Am mam ißliilU oluntff r. VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ' rcsusncD every toursdat uonxnro hr JOHN B. BRAMN. TERMS. BTJRScniPTiO*.—sno Dorter and Fifty 'CofttS, paid fe advance; Two D/dlarS if ‘paid within the year; snd Two Dollars and Fifty f <!)on£s, it n’6t paid within fcho year, These terms will be rigidly adhered to in tivory instance. No subscription discontinued until fell arro*rage&fero paid unless at tho option of the Editor, AnVKHTißßiinVrs—Accompanied by thocasu, and feot 'exceeding' one square, will bo inserted three times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each Additional insertion. Those of a greater length in •proportion. '^dß-PRiHTiira—Suohna Hand-bills, Posting-hills, pamphlets, Blanks, Babels, Ac. Ac., oxctftftcd with .Accuracy and at tho shortest notice. - ptMi tillß tWINTMI’S BY WILUkk CCT.LBX BRYANT. Lay down the axo, fling by thy epad»7 Loavujjiita track the toiling plow; The rifle and the bayonet blade . For arms like yours wore fitter noW ; -And let tho bands that ply the pen .Quit the light task, and learn to wield. The. horseman’s crooked brand, and roitt 1 The chargor on tUo battlo flold. Out country eaAla j kWay*! • To whore the Mdod-strcanb blots tao.green. S7t*riko <to defend the gentlest sway That Tiiho in&tl bis 'edn'rso has seen. .■Sco, from a thddfeand coVcrts—soo Spring tbo aimed foes that haunt her track They rush to smite her down, and wo . Must beat the banded traitors back; lid 1 sturdy his tho oaks ye cleave, .. And moved as soon to fear and flight, Men of the glade and forest! leave •Your woodcraft for tho field of fight. The arms that wield the axo must pour .An.iron tempest on the foe J .His serried ranks shall reel before The arm that lays the panther low. And ye who. breast, the mountain storm . . By grassy steep or highland lake, tome, for the land y« luyo to form A bulwark that no foe can break. 6taud, like your own gray cliffs, that mock The whirlwind, stand in her defense.;. The blast as soon shall move'the rock . As rushing squadrons bear ye hence-. And ye, whose homes ale Uy her grand' Swift rirors, rising far away, ■ Come from the depth'«f bar green land Ah mighty hi yourmaroh as they J As terrible as when tho rains .. itaVo.swelled them over hank and bourne, \Vith sudden floods to drown tho plains And sweep along the woods uptorm And ye who throng beside tho deep, Tier ports and hamlets of theatrand, In numbur-Uko the waves,that leap. Oii'bU loot;, mutmtarlug waVgo 6f «fthd, ;Con.o, ilfc-o that deopV. whert, o'er hh brim, Ho rises, all his.floods to pour, And flings tho proudest barks that swim, ■ n A helpless wreck against his slide-. t’ow, fCW we¥o Ihcj wh'dso sWtfrds of did-, ’ Won the fair land in which we dVtellj But we «ro many, wo who hold Tho grim resolve to guard it well. Blrike fujif that broad,' and goodly laud; Blow after bloVr, till then shall see That Might and Right move band in hand; And glorious must their triumph bo. TUB CLEAN FACE; ■ btt THE BOY WASHED BY HEd BLDKft SISTE&. Oh! why mast hl.y face be washed so clean, . And scrubbed so.hard for Sunday ? When you know Very well,l(fl«you’Vo altr«tys seen, 'Twill bo dirty again on Mondayt My hair is stiff with lathery, soap; That behind, idy earai* drippiftgj And my smftrtihg eyes I’m afraid to ojid And my lips tho suds are sipping. There down my throat and ujvmy nose^ And to ohdke md yoii seem to bo itf ing~ That I’ll shut my iiiouth you needn’t suppose For how can I keep from crying? And you rub as bard as over you can— And your hands are hard—to my Sorrow!— Ko woman shall Wash rijo when I’m A nian. And I wish I was dirt to-morfow. t don’t cate lioifr HlUch t ffighlbh the cltfgj And I care for' no stranger that passes, And still I will ory till you wipo my face dry, And givo mo some bread and molasses. 3Etor*ltaiMna. Waterloo. Wth vkif ttohns of Till! Irialiti A few months Binto I was standing rtrt the field pf Waterloo, on the anniversary of that great battle., I'he fields Wore waving With the ripening grftiiii jltst ds they Word oh tllilt memorable morhing, before being trodden doWn by charging squadrons. As I stood whore had stood) on the ridge 00= envied by tho English lines, and shrVeJfed the entire field and looked down Upon the Harrow valley where the fate of all Europe was once put op and battled for) a world of conflicting emotions struggled for the mastery Within me. The magnificence and nomp of that stern eriny was before mo, and my Car seßmCd dis tinctly to catch the first cannon shot that opened tho conflict. Far on tho right conies down Jerome Bonaparte, with iiis twelve thousand men. A sheet of fire runs along the walls of the chateau, and a gap open up in the advancing columns of the foe. Its mangled .head molts like frost work before the destructive fire. The smoke of tho battle covers them from sight, and rolls up the val ley, and lo 1 I see nothing but the melee of horses and riders, the tossing of banners and the soaring of the French Eagle amid tho cloud of war, and I hear naught but tho roar of tho artillery, the braying of trumpets, the blast of the bugle sounding the charge, and the heavy shook of the cavalry. tt it it jt The great battle of Europe was, to be fought. All its kings stood looking on with breathless interest, fur their thrones were at stake. The feelings of these two great military chieftains themselves as they thus for the first time stood face to face and battled for a continent, wore stirred. The British veteran wiping the sweat from his brow exclaimed, “O, that Bluohor or night would eorao j" Tho next -moment an imnionse-body of-Prenoh cavalry oomo thundering down on one of the Bnglish squares. It had already become weakened by the loss of whole ranks which the French artillery had mowed down, but withstood the desperate shook with true bravery. Tho French came down at a plunging trot, then, breaking into a gallop, fell like# rook hurled book from the mountain, they recoiled from the shock. Driven to desperation by their repeatedly foiled attempts, they stopped theii feum and walkid them arfihnn tiS? bravo square, and whenever ft man fell dash ed in. Such desperate rcsolVdion, bitch reck lessness of life, began at length to tell on the conflict the square began to shake and waver, when Wellington came dashing up With his guard—they opened and he was in its bosom-., the chief was in their keeping— his fate voluntarily thrown into their hands, thodd British hearts could not yi'dld. Rank ofter rank foil-,,h«t pet a man stirred from his footsteps. 4'he French at length gave it Pp, artd i‘6tn‘ed to their position-. Again, on separate squares were those terrific charges made, rind -again, ; as (;hey -SaVorcd, did Well ington nin'g 'MtnsClf in tii'oir midst. Thus, from ill in tli'O morning -Until 4 O’clock in the evening had thO battl'd. tO.god, when a dark object WOs SCCn td 'drriei'gc from a distant wOod. feargCr and larger it grow, till n whCtle 'Colurth 'stood rdvealod, u ith banners waving .ita tbd fardekd. Rluclfdr ancl his Prus sians had come '. Roth ftrrtida.siuv tbit the hour.had arrived for a final issue., Bonaparte then rode up to his old and well tried Imperial Guard that had hot been in j battle all day. Plaoingriiimself at their head, | he halted and oddrCsscS flVcm 'in his irapetu i ous and fidry manner. He told them that the fate of the battle and of Franco was in their hands. Ho was , answered by those devoted hearts, “Rmperor forever 1” with a shout that rang over the storm of battle, and was bear'd all along the British lines. Then ho plaoedtheni under Ney, with orders to force the British centre and prevent the junction of Rlucher with the allied forces. That hither to invincible guard came down in beautiful order and array, and with hearts burning with high hopes. They knew that their emperor and the civilized world wore, looking on-. They carried thrones and kings as they went. They needed nothing to fire their 1 steady courage. No drum, or trumpet, or martial strain cheered them on. No bugle sounded the charge. In perfect order and dead silence they moved over the-plain-. Above them soared the French eagle no power had ever yet wrested from their grasp, and on them was the eya of Bonaparte., The allied army Saw with awe and dread, the approach of that unconquerable legion-. The terror of Suropo was on the inarch. For a moment the firing ceased along the lines. The battle was hush ed-. the muffled tread of that magnificent legion was heard, the sudden calm Wits but momentary. The artillery again opened like a volcano. On the foe-. Wh,ole ranks went down before the destructive tiro, yet they fac tored riot for a moment. Over their fallen comrades, with the same steady, front they moved on, across the volley aud Up the slope. . Before their Cool resistless charges the Eng lish lines melted like frostwork. They took th# last fire of the artillery full on then' bos oms, and then walked over the cannon, ar tillery mCii arid all 1 On, ori, like a resist less wave they swept, carrying everything down in their passage, till they, approached within a few tods of whore Wellington stood. All sOonied lost, when a rauk .of . men who had lain flat on their faces behind a low ridgo of .earth, suddenly heard the ringing order, “ Up,- Guards, arid, at ’em!’’. ’They marted up as from the bowels of the oartli, and poured in their dCstVubtiye fire in the very vflicos' of that mangled guard; They recoiled from the discharge as if smitten with,a- slidden blow. A second, and third followed-. They ,reeled aud staggered a moment', Cud then turned and. fled. The battle was over. Tito thunder riSS the first cattndu .Crime at,intervals on. ‘She* night air, tolling where Bllfiilior trod down the foe. Wellington had left to him the pur suit, and was leading back his weary and bleeding army ovUr the battle-field. Tho.full round - moon was riding the quiet heavens, lightning up the mangled masses .of human flesh that weighed down the field. Hero an epaulette—there a shivered sword flashed back in its teams. Groans loaded the air, while a death shriek came at intervals on the ear; Wellington wept. The excitement and rage was over, and his heart sickened at the awful scone before him. On the surface of tWo square miles it was ascertained that fifty thousand men and hor ses wore lying. The luxurious crop of ripe grain'which had covered the field of battle, was reduced to litter,'and beaten into' the earth, arid the surface trodden down by the caValry and furrowed deeply by the cannon wheels, strewed with many a relic of the fight.- Helmets and ourrassos,. shattered fire arms and broken swords; pH the variety of military ornaments, lancer, crips and High land bonnets, uniforms of every color, plumes and pennon, musical instruments,-the appar atus of artillery, drums, bugles, but good God 1 why dwell on the harrowing picture of foughton battlo? Each and every Vuirioils display boro ninto testimony to the misery of such a battlo. Gould tin melancholy appear-, anoe of this scene of the death be heigtlldnod, it would bo by witnessing tile researches of the living, amid its desolation, for the objects of their love; Mothers, and wives, and chil dren, for daVs were occupied in that mourn ful duty j and the odnfusiori of til B corpses— friend and foe intermingled as they were— often rendered the attempt df i-Bcognisiing in dividuals difficult, and sometimes impossible, la many plados the dead lay four met deep- Upon erica other, marking the spot which some British square had occupied exposed for hours to the murderous fire of a French bat tdryi Outside, lanCßr and duirassidf 1 Were scattered thickly on the earth, Madly at tempting td fordd the serried bayonets df the British, they hud Allien in bootless essay by the musketry of the Inridt 1 files, further on you trace the spot wlidrd the cavalry of France and England had encountered ; chas seur and hussar were intermingled, and the heavy Norman horses of the Imperial Guard were interspersed with tin gay chargers which had carried Albion’s chivalry. Here the Highlander anil tirallour lay side by side together; and ilia heavy dragoon, with green Erin’s badge upon his helmet Was grapling in death with his polished lance. On the sum mit of the ridgo, where the firmed was cmr* bered with the dead and trodden fetlock deep in the mud and gore by the frequent rush of rival cavalry, the thick-strewn corpses of the Imperial Guard pointed out the spot whore Napoleon had been defeated. Here, in col umn the favored corps, on whom his last chances rested, they had been annihilated ; and the advance and refuse of the guard was traceable to a mass of fallen Frenchmen. In mik the hollow bolow, tho last struggle of Franco had been vainly made ; for there tho Old Guard attempted to moot tho British and afi ford time to their disorganized companies to rally. - Gnaw »oa tH*-EA*^Acn».—Tate r a small pi* o * of cotton batting, or ootton wool, make a depression in the centre with the end of tho fingexv and fill it with as much ground pepper as will rest on a flve-oont pioco, gather it into a ball and tie it up, dip the ball into sweet oil and Insert it in too ear, covering the latter with cotton wool, and use a bandage or cap to retain it in its placo. Almost instant re lief will' be experienced, and the application is so gentlo that an infant will not be injured | The Promise.^/ •As Alice McCarty of the little parsonage, filto tottmi h‘6rsdf face to fafio with her father. He had freon drinking, as usual, and his features \V6ro inflamed with heat and anger. . 44 Where IxftVe you been ?" ho demanded roughly. ,r “At the Ministers Satdrday clasa ( " an swered Alice. “ What w6fd.ygte''.doing ?" “ Studying tlte Bible." “ Now, look here* girl; I gave you leave to go to school on Sundays, and that’s quite enough. I’m not going to have, you wasting your tiitfe in this way. You can find plenty to do it home, without running round to the parson’s so often. Now mind 1" ho added, raising his right hand threateningly, “you don’t set your feet there again." ■ Alice turned trembling away, and with a sinking heart bent her steps homeward. To give up ; her precious Bible class when she was just beginning to feel the value of the lessons she learned there—oh 1 she could not do it. When out of her fathers sight, s)iq "Bt^'doWtTm^ cried, but m uST midst of her griof a verso, that had been in the afternoon’s lesson, came to her, mind— “call, upon mo in the day of trouble ; Twill deliver.thee, and thou shalt glorify me*.*’ “ It is God’s promise,’’ thought Alice-, “ Arid ho will keep it. I will call upon him, and. t know that ho will deliver me.” She knelt in the grass, and told her new trouble to itiiri Who listens to the cry of the hhmble. There was no sound in answer, God did not. speak from the clouds, nor send an nngril With his reply, but Alice had the sure woi v d of, his promise to stand by, and with it she was con tent^ 44 I will deliver thee/’ The week passed away-. Alice prayed daily, and waited in Faith for an answox - . On Saturday morning-, es she was busy sewing, her father came in. it was an xfnusual hour for him to bo lit hoxile-, and a rare thing to see him with so pale a face. Ho dropped into th oneilfost Cnairj and buried’ his face in his hands. ; “ Father, what is the matter ?’* exclaimed Alice-. ’‘Petßf ttanlan is dead,” he groined'; “ killed just in a second. Ho hadtakon my place a moment before, or else it would have been hie.” “ Oh, Father !” said Alice; " t am sO thank ful it was not you, I know that Peter was a Christian.” 1 , She,said no more; her father remained si lent for a long time; and then said huskily, ■i\ Alice, I guess I’ll go with you to church to-, morrow; and you needn’t mind what I soid about your bihlc-class—go, if you like.” Oh, I thank you, father 1” said Alice, and with a feeling of wondering gratitude, she went to her room, to return thanks to Him who had not only answered - l.er prayer, hut had given her so much more than she had asked by inclining her father’s heart to listen to the words of eternal life. . It was a precious lesson to Alice. TlißnoO-. forth in every trial, every grief, she carried’ her sorrows, to her Heavenly-Father,..axui throughout her life, had often cause to “ glo rify Him'who delivered, when she Called dp on Him, in tho day of trouble." Tile President's Wife, ... The Wasliingtjyj,, correspondent of the liepthltcqn makes the following good-natured comments, upon a power in tho land which is not provided for in the Consti tution, but may hd said in sonle senses to hold sway even above the Constitution : “We have for the first time in the history of Presidents, a President’s wife Who seems to he iirihitious of having a finger in the Gov ernment pie. Her friends compare Mrs. Lin coln to Queen Elizabeth in her statesmanlike tastes and capabilities. She is by no means a simple, domestic woman, hut was evidently intended by nature to mix somewhat in poli tics. That she does so is undeniable!: She has ore this nxadeand unmade the political forxuuos of men. She is said to bo much in conversation witli cabinet members, and has before now hold eorfespßndOnce with them on political topics. Soule go so far as td suggest that the President is indebted to her fbreordo of his ideas and projects. Slid is a Very active ;wonlan; Nothing escapes . hero eye. She manages the affairs of the White House (I do not m,ean State affairs,) with.ability, and Will see to it that the ‘ old man ’ does not return to Springfield penniless. In foreign countries her turn for politics would not subject her to adverse criticism, but tho American people are so unused to these things that St is not diisy for them to like it. Mrs. Douglas. was a good deal of a politician; though she never injured her husband’s position, but rather im proved it, by her social alliances. Miss Lane novdr itlluded to polities; and Mrs. Pierce knew nothing about therm Sho was probably the most simple hearted woman that over pre sided at the President’s table. The word ‘ simple ’ is tot used in a deprecative sense. Sho wtls it pure minded; unselfish, Christian woman; and Know nothing at all of the world. A ISiiAVe GiißL.—A heroic exploit is told of a beautiful young woman in the villiago of SpiOolli; in Soutlißfn Italy—The' house of her Uncle', a liberal priest,,wrfs invaded by some brigand ruffians: One of tho leaders was amusing, himself by stabbing her uncle, Who Was old, when the girl rushed in; flung herself on him, and Snatching in an instant thd bfatiO of revolvers he had m his belt; shot him dead: She rati through all the rooms, firing upon every brigand sho fodnd plunder ing tho housd: Sho shot down four of thonl. Alarmed at this unexpected attack, dnd not knowing wimtdo make of itjtho ruffians id tho other Voonl ran out: She still pursued and succeeded before thOy could got a knowledge of tlie enemy they had to Oncodntor, in clos ing tho front door against them.- The bri gands attempted to set fire to tho house. From the balcony sho put out an old musket, belonging to her uncle, and from the window a tri-colored flag, pried) With all her breath,, “viva Garibaldi!” The miscreants fired an ineffectual shot or two and started off: _ A few moments after a captain of Bersagliori; who just came up, found tho exhausted girl in a faint upon the dead body of her unolC: O* Many persons have the impression that Gon. Fremont is a graduate of West Point, and has had a thorough military educa tion. This, however, says tho Now York Express, is not tho fact. Ho graduated nt Charleston (S. 0.,) College, studied civil en gineering, and then, obtained, a, lieutenancy, of Engineer*. . gqgf “ An honest man is the noblest work of the Lord 1” enthusiastically exolimod a Hard Shell Baptist, and then after a pause he added, “but the Lord hasn’t a job in the world for fifty years.” dT*” A word of kindness is seldom spbkon 1 in : vain ; while witty sayings are as easily -lost as the pearls slipping from a broken, string'. “Otfß COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BB RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY,” CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1861, Forty-two thousand six hundred mules and horses have been purchased by government for the army, at a cost of about $5,500,000. Tho contracts are about closed. For months thestreeta have boenfilled with horses; gowhero you would, you would find boys and men lead ing, riding and driving them, .each man or boy-having from six to ten in charge.’- The government corrals-are near the Observatory. There, ot any time you may seo- from throe to seven thousand. Thoro the horse dealers congregate, stout, burly, tobacco-chßwing men with their oye-teOth cat. i)hefC, too, ate tho imperious inspectors; whose word is of great consequence to contractors-. An accepted horse receives the mark Of oWnsffip, U. S-.-, on his loft shoulder, and is respected according to his rank. If htS is.of aristocratic hiould; if of the -.lliirllL-st iirJor of 'inam m at m)' ctin carry all igh ’head,amfraove with a consequential air-, he is ,-caparisoned with gilt trappings-, and receives nice atten tions, and has; as a general tiling an easy time of it; hilt if he is only of eoai&ipa blood, or has a hide like ah old hair triirik, or if ho Would auswere os a standing advertisement of a grain dealer—“ Oats wanted; inquire within-,” he is turned over .to the meroiCs of the teamsters of tho baggage trains, some of whom know as little of teaming as of balloon navigation: Qovernment.is losing enormous Sums in the wear and tear and unnecessary ahiiac of horse flesh, in the cutting, slashing, pounding, in efficient care and neglect of tcanisters, and the furious galloping of soldiers And officers over the.pavements, up bill and down, as if a horse had muscles of iron and norves of steel. I do, hot know os there is any-help for it. Tho machinery is so vast, do complicated, and necessarily of such a character that the areas, tear and depreciation must ho very great. . Ido not know what is tho per contcgo per annum of the deprecation of liolse flesh ; but from what I have’soon,.it must ho Very large, thirty-three per cent,. l should judge. Oc casionally you see thoold horses floating down the river. One near Chano Bridg-f the other day committed suicide by jumping into tho canal. While making my way toWatd one of the camps in the vicinity of Kalorma the other day, I came upon the place wliefe;good hor ses go. when they have.shotllbd.'cnptorcd anil trotted off the mortal coil. It was iy a swarilp, and there were hundreds Of nGwly- rnado hil locks; —with horses - beneath, A few shovels of earth wore thrown upon the .carcases; but heads and hoofs were exposed-. Thd covering or attempt, was a shilmi The Government pajAso much pßr llorsh fqr gettiiiethom out of th&’.vvay when dead; There waf ode* in the-air which a man with seiisVuvo olfac tories would be likely to pfil'ccivo, hr, to pdt it a little stronger; (thtf atatemenfe not, the odor,)ovon if ho had.no nriso, hqArplW-khqjv., .Hwtdgomntltjng,, wnW within a luindrod yards are several dwellings! As a sanitary measure, the evil ought to, he remedied; A Nohle Woman) —Tho Chicago tribune says, Robert Brand, Esq., Mayor of Galena, in a report to a citizens’ mooting, touching his duties in Connection with the wounded men of Company 1, Nineteenth ißgimOnt, at the late disaster on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad; thus speaks of the noble conduct of Madame IWchiH; the Colonel’s wife; on that mournful occasion : . “This report would be incorreot were I. to omit.the names of Colonel Turchin and his heroic Wife; to the his. Caro,and attention in providing for hjljiifldiers and the facilities he CxteUdCd in of my sad duties to tliU dead. But to hoar the woUtided mCU Sneak of the heroic conduct of the brave Mrs. Turchin I When the accident occurred—when the dead, dying dnd mutila ted laid in one mass of, rUin—when the brav est heart was appalled, and all was disniay, this hravß Woman Was in the watdr rescuing thd mangled and the Wotmde'd from a Watery grave, and tearing from! her persoU Ovfery available piece of clothing as bandages for the wounded—proVOs boyoUd all question that she is not only the right woman in the right place, but a fit Consort fdr the brave Turchin in lead ing thC gallant Sons of Illinois to battle. Such misfortunes hriUg'S forth heroic women, whose services may be frequently needed if this fra tricidal war shall continue to the bitter .end.” WAlfnsra.—lt will be well if thopuhlip’ovor learns the truth of the following words; from Mr. Parton’s life of Jackson i “ The chief employment of, rt Soldiers life is waiting-. lie waits his life-time fdr the breaking ollt of war; Ho waits .for months after tho campaign opens, for the day ’to ar rive which decides its fate and his-own.— Through thU-lodg hours of the day of battle, ho waits, compfehdnding nothing of the hUrly burly around him till it comes lufj ttirn to ad vance and he shot; He is a maAWhose life- time’s work is done in a fow thrilling hours or minutes, and tho rest of his life is waitiUg for those hours or minutes to come round: USPLA good looking fellow was arraigned) before court, charged with having stolon a watch; It was his first error; and ho was, ready to plead guilty; The j neigh addressed him in Very gentle toils, find asked bird what had induced him to commit the tlidft; The young man replied that; ImVifig been rihwpll for some time, thd ddotor advised him to iaku something, which hd had accordingly done. The judge Was rather pleased With tho hmnof of thd thing,- dnd asked What had led him to select a watoh:. “Why, said the prisoner,” I thought if I only had the time, that nature would work a euro!” , » A WAit Eagle.—ln the eight Wisconsin rCgiraont, which has just gone to Missouri, tlioro is a fine company called the Chippewa Eagles, which carries as its standard, a live American Eagle perched on the top of a pole. It is quite tamet The bird was caught on the headwaters of the Ohippdwii fiver by the Chippewa Indians; I?ho soldiers hafo been offered a high price for it, which they refused, swearing that they will never part with it,, and it shall never bo taken by the enemy. True.—Ho whomever forgets his old friends iiml ohofislfcs hia iittachiimota for tliamas over, no matter how much time, space, or for tune, have kept them anart,- is one of those rare beings with whom God has endowed the earth that society may not utterly wither through the influence of ingratitude, selfish ness, and the incessant changes in Jife. t w* A lady iu Michigan, consoling her neigh her for the' loss of her son was answered in tears,-- If Bill’s grandmother is m heav en I know she will not see Billy «bue»d.” Government Horses. How Disposed of —Whai Becomprofjthem af ter their Last Career. The army correspondent of thcßoaton Jour nal furnishes the following interesting horse item : I Ljneh Low In Delaware. A. MAN DANCED DTA MOB. A mulatto man, anmed Jacob Hamilton, was hanged by a mob at Smyrna, Bel,-, Oct. 12. Tho oiroumstanoos were hs follows':— Mr. John C.oark.on aged andWfealthy Citizen, lives on the outskirts of the town with his wife and two daughters. ThpliUter are aged respectively eighteen and twerit.y years; At half past eleven o’clock on Thursday night, Mr. ilhd Mrs; Cloak were awakened by loud screams Which issued from the room of the young ladies; Airs. Cloak immediately, pro ceeded tri the apartment, when she was attack ed hjr a man Who wits Struggling With UOr daughters in the dark. Alts. Cloak added liter screams to those of .tllS gitls; dnd Air. C. St ontio hastened td her aid; lie, too, was attacked imd beaten in a shocking manner. While the struggle was going forward; a nCgrO servant, Who slept in On uht'-bailding, procured a ladder) and by placing it against tho window-sill enabled the thrgojadjea to cscatiS. 'file intruder also got TtWay, joct wits evidently to Violate the person of one of the 3’O'ung ladi’Ssi , . Por several reasons it whs believed that the mulattojlamilton whs tho gUilty party. He Was arrested next morning; early, and taken before tbo magistrate of tho town. Prom tho oyidSnco, it seems that Hamilton was oraploy- Od on the farm of Air. Cloak; Ho had been' at the house the day previous, engaged input ting up stoves. While there, a small toy nad been given him, and this article was found in a portion of tho pocket of the intruder which, had been torn off byAlias Cloak in thO strug gle. Tfagfe wOre other circumstances wllich tended to convince the people of his guilt, and an intense excitement was the result, Tho prisoner was of courso committed to answer tho charge agaipst) him; arid ho was ordered .to he convened to Dover jail, a fow miles distant, Hamilton was a very powerful man, and in order to guard against liis escape, While' on his way to prison, his arms ' wero pinioned bohihd his back. While the hearing and Ihß trying whs in progress preparations were being made out side for iyinching the prisoner, A rope was procured, a noosH was made, and When tho Constables made their appearance in tho Street with their charge, the crowd gathered arorind, seized him, and ran him to a beach tree on the banks of a mibdam rittho edge of tho town: ThS rdpo was placed arbund liis nook, the other end was tied loan out-streeh ed limb of the tree, and in a few Seconds tho poor wretch was dangling in the air: . All this,took place in broad daylight, at half past nine O'clock in the morning, in sight of hundreds Of spectators. Among tho look ers-on there wore probably two hundred females; Ho' person attempted to vindicate ,thO outraged law; Hamilton/met his fate, without a plurmur or a struggle! While, be ing hUrrihd to tho place of execution he denied his guilt; but it is said that justat tho mo ment he Wits aflfttt being suspended lab con- ,J j!l»o. O’clock ih the nfterhoofa, when it was cut down, snd a coroner’s jury was ompannelled to enquire into the manner in which the man had come to hhi death. After a post-mortem examination; a vOrdidt was rendered to the effect that the deceased had. died from tho I effects of Strangulation, tho result of'hanging, inflicted by some person or persons unlcnown to the jnryl It is probable that every man concerned in the hanging was well known to the jurors, most of whom wdfo doUhtldss upon the ground nt tho time; It is said that after the hanging of tho mulatto, it,was found that there, was a fresh gun-shot wound in onß of liis logs, arid a ball was found in the wound: Sir. Cloak fired two pistol shots at the intruder during the struggle in the dark, and it is supposed one Of the balls took effect; There is but little, if any doubt, of ,tha griilt of the poor Wretch; but, in true lynch-law style, hd wria hanged first and tried afterwards. McClellan and Ills Generdlsi tiaydrd Taylor, in describing a recent re view of the Union troops, saysl liad an opr' portunity of contrasting McClellan with a score Of Qonrrals and princes;. There was Smith. and Hardy, all manly; gitllnnt faces, and figures of tftie military bearings; dole DoTrobriand itiid Salm Salm, with thdir dash ing ohivnlresquo air; the brined do Joinville, twisted and stooping, lounging oil his horse; the Orleans Princes, with, their mild, amiable faces and aspect qf languid interest—in all, a most remarkable group of figures. A hor se’s length in advance sat the smallest man of the party, broad-seoldored, strong-chested, strong-necked and strong-jawed, one hand! upon his trip; while the other, by an occasions; al rapid motion, flung some communication tO’ the passing squadron of cavalry., The visor of his cap was wet pulled down over hia.cyps,. yet riot a man in th e lines escaped his obsor vatiori ; liis glance seemed to tnlio in at once the whole spectacle, yet without losing any of its smallest details; “Ho is a commander,’’ said my Austrian friend; Something in his figure, his attitude, and thß square, tenacious sot of his jaws, remind mo strikingly of Field Marshal Radestky; the lines ofiiis face in yaiu for some mark of weakness, inde cision; or timidity;; All was eool, firm, prompt, determined and self reliant; If ho does not justify the expectations off the nation, physi ognomy is of no value; EmnNESS to Milch Cows.—Wo find die following in Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times: One of the greatest erroys in otorcoiilirig cows that arc unquiet While boitig' milked is to whip, boat, kick and bawl at them. This is generally done, and the cow becomes afraid or angry; and instead of becoming hotter gfdWs worsfit Milch cows cannot bo whipped air terrified into standing quietly; gently and patiently during milking, They dislike to bo milked; for they know that loud words and bard blows always attend • the operation;— They dread to see the milker as the little ur chin dreads the birchen' .rod in tho hands of an angry pedagogue, when lie expects to have ; it applied to his buck; A cow kindly and, properly treated is pleased to see the awaits his or htfr Approach, and submitswith, ; pleasure to the operation of being iqilkod; j(jgyA lady who had a number of' female servants, and to each of whom she gave on one occasion, a pair of cast-off, half worn shoes,- fouud the following impromptu on her chamber mantel the succeeding morning: —-jfgyTeitetal should oumristreJs boy" The narrow path to oboose. Sine* all tho maids within hor bouis Art) walking in hor shoos 1" IC7” Ezokial Woodmans, of Chelsea, Mass., " got off" tho following prize conundrum at Boston last week: “Why is the water-lily like a whale?” “ Because it comes to the surface to blow,” —which so tickled “ a com mittee,” that Ezokial received a hundred dol lar gold watch as a reward of taerit. The Position of Central Hoiistom 1 The Richmond Enquirer contains a letter from Sam Houston, dated September 18, which was writtod for the purpose of defin ing hiS position, and in a ailswer to an arti cal which ho saw in the Jjew York Ilerdld, which States that General Houston has do sympathy "with the rebellion; In tCply to this he sajrs: Frovions to the act of secession by Texas, and Whilst tho measure was one of argument and opiniori; my position to it was open and, avowed, .and niy : opposition to tpe acts of tho Convention was not Cdnbealed, bat oh all be, : coming occasions fully expressed, tier did I cease that expression of opposition to tho measure of secession until the people acqui esced in it, when I as one of them. Unhesi tatingly assented to this conclusion ■ which time I have attempted to throw no im pediment in tho way of this action,but on the contrary, have performed all tho acts of a du tiful and loyal citizen of . the Southern 00n f0i11k..,.... Q'u:„ ,1.11.1 .;,. i—.....—-I .i.-i-i. became mo, for I have lived and acted upon the principle that all public officers should obey the Will of their constituents, end all private citizens support tho Government which secures to them,their liberties. While tho • Convention was in session, I presented a communication to the Legislature, accompanying resolutions forwarded to rtiO by tho Executive of TCiinessbe, on the subject of coercion, in which I denounced, unqualified ly; such a mCasurd of Federal policy. . Since then, my opinion has undergono no change. »*,*.* . « . * » liad I been disposed to involve ToxrtS in civil war, I had ft in my power, for I Was tendered tho aid of seventy thousand ilieri, and means to sUstain myself in I'exas, by ad hering to the Union ; but that I rejected, and, in.thru for the offer, 1 gave liiy advice to tlio Federal Government that 1 wanted no money, I desired no office, and Wished for ho troops;. blit if Mr. Lincoln was wise; find wished to confer a benefit upon tho cmtnlfy, ho should evacuate. Forts Fickens and Sump ter; recall all the Federal troops from Texas; and.not take the counsel of such a man as GonOral Scott, or his administration Would lib disgraced; Notwithstanding this, when my message was imported to Mr. LiUcoln, by his own messenger, it iippoaiod that ho did ndt believO that his agent had been faithful in tho discharge of his trust in reporting iny opinion. So strong was this belief, that he immediate ly resolved to send another messenger and troops to, the South. ... Don’t Underrate Your Enemy. A sensible Northern paper thus chides the Northern public for their folly in supposing that thoy will have an easy time in “coercing” the South: “When pgopUS rush ta waf'ljafriioklesßly its horse jockeys swamp horses,! there is a pretty strong probability thtit somebody will be cheated; If we boliovo that wc shall not find, in this war. iv foe every way worthy of <mr. . must make up our minds that, in the South, the jistors will go to the war themselves. They will go. and take their sons With .them. The war will ltd Upon their own sol) in the sight of their honios, and- everybody will bo in the fight; In one rogiifiont in Gcorgip; there are eleven men who are worth oyer §400,000 apiece. In one county; which had only 2,500 [ voters at the last election, 2,100 volunteers have enlisted. These are facts which wo must bo fully prepared to meet—br web to iis. If we dro going to heard a lion in bis don wo shall hot increase otir chances for victory by persuading ourselves that bo is only d sheop or bob tailed dog. Tho wiser things is to own up at once, that ho is a veritable lion, and that it is no child’s business to beat him.” Touching Incident. —A vofyloitohiiig lit tle inoiduot occured during the late session of the American Board of Missions,'dt Cleveland, Ohio; A beautiful pieced quilt was brought in and unfolded;. It was accompanied with a note; donating it to the Treasury,qf the Board. The quilt wap made by a little girl, five years old, who died from hip disease; a short time after she had finished the work. In her dy ing hour she bequeathed it to the cause of Missions for whatever it might bring. The quilt was put up at auction, in the Convention. A bid of fifty dollars was immediately mMe for it; then a hundred dollars was offered, and finally, Mr; AV. 13. Dodge, of Now York, carried off the prize for one hundred and fifty dollars, regarding himpelf as the fortunate put-chaser. Thus a inorp Ohild, scarce beyond an ago to’ conceive, an idad of God.and her re lations to lliui, gave, .with the work of her little hands, more money to christianize the psor heathen, than some adults give in their whole lives. Gqvpknment.Bakehies.—The basement of ithe Capital buildiug at AVashingtonhas helm into an immense bake-house; In the building there are eight larges ovens in full operation, oiqployiug forty bakers; and turning out from,|\ybuty thoustitid to twenty four thousand tjVenty-two ounce loaves. per day. In the of the building, there are six douhimldyens, employing sixty bakers, and producing, daily thirty thousand to forty thousand loaves.■ ; 'One hundred and sixty persons are employed dt those bakeries; receiving from thirty-five to forty-two dollars per nionth. The monthly pay-roll amounts to over $(1,000. AA r o understand that the autho rities hera havo now in oonsiderntion the, pro priety of erecting largo bake ovens at. Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg, for the purpose of baking broad for the largo number of troops! stationed at that place; . I [ (O” A good story is toid of a “ sell” on tiro . Abolitionists of wajesburg. '.l'lio toiru is I made up of Abolitionists, and. of ooilrse tboy arci tbo last men to vojnntoor to moot on the ' battle field tbo men they have traduced for; years. Galesburg has aunt few If any soldiers to the war,- and tboso who have gone are not of the class of whom.wo speak. Well, the other day, the' railroad conductor, when his strain arrived a t Galesburg, told tbo people Wat U.'S. officers' wore drafting in Peoria, and would bo there next day to draft them into the service, it is said that next day thero • wasn’t a man in Galesburg who was between the ages of 18 and do years, unless Ini was a cripple orsick. —Hack Island Aryan, 111. Mtsterious Dis.uteabasce. —Mr.- John Sponglo, of Hanover, York county, loft hi{ homo on Tuesday, the 24th ult, on a visit to' ■ljobanon r and, although- iiitonvling to remain but a few days has' not been heaid of since. Ho was traced to Lebanon, and there every clue to his whereabouts was lost. Mr. S. i's about forty-five years of age-and of medium height,-and had on when ho left homo a slouch hat, black coat and stool-mixed pants/ It is supposfal that his mind has become unsettled I through melancholy, and that hq has wart- I derail o,; c.a , strangers. Any informa jti'.a . ,u, nhi-ting gentleman will be tWwfllUjr received by hit digtrewed family. Anecdotes of Stephen Girard A paper read by Dr. W. SI. Cornell attho i last meeting of th'e Now England Historic Go • noalogical Society, in Boston, gave the follow" ing interesting Anecdotes of Stephen Girard : Stephen Girard was the sole judge of his beneficence. If rightly approached he would give largely; but if dictated to or treated rude ly he would not give nt all. Samuel Coates, one of his did friends, knfiw how to manage Girtlrd, while many who sought aid from him wore Unsuccessful; Mr. Coates was one of thonlanagera of the "Pennsylvania Hospital,” which Was thou much in want of funds. He Undertook to gUt U donation from Mr. Girard,, and, meeting him in the street, stated his ob ject. Mr. Girard asked him to come to him next liiorningi Mr; Coates called and foUnd Mr. Giard at breakfast. He asked him to take soma, which Mr. Contes did. After breakfast, Mr. Coates said, “Well we Will proceed to biiait ness. “Well, what have you come for, Sam uel?” said Giard. “Just what ,thoa rard drew a check for 52,000, which,Mr. Coates put ia bis plocket without looking at it. “What! not.look,at the'check 1 gave you!" said Mr. Girard. “No, beggars must not be • choosers, Stephen,” said Mr. Coates. “Hand mo back the check I gave you,” demanded Gi rard. “No, no, Stephen ;a. bird in the band , is worth two in the bush," said Mr. Coates; “By. George," said Girard, “ you. have caught ino on tho rigid footing." 110 then drew a check for §5,000, and pre sented it to Sir. Coates, observing, “ Will you look at jt V’ ' “ AVoll, to please thee, Stephen, I will," said Sir. .Coalon. “Sow, give -mo the lifst check," demanded Sir. Girard, which was accordingly done. Tho Kcv; Dr. Stoughton; on - eminent Bap tist minister of Philadelphia, did not under stand Sir. Girard so well as Mr. Coates; did; When they were about ■ building their, meet ing house in : Stlnsom Street; Dr. Stoughton called on Sir; Girard for aid;. Girard received him as ho usually did beggars, cdoly but.cour teously, and gave him a chock for §5OO. Dr. Stoughton received it with a low bow; but, upon examining it expressed his astonishment, adding;‘‘only §5OOl Surely you will not give ids Ifiss thttn §1,000." “Let me see th» chock, Sir; Stoughton;" 'said Girard; “per haps I have made Onemistake.” The Dr. re turned him tho check. AVitlitho utmost sa/ty ■froid Girard tore it into fragments, observing, “AVeil, Sir; Stoughton; if you will not have what 1 give, I will give nothing;" Thb Df. loft him; exceedingly mortified. ~ C 7" A broker, not long ago, when escorting li fair damsel home, askpd her what kind of nibnoy she liked best. Of course the flushing beauty instantly suggested ’ matrimony.- “AVhat rate of interest does ifcbring itf inquir ed the man of current funds and wildcat .doc uments. “If properly investedj.it will double tho Original stock every two years;" * &&' As a proof useful, arti- Ayl J!i ii||f recy„wcn. got alorljr without thuraVut has beeu stated; by a blto wrifer; as a if all tbogirls.: were to bo drivbn ' world, in one • generation; the boys Wdfiji : eif.go after them: Well, they would ' UZ7' A Western olorg} T man, in presenting a. revolver to one of the volunctfors, said: “If you got into a tight place, and have time to use it, ask God’s blessing if you iuivo timg, .but bo euro and not let the enemy get tbb start gf yod; You-can ‘say union lifter you shoot/' , A niilk'^"' C?“ A idiikufan was Awakened by a wag in tlio night with the dnounocmont'that his Wst cow was ohbkihg. Ho forthwith jumped up to save the life of Brummie, whim/Jo I lib found a turnip stuck in the mouth of tho. {lump; t7-If your sister, while engaged with her sweetheart, ask you to bring a glass of water from an adjoining room, start on the errand but you.need.hot return. You will not bo missed: Don’t forget this, little children. ■ . ,B®“ Since 1844 there has been but one summer (1854) in which so little rain has fallen as during tho season just closed, and but two summers (1857-and 1850) in which there was not a greater average of heat. Tho Chinese aro a queer jioopia to go', to market. A gentleman at Canton writes that a neighbor of his hasldid in his winter’s provisions—a hind quarter Of a horse and two barrels of bull dogs; IE?? Teach four thildren by language and, .precept no.vfcr to wound a person’s feelings because he holds an hmnhle station in life,- or boonuse ho is poorly clad, or,because he is awkward; ■ IC7* Binding grain by’ machinery.lms been successfully accomplished in Iowa; The band is of wire. TJio cost of wird sufficient to bind ouo acre of grain is about fifteen cents. t?” A little girl, hearing her mother speak of going into half mourning, said, ‘‘ Why aro you going half mourning mamma—aro any of our relations half dead ?” I ■ fl/i’wu from the heart cannot bofrozoudhydldvorsity, .as tho water that-Hows from-the Sj&ug does not eoiigeai id whiter.’ 1 f,%' are .generally too fond of dis play; They scorn more anxiuuskto fill tbo eyes ftmu of thoir people. XT’ It is but a stop from cunning to knav qry; lying makes the whole difference—add that to cunning, ami it Is knavery; E£-jr* Tbo death sutilo is tbo grandest tiling in tbo world. It makes the dark past an areu of triumph into a radiont- future: Bgy Those who are always pea ring into' the affairs of their neighbors - constitute a very moan sort of peerage. -'-.s : Efi£T“ lluwn cast they put a follow ip jail fur swindling. The audacious chap hud' dried snow and sold it for salt. BT7" Men .who endeavor to look fierce by cultivating profuse whiskers, must bo hoir em-scavce-'cm tollows. O’You indy speak out-more plainly to .Qur..a6sueiatoa,.butjiQtJ,?ssj3gucta9U3lyA[mn; you do to strangers. -WSrlf a woman is truly beautiful, let not hor beauty bo made dim by the flash of dia monds. ■ tO* Some moil’s mouths seem to be like the dikes of Holland—made-to keep out watsr. '* [H/'tif a man is dissipated, hi* fortune wtU probably, *sob be w too. N 0.. -28.
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