YOL. 49. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. roDUsnED EVEnr tiiuusday moeniso by JOHIVB, BRATTON. T E 11 M S SnnscniPTiotf. —Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid jn advance; Two 'Dollars if paid within the year,* ■ mid Two Dollars mid Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year* These terms will bo rigidly adhered to ifi every instance. No subscription discontinued until nil arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. An vnnriSEiirßNTS— Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted three Jimes for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each Additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ■Job-1* hinting —Such as Hand-hills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, -Labels, Ac. Ao., executed with Accuracy the shortest notice. ■ Ellsworth’s Avengers. Aib-t -Annie Lisle —By A. L, Ilnpsoif. Down near the patriot army, Near Potomac’s side, Guards tho glorious cnuso of freedom. Gallant Ellsworth died, Bravo was tbo. noblo Chieftain; At his country’s call, • Hastened to tho field ofbattlo. And was first to fall. . Cuonus Strike, freemen, for the Union, Sheath your swords no more;. While remains in arms a,traitor*, On Columbia's shore. Entering tho traitor city, With his soldiers true, . . Lending up,the Zouave column*, Fixed became bis view* - See that rebel Hag is floating, O'er yon building tall I Spoke ho,.while bis dark eye glistened, Boys, that flag must fall! * Quickly from its proud position,... That base flag was torn, Trampled ’noatb the foot of freemen, Circling Ellsworth's formj , • goo him bon,r it down the landing, Past.tho traitor’s door.j Hoar liim. groan, Ob !■ God, thoy'vo shot him, Ellsworth'is no-more. First to fall, thou youthful martyr, Hapless waS thy late ; Ilasfoned wo as tby avengers, From thy native State. Bpcod wo on from town and. city, Not for wealth or fame, But because .wo love the Union, 1 Anduur Ellswortb’s'immo. Traitors hands shall never sunder, That for which' you died; . . Ifonc tho oath,our lips now utter, ‘ , Those oiir nation’s pride. ' ‘ By our hopes of yon brightboavon, : f ' ’hy Uiqdand^^ldyoy---' By the’God who reigns above us, . " We’ll avenge thy blood. jfiimllanmß Winning a Heart by Culling • a Hole in Head. ,117 A MEMBER OF ME MEDICAL PROFESSION. '' You urge that there is no romance in cur profession.' ‘To be sure, I do ; things happen queorly sometimes,,and wo make strange acquaintan ceq.in the course of our practice, I admit; but that anything romantic, as the word is under stood, occurs in the practice of surgery, I deny.’ 'Thus discoursed two young gentlemen who wrote M. D. at the end of their names. ‘ Charles,’ said the older of the two, ‘ light your cigar and listen. Two years before I received my degree, the eyents here narrated occurred.’ lie opened a portfolio, and com menced reading as follows ‘During a period of time occupied by me in’, a tour through the New England States, in the year 185-, I was on board a steamboat crowded with passengers. The State of Maine had attractions for mo, and to one of her towns I was destined. Among the many groups that were enjoying the sight of the sea in their chosen positions cur th'o-steamer's--deck,- a few hours after our departure, the attention of many observers was attracted more par, tioularly to a family party of three persons —an elderly gentleman with intellectual ap pearance and two young ladies—daughters— one an invalid, the other the incarnation of health and beauty. The object of their jour noy was the' restoration of the health of the afflicted one, by change of scene, and the inagio potency, m many cases, of the invig orating sea breeze. Haying selected a seat *! ea . r tMs party, for no motive of listening to *1 l r , eourso > the earnest manner of the el aerly lady , prevented any other result ; I ieara her father’s repeated cautions, and ho rcmnfnls cntroate( l her to bo careful if she remained upon the deck alone. > r I ® , , e 1 ? danger, father,’ said she.— fear.’ U t 0 lvo ’ am to .be a slave of in Imp tlmo } bad become interested firth r, Y , m ar:lot ? r ’ and a silent'prayer wont life slinnl l D ICar4, *bat ber path through tho b ° 6U f d ? d from a »y cause for sbise I l,.fp oome i d w , I r th all llor beert to de cautioh ‘ Pn 0 aS her . fa ther. ending a fresh ,my doar> 1 hODe no barm oabin n beh)^JJ’ e,, d * ke odn ' near tlm ° aft ? r "' ard «. while standing Watehino nt °d for the engineer! machine? with nm™ rf* ° f t* l . o complicated ns against Preol Bion propelling an hour on a snrld. *i d °’ B °!“o dozen miles IJ > obedience to “ °,°S ln e was stopped sidorablo bustle n ? g f ? a bell, and I heard con ing boat had n t! !‘ 0 , deok above - ' A fish- 1 of the steamer and P M d M - f oa ?. tho ‘rack of ‘apt hnlnAo “j 0I(i co * llslnn ’ the ab the capt u n ° Tim f?" doomed necessary byj 6a fety by ond t ds , lung bodt had passed in i fall steam “W ****** was again under Part of the boat- 1 ! “ k ° d leisnrl y to the after bios’ cabin S’ T?™ “ crowd near the la-1 fath'or, appaiom,iv b ,‘i? n a ,a tfa o Wms of hori wl| otn I S up/ dond, was the young lady j came an obieet if - , d w bo subsequently be- I besitated in fo r pi mt ° roBt t 0 man y °n board. ;ng that it miX 1 n g B m y w «y to hor. suppos- H'oro was onoimh t a Ca , se °. f Minting? and i e, j c h jUt a PP|ytho romodios on ■“ os from ihe arrlti ? a la f*’W some min ,V l » bad accom nan ted d , a P poara 11 oe of those S )ln - it was ov!dent d ti hoy °.? rielad y ! . nto th& dent had occurred 40 that a serious no •. * l the captain u tho cabin "foo. tile form Af tl, d i 1 ? 10 *! 1 ’ reolining on a lilr aacbs dead wi a i. lovo| y « lrl - to til np- u > her father and dieter bonding over her in agony, chafing her temples. gross ing her with their hands, calling Upon her name in vain, their anguish subsided in floods of tears. Messengers had boon despatched to different parts of the boat, to ascertain if there was among the passengers a surgeon, who could ascertain the nature of the injury. No one had yet been found. I asked how the ao oident occurred, and was informed that when the boat stopped, the young indy was leaning over the fail of the promenade deck ; the pas sengers anxiously rushing to one side, as the fishing boat passed, caused the steamer to ca reen, when the poor.girl fell to the. deck be low, striking her head on the corner of. the chain box. A medical gentleman entered the cabin— a yonng man entered with him. Upon ex amination it was found that the skull of the young lady was fractured, and every indica tion of compression of the brain.. This intel ligence was, imparted to the' unhappy parent of the girl, with the candid acknowledgment that her situation was one of imminent peril. ‘Can nothing-bo done to save her?’ said the weeping father. The sister had been removed in ah almost unconscious-state from the cabin and was in the care of some of the ladies.— He replied that there was hut one hope to rest upon —an operation, and that skillfully and speedily performed. ‘ AVhat operation ?’ asked the father, holding her head in his hands, and waiting a reply in breathless anx iet y;.‘ . • : . ‘ Trepanning,’ quietly responded the phy sician, and briefly explaining his meaning. A painful silence of some minutes now en« sued. ‘ When this dreadful operation is perform ed, what is the chance of recovery ?’gasped the father, seizing the physician by the arm. ‘ That must depend upon circumstances,’ was the reply. I '■■■' Save her life. Ellon, my child—my child! Poor girl, ’tie an awful thing to think of. If, as you must be done, for Heaven’s sake lose no time.’ ‘ I have ho instrument fit for the'purpose. Nor would I undertake it if Thad. It needs a more experienced hand than mine. I never saw it done. From books only I know its na ture and manner of proceeding.’ The captain remarked that he had a case of instruments on board the boat; of their purpose he was ignorant. . The young man who had entered with the physician had been carefully examining the injury, and request ed tbe captain to procure the instruments, fjyho left the cabin for that purpose. He then addressed tho phySician: .' Sir, should the trepan be at hand, would it not be well to attempt the operation? • In her present state she must.die, unless some aid bo promptly given,- I will assist you. ‘ Are you a physician ?’ ‘■No; lam a student of medicine only. I have seen'the trepan twice used with complete success. lam aware ’tis a dangerous opera tion, though easily performed.’ : ‘ I shall hotundertak.’it. I couldwot sum; mon resolution. Ido not profess surgery.’ "■ ‘We are many miles from land, sir. I nov or pefftiraicd-this or any other operdliun upon the human body. Relying upon my knowl edge of anatomy—the exigency of the case— the favorable position of the wound;-1 would not shrink in any attempt to save a valuable life. Why should yon sir ?’ The captain returned;' The ease was opened and proved, upon examination, to be a large case of amputating instruments, and, fortu nately, the trepan and its necessary instru ments accompanying them. The father revived from an' apparent stu por. The sight of the knives made him shud der,, ‘ Well,’ said ho in a whisper, ‘what is to be done V ' The young man and the physician wore conversing inaudibly together for a moment. ‘ No sir,’.replied the physician. ‘ Nothing in the world would induce roe to attempt it. Having no confidence in my own power, you know, sir, ic is not likely -that I should succeed.’ ‘ If you wore not on tho boat, and under the circumstances, at tho request of those in terested, I would attempt it, IJut it is undor derstood that you refuse, and if the father will trust mo, I will sqvo her, if I can. Cap tain you know me. I have none but good motives.’ The father listened. Tho calm and cool manner of the student weighed much in his favor. After a look at his child, who still seemed in tho sleep of death, the low, pecu liar breathing sound attendant upon such ca ses, being the only sign of life and sure symp tom dr the nature of the hurt, he took the young man by the hand and said : . . , ‘Do what you think, best. Save her, if you can. God help you!’ Ho' kissed her and walked away, checking his emotion, repeat ing the prayer for her safety, A request was made for those whose aid was not necessary, to retire from the cabin, which was, of course, complied with. The physician, to hisoreditbc it spoken, remained to assist in an not which he dared not bo prin pnl in. The instruments having been care fully arranged, and everything that prudence could suggest attended to, the young lady was placed upon, a table to undergo the fearful op oration. There was to her no dread. She could feol no pain. Sensation to her was a i lost faculty. But the loss of self possession in the operator—a lack of knowledge and judgment in a critical moment, might make of the instrument used to saveallfe awoapon of destruction.' Tho physician secured her head in q position most convenient, the stu dent removed from the injured spot the gold en curls, as he took the scapel in his hand to make the necessary incision through the in teguments. 'Twas evident success would at tend his efforts. His hand trembled not. A part of the scalp was dissected up—the bone was visible—the saw was about to do its work Such silence—a frightful wound appeared, and though inflicted on one who felt not the knife, still it called forth a terrible feeling of suspense. But a short time’had boon occu pied by the young operator, when, removing a piece of the skull of q circular form, the brain, with its thousand vessels distended with blood, showed plainly through it cover ing membrane. _ Her father walked about tho cabin, not da ring to look in tho direction in which his child was lying. After various attempts to speak, ho turned, saw tho blood necessarily lost, trickling down her livid cheeks, and cov ering in its course, tho loose looks that had 1 been spared. ‘ls she olive ? Do not answer mo—still I must ask. - H;'Ellen, Ellen 1’ Expressions like thoqo eecapod from his lips in tones of he,art sinking despair. No atten tion was paid to him by the operator, who was proceeding to the Idfff stages of his task, 1 with as firm a hand and determined hoart.qs if the inatrumoata wore acting on marble. A'mo ment’s pause for reflection and con’siiltation, had enabled him to decide upon an important point. Applying a lover to tho depressed portion of the skull, it was with some diflionl ty raised, and signs of returning conscious ness word evident. ' She moved her hands and .Chotna, Ohonn. U/ioru», 0/ionm. raised them to her hood. The oye of the suf ferer resumed its natural office, and from her lips came the words of transport: ‘ Father, lam safe 1 lam better I’ Transition from death to ‘life so sudden, was like the charms of the magician’s art.— Overcome by the change, her father sank into a chair and was not disturbed till the proper dressings were applied and the operation pro nounced complete. The party Was soon after landed at the town where I intended to spend some (Jays, and with the young surgeon, I as sisted in her removal to the carriage. For days he attended her constantly,-and her com plete recovery was the result. Is-there not something romantic in this?’ ‘ No; it’s what might be called an interest | ing case, and its equal may ho found in any of your public lectures-by distinguished pro fessors of surgery.’ ‘ Well, it’s an odd way to be introduced, to a wife; you’ll allow that, I suppose V . ‘ Why, yes, one would,hardly suppose that cutting a nolo in the cranium of a young lady was the way to win her heart.’ ‘lt wiis in this case, at any rate. The fair! haired lady I introduced you to yesterday, the wife of my friend;. you know, who is no doctor, was the heroine of my romance. I bad the story from the M.D., who was pres ent oh the occasion, And her father has giv en him with her a fortune. That lock of hair you saw braided in the brooch you so much admired in his bosom, was the one cut from Ellon's head previous to the operation, and which he prices beyond the jewels that com pass it. Now, what say you to the romance of our profession ?' ■ ; ‘ Hay,’ yawned the junior M. D., ‘ why that such things don't happen every day. Why is not your friend one of us?’ ‘He is, in nil but name possessing the qualities necessary to the practice of the heal ing art, an honor to society, delighting, to do good, enjoying the felicity of domestic life witha companion won from the grave, by the knowledge of a splendid science, and cour ageous exorcise of its principles. Is not his reward the continuation of a true romance V A Positive Witness. It is of Warren, the author of ‘Ten Thou sand a Year,’ that this sharp practice in the examination of a man accused of swearing falsely in a will ease is related. It show* great dramatic'power unconsciously exhibit ed in his daily business. The prisoner being arraigned, find the fo# malities gone through with, the prosecutor;' placing hie thumb over the seal, held up the will and demanded, of the prisoner whether he had seen the testator sign that instrument, to which he promptly answered he had. ‘ And did you see it at his request as sub- j scribing witness?’ I did. , Was it sealed with red or black wax ? With red wax. Did you see him seal it with red w’ax ? ( I did. ‘Where was the testator when ho signed and scaled will?,, .f. .) in his bed. v Piny, jiow long a piece of wax did he use About three or four inches. Who gave the testator this piece of wax I did. . Where did you get it? From the drawer in his desk, lIoW did he light the piece of wax ? With a candle. Whore did that piece of candle come from Igot it out,of a cupboard in his room llow long was that piece of candle ? Perhaps four or live inches long. Who lit it ? I lit it. What with? With a match. Where did you got the match ? On the mantle shelf in the room You did? I did Ilero Warren paused, and fixing his large deep blue epos upon the prisoner, he held the will above,hie head, his thumb still resting upon the seal, and' said, in a solemn, meas ured tone. Now, air, upon your solemn oath, you saw the testator sign that will; he signed it in his bed ; at his request you signed it as a subscribing witness; you saw him seal it; it was with red wax be sealed it; a piece of one, two, three or four inches long, he lit that wax with a piece of candle which you procured for him from a cupboard ; you lit that candle by a match you found on the mantle-shelf? . ■I did, Once more, sir—upon your solemn oath— you did ? I did. My lord—it’s a wafer ! The prisoner was convicted. A Drunken Philosopher.—The late Wm. J,. Snelling, a writer for the Boston Press; who died there several years ago in the House of Correction, was on one occasion found dead drunk in the street and taken to the watch house, where was kept over night; On being brought before the police magistrate, next morning, he had become partially sober, when the following dialogue took place: Magistral e~W o\\, Snelling, what do you do for a. living ? 1 Snelling —f am a public writer. M.—And pray, what do-you find to write about ? S.—A little to commend, much to censure, I and very much to laugh at. I M.—Umph 1 And what do you commend. . S.—A handsome woman that will stay at home; an eloquent preacher that will preach a short sermon; and a fool who has sense ! enough to hold, his tongue. M.—What do you censure? S—A man who marries a girl for her fine dancing; a working man who believed in the sympathies of professional gentlemen a youth who studios law or medicine while ho has the use of his hands; and people who elect a drunkard or a blockhead to office. M.—What do you laugh at ? 1 _ S.—l laugh at a man who expects his po-' I sition to command that respect which his per sonal qualifications do not merit.- <, _ M.—Oh; I perceive that you aro.'ah uttorer of pithy sentences. Now T auf about to utter hjne that will surprise you. m S.—A pithy sentence frorn yonr honor wfould indeed bo a matter of astonishment. M, —My sentence'is,'that you discontinue writing for the term of thirty days, while you rest and recruit yourself in tiro House of Cor? Ifiotion. retort was a poser. Snelling submitt m. to the requirements of the Vagrant Act, •iql retired IronVtho halls of justice in com- Lipy with ’the’officer, without ahother syla ft“l am astonished nt you, George, when I Was young I always went with the first out.” “The first cut is the slab, do you know that old man ?” “Holp to roll oyor this log, quick, George!” “OUR CO IINT R Y—M A Y IT ALWAYS BE RIQIIT-BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1862. It may be a. question whether an army is or is not brave, when.jon being attacked at morning meal, it , resolves at all hazards to break-fast. , I ' _A servant who. had lost her morning’s milk_ from the front ijrea recently put an emetic in the can. abd jthe morning dis covered , a policeman a little distance from the house, “ making bijs returns.’’ _ What is the difference between rt pei'mia" sion to speak in a low tone, arid’a- prohibition not to speak at dll ? In' the one case you are not to talk aloud j in the other you are not allowed to talk. “Jake,"'said an old( farmer to one of his mowers, “do you know liow many horns there are in. a dilemma?” “No,” replied Jake, “but I know bpw. many hbfns there pro in a quart of whisky." ; “Captain, are y6u|»going to run your steamboat in this, fog??' li timid passenger asked of one of the. sqdiid skippers; “No, sir," was the reply, “ might as well try to .didto a toad through a barrel of tan Two Tales op a Rino. : —A servant boy was sent into the town with a valuable ring. ..lie took it out of its box to. admire it,- and in pass ing over a plank brides bo let it fall on a muddy bank. Not being able to find it, he rad away, took to the tea, Anally settled inn colony, made a large ’fortune, came back af ter many years, tho estate on which he had been a servant. One day, while walking over his land .'with a friend, he came to the plank, bridge, and there he told his friend the story. “I could swear," ho said, pushing his, stick into the mud, “to the very spot on which, the ring dropped." When the stick came back, tlie ring.was on the end of it 1 , it , * , I heard tliis’Story wVga.acbild, and should gorfiiroly.formal.yut-fm- a curious illustration which followed it of the insensi bility of some jtniuds to degrees of probability. A gentleman in company saiii: “I know a thing quite as extraordinary as that. A lady of my acquaintance’ lost her wedding-ring, and could find i: nowhere. This was shortly before Twelfth day.; when the cake was out, she found the ring in the very piece that was cut for her. She had helped her cook to make the cake, and th|i ring' had dropped oif her finger.” No person in the company disputed the second story being ns extraordinary as the first; but, young us I was, I could not help dissenting in my own mind. And now and then, when I have read trials and ver dicts, I have suspected that the narrator of 1 the second story was only one of a class which ] is not extinct. ' ' Curious. Custom. —ln a tract of country in Germany, hot far from Frankford-on-the Maine, called tlio WettCrau, a custom exist ing at the fairs which may startle some of our salaried magistrates and police inspectors To some' of the numerous light lingered gen try a. privilege was graptod, for an adequate fee, with full permission to steal what they could without being amendable to the law, .with this single proviso, that they-must not be caught in flagrante deliclu : if so, the owner of the property had the equal privilege of pay ing the rogues out by q good thrashing, for which no action for.assahlt could lie. Those thieves were somewhat ironically designated, in their official written; license. J'l'd kaujer (free buyers), and public notice was given at the beginning of each fair that free buyers had .been licensed, and that therefore every one should be on his guard. In medimval times many of the municipal customs of our own country were very similar, and it would bo a curious circumstance if, in the town re cords of any English city, such a custom as that of licensing free buyers could, be found, more especially if the s(ill unexplained Pie Powder Court, at Smithfield Bartholomew Fair, granted any such privilege. Old Egyptian Jewels. —The jewels of the Egyptian Queen Aah Kptep who died eigh teen hundred years before Christ, and whose tomb was discovered by a French arolueollo gist in 1850, are'exhibited at the Internation al Exhibition in London, When found at Gounahj the body of the Queen was covered with objects jm gold and silver, suoh as a dia dem of massive gold encrusted with precious stones, elaborately chased with the heads of sphynxos, and bound together with a chord of gold wrought like a tress ; a collar of gold having depending from it three flies of solid gold, supposed to be" the decoration of the Egyptian Honorary Order of the Fly ; two heads of lions aud a boat of Death mounted on wheels, and with little rowers in silver: The sitter is supposed to represent the de ceased Queen, and the chanter in the boat is of gold. His finger is placed upon his lip, as if enjoining silence. ICT* George Francis Train is responsible for the’ following' 'What a howl would have passed through England had the Northern army been guilty of the most brutal atrooi citiea perpetrated by the Bobels at Manassas and elsewhere! Using the skulls of our brave officers for spittoons, boiling of their flesh to get their ribs for oastaheta, andsonding tok ,ens made from their bonds’of out* brave - men to thS fihhds iq 'shape'of women, who sbom to have acted like so many tigresses during this terrible civil war. May Ood have mercy oh their souls,- . .‘ls Miss Blinkins at home?’ asked. Mr. SaUriders of dn pish girl who answered his ring at the door. . 1 ‘Vcs, I b’lave she. is, Sir.’ ‘ls ; sho engaged ?’■ ..• V ' ‘Ah’ it’s.engaged, you say? Fair, ah’ 1 can’t toll you, Sir; but she kissed Mr. Vinton last evening as if she had never soon the likes iiv him, an' it’s engaged I b’lavo they are, Sir.’ OCT Wafer drinkers are never drunk," BEE? ITI B‘S. Wist anttJjjljierff lie. What is tho siraplest way of increasing the speed of a slow boat ?|To make her fast. Where the wo may take it for granted the laws Sb not. The ship palled statesmanship is generally a spccimqp of land-orfltft. “ My. dear sir, yoddiavo used my half of our case of ohampagiio.” “Oh, yes; you are my friend, and I . always take your part.” There are some human tongues which have two sides, like that ascertain quadrupeds— one smooth and. the other very rough. Tho less a man knows, tho wider his moutb opens. It'is as'impossible for a fool to keep his jaws shut, ’as it is for a sick oys ter to.keep his shell Pldsod. One of our subscribers in the country, who has tend about sailors ’/ heaving up’’ anchors, wants to know whether it was sea sickness that make’em do it. i EVENING. One star is trembling into sight, And soft as sleep;tho darkness falls, Tho Wood-dove from tho forest calls, Tho bat begins his wayward flight. Streams, murmuring in tho oar of Night, Within the woody hollow wind, : Whoso dusky boilghs aro intertwined Above their musio and their light. Tho woodland range is dimly blno, With smoko, that creeps from cots nnsccn, And briery hedge and meadow greon. Put on their White night-robe of dew. And pvoty sound that breaks the civlm Is like a lullaby to rest; . All is at peace—except tho breast That needs tho most its soothing balm, The Pilot’s Story, Many years ago, when I was so small a boy as to hardly recollect it now, my brother and myself were placed on hoard one ofla of the St..Lawrence.river steamers as cabin boys and waiters, with a yiow to become pilots when we wore older. That Was nearly fifty years ago, and boats were not fitted up in the style they are how, nor were good pilots a thing to be found every day. Wo had run lip and down several times, when, one morn ing, about ton o’clock, IVe stopped at Brook-, ville to take on board, as usual, a govern ment pilot to guide Us down the river.- It ; was late iti the season, and we had a strong wind the flight before, leaving the riv er rough, and our_ usual pilot had hard work to keep the boat in its proper trace while it brought! us into Brookville two hours laterl than the usual time. The clouds overhead still looked cold and the wind blew fresh and strong, , and making all possible haste, wo again put out of the harbor and were soon bounding on our Way. Throughout the morning I noticed an anxious look on the Captain’s face, which he spoke_,his uneasiness about the final termination of our journey. We had a good many passengers on board; and although we unusually reached Montreal by four o’clock in the afternoon, w,e should be delayed until six, if not later. About ten miles this side_ of Lachine a storm of rain commenced, which rendered it almost impos sible to guide the boat at all, while the rapids of that name, the most terrific in the whole rivet, were yet to be passed.- The pilot was one of tile best on the route,-but a man of passionate temper,- with a peculiar dogged look. Between him and the ordinary boat pilot there existed an old,grudge, which had once or twice led to blows, when they came in contact with, each other. That morning, while passing one of the higher falls, they stood together at the wheel, when, owing to the strong current of the water and the al most exhausted strength of him who had guided us all the, night, one of the spokes j slipped front his hands and nearly caused an accident of a-pretty serious nature, This an noyed his companion, and hard words passed between them, since which time a silence had been preserved. ° , When about ,twe miles above the Lachine rapids, some of the rigging aloft gave away, and the night pilot mounted the upper deck with the ladder attempted to make it fast. The wind, blew fiercely, and while exerting all his strength to stay the mischief, he lost his hold and fell* the ladder coming down- di- J reotly upon the head of our government aid, ( wounding him pretty severely. Not pausing to look at the mischief, he seized the unfortu nate man, and with almost- superhuman strength he lifted him above the boat railing. The other quickly guessing his meaning, wound his arms around the neck of his com panion; they fell together in the boiling flood below. We lowered the lifeboat as quickly as possible, ropes were thrown out and every. effort put forth to save them—but in vain. They rose to the surface of the water, still looked in each other’s arms and then sunk from our view forever.- The boat how rapidly rushed on, coming nearer the frightful rapid, while terror-struck faces.were around us, at the thought that no master hand was near .to guide us through the dark passage below.- The scene which we had just boon caused to witness only niade our situation move terrific, while Wild and tearful eyes around us bespoke the agonizing apprehension of the passengers and Crow as i we went madly - plunging to destruction, I scarcely half a mile from the gulf, whose! dashing waves we could distinctly hear. The captain had frankly told us Of his inability to guide us through the perilous passage, while eck, gangway and cabin were filled with men, women and children, some of whom were praying, some weeping, others intense ly crazy with agony too intense for utterance. Women eagerly clutched their children, and and husbands pressed their wives to their bo soms, with only the hope of dying together. The captain stood at the wheel assisted by one of the passengers, vainly endeavoring to hold out to the last and gudo her until every effort should prove fruitless, while, with strained eyes and looks of despair, they gazed through the almost blinding storm upon the craggy rocks, lifting high their gray, bare heads out of the water, and upon which they expeited every moment to be dashed to pieces. Just as frenzy had begun to calm down into sober, earnest preparation for the doom which awaited them, there came out of the state rooms a fair young creature, over wjjose head scarce sixteen summers bad passed. She was of medium bight, aud fair as the lily of her northern clime. She donned a dress of plain black stuff, while the coat of one of the deceased pilots was buttoned tightly around her slight form. Her face was ashly pale us she mounted the stairway, and with her hair disheveled by the wind, she Exclaimed, in a voice which rang clear as the notes of a bu gle above the storm: “ I know something of this Lachino rapid, and will use my best endeavors to guide you, although wo have everything against us. Let two of you who are the strongest and the most solf-possesseed stand by mo at the wheel, while the rest invoke IJis aid who over etill eth the tempest to guide our life-laden bark safely through the troubled waters.” As if in derision of her matchless courage, the mad waves dashed higher, while the thunder pealed a loud defiance to her words. With pallid face and lips compressed she took her station at the wheel, while two powerful men stood by to aid if possible. With a firm hand she raised the, glass and swept the scone before her j then bidding them to have courage, the boat entered upon its fearful course, hounding onward as if con scious of the hand that guided its destiny. Her orders wore given in clear, loud tones, she stood proudly erect, her eyes brightening while into darker blue, until one would have fancied her the rulingspiritof the storm. The : water dashed against the boat, crowning her fair'head with glittering drops; yet still she stood - unheeding, while not an eye in all that group- that gazed not in mingled awe and confidence upon that delicate form. Once again the spoke of the .wheel slipped from the.grasp of him who hold, it, but a fair jew eled hand arrested its progress, and when darkness shut the last rook from our sight,' one deafening shout arose, high, above tltff storm for her who had so. bravely guided us through the shadow of dental ►. She would receive, no thanks for hprself, but bidding us “ give thanks to liira whose voice over ruleththb Storm,” she retired to here state-room and frits lost to view. Around the cabin, table that night, about an hour before we entord the harbor of Mon treal, wo loarnqd her,history. She was the daughter of a merchant who owned the line of boats, one, of which she had just saved" troth ruin. ' -Her mother died when she. was a child, and her father had yielded to her wishes and allowed her to’acoompany him on the boat, of which he was captain. By de gress she became acquainted with* every bend in that beautiful river, while calm and storm alike brought scones of beauty to her eye. She was now on her way to visit some friends at Quebec, where her father, proposed joining her to spend the winter. ' , A gentleman artist sketched her likeness on a loaf of his portfolio, os she stood at the wheel wrapped in the pilot’s coat, with the glass in her hand, and her full-length por trait still graces the gallery of fine arts in Mqntreal Many a rough hand grasped the snowy fingers at parting, and many a blessing crowned that noble head. , ~*,'• A magnificent diamond bracelet, hearing an inside plate, the name of the vessel and' date of the occurrence, fras presented’to' her about n wOek after her arrival iit Quebec, by passengers who were on board at the time;* I while loud and triumphant were j the praises borne to the ears of a fond parent of the noble conduct of that frail but fearless one who had brayed the danger before which stout hearts and strong forms had quailed. And what became of her afterwards ? I inquired. , V *, - . / • She married an officer in Quebec, and her children still live there. One is a noble boy, or rather a man now, and plows the, ocean in one of the battle-ships of England PnEcocVO'irs. —ln ope of'pur city schools, not mnny years ago, nmemlierof the commit tee asked the members of a class which was under examination. “ Whitt it'fla the cause of the saltnoss of the ocean ?" ! Soon ohe lit'tle girl raised her hand, flushed with the disctn«ry which had flashed upon her mind. ■.y ■ *. “ You may tell,” said the. committee man. “.Salt fish; sir 1” spid the pupil. The committee ma’n immediately proceed ed to the next class. .. OSY* The special incongruities; that often mark men. of letters Ar'S thus’ noticed' :t»y file London Alhcjimim : “ A more, fiercely 'per secuting for opinion while writing in favor of the rights of thought; a Bacon, teaching morals.and taking bribes; a La ’Fontaine, writing intrigues while avoiding, in his own person, a single amour ; a Young, making wretched puns and writing Night -Thoughts ; a Sterne, peatipg his wife and crying nver a, deadfans ; a melancholy ■'CoWpeb, gaspiriif out She laughter-moving afory of John Oil pin.” . An Old Chicken. —ln attempting to carve a fowl,one day, a .gentleman found consider able difficulty in separating its joints, and ex claimed against the man who had sold .him an old hen for a young chicken; " . ’ “ My dear,” said the enraged man’s wife, “ don’t talk so much about the nged and re spectable Mr. 8., ho planted the first hill of corn that was planted.ip'dnr town.” . “I know that,” said her husband) “ and I believe this hen scratched it up.” DC7“ A now way of keeping warm has been put in practice wit h good effect. It is to have a buckwheat cake made large enough to cov er the bed, .like' a quilt,' and spread over it ‘piping hot’ about the time of retiring. When made of proper thickness, it retains the heat until morning; and then, if a person is too lazy to got up,, he can make a very good breakfast by eating oif the edges as he lies. O* A boy and a girl of tender years were disputing ns to what their mothers could do. Getting impatient, the little damsel blurted out. by way of a climax find a clincher: “ Well, there is one'-thing my mother can do that your’s can’t; my mother, can take every one of her teeth out at onee.” An Indian’s Idea op Cannon.—Opathley chole, one of the loyal Indian chiefs driven from Arkansas and the Indian Territory by the-prosecutions of the rebels,- told Captain Coffin, as the U. S. army, who was,,about to start for Fort. Leavenworth, 1 to bring back with him “ some wagons that shoot.” A®” A Indy, whose favorite oat had been done to death,’ with strychnine by an un-fe line neighbor, was advised by Caleb to have the body interred by q grapevine. Upon be ing asked the reason for his advice, he re marked that it would increase the growth of the Cat-awba grapes. . C®" “0, papa, doctor March had such hard work to pull mother’s tooth out.” “ Had he, my son ?” “Yes, I see him try first with his pinchers, then he puts his mouth right close to mother’s and pulled it out with his teeth 1” Little Sally was teaching her young er brother the Lord’s prayer. They wont very smoothly until she arrived at “Give us this our daily bread." No, no',- sissy, mo want pakei” and he refused to proceed until tho desired amendment was made. JBQy“A Connecticut soldier writes home that the Commissary at Annapolis has given the boys so much mule meat that tho ears of the whole regiment have’grown three and one-half inches since their arrival at tho Ma ryland cnpitol. 5C7” Bravo men are generally calm, always courteous in speech, and very modest in de meanor. It is your coward who is vitupera tive and egotistical. Bravo men never deal in vulgar epithets. It is your ooWard who scolds and blusters of his own prowess. OCT” " Biddy,” said a lady, ‘‘ I wish you would step over and see how old Mrs. Jones is this morhing." In a few minutes Biddy returned, wit|i tho information ithat Mrs. Jones was just seventy-two years, seven months and two days old. ..KT” .If you can help a friend, always do it, if, lie is worthy—if you cannot, don’t insult him in tho stylo of refusal.. A littlo word, nut or lo >• ■■ :■ .. IE?” Miesisßipni- hns 'h small atriam called" “ Lost ItiVfer." ller big namesake is her lost river now. '. , lV .! „ ICfWhy .itureV ligbfrf * Because .their. btmes-arojiollow and filled with air in stoad-jefmarrow. ' l, , ; ICT-ThS-'main- that Wnrin the habit ‘ of blowing his oWn praise gave the ear-ache tO : his neighbors, ,■.. -r V ’KIT" The whbkissefl thh face of Na l -'' ture, says it didnVtake half as wellms the Ups of bis h)dy friend. • . (CT" If the medical dogma is true that “like' “cares like;” the bite of a cat should be treat ed with catnip,.,; BIT" The rebels threaten W.sucpend' diplo-i matic- relatione- Wafe-' England. They had better wait till theynave a few. BSP" The man who made am impression oh' the hearf: bf a coqdofto has taken out a pat ent or fltone-cuttmg. IC7“ The falsehoods Of the rebel authorities; are in many eases infernal machines planted to blowup ,their own friefidpi , -t> KT* Twbgreat geographical dicoverlesaroyot x> be made—the source of the Niger and “ the last ditch.” „ ; ~. • . K 7" It might he difficult to day whlchwould contribute mosttb the peace of a country—the executjon'of. the laws or .the lajvyerg. ■ a®“The question With Gehenol Hallebkf: now is not whether ho can whip Beauregard, but whether fie quu.patdh: him’ ,< ~ ,O” One yea’ll' of dove Would do more-to-' wards setting lis mutually fight When in the wrong,- than,.ah eternity pf Wrangling. . ■> , ■ IC7* Under the. ; operation ot the, pillp ad-; niinistored. by pur army and' hdvy, the’ rebel fortifications get very suddenly reduced.. • O* Those who make sales to Uncle' Sam in this war may not' be War-horses, hut they arp generally tremendous. phargOrs. C 7” “Madam, your dross is dragging in the mud,” ’ ; • “Well,, suppose it is, is’nt it fashionable ?” OUT* Beauregard took most of .his munitions away with hini from Corinth, Eht .failed al together to take away his character for pluck, ' DC?” -imong' tha bonditfons of sale by an • Irish auctioner was the following :• “ The highest bidden-to .'bo (be. purchaser, unless some gentleman bids more.” .... . DC?” It may perhaps, bo thought difficult to decide .■whfeh'is 'lh’e most destructive—the ' robrtar in the battle field or the mortar in the drug store. ... , DC?” The rebel journals complain ofa searoi-.' ty of lead in the South. Mr. Lincoln has, we believe, given orders to his subordinate to give them a supply. , ' . ■ DC?” “ There. |s to bo no more 1 retiring,” ■ said tho.eKichmond'Enquirer about a week"- ago. Ah, well, but when is there to be an end of the skedadling? ... ~ . ■ DC7* An aid maid" being at a loss for a pin-'/ cushion, nbade use *of an onion; On the fol--' lowing morning she,.found that all the nee dles hpd tears ,in their eyes. DC7"A good many Of the rebfel organs, von-' tured to intimate' thnt jeff. Davis had 1 bettor ' devote hhiisolf frtore r tb fighting and less to fasting and praying. , , ... , O”0ho rtf out , eschanges 'wnnts all' of tho rebels to jolrf 'the church. 'What 1 ' has the'Christian religion over dilne to him that he should, wish'it such harm 7 ‘Bob, is that dog a hunter?’ . ‘No; he’s half hunter an_d. : half setter. Ho hunts'bones Whetl he is .hungry, and sets by the fire when ho, is satisfied.’ , .- . ■ o* An Albany barber having an. intom-; perato map to shavo o.».'Sunday.'begged hipi to keep hia; nfbuth' Bh'iit, as it ■waa ti punisha blo oflenc# to open a “ ruin .hole" on the; Sabbath. O’A farmer ■Was ftfckcdwhy he'did‘not) take a newspaper. “ Because,” he said, “ my father, when be died,-.left m,o-a good many. newspapers, and I haven’t read them through yet.” fig?* Beauregard calls himself n Christian. Ho.prays. Ho sings- psaljus. Probably ho expects tp.be saved. Why should a whole-./ sale dealer in lies be in heaven when tho ' father ,pf thpm is in hpll f U M , O” A Doctor’s wife attempted to move him/ by her tears.. ‘Ah !' said bo’, ‘tears ore use-. loss.' I bavd analyzed them. J-'huv.contain *- ; a little phosphote of lime, somo chlorato of sodium and water. NO.'6. ,1 i. : i '* if,' •i ■■ :o' ; >■ .. ij ~i~