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VOL; 50.
American _yolunteer.
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JOHN B. BRATTON.
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THE DEAD DRUMMER BOY.
Afidsi (aiglod root that line the wild ravine
Whore the fierce fight raged hottest through the
day.
Anri where the dead in scattered heaps wore soon,
Amid tho darkling forest’s shade and sheen,
Speechless in death ho lay.
The sotting sun, which glanced tttb wart the place
In slanting lines, like amber-tinted rain,
fell sidewise on tho drumme r’s upturned face,
Where death had loft his gory finger’s trace
In one bright crimson stain.
The silken fringes of his onco bright eye
Lny like a shadow on his cheek so fair;
Ills lips wore parted by a long drawn sigh,
That with his soul had mounted to tho sky
On some wild martial air.
N’omorchis hand the fierce tattoo shall beat,
The shrill revillo, or tho lo'ng.roll’s cull,
•Or sound thcchargp, when in the smoko and heat
Of fiery onset, foe with foe shall meet,
And gallant men shall fall.
Yet tr.ay ho in come happy homo, that one,
A mother, reading from tho list of dead,
Shall chance to view the name of her dear son.
Ami move her lips to suy “ God’s will ho done !"
And bow in grief her head.
But more than this what tongue shall tell his story ?
Perhaps Ins boyish longings were for fame; ,
fie lived, he died, and so. Memento mori, —
Lnough if on the page of War and Glory
Some hand has writ his name.
SOMETHING LEFT UNDONE.
BVD. V. I.ONGFCLLOW.
halier with what zeal w.o will,
Something still remains uudoac;
Cnmctliing uncompleted still,
Waits tho rising of thceuu.
By the bedside, on tho stair,
At the threshold, near the gates,
V' ith its menace or its prayer,
Like u modicani it walls.
Vials, and will not go away—
W ails;, and will not bn gainsaid ;
By the earns ofyet-terday
X’aeb to-day is hoa/ioi* made.
Till at length it is, or iocim;
(heater than our strenp tli can bear—
As the harden of our dream-',
Press-in" on ua everywhere!
And we stand from day to day
bike the dwarfr of times gone by,
Wlm. as'iiorthcrn legends say, '
On their shoulders .held the sky.
B-limllaiimis.
A STOIC’ FOR TJIE UTTUv FOLKS,'
XiRVDALE
As Fran): Wellman was going down the
Btrvot, one .morning, he .was hailed hy Bill
Hi'ilcv/.v tall rugged boy who was standing
'n the door of a pottery: ‘ Iloilo 1 .Frank,
want to go to Drydalo?'
I'rank had long wished to see Drydale.—
In the town where he lived Drydale had be
‘‘l'lne to he a bye-word. When a boy wished,
to refuse doing anything in a very strong
wouldn't d ,J lor an interest in
ih'ijdalcV Frank had thus come to think of
-kytlaU as some very fine town, perhaps a
i; &o had often pictured it to himself,
it.s crowded streets and fine buildings, and
he had ail' opportunity of actually‘go
jn£ lopo and seeing all this splendor. ’But
.n>w was ho tn get his (Mother's consent?—
k was ten miles to Drydale. was
jiever at a lor.s .for ,r.n expedient. So*ran
•ionic, w'ent-lnt6 thfe room -where.his mother
sewing, and as lie passed outefflbtho op
posito dyer ,caul, laughingly—‘Mother, I'm
Roing to Drydale.' Frank meant to Jiayo his
■ joiner think ho was in fun, and Was very
j* ar see tiiab she paid no attention to .his
remark. .
now with bounding steps the boys
P‘'«u down the gentle hill on which his
tctoVu- o*’ 0 *’ P .small white.ohuroh.in
rn i 1 i . 8 wds deacon—a point in the
• aa which Frank never passed after dark
a walk— there being just beside the little
to! u j a ground. But it .was now
‘Wit day light and no fear of ghosts,
but T i Bt VG m *l ea were nothing but sport,
ami 1 ** B t ‘ mo fc h e Imys began to feel tired,
,?' er y now and then looked back to see
t ,, p / 0r *ny wagon was coming, on which
camfti CoU ( * K ot “do* Presently they
t tln , 0 a c,) untry store, and near tbe dour a
CjVft might'.be going
llm n they entered the store.—
llum JI no , r D °tioing their tired look Asked
fold liira°'i. 0 1 were going, and when they
I ) rvd 6 |“’ ' o , BaUl I 1? w ? 9 going right through
life huv’ ■ WOU ( i take t(iom in his wagon,
sonio i H W9ro over?oyod and sat down on
tlitoui.l, 'Y a it for the farmer to get
liou r ° Wl , hi o purchases. Hour after
'MulciV, 8S0 “' '*■ ncoraed to Frank that he
tuer About sundown the far
the touch I , llorGßa . the boys jumped into
bore „„ , lu . m her-wagon and they wore once
Just ‘ leir wa ?-
lookin/h^ they came to a cluster of poor
, block,m;,i° u ? eB grouped around a stp.re, a
took 1 9 ”°P end a school house. Frank
ifas frn m a ,i Qa to ask.tbe farmer ho,w far it
dalo, im,*v 18 . eettlenient to the town of Dry-
A very hi> US 18 said the Farmer.—
Upon p r „ Ji V / Wo ight was'just then dropped
then wn ß n 8 . B P ir >(a. ffhis miserable hple
Frank lie„ .'I' 1 °ity h'e had looked for i
Bill-. £ an I* o homesiek;
Wlii o K ™ n< to Drydale was to get d horse
to turn °f tho pottery had bought
ivlicto tlinTT 1 " 1 ' ‘ They Wont to , tho house
I'l'fso, itn.-.o \ vere directed to cd.ll for the
, 6 ilby an nls ed at the door, and it was open
t-nnd ho n , mn ,V After learning their ef
*ct te Kohlw th • \°3' e - ‘ Yo “ don’t flx
-8o back to night, do yon V ‘ Yea sir,*
said Frank. 4 Why,* said the man, * you had
better conjo in and stay all night, its going
to bo Egyptian darkness to-night.' But
Frank wanted to get out of Drydnle as soon
as possible, besides it was Saturday, and ho
did not dare to travel home on Shnday.
After eating a bowl of bread and milk,
tho boys prepared to start Tor homo. Tho
horse was brought out of the barn and it was
a poor shack. Frank thought it looked like
ft Drydalo concern I Not feeling certain
that tho horep would carry double, they ar
ranged to_tako turns in riding, Bill got on
first and Frank followed on foot'. But now
Occurred another ‘trouble.'' The boys had
heard that there wore mad dogs in Drydale.
Prank couldn’t go home' without going
through the street, so h'b Vuttobed 'up h]o
coat and keeping a sharp look-out for dogs
on cither side, ho walked quickly forward.
As they were just leaving tho place, Frank,
to his alarm heard'a dog running down from
a house toward tho gate, barking very loud.
Frank thought his bark sounded very fierce
—he was certain it was a mad dog. Bill
shared thesq suspicions and succeeded in get
ting the horse into a run. Frank was so
much* frightened that ho several times stum
bled down as ho ran, and expected every in
stant to feel tho teeth of the dog in hie log.
At last out of breath ho stopped to listen,
and hearing nothing further from the dog,
felt that he had escaped a great danger.
They felt that it would not do to go on
foot any longer, so Frank got up behind, and
they rode on. Frank now began to under
stand what tho kind old man meant bv
* Egyptian darkness.' Thick black clouds
had covered the sky. They could not see a
bund before them and their horse was near
ly blind. Presently tho rain began to ppur
down. They had to trust their hor?e to find
the way. Pretty soon lie came to a full stop,
and could nob be got to start.
Frank got off to find the way and sank up
to Ills kness in water. He waded around
until he came to a stoop hill which seemed i
to shut them in like a prison wall. He call- 1
.sd to Bill, and going in the direction from '
which Bill's he at length got '
back to tho horse. He climbed up behind 1
Bill, and they concluded that they must i
stay there until scorning. §o Bill leaned I
his head down on the horse's neck, and i
Frank leaned his upon Bill's back, and they
tried to get to sleep. What made the leaves
sound so gloomy to Frank? Perhaps tho I
voice of conscience w,as blending .with the ]
storm. Ah! how pleasant his home seamed j
to him now. \
But what was passing at that home 7
Ills mother, alarmed at Frank's absence, had
gone out in .that fearful storm in the dead of
night, and gone.down along; the banks of tho
.mill-pond, fearing that her boy might be un
der its waters.
At last the gray light began to creep down
through the leaven, the storm was oxer, and
tho tired boys could now see a little way
from them the road. They set forward.
Alter two hours ride, Frank saw on a dis
tant h 11, the pretty white church again, and
soon lliu largo \vhi»o house, with its.wide
shaded yard, the red barn and carriage house
behind it, ami tho store, just outside of the
gate. That home never looked .so cheerful
to Frank. As he entered the house, his
mother caught him in her arms, p,nd .brother
ami sister crowded around him. Frank told
the whole truth. Ijis father looked at his
drenched clothes, his blue hands, and pale
face, and said in a grave voice, ‘ Frank, you
.have been punished enough/
Many a boy thinks of this world and its
pleasures as Frank rlmught of the Drydnle.
It looks gay and inviting in tho distance.—
lie travels all through tho day of life to reach
it, ami in tha evening uf old ago, whop he
obtains the wealth’, the honor, or the’pleas
ure ho has sought, lie finds it poor and un
satisfying. The night of eternity, with its
storm is now sotting in—and, alas ! for such
as he, there is no bright morning , no? pleas
ant home beyond.
Diameter of the Stars.— Great diversity
of opinion exists among Astronomers as to
the diameter of the Stars. If, says M. Arago,
wo should take for their discs such ns they
.appear to the naked eye, certain stars- would
he 9,060,000 leagues in diameter—equal to
*27,000 times greater diameter than the sun —
and the most moderate calculation will be 1,-
700 millions. HerscbeH’s lust calculation
was that of Arcturus, a diameter of nearly
four millions. If the apparent diameter of
two seconds and a ; haff, assigned by Ue»*Bclicl
to the Goat was real, the mass of tlqit star
must be (novo'than 14^000,000 times greater
than .that of our sun. But there is no certain
ty in .this, nor anything to question that our
sun is a star. JTlic sublime plea in .the -Holy
Scripture, that the Creator had made all with
number, weight and measure, is followed by
Plato, who called it the geometry of ,tho
Heavens. Haller, ; the friend of Newton, be
lieved that all the stars wore, of the same
magnitude—that of (be sun ; and that dif
ference of distance only caused ,tho apparent
difference of size. The number of stars visible
by means of a telescope of 20 feet pf a local
distance may be more than five hundred mil
lions. fft is affirmed by Arago, that there arc
certainly stars in the firmament whoso dis
tance from .-the .earth is 344, and every 0,70
times greater than the stars visible to the
naked eye. See what a conclusion this loads
us to. It is admitted that light, with the ve
locity of 77,000 leagues a second, takosSyrs.
to reach us from tho nearest star. And’there
are stars 344 and even 990 times more remote.
Then thqra are stars, whoso lig|it does not
reach us until .after two thousand seven hun
dred years—an infinity in distance as it is
in numbers."
Giving.in Marriage in Russia. —When
the promise of marriage has been given, tho
father summons his daughter, who comes,
fcoyerefi wi(b a linen veil, into hfa presence,
and aaking her whether she be .still minded, to
marry, he takes up d new rod, which has
boon ready for the purpose and strikes his
daughter once or twice, saying: ‘Lo I my
darling daughter, thifiis the last tiipe.tbafc l
shall admonish thee pf t)iy,fafc)ier'9.auth6rity
beneath whose rule thou hath lived until
now. Jtfow thou art free from me. 'Eemepi*
ber that thop hast not so muoh escaped from*
.sway, as rather passed beneath that of .an- ■
other. Shopldst thou behave not as thou
pughtost toward thy hpsband, be, in my stead
admonish t)i,ee with this .rod;' "With
.this, th&fafcher, concluding his speech, stredH*
'os at the same time the whip to tbe bride
groom, who, excusing himself briefly accor
ding to custopi, says that he * believes he
shall hive nd .need of this whip.' but he is
bonnd to accept it and put it.undor hisbblt
like a valuable present. What do the strong
minded women incur vicinity think of this
custom? Transport them to Russia, And wo
are Afraid that rod woufd be very likely to
change hands summarily;
ICT’Tho greatest hypocrite never imposes'
upon his neighbors half So often ns upon
himself;
THE NICE GIRL.
There is nothing half %> sweet in life, half
so beautiful,or delightful, or so lovable as a
4 nice girl.' Nob a pretty, or a dashing, or
an elegant girl, but aiiice girl. One of those
lovely, lively, good-tempered, good-hearted,
sweet-faced, amiable, neat, happy, domestic
cratures met within the sphere of home, dif
fusing aropud the domestic hearth tho influ
ence of her goodness like the essence of sweet
flowers.
A nice girl is not tho languishing beauty,
dawdling on a sofa, and discussing the last
novel or opera; or tho giraffelike creature
swooping majestically thro' a drawing room.
Tho nice girl may not even dance or play
’well, and knows nothing about 4 using her
eyes' or coquetting with a Tan. She is not
given to sensation novels, she is too busy.-
At the opera, she is not in front showing her
bare shoulders, but sits quietly and unobtru
sively—at the back of the box moat likely.
In fact, it is not often in such scones we dis
cover her. Homois’her place.
Who rises betimes, and superintends the
morning meal? Who makes tho toast and
the tea, and buttons tho boys’ shirts, and wa
ters the flowers, and feeds the chickens, and
brightens up the parlor and sitting-room?—.
Is.it the languisher, or. the giraffe, or the ele
gante? Not a hit of it—it’s the nice girl.
Her unmade toilet is made in .the shortest
possible time, yet how charmingly it is done,
and how elegant her neat dress and plain
color I W.hat kisses she distributes among
the family! No presenting a cheek ora
blow, like a 4 fine girl, 4 but an audible smack,
which says plainly: ‘I love you ever so
niuch.' If I ever coveted anything, it Is oij.e
pi the nic ( p girl’s kisses.
Breakfast over,down in the kitchen to see
aboutdinner; always cheerful and light-hear
ted. She never ceases to be active‘and use
ful until tho day is done, when she will pojka
with the boys, and sing old songs, and play
old tunes to her father for hours together.
She is a perfect treasurers the 4 nice girl.’
when illness cornea ; it js she that attends
with unwearying patience to the sick chamber.
There is np risk, no fatigue that she will not
undergo, no sacrifice that she will not make.
She is all love, all devotion. I have often
thought it would be happiness to be ill, to be
watched by such loving eyes.
One of tho moat strongly marked charac
teristics of a ‘ nice gin’ is tidiness and sim
plicity of dress. She is always associated in
my inind with a high frock, plain collar, and
tho neatest of neck ribbons, bound 'siththo
neatest little brooch in the world. I never
knew a 4 nice girl’ whodisplayed aprofusion
of rings and ‘ bracelets, or who wore low
dresses or a splendid s3nnet. „
Isay again, there is nothing in the world
half so beautiful, half so intrinsically good,
as a ‘ nice girl/ She is the sweetest flower
in the path uflilo. There are others far more
stately, far more gorgeous, but those we mere
ly admire as we go by. It is where tho dai
sy grows that we lie down to rest.
Prayer. — Prayer flourishes and grows in
beauty like a flower in domestic culture. It
has a small beginning hut a bright consum
mation ; it is cradled in tho cloud butcrowncd
in the sunbe.am. To accomplish it well, we
have often to begin as wo can, in (ho midst
of retirements and avocations ; if not holy,
yet humbly ; if not with tho unction of Di
vine grace, at least with full feeling of hu
man depravity; if not with th.a puAvlction of
need, finding'the strongest motives to prayer
in tho weakness of our efforts to pray.
Prayer thrives with repetition. ‘ All can
try—all can ask—all cau kneel—and must
idle and dangerous it is to trust in anticipa
ting grace, or to vain expectations of gratui
tous mercy without putting forth such natu
ral strenth as wo possess, in confessing ina
bility .and imploring succor. The hojy will,
tbe sanctified wish, the steady purpose, are
of tho bounty pf -God to impart—to avow a
sinner’s concern for his sou,), and to suppli
cate forgiveness, are, simple doings within
the power of miserable llesh—duties which
humanity is a debtor ,to form, and from which
beginning wo mount on the promises of
Scripture to that high and holy hill where
our Master will shed the dew of his blessings
on all sincere applicants.— Greer .
Keep toe Birth Days. — A Western ex
change makes the following excellent sugges
tions, which must meet the approbation of
all youthful readers. We trust they will
also bo received with favor by the “ old,” It
says:
“Keep the .birth days reiigioubly; they
belong exclusively to, and are treasured
among the sweetest memories of home. Do
not let anything prevent some token, bo it
ever so small, that.it bo remembered. For
one day they are heroes. Tho special pud
ding or cake is made for them ; a new jack
et dr trowers, >vith pockets, or the first pair
of boots are donned; and -big brothers and
siatprs sink into insignificance beside little
bharlie, who is ‘six to-day,' and is ‘going to
ben man.' Mothers who have half dozen
little ones ‘to care for, are npfe to neglect
birth days; they comb too oftep—sometimes
when they are nervous—but if ,()iey ,ohh
knew.jiow much such souveniera.pro cherish
ed by .their' pet -Susv qr Harry, years after
ward when, away from the hearthstone, and
they have none to remind than that they
have added one more year to tho perhaps
weary round of life or to wish them in old
fashioned phrase, many happy returns to
their birth day, they would never permit
any cause to stop between them and a moth
er’s privilege.”
Lime. —As thp efficiency of-lime in its spe
cial application to the soil ns dependent on
the constituents of the soil,.as well as what
.is termed its’physical condition, an analysis
of the soil is frequently recommended, and is
apparently necessary; yet ns the general
opinion now prevails that analysis are at
best out of.tho reach pf.the farmer, if not ac
tually indefinite ih their indications, they
mpst look to the experience of cultivators for
practical hints on such subjects as manures.
Lime is not .properly a manure or fertilizer,
it is nothing more.tfiar .an agent in correct
ing improper conditions pf .elements, or to
supply one eleiqent absent -to combine with
others .present. 'lts great efficacy is tne
bh.ange.tiifit it produces in the various mat
ters that compose the spil jas .already stated.
As mpoh as one hundred 'bushels of lime
have be'en applied per acre, but this an unu
sual quantity.
OCT* At -Salem, Muss., last Friday, judge
Lord sentenced.young Stackpolo to the State
.prison for his .natural life. Ho attempted to
poison :his .father's family, resulting in .the
death of a‘little sister.
A superintendent of a Sunday school
in Boston has boon arrested fdr flogging a boy
in Sabbath School;
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYg_BE EIGIIT-BOT RIQUT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.”.
CARLISLE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 3,
Her Loyalty to the Union. —Wo were
told by a friend tbit the widow of the }>res
ident Polk was living in Nashville, and that
we ought to go and see her residence, and the
monument in her front yard, erected over tho
remains of her husband, who had once filled
the highest and most honorable office in tho
world. Wo accordingly repaired to Vino
street, and soon found ourselves in front of
the lady’s beautiful mansion. An elderlv
PprpiLle in ‘ weeds,’ with a young lady by her
side, was' standing at the front gate. We as
cended the steps, at the top of which they
.wore standing at and asked the elder of tho
two if this was the residence of Mrs, Polk.
She answered that it waa.' Wo then said to
her, • I thinkit highly probable, madam, that
I have tho honor of addressing that very Ja*
Idy pow/ *Jfit be any honor, sir, you have/
was her response. Wo expressed ourselves
highly gratified at the circumstance, and
said that while it was only in our programme
to obtain a. sight of her residence and the
monument of her husband, we had not even
'hoped for such an interview. Wo then gave
our name and character as a soldier, a .vol
untary and occasional correspondent, when
she expressed herself much pleased that we
had called. Wo soon realized that wo were
in the presence of a noble, intelligent, phil
anthropic and patriotic woman ; patriotic, I
mean, in tho true sense of that word. '
We confessed to much astonishment when
she told {is that from thq timeof her husband's
decease in 1849, to the present hour, she had
ney.er bepn out of her own house to a party
dr a gathering of any kind, except occasion
ally to a- funeral. She has hot even taken
tea out of her domicil since that melancho-
ly event. Twice she bps dined out while on
business with her late husband’s executors,
when it was almost unavoidable. 4 1 live in
and belong to the past,' was her remark to us
at this interview. I presume, at no time
since her husband's death, has she ever laid
aside her ‘ weeds.’
The J^oncment.— The plain, monument be
neath which lies the remain* of James Knox
Polk, (with appropriate inscriptions on three
sides.) stands a little to the right of the walk,
leading from the street to the house, and
very near to. it. This, together with her al
most per/ect seclusion, and continuous mourn
ing for fourteen j’earh, tells strongly with
what tenacity and affection, and reverence,
she clings to the memory of her late illustri
ous husband.
Pouc and Secession. —Much has
been said of Mrs. Polk’s Secessionism. On
this, and a hundred topics that constituted
some of the themes of our converse, we shall
have but little to saj, as with this retiring
and truly modest woman.
to shun as much as possible the public gnze.
We will, nevertheless (to wipe the stain of tlie
charge of Secession from her escutcheon.)
give here some portion of our talk on this
theme.
I said to her :—‘ Mrs. Polk, I have heard
you accused, since I have boon in Nashville,
of being a bitter Secessionist; how is this?’
She rpiickly and warmly responded in sub
stance as follows :—‘Mr. C , that is a
wrongful accupation. I never was a Seces
sionist, and I don't ( think I ever will be one. I
always said there was no excuse for the course
taken by my miguided Southern friends.—
I said that Mr. Lincoln was constitutionally
elected, and that election should be acquies
ced in by every true patriot. I go, air, for
my Government—my whole Government. *
* In other words, RJrs. Polk,’ we responded,
‘you go for that States, of which your
lute honored husbarnft was once the Presi
dent/
‘ Yea, sir/ she responded, with marked em
phasis, ‘ldo. I know my name has been
placed before the public—once at least- -in a
connection that may have engendered in
some minds doubts of my-loyalty ; but was
so plaqcd against my wishes and remonstran
ces. But. inasmuch as it was done fora hu
mane and charitable purpose, I said nothing
publicly about it. Ido not deny/ she added,
‘that my womanly sympathies arc with the
South, and that 1 often catch myself exulting
over the successor thc-Confedevate arms, but
this.is only when niy reason is taken prison
er, and 'iny judgment temporarily suspen
ded at .the .bidding of my sympathies, preju
dices and affections. I was born in the South,
from infancy to old age—for my days, you
know, "
* Aro in the scro and yellow foaf—
my surroundings have all been Southern.—
My relatives, my friends, and more than all,
my late loved and honored husband,
were all of that sunny clime. Is it, then,
reasonable to suppose that, ‘ in a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye/ with the frosts of
many winters upon my head, I can throw off
as I would a garment, all the affections, all
the endearing associations, all the prejudices
(if you please,) of a longlife? ..No! Not this
cannot bo? And yet, dear sir.fpqtwithatan
ding all this,) I long, and pray, {iqd. yearn
for a restoration of my distracted country to
its former peaceful and happy condition; for
a restoration of the ‘.Union as.it was/ - '
O* There is hope for the poor, unfortunate
gentlemen, who, sitting at a play or an opera,
are utterly prevented from seeing what is go
ing on upon the stage, in consequence of the
intervention of the ridiculous three-story
bonnets now in vogue! In its record of
fashions for the current month, the Paris Pul
let nays : ‘The tonncts of the present sea
son ought to- please the most fnstidi ous la
dies, as they are so exceedingly becoming :
being just largo enough to form a frame work
round the face, and trimmed both inside and
out without any exaggeration.’ That’s the
stylo.
Gentle but ■lmpressive. —A young map,
rather verdant, and very sentimental, while
pinking himself interesting to a young lady,,
the other evening evening, by quoting from
the poets, to the other choice extracts he ad
ded : •,
* There’s no piano like home.'
‘ Do you really think So ?’ asked the young
lady.
‘ Oh yes,’ wsg the reply. _ 1
‘Then,’ said pretty qaliao, ‘why didn’t
.you stay there.’
lE7* A letter frspi AspinWall gives the fol
lowihg account pf the .death of a seaman be
longing to the West .India ,R. M. steatpship
Solent, at that port: x
A sailor going ashore on a hawser (roni
the bow of the R. III! stoam packet Solent,
was seized by a shark, which took off one of
the sailor’s legs at the first bite. The next
attack the man lost his leftarni at the shoul
der ; then the right arhi near the shoulder,
and last his head was taken clean off. The
trunk, with oho leg attached,.floated, was re
covered and buried by the ship’s company.
[Special Correspondence of tho Cincinnati! Times.]
_ ' INTERVIEW WITH MRS. POLE. “
‘lt is an aim and—an attainment,’
1864.
I Homicide in Johnstown. —The citizens of
Johnstown, Pa. were , horrified on Friday
last, by a painful domestic tragedy. It ap
i pears that Mr. Joseph Moore, auctioneer of
- Johnstown, on his recent return from his'
• term of service in thp army, ascertained thst
, during his absence a criminal intimacy had
existed between his wife, a Indy of very pre
possessing appearance, amfMr. Jordan Mar
bourg, a wealthy merchant of the town.—
Moore once called upon Marbourg, the result
of the interview being that Moore informed
mm thal'he would shoot him the first time
he met him in the street. Mrs. Marbourg,
hearing of Moore's threats, appealed to him
nob to fake her husband's life but the out
raged husband would not listen to her.
On Friday morning last, Moore visited a
grocery near the post-office, where he
remained until between eight and nine o'clock
when Jjlarbourg passed by. ' Moore started
out immediately, and caught Marbourg bv
the collar saying, ‘Got down on your knees; I
am going to kill you. My wife made a clean
breast of it last night. §he told rao all, and
| gave me some of the money vfbioh you paid
hpr.' Saying this ; lie drew a revolver and
bred—the first shot taking-effect ip the re
gion of the heart. ’ Marbourg fell ft irward, |
and Moore discharged two balls into his bead
and then fired a fourth. ’whiHh took effect In
the left arm. Marbourg fell over and almost
instantly expired. Moore walked to a mag
istrate s office, surrendered himself and was
committed to jail to await the action of the
authorities. The deceased leaves an esti
mable wife and eight or nine children a son
about twenty years old. Moore has a wife
and one child, a boy of fifteen
Another Horrible Tragedv. —A Returned
Soldier Strangled by His Wije and Her Pa
rajnoifr.—r-We find in our Pittsburg exchang
es full details of one of the most horrible do
mestic tragedies which it has ever been our
province to record. The affair occurred a
few days ago in Lawrence county, in this
State, and the particulars are,as follows:
“In the early part of the present month a
coldier belonging to the 100th regiment, ha
ving re-enlistbd for the war, obtained a 30
days’ furlough and returned to his home in
Lawrence county, about four miles from Dar
lington, and almost adjoining the Beaver
county line. The man was .married, and
during his absence his wife contracted an ac
quaintance with a scamp in the neighbor
hood, which culminated in a criminal inti
macy between the parties. Of all this, how
ever, the husband was in complete ignorance,
and. upon his return 'home he took up his
abode with his wife, unconscious of her Infi
delity or of the - plot which was even then
maturing against his life. It appears thajt
soon after his arrival it was agreed .between
>h,3 woman and her paramour that ho should
he put out of the way, and one night, while
the unsuspecting man lay asleep in his hod,
the guilty pair approached him. and slipping
a noose, which they had previously prepared,
over his head, they threw the.other end over
a beam wlich extended across the dwelling,
and pulling on it with all their inigjt, they
swung the wretched man off the bed, and in
a moment almost hud him in such a position
that resistance on his part became impossi
ble. ’they had their victim now completely
in their power, and the deliberation which
marked their after movements shows a de
gree of cold almost
in the annals of crime, Finding that death
did not Uwte place as soon as they had ex
pected, they fastened the rope, which ud to
this time they had hold over the beam" the
body of their writhing victim in hip death
a ei lJll y from- the** other end, to a peg in the
wall, and leaving the miserable man to his
passed out of the house. After remaining
outside long enough for strangulation to take
place, they again entered the house, and ta
king down the now lifeless remains of the
murdered man carried them to a coal bank
in the vicinity, inside of which they concealed
them. The next day it was noticed that the
woman’s paramour was rather (lush of*funds,
and this, coupled with the fact that the sol
dier was missing, induced those who know
the guilty relations existing bctcen the wo
man and the man to suspect that all was not
right ; so an inquiry was instituted through*
which the entire tragedy was brought to light.
The woman, struck with fear or remorse,
made a confession of the whole affair, impli
cating her paramour as the principle in the
murder, and both ho and, she'were arrested
and committed to Jsul at New Castle to await
their trial for murder. The gentleman from
whom wo obtained our report of the tragedy
could not give us the names of the parties,
but he vouches for the correctness of the facts
iis wo have given them. .It was a most hor
rible affair, and naturally created great cx
citment in the community where it trans
pired.’’
Terrible Occurrence. —On Sunday even
ing, 7th inst., the dwelling of Mr. Gottschulk
in .Perkiomeu township, Montgomery county,
Pa., was destroyed by fire, while ho and bis
wife wore absent at 'church, some distance
from home. Three children were in the
house when the conflagration occurred.—
When a neighbor arrived the oldest one was
standing down stairs and’was rescued. The
second was also gotten down stairs but died
almost immediately thereafter, aad the
youngest'could not bo rescued, the flames
and smoke preventing further success to the
room upstairs in whinh fire originated,
and it was entirely consumed in the fire.—
Not a trace of it eould be discovered after the
fire was over. It was left lyjng in the crib,
it is supposed that the explosion of a coal oil
lamp .caused the conflagration. This terri
ble egtaslrophe should bo another waning
to parents nqt/o ."legyo small children alone
in the houro.
Antic-ite pea Poisons. —Dr. Jas. Edmonds
a pfothineni London physician, writes ns
follows to the. London Times:
“ I inclose a simple, safe and accessible
prescription for the whole range of acid and
corrosive poisons, and which, if promptly
used wjll almost invariably save life : Mix
2 oz. of powdered chalk or magnesia, or X oz
of washing Coda, with a pint of milk, and
swallow at one draught; then tickle the
hack 6f the throat with a feather or the fin
ger, so as to produce vomiting. Afterwards
drink freely of hot milk and water,, and re
peat the vomiting so as to ’ thoroughly wash
out the stomach. Any quantity of chalk or
magnesia r.lliy bo taken with safety, but soda
■in large (Quantities is injurious. I may add
also that the narcotics being excepted, milk
alone is an antidote for ahtiost all the poisons
and especially if followed by vomiting.” -
(C7* A religions exchange asks the ques
tion. ‘ Shall our ministers bo supported?’—
Well, unless they are a very different sot.of
men from our Abolition pugilistic divines
hereabouts, they ought to ho suspended.
PnatNOLoaicAL KARACKTEii of Mr. Mark
Milberby, Esq,— Given af the offiis of Brof.
Josh Billings, prakticnl phrenolegis, prise
§4.
Amtiveness—Big. Sticks out like a hor
net’s ness. Yu ought tow be able to lav the
hole human familea with your bump at onst.
Yu will never bo.m»widdop long, not enny.
Pullytika—Yu liav got the natral wa. A
splendid bump. Menoy a man has got to bo
konstable with half your bump.
Combatifnoss—Sleigh tually. Very much.
Yu might fight a tyoman, but tuff match. I
Should like to bet on the woman. Tho bump
wants poultising. y
Vittles—Bi thunder what a bump 1 I shud
think yu cud eat a boss and cart, and ohaa
the driver three miles, without any praktis.
Thunder & Lightening 1 what a bump I what
a bump 1 Let Barnnm git his hand on this
bump, and yaro fortiti is made. What a
bump I what a bump I
Greenbacks—Well .developed. A gor
geous bump. 4- fortin tew enny man. Yu
kant help but die rich, if this bump don't go
back on yu. Georgious bump 1 imppeo man!
die when yu feel like it, deth wont hav enny
sorrows for yufo -rolashuns that this bump
wont heal.
Renewing Accounts. —Squire C r— i n
his old ago took to himself a young and en
terprising wife, who immediately after being
installed as mistress of the household set
herself to accomplish the Heripilean task of
“ putting things to rights." Old C
was absent during the scouring'prooess, and
on lpo return, judge of his dismay upon dis
covering that his lovely reformer had erased
from the wall all hhi ‘book accounts’ where
they had been ciphered in chalk for years
past. Her pride at ii.er great achievment
was therefore somewhat dampened by his
exclammntion that she had ruined him, for
those were his charges against his customers.
She encouraged him however, to recommit
them to the walls from his memory. After
his long and laborious task was completed,
evidently with groat satisfaction to himself
she ventured timidly to ask him if ho had
them all down ? He replied very slowly and
deliberately: ‘I don’t think I have them
quite all; but then I think I have them
against better folks.’
Make A Beginning. —Rem'e’mbcr, in all
.tiling, that if you do not,isogio, you will
never come to an end. *Tlie first weed pull
ed up in the garden, the first seed set in the
ground, the first do’lar put in the savings
bank, and the first mile traveled on'h journey
are all important things ; they furnish a be
ginning, a promise, a pledge, an assurance
that you are in earnest with what you have
undertaken. How many a poor, idle, erring*
hesitating outcast is now creeping and crow
ling his way through the -world who might
have held up his head and prospered if, in
stead of putting off-his resolutious'of amend
ment and industry, had he only made a be
ginning I
QCT"* Whenever General Sturgis has been'
permitted to bo in the field he lias done
splendid service. lie has, however, been
kept out of active service and denied pro
motion because like McClellan, he has pre
served his political -integrity. And for an
other reason he has been kept out of active ser
vice and denied promotion. It was he who
in a public ho.tcl in Washington, publicly d-e
-nbnilccd the notorious Chandler, of Michi
gan, then and there present as a liar and a
coward, for having then and there impugn
ed the honor gf General McClellan.—Provi
dence Post.
A Huge Babl*. —The Morristown, Pa., Free
Press says there is a baby in that town, nine
months old, which weighs eighty pounds.—
The Free Press doubts whether' any human
being of the same ago in the .State ciln mus
ter us much .flesh and blood, and thinks that
Norri'stown is about entering upon a new
prosperity. If any of our readers know of a
baby that can beat tins they will please
acquaint us of the fact.
(£7“ Whiskey and brandy can now be mad
out of* coal gas, which consists of carbon and
hydrogen as does alcohol, with the addition
(-i oxvgen. For several years past the pro
cess of converting olefiant gas into spirit, has
been talked of, but a French patent has teen
obtained for the purpose, and sold to a com
pany in London." You take away one half
the hydrogen, add a little oxygen, and pres
to! you have a. bottle of brandy.
jftgyAn anecdote is related of a young
preacher at a city church, who had for his
text a verso from the parable ol tlio ton vir
gins, and in the course of his sermon ex
plained :
* That in old times it was customary when
the bridegroom and the bride were joming,
for ten virgins.to go out to greet them home
—five of these virgins being males and live
Tommies.’
(£7* The terror of the great dessert of Sa
hara is'being removed*by the application of
uoionce. In .1860 live wells have been open
ed, bringing fishes to the surface from'a
depth of five hundred feet. Vegetation is
springing around the wells, and the 4 desert
will blossom like the rose/
H7“Tho Inst dodge of tlio conscript deser
ters is to don a Confederal o uniform and
comb into canip ad deserters. Thojr are then
sent to Washington, take oath of allegiance
and are forwarded to the North. Seven were
caught,at this game last week.
OC7* A little g’fcl who had often contempla
ted the very aged appeargnpe df’ho'r grand
mother of more than eighty years, her face
wrinkled and time-worn, ran up to her one
day and asked, ‘Grandmother were you alive
when God made the world.?*
4 Isaac can you doFcribo a bat
1 Yes sir ; he's a flying insect, about the size
of a stopple, has indiu rubber wings, and a
shoe string tale, ho sees with his eyes shut,
and bites like the devil.' ' ‘ .
The Paris Fresse computes the population
of the globe at one thousand millions, speak
ing three thousand and sixty-four language*
es, and having eleven hbddrcd different
forms of religion.
- flgy*Love generally makes a wise tdan act
like a fool, and interest sometimes makes a
fool act like a wise man.
Forests of standing trees have been
discovered in'England, many feet below the
surface of the earth, completely embedded in
stone.
OCT" All faults are pardonable .when one
baa the courage to avow thorn.
SPEECH OF
HON. JOHN L. DAWSON,
OF PESmtTAKO,
In Favoi of Paying Soldiers and Sailors in
Gold Instead of Green-backs.
delivered in the
U. S. Mouse of Representatives,
FEBRUARY 17, 18041.
Mr. Stevens moved that the rules be sus
pended, and the House resolve itself into tho
Uommitteo of the' Whole on the stats of tho
Union,.
The motion was agreed to.,
Tho House accordingly resolved itself into
tho Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union, (Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, in
tho chair,) and proceeded to the considera
tion of tho bill of tho House (No. 151) mak
iug appropriations for the naval service for
the year fending Juno 30, 1865.
Tho Gbairjian. When the bill was last
under consideration tho gentleman from Illi
nois [Mr, J. C. Allen] moved to amend tho
clause “ for pay of commission, warrant, and
petty officers and seamen, including the en
gineer corps of tho Navy, $19,423,241," by
adding thereto tho following :
And that tho same bo paid in gold or its equiva
lent: t'ruvided, That tho relative value of any pa
per currency tendered shall bs ascertained by tho
Secretary of the Treasury, and hia certificate shall
be conclusive evidence thereof if dated thirty days
befert-payment is made
The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr.
Stevens] moved-to amend the amendment by
striking out the words “gold-or its equiva
lent,” and inserting in lieu thereof “ lawful
montfy of the United States.” The pending
question is on the amendment to the amend
ment.
Mr. DAWSON. Mr. Chairman, I deem it
proper to say that the pending amendment
has received the sanction of the Democratic
members of the House. It-is urged in good
faith, us a measure of simple justice to those
for wlioco benefit it is intended. Its object
is simply to secure to the sailor, as wo pro
pose to secure to the soldier, the price fixed
by law for their services in gold or its equiv
alent. They do not askor expect more; they
certainly should receive nothing less. It is
not proposed to apply the provision to any
other class of the public servants than those
in the naval and military service, for the rea
son that no other has been called udod to
make such sacrifices for the country, and that
upon no other rests immediately the burden
of its defense ; yet at the present
session, under the lead of th« distinguished
chairman of the Ways and Means, provided
for the payment of the salaries due our rep
resentatives in foreign countries according
to the gold standard.
The men who are fighting the battles of
the country are, in a peculiar sense, entitled
to a larger consideration and to the distinct
ion which is thus proposed to be made in tboir
favor. In lieu of heme and domestic endear
ments, they have accepted and are bearing
the privations, sufferings, and perils of a bit
ter and sanguinary war. Their wives and
children are still dependent for support upon
their pay, who, deprived by their situation
of the means of procuring that support from
the ordinary pursuits of life, have relied with
undoubting trust .upon their engagements
with the Government. So long hs payment
was rendered in coin or its equivalent, the
soldier’s pay beiug thirteen dollars per
month for the private, and the seaman’s
•about the same, which is not equal upon
the average to the earnings from civil occu
pation,, was yet such an approximation to
that standard as could be contentedly borne.
For some time back, however, owing to the
excessive inflation of the paper issues of the
Government, the departure from the gold
Standard has been constantly increasing, un
til at this time a dollar in greenbacks is worth
only about sixty-four cents in gold. Incon
sequence of this depreciation the soldier’s pay
is actually reduced to about eight dollars per
month. It is well known that the means of
living have advanced in a ratio even greater
than that corresponding with the deprecia
tion of the currency.
This condition of things falls with especial
severity upon that class of men who have al
ready made greater sacrifices than any other
in taking up arms in the common cause.—
.Can tho Government properly do less than
preserve the faith of its solemn engagements
by at once restoring the compensation to tho
value which it possessed when the war com
menced? They have performed their part
of tho contract with noble fidelity and zeal.
■ Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Chat
tanooga are monuments of their bravery and
patriotism which will bear their fame to a
distant and adriiiring future. If anything
more were needed to commend the proposi
tion to the acceptance of the House, I think
it will bo found in tho effect ,th© passage of
such a measure would have upon enlistments.
So long as the soldier is paid as at present,
enlistments are asked for with an ill grace,
and will'be rendeiod with n tardiness which
call hardly bo surprising when wo consider
the change which has been wrought in tho
terms of engaging in tho service, by the de
preciation of .the money substituted fur the
constitutional currency.
It is true, Mr. Chairman, that many Dem
ocrats believe.tljat this war could have been
avoided, and now condemn the policy which
governs it. Yet at the same time wo con
demn in unqualified terms the rebellion ; are
anxious to see it put down : and arc deter
niined to stand by any Administration or any
policy that will bring tho war to a .speedy
close, and establish in its place peace, an
early peace, with the restoration of the Union
and flie legal and constitntionhl rights of all
tho States and all tho people fully protected
and secured. Wo believe that when this
great object is attained the war ought' to
cease. But during its progress in the past
as well as in the recognize the.
seamen and soldiers of the Army as having
gone forward to fight the battles of constitu
tional government, and are at least entitled
to our justice. Wherever any part of that
groat Army has moved, upon the water or
-upon the land, its rants have been filled
with thousands of gallant Democrats, many
of whom now sleep in soldier’s graves. 1
am aw.are, Mr. Chairman, that tho Republi
can gentlemen of tho House are in the ma
jority, and that this proposition for the bond
fit of the soldier cannot bo carried by Demo
crats alone, I trust, then, that rt will not
be prejudiced for the rekson that it has ema
nated from a Democratic caucus and will re
ceive the undivided vote of the Representa
tives of the Democratic party, but that it will
obtain a generous support and becomo a law.
appropriation of §l2,ooo.has pass
ed Congress, to, rebuild the President's sta
bles.
Hz’ Scarce.—Mon who mind their own
business.
NO. 38.