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■; 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.
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