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LAST BITES.
Tolling with a sudden swell;
By the colors half-mast high,
O'er the seas hung mournfully;
. Know, u prince hath died I
By the drum's dull muffled sound,
By the arms that sweep tbo ground,
By the volleying muskets? tone,.
Speak yo fc of a soldier gone 1
, In his manhood’apridc.
By the
Reverently thquhMont hills,
Learn; that from his harvests done
Peasants bear a brother on
; '5; ? • To his last repose.
By the pall of snowy white-
Through the yow-troes gloaming bright;
By the garland on the bier,
Weepl a'maiden claims tby tour—
Broken rose! ‘
Which is eho tendorost rite of all ?
Buried virgin’s coronal,
Kuqtiiem o’er (ho monarch's head,
Farewell gun.for warrior, dead;
Herdsman's funeral hymn ?
Tells not each of human woo !
Ka«li of hope.and strength brought low?
Number each with holy things,
If one chastening thought it brings
£re life’s day grow dim!
IF THOU IMS CltOSH’i) 4 PiOWEB.
If thou hast crush’d a-flower, •
The root may not bo blighted;
If thou has (pioneh’d a lump,
■ Ouco more it may ho lighted.
But oil thydiurp or on thy lute,
The string which thou'hasb broken,
Shall never iu sweet sound again
Give to thy touch a token !
If thou linst loosed a bIM ' “
Whoso voice of song could cheer thoo,
still be he wdn- . .
4 fhoa^
But if upon the troubled sou
Thou hast thrown a gem unheeded,
Hi>pe uot that wiud or wave will bring
The treasure back whefi ttetided.
•If thou liiist bruised a vine.
The summer’s hrvatli is healing.
And its clusters yet may glmfr
Through the leaves thcifldoom foVcaling
Bin If thou hast a unit d’eifthfown
With a bright dtaUght ! never
Shull earth gly’o back that lavish’d wealth
To'cool thy pareUM lips’ foveh ,
,Tho J heart is like .tbijt cnp, .
‘ If thou waste tin* it bdr© thee;
>, .Andliko that icwv) gone,
. -Which the deep' will not restore thee;
. Amtlike.that.srriugoflmrpht lute
Whence the sweet sound Is scatter'd;
(Lintly,..oh’,! gently touch tbo chords
So s!mi forever shatter’d.
HbftllfllWUS. v
SOVE.IIBEB.
“In thin dry mUfc that morn the sun rose* broad
ami red;
At first a raylcss disk of fire, it brightened as it
sped.
Yet even its noontide glory fell chastened and sub
dued ■
On corn fields ami on orchards and softly pictured
; Wood,
And ull that quiet afternoon, now, sloping to the
night, , ,
It wove with golden shuttle tho haze with yellow
light:
Slanting through tho painted beeches, it glorified
- tho hill,
And beneath it pond ami meadow, lay brighter
greener, still.”.
WIIITTIBB’s lIIISKEIIS.
. No sooner bits the first frost fallen, though
it bo oh tlio first day of Autumn, than people
begin to talk of the IndianSunimer, as if that
period wore as well settled and . as easily dis
cerned as the regular seasons. Having re
cently consulted the clerk of the weather, wo
propose to post, our readers upon this most
charming period of the year. Whittier, with
“.true poetic instinct, has given us a complete
' • Vv CtUre onc these Indtnn*Summer days;
Wo see the seeming mist which is no mist at
?"• f°r t"p morning,is asdry as a July morn
mg in drouth., A soft haze hangs over field
w ltlJuin T S the radiance of. the sun,
eveh at midday. ■ It is this unusual dimin
ished light that throws such a charm over the
landscape. The c ear outline of objects, so
noticeable in a brilliant Summer day, is ’ n o
nTnU 18 ' tllC IToinmion if called
into play, to fill up the defective vision. The
islands that lie slumbering on the distant sea
or lake, are olevatgl, and so seem tp 'have
come nearer to us, ns if they had changed
their places in the .night. The trees look
taller, and the hills grow higher, the rocks
are magnified, and the distant plain has a
wilder expanse.' Tim deep luxuriant green
of Summer has gone, but'the landscape looks
far mere beautiful than in its richest dress
Wo have the “dim religious light” under the
open sky, and every object seems glorified.—
Iho feelings very naturally take the hue of
surrounding objects, and wt> look forth upon
nature with a sober quiet o'njoymont, a per
feet contrast to the rapture with which wo
hail the bright skies, and the opening flowers
of Spring. •
• Every one must ho conscious at this sea
son, of the stirring of some more powerful
principle within him than more animal life
ttdjs spiritual nature is. quickened, and there’
is ij. longing after something higher and bet
rPf ‘N" P«rth can give. The stillness that
reigns eyorywbo.ro, the sober hues of the land
scape, the failing leaves, and the hare fields,
iff, P 0 " 0 ; fu . 1 aidsto-refleotion,- andthe- mind,
fr . on * tho pressing cares of Summer,
Mnlnn' 8 , “ t ?.e^. 1 1 al musing, This is one
[ovS Pr w ba % ' yh t v tho so'days are so on
iavtwil raou ‘ tl ps that with multitudes are
|„ 2 suspended under the pressure-of
business, are now oalledvin.to the. highest ac-
M Bu ® mor da JS are toobenuti
• w come all tether, or to last They
TERMS.
A Volunteer on Desperale Service—
buortly after tho battle of Oouiifax Ferry
communication was cut off between the Fed
eral. camp at Elkwater and'; that at Cheat
Mountain summit, the rebels holding posses
sion of the road. It was necessary that com
munication should be re-established between
Geri. Reynolds at the former place and CoL
Kimball at tho latter. Several attempts had
been made, but tho messengers had been
killed in every case. Four had already set
out and had been picked off. if whole camp
at Elkwater was in danger, andit was neces
sary to get word at the summit ht once, and
another young man volunteered, but he, too
was never heard from after ho left camp.—
The commanding officer then, stated to his
men their danger, and called npo n some one
‘to again volunteer to perform the risk. Not
a man responded in all the camp, until at last
one was found in Captain Loomis’ Michigan
battery. ■ - - °
cnry 11. Norrington, of Detroit, offered to
>eril hie life to save the others. . flo started
ut, and succeeded in eluding" tho enemy
oraivling miles upon his hands and knees’
with his messages rolled up and in his mouth,
ready to swallow in a momen t if he was taken,
and finally reached the .friendly,camp. lie
also had to return, and, after receiving his
dispatches, set. oUt-.in -the-nigljtr the whole
camp shaking handsavitli. him, .novor-oxpoct
ing to see him again. Ho traveled all night,
guided by tho North star, and the next day
crawled as before bn his hands and knees.
He finally struck the main road afow miles
below Elkwator. Seeing one of the enemy's
cavalry horses tied to a stake by tho roadside,
and the owner not visible, lie crept up, out
the rope with his knife, and rode off in hot
liaste with several shots whizzing around him
Uo arrived safely in camp and delivered his
dispatches, being the only survivor of six
that bad attempted the perilous task. As a
reward for his bravery and daring, ho was
promoted in tho company to bo chief of a
piece, and was placed upon the Commanding
General's staff as Mounted Orderly. H 0 was
presented by the captain of his company with
a sword, and by the General with an elegant
revolver. Ho was greeted upon parade with
nine cheers by tho entire command, and his
pay more than doubled. Besides this, favor
able mention was made of his feat and the
great service ho had performed, in the official
report forwarded to the Department at Wash
ington
hnf' ™ • Determined to Go.—At Colum
■ bus, Ohm, a few days since, a company of vol-
I nntoors wore ordered to Washington. The
wife of one of them dosireed to gn with her
' r B H nn(l ’i. K Ut n lO bbmmandor said that it
' him S d olMw b ° !lllowod - . ner luisha.ul seated
himself Ivy an open window of the car, his
ored aU °" ‘ u °, utBido ' *° wl >'om ho off
ered all the money ho had.- Thissho refused
■ “r,n,v lo | " I^ ,i , Ito S° with him. oVs the
tars moved oil, she made a spring'for the
window, and was caught by l,or husband,
who. aiow her, crinoline and nil, through the
open window, into the oar, and; itis presumed,
she wont.on her waj rejoicing.
begin earliest at the far North, and follow the
retiring summer to the far South. The best
authorities put them immediately after Squaw,
Winter, which is the first cold snap that des
troys tender vegetation, This is often accom
panied by .flumes of snow and the freezing
of the ground as if thq real Winter had com
menced. This rarely comes before October,
even in New England. The true Indian
Summer then begins, and. according to the
calendar wo must have twelve of these days
before the real Winter commences. We have j
the most of them in November, rarely, how
ever, coining more than one day ot a time at
this late season.
They are found in greatest perfection along
the Atlantic coast, where the influence of the
Gulf stream is felt. A breeze from the South
or Southwest' brings the atmosphere of the
tropics, and the most enjoyable' weather of
the year. When the Governor guesses right,
and Thanksgiving week falls upon Indian
Summer, the cup of blessing runs over, and
•there is nothing more to bo desired. The old
homestead is certain then to bo crowded, and
the last grandchild to bo brought to the fam
ily gathering. • The warm sunshine of the
heart finds its fitting response in the .outer
world, and the chill, blood of ago ia quickened
with a Summer glow again. Old age, snr-’
rounded with children and children’s child
ren, is much like the Indian Summer. It lies
between the active duties of life and the Win
ter, which we call Death, but which is really
no Winter but Spring time, if life have been
well Spent. ' It is sober but genial, nil the
activities are subdued, the passions softened,
making it the ripest, best period of Summer
life. . .
■ This is the month in which we usually pay
our respects to “the old folks at home,” and j
ns wo have talked abundantly of planting arid
hoeing, haying and harvesting, for the edifi
cation of our young and middle aged friends,
we propose now to say a word for that loss
numerous, but not less honored class, who
only read these pages through the aid of
glasses. D ’ la said, with how milch of truth
wo cannot toll, that the custom of returning
to tho old homestead to keep the only festival
in. the Puritan year, is not so generally ob
served as in the last generation, before the
advent of steamers- and railroads, which
would soem to make the trip much more safe
and pleasant. It is certainly true that the
day is more widely observed, nearly all the
States taking public notice of it, the churches
gathering for worship, and families doing am-1
pld justice to the roost turkey and the chicken
pie. But the; charge is, that' the son, who
left the farm parly in life, and who has been
prospered in;iho;city, finds it more agreeable
to spend the a flay Around his own mahogany,
and inside liis own marble front, than to mako
a pilgrimage to the- humble dwelling that
sheltered his childhood and there keep the
feast in plainer style with father and mother,
lie has lost his relish, not only for cmiutry
life, but for the simple manners and frugal'
fare of the good old people that- gavo^him
trained.him to habits of virtue and- industry.
He has forgotten the plain granite rock whence
ho was .Hewn, and affects marble. This may
he putting the case rather strong, for busi
ness cares rather, than pride, we would gladly
believe, wean sons and daughters from the
old homestead. Bntrifis paying ;too- high a
price for worldly success, however great, when
it blunts filial affection,.and:weans us from
thanssidnitios that are always due to parents,
i ij? amnia! pilgrimage at any reasonable -
Sacrifice, will make better sons; and daugh
ters, and give happiness that gold cannot pur
chase. The old folks ore often lonely at the
eventide of life, having sent o|t all their
children to new and distant Homes. This
year, the war has taken the last sim from some
of those homes, and the Donjamip of the fam
ily on Whom they had leaned forenpport will
spendable festival in the tentedfibld. Those
who can, should go to cheer these-bereaved
hearts, now saddened by a double grief, their
country’s and their own.
Old love and Burglar?,
About two .weeks since the wife of a Sac
ramepto street merchant, whoso residence is
in Srockton street, was suddenly awakened
rate in the night by footsteps in her Bed room,
and the next moment the light of n dark.lan
tern flooded her face, so near that she oould
almost feel the heat and hear the suppressed
breathing of the intruder. She was entirely
alone. Her husband had gone to Sacramento
two days before, and the only person in the
nouso_ beside herself was a Servant girl, who '
slept in the story beneath. She oomprnhen-l
ded nil. The house had been entered by bur
glars, who knew of the absence of the hus
band;, and the person who held the lantern
was probably armed and prepared to silence
the nrst attempt at alarm with the stroke of
a knife or a .‘‘'billy.’’ Her presence of mind
aid not forsake her. It doubtless requires
resignation and fortitude in a woman to wit
ness, _ or listen to, without a scream or expos
tulation, the ransacking of her repositories of
laces,.and the appropriation of her jewelry
and other valuables; but the lady very ra
tionally deemed her life in more considora
.^ ,0 locos and diamonds in the
cals would help themselves to, or-what leave
as worthless, she eloped her eyes and awaited
the result.
The light was withdrawn from her face,
and she heard the; opening of drawers, the
rustlmg of silks, the , picking of locks, and
occasionally alow whisper of Surprise or dis
appointment.. Then there was silence for a
full minute It seemed an hour to her—and
a soft footstep approached the bod, and' the
glare of tho lantern again fell upon her face.
Through the closed lids of her eyes she saw
the light, but remained calm and motionless
m its scrutinizing rays, fearful that the least
movement might imperil her life. What a
moment of suspense! The light was removed
from her face, and she felt that some one was
leaning against the bod. Still she remained
motionless—now more through a feeling of
terrpr_ than the council of policy. Nor did
sho stir when tho warm breath of tho bur
glar touched her cheek. ■ Not until his lips
pressed her forehead did she spring up and
half shriek, “ Who is in this room ?”
‘‘ Hush!” responded a voice in a hoarse
whisper, while a rough hand was laid on her
shoulder; “ speak nothing and fear nothin o ’.”
The next moment she heard the sound of re
treating footsteps and the creaking of a shnt-
r ’ and thon all was still again. Satisfied
that she was alone, she sprang from tho bed,
and .touched a lighted match to tho burner,
sunk into a chair,,completely prostrated with
the danger through Which she had passed.—
Recovering, she closed -and fastened the win
dow through which the burglar had etitered,
and then looked around to ascertain of what
Bho hod boon plundered;
The drawers were sansaoked, and almost
everything with a looktoit; had been opened.-
but. Strange, to say, lUtfo'fenothing wai miaa
•ln,g., <
bureau, but the diamonds and the gold Were
all there, and her watch hung where she had
placed it on retiring. Beside the casket she
discovered a little roll of paper. She picked
ic up, uff d found that it enveloped a bard sub
stance, that the hard substance, was a ring,
and that ring had been given to her many
years before; and had been in her- possession
ever since. Half bewildered ■at the singular
proceeding, she was about.casting the scrap
of paper from her, when her eye caught the
marks of a pencil upon it. She carefully
opened it and read : J
“ This ring, which was once mine, tells the
in whose house I am. I did not know you
wore in California. You know lam an out
law—the world knows it, and Ido not care J
to deny it—but; fallen as I am, I cannot rob
you, Maria. Forgive me, aid Clod bless you.
' Henry.” I
This explained all. She read the scroll, J
and, dropping upon her knees, prayed for him
who had written it. And who was “Henry?”.
Ten yeifra ago he loved that same Maria, when
they both, lived in Brooklyn; and he would
nave made her his wife—for she told him she
wouldbe his—hud ho not taken to drink and
gambling, hndjfinnlly forged the name of his
emplnyef,■ for,which he Was given a.home in
Sing Sing. When ho was .worthy of her love,
ho gave hfer that ring, lin’d she bad kept it in
rememnronco of what ho Hdd been, This is
the,story of the’ ring; . , , .
On the return of the. hush.and from Sacra
mento, tho wife related tho adventure,’and
showed him the note ; but ho is not jealous,
nor has ho attempted to arrest the burglar.—
California Magazine .
A Strange Creature.— A traveler stopped
to see a friend, leaving his horse hitched in
the road, but found! on his return that he had
slipped his bridle; on going in quest of him
he met a pedestrian oh the road, of whom be
inquired if he had seen d * strange creature’
with a saddle on.
“ an ’ I have,” was the reply;
"Where?”
. “ Just yondther,"
ii you'show mo where ?”
‘ That I will," said the man, approaching
a small wood of young timber—“ and herd ho
is sure." .
Hhe traveler looking up answers, “I do
not see huni" ■
" Just but come here-—"
i ",^ an 6 *ti” replied the traveler, “ that’s d
Surtle, not a horse."
... h°Me 1" replied the son of Hibernia,
with supnso, "Sure a horse is no strange ora
ture but that, there is a strange crature,
(pointing to it) it has a saddle on, and you
may bridle him for I will not."
Farewell Interview between Gens. Scott
anb M’Olellan. —When General Scott was
about leaving Washington, General M’Clollan,
at the bend of his staff, proceeded to an inner
room, occupied by General Scott, arid remo
ving bis hat from his head, .bowed before, the
veteran chief whom ho had just succeeded. ‘
General Scott, sitting, from inability to rise,
extended bis hand to his successor, and they
talked for some minutes with" their hands
clasped. In this position, Gen. Scott, drawing
M’Olellan near tq him, said;
“General, do not allow yourself to be embar
rassed by men who do not comprehend this
great question. Carry out your own ideas,
act upon your own judgment, and you will
conquer, and the government will bo vindioa-,
tod. God bless you.”
The young chieftain’s only , reply .was :
"I thank you. General, and will not forgot
your counsel. May you bo restored to health
rind livo to sooyour prophecy fulfilled. God
bo with you. Farewell."
Got What he called por.—The California
Christian Advocate states that a secessionist
recently entered an oatihg house in Martinez
and called for a “first rate Jeff. Davis nioal!
In duo course of time the .waiter placed before
him a largo covered dish— “only that and
nothing more." On removing the cover, So
cosh found snugly coiled up a hempen rope,
with a slip noose at one end. Ho loft—had
no appetite,,
"OUR IT ALWAYS BK RIGHT OR WR#G, OCR COUNTRY."
CARLISLE, PA.; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1861.
Tfie Smiths |l Jflciion,
A fow days einco,Mft “ W Bailey was
holding forth in his Usual happy manner
and charming the ladicjriwith the great bar
ge' which ho was offering them, and dis
gusting the men w.'t'i tbjd manner in which
they run things up, without a good cause.
After a while the auctioneer put up a pair of
window curtains, and ; two persons, a’ man
and a woman, oommoncdd bidding on them
with avidity. The hidilcTcs could not see cadi
ohtor but each dtermincdnot to yield, and up
the curtins went, much';li|gher than new ones
could pe purchased for of a superior quality.
“ Going," said Bailoftdf these superior cur-'
tains for only four dollar*, and I am offered
five.” ,
: Five squealed the wdinan,"
“ Half," yelled the man.
“ Sijr,” screamed the woman, and of course
she got them. She . have bid all day
to secure them, oven if-she had to morton'Ti
hor husband’s estate to pqjy for them. ° °
_. That day, at dinner, nffs. Mary Smith ex
hibited to her husband window shades
accompanied'with tho rftpmrk that "some
Tool .bidngaiipme.-butXgflt’cm- I *.^.,
* MrTSmith' started batik from'TSe
with horror pictured upon.jiis face.
“What is it,<dearsljo asked, “is it a
cockroach hi thnsoup ?”
Cockroach lib'd ——d.’Mio yelled “ you’re
a fool 1” , . ,:;| -
; “ That'S whatimy friends said when I mar
ried you,” the affcctionnt&wifo of his bosom
retorted..
’ “Hidyou, bidon them things f” asked Mr.
Smith. , ' • : ■ ■
“Yes; I ; T-mbanf■ to havo,
’em. The fool that.bid ;- again me—i—" -
Mr. Smith tore his hair /out by handfuls,
and threw it,into the v Buup£>' “Mrs. Smith !”
he shouted, “ twas .that - .ups', bidding again
you I, your husband, and y[<ii are such a- fopl
as not to know my voice, I’JI have a divorce,
if the Supremo Court wilf'givo one. , Oh,
what a fool i ’ .
Now a woman won’t be odllcd a fool oftenor
than onoea week, even if sh’p ia one, without
resenting it, and Mr. Smith was
surprised when, n plnte of Soijp was thrown in
his facer and Mrs. Smith was not satisfied
when she was laid flat on hbr hack aiid her.
husband standing over her, |cibking her with
a keen- relish. Mr, Smith' 'ditas arrested for
the assault, Mrs. Smith saidlthat it was all a
mistake, and she was certaiti.hoi{“ Smithoy"
didn’t mean any tning, consequently, Mr
Smith was discharged, and, ftfr'dnir : ; wont off
lika turtle doves just mated.*
Careful who'ybubid against al
auctions, •feW'
■ Man to Evans
was an. pw naval veteran, pfisijcty seven; he
bad lost an arm and an eye '.rears before the
battleef Nnvarino, which Mt notion unset
’dl ff U T 1
ot the hitt,- lie
could screw a for k
qmred, and being.
not easily, perceived; As, fncreasirifc years
rendered him infirm, his valets took advantage
i of him, so tbit ho wrote to ’his bfdthef, a
Somersetshire Squire, to send ' him np some I
tenant’s son servant. ■ .
“No matter bow stupid, if blit honest and
faithful,” ho wrote.
His brother was absent, and sent his stew
' ard to select a lad. This the steward did; but
merely mentioned that Captain Evqps'was
infirm, hot apprizing the lumkin of his I
master’s deficiencies, and sent him to London |
at once. Where the Captain lived.
■ At ten at night he arrivedand was imme-*
dintely shown to Captain Evan’s sitting
room. i
“ What is yotlr namef” ■
“My name be John, zur.^
“.Wen, John, my rascally yaiet is absent
again; Without leave; help me to bed; as it is
late ; then yon coin go down to your supper."
Adjourning to the bed-room, the gentleman
said: - .
“ John, Unscrew myleg,”.:
“Zur," said John. - ;N ; ,
“Unscrew myleg; this waysoo.” John did
so/ tremblingly.
“ John, unscrew my otilei 1 lag,”
“ Zur," Said John. - . .
“ Unscrew the other leg, sir 1” - V •
John did so; now in a state ofeboWilder
ment.- 1
“ John, unscrew this arm.” . .
; Trembling still more to t,he Captain's great
amusement, he obeyed. 1 ; v
“ John, put this eye on the table.”
John took hold of it as if it vvoiild have
bitten him.
“Now, John—no, I won’t'take the other
eye out—dift me into bod.”
“This done, the waggish Captain con
tinued. . ’ . ~ I
“John, boat upthe pillow; it is' riot com
fortable.’’ ■ ■ ' r
It was done;
“ Beat it up again, it is qniti
John again shook the pillow.
“That won’t do; John, I
head comfortable. John uusor
“ No, by thundfer, X’U.’nnsoi
John fled from the room tofhbd
ing his master was tho d-Sl»..*
to pieces like a clock,
Not to ns beat bv a Bbitjsil:
Yankee was one evening seated
of a country tavern in Canada,
assembled several Englishmc i
various matters connected with I
circumstances of war, .In the (
marks, one of them started tbi
Government possessed the larj
the world, and gave the dimi
one he had seen.
The Yankee would not let si
sertion pass nncontradietcd.
“ P°h, gentlemen,'' said ho, ‘
that is a pretty fair sized cant
are a lectio mistaken in sappi
named the same minute will
Yankees guns that I sow in
last year. Why, sir, it was so
soldiers yore obliged to omploi
en to draw in the hall I"
“ And pray," exclaimed one <
with a smile of triumph, " car
how they got the oxen out agair
“Of course I can,” returned
“ they unyoked ’em and drove ’e
touch-hole 1”
ItT* Old Mrs. Harris was never regarded
,na a paragon-of neatness p-amL if .cleanliness
1b next unto godliness, ns St. Paul assorts, it
is to bo feared that the old lady never attain
ed to the latter state. Not onlyjwas she any
thing but neat herself, but.showed a compe
tent for it in others. . Speaking,of neat peo
ple, one day, olio remarked thus her sen Jo:
siah was -one of the most particular men in
the world. “Why," said she, "lie throw
away a whole oup of coffee, the other morn
ing, because it had abodbuginit."
Thomas Wildey. the founder of the Inde
pondant Order of Odd Fellowship, died at an
ndvancod ago tn the city of Baltimore on the
t Jth nit. Ho was buried on Thursday with
all <tho honors of the order. Mr. Wildey Was
an Englishman by birth tut came, to this
country when quite a young man. Being a
member of the order of Odd Fellows, ho or
ganised the first Lodge of that Order in the
United States. ,
Its authentic pr|gm may-ho considered ns
dating from the 26th of April 1810, nt which
time was organized Washington Lodge, No, 1.
when was assembled, at the “ Seven Stars”
tavern, in Second street, Kept by Win; Lupton,
Under a call from I’homas Wildoy, the follow-
Jflg persons, who claimed to bo. instituted in
the order in other places, Thomas,'Wildey,
IJm Wh, John Ducah, John Cheatham
and Rmhard Rnshworth. It was originally
solt-instuted, and designed to operate accord
mg to the ancient imgea of the Union or Lon
,don order, which plan was very soon abandon
ed, and the work changed to that of the In
dependent Order, and under the . usages of
table
■ i , " . »■» m «M'vn •■uvuucy'r^*
i to obtain a dispensation from some competent
authority, which authority was obtained
i through the Duke of York’s Lodge, in Presy
ton, England, during tho latter part of
i It is no, part of our intention to follow tho
rapid advancement of the Order through the
years which have elapsed since that time,,
suffice it to say, that it has gone on increasing
year to year, until it now contains a
membership of more than two hundred thou-1
sand, divided into lodges, and extending over
the length and breadth of the Union. Coup
led with this well known fact) it is worthy of
note that tho order expends annually’ about
orio million of dollars In tbe'supporc of the
sick, and for benefit to tho widow and the
orphan, while largo sums are paid annually
for the education of orphans.; .The'philan
thropic; character of,the organisation may bo
judged of by the brief narration of those facts.
, M . r - Wildey, from the time of tho first in
caption of the Order, always took a groat in
terest, in its welfare, and was-prominent in
calculated to advance its useful
ness. .lie has filled every position of honor
■it was tho gift of tho members, to bestow, and
was tho first Grand Sire when tbo Grand
Ledge of the United States.was instituted.
Mr. Wildoy was a man of, tho most benevo
lent anttoharitable disposition, and the needy
novef applied to him in vain. 110 was a na
tive of England, but camo to this country at
an early ago
After dickering some time with the long
legged door-keeper, Jedediah Homespun.up
and.spent a quarter to see the Siamese twins.
Looking, at them' curiously-for some time.
Jed busted—
bcen^n-"itfui
lireTahdofa hitch?"
: “ Forty-two years,” whs Eng's reply.
“ J? u '_el 11 Giftin'kind o' used to it,. I- cal
palate, ain’t you ?”
“ Wo pyght to be,” said they.
“ Ycs.-I vow you ought. You, follers be
long to the same church—•'spoct you do.”
“ Yes; indeed,” said Qhnng.
‘‘Want to I;now t Wall, 1 swnng, you’re
m toned queer,” said.Jod exclaiming the liga
turd minutely; «One of you fellers dies,
tother fellow ill be in a pecker, I reckon.”
“ WottW bd bad,” said Chang.
** Ilon't think ■ nothin’ cfo in
toswim?''
Sometimes,e'dd they; _
After looking at them a few minutes in si
lence he again busts— ,
“ Sere, 'sposo one of VOn fellers got
Into a scrape, ana was goin' to be put in jail,
how would you manage that?”'-
. - Oh," says Eng, “ I'd go Chang's bail,”
** y® B could do that, by hokey,"
And Jedediah having exhausted his cross
examination, Went off whistling, giving- a
fresh lot of examiners room to put the twins
throtfgh h course 1 of similar sprouts
I Not Deep Enooosl. foe Praying—Wo
heard, a night or two- since,■ a tolerable good
story of a 'raftsman. The event ocoured du
ring the late‘big blow on the Mississippi, ot
Which time so many rafts wore swamped, and
so many steamboats lost their shy riggings.
A raft was just emerging from lake Pipen
When the squall came. In an instant the raft
was pitching and writhing ns if suddenly
dropped in Charyhdis, while the waves broke
over with tremendous uproar, and expecting
instant destruction, the raftsman dropped on
his_ knees and commenced praying with a
whim equal to the emergency. Happening
to open his eyes an instant, he observed his
companion, _ not engaged in prayer, : b'ut push
ing a pole into the water at the side of the
raft; , 'What’s that yo'r kneffs, now, for there
isn’t it minit between us and purgatory I’ *'Ho
ivisy; Pat,’ said the other, ami as ho' oobly con
tinued to punch the water with his polo ; “bo
aisy, now 1 What s the use praying when a fol
iar can tech bottom with a polo?’’ Mike is a
pretty good specimen of a largo class of Chris
tians,- who prefer to omit prayer as long as
they can ‘tetoh’ bottom.
hard."
Ijau’t got my
pw my head 1"
pvv no-more.”
uchon, HWear
*lttg himself
' Death op a Scnviroa op Moscow and
Austerlitz.- —Michael Kershner died in Flag
staff, Maine, on the 12th ultimo, aged 85
years and G month*, The Farmington Patriot
of the 23d nit,, says:
“The deceased was a soldier in the armies
of Franco for fourteen years and nine months,
and served under in his
campaign* in Italy, Spain, Austria, Germa
ny, Prussia and "Russia; wits in the battles
of Moscow, Austerlitz and several others.—'
He was wounded severely three times—ones,
in the head'by a bullet, once by the' stroke of)
a cutlass on the bead, and onoo by a bayonet I
thrust through the thigh. Three years of his I
service, wore spent in the artillery, and the
remainder in the cavalry. According to prac
tice in the French army, when ho was in tho
artillery, his right arm was marked by print* (
ing the picture of a man in red India ink,
I with the number of his company, regiment,
etc., and, when in the cavalry, by printing a
man and horse on bis breast, in red and blue.
These prints wore very plain and distinct
upon him when laid in his final resting-place.
Ho was buried with martial honors. •
ler.— -A Smart
i\h a bar-room
• Yhero were
>, discussing
the pomp and
course of : re
t the British
est cannon inr
nsions of the
oh a base As-
•I won’t, deny
on—but you
sing it to be
one of our
Charlestown,
urge that the
a yoke of ox-
his hearers
?ou tell us
"
1 the Yankee,
; n ihrouyh the
* A Gaudleie Drowned. —On last Thursday
night, o gambler nt Saratoga Springs, whoso
name isnot given, was drowned in the lake
at tharpliwo.’ " It appears that for some ’time
I past ho had boon intimate with a mulatto wo
ntdn, the wife of a Hindoo, and tho two wept
out for a midnight sail upon tho water. ‘ liy
somo moans the limit upset, and both wore
thrown out. They hung to Urn limit fur some
time, but finally tho gambler dropped off and (O'The .Union men, alter tho butfclu- Ql’.
was drowned. The woman paddled around h'rcdcrioktown, .Mn.,bnricd lt:!Bol'JulV.Tluim|V-'
fot some time, and finally sueeeedcd in roach- son's rebels,- whoso* bodies wero left uikili*tlAi
,ing-a point where she could touch thobottortt.lliald.' * |
PERSONAL.
JededialiSees the Twins,
® r ?r l ?r".SP»i u <*. that to be cultiva
te ' " 11 by yobuj* llldy ob WicW is ih wah{
Sarlw 11 WOrather think th!s is W Billy
t have lived solitary long enough : 1 want I
somebody to talk at, ullari’dl v?U)i; then jtiss
and make up again, Therefore lam open to
proposals.from young Indies and fresh wjd :
o\Vs of more than average fespSctnbility, tol
erably tamo in disposition ; and hair of . any
color than red. Asncarly ns I can judge or
myself, I am not over eighty nor under twen
ty-live years of ago. In height I nni cither
ft vo foot eight or eight feet five, Iforgot which;
Weightl3s, 315, or 531, one of those, 1 recol
lect each figure perfectly well, but ns.lo their
true arrangement, am somewhat puzzled.
have a .whole suit of hair, dyed by nature and
tree from dandruff. Byes butternut brindlo,
tinged pea-green. Nose blunt, according to
I TJT c or( . cr of architecture, with a touch
ot the Composite, and mouth between a catfish
and an alligator’s made especially for oratory
and the reception of largo oysters. Ears pal
mated, long and.clegantly shaped. My whis
briar bush, well behaved, fearfully'luxuriant!"!
1 am sound in limb, and on the niggor ques
' Wear boots No. 9, when corns are
lyfmblesome, rtnd can write poetry by the mile
with double rhyme on both edges, to read back
ward and foroward, crosswise, diagonally.—*'
Can, play tliojowsharp and bass drum, and
whistle Yankee Doodle in Spanish., Am very
| correct in my morals, and first-rate at ton pins:
have a regard fortho Sabbath, and never drink
only when invited. Am a domestic animal
and perfectly dooilo, when towels are clean
and shirt buttons all right. Ifl possess a
predominating virtue, it is that of forgiving
overy enemy whom I deem it hazardous to
handle. I say my prayers every night, mos
quitoes permitting ; and' to whether I snore in
my sleep, I want some one to toll me. Money
is no object as I never was troubled with any
never expect to bo.
D.
UTon Couple at a Theatre.—' “Ven I first
oomc .to Tiladelfy, to serve, was very mooch
uncivilised, } said Katrina now a tiuy. intel
ligent girl in rt respectable family, “I laugh
Very mooch, arid I feel much ashamed to. re
member how I behaved when I know,so little.
Saon, that was my beau then—Shon took mo
to the theatre one night von I had been in
Filadelfy but throe weeks, We sit in the
gallery, and we see not goot, and Shon said ho
gpt another seat. So ho put bis logs around
the post and slides down mid do pit, and ho
looks up and calls out.
“Katrina I Katrina 1 coirio down tiah a
good view hero.*'-'
** And I loaned over, and said I;
u How can I coom, Shon V 1
“ And ho paid :
Just slide down.” ;
“ So I put my logs around J 'tbAp\ll^v^nd
■ s ld}dod- dojsvn
laugh I Dey laugh so mooch dey play ifo more
i ori the stage. v Every body laugh and yell
and whistle all over the house. And.l Was
much, ashamed, don, tho 1 know not any
harm ! But now I turns red every tinto 1
dinks of it,” . j
Gen'. SfiroEE.——lt is a /hot vorylittio known
that the distinguished military man, General
Sotgol, shortly after he came to this country,
worked at im iron foundry in this city, where
ho was paid the, remunerative, sum of $5 a
week for his services. The Mexican war,
however, breaking out in a month, after he
obtained work at this foundry, in company
with a man by the name of Geo. fffinktfrhoff,
ho enlisted and entered that campaign ns a
private soldier. Upon his return pi tins city,
at the close of the war ho rental nod but a
short time, being induced to go to St. Louis,
whore he soon became captain or chief of the
Association of Prooihon and Turners j and
when the present difficulties arose, 1 he was at
the head of the St. Louis llomo Guards, who
so effectually quashed the Secossionosts there,
when their insolence became intolerable,—
While hero, Gen. Seigel was observed for- his
industry, intelligence, and modest deports
mont.— Cin. Cbm, ..
CT’Tho editor' of the San Francisco Golden
Era cruelly ('ejects a poem sent to him by a
Californian "Anna Maria,” and then adds'in
sult to injury by giving his readers the fol
lowing extract from the same, as lustifvih"
his decision n-j J °
"X had a drama,
IthonlwM-nWo.tfloifiV
0 it did some, ,
So sad away from home/ from home.
“Mi hed upon mi hand/
. I lont v I lent;
Mi iso upon the sand/
I bent, X bent/
“I thort of other days,
And things and things-;
‘ Of happy childish plase, '
And strings and strings.”
A New Military Hospital.—VVo lire glad
to says the Washington Star, that tlio
Government engaged the whole of Minnesota
row—the spldtd manaions of tho late Se'nrttor
Douglas, Senator Rice, John G. Breckinridge
and Mr. Corbin—for military hospital pur
poses. ;
’Their cost of erection was fthtoiit §130,000,
oselusivi of tho value of tho square on which
they stand—perhaps $30,000. Tho rent paid
by tho Government is rtt the rate of about
$7,000 per annum for tho whole.
All of them are bountifully supplied with
heating apparatus, bathing foams, aqueduct
water, &c. They are tho best buildings fur
the purpose, Wo fake it, in the District of
Columbia.
CoilPLiiiKHTAiCtj —Secretary Cameron, citf
|ring Jjig vihit to iV est, on landing at Tip
ton, saw some four or five soldiers standing on
fhtf platform of tho railroad depot/ Step
ping up to them, ho said to one of them:
•Vo you belong to Vandoyoer’s regiment?'
' Yes, sir."
‘ Are they all as good looting a sot of fol
lows as you are ?' tho Secretary asjted.
Tho soldier thus addressed answered, in a
very dry and humorous way, “Wo are .the
worst looking of tho whole lot, but I guess,
anyhow, they loot about as well as you c(o,"
O'A friend of our has a little fair-headed
youngster theologian of four summers; who,
after being, the other day, for some time lost
in thought, broke out thus: “ Pa, can God do
everything?” “Yes, dear,” .‘‘Could ho
make a two-year old oolt in two minutes? ”
"Why .ho would not yrish to do that, Freddy.'!.
“Butif ho did wiMi to could ho 7” “ Yea,
certainly, if ho wished to. 1 ' “What, in two
minutes?” “ Yoj, in two minutes." “ Well,
then, ho wouldn't ho two years old, would
ho?” . '
Matrimonial,
The belief that guardian spiVlts buyer
aroud the paths of men covers a mighty frut3f?~
for every ITeautiful, pure and good thought
which the heart holds ia in' anget of mercy
purifying (tnd guarding the soul.
..JCr’Whon wo behold a bcdiitifof moth GO
With. loyoly children around her, wo are to*
minded of those treos Which blossom in Octoi
her, and whose fruit and blossoms aro on" tho
bough at once,
. Zl'i
greenhorn standing by a sewiifg ma- 1 '
cliiiio,' at tfhidh’ a young Indy was at work;
looking alternately at the machine and at iW
fair operator, at length gave vent to his nd-'
miration with, “ by golly X it’s purty: special
ly the part with ehliko^
(C/~ ‘ Jennio/ said a venerable Cam'brohiari
to Ins daugbter, who was asking his client
to accompany lief ifrgOnt and favored s'iW
to the altar, • Jennie.it is i very solemn thing
to got married/ * I know it* father,’ replied
the sensible damsel j ‘ but it it ft groat deal
soleimiof not to/
I C7" If t,lC Stars should appear butone night
of a thousand years, how would men believe
and adore', and preserve for many
the rem’einbrance of the city of God which had
been shown. But every night come out these' .
envoys of bfifttlty* and light the onifc'rsd witlf
their admonishing s'milos; ,
JC7" A woman who recently ha.i hor biittor
Soiled by the clerk of the market for. short
weight, gave as a reason, that thoobw ,fronf
which the butter was made was silbjebt to’
crnnfp, aiid that caused the'bitter io‘ shrink
in weight.
I Feedi.vo, a WeaicAt. AiTKinerE.—lt ia'toli
lof Handed, that ho ate enormously. Dr.’ s
I Kitchener relates of him, flint whenever ho"
1 ifinod at a tavern, ho ordered n dinner for thretf.
On being told tliat nil (fas ready as,soon as
! the company shoal'd arrive, ho would osolaim;'
“ Den pring op do dinnerpre/mmio j I Ab ie
COltl’AN?!"
is the most conservative, element
of society and ought to be cherished and en
couraged by all lawful mteins, People never
plot mischief when they are merry: LnugV
tor is’an ortonry to malice,' tv feo, to' scandal,
and a friend to every virtue. It, promotes
good temner, enlivens the heart and brightens
the intellect. Let us laugh when! vfc can.
minister in Now Jersey p oitft day
Called t<i acb one of liis tlpUoohSV “Where's
your master?” ashpit the AaKtjMMte of her
negro servant. “I don’t but I
’’spool he’s out in do harp,* fOpljist beard
somebody oat drt* swearing pretty hard, at da
-men I’’ The wife said—’pi it isn’t hum 1
|. —ho is not at homo, sir, at {(wleut.’
" Always ia a stMierVilfor A
volunteer’s rc'cont letter says ;‘,?my wife cama'
on to pbo mo at our canip. Thank Heavens'
she bronoM|ineedlea aud thread with her,—■
MyifagloMKnS ntarly played out;
1 to death; flinvo heiUßnik-
It" weeks. Iwi Sh
a
linjvjtholr new Ijayhoss. aslmp-
TOoijjhiU horses ia ffy-time."'
* T .
(o<4
by m
mh Cnbs.
ljialf.o/ the world knows iioi liow
the other half lives.
ICT’ It is astonishing ho’wkebn evdn igno
fnfat * )oo^e n *' e discovering imaginary af-
~#63?“ bachiifor has to look out ftr nun*
her One—the married man look oat for nttm*
her two.
lt ajDpears that (Seneral .Wtts'.at
one time in the hands of the ondmy, but woa
rescued;
figy-Eating one's meat with d silver forka
whilq the butcher's bill has hot been paid: is
called genteel. f '
jC? - Roy. Hernry Bidge, a Congregational
minister, is now being tried at Utica for the
Murdor of his 'wife, 1
Rulers "lire geheraTiy'feo fehJ’ofdis-'
play. They seem more nnxioiia. to fill the
oyes than tho Stomachs of their peopled.
Xy* .tfc is but a cunning toknaT*
the, whole
that to cunhing, and it is knavery'. ,
• “ P on 't you mean to mnrnr, roy de^
Sl ii L “No, my dear widow, I'd-rather lose
all the ribs rta got than take andfcher” ~ ,
shoemaker has one great advantage
over most kinds.of goods*
whenever finished, are always sol(o)d.'. *
tT"excellent character was engraved
0 tom * )BtonG of a lady in >h'eso, foMoWorfej i
She was always busy and always quiet* 9
A clergyman consoling a young widovt
on tho death of her husband, remarked that
she could.not find his dqdal.’ “I’U bo 1 1 wiUI"
remarked the sobbing fair one.
Cla" An experienced old stager says, if yoii
make love to a widow who has u daughteif
twenty years younger than herself, begin M
declaring that, you itioiiyht they were sis*
Scene in an' Omnibus;— Fat woman with
fat baby: “Must got in V* French gentle-’
man: “Impossible; Madam I ,(to the driverj
yod full." Driver: “Yod’ro fooFyouraelf.-
Squeeze in there!"
.fiSr‘‘Pa," said a lad to his, fathom, “lof-‘
ten road of people poor but honest; why doh’i -
they say sometimes rich but honest ?" “Xut'i
tut, my son," said the father, “nobody would
believe them." , j
. ,BSyA gentleman rode up to a public houstT
in the country, and asked; " who is the mat ’
ter of this house ?" “J am sir," , replied .thW.
landlord; “my wife has been dead three
weeks.” ,
S&'Tho sun that only burns thb brows of
other men turns the wort at thb farmed
'hands to glory and gold; ;Thb rains that
onng uiflcomforfc to* oEhcrs, are bealiiicf thW
roviieo of life and plenty for .hiW •
JC?"“Pray, JlisB E.” said a gentleman, thd
other evening," why aro ladies so fond of ofiji
cors?..
" llow stupid <” a/i'crfiplied ; 11 is it mil tints'
ural that a ladv should like d good’’offer; sir V*
NO. S 3,