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HEXAMETERS.
WHAT SHALL WE DO ATTU OUR SOUTH?
I=l
Into the past I go, and n vision of centuries rises
Up to my sleepless eye. Llktra drama, the ages before
Again take their rolomn march, from droation far Into
IIM!E=1
Empires aro foandod and fall, and dynast' es perish for
'I stand ou tho banks of a stream that, along through
the frost prim veal,
Its burden of waters bears from their.mountaln-springs
to the ocean
A ship at her anchor rides, an d a boat leaves her side
fur the landing.
A Dutchman first stops ashore—a worthy son of those
heroes
Who fought, and suffered, and: bled, for their I iborty
and their religion,
In the marshes of Cluing,. -Lee, on the ramparts of
Haarlem,
Esteeming It better to die than to lire as the stare of
the Spaniard.
There follows a dim% y - train of men, Just twenty In
Curled and crisped are their locks, and ugl,y_and sword
are their features;
Shackle's they wefirbt their arms ; and they 'harsh to
the whip of a di Ivor.
Slow, and sad, o'er the sacred sell of Virginia.
The curtain Is sudlonly dropped; air.l when again It
has risen,
The roar of cannon Is hoard, and the flag-stalr is broken
19111211
'To arms I"—tho cry that aaccuds from the hills slid
vales of Now ErNlantl,
Borne over cities .red prairi4m until It has reached the
=l3
By tijea. H if: taken u p, and echoed hack to the ocean
Though the boudarnan hears the cry, still he dreams
not yet of deliverance;
Fearing a greater weight is about to be laid on his
shoulders;
l'oating s, itoavlit" task Is to Locums Ids sad pOr
Agala duos the curtain fall. A contury past., and It
The SCOIIO lios from Hilton Head and Tybou to the Blue
Ridge llouutains.
Thore dwells a nation In peace and prosperity, power,
and plenty,
Gladden their hearts and homes, While heaven is mull
ing upon them.
Curled and crisped are their locks, and ugly and smut
ore their Matures ;
But shackles they wear no more, and the whip of the
driver is silent.
nappy, content, and free, they go on rejoicing, though
tolling:
Forgotting the woes of the past, and thanking God for
the present,
They look to the future with hope, and dread not the
sun of the morrow.
What shall we do with our South ? My vision has
answered the question. •
R3ntshall we do with the South? Lot us make thorn
a people and a nation.
Prayer at a Bed of Sickness
ITRANGLATED FROM TUE GERMAN or DR. ARMOR LUTAR.]
fl M-, ON CARLISLE
Bwan-wingei angel, floating hither,
Softly fen my darling chill:
Burning anguish wrestles with hor—
Caul those pangs to sharp aud wild.
llrourt the stars, as cold as Ice,
Bring a gom of Imavon'a do iv ;
Fragranoo from God's paradise,
And a ray of midnight's blue.
Till sweet slumber nastles with he r,
And hor strength roturns a;ain ;
Swan•wingod angel, floating hither,
Ah I remove this burning pain!
The Latest Thing in Ghosts
As I was finishing my breakfast the
other day, I received a visit from my
•friend Perkins, who entered my room
hastily with some papers in his hand.
"I've written a ghost talersaid Perk
ins, "and I want your opinion on it."
"I'll devote my morning pipe to you,
I can't afford you any more time than
that; so hand me the tobacoo, and pro
duce your spirit." And I filled the pipe
and assumed the critic.
"The sun had set some two hours,"
began Perkins, " and the dark night
was—"
," Ono moment," I interrupted ; "is
it a- tale ofimst - or - presentrtimes $"--
"Present," answered Perkins.
"!lather an old fashioned beginning,"
observed. 'I" However, fire away."
"The sun had set - some ten hours,!'
resumed Perkins, firing away as directed,
." and da'rk night was gradually extend
ing her reign over field and fell, when a
; traveler might be perceived making his
way, as well es - the - darkness, would per.
Mit, through one of those immense_ Ger
man forests, the haunt of the wild boar
s and the
"What on earth was hei - doingihere," .
I asked. •
He had. lost his way, of - course," re.
plied Perkins.
B'o.l supposq , ..q " - Travelers
always do in ghost wories. But as this is
xt. tale of the present time : pardon- my
inquiring where the luggage was?".
• " left it in the. eaise," answered
Perkins:
Which had been overturned, and
our wished to get to the nearest
town 9n foot. le not tbat it?"'
Of courtH)7,lod , T'orltlprb• with some
"And in order to, reach the nearest
town he turns into the nearest forest."
" He thought he would take - a short
cut across the country," explained Perk
ins. '
•' And after walking some distance he
comes to an old castle, eh ?"
" Well !" said our author, sulkily.
" And, finding it uninhabited, he
wraps his ;ample cloak about him, and
goes to sleep in a corner, does'nt ho ?"
" Yes," said Perkins, somewhat sur
prised
" But, lie is aroused from his sleep by
the clanking of chains, and, on raising
his head perceives a figure standing in
the doorway."
" Why, confound it!" said Perkins,
starting up iLdignantly, "you must have
seen my manuscript."
" Which figure," I continued, " raises
its manacled arms 'above its jiead, and,
clanking its chains together, utters a
frigetful cry.—My dear fellow, this will
not do, you know; it wont indeed.
Modern readers must have modern
ghosts."
" e 1- but - give -- it a fair hearing ;
don't condemn it unheard," said the au
thor.
"Oh ! read it ! By all means read it,"
and I resumed my pipe, and he, his sto
ry, which was much as I hidahticipated.
Originality in ghost stories is very
easy to get. All you have to do is to
imagine some. very unlikely position for
a ghost to be in, and to put him into it.
For instance, a ghost in a baloon, or a
ghost under water, or a ghost shaving
himself cvnald, if I.mistake tot, be all of
them imw. Here now, is a skeleton of a
ghost-story, which I flatter myself is en
tirely original.
' Mr. 5,, initials, of course. For
some reason or other initials may do
things that names may not. The public
allow Mr. S. to have seen and done
things, which, if assigned to Mr. Smith,
they would reject with scorn,—Mr. S.
and his wife are staying at the fashion
able sea side town of It., where one morn
ing Mr. S; receives a letter from his
friend 8., requesting him to come with
out losing a moment, to L., where B is
lying ill. " Here's the ghost," think
the public; 'B., is the ghost." A false
scent is rather a judicious thing in a
ghost story. The public arc 'mistaken.
B , will live some fifty years longer, very
likely; at any rate his ghost will not
walk in this story. In due course, S.
appears at B 's house and witnesses' the
will or whatever it may be, fur which he
is wanted While he is at dinner, the
servant I. brings him a telegtaphie mes
sage It is from Mrs. Return at,
once—l have fallen over the cliff.- ,- S.
is in great agitation—returns by the
night train, When he reaches his home,
M., the housemaid opens the door fur
him
"Oh! is that you, sir? Poor misses
has fallen over the cliff,"
" Well, 1 know that," cries S.;
is she?"
"Lor, sir," teplies M. "she's been
dead ever since."
" Dead!" gasped S , "why did you not
say so when you"telegraphed?"
" I never sent no telegrapht," says M.
weeping.
"Oh, no, I forgot. My wife sent the
message, of course. She lived long
enough to do that, did she ?" asks the
much agitated S.
" Missis never sent no telegraplit; I'm
sure," replies M.; "I saw her fall from
the cliff, and she never stirred after
wards."
" This is most extraordinary," says S.;
'but where is she? Let me see her."
' Ho finds that there is a fearful cut on
his wife's temple, arid—that the left arm
was broken. When his agitation will
allow him, he again thinks of -the myste
rious telegram, and as every one in tho
house denies that any telegram was sent
by them, and as every one asserts that it
was impossible that Mrs. S. could have
sent it, the perplexed widower goes to
the telegraph office.
" Do you remember who sent this tel
egram, and at what time?" he asks the
clerk.
The reply is:—
" Yes, 1 remember it distinctly. It
will be a long time before I forget. it.
The message was sent just at the very
time that the unhappy accident happened
at the cliff; and' the person who sent it
was a deathly pale lady, with a fearful
cut on the temple, and whose loft arm
hung by her side as if broken,"
S., with a fearful shudder, rushed from
the office. There can be no doubt about
it. Mrs. S.'s ghost sent the telegram.
There I consider that I have capped
the ghost in the railway carriage now.
My ghost tale is positively the last out.
The only Merits that I can claim for it,
however, are these. It is short, which,
I take it, is one of the greatest merits
that a ghost story can have. It shows
progress the latest improvement in
ghosts being their traveling by rail; my
ghost goes a stop farther, and telegraphs:
And it does not pretend to be true. I
candidly confess that there is, not a word,
of truth in it from beginning to end.
Many an honest man practiees on him•
self an amount of deoeit -sufficient, if
practiced on others,- and in a different
way, to send him to the State prison.
Orin by one the objects of our affection
depart, but our affections remain, stretch
ing_forthi like vines, their broken, wout
dad tendrils for support.
As THE HUMAN HEAD is about twelve
inches long, what's thellifferenoe between
a man'srbeing shortor - biLa hood or short
er by ;a foot ?
ALconoi was first invented and used
to_stain the illieeks of the ladies of • Ara
bia, 940 yearn ago., - T.t, still reddens por
tions-of the human face.
41 you - lend your oars to bad counsel,yon.-may next have to lend them to the
pillory.
Gon's best moray - "is often shown= in
the rejection of our "prayers.
I'&E ) MIR, IfOR WE% RAMEMC eItECIA.
Frotu Vanity Fair.
OUR WAR CORRESPONDENCE
LETTER EROAI MC ARONE
DEAR VANITY :—Did. not I• tell you
I was recoiling for a sprini?
I am sprung.
Yorktown is ours
The loss ,however, was tremendous.
It is reported at 200 on our side, and
365,000 of the enemy.
This is not as yet confirmed.
Ever since the battle, I have been par
; tially intoxicated.
With glory.
Hallelujah !
The numbers of killed, wounded, miss
ing, etc. , are undoubtedly large.
A Richmond paper estimates the Reb
el loss at 200, and the Union loss at 365,
000.
,This is only a report, as yet.
I wish you would suppress the ELT
fling .Posi, in your city.
lt is a common nuisance.
The other day it had this
"The country will never cease thanking
President Lincoln for assuming the - active
command in -chief of our armies, when it shall
come to know, as it will in due time, the dan
gers which he has rescued it from. If if
were proper, I could tell you and your road
ers how, oven in the past ten days, the Pres
ident's watchful eye has warded off instant
dangers of the most threatening kind."
Now this seems loyal enough, but it is
only a covert dab at McCLELIJAN.
-1 •. endorse , 'AIeOLELLAN: That is
enough. the Prosedent has, no more
idea of "assuming the active command-in
chief" thaw-the Evening Post has of hon
esty.
I am the only commander who wields
all the forces and has full powers. 1
choose MCCLELLAN to be considered ac
tual commander, and the country will
pleaso so to consider him.
But what can you expect of an un
wholesome sheet, pimpled with politiacl
bile, and pr6ide, over by a decrepid
poet who Writes For It ?
Let the Post slide or swing then.
Turn we to the battle ?
The 11 raid man who described the
first day's operations before Yorktown
was too modeq. Let me give the true
version of his statements.
Major Coras did not have his cap
knocked off by a shell. It was his head s
and he deserves credit for even as poor a
joke as the Herald man says he made,
considering the circumstances. Both
the Major and the _Herald than are do
ing well.
It was not "a small ball from an explo
ded shell'' that the Michigan man found
inside his shirt collar, and coolly pocket
ed• It VA a pe'cussiop pi,jectilo from
a.3411-pounder, that lodged in his mouth
and exploded, blowing out a set of false
teeth that cost $25 in Boston. Ile com
plained some, but is all right now. "
The lierad man was right in saying
that "one shell went through a series of
erratic bounds." It did. That wasn't
all it went through. It went through
the calf of my leg, struck a tumbrel, ric
ochetted into the BEIWAN Sharpshooter,
came out the other side, took a parabolic
direction into the air, struck Professor
'Lowe's balloon, glanced off, describing
the shape of a rocking chair at an alti
tude of 300 miles from the earth, fell in
a zig-zag line and alighted in a wagon la
den with fire crackers. Here it rested
for a few minutes, but as the crackers
went off it rose again, and hovering over
the army for a while, fell in a slanting di•
rection and entered the mouth of a mor
tar that Captain WEEDEN was just in
the act of firing. The erratic shell, on
"Low
leaving the mortar, struck the walls of a
RebeCfort, breaking several windows and
glancing upward again to a great height.
When last seen, it was sailing majestically
away in the direction of Edinburg School
house, N. J. If I hear anything further
of it I will let you know.
Such aro the true statements \ of these
incidents. The Herald man ought to be
more careful, or I will have him removed.
It is possible that I may be mistaken
in considerinc , ° Yorktown to have been
captured. Ihave, however, heard noth
ing to the contrary.
Since the battle of Pittsburgh, the
back-bone of Rebellion is broken in the
valley of the Ohio, and soft coal is as
cheap as over. There aro no Rebels
known to be in the city, but it is still
very smokey.
I have no further particulars from
Yorktown.
••
The weather is fine.
JUSTICE AND LAW.—After General
Schenck's arrival at Cumberland, one of
hia first decisions, says a correspondent of
an Ohio paper, was very characteristic
A secesh colonel had sold his negro to
the Confederate government, taking pay
of course, in scrip. The negro, employ
ed in fortifications, managed _to escape to
Cumberland, where he spread himself con
siderably. A . constable, - knowing the
circumstance, and wishing to turn a pen.
I
ny,talhe negro thrown into prison as
an escaped slafe. General Schenck,
hearing the facts, sent for the vparties.—
" By what right," he asked of the con
stable, " do you hold this man in prison ?"
" As a fugitive from service.'
" Don't you know that he escaped "from
service of the rebels ?"
" Yes, but, we havo a law in Maryland
that covers the case, General."
"And I have a law upon which it can
be decided. Colonel Porter, sot- that ne
gro at large, and, put this 'constable in his
place."
The astonished snapper-up of trifles
was marched off to the cell lately occu
pied by - his - proposed - viotitn. After be
ing detained there the same number of
days he had imprisoned the darkey, !Le
was at largo, fully impressed with the be
lief that- our grim-visaged - General was
not.to be trail:id with.
WE have always a suspicion of mop.
ons sentences. Tho.full•sholl sounds lit
tle, showing by that little ; how much is
within, •
CARLISLE, _,P_A. T., 1 8 62.
THE GREAT BATTLES OF MOD
From a comparison 6r, the battle of
Pittsburg , which was Night on Sunday
and Monday, the 6tl:o' and 7th of April
inst., with the following list, 'it will be
seen that with the exceptions of Jena,
Friedland, Wagram, andWaterlOo, the
struggle is the greatest in the list, look
ing to the numbers engaged. .At Wag
ram, the French lost 23,000, and the
Austrians 38,000; and at Waterloo the'
losses of the French were 33,000,. while
those of the Allies amounted to 29,000.
The entire loss at Wagram was 61,000.
and wataterloo 62,500. Next to these
ranks the battle of Jona,i7,loo ; Eylau,
between the French and Russians, 43,-'
000; and Austerlitz, 42,000. The loss
on both sides at Pittsburg was probably
between 10,000 and .12,000.
NARENao—)June 14, 1800.)
French, under Bonaparte, 32,000
AuatrianB, commanded by bielas, 40,000
Med and Wounded
Prisoners
French, under the Etriperoti Napoleon, 70,
000.
Russians and Austrians,krommended by
General Kutusotf, the Eiriperors being present,
90,0Q0
Frenoh. Allies.
Killed wounded Sz. prisoners 42,000 30,000
IdAi —(Joly 4, 1'80(4) .
The Bri by-Sir-John -SW
art., .6 *:675
French cud Neapolitans,"4onimanded by
Regnier, 0,600
N.
litlied and wounded • 327 3,•100
JENA—(Oct. 14, 1806.)
French, commanded by tile s Emperor Israpo
con, 80,000.
Prussians, commanded by the duko of
Irunewick, 110,000.
Freneh. Prussians.
Killed, wounded & prisoners 4,100 48,000
EYLAU—(Feb. 8, 1808.)
French, commanded by the Emperor Napo
leon, 85,000
Russians, commanded by General Rennin
seu 75,000 .
French:. Russians.
Killed wounded & prisoners 16,000 25,000
FRIEDLAND (June 14, 1807.)
French, commanded by the Emperor Nalo
- 101,000.
Russians, commanded by General Benning
seu, 66,000
French. Russians.
Killed and wounded 8 - ,600 ]8,600
ASPELLN (May, 21 and 23, 14309 )
Ereneli commanded by EniPeror Napoleon
80,000.
Austrians, commanded by the Archduke
Charles, 90,000
Fr.;udi. Austrians.
filled wounded 3 pri.,oners.l:ooo '20,000
WAGILAM—(JuIy G on 1809.)
PrAct), commaudt3u bJ. Lzyrtioperer Napo
eon, 130,000
Austrians commanded by Archduke Charles
100,000. _ .
Prone - 1E - Austrlabs.
Killed, woundq,, prisoners 28,000 38,000
NEW 04eaNs—(Tan. 8, 1815.)
Americans, under Geu. Jackson, 7,000.
English, under Gen. Pakenham, 6,000.
Americans. English
Killed and Wounded 13 . 1,90•
WA VR6 AND WATERLOO (June 18, 1815.)
French, commanded by the Emperor Napo
Icon, 75,000
The Allice, under Wellington and Blucher
0,000.
Mind and rounded
VISTA—(Feb. 2:8, 1847,)
Amerienus, under Gen. Tnyl6r, 4,900
Mexienne k under Geu. Santa Anna,l9,ooo
Americans. Mexicans.
756 2,100
{Wed and wounded
Allies, under Marshall St. Arnaud and Lord
iglan, 51,100, viz : 25,000 English.
Russians, under Prince Menelzikoff, 50,000
Allies. Ruesiunt.
Killed and wounded 3,100 6,000
INKERMAN—(Nov. 6, 1854.)
Allies, under Gen. Canrobert and Lord Rag
an, 13,000, viz : 8,000 English, and 5,000
French
Russians, under Gen. Dannenbexg, 4(3,000.
Allies. Russians.
Killed and wounded 4,126 10,600
MONTEDELLO--(flay 20, 1859.)
Allied French and Sardinians, under Gun.
Fahey, 11,500. -
Austrians, under Count Stndion, 25,000.
Allies. Austrians.
Killed and wounded 900 2,000
MACIENTA—(Juno 4th and sth 1859.)
Allies, under Napoleon 111. 110,000. (?)
Austrians, under Marshal Voss, 140,000. (?)
Allies. Austrians.
Riffled wounded & Ptisoners3,ooo (?)20,000 (?)
PITTBI3 una LANDING --(April 6th & 7th, 1862.)
National force (Ist & 2d day) estiatated•Bo,ooo
Rebel force (estimated) 120,000
National loss, in killed, wounded and
McAitoi I missing
• . 6,000
Rebel loss killed, wounded and missing
say 6,000
The actual strength .of the National
force miglisged at Bull Rum was 18,000 ;
by the reserve amounted to 17,000 more
making the entire National army 35,000.
The Rebol force,--according-to their own
showing, was 40,000, with a reserve of
25,000 at Manassas—in all, 65,000.
The National loss, in killed and wounded,
was 1,600; and, .t 4 Bebels reported
their, hi 'killed and' wounded; at 1,593..
From these • and other. reports, however,
we cannot, with the - data - befeit - us, - 8111 ,
wit what would bp a fair comparison.
What ie apparent, however, is the trans
ceudant magnitude - of the 'battle at Pitts
bgrg over any engagement whioh has yet
taken place in •this war,. 'as also over
most of what are Legarded as the groat
battles of the•world.
TILE poet's or the conqueror's' wreath
is poor cannparOcl with that..roado for us
by the encircling' arnis-of those V° love.
MANY, plunge head . over, eais in love.
Sappho,,with perhaps no - greater folly,.
plunged over head and.ears,to,.get , rid of
A BRIDE and a bridegroom,
,thb heirs
of two distinguished houses, are after all
only a pair of houso joiners. - •
It, is to be feared even the "house
hold words," of Sane, families, aro not
very pleasant to eam polite. -;
A pax of true honor may,put a • cap
ital joko into an epitaph and geka broad
grin from, a skeleton. , -
ERN TIMES
Frunoh. Austrians.
6400 , 6,000
1;900 4,000
A LIST E RLiTZ gro C. .2;-18135:
'lll,OOO ; 29,500
-(Sept 20, 1854.)
AL.u.t-
Gen. Grant's Report
General Grant, in his official report of the
late battle at Pittsburg Landing, a singular
'ly Meagre and unsatisfactory production,
states that when our pickets were driven in
by theenemy on Sunday, the five divisions eta
Gonad at Pittsburg -were drawn up in lino of
battle, and a severe engagement ensued which
continued until nightfall. The enemy having
forced the centre line to fall back nearly half
way from the camp to the landing, at a late
hour in tne afternoon a desperate effort was
made by them to turn our loft wing- and
obtaiN possession of the landing, transports,
So , Tho gunboats effectually guarded this .
point.. At Ihis critical moment the advance
of General Buell's column and a part of the
division of General Nelsen arrived. An ad
vance was then made upon the point of at
tack, and the enemy was soon driven back.—
During Sunday night the divisions under Gen
orals Crittenden and McCook reached the field.
An advance was ordered early on Monday
morning, and the result was the gradual re
pulse of the enemy at all points of the line
from nine in the morning until five in the
tornoon, when it became evident that they
wore retreating. The force under General
Grant was too much fatigued after the battle
to follow the enemy, but General Sherman did
so, and it was ascertained that they retreated
itt the.report icalPPended4he
correspondence between- Generals Grant and
Beauregard, in relation to burying the rebel
dead left on the battle field. General W. T.
Sherman gives a report of his pursuit of the
retreating enemy. An engagement occurred
between the rebel cavalry and Ohio Seventy-
Seventh Regiment, when the latter, without
cause, threw down their arms and fled. Gen
oral iSheianati -finally 'succeeded in rallying
enough infanOky...aniVottvalry to rout the ono--
Ely and take poesesSion.:Of their camp. Every
thing was: then destroyed except a
. general
hospital, in which Wore about 20coniedl;iq
Ates..ancLabout tifty,of our troops. Not hav
ing the means;. of carrying them off, Colonel
Dickey took a - Surrender,-eigned by the medi
s cut director, and'--attending surgeons and a
pledge to report themeselvee to General Sher
man as prisoners of war. Unfortunately, the
'enemy. succeeded in carrying off his guns, but
left - behind him limber boxes of at least twen
ty. After this operation Gen. Sherman or•
dared hie men back to camp, they being com
pletely fagged out by three days' fighting,
privation and exposure.
Jobs for Leisure Days
'ARE there no improvements to be made
in your orchards ? Are there .no trees al
most worthless, because they do not bear
well, or . bear.poor
.apples 7, .
It is not too late to procure a supply of
.scions for grafting. Procure a lot of
scions of the Baldwin or Northern Spy,
and .regraft some trees that are poor
bearers.
So with pears. Procure a few scions
for grafting those trees that produce an
inferior variety of that kind of fruit.—
Pack them in sand or sawdust iu the col-
Exchange seed oats, seed barley and
Indian corn with distant neighbors, who
are good fanners, and who always have
clean and plump seed. If time barley is
not clean—free from oats—search the
country through for clean seed. Do.the
same with spring wheat.
My experience with Spring wheat is,
that the China Tea Spring wheat is su
perior to any other kind, and this appears
to be the experience of most good farmers,
and millers. also, in our region.
Oil and black harness this month, and
have old ones repaired, ready for use when
it is time to speed the plow.
Let a good Eupply of coarse grain be
hauled to the mill, for feed for all kinds
of stock and teams, during April and May.
Take good care of teams, and have
them ready for labor when the soil is
ready to plow. Teams need exercise
every day, and it is better for them to
work several hours every day than to be
confined in the stable. •
Begin•to increase the quantity of meal
fed to fattening bullocks or fattening
sheep.
Take good care of cows and ewes with
young, and do not allow them to grow
poor.
Lay out the operations of the farm fur
the coming season ; and, if you have not,
commence this year a renovating system
of farming.— Cuuntry Gentleman,.
Tuts COURT SUSPICIOUS—In the lit
tle hamlet of Bowen's Corners, and not
many months ago, certain lawless acts
were committed : hens' nests were pil
laged, and certain cellars were despoiled
ot rolls of golden butter. Suspicion res
ted with great weight upon a young man
who resided in the vicinity; but as no
one had seen hinrsteal anything, he was
allowed to'go for some weeks unmolested.
In good time however', the patience of
one husbandman became exhausted; and
being a man who had aquired through ,
much "lawing" the idea that he was per
fectly au fait at the bar, he brought an
action against the young man.
The latter was of course in deep trouble
and at once flew to an attorney for relief;
and when the day of the trial came
_on,
ho appeared with Squire P—, of Ful
ton, fully prepared to vindicate himself
from all foul aspersions thrown upon his
character.- A little testimony taken; the
complaintint's evidence was very unsatis
factory; the well skilled lawyer bothered
the witnesses; he made an eloquent
speech to the six. jurymen ; be held up to
light thtrp_ure abaraoter of the accused,
and expatiated at great lerigth upon the
malice of the accuser. He sat down with
the :confidence of having ferried his cli
ent eafely . over . his stream of difficulties,
and awaited with calm composure the
closing remarks of the prosecuting party.
Then the latter yose and sai,d : " May
it,Tdettasilicao gentlemen of the jury and
this'elev court, this man having butter, to
sell, as : '. itee e ps no,. COSY; , eggs, to, sell,
keeps no, hens—we, 'by. thuner !Alm
zen3 of Bowon's Corners, begin to mis
trust .1"
argument - was--too.overwhelming
for putt Fulton friend, and the case was
decided against-hie - elient.- - - •
A D Ax.wl o has fought bravely against,
misfortune may want strength-to meet a
sudden calmness.,
A sow,aisorotion:is oot so muoh
dreated`py never raaking a mistaVe ae by
never repeating one.
'OLD'Aon is bad . for the face but' goad
for the head. Every 'face hap its: peoros,
and is a map of life. -1
THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN
FIGHT NEAR LEE'S MILLS
ATTACK ON THE ENEMY'S RIFLE PITS
Splendid Bravery of the Green
Mountain Boys.
[From the New York Tribune Correspondent.]
Lee's Va.,•April 17.—A reconnoi
sane() was made about a mile northeast of
Lee's Mills yesterday, which, in the severity'
of the fighting it involved, may be properly
ranked as a battle.
At half past 6 o'clock Companies E. F. D.
and K, of the Third Vermont began the
work as skirmishers, Mott's Battery support•
ing them with a very accurate fire of shot
and shell. The Vermonters skirmished)
until noon, when they were relieved. Their
fire had been very accurate. The Rebel
braggarts, who began dancing on the ram
parts,. and swinging their hats, and defying
our troops in the customary Southerb mili
tary fashion, were dropped HO rapidly by the
sharpshooters as to be soon cured of this
style of warfare., The four companies of
the Third laid down after dinner and thor
oughly rested themselves.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon they were
talied-V,-formed' tblirtriTlieTt.
Colonel in a pithy speech that the work
expected of them was to charge across the
creek and take the enemy's entrenchments.
Ayres' guns—all of the batteries, numbering
22 pieces, were under the command of their
accomplished artillery officer—covered the
Vermonters' advance. They marched stead
ily at the quick to the edge of the creek, and
plunged -in orr the run: — The' water dee peued
unexpectedly. The men soon waded to their
'breasts, their cartridge boxes slung up on
their shoulders and their muskets held up
high. The-moment they entered rho strewn,
the Rebels swarmed on the edge of their
rifle pit, and rained a fire of bullets on the
advancing line. The stream as dammed,
was about twelve rods wide. The Vermon
ters loaded and tired as they waded. Their
killed and wounded began to fall from the
moment of entering the water.- Many of
the latter were sustained by their : Arms and
the collars of their coats and so helped
across and laid down on the opposite side.
The Third, as soon as they emerged and got
foothold, received the order to "charge!"
With a yell, with. the true Green Mountain
ring in it, they dashed-at the extended.
rille
pit. At least a regiment of Rebels broke
from behinditit acrd ran into the redoubt in
the rear, leaving the Vermonters in the pit.
Mir at lerist }Jour they fought from hero
against overwhelthing numbers, receiving
reinforcements in that time, first of -four
companies of the Sixth Vermont, and after
ward of four .compauies of the Fourth Ver
wont.
They shot their foe principally through
the head, and so superior was their fire, and
their pluck so impressive that the Rebels
moved two additional re (itneuts into the
fort, and into a thanking position on the left
of the rifle pit. Exposed now to a cross-fire
as well as an increased fire in front, the
Vera:touters) , though they wanted • to stay,
had to g o. In good order, covering them
selves behind trees, and fighting as they
went, they recrossed the stream, carrying
with them all their wounded whose condition
at all promised survival Of their hurts.
:Many were new shut in the water, and
drowned beyond all possibility of help.
The language of a Lamoille county buy, not
16 years old, 'Why, sir, it was just like sap
boiling, in that stream—the bullets fell so
thick," is so expressive that. I use it as a
measure of intensity. These brave men hay
iog backed 'out of the deep water, formed on
the dryland and began the fight anew, while
many, not detailed, but volunteering through ,
impulses of soldierly devotion and personal af
fection, dashed into the stream again and
dragged out the wounded, who were clinging
to the trees, and sitting with their heads just
out of the water. Julian A. Scott, of the
Third Vermont, Company E, under 16 years
of age, was one of these heroes. Ile pulled
out no less than nine of his wounded emu-
rattles. lie twice went under fire way across
the stream, and brought back from the slope'
of the rifle pit John C. Beckon', of his own
company who was shot through tho lungs. Eph
raim Brown, who was helping him, was him
self shut through the thigh in the inside, and
disabled. Scott waded back, like the boy
hero ho is, and brought him safely over.
It was a sight to come all the way from New
York to see—the masterly manner in which
Captain Ayres saved the Fourth Vermont's
four companies from the fire of the Rebels,
who swarmed more than a regiment full in
their ride pit. The-moment he saw theta form
fur a charge, he rode to every gun and direct
ed it to be sighted so as to shave the top of
the breastwork, and then, in the magnetic
manner which distinguishes him in the field,
I required his command to serve the twenty
two .pieces with the utmost possible rapidity.
This fire was a besom of destruction. The
shells burst with precision within a few inches
of the top of the parapet and over it. The
Fourth's companies were saved -by it.—
The Rebels dared not lilt themselves, or even i
elevate their, heads above the edge of their
breastwork to fire down on the Vern:touters in
the creek. Their guns necessarily were.dis
charged at an upward angle, and their-fire
almost wholly thrown away.
AS an evidence of the terrible accuracy of
the fire of Ayres' Battery, which silenced
every Rebel gun, the effect of fdur ofhls shots
is very significant. A Rebel regiment was
moving at right angles to his position, He
He fired a conical ball at the file in which the
thug was carried, cut down the whole filo and
threw the flag to the earth. The other three
shots, equally effective, scattered the regiment
like smoke. The naval maxim is established
that three guns in a battery are equal to one
hundred afloat. 'pie proportion of pow2 , r be
tween those in embrasures against those sup
sition- in an open field is nearly as great.—
When we consider that Captain Ayres, with
his fire of. spherical case shot, from a level
cornfield, against a large and exceedingly
strong work, silenced every gun in it, we can
trppreciate the Marvelous skill and science with
which_this - ollicer'sjustly.colebrated_batteryis
worked. Every shot' took efloct within the
embranures and over the enemy's pieces.
Among the incidents of the fight nas the
recovery from a fever of Sergeant Fletoher,
of Company B, Third'Vermont, on- the sick
list, and excused from duty, and the use he
made of his temporary health.. Re erased
the stream - and went through the fight—then
on hie return, was among those who went back
and rescued the wounded. On lis return to
camp,-he went into hospital and resumed his
fever, with aggravation. - ,
- 4 - - John - Ilarriugtoh, a beardless orphan boynf
17, unarmed, went over and rescued out of
the rifle pit a disabled comrade.. , -'• , •
Limit. Whittemore commanded CompauyE.
This officer, with his revolver;' oovcred Har
rington:in his.hazardouti'ex.Peditien, : and kill=
fill several Rebels 'Who.' aimed their pieces at
the boy.: His matlathisato.. friend,in the
ordripany,'Privato Vanbo t ifnit been. killed , in
the. rifiepit. .--Whitteafore;. - euraged,watif nor.
nisi , burst Into
: ,itters;•.and. : , tatiking the dead
bodiciogi,jusiteOtifed - over, him and . threat.
amid ; deatliqif : , , nisy who should ;retreat ;.; and
thou, stoopingsdown; .45s - took._ cartridge after
cartridge trout his frien r d'l3 box, and killed Isle
mail • with 'every. : fire-714ing with a divine
fury the,while.- : _ • -
All will. recall the: cliee of • private. yffliam
&oil, of the Third Vermont, a eutpuced• by
f $1 50 per annum In advance
i $2 00 If not paid In advance
McClellan last fall to be shot for sleeping on
hie pont, while on the Potomac, and whom .
Simon Cameron, then Secretary of War, saved
from his rigorous fate. Among• the foremost
across the creek, and the first to be killed,
was this very man—. as bravo a soldier as ever
died on the field of battle.
-Among the phenomena of the fight was the
condition of the uniform of Captain Bennett,
of Company K, of the Third. It had eight
bullet holes in it—one through the collar of
his coat, one through the right coat sleeve,
one through his pantaloons below the . left
knee, one through both pantaloons and draw
ers above the right knee, and four through
the skirts of his boat. 'Moro W4B not ascratch
upon this man's skin.
The sharpshooting was marvellous. Ten
men, with the telescopic rifle, kept the rebels
two hours away from theirlargest gun. tvery
milli who came near it was killed.
BREVITIES
Wise and Otherwise
what musical instrument would
you catch fish ? Cast-a-net,
THE rebels are fleet of foot, but they
I couldaltoTeaper,Foote!Arfleet...-.=._,--,
A long tongue is even harder to con
ceal than a long nose.
IN all the wedding, cake, trope is the
sweetest of the plums.
THAT government is safest which
makes treason the most ridioulous.
A STUPID and cruel ntilltro.,prant
is a lump of clay kneaded withAkili
MANY a goodly leg Ia lost inloi : ttio . i
thousan-dB-of• bravo-fello"Wirifini—pron4ly
into a war and hop out of it.
iT is said that "the pen is mightier
than the sword." Neither is of much
use without the bolder.
SOME one says that a lobster is a post
humous work of creation, for it is only
red after its death.
SURELY that man 'may bo envied
who can oat pork chops for supper, and
sleep without a grunt.
Wuy was Bunyan's genius like the
letter II ? Because it made a thinker of
a tinker.
.
IN this world no good is unalloyed,
and there is little evil that has not in it
some aced of what is good.
A good plan to preserve apples from
rotting is to keep them in a dry cellar
easy of access to a family of children. '
Ii• is only on rare occasions that even
those who daily meet can exchange the
dec:)est confidence of their hearts.
NATURE preaches cheerfulness in her
saddest woods ; she covers even forgotten
graves with Sowers: -,
Tut: physically blind thanks you for
yourguidance; the theutally blind usually
rejects it with indignation.
TIIE MAN who spends his money for
tobacco will certainly get a quid, .but
never a quid pro quo.
IT is a great comfort to timid men that
beauty, like the elephant, don't know its
strength.
IN man has a full head and an empty
pocket, the stomach generally has to go
with the,pocket.
EVERY TAILOR, should feel like a cer
tain doctor we have all heard of, who was
" death on fits."
IT is difficult to know at What moment
love begins; it is easy to know when it
has begun.
, HE who has wisdom without money is
rich ; he who has money without wisdom
is poor.
SELF-DEFENCE is the clearest of all
laws; and for this reason—the lawyers
did not make it.
WIIEN there is a spanking breeze bad
children should be sent out to take tho
air.
WREN woman was made, jewels were
invented only to make her the more mis
chievous.
WITII ivomen, as with warriors, there
is no robbery—all i conquest.
THEY say that love is like the measels
—all the worse when it conies late in
life.
THE GAS MAN can make gas light in
your house, but a wife can make sun
shine.
WomAN should remain as constant at
man's side as the rib out of which she
was made
W HEN the good man dies, the tears
he in life prevented from flowing are
shed.
THE devil has work long enough for
all his friends, but ho pays thoir wages
only in fuel. , • •
lin who loves truly, loves humbly, and
fears, not that another May be preferred,
but that another may be worthier of pref
erence than he.
SOME people Ahinlalaok is the - color _of
heaven, and that the more they can make
their faces look like midnight, the holier
they ate.
TuEa] is no truth in the bold seeer
tion by Vanity Fair ' that a, _deaf man was
recently cured by the use of the
ACTION is a groat hygienie principle:
Inaction fills more hospitals than energet,
striforit is better far to wear outthan
to rust out.
.
• IT is better to subject yoUrself to 'the.
charge of inconstancy- than to, continue
an unprofitable intercourse with a person
you have ceased to esteem. ,
AN Irish' editor speaking of
tfie'•inisi
ries of Ireland,.says: "Her cup of mis
ery has been for ages overtiovnug
not yet fu:ll!'' . ,
•'
• A . man advOrtisoi • for OCOMpotent
son! 'to undertake' tba sale of. a new med.
ioino," and adds othat it will -be profitably
to the undertaker." No doubt of
NO 18.