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VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP UNION-
BY OUT EH VKKDEI.L I101.MEM.
Tis , . , t,,.,,,,, niv trouble drrnms.
. , .
Loud W alls the tempest S fry ;
lleforc tllf. gulc, with tittered sail,
ship goes plunging by.
Wlutt name I Yherc bound? the rocks
around
IJl'IX'Ilt tin lottil lllilloo.
The noocl "lifp Union, Southward luntrid :
Hod litdp Urr nnd Jut crew I
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"VA'ith Imiids) of white and rosy light.
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y ! look Mloft ! its fohU full oft
Ilttve lmived the rotirintr blast,
Ami still shall fly w hen from the sky
This Hack typhoon has past I
Speak, pilot of the stomi-tost bark I
Mav l tuv perils simre ?
O landsman these are fearful seas
Tin' brave alone iniiv dan: 1
Kay, ruler of the rebel dee).
hat matters wind or wave ?
The roeks wreck your reeling deck
ill leave nie naught to Rtive 1
O landsman, art thou false or true ?
What sitftt hast thou to show '(
The crimson stains from loyal veins
That hold my heart-blood's flow!
Enotifrh ! what more shall honor claim ?
1 know the sacred sin;
Above thy head our flair shall spread,
Our ocean path be thine I
The bark sails on; the Pilgrim's Cupo
Lies low aloiitrjicr lee,
Whose hcadlunderooks its anchor fluke
To lock the shore anil sea.
Xo treason here! it cost to dear
To win this barren realm 1
And true anil free the hand must I
That hold the w hitler's helm !
Still on! Manhattan's narrow inp; bay
Xo rebel cruiser scars ;
Her waters feel no pirate's keel
That flaunts the fallen stars!
Hut walch the lijiht on yonder height,
Ay, pilot, have u care I
Some lingering crowd in mist may shroud
The capes of Delaware.
Say. pilot, what this fort may be
Whose sentinels look dow n
From moated w ails that show the sett
Their deep embrasures' frown ?
The rebel host claims all the coast,
But these are friend., we know,
Whose foot-prints spoil the "sacred soil,''
And this is i Fort Monroe :
The breakers roar, how bears the shore?
The traitorous wreckers' hands
Have oucnehed the bhie that poured its
ray
Along the H.ilteras sands.
11a ! ray not so! 1 see its glow!
A vrain the shoals display
The beacon light that shines by n!ght,' "
The Union stars by day 1
The good ship flies to milder skh-s,
The wave more gently flows.
The stdteitiiifi ltv-.e walls o'er the sesa
The breath of HcaulVrt's rose.
Wind fold is this the swift winds kiss,
Fuir-sripcd and nutny -starred,
Whose shadow palls the orphaned walls
Tile twins of Beauregard f
Whc.t ! heard not you Port Puiyul's doom ?
How the black war-ships came
And turned the Ib aulort roses' bloom
To redder wr-iitbs of flame?
How from Kchelliiin's broken road
W e str.v his embieni fall.
As soon his cursed prison-weed
Hindi drop from S'.nupti r's wall I
On! on! Pulaski's iron hail
Fells haniile.-s on Tj bee !
Her topsails feel the freshening gale,
The strikes the open sea;
She rounds the point, she threads the keys
Thai truard the Lund of Flowers.
And rid- s ut last where linn and fust
lier own tiiliia'.li r toweis!
The good ship Cnion's voyage is o'er,
-At anchor safe she swings.
And loud ami clear w ith cheer on cheer
Her joyous welcome rings:
Hurrah!' Hurrah! il shakes the wave.
It thunders ou the shore,
I One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One nation, evermore !
Atuntie M-hthln, w Much.
mEsTETCHESr
THE FIRST OF APRIL-
BY M A It Y CLAliKK.
"Yes," said Aunt Hetty, laying aside her
knitting, anil folding her hands for a quiet
.chat with sister l.lsn; and mvsell, "I knew it
was the liist of April. I never told you ubout
the first of April thirty-live years ago. w hen
we served my brother Tom such a trick, did
1, girls r
If there whs unv one fiecial thing delight
ful to K'.sie and myself, it w us to hear Aunt
Hetty tell stories ubniil her own youth; so
we said, eicerly : "I lh, do tell us ubobt it,
aunty !'"
"Y'onr I'nclr Tom," said Aunt Hetty, "was
about the smartest, handsomest young chap
you ever saw, when he cuine limnc from col
lege to Meyersvill.i. Your grandfather was.
the rich mun of tho village, and Tom K ing
his olile: t miii, lie sent him to (.'anil iridic to
be rdiicutcd. Mey ers.v ille is even now an out-of-the-way
place, but then it was far from
any city or town, and oil' the direr t line of
travel, and you can scarcely imugine a more,
primitive place, I think. Tom wus the first
yotnirf man vvho ever left there for college,
It nitide quite u stir in the place. Mr. Way,
the sehool master, felt quite insulted that
Tom's e lucatioii was not considered finished
w hen he left him, und did not speak to fath
er for weeks uftcwards. Howevir, in the
face of ull the bhrugged shoiihlers and raised
eyebrows, Toin went; und one bright day
loin graduated und eaine home. He whs
then just twenty, w ith u tall, fine figure, coul-
blaek eyes und hair, und wore the most as
tonishing pair of whiskers. Such airs as he
gave lumsell : Such tales ol Ins conquests
amongst the t umnridge lu lles us lie related
for our Is'iielit ! Such cutting remarks us lie
mude upon our dresse s und sty les of wearing
our hair ! In short, such u complete fop us
he wus wus never Is fore seen in our quiet
village. Your father, girls, who wus then a
fair-haired slender boy of sixteen, was the
tiist to murmur ut Tom's airs; 1 followed
suit ; and cousin Molly, who was making uu
it vi.-it, cuino next in order; and we hud an
indignutioa meeting, and voted that Tom
wua intolerable, and must lw p'lt down.
Hut hnw r
"'If he could only be caught in a love
acrnpe,' sighed Mollv. 'I ntu sure there arc
pretty girls enough in Meyersville.'
"'He won't look at them,' I said, indig
nantly. 'If Venus herself stood before him
in one of our quiet dresses, he w ould turn up
his nose, curl his lip. and say, 'Rather pretty,
but dresses shockingly 1'"
' "It is six months since lie runic home,'
' said Kdgnr. your father, 'and he is worse
lion iiiail lit' wusi ut ursi. lie lurns lip inn
nose id everything short of a fashion-plate.1 "
' "Oh,' I cried, 'I know how to fix nim l'
" 'Canyon take the intolerable conceit out
of him? It will be such fun to play some
trick upon him, to convince him thut he is
not so w ise as he thinks he is.'
"Our plot was formed then tind there, and
for the next month we Molly und I were
very busy. We sent to Boston for fashion
plates and materials, smuggled them into
the house while Tom was out, and worked
! industriously to carry out our schemes. Ktl-
gar looketl on, giggled now and then, but
kept the secret. At last we were ready, and
nt tea-time one fine rrenitiir. onened our but-
j tery upon Tom.
'Oh, Hetty.' said hdgnr to me, 'have you
: seen the young lady from Boston who is stay-
: at the Blue Bear f
I "'Staying at a tavern!" I said, looking
'. allocked.
! " 'Oh, 1 believe she is left by her father, or
j uncle, or brother, or somebody. Anyhow,
i there ia u mystery. She. always goes out
i veiled, .because her complexion will not
'stand the sun like yours or Molly's, and site
reads novels, they say, all day.'
"'Some of the Boston aristocracy, no
'. doubt,' said Tom. 'I hope you will call,
j girls; she may give you some hints thut will
! la? useful to yon, on dress or manners.'
j "Molly drew herself. 'I'm sure you're very
' kind to think of us,' she said.
" 'Such a bonnet, such flounces and ru flies !'
'said Edgtir. 'And a new thing they call a
I pelisse, all made of green velvet, und trimmed
w ith fur.'
I " 'Then you have seen her V
j " () yes ; she sailed down Main Street just
before dusk with all her linery, and a thick
! green veil over her face, and 1 saw her go
into the tavern myself. So I made bold to
; follow, and Mr. Meens showed me the name
on the register 'Mrs. Arabella Abbot, Bos-
ton, wiclow.'
j " 'Widow !' said I.
I "'Yes. A fiinnv thing to put on the books,
ain't it ? A sort of invitation to be wooed by
the bachelors of the village. Meens says she
' came in a carriage last evening just before
i dark, ami when she got to the door, she
J culled out to some one inside, 'Ooori-byc,
father.' or uncle, he wasn't sure which, and
I the carriage drove off. She has engaged
I rooms for tour weeks, nnd she has liecn lock
1 ed up in one of them until she took her walk
j this evening.'
I Just ut this instant the servant came in
; with a tiny, delicately scented note for Tom,
I which he read, looked magnificent, nnd stuck
t If In Kla -.n.l.-,.t 1 ...
ii in lie-
" 'Edgar,' he ssld, with a wave of his hand,
'this ludv is no subject for your imiH-rtipr-nt
(curiosity, and you will not intrude-upon her
' siret n.roin ' Anil with 4niu nt bis iiiist ' hs
we culled them, he walked off. Father was
iu the city at the time for some months. o
we three conspirators. were left alone.
I "'What was iu the note I' uid Edgar to
i me.
' '"Oh, the lady saw him at Cambridge
(when he graduated, and was smitten. She
: In lliat lie u ill not call at the tavern, or
i stein to pursue Iter, but wait until she names
j a fitting opportunity for a meeting. In the
mean time, that he may know her ut such
i time, he must be at the confectioner's on Main
j Street to-niorrovv afternoon, just before du-k,
j und she w ill pass. I pon pain of her eternal
j displeasure, he is forbidden to join her then."
I "Ain't it fuu C said Edgtir. -1 wonder if
I he w ill "o J'
'Of course In- ill.'
The next afternoon I went to the little
store where we bought the few sweetmeats
mi. i many eas.es which .ueyeisviii nciiian.ieii,
1 - i. . i l. w .. . -ti .i 1
ami, under pretence of buying some cuke for
I tea. went in. I here was 1 om, eating pound-
cake and doing the agreeable to the shop-
Keeper, wiiue ooin eyes were nxca on me
dour. He looked vexed when I cuine in, but
, us it was no part of our scheme to allow him
' to iuin tin- foir uirl.tw I st.tri.l mv o-rrimtil
! . . ' . . :
III il tew minutes she passed. She was dressed
! in the full fashion of the daw and hail all the
hihlren of the village were running after
tier. An immense bonnet, profusely trimmed
w ith choice llovvers mill ribbons, nunc over
her face, nnd from the front suspended u
green veil. She was very tall, bill the gored
skirt of her rich green silk fell to her ankles,
ami ttriniuated in a broad I utile ut thc bot
tom of the skill. The I rimming of the vel
vet pelisse Edgar had described was not the
only fur article, for she canied au immense
mull", ami as she passed she slightly waved a
kid gloved hand, the lir:-t ever seen in .Mey
ersville, towards the dour of the store.
"'Oh. Tom,' I said, 'that must Im- thelitis- i
toil lady. HoffU't she look queer !' I
''I don't see any thing queer.' said Tom.
'She is dressed in the style of fashionable
latlies iu Huston, and really caries herself
very well. Hetty, I wish you managed to
carry your figure us well.'
"1 kept a grave face, and as soon as she
was far enough ahead invited Tom to e.-cort
Hie home. As 1 hail a basket, nnd il was
nearly dark, he could not well refuse, ami we
went home together.
"The next day, another scented note was
received, thanking him for his punctuality
ami obedience, iteiiewed protestations and
cautions tilled il up. It wus brimming full
of tl.itterv, but Tolil swullowetl the whole of
it.
"Well, severul notm came, and the fair
having oeeasioiiully allowed Tom to get a
gliinp.se of her furs, silks, and velvets, but no
chance of seeini; her face. Molly and I con
trived that Tom should nut be alone at such
tinier Twochoiee boquets, some bilht-ibitis,
and a basket of fruit left ut the tavern testi
fied to our complete success. It wus the lust
duy of March, und the conversation hud turn
ed upon the jests und follie usually played
oil' on April Fool's duy. Tom had declared,
ill his grand way, thut none but a fool wus
ever fooled, und defied the world to cheat
li i in.
"At breakfast the next day, the little note,
about which he would never give us sny
satisfaction, was handed to him. It wus us
follows :
MKVUHViLLr, Ayril 1st, 1826.
Mr idol : I can no longnr bear the agony of being
ueur you aud not with you. Moot uie al four Ibis
afternoon at the foot of Poplar Avenue, aud all mys
tery shall be throw u aside. Iu love,
Youn, eternally, Arabella.
"The l'oplur Avenue terminated ut the
high whII which separated our gurden from
the village property, and you may be sure
we had made a bole through which to c
the fun.
1 "Four o'clock cam, and pmicwal in the
hour Tom came along the avenue in his
finest broadcloth, and most exquisitely ar
ranged hair and whiskcj. lie hud gone
from the front of the lions, leat we should
suspect something if we saw him climbing
the wall. In a few minutes we saw the well
known huge bonnet, green jielisse, and silk
dress coming up the avenue; but the widow
was minus the runff; she well knew she
would want the use of Kith hands shortly:
Tom's last boqm4. however, she carried
daintily in one hand. As my brother sprang
forward to meet her, she let her head droop,
nnd said, in a low, feigned voice, of rather
dubious sweetness
" 'Pardon, oh, pnrdor this unwomanly
forwardness.'
" 'Speak not of that !' cried Tom, ardently,
'Love breaks the barriers of cold prudence,
and vour bewitching candor is my dearest
blessing.'
"A lot more of such talk followed, and
then Tom put his hand on the green veil.
" 'SulTer me,' he auid, to tear aside this
envious veil, which shields your loveliness
from my admiring eyes.'
"'Sparc niv blushes !' cried the widow,
holding the veil fast. 'Oh ! if. after all, vou
do not love me. 8wear, swear you w ill be
true.
If Tom at this didn't kneel right down
on the ground I
' 'At your leet hear me swear eternal devo
tion !' he cried, and then turned his ryes to
the now unveiled face.
"One cry of rage, and he sprang up, just
as the widow vaulted over the wall, and lit
beside Molly and me. Tom followed, and
dragged her from lavhind uV, tore off the bon
net, leaving Edgar's fair hair uncovered, and
shook the poor loy violeny, fuirly crimson
with rage. Molly and I flor to the rescue,
and pulled him away, and.' still speechless.
Tom stood off. For years after, w henever
Tom began a conceited speech, we could
silence him by affect ionutt-Iy inquiring after
the health of the 'w idow from Boston."
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THE WAR IX THE WEST.
THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE.
ISTKUKHTIXG PAltTICtTLAHS OK TItK O It EAT
VlCTonV OVEK THK CoMIllSlll) Kt'.ltKl.
Forces.
A correspondent vf the World gjvts u
eranhic account of the battle of Pea Kklire.
Arkn.. f. i which wsMiir il.e f..ll. .win., t
' "- - ' ,
passages :
THE IiEllEI.S I'.IXilN T1US ATTACK.
The enemv made his npnr-iiranrc
w ith I
nboitt four thousand cavalry, about ten in the , ami left. lea ing in front of their horses win
morniiig, u few miles out ol Bentonville, and ; rows of dead and wounded. The enemy fell
immediately commenced the i.ttstck by a j hack in dismay, and our forces pursued thein
desperate churge. Sigcl hud with him near along the road for about a mile, when they
a thousand men. Two hundred infantry he opened a battery upon the muss of friend
sent forward to preveut bring cut oil. and
w ith the remainder he receWed the whole of
the vast arniy. Pigel'Mxample atCarthapre
had taught him how. to 1 -our himself under
such di-spcruic i;iriimtai(n',,anI Jie ordered
his men to stand firm uud take good uim.
The teams w ere put upon good juice, nnd
nil' enemy came nowming mono; in several
: lines. The horsemen on the flanks, und
! infantry in the rear, uwaited their approach
: until vvitluu atioiit two liumlred yards, w lieu
j they delivered a terrible volley of Minic balls
j into 1 1nir ranks, which hart the etl'ect of;
throwing them into temporary confusion, j
i In a few minutes the leaders, by dint of much j
; shouting and gesticulation, succeeded in
getting them into something like order.
1 This time they cante up to close quarters,
j The atue volley succeeded by a second and
a third, gi ted them. The enemy came on
iu crow dr. hooting and cheering, as if in glee
at what they in-counted an easy rupture.
: The em iiiy's cavalry clou d all around the
i little band, notwithstanding horses and ri
1 dels were falling thick und fast before our
steady tuv. Ocncral Sijrcl rode undismayed
i ..i,,.,,; ,1... v.1,,,1,, i;,. insiiiritiii'' his men
! .
i Some of the cavalry on tile l!nk litid sur
,,,,,,,, j ,;,,, U('.r,(SS thc rd so as to cut
t the train in two, und it was her
I hot tiw
: ,.nemy set up a shout of triumph.
THE lttlTLSK.
It was short lived. In a minute more the
bayonets of our men had done their work.
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I leaving me iieiny uumu.ui ... o...., ......
i wounded. The enemy wits driven oil, broken
' d dismayed. It is lanientublc thut at this
I l'"'"t "-' ' l,,ir tennis, containing, three ol
! the wounded men who had been placed in it
! was left behind. The mules had bet n shot.
; and nothing could be done in the run rgi uey
j to regain it.
Galled and maddened nt the repulse, the
I enemy could be seen reforming to neiiew the
I attack. The column was yet seven miles 1
; from the encampment. -V dispatch had been j
j sent forward to Ocncral Curtis, explaining
I the position and asking for assistance, it
I was hardly possible that the messenger
could have" liecn ruptured. The enemy was
advancing along thc road and alotif; the
! ridges inclosing the stream. At ubout two
o'clock the second attack was mude und des
perately curried forward. The rein 1 horse
men spurred their horses right on to the
irresistible bayonets, delivering their load of
buckshot from' their miscellaneous guns, and
then brandishing their huge skives, which
every one of them carried in place of sabres.
They surrounded the rear guard a second
time, and for u few minutes friends could
hardly lie ilistiniruished troin Iocs. Ihe
dense" smoke enveloped the whole of the
roinbutauts so that for souir time it was
doubtful whether any of our little bund sur
vived. The rebels made the air run with
lustv clic. r and oaths. I he taithlul Her
mans, like a league of brethren, never faltered
for u moment. Their gallant lender struck
down a dozen of the savages w tin clamored
lor his lite, und hewed his way through u line
of them to rejoin his command. The bayo
nets proved the invincibility of our troops
against horsemen, llicloe. retired u second
time, and for an hour they could Hot be indu
ced to return by the most frantic rll'orts of
their leaders. Jty this tunc thc advance,
which hud been constantly skirmishing with
the rebel ruvulry, announced that reinforce
ments were insight, anil the little cheer went
up, which was reechoed by the troops from
the cuuip. A third and lust attempt wus
uiatle to rupture the t ruin. It ulso failed, uud
the enemy withdrew ulsuut three o'clock.
I'E.V ltllKIR.
Thursday night passed in a state of sus
pense. The houses in the valley hud been
appropriated as hospitals, und a strong force
posted on the hill on the south bank of the
creek under Colonel Carr, with (ienerul Sigel
occupying the ridge on the north side, white
Colonel Ihivis occupied the centre, near the
crossing. Tho rurniy, it w si mpofccd would
naturally make the attack from the Fayette
ville road, and the baggage trains and hospi
tals had hern placed to the reur of the lines.
Paring thv .light ths risniftwtstions shewed
conclusively that he was approaching in
Sreut strength by the road leadinu; from
entonville to Keetsville, thns getting to
our think ami rear. This road lies, after
crossing Sugar Creek, over a high table land,
culled Pea Hidge by the inhabitants from au
early tradition, now exploded, that nothing
but peas could be grown on it. It extends
from the stage road westwardly some eight
miles ulong the right bank of Sugar Creek.
The right is covered w ith a growth of
stunted oaks, with a sprinkling of larger
growth, called here post-oaks. Three or
four farms are located upon the ridge two
miles west of the road, to which the name of
Let town has been given. It was near these
farms that the principle part of the lighting
took place,
t'HANOK OK POSITION- -TDK rif.HT HKSIMK1I.
The evidences were very clear in the
morning that a strong force had been posted
on the Fayetteviilc road, thus standing
directly between us and our next line at
( assville, completely cutting oil' our commu
nication with the outer world. The line ot t
battle was changed. Colonel Carr was sent !
back alonii the Fnyettev ille road two miles, i
with his right resting on Cross Timber Hoi .
lows, at the heart of Braver Creek, a tributary '
of Big Sugar Creek, immediately facing the j
ebelr batteries situated on this 'side of Elk-'
horn tavern. General Davis, with the Cen
, , ., .
tra Division, was posted on the top oi P
,.,s.,1li,w,llluiii ""' ""'I'-lof
his ii it wing, restini' on Sugar (nek. In '
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this post ton th.iiKs s od when the reU-ls .
ioiien.,1 t .e figJit w.th ar illery on the ex-1
; n-mi-ncht Iron, u very advantageous posi-,
lion at the distance of u mile. '
I Our batteries soon replied ; the rebels fired
i a few solid shot, then a shell, and then a solid !
.shot ngiiiu. The liht raged quite lively in
: front of Colonel Carr's position from 10 until '
j 11 o'clock, w hen another batti ry was ordered :
; up to the support of Cnl. Carr. who seemed t
to be hotly preyi'd. from the amount of tiring '
which took place in his direction. The left, i
as yet. had not been lneiiai erl. 1
Our cavalry penetrated along the main '
ridge beyond the read by which Ihe enemy ,
had come, and were on the point of seizing :
some of the enemy's wan'oiis, when a briirade
of rebel cavalry ami infantry attacked them, i
Then followed one of the most Mtnoiiini.rv i
contests that has ever been seen betv.ei:!1
cavalt v . Most of the fjohtini; w as done ut '
close qiitu fi rs. Pistols and carbines having i
been xhat:.-teil. our sabres were broiiuht into j
requisition. Hie rattle ol steel against steel,
our sabres asiaitist their muskets nml cutlasses
was terrific. otlunir like it has been heard
bi fore. The Bebels were Texau Rangers.
; nnd fought like denions. The slaughter was
aw Ittl, oi.r Missouri cuvulrr ch avinir right
m.d foe, plowing through them with solid
shot and shell. Colonel Ostisrliaus hud suc
ceeded in his attempt, and retired, bringing
off his dead ami wounded in safety.
: .DATU F:'cci.i.ocu.
Mcuntime the fiirht was rauinjr furiously
1 in the extreme liuht on both sides of the
j Fay etville road. The First anil Second Iowa
i Batteries, planted on an eminence overlook
j inn 'he declivity in the road, were kept busy
plying shrapnel and cannister into the ranks
j ol the enemy who appeared in immense I
i numbers on all sides; as if to surround the
right of our line, tun I thus completely riivi- ,
ron us. In order to defeat this object, u I
j severe struggle took place for the occupancy j
! of u rising knoll on the east side of the road. I
j The enemy eained upon us. ami it was not
until
our men was hud stricken down that
yielded Ihe point. Word had been
t thev
passed baik to Oencrul Curtis thut the rue-
my was pressing hardly on the rigid flank,
und that our forces were sent back. A sec
tion of one of our butteries had been left
j on the hi!!, uud the enemy were now turning
i it upon us. Colonel Carr, fearing thut no
i reinforcements would arrive, collected his
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position or perish in the attempt. A heavy
tiring on our t -nitre and a cheer from the
advancing Divi-ion of Ceneral Davis fuvored
the etl'ort. und our troops marched up to the
buttery amid a storm of shot from their own i
guns, und. after a desperate hand-to-hand
struegle, finally drove the enemy down the j
rav ine, in hopeless confusion. Colonel Carr
received a wound in the arm, but remained
on the field. ,
The great leader of the rebels- the tlbiqui-
; toils Hi n MeCulhich was Hinting the slain. ;
j He who had contemptuously spoken of the j
! Southerners us the "natural masters" of;
Northern men, lav a victim to his prcsnuip
Hon, Ins lik-tast el.tmig ny Hie Hands ol
lliose wiiom its si wen u nation in eruveu-
hearted cowards." The lo.-s on both sides
in this conflict was severe. Our loss in kill
ed ami wounded could not have been less
than three hundred : that of the t in iny
must have been double.
liKVoTIoN OK AN AHTIl.l.F.liVMAN.
One of the most signal instances of super
human bravery
is connected with the loss
of these guns. One of the cannoneers, who
has lon1: been noted for his wonderful pluck,
remained at Ins posl to uie
himself iii front ol the piece,
hist, l'l
1,. i; i , i , .
Iii- disdained to
save himself, but. with navy revolver, stood
euinly awaiting the hooted crowd of rebels,
lie emptied every barrel of his pistol, anil
then, with his short sword, defended his
piece, pierced with seventeen bulls, and his
head i loveii open with a tomahawk.
TKItltllll.K FIOIITIMi.
llefore 5 o'clock on Saturday inoni'inst the
light coiitinenced by salute lroin our butt
ii s on the extreme right. Gen. Asboth. w ith
it regiment of inliiiury und battlion ol ruv
ulry, hud been scut to the support of Col.
Carr, while (Sen. Mgle was mov lug up to u
fresh position on the ridge near Lertown.
The i neiny w as unprepared for so sudden
und vigorous an assault, und tied after u
short aud spiritless resistance. Gen. Prijc.
it appears, commanded, und wus unable to
muke his troops stand the tire of the valorous
artillery Is hind them, ami a fifth was after
ward taken in the pursuit. The enemy wus
therefore being turned by the left flunk.
(Sen. Sigle pushed boldly utter him. An
hour or more was spent in contesting the
possession of a poiut ou Mr. Cox's farm.
w hen the enemy leu nark to the noiiovv. a
paused ensurd," whrii the right, undrr Grn.
1 lav is, moved ulong, and after a shurp tight
of half an hour, in which the rels-l Generul
Mcintosh was killed, the runny Is-ut a re
treat to Cross Timber Hollow. The whole
line then w us ordered forward. The rebels
attempted to muke a stuud on the net hill,
butoururtillery played upon them with dis
Uhtrous effect.
The enemy on the road near the tavern
refused to be moved, Oen. Asboth, with a
harg column of rnvalry, was sr nt roiDd to
outflank them, when another desperate con
flict ensued between our cavalry nnd the
Texas nnd Louisiana troops. The Indians
also took part in it, but beyond thr-ir shrieks
and yells their influence was not felt. Oen.
Ashboth received a wound in the arm while !
at tuc head of Ins mrn. The batteries of the
enemy fired chains, spikes, pieces of bar iron
nnd solid shot. It was evident that his can
ister und shells were exhausted. And now
our batteries on the right were ordered to the
ironl. In king a position within five him-I
dred yards, they poun d in an incessant !
shower of grape, caiiUtcr and shell, fort wen- I
ty minutes. A general bayonet-charge wrnl
tlien ordered, and our whole line rushed
down the valley and ascended the opposite
hill. A cheer went up from our men as they j n,. soldier named Joseph IuMVIJ died
delivered volley after volley into the enemy's the steamer Fnnnv Bullitt, at Fort Donol
ranks. The rebels cheered ulso, nnd it was K0Ui from n wound received in the battle
evident mat tiny were twice our number,
from the noise they made.
THE ENEMY H ItlullT lEMttK WtOKES - lilt! ,
PANIC. ;
Oen. Sitfle was carrying tverything before ,
him on the extreme left. It was clear that I
the foe whs running, and our men catchi'-. :
ihe aspiration of the moment rushed en in '
pursuit, und before 1 o'clock the rout was
complete. To the Westward of Pea Midge;
then; was a wide strip of timber which had
lulu UlUHUUUmil'l N UVlltl'IKIUlUI UtllMCIUlL'
the previous Suim'ner. Across this svvartl.
been blown down by a trenienclious hurnctine
unrooted tre.s. which w.re lureer nnd
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hi u.o in on i'.iy mijijn, kin- niriui
ciua,rv an,, artlllcr). aU,,npt,.d to retreat.
,,,, UMViU.Jy p,,u.a nitu
, . h,,lmil)Lr .., lMr
deient derided. 1 hev had risked evervthiuir
iu the attempt to destroy us. and lost every
thing in the failure. Muskets, clothing aud
shot gun. were strewn aloliK the woods.
Horses roamed about in tlroves. The e.ri"s
of the cavalry men and the veils of the Indi- !
ar.s. with the irroain of the wounded, surpas- i ' ,MEf"ts f 11 aunouuecu luai me vxra
sed all description. Cai-sons overturned,! Ir?'1; f'OVenim.nt has npiK.llited Samuol
vva:rons broken d.A n. and horses dv ing nnd 1 n- Vlx.lrr ,'.,nd, Ha"" lon JVM of, Tcane
dead, strevvd the whole mad. Thirteen can- ! s''c- iTi'n'ad.er-Generals. W ho the delir aru
mm. (land U potin.hrs. were taken in all, j 'f'' , troin what uuUUir? stream wtre
besides thousands ef shot guns and load, of ,ll,'.v i,shvd UP? -'ihctU Patriot, 15tk
rovisions. . Among the pri..s captured bv the Foderol
the i'EKr.AT totai. c.vr 1 1 itEs soldiers nt Fort Dotielsoti was a rifle said to
Cen. Price, with u detatchment of his j be worth one thous.tud dollars. Iu breech
iii-tii v, had, in his attempt to make a stand ' is inlaid with the finest gold. It lielonged
"ti the Keetsv ille road, caught the contagion i
of his lleeling comi'iidc. aud betook hiinsi lf j
to the northward. Col. Carr and Oen. Asbovli !
keeping closely alter Inm. t.en. l'nce was .
wounded iu the iiaml, but escaped, and
when last heard from li.ul taken an easterly
dirtclion from Keetsville. This will lead !
him to White lliver. und it is expected he :
will mtike for the wild country intervening j
In tvveen that sir. am and Clcrksvilh:
Maj-Oen. Van Horn, with large portion of i
Price's army, and the Louisiana troops suc
ceeding in gaining the Pinrville mad, audi
are understood to b making their way to I
the mountains, south of here. A huge force j
of cavalry has been sent after him.
poppinq conn.
Aud 'them sot a popping corn,
John Stiles and Susan Cutter;
John Stiles us stout us any ox,
And Susan fat as butter.
And there sat and shelled the corn,
And raked and stirred the tire.
Antl talked of dim-rent kinds of ears.
And hitched their chairs up niglwr.
Then Susan she popper shook,
Then John he shook the popper.
Till both their faces grew- as fed
As saucepans made of copper.
Ami then they shelled ami popped and ute,
And kinds ol lun a-poking,
And he huw-hawed at her remarks, j
And she laughed at his joking. j
And still they popped, and still liny ulu, I
(John's mouth was like a hopper.,! I
Antl stirred the tire, and sprinkled suit, !
And shook and shook the popper.
The c!ock struck nine, the clock struck tin. ;
And still the corn kept popping; '
Il struck eleven and then struck twelve,
Ami still no signs of stopping. ;
Ami John he ate, unrl Sue she thought j
The corn did pep and palttr,
Tiil John cried out. "the corn's afire! j
Why Susan, what's the mutter :"
Said stie, "John Stiles, its one o'clock I !
You'll die of indigestion; j
I'm sick of all thi- popping corn,
Vv liy don t you pop the question '. 1
yri;iiiitll ltrj'tiWii'ttii. i
Asi ll'NT Hotl'IT vlitv. It wus once u
t uuiveissl disti ll) to place nit ol some strong
; j1Mor j ,lu. ehauibtr of an honoured guest
, ... 1. t h r.i .limtl. I he t -e nm
I to assuage Ins thirst, should he feel nny in
i awakening in the night, which considering !
I that the hospittility of that period oftci;
n'Mched eci w as by no mi ans uulikely.
! It is a. current .-loi v iu l ev int. laic, that iu the
Louse of i,n ancient family of wealth, iniich
addicted to the l'n sbyt. nan cause, a Uiblc
was always put into thc sleeping apartment;
1 ",l ,".M' a oou ie i v..
one oet a.-iou uteri was a iiieeiuj: oiiu ry- .
min, in the vicinity ot the ti stle, ull ot
whom wire invited to dinner bv ilit worthy i
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. l aioiu i, unit several aoo.ic iiicic uim iiiyiu.
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.Accoiiune io uie lasiiee.i in uie nuns, sewn ;
of the leveini d guests were allotted to or.- (
large barrack room which was used on such '
occasions, of extended hospitality . The but-
tier took care that the divines were pri:.ui- :
ted. according to custom, t -ach vv ith a 11:1 It
und a bottle of air. Hut after a little consul. .
tutio'i aiming themselves, they arc- said to
have recalled the domestic just as he wa
leuvintr thc apurtnu nt. "My friend."' said
one of the Venerable guests, "you must know
that when wr meet totiether, the youngest
minister reads alotul a jortioii of the scrip
tures to the rest ; only one Hi bit', therefore,
is niftssiiry ; tukeuway the other six. and
in their place bring six nunc bolt lis of uie.'"
i Walter Sfvtt.
A SiT.ti.iMi Class. A contributor relates
the result of a teacher's attempt to "show ufl"'
the acquirements uf his spelling class to un
HsscinbluLTr of sehnol otbeers unit parents.
The word Aaron was given out by a visitor.
After numerous comical attempts ut it, ii
was correctly rendered by a little girl, who
blerted out : Hig A littlr'a r-o-n Amu. In
the mitrse of a few moments all went gudy
J as a marriage bell, every word Ix ing spelled
correctly. At last some one gave out gallery.
This w us rather a "poser," being outoi uie
regular track of words spelled in the cIiissch.
.Many unsuccessful attempts having In-cn
made, by-and-by a rouuh urchin, whose
eyes fuirly twinkled with tho unexiufted
triumph, tpoke out in clear, ringing accents,
mindful of the previous victor : Hig (Sal little
gal -r-y Gallery'- It noodleM to say that
that rflort rlots-xl the exercise in spelling, and
literally r-roiitfht down th house.
Blrhsimih and CtitsKs. Mr. tough in
recent hcturc on Ireland and it Peopld
gives the following as a specimen of the
blessings and curses pronounced by the Irish
lieggars on those who give or refuse :
"May your sowl be in heaven a forUtigtit
Is'forc the divi) knows your dead !"
"May the walls of heaven never be durkenv
ed by the shadow of vour dirty sowl !''
"Slav ye live for iver, and die happy at
kit !" "
"Och ! and if I'd lived in that country
till now. I'll been dead two years ago !"'
"1 widi I knew where that country witSj
where people tiiver die, I'd go theru and cau
me davs !''
lit" requested that his mother should be in-
j formed of his fate, but wa.i too low to gi
, particulars. Her name is now Harriet HurrU,
1 and she is supposed to reside in Southern
Kentucky. His dying words wire: "I'eU
iny mother that I have marie my u-hoi with
Ood ami die happy : thut 1 have but cno
regret, that of raising my ami ajiiinst my
cou:itry." His last moments were soothoa
by womanly tenderness and sympathy.
O.llik' U liril A l n HUH H.
inir unique advertisement app.ars
ILvitu rr ron a QrN-nMitn. The follow.
tha
Memphis A''tiil of the 15 Lit inst :
"(.Icn-smith Hion PitiCE. Tho under
signed, twelve miles from Memphis, on Bitf
Creek plank road, will givu tight Mlari a
itny in cotton, or five dollurs in money and
board, to a first-rate gun-smith, to make a
newly invented rifle out and out. Apply
by Sunday next to to J. Stecla & Co., Ex
change. Building.-'
Who aue the Rebel Geseu.vxs ritoxt
to a hoH-krcpcr in Memphis, uud was wou
hnn at a hotee-rnce.
Hlviii Pun n of Pai-eu in Till! SoVTIL
sipeakiiirr of the scarcity, inferiority, und tha
high price of paper iu the rebel Stutcs, the
Mucou .(u.j Itlc-jritfih suys:
"At the rate of advance since the first of
January priuting paper in December next
win be worm more limn leu dollars per
ream, and the subscriber who uovv pay us
six dollars a year will then cost us eight
dollars a year for the blank paper upon
which the TtLyrajih is printed."
Sw inging is suid, by the doctors, to b a
good exercise for the health, but many ft
poor w retch has come to his death by it,
A beggnr boy applying to a lady in Bo,
ton for money to get a" dose of castor oil, wa
cnlk-d in aiid'thc oil was administered gratia,
despite his grimaces.
The Londonderry? Sentinel, of February
2 1st, has the extraordinary news that Rhoda
Island hud been captured by the Federal
force ; ami further, thut the Priwidi-ut and
Mr. Stuutou were each to take command of
u'i urmv. und thut no one could tell wlutt
I would be the consequences!
They are making a saddle in Cincinnati
which will tiit $1,100. us a present for Gen.
.McClellan.
During the recent flood iu C'uliforniu, Flor
ciiles, tiie largest of the famous grove of mam
moth trees, fell to the earth.
The pork packing crop in the 'West exhi
bits an iiicrn.se ..f ::on.ofo j,,. y.
jvei the iiuwber packed in 1 tsOO.
The House if Representatives of Massachu
stttshave pa sed a resolution providing for
the immediate Construction of oue or two
iron-clad Latteries like the Monitor, for the
d--fen.se of the hur'sors of the State.
Fo,ir hundred and ninety one of the relsj
prisoners at Alton. 111., have taken the oath
of ulh'giunct , uml have been released.
The Kanawha river litis been ? punned by
a military bridge, at (.Smiley, and our troops
wi re at last account pressing southward to
wrti lstl.e railroad iuto Tenuesecc, driving
the rebels before thatu.
Mrs. Partington has a friend in the army.
Heitig asked one day whut his station was,
.-he replied: "Tor t'To years he vvns lefte
mint of the horse marines und after that he
wa; promoted to be cupidia of u squad of
1 stiiiheuds and minors."'
j A Favhsaiui: Sioy. "How do you frti
j this morning, James ;" "Very much better
; I thank ou. I did think a while 1 was not
us well : 1-ut I know I am better now, for I
just met old Mr. Stubbs. the undertaker, uad
he looked cross at rue !
The celebrated Hr. lhimes being inclined
io sleep during u dull sermon, a friend who
was with him K'kcd him on having nodded
frequently. tames insisted that he had
been avviike u'l the time. '"Well, then, can
you tell mt -what the sermon was about ("
slid his friend. "Yes. lean; it was about
u'l hour to i long," he answered.
A young man who was desirous of marry
ing a daughter of the w ell know n Hostoa
un -rc-huiii, after many attempts to broach tha
suhjcU to the old gentleman, in a very stut
letii.ir manner commenced :
"Mr. O - . are you w illing to let me. huvtt
y our daughter Jane t"
"Of course I am," replied the old man ;
"and I wish you could yet some other likely
fellows to marry the rest of them !"
"Is that U'll ringing for fire. Havyl'' ia
qiiired a youth from the Green Mouutuins.
"No, they lisve to much tire aomewhera
down town, uud they ring that Ull for
water."'
Mokeiin lM.,ni-iutY. A aiipcrintendi nt
of )olice once made an entry in his register,
from which the follow ing isanextract: "Tho
prisoner set upon me, tailed mc an ass.
precious dolt, a scarecrow, a ragamuffin, and
an idiot nil of vhich 1 irtify to It ru."
Tun negroes say the soldiers at IVaufort,
S. ('.. stotid their ground very well, so long
as "de shit fired lie jW shot, but when,
dey tired do rotUn shot, flat burst when biro
come down, my gosh, how dey run yah,
yah, yah."
A correspondent introduced a pivr of
poetry to a western paper with the word:
''The following Hues was written more thai
fifty years ago, by one who bus for many
years sh-f't in hi prnv merely fof hi
anitirHU''nt.