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'BV PAtIK ’BENJAMIN. * Talk not to mo of Southern, bowers, Of odorsbvoathcd froui tropic flowers, Of spice-trees after tota ; Tbit of those swedfs thutTrccly flow When .June’s fond breezes stir the loiy Grass,' heaped along the plain. . This morning stood the verdant spears, AH wet with diamond dew—the tears By Night serenely shed ; This - evening,, like an army, slain, They number the pacific plain. With their fast fading dead.- •° V • And where they fell and all around •‘Such perfumes in the. air abound, , As if long-bidden hives 'Of sudden richness were unsealed,- When on the freshly-trodden field ' They yielded up their lives.' In idle mood I love to pass * Those ruins of the crowded grass, Or listlessly, to. Ho. - > ; Inhaling the delicious sebnts •’ V ■'. - ; Crushed, from these downcast, verdurous tents, Beneath a sunset sky. . . , Jit is pure.delight, which thoy. Who dwell in cities,, far away From rural scones so fair, •• Can never know in lighted rooms, Pervaded by exotic blooms— • This taste of natural, air I This air, so softened by tho breath Exhaled and wafted from the death Of herbs that simply bloom, / And, scarcoly.’uotod, liko tho best l)ear friends, .with whom this world is blest, Await the common doom— And leave behind such sweet regret As.in. our hearts is living yet, Though-heroes pass away— Talk hot to mo of southern bowers, ■Or odors breafheii from tropic flowers, jgjßut of tho nqw-mown hay. THE ¥oC.\(i fflDft’ff. -She-is modest, but not bashful j Free iuul easy, but not bold; Like au apple—ripe and mellow; Not too.ypuug, uud hot'too old j If.ilf inviting, half repulsive, ‘ Now advancing and now, shy > . There is mischief in her dimply There is danger in her eye. . She tins studied humannature ; She is schooled in her arts ; She has taken'her diploma As the mistress of all hearts;. She can toll the Tory moment When to.sigh and when to smile; O, a .maiden is sometimes charming, But the widow.all the while. ’ Are you sad ? how- very serious • Will her handsome face become; Are you angry? she is wretched, jj\»ncly, friendless, fearful.dumb; Ar- you mirthful? how lior laughter, Silver sounding, will ring out! •She can lure, aud catch, and play you As the angler docs the trout. . I! & lelert You spry bachelors of forty. Who have grown go bold and wise, Young Americans of twenty .With the love-locks in your.eyes, ■, You may practice all your lessons ..Taught by Cupid since tho fall. But I know a little widow Who could win and fool you all, CiISL FERRERS. i 10 ® tor y of tbo “ Nobleman who was Banged and with a. silken cord, aa it was uni versally believed, and in honor of his nobility.* lias been often told. ~ It has even formed the subject of a romance, but the facta have gen erally been misrepresented, AVo have recent ly come across an aocountof Ins trial, pub lished at tho period, and we have selected cer tain portions of this from which to form aeur tent narrative. ILprd Forrers’ uncle, whom our onlprit suc ceeded in the title, died in a lunatic asylum; »a aunt, too, wag also confined as a maniac, w lordship, on succeeding to the title, had iectXimhle 0 am ‘ ly , aiBorder . lie was sub ect to sudden causeless, and outrageous nas »n We are told that he often walked has - about the room; clonchintr his finf mng, biting his lips and talking tohlmfsTf without haying anything, to ruffle his temper’ “ni e C !,f e n UDd b' ° mfluonco liquor. P ln S 5™ e 2“ n ? rOU f symptoms, ho mar led, m 1752, the daughter of Sir W. Meri :,” h ! "horn ho treato( l with great brutality, ion' gh o'e WM Of tho most gontlo diaposi wlmAwi h? '? 3 . on tho worst possible terms vithallher relations. The result of tho ill rmlT- 11 I WM| ' that llis wifo was separated I ‘‘ m . b y act of Parliament, and aperson |, s appomtedas receiver of his income. All a on°s !it'^ eod ' evl , do I n . cotiBuc h madness, that tab rmf U t WaB - held amon g his family, to om a commission of lunacy against him ft ‘hpy.wore .deterred- from It by X fa™t «-a; t:£ s ssss: i'K **• ; Rreht ??T rer ?i among his other faults, had «l 4 f,i g i, for f OW l ,° om i ,an y>' and used to , m ° m ? fc together at a small country yh’cdv ?olie 0 f, mved 80 Btr augely. that ovo \vn failing V® d 10 ",’ a3 l . Aware of his he vis o lf 10 ur god the landlord to caution inr. n u ? "pm* 0 be . .affronted at his boha ilr with ‘r wlulo ’ I ho managed his af ‘tornov aiwtTi‘• nftl 7 s . hre wdness, and his cedi,, wlfieh w d iVI! 10 exoouto oortain legal hcer, really tiad“ dhav ° beeninvalid - had ho a 'le?vor h Lord'w WOr ° o,,dered to ho paid to Sato him ! nnd d For r ora wns allowed to nomi- Porson who l,ad ai r mt ;: d a ? Ir ‘ Johnson; a •ho familv »li ? u = h° on m the service of to u>omdtohisown° m he dou hflossly hoped o ins own purposes, binding, how- ever, that Mr, Johnson was determined to act honestly, he seeiris' to have received the most implioablo hatred against him, knowing that he .was in league With hia enemies, to ruin him. Still, with the cunning of madness, he behaved in the kindest mariner to Mr. John son, all the while ho had made up his mind to murder him. Lord Ferrers lived at this time at Staunton, it seat about two iniles from Ashby-de-lny Zouch. Leicestershire, his family, consisting of a Mrs. C., a person who lived with him, arid her four daughters, while Mr. Johnson lived at a farm about a half a mile distant.— When his purpose was ripe, he ordered Mr. Johnson toeomo to hia house ip the afternoon, and sent Mr. 0., and her daughters lot a walk; ho also sent the two men servants out of the way, and only himself and throe maid-ser vants remained in the house. Not long after Mr. Johnson arrived, and was shown iiito Lord Ferrers’ room. On his entering, the door was looked,- arid his lord ship, after a .while, produced a paper purport ing to.be a confession of his villainy, which he ordered Johnson to’sign. The latter re fused, and expostulated, upon which his lord ship drew, a pistol from his pocket, which he presented at the poor follow, rind bade; him kneel down; be did so on one knee, but Lord Ferrers shouted so loud as to bo heard by one of the mpids at the kitchen dpor; “ Down on your other knee; declare what you have ac ted against Lord terrors ; your time is come; you must did;” and then immediately fired. The hall entered Johnson’s body just below the last rib, but he rose up, and looked at Lord Ferrers with a pitiful expression, ,’l'ho assassin was about to fire again, but moved ■by his look, he loft the room, and ordered one of the servant girls to find a.man to help to carry Mr. Johnson up’to bed. ~ At this time his 1 lordship was perfectly sober, and having dis patched a messenger for a surgeon, ho wont, back to the room where ho had loft Mr. John son with the maid, and asked him now how he found himself. . Johnson replied that ho was a dying man, 1 -and requested his lordship to send for his'children. This was assented to, and a messenger dispatched to the farm, to tell Miss Johnson that she must come to the hall directly, as her father was taken very ill; Lord'Ferrers went up with her arid commenc ed applying styptics to the wound, but began soon after drinking heavily, again; until he became quite intoxicated. ‘When the Surgeon arrived, Lord Ferrers told him that he had | shat Johnson, hut believed that ho was more frightened thrin. hrirt ; that he had intended ■to shoot him dead, for he was a villain arid deserved to die; but, ho added, “ now that L have spared his life, I desire you to do all you orin for him." At the same,time he desired that no one should be left in the house to seize him, arid declared .that he Would shoot the first who laid, hands on hint. The surgeon who was anxious to keep the assassin in his present state from any further outrage, promised him this should not take place. .. The,surgeon, then had to follow the direc tion of the wound; and .Lotd Ferrers showed ; hinijinw- hcritatod; as ’.Uri--flfedj■. Tim surgeon found that the.brill had lodged iri the body, ,iit which "the murderer expressed his surprise, for two or throe days previously, the pistol had carried a bullet through a deal plank, rin inch and a half in thickness. His lordship continued drinking, and presently attained such a, pitch of fury, that, lie rushed into the .room whore Johnson was dying, and seized him by his wig, calling him.a villain, and threatening to shoot him through the Tho last time ho wont up, great difficulty was found iu restraining him from pulling off the clothes that, he might strike his unhappy vic tim. V--- . . Mrs. C., then proposed that Johnson 'should be_ removed to his-own house,' but his lord ship replied passionately, “ He shall not be removed; I will keep him here to kill the villain.”, Many of these expressions wore ut tered in the presence of Miss Johnson, but .’ Lord Ferrers sought to appease her. by telling her that if her father died, ho would take care of her and the family, provided they did not prosecute him. There was certainly a meth od in his madness. , . .. The surgeon was rather afraid of his own life, so after getting Lord Ferrers to bed, with a promise that he should not be molested, ho , carried Mr. Johnson to his house, where he died at nine the next morning. So soon as ho was dead the neighbors set about seizing the murderer. A few armed persons set out for Staunton, where they saw liis lordship go ing toward the stables, probably with tho in tention of escaping, ,as he found that Johnson had been carried away. One of the men ad vanced, hold a pistol at Lord Ferrers, bidding him surrender; but his lordship, putting his hand in his pocket, it was supposed he was about to tire, and tho man stopped short, thus giving the assassin time to escape in tho house whore ho fastened the doors, and stood on his defence. A crowd beset tho house, and in about two hours his lordship appeared at tho garret window, and- desired, that tho people may be dispersed, and ho would surrender.— Then ho ordered them into tho house, to get some moat and drink; but, presently went away swearing that ho would not ho‘ taken alive. The people, however, continued near tho house, and, in about two hours Lord For-, rets made his appearance in the bowling green, armed with a blunderbuss, two or three pistols and a dagger. A collier walked resolutely-up to him, and his lordship, iutim- j idated by his boldness, quietly surrendered, declaring that he had killed a villain, and glo ried in the act. After a jury had brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder,” Lord Ferrers was removed to,Loudon in his own Landau and six, under a heavy escort, “dressed like a jockey, in a close riding frock, jockey boots and cap, and a plain shirt." Being taken to the House of Lords, ho was committed, under the verdict of the coroner’s inquest, to the, custody of the Black Itod, and ordered to the ll'ower, where ] ho arrived, having throughout the journey be haved with great calmness and propriety. Luring'his imprisonment ho was visited by Mrs. C. and her daughters ; and we find that he is moderate in his eating and drinking.— “His breakfast was a half pint basin of tea, with a small spoonful of brandy, and a muf fin ; with his dinner ho generally drank a pint of wine and a pint of water, and another pint of each with his supper.” In general his be havior was orderly, except that he would sometimes start, tear his waistcoat open,“and use other gestures, which proved that his mind was disordered. A?™ tlle 1 5 t)l of ' April, 1700, after being in ilf ‘wo months and a half, Jie was brought to trial before the House of Lords— il in’snlT oasi, y P rovad . and his lord ship s only chance of escape was in calling not show th°JT° his > sa n>ty 1 but be could nnnhlo *A th 4 wa s ln Buoh a state as to be TerH TW aooou " t for his action. Indeed, Lord Ferrers, as it were, condemned himself ty, the fi° t V i? r \ vft -X!. n which he defended him self, and the lucidity he displayed. ■ When M° a of failed, ho declared that P. ut ‘V, n t 0 gratify his friends. He wasJptfnd guilty, sentenced to bo hanged, and S \ • then anatomized on tho following 2Zstj hut in consideration of his rank the sentence was deferred till Maly 5. Every effort was made hy his delation's to .obtain a commutation of his sentence but in vain. The King was inexorable. Onfinding this, Lprd Ferrers drew up his will* leaving among other legacies, £1,300 \o the children of Mr. Johnson, and though his will, as made after sentence was passed, was invalid, the law officers of the crown allowed it to remain in force* In tho meanwhile a scaffold was erected under tho gallows at Tyburn, and a part of it about a 3 r ard square, was raised about eigh teen inches above the rest of the floor, with a contrivance to sink down on a given signal; tlm whole being covered with black baize.— This was the origin of what has been, known as the M b3ew Drop/* and which was first es sayed on a nobleman. .. On the morning.of May £,1760, Lord Fer rers was handed over to the custody of the sheriffs, and proceeded to execution in hisewn Landau and six-, at his own request, instead of. the mourning coach, provided by his rehii tijves. His lordship, we read, was di essed in a suit .of light colored clothes, embroidered with silver, said to be his .Wedding suit; and soon after the sheriff entered tho Landau, ho said-: - ** You may perhaps, sir, think it strange to see me in this dress, but I have my particu lar reasons for-it.” The procession was a very largo one ; there ■ was a largo body of constables, soldiers, horse and,foot; sherittVrCarriages,mounting coach es and a hearse and. six.- His lordship was perfectly resigned ..during tbp two. hours and three ' qu-arWs occupied -in reaching Tyburn;, his only begrpt being that ho was 1 not allowed to suffer at ; the same spot as his ! ancestor, the Earl of. Essex, for which favor ho petitioned the king,-becauso-he thought it ! hard that he must die at the placoappointod * forthe execution of common felons. . . \ ■ On reaching the place of execution, his lordship stcppqd from the Landau with groat composure, .aiid was invited by Mr..'Sheriff Humphreys to join in prayer, which he de clined; but on being further asked ifho would not join in the Lord's Prayer, he readily an swered that he would, “ for lie always thought it a very line .prayer." So they knelt down on the cushions covered with black baize', and ■his lordship very devoutly repeated the Lord T s Prayer., Oh rising, he took leave, of the shef ilfs, apd in thanking them for the.many civil ities, he presented Mr. Sheriff Yalliant: with lug watch. His lordship then asked for' the* executioner,-who came up and begged his for giveness, to which he.replied: u I freely for give you, as I do all mankind, and hope my self to be forgiven.” . He intended to give.the hangman five pounds, Hub by mistake handed it to his assistant, on which a most unseemly dispute broke out, between them, which Mr. Valliant immediately silenced., The hangman then proceeded to do hia du ty; to .which his lordship submitted with gfeat resignation. His neckcloth being re moved- a- white cap whltfh he/hadV&roUghlFiis bis pocket being placed 6n his head, his arms pinioned with a black siish; and the cord put, around his nock*- he advanced three paces to toe elevated part of the scaffold, and standing under the crossbeam, which went over it, and .uas also covered with black, he asked ‘‘Am I right?” Then the cap was drawn over hia face, and oma signal given by the sheriff, the drop on which", he stood instantly sank be neath hia feet, and left him hanging.- • For', a seconda “his loi'dship made struggles against the attacks of death, but. was soon cased ot all paiiv by the pressure of the exc- i cutionciv” . The claims of justice thus satisfied, noVlity had its own again. After the body had hung the accustomed period of one hour, “ tho cof fin was raised up with tho greatest decency to. receive the body,” and, being deposited-in tho hearse, was conveyed to Surgeon’s Hall, with the same procession, to undergo the remain der of tho sentence. “A largo incision was made from tho neck to the bottom of tho breast, and another across the throat; the lower part of the stomach was.laid open, and tho bowels taken out.” ■ The. body was afterwards exposed publicly to-view in a room up one pair of stairs, at the hall, and on the evening of Slay 8 was deliv ered to his friends for interment. Incidents of tlio Battle. When Gol. Slocum, of the, Second Khodo Island, -was wounded* his men, not supposing it to bo mortal, crowded around him for furth er orders* but ho died in a minute or two after being shot, his last words being, “ Don't wait tor mo; avengo my death.'* And he was. avenged. From that instant the Khodo islanders made charge, each, time bringing a host of rebels to tho groundi ‘'Always gay” is a soldiers life. A vol unteers says: “My wife came on to eeo me at our camp. Thank Heaven she brought needles and thread with her. Mj rnglan had nearly played out; my pants have peen drilled to death; I have been wnlkitig !n my boot legs for three weeks. I wish my wito -was a shoemaker. The boys-will soon have their new harness. We are as happy as bob tail horses in fly time.” . • fho officers who took Mr. 1 Pryor prisoner, say that among tho other prisoners taken was a very badly wounded rebel officer, who wore i ca glo ot a Colonel on his shoulder-strap, lie appeared to have got beyond his regiment, JS® got separated from them, and so out oft*, iiis loft arm had been shattered above tho el bow, and the useless member was dangling in Ins coatsleove. He was.also bleeding pro fusely from a wound in the si 10, yet, waving his sword in tho air; and would.not give up B V rioun( ?°d> a nd a big follow of .0110 of the Maine regiments rushed up to him, throw down his own gun, and clasped the officer around tho body. His sword then dropped J from his grasp, and ho sank upon the ground, ihe first words he said were, “ What .Topis you Yankees are to attack us with such a handful of men.” “ Why,” replied his cap tors, “ how many have you got ?” “ There are 90,000 on tho field," ho replied, “ besides “*—Hero his strength failed, ho sighed heavily, the blood gushed from his side in a torrent; hocnlled out in a faint tone, “ Emma, Emma,” repeating the name twice; strotclied out his limbs and expired. Ho was a very handsome man, about thirty-five years of ago Design op Education. —The real design of education is to give children resources that will endure as long as life endures; habits that it will ameliorate, not to destroy ; occu pation that will render sickness tolerable, soli tude pleasant, age venerable, life more digni fied and useful, and death loss terrible.—'Sid ney Smith. JKiy* Fortunate escape: The man who wns lost in slumber found his way out on the nightmare : . . / ~ « A : A '• “OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.'' CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY,-AUGUST. 8,1861. fanny Fern, ( Mrs. Parton ) having lost her eldest daughter in marriage, makes the fol lowing reflections, hy her rathpltßigniflcant. When she .penned them “ Doestieks” (Mr. Thompgotl. J had'.probably just declared his intentions,: ■ - . How any young f ellow can hgyj the face to walk into-your family and deliberately ask for one of your daughters, surprises me. That it is done every day does not lesson ishment at the sublime impudence of the thing. There you have been, eighteen or twenty years- of her life, combing her hair and washing her face for him I It is lucky the thought never strikes you while ythiare doing it, that this is to bo tho end of all. What if you were married yourself? that is no.roason why should she bewitched away into a Separate es tablishment just as you begin to lean;upon her, and feel proud of her; "or, (i||i least, it stands to reason that after you hayo'worried her through tho measles, the scarlet fever and tho .Whooping.'Oikigh, and had her properly baptized and vitmpatod, this young man might give you a shorpbr.Bathing time before-she goes. He scpmj&to.bo of a different opinion; /ic-not only idsfsts upon taking her, but upon taking her.iipkediatcly, if not sooner- He talks well nbriift it—-Very well ;_you have no objection to ißi'a/not the least in the world, except, when tlio world is full of girls, why couldn’t he fix; hisnye on tlio daughter of somebody else?'There are some parents who aro glad to get rid of their daughters. . Blue eyes are as plonbfnl as ber ries; why need it.be his paticulor pair? Don’t she have inept, and bread, and clotlips chough, to sav nothing of love? What is the uspijf a certainty for an uncertainty, when tainty is a mother, dnd you cah l 'fcpVM have but one ? You put all, these, questions to lidr, and sho has tlio snuciuoss to aslr-if that-Is tho way you 'reasoned.when father camo for you.- You disdained to answer, of course; it is a mean dodging of tho question. But she gets round you for all that; and, so does ho too, though you- try your' b«St* not to like iiirn; and with .a “Well, if I' must, I must,” you just order her wedding clothes, muttering to yourself the while, dear dear, what sort of a fist will that’child make • at the head of a house? How will she ever know what to do in this, that, or- the other .emergency ?—she wllpais; calling on mother, fifty times a day, to SottlS 1 every trifling ques tion. What folly for lier tmget upjiouse for' herself! How many nfpthdtsbave li'ad l 'these .foreboding thoughts over a; ’daughter! And yet that daughter has metlife, and its unex pected-reverses, with n hofolsun and courage as undaunted as if every girliaj; tear had not boon kissed away, by lips that;,alas I may be dust, when - tho baptism'find wdmanhood comes upon her. ' " ■ .O'ulyou ever road that'affcctive limits TiSvol vyritteu 1 by an actress, named and Cpiif?Heh*4<l bnlli ii,century n£sr<&llfcS9fe Chary lotto Temple?”—Certainly you hefe heard of it. On thfi day of the funeral o‘f Bishop Omlbrdorjk, I wandered about the church-yard of old Trinity, noting the quaint inscriptions I on stones and monuments erected, some-of them a hundred years ago, and now covered with moss or defaced by the hand of time. I could not but think how true are the /Words of that fine bid song, the Ivy Green, sung so wonderfully well twenty years ago, hy'llenry Russell: ’ u A dainty plant ia the Ivy Grocn, • That creepeth o'er ruins old; A choice food are his meals I weonj In hia cell so lonfc.aud cold The wall must bo crumbled,'tho stbtib decayed. To pleasure his dainty whim, ; • And thb.mould’ring dust that years have made; Is a merry meal for him/' •* • . The. particular slab which sot nio moftiliz ing was one which probably not .one of the countless throng that hurries past it down Broadway, is aware covers the remains of a once beautiful and fascinating woman, the record of whose romantic and sad (career jhas touched the hearts of hundreds of thousaMs. The slab itself, the place where it lies, the strange excavation made in its Upper part, and the simple name; out near the centre of the stone;'is.in itself material insufficient for a half a dozen fictions such ns are now-a-days manufactured “on' the shortest notice and most reasonable terms,'’ for the sensation press. . No date of death ap pears on the slab nothing but “ Charlotte Temple.” ■ 1 The legend rrtijS, that while only sixteen, she was seduced by a dashing, young British olficcrj.by .whom site- boro a child. Ho de serted her, and thou—the old Story—she died. The little one, a daughter, was tenderly cared lor, and at a proper age was taken to England, jind a fortune of twenty thousand pounds sot tltkl upon her'by the head of hor lather’s fam ily, the Earl of Derby. She, true daughter hull true woman, cnmohaoklo Nqw York and erected this monument to t|io memory of her parent. The inscription upoli it whs engrav ed on a solid tablet of brass an inch in thick ness, heavily plated with silver, and thus it. read: ■ . This filial duty performed, the daughter re turned'to England and lived a life of unobtru sive piety and usefulness until the history of her family was closed with the family of the late Earl. But the story of the plate or tab let is left to bo told. Supposed to be of silver and of much value, it tempted the cupidity of those who feared not to to desecrate the place of sopulcuro. On a dark night twq mon, with hammer aud chisels, stealthily crept to its side, and succeeded in prying it from the slab ; but, while making off; hearing, or fan cying they hoard some in pursuit they dropped it in the grass where it was subsequently found. ■ They never were detected. The plate was not restored to its original place, and it was by some good heart, doubtless who had known the deceased in her days of child hood, that the simple name was afterwards out just underneath the exca vation. There it may ho seen, at any moment, within twenty foot of Broadway, by any one who will take the trouble to raise himself on the stones in which the iron fence is set, and glance towards the slab nqw almost imbedded in the turf. Pijotoorphs. —The reduction of the price for taking photographs is owing to a discovery ns to preparing the paper and a more power ful concentration of the sun’s rays by the len ses. What actually cost thirty cents to the artists can now bo afforded"at one cent. (C7*“Why don’t you got to week, Obodnih?” Oho,: .“Case it am harder to get to go than it am to do it." ' jjQyt A Bording house (hooper advertises “board for two gentleman’pvith gas." . Fanny Fern on Spns-in-Law. An Old Story. “charlotte temple.’’- “ Charlotte Tempi,e.” CHARLOTTE TEMPLE The Responsibility. • The following remarks of Mr. Richardson, ■ of Illinois, Mn tho course of debate in Con gress, on the-24th inst„ established tho fact that President Lincoln, yielding to the clam i or of the Tribune, and the insane Abolition fanatics in Congress, is responsible for the ad ■ vance of the Federal army. before-it was pre pared, and the disnstrouadeßntat Bull Run : Mr. Blair, (Mo.) Tire gentleman said that uen. Scott had been driven to risk a battle by gentlemen on this side, but nothing has been said hero derogatory to that soldier. Is tho nia .jor general fit to command ifhecan be forced to battle against his own test judgment, and at the cry of outsiders ? Nobody on this side lias said aught against Gen. Scott. The charge camefrom the gentleman from Illinois, and it was derogatory in tho highest degree. Mr. Richardson. I repeat that Gen. Scott had boon forced to fight this battle. I will toll him what occurred yesterday morning. My colleagues (Logan and Washliurne) and my self were present, with the President, Secre tary of \\ ar and Gen, Scott. ■ In the course of our conversation General Scott remarked : “lam the biggest coward in the world.” I rose from my seat. "Stay,” said Gen. Scott: " I will prove it. I have fought the ,battle against my judgment, and I think tho Presi dent ought to remove me to-day for doing it.” “As God is my judge,” he added, after anin tervlcl of silence, “I did all in my power to make the army efficient, and I deserve remov al because I did not stand up when I ’could and did not,” 1 Mr, \Vashburno.! .As my colleague has re ferred tp Gen. Scott’s remarks, ho might also •allude to wliat the,President said. Mr. Richardson. I will do so. “Your con versation implies,” said the President toGen. : Scott, “that I forced you to battle.” To which Gen. Scott replied: “I' have never served under a President who has been kind er to me than you have been.” But Gen, Scott did not relieve he President from the tact of the latter having forced him to fight the battle. Gen. Scott thus paid a compli ment to the President personally. .1 desire to say pf tho President that I have known him from boy hood. If you let him alone he is an honest man. [Laughter.] But lam afraid he has not firmness to stand up against tho politicians around him. The llosplUilsiilßull Run. A church'and a small building were used as hospitals. The latter ■was.at the corner of 'the woods, and within one hundred and fifty rods of the enemy's batteries, ■ A white bag boated over it. but whether from designer otherwise; it was repeatedly battered by balls from their cannon. It is said to harm been burned by the enemy after the retreat. The .church was further off, on one of the roads leading,at Centreville. >V. A. Ckojfui, a; civilian, who assisted in. this hospital, pic tures site aspects in a letter,published in the • HepuMi-cmi : It was a vEoene too frightful i and siokeuingio witneBs,%uoh more describe. were;in it, 'scattoredAthickly on , the, floor and ,111 the,galleries^*'fiisty Or seventy, 1 wounded" in every possible' way •“-a ring and legs shot off, some dead, and scores grasping for water and aid. The pulpit was appropri ated for asurgoon^sroom, and:thb communion table became an amputation table. The road and woods, on either side and all around, are strewn with maimed and mutilated heroes, and the balls from ribed cannon go over us like winged, devils. Theio sits a colonel, with his- arm boun d up, asking to ho put on his horse and led back to his regiltleut; here lies a captain with a grape shot through his bend, and blood and brains dozing.out as we touch him tenderly to see if he is dead; and yonder comes in a pale chaplain, cut by a canister, while, swonl in hand, he led his lit tle parish, to the light; And again wo enter the hospital with him,, Oh bfodj what a hide ous sight! 1 ’ O” On tho day of the last President'al elec- tion, a protracted meeting' was in successful progress at the Methodist church in the vil lage of P- ,in one.of the border counties of Virginia. Tho minister in charge, Kev. Mr. T -, was a Democrat, and a very warm partisan for a minister of his latitude. Eve ning services were far advanced when N——, who had in the excitement consequent to the day; forgot his temperance pledge, entered the church and took a near- seat to tho door, and soon inclined his head for asnoozo. Du ring the exhortation to tho anxious to come to tho altar and receive the prayers of the church, the good preacher (for he was a good man,) .mistaking the appearance of N- , fur one under the influence of the Spirit (nor was he far out of it,) approached him in his search for mourners, <tnd whispered in N ’s car, “Will you come forward and join us?”— “N-o” was the laconic reply. ‘.‘Come fir ward and join us," earnestly .rcwhisporod the anxious shepherd. “ N-o-v-o-rl”-thundered N -, lam an old line Whig, and ahalMive and d e one,” This reply was received with suppressed merriment by tho congregation,- while the minister retraced his stops to tho altar, the picture .of despair, doubtless mou sily saying that '.N—■- was joined to his idolsi Under an Alias. —A curious fact has been related to us in regard to Gen. Beauregard, of the insurgent army. Tlio name of that gentleman, with the fighting chin; ns Russel of “ The Times” describes him, is not Beaure gard;, but Toutnnt—Pi i re Gustave Toufant. His father was a Frenchman; and was the eldest of the family. The family had an es tate called Beauregard, and the eldest Tou tant was in the habit of signing himself Tou tant do Beauregard. When ho made the ap plication to the member of Congress from the district in which he resided in Louisiana for a cadetship at West Point for his son, he signed himself in this way—Toufant do Beau regard—and the assumed title was taken for the surname. The appointment for the lad, therefore, was made out for Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and the name was retained from , a little vanity, perhaps, in its more sonorous quality. Beauregard, however, is still known I among his relations in Louisiana us Pierre) Tdutant.—JV. V. Tribune. I ; 86r*"Mr. Adams went, at one time, to Milford to preach, and stopped at the houso of a Miss M—, a friend of Ins. The day was ' cold, and when he retired at night lie was cold and tired ; ,so he proposed to have pray ers at once and then after supper ho co-id re tire. The supper was to consist of—what he was very fond of—lndian cakes, which wore baking on platters set up in front of the fire. “ The family wore called together, Mr. Adams’ sent being directly opposite the kitchen door and fire. The service commenc ed, but Mr. Adams soon perceived that one of the onkqs, had fallen down, and was burn ing. Stopping in his prayer, he said to the lady— ' “Miss M , wo are told to watch ns well as pray, and I see that one of the cakes is burning. I will thank you to see to it." ■ Which being done, be resumed his prayer.” GROSS; IIISTOBICAfc BLUNDER. The President's argument against the as sumed right of . secession is, in the main forci ble and conclusive. But wo confess .to not a little surprise that the Chief Magistrate of the Nation, whoso acquaintance with the ori gin and structure of our Government ought to be presumed, should commit the gross his torical blunder of asserting that “ the Union is older than any of the States, and, in fact, it created them as States Every school-boy who has read the. history of the Constitution upon which the Union rests* knows that the converse of this, proposition—that the Stales, and the people of the States, acting separate ly, • and independent of each other, created the. Union—is strictly true. • The American cOiOnics, before the revolution, had no politi cal, bond of Union. The- Continental CUn-. gross was nothing more .than an assembly of of-.separate political communities, commissioned for the single purpose of mak ing common cause with each other in resist ing the, oppressions of the mother country. It never* attempted) because it had not the power) to exercise any of the atributcs.bf a a sovereign government: Its acts were not authoritative, but simply' recommendatory ; and the Declaration of the 4th July. 1770, while it pronounced- the Colonies “ free and independent States,” - did-upt substituts for the repudiated sovereignty. Of England, any government of a national or federative char acter," The Articles of Confederation ratified on the.oth.of July, 1778* which were an init ial step towards the foraintion of the' Union-, were a mere league of friendship for common defence .and welfare betweenindepon dent. States, and in no sense a Union, as we now undorstandtho wo.rd— a government in tended to exercise sovereign power over a uni ted people. On the contrary, the second of these Articles expressly declares that ‘‘Each Slate retains its sovereignty, freedom, anil in dependent,’’ ct-e., and it was just because the Confederation was not a government—a sov ereignty—or, as the President defines it, “a political community without a political supe rior”—but that its acts required the aid of State authority to give them validity and force—in short, that it was subordinate to the State governments—that it was abandoned, seven years- later, and the present Constitu tion adopted, which, after its ratification by the Conventions of the several States, com mencing with Delaware, in 1787, and ending with 1 Übode Island, in 1790, became the or ganic law 6i the Union or National Govern ment which has exercised the indispensable rights and powers of sovereignty,.up to the present'time. But, as the truth of the Pre sident's proposition that “the Union created the States, ’ is not essential to hist argument against the fallacious doctrine of the right of ,secession, it is of little importance, except in so far as it existence of tho lea ven, of olMcderalism, whialuicaired a strong, that .would entirely overshadow and obliterate tho sepa rate State governments, rather than the reali zation of tho Jeffersonian . theory of a mild and paternal federal government, with pow-, or enough to assert and maintain its nntion f ality in all matters of foreign intercourse and domestic commerce, and yet so mild in its bearing upon the people, ns 'citizens of the several States, as to leave thorn in the . freest enjoyment of local self-government.— Eeadina Gazette- Old Hickory vs. Old Abe. “It is well known that there have always been those amongst us who wish to enlarge the powers of the general government; anil oxpeHenc'o. would se'orii to indicate that there is a temlency-on the part of this government to overstep the boundaries marked out for it by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposed for which it was created; and its powers being expressly enumerated, there CAN. EE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CLAIMING ANY THING BEYOND THEM. -E VER Yaltempt to exercise power bci/nntl these limits should be PROMPTLY AND FIRMLY OPPOSED. Fur one evil example Will lead to other mea surez still MORE MISCHIEVOUS;, and if the principle of constructive powers, or sup posed advantages; or temporary circumstances, shall ever bo permitted to justify the assump tion of a power not given by the Constitution, the general government will before long ab sorb all thempowers 'of legislation,' and'you will have, i n effect, but one consolidated gov ernment;”— [indreio Jackson’s Farewell Ad dress. • ■ ; “ If such a isonoe begun, and the • citizens of omj section of the country hfe ar rayed'in arnfs against those of another in doubtful conflict,Vei tAd battle resiili as it 'mat/, THERE Wl\.L BEAN END of the UNION, and with it the hopes of freedom. - The victo ry of the injured would not .secure ,to them blessings of \liheritj; it would avenge their wrongs, but they would themselves share in the COMMON itUlN.”—J* ckson’s FAbewele AdDBESS; / ■ Hairy Clay, in a Letter to Rev. Waller Colton. : . Sept. 2. 1843. ' “ It ia maifoat that tho Ul tras of that jparty (Abolition ) are extremely mischievous and are hurrying on tho coun try to fearful consequences. * * * En grossed with a single d/roj thcy care fore noth ing else, they would sod tho Administration of Governnlent precipitate tho nation into ab solute rilinj before they would lend a helping hand to arrest its career. *' * _* That tho agitation Jf tho question in. tho Free Stales will first {destroy all harmony, and finally lead to [disunion —perpetual ito>—‘-tho extinc tion of tip African race- — ultimate military despotism\ * * * Tho slaves, being free, would b(/dispersed throughout tho Union; they wodld enter into competition with the free laborer, with tho American, l\io Irish,Xhe German i reduce his wages, bo , confounded with hipi, and effect hia moral and social standing." I (E7"An anti-slavery crOsndo would bo ab- I horronf to tbo Northern people. AH tbnt they disii-c is tbo perpetuity of the Union. To sccijre this it is necessary tbnt all irritat ing pojioies shall bo kept out of the.war. This ih essential, to success. For ourselves, when vo believe the war is, waged with aboli tion views, wo shall oppose it, because aboli tion js ns much rebellion against the Consti tution as secession, and whenever men vote, as the Republican Representatives of Illinois are represented to have done, for resolutions so wicked,Jn import ns Lovejoy’s, wo shall mark those men as enemies of the country, and hobbtheir acts up to popular indignation. —Chicago Times. B@“What are the “Fortunes” of War ? Ask the gentleman who furnish our soldiers with bad beef at high prices. <Wa nnb (Inba. Hor.—The weather. the freedom of the Press. , i R the first woman mentioned'itt' iho Bible? Jenny Sis.- , ow does a cow become a landed as 4 late? By turning her into a field. : , r " 11 P says that nearly all the cannon at tho faouth are rifled from the United States-/ E7“We suppose that a man who never speaks may bo said always to keep his word; nhat point do-armies gerferallv en ter hostile cities ? At tho point of the bavoi net. • * • - OCT’In ponce justice is of some effect; "but mWur the innocent and guilty suffer alike; v . .O’Prentice says the talent of making" friends is not equal to the talent of doing without tjiem. ° DCT-The Editor of the' Cleveland PlaindeaU ' Sa / a , ’ )e « n a “Hail Columbia” Demi ocnit all his_life, and proposes to die a“Yaa* kce Doodle Dandy,” A Scotchman visiting, a church yard with a friend;, pointing to ashady quiet cook; I 1,8 •s.thp. spot whore I intend to be laid, if. Pm spared.” ■. is sn® that if thero.be anything that will make a woman swe.ir, it. is huntidg for her night cap after the light is blown put. BSyWhat tree represents a' person who wil persist in incurring debts? Willow (willowo). ®S5“IIo who travels through life in tho hops of jumping into the shoos of another mostly goes on a bootless errand. O’Mrs. Partingon says thero.isn’t enough ’ of tbe spirt off Gist- in the South to fill up a fluid lamp.: ■ , V figsp A Western paper speaks of a man who , "died without the aid of a physician.”—-.Such instances of death are very rare. Ks* Tint charity which longs to publialnifc' self, ceases to be charity. ..“Xoiv Courting is,;,an irregular,, transitive- , verb, ihdicitivo mood, present tense, thiri. person, singular number, and agoes -with all ' the girls in our town—don’t it? O’A recruit writes from Washington that “ho feels as if hp.coukl cat an os find use the horns for trumpets to bid defiance to traitors;. KT’ Twenty thousand scalping knives ape being-manufactured in England for the South. Ihc rebles love us so well they desire looks of ■ our hair. * • 8®“Tlio rebel government has resolved to remit .oil duties on cargoes'f acceesfully landed r _n* ports bluckaeedfinc-rebel stntesi O'” Thorn are two of disappointed lovers, those who aro disappointed before mai> riagOi and more ..unhappy ones who are dis appointed after it.. I K7”Tho laiest description of the (liUbrdnoa between a good soldier and a fashibhabld young lady, is, that one faces the powder and the other powders the face; DT7* “C. S. A.” is the abbreviated title of the seceded States. The full designation ia 1 Confederate Stealing Association;’’ OTTiWity Fair’s ndvioo to voldnteor prin iersi'f they happen to fall in with a type of the Baltimore plug-ugly anywhere under any circumstances, is—don’t forget to “double lead him;” Ip* A Bourbon prince once said, on see ing some starving . people of .the relm, that ‘ * rather than starve he would eat bread and cheese all his life; Safe way that- , O’Endeavorihg to make violent lore to a pretty girl under the table, and pressing the wrong loot—that of yoilr wifea, whoso corns are described as one of the mis eries of nmrrio.d lifOi ■ ' IC7"A solioolmaster i-OquOsting a little boy” who had been whispering,, to step into the next room, is wittly spoken of by one of our exchanges as. “starting on a whalingSsxcur sisn.” , , , ■ BSTdlwo farmers have had a novel law suit at . Granger, Now York. They had stiers so much alike that neither know “toth cr from which;” recently both animaiswora in the road, and ono was killed ; which had to bo determined by the lawsuit. JU®*A mad Princess of tho house of Bour bon, on being asked why the jeigns of Queens were in general more prosperous than the reigns ol Kings,.-.replied, “Because, under kings, women govern—under queens men.’* OC7“ A teacher wishing to explain to a lit tle gu-1 tho manner in which a lobster oasts his shod when he lms outgrown it, said hat-do you do when you have outgrown your clothes ? You throw them aside, don’t you?” “Oh no I” replied tho little one, “wo lot out tho tucks;” . turned over his command at,Harpers Ferry to Gem Banks, Oh Thursday week, under tho instructions of tho War Bo- ■ partuiout, and left for homo tho enmo day. Tho officers and men of the Division ■ were very reluctant to part with their veteran com mander, for whom they had the greatest re-!. gard and affectiom I JGST“ “Sir your account hSs stood for two I rears, and I mnsthavo it settled immediately.” I I'o which the customer replied—" Sir, things ! usually .do settle by standing; I regret that .my account is an exception. If it has been sanding too long, suppose you let it run awhile;” “ Buu.t rott the Pig.”— Wo notice by one of our Chester county exchanges that a Mr. Fertig, in that , county, has a sow, which re cently brought to light 23 living pigs at oiio httor. She had twenty-four, but ono was dead. Bully for her. , Fools and Fate. —Fate must trouble itself about a groat number of foolish people ; for no sooner does, a fool got into trouble of his own making, than ho puts it all down to fate; Cheap-Small Beer.— To twelve quirts of cold water, add n pint and a half of strong hop tea, and a pint and a half of molasses. Mix it well together, and bottle it immedi ately. It will ho.fit for use next day, if the weather is warm; . - Spruce Beer. —Allow an ounce of hops and a spoonful of ginger to a gallon of wa ter. When wall boiled, strain it,,and putin a pint of molasses, and half an ounce or less of the essence of spruce; when cool,add, a tea cup of yeast, and put into a clean tight cask anq let it ferment for a day or two, then bottle it for use. You can boil the sprigs of spruce-fir in roam of the essence. NO. 9.
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