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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 21, ISC7.
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All of which will be so!d at the lowest
poes;lle prices.
OT Hutur and Eggs taken in exchange
for goods.
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n , H. D. BUSH.
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For the? Jeflersoniaii.
THE UNION VOLUNTEER.
BY II. LANG FORD.
A MONO the many thousands who sig-
nalizcd themselves in the service of their
country, there maybe one found who,
although his laurels are not so brilliant as
1 r r a. j ci .
muse m urani ana cnermao, were yet oozed continually, dyeing the hard pillow of the suffering that awaited him.
won with more endurance and self-deny- J whereon his head rested; and cloth after) Yet she bad that day laid the first snare
ing patriotism. Men hired to bear arms 1 cloth was 'removed till nothing was left I to enthrall his life in danger, and, pcr
agamst invasion, or foreign oppression, herewith to efface the stains. It was a1 haps, sever the secret tie which bound
are to a certain extent accounted brave sabre wound, a rugged tear above the her so faithful to his service. Far better
but he who, at the call of bis country, temple, and inflicted by no masterly hand. I had he perished in battle, yielding up his
leaves home, kindred and every thing The woman resumed her work, and once j blood for the cause he had espoused, than
dear to his existence in answer to theore the patient slumbered dreamily. i to be tamed with the whip and the stripe
summons, is truely a hero a hero whose There was something in th behavior of, that ever pursued him in battle, or on
deeds the country may be proud to chron- this woman very stange. A heartfelt; tb'c march, the same secret and implaca
icle, and his friends led to exultation in suffering iuwardly afflicted her. There 'ble rod was ever present to chastise him,
the rehearsal of his conquests. was an evident anxiety in her face, and, and make him regret the bitter hour
The Sun rose broad and red o'er the moreover, one that seemed to depend j when he firs, gazed upon the fatal sword
bright destiny of the Union in 1860. j wholly on the recovery of the soldier. point.
There was an anxious and visible agita- The issue of his sickness might influence It was now night. The grey twilight
tion among men. In the hurry of busi-jher health, for such devotion, if once deepened into darkness, and the stars
ness they found leisure to pause in the; prostrated, can never recover to its proper! spangled in the sky, Slaughter Mountain
street, and shake the hand of their fel-; tone. Nance Hoik was a woman of a j was scarcely visible. Along the summit,
lows. It was the bond of sympathy for quiet and prepossessing turn of mind; an . the night-cloud had rested with a dark
the great cause that affected their coun-jeaSy jet gtern development of will were land indented outline, covering the rug
try's happiness opinions were timidly ;n0 lcss her attractive qualification thaniged site with impenetrable gloom. It
exchanged as to the probable issue of the j her faithful and self-denying solicitude, j was beautiful in the valley." A hazy
great and critical movement of the times. There was a tie of some unexplained char- j light rested on the summer atmosphere,
Debate and angry altercation were uni- acter which taught her to care for aud(and at times the moon from her " cloud
versal, even in every dwelling. The'gUard with motherlike affection the life laden chariot" illuminated the deserted
ania directed its concentrated influence J of the young soldier, and with a devotion, j battle-field. "Silent, and yet grand, were
o'er the deep valleys of the South, and j which only a woman can possess, she ful-jthe solitudes around, and every thing in
the first gore fell rich at the expense of a j filled the great object she embarked for. nature was beautiful. Nature and heaven
million patriots. People rose from their) It was almost night when the invalid mourn not o'er the sad reverses of human
daily avocations and looked abroad; the 'awoke. Nance knelt by the bedside with j warfare. The grass upon the valley was
first cannon shot told of strife in the land, j her cake and warm coffee, solicitous wheth- j ploughed under the mircry soil after the
and as the dun smoke curled slowly awayjer his recovery might be retarded by the flight and defeat of an insulted army; the
the great armies of the ltepublic were!use of such food. Her keen eye soon huge mound of fresh earth plainly indi
drawn up for battle. discovered that the fever had entirely cated the soldier's last resting place, free
The great work of slaughter had begun, j abated, and with thanksgiving she uttered I from the tumult of the camp" and the ag
Nothing less could equalize the scale of a brief prayer. She raised his head ten-j onizing shrieks of the dying; yet the
abridged power between the claimants on jderly, helping him to a half-reclining po-j heavens bore no blot upon its clear azure
me one nana ana ine suppressors on mention, and almost counted the morsels he
other. Parley was insult, delay, defeat, ! eat in order to assure herself when it was
and so the decisive action of the times : . a,aa Beedful to give him more refresh
it was necessary to meet, and the embrace j ment. Then she bathed his wound with
was both long and protracted, and final as ! fresh water, and helped him lie down,
it was sanguinary. while she, with a happy heart, resumed
Among the regiments comprising the 'her work.
division of the hite Star stands con
spiciously the Seventy-third Pennsylva
nia Veteran Volunteers, both on the of
ficial report of Sigel, and those of Milroy
and Schenck, when consolidated with
their divisions, forming the " Mountain
Department" command under General!
I remont. It Was organized in Philadcl- I
phia by the deeply-regretted Colonel
T.l 4 T -- .1!J-1 T 1 0. .
uonn a. ioues, .ugusi, ioui. in mo-,
after Bank's retreat, it served with Fre-
mont m the pursuit of " Stonewall Jack-'
son, and participated in his deleat at
Cross Keys. Sigel assumed command of
the division the latter part of June. 18G2,
theSeventy-thirdservingin Luray Valley,
Ya., Slaughter Mountain, Second Bull
Itun, Chancelorville and Gettysburg; af
ter which it was detached from the Army
of the Potomac and ordered to report to
General Kosecrans in the Lookout Valley.
It formed part of " fightingJoe Hook
er's" Corps, and participated in the bat
tle of Lookout Valley, Lookout Moun
tain and Missionary Kidge. For awhile
thereafter it was at Knoxville From
Knoxville it returned to Lookout Valley,
a majority of the members re-enlisting,
and, finally, removed to Philadelphia on
a veteran furlough. After recruiting
and recuperating it was again ordered to
the front, March, 1804.
CHAPTER I.
THE HAUNTED FARMHOUSE.
Far away in the distance, over the
green common, and just where the bright
and sunny Jlappahonnock murmurs thro'
a narrow channel, formed by two immense
bastions of rock, making a kind of steep
gallery, where, from a height, you can
behold the change of color in the stream
as it washes the wave-worn basement, and
again the huge enclosure, as if by jnvol
untary action, excluding the sunlight
from the deep scenes below.
It was a quiet and picturesque retreat.
At a little distance stood a dilapidated
old farmhouse, evidently the only habita
tion for miles on every side of the coun
try, and whose outside bore visible marks
of its having been on fire. The windows
were blackened, as if flame and smoke
had been issuing out of them some time
before; tiiC flannelling on either side, and
below the framework were charred and
blanckened, so as to indicaiC the presence
of incendiaries, and the whole Ll-'ildiHc
bespoke violence committed arouud.
The interior indicated misery and
wretchedness. It was destitute iu the
extreme. On the floor lay a soldier upon
a rude bed, composed of leaves, loose
straw and a few old military overcoats
A fire burned at some distance where a
negro woman was cooking some corn meal,
coffee and bread soup. Often and anx
iously did she turn her eyes in the direc
tion of the bed, then resumed her work
noiselessly. She was past the summer of
life, yet still retained the energy and
quickness of youth; she had bright and
restless black eyes fever and anxiety
burned within them; there was an ex
pression of fear iu her face, and her
hands trembled convulsively as she per
formed her work. No other living soul
was near, and the dwelling presented au
aspect of suffering and solitude.
The soldier was a mere youth. His
complexion was brown or olive, with dark
and heavy eyebrows, high forehead, aud
thin aristocratic face. He was a south
erner by blood, but not by education or
practice; and his mould of feauture, in
!, uiiglit have denoted the high
lineage of Castile and Arragon. His 'that sagacity always to be found in her'
brain burned with feverish pain. And (race, concluded that there was some new
often as a groan escaped his parched lips' cause of disquietude since he awoke from
the negro woman started from her work his sleep of fever and exhaustion. Had
and advanced with cat-like step to the; she the least knowledge of reading, with
bedside. Then she would take his hand
in hers, watch the rapid beat of the pulse,
:.nd look desDondin!lv. Vrnm amid his
l0Dg clustering curls a tiny flow of blood
. . " . J. . ...
He lay silent for some time regarding '
her as sue again heated more water to
bathe hi teet, and at last accosted her m
a hoarse jet affectionate tone:
Tell me, mother, how Ion'
have
been here, where is Cofonel
" I'se been here three davs. massa.
so
cicl- vnn's ever sineA wounded rprv vnmn
i3 de head, deie, now lie down and sleep, I
. . . .... . r'
'bless yo, child, dere."
j And the affectionate woman made him
compose himself for a minute.
ud
who brou"h
t me here ?" he re-
joined.
l I, massa, you's woupded and fell
down, and carried you here, see dis," and
she drew from amid the leaves which
formed the bed a broken sabre point up
on which was engraved Captain C. L.
Cameon.
Long and earnestly did he gaze upon
the blade, his blood still clotted over the
sunken letters. Then he placed it be
neath his pillow, murmuring indistinctly
to himself.
" Where did you get this?'
ed.
"In the battle-field, massa.
down, hossman stood lo over,
he
resum-
YouV fell
but massa
killed him, and I'se got the blade, would
'nt let massa's blood be lost dere, so me
took it and brought it here, de army i3 all
gone, and massa will go home, missus
Comill will be glad."
" Where did the army go, was Colonel
with it?"
" Down by the great riber, run away
fast. Dere be none here since, Colonel
gone too, and had'nt seen massa 'fore he
went. Me could'nt tell him you was
here, for men run dis way, and come in
de house and burnt ebery ting. Me's
sure de men looked for eomebody, but
massa was asleep out in the grass, and
could'nt find him."
Then again he examined the broken
blade and sank into meditation. Nor did
his feature betray any diffidence whatever,
but on the contrary, a keen and visible
pang yet added to the pallor of his face.
With an abrupt movement he rose from
his pillow and, with some degree of effort,
soon regained his feet. His hand was
upon his heart, and he uttered dark and
portcntious words, whose mcaniug and im
port none but himself knew. Then he
walked across the room, waving his arms
in every direction, as if. to ascertaiu the
amount of mauly htrcngth ytt remaining
iu Jib wasted form, and satisfying him
self thai no real lack of muscular powr
was wanting he returned to his couch and
resumed his usual quietude.
Nance regarded him with open mouth
during the wkole of this time, nor did
she essay to speak until he had composed
himself for a lew icinutes. Then, as if
to come quietly to the import of his in
tentions, the said with much earnest
ness :
"Massa in pain! Lor' o' massy, be
with massa allers. Massa bery weak."
And she watched his face as she spoke,
but it only presented a blank upon which
her keen and severe security could de
pict nothing but composure. A quiet
serenity of countenance always follows
the violent struggles of the soul, especial
ly when the violence subsides into some
degree of conclusive or intentional repa
ration. With ouly one primary object in
view, Austin Cameon found a straight
current for his thoughts, and rored over
them with a purpose not to bo frustrated
or disturbed.
Naucc resumed her work. She, with
the aid of her proverbial sagacity, she
would, no doubt, have known the true
nature of the change wrought within him,
'and have found means to frustrate much
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in token of the divine displeasure.
The farmhouse. Nance Hoik had re
tired to rest. The weight of bodily fa
tigue had overcome her, and she now
slept a dreamless sleep. Austin, fever
ish and sickly, slumbered uneasily, his
brain heated by the determinate issue of
the events which happened that evening.
Coolly did he appear in his words and de
meanor, out a loaded conscience had
usiuped the quiet and humane tenure of
his disposition. Filially reared, and ed
ucated with care and watchfulness, the
young soldier might have courage enough
tn vct bcfnml Vi evil nnnliK tVint liumto.J
him ; but a too fond regard for his own ne-
-.' ... ....
culiar ambition now hurried him into an
gcr and desire of revenge. He had that day
laid the snare for his own future misery
and unhappiness with as much deliberation
as if it was a circumstance of his daily
life, and fully satisfied with the result,
however evil, he laid himself down with
a beating heart.
It was now past midnight when he
started from his pillow at the sound of
footsteps in his room, and looking va
cantly around him, perceived the shadow
of a man crossing the apartment, and as
he advanced, something heavy fell upon
the floor, so as to occasion much noise.
Then there were sounds at the back door,
as if caused by the insertion of a key in
the look; after that a loffd slam which
rang like an earthquake in the distance,
then all was quitet again. He staggered
feebly from his bed and made in the di
rection of the spot whence the noise pro
ceeded, but found nothing to convince
him that any mortal beiug was there. He
examined the door but found it securely
locked, and having paused a few miu
utes, his heart beating audibly he return
ed to his own apartment. There Nance
had just arisen, aud speechless with tcr
tor ran forward. The faithful slave
coached at his fet, her hair standing
erect, her lips wide open, as if to ask pro
tection, and her whole frame quivering
with alarm.
His first idea on recovering from his
excitement was to search upon the floor
for that which fell from the hand of his
unwelcome intruder, and soon found a
mall casket, or rose-colored box, care
fully wrapped in faded silk and again
covered over with strong morocco. Ev
ery tie did he unloose, one after another,
till at last he cam to the actual treasure.
A small minature beautifully set iu gold
of a young girl, augelic in feature, and el
egentaud comely in form, was the first ob
ject that met his gaze; a crimpled letter,
bearing no date, or official mark, tied
with black ribbon, aud inside were some
flowers, a lock of raven hair, and a check
on a Philadelphia merchant for eight
hundred dollars. The letter ran thus:
44 New Orleans, Friday.
" Dear Austin, Return to me no more.
Trouble avvaiU you, awful and vindictive.
Beneath my chamber there is in nrocca of
construction a dark, deep dungeon, either
for yon or inc. Fattier has the same forbo
6tng frown ujion his face yet, and id BehJom
home at night. Strange men, npparanily
soldiers, come to our house every day, and
commune with him for hours. You are safer
fjr in the battle-field than here. I nm mis
erable in fpirit. Until death your,
Camim.ia."
Aud he retained the letter in his hand
for some minutes, then turned over the
faded and scentless flowers, ami examined
the dark ringletl It was Camillia's, his
own sister, aud tho flowers he had . seen
before. Memories crowded upon his
mind of home, of hippinesa, and the
sweet face which always had smiles for
him. It was a sad retrospect, one such
as youth only knows, aud once sighs over
the unbidden past and though daik
and c-iequeied with life's bitterest aud
sweejest realities, the young heart melts
with sorrowful ecstacy in the recital of
tjjat by-gone period. Austin's bosom
swelled as these thoughts rose up before
him, nor was he aware that his grasp
tightened round the relic of love till he
bad crushed it out of its original shape.
Long, and with some emotion, did he
gaze upon the picture of his sister; a
reverence for love came over him, and he
kissed the beautiful vision with as much
warmth as when last he saw her. If
there is any thing in a young man, any
promise of greatness or nobility of soul
within him, it is manifest in the regard
he has for his sister; there is no relative
that a wander of any manliness of spirit
sighs more for than the society of his sis
ter, and young men, generally, of this
susceptible feelingAre homely, wise and
prudent young men learn to be great
by the example of their sisters.
Morning dawned again over the valley
bright, beutifully and glorious morn
ing. With the radiant sunshine, and the
soft geniel atmosphere of June, how in
vigorating did the landscape appear ! Sol
itude in her queenly reign, usurped the
din of battle, and threw an air of beauty
over the scene. 1 he old larmhousc was
untenanted the occupants had gone.
(To be continued in our next.)
"Stick to Your BnshT
Mr. Morgan was a rich man and a good
man also. His neighbors liked him.
The people of the town respected him,
chose him to offices, sent him to the Leg
islature, and never undertook amy im
portant work without asking his advice.
If a school-house was to be built, the plan
had to be talked over with him. When
the new town-hall wa3 planned, the whole
matter was put into his bauds. Widow
Partridge asked him what she should
plant in her field. Farmer Parker always
got his advice in buying cattle, and Mrs.
lleid consulted him about bringing up
her boys. Remarkably successful man
was Mr. Morgan.
John Wood was a clever boy of fifteen.
He had got through what little schooling
his father could afford to give him,
and was going to the city to try for
himself. He hoped to get a place in a
store, and by and by become a successful
merchant. In talking over his great
hopes one day with his mother, he sad :
"I wonder how it was that Mr. Morgan
got as rich and important as he is. Don't
I wish he would tell me how he did it."
"Well, John," said Mrs. Wood, "there
is nothing like asking him. Mr. Morgan
will give a lad like you a good word, I
know, if you will only go to him."
John braced himself up and started for
Mr. Morgan's counting room. He found
the merchant there and alone.
"Good morning, Master John," said he
in a pleasaut voice. "Can I do anything
for
you
John stammered a little at first, but he
was a brave fellow, and bound to succeed.
"Well, Mr. Morgan, I am goiug to the
city to try for myself. I want to be a
merchant, and get rich, and help father
and mother one of these days j and they
will give me my time. Mother said I
might come in and ask you if you would
tell me how you became so successful."
Mr. Morgan was pleased with John's
honest way and frank question After
telling him that he was glad be had so
much energy, and that if he kept out of
bad company and attended closely to his
work, whatever it was, he could not fail,
Mr. Morgan said :
"As for my success, John, I will tell
you how it was. Oue day when I was a
lad a party of boys and girls" were going
to a distant pasture to pick whortleberries.
I wauteito go with them, was very fear
ful my 'father would not let me go, and
scarcely dared to ask him until the time
came and a dozen boys and girls gather
ed at our door. Then I told my father
what was going on, aud at ouce he gave
me his permission to go with them. I
could hardly contain myself with joy, and
rushed into the kitchen and got a bis
basket and asked mother for a luncheon,
I had the basket on my arm aud was just
going out of the gate wheu my father
called me back. My head dropped and
my heart failed, for 1 was afraid he would
tell me I could not go. I went back
trembling. My father took hold of my
hand gently aud firmly, and said, iu a
very gentle voice, Joseph, what arc you
going for, to pick berries or to play '"
'To pick berries,' I replied. 'Then, Jo
seph, I waut to tell you one thiug. It is
this.. Wheu you find a pretty good bush
do uot leave it to find a better oue. The
other boys and girls will run about pick
ing a little here aud a little there, wast
ing a great deal of time and not getting
many berries. If you do as they do you
will come home with au empty basket.
If you waut berries, stick to you bush. :
If you want to succeed iu life stick to
your buih. Now go.'
" went with the party and we had a
graud good time. JJut it was just as my
fatheu said. No sooner had one found a
fair bush thau he called the rest, and they
l?ft their several places and ran off to the
new found treasure heap. Not content
more than u minute or two in one place,
they rambled over the whole pasture, got
very tired, and at night bad but a
very few berries. My father's words kept
strangely ringing in my ears, aud 1 stuck
to my bush. When 1 hud cleaned off
one,! found another and finished that;
then I took another. When night came
I had a lare basket full of nice berries,
more
than all the olhcrj put together,
and was not half so tired as thej were.
I went home proud and happy.
"But at home I found my father ill.
He looked at my basket full f big, black
bertiees, and said : 'Well done, Joseph.
Was it not as I told you ? Always stick;
to your bush."
"These were his last words to me. He'
died a few days after and I had to make
my way in the world the best I could."
But my father's words sunk deep into my '
mind and I never forgot the experience'
of the whortleberry party. I stuck to
my bush. When I had a fair place and
was doing tolerably well, I did not leave
it and spend weeks and months in finding
one a little bit better. When other young
men said, 'Come with us and we will
make a fortune io a fortnight,' I shook'
my head and stuck to my bush, present
ly my employers offered to take me into
business with them. I stayed with the -old
house until the members died, and
then I had everything I wanted. The
habit of sticking to my business led peo
ple to trust me, improved my judgement
and gave me character. I owe all I have
and am to this motto : "Stick to your
bush."
John heard Mr. Morgan's story with
the deepest interest. lie thought he un
derstood the whole secret of success, and'
resolved that he would stick to. his bush'
as soon as he could find a bush to stick
to. He thanked Mr. Morgan for his
kindness, and told hira he would certain--ly
adopt the motto for his own. As ho
was going out of the door Mr. Morgaa
called him back, and told him that he,
had dealings with a firm in the city, who
might possibly want a good lad. He
would write and ascertain.
The next week John Wood had found a
bush in the city, and' when I last saw him
he was sticking to itwell, determined tofill
his basket and worthty place in the world..
He is satisfied that the way to success is
by sticking to the bush.
Wanted-An Honest, Industrious Boy.
We lately saw an advertisement hand
ed as above. It conveys to every boy aa
impressive moral lesson.
"An honest, industrious boy" is always
wanted. He will be sought for; hisser
vies will be in demand ; he will be spoken
of in terms of high commendation ; ho
will always have a home ; he will grow
up to be a man of known worth and es
tablished character.
He will be wanted. The merchant'
will want him for salesman or clerk ; the
master mechanic will want him for ap
prentice or journeyman ; those with a job
to let will want him for a contractor ; pa
tients will want him for a doctor; reli
gious congregations, for a pastor; parents
for a teacher of their children ; and the
people for an officer.
He will be wanted. Townsmen will;
want him for a citizen, acquaintances as
a neighbor, neighbors as a friend ; fami
lies as a visitor ; the world as an aquain
tancc ; nay, girls will want him for a beau
ty, and fiually for a husband.
An honest, industrious boy ! Just think
of it, boys ; will you answer this descrip
tion ? Are you sure that you will be
wanted ? You may be smart and active,..
but that does not fill the requisition are
you honest ? You may be capable are
you industrious 7 You may be well dress
ed and create Jfavorable impression at
first sight; are you sure your friends,
teachers, and acquaintances can recom
mend you for these qualities ?
How would you feel, your character
not being thus established, on hearing the.
words "I can't employ you."
Nothing will make up for these quali
ties. No readiness, rfo aptuess for busi
will do it. You must be honest and in
dustrious, must work and labor ; will your
calling and election for places of profit
and trust be made sure? Columbia Spy.
A Female Pedestrian.
A young damsel named Nancy Ann
Snyder, of Armstrong county, is creating '
a sensation iu that neighborhood by her
running feats." The Clarion Banner says :
Among the sporting fraternity of New
Bethlehem, Clarion county, was a youngs
man, who recently ran two and one-third
miles in eighteen miuutes, which was
considered pretty good, and he carried,
his "honors" with becoming diTnitv. -The
"parient ' of the above young lady
knowing that his "gal was some on a run
herself, laid a wager that she could beat
his time. This proposition offered some
fun, the bet was quiekely taken, and the
young lady eutercd the lists confident of
success, and on the -Gth ult., ran seveu
times round the ring, in that town, which
made her required distance, two milea
aud a half iu seventeen miuutes. The
first rouud she made in two and ono third
minutes. The race was witnessed by 'a
larger number of gentlemen and ladies,
and a number of LcU were uiado ou tho
result. ,
Bright Days.
There are some bright days in onea
existence, that recompense one for years
of toil and tumult; the very recollection
of them is as refreshing as the fountain
iu the desert ; and as puro aud uusulied
as tho crystal stream flowing from tho
stony rock, and are like "ange'ls visits,
few and far between." There are others
which summon up a host of melancholy
thoughts, which cause the blood to rush
all unbidden to the cheek, and the moist
tear unconsciously to bodew the burning
lid, and such Kud ui to uay with the poct4
"There's uothiuj pure but.hcavcu."
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