VOL. 48.
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
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TilE DRUM
(“0 idic ruft die Trommel no hint! ")
TRANSLATED FRO3I THE GERMAN OP RUECKERT.
'Tis tho drum that calls aloud 1
In the fields I heard its cull,
And I rose and quitted all,.
•And.l turned a deafened oar
To what heart and hope held dear,
Nor a backward glance allowed —
For the Drum,
For tho Drum it called so loud !
Tears have dimmed my mother’s eyes.
And my futher vainly sighs;
“Father, Mother, cease to plead— ,
But one .sound my cars now hoed, ■
And I burn to join the crowd
With the Di-uir that calls so loud!"
Oh! tho Drum it calls so loud!
At the hearthstone—in tho seat
Whore I used my love to greet!
Palo she sits and cries with .woe,
“Must thou—wilt thou from mo.go?"
“Sweet to thee my heart was vowed—
But tho Drum,
Oh! the Drum it calls so loudr'
Oh!, tho Drum,it calls aloud;
From my comrade in tho tight
Comes to mo a last good night! •
And I know death's greeting well,
Bursting from tho fiery shell..
While in, dust my ear is bowed.
Though-the Drum,
Though the Drum still calls aloud!
Oh ( J the Drum it polls so loud!
Earth has not a louder sound
Than the Drum on battle ground,
And it? voice is Honor’s breath,
Though it colls to blood anti-death,
And a soldier’s gory shroud;
For the Drum,
Oh! the Drum it colls so’loud!
Mmt llanmis.
GIPSY WOMEN'.
That strange cr.(^ur.i^.tbe. r GipBy~ , ®:ojhai>;:
often earns in one day more than her husband
does in a week. She goes from house to house
with baskets on her arms, or wooden articles
carved with a knife; hut this .trade is only a
pretext; her object is to get in; her profes
sion is to tell fortunes, sell love charms, con
jurations, and specifics for all diseases. She
speaks English fluently, and among the daugh
ters of Eve there are few who resist her de
ceiving words. In fine,- she is much' more'
intelligent than her husband; but she makes,
in too many instances, a deplorable use of her
faculties—she is accused of separating wives
from their husbands, and corrupting young
girls, when it is made, worth her while to do
so. The complicity of these pretended sor
ceresses in certain criminal eases, is, unhap
pily, toowoll established. A few years ago,
two married English women fell in love with
the same man, and they several times gave
sums of money to a gipsy woiuitn in order to
get from her philters and enchantments. We
do not know whether it was this charm or
any other that acted, but they succeeded in
captivating the common object of their affec
tions. The husbands had scarce learned of
this intrigue ere they, wore both poisoned by
i, their wives. The gipsies are in certain Cases
a criminal race, but they, are not vicious; the
men are not drunkards, or the .women licen
tious. By a singular contrast (and the char
acter of the gipsies abounds in contrasts,)
the same creature who readily .serves as a go
, between; who forms and favors the most cul
pable intrigues; who mutters tempting words
in the maiden's ear,'is herself exempt from
those weaknesses she encourages in others for.
the sake of gain. She corrupts without being
corrupted ; she seduces, but takes care not to
let herself be seduced. Those who only look
at appearances will be tempted to smile when
we speak of gipsies’ honor; but although the
women readily indulge in licentious dances
and improper languages, they stop there.—
Differing from the hypocrites of whom tho
Gospels speak, they care little about the out
side of the cup being soiled, provided that the
bottom is of. pure gold. The birth of an ille
, gitimate child is a. rare event among the gip
sy*. This conjugal fidelity everywhere dis
tinguishes-the Boms and the Juwas from the,
other peoples of the earth, from' tho moak
civilized down to the most sevago. Though
jinturallyjealous, a gipsy will noffeel alarmed
at seeing a Christian court his wife, provided
that ho is rich, or in a position to servo him,
for he knows perfectly well who is being de
ceived. It is before all in this singular race
that ho can study the distinction between
purely mntorinl chastity and virtue: the Juwas
are chaste, but they are not virtuous. Resis
tance with them is only a limit, hut, then, it
is impassable. I had pointed out the half
sovereign ring worn by oho of tho women of
tho band; this Juwa, still young and passa
bly, pretty, had encouraged tho advances of a
farmer’s lad. The poor fellow, having his
head • turned, had employed his savings to
purchase. this toy, which was offered ns a
pledge of .love, and accepted, for tho gipsies
never refuse anything. Emboldened by his
success, the young man awaited thq Juwa on
a desolate road at the moment she was return
ing from fortune tolling, and familiarly passed
his arm round her waist. Any one who has
seen a bird of prey rising from the ground at
tho approach of a party of school-boys, can
form an idea of the Juwa leaping over a
hedge, while overwhelming tho Gofgin with
reproaches. She confided everything to her i
■husband, who -laughed os ho repeated tho 1
story. ■ ■
Tho chastity of tho gipsy woman has two 1
ramparts: love and hatred. Hoc hatred is 1
for the white race; her love (and she can 1
love.) for tho men of her own tribe. A girl 1
of 13, being asked one day if she would marry <
a gentleman, put on an air of disgust, and i
shook her hoadt “But supposing,” the speak- 1
or laughingly added,. “no one was loft in tho i
world but you nnd a Qorgio of your own ngo?” <
I would marry him,” she replied, “but I >
should detest him.” I
SOLDI EH PRINTERS.
They take ‘possession of an Of ice and make
their Mark
The boys of the lowa Regiment found a Se
cession press lying nroud loose, jipon tlloir.cn
trnnco into Macon City, the editor thereof
having vamosed. Regarding it as a great
‘■ waste of the raw material,” Frank B. Wilkie
was installed as editor, and a half dozen of
the volunteers detailed as printers of.the con
cern, and forthwith a regimental newspaper
was inaugurated. The first and only number
contains the salutatory and valedictory of the
editor, a proclamation by the Colonel, an ac
count of a flag presentation by the .ladies of
Macon, and the ceremonies of raising the same
in the camp, with notices of speeches by O’Con
nor and others on the occasion, besides sev
eral spicy editorials and.a-valedictory by {he
editor, mostly addressed to the proprietor of
the printing office. Here is the valedictory:
Johnson, wherever you are—whether lurk
ing in the recesses of the dim woods, or fleeing
a fugitive on the open plain under the broad
canopy of heaven—Good bye 1 We never saw
your countenance, never expect to, never want
to, but for all that, old fellow, we woh’t bo
proud; so Johnson, good bye, and take card
of yourselfl
• We’re going to leave., you,' Johnson—going
to leave you without as much ns looking into
your honest eyes, or claiping your manly hand,
and even without so much as giving utteranSb
to your face of ‘ God bless you.’ We're right
sorry, we are, that you didn’t stay with us
and attend to our domestic and other affairs,
and not leave every thing, to skulk away, and
lose yourself never to return'. Oh, Johnson,
why. did you—how could you do this ?
Johnson, we leave you to-night—we’re going
where bullets are thick and musketoes are
thicker—we may never return—if we do not,
old boy, remember us. Wo sat at your table ;
we stole Latin from your “ Dictionary of Latin
Quotations;” wo wrote Union articles with
your pen,.your ink, and your paper; we print
ed them on your press; our boys set ’em up
with your types; they used yourgalleys, your
Shooting sticks,’ your ‘chases,’ your ‘quads,’'
your ‘spaces,’your ‘rides,’-your every thing;
wo drank some poor whiskey out of your bot
tle; and how, Johnson,, after doing all this
for you, you won’t,forgot us, will you ? Keep
us in mind, remember us in your evening
prayers, and your morning prayers; too, when
you say them, if you do say them ; and if you
put up a petition at mid-day, don’t forget us
then; or if you wake in the solemn stillness
of the night, and implore a benison upon the
absent, remember us then !
Once mure, Johnson—our hearts pain us to
say it—that sorrowful word—but once more,
and forever, Johnson, good bye! If you comp
our way, call. Johnson, adieu!
Judging from the subjoined, paragraph, the
“ boys” were a jolly sot of fellows:
Strange( —lt is not often that one entersa
printing office conducted under precisely the
circumstances of the one in which The Union
is.now being issued. ■ .Mon in -uniform stand
at®the oases—a row of gleaming muskets,in
stacks.is before the,door, besides which paces
a,.sentinel with a loaded piece—the editor’s
table is ornamented with a revolver, five bot
tles of—well—Something to sustain a droop
ing spirit weighed down by the responsi
bilities of his position, (editorial,) and the
dangers Of war, a meerschaum, and a pile of
ancient exchanges. Military uniforms hang
around the walls, bayonet sheaths litter the
floor, revolvers and bewio knives bristle in
every belt; and, in short, the. only resem
blances to a printing office are the click of
types and the familiar music of the. press.
\Ve hope that our friends hero will not fail to
call and mark the peculiarities of this new re
gime.
Insanity and the Turkish Bath.— At the
meeting of the Cork District Lunatic Asylum,
Ireland, on Wednesday, May Bth, a very in
teresting report was road by "Dr. Ilowor, resi
dent physician, on the working of the Turkish
hath'in the Asylum. It was introduced on
his recommendation, aided by the inspectors,
Drs. Nugent aiid Hatibel, approved by the
Governors, and sanctioned by the Privy Coun
cil. The experiment Ims been eminently suc
cessful. Since the opening of. the hath in
January .lust, one hundred and twenty-four
patients have been suhirutted to its action.—
Out of these, ten are discharged cured, while
fifty-two are improved and improving. Sixty
remains unchanged, being all cases of many
years'standing. Dr. Powers says; “ I can
not conclude this report without stating, as
tho result of my limitod.exporionee, that such
a provision should constitute an appendage to
every institution whore many persons are
congregated for a lengthened period within a
confined space. It seems.to me to possess a
power of compensation in a degree for the
absence of pure air and exorcise; andit seems
to mo a Turkish bath should form a part of
every union workhouse and government pri
son, and all similar establishments.” Tho
following is. the rationale of tho effect of the
Turkish bath in cases of insanity: “ Any
one conversant with those suffering under this
disease, earning fail to perceive, that there is a
peculiar odonof the mostdisgustimyjharaetor
emanating from their persons, anj||a|st pro
bably exhaled il from the skin
glands and follices. Now, this nfii%(irise
from an unhealthy state of tho blood,i-whfch
must exercise a dolotrious influence Vh‘‘ : £ho
system generally, and on tho organs connected
with operation of tho mind in particular,'and
any means which* effect the removal ofjthe
vatiatod humors and other aooretionsNmust
benefit the disordered intellect, and nrolmbly
afire tho diseased and tainted system where
other means have failed. I have found that
active and oven violent exorcise, powerful
sudorifies, and hot bathe have failed in cor
recting this unhealthy action of the skin and
its glands.”
A Rose om a Cherry Tree.-— The Provi
dence IW soys that about' l three years a"0,
a citizen of that place found in tho woods a
very small wild cherry tree, a more shrub,
and thinking it possible to make something
of it, though he hardly guessed what, trans
fer! ed it to his garden. It has grown rapid
ly, and is now about fifteen feet in height.
Rut what is most astonishing in relation to
it, there appeared upon one of the smaller of
its branches, about seven foot from the ground,
a few days since, a beautiful white rose of the
“double” species, about two inches in diame
ter, and having every appearance of tho cul
tivated garden rose growing upon its natural
stem, the only difference being that the rose
stem, which ascends from a branch of the tree
was not much larger than a pipe stem, passes
quite through the rose, and is seen at some
distance above it. Near to this stem, on one
side, is another, with leaves as in the'formor
case, resembling the rose leaf more than tho
cherry, and on this is a’ beautiful rose-bud,
nearly ready to open itself to our gaze. On
the other side- is still another stem, but un
mistakably a legitimate shoot of tho parent
cherry tree—the loaves bearing but slight re
semblance to those on the other stems re
ferred to.
“OCR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY."
cm ,OF CURD.
Cairo stnnds'on'tHo east band nf tho Nile,
opposite the beautiful island of Koda. The
town is about thr.ee hiilfts in length, and one
and a half in width, and is separated by im
mense piles of ruins, and by an aqueduct after
tho Roman style, into an old and new Cairo.
Old Cairo is said to mark tho spot from which
the Israelites took their departure from Egypt,
and opposite my hotel window is the Isle of
Iloda, on the shores of which, according to
tradition, Moses was found. The city retains
its Oriental character) and in this respect is
unique. Tho streets are so narrow and the
eyes of tho houses project so far over their,
basements, that persons can step from one
house to another. This peculiarity of archi*
tccture is adopted; to secure coolness in the
hoatof summer, and also to afford better means
of escape in time of danger. , The superstruc
tures of the buildings are of brick, of a dull
rod color, and when plastered externally,which
is quite common, their appearance is.exceed
ingly gloomy. The ground floor is usually
occupied by merchants and mechanics, and
the upper apartments serve as residences.—
Most of the shops consist of small square
rooms, in front ,of which,, on a shelf, and
around the casements of the door, the articles
for sale are exhibited.,
The city isdivided into quarters, according
to th"o nationality and religion ; belief of the
inhabitants. These are separated from each
other by large wooden gates, which are closed
at night, and kept by a porter within. Thus
the Copts, Jews, Franks, and Turks inhabit
distinct districts of tho town. As in London,
Amsterdam and Rome, tho Jews’ quarter is
remarkable fer its filth, and tho old clothes
and second-hahded wares in general, which
constitute tho chief articles for sale. The
Frank quarter is in happy contrast with the
other sections, and displays an air. of order,
energy and thrift peculiar to European mer
chants. The wealthy' Ofiirene tradesmen
dross in rich and gay costumes after the Turk
ish fashion ; they display their goods in a
tasteful manner, and evince much tact and
humor in their intercourse with'custbmors.—
Their business is principally retail, and be
yond the necessaries of life they deal in silks
for male and female attire, in fez caps, irt ele
gant colored silk shawls for girdles and tur
bans, in coverings for stands and tables, made
of silk and embroidered with gold and silver,
and in splendid uargeolehs, chihoucks, amber
mouth-pieces, and tho boat Stamboul and Tat
takia tobacco.
One thing strikes me, as singular in this
Eastern city, and that is the crowded state of
the streets ffoiii morning till night, and the
great activity'of the people. Broadway is'
•not more frequently blockaded than the prin
cipal thoroughfares of Cairo, and it is a;com
mon occurrence for donkeys and camels, car
riages and carts, together with multitudes of
pedestrians, to bo jammed in 'so effectually
that escape is made with difficulty.— Sen. J.
P. Newman, in N. I”. Methodist.
St. Paul's Clock. —Have you ever heard
(if the great clock of St. Paul’s, in London?
mld-idfiy, in^tlio : .roar of business, yvhen
carriages, and carts, and wagons, and omni
buses, go rolling through the streets, how
many never hear that great clock strike un
less they live very near it I But. when the
work of the day da over, and the roar of busi
ness has passed away—when men are gone
to sleep and silence reigns in London : —then
at twelve, at one, at two, at three, at
four, the sound of the clock may be herd for
miles around. Twelve !—One !—Two !
Three!—Four! How the clock is herd by
many a sleepless man! That clock is just
like the conscience of tjio impenitent man.
while he has health and strength and goes on
in the whirl of business, he will not hear his
conscience. He drowns and silences, its voice
by'pliinging into the world. He will not al
low the inner man to speak to him. But the
day will come when conscience will he heard
wheater he likes it or not. The day will come
when its voice will sound in his ears, and
pierce him like a sword. The time will come
when ho must retire from the world, and lie
down on a sick bed, and 100 k detail in the
face. And then the clock of conscience, that
solemn clock, will sound in nis heart, and, if
ho has not reyented, will bring wrotehodneos
and misery to his soul. Oh, no! write it down
in the tablets of your heart, without ropontonce;
no peace.— J. T. Rule.
A Fable pen the Young. —Two.springs,
which issued from the same mountain, began
their course together; one of them took tho
way in a silent and gentle stream, while the
other rushed along with a noisy nnd rapid
current. “ Sister,” said tho latter, “at the.
rate you move, you will probably bo dried up
before you advance much farther, whereas,
for myself, I shall probably be navigable
within two or three hundred furlongs, and after
distributing commerce nnd wealth wherever
I flow, I shall majestically proceed to pay my
tribute to tho ocean. So farewell, and pa
tiently submit yourself to your fate. 1 ” Her
quiet sister made no reply, but calmly de
scended to the meadow below,' and patiently
proceeding on her way, she increased her
strength by numberless little rills, which she
collected in her progress, till at length she
was enabled to rise into a considerable river;
while tho proud stream who had tho vanity
tfi depend wholly on hor own sufficiency, con
tinued a shallow brook, and was glad, at last,
to be helped forward, by throwing horsolf
into the arms of. hor despised sister.
But One Way. —Nothing is lost. The whole
past is engraven on our hearts, as on an im
perishable tablet. With tho mind beclouded
as it is in this world, wo may ho able only to
descry tho great events; but if not in this
world, then in another the mist will bo scat
tered, and wo shall bo able to road our lives
over again, just as, they have boon spent.—
Thoro is but one method by which tho painful
memories of tho past may bo removed. Tho
heart that is washed in the atoning blood of
Christ has in His grace an antidote both for
siu and sorrow. “Tho blood of Jesus Christ
oloansoth us from all sin.” His iovo sanctifies
sorrow, and makes it and tho memory of it a
real blessing. Thoono who hasynado tho Sa
viour his trust, and who is seeking to live as'
lie lived, has nothing to fear in tho utmost
activity of memory. But ho who has tho guilt
of his sins resting on his own soul, has rcaso I
to tremble. In some dark lane of life, in som!
hour of gloom, or in tho last dread conflic,
his sins may meet him again, and overwhelm i
him with tho recollection. Or, if he oscaj)
in life, memory, which hns recorded all, wi I
bo faithful to her trust, and woo be to the soil
that had to answer for itself in another worj).
HQjUA man asked another, whom he v
about to help to some chicken, whether]
wished a log or a wing; “It is a mattes
perfect indifference- to mo,” said tho other,
“And infinitely more so to mo,” ropliodit
carver, laying down his knife und torkn
resuming his own dinner. I
SUE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1861.
CARL
THE HUMAN HAND.
Issuing from the wrist is that wonderful
organ, tho human hand. “In a French book,
intended,” says Charles Bell,,“to teach youqg
people philosophy, tho trapil asks why the
fingers are not of equal length:'’ The master
makes the scholar grasp a ball of ivory, to
show him that tho points of tho fingers 'a rp
then equal. It would have been better had
ho closed the fingers upon the palm, and then
have asked whether or nSt they corresponded.
This.'difference in. the length of the fingers
serves a thousand purposes, ns in holding a
rod, a switch, a sword,_n hammer, a pen, pen
cil, or engraving tool, Small of which secure
hold and freedom of action are admirably
combined.” i ,
On the length, strength and perfectly free
movement of the thumbs-depondsi moreover,
the power of the tinmen hand.,, ' To the thumb,
indeed, has been given hbpegial name (fbf
lex,) from a Latin verb, jneaning to bo able,
strong, mighty, because; of, its strength; a
strength that is necessaryto the power of the
hand, being equal to that of all the fingers.
Without the fleshy ball; of the thumb, the
power’of the fingers would be ofno'tivail, and
accordingly the large ball formed by the mus
cles of the .thumb,is the ..special mark of the
human hand, and particularly that of a clever
. workman. The loss of the thumb, almost
amounts to the hand, Conscripts, unwilling
to serye in the army of France, have been
known, to disable themselves effectually by
cutting off the thumb oftho right hand. The
loss of both thumbs wousd'reduce a man to a
miserable dependence. ; JJdr should we over
look another peculiarity; "Were the tips of
the fingers and.thumbs bony, instead ofboing
covered withi flesh, mahy/tliings wo readily do
would bo absolutely impossible. We now
take up what is small,, epft and'round, as a
millet seed, or even a panicle of human hair.
So exquisitely prehonsime are the human
fingers. The nails are often of special ser
vice; perhaps always in yvorks of art which
■fequire nicety of exeentidn. Their substance
is just what is needed;they are easily kept
at the precise length which answers every
purpose; had they been placed on the tips of
the fingers, there wojlld have been a loss of
power, but their position jnsures their highest
efficiency. An interchange pf power for velo
city, which takes place in' the arm, adapts the
hand and fingers to a tbejisand arts requiring
quick'- or lively motions.' In sotting up the
type of this page, there have been movements
on the part of, the compositor of surprising
rapidity to any ordinary observer; and the
execution of performers oh the pianoforte, as
well as on many wind "instruments, is often
astonishing. These hre.wnong many instances
of the advantage gained by this, sacrifice of
force for velocity of movement.
The Voices of IlEAyfepf.-r-The land of si
lonco surly extends no fa rther than the gates
of the hoavenlf city. ill is life and activity
within; but from the wi rid so, populous with
thoughts, and words, arid songs, no revelation
penetrates through the dark, silent land which
lies botwea us,, arid thorn. Our friends are
there. Stars so dialaf ijfcpitt. Us that their
light whiolf began «ii»oo- Ims
not yet reached us„:are none the less worlds,
performing their revolutions, and occupied
by their busy population of intelligent spirits,
whose history is full of wonder. Yet the first
ray denoting the ojiistenpe of those worlds
has never met the eye of the astronomer in his
incessant vigile. ; b.
The' silence of the departed will, for each
of us, soon,-very soon, be interrupted. En
tering twnoiij;' breaking shadow and softly un
folding, tight,, the border land, we shall grad
ni&Mawate to the opening visions of things
uns'eeri jand eternal, all so kindly revealing
thOmadlvea to our unaccustomed senses as to
make us say, “how beautiful 1“ and, instead
of exciting fear, lending us almost to hasten
the hand which is removing the vail..' Some
well known voice, so long silent, may bo first
to utter our name; we recognize, we are safe.
A face—a dear, dear face—breaks fourth
amidst the crowded linos of the dissolving
sight; a form—an embrace—assures us that
faith has not deceived us, but has delivered
us up to the objects hoped for, the things not
seen. 0, beatific moment, awaiting every
follower of them who, by faith and patience,
inherit the promises, dwellers there “wither
the Forerunner is for us entered.” —Family
Treasury. ■, -, ..
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TUE' - JJLE jsd tue HCordish Chief.—
Some ye'afra since, the chief of one of those
robber tribes wliof infest; the mountains of
Kurdistan, robbed a traveller of his Bible.—
On returning to his home, he felt some curi
osity to knovf what that book contained; and
sending for his Moullab, bade; him rend it.—
The Moullah did so, and was bidden to rend
it again, and then a thirdij.timo.
When he had firiiilhcd', the old chief ex
claimed, “ That book is true, must bo true ;
henceforth I will not read the Koran; but this
shall be my book.” Jle kept his word; and
from that day bcgrtn to teach his tribe by Iho.
Bible.. In course of time ho accustomed them
to meet onoo every week, when ho read and
explained it as well as ho. could. Then he
got a church organized, the qualifications for
membership in which, wcrpl ‘that the persons
desiring to unite.with it, held the Bible ns the
only guide; that ns far aswas or could be
known, their lives agreed,.with its teachings ;
and that they were never known to quarrel
with their neighbors or violate any known
law. On a due examination into these points,
members were admitted. This has now been
steadily going on years, and who
shall say bow ma'n^Rlsshall owe their eter
nal salvation to the once robber Koord ?
This statement Is given on the authority of
a missionary, among the Armenians, who was
lately sbjurning among us Miss. ■
Bear with the Little Ones. —Children
are undoubtedly very troublesome at times in
asking questions, and should, without doubt,
bo taught not to interrupt conversation in
company. But, this resolution made, we ques
tion the policy of withholding an answer, at
any time, from the active m.hd which must
rfnd so many unexplained daily and hourly
mysteries. They who have either learned to
solve these mysteries, or have become indif
ferent ns to an exportation, are not apt to
look compassionately enough upon this eager
restlessness on the part of children, to pene
trate causes and trace effects. By giving duo
attention to those “troublesome questions,”
a child’s truest education may bo carried on.
Have a little patience, then, and sometimes
think how welcome to you would bo a trans
lator, if you were suddenly dropped into some
foreign country, where the language was for
the most part unintelligible to you, and you
wore bursting with curiosity about every
strange object that met your eye;
nSyTho Hartford Cdnrcmt states that the
costof fitting out troops, up to the present
moment to the State of (sbm.oct.cut. ...eluding
bounty money, provisions, &c., is over six
hundred thousand dollars/
NAPOLEON AND UIS MEN.
It takes a great man to know the importance
of little things, Tho attention bestowed by
Napoleon on the smallest details of military
organization, has always seemed to. us an
evidence of his talent scarcely inferior to Au
sterlitz or Marengo. No general knew better
than Napoleon that tho efficiency of a soldier
depends, first of all, of his being in perfect
health and splendid condition. He tried ,to
,bring up his troops to the condition of pugi
lists when they fight for the championship
To this end several things are essential, the
chief of which are, regular and wholesorah
food, regular sleep, dry and warm feet, and
no powerful stimulants. ' Napoleon always
insisted upon every soldier having two pairs
of good shoes, and a good blanket. Every
thing else could he extemporized or dispensed
with, but these—the shoes for tho march and
the blanket for the bivouac—could neither bo
extemporized or dispensed with. When the
occasion occurred, Nopoloon demanded of his
troops the ihost tremendous exertions; but the
admirable health resulting from his system
enabled the soldiers to endurp fatigues which
would have killed ordinary men. It is also
to be observed, that this consummate general
was careful to give his troops a rest propor
tioned to their exhaustion, the very instant it
was safe to do so.
There was nothing in which Napoleon
showed more forethought and good sense than
in tho management of recruits. He know
that young fellows, accustomed to the shop,
the field of tho desk, cannot change their ha
bits to those of the soldier without great risk.
Consequently, ho was as careful and tender
in managing his now troops as mothers are of
their young children. He inured them to
the hardships of war by degrees. Their first
marches were only ten pr twelve miles a day,
with frequent days of rest. Tho officers whp
led them from their native provinces to tho
distant scone of war, wore charged to.make
the march a pleasant series ef lemons in the'
military art. Sometimes, when the quarters
were good, when the exigency was not pres
sing, they would haltfor ton days,and undergo
a daily drill of eight hours. The consequence
was, that men who wore raw recruits when
they left, home, arrived at camp trained and
toughened soldiers. '
A single week of careless handling, irre
gular sleep and, food, damp lodgings, wet feet,
or over fatigue, will half spoil and demoralize
a regiment of now troops. But lot them be
cautiously and wisely cared for at first, and
they soon become hardened and efficient.
The Forests of the Sea.— The son. has its
forests as well as its barren grounds. Wo
seb the sargassos, or a sea-Weed, in htigc
prairies spreedlng over areas as large as our
continents. That of the Atlantic tropic
covers a space, according to Yon Humboldt,
of seven times the areaof the French Empire;
and we know that every in all that “ oceanic
medow” is the home of a host of living oroa
turea. In other places, and over regions as
widens the tropics, the palm of the sea, the
kelp; throws’up its graceful stem and beauti
ful loaf; whilst about the equator, ns well as
in those glaoial regions around .our northern
polo on the rich vegetation of the . bed of the'
ocean, graze the walrus and the dugo'ng, and.
endless colonies of creatures dwell amidst
watery forests.— Blackwood. . .
Iloir Much was a Penny a Day? —Much
better wages than it sounds to us. An agri
cultural paper says that in the time of Christ,
a penny was about equal to *l5 of bur cents,
and as money was ten times as valuable as
now, the penny a day was as good as 150 of
our cents; so that the man who worked in the
vineyard for that, got ns good wages as good
men now generally, have in harvest time.—
The gift of the good Samaritan of two ponce
to the . landlord for the care of the man who
fell among thieves, in addition to the raiment,
the oil and wine; was equivalent to about S 3
of our currency, which would probably pay
for his board two weeks in a country tavern
whore board was very cheap.
A Cure for llvdropiioiua. —One of our ex
changes publishes the following relative to an
alleged remedy for hydrophobia;
“A Saxon forester, named Gastoll, how of
the venerable ago of eighty-two, unwilling to
take to the grave with him a secretof so much
importance, has made public in the Leipsio
Journal the means which ho had used for fifty
years, and wherewith he affirms he has res
cued many human beings and cattle from the
fearful death of hydrophobia. Take imnic
diately warm vinegar or tepid water, wash
the wound therewith, and. then dry it; then
pour upon the wound a few drops of hydro
chloric acid, because mineral acids destroy
the poison of the saliva, by which means the
latter is neutralized.”
r.ufir.—When Charles V. imperiously re
quired the Confession of Ausburg to bo aban
doned,and gave the Protestant lenders only
six months more in which to.make up their
minds, finally, the cause of the Reformation
was thought hopeless. But Luther exclaim-,
ed;—“l saw a sign in the' heavens, out. of
my window at night; the stars, the hosts of
heaven, hold up in a vault above me, and yet
I could see, no pillars on which the Master
niade it rest. But I had no fear it would
fall. Some men look above for pillars, and
would fain touch them with their hands, as if
afraid the sky would fall. Poor souls! Is not
God always there?”— Dr. Gill.
Sunlight in Houses. —The following fact
has been established by careful observation:
That where sunlight penetrates all the rooms
of a dwelling, the inmates are loss liable to
sickness than in a house whore the apart
ments lose its health invigorated influence.
Basement rooms are the nurseries of indispo
sition.- It is a great mistake to compel hnmfln
beings to reside partially under ground/
There is a defective condition of the air in
such rooms, connected with dampness, besides
decomposing paint on the walls, and the es
cape of noxious grtses from, pipes and drains, I
All school rooms, ospocily,.should bo open to I
the sunlight, yet, as a general rule, they are
darkened like a parlor. I
Dress and Merit. —Girard, the famous
1 French painter, when very young was the
' hearer of a letter of introduction to Lanjuin
ais, then of the council or Napoleon. The
voting painter was shabbily attired, and his
reception was extremely cold; but Lanjum
ais discovered in him such striking proofs of
talent, good-sense, amiability, that on Girard s
rising to take leave, ho rose, too, and accom
pninod his visitor to the ante chamber. The
change was so striking, that Girard could not
avoid an expression of surprise. “My young
friend” said. Lanjuinais”, anticipating the in
3uiry, “wo receive an unknown person accor
ing to his dross—we take leave' of hinvaooOr
diug to his merit."'
A ton of perfect pain can be more ea
sily found than an ounce of perfect happi
ness.
ROMANCE (IP A PLANTER.
Never too Late to Mend.—A corresppm
dent of a paper published fit Brooklyn, la.,
says that about fifteen'years ago, a Presbyte
rian clergy man of New York had a wayward
son. Before ho was seventeen, ho became so
reckless and unruly, that his father conld no
longer control him. Ho left for the city of
New York, where he became a clerk in a
drinking. Saloon, but his character was too
bad to ho retained there. . He next was a bar
keeper in a theatre, but was dismissed. He
went lower, And still lower, until lie slept in
empty cellars and the' wharves of the city, a
perfect nuisance and a disgrace to tho race.
. At this stage of his career, an old college
mate—for our hero was a graduate of one of
tho best colleges in the State of Now York— :
determined that?he would hunt him and make
one more effort to save him. Ho wontto Now
York, and after a week of diligent search,
witli the aid of the police, ho found him.- He
washed and clothed him, took him back to
the country, and by every inducement that
Could be hold out to him, persuaded him to
try and bo a man. Ho made the effort, And
was successful. ' .
Tho friend who sought him' oht, and who'
saved him, wo are well acquainted with.—
They both determined to come to .Tennessee
to teach school. They soon reached here, and
with the high recommendations they brought,-
soon obtained good places. The .reclaimed
son of the Presbyterian clergyman, within
sixinohths after Ins arrival, married an orphan
girl worth §40,000 in cash. She had a younger
sister and ti brother, who each had equal
amounts. The sister soon afterwards died,
leaving one-half of her estate to our hero and
his wife, and the other half to her brother,
thus increasing his estate to §00,000..
When the Mexican war broke out, the
brother enlisted, and made it will Ic'aving all
his estate to his hrothor-in-law (our hero) and
his wife, in case lie never returned from the
war. He, like many other of oin- noble youths,
was killed at Buena Vista. Thus our hero
came into possession of tho entire estate of
tho family, which'at first was §120,000. Ho
is now one of tho richest planters of Middle
Tenncssfeo, and does not live twenty-five mile's
from Nashville.
Grumblers. —lf yon find a main disposed £o
complain of the coldnessdf.tlio; world, bo sure
you will find that he has never brought any
thing into the world to warm it, but is a per
sonal lump of ice set in the midst of it. If
you find ft man who complins that the World
is all base and hollow, tap him, and he will
probably sound base and hollow. And so
in the other wav, a kind man will probably
find kindness all about him. The merciful
man, as a general thing, will obtain mercy.
Ho who bas always had a kind excuse for
pthotrs, who has looked at the brightest ‘side
of the case—ha who has rendered his paw
don and his help whenever ho could, who has
never brought his fellow man into any strait
by reason of not helping him—will find.that
the mercy he has bestowed flows back upon
him in a full and spontaneous spring. He
will make a. merciful world by the mercy he
himself shows. j ■
Queen Victoria. —The rumors of the ad
vancing lunacy of hor Majesty Queen Vic
toria, would seem to derive substance from
the announcement of the Gazette tie France,
that “Dr. Schoelin has been sent for to Lon
don to attend a consultation of French and
German,physicians on the state'of the Queen’s
health, which, it seems, is such ns to give rise
to uneasiness/’; Another journal learns from
Berlin that the Prince and Princess Royal,
with the little Prince William, are going to
visit London about the middle-of July, the
object being to “procure a_ salutary emotion
for Queen Victoria.’’ A Parliamentary ex
planation is looked for in England.
BSBuANew Hampshire editor was Antely
robbed while traveling. How much t* thief
made by the operation may be. discovered by.
tlio indignant epistle bo immediatoljJsOljt to/
bis victim, returning pocket-book: •* ji: ' >
“ You miserable cuss, ,-jrocket
book. I don’t keep no such.’ For' a man
dressed as well as you was to,go .rouijd with
a wallet with nothin’ in it but a Idt aESiews
paper scraps, a pair of wooden oosjiip, two
newspaper stamps, and a pass from a railroad
director, is a contemptible imposition on the.
public. As I hear you are an editor, L return
your trash. I never rob only gentlemen.”
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How Ci.erc.ymen Came to Wear Br.Arft,—
In the year 1524, Luther laid aside monk’s
costume, and henoefo th dressed according to
the fashion of the world. Ho chjg.o black
clothes; consequently the color Ims become the
fashion of the clergy. His reason for choosing
this color, was, the Elector of Saxony took an
interest in him, and now and then sent him
a piece of black cloth—being at that time the
court fashion, and because Luther preferred
it, his ,scholars thought it became them to
wear the same color as tlioir master. From
that time, black has been the color mostly
worn by the clergy.
How to Live Well. —Good meals at mod
erate intervals, and the stomach left to rest
between. Sohto interval—an interval of ac
tive exorcise is best—.between books and food.
A leisure hour foif dinner, and cheerful con
versation after it. A short nap. for those who
need or like it after dinner. Light occupa
tion in the evening—literature or correspon
dence. With m'ore or loss social intercourse,
music or other recreation. Those are each I
and all highly desirable; but the most indis
ponaiblo of all is strenuous and various exor-1
else. ' I
Quaker Toast. —This is from me ami mine
to thee and thine. I wish when thud ami
thine coino to see mo and mine, that mo and
mine will treat thee and thine as thou and
thine have treated me and mine. '
This is anew version of the old compliment
I which runs somewhat after this wise:
I wish thee and thy folks loved mo and my
folks, as well as mo and my folks love thee
and thy folks. Forsure-thero never was folks,
since folks was folks, that ever loved folks half
so well as mo and ray folks love thee and thy
folks.
fCT'Fnn is the most conservative element
of society, and ought to bo cherished arid en
couraged by all lawful moans. People never
plot mischief whon aro merry. Laughter is an
enemy to malice, a foe to scandal, and a friend
to every virtue. It promotes good temper, en
livens the heart, and brightens the intellect.
Lot ns laugh when we can.
SZT"A quaint writer of sentences says, “I
have seen women so delicate, that they wore
afraid to ride', for fear the'horse might run
away; afraid to sail, for fear the boat might
overset; afraid to walk, for fear the dew might
fall; hut I never saw one afraid to be mar
ried,” ■
KILLING CORN/
R. C. Randall's article on the Culture of
Corn, in the Rural Register, from which wa
made several extracts, closes with the follow
in'; paragraph; • ..
One day while hoeing in, bur garden’corn
field, of a quarter of an acre, wo sat down'a
half hour and studied diligently the' cbaraotei 1
of the rootlets every where about us radiating
from the corn stalks, from one to three.inches ■
above the surface of the ground. It occurred
to Us that Nature designed them for some-.;
thing else than mere ornaments; and that if
the requisite material for their full develop-’,
ment were supplied,- they might become foots; '
and add something to the tigof of the stalk;
So, in order to make one experiment a fam;
tost, we set to work with our hoe, and to each ,
alternate hill we drew up the earth, covering.,
the shoots to an average depth of eight inches!
After an interval of two weeks, we’ found;
upon examination, that wo had a sot of vigr
(irons top roots, giving extra support to the ’
stalk, and imparting an extraordinary, de
gree of vigor, to its growth. Nearly every
stalk thus ‘ billed up’ afforded an extra ear,
grew one-fifth .''taller than those not hilled,
and the grain ripened several days Caffler.
Hence we have ever since argued - that'it is
good economy to ‘hill up’ corrij but, wo would
remind the farmer that it is a dangerous prac
tice to run a plow or cultivate, so near the
stalks as to disturb the regular roots. A very ■
simple and efficient cross-bar cultivator can
be arranged, so that, with alight dip on eitlioj
side, the two outer shares will throw sufficient
carih to the stalks/ without disturbing the
roots. ~
0"”An eloquent negro ora for thus conclu
des an account of flic dcntb'of a colored bro
tlicr;~"Do' last Word dat ho was hcord to say,
de last word ho was speak, do last
word he was known.to utter, do last word hb
eber pronounced, do last sylablo ho ebhot 1
hoabed, do last idea ho eber ejaculated ; yes,
my brcddcrri, de berry last word ho eber was
known to breavo forth, sound, or articulate;
was, Glory !” Such amplified perorations are
Sometimes to bo hoard from orators of renown.
Explosion or an Oil IVei.l.—A rather sin
gulnr explosion occurred at an' oil well a short
distance from IVollsville on Saturday. It seems
that the Swell had been bored a considerable
distance, when suddenly an explosion took
place,, forcing the tools out of the well, nnd
throwing ft volume of water about forty feet
above the surface of the ground, which still
continued at last accounts. Fortunately, no,
person was injured, but the Well will have to
be abandoned for the present.
CSfAgar said, “give mo neither poverty
nor riches,” and this will ever be the prayer
of the wise. Our incomes should be like
our shoos; if tod small, gall and pinch us, bat
if too large, they will cause us to stumble and
trip. "IVcallh, after all, is a relative tbinjy,
since bo . that has little, wants less,- and is
richer than ho that has niuch, but wants
more. True contentment'depends hot .ujpmt
what wo have; 'a tub*was large enough for,
Diogenes, but a world was too little for.
Alexander--. , ■ >
„ (CV Lady Isabella Finch, daughter of thd
Earl of Winoholsea; Was lady of the' bed
chamber to the Princess Ariielia. Lord Bhtb,
one evening, having no silver, borrowed-a half
crown of her; he sent it back next day, With a
very gallant wish, that he could give' her a
crown. She replied that, “ though he could
not give her a crown, ho could give her-a cor
onet, and she-was very ready to accept it.”
When Erskino was appointed to gno
coed Dundas ns lord advocate, the latter of
fered him the loan of his silk gown, f‘ For
the short time you Will wont it, you bad bet
ter borrow mine/’ “I have' no doubt,’* said
Ertkino, “ that yourigown is made to Jit any
parly, but, hoiyoser Short my time may bo in
office, it.shall bever that Henry Era- '
kino pat jm the’ abandoned habits of . his pros/
dccosshr/’ -y ; ( J
:0“ “.Pappy, can’t the».zoolog^al
rooms to see.thocamom/le fightftho rhinosorua
cow?” ’ i ' ”
“ Sartin, my son—hut don’t,get your trou
sers torn. Strange, my dear, what a taste'
that boy 4ms got for natural history,, isn’t it?
-N'J longer than jesterdny ho had eight pair
of fom cats hanging by their tails from the
clothes lino.”
JC7 4 A cooper, finding. considbraßlo difficul
ty in keeping one of the heads 6f a cask he
was finishing in its phtoe, put Ins son inside'
to hold the head w[> After completing the
work nmclr to his satisfaction* ho was aston
ished to find his boy inside tire cask,- and with
out h possibility of getting out, except through
the buhgholo.
ICT'A. 11. linger, Esq., of Hagerstown,
lias equined his oolord boy, eighteen years of.
ago, arm made rt present Of his services to
Col. W. H. Irwin, of the Seventh Pennsylva
nia Regiment, for an indefinite period, or ns
long as the war may last.
figyft is believed that the Mern’miin case
will come up' before the United States Dis
trict Court in Baltimore, at an early day,'rti
the Deputy United States Marshal; hasbeen
summoning witnesses to appear before tile
Grand Jury. j-
blind man. led by a dog, while wan
doring in the streets of Paris, had his dug
I seized by some one passing; instantly upeu
, in" his eyes, ho gave' chase, and, overtaking
the thief, cudgelled him severely; after which'
ho closed his eyes and fell to begging again.'
O’’A rough individual, whoso knnwnlcdga
I of classical language' washot quite complete*
had been sick, and on recovery was told by‘
his doctor that he might have a little animal
food. ‘No sir, I took your gruel easy enough,';
but hang mo if I can go your hay and oates.’
PIT”A lawyer being asked what Was tho :
reason the reason the rebels run away When- '
over a loyal foroo approohes them, replied,
professionally, that he supposed it only anoth
er Dread Seott case.
O*A man named Brown, aged 41/ residing
at Dagenham, Mass, starved himself to'death
a few days ago, under the delusion that God
forbade him eating food and drinking beer,:
_ BQyThat was a wise nigger, who in speak
ing of the happiness of married people, said,
‘Dat’ar pends altogether how dpy enjoy them
selves.
JCT’A wag recently appended to the list of
market regulations in Cinolnhti, ‘No whist-'
ling near the sausage stalls.
[C7*Tho pleasantest things in the world are:
pleasant thoughts, and' the greatest art in life
is to havo as many as possible,'
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