yOL 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JPUSLISIIRD EVERY THUnSDAY MORNING BY JOHN B. BRATTON. TERMS ’Sunscnn'TlON.—One Dollar and Fifty Gents, paid ,n advance; Two, Dollars if paid withinnho yoarjl and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not.paid within the year. 'These terms, will be rigidly adllcred to in every instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. V . 1 Advertisements —Accompanied by the and not exceeding one ,square, will bo inserted three times for One Dollar, ami lwcnty»fivo centsuor each ■ additional insertion. Those of-a greater length in proportion. , - , ■ Pamphlets, Blanks,' -accuracy and at the |totirnL STELLA MAY; B Y II AIIO L I) Up the lofty forest, trees . ■ Slowly climbs the harvest moon ; Leaflets, ’neath the. evening.breeze, ■ Rustic to a wierd-liko tune. ' Burnished wnvolets'ncathmo play : All recall thee, Stella Mayl Oanstforgct that summer oven, ■ ' On tho murmuring river’s bank. When; mid joys akin to heaven, tile our lovo-avotyals drank 1 ' Lit that twilight, dim and gray .Wo wore, happy, Stella May ! On thy face the moonbeams played, But'dimmed net thy lustrous eye; White thy* voice sweet concert made With tjio -rivermunnuring by. ;■ Loro’s star rose witli brightest ray 0 Xlose to set, ah, Stella May !. Burning kisses met my own, 1 — ' Sigh.responded unto sigh,— Throbbed eur hearts.in unison,— 1 -. Who could deem such love coaid die ? 3)io, iit'iust, and sour away: On Time’s,p inions, Stella May! . Sadness stcalsaqross my heart When.my thoughts to 'thee arq moved Little thought wo should part,— ■ Bettor that wo. no’or had loved Than that love should die away. Die forever, Stella May.! Bright tho nSoon shines through tho trees Making nature all aglow, Whispers soft the evening breeze, , And’the ojvor raurmurs-low ,* — . jVoip and,.then) ah,‘ woll-a-day ! . ■ Times have changed much,'Stella May !, SOT A STORY.' I jrled aldng time; ever.'since ifc couldremem ber almost. ,The first Mrs. Jones was a pret ty schoolboy love, and died early. Mr. Jones was inconsolable for. nearly six months, and then finding the burden ofhjs grief tooheavy to be borne alone, decided to share his regrets with n sympathizing feminine friend.. The connection was a happy one for many years,, but alas for the mutability, of earthly plea sures, Mr. Jones was again a widower at. the age .of forty, and being extremely lonely, and having the habit of marrying, ho offered bis broken life aijd bereaved affections to Miss Patience Norcross, a mature young lady of thirty. We have said that Mr. Jones had a habit of being married, and it had so grown upon, hint that; bad Providence opened the way, he would in alb probability have followed up a scries of bereavements with a succession of, consolations. But in selecting Mifis Patience bo bad no regard to compatibility of temper.. Ho had never thought anything about it. His other marriages had been happy accidents, and, so far as he know or reflected, that was the oi-der, of nature.. But Miss Patience had a habit, too, and it was in accordance with her name, for it was the habit of endurance." It was a failing that leaned to virtue’s, side, and beyond it.. She lived in the remote and the future. 'The present with her was never any thing hut a make shift—a mere temporary ex pedient until better times. Distance not only lent -enchantment to her objects of pursuit, hut was absolutely, the only charm to which she was sensitive. She really liked Mr, Jones up to .the hour of his proposals; she meekly tolerated him overafter, ./'hoy were at hording for a time, anti the wife said submissively to all her friends: “ Oh, yes, it is very comfortable for the pres ent, until we feel able to keep house.” Mr. Jones, after the remark had been reiterated for the fiftieth time asserted that ho was able to keep bouse. To prove this, be engaged and .furnished a tasteful tenement, and another year saw Mistress Patience the'patient mis tress of her own fireside. ” ' “What a pleasant situation” said Dame Grundy, ns ho called on a tour of inspection. “ Why yes,” said Mr. Jones. “It is all we can expect in a house wo hire. If wo were to build, wo should pi in very differently, of course. And then you know, one could have the heart to make improvements in shrubbery and fruit trees. 0, Mrs. Grundy, I hope to live long enough to have a house of mv own.” J Mr. Jones was well-to-do and good natured. Moreover, lie was a little obtuse, as we have seen, and he did not perceive that something to put up with is with most of us a practical necessity. So ho said very generously, “Mrs! Jones, in another year you shall have a house of your own." “ Im am afraid you cannot afford to build such a house as I would like.” “ I can and I will. You shall modify the plan yourself, or draw a new one if you pre fer.” Mrs. Jones sighed, “ It will take so long in building;” and from that hour every rational enjoyment was deferred until they should got into their new dwelling. There were the usual delays and disappointments, and Mrs. Jones’ love of endurance was fully gratified • she was regaled with a “ lingering sweetness long drawn out." - At length the house was built and furnished, the grounds laid out and planted, and the wheels of .the new establish ment fairly in motion. Moreover, by rare good luck, there was very little to alter and undo; most of the arrangements were desira ble and the experiments successes. “ Hope, my dear.” said Mr. Jones, benevo lently, “ that wo are in a condition to take comfort.” “ If wo ever get- settled,” assented Mrs. Jones, with a sigh. . Well, years rolled on, and they were settled. m! 10 “O'vora bloomed, and the fruits ripened. thickened into velvet, and the trees g ow tall and oast a welcome shade. Stran gers paused to admire the premises as they passed, and neighbors paid their various tpi butes of envy and admiration. Mr. Jones grew to look portly and contented. Not so with Mrs. Jones. To all the enconiuma lav ashed upon her residence, she replied submis sively: “Yes, it’s a pretty place, but we don’t know who we built it for. We have no children to como after us, and wo are just putting up improvements for strangers to pull down.” Was over woman so favored of an indulgent fortune? Within a year after the utterance of this remark, Mrs. Jones was the happy—no, the patient mother of a real, genuine, glorious baby. Mr. Jones, who had with difficulty re-, framed from happiness before, was uncontrol lably jubilant now. The boy was healthy, handsome and bright. There was no mistake about him ; he was a fixed fact, a star ofthe first magnitude. He had wants, it is true, for which the fond fatherwas intensely thankful, for to gratify and prevent them Was his su preme delight. And the mother? Alas, hers was all a mo ! ther’s cares, anxieties and forebodings. Un til he was weaned,, she scarcely left the house, or indulged in the simplest luxuries of diet. Then there was the long period of tceth-cut ting, during which her maternal apprehen sions were never appeased. Then sno lived in fear of the measless, whooping cough and scarlet fever, until the young hero mot and conquered them all. lie grew round and rosy, and she thin and anxious, but still unaltera bly patient. At school she feared he might study too much, or too little, and ns her tears were pretty equally divided between the two perils, it is presumed that ho avoided both. Then she had a general misgiving lest ho should ibe spoiled, and from too much petting at homo, (become an indolent and useless member of so ciety. _ But though the reader may share her fears, in this regard. Master Jones falsified them all. Indulgence and opportunity seemed to agree with him. He was. ambitions and self-reliant, and not objectionably wilful. When at last he decided to study for a proles-' sion, the mother fitted out his wardrobe with reluctant cafe, .and his first letter from college waslmoistened with rather more than the lull proportion of natural tears. n . “ I,am glad he is doing well,” she said in roply jo.a 'remark from her husband, “ but I missljim more'than I can toll you. Since we have d'idy one, we could wish he could have stayedbVith us.' The seven years of his stu dent life are very long to wait." ■“ ToVait for what ?” inquired Mr. Jones. “ Tortihe good time coming,",replied his wife. j .' ■ V Why, the good time has come, long ago. Can’t yob see it? We’ve lieen having it all along, t “ It mo® be so with you, Mr. Jones, hut I! have nevonbeen free.from anxiety for one min ute in my life,” “ And n«er will bo, my dear," returned the husband, “It is positively your strong point, and I Ifeve qnito an admiration for your skill in it. . xbi will find more to submit to in any given oirMUistances than any .woman I have over knowi-" Mrs. Jones ri«ed her eyes to her huslmnd in nioek surpnsq&Bhe forgave .him; and was silontr ' ■' Education, of Females. \■> ■ - ’ BY BEV. WIIUtJI F. CORNELL. ' ' Take one of your lcity young ladies—give her. the highest morafarid intellectual culture —let her excel in evein study, now taught in our schools ; add to thu the loveliness of dis position, amiability of* temper, graceful ness of motion—make her all that we admire in a ■ young woman, so far xia'nind and heart are concerned, and then let hep bo so far diseased that she cannot perform ii,ty active duty, and -what docs her iutellectualßad moral improve ment avail towards earnirfg an independent 1 and honorable livelihood?-VJuat nothin**-. — She cannot do house-work,' for she lias°not ' bodily strength. She cannot write for her hand.tremblesw She cannofiread aloud, for it fatigues her, and makes hpp hoarse. She cannot teach—thatin .which aliove all other' females excel—for it makes tjsr head ache, and sends her homo to bed. Whit is she good for ? Take one of those well educated young ladies, .such as aye often see around us ; she is lit for nothing but to be the erdtfeed-spinod, debilitated, nervous,fidgety, thingthat she is. Why? The first and most important stop in her education has been neglected. I The (act that young ladies, educated as tori many of them hayo been, are utterly unqual ified to gain a livelihood, for want of proper, physical culture, is one that meets us s it every step. , Parents are inexcusable for prer be coming parents until, they have made them selves acquainted with the laws of heilth— the laws of our Creator which are fixed and unchangeable. ■ \ If in the education of females, thoyVvoro properly instructed in the laws of their,sys tem, and judiciously trained to observe these laws, what a noble result would follow 1 flow many children who now did at aii early aW would live to grow up ! How many nervous invalids would be cheerful and happy 1 , Hoy much suffering would be avoided 1 How inhol money saved 1 How much life better dnjoy\ ed 1 .1 But these are not all the benefits that would spring from such a physical education as might and ought to bo given to pur youth. The greatest benefit, the richest boon from such a training would bo found in the increasing stamina, the .more vigorous constitutions of the present generation; and let this proper system of physical training bo continued for a few generations, and th« more fabled “gold en age ” of the world would return, and wo shouhjLhavo a race of men and women such as God intended should bless the world. The most deplorable effect of neglected fo-, male physical education, is seen when such girls enter the family relation; when they bo oomo_ mothers. They are wholly unable to sustain the duties and responsibilities that devolve upon them. Thoro is no doubt but that by an improved education, and more enlarged views of health and obedience to them, the average duration of human life might be increased to seventy years ; as it has, during the last two centu ries, increased, from an average duration of eighteen to_ forty-five years. If life is worth anything, is not this worth thinking of?— AVill it not more than repay all the labors of the physician, the teacher, the parent, the journalist? The mortality from disease has diminished more than twenty per cent, with in the last half century. Is not this worth naming ? The man who says that we have labored in vain in'hygienic measures to ben efit our race, is a miserable economist, and void of common sense, or common honesty. S®“An English lady, who wont' to make purchases in Jamaica, accompanied by her black maid, was repeatedly addressed by the negro shopman as “Massa;” whereupon her sable follower exclaimed, with a look of infi nite contempt, “ Why for you speak such bad grammar, Saby? Why.fof you call my mis stfß massa? Stupid fellah —nim’s a she 1 ” A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. Did Uncle Tom Do Right? There were footsteps in the kitchen, evi dently made by n small boy in. stout boots. — Mrs. Greenwood looked up from pouring the coffee as the breakfast-room door opened, and said, “Oh, it is. Creeper Gant! Good morn ing, Creeper.” . “ Morning,” answered the boy.. “Halloa, Crooner,” said Phinny Green wood, peeping over his mug of water, lie was answered only.by a broad smile. “ Your uncle Thomas came homo from New Orleans, last night, didn't he?” asked Mr. Greenwood. Creeper nodded as it horse might do if he Wanted more length of cheek rein. ■ “ What does he say about things down South?”' inquired Mr. Greenwood; “Don’t know," was the reply. Now ho didn’t moan ho .really did not know only this whs the way Creeper had a habit of answering—and that wasn’t' really his name either—he was named Thomas, for his uncle, only everybody called him Creeper. Pretty soon ho said, “ I want to know if Phinny can go blueberrying in the hill pas turo-nlong With me.” •He meant Anna though bp Said Phinny— but then it made no difference, for Phinny never went nnywherO without Anna, if ho could help it. Phinny spoke up directly “Yes, we’ll go as soon as we finish breakfast, can’t we mother ? " . Mother bad no objec tion, so in time the , children started, each with tin pail, in high, spirits, and then. Cree per Gant’s bashfulness all left him and his power of spec,oh returned. , “ Uncle Tom did’ht bring me a single thing this time,” bo said:” “ heicouldn’t, be bad such an awful bad time getting, away.” “ Did ho?” said Eliitihy soleinnly, “Ob yes, T don’t'suppose die could have come away anyhow if lie liadn’t talked all the tiiifft on the side of t|io South and made them believe he .thought just as they did,” sagely returned the namesake of uncle Tom. “Ho isn’t a rebel, is ho ?” asked Plrnny, still more solemnly. . “No, of course he isn’t; hut then yon see •he had to pretend to be, or like enough they would have; hung him, and he is afraid lie will lose his.cargo of sugar .as it.is,” replied Creeper. . “ Well, ! know 1 wouldn’t he a rebel and I wouldn’t saj 1 I was when .I wasn’t, if they did kill me!” said Phinny stoutly; “ would you, Anna ? ” Ho never was entirely positive un til lie-had his sister’s opinion. “ I don’t, think,”, mildly returned, Anna; "wo can't toll certainly what we should do if we wore Ipadly frightened. You;know Pe ter was a good man, But he said once he was not nue of Christ’s followers when ho was. because lie was afraid of getting into trou ble.” , , . Pbinny looked thoughtful. “ Yon know,” said .ho, “Peter cried when he. came to think over about.it, and.didn’t pretend it was right for him. to telTtlie lie; and !■ don’t’beliove.Mr. Beecher would have : told one any wav.” . “ d.ljell youdDncle ,Tom , bad tohilk ibat way to nnisn"nia'Trauiiig.: aii<rctWrr«rSff,Weaid Creeper, decidedly, “ and he couldn’t but just got here then, because they know bo was a northerner. Ho wouldn’t have.staid thoroso long if he had known what a bad time he .-lioulii have of it, and lose his sugar, too, like enough.” . , . .“Well,” said Anna, “wo • can’t ho sure' what wo should do, and I guess it is safer for us to keep away from temptation. But,moth er'says we oughn’t to tell a lie.even to save our life, and the Bildo says so too.”' , : “There now, the Bildo says so! ” exclaim ed Phinhy triumphantly, delighted to' find, ,-snna on his side after all, “ Do. you expect ijumol would hayo said he was a ’Ccssiouist .out of the lion’s deri?. .And Paul, What do you think Paul would have dime' about it? Why, mother told me Sunday that every one of the twelve apostles, excepting John, was killed just because they wouldn’t give up to what they thought- was wrong. I .suppose they Anight ho alive now if they had told lies about it 1” . “ Why, Phinoas Greenwood, what a story ! Of course they couldn’t be alive now 1. That, would make them older than Methusolan.— ■But you soo those old fellows would have died ever so long ago, any way, and it don’t make much difference about them,” replied Creeper, in a satisfied tone. It didn’t seem really polite to Anna to con tinue blaming Creeper’s Uncle Tom, so she began talking about the blueberries. But she thought to herself that as everybody must die sometime, a few years more or loss wouldn’t make so much difference as doing right. Creeper, however, was too full of Uncle Tom’s coming homo, and all ho had heard him say, to forget the subject; and by the time the tin pails were half full of blueberries, and the little rod mouths and white teeth pretty well stained black, be began again;. “ Uncle Tom says the rebels tell dreadful lies about us at the.. North, and about the fighting. They always pretend their side beats every, time, and when the news camp of that big battle, and how the Union men ran, Uncle Tom had to wear a Secession cockade and have an illumination in his room, at the hotel to make the old rebels think ho was all wight. But ho was mad'enough to blow up the .whole city, and ho says ho knows there i\ro lots of folks there feel just ns he .did', hut hi wouldn’t answer for them to do any other way, and they all make believe they think liihcoln is a dreadful wicked man. “\I wouldn’t ;wear a ’Cession cockade if they roasted me, I know I wouldn’t!” ox olaimed-Phinny indignantly*. I “ You might change your mind when you came in sight t(f the fire,” returned the more experienced sfster. “ Don’t you remember what a fuss you made when you burnt your hand in the tja kettle steam last week?” “That’s npthing,” Phinny answered, “I wasn’t being burnt fur anything I had .said then. Now (there are ever so many pictures in my grandmother's great martyr book of people burning to death for their religion, and grandmother said some of them could have saved their lives by just making a cross on their foreheads and bowing, and they wouldn’t do it.” / Creeper began to have misgivings, but ho was anxipus to defend.his uncle, and after thinkinga while ho said, “it was different about the martyrs. Uncle Toni dld’nt deny his religion, and I .don't expect ho would do that.” ♦ “Wall, returned Phinny sturdily, “my grandmother says there can’t anything make it right to tell a lie.” Creeper could think of nothing to say to this, 'or ho was troubled by what the children had said, and yet very glad Uncle Tom was safely home again. So ho made no reply, but turneu with greiit havoc upon a blueberry bush at some distance, while Anna wont on filling her pail, silently wondering in her mind if Creeper’s Undo Tom had never hoard this saying of a very wise and rich king, “And a poor man is better than a liar.’’- I XT' Nothing dries sooner than a tear. “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS RERIGIIT—BUT, ItIGIIT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” carlisl: “ I with somo difficulty snvcd him from im mediate death, lie was returned to his berth and put upon the aamifcoUttb as before. The weather hemp; hot.and cdlpri.T hung his cot between two .ports on : thfe'gun deck, from which he was; obliged. to‘ Kp .removed to the berth dock, whenever we were called to quar ters at night, a strange saii)'hoin» near. He had occasional discharges |f blood,- and be came much debilitated. . Daring all this time, being apprised that his.dissolution .was nigh, I do not remember of wlfnhshing any change ii.i his expression or feelings, as far as tiio state.hf his solil was coiicrujncd. Soph after dinner-time ( say 1 or 3 o’plbcok,) Dr. Birch more reported his death topjpV .The usual or ders wero given to his mesti-inates to lay out' the body and.watch it.. 'tif.yJirchmoro. called upon mo to inform mo' tiint ;!ie snppokdd. dead man had- revived, asd add.ro?sp&l)!s’ mess-piatos in such a. in'apß'qr as every ;qne, and bring teafsj®pm ’thcr'eyes.‘pjf all who'-heard him ;. that then' addressed: himself to the surgeon’s mites, and had now sent fop mo. 1 to'the .spot, and found him mid sup ported by a) messmate ; wyist .trying in.xa in.to find n.-:n was Uni versalSy ... tiotV,‘h"i s’Oyes' h'rightand animated, his speech strong ami distinct, without any discharge of blood from his lungs, although he had boon exereishtg them so long; AH’the inert not upon duty, on deck surrounded the, sick, hoy, and were gazing with wonder at the scone. I was then brought to,attend to his address which was long, and consisted of language strong'and appropriate, fluency, good grammar, and words well put together. . “ My surprise was tod-grbat to permit mo to yeepllect more than a email part of what ho itjld. Ho declared that ho was dead, that his spirit had been separated'from Ids body that ho behold the .glorlfts of the other world,, of which, if language could convey , an idea, he was not at liberty, to give a description ; that he was only allowed a short time to re; turn to earth, and give the advice,ho was now communicating to certain officers and men. lie was extremely solemn and impressive, and what he' uttered was in such a correct and pure style, that it might have .been hoard, with satisfaction from a pulpit, delivered by a learned divine. After finishing with mo, ho ordered mo to send for Commodore Rodgors;- as ho s'aid lip must deliver-a.message to him before he finally quit us.; I wait upon the Commodore, and delivered the' order. Tho Commodore stared, and for a moment hesitated, how f.n act, fearing some deception, ami tho ill- effects it might have upon the minds of superstitious soiimeu ; hut he des cended, .when such a scene presented itself as is seldom witnessed by man. • Imagine to yourself for a momcutsuoli a.man as Commo dore Rodgers, in . a sick bay, by'lamplight, surrounded by a hundred .or. more -witnesses, standing before a common!sailor, supposed to" have been dead, who conjmenccd to address him in words like those: ‘il have sontforyou, sir; some hours since I would have trembled at your frown: and feared-your displeasure; hut now, sir, I am your superior, being a messenger, from-Heaven to you ; therefore listen to what I shall sayd He then touched in a handsome manner upon the different du ties and relative situation ojf commander and men, dwelt upon tho great responsibility of his station,-his powor.to do good, the force of good example, humanity, eta, etc. “ When he had concluded, liis head sank upon his shoulder, and,,ho- appeared once more to bo lifeless. The'Commodore retired to his cabin, sent for mo, find requested from men philosophical, explanation of what had happened. I endeavored to give one, which, it would taka'Up too milch time to repeat; hut there was, and over will he, one insurmounta- ble difficulty in the oaaoi without admiting something like inspiration, to wit, how or in what manner he acquired the knowledge of such excellent language, and delivered him self with such fluency anil ease, smoothly and clearly, being an uneducated, rough, common toprnan. Not knowing what might take place after what I had just witnessed, I laid him down and retired to rest. Late at night I was called out of my room to see n man who was very ill, and hanging in ahammook near the sick bay. After blooding him and giving him an anodyne, I wont in haste into the bay to got something; no one was but myself; all hands not on duty were sleeping soundly around mo ; a solitary lamp'throw a sickly light. Unon turning my head aside, horrible dicta ! what struck my eyes but the aforesaid corpse sitting up in his bed, fixing his glaring eyes upon mo. I became motion less and almost petrified, when I was relieved from this unpleasant,situation by his exclaim: ing. with a loud voice and much authority. ‘ Give mo some w'ator.’ I never obeyed an or der so quickly before. Springing to a tin mug that stood near me, I approached ; presented it to his lips, ho drank of it, and closed his eyes forever. The next morning ho was bur rind, or committed to the deep. I never saw more anxiety depicted, upon the human face than every man discovered during the reading of the funeral service. Among six hundred and fifty men, I believed not a tearless eye could be found; and when the body was slid into the sea, every one, I was about to say, 1, PA., THURSDAY,; SEPTEMBER. 26, 1861. REMARKABLE CASEOFTIUWE, BY W, TURK, M. D., SUBGEfIX, U. S. N Communicated in a letter[from F. B. Rich ardson, M, D,, qf Cold Spring, jV. Pi, to the A mr.rican Journal of Medical Science , ’‘ln the month of January, 181-1, being sur geon of the U.S. Frigate President, command ed by Commodore John Hedgers cruising off the coast of Soutli America, 'U sailor belong ing to.one of the tops, about 23 years of ago, named , burst a vessel in his lungs, and was brought down to me,baliout suffocating with the sudden diseharge-nf blood. I suc ceeded in .stopping the bcnlon-bagc ; ho was confined to his cot, and put fifion a tow diet, and the use of such medicines as the case de maridod. During my attendance upon him I discovered nothing in his conversation or ac tions different from ignorend, rough profane men in the same station. Jty mates said that to them ho was at timesijnselorit, swearing terribly at their refusal -pf such things as would have been injurious ,-to him; saying' they wished to starve hint;; lie was-to ail appearances extremely illiterate.. After do ing' well for some time, a'-.tassel, having the appearance of au enemy’s frigate, hove down upon us, and as all handsiwere at quarters and a fight expected to cofnmenco ’in a few minutes, knowing the spirit tliat animate I all on board, I thought proper,"before descending to the cockpit, to call upollttiiis man, and for bid his making any attemipt to move, as it might prove fatal to to obey faithfully ;. but at thefiflomont lie-hoard the sound of the first guifple sprang upon. ■ deck and ran to the gunwhC-ftp he was quarter ed;- 'fhc excitement'.trnsf ; |b. great that the blood burst forth from, his month and nostrils in a> full sroani, and in tws deplorable con dition he was brought-doWßpfß-.juo in the cook pit. . - ' instinctively looked over the side, when their eupriso was not lessened by beholding thcr body arise to the surface once or twice before, it disappeared. It was astonishing the effect this affair had upon the language a«fd counte nances of the men for some days, especially those who had heard the addrUffS.’ Thejiom modoro was delighted to I corn, “that so far from representing fighting to bo criminal,-he spoke of love Of country, and recommended discipline, attention to orders, obedience, and performance of duty in time of action.” A FEMALE “BL0\D1 1 \”-FR1GI1TFDL SCENE. The London papers contain accounts of a [ degrading exhibition atCromorno, on Monday evening, tho 12th ult. A female Blondin hail been engaged to cross the Thames,on a tight rope from the gardens. It. is said that the actual span of the river at this point is 2,000 feet wide,, while tho height of the rope from the water varied from 50 to 100 feet. ■'lm mense crowds had collected to witness the feat; and tho artiste when she made her appear ance was received with loud bursts ofapplauso. Two-thirds of the distance had been accom plished with apparent ease and certainty, when the performer stopped'to rest on one.of tlio main supports of the rope. She'romainod so long that apprehensions of a contretemps be gan to spread. Nor wore they groundless, for attempts wore made by attendants on shore and in.boats 1 to.tighten-the remaning six or seven hundred feet of rope., For a very groat part of this formidable length no guy ropes were to he seen. There were ta!os r of the ropes having, been cut in the course of tho preceding night for the sake of the weight by which tho main, cord was or should have been, made steady. On the'other hand, it was al leged that these weights or guys had'hover been put up. Aftorsittinga wcarisomelongth of time on the narrow lodge on tho. summit of tlio'timber support,'the performer essayed to advance. She very soon, found the task too dangerous, and backed to her awkward resting place. The time from her first arrival at this point to her finally, qniting it was full three quarters ofan hour.’ Again tho female Blon din sot forth, and at this time made so much progress that when she hesitated the second time it had become nearly impossible for her to recede. This she nevertheless attempted to do underAlio greatest difficulties. . Tho rope swayed like a , garden swing. Cries were raised for'a line,- nmLwhon one was brought efforts were, made to throw it over tho oprd on which the poor creature was ;ondbavofingdo maintain her balance. Tho excitement became general and soon. grow in to alarm. For awhile many ' pacified their fears'.with a half .suspicion that the danger acted; but its.reality soon became apparent. Twilight was deepening, and in a 'little, time-she wohid ho unable to see the rppeL -Hayingstood for ten minutes or longer, tHidooidod to tittempt a retreat or an advance, tho .fepiale BlonrHn sat down on. the rope, and balanced her pole across her knees, Itancuvcd efforts were made, to throw, cords over the main rope, hat unsuccessful! ‘Af lbriglh an outcry was made that she wgs going to fall. Uflc.uaUy wnicti came splashing down ,iim»nj—rnigonatir' below. In another she was clinging by her hands, now to the “tight” rope,, now to a couple of weights’ and now to the cords by which part of.the rope was held in imperfect steadiness. The courage displayed by her at this period was truly.admirable. Descending by the grasp of a three-quarter inch cord, or more whale lino, infact,' this daring imitator l.of the “Jleroc of Niagara” reached in safety a boat which had been rowed to her rescue. On reaching the boat she was loudly cheered, and.received quite an ovation oil her return to the gardens, whore alio lamented with tears her not having completed a task which she felt thoroughly cnmpotont.to perform. Her hands, it is stated, were severely cut by the rope which Imd-affordod her the mean of ca capo/' It is stated that this perilous exhil' tion is to be repeated ■Hard SxrjDyiNO and Good Health.—Han Study is generally thought to he adverse to health|-and ‘conversely, unhealthy students are thought or. think themselves-.to bo identi cal-with hard study. 'Paleness of counte nance, nervous weakness and headache are cultivated or affected, because they are sup posed to indicate superior intellectual gifts. Dangerous fallacy , which has cost many a good follow his life! No man, nr woman either,- ever killed himself or herself, with study.—- Not it bit of it; but.many a lazy fellow fond of intellectual occupation, with physical in action, has been a victim to. disordered digos tftfn and crazed nerves, all the time laboring under tho previous. mistake that ho was one of those favorites'of tho gods who dib young, because, they are of too etherial a temper to stand the rude shock of such a miserable world as this. Why tho world- is- a bravo world—worthy tho dwelling place of tho no blest creature God ever made: It is too good for tho simpleton who does not know how to take cafe of himself; who mistakes neglect of body for culture of. mind ; who goes mo ping and moaning about because his break fast sets uneasily, on his weakened stomach, thinking it to bo proof that ho is too delicate or too refined for tho hardships of human con dition. Up, man, dreamer fool: go plunge into tho health-giving, joy inspiring waves of yonder ocean, while summer lasts; take a cold shower bath in winter. -Walk'dong'distances, if you have tho time ; swing tho dumbbells if you .have not. Cold whiter, vigorous exercise, hard study—those are tho conditions of moral, mental and bodily health.- The Tkeadmiee of Life.— A good honest soul once-said that" all she wanted, when she got to Heaven, was to put on a clean aprm and sit still.” After all, the idea is mure pro found than funny.—There are times in eve ry housekeeper's lifp when this would bo the embodiment of paradise. When the head throbs with planning, contriving anil direc ting; when every bone aches in the atle i p: to carry the programme into successful oxo oution ; when after having done one’s best to draw a focus all the intinitessimal cobweb threads of careful management, some now em ergency is born of every last attempt, till eve ry nerve and muscle cries out with the old woman, for Heaven and a clean apron I Of course, after a period of careful, free rest this earth seems after all a very nice place to stay in ; but while the lit lasts, no victim 01 unsuccessful love, or of sea sickness, is more truly deserving of that which neither over got—heartfelt pity. It is well that it is not the prevailing feeling, else how could wo all toil and moil as wo do day after day, for six 1 foot in the earth to ingulf it all at last.—lt is well that to pain-taking mothers and delving fathers, earth seems so real. Wore it not so, the wheels of this world would stick fast.— Faun;/ Fern. Bv*A Scutch uUI maid wlui was asked to subscribe to raise men for the King during the last war answered, ‘lndeed, I'll do naosio thing ; I never could raise a man for myself, and I am not going to raise men lor King George.’ Executioa of Win. Weaver. The Perry County papers have a detailed account of the execution of Win. Weaver, con victed on the Stir of April last, and executed on Friday the Cth iust. We make a few extracts: : Weaver had given various contradictory ac counts of the death of his .wife, at times virtu ally admitting his guilt, then, again stoutly denying it; and his whole conduct was so in explicable that it confounded all who had an opportunity of witnessing it. To pile minis ter ho confessed his guilt, to another denied it —and persisted in its denial during the last hours of his life, and .yet at the same -time calling bis keeper aside and assuring him that ho had told him all. This singular conduct ihay bo accounted for in part by his declared! .affection for his living wife, and the issue ox-J ■pooled by her,-as he,seems to have selected | the.name for the unborn child by marking a I name in the Bible of each sex, coupled with the fact that his wife was to share in the pro fits of the sale of his alleged confession, and his denials of guilt were purposely made to help the sale of-tho printed confession; , He was possessed of some low coming which he boasted of, and must have a blunted mor-' al sense which could induce him, for tbo puke of gain to his wife after his decease, ti| utter falsehoods when on the very verge of theVgrave, and yet criminate that wife,in the very con. fesaion -from which, aho ivas to derive a pecuj niary benefit. ■ ADJUSTING THE HOPE A.N’D CAP. The convict had been, upon the scaffold-four minutes, which covered the prayer, and im mediately after flic Sheriff-mounted the plat form and adjusted the rope, stating to the prisoner that lie might now say any thing lie he desired. lie simply declared that .his keeper had treated him kindly, lie spoke so low and his utterance so indistinct that it was difficult to determine the precise. language used. lie also said to the sheriff: 11 You wont throw me.” The- Sheriff replied,: “In a mo ment, William, and it will nll'be over;” Ho seems not to have known that the drop foil, hut had an idea that ho would bo drawiiup. The Sheriff then drew awhile cap over his face, leaped from the scaffolod, and instantly touched, the brass knob which moved the spring, and -with a sudden jerk the victim fell between throe and (bur feet, hi’s feet dang ling .within o’gbtcon inches of the ground. .Ilo'turned round once or twice with the twist of the rope, and a convulsive working of Ids arms and shoulders together with a slight motion of the feet, were all the indications of struggling manifested, although ids . breast seemed to heave as though lie drew breath. Two ami a half minutes after he dropped, ids chest, heaved distinctly, and three minutes after lie fell no motion was preceptible; Sci that ho appeared dead at three minutes after the drop fell..' ■ - ■-■w-.vi^siorr.-'irEcn’us.—’fo nialce a. nice jam —lay your-hcad under .a descending piie-driv- To seelf a man is your friend—make love J '"ro SL UT them in boiling writer, ’l'd keep yourself warm in bed—sot it on fire. “ . - To be ahead of time—carry your watch be hind you; ■ ' To "see how hard a man strikes—toll him ho | ties. To keep your poor relatives from troubling you— commit suicide. .• To keep from being dry—stand out in the rain. .To do away with spectacles—put your eyes out. ■To see if a girl loves you—ask her like a man. To tell if you love a girl—have some taliow hfeadod oilup to go and see her. ■ To destroy rats—catch them one by one and flatten their heads in a lemon squeezer. To kill cockroaches—get a pair of heavy boots, catch your roaches, put them in a bar rel. and then get in.yourself and dance. ■ To kill bed-hugs—dhain their hind logs to' a tree, ami then go round In front and make faces at them. To catch mice—on going to hod put crumbs of cheese in your mouth, and lie with it open,' and when a mouse’s whiskers tickle your throat, bite. To make lions lay—tin thonvflat on boards,' and .(hen put pillows under their heads. To prevent dogs from going, mad —cut their tails off close behind the pars.. To keep health—take a brandy smash ear ly in the morning, throw it opt of the win dow, and after that cat your breakfast. To kill your enemies—treat thoni to threo ceut brandy. Aluoatoks to ue Teh.veu to Accou.vt—:A repent author says tho.timo. is. not, far distant when alligators will bo called upon to dis charge their obligations to society, and that tlie business of catching them will afford a linther chance for profitable industry. Oil of veiy fine quality ban ho obtained, from al ligators, and it is considered most valuable (or scalds burns and rheumatism, Excellent saddles and beautiful hoots and shoes have boon made out. of their tanned skins; Their' hard, white and polished teeth may ho used for a variety of purposes: while under the fore fins there is an odoriferous substance, resembling musk, and which it is supposed can ho employed as a substitute for that ex pensive article. Disappointed in Love, —-A young woman living near Ottawa, Canada, last week charg ed a gun already loaded, placed the muzzle to her head, and tired. The gun burst,-blow ing. off - one of her arms at the shoulder, ami injuring one side of her face in an awful man ner. She was being carried in a boat to Pem broke, there to receive medical assistance when an altercation arose between two of the four men who wore managing the boat, which resulted in one of them striking the other on the head with a paddle, kilting him instantly. I PIU.VCE NaHUI.EO.V AND THE' ODD GuAKD AT I Chicago. —Prince Nnpolonn had no interview in Chicago with Lorentz Ilarte, a relic of the Grand Army of the First Napoleon, now an inmate of tho Cook county Poor-house. The soldier boro tho marks of many wounds, and possessed a Legion of Honor cross, given him by Napoleon at Austerlitz. When the veter an rose to go, ho blessed the munificence of tho Prince, who had pressed a well filled purse into his hand, and gave him assurance that la belle Franco had- not forgotten her veter ans, and that a liberal pension should be pro vided for him. K7*A love-sick swain, desirous to indicate tho extent and character of his love for th«" empress of his heart,exclaimed; "Ah, Miss' Brown, my affection for,you is as strong as— as—tho butter they gave us for, dinner!”— i She was satisfied, ns she boarded at the same house. The bargain was struck, and they 'were jaarried. The Harvest of Death. I Dr. Lyon, brigade surgeon under General j Lyon at the battle of Wilson Creek, was wit j ness to the following extraordinary incident: “ A tall rebel soldier waved, a large and costly Secession flag defiantly, when a cannon ball struck him.to the earth, dead. A second soldier instantly picked up the prostrate ■flag, and waved it again-a second cannon ball shat tered his body. A third soldier raised and. waved the flag, and a third cannon ball crashed into his breast and, he fell dead.. Yet the. fourth time was the flag raised, and the soldier j waved it, and turned to climb over the fence | with it into the woods.- As ho stood astride ■the fence a moment, balancing to keep the heavy flag upright, a fourth cannon ball struck, him in the side, cutting him completely in two, so that rine-half of his body fell on one , side of the fence and the other half the other side, while the flag itself lodged on the fence, and was captured a few minutes afterwards by sur troops.” Discipline at Fokstuess MotfRDE.—A cor respondent says :—“Soon after the arrival of Gen.. Wool wo. werc-rcviewed by him'; and such an inspection 1 Even the-' cuffs of. oUr coats ■\vcro turned up to seo. if our underclMhes •were clean. Nothing escaped the.old man. It was the first time that I'had'ray swdrd In spected since I wore it. New orders are pub lished every clay. All officers;have to attend roll calls, and especially at rcville,' Which heats at the first call., He visits-the guard both day and- night,' and' wCo the upfortu nato commander of-tho guard if everything is not ’all'right.” - ‘ Consular positions,: wo-notice the names of Julin P. Lovcjoy, a brother of the shameless o\yn, and that of the. notorious Thaddeus Hyatt, one of the mischievous TCariSas. creVr, and an avowed and well"known The administration, by such appointments as these, scandalizes almost'the entire .popular sentiment of the country. The Republicans, timid at first, grow bolder every day, and prff continually.giying token of their: rapid prog-, resa towards unadulterated. Abolitionism. A Fact .—You may read many- of literary weekly pafiersTor a year and. solely find at fact that will make you wiser and hotter—all romantic, .fictions, lies, velvet and little fiends, equipped in smiles arid crinoline,' big scoundrels in eqaulettes, with a.love of a moustache, turning the heads of simpering* maidens—the every day history of life inge niously belied, and beautifully outraged; And yet it always ends most charmingly. Hundreds of persons who cannot afford a* homo paper, in the course of a year-spend three timos thc amount it would c.ost, in pur chasing this trash. - . ; widow woman's only son wont; to* RlauaUter, fought well, and• returnedJiorne on a furlough. pious, and after he had answered , numerous -inquiries as to his. health, &0., she kaid? *Nfow tell mo Henry, you did not kill’anr any of thorn, and Commit murder, right tho Bible, did you?’ Said he': ‘I don’t know a? I killed any onb,‘but I made, eight or ton of them squat mighty quick.' •O” The Now York Leader reports the ar rest of agents of the rebels in Now York, dud the discovery of n carrier pigeon communica tion from the suburbs of that pity with' Rich-' mond. A pigeon .was shotby a rifleman, and under the bird’s wing was an important des patch on its way- South. A. shed somewhere on Long Island was used as a starting point for the pigeons. ' A Kcnn. Tiikeat to Close the Potomac— Powerful Batteries.— Louisville, Sept. 12—. The Richmond Examiner, of the 9th says. Refore many hours the Potomac wil! be ef fobtually closed by powerful batteries. The chief of the ordnance department in Virginia!, in responding to a call for ail the field artille ry, sayts ten batteries are now ready for im-: mediate duty,, and eight or ton more cart-bo got ready soon. ..,■■■ ,077” A proprietor of a cotton-mill, who. is something of a philosopher,-posted up on his factory gate the following notice:—•“ No oi ,gnrs hr gond-lnolting mon. ndmltted.” lybcn asked for an explanation, h'esa'd.; “ The one will .set a flame agoing among my cottons, and the t'other among the gals. 11 won’t admit such' infiaiyimahle and dangerous things- into my establishment at any risk.” 077" A young lady who 'wore spectacles ex claimed in a voice of enthusiasm to a'plough man, who was walking oii the road, T)o you sir, appreciate, the beauty of that landscape? Oh, see those.darting sheep arid lambs; skip ping about!’ ‘Thom aint sheep and latribs— them’s hogs, miss.’ .077' A young woman down East has com menced a suitof divorce ngaiiisthorhusband, because lie would not allow her to apply her tongue to tho stopper of the molasses jug ev ery time she used it, a privilege every Yan kee woman considers sacred. , 077” The ladies of Mnysrillo, Kentucky, re cently presented a pair of pantloons to Mias Luey Stone in due form. ' Miss Lucy nooopit ed tho pants, but says she would have done so witii a much hotter will if they had only had a man inside of them. HSS“ Mr. A——•, upon entering n certain bookshop, inquired of a young man in attend- ..... men if he had “Goldsmith’s Greece.” to sell'. •No, but wo have some mighty good hair ' le,” was the reply. figy A gentleman rodeaip to a public house in the country, and asked : ‘Who is the mas master of this house? Tam sir,’replied the landlord; ‘my wife has been dead three weeks.’ 8©” Never look at the girls. They can’t boar it; they regard it as an insult. They wear their feathers, furbelows and frills, merely to gratify their mamma’s—'that’s all. JC7* Tho latest description of the difference between a good soldier and a fashionable lady is—one faces the powder and the other pow ders the face 1 “ Come, Bill, it’s ten o’clock, and I think we had better be gbing, for it is time honest folks were at home.” “Well, yes,” was the answer, "I.mu&t be iff, but you needn’t burry on that account.” 0”J. AT. Denver has been .appointed by the President, a Brigadier Generaln'f the Cal ifornia volunteers. . Jj@yThose persons who are continually talking behind people’s baoks are usually great,liars. NO. 16.,
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