Amer i am IM&Sk Uo I initr er. VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED ETJSRT THURSDAY UORKTB4 IT JOIIK B. BRATTON. T E.R M S Soßßcn-TiON. —Ono Dollar .and Fifty Cents, • paid a advance; Two D-’llars if'paid within th<> years and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. Those terms will ho rigidly adhered to m «rory instance. -No subscription. discontinued until all' arrearages are paid unless at the option of tho Editor.'. AiminTiar.llENTS —Accompanied by tho cask, and, tt«t exceeding ono squnro, will be-inserted throe times for Ono Dollar, and twonty-fivoeonts. for each additional insertion. 'Those of a greater length vn proportion. JoB-PBncTisG—Such as Hand-hills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ac., exooutod with accuracy and at tho shortest notice.,. ftefitnl. LIFE'S BETTER MOMENTS. Life has its moments ' Of .beauty and bloom, They hang like sweet rosea Oil tho edge of tho tomb; , Blessings they bring ua, • As lovely as brief, • .They meet us when happy, And leave us in grief. .Hues oif tho morning, • Tinging the sky, Come on the sunbeams, And off with them fly; Shadows of- evening * Hang soft on tho shore. Darkness onwarps them, We see them no mote. So life’s better moments • In brilliance appear, Dawning in beauty . . (Jur journey to cboor; Round us. theylinger, Like.shadows of even. Would that we, like them, • • Might'molt into heaven. 1 SPREAD EAGLE SONS. liy S, n, ELLIOTT, When starQnl by our country’s woes, So long in alienee borne, Indignant justice rose, And laughed all fear to scorn. Throughout the forests of the West, Sh'o hade lier eons arise, ; And strove to Uindle every breast, Though bound by foreign ties ; ■A guiding star shone brightly forth. To lead those heroes on, And rightly they esteemed his worth, The glorious Washington. - Like''Freedom's bird ho proudly soared, Columbia's fairest child. And Yin the land that bo'adored, ■ Indulgent fortune smiled. " ; He nobly cheered his countrymen, -When .irtnoir homes wore dan, heart was for his country (heb,-- ■; "*■*' llortihcarc is now for \ ( And now his honorod asht jyo( 'Cuua e~.0..,t 0 . 51 xk. - !trrf-‘Vor'l ■ ' - c ■■ ■■; Within that over grateful hreaet \ . ‘ Of that bright land that bore ■ 1 0 t Hi.?b e'er this lantf . Though how her s*rord is sh*'L’iUxV- And hush’d are those wild wall ' **of,cA.v . Which once of* battle breathed, Prosperity uudhiimcd ruay smile, Nor will her. smiles decrease, Or ought disturb her calmness, while Her throne is shared by peace. Arid while the prayers of just and bravo Are heard iu heaven above,; Our slurry banner still will wave High o’er the laud wo love. INCIDENTS lIP THE WASL DEATH OF A BRAVE SOLDIER. A young man, seventeen years old, was a member of the Second Ohio regiment, left as a guard to tho hospital. One ot the enemy’s cavalry ■ dashed upon him and ordered him to surrender; tho brave youth with fixed bayo net, steady nerve, and cool bearing, replied, “ I never 'surrender!" His father who had all the day been arduously engaged in assist ing and taking care of the wounded, bringing them off from the field, and that too at the im minent peril of hia own life, was iu the hos pital tent, and heard the order to his soil, and saw others of the enemy’s cavalry near by, and rushed out, and speaking in a loud tone, “ Charley, surrender, for God’s sake,- or you are lost.” Charley turned to his lather, and with all the lion in his countenance, replied, Father, I will never surrender to a rebel.” In a moment a ball pierced his spine,.hut he immediately discharged his musket at the reb el horseman and laid him low in death, and then fell himself. The rebels then undertook to drag him off, but his father rushed in and released him. He died the following morning. HIS BIBLE SAVES HIM. Wylie P. Manguni, jr., had his life saved as follows: This young man was attached to one of the regiments, and owes the preservation of his life’to a copy of the Bible presented him by his sister;. Ho had the good book in His left coat pocket. It was struck by a ball near tho edge, but tho book changed the di rection ol the bullet, and it glanced off inflict ing a severe but dangerous flesh wound. .The book was saturated with blood, but the advice written on tho fly leaf by tho sister who have it was perfectly legible. It read thus :-r-“To my brother. He .will road a portion of this blessed word every day, and remember his sis tor.” • A. NARROW ESCAPE. One soldier had a very narrow escape from death at the last fight.' Ho whs struck in the back of the heck by a bullet which came out at his mouth, breaking.-tjireo front teeth. • 'MINNESOTA. iasev^S^.' u jA.lt,''speak of the great, braveryof the First Minnesota regiment at Bull Bun ; f-J Staples,.‘being. cut oft mistook the Missisaippi Billea for a Vermont regiment, ran toward them, and they took him prisoner.— Some wanted to bayonet him on the spot, oth ers to shoot him, but”hinny -said he was too brave a fellow to be .despatched* so, and the ’ majority prevailed. Jdat. then' it; Michigan regiment charged them, and they broke and fled like sheep to thoir batteries, ■ and their prisoner stood still, and getting- a gun fired after them, and then joined again the loyal troops. This regiment in turn thought, they had a rebel, and took him prisoner and brought . When Lieutenant "Welch fell ho was atqnd ieg within twenty feet of the enemy, and !, Help tne God 1 I will never run; I w‘U dm here I" and ho was shot and ,tram ttkon ° WO ’ position was afterwards re- WHERE THE DALE ENTERED. unlucky privats in oho of the New York regiments was wounded in this fight, and his father arrived at the hospital just os the sur geon was removing the ball from tho back of his shoulder. The boy lay vrith his face downward on the pallet. Ah.mypooriaon,’ said the father, mournfully':, “ X am very sorry for you. But it’s a had place to bo hit in— thus in'the back 1” Tho sufferer turned over, bared his chest, and pointing to the opening above the armpit, exclaimed,.“ Father^ hero’s where the 1 ball went in.” A PAINFUL SCENE. While at a halt it was my lot to,witness a very painful scene. I captured a prisoner (a German) belonging to the Eighth South Car olina regiment, and took him to Maj. Colburn for instructions as how to dispose of him.— The prisoner requested one privilege as his last, which the Major very humanely grant ed. lie said his brother lay a short distance off, in a dying condition, and he wished to see him. I bade him lead the way, and I fol lowed. Ho took mo to an old log hutbuta few rods, from where our regiment was halted. On the north side, in the shade, we found tho wound ed man. The prisoner spoke to him—he opened his eyes—the film of death SKd already overspread them, and the tide of life was fast ebbing. Ho was covered with blood, and the swarms of flies and mosquitoes, which were fattening upon hid life’s blood, indicated that he had lain there for some time. They clasp ed hands together, muttered a few words in the German language, supplicated the Throne of Grace for their families at home, kissed, and bade .each ottier a final adieu, the prison er remarking, as I took him by tho arm to lead him away—for the hotumn was moving —“ brother, you are dying, and I. am a pris oner;” The man was shot by a musket ball, iri the back, just over the hip, from which fact I inferred that he was.on the retreat when the deadly,ball overtook him. “ LET US DIE FRIENDS.” A rebel—one of the Georgia regiment—lay with a fearful shot wound in his side, which tore out several of his ribs. The life blood of the poor fellow was fast oozing out, when one of our troops dashed forward from out of the melee and fell sharply wounded close beside him; The Georgian recognized the uniform, though lie was fatally hurt, and' feebly held out his hand. “Wo came into this battle,” he said, “ enemies. , Let us die friends.— Farewell.” Ho spoke no more, but his icom pan'on in disaster took the extended hand, and c eap’ed to relate this touching fact. a touching'incident on the'battle field. A letter received in this city from Atlanta, Go., gives this incident of the battle at Stone Bridge: •“ A staff officer from Charleston, engaged in the battle of the 21st of July, says: “ I rode out the day after the battle to,view the ground, and passed piles of dead in vari ous positions- , Under a large tree I saw, a body lying, very handsomely dressed, with a fant-J cilia handler ohiofnvp'th*;facer It attracted my eugiositj ;',},, i-topped; regiW^elfc »l.t» -.big .id .'■'X ;r.;- aiiiiit.'aml dross 'fcjdigjftd hid!-. xooml position, perhaps fib' was a teffipavary.'aid tosonje Gen oraH'officer. To ascbrliiih who he was, I ex amined his pockets, and'foiind a Testamen t in which' wis written, j- r ■. - Simmons,: N« w-> York,- ■ From -hi« loving mother; My son, remember thy Cre ator in the 'days of thy youth.” “ I wished very much to take the body away, but I was six miles from quarters, on horse back, and it was impossible.” “ LAV CLOSE OLD BOV.” - One of our riflemen had his piece carried away by a ball, which struck it out of his hands just as his company was in the act of advancing to storm one of the smaller, rebel batteries.. Unarmed, he sprang forward, and threw himself down on. his face, under the en emy’s ‘guns. A Zouave lay there, bleeding and wounded, out of the way of the murder ous fire. “ Lay close—lay close, old hoy,” said the latter to the new comer, “ the boys’ll take this ole furnaoe’ii a minnit, and then we’ll git.up and give tho rebels fits again.” Three minutes afterwards the battery was carried, and the two soldiers were in the thickest of the fight again. A UUItANB HORSEMAN, An artillery man lay on the ground, nearly exhausted from loss of blood, and too weak to get out of the way of the trampling troops and horsemen that flitted about him. Amounted horseman came toward him, when he raised the bleeding stumps of both his arms, and cried out “don’t tread on me, Captain !—see I both hands arc gone.” The trooper, leaped over; him, a shell broke near by, and the crashing fragments put tho sufferer quickly out of his misery. A Rostantic Adventure. —lt is related in the New York papers, that a young girl of thirteen years, of respectable parentage in tho city of Dublin, Ireland, fell in love with a youth of seventeen, of tho same place. He came to America in tho capacity of a ship carpenter. She followed, in search of him. Her subsequent history is thus told in tho New York Journal of Commerce -of Satur day ;—“ She shipped as cabin-boy on board of a vessel at Liverpool, and made several voyages in that capacity.. After, spending two years in, this way, she shipped ns a deck hand on board tho ship Resolute, in which vessel she made her last voyage, but had nev er succeeded iii finding her lover. During these three years her sex was not discovered, and probably would not have been for some time hence, had she not refused to treat, tho second time, a party of sailors with whom she was drinking at the Water Street Saloon on Tuesday evening. One of these men be coming angry at her refusal, struck her in the breast, and immediately suspected her of being a female. He accused her of being such, and ho, as well as some of tho others, expressed their determination to ascertain whether or not the suspicion was correct.— She screamed for help, and a policeman came in and hearing the story, took her to the Sta tion-house, whore she made the above narra tive. Yesterday morning she was brought before Justice Kelly, who committed her for the present to the care of Miss Foster, ma tron of the City Prison. Tho girl is quite intelligent, and, strange as it may seem, ex hibits evidence of refinement. . She states that she has no relatives in this country.” AnUntimelv Wedding Approaching.—A wedding is on tho tapis in New York, which excites much gossip. Tho Nestor of Presby terian ojergymen, an octogenarian in years, but a widower, of only a few months, is about to marry a maiden of at least half a century °f age. with soljd oharms omounting to about $200,000. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, one would bo tempted to apply to this case theold phrase about “ Winter lin gering in the lop of Spring.”—iV. 7 Ntwa. O” Ho wlio follows two kotos is sure to catch neither 1 . “ ODE COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.’’ General Sprague of Rhode Island. This gentleman was ono of the first to or ganize a regiment (ono of tho best in the ser vice) and led it in person in the battle at Bull’s Run. His horse was shot from under him. lie is the Governor of Rhode Island and on his return a few days since, called the Legislature together in special Session and among other things- frankly told them that our people had underrated tho strength and resources of the Southern people, and that they must expootthis contest to, bo a pro tracted one. The following is ah extract from his speech: “ The war will of necessity be a long one. We have been, in error, as to the strength of the enemy, and a_s,to the long and persistent course which hits been pursued by the South tending toward this point; while wo have been occupied in qhr business they have been creating revolution. We were under the im pression that they wove lacking in all the re sources which go to raise and maintain ar mies. Whereas, in almost, every particular we have found not only tho physique of their men equal' to ours, but their clothing, their arms, their subsistence, and their means of transportation—everything that goes touiake up military, efficiency, superior to oris. And when we have been' obliged to bo the attack ing force, marching under a Southern sun, exhausted, without provisions, and without shelter, they have been encamped and in for tified positions in a country unfriendly to us agd friendly.to them, where they could re ceive information of every movement of ours and wo could learn nothing of theirs. ‘‘The probabilities are that.in no case on the record of the world’s history has an army been called into the field possessing so little knowledge, of the strength and position of the enemy; and such being the case, it was im possible for any .troops in the position ot ours found themselves to have sustained them selves for any considerable length of time.— It has opened the eyes of the country to the immensity of this struggle, and in that view of the subject tho result may be bearable. The Shooting ol Captain Axson.. Captain Axaon, of Charleston, South Caro lina, had been shot dead by a private in a Georgia regiment. The prisoner was seized and carried off by some South Carolinians. The Richmond Dispatch ; gives the following account of the subsequent fate of the prison er: Davis, upon arriving in Richmond, vt as left by Major Butts in care of a guard of.the Telfair Volunteers; Captain Smith. He or dered the e f to ho baked across the river, and proceeded to the camp to report tq Colo nel Semmos. Very shortly afterwards a par ty of men, supposed to belong to Captain Ax son’s company, came and asked him from the .guard. riromiHinjit qnithe faith of gentlemen, riiaf 'shoufd 'rie delivered to the proper ad '■>:m ; ;>j. iff- V;j i ibHpy; kttempteclto'ijdfroW a '■.'•/"A , ; ' : *■ ; When.they got w d.rayino they halted, and told him they were going to hang him. lie protested against it, gud said that they had pledged .their faith'to .him. One stopped in iront-of-ium,.saying faith ho <l —-—-d ; I am going to shoot you,” and upon that shot him. Davis .then turned to escape; they rushed upon him, and cut at hint with bowie knives, inflicting several wounds. Davis fell, partially insensible. Again, while on the ground, they inflicted a wound with a knife in the neck and one on, the head. Supposing him dead, they turned. to leave, when one of them asked if they had bettor not send fpr a doctor. He was answered by one, who said, .“ No n if he is not dead, let’s finish him,” and approaching him, fired at him within a a few feet. The ball did not take effect. Ho now lies critically ill at the residence of Dr. F. E. Luokott, of Manchester. The ball, which passed between the first rib and clavi cle, and glancing downwards, imbedded itself in the deep tissue of the back, under the shoulder blade, from whence it was removed yesterday morning. The knife wounds, though very bad, are not in themselves fatal. Three more men returned after the affair; and inquired if ho was dead, and on being told no, but mortally wounded, laughed aud wont on. . A Preacher Killed hy Liohtnin’o.— Tho Lafayette (Ind.) Courier , of August 6, has tho following; ■ Mr. Harris, a Methodist preacher, was struck by lightning and instantly killed, hear the State lino yesterday. He had preached in the neighborhood on Sunday, and during the storm yesterday, in company with his wife, had taken shelter in the house of one of tho brethren at the edge of tho wood. There wore five or. six persons in tho room. The deceased was walking backward and for ward in front of the open door, when the bolt descended, and he fell dead at the feet of his wife. Not a groan, nor even a sigh escaped him. His features were as placid as though' ■ho was in d quiet slumber, and there was hot a mark upon his person to inflidits where the bolt took effect. His hoot was ripped open, and a watch key attached to Ins fob was melted to dross, .All.the persons iii therooni wore more or less shocked, but not seriously. Two men; Pike Gish and George IV. Kit ter, driving njong tho road near South Bend, Ind., were also struck by .lightning, and al most instantly killed. One of the horses was also killed, and tho wagon tnrnod upside down. Screauinq Fishes.—From tho letter of an intelligent lady we make the following ex tract: “In the early part of December I called upon a Quaker {'oritloman at Darlington, for whom I waited in a room in which stood a small aquarium, containing, along with the usual allotment of sea-anemones, star fishes, &c., five fishes not larger than minnows—a species of blennios, as I was informed. After watching their motions for a fow minutes, as they floated near the surface of tho water, I stooped down to examine them moro nearly, when, to my utter amazement, they simulta neously set up a shriek of terror so loud and pieroing, that I sprang back ns if I had been electrified. I think a human being could hardly have set up a louder or shriller scream than did those tiny inhabitants of tho, water. Have you over met with, or heard of,- in any other case of the finny tribe, so striking an exception of tho truth of the common saying. “As mute as a fish ?” Absence or Mind-— A citizen was standing on the curbstone tho other evening, viewing tho comet, and was much .absorbed in heaven ly things, when an acquaintance tapped him on tho shoulder and asked, “How do you like tho President’s message?” Ho exclaim ed, “0, splendid, splendid! nucleus rather thin, but X admire tho tail; four hundred mil lions long, and four thousand broad.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY; AUGUST. 22, 1861. (The Present Bcvolntioii Poretgld Sixty-Five . Fears /Ifo. One of the Eglish field officers, who served against the United States .Bdriiig the icvolu tiohary war, after his, return to England, wrote an account of Ids'-life and adventures, which was published in London in 1801. In many respects, says the Newark (N. J.) Ad vertiser, he was a remarkable man, but most remarkable in the prophecies which he uttered at Philadelphia about tfo'jcar 1793, which wore published in his autobiography in 1801. Tiieso prophecies, now- coming, to pass, con stituted portions of a ootivjpatiou held at the dinner table of Geiil DftTOWOn, brother to the famous Dickenson, better. Known to many at that day by his nom dejilvine of the “Penn sylvania Farmer/.'. \ v, t.'- Upon a certain occasion! Only a few wecks after peace had been definitely concluded be tween the Thirte ’i Colonies, become Inde pendent States, and Gieat, Britain, General Dickenson requested tboEnSi.shhlan’s opinion of our government and it((yAa,bility. Ilia re ply was as follows: , 1 ■ . “Sir, ns long as.General;Washington and the other principal military characters- and leading men in .Congress; who have brought about this revolution,-arc alive, the govern riient will remain as it is„uhited ; but, when all of you are.in your.-graven, there will be* wars and rumors of wal's-in this c.ountry. There are too many differerit interests in it for them to be united undergone government. Just as.this war commenced, you were going to fight among yourselyftWand would have fought had the British riot, interfered. - You then, one and all, united ridainst U? as your common enemy ; huioncOf these days- the Northern and Southern }wiers with Jiffht as vigorously against each other, >ns they both have united ia do against the British, This coun try, when its population Shall bo completed,, is largo enough for these, great empires. Look, gentlemen, at the map of it; view how irregular the provinces are Ibid out, running in to each other; look particularly at the State u'. New York ;' it extends one blind; :d and fifty miles in length, due norlhf; arid in no place, in breadth, above fifteen 6l“twcnty miles. No country can be said to have a boundary or frontier, unless it's exterior, Ijmits are marked bj an unfordable river or a chain of moun tains not to bo passed butrfn particular pla ces. “The great finger of nature has distinctly pointed out three extensive.boundaries to your country: the North River; the first; the Great Potomab, ■which runts, three hundred miles from Alexandria'te the sea, unfordable, the second ; and the Mississippi the third and last. When the country ofi&entucky. is com pletely .settled, and the country farther on the banks of the Mississippi shall become populous and powerful, do, you think, they ever will bo subjected to seat ed at Philadelphia or Net?; York/al the dis tance of so raapy hundred\Vnilbs ? But such a defection not happen lor ft. very long period of . time,,,untip the inhabitants of that vide and contend in . - o'" ■ .to “I will furtlier'hpini.on -relative to America: Should I old age, I am confident that. I shnlphear ol the North ern and Southern powers'in 'a America wag ing war with each other ; when one party will solicit assistance.from Franco ; tlio oth er from Great Britain. It will, then depend oil the judgment of those men who, at that period, may be at the head of the French and British Councils, whether or not they will in terfere in American disputes. In my humble opinion, it would be heller for both countries to tel them, settle the matter among themseU Tax on Large Wages or Bank Officers.' —Tho Now York correspon dent of the Boston Post gives some interesting information about tho new tax and high sala ries: Incomes now come .in for recognition as subjects of assessment’ and taxation. The trouble is that the shoo flinches just at the spot where you begin to pat it on. The eight,, ten and twelvehundred dollar victims squirm most and cry loudest, while tho fat salaried officials merely realize the simplest sort of pressure, and cheerfully acquiesce in the de mands ot the government. For. instance, what appreciable difference will it make with tho $25,000 salary of the president of our largest Marine Insurance Company? or with Moses 11. Grinnell’a annual §15,000 income from tho Sun Mutual? Then there are tho two presidents of pur heaviest Fire and Life Companies, who, as well as Richard Lathers, of tho Great Western Marine, pocket $lO,OOO a year salary. What is a paltry three hun dred a year to either of them I So on through tlie lists. The cashier of‘the bank of Com merce gets $7,500 per annum ; the president of the Bank of tho Republic $7,000; the cash ier of the same lank $0,000; the same officers of the Importers and Traders’ Bank $O,OOO and $l,OOO respectively ; the cashier of tho United States Trust Company $5,000; the manager of the Clearing House $4,000 ; the secretary of the Howard Insurance Company $5,000. Is it probable than an'income tax of three per cent, will affcct.fhom ? Or take the. clergy, Henry Ward beooher with his $7,000 a.year will smile ns he chocks for the tax. Doctors Adams, Spring, Tying, Rico, et id omiiagenus, not one wilt groan,'. But tho pull will come when the sqjalisr fry of all classes and branches of business and industry bleed for tho country, and to sustain tho Union. Every man of less income than filtecn hun dred dollars makes a sacrifice far heavier and' costlier than any three per cent, represents. But it cannot bo helped. Washington and the Corporal. During the American Revolution, it is Said,' the commander of a little squad was giving orders to those undor him, relative to a log of timber which they were endeavoring to raise up to the top of some military works they were repairing. The timber wont up with difficulty, and on this account'the voice of the little man was often heard, in regular vociferations— “Ueaveaway! there she goes! heave hoi 1 ' An officer, not in military costume, was passing, and asked the commander, why he did not take hold and render a little aid. The latter, astonished, turning round with all the pomp of an emperor, said, , ' “ Sir, I am a corporall” “You are, are you?” replied thp officer, ‘‘l was not aware of that;” and taking off his hat and bowing. tho officer said, “I ask your pardon, Mr. Corporal," and then dis mounted and lifted till the sweat stood m drops on his forehead. • .... When the work was finished, turning to the commander, he said, Mr. Corporal, when you have another such job, and have not men enough, send for your conuuandor in-chiof, and I wiUoomo and uolp you a second time." ' _ ’ The corporal was thunderstruck I It was Washington who thus addressed him I I An Extraordinary Story -Love and Mnrder. London has had two terrible sensations to occupy its attention during the last month— one the Vidil case, whose progress wo have chronicled for our readers; and by the latest arrival wo get the conclusion of another affair as strange and full of passion as any that is recorded in the annals, of crime. On the 12th of July, Major Murry, until recently .an officer, of the Hussars, and now a Director in a wealthy Stock Company, was accosted in the public'streets by a man who was an entire stranger to him. The new comer introduced himself under the name of Grey;,said ho wanted to loan money for a client, to the com pany of which Murray was a director; offered £OO,OOO and requested the Major to walk into his ( Grey's) office, it was up one pair of Stairs, and in a back room, in a public and respectable street, but Murray bad never be fore been in the house. He followed, how ever, into tlio office and seated himself, when some unimportant business conversation took place, occupying not move than a minute or two. Boberts (the real name of tho stran ger) rose to get his card of address, which tho other had asked for. The doors were closed, Murray sat with his back to Roberts, who pretended to be looking for a card. Pre sently Murray felt a slight touch in the back: of his neck, there was a report of a pistol, j arid bo dropped off his chair ' on tho ground perfectly paralyzed; in a moment, Roberts came up aYid seeing that bis victim still lived, fired a pistol into Murray’s right temple; this, did not kill, but he pretended to bo dead, and when Roberts walked away, Seized a pair of tongs lying near, sprang to bis feet, and strufck at the' wretoli. He raised his arm, and a terrible struggle ensued ; Roberts fell under, and Murray bit him several times in tho fabo and on the head with the tongs, get ting bis own knees on Roberts’ chest. Then Roberts got .away the fongs, .and Murray 'seized Si black bottle, but it was smashed to pieces iti |ohq blow. The two wounded men, both streaming with blood, contrived both.tn get to their feeti'itri.d another struggle took place; finally Murray got possession of the tongs, and by a succession of heavy blows thought that be had killed his adversary, knowing that his own life was at stake. He then found thedobr locked, aud clambered out of the window to a po : eeman, ignorant all the time whether lie should not meet confed erates of his would bo murderers. Help was got, Murray taken to ah hospital, and Roberts discovered. *•. . _ For nearly a fortnightthe mystery remained unravelled. Roberts did not die for a day or two, but nothing oouidbo learned from him ; Murray persisted in declaring that they nev er had met before; Roberts’ family could fur nish no clue to the affair, but at last a woman who bad been supposed to bo Murray’s wife, gave information that explained it nil. She is, in reality and has been tor years, bis mis tress, although this fact has not been general ly known. Roberts has been in love with her and the supposed Mrs. Murray has paid fre quent visits to‘him in the very fOora where andanxi b u s il haye the woman eltjpc witli him to the confc/nent, proposing to de sert his own ‘Wife; iWre can be no/loubt thatdtoberts* passion for the mistress of Mur ray; provoked him to,the endeavor to get Murray out of the way. Lost Cim,n Found after Fodr Years’Ab 7 sence. —The Wowing effecting incident, which has just transpired in Baltimore, is re lated by one of the papers of that city: .. Ap incident occurred yesterday at the Ea stern District Police Station, of a very affecting and interesting character. About three o’clock in the afternoon, Mr. John W. Frank was passing along Gough street, nearßethol, when a boy, about ten years of ago, mot, him, and asked for a’penny. Mr. Frank handed the boy ten cents, but as ho did so, thought hero cognized tho child, and asked his name, when he replied that it was Behring. After some further conversation, Mr. Frank became con vinced that the boy was no other than tho lost son of a widowed friend of his ; and with this impression he took him by the hand and conducted him to tho Eastern Police Station, when ho informed the officers in charge of his suspicion. An officer was , despatched for Mrs. Dohring, who hastened to the station.— On entering and observing tho child, she ut tered a shriek, sprang towards him and clasp ed him in her arms, kissing him passionate ly, while the tears gushed from her eyes.— The boy stood amazed, not exhibiting the slightest recognition. Tho, mother continued her caresses, at tho same time asking him if he did not remember her, and referred to in cidents to awaken a remembrance of his homo. In a few minutes tho boy’s countenance changed, tears started from his eyes, and, throwing his arms around his mother's neck, ho exclaimed, “ You are my mother.” On tho recognition, Mrs. Dohring appeared to be wild with joy. She wept,, laughed, clasped her hoy to her breast, and then prayed. The scene was one which those who witnessed it will ever remember, and which awakened within a sympathy which found expression in tears. When about six years of age, tho boy wandered from bis home, and, after a diligent search, tho mother came to tho conclusion that ho was drowned; and for years mourned his death. The boy states that he has been living with many different families, who kept him to run errands and do light work, but lately ho has hail no home, and was com pelled to bog during the day, and tho money which he collected he gave to a German fam ily, who gave him in return lodgings and food. Philosophy of Bain. To understand the philosophy of this beau tiful and often sublime phenomenon, so often witnessed since the creation, and essential to the very, existence of animals, a few facts de rived from observation anil a long train of ex periments must bo remembered: - 1. Wore the atmosphere everywhere, at all times at a uniform temperature, wo should never have rain, or bail, or snow. The water absorbed by it in evaporation from the sea and the earth's surface would descend in an im ' perceptible vapor or cease to bo absorbed by the air when once fully saturated. 2. The absorbing power of the atmosphere, consequently to capability to retain hum.,.- ty, is proportionally greater m cold than near the surface of the earth is warmer than it is in the region of the clouds. The hieheif we ascend from the earth the cold er do we find the atmosphere. Hence the perpetual show on very high mountains in the hottest climates. Now, when from continual evaporation the air is highly saturated with vapor, though it bo invisible and the sky cloud less, if its temperature is suddenly reduced by cold currents of air rushing from above, or from a higher to a' lower latitude, its ca pacity to r stain moisture is diminished, clouds are formed, and the result is rain. Air'.Con denses as it cools, and like a sponge filled with water and compressed, pours out tho air which its diminished capacity cannot hold, j Summer Management ofßees. During the summer weeds and all vegeta tion should bo kept clear from tho hive; spi der webs also should he cleared away, and the hives protected from storms. Thisnlso is tho time for moths, that is, during July and August..and if the apiarian will occasionally at evening, pass around his hives with a .light he may destroy a great many millers that are lurking about ..the hives much more success fhlly than during the day time. These millers are of a light gray color, and about half an-inch in length, and rather slim—and are as spry as a weasel, it is utter ly useless to attempt to catch or pick-up ono with the fingers, and tho only effectual way to despatch, them is, to put on an old mitten ; with the fiat’pf tho hand give thorn a sly and sudden slap ; in this way u person after a lit tle practice may succeed an destroying them with tolerable success. They may often be seen during tho daytime about the outside of the hive, or in tho joints, or between boards.' If a dish of 'sweetened vinegar and water; bo placed near tho hives during the night, a good many mhy .be destroyed by this means, as they will bo attracted to it by its flavor and fall into it, and will not bo able to risV again. Many suppose that tho miller will deposit her eggs in the joints or crapks on the outside of ■the hive,, but this is a mistake, unless there is wax or proprolis to de’posit them in, .The egg rdquires some nourishment to. mature it, and instinct tenches the miller this, and this accounts for her anxiety to gain tin entrance into the' hive where she can have accosa to the wax and combs. ■- The best and moat effectual protection against tho ravages of the insect are strong stocks, and. hives that afford a small amount of unoccupied room. fdlitlcal. Al the Confessional. The Tribune, having commenced to hum ble itself in view of its awful responsibilities for .nrging our bravo men into the jaws of death, seems inclined to make full confession before the public. In Saturday’s issue, the editor, who wo are happy to learn is now Ml'- Groely, uses the following language: "We have confessed our own terrible mis take in the promises, and are trying to amend if. Goh. Scott has been equally ingenuous and candid. “It was a miscalculation of for ces,” he says of the recent disaster. That is the real truth. None of 'us had any idea'of the’immense numbers and tremendous engi nery of war that the rebels had silently col lected around their position at Manassas Junc tion. Whoever .ordered or planned the at tack bit that position was utterly unaware of their strength'. Nothing on earth could have induced General Scott to order or even give a formal assent to that movement, had not he too been systematically and utterly deceived,' Very few dreamed that that .position was to be attacked in front, but supposed it Would be turnpd, and thb-rebols compelled to retire.from it by mtenyipting thoir communications.— But there is no time now for these discussions. Put all the blame on tis that oan ba laid there (or tho benefit of the cause, but hush all bick erings—well meant, doubtless, ,but most un timely—and lot ns try to save, the country.” It is very well for the Tribune to confess its own lack of information arid judgment, but wo do not believe it is authorized to speak for Gen. Suolt. Why is it, we respectfully ask, that “none of us [that is the ultra, fanatical war party] had any idea of the immense numbers ana tremendous enginery of war’’ which our army was to meet at Manassas ? Simply, as wo be lieve, because there was neither wish nor pur pose to seek for the information. The war ad vocates were too intent upon their partisan' objects, to stop for a day to procure the infor mation, . It was just this difficulty which has rushed the nation on in the mad career which is now so suddenly arrested. They had no idea of the character of the undertaking,.although a thousand times told all about it by this and other journals which had an idea on the sub ject. There are none so blind as they that will not see, but wo think sunroof these fanat ics have not only had their eyes opened, but we trust have also had a Jew ideas beaten into their understandings, by the scenes already enacted on the battle Hold. If they could only get an idea of averting the terrible bloodshed ’which is in store, it would bo a happy thing for the country. —Journal of Commerce. Beecher on (lie Slain in. Battle. Kev. Henry Ward Beecher has just taken his vacation till September, and his congre gation may do the best it can for spiritual food during the interval. On taking leave he preached a sermon on the killed in the recent battle. The following is an extract: “ More than one-half of the human race die in the cradle. More than one-half of the oth er half die before old age. ■ Sudden death is not most to bo dreaded, The most painful and the slowest road to Heaven is by disease.— Looking at it in its just view, commend me to sudden death by the llghthing.stroko, by the whistling ball. To bo sure, with sudden death there is a violent shock ; but ns a translation, to pass through the golden doors of Heaven, violent deaths are to be desired. For mo, let God’s will be done ; lot me die when and where Ho pleases ; but with my Will, not with the long vacation furnished, by sickness arid disease, my body parched with fever, my blood drying up. my brain stagnant to go, crawling and creeping out ol life, but rather in full manhood and life, full of vigor.” 1 It is very evident thaMlie reverend gladia tor mistook his profession, and that ho ought to bo leading a brigade.*. Instead’of n minis ter of peace, ho ought, to bo a man of war. , He thinks the .best way men can die is, not by disease, but by a sudden death from “whist ling ball " H was no doubt, for this reason, (bat in the Kansas troubles he recommended j Sharpe’s rifle as bettor medicine for soul and : body than the Bible. Yet it is remarkable 1 -.that like Gen. Grcely, ho takes care-to keen out of tl|b way of the whistling bullets, which , they think excellent music forothorlVion’s oars. , Wliy did ho not accompany the grand army , to battle, even ns chaplain, if in no other way ? If Mr. Beecher’s doctrine be sound, then the the prayer in the Liturgy of the Episcopal church which deprecates “sudden death” must bo all wrong, and men ought to commit suicide if they can not find death in any oth er form. “ Violent deaths,” ho says, “ are to be desired." The worst of this plan would bo that it would soon bring the human species to an end. Thus do the fanatical clergy, cut ting adrift from common sense, run war and all other things into the ground.— N. Y. Her ald. IC?” Antagonist soy . that , a man changes every seven yoara. " Therefore/’ aaya tho in imitable Jones, “ my tailor should not re mind mo of tin; ‘little bill’ I contracted in 1854—1 aia’tttonian.’' #sjof anb d&iba. O* Nothing dries sooner than a tear. O’" Fashionable.—Midnight carousels and swelled-heads in thp morning. O" Bo cautious wb%t you say—when and to whom. ' , 0”I,f you wish to reada rouge, look at his eye. ✓ . [C7* Perfumery.—An article that indoledt young ladies use in the place", of waiter and soap. ■ , , BZ7* Scarlet, silk, and velvet. have put out iho kitchen fire. B®* The govern went has- contracted foir 100,000 now muskets. ■ , . WSy-No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. O’ The captain of a steamboat will never bo at bis wheel if he is always upon his guard. . ' ’ O’Never take a wife till thou hast a house to put her in. ■ jjgy'-Josliua E. Biddings is opposed to any relaxation of party desoipliho, and has writ ten a letter urging a strict adherence to the ultra Abolition .Republican creed. BajJ“ The following is an Irishman’s descrip tion of making a cannon : “ Take a long hole and pour brass, or iron around it.” 1 /Klgf lt is reported in Paris that young Mr. Patterson Bonaparte is about to marry a daughter of Prince Murrat. C 7” Wlion does a farmer act with great rudeness towards his corn? When.he pulls its ears. ■> , O’ A girl recently discarded her beaux because he inadvertently stated that he had -dept with Clear Conscience. the night be fore. ■ (E7* Riohmond is one hundred and thirty miles, by railroad, from Washington. • O’lf you have gone half crazy at not hav ing won your sweetheart as ii wife, remember you might have the other half if you had soo needed. ' • BQS“ “Where-shall I put this paper so as to bo sure jof seeing ituto-morrow ?” inquired Mary Jane of lier brother Charles. “Oh, : on' the, looking glass, to .bo sure," was the re; piy. \ O’A seaman who had escaped one of the recent shipwrecks, was asked by a lady how he felt when the waves dashed over him. . He replied; "Wet, madam, quite wet.”:- Bgf-001. Lander eays that he would rather fight another battle with the troops who,fell back at Bull Bun than with the now levies, ; lie values the experience of one such battle highly., ...I. . ' ■. Thb&as j. Armstrong, who we* Mmev time hack found guilty and sentenced fobs hung by the Court in Philadelphia, for ■ the m urder'of Eobert Crawford, waa executed on: the 9th inst. O” Any one may bo a fool in the head or a fool in the heart and escape detection, but if he is a fool in the face, he is indubitably condemned. JBSy* The soldiers, great risk is that of be coming extinguished before he can become distinguished; , [C?” A smile is like the bursting of the sun front behind a Cloud, to him who thinks he’, has no friends in the wide world. : IT - Ladies of fashion starve theirhappiriess to food their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. K 7” A man frequently admits that he was in the wrong, but a woman ueyer—she was “only mistaken.” , ICT “If all the world wore blind what a melancholy sight it would be,” said an Irish Clergyihan to his congregation. O* An old maid who has her . eye a little Sideways on matrimony, says the curse of war is. that it will make so many. widows, who will bo fierce to got married, and, know how to do it, that modest old maids Will stand no chance at nil.” A Goon Arrangement.— The ’Wilmington - and Weldon Railroad Company is about fife , ting up ambulance cars for. transportation of' sick and wounded soldiers. These oars are intended to run all the way from Richmond to the Cape Fear River, and are to have easy lounges and hammocks. slaves who run away from their masters in Virginia are sot to work at, once by Gen. Butler and made to keep at it, much to ftieir annoyance. One of them baviog been put to it rather strong, said—“ Golly, Mns sa Butler, dis nigger never bad to work so, hard before; guess dis chile will seoesh once moah.” jQy- \ rough individual, whoso knowledge of classical language was not quite complete, has been sick, and on recovery was told by his doctor that bo might have a little-auimal food. “No, sir,. I took your gruel easy enou gh, but hang mo if I can go your hay and oats.” ... ITT” A patent-medicine man advertises to this effect; “Consumptives, cough while you can; for, after you have taken one bottle of my mixluro, you can’t.” We rather think we, won t take any of that stuff, untill wo find out wlmt bo moans by the above rather equivocal extract from his advertisement. i£7~ A ouecxuon standing by asowing ma chine, at which a young lady was at work, looking alternately at the machine and at ite 1 fair operator, at length gave vent to his admi-r ration with, “ by golly 1 it’s purly, specially, the part with calikor. ’ , [CT Tasking of political chances, a Ver mont Democrat remarked that he oncercamo “ within one” of being elected, to. the highest office in the St ate. ■ A friend intuited what ho meant by “one!” “The candidate of the other party!” was the reply. . .A SunF.wp Remark.— Barnum lays it down as a rule, in his work on “ The Art of Making Money,” that “ the proper time to advertise judiciously , is when other s dent.’* It strikeaus that Barnum is very nearly • right, and ms words we commend to our business men at the time when they seem to heed encourage ment. ’ d Remedy for Curing Bee Stings.—l have kept bees for tho last thirty years. At first 1 I dreaded the sling of a bee on account of pain and swelling. I tried all remedies, *nd they failed to euro; but for ten years part | . take dry salcrntus or soda, momton the skin, ~ and apply tho soda; it is a complete care on me. ■ ; Nt). li.
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