VOL. 47. AMERICAN .VOLUNTEER.' PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY WORKING Bt JOHS 11. BRAXTON. T Ell MS Subsciption.— One Dollar and Fifty Cents) p'Aid n advance; Two Dollars if paid .within.the year; nnd'FiftrjrCcnts, if not paid Within tho year. These terms will be rigidly adhered to m nvory instance. No subscription discontinued tin til 'all arrearages are paid unless at tho oYHitfii tii tho . Editor. Ad vkutisksients— -Accompanied by and not exceeding ■ one square, will be itisertod throe times for One Dollar, and twonty-fiVetionls for each additional insertion. Those.At ti. greater length in proportion., ' ' ; • . , • Jon-PniNTiNG —Suck as lift,nd-bills, Pffstlng-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, kalWrlS, &c. executed With 1 accuracy and at tno fehAftcst notice. tlrat ■; GOD WITH OUR COUNTRY. God dofond it—God defend it— Lot our.glorious banner wave; •Prostrate craven Lite the dust before the bravo. Speed ye, speed ye, loyal Northmen*; . • Lift the starry..etfslgrt high; . Yours 5t is t 6 strike for freedom— Strike, •efro .Freedom die. in the midSt df.focs assaulted . . Looks she to you ns she’s torn— •Arch-do'ccivcrs and foul traitors TftVmt her, too, with gibes and sooru. ; 0 Walter novor, loyal Northern : , Our Hoar country looks to you— You have will and you have rausclo, - Joined to throbbing hearts and truo. Punish) then, all foes of freedrfin, Ccilao not,; though with gory hands— Dare not leave the work unfinished— t’oll lo the earth the plotting bauds; God is with Let our sacred banner fly; 0, ye'll bear it never daunted— Ye’ll not trail it, though ye did; - ' Onward whote.yoilt'.pou.ntfy call you— Go “ right thfdUgii’ i to ; Myriad praters in solemn fervpr With you every hour shall bo. SlMniimiiL A Love Story of ail Eriglish Hero. AS’b nis last Fiaiii! gMiid epic poem, England’s Battle liifd ilt Boil; hits ever had lor rad an irrdsista ’ bio chftrhi, heightened by thd 'dohStttutly re curring disdoVdiy, in the-earlier “ Of those dead leaves that keep their green, Thbso noble records of the dear/' • • ' • ■ 6F iiiighty achievements veiled from incuflous eye a by the blildd of rdcdnl; familiar glory. One of ,fhe greatest of those; triuniphg is. Sir Kiehard Grenvibe’s fast, though. not in the vulgar sdhsd of the word, victorious light, for it is a dypress-eolonhli the nniafnrtthiue chap let of. self-sacrifice, which lightens rohnd the brow, and sheds consecrating lustre upon the memory of the heroic sailor. And this brief story, winch by the help Of peculiar opportu nities, l am enabled to place before the pub lic, will show that, in a conflict yet more try ing, and afflictive than that last fight, Sir Kichard’s governing principle, nohlessp 'ohliye, was as stoutly earned out as amidst the crush of cannon, the blood and flame of ad verse battle. Richard, sou of Sir Roger Grenville,(South ey .spells the name Greenville,) a-native, of Cornwall, was born in 1554, and claimed to bo descended from Hollo, of Normandy. The revenue of. the family was not at all commen surate with its ancestral splendor—a fortu nate circumstance, as but for the sharp goad of necessity, Richard Grenville might not have so soon and eagerly-cast in his lot with, a profession which ho was destined to so.bril liantly illustrate. lie was not yet eighteen when, contrary, it is said, to the advice of bis appreciating friend, Sir Walter Raleigh —which advice I take leave to doubt—ho volunteered to servo in Hungary against the 'Turks, and was actually present in the great battle of Lepanto, between the Moslem and Chnstmn fleets, the result of which was that, tor the first time. Sultana of tho Straits bow’d down . He* JWCUed nook and hor embattled crown,” in cureless rum and abasement, and tho ino imc.ng preponderance of tho Ottoman was shattered forever. Like tho author of ‘'Don Quixotto, who was also a combatant in that battle, young Grenville, besides his full shard of tho achievement, received a severe wound in assisting to beat, off an attempt to board the Austrian Admiral, (how oddly in my ear sound the words Admiral and Austrian in conjunction 1) which hurt compelled his im mediate return to England. lie remained at homo about a twelvemonth during which occurred tho passage in his young life to which I have passingly alluded. His father, Sir Roger Grenville, a man, as years grow upon him, infirm in mind," who had cheerfully conformed in succession to tho religious changes promulgated by Henry Wl f, r “ y f at V d Naboth, with u / otll(Jr r I suit bpt that df souring the temper without bottontig Ins estate,-married- for the second time when bo was over sixty, Mistress Mar garot Penford, a widow lady of coraoly per son, full twenty years his junior, having no money, and one daughter, Constance Penford “a vixenish maiden.” Jjadv Grenville further increased herin vnlid husband’s household by the introduc tion of Maud Gaston, or Garston—l have aeon the name spelf both ways—we will say Maud Gaston, a second or third cousin of hers, and about the same age as Richard Grenville. Maud Gaston was on orphan, and actually possessed of but forty pounds a year, a reve nue which, though it made Goldsmith’s par- Boa passing rich, was to her, poor girl' a miserably insufficient stipend. But Maud had great expectations of an aunt-one Dome Gaston, of Rookstono Ball, a somewhat stately buildmg’ within five miles of Truro, not more t should say, than a mile from tho railway of these days, and from the elevation upon which it stands, nakedly visible, if I may so express myself to tho train passengers Danfo Gaston, of Rookstono Hail, had ro cently joined tho’Protestant Church, and be ing like most converts, zealous to slaying for Her now faith, insisted that her niece, Maud amirl 101I 01 ° W r h ,° r ®? am P le - Th o Penfords Bhould have stated, wore old, Gas^ n s exception, decayed Cath bu? Tl» Ue S ? Ittud entwardly acquiesced ; wil . Gaston > whoso health, by-tho-by, Son eVr lng ’,, COntl, , u '°. d t 0 hold ‘ho revo «it on of her will, made in Maud’s favor in euSv^°- C ‘ , l tl ‘ o yo,ln « lad y’B head, us a so y gainst any possible relapse into error th«t name U I' 1111 , Gi \ a "vi?lo, (second of at name,) though an avaricious, was, under ordinary circumstances, amiable woman I enough, and she had'nothing to fear, from j Richard Grenville’s presence at Newton-le-i J Willows—Sir Rogeir having made ante-nap j tial-settlement in her favor, sho treated her J stop-son with courtesy, and, as it would seem, ] gradually 1 gained Upon his confidence and es teem, J But it Was Maud, kind, sweet-tempered Maud, Who was Richard Grenville’s mihis-' 1 taring 'attendant—his tender, sympathizing 1 nursC ; an always dangerous, often fatal, in | tetcourso between two youthful, inflammable natures. Undosignedly, and for a while un consciously, Maud Gaston inspired the youth ful sailor with a consuming passion, and when I slic did make the unwelcome discovery, the timid, dependent girl was compelled to more than, tactitiy encourage his fiery addresses. Darno Gaston, charmed witli Richard Gren ville’s deuunoiation'of Popery, and, with wo-! man’s clear insight in Such cases, early cog nizant of his early devotion to her niece, as well as of Maud’s unaccountable repugnance to him as a lover, sternly intimated to the young lady that-her'.choice lay between the' acceptance of- Richard Grenville’s suit and beggary. Poor Maudl there is much excuse for her I I have seen her portrait (a full length, in excellent preservation,) at Newton-le-Wil lowB;,and am not surprised at Richard Gren ville’s infatuation, . though I suppose she would not bo deemed handsome in a critical sense. Yet,' I don’t know; Rather under the medium height, habit in [a green velvety cardinal, and a fantastic head, gear, from which the brown tresses escape in rich profusion, compassing the fair, sweet face as with a wavy golden frame; yes; sweet face—that is. its character-—not a brilliant face. Soft, well-opened, hazel eyes, of un fathomable depth, a slightly saucy.nose; Over so little roiroiisse— turn up—a chilrilling mouth, which suggests a Scottish poet’s com celt} ■ ■ ■ there's IcaHlcS of honey tVriSt Wy iuvo’s l!p&” and shoulders, bust, figurd, Ihttt—but lam no hand at such descriptions, bud will, there fore, only repeat that having been courteous ly perulittfcd to sßo.thb portrait of Maud Gas ton—unmistakably.by a mtlstßr of his art—i am not surprised iit Richard Gr’dnvilld’s pas sionate dpVdtion; and Van mol'd vivid ly.ap preciate th’d greatness Of the sfelf sherifieß he. made in her behalf; Matters wl)nt on. Shitipllily dnollgli,, lipotf ! tlio sUrface, till shortly after* Richard Gren ville entered his twentieth year, when Dame Gaston, of Roekstbne Hall, died—suddenly, one may sa.y-, loUg as slid had been ailing. Ifponjhe will being opened, it was found that all the deceased, had possessed, amounting, in laud, money and houses; to aboiU thifty.thou sand poUnds; (ail ililnUhis'd slhrl at that lime,.) was devised to,her hi’eco, provided she mar ried Richard Grenville., Should she refuse to do so,. all wont to Richard Grenville; and should He refuse to marry her, all to Maud Gaston; absolutely. . Maud fainted heforp the lawyer hall finished reading the will, and was bßrnß.iOut of' the room ip a state of insensi bility. i , .. 1 . About a, Aioiitii Bad since flanie Gaston's death, when Richard Grenville, los ing iill patience,, and goaded, as I apprehend; by the sneers and insinuations of Lady Gren ville, (I find no mention of Sir Roger,) who would fain li&VtJ netted him and tliß thirty thousand pounds for the “ vixenish tthtidon,” hot- daughter, sent a- writttjri; impassioned declaration to Maud Gaston; whoj since her aunt’s decease, liild kept litffsalf in almost en tire seclusion. Maud ilnstVbrdd in person; and, for the first time, informed her thunder stricken suitor that she had been for years devotedly attached, and . under .promise of marriage, to Edward Vulletort, iKyouhg Onth J olio gentleuian, of good family, but well nigh poor as herself, who had been mixed up with some foolish plot against Elizabeth, but had recently obtained his pardon, and returned to England. Severely blaming 'herself for the deception, which a want of moral courage had caused her to be guilty of towards Richard Grenville, she added, with great emotion, that though her heart was—it might be irrevoca bly, Edward Valletort’a, she would hot, could not drag him down, by a union with her, into the gulf of hopeless poverty; and if, there fore, he, Richard Grenville insisted, she would become his wife, not doubting, “knowing his nobleness, that she would be ultimately rec onciled to her lot.” , The next morning, Richard Grenville, ac companied by the family lawyer, entered a room, whore, at his request, were assembled Sir Roger .and Lady Grenville, Constance Penford, and Maud Gaston. “Take notice,” said Richard Grenville, “that I, by-this sealed indenture, formally refuse to marry Maud Gaston.” He then left the room—vanquished—victo rious, for, the first great time; The noble act was legally confirmed immediately after ho had attained his majority. A week afterwards ho was at Plymouth, had purchased the. Golden Lion, a stout schooner, and, with Raleigh’s assistance, commenced arming and victualling her for a cruise in the South Sens. i When Richard Qronvillo was at homo, re covering from the hurt ho had'received in the battle of Lopnnto, the puhlie ear was filled with highly colored narratives of cruelties committed by Spaniards upon the natives of. the Now. World, which old Europe had sud denly awakened to: discover had been, from the beginning of time, sleeping, uriguessed of, by nor side. It was the heroic ago of advon-* ture, as well of discovery, and the hot blood °r i.u o tl ° ? n S' and > flrod by exciting details ot tho Spaniards’ crimes and ill-gotten riches, forthwith initnated the formidable confedero °?’ u *°r • wf ;! oh -"-ord was, “No Peace, south; of the Lino, and who exulted in showing how slight a value they attached to his Holi ness the Pope’s solemn gift of the Americas to the crown of Spain. Richard Grenville and others of his stamp, championed, with their lives in their hands, (the Spanish power at sea not having then been crippled l by the destruction of the Armada,) a great principle —the freedom of the seas. “ Muscular Chris tians,” wo may fairly ball them, and it is im | possible to deny that they differ totally from the sordid successors, and this, notwithstand ing that.they, too, had a keen eye for.the sil ler. If there was but half-a chance of suc cess, they would much more gladly have fal len in with a war ship.of Spain than a gold freighted galleon. The broad distinction bo twoen the two classes of adventurers could not do more strongly marked _.I have no intention to follow tho Golden loon—she was about two hundred and fifty mewnted eight brass cannon’ of small calibre—in her wonderfully auocoss ful ermso on the Spanish main. J Enough GomeVtl 0 K ‘°h ard Gr envino lost the defeated, yet a conqueror, for' the second* time in, his eventful, but, counted by years, still youthful life.,. :i j. ’ ■ °r llad cllil Bed a largo Spanish merchant ship for several days, and, tho- wind haying freshened, was fast closing with her iiutho Bay of Campeaohy, when two Spanish frig atcs .hpv.o in sight, and immediately gave chase The wind was blowing dead ashore, the Golden Lion was too far embayed to have a chance of escaping by beatihg seaward, and there was nothing for it but to, bho’al her wa ter, so that tho heavy Spanish ships could not effectually attack her, exchpt with .boats. It was late in tho evening When tlj’e hnohiV Was sighted, and before it was qhife dark the thr'6'e Spanish ships had anchored, the merchantman considerably further seaward than the frigates; There was only one chance of escape for the crew of tho Golden Lion; By faking to the boats, it was just possible, tho night being very dark, to pass tho frigates, board the merchantman, and slip off to sea, unobserved by the men-of-war. . OrcnVill’o determined to essay that chance; and liavihg first, sbuttfed the Golden'Lion, th'd boht.a puloff With muf fled oars, and keeping Well in the shadow o'f the high, bluff shore, crept oVit oftho.bay. I Her binnacle light guided them t 6 the unsus pecting merchantman, whoso crew was ca rousing below in felicitation of their escape from tho English schooner, there was no 1 watch upon deck, so secure did the revellers feel in tho protection of the frigates • and the first intimation tho Spaniards, had of tho seiz ure of their ship was the appearance oT Rich ard Grenville and his men lit th'C entrance of the cabin, and an intimation, that if they raised the least outcry, they woiild b(! instant ly knocked on the, head and Rung overboard; , : The vessel's cable was then cut, sail was. got upon her, and she stood out to son, Unho’- tiood by the men-of-war, who had the pleas ure of discovering, at’daylight the next mor ning, that only the topmasts of their prize were above wafer-, and that their resclled friend, the merchantman; w'as. no\vh'ev&.. ’ GronVilltt sailed direct to HngVdnd-. Not long afttir his arrival thofo, he ' took bei-vice in Ireland und'er Bir it. Sidney, whs chosen sheriff of Hoi-k, knighted by Klizaboth, and nStlifncd to Parliament for the county of .Cornwall. Sir Walter Raleigh confided to him the Conlmtlnd of ah expedition, fitted out with a view.to.the Colonization of "Virginia-. Sif Richard OrenVillb also .greatly distin guished hiilisfelf in the series'of, triumphs ob tained oVpr the Armada, and on other-'occa sions; whihli, passing by, wo come to the year 1591, when ho was appointed Vice-Admiral, [ and second in command to Lord Thomas How ard; who was despatched; With a smiadron of seven ships of Mr. to intercept, the Platte fleet, tho King of Spain hcgiflnihg to show himself forthe first time since 1558, in force at sea; . Sir Richard Grenville hoisted his. flag in the Revenge,tof seventy-two guns—the same ship that Drake commanded in tho bat tles With the Armada, and accounted tho live liest sailor in the .English navy. Lord,Howard bad not long arrived off tho Azores when he was surprised by a combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet, numbering fifty-two ships-of-war, commanded- by Don Alphonso do Bazan,: which cpme on in. twA divisions, Under press of sail. ; , . The,English ships were in wrotchod plight, to, t‘ all pestered and rummaging,-ev.orVthihg out of order, and halftho men'sick w-ifli scur-' yy.” Under such circumstances, it is notsitr ■prisihg that Lord Howhrd signalled tho squadron to slip thoir cables-and endeavor to escape. Sis of the ships obeyed the order, and tho wind favoring, got clear off. - Sir Richard was indignant; Many of his crew were on shore, and “he chose rather to sacrifice his life, and to fact) all dangers What soever, than to full in his obligations of gath ering togetherthoso who wefo under big charge, although at thd hazard of his ship and com panyi Kotwithalaiiding tlio time , consumed in bringing the mdn off there was still, in the'l opinion of tho master, a chance of escaping tht! Spanish fleet, hut Sir Richard “ threaten- I ed to tiling him if ho laid hand upon a sail with such cowardly intent. Ho would pass through both the enemy's divisions, in spite of them, sotting an example of duty, to Lord Howard, by whom it appeared ho was to ho shamefully abandoned. ’ _ The month was August; and at about three in tho afternoon tho desperate fight began with a broadside from the San Felipe, a three decker. Tho Revenge replied with cross-bar shot, and with such terrible effect, that the San Felipe shifted herself with all haste, dis liking her entertainment. For the remainder of tho day, and far into the night, the terrible conflict raged with un abated fury, and but brief intervals of inter mission. , Tho Revenge had never less than two assailants pounding at her, or endeavor ing to hoard her,, and engaged in all during the fight fifteen of tho enemy’s ships, four of which she sunk As, however, the Lord Howard would not, or could not, come to her assistance, the cap ture or destruction could not bo averted. Just before midnight, Sir Richard 'himself was grievously wounded—the surgeon was killed whilst dressing the wound, “the'ship filled with slain and wounded men like a slaughter house; the pikes were all broken, the powder consumed,” and finding a longer resistance impossible, Sir Richard Grenville, “ resolving to trust the mercy of God rather than to Span iards-,” sent for the gunner, a man of his own stamp, “ and commanded him to split open the ship.” - i That order would have bg on promptly obey* ed, bpt for the opposition of the captain and , master. The Revenge, by their order, struck to the San Felipe, on board of which Sir Richard was carried, - “You may do what you like with my bo dy,” saidthe indomitable seaman; addressing the Spanish Admiral, “fori esteem it not.” Sir Richiard Grenville expired on shore shortly after the battle, having, a few hours previous , to his death, dictated the following paper; t “Hero die I, Richard Grenville, with a joy ful and quiet mind, for 1 ended my life as a true soldier ought to do fightingfor his qtieori, his country, and honor, My j soul Willingly departeth from this body, leaving behind that 1 lasting fame of having behaved as every va liant soldier is in doty bound to do." Such were the'men by whom England* smaritime greatness has been built up. The Revenge, I had almost forgotten to add, was so battered in the tremendous conflict that she founded off Torooira, with all her prize crow on board, during a storm, raised for that purpose, according to Spanish autho rity, by Sir Richard’s friend, the devil,' to whom ho had sold himself. , 0““ Tho times are hard,, wife, and 1 find it difficult to keep my noso above water.” > “You could easily keep your nose above water, husband, if you didn't keep it so often above brandy." “Quoth Smith to Jones, “really is.a sin . You do not got your house fenced in.” Quoth Jones, “You’re wropg, tho place is fenced, confound you: My wife is all tho time a raiKnjr round!” • Stupid people may eat; but should’nt talk. Their mouths will do.well enough as banks of deposit, but not'of issue. “ OUR COUNTRY—MAY lib ALWAYS 1 BE RIGHT OR WRbNOy OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA, ’tlirßSMy, MAY 39. 1861. iu limes like thbso, thP agricultural who allpws an acre of hiS land to remain Unclilti- Thtisdi is lacking ,ih patriotism as well as in duty to his fhmily;, and, himself. \Vo must haVopn army to the country and Up hold 'the ,Unioit in .its mt'egrity, and it niusl ha fedipnd aiothedl Soldiers can no riiorp fight wi’tbopt cating dllAn tbdy can live without air, ’ There will bp dhring life chrreut ypar hundreds of thousands of people, turned ftopl the ordinary pursuits of pßaoc in;the North drn fifatils Mono, wlio ho provided for in addition to the ordinary supplies of th 6 co\in try*. . , This BxceSs should,bo furnished by the far mers beyond the Ordinary yield of their farms. The good of the 'country .demands it,.and,the best interests of tho requir'd it.. .VVe shO'pld llot suffer our exports to bo diminish ed, for IhoSo will; ho necessary to balance the evils resulting from the derangement of busi ness consequent . upon R th?. war in which the treason of the South has-involved us, VYo should raise grain , enough at the North for homo consumption, to feed.our army and the thousands connected with it, and an amount to send abroad equal to that of any. former year. In this way, one at least of the groat branches of industry, will pe saved from the embarrassments which will necessarily ho en countered by most of the other interests Of the country.- ■■■■'- , Tiiore will bo a market at remunerative prices for all the grain, alltho tubers, all the hay, all the beef and pork, all tlio products of thb dairy, which the farmer may raise. The' signs of the times'on the other side of the ooban are portentous Of a Continental war. ; Vast armies are being raised there, as here, nnd- all Europe is being placed on a war foot ings There will be no lack therefore, of a foreign market. ■ There trill be no lack of money. . The war, while it demands for the use of the Government millions upon millions of dollars, will scatter these millions all through the channels of hnsiness’and trade. The dol lars required for’war purposes, are not to bo hoarded in the treasury,-but scattered abroad in. the purchase of suppliespf food and cloth ing, in the means of transit,'and furnishing all the wants incident to the inovoments and support-of vast aggregations of men. A hun dred millions at least will be expended by the government in the current year, in addition to the ordinary outlay for its support. The rapidity of oirpulation will make this sum equivalent to three hundred millions in ordi nary, times. This large expenditure; it will bo remembered, is not to bo made abroad, but among pur own people, and.for the ordinary productions of our own country. : Tiro farmer who heeds oiir advice rvill sefVo bis country while he enriches himself, ftia will bo a patriotism that pays, while iVVill not be the loss serviceable for that reasbn.— However other interests suffer he cannot; but’ prosper. ..TOo seUaoh , ojißhs ihore wm .bo no doubt-Ur-.vcrop; na-'dbubt of ; a market, no doubt Of higP- pnecs.ancl -&gh payrowW. :-Lot;-thef\rrn^ o fPennsylvania, New Yof-k; of - all-tlio : Eret3 l -Gtatdk'test tim 1 cil | paeity Of their.aerfea: ■ liSt nchfobt o{ land'he unemployed, no spot without a orbn oifooroo kind. Everything theyraisewill sell: /What ever furnishes food for man will be in demand Whatever furnishes .'food for animals, will ho iii. demand. Grain; tubers, hoof; pork- all the products Of the dairy; everything that ft farm' yicldsj !will find -a ready nlai‘kct and rorriuner ativo prides; ■ If the farmers of the loyal States are-wise, therefore, whatever evils this -war may bring Upon other classes and otlidr inte rests, they will prosper. Tho most flqtttblo feature of this building is the grand regimental drill room; winch ooqu p;ds tho Whole extent Of tho third .floor: Its dimensions nrh one hundred and eighty-five fddt irt length by one hundred and’twenty feet in width, audit is Wholly unobstructed IJy col umnsj nr any permanent object contained ill -A- couple of howitzers, with their diirfia gos, stand in a corner and are brodghtotit now and then for artillery manoeuvring: iut the entire sweep of the immense silrfaoe is spread out before you like it wooden plain, and to the of the soldier it offers the most tempting of till possible surfaces fop infrlritfj’ exercise. As X entered this drill room, company 8 ,of the regiment, was just forming, for its accus tomed Friday night drill. There were about seventy-five muskets in lino,.and from eight till half-past ten o’clock, the men were put through the manuel, marching and counter marching, tho Zouave quick stop and other difficult evolutions, which they performed with admirable order and precision. It is a fact very well known to architects, though it may ho to many of your readers, that there is no strain that can ho made upon the strength 1 of a building at all comparable to that of the measured tramp of a considerable body of men. Not more-than five years ago. a baftal- i ion of French infantry, in passing over a bridge across the Loire, brought it down by ! thcombined force of their regular step, pre cipitating several hundred sbldiers into tho river, with a largo loss of life. Since, that time, it has been a rule with commandants of the French army to break tho step and make- 1 the men march confusedly in entering largo buildings or passing bridges aud platforms.—- I Th constructing the drill room of the Seventh Regiment Armory, it was necessary, thcre= fore, to have special regard to the strength of' tho supports, and these are contrived in sdeti manner that, while there is just a perceptible jar with each heavy foot fall of a company, there is no shock upon the walls, and a drill every night in the week (Sundays excepted,) Works no dangerous wear and tear of the edi fice. arnlory, as I understand, is a gift' w the Seventh Regiment from the city of Now York, and coat the corporation a vcfrv hired sum of money.—dY. YCo a - , „4v'T An Slol * f N TnE Heavens.—Gov. Slack of Nebraska, gives the following description of a remarkable display -witnessed at Omaha, at the close 1 of last year: Shortly .after the moon rose, a very distinct and bright cross was visible, of which the moon M'as the.centre, Tho tfrrrts of the 1 cross exten ded on either side, apparently about one de grooj at the extremity of cadi arm was an up right coluntn, Seen through thin Clouds, fl’ho pillarffWOTO varidgated like arainbowV When 1 the moon wa's about three'hours high,- tho'eroas j aiid columns disappeared and seVorat bright ! arid distinct circles srioooedod; at one - time as) many ns six groat circles woVo'visihlo. From ten to cloven, (when f went to bod,) 1 two cir cles only were displayed, but those wore very bright and beautiful; and what to rao, seemed most strange, part of tbooiroumforonoodf ono ran through the oontro of the other—a clear and compldto holt. I nth notable to dosoriho tho manifestations ns they wore soon, butthoy wore quite enough to oxcito our 'special won der' ffy* Pleasant tho weather. Pl4KT'(]()& Drill-Room of the ScVcrilß Rofimcilt. IM Anthony Wayne. From the inscription on a monument ip -Radnor cliurohyhrd (St. David’s Episcopal church,), we learn that “ Major .General An thony. Wayno tois.. horn- in Chester county, Pennsylvania', ih 1743. After, a life bf.honor and usefulness, he died in Deccibber, 1706, at Eric, Pennsylvania', .then a military post on Lake Erie, .cortmindfer-iij-chief of the United States. His military,achievombnts are conse crated in the histpry of his cdpntry and in the hearts of his countrymen’. His remains af'd hero deposited.” The above is oh the porth sid'd of thp raonuiiiont, On the solitll, side is inscribed: “In honor of the distinguished mil itary seryicbS of Major General. Anthony Wayn’c, And as tin affectionate tnbiltd Of re spect to his memory,'this stone,,was erected by his confreres in aynis, thp Pennsylvania State Society of Cincinnati, July 4th, 1809, thirty-foimthannivorsafyof tho Independence of the United States'of America, an event which constitutes tho most appropriate oulo gium of ap American soldier;” It. may not be generally known that the remains of An thony Wayno" word first interred near, the block house, which stands on tho high bluff which commands the entrance to tho harbor of Brio, and they lay. there until 1800, when his son went on from Chester county, Pa., to Eric, in a sulky (a two wheeled carriage,) and removed them to their present resting place. On arriving at Erie, ho employed “ Old Doc tor Wallace,” so called to. distinguish him from the present Dr. Wallace, to take up his father’s remains, pack the bones in ns small a, spade as possible, and lash them on to the hind part of the sulkoy. Dr-Wallace took up the remains, and found them in a perpoet state of preservation, ex cept ono foot. Ho had, been buried in full uniform, and tho boot of tho decayed foot re mained sound; and a.man by tho name of Duncan had a mate to' it, and wore them out.- Duncan’s foot, like ,the. General’s, was very largo.' Dr, Wallace out and boiled all tho flesh off the hopes, packed them in a box,, lashed them on to tho carriage; and they wore brought and deposited beside the rest of his family, in tho above-named churchyard.' 1 visited General Wayne’s bid residoncO in the, summer of 1857, and found everything ranch as he had left it. The house is an elegant old two story mansion, how occupied by his grand son;' The parlors and sitting room, they in formed me, were as in the dayA.of tlib Genbr al himself. Thdro rtfb portraits rlttd engra vings of the men of tho Revolution hanging on the walls, as they were when appointed to the command of the western army, on 8d of April, 1792, Around tht) llgilsci and otbr thp fdrmr.lho feneds- flhd buildings are in good dohdiiiofi, yet they assured me it is about as ho left it.—, Everything appeared ns though it had belong ed to a gentleman of the old school—a. race sa>d to od now extinct, The promises looked,- nhd.l felt its though the old hero, wliosdydry. namd was once a terror to vhe murderous rod man,.might, bo expected -back in an hour or so,, and.a dreamy, impression .seome'd to steal ,o.ver meJthat if . I wgi.tcd' a-little I should bee hini; I should like, much to hjjvo questioned him About Three Rivers,, and Brandy wine, and Germantown, And'Monmouth; ahdlStony Point; YorlitOwn (tnd ithotlndiiinS,:and how | Erie appeared when she was only ayear old. And 1 scented to hold my breath and listen, as niany,an eld Indian had done, Tor his foot stepS and his fearful oaths,; yet hfi didn’t dnpib, and after a little, I passed ori Some" thro'e miles to his resting place;, ' The Horrors or Delirium Trejien's.—l was quickly summoned to attend Saltoun in a severe attack of delirium tremens. There lay the strong dan; fating of devils and snakes, as he expressed it, creeping things innumera ble; both small and great; His face flushed, his e'ybs bldodshat ilnd glistening;; his tongue bitten . through, lind his black lips str.o'akod with foam; . Ho was struggling with itlt his strength’ against imngiriafy tlonlons, and shout ing rtt the top,, of his voiiio that ho was devil possessed,, and, that his time was dome to go to Outer darkness. “ Oh, dovilsof the air,how they glare oh mo 1 Messengers of Satan, sent to, buffet do; IMI have it out, yet. Off 1 , off! 1 say, orhwl, craWl; cfebp, creep.” . Then would ehsue'd fo’Srful paroxysm, and he wpuid make' snatches at the bed clothes or cower, beneath thorn, or peep over the edge of the bed, with an expression of horror and fright difficult to forget—murderous in its terror. It required^the utmost efforts of four able men to keep him down in bed.j Npw, unless physi cal force bo applied So as not only to bo per fectly adequate, bu't also to appear overwhelm ming, I have always found it productive of more harm than'gbod; so after repeated trials, I adopted the plan of keeping him in a recum bent position by means of a strong webbing' across his-chost, which, was fastened down, to the two sides of tho bed. Ho made several attempts, when ho broke loose by accident, to throw himself out of the window.' 110 told nic afterwards that ho perfectly re membered this, and that ho did it, not for the desire of suicide which ho afterwards experi enced, hut that ho felt the conviction of being able to float painlessly . oni the air. His screams and yells wore awful, and when they ceased ho gabbled incessantly—it seomod : a veritable diarrhata of words sometimes in sense loss, soliloquy,sometimes in ejaculations ad dress tpthoimnginary beings who crowded his. chamber; imploring their pity, or deprecating their insults. . . Throughout, consciousness was broken up'into fragments,exhibiting an,utter rtbscenco of that alternate’continuity which I have had occasion to remark as present in genu ine irisabity; jn train fever the spnid inooho'rericy is gen erally noticeable. When h6' became a little niofo quiet, ho was a prey to a sort of univer sal dread, m which every form?, ovdry sound, all the relation of the existence' Boqrnetf tp in spire him with a naraoloos fear. For this lie did Hot attempt tp.assign any reasonable Cause'; and it was pitiable' to’see how ho would start and tremble even at the shutting of a dooC, or - ’ the entrance of his servant into the room. The delirium ran its course, leaving him in ti state of settled dejection, for days ho Would,.if allowed, sit dumb and motionless, apparently without desire or will; his arms folded, his head sunk op his chest, and his eyes fixed on the ground with ah expression of the deepest gloom; the utmost that could bp extracted iVoni himjn reply to any ques tion was “y 0,3," or “no.”— Horace Saltpun, iriiiiC- Cch’)iMU itafldziiie.-. , • ■ BSSPAn eastern establishment that has boon largely engaged in tho manufacture of Balmoral skirts, is now employing all its hands in turning out a now pattern of “rod, white and blue.” This skirt, no doubt, will moot with great favor among tho ladies of tho North; whore tho cry now is, “ show your colors!” JUSy Aim at perfection in everything, though in moat, things it is : unattainable; however, they who him at it, and persevere, will come much noarorto it than those, whoso laziness and despondency make them give it up as Unattainable. TIIB WIFE-MURDERER. Wo mentioned in the Volunteer of last week, that William^Veaver, of Perry county, had been convicted of the murder of his wife'. At the adjourned Court of Perry ooiinty, held at Blobnifield, on the 14th inst., the argument for a now trial was heard, and the motion. over ruled. Judge Graham then sentenced the prisoner to death, using the following lan- ghago: ~ ; v ~, ■ WIHiiAM AVEAVcfe:—After -a patient. and protracted trial by a jury of the county, of your own selection, defended by able and ex perienced‘counsel, whose energy and zeal wore exerted in your, behalf with praise-worthy commendation, yon have boon found guilty of the highest crime known to the laws of civil ized nations—the crime of murder in the first degree. With cool deliberation and fixed purpose, you formed your plan for the de struction of the wife of your -bosom, whom you had vowed before God and man to love and cherish, the mother of your.children, and who had ever boon a kind, affectionate and devoted companion. And the purpose, thus deliberately formed, you executed with a calm and fiendish cruelty seldoin equalled in the history of crime.- • , '■ '■ You purchased the fatal poison abonttwon ty days before-it was administered, but the delay was not because of any hesitancy or compunctions of conscience at the enormity of the crime you intended to perpetrate, but for a very different purpose. The .public mind was first to be prepared for a sudden and un usual death, to prevent suspicion or danger of detection; and.you lost up time in attempting to prepare the minds off your neighbors for the tragedy which was to happen. On the -same day you purchased the strych nia in Newport, you told an acquaintance from. ■Bloomfield, whom you met in Newport, that your wife was unwell, that youclidhot expect her to live long, and you did not expect her to remain in thocounty, ’ To another witness you said on the 15th Of December, blit 14 days be fore her death,.that your-wlfe had spasms the night before and you did not think she would live till morning; and to other, witnesses you said she .was suhjddt.to heart (lis'dasC; iluU ehc .was tbry pdorly, and. yoil did not; think ’she would put over a week; And this was com tinuod Until a few days before you gave her thd filial drug:. Whim the testimony of your family phyaiciafl and your neighbors disprove the truth of all those statements, and all who knew her concur in their testimony that she was a healthy, muscular woman, never.known to. have .spasms, or. any .-indications df hefirt disease or impaired health; : - Your horrid purpose of-murder you coolly persisted in till the last agonies of life -were ended, without an.indication of penitence or remorse. You stood by the death-bed with callous indifference, and when asked by your dying, wife and, little daughters to go for the doctor, you replied, she would got bettor, and although this occurred about 12 o’clock, you ■did not call on Dr. Daily, who lived in the same town;-until about three hours qftdr wards.— And ligain tlio same evening when your wife Wassliftbring the oxcrutinting agony of amost violent death, writhing, in convulsions, and her vfholo .system'rigid ns a marble statue, you mot Dr.- Daily On-the street on his way to your -hodse, and prevented him from going by say ing. she was bettor. Such heartless and un- I relenting oruelty;.and, worse than brutal per rsovorancp in the work of, death, more nearly reseinbles the tales of a demoniacal imagina tion, thah.tlm r.eality of truth. • Yimr intention ; to' murder your wife, thils deliberately planned and persistently followed dp till.yoiir object was. effected, can only be accounted for .by ymiy infidelity to your mar riage,vow; which yoh had the shameless bold ness toiboast of.immediately before and lifter the death of jraitr wife ; thntyou had criminal intercourse with. Elizabeth Quslor, and declar ed but a few days before your - wife’s death, that if, slip was dead, yoiu could marry Eliza beth Gusler the noxtday. ... Again, on the eve ning of the funeral, without attempting to as sume Oven tho appearance. of sorrow or re spect for your wife, you asked your daughters, fifteen and seventeen year? of ago, at .the sup-, por-table, how they would like, to have Liz. Gfusler-for a step-mother. And with remorse less'conscience and brazen-faced indecency, you married tho Delilah of your iniquity, four weeks after the funeral of your murdered wife. ■ .. , '' ' ■ ■ Wo do not refer to those sickening details of depravity and crime to laoerato your con scienoo or increase tho anguish of remorse; but to arouse you from the stoical rind callous indifference you have hitherto exhibited^—to awaken your conscience to a sense of guilt and your perilous situation, to impress you witli tho justice rind certainty of tho pitnish nibnt thill awaits.you, and admonish you hot to entertain thd delusive hopo of earthly par don; . . . i .- . By tfio laws of God and man, tho ouorniity of your crime demands tlio forfeiture of your life. The laws of all civilized nations punish wilful and deliberate murder with death,;, and tho Great Lawgiver of the universe hath gH'- en to us, the solemn mandate that “ whosoever shoddoth mans’ blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” Your days on earth will soon be numbered, and in the’ language ot solemn entreaty, wo say to you—“prepare to- meet thy God.’’ .'With tho attribute of inflexible justice, in Ilim is blended that of infinato mercy apd compas sion.- “Ho pardohs like a God.”, And he hath provided a way in which jijsticjo may bo satisfied, rtnd the sinner pardoned. The blood, of Christ alone ean cleanse and purify the guilty soul. I‘roni the pollution auJ defilement of sin/ nmi through the atoning Mood of a compassionate Redeemer, yon', can only obtain pardon and acoeptanco with, a justly offended God; You -trill soon appear before the an-1 gust tribunal of tho Great .fudge of all tho I earth; and may God, by his graco, enable you to seek and pardon, and meet a reconciled God and Father, through the ato ning death of a once crucified but now glori fied Hedeemor. I it but remains that wo now perform tho (painfully solemn duty imposed upon us,- to pronounce the sentence of tho law, which is— That you, Wim.iau Weaver, bo taken by the Sheriff of Porry county to tho jail of the said county from whence you oamo, and from thence to the place of execution,'within tho Avails or yard of tho jail of said county of Per ry, and that you bo there hauged ; by.tho neck, until yon bo dead, and- may God have mercy on your soul. . ' AST Would you wish to live without a trial? Then you would wish to dio but half a man. Without trial you cannot guess at your own strength. Men do not learn to swim on a table; they must go. into tho deop waves and, buffet tho surges. If you wish to understand their true character—if you would know their whole strength—of what they are capable—. throw them overboard. Over with them— and if they are worth saving; tho/ will swim ashore themselves. Patriotic Speech of Mnj. Oeh. Fhilcr;Vt In response to a serenade given, Gen. But ler by some of his Massachusetts friends,, in*. iWnshingtoni May IGth, ho delivered the fol-.. lowing . c / ‘■■'l -'. , speech;'. ; , FELto^-CitizENS: .Your cheers .for the, old Commonwealth of Massachusetts are right- - ly bestowed;: ...t’oroniost in the rank of thosq whoflbuglit for the liberty of ( the country in : the llovolution, qyero the rrion of Massaohu-r, setts. It is a historical fact,"to'which I takaF pride in now .referring, that in tbaJlo volution,'; Massachusetts sent more men smith of Mason;.; and Dixon’s Lino to fight for the cause of, the -* country, than all the southern'Colonies put’ , together; and in this second war, if war niust come, to proclaim the. Declaration oflndepen donco anew, and, ns a necessary consequence, ■■ establish the Union and the Constitution, Massachusetts will give, if, necessary, every man in her borders—aye, and woman !', I. trust I inay ho excused for speaking thus .of- Massachusetts; hut lam Confident there are ■■ many within the sound of my voice whoso - : ; hearts heat .with, proud- hiohlorios of the old Commonwealth.,, 'i'hord is this difference,-I; will pay, between .apr Sodthdrii herders and <. ourselves, that while we, love oiir State with ' the true lovb of a son, wo love the'Union and i the Country with an equal-dovdtidn, ..Wo plaeo .no “ State’s rights” before, ahoVe, or ho yond tho_ Union. To us cur. cduntry is first, ' t because it is our, country, and our : State is ,;. next and second; -because she is a part of. our country and our State. Our oath of allegi- "• anoo to our country, and our path' of allegi- ~ mice to our State, are .intorwroathed harmo niously, and never tfome;in conflict.hoy clash!, , ... lie who does his ditty to tile Union does his duty to the State ;, and ho who docs his duty to the State, does his duty to the Union—“ ono and inseparable, now-quid forever.’’ " As 1,, this demonstration of yours;,-'!' 80-"' liovo it to bo prompted by a love of the cojri- - mon. cause, and our common country—a conn- . try so great; and good, a Government so kind,. • So, beneficent, that the hand from which wo . have only felt kindness is now. : for' the first ■ : time raised in chastisement- . Many things.id 1 • a man’s life, may bo worse, than deathl, So, to . a. Government there may bo many things, such as dishonor and disintegration, worse than tlio' shedding of bipod. , Our fathors'purchased our . liberty and country for us at an immense cost of treasure and blood, and, by the bright bed.-, , . vens above - us, 'wo will hot. parf, with them' without flrst.payiug .the original debt and tho, ■ interest to this date !. ,Wb htive ifl oiir .veitifl ’ . thd.sjimo blood as they shod; wohavo the sarilp ■' power of endurance, tlio same love :of liberty, and law. Wo will hold as a brother him whoi. stands by the Union ; wo will, hold as an ene my him who would jtrike from its ibohstblla-, lon a single star. But, I hoar some; one say,. “Shall ■ye carry on this fratricidal ynr?—* • Shrill'yo shod our brother's;bloodp'ahd meet,, in arnia our brothers in the South?” I would say “ As our fathers did not hesitate to strike the mother country in the defence of our rights; so wo should not hesitate, to'meettho brother as tbeji did the mother;’'.;' If .this .turi ~ holy, this fratricidal war is forced.up’qn .us, t say, “"Woo, yoo to. them who have made thd necessity. . Our hands. ard clean'; .obr hearts arp pure; but tlie.Uniori .must bo, preserved at 1 all-hazard of money,-.and; if neod be, of'eyory, life this side the .Artie .IJogions.’’ If tho, 25;000 Northern soldiers who are hero are cut ’ off, in sis weeks 50,000 wilHako your place; and if they did by foyer; pestilence, or tho sword, a quarter qF a million will take ■ their.'T plaoo, till our army of the reserve will bo.yo- . men with their broomsticks, to drive every enemy, in the Gulf;. I fool only horror and dismay for those wlio have made theurnr;-^ ' God help then! I wo are hero for our rights;, f 1 for our polintyy;. for our flag. , Our faces , ard -j ■ set Southland there shall bp no footstep bapkt ’ , ward; lie isacistakpn who supposed yo can c ' hp'.iritimidatcd by throats or cajoled by copy ' promise., Tho day of compromises, is past. : ;-t •The Government must be sustained,, and . , t yhari.it is sustained, wo shall give everybody in tho Union their - rights under .the Constitu tion, as w,e always have, and everybody oofc- ' side of the Union the steel-of the Unipn, till, they shall come under tho Union.;, It is im possible for me to go on speech-i making.; - ; but if you will go home to yorirbodsiand.thoGoTr- ~ ' eminent will,lot me, I will go South: fighiing : for the Union 1 , and you will follow mo. . ■ , Over Dressing/ The ovp'r dressing of American Ipdics in the , ••;, streets, at hotels, anil in tho churches is s subject of general remark among trav.oloni from abroad, as well as sensible people at’ ’ : homo; though to little purpose; it would soeiri; as at no period has tho, love, of display, beau- i more conspicuous in our cbdn'trjv .Amoricitu. women are slave’s to'dress • it is {ho bane of* their life, aye, and of the male viotilns, too; ■ j whose lives are connected'with thoirp. ■ Travi oiling trunks, almost ris‘largo a's a Small hpiisti: , . nnjst ho carried iib'out, ffllo'd witli.aU sorts of dirro'ry, for a summer jaunt to watering-places; and for a. winter visit tri a city.. The father' • j or husband vainly . remonstrates; flounced dresses arid crinoline roust have ample' space,..’". and there must’“bo" a variety, too. ,in. tho;-. ; costumes;' " Heaven save jho ladjoc, how they. "' dross 1” m'ay wo well exclaim'. • Whywill.thoyj' not,become more practical? Does- the ' most fastidious, critic of fe'am'alo beauty .admire -li .yoring.lady in fu'stoilotte raoro dhnu in simple ■ - • dress ? .If hea'utiful, there is' no need of ornn-vw • moot.; if plain,' she should appear without ; . pretension. Wp have known ladies who have .: r traveled through' the continent of Europe with! ,: only ri'small trunk to contain their wardrobe, and thoy.fbund a wonderful relief in not liny* i ing.“ too much to wear.” ■— , ... Slander,’ I, If you find ft man 'circulating malicious TO-' ■ porta about Ills neighbor, it may bo set down as an inviolable rule that any such.person is; dishonest. Not only dishonest, but, from'his infamous disposition, dangerous to all with - whom ho may be acquainted. Ho circulates : '■ false oppressions, and sots people upbn atv er- ■ ronoous course of judgment'and conduct in re spect toothers, which may frequently bo ruin- ■ ous to their prosperity. It does a general in-' ■ jury to society,.more than to the party slan dered, as it destroys confidence. The man ' who is guilty of circulating malicious reports '■ must necessarily bo deceitful, and therefore ■ dishonest; ho must bo abandoned to every principle of moraUooling. In ancient.tinios,’ wjion a man was convicted of being a slander; or, lie Was stoned to death as being a.danger • and a curse to the wholo community. In mod ern times there is even a bottor rCmcdy tharV this—it is to cease'all association withjSdolv ; characters. Treat them like' lepers, ahitridoir - them ’.to their own kind, which is a„Bpoial i ■: :ii death; ono'by which they servo as an.oxainploV toothers. This rulo’is observed among till in-’ tolligdnt people, and should J ho invariably carried out in this placet OCT” Bounty without Virtue is like n 1 flower without poriumo. i, -i *. • a.i P { i.,.i ! 'i i: ■ i‘l #!, 5 * r . \ J •- ' Ko; si. V ml Ml-J
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