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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.
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