... BLUR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
XOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, August 1, 1861.
JSilutii Poetrn.
beware.
bt . loxoniiow.
| know a maiden fair to see.
Take rare ! {
She can both false ar.d friendly be.
Bet"are! Hcwaie!
Vrnt her not.
She U fooling thee!
She has two eye*, so soft and browa.
Take care!
She cives a side and looks down "
Bewareßeware !
Trust her not.
She 1* tooling thee .
She has hair of a golden hue,
Take care.'
Ami what she says, it is not true.
Beware! Beware.
Trust her not.
She is fooling thee!
she • a bowa white as snow,
Take care!
She k". ••* how much it is best to show.
IBcwsie! Bewan
She is fooling thee !
she coes thee a gailanu woven fair.
.'a f Us cap for thee t> w csr,
I \ -,-v ! Beware!
I •i her not,
jflis tell into us.
The Pennsylvania Reserve,"
I ith Re
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ft it P edmont, Ya Tbe orderly sergeant is
W. Sti brock. our late associate in tlMfmb- i
.• of the /.V, Heh® I een occupy
• r • . 1,. >nrc hv publMiHig pap'T, *bich t?
n " The l\mmtgttmmn Jtorrrr." A copy ;
' iht* first nutr.l er contair-~ much 'but is in
tresting to t;e friend® of the Bradlord boys
We c.wVd ev-rai of ti:ec articles :
SAI.CTA rem v.
.1 cwfill gmting to all from tke bOT* of j
• Krj .for ll' i •; Guards "* Far from it ine
■g we i v ■>•. s> - > 'at : ins are riot forgot -
- ii : the pr i tersof the Company dropping :
1-a t::oe the tnnsket and cartridge IH>X H IT
MM up the 4** shooting-stick of peace, and j
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fewoKincE, for tin- utterance ot Uli >n sei ti
p'.ts was driven froaa his home, ask indal
twre for the pahfimtiaa of -.■ few items of
adventure and new* tht tow he read
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i-n he sp ire i from the datiea of the companv
• i we are iiab'o to i e jOTWied .v v r:.
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' is proud natbftrtinn to know
I vary • a • :<t eia<f, an 1 th-ti freedom "*t • -
i*s • has heen suppressed isgiTen bv the pres-
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■ TO THE FOLKS AT HOME.
I Y word in regard to oar situation would He
*.! ■. !ere; by cur fr.ends in o!d Brad-
YY e eft Camp Mason ar.d Dixon on
■ ' •iiy.l : v Sih, and in company with the
I r : "V ' :• g sent encamped at Comb rUr. i.
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■ 1 tbt'sregiment of Indiana Zmav?s. Tne
was a beaatif.;! one. and a-: nation
j a protracted star, pains were
■ iw-iitijr ao<l the streets of
r sy. and p" a: t ntr ur tents aboat
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■ H:TS mg beginning to ei j\r tktb MBOCi-
I V *' the warmhearted people oflrral
ajgin came the orviers to march.
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I ' - i'• r? us s' e.wly aSonj the f of
: A• s : l i: rnc' >s- the I'^
■; •' 'r* camped that night at the barnt
I " Nt Creek Sunday at nooo. orders
I " : T? ' " .r c. moany a;, i two others •
I ' irch in JO miantes. The object
•a-. n ~f p from th - at
■ * body of seceasioa cavalry. Before
si -i red we were on our way and
■IL Ueow #B r ** baited in ita streets
■ / :.-• >- ,j w ih quarters in the new
'fSrt boas.? rrepantioas were a!
■ . '■' * o r-ee ai i k. Ali nt
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Oa M mdsy i cht. b iwcver, taeir
B . * "muss' were gmlitnd. At about
I it - P ®-, soon after the picket* were
■ . * n *t'.ack was uiade upon those sta
■ l . ea>t •; the town Tbe
I . ' ' * ~ from the hi. h-oacht ev*ry
I ... *•' i when it wis f, ~*ed by a
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I to scene cf action—
••vs cooogh tu be atta-k-i
'"P'tiii u, n :' were Leard as j
by the time we arrived at the depot, we were !
greeted by Co!. Kane's command, rclurning
trom New Creek, and by two regiments ol
Ohio volunteers from Laurel Hill on their way
east. Of course the presence of so large a
force blocked all the chances for a continuance 1
of the skirmish. From the pickets that came
in we learn that they had tired upon nn ap
proaching hotly of men anu that the fight was
kept uj> in u irregular manner till the ap
proach of the trains frightenrd the rebels away.
Not one of our party were injured, but sever
al of the rebels were killed —it is thonght four
of them. Two of oar boys followed them all
night but did not accomplish anything. The
0.'.i0 beys it-ft for Rotnney at midnight, and
another alarm was given a! 2 o'clock and some
sharp firing was hee.rd on the hill.
Piedmont is about as large a town as To
wanda. It is very dull at prrsent, all business
having ceesed with the stoppage of the works
in the Railroad machine shops litre. The peo
ple have been very kind—many of them always
having a place at their boards for a hungry
soldier. The town was the scene of a" bril
liant secession victory,"' on Friday morning.—
A troop of 230 mounted men made a charge
upon the fine bridge over the Potomac of the
Lonaconing Railroad and succeeded iri leaving
it a mass of charred ruins They tookaiso all
the provisions they could find which they will
probably pay for WHEN THr.v coits AGAIN".
Tne boys are all well and in good spirits and
anxious for the chance to str.ke a good blow
for their country—a decisive one that will
bring sooner the day that returus them to
their homes.
TIIE scou rox TUESDAY MORNING.
Alter the engagement on Monday n.giit it
was deemed necessary, by our officer la com
mand of tii- town, to send out a scouting par
ty to ascertain if possible the amount of dam
age done to the rebels, accordingly L t utena 1 t
Means with twenty-four nit-n was detailed to
net as such. Tiiey left Piedmont Tuesday
morning and taking a path leading disectly
over till? n: untnin, east o: the town, after a
tedious climb, 'dor it could not properly b.
called a march, as the mountain was so steep .
they unsiiv reached the ton where tiiey found
a .ioms- 4 an i quite a large barn which by the
w.iv are vt-ry sc.rce i:i tb:.> part of the coun
try. both ot which had evi i.-nlly been occu
pied bv t e rei.cis the night bef>re, after mak
ing a thoro ugh search a out the premises uota
log of importance was found. 1 aey then took
h northerly direction, following the trail ot the
retreating party of the night before, and judg-'
;ig from appearances that they had retreated
ingrtnt disorder, after the warm reception
given i cm by oar picket guards. After a
lusit-s march in this direction they came upon
a Ivuise occupied by at nion mei by the lion
,f Ha-; It'ir, w'; ' s ■, ing litem c -aiiag ar.d tak
ing the-a to b-' rebels, tied ti the woods with
ins laiu'.v. The good woman of the hooac was
•i: their a>-proach mak g preparations to
churn, hay g a chnra fu .u >. ereain res ly,
the sight cf which made the boys mouths fair
|v wat-r. and i t wishing to Co ' any dvp
rvdatioos of any snrt. moreespec ally upon tbe
p- ,•: vof I ,vi men. I. ?u* Mm- -cut a
ii , ' men to invite G>e : .ra ; v to return and
to n-su -o t em f inc. i en v-nes-. I.:?y ix
i.'ig tii it t
friends, arid immediately set about providing
te u - is;: ■:!:•!.g to e.if T bfs'- eng very
V - get - >ll • g •< ' i Ittt rr. .; j fl-sO
uu'.Ur, 1> irweii voiunteerc 1 h;- serv.c- A < to act
as c . jrn master, and under his management,
the ah"!? party sooo i.a i the aalufaction re
ceived from a bowl of fres butt .oik While
Mrs H iruilto". was bak.ag tr . I for the pvr
ty, .I.'eut. Means sent a squad " f ix nrn to
examine ft b. i-e a at a ru ie 'i" ron to •
road, after reaching it the party set about
searching for arms &c, after being assarsd
that t!:- •? was i • b.! g of ti - k i:i t ?
house, they tl.o g it be-', to t tva i.e t'-'
b ; a o -of ti; : t; yf. .o iano: 1 I"
S. mn-ket carefully wrapped up hi the c.uthes
whsc!i they seized as contraband
Taey next procc ,!evi to the barn and a'ter
a thorough search, brought to light six pint
bottles, which had been snug'y stowed away
in the bottom of an old sleigh, they had a tre
mendous .-me.l ot old Rye, but to the disap
p"> .taieut of some of the squad, were ent.rt :y
emp:v. I, a field o'.o-e by the bira they ds
covr r-?-.l a large grey h r-e, w: >'. i showv i t e
mark- of sevt-re laonr—supposed by them to
have r.een u >ae the i. gat.before, and they
cam? to the conviasion that i: was the same
one that was fired at three times, by the pick
ets. c i M< ' iay nigh:, but no; h AY g po-::.ve
proof ot the bet, tn-y tkougbl bom to leave
him untii another t me. T e fact of the mas.
ket, bn les an 1 horse at the same place con
:**med the lt-1 ef that the re i- had encamp
ed very near for sometime.
Not meeting with anything of interest the
squad returned to Mrs. Ham iron's where they,
with t-e baia *e ! the party, par to. kof same
nice fresh bread, butter aud milk L eutenant
Means having in-truciions to return 11 Pieo
roont before n : ght, got his men in order ami
marched to th s place about 4 o'clock p. m , of
tie sarae day.
Everything taken in that direction by Lieut
Means shows ueocl—mly that the presence of
the troops h-re aa I Iriven the rebels away
from tne vicinity of Piedmoct.
A BRAVE CROWD
A< an evidence of the toasted courage of
tbe bri Ige burning chivalry the will
serve to illustrate. Af'-.r burn; g the fine
bridge that crosses the Potomac, they fired np
an engine and attesrptcd >0 push in.o the
river a number of engine* and cars that Mood
between and the br ige. Not p<o-sess -g
skill enough to get np sufficient steam, after
several ineffectual attempts they ran tne en
gine—"Oid Hundred" into a smi.i streatn ;
above the bridge over which they had pfevi- j
oosiy destroyed After this brilliant achieve- j
meat and while they were scattered aoout
in d iferent parts of the towu tbe va ve oi the
wh'jile of the -nbtnerged eeg ue opea-e-i by
stmc era - and tbe steam e- ape-i with a ow
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA. BRADFORD COUNTY. PA., BY E 0. GOODRICH.
! sound iike that of a train signaling at a dis-;
tance. latuntly whole tri.op were seized
witli a panic, rushed to their horses Rial dis-,
appeared in great trepidation and a cloud of
dust.
BEWARE OF THE VARMINTS.
We have been reliably informed that while
the cut throat rebels were engaged in the in
famous work of destroying the laiiroad bridge
that spans the Potomac at this place, they
were cheered and encouraged by * couple of
would-be ladies. They should blush with !
shame to witness the result of the cowardly
deed. Young men should beware and take h
sober second thought, before entering into a
compact wiih any of the above clr.ss, for they
night conceive the foolish notion that a wo
man has the right to secede and " go in*' on
her muscle, as well as a State.
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SrrciAL Orpks.!. . )
Keau Quarters. Piedmont, July 16. j
The loyal citizens of Piedmont, for their own
safety and also to avoid confusion—•! ea*e of
an attack on the place—are notified to remain
" in 'loo:s,'" ami not to appear on the street.
An alarm from the " picket guard" will be suf
ficient notice. By order of
A. J. T:• OUT,
Commanding forces in Piedmont.
Lost Eoy.
Tie had black eyes with long lashe®, re 1
checks, and ha'r almost black and almost cur
ly. He wore a crimson plaid jacket, with full
trj".\ -ci'.s buttoned on. Had a habit of whi-t
--iihgan ; liked to a-k questions. Was nccorn
pin led by a small b'ack dog. It is a long
! while since ho dirappeared. I hove a very
pleasant hoa-e and much company. My guest a
say, "All, it is plea-jut here! IN'ery tiling
li*B isach of an orderly, put awaj took—notli
iug an., .it jindcr foot, iw-> dirt 1 '
I>'t :r.v eves are aching lor the siirht of
whitliiiigs and cut f ip.-rs upon tt:e fiour ; of
tumbletl-dowu car i Louses ; of aoodeu sheep
and catiie ; of po|-giUiS, bows find arrows,
wi. Ps, tojs, go-carts, blocks an 1 trumpets. 1
want to mc boats a i.-Tg.t and k tes a ma
king. I vast to mo rraaable* ou the capet,
ami piste spilt on the k.'.chen tab'e. I want
to see the chairs and tables turned the u -onir
way about : I want to see candy miking, ai d
corn popping; and to find jack knives and ti-.i
h.o*s among my mu-. u ; yet tbtse things used
to fret me once.
They say—" Ah you hive leis-rc—nothing
to d; ; iiirb* you : what heaps of sewing you
have time lor." But I long to be asked for a
bit of string or an old new-paper : for a cent
• - buy a -late pencil or pea :-ot I want to be
' coix. i ftr at "re of t,cw cloth fr' t b< r
TV i a-i: - a ! then to hero the same ; I want
to qmkc Htlie daes and hatr- to hold marbles:
i want to be i loa- i a' over the house :
: ISM d for a bit ol doogb fo- little cake, or to
' ike a pic in * saucer. Yet these thing- used
to fidget rue once.
Try - y—" Ah, you arc not t'c 1a; home.
II - ue g.itful always to i ? at . erty to c" to
r -, arcs auu ; jrties, to co-iiueu.cr.t
1> it I wan' cot-ui' ner.t : I wart to 1 -ten
f r I*. • <_•!,-v- •■>' bcii '.'i th 4* ni'irniiiLT : to mve tii
ia>t hasty wash and bru-h, ai d then to watch
i'r at wind a • nimble feet bound ng t i
school. 1 wait frequent rents to mend, and
replace lost buttons: I want to obliterate and
stain*, fruit stain*, arul paints cf all color* : 1
*'iit to le -t:•u by a hi:it- crib ; evt'-di*-.
wilt weary little fee: are at r- -t, ar.d prut
:.o.g v,i ces are husiiod, mat raot-.i-rs may s:og
t'ueir iuda \ * ai.J te.i over the oft repeated
st irie* They don't know their bappinea* thru, ;
*■ -e c :i rs. I A i these tu .zs I
ca. • i c>ufiiement oi.ee. *
A :r. !y s* it is bef..-? me now. II
is talicr than I, ha* thick, black whisker-, and
we ;> a frock coat, bosomed skirt ar.d cravat.
He has just come from co.lec?. lie brings
Lutin and Greek in his counteuuoce.acd busts
of the old philosophers tor the s.tting io*.m. — I
He calls me mother, but 1 cm uaaiiiing to
o*r. hita.
He stoutly dec'.a-e- ho is c.y b y. and siys
h" will prove it. He brings Bo a small p-tir :
of wh*te trowsers. with gay str ;.ies at the - le,
and asks me if I didn't make them for him
w en hejvined tfc° b v'tniiitia. He say- he
i- t e vrry Iy. to, tint made the bonfire
•. car the barn, so that we came very near 1-
ving a fir? in earnest. He bring? his little
b' it to show tb- 5 red strive a tbe sail : : was
the e-d of the piece, and the name cn the
stern, Lucy Low, a little girl of our neigbbor
ho i, who, becu is? of her curis and pretty
roa-.d fa.ie, wj- the cho-en favorite of iav pret
ty little boy. Her car'* were long since cat off
v i -'.e has grown to be a ta 1. nt isom? c:r.,
How the red ttN to his face when he shows
me the name on the boat. Oh, I see it si!, as
t Vain as if it w. re written in a book. My i.t
tie one is lost, and my big one will soon be.—
Oh. if he were a litti? tired boy, in a long
white *r. lying in a little crib, with
me sitting by. holding bis band in mine, push
i ing his curls bacs Iroai his forehead, watchiog
his eyelids droop, aud listening to his deep
breath: -g.
If I had or.lv rr.v !i:t!e toy sgais. how pa
tient I won ibe ! How much 1 wo.: i bear,
and how little I would fret and KOid ! I
can never Lav? hiiu back again ; bat there are
st.II many m 'titers who haven t yet lost their
little boy. I * mder if they know they are
hrirg tbetr best days ; that cow is the tim a
to really erjoy their children ! I think if I
had been acre to tnr i.tsle boy I might now
L-e more to my growa-ap one U'&rtriy *</ g
i acier.
0:t or Ordxs.—The chairma of a politi
, cal meeting, seeing a rowdy who was raising
his aim to throw -tale egg at bun. bawled
1 oat— *' Sir, yo#r m >;ion is oat of order !"
A Yankee doctor has a remedy for
bard times It consists c: tea hoar's labor j
wed worked i u
" RE'IARDLESS OF DCNCXCIATTO* TP.OM ANY QCABTEr.."
Tiio Last Charge of Kapoleou's Old'
Guard
Nnpoleon's "Old Guard"' gn'ned by tLeir
manv desperate instances of bravery, an im
mortality in history, but their grand rrown
ing oct was their desperate charge at Water
loo, which has few parallels in ancient or
modern warfare. They fought for their ador
ed Empertr, and to retrieve the evil fortunes
of the day, they fell as though to do so
would secure them immortal glory and eter
nal bliss in the world of spirits. The most
graphic and stirring account of that last fear
ful and fata! struggle that we have seen is
from a recently published French work. It
reads like war itself—this is it :
During the day the artillery of the Guard,
under Drouet, maintained it® old renown,
and the Guard itself had frequently beer.
u*ed to restore the bailie in vaiioc- part* of
the field, and always with success. The
English were fust becoming exhaasted, nn.l
in an hour more would doubtless have been
forced into a disastrous defeat but for the
timely arrival cf Blucher. Bat when they
saw him, with CO.OOd l'ru**ians approaching,
their courage revived, wl ,!e Napoleon wes
tided with amazement. A beaten tußj wi -
about to form a junction with the allies, while
Grouchv, who had tecu s:at to keep them
in check, was nowhere to !>e seen. Ala* !
what great plans an intfiicitnl corn a. aud or
can overthrew'. 0
In ft moment Napoleon saw that he could
not sustain the attack oi so many fresh troop-,
il once allowed to form ft junction with the
n!!ied force, and Is* detenn.ned to slake Li
fsttc on one i old c> -", ami e' -eavop to pierce
tlie allied center with a grand charge of th-;
Old Guard, aud thus throw himself between
the twoaru .es lor pnr; ■s? the lu.-pe
rial G' ; arJ was culled upon as. i divided in'o
two immense coluir:.-. wiv.cii wTre to meet
tlii- Bilti-h i -ntr i; g" c It R-i.c tr
sooner entered the fire than it disappear'
like mist. 1c other wa* under Ney, " the
bravest of the brave," and toe order to ad
vance given. Napoleon accompanied then:
part of the way down the slope, and halting
. for a few moments in the nohow, a dresstd
tiicoi a few word-. He told them that the
battle rested with them, and that he relied
on their valor, tried iu so rnony field®, " ivr
I'Empereur," they answered him with a shout
that was ueara clove tLe iLuuilfcr oi the
artillery.
The whole continental struggle exhibited
no sublimer spectacle than the iist effort of
Napoleon to save his sinking empire. Th?
greatest military skill arid energy the world
po>e*sed, had been taxed to the utmost dur
ing the day. Tiiornes were tottering on the
t irbule: t field, an i the shadows of fugiliv
•ring* flitted through the smoke of the battle.
Bonaparte's -lar trembled in the r.en,th : rov
b'oz ' z o.;t in its ancient f{ let lor,*new pil
ing before hi? anxious eye. Tti" intece anx
iety with which b? wa'cbeo the advance of
that column, and the terr 1 • suspense b? en
• 1 ;red wh'-ti the smoke of the bittle wrappi-ii
it from sight, and the utter despair ol Li*
great heait when the curta i lifted over a
fugitive army, and trie dv*t>airi"g shriek ru: g
•" ". " Ti.-t Gun.ru r. 11* ! the Guard* recoil*'.'
make o* : a morn ■■■'. f< rget ait the carnag'
in synpathj with I>s distrts®.
i. e Old vtu ir I felt the pres*RC? of the In
tr." -? rr®; nsib'.dtv, ard resolved not to
prove O'wcrthv of ti.e greatest trust com
mitted to it. Nothing eon'd he more impo*
irg than its m ivemerts to tue a®sar.'t. It
Lad never receded I ?for? a human f>>?, and
iu? allied forces lehei i with awe its firm,
steady advai.ee to tbe final charge. F r a
ru i the ba"'eri-s stopped playiig ar.d
:he firing c "®ed t: or .* the Hnt:-h lines, as,
wit'..i:. jt t'oe beatii g of a drum cr a bugle
note to eiirer th-ir ?teMy courage, thev mov
id in * ence over the field. Their fr? I wa®
iikerufii-d thunder, while the dazz g b
mets of tbe cuirassiir* flashed long lines of
light upon the dark and terribie that
sweep in or.e strcrg ware along. T~c stern
Droue: was then am. j hi* guns, and oi every
brow was written the unalterable resolution
to conquer or d e The next moment the &.*-
tidery opened, and the head of the gailan*
Lolurun seemed to sink into the earth. Ilar.k
after rank went down, yet they neither stop
ped nor faltered. Dissolving squadrons ao i
whole battalion, disappearing one after an
other in tbe destructive fire, affected not the *
courage, lie ra:.k- eL— jup u® before, a' :
each treading over his faliiug comrade, pass
ed niifisnchiuglj on.
Tne horse that N-y rode sirk under ''m.
at i -caroeiy had he rrmted another, before
it a'-o ack to the earth, an i so another, till
ft re in success' n :.;-i been - :t under • la.
Then with his drawn sabre he ma-ched ®"e rn
!y at the bead of bis column. Ia vain did
tne art.lierv bn-1 it® torta of iron ur-on that
living mast. Up to tbe muzzle they pressed,
and driving the artillervmen from their
place*, pu*bed on through the English iines.
But, just a* the v *ory seemed won. a file of
soldiers who lay flat on the ground behind a
ridge of earth, suddenly rose and poured a
Toiler in their very" face. Another and an
other followed, till ~ne broad sheet of flam?
rolled on their bo-'-m*. and ir. ®i ha fierce
and unexpected fl:>w that they staggered b?
fore it. Before the Guard had time to rally
again and advance, a heavy column of irtfaa
try fell ou its left 3ark in c : ""®e aud deadly
volleys, causing it, in its unsettled state, to
swerve to the right. At that instant a wh<~:e
brigade cf cavalry thnrdered on the rig t
fiat.it, and penetrated where cavalry had never
gone before.
The intrepid Guard could have tvrr® up
ag'vlrs; the ar.ex ected fire from soldiers tb-y
id d not see. and hxTe roiled ba.k the
infantry that had boldiy charged the r left
fiar.k, be* the cavalry finished tbe c **rder
• into which they had been momentarily thrown,
and broke tbe shaken ranks before they bad
time to re form, and tbe eagles of that hither
jto mviucible Guard were pushed backward
[ over tbt slope It was toea "he army, sened
' with despa r, shrieked out Tot Gaanl re
1 coils !" "The Guard recoil* l"and turned and J
ll 'd iu wild dismay. To see the Guard in con
fusion was a sight they had never before be
i held, nnd it froz" every hcrt with terror.
Fjr a long time they stood and let the can
' uon balls pass through their ranks, disdain
ing to turn their backs on their foe. Michel,
at the head of th?9e baitaliions. foaght like
ft lion. To every command of the enemy to
surrender, he replied, " The Guard dies—but
never surrenders." And as with bis last breath
bequeathing this glorious motto to the Guard,
he fell a witness to the truth. Death trav
ersed those eight hattaliions with c urli Te
pid footstep*, that they soon dwindled away
to two, which turned its hopeless daring on
th? overwhelming number that prc-scd their
retiring footsteps.
Last of all hat ft sing'? bnttallion, th? de
bris of the " column of granite" at Marengo,
was left. Into this Napoleon flung hi rose; f.
Cumbrene, its I rave commander, saw with j
terror, tho Emperor in its frail keeping.—
He was not struggling for victory, he was in
tent on showing bow the Guard die. An
proachintr the Emperer, he cried out, " Re
tire 1 Do von see that death has no need of
you ?" a:.d elo-ing mournfully, y.-l sternly,
icund tbe expiring emzles. those brave hearts
bade Napoleon eternal adieu, and flinging
themselves on the enemy, were soon piled with
thed;ad at their feet.
Manv of the officers wrr? seen to destroy
themselves rather th<*n snS'er defeat. Thus
greater even in it® own defeat than any other
c orps of men in gaining a victory, Tbe Old
Guard pa-ii-d from the stage, end the ur
♦ v-t dropped rpon it* strange eateer It LM
fought its iait bitUc.
A Fee? into tiie Baak of England,
TI •• Bank of F.: gland must I? seen on the
ir.®: 1 a- well 8* on*, and to izo into thein*tri
cr of tlii* remaikable building to ob-erve the
ration - of an institution that exert® mere
h -,1 and political power than at y sovereign
iri Europe, vou u.u-t Lave an order from tire
' Governor of the Bank. The building occupies
au irregular urea of eight acres of ground—
fin edifice of no architectural beauty, with not
uuewii dow towards the sir - :, being lighted
alt zetber 'rem the roof cr the enclosed area.
I was Ed, on presenting ray card of admis
sion, into a private room, where, after a delay
of a few moments, a messenger came ar. I eon
uuc'td me through ti.e mighty aud mysterious
building. Down we went into a room where
the notes of the bank received the day befor*,
were new examined, compared with tnemtrie*
in the i >ok and stored awr-y.
The Bunk of England never issues the same
note a second t ; m?. It receive* in the ordina
ry coure of business, about JTSOO, OOO or $4,-
COO.OGO daily in notes : the-e are pat up into
porcol* according to t.i.ir 2c&omii.at:o:.s, a;.d
are kept .-t y -;-. rs : at the expiration of which
period they are tak*-n out cud gronud cp in
the a: 1 which I saw rautdiig, made again in
to pap. r. If, in the eoarseof theae ten years,
ar-v tii-yute in 1-;-ir.es*. or law suit, *.ou'-1
arise, coooer&ißg the payment of any note, the
bank can produce the i iea'ical bill.
To me*.: the demand for note® socon*'ar£y
. ui'.-.l np, the. bank Has its own paper maker®,
it - owa printers. i!s own engraver®, a!! at work
•. ":r ti.e - m? r of. and it even mikes the
nt: ..i: er ,*t v-.v * the tao-t ci its ova worr.
s doue. A complicated but beautiful opera
tion is a register, extending frita the printing
. office to the banking clßce?, which makes ev
ery sheet of paper that is struck off from the
[ires*, so that the printers cannot manufac
ture ft s'r.zl: sheet of bnr.k notes that is *. :
recorded iu the bank. Ou the ®an;e prlncip'e
of DCA'.oess, a shaft i® made topa*s from ona
apartment to an ther. coi neclir.g a clock :a
-iXteen busines* wing® of the establishment,
ar.d regulating them with such preclusion that
: %h. 1:•of :r em are r-iways jointing *o the
s me secoiki of : ; m-\ IN ano'aer room was a
ma .liine, exce® 1 r-iy 4 m; !e for detecting 1 glit
gold coin. A row of them are dropped oueby
ore upon a spring calc. If the piece of gold
was of lb? standard weight, the scale rose to
a certain height ar.d the coin slid off upoo one
-ide of the box : il ie®- tarn the standard il
rose a ifle Ligaer. en! the coin slides off up
. ".. -.? I a.-k*-a tne we zier what
was the averAge number of iigh coir.s that
car..- into his i ar.c*. aid st... _• •y er jgS l.e
sal iit was a qcc-sti.a i.e was not allowed to
AN®WTR.
T e r.ext roots I entered was 'hat in which
r. "t?5 are u-p>ostt€U which are readjfor ss :e.
" We have thirty-two millions of pounds sier
ilrg iu th * riv)!," tiie officer remarked to me:
•" w, i you take a little of it ?" I told him it
w ;;M be vastly agreeable, aud be hu- de-j me
a million st-r.irg, which I red red with atauy
thir.k* for his liberality, bot he iariitoda*ay
depositing it with him again as it wouid hard
y be safe to 'carry so ruce"*> tnc-.cy i to the
-tree:. I very a. i-ch fear that I sua . rever
see that money again. In the vauit beccutn
the were a director ar.d ca-! er c nr.: o g
bags of gold which men were pitch i g down
to.t em, each tug coi twining a J oa®and
pounds steri.ag, just from the mint. Tuis
world of rc ">ner set me i to rea. u the fable* of
eastern wealth, and gave me uear and stroug
imj>res®iojs c-f tbe magrrtuJe of the koricM
d her?, and the extent of the reUtiois of
;h ® one ins: tutloa to the com merge cf the
for .u.
S®°* A phitcgr iph -f the bed of the he*
been taken by Mr. Thompson, ia Weymouth
bay, England. The camera was piacrd in a
t x. w.t'-i p'ite-gla* B fr tit and sa-Yveabie shut
ter, to be draaa up wi.ea the camera was sack
to the bottom. Tae camera, being formed in
this box on iar.d for object* iu the foreground,
at about ten yards, wa* let down frooia boat,
carrying with it a collodiao plate, and tbe
shu'ter rased and plate exposed for ten m n
utes. Tr.e box was drawn up, au-j the image
developed was of rock* and *ee-i* The great
advantage expected to he derived f*ora this
app ieatioa of the art, L to obtain a kooar
iedge of tee -ocdiuoa of p.ers. br.iges. piles
and otfcrr 'iia'.ii't; aider wa.ef
VOL. XXII. —XO. 9.
(fbucational Btpartmeat.
Employing Teacher 1 ?
Tin"! school ! r.v does not specifically point
out how directors -hull ♦.mplv the teachers for
their respective district.'', but, merely soys
that, " Tney h .!! h 'u* the appointment #f all
the teacher* of common schools in the district,
fix the amount of teachers' salaries," <kc
Although ihe statute does iiot point out the
method of hiring the teachers,the fair iulerence
freai the wording cf the law, is that they shall
he hired ly the board of directors, and apt by
one of its member- Ine Mate Superiutteudeot
has been explicit on tins paint in his instruc
tions.
It must, be evident to any one, who thinks
npon the subject for but one moment, that, if
there be a school law. there mu't of necessity
' e officers to carry out the provisions of that
law. If under that law, individuals are to be
employed to perform labor, there must be offi
cers elected according to the conditions of that
!aw,ta employ and rac.ke contracts with said
employees, and, if any one not thu9 elected, or
appointed, does hire, or contract with persons
to perform said la l or-, such contract is not in
accordance with the law, and is therefore
void. Tub: is but common sen-e, and is so un
ci-rstood in every other particular, except in
the employment of teachers.
Directors should always consult the wishe.s
of those intending to send to the school, when
tfcev CMiajr • a '.techcr for a particular school,
and" if at ail practicable, employ the teacher
desired by a decided majority, bnt they C3n
rvl put this part cf the r duties into the bauds
o! the ciiiz- :i-\ ary more than they can the
c ty of levying tfc-_ tax. The law is as impera
tive in the one case as in the other.
The teacher, hired by the inhabitants of a
r.- vtil iri. i. or by a committee appointed by
the inhaoitan*', cannot legally look to tha
directors for :i p y, simply because be has
'ot ' ;-:n cm' y- dby tl eonir authority known
to the f hooi law fur hi-: 102 teachers. Neither
is it for ore l direator to emplov teachers,
unless he Mihiut the contracts to the board
at a regniar m. and have them approveH
by tlm bard. Ti.e following, taken from the
off, : .! dcpsrtrn at o* the School Journal, is
tf e dec 1 -n of too State Superintendent, on
this question :
f.s, 10s :—" I - it lawful for the lioard 01
D rectors to Livid" 'he 00l houses among
the ri ; reciir, each to '-mpioy a teacher, for aid
ch'>'!, an 1 ejd an order with him to the pre
sident to enter into an agreement with him
ANSWER —" This practice is not ia accord*
er.c? with the scho>>> Uw which provides that
the bard of Pi rectors shall hare the cppoinl
-,i nl of a'.l the teachers of the district, and the
mfjmmlwtent by one director is therefore irrega
i:ir. if. however.the boa a as sncb. afterwards
' .-Oij : r v rtjr.u'.ntments.tbey arebind*
ing on the di'lrh-t TVse appointments by one
direct r ar- o" • ioaabie, also for the reason
th;;t they uo i.ot command that general confi
dence. which t'i - act of the whole board would
be iikeiy to receive."
There is st.if another very good reason why
the directors, as a bos'ii. should appoint the
eae'.er- ins? a i of tie i habitants of the neigh
berho •i, or ' director. The president, is
obi"red to i *a— tird-r oath,that notraeherhas
' en emi I yeu dor ng the year, who had not
at the tune, a Itftl certificate from the coawty
sor-erin teed* nt 7 >*. if aoy body and every
body hires the teacher', how can the president
know this fact, lo which he has to teatify.—
Directors by law are required to provide
competent teachers in the schools in their re
spective districts, and if they do not, the rtato
a; ' ropriation -s to > e withheld for the next
resr. ii tb-y do not "*o the certificates of the
icacher'. or ( i not itnw even whether or
. not th t hav* < r: acte*. how can tbey
conform to th: requirement of the law.
It b not merely a faacifei supposition, that
teachers raav set into the schools who have
av idc-t an <x m intion, aid corisqnently have
BO c.ri :I 'e. I. ;* - a done in several
sni it more care is not exercised will
i continue to be done. Presidents of school
ards. hare found, wr.cn required to tsks the
oat 1 attached to tne fir months certificate,
that they coaid not aftly do it, because they
c 1 not know w i win ;<*y that one of the
teachers Lad a certificate, and have conse
quently resigned.
If the teachers of the township were all
Mre-i a* t aa t at a regular meeting
of tho boar I called for that purpose, much
time word i b* -aved to directors an 1 teachers
I th. Let t . : rectors give the requisite
r tic 3 s'atittg that at a specified time, say on
:. e day of tie pr cex im. cation, the teach -
er? o: the d;?'r:ct w -u.d be employed and
written contracts eat red into w.th them. Ths
wsd.e bus! -- ca . i this way be done iu a
frw hours. The teachers will have their certi
tm. and directors can the better
a ice wf the ucation' of the candidates
t'.r par:i<j. ur tel. ols. All the schools in a
district, seldom. II ever, reqaire prtewrh the
•ime quahficatioDS in the leaehers, but the
way o ;r teachers are too frequently employed,
a c<i grammar-a* is as i.kely to be eot to a
school in which this braceh is not rtudied. and
a person qr te deficient in tee science,engaged
in one w.ere several of the pupiis are good
grammarian', a' that the right teacher should
be appointed to tje r.gnt scaooL
It -to - • vei that for tbecoaia; winter
teachers t be .-eie- te-i w.th greater care
than they r. are - i m - bee a. Tsat the mat
ter ed :' g- >. be: ai ys with reference
to the w -r,e> of the p-topU if possible, where
"he r *:-nes are known. D.rectors should
know who tnelr teachers a-e. and should know
the te ri. ?n person iy :f possible, and should
k*.. w what the contract with them ia for; it
: i.r "-•* *: • I /^xu-.Page
10j >"o. 3fl. ' Teachers' e: zagements with
the board of Directors should invariably be
reduced to wntirg.acd signed by the theacher
and the pre dent of tfee board, before the
Teacher takes charge of the scccoJ."
asT No ztac .; .?• .r :ife. bur he that a
hC-tft