' VOL. 49. ameuican YOLUNTEEE. JUWISnBD EVERY THURSDAY UORNINO BY JOUS 11. BRATTON. terms: SniiscniPTiOJT.-r-Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid In advance; Two Dollars if paid within the year; niid Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within tbe year. Tlioso terms will bo rigidly adhorod to in 'every instance; No subscription discontinued until all arrearages aro paid unless at the option of tho -Editor. ' • , Advbutisbments —Accompanied by tho cash, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe ihnos for One Dollttr ; and twenty-five cents for each .additional insertion. Thoie of a greater length in proportion. ‘ Job-Phimttxg —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Babels, «tc. dkc v executed with accuracy and at tho shortest notice. THINGS THAT NEVER DIB. Tbo pure, thb bright, tbo beautiful That stirred our hearts in youth, The impulse to worldless prayer, The dreams of love and truth. The longings aftor„somethirig lost, The spirit’s yearning cry '; The strivings after better hopes, . Those things can never die. The timid hand .stretched forth to aid A brother in his treed, The kindly word in griefs dark hour That proves the friend indeed. The plea for mercy softly breath’d 'When justice threatens nigh ; The sorrow of a contrite heart, These things shall never die. The memory of a clasping hand, The pressure of a kiss, , 1 And all the trifles sweet and frail That make.up love’s first bliss. If with a firm, unchanging.faith, . And-holy trust and high/" •.••••■ Those hands have clasp’d, those Ups have Those things shall never die. and tbo bitter word That wounded ns it foil. The chilling want of sympathy Wo fool,, but never toll. The hard repulse that chills fcho heart. Whose hopes wore,bounding high, In an unfading record kept, . These things shall never die. Lot nothing pass,-for cvery,hand Must find some work to do ; . Lose not a'chunctf to waken love, ’ Bo firm and just ami true. So shall a light that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say. to thee, These things shall never.die. • WmtWmm. The Enforced Duel. . -Irish author, has recently given' tri the pub lic anew work, entitled “ Beiiten. Paths, and Those Who Trhd Thom.’' It consists of a series of desultory sketches, one of which we take pleasure in transferring to our columns. During , a somewhat prolonged residence at liordeaux, some years since, chiefly devoted to literary pursuits, and to an extraordinary plunge into revolutionary society, which.'fi nally led to a hasty abandonment* of the neighborhood, Mr. Grattan made - a visit to Bagneros, where he was a witness to the fol lowing extraordinary incident: An Irish gentleman, whoso name, like my own, began with G and ended with N, .was certainly one of the most amiable and least quarrelsome among the visitors. lie neither .(Trunk'nor gambled, nor talked politics nor scandal, the great provocatives’to disputation , and ill-blood, and he led a most quiet aiid do mestic life with a young and pretty help mate, as unlikely as her husband to excite any feeling that might involve him in dan .gcr. ; - 'Mr. G n one day strolled into the ■public'billard-room with a friend of his, a lioUtcnunf in the British navy. They found a table tlisonguged, took up their queues, and liegaTjJtO'jilay, ('Scarcely had they, Summenoed their'gjuno when two. or three frenchmen of , .good appearance came in ; and one of them, a young man of a military air, placed himself close to. Sir. G*“ -n, stared hard at him, followed h’isdifforent movements, and watched ■every stroke ho made with a” marked and most troublesome attention. The player did not know whetdo niako of it, but smilingly said flomoth’injg.ito'his friend as to the singularity •of tho-strp.nger’s behavior. The other thought it equally odd ; and as it was .persevered in -tor seine minutes longer, Mr. 6 n felt irritated, stopped, turned short, and begged Jus Inend (for ho did, not himself speak -trench) to ask the meaning of this conduct. m>w evidently intended as a personal insult, tuo lieutenant, fortunately a man of groat coolnoss, and of some experience in such uf tansi, fulfilled his mission with politeness, tell ng the Frenchman that he was convinced he nn? MlB taken Mr. Q— n for some other v _ son, asdic could havo no reason lor pur cffecßu o a line of conduct to a gen deman who had never before seen him, i man u T Bieur ." replied the Frenoh mevnklnh P e ;'ff ot Sll ng froid, and an air hf taken r’ ,P° 1 tonss< “I am not at all mis ahkn w»n kno , W r ,' vho Monsieur G———n is or t« tKM wiil do file the hW niatciii- m ?P ar i that lit! is.ii colom so hat I ° C< l f l llln > !lr, d .there is my card’ twutlr “ m ykucw where to find me in ten Tlemon ,il° ln time—and those two gon “emon are my friends.” P’itl l o'ur*n ot -' 8 ' Sy . t T > tl ' inBlato all this to G kuown insnit mg , t 0 Tfnock down his un sold in bin i tor , W 1 the queue which he still th'a ' mnd; fo , r .® ild ehd humane men great n rnv \°- ry Subject to excess of rage on know ten , -° n ' n Io waB astounded. Ho to him ii tho two epithets ixpplied HdSieSn beHeVe /“ lliß K 01 >e else.’ 10 * iad .boen mistaken for some done'’lnLTo°, U \ tvhat is" to lie hqtB au d* wen t/!? f U 8 ■ They took their got its oamaU QU i PI .promenade (I for- Wlf the honV n ’ Wb !i 01 the Cafe-Billiard slobd,' k or-hJ tTn OlO^ of ßa.gaeras.wore walk, together g,. n K at J °ut, ladies and gentlemen •tcounle’nF friends, arm in arm.took diubarrassiri^n 118 ’- d’souasing' tho strange and three Fi ennI!L OCOU^ I ' enco ' B uddorily the P'o ono whos™ beU 9t - stopped; and l D lP*ratoly enat h. h ?r r° ° Utraged Mr - G ~ tilrfn r foco—a beastly form S««y lately’ < and Jh louden hv I “rSOientifiq meeting • llla own great ()io^ aT ° v U S' foi ’oTgtior, and' to “ X hen. , 1 d'sgiaoe) — saying: . 8lll ?oieatly oxn li U P t d P rBt f and ihat ’ I was not" O Q ,Uer Pi-otw.'‘ JUBt now - That requires f iai ,^ 8l ‘® d a t the fellow—ho .had B e «ttcm Kt , b 0 Pot the title it he was a ™ hut before ho could strike a blow the two companions and some Other per sons interfered. “ There is nothing for it now Wut an im mediate meeting—explanation dr apology are out of the question. Let’s. follow them J” exclaimed G -n, as the Frenchmen walked away. “ Stop a bit,” replied the lieutenant “ I'll settle the, matter in a minute.” And ho stepped after the party. He returned almost imm odiotely to Q— ; n. ‘‘lt’s all arranged —they are gone to the old burying-ground —come to my logings—my pistols are there —you must shoot him dead.” The few words struck wildly on G n. They fell with an ominous sound on his mind. He had never'fired a pistol in his life. The place of meeting was awfully suggestive.— The name on the card was that of a young officer en disponsabilitc, a notorious duelist— the pest of. the neighborhood—a crack shot; who had killed and wounded several, and in sulted most wantonly almost every one he had quarreled with. G —n felt himself a doomed man. He thought of his wife, just then expecting him home for his usfial walk. “ Come quicker,” said he to his friend.— “ There’s not a moment to be lost— she will be sura to hear of it—every one saw what passed—somebody will, no doubt, tell her.— For God’s sake make haste before the police can know anything I” Within ton minutes the whole party were on the ground, an old and almost abandoned churchyard that lies on the rise of the hill towards the Saint; several largo gaps in the delapidated wall admitting the groups that followed the combatants silently and anx-' iously. G h’s . friend had picked up an ac quaintance as they hurried on, and engaged him to stand by him as the second, iemoiu.— He.acocedod willingly to tho request. He did ( not dislike a fight, and he said openly he hoped to'Heaven G —n would rid the ! neighborhood of its worst disgrace. Poor G. I’shrugged his shoulders, cast up his eyes to wards Heaven, and pushed on without saying •a word. . The conditions were soon arranged. Two lines were draWn at ton paces apart, a walk ing cane was laid down on’each. The com batants were placed each at ten paces farther back than the, respective lines, so that they Stood thirty paces distant from each other.— They were then left to their own discretion} "to fire whhn'they .pleased,, with liberty to ad vance, each before doing so, up to the respec tive canes; but on no account to put. a foot beyond them, so that in any case they could not approach each otharidoCer than’ten paces; add‘supposing.'them to reserve their tire till they got to that short distance, .even then they might stand,, take ai'fh,’bifid shOSt without any signal, whenever they chose. This Was'a’W.ell-eatablisbed of settling: those affairs itr France, trying to tho nerves of the coolest find most experienced duelist, ter rible to the uninitiated, , Each of th. parties were; provided with pia 'tolfv. Those of the Frenchman were of ordi of tnetai : : <witU' - ,tvrdß«s;-{tiree.' slight' notches, to note the number of times they had been 'used by their owner, G- n’s antag onist; ';ttisro carelessly in. 1 his hand; But when his eye f&ll fin. the beau tiful English feather-spring weapons which, 1 the lieutenant took calmly out .of their it glistened with delight and ferocious long ing. . . ' .! “ I must fight fvlth onfi of those,” said he. “ No, ifionsieur,” replied the lieutenant; wo are not to provide you with weapons.” And he explained to the impatient G ~n the' request and refusal. “Oh I let him hove it, for God’s sake— what matter? Bo go on.quickly. She will be sure to hear of this, and——” Take it, sir,” said the lieutenant-, Y ‘.my ! friend is too generous.” “ lie’ll be a dead man in two minutes,” was the fierce and ruffianly reply, as he snatched the proffered weapon. And the four: pistols were’ loaded by the seconds. “ Be’, steady, for Heaven’s sake ! On no' account fire till you both reach' the canes.— Tho short distonoe is your only chance,” said the lieutenant, as ho placed a pistol in' G—’s hand. The latter scarcely knew how to hold it. An instinct of common sense made him point it straight before himr;. but he was af raid to put his finger on the. trigger, for he was warned that the slightest tduoir'on the feather-spring would cause it to go off prema turely. . The Frenchman flourished his weapon, lev eled it with a theatrical air, called out loudly some words that Q ~n did not understand,. but all was done clearly with the object, of throwing him off his guard, and hurrying into tiring at the farthest distance, with a cer tainty of missing. Failing in this design, the Fronchmaa then stepped rapidly up to the cane, his barrier,'his arm at full* length, and G a could see into the barrel of the pistol leveled at him. He had just presence of mind to reflect that a good shot at twenty paces—tho distance now between them—was sure to hit his man, while he woulb bo as cer-' tain to miss; so by a sudden impulse ho ran impetuously up to his barrier, giving the idea, to all the spectators that ho had utterly lost; his head, and was rushing full tilt against his ' foe, whom he covered straightly enough. So thought tho latter. And he, astonished and startled by the eitriordinafy movement of his intended victim, unconsciously pulling the trigger with, a sensitive feather spring threw the bullet wide of its mark—and at the same instant the report of G n’s pistol told that he, too, had fired, having stopped firmly and steadily at the barrier ; amj' with a scream ,ot agony the desperate buclist bounded into the air. shot through the brain, and he dropped forward stone dead, on one of the weed-covered inbunds which dotted the burial-ground. ; O n stood utterly stupified. . Ho knew no difference between life and death, or who 1 had fallen, who escaped.' , From first to last ho had given himself up ns lost. Ife never' drpp'mt of killing his enemy with his unprao ’tlced; hand,.nor of having a chance ot safety from the unerring, skill opposed to him— There was now no time for thought His friend rushed up to hint : " ' " Come, come on, come-on- don't you see the wretch is dead f The people will tear us to pieces." - , . . , And so it wofild Have been had not thejtwtf mends bolted through flic' crowd thai, insa tiablv curious, thronged ground, the ouiipse • and, before they, could dlsongiige'themselves to look for the two foreigners, they had scram bled over tho broken wall, ran through'some narrow lanes, and found shelter in Mr 'G—’s • house where he n,et his wife entirely ignorant of the awful scone that had been noted— ‘ Ahe second iemotn had escaped by another . Almost immediately the yells of the people were heard outside. . Their fury against the Englishman was roused to .tho, liighest pitch, and could not bo controlled, by a few gentle men who wore present ,a.t.. the qatostrophe. and not one of whom lamented it, for tho Jpt KM fallen on him who deserved it, and who left fimm behind to mourn for him, G——n and hie friend fastened up the doors and win dows as beat they could ; but they would not have lohg fcsisted the. assaults of the crowd, had not fortunately a small detachment of 'mounted .'gendarmes galloped up and sur rounded the house. The officer commanding it demanded admission, which was gladly given to him. His conduct was admirable. His first care Was totranquilize the lady, who, like a true woman, was, calm, resoldte.’ and active for her husband’s safety; generous mid-unselfish forher own. The officer assured her of his protection, and also undertook/to . guarantee the safety of the lieutenant ; but i as he was unable to answer for that ot the principal In the homicide, knowing the nature of the infuriated mob and the state of nation al feeling at tho time, he devised tho only plan for his escape, in case they overpowered the half dozen gendarmes and forced an en trance. He therefore called on one of his men to come inside while the rest sat in their saddles, sabre in hand; and he made G- n at once change clothes with the soldier-po liceman. This was done quietly and speedily. Then lending 'him to the door, he saw him mount the horse of the man ho personated, putting an apparent letter hastily prepared into his hand, professedly for the magistrate of the town. G— -n well played his part. lie rode calmly through tho people, who of fered no remark, trotted along in the direc tion ho was told to take, and 'very soon left Bngneres behind him, relying on the courage: ,and the chivalry of the Frenchman who saved him, to protect , his wife, and the friend less . compromised than be was. He was joined oh the same evening by both tliese objects of his solicitude, who came un der safe escort, and lie turned his back for ever on the place whore he seemed to have experienced such a fearful dream. And now comes the explanation of the startling event. Mr. G - —n, naturally, fq'r a man o'f his quiet habits, was fond of reading. Ho was a subscriber to the circulating library '; and lie one day had in his turn a volume that toUphtd on the great.war against Napoliion, and con tained some sentence rather disparaging b) the French army in connection with-the bat tle of Toulouse. Some reader of the book had written in pencil a short remark on tlig pas sage, approving its tone and enforcing its truth by a severe epithet. Mr. G-—--n scarcely observed this, if he saw it at aV" but ho in due time returned the book to the library, and forgot aIT abnut.it! Passing from one subscriber to another, the volume fell info the hands of the young fire eater whose unhappy fate'l have just related; Hurried away by. passion, by furious-hatred of all Englishmen, so indiscriminate that ho oared not on whom ho vented it, he rushed to the circulating library, inquired who among the subscribers Inst had the volume, and was answered vaguely ; but the, name of Mr. G was mentioned as. oho of the last, and the person in the shop pointed but that gentle; man, who happened to be passing at the time. sel^n«ie,(il, m,, the virtual; suipiao,. rushing on his fate; dart ed but, engaged his two attendant friorids to accompany him, followed the tree unsuspect ing Englishmen into the billiard room—and tho reader knows tho rest.- ld Y HEROINE. In ti little hro vn house, containing only two low, dark rooms, lived my heroine. The little yard in front is small, but in Summer it is gay .With balsams and bright-pinks.and the little path leading to the gate is always neatly swept. But perhaps you will not think my heroiife deserving of the title when I tell you she is neither beautiful nor talented, as the heoriiteß of novels always are—hut she possessed quhlitihs fil'mind and heart Which would have done credit to any. ' Her father was -a drtakard. Her mother was a pale, sail woman, Worn with toll and sorrow, but was.ever geritlfe fcud uncomplain ing in all her troubles ; ever kind and forgiv ing when her husband ill-treated her, and treasuring .up with joy every word of kind ness which came like a transient gleam of sunshine in his sober moments. But the faithful mother died, leaving six little children to struggle with the world.— The, eldest was able to work for himself, and tbo infant was given to one of the relatives. But upon Mary, my heroine, came the whole responsibility of caring and providing for the rest; for her father, too far lost to have the nianliness to exert himself for their support, continued in his degraded course.- Thus the little giiTbecame a demure house keeper. Not for ;her were the games and toys and sporta_ in tho open air. Her time was occupied in" the making and mending of little garments, and all the sober routine of a demestio woman; How changed she was!— From a careless, happy girl to o sad, prema ture woman 1 All that was childish crowded out 1 But though she worked early and late, and the cross was heavy to bear, she often, said, with tears in her pale blue eyes, “<L can not wish ray mother back to So muofl troub- Ip ,f Noble little girl'! Self-denying and faith ful, toiling oh without even, the cheering love of a father: never dreaming that she is hera- A peculiarly noble trait of hers was her lingering regard for her father. Ever sliiell mg him fromreproach, she would never say he was harsh to her, but with loving charity hid his faults from the world as far as-was in her. power. But m loss than a year after her mother’s death, this meek young spirit found rest. I thought with joy how her patient love would no more be tried by an exacting parent.— Surhly the reward of such devotion will M great. V The little family was scattered, and the father joined the', army. It is iiopod he will sometime-'realise'the worth of the devetod creatures whom his blindness brought to the; gravel And, now, has not my heroine sustained her C 7“ * My dear Amelia,’ said M- 0. D. Ool lono to tho young lady , whoso smiles he was seeking,’ I have 1 mug, whishcd; for this sweet opportunity, but I hardly da'ro trust myself now to speak the dcep emotinns' of my palpi tating' heart—but I 'declare to you, my dear Anieliftj.tHa't I love jroU moSt tenderly, your smiles would shed—l say yqur sm'iles would shed,—’ 'Npver. pjlnd "the wood shed,’.'skid the fovojy, Amolini ‘go on with your pretty K7 “i say, Ned, did you collect that bill : ‘Which one, sir ?’ ' ‘ The one against Mr. Goer.’ 'No sir, I. didn’t collect it! cause why,— he’s not Mr. Goer.’. , i ‘ What.do you moan f’; 1 ■ * Why, you keej sir t Mr.-Goor loft yester day—now he’s Mr, Oone-er,’ “ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS..BE BIGHT-BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." fABUSUI, PA., MUKSIUy, AUGUST 21,1868. APPEaBIJ&B & THE B.ITOF FIELD. the corrcspondbrit of the New Yoric Herald;, Writing from th'o of the late battle House, Ya.,_givei4he; following graphic rwt sickening description of .the -field afterthft battle : In company with! Division Surgeon Bull, of General Morgan’s brigade, I rode down the I road toward Slaughter’s Mountain, passing ; upwards of a score of battery horses slain jn , the traces by the spletidid firing of our ad vance pieces on Saturday midnight. The no ble animals, whom; thunder could not jar nor ' iron rain intimidate, lay. close beside each other, the worms already making havoc in j-theii flesh, their limbs stiffened and their ghastly hoofs extended. Hero -was a splin- I tered wheel, with blood and hair, upon the detent Trial at the old Bailey i Q London upon the usual of retreat—jackets, JUltCtitlg Sftne. ¥ a ™ mond .’ a portrait painter, Whs rent and bloody. ' These traces grew, more at • f b . ar to J bo ‘ nedon an indictment numerous until I crossed Cedar creek, where nf I ngal ‘l st lln ? tb ®. Grand Jury for the the stench of decaying flesh, men and hor- I Tu r *- ™ th T 1 ! 08 of ses, was plainly perceptible. The ground George Baldwm, a rope dancer and monntp. was trampled. aVi? by the desperate feet of wVTT was l a l . m4n of racd ’ um combatan ts, and off to the left, In the reined rr ITw ,H 18 ®J® B .'™.® W“® cornfield, I saw a party of grave diggers on- a ? d "S ' vhol ° bca,l , ne gaV . C “ vld ® nc ® gaged in their solemn but hasty tosf of shut- «W"£ tini away the faces of glory. 1)1,e first uri-- 41 yC L' * '^ o{t berried corpse stared oft from the shelter of i «Ppoarance : and .manner bore an oak tree; but the resemblance to pjan had ®!J do "? e of - hls eulg f. “ian,of distinguished been well high'obliterated. The arms wcrc « 'on, in Bpito.of the poverty of his dress. thrown olenchedly back, and the chin raised, Vi-Tt-n m d ’- h ® P ,T on , er with the tendons and thews of the throat bare w klll Baldwin, and ho do and black. Tlre syes' had bulged through P ° d however that, on his their.apertures.irithe flesh, distended to the ““i ap £ cotl^ ,e,lce ’ he dld uot helieyo bmi sizo ofeggs; and the-hair lay long, tangled B fm g f y- „ Iho . l : ou P on . a J. aT ? was empnnri-, and matted with blood, over a forehead blue f indictment was and yellow by exposure, and . hastening cor- h fi :n/!rfn o 1 nnd tb ® . klllln .g ruption. What more may have been re- being admitted, the. Government rested their marked it is to say, save that no im- fftJgiS? . pr,Bo “ or ? aS „ U P°P fo : r agihatioh.of death Was half so terrible. If ,■,,v r ,; E« ‘‘j.i 1;.- „ . .. ''.'L-.- such feolihgs Were engendered by the glimpse v. f % . s.-idhc my j ustifioation mto of a single body, what, shall desc.dbe tha * u n nd u Three horrible picture of, the: dead grouped, nay, a ' dau ? h ‘* r ->. then fouryews heaped, upon each other,, and withering urn' i-; s°f a u! tV’ dor a fiery! sun ? They lay by the margin of It l &Fr to / eca l to«lffl -3he tributary rivulet.'Ualf.hidden in tlVo Stalks ***"! dl ® ;^ 01001-11— ono with arm drawn over theeyo, o f ‘ f PP T ® h 8 ,°u another with arms„fixedly folded upon the q a V fh 'm ® hl / d ’ and bu ‘ hei ; l had chest, and others fitting holt upright, as if 0 ' ,“ e ; Gentlpmep, resu rrCotod and ’ alkmt to speak There was a v have cannot be described; you po speculation in the eyes that they didXe I; ex P®? d ® din VithM; the grave sgemed fo KaWbeen opened 6V ® ryt S that Tmight see; arid- after glory, the worm lEio,’ p ctures, even to ray had come to.holA high revelnpon the gpod, T^ dl,a . wboen B ° ld - For three years the gallant and the gifted. A few officers °, n , 5° I have been . seeking for my.child in were noted ; bfft tffe tinsel shoulder straps £ 4 * ‘bavillagos in tbe three were rusty and discolored, and they looked r i? n g a " B ;p„iV- “ 'ng iiortriit^ like common clay, t noticed one stalworth b ‘ lad C f c f T d ? d -, l ° f lnln S u httl ® “onoy; I fellow. Who had fallen With M musket tighW !?£, 1*?“ t 0 ®® ram ®“«>-W adver ly gripped to his: shjle,as if ho had fallen at 4 Atlon ,th nn n shoulder arms. Some seemed to have died r ofA P rdlaBt ' th r e lr°li«f«B^ n but l lv fe ror had jietrified in L e °cn te^ ofd ot Among them a child loss of siuna ,tried. faßeni i^i t ,tS v e^ d ’.F osted . ou a their features were distorted, an} allweroi Hy e -' reco B-' swollen that they ocußparod i in.iizo with the „ n lt. d „r-ni Ch -ti ,n th fi t cond,tl ° n - , J fc ,' vaB dead hursoe adjaCenii. * v , .. P i?® “ 0t ! 10r wnM perhaps have The bodies of thopo are lifted by fheir com- herself toward her, and locked rades and depositeriri trenohei, Without cof- As fo f.-u.Y® d ,P«“ed fin or he'adstope. Occasionally the practical h'nhUin&yim'i.m v w”' f ot -' ! - b ®,” r ; A lt . sex'oh discovered some-old hdnors 1811 '.f’ BV ? n *° Y® a . kn 6sB .seizod him with a special grave, and quickly makes !, ” b 7 the clothes I raised him m tho pir, . „ 6! , ’ e fj. t - v.. mauoa t |, en d as hed him to the ground—then again : A H d t!ng p 1 ace for fature exi ncy he was d ad _ Mtor%var b d x repented what I eaW 01 heard ’. h l d bad dono. At the momentl rogretted.thtt 1 rf f- f ‘ “ y i “™' B ’f ,,d w was able to kill-but once." r P -■•' • ■ ~ mnv hZ 0 i u g ' , I cr ( m A th a tW ? Lord Chief Justice Tindaie-’-These Are may have iiad a hundred and-fifty dead I not Christian sentiments. How can you ex fn nn d ß l o »f r r° U ? ed t^ ia the edges,olftlm woods p oc| . the Coui , t and j tdiodk with favdr ° Ver ‘? °f your defence, or God to pardon you, ifyou these appeared to be by fi-agments of forgive?" ■ ■ 1 ■ - shells, una oiiQ head was missing. In d,.- „ “ t( r t„ j i * rsawafo X ldTf- iOQ a °l b |°. Ct 9 yoor judgomootl and St oflbojury fbu? struck by solid-XTanSbfoken God has pardoned me; I feel it in my qeart. War had levelled the earliest and last indi- JXn^of^ho'«,iVST k “’“wl 0 0 cation .of industry. By the kindness of the 0-^®o fc ofthoevil that manhaddone When rebel cavalry, General Stewart, to whom I T ! brou e ht .P« >"7 shall presently refer,, I' Was allowed to ride f l.f”' sh<! w -“ with Bioutemml Jrohfist.m-;aoi-oss the rebel! * g r P ur ,® aad “S®* l ® «■ linos and examine the enemys dead. As most hTnSn ~ Sf ZT' b ? d /- a " d B °rr of these had been buried, I eiuld PCVtclbwith C, n Ti,h whoS»l^ \ ln ' auioua - I , k « oertiiinty fhe rebel,less j could scarcely „ . 1 IlVlng ’ 1 d ' d have been less than ours &ght North Gar- ffiT - i 1 rl u oliiiians lay in a row by a fragment offence ll Y Jf *>**'**■*! gravediggors had min- Jns ‘ tio e_..i understand you. gentie . t | rav « dl eg« ra - Md both but the muat tako Us y . Co ; ir g O . x had their functions to hold an ar* t . a l +i,« J. *n gument:- The lieutenant ordered the Morals So L delibßratn ’ d b . y W ‘ r °' KStahJ?- and The .Chief-JUstice having summed up the be, a mipituro butJo retil . ed> an( f j n an instan P t af -. frSl fSonS /• conduutur that be l, ? d a , ter returned into court with'a verdict of “Not trank face and a fair manner, a goodly* ming-' ty -u » , -, -■ is ° n -J ith f the r - °» a® discharge of Hammond the sheriff f ‘ 7- a was obliged to surround him with an escort. S'® Pr ®“ Slaughter’s Mountain, and be- TUe wo g on were (l etcrmined to carry him off' heid the spot where Union and rebel had in trhlm h . The opowd followed him all the aasJSrta S.T £r.ts.t jas & ** seemed to have edged over, to our lines and fell among our men, 'while'Some of the Un ionists were 'quite turped around and lay in a bevy of their enemies. 1 The rebels claim to have blown up several oassons left behind us on Saturday evening, and to have picked up more than two thousand arms, with upwards of sixty horses. : I saw, what had been previ ously . undiscovered;< about fifty muskets stacked against a piece of scrub timber, with in our lines ns re-established. ! i 1 WOUNDED ON THE riECD. ' A great number of oqr .wbiindod Were car ted from the field by ambulances. Tliey had Inin two upon the sites of their fall, and wore nearly, famished arid perished. We took in perhaps four hundred on between nine o’clock arid dark. -;Thd enemy hnd- char itahly relieved the rieoessUies' of 'a feW ; brit their, provisions j.being''limited;; jihey were oldigbd to 'ddseft ‘'sdefie of ,thV‘ raost'.lielj)leES. Many men riieroiy,had. broken-; Umhs,.upon, which they could, ppt etaffd,' Several cases .of amputation were uridofgpno : on the field,, and by two o’clock no wounded men remained between 6qr lines, gnd.tho enemy’s. O’ ‘ 0, pray let. me h{vvo my own way. this time,’said ayoungofficor in one of j)ur Irish volunteer regiments abput going South, ns, he attempted to force,n kiss ffojii hisdcar Biddy.. • ..... . , ~ ‘ Well, ‘Willie,,l,suppose’ I.must this once;' but you know that after your return and wo are married, I shall hpyo a Will of my own.' lOT It is sbid that.aman in * a tight place,’ once, upon'having his nofo, Shrived; by' ll kef, begged,to be allotyed to,take the UHiiry in stead of the principal. If the tax bill passes as it is the publishers had bettor lot the Govern ment’ have' the'newspapers, if it will per; mit them to receive the taxes. O* ‘ Bob, is that dog a hunter V ’ ‘No ;• lie's half hunter and half setter, lie hunts bones when ho is hungry, and sots by theiiro when ho is satisfied.’ EVENING. One star is trembling into sight, And soft as sloop tno darkness falls, , Tbo wcod-dovo from tho forest calls, - The bat begins its wayward flight. Streams, murmuring in the ear of night, Within the woody hollow wind, Whoso,dusky boughs are intertwined Above their music and their light. The woodland rango is dimly blue With smoko that creeps from cots unseen, And briery hedge and meadow green Put on their white night-robe of dow. And every sound that breaks tbo calm Is like a lullaby to rest j All is at peace—except tho breast That needs tho most its soothing balm. Applying Tub Test.— The following dia logue occurred, on the side walk in this city, between a Doinoorat and a Republican who happened to meat: licp.—l have hoard it said repeatedly that you are secosh. : , Deni. —Probably yoii;h(tve. But let ha see who iasocesll; you or me. - l propose that wo both go before a Notary Public and each take the oa.th of allegiance to the Constitution as it ia, and of fidelity to the Union as it was be fore secession began. ■'Will yen do it? R.—Hem! Well, I don’t know. I think it’s hardly worth while. . D.— (Starting) —Come along, 1 1 am ready to take the oath, aud if you are not a seces sionist, you certainly are. Conie, it’s hilt a step to Squire Miller’s office, and it will not thketoh minutes. I will pay for both. (Re publican move? .off.) Are you not for the Constitution and the Union ? . It.—llepi! Yes, if slavery is abolished. D.—-I'lipn you ’ are not for the Constitution as if is, for it recognizes the existence of Sla very in the Union. Yon arc, therefore,' ase cessionist. ..If .you,are not, you will go with mo and fake the path of allegiance to the old Constitution arid'the old Union. (Exit Re publican,'sneaking off with both bands be hind him, pressing down his coat tail.)—G/ao Statesman. .. O’ At a hotel, a girl inquired ofa gentle man at the table whether hie.oup was out, No," said he, “ but my Poffee is.V The girl was confused, blit she'.dotermiriod to pay him bapk in his. own coin if occasion lookcd.up. : While of,dinner; the stago drovo up, ilnd several persons coming in, the gon tletuen asked : ,' . “ Does the stage dine hero ?” ' “ No sir," replied the girl, laughing, “ but the passengers do 1” O’ A very good domestic toast— * May your coffee and tho slanders against you bo i ever alike—without grounds.’ , The Romance of Ihe Old Caard. ' The Emperor Napoleon has made the old soldiers Duleau, deputy mayor of Vioq, a Knight of the Lbgidh of Honor," ns h reward for his testimony, in opposition to Victor Hugo, count Michel, and amass of histbrS'ial evidence, that General Oambronne really used at Waterloo the words, “ La Garde meuri el ne sc rend pas." • Nevertheless, 'Captain Gronow, ’ in 'his ‘’■Recollections,’’ just published in London, contradicts the Cambronnists, while ho al most restores Wellington’s a famous “ Up Guards, and at them.” The following ex tract is ipterdstingi;- “ It Was about five o’clock on that memora ble day that we (the British] suddenly re ceived orders to retire behind an elevation in. our rear.’-'The enemy's artillery had come up en masse within a hundred yards of us. By the time thej began to discharge their guns, however,, we%'oro lying down behind the rising ground, and. protected by the ridge before referred to. The enemy’s cavalry was in ; the rear pf their artillery, in order to bo ready to profeotXfif attacked ;. but no at tempt was made on our part to do so. Alter they had pounded away at us for about half an hour, they.,deployed, and up' came the Whoie'hlass of impartial ipfantry of the Guard, led oh by the Emperor in person.' We had now before us probably about twenty thou sand of the host soldiers in France, the he rpes of many memorable victories, we saw the bearskin - caps rising higher and higher [ as they ascended the ridge of ground which separated us, and advanced nearer and near er to our lines. It was at this moment the Duke of Wellington gave his famous order lor our bayonet charge, as he rode along the line; those are the precise words he made use of ‘ Guards, got up and phargoß wore instantly on our legs, and after so many hbiurs of inaction and irritation at maintain ing a purely defensive attitude—all the time suffering the loss of dotarades and'friends —the spirit which animated officei-s and: wen may easily be imagined. After firing a;vol ley ns spon is the enemy were within 'shot, wo rushed on with fixed 'bayonets, and the hearty hurray peculiar to British soldiers. :i It appeared that our men, deliberately and with; calculation, singled out . their vic tims ; for as came upon the Imperial Guard our'line broke, and the fighting be came irregular. The impetuosity of pur men seemed almost to paralyze their enemies; I witnessed several cf.tbolmparialGuardiWho j were run dhrobfgn toer'"boefy,’apparent,'.'With out any resistance on their .parts., I observed' a, big Welshman of the name pf 1 iiiighes, ■who was six feet ’sever! inches in height, run through .With his bayonet and, knock down with the butt end .of his firelock, I should think a dozen at least of his opponents. This terrible contest did not last more than ten minutes, for the Imperial Guard was soon in full retreat, leaving all their guns and many prisoners ip our hands.- The famous, Generr al Uahibronrie a as,taken prisoner,, fighting hand ■ hand with the gallant H]r Colin Halkett,'who Was shot through the cheeks' by a grape shot. Cambrqnpe’s supposed an swer of ‘ La. OardS ne se rend pas’ was 'au iin vention of after times; pnd he In ni Seif Always denied having used such an expression T a’.Onu’rober of yoairs ago' there lived ip Hie town off G— Androscoggin J county, Mtiino; a main by the name of L— [ Ho was farmer,:’stage-driver, ’hotel-keeper, and was blessed, with a large' family of boys. Among them whs the’h’ero 'o’f oar-yarn. ,'lde J was the name that be was best known by.— He was leap, long,' tank, and scrawny. ’Al ways on hanj to run the errands and do chores I generally. ■' V . " ” ' One very hot day in July, Ide was sent off about three miles to a mill with a largo lot of grain to bo ground. Unluckily for him there I was quite a quantity in before he got there, so that it was late in the afternoon before the miller got to .work upon Ide’s lot. , The water was low, consequently the mill-stones revolved very slow. Ido was hungry, and, his inner man got, uproarious, and looking un to the miller .(Unpin Koub),.h'e,aayB:-. ’ • ’ Cnefe ißeub’. J, can eat that meal faster I than you ehri grind it." ’ 1 “Ah, my bpy,’f said Uncle Iloub, “how long could you do it ?” “ Why, till I starved to death 1”, said Ido. Uncle Koub says that’he never got such a shot, before. , , Master Ann Scholar. —‘ When I was a boy,’ said an old man,; 1 we had a schoolmas ter who bad an odd way of catching idle.boys. One day ho called out to us.: ‘ Boys, I must have closer attention to your books. The first one of you that, sees another boy idle, I want you to inform mo, and, I will attend to the case,’ ~ ‘Ah, 1 thought 1 to myself, ‘ there, is Joo Simpson that I don’t like. I’ll watch him, and if I soo him look oil’ his book, I’ll tell.’ It was not long before I saw Job look of his book and immediately I informed the master.’ ‘ Indeed,’, said he, ‘ how did you know ho was'idlb . * I saw him,’ said I. ‘ You did; and were your eyes on your look when you saw him?’ I was caught, and never watched for idle boys again. If wo are sufficiently watchful over our own conduct, wo shall have no time to find fault with the conduct of others. A Oostlv Blunder. —A saloon keeper "in Cleveland, in tho scarcity of change, con ceived the idea of issuing tickets “good for one drink" to 'regular* Customers, when ho couldn't ohango fhoir money. In printing tho tickets, the printer made a mistake, as the saloon keeper discovered to his cost, nf-, ter distributing a large amount of them. The ticket read “good tor one dntnk.” A num ber of two-fisted drinkers, who got bold of some of tho tickets, have been indulged ip. a series of drunks over since, greatly to the pecuniary loss of tho “saloonor.” Looking jn the Wrong Box, —A Mr.,- Thomas Ogden, having arrived in No’jv York from England, went several successive morn ings, to the post office to ask for letters.c jn-r quiring always for letters addressed to Thom ,as!lJogdeh, the postmaster invariably replied that there were none for hini. But becoming at length quite impatient at these frequent disappointments, he thrust his head through the delivery window, and sdon discovered the cause. • You are looking among the Ilaiich- C 3, ‘Sir,, he. Said to .the officer within : you should look among the Hoes !’ Well, what next ?” said Mrs. Partington as she interrupted Ike, who was readiug the war news—-* tHo pickets wore driven in five mi , ‘ “Bless my poor soul, but that will , make a strong fonco. I suppose they had to he driven in deep to koop the Sossiumidors [ from digging out under them." Wii and Humor. Dandies and many nanny goats never fail to pride themselves on fheir'kids, .. Why do womon like stays ? Beouae they feel so-laoed by them. What (jardinar virtue does water represent ■when frozen? Just-ice. , . .■ What living creature has a beard without a chin ? An oyster. ■At a debating .society the . subject was “ Which is the sweetest production, a girl or a strawberry?” After continuing'the argu*- incut for two nights, the meeting, finally ad journed without coming to a conclusion—the older' ones going for the strawberries, and the young ones for the girls. ; :Wlio was Seipio’s wife ? Missis sip pi o, of course.- • A man may stir up a fire with an :umbrel la, but ho cannot keep the rain off bis person with a pokct. \ If wo live according to nature, we can Bey er be poor if according to opinion, we can never be rich. • A thoughtless word may excite a world of thought. ..... He who, will breast his ,l»?t loaf with you, but never,his faith, is a friend.: ' " Sense must ho'very good, indeed, to be as good as good nonsense; ■ , Be what you are. This is the first step to wards becoming better than yon are. ■ Old fools aro.moro foolish than young ones; they haye had much longer practice-. Tcmperence Lecture. Avtcmas Ward met a cold-water preacher in hJichignAi with iwJio’ai fi's held a brief,.inter view. Ho thus narrates the circumstance-; _At Ann Arbor, being seized with a sudden faintness, I called for a drop of suthin to drink.. As I was stirring the beverage up, a pale-fdced, hian ‘ip gold spectacles, laid his hand upon my shoulder,-and sed:- “Look nbt upon the wine’ when it is fed I” ■ Ses I,this aiht wine. This is Old Rye.” “ II stingeth like an Adder and bileth like a Serpent 1”. sed the man. M I guess not,” sed I, when you put sagat into it. That’s the Way I hllors take'mine.” ‘‘ Have you sons grown up. Sir 2” the man asked.. ; ‘ , ’ . , “ Wall,” ! replied, as 1 put myself. outside my beverage, “ray son Artomus jnoior fa goin on IS.’’ ','' V ■■■ ,■”■ l ‘ Ain’t you afraid if you set this example b 4 him lid’ll cum to a bad end?” lie’s cum to a waxed end already. ' He’s learnin thg shoe makjn bizness,” I replide. “ I guess we can both .on us git along with out your assistance. Sir,” 1 observed, as bn, was about to open bis motjtb.agm, i • ' “ This is a cold wokdV’-fsfidt'he iaafi; ;;. “That’s so. - Jta't yod’ll getdntbia warroojy’2 ono ,by and by biznes better.” T was a little riled 'at tho .feller, because I never take anythin only “ when I’m. onwall, £ afterwards learhhd he wasa temperance lecturer, and ifhe oan in- •' juoa men to stop sitting their iuards on fire with the frightful dicker-.whioh-is retailed ■ round the country, ! shall heartily' rejoice. Better give’men Prusick Assid to onet, than to pizen’om to detl) by degress. A Big Afple Pie.—Ail old la'dv in tha country had a dandy from town to'Jins .With her on a certain occasion'; and on the table was an bnOrifiduß apple pie. 1 ‘iLa,! rta’iha.’ said tho exqisite, ‘ how do you., manage to make such a .pio ?’ ‘Easy enough,’was the quiet reply;‘ we make the crust in a wheelbarrow, wheol it under the apple tree, and shako the fruit down into it,’ . ■ V, . “Pat,” Said a builder: to (in Irishman en gaged ip carrying, salt'to the top of a'four stqry,building, ‘.‘have, yon any houses’ inlre land as liigh as' this One ?” “Yis, me moth er’s cabin.” , “How many rooms had it “There was the atoing-room, the sloping room, the kitchen-room, and the pig:pon— four rooms.” “That’s a story," said the buil der. - “Yis, four stories,” said Pat. CT"‘lYhat‘does cleave mean, papa,?’ ‘lt means to stick together.’ ‘Does John stick wood together when ho cleaves it ?’,, ‘Hein lit moans to separate.’ ' . _ ‘lVeil, then, pa, does a man separate from his wife when he cleaves to'her?’ ‘Dont ask foolish questions, child.’ Ip-It must be very hot in the South. A ootempo'rary says that, a small negro hoy iij-" judiciously leaned up against the sunny side of a house and fell asleep,' In'a few minutes he began to soften and in three quarters ofi an hour ho ran all over thp yard.,- ilia moth-- er dipped him up and put him in a wasli tub. DC?” A captain,.ond of the old school, bein* at a ball, had been accepted by a beautiful/ partner, a lady of rank,-who, in the moat def licato manner possible,'hinted to him tho propriety of putting on a pair ofglovps. .‘Oil,’ was tho elegant reply;-‘never min'd rhe, ma’am ; I shall wash my hands when I’ve done dancing.’ (£7“ Mrs. Partington, on reading an ac count of.a schooner having her jibboom car ried awiiy last , week, .wandered ‘ why people would leave spoil things out o’ doors, nights, to be stolon, when there was so many,- burglars about filtering everything they could lay thoir hands to.’ , 865“ The Imperial Prino'o of Franco is just/ like other little boys. His governess im- ' pressed upon him recently the necessity. o£ > being polite and pretty. to those who. an-:- .preached him.' The next day one of Ini wishes was refused, ‘lf you dealt 1 give ine' what I want,’ said the little corporal, ‘l’ll make tacos at.. people.’, , • K - ‘How do you' do sare ?f- said a Trench' mau to an ’ English acquaintance.. ‘Bather poorly, thank you:’. answered the-other,— ‘Nay, my. dear sure,’ said tho .-Frenchman, ‘dent thank me for your illness—l cannot help it.’ , 8®„. Lbrd Uptosnuff sold Brown a horse tho other day. B, meeting the peer shortly aftof, said: ‘Why,'your lordship told me' that your horse hod no fault, and ho is blind of an oyo ?’_ ‘All fight;’,responded tho lord ; ‘blindness is no fault—it is only a misfor tune 1’ 0"A very diffidentyoung gontloman on- Sundqy evening last, while waiting on a la-/ dy homo from the Methodist ohuroh, dosirod her not to mention it, os it might cause re mark. ‘ Don’t ho afraid,’ said she, ‘ of my telling, I feel ns much ashamed of it as you do.’ NO. 11.
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