - • Diug So'Variely Store' I,l2LixAit , &‘ IVIGII'ir. Night woirs.away I the earth in lie foggy -shroud Lice quiet and still L.not a-voice aloud. Disturb, the silence that reigns supreme O'er Natilre's dominion, save - the occasional scream Of some lone Night-bird as it soars away To seek its honto e'er coining day Gladdens the earth with its mellow, light, And dispels by its power the gloom of night. '. The leiblen'elouils, obscure and dim; Suspended hang like spectres grim; The.staree-now-almoutiost- to view. - •* --- Seem bidding earth afoul adieu ; Night's almost gone,that flashing ray Triumplistitly-prpclaime tile day; Abd now Aurora'a-golden,car Throws his light on the - lily of the Ind afar; The ralst brgegreos becombs lost'to thereye, As in vapor it slowly ascends to the sky,. The clouds that lately veiled the night, s.N6ii proudly float in a good °flight ; The 'floweis arc crowned with diadems, _ - Composed a Nature's finest gems ' Clear.sparkling dew-drops, whose magic rare, Weaves a silver tissue in the llqiiid air, Deflecting in a thousand different ways The chrystal light of Aurora's rays. Hark! through the air rich notes are heard „Swelling ouLfromilieihroaLdf_some_Warbillig birth. ' As perched on the top of a tree nearby, • 1 It raises its song pf praise on high. The lark as it soars in the transparent sky • - Makes the air resound with its joyous cry, • • . All Nature's awake, and gladly ; raise Their mat lea hymn in their inakei.`i praise,: ' The weary tr es raise up their boughs, • The kine fr t sleep arouse, • The modem DowerAL tbeir_letiVA., finance_ . , - Alin, ugl y their joy disclose, , - / The mar luring brook no it glides alohg ~, Dans ii.ughingly by With its bubbling song, --- 'lTielitinbo ling kids.perform their parts— , The speckle() trout with their brightening darts— The wild deck with its whistling wind— . The roc,bue with its aciive spring— The buzzing fly—the humming bee, ' All Join the tuneful melody, Why is it then that I retrain • ~... • .. - „ Ss discontented, free front pain , Without'a care—possessing health.„ .. —.....--.. With all I need mei stores of Wealth, ' ' • I still complain and wander forth: The inostimlitippy man on Barth; , Then let me learn front Nature's page,” „ The lesson site has this day taught t •"When'er with health in youth or age, -a. Thou yieldst to mslancholy thought t_ , Go forth and list to beast and bird, H , ow pleasantly they pane their time; CONTENTNENT ill the magic word, _ --- ?,.. That makes them happy,—so 'tie thin Harrisburg June itli, 1850. c DREPLE.• V , r.I 1)awl,1 ginAs)en43o, FrO Godey's Lady's Book. • GOSSI OJT-CHILDRBN., • Inn Vain ar Epistle to. the Editor,. Y J.EWIS GAYLORD CLARK. My. DEAR GobEr:.l love 'children: I used to thhflr, when Pwak a bachelor, (it is, a good • , n • many years ego ow . ) that there was somei thing rather pr • uriiing in the Itnetiner'in which Opting fathers and mothers Would_ bruig.4)leti wee things' around !them, and, for•the - specief edifiCaticn of us single fellows, cause them to 'rnis-siSsak half-uttered words,' and to go thro' with divers little lessons in manners and eloctr lien. flirt both parents and children wercnnade so upparentlyiliappy by it, that 'I never could think, us curtain of my irreverentcomeanions %veio wont to think, ainl‘ti? say, that it watt a ',bore.' No, I never thougfit or said Oat ; hut I did think, I remember, as I have said, that there mitt -, a little bad` tastolkand not- a .pi•esumplion . in such u• co urse. 1 dod . t thl - fik so now. • When it futhorand,how muchC s lia moth er—sees for tho firer tip the gloat of MT& tion illuminating, with whapthe Germane calf. an 'interior DOW the eyes and features of lab ,t.,„. fi infath child; whoa' that 'innocent soul, fro It from heaven, looks fur the, first time into y ura, and - you: felif that yo'urs is an ansta%ing . k to that_new,borti intelligence—then, I say,-you will experience u sensation which: is not 'of the earth earthly,' 'bat belongs to the' 'corres-, pondenees' of u-bigh and holier spher.c.,_ I wish to gossip a little with you c4Ocerning children: You are a roll grown' man . new, friend Godey, quite lull grown ; yot.you were once a buy ; and 1 ant - ‘‘ell as'snredlitat - you wjjl feel interested in a few incidents which ( 11 am going to relate in illustration of thane —incidents which I %Ono you will judge to be not unfruitful of monitory lessons; to 'cjiiipen of largir growth' than nicre girls unii , boysl Don't you think that-Wo parents, an sometimes, in momenta of ance, through pressure or badness or other circumstances, which was but innocent and reason, fcctly !littoral to be netted for ? the best of parents frequently multiply prol) bitione until obedience tp them beconies i:np6s Bible , • •. Excuse me ; but all your readers have boon children; many of them era happy mothers; e,, ninny more that arc n i. will be in God's.good time ; and Lconnot but b neve that many who shall peruse these Benton °swill find something in them which they will . roan:wither herealter,.! l The sorrowslndlellsmf,yauth; says Windt: ington Irving,- , Mro as bitter as timso of age; and he is right. They are .sooner washed a. way, it is true; but oh ! how keeriis the printed eansibility; how acute Alio passing - mental ago ny! / ,-. My_psin brother. 'Willis—may` his ashes ro poso rn ponce in his . carly, his untimely graves —and myself; when wo were very little . Libya in the country, saw, ono bright-Juno day, far up in the bluo shy, a paper kite, swaying 'to and fro, rising and einitlng, diving and curvet ing, and flashing boa the sunlightin_a_man ! .. tlint was vv L ondorfato Wolaft our little.tin vessels in Lite meadow where we were picking straw berries;'end ran info a neighbor ing field to got beneath . it; and:lopping our oyes. contlnualli , upon it, 'gazing 'steadfastly toward heaven,' we presently found ours'e'lves by thmstdc.of thoArchiteet of that magnificent creation, and situ the line which held it teach ing it to the skies, and little' white paper ineS sengeruelding along eponli, as it to holdcoin munion-With the graceful artificial 'bird of tho air! at the ;upper end.. • . • I am describing this to you us a boy, and wish 'you to think of it as ,a boy. L-,Weiloniaity-daye•utiOrwari'and after variousr iinaceessful attempts, which note little dio oomfittcd•us---for.we thought we had 'obtained die 'principle', of the kito—wo succeeded in ,making one which wo raid tly. Tho air tras.too still, liciwover, for several days; and Myer did t(lnicalined navigatOr wait Anon; Itn 7 'patiently:for a breeze t 0 .," speed • his Vocal . 'her., voyage than . did we. fur-a ••wind that should. send our . paper , messenger, hallooed with stare of rod ond yellow 'papers .danoing At kit It pleesoct the , gentle and volable tt ol'tlm air' to tavor no: , niild:'cout.liCyvind opralig"nii; qhd 'dolity.tpd nonnugo 'our ;i4noliine; that . .tt 'woo prosontli,roduco,d, more tantaturo kite in the 1411,ethor above no, l u4k.R !" l/4 *;i l 12* '185O." Such . a triumph! Fulton eesa firekoxperiments, hilt no more • we when that grlent event was nehleibitr. w al d , kept it up until , twist and xi. Mirk,' when we drew' it diiWn alai deposited it, in OS bern—licsitatinthiong whire to place it, out of several localities that Seemed - safe and el igible, but fioally'deciding to stand it end.wise in-a b - iiii4TiVan Unfrequented - corner - of the - barn. , . For Ilia Herald I am coming now to and tearsa ‘ speciman of the 'tier 'covr;i ofear, ' which Geoffroy Crayon speaks. We dreamed:lX that kite in the night, and, far up in thOheitiion of our slee ping vision, wo saw it flashing in the sun and gleaming opaquely the twilight air. In the morning, we repaired betimes to the barn;ap. preached the barrel with eagerness, as i f s it were possible for the kite to have taken wing - sof -the eveiiing and flown away; and ea looking down into the receptacle, saw oury cligished, our be 2 loved_Trite broken into twenty pi oe ! It was cur man Thomas who did it, climb- ing up on 'the hay-mow. We bolh of wi,.4ted with_a perfect hatred,' for fitup years ufforward, theuruel neighbor who laughed at'us for, our deep six months' sorrow at th . that great loss—a loss in compatisonWitit winch the loss o4fortune at tho - poriad of man hood'sinkri into insignificance: Oftier, !Woo f ' indeed, we constructed; but that was a kite 'you read of,' at 41:is-present: - Think, therefore, 0 ye parents ! always think of the acuteness of a child's sense of childish " I once arm an elder brothar,:the eon of a ine. tropolitan neighbor, 11,remping, reit:taro:m:6lloe; in the merest 'dev*etc cut off the foot of a [ little . doll with which ' infantino sister Was 1 amusing herself. A mut lotion of living flesh and 'blood, of bone an" oinarein a belated' playmate, could scarcely have affected the poor 'child inc:rolainfully. It was-to _her _the . vital' current of a beautiful babe which oozed from the bran log of that stetted effigy 'of an infiint ; and-the 'mental. aufecrings of the child were' J -based-upon. thorianocent-idert-which it-hold,that akthings were really what they seemed. ;(3town people should have more - faith, in, and ~ more appreciation of the stOnents and feel. ings,of children. When I read, some months Onte,,in a' telegraphic despatch - to one of our, morning journals, from Baltimore, if I rem:ll.' 'ber kightly, of a mother, who, in punishing a little-boy fat telling a Ile—Which, after all, it •inbsequently transpired that he did not tell— hit him . witfra slight switch Over his temple and, killed' him instantly 7 -a mere accident, of course, but yet a.droadful easualty.wll4ch drove reason from the :throne of • thonnhappy mother —when l' read thiso - . theughl ot - what had oe- - curred in my own sanctum only a week or two before si„tend the lesso'i,which'lSrticoliod was' a good one, and will remain wit be. My little boy, a dark-eyed, ingenuous, and frankLboarted child as over breathed—though perhaps, .1 say it who ought notton - ay it'--still Ido say it—had been 'Straying about my table, on leaving which for a moment, I found on my return, that my long, porcupine-quill-handled perk was gone. I asked the little follow what he had done with it: Ile answered at once that he had not seen it-. After a' renewed search for it, I:charged him, in the face of his declaration, with haling taken and mislaid or lost it. ll° looked me earnestly in tho,face, and. void: ._.,, ------:- ,‘No lafidn't take it father,'. I then tookiliirn in my lap, on ----- t<larg pan theinlinounnesa of telling,enluntruth, told,lit _ I did not care so'muCh about-the Ran, and in short, by the manner in'which I reasoned with him,alfriost'offered him a reward for Confession =the rt"utd,'be . it uncli;rstood - (a &id one. to liim)st standing firm•in his .father' s love . - and regard. 'The tears had welled up in his eyes and he seemed about to 'tell me the whole truth,' whbn my pie caught thc'end of the pen protru ding. from a -portfolio, where I myself had placed it, of manuscript to one of the II 'this may seam It more tiffli ?ielkri t inv But 1 del dance wIM and correspondent of mino in the city of Bos ton•somn ten years ago, the history of which will commend itself to the heart of every father and mother who has any sympathy with, or alFectiori . lor.their children. That it is entire ly true, you may be well assured. I was con vinced of this when I opened the letter from 1.. H. B—, which announced it, and in the do titilii,of the evenG \ iihicral subiegnently fur nished. A few weeks bofore he wrote, he had buried his eldest son; a fine, manly, little fellow, of. some- eight years Of age, who had never, ha,. said, known a day's, illness un if that which • ~.1 finally removed him hence to b here no more. Ills death oceuiTed under eke mstances . -pe culiarly •Painful to his parents. A younger' 'firrither, a delleata, sickly child (rpm his birth,. the next in-age to him, had been down for . nearly A fortnight with an epidemic fever. . • lti n consequenee.of the nature of the disease, eve. ry-precaution had bairirafiliiillicallii•udence suggested to guard the other members of the family against it. Rut of this ono, the father's . eldest, he said ho had little to fear,. so , rugged was he, and so ge"norally healthy., S till,_how.. over, he kept a vigilant eye upon him, and-es pecially forbade his going, into the pools and docks near his school, which it was his custom som,ptimes , to visit..;, for ite wee but a boy, and 1 ,60ys will tie boys,' and .we• ought to think More lreqUently that it is their nature to be.— Of all'unnaturai things, st reproach plinost to. childish frankness - and inrideenee, save' me from a "boy.man!"—But ttk.:mystory. - • . • • One evening this Mihappy father cams home, - wearied , with li`loorlays hard labor and vexed at some litile disappoletment - wnich had soured hie naturally' kin "disposition, and rendered him walla*. susaeplible te'llielsmallest . annoyance. While ho. NOM sitting by the fire in this, unhappy mood of mind, his 'Wife cater ; utl.the apartment and Bald: ' ' , . 'Henry has just diMin in,andhois a perfect fright ilie is'aOydred from head' to feet:NV ith doek - mud, andris ae.wet as, il - rewried rat.'•"',i' !Where;„fe 116i' aske4.oe,rath 6 r 0 . 6 0 1 9. ' Hp is shivering Over'ihn,:icitehen fire:" Ho' was ,ataldto.coina upttero. When , the girl told r y, OM on hed eemo hotnek ~ ' , • .' ' I'OI,4MM tu,tiill him to come• up. hare , thia thetant,' was the,brief reply Mild infortuntion• Proiontly, the peer berenter,ed half perish- ed with,aifright and cold. His father glanced at•his sad plight,-reproached .him bitterly with ilisobedience,vOke of t h e punishment which ,it.m . n , i n t i c a tl , h r, ll: i t li , themorning as . the penalty of " .4 . Offence, and in a harsh voice, concluded wt.,-- - ,•N„,,,, • Mr, go to bed !' . . to tell - jcitu . .....‘sititt the little folloiv, 'I want 'Not a word, in, ao to bed p '1 only wonted.ton., • E.ther that----' ...,...IY-ith-P°6lllPL°rYtamiTnperative wave of his hand toward the door, i,,, 11 ,. , riiwri upon' his brow, did that father, without o f 0,,. e e , again close the door Of explanation or v. 4 ", lotion. `...!•tu- When this boy has gone supperless and sad tu t his bed, the father sat restless and uneasy while supper was being prepared ; and at .tea-table, ate but little. His wilb.sow the additional cause of his emotion, and interposed the re mark : think, my dear, you ought at least to have - heard-what-Henry had to•say. My heart ached for him When he turned away, with his eyes full of tears. 'Henry is a good boy, 'after all;if he does sometimes do wrong: He is- u tender• - hearted, Mteetionate boy. Be always was. And therewithal-the-water 'stood-in-the--eyea of Unit forgiving *mother, even as it stood in the eyes,of Mercy, in-the 'house of the Interpre tei,' as 'recorded by Bunyan.. After tea, the evening paper was taken up; hut there was no tints and nothing of interest for that fathar in dm journal of that evening As he passed the bed-room where his bny slept, he thought he would look in upon him before retiring to rest. He crept to his low cot and bent over him. A big tear had stolen down the boy's cheek, and reeled upon it; but ho was stepping calmly and sweetly. The father debp ly regretted his harshness as he gazed upon his son he felt also the 'sense of duty-:' yet in the night, ladling the matter over with the lad's mother, he't - Pesolied and promised, instead of punishing as he had threatened, to make amends Ao,thpboy's.aggrieVed - ApiriL in the. morning fop" the manner in which he had repelled-all szpla lotion .of his offence. But that,rnorningiever came to itni%oor child in health. Ye awoke the neV.'mo .in! with a raging fever on his brain, and wild wi th' delirium. In forty-eight hours he was in his shroud. He knew neither his father or mother, when then they were first called to his bed-lido, nor at any arment afterward. Waiting, watching tor .one token of recognition, hour after himr, in speechless agony, did that unhap py t.lier bend over the couch of his dying son. Once, indbed, he thought ho saw a_smile of re cognition light up his dying eye, and ha loaned nagerlytorward, for - he would have - given worlds to haya whispered. One kind word,in,lds. ear, and have been answered; but that gleam of apparent Ihtelligenee paised (pinkly away, and was succeeded by the cold unmeaning glare, and the wild hissing .of the fevered 'limbs, which Jested untll , doeth came to his relief. Two days afterward the undertaker dame with the little coffin, and his sojf:a playmate of the de'heased boy, brought the low stools on which it was to stand hi' the entry ball. '1 was with Henry,loaid the lad, 'when ho got into the water. We were playing down at the Long Wharf, Henry, Charles Munferil, and 1; and the tido was out very low ; and there was a beam run out from the wharf; and Ctiarles got 'ouron it to got a fish line and hook that hung over were % the water was deep, and the first thing.we sal', he had slip \ofr, and was struggliug in the water! Henry threw off his cap and jumped clear from the wharf',llll,o the water, and after a . great deill of hard work, got pilules 'out.'" and they waded up through the mud to where the whaif was Hot so wet and slippery ; and then 1 helped Them to climb up the side: CharJea_told Hen. ry not to say anythlngmf it, Cur , if he 'did, his fatteis;)tild neser lorkim go near the water agaln.fienry was very sorry) and all the way coining home, lie kept saying . • 'What will father say when ho sees inn to night? 1 wish We tad not go ne to the wharf!' haps it time. 'Dear, brave boy exelahried the bereaved to yoti ateircum t family of a frjeiad father ; this was the explanation which I' cruelly refused to hear h' and hot and; bitter Ma r rs rolled down his clieeks. Yes, that stern father now hiarned, and for thd first.time, that what he had treated with frith unwonted severity as fault, was,.lint the impulse of a generous nature, which fcirgetful of self, had hazarded life for another, It was but the quick prompting of that manly spirit which 'he himself had always endeavored ,to graft upon his Susceptible mind, and which, young a r s he was, had always manifested itself on more than one occasion.• Let nie.closo this story in the 'vet) , word •of ...... .that fattier, and let the lesspn sink, deep into the'hearl of every parent who shall peruiethis sketch : , 'Everything that I now see, theil everbelonged to him, reminds moor my lost boy. Yesterday, I found some rude' pencil sketches which it was his7delight.to , inako for the:amusement of 'his younger brother,„ yo-day,' in rummaging an ohkeloset, Icame across his boots, still covered with dock.mud, tia when last he wore them.— (YOU you baby' it strango;but that which is Usually ao-unsightly an object, is' non !Most - precious to me me.') And every morning and 4 avery evening 'r pass the ground where my son's voice rang the merriest among males. 'All .these- thingaspeak to me vividly of 111,s; active life,; buil can)mt- 7 though I have often tried—recall any other expression c,f the boy's face than that mute, mournful, one with which he turned from mo on the night I no harshly repulsed him. Then -my 'hearts bleeds 'afresh.' 'Oh, how careful should we-all be that in'our daily conduct toward those littlebeinmeent us_ Ily a kie - rfrievidenCe; We are not laying up for oureelves the sources'of meofa 'fature bitter tear I How cautious that, neither by inconsider ate nor cruel word'or leek, we-tinjustly - grlevo their generous feeling! And hoW' gunided . oughtms to weigh every action.agrainst Its-mm, tivet;leit In a moment of exeitement,'Wo bei led tO -mete out to the venial.orrors Of the ,heart the pUnishmoot due only to, ivilful crime! .'Aloe I ;perhaps few , parents Buspcoy how . , Much of the fipple rebuke,' the sudden blow, Is answeredlrt ,their childriin bithe . tears, not of passion . .nor 'physical or mental pdin, but of e loving - yet grieved or outraged niturv. ,, • I' will add 'no word to refleations Bo true 1 ;' no corretative inc'dcut to an expeilence so t tich• . -,.. • tipm 41uitaiq: THE Ky._ HENRY BASCOM. The following is an extract from an artiole by a writer in. in Noah's W-cekly MeSsenger.— The author styles Mr: Bascom the Tully of Kentucky, and proceeds to give a desltion of the first limo be sae*, and heard him : —lt-was-ot -day-of-exceed ing-beautyydhat-laal Sunday in ; May, 1832—a day of soft balmy nir, and sunshine bright'and glotlous as' the - smile of a god. Before ten o'clock evey pew and ' every Seat in the spacious cburch was filled ti s. 1 -s overflowing. The whole population of liaw. • eeeehurg, a lovely little town on the Ohio, in •!-" \ s`‘e. appearediri have turned out to beep the greic.omiori from Lexington, whose fame had tra volleo to advance iil hi§•coming. ll INLI! " his first visit in,tti,,,,t State, and hence the gene ral anxiety to witne.§§ his - effort. AU eye. wOrti turned to the door, m.l (a, p , _ tho - vvin minutes flow away) with many highs of disaP •pointment, as no one !dored to answe r the de scqption of his person which had tho preview ' day been puhlished in life:papers. _The_ hotir_of_cleven_arrived, and_tha:riguleu parson of tire station begvkilie devotional ex. excises singing and phyer. At this,.thi the tokens of of vexation increased with all; and, with a, portion of the audience, so fay as to amount 'to positive rudeness. 'What?' they whispered to each other, half aloud, 'it is only old Allen Wiley who iegoing to hold forth •' At length the prayer was ended, and Parson Wiley resumed his seat, when a forth, hitherto cencealet by the mahogany front of the pulpit, suddenly emerged from behind it, and stood for more thanlwo minutes erect; silent and mo• tionless as a statute. At this apparition every individual in the immense throng started, and every heart thrilled tviditlLEhnelese emotion— it so struck the senses, and thers.was sneh ‘ alo• queneo, in his attitude, his immobility, nay in his.vary His 4uro was of perfOct symmetrYiliisl9,47 tut'es of classic - mould,.his_brow pure GraClan, in its outlines, and surrounded with a fine circle of jet. block hair. ,His ,countenence seemed 'llteniely intellectual, without the slightestiper .ceptible trace of animal passion ybut-his*eyes at the moment,-were dreamy, expressionless. and set on empty space, as if he were totally unconscious of any presence 'other than the ideal of his own deep thoughts. . Presently he raised his right hand with a gas. lure Of impetuous haste, and pressed his fingers on his pale fOrehead, as if to assist the brain in its mighty labors of thought, and than instant , 1/3;Nrii peed his text from the book of Revela tions-'Behold.! I make all, things, without preface or apology-L-those flimsy crut• ghee of lame preachers—he pierced. at once into the heart of his *subject, and then took virtkigs -and rode away on a whirlwind of fiery words. His' Voice, from the commencement, rolled, and peeled, and rang like the beautiful ly,. modulated medic, of some .7 , m:dr:aye:organ, alternating with crashes of wondrons power that seemed to jar the walls of the building as if an 'avalanche were rushing out of the clouds . Nov it sunk to s and plain tive as a funeral chime; again i swelled to the steady roar of a hurricane, if 'a hurricane in deed could be attuned to sue octaves of har mony ; and then it wbuld break out in--succes sive thunder claps, causing the very hair to rise on the hearer's head, and the ward marrow to creep, as it av,e'riyamihishones...The.effect was aided, too, by the orator's gesticulation—now gradeful as the airy cirelesof b butterfly in the air: and anon, grand . to sublimity, and urgent as t he , swoop of thei.eagle'climbing - the heights of the storimcdouda., His eye—et the onset, as we have said, dim and dreamy—now burned, and flashed :K . Clightenoil,*till aided by the il lusions of faney - Vid the scene, it appeared. to dart arrows of. flame around the assembly, As Alio mighty. magician wont on, the on• tire multitude seemed charged with alootricity. Horo and there cinglo individuols began to riis •to tifetr feet; then °there rose by Rice and threes; next a dozen sprung up together; and finally, the whole living, throbbing, enthusing. tie =He'll - gilt be seen standing as one man. with fixed, straining eyeballs, devouring the bpa Rim with a gaze, with half parted lips, and teeth clenched. by attention. The exCitsment was Measureless, and yettoo profound for any opening of utterance. Not tg sigh, nntri per, was heard: Nothing could be heard SIM the Telco of the orator and during the intervals of hie pauses the fal of a pin would have been audible. • . . His subject, tocwas uniqbe . n his manner. Hie theme vras4"Tho future eternity of mat ter ; its natural capacity forindefinite and gin. riouri changes; and the possible splendor of the net.henveria and-earth." His method of dia. : wooden wai - fairely rational and scientific— that is to say, by analysis. A few of hie halm= itoblo touches linger in my recollection to the present hobr. 130 inferred .the beauty of which all, even the coarsest, matter ii , capable,from the following illustration "Chemistry, with its fire-tongue•of the gal vanic battery, teachen that the .tarry diamond In the crown of Kings, and the black carbon which, the, peasant treads beneath his fect r are both composed oi the same ldenticarelemente ; analysis also proveathat a Chief ingredient in limestone is carbon.. Then let the burning breath of God pass. over 'all the Inposton o of earth, and bid its old mosey layerwelfrystallize lotto new beauty; and lel at the Almiglity,fiat,. the mountain ranges , flesh into living gems with a lustre that renders, midnight noon, and eclipses all the filers Ile urgedthe by another exam.' ,Pla still better adapted to popular apprehonsion ; "Look yondor". said the impassioned orator, pointing a motionlese finger towards the lofty ceiling; a:6'lTh were the sky, ",eo that wrath. hl-thundarcloud-L-the heu sof the light nhigli and hissing hail—tho cradle Of torn - pest And &da! What_Can Iv, more dark, nln droary, more dreadful ? day, scoffing'saeptic,'.. is it capablO of any , beauty ? 'You pfonounaa,. , Na.! Well, very _y4ll; but hohold, while:the , sheering, denial curl your ' proud lips, the sun' with lila sword of light:sheark .„ througli-the sea of vapors In the wort, and. laughs., in your credulous ; ; t‘; n Ace ..aa , ga.,ea eye. IsTovi, , look again at the thunder - cloud ?." SisoAohero it was 'blackest and fullest of gloom, the nun °, imams have Aimed Its hideous chookt_ and When) 16 kiss fell there), now a blush bright" VOLUiIiE L.-"NO 41 eqban Oiarmantled the brow of -. ortal maid inko rich blush actinism' and gold, of pur ple and vermillion ..ii pictured blush ''fit for . . the gaze of angels—the flower-work of pencils ul fire and light, wrought at a dash by ono stroke of the right hand . of, god V Aye, the ugly cloud bath given birth to h rainbow, this; perfection and-symbol orimape able beauty.: It is impossible to paint ihn e acts of such sun bursts oiAntienee delivered in hie ...pecu liar voice and manner. For • my., own part, I experienced ,oniotions'of sublimity and admira tion commingled with myeterioui avvo.—l ga zed andyshuddered, as if looking into the heart of a voloino, or listening fettle' mutterings of. an earthquake. Who dares call thiscompari- ° son hyperbola Hath :the grandest elements of nature any'manifestation of power superior to the lofty action of intellect inflamed by the ft - lotion of a winged iminegination? . . . GOING TO bik4TORNIAs..—A. Californian gives thofolloi , iing amusing incidents of hie sojourn at Panama b "During the day our place is . very cool and comfortable, but tt night we . have a nice time ' In figbilegrnts.__The_rnement_the light is-ex-- tinguishod; they commence a regular fandango --scramble over us, and draw, their cold tails aciess oui noose slier ) ; five minutes... Each I L one when turning ' prennres ammunition for •ii campaign . Evle ,lking available; liSeti, hair:. brushes,•oranges, &a., ale pineedivithin reaci, ' ' to shy 'em during the night, When tlinytd, too uproarious. Wifalso ha've fleas and cockroach. is ; over head, throe or four babies that yell half the night, and half a dozen dogs outside" that howl incessantly ;and last night there were several well att onslaught; long, and doubtful cat- . :8 4, fights. I made n nnlaught; with an nmpty bottle in ouch hind, and seriously damaged one ; dog, and Pealed a t eett.,fight byltiohingi-a , pitit _of_pusseys kwei_ the _balcony_into the street." , DIDN'T WANT TO QUARREL.—riliera tea no tcd mail contractor in Ramesh N. Haven who can tell- as a . itory as most of then!, and who pomaesamone_of-tho-most-accomodating dispositions in tho'crorld. . .if was passing through' Now Jersey," sold ho, few years since, and there came by us fit . ' the air, a - flock - of crowirnine miles tong, and eo thick was the 'flock, you could't ace the sun for The 'contractor ltd this in a tavern', whore several persons were standing about, and one of them—a coarse limbed, heavy featured : son of the Granite Stato—ventured to quarry the cor rectness of the assertion. ' 'How long did' you say, nabur.?' Wino miles, sir. .Don't believe It, was the reply 'Wel, look 'cre-Lyou,' said the ;contractor, 'you're a stranger, and 4an't want ter quer nl with Tor.—So, None you, I'll take off a quarter.of a mile from the-thinnest pait!' The stranger was perfectly slitiefied: TIGHT LACING —.An inquest was held a day or two since, at the Lunatic Asylum in Bo'ston, on the body or a lady ; and the verdict return ed, was "died of general debility, supervening on tight lacing and insanity." Her figure was what is called genteel, and her vanity .on this point led 'her to tight lacing, which was, in part, the cause of her death. Her insanity was o f a- harmless character, - iind she was easily managed, if permitted,to Inaba and wear head drisses of an extraordinary, height. While wearing one of these towering. ornaments she considered herself the queen of the world. _ Erraaortnissay Tassos.,—The daughter of James Cromer, of Farrnigion, England, spoke on "rueiday the,l4th, for'tho'first time for 13 years,: her first inquiry was for her aunt Kil len, and` when li - eraunt curse, the girl immedi ately repeated the Lord's prayer. Extrenvi -•wea_k_neaae,prevooted her from articulating ma ny words in - succession ; cramps andloonvul sions.stro suppdeed halie unlocked the jaw fora. time. She exp,orionced a great deal of ' pain for many days; the jaw is again est as firm as before; 11:7. 0 .11ra. Partingten , was:parseadesl to take 'a cold bath, lo ' mn cure the theuftiati. She thus described her sufferings : "You'll,catehme at my time WHIN playing them now / fan-glad 'tricks - may be ! Why a cold bath. (u'me, last perfect parallelogram ; ieastwaysit nearly par: alyzed After I had been in the. water two Minute' I loot all conscientiousness, and it was at least two minutes after I was took out before I had any parceptiOns return toltensibiliti." . , . THIL PIATIOWAL Montuntirr.--"The Board of Managers of -the National Washington Mann:. moot Society, pn the 2,Bth of May, uttanjmoue- : 1y adopted a resolution resulting the people Of ..t r, he Jnitad States, either Individually of by al e rations, to Wig up collections throughout the ' • nion, on the approaching Anntireraar7 of A meriean Indeperidsnee, in I iad of the great ' Washington NeAttel Monument now bating _sreetedat the Metropolis.,-- Irri!Don't lay in that posture, dear," said • Mrs. Partington to he!: nephew,' who was stretched upon c- a - sofa with his beard a foot or more higher than hie head, "Don't p lay so; rise and 'put this pillow under you. I 'knew a Young. man who once' had a' suggestion of the . brain in consequence of lying ao.--his brainic . all run down into his head!" and with this ad menition oho loft film to nap , in the lithe sit . Tiro Ontcaon coireptd ant Rf. 'tho Springfield (Ill.) Journal, writingyfrom Or , regon . CitY, says .1 7 —I ,to, s give lon a deeeription of tho Oregon Senate, had I main . . They would graco a niohe in the Georgia :cone,7Tho - Praident - e. ~ • . oenin.. torrogutory, that “thei chair. wee pinidn• not ; kaoe it ;nought be sirocken out." - Stunvr . Santtorr.—llean Swiftwas asked to 4.lench a short charitable, cermoa R 60111410 mi : aeimen ie,perhepj the chartist one . bn re.' 'cord. '-,14 , re quote lt •entird. .Text: l .-fte : that 'bath pity on 64:P0'90 . 46144h' :Unte4lio tord7 Bertnor:—. o ltiou . lihb the ieepriti i ' floill with the duet:" Tee'effeat i%iao eleeirical - Ai:111W: uyeallylerge collection wad t4ou..up.:. ::rap , ..oo; ;l ny Mond,'" maid to b , Bleb. paticint. "'be , compoiad, all 'did -4Vt!1.1, itCtlint van! . wrao‘kw tajOicd Pa, MI I could dim kialf a doitin time, I'4 not care . a !nivel:inq abput thin tuoy." ME 11 CI =II
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