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Pm Comin? Home to Die Motaef .
Unwelcome winds are. sighing, .
, Within this distant West, -And
wrapt in pain Pin lying
With vision broken res'.
I often dream thy bosom
Is pillowing my head,
And wake to fiid illusion . v .
;Has gathered round my bed.;
Bat starting Iron my dreaming,
1 check the risina sigh,
-For I'm coming home to die, mother,
Coining borne lo die.
I long to see thee, mother,
And kiss thy dear old cheek,
I feel there is no other
With whom I wish to speak;
No heart has half such kindness,
No voice such music's flow,
Why did I in my blindness
Cause you a moments woe ?
I know you're monrned often,
But wipe the glistening eye,
For I'm coming home to die, mother,
Coming home to die.
Tell father that I wish him
To mark the spot for me,
Where Looloo used to kiss him,
And sing the forest glee,
Tis where the wild red roses
Perlnme the summer air
And when the fife scene closes,
Lay roving Ailarid there,
O let the spot be lonely,
And hid from passers by,
For I'm coming home to die, mother,
Coming horce to die,
My memory rs clinging
To childhood s sunny hours.
And Looloo 's voice seems ringing
Amidst the garden (lowers ;
-The moments seem to le igthea
As starting time draws near,
And hope begins lo strengthen
Wiih thought of leaving here.
So let the heart be claddene'd,
Our meeting hour is nigh,
For I'm coming horns to die, mother,
Coming home to die.
To Day and To Mosbow. Half the griefs
of the world are idea!. No matter to wlsat
rank of life a man belor.gs, unless he pos
sesses a remarkable contented qua!i:y of
mind, he is perpetually annoyed wiih small
sorrows arising from the anticipation of evils
which, in fact, never come to pass. At the
end of any j ear, he can look back, if he
choose, and count his hours by the i score,
. spent in this manner over ideal misfortunes.
And it is exactly the same thing wiih our
moments of happiness; for "man never
i$t but always to be, blest ;" and how' very
much of oar enjoyment is occasioned by
the expectation of pleasurable events which
always fail to occur 1 As a certain bishop
once said to a sprig of nobility, who asked
for the loan of a, rural villa the reverend
gentleman never used: "Sir,- don't you
koow it is necessary to have a place where
yon never go a place in nrbich you fancy
you might be ever happy, if yon were there ;
bat from which yoa. absent yourself be
caase yoa know yoa won't be And the
bishop in that remark announced a great
- truth for delight, as well as sorrrow, lies so
ranch in what is never realized.
Common sense, fair reader, ought to take
a solid bint from this fact. In children's
language "never grisve over spilt milk,"
and never over what may occur. The past is
irretrievable, and the future brings irouble
enough of its own. Enjoy the present in
its innocence as far as circumstances may
permit. To-day is certainly yours, and to
morrow not be. And although, reveling
in , gratifications to come, may not be so
objectionable as. a cheap species of hap
piness, beware of indulging in an anguish
over calamities equally in posse, for it is
both idle and nnphilosophicaL
A young sprig of a doctor once met at a
convivial party several larks, who were bent
on placing in his hat a very large brick or,
:in other words, make him gloriously drunk
-r-whicb " they accomplished about ten
o'clock at night. The poor doctor insisted
on going, and. the party accompanied him
' to the stable, to assist bim to mount his
horse, which they at length did, with his
face to the animal s tail. "Hallo," said the
doctor, after feeling for the-Teins, "i am
"inside out on my horse, or face behind, I
.. doo't. know which something wrong any-
. how" r"So you are," exclaimed one of the
wigs ; ' just get off, doctor, and we'll put
"you on right" "Get off '."hiccoughed the
doctor "do yoq don't. Just turn the horse
around, and it will allcome right yoa
must all be very druuk." '
- - We don't like to hear it charged that er--ry
body who toted against the TJnion ticket
is not loyal to the government. ; First be
caase it is not true ; and second,' this kind
cf talk gives encouragement to the Rebels
The above is from an Ohio paper of Re
publican principles, and is sensible , and
-xnan!y. - -'. ' '
Nothing is so base, and at the same time
so impolite, as to charge the Democrats
vr'i'.h be;ns Secessionists ! Are the people
cf r?cn;y!vaai3, or th3 150,000. Democrats
cf C! tr?',c!rs cr .'srrhi. ' 't'
JEM AJiD ACEBSTADT.
' BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
To the year 1806 Engl and, Russia and
Prussia formed a new coalition against
France. Prussia commenced the campaign
by invading Saxony with an army of 200,
000 men under his command of Frederic
William, the Prussian king. Alexander of
Russia, with an equal army, was pressing
down through the vilds of Poland, to unite
in 'the march upon flris. England co-operated
with profuse expenditures from her
inexhaustible treasury.
The Emperor was greatly annoyed by
this unprovoked attack, which thwarted all
i his plans for developing the industrial re
sources of France. He shut him-elf up for
forty-eisht hours to arrange the details of
ihe -campaign, ard immediately dictated
two hundred letters, all of which still re
main the monument of his energy and sa
gacity. In six days the whole imperial
gnard was transported from Paris lo the
Rhine. They traveled by post sixty miles
a day. On the 2iih of September Napoleon,
at midnight, entered his carriage at the
Tuileries, to join the army. His parting
words to the Senate were :
"In so just a war, which we have not
provoked by an act, by any pretence, the
true cause of which it would be impossible
to assignVnd where we only take arms to
defend ourselves, wo defend entirely upon
the support of the laws, and upon that of
the people, whom circumstances call upon
to give fresh proofs of their devotion and
courage."
Placing himself at the head of his army,
by a series of frkilful manoeuvres he 'brew
his whole force into the rear of the Prussi
ans, culling them off from their supplies,
and from -ail possibility of retreat. Being
thus sure of victory; he wrote as follows to
the King of Prussia:
' Sire, my Brother I am in the heart of
Saxony. My strength is such that your for
ces cannot balance the victory. But why
shed so much blood 1 why make our sub
jects slay each otheT ? I do not prize vic
tory purchased by the lives of so many of
my children. If I were jam commencing
my military career, and if I had any reason
to fear the chances of war, this language
would be .wholly misplaced. Sire, your
majesty will be vanquished At present
your are uninjured, and may treat wiih me
in a manner, comformable with jour rank.
Before a month is parsed, you will treat in
a different position. I am aware that in
thus writing I may irritate that senfibility
which naturally belongs to every sovereign.
But circumstances demand that I should
use no concealment. 1 implore your ma
jesty to view, in this letter, nothing but the
desire I have to spare the effusion of human
blood. Sire, my brother, I pray God that
He may have you in His worthy and holy
keeping."
To this letter no reply was returned. In
two days from this time the advance guard
of the French met the Prussians, strongly
entrenched upon the plains of Jena and Au
erstadt. It was the evening of the 1 3th of
October. The sun was jot sinking with
unusual brilliancy behind the western hills,
when ihe proud array of the Prussian,more
than one hundred thousand strong, appear
ed in sight. Three hundred pieces cf ar
tillery were concentrated in batteries, and a
squadron of eighteen thousand cavalry,
splendidly caparisoned and with burnished
armor were drawn up upon the plain.
Napoleon immediately tcok possession of
the Landrafenberg, a step, craggy hill,
which the Prussians had supposed iuacce
sible to artillery, and from whose summit
the long lines of the Prussians, extending
many leagues, could be clearly dicerned.
As the gloom of night settled down, the
blaze of the Prussian camp fires, extending
over a space of eighteen miles, illuminated
the fecene with almost an unearthly glow.
Couriers were dispatched to hasten on the
battalions of the French arfljjy- To encour
age the men, Napoleon, with his own hands
labored through the night in blaming the
rocks and clearing the way that he nibht
plant a battery npon the brow of the Land
grafenberg. As brigade after brigade ar
rived, they took theposilions assigned them
bv their experienced chieftain. Soult and
Ney were ordered to march all night to a
distant point, to cut off the retreat of the
foe. Towards morning Napoleon threw
himself upon the ground on the bleak hill
side, to share for an hour the frigid bivouac
of the soldiers.
At four o'clock he was again on horse
back. A dense fog covered the plain,
shrouding the sleeping host. Under cover
of . this. darkness Napoleon ranged his
troops in battle array. Enthusiastic 6houts
greeted him as he rode along the lines
I At 6 o'clock, the fog still nnoroken, the or
der was given to pierce the Prussian lines
in every direction. For eight hours the
battle raged with fury never before or since
surpassed. The ground was covered with
dead ; the shrieks of the wounded, tram
pled beneath, the hoofs of charging squad
rons, rose above the thunder of the battle.
About 1 o'clock, P. M., the Prussian Gener
al sent the following frantic dispatch to his
reserve :
"Lose not a moment in advancing your
yet unbroken troops. Arrange your col
umns so that through their opeuing there
may pass the still unbroken bands of the
battle. Be ? ready to receive the charges
of the enemy's cavalry, which, in the most
furious manner, rides en overwhelms and
sabres the fugitives, and has driven into
The Prussian reserve, twenty thot sand
strong, with unbroken front now ertered
the field, and for a moment seemed t ar
rest the tide of victory. Napoleon stoid at
the head of the Imperial Guard, whi :h he
had held in reserve as hour after hoiir he
had washed and guided the terrible fiht.
A young soldier, impatient of this del iy, at
last, in the excess of his excitement, tout
ed, 'Forward ! Forward!' Napoleon timed
sternly to him and said :
"How now ! What beardless boy is this,
who ventures to counsel his Emperor. Let
him wait till he has commanded in thirty
pitched battles before he proffers h e ad
vice." It was new four o'clock. The de:Uive
moments had arrived. Mural at. the head j
of twelve thousand horsemen, fresh, i rid in
perfect array, swept dow n upon the plain, i
as with earthquakes roar, charging ihs be- ;
wildered, exhausted, bleeding host, and, in
a few moments the work was doru , the '
Prussian army was destroyed Like an in- j
nundalion the fugitives rushed Iron the j
field, ploughed by batteries of Napoleon, j
and irampled beneath the tread ol 1 is re- j
si.tles cavairy. j
While this scene was transpiring tn the
plains of Sena, another division of the Prn,- ,
sian army was encountering a simih r dis
aster on the field of Auermadil, twelv miles
distant. As the fugitives of both armies
were driven together in their flight, in con
fusion and dismay unparalleled, Lonemen,
footmen, wagons ami artillery in tens-est.
and wildest entanglement, there was rained
down upon them the most terrible storm of,
balls, bullets and shells. j
Night came at length. Eut it brocght no i
relief to the vanquished. The pitile: s pur- !
suit wi uninterrupted. In whatever direc ;
lion the shattered columns fled, the were
met by the troops which Napoleon bid sen,
anticipating '.he movement. 'Ihe king him
self narrowly escaped capture dut ng the
rout of that night. Accompanied by a few
companions on horseback, he leapel hed
ges and fences, and plunged through orrems
and fields, until he reached a place f safe
ty. The Prussians lost in this one dia- :
trous fight twenty thousand kiiUd and
wounded. while twenty thousand mo;e were i
taken prisoners. j
No military chieftain has ever ma iifesled
so much skill in following up a vie ory as
Napoleon. In less than fourteen daj s every
remnants of the Prussian army wa: taken,
and all the fortrees of Pruia went in the
har ds of the French. The king, a wcts'.rick
en fugitive driven from his realms, .led for
refuse to the army of Alexander. Never
before in ihe history of the world was so '
formidably a power so speedily and utterly i
annihilated. j
But one month had now elapsed since Na-'
poleon left Paris. An army of two mndred
thousand men, in through disipline and j
drill had, in that time, been eithet killed, j
taken prisoners, or dispersed. Not i hostile i
regiment remained. A large number of
fortresses, strengthened by the labor of aces, !
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and which bad been deemed impregnable, i
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had fallen into the han.t of the vicl and :
he was rcposina in security in Berlin, in ;
the place of Fredrick ihe Great. The story
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of this wounderful achievement passed
over Europe ike the wonders of ths Arabi-
1 ;
an tale, exciting universal amazement. "In;
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as-a,,m2 mis man, t..u me emperor
Alexander "we are but
children ittacking
a giant."
A PoSTMAfcTKR ThRKAYCNEO VITH THE j
Bolts or "tug THCNnRRr." A few days
since an unkeitl, rone appeariis, shirt-j
sleeved Hibernian, who didn't look ( though
he ever wrote a letter in his life, or knew -how
to write one, entering the post office
and inquiring for "Misther Bat m" was
fctmirn trt that irpntlpmsna flnatnur t Hrim.
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mg from his pocket a racka) of the old-
style Government envelope, he said : i
"Will your honor give me a bunch ofj
the new envelopes for these ould t nes V j
"I am afraid you are a little too late with
them, replied tne postmaster.
'Too
stranger.
late is it, ye say!" ecioed the
,lYe s," continued Mr. Baum, ,:the time
for exchanin old envelopes and stamps
for new ones expired several da ajo.
You should have presented yours soon
er
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"Weil, what the divil do I care about the
.,
lime expiring ?r' said Patrick, be inninsr o
show some symptoms of cholor. The Gov
ernment got my money for these and she
must redame them." ,
"Ample time was given you to exchange
them," replied Mr. Baum, "and if you Jail
ed to do so it was your own fault"
"Sure and the Government ho': so poor,"
rejoined the stranger, pointedly," is to want
to swindle a hard workin' Irishman out of
three cent peices in that way is it V
"The Government didn't mean to swin
dle you," said Mr. Baum.
"Then why didn't you give me the worth
of my money?"
"Becaue," said Mr. Baum' ge ting tired
of the interveiw, "the time for exchanging
old envelopes for new has expire I."
"An' ye won't swop, then ?''
"No, I am not at liberty to do s j."
"Well, sir' replied the Irishman, draw
ing himself op to his full height,' "I'd have
ye know,sir, that 1 am a country-nan of Dr
Russel, and I'll have him write t the Lon
don Tiroes,' and give yoa and tfce govern
ment the divil." ' ;
It is needless, perhaps, to ad f that Mr.
Baam now lies awake o'nightij dreading
rattersoa on the Three months
Cara-
pai:n. j
The first Troop of Philadelphia City Cav- '
airy dined together on Saturday at the Con-
tinental Hotel,to commemorate their founda- j
tion in 1774. Capt. James presided and ;
Dr. Goddard, as Surgeon of the troops, act
ed as vice President. Among the Ruests I
i
were Major Generals Patterson and Cadwal- J
ader. The dinner was altogether a delight
ful one.
When the clo:h was removed, the health
of Maj. Gen. Patterson was proposed, and
in renponse to an enthusiastic call fie made
a speech . He returned thanks for the com
pliment paid him, and for the manner in
wtncu it Had leen received. He aiu tie ,
was not in the hubit of giving reasons for j
anything he did or did not do, but in the
presence of men of -o much intelligence as
the members of the first City Troop a par:
ol his command in the short campaign in
the val.'ey of Virginia, he considered it due
to them as Aell as to myself to give a short
statement of facts.
Dnrinji ihe latter part of July, all August,
and part of September, there wa no slan
der against him so gross that it could not be
asserted and reiterated wiih impunity and
swallowed with avidity. The gentlemen
of the Troop knew how false these slanders
were. He had submitted to them in qniet,
although he had the documen's in his pos
sesion to prove that he did all that he was
ordered lo do. and more 'han any one had
a right to expect under the circumstances
in which he and his command were placed
and he defied any man, bih or low, to put
his fingers on an order disobeyed.
The gentlemen of the Troops were wit
nesses of what was done, and he asserted
what they knew to te true, that the column
was well conducted, there was not a false
step made, nor a blunder committed. The
skirmishes were always in front, and thp
flanks well protected. They were canht
in no trap, and fell into no ambuscade
They repeatedly offered the enemy bmtle,
snd when they accepted it they beat them.
There was no defeat and no retreat with bis
column.
It might be aked, 'why have yoo not
made this statement sooner ?" Becsue the
publication of ihe documents sooner would
have been most detrimental to the public
in:erers. He preferred bearing the odium
so liberally bestowed on him, rather than
clar htmelf al the expense of the cansp in
which we were all engaged. The tirt.e had
arrived when the matter could wi'lmnt
inquiry to his service, be inquired into ;
and he was determined that it should be
don, ar.d that before long all the docu
ments referred to should be published, and
spread before the American people, unless
tbot-e whose duty it was to do so should in
the meantime do him justice.
He would state a few facts. On the 3d of
June he took command at Chambersburg.
On the 4th he vas informed by ihe General-
in-Chief that he conridered th addition to
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his force of a battery nf artillery and some
t kU n o.u
reaular infantry indispensable. On the tn
Qf June a ,e(ter o) instruction9 Wa, , f(;m
. wh,ch he was ,oIJ iat tbere mM L(J nQ
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reverse; a check or a drawn battle would
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be a victor- to the enemy, filh"g his heart
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with joy, his ranks with men and his maja-
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zir.fs wi'h voluntary contribution; a-id,
, therefore n ,ake h9
measures circumspect
ly and atterrrt no'hing without a clear pros
pect of succes This whs good instruction
and most sensible advice. Good or bad, he
was to obey ; and h" did.
On Friday, the 1 3th, he was informed
that, on the supposition that he would cros
the river on the next Monday or Tue-day,
Gen. McDowell would be instructed to
make a demonstration or. Manassa Junc
tion. He was surprised at the order, but
! promptly obeyed. On ihe 15th he reached
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Hazerstown, and, on the ICth two-thirds of
hi forces had crossed the Potomac. The
promised demonstration by Gen. McDowell,
in the direction of Manasas Junction, was
not made; on the 1 6th , just three days after
he had been told he was expected to cross,
he was telegraphed by the Geiieral-ia-Chief
to send him "at or.ce all the regular troops,
! horse and foot, and tha Rhode Island Rej;i
! ment and BxtJery,'" and told that he was
strong enough without the regulars, and to
j keep within limits until he could satisfy
I rn t r it ft nmrr ir r r Koi-nnH tha m Hn
illlll IIIUI 1IC U l V'il ' infill. VI
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! the 17th he was again telegraphed "We
are pressed here. Send the troops I have
twice called for without delay." This was
imperative, and ihe troops were sen', leav
ing him without a single piece of artillery,
and, for the lime, a single 'roop of cavalry.
Il was a gloomy night, but they were ali
brought over the river without loss.
On ti e 20th of June he was asked by the
General in-Chief to propose without delay,
a plan of operations. On the 21st he sub
mitted to the General -inChief his plan,
which was to abandon the present line of
operations, move all supplies to Frederick,
occupy Maryland Heights with Major
Doubleday's heavy guns, and a brigade of
inlantry to support them, and 'uh every
thing else horse, foot and arti llery to
cross the Folomac at Point of Rocks, and
unite with Col. Stone's force at Leesburg,
from which point he could operate as cir
cumstances should demand and the Gener
al's orders should require. No reply was
receieved, but, on the I7lh the General
telegraphed him that he supposed he was
crossing the river in pursuit of the en
emv. On that dayLthe enemy was in condition
to cross the river in his pntsnit. He had
Gen.
had about ten thousand men and six guns,
the latter immoveable for went of harness.
On the 28l!i he informed the General of the
strength of the enemy ar.d of his own force;
that he would not on his own responsibility
attack without artillery, but would do so
cheerfully and promptly if he would give
him an explicit order to that effect. No or
der was given. On the 29th hel received
the harness for his single battery of six
smooth bore guns, and on the 30th gave the
order to crosa.
On th 2d of July he crossed, met the en
emy and whipped them.
On the 9th of July a council was held, Pt
which all the commanders of divisions and
brigades, and chiefs of staff, were present.
Cel. Stone the junior line officer, spoke
twice and decidedly agiinsi an advance,
advocating a direct movement to Shepards
lown and Charle.-town. All who spoke op
posed an advance, and all voted gainM
ont. On the same day, he informed the
Ceneral-in chief, of the condition of afTciirs
in the valley, and proposed that he should
go to Charle.-town and occupy Harper's
Ferrj , and asked to be informed when l.e
would attack Manassas. On the 12th he
was directed to go where he had proposed,
and informed that Manassas would be at
tacked on Thursday, the 16th. On the l3ih
he was telegraphed : "If not strong enor.uh
to beat the enemy early next week make
demonstrations no as to detain him in the
valley of WinclTester." He made the dem
onstrations, and on the 16ih, the day Gjh.
Scott said he wou'd attack Minassas, he
drove the enemy' pickets into his entrench
mants at Winche-ter, and on the I7ih
marched to Chariest own.'
On the 13th he telegraphed the General-in-Chief
that Johnsiou was in a positon to
have Iiih strength doubled just as he could
reac h him anil that he would rather lose the
chance cf nccomplishiiig something brilliant
than by hazar.ting his column, to destroy
the fruits of the campaign by defeat, closing
his teliram thus : "If wrng, let me be in
structed." But no instruction came. This
was eight days before Ihe battlo of Manas
sas. On the 17th, Gen. Scolt telezraphed:
"McDowell's first day's work has driven
the enemy beyond Fairfax Couri House
To morrow the Junction, will probably be
carried." With this information he was
happy. Johnston had been detained the ap
pointed time, and the work of General Pat
terson's column had been done.
On the 18th, at half-pat one in the morn
ing he telegraphed Gen Scott the condition
of the enemy's force and of his own, refer
ring to his letter of the lfith for full infor
mation, and closed the despatch by asking,
"Shall I attack?" This was plain English,
and could not be misunderstood, but he re
ceived no reply. He expected to be attack
ed where he was, and if Manassas was not
to be attacked on that day, as staled in Gen.
Scott's despatch of the day previous, he
ought to have been ordered down forthwith
to join in lite battle and the attack delayed
until he came. He could have he?n there
on the day that the battle was fought, and
his assistance miht have produced a dif
ferent result.
On the 20th he heard that Johnston had
marched with 35 0(0 Confederate troops,
I and a large artillery force in a southeasterly
direction. He immediately telegraphed the
information to Gen. Scott, and knew that he
received it the same day. In accordance
with instructions he came to Harper's Fer
ry on the 21st, which place he held until
relieved.
Gen. Patterson, during ihe course of his
remarks, was repeatedly applauded, and
closed amid repeated cheers.
A Man Killed bv a Shahk. On Saturday
j last three seamen, belonging to tha Ameri
j can ship T. W. Shears, were bathing alor.g
side the vessel, when one of them was seized
by a shark. The monster firm seized him by
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the shoulder, but the force with which he
i
rushed on his victim, caused him to lose I
his hold, driving the unfortunate man sev-,
era! feet out of the water. The thark again '
seized him by the back and finally by the !
neck and disappeared with his prey All
this happened within plain veiw of his
slrpmates who imrnedia'ely lowered a boat 1
and alter taking oa board the other two men i
proceeded to clrag for ihe bo fy. They had
been occupied in this way for some time, I
when the shark was observed to rise some j
distance from them, still with th body id
the helpless man in his mouth shaking it.as
is described, as a dog would a rat.
The mate of the vessel armed himself
with a boarding pike, and rowed toward
the spot, and the shark was so much occu-
pied with his victim, that he allowed him
self to be stabbed several times before agiin
disappearing. Thinking the animal had
received his death wound, the boal returned
to the ship, but scarcely had she arrive
alongside when the shark reappeared as be
fore. A harpoon was now taken into the
boat, and the shark again allowed himself
to be approached sufficiently near to be
struck, when he again diappeared. Line
was now paid out, and the boal was towed
some distance, till assistance arriving the
monster was killed by repeated stabs of
the lance.
Most of the contents of his maw were
disgorged while being hauled on board, and
on being opened, some fragments, which
were unrecognizable, and' an eight-pound
tin of preserved meat, were ail that was
found. The shark was of the species
known as the ground thark, and about ten
feet in length. The girth of the body was
immense and is stated to .. byebren eight
How to pack Beef and Pork.
Select 'for saltins that part of the carcass
that has the fewest largest blood vessels,and
do not attempt lo pack .until entirely free
from animal heht. Removing as much of
the bone as po?sible, pack the peices close
in the beef barrel, and place on them a
weight sufficient to sink them. For one
hundrod pounds of beef,disso!ve fiveqnarts
of good coarse salt, and five ounces of pure
saltpetre in two piiTl of soft water.boil and
skim well, and while bo'ling. pour it over
the beef covering it closely. If the meat is
not entirely covered, make more brine as
soon as possible, and pour it in hot, as at
firt. This is my winter mode. The
meat will be fit to boil in twenty four
honr, bci wiii not keep s weet longer than
the first of April. In summer I often corn
a little sa) . twenty pounds, for immediate
use. I prepare dried beef in th
same
manner usinj frr this purpose the hams.
and i tl.nt intended fornmmer use, allow
ten quarts of salt lo 100 pounds. It isofno
use to add salt of:e' the first cominz. I
once lnt a half barrel in that way ; The
full vanity of salt must be put on a, the
same time.
In packing porlc remove the lean mnat to
be ufd for saus.ies, it js hard and almost
worthless when raliel. Take cut the bone
leaving only the clear side pork. Cut this
in strips bcat sic inche vide. Cover the
bottom of the, barrel with a layer of good
salt one and half inches ihick. I ay in the
pnrk edgewise, and crowding it as compact,
ly as possible, and cover with a layer o;
; salt like the fi-sl, an d so on until the whole
is packed. Enough spice shonlJ be left at
ihe top of the barrel to allow from four to
six inches brine above the meat. When all
4 pjcled hy a he-ivy weight upon it an 1
pour ever it a brine made of soft watnr and
salt, as strong as possible, that is. civins it
all the salt the water will dissolve. The
brine should always cover the pork at least
four inches deep.
An Aster in the Army.
Mr. John Jacob Astor, of this cify, has
joined the staff of Major General McClellan,
with the commission cd I.ier.tenant -Colonel.
Mr Astor is the representative of thirty mil
lions of property , with an income of two
millions per annum. Ho has been from the
beginning one of the most active and efii
cient executive members of the Union De-
fence Committee of this city, and ha given
his tim knowledge and money without
stint for the caue of the countrv and for the
suppression of the rebellion. Those for-
eigner3 who doubt whether our best men j
have much in:eret in the Union have a j
very satisfactory reply in this a--t:on of Mr. j
Astor. Such capitalists as he see very plain
le, as Mr. SItepherd Knapp said some time
ao, that if ihe Union is worth nothings-then
nothing else within its bounds has any value.
Two other prominent members of the
. i in. u i. c r, 1
111. ii u-.ii.iiri i"Ai on. " i-i hiv ui- i juti-
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lCJIJk Ul ItJC V 'lli 111 H j UUU Ull.JUIti"
General James S- Wads worth, who was
one of Genera! McDowell aids at the baitle
ol Sione Bridge, ar.d was mentioned in the j AsoTHn Political Prisoner Discharged
dospatche for his coul and gallant conduct. KR0M Fr. Warrxv Robert Elliot, of Free
Evovng r.l. j ?orn jie wa discharged from Fort Warren
How to take Life.
i
Take life like a mm. Take it just as j
though it was as it is an earnest. vital, es-
seniiil aff lir. Take it just as though you'
personally were born to the task of perform- j
ing a merry part in it as though it was a ;
grand opportunity lo do and acheiv, to car- j
ry forward great anl good schemes, to help .
and cheer a suffering, weary it may be,
heart-broken brother. The fact is, life is j
undervalued by a greit majority of man kind
It is not made ha'.f as much of as should be I
the cae. Where is the man or woman who ,
accomplishes one task of what might be
1. t WTl . 1 I. V I.
uo,,B : " uu tammi iOVK VAK uu" VVP" J
i tunnies nst n ans frustrated, aspirations'
- , t
unfulfilled .thoughts crushed, and all cause
bvihe lack of the neceasary and possible !
effort.
If we knew belter how to make and take
ihe most of life, it would Le far greater than
it is. Now and then a man sta-ids aside
from the crowd, labors earnestly, steadfastly
confidently and straightway Decomes fa-
iiious lor wisdom, intellect, skill or great-
nessol otne sort, l lie woriu wonaers.au-
mires, uloiizes ana y et u
idolizes and yet it only illustrates
what each man does if
each man does it tie takes hold
of life with a purpose- If a man says
he will, and follows il up, there is nothing
in reason he may not expect to acco mplish.
There is no mic nj miracle, no secret to
him who is brave in heart and
determined
in spirit
A Real Rclishkr of a Joks A man late
ly received twenty lashes well laid on, at
j the whipping post at Delaware. The cul-
prit, i nstead of bellowing when the consta
I ble applied the lash, laughed immoderately,
which made the angry officer lay on with
still harder force. On giving him the twen
tieth blow the angry officer could stand it
no lonsjer, "Well, here mister," said the
offended officer, 'I've done my duly and
can't lick ye no more, but I'd jest like to
know what is it that's so funny!" "Funny !"
roared the other, "why it's excellent."
Yonve got the wrong Smith ! I aint the man
that was to be whipped '. It's the other one !
Now you'll have to so it all over again !
Really it's too goof You must lick the other
man ! Ha I ha I"
James'my son, take this letter to the post
office and pay the postage on it. The boy
returned highly elated and said : "Father,
1 seed a lot of men putting letters in a little
A Horrible 31 order in "JBssachnsetts.
J Elan AJunlers a Woman and her davghltr
and then set fire to th fwuse. .
A shocking tragedy was !enac'ed in the
town of Holliston, Middlesex county yester
day morning. It appears that in a part of
the town called the "'Log Cabin,"an English
family of the name of Reeves con
sisting of mother daughter, . have lived
for the past twelve years. The house tbey
occupied was owned by Mrs. Reeves. It
consisted of three small room and a thop,
where they have, since ihe death of the
hnsband of Mrs. Reeves, who was killed
on the railroad some four years since, prin
cipally maintained themselves with their
needles. The daajihter has been twica mar
ried, once to a rait ivi-.neJ B ita, and, at
his decease, to a man named Cahoon, said
to be with the army. From her second hus-
band she has been separated for some time.
Two or thrse years since, a man named Al
vin Finch a blacksmith by trade,com raenced
work on the railroad bridse in that neigh
borhood, and boarded with Mrs. Reevee.
Since last spring he has had no steady
work but nothing unusual was noticed un
til yesterday morning. Mrs. Reeves went
to a man named Maguire, and asked hirh
to come lo tha house as Finch was crazy.
He went and found Finch, wdio ran out te
a neighbors and attempted to obtain a hatch
et, but Magnire prevented it. Finch went
back to the house, and when Maguire en
tered he was attacking the two women wiih
a flat Iron in each hand. He at once lurri
ed upon Maguire, drove him out of the
house and for a considerable distance down,
ti e road He then returned to the house and
killed both women wiih blows from the
flat irons. By this time a general alarm had
been given, snd evera! neighbors hurried
lo the house. Finchjhreatened to kill them
but after a fearful struggle he was seized
and retained in custody In the meantime
the house had been set on fire, either by
the act of Finch or by the overturning of a
stove iii lie ftrugile, and, with. .the shop
was burnt to the the ground. The clothes
upon ihe body of Mrs, Reeves caught fire
but were extinguished.
Af.er his capture, Finch became docile.
His condition of mind when the murders
i were cotr.mifeit has uot been .ally aseet
j uined. At the coroners inquest, reported
( in the Morning Journal, from which we ob-
i tain the above facts, John Maguire(lhe matt
j called in by Mrs. Reeves.) testified that he
i'did not consider Finch exactly rigbfat the
time, but cra'A not tell whether it was
from nq nrr or not, the.e was liquor in the
house. Einch bavins a half barrel at one time
as far as he knew Finch was generally a
peaceable man. Another witness beard
the daughter speak of trouble with Finch,
st atig-that he had beaten her. The Jury
returned a verdict that Mary Reeves and Ro
sa Keeves, alias Cahoon. came lo their ddath
by blows from a flat iror. in the hands of
Alvm Finch.
The examination of Finch,on
, ... , m
a charge of murder, will take place before
Tria' Justice Orrin Thompson al the Town
Hail. Ho'iiston.
l yesterday, by orders from Washington. Ha
look the oath of allegiance, and there were
other roatoos for his dichargft Boston
Herald.
Here is another illustration, says the Al
bany Argus of the wrongfulness of these
summary arrests, not only as regards the
individual, but th- government and the
people. It was in regard to this Mr. Elliott
that Mr. Seward wrote that the D epartment
had po-itire evidence that he had raised
t.oop in Maine to co operate with the Con
federates, south. If this was true, the trait
or should have beeu tri and punished.
Hat ihls summary arrest snatches him out
ol the hands of ihe tribunals of Maine, where
aioae he cou'd be tried for treason, and
trans'ers htm to another state, where, after
a little while he is released and escapes
iusi ice.
j What were our Courts made for, if men
j gvilty of such crimes, are not lo be tried for
I them? Who doubts the willingness of Courts
J aj Jurie9 in Maine to deal justly with
j puca case, j Yet here ihe Government iu-
, seil ftnugles the criminal out of teach
of
. tvl9 law, only ta set him free.
We confess we do'net beleive that any
man in Maine, not in a mad-house, ever
conceived the project of raising troops to
aid the secessionists. We believe the whol
j p;ot waJ the figment ot a false informer.
which imaginative Secretary of states swell
ed inio a plot, but why are innocent citizens
left at tho mercy of the plots and unregula
ted fancies of political or personal enemies.
Salt fjr'Svine.
A correspondent of ihe Annalender Land
cirthiscaft states some interesting experi
ments to test the use of salt in fattening
swine. He selected two pairs of barrow
ho?s weighing 200 lbs. apiece. One pair
received with their dailey allowences of
food two ounces ot salt, the other pair sim
ilarly fel none. In the course of a week
it was easily seen that the sailed pair had
a much stronger appetiie than the others,
and after a fortr.ight the salt was increased
to two ounces apiece. After four months
the weight of salted hogs was 350 lbs.
apiece, while tha. ol the uncalled five weeka
later, reached only three hundred pounds.
This experiment was repeated with almost
precisely the sam results. The author
leeds young pus, according to their age, a
quarter to one ounce daily, breeding sowa
very little during pregnancy, and dnirtf.
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