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vol,, xxxi. wiiou-: ;co
Select pQffnj.
WHAT THE WINDS SAY.
What 'lii tlio witi'l- -ay tci in,
S tJi i-v intrr v :n tu llio 1 n In.
Or rihly ii i-iii ii il the lull tnp.
' miiing ami giong ai;iiiii ?
Wh:U ilu tlirv sav ti us, iivr,
A thvy li'''ur inning llio livi,
i r miirniur to low in tlio hushi's,
.-'.irriti llio jrni!unl luiii ':
H.ii k ' ' ''ii U'ov tlicy arn Imrp'nig
Jhoiiili my IihM (ipt' n ilii.fr,
.iliing t li i r t-t -:i iirt wwl im-luily,
I 'tv n't,ir.g nire mi l niur.v
V. I nl in iii'Vi-' t!n-.T birarii,
M ,', en l"iv a.- ih.-y go -WVi-.-.j,"
I ii Liuli 1 1 t !i i J 1 14 -.
h,.!.,;!''.' V' " V uf w.m- '.'
f,, I li.'l.fi ', in tlii'ir .t;. ii,
I ,t. -lit .il.l.i' I'.v nli.
linit !li'!i" w.iti-l.otii thu arrow,
K".'iins i: le-t il tail,
Wiit.lii'lli ii'ii' "-c '!'! wiii'l-bhists
'J'.'ii.fi'iiiV with jrw' lln'ii' i-wwcf
MiiKin; i!.-.u I can-in ofiovc Kii'i ,
! : i ; i j . . i n ory fc.u.r.
till li'.'l k IllV l'L-t"l''.'ilt-',
. 'i rn.l.N. K..cvi nl 'y l..r,
Or (vi ii.iy i"i !i (In- ti i-o t' l .
l.kR-!:;i.' "''T itml "'it,
i Miy. Ail luiil ! yv "iii't .owtT!
1'i,:ku t.. in f lii'ii vuii v 1 ! : ,
Via mil rVfr ii'fMiiit tit'.1 tin' Ii'-omiii
Tli'. 1'rvvi U'ii j i.i'1'j.i.'tli ir.e still.
yiistcllaiuous.
Thought She -might bo Induced."
Tin- fraternitv of viiiowj lias been
J.nvelv dialled upon tor material to point
moi'iils anil mtoi ii tales una Jioriv's. iU
i .. i .. i . . . i I 'I-1 . i
story I am about t lehiLi) happuued "r
perluips did not liix-n and was r. tt iu
,'lurd )oko with ti tatnous wag so many
year ;.o, tluit it can lo no harm
iiow to leltitc il in print, as ho oft"ii did
In Ihu becial circle, soinewliat in this
,vs ise :
A relative of Daniel Webster, wh jni we
v.ii; .-.ill Col. W . l.ster, had tlio inisiorlunB
to lose his u ii'e. to w iiom be was tender-
ly aUa.-hed. U e was ni m eharaeterisi d
hv nuieh el' the ( colne-s, wit, mid .shrewd-
... it. .i
in sa (ii the l.ir-.iilv. 1 line sr.iiluaiiy sihuii-
I' .1 I'lll.lUJ 3WIU-
tinallv ho f.-ll suf-
ed .lrtrt li hit gi ie
liri.'lilly loiie, :
.e.iip cf a wife "ii
of a ivv.-r-:ili"l-
atn
tin
coiiip.-.nion-
,1 on re. Ill the coui'so
on t he sill, ji i t , I i.it, it 1
u-i.i nt- uf i m-ir fi 1,-nd
.i'd M.il h'.s ease i-ry
ud viced him to make a
I t ' i -.- ''I,,, i -i won'
. lti-.f.;?l'.r:.h , n;i 1 in
move that dti "t l!
Tlio C"! 1 i ".''cli
I ed i'Ver the
mmter,
..lei ciiinc to i; i .yoral.le ccnelu-it li.
lie
H'ns not ;iC',: ,;.. d 'villi the Inly, aid,
iii iit'l. i, ad ii' .'-reion .-cen her, hut the
ii'.'ire i'.-n ex u-lleiit a man as bis It ieli. 1,
lie rel! pf i'sitaded. must lea wot thy cue
t',r him. Accordingly urged by J .u. i . I ,
lie iikiJj an early stall lo visit the widow
i, I iopo-e h:s suit, lie armed ut her
hc.us,-, which nas in New Hampshire
lillnge, he : oio'.'i ft d li r unv s.'eming
!'i'-' doni on his pari in calling, and ple:-.d-'l,
m e-.-u:c. In , intimacy with tier ib
ic.ised lord. He ,vas graciously received
an 1 iui ilcl to reman. A lew of the
diuiie atel an '.veiling srcr.t with
o r del
not pi , o : s pi 'ipitious as his liopei. luel
V. hnu epi" et . The good lady was
nil of Jier admit itii'ti uid lender t."iio
v;c of i.er tleccieed hu.-band. bl wh im
h'l heail still a.'cmcd wrapj.id up. In
tier praises of th" dead trecolntitd cirili
..lly joined : but he i-lt an kwarJ disiu-
liii.it. iui to lake to 1) is bosom n v.i!..:
ivlieie I'.ue v. as so very ardent 1 1 i ,1 waruts
ly .leveled to the memory ot a predeces
sor. However. Ibo f'i'.oiiel was : matter-of-fact
man : and, l.itvina come upon special
bii-iness, ho coiicl'.id-id t" accompli-h ii,
anil t:d;c the 1. ii'.'ai 1-. Acjordingly ,
i.bi e,t the tilli" for letillllg, be Openetinis
sil V ' '.. i !ld stated too pil'-pise of his: V!s--it,
and hi,' belief Unit hey could increao
iln ir mutual happiness l,y fill rig lor each
other the plje.-s , f their deceased aft
ners. Hi'lflipon the ividow btir..t into violent
we.'ping - Has Mil prised lit- had dared do
filch a thing could never love another
.man would never wed a a i u, never
w'oujd oonsei'riilo all her life lo the df at ,
lovid on", .-" cruelly lorn from l.er
arm-, and now in tho cold, cold grive
and si on; in shall '. say it ? widow
las.lr.cn.
The p( or eoiotiel, grievetl and astound
ed, (hough not altogether dissatisfied. ' heard, v. hotii' i he likes it or nop Tin:
apologized earnestly. Ho was lonely untl Tdny will come w hen its voico will sound
felt the nec'l of a companion had chei -j j ,js t.ars, and p.i i Co him liko a sword,
ish d die friend-hip ol her husband, wlioj j hu time will come when ho must retire
'ns his iiitiiiiaK: friend had thought) from tlio wcrld, uiid lie down on the sick
that their union nii tht be mutually desH bed, and look death in tho face. And
rablc and beiudieia' and linnle iiuiti) u 1 i lien llio clock of conscience, that sol
btigthv speech, ill seif'viiidieatioti and tot.1!n clock, will sound in his heart, and, ;
v,nil,.. ii,,. ilisinilie l (eeliio's ot th., nn. .
!iipjy lady and linally she inied her
lesrsatid ceased h'T lamentations; and
dm sceiio was clo-od by tho caionel's re
lirin!; to bed.
HI tho morir'ng tl.o widow had reeoer
ed her pence of mind, and was all atten
tion, graeiousness, and smiles lo the good
'llonel. He boro hiini'i'.f with the uuien
ity of courtly genilemaii, and ils soon
as breakfast was ended, procured to stmt.
The widow seemed in a nightly Hurry,
Mid urged a btay to dinner, but the colo
nel felt obliged to be on tho move linnie
anl. At hint ho vas at tho door, and of-.-.'y
,!i"'s hand for a parting pressure.
Tho n'doiv rlasped it, hold it tor a mo.
nu n t. trcinbb il, blushed, turned aside
lar head, and gently niu-imn ed :
"Weil, colonel, I have been thinkinz
ofof.-of what you said, and 1 1 1
; m;,,, ; ,,?,;,,.'"
Thi) colonel gavo her a h:i"f-piiz' aeal.
loilf scriou; Ijok, and, i. plying wilh
"'i n l mm ning, Piad.ilP," litere l his
r h ' . oi 1 . tt for homo an instructed
in i ii
10;
Points of Interest.
I 'u'l'i-pi ''"'.U't llou-ii', ! "uir:i ('mit t
' 1 . i -. hihI C'niii.t v.LIiiiiii-i-.u. (lnii M
I nniu .) iinctiun, u.f now l.nmiiii;; iii inln
ciiii sti j ui-ii ct',11 ii 1 lire IhiI Iit; ii i! tins' v I inv .-
'!HIJ''.' ("K'fl'lilirtH (OIlMill'Tlll 1.'. . (Jll 1 1
i'n'.'i'l. Il":', 1 1 1 fi n irn nl' which hum
Kiiii t;i. is the oinit'.l y Mint, o - ."nlj fpp-r
' county", unci is si ; ii.it'' I nlni'it. -.ixn inn
I milf liom A Icxmnli 'M.nn tlic ni:!t'i' inul
A'.cxiMiilnn .:iilfi)inl. Faii l'.ix in lli ('(mil
l'lV o.'it of F'Uiili ounly, which iiiiiiii'iii
1'i'tolv Kiirrotimi t!:"t I'"'"' ol.' ,h" 1 t r:-t
oft'ol'ittil i.i t.'.kon 1ri..; i
ijmr.n", an'
nliir.it sixti'cti m'io fY"i!i
1,'lui, inn
i
:iln en tin' (.i'.iii;'c li.iilii'U'i,
'I'hcrc i- a coiiskIi'ImIiIi' In nly "I' rcln-ls fa
; 1 'ti!.ir'I'iT, I'til nl Fiiii l.i thi'i c urc tm t
on f; fv t'viicoiiipiinii". A s :i mm L'hir oxr.ni
jilo ii!' tli."1 iiiiiKi'.i'y of micxpcficncc'l turn
lo cstiiniito tunnhi fs in :i body !' troops,
ovfti in i I ci 1 1 1 vi".".v,it tniiv l'l' "IhIlhI tinit iin
intoiliotit it ut ii who li:id just pushed thro" j
I'l.lri'.ix, on Mominy :nui iiin;.', vpoi tcd in i
W riihiiiL'ton.thut. tlu'vi" u et c one ili jiisim
I-. .. 1 1.... ...I... I I ,, 1 1 ..I ,
.vas positively kn.mn ui lh- head ipiar.. I
ters ofthe iinnv that tho whole !,,ly o! j
- ,1 ,.. .., V:1irl'.v .it. that in ii n'tiivil '
tii.io, numbered but oni hu-ored mi ll
thirtv-threo men, under Cant, 'limit.
This wiil serve to e Lin son.o of the x
aL'L'erated statoments of larjo liodj. r of
troops tit numerous points in V:t;iuia.
It may to stated also that General S.md
I'ord'h procluiniitioii to the pcopltt of Fnif
fix county win not i.-suid from Cul
pepper (.'our I. Mouse, us ftnted by one of
the enterprising metro; oli'.nii j uini.ils.but
Iroui the Munsionot' tbe late Oeoitre
N' iiiri n'tn i'arkc'('u?.tis.oii At'lin'-ton
lleight.s.iniiui dialely opposit Va.shinj;ton
r I : ; . I.. .
.i a uaa-a s il u Oil ion , " nn li n n i v uni i
to l?. it t importatit st'iite.'.'ical point., is at
the junction of tho ra' o and Alexan
dria Uailiond with the ii.inas-as (lap liaiL
mad, Iweiify-sevtti miles Iroui Al'-xan-il:
in. The firmer load ex'einU ' Hitith
wardly and soiithwitwardly to Kielitnond,
,C!'arb)lte.sville. and I.ytt: hbiirfr.i arnil'vinir
all tLrouh ;'iiyinin, while tho latter ex-
tends noriliw .-.t -vHi-Mty to Miasimrjrs, u
town within eighteen miles of '''inchost-
or, whence :i ra ilroad continues to llnr-
psi'n Ferrv. It -vill tints lie seen that tho
' f . . i . . : . . i . . .
liossession ot 3t;'tnus.is ,j uiieiiuo i ma in
I" . -Jl 1 Ill' I . '.'l.l.- t. ...... .. ... ,
Gap) will cut oil the Harper's Ferry rob- f ,V -!T-'l'iin,it,,.v that w,th,n a few
. I . .til, hll, Ml', r n .1.1 e.-er,nn t n-j
Is from direct e-iur.ii'iuuutiou
..... i. I
the main bodies further South.
Vf-tettl.iv ami List eW'int'g there
V. .is I 1
, ,!,.,,.!, In activity vise,! along the I
...i.i i.. i:..., i.-, l-j.il ...l..l..i'o.. I.,
A! r.i-.ni'.'.'i.i, ai-d it is iurmi-cd lh it the
... .............. i . ... 1 ....... I 1.1- I, 1-,,1,'noi.. Ill 111 -
' ' i '- I I .
t, old our no s in i'-'.'.;,u Ivwavls
th
M.HirSSi'S Jtiv??ei. i'iii il 'I'll'?
j
sending forward troops from the neigh'
: orhood of Washing'.op and supplying
their phir es h advances t l troops
from
points on th;
ide ot the :'.r",'er..l Ci'y.
Cob Hare's mid Col. N. ule s fie-imelits
at retry svlle, Havre de ii ace I'.'J-n b'iver,
Ac., were in Motion I.i t. night f..r the
South.
hev were t ) Oe relieve
d bv the
Fleventh l'enusylvaui.i, and four Compa
nies fiom Wilmington. Sc oral addition,
le'.niil'ints frotn the Fast were also nt ri
mid thoie were indications ut Sulloll'. l'a' k
that the troops encamped thei were a!-o
expected toniakea.j i mincu, a! e march,
All t io.se c rrtimstauccs indicate some
important action, and un!e.-s tl." i.i" 1
fol.tvv iheir usual tactiiM nr. .1 .'.ill bin k
Itfoi" our advancing army, a cunlliet
within two or three days seeuis l" be cer
tain. PI! It' 1 1 I A(it J'l li - CT e' 1 C -.''It
I ll '
i Al l. S
Clock. llavi
vou evt-r
heaid :,l the great t c'ck ol St. i'.ud's, in
i umlon ' At inid-tl iy, 'ii the roar ol bn.s j
lues.-, when e. images, and carts, and vv.i
tins, ant. on ... nuse.-, go .....m., to, ..u0,
tncstiect., how many never hear that
, .i . , ..II ,
" '.. .i... .i...
,m'..,.i ..'i-.,-.- stii 'i l.o e.-s I I . i V I ye er V
Ileal ll . ,,lil illicil in. ixnn ui ui'; n.1 :
is over, aiiu the v: '.r ot u-iue.-s has p. is- 1
-ed away wii.ni uieii.i'.e gone, lo i-lecp ,
and silt lieu reigns in Luudoii then al 1
twelve, at one, ul Ivvj, at three, at lour, 1
do sound of th it clocl. inav bo lo'iud
lor miles around. T elve 1 ( 'ne '. I' wo 1
Three '. Four '. How thai clock is '
heard by nmny a sleepless man 1 l'i,a'.
clock is just like tho onscieiic'.' of the 1
nnpeiiileiil man. While ho has health ,
and stieiiglh and goes on in llio vvhiil oi ,
business, lie will noi boar his conscience.
j 1 1; drowns and silences its voico by j lung-
nig into llio world. He mil not allow I
the inner mail to speak to Inul. lUitthe
dav will come when consctonco will be
i i-Miseni.trl will br.nc wii tcli-
and iniscrv to his soul. Oh, no! write it '
down in the tablets ot your heart with
out repentance, no peace. V. Ili'c.
... I
PfcAt Tin l Iiif.a. In tho mountains of too soft for sufety, he put un a stake to
tho Tyrol, it :s tho custom of the woiuct: mark Hie place. '1 litis he not only avoid,
and children to come out when it is bed- ' ed the danger himself, but kept from' fail
time and sinp their national songs until' ing into the same snare. Might not ev
I hey hear t.'.r husbands, f.iibers and cry Christian learn a lesson from this rude
brothers answer them from the hills on : son of tho forest, not only to guatd
their return homo. On the shores of the naainst bis ownfal e stops, but r. h
Adriatic such a custom prevails. Theie ' prays, "lead us not into temptation." to
tho wives oi the fisherman come uboutj be careful to remove tcuitiitionotit'of hie
sunset and sing a melody, After finging brother's' reach?
. t. r. ' . . . l .. .. l : . r ' i
iiiunrti Liunza, iut'3 usieu i'i. mi iiniiei-
ing meloiiy'froni oil' Iho water ; and eon '
tinuo to sing and listen lili'the we'd k nown
voico conies bourn on tho water, telling
that the loved one is ulmot home. How
sweet, to iho weaiy fisherman, as the shad
ows gather armind hnu, must lo tlieongs
of the loved one at home, that sing to
cheer him : sod how they must strength-'
en iiiui tifcbt. n the links thr.t bind to-
"Othc.i' tlioso llliiuble dweller, t'V Il.c srn
PRINCIPLES,
CI.MAUriKLl), T.I):iTSI)AY, J I'M-:
PARENTAGE OF JEFFEItSON".
I In' folli will;:, I'l'im III" pell of Iffill P.
I'. Thump-ioii, wo li.jd in tl:o oditoriiil
coin in lis of tlio i lion .! i.eiiitiiin . .-,.; .'
The cin'uinsliuo-i i-f tluMiiiion ftoiii
which fpriiii-; tin il'iii-tfi'-'is Ani"iic:in
ht iti'Stiiiir., Tlioiiln- .Ii.li'i'i-son, Inivn novcr,
w'j think, except in sueli eni r.il terms as
wiinid convey no deliijite idi a of their pe
culiar ehnt'iicter, yi t rciiclieil the ey o'.
tlio jm 111 it:. I'.ut Inning le.inii-d them
ti iiiii the ii jcd in-iirlilic i s i.f Mr, JciferMin.
durin:: a fo. mer s. iioiirn in Yir' ini.i, mid
l.iein,.' well eonvine. ! ..' ',;,. entire truth,
we v.ii: Vi"i.'vc t' relate ihclil for t lie
I iitniis.'tnenl ef our r.1,: l- i ...
1 Ir .leliersnn's lathei 1saipo:ir, l,ut an
; iT ' t- ".ml indu-ti inns ineeiLmie, and
ias .soeict,' 's I'ons! it ule, 1 in Virginia, lie
was wholly f.vi''"'1 '''"'in t lie t an ks of
!tho iu'istoe;acv, fli.J :wuld l-tivo had no
I hope, of fonuinc; n. I'ntnily oMlivetiou with
i Iheni. lint for tii following tnoidcnf ;
(neoftiie proud and lordly liiiilfto 'tis
wishing some repairs to he male, on 'the
. door-Mi'p.s
of
ns iiiiin.-ion, ami having
'"'il1'' ' 'M"-'""- ol lu you.,,- ,,
I'iMiler, .U't ersun, ho resided :n the sum.
I'lirtll, '-''tit for him to laiiiie and iU lie
! work.
in mis taniiiv tr.cre were several
i . . . ... i.i
beautiful and nceotiiplished daui;hters who
were tae aeknowledired belies of that part
of th
country ; while one of tho s'sters
r. .. ll-l .1. . . . I -
round ot parties and pleasuro excursions!
in vogue among the wealthy famines of '.he
place. It. was during one of Iheso instan
ces of neglect that oung Jefferson hap
pened to be nl, work on the steps, and th
r sici'ul attentions ho, then had an op
poi I unilv of pavillL' the sli'hed giri, so
strongly a!'"
d I
ier
the contrast
with ihoso she had been peeu-toti'.ed lo
receive from all ofher voting gentlemen
who were admitted to the ho -sc. that her
notions soon revealed to the (tiick eye of
the ambitious- young .nechunic, a condit
ion of heart that he thought ho might im
prove to advantage. And actinu on that'
belief he persevered, and so well profited
lavs
a mutual rniiaKomont was !ormeil, and
a
(runaway match enrteocted and carried in
to etl'ect- There was. to be sure, a terrible
':I'H V ncli.-d U
Vieked up by the proud K oi-
'io.T'hs wneri it ivns
ecvered that ce-o ' f
the family bad di-:raeed tieun and her-tdf
as they esteem, d it, bv riiiiiiin" nwav
,
,' j.i'i'i ii e-i -ii. i, i : ,t , r'kn
-iiiu.w ' -.' i iis mi .... i
I'll - I . , t 1. A l-rt ...... 14
'V :t. ni'-'l
r -,-.n ? ir
lo'iiMim", rii ii lliiillirv, lliat, the vMin
iy.
in in was ns smart a he was hoi
... ,
.they at
iter with
leng'h reeal"d th truant ibn;.
her liu-band. in-tall' d them into th
lam-
ily and gave them their patrimony.
From this ina'eh. sprung, c lolievn
two son ami several daughters, a part of
v.liO'il, like 'I'll ;,m us Ie!l'.'i-son. tli,, subse
ipient slate-'nian '.rd j-re-'dent. strikingly
inhosited tbe intoHeetunl charaetoristii'S
of the father, and the other part the finite
ordinary and coiiimor.olaee traits cf the
mother.
s'l.AMint. Ifyo'.t find a ni.in cir.-n!.-: lag
malicious reports about . his neigh'., r, it
rr.iy ! e et ('own as inviolable t ule that
any -itch pcr-on is di-hoiut. Not only
dishonest, but, frctn his inf-itnntts dispo--i'.ion.
dangerous t j ail wi;h whom ho
tnav bo ueounil: ti d. Ho t-ircillatcs filsn
impre--siotis. and sets people upon no er
roneous course of ju dginent and cnnd ict
in respect to other-', which tnav fre'iilent-
P - oo'ii. iue .j n .mitis i. -iiei-son. tn sijnse-
ly be ruinous to their prosority.
It does
than to
,i general injury to society, more
I.i , , . I . i .
, e pa, ,y s.ani.ereu as a , , ,m s con u- ,
dence I he man ivho is guilty of c.n-ul ,.1-
1 1 m m',1 leirn w revi: rl s noisT lieees-ti'i v l,e
, i ' ...i .1.......... .i. i . .' i. :
uecei' I ll I, null 1 1 , I '-e i e i., ; iiiiji.t , in- i
must be uitotidoued to every prinoifil" of:
moral fetding 1 n ancient times, wliena'
man was con vict ,'d of Peing a slanderer,,
he wad stoned to death as being a dan 'er i
and i curso to the whole e.omiii uiitv. In
i,i o'b't'n t i mes t here is even a bel tor rm-
edy th.'ui this it is lo eea-e till association
wall such 'chiraCer-.. Treat them like
leptrs, r.bun'Jon them to their own kind,
whieli is tl social death, one by -w.Mru thvv
servo as art c-xatiipl to nth rs. This rule
is observed i.motig all intelligent people,
and should be i variably carried or t.
- --
Wnv tiik I'vim; Ntvnt Wi.i.c. -The
reason why the dying never wc-p is be
cause the manu'actories nf fife stop lorev
er ; tho liu.na:: sv-tem has ceased its
functions. In ull tli-eases, '.lie liver ' is
the very first organ that ceases to work
one by one iho others follow, and all tho
fountams of life lire dried up ; there is no
secretion. So the eve of death wo"p ,mt ;
not that the allectioi, is dead in tifc heart,
but because there are " o tents m it, any
"'ori! llli" t!,ort; is m.'ituro on the bps
Tiik Ooi.hpn lit t n. It is saitl of an In
lian, that whenever ho got into a bad 1
l.laoe in a swamp, lit re tlio ground "as
Ma. l.lNrot.V . llFI.ATIONS IN YlRlllNtA.
We learn trorn the Fredericks! urg"News"
that tic von second cousins of Mrs. Lin
coin nr member of llio Cardlinef Vn.)
Light Dragons. Mt. Lincoln was a Mis
Todd, niece of the late (ieorgo T.Todd.
F.ip, of ( ' iroline County, Vn.
v-Wn Inoiv a ciil 1 that would bj a
Vt.r pretty ,tlh; girl indeed, ImL for a
male-! "ttii.Uin.
iai ni-Miei me resi, emier in an-1 ()tr,);ii hatbor. Fortilicalions n Cas
ermiplihmeiits . r thfl faculty of rhowiiijr ' w,.ps r,i,:t, iilthor,-h too f it- distant to
oil to advantane, tinit sue. 'jras Mibject to threaten Fortress Monroe, wonld efieetii
morli:'ying negl.-et hv tho yo-.ingmen ul,o aiv unrd U entrance. KlizaVth (Jhun
thronge.l tho esiablishnmnt. I , ir;; .cner- ,lej, jv,.,,, its opening irto Hampton Foads
ally lelt at home while tier more favored ; lo tR, i;av uf Notiolk, is eight miles, di
usters were taken C.tV for the constant rect in ils" course, very deeo. uni se.ireelv
not MEN.
ICCJ.
The Chesajrake Lay -Its Rivers and
Important Cities.
After imikinj; I ho entrance to the dies
ip'iike. Hampton Toads onens to the
right, n bloH'l OJtuaiy, Willi ii deep f-liau-ik-1
a iniln and n hail in idtli in its mir
KiweH point. Eij;lit is-ilcs Irnm tho buoy
tthieh murk the enlraneo to tlio Koads,
on tho north hido of tho channel, is Old
l'oinl Coinl'mt, on which is Forneys Mon
roe, whose guns comn und the cliauncl.
Jolliat-!, JlONIloK.
This fortrctas is Iho largest undone of
the laiye.st uiid lu st tionsti ii'lHil in the
Fniled S;ati .-.r II was buill like all the
ioa.-t foi l"t' di'tetK.'e iigainst approiii'lics
of a ton fioui li." sea, and is e.i-emaled
only on tho mln facing the channel, hav
ing simple wail masonry only to the land
ward. A.'iiin-t u ii attacking force. In, m
llnit (linn icr it will need I'loteeling nus
workrf. Its Wiills enclose a parade, ground
of about seventy iieres, making it tin ud
miralilo cchool tor re.iently recruited rcgi-
I ITT - u I i. Opposite tho tort in tho channel,
dT.si,;;i( 'Ui'1 11 '"'i0 '""I 11 third, uro tlio
nalltof a Sui"1' -ol tili''iilion coitinieneed
by gove; iini.-nt, ii't culled the
l.'ip Kaps. Further u t;o l.Wids, .md
lour tni.es in ii right line uei'3 ives'orby
from Fortress Monroe, is Caswell's Pllli,
w hern tho Virginians liave wltempled to
erect baiicrn s. At this p(,.nt t,, i,.. South,
ooeiis l'liy.alieth channel, t.he riitt-iinci to
- , . . . -.. . - - ...
ii (piiii'ti r of it iniln in width. Crtuiey Isle
and lieti eloe lo lie' channel, on tho west
side, about tlilcti miles from Noi l .Ik on
which r.io Iho icmaiiH (if an old fort,
.'. iii.-li Co scees.-iouists are rchiiilditig.
.Nearer to the city, on tin" other hank of
thi- channel, is Fori Noitulk, aUn builig
improved I'.tnl mounted with ordinance by
I In- Vii iiii.iii '
N: lir O K A X l ITS Hl'III Hlls.
The cif of Xoi I'oIk, s;t uated upon tin
ai most i i.tnely level site, presents but tew
n ilinid delenoci ug.nnst an attacking
lorce. il..- city and Portsmouth i.vmg
oppojite. can be approached trorn several
points, i loops couiu oe men lieu, an-
I'rooiis could be lauded from the
Juinptoii and Lynn It ive;. road, witlmi
seven iiim-s o, t " . .. . me .TP""o";erc nrute in the neigh.-rh'.od of
Ijemg .'I
;i:..i lle.i.lelisieie. upproaci,
cou.U be mud i'
ii Loudon bridge, on
the souili, with an e.i-y march uf ten
mile-.
Norfolk is i report. -I ;-, t fr its railroad
connections ; iu the liHalioij vl a navy
yard, wjicat: drv .lo.;'.. d.;! 'r,),tch;i)" '
j nrfl 1'iVoVini! Useful to the Virginians, and
.. i. ..,'i....' ..!... : i" . i . ... it; . .. i
i lie . in ,ii't jii . in iiii.iie ui me linillitl
.swamp Canal through which pitjsesthe
commerce of A 1 '.'Cin.il'ii! and I'amhoo
so.Mii.i. Into Hampton I!oa I . inpties the
James l iver, all.'cted by Iho tide one hun
dred miles from its mouth, at ivhi. I. point
the fall- and rapids, with a de.-cenl of one
lmndred teel m two n.ilcs, etlectuaily
blockade liirther navigatit'ti, eiving, at tue
same tune an titiliinit.id wal-T power. At
this point is silii'i'ed the city of Kich
inond. 1 't- in 1 1 lu 1 1 y built on several eleva
tions, the mo.-t noted of which tire Shock
hoe and Kichmoii I bili.-, b 'tween which
Hows Shockhoe en-el,. file city is Hit I) tl
somelv b'lilt, tl'.e slice's 1 u terse, -tir.g at
rigiit angle-, fin Sho.-klioo hill are tho ,
i Tpitol and other prominent pi. Mlo building-,
and aboil' tiictii ii l o clustered the
ari-ti'cr itic m 'li-ion . of the city. Vcs-
.vels tli aw.ng tt n tcet ot water la.sten. to
the wharf at ilichtiinnd. and tlioso draw-1
mgilltt'cn at pro. i".i 'v.thin three miles ol
tho city. Lines ( f hlcimeis, b 'fore the
secession 6 1 Hi cult ie.. coLpeeteil Itiolinv nd
...ii v v....i, tn,u.,.i..i.
t "111 I lie, i. i.i . , i i. , i li . - i i ' i . . ......-....-
- , , Hichmond
,... .,.,. of Virr'nia.
... ' . .
which its niilis liav
onvei ted into Hour,
T. K I I.K' ' U'S l'HOM IIItllVIONll.
Five lines of railroad livergo from Hich
mond (hie lino running due north passes
Fredericksburg '.) the liai.'pahaimock,
and terminate-at A'ui. i ' leak, near tho
Potomac. A in:e luntiiiig t-akt tertlinis
ales at Whiiehoiiso, on tj.i Yol k river. A
lliiril line ions diiesoutli to. Wiltiiington. 1
North C.iroliii i, h iving in VPrmediato sta-i
lions ut IVtei-M Uig, Va., ;.nd Weltlen, 1
N. C. Tin. llichnioii'l uirtl ,r,'nvillo rail-1
road extends in a south .yard tlirection to
the latter lown, neai 1 hi- Jsorth Carolina'
boundary I. ,', beyond wLhih it is uiifin-
ished. tiio Virginia Ctoli.il runs nearly;
west, being finished tes far us Covington, ,
beyond the I'.lwo liidge. At Gordonvillo
it lorins a .piiie'Kv.i w it ti ino I'rango unit
! Alexandria t oad rici iiing northeast, and
I the Lynchburg it.ad running southwest,
i This city is tints ',ho military as well as
i tl e cnuimet c
ul centre of tiio .state, and a
point ol gie.it m-rtteii'
r TltH it I
inpoi'innce. 1
;;ti. i
From tie. I' r,',v al the entrance of Jlatop-
ton llotds tu the lightship ut the mouth
of York ivfr.'tho dislatico ii nliout lif-i
ipf,,, Mil,fs. From its ourco at the iunc-;
1;0 0 tlio, Pamunky and Mattapony, its
drboucl' iilcnt into tho '.'hosapeake, the ters to see them s they pmt adeii in front
York civ.'j' (lows forty miles, being an es-1 of the Capitol, three cheers being propos
t'jary w ?th a Ik ivy tub , virying from' two1 ed for President Lincoln, tho men refused
to lour miles in width. It fs naviga'ilo by , to cheer, but proposed and pave, three
the li.i;est vt ssels to Yorktown, un'l by hearty ' elvers, such ns tlio trained New
vessvis ol secondary draft to its source. A Yoi k boys know how to give, 'with a ti
lati'l i t.it separiites the inou'.h of tbe York per,' for tho Pre-ident of tho I'nited
rtv'ef itoiu .'iiiii oatiK nay . iiiiiuii iitiiiu
..ion .lack nav. vvnicii li.nti'l
nbojiit fifteen miles, wiih eUd.tijen feet of!
wnier. Into Ibis bav eu. titles CLb Severn
Nf.rth "d Ware livers, inconsiderable.
fcjiioiM". l'lv'-aoie a tui'ii uismuce 101
vessels of light tliaft. From tho light
iiou-o at Ncv Point Coinlot t to the light-
hniso Hi the ei. 'ranee of the l!app:ihan
tiocii, is iiycim iiu.es. .v siiucu u: inui ,
.;l..-ltl,es,tbr.l,.. li'.lt com.iiisc.
tht.enl.ane"- , , , Pappa'iiannock and a up in the same lino of bonnes. Put Low ; h' 've sul.ca-.t prooi,ot the.r loyal.
small bay and t li er culled tho' Piankeo- difl'erantly ! ,11'c never nntlertook to savo ' " "
tank. ' it by shot und shell. That was left lo the NiTimn Saiuvksi, H-q., of Washington
ltti: Kivi'iinvviH k. , humane members of the Pe ten S mie-ty ! 'City, has been appointed coniri,is-irior o;
The H.ippdiannoi k. like tho .l.imos Mr"- ("nunh, Jl.-rM. J custom.
TKRMS
river, rises i,, the iiiount.vn.ius ,,,,111(111 of
" .ho State. Atom, hundred miles (Von,
it" mouth nav.-atim, is st(,,.t.ed be falls
-
road. Twenty-two miles from (ho Hglu.
ship, moored t tlm mouth of th, b'ap,,,,-
i;in.,ocK. is the r.;;htl,o,is(, ut Smith's
loim, guiuing theemrunco to tho I'oto..
So'ven miles b,low Washington Ilea tho
-r, ., u V" l"
I be shores of the Fotomai! I
- . " u ' nKi.
ie shores of the Fotomae bdtnv Wash-
,'.o have but, a few slight elevat ionv,
d would be dill cult t, impede navi - ,a -
, by hasuly,:,,,,strue,ed UttoriiM. Tl,
ington
a ik.
tioi:
width lor Ihu same varies from ore and
a halt to fivo mile?.--.Voir Yrk l'niwr-
ul.
Military 6 ignals Interesting Experi
ments. Major Jfyer, of the army, sonio tnontbn
oince uutiounce.d the discovery by himself
of a new system of tniiiler bigi.uls, wli.jh
wtdd. in a great measure, revolutionize
the VinllialiiMnent ol mudvrn forces. Th
-i.r,,r, I.. ,.A ,,, nl.i In !,,,..,, ..f .. It II. ...i.
ed to a pole, from twelve to sixteen feet
-...imvil.,. ... -J iii.'iill V, I. 1 il" ULlill.l -
11. g. 1 ne inuereut movements wiiion llio
tl.ig is made to go through represent nutn-
bom. which in their turn renr.'sont niun-
tiers of the alnhahet. Tho l.,,(..r of'
... ... ..' .
couisi!, u.o eoniiiino'i mlo wt r.js tnat lead
out the message. ',y the intervention cf
tho numbers, nono but, the otlieer who di
recls the tlaginan, and thoso who have
been previously informed of tho arrange
ment of the system, can understand tlio
language of tho Hag, which Hag is mov ed
in three directions, to right, lei!, :1ml
front. This is dono by soldiers who 'at .'
especially drilled lor tho purpose, anil
who in the trial managed the bunting with
astonishing accuracy.
For night signals, torches are substitut
ed for Hags; othenviso, the signals uro
. ip.,,. to those mado in tho day time.
I t)c implements noecsniry for tho Ber
vioe c,m be cmbraoed in a sr. tall packet,
i . ...... ls.I1(-.,.,,i r..n,., ,.;,.. to ,.,,:, I,.,
a ,.ir,,,ic miU, lm,l (.,. put in readiiiciu for
, uso ; f.lei. miutos. 'n,,, o.vpt i imeiil
.. nit
ty ei e
Ke. in the l.ilt. r let, I. of A ,ll
,.ll(.00flll i every instance, aith
tough uii-
even ground was te-pccially s.lect
til. Trio fir.'t day aigeidi wei exclian,"e..l
Without .llHj.'ility ; vu ih'j tiur.l v'niy,
1 I .
(lie ai l e a r"
.... it r, 111.111 - M
inlclligible mililary conversation was car
ried on bettweti I 'Id 'ort Marcv atnl Ual
veston. which are twenty-live miles ap.irl.
In a few Jays the War Ivpartincnt of the
i'nited States will receive an official re -
port of these experiments, wlnm tho eon-
muntiing oincei's oi uio oiiioi-oih n
lments
now .it tho seat 'of ivar will, doubtless
initiated inio the mv.terios of tho l,.tni
r.e-s- . V. Tunes
Distritution ofCompnnies for the Fif
teen Regiments from Pennsylvania.
The. fnllowinir is th.'l,st,"l,tinn(,frnm -
panics iviiiiir. ti'troai tho tlilb-rent coun-
1 . .
ties to
1 t . fi::...',i r.-o ioeiits an, ei- I. in
new loan bill :
Ci'Ml'AMFS.
Philadelphia,
I b'lawaiv,
I 'aupl.in,
l'.erks,
Isiair,
Lebanon,
Mitllin,
Wyoming,
(ireeno,
Luv rence,
Luzerne,
.Sii-iuehanna,
Tioga,
Mercer,
Potter,
M ntoiiiory,
Northampton,
Centre,
COMPANIES.
J'lV.'iirron,
1 Iiucks.
U I "hestcr,
.'1 Lancaster.
1 Alleghiiny
12 Huntingdon,
1 .lunirtta,
l'Wnvne,
1 York.
1 Indiana,
I Lehigh,
1 Somerset,
1 Pike,
2 Vet, ungo,
1 McKoaft,
2 Molirce,
3 Montour,
1 1 Ferry,
1 Clem field,
J.Iell'er.son,
1 'Crawford,
ljKrie,
"Franklin,
Ilk,
1,1,1
,",nto"'
V."U,,J ,ln'
''"J 0-10"
All companies must forward their nr
plications within live days; the, stato is to
pay no expenses until tho inarching or.
tiers aro received by the companies. No
election of regimental officers will bo pur -
iniueii until ririuer orueis. ihu couipa-
nies uredistribuiod according to the tium-
ber of troops al.viidv in the field IVdiu
each county, and also in proportion to the
pojiul itlon, except a discrimination iig,iit,t
the rurui tiistncts. in order that sutTieient
producers shall be left nt home for har-
vest ptitposos
- - -
HrnstD to Cnr.r.n. 'J'ho New York
Twelfth Pegiment is Hemocraltc. and
ivheri tho President emtio near their oiinr-
cnties.
'l'ho Nov York 12th it fightine for Un-
ion and the government of the Constitu- I
: tion not for Lincoln and the Chicago
piaiioilll.
.Union fvwrRS. Tho New York Tnltow.
has boen sneering and abusing Democrats:
nun vousei vut i v e men ;or years, i"r living'
to ,,r-.-v ll.o 1'nion "Now. it I,,.:, e7 '
,...!.) I ,
ami hi nils. J lie nver helow tho fa s has full .v,mn..;..
tlKx-haraeterofun -stuarv, being brend ! into ng: n, fs' uZ, " ""l "'"""l
'!' "looted t,v the tides." At tin, head ; regimen " f mi TnlTr' '
oit,.le-waUM-m the city of Fredericks-: ordered o V t O t. y .
.tug, a great tobacco depot, lvinp on tlio ' bersbunr .,' 1 "lk ( llM,",w
bno of tho liichmonil and Poto,.,.,,. l!H. I " '. ... ""Ston, nn I tit this
- ,81 25 rcr Annum, if pr-lJ m advance
SKIM i;s VOL. I.-M).15.
i J'k vnsvi.vam v Vomv,,,,.. v- ,
1 thousand li, , , ' , , b,
There.,,,,,,, p . .. . . N ' V,C1'
""""11 .1. I IV lll'lill II n..
I..'.. .".-..
! Wnvn ,7 r,,c;l' t
, fivo 'thousan.l , ' . .? ftl Xnr
tliousar-l. t Jia"ri,bure " ' l,1u,'L,
IMttshnl'.v two th..,,s , ,,t ; ,10u;';"J. "1.
and ZuT ,J 'f "' S,
. '"Jilnal .miiioj, uloi.tho ...
yMiJitiona ciino, iilon'r' the l
Pe.lford, liedford oou , , 7 r l'"""1
I I u ve! to eon n f v ha" e 1 ec"n or,l r'''ll i" " '
, tlui volunteers w P i
military duties, and at hu" , m
. - -- ..i.r, lllljt) r(-
,u s,;oul'l t'ify be so fool bar.
dyastotnvadethesoi! !' Fcu,yhaniu.
It.oso proposed nt I.ston a,,J $r ,
been aliandoned, as bein;; too;far from the
scene ot action to answer tho purpow.
before troops oouhl marcli from Frio or
Fasten tho Coifed,,, atos could devastate
the whole border and reireit it.io ih.m
own country.
TlIK I5i.iCKA.E Fif.kt I'LL
isents'.he unprecedented spoetaclo o six-
1 ;"'
1 1 I. .. ' ......
j m ' , j"' tf ,::it'1 '"M-rank r'rtn-
ti., . (,i, , i ... ii , , - , , , ."'"'.
.... .. . '.vm-i. mi in (ino s?uadron
, . V.0asl. that of Sam-
tun .urn oer : II
V, , .' . ' UIT1."oi'laii'l, Uiatcf f. ,1
nu 1 , . .1.. fi... 1 . . .
........ .t . 1. i. , - . . .. .
i-uio-b lllli ISMIi no I int. nl IT 1
Adams: iho It. ;. Cuvler.fel.nrtercd ''tlint
'j.1 ,;?',,!! l,son ; thn MiisMp,,!, iLUtor
. I". Sel fridge : ar.d il.c ilinnusota, "the
lla Mnpr. them all," that of Comtnodoro
Mnngliam, of New York. Tho l'owluu..
tan will soon have a Ha oilicor appointed
to her, and tho Uonunke also.
The first United States man-of-war oor
cntiim:-'-io.-cd yiih oxclusivelv North Ji-n
officers lia-l lil-r ensign hoisteil yes'ordav
at Bostotn She is tho steain-frigato Miss",
lsssippi, lHtecfth-;. China Hoot, a vessel
l.W.i: tons burden, carrying 1 1 gums an,i
and .U'l men'. Cominodaro Morvinc, of
New York, l.v.e commander-in-chief
of our forces on tho Pacific station
has his head headipiartes on tho Missis'--ipni.whie.il
will for a .hurt time take tho
po-it nm of chief ship of th" iii'f d.-p-i.-'-me.it
of tho blockade The 0,1;, wi;
.Cicveher in about f.t) weeks V 1'
Ton.'t .l.iy '12. ' ' '
Tut: !'.. Kn-i.t.-tmc ,t.
''7mVi very trulv s'iv.
prcssiot.s. wo loam 1,
-Tho PilKb.-rgl.
thi. "siilv in.
0 I "I'll lil ldn l.u
prSTns JvjichavtMio. ojl'.-t ed their ,-ervtce.s
,.t all, either ns oilK'en or private, in re
gard to tliss posit;. -o rofr a! of soma of tho
men who pion:!,t ! v enliste.l f.,t. il.
month
, years
t extend tho tern: for three
ui. i nnn.i.ii.i. n.l I... ...,..;
h,i, been utiered by uTii . f , i'u
i nn.-ei-viii r iiiillvM,"...' , , ,i.... ..h '
' r i.i.i.ii -, mat a.i oil,, re-
o I lose t.j e.vtcnd the ,:e -I'.o,,! ! be forof,
sfigmati., d by th, c mm. innv. Thut i, a
nice sort i; mor
might be a mini
"' ion, to do wlmt
ie. it'ee to so in a of till!
br ivc-t iiien. at: I v, I,,,
surely ouoht to
h iVo a most honor
lo welcouit , insiead of
ll"'l,'lwlL" '-"1:l' " '"-'" iU;e.st ,ler -
iiueuiened stigma.
! '.'"V,0 ol W-lies, M j"
f H C Wtllli l'AIWi.-ii ir I 1 .. i'. .
. " ' o anuei-s lor
iiieui io re-eini-t lor tlio i.eiger ti rm,
whun huudieds of moil not trammelled in'
any way would gladly till their places.
Xo let every brave lelhnv feel that he.
can most honorably t Inio.-.-y in ll.o ease.
Wo knoiv those who, Lad thus enlisted for
throe months, would probably tako occa
sion to iiiako mi 'issue, on the stbona
iiiOstion see wlie'thc-i ihey huvi, not "ihe
moral coiiiHgo to desvi.so and duf those
who talk thus.'
.'!'," :? V:Y. Al'K.ul Jloitsi.. WT.kes.'
.'V'ru'eC.',' 7'e,i(.i' gives an account of a
Miiiill bin ,'k Caileway, eleven hands high.
whL'h attained lo t he grc.ito.st ago of any
Imr-.. on record. He was a resident of u
small viliageni-ar n.idiiii.gtoi., m ,S0,,t
land. Jlc was fouled in IT'j. and at Hih
li.no of his death u, U:u ;;t yViirit
few week- bofoie his death ho tivtted fr
several hours at tho rate o" eevt-.u or t ight
miles an hour, and fed wuil oti 'his hav
and o.i'.s to tho last.
f-jJf-Fun is tl.o most conservutive elo
monts of sreioty, and ought to bo cherish
ed and encoursged by all law ful means'.
i people never plot mischief when they ate
j merry. Laug'titer is an cnnr.e to inalic-f
foe to -candid, and a friend to oVerv vii :
' tue. "' It promotes u -mod temper arid en'
livens tho hoar!,.
" Artidciai. Ci(iis."--Tlie imporlntion
of dry goods into New York for the nt
four month, amount to only fifteen
millions, ngair.st thirty fix millions durioK
the ame months last year.
'Nobody hurt noiiiihg going v-roug ',
onij an arlif end crUis. ,:,,!,. '
A WAt; said: "I loved my wife at first
For the tirst two mouths I felt as if I
could cat her up; over since, I have bean
sorry 1 didn't."
"Don't get 'i,nv your lii.-uiiesii," as a
lady said io tho shonit maker who was
measuring her ankle in order to a-ecr-taip
the nut of her foot.
Tug greatest or,jan in tho worhl. smtif
bachelor says, is the orgsn of speech in a
,vonian--it is tho orgiyti wi'.hcut stops.
Tin. hcaith of Henry A. Wise, of
pinia, is reported by tt'o Hiehuiond 'rurwr
to ,bo viry precarious.
Tur. Statu Dopiiruiu-nt pri.nts no pum
, , . ,
lrls to c.l.ens of Miceded St ae. ui.loss