E potful. For Tho Harald. THE HAUNTED SPIRING• hi a lonesome dell in a narrow glen, ' Ina recess hid from the haunts of men, Where the night owl moans on the blasted tree, While the earth cricket chirps' its melody— There, bitterly cursed, are bubbles that swell, Year after year from a betttmless well, While the vonomed breath that the night-shade flings, With a rainfall taints the haunted springs. In earlier years—do traditions tell— A hearthstone rose by the haunted well, Arid a darh-eyed maiden with fintritrn hair, Shed light o'er the bowers that flourished there. She stalled upon all she passed along, And happinees wreathed round the household throng While at eventide she w ould sit and sing, And moisten her curls at the bubbling spring. A fair haired youth on /I sunny morn. The maiden saw, and a pure love 'woe born, Which grew and mutuied as the hours rolled on, Till he wooed her one even—the maid was won— They breathed their rows in the shadows that fell, Prom the boughs that waved o'er the bubbling well, The stars twinkled brightly, partners in bliss, And the pale loom' beams sealed the cows with a kiss O'er h a ppiness this a few moons had flown, When the light of dark eyes on the mild shorte— ner heart once true. With the llgitt awhile strove— Then ruthlesgly 1 rube the will ehain of love, Spurned him to wil.lll the had plighted her heart, Arid lured by the dark eyes, bade him depart. Heart broten he plunged in the depths of the \roll— And the team, for his death were the bubbler: that fell The dark eyes glitttitrea at‘lillettut their light Was false tls the ill tt' the Wh.p," of the night Another tln•} tt.onght in the ttirele. afar, . .red the desk eked mailer, ailed 111 despair. lliin she forst ..tt, to the steeling had done, The love the had st light was false as her own. Unr morn she wa t. and the murmuring well The tale of her sail gale only could tell. The tree t het n'ershailowed we , : blasted and Ker 'I he hearth,tDne deemed, and the lx,wers wore dren While the hubbies mere teardrop; that Fwelled frem thy drip. n'er the form of the maid and her lover asleep— lier gpirit In 'bite 100 W 01100 a year sings, Mournful her death o'er the haunted springs, And the SUMMIT breeze sighs, and . winter winds tel! Of the fate of the 111110! hearted ,muld of the well. Tri'mtir , , July 29. T. 0. C. Viarl DYING HOURS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN. It is well known that Dr. Johnson, with ali bis powerful intellect, such was his singular dread of dissolution, that ho could scarcely be persuaded to execute his will, least the act should hasten his end. When a friend called , upon him ho 'exclaimed in a melancholy tone' ; '; 'Jam mo7fittrus.' The 'dread monster,' on the' last day of his existence, came to his mental apprehenshAA ,envisaged with all the horrors that hod so flirted him through life. llazlitt on his death: bed presented a melancholy spec tacle. Ilia , highly cultivated powers were taxed to theirlinoSt. .Yet tickle fortune was so chary of her favors that ho became the victim of calumny, poverty and death. On his death-bed ho was .so distressed with the sense of his pecuniary obligations, that lie dictated a letter to Jeffrey, of Edinburg, soli citing a grant of money. The' reply came with fifty pounds, the day after his decease. Byron was 'of excessive nervous irritability; he died, according to Dr. Madden, muttering inaudibly some verses about his sister and. Child, but so inarticulately as not - to have been understood. Cowper, the most surprising in stance of nervous melancholy throughout the greater period of his life time, happily was permitted to resign his spirit cheered by the b'essed assurance of Christian hope—his end was as calm as a sleep. Mary, Scotland's ill fated Queen, met death under the most appal ling circumstances, with a degree of firmness and resolution, strikingly opposed to what might have been looked for from so gentle a creature, Oppressed with such heavy misfor tunes—deserted by every professed friend, with only her faithful little dog to share her sorrows. Clarendon's pen dropped from his bend, when seized witLa palsy, which put au end to his existence. The .tlying exclamation of the Bishop Por tons, is indicative of a mind in happy harmony with nature and nature's God. Sitting in his library, at Fulham, on a balmy eve of May, tSe iiciuntenance of the good prelate beamed Witt► a transient glow, and in the graetful gladness of his heart, as his delightful eye 'caught a glimpse of the setting sun, 'O, that glorious sun!' 'Soon after,' adds his biogra pher, 'he fell asleep, and a brighter sun broke upon him,' Napoleon's - last words wore 'tete d'armee,' an unmistakeable evidence how his thoughts were occupied on the eve of his departute from his warlike career. What words could be suppos ed more in accordance with-the tenor of his history? Ile died in his, military garb, which he had ordered to be put on'a short time pre. 'tousle his dissolution. ' ,Cardinal Beaufort, accused of having mur dered the Duke of Gloucestei, the faithful re, membrane° of which seemed to have filled his mind with indescribable terrors, for it is ptated his end was ono' of the most terrible /over witnessed. His last words were—'And , must I then die?—willJtot allimy riche; Save me?— I could purchase a kingdom, if that would save my life! What! is there no way of bri bing death?' Shakspeare's description of the Cardinal's death is awfully', yet very scrupu lously true. The death bed of the Countess of Notting ham was one of remorse, 4 Trom her faithless conduct to the tie - fortunate Earl of Essex.— 'Tis said Elizabeth shook her on her dying couch, with 'God may forgive you, but I never will.' This same queen; in her turn, endured the pangs of-.an unappeased conscience in her lag moMents; tor she exclaimed, 'All my pos sessions for a moment of time ' On the other h'and, how many have met death as a holy thing, rejoicing in the ensting'off the bondage of earth; a calm and peace have pervaded their actions, and a smile has heightened their angelic looks, as they fled from time to eterni ty. Anne Boleyn was perfectly resigned to her fate; her thoughts were on another world. She observed, clasping her neck, 'lt is but small—very small.' The deaths of that hap less yet beautiful pair, Lord Dudly and Lady Jane Grey, were marked by a pious'and settled composure: of the latter 'tis truthfully said— "Yet hero she kneels In her unfolding years, All yet unreaehed the height of wnomanhooik Kneels Mee to face with death, end feels no fears, Though the keen e‘e be ! Lem to drink liar blood, Calm looks she. :15 11111 seaman on the flood, tl inch, though It loudly rage and - wildly (balm Shall Lear him bravely to his distant 11014 e." D'Auldgne, in his History of the Reforma tion, thus describes the last hours of Cardinal Wolsey. 'On Monday morning, early, tor mented, by clootny forebodings, Wolsey asked what was the time of day. 'Past eight o'clock,' replied Cavendish. 'That cannot be,' said the ('ordinal; 'eight o'clock!—No! for by eight o'clock, you shall lose your master.' At six o'clock, on Tuesday, Kingston having come to inquire of his health, Wolsey said to him, 'I shall not live long.' 'Be of good cheer,' re joined the Governor of the Tower. 'Alas, Master Kingston' exclaimed the Cardinal, 'if I had served God as faithfully as I had served the King, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs!'—and then he added, with downcast head, 'rids is my just rewnrP— What a judgment upon hiS own life! 'On the very threshold of eternity, for he had but a few minutes more to live, the cardinal sum moned up all his hatred against the Reforma tion, and made a last effort. The persecution was too slow to please him. ' 'Master Kings ton,' he said, attend to my lest request;' tell the King that I conjure him, in God's name, to destroy the now pernicious sect of Luther ans;' and then, with astonishing presence of mind in this his last,he lr , Wolsey described the misfortunes which the Hussites had, in his opinion, brought' upon Bohemia; and then coming to Englnn , l, ho recalled the times of Wickliffe, and Sir John Oldcastle. die grew animated; his dying eyes yet shot forth fiery -glances! He trembled, lest Henry VIII , un faithful to the Pope, should hold out his hands to the Reformers. 'Master Kingston,' said he, in conlgion, 'The King should know that if he, tolerates heresy, God will take away his power, and we shall then have mischief upon mischief barrenness, scarcity and disorder, to the utter destruction of this realm.' 'Wolsey was exhausted with the effort.— After a momentary silence, he resumed, with a dying voice, 'Master Kingston, farewell!— Iffy time draweth on fast. Forget not what I have said and charged you withal; for when I am dead, ye shall peradventure, understand my words better,' It was with difficulty he uttered these words; his tongue began to fal ter, his eyes became fixed—his sight failed him. Ile breathed his last at the same minute the clock struck eight; and the attendants, standing round his bed, looked at each other in affright. It was the 20th• of November, 1530. Sir Isaac Newton died in the act of winding up of his watch—a singular emblem of winding up of his own career. Haller, feeling his pulse, exclaimed, •the artery ceases to beat,' and instantly expired. The following stanzas, penned on the bed of sickness, merit notice, from their richness and soft harmony. The author's name is Wood, who resided in Kent, England, comparatively unknown to fame, yet his muse was evidently endowed with a keen relish for Nature's beauties, for he seems to riot in her magnificent charms.— Feelingly ho wrote, on his dying couch, the following: ' "Now boar mo hence away, I like not thhi close room, so small and dim; Around thOcurtained bed aro shadows grim; Which Jauntily play, Turning my mind from prayer, I know they toll me of my coming fate, lint ohi not hero—l would the change await In the cool air." Haydn's faculties, like those of many other men celebrated for their genius, wore impair ed before his frame. His latter years were those of a drooping and demented old man.— He was sometimes visited by strangers; but they found him in a simple chamber, sitting, before a desk, with the melancholy look of ono who felt that all his early powers were gone. When ho took notice of his visitors, ho smiled, and tears stole dowp his cheeks; but ho sone timoNeemed to feel sudden bursts of memory, and talked strikingly of bis 2 earthly career. Whew the war broke out between Austria uTll4lzh otit.ll-.N).1 and France, in 1809, the intelligence roused Haydn, and exhausted the shattered remnant . of his remaining strength. Ile 'wag continual ly inquiring for news; ho went every, moment to his piano, and sang, with the slender voice left to him—, "God preserve tho Emperor!" The. French armies advanced with gigantic strides. T At length, having reached Schen• brim, half a league's datum) from Ilaydn's little garden, they fired, the next morning, fifteen hundred cannon shot, within two hun dred yards of his house, upon Vienna, the town which he so much loved. The old man's imagination represented it as given up to fire and sword. Four bombs fell close to his house. His two servants ran to,him full of terror. The old man, rousing himself, got up from his easy chair, and with a dignified air, demanded, .Why this terror? Know that no disaster can come where Haydn is.' A con vulsive shivering prevented him from prbeeed ing, and lie was carried to his bed. His strength diminished sensibly. Nevertheless, having caused himself to be carried to his piano, he'-sung thrice, as ho was able—'God preserve; the Emperor!' It was the song of the swan. While at the piano, he fell into a kind of stupor, and expired. Haydn was very religious during the whole of his life, At the commencement of all his scores, lie inscribed, 'ln nomine Dominie, or Soli deb gloria; and at the conclusion of all of all of them is written, Llus Deo. - When, in composing, he felt his imagination decline, or was stopped by some difficulty which then ap peared insurmountable, he rose from the piano forte and began to run over his rosary, and he never found this method fail. 'When,' so id he, 'I was employed upon 'The ,Creation,' felt myself so penetrated with religious feel ing, that before I sat down to the instrument, I prayed to God with earnestness, that He would enable. me to praise Him worthily.— This master-piece was the fruit of nine years' toil.' We give another anecdote of his brother composer, Mozart; he seems, however, to have suffered, like Johnson, from prevailing fears of death. There is something strikingly beauti ful and touching in then circumstance of his death. 'His sweetest song was the last he sung'—the 'Requiem.' lle had been employed upon this exquisite piece for several weeks— his soul filled with inspirations of the richest melody and already claiming kindred with im mortality. After giving it its last touch, and breathing into it that undying spirit of song which was to consecrate it through all time, as his 'cygnean strain,' he fell into a gentle and quiet slumber. At length the light footsteps of his daughter Emilie awoke him. 'Come hither,' says he, 'my Emilie—my - task is done —the Requiem--my Requiem is finished.'— 'Say not so, dear father,' said the gentle girl, interrupting him, us tears stood in her eyes, you must be better—for even now your cheek has a glow upon it. I am sure we will nurse you well again—let me bring you something refreshing.' 'Do not deceive yourself, my love,' said the dying father; 'this wasted frame can never be restored by human aid. From Heaven's mercy alone do I look for aid, in this my dying hour. You spoke of refreshment, my Emilie—take these, my last notes—sit down by my piano here—sing them with the hymn of thy sainted mother—lot me once more hear those tones which have been so long my solacement and delight.' Emily obeyed; and with a voice enriched with tenderest emo tion, sung the following stanzas: "Spirit! thy labor is o'er! Thy term of probation is run, Thy steps are now bound for the untrodden shore, And the race of Inunortals begun. Spirit! look not on the strife Or tho ploasuros of earth with regret— Pause not on the threshold of limitless life, To mourn for-tho day that is set, Spirit! no fetters can bind, No wicked have power to molest; There the weary, like thee—the wretched, shall find A haven—a niauslon of rest. Spirit! how bright is tho rood For which thou art now on tho wing! Thy homo4t will ho the Saviour and Clod, Their loud hallelujahs to sings." As she concluded, she dwelt for a moment upon the low, melancholy notes of the piece, snd then, turning from the instrument, loolied in silence for the approving smile of her father It was the still, passionless smile which the rapt and joyous had left with the seal of death upon those features. xtel.A celebrated commedian arranged with his green grocer, one Berry, to pay him quar terly ; but the green grocer sent in his ac count long before the quarter was due. The commedian in' great wrath called upon the green grocer, and laboring under the impress ion that his credit was doubted, said say, hero's a pretty mul, Berry ; you've sent in your bill, Berry, before it was'due, Berry; your father the older, Berry, would not have been such a goose, Berry. But you need not look blackpßerry—for I don't care a straw. Berry, and shan't pay until Christmas, Berry. Da.There are trees in Wisoonsin that take two men and a boy to look at the top of them. One looks till ho gets tired, and dnother oom maims 'where he loft off. 6V &grin Ear. PRIVATE WAR CORRESPONDENCE .As a general thing, the most interesting ldttes \ regarding the siege of Sebastopol and the fighting in the Crimea, aro those written by officers and soldiers to their friends at home, The writers generally describe scenes in which they bore a persoflal part. The fol lowing letter from Lieutenant Colonel Barton, to his brother in London, has been published by the latter. It refers to the doings of his regiment iu the engagement before Sebastopol on the lSth of June : "Before Sebastopol, June 21 "Iliad but time for one glance at •the po sition, but that was quite sufficient to show that it was a regular Balaklava chiirge which was expected of us. However, there' was no• thing for it but to obey ; so, having whispered my view of affairs to E., and told him the part I wished to play, we sprang over the ridge and Went at it. How I blessed my stars at having a good pair of legs to take me like the wind over the vines that entangled the path between me and a house on which I had fixed as my head quarters. Grape, canister and round shot swept around me like hail ; and, fur encouragement, just as I reached the cover of the building, surprised to flied myself with a whole skin, ono of the latter crashed through the building as thagh it had been paper. E. had taken a line to my right, and I was gratified to see that be had also reached the cover of the walls in safety ; but determin ed to join me. I almost immediately saw him spring from his lair, and with uplifted sword call upon his men to advance. "'Ma "Again the battery opened, and it was with the most intense interest that I watched his charge down the hill. The vine holes— for they are partially sunk—made the footing very uncertain ; he suddenly turned an awful summersault, and I thought all was over with him, as with many others—but no, again Le was on his legs—'Forward men'—again reach ed the Russian battery, and a few more strides placed him by my side. And did not we. then, devotedly wish we were back again ? However, there was nothing for it, but to back close, dodge a shot as best i r) could, and aggravate the enemy us little as possible. And there we spent fourteen dreary hours, the enemy at ono moment bringing, down our house with round shot, burying the wretched' wounded beneath the ruins; then throwing shells among us, which owing to the softness of the - ground'fortunately penetrated deep, and i 4 bursting, only formed craters large enough for one's grave ; and if a leg was injudicious ly allowed to protrude besond a certain limit, it instantly furnished is target for a dozen rifle balls. Under these most trying circum stances, it was most gratifying to find that my young soldiers, many of them only having landed the day before, behaved most admira ly. Indeed, to a family man, who has got a sneaking kindness for his wife and bairns, it is amusing'to see how recklessly some of them will expose life. When I wanted to semi a report to the General, I had no difficulty in finding qolunteers to take it. The knowledge that they would get a drink of water was sufficient inducement, though certain to have some fifty balls fired at them during their transit both ways. , 4 Many escaped through this ordeal almost miraculously, but ono of my messengers came to grief, lie was laden with commissions for and reached the general in safety ; at length he reappeared, loaded with the precious freight, and broke cover cheered on_ by the thirsty crowd. As usual he was twigged in a moment, and a volley of balls cut up the . dust around him, and when within fifty yards or so of the gaol the poor fellow was winged and dropped heavily. For a time he was so still that we feared 1m had got his quietus but shortly the arms began to move, and ho soon appeared, dragging his wounded leg—two tins of the precious water, and my note be tween his teeth. I found the poor fellow's wound was slight, the ball having only grazed his knee joint, and you may imagine my sor row when part of the wall afterwards fell on him, and hurt him ri good deal. You will hardly credit that numbers begged of me im mediately afterwards to be allowed to go and bring in the water which ho loft on tile ground when he began to travel on all fours. A positive veto alone stopped them, for my homily to the text, that water is not worth blood, was not much thought of. This is a long tale, but fourteen hours might furnish f many such anecdotes. T 'conclude my story: At nightfall, when the ri emen fired wide, wo gradually got our wretched wounded to the rear. Scorched aad parehedby a burning sun, my mervilled ,off, .at 10, P. Itf. Choked with the dust of ages which had risen from the ruins, and bespattered with, blood and brains, it was with a sense of thankfulness that'l again reaChed my hut.° key-Correction does much, but encourage. meat does more ; encouragement alter cen• Burp is as the sun after a shower. Aotiorkerin DOMESTIC RECIPES. PRESERVING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES The present season is unusually productive of all kinds of fruit, and vegetables. The markets are now or soon will be overburdened, and a superabundance of fruit will be found in almost every garden. Every housekeeper should be provided with. suitable number of fruit cans, and should put up a supply for the coming winter; and, if besides, a few dozen Cane wto preserved against a barren season, v they 91 go far to relieve the disappoint ments arising from our fickle climate. The method of preserving fruits in air tight vessels is comparatively new, and 'since its introduc; tion it has been, confined to a few individuals. In the method of preserving, there is nothing mysterious. The fruit only requires to be sufficiently sealed to expel all the air contained iu the cells, and to bo put, while hot, into the cans, which should ho filled as full as possible without causing .the syrup to interfere with the sealing or soldering, The safest method of putting up such fruits as berries, peaches, Sec., 'is to place the cane in a vat or other vessel of boiling water; then scald or steam the fruit, fill the cans, and seal up immediately, while hot. To preserve the color of bard peaches, when it is desired to have them whole, they should be thrown, when pealed, into cold water, until they are ready for scald- Mg. If soft peaches are preferred, they may be cut up as if intended to be eaten with cream, and need not be put into the water.— W hen ready, they should be treated as de scribed above. For some uses, it is better to Mid as much sugar to the fruit us will be re quired to prepare it for the table, first reduc ing it to a syrup, by boiling. .lt should be skimmed. TO preserve tomatoes, they ehould be more thoroughly boiled, in order to expel the excess of water. Corn, beans, and other garden vegetables may be preserved in the same manner, only they require to be more I thoroughly cooked than fruits I= Take the round yellow variety as soon as ripe, scald and peel; then to seven pounds of tomatoes' add seven pounds of white sugar, and let them stand over nigth. Take the tomatoes out of the sugar and boil the syrup, removing the Begin. Put in the toma toes, and boil gently fiftsen or twenty minutes; remove tho,lruit again and . poil until the syrup thickens. On, cooling put the fruit into jars and pour the syrup' over it, and add a few slices of lemon to each jar, and you will ha'o something to please the -taste of the most fas tidious. Dri) fions. EW GOODS ! NEW GOODS— THE LATEST sriami STILES! am now re,eiving from Now York. and Philadelphia an immense stock of now,„desirahle and Cheap timats,to which I would call the attention of all my old frirnds and customers, no ?tell as Um public generally. 'laving purchased most of my goods from the largest importing houses in New York, 1 am edabled to give better bar gains than can be had at any other house in thecounty. Our assortment of NEW STYLE DRESS GOODS is large, complete and beautiful. Another lot of those elegant and cheap BLACK MRS, embroidered hand• kerchiefs, sleeves, collars, ruffles, edgings, and Insert hip, a stock that fur extent and cheapness . defles all competition. Muslins, ginghams, calicoes, le Ines, de Mines, tickings, checks, a tremendous assortment- , Gloves and Hosiery cheaper than over. Cloths, easel uterus, conic, cuttonades, &c. Ac. a full assortment nod very low In price. CARPETINGS AND MATTING& An entire new stock of three ply, ingrain, cotton and venitian carpeting, bought very cheap and will be sold __- very low. Also white tul colored :Ratings. ROOTS AND 511055. A large supply of ladies and gentlemen's boots, shoes and gaiters. Intending to give up the Grocery depart ment, I will dispose of what I . have on hand in that line, at low prices. Also sumo well made Clothing on hand, which I will sell for less than cost as I want to close it out: 'Come one and all to the Old Stand on East Main street, and select your Goods from the largest and, cheapest stock ever brought to Carib,le, itpr4 CIIAIILES OGILRY. STORE & `DRY op NEW NEW GOODS I—The un dersigned is now opening in the store twin of 'l5 Minn Leonard, on the corner of Ilanover uud Louther streets, in the Borough of Carlisle, a large and general assort ment of STALE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, embrac ing almost every kind and variety of goods minuted to this market; together with an assortment of GROCE RIES. Ills stock having been 13 early all purchased within the last two weeks, buyers will have the advantage at selecting from a FRESH STOCE,"as It ell ns of the late decline in the price of tunny articles. lie will be , happy to exhibit his goods to all who may favor him with a call, and pledges himself to sell every article as low or lower thin they can be purchased elsewhere. Carlisle, Noy. 11, 18 A. , 1:011EILT DICK. - MEW SPRING G ODS.—T • o sub _Li scriber le now opening a large and general assort ment of LADIESDRESS GOODS, concisting of Black and Colored Silks, Cludli liareges, Nous de Mines, French and English,Lawns, ' also a genoral variety of goods for boys wear, a full assortment of Ladies and Childrens Ilosiery, Gloves liandkarehielS, also English and other STRAW BONNETS, Bonnet Ribbons, Bonnet Lawns, with the usual variety of Spring Goods at moderate prl aes. GEORGE Mt.IIITNkI I, • ADRY Gonns ' NEW AND SEASON- ABLE.—The undorsignedhar• ing enlarged and fitted up the Store-room formerly cc copied as the Post Office, immediately opposite limonite of the American Volunteer, in South itanover Street, has opened a large and general assortment of . NEW AND SEASONABLE BUY comprising a groat variety of fancy and staple Froncp, British and domestic gt oda, a general assortment of Ladies' Leghorn, Straw, Neapolitan and Gimp Bonnets, Bloomers of various hinds and quality, Gentlemen, Youth and Children's Panama, Leghorn and ,Straw hats, white and colored Carpet Chato, Broteries he•, be• all of which will ho sold at the lowest prices. ittay 16,'66 ROBERT) DICK• )110NNETS, .BONNETS.-- Tho subscriber Is just receiving another supply of ring and Bummer Bonnets consisting of English Straw chip: Braid,satin Straws, Ploopolitain, and lien Braid. also a nen' supply of very choice Colored nnalNiskito Bonnet Ribbons varying In price from to 50 cents per yard. Also II large assortment of Ebildrens and Misses Straw and Braid flats. UEO. W. llEEDijilt. Nay 10.'55 /I 3