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Governor— A NOREW r, four! N.
Seerotat y Fn.! AI.I rru.
SurveyOr Uellilr.l WM. IL
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COUNTY OFFICERS
President Jude—TTon. ;Tames IL:arab:km,
to.ledges—llan. Cocklin, herb
ist.riot Attorney—J. W. I). Dillideli.
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Coullni,inner,—James TI. WAL MT. (Inn.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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