YOL. 48.
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TU E VOLUXTEERS tAREW ELI.
or W11.1.1A JI L'HQrnXUT.
Tlio rcvuillo is Hounding, lovo,
It calls iuu from thine arms;'
.It Mils mo luavti my peaceful homo,.
To share in war's ulanns. '
Yet though' Hiy check ho pale, .door love,
And pearly tear-drops fall,— ’
1 know thou wouid’st not have, me Kay,'
Nor shrink from Duty’s call.'* .
Then once more.faro theo well, my lovo ! '
Nay, cheek those fulling tears I -
On our good swords this day depends.
. The hopes of future year's—
On hcav’n we’ll rest our cmnfiduucc—
Who blcss’d our early love;.
And faithful slia'll our hearts remain— ■
Fix’d as the stars above., . , /
If in the conflict falling, 4ore^
A Mossing will dcscund
Upon tho gravy of him who dies
His country to defend. .
Though thou hevuil dear lovo,
• One joy is sure’y thine,
Which shall assuage thy present grief,
And solace life’s dsclhiu. ' • ,
For- long as summer's pleasant gules
Hippie.the sou’s blue' wave,
A. nation's love shall hallow
Thu humblest patriot's grave;
And dour to every faithful heart
■Our,flames shall ever be, f .
While floats beneath tho. vault of Hcav’n
<Thc buuuer of the free.
No.louder cuu I Unger, love! ‘
f Our flag is u'uw unfurl'd. ■
Upon its course is Jived t!Tu day ‘ •
Tlju guzu uf uH tliy .world;
Our couutryV.liamo-iuul thiuc, dear l6ye,
, .My .biitUu cry.’shall,l»e.
And long" uk life Will-.l t .remain
THU WIIISPEIII.VG WIXD.
ur'AXNIK tiUKNVII«L|S.
jlnnh ! —twilight-hour, •
Ami thuwiriii whispers to tbo dancing leaves.
.•Come.to -lliu vibe cliiii bower
AnUlud and listen’, while it laughs or grives.
**; To the sunny South 1 strayed,
Where'tho emeriand'n glance in tlio earth's attire,
Hut the rush of. a eavah-ado
Thrill'd through the strings of. my delicate lyre.
o And a .shouting host I hyior-J,
And storm—an if iliun.irr were In the sir;
Tho robe of thu rally In [irl' d,
, JJut foutiu it a pall, for ihedcad were there.
Then I spread my zephyr wings ■
And ileir Irmn ihe revel of hungry deaths
Tim lahowhore the.wild bird stags
* I playfully rippled hi coo) my breath.
41 Away to the West I hied,
AVhere.a wealth, of gushing water gleams—
And I sealed (ne mountain's side, 1
Where the tunpest slept as'in fairy dreams.
“A Jrai'cllcr floutad by,
But thu gi.tnm heard it aud.hastened forth,
And they raised a.batlle-t-ry
Which wakened the guards of the vengeful North—
“To the floods they marched iu haste
But the Furies were there ajid led* the r«u—-
*ck winch, tho demons chased , i( ’ '
■V us freighted with living, but hopuless uiaii.
wow in shed to wrath, ‘
And hit’ior «li.l:thithbr.tU'om atom spoil,-
But angels watched jtg path, • ‘
And-drove it buck from Uic gates of the dead
u 0 mortal.!-—f by. thought's aro vain,
-Old ocean is deep and the winds arc strong
The monarch that rules tho main
Would took thee to sleep with a funeral gong.
■“ To the cataract I came,
here a hardy fool as on nothing cross'd—-
•But I hmyStfd past tlic shame.
Lest jny shotdd rteo and a soul bo lost
“I have murmur'd j G {j, Q nj,j no
The hike of Geneva—and majiy a sea—
Tlio Bosphorus too have been mine,
For all things hi nature pay tribute to me.
“ \ui pVe - Bw oPt|tlirough many a plain
Where the summer sunbeam* softly glide—
-Tb<fn,ovwr the hills again, > b
'' TUI Ivo traversed the world on every sdio.
“ In Temple T have played
On my hnrp of n Miouijahd trcmUling stifrig.,
And the music my lingers made • b
Was swevt as tho strain tbat a ijiirit sings.
“ Bat givo mo tho gloaming West,
Whcro the waters like shoots of silver Ho—
Where tho sworif and camion rest, !
And FfpcUom ro-cohocs from earth to sky!”
ICush .i—‘lls the twilight hour.
Arid'this wind whispers to the dancing loaves—
Como to tho viuu olad.bowur, --
And hi lo and liston,'whi’o it laughs oi^gricvo*.
[A r . 'JV Jimnial of Commerce.]
HMnjieouH.
INCIDENT OF TUE WIB.
Ahouttiie.middle of December, 1812 tbo
garrison ip charge of Fort Niagara, at the
mouth of the Niagara rivof, was surprised by
a large party of British arid Indians, whereby
the American frontier, from Youngstown to
Buffalo, was-laid open to tho depredations of
t|ie, savages. - - -
•One of the moat flourishing American vil
lages on the Niagara was Lewistown, situated
opposite to the Canadian village of Queens
town, and ns 'the inhabitants of Lewistown
had been active in tbo defance of the frontier,
the enemy doomed the place to speedy destruo-
When the flames fcnd smoke were ascend
ing from the wanbn conflagration of Youngs
town, and the'paftiesof villagers flying from
the murderous-savages, notified the people of
Lewistown of what weald soon bo the fote of
their own homes and families, every one was
thrown into tho utmost confusion and alarm,
and sought safety in flight.
Among the last to escape were two broth
ers, name Lotbrop and Bales Cook, tho form
leg amputated above the knee, and was nowa
helpless invalid. ■ '
Lothrop, who, in his crippled condition had
no hope of escaping the scalping knife of the
savages, bogged his brother to leave him and
fly for his life. But the generous man had
no such intention.' . • .
With all the haste possible, Bates,-after
getting the team and sleigh to the door, man
aged to drag the bed on which his brother lay
up tin the vehicle, and throwing in clothing
and such' 'other necessaries as came nearest
to hand; started off in the rear of tho flying,
fugitives. But so rough was the ground that
thu wunnded youth chuid cnduro.no other than
tho slowest motion,' < ■'
Bates, therefore' found it necessary for him
to restrain his team to the slowest walk, while
ho could sop- in his roar the flames bursting
out of the doors and windows of tho house
they had just quitted, and the yells and war
•whoops of tho drunken Indians rang with
stsirlling effect in his ears.
- ’ House after house was fired, and before the
young men had reached the tup of tho hill on
their way out of the place; the entire village
was wrapped in flames. .
■ They could see tho painted warriors, wild
rwlth.di'juk and bedecked with the plunder of
tho stores, dancing and howling in thostreets,
like so many incarnate demons; and mingled:
hero and there among, them, and dodging in
and out of the burning building, the British
associates as busily engaged in tho work of
plunder as tho savages, while 'obscene oaths
uiul drunken songs attested their infernal joy.
.. On tho other hand, as. they , moved slowly
along, they could see teams and groups of
their neighbors and friends disappearing rap
idly in the distance, whilpthey were iorced to
move'along slowly and exposed to the first
party of drunken and infuriated savages who
might espy them. Moving thus along, they
'had proceeded something like half a mile from
the smoking village, when oh ‘ascending an
eminence,, Bates was startled by‘.a fierce war
whoop in the rear, and to his horror discov
ered, a handiof savages in pursuit of them, and
wildly gesticulating for them to stop....
In the excitement of the momohfhp urged
his lenin to a.faster gait; hut a cry of paiu
from Lothrop caused him to slacken his speed
again, and'catching up a gua he had the fore
thought to throw it into tho sleigh, h&; pre
pared to defend his helpless brother" to the
last. ’
Lothrop now.perceiving the danger they
were in, and knowing, in his feeble condition,
that escape was hopeless unless swifter pro
gress could ho made, begged his brother, to
drive on. At least it could only be death to
him ; and if tha motion of the'sleigh over the
rough ground should kill him, he thought it
would.certainly bo better than fall into the
bands of their merciless pursuers.,
The Indians dashing on,, wore soon in hail
ing distance, and hp. briilren Vi igl is h ,th r e at
"eued'Butos -firTtlTThe,most ofriol toHuvesdflie'
did not stop, but he refused to obey, !,
Soon coming up wdtb the sleigh, the sava
ges began to chase Bates round and round it,
bill from some oversight paid no attention to
his helpless brother. At last Bates snatched,
tip the gun from-the sleigh arid rati (iff to one
side of the road, to draw the Indians, if pos
sible, away, from Loth top. The, ruse partial
ly succeeded, hut as a fierce. looking Indian
pursued Bates more .closely than consistent
with his' safety, he turned suddenly, and lev
eling his gun at the savage, lie fired. The In
dian gave a terrific yell, leaped into the air,
run a few paces, and fell dead. The death of
their lander exasperated the savages to the
hist degree, and they were about to wreak
their vengeance on the brother, when upon
their right, ori the mountain, they heard a
wild, ringing war whoop, and the next minute
a.vol|ey of rifle shots whistled toward'them,
mid several of the pursuers' fell killed nud
wounded to the ground. . '
The now party proved to bo a hand of friend
ly Tusetironis,.under Little Chief, who hear
ing the firing along the road, hastened to re
connoitre, and seeing.the two brothers, whom
they iinriiediatqly recognized, thus beset, ran
down the lu.il to their relief, and of the fif
teen or twenty savages whopursued the villa
gers; scarcely one-fourth returned to tell'the
fate of their companions.
£AVw ) Altai.
.. Bates Conk afterward became Controller of
the Slate of New York, and Lothrup occupied
many positions of trust and distinction, but
both now sleep their lust sleep.
SWEET REVENUE—A COMEDY OF EBBORS.
On Olivo street, in St, Louis, lives a gush
ing maiden of coquettish proclivities, who
ciieors the declining years of a father who
owns several nice corner hits, and.carries des
olation into the hearts of ail the miserable
bachelors who wear tight hoots and yellow
gloves on her.account. Until recently the de
vastating Hebe managed to keep all her ad-'
mirors in such a delightful fog of uncertain
ty that no one could consider himself ‘ the
manhut at a private party, a short time
since, she bestowed special smiles on. two in
fatuated swains, and the rivalry fur her hand
at once narrowed down to this'tirade-. of
knights." One'of those.favored individuals is
the possessor of a very ‘loud’ plantation of
sentimental whiskers; and so offoetivd did
those prove in his suit that it soon became ev
ident that" he would handsomely defeat his ri
val and win the prise. None perceived this
sooner than the aforesaid rival, who is so un
fortunate as to be fearfully beardless, and
‘tremenjous’ was his agony in consequence,—
Ho made a gallant fight of it. Ho had his
dmir eprled daily byagifted artist in thatiine,
regardless of expense; he bloomed into vest
of deafening brilliancy, and. mor.t-"
gaged his salary Six months ahead," that ho
might flourish sundry gorgeous rings and
breastpins. But dll was of no avail; the whis
kers still bristled in easy triumph, and tho
defeated lover became as desperate as a cat
with snuiTiii her eyes, 'Ho had boon trifled
with by a heartless coquette; he had boon
put to expense involving bankruptcy; his
heart had been turned into a desert, and a
hated rival had ‘accomplished his hellish de
signs.’ What was loft for him but revenge I
There was a charm in tho word—a paradise
in the thought. Ho would send his rival and
the faithless ope to the other side of Jordan,
ahd magnanimously make tho same trip him
self, . He had been invited to a highly respec
table tea party, at which ‘the perjured pair’
; wonJd also he present, and there the terrible
sacrifice must he modi. When that fatal eve
ning arrived,, he made himself os gorgeous ns
o first class sun flower, and stalked dramati
cally into a'funeral drag store. ‘Arsenic
two ounces, ’ he whispered to tho attendant
clerk, in a manner that would have made his
eternal fortune and brought down the galle
nes, had ho tried it at tho theatre. Being fa
miliar with horrors, the clerk blandly smiled
an assent, and furnished tho poison, like a
genuine Borgia. Crowding tho package into
a yory small watch pocket, tho unflinching
minister of vengeance repaired to the Costive
gathering, end was immediately driven to the
verge of lunacy by the spectacle of the whis-
Jvam.miul ilia mßiMan woUvinff t/urAf.hAl*
“ OIIIV COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—RIGHT OR WRONQ.OUR COUNTRY.”
‘Like a pair of scissors
Whirling round a spiudlo/
As the hour for ‘taking tea’ approached, lie
stole darkly into theltafou a manger and di
vided his arsenic between three particular
cream pots; Then he returned to tho parlor
and hypocritically joined tho pair ho devoted
to death, just as tho sentimental young wo
man who officiated at the piano had struck
up ‘The Bold Privateer’ for a march to the
tearoom. As though byaccideut, ho had led
his unsuspecting victims to that part of the
kcaufot where the fatal cream pots glittered,
add commenced operations by modifying bis
own oup of liohea from one of them. They
unwittingly followed suit with tho others, and
were nicety poisoned in about five minutes!—
Tho poisoner chuckled fiendishly as ho wit
nessed the success of his plot, and went back
to tho parlor-with his victims without a doubt
that all throe of them would bo in kingdom
como in less than half an hour. At the door
of the room ho'quittod them, for there came
upon him suddenly a half regret that he had
included himself in the devoted category.—
The regret grew in absolute remorse inabout
five minutes ; and,'as the perspiration oozed
out upon his forehead, he grow ‘much worse.’
A momentary-pause in the music caused him
to look up, and he beheld the hated whiskers,
leading the'faithless one to a sofa. The un
happy man could hear no more. Ho dashed
toward the pair, and blurted out: ‘Stoiriach
pumps—quick! all poisoned 1’ and then dart
ed through the liall into the street.'. The ef
fect of his announcement may ho imagined;
ladies fainted prpmiacously, and the attendant
cavaliers grew pale and asked ‘what was the
matter?’ In tho meantime the author of all
this trouble flew through* the. streets'like a se
cessionist with creditors after him, dud .tore
into, the drug store before mentioned, with lit
tle regard to the proprieties of the place: In
broken accents, he confessed his guilt to the
clerk from whom he had purchased the arse
nic, and gave an immediate order for .‘three
stomach pumps I’ The clerk was observed to
smile immediately, and whispered something
like—l know how it was ; perfectly harmless,
I assure you; white sugar, you know. In
another instant tho would’bo poisoner was
dashing along tho street again in tho direc
tion of the tea party establishment, minus his
hat, and giving three cheers at .short inter
vals. Charging through an.army of physi
cians who;had been suddenly called in, here
appeared before the horrified assemblage, in
the parlor arid announced the ‘joyful intelli
gence’ in very bad gramme?. Of course there
was an immediate ‘reaction,’ as-they say in
Baltimore; and, in the, general happiness
over the innocent termination of the, poisoning
business, the prisoner was forgiven.--On the
following morning liowoVor, he loft St. Louis
without paying his hoard him.and is-said to
have gone South with tho secession'- troops
-fr'«l.l>«wkfort. ■ * ' ... in
Affairs at West Point-
A correspondent of the Boston Transcript,
writing to that paper .under date of Juno 22d;
gives some interesting particlurs of the state
of things at the Military Academy, and of
the recommendations of the recent Board of
Visitors! The hoard, whieh has jrist closed
its session, recommended an increase in the
number of cadets. The maximum number
that can now be admitted, is 273, while the
barracks to the buildings are capable of ac
commodating 400. Although; in the last
forty-nine years, the population of the country
has been multiplied four-fold,.,the legal num-‘
her of cadets admissible into the Academy
lias been enlarged by the addition of about
twenty-three. The compliment in 1812 was
two hundred and fifty; The. Visitors, there
fore recommend that the corps bo raised to
four hundred cadets, that each Ulilted’States
Senator, and each United States Representa
tive;-.be allowed, respectively, to nominate
one, and that the remainder be appointed by
the President-at his discretion.
Another and quite important suggestion of
the Board is, that the cadets ho hereafter
taught”tho use of tho telegraph, so ,as to he
o nio practical operators. The course of stu
dy now covers a period of five years. It is
proposed to reduce it to four years, which was
the term originally adopted. The graduation
of two classes this year, tho fourth and fifth,
■will create a large number of vacancies, and
will considerably increase the size of the class
which will enter on its studios this "summer..
In the whole corps there remain but thirteen
cadets from the South, and hutouo of these is
from tho Cotton States.
MiOratoryllaiutsoftueßovfalo. —There
is a feature in tho migratory character of tko
Buffalo not generally known, except to hun
ters, ahd that is the vast body of tho herd is
never found tho same district of country two
Seasons in suoeossion. Tho buffaloes of North
America form an immense army, marching
in one continuous circuit, hut, perhaps, throe
fourths of tho entire number of which are
found within range" of from two to three
miles. Thus, where buffaloes are abundant
one year, they lire fewer tho next, until the
groat body, having completed its circuit, again
makes its' appearance. The circuit is com
pleted in about four years. Its western lim
it is the eastern base of the'Rooky mountains,
and its eastern is bounded by a marginal out
line of civilization, extending from tho Bri
tish 'settlements on. tho North, to northern
Texas on tho South. Tho range of latitude
traversed extends from the Cross Timber of
Texas to the tributaries of Lake Winnipeg
on tho North.
Nature's Preparation Death
human being can rest for any time in a.state
of equilibrium;.where tho (fesire to live and
that to depart just balance <aeh other. If
one has a house, in which ,ho has and
always means to live in, ho pleases him
self, with the thought of all the conveniences
itoffors;him, and thinks little.of its wants
and imperfections. But once made
up his mind to move to a bettor, every incom
modity starts out upon him until the very
ground plan of it seems to have changed in
his mind,, and his thoughts and affections,
eachono of them packing up its little bun
dle of circumstances, have quitted their sev
eral chambers and nooks and migrated to their
new home long before its apartment are pre
pared to'receive their bodily tenant. It is so
with the body. Most persons have died be- f
fore they expire,-—died to all earthly long
ings, so that the last breath is only ns it wore,
the looking of tho door of tho already desert
ed mansion.
Polite writer in tho Illus
trated London Times says that . “ American
children are much handsomer than English
children, and much more polite, They have
greatet* cbnfidenco in their parents, Which is
tho result of freedom of intercourse." Wo
believe this to bo strictly true although most
Americ&BS are always praising tho polite
ness of English children. Wo n.eyor dmcoy
flcnd-iJmir-ftunarloritv ia this rosnoot.
CARLISLE. PA., TIHiRSOAV, JULY
llow often'havo'We
and how many times is it mhdo&sortof cpm?
! forter lor the evils whioWimefall-those who
, should attribute their ill saijpess to their lack
i of foresight, energy, or Many
; events, doubtless, been* wil|bh no human wis
. dom can guardagainsfcj’brhitman circumspect
; tion foresee,, but the disaster of life are main
' ly attributable, to ighoranq|Jnnd carelessness,
j and luck has.nothing.to’ ,them, ..Ma
ny persons seem through .their w.holo-livos to
' be battling with ill luok, f&ut their.ill' luok,
. when analyzed, isonly.afVwftt°f energy, econ
omy and foresight. . person Hian
the,unlucky one sees howjUud why ho dues
not succeed, lie 1 obsoryoSi'a/man 'm, a’’good
and growing business neglifcfmg that business
! and indulging in. rccreathino and amuse
-1 meuts, while his customerharo going to other
and more attractive Liisiness .thus
falls off, and the trader cdntihucs his devotion
1 to amusements to for the 1 anxiety
and trouble which the decay of his business
; produces. He finally upd then says:
' ‘That’s just my luck.’ -Ihiw could this have
produced .any other AVhut has .hii
luck to do with it. A mornpant, not satisfied
with the gains bf goes in
■ to the stock market or be ( tonics a shaver of
notes, lie comes, in cofiiiiut, with sharpers
who are glad to bo.atye’;ji# s P oBe »f.-heed
ing stocks or. doubtful peouatftry notes, and he
comos out of the markef prof
its, but also with his Capital sUiCkhiiniiusl'-
cd. Then ho says iiis ?an
neveri make anything'j'.bUt;.his-iAlsprtnue
simply.is tlmt ho forgot his legit
imate’ business. Thosewho'go in crowds On
public days
which they frequently ex^.sej^iid,’to their;
chagrin that some adroit pteqir hus relieved
them of their burden;! .andvithey curse their;
luck when their stupidityda'the only thing to!
blame. A young man : lids ! a good situation;
but allows' ids companidnsttoialluro himfrom!
business, and instead of,faking bare of. his;
employer’s interests ,lie neglects them’until,’
after repeated remonstrances, he is discharged
w’itbbut a recommendation:' Then ho whines
about his bad,luck, but there is noluek.atnll
about it; he has . only reaped the reward of
his negligence and inattention. The .young
neglbct their studies, and’ when they . enter
upon the duties of aotiye .life" they find them
selves incompetent to pbflprm them. How
ever they may talk of bad luck, they may
trace all their"'troublortjHmisspent, time in
their youth. Then again.a; parent imagines
that.his child is blessedvwith extraordinary
capacity, and allows, his aSiufd to, be ,so crowd?
ed and overworked thht disease; finally 7 , prpes
trateß it, and then the patent talks’ of the bas
luek’he has in reariug Bat he, the
parent, only lacked cbnimpg, sense.. A,law
yer .who has a’ | goo&^t^,i£f.e^
' tifed' dFRi6 r mrootou|pqt;itiletys|^^^nr®s7
and imagines tliatdie.'is'fittcd the
arena of polities; lie juiif& somaStfbng' par
ty, and w’hcn, hb is convinced ‘that they are i
about to succeed .ho, thinks hQ’.lms attained |
the end of his reward. . Bpt the party is not
victorious, and the lawyer finds that while bg
lias iibt gained a political’position ho has lost'
the majority of his clients';, and this is bad
luck! We might go on in this manner and
should find, after all, that there is but little
bad luck in the world. -Misfortunes'arc gen
erally the result of certain causes, and those
who carry; out their plans with prudence and
energy can generally control these causes.—
Delays and disappointments no doubt will
fall to their lot, but in the long run proper
moans directed to proper ends are. almost cer
tain of producing good luck to those who use
them. This talk about bad 1 luck lias, an evil,
effect upon young people. When they become
negligent and things go wrong, instead of
looking at the errors they have committed
and resolving to remedy'them; they complain
of their bad luok and try fo enlist the sympa
thies of those around them. This sympathy'
should never bo extended, for it’wili confirm
those who receive it in their indolence and in
discretions,, and make them always the vic
tims of ill luck. Let those whoimagine that
they have had bad luck hitherto only deter
mine that they will not have bad luok in the
future, and they will find that this very de
termination willreleaso them from the pres
ence of their enemy
Moral Influence.— Away iip ; among the
Alleghenies there is a spring so small, that , a
single ox in a summers day could:drink it
dry. It steals its unobtrusive way among tho
hills, till it spreads out into, the beautiful
Ohio. Thence it stretches away a thousaud
miles; leaving on its bank inure than a hun
dred villages and cities, and;many thousand
cultivated farms ; and bearing on its bosom
more .than a ■ thousand steamboats. Then
joining the Mississippi, it stretches away some
twelve hundred miles more till it falls into the
groat emblem of eternity. It was one of the
tributaries of the ocean, which obedient only
to God, shall roll arid roar.till the angels with
one foot on tho sea and tho other on the land,
shall lift up bis blind to heaven and swear
that time Shall be no longer. •
So with moral influence. Ityis a rill-a
rivulet —a riven—an-ocean boundless and
fathomless as eternity. ;.
The Ano el in the House.— When you are
world-weary, and soul-sick, talk with a little
child. As tho clear trusting eye is lifted to
yours, a thought of'the immeasurable dis
tance you have blindly traveled from that
sweet trust to your humble atheism, will.touoh
tho world frozen fountain of your tears;, and
just as the little head; unquestioning and con
fiding, loans upon your breast, so. will you
yearn instinctively. for the bather of All,
whoso loving arms are our best and safest
shelter. That man, or woman, must indeed
bo past redemption, whom ‘‘ the little one in
the midst" canuotbring nearer Ilcavon,—A’aa
ny Fern.
Good Cobv Bread.— One quart of corn
meal, 1 pint of wheat flour, two eggs and a
little salt, with sour butter-milk sufficient to'
make a very stiff batter. Mix thoroughly,
and then add one teaspoonful of .soda disr
solved in a very littlo hot water. Stir this in
and pour into well-greased pans, sufficient to
be one and a halt or two inohep: thick when
cooked,, in a hot oven, and bake until
done, say half an hour, and. capsy to the
table hot. !
BoiiSb-lNDiAir PuDDimi.— Take'6 .oups of
sour milk, two eggs, T tPasppoo heaping run
of salnratus; 3 tablespoonfuls flour, 5 cups
Indian meal, 2 tablespoonfuU -molasses, pno
holf cup Bour-oroam. Ka.Bing, .ob . clr.«d
fruit,' improve it very jnnok. It > S
either boiled .or steamed. K boiled, it, re
quires a-oup more meal, aud 1 spoonful more
flour thau.wheu.-fltouniod. • ; ■
K7'Tho Iliohmohd, Vn., City Council, has’
bought a mansion in that town for §59,000,
for Jeff Davis ps president of the Southern
Confederacy,
8j 1861.
a young and gallent horo will lose
iM& Jifc in the present war, to whom, whon mould
taring in the‘dust, tho following poem by tho great
est of Ampriqaii poets, will truthfully , apply. . As
au offering of geniy s at tho grave of the soldier and
patriot, it has not its equal in the English lan
guage : ■ ; -
He hath boon mourned as brave man mourn tho. bravo,
And wept as nations woep their cherished dead.
With bitter, but praiid tears, and o’er bis head
Tho eternal.flowers wHoso root js id'tho grave,
Tho flowers of Fame/ afo beautiful und green •
And’by his grave’s side pilgrim foot have boon,
And. blessings, pure as mon to martyrs give.
Have there bean breathed by those be died to save.
Prido of his country’s .bandod chivalry, . , •
His fame their hope, his namo their buttle cry;
He lived as mothers wish their sons,to live,
Ho died us fathers wish their sons Jo die. .
If on tho grief-worn check tho hues of bliss,
Which fado:wbounll woloyo is in th.e-.tpmb>
Could over know-on earth a second ,bloom,
The memory of a gallant death’ like life
Wj)uld cull them intobijiug; blit tho fow, - '
Who as their frieud, thoiirbrothots or tboir Boh,
His kind, warm heart and gciitlo'-spirit know,
Had long lived; fearod for him ylono;
His voice their, morning inusie, and his oyb .
Xbo only strarlight of theitfeSroniyg-Sky, , y
Till even the dim, -
And Ufo’s bcst joys were sorrows but with him ;
And wheii, tho burhiug-bdllct in his' breast,
Ho dropped, like summer fruit from off the bough,
There was ono heart that know aud lov’d him bo’si
—lt was a. mother’s—mid'is brokcmiow.
DRAFTING FOR TUG ARMY.
.An amusing scene came off in a small
town situated in the northeastern part of this
( Dutchess) county, a few days ago.
, It appears that, a young unan engaged in
podding “ Yankee Notions,” happening to;
stop' .for, the night at a tavern with his :
wares, thought he wpnld.have some sport with
the rustics,, before his departure; and'accord-;
ingly adopted the plan of representing-him
self in the employ ofUncle Sam.”
Before retiring for the night, he had the
landlord of the hotel “ well posted” as to his
plans for the morrow, giving him instructions
to inform the “ boys” that there vyas a draft
ing officer staying there.
In tho morning ho sallied forth into the
bar-room; and tho first one ho “ picked out”
of the crowd, was amah pretty,well advanced
toward forty-five years of age, and apparently
a coward at heart. , - -..'..
The officer advanced toward him, placed
Ills handuponliia shoulder; hud at the same
time asking his name ; ; ■:
. Oh 1 I .cannot go I” exclaimed the man
“ Ijajnnot go j I’mnota sound man. I have
threC'of' my - rits
have been broken, and have lost the use of my
right eye;, I cannot go 1 I tell you I am- not
a sound man,”
That officer thinking that the man had
‘•‘sufficient” reasons why ho could not go, left
him and proceeded on to another man spmo
.what yroungorthan the first mah accosted.
“Como up here, ray man?" said the public
functionary, “what is your name?”
“Ohl.f shall die before I got there!’’ cried
but the second, somewhat encouraged by the
success-of the first, insetting free from being
enrolled, “ I never can go, I am so unwell. .
“ Very well, my good fellow, carelessly re
plied “ Uncle SaiUj" I will never release you
on any such pretence, unless you will get the
written certificate of some practicing physi
cian, well known in this-vicinity,” .
!skccbrdinglyi off starts the “green un” for
thb nearest doctor. Arriving at tho'-liouso,
almost exhausted with fatigue, lie rdshes in
the Doctor’s office, and Cries out in a stammer
ing manner.
• "Doc—Doctor! I-want you to give mo a
certificate to toll, the man what pulls' men off
tojoin.the army, that I’m not a well man."
“ IVoU," replied the doctor, “I don’t know
db I can do that for you. I cannot say you
are not a well man. I would perjure myself
if I did.”
“Oh I! Now dear doctor, you know it would
fast time I would see “Sal,” if they
takb> nip off. Can’t you jest sot it down for
me"’.
. Whilq the second character was gone for
the doctor’s certificate, tho officer had “ struck
on”,about twenty others congregated in tho
room, each one having, in bis own estimation,
some plausible excuse for not wanting to go.
It soon became rumored around the vil
lage what was going off at the hotel, and both
old and young, inalo and feamale, rushed to
the scene, the men bagging to bo “lot off just
for oneo/.’ and 'the,women crying and going
iu hysterics, upon the anticipated loss of hus
bands lovers.
The .“ officer” after,having enrolled a suffi
cient number of men to satisfy his fun-loving
characteristics, gave orders to them to appear
on tho ground next morning to bo in readiness
to go to Albany tho day following, to bo arm
ed and equipped.
Many were tho tears shed that night, and
many wore tho wills that were made. Lov
ers and husbands parted, as they thought they
could never lot their Zaoariahs togoboshdt at
by tho tSfnnl rebels,
Tho morning came, and. the crowd began
to gather around the hotel; Everything was
ready to.start, when—lo! the pedlar had de
camped for.parts unkown. Theory of “ sold!”
“ soldi!’wept up from every mouth, and the
men returned to their work, declaring that
tlrey would treat him to a coat of'tar and
foathbrs, if ho should over happen to travel
that why again.
A Scor.b Converted.— ln the early period
of the history oflMethodism some of Mr. Wes
ley’s opponents, jn tlie oxcess of their zeal
ous outhusiasiii, took up a whole wagon-loud
Of Methodists and carried them before a ma
gistrate. >Vhen tlioy wore asked what these per
sons had done, there was an awakened silence;
at length We of them sold— • ■ , .
“Why they pretended to do bettor than
otKcrs,-and besides, they prayed from morn
*DTho pipgistrato asked if they had done any-
said an old mpn ; “ an’t plonso
your worship, they converted ray wife, till the
wont among tl(gm, she had such a tongue, and
now sbo is as-qhiet ns a lamb. ■ •
« Carry them back,”' said the magistrate,
“and lot them convert all the scolds in the
town.?-
Persons who practice deceit and arti
fice always deceive them.selves more than,
they deceive others. They may feel great
complacency in view of the success of their
'doings';. but they are in reality casting ft
mist, before their own eyes. -Snob persons
not only make a false estimate of their "own'
character ; but they estimate falsely the opin
ions and conduct of others. No person is ob
liged to tell all ho thinks; but both duty and
self-interest forbid hint over to make false pto
toaoe» t
ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.
BY FITZ-Gm:i:.N' lIALI.r.OK,
1 A Dl(!D SCENE:
BY “ CItAJIHE.”
LIFE’S LETTER MOMENTS.
Lifo-faas its momenta -
Of tic fully and bloom,
They hang like tho sweet rosea
On tho'edge of tho tomb;
Blearing they bring ua;
Aa lovely .as briof,
They moot ua when'happy,.
And leave us in grief.
Hues of tho morning; ' ’
Tinging tho sky, ■ -
Como on tho sunbeams, .
And off with thorn fly;:
' Shadows of evening - ~
Bong soft oh tho shore, . c „
Parkhess enwarps them, ’
We-sco them no more.
So life’s bettor moment’s
lu'hrillianco appear.
Pawning in beauty ,
■ Our journey'Jo eheer;
-Round ns-they; linger, ■
. Like shadows of ovon,
Would that wc, like thorn,
Might molt in heaven.
MINIE RIFLES;
Wo notice that many persons seem hot to
understand, what’.is meant by aMinie Hide,
they pppnk of our government rifles its “Miuie
Rifles”, and even designate .tho rifled muskets
as a “jyiinio.musket.”. Minio’s cliiof inven
tion was a bullet, and it is the Minie bullet
that makes the rifle shooting of the French
army so effective. ,
• Claude Etienne Minie was at first a private
soldier In-the French afmy. wlio began his
military life when ho was very young. It is
One Of the peculiarities of that army, that a
man can raise in it from the ranks and become
a field marshal, if sufficiently meritorious,
Minio rose to be a captain of. foot chasseurs.
In this position ho found time and opportuni
ty to let loose his inventive faculty. He iqado
important improvements pul guu-harrela aud
cartridges, which , were, adopted .by the Gov-:
erniueut; and, finally, he porfopfeU his inven-i
*tioH of the famous Minie hullet. Whioh in the,
• French afniy has superceded everylhingplso'
of the kind. In, 1849 -ho received the ..cross'
pf : the,legion pFhonoj', and a few years litter
received a c6mm|esion us majpf. .He was then;
stationed permdhpiitlyat Vilicenuesas instruc
tor in the use of fife-orlus, ' • '
-. The Minie bullet is an.olqhgafei cylinder,;
conical in front; pud concave, behind. ;It has
a thin baud, and when in cartridge, the poty
der behind it fills the cavity, and ou expludlhg
swells out the edge, making it fit and fill tho
grooves of- the rillo, barrel, i This greatly, in-!
ereasds its force and makes.it effective at very
Jong distances.. Minie improved rifle barrels,'
and nearly the whole French army are now
furnished with guns 'of tliis ilnproved-.pat
tehi; but fho “ Minie’’ should-be applied to
-tbe bullet’ rather than tlie gdn, when it moans
terrific force and osecutiou. .* ,
O’" It is rumored that the Administration
at ' Washington.'is.'about to appoint .Henry
Winter Davis to the Austrian Mission, to
compensate him for his defeat by the people
for Congress. The propriety of appointing,
discarded politicians to foreign missions is at
best doubtful—but no greater insult eould be
offered to the Union ineu of Baltimore than to
commission Henry Winter-Davis: Ho was
defeated by an overwhelming majority inn
Union District, not .because ho was a; Union
man, blit because the people had no faith in
his integrity. To rebuke the loyal citizens
of Baltimore for their refusal to electa dis
houcstdcmagugue, is not calculated to increase
their affection fur the Federal Government.:— I
Pal. ' r
A Good Hole.— A man who is very rich
now, was very pour when ho was a boy.—
When asked how ho got his riches, he re
plied: “My father taught mo neper to play
until my work was finished, and never spend
my money until I had oarhod it. If I had
ope hour’s work in'a day I roust do that the
first thing, and in an hour, and after this 1
was allowed to play, and then could play with
more pleasure than if I had the thought of
the unfinished task' before ray mind. 1 early
formed thohabitof doing everything in time,
and it soon’ became perfectly easy to do so.—
It is to this I owe riiy prosperity. .
BSyllopo writes' the poety of, a boy, but
Memooy that of a man. Man looks forward
with smiles, but backward with sighs, , Such
is the wise providence of God.' The cup of
life is swoolest at the brim ; the flavor is im
paired as wo drink deeper, and the dregs are
made bitter that w.o may not struggle when
it is taken from.our lips.
O" “You know, madam, that you cannot
make a purdooutof a sow’s'ear” “Oh, sir,
please fan lire: I have intimations of a swoon.
When you use that odious specimen of vul
garity again, clothe it in refined phraseology.
Just say—“lt is impossible to fabricate a pe
cuniary receptacle from the auricular organ
of a femihiuo porcine quadruped.”
O' A gentleman, while in church intend
ing to scratch his head; in a mental absence
reached over into another pew and scratched
the head of an old maid. He discovered his
ihistako when she sued him for a broach of
promise of marriage.
' At an,evening party lately, a young man
front. England wan boasting of the pedigree,
wealth and importance of lus ancestors.
“6 yes,” said Sam 11., your father and
mine spent part of tHoir lives together.”
/■ Whore was that f” sharply replied the
other. , =,
‘‘ln the IJloomingdulo poor house 1” was
the stinging answer.
An Irishman remarked to his compan
ion on observing a lady pass, “ Pnt, did you
ever boo a woman so thin as that before ?" •
• “Thin,” replied the other, botheration, I
seen a woman'thin as. two of her put togeth
er,have.” !
OiT* A young miss of Belfast, Me., whose
acquirements are rather .beyond her four
Bummers, was n few days since repeating the
catechism at her mother’s knee. In response
to the question, What did God Croats? (the
said; “The earth, the sun, the moon, the
stars —and stripes.
“Fatuee,” said.lady of the now school to
her indulgent spouse, as bio resumed his pipe
after supper, “you must buy our dear Qoor
i pinna an English grammar and spelling! hook
site has gone- through her French;' Latin, and
Greek, music, drawing aniTdaholng, and now
ishe must commonce'Englisli”’ ‘■ ; '
BSS“An affair occurred in the streets of
Leavenworth, Kansas, between D. R. An
thony, proprietor of the Daily Conservative,
and II 0. Satorleo received a ball mhiflright
side, and died twenty minutes.
nni #nk
Jgjy-lloT.—Tho -weather. :. **
KT-Pasliionahle—Midnight earousal* and
swollod-hcads in the rooming. . ■. ■ x i\
O' Be cautious ■what you say-— when and
to whom. • ■
If you ■wish to rcada rogue, look at tht
eye. .■V-
o"He’' who follows ‘two haras 1* sura 1 tjnS
ea ch neither. j¥„ - ‘
article that 'indolent
yonug ladies use tn thoplace of water and
soap. • •" 1:1 l .■! , j., _ .
ggylt is not the ■ quanity of. the most ,hns
the cheerfulneas.of the gupstSi which make#
the feast.' f-i
, O" He that neglects .to. observe the "work,
ings’ of Providence, robs hid soul,of, its ehqie'
est comforts. : , . , • . 'V' ,
0“A lump of wot saloratus,. applied to,the
sting of a wasp or boo, will atop.the painiq
one moment, and prevent it from swelling.
Pin this fact up some where for thus 5 sum
mors use. - c . ...
DC7“Whatlotter would.makeallflowera_oUke
W would make-nli-flowerB r waU flowers," >
[CTTTho.only -colored nation in the world
hat corns, Us own specie is Haytl,. ; *
jgylf you lone others '. they willloVcyon.
If yon speak kindly to them thoy will speak
kindly to you', r. L6ve is repaid with.Jpvp and
hatred-.: Would yon hear a sweet and pleas*
antlyyourself.,, . , ", ~ „ * i’ .
■; syp.p./■ ■ r .
fITT' A arxiUe is like the bursting of the sun
from behind a cloud, ■to him-who thinks he
■bos no friends in the wide wourld, • '
j@“Ladies of, -fashion starve their happi*
boss Tb; feed their vanity, and their leva ta
feed.their pride.' i ,
(£7* A man frequently,admits that he wna
in the" wrong, uut a women never—she Was
only mistaken.” •
O'” 1 If all the wourld wore blind what ®
melancholy sight it would -be,” said an Irish:
clergyman to hiceopgrogntion. : _
ggy Oyor one hundred "thousand letter*
. Sent North from Washington, weekbefora last
two-thirds of them were written by ouraol
diers. ' - . - ■
flgyTho weather has been very warm fw
the last two weeks., V. ; V. ,
DC7”True benevolence is to give a man the
small-pox and then have him taken te a pest
house as a nuisance. . v
ygyThe official vote of Tennessee gives *
majority fo raoparation of 01, 175. The vots
was the largest ever polled, t
HyNo. loss than three hundred and forty*
three members hare been admitted to practice
at the Philadelphia Bar since June Ist, 1855,
ICT'The Now York Herald says that the
number of applications for position .in The
Custom House in that city,' foot up to about
29,000, ' ■ ■ • : :
B®* Why is the Union like a crab-apple f
Because to be worth anything it must be pre>
served.
PP“Ploasant. —The weather.-
Tho French army numbers; about 687,
000 men, with 10 marshals,-194 generals of
divisions, 102 brigadier generals, 1,070 ma
jors, and 0,871 captains. .
• JdQy* Tho more, wo. know of History, tho
less shall we esteem , the subjects of it ; and
,ti*.'despise our species, is the price wo mast
too often pay for knowledge of it.
JQyWhon concession is evitable, it is wise
to concede before necessity, destroys both free
dom of thought and dignity of movement.
fty’The demand for iron in the United
Suites has fallen off almost to nothing in Eng
land, at which tho iron masters grumble. ,
O'There is no-truth in tho report that
more men are nob Wanted at Washington.
Tho transport of troops thither will not oes*
till the force is raised.to 50,000.
ggy The nerve which never rcl/ucos—-
the eye which nerve ■ blanches—-the ,thought
which'never wanders, those are the, masters
of victory. ; .\y, :
J77”“lV’iiehe do you hail from 7 piioried
Yankee from a traveller.
“Whore -do you rain from 7” -was the re
sponse, ■ . : ,
“ Pont rain.at all!” sajd the astonished
Jonathan. , . ,
“Neither do I 'liail, so mind your own busi
ness. 1 :i ...
is it possible for a man to 1 get
beastly drank, as the saying is,, when! ft*
beast having inoro sense than the man, get*
drunk not at all? : ■ ,
Teaes.—There is a sacrodness in tears.
They are notthe mark of weakness, but of
power 1 They aro tho mosongefa of ovorwhel
ming grief, of deep contrition, and unspeak
able love. ? i .
BQyDaty is the little blue sky over every
heart and soul—over every life—large' on*
bugh for a star' to look betweno -the plcfude,
and for the skylark Happiness toi rispheav»n*
ward through and sing in. t ;•> '.o ; V-U.
O' Ho who is passionate and hasty, ie gsn
erally honest. It it your old, fliseembling
hypocrite of whom you should beware.. There
is no deception in a bulldog., It U. only th*
ourr that sneaks up and bites yon'when your
back is turned. , •• • .1 ■
IC7" ManperOorO UjeiJiftdQTf# pf Tirtaes— >
tbo mpmjmtjiry, •> display.'of. „thoao. qpajitiea
which" bur'folldw oreatiirea love and respect*
If wo strive to become, then,' what wo strive
to appear, mac era may often bo roaorea u*o»
ful guides in tbo jioribnaupo Of oof uUUPtv
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