Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              r - ~ - - ~ 1 1 • — ... ----- _  PITTSTON dSfem GAZETTE All) SUSflltBHl 1 J0UR1AL a JBnklij J)fm3)in(itr--( Drontti) to Ham,- litrrnturr, |Witirs, tjjt Jtorantil?, Joining, Blfrljmiirul, nnb %irnltal Stottrafs nf tjje ifnuntrq, Snatrnttion, Sliruisrinriif, 8r. Turjwrt fc pjiillip. VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 4. PITTSTON, PENNA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1850. $2.00 PER ANNUM. Short Patent Sermon. Habit* of The Lion. Biaaell's Retreat at Buena Vista. The End of Poland. Take for example a young girl, bred delicately in town, shut up in a nursery in her childhood, in a boarding house in her youth, never accustomed to either air or exercise, two things that the law of God makes essential to health. She marries; her strength is not adequate to the demands upon it. Her beauty fades away. She languishes through her hard offices of giving birth to children, suckling and watching over them and dies early. " What a strange Providence that a mother should ,be taken away in the midst of life, from her children?" Was it Providence? No. Providence has assigned her three score years and ten; a term long enough to rear her children, and see her children's children, but she did not obey the laws upon whicl) life depends, and of course, she lost it. Was it Providence? The Turk. I shall give you a sermon to-day, drawn from the following text: One of the most striking things connected with the lion is his voice, which is extremely grand and peculiarly striking. It consists at times of a low, deep moaning, repeated five or six times, ending in faintly audible sighs; at other times he startles the forest with loud, deep toned, solemn roars, repeated five or six times in quick succession, each increasing in loudness to the third or fourth, when his voice dies away in fiveor six low' muffled sounds, very much resembling distant thunder. At times, and not unfrequently, a troop may be heard roaring in concert, one assuming the lead, and two, three or four more regularly taking up their parts, like persons singing a catch. Like our Scottish stags at the rutting season, they roar loudest in cold, frosty nights; but on no occasions are their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so intensely powerful, as when two or three strange troops of lions approach a fountain to drink at the same time.—When this occurs, every member of each troop sounds a bold roar of defiunce at the opposite parties; and when one roars, all roar together, nnd each seem to vie with his comrades in the intensity and power of bis voice. The power and grandeur of these nocturnal forest concerts is inconceivably striking and pleasing to the hunter's ear.— Tho effect, I may remark, is greatly enhanced when the hearer happens to be situated in the depths of the forest, at the dead hour of midnight, unaccompanied by any attendant, and ensconced within twenty yards of the fountain which the surrounding troops of lions are approaching. Such has been my situation many scores of times ; and though I am allowed to have tolerably good taste for mu'sic, I consider the catches with which I was then regaled as the sweetest and most natural I ever heard. As a general rule, lions roar during the night; their sighing moans commencing as the shades of evening envelop the forest, and continuing at intervals throughout the night. In distant and secluded regions, however, I have constantly heard them roaring loudly as late as nine and ten o'clock on a bright sunny morning. In hazy and rainy weather they are to be heard at every hour in the day, but their roar is subdued. It often happens that when two strange male lions meet at a fountain a terrific combat ensues,which not unfrequently ends in the death of one of them. The habits of the lion are strictly nocturnal: durinz the day lie li«« oono»»l ed beneath the shade of some low bushy tree or wide-spreading bush, either in the level forest or on the mountain side. lie is also partial to lofty reeds or fields of long rank yellow grass, such as occur in low-lying valley*. We have been told by on« who was there the minutte of the proceeding. When the aid on duty, (who was Col. Churchill,) gave Col. Bissell the order to retreat, the Iudiana regiment was in rapid flight, in rear of Dissel's, scattered over a half mile of ground, each man evidently thinking the battle lost, and trying to save himself; and as soon As Bissell's men should be faced about, to full back, those flying men would be in full view, and the panic they were under must naturally influence somewhat those who stood. Six thousand Mexican infantry were pouring down upon this devoted regiment, in steady advance by column, in front and flank, assailing them within point blank distance, with a steady hail storm of Iron and lead; four thousand cavalry were coming'up behind these infantry, waiting for a favorable moment, at the least sign of wavering on our part, to charge and complete the work of destruction ; three pieces of artillery were thundering on them their death messengers of grape and canister, tearing through their ranks like a hailstorm of vengeance, and they seemed to stand alone, exposed to all this concentrated attack, determined on their annihilation. The Tribuno translates the following from a Polish letter in the Allgemeine Zcitung:Although of a grave, phlegmatic, and even n listless exterior, the Turk is remarkable for his sentless towards his children, and he makes no difference between them and his slaves and other servants. In addition to alms to the widow and the orphan his generosity is frequently exercised in constructing mosques, khans and fountains ; trees and burial grounds are his delight; and horses, dogs, cats, and pigeons share in his consideration : scarcely any where else are birds so tame, and so linked with mankind as they are in Turkey; even children respect their nests, and it is not by any means uncommon to find tombstones, on which, in addition to the sculptured devices indicating the vocation, and sometimes also, the manner of the death of the deceased, a little basin has been hollowed out by the workmen, in which the smaller birds find a supply of water. Theso tombstones are usually beneath the shado of ft cypress tree or a rose bush. «. H. Richart * H. 8. Phillip*. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY The lady who before a tub, Is not ashamed to wring and rub; Or on the floor ashamed to scrub, And cares not who calls in to see Her laboring no industriously, Will make a wife for you or me. " It is daily made more apparent that Poland is hastening to it* eternal sleep with gigantic steps. The Aristocracy of tho Kingdom, who, in spite of all temporary sympathies with the people, are still an Aristocracy, have broken with the Democracy without beggarding themselves, and clearly perceivo that all national efforts must now be fruitless, because every condition of success is wanting. At the same time, in order to save appearances, it is reported that the Czar is about to make concessions to the Kingdom, and must be met half way, although these very parties are convinced that the Poles as a nation have no concessions whatever to expect from him. In a word, the aristocracy of the kingdom believe that they must choose between their owji extinction and a close union with Russia, and they have adopted the latter. This great metamorphosis explains the numerous acts of grace already granted, and perhaps the universal amnesty to be bestowed in December of this year.— The Russian policy has taken the marrow out of the Polish nobility, who can as easily resign their existence as their love of show, so that they are ready to yield to the unalterable and postpone that national regeneration about which there has been so much declamation to the day of doom. To this decision the example of Gallicia gives additional weight, where, as they see, the most boundless confusion prevails and the Polish noble hourly trembles in fear of the revenge of his former subjects who have taken possession of his property. They see, too, that if they only go over to the Government they cpn treat the Jews and the common people in the same arbitrary way as before. In the Grand Duchy of Posen the split is not so evident, but even there the nobility are more and more drawing back from the People's party and the exiles. During the St. John's festival of this year, the nobles have been every where publicly blamed for living again in the old luxury and leaving their unfortunate countrymen in exile to die of hunger. Thus Kosciusko's " Finis Polerical" seems to lie approaching its last stage." OflcM West siik of Main Street, sreond Story of the " Long Store " of Wisner 4* Wood. Th« "OnitTt" is published every Friday, at Two Dollars per annum. Two Dollars and Fifty Cents will be charged if not paid within the My hearers—it was ordained by Heaven—not by the devil—that every man should have a wife, and every woman be blessed with a husband. In the beginning, God made two of the genu* homo—of opposite sex. The one he electrified positively, and the other one negatively, so that when they their mystical effect would be produced from the one to the other. The how, the why, and the v herefore, no mortal has yet been able to understand—neither is it necessary that lie should. The sexes naturally approach and adhere to each other, through some mysterious influence that admits of no solution. Let it suffice that it is so. When the Creator made Adam, lieaaw that it was not good for him to be alone, so he mesmerised the man—dug a rib from his side without the least particle of pain—and from it he made Eve, to be helpmate for him, as well as a fancy plaything. Now, without knowing what love was, they couldn't help loving the moment they set their eyas upon one D another. He cast sheep's eyes at her at a distance, and she threw some killing glances in return, that fired his soul, and set his heart vibrating like a splinter on a chestnut rail sou' wester. They finally came together just as natural as a couple of apple seeds swimming in a basin of water. But situated as they were at first, and having little or no manual labor to perform—Eve could be of but little utility to Adam,and Adam couldn't do a great deal for Eve. Still they loved and were ready to assist each other,in case of any emergent casualty, and so when they found that apro'ns were necessary,they sat to, and with the needle worked together for mutual good. Eve only understood plaiu sewing—she knew nothing about your embroidery, luce working, and piano playing, ami cared not about the same.— The couple were perfectly happy in their rude and rough state, until the old sarpint got among 'em, and even then stuck to each other through thick and thin—through all the brambling vicissitudes of life—from Paradise to Perdition. year. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages AAnronanti ate inserted conspicuously at Owe Dollar per square of fourteen lines for three insertion®; and TwEMTY-nvK Cents additions! (or every subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction to those who advertise for six months or the whole year. , Job Walk.—We have connected with our estabbahment a well selected assortment of Job Type, which will enable us to execute, in the neatest . •tyle, every variety of printing. Being practical printers ouraelvea, we can afford to do work on as j reasonable terms as any other office in the countv. | All letters and communications addressed to the Gazette must be post paid, and endorsed by a j responsible name, to receive attention. A father, too, was cut off in .the middle of his doys. Ho is a useful, distinguished citizen, and eminent in his profession. A general buzz rises on every side, of "What a striking Providence!" (Driginal  Written for the Pittston Gazette. The Whirlwind. In summing up the character, it may here be observed that, in truth, openness candor, contentment and entire resignation to his lot, are qualities seldom denied by any one to the Turk ;Jiis memory is extraordinary, and his judgment is generally sound, while the safety of travellers, as well as the attention commonly paid to them, sufficiently proves his fidelity and hospitality. Religion, such as it is, being founded on the Khoran, pervades almost every act of his life, and mixes with every conception. Frequent prayer is universally practised, whether the individual is in the bath, the field, the coffeehouse, or the mosque ; and as alms are freely bestowed, abject poverty may be said to be scarcely known in the country.—Glimjiscs of the This man has been in the habit of studying the night, of passing his days in his office or courts, of eating luxurious dinners, and drinking various wines. He has every day violated the laws on which heulth depends. Did Providence cut him off"/ The evil never ends here. The diseases of the father are often transmitted ; and a feeble mother rarely leaves behind her, vigorous children. Whilst Boreas sle|Dt, a young whirlwind stcpt Away from his master so slyly, To walk for an hour in the pride of his power, Which he seemed to relish so highly. No road would he take, but a road he would make, And coquetishly walk his own way too; So, taking his cloak, with a laugh as he spoke, He said, " I'll be free and be gay too." To the aid, Col. Bissell replied: " I am not ready to retreat yet," whilst his regiment continued returning the fire of the Mexicans. In a few moments the Colonel ordered " cease firing!" " shoulder arms!" " dress!" The Mexican fire was unabated, and then, for at least two minutes, did that noble body of men stand under a steady, galling and raking fire of artillery, with an overwhelming force of infantry and cavalry advancing upon them, unblenching and unwavering without firing a gun. To the forest lie went, and the forest bent, Like the fragile reeds or willows; Like worshipping men, rose and bowed again, Or towed like the ocean's billows. It has been customary in some of our cities for young ladies to wijlk in thin shoes and delicate stockings in mid winter. A healthy, blooming young girl, thus dressed iu violation of Heaven's laws, pays the penalty ; a checked circulation, cold, fever and death. "What a sad Providence!" exclaimed her friends. Was it Providence or her own folly ? Then stood up and spoke, a haughty old oak, Raised his arms, the whirlwind defying ; But he shrunk in the twist of the giant's fist, And low, root and all, he is lying. On, enward he sped, by wantonness led, To frighten tha village people ; Down the chimney he roared, a torrent he poured, And toppled the old church steeple. East Not a man moved while the Colonel's eye ran along the lino to see if apy one quailed. " About face!" "dress!" "forward march !" They moved off in common i.me. ' Quick time—maroh,' and the rtgiment retired under circumstances which have never failed before in the history of war, in causing a panic. The Mexicans considered themselves certain of victory and with 'vivas' and 'hurrahs, on came their splendid cavalry, surging down their green and scarlet, their plumes waving, and their lances gleaming in the sun, with their thousand gay steamers catching the glistening beams as every breath of air fluttered them like glittering leavs of a fairy fvrcl, »)«• tlDo« -f['»r.i*Uy body of men. Two hundred yards quickly passed, Bissell's men reached the spot designed for them to hold. The4 lancers were preparing for the last charge, which was to hurl our brave fellows into the ravine before (hem. 4 Halt!'dress!' Coolly and calmly as if on parade, did these Suckers obey the command, whilst the thunder of squadrons on the slope they had just left, told that the enemy was upon them. They could not sec them, but they could hear the horses' hoofs, the jingle of sabres, and the clatter of lances, the inspiriting charge of the bugle, and the 'vivas' of the men, as they rushed on to the seemingly easy victory; and no doubt many a heart fluttered, and many an eye glanced involuntarily around —for it was a fearful thing to know that an enemy is upon your back ; but not a muscle swerved. A beautiful young bride goes night after night to parties made in honor of her marriage. She has slightly a sore throat, perhaps, and the weather is inclement; but she must wear her neck and arms bare, for who ever saw a bride in a close evening dress ?—She is consequently seized with an inflammation of the lungs, and the grave receives her beforo her bridal days are over. " What a Providence !" exclaims the world. " Cut off" in the midst of happiness and hope !" Alas! did she not cut the thread of life herself? In the city, while men arc browling and busy in the crowdcd street, death is entering the secret chambers, and friends sit pallid by the couches of the breathless, or love in drinking iii the sigh which bears the soul to Heaven. Death is silent; those whose very looks spoke to ns "in life, pass from our sight as the shadow from the dial, and the music of their words becomc sad echoes in the distance of our memory. Death is silent. Living hatred thunders in the strife of war, but when the contest is over, Death, grim and speechless, is monarch df the field. Death is silent. Tempests shriek madly upon ocean, and many are they who sink with this requiem into their fathomless .grave ; but from the depths of that sublime sepulchre, no sound comes back to tell of those who perished. Death is silent; yet not so entirely ; silent it is to the ear, but not always to the heart, our brethern are still bound to us, and though dead, they have not ceased to be. There is much to be felt and learned where they rest. Death in Silent, With curious aye lie thought he would spy, The sheaves of the farmer's labor; And so with a puff, he tosses the roof And passes along to tho neighbor. The clothes on the fine, so new and so fine, He sent riding ofT like witches ; And woe to the frocks, the shirts and the socks, And woe to the new linen breeches. Then he blew a gale o'er the home of the whale, And uncovered the monstrous sleeper, And stirred him up—like a tiger's pup By a cruel menagerie keeper. Though the above is probably exaggerated, there seems to be no reason for doubting that it is essentially true. The craft of Russian policy is mnr» fm«l «Ko ooul of Poland than the sword or the mines of Siberia. The cause which produced the failure of the Revolution of 1631, is that which is put in play to bring about the final event. The aristocracy sacrifice their country rather than their privileges.— There is a moral in this tragedy none the less worthy of reflection because it js somewhat trite. The ships of the main, on the watery plain, From the deep to the heavens he lifted ; But alas and alack for their homeward track ! With the weeds of the sea they drifted. How Jack took the Aie. My bretliren, since you know that marriage ia a divine institution, and that every one of you should have a wife, »h»t UinJ of a rib would you select I A pretty little useless doll, or a woman big and spunky enough to rassel with a bear, and come off first best ? I imagine you would care nothing for either extreme ; but you would look for personal charms. O you foolish idolaters at the shrine of beauty! Know you not that hundreds of husbands are made miserable by handsome wives, and that thousands are happy in the possession of homely ones ? homely without but beautiful within. Alas, what is beauty ? It is a flower that wilts and withers almost as soon as it is plucked, a transient rainbow, a fleeting meteor, a delightful will of the wisp, sublimignted moonshine. The kind of a wife you want is of good morals and knows how to mend trowsers, who can reconcile peeling potatoes with practical or fashionable piety, who can waltz with the churn-dash, and sing with the tea kettle— who understands broomology, and the true science of mopping—who can knit stockings without knitting her brows, and knit up her husband's ravelled sleeves of care —who prefers sewing tares with her needle, to sowing tares of scandal with her tongue. Such is decidedly a better half. Take her if you can get her, wherever you cau find her—let her be up to her elbows in the suds of a wash tub, or picking geese in the cow stable. During the recent session of the Legislature, it became necessary for ono of the Detroit Banks to receive a little "legislative aid"—a kind of stimulus which institutions of that kind are very much in the habit of needing. The bill was all right in the House, but in the Senate jusl one was lacking to pass the bill. In the extremity of their despair, the bank lobbies applied to C. P. B h, a most indefatigable locofoco lobby, and I besought him to give them the aid of his "genius" to help outofthe dilemma. B., after some hesitation, agreed to aid them. Waiting his opportunity, at the moment when the "unfinished business" was in order, he stepped up to the chair of Senator F.' from ' and said. "Come, there's nothing doing here ! let's go and take a horn." F. yielded to the 'inducement," and took his hat. In an angry freak,he th« Of the proud and hoary mountain; His scimeter gleamed and the mountain streamed From his wounds in many a fountain. Then placing the bow as a wreath on his brow, He felt, a* a conqueror, viewing The ruin on hand by sea and by land, The work of hit own undoing. C. F. B PirrrroN, Aug. 19. From these haunts lie sallies forth when the sun goes down, and commences his nightly prowl. When he is succcssful in his beat, and has secured his prey, he does not roar much that night, only uttering occasionally a few low moans—that is, provided no intruders approach him, otherwise the case would be very different. * * I remarked a fact connected with the lions' hour of drinking peculiar to themselves— they seemed unwilling to visit the fountains with good moonlight. Thus, when the moon rose early, the lions deferred their hour of watering until late in the morning; and when the moonr rose late, they drank at a very early hour in the night. * * Owing to the tawny color of the coat with which nature has robed him, he is perfectly invisible in the dark ; and although I have often heard them loudly lapping the water under my very nose, not twenty yards from me, I could not possible make out so much as the outline of their forms. When a thirsty lion comes to water, he stretches out his massive arms, lies down on his breast to drink, and makes a loud lapping noise in drinking, not to be mistaken. He continues lapping up the water for a long while, and four or five times during the proceeding he pauses for half a minute as if to take breathe. Olie tiling conspicuous about them is their eyef, which, in a dark night, glow like two balls of fire.—Five years in Africa. Demise of A Mummy. Written for tbe Pittston Gazette. An Acrostlcal Enigma. I am composed of thirteen letters. My 1 5 6 is taken from one person t# adorn another.An honest footman, anxious to explore the wonders of the British Museum, obtained a special holiday a short time since. Accordingly, taking with him a couple of lady friends, he presented himself at the door for admittance. Humility has instruction from the proud man's monument, and content a lesson from the vanity that overlies his clay. There is pathos in the solitude where the stranger sleeps ; there is mute eloquence on his unlettered grave ; there is beauty in the poor man's epitaph, inscribed honestly by affection ; there is sublimity in tho rude sculpture of the peasant's tomb, when it is the effort to symbolize an immortal faith. And it is such faith which takes terror from the power of death, and despair from the silence of the grave. There is that in us which is not all clay.* That which belongs to earth, must go to earth ; but when earth claims and gets back its atoms, God gathers up and calls home his My 2 56 apply s to the render. My 3 11 10 5 8 12 is a symbol of pAee. My 4 5 11 10 is a very useful combination of mc " No admission to day, sir," said the keeper. My 5 3 1 9 is on important place in the far Vest. My 6 12 1 is not at all ancient. My 7 3 5 6 7 although ever on the way, icver reaches ita destination; carusm. " No day ! but I must come in— I've a holiday on purpose!" " No matter, this is a close day, and the Museum is shut." The bank lobbies and their friends were on the alert, and understood the whole move and the moment F.'s back was turned, passed the bill, moved for a re-consideration, which was lost and passed on. Just at this moment. F., who had been a most bitter opponent of the bill, entered took his seat, and enquired of Finley, who sat near him, "what they had been doing while he had been gone. "Oh nothing," said Finley, "only we have passed that bank bill you have been fighting all winter."My 8 5 U 10 9 7 13 is somewhat less thin a town. ' About face !' 'commence firing !' and a volley of musketry rolled upon those huzzaing cavaliers, which silenced their cheering; and as column and rank went down before that deadly and steady fire-as their number lessened, and their chargers swerved from this serried line of men who knew no defeat, their column wavered trembled as it were, slackened in speed, and broke in confusion. Rallying back in tumultuous retreat upon the enemy the whole division was involved in inextricable confusion, and in disorder led the field. Thus was the tide of battle turned on that eventful day, and less than half a full regiment in numbers defeated ten thousand of the flower of Santa Anna's army ; and that too, when the army was rushing in, flushed with victory, and encouraged by the flight of one regiment—saving the credit of our arms, and the lives of the thousand who stood there with them. My 9 5 10 5 6 7 is a yankee provincialism,weaning not entire health " What ?" said John' "ain't this public property ?" My 11 9 6 l'Aia a narrow entrance way. My 1'2 10 11 it alady'« name. My p 12 10 a favorite color anong American My whole i( a of e:quiute beauty, yet with the mo«t tragical v»nt«. it * J My 10 5 4 1*2 is a neceaaary ingredient in nxrtar. " Yes: certainly it is." " Well, then I will go in." A curator, who overheard the dialogue, guessing his customer's calibre, stepped forward, saying politely. spirits " I am very sorry, sir, but there's a funeral here to day. One of the mummies died two days ago, and we're going to bury it!" " Oh, ah ! very well ; in that case we certainly won't intrude," said John, retiring with all possible decorum. The Man of the Times. We like an active man, one who has the impulse of the ago—of the steam engine in him. A lazy, plodding, snail-paced chap might have got into the world fifty years ago, but he won't do for these times. We Answer next week "The d 1 you have! Mr. President, I move to re-consider," ALPHA, The Telegraph. H« who created heaven and earth, And gave the rolling thunder birth, Who hold'at the ocean in hia hand, Who*c wara we stayed at hi« commani, Who made the gorgeoue ran to gild The humbleat cot that man can build, Who rtrewed the earth with lovely flow#*, And gave to man gigantic power*, Hath kindly unto Hone revealed What heretofore had been concealed. He doth the rapid lightning lame— A Telegraph he call* ita name— And with a tingle vivid flash, A (let—a apace—a line—a daeh— Can wad around the earth the newi, Or atop it, juit aa he may chooee, What a myeterious mighty power! Ife noiae i» heard—no cloud doth lower, And yet the lightning winga ita way, And tell* whate'er we have to aay. My hearers—my text speaks of a lady before a wash tub. You may think it absurd, but let me assure you that a female can be a lady before a tub or in the kitcli* en, as much as in the drawing room or parlor. What constitutes a lady ? It is not a costly dress, paint for the cheeks, false hair and still falser airs; but it is tier general deportment, her intellectual endowments and that evidence of virtue which commands th® silent respect and admiration of the world. She would be recognized as a lady at once—it matters not where or in what situation she were found —whether scorching bed bugs *ith a hot poker, or hollering hallelujar at a Methodist camp meeting. All I have farther to say, fellow-bachelor, is that, when you marry, see that you get a lady inside and out—one who knows how to keep the pot boiling, and looks well to her househqjli.— So mote it be ! DOW, fr. Down came the hammer. The gentleman from Swine Creek will come to order a motion to re-consider has been lost. live in an age of quick ideas, men think quick, speak quick.—eat, sleop, e.ourt, mairy and die quick—and slow coaches ain't tolerated. " Go ahead, if you burst your boiler," is the motto of the nge; and he succeeds best ii* every line of business, who has the snapping turtle in him. Strive, readers, to catch this spirit of the times ; lDe up and dressed always, not gapping and rubbing your eyesjfs if you wore half asleep but wide awa for whatever may turn up—and you may be somebody before you die. Think, man, reflect as much as you please before you act, but think quick and closely, and when you have fixed your eye on an object,spring to the mark at onot. OiT'One of the most touching specimens of California literature, which we have yet seen, is displayed in neat letters upon a house on K street. Pathetic and highly characteristic of two of the peculiar and most usual wants in California, it stands the admired of all admirers. It is indeed a " sign of all the times," and, in the true spirit of Christian charity, thus reads: F. looked around in despair for B., who had seduced him out to drink. But lie was not to be seen.—Detroit Advocate. To the Oirls, You are all in want of husbands as soon as you can get suitable ones, and that is all perfectly right and natural. But we think [contrary to the old lady's opinion,] that a bad business is better than none.— In choosing, observe the following rules :— Never marry a fellow who is ashamed to carry a small bundle ; who lies in bed until breakfast, and until his father has opened his shop, store or office, and swept it out; who frequents place of idleness, who owes his tailor, shoe-maker, wash-woman, jeweller, printer, and never pays his debts—who is often talking about his acquaintances and condemning them ; whose tongue is always running about nonsense ; who thinks he is the greatest man in the neighborhood, and yet whom every one despises and shuns. We say never marry a fellow with any of these qualifications ; he will be sure to treat you badly or desert vou after the honey moon. Dress and Merit.—Girrard, the famous French painter, when very young, was the bearer of a letter of introduction to Lanjunais' then in the Council of Napoleon. The young painter was shabbily attired, and his reception was extremely cold ; but Lanjunais discovered in him suoh striking proofs of talent, good sense, and amiability, that on Girard's rising to take leave, ho rose, too, and accompanied his visitor to the ante-chamber." The change Was so striking, that Girard could not avoid an expression of surprise. "My young friend," said Lanjunais, anticipating the enquiry, "we receive an unknown person according to dress; we take leave of him according to his merit." New Wav or Pitching into 'em.—It is easier to obtain favors from the pride than the charity of men. A shrewd preacher* after an excellent charity sermon, said to his hearers, "I am afraid, from the sympathy displayed in your countenances, that some of you may give too much. I caution you, should be just before you are generous and I wish you to understand that we desire no one who cannot pay his debts to put any thing in the plate." The collection was a rousing one. 'Rest for the weary and storage for trunks.' Sacramento City Transcript, June 29. h n orator at a political meeting is said to have thundered forth the following " noble sentiment Russian Law of Marriage.—By a late order of the Russian Government, all marriagos are forbidden, except where the parties first obtain the consent of the parish authorities, which must in every case be withhold, unless the persons asking it art! capable at the time of supporting families, and can also furnish a strfng probability that such capacity will continue to the end. The increased number of individuals falling a burden on the State during several years past, is the reason gi.vcn fur this edict.John Randolph, visiting a planter's wife in Virginia, found her surrounded by her female neighbors, busily engaged in making up garments for the Greeks, thCn objects of public sympathy. On leaviig the house, he saw out side the porch a nimber of the lady's little negroes, all in rag? and tyttera. He shrieked out at once h his sharp thrill voice, " Madam, the Greeks •re |t your doorI" Chairman, if I was a Siamese twin, and my brother was on the other side I'd cut the rascal off." Overwhelming applause. « Mr " My good gracious! I wonder what they will manufacture out of grain next," said Mrs. Partington. " Here's an account of a man making a rye facc and another making a floury speech, and a whole column about com laws." Power of a. Mosquito.—The Pittsburg Commercial Journal, says that mosquitos are very small insects, but one has been known to more a man weighing two hundred pounds, and keep him moving a whole night at (hat. OCWhen green corn first made its appearance in the Cincinnati market this season, the Commericial of that city says "ghastly cholera exulted, und took it most affectionately by the cars." In St. Petersburg, six hundred and ninety thousand five hundred bottles of Champagne arc annually consumed— _