\ VOL. 49. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, I-DBUsnED EVEUY THURSDAY Jionsixo BY JOUW B. BRATTON. SmsoßiPTlofi. —Oju; Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid advancej Two IMlara if paid within the year; nml Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within tho year. These terms will bo .rigidly adhered to in every instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at tho option of tbo Editor. ' ' AnvimrisEUENTS —Accompanied by tho cash, and not exceeding ono square, will'bo inserted throe •times for Ono Dollar, and twcnly-liVo bents.for each 'additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ' ♦ ‘ . _. ; ’ Jon-l’iifXTixo —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting-bills, ’Pamphlets,.Blanks, Labels, Ac. Acl, executed with aecnrncy and at tho shortest notice. ■ I'nrlin!. “MY WIFE AM CHILD ” jXlic follo'vnfr&Ta from’tho pon of Confed erate General 0 act son, (who has figured so conspicuously on the. Upper Potomac, and nt ■Winchester, during the war,) and wa6 written n-iiHc lie was with the jinny in Mexico, of \diich heVas a bravo and efficient officer. It j 3 full of the pathos of genuine poetry and true affection,] The tattoo heats—tho lights arc gone Tho camp around in slumber lies Tho nigijt vath solemn peace moves on, Tho shadows thicken o'er tho skies j But sleep my weary eyes hath flowen, . And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of the, oh,.dearest one, ; ■Whose love my early life halhhlost; — Of thoo and him—our baby son— Who slumbers-on thy gentle breast j God of tho tender, frail and lono>. Oh, guard that gentle And hover, gently,-hoverhoar • To lier, *»boso watchful oyo is wot— Tim mother, doubly dear. In whoso young heart have freshly met Two plreauurof love so deop and clear— And cheer her drooping spirits yet. Now, while sho'kncols hbforo Thy.throne,; Oh, tcuoli lior, Kulcr of tho skies, That while by thy behest alone Earth's mightiest'powers full or rise, No tear is wept to thee unknown, • ‘ No hair is lost, no sparrow dies !• ' That Thou cahst stay the ruthless'hands Of dark .disease, and soothe its pain ;• That only by Thy stern commands Tho battle's, lost, the soldier’s slain— That from-lho distant sea or laud Thou bring’st the wanderer homo again! And when upon her pillow lono • Her tear-wet cheek is sadly pressed,. May happier visions beam upon The brightening currents of her broasfc \ .Kor frowning look, nor angry tone, Disturb tho Sabbath of her rest ? •yhftWur fate those forms may show,, s :* Loved with a passion almost wild —- ■ night—i r , ,I°y or wo—., ' By iears'opprossod) or hoped beguiled, ..From every danger, every foe, ■ lOh, God ! x>rotcct my wife and child I ifloligiag tlie Militia Fine. In days gone by, when the .objectionable militia laws wore in force in old Massachu setts, the customary draft was made in a coun try town a few miles from Boston, and a no tice to appear ‘armed and equipped, accor ding to law,' was left at the boardinghouse of a wag, who possessing very little,‘martial music’ in his soul, determined that ho would neither train nor pay a ftife, and entertaining withal a,very different opinion of the utility of tiie system he took ho notice of the sum mons. Having been duly ‘warned’ however, as.ho expected, at the expiration of a few weeks, the sergeant waited upon him, with a bill of nine shillings for non-attendance at, the mus ter. , ‘You’re fined, sir,—nine shillings—non ap pammeo.' ‘What is it?’ said the wag, pretending to. misunderstand.the collector. 'fined for not training,’ drawled the other. 'Shan’t pay it, fellow.’ ‘lt will bo threo dollars, tho next time I Call.’ ’ . .. Bat the wag couldn’t hoar a word.that ho smd, and in the course of another month ho received a peremptory summons to appear forthwith at a court martial in the district, instituted: for the purpose of trying delin quents, and collecting such fines as could be ..scared opt of the non-performers of duty. At itho appointed time ho waited on . the said ‘.court, which was held in an old country house, whore ho found three or four persons seated .attired in flashy regimentals, and'whose aw ,lul ‘yallet epaulets’ were enough to command the attention and profound respect of the be holder. Though somewhat disconcerted at ms exhibition of spars and buttons, ho put a 10 cl taeo 6a the matter, and responding to ie directions of tho junior of tho member of .jo August court, he advanced to tho table, aminnfion funotionßr y commenced the ox- ; Your name, sir? 5 Caf * wi(S °f 1 ed ' 11B hand quickly on his Zi‘!“,“S" s ‘ »"">•,. J.tfSl.'Z!’'•xv* pl y^ lttle lo^do V said U.‘o wag without ro lWhioI; shouted fcho jud^o, »wi Mqtftn ’ ria tol county/ ,1; l l afc business do you follow V •luam street.' ; Your business I’ yelled the officer, nig it hand side, as you go up.' ‘ < tin! 1 , 1 ! milos and a half.' M tTrl^/ 011 - P. wntJnsrt % ] Tlosa carpenter.' tarsi’ devil is the matter with your ; Whifa^u 6 ' 8 <d ‘ aon )otin)os,f ‘ Ncftrip°f 1 you anaw °r mo V Ho' y ? vo years -’ '' • ] ul K«; "uminL?i“ n n ? remarked tho Rubber o“J gto hls subordinates, ‘clear tho j!'K to B £ ld th ® under officer, point- of .the order ‘ 6 ? ur fnOD(l took no no £|”isrrsi£si^- f V“r fr?" 0r ’ Ma lorl' )U Mmiilan 3- SUoff. n .,during hk^res -o ]™ a - Kain summoned, to ' b ** ,s icsidouco in Tauntuu. I TERMS The Parson’s Midnight Rider BY « JOHN OF GAUNT." I ,nm an old man now, the snows of full sixty winters have whitened my hair, and of ten when alone I sit and dream over the days of my youth, “ those merry days now, gone forever.” Tho story lam about to relate hap pened some forty yearsngo, and made a groat stir in tho little town of E , whore I was a student at tho time, I do not intend it (is slur on my cloriehl friends, but only to show that accidents .will happen to both good and bad. 1 It was near the end of the-collogo year and the boys wer*gotting somewhat restive as the time of vacation drew near.. Everything was dull, awfully so, and the' boys waited impati ently for their annual deliverance from the thraldom of college life; and longed to be ou t of reach of the sound, of What was too many of us, the ill-ornned recitation bell. One night throe of us were gathered togeth er in my room, relieving in tho befoging de lights of ale, and short stemmed, wjdl be grimed dudheens” and thinking of the good times, we would have at home, how many times wo should fail next day, and divers oth er subjects agreeable and otherwise. Wo had been quiet for some time, when Sara 3? : —— suddenly broke in upon our meditations by exclaiming : ■ “ I have it boys ! Let’s have some' fun to night.” _ ; Every fellow’s cars wore cocked in an in stant.” -. “ Well, what is it ?”. said, T —^~~,roy chum u Lot us get old Parson K— horse, tie a tin pan to his tail, put an effigy of tho old "gbntleman his hack, start him down tlirough tile town and frighten the whole popu lation out of a year’s, growth.” “ Bat how will you got in tho stable V* . ‘‘ I'll, soon fix that,” said Sam, and going to his room, ho returned with la short iron bar, technically called a jemmy” and a dark lantern. We disguised ourselves so that our would not have known us, and, having prepared the effigy and lighted the lantern, took up pur lino of march fur the Parson’s stable. The procession moved in tho following order :—■ . First—Sam, bearing the “ jemmy and dark lantern. Second my chum with the effigy thrown over his shoulders, after the manner in which the farmers were supposed to carry their pigs to market. And lastly, myself, hearing two ancient and dilapidated coffee pots; wherewith to decorate tho caudal' appendage of the Parson’s Ilozinan to and ac celerate his speed. We soon arrived at the stable, which was situated at the upper end of tho town, just in the roar of his residence, and with the aid of the “Jemmy” opens the door and pqtting the bridle on tho old gray, led him out in 'tho rear of n cornfield belonging to the Parson, Wo then proceeded to attach the coffee pots to his tail and wore about to put tho effigy on his back, when, wo wore suddenly disturbed by the appearance, of a figure, dressed in white,- jiiahiWg It's wayrapiaij?’ towards, us.’ “ Look out boys, lioreho comes,” cried Sam, and away bo.bolted, followed by T . I took refuge behind a convenient hedge, and proceeded to wa'oh operations. The old gentleman had, no doubt, soon the light, and imagined that some one was steal ing his corn, lie carhe up to. his horse andap pearod somewhat astonished to see him in that place at that time of night. lie took hold of tho bridle and as, the ground was wot from a recent rain, and not noticing the coffee pots, on account of the darkness, bp mounted with the intention of riding to the stable. The horse started anil the coffee pots, striking liis heels, frii*htopod him and away he went at k speed that would have shamed one Bald win’s locomotives. Down through tho Main street of tho town ho wont, followed by all the dogs in the neighborhood, reminding me forcibly of John Gilpin's ride. “Away went Gilpin neck or naught, Away wont hat and wig.” Imagine to yourselves, a rpspoetable cleri cal gentleman, about fifty years of ago, rid ing half dressed, at midnight through a town, followed by about two dozen dogs alb in full cry 1 Battle! rattle! bang 1 bang! bow wow wow! Up wont went windows, and out came divers nigbt-oappod beads of the good peo ple of tho town, wandering what devil’s game was to play at that time of night. Oh how be went ? “'Tam O’Slmntor’s’’ride was not a circumstance to it. How far bo rode I never, knew, but some of the market people said, they saw a gentle man about half dressed and covered with mud, making his appearance about five o’clock in the morning and wending his weary way to wards the I’arsontsi'csidenee. Wo kept, our secret, and every time we met for some years afterwards we would ask each other, —who stole tho Parson’s horse ? Oriental Wit,—A young man, going a journey, entrusted a hundred deenars to an oldmnn. When bo came back the old man denied having had any money deposited with him, and ho was hauled-up before the Kha zeo. ‘ Where were you young man, when you delivered this money ?’ ‘ Under it tree.’ ‘ Take my seal and summon that tree,’ said tho judge. ‘ Go, young man, toll the tree to come hither, and tho tree will obey you when you show it my seal.’ . ’ Tho young man wont In wonder. After ho had gone pome time tho Khnzoo said to the old man— ' Mid is long. Do you think ho has got there yet?’ ‘ No,’ said the old man, ! it is at some dis tanoo. lie has not got there yet,’ ‘ Ilow knowest thou, old njan,’ cried tlip Rhazoo, whoro. that tree is ?’ Tho young man returned and said tho troo would not come. ‘ lie has boon hero, young man, and given his evidence, Tho money is thino.’ Obetino OanERS.-rvOno day, Washington, sliding a dispatch, directed tho bearer to cross tho river at a certain ferry,' and go through the Rampo Pass to Morristown. Tho young man knowing that a nest of traitors infested the pass, ventured to suggest to,tho commonder-in-ohiof that another road would bo safest. “ I shall bo taken,” ho said, “if Igo through tho pass.” “ Young man, your duty is not to talk, but to obey" Said Wash ington, sternly. 110 wont os directed, and near tho puss was captured, as ho was afraid of being, and sent to Now York, tl)on in hands of thp enerijy. Tho noyt day .the de spatches wore, taken from him, disclosing a plan for attacking tip) city,' were published with groat parade, and tho English immedi ately began preparations for defending it. This gavo Washington timp to plan and exe cute another movement in quite a different dirootigu. npd by that time, both tho British amlthe boaror found,out that tho despatch was meant to be infant Strange Murder Trio). On Friday last, at Lonos, (Mass.,) Henry H. Pratt was convicted of murder in tho first degree, for killing his wife, by cutting her throat. She was the daughter of his sister. Tho parties belonged to Oscoola, N. Y., and eloped to Now Ashford, whore they were married. Mr. Vandahwankor, the father of tho deceased, being accompanied by a police officer, found tho parties at tho house of Phi noas Harmon, on tho 29th of July, 1861. The Springfield (Mass.,); Republican, gives the fol lowing report of the subsequent proceedings: They (the father and the officer) arrived there just at dark. Eunice (the deceased) ran out to meet him. Mr. Vandanwonkor said: “Pack up. I have come after you.” She replied; “I can’t go ; I am married.” Mr. Vandanwanker said: “You must.” Pratt soon camo up and shook his fist in Mr. Van dan wanker's face, and some angry wordk en sued between them iis to the'.return of Eunice to her home. Eunice said she cbuld not go, and Pratt said sbo should not go. Eunice bad previously stated to Mrs. Mallory that she would not go homo witli her father if ho should come after her, hut would dip first.— Pratt soon went to Eunice, put Ills arm around, her, and whispered in her oar. They whispered together a moment, when she. put her arm around him—ho yet with his arm around her—when they walked together into the house, and wont up. atairs room. • Mr. Vnndanwankor soon said" he dfflvnot like to have them together alone, when Mr. Clark and several others, ineludingMrs. Mal lory, went up' whore they were. She (the deceased} was sitting on the defendant’s knee, with her apron.to hoi- eyes, crying. lie (tho defendant) was sitting by the window. Some conversation was had about Enicc’s going home. Mrs. Mallory stated that she was the last one who went up ; that she went up to Eunice, kissed her, and told her to go homo and ho a good, girl, and “ perhaps you will come' and see mo some time.” She answered. “ Perhaps I may.” Pratt then spoke and said, “ We wish to he alone,” and gave Mrs. Mallory such a look as frightened her, when they all . left and wont down, leaving tho de ceased and defendant alone. In about two minutes after, they loft, the father requested Mrs. Mallory to again go up. She said she dared not, and Sir. Clark then wont up and rapped at the door, but receiving no answer, and hearing a gurgling sound, ho : went in and.found.thbm with their treats cut. ' lie imrrieidatoly. gave the alarm. They were both found on the hod, with their throats cut, she dead, ho alive, hut senseless, perfectly ex hausted, with a horrible-gash Across his throat' about four inches in length. Tho deeds were done with a common pocket knife. , ■. ' • As soon as, the defendant was restored to consciousness ho was asked “llow ho comp to do it??’ lie ‘replied, 1 “ She wished us to die together,” It was in evidence that a let ter had boon received at tho Post Office, from tho father of Eunice, inquiring shout her, u,ud. they expected biih there, and ibat thorp- was a letter found in their room written by her (Eunice) to her mother saying “ site 'would like to see them all, but that she could never come hoine alive—that she could not leave Henry, as he used her well." This letter was signed by her, sealed up and directed, with a stamp upon it, all ready for mailing. This letter tho old man (her father) destroyed after Mr. Mallory had read it, thus destroying the last letter his daughter hod over written to his home. Tho jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree, hut reooommended tho pris oner to mercy. lie is about 21 years of age, and his wife was 17. Pnsli On. Tho following extraet from the writing of John Neal, may have met the eyes of many of our readers before ; but it is worth repeat ing, and the truths it conyeys' arc worth re membering : “'There.are people who having begun life by setting their boat against the wind and' tide are always complaining of their bad luck, and always just ready to give up, and lor that very reason always Helpless and good for nothing, yet if they would preserve, hard as it may be to work up stream all life long, they would, have, their reward at last. Good voyages are made both ways, A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. ICitos rise against, not with thp wind. Even a head wind is better than nothing. JJo iiiaii ever worked his voyage anywhere in a dead palm, Tho host wind for anything, in n long run is a side wind. If it blows aft how is no to got hack. Let no man wax pale, therefore because of opposition. Opposition is what he wants, and must have to ho good for anything.— Hardship is the native-soil of mandkind and self-defence. Ho that cannot abide the storm without flinching or quailing, strips himself in the sunshine and lies down' by tho >v«-y -sido to he overlooked and forgotten. Ho who but braces himself up to the strug gle when the wind blows, gives up when they are done, and falls asleep in the stillness that follows. ; Did you ever know anybody to stick to any kind of business, no matter how unpromising, ten years at most who did not prosper ? No matter how bad it might be at tho beginning if lie stuck to it faithfully and earnestly, and nothing else, ho matter how hard ho may have found it sometimes to have kept his head above water, still, if*he persevered ho came out bright in the long run—didn’t he 1” A Life Thought. —l hoord a man who had failed in business, and whoso furniture was sold at auction, say that when tho oradlo and tho crib and tho piano wont, tears would como, and hp hjid to lonvo tho house to bo a man. Now thoro aro thousands of men who havo lost thoir pianos, , but who have found bettor music in the sound of their children’s voices and footsteps going ohoorfqlly down iyi,th them to poverty, than any harmony of chordod instrumonts. Oh 1 how blessed is bankruptcy when it saves a men’s children I I see many men bringing up their children as I should bring up mine, if, when they are ten years old, I should lay thorn on a dissect ing table and-out'tho sinews of thpir arms and logs', so that they could neither walk nor use thoir hands, but only sot still and bo fed. Thus rich men put tho knifo of indolence and luxury to thoir children's energies and they grow up fattod, lazy calves, fitted fo«nothing at twonty-fivo hqt to drink doop irau squan dor wide; and tho father’ must bo a slave all his life, in order to mako beasts of his child ren. Ilow blessed then, is tho stroke of dis aster which sots tho children free, and gives thorn over to tho hard, hut kind bosom of Poverty who says to thorn—‘Work 1’ and working makes them men 1 _ OCT” Gonoroiity wrong placed booomos a vico ; a princely mind will- undo a private family. “ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1862’. And 'of hop. it has been said, “ She is a vir gin, a rod, and a shrub.” A virgin, whence wo have, “Behold a virgin' shall conceive and boarason.” Arod, “The-o shallcomo forth a rod out,of the stem, of desso.” A shrub, the fruit of which was announced when the angol said. “Blessed:art-thou among wo men, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.” Then, ■ : ; v Fair Ahco'fdund on that .shrub five flowers, which are neither burnt by fire, nor parched by heat, nor crushed bj storms. What are these flower's ? -They are,fa;|h, hope, Charity, chastity,, and humanity. ‘Whoever -wears these flowers has better than a crown of pre cious stones. Again, i’V, There, too, of roses tUo fairest, .A chaplot sho.nutdo. , By : the chaplet wo niue.'l'nnderstand. the golden crown which God'ydacod upon her. head when he crownedvhw'4'Jueon of queens. And. lastly, w-v-'i ■ dn CJ oil’s name,” she ' To ■whom is this said ? To heretics, pagans and false. Christians, who believe not Christ’s resurrection, who openly blaspheme Him ? To them it is said, “ Allyei.wli'o love mo not, leave mo ;’’ that is, “Depart, yo cursed, into everlasting fire,'popared for .the devil and his angels." . From what has boon said observe that this fair Alice, of whom you vainly sing, and of whom wo have been preaching, is none other than the mother of justice, tho queen of mer cy, who brought forth the King and Lord of Heaven, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit eyor livoth and reighoth, one God. Amen. ' ■ ' A SniiEwn Irishman.— An Irish priest was seen standing at the corner of one of the squares in London, about the hour of dinner. One of his’eountrymon observing tho worthy father in perplexity, addressed him— ‘Oh 1 Father O’Leary, how is your rivir cnee V ‘ Mightily put out,’ was tho reply ._ ,‘ Put out!' who’d put but your rivifonce ?’ ‘Ahl you don’t understand; this is just it: I am invited to dine at one of the houses in this square, and I have forgotten the naine and I never .looked at the number, and now it’s seven o’clock.’ • ' ‘Oh, is that all?’ was theory; ‘just now bo aisy, your rivironoe, I’ll settle that for you.’ ' . So saying; away flew ' tho good , naturpd Irishman round the square, glancing at the kitchens, and when ho discovered a fire that "denoted hospitality, ho thundered at the door and inquired, ‘ Is'Father O’Leary hero 1’ As might bo expected, again and again ho was repulsed. At length an angry footman ex claimed — ■ ‘■No, bother on Father O’Leary, ho is not here, but ho was to dine hero to-day and the cook is in a rage, and says the dinner will bo spoilt. All is wailing for Father O'Leary.’ Paddy' leaping from the door as if tho steps were bn tire, rushed up to the astonished priest— o . . . ‘ All right, your honor’s rivironoe, you dine at 43, and a mighty good dinner you’ll got.’ ‘Oh, Pat,’said the grateful pastor, ‘ tho blessings of a hungry man bo upon yOu.’ ‘ Long life and happiness to your nvirenee; I have got your malady, I only wish I had your.remedy.’ Gen. Buem.’s Strategy. —A soldier who was on tho battle lield of Shiloh, states that General Buell executed a manoeuvre that re flects groat credit on him ns a commander. — Tho rebels, wore advancing in groat force to, turn our loft and capture our transports find supplies, when Buell, booomingawaro of their intentions, made preparations to receive them. About half a mile above tho landing, are two largo ridges, running hack from the river.— Tho ridge next to tho landing is tho highest. Buell placed a battery on each of the ridges, and between them ho placed n brigade of in fantry. Tho troops were ordered to Ho down. Ho then ordered the lower battery To fire on the enemy and make a show of retreating in confijsison, so as to draw the rebels on. On came the rebels pell mefl, yelling at. tho top of their voices, “Bull Run,” “Bull Run," thinking to frighten us. As soon ns the rebels carte in Tange, tho lower battery, agreeably to'orders, opened Are, retreated, and took a position in the roar of the upper battery. Tho rebels, seeing our men retreating, charged up tho hill arid took possession of the battery. The rebels in the meantime wore not nwaro of our troops being in tho hollow below thorn. At this moment, the signal was sounded, and tho whole bri gade rose to their foot and poured a cleanly lire of rillo balls into tho ranks of tho rebels, cutting them down by scores. At tins tam able moment, also, tho upper jattery poured in a perfect storm of grape and oanibtoi shot. Tho rebels reeled and staggered like drunken men, and afloat broke and fled in every di rection, leaving the ground, strewed with dead and dying. A-Sermon Six nnd a llaif Centuries 01d : , In tlio Dean of Chichester’s History of the' Archbishops of Canterbury, lately published in . England, occurs a curious sermon preached about the year 1200, by Bishop Lanston. The text is a popular dancing song of the day : Fair Alice rose up in the morning, Her body sbo clothed and adorned, Into a garden sbb, entered Ami flvo little flowers ?lic fonntl. ■ Aud there, too, of roge&jHO,fairest _ A clmplot site made* f ■ ail yon.tyho love mo not, leave mo In G od’s name,” she sidd. We read that of every idle word we shall have to give an account at the Judgement Day. Therefore wo ought, to correct our wanderings, to repress our errors, to expel base , things with good, and to nbandort vanity for truth. Now listen 1 when I.sang that song of “ Fair Alice,” you were reminded of the mu sical daned for which it was composed ; and you know that in a musical dance those things are needed; a sibling voice, pliant arms and graceful feet. In order, then, that we may dance musically before God, we must have these throe things in ks, a singing voice,' that is, holy speech, pleasing to God and men ; pliant arms, that is, a double charity, or love towards God and towards our neighbors ; and graceful feet, that is, WOlgls which accord with our speech, after, the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, whobegah first to do good himself and afterwards to’ltenoh it. Now let us see who 'Fair Alice is. It wits of her ,that this was saidf I ,'Behold, thou art. all fair, my love; there is ; no spot in thee.” This iatho fair Alice, this is the flower, this is the lily of whom it was spoken, “.Like a lily among thorns, so is my. love among the daughters.” She is called by this name Alice from a, that is, withbvt and ils strife ; as it wore, without strife ;, without reproach without qarthly.. dross. Sio is the mother queen .of justice, mother of mercy. It ig said, Fair Alico rose qp'ln'lfto morning, Her body she clothed and adorned. Fiyo-lifctlo flowers sb'o found Bight and Wrong. There is a constant strife going on between right and wrong principles. Notwithstand ing all tho preaching of tho ministers, the in fluence of all tho members of tho churches, and tho general profession of tho people of a desire for the triumph of right, evil practice prevail in every community and in many cases they are in the accondancy. This may bo accounted for by the love of gain, the desire to live without labor, and the following of parly in taking hold of whatever promises to lead to success.- At times it seems that the triumph of evil is certain, hut the struggle, goes, on, and in every encounter tho right gains ground, makes some, advances, and tho contest will eventually end in its ascendency. Until that time wo shall have contention, bitterness, and occasional blows. The proper way to promote happiness and peace is to Uphold tho right and put down tho wrong ; but too many think ,wo should remain, silent in order to attain tho desired end. . For a time peace may thus bo scoured, but tho calm which en sued. may well bo considered to indicate the coming storms, for in every, such ease the con test will eventually bo resumed when the struggle will only b,o tho more fierce, for hav-. ing been delayed. A principle.ofjustioe. can not bo forever outraged with impunity, for ho .who formed and, lashionod tho world has provided that tho violation of right shall be attended with punishment. Evil doers gen erally attempt to throw the, responsibility of any struggle on their, opponents, when, the fault is entirely with them. They determine fo , pursue an evil course, and- any one who objects to their doing so; is charged with do ing mischief, with being an enemy to.society Christ and his Apostles Were' treated in this way and according to modern reasoning, wore blamablo for all tho persecutions, and sufferings they experienced. Had they not rebuked evil doers and labored to correct er roneous habits and customs, they would not have provoked the. ire of the Priests, and brought suffering on themselves. Evil doors always, wish fo.bo lot alone, and ho who rais es an objection is stigmatixod as a stirrer up of mischief and represented as being respon sible for tho contest which ensues. In all struggles, however tho right advances, and truth and justice have followed the pathway out by the sword. It will bo so in tho. strug glenow going on in our country, and the evil which raised tho storm shall, wo trust, bo' swept away by it. If it is not, there will in the course of time bo another groat, battle that will cut it up by tho roots oven if all should bo thereby involved in one common ruin. The right must eventually prevail, although everything moral perish in the struggle. Artemus.-. Visits, the -Shakers. —‘ Mr. Shaker,' sed I, ‘ you see before-you a Babe in the AVoods, SQyto-.spoak, and he axes shel ter.of you.' ■ v'f-i ‘ Vay,’ sed the STiaker, and lie.lod the way into the house, another Shaker bein’ sent to put my bosses and wagon under kivor. A solum, female, lookin somewhat a last year's bean p'ole"stuck info'along nieii.l bag, cum in and axed mo was I atliurst, and did I hunger ? to, wich I urbanely anserod, ‘ a few. She wont orf and I Qndovored to open” ayion vorshun.with tho old man. ■■‘Elder, I ’speot,’sed I. ■‘Yay,’ho sod, ■ ‘ llelth’s good I reckon ?’ ■ ‘ Yay.’ ■ • ■ ‘ ‘ ~ ‘What’s the wages of a Elder, when houn dorsfands his bizness—or do you devote your services gratooitbus V. ..‘Yay.’ : . ‘ Stormy night sir.’’ ‘Yay.’ ■ . ‘lf tho storm continnors, there : wiir bo a muss underfoot, hay.” ‘Yay.’-. ‘ It’s very unpleasant wen there is a muss underfoot?’ ‘Yay.’ flf 1 may bo so bold, kind sir, what’s the price 1 of that peooolier kind of. woskit yon wear, inoloodin trmmins ?’’ ‘Yay.’ ... I pawed as minit, and'then thinkin I’d be faseoshus with .him, and sec how that would go, I slapt him on the solder, bust into a har ty larf, and told him that as ayayerhe had’ut no livin ekal. lie jumpt up as if Bllin water had bin squirted into his oars, groned, rolled his eyes up lords the spalin and sed : ‘ You’re a man of sin!’ Ho then walk’t out of tho room. Unman Life. Mon seldom think of the groat event of death until tho shadows fall across their own path, hiding forever from their eyes the trac es of loved ones whose living smiles wore tho sunlight of existence. Death is the great an tagonist of life, and tho cold, thought of tho tomb is the skeleton of all feasts. Wo do not want to go through tho dark valley, although its passage may load to Paradise ; and with Charles Lamb, wo do not want to lie down in in tho muddy grave oven with kings and princes for our bed follows. But tho fiat of nature is inexorable. There is no appeal from the groat law which dooms us to dust. Wc flourish and fade as tho loaves of tho. for est';'and tho flowers that'bloom and wither in a day have not a frailer hope upon life than tho mightost monarah that over shook tho earth.with his footsteps. Generations of men appear and vanish as tho grass, and tho countless multitude which fills tho world to-day, will to-morrow disappear as tho foot steps on the shore. An Obstinate Organ. —ln a small church, at a little village near Brighton, where the congregation could not afford to pay an or ganist, they recently bought a soil-acting or gan, a compact instrument, well suited to tho purpose, and constructed to play forty differ ent tunes. The sexton had instructions how to sofit going, and how to stop it; but, un fortunately, ho forgot tho latter part of his business, and, after singing tho first four ver sos of a hymn before tho sermon, the organ could not bo stopped, and it continued play ing two versos more ; then just us the clergy man completed tho words “Lot us pray, the organ clicked and started a froah tune. duo minister sat it out patiently, and then re newed his introductory words, Lotus pray, when click wont.tho organ again, and start ed off on another tuno. Tho sexton and oth ers continued their exertions to find out tho spring, hut no man could put a stop to it; so they got four of tho .stoutest men in tho church to shoulder the perverse instrument, and thoy carried it down tho centre aisle of tho church, playing away, into tho church yard, whore it continued clicking and play ing away until the whole 'forty times wore finished. BSSW An Irish carriage driver made a very happy and characteristic reply, thoflther day.- A gentleman had replied to Bat’s ‘ Want a carriage, sir?’ by saying 1 No I; am able to walk.;’ when Bat-rejoined, ‘ May your honor long he able, but seldom wilUilg.' «M«ai • ** Our Common Schools, To men loving order, discipline, and deco rum in children, a visit to some of our woll orderod public schools is gratifying and in structive, and loads ns to compare tiro con duct and habits nfchildrqn when brought un der proper ’ discipline, and to contrast them' with tho same children undordifforont cir cumstances._ Probably there is nothing that could ho said or written which ‘would bo- of such value, to parents or others having the charge of them, ns ari hour’s visit to a well ordered public school. They will there see from ono to two hunderod -children in perfect order, the.teacher loved and inspect ed, and may, perhaps ho. led to think how much hotter the children under their charge might ho if, they had confirmed the lessons of order thathavo been taught them at school. And they might ho led to think; if the children wore kept, under proper discipline out of school, how much pleasanter it wonhl'hc for parents and gurdians and how much better fortlie, children. Tho pica of a guardian or ■parent, that they cannot do it, is.simply ab surd. Tho principle of the school has those hundreds of the same children, to control, and has to counteract the evils of the lax disci pline evil example, and often the direct oppo sition of those out of school, who should be host his assistants. Ifheoan dosotnuch without this assistance, surely they can do as much with.his assistance. And howdifforent would ho the after history of many of thoso chil if they were thus disciplined at home-. Hon. Neii. S. ' Bkown, Hx-Govehnob or Tennessee, Renounces Secession-. —A -Ififgo,' Union meeting was hold.nt Columbia, Tonn ossoo, oh Monday last. Thera w’ero fifteen hundred present, andtho doopest interest was, Ex-Governor Noil -Brown, in .ad dressing the meeting, said, in bis judgement, the rebellion,..was played out, and. Tennessee -ought now to bo all for the Union. Tennessee was. lost forever to the Confederacy.- Gom : mon sense shewed the , folly of;'contending against the federal Government, and the. longer the war was kept up the worstitwould be fortho South, Governor Brown has been, a prominent.robot and a member of the Confed erate military board of Tennessee, ".Governor Johnson made a very powerful speech of two hours, in which ho said the Government should not bo given to-traitors ,but to loyal men, Ilis speech was loudly applauded. About the Size of It.—A Southern paper starts the following conundrum, to which we give the first recorded reply, as below.: “Four eminent cotton planters wont to sea upon a block of marble. “ The first was.blind. ; “ The second had no.arms. “ The third had no logs. .“The fourth had no clothes. The first,, was blind, saw, a Northern'.sol dier-bird, sitting on a rosebush in the liiidsl of the sea. “ The second, who had no arms, took a gun and shot it.. • 1 The third, who had no logs, ran and picked it up. ' • ■ “ The fourth who had no clothes, put it in his pocket., .- » “ What about this?” ■ Well, the “about of it,” according; to our way of thinking, it is a lie —likcuiost of the war statements of the Southern papers. Sire. Snipe’s Litany.— From doctor’s bills, western chills, and other ills, deliver us. From .want .of gold, wives that scold, maid ens old and'sharpers, 4 * sold,” deliver us. From Indy flirt's, tobacco squirts, and short tailed shirts, deliver us. From singing flies, and greenish eyes, and bakers’ pies, and .babies’ cries, a man that lies, and cloudy skies, and love that dies, de liver its.;, From boarded females, strong minded wo men, (this won’t jingle,) female lecturers, and all masculine ladies, deliver us. From modest girls, with waving curls, and tooth of pearls, oh! nov,or mind delivering uj 1 0“ ‘Barney Dugan, you swear posltivloy that you saw the prisoner stab the womon ia the fracas ? ’ ,‘Snr?’ " ‘ You swear you saw the prisoner stab the woman in the fracas ?” repeated the aider man. • No stir •; I didn’t stay that at all yer lion- ‘ Why you a moment ago not only said it hut swOro to it. Will you repeat now what you did see , . . • ‘ Yes sure, I will. I saw Tim, there stab the ould woman with a ciirvin knife in the stummiek, hut. devil-' the hit did I see him stab her in the fracas, yor honor !■’ tCr" A Quaker lately popped the questio’n to a,fair Quakeress thus :-r- ‘ Ilrim— 3’ea, verily, Penelope, the Spirit urgoth arid irioveth mo wonderfully to be seech the to cleave unto mo, flesh of my flesh, and bone of my hone.’ ' ‘ Hum, truly, Obadiah, that thou hast wise ly. said ; and inasmuch ns it is not good for man to bo alone, I will sojourri with thee.’ O” A friend of ours says that ho intends applying for a patent for a machine, which ho. says when wound up and put in motion-, will chnso a lug over a ton aero lot, catch, yoke and ring him ; or by a slight change of gearing, will chop him into sausages, work this bristles into shoo brushes, and manufac ture his tail intooork screw. Groat machine, that. K 7” A young man who applied at a recruit ing station, for enlistment, was asked ‘‘if lie could sloop on the point of a_ bayonet,' when ho promptly replied by saying: “ho could try it, ns ho had oftonslopt on a pint ol whis ky, and the kind they :usod whore ho came from would kill farther than any shooting iron ho over saw." O' It is generally admitted that the Irish are the most famous for making bulls but the Dutch can go ahead for making pigs. Dor instance: Fvo got a pig cat, I've got a pig tog, I’vo got a pig calf, and I’ve got a pig hog, I've got a pig baby, so pig and so tall, And I've got a pig wife dat’s piggor than all. 0”ln the town of T , there was a shoemaker who at times officiated as a preach er. lie.always wrote the notice himself, in order to save the expense of printing, Hero is one of them : ‘ There will be preaching in the pines Sunday afternoon on the subject, • All who do not believe will bo darned at threh o’clock.’ ICT” A fool, says the Arab proverb, may bo known by six things :—Angor without.(muse, speech without profit, change without motive, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and not knowing his friends from liis foes. Wit and Wisdom. The fop is tho corner-post of all-folly. • Be ready always to oblige, whether others are so or not., No man can have treachery in his heart Without showing his face. To render verso into’ prose, deprive tho verse of its pogtry. , , : . , Facts are so obstinately bold that tho un truthful fear them. With most men charity begins at homo and ends there. .■ . Promise nothing that yon cannot give nei ther give that which you cannot afford. When water will run up-hill, you may knoyr. a man to refuse honors. • : • When you open your mouth to- speak, speak as though .you mc.an what you say. . . ■ If you would possess the respect of your, follow man, first learn to respect yourself. The statement that grooms, when they diei •go to “horse'heaven/' is. contradicted, ; If you desire to bo thoroughly abused, jn-. vent a now idea and advocate its principles. To guard against jealously, mix less-with, the world and more with your own family.- ’ f' (C7* He who sets one great truth afloat in the world, serves his generation. ■ BZr" “ Drop mo a lino!" as tho drowning man said to the fellow oij deck. ,0“ When are gloves unsalable ?■ When' they are kept on hand. . , JCSS“ Bobbins arc the most abundant in the country ; larks in fho city. ■ . j . TIT" Sweetnihg one’s coffee is generally the stiring event of the day. ■' ; B@“TIio most potent kind of witch-hazel is the hazel.,eye of a pretty woman. „ ’ “ Sir, you arc j ust Uko’the motion of a dog’s tail." “ llow so t” “ Because you are iv wag." ~ . . .' OZ7” If a man is murdered by his hired men,■ shoiild tho coroner render a -.oraipt of killed by his own hands ? ' ■ , There is nothing so strange but that its counterpart may bo found when tho least sought after. - ; A man of feeling has no business with .the-, world, for tho world wouldn't understand him if the world could. Be ever-mindful of your duty towards,man-, kind, and you will never regret having lived the life of a Christian. - ,-j If one half the world lives upon-the other, ns has been asserted, what a,n enviable posh-., tion the last half must occupy. ~ ;■ We often hear of doctors agreeing -to disa-ii gr.ee ; but wore they ever known to disagree ■onorip important.point;—killing?. , • ~ CT'-Mrs. Lucy Cupps of B— : —— Illinois,- rooently. gave birth to ■ throb fine boys. This is having lie Cupps to,some effect. , .- fi£S" AIl of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes, of our you tin , ~ wag says of a woman :—“ Tohor virtues we givedovc—to her beauty,.our ad+. miration—to her hoops, the whole pavement. Like .-the peacock -stripped of his gaudy! habiliments, deprive a man,of his honor, and there is nothing hut the ragged old hulk Idft of him. ''• Though it is said that “ truth',ss mighty - and will: prevail,!’ observation and, experi-i, enco prove that it is rather long about it id .most.oases. New Phase or Aeolitionism. — A ...Ger man paper announces the formation, in. Be rlin, of a society “ for the abolition of Christi anity!” ' O'The veteran. Wool lias been made ol- Major Geneial for meritorious conduct in ta king Norfolk. The country will say amen fo‘ this promotion. . [C/”’Thc 'ofßoiol announcement of the. cap lure of Now. Orleans states that- tiie. rebels dostroj'cd §8,000,000 or §10,000,000 worth Of cotton and 'shipping. - • ollhniokman positively declines ho.; ing a candidate for re-oleotion to Congress Possibly lie suspects that the people migh. decline to him. ■ tC/” “ Mike, an’ is it yourself that' will h& aftijr tollin’mo how they make ice creams ?” “In truth I can;. don’t they bake them ia cowld ovens,, to ho sure.” '' ■, . , . , DCF* A woman will tolerate tobacco smoke? in a man she likes, and oven say she likosit; and yot, curiously enough, how. she dislikes it in a man she dislikes. !F7”“I think, wife, that you have - ct great many ways of. Calling mo a fool.” V I think, husbarid, you have a great many ways, of being one.” •, „ . ■ DCF" A young man advertises, in a London paper his desire fur a wife—“ pretty,' and en tirely ignorant of tho fact I” Does he want a blind woman ? , Ugh. A good instrument should no more bo lost than a good opportunity. A good news paper should be taken by every family and carefully preserved for future reference. thing lives according to its kind tlio heart hy love, the intellect by truth,. the liigher nature of man by intimate com munion with God. , ’j [C?“An Irishman, referring to the sudden, loath of a relative, was asked if be lived high. ; ‘ Well, I can’t say ho did-,” said Torroncb, ‘ hut ho died high—for they hanged him." !E7~ The negroes in Tennessee shout at our soldiers, as they pass them : “ What you doin' libro, raisin a' muss, you d—d aholitioner t” Slimy “ intelligent contrabands" speak in this wise. ttW A too fastidious morality, like too fas- tidious a taste in diet, impairs enjoyment. Those are best constituted for, happiness whoso refinement is of the average qdaUty, congenial to the world they live in, **• '* u ’ O” A gentleman asked n"lady the other day, the reason why so many of tho tall gon man wore old bachelors 1 Tho reply was, that they wove obliged to lie oornor-Wise in bed to keen their foot in, and that a wife would ho in their way. Da?" At an assemblage of n few friends, one evening, the absence of. a lady wiis notic ed, which was apologized for hy an acquaint ance, who stated ho was detained by a little incident. • “ Ah, you," oxcltiimod Sirs. John &»“ ’ ■“and a beautiful little incidout i*/ a > • weighs just nine pounds and" NO.' %
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