Anmifflii mmomrn. VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED' EVERY THURSDAY HOHNIKO BY JOHN B. BRATTON. TERMS SunscniPTitiff.—Onb Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid in advance { Two Dollars if paid within the year; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. Theso terms will be rigidly adhered to in every instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. AnvEimsEirENTS—Accompanied by tho cash, and ■not exceeding one square, will be inserted throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Those of n greater length in proportion, Jod-Printincj—Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac. «fcc., executed with accuracy and at tho shortest notice. •jWiml.- THE LIFE-CLOCK, Thcro is a little mystic clock, No human eye hath seen, That boateth on—and'bcateth on, From morning until e’en, And when the soul is wrapped in- sleep, , All silent'ami alone, : It ticks, and ticks tho livelong night, . . And neverruuneth down. Oh! wondrous is that work of art, ' Which knolls tho passing hour ; Rut art'no’cr formed nor mind conceived. The life-clock’s magic.power.... Nor. sob iti gold nor docked with gems, By wealth and prido'possessed'j • But.'noh or ppor; or high or,low, . Each hoars it in his breast., When life’s deep stream,'mid budding flowers, . ’ All still'and .softly glides, . lake the wavelet’s step, with a gentle-beat; ■ It warns of passing tides. ' Whcn.threat’ning darkness gathers o’er. ■ And hope’s-bright visions flee, ■' :■ ~ Like the'sullen strokes of the muffled oar, It boateth heavily. When passion nerves the warrior’s arm For deeds of hato and wrong, Though hooded not tho fearful sound, '' The knoll is deop and strong. "When eyes,to eyes are gazing soft, ■ And tender words nro spoken, Thou fast and. wild'it rattles on, As if with love 'tiyero broken, , Such is the clock.thnt measures life, Of flesh and spirit blended ; And thus 'twill run within tho breast, Till tbafstrungo life is ended/ From tho Logan County Gazette. ItfE COFFEE. ' : Last night I heard a wide-awake, Whose face was very, long— With cape,and lainp all by his side, A singing fldng. • Tho- song it. was-'a pretty one, And ulumncd my. listening oar; Lonl.V‘iuind;tho diop»* now,, ; • /.: :■ And I will fling it bore, . chorus, Oh, Rve’ Coffee ! You’re sweet enough for mo, Without a grain of sugar, it ■ The ujtgge? cap bo free. x saw tho capo, and well I know JC’d aeon it oft before— And oft I’d soon that lard oil lamp Go zig-zag past ray door ; sut now. tho capo was old and torn—* Tho lamp it had no ‘ ilo,’ Yet sweetly there that wide-awako ■ flinging ail tho wfaiile. CHORUS. Oh, !Rye Coffee 1 • you're flweot enough for mo, Without ope grain of sugar, if Tho nigger can bo free, • ,1 would not' say that wide-awakp Was singing of a lioj I think that Jam does not.suit • . Hie taste ae well as Rye— The man wbo’d give,6Ui Abe hi/? ycto* And.,pass the Douglas hy f • Would likely spurnthe Java cup, And swallow down the Rye ! chorus. Oh. Rvn Copfkb 1 Tho I shall remember long bow well He sung of you that night! I wonder if that Wide-awake, • As ho sat siriging .thero, Intended to repudiate;V His taxes just in A fair; • vV-V-- I wonder if that wide awake ' . Was posted well as I ' That bo was cheating Government When drinking of tho Rye? cnonus. Oli, Rye Copper ! '. For wide-awakes you'll do— But not for patriots who’d give Tho Government its duo. Confounded by Rye Coffee, Corn Coffee.and all that!. That I will still drink Java, you May safely .bet your hat! , Confounded bo tho man who made The tax a needful thing ! Hut I've abettor ohorus bore, Which please stand up and sing—• ciiorus. Go ’way Coppbb ! The master’s servant bol But lot us all pray for. tho time When Coppee shall bo free! jtofElianEDUfl.", A Man of Nerve. —A venerable Ameri can Judge relates the following anecdote: The morning following the battle of York - town, I had the curiosity to attend the wound ed. Among others whose limbs were so much injured as to require amputation was a mu sician, who had received a musket ball in the knee. As usual in such cases, preparations ■were mad% to prevent the possibility of his moving. Says the sufferer: “Now, doctor, what would you bo at?” “My lad, I’m going to take off your leg, and it is necessary that you should be lashed down." 4 I’ll consent to no such thing. You may pluck the heart from my bosom, but you’ll not confine me. Is there a violin in the camp ? If bo, bring it to me," A violin was furnished, and after tuning it he said: . ° “Now, doctor, begin.” And he continued to play until the opera tion, which lasted about forty minutes, was completed, without missing a note or moving Anotheb.— We have seen nnd conversed with a captain Harrison, who was so badlv wounded during the war of 1812 that his log had to be amputated. He had the fortitude to undergo ihe amputation without flinching and sung a song while the surgeon was saw ing his leg off. Tins'seemingly incredible story was vouch ed lor by persons who know it to bo a fact. The Worth of A True Wife.: The man that asks no love is a monster. The man who expects none is a child of des pair. There may he hearts so frozen by sel fishness, or ossified by pride and egotism, or paralyzed by disappointment, as to. bo indiff erent to affection. But these are icebergs, drifting in darkness on Polar seas ; cold, barren, desolate. In them no tree or shrub plants a root; no flower sheds its_ fragrance there. No melody of living joy is chanted there. '■ God found that it was not good for man to bo alone, chiefly because he needed the conscious affection of a female heart to soften the aspirations of his own, and thus give completeness to his being. In the deep, full affection of a wife’s heart the husband finds that appreciation and interest that eve ry soul covets. This stimulatesnls enter prises. This makes him brave in peril. This cheers his hard labor. This comforts him under irritation, slander, reproach, in the outside world. To meet this craving of man,-woman is ad apted, She is not ambitious of wealth or fame. She shrinks from great changes and great perils. She is not fitted for the great strug gle of the forum, tho conflict of arms, or the labors of the field. Her home is her earthly heaven, and she holds a loving heart to cheer him to whom God has given a loftier ambi tion, a deeper craving of earth’s wealth, a stronger arm, and a higher‘courage. Sub jected, by the ordinance of God, and the laws of the land, to abide a sterner will than her own, she is furnished with a wealth of affeo- tion which makes her burden of subordina tion light, and melts and moulds to tender ness the cohtr ilier of her destiny. . The treasure of a wife’s affection, .like the grace of God, is given; not bought. Gold is power. It can sweep down forests, raise Cit ies. build roads, aha deck houses; - It can collect troops of flatterers, and inspire awe and feiir. But, alas 1 wealth can never pur chase love. Bonaparte essayed the subjuga tion of Europe, under the influence of a geni us nlmost inspired—an ambition insatiable; and backed bj millions of armed men. He almost succeeded in swaying his sceptre from the Straits of Dover to the Mediterranean— from the Bay oFUiecay to the Sea of Azoff. On many a blqody field his banner floated triumphant.. But his greatest conquest was the unbought heart df Josephine—his sweet est and most priceless treasure lier outraged but unchanged love. If any man have failed to estimate the affection, of-a true-hearted wife, he will be likely to mark the value in his loss when the heart that loved him is stilled by death. . In the true wife; the husband finds not aff ection only, batcompanionship —a companion ship with which no other can compare. The family relation gives retirement with solitude, and society withput th.e rough intru sion of the world. .It plants in the: husband’s dwelling a friend who can bear his silence without weariness—who can listen dp the de tails of his interests wltfr sympathy-iwho can appreciate his rojiolition of events Aj.u.ly ini pbrtant as tneyHre ethoaliiiect' in tho-neart. Common friends are linked to us by a slen der thread.' We must retain them by minis tering in some way, to their interest or their enjoyment. What a luxury it is for a man to feel that in his own home there is a true and affectionate being, in whose presence ho may fhrow.off restraint without danger lo his dignity—he may confide without the fear of treachery—and be sick or unfortunate without being abandoned; If, in the outer world, he grows weary of human selfishness, liis heart can safely trust in one whose soul yearns for his happiness, and whoso indul gence overlooks his defects, . . , Nor, in the manner of ps sonal comfort , in the thousand things which combine to shed happiness upon man's pathway through life, is the tvife a leas preoiqu.s gift of God. Who is It that gives «aro to tho neatness, order, arid tidiness of our dwellings, our halls,pur. bed chmabers? Who is it that conduits our tastes,our affinities, our ropcllaneea, and, so regulates our tables, oupeouches, our apparel, as to min ister to onr comfort? Who is it;that supplies our lack of interest in ordinary , things, and sends us out into society prepared to meet the claims of decency, taste, and propriety? Who caters for our appetites, and swelters in heated kitchens for our indulgence ; and, often unthanked and unblessed, piles the nee dle in the lone evening, for our benefit? Who is it that schemes, by a rigid economy, to got the most elegance arid comfort from the least tax on our income ? Who furnishes the ready pin, the napkin, the bandage for our wounds, the cup lor our thirst, tho friction fur our ach ing head, the medicine for our pains ? What angel of mercy ia it that watches by our sick pillow, bears all our, complaints and irrita tions, and moves with muffled stop when wo slumber. The assiduities of a faithful wife are so com mon, so various, so cheerful, so unexpooting, that husbands are likely to regard her kind nesses, as they do tho sunlight and the dews of heaven—matters of course —to be received without gratitude. But the constancy which makes them feel familiar—to a rightly consti tuted mind—deepens the sense of obligation. While the husband safely trusts in tho com panion of his years for his personal comforts, sne has a right to expect that her beneficence shall be appreciated.. If not, he will bo like ly to find her worth in her loss. Her . ab sence !or death is, to the little world at home, like tho loss of the glowing sun which pro tects our earth from eternal darkness and frost. As a counsellor, the faithful wife is invalua ble. Well might Solomon say, “ The;heart of her husband doth safely trust in her.” It is difficult to find a friend who is so deeply interested in our welfare as to take the trou ble to study our perplexities—so conversant with us and our affairs ns to understand our wants and dangers—so mortally bravo as to venture to tell us' unwelcome truth—so per fectly disinterested as to assure us that no selfishness prompts her advice—nnd so per severoinly as repetiously to urge that which is for our benefit. A wife is such a friend and a wise man will often seek her counsel. And there is something in the ready, in stinctive suggestions of an intelligent wife which no sane husband should ever despise. She does not pause to collect facts, weigh ar guments, and draw inferences. Her impres sive nature, which renders her indisposed slowly to reason, is furnished with instinctive perception of the right, which is better than logic. It is wonderful how often, in nicely .balatfo ed oases, when we appeal to the judgment of a wife, she instantly decides the case for us and how generally she is right. -Pilate was embarassod in the struggle between his sense Qf justice and his desire of popularity • but. his wife said at once, 44 Have thou nothing to do with that just man.” Had he heeded he? counsel, P.late’s hands would not have been stained with the blood of the Son of God fll , ln * ho “"“tor of economy, too, intho watch thl a±T BIUP ° n !‘ S lnooma and estate,' tho husband can well trust the good wife. It “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.’’ is true there are some wives who cannot thus be trusted. Actuated by a foolish vanity of dross, furniture, and equipage, and reckless of a husband's toil, anxieties, and pecuniary embarassmonts they will sustain a certain stylo in the present, even if they have to trample on a husband’s broken heart and ruin ed reputation in the process. These are the wives that drives husbands to wild specula tion, to frauds and embezzlement, to debts never to bo paid, to lottery gambling, to des peration, and a premature grave, But wo are bappy to belieye that such oas es are few. As a general foot, the principle of justice, eopnmy, and thrift is strong in the heart of a woman, Her home destiny quali fies her for a minute regard to the details of domestic economy, and hcV love for her bus band and regard for the welfare of hor chil dren dispose her to use wisely and well the earnings entrusted to her control. She is the one that obeys Christ, in “ gathering up the fragments, that nothing be lost.’’ Hor’s is no hireling's eye and hand. The husband lays his purse in her lap, assured that the comfort, and responsibility of his house and the interests of his property are safe in her keeping, , . , tot the husband, then, who is thus blessed, appreciate the gift of God, “ A prudent wife is from, the Lord,” and the gift is worthy oftho Giver, •' Her price is far above rubies ; and, we are told in the word of God, '■ tho heart of her husband, doth safely trust in her.” There is a peculiarity in this language. Ordinarily it is the office of divine truth to weaken our confidence in earthly blessings. Thus it is said:: “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.” . “ Trust not in man whose breath is in his nostrils.” “Put not your trust in princes.” “ Trust not in uncertain richest” Human friendships are treacherous. 'Wealth is too cold to (Ufa Varm heart. Fame hangs on a breath of air, and comes and goes, rises and falls, by the caprices of a cfwod. God ordinarily represents things as vanity. But he seems to make an exception in favor of a virtuous woman. Of a true and virtuous wife, he says, “The heart of husband doth safely trust in her and, while heraav trust, let him love, appreciate, and meetly cherish her. Jlir Snnsliino and lleallii. A New York merchant noticed, in the pro gress of years, that each successive beekeep er gradually lost his health, and finally died of consumption, however vigorous and robust he was entering his service. At length it oc curred to him that the little rear-room where the books were kept opened in a backyard, so. surrounded by high walls, that no sunshine came into it from one year’s end to another; An upper room, well lighted, was immediate ly prepared; and .his clerks had uniform good health, ever after. • A familiar case to general readers is derived from medical works, where an. qntiro English family became ill, and all rernidies seemed to ..fail of their usual results, when accidentally, 'On. window glass of the family room was-bro- Non. cold weather...; It. was. r.nt .repaired; And forthwith there was a marked imprnve lment in the-health'of the inmates. The phy sician at once traced the connection, discon tinued his medicines and ordered that the window pane should not be replaced. A French lady beoame ill. The most emi nent physicians of her times wore called in, but failed to restore her. At length Dupey tron, the Napoleon of physio, was consulted. He noticed that she lived in a dim room, into which the sun never shone; the House be ing situated in one of the narrow streets, or rather lanes of Paris. He at once ordered more airy and cheerful appartmonta, and all her complaints vanished. Tha lungs of a dog became tuberculated (consumptive) in a few weeks, if kept confin ed in n dark cellar. Tho most common plant grows spindly, pale and scraggling, if no sun light falls upon it. Tho greatest medical names of France, of the last century, regard ed sunshine and pure air .as equal agents in restoring and maintaining health. From these facts, which cannot bodisputed, the most common mind should conclude that celjars,- and rooms on the north side of build ings, or apartments into which the sun does not immediately shipe, should never he occu pied as family.rooms or chainbors or as libra ries or studies. Such apartments are only fit for stowage, or purposes which never, require persons to remain in them over a few minutes at a time. And every intelligent arid hu mane parent will arrange that the family room arid the chambers shall bo the most commodious, - lightest and brightest apart ments in his' dwelling^ —HalVs Journal of Health . A Remedy fqh Sleeplessness. — How to got sleep is to many persons a matter of great importance. Nervous persons who aro troub led- with wakefulness and excitability, usual ly have a tendency of blood on .the brain, with cold extremities, The pressure of blood on tho brain keeps in a stimulated or wakeful state, arid the pulsations in the head arc often painful, such rise and chafe tho body and extremities with a brush or towel, or rub smartly with the hands, to promote circula tion; and withdraw the successive amount of blood from the brain, and they, will fall asleep in a few minutes. ■ A cold’ bath, or a sponge bath and rubbing, or a good run, or a rapid walk in the open air, or going up or dowp stairs a few times just before retiring, will aid in equalizing circulation and promoting sleep. These rules are simple and easy of application in castle.or cabin, mansion or cot tage, and may minister to the comfort of thou sand who would freely expend money for anodyne, to promote Nature’s s\yaot restor er, balmy sleep,’* ;IC7” A bravo officer who had been wounded with a musket ball in or near the knee, was stretched upon the dissecting table of a sur geon, who, with an assistant, began to probe and cut in that region of h.s antimony. Al" tor awile the “subject” said, “Don’t cut me up in that stylo, Doctor! What are you torturing mo in that cruel way for?” ' “Wo are looking for the ball,” replied the senior operator. “Then why didn’t you say so before?” asked the indignant-patient. “I’ve got tho ball in my pocket," said ho putting his hand in his waistcoat, and taking it out. “I took it out myself,” he added. “Didn’t I mention it to you ? I meant to,” C 7" A laugha.ble incident is told of a ner vous man, who imagined himself very sick. Reports wore in the neighborhood that ho was given over by the doctor. He was observed early one day making rapid strides through the streets. His alarmed neighbors mot him. “How are you, friend ?" “Sick, very sick." “Where now ?" “After some one to sit qp with me to-night: I urn so plagued fur watchers that there is no one I oan depend upon,” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH ■A. GOOD INVESTMENT. “ Can you lend me two thousand dollars, to, establish myself in a small retail business?” inquired a young man not yot out of his toons, of a middle-aged gentleman, who wj,e poring over his ledger in the counting room of one of the largest establishments in Boston. The. person addressed turned towards the speaker, and regarding him for a piomont with a look of sunwise, inquired,— - “What security can you give me, Mr. Stros ser?" "Nothing but my note,” replied the young man promptly. " “Which I fear would be below par in mqp ket,” replied the merchant, smiling. “Perhaps so,” said the young man ; “but,. Mr, Rarton, remember that the boy is not tho man j the time may come v hen Hiram Stros ser’s note will bo as readily accepted as that of any other man,” “True, very true,” replied Mr. Barton, ipildly ; “but you know business men sehlom lend money witheut.adequkto security; other wise they mighfSQqn be reduced to penury." At this remark the, you eg man’s counte nance became very pale, fffid having observed a silence of several moments, ha. inquired, in n voice whoso tones indicated his deep disap pointment,— “Then you cannot nooommbdafe me—can you?” , ■ , , “Call upon me to-morrow, and I will give' you a reply,” said Mr. Barton, and tho young man. retired. . ■ Mr, Barton resumed his labors at the desk; but his mind was so much upon the boy and his singular errand, that,bp could not pursue his task with any correctness; and after, hav ing made several sad blunders, ho closed the ledger, and .took his hat, sjld wont out upon” the street. ' Arriving, opposite the store of n wealthy merchant upon Milk Street, he entered, the door. ' , " ■ t “Good morning, Mr. Hawley,” said ho, ap proaching the proprietor ef the establishment, who was seated at his desk, counting over the profits of the week. '.‘Good morning,” replied the merchant, blandly. “Happy to see yiiu, Have a scat ? Any news? How’s trade?’/ Without noticing these -interrogations, Mr. Barton said,— , , " ’’ “Young Strosser is desirous of establishing himself’iu a small retail business'in, Wash ington Street,; and oailed; ;his morning to se cure of me a loan of two tl ousaiid dollars for the purpose.” , - “Indeed !” exclaimed MHawley, evident ly surprised at this rinuoqt cement; “but you do not think of lending that sum—do you?” “I do not know,” feplied Mr; Barton.— “Mr. Strogspf is a young n|au of business tal ent aufi; strict integrity, and will bo likely ter speopod ip whatever he undertakes.’’ “Perhaps so,” ropiipd-jHh Hawley, .doubt fully ; "hut I mu TjsWed of helping to ,uat!vhl>Hh-i t ha , einl honors.” r ... ’ “Have you ever suffered from snob! a course ?” inquired Mr. Barton, at the samo, time casting a roguish glance at Mr. Hawley. “No," replied the latter, “for, ! l never fell inclined to make an investment of that kind," “Then here is a fine, opportunity to dp so. It may prove better, than stock in .the bank. As for myself. I have concluded that, if you will advance him, one thousand dollars, I will contribute an equal sum.” “Not a single farthing would I advance for such a purpose; and if you make an invest ment of that,kind; I shall consider you very foolish.”. , ' , Mr. Barton was silent for several minutes, and then arose to depart, "If you do nof feel disposed to share with nie in tbfs-entcrprise, I'shall advance the whole sum myself,” Saying which, ho left the store, » «- if Ton years hav& passed away since the ec-i ourrence of the conversation, recorded in the proceeding dialogue, and Mr. Barton, pale and agitated, is standing at the same desk as when first introduced to the reader’s attention. As page after page of his ponderous ledger was examined, his, despair became'.deeper and. deeper, till at last he exclaimed,— . ‘•I am ruined—utterly ruined 1" “How sq I" inquired Hiram Slrossor, who entered the counting room in season to hoar Mr. Barton’s remark, “The last European steainor brought news of the failure of the house of Perloh, Jackson, & Co., of Hendon, who are indebted 10 me in the sum of nearly two hundred thousand dol lars. of the failqro has become gen eral, and my creditors, panic stricken, are pressing for payment of their demands The bank refuse me credit, and f have not the means-to meet ray liabilities, Iflohqld pass this crisis, perhaps I oonld rally again ; but it is impossible ; my creditors are importu nate, and I cannot much longer keep above {ho tide,” replied Mr. Barton. “What is the extent of your liabilities ?” in quired Stressor. “Seventy-five thousand dollars,” replied Mr. Barton. . “Would that sum be sufficient to rehoyo you ? “It would.” “Then sir, you shall haye it," said Stros ser, ashe stepped up to the desk, pud drew a check for twenty thousand dollars. "Here, take this, and when yon need more, do not hesitate to call upon .me, Komomhor that it was from you I received money to establish myself in harness.” '“But that debt was cancelled several years ago,” replied >fr. Barton, as a ray of hope shot across his troubled mind. • ' : “True," replied Strosser, “but the debt or gratitude that I owe has never lioon cancelled j and now that the scale is turned, I doom it my duty to oome up to the rescue.” " A* this singular tqrn in the tide of fortune, Mr. Barton fairly wept for joy, Every claim against him was paid as soon as presented, and >U lo 3 ® a . mo ‘ ltl » '‘ o had passed the crisis, apd stopd perfectly safe and secure ; his credit increased and h(sbos ineea improved, while several others sank pa der the blow, and could not rfilly, among whom was Mr. Hawley, alluded to at the com, mencement of this article. “How did. you manage to beep above tlie tide?” inquired Mr. Hawley of Mr. Barton, one morning, several months after the events last recorded, as ho mot the latter upon the street, on his way to his place of business. “Very easily, indeed, I can assure you, ro ?.Won, ldol3treu',ino I do I3 t r eu' , ino how” continued Mr 1 Hawley “I lay claim to a good degree of shrewdness, bu t the strongest oxere.se of my wi s did not save mo ; and yet you. whom li abilities wore twice as l.oavy as niy own, have stood the shook, and have come oft oven hotter by “Tlm St t°riUh is,” replied Mr. Barton “I ( cashed my paper as soon os it was sent in. > “I suppose so, ’ said Mr. Hawley, regard- i BY FREEMAN itDNT, * * it, m ing Mr. B. with & look of surprise; but how did you obtain the money ? I could not get a dollars credit; the banks refused to take my paper, and my frienda even deserted me.” “A little investment that I made some ten years ago,” replied Mr Bavtop, smiling, “has recently proved exceedingly piofitable.” “Investment I” echoed Mr. Hawley-r-“what investment?” “Why, do you not remember how I estab lished young Stressor in business some ten years ago P* “0, yea, yes,” replied Mr. Hawley, ns a ray of suspicion lighted pp his countenance; but what of that “Ho is now one of tho largest dry goods dealers in the city, and Whop this calamity cnme ( pp, ho capie forward, and very gener ously advanced mo seventy-five thousand dol lars. You know I told yon, on the morning I called to offer you an equal share of the stock, that it,might prove better than an in vestment in the bank.” During this annonneemont, Mr Hawley’s eyes wore bent intently upon the ground, and, drawing a deep sigh, he moved on, dejected and Mr. Barton returned to his place of business,with his mind cheered and animated by thoughts of his singular invest ment. How a Man Feels on Hie Battle Field. Few persons aro. thefe whohave not some curiosity about battle-fields, and who do, not desire to know how inen fell when under tiro, especially before custom has made them feel' indifferent or secure. Moat of those who were at Dpnelson must have had experience, as the field was such that few could go to any part of it without incurring more or less risk.— Hardly any could see the enemy or their guns, and consequently the first intimation of thoir presence would be the falling of a shell or the rattling of shot or balls in his immediate vi-. cinity. I do not suppose I have much physical or moral courage, but the sensation under fire, judging from my experience, are different from what is expected. „ ■ ■ A reasoning man feds at first alarmed, and liis impulse is torun away, and if he has ho rea son to stand, he probably duos rnn; but at each exposure, ho grows loss timid, and after hear ing grape arid oannistor about his oars a doz en times, begins to think ho is not destined to bo hurt. Ho still fools reiver npetiay, porliripa; but ‘ the danger hope mes fascinating, and though hp don’t wish tohe hit, ho likes to havo nar row escapes, and so voluntarily places himself in a position where ho cap incur more risk. J •Auer a little while ho begins t 6 reason the ] matter) reflects upon the doctrine of proba bilities, and hour mneb powder and lend is 1 necessarily wanted ; before a man is killed Or 1 wounded,, Why should he bo; ho thinks, so fnucb more untpeky than many other people; and he soap can hoar the whizzing of'bullets • with n tolorabledegree of cqunanimity, though he involuntarily.dodges, or trios to dodge, the cannon balls OT. shells that go howling ar round hia immediate neighborhood. In th(j afternoon, he is({uitoadiflerentcfeaturofrom what he was in the morning, arid involuntar ily smiles to see a man betray thq samo trep -1 idatiop which hehimself exhibited a few hours' before. . . I The more he is exposed to fire, the better ho oan bear it; and'the timid being of to,(lily is the hero of to-morrow;. arid he who runs from danger ontho first battle-field, will run into it on the next, and court the haaxartf f)0 once so dreaded. Thus, courage, as it is styled, is little more with most men than custom ; and they learn to despise what has so often threatened with out causing them harm. If .wounded, they lenrn wounds are less painful to bear than they had supposed, and then the doctrine of probabilities teaches them mice morethey.aro loss liable to bo wounded again, So the men tal process goes on until the nerves become by degrees the subjects of wjll; and ho only fears who has not the will to be bravo, How Francis P, Bjalr ‘Got Jessie.' The politicians tell a good story of a col lision between Francis P. Blair, senior, (of the old Globe firm of Blair and Rives.) and .Jesse Benton Fremont, wifeot theex-General of the West, which shows how immensely ’caustic and impudent a woman's wit can bo when the head which holds the ton coo is ed- ucated, and when, tbs spirit is high enough to dare to do battle with every body and eve rything, It may stand upon record as one of the best shots ever launched by a woman’s tongue. When Jessie came oh to Washing ton, a fow months ago, to endeavor to ferret out the hostility.to her husband which was ev idently! .working there, she' very naturally earn® into collision with thoßhiir family, well known to bo his chief opponents. During one of her interviews with Montgomery . Blair, Post master General, Franois P., the father, was present. Jessie’s tongue hod boon mo iling at the younger Blair, with that looseness and boldness which rightfully belongs ter the daughter of Thomas Benton, and the wife of a man who once canio very near being Presi dent ; and the old man after a time could not stand it any longer, _ ■ “Madame,” ho said, drawing his figure to its full height, and intending to wither the audacious little woman by a flash ofhis bard, cold eye—“ Madame, allow me, to say’to yoq that, in my judgment, your proper place is at the head of yo.ur husband's household in St. Louis, and this intermeddling with the af fairs of State, to say the least of it. is in very bad taste on your part!” Then,, to make the blow a final and crushing one, and show that Washington waa the spot where the destinies of Generals as well as statesmen were to bo finally decided, he added, “I wish you to un derstand, Madame, that hero in Washington is where wo make men, mid whore we unmake them !” “Mr. Blair,” said Jessie, shrugging her shoulders after a manner that she learned in Franco, and casting a wicked look out of the corner of her eyes at Montgomery —"lham seen some men of your makiny, and if that i s the best you can do, I advise you to quit the business!" i Those who know the weazen and dned : un appearance of Francis P. Bliar himself, and the decidedly unornamental physique ofhis sons, may form some idea of" the effects of this paixhan, in the midst ofthe^smoko, from which Jesse gathered up her skirts and swept out of the room, lei ving the Blair fam ily routed, horse, foot, and dragoons, Old Tom himself, the hero of five hundred spicy tongue fights, may bo proud of the daughter ho has loft behind, if no lias the privilege of looking out of his place of retirement, on the personal and political squabbles of the land ho onoo trod ovor with so proud a conscious ness of personal dignity. Jgy Look well to your daughters, Sparks falling on your house are often loss danger ous than those coming into it. Bgy Why is the Atlantic Ocean likp tbo Star-Spangled Banner? Because it shall never cease to wave. m BECEL BUCpER dND GEOfIGE B. PBEN-. TICE V The following letter; with the appended editorial remarks, appears in the Louisville Journal of Saturday : To. tike Editor■ of the Louisville Journal.: “ Font Warren, Mass., March 4,1862. Gentlemen Amongst other luxuries of which I luive been deprived since my impri sonment, is the pleasure of perusing those chaste and refreshing notices, with which for some time past your paper has honored mo ; and although, in-'piv progress through the North, I have mot with many attempts on the the part of tho press at an imitation of your peouliarily felicitous stylo of misrepresenta tion, I have found none to equal the original, l am therefore under tho necessity of apply ing to tho fountain head. I enclose two dol lars, for which please send mo your country daily, to tho follow ing address : “ Gen. S. B. Buckner, .“ Care df Col. J. Bimiok, . ■ “ Fort "Warren, Muss. “ P. S.—Since writing tho above, our friend. Col; 11. AY. Hanson, has reached this celebra ted resort, and desires mo to qdd thattho pres ent of a demijohn of whisky which ho learns you.havo promised him woqid never be more acceptable than at this locality and tho. latitude us well ns the sentiments of our neighbors up the harbor holfj oqt most tempt ing inducements to cultivate q tftsto for that delightful beverage. As a matter of caution, however, he urges mo to add that ho hopes, if the liquor bp of good quality, you will not venture to taste it, as ho mightthoroby incur .much risk in losing it altogether;—a priva tion which, however agreeable .to yourself, would bo attended with serious inconvenience to himself during the prevalence of the pre vailing “nor casters.” S. B. B.” AA r o are glad the bagged rebel is in such good humor.' Ho evidently feels a great deal , more comfortable now than ho lips felt for ( many mouths, and hence, from being sullen and morose, ho actually undertakes to laugh and jest. Perhaps ho experiences a sense of 1 relief on account of being quartered in a safe J retreat where hostile bayonets gleam not, nor hostile bullets sing upd whistle, arid yet how , ho can manege to employ his time without , weariness 'where, there are no bridges, or locks and dams to blow up, no railroads to destroy, hu wagons to seize and confiscate, no horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs to steal, is re ally more than, wo can conceive. AVo hope ho will enlighten us upon this point in his • next opistlg. By the wsy, wo are not snr- j prised at his having carefully cut out tho figure of the American eagle that was stamp ed upon tho corner of the sheet wo have re ceived from him. No doubt ho regards that terrible bird yith dread and horror, almost fearing that even a paper-eagle may pick his rebel eyes out. ' . ■ ■ t : AYe are glad that the big rebel, in suheorib-1 ing for tho Journal, has had judgment I enough to send us good Union money instead] I of the rebel eblnplaslors bo has so often forced upon a -good Bnipn 'Cionas ourselves.- .It seems that ho .avowedly subscribes for oqr paper because ho, thinks it surpasses nil others in , misrepresentation. Now if he has such dp light in merely reading falsehoods, hoiv.deop qnd keen must bo his rapture in telling them. Beyond nil doubt, his lifemqathave boon onel of exquisite enjoyment. But wo. cannot, be-* causa lie is cooped up and can 110 longer ex orcise his vandalism upon other pohio and 1 useful public works, porinit him, pnrehuked do attempt to demolish that groat bridge of national safety, that noble lopk -and dam in the stream of political intelligence that doub le-track railroad for the promotion of tho great interests of the country, the Louisville Journal . Acccustomed to rhh and steal with impunity, he yet must not he allowed to steal the Journal's character, although, unlike his, own, it may ho well worth stealing. If ho repeats the flagitious attempt, vvo shall, ini defiance of all flagsof truce, *' propose to move immediately upon his works.” AYe suppose he will pronounce our course “ ungener ous and “ uneliivalrous,” but wo can’t help that. If our distinguished correspondent, us the end and upshot of ali his treasonable deeds, shall undergo, on his emerging from Fort Warren, the fate of those that it is said,. “ can’t he drowned,” wo hope he will send us a ticket to the interesting little entertainment. If he ahall, think proper to mako a charge for it, wij will cheerfully pay hiin hack the two dollars he now sends ns, Ah, if he had come to ’'Louisville fust fall as ho intended, and caught ns, wo should have boon a dangling spectacle for his eyes instead of living to an ticipate his becoming one of ours. Bat we hope he is well, and, that the dinners ho eats in Fort , Warren lie jnoro lightly upon his stomach than the famous one he didn’t eat here. Wo would kindly suggest to him, that, if ho has any tiipo to spare, from the reading of the Louisville Journal and from repenting of h>s sins, he might devote it to carrying on and consummating the negotiations, which at the time ho occupied Bowling Green, he pro posed to Mr. Guthrie, for the running of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. A 3 f <ir Roger Hanson’s message to vis, it shall of course bo’attended to. We did prom ise BogoV some line whisky, and it is on hand. It is already jugged—like Roger himself. And truly wo can recommend it.. While it is passing down his throat, ho will perhaps al most forgot the disagreeable senhation, that, in his moments of reflection, ho no doubt feels about his neck. Ho begs us, if tha li quor is good, that wo will not .venture to tqste it ourselves, as in that case bo might lose it alto gether, Well; ho seems entirely aware that there is no danger of our drinking any but “good” liquor.. If his taste had been equal ly unexceptionable, if he hadn’t burned up one half of his senses and two halves of his patriotism with mean whisky, ho never vroulu have turned rebel, neyerwould have challeng ed us to mortal combat, never would have boon an inmate of Fort Warron cursing tlio flair of bis country almost-within the awful shadow of Bunker Hill and its mighty shaft, never would havqfelt choked for tho vyant of a drop to drink or looked forward with ap prehensions of boing still worao chokedono of these days by a “ drop too niuoli-” Wo are not without hopes that ono demi john of r/eed whisky, or at most two or three, will make Roger a Union man again. Wo don't look for him, however, to bo what he de clared himself a short time before his apostn cy, “ a Union man without ifs or hutsho may ho a Union man without an if, hut cer tainly not without p most ponderous butt, Wo don’t wonder at his and Buckner's dis-| position to take to drink “during the preva lence of the nor ! casters, *’ for, in those winds, 1 tho glorious old flag that streams from tho liberty staff of Port Warren, points directly toward Port llonelsoti. jjgy-jV young fanner naked an old Scotch-; , n,na for advice in .his purßuit'.*. He tpld-hlp* rT-To tbo attentive oyo, each moment of, WWt had boon tbo year has its own beauty, and in the same in fanning. Snndio never—abevo field it beholds, every hour, a picture which warning: was never seen before, and-which shall nev.r aU b «‘ •** I* bo soon again.— Emerson. 1 J ml H - O" Books are embalmed minds.. Fame is , a flower upon ft doftd| man’s heart. " o”Thatraan cannot be your friend who. will not allow you to teach him anything.;, " O” Wanted to know—whether- the volume of sound has yat been found. (CT’lt docs not follow tliat Eome was built in the night, because-it was’nt built in a day. (ET’What is that which makes all women equally pretty ? Putting the candles out., 0“ “ I’ll take the responsibility," as Jenka said, when he held out liis armatorthobaby. I£/*A duo-bill puts an additional pair of wings to the back of Time. IC7- Which is the most difficult punctua tion ? Putting a stop to a woman’s tonguj. IJT'What is the lightest ship manovor em barked in h Courtship. O'A man’s good breeding is the- best se curity against other people's good manners. O’At twenty years of age the will -reigns; at thirty the wit, and at, forty the Judgment. [CT" It costs a great deal moreto.be miser able than to bo happy. BIT” Scolding is the popper of. matrimony, the ladies are pepper-bdxes, tfgyr An editor who was going a courting, said he was . li going to press.” 80 - Difficulties and strong men, like strop and raaor. ftre mode for each other. ■ o”The object of ambition shonld be to be happy at home, If we are not happy there we cannot bo happy elsewhere, . (O' We are never satisfied that a lady un derstands a kiss, unless v?o have it from her own mouth. BUT” If you do not lay out your, plans of life hotimesi you will probably bo Iqiq out before they are, • ’ BC? Uftilroad trains are protected from ac cident as: bouses ftte from iighthing— by good conductors.- ; (O’ It is said that the wheel of fortune re volves for all -but many of qs are broken on thq wheel, , [C? - Why fa a oolt getting broke like a young lady getting married? Because he is going through the hridh'. (bridal), ceremony. O'The cedars of Lebanon are. probably, the oldest trees ip the world except the elder trees. ■ , 0" "Wisdom 5s n nut, ■which if hot chosen ■with judgment mbS cost you a tooth and pay you with nothing b.ftt a worm. , 1,. 5C7" \ r aiue the friendship of him who stands Iby you in the storm 1 swarms ,of insects will \ surround you in the sunshine.’ ' O'* Beauty: cun never compensate for the [want of amiability, but amiability can oom ( peusate for the' want of beauty, , . By - You need not fell the truth unless to those who Imre a right-, to know it all. But lot all yon tell be truth, ; E7”4 mat! excused himself for. marrying by saying that his friends declared ho drank too modi for a single rpftm ET-Spare that you may sped : (ii-t . that you. may feast; labor thfit you may live ; and rim that you may rest, E7“Art is the revelation of man ; and not merely that, but likewise the revelation of nature speaking through plan. O* No doubt honesty is the best policy, but those wbo do impost things ipereJy be cause they think it good, policy are not honest. O’lt is hotter to . wear out than to rust out. We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike tiU it is piade hot. , (£7* No one knows anything of himself till ho is tried. Trial is the touchstone of char acter. . ■ ! [C? Intellectual progress resembles physi cal. Those who climb heights move slower than those vyho cross the plains. BQyr Mrs. Partington says, “ it is a confed erate shame for the Cabinet people at Wash ington fo permit/ our rabn-of-war on the Por tnniic to hug that Mary Land Shore so much. O’All fruit trees have military propensi ties. When young they are well trained ; they produce many kernels; nnd their shoots are’very straight/ It is a rodiculous thing to bo miserable beforehand, in fear of misery to come, for a man loses the present, which he might enjoy in expectation of the future, SSaf A genius has conceived the brilliant idea of pressing all the lawyers into military service—because their charges are bo groat that no one could stqnd them, !C7" A schoolmaster requesting a JiWo boy who had b.oan whispering, to step into tho noxt room, is wittily spokou of as “ starting on a whaling expedition." O” A railroad conductor, out of employ ment at present, wants to know when the ” Equinoctial lino ” -is to bo opened, as ho thinks of applying for a situation, O* Taking up h now dictionary the other dav we were amused at the disposition made of "a word very easily defined; “Lover, see Lunatic.” t7* John Miller mentions an Irishman who enlisted in (he Seventy-Fifth loghnont op to bo near his brother, who was in the Seven; :y-Fourth. (£/• Artomus Word says i “ Tho world oon tinuos to revolve ro.nnd on her axlotrees onco. in twenty-four hours, subject to tho OonstitU; tion of the United States,” ; fcg- When tho hoy-day of Hfo is over, old. afio may bo sunny and chirping. _ A merry heart may ho nestled in a tottering franwf; like a swallow that builds in a ,ruined chim ney. • ESy* “J“ it very sickly hero? 1 ' asked a Butt"?' of tho Emerald Isle tho other day of a broth--; or Irishman. V Yes,” wnsthoreply, “agreat many have dipd this year who m-for died ho-, fore." B®-A gentleman who was determined tq outdo the horticulturist who raised-chickens.., from egg plants, lias succeeded in producing a colt from a Ipjrsa-ohosnut, and a calf a coward. NO., 42. ' y : :
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