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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.
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