; ; ;AMEEIGAiN YOLUSIEEIi; ■'*'' ; - WfiLtBHED ETEBt 1 tfufospitf ; 7,-iyr-'. -■ uy J»rattOH. -''3tfnaoßiprios.“-'Ond Dollar and Fifty Cents, •.iold'itt adradcOi Two - Dollars If paid within the - s«rf* and Two Dollars and Fifty OdnW, if nol v paid within the year*' Tliesa-torms will be rigid .•'« adhdtod to Inevory Instance; No subscriptlor •WanontlnheduntlLall arrearages arc pald unlcei Ht tho option of the Editor. : >• 4 if :ApVEatiBEMßNTB—Accompanied by tho Cash'} /Bhdnoti.oxceodldg.ono.squaro, will bo inserted • three times for one Dollar, and twenty-five cents forcoch addjtlonftl insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ;;Jon-PuiMTiKa-rSuch ns Hand -Bills, Posting JDiUs,' Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels,*&c., &c., exo ‘!.cu[te4l,witb accuracy and at tbo shortest notice. .•. '■ x - ADDRESS •- - ' . OP-THE CARRIER OF THE ' AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JANUARY 1, 1855, Again l.cbmeJMth mirth and song, how wags tho world along} *. Again.!. bring, in brief review, '.‘The scenes Time’s newest pencil drew— * The grand account of smiles and tears, • ,Th« long array of hopes and fears, * The bridal robe, pall-covcred bier, The childrenof the by-gohq year. • ; L«st .New Year’s mom I sang my lay— »Twos much like, this I sing to-day’: ‘•;1 mournedtho.past In solemn strain, • I mourn it now, shall mourn again. -Time dies, and with it friends and foes; Each year the heart more flinty grows— ' To-day,'jyo smile to think wo wept , 'When last this festal day wad kept; /Anon, wo’il.wcep; and so till death, Our feelings change with fortune’s breath. .Bfeathe she thc-damp, chill air Of woe, Our heart# will throb, our eyes o’orflow.j ‘Brbatho aho tho air of Joy and mirth, No sigh' proclaims the bosom’s dearth; But smile, and Jest, and jovial laugh, .'Proclaim how sw(?ot the cap wo quaff. ' Thanks to tho limner of the sky, We'Ve equal cause to smile and sigh; If some are gone and others dead, *Thoro’a yet a few to love instead ; If times are hard and money short, .We can but seek some cheaper sport; i If friends look grum, wo’U not complain, r They’ll smile before wo call again. £ At home, here, wo’vo enough to make t “A little for the stomach’s sake;” t.- Since edibles are scarce arid dear, It kept as bpsy aJI (ho year. Crops failed, they say, why will they fall, •When they are always ready tale 7 Why can’t tiiey coroo nil years alike 7 .Why mast Iho crops got on a ttrike 7 All-have not fared so well as we, Tho.plague on land and wrecks at son, Fire* sword, add famine, all have made For Fifty-four a death-liko shade. Oft Alma’s crimson field are laid, . By .cannon ball and rooking blade, . Tho flower of Britain’s stalwart sons, jb The Turks,, the Gaul’s, tho landless Huns— ft. Laid on the same groon turf to sloop, ‘While in each land the hearth-stones weep 5 And Turkey’s RriUin?s Gallias tear W Proclaims their tribute to the year. * f; But not by human force and skill Were all in dreamless sleep laid still ; • The Crimea’s enrso, the pestilence,' - ’" Breathed its fiorco breath to drive them thence, * And many who escaped tho fray , Have fallen at a later day— liot.on tho field with frontto foe— The cholera bath laid them low. Then, on Sebastopol’s huge walls ’ 2laye rattled burning shells and ballss iV*Sorties wore made to bo repulsed— Thp-alHes now, with fear convulsed, ' Rgireat and all but logo tho field, .'/f.; s ~3Jb»weak to fight, too proud to yield; ( / And now, with madness, rage and.ljete, w/v And courage worth a better futo, • &K- Exhaust their, falling strength to gain' h'f An entrance \ but they irtriyo In vain, L? For bipod must‘dyq—d dy OUs wall, S'"-• EacffbattlcnYontJ , A(rdoV7‘- ’ >:: «»And'brery turfbobeatlftbelr feet,” • - v . Most of their life-blood freely taste Ere Russia’s horde can bo displaced; -. And while Britannia’s sons thus lie, Bleaching beneath a foreign sky— While many, England’s fame to save, Rush madly .to a soldier’s grave, ,' Victoria gaily chats at ease To youngsters on. her royal knees. Plays with her pups in her retreat, A comfortable country-seat, . And makes, sometimes; too hot the house For her returning royal spouse. While Frenchmen shout their battle cry, And .meet grim death with dauntless eye, If ‘in that death are laurels won For them and for Napoleon, Ia Grand* Napoleon toys with dnracs, Amuses them with favorite games, ■ v Arid sometimes, when they’d see the wars, He plays them on the Champa tie Mara. . Soon may this useless contest cease And Europe smile with tranquil peace j II monarens still for conquest bum Lot Vic, and Louis take a turn. > At time*, our pwn sky darkened, too, Its stars asslimcd a pallid Imo, Ss*; And In thq'distanco seemed to loom ’SV.- War’s cloud of terror and of gloom. -Thanks to our lloav’n-horn destinies, flag still greets the western skies; l.Ahd may Jl ever float os free, §! er onr own °* or OTory sea, . ' All spotless, pure, triumphant ho . T|U time ends in eternity. 1 Tbp dark death-angel swiftly flitted o’er Opr,western valley* ond our eastern shore s Tofo, son from sire, the bridegroom from his • pride } .1/OYolled with dust stern manhood In hie pride j Unshod the weak Infants low and mournful cry ; Called .from bis sports tho merry.boy to die,' Htißhbd tlid low whispered pledge by maiden given ' A Ahdbado her plight a holler troth to IToaven j Tore the proud lover from his promised wife, And forced old ago to bjd adieu to tile. Heaven, for the time, refused twearth her rain; , ‘ And tolled tho weary husbandman in vain; JTbO prudent* in tho gloomy future peer, ; ?And see starvation h,» tho coming year. yAstepior fate—a harder, lowlier lot— •;' 'A gloomy aky, whoso bright stars glimmer not— '.‘H Old. ragged garments—far too frugal faro, /v&And, crowning oil, ft mountain weight of care, the birth-right of no “scattered few,” ftralles and flowers your life's broad poth strew. ~ raSR for earth's molmilng ones wo have a tear, for the fallen of tho year, .■flra.boe short prayer, but from the heart and n ones; tho hapless poor. frloml ' boWo I Icavo yourdoor, r h£“ r ?T mbt ' r 1,, "‘ I <»o am poor, btlt aa a right doniaml sSi®^ P T m on , l ' t y°'ir friendly hand : “”flJm>Wngly pnrform ■ . tdWwSte winlo r’“ ilrlTlnp storm »? PNco—.yourself may liidao— AtJ«lt»:OT*aTEa y mi ivlll n „i . And nymy,« happy Now Year*” n,«w fla *° , tofcWynfty.'K hare o*»i;,m;oio QEO. L. GOITCIIEn, Zq&SXr .• -<**** r,,^. 1 the political divines at the Tab. Saturday evening, alluded to Con. complementary terms, call ingrhwihtr -Nutmeg State,' and immcdiatclv Ad^cu, 1 *where ia tho 'greater?’ J 'Tire Bishop of Oxford was ro m)kMg;bnb of Ins clergy for following tho lord,* replied the clergyman, <C9fcr£nurti must have soma relaxation, and I lordship I never go to balls.’ tbo Uiahon, ‘I peredvo you allude tqitty’Mftying been at tno Dutchess of Slither* party ; but T glvn you my word I never wiatUfethu same room with tbc dancers. * *3fy lord,’. responded tho clergyman, f my nl*W and I nro getting old, and we arc never ifllrtho same field with the hounds.* BY JOHN B. BRMTON. VOL 41. THE OUTCAST. Such of onp Scottish readers who were per sonidly fafnlliar with the, transactions and in cidents during the late War, may remember a small building that stood n't the cnd.of' ono of tho-amaU streets of Leith, at the door of which the nnion jack was seen flying from morning till night. It was the rendezvous of the press gang, whilst cmployed in their revolting occn fmtion ashore; and where they,were regularly poked in every night, to prevent the risk of collision between them and tho citizens, to whom they were, as a matter of course, par ticularly obnoxious. t The‘commanding ’officer, on the station, at the period of the following incident, was a man peculiarly unfitted, by ttic/tna/ton at least, for tho duties imposed on him in tho impressment proceedings, being of a most humane and kind disposition. He was, besides a nativebf Leith, where he resided in a house of his own, unless when his presence was necessarily required bn board. lie had also a-private room in, the round-house; as it may be termed, above men tioned, where he attended with great punctual ity, in order that his presence might prove a check to the brutal aful licentious natures of th?.pressgnng—the most reckless and desperate characters amongst tho crew,' being, as is well known, always selected for the worse than slave-trafilck in which they are employed. In the above room, then; Captain Gillespie was sealed-one evening, when ho was informed that a gentleman desircd'to apeak with him, and, at hia desire, the stranger was introduced. He was evidently a mere youth, slightly and elegantly made, and was very fashionably dressed. Captain Gillespie was particularly, struck with the handsome, and as no thought, femininccast of his features—a peculiarity that corresponded well with the soft and silvery tones of hfs voice, when, after considerable hesitatiGn, he stated the purpose of his visit. This was no other, than to request that he might bo tok en on board aman-of-war, to serve os a common sailor! Captain Gillespie expressed no little astonishment at one of his tender age and ele gant appearance having adopted so strange a iysol*®P, and begged to question him ns to his motives for so doing—whether he had re flected sufficiently on the consequences of such a step, the hardships he must endure, and so forth. The youth declined giving any expla nation on these points, and merely reiterated his determination-of entering the navy. The worthy officer was .exceedingly moved at the youth’s situation.- Ho was evidently of a su perior rank.in life, bad been carefully and deli catcly brought up, and his replies showed that ho knew nothing at nil of the world. The cap tain, however, secretly felt more compassion, than surprise at the circumstance. He knew that instances wore then Of frequent occurrence, of young men of the very best families, whose ardent and untutored imaginations were blown into enthusiasm by the inflated and bigh-cnl. ored accoun ts every day put forth of our splen did naval triumphs, and with heads tilled -with visions of glory,'and luarta with patriotism, leaving all the comforts and elegancies of homo behind, little dreaming of the rough ordeal they must undergo in tho path to eminence or glory. Such on instance did the kind hearted officer from‘cxpc^nccairtlib r 'roiJgh’ .nalitK's of his profession, he endeavored to persuade the young enthusiast to abandon or at least postpone his resolution, hut finding all his arguments un availing. he determined (o give him a foretaste, at least, the sort of company ho would have to associate with on board. When tho junior of ficer, therefore, came on shore to relievo him for the night, he ordered him to lock the young man in the same apartment with the rascals of the press gang: and directed, also, that he should bo brought to his house next morning at breakfast-time. The youth, accordingly, appeared at the ap pointed hour, and Captain Gillespie saw. at a glance, that the experiment he.had tried had not been without its effect, t or rather, that it had succeeded much beyond what he had in tended. In fact, ho was shocked at the altera tion which he saw in the young man’s features since the preceding evening, and almost repent ed the plan he had put in practice. Ho shock him kindly by the hand, and then, in as indif ferent a tone as he could assume, requested to know if be still adhered to his determination of becoming a sailor. For a while the young man sat mute and rigid ns marble, and seemed to tally unconscious of the meaning of tho wards addressed to him, but at last fell on his ; knees before Captain, Gillespie, and in a passion of tears and sobs* so violent as seemed almost to rend bis frame, disclosed wiiat his compassion ate hearer had already begun distantly to sus [>oct,. that tile unhappy young creature before dm was—a femalol ■ Captain Gillespie raised tho suppliant before him, and endeavored to tooth her by all tho Cersuasion he was master of, btit it was long cforo he succeeded. When at length she be came composed enough to speak, she frankly told her short and simple talc: She was they oung esl daughter of a gentleman of-Considerable property in a neighboring "county.. About six months previous to tho indiscretion of which she had Deep guilty, a ytning relative, a lieu tenant in the navy, had obtained leave for a short visit to her fathers house. Tho young ofllcer had but lately obtained hii commission, was consequently io high spirits, and being quite an enthusiast in Ids profession, could ssenk of nothing else hut the scenes and battles —for he seen a deal of hard light ing—in which ho had been engaged, depleting them, of epprse, in the most glowing colors that a young and ardent imagination could sug gest., la tino details, although listened to with duo attention, and. perhaps interest, by the rest of tho family, the young sailor, found on? who evidently sympathized, as’ it were, with his own feelings, but tho youngest of his cousins, of whom there were four, all daugh ters. , It was natural, therefore, ,that he qhtipld show a preference to Her company, in compari son with her sisters, although his predilection arose solely from tho vain glorious pleasure of having aVrendy, a delighted listener. Any thing like lovo addresses ho had never once of fered to her—and it afterwards, indeed, ap- Eedred that his afflictions were pre-engaged— ut his buoyant spirit and joyous language— his aspirations after naval fame—his handsome and animated countenance, together, with tho decided partiality ho displayed for her society, all these wrought upon the young and, simple girl's imagination, to a degree of which she was not,herself conscious until howosgone. It was then, and/or tho first, time, aho .felt how much her happiness "Was at I ,tho disposal of an other, and what a dreary blank tho world ap peared without his presence, Tlrao, perhaps, might have enabled her to regain her equanimi ty , but she was subjected to distress from oilier sources, Her father—a .cold,'austere man, a stern disciphrtannn In his Ihmily, and who rc gardcdany unbending b oth that rigid demeanor of stately and ceremonious rcservp which wnS the rule of his o\yn deportment, aa like an In fraction of morn) propriety and a derogation from Ins rank—had observed with swelling -in dignation his daughter’s arilc-is admiration of her cousin, and, at the departure of tho latter, let loose tho full measure of Ida wrath upon her. “OUR COUNTRY—WAY IT ALWAYS BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” Her sisters, too, whoso minds - were formed on their father’s m6dcl and burned, moreover, with spite and jealousy at tho prcfercnce shown by any eligible and marriageable man to ono younger than themselves, persecuted her with out mercy. . Th« poor girl’s life soon became so wretched, between her domestic troublcsand 1 her love for her absent cousin, .that.sbo at last determined to fly from her father’s house, and follow her lovor to sea. So ignorant was she of worldly matters, that, hearing that a “frig ate of war” was lying In Leithßoads, the name of which she never had heard -of except from the lips of her cousin, she simply concluded he must be there, and had accordingly applied, as we have seen, to be accepted as a shipmate. Such was the simple stoiy of the poor girl who secmcdoverwhelracd with shame and re rabrso at her folly, and with despair at tho prohablo consequences of it. Captain Gillespie said all he could to console her: promised to write to her father for his forgiveness, which ho was sure she would obtain, and tried to cheeri her, by saying that her foolish prank Vould i soon be forgotten. But her agitation and dis-,] tress only broke out afresh. Sho knew, she: said, her cathor too well to think there was any ( hope of his mercy: and even if ho did forgive her.' her sisters’ would break her heart with 1 taunts and reproaches. No other course, how-1 ever, was loft to her new and kindhearted’ friend; and ho accordingly wrote off the same [ day. to Sir. Hume—for such Was his name—in-) forming him of his daughter’s situation, and 1 urging all he could to deprecate- his indigna tion,and palliatehis daughter’s conduct, which ! he assured him, she moat deeply repented. He also had the weeping runaway removed imme diatcly to the house of a female relation in tho neighborhood, where every attention was paid her. Captain Gillespie waited anxiously fop a re ply to his letter, which he fjdt quite confident 1 would bo In the person of Mr. Hunie himself, rejoiced to discover and take back-hta erring 1 daughter to his arms. Thoanswcr, indeed, came punctually by return of posb-r-bis oVfU‘,letter 1 enclosed in a blank cover ! Captaip Gillespie ■ was thunder struck. His honest and unsophis ticated mind was quite unable to comprehend ’ the possibility of fmch a thing. It human nature to him inn light which was per fectly new to him ; and ho examined his own letter and the envelope more than once, tomako • sure that the fact was really true. A. parent to refuse forgiveness ton penitent child forsuch a mere act of youthlul folly 1 Was it in tho heart of erring man to do it ? It was impossi ble. There must bo some mistake—some mis conception ; ho would write again. He wrote again accordingly, rcpoatingwhatholmdstatod in his formcr lctter. and adding everything else u con of in mitigation of his fair charges indiscretion. lie concluded by re marking-—which was the fact, that she seemed fastsinkingundcr her misery; and beggedhim ns ft Christian and a parent, to hasten to her re- Kef, and save her life by pronouncing, her for giveness/ It was in vain. His letter was again relumed to him ns before, with, .however, the following laconic nolc in tho envelope: “Mr. Hume knows no such individual ns that refer r*tf to in tho enclosed. *nd begs that no more cnmrijuni’fttinns sent,to b?m r nt lhifi e;>lsile, and certain Riispicibh* be gan to rise in his mind. Could she be an im postor? . Was it possible that one no young, so,modest, and so heart broken, could bo de ceiving him with ft fabricated story ? This he could not bring his mind to believe: but. on the other hand, reckoned it still more improba ble that a parent could thus abandon his child to starvation or infamy. TVas.it that she htul been guilty of some womc indiscretion titan she had confessed, and wnsrafraid- to, reveal it tp him? Ho was puzzled for some time what to do or think, but InTfelt ho had proceeded too far to let the matter rest whereit was: and he concluded, by determining to sift it to tho bot tom, and that without delay, lie immediately made arrangements, therefore, for a day's- ab sence from duty, and set out in a postcliaisc for Mr. Hume’s residence. He found that gentleman at home, and was received by him with that cold.civility, of as pect and manner with which ho would have welcomed equally his wannest friends and his bitterest foe. 'My name is Captain Gillespie,,of his Majes ty’s frigate the IVatp, stationed at Leith.” '‘Ah !—pray be seated, sir.* ‘I have written to you twice, within the last week, upon a .very painful subject to you, I doro .say, Mr. Hum#. May ,I. ask if you re ceived my letters?* ‘I did, sir.’ ‘And pray, sir, may I beg to know what an swer yon hare to make to them ?’ •I have already answered them, sir.’ *A blank sheet of paper is no answer, Mr. Hume,' ‘There was something more than that accom panying your lost returned epistle, sir." ‘Then am I to understand that this young person has been imposing on mo, and that yon are really not her parent ?* ‘That ! teas her father, sir, I grieve to ack nowledge ; but I now disclaim the title. Sho is no longer a daughter of rolao. * 'Sir! Why, that is strango doctrine, and quite beyond my understanding. Pray, sir. if she ions year daughter, how do you make out that sho is.not so, now V ‘llerown conduct, sir,;ls a sufficient expla nation of tho paradox.* ‘Then it is her conduct, Mr. Hume, that I wish to got explained. Let us understand one another, sir, on that point, before saying an other word, and allow mo. in tho drat place, to relate to you tho statement made to me by tho unhappy girl herself of the circumstances which induced her to act so. inditcrelly &s, sho has done.!, • , i . • •, • Tho worthy officer then recapitulated faith fully the story told him by Miss Humo. soften ing nothing that related to her own thoiight lesenosh or folly, but touching ns 'slightly as possible on her statements respecting her mth or r s severe reproaches fop her partiality' to her cousin, in order not to irritate his auditor, Ho concluded by asking if tho narrative ■ word true or false. ■' > - i* . • *.i •It seems to bo all Tory correct, sir,* was tho cold reply. •• 4 And was there no connected with it previous to her leaving your bonsai* ■ - - ■ ‘None, sir, that I am aware of.’ • *Uad she not previously been guilty of shy flagrant misconduct to call down your anger** • .‘Never, sir; sho always behaved as a daugh ter ought to do.’ ‘Ana, hi tho name of all that is sacred, do you consider yourself warranted, by this sin gle act of.youthful imprudence, to castoff your own'child forever?* ’ ‘Sho cast vie off, dir,' and may, therefore, find a homo ami a'father where sho may.' Uut air,’ continued Mr. Ifumo, rising from, his seat,°l will not submit to have my conduct questioned by any ono r far leps/by ft stranger. If your Visit had reference id nothing else but this, topic, I have to beg that it may terminate,* •*Doyou notconHidn* yourself;bound sir, 11 pursued Captain Cill.wplo, also rising, hut with a swelling heart and a glowing chock—‘arc you m» ESLEi PA., THURSDAY, JAKUARY 4, 1855. CARLI! not bdund, ties of nature, by. tho mere sense of deccncyi to take back your erring child to-your heart?. you not reflect, sir, that her present*™ may perhaps bo owing to some neglect on you£ part in tho training of her young mind; and'.fhat it Is only tho- more imperative upon yob 1 / SVom what has now hap pened, to tolnstruct her imderatand i ing, confirm her principles, and, by parental lenity and kindness,-idmake her penitence for hbr error mote lasting \nd salutary? She is yet pure ahd~ unsrtjgfflbs when she left her mother’s bosom, aap. surely, sir, you make some distinction folly and crime ?’ ■ ’You have my ansvftr, sir,t was the only re ply. - ‘And do you really,rican to abandon her thus to the mercy—-to th'e cyuclty and villainy rath er—of the world, wiUwut protection; without subsistence?’ / . • yl see every reason %% believing.’ replied tbo other, in a significant lone,. * that she will bo at ‘no less for either.-’ ' I The honest-hearted raijnr started at .the in-. 1 sinualion conveyed bvh’iicae words, as if a shell : had exploded at his feet,.. 1 ‘Sir, said he, uhable'to repress his indigna tion. ‘but for these, grey hairs, I would strike you beneath my feet! ’ But you say right, sir,* continued ho, recovering himself: ‘yon poor monrncr shall not suffriLfor the cruelty of her unnatural Ttfhileit is in my power, sho shall never want liilistancy nor protection; nor shall it he tny fanhiif sho docs not ccaso to forget tlißt she owed h’':r being to so callous hearted a monster have proved yourself to be!’ ' • And he kept his WDrd.' tfpon his return home, he imparted tUepsult of. his interview to tho unfortunate girl \in. as gentle terms as possible, and begged h't at the same time, to look to him ad her future-parent. The poor outcast could but sob fief gratitude. Captain Gillespie in Wow weeks received or ders to proceed (o v a foreign station; and see ing the daily decreasin'- health of his charge, ho sought out a residence her in a respectable family in a country totau hot many miles from the metropolisand aTthe same time, aware of (the uncertainty of liferua profession like his. 'ho deposited sufficient lo.secure . the un fortunate acomfortablj'malntninancc for life, lie set Bail, and never more, having, subsequently, to his rc’LAn from abroad, mar ried. and settled in The object of his benevolence lived many years afterwards, but gradually declined’,hud at last sank into the grave, there can .brittle doubt, from the effects of a broken hcafy Not one of her rela tives had ever designed!'o inquire after her. and they even carried their-' .vindictiveness beyond the grave. Upon beirtainforroed of hcr-death, her generous bonefact/r hastened down, from Scotland for the pnrpoir'pf seeing the last rites paid to her remains, afel thought it but his rtuly to send a nolilttfly’.an of the event' to her parent, who was hut no notice was taken of the intimat.V:. . Captain Gillespie, therefore, laid her grave himself, : assisted by a few friev.it • \rho were aware of all the circumstances VI ,t originated the con nection between Who pitied the dead - no lass than they the living, . ' •* V/icainvifftlif. •.>ir*.ini/ifi ffiuT lll is : fm»mnrui ,t{3u. . 'Which in‘every part exactly, ns it, . reached us. In sayidgko,\ye are not p radio* iug one of those arts by whihh the writers of narratives, probable and otherwise, so often at tempt to abuse the confidence of their readers. The story is positively-Jyuc, and such, in our opinion, is its chief value, as its publicity in this place may perhaps raise a feeling of repent ance in that unnatural Heart, hitherto so obd\t?i rate. Such an nnecdorf. cannot fail to suggest in every mind a reflection upon the guilt which may occasionally alliuiK to a character, in every common respect Held as above impeach ment. A man may be', in the sense of the world, respectable, for the discharge of almost every obligation of bo* in fact, both moral and religious .to life full degree required by the cyo of the world; and yet he may, in a mere excess of certain feelings, which, in a mod erate dfgr.-o, might be laudable and beneficial, do that which all ordinary men would shudder at, or, as in the present case, make such omis sions of duty, as. in a later ami better state of heart, arc fit raise within film the most exquisite tortures of remorse auTflespair. At the same time the moral may bo tidy drawn by the young and incxpmcnccd—lhatprto false step in life, one trifling aberration from the strictest rules of propriety, may bo visited With a degree of punishment which no (previous calculation could have anticipated. ;am},’ which, even on gencralprinciplesof justice, may be condemned. (£/** A: now anecdote 6f John Randolf of Roanoke Is - always wcWmo; tins !s given by the Norfolk NcicS: ' \ •110 was travelling tlirdigh a part of Virgin ia in which ho Was unacquainted, and in the ho stopped during, the night at an imi near tho fork»pf4hs-toad. The Inn keep er was a lino gentleman, and no doubt, one of tho first families of the Oil Dominion; Know- ing who his deavored during the evem a conversation, but failJ Bat in the morning whr ready to start, ho called? being presented, was paid anxipus to have some coi bcgnn'as follows: •Which - wayaro you dour •Sir ?’ said Mr, R., wit uro. T asked,’ said tho landl you travelling!’ ‘Hovo I paid my WIP-** •Yes.’’ ‘Do I owe you - any thinc[ •No.’ - j ‘Well, I’m just going wl understand?* { •Yes.' » ' Theiahdlord by this till cited, and Mr. Randoll dri landlord's surprise, in a fit one of‘his servants to ir| forks of tho road to take. I being out of hearing di?| spoke at tho top of his bfl»l *'»Mr. Randolph, you don't just take which you please' ' It is sold that tho air lq curses of Randolph. 1 I£7" A retired schoolmaster excuses his pas sion for angllng'by saying ihat. from constant habit ho never feels qmtc'hirasclf unless bo a handling'lbo rod. | Cluvrlcs Lamb Jiifc itho hydfonathiaU when ho said—‘Water cum was as old as tho delugo, only that tho first groat oppUcalion kill-, cd moro than it cured.* j - o^7*‘l Belli peppermints,on Sundays/ re marked a good old lady wltp kept a Httlo can dy shop, ‘booauso they carries ’em tp church and eats ’em, nud keeps awake to hear tho ser mon ; but If you want pickled limes you must como on wjck.days. Tboy’ro secular commo dities/ THE WORSTED. STOCKING. ‘Father will bcdbnc tho great chimney to night , mother.’ said little Tom Howard, as he stood waiting for his father’s breakfast,-which he carried to him at his'work every morn ing. • ‘Ho said he hoped all the scaffolding would be down to-night,’ answered bis mother, ‘and that’ll he a fine sight: for I never liked the ending of those great chimneys—it’s so risky— thy father is to be the last up.’ ; *Eh, then,.but I’U go and see him, and help ,’ctn to.give a shout afore ho comes down,'said Tom. .. ‘AmTlhcn, continued his mother, if all goes right, wo are to have a frolic-to-morrow, and go into the country and take our dinner, and spend all day amongst the woods.* . ‘Hurrah,’ cried Tom, as he run off tohla father’s place of work, with a , can of milk in one hand and* some brood in tho other. His mother stood, at’the door watching him as ho went merily whistling down tho,-ntreel, and then she thought of tho dear father ho was go ing to, and the dangerous'work howos engaged in. and then her heart sought Its snro'rofugo, and she prayed to God to protect and bless her treasures. Torn with alight heart, pursued his way to his father, and leaving him his breakfast, went ' to his owa’work, which was at some distance. 1 In the evening on his way horaei he went round 1 to see how, his father was getting on. James j Howard, the father, and a, number of other ; workmen had been building one of those lofty ( chimneys, which in ohr great manufacturing 1 towns, almost supply the place of other archi tectural beauty., This chimney was one of the highest and most tapering that had ever been erected ; and ns Tom, shading his eyes frotrA the slanting rays of the setting sun, looked up| to the top m search of his father, his heart al most sank within him at tho appalling height. The scaffolding was almost down ; the men at tho bottom wera removing tho last beams ’and poles. Tom’s father stood alone on the lop.— He looked all around to see that everything was right, and then waving big hat in tho air, the men below answered .him with ft long, loud cheer,.little Torn shouting ns heartily ns any of then.' As their votbes died ft way, however they heard a very different sound—a err of a larm and horror from above \ ‘The rone ! The ropo 1* , Tho men looked round and coiled upon the ground lay the rdpo/which before tho scaf folding was removed. should have been fastened to the chimney for Tom’s father to come down by 1 The sea Abiding had beep taken down without remembering to take the ropo ,up.— There was a dead, sv.enco. They all knew it was impossible to throw the rope uplugh enough to roach the top of tho chitnncyror if they could. it would hardly have tech safe. They stood in silence and dismay,- nnablo to give any help or think of any means of safety. And Tom’s father. Ho walked round and round tho little circle, the dizzy height seeming every momentto grow more fearful, and the . solid earth further nndfuVtho" from him. .• He I abut his eyes; he folt ps If the next- : moment, f! on the . The day bad passed as- industriously - andi .swlfllyfas .usual with Tom's mother,at home.— She was always busily employed for her hus band and children, in some way or other, and to-day she had been harder at work - than us ual, getting ready for (he holiday to-morrow.! She had just finished all hep nreparations, and her thoughts were silently thanking God for her happy home, and for all tho blessings of life, when Tom ran in : his face was as while as ashes; rind ho could hardly get his words out. ‘Mother! mother, he cannot get down.’ ‘Who led 1 Thy father?’ asked hismoth cr. ‘They’ve forgotten to leave him the rope,’ answered Tom. still scarcely able to speak.— IBs mother started up horror-struck, and stood for a moment ns if paralyzed : then pres sing her hands over her face, os if to shut out tho horrible picture, and. breathing a prayer to God for help, she rushed out.of the honse. When she reached the place where her hus band was at work, a crowd had collected round (He foot of tho chimney, and stood there quite helpless, gazing up with fares full of sorrow. — ‘Ho says he’ll throw himself down.* exclaimed they .os Mrs. Howard came up. ‘lie is going to throw himself down.* ‘Thee manna do that, lad,!* cried, the wife, with ft clear, hopeful voice; thee munna do that. Walt a blt. : Take offthy stocking’.lad, and unravel it, and let down .the thread with a bit ofmortcr.. Host - hear mo, Jem I' Tho man made a sign 'bf assent; for It seem ed as if he could not fjpeak • and. taking ofThis stocking, unravelled the worsted thread, row after row., The people stood around in breath less silence and suspense, wondering what Tom’s mother could oc thinking of, and, why she sent him in duch haste for tho carpenters ball of twine. •Lot down one end of tho thread with a bit of stone, and keep fast hold of the other.’ cried she to her husband. .The little thread camo waving down the-tall chimney, blown hither and thither by the wind, but at last it reached tho outstretched hands that 'were waiting for it. Tom held tho hall of string, while bis moth or ticd.ono end of it to fhe worsted .thread, — •Now pull it np slowly;' cried, sh'q to her hus band, and abo gradually jtmwbnnd tho string as tho worsted drew It gently np.' It stopped —thostring had reached her husband. ‘Now hold tho string ,fast f and pull it up,’ <?r ; cd she, and tho string grow heqry and hard to null, ftr Tom and nfs molHcr had fastened the thick rope to it;, They- watched it gradually and slowly uncoiling from the ground, as tbo string was arawj) higher.. 1 guest was, Jio cn ig to draw him into m all his efforts pn Mr. Rnndolf was for his bill, which, on '■ Tho landlord, still - Lvcrsatloa with him, travelling, Mr. Ran- a look of displcas ?rd, ‘whichwayaro [more?' There was but ono coil left- . It had reached tho lop. ' ‘Thank God ! thank God/ exclaim ed His wife.' Sho hid her flico in her hands in silent prayer* ttnd tremblingly rejoiced. The rope was up. ; Tho irons to.whlchit should bo fastened were there all right; ,bpt would, her husband bo able to make uso of them—would not tho terror of tho'post hour have so unerved him, as to prevent him from taking the neces sary ■ measures ,for his safety? Sho did not, know tho,maglo influence w|uoh her few word? Jiad exercised over him. She did not know the strength that' th 6 sound of her voice, bo calm and steadfast, had filled him with—na'if the litllo thread ihat; carried him tho hope; had conveyed to him some portion of that faith of (Jodi which nothing cvct destroyed or shook In her true heart. Sho did hot know Ihat, as he waited there, tho word camo over' him—'Why nrt thou cast down, 0, my soul ? and why art thou disquieted .within mo? . ITopo thou in God.’ Sho lifted up her .heart to God for hope and strength. Sho could do nothing tnoro for her husband, and her hefirfc turned to God, and rested on him as on a rock. jere I please—do yoii Ic got somewhat ex vo off. But, to tho W minutes ho sent Ijulro which of tho ! ? Mr. Randolph pot once, tho landlord fill: •t owomo ono cent: imcdbluo with the There was a great shout.. .He's safe, moth er, ho’s soft/ cried Ityllo''Toni. ‘Thou’st pa ved Mary,’said her husband, folding her'ip blaarms. ‘But what ails thee 1 Thou'seem 'st more sorry than glad about lt/ But Mary could npt speak; and if :tbo strong am r of her husband had not held her up sho; would havo fallcu to tho ground—tho sudden joy, after A TRUE STORY. Further, it will bo soon by tho act of tho 10th of December, 1814, that enlisted men got at tho close of tho war 100 acres of land, while their officers, who watched over thorn, ministered to their wants, drilled them Into cHlcloncy, led (hem Into battle, and fbught at their head, re ceived but forty, eighty or one hnndrod and six ty ficres, after waiting nearly forty years I Such Injustice wo think has no parallel. On this subject much more can ho, said, in truth, ond In Justice, but wo deem it unnecessary At this t}mo. Wo will therefore close, 1 by respectfully and earnestly soliciting all good and rfflecti/ig'cltl xons to aid us In making application t<S Congress for a grant of land, to at least equalise, the amount fo every non-commissioned officer, mu sician and private, and a proportionate grant, according to rank, to every commissioned offi cer who served in tho United States army as above. ~ . , 1 ‘"W. FQULK, ) .. ‘ ‘ EDWi AUMOR,' £ Commiffec. 1 U M. HOLCOMB, \ Carlisle, Jan. 4, 1865. : AT $2,00 Pfcß ANNUM. NO. 30. such great fear had overpowered her, ‘Torn,’ aoid‘hla-father, Jean on thy shoulder, and,wo will take her home.* And in their happy, homo they poared forth their thanks to God, for his great goodness; and their hap py life together fclt;dearcr and holicrfortho peril it had been in, and Ibr tho nearness that their danger* had brought them unto God.— And tho holiday next day—was it not indeed, a thanksgiving day. [For Me Volunteer.] ADDRESS 10 m imic. la compliance with a resolution of & meet ing of soldiers of tlie war of 1812, the under* signed, a committee appointed for the purpose, respectfully submit the following facts for re flection, that, the public may rightly under stand, and appreciate the object of the meeting ■ of the “Qld ! Soldicrs. n It is a settled principle of all well regulated national governments to reward their faithful servants; and more especially do such govern ments reward their soldiery, for on them de pend tho creation, stability, and independence' of the nation, let armies bo raised in whatever manner they may. Tho great European pow ers sustain their nationality by large standing armies, which is,always oppressive to the mass | of tho people, and more particularly so to tho i laboring class, on whom depends the support |of it, as well os to fill its ranks, So that it makes but little difference to the ■ yeomanry of a dcapotio government, whether they arc in the army, or toiling from day to day to support it; hence', many thousands spin out a servile cxis- 1 tcnce in those countries from boyhood up until they are no longer able to bear arms, at which} time they are provided by their respective gov-' emm sits. Tno service in this, a republican gove nment, to sustain its nationality, is I quito different. Tho people being much op i pose , to a large standing army, it must nocea ' saril bo small in time of peace; hence when j war becomes necessary, armies have to be Kroi ptly raised, cither by enlistment, draft, or y ’ iluntary offers, in either ease none but thos in early manhood arc taken. Thus it is, that nany.vcry many, at that age would, or ongl , to be, preparing for after years, step for wart and become defenders of the country in the Wonted field, some to die from disease bnjight on by so sudden a change in life, some to die in-tho battle field, others to bo disabled for life by wounds or disease brought on by unusual exposure, while but few return to their homes aft well as when they left them, and none retum’bctter oft than when they started. It lias, no doubt • will be again, unkindly said, that soldiers .arc'hirelings, who are paid for their services. In one sense of the word this may bo-true;‘but it Is well known to all who have had ft fair experience in the army, that from the pay they get none can lay up for old ace. Nor is this all, for no widow, orphan, or other relative, can be paid for the loss of a ■ husband, father, or othernenr relative, nor will the pay compensate any man for spending the prime of his life in the service of his country when it needs him. and then when it don’t need him to return io his altered home, his health ! J injured, or his limbs mamcd, and hVcrtnte | 1: '.'vnr ?£ rom* faience, as it were, a ntyr- apprenticeship; - iigain.Um hcroe* of (he revolution, (honor bo to their rn*emory,) by their top. suffering and battles, gained our ’independence and the soil n'e eigojr,... Then to who but Ihev did (he soilbelongf Npno other; yet.they werewot rewarded by government.as’they should. have been; It is true, after wailing long, some wore slightly provided for by pensions. while many, very- many, went down to their graves in poverty and wretchedness—-misfortunes brought on no doubt, by being Bo long in the service of their ungrateful country. But what has been done for the soldiers of the war of iSl‘2, who faithfully sustained the soil and in dependence of the country I Why. after wait ing nearly forty years, Congress granted in, 1850, to some 40. to some RO, and to others IGU acres of land, while it had millions of acres at its disposal, and the treasury overflowing. To the lands thus granted, few. if any could go. being deprived by age and other causes, crea ted by the lapse of time, consequently have had to sell this pittance for what they could get. Nor,was this distribution of land at all equal or just, for (hose who enlisted undcr-thc act of Congress of flic 10th of December, IPI4, besides I getting $l2l bounty, actually pot three hundred and twenty acres of .land, ami that too when peace was made in 18IC, no matter how short a time they served, nor Isdl altogether the time a man served for which ho la rewarded—lt Is the sacrifice ho makes In promptly quitting his bu siness, his homo and his friends, to go Into the nrmyi And why should a soldier of the war of 1812 wait so long, and then only got 40 acres, while those of the Mexican wrir pot IGO on their return home ? Nor has this distribution ol land been equal and just in other reaper,ts-r*for the officers, tho.most responsible persons, and they, who no doubt, sacrificed and naked the moat, have not received In any way proportionate to thoir responsibilities and losses. This was not the case In grants ofland In tho involution, nor at tho making of peace in 17C3, at which latter period each field officer got flvq thousand acres, each captain three thousand, staff and subalterns two thousand acres each, and tho United State: Congress on tlio 10th of,Sept. 1770, granted lands to hit officers according (o their rank. So also did Wow York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Worth Carolina, grant'largo quantities of land to officers according to their respective rank. Again, officers who ware disbanded (n 1015, in 1621, nml at the end of (ho Mexican war, repaired no more land than thosb who wore re tained In service, notwithstanding those disban. dod may have boon In service during tho entire war, while lomo of those retained tnny not have boon in it a month before ponce was made.— Will any body say this was Justice ? Wo think not. Diogenes has an Illustration, represent ing John Bull comfortably seated before a fire, In a room, tho walls of which nro ornamented with ft map of tho- Crimea. John is perusing an account of a ‘glorious victory/ m which 8000 were killed, and wounded. , His glee is Suddenly interrupted by tho entrance of a ser vant, 1 who announces a iuosJ unwelcome visitor in tho words, ‘lf you please, sir, horeVtho tax gatherer!' ' A few idftjftdhos, i a hom*dr^c& : ; This l&ppgft:l© life ftestStaga ofthebirsineasf., first steeped in after that cat-Into lengths, --the be for knife faandelfl, and perhaps the se&ntJ<. These arc put into ft kind of pressed into shape. v' ; 'V:. *. ;i.- J'Vi”"'’ . Then tho next length )S taken and.thpwwtdj pared ; and thcnjfc is put into ft subjected to a severe pressure, ;when, Ifc -turaft out a smothe picco ofjiorn,quite likothophun, comb top. , The edges pcrbaps; : wUJ haAft Jit* th^aring.wi^ftpairofshears.ftod-lbenltls , rcaov’ to bo sent away to another manufactory, . where it is subjected to the maohin^ t ;whfclr makes thdono plain - piece of horftldlbtwjo.var. nice combs, only they are rather ‘ Th£ft is to bo remedied by another processywhich . consists Of filing and then pousbrng* - Then they have to be bent and lastly stichcdiupon cards, and packed in parc.cls. rcadyfortyanft portation to various parts of the worid. y > . OnJv think, girls,,what ft ; traveller; baa been that buffalo bom Side-Comb' that yon loss a* bout so carelessly. .Once it decorated the head' of some free wanderer, in the great forest of Af-' . rieft. It was rudely rifled from'the.head, toftt. it might grace some trshsttanUc fair.one-, before’this codld be, what ft process itmosyw;*',' quire I Carried in the hold of seine shin iwUn-'- gland, onladcdcd. and then transpOrteditOthift v mucky town, and* then exposed agnin -to thej; racking tortures that brought it tothe otilita rian fonn of a comb, rf' - Thobuflalo horn .needs po staining./ The wessingis sufficient to give it its rich, dark me. But tho horns of the neat cattle’require staining, which is done by iwjuafortis, after the first pressing. Thtoismostly done by females. ; But most of the labor is counted too bard, that it requires greater physical strength .than they arc supposed to possess. . • . •-V Tho hoofs of cattle arc also tn ad cln to comb*. The process is ’ somewhat similar to' that- em ployed with the v horn, ( They reouirc-.ptore soaking, and of course a deal of hard pressing, to mnko them" straight; but, ten -xmahccs to one, tho comb that fastens hjtckthecarlsof some of the fairest of the girls ! yvert origi Hilly the hoof of some patient ox. 1 £lu ta.tis mutandi I who would have dreamed thatthe pbor;srqrn out hoof of the patient toiler fbrobrbread.Wpnld have become nn ornament tb lbo head of WO man ? . To tbinkof thevast capital,employed, and tho number of hands .'that are employed, constantly occupied, the ships'.that nftyigata tho seas, and the merchants* SKiUlndenergyin disposing of the products ohe : would'suppose thatthese were among the essentials of ; exis tence; - And yet, far from iU -The old grand mother who braided her hair, nnd Ikateord it in a knot witha wooden pirn, was, just ascoxn fortablo in that xegard as ;her; great daughter who is supplied wiihithia modiflod hoof or horn, in the share, of a Bne was just as happy.' A Her nil, what is required hut conformity to those around us? 'Jio’wattcf bow absurd in itself a thing maybe, itonly re quires tho sanction of the multitude_|o make it tho most desirable thing on paper, . , . .... -I i. ‘ Napoleon on Rkltoious 1/inEnrr.—Gen. Cabs, in the Senate Chamber a few days Bind#, in the course of a short upoccb on feligiou* lib erty, quoted the following extract from'tbe speech ofNAPOLEOjTftt the time of bis coroom tion. Itcontaina Borne of thenoblest'seut)- mentsthat greattntiri effr uttered!. At itiift time they possess peculiar interest; ; , “I see. with pleasure* assembled hero, tho pasters of tho Reformed Church of Frauds, and l embrace with ardor; the opportunity of te«-. tiffing to them how highly I hare been satis lied with the reports that have reached me of. the fidelity and. good conduct bt tho pastor* and citizens of tho different protcatant comtnd mtiea. I desire them to understand that ii, is my intention to maintain thefreedonytfrtllgi i ous worship. The empire of tbe,|^ft-«nd» ■ where tho undlfinctl empire' jjf * •gw»."^-’wKis , .*,.oj* tlre-lavrtuw do anything against this freedom. Soch Wo ’ my .principle!.:, and those of. nature, and ifany one of my nice, who may. succeed me. should forget the oath I hare taken, aftd decelf^d, by the promptings of a false conscience, violate it, F devote him to public censure, and aulboriu you to give him the name of “Nero. 1 * Eigitteern Years a Captivb auoko It. dians. —The Macoupia (Illinois) Statesman gives an account of a man named Joseph Bar* ney. who made liia escape in May last from tb* Fiat Head Indians, in Oregon, after being In captivity for eighteen years. A man named John Robertson was token captive at the sanfa time. The account thus narrates what occur** rod alter they were taken to the camp of tha Indians: ' “They were unbound and confined in aliaiy where they were fed, but not allowed loetoape. The chief offered them his two daughters if thaw would marry and remain with the tribe. Find ing escape utterly impossible for tha time be mg, the terms were accepted, and the marriage, took • place. The fruits of this marriage were two children, both of whom arentill living—adaogh* Ur (1(5) and a son, (14,) both of whom hfr lot with the tribe. Two years ago Robertaohat?* • templed to escape, but was retaken, scalped* and burned alive, leaving three children' with the tribe. Seven years ago Barncy attempted to escape, but was recaptured, and Would nav* been put to death but for the" Interposition of his wife, who was the daughter of the chief.” President Pierce in Virginia.— We pub lished Rome time since the resolutions adopted by the late democratic Convention in Ono of them was highly complimoitaiy to ! President Pierce. It was adopted as a substi* ; tutc for one offered by Mr. Faunllcroy, and, to . avoid the inference that this resolution was let! complimentary to the administration than that ; passed, we dt’cm It due to Mr. Fnuntferoy to publish his resolution, which wi»B os follows * v “Resolved, That Virginia offers hcrcongrat* ulntionn to President Pierce, because h«s ad* ministration of the great trust, so worthily won, and so gracefully worn, has been, thn* fur, moat cmiocblly national —pre-eminently American. Ar Slatcs-rights men of. Virginia,, we are grateful to Mr. Pierce fora strict,con struction of the Constitution, and >the rigid confinement of the federal government within? the limits of Its delegated powers, and ** tb« chart of its granted existence; and as cUisenß of this ever blessed and evcr-to-hc-cheriabcd, Union, wo feel a proud assurance that its per* 1 petuity, its glory and its honor, will bo thepnri* r amount end and aim of, his whole adminiatt*-". lion.”— Wash. Union, tTy" **Mith Thlmtholb,** said'ft'lisping Uttltt' fellow* of five, “I'm always real glad wbmyou’ oomo a visiting to our house. 0 . “Arc you my httledearl you arofoml oftuo then I “No;, that ain't It, Mith Timrnolh—-hut c&uth thru we elw&th huvo tw<) kindHi of pie.”. Tchsino the Ague to Account.—Tho Bcllcfontaino (Ohio) Republican, says the Uooaicrs bn the turn their 'agribs* kce’ ,to some account.•■•'They climb into the top - of a ‘BhcU-bfttH,* Just an the chill oomee on.* and by the tiroo tho 'pcrßonalcarlhonakoV leaves them, there ia not a, hickory nut leftpa. tho.tree. ■', i , XT" Tl »c worst kind of borrower jr he wbO;/ horvowß.wilJi the intention of repaying; for you know to .a moral certainty that ho intends ; to Ixifrowugftin. ' ' * ; ' • ' l ' Drpp. Show.—At, Rochester, N;,; T.y on-* Thursday, show was 40 inches deep nn a level,- ’and still coplmued to fall; and, at Pottsvlllo.' in this State, on the it was 18 inched deep, andihoMcomingdowni .**s tC/* **lTqld your longue for a fool,*’ sqld Jltishman to hm wife. "Theft .yoiPU ;bo speaking yourself/* was the cutting i'eply. v "
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