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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<jk, when the heart is soi;e‘, lingers as
does tho fragrance of tho rose long after tho
vase is broken.
“Mother,” said Ike Partington; "did
you know the ‘iron-horse” has butene ear ?”
“One earl merciful gracious, child .what do
you mean ?”-“Why, thebiigino-oar,of course’.".
t)te ttt:& (Bnkl
‘ JSS?*There in no better looking-glass than
nn old friend. , ' ■! •
Where the hedge is lowest, men gen
erally leap over. • i- .... r,,--..
O* When every one takes care of himself,
care is taken of all;: ■
C 7” Children toll in the street whttt they
hear in the house.. ■' • '.. •? . - •.'...•y
When good cheering is locking, our
friCnde will be packing.; .•, s .
E®”' Who practice' not virtue in youth Can
not fly sin in old age. V •',!• ■
Words are nothing but wind, but see
ing is believipg.
OTWhen 1 a proud man hearaanother
praised hi thinks blthself-injured. ; j -
’ IC7* Associate with the wise and their wis
dom will cling to thee;"
0“ What do,you eat overy day that nobo
dy else eat ? I£our. dinner. , . ,
07" We pity the family that sits down to a
hroil three times a. day... , '
Soufliertt Wpdd did’ntTun at Corinth,
but the Southern Woods did; •
E7* Why is a'good took life h woman' of
fashion. Because she dresses well. . ,
. J®Sf; The Rebel Confederacy,' now so soon
to perish, is utterly bankrupt. ■ ; . .
0” Whi'ah travels the slowesti—boat or'
cold?—Cold, because,you can easily catch
it. ■. i .
DC7* Peoplc whq dike'so much to thlk their
mind, should sometimes try to mind their
ta1k..... ; . • „ V, ■ ■ : •„
, 027“ Tlie f pbeV'aVmy'fa like itn 1 invdtefatel
coquette ; it backs out from all engage
ments.' ,
C 7” A man cannot possess anythingbetftir'
than a-good "Woman, nor anything worse
:hvni badone. ■ :> >• ■■ :■
.. 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.
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