: 'l p 1 ' '' ■- * ' ■ /a' -, V-* ■BY JOHN B. BRATTON. ; VOL. 46. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. Published every Thursday morning by ‘ JOKiA 11. BRATTON, TB RMS SunaoiPTios. —Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid jn/advanco; Two Dollars if paid within the year ;■ and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to in every instance. No subscription discontinued until 'toll arrearages are paid unices at the option of the Editor. . Advertisements—Accompanied by the cash, and hot'exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe limes for Ono Dollar, and twonty-fivo cents for each additional insertion. TliOiie of a greater length in jjiroportioh. ■ Jo D-Printing-— Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, 1 «fcc. the., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. fnlml [.fVoai the ITomc Journal .] THE DREAM OF DOVE. BY GEORGE P. MORRIS. I’ve had tho beart-ncbo many times, ' ' , At tho more mention of a name I've never woven in my rhymes,' Though from it inspiration came. , It is in truth ft hoiy thing, ■; Life-cherished from the yyorld apart— ’ A dove that never tries its wing, . ■ ' But broods and nestles in the heart That name of melody recalls Her gentle look and winning ways, ,Whose portrait hangs on Memory's walls, . In the fond light of other dftyg. ' In tho dream-land of Poetry, , Koclining in its ieafy bowers, ■ ,'Hor.bright eyes in tho stars! sec, ■ , Alfd her divoot semblance in the flowers, Her artless dalliance and grace— : Tho joy that lighted np bor brow— The sweet,oppression of her face— Her form—it stands before me now! And I can.fancy that I hear ■ ■ ■ The woodland songs, she used to sing, .Which stole to my attending car, ' ■ Like the first harbingers of spring. The beauty of tho earth was hors, * And hers the purity of heaven j Alone, of all her worshipers, ‘ To me her maiden vows were givop. They little know tho human heart, Who think such love with time expires; Once.kindled, it will ne'er depart, But burn through life with all its fifes. We parted—doomed po more to meet— The blow fell with a stunning power— And yet my pulse will strangely boat , At the rcfttembranco of that hour ]. But time ftnd change their healing brought, And years hftyo passed, in seeming glee, But still alone of her I've thought- Who's now a memory to me., . There may be many who w*li deem ■ This strain a wayword, youthful folly, To'bo-doridod as a dream a, Horn of flit' poet's mafamholv.: , The wealthof tyarhis, if ft wore ojinp, i"; Witli all that follows in its trftiu, i’ l would with gratitude resign, „ To dream that dream of love again. liUKE BLAIR’S Encounter With a Pack of Wolres. “ God have mercy upon us 1” This excla mation was not more sudden than startlingly uttered, and sent the chills creeping from the leaping heart in pricking sensation over the skin. It was the first time I had ever noticed such a tremor in the old squatter’s tones, or a man ner which indicated that ho ever felt fear.— It wqs something unusual, and with my own young pulse quickened, I watched the old jnan by the dim light of the fire. I had known I/ixke Blair —“ Old Luko,” as }xe was called —for ten yoax'S, and yet knew pothing of his history. There was a mystery about him which none over penetrated,, and ah eccentricity of manner wixich gave his hxovemonts a peculiar interest to his rough but true-hearted comrades, lie spent his time in the -woods, and never brought in any thing but-wolves scalps. - There was a fierce burmng look in his eye as ho flpng them .--upon the ground, and he would sit for hours jitter, one of his excursion wiffi Ips h.e/td bw 1 cd bptweenTiis hands. , i As unsocial as was the squatter, ho wps.rc ppected bjr all who lipd comp in contact with 'lnn}.- ,Hd was brave to madness, and yet as cool in dangSr as in his camp, was there ; Anything rough ip: Ips manners; on the con trary, there wap an easy hearing—almost el egance—which bpspoko a day of education and refinement.. when 1)0 Bp e fth his language was well chosen, Blair had other-qualifications which won .the' reapc'ot.ef fee h»rdy spirits arotjpd Ho was six.foot high,- broad shouldered, full chested, and form erect,- find his limbs were models of symmetry and strength; his hair pud board bad grown unshorn since wo had' hhO’ym.him. and were, thickly sprinkled with gray. . -But the forehead, though darkly bonz- S ln d deeply seamed, was almost massive, ' the head of faultless mould. The eye edark, lustrous, and in excitement, of pe ir and fascinating power around hjs neck Was some sacred to£en,; which no eye had seohi end which ho guarded with a jealous earh. There-was something about the old man—r jiis eommandipg presence, his bravery, and his jonfily habits and sad manner—which won my jouhg heart, and I watched every opportuni ty of manifesting my regard. I had engaged Jum to glide me to the Mississippi, by the way , ' ■ • For-several days we threaded the dense for ests which intervened, arid under groat diffi culties. The snow had fallen to on unusual -depth, the cold was intense, and rendered more intolerable by the fierce wind from the prairie waste.' Wo were warmly dressed, but ' there wore times the weary franm began to fool the infljjujnc.o of the sl&op ■\yhicii steals -so fatally over tho Bongos, On the night in question wo had turned aside to seek tho shelter of a grove of sma-ll timber, and to find fliol for our tiro, >Vo had faced the blinding storm all day, and could hardly keep sufficiently awake to Jfmale the fire and secure wood for the night, W° just accomplished this when tho hunter made the exclamation at tho head of our story, was awake-at-°nco, and the blood tinged | throngh my velps, for, I know that Jjuko Blair woulifnot so spoilt without cause, “Hark - ?” ' . Tho-word'lwas but i.fihle’disdpcthpss. . fjis .hand, ,hp4fw°>» n £ fUy sphghthis rifle, and his >OO4 turned to c wards the; woods 'I; hoard nothing but tue Wilfl roar of the storm as ..it swept by, _ , ' “There ’ tis again!" -The devils are on-our track!” and ho clutched his knife handle with a steady grasp, and breathed hardly through his thin nostrils, ... I hoard the noise this time, which had at tracted his attention before, swelling, as the storm lulled an instant, into a wild, protrac, tod howl, as from a thousand famished throats, clear, dismal, and wailing with that fearful tone which startles the .boldest, even at their firesides. Blair turned, and as our eyes met ho slowly whispered— " A pack of hungry wolves! God have mercy upon us 1” A sickening sensation went like a flash to the heavt, and then came burning thoughts of homo, and again the ohills, as I thought of the shelterless prairie and blinding snow, "Again! the black devils are on out tracks 1” As Blair spoke he laid his hand upon my arm, and with an expression of sad ness which I never shall' forgot looked me steadily in the eye. There was a tremor of the lip which I had never seen before, It was not fear—J know that—.but some terrible remembrance or presentment which came over him with irresistible power, “ The hour has come ! I know it would— have felt it for days, Ido not fear death, but ityis horrible to bo hunted down in such a spot as this, and be torn by infernal devils,” Ilis breath came, thick and hissing through his clenched teeth, and his chest heaved with intense emotion, “ Hove,” said he, lifting the soiled string over his head; and taking a locket attached to it in Jus hand, “ is the shadow of one yon never knew, hut the original was once the light of my young life, and come with me to this territory when the world was bright with hope, • J left her in the cabin, one day, and went to.ray work, as usual. She crossed tho valley, and came where X was working.— Wishing to foil the tree I was at work upon, I urged her to cross the log oyer the creek be fore the dark, and J would immodiatoly fol low her, She had not been gonp hut a little time, when there burst up hotwopn me and our cabin that long, freezing sound, tho howl of ft wolf, It was answeredfis if fpom a thou sand throats, up and‘down the valley, until one wild, startling, unearthly howl swelled on the still evening air, God, liow that howl wont to the soul ! X rooted in utter weak ness, a moment, but soon rallied, and with the speed and energy of despair, rpshed down the path, I had reached the. stream, and was upon the. old trunk thrown across, whpn am other and a different sound readied my cars. It seemed that my brain would burn into ask es under the fiery heat, and my heart bprst from my boson),' That was the cry of iny wife—a-'clear, wailing shriek of mental ag° r ny.” . Blair dropped his head aud thrust his fin gers into bis cars, as if that terrible sound was again ringing throng!) the forest, A mo ment, and he hurriedly resumed; “ I remembered no more until tho morning broke, and the sun. smiled through tho. trees upon the terrible scene, Jt was horrible- The ground was torn and stained with dark spots, where, pools of blood had sunk away.— Seven long: black bodies lay around gftshod.hy , of Umiu'JjlarlnAifieirvely .wa-thuyT fell, .their tonguos thrust out and the. white fangs gloaming fearful in their open jaws.—! The axe itself lay within reach, red with blood, its entire length. My own, arms were also stained, and still damp. But, God of moroy 1 a worse sight than all this met my gaze of re turning consciousness. Tightly in my arms I was holding the head of my wife, her form hare, artd limbs torn into shreds. * * The old man sobbed convulsively, and wrung his hands until it seemed that the blood would start fx’oni"his fingers. •; “ Coming 1” Again, and nearer than before, the dismal howl rose above the storm. The camp fire: burned dimly in the blincling storm of snow, and a sense of loneliness and-terror came ovcy the spirit darker than the sky overhead. “ Here, take this,” said Blair, as he handed mo the locket, “and if you survive, carry it to——, New York, and I will thank you.— Boy, I am not afraid to die. Death will be rest, and I shall see Maria. AVo must take to the tree, It is freeze; or death by the wolves. Quick, boy 1 Good by.” I felt the hot tears drop on my hand as the old man pressed bis quivering lips upopit, and pushed on towards the trees, We had need to. be quick, for wo had hard ly reached tins branches wlipn .a score of long, gloomy sb»adpws shot opt of the surrounding darkness, and ’sent up a 'yell which wont ~to the heart cplder than the breath of the wintry blast, They paid bpt little attention to the dim fife, and scenting tlpur prey gathered in a shadowy circle beneath us. [ “ Bash yourself fast, boy, pud commend your soul to God, for you will freeze, and bet ter to rot on tlje oak' than to fie torn by the devils.” “ It’s of n.q jlib.6,” he continued, a 3 I sugges ted that the sound of our guns might reach the inmates of thp. cabin, “ they would not hoar ’em in the storln, and besides, I swear by the living God, that I will send some of them to h—ll before I dio.”„ Blair commenced his deadly work, add as one of the w'plvos fell the others fought and snarled, and gashed their teeth oyer thp hor rid feast. Their teeth sounded like the sup ting of steel upon steel. ■ Still they howled more fiercely as the slaughter wont on, “ My gun is rwot, and will not go,” I heard Blair mutter with a curse: ■ “ Damn’ om I’ll try them with the axe.” My wildly uttered warning was too late, for, as it' swelled above the sounds below, with unnatural strength Blair leaped down with a shout of rage and defiance, and with his axe and knife fought the pock face to face. I grew sick at heart as I watched with burning eye-balls the struggle through the darkness: I could see the black forms swarm ing around the trunk, whore Blair had backed up. 4-fter the first howl of joy, as it seemed to mo, when Blair jumped down, the wolves wore less noisy, and apparently more wary, for they seemed to realize that tipsy had An enemy to deal with, - !-madly called to him, and muttered curses a 3 I tried ;to unite the thongs with which J had lashed uiyHolf to the trunk. , , ~ “ Ha 1 ha 1 glorious sport hero, boy; another devil the lessl” and Ilia maniac laugh and shout came up scarcely loss startling than those of the wolves around Inn). f know that he was mad. .... , I couhhhoar the yioa-hko jaws close com i stantly around Blair, and now and then his 1 axe sink with a heavy, crunching sound into some skulh »nd then all grow >7lo™ dim a delicious fooling of happiness crept oiei mo the sounds of the stnlo below <hod opt, and sweet dreams stole over me like the Sum breath. The reports of our rifles had reached the cabin, which, ns I afterwards learned, vyas not twenty rods from whore wo camped, ino inmates, numbering some fourteen, by the ad dition of emigrants who had stopped in the storm; came out with dogs and guns, and reached the spot but n moment too lato.— Blair had lodged' his axe so deeply in the head of a wolf that the corners remained fast, and the others tore him down. They were liter ally shot down with their fangs holding to the torn flesh,' and his warm blood jetting over their bhiiggy skins. The mangled body was snatched.from thbm, and I cut down from the tree and carried it to the cabin. I was all Winter recovering from my inju ries. The awakening from that. dream of death was o terrible awakening, and T suffer ed more than, pen can describe. . Blair was buried on the edge of .the prairie, and when I left in the Spring the early flow ers were already springing upon his grave.— The old man rests sweetly under. the wide shadow of the old oak, . I carried the locket to its destination. The sister clutched it eagerly, and thanked mo, though her heart almost broke under the stroke. I remained in New York through the Summer, and in the Autumn the sister returned with me to Prairie, and wo built our cabin within sight of the brother’s grave. The oak is now dead and splintered, and the spot whore ho died densely covered with an undergrowth, whoso vines shut out the light of day, and guarded it even from the footfall of man or beast. • Last week our dog brought out a skull, with the wide gash of an axe hit through the top. Quietly, and without the knowledge of my wife, I went and tossed the momentO into the thickest growth of the place, —Daily Wisconsin. 4 Chapter on Babies. qy A CIIfLOLESS MOTHER. r “ A baby in the house is a Troll-spring m pleasure.’* Baith not 11 brother Tuppor” some thing like this ? If this mark bo true, then the house of our . ambitious little village must be ■well watered, for such a crop of babies as lye show this season, has rarely been exhibit* ,ed since famous harvest, a few years since. Indeed, our excessive efforts and improvements in this direction, led one ama teur judge to observe, in the classic language of Young America, that “if wo were a one horse, wo were certainly not a one-haby coni cprp,” Our district has ever been CBlpbrgted for its choice flowers and elegant bouquets. Several gentlemen have preyed that opr blackberries and pears are likely to become 'as renowned as opr time-honored pippin, and now wo may add with truth that opr babies are os “plenty as blackberries,” and quite ns worthy of no tice. . Wo have large babies and small babies; light babies and dark babies; quiet babies and noisy babies ; boy babies an,d girl babies—all sorts of babies, except ugly babies and cross babies—-fortunately pH our babies ore good pnd handsome I ■ As wo poor, childless wives meekly goffrom house to house, we loarp that each new baby that is presented for our inspection, is heavier, prettier, more forward and jnoreoxcellentthau any other mother’s baby, "Mrs, Slouch’s baby is a nice little creature, but' so small 1” “ Sirs, Slim’s baby is a cunning fellow, but what a head!” ‘‘The Tumble Bug’s babies are.always dumpy, and, the nowomylina such, . MrsTPßjidur;.s dm by is a darling little girl ; but did you see its nosoj Whereas this baby—that is, the baby we are holding in our awkward, unaccustom ed arms—is just the dearest, lovliqst, cunning est little creature that over was born I Wo stifle down a rebellious sigh, as wo think of our own quiet homo, where cradle cares and cradle joys never intrude;,where no gentle baby breathings ever freight the air with sweet anxieties; whore no baby’s soft murmur of satisfied content or helpless complainingfls over to break the unnatural still of a child less home. IVo look on this mother’s hahy, and our yearning becomes a prayer for faith to know that “ God doeth all things well 1” What a fine thing it is that each mother thinks so well of her bahy. Wo cannot help smiling at this over admiration which sees no defect in the little soft “ bundle of pink flesh” and white-cambric. Wo listen at the pretty lady, duly arrayed- in an elegant deshabille, recounts the peculiar excellencies of her new treasure, and we can see nothing more beauti ful and interesting tbai) the; happy aujilo of content with which, as the nurse bends opt the bahy, the convalescent turns , back the,l blanket and discloses the little face .and tiny arms, os S’ero not so enchanted ; whjat Wtfllld become of all the unlovely baWes K wh.dt would be tho fate of those unsightly littlo njonstors, that pre, born in this trpubldijs world ? Jt is a ddlightfiil weakness, this' inordinate, not degrade it by the name of-an instinct, bnt allow it-the noble one of affectionate jiidgs ment, fflio generality of mankind may take comfort in the thought that, however unloved and unappreciated they may have boon, each ono was, for a time, at least, and to one per, son, tho njost attractive, tho moat interesting, I and tho most important df the human race.—r Beautiful manifestation of g glorious nature is this instinct of maternal }oye! from the highest to the lowest order of creature, fer vently may we bless God fpr each g transcen dent gift! No elevation-of rank, no degrada tion of ’sin, can extinguish the spark; and though it may bo peryortod or exaggerated, still therp is over in its partiality, patience, self-denial, and self-forgetfulno'ss, a holy beau ty thatmust compel respect; “,’Phe child once a part of the mother,’’ brings with if blessing and love, and is an angel minister to eyoko : moinorioa of lost innocence and a tender Path er’s forbegriog patience, Alas, gins! these littlo m' BBIOD P- rlo3 are not always successful; iind though sent for our good, too often fall into tho evil ways of those flioy came to. make hotter. 1 Well, vroll, we will not ; bachelor's ’ wiyes and old maid’s children arc proyerbuu, so wo will keep our thoughts’to ourselves, and will not fail, as we go from house to house, to note the poculiir uh.arms of each baby, and 'endeavor, like a good boaror. of sermons, to pick out boguty gnd truth from the moat unpromising Subjects. We will not glance at the old ba by, or at the hoy who was dneo “the” baby, and wonder if the present incumbent will grow up to bo a like nuisance. We will pot, m imagination, picture tho wakeful nights, the shrivoririg papa, dr, worse, tho dead sleeper pf a papa; tho bahy disease, the trouble, the expense, tho hundred now cares entailed by this littlo morsel of hunianity. Our hearts shall go out to that rejoicing mothers heart, and wo ■will agree that it is Just tho nicest and host thing in the world to possess hahy» ■ AST A merchant of a certain city, who,died suddenly, loft in his desk g, Jitter tbono pf his correspondents. His sagacious dork, a. son of Erin, seeing it necessary to send the let ter, wrote at the bottom: Since writing the above I have died/' jjgy An Irishman being asked, on a late trial, for a' certificate' of his marriage; took his hat off'and exhibited a huge scar, which looked as though it had boon made with a fire shovel/ The evidence was satisfactory/ Why is a chicken sitting off a fence likoa cent ? Ans,—The head is' on one side and the'tail on the other. ** OUR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BE; RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG—OUR COUNTRY.” CARLYLE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1859. Experience is a dear, and often a sad school, as exemplified in the following remarks,' fur nished by a correspondent of an exchange pa per. Jlear him for his .cause, and drop a tear of.pity, Ife sayaj ('There would he fewer wretched marripgosj ftjwpf dissipated, degra ded men,, if women wore taught to feel the angel duty which develops, on then}, to keep the wandering steps of tpope who pre tpmpted so much more than'they, in the paths of yir tiie pud pepce-wto 'them fjef thpt in the busy world is noise'- and confusion—that (it homo is order and their “eyes look brighter” when*they, come—that the smile of welcome is ever ready to receive them—tho work, thodeijoke are ever ready to bp laid aside to minister to i_fho.,hjisband's pleasure—they would^find'Mdusehiont thpn pt home, 1 not strive to seek it. elsewhere, And not plane -to tho - higher classes of society should this be taught—it - should be' p lesson instilled into the minds of all—.high pud low, rich arid poor.. Fowprheart broken wives, weeping and scolding; would stapd waiting pt the doors of public hofisea.fdddpd the unstea dy steps of their drunken husbands homo; if that home, had a rooijj'., ps cheerful, a firo os brighten welcome, ns ifady Sad cordial ,as t)je •siifoug- p- nuiif uu-inon adwomen; they cannot, will nOt for duty’s sake; remain in a dull, te-, dious or.ill managed,{quafrewome home; but loavo it to seek' olsewnoro tho ; comfort and amusement which fails them there; and when riot and revelry have - done their work, the wives and sisters, who have done as little to make thorn otherwise,-are pitied for their had husbands and brothers,” From the Paris Correspondent of the JV. Y. Express. Scarcely have the excitement;,and public curiosity, in Paris, incident, to this Cnereivp abduction trial and acquittal, .commenced ,to die away, when ahoths jariindro Mark and tragical in its nature, the blank and leavesithe widest robin .for ‘ gossip and scandal, Jn this affair, also, g yoiing jind lovely female stands it) the foreground, 'with a widowed mother, who has ondeavored.-by tlio commission of li terrible crime,: foconceal from the world her daughter’s wrongs; an infant, pot sought to 1)0 brought into the world, gs ip the Ohereau case, bqthprried out of it the instant the little creature has crossed t)jo threshold of existence. fn this more recent occurrence is presented the spectacle of a high horn and elegantly ed ucated young Iqdy, contracting a culpable con nection with her mother’s coachman—rand, of -that mother, in. hor.deßite .tojsoiiccal.the stain upon her child's. name, strangling the now born babe, and destroying by fire the last vestige of its existence I Those horrible oyents have happened near the- city of T°!} rs i the capital of one of the, loyliest provinces of France. The nome of tha principal actress is Madame Lomoine do Chinon, 1 and - Mademoi selle Angelina de Chinon is the. appellation of the young girl. Madame do Chinon has hith erto occupied a high social position, and wg B in the enjoyment of a handsome fortune, ; Angelina, her daughter, is not yot eighteen years of ago, has been brought up elegantly and aristocratically, is described qs y.ery beau tiful, IJor betrayer managed that Madame should ho let into the secret— having nothing to fear from tho resentment of fl. father or avenging brothers, there being neither —and then offered to make amends by wedding the i fair Angelina, Such a marriage would not have caused much less Scandabthan the proof of the. young girl’s This Madame Chinon know, and indignantly rejected the man’s proposal, but was so imprudent ns to tjirn him out of the homo. He told tho story and boasted of tho part ho had .played. The aristocratic lady pro tended to treat with disdain-the reports which soon reached her cars,’ and hereupon the ex coaohinan grew-bolder end hinted at tho mur der of .Angelina’s infant. For these “slan ders," officious friends pf the Ohinqn family caused him to .bo arrested, and Madame do I C,, wa£ called on to prosecute, She' consent ed ; but when informedjthat ip refutation niust bo corroborated by medical proof, tho misera ble woman threw off aJI disguise, and avowed what conjid no longer Ini concealed. She 'claimed, however, that she had commit; tod no murder,, but merely sought to remove tho,evidences of erring.' The Banjo counsel, Mr. Lachand, who, in. the face of most posi tive ' evidence, 1 procured tho acquittal in the Ohereau case, i.s engaged for her, and the tri ,ql ie Ipojfed for,with the intensest interest, JJSr Folix McCarthy of tlio Ferry militia,- was generally late on p “ Ah, Felix,” said the col'gojmt, ‘yog are always last.’ — “Bo uiay, Sergeant Sul ivan/’ was his reply, sure some one must b$ Inst." An Ohio editor recently took a cop temporary to task fori copying the, .Choice scraps froip 1 Iris editorial coluwtx and not giv ing mnr. credit for theiw, The contemporary replied by eayirig ho did not do a, credit bu sinoss. DC?*‘Don’t you think, wife, that tobacco smoke would kill the mosquitoes inohr room?’ ‘lt might; but it would kill me first.’ LADIES LUGGAGE. How happy !.ia thoslnglo lifo Of all those priests and monks! Not ono of whum.has got n, wife To bother bijn wRh trunks And bandboxoS,a.load too great For man or horse to boar, Which railways charge for, And cabs aak double faro, Foil caro, jiswith your brldo ypu post, Histraots your anxious mind, Lost this portmanteau should bo lost, Or that bo loft behind j iler baggage as you travel down Life's bill, rtoigbs more and more, And still, as holder' grows your crown, Becomes a greater bore. Outstretched.by. Fashion vile and vain, Hoop-pottiooats,.and vests, Now British to contain, Require noendor chests, To which bags, basjtots, v bundles, add, Too numerous tc&pamo, Enough to drive a man mad, A Job with rago|nflavuc. , . The cab keeps swajdn'g o'er your head,-. With luggage plml,above. ‘ Of overturn you "■ With hor whom vßu should love } ... J Then you, the station whoh yougain, - that lumber stowedj; And fears about It $n the train,^ Your hoirt and g jpuVcorrode;;' Thus dooa your wifiJ'oach joutnoftspoiK) Of yours that : V- V* *” Thus keeps you on tnefretaml broil, • - .Your peace and comfort breaks. ■ With all these boxes, all hof. things, i •. (How many!) to inclose; Jf The fair Enoumbranita on yoh brings, A wagon-load of tfoes.; Punch. How to KeepJlen at Home, Parsinn Scandal and Grime. Gepefiij Jackson’s Duel wi|li Gal, Dickinson ■From Parton’s Lifo of Andrew/Jackson, lately issued by Mason Brothers, of Now York, wo extract the following account of his duel with Dickirisoh, Dickinson was quite a young •man, of acknowledged courage, in good pecu niary circumstances; and left a lovply and highly educated wife, and several small chih dron, Jackson’s second in the duel was Qou, Overton, who was then, and had always been, a strong personal , and political friend, Mr. Parton says i _ Dickinson’s second won tho choice of posh tion, and Jackson’s tho office of giving tho word. The astute Overton considered this giving of tho word a matter of great impor tance, and ho had already determined haw he would give it, if tho lot foil to him, The eight paces were measured off, and the men placed. _ Both were perfectly collected, All the politeness of such occasions was. very strictly and elegantly performed, Jackson was dressed in. a loose frock coat, buttoned carelessly over his chest, and concealing in some degree the extreme slenderness of his : figure, Dickinson was the younger and hand : Seiner, man of the two. But Jackson’s tall, effect figure, and tho still intensity of his de-> meaner, it is said, gave him a most superior and commanding air, as he stood under tho tall poplars on this bright May morning, sir lentfy waiting the moment of doom. “Are you ready ?” ‘said Overton. “I am ready,” replied Dickinson. “I am ready,” said Jackson. The words were no sooner pronounced than Overton, with a sudden shout, cried, using his old country pronunciation, “Fere 1” . Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and fired; Overton, who was looking with anxiety and dread at Jackson, saw a puff of dust fly from the breast of his coat, and saw him raise his left .arm and place it tightly across his chest. He'is surely hit, thought Overton, and in a bad place, too; but no; he does not fall. JSreet pnd grim as fate. he stood, his teeth clenched, raising his pistol. 'Overton glanced at Dickinson. Amazed ht the unwonted fail ure of his aim, and apparently appalled at the awful figure and face before him, Dickinson Jigd unconsciously recoiled a pace or two. nQroftt God j” he ftjltprecl, “have I missed him?” f'Back to the mark, sir!” shrieked Overton, with his hand upon his pistol, , Dickinson recovered his composure, stepped forward to tho peg, and Stood with his dyes averted from his antagonist; All this was the work of a moment, though it requires many words to tell it, . General Jackson took deliberate airii; and pulled the trigger. The pistol neither snapped nor Went off. lie looked at the trigger, and discovered that it had stopped at half-cock, lie drew it back to its place, arid took aim a second time., He fired. Dickinson’s face blanched; he reeled; his friends rushed to ward him, caught him in their arms, and gen tly seated him on the ground, leaning against a bush. _His.(browsers reddened.. t Thoy strip '• ■nod'offi hig oldtlras! • The ttead r wras : ‘guslurig - from his side in a torrent, And, alas \ hero is a ball, not near .the wound, but above the op posite hip, just tinder tho skin. -The ball had passed through tho body, below the ribs. Such a wound could not but bo fatal. Overton went forward and learned tho con dition of tho wounded man. disjoining his principal, ho said: “He won’t want anything more of you, Gen eral !” and conducted him from the ground. ‘ They had gone a hundred yards, Overton walking on one side of Jackson, the surgeon on the other, and neither speaking a word, whan tho surgeon observed flipt one pf Jack son’s shops was tpll of blood, .‘‘My God! General Jackson, are yog ht*'?” he exclaimed, pointing to the blood, “Oh! I believe,” replied Jackson, “thatho has pinked mo a little, Dot’s look at it. But say nothing abopt ft there, pointing to the , house, - , ■ .He opened his coat, Dickinson's, pin) had been perfect. He had sent tho ball precisely Where he supposed Jackson’s heart was beat ing. Dpt tijo thinness of his "body, pud tho looseness of fits copt combining to deceive Dickinson the ball had only broken a rjb or two, and raked the breast bone, ft was a [ somewhat painful, bad-looking wound, but neither severe nor dangerpgs; pud he was able to ride to the tavern withpf.it much inconveni ence, Upon approgcln’ng tlfp fiaifso, ho wont up to pno of the negro woigfen who was churn ing; and asked-hef-i£-tlipbutter~bad-eomOi She said it was just coming, lie asked her for sonfe biftt.ernfilki IFhile she was getting it for him she observed him furtively open his coat and look , within it,' She saw that his shirt was soaked with blood, and she stood gazing in blank horror at tho sight, dipper in , hand. Ho caught her eye, end hastily but toned his cost ag/j,ih. She dipped out a quart measure fullof butt,ormilk, and gave it to him. Ho drank it qff at a draught, then went in, took off his ,oo, git, and had his wound carefully examined and dressed. That done, he de-. spatched one of his retinuo to Dr. Catlett, to inquire respecting the condition of Dickinson, and to say that the surgeoji attending himself would be glad to contribute his aid towards Mr. Dickinson’s relief. Polite reply was re turned that Mr. Dickinson’s case was past surgery.- In the course of the day, General Jackson sent a bottle of wine to Dn Catlett, for the use of his patient. Hut there was one gratification which Jack son could not, oven in such oircinpetanoos, grant him. A very old friend of General Jackson writes to njo thus ; “Although tho General had been wounded, he did not desire it should bo known until ho had loft the .neighborhood, and had therefore concealed it at first froiij his own friends. Ilia reason for this, as ho once stated to mo, was, that as Dickinson considered himself tho best shot in the world, and was certain of killing him at tbo first fire, he did not, want him to have the gratification even of knowing that he had tquched him." How Golds Slioold be Treated. ‘ Dr, Hall's Journal of Health, b ays that there are Uirco things which every man should do tho moment ho is satisfied thai ho has taken oold: Ist, oat noth ing; 2d, go- to bod and cover up warm, in a warm room; 3d, drink mtfoh cold water aa ho can or as ho wants, of njuoh hot erb tea can; and thus using him/jolf, in thfco cijjjop ,of fpur, tho subject will bo cured in thirty-sis hoprs. ,0a tho contrary, if ho allows bits cold to go two days unmo lested, ho can swallow nothing that will affect it in the least; and the cold with such a ptart, will run its pourao of about a fortnight, and qrhatoyor is swallowed thou by way of physic, is a useless hin drance. It is a mischievous though soipowhat pop ular fallacy, ** food a cold and gturyo a foyer.''— Feeding th.o pojd is feedbag a fej/orf a cold always brings on fever, and never begins te got well until tho foyer subsides; and ovtejry mouthful shallowed is so much fuel to sustain the fires of fovor. It is indeed fortunate that qs soon’ as tho cold ia fairly Seated iVaturo. alloWs no appetite; otherwise tho most common' cpld might bo followed by very sort- i outf results, arid unless upon' a very sturdy couatitu-1 tion would almost prove fatal. I •JESf* A recent estimate fixes tho number of hnd bos in Now York city at fifty-six thousand ono hnn dred and four. J SNOW. Whirling, curling down, to the ground, Tho snow Rakes comes with noiaeles tirctyl; Dressing in white the withered flowers, ’ Forming a curtain in summer bowers, And a covering for tho dead. • Dancing along in frolicsome glee, • ’ . ~ Kissing boughs of the leafless tree. Pressing Ins lips to tho window pane, In at tWdoor and out again; Bedecking the earth in a winding sheet, As it skip? along with its downy foot, Skimming tho air in eddies wild, . Crowning the head of tho fair-haired child, With a crystal wreath of snowy spray, , That sparkles awhile, then molts away, Hither and thither, a fairy fleet, Sailing down on the frozen street, Dashing along o'er tho dreary moor, Chilling tho hearts of the wretched, poor. Borne on the breath of tho winter blast, * A feathery throng, it hurries past; Caressing tho brow of tho lovely hill, Hushing the song of tho laughing rill— It comes to the earth a fairy thing, Turning to tears at tha voice of Spring, Wasliinglon’s Appointment as Commander. On Thursday, the 15th, of June, two days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, George Wash ington was chosen Commanderdn-Chief of “all the continental forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of American liberty,” ffhe appointment was officially announced to him on the following day, and modestly accepted; and oh the 18th he wrote a touching letter to his wife on the subject, telling her he must depart immediately for tbe camp; begging her to summon all her fortitude, and to pass her time as agreeably as possible; and expressing a firm reliance upon that Providence which had ever been bountiful not him, no doubting that he should return safe to her in the fall.— But he did not so return. Darker and darker grew the clouds of whr; and, during more than seven years, Washington visitadhispleas ant home upon the Potomac but once,, and then, only for three days and three nights. Mrs. Washington spent the winter in camp with her husband; and many are the, traditions con cerning her beauty, gentleness, simplicity, and industry, which yet linger around the winter quarters of the venerated Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the Revolution. For many long years she was remembered with affection by the dwellers, at Cambridge, Morristown, Valley Forgo, tfewburgh and ijew Windsor. When, on each returning spring; she departed for boa henm 011 too Potomac, the blcssiqgs of and citizens—-went, with her, for she whs truly loved by all;— iMount Vernon Qndits Associations., Central Jackson, Lis Valor when a Boy, The following incident of the bdyhood of Geni Jackson, is copied from Barton's Life of Jackson. It occurred during the partizan war in the Wdxhaws: In that fierce,'Scptch-Indian warfare, the absence of a father from homo was a better protection to his family than his pres ence, because his presence invited attack. The -nuuu- übjectuw'-both. parties was to kill the fighting men, and to. avenge the slaying of partisans. The house .of the quiet hero, Hicks, for example,, was safe until .if was noised about among the tories thgt Hicks was at home. And'thus if cgnje to pass, that ! when a whig soldier of any note desired to spend a night with his family, his neighbors were accustomed to turn out and serve as a gUgrd to his house whilo bp slept: Behold Robert and Redrew Jackson, syit|i sis others, thus employed ope night in the Spring of 1781, pt the dopiici} of a neighbor,- paptain Sands, Ifhe guard online occasion wds more a fri.ehdly tribute to an active "pgrtizijji than a service' considered h.ecossi|.ry to’ lug safety. In short, the night was not fpr advfinced, be fore, th.c ybolp party were snugly housed dnd stretched upon the floor, all sound asleep, ex cept one, a’ British desortpr, who -vyas restless, U.nd dozed at intervals. Hanger wqs negr. band of toilc's, bent on taking thp life of papt. Sands, approached the house, in two divisions; one party moving towards the front door, the other towards the back. The wakeful soldier, hearing a suspi cions poise, rose, went opt of doors to learn its cause, an,d saw tho foe stealthily hearing tho house, Ho ran in terror, and soiz'ing Andrew Jackson, who lay next the door, by the hqir, anil oxolaiiped: “The Tories are upon ps I” Andrew sprang up and rap opt, Seeing a body of men ip the distance, ho placed tho, jipd of his gun in tho low fork of a tree near the door, and hailodlhem; No reply; Ho‘ hailed then) p second time, No reply. They quickened their pace, pud bad ooipo within a few rods of tho door, I})' this time, too, the guard in the house had boon roused, and wore fathered in a group behind tips boy, Andrew ischargod his musket, upon which tho tories fired a volley, which killed tho hapless deser ter who had given tho alarm. The other par- [ ty of tories, who wore approaching the house from the other side, hearing this discharge, and the rush of bullets above their heads, supposed that the firing issued from a party that had issued from tho house.' They now fired a volley, which sent a shower of balls whistling about the heads of their friends on tho other side. Both parties hesitated, and then lialtod. Andrew having thus, by his single discharge, Euzzled and stopped the enemy, retired to the engey where ho and his comrades kept pp a brisk fire fronj thp windows; One of the guard fell mortally wotmded by his side, and anoth er received a wound less severe.-. In the midst of th>s singular contest, a bugle was heard some distance off, sounding the cavalry charge; whereupon the torios conclmjing that they had come upon an ambush of whigs, and wore about to bo assayed by horse and foot, fled to where they hpd left' their horses, mounted, dashed pell-mell into the woods, and we to se’en no more, It appeared afterward that the bugle-charge was sounded" by d neighbor, who, judging from tho noise of musketry that Capt. Sands was attacked, and having not a single man with him in his house, gave the blast upon the trumpet, thinking that oven a trick so stale, aided by tho darkness of the night, might hayo some effect ip alarming the assailants, _i Bgy»-“"Six foot in hia hoots!” exclaimed old Mra. Beeswax. “ What will th cj impertinence of this world corao to, I wonder? Why, they might just oa reasonably toll mo that fljc nian bad S)x heads In his lint. O' A young lady was asked to Join a di vision of the Daughters of Temperance,. She replied: “It is unnecessary, as it >2 my inten tion to join one of (lie Sons soon, Try Riches may unable us to confer favors, butrichescannot giro the power to con foi- thoin with propriety and grace; oven tn fles mliy be ew bestowed as to cause to bo tn- / rrrOuo of orfr exchanges advertises for ftvocompositors, “ who don’t get drunk,”and adds that “the editor does all the getting ' drunk necessary to support the sigmty gf the establishment.’' AT $2,00 PER ; ifobonV ®ibs. B©-Remember the poor; B©* Fair (Jesting is the bond and cement of sooiotyi B©f"Otay hairs, like honest friends, arc often cost from us fur telling unpleasant truths.' B©“ Extraordinary offers from Btrangord should always be. viewed with suspicion, . 865“ 3Jo careful about sending money tot. parties whopa yon do not know." B©*Tho phwso Uplvribm is Lhtinf and means, UtorpUy, “ From many, ono.' 1 B©“Wo wind Up clocks to keep ■td'ent rURj ning, and banks to. stop their running’. s i||jr 8@“ Rough language ishad in youfewfidn/ used by old people, it Is bad-in-age', if ui.'fK ’ n B©* It. should ho remembered that-n bard assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.' B©* If you want a man to do fhir work fef you, be sure that you give hup fair pipy. 1 0” Wo suppose that p rpan who never speaks may be said always tp kepp his word; O’ It is p shame, if any pefson poorer thdU you is more contented than you. O’Fools are rulled by their, humor; but wise mon by thoir interest, 8®” A bepovolent ■ physician, considers the poor his best patients, for Gjodis.the paymas ter. BgyAlways lie quite as, caVeful, in you* business transactions, of takin'g credit as of giving it, , _ JSSJ* If you want a sinking fund, ftirow yoqr monpy into the river—or inyest it in loti tory tickets. £®“ One of the readiest ways of contracting loose habits,- is to' put a bolt around your dressing-gown; The class of people that a newspaper proprietor prefers having as customers, arq the earliest settldrs. Eg?" Many a swoetly-fnehioncd mouth lias boon disfigured gqd mtfdd hideous % the fiery tongue within it, JSSPIf a sipnll man wants a pleasant' sail through tlio atmosphere, lot him go out in a stiff breeze with a big umbrella. [O’ Ladies, if your husbands arc obstinate ly deaf when you are talking to them, try a 1 little jiahn-oil upon their cars. O’Young ladies, should remember that Oranges arc not very Apt to bo prized after being “ squeezed’' a number of times. tC7” Many institutions arp improperly call ed sewi-nanes, for they do not half teach any thing. ■ ID* There arc some joints of contest, which, it is better to lose by arhitratioh thqn to win bylaw. ■ ' O* Knowledge is proud thftVho has learn* cd so ranch / Wisdom is hunitye that lie knows ho more: jO" A man yyiJJ generally giro you his adt vice without charge, hut yop will often lie cheated if you tqko it, ", ' . I |0” Solomon says that the tongue i» iu,f easily bridled. But it is easily bit—though ho doesn’t say so; ■ ■ ■. . O* In seeming opposition to the natural course of tilings,’ some nfon rise by their gra vity, and others sink by their levity; O’ “ Don’t you mean to marry,' my dear sir!” “ No, my dear widowi f'd rather lose all the ribs I’ve got than take another.” . O’lt is by no means easy td do one's best' in speaking or writing; the thought that oostd little is seldom worth more than it costs; O’ To act upon a determination rpado in anger, is like embarking in a vessel during a storm. , , ; [O’ Scrutinize n lawyer closely when hq ; advises you to avoid litigation, qiu} a doctor when he drinks your health, O’ What winds doe's a hungry sailor like best ? Ono that bjows foul, then chops, and then comes in little'puffs, Posterity,' ‘‘l fear,” rejoined Voltaire, “ it” will never reach its address I” O’ MnyhcCr Driukocoff. make's a distlnc tion thus: “Too much whisky is too, much, but too milch IngOr-bo'or ip'shoost right.” 1 O’The richest man oh eiprtlj is but a pau per, fed ahd clothed by the bounty of heaven; i O’ “ Uniori is not always strength,” ns the sailorsaid when ho saw flic purser mixing hie rum with water. ■ 1 •HT" Four things come not back; tho bro ken, word, tho sped arrow, the ptfst life,- and tho neglected opportunity. f (£7* A philosopher, being' asked what was tho first thing necessary towards winning the |oyo of a woman, answered/ “An opportunity.-’* - O' All mon who do anything must endure dure a depreciation of thoir efforts, ■ It is the djrt which their chariot-whOCjs throw U P- " DCT'A head properly constituted can, ac coramodato its,elf to whatever pillows the vi cissitudes of fortune may pipes updor ife , O'The than who was lionrmod in by f crowd has been troubled witha stitch in'bis side over since. O'y" In this country; wealth shifts from point to point with such rapidity; that; in one' or two generations, tho hills sink and tho vol leys rise. O” Cruel men are. tho greatest lovers of mercy; avaricious men of generosity; and proud men of humility—-in everybody but -themselves. IC7* Cuvier describes 3 fish that is flat half tho year, and round tho other half. It is nt like Dickons u,ew periodical “All the roar Itound.” f£7» Sqch mental viands as ore proper and wholesome fur children should bo, seasoned with sugar, and sttoh as are dangerous to them with gall. ' TT* In making an estimate of a man or wot mam don’t take the dross into oonsideratiOm ’Tis the value of the blade that you inquire into, not of the sOabbard.- (£s~'jt has boon ascertained that there is a “northwest passage"'around this continent; but it is so blocked op with ice that probably it can never bo turned to any practical account. ICT” The price of the finest Flanders lace ;s about ton times its weight in gold. An in experienced male eye cannot toll it from imitation, which costs but little more than its weight in lead. NO. 26. jr-
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