YOL. 47. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY HORNING BY JOHN S. BRATTON. TERMS. • Subsciption. —Ono Dollar and Fifty 'Cents, paid n advance; Two Dollars if. paid within the year; ami Ttto Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to in every instance. No subscription discontinued until nil arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. . Advertisements —Ac-ompaniod by thocASU, ami not. exceeding ono square, will bo inserted three times for Ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Thoso of a greater length in proportion. • „ . ~.. Job-Printino— “Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ac., executed with nocuraoy and at the shortest notice. poetical. WORDS FOR MUSIC. by -OEOnoB r. Monnis. Faro thoo well—wo part forever I All regrets are now in vain! , . Fate docross that wo must sever, • Ne’er to moot on earth again. ' Other skies will bond nhoyo thee, £ Other hearts may seek thy shrine, ißut no other o’er- will lovo thee With the constancy of mine. ' Tot farewell—wo part forever 1 All regrets are now in vain ! - Fate decrees that ho must sever, .... ■ Ne’er to meet on earth again. ■ Faro thoo well! . ’ o the shadow on tho dial, Fingers still onr parting kiss 1 , Info has no sevororor'trial, * ' Dcnjh no pang to equal this. All tho world is now before thee, ■ . -Frorv clime to roam at will, dint within the land that boro thoo, . One fond heart will love thoo stilL Tot farewell —we part forever 1 All regrets are now in vain ! Fate decrees that wo mast sever, ■ Nq’er to moot on earth again. Fare thoo well’! TIXFDRL THE GLORIOUS BANNER. Unfurl tho glorious banner, Let ifc sway.upon tho broozo, The emblem of our country’s pride,. On laud, and on tho seas Tho emblem of our liberty, Borna proudly in the wars, The hope of every free man, The gloaming Stripes and Stars. .The glorious band of patriots Who gave tho Blag if. 3 birth, . Ifave writ with steel in history, The record of its worth r * I*rom East to West, from sea to sea, ' From polo to tropio sun ; Will eyes grow bright, and hearts throb high At tho mimoof WAsnixcrorf. . Ah proudly should wo boar.lt,, And guard this flag of oursy 330rn0 bravely in its infancy, Amid tho dnrlcor hours 1 v > Only tho brnvc mny boar it, A guardian it shall he, For those whb well hare won Tho right to boast of libotty. Tffio meteor Flag of seventy six, f Long may it wave.in pride, To toll'tho world how nobly Tho patriot fathers died; . When from tho shadows, of their night Outburst the brilliant sun, . It bathed in light tho Stripes and Stars, And/10l tho field was won, • . 'i&xmllmm. 808-.O’-LINKi BT VITZ-JAMES o’eIUE.V, , it.was noon in,summer. The earth lay breathless in the heat, with its thousand tongues in wood and field too faint for their accustomed, low, mysterious speech. The Long Island shore, white and croaconted, hared its bosom like Danae to the golden em braces of the sun. ' In the meadows the heavy cvoatedgrasSos with nodding heads boat time to the sweet wash of waves upon the beach. Yellow spires of the golden rod pierced the air like.steeples. The tulip‘'tree, rohed like a priest in feral green, held up to Heaven with branching arms n thousand golden dial er 08- Far away across the Sound' lay the Connecticut shore trembling through mist, v\hlie behind me, from the green recesses of a deserted garden, the oriole poured forth his monotone of sorrow. ' As I sauntered down the little path that Jed from the old house where I was hoarding for the Summer, to my favorite haunt by the sea-shore, witii clouds Of insects springing from the grass like a living spray at every step I took, I suddenly heard the saucy notes of that low comedian of birds, the Bnb-o’-link. As I have always had a friendly feeling to wards, this ornithological. farceur, I got to work to obtain an interview with him. I was not long in. discovering his whereabouts. Ho was sitting on the stump of a rail chat tering vehemently, and as well as I under stood his language, impudently; preening ms feathers, cooking his head on one side, as 11 lie had n passion for seeing Nature upside down, and shaking his wings as though he contcmplnted' immediate migration to . the const of Africa. About every half minute or so ho would ■ suddenly leave his perch, and flying a little distance, flop into the long meadow grass, whence instantly would pro ceed- a most astounding vocal effort, after which lie would' re-nppenr and resume his rail in triumph. His frequent journeys to the same spot led me to suspect that ho had some private.intcrost in that quarter—a nest,, or a young bride perhaps, and that he was m fact passing his honey-moon, so I walked toward the place in which I saw him disap pear'last, determined to ho a witness of his domestic bliss. It seemed to me that a human head was tying alonp and bodiless in the deep green eoa of grass that surrounded me. A beauti ;u,l youth s head, blonde and spiritual, look ing up at me with a calm, unfrightened look, while nestling close to its pale, rounded cheek hushed and rather astonished by my annonr. anco, sat Master Bob-o’-Rink. ■ The head, however, was not without a bo «y. The long; bending grass mot over the town, leaving exposed only a pale, beautiful lace, which looked like an exquisite Venetian picture framed in gold and green, Goodpnorning, sir," said the youth in a sweet voice, as I bent over him, looking, I suppose, a little bewildered at this sudden IP, , r tW 5’. and fc ndlin B at 10 sumo time wter BoW-hmk with long, slender fin- Good morning, sir." t °„°A '"oruiug," I answered. "You seem to ho. taking things quietly hero.” hia foo? aV ° ?: SutWc , n S'uitoo downward toward lips. fc ’ ftn^'a; B ud' smile flickered-over his “ I am obliged to take things quietly,” ho said. ' “Ah I an invalid I suppose. lam sorry.” “ I am paralyzed, sir.” No words can paint tho tone of utter de spair in which ho made this terrible state ment. If you have over spoken to a man who had spent twenty years m solitary confine ment, you will have noticed the unearthly calm of his voice, tho low monotone of sound, the loneliness, of accent. Well, this lad’s voice sounded so. . Ho talked like ono shut out of life, I made a place for myself in iho grass, and sat down beside him. “ I was attracted by your bird,” I said; I thought he had a nest here, and so followed him, I trust lam not intruding.” “Not at all, sir; I am glad to have some ono to speak to. As for Bob, ho has a nest hero, but it’s in my heart. Ho is the only thing on earth that loves me,” “ You take too sad a view of life, my friend. Your calamity is groat, no doubt, but still—■ “Ahl sir, it’s all well enough to talk so when'you have limbs and health and freedom. When you can work and go out into life and tread the earth with tho full consciousness of being. But when ever since you can remem ber you have been but the moiety of a man, utterly helpless, utterly dependant, an infaut without an infant’s happy unconsciousness. But what’s the use of my talking to you in this jydy; here, Bob, show the gentleman your .tricks.” Bub, on this summons, left his post by tho lad’s cheek, where ho had remained perfectly still, taking an inventory of my person with liis round, bright eye, and apparently meas uring me for a suit of clothes, and suddenly flow into the air, whore ho'summersaulted., and pirouttod and'affootod to lose tho use .of his wings alul tumble from .an appalling height, invariably recovering himself before he reached the giound, after which ho grave-, ly alit upon his master’s • breast and thrust his Htttle bill affectionately’between his lips. . * “ You have famed your bird wonderfully,” I said to the boy. “ It has been my amusement during many solitary hours,” he answered with a feeble smile. “ How is it that you have been so solita ry?” I asked; “you live in the neighbor hood?” . “In that house up yonder j ust pooping from behind that clump of maples,” ana bo pointed as he spoke toward,a respectable-farm bouse. “ And you have friends—a family?” “Ah! sir,' they are- kind enough to mb;, but. they must be very tired of mo by this time?”. “Comp,” said I, encouragingly, laying my - hand ou his . shoulder, “ eome,. toll we all about yourself. I’m a good listener; beside, lam interested in you. Bob horo looks as if bo was anxious for a story. This is a charm ing nook that we are in, so I’ll jiist light a cigar, and do you talk.” The free and easy manner I assumed seem ed to surprise -him. Ho glanced shyly at'me .out of his largo blue eyes, as if suspicious of my sincerity; then he heaved a sign, stroked Bob’s feathers as if to assure himself of the presence of at least one friend,, and saying; “ As you please,” commenced: , .“I am eighteen, he said'; “you would not think it, foivX know I look younger 1 than I am. 1 Confinement and suffering have made .my complexion pale and transparent,, and the.son and winds that harden other men’s skins and age their features, have had but little to do with mo. Ever since I can re member I have boon paralyzed in the lower limbs. For years I lay upon an inclined plane of board, looking up at tho coiling with a mind very nearly as blank as the white plaster 1 gazed at. ' My father died when I was. a mere infant, and'there was no one left in the house but mother and Cousin Alice and me.” “ Cousin Alice;” I said; “ who is she ?” His eyes wandered timidly toward the house behind the maples, as if he expected some apparition to start from. thence on the very, instant, “ Cousin Alice,” he repeated vaguely, well, she’s—Cousin Alice.” “Excessively explanatory,” I said, laugh ing. “Is cousin Alice young?” ■ “My ago.” “ Is she pretty ?” One deep, reproachful look of those, largo blue eyes told me all. Poor follow, there lie lay maimetf - useless, passing his days and evenings in the presence of some beautiful creature whom he could never hope to possess, hut loving her with all that-concentrated in tensity which belongs fo the passions of the deformed. '■ lie seemed to know what was passing in my mind, for without a word from me, ho continued: “ She is engaged to Ralph Farnwell, who lives down yonder. She is very fond of him and ho of her. It is they who bring me down between them to this place every fine day, and I sit here with Bob while they go off and pick nuts, and—and— ’’ and here the picture was too much for him, and the poor follow hurst into tears. No wonder. To have his misfortune par aded through necessity before the woman he loved. To he carried about like a piece of furniture by her and his rival. How often those crippled limbs thrilled with agony! I took his hand in mine, but did not say a word. There are times when consolation is cruel. It was hotter than, all words to.lot him fool by the. pressure of my hand that he found a friend.. Wo sat this way for some time, until ! was arorisod from a painful rev erie, into which I had fallen by a long, black shadow being projected across the spot' in which wo were sitting. I looked up and saw a tall, handsome young man with bronzed cheeks and.curly chesnut hair, on whose arm was hanging an exceedingly lovely, young jsprl, .whoso face was a perfect, treasury of archness arid innocence. They looked rather surprised at seeing mo, hut I explained how it was I enmo to be there, and they seemed to bo satisfied. ■ . ' “ Harry, isn’t it time to come home?” said the young girl. “Ralph and I are come for you.” “ Thank yon, Alice, but I’d like to stay an hour longer. The day is so bright and sunny that it is a shame to bo in doors. You don’t wattt to go homo yet; and he looked at Ralph AS he said this with a bitter expression of countenance that perhaps I alone observed but which seemed to say: It will give you an hour more to wander together. , Of course you don’t want to go homo.’’ “ Well; as yon please, Harry. Ralph and I will go off to the.pond in the cedar grove and come back in about an hour. But I say Harry, look hero; isn’t this pretty?” and as spoke she held out a little box for his inspoo tion. Ho opened it, and disclosed a pretty httle ring sot with garnets. -While ho looked at .it, Alice stooped over and with a blush whispered something in to his ear, which made him to my keener sight quiver in all that part of linn that was alive. It was but momenta ry,’ however for ho restored the box, saying coldly: " Well, I wish you ■ both • every liap pincss. ' You will find mo hero ■when you re turn." As they walked slowly away, ho followed them with his eyes, then turned to me. “They are to ho married next Sunday," ho said. I felt all the moaning of his words. I pit ied him. Solitude is a heed to him at this moment; I will leave him. As I pulled out my watch and prepared for my departure, ho said to mo: “I am exceedingly obliged to you, sir, for your company, but I want you to do mo one more favor' before you leave. You are strong and lam light. Please take me to the giant’s chair. I lovo to sit on it and dip my hand in tho salt wash of the sea." : “ But are you not afraid of slipping and falling in ?” I asked, for the giant’s chair was a fantastically shaped rock a few hundred yards down the beach, around whose rugged base the sea at high tide washed clamorously. ‘‘Oh ! no,” he answered; “ there is a cleft in it where I sit quite safely. And when'Ralph and Alice come to look for me, I can easily shout to them from where lam. Do take me, sir, if you please.” .Of-course I obeyed his-wishes. I-lifted him in my arms, rend with Bob flying along side, of us, carried him down to the huge old rook which was regally, draped, 'in tho rich brown tapestry of the sea. 1 found a comfor table, dry cleft in which I stowed him away, .and with a promise to come and see him the following day, I loft him, with Bob chattering away on his shoulder, gazing dreamily across at tho Connecticut shore. About an hour and three-quarters after tills, I was strolling down tho road smoking my after-dinner segar, when I heard hurried stops behind me, and the young, man named Ralph ran up pale and breathless. - “ For God’s sake, sir, •where did you leave. Harry?” ho cried.. We can’t find him any where?” “Oh!, you havn’t-looked on the giant’s chair, then; I took him there. I left him snug rend comfortable." - . “ But wo have, air. Wo know how fond ho was of sitting thori},-and'when we, missed him from the meadow; conolhded that- he had got you to carry him there. But there’s no sign of him, only the Bob-o’-Link flying wildly oyer tho spot, where tho roek dips into tho water, and crying as if its heart would break." “ Not in tho giant’s chair!” I cried, with a sick, feeling about my heart.' “Good God, ho has drowned himself." “Drowned himself I- .Why, what for?’ ; asked Ralph, with the most unfeigned aston ishment. .... “lie was in love with his Cousin Alice; and ypq are to marry her on next Sunday,'” was my only reply’. The man was stunned. Ho saw it in an instant. AII that secret and mysterious lovo which had racked the heart of the. poor crip ple, unknown to him or his betrothed,’-was laid bare( lid groaned and buried his head in his hands. “ This will kill Alice, sir,”.ho said‘to mo’. ' “ Comoaud help me to broak .it to her.” My conjecture was correct; About a week after this, the body of the poor paralytic was washed ashore some miles down tbo-Jicaob, holding with desperate clutch in' ono hand/a little dnguerfotypo of Cousin-Alice. And Boh ; he missed tho accustomed hand. For days after 1 his master’s death he used to fly down to tho old place in tho meadow and hover around there, waiting for him who never more -would come. • This lasted, for about a fortnight, when Ralph, in passing by, found the poor bird dead in the grass, which still boro the impress of his master’s form. .. ■ Si.AmiEniNa Houses. —A correspondent of the B .stun GutiUntor,~sayß: '“ All grazing ani mals, and the' human species, are at times troubled with it, and the cause is probably very simple, and the remedy should Be so. In a healthy'state,, the stomach of all animals abounds with a duo proportion of acids and alkalies, which aid in forming the gastric juice, which dissolves and digests the food. When acid, too much prevails it deranges digestion, and causes too much moisture on the stomach. All that is wanting for a cure is alkali and carbon, to noutralizoor absorb the excess of acids. . Give the horse, in his food, ahout'hnlf a pint of. pulverized charcoal one day, and scot the next, arid ho will.soon ho well. The charcoal absorbs acid, and carries it off. Soot neutralizes acid. , The- operations of the. two will restore the gastric juice, ami thou all will ho well. "Wo have several alkalies besides what may ho in soot, hut none so safe as in soot; for any quantity will not. hurt the stomach. Slabbering in horses is, undoubtedly caused by some improper thing oaten. Wiiat is not'Charity. —It is not charity to give a penny to a street mendicant of whom nothing is known, While wo haggle with a poor man out of employment for a misera ble dime. It is not charity to heat down a seamstress to starvation pripes; to lot her sit chilled,in wet clothes sewing all day; to de duct from her pitiful remuneration if the storm delay her prohipt arrival. It is not charity to ta.ke n poor relation into the family, make her a slave to all your whims, and taunt her continually with hop dependent situation. It is not charity to turn a man' who is out of work into the streets with his family, because ho oannpt pay his rent. It is not charity to extract the uttermost farthing from the wid ,ow and orphan. It is not charity to give with a supercilious air and patronage as if God bad made you, the rich mart, of different blood from the shivering recipient, whose only claim is that ho,is poor. It is not charity to be an extortioner—no! though you bestow alms by thousands. —Boston Journal. B®” A dispatch from Washington says that the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, quartered in the Assembly Rooms, complain bitterly of the manner in which they have been treated. They say their uniforms are utterly worthless, and that the sharpers in Philadelphia who furnished them, are downright swindlers. 1 They say their suits, costing ?!V, are not.half as good as those of the Rhode Island Regiment, which cost only S 8; and that the State paid 51.50 for shoos which can bo purchased for'7s cents. Col. Hartranft says that the whole Regiment will have to be refurnished. Penn sylvanians who have visited Washington ex press themselves as intensely mortified at the condition of our soldiers. Some have not been uniformed at all, and others have received the inferior clothing above described; There should not bo a moment’s unnocesary delay in remedying these monstrous evils. ‘ O’* A FoßjimAimß Cannon-. —An enormous rifled cannon is just being finished at the Port Pitt foundry, Pittsburg. The length of the gun is 16 feet, length of bore 14 feet, diameter of boro 12 in., diameter ofthogun at the breech 48 inches, diameter at the muzzol 25 inches. The ball will bo 12 inches in diameter and the weight about GOO pounds. The roughcasting of the gun weighs 78,000 pounds; finished it will weigh 50,OOOpounds. The chamber has 2j grooves; This formidable,,weapon is un derstood to bo prepared for Fortress Monroe. "OUR COUNTRY—MAT’IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” ’CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUM 6, 1861. A most extraordinary letter, signed “A Debtor in tho City Jail,’’ appeared in the Manchester Guardian, ■ which shows that the system Of prison discipline in that enlighten ed country is scarcely less barbarous than that practised in tho dungeons of Naples. In referring to the letter, the. Guardian says: Tho writer avers .that the prisoners, for debt avo treated like “the vilest and most depraved felons.” They are not even allow ed to “ sing, whistle or laugh," and are liable to solitary confinement for several days, with bread and water diet, for the slightest offense ngainst.tho regulations.'.' When a debtor ar rives at tho jail, “ho is asked his religion, and told to'sign a hook, under the ..supposition that he is merely registering his religious be lief; hut if afterward-ho declines to attend chapel, ho is told that signing tho book was an undertaking to attend, and that ho must he punished for refusing to do so.. No matter that ho. alleges ho is d Nonconformist, and objects as a matter of ’conscience." At this .time of the year the chapel (which is the same attended by the felons in tho jail,) is intensely cold, hut no excuse for- non-attend ance is permitted, < " An old gentleman, dur ing the present intense frost, hogged, in a be seeching manner, to he Allowed to stay away from chapel, stating that he was seventy-four years of age, and that'the cold current he was exposed to was tod much for a man of his. years- and infirmity. -Ho was taken before the Governor, who told hun to hold his hands by his sides while in hisjpresenco. Tho Gov ernor told him that altlmugh he stated upon entering the prison that, lie was a Presbyte rian, still, as ho' had-,-feigned the book, he should, sentence him to twenty-four hours sol- itary confinement for refusing to attend chap el. On being taken to liia intensely cold cell, he found, that, ho was. only, allowed a small piece of bread throe times a day with cold water;”' , ' ■ The solitary coll is quite dark, and debtors are sometimes confined there for throe days. On Sunday week several of the debtors were' confined there for twenty-four hours, for not getting but of bed till a quarter of an hour after the regular time, (seven o’clock,) though it was quite dark, and. 310 clock is allowed. One poor gentleman, w.ho suffered terribly from rheumatism, and yvas frequently com pelled to use crutches; b&gged that ho might be permitted, while' thus' Imprisoned, to pur chase, with his own m.vuoy, such food and warm drinks as his health required. This was refused, and nothing-hut broad and cold water allowed. Ono’ prisoner passed throe days in this fearful ceU for giving his wife a small piece of bread, in.tirder. that' his chil dren at homo might see the quality of - the prison food. -Another,-on county allowance, took and a’to an onion 'ba'iond- his share, for which he had solitary confinement and broad and water for-tbreo-davs. Such avo the allcgaft.iiivgj-roado by the wri ter of this startling; rcttcjV beside other com plaints -of most, fef Difcrary..-raguilatioiis as -to visitors, by which'dfot only'relatives, hut oven solicitors, arete a great extent debarred from necessary communication with tho poor debt ors. We quote these statements ns wo find them in print, let us think-fora moment of the terrible cold of tho Mast few weeks, , and I then ask whether, supposing the assertions arc uncontradicted, it can bo permitted thn't any man should have the power of - commit ting persons to unwarmod, unlighted colls, without proper food, whatever their age or state of health, for trifling breaches of arbi trary prison rales? -This is England, not Naples. It seems from this that the pleasure of incaroenation for debt in England is about equal to that'enjoyed in Italy. Goon Humor. —Many good people think that in order to ho good, they must ho solemn; Yet the heart, especially the loving and vig orous heart of young humanity, cries out against this doctrine as so unnatural, that it is repblled even from what would otherwise bo attractive. Storms are necessary parts of the machinery of nature; the cloud, the snow the hitter cold, the dull rain, all are useful—mit of them all spring life and beauty—hut there is more sunsnino than tempest after all, oil the face of thooarth, Itainy days aro the exception, not the, rule, and though the sky is brighter, the air fresher, and the flowers sweeter'for the trial they have endured, yet they return to' their pristine sunshine with a glow of delight; and if the storin wore perpetual, all color, bloom, and fragrance wbuld lie gone. As the valleys dimple with flowers, and the hills laugh in the very eyes of hcavon, so should the cheeks of health dimple with mirth, and the heart of virtue smile in the presence of God. , A Cheat Scare at New Orleans. —Agon-, tloraan who loft Now Orleans on the 7th inst., feportsthat groat alarm and anxiety prevail there, hot only with regard to the vast prepa rations and the enormous power, which the •Federal Government is putting forth to crush the rebellion, hut, alas, with regard to the ne groes. The , terror on this latter subject is greater even than on the former. Seven hun dred men aro in arms every night to guard the city against an outbroke. On Sunday night the sth inst., eleven steamboats ano other ves sels wore burned at the levee ; their value is set down by the Now Orleans papers at §lOO - lint, according to this informant, it was realy §250,000. The most significant feature of this event is altogether ignored by our Now Orleans ootempofarios—though there was no body in the city who, felt any doubt on the subject —this is, that the incendiary who caused this conflagration was a slave. . A DnEi, With Lassoes. —An exchange has the following—A couple of Arizonians, one a native horn Mexican, and the other a boatman from tho-Mississippi, who had lived in Arizona about a year, fought a duel on horseback a short time ago, faoh armed with a lasso. The American, who it was thought would stand no chance in such a novel encounter, except the banco of being strangled, lassoed Ins foe at the first throw of the noose, and dragged him over the plain at the full speed of his horse; until ho was mangled and bruised almost toa joly. ' Won: Awakes. —Now, lot’s see you open your head quarters, and go to work for your country; Let’s see how much patriotism there really is under your clips and capes. The country needs your services. 17m. Sprague, whose patriotism you protended to doubt, will march with yon to Washington, or wherever else you may bo ordered. Ho only asks you to follow—not lead. His invitation is not, Gooff, but Como onl Will you respond? —Provi dence Post. O" Largo numbers of wealthy southerners are making their way to the North, to escape tho perils and persecutions of s tJio southern re bellion. ' The Crime, of Poverty. HOW PRISONERS FOR DEBT ARE TREATED IN ENGLAND. Strawberry Runners. A correspondent of tho Farmer and Gard ener remarks, that it is perhaps not generally known, that tho practice followed by many strawberry cultivators of cutting off tho run ners upon their first appearance, is not to be commended. Tho proper time-for cutting them, is when they have formed their second joint or bud. If Cut sooncr. a, nupor-ahuml anco of foliage will follow, which is not desira ble. A practice prevails witli some of tho grow ers of strawberries in Europe, and more es pecially those'of Rath,, of cutting off all tlio old leaves of the plants ns soon as tlio fruit is gathered. In doing, this, great care must bo taker, not-to out or injure the young foliage. By this method, plants secure a more vigor ous growth before fall. . A writer in the Journal of {ho Horticultu ral Society, says;—Those young and vigorous loaves were in a condidon to elaborate sap, to form equally vigorous roots for supplying abun dant nourishment for tho ensuing crop. After it is gathered, tho knife is again immediately employ to. remove nil old leaves, in order to give space and light for new ones. And, inas much as.the largo amount of fresh foliage thus annually encouraged, produces a correspon ding amount of new tissue; tho plants are so far annually regenerated; and hence it may bo inferred that tho frequent renewals of the plantations become loss necessary. It is under this system that tho Bath grow prs produce their superb"’berries; some 1 of them measuring seven inches in circumference, and their plantations remain in .profitable hearing condition from seven to ton year’s. Marvelous Magic. —The Dccapilatidn Feed as Performed by an Eastern Juyyler. —l -was a student' of medicine in Paris in 1858 and 1859, and in company with other Americans, tired of tho Imm drum monotonous life of tho .Qiiartier Latin, I frequently roamed through the new city, on tho west hank of tho Seine. Concerts and operas, gardens, npd singing, cafes, bazaars and boutiques were all, visited by us. .One evening, at early dusk, a party of us wore ptrolling through tho Rue Richelieu, and when near the Boulevards, our attention Was drawn to a flaming poster of an Eastern juggler, who was performing at some hall on the Boulevard do Temple. Among the things very wonderful this man would cut off. the head of a living man, and would defy any one to, surprise him in the-trick. Being con sidorably accustomed- to .'manipulating, with the knife in the dead; and -being thoroughly inrdcnod to all eights of horror, wo determin ed to go and sco this wonderful necromancer. At the hour appointed we repaired to the hall, and obtained a seat near the stage. After performing wonderful tricks,-the magician came forward and announced'as his last feat for the evening the actual decapitation of a living man, apparently. To prevent, feelings iof horror among the ladle’s, he assured the audience it was a trick of legerdemain, more sleight of .hand —that die did not, in reality, eut the man’s head off. .Withthis explanation he invited any, one in the audience desirous of capital punishment to. step,for ward, promising speecrr 'satisfaction.-For some moments no one appeared, anxious for the honor.. At length a soldier, a private, in the infantry; stepped forward and signified his readiness I Ito bo decapitated. There could have boon, it was plain, no connivance between tho men. I No .man dare, assume the martial bearing of France without authority. I Directing tho man to divest himself of his coat and neok-tio, or stock; the. magician brought.out his Instrument of death. It was an’enormous knife, resembling a ponderous clearer. Ho cast it down to show its weight, and it loft a largo impress in tho hoards. There was no deception in tho weight of tho knife. He then made the man lie down, and placing the soldier’s nock far in tho block, the magician fixed a long handle to his enormous knifo,: and proceeded very leisurely, and with-heavy, well-directed strokes, to chop tho man’s head off. During this ho merely lowered the foot-lights, ’without obscuring tho view at all. Cries of horror and amazement hurst from tho terror-stricken audience, as with every descending blow of tiro Inigo cleav er the blood • spurted away. The man who was undergoing tho operation simply quivered through his lower limbs. Soon tho dismem bered head rolled on. tho floor, thoblood issued by jots from tho Cur arteries, and the jaws dropped, while the eyes turned up in death. It was a horrible sight. Tho magician then took the. bleeding head by tho hair and passed it not more than three feet from our party. It seemed to mo a'dreadful reality., I almost expected to sco a fierce 'gendarme, seize and arrest the murderer. Suddenly but only for an instant, tho room was darkened. In a second all was light again. And Wo saw the magician busy at work, coapitating tho head to tho bloodiug trunk. Diligently ho worked, and for some moments, apparently, to no pur pose. All at once, however, ho slapped tho dead soldier smartly on tho back ; immediate ly-the man arose; felt anxiously around his neok, looked ft o'ifh'y arena', and descended amid the audience.. The. First Moment of Sovereignty, William IV. expired about midnight, at Windsor Castle. The Archbishop of Canter bury, with other high fuuetionariors of the kingdom, was in attondonce. As soon as the king had breathed his last, the archbishop quitted Windsor and made, his way to Ken sington Palace, the residence .of the Princess Victoria, where arqiyed before daylight, and announced himself,' requesting ah immediate interview with the princess. She hastily at tired herself, and met the venerable prelate in •the ante-room. Ho informed her of the de mise of the crown, and did homage to her as the sovereign; of .the nation. She was, at eighteen, queen of the only realm, in fact or history, on which the sun never sots. She was deeply agitated. The first words she ut tered whore these: “I ask your prayers in my behalf." They knelt down together, and the young sovereign inaugurated her reign like a young king of Israel, by asking from on high "an understanding heart to judge so groat a people, who could not bo numbered nor counted, for the multitude.” op AVM. BVEnLV.-~ Gov. Curtin. of Pennsylvania, has granted a pardon to Avni. Byorly, ■who was.convicted last hill'of suhsti tuting a false return of the olootidn for Con gress in the fourth ward of Philadelphia for tho genuine document,-at tho meeting of tho board of return judges. O* “ hfMr. Jones in?” askod an Irishman of tho porter in a hotel. “No," was the reply, will you leave your name?" “Ooli, murthor, do you think I’d ho’ after going homo without a name." [CT” Excess of ceremony,like excess of orna ment, shows want of brooding. That civili ty is host which excludes all superfluous for mality and action. ■ ' To Mothers. A distinguished physician who' died some years since in Paris, declared—“T believ'd that, during tlio-twenty-six years I have prac ticed my profession in this city, twenty thou sand children have been Carried to the ceme teries a sacrifice to tho absurd custom of ex posing their arms naked.” I have often thought that if a mother wore anxious to show tlio soft, White skin of.'hor baby, and would cut around hole in tho little thing’s dress, justover tho heart, and then car ry it about for observation by tho company, it would do very little harm. Rut to expose the baby’s arms, members so far removed from, tho heart, and witli such feeble circulation at host, is a most pernicious., practice. Put the bulb pf a. thermometer iu a baby’s mouth, tho mer cury rises to 99 degrees. Now carry the same bulb to its little hand; if the arms be bare and the evening cool, the mercury will sink 40 de grees. Of course, all tho blood which flows through these arms and hands must fall from 20 to 40 degrees below tho temperature of the heart. Need I say that when those cold cur rents of blood flow back into tho chest, tho child’s general vitality must ho more or less compromised. And need I add that we ought not to be surprised at its frequently recurring affections of tho lungs, throat-and stomach? I hayn seen more than one -child with ha bitual cougli aqd hoarseness, or choking with mucus, entirely and permanently relieved by simply keeping, its arms and hands warm. Every observing and -progressive physician has daily opportunities to witness thee same simple euro. Extraordinarv Instance op Juvenile! De rßAVirv. —On Monday last a young boy, aged about ten years, was committed to jail in tills town on a charge of -a most revolting and un natural' diameter, The boy’s name, is Sam uel Hoy;. bis father, William Huy, in,, the roar of tho township of Mountain.’ Tho mother of the boy lias been dead’ for some years! The unfortunate, young lad carao to the prison charged with a series of attempts to murder- his father! lie seems, from some expressions of his which are reported,'to have boon brooding over the notion .that if-his-fath er was dead ho would come in possession of the farm. Some time ago the lad procured, a vial of strychnine at ICemptyillo, by lepro-, sooting himself (is the son of a French Cana dian who had been in the habit of purchasing strychnine for the puvpose'of poisoning foxes. On-two.-difforont occasions lie. appears to have, mixed strychnine with the moat of which his father wastooat. The poison; though itMck ened tho father dreadfully, did not prove fa tal. A'cat which partook of tho poisoned meat died from the effects thereof. After Hoy had „rocovorod from tho effects of tho poisoning, his son made another attempt upon bis; life, by shooting him whilo-aslcep in his bod. The shot took effect in his body, and though .the man was living at last accounts, it was thought be could not recover. The lad was tried before Joseph llyndman, Hugh Moßargor, and An drew Sypes, magistrates, and through some, mistake, ho and the witnesses in tho case wore required to appear, at the ' Quarter. Sessions this wdek. ~ As the case is-a matter for the (Assizes, the p-istvnoT must await trial until that time. The circumstances of this-o'nse are most unaccountable. Though it iq,eaid that difficulty trill bo-oxpericnoed in piloting tho crime against the. boy, no ,one seems' to doubt his guilt. Although every one seems tq believe that ho must have been instigated by some one to commit the prime laid tu his charge, no evidence has been obtained which indicates in any way by whom he was insti gated. A gentleman with whom the boy Samuel'Hoy Jived for some time, 'speaks, of him as a mihh '"’oil behaved youth one of tho last who could have boon suspected of so'bar barous a crime.— CorrMdl [C. W.) Ecpnon.is'.. The Fhoiit op Time. —“ After death tho judgement.” We.dip; but intervening ages pass rapidly over those who sleep in tho dust. There is ho plate on which to count the hours of time. No longer is it told by days, months; or years; fortheplanets which mark those pe riods arc hidden from their sight. . Its flight is no longer noticed by the, events perceived by tho senses, for tho car is deaf and the eye •is closed. Tho busy world of life, which wakes at each morning and ocasos every night, goes on above them, but to them all is silent and unseen., The grqotingsof joy. and the voice of grief,- tho revolution of empires and tho laps of ages, solid no sound within that narrow cell. Generation-after generation are brought and laid by thpir-Bide; the inscription upon their monumental marble tells the centuries that have passed away; but to the sleeping dead tlio long interval is-unobsorved. Like a dream of tho night, with the •.quickness'of thought, the mind ranges time and space al most within n limit.-, There is hut a moment between tho hour when the eye .is closed in the grave and when it wakes to the judgment. A Recipe foii Contentment.— Try to com pute your artificial wants—tho number of things which yeti fancy come under the list of “must haves” merely because other people possess thorn, and not because you would not be quite as well otf and as happy in their ah sconco. Try it for -one week, whenever your fingers are tempted to dally with your purse strings. Record in your memorandum book 1 what, in view of this,, you sensibly •. resolve not to buy, and see what a.nice little sum will bo loft you for'real necessaries. It is seldom by these last that one is hampered and annoyed. Make the experiment,' and see if it is not so. A just economy is not niggardliness; one need not lio a miser in avoiding the extravagance of a spendthrift. [C?*At the South the prospects of excel lent 'crops-are reported to bo very encouraging. In Southern Georgia, the planters arc now harvesting an unprecedented wheat crop. Ini some sections, they are telling of thirty bush els to the acre. O* A soldier at Camp Scott, near York, convicted of making a violent assault upon another, was drummed all around the camp to the tune of the Hogue's March, and them marched olf to jail. The poor, follow bogged to bo shot rather than to submit to the dis grace. (£7” The Rev. Isaac Rosser, of the Metho dist Protestant Ohuroli, and old pioneer Moth] odist preacher, who is now in the 80th year of his age, and Miss Sarah Childs, aged 90 years, wore united into the bonds of wed lock, at Atlanta, Go., a few weeks ago. fl©*A shocking ,acpidoht occurred a few. days since, at a steam’ saw mill near Vicks burg, Miss. A Negro was sent into one cf the boilers to clean it, when the engineer, the not being aware of it, let in steam from the other boiler, literally boiling the poor follow to death. o”When Sheridan was asked what kind of wine ho liked best, answered—“ Other people’s.” There are a' groat many Sheri dan’s. ~ flow a boat was Identified; In tlio Justice’s court, in a neighboring city, a cose was recently decided in a most, novel way. „ A coat was in, dispute; and the evidence was direct find positive, for both par ties were Irish, full of wit, readier toJoSo all, they had than give up the coat. ~ , The affair was carefully examined, and the Court was in a quandary, not knowing who had thd bosfright to the garment., However a moment before the Judge was about: to sum up the evidence, Pat Power, one ef, the .claim ants, nlndo the following proposition in order to settle the difficulty ;• “Now, Tim O’Brien) ye say that coatfbe longs to yourself; 1 say its, own.jvNow mind ye, Tim, thebotllaV Us Will r.tdko the coat an look at it ail ovor; the one that, finds his name on it is the owner,” , ■, "Done/’ said Tim. the bargain ?” asked he. Av coorso," as he- .passed tho : coat into the hands of Timothy, who, vainly searched every part of it Tor his name, and finally passed it back to Patrick, saying: “ Ah’ now let ns see if you’ll find , tile likes of yor blaggard nanlo ,\ipon the garmint." ' “Ye’ll stick to the bargain,” said Patrick, grasping the coiit;; , . “Ydsi on the honor of a man,” was the a bit,’’.said; Pat; iielie.Arew out his pen knife and opened'a corner in the collar of the coat, taking therefrom;two very small peas, exclaiming, as he hold them in his hand: “There, d’yo see that?”,’,; . ' “Av course I ,do, but What df it,” said Timi ! ■ “ A deal it has to do wid it, it’s mo namo to bo sure—pea for Patrick and pea for Pow ers, bo jabbers." . . r ■■ ... ■ . Ho got the coat and woll ho deserved it, too. . • Rilled Cannon A writer in the. Providence Journal, says., of this species of Artillery, that for thp pur- ■ pose of fortifications or ships of war th.cy aro woll adapted, and willdo good execution,with out danger to those who use them j but for field, service they inay.be more injurious to friends' than cniuiios. . ~ . ' • ■ . . ,> . for the proof. It is .constantly neooaaUry. during a battle, to discharge, artillery over' the heads or through the ranks of your cnentjn . The Armstrong gun was used in China by.the. English Government,,andhad to bowithdraWU . from the service then. To explain: ‘lnorddr that a cannon ball (in a piece yrhjoh loadfiijt the muzzle) may bp, pushed. down thp bofp of the gun, it is necessary xo.mako it alittld / smaller than the, bore. This difference oil! . aizeds. called Windage.’ If the gun . Was ijbids discharged it is evident that much of the. prefer - sure behind the ball must escape without .the f projectile receiving its full fqrcp, because of the escape of the grasses around-the ball. To ; prevent this in rifled- cannon the ball is -shir ; rounded by a band of lead, which, by theidiS.* i 1 ' charge, is pressed out against the sides of,tho , boro by the foree of the powder. Thoao bpnda are apt to fly off from the shot; and inthd . recent fighting in China it is asserted that so. utany. of, thodSfitish outlying riflemen weisi . killed Ify iber. loiiijen fragments ibofclhe Ar»j< strong gun TTOSvvitfidrawo,/audits pj,aoesfiun-’ plied by old fashioned fiolfl, pieces. Vlifhdn I learned that the.marino Artillery of Provi< douce bad changed their, old .pieces for-thd new rifled cannon, I colild not but regret it. ■Yet iu every battery it may bo advantageous to have a part of .tho guns grooved fpr long shots, but such gang.cannot boused for grape without injuring the bore. Satispatorv Definition.—Lawyer. ".Now, Mr. A. -, was the fence alluded to a good strongfonoe 1” Witness-“ Yes sir.” ■,• • • :; -.'rJi- Lawyer—“ Well, what soft of a fence It.” , , . ; , Witness —(holding'in)—“ It was a bunpoorfj fence, sir.” • ' . " Lawyer—(tliinkihg ho had cornered .theC old gent)— l“ Now, Squire, you will objigo the Court by giving tho definition of, buncoirib fence?” ' ■ i ■ • ■' ■ Witness—A Vmhcomh fence sir, is a fence ittt is hull-strong, horse high, and pig-tight; , Cor.,- Fremont Coming i-Home;— A, ilc’tttsV from .Paris says that Col.-fremon.t, is about tefi renounce his Mariposa negotiations and go home to, place himself at the service of his government. He has teen organizing, by letter, an .army;among tho dare-devil,;Jcn'im and revolver hoys of California, with whiclt.tO make a diversion into Texas, hilt if the'rti is not time to carry this project into execution, ho will take service .at any point Mr. Con}* cron may assign him. They have a funny quarrel, aboift mil* itary matter's in Illinois. (Jhicngo wants to furnish all the troops called-for by the State, The rural districts want to do. ,the soma thing. Then the Democrats want to do tho principle pert of the fighting, and.the Repub licans are furious to got in. So th‘of'6 is a general Tow. [CT’Tho Paris correspondent of the Now York Uxpross writes: Hundreds' of applica tions have been made to Mr. Faulkner, by officers of tho French .army, to enter tho ser vice of the United and tho Confederate States, according to their opinions of tho quarrel. tfy” A miller, in giving a certificate to " the proprietor, of Mr, ior des troying vermin, astounds us with the asser tion. ‘/I wits ,fell of rats a fortnight since and now I don’t think I have ono I" [CT I would have you to know, sir, that my ' name is Francis and not Frank.” “ Ah, yes, miss, lut you know I have the franking privilege.” ITT” Lord. Rraixfield, a Scotch judge, once said to an eloquent culprit at the bar. “You are a vora clover ohiol, mon; but I’m a think ing ye wad bo nano the waur o’ a bangin’. [Qr-Two women, disguised In men’s clothes* enlisted at Alton, 111., last week, buton being discovered were sent homo to their friendty utterly against their wishes. .O- Which is the moat delightful. “To; kiss a fair woman on a dark night, or a dork woman on a fair night?” Excess of ceremony shows Want of, breeding, That civility is best which excludes’ all superfluous formality and action.- CS?“ In one of the Ohioregimonta thebe are’ sixteen brothers named Fisth. They ore Ge rmans. 0"Tho yield of gold at Pike’s'Peak is said to ho rapidly incrcaaiiig. (FT* Steam canal boats are being'introduced on the Dutch’ nnd Bolgino canals. NO. 52. “Arid ye’ll stick to
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