• • • , • V. 4,- • • _ _ _y' • tY: • W • At io kt , • = A •_== " • ..- 7 .4 ',/,zscE• • :. E'REATTY Proprietor. tEaro.s3. DR. C.,1110. 51sT. NBLDWIL Samoa nENTIST, carefully etends to all operations If upon the teeth and adjacent parts that die : - ease as irregularity may require. 1-le will also insert Artificial Teeth of every description, such as Pivot, Single and B ock teeth, and teeth with "Continuous Gums i" all will con struct Artificial Palates, Ghturators, Regula ting Piac,s, and every an,Manee used in the Detail Art.—Operating R mat thi residence of Dr. S'itutuel Elliott, Ea 4t. High St. Carlisle Dr. GEORGE Z. EIRETZ, Wll4, perfo rm a "Dillit.T.W' operations upon the teeth that may be re— reluirod for their preservation. /Artificial teeth tnsertedv.from a single tooth to onetime set, of the an at scientific prineiples. Diseases of the to mtli and irredtprities carefully treated. Of fi .e at the residence of his brother, on North- Pitt Strdet, Carlisle D. X. C. LOOIVXIS, vmv . WILL perform all operations upon the Teeth that are requi red for their preservation, such as Scaling, Filing Plugging, &c, or will restore the lose of them, by inserting Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth to a fall sett. DI - Office on Pitt street, a few d wilre south of the Railroad [lntel. Dr. L. is oh ent from Carlisle the last ten dave of every month. FROM CALLIFORNXEL t, ..A4 c \ S• • CVON HE EN respectfully informs the . . citizens of •• , and vicinity. that he hHs juit returned frCalilornia, and is prepa red ill exseuha all kinds of work connected with hie line of business. e has always on hand a larga assortment of ready made Rifles. Guns, Pistols, Locks, Keys, Gun Trimmings. ice, all of winch he will sell wholesale or retail. He also attends to re pairing Guns, clocks locks; &ct engraves on brass, copper and iron. lie hopes that by strict attention to business, arid a -desire to please, he will merit and receive public patronage. / Residence—West Main street, opposite Cro zier's lintel. igirAll kinds of Fire Arms made to order. r. Carlisle. Apl 25, 18'54—ly SPLENDID 3EI7I7.ELEIr t I Holiday Presents, &c. ~... ,r.! • THOMAS CONLYN ~/WIL ... . West High street, a few '...\,) la , •::::. doors west or Burkhol , / , ic, <2. ::!*........' der's 'Hotel, Carlisle. 4 . 9 3 ';.,:',... ~.. has just - received the . ' 8 4 ~./ ti' , .. largest and moat elegant 4 •••- 7 G 5 ~ , . ...,, .....4, - ,71.. , : ,k - ' .: assortment ol SUPERIOR JEWELRY ever offered in Carlisle, consisting in part of Guld and Silver Watches of every variety, and at all prices, eight-day CLOCKS, Silver table and tea moons, silver table forks and butter knives, gold and silver spectacles, ladies' and gentlemen's gold pen and pencil, gold chains of everydescription, ear and finger rings, breast pins, &c. stall prices. Also Accordeons and Musical Boxes, wfih a great variety of Fancy Articles, selected expressly for the Holidays. Persons desiring to purchase are invited to call and examine the assortment. We are prepared to sell et very reasonable, prices, Quality'of all goods warranted to be as fine as sold for. 'fIIONIAS CONLYN, West High Street• DPrt 28, 1853 utaamv.az a - SPRING rAssioNs! TIIE subscriber desires toinform his old cos tomers and the public that he has - tempora• rill' removed his establishment lour doors south or his old stand, on North Hanover street,where ho has just opened a large assortment of 800 rS, SHOES. GAITERS, &c. which cannot be surpassed in style, quality and price. and to which he invites the attention of the public. LADIES' WEAR, For Ladies and Misses his stock is well se• looted and complete, comprising the moat fnsh• ionablo styles of Congress, Sulk Gaiters, color. ed French Gaiters, Morose° Boots, foxed with patent leather, of all colors and qualities, to• gc her with Misses Gaiters, anda full supply of every description of Boots Shoes and Gaiters for Ladies, Misses and Cltildrons• wear,et nil prices GENTLEMEN'S WEAR Calf, Kip and Coarse Boots of difterent quplities and prices; black and drab Congress Gaiters ; patent leather Sultan Walking Shoes; Monte• rey Ties and Pumps, patent lea.her and cloth fancy Toilet Slippers, tke. A full assortment of the above' stylei of Boys' wear. Also a general assortment of Calf Kip - and coarse Mottroes and Shoes at all prices. This extensive stee:t of now and fashionable styles has been selected with great care and the quality is warranted. They only need to be examined to bo approved.i He also continues to manufacture all hinds ofiwork as before. VT Rips will be repaired gratis. Feeling confident his assortment will give entire satiy• faction,-buth as regards quality and price, lie respectfully solicits public patronage.' april 12. JONA THAN CORNMAN. China, Glass and Queensware. OLD housekeepers and young, with those also who are expecting to become housokeep• ore, are invited to call at iw.amars FAMILY - GROCERY and examine his elegant assortment of China, Glass and Qiieenswaro, and other articles in The housekeeping . line, such as Friquth and English tea sate, heavy banded and plain, White Granite; gilded and blue do, Dinner isms of every variety and price, t Bowls and pitchers, terraces, dishes, &e:' Glass.wa - m—centre table and mantel lamps, I Candelabras and ether lamps, great variety, r Table and bar. tumblers. goblets, Fruit and prose• Fie digits,, in variety. Cedar•wure—tubs, buckets, churns. bowls, Butter prints antfladles, meal buckets, &p. Brushes—swooping, wldte wash, scrubbing, Hand and aline brushes, ditster49brobins,&e. Market, clothes and-travelling-baskets. ----- - Also a choice assortment of Tobacco arid Se. gars. Call ye who are fond of choice brands of Segars dod try the Principe's, Regalias,.Stef lationis and other Cuba varieties. Find you.will find them of nniinpraehable quality. Also halt Spanish and Common' Segura, with choirs Snuff and showing tobacco. ' apl26 -WILL be a memorable one in the annals of our- Borough—fer •the L A IVG S S T 0.0 IC, handsomest, cheapest and best GOODS aro now selling off 'rapidly at name Sc drothers cheap store. Our stock consists el Ertregote, Tissues, Lawns,' Barege Ginghafalf. — Di Rages, Alpabhas, • Mullins, 'Cloche, Tiekints. Diapers. &c. Donets, Ribbon ; Parasols, Huts ler summer, Gloves, Flosiery.- Laces,.. Edgings, -Spring Shawli, French ‘Vorleed. COliars, Trimmings,. kn. Cloths, Cessimors, Vestinge and summer Boys stuffs for Niel and, Po wear, together with a grade many other GUnds not. mentioned, hero, but on examination outateekAvill. be found Co • b 3 the largest in Cumberland county 'and will •be sold very lbw. • • ' ..!- • • - • -April 1d,'84. 'I3ENTZ'& 0. .12,0TIIER.S. • UTI3.NTEID.- CI A RPENTERS, Ctibinet nrink:ere i Waggon -111 J miters; Coaolt - inekera,,StleeAtpeltercentt Meohit ntes,,ge twilit I whip are. wnnt al good TOOLS . , to nail of Ltine's..yvhato. ynu . ,con .n 1; w ays !jet qupplifici ,With ,a lull hitter :nuporiot Tonla;from the hest, ntanefectisries. Worreß, ten at snipes lower than ever. as heard of 'at, , J.014N Weit'Sfile North Hinover Nadi: ' It" Samil t j Rewvaptr,----,autittit to riftraturt ii r,rittitittitm, Itgritniittre, -Dagintss I* @turd snforninfion. THERE ARE TWO THINGS, SAITH LORD BACON, WHICH MAKE A NATION GREAT AND PROSPEROUS—A FERTILE SOIL AND BUSY WORKSHOPS,—TO WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND. FREEDOM. Bishop Hall potti The deiv drop is never so clear, As when morning's first ray sees it glisten And music is never so dear, As when to its last notes we listen. We never know how we have loved, 'Till what we most loved has departed; For the truth of affection is proved, . By the cheerless ?Ind desolate•hearted, So, pleasures are born but to die, And linked to our hearts but to sever, Like stars shooting 'thwart a dark sky, Shining brightest when fading , forever. The Louisville Journal says :—o We defy any taatelul lover of poetry• to read the fol lowing lines, without exclaiming, ' Ho w beau tiful I" My soul thy' sacred image keeps, My midnight dreams are all of thee; For nature then In silence sleeps, . And silence broods o'er land and sea; Oh, in that still, mysterious hour, How oft from waking'dreams I start, • •To find thee but a fancy flower, Thou cherished idol of my heart. Thou host each thought and dream of mine— Have I in turn one thought oethine ? For ever thine AV dreams will be, Whate'er nifty be my fortune here, I oak not love—l claim from thee Only one boon, a gentle tear; Nay blest visions from above Play b, ightly 'round thy happy heart, And may the beanie of pence and love Ne'er from thy glowing soul depart. Farewell!, my dreams.nre still with thee, Host thoutine tender thought of me! My joys like summer birds may fly, My hopes like summer blooms depart, But there's one flower that cannot die, Thy holy memory in my heart ; No dews that one flower's cup may fill, No sunlight to its leaves be given, But it will live and flourish still, As deathless as a thing of heaven. My soul greets thine, unasked, unsought, Host thou for me one gentle-thought? Farewell! Farewell! my far-off friend I Between us broad, blue rivers,flow, And for6di - Viiive and plains extend, And mountains in the sunlight glow; The wind that breathes upon thy brow Is not the wind that breathes on mine, The starbeams shining on thee' now Are not the beams that on me shine; But memory's spell is with me yet— Can'st thou the holy past Icorget? The bitter tears that thou and I May shed whene'er by anguish bowed, Exhaled into the noontide sky, ➢lay meet and mingle in the cloud; - And thus, my much beloved friend, though we For, far apart must live and move, Our souls, when God shall set them free, Can mingle in the world,of love. This was an ecsnicy to me— Say—would it be a joy to thee? 3 New Ilaven, Conn. VIRGINIA ' All creation and the balance of mankind were, early one morning, aroused froin the dul ness usually pervading the pious, prim and peaceful town of East Nutmeg, by the cry of— 'What's it 'all about?' 'When did they come?' glow many are there ?"IThat do they look like ?"Did you see 'em ?' 'Are they human critters?' ..!What are they going to do?' 'Who?' 'What ?' . , The Knozo INOthinga 'Know Nothings ?' says a native. 'Know Nothings.' 'Well, l'd give a fo'pnce to know,' contin ued- tbe.nativb, 'what i sin it's all about 1' 'O, you littli'nt seen 'ern, eh V says a jolly, round visaged, bright-eyed individual, who, with other strangers, and natives of .F4,ct,,,,itut meg, were gathered in a knot about the depot, discussing the topic whiCh had in night came, saw, and took the town. 'Hav'nt seen 'em?' 'Seen who? mays the native. .Tire Know Nothings.' 'Know Nothing! Wo11,•I kinder °White I have, a few.' - , O, you are one of 'em, oh?' 'Look a here, squire,' of you don't want to be squottin cross-legged in you heap o' sand, I collate 'yeou'd hotter not say edecation bas been neglected in any eich a way.' - 'Not at all, my dear friend; I only predict ed that you were n—that is, hang it—l' moan do youinow what's out?' ..Yes; I'll tell YMAi — wliat'ii- out, squire.' • • 'Good, what is it?' writ agin Josh Pruden for breakin' tbo Sabbath all tow finders, playin hoards in Deacon Dinhla's barn.' 'Pohaw P said the jolly man, don't mean that sort of work. I suppose you are like the root of these Know Nothings, too sly," 01Y—to be caught?' • •-• 'Squire do you chow ?' 'Yes,' Bald the jolly looking man. gland us yeour tobacco, then.' . 'Yes, I don't chow.' • - 'Oit coin I gettiu' kinder eharp•eet too, ____entifite..----Now-look-aL-hero i nquire, I gin tow ., eipeot yeour from York.' 'I 'Rica you ore correct .in your remarkti.' . 'Wall, I kite* yeou wne; can tell yeou Toi lrs n mile off; o' yettuan, by kingdom. Now, I cuPlutO thettee aomottdit' goin''on, that's n firetlest, mow hreound tbie yer town, tbie morn', beout opMeibin' a feller' ever luthrn.' 'Ah, tbat'e whet I wag oomin' at. 'Non, they stiy.."you'se got up. a .new.lnlention it new fantod society, or a hew order, party, or •Oeet, or Something that's bound to got Christendom In en uproar; hair . • 'Eh; wiien are they 7 goin'; tol?ogin 40, you it eout,•oly , 4og, ain't .you , ono of 'What! thorn fellows that's' goin° to raise sin, nod brook things?' ~ , don'tknow;.l only osk yne'—onntfuned the squire- 7 .f only. ask for information, you Fnr, the Herald. TO TILE BIRD OF' THE VALLEY.../ EEZ2EE LINES. umnrcuL. INITIATING AN OUTSIDER)._ A Know Nothing Yarn. ."°, BY. JACK IItr24PHILIES CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1854. •Wall, naow, look a' hero, n, feller never made much by dod-rotted ignorance in this land of universal liberty and ginoral edication, and a feller know nothing, that's a fact; but, squire, I've got in', but darn my buttons to apple sass, of I wunt;rr poor a fellow as I be, gin gist ten shilling and upwards to know what's kinder busted raodpd here.' 'Would you?' 'Wouldn't I? By golly, squire, I guess your the critter kin jest tell us all abeout it f';', 'l'm just tho man that can.' 'I knew yeou be! Qrea•a-t kingdom lot's hear all about it.' .Ilis-s-U,' said the humorous man, his-s-h I've been sounding you.' 'Yeou don't say so 1' echoes the citizen o Nutmeg. 'Yes, sir; we have to be cautious.' 'EI, yes,' abstractedly responds the Nut meger.' 'Can't speak out to everybody.' • 'So.' 'Yee, sir; now I know you're n good egg.' 'Good egg—sound to the core.' • 'Sunned!' wouldn't'wonder; never ate' bu once in my hull life; then I had the darndes 'scratchin' time yeOu ever did see, I reckon.— Ever had the itch, 'quire ?' 'Never, thank you.' 'O, not at all, squire; you are quite wel. come, as Uncle Nat said, when he shot the login.' 'Well, sir, now I'll give,you in a whisper, on idea,of_ what's up . ; and_ if_ you love your country—,', 'Me V 'The land of the free, and the home of the brave 'Gres-a-t Fourth of July pitch in the big licks, squire.' 'Our own dear native land I' 'That's the ginger! go it squire!' says Nut meg. 'Well, sir; now you just follow rue over to the hotel, so; now take a chair. Here we are; now I'll give you the secret. You see this is a grand secret society.' Th, yes.' 'And the greatest secrecy is to be adhered to. 'Now rise, hold up both hands, high above your head, so; now swear—' 'Swear? can't dew it, squire—agin my re ligion.' 'Are you an American ?' 'Am I? I ain't notliin' else, by Bunker hill!' 'Will jou stand by your country 'Will I? - Yee, sir; till Gabriel toots his horn I' 'Then swear, iliat you will stood by the Amer icon Eagle, the stars and the stripes, and never reveal the secrets.' 'Fourth of July and Bunker hill l' ,chimes in the excited Yankee. 'That's it, good, good egg!' said the humo rous man. 'Now, sir, you are one of us—you are a Know Nothing.' 'Yeou dunt say so !' - .Yes,'elr; now. we have some mysterious signs and countersigns, by which you can tell a brother of the society. When you see a man looking at'you with bin right eye shut, his hands in his pockets, and a cigar—should he be smoking—in the left side of his mouth —you may know he is a Know Nothing.' 'Kb, yes.' • 'Well, then, you go towards him, and shut your left eye, so; you bite your thumb, of the left hand, if. ho bites—' 'Bites ?' 'Yes, if he bites; if he is really one of 'em, he will say something in a grumbling,tone— something like 'what do you mean ?' or "do. you mean that for me 1' When he bites, you see; then you advance close and say, slowly, 'r♦iz a weed in tally!" 'Dutch, ain't it ?' says Yankee. . 'Well, no, not exactly, its our language.— Then he'll say, 'what do you mean P—mind, he'll be very apt to say that once or twice, sure. You reply, 'nibs,' don't forget 'nibs— stag his nibs cully.' ' eh, yes.' oully, how's nibil9 You then approach close up, shut the right eye, grasp his hand, and put your left forefinger.alongside of your. nose, so. He'll then up and toll you all about it!' 99 •=- . llolif many follows in this town have .joined this society ?' 'O, hundreds; nearly' everybody you meet are members; it's raising the greatest excite ment imaginable!' - .Beats lialerites ? I was one of them.' 'Beats everything out, sir. Now here'irthe oath; you swear bithis emblem'—(eleVall . fte. a bootjack.) 'What, a bootjack 'Yes, it looks like a jack, but it ain't,Ps a • blind, a mystery; we swear by this. You put your forefinger on ploy nose, shut one eye, and swear never to - reveal these, our secrets, so help you Indepeudeuce day Now to night, there will be a crowd near the depot, about dark; when the crowd troves, you follow; they will take you to the secret chamber, when; yOu will loarnrnere particulars. Now 'Eli, yes; 'and,,Nutmeg _ Ho had just gut into the street, vrlien:ii . citable sign met his eyes. A long legged, dou ble fisted follow, with but one eye in his bead, stood 'gaping mound, with hands in his breech es; up gOes nutmeg, shuts' his eye, and pokes , hie thumbbetween bin molars. The man with the'elesed; eye, looked daggers with the other, and by the twitching of his lips seemed to he speaking, or doing sdinething like It, inward ly, 'Nix a wood in (wily!' eaye Nutmeg., advent,. 'What in yeller thunder d'yo mean? say says the one eyed mica. ..Nibs-,Stag Ids nibs, aully,.how's nibs?' continued Nutmeg, advancing, and placing his finger upon his long; sharp.nose,'alid grabbing at the stranger, who / mistrusting the move meant no good, drawit off, and puttOn such a quoulepiiiohat Nutmeidoubled up and , went down all in a heap- , -c04.,, 'o°ll darn you, ain't you one of 'Om? Why did'nt Yoh say,so bawledNiantegi travelqnb into the hotel t i c, find thit professor . of ,4now. 'Nothingness, and settle his hash I ' Isut Pro festior Pets Morriehad.suddonly.ieft for parts unknown! 'Nutmeihas been leaking for Po. tor for obtoot.zio. ES THE VALE OF SWEET WATERS. The Turkish Ladies out of Doors Friday, the Sunday of the Mahomedans, is ileo their day of recreation. We are now in full spring, the season in which the Turks fre• quent the country. This is the tinao for their excursion's to waters of Asia oi^af--EfiroPo.,— The former is, however, more resented to in the autumn, end the latter draws greater crowds in the present season: On Friday last the Sultan repaired there alter mr.;,c.que, as al so the ladies of his harem. 'slurry thousand coignes might be seen gliding shag the Gol den Horn, filled with the famtlies'of the pooh as, all bound for the same desilnation, the Sweet Waters of Europe, and Sped with the veiled beauties of the harein. his vain to at tempt to give a ticseription of this scene. It would require the eye of an artist,to deserved., ty appreciate its peculiar feature,Ond not the humble pen of your matter of.friercorrespon dent to describe it. The seentia the Sweet Waters of Europe last Friday reminded one of the Arabian Nights, an , d' of the'brillinnt de scriptions of the East 'o'nly to be met in the poems of Moore or Byron. The Waters of Eu. rope were sweet indeed last Friday. Many thousand sweet creatures were there, spread about the green meadows in groups of four and five, with little children and young girls in their brilliant Oriental costumes. In order to place this scene vividly before ,you, it is nee-. essory.to explain the position or the little val ley in which 'all this occurred. The Valley of the Sweet Waters of Europe -is at the extremity of the Goldenllorw, where two small rivulets enter the sea. , The Sultan has a kiosque on the border of these streams. The valley is not more than half a milnwide, with gr.mn hilib rising at eacCalde. It in al• most entirely meadow, interspersed with - trees here and there, and a little wood on the left side. It It - not — cultivated, neither is much cars taken of it. At any dire but spring or autumn it is indeed barren, and towards the centre swampy, and during the winter months frequently under water. At' - present it is, however, in its full beauty anti - verdure. On Friday it - Was peopled by many thousand per sons. I never saw it so full before. The way was blocked' up by carriages full of Turkish ladies, and the river was literally so full of caiques that you could not yass. The fair na tives of far Armenia and gi 9 r g firmero there spread about on the graris; black eu nuchs on white Arabians Whirled about with jealous eyes, watching over tliii"property of their masters. The Turklo veile° Yash mak) hides the greater part of the face from 1 1 view, but these fair Orientals have of late years: changed the texture - of this covering, so that you can well distinguish the finely chiselled nose, and rosy lips beneath it. What beauty was not there assembled ? I had never seen such an assemblage brlurkish ladies before, or rather of ladies belonging to Turks, and had often thought the accounts and descriptions of Oriental beauty exaggerated. They are not. If there was one, there wore a hundred young wanden there of the highest class of beauty, with the straight Grecian noso,.and that clear, soft dark, almond shaped eye. What, eyes, and also what looks I They seemed very hap py—seated, in little groups, pio-,nicking. They had all brought' their dinners with them, and sweet-meats, which they were enjoying, list ening to the most discordant humdrum Turk ish music, which was being performed by par ties of four or five men with a species of guitar, not unfrequently accomphttiO by a guttural °haunt, the only excuse the Turkish have for singing. I am not,an admirer of Oriental ministrelsy. They have no ear for music. Picture to yourself these thisfsand damsels spread about the, green; in .blue, ;ink, purple, orange, scarlet, green, and yellow costumes; children in scarlet 'velvet, With gold plaited through their hair, cod, intermixed with long locks falling over their shoulders (there was one little Turkish boy, the son of some paths, dressed in red velvet, prancing .about on a pony in every' direction;) Turkish soldiers; great carts, gilt and decorated, drawn by bul loos's, and filled with women; negroes on white horses, galloping about on every side; Turks sitting cross•legged, smoking narghiles and ohibouks, in silence, enjoying their kief; Ar nieninns; Persians, in thOir penned fur caps, the Persian nmbarador in his earrings in lull costume, followed by the most extraordinary looking men on horseback, dressed up in Cash;. ,mar ,shawls; Ciroassitlps, in yellow, pointed caps,, (almost all the embassies were there;) mix with those some hundred British officers of every uniford, and hill Royal flightless the -Duke of Cambridge with his staff, all mounted on superb Arabian herpes, the property of the Sultan, with purple velvet saddles richly em broidered in gold, and you may have some idea of the brilliant scene the Sweet Waters of Europe presented on Ezlilay lytt. Ills Royal Ilighnes4allted end rode about a good. deal; and scented to enjoy the scene amazingly. Lord de Radcliffe, who I regret to Say is indisposed; did not accompany him. Our officers strolled round the meadows look ing at the Turkish beauties; and they stand fire very well I assure you: Many a glance; was exchanged'betiveen thotiLand the Inglis lskier, those' smart young 'fellows.iin the red jackets; indeed I am told that cue Turkish lady present editor handkerchief to a handspnie ensign of the 88th; but this 1. cannot vouch tor, as I did nO see It. 'Several got flowers from them; I know, for one young Bentleman very naively asked, can one take flowers if they give , them to you?, I have no doubt many ,a •boquet was given`thent. , ,lt is tehe , hoped wane of this *ill end itrrstiok and the Bosphorus. The black guardians of the fair 'were all eyes, or rather I .,,, t_oi:tt*ls—they were on• the qui vivi'buf had they seetlstything, thief dared not tonal an: English' offieer far scaling at windy.: 1 saw on° of these fellows' shako an unfortunate raysh; by' the Dollar-most un mercifully, because ke'ditiwet, get out of tit'a way quicteenough. He had better not try the same Utak 'off any Engllibmaii. s:tiiif"Tbo following lo a goad phrase,• de noriptiva of pq nnergotio,Ohafopter: ...Crotri 'diil not wait-to etri:lto untit4lia_iron waaboti but made it hot by striking. apt q)fatiellir4 RA Al 8A S TERRITORY' A correspondent•of the Ohio State Journal writes an interesting letter friim Council Bluffs, lowa, under date of June 10, 'from which we copy the following: • On Tuesday morning I took a seat in a coach or a thing that was intended to supply the place of one, from Independence through Kan sas Territory to Fort Leavenworth. My good opinion of Independence, and of the agricultu ral richness and beauty of the country, is not changed, It is very beautiful. In due time we arrived at Kansas, at the mouth of the , Kansas Riier, Four miles from Kansas we came to Westport. This . is back from the riv er andsnot in sight of it, but .the Califotpia trade rind outfit business - has made it a point of some importance. There are several fine large brick buildings going up. Fort Leavenworth is on the west bank of the Missouri, and in the new Territory of Kansas. It is entirely a military encampment, the only things that. look like forts being a pair of block-houses, with musket port-holes. The harrackenre extensive, and appear to be in fine order. The store-houses, &0., are also extensive, and are substantially built of stone. Thera is a farm of 1,000 nores that' is cultiva ted by Uncle Sam. It is a beautiful Mica and in a high state of cultivation. Corn and eats, are raised- in great abundance, for the use of the garrisok, horses, &o: The attempt was made to cultivate this land by the labor of the soldiers, but it would not work, and it has been abandoned: The corn was excellent and woe kept in beautiful condition.. The land is of rock, and is one of the finest and most sub stantial on the river. It is my, opinion that Fort Leavenworth is the place for a large town' on the west side of the Missouri, and in the Kansas Territory. It has a position and a fine country about ft that will make it attrac tive and give it importnna. • Between Kansas and Westport we pissed an encampment of 8000 Mormons that' were on their way to the Great Salt Lake. They were waiting for the balance of their company, and bed been encamped there for several days.— They were in a fine forest. Some were sleep ing in their wagons, but the most of,them had tents, and the woods and fields adjoining in all directions were covered with these white and fragile dwellings.' Oxen are used for teams. Men, womeMaiid children were scattered about on all sides. Blacksmiths' hammers were heard, and the hum of preparation came up from all parts of the camp. It was a singular sight, and fraught with many suggestions and reflections upon this strange and deluded peo ple. These emigrants are generally from Europe, and the most of them do not speak word of .English. They have u long journey before chea': The cholera is said to be among them, but I have beard so many rumors of this disease out west on the rivers, B.r.o:',iind have seen so little of it, that 1 have lost all confi dence in the truth of these stories. Before we passed the Kansas, we came upon an encampment that attracted attention. It turned out to be a grand hunting company for the plains. Sir George Gore, airEnglicih Bar onet,, has taken it into his head that it will be fine sport to hunt buffalo, &c., on our great western plains; so he packed up his trunks, &a., .and started for a regular summer cam paign. He brought the most magnificent pack of dogs that were ever seen in this country.— Between forty and fifty dogs, mostly grey hounds and stag-hounds, of the most beautiful breeds, compose this part of the expedition. Ile had a large carriage and probably a dozen large wagons to transport provisions, &c. These require - tire Yoke of oxen to each wagon. These, with the horses, - men, &c., made up quite an imposing company. Sir George is a fine built, stout, light haired, and resolute looking man. But these are other things be sides fun in such a trip, and it will try the manner cf stuff of which he Is made before he • rewrite. Kansas . is a rich agricultural territory.— Timber is the great wnnt, and the Shawnees and Delawares in their reservations retain the most of it that is of value. I spent the night at Weston, on the east side of the river. .It Is . a 'flourishing place, and does an immense business in the hemp, trade. It Mu; about 8,- 000 inhabitants. 'At that point I determined' to" a passnge' in the stage for Conniff) Bluffs. The distance is about 180'miles, but it would give me a fine chance to see the coun try. The ride was a rough, hard. one, but I was amply comPensated by the sights' I saw and the facts.l lenited about the country.— The northern counties:of Missouri are priarie like lowa. • ' The timber is similar to that in northern Il linois, consisting of burr oak, Spanish oak, ehell•bark hickory, blaok-walnut, fine, elm, ttto. . The timber is principally upon the creeks and margins of the rivers, and is' found in eon 'Biderable abundenee, though if. there was more of it, it would be no objection to tho country. I should like to remove there, and think it would be an object for 'me to do so, though I reside in-alertile region in Indiana. , • With regard to the lodians, they are so far as I could discover, perfeCtly peaceable and friendly. experlenoed.no diTeelty,,ln trav elling among them, and I thin - IC no apprehen sions need be felt by any one. Provisions and almost any kind of assistance may be rea dily obtained of, tb • LITETtAIty .T•ADIEII,-.—Al3 epidemic for senti mental literature has taken peasessiong the fair sex. The community ie inundated as,often as twice a mouth with a fresh supply of kand sontely printed books with agricultural, berth, cultural, and botnnicaPtitlea, to Which are ap pended tho fanciful and alliterative names of the , fair writers. "Fanny Fern.," a, true r wo man;.and an original thinker, led the waywith her half dozen editions and two or three series of . "Fern ' Leaves." Slicliadi a great sucooas,.. wlifCh she deserved, MX' if she couid„ht!Ve foreseen the boat of sickly imitators who harp followedln, her wake, the "Aiinya." the tys," the .iiliriams," the .lidyrtlos,!' ao'd pv! ery: other, species of "wali-tiower";l9ow.r! tg the .gardener; ehowould , never 'have, put , b , er pen ,to Paper. The Beatlinenial t t 7 lsill . ' t!lia kind that finds its way into, newspapers, or assumes the dignify of honk-form and the im printaitir of a publialidrefo peaeotly enormous, &utilise .beootno-ona of.the,erying nuisances of the times. • 311iguiluntouri. THE AMERICANS IN CHINA. The maile by the Atlantic bring the partic ulars of the recent battle . . at Shanghai between the American 'find British forties there and the Imperialists. The cause of the attack was the repeated outrages of the Imperial troops who arc encamped in that vicinity warring against the rebels who hold possession of Shanghai.— The Imperialists numbered about ten thous and ; their encampments were surrounded by canals and mud walls. It appeared that the Imperialists, who have armed vessels in the water, have not hesitated to fire upon the American and British flogs whenever carried by small boati, besides assaulting and mal treating foreign residents when they could get them into their power This state of affairs reduced a consultation of the foreign residents with the Vise Consuls and officers of the American and British-ves sels off war, and it was agreed, as a rera i Wy against these repeated outrages, to force the Imperialists, should they, not remove of their own accord, to retreat beyond the foreign res idences. Three hundred marities and sailors from the American and British vesaels, with a volofiteor force from the foreign residents, mustered. The Americans had three field pieces to shell the camps, and the British took one,. The following description is giverrof the after operations : We marched off to our respective national airs, and after coming up within three hu'n: dred yards of the fort, we unlimbered our howitzers, loaded with shell, and at precisely four o'clock commenced firing. For thirty minutes this firing continued, doing immense destruction to the Imperialists; hot they did not return it, as the large field piece. which was masked and loaded to the muzzle with raugs,'weuld not go off. About this time we had nearly consumed our shells, and as there .were two more forts to take, the order was given to ;charge. It was done, and when we. were within thirty paces of the breastwork,'s shower of bullets from jing gall! (like a musket only they are about nine feet long and carry a pound ball,)' killed a marine from the Plym• • outh, vlounded Capt. Pea Mon, of the American ship Rose Standish, in the face, and 111 r. Gris wold Gray, of New York, in both legs. Capt. Pearson's wound is slight,. but Mr. Gray had to suffer amputation of his loft leg and is now doing well. For fifteen minutes the balls rained among us. We were only thirty paces from the fort, With a deep and broad ditch between us, filled with yon points to stick the feet of the Chinese, but which proved to be en tirely unavailing against the 'soles of Kimball and Beesely's best. The wall of the fort, too, was covered with sharp bamboo points, which are very dangerous. Yet we opened our how itzers again, and with canister poured a leaden hail among them. This lasted for ten minu tes, when an order *as given to scale the fort; our men passed over and in like an avalanche, and the Chinese fled at every gate. The fort was taken and set on fire. -- While this was• being done by the Ameri cans, Capt. O'Callaghan. wilh'his Englishmen was scaling another one,, and it was -immedi ately, also, in •a blaze. The rebels, too, lied come out from the city in a large body to wit ness how foreigners fight. After they had seen ]OO arms take a fort and fire it, contain-- iyg over 2,000 Chinamen, and 200 Englishmen do the same thing in the space of forty-minu tes, they made an attack upon another fort which is neat the wall, and being repulsed they sent in to General Leu, asking for an ad ditional force. General Len replied that the foreigners, with one-third his number, had just taken two forts, and that he ani his men should have nothing to eat until they had taken that one. This had the desired effect—the fort was taken. The Americans and Englishmen met, each 'haiiing.inaraiedVirqugh the forts of the 'repo rialists, and jointly avacked the third and last fort, which contained soldiers who had made attempts to come down on the settlement. It required only a few shells to put it in a blaze, and the soldiers to flight in every direction Thti ivholo'aotiou of the combined forties lasteal oashour and a half; the Americana Mat on& killed and throe wounded, and the English the same; the wounded are all doing well. The whole force employed from first to last, was three hundred and thirty men and three field twelve pound howitzers, and in a series of en gagements which lasted ono hour and a half, they dislodged ,ten thousand Chiziaindi from separate fortifications, with the loss of two killed and six wounded. Tho loss of the Chi-• nestOwas immense, but no one has pretended to put figures to the qurnher that was killed. -We now resumed our march to the settle ment,Jloaded with jingkalls and flags, as every Chinese soldier had his own flag. From the church steeple, where many ladies, had witnes sed the battle, and from the houseti, the white handkerchief was waved, silently sayirig "Well done.'' A heavy patrol was' loft on the shore for te the night,''by. English and_Amerioan ME -core, and we slept with a greater feeling of 61e ourity than we bave'enjoyed for months. RELIC/lOUs INTOLERANCE' IN Russia:L. - Nei associations fur religious purposes are tolera ted id Russia; no printing presses are permit ted to print the Bible in the vernacular tongue of the people; ito versions of the Scripture in the only language the masses can understand, are permitted to cross the frontier! It is' sta ted that there has not been a copy-of,the Bible in Russia, pt4nted in, that krouptri,!.einoe 1823. Colportours; Bible agents, Tract distributors, find as little favor frith 'the bigoted Czar as . tto. many Red Republicans. Ryon to the two .mil lions of Jews concentrated in his empire, not a copy of the' Old 'Testament in their native ilebrew is permitted:- No Christian missions to,the most•barbaroue and distant tribes Under his sway aro tolerated. The 'inoffensive and pious Moravians, ,pormitted to pursue their ;heritable -work everywhere else, have been driven from theirlabors iu Russia, Ths.An Itemixor, at 'a tate evening tsevrAng party,:rePorta that one lady mad uee of the exclamation "I thought I should have died!" one hundred and - tnenty-Olght tittles, and put the inquiry "did you eVef V'Ona hundred' and thirtyeovon limos., ) NO 46 DARK. DAYS In the year 358, before the earthquake of Nioomtdla, the darkness was very dense from two to three hours . Two years afterwards, in all' the provinces of the Roman empire, there was obscurity from early dawn to noon. The stars Were vlsibliN and Its duration Precludee the idea of a solar eclipse. At the return of light, the sun appeared first in a crescent form, then half its face was seen, and was gradually restored to its visible disk. In 402, the stars were seen by day at Rome. About 536, the sun was obscured for 14 months, so that very little of his light was seen. In 567 such darkness prevailed from 3 P. M. till night that nothing could be seen. In 626, half the sun's disk was obscured for eight months. In 733 he woe again darkened, and peOple were gen erally terrified. In 634 Portugal was in dark ness- for two months, the sun having lost its brightness. The heavens were then opened in fissures 14 strong flashes of lightning, when there Was suddenly bright sunlight. Septem ber 21,1091, the sun was darkened for three hours. lebruary 28, 1206, for six hours com plete darkness turned the day into night. In 2241, on Michaelmas day, the stars were visi ble at 8 P. M. In 1547, April .23-25; three days, the sun was so obscured that many stare were visible at once. Thus says Humboldtin Cosmos. If we come almost to our own time, to May 19, 1700, history and tradition assert the oc currence of a remarkable day prevailing over New England at least, and considerably in :seine other places. It dame on bet Ween 10 Wa n A. M , and continued until midnight, grow ing gradually darker and darker, oven till 11 at night. Candles and lamps were, lightedfor the people to see to dine and to perform work about the house. These became requisite be fore 12 o'clock, M. In the evening, so dense was it, that farmers could scarcely, even with the aid of a lattern, grope their way to the barn to take of the cattle. The birds retired to their roosts at 11 A. M., and the day WAS converted into night. Rum SrzEon.--The Indianapolis Journal gives an'account of the speech made in, i thal city recently bye Mr. Robinson, who was there as a Delegate to the Democratic conven tion. The speaker took high 'e,rounds in favor of the Nebraske bill, proving most conclusive - ly that the Missouri compromise was no com promise at all, and that its repeal "was no breach of faith: The Journal's account of what the speaker said on the whiskey qu es don is Acb, and We append it: "Now is the time," says Mr. Robinson, "for the Democrats to take ground on this ques tion. Shall we now help whiskey, which has so long helped us, or shall we basely leave the field, and. see our - friend gutted before our eyes? Shall we not &tend together, must we not stand together, since none of us can stand alone? Shall our party be sundered by the cry of sobriety or the fanaticism of decency? No "When my eyes shall be turned for the last' time to behold the glass in its rounds, may they not see my friends distressed with differ ences and recklessly waiting, it may be, fra ternal whiskey ? May they not.look upon a country blasted with cultivation, cursed with industry, and the barrel' that- holds its glory bursted or caved In! 'But on the contrary, may I see their banner, not defiled with those words of delusion and folly: 'What does all this liquor de,? . but blazoned on its ample folds, wherever. it floats, in the town or in the oountry, that sentiment dear to every Demo crat, 'Whiskey and Democracy, now and for ever, one and inseparable.' " Tue 'num Exouus.—Late Irish Journals nro largely occupied with detail S -of the emi gration movement. Thousands of the natives of the soil were gathering together their little worldly property, and preparing to depart, ,, either for the United States or Australia. The Dundalk Democrat says, that "every boat that leaves the quays carries off numbers of per. eons from that and the adjoining counties, ori their way to the United States,--the passage money in most oases being paid on the Amer ican side of the Atlantic." The Tuam Herald notices the departure of three Inindred emi grants, all'iFitltin a fortnight, and all destined for the United States. The Waterford News also 'chronicles the'departure of two steamers, both of them :crowded with adventurers foe' Ameriori. The Galway Packet says the emi• gration to the United Stated is on the increase, and that tho dread of impressment is:driving away thousands, who Woup.not dream of em igrating, but for fear, a tieing: Compelled to serve in the British Navy. The editor adds: " Before the end of the year, Treland will be literally deserted, and the silence and deso lation whiertiliw brood over Connemarra will . .tto visible In the, more populous districts the country.' The Sligo Chronicle says that the "centln. uanco of the rage for leaving Ireland is one of the eitreordinary, features of the time's, find Is wholly inexplicable,- when we consider the present prosperous state of the country, ttn4 the accounts, centinnally received of the sad disappointments experienced by thousands who were happy and comfortable at home." • I Maxon P . IIOOIIEB/3.4 very rang document' comes to, us from Salt Lake. City, in which Brigham Young sets,. forth the progress of Mormonism. - 'Brighambrags over his min- Atomics. , SuCcess has almost everywhere at- tended - their Mars. Wherever a mission has , been appointed, the missionaries have - gone, , 'out with promptness and diepatek. China was the moat stony ground, the standard was set countryt was too much disturbed for the Celoatials to rally around it: Three thousand Sandwloh Islanders had been' baptl zed, and a press Wait to be catabliebed there —the translation- already being made of the Book of Mormon. •Auetralia furnishes several hundred converts, 'and,a'newspaper is alreti'dy. , ; the 'organ.; in - Caleette . ; there Was not tnuali:,, gain; in South /Won a beginning had been; Made; in Europe, 'Prussia was. stubhora..-.4'0: The Book of Mortaint had been translated and pitblished ln'the Weleit,',German,. Frenelf;: Italian, and , Danish languages. , Now, to Ml' the's* converts, the General. Epistle eayil tisarlifatty imerifteit.th'eir friends for Money; fort their money for their friends. 13