American IB BalnntWT-
UY JfOIIN B. BRATTON.
WL. 34.
THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER',
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rigidly adhered to*
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RATES or ADVERTISING.
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One square, throe Insertions,
Every subsequent insertion, per square,
AMiberal' discount will bo made to those who advertise by
the year, or for three or six months.
omcE . Tho offlco of llio American Volunteer Is In the sec
«nd story of James H. Graham’s new stone building, In South
Tifi'novcr street, a few doors from Burkholder’s hotel, and dl
rlrtiv opposite the Post-office, where those having business
will please call. • . ' ■ -
THE VOLUNTEER
'John B* Bratton, Editor and Proprietor*
OAHLISLBi THURSDAY, MARCH* »3» 1818*
AGENCY.
rr>V. B. PALMER, Esq. is our authorized Agent Tor pro*
riirinß advertisements, receiving subscriptions and making
collections for‘the American Folunteer, at hi office, N.W.
corner of Third fend Obosnut streets, Philadelphia.
CHOLOROFORM*
\Vc can hardly open a newspaper without reading
an account'of seme new accident resulting from the
uso of this substance.. Whether the cause is to be
found in the impurity of the substance is a question
to be solved, but the fact that such-fatal accidents
arc continually occuccuring, ought certainly to. pul
us on our guard against the too general use of it.—•
That it is.& powerful agent in the relief of human
suffering, especially in the hands of the surgeon while
performing serious operations is true, and the disco.,
very oh it, is, in this light, to be regarded as
the most important of the present day. But the pro.
pricty of employing it in every smalt operation* such
as extricating a tooth, &c., is, to, say tho least, very
questionable.' The fact that one life has succumbed
under its influence.in such uso of it, is calculated to
create apprehension and some degree of alarm.
Death under, influence of Chloroform.—
Tho Cincinnati AUaeipffhdMay tho24lh nit. stales
that on tho preceding. day;fv lady by the name of
Simmons, died in the office of Dr. Meredith, dentist,
on Sixth street, in:that city, while, under the influ
ence of chloroform, which had been administered
to prevent pairt from drawing teeth.. Tho Doctor
drew three; as (ha last one was extracted, she star
tied slightly.* He (hen tried to rouse her from
her Insensibility; but soon dlscovcd that sho-was
dead.
Several of tho faculty were immediately called in,
and efforts made by galvanism cud otherwise, to re.
suxitato hcr r but without effect.
v' Mrrnqpj Chu*,oii,
- K. eKi»BfHSE^ln^
folk, Virginia, was destroyed by fire on .Friday last*'
U Was erected in tho year 1833, at a cost of between
918,000 and $22,000, and is insured in tho Mutual
Insurance Company at Richmond, fdr tho nett amonn
D f 813.7G0. ~
Almost a fatal accident to Henry Clay.—Tho
sago of Ashland came near meeting with a fatal
accident during his late visit to Philadelphia. Our
readers are aware that ho was tho guest of Mayor
Swift.
After ho retlred-to rest* on tlio evening alluded to,
• tho servant who waits Upon,him, instead of stopping
off (he gas in tho usual way, hhv> it out, and then
left the room*, Things remained in this state until
near daylight, when tho worthy Mayor was awaken
cd by an unsufferablo smell of gas. Ho got up dress,
cd himself, and his first thought was to proceed to
tho room of Mr, Clay, to See if all was right there.
Ho opened the door, and tho room was so filled with
gas, that it was with difficulty ho rushed to tho win
dow, and raised it, so as to admit a current of fresh
air. With terror, ho glanced towards thebed. The
clothes which covered his distinguished guest moved
slightly. Tho alarmed Mayor look courogc, and ex
claimed— „ ‘
•• Mr. Clay—Mr. Clay—arc you alive?’ 1
“Yes, my old friend, and never felt belter in my
life
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.—' Tho trial of the
Reverend IssQchar Grosscup, at Canandaigua, New
York, for tho seduction of tho daughter of John H.
Wheeler, has resulted in a verdict for.tho plaintiff nf
8930. Major Freas, in tho last Germantown Tele
graph, furnishes us with tho following interesting
biography of this reverend scoundrel, which cloorly
proves that ho only put on tho livery of Heavervlhal
ho might tho more faithfully serve his master, tho
Devil:
M Some twelve or fourteen years ago, this same in
dividual—judging from the nomo and his after prp.
fession—was an apprentice to tho priting business at
this office. Hb was so incorrigibly villainous, how.
ever, that wo wore. obliged to have his Indentures
cancelled and send him away. Somo time auor wo
woro somewhat surprised to hoar thot ho had boon
concerted,- and a little later, astonished to hoar that
ho had actually taken orders as,a minister of tho
Gospel! Wo will only odd that we had,not the
■lightest faith lu his conversion—and our knowledge
of his character has proved, much to our sorrow,
correct.”
■“Tut Unrinokst shot or All." —Mr. Henley, In
a Idle speech on the Mexican warjsaid : u TJio paper
wrapper of a Mexican cartridge, a missile of death
fired at un at. Buena Vista, and picked up by one of
Ids constituents, was'a part of WobstsrVPhllodolpUia
■pooch. Hisiauthdrily for this was Major. Craving
Capt. Davis.'and Llout. Shank, of the Indiana Volun
teers. Tho paper was stilt In poiselslbn ofpnd’of
llicso gentlemen."
That the. Mexicans havc.an ugly ihshlon of dipping
tho tips of their lances ‘in rank poison, and using
copper cannon balls, is nothing nbwt but to wrap
their’ bullets up In extracts of. Webster** speeches,
and fire them at our soldiers, is a refinement of era
%, which Wo did not suppose even' the Mexicans to
bo guilty of. , : ’
. TxttaißLE I ii mu i Bl Itm liiiiliii mil in a house
In the upper part of NWVork.on Saturday last, and
dreadful t 0 relate, a rfftn and his three children per*
Ishedtin.the flames.
His wife, as soon as the alarm was; given, rushed
cut with hot Infant, but before sbo reached tho street,
■ho was dreadfully burned, andflow Ho* in the Hot-
I'M in a critical state. Motherly instinct saved
the infant. 'Thus* of this family, the father and throe
children have perished, and tho mother may also
dlo, leaving a suckling infant tho solo survivor.—-
£ never heard of a more melancholy visitation of
Trovldtmco. . -
magnificent of Joseph Bonaparte,
■*l Bordentown, is about to bo converted Into & iovtrn
1 O- knnvx* I
f Bloody Rands and Hpapltatile GraTbs*”
'The Baltimore SUn has. Been favored with the pe
rusal of a letter from a membfer of Captain Tilgham’s
company,'dated. Jalapa, February 6,from which we
make tho following extract:
"One of odrcompany, named Joseph Paris) who
was also a private in Ringgold's ettmpany fiV'e yearbj
was, on .Wednesday night last, by some means or
other, enticed by some. Mexicans into tho suburbs of
the town, and most brutally murdered, I never wit
nessed such a sight in my life; although I have scon
many share tho same fate—At's head tout literally
chopped td pieces !! / There have' been several arrests
made, some of whom were in company with Fails
during the evening, and ■no doubt but they had a
hand, in tho matter, and will have to produce the
murderer, or suffer such debts modi
% SO
75
1 00
. CTBefore tho final adjournment of the tiemobraU
ic State Convention) which assembled at tiarrisbtirg
on the 4th inst, the Chair appointed the following t
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE*
Edwin W. Huller* Lancaster.
Marcus Di Holbrook, u
Francis A.- Thomas* M .
Solomon Demeors, Philadelphia.
J. A. Phillips, “ ‘ „
Lewis Peloaifl, «
John Robbins, Jr., •*
John W. Ryan,: -
Georgo Plitt, »» . •
Wm. B.R&nkeh, *•
Hugh Clark, •*
Wm.J.Lciper, •*
Owen Jones, Montgomery. " .
Charles'Knglor, **
John • Hickman, Cheater.
John Johnson, Luzerne. 1
L. ; P. Hitchcock, Woshington.'. ■
A. K. Wright, Clearfield.
Geo. R. M’Farland, Blair.
Robert M. Barr, Berks.
Wm.M..Hcister, “
JohnC. Myers, •
Peter Bowman, Carboni ■
J. R. M’Clinlock, Allegheny; :
Johli O. Dunn, ** "
John Coyle,
Rody Patterson, “ ‘
Henry S. M’Graw, “
R. C. Hale; Mifflin, <
Geo. Rahn, Schuylkill.
James E. Buchanan, York.
Dr. Lulhur Riley, Dauphin,
Hamilton Alrlcks, M # •
Christian Seiler, Jr., “
Henry Bochler, M
Is**ft,G. M’Kinloy, “ \ -
Jacob Babb, M -
E. A. Lesley, ,l , , * ,
Kintzing Prltchelle, • u ’
Dr. A. Patterson; 1 “ '
D. W. C, Bropks, ."
R. A. Lamberlon, , “
A. D. Wilson-, Lycoming. ■*
. ! Coray, M’Keufl. S ;• .
B. T. Sloan, Erie. 1 • .
: For olon teer.’\
A. PUZZLES.
My name you’ll find.ln every port;
| ' .. . k av S ,
;> " ’ln Occdn, tyook’;
I ttm fiiiro you*li find'mb, If. you look;
Although I’m nought, ar you wllf find,
If to seo me you ate inclined.
‘IDALINA
Dickinson Collegei March 9»
' For the Volunteer. •
A QUESTION*
Suppose a man has a calf, which ol the end of
throe years begins to breed* and afterwords brings
a female calf every year; and that each calf begins to
breed in like manner at the end of three years, bring
ing forth a ttbw dalf every year; and that these lost
breed in the same manner, &c., to determine the
owner’s whole stock at the end of 20 yeaw 1 •
_ A solution, and rule for workioj, (ho abovo ones,
lion Is requested. - ' ■ -
For the Volunteer*
At a meeting of the member* df the Carlisle Di
vUion, No. 67, Son*, of Temperance, on Thursday
evening the 2nd inst., the following resolutions were
passed unanimously t
He'soioed, That tho thank* of the friend* of Tem
perance generally, are eminently duo toAho Rcv John
N. Hoffman, for hi* masterly argument* In bohuirol
the cause ofTomporancc, delivered m the FirelPres
bvtorian Church on Saturday Evening the 26th ult,
and that till* division join* with that of hi* audi
ence in requesting, a copy of In* addre** for publloa-
U °Be*oio«d, That it* the friend* of Temperance, Hu
manity and our Holy Religion, wo wore gralilied
beyond expression at the soundness and conclusive
nc*sofhlsargumenls— basing them upon the pure and
exalted morale of the New •Testament—by _ whichdie
refuted and swept away tho nbommblo and blnspho-|
mou* doclrino, that tho Bible doe* sanction the
moderate use of wino and alcohol, as a beverage,
thus vindicating the pure ond spotless character ol
tholSavlour of tho world from tho disgraceful choree
of having manufactured and Introduced a "
which ha* been the soutco of more than hnlflho mi*
cries, 1 sorrow* and crime* of mankind.
Revolved, That to tho doctrine 1 which toaohoothul
•‘the Bible doe* sanction tho moderate use of w n*
I in it. ordinary meaning," and that 1
and alcohol, when uaeif a. a i««r«geXii th 2 dm
■ioful" may this country mainly 011/bulo the do
! alruclion o/.lxty, thousand victim.
annually. A result *0 oalarnilous f nnot bo pro
duoed by any doctrine* of tho Bible.
Revolved, That wo deprecate thi
total abstinence is a mere matter of
assort that to tho proCaionoo of ei
bo ascribed tho lamentable fact
and alarming increase of boelia/
iogUimalo off spring of “ tho -
ond alcohol, as a beverage.’
Revolved, That if “ too Uib)
of wind, in its ordinary moar
Blinonco societies winked ni
arid denying to man a *r
which “ tho Bible doc* so
dbo* sanction tho use of ’
ing,(i, o. Intoxicating qu
societies are wrong, or '
and total obsllncnoo ar
Revolved, That thee
ail tho paper* of tho a
end Pledge and Stan/
ehn
>iw
ajrdoclrlno “ thru
o clxpfdiency" and
,mA principles, may
. 7 the 1 , rise, growth
ajfqtomperanco—the
mfdoruto use of ivinc
j/does the use
inife*” thoH ofo* lolol h,> *
il J(njuriouB l .as opposing
jiJlTcd right and practice
section”— either Illegible
inc in its ordinary moanfl
i/lles,) and tolal abstinence
X Dible does not mnetion It,
.Jjlies are rltfht."
.Jprdceedlrtgd be published in
cinty,and in the Presbyterian,
j Trd, Philadelphia.
o3d
It should be tlny| ;
society. Wo mef
shlonablo, but lb/ r
and the good. V
than you do, a»
gather informs”
has broken dcr"
the low and /f
ouloated—ajf
and induen/'
attributed/ 1
dating wJJ'
himself*/.'
you dear'
to assooA*
for
never/;
the bfd
vourr’
0
y SOCIETY.
im of young’ men to go into good
, not (ho rich, tho proud and fa
iocioly of Iho wise, Iho intelligent
/hero you find men that know more
from whoso conversation one can
m, It is always safe to bo found. It
.i.many a man, by aaßoelating with
jirar— wliero tho'rlbald song was ln»
/the Inderient story'to excite laughter
'tho bad passions. Lord Clarendon.has
j success and happineaft in life, 10-oj»o«
, persons moro learned'arid virtuous than
h you wish' to bo Vied arid respected—if
/happiness arid not misery, wo advise you
to with the intelligent and Iho good. Strive
X excellence end strict integrity, end you
In bo found In llio olnko of pollution, and, on
nhoo of retailors and gamblers,. Onoobobllunto
if .o n virtuous courao-onco ooouto n lovo of
/oololy.nnd no punishment wouM bo groptor
\y tooldonl to bo obliged for half n day la ns
(to with the low nnd vulgar- ■
**OUR' COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT-DUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY,"
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH h, 1848.
poettcßl.
For the American Volunteer.
TO THE PUREST SPIRIT ON EARTH.
Oh! Spirit, dear, mp song inspire,
And boVcr near in air.
While now,. I touch the sacred lyre
.Id sad and wild despair.
This faithflil lyre tho straini of love
To mortal ne’er has given,.
But oft to angel’s Air above
.In bright celestial heaven.
bill listen now, thou spirit nedr,
To notes so fUll of gr.lcf—
That seraph’s e’en fet fh.il the tedr
> While struggling for relief.
To thoo I breathe this mourn Ai! long
In ImpolewnoAS oflovei* • *''
For thou art pure oe ihoio that throng
The hodvonly realms above...
My harp is mute) The last sad-alrdin
fiovc lingers round my heart, -
l*o thee Ino’er shall sing again ■
Forever wo muni part I >
Farewell Ittcn, spirit, to tiiM.so irud~.
Farewell dear one. forever, '
|.ne'er shall touch my lyre'anew,
For we shall meet—Oh, never 1
yWKeceUnmoti&
Tiro LOST CHILD t)P Tfcttß DELAWARE.
' 'Robert Mason, the father of the child'whidh is the
subject, of the following account, 1b whit is termed
bn the Delaware, among tho d'- steers
mbnV He had choseri a residence, for himself and
family; in a dreary region* fur from'any settlement,
among the wild and broken mountains out of which
arise, the bead waters of tho branch of the Delaware.
At the time his child was lost) which was May the
10th, 1807» ho was from homo on:a piloting voyage
down the Delaware. ... ...
. A half,mile,or'thereabouts from his house was a
small clearing, which ho used as a pasture* To this
pasture a larger sou of his had taken a horao in the
afternoon, when tho sun was about two hours high.
Tho woods intervened between the house and the
pasture, so that the way, which was an obscure path;
could not bo seen but a short distance; and besides,
was intersected in several places by the paths of
cattle.
- The child, which was about five years old, had
Attempted to follow.its brother to this pasture, unper
ceivedi but after going a lilllo way wandered and
bedfUno bewildered, b» it still wont on in a very dense
and gloomy forest which lay along the base of the
mountain, running in a southern direction. It was
nearly sunset before its mother missed the child;
when looking round and hot discovering it, she be*
catnosoon persuaded that it,was lost.,''Alarm and
distress at onco marked her features and. actions.-
She flew hero ancMhore, Ailing tbo woods with- her
cries, calling' the lilllo fugitive, but no traco of its
(bet nor. sound ©fits voice could be soon or hoard.—
Tho family had run everywhere around and about
tho house and clearing, till near sundown, in vain ;
when night ,came on which ploced Ihelifooflho lilllo
wanderer in a perilous situation on account of wild
beasts and precipices* which dangers were magnified
in a most terrifying manner in the prolific and fright
cnedjaind oC.tbe mother. She now soot her eldest
boy to tho nearest neighbor, which wag a distance of
a m ilaoftlwn. to alarm them;, and froirtlbcnCffOlhers
went the' na*(, who, when got together, wont
to the house of tho child’s parents, andjicard the
story as it was. .
When this was done,two persons were despatched!
that night 10-Walton and to Delhi, villages on the
Delaware river; being each about fourteen miles
distant from .whence tho child belonged. Their ob-1
jecl in doing this was to require a general turn out
in search of the lost child; which was no sooner done
than the news flow in all directions through those
villogoi, when the citizens, feeling tho work of sym
pathy, soon wero gathered round tho messengers to
hear more particularly tho true stale of the case.—
This understood, they were unanimous in the enter
prize, although it w«« then about midnight. ..bach
man look • his gun and ammunition, as tho woods
abounded with wild onimals—wolves, panthers and
boars. They look also provisions, not knbwing how
long the hunt.might bo continued, before they should
find the child, or bo compelled to give it up. Being
thus equipped, they started off .on foot, and arrived
at the place of destination about day-light, amounting
In number to two hundred parsons. Hero they found
tile distressed mother, who had not slept a moment
during tho whole night. From her they learned the
direction It had probably taken, in attempting to fol
low its brother, and tho horse to tho pasture. They
now concerted moans the most effectual to scour the
immense wilderness which lay.between them on tho
side of tho road, and a mountain, a mile or a mile
and a half distant. From the house eastward, they
ranged themselves along on the hew rood, to as great
a distance as Ihcir numbers would allow, placing
cabh mail tWo or threo rods apart. In this manner,
about saurUo, they onlcred the gloomy woods* ©ecu.
pying, in a.UHe, nearly a mile and a half dlslanpo.
As they proceeded, every dark recess, was,strictly
examined, tho trees that wore hollow, standing, or
fallen, wore thumped upon—tho bushy tops of hem
locks and other trees -wore not passed unnollccd--
i supposing it not impossible that tho mangled limbs
' of the child might bo found hanging from tho bran
* ohos ofsomo troo, harried thither by tbo teeth of tho
5 panther. The company hod agreed not to fire a gun
, unless tb« child should bo found, but to proceed as
- silently as possible. This was strictly observed,
while they pursued their way with all tho anxiety so
t rrying an occasion could inspire, ouch one anxious
to have the honor as well as the happiness of finding
tho Hula wanderer.. In this manner they penetrated
' to tho foot of (bb mountain, but no traces of tho child
could ho discovered. They wore now compelled to
return to the wretched mother without her son, whose
erics and moans woro uttered in a most piteous mun.
ner, forcing tears from tho eyes of the stout-hearted.
Immediately thocompony arranged thcmaelvos'kncw
(o search tho woods on the other side of road, till
they should rooch the top of the ridge, about thosnino
distance from tho houso as tho other, but not so high
and difficult of ÜBCcnl. ■ ,
Tho. same order and method of examining the
woods wore observed In this attempt ns well as in
tho other. By this time oil the women, for several
miles, living between tho house of tho lost child and
the two villages, had arrived there out of sympathy,
which added to tho former company about thirty
persons/ Those, however, did hot accompany tho
Ibthers in scouring, tho woods, but remained about tho
neighborhood of tho house searching every bean of
old logs, pond, hole, brook, or spring, where U might
hide Itself, or have died with cold, for tho weather,
although ii was in May, was,chilly In the night, as
on tho mounains there woe in many places patches
of snow. - . .
On the sldo of tho road which they weto now about
to commence, .birching, run a blind path, which
passed down Into a dreary valley, and then ascended
through a' notch in the ridge, and so p.noeod over to
a small settlement eevorel miloa distent on the other
aide. They hod determined, after hovlng examined
the woods uh.ono side of lliie path to the very top of
this' ridge, to return down again on the other aide to
the piece of starting, and then, if the child wee not
found, to take the now ground, end to continue tho
search until it chouid bo found dead or alive.
They had proceeded, after having extended their
lino, to oxanilno, with oil possible ooullon, and dill,
gehoo, every place in those woods, prying into tho
gulfa and oaves, hidden recesses, lops of trees, &0.,
as in tho beginning. But no trace of tho child was
found in all Hip distance, to the fuel of the ridge,,
where they halted awhile to listen, a"nd then com
menced ascending it, whioli in many places they
found very sleep and difficult. Tiiey now frequent
ly halted awhiio to listen, which was done through
tho wholo lino by a given token, previously agreed
ifpdn, atid going out each way; ftom the donlfe, by
tho captain of tho foreo»,for tho snko of order, and
to act.ln concert, hoping by this moans to catch the i
Voice of the child in its wailings, if it was yetaliyo.j
During one of these balls, it was imagined by sever
al thatthey hoard its voice in the distance above them,
when they again, rushed forward, at the signal to
march, Scrambling as fast as possible up the slipery
sides of the hill.. But a minute.or two now elapsed,
when,exactly in the course of aMf. Rarslby* near
est neighbor of the woman, they came suddenly up
on tho poor little sufferer, lying with one side of Us
face in n puddle of snow water, but it was evident
that he had not been in that condition but a Very
short time, or he must have,died. It had according
to ils-own account, afterwards given by itself) hoard
a great liaise in tho wood below, which frightened
him, when ho got up from whore he had lit doWn,
and tried to run, but from weakness and numbness
fell down over a limb of a tree against. \Vhich ho
stumbled; and from which he cbhld not- recovef) bill
lay, in expectation of being kilted, with its Tacojn
the water, as staled above. ' . *
. The great nolle which had alarmed him' was the
trampling of the men who were looking for him.—
Immediately after the gun was fired, by which It
was known that (he child was found, which was fol
lowed by a Uu dtjoiet, and the tremendous shouting
bf the whole line, “the child is foundl” sounds which
reverberated in joyful echoes along the cliffs of the
ridge and over the (ops of the gloomy forest.below.
. Rarsely, the happy Hndor of the child, caught it
up in his arms and wiped away the water from Us
drooping head and face, carrying it to a sunny place
on an open spot on the side of the hill, where they
stripped off Us Wet and torn clothes, and washed Us
body with spirits; then wrapt U.in a warm dry flan
nel blanket, which had been prepared for thoocea
sion, If happily they should find ftfc of their
solicitude. It was almost insensible from cold, hun
ger, fright and'Wcsl-Incss.but the spirits and warm
blanket* Sbbn reViVed and brought it to its feeling, so
that it .was token to its mother alive.
A Mr. MoGary,‘npw living in tho town of Broome, (
Schoharie county; the
person who related the story to the author, and was
present and hod the pleasure of carrying and prosen
ting the littlolnnocont to the convulsed embraces of
Us almost phrenzied mother, fthose joy at thb sight
and the touch of her own heart's that of
her child;' mocks (h* poftcr of language to describe;
Never shall I,said Mr.McCJnry, forget thearder oflhc
counionnncoorilmtßlo(htir,as the canieninoing, With
the velocity of a spirit, to meelus, and to snatch it (o
her bosom. She pressed it to her lips and turned round
and,round/ shrieked and wept and gated upon it,
while she hissed its pale lips and face, seeming not
to know that the eyes of hundreds were upon her.—
Never, he repealed, shallT forget the interest and*
happiness tho surrounding group manifested, who
came running to bcliold the oxlravaganthappincssof
Iho.jnothcr of (he dirild. There was none who did
i noCftecp like children; at a sight of so much joy,ex
■ pressed with such proper action and unbounded grat
-1 llude to those who bid. been engaged in Us recovery
■ to her arms. ' t
When the child was dressed and fed In a proper
manner, and so recovered as to bo able to answer
questions, ho said lie wanted to go with Ins brother
to lake the horse to tho pastnro, but could not find it
when it got dark, 'Ho then got on tho top of (ho
rock where ho lay down all night, during which he
heard his mother call him. But it was Rupposcdlhat
it was.not tho voice of iiis mother ho heard, bat of
some wild animal, tho panther in al| probability; the
acrcamtuf which rbicmbto the cries of a woman in
distrcsKy Tho ciji|d grew to be u man, and has of
ten beeb heard }o ftalf hp well.rcmombcrcd tho horrors
of that dreadful night..
A NIGHT ON THE PRAIRIES*
1 shall not soon forgot one night on the Arkansan.
Wo were encamped on the western bank, having Just
crossed. Tho dreaded desert lay before us, sixty
miles without, wood or water. It was determined la
march by night, for tho sake of tho trains, as until
that distance was accomplished tho cattle would not
get a drop. Wo broke up at SP. M., and with many
misgivings, and much apprehension of severe suffer
ing, we plunged into (ho desert- . Wo. toiled through
the heavy sand until near midnight, when It become
so dark that it was impossible for the trains to keep
tho road. The men were ordered to lie down in their
blankets, without tents, until it should become light
enough to see the trail.
Knapsacks were unstrapped in a twinkling, and
down we wont, everywhere and anywhere, and wore
soon buried in that deep sleep which oply a tried
soldier knows. Uow long I slept 1 know, not, but 1
was awoke by a combination of noises which excee
ded any thing | could imagine. Fooling a sensation
os of wale*, running d#wn my back, 1 put out my
hand to sound. I was lying in four inches pf water,
my blapkol thoroughly soaked and weighing about
100 ■pounds. With a groan of despair I struggled
up with some difficulty to a silling posture on my
knapsack, and peaptng out I endeavored to ascertain
where I was and how I came there. A prairie storm
was raging in all ita awful fury. Ten thousand
pieces of artillery exploding at once would have boon
deep, profound silence, or at beat but a maiden’s
whisper,compared with the stunning,deafening crash
of Heaven's artillery.
The ruin came down in rivers, and tho lightning
—but it is folly to attempt to describe it. "1 discov
crod by Us continuous blaze, a certain, number of
wagons and cattle, and an uncertain number of mis
erable,'lYo-bcgono wretches,'crawling around said
wagons, shrouded in blankets rather, moist, and up
to their knees in watori Some of tho villains affect
ed to be cheerful | principally tliosctvhohnd got under
tho wagons. It was a wretched attempt, though, and
failed signally/ While silting on in
this forlorn.oondition, meditating wtfftu-lp ball a
cab or got into an omnibus and gb sit (hero
out of spile, the water had absolutely rises* so that
the knapsack was floated from under mo, and I was
obliged to abandon it, with.,its contents, which were
ruined; no small misfortune, I assure you. My
blanket, 100, I left to its fate, and it floated off to
parts unknown (to mo at this lime.) Taking rny
musket under my arm, I rushed through what scorn
ed to mo a small lake, and gained a wagon tongue
whereon 1 perched till morning. A more miserable
night 1 never passed. While roosting, I was amused
with a soldicj* who had crawled under a wagon and
was soliloquizing, In a sing-song, monagorlc-liko lone
of voice: “Yes, gentlemen, this is tho far-famed
American desert; suly miles without water; no rain
over falls here, but the dews are sometimes exceed
ingly Imuvy. This is only Arkansas dew, men.—
Who wouldn’t bo a soldier ? I osk—who wouldn’t
•oil a good farm, leave a comfortable homo, and be
a soldier? I wouldn't do anything else,” &c f 1 Day
broke at last, and with U came a knowledge of our
position.
bivouacked in n small circular hollow,
surrounded by low eminences, whence the waters
had poured down upon us. I recovered my effects
{deco by piece, as they had floated ashore, and whilo
lostily wringing and packing them, took a survey
of tho scene: The mtfn were -wading about, fishing
up from the bottom musko'ls, 'accoutrements, blankets,
610, Chilled to tho very heart, as you may suppose,
wo woitod not for the.drum boot, nor for any regular
formation, but as soon! as it was light enough to see
the frail,’away wo wont. Wo travelled faal thol
morning, and it wa« necessary. My blood seemed
to stagnate in my , veins. Wo marched all day
throngnaoold rain, and wore obliged to sleep that
night In our wet clothing and blankets, because the
Colonel would not allow us lowball during the day
and dry them; Several men died In oonsoqueppa of
that otpoßiiVo.—<&rr«psnrf*n< of Prov. Journal.
•■lcannol,ima ß lno," ..Id .n.M«rm.„ '- W h» mjr
whNkcra turn gray bo much sooner than tba hair qn
m « Because," observed a Bras', “ yon fiarn worked
ao much harder with yourjawa than your brolna.
o Mary; I am glad your lied haa got well.”
•» WhyT* said Mary, opening Wide her large blui
eyoi wlllia«lonlibmcnt, • ...
'h’.Ohi nothing.” aald Mag, 11 Only I lee lla stle to
bioUl, }t
from the riiliadeliililn Saturday Gleaner. I . Ahuu ,
■rnir mmniiicitT. The mom boro were booml to the society M tn«
BUb Mtd Hrlfty Jadgra.nl.. 1 ino.l tramendoas cslhi, which the, »•«
. WUhA little reflection; ho* msiiy error, wonid •» b ™* l Jh Ih £ <££3
to avoided, how many difficulties escaped I The hung over their « . . * tnitetablb
rash and hasty are constantly getting inld trahbla. c.en on , a Jlc* .Td i*
Thay judge 'harshly and abruptly; they apeak wreatch who had been
thmlgllllcsaly and lnjL>aatly. Thay farnt opinion. offoWlmo* Ifie'endartoui of hl3’ chief, thh
-onsjpiaatd. The nest .
do much harm, and often unintentionally. Indis- lh f * ««? byhiabhachayhah.aprbb.Wj
bralion is a dad attar. It houses mischleft predate. bcch un " b, ° to "f" bl>
Unkind feeling, savati many a tie of fri.nd.Mpl and , •" * " l,l T :r v" nd lo r^ ,B * “*
lead, to many apathof ruin: And yet Ml arc more h°a 'SmZ’M*
or less indiscreet. There arc few who think twice . , r i' ,u ark luo “ *. rf •* T . ... A .. nI , IP ,H mv life
belbro they spbak onea, who have a conel&nt wuteh . b m p Blcr . F C ? : , A, - , tihnriv *" In * few
open their p.ssions, their prajlidiaesi their mlndi; ‘"V, b “, UI "!- 7hkof SiJbart
their hearts and their tangoes: A few days alhac; a minllta. hi. iron. Wfete sawbd ohbof
,l-_ ’ wrenched from the window frame; ond,followwtff
gefitleman visited a friend, and in the course ofcon. d t he gcnlcd thewal | f an d,scented IhT-'
versation, seized the occasion to contrast the dispo* ,1 1 i., ~ / . -„ . * mL, n it .
adverting to some individual who was «rydcmmu. J ido in Ilia middle,
lira In fi ? ato, ha proceeded to launch roM na n- .. SMichm „ ... , P ; d lho chief, , d d, t „l„g Mni :
redo against small people generally, .aid they ware wilh tho , lang ep ) lhe t far traitor! "didst thou im.:
we,p..h. ap.tentl. proud, moan, conceited, and mca- R ; no ,hat the word of treason vvonld be hnh.sW by
pabla of cherishing a-gencrous sentiment or a noble 6. d ■ beCWK it WM whispered in, the depth, of m ,
impulse. Nature he satd, had dwarfed lham, not 5 u * 7 _ bl a!n f, ut l U .. '
only in parson, but in mind and in heart, and ha „ ’ , T. cricd lho J & e tchl „ the niitbl
ailed several instances by way of illustration. But , ono hed ' u G ivo me ditih, biii Id it be W
jual at that moment, he chanced to torn m another b dme on , bi , n | gb i, w 0„ it to .1-
diraetion, and observed the flashing eye and glowing u d mo dio J ri * b.yoneU cf
chock of a lady of a very small sUluro who happened J .
to be present! end seeing hi. awkward and almost „ , t Hbi b ,i , a j d g icatd cstniy; «• ihott ,rl
unpardonable blunder, he attempted to slammer out „ nKorU . of lbo dealbof tbB brave. Comrsdeal dial
an apblngyfbul ho was so confoaed and abaalied, Hint , be ]>w / of lbo ba|ld ba <e , alida f., or of a bound
bvbry effort only made lho matter worse; j.^ e
On another occasion,nollangainco an individual, llNo ,„ bilcd ihedebpalcrh volte orihelieutenifeii
who, by the way, hod arfylhlng but etiatocratio blood in(j , he ® vord WBB cobncd by gome in criiclly.by mi
in hie veins—but who, in coneeqncnep of the form- in di , ma u „ „ dicd away )iko „ prolonged groau
note spcculationa of his fattier, had inherited a largo j' t|)o rorMli ' T |, o w hito lips, of the coWard eland
oatalo, was indulging m a aliam of great pomp and Bl lha >nund and a buUol dasacd ,|, ro Ugh hi. braid
pride, as to lha high character of lua ancestry, and >t jha aamo ihbmenl.qaiated Ida feari forever,
sneering at what bo ealicd “tho more mechanic and Ano ' lhcb Blory lo ld at Aix.la Chapello, which
atprehoepeta of the preaehl day. ( Hla language was doea no l aoliafy quite an well one’s idea, of reUibli
addressed to a boduty and an heircasi but one whose lib# j o ,„ co A finh yohng mah .of that cil> was
. pnaition and proapbots, nevorllielcsa, had not nalltra. 0B aH a p llca by lbe f erf , c ioiih Jthiak'of
lued her eobimoh sehae, nor deadened ho innate Mer|lon tjil l o^allad lmpa il olU l, tho commadb of
nobility arbor heart. She listened;but wilh evident c|lj( . f bein dcairou a not only of di.llngnlthini
Impatience n her niannqr, and coolly remarked at blma ; n u la career to whicli hia follies Had drived
ilia closet-’* I proamne, air, that you aro awaro Uml h , bUt of eblalnlng mbHoy anhiigh. to ehabla him
my falhor was a mechanic. Had a thunderbolt lo mar bia awec i| lgor t. It i. not known whelhrf
fallen nt lho feet of the miscrnblo pretender; ho could bis * oa j,n eaa tirah ti.wing-io love or wine; at both to
nol lidvo been rtlore slartledt , oelhcr; but unhappily, lie divulged; bho evening thS
Dot indiscretions of language and remark occhr of |)ia daalin l 0 l|l# lcrJ lfi c H girl; and tlis
every day. There ate aoroo people who seldom get netl morn |„, he waa called by Jskjik, in person,: Id
a alary right. They era so inipaliont dr excitable, acbomaaby b | m j„ , n eipedllioh. The youth follow*
that they do not. listen with oufflcicnt attention to od mo ; o lbamb l ban j„ fear, inwordly reaolvingld
gather nil the facta; .their imoginaliona. are so vivid, m , ko up f or |,; a harmless treason by gslning tlldt
or their habit of exsggerslion so bad, that the real da a cUracler for courage which should cdhirosnd
truth la lost sight of in a world of misrepresentation, dl ' re apcol of lho bend. ’
There ore plhcro again, whoso prejudices ora ao Ancl yol, as ho followed his mule and gloomy con
strong, that they color almost every opinion nr action dnclor „ m i„i v i n g n t timra, colho.mer hlmr Theib
of life.; .Who has not formed a hasty judgment of we j, o numerous other apprentices; lie know* in Aik*
some subject or individual, and found m after years, Ia chapnel, and in the villiages through which .thtf
that they had committed a frightful error? Who pagBcdi wj, nt kind of enterprise; then, could. ita
has not drawn a portrait of character upon the mirror r o nowne< j chieftain conlemplote, ib whicli he Bbalrcd
of his mind, added lint upon tint and shade upon on iy jh 0 assistance of only a single biikhowo mdU
shado, and then discovered, on becoming really ac* 7 Tho young man shivered as they enteHd
qualntcd wilh lho original, that lho sketch hid been Wack . a forest, but, when hts cdndUfclb|
made by Prejudice and Passion, and not by Candor glo p tu dJenly at a new made
and Truth 7 . •_ grave; hts knees khobkbß together; ana lho hair rose
.We hear much of first impressions—but now often biw liead. ...
are they imperfect and erroneous! How many men u p cr : ore d trhltor!" snid lho xhief, * 4 thy pit
have looked npon individuals of the gentler set, for ernog j e f f or .« o n must dio !**
months, nay, years, wilh comparative indifference, M | desert efpKhl^N* 1 /? 1 tr t
ahff.al lost, on becoming.intimate, discovered tn. m 0 ihe girl will tk mV
golie virtues, where, before, they never dreamed of w
their cxlstonce. Love, at first sight, is a very ro. Only, iry mb! I as brave as ihou I" '
manlic affair, CBpcoiaUy,irit survive the test oflimc, « Thou hast laws of the band and there
and of repealed observation; but how much more rc. folc thou die! Down oh thy knees !-d«*W w
liable is tho affection that is founded upon esteem, nn j w \u, ono herculean arm* ho bent him, by main
* knowledge of mental and moral worth, acqtialnlonco e orcoi to c «rth, while with the othet he raised >d
with the disposition and temper—and a conscious, tiaiched obdVb his head. :
■ ness that lho object of regard is not only suited to •• Only hoar me I” v*
win passing admiration, but to.grace and dignify the « Reprobate! will thou die without a
responsible positions of wife and mother. Does it ; and by. the time the word
not somollmas happen, (hat the individual who 1m- ••Amen/’lifld fairly passed fits llps;lhe Irob wsi
bibes an Impression .very rapidly, who becomes a d eep | n |,| g braih. '
lover through the agency of a glance, a friend with '
the grasp of a hand, afters .his judgment quite as
readily, and di»like§ with Just as much haste and
| rashness! For ourselves, wo advocate tho calm, the
j thoughtful, tho 'discreet—wo are disposed (0 think
kindly of all men, and to hope for the best; but wo
are distrustful of that class of human beings, who
are every thing by turns, and nothing long—who,
ono dsy, overflow with eulogies of this distinguished
statesman, nnd tho next, are monomaniocs concern,
ingtftat—who act from impulso, and not from ten
ton—who jump at conclusions without, examining
premises—who, 10-Jay, are prepared to denounce,
and to-morrow to applaud—whoso tastes ore os va>
risible ao (ho wind—in short, tho,rash, the Indiscreet
tho unreflecting, and consequently, tho misjudging.
Palling In Love In Church*
We had related to u* yesterday, by a lady cogni
zant of the taels, .on incident ot rather a romantic
character. The parlies, wo promised the looy, should
bo nameless. It is thisOn Sunday last, - a gentle
man visited the Ninth Street.BaptistChurch,and
during the service saw ill an adjoining pew a very
pretty girl. By frequently glancing at her handsome
face and inquiring whot her good qualities were, in
tho same woy that a man would when about to par
chase ft horse, he, bofgro sefvlct) Was over, became
enamored with her,nndrosolved that ho would know
her, if possible. As soon as the parson had pronouno.
od fliu benediction, and llio congregation was ells
missed, our gentleman took his position at tho dbor,
saw the young lady pasA 6ut,fbllotVcd her home nla
respectful distance, took landmarks so (hat lie would
again know the place, and relurned.lo his Jiome.—
The next day hb called upon the family, and not
wishing (ho courtship tedious, m.ado Known his pur
pose. The lady of the houtfo (old film (ha( the one
he sought Was a favorite sfrwinf girl, wham ho could
see I fins intentions were honorable. Nothing duunt.
cd at (he announcement, ho desired that she should
bo Invited in. She was colled, and tile tohrtslilp
commenced, and ended In less than an Ho
was wealthy, loved tho one he sought, wos a widow
er with two children; hut notwithstanding agreed
to settle upon her o house and lot in tho city, In her
own right. Tlml was satisfactory. The lime was
appointed for tho.marrlngo, and the ceremony came
otf “three days after sight” in the church. That is
what we should call marrying In hoilc, hut wc hope
\hoy will never havecause to repent nt leisure. The
match bids fair, so far as the friends arc aware, to
bo a liappy onc.-’-Oinclnneli I
'Wives and tiadles*
Dow, Jr., In ouo of his sermons; says; Tho kind
of wife you waul Is oho of good mnhils, and knows
how to mend Irowsors—who cart reconcile pealing
potatoes with practical piety—who can wait* with o
ri..h oburn, and .lug with a loa.kotllo-wlio under.
.Land, broomulogy, end 111. Iran .donee of mopping
Iwlmoon knU.?uc’king. wHhoul knitting her brow,
and knit up hor hn.band’. '‘ravelling .Icove of care
—who prefers .owing loara will, a needle In .owing
(area (aoandal) with llio longue. Such l« decidedly
a belter half. Take her. If yon can get her, when
you And her—be aho up to tho elbow. In the auds of
a waah-lub, or picking gcc.e In a cow liable.
“Send them afl to I*' exclaimed asaorilogloqs
ruffian, speaking of some paupers.
“Better sono ua,to heaven, yonr honor; wo shall
bo more out of your way there,” replied one of them,
“la year wife alok, Thomaa " Yea,al(! vary
alok indado, the poor orator.’’ “ What in her omnj
plaint?" “Complaint! your honor—oh,nWerr'a ryord
of complaint have I hoard at nil. She laya aa quiet
aa a lamb, and takea nothing but a drop o' vlhialiy
all day." ; • ' .
An over-the way neighbor fairly poacd u'a the other
night, by aaklng ua the allnpleet queitlon—" When
ia a fish craey ?"—and aaauied tin it wan only when
thoatoreaaW fish viaain-itine. Wobft Imm'tdlaWy.
AT U 00 PER ANNiIM*
KO. 41.
.. - fliio First.ai«r*i»fe* .
Marriage Is of a dale pHof (o sin
that God lot fall ori ti/e world’s innbiencellngerliig
and-plnying slill 6'pon Us tiered visage. The. first
marriage was celebrated before God
filled, in His own personi ll»e office ofGuest, Witness,
and Priest. . Thofo stood the two god-like forma, of
innoccnco IVcah in the bcauly ~of their unstained na
ture* The hallowed shadefi of (he garden, and thb
green carpeted fearlh, smiled to’ look on so dlHhe'.it
pair. The crystal waters flowed by,p(ile r *h'd trpnij
parent as they. flowers breathed
Snccnso on the sacred air; answering to llicir upright
love. An artless round of joy from- all the vocal
natures, was the hymn—a spontaneous nbplla| haf<-
mony, such as a world in tune might yield; erb aW
cord was' Invented • Religion blessed her two dill,
dren thus, and led them forth into life, to begin.
wondrous Malory. .The first religious scene they
know, wua their own marriage beford Iho Lord Goa:
They learned to love Him as the Interpreter sbd
Sealer of their lovo to each other; and If they had
continued in their uprightness,’Ufo would have been,
a form of wedded worship—a aafcrcd ihyalery of
spiritual oneness and communion:
They did not continue. Curiosity triumphed over
innocence. They tasted sin; and know It In thfelf
fall. Mon is changed; woman la thafiged; Man's
heart and woman'* ore no longer \vhol the first
hearts, were, ftenhty la blemished.. Love (sdebaa*
cn. SoHow dnd tears is the world’s Cop. Sin baa
S#opl away all paradiaosn matter, and the world Is
bowed uuder its curse. Still ono thing remains as
U was. God mercifully spared ono token of. thb in
nocent world, and that the dearest; tb be acymbbl
ffirever.bf. Iho primal lovo. And this la marrlagcr-v
the religious wiqte of marriage. This one flower
of paradise is blqomlhg yet (n the gardin of sin. :
' BYRON AND SHELLEY.'
'there woa something lb mlhd hot on*
graceful nor Inofogaht; although from a deficiency of
of firmnois, it Ranted dignity. He forth
against stronger und bettor men than Jmuaelf, parjlv
through wunlonness and malignity, partly through
, Ignorance of their powora end worth, and pari y
, through linpatlonoi) at their competition. He could
. comprehend nothing heroic, nothing dialn
Shelley, at the gales of Pisa, threw Mmeeifbcl wccA
him and a dragoon, whose sword in hia fncllgnallbn
was Ilflcd and about to alrlko.' tyron told a coftimAA
filond, oomo timo that he could not coA
oelvo how any living man should act *o. “ Doiyou
Kn6w, ho might hove been killed ! and there was ff
orv appearance that hb would bo?” The. s.Aswer
was, “ Between you and Shelloy there is but little
similarity, nnd perhaps but little sympathy J Vet wh«
Shelloy did then, he would do again, and envoys*—
There is note human creature, not even the moat hqfc
tile, that he would hbaltulo id protect from Injnry.al
the imminent hnmrd of life. And vet life, which
ho would throw forward ani unguardedly/h sbmK
whnliitore with film than with fa full er
hopes nnd aaplralmne—lt i* Icomlnfc wilh warm
feelings—it is rich and overrun with Us own native
simple enjoyments. Iti.hfrti every .thing lhalover
gave pleasure, gives It still,'with the some freshness,
the same exuberance, tho same earnestness to com
municate and ahare It,"
»* I cannot understand It I’ 1 cried, Byron,. “A AVsW
to run.upon ft naked sword (bV another !"—JkHiwiv
•• Sloh a gluing up Sfolrc 1 nevef did tit/ 9 ; TW
wife of Mr. Stair,'now Scalding s< Anil ArWJUU
cWgan,has,printed he/ hurfband 1 wflb'lbdlf
In the short space of two years I .
“Bub.l> flnt dte liirili
■'No.'bo f»' liairl.urrtcr and «
for bone, when bo I. hungry. • lu 7"* * 1<! ”
, when he fs satisfied/ 1 ....
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