I:::; • j VOL. k AMERICAN _VOLUNTEER. >OIMSI?ED EVERT THDRSDiV MORNING BT ; JOII3I B.KRAXTON. Telm S: pillars if paid within tho iiiarj and Two Dollars nnd iTifty 'Con'tS,if not paid Jjitbin the jhar.. Those terms will be rigidly ad to, in every .instance. No subscription dis continued until all, arrearages are paid unless at She option of'tho Editor. ? Advertisements — Accompanied by the cash, and feet’ exceeding-one square, will bo inserted throe Aline*for One Dollar, and twenty-five dents additional insertion. of a Ushgth m proportion. ’ ’ . ; s" ' ' ; 1 joß-PaiNTiK O—Such asjftahft-blilts, £patmg-bilia Tbtnphlots, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ao., executed with . eouraoy and at the shortest notice. \ ‘ ' ffotfwal. ‘ '. WfiTWdeatii. Spring was busy in the Woodlands, Climbing up from, peak to peak, As an old man sat and brooded, With a flueh upon his check. Mony years pressed hard upon him, And. his living friends wero.fotv, •And from out the sombre future ; Troubles drifted into view. There is something moves on strangely-. In old ruins gray with years ; ' Yet there’s something far more touching In an old-face wot with tear& - And ho sat there, sadly sighing . O’er his feebleness and wrongs; . Though the birds outsido his window Talked of .summer in their songs. Bnt, Tjehold! a change comes o?er him,: . Whore are all his sorrows bow? • • ’Could they leave hia heart as quickly •> As the gloom.clouds lol’t his brow ? Up the green slope.of his garden, [■ , Past the dial, ho saw run Three young girls, with bright eyes shining, Like their brown beads, in the sun 1. There was Fanny, famed for wisdom j And'fair Alioo, fumed for pride; And ono that ■“ My uncle," ‘ And said little else beside. . Apd that vision startled.mozAbtfok, (That soon hid all scenes of strife, Bonding floods of hallowed sunshine Through the ragged rents of life. Then they took him from his study,- Through long lanes and tangled bowers. Out into tho shaded-valleys,' .Richly tinted o’er with flowers. "And he blessed their merry Singing round him as he wont, For the sight of their'wild gladnosß , FUlyd his own-heart with content. And, that night, there came about him Far-off meadows pictured fair, Mimiteoac Brant's Discoveries. , Captain Grant, Nile discoverer, Jiis b'deii giving the public some more details of his experience among the' African tribes. He. lays: , ’Many curious barbarous customs prevail Uganda.- One is that if a page does not oomey properly the king’s orders, dr mis conveys them, the poor boy hns.liis intellect ■narpened by having one or bot i ears cut Pa. Maimed boys and hatidless men, not seemingly disgraced, were, therofiire, not at all uncommon ; and on seeing' my hand, it at once struck him that I had been a page, for he asked me. He pdnishes by torture to death. The lives of men and WOiiUin Are tft »en for the most trivial offences—a coiriiiioO saying being that he never looks bright, or 'to bfieiness can be done" till the day bits commenced with a few being led to execiV tion. Not a day passed without our hearing of or actually seeing some poor victim. A mlfeabte young girl, or handsome woman, from the palace gate’might be seen walking ~9 WD the road perfectly alone and unheeded py passers-by, wailing nya-wd, &o„ mother,, jo the most bitter, agonizing tones, perhaps meeding from a spenr wound, and mournful ly following a single palace guard,” walking “hy.yards m front of her to the place of ex ecution j others would have a whip-cord ound the wrist, and follow the man along >« » dog; while others pull. I have seen wost reluctantly, against the cord by which Bey are being led to death, screaming most ruelly. Princesses by birth had several privileges—they could not be executed like . , cr . B ~ ari( l the king’s sistef, the K&ndSoiii « girl in the palace, had the privilege of “Iso being his wife.’ . . * 6 also narrated the fol-, l . 8 inoidert't which occurred while the f.;. J,,Y e rA B*ay 8 *ay’ n ft in the territory of a very P r . ln ®? : ‘ The king had a little child, ed n . a P tam Ccant, for its amusement, carv er ’tVK C * )resen *.' n S a m an dangling in the ' ucu.tho king saw this toy he wits sb *t that he appropriated it to treh f n na B ? nt a carpenter to out down a tlm ,i° r rP.*, a ' n Crant to make a similar toy that th* °* Cf course the Captain said furniul. l^™ 8 ,™ 1 * 161, beyond fits.capabilities, Captain s nB i he 'T as with » penknife only.— InJ nr, .1 ■,a* Bo c »rved a toy represent- With L S" drawing a piece of artillery! Th B Vi„ tllIar ? man seated on the gun.— h„ dBTn gWa . 3 ' m mensely taken with this, which P, r . esaa d h's surprise that elephants (of proving , r 0 " ere “any wild ones ih his bount 6 ?i c .°V*d he turned to so good ao a >atnni„ ®f ant t°ld him that this was f Urn „;„ ct ingenuity and prowess of “c had » nS, ,,^' lla king hereupon said that fed Canin" °n gun — a “ ix pohnder—and ttSfe it, it; : la , rapt to tbake it giln carriage for Medina « Captain was again obliged to knife ’ 10 hid nd tools beyotfd bis jfen bam^tTr" ,‘“'' u S ua t. 1861, a Herman, Whoso tfou. , tor hear mentioning at the request , avin "'ermant, left this city as a volunteer, th' 0u ?, b °hind him a wife and a house-oat he lhat°r inu °h of. He made his wifa-promise Sfaui, aenov , e r his favorite oat had kittens she |„a "°t kill them, but keep them, and their |v o i na 3a . unt 'd his return. Faithfully the ®s \ve " as * £e P t her word, and this forenoon,' ah e aurse lvos, has about her house in | hej „j. . . a rdi in. which she lives, in ft s s &9 an d raping about the prem-> I 'cu, nr , ° at anl * her children, grand chil | u, ui)ernft r! l ehiidren, etc., eto., to the s I’li, ttwo hundred and nine oats, oattets, I io Omm Democrat. Ja'ttesn nv f n i>i his cquting room ?» ■ am! onm ° nly ()f " t *‘° ,l6st J’ oars of his iflWo of n .l!l e 01lt ‘V* n,lle * l °f"a. m«n irnd as i 1 i mole as when ho wont in. Brbel Women. R-E. TV, army correspondent of the Caica go Journal ; in one of his letters from Tennes see, says: ' ~I pball neypr Tie done adfiifring the patri otic faith 'find 'hhdying devotion of. the loyal women of the land, but I must tell you that the Rebel women of the South aro worthy in everything but the sacred ,cause of their Northern sisters, there is nothing, they will notsurrender with a smile; the gemmed ring, the diamond bracelet, the rich wardrobe.-, They out jap the rich carpet for soldier’s blankets without a sigh ; they take the fine linin from their persons for the .bandages. When 400 of liopgstiMet’s mien came up to Nashville, prisoners of war, about the stron gest, .dirtiest, ; wildest fellpw.s the sun Shown on, and a Bight of stairs in the,build ing they occupied Tell, killing and wounding a; large number of, them, you. should have seen the, fair young trnitoresses come forth from the oldnristooratic mansions, bearing restoratives and > delicacies in their hands, mingling in the dingy crowd, wiping 'away the blood.with their white handkerchiefs, and uttering words of. cheershotflfi bjkVb de«n-them doing this, with hundreds of Un ion soldiers all around, gnd smiling back upon the rough blhcckguafds of rebels as they left. But in all there was a defiant air, a pride in their humanity strange to see'.- Of.a truth they carried it’off grandly. -And almost all these girls were in mourn-, ing for . dead Rebels, brothers,, lovers and. 'friends, whom these same girls had sheered into ffdiiStfnS and driVen Thto rebellion, and billowed all the South with their graves, and. the.least they could do was to wear black for them arid flaunt black from the window blinds; Clothed bo their souls in sackcloth 1 I said they were worthy of their sisters nit the North, in all but a righteous cause, but I said wrong. There is a bitterness, there sire glimpses of Jho Pythoness, that makes yop shrink from them. But they are fear-. . fully in earnest; they. are almost, grand in self-shcridce. Oh; that ,'they were, true and ■ loving daughters of the old flag 1 A Wife’s Infltien'ee. Judge O’Neal, in the Yorkvillo Inquirer, tells the’ following of Judge Win. Smith', ol SoVith Carolina’: . lie had the rare blessing to win the love of OHO of the piVest, bASt wotnWn-, whO'Sd in'tff'i'oWr HAs ever been pyesefitAt) VlYa writer. He married. Margaret Duff. In his worst iiiys she never upbraided him by word’ look or gesture, but always met him as if he was one of the kindest and best of husbands. This course on her part humbled him; and made him weep like a child. This sentence, it is hoped, will be remembered, yriis the lan guage of’JAdgo SnJiitti to the friend already named,'and to those w,ho knew the St6rn, tin bending character of the Judge, Ik Will teach a lesson of ho\v rntlth A piitfent won! An’sieve and devotion can do, as he himself told it; ‘The evening before the Return Day of the Court of Common Pleas for. York District a client called with fifty notes to be nut in suit. Mr. Smith was not in his office—be-was on What is now fashionably called a sprCo—then a frolic. Mrs. Smith received the notes and snt .down in the office to the work of issuing the writs and processes. She spent the night life : Work—Mr. Smith in riotoiis living. .At daylight, on his way home from his carou sals; he SAW a light in his office, and stepped in, and to his great surprise shwhit tphihbln wife; who had just completed what ought to have been his work, with her head on the table and asleep, His entry, awokfe She told him what she haddobe, aha showed him her night’s work—fifty writs and pro cesses. This bowed the man. he> fell on hie fehe'Os, iihplored pardon, and then promised her never to drink another drop while he lived. ‘ This prorhiso,’ says my friend Col, Williams,, ‘he faithfully kept,’ &nd saiij the judge to him, ‘ from’ that day 'everything I touched turned to gold.’ ‘His entire success in life,' says Col. Williams, he,Set down to, his faithful observance oFlhis hdliie promised , , , “ No hettef- phlngy ‘oo\lld be pronounced on Mrs. Smith thati has just been given in the words of her distinguished husband. The reformation of such aonan as William Smith is a chaplet of glory which few women have been permitted to wear. To the people of South .Carolina, and especially of York Dis trict, certainly no- etronger-argument in fa vor of temperance, total abstinence, need be given.’ • . Stonewali, Jackson’s Grave. —‘ Bury me at Lexington, in the valley of, Virginia.’— These words are said to. have been uttered by that great, good lamented man, General T. J. Jackson, jUst before his death ; and in accordance With his sacred -conlnlandi all tHdt id Wottal of the niost renowned ttnd suc eßssnil thilUAr.y gßdilis that the War, or prob ably mo’ddtH have prodliped, -U'dWj’ lies inteffßd in the Walls of the Presbyterian cemetery, located in the south western su burbs of this delightful village... Nothing marks the spot whore His mortal remains lie to distinguish his grave from that of others, save a dintiriiltivo confederate flag, not larger than a lady’s handkerchief. This tiny emblem is fastened to a staff not more than two feet long, and placed at the head of the gyave, and there waves, as if to Illustrate the modest pretensions of the great HOW of the Valley of Virginia. Close by his Side a sniall grave is to be seen whioh'opn tairiS the remains of his child, who died a fbw years ago, and not far distant is the grave of his first wife. ‘ Elinor, the daugh ter of George and Julia Junkin,’ with a plain marble slab at the head. His late res idence is situated near the end of the town, and like everything else planned by him, is modest and unpretending. —Rebel Paper. A flEAUTtfctfc FiaurtE.—tife is beautifully cothpdred to a fountain: fed by a thousand sterams, that perish if one bo dried. It is a ti silver fc'ord, twinfedwith d thousand strings, that part asunder if one bet broken. Frail and thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innumerable ddngers, which dake it much more strange that they escape so long that they almost porish suddenly at last. We are encompassed with accidents every day to crush the mouldering tenements we inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our con stitutions by nature; The earthand atmos phere, whence we draw the bred th of life'are impregnated with death. Health is made to operate its ottn destruction, the food that nourishes Containing the elements of decay; the solll that nninfatds it, by vivifying first, tends to wear it out by its own action ; death lurks in ambush along thepaths. Notwith standing this is the truth, so palpably con firmed by the daily examples before qur eyes, how little do we lay It at heart I We see our friends and neighbors die among us ; but how seldom does it ecour tobur thoughts that our knell shall, perhaps, give the next fruit less warning to the world. •/ TUB VEILED iIHBROB ; Oft, PICTURES OF THE NE'IV Veaß. BV UonATTO ALOEnAjn. z _____ The Old Tear was fast drawing to a close. But ft few.hours nnd the advent of his suc cessor would be hailed by merry shouts hod joyful gratulations, mingling with the merry chime of bells ringing out a noisy welcome from church towers and steeples. Adam-, Hathaway, ft wealthy merchant, sat In his coftnting rOotrr, striking ft balance be tween bis gains anddOwfes for ,theyear which bad nearly passed. From the While that lighted up bis countenance, as he.drew near the end of his task, it might safely be inferr ed that the result proved Ba'tisTaotob'y. . He at fongth' threw down his pen, ftftor footing’ up the last column.-and 'exclaimed, ■joyftlhp , . . ‘ STve thousand dollars feet gain In one year. That will do-very well—very.well, indeed. If. I am as well prospered in .the •year to come, it will indeed be a‘Happy New Year.’ ’ ‘ ' - His nfeditatiohh were interrupted by a .knock of the door..' Ho opened the door and saw standing before him a man ot ordinary appearance, bearing under . his-arm some-. String; the nUtVii'e.uf .wliioh ho ciVfl'ld not cafe-, lecture, wrapt fep in brown.paper. • •Mr. Hathaway, I believe?’ was the strain gor’s salutation. ‘ Yon are correct.’ ;-., ‘ Perhaps, if not particularly engaged, you -will .allow ' me. a few minutes’ conversation with you 1 ?’ 1 Yes; certainly. ’ was the surprised reply ; ‘ though-1 am at a loss to - conjecture what can have brought you here/ “You are a wealthy ,mitn,' Mr. Hathaway, - and every year -mci'enses your, possessions. May l ast what is your object iu accumula ting so nmoli property V - ‘ This is a vojrj,singular question,- sir,’ said the hivereh'ant, who lieg'ah to'entertain doubts ns to’his visitor’s sanity, ‘ very singular. I ynppose I am influenced by the same motives that actuate other men—the -necessity Of pro viding tor my physical wants, and so con tributing to my happiness; ‘‘■And thih.fe’O.iVte.its you? But your gntfis arc not. all' devoted to, this piirpOVc. This last year, for ’ example, th 6 ijverplu.s has amounted to five thoViVftnd dollars,* ‘I know not where you hnvo.gained your information/said Mr. Hathaway, Aft sOFfd-rtie. • However, you are right.’ ‘ Ami what do you intend to '(So, wllh this j’ * You - are somewlVftt free with your ques- I turn, sir. However, I have no objection to answering you., I slialllay it up.’ ‘ Fur wliat.purpoN'e ? 1 need. nOt . tell you ■ jhiit trtTmcy, in: irsct 1,.,is of no value. ..-ft is only the representative of value. Why then do you allow ii to remain idle.?’ ‘ How else slinohl I employ it? .1 have a comfortable house,well burnished—should I purclinse one more expensive ? My 'table is well jtrnvideil- slionld I live more luxurious ly? .My wardrobe is well supplied!—should I dress more expensively f’ • , •To those questions I answer ‘ No.’ Bat it does not follow, because yon have n 1 h use, coni.fnrtulite clothing, ami a'weil-sup plied.table. that others an; equally well pro vided.' HhVe V l ii ,'tlpmglil to' give of your abundance to those who -arc needy ; to pro mote your own happiness by advancing that Ofpitlicfs ?’ . * I must confess thal ihis is ‘A duty wli’di T lime neglected. Uiit there are almshouses and benevolent societies: I'liei'o cilililiit be much tbiScrv tliit e-oapus their nOlibe, 1 said Mr Hathaway, ■ ‘YmAshall Judge fur yourself.’ The stijiingiir cdninienced unwrapping the package which ho carried under his arm.— It wiis small mirror, with a veil hanging before it, Ha slowly withdrew the Veil, anO said: ‘tookl’-’ A change passed .over the surface Of the mirror. Mr, Hathaway 1 , as he looked At it i.itoiitl e, finind tliat itreflecteil a small room, scantily furnished, while' a feint fire flick ered iti the. grille., A bed stood In tine corner of the room, on which reposed a sick ilia'll.-- By the side of it sat a. woman, with a thin shawl over her shoulders, busily plying With her needle. An infant liny lay in, a cradle not fur uff.'which a little girl, called Alice, whoso wasted form ami features spoke of want and privation, was rocking to sleen. • Would yi «u lieiu ViMiut they arfc asked the stranger. The niif.jhant nodded acfluiesceilcriJ Ini l , mediately thbrb cilmo to liib ear tlje coufused noiiie of voicoh, from whieft he soon distin guished that uf the sick man, who atiked for some food. , * We have none in the house/ said his wife, * But I shall soon get tins work finished, and then I. shall ba abld to giime.* husband groaned. -.‘Oh, that I should obliged to remain idle on a sick bed, when I might be earning money for you and the children. The doctor says that now the.fe ver has gone, I need'nothing but nourishing food to raise me up again. But, alasl I see do means of procuring it. Wouid .that some rich man, out.of his abundance, would sup-' tlly We with but a trifle from his board. To him it would he nothing—to me everything/ The scene vanished, and gradually another formed itself upon the surface of the mirror. It wasrt siriall roonl, neatly, bllt notex-. pfidsiVely, furnished. There were two occu pants—a man of middle ago, and a youth of a bright intellectual countenance which, at tifesbht, denied overspread with an - dir of dejection. Mr. Hathaway, to his surprise; recognized in the eentltfttian Mark Aiidleyu ii follow tddfbhHhfc; aha formerly, intimate friend, who but & few months before, had failed in busi ness f and, too honorable to defraud hisorod-. jfcars I; Hftd.given up all his.propCrtyi Since nis failure lie Hsid been reduced to Accept a .Merkshiff, * 1 din sdrfy, Arthtlr/ edid hfi td hia son, Jvdrj sorry that I could not edrry out my intflrftion of entering yod dt college. ! know youf/astea have always led yoh to think of a professional bflrtidr ; btlt rrty. sudden change of difh'limstAnces has placed it out of my power to gratify you. It is best for you to accept the situation which has been offered job, And enter Mr.* .Bellamy’s store. It is a very fair situation, and will suit you as well as any/ , ” .*I belief yo(i arti fight; sir/ said Arthur,, respectfully, llhbdgh it will he hard tore sign the hopes that I have so long cherished. I. met Henry Fulham to day. He was in my class at school, and is to enter college next fall. I couldn't* help envying, him. How soon will Mr, Bellamy wish mo to enter his store?’' * . ■‘.Day after to-morrow, I believe—that is, with.the beginning of tho year, New Year’s Day bring .considered a holiday.’ ‘Very well; you niay tell.him that I will borne at that time.’ Tho scene, vanished as before-—a change passed over tho. surface of tho mirror. Again "pUII COUNTRY MAY IT ALWAYS BE RlGHT“ij'c’c jII&HT OK WRONG OUK COUNTRY." CARL The young man laid doWn the letter with an air of depression. ‘ I scarcely know how to provide for this new contingency.’ said he meditatively.- ‘My -salary is small, anil it requires the strictest eoonorAy ’to meet niy 'expenses. I might ask for an advance but Mr. Hathaway is pArticnhu on thgt point, and Tshould-hut court a-refusal. - But to have my mother’s, furniture taken from, the house—the whole amount would hardly coVei- the debt. There is one TesoArcefe'iit,.alasl that 1 should'ev %r’think of resorting to it. I could take the money front the till, and roturn-itwhon lam able; But; shall.l over be able 7 It would, be no mote ,ty<W teks tlVfOa robbery. At Ml events I will not do it tb-hight. Who knows hM-Something may tArn-Up to helpus ?’ The young man blew out the lamp, and left the store. The picture faded. ‘Twill show'you another picture, some what 'different (rorti tho'ofhers ; it will be the hist,’stfid the stranger. The next scene represented the interior of a baker’s shop. The baker—a coarse feat ured man, - .with a hard, unprepossessing as peel—was waiting on a wninhn, thinly olud in garments more suitable for June.than De cember. She was purchasing two loaves of bread and a few crackers. There was amith ef-cyistoAVor waiting his turn". It was a gen tleman with a pleasant,sniile on his face.' ‘ Make .hAste,’ sAld th’e. IVAker, rudely, to the woman, who was searching for her monev to pay fop lier purchases :-1 can’t ship all day : and here’s a gentleman that you keep waiting.’ ' ‘ ‘ (J.never mind me; I am in no hurry,’ the gentleman said. . . ’ ‘ I am afraid.’ said the woman, in an alarm ed tone, - that ,Thave lost my money. Iliad it herein my pocket; but it is gone.’. ‘ 'Then yon may return the broad ; I don’t sell for nothing/ , ■ . . ‘ Trust mo for one* 1 ; air. I will pay you in ft. day or two. 6therwi.se my children must go without food.to -morrow/ ‘Own’t. help that. You shouldn't have becri-so . . The woman.waaaboutturninguway, when the voice of the other customer arrested her ste 4 It was hut hAlf A dollar/ was the reply ; 4 hut it was of cmsequehce to me, a« I can get no more for a day or two; and how we are to live till then, lloavcn knows.' s 'Perhaps V\V;it Will hull) Voil to decide the question/ and he took from his pocketa five dollar bill, and handed it to her. *O,. sir/ sAid She, llbr fiVce lighting up \Vith gratitude, 4 this is indeed generous and ridbife.; The blessings of those you have be friended Attend ydd {* .She remained to make a few purchases, and then, with a light heart, departed. The last picture faded from the mirror; And thfi StrAUger, Snipping it up, simply said: « ‘ You have seen how much happiness a rifling sum can produce. Will you not out ifyolir abUiUhinue, make a similar experi- Thb stranger diaanpeared; and Mr. Hath away Awoke to find his dreapi .terminated by the chimes of the New Year's bells. ‘.This is something more than a dream/ said he, thoughtfully. ‘ I will* at all events, take counsel, of the mystic vision ; and it shall not be my fault if some hearts are not made happier through my means bdfore another sun sets/ When the merchant arose on the following 1 morning', it was with.the light heart which always accompanies the detenriiildtidri to do fight. lie was determined that the enluta lion of ‘ A Happy New Year' should not bo with him a mere matter of. lip service; * I believe/ said he to Hiriifielf. *1 will go and see my old friend* Mark Aadley, If his son, Arthur, Js really desirous of gding to college, what .is there ,to prevtqit my bearing the expenses? I 'l am abundantly able, and can dispose tif ray moneyed rio bfettfif. if tty/ As he walked along with this praisewor thy determination in his heart, his attemii n was drawn towards a little girl who was gr.i zing with eager, wistfill eyes into the window of a neighboring slidp, whßretoero displayed in tempting array some, fine oranges. He thoiight—oily, he toils quite sure—that in her hb recognized the little girl who figdred in the first scene. Unfolded the evening be fore by the mysterious mirror. By way of ascertaining* he addressed her in a pleasant tone* 1 lotir naftlK is .Alice, is it not V VYes sir/ said she, looking up surprised and somewhat awed. ‘ And your father is sick, is ho not V ‘ Yes, sir; but hols almost well now;’ * I saw you were looking the oranges m that window.- Now I will buy you a dozen if you will let me help you carry them home.’ The purchase was made; and the rriefehon t walked along, conversing vVith U is little don duotor, who soon lost her timidity. Arrived at the little girl’s, homo He fdiirid that he had net been deceived id hid prfiSSri liincuts.■ It ttas thd same room that he had seen pictured in the mirror. The sick man was tossing uneasily in bod when Alice en tered. ‘ See, papa.’ said she, Joyfully ; ‘ see .wbitt nice oranges i havo for you ; and hero is the kind gentleman who gave them to ‘mo.’ ...TJit;; merchant, before he left the htimblo apartment, gave its occupants a timely do nation and made New Year’s Day n day of thanksgiving. Mr. Hathaway soon' found himself at the residence of ,his friend Audloy, who gave him a warm welcome; ‘This is irtdeed kind,’ SLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER id, l m. : the merchant looked, nod to his surprise, beheld the interior of his own store. A faint light' tok burning, by the light of which a young man whom he rccognfioJ ns Frank Dutell, one of his own clerks, was reading a letter, the contents of which seemed to agi tate him powerfully. ~ The scene was,brought so near that ho could, ‘Without difficulty, trace the lines, written in a delicate female hand, ns follows: ‘ Dear Son You are net, probably, expecting to hear from mo at this time:— Alas! that I should have such an occasion to write. : At the tiW'd ofyour father’s death, it was supposed that, by the sacrifice of every thing, we had succeeded, in liquidating all his debts. Even this consolation is now denied lis. I received a call from Mr. Berry, this morning,,who presented, for inutiedfiito'pay ment; a note, given by your father, for fifty dollars. , Immediate payrdentT Ildvy, with a salary barely sufficient to support us, can yo'u meet shell n charge?, Can any waytbe devised 7 Mr. Perry threatens, if the money is not forthcoming, to seize our furniture.— lie is a hard innW and I have no hopes of appetising him. Ido hot, know that yod can do anything to retard it; but I have, though! it right to acquaint you with this now cnlura ity. Tour affectionate mother, Marv Dobell. ips. ‘ How much money have you lost? 7 ho in ilred, lent?' anid he. * Tho friendship that adve'raity can not interrupt Is Vehlly valuable/ Mr. Hathaway now introduced the objcc- asking: ‘What do you mean to do with Arthur? Ho vyns nearly ready to go to college, was, ho not?’ _‘ He was; and this is one of the severest trials attending my reversed circumstances, that I am compelled to disappoint his long cherished wish of obtaining a college educa tion^’ ‘ That most not be,’ said Air. Hathaway. ‘lf you and Arthur, will consent I Will my : sell pay his charges through college.’ Mr. Hathaway,’ said Mr. Audlcy, in a gloW of surprise had ‘this offer evinces a noble generosity oh vour nhrt that I shall never forgot. You tu'Ast lex Wie tell Arthur the good news.’ Mr. Audloy summoned bis son, and point ing to Mr. Hathaway, said: ‘ This gentle man has offered to serid yoVi to collegeht bib own expense.’ The eyes of the youth lighted up; and he grasped the hand-of his benefactor, saying, simply: ‘Oh, if yo.q btit knew how happy •yOtvhave made the!’ . ■ •I do not deserve your thanks,’ w.Vs; tho smiling reply;, ‘I haveleantod that to make others happy is the VAAkV'afiWt v/Vy to se cure niy Own happiness.’ ~ Mr. ilnlb'AvVny tohk his why t 6 Vfi'6 store.; Arrived there, he sought out Frank Huroll, and requested him to step into his office, as he W-ish'dd to spchk to hi'ih id ‘ Yoursalnrv is five hundred dollars ayear I believe,’ sait{ he, ‘ Yea sir,’ said Frink DriVcll', soWowh'i't surprised. ‘ I have come' to the conclusion that this is insufficient, and I shall therefore advance it two hundred dolfirS,; AVid, is a pArt of.it’ may not be unacceptable to you now, here are a.liiindr.eJ dollars tbit yoU nliy consider 'Ari‘A'dvavce.’ . ■ _ ‘ Sir.’ said Frank Durcll, hardly believing his senses, ‘yon cannot.estimate the benefit I shall''derive from thia. generosity- ,My toother, who . dep'irii'As upon mo for‘support, Wus.about to be deprived of her furniture, by an.extortionate; cVpditor ; but this timely I must consider it so will remove this terrible necessity. I thank you,-sir, from my heart.’ ‘ Yoir are qiiife, vVelcomb,’ siid 'th'e mer chant kindly; ‘ln future consider too your friend; and. if you should at any tinio bo in want of advice or assistance, do not SoVAple to confide iii the.’ . 1 ; . , . ’ ‘At least,* said the merchant, thoughtful ly. ‘ I have done something to njako this a *. Happy Nevv'Ye,hr, for others.. The losspn conveyed in the d'reAib of last night shall not he thrown away upon me. I will take enfo that many hearts shall have.cause to bless the vision of tiie veiled Mtanoa.’ Reuarkaiile Lo.'toE'viTr.—Wo are jndebt cd to a fiicml in .Missouri, for the following statement in reference to an inhabitant of Franklin county, reeiintly deceased ;. . Micliqcl Sliookinan,' who died September 3d, 1863, at his 'farm in Bocuf township, Franklin enmity. Mo., was born in London county, Va., in 17511, making-liim Jlf).4yeArs old. lie was IG or 17, July 4th, 1776, when the Declaration of In Jcpendenoe was adopt ed. He married ItVrfe and h;vd seyorAl ehi I dren. He tlion removed to Tenresace.Ho camo to Missouri about 1830, ,and has re mained hbfe ever since. He hda ever been an industilods, good cit izen and has raised a large family. Ho died,* leaving 2*2 children, 82 grand children and ‘M) great gran 1 children. His oldest child is over 80 And the young est 8 yeafabld. ' Ho hAd doubtless more grand childrert, but the faibily are so scattered Unit bVdny of them have not been board front for years.— Si. Louis Jiepuhlican. liteati And Water.—By taking a strip of clean lead, and placing it in a tumbler of pure water (say rain or soft water,) in less than an hour, by dropping in the tumbler a little sulphide of aminooiUiU, n black precip itate will be thrown down, coHaifctlng of til'd sulphide of lead-~-€; <7,, lead must have boon dissolved.and .held iri srt!Btiort in the water, and ns the salt of lead happ'nriS hi Bd dln&Hcd amongst eome iT the niosldiingqrrius poisohs, we lire ndcfegsftrlly led to the conclusion that lead pipes cOilvttyirig waiter, if Hhe latter is pure, didst be smiieiVhllt uAiigdroUs. Wa- ter standing in. a lead pipe for some hours decomposes Hie tliCtfU, dhd when it is ruri off the poison is carried with it. Water drawn 'in the rilorning thrmigh'a lead pipe should never be USed for domestic purposes, such as cooking or drinking, and servants id cities should be instructed respecting this particu lar subject, btecdli&b .they are .usually ignor linl of thb nUtbre of lead, And IHB bffects of water iip’dn it. Several metals taken in food or drink accumulate slowly in the human system and ultimately produce disease; but it approaches so stealthily that the danger is not Usihllljr Apprehended. Some of the salts of lead arc. poisonous, arid the sulphide is of this class; The interior of lead pipes may be converted into litl iiidoUlblo Sulphide pf lead By siiUjectiog them for some time to the action of a hot sulph ite rif soda in solu tion, according to tlio recent discovery ot Br. Schwarz, of Breslau; . Those who prepare' lead pipe for conveying writer for .domestic purposes, eholilti test the Alleged discovery, ns it is of the utmost importance that alb the. safeguards to health should Bo enforced and multiplied; * . > heard a ernod story the other night of two persona engaged in a duel. At the first, fire, one of the ileborias proposed that they shoiild pliKko Hilhfie and make Up. The oth er second said he saw no particular necessity for that, for their hands had been shaking ever since they began \ loin of mutton was on the table and the gentleman opposite to it took the carver in hand: 'Shall I cut it saddlewisel' quoth he. You had better cut it bridlewise.J replied His neighbour; ' for {him we shall ml stand a better chance to got a bit in oar mouthe I* Useful Quality-;— A_ whg pnrohasdd a very fine horse. Ketamine from n ride a few days afterwards, ho eaid j)e had discov ered a quality in his aniraqi whidh added a' few founds te hie Valued—he shied at a lawyer IC?* The police are after the perpetrator of Ihe following cpnyndrum :—‘ IVhy ia a love ly young lady lifeo if hinge 1’ ‘ BfeoauaC she is something to a -door’ JB©“ Alwitys fight till yof/ die—Viffer Hoiftg it five or six times' it is just as easy as any thing else.’ - , - , O” The strongest words are generally the oflooest broken. O’* Death and the sun have this in com. mou—tow gase at them steadily. WHITIM FOR 4 HIS. Madame D—, who resides at Clinton, was a Indy of tho strictest character and,, of .a heart proof Against allurements. She pri ded herself upop her great insensibility, and her profound indifference has repulsed nil those gallants who had voluptecrctf to joffer their nddrysjcq.. Tb.o copntry was for her a VcWtable retreat jslio shunned reunions, and was only happy in solitude,, The charms of a ohosoq Mr,c(e, ..tfiOj.plpasurcs of tho world", had for her no attraction ; and her favorite recreation was that of angling, an amusement worthy of an unfeeling woman, , , §h,9.'A!i!S.ASc'^?tomc l d,eycty pleasant day to stqfion ligrself at the extremity of the lonely 'island of Ch'atbi, And .khepo, with a, book jo one hand and hor.line in the other, nor time was passed in fishing, reading or dreaming. , A lover who had always boon intimidated by her coolness, nnd f who had never ven tured on a spokoA 61 wrftten deoV.iratia'n, sui prised her nt her favorite pursuit ono day, when he had come to the island for tho pur pose of enjoying a swimming bath._ no observed her for a long time wiffmut discovery, and busied himself with thinking how he might turn.to his advantage this lonely amusement of Angling., His. re.vorjps wenj sp deep'andyto fortunate that he at lasi bit upon the desired’ pinn : —anovel expedi ent indeed—yet thev are always more spe oessfvjl with such women as pretend to to in ; vulnerable. The next day our Amorous hero returned • to. the island, studied the ground made his arrangements, and when Madame D—. had resumed her accustomed place, he slipped nvyny to a remote and a retired nil cl ter, and after divesting himself of. his ‘ctotbVngV tie ‘entered tho sttenni. " An excellent swimmer And skillful diver, ,bo' tnujte,d ,tq. hjq aquatic talents fpr the success of hia enterprise. Ixo s.wam to the end of the island With the great est precaution,, favored by the ebaneps of the bank and bushes, whiPb h'6b'£ fitjpir dense foliage above th‘6 wafer.- In bis lips was a note folded and sealed, and on arriving Hoar the spot where. Madame D—WAs sitting, be madb’A, diver,'Arid lightly seizing the hoot lie attached to it hia.letter. . Miidnrao D—/perceiving tlio ninvemcrit of her line, supposed that a fish WAjs biting. , The young man had retired As he,canie; lie had doubled the cape wht'cfi extended out into (he wafer separating theni Irian each other, and had regained, his spot without the the least noise in his passage, under tho wil lows, . The deed was dori'e. Madnitte in her line, and what was her surprise to observe dangling upon the hook, not .the expected “ shiner,” but an unexpected,letter. , .' ,•. -' ' Tina was, however, trifling; but her sur prise became stupefaction when detaching tho transfixed billet,, side read upon it—her bamo. . So, then, this letter which she bad fished up "was addressed to her. This was somewhat friirAculaua. She was Afraid. Her troAblcd gIAAA'e scrutinized the surrounding space, but there was nothing to bo seen •or heard; ail was still and lonely, both ori land and wAl'eb. , She 'quitted her seat, but bWk away the letter. 'As soon as she waS alone arid close ted h'eVs'elf.and AS soon ns the paper’was dry—A paper perfectly, waterproof and writ-' ten upon with indelible ink—sl)p riusealed tho letter And commbrided its perrisi\l. “A d'ecl'dlrition oif love!” Cried slid At the first words. “What' insolence !” . Still the insolence httd come to her in Shch an extmoMinArj that Her cliriosity wollld not suffer her to treat this letter ns she had so iriany others—pitil'eksly burn it without a reading. . No—she read it'tjiiito through; The lover who had dated this letter from the. bottom of the river, had skillfully adopted the alle gory and introduced himself ns a.grotesque inhabitant of tjie waters,.. The fable was gracefully managed, and with the jesting tone which ho haij, adopted was mingled a true, ■ serious. ardent sontijnent, expressed with beauty and eloquence; ' • The next dity, Madame D —returned to the island, not without emotion and a trace of fear. • . She throw her lino with a trembling hand, and shuddered US a woilitih Sifter she per ceived a movement of the hook. Is it a fish?. Is it a letter? It was. a let ter. Madame I)—wnk no believer in magic— still there was something strange mid super nhtlirnl in all this. ■ She had an idea of tliroifeing the letter back in, the stream, but relinquished it.— The most stubborn and haughty woman is' always disarmed in files of the riiystcry which captivates her ifiidginlllibH; The second letter was.more tender, more passionate, -more clmniiing thin the first.— Mndnmo I)—read it several times, and could not help thinking about fhe delightful mor mon who wrote such bewitching letters. On the subseijileHt day she dttaobdJ her lino to the bank, and lolfitswimming intlio water, while she withdrew to a landing place Upon the extremity of. the island. She watched for a long time h'iit saw nothing.— She returned to the place, withdrew this lino —and there Was the letter. This time an answer was requested. It was ftltlior {jfbtHiitdre: yet the nddacious re-, quest obtained d fiilti stlccbss. The reply was written- after some hesitation, hnd the hook dropped into the stream, charged with a letter that was intended to say nothing, and- affect a Sort of bandiage—which was nevertheless, a Bulletin of a viblory gained over the hard severity of WotUon tilt then unapproachable; Mnddme D—Km tod tmioh shrewdness not to guess that her niystorioils dorfespondont employed instead of rongio, the art of a skill ful diver. Scruples easily, understood re tained lifer ftura (Hiit pqrilh'ft, iff the. bank where she was siire tn'iit the.aifebr vfeoillii Aiergo from the water; r . But this game of letlfefs fiihiised her.— first it pleased intellect, pndjher curios ity becnmfe so lively that slip, Wrote,;— .„ , “liet Us give up this jesting,' which hhi pleased me for the moment; but should con tinue no 1 longer, and corfld With your apolo gies to Chaton." vr , . The. lovbr Answered:—“ les, If yen will add ‘Hope.’ ” .. ■ ~ T The inexorable lady replied-,:—, ‘ “If only a word' is necessary, to .decide you, be it s’o.” And tKjfe. W.ord wi» u Written. The young man appeared and was riot ji loser, The, gift of pleasing belongad, lt t 6 his perspit as m’puh ,tls to his sljy.lei,' iina, he hnd mkdy spelt rspld progress tinder filter that it was pasy to ,complete his conquest on land. They were married., .V, , t&it those persons, , vfho are. always In search of news would only read, the Bible they would find the very latest news to them.. O' Happiness is like a pig with a greased tail which every one runs alter, but no ode ocn hold. A firlc't hal Eventful nislory. The history of a Federal soldier named Robert Limes, who entered the service, as a private in Loomis’ Michigan Battery, has many features which characterizes it as -one of extraordinary qualities., Briefly summed op,.if W-'i" follows: After bfing pany nearly n year he,waa.disohsrgcd for physical disability. lie then. returned to Betroit. Ills stay here was'limited, and the next heard of him ho was iq .Nashvilla,, con nected with some duller. Shortly after this he was chief clown |n a circus—swallowed the sword and other gastronomic ,feats of more or less wonder ml nature. He then, according to reports, entered a Kentucky regiment of cavalry, bdt soon closed his cons pectmh with this troop, Whether by discharge •or desertion is not generally known; When next heard from ho was a sergeant in an In diapa.regiiucnt of infantry, from which he deserted to ojjljst in another In which great er, bountiesw;ero paid. -Another l regiment, offering a still larger bonus, induced him tij the chances, again; He did. so, and the npxt heard of him was a prisoner In the In diana penitentiary, awaiting aoohrt martial for his numerous enlistments. The trialre sultod. in conviction, and he jrOs to he shot. The extreme penalty, however, .was commuted by ,the President to one year at hard labor, with chain and ball. : Now 1 , they.e is signed hy the,commis sioned officers of a. Kentucky' company of artillery, sent to the head of Kxooutive clem ency, praying fora full pardon for the da- . scoter, that bo may receive a Lieutenancy that company. Verily he is a ludky man, and. tbf officers of that battery are ‘ a fun hr. ponpl'o;'- ; , ‘ One Dif/ieall]’ Remand, ' Frequently failures' are made in . olfUlvi tion, which arc unjustly charged to ih'd seetipipau. , j3e<jdp ire, sown, they do, not come, upi and they are set down as old or im perfect. While such seeds are doubtless sold our. experience is Al phn.t respectable acodsnVen generally send out reliable seode; and that the want of success is nftener tho fault of tho sower. In treating of the vitality of sped A in tlioi-t'ehrqnry: AffriciiKuriat, iji was.shown that t|i,ere vyas, no.genpralpule ai to the tim'd tlift.t,spp.\s l wonld keep ; so.seeds after being sown, differ As to their power of resisting decay if the,circumstances, are un favorable; to their immediAtfl.gorjuUiatipn.'--*. Throe conditions are necessary to tho grqwfA of all seeds—namely, air, .moisture, afad a sufficient temperature.' Any one, pf..jlhesj) failing, the se.edswili not give, f lid amount of heat reqdifed tor germination varies great ly with different seeds ; those of the common chick: weed will start at a temperature just above the freezing, while those of some trop ical plants require seventy-five or eighty de grees. The seeds of, the .plants commonly cultivated germinatn at a temperature of fffty to sixty degrees. j Moisture is' required,,not only to poftqH jli’e., seed coat,- tut to. enable the germ to ifrowi and too little or too muol) is equally fatal to success. If tha noil ip-tpp dry, tho’seed remains 'unchanged'; and if an ( excess of moisture is present, tho seeds, if delicat'o, w;l( ; 'decAy. In well drained soil the proper amount nf water is hold by capil lary attraction. flie third redijisSli},. iiifa is always present in recently worked soil,, .jill the co/iditidds being favorablfv tllere is, great difference in the time that sepdq reqdife .for germination'.' Placed nndor sipiilar,circum stances,.it has been found wheat, and millet germinate in one day v beqns, J’AdipKcjsV and turnips in twOiandlc.ultcoin four days, while ni'e(lods.and cucumbers require five dr six. and parsley thirty dr forty days. The seeds of some ! trees and shrubs remain in the ground one, and oven two years, before they getrtllllAld, •'■ ■ .-I .. „ ,• , ' The common causes of failure arc; too' deep or,too early sowing and excess of mois ture. , WJjen ; seeda prp planted tom deeply, the vitality of tho germ is exhausted before it can reach the light and air necessa ry to its growth; such seeds sJiod|d. ; to,bar6r )y covered with soil, and .if tliare is apydan ger,of tlicisnil becoming too dry, it shpiild be shaded. Very small seeds may bn sprinkled on nicely prepared soil, end then lAy a Hard hoard upon the surface until they starts Whep saying Is,(lone . fbo early, thp group;! is too cold, and thnny seeds rot before it be comes of a proper temperature to oatlfeo gor, mination. Too much moisture in the soiloxj eludes tj>e necessary air, and thus one of the requisites boing wanting, the seeds decay.— American Agriculturist. ' ' Itniv EJoom wk Forget. — A . leaf is torn from Uio,tree by the rude gale, and borne' away, to spthe desert spot to perish IVIiQ missespt jroiji amongst i,ts .fellows.?,, tvho is sad,that it Bits gone? . flmp Jt ip with has . man life. The,re ape dsnr friippda; perhaps, who.arc stricken with grief tyheti,p,lq.ve,(lpnij is taken ; and for, hinny days the grave is watered with tears of anguish. But, by and by the crystal fountain is drawn.dry : tbq last drop oor.es out; the stfern. glides of for) gctfnlneas, fold M bnck upon the- ,exhphotcq spring ; and time! the blessed (i Paler .ojsorr rows, walks over tho closed sepulchre withs ‘ out waking a single echo by lieciootsteph! .AnTciitJa Warp. was firm ' njyaplf u$ to attend the prosit war mooting ,when mj daugjiter entered with a' young man, who was. evidently from tho city, and who warfe tong lihir, np.l a wil|l expression in,Hi* eye In ono Bahd.Jie carried a.pnrtfolio. doji in his other paw clasped n hunch of brushes! Jlly daughter introduced him as Mr. Sweib er. the extinguished Undsoope painter from Plvladolphy. , t .. , ‘ lie is nn artist, papa. Itore is one of KM npistorpieces—a young woman gazin’ admi rably upon her Ist born, and my daughter showed,pie a reahy pice picture, dun in ilss ‘ls it hot beautiful, papa? He throws so much soul into his work. ’ ' I ‘ Docs he! does, he?’ said I. ,MFoll, I. ‘.Well, reckon Td bettor hire hitq,to, white praah pur,fimca; it. ,p r hat I Tfil}yb l u, charge,' sir,’ I oo'ntiauoa, * to. throw some soul into roy fence ?' , h- , My dnqgjjter went out pf , the room in a tffy short mooter,,talcin' (ho artist with her,, and from thq. very emphatic, mannerip W|fiich the doo.Vj slamiped 1 cnr.giuded she was sum-What at my pemarks. .. , v : She loosed tKb (loor, I must say .in IlqUct, I went into the closet,- acid larfod all alone by myself for over half an'lionr.' 11C7' Kindpess is a langnngo that cron-t|ia umb brutes can understand. ~ , ~ Tj . ■*;;-• ( . -4 . s.IJCT* A harangue in Parliaments* Cbngresj In,favour of declaring war may be called’ e, wivr-rant. sy" It is not half the trouble, t(j learn in youth that.it is to lie. ignorant in-old ago. wo printers lie, as onr devil sai<{ when be got up to late for breathe*! m i.
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