t YOL. 51. ft t-Ji. JO !ii. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, PUBLISHED EVERY TRUES DAY HORKIXQ DY JOBS j B. SIKATTOM. T J 3 li M S PuusonioTiou—Two D-dlars if paid within tho 7 Mir; an<d Two Dollnrs and Titty Cents, if not paid within tho year. Tlioso tonus will bo rigidly ad hered to in ovpry instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages nro paid unless at tho option op tho Editor. • : Ai)vhutihhments—Accoinpanjedhy thecAsn,and •sot exceeding ono square, will bo inserted- throb illmos for Si.so, and twqjtty-firo' cents for 'ouch (additional insertion, Those of a greater length in jHop.ortipn. d OJi-y^iNiicta—Such an Hand-bills, Posting-hills P»m'? w f 411 1.. 1! l a “ 1 “> labels, *C, Ac., executed \rith ,floura- n a tt ild-;ttt’tho shotlpst nbtiee. ( ' foetkaL LOVE 'LV A : C'i BY N. P. V.IBLIg'. They may talk of love in a eottagoV And bowers of the tfellised 'vino— Of nature bOsvitohingly simple, And milkmaids’half divine; . They may talk.of the pleasure of sleeping In the shade of a spreading tree, And a walk in the fields at morning, 1 " ■ By the side of a footstep’ free 1 . But give mo a sly flirtation By the light of a chandelier, .With music to play in the pauses,' And nobody very near, Or a soat.on a silken sofa, ' With a glass of pure old wino, . And Mamma too blind to discover The small whitohand in mine! Your love ill a cpttagd is hungry, Your vino is a nest of files— Your milkmaid shocks tho Graces, And'simplicity talks of pies ; v Y'oji lie down to your shady slumber, And wake with a bug in your ear; And your damsel who walks in tho mornin Is shod like a mountaineer. True love is at homo on carpet, And mightily likes his ease ; And true love has an eye for his dinner, And.starves beneath shady trees. Ills wing is tho fan of n lady, Ills fOot's an invisible thing, And his arrow is tipped with n jewel, Aiid shot from a silver string. Wn.lT IS 110111! ! Homo's not made of palace walls, . Though with pictures.bung and gilded; Hume is where affection calls— Filled with shrines the heart hath build ed; Homo—go watch the faithful dove, Sailing 'neath the heavon-ahovOfts'! Home is where there’s one to love, Homo is where there's one to -love u:Y. Homo’s not merely roof and room, • • Homo needs something to endear it’; Homo is whore the heart catt bloom, Where there’s some kind lip to-oheer it. What is homo with none to meet, • ■ None, to welcome, none tp.greet us Homo is sweet, and only sweet, When there’s one wo lovo to meet ns. ffiMiinwns FREAKS (IT A MILLIONAIRE. , William Beokford, one of the most remark able men of hi.oderni . times, was the only son of Alderman Beokford, of London, who died when his son was only ton years of age, be queathing him West'lndian and Othpr-prop.-v erty which yielded him-an ; income equal , to half a million dollars a year.' Young Beck-, ford’s mental powefs were good, and no pains were spared cui.nltivdtihg them .by a refined cultivation Sir Willidm Chambers instructed him in agriculture, while the great, .Mozart taught him music.. At 21; with tbo inoomoof a I’rinoe andppoumajaiions in ready money to the amount of kmillion sterling (five millions of dollars) he httlnOlied Upon thejworld. _ The great talent Of promoting human , happiness was placed. withia;his.,roach,but he threw . the golden opportunity away. Frond and naughty, thO youthful. ( Beokfprd withdrew framtlveaotive business of life, and. retiring to Portugal, there devoted himself Jp a life of luxurious ease. The firstoutlay of his wealth sere wns the erection of a goorgoous palace, ifolug his residence in Portugal, ho visited,, under tjfe loyal -sanction, tho, weilltliy and luxurious monastri'es of that 'country. ‘lt is difficult .to Convey..an idea of tho pomp and upleiulor of this journey, Which resembled uioro the cavalcade of ahjfeaotern ptineb than the tour of a privdto individual. ... " Everything,” ho himself aKys, “ that could ho thought or dreamed qf for our com venienoo dr relaxation, was carried .in pur train— nothing to. he left behind but care and ; sorrow.” ‘ ’ ■ ■ . "The coiling of ray nppnrtment in the Monastery/.’ ho adds, “ was gilded and pain ted, the floor spread with Persian carpets of die finest texture,, the tables decked with su- I>erb ewers and basins of chased silver.’ 'file kitohonnn which the dinner was pre >arod, is thus described: -“A stream t 'pf water flowed through it whioh ‘wore formed* reservoirs con wining every kind of river fish. On'one side "lore heaped up loads of game and venison, • ?» the other side were vegetables ,and fruits ■0 endless variety., Boyorid d long lino of stores extended a row of oyens, arid oloso to V'em i; hillpp]tg offiwheriteri' ;flour, finer than SBowi blocks of sugar, jars of the purest oil, pastry in- various abundance.’ the dinner whioh followed these propara wns Was served in i magnificent saloon, oov red with pictures and- lighted- up with a Profusion ottwaS taporsin ecorioos of silver; ; ~tao bariq’uet/tiheStdds, t‘ oorisisted ofrari i?i “ad 'dhlioaoiaa every season from p er Bht’opffp&jeo;t’;; :: rionfeotitinprj'atid. frult awaited the parly, B , a rßeor stjii.jjjoroxoqmptuous,'where’ ves ? ■ OoagUigrre', containing tho.: rarest o„“, B1( «al fragrant spices, were banded around, was JBoijkfqrd's' riibdo of life during tins journey., Returning at tllti tfortinfepria ment of tho present century to his native country, Rockford again abandoned himself to the selfish enjoyment of his wealth. Ualsing caprcious dislike to a splendid man oion on his estate, which had been erected ■by his father ns a cost of 8400,000, lie order ed it to be pulled down, lie resolved that, i. hooomx-likc, there should arise from its ru -ins a building which should surpass all that had hitherto been known in English art.— lon thill Abbey, once one of the wonders of the west of England, was the resul t of this determination. Whole gallics of that vast pile were erected, soely for the, purpose of enabling liccklord to eiubluzen on their win dows the crests of the iamlliea from whom ho boasted his descent. The womfer of the fabric however, was a tower of colossal dimen sions and groat height, erected in the manner and spirit of those who once raised n similar structure on the plains of, Shinnr i.Qo td; let us build a tower whose top shall reach unto heaven:; .and let us make ahame.''- To complete the erection of Rockford's tow er, four hundred and sixty, men were em ployed both night and day during the entire winter, tho torches used byutho nocturnal •workmen being visible to tho astonished trav eler at. miles distant., Beokfdrd’s principal enjoyment was in watching tho erection of ithis Structure. At midnight he would repair 'tospine elevated: part of his grounds, and there, in solitude would feast his senses, for ■hours with the singular spectacle presented by the dancing Of the lights, and the reflec tion of this glare in tho surrounding-woods. I','he building, was indeed Rockford's idol PAGE. tha , object for which ho lived. Ho dovotod the whole ofhi'a,'energies to mako it realize' the most fascinating visions of vain imagina tion. Thfl tower was finally orcoted, but ns might have boon expected, the mortar and cement had no.time to set properly ere a vi olent gale of wind brought the vast structure to the ground. Merely remarking that ho should have been glad to witness #tho fall of such a mass of materials, ho gave orders for the erection of another tower two hundred and seventy-six feet in height; this also fell to the ground in 1835. After the completion of the Abbey; Book ford’s conduct was Still more extraordinary. A -wall nearly two miles in ciroumfrenco sur rounded his mansion, and within this scarce ly -any visitors wore allowed to pass. .In sul len grandeur ho dwelt alone, shunning con converse with the whole world. Majesty its-, ell was dosirdus of,visiting this wonderful domain, but was refused admittance. Stran gers'would disguise themselves ns servants, as peasants, or as pedlars, in the hope'of catching a glimpse at its glories. Nor was its interior unworthy of the curiosity. All thatart and wealth could give' to :prOhßro ef fect was there. “ Gold ahd silver vasos-and cups,” says one w'iio saw the placed “ iirq so numerous hero thaf;thoy dazzle-the eyeand when one looks arojtnd him tit the cabinets, oandlebrns and ornaments which decorate the room, wo may almost imagine that we stand in the treasury of some oriental prince, whoso riches consist entirely in vases of gold and silver, enriched, with precious stones of evoy sort, from the ruby .to the diamond.’’ Such was BcokforJ, ot Eonthill. With an iucomo of more than £lOO,OOO per annum, he seemed above the reach.of adverse for- tune. Who would have ventured to style all this prosperity evanescent us the mi> rage; A sudden depreciation in the Wett India property took place. Sumo law suits terminated unfavorably, embarassmenfspour ed in like a.flood on tiio princely owner.—• The gates which had refused anmittance to a- monarch were rudely thrust open by a sheriff's''Officer, The mansion erected at so vast an expense was sola. Tito greater part of its costly treasures were'Scattered by the hammer of the auctioneer; and Beokford driven, with the shattered fragments of his fortune', to spend a solitary old ago in a wat- ering place there to moralize on the insta bility of wealth ; there to- feel how little pleasure the retrospect of neglected talents sari give ; 'and to point the oft told moral ot -vanity of human affairs. ' He fell, it is said, unpitiod by any. The tower which 11C bad erected at groat a cost, fell to the ground, and, Eonthill Abbey was pull- ed down, by its new owner. Thus melted away, like,frost work before the sun, tho ex travagant productions ol; a man of wealth.— His whole life Lad been nsad.misapplioation of tbo talents .committed to his care, and in the end ho discovered ,ho had been ''Cheated by the mirage, . Though Beokford’s princely 'lavishneos caused him to ,be talked about all over, the world, his trte claim to remembrance rests upon his talents as nn author,.and his genius as displayed in tho wild and singular Oriental tale -of. Vat hook,” which is so splendid in.deeription, so truo.in Eastern,cos tume, that Lord Byron considered it difficult to credit that itwps.writtea.by an Europiiin. and said, “Even Dei Johnson’s,-.Jtasselos must bow before it." ;Mf. Beokford was the author of.numqro.uawprka. ' He died in the. year 1814, aged eighty, , font .years, leaving two daughters, one pf whom is the present Duchess of Hamilton,, His,, wife: was, Lady Margaret, Harden, daughter of the Earl of. Abyone, The Sox. —Ilia (tho sun’s) warmth keeps the sea liquid and tho atmosphere a-gas, and alf the storms which agitato both are'blown by the mechanical forcoof the suu. lie lifts tho rivers mid-(he glaciers up tlio-mountains, and thus tho cataract and tho avalanche shoot with" an energy derived immediately from him; -. TUdndpr and lightening are, also, hie transmuted .strength., lie j;enra, ns -I have said the-whole vegetable world, and, through if tho Animal: tho lilieff of tho field r.re his -jvoi-kmanship, tho verdure of: the meadows, 'and tho cattle upon a thousand hills. 110 forms tho muscle; ho .urges., tbp .bigod; he builds tko brain. . Ills fleotnoss is iii tho li en's foot; ho.springs in tho panther; be soars in- the eagle; ho glides in the snpkq;,, Hie ohergy ; is .poured freely into, epaOejbut our world is a halting space whdre this .energy is conditioned. Hero the Proteus works his spells ; the self-same essence takes A million .shapes and hups, and.finally dissolves into its primitive and almost formless form. The sun comes to "us as heat; ho quits ns ns heat, and between his entranpe and departure tho multiform powers' of our globe appear.: They are 'nil special form of solar power, .the moulds into which his strength is.tempqrariiy (pour ed, in, passing from, its, source througil infin itude, (Presented rightly to' the min'd the dis coveries and generalization of modern science constitute; a,poem, more Buhtimo than liaß Cv-. er yOt been,addressed tq thp, intellect and jni; agination pf man. ,Thp natural philosopher ofto-day may, dwell amid conceptions which ,beggoif.those of,,Milton, c, ~i . , , C7”'Ai fool of. n by the the iiamo Of Thoraas Tirowri.Was'robbsd of trltStiCt in gold'iinfl d' foW grebribrioks. iiid bad'hdiiße'' in New York,a few nights ainbofand he fails to recover tho biggest part of it. Tfli! jESTINY OF JOSEPHINE. Josipliino interests ovorybpcly, and wo gladly give bur readers tho following from a correspondent of the Knickerbocker Magazine i Tho history of Napoleon is yet to bo writ ten, and by an American. The world has been-amused with fables of this ran? of dos tmy - fables which have boon translated as heirloom, until they have reached him who now sits upon .the throne of Franco, and is pleased with the title, ‘the man of,destiny.’ 1 Ihis title, though a favorite one with eve ry class ot Frenchmen, undoubtedly arose from tho story of Jpsephino, and through fear attached to Napoleon. Though her simple story is smoothed in tho morn brilliant one of her husband, yet it ie well known that long before Napoleon’s admirers claimed for him, the great destiny he finally accomplish ed, it was a common story in Paris, what wo are about to toll. . / . ’ - . while almost a child that. Josephine, m some of her wanderings .with her school-,- mates, came across a yagrant gipsy or. for-- tunoJelloE, The woman, attracted in some' Way toward the beautiful child, insisted upon' tolling her fortune, oven .‘against her will and without reward. , She told her that she would very so'on be a wife, a widow, and af terwards Queen of Franco. Tho prediction in itself was common enough, but ns simple as it was, it had .its offdots upon Josephine, who immediately embraced it as a fact, and 00 “'<J a long time think of nothing else. When the fulfillment came to tho first part of the prediction,-it of course strengthened her in the belief of tho rest; and even when in prison under sentence of death, and her bod was taken from her at night bocausojihe: was to die in tho morning, she bgdo'her friends hare courage, tliat it would not bo so, and that she would sit upon that throne then in ruins beneath the bloody feet of 110-bespiorrs, -bespiorrs, and when the-jailors, in derision, called npoji her to name tho maids of honor thut'thoy might be ready whenjsho was queen she,, did so, and her nomination was finally fulmlsd to.the letter. , - On that very night Robespierre fell. Had his downfall occurred one week earlier, Jos ’ephine’s husband would not bavo boon one of his victims ; liad ho lived ona day longer she would have been another of them. There wap but li.ttie lapse of time between her liberation from prison and her marriage to Napoleon, and it was by the influence that sho exerted that ho was Appointed to the command of tho army of, Ifaly, after which the path that led thotriupward was clear and open, until .the destiny she had.insisted upon was aopomplished.-'and the crown of Franco was upon hor bead. . _. ■ , But there was -one.thing more that Joser phino liad foretold for hersslf. Wltich.was tho utter loss .of -thq‘t power and rank to •which she had _ been se yvoiidorfully elevated ; and still, while she brooded over this, ho who was ■her lord,'.gathered how power and.yiolded'to hew ambition. She fried to crush: it, and to point out what Should ho his true, aims ; but be Was an emperor, and desired 'to bo the 'founder dT.a new empire. How well-her instincts told her that the time was rapidly approaching when that am bition would make,him put her away I,'Then came tho close ofi-tho campaign of 1809, and she saw that tho hour was approaching still nearer that was to seal both their fates There was no longer tho confidence of tho past between them ; no longer tho seeking of sympathy and advice. It wits on the 20tli of November,.lBo9, and tho court was especially gay in honor of, the visit of thwking of Saxony. Josephine ant af the window of her boudoir, looking out upon the-river, when sho heard a the, door,, and. rose to - receive Napoleon, whp caught her in his arms, with more pf the 01-, don time embrace than sho had known for months. She led .him to tho sofa on'which she |iad been sitting, and seated herself by his side. For a few moments there was si .ldnce and ho spoke; ‘ Josephine, you have been-weeping. 1 Are you unhappy V ‘ No, sire 1 not with you.’ - ‘Nonsense! Josephine, why-do .youi.call mo sice ? Of .!$ toy onarp making.these forms overshadow all onr happiness.’ ‘ Tlich'' why should they not bo forgotten by both ? You have now reached that point of ambition that should content you.,. Will you turn the rinqaidt/god from your bosom, and own your own happiness ?’ ‘Yon misunderstand me, lady,’ he said, quickly raising from his seat and leaning against the window, ‘ I am s.eeking nothing for myself, but everything for Franco.’ I •‘lt is for. France, Napoleon,’ she said, drawing . close to,' his side, and taking his hands in Hors, ‘that you will put away from, you riot only a true wife,-hut a true friend?- Think not- that X. have been blind, sire, to this... -My alarmed heiirt has toldme all, and believe medhat I-am .offering, no protest to your ..willv-bht, .0 sire 1 examine well-your heart before you act.’, i ■. 1 He'stood silent while she was. speaking, and theni 1 with fddq turned-full upoh the .streaming moonlight,:ho drew - away .his hands.. - Shi) wont on , “ And, 0- hire.l, believe me, that though I am to leave your throne and your side,i I shall ri Jevor.censo’to love you deoply for my own peace.- Therefore it is thafcl pload that you will look well into your heart.before you yield your future to bad counsel!” ' ,«• . lie drew quickly .from.Jho window and walked forward to the centre of the room. “ You oannot'sjjnpathizo.with me, madam 1 I not.only with,joa?on., The good of the individual must yield, to the good of Prance. Farewell!”. said she, and Josephine stopped quickly Rfovs the room and oaugfit his arm. drawing him as she did so again to the win dow. .“too you see that stnr.l” . and .she pointed at one ■ that shone with marked brightness. “That is my destiny;:';By it yofi hpve risen. To it was promised a throne. Through me you have accomplished it; part from mo ana you'fall. - Yes/'fall to,.die in sorrow, neglect, and exile 1 Remember, this, Napoleon, pnd remember those wotds when it.is ,tso late to recall the aot'that no words of mine'can prevent/ ... Napoleon gazed almost'm terror at her whp stood like a prophetess, looking out with eyes of fire upon thc'heayens, and then; with' a heart slouded almost to sickness, he turned Bvrny,'ana*loft'thb room without.a word. - Ton days passed before ho had' the nerve to strike the blow .Hint .broko'the golden chain that bound them,'and from that-moment,-ns ho' afterwards confessed at St.- Helena* the' fall of Napoleon began Until he died a broken hfearled bxrleupon on island in mid ocean. ■ jjgg-IPo ho a woman'of-fashion is one-of tbe oasiasl things in the world;:- ;A.late wri ter thusdesoribos it:- ■“Buy everything you don’t -want.’and! -nothing-iyon; gat; Brtiilb ionialldnnnkindibutiyounhusbaridj - bo; happyievoryWhorebutathoma pnegloot your children and nurse lap-dogs ;,"go to church, every time you (jet % now, dress. 5 ,’ CARLISLE, PA;, THURSDAY, FEBBIJARr-9, 1865. THE EARLY.DAWn. The beautiful face of tho early dawn, ** tooks in at my casement on mo, ... When the funding steps of tho timid fawn, Dispersing the pearls of tho dewy lawn, Awttken tho slumbering boo. With silvery key she unlocks the oast. And steals from tho night away,- While tho waning stars as they watch her flight,' Are lost in tho beams of her mystio'light, And her mantle of pearly gray. Her cheek is white as the opening rose, , Whose petals no color wear, And day light’s fairest and freshest bloom, Its purest radiance and best perfume, Her glittering pinions boar. Like pleasure and woo she doth come and •so. And a holy stillness brings; She fills the soul with a solemn awe, And bids oqch soul frbnrjho world withdraw, To rest da tho King of Kings; . Oh I blank ns the gloom Of- the fathomless tomb ' jff- Aro tho dreary shades of night;, But she oomos with a soft and magic charm, Our bosofnsto cheer, and our fears to disarm. And she tolls of the land of night. Erom the heavens come down with thy gob , den crown, td waken my sleeping eyes, Like a beautiful vision that will not stay, When the sun’s'bright beacs.bring the gol den day, v * . Beturn to thy native skids. SIMPLIWTY IN FU.VERALS. The funeral, of tho veteran actor, James W. Wallaok, in New York, was extremely private. Public notice of the' time of burial -was-not given. The family and immediate relatives of the deceased were apprised of tho time ’of the ceremonies and they word present. Half a dozen carriages wore suffi cient for ,the accommodation of all whoso presence was- desired, and tho melancholy sorviqes were proceeded with without show An erpinontractof who died in this city some ' time, ago,-was ' buried in tho snmo simplej private way, and although .there were many who might have desired tu bo present, a lit ' tie reflection taught them that tho obsequies were conducted with judgment. Tho funeral of another performer who was widely known furniahedian example of tho evils of funerals : conducted-in the-ordinary way. The house of tho deceased: was literally mobbed. Hun dreds of persons -forced themselves into the clianibor of the dead, some to perform mel ancholy duty, 'others to gratify a morbid cu riosity. The funeral cortege was exceeding ly large, and many who attended it were,not in character :nor conduct, a credit to the cer emony. ■ Added to these painful oirenmstan-, ces, must have been a very heavy expense entailed upon'.the family of the deceased, which,-by judicious counsels, might have been saved. , - , , ■ The expenses- of, funerals in a city lire growing more handsome,every day. Coffins covered with cloth and decorated with metal- ioornaments'nre costly, and the sum requir -1 od for carriages were preparations are made for n large attendance, is frequently .very embarrassing when payment is necessary. There arelmany families who.imaglno that they are'not doing their duty to the deceased if they'omit,'any of the pomp, which is the ■luxury of woe. ■ They weakly, suppose that ungenerous', criticisms will .be. made upon their., paraiinqny, and that it may bo said that they had no. affection/for the departed. Such ■observations map bo safely disregarded, because they are impertinent. Where the ■ head of a family is suddenly called away, in many-instances ;hq leaves those whom ho loved But poorly provided for. They may baye liyad ia'luxuiy,|but their comforts were attained by. the personal Services of . one who can never labor for them again. With his ■death, this income ceases. They have not only lost a dear friendand protestor,- but they have'lost capital.- Very few families reflect, ttat the earnings of a husband and father, while they can be given them, arc equal to the income of .a fortune. "Many .persons would think themselves rich if they, were possessed -of twenty thousand dollars, yet that amount prudently invested would pro duoo them but twelve hundred dollars a year.- If they are so fortunate as to rely upon the inooino-of end -whose yearly gains are no more; the loss'of .liis life ia Jo thorn the same' ns iftivehty thousand dollars of their means had been suddenly taken from them. • It. they ■had.Jest'money instead of the life which broughti them such gains, they would bo overwhelmed .with fear for-the future, and retrenchment would be an imraediato subject of study. Why shculd it not bo so. when death stops in with a deprivation more seri ous than the loss of money. ■■■ , In this point of view it will readily be seen that any inordinate .expenditure upon a fu neral is not a testimonial of gratitude to the deceased, but a thoughtless wastefulness which sullies his, memory. A:,death dn .a family usually leaves, _ besides funeral expent sos, debts due by. the” deceased in small or.' great amounts. . Whore the person who dies is actively engaged in business, a settlement of his affairs frequently leads to, the unwel- oomo discovery that, instead of being in pros perous circumstance, he was actually going behind hand. The payment of his debts may Icavobut littlofor bis hairs.- -How weak and sinful, then, will the folly of the 'mem bers of a family who' have sanctioned a costly funeral appear to. themselves ? How una vailing will Ija their regrets whhn want stares them, in the.face, and the future seems shrou ded in glfton|., - - .. ' v . t Fashion is to blame for the extravagance - frequently shown in this matter, for there is a.fashiqn e.von in,sprjrow,. which it of;ita sincerity and oompola it to-submit to hollow artifice. The, practice of wearing .mourning , is one of .the- costly subserviences to foshion, which adds vary greatly to fiineral.expenaes, and which yields,nothing.to the testimonials' which ere dqe to |the. departed, and,.in too many oases they,are considered by,the, world as.an. offo,elation of ..grief. Wo arc, glad; to, peroeiyedhat this custom is gradually,going intoidisusec.and, it, will be ft.-happy day, for thoao.wbp are.hereafter to bebocftaved when' it shall entirely cease.. It only needs,ft:few l to do.veryjeiuftbitoward decrcaaing-fhopageantry of funerals, and WO, thqimOho.rhftyo made those remarks ff bfi(yvH99i the pubhe notice of the manner of Mr. Wal- Uok’l funeral have given us the opportunity WKONd ouR Country." , . .■ of commonding the example to the attention ot thoughtful people, ns one ttbioh 'is shnc tioxod: by good tastp, and winch may well be imitated by ot.iers when the sndden appear ance of death in tho' midst of a-happy family overwhelms its members with sorrow arid dis- Uqbs. • A STRICKEN MOTHER, X think your readers, says the Annapolis . correspoildonoooftlioPhilndelßh in Press,* will tincl m the following something touching, ex hibiting, ns it does, all the deep intensity of a mother s love. There is a grandeur in the conduct of this poor lone motlieprswhoao'lovo tins- made her mud, who yearnsk for one her poor faded even will never see again.— More than a year ago her. son, a member of . a Connecticut regiment, was takoh prisoner and confined at Andersonvillo , A short time i aiterwavd several wore exchanged. His I mother, in Connecticut, hearing of it,‘and be lieving that Jio was among the number, left 1 her desolated Jiomo and ennio to Camp,Pa I which is suuated two miles from Annap olis, ( d' seek her treasure among tUoboaf hnnls landed on the,Severn. She waited, wearily waited, day after day, for the comingdf her boy; but, though many ennao, ho was not among them. ■ “Hope de ferred maketh the heart sick,” and so it was I with her. Broken hearted with constantly i recurring disappointments, hcr’mind, already ehalcen by grief, at last gave way. ‘Ever since, raoro than six months, she has been stopping in this ciy—how or where I know not. x .During all tins time she comes to UuToffi'co ct Dr. "V anderkieft, the surgeon in charge, to ascertain whether any boat loads of released prisoners have arrived. When the*lasfc'de t.ich ment came in she seemedbverjoyed, and went from f-kclptou tosckleton, scftaninglhem engorly and anxiously. But her eon was not there!, and each day sho. wont wearily ba<?k to her home. The good-hearted surgeon) al though Ije knows andhe has told her many times that her eon had been officially repor ted dead, still answers her every day the same •monotonous “ No 1” Sho comes alway. provi ded with a shirt, a pair of drawers, panta loons, boots and cap, and when informed that her son has not yet arrived,-goes down the graveled path across the lawn .to. the very end of the long wharf. There sho stands looking over the broad waters'of tho’Chesa •peako for fully an hour,Clad ever in the same neat dross aad closely fitting, bonnet, mio -girzos wistfully, longingly, out.over the blue water, as if her very eagerness*would hasten on the. hark sho -imagines' bears back •to her her child. Butiior/tear swollon.-eyos ; at last grow dim, her strength fails, and with I the empty void aching in her breast, oh I how | agonizingly she slowly turns to depart. The I son she shall meet, poor, crazed, broken hear ted mother, never this side the hither chore LIFE. 4'ho following beautiful, disquisition upon life, says tho Philadolphia.ilvoning Bulletin, occurs in a sermon delivered by liov. E. E. Adams,in the North Broad-street. Presbyte rian -church on last Sunday evening: .There is life in tho lichen tliat clings to the shaded rock, and driukstho cool drops of the mountain; there is life in.tho firo-lly that, lights up. tho marsh with liis evening ray; there is li!e in tho lurk that hails thd'oriont ann with-a.psalm inora sweet, and not loss glorious, than tlio notes of.llaydn and Beeth oven; there is life in the, lion who .shakes' the wilderness with bis terrible roar, sending horror through .every wild pulsing heart; there' is-life in. th’6 chpa as .he sits in solitary grandeur on bis.alpine : height,,or sails on I 'steady pinion. ftboVo tlnf clouds that'crown the Andes; there'is still higher life in the speechless child just opening its little eyoal to the light, and. wreathing its boyhood, glo rious in-its fresh ambition, in its untamed as pirings ; there is life in girlhood, tho charm of innocence and beauty playing on tho cheek as if the smile of God were there; there is life in manhood, and in tho, herculean arm, in the brow that rivals Jove’s and the eye that shoots out tho fire of Mars. Measure, if yon ‘can, the mental life of Plato—tho depth and compass of Webster! Fathom tho.intel lectual and' moral depth of Moses and Paul. Take the life of humanity;' let it bo ropre-, sented by all its, best qualities in a single hu man being.- Give him tho frame of Samson, 1 of Lord Bacon,' tho soul ofPaysou or St. John, the beauty and grace of Alcibiades, tho song ol Ilar.del nr Mozart,’ the oratory of Cicero or | Pericles or,Clay, the devotion of Daniel or Paul, tho executive genius of Alexander, tho science, of Humboldt, the statesmanship of Washington, and- the sooialmaturo of Burke, I th Jimusie of Shakepearo, tlioehivaltv of Qus tavns Adolphus, and the piety of Daniel or of Joseph—arid ht him stand forth among his speeieg to defend, to 'enlighten, to win., ' Let. him shed' Hiq.light over tho earth. Let him reform governments,revolutionize'ous torns, awaken thoughts, inspireIdevotion 1 devotion,ban- ish abuses, olevnfd life arid fill the ago.with now, inspiring, grateful, holy sentiments, feelings, and resolves. Let him impart some-.' thing of his great nature to humbler mortals; let iiim speak in majesty and teridevrioas to up, and ho before us the way, the truth, and tho life—the iliigheat standard of manhood,' the living depository of.all human greatness and goodness—all that is mighty in tho arm of man, all that is profound in hisintolleot, andaU- thatia. beautiful in love, all that is I precious.in friendship, nll.that is sublinloand ‘ .blissful in holiness—amt t will tell yea that the life ofcOhtist,is!infinitely morel' Angels carinlif reaeU; it.'ritraphs.canriot Uhoiy.it; it .is tho life of .Got! dwelling in-the soul J it is ht linegs thnj no spot.- thatiills every capacity and oxpelo every fear. It is eternal life, in fullness, in variety, in beauty in strength, in joy, jn quality, in duration,— If.thogO-.is anything bedutiful in nature, any thing exalted in character,, great in though! and achievement, it is in this life. .1 foj Prime.—ln the; days when servants -Were bought” and sold to service in Jrassabha-' 'Belts lis tvoll as’in’ Sbuth Carolina, iriy grand fathor 'had in’his family an nnotqdiis darkey, called, prWursoi “Dinah;"—'Now, Dinah we s fair to .loot upon iflid after Sundry flirtations, received,'in' her- eighteenth year, a bonajide offer from a well to-do Sambo of forty; “ And why. don’t-you liavo him, Dinah ?” asked my grandfather oftho fair oa\ .] ~ “ Too old, massa,” was the grinning haply. 'MVby Dinah],he’s just in his prime.”. • ,fties,■maßha'lbut bimo by vfhen Dinah gather prime,' den he hah ho prime at'all!” .'"O* The Eaaton ’Senfmcf has an article -about “. Ppor Ben Butler."., There,ain’t any 'M'poDr’ ,j 'B6a Butler any‘mbror’ tfhdtdifvty Ben,is a poor general; but NpwDrieiihßTsayS he is surprisingly rioh.ns a man. It should say poor General, 4 ’ but “ rich Ben.” Tho Chicago' TVwerrevieyra.at some length tho various efforts made 'in tho fybetern States to produce sugar, from beets.. Of the most successful experiments thohditor bays: During the winter’of IBGi-02, William It! Osborn, President of thelllmois Central ttaii way, nnd Will!am if. .Belcher, of : the Chica go sugar refinery, imported from Euopo sev eral hundred pounds of boot seeds of tho best sugar-producing varieties, which they distrib uted gratuitously among the farmers of the Northwest with a view of oncourneingithoul ture and ascertaining the hdaptibility of,the soil and climate of the Northwest to its pro duction, and of noting the effect of the pecu- Imnfcies'of tbosoil of different Idealities.— Mr.-lselohcr tested tho beets grown in differ ent portions of Illinois* Wisconsin tind east ern lowa,and in all instances obtained the jn°et gratifying icouUp, eo that tho entire ad aptability' of tho soil and climate of these Mates to the cultivation of tho mg hoefc, aud tho success intelligent effort to produce sugar in paying quantities irom it, is placed beyond all question, • ■^• B1 < de from this, there has been ono grhnd Experiment in this State, conducted at ah cx penso of §50,000 of which, however, it is tho impossibility to obtain any’ results from the interested parties. Tho pitrtiea are T; Gon nert and broth ore,,of New York city, who af ter having visited Europe and given tho'mat ter.the.r personal examination,.located at Uiatswprth, Livingston county, Illinois, on tho lino'of the Peoria andOquawkia railroad some hundred miles lr.om Chicago; - Purcha sing, at this placo twelve bundle 1. acres of land, erecting a refinery one hundred and fif ty foot long and one hundred feet' wide, and •the main ’ building fifty foot high, supplied with •all-.-.the;appliances fpr making these gentlemen prepared r to .test themaltcr 1 on a grand scale. During tho full of IBG3 and tho spring of 1804 ono hundred acres of land vero.prepared, and planted jvith seed imported by themselves from Europe. Tho season was unfavorable, owing to tho exces sive drouth, and yet the* yield of beets was believed to be about.fifteen tons per acre. Mr. Belcher, of - tho Chicago sugar refinery, ana- Bomo of the boots, and found them to contain twelve and one halt per cent, of crys tallizablo sugar, eight per cent, could bo ex- that is by no means and improb able 'estimate-—tho yield, of sugar -would be over twenty-five hundred pounds per aero. The beets were harvested, tho jyico extrac ted, the syrup boiled toa certain consistency and sent.to the refihery fbrfuture treatment and the public are nht itffdrmod. of the cost of rafting the. beets or the yield of actual working. But, from tlio pains ta. ken to conceal tho result, thcre oaa bo'no douiit but it was _ one ( o£ eminoht’su'cceas. ■ Estimating that, insead of yielding .oigh'f per cent, of tho twelve and-ono half per cent.-of sugar qontpined, the beets yielded only six and ono half por cent, or but a trifle over one half of the sugar contained—and their ar- rangements must have been' v6ry imperfect, if-,-they did not succeed in extracting that Quantity—and tho yield' would be two thou sand pounds to the nerd, worth five hundred dollars;’in 6fner words, tho ono hundred acres yielded a product worth fifty thousand dollars I . . '. • ■ The Storv op a .Gothic Arm Chair.—A. ; Paris publishes a strange history Of I and old Gothic arm chair/which was 'sold re cently at the public auction rooms in tho.Rpe . Prompt. • The article in. Question, at fiijafc richly ornamented,.was.presented by tho ma ker to Maria fingur'ed, in .her boudoir. Afttr the deafli of the Einprcs of; Austria,' it-was sent, in conformity with nor ' desire, to Queen,-Mario Antoinette of France, and was-subsequently used by Louis XVI, durifig' his. imprisonment in tho Temple.— After tho King’s, tragibal dcath’/Clory, h is' yalet-de-ohanibre, became itaow’Ror, and took it to England, where it successively 'became the property of the Prince Regent, and after wards of tho Duke of Cumberland. • Tho lat ter took it with him to Berlin, and there sent ii to an upholster for repair. The workman ■ to vvhom it was, entrusted .found in tho stuf fing of. a seat n diamond pin, the portrait of a several sheets of closely written manuscript. .“ The man' sold the pin, and gave thb portrait and papers to a watchmaker of his acquaintance. ..Some years later..the watchmaker, whose name was NoungorfF, bn deavofed to paBs"himselfqff as Louis LXVII, and produced the' papers and poi-trait in sup port of his pretensions. After making somd noise-in Franco, and then in Belgium, where he tast his son, who called himself tho Duke of Normandy, he went to Java- in 18*53, and died there. The workman who found the portrait- and documents, kept his secret till just beforojhis.-death, when he revealed the whole to his family. One of.’his relatives having , ascertained that tho chair was still atßerliii, purchased it, and sqidit toa French traveler, who carried it to Paris, where it ul timately came/ into, possession of an old.wo ,mah, the.inmate of-an asylum for tho aged, lately deceased.' It has now been sold'by auction-frith tho rest of her'effects’. How .to Fall Asleep-. —Tho great point to bo gained in .order to sooure sloop is to escape from thought, ospe dally from that clinging,, tohauious, imperious thought, which in most cases of wakefulness has possession, "of. the mind: 'Tilways effect,this by-.tho following Simple'process; “I turn -rdy-cyo balls as far to tlio 'right or left of upwards or downwards as I can without pain, and then commence rolling,..them slowly, with, that divergence ffom a dirept lino of "vision, around in their sooketoi-nnd : continue doing so until I fall asleep, whichi occurs generally within three ;rainutea —always within fivo at tho most.— Tlio immediate effect of this procedure differs ,froni that of any other that I have over heard so procure-Bleep. It not merely diverts the thought intoh new channel, but actually, sus pends it..,..Since I became aware of, this ! imvo endeavored, innumerable times, while thus rolling myeyes, to think Upon a partic ular subject and even upon' that which be fore; kopV'mjj' awake,'but T could hot.', As long ha they moved around, my mind was blatfk; .Ifi-nny bne.doubta: this;lot him try the experiment himself. I wish ho would ; lot him pause just hero and make it..!.1 ven ture, to assure him Jhat, if.ho makes it in good faitlj, in thymahnei desdribod; the promise of '"f d penny for’ his thoughts;”, or Tor each 1 of them, wh'ilel'tHi .operation is in will bddwory litild to his vveilthi iSu,dh being its ' effect,wd cannot wonder .that it should bring sleep to n.necvpua andwakefnl man at night.‘ The philosophy, of. this is very eitn* pie. | A sdspensioh oi.thbgght ikfej, the mind’ whalj d' anspeUsTOn pf’tTayel’, or .labor -isitd a ‘«ewjr‘btiay;,,!'ilf enjbys Thb'ldiury dfiftstf the' strain upon, its faduUiqs-idreindved;'is falls asleep as. naturally as the farmer in his chair after toiling' ftll day in his fields; t i BEETSUDM. The Secret. —“ I noticed,” says Dr; Frafik lin, “a mechanic among others, at’work on .a.houso erecting but a little way from my office, who always appeared to bo Jii.h mer ry humor, who had a kind word aiid'oheerful snulo for every ono he met. Let the day ba ever so cold; gloomy ■ ;or-sunless, a-bappy smile danced like a aupbeanl on his cheerful countenance. ■ Meeting him, one morning, I asked him to tell me-the secret of his happy spirit,, “ My. -soorelr, doctor,” ho re plied, ” is.that I . have got one of thO beet wives, and whim I go to Work she always has a kind word of enconrageihent for-iue and whan I go homo she rtieets me with a smile and a kiss,And then tea is sure to bo • .ready, and ; dio has ’ddne so mahy.'liitle things through the day tu please me, that, L cannot find it in my heart to speak an . unkind Word to any body.” What, an influence, then; hath woman over the heart of man to, soften it and make it the fountain of cheerful and pure emotions! ..Spoak gentle, then;tv hap py smile and a-kind word. of. greeting, after the toils of .the day are over, cost nothing, and go far towards making a homo’ happy and. peaceful.” ; " , rro Shillahof, of the Carpet Bag, tolls the following outrageous gun story , Speaking to day with a sun of a giin re garding his.exploits, ha told mo a singular instauce uf a gun hanging fire which, were it net fur his well known veracity, I should, feel dispon'ccl to doubt. He had snapped his gun ja't a.grey squirrel, and the cap. had-ex ploded.- ppd the. piece not going off ho took it from his shoulder, looked down in the barrel nn'd eaw : _ the charge iuafc ’ starting, when:' bringing at-to his shoulder, again, it wont off ' and killed the squirrel. .- A FueAk of Fortune.—Mr. S. Draka onh of tlie stock company now performing aftho House iuj CincinnqUiiwas madahoir ' by hn granfatherdp hn allheal fabulous num ber of worthless yirgiuia aqroa. rathor an in-' * qumbhitioS than otherwise; W what now proy- * os :q valuable tract to .their ’ fortunate Owner.' hast ,/iaturday ho received a letter' from n- .-- * prospecting company who have found-oil up pu his,premises,-offering, him thesnngUttlO saiff of cash for hispreihlees.' - A Connecticut man. has invented* ; Watch which is aimpler ih ita than ordinary washes, and will ran 378 daya ' with onoo winding. ' Jj/.T 5, D R°w«<ieB tbo usfol I f, al ' ■ ll,O praoefa can bfi ,applied ns well tn ’ ftt“£-3r ■i|gr 5 P?psS3S; trJ&S^&S&sS it t n l ü bor of burners Jet, on,or turneloff fLT«s?he b i qU - ant ' ky of G“ wonted just ag c ? n ! umcd and bo faster.™ WCTlatin"- 5 * bed *V .regmating contrivance. In winter was So by heat from* stovoofLf kind by -I'l? without in tholeaat 7inter fering with otiior operations;. In summer it a 1! “ntaa'rosA 611 • by ' ttn a!r blast which forces nir into a reservoir, constructed 5 with imnart monts .n which the nir travels on a Set' aIS i Af 10 " 1 ? ne eighth, of an inch M depth, absorbing m its course and holdinein suspension, a currentofWpiba The aat can bo diatnbutcdyiyera liouso through fho and tv7 :P ' 7 l e - 3 ’ ;:OOD - trolle ' 1 iQ ‘bo usualwly " i tto “aebinery is soconstructed, itissaid as to preclude the possibility of explosion ibe panic produced by this petroleum gas is ' Er n is e w, •? b ° '^ er fl ™ “ Krt nurner, is whiter and more brilliant, ondcan bo obtained at less than half the cost If derfui and*™ 0 ’ istaVo/t won «erlul and important one. \t" e c i vo the nar. “ nd them Bt atod the Wheel ’ 1 '-o-- - , . i :. r? An XNCiDEN’LOF DivrDspN’s'.KAiD. A sol dier sends the New Orleans TSra the follow mg amusing inoidhnt.of Gen. Davidson’s late raid through rebeldom. Durii* the late raH wh'oh left Baton' Rouge under General Da’ d d °bv T e -° o, ! d Illino!s Ca ™ lr y. ooS ded by the Lieutenant Colonel.'vras ordered AbmiTtl-n *'t “ lain bddy into F ™ikUnton. About tea miles west of the town there is a l i” ■" f h ° r f n S'Paho road-from I, ? oat l’.> e.nd,.jast,aa the regiment reached tho Junction there was a.wedding party cdm ' ‘.nf 0 the road from the south. The party consisted of the bndo and groom, four officers Seeing M Cr u of th °. rebcl a ™'7> and live lad ies th ° g™y backs,” the-Colonel of the Second ordered them to hall, upon which the manded“tS ed run - wbotl com mandcd the advance of his regiment to fire and give chase. ' When thp firing bemm the ladies placed themselves between thoooilton t?° Ulinoisiani; being too gollan t to fire; Upon ladies, had no alternative ePfor Z n -'•'? rebel ® down... fho Chase las™ » or I®' es ’ a “ d ' rasu,tcd in tto capture cf the entire party, except the bride. She .Straightened hersell.in tho saddle, put whip- Whei r tlm 01 * Se V aild ° d , tran th ° squadron.— ih. T ? p " ty w “ a br °ught into the town, i ~o ' l ( ‘ l r ai !. d,ng flffioo - r offered tbe hridgrobm La ft 1 for I , U m t 0 BBncl tor tho bride and fin* ish tho wedding if bo desired, but the offer was. pDlitely deelined. Truly, there is « ma ny a slip Iwixt tho cap and the.lip.” , .Malcolm's Advice.— There is a tale, told ifv- i m! ;V nam , od , Halcolm MacGeaohy, who lived at Campbelton, and was a yery piona and intelligent-.man., His wife was dead and Jus olnidrcriiwero rcattered around-2- Undertho saipo roof with him lived an old woman, named Kate MaeEaohin. bnt a par tition _aeoarated thoip two rooms; It was ao thin, however, that they wore enabled to oon verso, together withoirt: leaving their own firesides: hfOne day, after a long I inlenoe; Malcolm said, Hallo, Kate I” > y h “‘ now. Malcolm oho asked, f'lam ,pmg to m vo-yon a bit .of adfice, Kate,’! said -he. Well, ’’ replied Kate,” let ine hear it: Myoa heye given many a good bit of advice/* _ then my advice toy on, Kate,” said be “is that yon give Upvpraying.?’- “Giye up; pray, Why,. what a bad jiian yoa musb ho, Mal colm, to apviso ine to give up.praying I”—4 Yes, Kate, f said he, ** you Tnaat Give up praying or elao you must give up scolding.—. i hoard you scolding your other neighbor yes troeii,; and you must either give ■up scolding or praying ; for you may depend upon it they cannot, do together/'' Kufe-became very thoughtful and tfjeh said Malcolm was quite Tight ; 8° she kept her praying and did away with her scalding: • l f. ■ / ’ ♦ : n;: NO 84,
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