ler: - L E 6.erritsO; - 14blisttt. THE UNION. BY MRS. SARAH T. BOLTON.. mThe Union—it must. be preserved." Disiolve the Union ! -let the blush of,shanie Hide, with its crimson glow, the brazen cheek Of him who.darOs avow the traiterous 'Tis not the true, the wise, the good, who siVirk • Words of such, fearful import; but the.wealc, Drunk with fanaticism's poisonous wine, And reckless of the futitre, madly seek To hold their'saturnalia at the sbrino That noble souls inive held, and still must hold, divine. ' - Dissolve-the Unionl- 7 -madmen, would you rend The glorious motto from oar country's crest? Would ye despoil the stars and Stripes, that lent - Home, _food protection to the - world's op - • pressed ? Have ye no reverence for the high 'bequest That our immortal sires bestowed erc4bile ? Has sin ,defaced the image God impressed • On your humanity, that ye could smile To ses the lurid• flames of Freedom's funeral • pile ? DjssGlve the Union!—in the day, 'the hour, Ye rend the blood-eernented do in twain, The fearful cloud of Civil war will lower , -Quavery , old blue'hill and sunny plain, From-torrid Mexico to frigid Maide, • Ana men wilt arm, and strange new banners And pallid i'ornan look on kindred slain ; Brothers will, tmittle, and the life-blood lave • The Ulf eshdld, noble sires and husbands i died to save. Dissolve the Union!—no, ye cannot part With idle words the blessed ties that bind In one the interests of the mighty hart Thet,treasurea . np the hopes ofall mankind. A while, perehanco,-the -blind may lead the blind, And men may followphosphoreseentlight From beaten paths to quaginires, ere they find The ray that shono.so beautiful and so bright. Was bat a phantom-lure to deeper, darker night. Dissolve the Union !--never ! You may sow The seeds-of vile dissension o'er the and, That men may reap in sorrow ; you may show The weed your disregard 'of all ifs grand,' 'EternM interests ; but a noble band' - Ofpatriots, tritd and true,-will still remain, With heart to heart,.ani sinewy hand to hand, To guard, from foul dishonor's e s atkering stain, The jewels God has shrilled inoins holy . • . fans. Dissolve.tte Union destroy the page . That give the human sight the hideous serval; Let not the freemen of a (uteri age Resd these detested words; they would remit Shame, madness, imbecility and alt That mai.,s the noon-tide glory of our.time. True to the undivided, stand or fall; To wave; now is little less thal t r7rue-- To bat. le for the right is.glorious, is sublime Genera, Szcitzerland, February, 18.58. An Adventure in a Rail-Way Car- riage. After I had taken my-seat ottelnorning at Paddington in an.empy carriage,l was joined just as the. train was moving off, by a strange looking young 'man, with remarkable' long 'flowing hair. lie svas„of \ copse, a little hut • riei, but he seemed, besides s to be so distuthe4l and wild that I was quite alarmed for fear, of his not being right in his mind, nor did his subsequent conduct at - alrrea , sure me. Our /train was an express, and he inquired eagerly, which was the lust station whereat We were advertised to stop. I consulted my Bradshaw, and furnished him with the required informa tion. It was Reading. The young man looked at his watch. "Madam,' said he, '1 have but half an hour between me and—may be, ruin. Excuse, therefore, my abruptness. You have, I perceive,a pair of scissors in your work-bag. Oblige me, if you please, by cut ting off all.my Itair;' _ "Sir 'said I, "it is impossible." "Madame," : he urged, 'and a look of severe determination crossed.his-features, "Lama degperate man. Beware how sou refuse me, What I ask. Cut myhair off—short; close to the toots—im• mediately ; and here is the newspaper to bald the ambrosial cu:ls." I thought' be was mad, of course; and 'believing that it would by dangerous to thwart him, 1 cut, off all his ' hair to the last lock. "Now, MOain," said he, unlocking a smal) pormanteau, "you will further oblige me by looking out of the window, as I am abont to change my clothes." " ' - 'Of course - I -looked cut of the window, for a very considerable time, and when he' oh served, - "lladame, - I need not longer put you to any inconvenience," I did 'not recognize the young_ man in the least. Instead of his former rather gay costume; be was suited in black, and wore a gray wig and silver spec tacles ; he looked like a respectable divine' of the Church of England, of about 64 'years of age ; to cotripletei that character, be held a volume of Sermons in his hand, Which—they appeared so- -to absorb him—Might have been his own. "I do not wi sh - to threAten you, young lady," he resumed, "and I think, besides, that I can trust your kind face. Will you promise me not to reveal" this rnetamor phoss,..untit -your _journey's end r said "most certainly." At Reading the guard and* person in plain Clothes looked into our carriage. "You have - the 'tickets, my love," said the young 'man, blandly, and looking as though he were my father. • '"Never mind, sir; we don't want them," said the official, as he withdrew his compau-. ion. shall now leave you madam;" ob served my fellow trakeler,as soon as the, coals was clear; "by your kind and courageous conduct you have saved my life, and perhaps even your own:" - In another minute be was gong, and the train was in motion. Not till nett morning I did learn:from the Timm newspaper 'that the gentleman on- whom I had„operated the '.haircutter had committed a forgery to an enormous amount in London a few hours before I met him, and that he had • ite2a trace into an express' train from Pad dington, .bit the telegraph had been put in motion and described him accurately--at Reeding, -when the_ train was searched: he wis rio'where to 'be. fotint."- Hou.tcholl fforSs, . From the New York Mercury. - THE WANDERING TROUBADOUR, • ' OR, THE PIIINISUMiNT , Oi A COQUETTE. A True Steny Writtei and Vouched For I=Mil= BY NED BUNTLINE, =21:::= Id more than.one sketch of my naval life, and especially in that entitled "My First - Lesson in Spanish," I have mentioned "Ned the hero of the following story. He was 'the son of a *very popular commodore in the ' service, who upon his pay reared a large fam ily, but who was fortunate enough to get two sons in the Nally, and thereby to insure,their suppart and edueation apart from his own expense. He had long since slipped his spir it-elides, and gone to that • shot - class sea whence none return to report soundings. Ned had just returned from a long cruise an the coast . of Africa, well bronzed- by a tropical sun, and with plenty of money in his pocket, for that is one of those fortunate sta tions where an officer 'cannot with conven ience spend all his,pav and a little more. With a three months' leave of absence be fore him, young and full of life, it was but natural that he should seek enjoyment to 'atone for past hardship—and when can a sailor find so much pleasure as in the society of that sex - wkch he only sees at !Ong inter vals;and of whose company he is deprived, literally, for at least four fifths of his time Ned was not only good lookin4.hut graeeful, intelligent and accomplished ; therefore his entree Into the best society was at once accor ded, and -he became a very general favorite with the ladies; nor did he Make enemies among the ,young men by this, for his off handed, generous way, took their hearts by , storm and no one was so popular as he. Among the lovely tidies of Virginia—for in the city of N—Lf- be spent-the first two or three weeks of his "leave"—was a Miss Elsie C—, rind she was well-known to be as cogeettish as she was beautiful. In truth, she was as near heartless as it was possible for a girl to be, who possessed much ambition and some romancein her nature. Ned's male friends warned him of her char acter, when they saw how entirely he was yielding himself to her fascinations,. but some of them coming near to an invitation to stand NI at - ten paces for targets, they concluded td let him have his rope, even though he hung himself. Thus things "went - tar a short time—Ned was 'with time lady, morning, noon, and eight, almost--taking her to ride and sail, present ing _her with rich jewelry and many a sou venir of foreign travel, until then kept , safely in his cabirfet r:r - tehrs, and giving tier, not the least _of all as lie thought, MS whole heart's devotion, fTt last,e.ncouiaged by bersmiles, and even words, and learning that she was to be one of a patty making up for a visit lb the " White Sulphur Sprirgs" in the course of few days,' he detettnined to put an end tic, his stispenFe, and declaring hi 4 feelings, to propo , e that last desperate resort of a love-sick man —matrimony Ile -did se-in the inesteltigaent and im pa•sioned terra:, clewing lipon'a wends of fire by the way of conetu , ion : The cold in clime and cold in blood Their loft can scarce deserve the name, =But 'nine is like the lava fl Which burns in Elna l s breast of &me." She quietly listened until he had got through. Her silence, her non-withdrawal of the hand wb.ich . he held, the heaving of her bosom. all " told to Hope a tiatzeting - tale"— he dreamed the was his own. But when be cosute*—she woke him up. &peal of merry laughter broke from her rosy lips. " Really. Mr. K." _she cried, "Awl are am excellent actor—oue could almost believe that ,you were in eartteslr " Upon my Foui, sweet Elsie, I am !" cried Ned, as he Half devoured herhantl with kisses. "Miss C—, sir, if you please 7' raid she, drawing away her hand and regarding him with chilling dignity. "If have been so imprudent as to encourligo such familiarity, I regrettl" she added., - Ned was struck all aback. He had seen a white squall rise in fire minutes, and strip a ship, which utrder a cloudless sky, bad spread every thread oCsail—he had sped in an hour •from the fever•heat of the Gulf-stream, to the almost icy coolness of the shoreward waters ', -be had noted' many a change, but never one, EO sudden as this. He knew not what timber a coquette was made of. For a tnin ute or more he was silent ; then looking upon her cold and passive face, beautiful as a tinted head by Canovas, and all as seneless, be asked in a low,_firui tone: "Am I to understand, Miss C—, ;INr all that has passed between u...after the very serious encouragement you have apparently given to me that you utterly discard me ?" Most decidedly, yes sir! It has-come to a very pretty pass'when a young lady Cannot. Mouse herself with a gentleman for a few days, without having the borrOrs of matririm ny thrust before her I.' • Ned made no reply. lie could not. The utter beartleasness of her wcrds and manner choked hirn, instantly• left her presence, muttering as he passed beyond her hearing: " I'll make_ her pay for this or be shot for a booby 4 1 , . He at once met his male friends and told the_ story - of \his diSComfiture in his own bu morons way, :thus getting the start of her in spreading the news, and also mortifying her immensely by adding, that le only had pro posed in jest, knowing from her coquettish character' that he could de it with safety.— But wounded as, he really was, at heart, this was only a - priming to the satisfaction which be desired as the sequel willexhibit. 'Miss was heartily rejoiced when the - pftrty made- up for the "Springs" was ready toslepart, far her expected triumph in her refusal of Ned, turned out rather to her - mortificittion than otherwise. And she was plertied 'too, when she learned that al though be had been urgently invited to go, be had refused to be one of , the patty. Perhaps, aye, certainly, at no watering place in the Unioo is the society tume Felect and more th:in that winch resorts to the ".White Sulphur" in the sutorier time. Unlike Saratoga and Newport, it is not redo lent-of codfish and enusbroomsr—notcrovided with .the parvenue aristocracy - that has rolig up to' the top of society im rum casks. r mack erel barrels—the true old stoek'vibo Ic4 NO( generation, urn generation, ores a 'line of ittv e ;obi patriot blood, who, give to merit 'its clue atitl.,seorn the pride of -wealth ilrfgot ten, his that which spend its quint an -I linppy 'eammer these among the_grand old the stat4ly forests, the . .refreshing 'waters of that lovely region. f*, 11l was pleasant evening, and rery soon afte the arrival of our party ftoro 1 8 ;1 7 —. The sea bad deicended in its sheen of pi.frple and! of gold, behind the bltitt crests of the western hills and timid twilight was gliding slowily up the path of day with the evening stari set bright tfpon her pale brow. The ridingoartit, which had been gaily scouring oretl bill and dale, bad all come in.; atutnow, to'sinjoy the baluty deliciousness of the hour the many guests were gathered out. upon the brotid piazzas, or were strolling to and fiza the flowery lawn in front kt the hotel. ti,it this moment, as if to add to the romance of the scene and the enchantment of the . hour, a petson, by his dress as well wi by his dart: but clear complezion„evidently a foreigner andiftom a sunny land, approached. His fig: ure I was elegant and well displayed in tight filing breeches and jacket of velvet, which, thodgh somewhat worn and tarnished by the dut of travel, yet, in its ricl,ness and eat broi: ery looked well on his comely person.— A scarlet c,ap, with a tassel of gold, sat jaan tilyjupon a bead which was enriched with a profusion . of long curling black hair—a jetty moistache and softly silken Beard covered the power part of his face and Contrasted well with his pearl whiteteeth as seen wh e n his red dips opened with a song. His black eves were bright arid piercing—his air, haughty andl proud, although the_ guitar which he carried, and a stall' and knilptk - betokened hiin to be one of those wanderinglialian mu sicians- with which the - seaboard portions of our country is literally flooded. -As he approached the hotel, be paused in froUt of the piazza, and, laying down his str i a! and knapsack, tun'td his guitar, and after playing e, prelude of surpassing sweetness, he sun in such a. voice as fel of that company had ever heard before, several, songs in Ital ian I Spanish, and French. And , while be Ali', those upon the-piazza „gathered to its front,. and thlase who were walking clustered up round.. him, and all listened with breath less attetition_until he was through. i h en th ere was a clapping of fair band- , , I suing of handkerchiefs, and most of the leinen hastened to offer the - mtisieinu the rd which such itinerant; it , uully aspect their services. But to their surprise the refased . all reeompidn.a. 9.4witiog. . ho • ever, body 'in his native tongue, and tak up tis :Liu and knapsack he entered the of fice vf the hotel. Ifere-after trying in Italian, SKlti-11 and French, be found a person who cottld understand. the latter language, and ettto ig n tom asired -ate tamthadMr a room, say _g, that though a trave!ing mit - steam, be wai no bejger„ fa.ut had money 'to pay his way. With SUIDI3 lesitatinn—for he was quike as aristocratic as tunny of his` guests— the landlord assigned a ream to the stranger. tn an at his request, had supper sent 1u h . . Meantime among the guest?, tsie..-ciallY the la . .ies, curiosity with its thousand and one c ' - et'itij,•c.tures, was hwy. i wamWho cm he be. I What can he hey" 1.1. e cry. - "No common musician ever liail,an aif so haughty. a look so . noble. And suyi music, nut a lady in the laud. nor even vel .a professor could draw sotdt harmony ftoin the on:tar—nom' was a vetce an finely ni dulatetl. antaruny "0 full of I a •Itiony, and we evidently so catefelly rultivate4. It wtt- ed - almost unsniruou , ly that lie was a n0 u.1.0 u.1.0 bad inc,og, to t the beautiful seaueauf 'Virginia's sweet valesand hills. . • fret the ladies had dressed for the even ini "hop," they persuaded a committee of geptien en, Among whom were two or three (silo spoke French, to watt upon the stranger an il to-insite him to the bell room. I.e received them with grave courtesy, in a manner which at onoe told them that he wris a genlleman by birth and breeding, but deblined their invitation, .declaring it to, be his intention to rest for a few days only a% the watering plaee, and then to pursue his jot rney toward' the .far west, where he said hneant to seek a home among the Indian tribes, where truth dwelt And treachery was not 1 1 Ilis tone like his words, was misan ; th topic. 'he cumudittte returned to the - ladies, and m ide report. Many a heart fluttered while itf owner listened, for had not a picture (rf live Tomute suddenly sprung up in their midst: S' tJr r did that romance decrease, when in the s'llness of midnight, after the guests had all r tired, the voice of the stranger was heard ia low and deliciotis serenade upon the piazza—one which thrilled every listening ear as if it were•a song from heaven. Was it b chance that the song, so low - and plain tite so full of melody, was sum" hewAtli the w'ndow of Elsie C-- ? was it accident which lell T t h l i ie s s s i t , r e arr a g s r k r ed the o r f e h l er„.if, while her eeld. h Igart almost melted beneath :lie impassioned ;emit): It was long 'ere she dept, and when e did,. it was to dream of 'being wedded to an Italian _prince who, had wooed her in dis guise. FT - 12e next morning every one was early up, 110 i hopes to catch a glimpse of the stranger 2, aild at the break'fast table the conversation % .n 8 literally of him and "nothing else." Miss took particular occasion to let all within her hearing know that it was beneath h.-ior window that the serenade was given. - The stranger breakfasted in his room and was waited upon most obsequiously by one o th'e best servants in the house, for be had Ireiidy golden reasons for being' as well, if ot better served than any guests there. And ;fter % breakfast he sent for the landlord, With -horn he held a long; and it would appear, a pleasant .interview ; for while he was,in the pom the "Major" sent down for two iced . j legs, a thing be was seldom known to do, vert with ins most favored guests. And hen, with, an . important air and a smilinit ee, he came forth, he .was in a moment gurropoded by a bevy of fair ones, who dried "Oh, dent Major—yon are in the. secret o tell us stlio.be is I. Is 6e Count, Duke, 'or rinse ?" "He ill, .and the Major pawed, hale his.Art± . - eye 'twinkled merrily as it ver•run the group, "Whit, dear Major, - what!" cried half a ore. ot voices. "A gentlinans,l mid the Major in his : analAtn,et,,,w#y, as -lie moved on. , in . tEi Coins - Of half hour after the }awl thid bad 'tbt , tdiiirger came fib it WE ARE ALL EQUAL 13EUMIE GOO AN:DTitr. CONSTITUTIOILI;—..iftxures lliichanan. • Dontrose, cusquekanna Cowan, ijenit a, Tflurs4an Porning, brit Z, tasa; . . from room, the.dust cleanly brushed from his wellltting clothes—his ruffled wristbands and neat collar as white as the driven. snow. ui guitar was left behind, but he carried in stead, a neat port-folici. Was he an Elitist as well as 4 musician f 1 • This was the question when be was seen walking slowly and thoughtfully along a path whieli led to the most romantic scenery in the neighorhood. And - there after a sudden mania for taking a forenoon promenade in fected- all the belles..' ;The hotel wts de serted—ditto, the billlaid room and bowling alleys. - When the:stranger was next seen, 'he was seated high upon a *rocky peak, with his port-folio on his knee. 4,. evidently engated in drawing. 'Below him stood a group ofladies, perchance thinking that he might include them in his landscape ' A sudden gust of wind swept a paper - frem his port-tblio. Like' a leaf torn from its native t ranchby the strong autumnal wind„l it rose in the air, whirled and fluttered away,l and finally fell near the gronp.of ladies, I who in tt second made a rush for the precious I • prize. 'OIA is a likeness of yOur self !"stieli the one who was the - first to ; grasp if. • "So-it is," cried- the rest as they examined f . it "Let me see it !" said { ' Elsie, and her' bfushes came and went like the hues of a dying dol phin she. spoke, and the beating of her heart could be plainly seen throUgh tile bud dice direr dress. And she not only saw it, but 'she kept it, And bore the metre j96ts of her companions upon the subject. in the kno.st philosophical manner, seeming to any : "Of course he couldn't help falling in bye with nier s The dal passed' tin without anythifig of par. ticular note °enuring, bUt at the dinner-table the landlord exhibited a splendid landscape drawing, repre.enting the scene and the group of ladies as described in the foregoing paragraphs. It was ~ c ) well done, and so true to nature, that it elicited warm encomiums front every one who saw it. That evening the, landlord without ilifli• culty persuaded the stranger to visit the ball room. As. many of the ladies, including Elide C--, understood-Trench, htrwas made (vie. at hone amongst :66m, and they found that be was as much ticaomplishedin dancing i t .l he was in music and art. No geutletvan (,-f all their set was so easy and so graceful. .R.t.ia,&&&& 0...v.6.....bwraer,--and enter lie v e ry -panic til ar-:att en t i dn. Tcgether they , glided, - through the • slow and, grateful waltz, through the rapid nnci exhiliaratiog , ' , polka, end many was the delicate awl tender compliment which he looked rind spokedor. 1 big the evetilnz. -- '..-- , If heart she had when she retired that night, she felt that she had given it to the elegant and gifted strang)m And, more than one 1 other lovely girl beneath that roof ,Iny long awake, thinking of him, and' a