PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA :
r L , ar sday Morning, December 19, 1861.
fdtcftb Uoetrfl.
THY WILL BE DONE.
BY JOHN G. WIIITTirn.
We sec not, know not ; all our way
p night : wi'B The.- alone is day.
, pim ou t the torrent's troubled drift,
, ,t, liie storm our prayer* we lilt,
Thy will tie done !
tU-U may fail, the heart may faint,
j, , w i, o are we to make complaint,
iir dare to plead in times like these
The weakness of oar love of ease ?
Thy will be doue !
We take with solemn thankfulness
Our harden up, nor a.-k it less,
And count it joy that even we
Way suffer, serve, or wait for Tbee,
Whose will be doue!
Though dim as yet in tint and line,
We trace Thy picture's wise design,
Vnd thank Three that our age supples
The dark relief of sacriiice,
•j'hy will be done.'
A-,! if. in our unwortDynes*.
Thy -.critical wine we press,
;- Thy ordeal's heated bars
Ourfc-t are seamed with crimson scars,
Tli v will be done !
' f, r the age to come, this hour
. hath vicarious power,
\ I!<-t by Thee our present pain
i... !.i erty's eternal gain,
1 y w ill lie done
-nikc Tiioa, the M ister. we Thy keys,
i ;.i cithern of the dc-tinics !
Tire Bid: rof Thy loftier -train,
Our .. arts shall breathe the old refrain,
Iby will be done !
cI c 111 & Salt.
[From the Spirit of the Tiroes.]
The Major's Samp Party.
KKSrECTPrLLY INSCIIIUKB TO V. 1.. W.
BY " A\
Near the village of T •, on the Sti-qne
uina River, lived Major II His farm was
ty mile fiuui tliv Court House, and he
, i in (-/tciier -ren in l ode Ira's bar room
-• tr.es tiiiin superintending tire plough
; or harvesting bis crops. Doubtless his prox
v to town was tlie main cause of his fond
— for story teLing, anil the company that
to congregate there bad a fascination for
me. mueli more such a man us the Major,
i social feelings wore of the keenest kind,
r •.:!!,igc boa-' dof some whose renowr was
>* i h- tlie country for talent : men whose
i<-Htion and fortune placed Litem iu the front
i of society ; there was no exciusiveness, •
never, in any of them, and their houses and i
rr's were open to the subs, in the engineer
: corps on the canal as to their peers whom
v uiet in the Senate Chamber, or Court
■it The fruit of this was universal good
ig and kindliness among nearly hii the
. aunts of the village No bickering, no
■ : i. hut pletisetit a--oeiutioiKS : these as
utiuiisdepeiniing more ru similarity of tastes
0 fn-uiigs than on wealth and standing
Mo >r was a favorite jo our set, which
mitiu'y composed of young m<Mi, a majori
i* mi were sowing their wild oats with
'I. .ds If the M ijot' neglc i i his farm
loy-tering company it was left under
Fer charge of his wife and sons, who
ir- i it s.) well thai their larder was al
-1'• -applied with the " best the market af
"■/ and Mr. 15's notable housewifery gave
Mij >r the comforts oi such a homo as few
If he did not have much money
ipur.-e, little was needed, the hot toddies j
I "nti-r, and the mint julips and sherry cob- ;
I i the summer, being furnished by the
[ V supplied at the time, no one thinking
>' which individual paid the largest j
: 1.- reckoning, and any one of the
'■ 1 ild a- soon have thought of drinking
'■ i- to !,:tve drank alone, or without ev- '
uratlt' being necessarily compelled to join
i' ! H on ; in fact the drinking was only
• ary; the jest, the song.or side-splitting
beir.ir the chief bond of our mee tings.
■ in the fall a party went out hunting,
- 1 ■ the.' >od fortune to bring in quail and
en i'--!,ough for a game supper,which was t
: - and due justice done to it, at |
1 ha-, the Major, of course, being pres i
" *Hi its conclusion he invited us all to his I
■'"' a .vtek from that night, telling us the j
•i.Tj got -ome of the new corn ground,;
i hr,i. o! -amp and milk might be a pleas ;
- <' u'le to the game and oyster suppers i
A ;.!ago, particularly such samp as his 1
>o i make, and such milk as his favorite ; i
J pot cow - give. ' i'was Arcada to Broad i
'■ 'beads and purliug streams, to the j 1
ami dock, and its annouricemi nt wes i
*-' ha shout of joy at the anticipated ' <
• *of the meeting In the meantime j I
'^•A' •.•tiled tin otlier—all feeling that this |
' !, e the time of the season, husbanding i '
.'lwers both mental aud physical for the J 1
•'j" occasion. " j
1 '"-bit appointed found us all punctual j '
t.-mr—r o'clock —and overcoats were ■ <
off and feet warmed before the din- s
"tu 'ioors were tiirown open aud we were (
" f ed in. j ,
• |u ung table was covered with a cloth as <
ls the suow which robed the fields ; at i
"ir was a bowl, plate and spoon, large i
'btnining the yellow iucious samp, in- j t
I "t'h huge pitchers of milk. We sat '
| none of the family being jireserit except t
' I'Jjor, who insisted on being permitted to i
r ' J": table, as he called it, ladling samp i
y ' : "k' milk for the hungry lot, wlio were | t
-"j-h taken up with the unusual repast to I
* ' iJfunt an assent to the rcitcrat- t
' r of more samp, more milk. t
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
Waistbands were unbuttoned, vests torn
apart., but larger skins, or those with an India
rubber-like pliability, would have been needed
to admit what the appetite craved. Simulta
neous sighs, and chairs shoved back, told re
pletion had taken place. The other room was
reached, cigars lit, when the sofa and carpet,
in lieu of chairs, received the overtasked par
t ty, throwing themselves in such posture as was
most condusive to ease. Not much was said
for the next half hour, but thanks to the ease
of digestion of the well cooked maze, the lazy
feeling soon wore off, and a glass of excellent
brandy completed the work, and set the ideas
flowing as freely as the suow melts in a Janu
; ary thaw.
Jokes, puns, and sharp sallies, were rattled
off like the irregular vollicsof musketry before
a battle, a skirmish between the advanced pick
ets, or perhaps more like rockets on the 4t'n of
July, a whiz, flush, a sputtering shower of
sparks, and a graceful curve ere it went out,
the momentary darkness giving a better relish
to the next explosion. The sheet-lightning
talk would be hard to describe. Now a flash
from a ruddy cloud hanging on the top of a
hemlock-crowned mountain, a faint glow suc
ceeding from a little yellow vaporish ethereal
one iu mid sky, followed by a glare that would
nearly blind you from that black ana crimson
bank covering a quarter of the horizon.
"Come, Doctor, give us a song; teachers
say mush aad milk is the thing to clear the
voice, and lubricate the bronchial tubes, and
if plain mush and milk can do that, what ought
not Mrs. 15.*s unrivalled samp and creamy milk
be able to do. Why, man, your boasted oat
meal porridge, ate with horn spoon, from silver
hooped quaigh, is no where ; a Scotch mist to
tropical thunderstorm, or a curling match on
a five-acre pond to tlie dash of a dozen t.vo
forty trotters, anuigilatiug space on the ice of
one of our lakes or rivers. Vou ought to sing
l.ke a Nightingale or Mavis. Come. "Wil
lie brewed a peek o' mailt," before we are a'
too fou' to appreciate it. Not sing yet ! then
a story Cut the cards and throw around to
see who begins. Well done ; ha ! ha ! it comes
on myself. I never proposed a game yet-that
I did not lose. Never mind, here goes, you
who tell one so much better will cotnc in fitter
place by and t y.
" On my last trip down the river I fell iu
with a jovial party at Baltimore, and we made
it convenient to take the stage together com
ing home. 'Twas last June, and it yon all had
not passed over the route I might describe
the beauties of the country we travelled thro',
anu which, from my seat with the driver, I had
a good opportunity to see aud admire. At
the small town of we took in two fe
male passengers, who completed our load As
the agent handed to the back seat tlie veil of
one was blow n aside, and I got a glimpse of a
face that once seen will haunt us forever. It
was only a g'impse, of not more than a sec
ond's duration, yet it was long enough to spoil
my admiration for the beautiful country thro'
which the route lay, and you a 1 know that our
noble Susquehanna will compare with more eel
e rated streams for picturesque grandeur, as
well us quiet beauty ; for iu.-tanee Wyoming
Valley, appropriately framed iu with massive
mountains guarding it from intrusion from ev
ery quarter, even our own Wjsox, and that
hill right opposite us, would, in some countries
be anthemed in song and perpetuated in pic
tures. But the valley of Cashmere, or the
Golden Horn, would have had no charm for
me and that face inside, so I began to puzzle
my brain how to make some of my comrades 1
change places with me. At our next stopping
place 1 put in the plea of violent headache,
which secured the end desired, ami I saw my 1
place taken, without any compunction of con
science at the twisting of truth that had ef- ;
fected my purpose. Had any of our rogue?
been there, you would have known better,when
two bottles of wine and half a dozen whiskey
punches leaves my head as clear and my hand
as steady the next morning as Father Malh
ew's
" Tim scat I excha- get] for was ia the mid
; d!e of the coach, and a view passed, gave me
another excuse to torn round and take " a
last fond look." This brought me vis a vis
with the ladies on the back seat, but my an
gle was still veiled ; the other had removed
hers, and exposed a face as harsh as the other
1 was beautiful : high cheek boues, small pene
trating black eyes, sunken, and glowing eye
brows that would have set off a grenadier.—
She was apparently about forty-live or fifty
years old, and evidently an old maid. Many
efforts to draw her into conversation were iuef-
Icc trial, while the veil uu her companion res
olutely kept in place, hiding the features 1
was so anxious again to see. The ungloved
hand was peeping out from the mantilla and
was just such a imud us i expected: white
and plump, the tapering lingers terminating by
long rosy nails, a bracelet with a small dia
mond in the clasp, encircled her wrist, the
black hair of which it was formed, contrasting
beautifully with the pure, almost transparent,
skin, beneath which you could trace the veins
iu their delicate uetwork. Her figure,as far as
could be determined by the recumbent position
and flowing drapery, was perfect, and her seat
eveu in the coach corner was graceful and
high bred. Yes, 1 say high-bred ; tbtre is a
peculiar placing of the persou even iu repose
that marks ease of manner and gentility, as
well as the more finished display in the draw
ing room. How provoking that infernal screes
was. i prayed that the coach might upset,
or at least iurch about like a vessel in a storm,
and in its uneasy motion sway aside the gauzy
covering which was as unpenetrable to my
vi>ion as an oak plank. We were now trav
eling through a gorge iu the mountains, the
river having torn its way through, leaving the
ragged rocks bare and perpendicular, their
grey form reflected in the water at their base.
The road had been blasted through them some
two hundred feet above the river ; there was
no danger, as the road was wide and smooth
but apparently a slight shock would be all
that was necessary to throw os into the abyss
below. 1 took advantage of this fortnnate
circumstance to call to the driver to be careful
idling the company iu the coach that uot long
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TO WAN DA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
before the stage had been precipitated from
this very spot, killiug all—passengers, driver,
and horses. The fair had pulled aside the veil
with a quick, nervous motion, and my Mun
chausen accomplished its purpose. Such a face
a man may see once in a life time, never of
tener. lier hair was of that peculiar auburn,
or rather chesnut color, which takes different
tints in diffeut lights : glossy docs not explain
it, and if I may be allowed the comparison,
looking like the coat of one race horse iu a
thousand, the other nine hundred and ninety
nine falling by degrees below Her forehead
was low, oval iu shape ; her eyebrows dar
ker than the hair ; if they had any fault it
was being too regular and too clearly defined,
the eyelashes long, silky, and still a shade
darker, while the eyes were of that deep in
leuso blue, soft, yet showing intelligence of a
high character ; her nose Grecian, the nos
trils thiu and aristocratic, while the enrve of
the upper lip gave her a somewhat haughty
look, as if a little too conscious that the blood
iu her veius had flowed through a long Hue of
illustrious ancestry ; her teeth were regular
and white, without the foolish expression which
very white teeth usually give ; the under lip
red and protruding, while the round chin took
away some of the hautiness from the look al
ready noticed—added to the voiuptuous swell
of the neck, lent every lemiuiue grace, ami you
did not need to be told her character. Proud, j
but loveable, proud of her appearance,station,
relatives, blood, and intellect. Vou saw and
felt that she knew she was worthy of respect- |
ful love, adorration almost, as the type of a
p.rfeet woman There was no impertinence I
iu my reverential gaze. The heightened col
or, while thinking there might be danger, had
fled. Her cheeks were tinged with pink, join
lug the white asjou see in some rare varieties
of sea shells, so delicate you can hardly tell
the poiut of commingling, or, Doctor, as your
contrymen has ko well expressed it, " like lil
ies dipt in wine."
" Her companion chided her for display
ing iue foolish fear, and as we had finished
the descent the veil was replaced. Nor was 1
sorry,the beautiful features were so strongly
impressed ou my mind, that I could see them
as plainly as if before me, and the last scorn
ful look at the imputation of fear was just the
expressiou I wanted daguerreotyped on my
heart, as the look 1 would have expected her
to give ou being accused of auy unworthy ac
tion.
'frAfter a while the stage stopped at Tom
Ducau's to change horses, the passengers get
ting out : the tneu to get a glass of Tom's
famous beer, while the ladies stepped into the
parlor, as a relief from their cramped position
in the coach. Tom wasn't in. Some time be
fore he had made a purchase of a m;nkry from
a travelling Italian, who had made money
enough out of the aloresaid monkey and a
hand organ to enable hitn to spend the rem kind
er of his days beneath the much loved sky of
his native country. The monkey was a great
favorite indeed,with nearly human intelligence.
As he saw the coach stop, uud the customary
rush for the old-fashioned high bar, he un
doubtedly thought he must play landlord, as
his master was out He catches tho stone
pitcher from the shelf, and going down cellar,
proceeded to draw the beer in the manner he
hud often seen Tom do it. There was a wood
en spigot in the cask, which, iu place of turn
ing, tie pulled out. The beer soon filled the
pitcher, and on his essaying to put back the
spigot his fingers were too numb, and he could
not replace it iu the hole, the beer all the while
teaming and runniug over the eeliar floor.—
Tn-mbliiig with fear, and chattering with ex
citement, he rushed up the stairs, and made for
a hiding place ; a bed roam adjoining the par
lor was open ; lie flies in, jumps on the bed,
and ensconces himself behind the curtains. The
old maid, d< sit ing to get rid of some of the
dust of the road, went into the bed room to
wash ; the stand stood close to the bed, and
as she took the ewer and commenced pouring
water into the basin, the monkey thought the
beer barrel had followed him,and with a scream
thrust the black skinny hand, which jet retain
ed the spigot, in her face. A counter-scream
and heavy fall ularmed us all, and we ran iuto
the room ; the old lady laid fainting on the
floor, Mr. I'ug standing on the bed grimacing,
and thrusting the spigot with frantic efforts in
the air. She soon recovered, but feeling too
unwell after the fright laid over for the stage
of the n x day. This compelled me to part
company with the wonderful beauty, and
I resumed my place on the box with the driver,
joyful lliut I bud been permitted to gaze on so
much loveliness, though with a feeling of awe
that she was some distance beyond our sphere.
"Now, Doctor, the song; no bautering
about my goddess, as I frankly tell you I am
sensilivu ou that point, and a foolish remark
wili mar the harmony of this " glorious oc
casion."
THE DOCTOR'S SONO.
Let them sing of the vrine
On the hills of the Rhine,
Or the hanks of the Guadalqiiiver.
With the sun shining bright
And the stars twinkling light,
Now warming, now chilling the river ;
But give me the drink
That makes the heart clink
With music, and every thought swelling
The brimming barley brew
that warms the heart through
Jii Lairlsand the' Cotter's dwelling.
Then here's to Major B !
Di ink it down !
Here's to Major B !
Drink it down!
Here's to Major B!
May he always live with glee,
While so very happy, we
Drink it down,drink it down, drink it down .
lA'tthem sing of the bliss,
The wine-cup to kiss,
In tbese lands of the hock, port, and sherry,
I d much rather sip
The dew from a lip,
Thai's pouting and red as a cherry ;
While the laughiug talking eye
Surely says to you and 1,
Now'a the time, never wait tit! to-morrow,
Let us love while we may,
Life's morn is for the gay.
When old there, is time enough fot - sorrow.
Chorus.
Oh ! what transport the thrill
Of jov does n it kill.
But sets the blood violently dancing ;
The blue eye or black,
In your heart makes a hack.
But the arrow- goes generally glancing.
Theu here's to the lip"
"REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY qUARTEK."
: made take a pull, which he swore tast
ed like brimstone. Much to his satisfaction I
ooiucided with him iu opiuion, it beiug a clear
case of jug ler y. Stores wasn't very plenty
theu or money to buy with, so us youngsters
had to go dressed in homespun. Sheep grey
coats aud butternut-colored trowsers and vests
waistcoats we colled them theu—tow shirts,
and deer-skiu mooassius. Well, we were all
happy, uo jealousy about fiuo clothes, as we !
were ull dressed as near alike as ludiaus.
" Uufortuuately, something put it iuto my !
good mother's head to make me a waistcoat
out of a piece of silk she had brought years '
ago from old Connecticut. There was to be j
a dance at Burlington, and the first time I :
wore it was to go thertfT 'Twas a bitter cold I
afternoon when I hitched up the browu mire,
and went after nay partner, a second cousiu,
Kate, as pretty a girl as there was iu the
whole settlement. I aiut going to compare
her cheeks to sea-shells like Joe, or tell about
gpipping her cherry lips like the Doctor, as
the ouly time I tried that she hit me such a cuff
ou the side of my head, that I saw stars, aud |
my ears roug for an hour after. Maybe joy :
wou't kill, but a box from a healthy hearty,
hundred aud til ty pound girl, is anything but
a love tup. I got there safe, and found Kate
ready. I uubuttoued my overcoat aud coat,
aud hauded her to the cutter, wrapped her up
snug in the wolf robes, aud took my seat
Away went the mare at w hat you young bloods
cull a killing pace, making the cold air cut
right through my breast.
"'Why By ," says Kate, "you buve
forgotten to button up your coat ! I'd thiuk
you'd freeze 1"
Not a word about the vest yet.
" No danger,' says I, ' while sitting by you
my heart keeps thumping as if it would break
through my t caistcoat !'
I " 'Pshaw,' says she, 'what novel have you
been reading ?'
"'None,' says I, ' but the book that's beat
ing inside of my waistcoat /'
" 'Gel out." says she, 'keep your eyes on
your horse, and not be couutiug the buttous
: on your clothes, or we'll get tipped over.'
" I grouted, pulled my coat round me, half
mortified that she wouldn't notice my finery,set
1 the mare going her best licks, and it wan't
long till we pulled up at the old duble-log
house I showed you the ottier day; helped her
; out of the sleigh, drove to the stable, aud put
| out the animal. A good many had come, and
were then dancing in the upper story, while ;
the folks below were busy getting 3iipper. I
pulled off my overcoat, threw back the lapels
of my coat, and went up. I was kindly greet
ed by my acquaintances iu the room, but no
one seemed to be any more struck with my ap
pearance than if dressed as the rest. I slipped
down stairs; went to tho glass and took a good
look at myself. Tho vest was all right—
smooth, and sbiuiug glossier than Kate's black
hair. After we bad supper, we again went up
stairs to dance till the tables were cleared off
and room made below. Some of the chinking
was out, and the wind whistled through the
crevices, making active exercise necessary to
keep warm I was dancing with Kate, when, '
on a pause in the music, being satisfied all eyes
were on me, I unbuttoned my vest, threw it
back from my'chest, remarking,loudenongh for
for every one in the room to hear, 'that sdk |
was dreadful ir,inn P The shout that follow- 1
ed may be imagined, Kate was blushing red as
a peony. I made a rush for the stairs, out of
the house to a grocery, and iu an hour I was
about as druuk an individual as you generally
sec. 'Twas the best lesson I ever got ; that
vest cured me of any pretensions to foppery."
Other short stories were told, and songs
were sung, till the "wee short hour ayaut the
twal" admonished us to go home; but, while j
debating the propriety of going or staying, the I
dining-rooui doors were again opeued, the
Major calling to us supper was ready. No one
had dreamed of any other sapper than the
samp and milk, nod all were amazed at the
profussion that covered the table, and which
would have delighted the most fastidious bvn
vivjnt. Everything that could be got far and
near from the country, roast turkey, chicken,
salad, pumpkin pies, <fcc.,to the city delicacies
which the New York and Erie Railroad had
Prom which nectar drips,
Sweeter for than the wine of Madeira ;
And the loves of to-day,
How brilliant! O ! may
They always be brilliant and cheery.
Then here's to Major 8., &c.
"No criticisms Master Joe, as you wanted
no banterings, I would like no pullings to
pieces, but would like to remark that I strung
these jingles together while you were dilating
on yonr Veaus. So they are pretty uearwhat
you might call impromptu. As I have now
the call, let us have a story from our worthy
host."
Major —" Well, boys, I believe yon have
heard about all the stories I know, at least a
a dozen times, and as I cauuot make them out
of whole cloth like the Doctor, there, nor will
I studdy all week like Charlie to have a prime
lot for the Saturday evening meetings,you will
have to take up with something not very in
teresting, or worse—something neither iuter
bstiug nor uew."
" Major, let mo help you. None of them
have ever heard about your silk vest but me,
and I have never whispered a word to any
one."
" Pshaw ! I only told you then for some
thing to say, as we were ridiug by the old
house iu Burlington,where I have spen so many
happy hours before some of you were boro.—
But I see I'll get no peace now till I tell it."
THE MAJOR'S STORY.
" When I was a boy—about twenty-five or
thirty years ago—this country was as new as
Ma'uee Eibree's field, more black stumps than
grouud to stand on, aud where, ou going home
;rom a two weeks'spree,on a mcouiigiit night,
every stump put oa a hat and chased Mance
till he fainted and felt, being found next morn
ing in a corner of the fence, all blackened up,
aud every drop of whisky out of his jug. Noth
ing would make hitn believe tie devil had no
hand in it, as ho frankly owned Lc cam? t<j
him in the shape of a big black stub which had
hold of the jug, out of which it drank, and thou
brought within twenty miles of the door.—
Daskets of wine were piled up in a corner,aud
the whole sable force of the Ward House was
stationed behind the chairs, a servant to every
guest. How the ?dajor presided, how the
corks popped, the overflowing of young animal
spirits, must be untold, for my imagination
pictured a very large moss rose, suspended in
the air above the table, throwing its sacred
glow over all that occurred. But I can say
that the sun was gliding the snow topped hills
back of town as the sleigh was driven slowly
down the main street, and staid and sober peo
plo were astonished at the vigor and animation
with which we were all chanting
Here's to Major H.'
Drink it down
Here's to Major B !
Drink it down ;
Here's to Major 1J ,
The prince ®f leliows lie,
While we so pleasantly
Drink it down, drink it down, diiuk it down I
Each flourishing a champagne bottle, and
suiting the action to the words at the couclu
siou of each stanza.
MALICE OUTWITTED.— The owner of saw mill
in the country, having a little eumity against
a neighboring farmer, laid no less a plan of
revenge than to get liim arraigned as a thief,
convicted and sent to the penitentiary. But
as the honesty of his neighbor afforded him no
fair grounds of accusation, he resorted to the
foul expedient of secretly couvcying some of
his own property upou the other's premises ;
so that it beiug found there, it might be proof
of his guilt. For this purpose he took a thou
sand of boards, having his own mark on, and
at dead of night dumped them into the field
near his neighbor's house. But the farmer
did not happen to be as fast asleep as his en
emy supposed, lie heard a uoise, or thought
he heard one; and getting up pretty soou after
lu satisfy himself on the subject, by the help
of a lantern be found a load of boards, with
his neighbor's mark upon them How they
came there and why they came there, flashed
upon Lim at once. His course was promptly
taken. Allowing his enemy just time to get
home aud iuto bud, so th at the light, of burn
ing pile may not be detected, he set fire to the
hoards, which beiug well seasoned, were iu a
few miuuUs eutirely cousumed.
Early iu the moruiug, as the farmer had an
ticipated, the sawyer came with a coustable
aud search warraut, to look for his property.
" You are suspected," said the officer, "of
having taken a thousand of boards Irorn this
mau, aud by virtue of this warraut I hold iu
my baud, I must search your premises."
" Very well," replied tho farmer, " you are
at liberty to search as much as you please.—
But if you tiud the boards, I'll engage to eat
them for my breakfast."
" You'll have something harder to digest
thau that, I fancy," said the lawyer with a
sneer.
He then triumphantly led tho way to where
he had dumped the boards, where he confi
dently expected to find them, and 10l there
was nothing hut a heap of ashes I llis dis
appointment, chagrin and mortification may
be judged of. He sneaked away home ; aud
the secret of his foul plot getting wind in the
neighborhood, the ghost from the ashes of
the load of boards never ceased to auDoy him;
until taking advantage of the darkuess of
auother night,lie picked up his all and left the
couutry.
A SINGULAR STORY.— Among the friends of
my family was a young Swiss lady, who, with
an only brother, had been an orphan in her
childhood. She was brought up, as well as her
brother, by an aunt ; aud the childreu thus
thrown very much upou each other, became
very strongly attached. At the age of twenty
two the youth got some appoiutment iu In
dia, and the terrible day drew near when
they must part. I need not describe the agony
of persons so circumstanced. But the mode
iu which these two sought to mitigate the
anguish of separation, was singular. They
agreed that if either should die before the
young man's return, the dead should appear to
the living
The youth departed. The young lady by
and by marred a Scotch gentlemen, and quit
ed her home, to be the light and ornament of
his. She was a devoted wife, but she never
forgot her brother. She corresponded with
him regularly, and her brightest days iu all the
year were those which brought letters from
India.
One cold winter's day, two or three years
after her marriage, she was seated at work
near a large bright fire, in her own bedroom
up stairs. It was about mid day, and the room
was full of light. She was very busy, when
some strange impulse caused her fo raise her
head and look around. The door was slight
ly open and near a large antique bed stood a
figure which she at a glance, recognized as her
brother. With a cry of delight she started up,
and ran forward to meet him, exclaiming.—-
"Oh, Henry! How could you surprise me
so? You never told me you were coming?"
But he waved his hand sadly, in away that
forbade approach, and she remained rooted to
the spot. He advauced a step towards her,
and said, in a low, soft voice, " Do you remem
ber our agreement ? I have come to fulfill it;"
and approaching nearer he laid his hand on
her wrist. It was icy cold, and the touch
made her shiver. Her brother smiled, a faint
sad smile, and again waving his bead, turned
aud left the room.
lady recovered from along swoon
there was a mark on her wrist, which never
left it to her dying day. The next mail from
India brought a letter, informing her that her
brother bad died on the very day and at the
very hour, when he presented himself to her
in her room.— All the year round.
80&- Mrs Partington told Remus the other
day, in confidence, that a young man had com
mitted infanticide by blowing his brains up iD
astate of delerium tremendous, and ihe corner
was holding a conquest over his domains.
VeS- No man can leave a better leguey to
the world than an educated family.
VOL. XXI J. —NO. 29.
A Horrible Spectacle in Richmond.
! WHAT A CAKADIA* SAW THERE AFTER THE BATTL*
OF MANASSAS.
An ex editor of the Montreal \Vitnm, who
wus in Richmond when the battle of Manas
sas was fought, writes to that journal some of
the horrors that met his vision when the killed
and wonnded were brought in :
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So song of triumph was sung in Richmond
or in the surrounding villages. Those who had
cherished hopes, raised by the reports that
those who they loved were not dead, but only
wounded, were, ulas, doomed to suffer a tnoro
bitter anguish than that of their fellow citi
zens who wept over the bier of the slain. tfo
t pen can adequately describe the horror of the
scenes witnessed by anxious crowds, as the
( wounded were brought in and carried to the
honses of their friends or to the St. Charles
Hotel, which had been fitted up as au hospi
tal. i question, indeed, whether njany of the
battle fields of Europe have been the arena of
j such horrible individual suffering. 1 have
i read of no campaign, except that of Moscow,
where the French soldiers perished by the tens
of thousands, in every conceivable agony, thai
can offer a comparison in this respeot. it may
seem absurd to speak of Moscow and Bull
Run in the same breath ; but I do not refer
to the relative magnitude of the campaigns,
nor compare the numbers engaged, the dura
tion of the struggle, nor the loss of life. My
comparison refers only to the peculiar suffer
ings of the wounded, as day after day they
were brought into the city iti every conceiva
ble condition of mutilation, and writhing io
agony where mortification had not already su
i porveued, or where the stupor which generally
I precedes death by violence, had not seized up
; ou the hapless victim of this fratricidal strife.
In most battle fields of modern times skillful
1 surgeons and attentive nur.es have been in
! prompt attendance aud the wounded have re
ceived every possible attention compatible
with their uufortuuate position ; but with the
wounded of the Southern army, at least, this
was uot the case. Possibly a sufficient nutfl
ber of sargeons could not be provided, and I
know that mauy who were present were poor
ly supplied with surgieal instruments, or with
medicines of a uature to alleviate suffering,
and that they did the best they could under
the circumstances ; but I saw men brought In
who had lain for four aud twenty hours on the
field where they had fallen, unaided, and with
out even a drop of water to slake their burn
ing thirst. 1 saw men brought ia delirioua
with fever, raving like madmen, aue failing to
recoguize their nearest and dearest friends.
Some were borne past, upon whose livid fea
tures death had already set his seal—the piti
ful appealing glance of the fast glazing eye
beiug the only sign that life still lingered. The
features of many were so distorted by pain
that they scarcely appeared to be humaD; and
most horrible ef all, I witnessed at least a do
zen poor creatures brought in who had either
lo9t a limb by a cannou ball or had suffered
the ampntation of a leg or an arm. It is bard
to decide which of these two classes of victims
had suffered the greater agony—those who
had bound a handkerchief over the limb to
stop the effusion of blood, and thns preserve
the vital spark—or those who had endured
the pain of amputation, either too hurriedly,
or else unskillfully performed. In several of
the latter cases the ligatures had slipped or
became loosened, the bandages had fallen off,
and the bones portruded beyond the mangled
flesh, while in both alike, the bones and flesh
were black and festering, ami swarming with
maggots. Peopls shuddered and sickened as
they turned away from the horrid spectacle ;
women fainted in the streets—and yet tbera
were some brave women—mothers, wives and
sisters—who dared to dress these frightfnl
wounds, when men, used to witness blood and
suffering, shrank appalled from the ghastly
scene. Striving to conceal tbeir own acuta
mental suffering these angels of mercy linger
ed to the last over the dying husband or bro
ther—and in more than one case, to my knowl
edge, over the bed of those who were stran
gers and friendless—striving to impart that
comfort to the departing souls, which Heaven
help them, they sorely needed themselves. It
was a happy thing for these poor victims thai
in most instances they had ceased to feel pain,
while consciousness generally returned an hoar
or two before death ; but it is almost needless
to add Ihat recovery amongst those who had
suffered in the manner we have described, was
rare indeed. We kuow of but one instance of
the recovery of a man who bad suffered the
amputation of a limb on the battle field.
SIFPINOI FROM "VANITY."—MASONBY.—Peo
pIe are very anxious to know what ore the
" secret orders" of the two captured Rebel
Commissioners. V. Fis not exactly informed
—but he has no doubt that Fort Warren they
find themselves in rather cxld. fellowship. It
is also quite certain that one of them, at least,
is not a free Mason.
AN AXIOM —The ruff of a lady is much bet
ter on the sleeve than upon the car.
" COURRIER nn LA MODB." —In the colored
world of fashion, the peculiar head dress of the
Southern female slave is now quite the rago,
under the name of the Contrabandanna.
We hope that after this war is over, "C. &
A." will still be the motto of the South—
" Can't Secede Again.''
"ON A WIND." —We believe that we are
not violating the confidence reposed in us by
the Government, in stating that when the
Stars and Stripes were given gloriously to the
breeze at Pig's Point, the wind was blowing
from the South-west. It then chopped round,
with a regular Pork chop, and has been blow
ing a steady Northerner ever since. Bristles
are up, in consequence, aud Newport News ii
sought after with avidity.
Many wear dignity as they do clothe*
—all outside.
at women are either weak fops,
or vicious rakes.