®I)C American Volunteer. ninUSHBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BT ‘ 33HA.TTON &=. KENNEDY. OFFICE—SOUTH HABKET SMfcUABE. Terms Two Dollars por year If paid strictly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within three months; after which Threo Dollars will be charged. These terms will be rigidly ad hered to in every Instance.' No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. * . ; professional (Karts. |JNXTED STATES CLAIM AND BEAL ESTATE- AGENCY! W.M-. B. BUTLER,^/ ATTORNEY - , Office In 2d Story of InholTs Building, No. 3 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, &c,, promptly collected. Applications by mail, will receive Immediate attention. , Particular attention gluon to the soiling or rent ing of Real Estate, In town or country. In all let ters of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11,1807—tf , pwR. GEORGE S. BEABIGHT, Den | / TI3T. From the BaUtmore College of Denial JSurgeni, Office at the residence of his mother, East leather Street, throe doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Ponna, Doc. J, 1805. T M W EAICLBY, Attorney At Law. #| I ‘, Office on South Hanover street. In the room formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe, Esq, E. BEIiTZHOOVER, Attorney p „ and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Pouna. Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bontz's Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Rights. • Deo. 1,1805. _ CSAB. B. HAGLAUGHLXN, Attob nhv at Law. Office La Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Hau non’H Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at *1 Law. Oinco formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Pouna. Dec. X, 18115—ly. MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. . Office in Bhocm’a Hall Building, In the rear of the Court House, next door to tho Har old" Office, Carlisle, Pernio. Deo. 1, Wfe. , tTT p. SADLER, Attorney at Law, W . Carlisle, Pcnno. Office In Building for merly occupied by Volunteer, South Haoavoi Btrcot. Dec. 1, 1805. WT KENNEDY Attorney at Daw, VV . Carlisle, Penna. Office same Mtlmt of i'the “American Volunteer," South side of the I üb« i'ijo Square. - Dec. I. 1805. . ' JOHN LEE, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, North Htmovor Street, Carlisle, Po„ .r ob. 15,1800— ly. ' TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at t,»S Xtiw, Carlisle, Penna. Office a few doors '.west of Hannon’s Hotel.. % Doc. 1,1805. • . ■,TYE. J. B- BIXDEB offers his profes • | y Blonal senr toes to the citizens of Carlisle ana ' V OlSocTon Main street, opposite the jail, lathe jrroom lately occupied by L. Todd, li^q. April 11, 1807—ly ■ J3tg ©OOUS. SPEINGI XB6T 1867. BARGAINS Now opening In domestic goods, DB ESS GOODS, CASSIMBREH, 8 ATTINBTTS AND J EANS. WHITE GOODS, DRESS TRIMMINGS, ZEPHYRS, RIBBONS AND NOTIONS UtK O’ S -NEW STORE, JYO. 55 I VEST MAIS STJtEET, Opposite tho Mansion Hou3a ( Next door to the Post office, Carlisle, April 18,1807. HOOP SKIRTS. 628. 268 "WILLIAM T. HOPKINS "OUR OWN MAKE.” After more than five years experience and ox; •norlmentlrm In the manulacturo of STlUOiiji f’UIST HOOP SKIRTS, .wo .oiler our Justly celebrated goods to merchants and the, nubile in confluence of their superiority over all others in the American market, and they at e so acknowledged by all who wear or deal in them, as they give more satisfaction than any other skirt, and recommend themselves in every re -1«! NOT GIVEN THEM A TRIAL SHOULD DO BO ■WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. Our assortment embraces every style, length and elao for Ladles, Misses and Children. Also, Skirts MADE TO O&DEB, altered and repaired. Ask lot" Hopkins’ Own llake/ 1 and konot dc o oived. Seothatthc letter ‘‘H” is woven on the tanoß between oaoh hoop, and that thoy are s^mned‘‘W. T, MANUFACTURER,’ 028 ARCH STREET, PHI^ADBLPHIA, 1 ’ upon each tape. No others are genuine. Also, constantly on hand-a fall line of good New Vork and Eastern made Skirts, at y ory low r,rICCS - WHOUMALE AND RETAIL, ■at tbo PIIILAD ELPHIAHOOP SET RT Manu factory and Emporium. No; 688 ARCH STBELI, PHILADELPHIA. WILMAMT- HOPKINS. ■--April 18." 1307—10 m. V ,^a?AT WATCHC SALEI SOW* WATCHES, Patent Lever Movements, fall 'Jewelled, Hunting Cases, Sterling Silver,Hoautl ,fully Engraved'and In eveiy yeapeot first class '.Timers, TTo be sold at six dollars .each, being less •. than three-fourths the cost of manufacturing.-- ■ 'These watches are retailed by Jewelers at from , §l5 to 818,theactual cost to the manufacturer being ; 83 each. This stock of watches was pnrehasedat a ; Bankrupt Bale In London,- and are now olTered at ■ such extremely low figures, that all may possess .a correct Time-keeper at a merely nominal sum. iEvery watch warranted for H years. Parlies or dering them sent by mall, must enclose So cents .extra to repay postage. Money enclosed In a well sealed fetter may pe sent at my, risk. Address alt orders to _ , . MABXJN CONNOR. ibflAMv, N. * May 10.1807-Jy ©tua gjtpyes . E .CONIISXAJ*, . Dtt. 0. M. WORTHINGTON, N EW DRUGSTORE. Tbo subscribers liavo opooQ.d # ppw DRUG AND CHEMICAL STORE, ffo, V, EaU Main Street, Carlisle, where they hero Just received a largo and fresh apply of the very best . • , DRUGS AND MEDICINES _ lo be found in thd Oity Markets, to Which they invite the attention of the public. Also, a large variety of JPBHFUMBBY AND FANCY ARTICLES, Dye Stuff*, and all the various Patent JfediciiKi; AU Drags and Medicines warranted pure. April 25.1887—3 m T\BUGBI DRUGS!—Dr. D, Common ,1 9 haying to relinquish an extensive practice, as well as nis Drug business in tho city of Pitts burg several years ago, on account of ill health, has now opened at No. IWN. Hanover street,.be tween the office’s of Drs. Kleller and Ziizer,a DRUG STORE, whore ho has and is receiving ev ery few days a pure stock of Drags, Chemfcalß, Dye stalls and everything' generally kept in u well-regulated City Drug Store. • X J reacnuLiou«, •carefully compounded and family receipt# will receive special care. Tho Dr. cun bo consulted at any hour, at pis office, back of lus store, or at his dwelling, Np. 112 N, Hanover street, after store hours, Remember the place, No.Jis N. Hanover •Street* Carlisle, HR. D. CORN MAN, J|Bei>U3,3Bo7-ly ' .-.,„ 4 '„ ~ . : : I ' • .._ .. , ITS I L ,. _ ..‘ l . ll:!t pl icau : , „.;:. tt A _ i''; it 1 1 ' 3 1. i 1 BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. ADDRESS OF HON. JO. 11. BREWSTER, AC n Ifccilnß of GKcnnilonliiti, Held Jon« 7, IRG7, Near Fortllarlior, Kansas, at the Wes tern Kml of tlio Truck or Iho Union I’aclflo Bsllira7, Enilrrh Dlvblou, Mr. President, and Ladies and Gentlemen: With diffidence and Toluc tauce I have consented to speak on this occasion. It has been tiie business of my life for now near thirty years to speak in public, both in the pursuit of my profes sion and for other purposes of a kindred public nature, but I never felt that I was more out of place, or thutlhad a task as signed to mo that I was less able to ac complish, than that of speaking to this object and before this remarkable assem blage of ladies and gontlefnen. We have been gathered in from the cities on the goa, from the large inland towns of the Middle, and Western States, trom .the great metropolis ou tho banks of tho Fath er of Waters, from tho now cities that have sprung to life in tho wilderness as if by tho stroke of a necromancer’s wand, and hero wo arc in this large teut fur out on the Plains beyond tho geographical centre of tho continent, attended by tho brave general officers and soldiers who have' saved our country—protected and cheered by our flag, that briiiiuutsymbol of our nation’s glory and renown. Here we are, whore one year ago a hurricane of buffaloes enveloped the Plains with clouds of dust, and madotho earth quake with .their fierce charges-—here we are, after only six day’s journey, almost be neath tho shadow of tho Rocky Moun tains, with a gigantic railway marching on to the shares of the Pacific, To speak to you of this enterprise of uniting the two. oceans by an lion way j and in so speaking to convey to the minds of a whole people a proper conception of this majestic svork, is tho object of this meet ing. We were brought here to see and then to testify; and this is tho first occa sion on which wo are called to bear wit ness. Properly to say all that wo feel and to-describe all (hat we have seen would hardly bo within tho power of words. To express the whole train of reflection that these sights have excited would carry us back to those days when America was unknown. Wo would have to look back beyond 1492 and remember what Euro pean civilization was then, and what sav age America was then. Reaching that, wo shall, step by step, with hurried strides, sweep on to where wo now are; see ana feel what grand things we have done, and what grander things wo are doing when WO have thus subdued this wilderness, and created a higher and no bler civilization than Europe over knew. Our great works are such as these. We boast no conquests over subjugated peo ple or subverted dynasties. We exhibit no decorated capitals or marble palaces, to build which a million peasants starved. We show a continent filled with a happy, prosperous, honest people, and show works of engineering tho like of which the world never before exhibited in bold ness of conception or skill in execution. These public works, after all, are thepn ly true monuments of a nation’s cawfer, and signalize the national genius. In other countries, • and in all ages, they have been constructed by public authori ty and at vast cost. They commemora ted (bo reigns of great sovereigns, but tes tified to the subjection of the people.— Here private enterprise and bold public spirit prompts individuals to attempt and effect that which iq other nations is done by mouar.chs alone. Companies of hero ic adventures in free commonwealths have oftentimes perfected that which the treasury of an empire could not have achieved. Think for a moment of the great commercial enterprises, vast man ufactories, and stupendous public works that have made England all that she is, and remember that they were all made by private citizens, stimulated by a bold spirit and a souse of public duty. It made England a glowing planet in a sky filled with glimmering nationalities. It was because her institutions were of tho nature of a free commonwealth and be cause her laws acknowledged Jodividual rights above all royal or aristocratic priv ileges, and thus stimulated the subject to deeds of more than royal dignity or noble daring. While I thus , casually invite your reflections to this train of thought, let us not leave it, but look still further back—look to the free commonwealths of the great past: look to Athena in her glo ry, intellectual and political; look to Car thage; look to Rome; look to Venice and Genoa; look to the free cities of the Continent in the Middle ages; look to Holland, that-rose from the poq. and crowned herself with jewels, “the wealth of Ormus or of Xml,” the result erf her free institutions and her free spirit,* that fos tered individual enterprise and protected individual gains; and then let us look at our glory and our grandeur, and say if all these things wore uottha fruit of tree institutions, that recognized and protect ed liberty of conscience, tho right of pri vate judgment and freedom ol speech.— All history In tho past, as welt as our grand example, cries out. Yes! yea I All this has been given, and more will be ad ded in the great future that lies before such a people. Now let me here, in this rambling and desultory fashion, follow these thoughts in another direction. I have said that these great works are the only monuments of a nation’s history, and are typical of its genius. A ro they not also tho only living .evidence handed to posterity of its civilization ? Lot us think for a minute of Egypt, with her Pyramids, of which the great Napoleon said, with inspiring words : ” Soldiers, from tho top of yon Pyramids forty cen turies look down upon you,” and Jerusa lem, with her majestic temple to the great Jehova, Athens, with her Parthenon and her statuary, almost divine In its beauty and force of expression, and her sublime works of architecture, beyond which the skill of all succeeding generations has never gone or will go, and her great works of public usefujness; China, with her stupendous wall and per vast canals; Babylon, the city of the Plains, the city of Semerimuß .and of Nltoorls, with her enormous’, defences, her immense wall with its hundred brazen gates, and its mighty rivers flowing through it, con trolled and directed by superhuman engi neering skill—her temple of Belas,'her sumptuous palaces, her hanging gardens in nfi their fabulous luxury and splendor; ■lndia, with her huge, mysterious tem ples and her vast palaces, grotesque and florid with their .Oriental grandeur ; Borne, with her temples,, her columns, her Capitol, her majestic ways stretch ing out, os our ways stretch out, into the savage wilds, her acqueducta. her Colise um and her theatres; Gothic Europe, rising from the night of Gothic desola tion humanized by the superhuman and mysterious power of Christian faith, and leaving 09 thjP (race of its only thoughts the institutions of feudality and tho sub lime cathedrals and ministers tbftt to this day astound all beholders, and which men can hardly imitate, and never can im prove or excel. The . first evidence of modern civilization after these grand pi otistic achievements of a race of awaken ed savages, Inspired by. the sublime pow er of a divine faith, warp the canals of France and Italy—the works archi tecture and artthat make glorious Rome —not Rome of the Empire and Conquest, but Rome of the Holy. Church of Christi anity. And Holland— nof the Batavians and the brutish inhabitants of her fens, but tho Christianized bold thinkers of her heroic Churoh. fajfhfui to God and lovers of liberty—Holland, heppjf acountry ev ery inch of whfen was rescued from the sea by stupendous works of engineering skill. Think, too, of the remnants of ar chitecture that lie scattered in. tho far ofi.’ wilderness of South and Central Amerl . ca, and the works With whiclYMexico was adorned whon.Cortez invaded it with his brutal soldiery, and the hugs teipples that towered in majestic grandeur when hia handful of adventurers, cast down tho idoi of the Inca and exalted the cross.— Think of all this, and we must say thai so it is that nation’s only perpetuate thei-* names. They‘give us these works and monuments; facts that testify to their be ing and their thinking. All else is tra dition and conjecture. Let us, then, hope that we shall continue as we began, with temples to God, erected by private wealth, with works of public usefulness constructed by private means, but foster ed by liberal public donations. In the beginning hero tho States were obliged to embark in these works, buteven then, .when the necessities of a young people required tho power of the State to con struct them—even then they led to seri ous and dangerous abuses, and with tho wisdom that’characterizes tho practical working of free institutions, they were abandoned, and the State only interven ed to encourage and protect, as tho Gov ernment. should intervene hero to en courage by generous donations to aid this stupendous work. Our groat enterprises cover the face of our nation; our coast is studded with safe harbors, where natural advantages have boon improved by sci ence and art; our inland rivers have been made navigable; canals connect streams and open ways to market; railroads leap our valleys, and pierce our mountains, and bind us with bands of iron. \Ye would have been long since divided in discord had it not been for their facilities and for their social influence. Hero I will venture to affirm, that had we not been connected by these iron ways wo never could have overcome the late wick ed and bloody rebellion. By these iron links we were united in the bonds of af fection and association —the descendants of the emigrants to the West and the peo ple of.their fathers in the East. Thus wore they kept together In one common cause more strongly because they were bound by tho sympathies of a common pedigree. Iron ways prevented isolation ; iron ways invited intercourse ; iron ways gave facilities for commercial, social and political, community of feeling and thought, and that made tho East, tho NoHh, the Middle, and the West as one people to subduo a rebellious and stiff necked generation, who had with fierce impiety raised their bloody hands against the life of our common country. It was the old fight of the Puritan and tho Cavalier. The South filled with an other race of men—men descended from tho followers of Charles and hia kingly tyrannies, and believers in Hobbes and Sir Robert Fllmer and their despotic doc trines —the South, that kept alive a bond age more cruel than the Spartan helots of Roman-Saxon serfdom or slavery, the vassalage of Feudality—the South, gay, prodigal, luxurious, cruel, and tyranical— the South made one last effort on this con tinent to regain that which tho Cavalier had lost at Marston Moor, now two cen turies goup—tho supremacy of casto and tho degradation and subjugation of labor. Tho North, peopled by Puritans ami by reformers from Germany and persecuted men from Ireland, true to tbo instincts of their lineage and the traditions of their ancestors, stood by liberty and law, and enforced obedience to the latter, that it might for the dignity of the human race transmit the former to a world of freemen and to millions yet unborn. This great victory, under God’s Providence, wo owe to the civilizing influence of our commer cial and social relations, kept alive and made strong by those vast iron ways that bound ua together. May we not rather say that it was we of the North and West who were civilized and elevated by the political end social principles of equality and justice, of religious liberty and civil liberty, and that one of the first results of those principles was to instigate these works that represent our genius as they have helped to make our history illustri ous? For a long while in this careless way we go on thinking and speculating over these inviting subjects of recollec tion an reflection ; but I must pause, arid here end my discourse. Before I do that let me ask you now to think not of tho past but.of the future—to think of what will be the result of this majestic and al most superhuman enterprise. . What .will this Pacific Railway do for us as a people, and as the missionaries and propagan dists of free institutions? What will it do for our wealth and prosperity ? What will it do to spread the blessings of com fort and relievo tho fierce fight that men have to make to earn a more subsistence— to lift the labor above the grade of a social slave to the level of a freeman ? Wo are on our way to India, Think of it. Think of how all nations have struggled to roach that far off treasury of wealth. From the remotest antiquity tho then great war riors wont with their bloody track of con quest and rapine, Alexander tho Great and his hosts, with tho Macedonian pha lanx, went there; tho Roman cohorts and their eagles spread far, far away in the march to iudia. The Crusaders were but another symptom of that same desire to possess the wealth and luxuries of the East for the impoverished West; , and Venice, and Genoa, and all tho largo cities of Germany thftt rose up in Middle Ages were enriched by tho very drippings of the caravans that toiled from tlio far off India over those, warlike regions in thopo dark and troublous days. The search for (ho way to India led Vasco de Gama around the Capo pf Good Hope, and raised an insignificant people, tho Portu guse, to tho first commercial rank in Eu rope, aud made Goa and Lisbon centres of commercial wealth and financial pow er. Holland, too, from poverty became a treasury of riches. England owes all of her modern power, and all of her untold millions of gold, and all miraculous com mercial supremacy to the possession of “ tarbanedTndiawUh hPf JPW e |ec| front.” Russia, from a wild race of barbarous Ttp’-r tars, without outlet to the sea, has become a mighty empire, advancing in wealth and civilization aud all because of -hep direct connection with Oriential com merce. "Whoever possesses tho road to India possesses tho commerce of India, and holds the wealth, of the world at Us command, prance felt this to be so, and she once ruled from tfie fiver Kistna to Cape Comorin, and in her name Duplex reigned there with tbo wealth and power of a potentate. She Intrigued and aho fought for it, and she lost It with Pondi cherry, when the genius of CUvo rose tri umphant, and for It she sent Napoleon to Egypt, Russia feels it, and she marches on to ConefUdtlpßpJg, France still feels it, ariffijho sWfyea tor power ip Egypt to this day, gpd constructs net cdnal oil the Isthmus, Wp know u, and we open in tercourse with Japan, wp make treaties with China and we make this iron trgok over our own continent to tho Pacific Ocean, across which our own steamers will yet bear to us the accumulated wealth of ages, and we will distribute, to Europe the spices, and gems, the per fumes, and thp potent drugs of that mar vellous and mysterious treasury of God’s greatest and rarest 'gifts.' We will adorn your ladies with these trophies of oup commercial enterprise. Wo will lay at your feet these brilliant jewels, those lux urious fabrics of silk, and wooJ, and cot ton ; these brocades—these priceless shawls—these delicate fabrics of cotton of fairy-like fineness and beauty. Wo will make your dwellings aromatic with the perfutoes 1 of tfioir and their scented woods, All those \y,e tylU bring to you, and the daughters of Ameri ca shall be clothed as even queens wore not; and shall, to the beauty of their per sons, the refinement aud grace of. their education, add the elegance of ailire that havobeforp Ufig been the-monopolized privilege of the wetflfhy and (filed few. Again I say, whoever possesses the a y to Indlfi, possesses the commercial wealth of tlio world j 1 and hePPWP hivvo it; and. with the blessing of God, let us keep it and use it, and not abuse It. ■ Let us do all that we can to aid this great instru ment of civilization ; for X hold that all of our must \)Q thus applied to ele vate, refine'. embellish lifo,.ami exq.lt and humanize tho race, Thoymuat bo'tor tho public good, aud not for private ag grandizement; for the true pnlllosophy of our political creed is to distribute wealth so as to improve and exalt tho whole, pot to accumulate fortunes to en ervate the few, and debase and Impover ish tho many. Before X shall bp don.Oj permit me to thank you for your kind at tention ; aud os X shall soon say good-bye and start on my way East before the rest of you, let mo also add how happy. I have been in your gracious and corteous society. Hero we are gathered In from all parts, strappers to each other, travelling togeth CARLISLE, PA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10,1867. er by night and by day for a week, and yet not one incident has occurred to dis turb tho harmony and happiness of this large party. Where could this have hap peueu but in this country and with this people? Wo owe it to our civilization that wo dare thus to Invite persons from all occupations of life, and feel assured that there will be but oue grade and that grade the grade of lady and gentleman.— Ladles, adieu; from you X have received such never ceasing evidence of courtesy and refiued acceptance that I feel touch ed at tho thought that I must now say adieu, aud perhaps forever. To you wo owe all that has given a grace to this ad venture. You have been its light and its joy, as you arc the darlings of our hearts and our homes, Gentlemen, let us rever ence and honor and love woman. She is our mother, our wife, our daughter, our sister, our pretty cousin, and our sweet heart. . God bless her! Adieu, ladles.— May we meet again, but if we do not we will each cherish the happy reccollectiou of joyful, innocent days spent on the Plains of our mighty country, cheering this work aud testifying to tho success of the greatest enterprise .of tho age—the opening of iho highway to India. NOT GOOD FAOUGU FOR UER. In the days of tho good colony of Vir ginia, tho distinctions between rich and poor were based upon laws which, like those of the Medes and Persians, altered not. One of the most devout followers of this code was a wealthy planter, Jiving in what is known as tho Northern Neck. — Ho was in alj other respects a frank, open-hearted, manly gentleman ; but hia estimate of his fellowmen was founded upon the principles that governed his se lection of his horses—blood. Wealth, too, was by no means an unimportant feature with him. He bad our human weakness, and, like all of qs, was influ enced more than ho even believed by pounds, shillings and pence. This Mr. G had quite a largo family, and among.them was a daughter whose beauty was the standing toast of the coun try. She was just eighteen, and budding into lovely womanhood. Not only was she beautiful in person, but her amiable disposition and many accomplishments made her more than ordinarily attractive, and half the gentlemen of the Northern Nock were already sighing for her love. There was in the country at this time a youngman who was already rising high m the estimation of his neighbors. He came of a good family, but was, as yet a poor young surveyor, who had taught himself his profession, and who had spent much of his time in traversing un known forests, with nothing bqthle com pass for a guide, and his chain for his companion, locating lands and settling disputed titles. He was a model of man ly beauty, and excelled in all the varied feats of strength ip which the olden-time Americans took such pride. Howascalm and reserved,.and there was about him a dignified sweetness of demeanor that ac corded well with his frank independence of character. He was a great favorite with all who knew him, and there was no gatltoring to which he was not asked. Mr. G seemed especially to like the young man, and it was not long before he insisted that the latter should abaudon all ceremony in his visits to him, and come and go when he pleased. The invitation was heartily given, and as promptly ac cepted* The young mau liked the plant er, and ho found tho society of the beau tiful Mary G—— a very strong attraction. Tho result was that ho was frequently at the planter’s residence; so frequently, in deed, that Mrs. G felt called upon to ask her husband if ho did not think it wrong to permit him to enjoy such un reserved intercourse with his daughter,— Tho father only laughed at the idea, aud said he hoped his daughter knew her po sition too well to allow anything like love for a poor surveyor to blind her to her duty to her family. Nevertheless, Mary G—— was not «o fully.impressed with this conviction of duty as was her father. She found'more to admire in tho poor surveyor than in all her wealthy aud aristocratic suitors, and, almost before sbo knew it, her heart passed out of her keeping, aud was given to him. Bho loved him with all the hon esty and devotion of her pure heart; and she would have thought it a happiness to go witl* bin} into the backwoods to share his fatigues and troubles, no matter-how much sorrow they might bring to her. Nor did she love in vain. The young man, whose knowledge of the world was afterwards so great, had .not learned to consider as binding tho distinctions which society drew between his position and that of the lady. He knew that in all that makes a man, in integrity and hon esty of purpose ho was equal to any one. He believed that, except in wealth, ho stood upon perfect equality with Mary G , and ho loved her honestly and manfully, and no sooner had he satisfied himself upon tho state of his own feeling than he confessed hia devotion, simply and truthfully, and received from tho lady's lips tho assurance that she loved him very dearly. Scorning to occupy a doubtful position, or to cause tho Jady to conceal aught from her parents, the young mau frank ly and manfully asked Mr. G for bis daughter. Very angry grew tho planter as he listened to the audacious proposal. He stormed and furiously, and dp; nouncefi ’the young man'as aVumgratotol and insolent upstart, / ‘ “My daughter has always"beon acous tomeef to riding In her own carriage,” ho said, “ Who are you sir 1” “ A gentleman, sir, ’’ replied tho young’ man, quietly; and he left the house. ► The lovers" wore parted. The lady mar ried soon after a wealthy planter, theyoung mah went oi]t again Into thp world to battle with his heart and oon qubr his'unhappy passion; 1 ’ He fit; but, although ho afterwards married a woman whom he loved honestly amL truthfully, and who was worthy of his love, he was never wholly dead to his first love. ; ■ Tho timp passed on, and the young mdu began to r reap thp reward qf his la bors. He had never been to the house of Mr.’ G sluce his cruel repulse by the planter} but the totter poutd not" torget Him. as his namo soon hecomej mmmar in every Virginia household, Higher aud higher he rose every year, until he gained a position from which he could look down upon the proud planter.— Wealth came to him, too. When the great struggle for independence dawned, ho was In pto prime, ft happy husband, und’ope of the’ most distinguished m<m In America. The struggle went on, and soon the “ poor surveyor” held tho high est and proudest position In the land. When the American array passed in triumph through tho streets of Wil liamsburg, the uucleut capital of Virgin ia, after the surrender of Cornwallis, the officer riding ijt the head of the column chanced 1 to felaoco Up at one of the neigh? boring balconies, which was crowded with ladies. Recognizing one of them, ho raised his hat aud bowed profoundly.— There was n commotion iu the balcony, and some oue called for water, saying Mrs. Led had fainted. Turning to n yqimg man who rode near him, tho offi cer said' gravely, “ Henry, I fpfir yoi)r tnothqr has fainted, You had better leave the column and go to her,” The speaker was Georg© Washington, once tho “ jioor surveyor?’ but then (Joiu mander-iu-Uhlef of the armies of the Uni ted Htates. The young man was Colonel Henry Lee, tho -commander of tho fa mous *• Jjight Cavalry Legion,” the lady was his mother, and formerly Miss G-^, “ tbo belle of tho Northern Ne6k, n A Charitable Divine for the benefit of the country whore he resided, com menced a largo causeway, and as he was one day overlooking the work, a certain nobleman passpd by. “Well, doctor,” said ho, “notwithstanding your pains and charity;'! don't take this to be the highway to heaven.” “Very true, my lord,” replied the doctor, “lor if it had been, I should have wondered to meet your lordship here,” •• \ . IWlkal* AUTUMN. PY ALBERT PIKE. It is tho evening of a pleasant day. In those old woods. Tlio sun profusely fllngw ills golden light througlYovery narrow way u That winds among the trees. Hia splrltclings In orange mist around the snowy wings Of many a patient cloud that now since noon Over tho western mountain Idly swings, Waiting when night shall come, alasl too soon, To veil tho timid blushfcs of tho virgin moon. Tho trees with crimson robes arc garmented. Clad with frail brillljuicc by tho wrinkling frost; For tho young louves that Spring with beauty fed, Their greenness and luxuriance have lust, Gaining now bsputy at too dear a cost— Unnatural beauty, essence of decay, Too soon, upon the harsh winds wildly toss ed. Leaving tho naxod trees ghostlike and gray, These leaf-flocks, like vain hopes, will vanish quite away. How does your sad, yet calm, and contented guise, Yo melancholy autumn solitudes, With my own feelings softly harmonize! For though I love the hoar and solemn woods In all their manifold and changing moods, Iu gloom and sunshine, storm and quietness, By day, and when the dim night on them broods, Their lightsome glades, lliolr deep, dark mys teries— • Yet a sad heart best loves a still calm scene like this. - Soon will tho year, like this sweet day, have fled, With ’swift feet speeding nolslcssly and fast, As a ghost speeds to Join Us kindred dead, In tho dark realms of that mysterious Vast, Tho shadow-peopled, vague and Infinite Past. Life’s current downward flows a rapid stream. With clouds and shadows often overcast, Yet lighted by fully many a sunny beam • Of happiness, like sweet thoughts in a gloomy dream. Like tho brown loaves, our loved ones drop away, One after one, Into the dark abyss Of sleep and death; the frosts of trouble lay Their withering touch upon our happlnesss, Even as tbo hoar-frosts of tho Autumn kiss Tho green life from tho unoffending leaves; And Love, and Hope, and Youth’s warm cheerfulness Flit from tho heart;—go lonely sits and grieves, Or sadly smiles, while Youth his day dream fondly weaves. Day drawoth to its close; Night comoth on; Loath, a dim shape, stands on life’s western verge, Costing his shadow on the startled son,— A deeper gloom that seemoth to emerge From, endless night. Forward he bonds, to His eyeless steeds, fleet as tho tempest’s blast*— Hark; hear we not Eternity's grave surge, Thundering anear? At tho dread sound agbrnt Time, polo with frantic terror, hurries head long post. nuelfaittotm. COBT O’lANlS’ EPISTLE, The Or«nt Iflhl MbXcli-O’Pblio V*r.n« Climl ■•Mtnpendont Plsy«Brllllaat Dattine. Fran tic FlcildlUff, oii<l a Remarbablo Conclu sion—Tlio o’PuUci tlio Victors—Unprccc- denied Score* Dear Eagle: The great Base Ball Match which I referred to last week hua been played. It was between the first (and only) nine of the O’Pako club, and the Chad club. We played on tho Capitoline ground, which had been nicely sxveept audspriuk- Icd, aud the bases white-washed. The weather was fine though cloudy, warm though windy. The attendance of spectators must have been less than fifteen thousand, hut for fear of accidents from heavy batting none wero allowed in the enclosure. Chad arrived first and threw his castor into tho ring and offered to bet a year's subscription tqthe B<M Players Chronicle against a ticket for a Turkish Bath on first blood. There wero no takers, as every play er lakes the Chronicle, but none of them cared about a Turkish Bath. O’Pake soph after appeared, and was received with applause—and music by tho band. Hugh B. Blode, of the Rooster club, was chosen Umpire, and play began. Tlio Chads went in, first and we went out. We expected to have M. T. Jugg for a pitcher, but he didn’t appear butsent his cousin O’Tard, who pitched in so heavily at the start that lie hit the batsman, corn ered on the short stop, and knocked tho seorer out of time. The Umpire qried foul. ’ O’Pako wanted to know who he called a fowl—if he alluded to any of his nine. He’d find there wero no chickens in that crowd. Umpire apologized, and tho game went on; ' (3had got a splendid strike, got os tar as the second base, and was calculating eo n home rqn when our right field, who was stationed on tho corner of Washington and Greene avenues, caught the ball on a fly- ... Chad out. Blister then took ;the.bat; he let fly at the'-'ball, but the pitcher, dodged, got home on his sent him 'knock down (or the O’Pukes— : (Great cheering.) Game suspended to take a drink, h' Bloator then tried'- his luck at the bat, Which ho handled with great skill, but failed to connect with* the bull. He al ways bit when the bail wasn’t there. UxgniW ftrtpiJiWm fldt. „ . TljVO'Pakos then went in, CUlqrid Q'Lim'e then tpqk'lhc hat, ai)d qs Bflfin as the ball came along, sent it back Again, nM stortpl ib pursuit of the Urethane. ■ ■ Somehow the ball got there before he did, and the ohap who ran that station in the Chad interest put him out. O'Blique bad tho next chance. After, missing twice he got the range and made 1 a hit. Thp ball PHPhlpnpd pp a house in Bed ford avenue, caromed on the flag-staff pf tlio Capitoline headquarters, and Was oaughton the bound by Casteriie.’ O'Bllqnoout. (Some mean person in the crowd cheer ed. I afterward heard thatC'astcrile was imported from Idaho, expressly to heat us.) I jqok qtqrn, q’be proved suspended its breath, It is a critical moment Id a man’s life when he stands for tho first time with an exaggerated potato masher in both hands, to protect himself from tho designs of a chap in front who is going to tire a ball at him, another behind his back ready to take any advantage of him, and all the l|old before him. But I stood a monument of resolute firmness waiting for the hall. .It come, I saw, I hit, X run. . Tho hall went to right field and landed in the Union Grounds, about a mile off. One of the Atlantics who was playing at the time, kindly throw it over the fphpes, pud it pame tq hand jqst ns I had scored my 'fourth homo run,—and taken something. This brilliant play stirred up O’Fako who went in to heat It. O’Pake was aiwivys good on tlio strike, which accounts for his success iu politics. Ho countered heavily on thoball which went off to left field, The ball was lost sight of for some time, hut by tho aid of tho Police Telegraph we ascertained that it had come down in Prospect Park. A committee was sent after it in a bug gy. Meantime wo took a recess for refresh ments. O’Pake scored five home runs.i Ho might havo made more, but lie said ho was hot going to run himself out before election. O’Shaw took tho bat; being left hand ed he knocked the ball round the corner. It made a short stop on the Umpiic’s uoso and tapped his claret. ' 'First blood for tho O’Pakes. Umpire got savage and ruled O’Slmw out ou the ground that this shot was counter-base, and contrary to rule 1314. This put our sido out. The Chadists looked desperate and played os though they meaut mischief. They made one run, owing to O’Blique. O’Blique was left field, and having broke his eye glass looking so hard thro’ it, had left the field, to get a new pebble inserted, and didn’t get back in time to find the ball before Casteriie made a home run. It was tho muffluist play I ever saw. We went in and made another run, on the bar, and told tho bar-keeper to score It. Wo should havo scored one, but the Umpire ruled us out on a technicality. O’Lime had made tho first base, wiu*n O’Pake made a hit and changed his b:i.-u. o'Bbaw came after him and made a ten strike and was followed by O’Dear who madea foul, and was subsequently cautrbt on a fly by the pitcher, when O’Blique made a hit and ran and got to tho second base just as O’Shaw had made up hia mind that it was too hot to run, and O’Pake. refused to leave his base until ho had a drink. The Hold hands being una ble to fmd tho ball tho short stop was un able to put anybody out, though they were all our, at the bases, and tho rest of our nine having gone to see a man there was nobody to take the bat. Tho Umpire, who was mad because wo hadn’t asked him to take a drink, ruled us out. The Chads now squared for work, ami Blister having recovered himself, madea hit and got his first base iu good style* Borax followed and got his second base because the small boy I bad hired to ran for me ou left field had run home to sco if his mother wanted him. Chamomile hit to centre field and brought Blister home. This was all they made. We went in again. Things began to get mixed. Itwasjny turn at the bat aud going in I found they were going to play a double game, two in nings at once, to make It short. There wore six bases now. Also two pichers. X grasped noth the bats in both hands, and stood on the two homo bases. The two balls came at once, and trying to bit both I went between them, and wont down to avoid punlshmout. The referee called time. • Asked what was trumps? Somebody said clubs. Said I’d pass. O’Pake insisted on my playing. Offer ed to play muggins for drinks for the crowd. Somebody took me up and stood me on the base. The two umpires wanted to know if I was going to play. Told them it was none of their darned business, I’d play them, or any other man, seven-up, till moonlight. Short stop put iu an observation ou ‘seeing stats. As it wasn’t his put in, I stopped him short by dropping the bat ou his counte nance. q’he pitcher thought he’d pitch in, ami caught it on the frontispiece. The play began general. Things became very lively, and the batting very heavy. I got mixed up with Casteriie, Blister, tho Umpire and a camp-stool. SVe wont in without regard to innings. We came out with heavy scores. X saw somebody home, and havo been home ever since. Base Ball has a singular effect ou per sons unaccustomed to it. My shirt, vest and trousers ripped in all directions. My head has expanded and aches like the mischief. One of my eyes don’t match the otliorj and ray .nose is much enlarged and very tender. My limbsare rheumatically out of joint, and I am out of sorts generally. I don’t think base ball is my forte. It’s too vigorous. Something mllficr would suit me better-such as muggins qr euchre. Yours on tho home base, Coruy Q’Lanus. P. S.-rO’Pake has just brought mo * THE SCORE. O’I’AKES. 0. R. 1 201 y 2iH 14 128 a wo 82 12 18 17 11 1201 18 2311 0 141 I». u. Blister, , 7 > ;i Costerllo, . 51 7 •‘Chaa." S Blotter, l't 0 Borax, -•! 5 Chamomile, 1; I Juniper, 17 4 Pennyroyal, 62 o SwiUagox, (u i 1121321 Total, O’Lauus, O'Ullquo. O’Lime, O’Pokc, O’Shaw, O’Dear, O'Loamlor, O’Leum, O’Tard, Total, We are going to challenge the Allan tics, Xrvingtons, and Mutuals, . I am going to write a book on Base Ball, \yitfi explanations of (fiq fiO'V rUtOSi c£c. Still youni, a.O’I-. Brooklyn Eagle. How Bill Got Shot, •• Bill, don’t you know dud don’t allow you to buy shot?” asked a young urchin of a brother somewhat his senior who making a purchase of that arfloie. 11 You just neve;) mind 'mo, DJI thank you to attend to your business, Mister Boh; dou’t uare what dad allows; I’ll buy what I please. Little hoy slightly agitated. ” I’m qo iug to tell dad,” ho said, rushing om of tho iobra whore the old mau was quietly rending tho morning paper. “Dad, dad, Bill's wont and got slml. “ Good Heaven I” cried the old niui, “ Ijown to 'tfiompsofi's store,” re sponds Bob. ’ In his excitement toe old man forgot to remove his reading specs, and ingo.ug down tho steps misjudged the di.stanc->* to the pavement, stepped off too soon and came sprawling on all fours. Ho‘gathered fin. afid tor thtufiore, t pi)ppWm t m t ap4 K * l l l, ‘ fi to bo about tiie level of Ills knees, coune quently. In his violent oilorts to keep, it under him, ho out a very rldiculou- uro, and drew from the astoiiitilu-l by standers such a roaras was never bus.ow ed upon a single individual since tho w-n’ld began. At length his" tedlqqs v<un was bro.ight to n otoso by arriving at the store where Bill was atrotohedouttaklugiteasy. The old man supposing him badly hurt, rush ed frantlcully up to him, exclaiming - “O, William!- William I whore a«vyou wounded?” “What’s the matter, Dadl Are yqu crazy?” asked Bill, raisingon his elbow, and casting a lookpf astonishment ut the old man, _ - ’ . “ Why. Robert said you’d got shot!” “So I did~got half a pound of the best buck shot in the store. The old man left amid noise enough to drown a thunder-clap. As might be sup posed, liobgot the flogging and Bill didu t. Mu. Burton, \X\ his very pleasaiß book, The Scot Abroad, gives us some examples of tho wit and good breeding of Lord Stair, tho Ambassador. • Oue of these Mr. Burton tells us, “ re>t ou hia remarkable resemblance to the Regent Orleans, who desiring to turn u scanda lous insinuation or jest on it, asked (h© Ambassador if his mother,had ever been in Paris ? The answer was, ‘ No; hut my father was!’ There is perhaps, it is ad ded, no other retort ou record so effective and so beautifully simple. If the ques tion meant anything, that meaning was avenged: ifl it meant nothing there was nothing lu the answer,” VOL 54.—150. 17. tecvhb \Wiiiown. A correspondent' *4® Estaolt Free Press gives some Ini .w»bUub anaadotes of the great Indian wt r a,ld Tecumseh. • . „ - While the enemy wt possession of the country around Me '“ rO ® AU Detroit, Tecumseh with a largo warriors visited the river Raisin. TiaoiuhabitanU along that river had be jtnppeu of nearly every means of f-'*” Mr. Rivers, {a Frenchman who was lame, and uuanle by his iabc •'** .procure a living for himself and fami. T< c oll ' trived to keep out of sight of ti wauder ing bands of savages a pair of o Ten, with which hia son was able to procu»"* a scan ty support for the family. It so happen ed that, whllo at labor, with th e oxen, Tecumseh, who had come over fro tn Mal den, mot him in the road, and w.diking up to him said: “ My friend, I must have those oxedi.— My young men are very hungry, .*nd they have nothing to eat. We must ha v *- tkeoxQii.” Young Rivers remonstrated’.- M Ho told the chief that if he took the oxen I , his father would starve to death. J “ Woli l , - t said Tecumseh, “we are the conquerors, and everything we want is ours. I must have the oxou ; my people must notstarvo; but I will not be so mean as to rob you of them. I will pay you one. hundred dollars for them, and that la far more than they are worth, t>ut we must have them. 1 ’ Tecumseh got a white man to write nu order on tho British Indian Agent, Col. .Elliot, who was on tho river some dis tance below, for tho money. Tho oxen were killed, largo flres built, and tbe for est warriors were soon feasting on their flesh. r Young Rivers took the order to Col Elliot, who nromptly refused to pay it saying: “Wo’ro entitled to our supporl from the country wo conquered. I will not pay it.” The young toan, with a sorrowful hearl returned with the answer toTecumaeh, who said: “ To-morrow wo will go and see.” In the morning be took young Rivers, and went to see the Colonel. On meet* ing him ho said: 44 Do you refuse to pay for the oxen I bought? ll “ Yes,” said the Colonel, and ho reiter ated the reason for refusal. 44 I bought .them,” said the chief, “for my young mopj srjio were very hungry. X promised to pay *fpr them, and they shall Jje paid for. I have always heard that white nations weut.tp war with each other, and not with peaceful Individuals, that they did rob ai.id plvmdqr poor peo ple. I will not.” • “Well.” said the Colonelj not pay for them.” “You can do as you please,” the chief, “ but before Tecumseh and hh war riors came to fight the battles.of &he great king, they had enough to eat, for which they had only to thank the Master of Life and tbelrgood rifles. Their hunting grounds supplied them with food enough; to them we can return.” This threat produced a sudden change in the Colonel's mind. The defection of the great chief, he well knew, would im mediately withdraw all the nations of the red men from the British service ; and without them they were nearly powerless on the frontier. “ Well,” said the Colonel, “If I must pay, I will,” “ Give me hard money,” said Tecum eeh, “ not rag money”— army bills. The Colonel then counted out a hun dred dollars in coin, and gave them to him. The chief handed the money to Young Elvers, and then said to the Col.; “ Give mo one dollar more.” It was given; and handing it also to Rivers he said : “ Take that, it will pay you for the time you have lost in getting your money.” A London Times Reporter.— Among these worthies, the strangest, most whim sical, eccentric, gifted, unfortunate, and loveable. was Jemmy Farrell, from the beautiful city of Cork. Jemmy was Par liamentary reporter for the Times long before it had a staff of Parliamentary re-; porters, and many are the funny stories told of aim while in that capacity. Al most sure to be dismissed or reprimanded before the session was over, no was as sure to be taken back and forgiven.— Sometimes going down to the house after a too late convivial supper, he would put all the speeches of the “ honorable mem bers” into one. One timoa loading Tory member affronted him by some slighting allusion to Ireland, and, out of revenge, Jemmy condensed a long speech of hia in to two lines ip the Times. The gentle man called at the Times office and com plained of the report. Farrell —who,'by the way, stuttered sent for. u How is this, Mr. Farrell?” asked one of the editors. ** Mr. says he spoke last night for an hour and a half, and you have only given him two lines in the Times. “ Ho wa-was-was iu-au-au-diblo In the gallery,” said Jemmy. Very well, sir, replied the gentleman, “ I suppose I must take ti\e excuse but you shan’t have tanmko.it again. Ip about two weeks too gentleman made another speech, and frightened the deco rum of the House by his loud tones; but as usual, he only got two lines in the Tfimes, In great wrath he'called again at tho office to complain. Again Jemmy was sent for. The moment he entered th,o room., tho angry man opened on him: “ Now, sit, what excuse nave yp.v\ tft of fer? I spoke loud enough last night, I should think.” . S 3? 29 ” ao loud,” said Jemmy, you br-o-Q-oko tho d-r-r-drum of my ear.” Ho was dismissed on tho spot; but was reinstated before the member had reach ed his club,"for he was a spoiled favorite with the conductors of tho Times, and they would not abandon him, at the bid ding of the First Duke in England! Af ter he became superannuated ued to draw his pay ta tHe dpy 9? his death. And lmr<up ‘des one of the rea sons of the Times, It Is 4 ■prince'ln Its. dealings with its em ployees, and, therefore, can always secure the best talent. When 1 Aaron Burr returned to New TiJjrk City to practice law, after his vol untary exile In Europe, he found tho late Rev. Jededtah Qurotaard, then a celebrat ed revivalist, holding a series of protract ed meetings in his family church. He attended from habit, always wont lute, and disturbed tho services by attracting to himself the attention of theaudleuoo ou account of 'his infamous notoriety as the man who shot Alexander Hamilton, and who had been tried for treason. Mr. Bqrohnrd resolved to rebuke him openly. Tho nest Sabbath, when he came In and got about half-way up the aisle, the cler gyman paused in his discourse, and pointing at Colonel Burr, said in tho most scathing manner, “ You hoary-headed old sinner, I’ll appear against you at the day of judgment!” The proud, defiant old mau, standing as erect as ever, with that perfect Composure which never de serted him, hnd fixing hla fine gray eyes on the occupant of the- pulpit,.replied, “ Mr. Burchavd, I have observed through a long course of professional experience, that the very meanest class of criminals are those who turn State’s evidence !” ONE of tUo parvenue ladles of Cincin nati. who would, bo wonderfully aristo cratic in her domestic concerns, was vis- iting, a few days since, at the house of MqJorO. when, after tea, the fol lowing conversation occurred between the Major’s Indy and the “topknot” in consequence of the hired girl- occupying a seat at the tea-table Why, Mrs. O— , you do not allow your hired girl to eat with you at the table, do you?” “Moat certainly I do. You know, this boa over been my ouatoan It was ao when you worked for .me—don’t you recollect?" • BSS* Why la a man ascending Vesuvius like an Irishman trying to kiss a pretty girl? Because hp WJWts to got at the cra ters JflOUtU, Kates for CAtocrtising per lino (of tho first Insertion, nine! five coup per lino for each subsequent insertion. Q«nr tcrly, half-yearly, ami yearly advertisements t.. sorted at a liberal reduction on tho above-raic-h Advertisements should be accompanied by Ui Cash. When sent without any length of tlim specified for publication, they will be-.-contlnucv until ordered oat and charged accordingly. ♦ J CAJrpe, HAlumna, and over> oth er description of Jon and Cabd Printing execu ted Ip too .neatest stylo, at low prices. VTbo OteSoDje Writers. <?-; BY THB A .“ I F£T^CONTRIBUTOK. , ’ ■ The man who 'Prompt. I dwelt in Marble Halle” has bpehvU a inzwhlc ry there, and is doing a thriving busi ness In getting out grave stones. The author of 11 Carry mo back to Old Virginia” has opened a livery stable and in carried back in his own conveyance wherever ho wants to bo. The man who sang “I am Lonely since my Mother Died” isn’t quite so lonely «n?w. The old man married again, and his stepmother makes it, lively enough for hjih. The author .of-“ Life ,ou the Ocean wave” is gratifying “is taste for the sea b}’ tending asaw-ifiiii* He will be on oncywho gave “The Old Folks at. Home” .to tijo world has’recently taken them to til ?e P oor house, as they-wereget ting troablayOpie. ' ... The author Stolls of the Ocean” is in the -clam bu ,s *“ ess *. . . The man who w‘anted to “ Kiss hnn !<»;• his Mother” to kiss his er for him the ■other a “d him. Uim a walloping “ for h'is mother. The on© who wailed eo plaliuiwh., “X)o they miss mo, at ,homoV” missed tho other day, .tos£th’ wr witii a neighbor’s wife. He is missed by a wiu and seven children. The author of “ Three blind niLeo* ’’ Jun started a menagerie with them. The man who wrote “Five o’clock hi tho morning,” found thatuo saloons wur. open at that early hour wnero he could get his bitters, so ho lies abed rather lab now. “Give me a cot in the valley I love" has got a cot in the infirmary. Mien Cott I Tho man who sighed, 44 Take rao homo to die,” took Dr. Kerr’s System llcnovu tor, and is now a 44 Fine ould Irish giu tleman.” “Meet me by moonlight alone” lias loft off meat, and taken to driuk. The author of “ Roll on, silver moon" has opened a ball alley. Sliver moon can't roll on hla alloy without paying for it. Tho disconsolate whq sings—“ Have you seen my Maggie?” has heard of her. Another feller infonns.him, through the music store, that 4 * Maggie’s by my side.” 14 I'd offer thee this hand of mine,” has been sued for breach ofpromise. “Oh I Susanna.” Los settled with hor at length, and don’t owe Susanna any more. Tho author of 41 Old Arm-chair,” in still in the furniture business. Tho one who pleaded 44 Rock me i« sleep,” has at length been gratified. His mother yielding to his repeated solicita tions, picked up a rock mid rocked him to sleep. He hasn’t woke up yet. Tho one who asked, “Who will care for mother now?” has finally concluded to tako care of the old woman himself, as no one else seems inclined to. The author of 41 Jordan's hard road (o travel” is laying tho Nicholson pave ment there. The man who wanted to 44 Stop dut knocking at tho door” has finally put up a door bell. He' 44 wouldn’t die in springtime,” so he said but ho his whiskers.— X 6 wasn’t right after he said that he wouldn’t. The author of “ Oh, I would like to marry,” has applied for a divorce. Oh, wouldn’t he like to unamrry I The one who sang 44 My bark is out up on tlie sea” lias got back. His cough is no bettor. Instead of having his bark out upon tho sea ho has concluded to bark it out on dry land. Tho man who wr«te, ” Bally round the Flag” has gone Into the flag-stone busi ness. Instead of rally around the hag lie flags around their alley. The author of the ” Sword of Bunker Hill,” has Anally beaten it into a plow share. It is needless to say that he is an American—no Britisher could ever beat that sword. [Sussex Coast, England. Correspondence of tho Now York Times.] English Ciirls. The glory of this sea-side gathering, an d of all that I have seen in England, is the children—the children and tho girls. The large boys are mostly at school. Their sisters come down to the sea. The femi * nine element preponderates in the ratio of five to one. Saturday night’s ir;iin brings down a certain number ot hus bands, brothers and so on, wiio come lo spend Sunday, witharoturn railway tick et for Monday morning. But tho tine young misses who bravely bathe every morning, and fling the wondrous wealth of their black hair to the breezes to he dried, have the beach to themselves lim ing the week; and very bravo and beau tiful they are, with clear open eyes ofiu noccnco, and full, round forms of glowing health. Never was seen so little of co quetry. There is a simple uncouchms uess qf honesty in British girls delight ful to. behold. The girl of 18 is only the happy expansion of her sister of i), ami tho robust, gleeful, infantile children arc a perfect joy to see. Neither thoohlldrcu ttnr the young ladles have, but very rare ly, tho delicate and exquisite beauty so common in America. They are of a more robust type. They can walk 10 or even 20 miles of a morning* and have limbs made taf such exercise. They live in the open air the year round. They have, however, the beauty of well-formed, ac tive, simple-hearted, bravo girls, who will make good wives and mothers, ami whose looks and actions show that they have no nonsense about them. And w hat ever may be thought of Englishmen or Englishwomen, in their full expansion of maturity, there can bo no doubt of the beauty or their children. None admire them m°>ra than our American visitors. They am never tlrod of looking at tho groups of four or six children, with their mothers and nurses, digging for dear life in the sands, sailing their little boats in every puddle, or covering each other in tho pebbly banks of flint thrown into the windows oy the recent tides. Robbing a Fat MAN.-rThe Paris Ex position attracted other visitors beside crowned heads. Tho city was never so full of thieves. Men were assaulted in broad daylight. A short time since a fat gentleman was walking near the Buttes Chanmont Park, when a lad, observing how the promeuadcr’s movements were embarrassed by his obesity, snatched his hat off his head and ran away with It.— Tho victim gave chase. It was a hippo potamus chasing a greyhound. The fat man was soon obliged to stop, mop the torrents of sweat which flowed from his checks, and loan against a wall, puffing and blowing. The young rogue was far away with hla prize. A mau came up and asked what was tho matter. The fat man related his adventure, adding r “ I really am exhausted ; I cannot budge an other stop.- I thought my legs stronger.” The now comer said: ” Nonsense! you don’t mean to say if a thief tried to lake your watch you could not prevent him “Alasl that is my condition.” “In that event! shall proht by it.” So saying, the second thief thrust ma hand into the fat man's pocket and took his watch and chain before obesity could recover from bis surprise. Applying It.—Kev. Mr. P. of Ports mouth, N. H,, was, at family devotions, explaining the. nature of prayer. His 1.1- tlo son four years of age, eagerly inquired. “Can we oak God for anything we want?” “ Certainly,” was the answer. Chancing soon after to pass the child’s alebpins;- roona, the father saw him ou his knees.— Drawing near, ho was taken aback hy hearing the youngster closo his petition* thus: “ And please, God, make uiy moth er fry me some doughnuts I” '* Swallows are already migrating to iSu* southward, from which fact our weather geese prcdlct-an early winter. Wo go by the almanac, and predict winter on De cember first. ; will toe inserted at Ten inn JOB PRINTING.
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