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Yar Proprietor will not he r'epnn.l hie in lint ''s for e rears in iokrtiA , ,, ,, t, utter n 41 , 1 S Or M •rri,req not once'OTlng live linen. w ill he leurted without dieter, . =1 Thq .1011 l'lt I VI'INCI thi. I t rotintv Prnut in:OPP:I4i ' , lit"! for plain.•sqqs Kin thy Ili to rin .10 , 4 at Ow ,thhitoist hilt ii•oithil mill 1110. t,st tt•rt, • l'ors , ils 11 1111;1 1 :g iitri ti tllllll4 in i ill` It ill tit,' it I" thnit tjeneraf nitO Coca(' Mirormation U. S. GOVERNMENT —Ann A n SM .1.1,•01 v. - If to VII U. II try "I if. s," ,nn. Sec, t. try of I tl torior---1,'11.111 tr, of Tree, ary I'. t•tr, of 11'ar—I.:$.1 ,, NI. ST ANT , N. AYY.-- , 111.1 CON W ELLES. , =k, A Ltrtryttty tiottitts . lll—El , ll 111, Rln En. Cliteft/LINLi, of 111, 111111.1 SLACS—it 11. TANF.T STATE GOVERNMENT Governor— A NOREW r, four! N. Seerotat y Fn.! AI.I rru. SurveyOr Uellilr.l WM. IL A u•ltt., fionertl— • llnw. I'ollll‘ , . A I.torocy 11 en oral—\\'H \I.:K.1111 AdjutAtit li,noral—A. W. ItuA.u.. 9'r....vitlr.tr-111:Nicr Il Haute. Swig, ~I the Supremo Court—W, lr, Town K. Chi,r JitAtlce TV `,V.1"1),1 1110311 . .i0N, 11'11.1.1.01 t 4 r11..J.,(0, RIIIN M. REAn, COUNTY OFFICERS President Jude—TTon. ;Tames IL:arab:km, to.ledges—llan. Cocklin, herb ist.riot Attorney—J. W. I). Dillideli. Prnthunotary—Bertinmill I.Ju • • 11 - o .nr . .lrr kt...—.10111f R0.... - ister—R. N. Brady. II L... 11 :theriff—Tbunp. ,,, n Dippey t Deputy, --- county C.u,no r—David , 4 rnith Coullni,inner,—James TI. WAL MT. (Inn. o .k tho Poe —Wu, oey. '\ NV.. uurnmln. Superun tend.'ult llues I'l, t.l to the P.mr C. ZEI BO ROUCLI 0 FIGERS Chief Burgess—Adam Fen • man A•si,tatt.t. 11111;1.1 ,Q—A B 7...1811•1. Tittrit ttotul.•ll.--.1 , 01t. •11,t11, P, - 'n NV. Deb', .T. B. Iry toe, lla..tatt Carttry..lttlits 11.1111.-rt, .1. It. Bat krr, Ftr.l - Hinit Ir i Sattturl Etß.tnittger. (Bork It, Couttril.—.la , . U. In,lls . •ll`C<-1111. , -1,0 s 'ltz•trt. IT:trtl on,Bittleq--..lattob Bretz, A mires,' Bat In. sit <Bo Iten.or --A. 1,. ~ i tottster, David t.-:nlß't BLitt ll , dc nub, A Intl Deltittr. C,li trrlan (1111,11. \,,tl,,vci rir=t P (•.,11.u.tyI.\\ 1 1. •I I I tip• and Pre , by Lorin n Chur4.ll, r.,rner nl Snoth I la I . I• I 1111 •t I 01' LS, Re V Si I El,- :11.. 11 kl'elovic, .1 \I , 1.1.1 7 ... P. )1 Church. < l u tr... t..r. n' , •lock A. \L. and (P , 111,114.. P. NI. Fri. kW hink 1 N , 11 , j 1 . 01,k P. 11. =I Sr. Ai NIL struet,. ,311.1 I A. NI, )11.1 1111 INEIIIIa .I,,st•L.lt A. I L A AI. /Lull .6•14,1•1. M \ list F. tk rolt vliarzo. I ILA,. Hl,lllllll 'Oil 1.0.1 I . ant,. I.:uptry \l. E. I.h ttp.ll ut II •), .1. NI and 3, 1 ., P M. St. ,iv tirvlt. Pomfret near I:set st. v . Mr. 'Alclien; Pastor. Services ever) third eennath at Id 0'..3).•1‘. Vltapora at 3 •,••r 11,1 LutheranCitUtoll eoro u• of l'unin•ot and l, , •1 fort streets. Rev. It. A. Struntz Pastry. sto kV, t M., and lid o'eleek. I'. NI. Car ,Vlr•ii changes in the slinve :Lee us erg the p • .per penions are requested In 'net ify us. DICKINSON COLLEGE Rov. 11. M. Johnson, D. D., Premdent and Professor of Moral Baol.ll, A awes W Marshall, A. M. NV tlliam C. Wilson. A M., l`rolessor of Natural Srion, and Curator of the Musoom. Iles. Wm. L. Boswell, A. M., Professor of Greek Lan. g nage and Literal ore. Slnnuol B. Hillman, A. M., Professor of Math math,. John K. :Cayman, A. M., Professor of Latin Lan guage end Literature. A. F Mullin, A. M., Prßmipal of the Grammar School. BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS CiOrninam, Presidimt, H. Saxton, P. Quick)" I'. P. fluawrich, Soe'y. J. Hamilton, Woode at d. J W. Eby, Tronsurcr, John Snhitr, Mestaiuger. Meet tot ho Ist Monday of ouch Month at 6 o'clock A. M. uL Ed mention nail. CORPORATIONS CARLISLE DEPOSIT BANK.—President, R. M. ilbmirrson, Cashier, W. M. Beetem ; Asst. Uashisr, .1. P. Hasler; 'Yeller, Jas. Roney,: Cloth, C. B Mahler; ehsenger. John Underwood; Directors, it. M. Henderson, Jobe Zug, Slopes Woodburn, It. C,'Wondward, Col. Henry Le gun, James Anderson. AITI. Bonier, Moses Thirker." CUMIIERLANI) VALLEY Rift Eon, Commkx C.—President, Frederick %Yeats: Secretary and Treasurer, Edward M. piddle; Superintendent, 0. N. Lull. Passenger trains t wire a stay. Eastward leaving Carlisle at 10.10 o'clock A. M. and 2.4.4 o'clock P.M.. Two trains every day Westward, leaving Carlilo-nt 0.27 o'clock A, M., and 3 30 P. M. Crotttats OAS AND WAR'ERCOMVANY.—PrOfiIdeIIt, LCD, eel Todd; Treasurer, A; L . Fp ,nslor; Superintendent, 00orge Wise; . Directots, F. Watts, Wm, M. Bergen', E. M , Biddle, Henry Saxton, It. C. Woodward, John 11. Bratton, F. tirdner, and .1.1 - 1 Campbell. VALLEY BANE,—Preside et, John B. Eder' rett ; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Jos. C. Holler.— lrectors, John S. Sterrett, Wm. Bel., Meleholr dam, Itlehard Woods, John C. Dunlap, Itobt. C. Sterrett, H. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap. SOCIETIES Cumberla”'_ . Star - Lodge No. 107, A. Y. M. meets at Marlon liall on tho 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of ovary Mouth. St. Johns Ledge No 200 A. Y. M. Meets 3d Thurs day of each month, s.t Marion Hall. Carlisle bodge No 91 I. 0. of 0. F. Meets Monday Trouts. FIRE COMPANIES The -Union Tire Company wee organized in 1:789. P region-it, S. 001MIll an; Vice President. Samuel Wetzel ; Secretary, J. D. Hampton ; Treasurer, P. Mon y or. Company meets tbelirst Saturday in March, Juno, mtember, and December. The C umberland Eire' Company was Instituted .Irebru ry 18, 1809. • President, -Thos. Thomason ; Secretary Philip Quigloyi Treasurer, S.D. Quigley The cempany meets on the third Saturday of January, April, July, and October. - The Good Will Hose Company was InAtEtnted In March, 1855. President, IL A. Stiirgoop; Vice I'rekldent,C. I'. Humrichl Secretary, William D. Halbert; Treasurer, Joseph W. - Ogllby. TIM company meats the second Thursday' of Jamuark; April. July, And October.- Tim Gmpire [took and Ladder Company was institut ed In 1859. President, Wm. M.Portert . Vice President,, John 0. Anion; Treasurer, John Campbell; Secretary, John W. Paris. ' The company meets on - the first Fri. dayln January, April, JulyAnd,October. .RATES' OF POSTAGE rootage on all lettersof one;half ounco weight or un der, 3 cants pro paid, except to California or Oregon, vrhich lalti cents prepaid. .•Poetage on the' 'Herald "—within the County, free, futhin the State 13 cents per Year. • Toany part of tho Red States 211 cants. Postage on all tranvientipapars ler - 3 ounces' in - weight - Tcontprepaid or two cents paldnu. Adyortisod totters, to he charged with the cost advertising . ' • , _ . . _ lIAMES. ' 500 pairs }Tames on hand of all kinds. Ellonloithtown pattern, Loudon ito:, Cornman do , with anti without -ptttint to stool DWI, eh enpor thin ovor nt. 11. BAXTOWB I 'Eaut' 11Ia~q pt, Idprelt 28, 18Q, THE BURNING SHIP Late in the autumn of happen ed to be in the southern part of the Uni ted States, when some affairs of impor tance required my speedy appearance in Italy. The delay which would have oc curred by coming to New York to embark, and the inconvenience of traveling by land at that season, induced me to engage a paz•sagc at once 'in a vessel which was about to sail from Charleston, laden with cotton for MaNeilles. The ship was com manded by Captain S , wha was also the owner of the cargo. Without any noteworthy occurrence, we had anived within a few days' sail et the coast of .pain, when we spoke a ship which Imd jo , it come front )larscilles ; the sessels exchanged the latest papers of th e ir respective countries, and went on a e.ain in their several course , . When the French were opened within our l'.1p1;1111 read with unexpected de. light that so small was the supply of rot ton in market, and so strong the de mend for it, that the next, .vessel arrived with "efreight of it Wight coni inand almost cloy price Nvhich the avarice of the owner should dictate. The -wind, which had been for some days settle , : a Itttle toward the south, was at this time getting round to the east and promised to hring . us without delay to the Medi!e7ranc an. The captain perceived that, ley himself to the-utmost 01-thi-s freshen— ing breeze, he might pretty certainly real ize a splendid fortune; a consideration which, as he had for yuars struggled withiittle sticcess in the pursuit. of wealth, tilled him with the most enthusiastic . joy. Every sail was expanded to the wiud, and we advanced with the greatest rapid- i ty. On the following morning a light was descried to the west, apparently directly in the course which we were making; as we proceeded briskly, however, it fell con siderably to the south of us, and we per ceived that it was a ship on fire. The liht increased every moment, an,d the sipial guns fell upon our cars will, dis trc,sing rapidity. The captain \vac at this time pacing the dick, as lie had done aluioNt constantly since the intelligence had reached him from the passing vessel, for the restlessne , .s of expeetatipu scarce- Iv allowed him to repose for a moment. llis eye was directed. resolutely toward the north: and tliu!rh the light now vlared unshunnible, and frequent shots could riot Lu unlic:ird, and the commotion and e.xclamations of the plssengers could not he unnoticed, his .;lance never fell up on the of ject which crigro , sed a ll ffiliers, After :1 low moments ()I' ilitete , e wmoler and excitement among the paSAt.II:ZITS and crow tit the :dictlce of the vaptain, the .teersnian called to him, ;10)1 asked if he hnnld not turn out to the di-tre , sed ve+ ll= while after, at the, solicitation of the whole company on hoard, I went up to the captain, and said to him that I honied it my duty.to inform him that' the univoi sil dc..ne of his crew was that 'chief should hr uicen to the hurnirie ship lie replied MT c iloti, and loc try Oee3,:on-, t. .w W,111 , 1 }we.. Ir.eltde lo lie o the pros ! ec his viiiiit• ; flit .„, r w of gle ti• \ ed all the better foiling:: n and made his heart to In i rd ns stmm I t his inothci lid shriekad fr nt the flames I do not believe that, lie would have turn ed from hi , ii or-' Tho crew, in this condition of had notoing to do but lament the master's cruelty and 611billit to it. They watched the limy !MISS', conscious that II large corn patty of their brethren was perishing with in their sighit. , who, by their efforts, might probably be saved. It was nut for sever al hours that the captain appeared again upon the deck, and from his appearance then, I imagine that the conflict during his solitude natst have been severe and try ing. 1 stood near him as he came up. His face had a rigid yet anxious look— the countenance of a man who braved, yet feared some shock. Ilis back was turned to the quarter from whence we came, and in that position he addressed to me calmly some indifferent observations While the conversation went on, he cast frequent and hurried glances to the south and east, till his eyes had swept the whole horizon, and he had satisfied himselt that the shirwas no longer in view; lie then turned fully round, and with an affected gaiety, but a real uneasiness that was ap parent in the random character of his re marks, drew out his glass, and having, by long and scrutinizing examination, satis fied his fears, atlength recovered his corn posure. When we reached our destinution,l found a ship just preparing to sail for Florence, and I took my passage, leaving the captain to dispose of his cargo at his pleasure. About eight months after 'th is, when I had althost forgotten the occur. mime, I was sitting in the private parlor of a London hotel, when . kletter was Put into.my hands front Captain It stated that the writer, tiiho was in the city . , had heard of my arrival, anti would es teem it,a very great iindness if I would visit him at my earliest leisure; my com ing would be of tho utmost importance to himself and others; his servant, it added, waited to show me the way. I immedi ately set out to comply with the request.. Upon entering room I was shocked at the change Which'had taken place. ir his appearance: He was thin, palo, and haggard, with a wildness of eye that al most indicated that.his - reason*was unset tied.' testified Much joy at seeing me. and. desiring me te• bo ..seated; began hh communication: . . taken .tlia-libertyr-said-he g/ot desiring your oompany at-this time beottuSe. you are the only person, in London tc, whom I can venture, to make application and I am" going to lay upon-you a, corn,, mis4en,, to, which I am sure you will not ria,2MM SVRIt gansita asaam. • object. The circumstances of our voyage to . Marseilles will occur to your mind with out my repeating them. I sold my cargo Tl'on the most advantageous terms, and was rendered at once a rich man. The possession of wealth was new to me, and its enjoyment added in my case, to its usual gratification, the charm of novelty. In the capital of Paris I spent litany weeks of the highest pleasure, until one day, on entering a cafe, I took up a ga zette, and my eyes fell upon an account of the awful burning of a British niamul war, The annonnumneut fell upon MC like the holt of heaven. My heart beat and my frame shivered, but I read every word of the article The vessel which I passed the day before had seen the light from a great distance, and immediately put hack to render assistance, but arriied 190 late to rescue more than two of the crew. They reported that. a vessel passed to the north„of them within half an hour's sail, but paid no regard to the repeated signals ; upon the commander of that ship, the article concluded, must rest the loss •of-tvvrt-hutidre'd'per;iOfil • " My peace of mind was ;one forever. My ingenuity could devise no sophistry which suggested comfort. Wherever went that day, 1 was haunted by remorse. , I retired to hod, that I might forget iu sleep the tortures or the day; but a ter rific dream brought before my mind the whole scene of the conflagration, with the -roar of- the signal-gnus. I- awoke- wtth horror. Thrice on the same night did I compo4e myself to sleep, and thrice was I awakened by the repetition of the dream. Fer many hours on the succeeding day my spirits were shockingly depressed, but the gay company which I frequented, gradually restored me to serenity, and by night I was tolerably composed. But the evening again brought terror; the same vision rushed upon my mind, and racked it to agony whenever I fell into a slumber. Perceiving that I yielded to this band of tormentors I should quickly be maddened by suffering, I resolved to struggle with ,romorse,..and...to harden- my heart-against conscience. I succeeded Mays, when awake, in mastering the emotion, but no power on earth could shield me from the torments of sleep Imagining at length that the prostrate position of my bed' might be one cause of the vividness of my dreams, I took the resolution of sleep ing upright in a chair, while my servant watched by me. But no sooner did my head drop upon my breast in incipient slumber, than the fire again tortured my aims the hooming guns again rang upon my inward ear. I sought all diversions: I wandered over Europe, seeking 'to re lieve myself from the domination of this fancy by perpetual chan g e of ghto and succession of sounds, but in vain. 1),Iily the hen-id picture more and more ensla ved toy incii.:ination, until at. length, even in wakin, while Inv eve rested on vacan- ey, a burning, ship was painted in the :tir, and with lily wakiter cars I heard the Luernal guns The horror has absorbed tny being lam separated by a circle of fire Irt/ljt the world; I breathe the stilling air (d" hell. Even now, I see nothing but the wide sea and the ineesant., flame upon it ; I hear now the t.t.L:ourz;rez MEM =MEI= H•11\ ihi : the whole smo of money which I 2 ained by my ship's cargo is in the Yank of England. I ',hall order in my will that ovory rcpt of it Afill he left at your.disposal. 1 wish you to discover the families ofttio , e who perished in this ves,el; you will learn their names by inquiring at the Admiral ty. Distribute to 111{2111 every cent of this money. You, will iipt deny the last re quest of a dying man ? 191-omise me that you will faithfully perform my wish." I gave hint the promise which he de sired, and left him. That night Captain S was no more A Hard Shell Seiimon A clerical gentleman writing from the West, gives the following sketch of a Bard Shell Baptist sermon : " When I was an agent of the Bible so-, eiety, and canvassing Fulton county, Illi nois, I called on the Rev. Mr. Adger—a llard•Shell Baptist—who, not having a Bible, was persuadtid to t buy one; Not that he needed' be said, ' it would be convenient to have one in the house.' I gave one to another of the same order because he was po6r, and had only a dirty fragment of an old pocket Bible. And yet, he received it under protest, saying it was all a Yankee speculation. A neighbor of his told me the partic ulars of Mr. Adger's call to the ministry, as he beard them from his own lips 'ln a dream the' Lord ‘ said to rne I must go to a certain place and preach to the people; rid being di:in - be - dicta - to thelictivenly vis- ion, I went in my dream as I was direc ted ; but when I tried to speak,' I could not say a word. .1 just then discovered that I had swallowed my ,big Tennessee wagon, and 'the great polo stuck out of my mouth. I now began to.prayin the best way I could, and the Lord • came right . down before.all aw,people, and took away the great stiff pole, and put in its stead a nice limber Yankee tongue, which was as the pen of a ready writer, and 1. began to thresh the mountains till they all „became smooth° prairie. Then I a- . woke and have never, once doubted my call to preach!. ' This is told in much better buiguage than' Mr. Adger is given to using, When addressing his people.. The following , is a specimen' of his , Style of • .oratory and - . illustration, as reported tome by one -, who . ' heard it.: • - ".11.1y brethoring, I gwine to preaoh ydu a Bannon •on the gloris dootrbse, wunst in. grace, alle . rs in grace an' my text" you Illoitglit,.firid, of - yolA .hratsßibles and--knowecl hovi• to road wmewhar in CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, -APRIL 11, 1862. the second part uv Samwell, which reads as follers: He ntalceth my . feet as hen's feet which you all know has got three claws before, an' one/ one behind ;so it is yr/possible to slide backwards.as it would be for a coon to come down a tree, head :first, unless ho slipped and Poll down.— Epeakin' uv coons puts me in mind uv Isomethin' to tell. Last summer I killed' L a coon in my cornfield, an' saved the skin. ; This winter I brought the skin to town hint all the storekeepers said it was of no , t, 'cause it was kotehed in the sum- Hier, and had'iit, no fur. 1 'mowed it had'nt much fur on to it, bat it was a big skin, an' I tuk great paid in skinnin' on it; an' I thought if' winter skins was a lawful tender at a dollar, mine must be mouth soul cthi n.' But I couldn't • get a pie for it, an' at last I gnu it to a clerk. was glad to got shot of it, but he wouldn't have it after 1 uv it to him. I couldn't think of thritwin' it away—that we uld ; an' I was. awfully both ered till I hit on a plan whitilyi 'thought just the thing I put it loose in my out "T!ri "7 - Ehl. it'fb t" -r hadn't gone fhr belbre I felt it working out. I didn't look round when it drop pal, for the /*ace was to lose it; but I was tickled enough when I found it was clean gone at last. But, who can describe my feelings when a boy came rennin' an' 1101- lerin," M' here's y our cowl Skill • “Just so ; Inv brethering,-witli religion IVhcn a man has \roust got it ; he can't sell it ; lie can't give it awtiv; he can't lose it! \Vunst in grace, aileN in grace. Ile inaketh our feet as hen's feet." THUNDER. IN FEBRUATIY.—Meeting an old friend from West NeWbury, the other day, he reminded us of an aff.,ir that happened there seine years since, over which we have enjoyed many a hearty laugh together. .7;: - gentleman - residing in' West Newbury,' having missed a good many sticks from his wood-pile, 'his suspicions fell upon a well-to do but miserly neiglrbor of his; he thought capable of the act. Ile resolved, accord ingly, to. resort to the old cx - pedient of placing a heavy log in if tempting posi tion, having first well charged it with unnpowdcr, not. only in the centre, but in several minor crevices.. Sure enough, the stick di.tppeared, and one loo'.ting, very much like It "might have been seen," as James says, on the suspected gentleman's hearth on the...ensuingun day. Before it, in a huge tin-kitchen, a turkey was browing itself into a climax. All of a sudden, a thundering explosion was heard, the tin-kitchen was blown into a thousand's atoms, the dismembered tur key flew thro-igli the t and the mild- t-om eat disappeared up the chime The old 0 - entletnan and his inaiden-si , tcr were liniriltly “Skocrt," hut not materi ally injured, and the former was the first to win his voice. "iger," said It "that's the loudest thunder I ever heard in February." The next day, the plotter of the mischief sent a tin pedler to the depredator's house "Want any tin ware'" said the Yankee "No no" s a id the old ' Why, yes 3,,a do" r.j.,Hed th. ; p , ur ; .• cs ,it S a 1,1-4 P.l a .1, =9 =ME I;)] . \4H11,11 thunder !" Tar: PRESIDENT AND THE. I'iIAIMAN DELL DI? Tim MtiNtTittt.—The following extract is from a private letter, dated Washington, published in the Detroit. Ad vertiser It• illustrates the warm and generous sympathies of the President: That night I left the fortress and got Worden safe home in Washington city, when leaving him to the eareiof my wife, 1 went with the Secretary to the Presi dent and gave him the particulars of the engagement. As soon as I had done, Mr. Lincoln said, "Gentlemen, I am go ing to shake hands with that man; . ' and presently lie walked round with me to our little house. I led him up stairs to the little room where Worden was lying, with fresh bandages over his scorched eyes and face, and said, " Jack, here is the President, who has come to see, you.'' lie raised ,himself on his elbow as Mr. Lincoln took him by the hand, and said, " You do me great honor Mr. President, and lah only sorry that I cantiot see' you." The President was visibly affect ed, as with tall frame and earnest gaze be bent over his wounded subordinate ; but, after a pause he said, with a quiver in the tones of his voice, " York have done me more honor sir, than I can ever do you." Ile then sat down while Worden gave him - an accountof the battle, and onlea ving he promised, that if he could legally do so, that he would make him a captain. rts.:TnE,Boston Post lets off the fol lowing squib : 'Say, Pomp; - you nigger, Lwhern you get dat new hat ' Why at de shop, ob course.' What is de price of such an article as dat? 'I don't know, rtigger—l don't know, de shopkeeper wasn't dar.' • AN Irishman attending .w:Quaker,meet ing. heard a young kriend make the fol lowing announcement; "Brethren and sitters, I am going to marry a daughter of the Lord." 'n ye are," said Pat, " faith and be jabers, and it will, be a long timeforp yell see yor -1161.. An anlat4ai writer , thus concludes story.t'. "This is my Ist attoMpt at wri. ting 4•Teil; and - it, is far from 'being' per./ foot •brit havoindooecd Mks to sea that in 9 oasos nut Of 40 they can either make lifo harren - na the dosort of Sarah, or 50 loyenS its a flour garding, my object" will haio beetraocomplished. Adoo in IPisc.=-6113 . tting sioli:. • upon the eve of • Sir John Ross, the well-known navi gator, who died a few years ago, lived to be nearly eighty years of age. An ac quaintance of his heard him, a short time before his death, tell the following story of his first love. Thus, he says, it came about. We were wont to meet him at the house of a mutual friend, where he was always a welcome guest; came and went as 11.3 listed, arid had his hammock swung in a chamber where the temperature suited him best; for he loved a cold, clear atmosphere. In a word, he was the centre of as charming a household group as shall be seen any day. 13looming faces shone upon him, merry songs greeted him' as he took his place beside the cheery hearth in those cold evenings in spring. One bright-haired creature with rosy lips claimed him ever as her own, seated him beside her on the velvet Couch. called him ''her dear boy," which delighted the ancient—mariner, beyond,. stIL and at last drew from him the tale referred I had been reminding him of- a very old friend, and of whom we had heard nothing for many years; as I spoke, a tide of early recollections swept up and tilled the old man's eyes with tears. I" said he, "he was a very kind friend to me ;- we had been schoolmates, and then we went to sea together. After a while we parted, and I entered the royal navy ; when next I saw 0., I was commander on board the . Ile was on the quay at Greenock when I sailed in, and little thought that the vessel carrying a royal pennant was commanded by Johnnie Itoss. I landed, and went up to him with-n man who knew us both. "0.," said the latter ; "do you retnein her little Johnnie Ross'?" "Well," answered 0; "and a precious little scamp he was!" "On this," ohserved Sir John, "we shook hands and „renewed °um:acquain tance, and I had reason to be glad of it; for," he repeated, "0., was very kind to tee." " "Now about Margaret,'' said the bunny creature hesitie : she was a noble girl : When T first knew her she was ten, and I about twelve years old. wre used to walk home together from the school, and at first were very happy; but before long the children began watching us, and we were obliged to make signs to one another about meeting. I mind well how shame laced we wore" when the others caurdit.us nicking signals heron: breaking up; and 0110 day the mater saw us, aril it tittAs on tha.t, iteeroOon Mar garet itiooNeil such spirit and Louragt: ca tnailn me never forget her. "I had g9t, nut of school," be e mtinnel, after i a short. pause, and AV:IS waiting for her,lnever heeding the children laughing at me, as I stood watching for the sight of her , t onny face, for she was very fair'' I can by no means describe the pathos of the old man's tone :is he sail this. -When I be.no to think she was in add *isiipt in. my , elf till i; d I 'it'll =I OEM I= 11 , 0% .1 lU =I mict: li, I hi! Stditill, o)tit Ill,• plan; this IN ns easy, for tllc,t w,s uu Line "Just over the master's desk ivas a l l shelf, on which stood a large ink-bottle. and near to this again was the hat with which the doininic always crowned him self when he assumed the scat of authori ty. I mounted the desk; took a piece of string from my pocket, tied the ink jar and hat together, then, descending from my perch, left the room, and ran round again to the side window to prepare Mar garet for the result of my device Then I ran home to dinner, and returned to school in the afternoon. "I was late. All-the children were in the room; and at the master's desk stood Margaret,with scarlet cheeks but triumph ant eyes, just receiving the last blow of the leather strap on her open band. The punishment of mischievous revenge had been visited upon her. Streams of ink discolored the master's face; and books Old desk, on which last lay the broken ink-jar, wore saturated with it. The master himself was furious; and the more t that Margaret had borne the in fliction like a heroine, in perfect silence, resolutely refusing to give up the name of the delinquent, whose accomplice she Was accused 'of being. She looked at,, me as she moved defiantly away, and the ex pression of her eye warned ,me not- to speak. It was, indeed, too late. I hur ried from the room before I was observed.; Margaret walked proudly after mo ; and for the last - time weAook our way hoine together from the school." - I cannot do justice to this story as told by the old navigator. Nearly seventy years had passed away, and yet the mem ory of ,his child-love was still the green spot in his heart. The-pathos, too, was enhanced by the Scottish accent, which dignified, so to speak, a little history, that finely illustrates the exquisite poem, Jeanie Morrison - : "I've rianylerod oast, I'vo wandered post, I'vo porno n weary lot; But in my wandorlngs far or near, Yo never ntro f'orgot. Tho r'llint that first burst frao this_boar • - Still travois on Its way: .And obrinnolit dooper_na.it Atli( Tht luvo young diky," . Ile Said all this, arid rauoh-more than I.ean do fustiee to. The whale• picture of the twabairns—“tvett bairns and but ae heart? : —rose- before me, as, blushing, frightened, and silent, they (‘eleekit th,githey hum" aft& sehool, - oTwas then Ire luvit malt Him wool, 'Twos then wo twa dW part; 'Sweat limo, auftime, two balrna at'ochulo; . - Two bairn, and but no heart."' "I sat!? thir two bairns with their heads bent o'oir'tto braid,., 4e " with ono book FIRST LOVE OF AN ANCIENT MARINER ~:,, E•ti 1/11 uiu ii II W.•llt, at between them, the girl intend upon the lesson, the boy's lesso n in that fair child's eyes : Tie and Margaret met but twice after ward. He dwelt most on the first these meetings. "I was traveling," he said, "in Scotland, when the coach stop ped to take up a passenger. The moment the door opened, I knew her at once, but —she didna remember me;" he sighed as he said this• "Then," he continued, "I told her who I was, and reminded her of old times, thirty years before, and of that story of the ink-bottle and the beat ing she had got for my sake. She had almost forgotten ,it, but I never had." Margaret, the mother of a large family, is now an aged woman, and probably thought little of Johnnie Ross after part i•ng with him in childhood; while he, literally voyaging from pole, to pole and having but, a passing glimpse of her from time to time, may he said to have carried the memory of his child-love to his grave. STftnNetto. TrmNFroTtok; ? —A Yankee pedler, who had stopped; in a coffee-house to refresh himself, one hot day, (says the _Yankee .131a ( 1c,) heard a very sage-looking old gentleman remark, in answer to it friend who had been rela ting some marvellous story said to be true, "truly, truth is stranger than fic tion " So, Jonathan, stepping up,- and slapping the astonished gentleman on the back, said : "You're mistaken right there, old hoes; 'taint so—and to pruv it, wager you juleps for the crowd that I can tell you one fiction that'll jest go a lcetle ahead of any truth as ever you heard tell-on." `Gond !" said the old gentleman ; "I'd like to hear any „fiction that can go ahead of Christopher Columbus." "Pshaw ! Christopher Columbus ain't a sarcumstance;" said Jonathan;" "but here 0-oes," "O r nst I was standin' by a big river out in Zahary desert, : what was dried up. The sun shone so - all-fired hot, that I Was obleeg,ed to tie my handkerchief over my eyes, to keep from bcin' blinded; and as I was standin'' thar, I happened to look down the river, and seed a big boat with out any bottom, come floatin' up the stream, with a hull lot of fullers in her; one of 'cm hail no eyes, Cother np arms —another nn legs, and the last chap in the starn of the boat., he had. no mouth. Gosh ! I never seed sich a sight afore: I was scar od like blazes—and jest stud and looked at, 'em. Presently, the chap as had no eyes, looked down, and seen a a ten cent pi 0.00 ut the bottom of the riv or, and the feller wet hail no arms leant, over and piekeil it up, then handed it to the chap wet had no legs—and he jumped out of the boat, wade I to the shore, went over to the i2-0 , 2--shop wet wasn't thaw, lio't a pint nt' whiskey, and handed it to the feller as had no mouth, and he drinked it up; and all the rest got drunk —and tho last I seed of 'em, the feller wot had no mouth was singin' flail Col u why ; while the feller wet had no legs was ; the ne-eyed chap was.read in..4 nest. out en a psalm-book, and the w 'II IHo arms tv,ts clapping his 11 , 1 I - 'III I 1V,LVIIII2: Ili"; hot like blazes -1 I !.-1 ec that thu-n; Whar's o r .: meow. old hoes ?" lIMIE i wit id iLo hick 1111111 \ INcinExr.=-A/mosi n. C,11.5.'0) / i/w. There is a p 'pular super stition that a eat, it allowed the opporru. nity, wall " suck the breath of a child;" t hotc, 4 h. how tins is accamplished is not ap parent. Cats are subjected to much sus picion, and, indeed, no animal petterl by man is at once admired and detested. A circumstance came to our knowledge re cently which seems to indicate that the numerous charges made against the feline tl' •I I' race are not altogether unfounded. The other evening, at a residence only a few miles from this city, a cat was discovered sitting upon the chest of a little boy four yens of age, her mouth placed close to the child, lips, and the cat evidently very much absorbed in the operation. An et fort was made to drive the cat away, by speaking sharply to her. She paid no at tention to this and was equally unmindful of a series of blows with a stick. The cat was finally fairly pushed off the body of the ohila and off the bed. She was then pushed out of the room and down the stairs. She could not be driven in the usual way. She had.. a bewildered and wild look all the time, and exhibited a sign of ferocity by springing on the ser vant, who was forcing her down stairs.— The cat was instantly killed as a warning to all cats not to be too intimate with sleeping children. Tho little, boy woke nip during the noise which was made, and was naturally somewhat freightened, He did not seem to-be injured. Though no harm was done, evil might have ensued had not tho cat been discov ered and removed. Her weight on the child's chest would necessarily reduce the ii - Mintity of air inspired, and tend to cause suffocation, while the child Would inspire only carbonic acid gas, astaken from the mouth of the cat. The two causes might produce death even. The_y, may ,have origninated the superstition- - -that' a 'cat " sucks tho breath of a Child." The case is interesting and novel, and may serve the purpose of elioiting„inquiry..and ting seine pareats on their guard against the trerilterous and. Hlaalthy pets with Which their children A CUTE ANSWER: —"Willi rap , " said a teaoher to One of his pupils, "ean you tell me why the sun rista in tho east P' "Pont' know, sil 9 ;" replidd "'oept It be 'that the east makes every thing. rise?' --- Teacher tainted. , - 'A WAG being aslced Liao name of the in. . • 4 voator of putter staraps,'roplied• tent it was probably Cadmus, as ho first biought letters into Greece.' Though the elouels, rear their .battle *lents in the sky, they are .easily carried by Storm, • "Thy look wag on thy Inssnn, Tlut—my las Hon nits In Uwe I" 5 $ll 50 per annum In advance 1 $2 00 If not paid In advance OUR COUP BASKET Motto for a Windmill-" Blow me!" When is an:lrish girl most disposed to •take compassion on her lover. When her heart goes pity-Pat. Punch says that Rarey, the horse. tamer, is "Philosopher of the stable mind." " Tell your mistress that I've torn the curtain," said a lodger to a servant.— " Very well, sir, mistress will put it down as extra rent." It is rumored that a service of Iron Plate is to be presented to Captain Erics son, the inventor of the Monitor. Some animals won't fight till they are driven to bay. Ire guess rebels won't fight till they are driven to the gulf. The New Orleans Bee nays that there is untold wealth among the Confederates. If there is any truth among them, it is certainly untold. —lf..tlie.rehels-get,ti rad , of.fighting r there , are a great many caves in the South that they can hide in. And really it seems to he getting about time fur them to cave. Though the clouds rear their battle ments, in the sky, they are easily carried by storm. Our 'soldiers often have great difficulty in - finding roads to traVel over, but the rebels and their cause are always up . on " the broad road." Beauty can never compensate for the want of, amiability, but, amiability can compensate for the want of beauty. A Mississippi paper says that there is a fearful scarcity of corn and wheat there. Well, if the rebels can find nothing elan to grind, let them grind their teeth. A lady at her marriage requested the cler g yman to give out to be sung by the choir the hymn commencing : "This Is the way I long haro sought, And mourned because I found it not." Some classical gentlemen object in the news papers to the name of Pea Ridge as too vulgar for historical dignity; but we confess that we will like it better since the Rebels have been Shelled Out. Value the friendship of him who stands by you in the storm ; swarms of insects will surround you in the sunshine. Some joker says, when Yancy gets home he will he as little able to recog nize the Southern Confederacy Its Lord Palmerston himself. Oar old friend Floyd has been "sus. pendecl" from his command in the Rebel army• As an augury of his final fate this only he rewide as cheering. The nest time lie '• Suspended," we imagine that two upri.hts, a cross-beam and a slip noose will be mentioned in connection with fhe affair. It is said that the velocity of the Bald Eagle is unequalled ; that can take its looming repast in Connecticut, and at evening..retire in the forests of- Georgia. In a hot summer day, in a few minutes, exchange the oppre-sivo heat for wintry chill, by a , cending, to the higher regions of the atmosphere, where is the lbode of eternal cold pea•;:in', being at confession, accused hinise!l having, (den some hay; the fat hi , r-con snr asked him how many bundles he had taken from the stack ? " That is of no consequence," replied the peasant, " you may put y down a wagon- Lai, for my wife and, F me are going to fetch the remainder very soon.'' " How high did the water get on your fluor?" was asked of a resident of Sacra moto after the late flood. " Just high enough to take starch out of my shirt col lar," said he. But as if anxious to main tain the good standing of real estate in the neighborhood, he added—" But then you know I am a very short man." LUNATIC Poast•—Governor Harris tried to save a lot of Pork. Ho had it taken out from Nashville a few miles to the In sane Asylum and carefully packed away; and then around the building he had nicely put up little signs reading "Insane Asylum ; protect it for humanity's sake." Our boys first examined, and then very carefully protected it. There is said to be four or five hundred thousand pounds of it. A sharp nose and thin lips are- consid ered by physiognomists certain signs of a shrewish disposition. As a criminal was once on his way to the gallows, proclama tion was made that, if any woman would 'marry him under the gallows, with the rope around his neck, he would receive a pardon. " 1 will," cried a crackel voice from the midst of the crowd. The culprit desired the eager date for matrimony to approach the cart, which She did ; and ho began to examine her countenance. "Nose like a knife," said. h© "lips like wafers. -,Drive on, hangman." A oat 'caught a sparrow and was about to devour it when the sparrow said; "Xo gentleman eats till he washes his faco," The cat, struck With this remark, set the sparrow down, and began to wash hisfada with his pal,v, but the sparrow flew away. This ;;ex.od puss extremely and he said; " As long as live I will eat Are , and wash my face afterwaid," - Whiehall oats do to this day. • A peasant 06 bad a miserable- old .book horse, Who Was absolutely dying of old age, resolved to destroy him. was riding along the road, he met a jock ey ridirig a stiperb full-blooded _Arabian horso. " My friend," said the owner of the an= imal; "I'n bet ten dollars I can _dq with my horse what you can't do Ivilbt youro" . " Done I' . ' said the jockey. The peasant quietly led his horse to the brink of the river and pushed hire - in. "Now let's see you do that with your horse," he said: The joeliey pre 'erred ppyitie tbv tflti dollars, NO 15..
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