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" - i ' 1 i . ' t "'tit f T "17. U.XitOBY, Proprietor. Truth aiid Rights d aiid orir Country. Two Dollars per Annco. vVOLUME'l. tetOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, xP A., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1861. NUMBER 35. STAR OF THE NORTH 'roausHai. TrtrVDiT ir " : , 4 W. U.-JK0BTt S r t j Sfnln St Irif Snhnrii fi?rtir IHnrtut ' vimt m umnuBjfn uuii nvivu luuiuva. , i. TERMS: Two Dollars per annum it paid Vithin rx rnomh from the lime of anb.cri- bing : two dollars and fiHy1 cents if not paid ' within the year. I No iubt,crtpton taken for ' 'tinuances permitted nntil all arrearages 'ire IpaKl, unless at the option oT the editor. 21 terms of advertising wilt be as follows" : One square, twelve lines, ihre'e'iirries, $1 "00 Every subsequent insertion, . . . . Y . Y25 One1 square, three months, . . . : . v3 60 ' One year, . . . . . . ... . . ; . , v ."8 'Oft ipoh jvi iv tuuti cijfe (14 y ii . i o uu VI 1 ovu i ' QTIoict JJoetrn. . In a poem on Manassas," byJFlorehce, Yf. Barron, we find the following : ; - "Wake! glorious Uuion save thv'realra 'irpon ih quicksand striWes ihy helm Thy ''niorning star" the" siofms'o'erwhelroT -'Thy "talent' buried lies.' " " ' Wake! by the cannons' ulleu'roar, That tumult tears lrotn shore lo shof'e, 'By him who cannot watch the rhdre. - Save dowiticatd Iroiti life tkie. 'Antoos-like. Ihy sdrfs feboun'd, -'Uj risina trom the ensanguined ground, 'Unflinching hearl'and 'hand, around . 1,'Shall peal the baitle'slrJin-; Till Freedom's arm uphold the 'right, -And eanh reuervins tdr the fight, Thy Mars, a meteor through (he fright ft In ttiumph blt2e ffga"in. i Rise like tl.e Phirnftc from "its p:re:; 'Let incense Irom the urn and Jyre, From living bard, Irdm deihlea eire, Embalm the banner' Ink1, , .Till buhed shall be the tru'rup'et 'ffeal, V .The thunderOu clouds where .-laiidards rsel, The t-eet bin g eail serried sfeel . s,That tnim Mana.as rolled. INCIDENT 'DMYESTERJ LIFE. "Bf C W.' DA TICS. r . ua a uitan: prairie, al.rirpluiali. a way. Vorn and weary traveler wa over-ta'ker. by m snow storm. When the 'first 'few flake's 'came oft!y dropping down, he tooted ea geny around in fhe hope of 'discerning a "a placn of 'heher, but none 'was to be reen only the re'clles nte 'o! rolling lands and far.off hills in the direction whither he was going o far off that he feared he ne er shouhJ reach them. With the departure ; olligbtiha snow began falling, the wind blew keener." the foftfl overtbe frafrte Voon hidden irom view, and the trav'e'e'r felt that he was lol on a luckless wate, without a tar to guide him across the dangerous j country. . -x ' ' ' j 'This is terrible P safa he aloud. 'I fear I tnuch I ohall never come to my desiina ton. ( If I had but a compass and a haht I shouTd 'cot fear, for I could resist the effect of cold ton enouah to reach the hill.-, there I . should find human habitations, or at lest the "shelter of rock. . Now, I may go in a circle ! till J freeze and ndneireT help. What a fool I was to leave the river side and cross! the prairie just for the ake of a; few miles Vnore or less of journey. No matter: I must Bten battle it out now, Heaven helping.' r And battle it out he did, most manlully. fie drew his cap down ' over his ears and brow, and his for fcolhir over. his mouth, and thrusting his hands deeper in his pock ets. pressed on through the yielding snow. ' The gloom increased, the wind came sharp er and throu'h his heavy clothes the travel '. erbejan to leel the effect of the cold. His : feet grew numb, his arms chilled, and after in hour's rapid . walking, he ' suddenly fauped. ' : How do know whiiherT am goin?' he , exclaimeX 'Perhaps I have already turned I aside from the straight line, and am wan- j Bering on the verge of detruciion. . 0, that 1'conkl shake of this drowsy feeling that : Is stealing over me ! I know what it i lhe precursor of a ret in this cold winding ' sheet Of snow. ; dreal Heaven I am freez , ing to death !' shriekedhej bottntUni . for j ward with renewed energy. . Action-ac-j ttoa-actioti is life, and life is too sweet to . f ; He hurried a!on? with a springing mtf- j lion, stamping his feet vigordusly at. every . etep, and swinging his arms to keep the j blood ia circulation Yet with all his ef forts, he knew that the angle of death was folding his white wings sileutly . but surely around bim. ,s ; - . ---z,j 'Despair no !' he cried, 'not wliile thh Inemory ormy loved ' wifa and dear Chil dren is left tti i irsg. 1 will", struggle ,'ba for toar sake, and fight the Bto'rm-fienJ to the last, extremity. O, jnst Heaven, for the ftake of the lanocent ones whose- ooly btay Is rny right arm, help me lo retist help ha to triumph P ' ' ' ' t- At this moment be plunged into a hollow, Li3 fset strode upon ice, and heard the voice of a stteatn'St tinging of life and ac t';oa leneatli its icy crust. vAt the same liins the smell cf wood -smoka saluted his hostiUs. ' ' : ', 't '.;-'. -: ' 'O, Thoo who reneit abdve,' ha ejacu' fated, 'I thank thee that thou has Jieard my prayer. Help U o6ar tzbJ . V- lie reeled ,fceavi! fchivard thro'ugh, ihs Liir.ding snow, and saw just before him a lew shed, one uore struggle, and he fell 'fe-xi&st it. In an instant tS divined its character. With & .las: deperate. effort he ioaad i!i3 door, tb.sMr it cp-!n, and fashing in. liana Cim3.;:i in ic.t tenaia upon tae in an at- ficr, koowiog t-r.y that La was luiOaiafere ;s6in: v tr.e rjraes 01 bacon, t?A wrn? with the which idSaUorst a.-t the c: atr? of It. v.-as a ... . f . .. C. i.'i heart "nl d?.a.tribule t,eaven. for lhi P,ace OI reia8 40 neaesen ot.snow. I , In a large logcabin'in the valley of ihe , in o laigo iug 111 mo . Biiey , 01 ine (iiciliuiei Ullliy Utfin Sal alOuO. tier tiU6- band'had gone to'a distanl town and the J0an? wife wa, left jth fier Accus. . ... . . ' !med t0 lhe 8ol,tude ehe felt safe . and .sat ' ww.w mw w ii , n vj a uarries leaped right joyfully op the chim ney, and the green logs fizzled and dracked in the heat like things' of life. Om doors the wind waslhdwling drearily, and the snow failing heavily : but Milly cared not, for'it only made the fire more cheer'ul. -' There came a rapping at the door. 'How Mtrange ! Who can be at our door in this wild night ?', she saw! to herself, as she'rose and went into lhe little entry. . 'Who is there V she asked. 'For heaven's sake, let hie in;-l am freezing to death !" was the reply. 'Who are you I' and how-carhe ybu in this lonely place on such an evening as tbisV y. 'I am a traveler, from below ; I lost my way, and 'I am olying wish "cold. For piiy sake let me in, or 1 shall perish !' ' Milly hesitated. ' She was alone, and it was three miles to the nearest neighbor's What "sho.tild ske do 1 She 'paused in per plexity. ' , ; - 'O, save me save "me ! I am ayirrg !' weie the words that met her hearing There was a heavy fall against the sill, and then moans. Her woman's nature could tand no more; true to the instmci of her I beinjr, unbarred the door nhd threw it open. I A closely muffled figure reeled by her into the room, and shutting trie dorfrshe follow ed. 'On :f"each?rrg tile "fire 'pla'c'e, the stran ger threw off his disguise, and stood erect and btTOhg, Vithout a sign of inconveni ence f'om the effect of the weather. . Milly retreafed from him in amazement ; but "re- , covering herself, and putting the best face n the 'matter, she tremulously addressed the man : 'I am sorry, sir, you are cold. It is a bit ier niht to be abroad. Will you not sit by the fire V As she poshed a chair forward. The 'man made 'n 6 respond, but stooping over ran his finger through the blaze Then he ,amt.j a:.d stared at her wi h a look j m htch ,natja ht blood run cold. She would yrelend there were others In the houie, for , -sh-8 arireajy felt afraid of the man, and bit-' (erIy regreUed having admitted him. "Would you like to fee some of the men folks, sir?' she inquired. 'If so, I will call them tVom thefr beds. The man laughed hoarsely and replied : . 'Mill Dean, lor thai 1 believe iyour name you cannot deceive me, you are alone in '.his house, i look particular care fd ascer tain' that before I came." So y'oo maV mate yonrself ea.y bVi thai score and do a? I bid yOQ you me,' exclaimed Milly in terror; 'what do yon want of meP I want the twelve hundred dollars in goj yoar hD8band received for his produce two days ago. You probably know where itis, Miy into the entry . and would ba,e d 5u, the Mranger caoght her by ,he wrislanj dra,,2ed her roushlv back. . 'You cannot escape me, young woman he said. You will find it most convenient to make a clear breast of it at once. It will be oetter Vo'r you. . . ' , Milly strove :o telease . her arm. The ro'igh trfatraen: she received aroused her -temper, and indignation, overcome all other feelings.' " Let me go, you scoundrel, let me go or I will call (or help,' she cried ' 'Call, yon fool said the brutal fellowj and rnuh good may It 'do you. Keep your- etUj anJ ms eris the money is.' I 'I will not !' ihb feplled, hef eyes flashing fir - ,You wiU not, he tben repi;eJ rwe shaU t He released her wrist so violently that .he ree,fcd ha.facr08j the room. Xhen hg seized that sleeping infant from its cradle and helJ -lf al arrnB Ieng,h aIm08l inVo the b,azing g 8Q lhat lhe lerrified mother ex- - bJ lfr 6;e -u hl garltil!lli3 calch' the flame.' ' "Now then, where's the money 1 Speak out quick of bear 'your baby" shriek with pain. I will bhrd it to death" before your eyes if yon do not tell me where the mon ey is.' '-': ' -'Mbnster give me my child, shrieked Milly,"' endeavbrirfg td reach the little bnbi 'Let me have my baby. ' ' Sot every effort was frustrated, Sot again and agaia the strong hand' of the robber thrust her back; -' 'See, its clothes will be on fire in & min ute, said the man putting the helpless iri nocent elbser to the - flames. The- mother looked into' his - eyes. She ssw there the look of heartless determination. Shd be come it ware that1 the ' fcotton garrfjen!' of the child "were smoking with the beat. ' ' lHow thai! it be!' asked the ruffian. rIIurry, or the child 'dies.' I have no tirhe to waste' hefe'.' r ! ; ' ' '''')' i ; : 'Any thing, anything, only give ihj child P she cried. ! The next' instant if' was handed to her, and she sank upon the' Roor and folded it to her boora.r- ' lt'-i'- 'Come exclaimed the man, touching her rudely with his foot, yoa have hot' told me where the money iaiy 'la the bpi on the upper shelf, '"ih'e 1e plied, pointing to the 'closet.' -'' " " " The rrian fouad lhe box, placed it'o'n the table, opened it saying:' : ''"' " '' fcl".' I' ""to far so Wcl'l. It U nearfy all gold I trill leave, just as you please He filled his "pbclcets with the golden coin,1' and threw the erripiy box in the'fire. Tnen he came and stood beside her. " ' 'Put year baby in the cradle,' he'sald, 'if you wish' lb save its life. 'I have ' other b"u siness I6r yoti.' ' . . 'W'hat'db yob' men ? cried Milly, "eyeing the man with suspicion. ' 'Let me have hirri,' ' fie said, ifyingVo tike it.' - ,''.'. ; ' ' : ' ;' ' 'No, no,'I 'will put him in the' cradle rhy self. You shall not touch the poor little thing. 'Now, sir,' she continued, almost Choking wiih excitement. 'What is it? After'having laid the pretty 'Infant on its downy place bf rest, 6he stood erect arid 'waited the reply. 1 am going to 1ci!l you ! said the man. 'Kill me! she exclaimed, her face grow ing pale AWilh terror. 'Kill me! What have I ever done to you that ybu should kill me V 'Nothing, nothing, ray 'dear, only yorf know 'ybu have Seen me, and'you will "know me again." Xnd he advanced upon her. '0, sir, let me live. Have you ; not done enough lo take my husband's money, wuh out'deprivlng him of his wife loo? I will never say a word against you, if ybu wiil spare ttie'P ' As she ejpolie she clasped her bands and looked 'imploringly at h'im. 'I am sorry that I'cannot safely grant ybu your requen,' he responded. 'There Ts rib help for it, so come along but doors." He reached out hia hand o "grasp Milly. But the instant Belf-preservatibn was strong npoh her. She evaded him, flew to the chimney ; piece, snatched her husband's loaded rifle from the hook's on which it hung, cocked and presented it at "the breast of the robber. Her motions were so rapid that betore he could prevent it, her finger had pressed the frigg'er and there was an explosion.' But wi.h equal readiness the man had s'.ept aside, the ball had passed over his head, and ihe next instant the gripe was on her 'throat. 'I will teach ybu how to handle arms,' he' said. 'You would have killed me, would you t 1 will show you a trick worth two of that.' 'Ale'rcy, 'hiecy,' cried the terrified worn an-' There's no mercy for you,' he ejaculated. He dragged her into the entry, and flung open the door.'" 'Out with you into the snow.' Hold, what is this V 'exclaimed a deep toned voice. 'tJnhaiid that woman, you scoundrel.' A powerlul man sfbod in the doorway. He dealt ih'e robber a blow between the eyes struck hi'm back into the en;ry. His grasp of Mitly was relinquished, and the tell to the floor. "O, sir' she cried to the comer," 'save me. This man has robbed us, and would murder me that I would not tell of it.' 'Fear not,' Vhada'rri, he s'tiall nit harm you,' responded the strainger. 'Fellow, surrender yourself.' 'Get out ol my way,' cried the robber, making a rush for the door, and striking t j the stranger with a bowie knile. Giving back a lew steps the 6trauger seized the robber by the collar, whirled him around, I and threw him on his face in the Snow. j The robber struggled, but the stranger knelt heavily on the small bf his back, and grasp j ed his hair. , Lie still,' said the stranger, 'or I will fiend a bullet through your brain ' The robber fill the cold barrel of a pistol at bis ear, and obeyed. Milly quickly brought rope at her rescuer's request, and the robber was bound hand and foot. ' 1 'It was a strange providence,' the new com me r said, 'that 'overtook me with a sno w storm on the prairie,and forced me an hour ago to take refuge in your smoke house nearly dead with cold.' Milly acknowledged the truth of the re mark, end bhe knelt and thanked her' Fath er in Heaven for deliverance. The next day Milly's husband came home and when he had been told all he re marked : - . ' ' : ' - - This fellow was in the taverri at the til lage, the day I sold my produce. It: will learn me a lesson never to let strangers know when money is plenty with rae, lest they should be tempted to crime and bring ruin on me and mine : ' That day sonfe sixty or seventy rhe'n gath ered at the house of Mr. Dean. The' robber was recognized as a fiotorious horse thief who had long infested the neighborhood -There was a summary trial, and then in dogged silence, the wretch who wbdldh'ave' burned a harmless infant and murdered 4. faithful and gentle woman submitted to hi Inevitable fate. A ' rudely constructed gal lows, and a stout rope ended bis existence. So on the thinly settled frontiers bf the west do they meet out justice to offenders" against property and1 life. 4 ' 4 '' ' About seventeen hundred dollars in bills wefe found on ihe person of the robber', be sides the gold be bad from Mrs. Dean. As there wera no. claimants for the bills at the ioggestioa of the stranger, whose life had been saved from the-anger of the wlntef storm by the shelter. he had found in 'the' etnoke-house, a'thousahd dollars of the sev enteen hundred were presented to Milly iii consideration of what , she ( bad passed thfoug'add "the Remainder, was , divided around.. , vtl , , v , . , , j ,, ?. On that very spot there is now arthnTiEg town, and one of the finest residences in the place is that where dwells MiUy.eao tasked Batteries. A great deal of nonsense has been writ ten about lhe 'masked batteries' of the Reb els. Their'mapked batteries' at Bull's Run were nothing but batteries in the woods placed al ihe most advantageous points.- There was no effort to hide them, and the fact lhat they could not be een easily, grew out of the nature of the ground occu pied by the enemy, and not out of "any ef fort to conceal them. The erie'rriy,' of" course took no pains to'parade his batteries before our men ; he merely availed himself of the natural advantages at his 'command, and this, we think, has been the case with ev ery 'masked battery 'yet heard of in this war. There was not, "we venture lo say, a battery at Bull's Run that could not have been plainly seen, at a comparatively safe distance, if a sharp lookout had been "kept uP- To a commander who goes blundering thro' the woods, in a neighborhood where the enemy might rationally be expected, without exercising any prudence or watch fulness, every battery which he stumbles .on, is, of course, a 'masked' one; but the chances are a hundred to one that it is masked b'y his own blindness. The battery at'Bullfs 'Run which Gen. Tyler came upon in lhe first ei.counter in that locality, was plainly visible, through a glass, from the top of the ridge opposite, over which our troops poured without once looking, or 'feeling lor it, as military - men : say, w ith their artillery, and the enemy was scarcely to blame for withblding itc fire until our in cautious General had thrust his troops right under its nose. It is time that 'this tafk kbout 'masked batteries' should cease. It is the business of the gooJ military man to proceed very cautiously in an enemy's country, to save his men from 'unnecessary risks, and to find out where ilie enemy is before expo sing his men (o attack. The enemy has a right to every advantage, which the nature of the ground give him; and no man fit 'to head an army will act upon the presump tion that the enemy has noi sense enough to avail himself of such advaaVages. Pitts bur' Gazelle. A Noble Tooth. The following anecdote was telated to a gentleman during a night he spent in a farmhouse in Virginia, some years ago ': In December 17, towards the close of a dreary day, a woman with an Infant weie discovered half buried in the snow by a lit tle Virginian'seven years old. The prom ising lad was returning from school, and hearing the moans of some one in distress, threw down his 'satchel of books, and re pairing to the spot whence the sound pro ceeded, with a firmness becoming one of riper yeais. Riking the snow from the be numbed body of the mother, and using means to awaken her to;i sense of her de plorable condition, the noble youth suc ceeded in getting her upon tier feet ; the infant nestling on its mother's breaM, turn ed its eyes towards their youthful preserv er, and smiled, as it seemed, in gratitude for its preservation. With a coun tenance filled with hope, lhe gallant youth cheered the sufferer on himself, bearing within his liny arms the infant child, while iha moth-, er leaned for support on the shoulder ol her little conductor. "My home is hard by," .would he exclaim, as oft her spirits faiied. And thus for three miles did he cheer on ward to a happy haven the mother and child, both of whom otherwise must have perished, had it not been for the humane feeling and perseverance of this noble youth. A warm fire and kind attention soon re lieved the sufferer, who it appeared, was in search of her husband, an emigrant from New Hampshire, a recent purchaser of a farm in the neighborhood of, near this place. Diligent inquiry for several days found him, and in five months" afier, the identical house " in-which we are now sitting was erected, and received the happy family. ; The child gre up lo manhood entered the army lost a limb at New Or leans, but returned to end his days a solace to the declining years of his aged parents. "Where' are they now 1" I asked the riar rator. ... ' Here !" exclaimad the son. " "I am lhe rescued one ; ihere is my mother ; and here, imprinted on my ' naked arm, is lhe name of lhe noble youth our preserver !" I looked and read, "Winfikld Scott," now LieutSuaatGeneial of the United States Army. . . .. .. livhii For Jonathan. A green looking chap from the Green' Mountain State went over the line and on to Montreal to look round a leelle. Going ir.io a' large and hand some dry goods stdre, his verdancy attracted the attention bf the proprietor, who attempi ed .o quiz him, but unhappily having an impedihient in' his speech, had to give it up, and his bead .clerk, came forward to speak'for him,.. The clerk, began, Mr. Bull wishes to kno if joa can tell him why Balaam's ass epokel , r , . : t. ' "Wa'!,". said Joaathau-, "1 rather guss as how Balaam -was a stutterria? man and his ass had to speak for him!" ; ; -i A Judge who acted -as floor-manager at a fashionable ball, made the following an nouncement from' ihe mosie-gallery,' jnst previous to the last dance of the night: " By general request, there will now be an extra TlraiQinjE 'Artillery HorseS. The Fortress Monroe , correspondent of the N. York'Commercial Advertiser, says : ''It requires considerable time to mount trie gurls'properiy for an "advancing army, to Bupply them with trained horses, and es. Dfccially ihe right "kind 'of harness. Thn horse is a' curious, shy, inquisitive animal, and "when first taken from trie stable or pasture, for trie strategic 'puf pose of war, demands lo be handled with great care and f ence. He must be gradually accustom "l he sudden and marked change in his su vlie gleam of arms, the roll of diums, tlie Vaunting of banners the , flash, the smoke and the roar of cannon.. It is remar kable however that when the'practical war horWis thus drilled and disciplined, his proficiency in wheeling with guns and cais slons, at the critical moment of limbering and unlimberirig light artillery, is wonder ful. XVithout a word, without a touch, without a sign from man, he wheels, sd vances.'and retreats with almost miraculous rapidity at limes compelling riders and gunners to spring to keep their saddlts or escape his lightning like evolutions. Such war-hbrses as these are intended to be, 'i ' i have been practising belore lhe window ol your correspondent on the parade grouud of the 'Fortress this morning. Sothe few ol the more recent comers 'reared "and sprang a little at the first flashes and thunder of the cannon, while lhe others stood as firm as the adjacent trees, and looked on as cafmfy as if they were feeding from a rack. At the close of the firing, some, of ihem were marched to the muzzle of the still hot and smoking gun, and made to put their nostrils close to the metal, feel the heat and inhale the smell cf ''ihe powder." They are thus taught to become on familiar terms with their new and strange acquaintance and fellow soldier, to measure his length with their eyes, and that his touch at their rider's command, is rendered harmless." A titieer Rare of People. Chamber's Journal, discussing a recent book of missionary travels in. Africa, thus alludes to one of the tribes which are found in lhat ferra incognita : But lhe strangest of all 6tories told are of the Dokos, who live among the moist, warm bamboo woods to the south of Caffa and Sbsa. Only four feet high, of a dark olive color, savage and naked, they have neither .'fire nor human" food. They live only on ants, mice, and serpents, diversified by a few roots and fruits ; they let their nails grow long like talons, the better to dig for ants, and the more easily to tear in pieces their favorite snakes. They do not marry, live indiscriminate lives of animals, exhibiting very little maternal instinct. The mother nurses her child for a short time, accutiorning it to eat ants and serpems as toon as possible ; and when it can help it self, it wanders away where it will, and the mother thinks no more about it. The Dokos are invaluable as slaves, and are taken in large numbers Ttie slave hunter hold ud brinht colored clotns as soon as they come to the oamooo woods' . r j where tWe human monkeys live, and lhe I collectively, is so plain thai none can mis Dokos cannot resist the attraction offered They must support the admin.s- by such superior people. .They crowed rali in "erX masU,'e calculated tp put -.,,i '.a ;, ..loo tn ihnn.amU. In ! dow" rebellion, and conquer peace, lo .l,vrv. ihev are docile, attached, obedient with lew wanu' and excellent health. They have only one fault, a love of ar.ts, j mice, and serpents and a habit of spaak- ing to Yer with their heads on the ground, and ibeir heels in the air. Yer is their.idea of a superior power, to whom they talk in this comical manner when they are dispirit p.l nr nncrrv. or tired of an is and snakes, ana longing for unknown food. The Dokos seem to come nearest of all people yet d.s- covered to that terrible cousin of humanity the ape. for the Carious. The greyhound runs by eyesight only, and this we observe as a fact; the carrier; pigeon flies his two hundred and fifty miles homeward by eyesight, viz: Irom point to point of objects which he marked but this is only our conjecture ; the fierce dragon fly, with twelve thousand lenses in its eye, darts from angle to angle with the rapidity bl a flashing sword, and as rapidly darts back not turning iri the air but with a dash reversing the action of his four wings, and infctantly calculating the distance of the ob ject, or he would dash himself lo pieces. But in what conformation of this does this consist ? No one can answer. ' ' A cloud bf ten thousand gnats dance WP and down in the sun the minutest inter val between them yet no one knocks an other headlong upon the grass, or breaks a leg or a' wing, long and delicate as they are. Suddenly amidst your admiration ol this matchless dance a peculiar high shoulder ed, vicious gnat, with a longi pendant nose, darts 'oui the rising and falling c!oud, and settling on your check inserts" a poisonous t ting. What possessed the little wretch to do this i No one knows. A four-horse coach comes suddenly upon a flock of geese on a narrow road and drives through the middle of them. A gooe was never yet fairly run over, nor a duels. They are under the very, wheels and hoofs, and yet someho'T they contrive to flap and waddle off. Habitually stupid heavy aud indolent, they are nevertheless equal to any emergency. Wvhy does the lonely wood pecker, when' he deseuds hia' tree and goes to drink stop several times on hia way : ; i boat soxc. : Oh, give the sailors life lo me, , To roam upon the ocean, . To live a careless and as free As billows in commotion. I'll take an easy road through, life, Have pleasures rare and jolly,. Keep fear at bay dull sire away And drive oil melancholy. Land lubbers boast of joys a shore, ' , They're miseries to the sailor ; Hih joys are midst the ocean's roar, In merchant man or whaler. He feareth not thetem'ptersihoWl, Nor e'en the rattling thunder ,. v Nor when, beneath the storm-god's scowl, The clouds rent asunder. Upon "he touring raizen:ma-t, Rocked by the billows dashing, He sleeps above the ocean vast ; Lulled while? its waves are lashing. Then, give the Jailors, life to me, To roam up7n the ocean, . To live as careless and as free As billows in commotion. - Napoleon on Trained Soldiers. The advocates of the ''Forward lo Rich mond" policy have been in the habit of quoting Napoleon the First as sayin" that ) three months' training for soldi w. ' ' good as three years Such nonsense put in the mouth of that great conqueror might well make hirn "turn in his coffin." Allison, in his History of Napoleon, cites his language in disenssing the qjestion of how much rime is required to make a reliable soldier. In a conversation respecting the naval conscription, Truget observed : t "Much longer time is required to form a sailor than a soldier. The latter may be trained in all his duties in six months." Napoleon replied: 'i ' "There never was so great a mistake . . i . Nothing can be more dangerous than to propagate such opinions. If acted upon they would speedily lead to the dissolution of the army. At Jemappe, there were 50,000 French against 6,000 tAustrians. During the first lour years o! lhe war, all the hostile operations were conducted in the mon ridiculous manner. It was nei ther the volunteers nor the recruits who saved lhe( republic : it was the 180,000 old troops of the monarchy, and the discharged veterans whom the revolution impelled to the frontier. Part of the recruits deserted, part died ; a small portion only remained, who, in the process of time, formed good soldiers. Why have the Romans done such great things? Because six year's in struction was, with them, required to make a soldier. A legion composed of three thousand such men was worth thirty thou sand ordinary tioops. With fifteen thou sand such men as the. Guards, I would everywhere beat forty thousand. You will not find me engaged soon in war with an army ol recruits. Ilnty ol Democrats. In the war which the Government is now waging lor the integrity of the C onstitution ! and the preservation of the Union, the duty i i i . . . . it.. i .i ;. doi"3 li"Y are no1 commuted to any of the political tenets of Mr. Lincoln or his party, r.or can they be charged with giving aid and comfort lo their political enemies. ; ue,uut"!'8 ,w ,a,"cu : " 8UPPorl of tho country when it was ! ii .r j i -i.---. n:4 in danger, ihey tougnt the battles ol Ine war of 1812, and defended the honor of our flag in Mexico ; and lot it not be said lhat j hey are any lhe less mindful of their duty ...u.,. u.c. This contest is one in which we are ALL EQUALLY interested ; the stake is not for ihe present but for all time lo come. Our party has ever proclaimed itself the especial champion of the Union, and branded the Opposition ai its enemy ; and there will never again in our history occur such an opportunity to vindicate onr claim to disin terested patriotism. Let os strive -to excel all other parties in our devotion to the country, so lhat when the war shall be over we can point to our deeds with pride and pleasure. In our nominations this fall, the only qualifications required be side competency, should be that of devo tion lo the constitution and lhe Union, and an unqualified support of the Government. Doyes!o Democrat. "A Terrible Reverse." . Forney's Presi, a war journal which sus tains the Lincoln Administration, in all its acts, whether fight of wrong, constitutional, fays: We are hoi disposed lb exaggerate the great Issues which have been forced upon us by the recent disaster in Virginia. That we have met with a terrible reverse : that the largest army which ever inarched under our banner has been beaien; that we have been driven Irom our advanced position in Eastern Virginia, are facts which the people must reluctantly and carefully; consider. Th3 people of the Sooth have gained the greateM triumph of this revolution.' II Ibere has been division belore, there cannot be division now, lot the sword which checked the career of .the Federal army, under the brow of the Blue Kidge, w;il check any at tempt to maintain .a loyalty to the Union m the seceded States, 1 he victory . of tneir troops will consolidate the southern seuti ment ; for i rebellion lhat is formidable enough lo win a ereal battle, within thirty "U 68 " tiers t"i,T.y i.r '-wr P4wa,.vf '- ' ' - - By the President of the United Slates 'i A froelamation."1 Whereas.' A. joint committee of ' both , HouKes of .Conjures fa; waited ori the Preii- iileht ot the, United Mate, and requested him to recommend a day of. public humil iation, prayer, and lasting, is -be. observed by the people of the Un'red States with Re ligious solemnities, and. the offering of fer vent supplication. :o Alraisjhty God for the salety and welfare ol these states, his blees ing on their arm, and. speed v restoration to peacn; and. whereas, itis fit. and j becom ing in al people, at.,all tmes,tto acknowl edge, and revere ihe supreme, Govern,menl of God, to bow in humble submission to His chasiisements,.lo confess, and denlore their sins and agzresitiorts, ia the full con viction that the lear or the Lord is ,the be ginning of wisdom, and to pray, with all fervence Bnd contrition for the pardoao their past offences, and for a blestng upon their present and prospective. .actions, and whereas, when our buloved country, once by the blessing of Got, united, prosperous and happy, is now aillicted with factions .and civ;l war, it is peculiarly fit for os to recognize the hand of God in this visitation,, in sorrowful remembrance of our own fault? and crimes, as a nation and mn individual,' lo humble ourselves before Him and to pray for His mercy; to" pry that we may1 be spared further punishment thousb most i justly , deserved; that our arms may ber. blesned and made effectual for re establish; ment qf:law ,prder, and peace throuahont pur.country, and that the inestimable boo of civil and religious liberty, earned -under His guidance and b'eseing by the labors and sufferings ol our fathers, ,may be restor, ed in all its original excellency; Therefore 1, Abraham, Lincoln, President. of the United States, do appoint the last Thursday in Sepi lember next, as a day pf humilintiori i pray, er and fasting for all the people of (he na tion, and I do earnestly recommend lo t'.e people, and especially to all-ministers sa i teachers of religion, of all denomiuatk.r;?, to all head .of families, to observe and, keep .that, day . according to their several creeds and modes of worship in: all humil-; ity an with all religious solemnity, to the end thai the united prayer of the natior.' may ancend lo the Throne of Grace an J bring down plentiftl blessings upon c-f own country. . In testimony whereof, &c , ; i -.;.;..''. Abraham Lincoln. By the President, - ; William H. Scwakd, Secretary of State. Exhacstio or Talk. How the. lam p. of conversation holds put to burn between, two persons only, is curiously- set Uowrj ia the following passage from Conm Gonralhon- ier'a account of his imprisonment: . . ..... t - Fifteen years existed , in a dungeon ten feet square. During six years I bad com panion ; during nine I was alone.- I never could rightly distinguish' the face, of bim who shared my activity, in the eternal twilight of our, cell. The . first year we talked incessantly . together;, we related our past lives, our joys forever gone, over and over again. The next year we com municated to each other thought, and. ideas on all subjects. ..The third-year we bad nothing to communicate; we were beginning to lose the power of reflection. .The fourth, at the interval of a month or so, we would open our lips to ask each other if it were possible that the world went as gay and bustling as when we. formed a portion .of mankind. The fifth we were, silent, , The sixth he was taken away J never knew where, to execution or liberty. . But I was g'ad when be was gone; . even solitude wan better than the pale, vacant face. One. day must have bees a year or two after my companion left me the dungeon .door. wa opened, whence proceeding, J , knev, not, the following words were utt,erd; '.Bjf order of his Imperial Majesty, I ictimate iv you that your wife died a year ago." The the door was shut and I heard no more : ihey had flun? this great agony upon me, and left me alone with it. . . Washington's Di appointments-We migh: puzzle our brain with the question of Wash ington's great disappointment in regard tc the destiny of Virginia. Washington . sa the advantages of his native Stale. "Look." said he to Sir John. Sinclair, "look at a ma,i of the United Stales. See Virginia neith;: frozen like New England, nor scorched HI' o the Carolinas and Georgia. See ber water courses and her fruitful soij. Observe htr Potomac coming down from the very head water bf iheOhio,and furnishing the neare:! and best line of artificial water communica tion with the great West. Here on the banl-s of the Potomac, vt be. the centre cf co m merce and of civilization on this continc- The Capital ot the United States will be t " London of the New World." .These we -"e Washington's expectations.- But Virgin :a has rpissed this destiny, and steadily, sub sided from her original pre-eminence Western commerce seeks the ocean by :u.o roundabout routes of Pennsylvania an? New York. The question Wht! is trouble some intrusive, and before . .we can accej t without misgivings, the superiority of he? civilization, the change of her lroitful fielce to desert wastes must have a satisfactory explanation. Examiner.. ' . ., A rifleman in the late fight, .seeing a ball bury it 6pf in a bank near hinv, sprang ta the hole it had made, saying; "Shoot away; yon can't hit twice, in the same place." Instantly another shct struck a few leeldif tant, covering the ' fellow with sand and gravel. Emerging" frm. his new quarter , he continued the unfinished sentence, "but yoa came so pesky near it that the first bole is uncomfortable." Ter.hyscn is expected to write the poem for the opening ol the great World's Fair at London, during the coming year. i'rn'in ram irl-ul that h OT nmrirrfn much hvJtreLhJi-r i-