VOL. 47, AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, PtrßT/ISHED EVERY THURSDAY HORNING BY JOIIS B, BRAT TOM, TEEMS Sudsciptiox. —Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid ft advance; Two Dollars if paid within the year; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, *£not paid within iho year. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to in bvcry instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. Ad vertisbitents— Accompanied by the cash, and bob exceeding one square, will bo inserted three times for Ono Dollar, and twonty-flvo cents for.oach additional insertion.' Those.of a greater length in proportion. ' _ . _ Job-Printing— Such os Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanlcs, Labels, &o, <fco., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. • ' fmlml IN MEMORM. Another little form asleep, . And a little spirit gone, Another little voice.is hushed, And a little angel born. Two little feet are on the way To the homo beyond tho skies, And onr hearts are like tho void that combs When a strain of music dies.. A pair of little baby shoes, , And a lock of golden hair;'. , Tho toy bur little darling loved, And the dress she used to wear. The little grave, in. the shady nook Where the flowers love to grow— . And those arc all of tho little hope That came throe years ago. Tho birds .will sit on the branch above. And sing a requiem*. ' To'tho beautiful little sleeping form . That used to sing to them. But never again will the little lips To their Songs of lovo reply ; .For that silvery voice is blended with • Tho minstrelsy on high. ALL’S FOR TUB BEST, All’s for tho host ! bo sanguine and cheerful;. Trouble and sorrow aro friends in disguise, Nothing but fully‘goes faithless andfoarful, Courage forever is happy and wise j All for the.best—if a.man would but know it, Providence wishes As all to be.blest; Thia.is no dream of pundit or poet, Heaven is gracious, and—All’s for tho beat! All’s for tho best! set- this on your standard, Soldier of sadness/or p.ilgrim of love, Who to the shore of despair may have wander’d . A-way-wearied swallow or heart-stricken dove; All’s for the bestr—bo a man, but confiding, ‘.Providence tenderly governs tho rest, And the'frail bark of His creature is guiding ' Wisely and warily—All’s for tho best I All’s for tbo best! then fling away .terrors, , Meet all your fears and foes in, tho van/ Amlin tho midsfof your dangers or errpra Trust like a child, while.you strive like a man; All’s for tho best!—wnbtas’d, unbounded, Providence reigns from tho East to tbo West, ■JLnd,-by both wisdom and mercy snrroundod, ,!> Jlopo and be happy that—All’s for tho best J TUB EABUEST ROBIN. Among tlio cherry branches A bird'is singing clear; • A.rudy breasted robin The first bird of the year. The sky. is dark above him, - • And'snow is on the ground No Spring warmth; in the breezes,, Nor pleasant sights around. 'Xet cheerful from his station, • Upon the leafless tree,. Ho sings the song of summer And gladness yet to bo. . . Tho urchin on.tho sidewalk, Soon as ho hoars tho lay Looks up, and for a moment Forgets both task, and play, The litilo school girl.pauses; While pleasure and'surprise Peep out between tho fringes That shade her morry eyes." Tho Blonder, fair haired maiden Walks bn with slower pace, A look of tender longing Upon her lovely face. Each breathes the -wish most They know the simple spell 4 Familiar to our childhood, And all believe it well. • “ 118 earliest robin Of spring your eyes shall view, .n!‘ •~™ (l .bofnro the year is out Iho wish is granted you.” Tho hoy has asked for treasure Of top, and kite, and ball The little gypsy languishes f'or toa-set or for dell. Tho maiden—but her fancies How poorly can I guess! If longs slie for a lover, A braoolot or a' dross. And I—a wish tho fondest* Arose when first X hoard Tho clear notes of thy singing, Thou happy-omonod bird I , So soft and vainly uttered, Yet still of life a part 0, give rao baolr tho dear, lost placo In my beloved one’s heart! A War Incident.— While one of the toW r- Sl, r ,ltS Was in ‘his city, on its way to Washington, a gentleman residing here mot one of its members on the street S -T-? anything I can do for you, sir?” said the New Yorker, his heart warming to ward the representative of the bravo Massa chusetts militia who had so promptly answer ed the call of their countryi The soldier hesitated a moment, and finally raising one of his feet exhibited a boot with a hole in the too, and generally worse for wear. came you hero with such boots os that my friend?’' asked the patriotic citi zen.- “ When the order came for mo to join my company, sir,” replied the soldier, “ I was ploughing m the same field at Concord where my grandfather was ploughing when the ■British fired on the Massachusetts men at ■Lexington. •Ho did not wait a moment: and i did not, sir.” ' , It is unnecessary to add that the soldier was immediately, supplied with an excellent pair of; boots.—W. K Post. • Half-Pat op the Troops.^— Many of the men who have boon muatord into service want jO liayo half their pay reserved for their fam ines, and several inquiries, have boon made of ? n ro gard to it. In reply wo woud state' : " “W ™ll be paid out hy tho Govor -1 0 s °Wiora liavo boon a month U r pay, the payments being made monthly JD“ , ~ Sivn xw“ U - rt i," 8 i? an irrogulnr, active, tranai nerson „in nd r atlvo T od * P rosont tonso, third Jhe g ?ria-!-|on"t r iu m r ’ aDd “S™ B with nll Mmllmnm THE lAST DAYS OP CHARLES 11. OF SPAIN, Tho prince on whom so muchdopondcd was tho most miserable of human lioings. In old times he would have boon exposed as soon ns ho came into tho world, and to expose him would have been a kindness. From his birth a blight was on his body, and on his mind.—- With difficulty his almost imperceptible spark of life had been screened and fanned into a dim and flickering flanieV His childhood, ex cept when he could bo rooked and sung into sickly long piteous Wail, Till he wad:bis days were passed on the dud ho was never once his rickety legs. None of those‘:*fttWny little urchins, clad in rags stolen from scarecrows, whom Murillo loved to paint, hogging or rolling in the sand, owed le.ss to education than this despotic ruler-of 30,0.00,000.0 f subjects.- Tho most -important events in tho history of his kingdom, tho very names of; provinces and . cities ■ which wore among his, most valuable possessions, were unknown bo him. It may well bo doubt ed whether ho was aware that Sicily was an island, that Christopher Columbus had dis covered America, or that tho English wore not Mohammedans. In his youth, however, tho’' too imbecile for study or business, ho was not incapable of being amused. Ho shot,.hawk ed, and hunted. Ho enjoyed with the delight of a true Spaniard two delightful spectacles: ■ a horse with its bowels gored but and a Jew writhing in tho fire. . Tho time came when the mightiest of in&tifiots ordinarily wakens from its repose. It was hoped.that the young king would not prove invincible to female,at tractions, and that ho would leave a Prince of Asturias to succeed him. Aconsort was found for him in the royal family of France,• and her,beauty and grace gave him a languid pleasure. lie liked to adorn lior with jewels, to see. her dance, and to tell her what snort ho had had. with his dogs and falcons. But it was soon whispered that she was a wife only in name. She died, and her place was supplied by a Gornian- princess nearly allied to the imperial house. But the second mar riage: like tho first, proved barren, and long before .the king had passed the prime of life, all'the politicians-, of Europe, had begun to take it for granted in all their calculations that ho would bo tho last descendant in the male lino of Charles V. Meanwhile, a sullen and abject melancholy took -possession’ of his soul. The diversions which had been the se rious employment of his youth became dis tasteful to him. lib ceased to find pleasure in his nets and boar spears, in tho fandango, and the bull fight. Sometimes ho shut him-, self up in an inner chamber from tho eyes of his courtiers. ..Sometimes ho loitered alone from sunrise to sunset, in the dreary and rug ged wilderness which surrounds tho Esouriah Tho hours which ho did not- waste in listless indolence .wore- divided between childish sports and childish devotions. Ho delighted in rare animals, and still more in dy-nrfs.— When neither strange beasts nor little men could dispobthe black thoughts which' gather ed in his* mind, he repeated Aves and Credos; ho. walked in processions; sometimes he'starv od-himsolf; sometimes ho whipped himself, At length, d complication of maladies com pleted the ruin of nil his faculties, ilis stomach failed; nor was this strange, forin Rim the malformation of the jaw, char acteristic of his ■ family, was so serious that he could not masticate his food, and ho was in tho habit of swallowing ollas and sweet meats in the state in which they wore set be fore him. While suffering from indigestion ho was attacked by ague. Every third day his convulsive tremblings, his dejection, his fits of wandering, soemod ; to indicate the ap proaoh Of dissolution,'. His misery was in creased by the knowledge' that everybody was calculating how long ho had to live, and wondering what would become of his king dom when ho should bo dead. The stately dignitaries of his household, tho physicians who ministered to Ids diseased body, the di vines whoso business it was to soothe his not less diseased mind, tho very wife who should have been intent on those gentle officos’hy which' female tenderness can alleviate oven 1 the misery of hopeless decay, wero all think ing of the new world which was to commence with his death, and .would have been perfect ly willing to see him in tho hands of the era balmor, if they could have been certain that his successor would he the prinoo whoso in terest they .espoused. In a very short time the king’s malady took, a'now form. That ho was too weak to lift his food to his misshapen mouth; that at thirty-seven he had the bald head and wrink led face of a man of seventy ; that his com plexion was turning from yellow to green ; that ho frequently fell down in fits, and re mained long insensible—these wore ho longer the worst symptoms of Ids' malady. Ho fad always boon afraid of ghosts and demons, and it had long been necessary that throe friars should watoh every night by his restless bed ns a guard against hobgoblins. But now ho was firmly convinced that he was bewitched, that ho was possessed, that there was a devil within him, that there wore devils all around him. Ho'was exorcised according to the forms of his church, but this ceremony,' in stead,of quieting him, scared him, out of a-1 most all the little reason that nature had giv en him. In his misery and despair ho was mducod.to resort to irregular modes of relief. His confessor brought to court impostors who ■protended that they could interrogate the i owers of Darkness. The devil was called up, sworn and examined. This strange de ponent made oath, as in the presence of God, that Ins Catholic majesty was under a spell, which had_ been laid on him many years be fore, for tho purpose of preventing the con tinuation of the royal lino. A drug had boon compounded out of tho brains nndlddnoys of 9 human corpse, and had boon administered in a cup of chocolate. This potion had dried up all the sources of life, and the best remedy to which the patient could now resort would he to swallow a bowl of consecrated oil ororv morning before breakfast., J Unhappily, the authors of this story foil in to contradictions which they could excuse only by throwing the blame on Satan, who they said, was an unwilling witness, and. a bar from, the : beginning. In the midst of their conjuring the inquisition: came down mpou thorn. It must bo admitted that if the holy office had reserved all its terrors .for such cases, it would'not have boon remembered as the most hateful judicature that was ever known among civilized .men.' The subaltern imposters wore thrown into dungeons. But the chief criminal continued to bo master of in n km ?- f nd of , tho kin K (J °m. Meanwhile, m the distempered mind of Charles, one ma nia succeeded another. A longing to pvyin to those mystonos of the grave from which human beings avert their thoughts had long been hereditary in his house. Juana, from whom the mental constitution of her posteri ty scorns to have derived a morbid taint, had sat, year after year, by the bed on which lay the_ ghastly remains of her husband, apparel ed in the rich embroidery and jewels which ho had been wont to wear while living; Her * son Charles found an eccentric pleasure in celebrating his own obsequies, in putting on his shroud, placing himself in the coffin, cov ering himself with the pall, and lying ns one dead till the requiem had been sung and; the mourners had departed, leaving him alone in the tomb- Philip 11. found a similar pleasure in gazing on the huge chest of bronze in which his remains wore to bo laid, and es pecially oh the skull which encircled with the crown of Spain, grinned at him from the cov er, Philip IV., too, hankered after burials and burial places, gratified his curiosity by gazing on the remains of his groat grand father, the emperor, and sometimes stretched himself out at full length, like a corpse, in the niche which :ho had selected for himself in the royal ccmetry. In that, oomotry his son was now attracted by a strange fascina tion, Europe could show ho more magnifi cent place of sepulchre. A staircase inerust ed with jasper led down from the stately church of the Escurial into an octagon situ ated just beneath the high altar; The vault impervious to the sun, was rich with gold and precious marbles, which reflected the blaze from a huge chandelier of silver. On the right and on the left reposed, each in a massy sarcophagus, the departed kings, and queens of Spain. Into this mausoleum the-'kihg de scended with a long' train of courtiers, and ordered the coffins to bo unclosed. His moth er had boon embahnod with such consummate skill that she appeared as she had appeared on her death-bod. The body of his grand father, too, seemed entire, but crumbled into dust at the first touch. From Charles neither the remains of his mother nor those of his grandfather, could draw any signs of sensi bility. But when the gentle and graceful Louise of Orleans, the miserable man’s first wife, she who lighted up his dark existence with ono short and pale gleam'of happiness, presented herself, after the-lapse of ton years, to his eyes, his sullen, apathy ■ gave way— “ She is in heaven," ho cried, “ and I shall soon bo there with herand, with all the speed of which his limbs were capable, ho tottered back to the upper air, TUB TRAVELER'S JOURNEY; nr CHARLES DICKENS, Once upon a time, a good many years ago, there-was a traveler, and .ho set out upon a journey. It was a majic journey, and -was to seem very long when ho began it, and very short when ho got half way through. ■ ■ lie traveled along a very dark path for some little time, without meeting anything, until at last ho came to a beautiful child.— So, ho said to the ■' child, “ What do you do hero?” _ J . And the child said, “ l am always at play. Come and play with mo'.” So ho played with the child the whole day long, and they-wore very merry. The sky was so blue, the sun was so bright, tho water was so sparkling, tho loaves were so groen, the flowers' were so lovely, and they hoard such singing birds and so many butterflies, that everything was beautiful. This was in fine weather. When it rained, they loved to watch the falling drops, and to smell tho sweet scents. When it blow, it was delightful to listen to the wind, and fancy what it said, as it came rushing from its home—where was that, they wondered!—whistling and howl ing, driving-tho' cloud before it, bending tho trees, rumbling in tho chimneys; shaking tho house, and making tho sea roar in its fury.— But when it snowed, that was the host of all; for they liked nothing so well as to look up -n.tr tho white flakes falling fast and thick, like down from tho breasts of a million of whito birds; and too see how smooth and deep tho drift was; and to listen to the hush upon tho paths and roads. ' They- had plenty of tho finest toys in the world, nod tho most astonishing picture books; all about cimotors, and slippers and turbans, and dwarfs, and giants, and genii, and fair ies’, and blue beards, and bean '.stalks, and riches, and caverns, and 'forests, aud Valen tines and Orsons ; and all new and all true. But ono day, of a sudden, tho traveler lost tho child. lie called to him oyer and over again, hut got no answer. So ho went upon tbe road, and wont on for a little while with out meeting anything, until at last ho came to a handsome boy. So ho said to tho hoy, “ What do you do here ?” And the boy said, “I am always learning. Como and learn with mo.” . So he learned with that boy about. Jupiter and Juno, and the Greeks and Komant, and I know not what, and learned more than I could toll, or ho either, for he soon forgot a groat deal of it. But they wore not alwiys learn ing ; they had the merriest games that ever were played. They rowed upon tho river in summer, and skated on the ice in winter wera active on foot, and active on horseback; at cricket and all games, at ball, at prisoner’s base, hare and hounds, follow my loader, and more sports than I cap think of; they had holidays, too, had Twelfth cakes, and parties, Whore they danced to midnight, and real the atres, where they saw palaces of real gold and, silver rise out of the real earth, and saw all the wonders of the world at once. As, to friends —they had such, dear friends, and so many of them, that I wanttbo time to reckon them up. They wore all young like the hand some boy, and wore' never to be strange to one another all their lives through. Still one day, in thomidst of all the pleas ures, the traveler lost the boy as ho had lost the child, and, after calling to him in vain, wont on upon his journey. So ho wont on for ti little while without seeing anything, until at last he came to a young man. So ho said to the young man : “ What do you do hero?” And tho young man said: “I am always in love ; come and love me.” So he wont away with that young man, and presently, they came to one of tho prettiest girls that ever was seen—just like Fapny in the corner there—and she had eyes like Fan ny, and hair like Fanny, and dimples like Fanny’s, and sho laughed and colored Justus Fanny does while I am talking about her. So tho young inan foil in love immediately—-just as somebody, I won’t mention tho first time he came hero, did with Fanny. Well 1. ho was teased sometimes—just ns somebody used te bo, by Fanny; and they quarrelled sometimes —just as somebody and Fanny used to quar rel,; aiid they mndo up, and sat in tho dark, and wrote letters every day, and never wore happy asunder, and wore always looking out for one another, and pretending ,not to, and wore engaged at Christmas time, and sat close to one another at tho fire, and were going to bo married very soon—all exactly, like some body I won’t mention and Fanny, But tho traveler lost them one day, as ho had lost tho rest of his friends, and after call ing to them to come back, which they never did, wont on upon his journey. So lie wont on for a little while wiuiout seeing anything, until at last ho came to a middle-aged gentle- “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, Ri6hT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY,*MAY 16 Soon, they came to anavenuo that was dark er than the reat, and were pressing forward on their journey without looking down it, when the lady stopped. . , ! My husband," said-.-tho lady, “I am call ed." . , They listened, and; heard a'-voice a long way down the avenue, say, “ Mother, mother!" It was the voice ’of the first-born who had said, “I am going to Heaven land the fath er said, “ I pray not yet.; Sunsetus very near - . I pray not yet 1" ■ • But the, voice cried, Motlsr, mother!” Without minding him, though .'his hair was .now quite, white, and tears wore on his face. Then the mother, who was dlroady drawn, into tho.shado of the dart aveorai-and moving away with her arms nround'hoj nock, kissed him and said, “ My dearest T-!am summoned, and Igo 1 ” And she wWgpne<. And the traveler and he wore left her, ■. •And they wont on and oh together, until they came very near the end of the wood; so near that they could see the sunset shining red before them through the trees. Yet, once more, while ho broke his way, among tho_ branches, the . traveler lost his friend. He called and called, hut there was no reply, and when ho passed out of the wood and saw the peaceful sun going down upon a Wide purple prospect, ho came to an old man sitting on a fallen tree. So he Said to the old man, “ What do you do hero ? " And the old man said with a calm smile, “ I am always remembering, come and remember with mo.” So the traveler sat down by the side of the old man, face to face, withthe serene sunset; and all his friends came softly hack and stood around him—the beautiful child, the hand some boy, the young man in love, the father, mother and children—-every one of- them was there, and he had lost nothing. So he loved them all, and was kind and forbearing with them all, and was always pleased to watch them all, and they all honored and loved him. And I think the traveler must bo yourself, dear grand-father; because this is what you do to us, and what we do to you, Destructive Effects of Maj. Anderson’a Guns, Tho Charleston Conner reports the amount . of damage inflicted by the fire of Major An derson. during tho bombardment of Port Sumpter. ; It says : i "The raking fire from Port Sumpter against Fort Moultrie was terribly , destructive, and when viewed in connection with the fact that no life was lost, is the most extraordinary case over recorded in history. As you enter tho eye falls upon tho battered.walls of tho archway, with openings in some places large enough for windows. In other places may bo soon tho hanging splinters of the rafters, largo pieces of coiling seemingly about to drop, while the holes in thereof throw a clear light over the scene of destruction, which renders it painfully impressive. It would be an almost impossible task to count tho num ber of balls discharged at this' devoted fort ress. All of tho officers’'quarters wore bat tered with seven, eight or ton balls, which penetrated tho whole depth of tho building. The western wall on tho upper balcony was entirely shot away. Tho barracks were al most entirely destroyed. Tho furnace for heating hot shot was struck four times; the flag of. tho Confederate States received three shots, and tho Palmetto flag four—a.rother singular and peculiar circumstance, when viewed in connection with the seven Confed- States. The merlons of sand bags, Ac., remain unbroken. ‘ “ On tho outside walls wo counted over one hundred shots.' 1 Laborers were engaged in clearing away fallen bricks, &o. It will be necessary to pull down the old walls and re build anew. Even the bods and, bedding in tho officers’ quarters and tli'o men’s barracks wore out and torn into splinters and shreds. Had it not been for tho bomb proof shelter the loss of life world, no doubt have boon ap palling.”. Soma twenty residences on Sullivan’s Island wore battered to pieces. Tho Courier adds: “ Providentially no hot shot was , thrown from Sumpter—probably from tho fact that tho garrison had ho, fuel. Many of those whoso houses have boon battered esteem it more fortunate than otherwise, and have de termined to allow the buildings to'remain- as far as possible; in the condition in which they wore found after tho battle, as a memento of tho glorious ' twelfth and thirteenth days ot April, ,1801." |£7*Whonovor you drink, bo sure you have your nose above water —is Prentice’s very ex cellent advice to tho world. man. So ho said to the gontjciiidff, “What aro you doing hero ?”, and his answer was, “I am always busy;, come and ho busy with me.” So ho began to be very busy with thatgon tloman, and they wont through the wood to gether. The whole journey was' through a wood, only it had been open and green at first, like a .wood in spring, and how began to grow thick and dark, like a wood in summer;, some of the little trees that had come out earliest were even turning browji; The gen tleman was not alone,but had a bply of about the same ago. with him, who was his wife,; and they had children, who were with them too. So they alb wont together through tho wood, cutting down the trees, find making a path through the branches and fallen loaves, and carrying burdens and working hard. Sometimes they came to a long-green ave nue that opened into deeper woods. ’ Then they would hoar a very little dfetant voice crying “ Father, father, ! am another child 1 Stop for mb.l ” And presently they would see a" very little figure, growing large? as it came along, running to join them. Wjien it oamo up, they all crowded, around it/ and kissed and welcomed it; and they all went down to gether ’ : / Sometimes they came to several avenues at once, and then they all stood still, and ono of tho children said, “ Father I am'going to In diaand'anothor said, “Father larngoingto seek my fortune whore I can;” and another-. “ Father, I am going to Heaven!;” So, with many tears at parting, they those solitary avenues, each child upon:its way;, and the. child who wont-to. Hcaien rose into the golden air and vanished. /, ; • Whenever these partings happened, the traveler, looked at the gontlorfian and saw him glance up at the: sky : abo/vo the'trees, where the day was beginning to«leclino and tho sunset to come on. ITo saw,/100, that his hair was turning grey. But they never could rest long, for - they had thoir journey tp per form, and it was necessary for Uism to be al ways busy, - '” “' -■ At last, there had been so many partings that there were no children loft, .and pnly the traveler; tho gentleman, and the lady went upon thoir journey in company. / And how the'Wood was yellow, and now- brown ; and tho, leaves even of the forest trees began to fall Tlio Fire From Fort Snmpler. 1861., AMERICAN PALI SCENERY, | There can bo nothing more beautiful in na turo than an American scenery when it be gins to show the effects of the gentle touch of ' autumn, or of the fall as wo prefer to call it in spite of English lexicographers, for the sakp of the tender associations embodied in the idea of the fall of the loaf. Eengland has her dowy spring. ' ■' “When birds bo merry and shawos the green," but the glorious of our American au tumn are unrivalled, incomparable. Visit the country upon some bright morning, in October. There has been a slight frost al ready, and the stubble fields have down on their suit of sober brown. Along the lands wo discover a thousand touching and lovely in-, dictations that autumn has already begun to trail her garments among us—stately, but most wealthy and regarding queen. She has plucked the leaves of the grapes, and has hero and there touched the loaves of the maples with her wino-.stainod fingers. The 1 cock quail calls up his mates at evening ; through the tall weeds to the matted purple ■ brambles, and down swoops the keen-eyed 1 hawk, like Satin, “seeking whom ho may J devour.” Themaizofioldstoppodandstripped, ! assume a dull, dead yellow, touched hero and 1 there with mildew, and giving no token of 1 the wealth and plenty that bear down their faithful stalks. Apples shine bright and rosy ! in the orchards, half hidden among the green leaves, like the blushes of merry damsels that they would conceal behind their veils, of among their dancing curls. The woodcock dips his long bill into the mud 'of the swamps, levying taxes upon worm-nature, the plover lifts his shrill plaintive voice at morn and oven; the kildoo sails erratic by, and- flashes on your dazzled eye the snowy white of his bosom. '.Heavy an'd-greon, bang the ohosnut burs, touching already with gold, hut wait ing for. a black frost to practice its obstetric arts upon them.- Messieurs Squirrels have deserted the confiolds, and are now exceeding ly busy laying by their winter stores, filling up their pouchy cheeks, and skurrying to the right and left from every'hickory tree. ■ On the rivers, the wild ducks.bogin to make their appearance, and the pulpy medasao sink down out of sight till the waters shall grow warmer again. The bushes in the woods aro all full of sloes and haws, rod and waky. Mariy flowers are gone, the queens and lords of the floral realm have passed away but some very dear ones still lend us their hues and fragments. Every garden is beautiful with autumn, crOcus hangs , out her yellow flag; the wild mine flowers and the wild thyme furnishes eager hoes with dainty flavor ing essences from their draining bolls. ’ The harebells sway with each breeze. “Ih the maiden meditation, fancy free,” and the brown sod emulates the ripe grain fields of July. SUE feigns the dablia, lord of tho garden, though some of the petals may bo black-tipped with frost marks, sunflowers droop their sun-drunken faces over the hedg es, like broad visagod farmer’s boys of a Sun day, leaning, over a gate, hollyhocks lend their rich luxuriance of color hero and there to en liven the scone and everywhere chrysanthe mums roar themselves, proud'at once of their beauty and their hardihood. And, oh! the glories, the various, rich, picturesque glories of the kingly forests. ' Gaze u'pon them at mid-day, when the air Is mild and melting ; when a faint blue veil of bazo settles around ! the horizon, aud gives a languid, soft, south ern dreaminess to the londscapo, out of which j tho woods oomo of your eyes, stealing out in | all their gorgeousness of color, as Cleopatra might have aroused herself from the moontide slumber, and come forth to bless her Anthony with ripe fruity kisses. The birches, meet you with gifts of yellow gold, glowing in tho quivering air, with diaphaneous, amber like, splendor~tho. oak’s dark green in spots has put on a faded, dreary yellow that offsets fine ly tho pine tree’s sombre green, and elm’s tall and Abronquin solemnity. Crimson and green berries deck the thick undergrowth, while .the ground itself, brown and yellow j with drying leaves, is all decked out with ten thousand, fungi, of every hue, from milky white to all shades of crimson, to chocolate brown, and tumeric gaudy yellow and varnish striking blue—old dame Nature’s gow gaws, these, which she puts on to conceal tho rav ages of ago. And tho ashes all dripping with crimson dyes, and hang about them like gouts of blood; and the rod flecked dogwood, once so pearly white in spring, and, oh I tho ma ples, the gorgeous maples of tho lowlands, glowing at noonday, flaming at sunset as if they had stolon the very Promothian fire, and would rival tho sun himself in painting—dot the eye revel upon those mingled and sweetly painted splendors, taking in at once tho artistic perfectness of harmony ’twixthill and valley, field and forest, plain and upland, land and sky, and it cannot fail to fool, with entranced msthetio consciousness, that the autumn, the perfect American autumn, it is tho loveliest time of the year. CT’An English nobleman once sent his stupid son to Ilowland Hill, in order that he might bo educated, accompanied by a note, in which the father said of his hopeful son—- “ I am confident ho has talents, but they are hidden under a napkin.” Tho eccentric but shrewd divine kept the youth a few weeks under his care, but then sent him back to his father with the following laconic message: . “ I have shaken tho napkin at all corners and there is nothing in it.” BSy A Virginia negro, who professed to be dreadfully alarmed at cholera, took to tho woods to ovoid it and was there found asleep. Being asked-why ho went there, ho said: “To pray." • “ But,” said the overseer, how was it that you went to sloop ? ” “Don’t know ’zaotly, but ’speot I must have overprayod myself.” Jefferson Davis at West Point.—Jeffer son Davis graduated at West Point in tho Class of 1828. Ho ranked 23d, in a class numbering 33.' No one doubts his bravery, but if ho is a great soldier, his record at West Point does not show it. , , i< jjgy- Every virtue gives n man a degree of felicity of some kind. Honesty gives a man good report; justice, estimation; prudence, re spect; courtesy and liberality, affection ; tem perance gives health ;■ foritudo n (juiot nund, not to bo moved by adversity.— Washington. fty Ho who combats his own evil passions and desires, enters into, the severest battle of life; and ho who combats successfully, obtains the greatest victory. (E7* Snooks says tho ladies do not sot their caps for tho gentlemen any more; they spread their hoops, , . 3H7” Parents who are ignorant of their duty will be taught by tho misconduct of their children what they ought to have done. d lesson in Obedience. “Jack! Jackl hero, sir I hie on 1” cried Charlie, flinging hig stick far into the pond. Jack didn’t -want to, go ;■ it wasn’t pleasant swimming in among the great lilly leaves, that would flap against his nose and eyes, and: get in the way of his feet. So lie looked at the stick and then at his master, and sat down, wajgging his tail, as much as to say, “You’re a very nice little boy ; but there was no, need of you throwing the stick in the wa ter, and X don’t think I’ll oblige you by going after it.”' But Charlie was determined. Ho found another switch, and, by scolding and whipping, forced Jack into tho water, and made him fetch tho stick. He dropped it on tho bank, however, instead of bringing it to his master; so he had to go over the performance again and again, until he had learned that when Charlie, told him to go for the stick ho was to. obey at once.- Charlie was satisfiedat length,, and with Jack at his heels, went homo to tell his mother about the afternoon’s work., lie seemed quite proud of it. “It was pretty hard work, mother,” ho said, “ Jack wouldn’q mind at all until I made him; but now ho knows tba| he has to do it, and there will be no more trouble with him, you’ll see." “What right have you to expect you?” asked his moihor quietly. “Right, mother? Why, he is my dogt Uncle John gave him to me, and I do every thing for him. Didn’t I make his kennel my own self, and put hay in it? And don’t I food him throe times every day ? And I’m always kind to him. I call him .‘nice old Jack,' and pat him, and lot him lay his head on my knee. Indeed, I think I’ve the best right to have him mind mo!” His mother was cutting out a jacket. She did not look up when Cliarlie liad finished; hut going on steadily with her work, sho said slowly, “1 have a little boy. . Ho is my own. 110 was given to me by my Heavenly Father., Ido everything for him. X make his clothes, and prepare the food he cats. I teach him his lessons, and nurse,him tenderly when ho is sick. Many a night have I sat up to watch by his side when fever was burning him, and daily, I pray to God for every blessing upon him. I love him. I call him my dear.little, son. Ho sits on my lap, and goes, to sloop with his head on my arm. I think I linvetho 'best right in the world,’ to expect this little boy to obey mo ; and yet ho does not, unless I make him as I would make a dog." “Oh, mother!” cried Charlie, tears start ing to his eyes, " I knew it was wrong to dis obey you; but I never thought before how mean it was. Indeed Ido love you, and I’ll try~l really will try—to mind you as well as Jack minds mo.” “ Dear Charlie,” said his mother, “ there is a great difference between- you and Jack. You have a soul.. You know what is right, because you have been taught from the 1 word of God; and you know, too, that the devil and your wicked heart will always bo persuading you to do wrong. That is a trou ble which Jack cannot have; but neither has ho the comfort you have; for you can pray to our dear Saviour for help, and he will teach you to turn away, from Satan, and to love and obey him alone. - When you learn to do this you. will not find it difficult to be,obedient to me; for it will bo just the same as obeying God, who has said: ‘Honor thy father and thy mother;’ and whore wo truly love it is easy to obey. Din-seed • Meal foe Calves.— The Irish Farmer’s Gazette gives the following direct ions for feeding oil cake to calves : “Linseed meal is highly nutritious, and a useful auxiliary in feeding calves; each calf may get from one half'to one pound per day, according to seize and age. Tim best way to prcparoJt is-stoep a quarter of a pound for' each food in cold water, for twelve hours, then either. dilute it with warm water, till of the temperature of new. milk, making a gruel equal in bulk to the quantity of milk usually given, or boil it for twenty minutes, and lot it stand till lukewarm ; in the beginning but a small quantity should be given, mixed with the milk, and by degrees increase it and do orcase the milk, till at the end of a month or six weeks, the calf may be fed alone on the linsoed, and may be allowed some grass, hay, and-finely cut roots. 0”A printer, whose talents were but indiff erent, turned physician. Ho was asked the reason of it. “In printing,” ho said, “all tho faults are exposed to the eye, but in physio they are buried with tho patient, and one gets off more easily.” [C7”Without sorrow life would bo no bettor than a dream; grief is a reality, and though bitter as wormwood, mbtals love it, for it makes them feel themselves, and know the value of each other. BSF* Tho following is a copy of an advertise ment which appeared in a country paper: . “ Made their escape, a husband’s affections. They disappeared immediately on .seeing his, wife with hands and face unwashed at break fast.” ' . I!©* Lorenzo Dow once said of a grasping farmer, that if ho had the whole world enclos ed in a single field, ho would not bo content without a patch of ground on the outside for potatoes. Bgy A pedagogue -was about to flog a pupil for haying said he ■was a fool, when the hoy cried out—“ Oh, don’t I ' I won’t call you so any more. I’ll never say what I think again in all the days of my life.” O” A heal lady never gossips. She is too thoughtful, too amiable, 100 modest, too wise, to gossip. Gossiping women are not womanly. Indies. The same will apply equally as well to gentlemen, I 1 A bacholoredltor who had a pretty sis ter recently wrote to another bachelor equally fortunate—“ Please exchange.” ffy- When a women wishes to ho very affec tionate to her lover, sho calls him a naughty man. inr Fast horses win cups by the use of their legs. Fast men lose their logs by the use of cups. (FT’Why is a hungry hoy looking at a pudding like awildhorse? Because ho would bo all the better if he had a bit in his month. JKa?“ At what time was Adam created ? A little before Eve. JKSy* Volunteers—Pray to God and keep your powder dry. ; BSS“ The Stars and Stripes—May they long wave from every house in the laud. 8®" Postponed—The good times. Wait a little longer. /arm' nnb (larhm ; This week and next will be a busy time in ' the garden. The season has been nuito back ward and the ground continuing cold, fow seeds would have been benefited up to the writing of thiaarticle, (Thursday 9th.) Ournspoya gus first made its appearance on the 15th, which is as much as a week after some sea sons, and three days after lost season. .It is tinyo, now, that some of the usual garden crops should be in the ground, and most of the rest put in within the present , month. We shall therefore make a few suggestions os mere remainders ns to what wo have to do in the garden.. , Pcas.-r-Tho first crop is in and up; the sec ond crop might bo Early Frame, which should bo in by this time. This should bo followed by the Dwarf Blue Imperial, large White Marrowfat, Tony Thumb; Champion of Eng-' land,‘and Eugene, at ah interval of a Week. Those will give an excellent succession for the season,' .. Horn Carrot, lor. soups and stews, is the earliest and best. Drill in rows. Radishes.—The Long Scarlet is the best for the first out-door crop, to be followed by the Yellow Turnip and White Summer; the two latter are well calculated for hot weather, when others do not perfect .themselves. Turnips.—Early Flat Dutch is the boat to sow for the first crop. Cabbages.—Plants of the Early Tort, and Green Curled Savoy can be set out at any time. For lato planting the Flat Dutch/ Largo Late Drumhead, and Drumhead Savoy, are the best. Those who desire two varieties, and they are generally sufficient, the Early York and Drumhead Savoy should be select ed, Wo rarely, plant other kinds. Those who raise their own plants of the' Savoy, should sow the seed at once. The best pro tection against tbo ravages of the fly, is an application or two of oil-soap water, not made too strong—say half a pound dissolved in a bucket of water, Tomatoes.—. Expect persona Svho have their regular conveniences of hot-beds, it is cheaper to purchase Tomato plants than to raise them, They ought not to be set out much; ,if any, before the tenth of May. Beets.—The Early Blood Turnip, and the ■ Lon" Blood Red are the best. The seed of the former should have been sown two weeks; that of the latter, at any time. The plants may bo sot outon the first of May. , . Beans.—Thb Bunch .or Snapahort should bo sown in drills early in May. As a polo bean the Wren’s Egg is n superior variety. Lima beans, by taking (i small piece of sod, reversing it and planting two of these beans in the foots, and placing it under glass; in a pot will hasten their growth several days. To protect the Lima.from rot, to which it is very liable, grease the beans before planting—it (a a sure remedy. Lettuce Plants from cold frames, can beset out at any time, like cabbage plants, to head. Spinnaoh can be sown at any time, in drills; It is the best and wholesomest “green" cul tivated.. - ■ ■ Celery should be sown at once. We like the White Solid the best. As arnlo, celery plants are,set out too late.. The last week in Juno is better than the first and second weeks, in July. Of course, for, some time, until the young plants have commenced to grow, they should bo protected against the sun from 9 to 5 o’clock. I Okra, Salsify, Cucumber, &0., should now bo put in the ground. The herbs, such M Sweet Majorem, Thyme, Summer Savory, Parsley, Sago, &0., should be Sown forthwith, if not already done. Strawberries—Old beds should bo over hauled, thinned out, bare places supplied, and all grass and weeds removed. Now beds should be made without delay, Varieties like Hovey’s Seedling, which are not rampant growers, produce best when planted in beds three and a half feet broad, the plants one foot apart each way. But rank,growers, like Wilson’s Albany, should be planted three feet apart each way, in largo beds. The sec ond year tho hills or stools should bo left ar bout ono foot or thereabouts in diameter, all tho intermediate space being cultivated, and all runners beyond that limit removed. This leave a space between the stools of one foot. Raspberry, Currant and Gqosborry Beds should bo carefully forked over, and a top dressing of good stable manure applied.— This will turn under the grass, and the man ure, followed the latter part of May with ft heavy mulching of refuse of almost any kind, will keep the soil moist, cool, and free from weeds, which is all-important to insure an abundant crop of those, fruits. —Germantom Telegraph. Bess in Spring.— Every hive should now be examined, to sco if there is enough honey to last until applo trees blossom. This can bo easily done by hefting the hive. The light ones should be fed either with honey or candy made from clarified brown sugar, with a little flour. Feed always from the upper part of the hive, so that bees from , other hives can not reach it without entering the hive through the entrance. If there is a deflooncy of bos bread, give unbolted rye flour. This may. be placed in the open air, in shallow trays, where tho bees can reaoh it. Keep it,from getting Clean dead boos away, from the, bottom of I the hive. A strong swarm will do this them selves, but they are none the worse for a lift. I tlo help. If there are any moths and webs, remove them tho first good day. Tnis may bo Well done by taking the hive into a room, keeping the doors and windows closed. : If tho hive contains movable frames, shift them into a new and clean hire, examining each comb separately for worms and webs. Lot tho beos become perfectly still again before you place them out, A little care now, will save many a weak' swarm and enable it to start well in spring, for swarms deficient in honey and bee bread can’t raise young till late in tho season, and in the early part of, the year is thus lost, and the entire swarm may even be entirely des- Ohio Parmer. ' Farmed*, plant abundantly of all thing* for men and stock. Take good care of.Si you stock—hogs, cattle, sheep, Ac. A large demand will axist this session, bath at home and abroad, and the former'may be assured of remunerating priees. Patriotism, as well as interest, will be appealed tp-w for if; is as mnoh a duty and necessity to provide ample-, supplies of food for bur troops ns to put them in tho fiold. ' Spend no' precious time in idle excitement. That neodq no stimulation, for volunteers ore now ready in advance of tho second fequsition, and even a third would J)0 readily,filled witbout.apparont dimunition of the “ myriads of thb North. ; . BSylf one wishes to unlearn selfishness,Tet him go opart and stand alone by himself. NO. 49.
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