D. A. BUEHLER; EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL, XVIIL-21.1
ON THE:IMAM OF A MISSIONARY
How beautiful it is for man to die
Upon Om walls of Zion! to be eall'd
Like • wuteb•Motn and weary sentinel,
To put Idaarmar oft and mat.—in Heaven !
Tl icLa ws's& petting on Jerusalem,.
The deep `blue sky had not a cloud, and light.
'Wei pouring ita the dome of Hmar'rmesque,
likeistolesn'ailver. .Every thing was fair;
Askiltilatlty liungupoit the pointed lanes—
. lasi a grieved spirit, lingering ere she gave
Her wing to air, for heaven. The crowds of men
Were in the busy streets; and nothing look'd
Like wo, or suffering, save one small train
Bearidg the dead to burial. It passed by,
'lnd 16ft no trace upon the busy throng.
he sun was just as beautiful ; the shout
(if joyous rovelry,sild the low hum
Of stirring theinumils rose as constantly?
Idfc look d as winning; and the earth and ikv,
Arid revery thing seem'd strangely gent to make
A•centrast to that comment upon life.
How. wonderful it is that human pride
(`en paw that touching moral as it_ doct—
it su frequently, in all the force .
Of ineumfld and most simple eloquence—
. And learn no lesson! • They bore on the dead,
With_dm slosustap.oftsoaccoai troubled not -
'l3y the node multitude, save, here and'thero,
A look of varrudinquiry, or a curie
Half multar'il by some haughty Turk whose sleeve
hall towded the tassel of the Christiana pall.
And Israel too pasted on—the trampled Jew !
Israel!—who made Jeruartletit a throne
For the wide world—posed on as earelt•isily ;
Giving' no look of interest to tell
Tha shrouded detuFwas any thing to her.
Oh that they would be gather'd sa a brood
I a gatlier'd by a patent's sheltering wings'.
They laid him down with strangers ; (pr his home
Was with the setting sun, and they who stood
Awl look'd so steadfastly main his grave, .
Were not lAA U 11111141; but they found hint there.
And local him liir his ministry of Christ.
fir had died young. But there are silter'il heads
W lima• rare of duty is less nobly run.
His heart wail with Jerusalem; and strong'
As was a mothers lose. and the snail tics
R 0.411011 1141 r“ so beautiful at home,
Ile flung them 1111011161) ion his eager rare,
A sad sought the broken lieoplc of his Goa.
'l'ii Preach io theta of.lestos. There was one
Who was his friend slid helve r. (Me who went
nil knelt lain& him at the septilchre
Where Jesus slept, to pray tor Israel.
*Flury had one sputa. and tl a heart.. were knit
nioru than human love. GA(111141 Ishii hoie.
And he of whom I i o.ok wood up alone,
Anil in his broken-heartethsess wrought on
I 'tall his master called him .
•
Olt, is it not a noble thing to die
As dies the Uhristiaii, with his armor MI I .—
IV bat is the hetoe's elution, though its Mast
Hine with the 'numbly of a world, to this
What are the st•araiutg %ivtori,, of inokii—
The lore of vgiiish r d nes !—NI hat urc all
The trutopoings of proud humanity,
Ds=ll=lll
His sepulchre iitdide ille}(ing of !
THE MOTHER AND CHILD:
R,
TINE FIRE-FLY.
On the evening of a hot and sultry sum
mer day, Maria, a poor widow, sat at the
opt' Er window of her little chain her, and
gazed out upon the neat orchard which
arrounded her cottage. The grass had
been mown in the morning, but the hest of
the sun haft soon dried it. She had al
ready gathered it into heaps, and the sweet
smell of the hay now blew into the cham
ber as if to-refresh and strengthen her of.
ter her labor. The glow of sunset, was al
ready fading upon the border of the clear
land cloudless slot, and the moon shone
calm end bright into the little chamber,
shadowing the panes of the half open win
dow, together with the grape vine which . ;
adorned it, upon the nicely sanded floor.—'
Little Ferdinand, a boy of six years of
age, stood leaning against the window
frame ; his blooming face and yells's' locks,
with a portion of his white clean shirt
sleeves and scarlet vest, were distinctly
visible in the moonlight.
The poor woman was sitting thus to
rest herself, perhaps. But oppressive as
had been the labor of the sultry day, yet
a heavier burden weighed upon her bosom,
and rendered her forgetful of her wean.
nem She had eaten but a spoonful or two
of their supper, which eoasisted of bread
and milk. Little Ferdinand was also
greatly, disturbed; but did not speak be
cause he saw that his mother was so sor-.
rowftd. Having observed that his mother,
instead of eating, wept bitterly, he had
laid aside his spoon, and the earthen dish
stood upon the table almost as full as when
served up.
Maria was left a widow in the early part
of the previous spring. Her deceased
_husband, one of The worthiest menin the
-village, had, by industry and economy,
saved a sum of money sufficient, to pur
xbase the little cottage, with its neat mea
•dow, though not entirely free from Mettle
:l)=c°. Theindnstrieus man had plan
ted the green and cheerful field with young
trees which already bore the finest fruit.—
liehildehosen Maria for his wife, although
.stat'was a liar. OrpluM, and her parents
-IQ been able to nothing more
than a good education ; he had chosen her
la:cause she was known as the- most pious,
11141400 M and, well behaved maiden in
;the `village.
.They had lived happy -to-'
!getter. But the. typhus, fever broke out
,in the village, and her husband
Having nursed him with the greatest ten
derness, she - herself. Was mottled with it
And barely escaped ler
Her husband's sieknees- and her own
'btLthrown them mi+ bbhind hand; but
now shemutet even part with herlitle cot
tage.. -air deceased husbatid had-long la
loredtfor -.the richest peasantinholcotin
tryi.b.Mau by the name of, Meyer.. Th e
,pittasant,',Who highly esteeMed - lienion ae
;count oflis fidelity and industry, had lent
Itito Allis% hundred crowns ..lettwehase
.this.eultlige, with the groundi'be aging to
it, upon the condition that hevrould po,
•
; • owenty-five
\ -;llt4ttiy ,. and tvr'enty , five in latter. Until
the year /that lib was taken siek, het hue.
land ;had itaithfully - performed his sgrerk
ntenc.indxfie debt- Dote amounted to but
.finy'enitenti, Maria knew all this very
•
Nltiyer arts/ died of %hit sane disease.--
The lteirk.a Ott atitl dang_hter-in-laW, found
.the note .t'sr tho three hand - red - crowns, n-
thong the papers of the deceased, They
Alit! not know a word uhout the affair, as
the old man had neverapokeomf it to them.
The turnhiud WOUWII .watired thew, calling
heaven to witness, that lye deceased hus
band had paid olr tfre whole except fifty
crowns. But all - this Was of no avail.—
The young peasant called her a shameless
liar, and summoned her before a court of
law. As she could not prove that any
thing had been paid, it was decided that the
entire claim against her was valid. The
heirs insisted upott - Payment,'and as poor
Maria had nothing but her cottage
_and
groinds, this little property must now be
sold. She had fallen upon ,herknees be
fore the heirs, and had prayed them not to
turn 'her out of doors ; little Ferdinand
wept with her—both wept—but all in.
vain. The following morning was appoin
ted for the sale. She had heard this an hour
before., just as she had finished her day's
work. A neighbor had called out over the
hedge and told it to her.
It was for this reason she now sat so
sorrowful at the window, glancing now
upward at the clear shy, now upon Ferdi
nand, and then gazing steadily upon the
floor. There was a sad silence.
-- to Ater:telt haVetei;
day then...raked the hay from the orchard
for the last time. The early-yellow Owes
which I picked this morning for Ferdinand
is the last fruit which the poor boy will
eat from the trees which his father planted
for him. Yes, this may be the last night
which we will spend beneath this roof.—
By this time to-morrow, this cottage will
be another's- property, and who can say
hut we shall be Mimed out at once Ilea
yen alone knows where we shall find a
shelter to?morrow. Perhaps under the
open heavens!"
She, began to sob violently.
Little Ferdinand, who until now• had
not mowed, vallie forward. and weeping.
maid—
••Dlother, do not cry so bitterly--or else
1 eannot talk to you. Do you not know
irhat Either said, as he died there on that
bed ? “Do not weep so," he said, "Cod
is a father to poor widows and orphans.—
Call upon him in thy distress, and he will
aid thee." That is what he said, and is it
not true then ?"
"Yes, dear child," said the mother;
is true !"
"Well." said the boy, "why do you
NVl'ep so 1014; thin Pray to (.;oil, arid he
will help you."
"Good child, thou' art right!" said his
mother. and her tears flowed less bitterly,
and comfort ‘V:I,4 mingled with her sorrow.
Slw folded her arms, and raised her moist
eye* to heaven, and Ferdinand f o lded his
hands, also, and looked upward, and the
bright moon shone upon the mother and
the child.
And the mother began to pray and the
boy repeated every word after her:
"Great Father in Heaven," she said,
"look down upon a poor mother and her
child—a poor widow and a poor orphan
raise their eyes to thee. We are in great
need, and have no longer any refuge upon
the earth. But thou art rich in mercy.—
Thou hast thyself said, "Call upon me in
the day of thy trouble, and I will deliver
dice." Oh, to thee we pray. Thrust us
not forth front this dwelling—take not from
! a poor orphan his only little inheritance.
I Or, if in thy mysterious, hut still most
wise and benevolent purposes, "thou hast
otherwise decreed, prepare for Its a resting
place upon this wide, vast earth. Oh,
pour thieconsolation into our hearts, lest
they break us we wander forth, and from
yonder hill, turn to look for the last time
upon our house !" •
Sobs interrupted her ; weeping,she gaz
ed towards heaven and was silent. The
boy, who yet stood with folded hands, sod
denly exclaimed, with out-stretched fin.
ger—
"Mother. look! what is that 1 Yonder
moves a light. Yonder files a little star.
Look, there it hurries by the window !
Oh, see, now it comes in. How bright.
how beautiful it shines! Look, only look,
it has a greenish light. It is almost as
beautiful as the evening star. NoW it
moves along the ceiling. That is won
derful !"
"It is a fro-lly, dear Ferdinand," said
Ids mother. "In the day time it is a small
unsightly insect, but in the night it gives
out a most beautiful light."
"May I catch it r said the boy. "Will
it not hurt me, and will not the light burn
r"
"It will not burn thee," said the mother
and she laughed, while the tears streamed
down her cheeks. uCatch it and examine
it closer, it is one of the wonders of God
Almighty's power."
The boy, entirely forgetful of his sor
row, at once tried to catch the sparkling
ft;fly, now on the floor, now under the
le. now under the chair. • --, -
"Ah me, what a. pity!" said the bey,
for as he stretched. out his hand to catch
the bright insect it flew behind the great
chest that stood against the wall. He
looked under the chest.
"I see it plainly enough," he said ; "there
it is close against the wall; and the white
wall-end the floor, and every bit of dust
near it shines as if the moon shone upon
it; but I cannot reach it; my non is not
long enough."
•'tlave patience," said the mother, "it
will 'soon come out again."
• The boy, waited a little - while, and then
came to his mother and said, with a soft
implorin g voice— •
"Mother, do -you get it out fair me or
move the . cheat a little from the wall, 'and
I ean easily emelt it." • •
l'he mother rose. moved the chest from
the and the boy took the quiet fire
fly, examined it in the hollow Ofltia. littlq
hind and ryas delighted With it. •
,
Ilut the. mothces attention was attract
ed by a different object: As she moved
the cheat, something which had stuck be ,
'tweet' it and the wall full upon the floor:
Ohit Uttered a loud cry as she picked it up:
" . ,ith•'" she eiclaituctl, "now all our trou
ble is °For. • That is lust. year's account,
boole,'Which Flotriyau ; .long leaked for in
vain: I thought it had been destroyed as
of no value, by strangers, perhaps, while I
lay senseless during my illness
,! Now
it can he shown that, thy father Raid the
money that they demand of us. Who
would have thought that the account book
awl, behind the great chcbt which we
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took with'the cottage, and which has not
been moved since We bought it?"
She at once lighted a lamp, and turned
over the leaves of the account while tears
of joy sparkledin her eyes, Every thing
was correctly put down—ther• sum which
her deceased husband owed of three hun
dred crowns at the begining of tho-year,
and what he had paid off' in money and
work. Below Atom] the following lines,
written in old Meyer's own hand :
.1 have settled accounts with James
Bloom today, [St. Martin's day,] and he
now owes me fiftv crowns."
The mother struck her hands together
withjay, embraced her child, and exclaim
ed with delight—
"Oh, Ferdinand, give thanks In God, for
we now need not leave hone; now •we
can remain in our cottage."
"And I was the cause, mail not mother?"
said the little fellow. "If I had not begged
you to move the chest, you never would
have found the book. It might have laid
there a hundred years."
The mottierstoOttfora - while itr R&M'
astonishment, and then saidr
"Oh! my child, it was God's doings,-
1 feel a thrill of awe and reverence when I
reflect upon it. Dial as W - e - Volli prayec
and wept, there came the sparkling
and pointed out the spot where this book
was concealed. Yes, truly ! God's hand
is in all things howeveorilling. Nothing
comes by chance. Even the hairs of our
head are numbered, not one of them falls
to the ground without his knowledge. Re
member this fur .thy life lung, and put, thy
trust in him especially in tithe of need.—
It is easier for him to aid and to save. Ile
does not need to send a shin ing angel to us.
11c can can send us help by a winged in
sect !"
The mother could not sleep that night
for joy. Soon after break of day, she took
her way to the judge, who at once sent for
the heir. He came. Ile acknowledged
the writing, as genuine,andWas much asha
med of slandering the woman before the
court and calling her al iar. The judge decla
red he owed her some recompense for the
shame and great sorrow which lie - had
caused her. The man was not unwilling
to make atonement for his injustice.
But when the poor woman had related
the wh o le account of her
,eeening prayer,
and the appearance of the fire-fly, the judge
said—
"That is the linger ul God ; he has vis,
ihir helped you!"
. I . ollllg lleyer, - however, was much mo
ved, and said with tears in his eyes--
"Yes, it IS so. God is the lather of the
widow and the fatherless ; aril their aven
ger also. Pardon me for harshness to
wards von, I release you from the pay
ntent of the fifty crowns, and if you are at
any time in need, conic to the and I will
assist you. I nnw ace clearly that those
who trust in God he will never Mrsake—
and that confidence in hint is a safer depen
dence than great riches. And if I ever
come to want or if my wife should be a
widow and my children orphans, may he
help us also as to has helped you."
Trust always thus in him, and be as up
right as this poor' widow,and help will not
be wanting to you in time of need.
A Scene in a Gambling Ifouse,
The following very remarkable circum
stance is vouched for by Green, the reforin
ed gambler, which we condense from his
work on gambling. There is a degree of
romance attached that in a manner relieves
it of the horror excited by the catastrophe.
It occurred at New Orleans some years
ago.
A sea captain was . in the habit of fre
quenting a Roulette Table, kept by a
Frenchman in company with a party of
Gamblers. Green remarks that they play
ed with more regard to fairness then, than
is customary or general with them now.—
The captain was evidently influenced in
his visits more by a wish to to kill time
than from any passion for the sport. lie
had visited the room frequently, and
. his
invariable bet was twentyifive cents, and
winner or loser. he never increased it.—
He visited the place on Ahe night in ques
tion.
The sea captain, having placed his bet
upon the red, sat withJtis head loaning up
on his hand, tisiftwnwait the result of the
game. The ball fell into the column, and
he was the winner. 'l'he wheel started
again,- the Captain did not move,. and con
trary to the usual practice, the amount of
his bet was doubled. He won the second,
third, fourth and fifth, the sum doubling
each time. Thus it was on to the eighth
time, when the gamblers' began to be exci
ted, and uttering loud curses, exclaimed—
"He wins again !" At this, many, wile
were in the room gathered around the *ta
ble. The result of the ninth and tenth be
ing the same, one of them cried out---"He
is afool! why don't ho make litre of what
he has won?" The eleyeath, twelfth and
thirteenth brought the same result, and ma
ny exclaitned. , He is mad !" But the
game went on and the . Captain continued
heedless— The feurteenth was itrhid raVor.
At the fifteenth thousands ware at stake,'
irons , the small beginoing of twenty-fife ;
cents, and all eyes seemed fixed in amaze.
moat., Still he won. The sixteenth watt
the same. The bankers vociferated ctirs 7 .
es upontite: wheel-player,: Others urged ,
the Captain to withdraW at lemma part of
tie winning. Sixteen thouertnd dollars
was at sMke for the aettenteenth., The
brilkftew like fighoting, -- hutthere - warp,
change. T,he money . waa . piled up before
the Captain in heavy bank notes, but - te
molted not a finger nor uttered a word.--
At ttis juncture, a husky voice, in seaman's
ph ramie,' Wailward --4 . • Haul in; old !
you don't, bet alflhat againat thte set
of hind- pirates ! kauliti!" and a "hand 'wait
stretched forth front - one at the-table gratip
ing the money and depositing it ia a hat,
It was the first mato of their Captate's ves
sel.' Having thus secured the money - , — Tie
seised the Captain by the shoulder, saying
—"Come, you have a fiall cargo, it's time
to hoist sail"—when, .horrible to relate,
theeorpse of the Captain Icll against him.
Ile had been bitting will! ilk head upon his
GETTYSBURG,' PA. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST a, 480.
“FEARLDBB AND FRU.”
•
hand throughout all this exciting scene
havilg died while.in,the am of betting hie
tirsrquarter. The mate alit:idler Water
and daslict,l o hie face I then for spirits ;
but all eflorts to reiincitate Jilin were in'
vain. Life was extinct.
Green goes to detail the result."
The gamblers then demanded that the'
money should be refunded; but the mate
had walled it up in a handkerchief, pinit in
to the hand of a cabin boy, and charged
him to run with him for his life, to the
ship, and deliver it to the clerk;'ned sum
mon the crew to the gambling. hotase.. The
tumult and confusion were so 'great that
the boy slipped. away unnotice d :'•
When the corpse was laid on the plank,'
thegamblers again demanded the money of.
the mate, stating, that as the Captain had
undoubtedly died betting the that quarter,
justice required that it should be returned
to the bankera. 'rite mite, kV a tone of
defiance, replied, that the orphan children
of the Captain needed the money,andshould
have it. Force wee then threatened, if he
[rem
r .their
-,otredirt
threats were unheeded, they itihed upon
him with violence, seized his 'hit and bore
it off supposing they had seetl'red the mo
ucy
"kit - tci - iffelt - iitnrise — the - hat was
empty. A large number who were pre
sent took the part of the mate, and great
excitement prevailed throughout she house..
An assault was made upon the mate.—
Some cried one thing, and somOnothet.
"Down with him !" "Get the money"—
"Let him alone," "You have no right to
rob Inin" 7= ininglett with eittlmand hup .
cations, and curses. At 1418 moment twen
ty or thirty of the ship's crew rushed in,
and one word front the mate brought them ,
to his rescue, and the gamblers were soon
made to stand at a distance. Something
was said respecting the money, which led
the sailors to suppose that the mate had
been robbed and they were aheit raibing
upon Monsieur Grumpin, as the proper
person to indemnify him for any loss he
'night have sustained ; but wero diverted
by the entrance of some twenty of the city
watch, armed with short swords. The
sailors knew the character of thie.possee,
made up of what are called among them..
ll'harf-rar - Prenchinen," and. were no',
more daunted by their array-nit - force, than
they would have been by the display of
tin swords in the hands of so many train
ed monkeys. A fracas was, however, pre
vented, between the sailors and the watch,
by the assurance of the mate that the mo
tley was safe, and a request from 'him that
they would quietly return to the. Teasel.—
'I le proposed to take the corpse on board,
but was informed by the Captaltref 1116
watch, that an inquest must be held over
it before it could be removed. Ile then
seated himself by the corps of his captain,
to watch over it during the rest of the
night ; and the gamblers returned to the
common work of darkness, playing cards
and drinking liquor, the meanwhile, now
and then muttering curses ;upon the dead
body of the Captain.
THE MIDNIGHT CHARGE;
OR.
THE PHANTOM ARMY
Some ten or twelve years ago, when ev
erybody, carried a roll of "red back" as
thick as his wrist, Bayou Sara was a place.
A hundred flatboats at n time could be seen
moored to the wharf; and at the going
Clown of the sun, the music from the dance
houses, and the raiding of the silver on the
faro tables, saluted the ear of the unwary
up-countryman, who too often fell a victim,
in his pursuits after unhallowed pleasure
or his thirst for gain, at the deceptive ga
ming table.
Thd euthenics of the town hid in vain
tried to put a stop to these "improper''
. ,
practices, as they were then m ildly -tariff
ed. Qourt after court met, indiconents
were found and writs ;they'
were %Varlet - AY iiiitirtied with the endorser
meat, non eat inventus. Court day came
again, and with it u swarm of knights of
the lapis franc,
,who offered the'. euttri .the
tempting eMportu . nity . Of quietly suppress
ing gambling, by giving them a chance to
"brealsitheir banks."
It was during the session of one of these
Courts, thatan old-hanger-on in the village;
by. the nave 48pcnce, who had, for a long
time sported a three hundred dollar brilliant
and gold lever, fella victim to the double
"cat-harp," mut:became destitute and pen
nileits, with the exception of .his "box of
tricks" and his "double header." This, to
him a customary affliction, he could have
borne with meekness, but the hard-heart
ed landlord of one of the principal dance.'
houses, in whose establishment Spence
had, since the night of the opening ball, oc
cupied the corner room next the bar, and
had been universally acknowledged•as the
"boss banker" of the place--the landlord,
we say, had been tempted by the Syron
notes of a newcomer, in s.line,and
had given hint possestion of the'flivorite
room. Spence; who was something of a
wag, resolved to be reVenget4lifid'id lieve
his fun into:the bargain. Aceotalingly,lhel
next day, after the new incumbent had.ent
ticonced himself in the "dealev'e . ,cheit,"
[
'Spence arrived in almost brethleeti hnste
from St. Francisville, (the country-Seat: ,
alga a mile distant from Bayou Sara,)
, with-tho - iiewe that "the sheriff hadealled
upon the military to assemble ,that night,
for, the purpose of assisting him to seedre
all the 00 l-docra tinder the Vhe new
coiner was for immedinte - llight;hot this
landlord told him "to stay -Ititeie lie was
Wes only some of 'SpORCOeS tricks to
get , - - -T
Night came. Not 4 . 5 tar wa...wVe seen,.
nor a sound heard, except the rattling of
the'silver . or the clicking of the , checks op-,
on' the fir° table,, around which wore seat,
°Verona twelve or liftcelL,pf fintoys,
who were "badly steep;'.'
%Inn to "get oven." The,l ighaiu the ball
room had long been: ostinguiihed, anti the !,
"painted .Syrpna" retired to theircouches.
Just after_ the chicrtiti the liar-ream men
tlepieci had struck the hour of midnight,
the sound of the rolling of a drum in the
distance, fell upon their ears. The boys
wmulered what it meant, but none but the
dealer had the least idea of what was go- I
ing On. fle immediately kiteeked the ,
ceitla but of the - bet 'withoin finiebiltg the
deal, and "attar - redeenting'his cheat( and
pick Up Tde abitottriCkl;:Xe - ettlight-.
way hied to the landlotd'a eliamber wake
him up and eonanit with upton what
mato be dew. Allele hastily drititting
himself: the landloid and the dealpi,nafter
telling the b'htlys' to' rebein qiiiitt In the
room, opened thO'bault door andleecti
tiling ear torrards the poinefroni whente
the ominottattoiseti Mid been' heard: '
Directly in the distance was heard die
sound of the drum—the onngle tap,cco p
, fo,
keeping time With the step of the inriailde
enemy, who were evidently i aPPPocebing.
Piezently, a loud, i6in voice was heard'
griting the words of command.. "Haiti
front face ! order'srms.l s Tell off id:sec
tions of two." r , "One, two--one, two.—
one, two—was repeated, until the terrine&
denim: remarked to The landloid, "Why
there's over a hundred !• I ton going to
get my things and leave, sure."
uKeep quiet, lull you," replied the land
lord ;"may; be ite only, an insurrection of
4 149Lf . ‘ disc!.l
ie plenty of time yet toseee a o
*.Shoulder areas ! By seettotts, right
wheel—forivartl, march 1 1 ; 'rap, tap, tap,
sounded.the_drum_—_,
And near, and near, and neararatill,
The drum came tapping down tho hill
. . .
The unseen cohort had approached with
in two hundred yards, when the voice of
the Cormbander was heard.—" Silence that
drum—you will alarm the; ; rats before we
reach their den I Lieutenant, advance with;
the iseciand division to the rear . erthe . hoese,.
anTaWali" Illeligniii—die . arSeltarge Of ray
I ..pintel=beforeyee make your charge."
"Second division, forward march s -
were the orders; .of the Lieutenant. Tap,
lap, lap, -went the drum. .
"Sileuce that druin, and Send the drum
pier .
to gild instantly , nutter a geard. fur dia. I
iiliedikike, of ortleral" shouted the sapteie,
"Porward, inemstently:' was now heard
from the tirstdivision. lii a moment inure,
the commander was seen on die; top of An
angle of the LeVec, dressed in hilluulforin,
with •burnisheil casette and darning steel,"
which,slione, us brightly from the reflection
of the "landiag lantern," as : itt the ;noon
day sun.
"Carry. arms I charge bayonet : !, for
ward march !", were the orders-given by
the commander to his, riten„-who were hid:
don front ;view. by the Levee.. /lung-:
went -the piste!, mid, oil scampered the
"b'hoys," who by this time bad learned
.i,„,,, the dealer the. object of the expedi.
; Pun. Gildersleeve, or the "American
Deer" would have been nowhere, had they
• -
started iu the chase. The moruiug's dawn
found the, party in an adjoining parish,
But Me labdlord !• he was fuU.of game, i
t wit h a d mu untela*stake,tulearcso cow- •
j artily- mid ttucemmonionsly. Ate ; re-en
tered his I louse, locked the door, and qui-
etly prepared fur the worst. Presently a t
tremendous rolling of the 'dritin was, heard
; under the window, and in an , instant after,
; a loud rap was heard at the d00r.. ; .
"Whose there 1" asked the landlord,
~
"The majesty of thelaw—Hapetitheitioor,
,
I or '1 .w 111 order it to be laroken in," respend
ed the voice. , , . , t• i ;
. . •
The landlord, knowing that it would,be
useless to resist. immediately stnick. liett,
and obeyed the. summons..
.6.110 w areyou t .latullool r!.criett§pooce.,
t eking-hold- of his hand-:
. 4idtt~t ; l.wove
the cowardly reseals autartlyt,„,:
...What has hi:cuing. of the soltbertire
they pate, after them ? ' ; asked the Aunt
lord. * .
6•No. r 804 Spence,
~•only their
shadPw". /am MeAtddier 4 7l-ri Oa Pk.
tire! grin!, Fivartf- 7 4runimer. and ell I
was determined togot even,wi4hthe
,ras.
cal for l'Potittg,oty fhnp,withoeklotgog
in the game. and I Buie done it."
rlu 11 , 0 1 ,0,44 who Aigo"d
joke, awl really had a hied. 6119ve .for
Speueil. took Imo (iv „the hand, forgave
hint the trick played upon hint, and swore
it was the hest ,jialte. of the season., , ; The
next day sew Opence„agaiu quietly ; tm.
sconeed.m his "old familiar chair ,7 •
From tha t N. 0 Dolts.
The Virtue of Ventriitiqui§uti or
MIDI( MURPHY AND THE
• • ,
An incident occurred in the' hotel of one
of Ilia picturesque marine villages which
13E1.1 hike l'onchlirtiain, en a nertilin.c?cca
' sionlast suniroci, that etre, etuall,y served to
di - spell the little inttui ioe'prevalent in
i Such cases. ...Amoilg the to there„ ,far
die time being,',Wen one ichael Murp hy.
an eccentric, goml nature soul, from,what
dexcellencehr
i use to be par i-e lendo. peta
-1 toes, but which now may be called tho,po.
timeless land. Ile had beep on a..big burst'
lin the'city, and went over thelakete dis
pel the fumes of Ilia tlelitich,, and take
,ealt
baths and'ioda water at Om slung .tincie, (Or
..—ln ewath ha was s A•popes,
iriore *Veil to revel mini ungodlyglee,, ,
Few curt* things kod r Witt in his sight-
Nave concubines and 'curial
And nawitlisa witamithirs ed liigh and lovi degree."
-All 'this became known to a'vetitriloqiiiet
who pAiil a flying visit to the pluce, and
w 111,146qt' coniniaml over his, toilet:, that
he could make 'it ~110 an:thiti46:frent, the
siiheitkitig 'of af pig tinder tfie , gate, to the
biinging of a mocking'bi,rd.' ' • '''
that Michael wait itistAbout
that ,tittlit ia AlliimPrOliqhlo.atatsw-in a ro
ioimatory 0 t p.04--IT fought .1 1 i 1 %210 1
thiongh the medium ot Lie OW ehticay. •
to effect a favorable nhangelit his indrili.' l
With this NieW , be &Hiked Mir 'tante fora
bud in.the. same room ;with; Dilitthael, ,and ,
bout Ittetil, at ni I - 1-thitthear to au. I
peratitioua minds soraught with terrors— 1
lie "pitched his voice" outside the dour,
saying in kind oetrorrOittne
"Michael Murphy! Michael Murphy,
areytur asleep,l",t ." , •
" _
Who'ic.titaLl'ittniehattl, tut 4 star
tied at tinrireinticitritt tone ,id! which
the query was ,ituu and ,tlit-tilue ~of ..put
nog it..
“Ask me not, but.answer," sail the yen
trile.ittist, still continuing his ghost-like
•
accent.
W ell, ititat have you got to say," said
Michael. • '
”Moch of which I want yoti to take
yotice ;" said the voice.
.10; Clearoff," said Michael, "or else I'll
.
give y i em . you your tay."
'"Better had you continued to hike ten
than break the pledge as you have dune ;"
said the volee outside the door.
•' .I,llitt's all this noise aboutr'said the
ventriloquist, speaking from the bed. ,
"Some dirty blackguard that's' outside
Oki door there," said Michael, "interfering
With what's none of his business."
dob't you drive him from it," ,
'laid the ventriloquist.
Wilsh he dare," said the voice outside
the door. ,
"Be jabers,rll let you see I dare:" said
'Michael, jumping up, seizing his hickory,
and hurriedly opening the door, ready, on
sight; Id knotk down the annoyer.
"Give hini h—l I"- said the ventriloquist
trod% the hed.
"I wrinder," said 'Michael "if 'there's
any evil speriti winiuttYr
don't know," said the ventriloquist,
squii It!ey say glithlui"of departed
ins haunt the Price."'
waszno Indiatilegliiist," said
''. • el, ` t,W
I do meself,"
"And a' littlif Michael,"'sai'd the
voice, as it proceeding from ode standing
"0, the erasti'd"Ohriii 'about us," said I
Michael, "what are - you, at all, at all t"
,
"No evil spirit, bu t . your guardian ge
nius," said the voice. ' ' - - . ,
"A mortal queer 'genius . ara yon,", said
Michael."shat eau be_liesnl And not:seen.'':
"Get into bed 'then' said ' the voiee'
iiiii - MaddiriTilosay to WM
"Yon won't do any thing bad to Me?"
said Michael.
"Nothing," said the soiee:
"Honor bright 1" said' tyhael.
• "Honor bright:: said thb tldlcb ; and
to bed 'At
"Now Mieh_,sel':ititld the wins, ", - ;* u
a . 4IA liver?"
"That's a 'fact:" ilkid Michael.'
"You btukeilieOledge,"Said the Voice.
,
..True as
. preachite," said
..And did othei'had things."
"Mere than Isec:it:unlit keep a tally of,"
said '"
"'Then wilt " you,picage y~oUieclT to me,
that you will ehtingeyblir tuede — of
,t",
eitid , the voice. ' ' - =
"I'll dO ally thing your isktlipie:"'„
"Then you vrontlie never-11)1nd d
drop again I" spid'the voice. • .'
"Not as muel tog would bathe a srren's
biFl Michael. ' • '
"l'heO I'm said the voice. 4 llnd re
member if you attempt to break be
presen t and 'punish 'you tlirobgh
Who is that with whomyou are holding
a conversation t" said, the 'ventrllairitri,
speaking agaih •"
"Dirtl a one* all," said
in' setae mighty poh{eeni}i
man, that seems to take a great; deal of in.
tercet in me welfare." , -
"tt'you're dreaming," said_the voittrilo
quittt--coittinuirs to spook in propria per:
sorta,
"•Faith, it's like a drama intre'efiditgh',"'
said Michael.' •,- - 1" , L"
The nest morning' a friend' Mike:id Mi
chael to iake his bitter*: "eitittititited,
but just aft 'ha - 'took' the glade' hand
the voice of.' the 'ventrilotpliit; tOtts
-pretientrivas-ftennitithiOMVAilltle'
air, crying nut - —A.Touch
pity—remember you phmtliti:" vlt Wes
enough,: Michael woulthaste mup, , tl
**Tito plea Sure of who, with 'yen,. yr.
Murphy," said a gentleman-0
"With Plealure e ldr o " kiid hnt
just at thud moment - I temleitur wes)heurd th
imam frbm the tiornerorthe tooniz;l-it'irtia
that of therventriletkuliti who sat by hie side
uttering his admonition. •
bins . wont on fat tt: week; till
Michael was thin anilotorevet made& teeto
taler. • 'lb° nowt; • indostrionslY minds hie
business, enjoys good Health Rod prospers.
hi relation to the circumstanced -under
which he berame a teetotaller, he Napo he
never lied the pleasure or seeing his best
4 001 1 . ; ; ';
;17 " L r 7- ' 7 77 7 7:7
X Volume Kuts.—A rdng
pretty lady, riding id ill Concord ears,
was observed to have a Piece of court plas
ter oh her lip. ',Whenllic.card had emer
ged front one Of thdliing eureka' toi ll gee
into light; it was obaerred have dis
appeared t but they instantly deteeted it
clinging to - the lip of the young' man who
sat. on , the seat with her!' They both
looked as innocent as if they obidn't "beet!
dOing nothing." ' "
4Dirntl.,#ware.of our inshiiity to amt.
the 'Avg of out moot iodelgeni itimets, hirtherto,
weihtive refreined then %nutting Outwit' before the
any capacity wriateekt- lest when vie
"Who have at fint for wits, , theit poets'pased:
TIM* critics n e at,. sod prove plain foals at last,"
uselning'the garb of inneeenee, locenceal under
its'fitkatite Poition of rankling slender, which they
wish to•fnr leetn it a alic:the iu t
• use we • i nor •
awn tobty milde, for once; out modest andfition,
and, cudgel in hand,'ilma Iklw blows against the
tnsintnitions attii erudite critillue of the Min
cif oWocalstork." — Mr. Bendolph out's said "ho
would go out or lain way any time to kick a sheep,"
and If we have stepped a tittle Mills, in giving (kw
criliqug n o tice, we hope, we will he forgiven for
follewitig the ovainple or the illustrious statesman
of 14. 4 04- , You nerlainly were not in your “ed
itOrMl sane turn'.' when that"hatile with the gnats'
crept into your paper. "Woodstock" was imps
tient tb lie "itt Print." or he never would have lev
elled his "three hundred cannon" against those
fettle Itlexietnia-who were skulking through
our Morn a few weeks ago, but masked his' batter
ieatind waited Thy a mote Initiorable foe. And in
stead Of dragging into day-light those "dirty
sheets," and giving their base and malicious false
hoods additional publicity by a notice, he weuld
Wive Maintained a 'masterly inactivity," and lea
them, to perish upon their own' meanness. Be.
cause, their very insignifkaues would have render ,
ed them posteriori in their attacks, and, inc few
days, buried theta in a disgraceful oblivion', but
now their' cruel effects aro perpetuated by the no.
given them by the ethical "Woodstock."
Would he receive any thanks, who would take it
111111 111111R.11 to lletelltl, ill a pllblie mentor, the
vutaitoli, of hie uri„hbcas !Will eccte indetent.
Two DoLL4p,MER,OIO,I9I4Oft
Inw sMttgg----Acf;‘l.
expression, sly hint, on whispered lie, WM* he
may have caught up from the dregs oflotletraeor
Should he not rather be held responsible failheimt
!portant* and effect he has given to their voineen I
I And would he npt he justly punished fair thrith"ew
i lumpiest The midnight aneastin int* gm hi.
i`reeking bliiild from the quivering hiStarg Celli,/
' bloody victim ' and the' deliberate mitedithr Olio. • ., • . :1 .
torte his horrid de eds' of malice, and tior 'with*.
lion can be made by oirering their tuiwrahlP o lipes
to the sword of the outraged law ; but.whateguiv...
alent can be rendered for "priceless reputUtion,' ; or
what "noble deeds" atone for "murdered; /ono
‘ •
cenee 1" Like the fabled •monatera of old, who
polluted the tables of Phindus, tha, thattlear de
vours With loathsome greediness the lifeblood illat
flashes in beauty's check, and reWlls,• ht. deniatilati
exstaey ; amid the jtry kw denotation Which 'Whim
crested. Dipping his sharp s rid "pointed' ioretititins
in the venom of hate and the Made-W . or 4kil;''his
Alla his niaquzine with these niissileti,ot d‘th,.and
i stealthily awaiting hie oppoitunity; rixplqii . th'rna
among his unsuspecting ! ict Mut. I-Ls worth fall
in cankerimi streams f. UM his olt7athfpi lipti4 fie.
straying tho.vigor oflitit,audsliack.hm ile Wiwi."
meut, and creeping on in hourly depridatione Onto
•and vitiates what it cannot consume,'. :n -
.I,s
By hringinginto notice the "Torrh,f'• ,nuts
sharneltne and natations mattuacript compilation
the ethical "Woodstock" hos assumed all the giglt
of their calumnies. Horne two years ago,Sioniphat
junto' set the ball in motion by publishing a "dirty
sheet" of pitiful puns and slanderous insintiationk ;
but it was pawed over with the scorn it deserWd,
and its ridaeralilialitliorti were left to hangusi 'tip-.
on the stingiof a guilty conscience. , But ihe eth
ical "Wooddock," not content to await the silent , _
yetpotent, rebuke of public opinion, with invert ,
hand wises upon these delectable performanceaut
midnight deprosity, and exposes them to the jeers
and indignation of an outraged. world... Butt be
-forget tel consult "evenhanded handed jinitice,!'andi In hip
hulks grouped the innocent with the guilty.' 'The
"Tench," he sari, "is almost too bad, abd eallit'lbr
'whsurir frOm'every one. poi...Watling one apink"of
the gentlentiin Within him'. This, however, hil'itht
have been lammed over in aileitiv mad Coinniiiit,
had itinot been for the'skeessien of tteuOl/u4s 4i a
similar nature, one of which Watt much worse. 'To
the 'Eliiitherie,' end its literary mails, we'Wfil re
fri piteinintly." In this passage the ethical 4 ..Wragi•
Moth' has either imbibed or imitated the "'Ann
lithier•Mielprintistions" which ho !peaks ittlfhi's
'Weibel' plath: - "Tide," says' he, referring "to . the
Tetrih, '"Might have been pawed' over in sithiee
and contempt, had it notheen for the suceesthOn
of ttoolahersaf a simper Mawr," thus by inainio
tion placing the "Dieutiterin," . upon the samocon t t-
Ingwith tim •"/Corch,'', and awl infamous piece, bf
Inanthicript which he was aslauned to name. • , , ~.
By a consummate stroke.of cunning he endow' ,
orate cover over this insidious thrust of insinua
tion,hy quietly raying, ro the •Eleutheria,' , arid
„Witiltelitetary . merits, wp Will refer - pkaitntlY '.'r
; "Whit did 'be not any,'"iniii4 its slindironi'Cliii.-
ikeittie," which•he had ad covertly inalitimeig I
ButWkinti this T.:Dabin g ton Ala/44etay decipiemo
•.10iltandie•the .fitetaty. merit*" of the Eleutheria,
what does be sit). I ...kwrt listen to the sage 1..`,W1. 0
_now owe, tothe Blilitheria.' t We have.rarthing
hi lay; pa toils prei.nualay—it was kept witkip
reteren,.klawdet" Indeed I and was ill - Mae!
.illen# Yedek I . ,"clod, it not been ler the SUCIMINIM
4f f itra POWS Of a amalar notarr," one whose 111*.
-moninlity . was - kept within proper 'bountift'l andoliteo
*her, which "iii nothing but a tissue of blow indef.
tiations, (fiddled° putis; and,' in mine pisectiAdi
whitely *Arai expressions and sayings:" Trif,
"littil'it'not been Vitt the sueoresiort of two ptiiels
66 ripiltor nalur,"—Mie white,the oilieibitiAlL
Yet '"Mii'ilinilar nature I" 'tilt:'ye shades of Watit
awl Jeilicy., don't ye .bludi! , , . . t •,, ; 1
"A foul Night of l iiuw if ”inne enpqnef.,
Now one in yenni 'nukes a.uopy iinone in, Kropp.,
It is molly wonderful, and ; sounitinteic,runuairtgr
tir witness the agitation and nomniotionthe,liltaliat*
ry world is throws, into by a "few bits if- iligtoa
If opera silly buuerlly of poesy happen, in vs*
tore abroad for the purpoau of expandinigthis glalii i
and silver pinions to the minim sun-light Of fraktdr,
hii , ,, but falitrinto the net of th‘c distreyek. ' Ntlicrifii
tend hungry MitleiresliVipon him, and, like i float
efbinle, pick hint to-death, soil his beitutifpl 'clo'
iMl,Then chirp to thi, pursing Winds his' ingf4iit:criti
bill and 'their glorious conquest. We t are wet autl
' . l
oil butes are moved to Colll4ll.nii at i the liar. , net of
their iste,when we see those little "moon , filliftei!
Wooem of the Niue falling so blindly and help**
ly into the rapacious juwe of these literary, Omit*
A case in handa was the immolation of "Origin, I
Poetry ! " by t !-Worlituck",- 7 --the !Oleg\ ryi! mil
, stock,'"7ilM poetical -Woodstock," tbp critical
.Writitstrick,"---Ito the intintiikilc riptelty'oe his
bloody ambition. lie pot forth miglitYilfortiiiilB
mighty 'relish* followed. Immortal honors no*
deck his perfumed brow. And since Alio WaYiendl
of theluorai world, this Hymn in . port sy:this more
tinukT,...Babingtm i Afariculay incriticiain,lmaintide
Welt Ind havoc with the ethice of the .Torehi" Axil
•and 0411 such laurels in teat nemordrus reeled'
oflvOriginal Poetry," can we he blamed ifwe e phitnic )
onr_wingi for ii shire in thilfe litentry . spoilt;
by reviewing the 'reviewer! 'No,' t thirdritibtllviiill i
so here goes a randoin shot. ' iii his Cl : hi - tn . /I'a.
goes on to say, •
tni-pisi
"We must acknowledge that this isthefinit tone
weMier knew thin *Freedom! had Viin'd tliei Itlahm
than its own, and of course (*Minot . judieti if 'llllO
beauty, but rather think this be will •batrefiltare
work to obtain for this babe its christMh mirk?, eie.
pecially ono no pretty sic he iimmiltus It to tor , "
"To singthe hcriuties of sweet Freedmu'istialuss i llt
itttn say "Freedom has goo,ther'naniethani4omin,', l •:
'sit, "Woodstock 1" • "'airtime either bass gamiest
it lies not a name. ''Woodstrick" says it.lndr+ lliir.
own name." Cannot Mix "ovilii name" he'siddta '
be a insect name, without asiying it .ir ..anbihtire a
name than its dwn clime I". 'Can "Woindrioet w4
tell the dillenence between tivccdietl4Mlitiivln"
dledee ii' After conjuring uti the Oknutterii-of a Ite :i' - '
•he eery sagely remarks, ' '. ' - .
' , We think he Will Vasililard work 4 4414glfrir t
this babe itschristinn harm. ' . ,':.. i , ~, -, I
We 'think so too, andihn"intlnto ; lifihp i r 11',
Poetry will no done let hit; hive the
prerogative or cltilstenini hi,;'.nerts, otrujf
. t i
spring, pllbough it tray cipl by .'l.l. eltP,Pe.. ..
a'S .
imagines it musklie:' But frtiollo,o l 44l l , l =*.
at this trifling resilient. WI welsaldethiero : .fli
ry the patience of sue re•riers fil> oksikorimer --
attention to tids •tlisou alibi hew Parriao - 11.104
for fear his Weed may prows nitheriall.tdiViki il!Fal
would aria, him to btrit top filler therileibieliq
while, because st present it is rather germ.
ANOPI•
Cfwviiwttiaged.
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