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T°WA^NX>A.:
Thursday Morning, March 27, 1862.
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ON THE SHORES OF TENNESSEE.
- Movs my arm chair, faithful Pompey.
In the sunshine bright aud strong,
For this world is fading Pompey
Mass* won't be with you loag ;
Ar .d 1 faia would hear the south wmd
Bring once more tbe souad to me,
Of the wavelets soil!)" break.r.g
On the shores of Tennessee
-Mournful through the ripples murmur,
As they still the story te.'l.
How no vessels float the baaaor
That I've loved so long and well,
I shad listen to their music,
Preaming that 1 see
Stars and Stripes on sioop sad ahollop
Sailing up the Tennessee.
And. Pompey, while old Mxssa s waiting
For Death's last despatch to come.
Ifthit exiled starry banner
Should sailing home,
Ton shall cms it. slave no longer—
V. , eandßand shall both be free
That shout and point to Union colors
Oathewafrool Tennessee. - '
- Missa's berry kind to Pompey ;
But old darkey's happy here.
Where he's tended corn and cotton,
many a long gone year.
Missis* sleeping—
Xoione tends her grave like me ;
Mebbe she would miss the flowers
She used to love in Tennessee.
'• Pears like she was watching Msaa- .
If P.-ropey should beside h.m stay,
Mebbe she'd remember better
How for him she used to pray ;
Te "tag bim that way up yonder
White as snow his soul would be.
If he served the Lord of Heaven
While he lived in Tennessee.
Silently the tears were rolling
Down the poor old dusky face.
As he stepped beh nd his master.
la t.s long-accustomed place.
Tkeu a silence fell around them.
As they gejrd on rock any tree
p- turd ta the placid waters <
Of the rolling Tennessee.
M istc .1--' suing of the battle
v'cs - ue fought by Marion's side,
tr ;.e aid the heaghty Tarleton
S: -j his lordly crest of pride.
Mm. re aemheriag haw yoa sleeper
Oaee he held npon his knee.
Foe she loved tbe gal'ant soldier,
Ralph Vervair. of Tennessee.
Stir! the south wind fond'y lingers
Mid the veteran's silver hair ;
S'. .1 tbe baud man close beside h n
Stands beh ad tbe old arm chair.
W t'n his dark buedhanJ up';.tec.
Sfcadv ig eyes he lead* to see
Where tbe * > xllud bo'.d.v j ill.ag
Turns aside the Tennessee.
Thus lt watches cloud bora eh* 1 vwa
01 ue from tee to m raUia crest,
Softly creeping, aye and ever
To the river's yi„ Jjc.; b fast.
Ha ' ah -ve the It y- n ier
Something flutters w:id and iee!
"Ms sa M.a ' Hi euiah
The flag's c 'are back to Tennessee '"
" Pc*pey, hold me on yoar'sh > ili-rr.
Help ate stand on foot once muie.
Thi: I msy salute the coiirs
As they jxass xr cabin d r.
Here's the paper s ; caed that frees yi,
Give a freeman's -fcocl w.th me—
• <tai> inp VrN r b uor watebw. :d
Evermore in Teanessee."
Then tbe tremLhag v.ic* grew fimter.
And the iirn a refused to stand
One prayer to Jsscs—and the sclier
01 ied to that better land.
When the flag wens down the rtrer
Mva and tua>ter! tb were free.
Wh le tbe rir.c dive's - te was m nglei
With the rippl.ng Tennessee.
|fl is rrlli neons.
Little Brown Face in the Fire :
OK
HOW A &AGHELQR WAS WON,
My eoasin, Arthur Langiey. tras % caufi-m
--v: :ucue.-vr—at least. so he sa 1. an 1 su ail o:
icq: uucces bel.ered ; but why he *io
profound mystery. He was rich and
1 ifof nuexeeptiouatM'e farai'y, *ad
y.u iepeadent of control W thou: be.cz
4 - i*. he was well informed ; without hav
; ? -tt .-:i io art. he vtf oz orient adssirerof
5 f *.".<. and his add"es, though not strictly
t > i. *a> singularly fosciaoUue- I often
* cYereu that he reoioiaed so zentie and on
* - -r i aoitd the onceosiag bctnagpe which he
- " i from his birth As a c
"c aor out of the bouse was too good for
Mars A", ur," asd h.s nezro nzrse hid, i.ed
e foe his in a manner which threaten
sc Mm t Io coofase his notions ofrigbt end
" -ur As a boy at school aid a youth at
f ice. he woa natversai favir. a„-J he had
y en'ered society whea ne breaa* at
i:t *.v-dced idoi. Count.ess re tbesnperb
acd laces that were selected
* - *Tn w.ih reference to fc.s s'aoo'vscd pre
ifreace? and number less were the hooks read
r ?>3 his chance recooaaßendatton Mary a
cri * C and s niirg master was aided ia his
sorae way by the reco,;e-.ion of tais 'atorite
®f*a, a~d h s random word helped more than
••sad eyed foreigner. French atid Italian, to
£ • 13 ciasses with rena—rative tf not studi
om pip-.A But I could cot perceive that
Artr.ur fet: the slightest touch of the grand
ana io time the girls grew tired of
•-e.r acd looked about for less tas-
P f|{S **W sahyecu for their eharats
Rasx was busy w th the cause of such mar
md ffefeoor Tbe spiteful *a*d he was
fefcer - for 2ye*y , the seaS'mejfa', that
Till; BRADFORD REPORTER.
death had cat off the object of his choice ; and
the romantic—owing, I fear, to sly hi.uts drop
ped by himself—believed he had fallen in love
with a portrait io the shop window of a picture
dealer in Florence, and that he was seeking the
original in sorrowful earnest. Nothing could
well be further from the truth than these con
jectures, for the simple fact was that he had
never seen the most loveable side of woman
hood. llis mother died when he was very
young, and his auut, a wealthy aud stylish
widow, took charge of the household. She
fancied herself a model of Gdelity, aud she did
really live up to her owu standard, which was
uot oppressively high. She counted the silver
every Saturday, aud dusted daily the rare and
delicate decorations of the drawing rooms, at
teuded scrupulously to the fitting of the child
ren's clothing, and never failed to be present
during their dancing leasons. Wheu my uucle
fell ill. she fidgeted about his room iu tasteful
moruiug dress, and wheu he died she attended
h.m to his grave in beeomiug mouruing.—
Josephiue Langley profited by her precept
aud example. She was strikingly beautiful,
and she became elegant and ac oraplisbed.—
After reigning in society one season, she marri
Ed a millionaire, who would have sneered at
i the possibility of loving his own wife, aud who
I married her simply because she would be an
appropriate finish to his magnificeut mansion.
There Arthur saw a cold, glitteriug selfishness
- running through word and deed. He saw it
in si ly extravagance aud reckless wasie, in
time aud money withheld from the poor aud
i suffering to be lavished iu self indulgence, iu
petty quarrels, harsh reerimiuatious, and meau
] compliances The spectacle disgusted hiai, and
; when, iu the brilliaut circle iu which he moved,
he fou.d one iovuly girl becoming more pieas
: iog to him than another, be recalled some
. scene witnessed beneath tbe roof of his broth
er iu law, and the tenderness faded from his
dream and his air easties vanished So he
tried io content himself with bis bachelor estab
lishment—a snite of uobla rooms iu a great
; lodgiug house. H:s cook, P.erre, was fat.dex
terous and thievish ; and A Jolph. bis body ser
vant, he'ped I ierre Jriuk, bus wine, and wore
his shirts aud waisicoals. 1 disliked Pierre,
but Adolpb was my ahomiuation— there was
so much self couceit under bis demure and re
vereutial manner, and such cool cunning under
his pretended eagerness to serve. More than
once i attempted to procure his dismi>sal, but
Arthur said that tbe rascal amused him ; that
; he took bim for h s sk.ll, uot his honesty, and
that he sbonid kep him as loo; a? be could
matM'.aiu undisputed possession of his hats,
boots and gloves.
Affairs stood thus when M". Hamilton, a
distant connection of the family.invited Arthur
to spend a week with him in the country at
" The Grove '' —so he had named his estate.
Owing to a mistake in ttie date of the inrita
tion, Arthur arrived soouer thau he was ex
pected. and all the sruest chambers were oc
cupied.su that he was put in Jen ie Ham iton's
she having gooe oat for the uijht. He wa?
co: -CIOBS oi a peculiar pleasure the in rment be
entered the apar'men:, although he could not
pe o ve :s ea .se. A cheerful wood fire blaz
e . on the w;Je hearth, sending a ruddy light it
the four comers.deepeoing the hue of the crim
son curtains, and ttiv-ng a mellow tint to the
lightcofortd paj>er. tbe to.-iette service, and
the da, ry o. the bed. In f jot was a lady's
sewir.g ouch ne char, and near it, oa a rose
wood stood, was a brown work basket, it* bag
tied with scarlet ribbons,tbe long euds of which
fe over the edge wc ha coquet sh grace
l'.'.e cover was partial.v 1 ttcd, t'o* Jeuo.e had
bven caded iu haste to visit a poor old woman
ia tbe neighborhood, an i nad left beh.ni her
two or three s ;ht marks of the harry of her
departure. The de>ire to exam ne it was ir
resistible, and—l recret to confess it—Arthur
pee;ed How ia aty and yet how convenient
everything o> wu.'.n. The very genius of
comfort sat tu the ziitter ; th no.e, nestled
in the housewife with its aeed.es. its Riam of
various s ixs its wax and tapes, ar.d glanced
from the spoofs smoothly packed in the inlaid
j spool box A new thought came into Arthar's
mind, ar.d the popularity of a true un oa be
:* en ust'ui es- and taste presented itself to
h.m lor the first time. How wonderful the
revel*t;on appeared ta bim Ia the eagerness
of discovery his scruples vanished. F.rst he
drew out a cea'ly m'nded stockrg. He
ban i'ed it as if it ha;! eeen some rare piece-of
jewelry, and turned it over ar.d over again.
ir.a*k.ug every winding of the enmeshing sal
strengthening threads, which at tbe moasest
shone to I s eyes with a luster i se that of
pert.- Tueo be Licaei off aeof his si ppers.
perceived that tne great toe wis ja-t pu-hing
through the yielding > :k. and taat the second
was stnv:: gto keep it compmr H.s other
slipper followed the first, but tbe foot was ia
ao better case, for the heel was vi-ib.ethrough
its gray coverirg. " I mast buy a new pack
age of hose to morrow. "he said, with a half
s gh. Taruiog again to tbe basket he took
up a cambric handkerehiet. beamed with ma
chine like p-eeis-ioa, bat without the si ff ress
that machinery imparts to its work Art bar
I placed his own beside it, observed tbe edge
unevenly turne-i and coarsely basted, ard :n
--duiged hias*eif ia another gentle sgh Fiia
IT be l.fted \ vest, the s r- of which showed it
to be M* Ham :o "s. aol wh ch had renewed
its voath nader a jud c.ous process of bindirg.
new bGttoni-g and buttoc-hoiing A thtrd
s gh was aa-iibie. aud Arthar, atter carefully
replacing the articles, went to the study tab e.
I'pon ot.e end of it were a quantity of art .st's
mater A < and y n taeai WAS a com c
pea and ink skctrhof a domestic iocident.waich
told the story with a considerable ?p nt. Op-
;->ate **s open writing desk.e*)dea?'T naaeh
used. sod * 'b aoroLstftksbJe msrks o? tr*Te! on
:ts po! >hed sides. Arthur heoi down *cu
md on lb* p<ile. ** Jer.nie Ham .too, fnxa
E F " Wtjo wi< E F ?*" Wis it % aiic?
Possibly. ;;h >ogk tb* ftppottitaeats, so fir is
;iwT *ere tisible. wer* exqoisit*. Woo d •
mia si*-# selected meh m ooe ? It wis Pir
isiia ia taike. i?d Jennie bid nsrj trareied
leqaiiotieees Bdwud F<nE:nzs*ffl hii c^es
to Eorope three usee He U tbe eery 810
to be* side 53?b primt Y# Ned dtd
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make it. That was as dear as dayiigbt. Sly
fox, that Ned ! and Arthur was conscious of a
faint feeliug of dislike to his old friend.
A knock at the door aroused him, and a
servant entered with an apology and went to
the closet on an errand for her mistress. She
did uot wait to shut the door, but gave it a
posh, the current from which sent a cloud of
of delicate mualiu iat) dangerous proximity to
the mantel lamp. A Dew temptation beset
Arthur Doubtless be should have turned bis
head aside when he replaced the fleecy folds,
but he did no such thing. He paused at the
eutraoce to the closet, aud feasted his eyes up
ou its contents A doz n cambric skirts,white
as suow, aud without any other embellishment
a broad hem at the bottom, and a half
dozen prettily stitched white flannel ones,
boidly confronted him. Across the end hung
two black silk d:esses, (he preferred a black
silk to any other dress, j a Mazariu blue and a
dark brown one. Opposite there hung a nar
row tlnbet, and a gay cashmere morning robe,
with buttons, and laces, and tasseled corJs,con
trasted with the soft fall of the summer apparel,
to protect which was his ostensible business at
the press. Bcueath were boxes Urge and small
bat closely shut, and a narro v shelf covered
with pretty slippers, jaunty gaiters, walking
boots, suow shoes, rubbers—in short, with
samples of ali the accepted styles of protection
for the foot in ail seasons of weather. Not a
speck of dust was seeu, nothing was away, aud
regard was bad. couseiously or unconsciously,
to the general tff. ct iu the harmonious arrange
ment of colors. Even the minutes details iu
u gated through self respect. For years Arlkar
1 uf enjoyed nothing more than that long gar*'
into J e unit's closet, half spoiled though it was
by the ill breading of the act.
His survey was not yet completed. He
scauned the book case narrowly, and carefully
noted the volumes which it contained. All
were in plain coves except a frw presentation
copi-s, holiday gifts, and illustrated works
There * er#sviny poets.English arid America t,_
with inda iuk il!us:r..t ou- ui >re or lessfiul>bid
up. placed between tbe leaves T.itro were
translations also fro n the Greek and Roman
authors, a few standard hia'ories, choice Criti
cisms, and studies in art, soma ot the best man
uals of natural science, and many religious
writiags of different eras and various creeds.
Arthur nodded apuroval to each, rolled an
easy chair to the hearth, and looked steadily
into the glowing coals. Preaeutly a little brown
face appeared aga.nat the dazzling back
ground. It was very p'ain, but it was crown
ed with smooth braiJa of shining hair, and the
hone?t coautenance was lighted by a pair of
earnest tiatl.ful eyes,which could look through
a: d aoash f. >-ho 1 wherever it might be met.
A falling brand obscured it for a moment.then
it grew brighter than ever, and silently lifting
itself, brought to v v tie figure that belong
ed to it It was nil a stylish one. but it was
round and trim, ar.d it was arrayed in a well
fitting robe of simple material, edged at the
n i and -v th co !ar ar.d cnfD >f glossy
! : ren The new • >:nrr bore a str k'ag resem
hi nice to Je: n;e llifni toj, and fitted about
with an unembarrassed a r which bepC'ke her
[ ownership of the surroundings Smilioe npon
Arthur in a manner which tr. t fe his heart beat
ns it had never done be' re. she drew the
sea -g chair :o .is side, put the work baket
on a cr: k-*! a' her feet, ar.d, picking up his
ha . :erc\ ef. rchcutmed it. ''at: g the wi.ile
; apoa racb topics a- natural.y presented them
se.ves. Never bad the fight of white aud
j-weied fi .gers over the kevs of a piano or the
gt of a lon, lew;:ched Arthur i.ke tbe
movetnrtrs of tl.o-e small brown ooes lutnag
i >g the needle? with soch dexterous grace ;
a- 1 never had he f md small *!k s; greeabie
as that i'jrhl ;n -i gt gossip. He tr dto be
guile his v,9 tor into a prolonged tuy, aud
! brouiht out his choicest anecdotes one a'ter
arother. until she, think >g c.e of th- m espec
; iaily pie-turesque. dropped the kerctnrf, wnd
s-.-::.g a }>enc . illustrated i* with a lew rapi j
ar i graphic *irvkes A< she placed i*. with D
herde-k a hnndful of letter? fell oat. The
• soperscripi: >• was Ned Frame giiam's. A
I g of jealousy shot through Arthur's heart
il* sprang to b;s feet, ard !o ! t'.e vision had
vafiished, tne fi-e. was oat. and he was shak
ing w th cold, and cramped w.th h s aacoai
j fortable posture in the deep arm chair.
The next morning Jennie WAS mtss.ng. and
ail life seemed ta have gone from the breakfast
table She was accustomed to pres ie, and her
beaming rood humor and ni.e tact imparted a
: singular z*st to the meal, a-.d dismissed the
I e'rele well pleased to the day's daties. Now,
Mrs Him.Uou took her place, ba; she was in
firm in neaith. and a servant poaret t-e ccffee
so awkwardly that ad the arosa s ito
to exhale from it. 5 ling the bowl too fail, aud
! let a few drops fall into the saacer iu a sjov
i ealy manner Conversation fiiggtd, and there
was r o one to sajzt rev to draw
oa: tbe guests on the old Lncki.y. Jennie
returned before the close of tbe breakfast hour
1 sod the atmosphere was speedily changed.—
! Soe had watched w.th tie s.ck woman, bat
tbe c* - s of the d sease w*s pxssej. and. wa.s
ia home ta tbe c.ear, frosty air. she had gath
ered * few brign; tboro leave? and some clus
ters of scarlet berries, which she pa: in he
brown bar, aid which set ff—lf anything
•on i e si.d to do so—her Spanish compiei
'ia and bappy coaateo*nre Arthar stieutiy
j compa-ed her appearance with mat of his sis
i ter after a grand party, and gained a still
! deeper it'-ight into the cocsection between la
•or a'-d b->aa:y Suddeniy everybody wanted
m:re c ?e*. wheb they von id take trras co
I hand bat Jerva e's. Freso JE .3 is were ordered,
i eggs and anecdotes west round and rcuad.acd
the aeai esced with oa-sts of hearty .Augb
ter
A party bad been arrwoze-i for the evening,
one of those c.scvl.aoeoas gatherings o* old
aud yocrsr, which coaatry peop.-e like to get
together. It was to be composed of a most
ail the Belaboring aoqsa-aiazces of the sev
eral fata: es toea ro the house—ase'e. auzu
aod ccaius. up fnxa tbe city, to enjoy the
present for the sake of the oW uses " How
will taey get oa with JDce sa d Arthur
to kestif, ' set maat aleep more fag at
" RE3ARDLE3S OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
least." He had yet to learn that Jennie was
never self-icdulgeut when the wishes or needs
of auotlier called her to activity. He bad a
biut of this wheD, in a game of romps with
the children, he permitted himself to be ied
into the kitchen, where be found her deep in
jellies and costards, cakes, and trifles of innu
merable kinds, and when returning from the
woods at the head of a merry train laden with
evergreens, she planned the decorations of the
rooms,as lavish of care and thought as if she had
spent the previous night in bed,like the uprori
ous troops around her. She was absent trom
tbe tea table, but was ready for the earliest
of the evening guests, dressed in one cf those
black silks with which Arthur Lad made ac
quaintance in her closet,aud for ornament only a
kuot of gay ribbon, and her garland of thorn.
Arthur did his best to make himself agreea
ble to his young hotes3,but she told him that
he was at home and must take care of Irmself,
or, if he woald be very good, he might help
her to amuse the children. The latter was
certainly a novel suggestion, but Arthur was
fast falling in love, and finding it impossible
to keep away from bis charmer, he established
himself as her aid, ordinary and extraordinary.
There was a whole room full of boys and girls
and Jeuoie and Arthur soon found themselves
busy enough They danced with the little
people until the elders wanted the large parlors
and they played games of every kind, served
them with refreshments,that no shy one shoald
be "overlooked, shawled, and bonneted, and
hatted them, acd fairly saw them into the car
riage, and out of the grounds.
By some unknown process the
chambers had been vacated for Arthur, who
m Iretl unwillingly from hi? f isciDating quarters
Hi grumbled about it to himself in a manner
which the arrangement by no mean? justified.
He said that he hated guest chambers —they
always had an unlimited aspect : ar.d then he
-titled as he remembered tha Mr. II tra ton 's
were seldom empty. He fancied it was chilly,
but the thermometer stood at eighty. It was
on the cold side of the house, bet the curtain
Vt crimson dema?k tff-ctaaily t>i.ut oat the
north star and its cir hug constellations, and
be smiled a second time at bts folly. T.s the
books that are wauled, he suggested, but m v
tug uneasily tu hta chair he brbe J sglau door
elo-ing a recess tn the wall, and rauged behind
it were most of bis favorite auihors.from Chau
cer to Hawthorne. He reluctantly confessed
that he needed only au atmosphere warmed
and vital zed by Jcnuls's presence to raak ev
erything else deiigbtfcl.
Tbe period appointed for Arthur's viait
passed but 100 quakiy, aud Lis reluiu Lome
was anything but pleasurable. He found
Adoiph no longer amusing, ar.d Pirre's dis
hooes'y uuindura jle H apartments
looked cheeriesj. He 'xanted the basket and
Sswiug chair mort taan ever.. He bore it a
while, and then wrote to Mr. Hamilton tbat
he was iou.v and blue, and longed to get back
io the cheerful country house.
" Poor feiiow," saui Mr. Hamilton, " it : s
, hoekiag dull, this living in chauitiers. I trie i
| it myself once, and came near myself.
And it is very cheerful here, as Arthur says
He may c me, muju't he, mother, and stay ts
long as he likes ?"
M's H imiiton, whocever diff -red from her
j spouxe iu hospitable ir.tenti >r.s.answtred "Yes,'
and the return mail carried an intimation to
Arthur that he was welcome to a plate and
bed at the " Grove "at ar y and ali times.
There was wrtkiig vit!y Bgspl i t? in Ike
manner of Arthur's setting oat for h ; s second
v.sit. A hamper of excellent wine jast receiv
ed from a iriend in Europe, preceded hie be
cause it happened to be of a ;t'd that Mr
Hamilton had commended Bru-o. the great
d- z, accompanied him. because Jeuoie liked
bogs ; and amonz bis lazzaze was a tru*.k
w,;h cbo ce ergravici? acd objrets of art.w lisle
a fine saddle horse followed hint, ostensibly
because he coaid no: be trasted at the stables,
but really intended as a present to Jecaie,
sou! 1 it appear probable that she would ac
es pi the gift.
1 teard regular from Arthur darin;
the wnter. his letters beirz dated from " The
Grove," as freqaeotiy as from h.s chambers.—
ba; I eou'd omy infer from thenr cene-al tone,
that affairs were progres-ivg hop lolly. One
miming, however, a the foiiowing spr.nz opc-o
entering a jeweler's shop. I preeeived oce cf
proprietors in close attendance upou a
yra: g man, who was s'andme wuc an open
jewel case before him. and g'.v.nz minute di
rectloD? for the resetting of eoasc magr.'Scent
pe&r'.s. " Arthur !** I exclaimed, and in a
minute Arthar was whispering, " C?ugrata!at
me, cox I hive won her."
AndsoJeooie HamiUoa, without beauty,
or style, or fortune, m tried my admired eoas
z ; and from that day to this be has uttered
ferTant thioksg virg that the lovable h'tte
side of woaanzood WAS revealed to him befc-e
he had been capiivaied by nitre outside show,
or had become too old to accept tbe deep ar d
.as: iz happiness wzich it ntver fa.is to yieid.
Haraors of the Campaign,
Toe highly ir.tel 'gent and veracious corres
pondent of tbe *¥. I .Ifcr.-iry, seeds from the
seat of war the follow ug graphic account of
seme matter wcica have escaped the ootiee of
.MS V.G-.leut caxp followers who write for the
press :
Eiii>yrs T. T: —We have met tbe enemy
at last, my boy ; but I don't see that be is
on-? We went aft*r b 3 withiyiog banners,
acd when we czne they were flyiogr *ti I
Honor to tbe brave whofe.loa tbat Meody
field ! acd may we k i ereegfc secessksDists
to c*.re each of thecs a mocuceat cf skads 3
I was present at the great battle, tsy boy,
acd app-r nted myself a speeia' goa-d of ore of
tte bazzage wagons in the extreme rear Tie
driver saw ce coming acd say h* :
" Yes can't ca: reo-cd this bare vehicle.ay
fioe little boy m
I looked at him for ansoarrt,tf:*r:b man
cer of tk tale great actor, Mr £ roy. and
says I .-
" Soldier, hut thou a wife V
Says ba ; I rotkoa *
" And sixteen small children ?"
Says he," there was only fifteen wheD lost
heard" from "
" Soidier," *ays I, " were you to die before
to morrow what would be your last request?"
Here I shed two tears.
" It would be," say 3 he. " that some kind
friend would take th- job of walloping my off
spring a year on contract, and finding my be
loved wife in subjects to jaw about.
" Soldier,' says I, " I'm your friend and
brother. Let me occupy a scat by your
side."
And he didn't let me do it.
While I was skirmishing arcund in the rear
of aoother wagon I met Rajmondof the Times,
aud found he was hunting for the Great Quad
rilateral " He said he would go into the thick
est of the light and write an account of it on
the knapsack of a dead rebel, if it wasn't for
the fact that if he should bappeu to get mortal
yl wouaed, the Iltraid would swiar that he
was shot while ruuning after his hat Just at
this minute something bust, and I found my
self going np at the rate two steeples and a
shot-tower a second. I met a Fire Zouave on
the wuy down, and says he :
" Towhead, if yoa se ar.y of car toys up
where you are gomg to, jnst tell them to hur
rv dowu, for ther's goin' to be a mas-, and
Nine's fellers 'ill tufce that 'ere four gun hy
drant from the seceshers in lesa lime than vou
can reel two tarda of hose."
As I was very tired, I did not go all the
way up, but turned back at the first cloud,and
returned hastily to the scene of strife ; I hap
pened to light on a very fat seceshr, who was
doing a little running for exercise. Duwn he
went with me on top of Lira. He was dread
fully scared : but says be to m. " I've seen
you before, by the Gods?" I winked at him
and commenced to sharpen my sword oa a
stone.
" Ttil me," said he, " Lad you a female
mother ?"
" I had," said I
" And a m&scaiir.e father ?"
" He wore breeches."
" Then you are ray long lost grandfather!"
exclaimed the secesher,endeavoring to em or ace
toe.
"It won't do," say I ; " I've been to the
Bowery Theatre myself and with that I
took off his neck tie and wiped my aose with
it. This action was so repugnant, that he im
mediately died on iny hands—and there I left
him.
Wi-'a tbe remembrance ot the many heroic
sou s who have sacrificed themselves for their
country that day,l have not the heart.oiy boy.
to continue the subject. I was routed at about
five o'clock iu the afternoon, and fell back on
Washington, where I am new rect.ving my ra
tions. I ion't take the oath with toy spirit
since then: acd a skeleton with nothing on but
a havelock is all that is left wfyourcorrespoa
den:. The Mackerel of wulch I Luve
the honor of being a member, was about the
worst demorai zed of au the brigades; th?-y cor
ered theCDx.'!ve? with glory and ptrsperationat
the vkirtumage at Bu i Ron. In the first place
they' nevt-r had much morals,and when it came
to be d-:m >rai.z J it hadn't any; so t at every
-iuce that disaster the pca-wntry in tbe neigh
borhood of the camp Lave been in co&atant
m>c r nirg for departed pullets; ar.d one vener
able rust ice mpiaies that the Mackerel pickets
an.i ad his cows every night, end coote to
borrow his chum in the monttng. W hen one
:f the coiotieis heard il.e vei-erabic rustic c.uae
tins wciru-ation, be said to Lira :
" Would yoa like to be revenged on those
w'-io tni.k yonr an.aiiies
The venerable rustic ta.k a chew of tobacco
acd said he—" I wouldu't .Ike aay'.hir.g bet
ter."
The Colonel locked at bim sad'y for a
nioment, ani then remarked ;" Aged stranger
yonr are already revenged The men who
milked your aciai.es are from New V rk.
where they had been accustomed to drink milk
composed principally of Crotor. water. Upon
drir.x r.g the pure article furid-h*d by yonr
rentie oeastesse-, they were a . taken vio.-'-rt
ly sick, and are now ijijog at the point of
r.ess, expecUng every m-jmeLt to be their
first."*
Tne venerable rustic was so effected by this
intell gence that ne insoiediate'y went borne in
rears.
By invitation of a weii known powder con
key, I visited the Navy Yard yesterday, and
witnessed the trial of some newly invented ri
fied cannon. The trial was of short duration,
acd the jury brought in a verdict of''iacoeent of
any intent to kill.'
The first tn tried was siaiiar to those used
ia the Revolution, except that it bad a iarce
tocch hole, ard tbe carnage was painted green
instead cf blue. This novel a:i icgenicc?
weapon was pointed at a target a' :ut - xty
yard? dis'ant. It d dot bit it. aci as nobody
saw any bail, there was much perp'ev tv ex
pressed. A mid shipma© c d say that he though:
the ba i most bare ran oat of tbe touch bole
when th?y leaded up,for wfc-ieb hewss ir-tant
ly err-elieti from the service After a long
search, without find.ng the haii.there was some
thought cf suciasoeicg the Naval Retiring
Board to decide oa the matter, when seme
body happened to look into the month cf tbe
cannon sod d secTe-ed that tbe ball bad not
wert cnt at aIL Tee ioTector said that this
would happen sometimes, especia.ly if you
dldcipcta brick CTer the t3och-hc ; e when
yoairtd the gus. The Governcert was so
wr!i pleased with this ex: fanatic®, that it
ordered forty of tbe GUNS OG tbe spot, at t*3
hundred thousand coilars apiece Tbe gtr §
to be furnished as sooc M lite war is over
Oaf* " I tell yen that I shall CO ZL 3.. * smimce
if yoo d3a*t have me, Susan.*
" Weil Charley, as soon as yea haw gives
re that evxiez.ee of voor iffeeLnns, I wfii bo
.eTeyockTe E#
He irxed : tteiy hnnr b ; =se!f epos her
seek, acd sad •
" There row " it that cot as art t Sesy
ride
She wilted
VOL. XXII. —NO. 43.
(Eornspoitbence.
Letter from Beaufort.
Bi*croi, S. C., Mrcb 4, I&GJ.
DEAR FATHER, MOTHER AND BROTHERS I
seat myself to answer your most welcome let
ter, which came to haud last night. 1m en
i joying myself first rat®. Tuis is a pieasaut
place where we are encamped, near the city
of Beaufort. Here you can see the roses iu
fall bloom in mid winter. I woald haTe to go
i but a few steps to see com growing, froui one
: to two inches high.
i Toe trees wear their green foliage all win
ter. Is net this a plea?ant place f I think
I last night was the coldest night we hare bad,
I since I hare been here—l hate not seen a
flake of snow this winter, oor any sign* of
any in the ioyal Slate of South Carolina,
| where the O.d 50th Pennsylvania is about
now, and there Is uot Secesh enough In the
Southern States to drive her out, wbeo we
have Capt. TELFORD to head Company 0 WI
know when he is at the head that we are rea
dy for anything, and wo be to the man that
lays a rifie level for his bead. He is aroand
every time. He says "Come, boys," not "go
boy," and this is the right way— bit boya
will foiiow him anywhere. The Captain la en
joying himself finely.
We have got another first Lientenant; hla
name is WARREN, from Montrose, Susquehan
na coanty. Oar Capt&io is thought a great
deal of by the adjoining Companies They
would just as soon light for him ai for then
own Captain, and a little sooner, they say.—
Give ay respects to ail. * * *
R. ARNOLD.
FEUM E. B. POWELL.
BtACPOur, 5. C., Mvrvii i, 1542.
FRIEND GOODRlCH:—Beaufort, the place
where we are now stationed, is the Seratoga
of the Soutb ; in location tDd i:oa : ioo, aecood
to none on the coast of the continent, although
at preseat in a dilapidated condition, from iu
desertion bj its inhabitants and the reckless
uess of the blacks and the troops The regu
larity of the streets, acd the taate displayed
in arrangiog ;ae gardens and parks, render it
beautiful, it is situated on the banks of, and
bounded oa the south and east by the Beaofort
riser. It is the most health; place ia the
range of the coast, being the summer reeort of
the wealthy inhabitants of Charleston tod Sa
vannah. Toe buildings are of an ancient or
chitectare, and finished ia an expensive style,
and are baut upon foundations of shells and
cement from four to six feet above thegroand,
and around each a large yard, beaatifa!'; ar
ranged with roses of every kind and hoe. aod
flower? of the rarest kind, in perpetual bloom.
The chirping of the leathered songsters, as
they skip frcm branch to branch through the
numerous orange groves, aud surrounding dense
force's, enl.veu the scenes, and though in the
depths at w.tter, it is cootinaal spring, and to
one be used to soothers ciiiae " December's as
p.tas'int as iluy.
Tbe ev.is of slavery are as apparent here,
perhaps, a* any part of the south. There is
nothing like improvements—tbe farming in
terest- arc about one centers behtod tbe age •
the piowsog done with toe broad or cKtoa
hoe; never has a team been used to tern ap
the yd, ijc.iher has the soil (which is all sand
four inches beneath the surface), ever been
brought to tie eo iveuing rays of the ma.—
Nottiin? 'ike manofactoriea. macbeeeerr, or
_-;ner'. improvements of tie age, aod so ioag
as slavery exists, this state of things must eon
ttiine, foe the irgenaity of the whites is con
tinually taxti to keep their human chatties i a
ignorance and under the lah.
Toe iatd ta :ne forests here bis ail beta ua
der c&il.ratios once, and wiiec son oat left
to grow op ta brush wcod and p4c'u plat.
Tie mono tony ot the scenes are occaaiooanj
broken by fcrcral d ; rpes. Today, a pail Lu
been throws erer oor Kecraeac by tie
and bcriai of c-ar aeiphbontg townsmeo, Cor
pora! CnAT.its R Owoia, a member cf C-oaa
paoy K If yon nerer averaed a federal in
:ce a. aiy, aaa yoa bees here u> day, aa<i wit
nessed the scenes, a solemn ic&pressioo wooii
hare beea thrown oter yon, that woo'd hare
been a? lasting a? life. Watch the alow sol
emn tread cf the procession, eoosutiog of Cof.
G. aci K , as tbey fo-..weo tae rude p.ne cof
fin — with bat a stcg.e mourner—eoly one to
weep ia the iatd of rebellion and birthplace of
treason. The less cf a brother is too deeply
ft it to be described ; sympathy seemed to Sow
from heart to neart, and iett aa impress that
canto; l>e effaced, r oalr and solemnly we
aid w.m down—a warrior takicg as re;t, aio&e
in a deso.ate spot, far from kiadred aad friettds,
and softly s :~e reqma soeoded by the pass
ing breer? I can write oo eatagy on bts char
acter ; those who were aeqaaieted with h:m
can apeak oc as at bat good
W: e strot. ug throago the charch-yard a
few days s tee, I foacd .nacr.puocs *n:ch
rpeak both for and antiqaity. The
fcHowfrg is a sample:
* At rrqwest f Alexaa4er lii t-®5 t-j
e-dei a' rcwaia -Jtt ux.7 *i Cartas
AKTHOSTSHAW a til r. s**ti
itwrte: tai* ii <U 2lt 4a/
■scn-ies-.*r t3e
.F r 1* TW-
Another—
Beseat- tfcii <4n> Iw : aiaiwwl tfee rrst jias M
r*t7 WlLiliJt E_ GHAH aY,
K:tisir ?-f Uh E?3Mpa2 Citrcfe. is tie tmn V
3ea.' whs 4par> ■ *e ux u£ of Oct , ,
JET- Lil Yi*r%
A'so. one dated 1755. and OM 1733
The cood.tioa of the 'roops is the Terybet,
i.nd the tea'th cf the brigade Is good ; disci
pline i enforced. csr- respected, all larwr
and drl? perf:mad wi'liagly, and aa asx.ocs
desrre far a speedy termtaatiott of the war
E. B. POWSLO.
Cosnos-'vs A Wn>cw—a elvrrraa cra
©!isz a widow cc '.be death of her hosSaod,
r?n:a*-ked that tne coeM rot find hw "^oa!
** I do> know abewt that," remarked the
soootag fair oce, " bai I'd try."'
T;a roer family kiadly, hs pof yxr
hfses and cattle n'ght'r to tk* net.