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.
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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.