M&t ncM®Bß» piflimtfff; VOL. 49. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JUILN B. BMTTON. Editor & Proprietor. ■_ CARLISLE, PA.. AUGUST 28.1862. Troth tho Demoprat. cobpist bulls. " i Below we give compietetfolls dj throe of .the companies which leftUnmberland,conn ily h'folv days Slnbo, to engage in thohard loliips and. perils of the battle-field. Next we will pnblieb the roils of tho other jcompanies from this county. ■ ‘PORTER’S COMPANY. [Carlisle, '■] Captain —William M. Poeteh.^ First Lieutenant— J dns B. Tuenee. Second Lieutenant-Sous: Hays. First Sergeant —William T. Cutler. .' • , Second “ George, Thayer.' Third “ , John O. Halbert, , ;Fonrlh “ / Benj. K. Spangler.',, Fifth “ James Underwood, First Corporal—A.. Blake Blsel. Second “ William Vance. :Third “ Charles A. Smith. Fohrth-\“ . George Green. , Fifth “ Abraham L. Line. : . Sixth . George W. Moll. Seventh “ William H.. Common., Jiighth •< Thomas M. Moore. Allison, Walter W. Kerr, James A Askin, R. Y. Kutz, E C Aughinbaugh, C A Laughlin, David . ‘Baker, W - Lease, Ephraim . . ■Blaine, T T - Lynch, John I) Bowers, George W . Uynch, Wm P Brownawell, A F Loudon, Duftield. Bonholtzer, Peter C Lyne, George W Boas, David H M’Rihbin, Win L Oocklin,‘Samuol T M’Quato, Peter Comfort, Henry D M’Pherson, Robert Cornniani Leandor C Madden, fff • ■Common, Wm 0 Marsh, Wm H •Crabb, H A Martin, James tCDubsey, Joseph E ; Masonheimer, Lewis Earley, C H Matlock. Joseph R Eckels, D H Mitchell, Edward Eitlebuoh, P F Moore, J P . Evans, George' Morrison, W S ..Evans, Johnson.. Neely, Wm ■ Forber, Philip ■;,• Pannebaker, S B Fugeni Alexander . Powley, S A Fenicle, Wm Powley, W G. • ■Foust, Ambrose J Richey, Wm ■ Fought, Wm Riokabaugh, Henry Feistor, Wm F ~. Sporow, Wm Gloss, P K , Smith, Wm II Gould. B B Smith, James A < Greusoii,.W‘E Smith, George S . Gntahall, Frank A . Smith, Theodore . Hall, Charles D . Smith, John, Ilumrich, Wm A Sterner, Wm D Hackett, James . Stoey, WL, Hippie, Henry H Stoey, John R , , , IXnyett, D K . Stout, Charles • ; ‘ Hoagy, Wm W Washmood, Andrew Tr»ine, Samuel ! ■ .Wetzel,.Andrew J Jonhs, James Wetzel, Samuel ■Keeney, Daniel B Weaver, Joseph Kerr, Andrew Zoigler, John H LEE’S., wayi/atn—Joiik Lee. ’ FirstCiettltuaut— jQnw ; S..;LyKß. Second Lieutenant —Joan'S. Low. Alexander, J V 7 Martin, Thomas TV Alexander, James J .M’Callister, Wm Bally, D M M’Dowell, Edward Daily, S E ' Miller, EliF . Honor 1 , VV P M’Nanghtori; Samuel Boner I) ~ Mmtorf,Wm Baxter, D Mortorf, Emanuel Bodge, Charles Matthews, Robert . Bartley, John Nonemaber, Wra Bear, B P Naugle, Benjamin Bonghamer, John Neeter, John Ualdweli, Thomas D Neely, Joseph Corbot, Wm Oiler, Andrew Crouse, II 0 Oiler, Samuel Cart, J, Pie, David 'Carbaugh, D A ‘ Parsons, Isaac ‘Cornman, T P , Quigley, ED 'Cornman, Marlin . Hedgers, A 'Carothors. Geo W Robinson, C A Douglas, George Riley, John ■Drewot, George Ramsey, Wm S Dixon, Henry T Haggles, George . Duliey, W W .Haggles, Wm Goodyear, John A Sanderson, Wm Gorges, John Shoemaker, Michael Hannon, Robert M Stoner, Samuel Hannon, Wm P Schuchman, Fred’k Hookondorn, Geo Sowers, Napoleon ■ Harder, Alfred C Spottswood, ClinrleS' Halbert, Joseph C Slussor, George W Hart, Isaiah H Swoveland, Henry Hippie, J Sites, Alfred Heller; Jacob Sites, Charles W Holler, Wm S Slrobel, Frederick •Ingram, David Walker, Isaac S -Jacobs, Abraham Woodley, W W Keller, Henry ; Windemaker, John Kelly, Henry J Wharf, James Kuhn, Martin Wort; Joseph Lyne, AJ,. , Warren, JB Low, A H . Witlierow,'Jos : Eytlo, Wjliiam Waggoner, Benjamin Moudy, George Weiser, John S " Miles, Samuel Tongst, Wm Jtinuloh; John W Zeigler, George Miller, George H ' Cam. ZINK'S COMP’Y. Captain—U. I. Zinn, ,; Firil Lieutenant— J. B. Zin.v. Second Lieutenant— Wilmam Givikb. Ashenfolter, Geo W Hoon, Joseph B Burshingor, B.F, ~ Jones, Josiah R Brougher,, AO • ‘ Knisely, Peter T Brougher,. Johnson Kraber, John O Brougher, Ha D . Kopns, Jacob B Bair(l, John A Livingston, John Brilllmrt, Marlin V Landis, D D Baker, Joseph Lobilg, J W Baker, Matthias Landis, J B Bunder, Levi: Lambert, H S Bashore, Isaac W ■ Mullin, A L Bobb, Keller t , May, S K Bowen, Benjamin Maxwell, John K Bates, Samuel. • Morrell, H W Bechtel, Mdses H Morrett, Wm A Boyer, John B M’Fadden, John • prist, John O'" Minich, Wm Crist, JW Miller, 17m H Culbertson, S D , Miller, John D Chamberlin,-John Miller, H W Crone, 0 Miller, KB Daugherty, George Miller, Samuel A Daugherty, Wm Mann. John E English, Thomas W Moltz, George W Lborsole, William Pretz, John S® rne j*V Boob '• •Rinehart, GH. , > Erford, Jacob R Sadler, L G Wi!!, ng V ( T 9oreo S Sadler, Bepiamln E■ v flnn a i ■ Stevenson, Emanuel link, Abraham Snavely, John. Forney, Joseph Storiesifbp, S •• ' p”" or > ® e °rgB . .Stelglemari; Johh' pLh i - ’ oha M Strino, John PS 6 r°"go . Stewart John W Fetznr 1 ’ T J ° sbna V Shnmbargor, Simon Fink in h “ Shader, William: ; »nK, J Q , jy Crustwb^Q 1 ' 101 M Sha’nll,..William H ' l 3 v T Smith. John W M GUnt/V Tyndali Thomas GeavimV Wood. John A G . . Weyls, William Gr®ss r"’ Jose P b Wolf, George Bug es ?l ga White, George %do j’otr° 8 White, William B S»[otalicfc, l'm; Snn ’T -R eph Huikos, Joseph ■ Zlnn’ wn a <>oror, Elijah J zlnn *Wo '■ Correspondence of the Volunteer.. LETTER fIROM THE ARMY. <r near, the RapidaN, Va., 1 , Co. A. 11th Reg. Pu. Yols., , V r August 12,1862. j Dear Sir— Shortly after mailing my let ter of the. 4th, we received orders to hold our selves in readiness to march that evening or rhe next morning. Our company was detailed for picket duty that, night, which wo per formed and returned to camp about 3. o'clock tho.following morning, and found our brigade making the necessary preparations for an early start. We had arrange ments by day-break, at; which , hour we, got started. Upon our reaching the main road wo saw that the whole division to which we are-attached was in motion; we were halted hero a considerable time, owing to tbe> read being blocked up; by the.numerous baggage and supply "the'day was exceedingly hot and the roads very dusty, but, notwith standing all those drawbacks we marched about 10 miles and then turned off into h meadow along side of a creek, where we en camped for the night. ,A large, number,of us,, (including your ■'correspondent,) took advan tage bt the the opportunity presented, and indulged in a bath ; it was a beautiful moon light night, and the water was just the tem perature to invigorate a person after a day's march. The following morning Yfilli) wo again moved off about daylight, and. after a march of 11. miles reached our destination and went into.oamp.; Our. camp was within about a mile of Culpepper, and was surfound ded on all sides by the encampments of other 'brigades; wo commenced the next day to’ clear the camping ground, dig sinks, hunt water, &0., under the order of our pffcors, which led us to believe that our stay, at this camp would be extended tod couple of weeks at least; but circumstances, alter cases, and intelligence having reached; us that the reb els had crossed the Rapidan in .large forpos, it was deemed advisable to move us further forward ; wo received orders to that effect on Friday noon, th'd Btb, and moved .forward to a point about. 3’miles on the bppoaise sido of Culpepper, and there bncamped for the night; We were ordered to sleep with our equip ments bn and our guns along side of us, so as to be prepared: for an attack at any moment; we'werealldwedto pass the night undistmbed andin the morning resumed our march ; after traveling a couple of miles we came to a point inpur road at which it was mot by an other, and here we were baited'; this road was fairly crowded with bodies of infantry and cavalry, all; moving forward rapidly.- There were various rumors reached us during the morning, spme to the effect, that our ad vance were engaged, others that the rebels had'falldn back and refused fight, &c. About noon,, however, all our doubt was. settled,, for at about that, hour the cannonading commenc ed, and ns wo were some 4 miles frond the battle-ground, we oonld boar'it very dlstinpt listening to.the roar; of the cannon, which ap peared at eonietimes to bo one continuous peal. About 5 o’clock wa were ordered forward, the N. Y. Qtb loading, and our regiment next, our band playing “ Yankee Doodle.” The balance bt tho brigadb came in their respec tive order, and we moved, on about 2 miles, Mr . Bratton when we were filed off into a corn-field and directed to leave our knapsacks arid anything else.that would interfere/with our rapid rriovo irieht i those whose guns were not loaded were ordered to lend as we marched along.— On . reaching a turn in the road we saw the first evidences of the fight, in the per sons of members of different regiments who had been wounded and were , trying to make their way to the rear, where they could receive midical attendance.. .Upon answering questions as to what regiment we were, we would be told in reply to “ go in and revenge the 46th and Geary’s regiments, for theywore cutup severely.” A short march further, and wo turned into a field on our right, in which wero_ large numbers of our troops al ready ; Muring the short time we remained hero a detail was made from ■ each company to fill our canteens with water ; it had grown dark by this time, arid we supposed vre would bo allowed to remain there all night, but we were mistaken, for we were soon ordered to move on forward. The firing had oeased .by this time except nn occasional shot from a picket; we continued oar advance until we had arrived within about 150 or 200 yards of a woods directly in our front, and here was the point at which the 11th first came: under, fire. The rebels had a battery concealed in this woods and opened upon us with shot and shell; wo were directly in range, and theirfiyst fire so surprised and staggered us as to make us halt. One .solid shot lit within 20 feet of the rear of pur company and in close .proximity to our Lieut.. Col.; the shrills generally passed over us before they -exploded ; those that did light near,us seldom exploded ; these lucky circumstances account,for our small loss— only 4 wounded in opr regiment. The, bri gade entire lost 2 killed and aboutlO wounded. Wo. wore kept at a halt only a minute" or two, when thecoirimand “'file right—double quick,- march,’* whs given, and we were soon out of range.. The battery continued firing some ten minutes longer, and during this time : we, took up our position on a.small bill a couple of hundred yards from the north end of the ~ woods; we remained hero about.an hour after the battery 'had ceased firing; ’during this time our General madea short speech to us, iu which lie-directed usto keep coal, shoot low, ■ obey orders, and he very sparing of the water in our ognteens, as might not get any tnore until the following night. At the-expiration of the above time wo were again the recipi ents of visitors in the shape,of shot, and -shell from this same rebel battery ;■ it had changed its position, and we did the. same .hidvihg to the right and foot of the hill; -It continued firing until 4of our batteries opened on it .which soon silenced it;, wo were ollowed to pass, the remainder of the night .without being dis turbed, expecting to bo called on parly ih the morning to go into battle; bat' in this- we were disappointed ; we were moved into a cornfield early in the morning,- where we were drawn up in line of battle and kept un til 11 o’clock,- at which timo wo took up a now position iff A woods to out right, where we remained until evening, expecting an attack hourly. - Shrkness - coming on we were marched'to Our present position, whore we expoot to remain .until we are called on to go into battle; during our change', of position - from the woods to our present pne'we were’ ‘ caught in a very heaVy rain l storm’,-which wet us to the skin and rendered a comfotta bio night’s rest for us an impossibility. Monday lias passed-without Anything of importance opoarring excepting, the burying of the dead by both aides'; a renewal of the fight is expected , every moment. - ■ Should your correspondent escape the perils' of the next week, he will embrace the! first opportu nity of making you; acquainted with its re sults in reference to'the llth; : Until that time adieu. ’ Siu. :: CARLISLE* 1862. y&mllmm. THE YOUNG MINISTER. . BY: MART KYLE DALLAS. , Young William Botsworth.arose in;thepul pit of the quaint old church at Elmsdale'to ■ deliverhis first sermon,’ and cast his soft blue eyes along the :aialea:and;up to the gallery, where the organ stood and -where the choir sat. Now that the hymn was over, and the last low murmur oftho organ had melted iu to silence—now that all those : faces were turried towards him, and" the hush seemed.to say, more . plainly than; wqrds coujd, “We are waiting for,.you,” the young minister un derstood at last the ordeal which- lay before him, and stood - there'with a heating heart arid a cheek that changed from red tp white,- and; Irom white to red .again, with every; breath One accustomed to.'the* sight of .crowded houses, ‘and to the knowledge that the words which fell from his lips were listened to and criticised by men of letters and women of tho world, might have smiled at the confusion„ elicited by the presence of those old:fashioned farmers and their uneducated wives, and wondered how one who,’judging by his face, had hot only talent,but ambition, could; have been content.to make even his first effort in the’presence of Such an.audience. Talented the young than certainly was, : and ambitious also, though he scarcely knew it yet himself; but the.little village was his-world, and. the people in those brown -old. pews seemed, for the moriient, to- hold his fate jh their hands. Again, as ho unfolded the white paper covered with his delicate, distinct handi writing, his blue eyes wandered about the church, and read the faces upturned towards, him. There, grith and'uncompromising,, sat Deacon Grmhbln, looking put for some flaw in doctrine or soraewandering Sentence which . savored of a Want of zeal, Yonder; was Deacon Doleful, ready to shako his head in melancholy, prediction of his failure. Behind him, an old man Venerable, who had no faith in “young ministers,V and would fain have had iin ooto geriariaa in every and further back,' Squire Grpy, the, Abolitionists,, side :by side with Uncle Gobble, the pro : sjavery man of tile village, at whom he was looking bpwie-. knives. " These, and a host of other riioloOn tents, were to bo; propitiated; and there ; also were his .old father and mother, fond apd,anx ious as parents could be, and, sitting beside them, Ids'scppergrace brother, Jasper, the wildest scion' .oftliat <juiet family,.'brown skinned,, gipsy-eyed; and, laughter-loving.— Bold in his speech and careless in,his mirth, he was ,a far better judge of the true merits of his sermon (from a worldly point of view) than any other there. William dreaded this auditor, more than all the-rest—for ■ had not. ;bold Jasper, in his hardihood,'declared that a minister, to be ,iy proper teacher of his flock, should be talented.and enliglitouod as well as ■ • intense horror of good Deacon' Doleful,'that “fine reading should not •be confined to the stage, but should be admitted to :the pulpit.” Jaspcr—what would Jasper think of his maid en sermon 1 The paper was unfolded and spread upon the desk before him, and the young minister strove to put these thoughts away, and to think oqly of the ; great and holy, cause in which ho had enlisted, and of the One whose smile outweighs that of the whole world.' If ho Struggled vainly, others older and wiser than ho may have done the same, for Ambi tion will not always scat herself quietly be; side the church porch, but oftentimes will fol low her slave along the aisles, and up the carpeted steps into the very pulpit, as she might have followed him to any ’scone of pub lic strife or triumph, teaching him that min isters are but men, and that of all the preach; erS on this'earth of ours there was but One, — a holy,Qne—about whose pictured head tho old painters always drew o glory—who could forget man’s praise or blame, and struggle on, through scorn and persecution and toinpta-. tion, the cross and thorny brown, his only earthly .tributes, without one blot, or blemish on his snowy soul, the spotless gift of God ro turhod to, Him as spotless as He gays it, | In his self-reproach, young William Bots worth made no such excuse for his mental de- linqiieheog, but thought himself at that mo ment the greatest sinner upon earth. ,The text-stag rend, and the first words of his sermon Tvpro upon the ministers' lips, when the churoh door opened once more to admit two ' ladies, who came softly up the aisle, and seated themselves very near the pulpit.' Both were young, and one—the smallest and the ipost girlish—wore golden :eprls, "which fell "below her waist. • But it was upon the other that William.Betsworth’sblue eyes rested involuntarily, and. it seemed to the young man as though Satan was indeed tempting him in earnest., If it were wrong to think (if the,effectOf his sermon, how doub ly wrong It was to go wandering back to his boyhood, and to see tho littld pond with wa ter lilies on its liosoni, and the garden, with its ranks of red roses, arid the school-house, where the girls sat on one side and the boys bn the other, and,to see, midst all, a pair of soft blaolf,eyes,arid a,childish figure,, and to feel ■ a dimpled hand within.his own; and, to hear, a baby voice say,' sobbingly—“ But ,1 will come back some' day tone your little w,ife‘ I” ■ Oh t very, wrong; yet he could nothelp.it any moro thari ho could Imlp those other thoughts,.for'.thpro before him weib those soft black 'byes, a bhikPs'po,longer, and that childish form altered to d woman’s. ■ _ ‘Twill come, back some day and he your, littlewife !b , The words sounded in his ears over and.over again, arid Love climbed the pulpit stairs and stood there beside Ambition No one.guesscd this,save,the young minister himself, and when the sermon was done, Den cori.Grumble nodded approval to Deacon Dole ful, and'his mother’s eyes were full of tears,, called forth by: her innocent pride inher blue eyed .William, and scapegrace Jasper grasped his brother’s hand, as he descended from the pulpit, in earnest congratulation-: Only, the object of oil this,inter,est ;Was dissatisfied, as. he thought with self-reproach , upon the .earth? filled dreams which had so haunted bun.'Yet that memory, of his child love would i.not be driven from his heart, and; When arrived; at homer he found those two beautiful girls standing together upon the parsonage porch, U grew still more Vivid, , . ! ‘‘They had-conie back to live," she said, “and,Were.not : going back again, .and,-lateas they arrived.on.the past. Uighti she bad re? solvodt to come to ohnrbh os soon fls she' heard thatWilliain was to preach. How strange that he.should! be a grown man and a' minid tor i ' It seemed but yesterday that they were children, and he wore a round blue Jacket, and fished for minnows with a,.crooked pin. Yet she knew him. And he—-was itpossible that he would have remembered, her?", So she ran ion, and her golden-haired eister, Ef- Ce.'oraiLod besidehor like a happy child. In it'little-’while*aha left them, and/tyheh she' , ; . a '■;■■■ ■ Tr -1 —— -j — , “O'tJR COL’NTRY—MAY IT, ALWAYS: ORWRONS,, OUR COUNTRY.*- -■ ■ —— - - ‘ - 1 1 fr-.il ''' ■ ' . ."’r .ft’ ’ • >’ ' “'"'i was quite: but .went back into, the,'bouse;; nnd;.;tlidught How strange it. was that all those ycrirs of travel in a foreigolabahb'J'Altbr.efibist play mate so little, '-mil into what ■ttb'eri'fftifriP blossom the tender bud of that bpririgsiriie|ißd expanded. Ho .preached the jriight'.iigaip,f‘and strove, ■if ever rnan.did .striy.e^jto, bt}tj ll *. hypocrite; and it waa bnly toobaey, ii6v> i i r to forget the frowns of Doacpn the signs of Deacon thebe looking ‘ashnn with’hCfboft'black eyes. And whin thaf mtght helibßsjathfB*littlo-bed roorni he found liimself : tbinkihg of her once more.’. He'brid ■ epOkbn she !f e membered .ihe-'sohdql'h'ou'it^^d l , ''tbe garden, and the .pprid where’lthe ,vfater|lilieB "grew; whethef ;she ; reinemb6fcd,(iSl&’that’ baby procnise,' he' could With this thbughti'tlie young ihiniwpfefeu asleep, and !nq oho have, blahiEd hibbfeore than he blamed, himself riqxt riiorrililgi ; , Time passed on, and that ordeal of the first Sabbath had grown to an ordinary habit.-r -■ The so feaffully ■wide awake, and he’wae .ussdac their faces and to his new positipri. '■BotifCaroline.Grc* : bam was absent from the service, ho was con scious of a blank,dost feeling,‘jwhich He had' no, power;to overcome, and ;hy this time' he' scarcely strove to: de ad, fof he had begun to fool as though the thoughts which -clung about her. Wore the i purest bf;’ his soul, and had n'othing earthly in th.emV • Ho had loved ■her'dll his life-' ’lf she h&t: iVSt returned it, lie should h'evbr'liay.e woman. So hb,thobght, r ina h<>:,h®;&id tp himself; over arid .oyer, it? ffaly, as' lovers always ! do believe their fancies.' , And it had grown to;bb anptlietrhabit of his to Walk towards her hbmb tfpbri those gPlderi autumnal e'veriibgsi'ahdi fmdinglifeVopofi'the porch dr mH>e gorderir.’tdjbin ber/andtait talking.with her for hours.' 1 Hisbrotfelf Jas per was often With him; arid with tlierii.blso sat Or Walked 'gbldeo-haircd/Effie ; hut Wil liam thought neither (iT'the'Sdnor of the port ly Mr. Graham, who wbuldfain baveeritefed into the theblbgical'disquisitions with him, nor of placid Mrs. Orihomt perpetually knit ting beside, hini. : fldbp6kotbialli'Arid seemed tb look, at all, but ibfealily Caroline was the Only ' one ho Saw! dr listened to, Had he ■ been less l in leyei dess;; deeply. 'lmmersed in his own dreams, he. might not have been so blind to What; was’ipasemfe before■ him,' arid might have would havb been so plain and so have spared himself ■ .. . i ; Ho - had other thougufabbbn bis 1 ' iriind be side, Jasper had al way a been a trouble to thorn, arid was onriiSHlKtllo was ybrjf wild and reckless, and SvaS often absent from the village;, and t the-.Angry, father to pay; arid,etbribWCT!cll brought tears :tp the riiother’s eye's, ririi>\||iliiam 'must soothe the one arid cpihfdft avert What blame he could from the'', 1 wild , brother be loved so dearly, ' ; ilt! ■■! And so autumn came, bringing longjbrtgw^^mugsil?'wh e n : the moon glittered ■ see afar, u puri lua nigh tiy pathV th® red light 'from'her window shiningout upgutbedrifta of now-fallen sndw like-a. berioon glowing there to guide him into'liarbor.?iu ,! ! Itwas upori Christmas ore..-that- ’William Botsworth started across that lonely-.path to ask of ’ Caroline Graham the question which I had been upon: his. lips So long; and as ho marked the lamp light growing nearer. and brighter, he thought that thus itniight glow on some future day, lighted’ by* from the window of his own deaf; home.— ” And the meanest hovel; , the lowliest hut i that could be,built in any uncivilized land, would 1 be a home to me if her presonoeblessed it,” said, the young, minister with tear-filied e^esand bending hia fair head intlio bright starlight, he thanked God who bad taught him how to love. , t , ' Jasper had been from horiio that evening, and as W'lliam opened the garden gate :it startled, himto see his brother standing on the threshold, ’with something unusual in his bearing and in the expression of his hand some face. It startled him«moro, when, lin gering yet in the shadow, unseen by them, he saw Caroline come out.in the lamp-lit hall ,and lay her hand upon hi?!brother’s arm, and his Heart stood still as Jasper bent his head above that hand and kissed it. ■ They spoke iri whispers arid he Could not hoar their words, but the 'meaning of that interview was plain to him, of ho thought so;; and white, and cold, ,j and trembling! ho leant upon the little'gate post, with'a deadly faintness iri his heart. He could not move, even when ; lie saw Jasper coming rapidly towards him, arid so they were beside each other in a mrimont; “ William I” exclaimed Jasper, in con fused, half-tremulous voice, which yet had a ring of happiness in its tones—“ William, is this you? Are you going in ?” “ Not now, I am not well,” William had just strength enough to ariyi : His brother twined hia arm around his waist, 1 in boyish fashion, “ Come with me, then,” he said, “I-have something to toll you. Perhaps you guess what it is already. I think every one must know how welll love her.” ■ 1 - : There was a fearful struggle in ■'Wil liam’s breast, but ho kept silence, and did not thrust away the arm that encircled him. “ And'so,” continued Jasper, “ Although I have been so wild and so little deserving of a pureyoung heart like hers, I have somehow wdriit, and td-night she’gave me the sweet prumtse-that she would be mine; and lam going to load a different life, Will* and study Hard,;and makeffoth fame and fortune; and just yef we'are to tell no one save'her sister and yourself; and lamtogo to the city and pome back to; claim her wnehT ate wnat'-T should be to bo her husband ;and then, when her parehta can nolongor.call-me wild and undeserving, and myowoare us proud of me as theyndyf Are of you, ,we will tell them ■ all and you shall ua, and we shall he' so happy together, 6hall we not/Will?” ~' , ■■ ■ Andwilliain forcedbis broken heart to si- Jobce, and answered —“Yes.” 1 > . . , , (Alone that night he struggled with his ,ngqny, standing in the cold midnight b'esido his chamber window, whence be could. see the white stones, of the. graveyard.risijtig from the whiter shiny .whioli ( lay about i them.. Ho had,suffered,ajid.he insileheo.'. Ho could not reproaoh.eithorOarQline or Jas per; -v How should, toiev, guess his aeoretwheh ho had not Buapootc'd thqira ? , And she'would be happy* and., his brother .would Jba Jed tff se'eta purer and, hqlibr life, and bis mbther. would weep no Ipijligoit'ftif-biwl youngest.born,; ,qud,none should, ever know pf the cross which had, been' laid- upph at last, the Slumber under those white grave stones would tff the more welcome,, and thoelliinis wjuoh bound his heart, to; earth more (easily broken. And then, as he thought of her. in her pure beauty, the,man oast down the martyr, and : sobbing-forth—“ But I thought she loved me I . Oh, my God 1 I thought she loved me I’ ho i flung himaolf upon tho floor, and laid tboro s until tho ’gravestonos ancltno white anew were i kissed'hy the ted'sunrise,'and the blessed i J* '.i l T morn of Christmas dawned once more npon the world. ■Jasper was in the city and redeeming Jiis promise to the letter, and William had buried loro and grief in'his own breast together.— When Jasper wrote to him hc olvvoyH found a tiny note, withoutdirection of any kind/with in the envelope, and always handed it, with a few brief words, to Caroline. But he went no longer along that road at ■eventide, and sat no raoro beside her., Their interviews were few and brief,'and her manner to him hod altered so .that he, half feared she.guessed his secret. It was hard ;to keep, aloof from her, but ho dafod not trust himself so soon. And sp a.whole long year passed,'apd Christmas time came arpund again, 'and Jasper Was coin ing home on a' visit. - No brie called him wild now, and ho was fast attaining a place in his profession; - and, as he wrote to William,, the secret would soon be a secret no longer There was another of those little white notes in the letter which brought these tidings, arid William walked over with .-it to the Graham homestead. .As he entered the old parlor he found Caroline sitting beside the "tire, and saw that her lashes were wot with tears.— “ Jasper will bo' here-to-mprroiy,” he said, as he seated himself opposite to her.; and ho wondered that the words brought no joyous sparkle to her soft black eye, and tbat she answered in a listless manner, and sat still ipoking.nt the fire., Then, as he looked at her he saw howthijri she had grown, and marked the pallor of her fair young ohepk, and read in her Whole mien something that told of sbr rawerualied dowri hyp, strong will, bo.t strug gling yet for mastery.’ . : ; ; ~ “ Areypu ill ?" he asked almost involun tarily. “You look so. I did not notice jt at first,'but .you have altered very much." , She grew orimsori.' Her cheeks, her neck,, and her bro\v were suffused in a iripraent, and Bhe looked at him with a strange expressibi ’of mingledjgrief nns.anger. “I am well, very well,” she Said proudly.’' “It is strange that you should think mo altered.” The young minister arose. “ -Forgive me,” he said. “I presumed upon a friends priv ilege ; for we wore friends a year ago, Miss Graham, and should be eVen better ftiorids to-night than wo ever have been.” “ A year ago 1“ she rimr,mured, as though Sue spoke against her will. ‘-‘.-A year ago! Yes, it is Christmas time again/ I had al most forgotten it.” ’ Her cheek was whiter now than the snow without the door, arid star tled by,her wild glance- arid, hollow voice, Wm. Betsworth spfarig forward just in time to savd her from falling to the floor. ‘Sense loss and white she lay, as he placed her in a great arm chair rind knelt beside her. Such agony as wrung his.heart at that moment had never tortured it before,; for jri that one cry, in ri sobbing Utterance of his name, in an unoonsoiofia clasping 6f the arms aborit bis neck, he had read the truth. She loved him —she, the betrothed wife of his absent broth er-oven as he.lovedher. .“tetme die now,” ho murmured; “ let me’dife before lam tempt ed, beyond my feeble strength; His heart must not bo broken also and, as the color came to the wlute face again, he laid her Soft ly down, withprio long, .parting kiss upon her'forehead, and so loft her. ' .; On that Christmas iri'ofnihg, when thebells were ringing for church, a stranger occupied the little pulpit, and there were hushed voices arid softened footsteps in the parsonage, where the young .minister lay very near the gates of death; arid weeks passed by .before the shadow of his former self stood at the little window looking out upon the gravestones in the churchyard, and; wondering if life would always bp so dreary.. As lie gazed, hb saw a woman’s form, amongst the graves, walking to and fro, and looking up from time to time towards the window. It was gray twilight, but the outline of. her form. told him that it ■was Caroline;, and the sight confirmed n res olution formed during those days of convales cence. He would leave the country and go far away to some heathen land ns a mission ary; Ho .would be a wandererupon tho earth ■ —a homeless, lonely man— : seeking<.only the good of others, and weaving for himself no tender ties. He would die there arid be bur- ied by savage bands, or He uncared for on some desert spot until the wind had bleached his bones and the beasts of the , forest had made a danity meal upon' his flesh ; but not for all the world would, ha remain where ho could daily-meet the woman whom, in a fow brief days, it would bp guilt to love. . As he turned from the window, with this thought at his heart, lie saw Jasper standing close beside liim. His face was glowing with joy, and he clasped his brother about the : waist, in his. own boyish.fashion. “ You are well now, Will,” lie said softly, “ and I may talk 1 to you again, may I not ? I oan’thurt you now. She will be my wife next Sunday, if you are strong enough to marry us.' .And I have just told my mother, and she is crying in her own room, as women always will on such occasions. Come, Will, make Eflio mine next Sunday.” ;Williain Botsworth gave a great start and clutched his brother’s, arm. “Eflipl” ho cried ; “ yoii do not mean ISfiie T” “ Who else shpuld I mean 7”, laughed Jas per. “ You have not forgotten?” “Bffio,.and not Caroline?” faltered Wil* linm. Jasper stared at him in amazement, ’‘You never thought so ?" ho saidl “ How could ! think otherwise?” gasped William, “ I saw ypu kiss her hand. You never told me otherwise.” - “ I kissed her hand because ehe had been so kind to hs. so hopeful 'of our happiness, and so trustful of my good intentions,” said Jasper. V Ob, Will i Will ! I begin to un derstand all "howl” And Jasper folded hia brother to his heart and. held Jhiffl there, as a mother .might her infant. Wm-.Betswofth married hia .Mother and’ golden-haired. Effioon the following Sabbath; and.it is :yery pertain that he never went to, India; or to any other distant land, for if you wero to ' visit that old parsonage to-day, you would find him ihere, with'h blackoyed wife, whose Christian name is Caroline; and half a dozen children about his hospitable hearth. —N. Y. Sfinddy Tillies. . , ) .. , , , > , . • , ~ • , i Hombwt Woken.— Fora homely, even an i ugly man, I have hopityto snare. X, never saw one so ugly vet. that, if. he. had brains and a. heart, lie, bpuld "hot find a beautiful womnh.sohsibla enough to marry him. Hut for tbe hopelessly plain and,homely sisters. ''«these tears 1" Thore.ia. a' class of women who know that they possess in.'their persons no’ attractionsfor men—that.their faces are honfelji that their framesardUbforided, that th'eir carriage ,is olflmsy, and ‘ that, ‘ whatever may bo, their'gifts' of niind, no'.mhn can have the slightest.desire to' possess' their persons. Thrtt tuofo are compensations for these wom en,.! havq no doubt but many of them fail to find them. Many of them feel that the sweet est sympathies of life must bo repressed, and there is a world of affeqtion from which they (must remain shut out forever. It is hard for a woman to feel. that her pbron, iq not pleas ing-harder than for Amah to fool thus. A THRILLING ADVENTURE, THE PJONEEUS LAST’SHOP. "fro Question whether in'itll the history of .“hair, breadth, escapesf'-oj parallel to the. fol lowing, can easily be fa,unci. . .?he, story, was told us by an old valued friend now residing in the country near thiseity, and whose early days wore spent near the scene of the tragic adventure hero recorded. Wo give the story as related to ns, in the words of our hero. “It was about the year 1705 that I settled in Virginia, near the falls of the Canasha.— The country at that tiipe was an unbroken wilderness. But few settlements had boon made then by the whites, and they were so far apart as to render vain all hope of assist ance.in case of on attack from hostile Indians —numbers of Whom still infested' the neigh borhood. “ I lived here alone with my wife for sev eral months unmolested, and by dint of un tiring perseverance, being then young and; hardy, had succeeded in making quite a largo clearing in the forest which I bad planted with corn, and which promised an abundant yield., . “One morning after we had dispatched our humble meal, and I had just prepared to ven ture forth upon my regular routine of labor, my attention was arrested, by the tinkling of o-pow bell in.the corn-field. “There,” said my wife, “the cow is in the .corn-field.” ’■ ■ v;.-' “ But the bar of the backwoodsman becomes by education, very acute, especially so from 'the fact that his safety often depends on the nice cultivation of that Sense, f was not ea sily deceived, I listened—the 'sound was’ re peated. . “That said .1, in reply to the remark, of.my wife, ‘was not the tinkle of a bell upon the heck of a cow. It is a decoy from some Indian who desires to draw mo into nn am bnsii,’ ■ ’ '' .• . : “ Believing this to be the case, I took down fny old musket (I . had no ride) and seeing that it was properly loaded, I stole cautiously around the field toward the point from which the shund seemed to proceed. As I had sus pected, there, in a cluster of bushes crouched an Indian waiting for mo to appear in an swer to his" decoy bell, that ho might send the fatal bullet to .my heart. ; I approached without discovering myself to him, until with in shooting, distance, then raised my piece and fifed. .'The bnllet sped triie to its mark, and the Indian fell dead. . “ Not knowing but that he might bo ac companied by others I returned with all speed to my cabin, find having firmly barricaded the'door, I watchedfill cliiy from the port hole, in’anticipation of ah attack from the compan ions of the Indian I had killed. To add to the danger,.and seeming hopelessness of my sit'diition I discovered that I had bat one charge pf powder left, I could make but one shot, and then, if attacked by numbers I should be entirely in thelr power. Deter mined to do- the best with what I had, I poured in my last charge of powder and put into ray musket,, fifteen slugs, and then wait (ed for the approach of night, feeling confi dent of an attack. „ . ’“Night came oh fit length. A beautiful moonlight night it was too, and this favored me greatly, ns I would bo able to observe the movement of the enemy as they approached I ray cabin. Tt was some two hours after I nightfall, and as yet I had neither seen or I heard a sign of the Indians, when, suddenly ! was started by the baying of my dog fit the stable. I know that the Indians wore coming. The stfible stood a little to the west of the cabin, and between the two was a patch of olear.ground, upon which the light of the full moon fell unobstructed. Judging from the noise at the stable that they would advance from that direction, I. posted myself at the porthole on that side of the cabin. • ' “I had previously placed-my wife upon the cross-pole m the chimney, so that in case our enemies effected an entrance to the cabih she might climb out through the' low chimney and effect her eseape. For myself ,1 deter mined not to bo taken alive, and resolved to sell my life dearly. “ With breathless anxiety I watched at the port hole. At length I saw them emerge from the shadow of the stable and advance across the vacant ground toward the cabin.— One—two—three —great heaven! six stalwart Indians, armed to the teeth, and urged on by the hope of revenge. And I alone to oppose them with but one charge of powder. My ease was desperate indeed.. With quick but stealthy step In close single file they ap proached, and were already within a few yards of the house, when a slight chang'd or | difference in the movement of tiio forward In dian, changed the position of the whole six; so that a portion of the loft side of each was uncovered, They wore all in range—one aim would cover all; Quick as thought, I aimed .and fired. As the smoke cleared away, I could hardly credit what my senses showed me ,as the result of my shot. The fifteen slugs with which I had loaded my musket had done tjioir work well. Five of the six Indians lay deafi upon the ground and the sixth had dis appeared. “ Ailthpugh nd enemy was now. in sight, t did hot yonture forth until morning. There lay the bodies of the five Indians, undisturbed together with the rifle of the other. SeOu ring the arms and ammunition of tho fallen Indians,' I followed up the trail of tho miss ing one, until it reached the river, beyond which point I could discover no trace whatev er. From the amount ofhiood which marked the trail together .with the unmistakable evi dence that Ho had picked Ms way with diffi culty, I was led to believe that ho had boon mortally wounded and in order to prevent his body from.falling into tho hands of his white jfopj had grop.od his way to the river and' thrown himself into the current Which had borpe him away; i “ The Indiana hod killed my cow, and that you may bo asured wqs no trifiiing loss, yot in my gratith’da.for my escape from the mer ciless savSgos, I would have boon entirely willing to have had much greater sacrifices, I was well provided (by means of arms and am munition taken from the slain Indians,) in case of a second attack, but this, fortunately proved to'be my last adventure with tho sav ages. Not one of tho band had escaped to tell the tale, and incite his brethren toavenge the death of their comrades. ‘‘Ah!” exclaimed the old man, while the tears gdsned froip ,his eyes at tho memory of that eventful night, ‘that yns a glorious shot —the best I ever made.' . ' ' The hero of this ndveritiiro lived to see tho riide wilderness, whore ho had : pitohed his donolj; cabin, transformed into smiling; fields,, and peopled’by hardy arid enterprising, pale’ faces, among whom his last days wore passed in 'peace and plentyundisturbed by his old time foes. OS?* It is said that tho average number of battles a soldier goes through is live. Wo know an old maid who has withstood-fourteon engagements, and has powder enough loft for as many mote. - i t .1 Suart 'f.oe an Old Maid.— Many year* agj, at a dinner party in Glasgow, there,.was present a lawyer of rather sharp practice, fond, of giving toasts or sentiments. After the cloth had been removed, and the bottle liadgonoroundr'Gnoeor twico.theladies with-' drew to the lighter plbfesttreb’of the drawing room—-all but one. very plain'old maid. She remained behihd/iind as'fhe conversation. hW gan to- got a little masculine, our friend; of the long robe was anxious to' get rid of the “ itrioient,” and, for this purpose rather pre mnturily asked Thrumbs the privilege of ing a toast. This being granted, he rose and gave the old toast of “ Honest men and bon ny lasses.” The toast was drank with all honor, when the dame, who was sitting next the lawyer, rose from her sent, gave the law yer a poke in the ribs with the end of hop. finger, and after having said; “Mr. 1 ' that toast neither applies to you nor me,? left) the room. ■ . , Cleyee Trick op a Newfoundland Doo.— The Eey. J. G. Wood relates the following etory: ' “A Newfoundland dog belonging to a work' man was attacked by a small pupnatious bull dog, which sprang upon the unoffending ca nine giant, and,-aftor the manner of bull dogs, ‘pinned’ him by the nose, and there hung in; spite of all endeavors to shake it off. However, the big dog happened to bo a clev er one, and, spying a pailful of boiling tar, he ■hastened toward it, aiid deliberately lowered his foe into the'hot and viscous materihl.-i -'l’he bull-dog had never calculated on such a reception, and made its escape as fast as . it couldiun. ■ ' The .Military Spirit.—As a little fonr yoar-old boy was being put .to bod, his moth-- or said .to him .■ / “Kiss mamma good-night, Johnny.” ■ lie at first refused, and then inquired : “Do Lieutenants kiss their mammas i” ; • “Why do you ask that, iny dear ?” inquired the .astonished maternal paront. “Cause I’m Lieutenant of our company, and- Joe Walsh is captain 1” Being assured that it. \vas not beneath his ■official dignity to “kiss ; mamma good-night, •he thus saluted her, and was put to pod. , Beautiful Legend.— ThereMs a beautiful lijgend illustrating the blessedness of,perform mjngburdiity at whatever cost to bur own in clinations..' A beautiful. vision of our Saviour had appeared tb a monk/arid in silent bliss h» was gazing upon it. The hour arrived an. which it was his duty to feed the 1 poor of th» convent. fie lingered not in his cell to en joy the vision, but left it 'to perforin his hrim bloduty. When he returned .ho found the vision still waiting for him, uttering those words : “Hadst thou staid, I must bar* fled.” ’ , ■ Twibas and" Tyler.— Gen. Twiggs has fol lowed John Tyler to‘a .traitor’s .grave. His treason was bf the meanest type which has appeared thus: fay in. the war. He plottedi hi* iniquity month's before he/ openly'announced his defection, and contrived to deliver Up' our rirmy in Texas, with immense supplies, to,the rebels. _ It is a pity he has cheated the gab lows of its due. ' There are some orhries.which cannot be forgotten,> even at the grave, and this was of that sorb ■ young lady in one of our ‘ Burn! Districts’ was once escorted” home from aii evening party by a young man to whom’she was,not particularly partial. On taking his leave he remarked— - ‘ I guess I’ll come and see you again next Sunday night.’ ’ ‘Well, Bill-Smith, ’ replied the lady 'you oftn come as a friend, but not as a ‘ feller.’ Bill did riot go either way. C 7“ A party of visitors were standing bftJ fflro a whole-lorigth portrait of the celebrated Lord North, in full peer's robes, : with £h* white staff in his’hand. Colman was asked the moaning of this white wbnd, which no bn* appeared to understand. After 'nodding hitf head for half a minute, and affecting to moss; he said, “Eh 1 white wand I Don’t know: egad! but-suppose it represents the North ,O©T Lawyers have alridierbus habit of in dentifyirig tho'mselvek with their clients by speaking in the plural number. . “Gentlemen of the jury,” said a luminary of the Western circuit; at the niomnnt the policeman says he saw ris in the, trap, I will prove that we’werei’ locked up in the station-house, ip a-state of intoxication.” ■ Woman’s Spite. — A married woman at Chicago, Illinois, got angry at her husband and.jumped over the banister .Of the stairs, landing in the Hall bolpw breaking one of lieu legs. “There, you scoundrel 1 !”' exclaimed she,,“now you will have to pay a doctor and a nurse for me 1” i ,S@“ An ambitious young lady was talking,' very loud and fust about her favorite author*, when a literary chap naked -her if aha liked Lamb. With a, look Of ineffable disgust, she answered her interlocutor that sho cared tery little about what sho ate, compered with knowledge. , DU" Sammy, didn't I tell yqii to lot that oat’s tail alqno ?” said an angry 'father to hie son; who was endeavoring to elongate a cat's narrative,. .-’...-i * : ■; Well what if you did? It,s old Brown'S cat, and I’ll yank blazes out of it." A Fact.---T.wo surgeons lately married sis ters, so that, as was remarked at the “happy nuptials,” those .who had; Leqri fWsome tuna past 'hrothors-in-niedidirie,.'became’ also, by. that auspicious event, brothersju-law as well. Live Snd Learn. —The ' gentleman who stoppeda night—at tho Lake Ho tel, Killarnoy. —lately, bus refuted the old saying that time and tide waits for no man 1 JOS?* He who would impart wisdom and' knowledge, Should dUligently seek them; his imports should at least eqrial Kie exports. ,05" The man who attempted. to, whistle a bar of soap has injured his voice by trying to sing a stave oft - a barrel! ' “ Much remains unsung," as.the tom cat remarked to the brickbat, when it abrupt ly out short hie serenade.’ DU* Blessedis the wonVrta whope husbandlias a woodeiilog.as she will-hare but One stock ing to knit.", DU" When does night draw near? Whoa T, (tea) is removed, for then night is nigh. , DU" Lawyer—a man you pay to. rescue your* estate fronr others and koop'it himself. NO. 12.
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